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n"hths or more But roy, ,,,r,ar ,hoga
~ us are vacant and ugly and ne,t snring tho
a' "ork must be DONE and every wear there II
c.. 'u''aS OF money for the same thing
,,ass,s. N''''aht repetition OF the work gets
n'onotohons, and next we realize that the srsct
70 sauay, Tor our standards are constantly rising
ana what we admired five years oao 80, 60
IN DAD taste. II dawns on us that apy ha.,n,ar
can pht hower beds in the middle Of the lawn
aiu ehat every beginner will try to make each
ao"ar stahd up on edge where everyone can see
IT. mus we come to hate show and to care more
lor privacy, permanence dignity peace restfr
ness, outdoor living, winter comfort views n play
ground Tor the children, old tree cut.fowers T.,
the house all the time. and low cost OF main
tehahce. why lose money by planting now what
you wiz tear out hVe years hence when you know
better Why not anticipate the growth of your
own and eVerybody's good taste, so that you will
waste no precious years and your place will grow
loyelier and more valuable every year?
The right way Is to use permanent plant5. in.
stead of temporary ones and to place them
where they will meet every practical need of the
family, instead OF scattering them for shcw And
the illinois way" is tc meet all the o.itdoor needs
OF the family by having 80 per cent of the plant
Ing composed OF trees and shrubs tha. grow wild
in Illinois. Why Illinois trees? Because they are
hardy. and therefore economical to maintain We
do not have to test their hardness, since nature
has adapted them to our conditions by expert
ments covering tens OF thousands Of years More.
over. we want Illinois to look different from all
the rest OF the world. and o have noble char
acter OF its own! The highest ideal that any farm
er can realize is to have profitable farm with
permanent buildings and permanent planting
both OF which are utterly different from those of
Europe. and as full as possible of American and
even of state character.
European farm houses are so different that you
can usually tell simply from a picture whether
they are German. french. Dutch Italian, or Span.
fish The English farmer often lives In house of
brick or stone which has sheltered his family
for generations. In front OF II stands a pair of
oaks that have defied the storms of 200 to 500
years The house Is covered with Ivy or with
roses which climb to the top OF the red-tiled
roof. The yard Is surrounded by hedge OF haw
thorn or OF holly. The Englishman boasts that
he loves his home more than any other man liy
fng. and points to the fact that the English Ian
wuage ID the only one that has separate words for
shouse" and home"
every old state In America tends to have itr
own style of Building and planting Massachusetts
- lannon's for her colonial. or Georgian houses
,,te tle one m which Longiellow lived. with cen.
old elms sheltering the stately roof like
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SUMMER TLLAGE IS FAVORED
During Three years Following Ground
10 In Such Shape That Very Liz.
tie Labor 10 Needed.

fBy JAMES D. MARSHALL. Colorado
Agricultural College. Fort Collins. Colo.)
The principal criticism associated
with summer tillage is that 1t involves
a large amoupt OF extra labor. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Philip Held. who Is .
successful farmer In Logan county.
this criticism Is more apparent than
real.
Concession is made that large
amounts OF labor are associated with
summer tiliage. but during the three
years following deep summer tillage.
the ground lie In such condition that
comparatively little labor Is needed
for successful production Of crops.
No plowing Is done at any time until
the land is plowed again for the next
summer tillage. Just as soon as the
first crop grown on the summer titled
land has been harvested the field is
disked. The object Of the disking IL
to destroy weeds, reduce losses from
evaporation, and to leave the land IN
suitable tilth to receive the winter
rains and SHOWS.
In the early spring. the land Is
disked again and is planted to some
kind of cultivated crop. usually corn.
Only few civilizations are needed to
keep the weeds down. After the re-
moval Of the cultivated crop. no cul.
tural onerations are performed until
the following spring. when the land
Is disked and seeded to a small grain
crop.
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Souvenir Grenade Killed Boy.

A soldier had tragic home coming at Bouogne-
sur.Seine. France. recently His grandson, five
years old was examining some souvenirs OF the
trenches which he had brought with him. when
loud explosion occurred. The boy was killed and
his grandmother sustained severe injuries. The
explosion was caused by German grenade
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Soft Ginaerhread.

Cupful sour milk. one cupful sugar
one-half cupful butter. three eggs. one
cupful slrup. one tablespoonful ginger
one teaspoontul cinnamon. two tea
spoonfuls baking soda. two and one.
half cupfuls -four; mix together; bake
in rather slow oven till set. This 10
fine.
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Sure Feed Crops,

The sure feed crops to grow In dry
land districts are kafir. milo. feterita,
sudan grass and sorghum. and Span
ish peanuts where they are acclimated.
Sweet clover has given good returns
where 1t has been given careful
trial
Mexican beans make a good cash
crop In all years and wheat In wet
years.
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sacrifice on our
behalf. and his
glorious triumph
over death. There
10 . fitness be-
tween the time
and the event that
tmpresses you the
moment you think
about II. Both
speak Of hope.
anu DOtQ Or06LQ0
gladness In the
heart Of man.
He was deliv.
cred for our OF.
fen 9 9 g." How
pregnant Ii every
word Of that great
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Deep Winter plowino.

Deep winter plowing increases the
water-holding capacity Of soil and en-.
ables II to store up enough water
during the winter to provide for the
crop during a dry summer. provided
mulch is kept on 1t at all times.
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Hawks Avoid DuckIInos.

Did you ever see a hawk pick I'D
duckling? They say they never
touch them. But turtles are not so
afraid OF them. Turtles lie in wait
for them along the waterways.
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lenreea Of Insanity.

What's the difference between a futurist
painter and postimpressionist?'
Not being an expert alienist, | can't answer
that question"
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To Make Broom, Last lono.,.

Soaking broom In hot water before
using for the first time will make the
bristles stronger and add many
months to their life
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How Can He?

Social worker-Do you obey the Bible injunc.
ton to love your neighbor?
Freshman try to. but she won't let me.-Cor.
nell Widow.
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Eve to Utility,

Il want a pair Of pants"
Something In rough goods or smooth"
Rough reckon. | find 1t handler to scratch
matches on
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isn't Maud Mercenary7

Maud-Would you marry for money?
Ethel-Not /. ! want brains"
Maud-You certainly do II you wouldn't marry
for money.
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Christ's Death 1
and Resurrection /
BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY. DID. I
Dean Of tho Moody Bibis Inssjtuts
Of chicaeo

TExT-Who was delivered for our Of
lenses, and was raised again for our Jus
observation-disclosures 4:25.
One is SO glad that the Son OF God
chose the budding springtime for his
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stance. we all have to consider the OF making
lawn. OF fertilizing and planting
Now. there are two ways OF handling these
practical matters, one OF which gives little or no
proft while the other gives very great profits or
course you do not expect to make money out of
your home-you expect TO live In it-but the day
VIII come when you or your children viii wish to
sell part or all OF your property And the buyer
VIII look at everything you have done from ile
cold, unsympathetC viewpoint OF hardcash value
The man OF wealth who INDUCES every personal
whm. and makes an eccentric place will lose a
int OF money. On the other hand II you leave your
place bare. II may be absolutely unsuitable when
the time OF need comes. or You will get less than
u is worth. But II your farm ls sensibly planted
you can get bigger profit for the money you
put into trees and shrubs than for The same
money spent on house barn or hogs Then. aId
frees. that cost you nothing to plant may bring
you millionaire buyer Ten dollars spent ON
Shrubs and vines planted against the foundation
cf your house may add 500 to It's cash selling
value. II you spend $40 in the ordinary
way oil 'beautifyng the farm" you. will get back
nat one single cent II you spend II in the iii.
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'Aa "uJ. Sbu tduuOt
he'll increasing the
ea III value or STABILITY
o: your farm, because
permanent trees are
worth. for beauty alone.
III a square inch in
cross section OF their
trunk three feet above
the ground. and they
Increase In value every
year.
The common way OF
planting Is to scatter
Hover beds over a
lawn. II aims to make
the biggest show for
the money and get i'm.
mediate results That
is Why beginners make
fancy beds of commit.
Gated design and On
u e m with flowers
which give great mass.
es OF striking color fo,
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Poor Place for Pins.

1t does not pay to allow the pigs to
Gun through wet pasture.
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Spreading g st The Gospel
0gf Farm Beauty
az Wilhelm Miller,
The University of Illi-
nois is telling Rural
People why trees and
flowers and fine views
add value to property.

OBODY can afford to have bare ana
ugly home grounds II is bad bust
ness or course we do not commonly
take a business view of our homes.
we think of home In terms Of senti.
ment. For we all want the best there
is In life. and we know we can raise
better children II they have beautiful
surroundings.
But. granting that we all have the
best sentiment In the world, we can.
mt aacapn tba trpi,.a. .ido L.. a.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
MAKING HOG CHOLERA SERUM
Object of Treatment Is to Stimulate
Production of Antibcdies in AMI
mails System.

Serum is blood taken from a healthy
hog which has received special treat
ments consisting of injecting large
quantities Of virus or hog cholera
blood directly into it's veins or circu-
latiOn.
The object of this treatment is to
stimulate the production of antibOdieS
or immune bodies. \. hog that is made
immune to hog cholera by the use of
serum has a sufficient quantity of an
tibodies to protect itself, but has not
enough to protect others, consequent
", we must create IN excess of anti
bodies in its system, which is done as
described above.
The blood taken from a hog thus
prepared with the addition of q very
small amount of preScrvatives conSti-
tutes hog cholera serum as placed on
the market today.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
Germany's Protective System.

The American Protective Tariff
league, through the American Econo-
mists Washington correspondent,
cleverly turns the tables on the Tariff
Commission league, which has just Is.
sued a pamphlet asserting that the
strongest argument in it's campaign
for a permanent nonpartisan tariff
commission is the fact that Germany
has a permanent nonpartisan tariff
commission which brought that coun-
tE.1to the high standard Of efficiency
in competitive ability which it en-
joyed at the outbreak Of the war. The
Tariff league shows that Germany's
tariff was made not by a nonpartisan
tariff commission but by a body which
was composed almost entirely of pro.
te%ctionists, in which manufacturers
and land owners were in a large ma
jority. Germany wanted an adequate
ly protective tariff and she got it at
the hands Of this protective commits
sion. She has that tariff yet" says
the American Economist, land will
shove it up higher after this big wal
is over"
1t is becoming clearer each day that
the tariff commission idea cannot pos
sibly prevail. President Wilson has
declared against it on the one hand,
and he is supposed to very fairly rep.
resent the Democratic party, and the
Tariff league is opposed to it o. the
other hand, and it voices the views of
e large majority Of those who will sit
representing the Republican party in
this congress, as in the next.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
Republican Death Knell.

1.-The Republican leaders have sound
ed the death knell CT their party by
proclaiming that it is a party of the
North and not of the South; not a
national organization, but a sectional
organization" declared Col. William
F. Sapp, Democratic national commit.
teeman OF Kansas, in a'recent inter-
view. THE Republican national COM
mittee has voted to reduce the South
ern representation in the convention.
This is a virtual declaration that the
Republican party does not represent
the South; but the North alone; it is
not a national organization. There
has been a lot of apparent enthusi-
asm among the Republicans of late,
for what reason | am unable to under
stand. Certainly they cannot base
their optimism on poor business COZ.
ditions, for as an old friend OF mine
back in Kansas expressed it, business
is gettin' better every day and the Re-
publtcans are THROWN a fit"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
Loanina Government Money.

True it is that in 1888 the Repube
lican national platform denounced the
Democratic policy of loaning the gov
ernment's money without interest to
pet banks" but President Harrison
and his secretary Of the treasury con-
tinued the same policy during every
month of his four years of occupancy
of the White House.
So It YVES under Cleveland's second
administration, so it was under Nc
Kinley's administrations, so it was
under Roosevelt's administrations;
and what banker and what business
man so forgetful as to fail to remem-
bel the scores of millions of dollars
in United States treasury funds which
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
piled into the vaults Of the banks OF
New York city when the panic Of
1907, under a Republican administra-
ton, brought pallor 20 the bankers
cheeks as their vault shelves were
emptied Of their own stocks of u
rency?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
IS NOT CONVINCING
Country Will Not Approve of
Roots Program.
Criticism of President Wilson's AttL
tude During the Tremendous Up
heavaI In Europe Must Be
Said to Lack Sincerity.

From the lofty vantage ground OF
hindsight, Mr.. Root declares that Pres
ident Wilson has made mistakes In
dealing with foreign complications.
That is extremely probable-the Jour
nal pointed out n such mistake and
the way to retrieve it only a few days
ago.
This war has surprised everyone and
upset all calculations. Germany, which
had the advantage of the initiative,
made three tremendous errors at the
very start: She thought that Bel
GUM would not resist, that England
would not come into the war, that
France could not stem the torrent
poured upon her. England has made
so many blunders that it is useless to
enumerate them; Russia has tripped
again and again; ven France, though
sanest and most clear sighted OF all
the combatants, has erred many times
in the simple business Of fighting.
Why, then, should we expect to be
fawless in the much nor complicated
task Of maintaining neutral rights
without ceasing to be neutral?
Mr.. Roots program of what should
have been done" makes it clear that
if he Lad guided the destinies Of the
nation, we should have been at war
with Germany long ago. He would
have protested against the violation
Of Belgium, but without going to war
on that point. Such a course would
have been equivalent to serving no
tice on Germany that we hated her but
would not fight her-a fine way, truly,
Of ~persuading her to respect our
wishes. He would have backed the
Lusitania protests with action" The
only possible action is the use OF
force, and force means war.
Mr.. Root would be more candid
and more co~nvincing-if he omitted
entirely his lip service to peace, and
declared boldly that this nation ought
now to be at wal with Germany and
Austria.-Chicago Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23

to test samples Of BODYBUILDING rock
for any citizen free of charge, pro-
vided the samples are sent prepaid and
are submitted in accordance with def
mite printed instructions. These in
structions will be mailed by the office
Of public roads and rural engineering
to whoever requests Il copy. Where a
community is considering using a To-
cal stone or other stone which has not
already proved it's durability in high
way work, the highway supervisors
would do well to secure u laboratory
report from the department. These
laboratory tests ere conducted with
elaborate and rather expensive appara-
tus. and in the case of untried rock
are the only practical safeguards
against the employment of material
that will wear out too quickly to prove
Il gOoG investment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
QUICK PASTURES FOR SHEEP
Rye, Wheat, Barley, Oats, ETC., Are
All ExceIlent-Cowpea Is Favorite
Among Legumes.

For O quick-growing sheep pasture
some of the grain plants are excellent.
Rye, wheat, barley, oats, etc., are all
used. Some of the peas and other
legumes are often used, the common
cowpea being a general favorite for
this purpose. Sorghums are a big help
when sown in the spring to furnish
sheep pasture during the dry deather
of midsummer, when the meadow
grasses are brown and the bluegrass
is apparently dead.
There is a great list of grasses that
may be used in establishing a tempo
rary sheep pasture. When q pasture is
needed in a short time it is necessary
to pick q grass that will establish it
self at once and begin furnishing for
age. Timothy is fairly satisfactory and
so are all the clovers. Take timothy
and red clover as a combination to
be sown early in the spring, with a
nurse crop Of oats and you have a
mixture that is hard to beat. Cowpeas
sown in the corn will make q fine late
pasture for sheep and lambs.
Alfalfa has been recommended as a
sheep pasture. 1t has points in its
favor, but these are more than off
set by its disadvantages. 1t will grow
quickly and furnish a vast amount of
grazing, but unless it is we'll mixed
with other grasses its value is doubt
full for this reason: It is likely to
cause bloating. This, with the harm
to the alfalfa that will be caused by
the characteristic close grazing Of the
sheep makes it q poor plant for a
sheep pasture.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
LEADS TO EVASION
Plan of Collecting Income Tax
Is Criticized. -.
New York World Advises a Change In
Methods, and Presents Arguments
Unfolding Its Vision or
the Situation.

Secretary McAdoo is right in the
view that the income tax needs
Tightening up" But it needs tight
ening up in more ways than requir-
Ing the taxable citizen to make a de-
tailed return of deductions from gross
income.
The honest assessment Of the tax
suffers primarily from the attempt 70
collect at the source" This amounts
to an effort on the part Of the gov
eminent to turn over the collection OF
the individual tax to the corporations
at their own instead of the govern
ment's expense. Work which the gov
ernment's tax collectors are paid for
doing is passed on to those who are
forced to do it. without compensation
and at no end of trouble.
This is not fair to the collecting
corporations 1t Is demoralizing to
the governments own collection serv-
ice. It has resulted In indescr10aole
confusion. It cannot but result In
ulduy CNdSlOuS Nul(A oiO NV
tent of the taxpayer.
Taxable incomes may be derived
from e single corporate source, from
several corporate sources, from no
corporate source, or partly from n
and from the other source This eX-
poses the assessment to no end or
complications wide open even to hon
est evasions. But when the work is
further divided between corporation
assessors for incomes Of corporate
origin and government assessors n
collectors for other incomes, how is
an effective assessment fairly to be
expected? Government collectors who
are required to shirk ~two-thirds OF
their work cannot be depended on to
perform the other third.
Let the government go to the in
dividual in the first place, and count
upon the corporations only as infor-
nation bureaus in getting at the In
dividual and his taxable income. This
is the simple way; it must accord
ingly, be the more effective way. It
is more in harmony with that spirit
OF the tax which seeks to bring the
individual into a direct pocket rela-
ton with the government and the way
the government is maraged.-New
York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
President Has Done Well.

In the presence Of the greatest of
all wars, which appeals strongly to d..
vided American sentiments, and which
strikes deeply at American interests
at a thousand points, the president has
preserved the honor of the nation, has
In its behalf performed his duty to
mankind of insisting upon the pres
ervation Of the sanctions and re.
straints Of international law, and has
so far achieved important diplomatic
victories without the threat OF force,
but in a manner that leaves neither
America MOI Europe in doubt that he
would use force if diplomacy should
fail.
At the opening of a presidential
campaign the Republicans will, of
course, loudly deny all these things,
but they are true, and in ten years no
n will dispute Observation-Disclosures
Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23
TESTING ALL ROAD MATERIAL
Hardness, Toughness and Binding
Power of Rock Should Be Deter
mined-Qualities Defined.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture,

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Counties or communities intending
to build water-bound macadam roads
run considerable risk Of failure I'M
less they have the rock they are to use
tested for hardness, toughneSs, and
binding power. These are the quail
ties, in the opinion of the engineers
of the office Of public roads and ru-
raj engineering of the department,
which experience has shown to be
most essential to the endurance Of q
road. In q recent technical paper de-
signed to assist engineers In making
accurate laboratory tests of road ma
terial, the road specialists define these
qualities as follows:
Hardness is the property d rock
should possess in order to resist sue
cessfully the abrasive action of traffic.
especially irpn-tired vehicles, which
tend to grind to dust the individual
fragments of rock forming the wear
ing course of macadam road.
"ToughnesS is the property u rock
should possess to resist successfully
fracture under the impact OF traffic.
Binding power, or cementing values
as it is more frequently called, is the
ability which the dust of q rock should
possess or develop By contact with wa
Ter, SOFAS to bind or cement the larger
rock fragments together and prevent
their displacement under the shearing
action OF traffic. This property is es-
pecially valuable in water-bound
macadam construction, since it is de
pended upon to maintain the integ-
rity of the wearing course as the road
surface is worn off by traffic"
The use of rock suited to withstand
the wear of traffic is regarded as so
important that the department offers
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-23

make q big return on his investment
if he lives il one of those regions
where the dog nuisance is more or
less under control.
a few years ago a good many sheep
farmers were holding their lambs over
the first winter instead of selling them
in the fall for the holiday and win
ter markets. The demands Of the lamb
market during the last year have
been such to hurry the youngsters
into the markets as soon as they
would weigh from IS TO GO pounds.
There is every sign that the lamb
markets of this season will be fully
as active as those Of last fall and win
ter.