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♦ . McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940 — How to Slip-Cover Your Old Rocker Bj RUTH WYETH SPEARS /''YNE day there came a letter with a rough sketch of the old locker at the upper right. The last line of the letter said, “I will remove the rockers if you say so, Mrs. Spears, but I would like fo keep them.” Well, why not? There is nothing smarter now than tilings Victorian. Old oil lamps with flowered globes are being wired for electricity so, why not redesign this rocker along simple lines? Cover it with plain rep in a nice shade of blue perhaps, and give it a matching foot stool and a hem stitched linen chair set all tricked out in tassels? Here is the result of that idea and the diagram shows all the steps that led up to it. Almost any old chair may be transformed with a slip cover if a little work is done first to build out or to saw off projections. Padding is also important, and open spaces under arms may be covered by stretch ing the padding tightly and tack ing, as shown here. * • * MOTE: Directions for making the foot stool are in Sewing Book 3. The hem- stitched chair set is in Book 4. All the steps in fitting and making slip covers are fBostrated in Book 1. Booklets are 32 pages each, and will be sent to any ad- grass upon receipt of 10c to cover cost and mailing. Send order to: RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Hills New York Enclose 10 cents for each book Piril the Trigger on Lazy Bowels constipation brings on add in- bloating, dizzy spells, gas, tongue, sour taste and bad your stomach is probably “cry- :tbe blues” because your bowels don't It calls for Laxative Senna to pull trigger on those lazy bowels, com- 1 with good old Syrup Pepsin to » your laxative more agreeable and r to take. For years many Doctors . used pepsin compounds, as agree- carriers to make other medicines i palatable when your “taster” feels j upset. So be sure your laxative contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Caldwell's Laxative Senna, combined rup Pepsin. See how wonderfully Laxative Senna wakes up lazy t and muscles in your intestines, to ivour: 55?. welcome relief from constipation. : how its Syrup Pepsin makes Dr. Caldwell's medicine so smooth and agree able to a touchy gullet. Even finicky children love the taste of this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell's Lax ative Senna at your druggist's today. Try one laxative that won’t bring on violent distaste, even when you take it a full meal. It's the Thing! **What are you going to do when ynu’re as big as mummy, dear?” “Slimming exercises.” OLD SORES VARICOSE ULCERS, MILK LEO, BURNS. BOILS, BTC. THAT “HANG ON” -aaay ba permanently relieved by using ALLEN'S ULLERINE SALVE. This won- darfel salve—one of America's oldest remedies, discovered In 1849, Is used to *b day with satisfying results In the moet stubborn cases. It has powerful -drawing out” action which promotes healing from the bottom upl Keep this safe, effective salve for general house hold use always on hand. Ask your drug- gfct for ALLEN'S ULLERINE SALVE-ln Re old-fashioned package—or write J. P. Altea Medicine Co., Dept. B, St. Paul, MImi, enclosing 35c or 45c for tha gen> ohms jars . . . or $1.25 for the economy coo. Wo pay tha postage. Thrust Out “Will I ever?” No you will nev er while you ask that question. COLDS quickly. LIQUID , TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS , COUCH DROPS SPECIAL BARGAINS TA7HEN you see the specials of ■ ■ our merchants announced in the columns of this paper you can depend on them. They mean bargains for you. •They are offered by merchants who are not afraid to announce their prices or the quality of the merchandise they offer. | Attempts to Solve Farm Problems Are Older Than the Nation Itself; They . Began in Philadelphia 155 Years Ago First page of the No. 1 Minute Book of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, showing the names of the original 23 members. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) S UCH matters as control ling the ravages of in jurious insects and crop parasites, prevention of soil erosion, control of animal plant diseases, improvement of agricultural implements, extension of crop rotation and promotion of soil man agement may seem to be strictly modern farm prob lems. But, as a matter of fact, they are as old as the United States itself. More than 155 years ago—even be fore Washington’s first in augural—an agricultural so ciety was formed in Philadel phia to study and suggest the solution of these and other pressing farm problems. And, believe it or not, that organ ization is still in existence! It is the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, oldest farm organization in America. Its members today continue to add to the sum of agricultural knowledge as did its pioneer founders a cen tury and a half ago. The story of the origin and development of this society is one of the most ro mantic chapters of agricultural history. With the Revolutionary war successfully concluded and the independence of this country rec ognized by the nations of Europe, leaders throughout the states ex changed their implements of war for the plow. They endeavored to promote a fondness for the pur suits of peace which alone, they knew, would strengthen the young nation. The man who galvanized these ideas into' action for the progress of American agriculture was Judge John Beale Bordley. To Philadelphia came Bordley aft er the war from Maryland, where he had played a distinguished part in the life of the colonies. Philadelphia was then the capital of the new republic and as such had the significance of Washing ton today. Representative lead ers from all the states were there helping form the new govern ment. The city was a center from which ideas might be spread throughout the land. Bordley had been judge of the admiralty court in Baltimore, but gave up this post when the Revo lutionary war broke out to de vote himself to his farms. He interested himself in a variety of agricultural pursuits—stock rais ing, fruit growing, tobacco cul ture and farm house construction. When the supplies of the Conti nental army grew scarce, he killed his cattle and sent the beef to Washington. He contributed in other ways to the success of the Colonies. He carried on ex periments in agricultural prac tices and became an apostle of agricultural progress. He had the results of his experiments print ed as broadsides and fastened theses on trees where they might be easily seen. Four Signers of Declaration. He associated himself with in fluential people in Philadelphia, among whom he found many who shared his views on the necessity of increasing the knowledge of agriculture. After discussing the project with many of these men, he called a meeting on February 11, 1785. Twenty-three attended and became charter members of the Philadelphia Society for Pro moting Agriculture. Among these were four signers of the Declara tion of Independence — Robert Morris, James Wilson, Dr. Ben jamin Rush and George Clymer. There were seven who had borne arms in the Revolution, including officers such as Gen. John Cad- walader, Col. George Morgan and Col. John Nixon. Soon after the society’s organi zation, two weekly newspapers-^- Hall and Seller’s Gazette and Humphrey’s Mercury—a new pa per giving special attention to ag ricultural matters—offered their co-operation by publishing arti cles on its meetings and activi ties. * At one of the earliest meetings —on March 22, 1785—the first con tribution on an agricultural sub ject was offered. It consisted of a letter from John Singleton of Talbot, Md., to his old neighbor, Mr. Bordley, about the chinch bug and how to control it. Sponsored Essay Contests. Because of Judge Bordley’s ad vanced age he declined any of fice in the society when the per- B anent organization was made. ence the group elected Samuel Powell as president, Tench Fran cis as treasurer and Timothy Pickering of Salem, Mass., sec retary of state in the national government, as secretary. Car penter’s hall became the regular meeting place. The society's first major under taking was the sponsoring of es say contests on agricultural sub jects for which substantial prizes were awarded. First prize, in some instances, was a piece of plate valued at $200. Other prizes included gold and silver medals. In the light of present-day ag riculture, the subjects of these es says seem surprisingly current. Apparently they were pressing enough even then to merit spe cial attention. One of them was “The best method of recovering worn - out fields to a hearty {healthy and productive) state within the power of the common JUDGE JOHN B. BORDLEY farmer.” Prophetic as was the vision of the pioneer agricultural leaders comprising the Philadel phia society, they could not fore tell the damage which erosion and poor soil management were to inflict on future American farming. Were these pioneer farm lead ers alive today, they would more than ever preach the necessity for an ever-increasing program of soil conservation and fertiliza tion that would put back into the land the vitally needed nitrogen, phosphorus and potash so waste- fully drained away. They could take comfort in the fact, how ever, that the means of restoring fertility today are amazingly im proved over what they were a century and a half ago. Practi cal results on millions of Ameri can farms have demonstrated that the intelligent use of ferti lizer will increase crops and re plenish the soil’s depleted supply of plant food. The campaign to promote soil conservation which the Philadel phia society sponsored so long ago has enlisted effective support from the United States depart ment of agriculture, from soil scientists, teachers, experimental stations, county agents and ferti lizer manufacturers who are con stantly interpreting to farmers the latest discoveries concerning soil fertility. As with soil improvement, the society encouraged and spurred the development of many other important projects. Among these were the improvement of trans portation and communication so vital to the development of ag ricultural markets, through the building of roads and canals; en couragement of education in vet erinary medicine; the holding of cattle shows and expositions; the development of experimental farms; and the introduction of lime and clover. In 1786 John Bordley submit ted plans and descriptions for a seed drill to plant wheat in clus ters and clumps. About the same time the society gave serious con sideration to the development of a threshing machine to replace trampling by horses and the use of a hand flail. Discuss Experiment Farms. In 1791 a project was proposed that would vitally influence the future progress of American ag riculture. A Mr. DuPlaine of fered his services in the “man agement and culture of a small farm for the sake of making ex periments in husbandry.” The so ciety resolved that “Although they highly approve of the plan for an experimental farm, it would not be convenient at pres ent to carry the same into execu tion.” Today every state has its experimental farms and stations which provide the farmer with an ever-widening knowledge of the soil, of crops and their plant food needs. Of outstanding eminence among early leaders of the society was Judge Richard Peters, vaho be came president in 1805. The min ute books of the organization’s meetings in that year show that a new type of mold board for a plow, developed by Thomas Jef ferson, was shown to the mem bers. At the same time, Hoxie’s auger for boring post holes, a crude threshing machine invent ed by Deneale, and Henry Cly- mer’s harrow for Indian corn were discussed. In the following year President Peters undertook a long series of contributions to the work of the society on the improvement of cattle. Later he presented pa pers on subjects ranging from Barbary sheep, obtained for him in northern Africa by General Eaton, to crop rotation and the natural succession in forests. In the summer of 1822 the so ciety sponsored the first of a se ries of cattle shows and agricul tural exhibits which, in a way, might be called the forerunner of the modern International Live stock exposition in Chicago. Thus through the years has this unique organization functioned to help popularize new ideas for the betterment of American agricul ture. There have, of course, been periods of inactivity and years for which no records are avail able, but by and large the group has succeeded in keeping alive the purposes of its founding fa thers. By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK. — Virginio Gayda, Italy’s official writing wrist, pens a solemn warning to the U. S. A. In an editorial in his pa- •. ■ • r . y per, Giornale Italy a Editorial D’ltalia, he Spokesman Suave, tells us not to But Pen Ominous misunder stand the Axis-Japan agreement and hints that we’re in for bad trouble if we make a misstep. Why Gayda should have been chosen to do the tough talking, or rather writing, for Italy all these years has been a puzzle to this on looker. Not that he doesn’t do it well, but it is so unlike him. I met him once at a tea party in Rome, in the studio of a British sculptor. One would have thought he wouldn’t hurt a fly. That was soon after Mussolini took power. Tall, slen der, fair-haired, with a small, silken mustache, impeccably dressed, Gay da seemed diffident and eager to please. He was then editor of II Messaggero, which had been a strongly liberal paper, and hei had made his political start in the gen eral doctrinal zone of Mussolini’s Marxian teachings. But with the March on Rome he had done an about-face with Mussolini and was making his paper daily louder and fiercer. There was considerable embar rassment and shyness among the guests, as it wasn’t safe for foreigners to mention Musso lini’s name, and they engaged the suave Gayda in talk about art, Roman ruins, the glories of the Pitti and Uffizi, and the like. Noting the signor’s facile speech, I remarked to an old Scottish bank er, standing by, that the editor seemed like a mighty smart chap. “Too smart for his britches,” growled the old Scot. One never would have thought that some day he would be telling the U. S. A. where it got off. A native of Rome, he began his newspaper career as central European correspondent for the Stampa, of Turin. He was in Russia when the World war started, entered the diplomatie service there and returned to newspaper work as editor of n Messaggero in 1921. It was in 1926 that Count Ciano, Musso lini’s son-in-law, discovered his penchant for ominous and threatening prose and made him the nation’s editorial spokes man, as editor of Giornale DTtalia. HILE a talent for makeshift ^ ^ might not rate highly in a civ ilization assailed by deadly preci sion, it has certain Col. Netherwood Good Improviser, Yet No Apologist advantages in a democfacy as against the all-or-nothing techniques of absolutist government. The mechanics of the latter are such that when it is wrecked, it is an inert, busted ma chine in a ditch, while a democracy has an organic quality which makes it adaptive, allows improvisation, and perhaps enables it to grow new tissue and survive a deal of waste and muddling. Col. Douglas L. Netherwood, com manding officer of the northeast anti-aircraft defense at Mitchel field, indirectly touches off this idea. Recruits for the anti-aircraft forces are wearing odd assortments of uni forms, sleeping in garages because of the lack of tents, and drilling without sufficient rifles or other equipment. To the worriers. Colonel Netherwood says: r “Shucks, we’re doing all right, and I’m sure that the quarter masters will catch up on their outfitting soon. I drilled in my civilian clothes when I joined the army back in 1908, as a pri vate after I graduated from col lege. I’m sure the young fel lows we have out here at Mitchel field don’t mind it any more than I did.” Colonel Netherwood was born in Birmingham, England, and, inci dentally, the English are good im provisers and instinctive pregmat- ists. Their democracy came from adjustment and improvisation, rath er than from the grand principles of the encyclopedists. However, Colonel Netherwood is no apologist for hit-or-miss preparedness. In 1908 he entered the army, after his graduation from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college. He has studied tech niques of precision at the Army War college, the Army Indus trial college and the Air Corps Practical school—with diplomas from all of them. He entered the signal corps and got his rating as a military aviator in 1917. In 1920 the aviation sec tion of the signal corps was des ignated as the army air corps. He became a lieutenant colonel in 1935. Strange Facts ( Roving Banks f Prison Board Bill Odd Sugar Sources C. About a century ago when some states allowed banks to move from town to town at will, 1 many went into hiding so their, notes could not be presented for redemption in gold. One of them,! the Bank of Morocco, was found by detectives, after a year's, search, in a cabin in a dense In-! diana forest. I C. Although Michigan enacted al law in 1935 requiring prisoners who are financially able to pay for I their maintenance (about a dollar a day) the state has only been able to collect this payment from two of the approximate 20,000 per sons who have passed in and out of its prisons during this time. C. One of the strangest cases of human albinism occurred in Afri-i ca some years ago. A Negro cou-i pie had three white and three; black children, born in the follow- 1 ing order—two consecutive black boys, two consecutive white girls,! one black girl and one white boy. a— C. Of the hundreds of different* kinds of sugars, some of which are bitter and poisonous, many are made from such odd substances as seaweed, cottonmeal, chicory, 1 dahlias, artichokes and ivory nuts. 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