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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
Ice Hockey at Penn State

viii 'f be- added 10 Penn states interoollegiate
sports activities this winter. For the hrst
n suitable rink for midwinter sport viii be
AVAILABLE The football field will be hooded
for the skaters early in January.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09

william C. Edwards, eighty-two years
old, of Colwyn.' Pa. died today In How
ard Hospital of injuries received in an
automobile accident at Coy wyn. Ed
wards was brought to Philadelphia for
treatment
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
Public Building Architecture.

It is an unfortunate circumstance
that the concept of architecture" to
most persons, is limited to libraries,
art galleries and other public build
ings. These they feel, are "architec-
ture;" and architecture" to fulfill the
most popular conception of it, must
have Greek columns, and be executed
in stone, on a scale more or less grand,
and at an expenditure of equally con-
s%picuous scale.
So far as this general popular esti-
mate goes, it is an excellent and high
" desirable thing. The people OF
every town and city, the people even
of every village, should be keenly in
-terested in the architectural merit OF
every public building which is being
erected with city funds. They should
demand the highest order Of archi-
tectural merit and should come to
learn some intelligent discrimination
between architectural merit and Il
nancial expenditure. The library, for
example, in q ~neighboring town may
have cost several thousand dollars
more to build than the library in ones
W town, but it may not be neces-
sarily better Observation-Disclosures
change.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
THE IRISH POTATO
BECOMES WAR RATION

Columbia.-"Did you eat a potato
With your breakfast"
This is the question thai the fooa
Administration is asking OF every per-
son in South Carolina.
Hapsburg Liebs says that the nome.
ly Irish potato has cut, is cutting ana
will continue to cut almost as great
a figure in this world wal as the SUBJ
marine.
+, In Germany, it is said, potatoes
have been planted even between the
ties of railroad tracks. Potatoes nave
kept the people Of Germany alive.
Probably Germany would have caved
in except for the potato.
The argument is put forth by ene
Food Administration that il the po'
tato will work for Germany, 1t Will
likewise work against Germany; ana
considering that food will win the war
there 10 n particle Of food that may
be prepared In so many ways as ae
poteto.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
Meat Is Scarce.

Patrick J. Kennedy and Thomas
Carr, farmers of Templeton, Ind, came
to Indianapolis with three carloads OF
hogs and cattle, and after waiting all
day at the stock yards were told that
there was no demand for them, says
the Indianapolis News. The price on
hogs fell off from SLIGO to S11.1O while
they were at the yards and finally they
had to sell u of the choicest hogs from
one car at SIT. They were told that
these hogs were too fat. The razor
backs, comparatively speaking, brought
S17.10. The cattle could not be sold.
After this experience the two went
to a stock yards restaurant nearby and
ordered steak. 1t was Tuesday and,
therefore, a meatless day.
"We can't buy beef or pork" said the
waitress. All we have for you is fish
and oysters. Meat is very scarce, you
know"
eyes, we know" said Kennedy, as he
gave in and bought a substitute.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
He Got a Seat.

Speaking of street cars reminds QUE
Of the latest-the very latest-thing in
wording heard on q local traction line.
This was sprung on an unsuspecting
world the other night-morning, rather
about three o'clock.
The springer told about it to his of,
fee mates the next morning as fol.
lows:
SIN so used to standing up in the
street car that I don't know how to sit
down any more, actually" he said. II
feel more rested standing up than sit
ting down. We always like what We
grow accustomed to, of course-sort OF
force of habit strong thing, you know,
as all our well-known psychologists
agree.
1.-THE other afternoon I stood up for
two miles, and finally q lady got out,
and a motherly looking woman said
to me, Here's a seat and I said, It's
q pretty seat, all right
"But that night I started to tell you
about-believe me, boys, if you want
to get Il seat on a Washington street
car 20 home at three o'clock in the
morning. 1t is pretty late, I'll admit,
but the lateness of the hou" has its
compensation.
81 got on, and there wasn't anybody
else on the car, but l got a seat, boys;
I got a at!"-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
IS OLD INSTITUTION
Custom Most Prevalent Today in Ire.
land Well Known to the Egyptians,
Greeks and Romans.

NThe custom Of waking the dead,
with the drinking, smoking and con-
versation of the large company of
neighbors who assemble in the house
IF mourning, appears incongruous and
repulSive to those who are unacquaint-
ed with it's remote origin or the kindly
and humane motives which underlie
It." says Michael Macdonagh, in the
English Review. "The wake is a very
old institution. 1t existed among the
Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans
Shakespeare and Scott give instances
of medieval revels in honor Of the
dead. The custom survives in a diff
febent form, but with somewhat identi-
cal motives, among the Irish, almost
alone of the ancient peoples.
"'Waking' means, for n thing,
watching The English way of leav,
ing the body shut up in q room, all
alone, would be most repellant to the
Irish nature. 1t would be regarded as
desertion. The Irish keep close com
pany with their dead until the very
last moment of the burial.
"The body is clothed in a shroud
made in imitation of the habits worn
by certain orders Of friars and in
the hands, crossed reverently on the
breast, is placed a crucifix. The walls
near the bed are hung with clean
white sheets on which are pinned
punches of flowers, laurel leaves and
holy pictures. Lighted candles, seven
in number, are on the table. They are
symbolical of hopes and aspirations
relating to the dead. That he or she
has been cleanSed Of the seven deadly
sins, possessed the gifts of wis
dom, understanding, counsel, fortitude,
knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord,
and the seven principal virtues.
"First entering the room where the
body lies the visitors kneel and say a
prayer for the eternal salvation OF TIE
departed soul. Afterward in the kitch-
en-, snuff, pipes and tobacco, whisky
and stout are served to the company.
The dead person Is. in his house for the
last time, and, as host for the last
time, ~dispenses hospitality.
Memories of his kindness and
good nature are revived by the neigh
bors. otis he that had the bright
smile and CHEEKY word whenever you
met him, and no matter what you
might want of him, sure you had only
to say the word to get it with a heart
and a half"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
FARMERS URGED TO
PLANT LATE CORN

Columbia.-After grain is harvested,
svery available acre Of good land
should be planted in late corn, says
the Food Administration. The Con-
~servation and Production Division OF
the Food Administration has secured,
for the benefit Of those who will plant
late corn, expert advice.
Corn can be successfully grown, ac-
cording to Clemson College experts,
from Columbia to the coast when
planted by the middle Of June. There
is yet time, therefore, if corn is plant
ed after the grain crop is harvested,
to add largely to the corn acreage in
South Carolina, which is greatly desir-
able.
Only good land should be planted
IN late corn, however. The poorer
land can be made to produce food by
planting cow peas and peanuts.
It is stated that it will probably not
be wise to plant corn after grain in
the Piedmont section, because of the
shorter season. For grain lands in
this section, cow peas, soy beans and
peanuts are recommended.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
HOW FARMER BOYS
CAN fight KAISER
BRYAN WILLlNGHAM, STATE
PRIZE WINNER IN BOYS CORN
CLUB CONTESTS FOR 1917,
SETS THE PACE.

Columbia.-What one boy can DO,
another can do. There should be an
American boy to match every German
boy in producing food to feed the ar.
mics fighting at the front and the fam
lilies of the soldiers left at home. In
Germany the boys are working. On
the farms in America. from which Sc
many men have gone to take their
places in the fighting line, there is a
great opportunity for patriotic service
for the farm boys not yet old enough
to fight with a gun. Their weapons
are the plow and the hoe.
Bryan Willingham, Of Winnsboro,
Fairfield cunty, first State prize win
ner in the Boys Corn Club contest for
1917, has set the pace for the farmer
boys of South Carolina. What Bryan
Willingham has done. other boys in
South Carolina can do.
Bryan is seventeen years Of age. He
has been a member of the Corn Club
for several years. He has on more
than one occasion won in his county
contest. In 1915 he won a scholarship
to a short course in agriculture offer
ed by Clemson College. In 1916 he
attended the short course, when he
received valuable scientific knowledge
of soils, plants and cultural methods,
which, coupled with his practical
knowledge, he has applied to his farm
ing operations with marked success.
He has learned we'll the Importance
of deep and thorough preparation OF
the seed-bed. the value Of humus in
the soil, and of good and well-selected
seed. He has learned the value Of
commercial fertilizers and how to ap-
ply them for best results; the value
Of frequent and shallow cultivation,
and the injurious effect of pulling the
blades or fodder from the corn.
With these important principles
well fixed in his mind, he started out
with the determination Of succeeding,
and he did so, producing 1878 bushels
of corn on one acre at a cost Of 17.6
cents per bushel. His net profit was
S2S7.75.
This being the best record made
by any member of the Boys Corn
Club in South Carolina in 1917, Bryan
Willingham was declared State cham
pion for that year, and won as prizes
a gold medal offered by Hon A. +.
Lever and an International No. 4, e.
shovel pivot axle Riding C%ultivator,
value $40, offered by the International
Harvester Company, of Columbia.
The past achievements of this
young farmer have fired him with a
determination to do even greater
things. He will continue in the club
work in 1918, after which it Is his
purpose to attend Clemson College
and take the complete agricultural
course to fit himself for successful
farming, which he proposes to make
his life work.
Bryan Willingham's achievement
should prove an inspiration to the
farmer boys of South Carolina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
NO REASON FOR HIGH PRICES
ON WHEAT SUBSTITUTES

ColumbiaAThe Food Administers
ton has sent out a warning to corn
miilers and to wholesale and retail
dealers in corn, barley and oats prod
ucts that at the present prices of these
grains cornmeal and oatmeal should
be selling at least twenty per cent
below the price Of wheat -four ar 1
that corr -four and barley flour should
be selling at least ten per cent below
wheat -four.
The high levels ruling in grains as
O result of car shortages and storm
weather last winter have now fallen
materially with much greater freedom
of transportation and the stocks &C.
cumulated by manufacturers and trad
ers at the prices ruling then should
have been liquidated by this time,
In the view Of the Food Administers
ton. The maintenance Of higher
price levels by millers and wholesal'
ers will require justification to the
State and local administrators, and al
though retailers are not under con.
troll, wholesalers will be instructed to
cease dealing with retailers who can.
not Justify thoir prices on tha basis
of the cost Of their goods.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
BusinessIike and Efficient.

1t is considered worthy of notice In
the papers that q woman has "held
down" a job as agent at a railroad sta
ton somewhere in the West and that a
woman was agent at a Maine station
for q few weeks. People must have
short memories not to recall that the
agent of the important Grand Trunk
station at Lewiston q dozen years ago
was a woman, who held the job for
some time. And the writer can testify
that she was ~businesslike and efficient,
for she once kept him waiting at the
ticket window for ten minutes by the
clock while she finished the job she
was doing on the books.-OXford (Me.I
Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
a PED
tome l0Wr1
IHglp5lk
BIRDS PROTECTION IN PARKS
Subject Is Engaging the Attention Of
Town Authorities in all Sections
of the Country.

In man. eastern cities, where the
winters are most severe, the park
officials maintain feeding stations for
wild birds. Even as far up in THE
frozen north" as Minneapolis q NUM-
Der of such winter feeding places are
found in every park of their
system. Theodore Wirth, the super
intendent Of parks, says: I'VE nave
"a long severe winter and find 1t neceS-
sary to feed birds regularly every day
for months if we are to hold them IN
our parks for the summer. We have
also built and placed a large number
of nesting boxes or bird houses which
are well populated. We protect birds
in every possible way and the local
Audubon society is doing excellent
work. a good many kinds of birds
which were rarely seen here a few
Years G are now found in large num-
bers, and many which formerly left in
the fall now stay with us over winter"
We have. in many parks, sufficient
s%hrubbery for cover, we are not trou-
bled much with cats. yet park men
should be required to kill all found
within the several larger parks and to
keep none except q single cat in each
s]torehouse. Encouragement should be
given in every way to the increase OF
native birds and those of bright plum
g and sweet song from other lands
should be introduced. The country,
not the city, should perform the Office
of introduction of new kinds. In a
climate so mild as ours there should DC
a thousand-fold as many birds rs we
now have and the parks should be
filled with them.-Los Angeles Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
WHEAT SITUATION
SERIOUS PROBLEM
People Asked to Give Up Eating
Wheat Bread Until After

ttllSok SiSeS
Next Harvest
Columbia.-The wheat situation is
the most serious in the food supply
of the Allied world.
This word comes from Washington
to tbs Food Administration at Colum.
bia. The statement continues:
"Our harvest was less than esti-
mated; needs Of the Allies are greater
than were calculated; losses by sea
and by battle have been heavier than
were anticipated; less comes from the
Argentine than had been hoped; tens
er demands on shipping space restrict
ships more than ever to the shortest
haul and the highest bulk"
Until the next harvest the crisis will
not have been passed. The call is
therefore issued that all who can and
all who will go without wheat-giye
up wheat bread entirely-until the
next harvest, as the club women of
South Carolina have pledged them
selves to do; that those who do not 90
on an entirely wheatless ration cut
down the consumption Of wheat by at
least one.half, and that households
keep within a weekly allowance for
each person of one and one-halt
pounds of flour and all other wheat
products.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
PREPARE FOR HOME GARDEN
National Health, as Well as Conserva-
ton and Patriotism, Demand
Planting of Many This Season.

The home garden this coming season
will mean more than it di@ last year
or ever before. 1t is not only q means
of national conservation and patrio-
tism; q measure of national health
lies within it. The man who can ana
who fails to put in a home garden
next spring will be q Stacker. The
government stands ready to help in
the garden. and government bulletins
on garden subjects may be obtained by
writir TO the Division of Publications,
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c., for q list of publications
available for distribution. Many OF
the state agricultural colleges, too,
have garden bulletins for free distri-
button.
Sometimes, in many states of the
Union, there is a chance to pillow the
garden early. When that chance
comes the garden Should be MANFRED
and plowed. Barnyard manure is a
source of weed seeding, but it is the
most satisfactory fertilizer usually OBJ
tainable. A spot four or five feet
square should be selected at the low
est, wettest spot in the garden for a
compost pile or pit, if not too much
trouble to dig q shallow pit. Into this
Dit throw all grass cuttings, leaves,
vegetable tops and pea vines and to-
mato plants. They rot in a year or
two and form q valuable source or
humus for the garden soil.-Country
Gentleman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
FURTHER SAVING IN
MEAT CONSUMPTION
Meatless Days Will Not Be
Inaugurated at Present if
Economy in Eating Meat is
Practiced, Says Food Admin
instration.

Columbia.-The Food Administra-
ton is extremely DESTROYS Of securing
economy in the consumption of all
kinds of meats without the reinstal-
lation of meatless days at the present.
The seasonal decline in the volume
Of animals coming to market is now
in progress and its volume will un-
doubtedly further decrease during the
next few months, as is usual, but the
probable amount of such decrease is
yet obscure, says the Food Admins.
tration.
A statement given out here today,
by William Elliott, Food Administra-
tor for South Carolina, and signed by
Herbert Hoover, says:
1.-THE necessities for shipment
abroad to our army and allies are very
large and amount to roughly 10000
600 pounds of meat and meat prod
ucts of all kinds per week against a
pre-war normal Of less than 100000
pounds. Even with these large ship
ments the allies have found it neces-
sary to reduce consumption of all
kinds Of meats and put it to an average
of about one and one-quarter pounds
per week per person in order that no
further draft may be made upon ship.
ping that is now required for the
transport of our soldiers.
Our consumption of meats is about
three and one-quarter pounds per
week per person, and if we are to
make both ends balance during the
short marketing season, we must have
further economy.
eff the public will continue rigor.
GUS elimination of waste and will fur
Their economic by reducing the guam.
tity prepared for each meal of all
kinds of meats and poultry, more par
ticularly beef, and will restrict their
purchases accordingly, the Food Ad-
ministration hopes that the necessary
balance can be maintained. A general
adherence to these recommendations
will avoid the inconvenience which
arises in many directions from meat.
less days and will cause less interior.
ence in the daily preparation of food"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
SUGAR CERTIFICATES
IN GRoCERS' HANDS

Columbia.-Grocers throughout the
State are now being supplied with
blank certificates, upon the signing Of
which persons desiring sugar for can
ming and preserving may obtain the
same. The grocers are being supplied
with these certificates by the county
food administrators, who are in turn
supplied by the State administrator.
The certificate system is used to
make sure that home Gamers may OBJ
tain sufficient sugar to preserve per
ishable fruits and at the same time 10
place a cheek upon those who would
endeavor to obtain unreasonable quan'
titles for household consumption.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
Trees Must Have Room.

In order to insure symmetry OF
growth, trees must be allowed unre-
stricted area for development. At
least 40 feet should be allowed be-
tween trees intended to occupy the
ground permanently. Quick-growing
temporary trees may be planted be-
tween the long-lived ones to produce
immediate results, but these should
be removed as soon as they interfere
with the development of the permal-
ent plantations .
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26

The vast plateau, with a minimum altitude Of
1000 feet above the sea level, amid a setting of
beautiful mountains and giant peaks. Summer in
this region is one Of constant Enjoyment and health
full diversion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
llIimitabIe.

Tommy, bound Siberia"
Cant be DONE"
why 1ot?"
1.-THE geography particularly speaks
of the boundless plains Of Siberia"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-06-26
ADDING to 1t.

81 fear you are too pretty a nurse
for this case"
"Why 500"
saThe patient already has palpitaton
Of the heart"-Louisville Courier.
Journal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-24

idly as feasible, but they do not pos
scss unlimited means of their own for
this purpose. They have to obtain
the investing public. On the latter it
depends whether or not the thousands
of agricultural enterprises which &C
comnoditions shall thrive or shall be
han pered and perhaps undone.
ncrican farmers are paying $500 a
minute, or over 100000 a day, inter-
est on loans. Experts estimate the
total amount of farm mortgages in the
Unitedo States At $4,OOO,OOO,OOO. One
Gfth of this amount, or $500 900, 900,
)mes due annually and is replaced
y new mortgages. The business is
So large that the Farm Mortgage
Bani crs' Association of America, at
its nationcl convention in Kansas City
next OctOl err, will earnestly consider
measures tf great Importance to both
borrowers AMI investors.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-24
SAVE $4,000 TONS SUGAR
Department Of Agriculture Specialists
Find That Other Sweetening Ma
terials May Be Used in Soft
Drinks Without Hurting
Quality.

Washington, May 22-Bottlers of
soft drinks in the United States may
save approximately $4,000 tons of SUI
gar annually by using other sweeten-
ing materials, according to investiga-
tons by specialities of the Bureau of
Chemistry, United States Department
of Agriculture. The Bureau of Chem
istry is preparing to furnish bottles
with sweetening formulas that will al
low the actual sugar content in soft
drinks to be cut to SO per cent or less
and at the same time will preserve
the customary taste and quality of the
beverages. Starch sugar, starch sir
up, maltese strip and honey are the
substitutes used,
The Bureau of Chemistry specialists
have cooperated with bottlers in us
ing these to sweeten and. give body"
to soft drinks. Their favorable opin-
ions of the results have been sustain
ed by four tasting juries", made up
of representatives of the bottling in
dustry, bureau experts, representa-
tives of favoring extract manufactur-
ers and women and children repre-
senting the consuming public.
The sweetening formulas that have
been tested in the bureau experiments
will be furnished to bottlers and the
results of the experiments will be de-
scribed in detail in bottling trade pub
lications. Restrictions on the use of
sugar in soft drinks have been placed
by the United States Food Admins
tration, but it is believed that the Blu
reau of Chemistry experiments will
allow the usual amount of these pro-
ducts to be manufactured without
marked change in palatablity or
quality.
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