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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940 Strange Facts Reveal Fur Frauds Stimying Annoyers Expensive Checking €L With the aid of microscopes, microtomes, chemicals and spe cial lights, a New York scientist who specializes in the detection of frauds in furs has discovered sev eral counterfeit coats that have been passed as genuine by other tar experts. He can identify the species of animal, the part of the world in which it lived and the season when it was killed by mag nifying to 800 diameters one of its hairs and a piece of its skin about the size of a pinhead. 4. The telephone numbers used in ■tage plays, movie scenarios and radio scripts are fictitious and cannot be called. They are given to writers by the telephone com panies to prevent curious callers from annoying subscribers. ! H. The men who are engaged daily in cleaning London’s 240 public statues require three years to learn the job because, among other things, they have to be able •o answer any questions about the history of the statues put to them by passers-by. 4. Complete, detailed audits of the books and other records of companies with extensive branches awe rarely ever undertaken, be cause of the work and expense. Wot example one recent exami- aation of a large corporation’s ac-' counts, although it was far from thorough, cost nearly $300,000.— Collier’s. ‘Scented Divorce In 1700 an act was passed by parliament which laid down that any woman, whatever her age and whether she be married, single or a widow, who by the use of per- fuzne, cosmetics, paint, false teeth, wigs, iron corsets, padded host and hips, or high-heeled shoes, inveigles a male subject «f his majesty into marriage, shall he guilty of having broken the law which prohibits the practicing of witchcraft and other arts of black aoagic, and any such marriage will be counted for null and void. mmi PRICE YOU MY These Important Factsl %iliwliig nerve* can make you old. haggard, —can make your life a nightmare of jr, self pity and “the blues." Often such nervousness is due to female disorders. So take famous Lydia i's Vegetable Compound to help antan unstrung nerves and lessen functional ^^Regularities." 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Its columns are filled with important messages which you should read regularly. f 1 - . , Kenmore, the home of Betty Washington Lewis, sister of George Washington, in Fredericksburg. It has been restored by a national organization of women and funds obtained from the annual observance of Garden Week in Virginia this year will be devoted to the restoration of its gardens. < « i . .» By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) F redericksburg, va., is to live again its colorful past during the week of April 22 to 27 and the center of attraction in the old Colonial town will be Kenmore, home of Betty Washington Lewis, sister of George Washing ton and wife of Fielding Lewis, gunmaker of the Revolution. April 22 to 27 is Garden Week in the Old Dominion and this year it has a special signifi- & cance. For the receipts from the observance will be devoted to the restoration of the Colonial garden at Kenmore, a spot .that was dear td George Washington and that had the loving care of his mother, Mary Ball Washington. So, during that week Colonial costumes, worn by the ances tors of the Fredericksburg folk, will be taken out of old trunks and attics or borrowed from museums, to be worn again by the descendants of the men and women who lived there when LaFayette was entertained at a great Peace Ball at Rising Sun tav ern after Washington’s re turn from the war in 1783. From ancient recipe books the women of Fredericksburg will resurrect the recipes made fa mous by Mary Ball Washington and others. Ginger breads, tea, Smithfield hams and a score of other delicacies of Colonial days will be cooked for the palates of visitors over the ancient fire places of Colonial times that abound in the city. Gen. Hugh Mercer’s ancient apothecary shop will also come to life again, and visitors may use its famous powdering room, or procure over its ancient coun ters the lavender and other herbs, as well as the potions and cordials that ancient apothecaries dispensed a hundred and fiftj years ago. Birthplace of Cincinnati Society. * In Rising Sun tavern, where the Society of the Cincinnati was formed and where Virginia’s ear liest post office was located, the tavern keeper and the postmaster will preside over throngs from many states, while in the cottage of Mary, the mother of Washing ton, servants will cook and dis pense free to visitors those things that Mary considered delicacies and for which her recipes are still used. On the plantation of Kenmore Negroes will sing the spirituals of olden days for visitors, while Uncle Bachus will prepare meals in the kitchen building, and visi tors will be treated to a Colonial reception during the evenings. Fredericksburg will receive its visitors in costume, not only at Kenmore, but at many other homes of Colonial date through out the city. Old Market square will come to life again, as it existed in the days when James Monroe, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson met here to smoke a pipe and discuss the affairs of the colony in Sukey Livingston’s coffee shop, where over the door will be replaced its famous sign: “Come in, Gentlemen, sit at your ease, pay for what you call for and call for what you please.” Masonic fraternities are also preparing an exhibit in the lodge where George Washington was made a Mason, and where his portrait, by Stuart, hangs upon the wall. The Bible that he kissed in taking his obligations is still preserved. Another attraction to visitors will be the little cottage on the corner of Charles and Lewis streets. For this was the home of Mary Ball Washington from March, 1775, until August, 1789. The property once occupied the whole square with orchard and garden, kitchen and servants’ quarters. It was bought by Wash ington in September, 1772, from Michael and Esther Robinson and was a part of the original Ken more estate. The garden was separated from the Kenmore gar den by a fence and gate and there was a box walk, a part of which is still standing. At the outbreak of the Revolu tion Washington tried to induce his mother to move in town from her home on the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburg, feut it was not until March, 1775, that she was persuaded. It was here that she received the courier sent by General MARY BALL WASHINGTON (From the disputed painting by Middleton) Washington to tell her of the vic tory at Trenton. It was here Washington came after the Bat tle of Yorktown with the French and American officers, and she received him with thanksgiving after his absence of nearly seven years. It was here he came in December 1783. Fredericksburg gave the Peace ball in his honor, and it was at that time that he made his memorable reply to Mayor McWilliams in which he spoke of Fredericksburg as “the place of my growing infancy. ' LaFayette’s Tribute. It was here that Marquis de LaFayette came to pay his re spects to her who was the moth er of the greatest American. She received him in her garden, met all his fine phrases with dignity and gave him her blessing when he bade her good-by. He said, “I have seen the only Roman matron of my day.” It was here March 12, 1789, that Washington came to bid a sad farewell after he had received the notice that he had been elect ed President of the new nation. With prayers and tears Mary Washington and her son parted, knowing they would never meet again. She died August 25, 1789. Town and country assembled to do hon or at her burial. Her remains lie in a spot she herself selected on the Kenmore estate and a state ly monument “erected by her countrywomen” marks her last resting place. But for all such historic sites which Fredericksburg has, it will not be the only city in the Old Dominion to attract those who en joy seeing places “where the past still lives.” More than 80 historic homes and gardens throughout the state will be thrown open to visitors this year. Among them are eight homes in which once lived Virginians who became Presidents of the United States. Home of the Lees. Featured in the Garden week pilgrimage this year will be nine estates and shrines under founda tion or other public ownership, where gardens or grounds have been restored by and at the ex pense of the Garden Club of Vir ginia. The principal one of these properties is Stratford, in West moreland county, where two sign ers of the Declaration of Inde pendence and Gen. Robert Ed ward Lee were born. Here the Garden Club of Vir ginia has completed the restora tion of the Lee gardens at a cost of $50,000. Another as important, but whose gardens are not as yet completely restored, although well under way, is the Thomas Jefferson garden at Monticello, near Charlottesville. The Thom as Jefferson Memorial foundation has restored the house and many outbuildings and refurnished with original Jefferson pieces this magnificent and distinctive man sion. V Last year the Garden Club of Virginia began the job of restor ing the Jefferson gardens, from plans discovered only recently. The outlines of the garden were discovered by archeological in vestigations and will occupy the exact location that they did orig inally. Jefferson’s gardens were distinctive, for only native trees, shrubs and plants were used. Other properties for which the Garden Club of Virginia has done restoration include: the Victorian garden of the Manse, at Staunton, birthplace of T. Woodrow Wilson; the Mary Washington monument at Fredericksburg, over her grave; the Bruton church at Wil liamsburg, which will be the center of a celebration this year in honor of its complete restora tion; the memorial garden at Lee chapel in Lexington; the groups of Wilton, famous Colonial res toration of historical organiza tions at Richmond; and the Rolfe property, in Surry county, the grounds of which were given by the Indian chief, Powhatan, to the son of his daughter, Poca hontas and Sir John Rolfe, in Co lonial times. Plantation Homes. Other estates to be shown will include the famous James River plantation belt homes, extending for more than a hundred miles along the James. Most recent of these restorations is Berkeley, birthplace of President William Henry Harrison. Seven estates in various sections of Virginia, never before opened, are to be shown this year, including an cient Elsing Green on the Pa- munkey, one of the most impor tant of the Colonial Virginia man or houses, and owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independ ence. Twenty-one places in restored Williamsburg will be opened to the public. The great tobacco plantations of Southside Virginia form another group. Piedmont Virginia is offering a group of boxwood gardens and famous old homes of unusual dis tinction, including the places of President James Madison, two James Monroe homes and two estates in which Thomas Jeffer son spent his life. Two score other places of great interest, several of them nationally fa mous, are to be opened. CATTLE GRADED ON TWO TESTS Beef Type Is Rated by Body Measurements. Two simple body mfasurements of beef cattle—plus a record of feed consumed by the animal in reach ing a certain weight—give the stock- man a good picture of the qualities transmitted by the most important member of the herd—the sire. The two measurements are height at withers, and weight or heart girth. The measurements give the index to carcass quality and the feed rec ord tells how efficiently the animal puts on weight. Together- they make a record-of-performance test by which beef herd sires may be “proved.” The herd owner knows whether or not the offspring of a “proved” sire are likely to make efficient gains and yield carcasses of good quality. The greatest drawback for such tests has been the lack of a simple method for determining carcass grades of test animals before slaughter. Only trained cattle grad ers could do the job. The two-measurements method, which makes it possible for the farmer to do his own grading on the farm, was devised by Bradford Knapp Jr., animal husbandman of the United States department of agriculture, after studying weights, measurements, and grades of 167 slaughter steers, including Here- fords, Shorthorns, Aberdeen-Angus, and steers of dairy breeding. The grade or score as determined by the two measurements for the most part tallied with the gradfe given the same animals by two competent graders. New Poultry-Keeper Needs Proper Start There are three economically sound ways to get started in mod ern poultry keeping. The first and probably the most efficient method of getting started is to buy day-old chicks from a rec ommended source during the early spring months. This involves the least capital expenditure for stock, permits the beginner to obtain valu able experience while raising the chicks, and gives him time to ac quire the information that will be needed to handle layers in the fall. The disadvantage of this method is that, aside from sale of surplus cockerels as broilers, there will be little income until the pullets ma ture to the egg laying stage, which they will reach at about 24 weeks of age. The second method is to purchase ready-to-lay pullets during the later summer or early fall months. This usually means an increased capital investment, but does provide for al most immediate income. The third method is to purchase adult breeding stock in limited numbers at any desired time, and then from this stock produce chicks in season. The advantage of this method is that one may buy few but very high quality breeders and from a relatively small investment soon build up required numbers, gaining much in experience during the process. 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But it is very unfortunate, Fitch said, that so much attention should be paid to a remedy that is not known and has not been proved effective by reliable experiments. “I am not familiar with the par ticular compound referred to in that article. I am, however, familiar with the veterinary literature from Switzerland. I know that there has been no mention made of any dis covery of a cure for Bang’s disease. To the best of our knowledge at the present time there isn’t any cure for this disease. “The nature of Bang’s disease is such that it is quite easy to be mis taken in regard to so-called cures. In my judgment it is a mistake to encourage people to believe that there are cures for this disease until they have been definitely proved by competent investigators.” Blister Ailing Horses Blisters are the best remedies for curbs, wingdalls, spavins, and sim ilar disorders of horses. A common blistering ointment for horses may be made of half an ounce of Spanish flies, an ounce of oil of turpentine, and four ounces of hog lard. An other good one may be made by thoroughly mixing two ounces of Spanish flies, with half an ounce of oil of origanum, one ounce of oil of turpentine, two ounces of hog lard, and four ounces of common tar. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS The cut surface of a lemon will remove marks made by matches on painted walls. * * • Before polishing furniture, first go over it with a piece of cheese cloth wrung out of hot water, then apply polish. This gives excel lent results. * • * Geraniums like a fairly heavy soil and must be potbound to flow er well. They will invariably re fuse to bloom if kept in a large pot. * * * Before washing colored handr kerchiefs for the first time, soak them for 10 minutes in a basin of cold water to which a tablespoon of turpentine has been added. ; • * * Never salt fresh meats when frying. Salt tends to extract the juices and hardens these meats. • * * When washing or ironing, put a thick rug under your feet and you will find you do not tire so easily. * • • When furniture knobs or handles become loose remove the bolts from the knobs and insert rubber washers similar to those used on water faucets. Replace the bolt. The knob will then be firmer. , ’• • * Fish, when being fried, should never be allowed to soak in fat. The fat should be perfectly hot when the fish is put in and kept at the same temperature while it is frying. • • • When spreadlhg sandwiches, leave about a quarter-inch around the edges unspread. Then, when you put the second slice of bread in position, press it down firmly. The filling will spread to the edges, but is less likely to ooze out. ! FEEL GOOD Here Is Amazing Relief of Conditions Due to Sluggish Bowels , If you think all laxatives act alike, just try this all vegetable laxative, mild, thorough, refreshing, invigorating. 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