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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
FLOWING TO KILL BILLBUGS
In Lowlands Of Southern Sections
Corn Is Liable to Injury by
These Insects.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture.)
Corn planted In river and creek bot
toms or other low places, especially in
southern parts Of the country, is liable
to injury by billbugs, snout beetles, or
elephant bugs" as they are variously
termed. These hard-shell beetles live
normally In sedges, rushes or the large
wild grasses that grow in moist, low
ground, from which they may invade
cornfelds. Damage is done to corn by
the grubs or young Of the beetles
which live inside the stems or roots of
the plants and eat out the central
portion Of the stalk, causing stunting
and serious injury. The adult beetles
also fnjure the crop by puncturing the
growing point or "hud" of & plant.
Land infested with billbugs should
always be plowed in late summer or
early fall. This measure. entomol-
ogists In the United States department
of agriculture say, destroys the winter
quarters Of the bugs Corn should not
be followed by corn in the Atlantic
coastal plain region Of the South, but
should be nlternated with cotton, on
which the billbugs cannot live. 1t is
necessary to destroy all sedges,
rushes, chufa, or large swamp grasses
growing on land intended to be plant
ed to corn, because these plants are
the natural food Of billbugs and when
present prevent their determination.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
EXPENSE OF IMPROVED ROAD
Manifest Advantage, as Well as Neces'
sity for Good Roads Seems to
Be Educating People.

Within very recent memory the ex-
pense Of good roads has been bitterly
opposed by farmers. The increasing
tax rate, due to many causes, has been
viewed with the greatest alarm. With
in the last year, the manifest advan-
tage, as we'll as the actual necessity, OF
better rural highways seems to be
gradually educating the public to the
viewpoint that good roads are an ac-
compartment to the changing times In
the agricultural world. The only ques-
ton now is whether or not, with all
the vast sums expended for road i'm
provement, we can get good roads soon
enough.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19

himself that the policy Of the state
highway commission Is the correct
one. Let us consider first Of ali the
expensive type Of road construction,
such as concrete, or the best grade
of macadam. This type of road will
cost approximately $4,000 per mile,
and let US suppose that the cost Of
construction Is met by issuing 20
year AZ per cent bonds. The annual
expense on account Of this first cost
would be about $3.50 per mile. And
these roads will need some mainte-
nance, possibly not much over $50 per
mile per year. This brings the total
cost up to about $3.50 annually per
mile for the expensive or so-called per-
manent type Of road.
Now take well-constructed gravel
road and the cost for this road will
run about $4,000 per mile for con-
struction, figuring again on a basis Of
20-year Az per cent bonds and the
annual account for first cost will be
about $50 per mile The cost for
maintaining these roads, if properly
done, runs up pretty high, and 1t can
be well done with an expenditure Of
about S240 per mile per year.
This makes total annual cost then
for the surfaced road of approximate
ly $3.50 annually per mile. A compari-
son of these two Annual costs shows
$3.50 per mile per year in favor Of the
cheaper roads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
FEED FOR FATTENING STOCK
Soy Beans Are Coming Into Favor as
Economical Ration-CattIe Make
Rapid Gains.

Ground soy beans are coming into
favor as an economical feed for fat
tening cattle. At the Indiana expert
ment station, where extensive expert
ments In winter steer feeding have
been conducted, the profit per steer
was larger where ground soy beans
were fed than when cottonseed meal
was fed.
Cattle fed ground soy beans as sup
plement made more rapid gains and
greater gains on given amount Of
feed than cattle fed cottonseed meal.
The southern states can produce
both cotton seed and soy beans in
abundance, and will be heard from In
beef cattle production before many
years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19

Dakotas, but it is less valuable than
corn for feeding hogs and beef cattle,
and as flesh producer does not equal
barley. The meat produced by millet
was found to contain a greater per-
centage Of lean than that produced by
other feeds and the fat was softer.
When fed as grain, millet seed should
always be ground. Millet, however, Is
used in large quantities as chicken
feed and bird feed, and in this case
the seed can be used without grinding.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
MOST DESIRABLE TYPE FOR DAIRY PURPOSES.

vision to have the above feeds on
hand for the coming winter when sue
culent feeds are not easily available.
Dry Rouehage.
Legumes make the best hay for
dairy cows, Alfalfa, clover, soy beagp's, !,
velvet beans and e5wpea hay are the
cheapest sources Of protein, and when
possible, should form part Of every
ration. Other roughages, such as tim
othy, millet and corn stover, require
more protein In the grain mixture.
Grain.
Farmers Bulletin Number 74S''
gives very good rule to determine
how much grain should be fed:
"a grain mixture should be fed IN
the proportion of one pound to each
three pints or pounds Of milk pro-
duced daily by the COW, except in the
case Of O cow producing flow Of 4O
pounds or more, when the ration can
be one pound to each three and half
or four pounds Of milk. An even bet
ter rule is one pound Of grain each day
for every pound Of butterfat produced
during the week by the cow"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19

If you only realized the terrible in
Jury you do yourself when you take
:alomel, you'd never put another grain
n your mouth. It's rank poison.
Instead of calomel, use that splendid
guaranteed vegetable compound, Mar
Inns Liver Medicine, the medicine that
IS winning favor. 1t is excellent for
headache, constipation and kindred ills,
1t acts forcibly and quickly without
business; does not impair the appetite
While the prescribed dose is one tablespoon
full, have found by experience that teaspoon
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
GRAVELED ROADS ARE CHEAP
Can Be Built and Satisfactorily Main.
tanned at Less Cost Than
Other Types.

(By E. B. HOUSE, State Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
I have heard considerable discus
sion lately concerning the policy Of
our state highway commission In
constructing the kind Of roads it
has decided upon, and it is often ar
gued that the only type Of road Is
the so-called permanent road, the one
that needs no maintenance.
If one will take pencil and do a
little figuring, he can easily convince
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
Notice OF Final Dis
charge,
To All Whom These Presents May

To All Whom These Presents May
Concern:
Whereas, G. Fred Long, Jr., has
made application unto this Court
for Final Discharge as Guardian in
re the Estate of James Henry
Spearman, who is now twenty-one
years of age, on this the 3rd day of
December, 1917.
These Are Therefore, to cite any
and all kindred, creditors, or par,
ties interested, to show cause be-.
fore me at my office at Edgefeld
Court House, South Carolina on
the 7th day of January, 1918 at IL
o'clock a. M, why said order sof
Discharge should not be granted.
w. T. KINNAIRD,
J. P. c., E. c., S. @.
Dec. 8, l9l7-4t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
As Roughage 1t Is Regarded as
Somewhat More Effective
Than Prairie Hay.
VALUABLE AS A Catch CROP
Plant Is Adapted to Wide Range Of
Soils and clImates-Not to Be Re-
garded az Profitable In Crop
Rotations.

l(From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
FoStail millet, which makes up ap-
proximately nine-tenths Of all the mil
let grown in the United States, Is de-
,clared by specialists in the United
States department of agriculture to be
valuable chiefly as a catch crop. Most
Warmers use it to overcome q shortage
in their hay supply or to occupy field
which would otherwise be idle. For
such purposes millet is admirably
adapted because it natures quickly
land 81 i is obtained with ease and
certain =.
Furthermore, the plant Is adapted to
6 wide range Of soils and climates. AL
though large yields are not obtained
under unfavorable circumstances, mil
let does better on poor soil and in a
dry climate than most other hay crops.
In semi-arid regions 1t frequently es-
capes periods of drought because Of
its short growing season. On the other
hand, 1t Is quick to show the effect Of
dry weather because Of its shallow
root system. Compared with Sudan
grass, Its chief competitor, millet is de-
fclent both in quality and yield Of hay,
but the growing season of the Sudan
grass Is somewhat longer, and this
provides greater opportunity in the lat
ter for injury from drought.
Feeding Value of Hay.
In its feeding value the hay Of fox
tail millet has been found to be ap-
proXimately the same as timothy hay.
AS q roughage for growing stock, it is
usually regarded as somewhat more
effective than prairie hay but not the
equal Of alfalfa or clover hay. 1t can
be fed without danger to cattle and
sheep, and sparingly and in connection
with other kinds Of hay to horses. A
continuous ration Of millet hay. how
ever, has resulted in injury to horses.
This fact, says q new publication Of
the department Of agriculture, Farm
ers' Bulletin 1913, has been denied, but
1t is scarcely open to doubt.
A1illet is not to be regarded as O
NOiioNANuNhl VI lSSulul SlOD
rotations. 1t has been considered ex-
haustive Of soil fertility, possibly be-
cause it gathers its food and moisture
from the upper levels Of the soil. Also,
q very small quantity Of vegetable
matter is left after crop of millet has
been harvested for hay, and therefore
there is little humus added to the soil
when the stubble is plowed under. Ex-
perience, in fact, has shown that it
is quite likely that crop following
millet will not do so we'll as one fol-
lowing small grain or corn.
Used for Human Food.
In Asia, the original home Of foxtail
imillet, the plant is used to a certain
extent as human food. 1t Is quite un-
likely, however, says the bulletin al
ready mentioned, that there will be
any great demand for it in this coun-
try as long as wheat can be produced
as abundantly as at present. Prose-
or broomcorn millet, has been used to
some extent as grain crop in the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
Work prau After Rains.

There are many times when days
work can be spared on the road. AZ
ter heavy rains the road may need GER
tain repairs or Improvements when the
overseer is not ready to call out the
hands. Why not individual farmers
donate q days work on the road at
such time?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
PREPARATION OF SOIL URGED
Farmer Can Prevent Growth of Weeds
More Economically Before Plant
Ing Than After.

The strangest thing about the bad
habit, which the South has of putting
in crops without proper preparation,
is that It seems almost impossible for
the average man to realize that he
can fine his soil and prevent The
growth of grass and weeds better
and more economically before the
land Is planted than after the crop
is up.-The Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
Kemp Repair Shop.

have purchased the interest of
my brother, Calllson Kemp, in our
repair shop and hereafter the busi
ness will be conducted in my
name.
l have employed Mr.. R. N. May
son to do my horse shoeing and as
he is an expert workman we wantyon
to give him trial. Bring your
horse or mule to our shop when it,
again needs shoeing and be con-
vinced as to Mr.. Mayson's expert.
shoeing.
We are prepared to do all kinds
of repair work on short notice. A
large supply of frst-class material
always on hand.
d KEMP.
Edgefeld, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19

full at bedtime promotes sound sleep thrcu9hou!
the night and comfortable movement before
breakfast. 1t gives me great pleasure to be able
to recommend Martins Liver Medicine as pleas
ant and thorough laxative. ."-Andrew M Beck
Macon. Ga.
Martins Liver Medicine is made ac-
cording to the prescription of a cele-
brated Southern physician who used it
for years in his practice. 1t is purely
vegetable andis guaranteed to give sat-
isfactory results. If after using it you
are not satisfied, return the empty bot
tie and receive your SOC.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-12-19
JOY Ride to Town.

A trip to town now to lay in the win
ter supply Of necessities, is a Joy ride
compared to what that same trip Will
be when the roads get muddy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
POOH-BAH JOINS THE ARMY
Sandberg Held Nearly Every Office in
His Town, But War Wooed
Him.

Bangor, Me.-When Carl ]. Sand
berg of The Folks enlisted the other
day with Company II of Skowhegan
which is now doing guard duty. he up
set the entire oficialdom of the town
He was principal of the high school
assistant postmaster, chairman of the
board of selectmen, superintendent of
schools, notary public, tax collector
and game warden.
But patriotism overcame all these
houors, and he walked out of all these
official robes TO help Uncle Sam in his
scrap with the kaiser.
The Folks is not large place. hav-
ing about 200 residents and valua-
ton of about 100000 1t is largely a
numbering community and is fifty
miles southeast of Skowhegan, in
Somerset county. Sandberg was not
the whole town. hut as shown by the
honors conferred upon him. he was II
real somebody in the community.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
STONE AGE WEAPON FOUND
Flint Dug Up in Trench Found to Be
Club Head Used in Prehis-
toric Days.

LondOn.-An Australian soldier dig
ging trench in France found Il
strangely Clipped knob of flint and
converting it into knsbkerFy, which
he always carried in his belt. He
used il to crack German heads in
trench raids.
When he brought it to England the
interest of antiquarians was attracted
by the flint. Investigations and com,
PARSONS resulted In authorities agree
ing that ii was a war weapon of the
Stone Age, used then in exactly the
same manner as the Australian was
using it In 1917 and showing that in
the Stone Age men fought over the
same battlefields.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Hard on Politicians.

And he gave it for his opinion that
whoever could make two ears of corn
or two blades of grass to grow upon
spot of ground where only one grew
before, would deserve better of man.
kind and do more essential service to
his country than the whole race of
politicians put together. - Dean
Swift's voyage to Brobdingnag."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NEW MONSTER U-B0ATS
N0ISELESS, SAYS SWISS

] A Swiss newspaper CORE
: spondent who recently visited
] Kiel says the German subma-
I rines of the latest type are
cruisers of 1000 or more tons,
/ with a radius of action of thou
J sands of miles. At least four
l of these new U-cruisers have
7 already been built, and several
others will be completed this
J summer.
! The submersible cruisers
: have several batteries of six
! inch guns and three torpedo
! tubes. Their speed is said to
be over 20 knots per hour on
the surface and - knots sub
merged. Each one of the YES
sells has crew of more than
100 men.
: An important feature of the
new monster submarines is that
: they have noiseless motors. Az
ter diving they move silently
: through the water and their
presence cannot be detected by
IN enemy ship even with the
finest instruments.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02

nags on the field to hire them out foi
'gentlemen's mounts" to the sailors
Obviously the horses are about as
used to their saddles as a hog is to
work. But they are hired by the sail
ors at any price the farmer asks. A
lad hailing from Maine takes his first
chance on horseback and slides down
the horses neck. His shipmate yells
at him, Go aft, you fool, go aft"
The thousands of jackies swarm
over the field. Hundreds of them break
and run for the beach for swim. A
crowd Of them gather at target prac-
tice with small! rifles. Six of the ten
baseball diamonds are promptly put
Into use by scrub teams.
And then more launches from the
battleships come in bringing the star
baseball teams from four Of the battle
ships. A double-header is TO be played
between four of the best teams Of the
fleet in II series to determine the fleet
championship. The grand stands fill
rapidly and soon they are a swelling
sea Of white suits and red and brown
faces as the sailors cheer their ships
teams on TO Victory. RattlinG good
bali is played by these navy teams.
The nine men on the diamond repre-
sent the pick of a thousand from a
battleship and they play with the in
terest and a good bit of the money Of
the whole crew backing them. They
train and work for months for cham
pionshlp series like this.
Provides the Happy Ships"
1t is the llberality of private Ameri- |
can citizens that has given these men !
Of the fleet their big athletic field.
When the war came on the fleet lost
the income It usually had for its ath-
etic fund from the Guantanamo can
zen and the Navy league of the Unit
ID States offered TO lay out field for
he men OF the fleet. In all about 115
las been leveled, plowed n prepared.
ZEN baseball diamonds have been laid
ut. Docks were built at the waters
dye. A bathing beach was cleared.
he officers of the fleet also were pro-
ided with tennis courts and a golf
curse. Every sort of sport is found
here. The result is that every man
n the fleet has plenty of healthy out
cor sport and the officers of the fleet
ny that this provision or their recrea
on has done much to provide ''happy
hips" in the fleet as ii waits for the
pportunity to strike a blow at the
Iuns in defense of civilization and
'ecdOm.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Poor Mans Household Goods.

THE man of high descent may love
the halls and lands of his inheritance
as part of himself, as trophies of his
birth and power; the poor mans at
tachment TO the tenement he holds
which strangers have held before and
may tomorrow occupy again, has
worthier root, struck down into a pur-
er soil. His household goods are of
flesh and blood, with no alloy of sill
yer, gold or precious stones. Charles
Dickens.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
HaIcyon DAYS.

"Halcyon days" was the name given
by the Greeks to the seven days which
precede and follow the shortest day
of the year. The reference is to an
old fable which states that during this
time of year, when the halcyon, or king
fisher, was breeding, there was calm
at sea. From this tradition the phrase
'halcyon days has come to signify
period of peace and tranquility.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
He Will Consult His Pastor.

Some day soon we are going around
to call on our pastor and ask him if it's
an acted lie, and therefore every bit
as bad as regular one, not to go to
the door when you're busy and the
chances are at least ten to one that it's
somebody DESTROYS of selling you an
other broom.-Ohio State Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Savings Used to kindIe Fire.

Alliance, O.-Mrs. Rosa Cfefher,
used an old handkerchief containing
three 500 bills, six $50 and five $40
bills, rhe savings for three years, to-
gether with some newspapers in kim
ding furnace fire. Not even the
ashes of the currency remained
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Advertisinu.

1t is estimated that from $300,000.-
600 to $500,000,000 is spent annually
in the United States for advertising.
This includes newspaper and maya
zine advertising, catalogues and cir
culars, and street advertising, bill
boards, street cars and the like.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Fittinu Artificial Ieus.

In order that one who has lost
leg may select the type of artificial
limb best suited to him, French in
ventor has perfected an apparatus
which accurately records the move
ments of the feet of artificial legs
while the wearer is walking.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Beware of Boredom!

Don't let yourself get into the habit
of being bored. 1t is not worth While.
When you feel it coming on plunge at
once into some task that will take all
your time and energy. 1t is better TO
run away from certain things than to
let them irritate you.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
To Utilize SUGAR.

If the sugar planters of the West
Indies are wise they will pay more
attention to fruit as a concomitant
product with cane, and devote some
of their idle acres to its cultivation,
and also to the establishing of fruit
canning factories, the results of which
have proved so profitable in the north
ern islands.-EXchange.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
A sian of Ace.

When man begins to say that all
he does is TO get up in the morning
and so to work and go home in the
evening and go to bed. he's getting old,
whether he will admit it or not.-At-
Gibson Globe.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02

"Cheerfulness is a small virtue, IT
is true but it sheds such brightness
around us in this life that neither the
dark clouds nor the rain can dispel
its happy influence" V. B. Alex
ander. a.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02

There are thousands of children at
this moment who are in crying need
Then there are dozens in every neigh
borhood who seem to be in crying
want. There's difference, you know,
indianapolis Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
Surely.

"There are always some officers in
a regiment" remarked the Observer of
Events and Things, "who do not be-
iieve in corporal punishment"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02

The Appeal to Reason has been
suspended because it wasn't any such
thing.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-30
JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE |S
 URGED
(By Associated Press)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Nov. 30 -(By MaiD-One of the first minis ters of neutral country public oiny express himself in favor of a Jewish State in Palestine is Marie Willem Frederick Treub, Hollands minister of finance, who has frequently been called the strong man" of the Dutch cabinet.
 ''The Jewish question is an inter- national problem the solution of which is of world interest" declared Minister Treub in the course of an interview. eff an international solu- tion of the Jewish question proves possible, and the formation of a Jew ish state is one of the consequences of the universal war, I personally should be very pleased. One of the first requirements would naturally be that the sacred places of Christi anity should come under the control of Christian authorities or be inter- nationalized. But 1 do not think diff ficulties will rise on that head. Every friend of humanity must desire the rebuilding of the Jewish nation in a Zionist sense. Every endeavor will therefore have to be made in the di- rection of transplanting the Jewish people to it's old place of residence, in order to solve a question that is so painful for the Jews and for the world.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-30

many states, probably will run until feoruary of next year, because of the pig crop and high prices.
 Local drying plants have met the shortage of oil by putting in wood burners. The dried fruit is selling at about sixteen cents a pound as against seven or eight cents a year ago. The handling is mostly by ma chlnery and the product is inspected by state officials.