Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-04-10
HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.
Grateful For Refreshing Rain.
Means of Destroying Moles.
MIR. Broadwater Has
Done Good Work.

We are having a glorious rain
which was 80 very much needed to
melt the large hard cIods and soften
the tight clay lands such as ours.
Some of the farmers had to leave
off breaking and wait for this rain
to soften the land before they fin
ished, and 90 to working their corn
and potatoes, also plant over some
of their corn. where the crows had
pulled it all up. They are busy
keeping up with the farmers and
eating the corn as fast as possible.
We noticed on Sunday they were
on the Job, making good, while the
men were not in the fields, and
were having good feast.
Poor farmers, they are the men
to feed them all. Man, beast, fowls,
birds and insects. rats and mice,
all depend upon the farmers for
living. Speaking of mice, I do not
know why they have all left us, un-
less we have Hooverized too much
for them, and kept every thing
closed too tight in tin for them, or
else my copperas ran them all away.
j. bought some copperas to put in
the hog slop and had it on shelf
in the kitchen, convenient for put
ting in the slop bucket, and the
mice were taking possession of my
kitchen, 30 they went into the pack
age or copperas and scattered it on
the shelf. In few days they were
all gone, and have not returned
yet. l hope they have gone for
good.
l noticed Uncle 'Iv." asked Mr..
and Mrs. Trenton to please send,
him their remedy for moles. When
my brother was in Central America,
Belize British Honduras, with our
Grand Uncle, Mr.. Watrons, he was
very much beset with moles and
aWee-wee's" and he putt sclyonide of
Epotssh in their pathways and kill
them out. | have heard by soaking
corn in strychnine, and putting that
at intervals in their path, they will
eat that and be killed. So I hope
MIR. and Mrs. Trenton will give
their remedy, and something will
stop the moles.
We attended The Birth of
Nation" on the afternoon of March
the 9Oth, and 1t was foe. Would
like to attend the Kaiser," this
week if it doesn't rain all the whi'ey
they are showing in Augusta. We
saw several from Edgefeld there,
also from our neighborhood, when
we were to see The Birth of Ma
tion.''
This last Sunday, we spent the
day very pleasantly with Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Brunson of Cleora.
Came home in the rain. slipping
and sliding, humping and thump:
ing, over the rough roads, until we
reached Edgefeld and swung around
into the Trenton road, then we
came home in a hurry. Mr.. Broad
water has certainly done some grand
work on that road and if he would
come now and put the old Martin
town road in just that same grand
fix as the Trenton road, why even I
would electioneer for him, and al
most go and vote for him. Now is
the time to work the clay roads, 80
they can be packed during the sum-
mer dry days.
By the sound of the wind and
rain outside, things will have water
enough to come up and grow now.
/ am of the opinion the ground
will be too wet to tramp over to set
out cabbage plants and tomatoes
for a day or two. The tomatoes l
have set out will grow fast, if
frost doesn't come and catch them.
Hardys.
hat I have put wire around, in the
etouo on6 out voootablos maats. or