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The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

From the Philadelphia Record.
\ dispatch from Chicago quotes some
unnamed expert there as saying that tho
LoiatO crop Will be 10OO0ou0c bushels
short Of last years. and that as nat
uraI result there will be an advance in
prices. This holds out cheerful pros
pect for the housekeeper when taken in
connection with the rising prices of
meat. the dimunition in the corn crop
and a few other items Of the same kind.
Is II any wonder that the wealth of the
country seems to be passing into the
hands Of the farmer?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05
Three Savings

So we save you on rim-cutting-
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05
Personnel of Officers.

The officers and committees of the
Washington Hotel Clerks Association
are: -
President. Edgar S. Specs (Powhatan).
first vice president, Ross Gray (Dris-
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

corrects this buckling.
The rubber and fabric
a adjust themselves to
actual road conditions.
Every part of the fabric
bears its part of the
strain.
This process-used
by no one -else-adds
to our cost $500
daily, just to minimize
blowout cost.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05
Tunn~IinE The English Channel.

From the New York Tribune
A new feature has been added to the
Iroject for tunnel under the Straits of
Dover. at is now proposed to have two
tubes, one for the use of automobiles.
As might be expected. the plan meets
with great favor in France. where the
automobile had its origin and where
many of the most famous designers live.
Almost the only objection ever offered
to such work has been of a military
nature and comes from England. The
chance Of the invasion OF the latter
country by hostile army from the Con-
tinent would apparently be increased by
opening submarine highway
Still. the argument against a tunnel
may possibly be met. IL the advocates
should show the British Government how
to meet the danger they might carry the
day. a dozen different methods can be
imagined. One is mining the English end
and putting an immense charge of nitro
glycerine or other explosive where 1t
would do tthe most harm in an emer-
EencN. y
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05
Here is another vital
feature found in Good
year tires alone.

This fabric - called
rivet" fabric - is pat
ented. We bought the
rights for $50, 900.
In every we'll made
tire, at the base of the
tread, runs a breaker
strip. 1t is usually a
solid weave.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05
No Rim-Cutting

In addition we save you, in No Rim-Cut
tires, all the ruin of rim-cutting.
With clincher tires-the hooked-base tires
This is proved by statistics gathered for US by
certified public accountants. No-Rim-Cu tires
are guaranteed against this costly damage.
We control the only known way to make
a satisfactory tire of this type.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

1t is near this strip, where rubber joins
with fabric. that loosened treads occur. 1t
has cost tire users millions of dollars.
The "rivet" fabric is our breaker strip.
Note the openings in it. We force the tread
rubber down through these openings, so
hundreds of large rubber rivets are formed to
prevent tread separation. Then the whole
tire is vulcanized en- masse. This is one of
the biggest of Goodyear economies, and no
other maker can use it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01

parts removed by trimming should
be raked up and burned. II an or
namental hedge is desired, then it Is
desirable to prune three or four times
during the growing season, using the
ordinary hedge shears. In England
where they have the hawthorne
hedges there is a moving machine
which runs by horsepower and both
cuts off the top of the hedges and
trims the sides. The machine is ar
ranged so that the cutting knife can
be elevated to cut the top Of the
hedge and then it can be run per-
pendicularly to cut the sides. There
may be two machines required to do
this work, but ] have seen the ma
Chines at work cntting off the tops
and trimming the sides. Whether it
was the same machine or two differ
ent machines, l do not know. The
main thing is to cut when the growth
Is young and succulent, before it
hardens.
land, as much of it will be planted
on that character Of land, the farm
ers ought to plow out a strip four
or five feet wide with a two-horse
plow and as deep as they can make
| it. The last five burrows ought to be
subsoiled and the water furrow raked
out with a hoe down to the clay and
ditch made. If this is filed with
stable manure, so much the better
| II this cannot be had, rich earth
| raked up from the woods or low
places whore it has been washed
should be placed in the bottom Of this
ditch and thoroughly mixed with a
liberal quantity of equal parts Of cot
ton seed meal, and kainit. This
ought to insure a rapid growth. The
plant lives very easily, as it has a
large number Of roots. 1t is import
ant that it should be cultivated after
it begins to grow so as to keep down
the weeds and grass. This can be
done easily by plowing and working
the same as row of corn.
After the hedge is started and be-
! gins to grow, If there are any miss
ing places, they ought to be replant-
ed the next winter and extra care
taken to get large, strong plants to
replant with.
The hedge should be cut down to
the ground the first winter after it is
planted end becomes established so
as to make it buch out low and make
close fence. The proper distance
for the plants to be placed Is from
Is to'24 inches, not wider.
| B. r. Tillman.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Pin i'm Her Body q Year.

Boston, Dec. 27.-Miss Catherine
Boyle, aged 10, Of No. 162 Ashment
street, Dorchester, went to the Car
ney Hospital to be treated for pain
in her Ghost. The surgeon removed
a piece Of safety pin.
Her sister Helen, who is employed
in that Institution, explained that
Catherine fell year ago while visit
ing in New York and thought that the
pin that was IN her shirtwaist broke,
part of 1t forcing itself through the
skin. The young woman missed the
pin at the time, but thought nothing
OF it till fiye nights ago, when the
pain awoke her.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Not Fit for Self-Government.
A dispatch from Washington say

A dispatch from Washington says:
Only per cent Of the Philippine
people desire self-government, ac-
cording to DR.. G. V. Piper, Commits
sioner Of Education at Manila, and
opponents of the self-government ag-
itation in Congress are preparing to
use this statement in fighting "home
rule" legislation. DR.. Piper made his
declaration before the Anthropologi-
cal Society recently.
The people of the Philippine Is
lands have made but little progress
during the century," he said. The
educated class, which comprises about
per cent of the total poulation, is
in favor Of self-government, but the
remainder are willing to remain sub
jects of the United States"
DR.. Piper declared that the United
=. es should maintain sovereignty
over the archipelago throughout the
present generation at least. The Fill
pinos, he said, should not be entrust-
ed with the responsibility of govern
ing themselves until they were pre-
pared for 1t.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Where the Money Went.

"a man died." says the teacher,
leaving to his eldest son one-fourth
Of his property, plus one-tenth that
Of the share received by the next son,
who was to receive one-fourth of the
property, plus one-twentieth Of the
share received by the third son, who
was to receive as much as the other
two received less one-fifth of their
combined inheritances. How much
did each get?"
Nothing" promptly answered the
thoughtful boy in the second row.
"The lawyers got 1t for breaking the
will"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Man Grows Lions Head.

PitlaA{rgh, Pa Dec 27.-Dr. Mar
rin Greer is attending a patient wnoaa
nalaG. aann0t bo diagnosed by any
.Q-thq nayatalana who aoYu observed
the case. The man, Charles Yost, q
salesman, has been i'll for months.
Gradually the mnas head has en-
larged, and the features are becom-
ing like those of lion The lower
part Of the body has groHn ra ayidly.
The torso and limbs have become
heavy, and within three months
Yost's height Is said to have increas-
ed nearly six inches. Some of the
doctors suggest that Yost is the VIC
TIM of a rare kind of leprosy, but
lr. Greer refutes this story.
He says if Yost continues to grow
as he has in the last three months
the man will become the most re-
markable giant Of modern times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Leaves $4,000 to ThornweI.

Christiansburg. Va, Dec. 26.-The
will Of the late Judge Archer A. Phle-
gar was admitted to probate here
to-day. 1t provid ,s bequest OF $2,-
500 to Thornwell Orphanage, at
Clinton, s. G.
B. M. Hagan, Of .e Bank OF
Christiansburg, Is named as executor
of the will which was written aboard
steamer at Panama and dated Sep
tember 4, 1912.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
RIVER WATER Used 8 TIMES.
California Stream Diverted for Pow
er, Irrigation and Water Supply.
(From Water Supply Paper 234, Uni
ted States Geological Survey.)


'rFonh water supply Faper Sof' ohl-
teu states "eolosicai survey
Power can be developed upon
many surface streams and applied to
the recovery Of the water Of the
streams after it has sunk into the
earth in the lower lands Of the val
,leys. An instance Of this character
according to the United States Geo
logical Survey Is to be found along
Santa Ana River in Southern Califor-
mia. A part Of the water of this
river Is stored in a reservoir In the
San Bernardino Mountains and the
flow Of the stream is thereby regu-
lated After 1t escapes from the res
c-y0'r II Is diverted fhr0neh power
p ant ana electric puwor tx Geaerated.
below thls power plant It. is raii.
ycrted and passed through . second
power ulnut. Below this It - al dis
triDuted and used for municipal pur-
poses and irrigation about Redlands
and Highlands. The waters that re-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
Hero of Manila Bay is 20.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Admiral
George Dewey, hero of the battle Of
Manila Bay, to-day celebrated quietly
his seventy-fifth birthday. The vete-
ran sea fighter said that he never felt
better in his life, and friends who
called to congratulate him on the
anniversary Of his birth declared that
he looked like an ensign" The ad-
miral attributes his splendid physi-
cal condition to constant riding and
to the further fact that he keeps away
from midnight banquets. TIe said he
ago. $50 should any man." he de-
clared, "who wants to feel as young
as do when he is 75."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01

Carolina for the same purpose, but
not as extensively as they should be-
The method of growing and hand
ling these crops, and how to use them
best In systems Of farming Is an i'm
portant problem with which the ag-
riculturist and the farmer have to
deal. No one can expect to succeed
In growing them unless the special
requirements Of the crops are pro-
vided. The nodule-forming bacteria
must be present before they can
thrive. If these are not already in
the soil, then they must in some
manner be provided.
Except in a few cases, legumes do
not have the same nodule-forming
bacteria. For example bacteria of
COW peas will not produce nodules on
the roots OF soy beans, vetch or al
falfa. On the other hand, bur clover
and sweet clover and alfalfa can be
inoculated with one kind of bacteria.
Most soils in the South contain the
cow pea bacteria, hence it's culture
has not been difficult. The bacteria
of many legumes, however, are not
generally contained in the soils Of
this State. Failures with vetch, al
falfa and clovers are often made on
this account, as farmers do not take
the precaution to provide Gha needed
bacteria.
The bacteria can be supplied by
taking the soil from field where the
legume has been grown and trans-
ferring it to the new field Care
must be taken to keep this soil out
Of the sunlight from the time it is
taken from the old field until 1t is
worked in the new one, as the sun
light will destroy the bacteria. Arti-
fetal cultures, such as are obtained
from the department Of agriculture,
are sometimes used instead Of the
soil, and under proper environment
are equally successful.
The COW pea is the most important
legume Of the State. 1t has a wide
use on all types OF soil. 1t is planted
T. ioiio"lh5 odtS VI w liSdJ VI III COEu.
1t does best on sand and sandy loan
soils; on the stiff clay soils it is
more difficult to prepare the land for
COW peas, and not being put in with
the land in SO good condition, the
yield is not so great, For the best
results the land must be we'll pre-
pared and the seed properly planted.
Soy beans are now grown in this
State; they do not make as good
yields as COW peas following oats or
wheat. They do best when planted
earlier than the last of May. Some
Of the soils, but not all, contain the
nodule-forming bacteria necessary to
the growth of soy beans. With pro-
per planting and treatment soy beans
at Columbia have yielded as high as
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
VALUE OF LEGUM1Nous CROPS
These Crops Are Essential to Devel-
opmens Of Agriculture.
columbia Record.) }

"The cow pea is the most import
ant legume Of the State. 1t has a
wide use on all types Of soil" This
was the statement Of A. G. Smith in
his address on "Leguminous Crops"
at the University of South Carolina.
Mr.. Smith is the director Of farm
management Of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The series of lectures on agricul-
ture at the University is opening up
problem, not only for the students,
but also for the citizens of the State.
The object Of this course Is to give
a practical trend to the mind of the
and faculty sympathetic with all
phases of farming, recognizing that
the soil is the basis of civilization
and the farmer the handspring of all
productive wealth.
Mr.. Smiths lecture was as fol-
lows:
the maximum development Of agri-
culture in any section devoted to gen.
eral farming. Truck crops may be
grown profitably by using organic
manures and commercial fertilizers.
In few farms where live stock is
kept, feed is purchased and barn
yard manures are plentiful, or where
the humus content Of the soil is high,
sary to obtain the greatest net re-
turn. These are exceptional cases
however, and confined only to a small
per cent of farms. In South Caro-
lima legumes should be grown by at
least 80 per cent of the farmers. The
trucking section along the coast may
get along without legumes for a
while, but on the cotton and corn
farms, legumes should always be
found.
Among the legumes in this State
are COW peas, soy beans, vetch, al
/falfa, crimson clover, bur clover, pea
nuts and lespedeza. These, as all
legumes have the distinguishing
characteristic Of taking nitrogen from
the air and utilizing it as plant ood
or adding it to the soil by means OF
nodule forming bacteria. BY obtain
ing nitrogen from this source, the
amount of ammoniated fertilizers can
M greatly reduced and in some cases
ar-he- almost-if- not entirely elimi-
oad. IL No @aro U.'t Nt the Mid
Wa5t some. o. ne hrs' caID1y
auJatp tlse nitrogen sUunty with
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
NIAGARA FALLS.
The First Description of Americas
Wonderful Falls.

In the autumn Of 1857, writes John
f: lley, in Scribner's Magazine,
Franciscan -Hennepin-set out
alone-the first solitary figure Of the
expedition, a gray priest-from the
gray rock Of Quebec, in birch canoe,
portable altar" Along the way up
the Saint Lawrence he stopped to
minister to the habitants, too few
and too poor to support priest, say
ing mass, exhorting, and baptizing.
Early in November he arrived at tie
mission at Fort Frontnac, which he
had two or three years before helped
La Sale to establish in the wilds.
Soon La Sales lieutenants appeared.
with NOS. or .nn men, and white
some we're diauat@uHl IN canoes -
Lake Micbi&aD 10 eo,nnr tie bwfi0lo
te,ccr against rug coming Of the ship
hose keel mad not vet revn laIu. tie
rest (La Motto, Hennepin, and six
teen men) embarked for the river by
which the upper lakes empty into
Lake Ontario and the Saint Law
renee, that is, the Niagara. To this
priest (Hennepin) we owe the first
description and picture Of Niagara,
probably now more familiar to the
world than any other natural feature
Of this continent. He has somewhat
magnified the height Of these falls,
but they are impressive enough to ac-
quit him Of falsification and powerful
enough to run virtually all the man
ufacturing plants in the United States
If they could be gathered within
reach. AS 1t Is, less than per cent
Of the water that overfiows from the
four upper Great Lakes into the
lower lake, once known as lake
Frontnac and now as Ontario, is di-
verted for utilitarian purposes, and
yet it supplies the American and Ca
madam, almost equally between the
two shores, over three hundred thou
sand horsepower. What the CONVEX
sion Of the strength Of this Titan, for
ages entirely wasted and for a CEN
tury after Hennepin only a scenic
wonder, means or may mean to in
dustry in the future, is intimated in
some statistics furnished by recent
writer on the Great Lai-es showing
the relative cost per mo 9TH Of a GER
tain unit of power in a number Of
representative American cities.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01

A great deal OF Canadian lumber
goes to China, largely for railroad
construction.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01


contains plenty of organic matter 1t
will thrive on the sandy soils, but
not like it does on clay and loamy
soils. Bur clover carries bacteria, so
when the seed are planted in the bur
no further inoculation is required.
Peanuts are valuable on loose
soils. One Of the greatest peanut re-
gions in the world is along the At
lantic coast of Virginia and North
Carolina, on soils similar to a greater
part of those in the lower part of
this State. The production should
be greatly advanced. Peanuts i'm
prove the fertility of the land, and
provide food for both man and beast.
They rarely require incubation, and
with the exception Of the Spanish va
riety, lime must be applied to make
the pods all.
Lespedezy, or Japan clover, grows
wild in many places, and in the river
bottoms makes a good hay. Except
on moist, rich lands, however, it has
not yet proved a profitable crop.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-01
81 bushels of grain, or 2M tons Of

81 bushels of grain, or 2h tons Of
hay per acre.
For all types OF soil vetch has
given better results than any other
winter legume. 1t is also used more
extensively than the others. There
are now nearly two thousand fields
in the State, and as it's culture is be-
ing better understood, the acreage is
rapidly increasing. Vetch and Eng
lish peas have the same nodule-form-
ing bacteria, SO when planted in COW
peas vetch grows luxuriantly. The
best time for sowing vetch Is from
the middle Of August until the last
of October, although ii favorable
seasons later paintings may do well.
AS a soil improver 1t is better than
cowpeas. The hairy vetch has done
much better than the other varieties.
A yield Of two tons OF cured hay per
acre is not uncommon.
Alfalfa grows in every State, and
appears to be coming crop in South
Carolina. Success with it has been
varied, but this has been due largely
to the failure Of those planting it to
provide the special requirements.
When properly handled it promises
to be one Of our most profitable crops.
Alfalfa requires a heavy application
Of lime, from two to four tons per
acre, depending on the type Of soil.
HI ,l
seed bed, and thorough incubation.
! The quality and quantity Of the hay,
and the fact that a stand will last
! for several years makes alfalfa par
many fields that give five cuttings
per year, which frequently yield five
tons Of hay and often a hundred dol
lars per acre profit.
Crimson clover grows best on the
clay, clay loan and sandy loan soils.
incubation is usually necessary for
these crops. Fall seeding is the best.
The growing Of crimson clover is be-
ing rapidly extended in South Caro-
lima.
Red clover does we'll on the clay
and clay loan soils. Owing to the
heat, it does not make a good return
on sand and sandy icam soils. 1t can
be planted either in the fall or early
spring. 1t is commonly sown with
wheat or oats. Being a biennial it
grows up after the wheat and oats
are removed and furnishes pasture
or hay for the succeeding year. 1t is
exceptionally fine for grazing pur-
poses, and as such it has wide use in
the Northern States. 1t was formerly
grown extensively in the Piedmont
section, but of late years cotton has
! almost wholly a"'vor y ont It's cnl-
, trre IS row heine taken ny h@ajn.
( ne Il '"W 5000 fields IRE being
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-18
EXPERIMENTS NECESSARY BUT
COSTLY.

The esteemed Eagle is surprised
that we have such common things at
Navasota as mud holes. If we had
the money to throw away in expert.
menting with white ways" like our
neighbor. we wouldn't really have
these ugly mud holes. We'd use 1t to
obliterate them. Say Buck, how long
does it usually take you to recover
from a grouch.-Navasota Examiner.
No Crouch" Ed. at all. Our feathers
have never been ruffled in the least,
and we are as calm and placid as a
summer sea.
The Examiner has seen fit during
the past year without cause or provo
cation, to shoot it into Bryan on sew
eral occasions, being especially severe
on its plan of municipal ownership Of
public utilities. The Eagle passed
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-11-18
WATER EXTENSIONS AND INsuR.
ANcE RATES.

The water extensions now being
made in the city OF Bryan are playing
an important part in a readjustmenr
OF insurance rates in favor of the peo-
pie. The city council in deciding to
make the extensions has displayed
wisdom and thorough business judy
ment, in that they have killed two
birds with one stone. They have not
only filled long felt want in bringing
water to the doors of people who have
sorely needed it for long time, but
they have also given these people fire
protection and at the same time made
a deep cut in their fire insurance
rates.
Such system of extensions and the
enlargement of fire protection would
have been impossible under the old
plan of private ownership. In the first
place the cost of the. extensions would
have been too great, and in the sec
ond place the high annual cost of fire
hydrants would simply have been pro-
hibitive. Under the municipal owner
ship plan. the city makes its owns ex-
tensions, places fire hydrant where
ever needed at cost of $25 and that's
the end of it. Under the old plan the
city paid SIS year rental for each
and every fire hydrant in use in the
water system. With the large number
that have been installed and the many
yet to go in onsthe new extensions,
the old plan would simply bankrupt
the city.
City Engineers Carson and Adams
state that fire hydrants are being in
stalled on Henry and Wheelock streets
in Oak Grove addition, on West An
derson, East Anderson and on Bryan
streets, and on Ursuline avenue.
Property owners not heretofore with
in 1000 feet of fire hydrant and now
within that distance, are entitled to a !,
reduction of IA cents on the 500 in |
their insurance rates. Those hereto
fore more than 500 feet from hydrant
and now whiting that distance, are
now entitled to reduction of "a
cents on the hundred, or $2.4O a
thousand.
1t can be seen at glance that this
5 great saving, and 1t has been esti-
mated that the saving to the people
a insurance rates, will amount to a
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