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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18

bottom of which the rivulet flows. The
day was hot and, being thirsty, he
asked for a glass of water. They
brought him the water, and he was
about to drink, when looking down
and catching sight of the streamlet,
he said, No, take it away; give it to
that poor river; it needs a drink more
than l do.
Then there is our English London,
which stands in rather tame country.
II is true that there are some charm
ing bits of quiet and pretty rural
scenery in Surrey and Sussex. within
q distance of from 20 to 80 miles, and
there are pleasing beech woods cover
ing the chalky hills of Bucks. Yet
Nature has done nothing for London
comparable to what she has done for
Washington. The Thames, although 1t
fills up pretty well at high tide, is
nowise comparable for volume or
beauty OF surroundings to your own
Potomac"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18
PRAISE FOR ENGINEERS.
General Langfit Speaks of Splendid
Work of Men,

work OF men.
Two Yorkville boys-Wallace Mar
chall and Callie PleXco, were members
CT the 117th Engineers of the famous
42nd or Rainbow division enc of the
first American divisions overseas.
Citation for gallantry has been be-
slowed upon the 117th Engineers by
Major General w. c. Langfit, chief
engineer for American forces in
France. 1t reads:
Il. Upon departure Of the 117th en-
gineers from, France and from the
American expeditionary forces, the
chief of engineers desires to thank
Col. j. NJ. Johnson and the officers and
men of his command for the valuable
service which they have rendered to
the engineer department.
"2. The regiment has participated
in all the engagements for the Forty
second division, frequently operating
with a bravery and dash as infantry,
and yet always attending to it's proper
engineering duties in providing ways
of communications, without which no
division can win battle.
"3. In particular it is desired to in
vite attention to the very remarkable
and invaluable engineering work, the
corduroy road across the Bar valley
With insufficient tools, with no suita-
BILE materials, after days of hard
marching, with no food and no sleep,
end initiative, resourcefulness and
wonderful do or die spirit of your Of
ficers and men enabled you to con-
struct a way for the artillery and sup
plies across the Bar valley marsh,
which held out until corps troops could
secure plank from Souilly for more per-
manent plank road later.
"a. Regiments such as the 117th
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18
MIGHTY MOUNT MITCHELL
Highest Altitude of Any Peak East of the Rocky
Mountains
oREsIDES OVER SCENES OF SILENT GRANDEUR.
Southern Blue Ridge Country Said to be the Oldest Land
in the World-Waves of the Atlantic Once Broke
Against the Foot of the Great Peak.

before his eyes and :nvoluntarily gives
birth to the thought, Thou art God'
the Supreme Architect Of the UNI
verse" followed with a prayer OF
thanksgiving for the opportunity to
see His choicest handiwork.
Many Peaks Visible.
From the summit one may see the
ncighboring peaks Of the Black noun
tains, all of them over 5000 feet In
altitude, clad in primeval forests
while across the awful gorges and the
everlasting cliffs may be seen the
majestic heads of the pinnacle OF the
Blue Ridge, Craggy, and Craggy Dome
and the Bulls Head, all piercing the
sky but little short of Mitchell, the
king of them all; while on the far-on
horizons rim may be seen the towers
of the Roam, Grandfather, Table ROCK
the Tennessee Bald and a hundred
others. Peaks and tiers of mountains
pile up tier on tier, higher and higher
in the purpling distance until lost in
the wonderful blending of color OF the
great artist of the untverse-nature.
Those who would see Mount Mitch
ell at its best should stay over night
and see the Gun rise. Here, rs the
light king of the world from his eter-
nal home slowly pushes back the black
curtain of night, q veritable world of
mountains seems to rise out OF the
darkness of the infinite abyss, with
great lakes of white clouds covering
the valley below. The majesty of day
from the chambers of the
east which are hung with draperies
of scarlet and gold AS nearer he ap-
proaches the rim of the lake of clouds
below, great shafts of purple and gold
through the pale blue sky. brushing
away the mists which o'erhang the
scene and chasing to cover the twink
ling stars, the eyes of heaven, which
have watched over the sleepers of the
n ght. The universe has flung wide
its portals for the great light king, and
again tine soul of man f1utters and
gasps and involuntarily gives birth to
the thought, Thou art God, the Su-
preme Architect of the Universe
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18

American overseas forces aggregated
1889 officers and men on July s, ac-
cording to official announcement made
in Washington Monday. On the same
date 100000 troops were at sea en-
route to the United States and $780,
900 were in this country
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18

at Longview, Texas Monday on war
rants charging assault with intent to
murder in connection with a pitched
gun fight between whites and negroes
last Friday. The men were later re-
leased on bonds Of $1,000 each pending
action by the county grand jury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18

engineers have reflected great honor
upon the entire engineers service, and
through you l wish to express to the
entire regiment my thanks and appre-
Citations"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-18

Fourteen white men were arrested
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Aviator and VuIture
Battle 1000 Feet in Air

MOULMAIN, Burna.-Lieutenan
Etienne Poulet, the Frenchman who
recently yielded the Paris-Australia
air race to Captain Ross Smith, is
safe here, following a battle in the
air with a huge vulture, which broke
a propeller of his machine and forced
him to land on a small plateau in
the mountains.
Lieutenant Poulet left Bangkok,
Siam, on December 6, two hours after
Captain Smith, and direct word of
his fate had been lacking until last
night, when he landed here in his
machine.
The French aviator said he noticed
the big bird while flying at an altl-
tude of 1000 feet over mountain
peaks in Siam, about 100 miles cas-:
of Moulmain. The vulture circled for
a time over the aircraft, which was
making little speed because of
weather conditions, then dived
straight downward, striking and
SCATTERING the right propeller. Then
followed a struggle on high until
the feathered enemy scared away,
baff1ed.
Discovering it would be impossible
to continue the journey, Lieutenant
Poulet searched the mountain tops
for half an hour before suitable
landing place could be found.
He made his own repairs and con-
tinued to this city. 10
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
EMPLOYMENT for Winter

Farmers, as a rule, have too much
to do at certain times of the year
and not enough at others. Many
farms are Improbable because their
owners have little or nothing plan
ned for winter. Wood-cutting can be
done at any time, but cool weather
favors the rate of production and in
the winter the work does not con-
flict with that on regular field crops.
If cut in winter logs are not SUBJ
ject to rapid drying, nor to deep
checking at the ends of the logs,
which often occurs in summer-cut
logs and appreciably reduces their
sale value.
Because of injury resulting from
the southern pine bark beetle in the
hot season. it is practically neces-
sary to cut pine in the fall and win
ter months. Damage and loss in
summer often come from wood-rot-
ting fungi. including the "bluing'
and other staining of wood. For
these reasons a. good many farmers
turn profitably to logging and saw
milling for a few fall or winter
months each year. Nearly every kind
of wood product can be satisfactorily
handled in winter, according to the
forest service of the United States
department. of agriculture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Durun Wheat Receipts

Receipts of durum wheat at seven
primary markets were about $780,
900 bushels in the year ending June
30, 1919. During the last five years
they were as high as 43,900,000 BUSH
els in 1915 and as low as 100000
bushels in 1918. Exports of this
wheat ranged from about 24,800,000
bushels in 1916 to 100000 bushels
in 1918, and the exports of the fiscal
year 1919 were about 100000
bushels. This is a hard wheat with
high gluten content when grown on
dry-land farms, and is suitable for
macaroni and other paste products.
Before the war it's chief competitor
in the markets of southern France
and Italy the principal destinations
of the exports, was similar wheat
from southern Russia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
u. S, Butter Exports Small

In spite of vast grazing lands in
the United States this country fur
nishes less than / per cent of the
butter that figures in world or in
ternational trade, according to sta
tistics recently compiled by the
United States department of agri-
culture. However, the same fact,
expressed in terms of the total num-
Der of pounds Of butter exported,
does not look so insignificant, since
the annual total for at least one year
in each of the last six decades has
approached 30,000,000 pounds. There
has been marked fluctuation in this
country's exports of butter, the
amount frequently dropping to less
than one-third of the total for the
big years. The relation between do
nestle and foreign prices has beeen
the determining factor in these
changes. During the last few years
our exports, small as they are rela-
lively, have been going to seventy
different countries, colonies, and de-
yal1 dencieS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Fur Coat Demand Makes This
Tough Winter for Muskrats

the animal. The accompanying il
Illustrations suggest the two types of
stretchers used in curing the pelts
from the muskrats-wire and wooden
astretchers.
"a stretcher made of heavy galvan-
lied wire is now being used extern
sively by trappers. When using a
wooden stretcher the skin, inside out,
is stretched over the board and a
tack or two inserted to keep the skin
in position to dry.
Skins, designed to make milady a
muff or coat, should be "cased," not
opened along the belly. Begin skin
ming at the heel and slip up the mid
die of the hind leg to the tail around
it, and then down the other leg in
the same manner. No other cuts are
necessary. Turn the skin back over
the body, leaving the fur side in
ward. The skin peels off easily to
the front feet. Cut closely around
nose, ears and lips, thus saving the
pe1t from tearing. If pieces of flesh
stick to the skin about the head
they can be scraped off or left to the
fur dresser.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
MARKET FOR CHEESE TO GROW
AS PEOPLE LEARN ITS VALUE

rieties have been increasingly pop
ular, and furnished in 1918 practi-
cally one-fifth of the cheese con-
sumed in this country.
Greater Variety of Uses Urged
Attempts to develop a larger mar
ket for cheese should take into &C.
count the fact that practically ali
cheese now consumed is eaten as
purchased. A very large proportion
Of it is used with bread or as a
filling for sandwiches. Cottage
cheese in some form is consumed in
large quantities. Dietists have no
criticism of Americas manner or
its use in a greater variety of ways,
and more regularly.
Everyone interested in charging
the market for cheese should under
stand clearly its food value. It con-
tains over % per cent more protein
than the same weight of an average
cut Of beef as purchased. So far as
its composition is concerned, there
fore, cheese is entitled to be consid-
cred as directly comparable with
meat. There are a greater variety
of ways OF using cheese in the same
way as meat, ana these can usually
be readily learned by consulting an
average cook book. In planning
menus in which cheese Is given an
important place, the housewife
should bear in mind that, being rich
in both protein and fat, cheese may
replace such foods as fish and eggs,
as we'll as meat, rather than cereal
foods, characterized by large
amount of starch, or succulent foods
such as vegetables and fruits.
How to Increase Demand
Every interest concerned in en-
larging the market for cheese should
join in preaching the gospel OF
more cheese in the daily menu"
says dairy specialists. There are
many ways in which the educational
campaign can be carried on. Adver-
Using is one effective medium. At
tractive displays Of cheese and
cheese dishes, with well-worded plac-
ards, in grocery and delicatessen
stores help materially
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
PREPARATION OLA TOBACCO SEED BED

tobacco or cotton fertilizer will do.
A good application of well-decayed
compost or manure which is free
from all weed or grass seed is ad-
Visable.
The fertilizer should be thoroughly
mixed with the top soil, by any
means that good judgment dictates,
After this the bed should be raked
until it is in perfect condition. The
amount of seed to one hundred (100)
square yards is usually one heaping
tablespoonful. Care should be taken
to distribute these needs evenly over
the surface of the bed. A good
method to pursue to get this result
is to divide the seed to be sown into
two parts, sowing one-half the seed
one way, then sowing the other half
crossways to the ones you have just
sown. Tobacco seeds need no cover
ing except the running of a roller
over the bed after the seeds are
sown.
1t is best to mix the seed to be
sown with two CD quarts of sifted
road dust, or dry wood ashes, as a
vehicle for the proper distribution Of
the seed. Where 1t roller is not con-
tramping on it with the feet, care
being taken not to let the heel of
the shoe make a deep imprint in the
earth. Poles about six CO. or eight
(S) inches in diameter should be laid
around the bed, and staked down in
enough places to keep them from
rolling. The earth should now be
thrown up to the outside of the poles
to keep out the wind, insects and
excess rain water. Boards six co
or eight (S) inches wide set on edge
may be used instead of poles if more
convenient.
The bed is now ready to be COW
cred. For this purpose regular to-
bacco canvas or cloth, which can be
bought at most dry goods stores,
should be used. Small poles or Stats
should be placed across the bed so
the cloth will be held ten G0) or
twelve (12) inches above the surface
of the bed. Fasten the cloth well
to the poles or boards around the
outside of the bed.
This covering Keeps out injurious
insects and retains the moisture and
heat and prevents frost injury.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Honey Yield Hiuher

Thesaverage yield of surplus honey
in 1919 was fifty pounds to a colony
of honey bees, as estimated by the
States department of agriculture.
This is considerably above the aver
age of forty-five pounds in 1918,
and of Ais pounds for the five years
191S-1917. The relative proportions
in which the honey of the last two
years was marketed are indicated
by fifty-nine for extracted honey,
thirty-one for comb honey, and ten
for bulk honey. About one-third of
the product goes to outside" mar
ketS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
Black Locust Profitable
For GROWING on Farms

Black locuSt-knoWn also as "ye1-
low locust-is one of the most prof
liable and useful kinds Of timber for
the farm. The wood is heavy, hard,
and particularly durable when used
in the ground. For use as fence
posts, black locust is long-lived and
very desirable. Only one other wood
gives longer service; namely, Usage
orange or "bois de'arc," which, how
ever, nowhere occurs in abundance
and is so hard that it is difficult
to drive stapes into 1t except when
1T is green.
Black locust grows rapidly and
yields good-sized fence posts at an
age of from fourteen to twenty
years, according to the forest service.
United States department Of agricul-
ture. A WORKOUT field in middle
Tennessee which, twenty years pre-
viously, had been planted with one
year-old locust seedlings, yielded
fence posts worth $188 an acre on the
stump, or $3.50 at the railroad about
two miles distant. This was a gross
return of $40 an acre yearly on a
hillside of fairly good soil which be-
fore the trees were set out had start
ed to gully badly. Returns of SIS
to 81 an acre annually have fire.
quently been realized on poor, thin,
hill land. Good soils underlain with
limestone and planted to back locust
in the Appalachian and Piedmont re-
gions, from. Pennsylvania to Ken
lucky, can be counted on to yield an
acre of SO an acre yearly at the
end of from fifteen to twenty years.
The manufacture of insulator pins
requires large amounts of black To-
Gust for which purpose it Is the
most satisfactory wood.
In starting black locust, small
sprouts with portion of the root
may be dug up and used; or, better,
the seed may be sown in the spring
in drills in good soil, like onion seed.
At the end of the season the seed
lings will be from two to four feet
in height and satisfactory in size
for setting out. This may be done
in the late fall, but the spring sea-
son, about the time growth starts,
is preferable.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26

When muskrat coats are retailing
for fabulous prices in American cit
les, the industry of trapping the fur
bearing rodent this winter offers
both sport and profit. Open seasons
for muskrat trapping are usually re-
stricted to three months in the year,
December, January and February.
Protective laws, however, enforce va
riations as to open seasons in the re-
spective states.
The muskrat is easily lured to
traps.
The floating traps can be made ac-
cording to the following specifica-
tions: A hole 8 to ~ inches square
is sawed in the side of a barrel hav-
ing both ends intact. A strong c1eat
is nailed across each end projecting
6 to inches on the sides. Upon
the cleats boards as long as the bar
rel or somewhat longer are nailed.
Enough water is placed inside to
make the barrel float with the outer
platform level with the surface of
the pond-say. with about ona-third
of the barrel exposed.
Marketable muskrat skins should
be properly peeled from the body of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
RY G. d. ruNrcE

Early and vigorous tobacco plants
Tor transplanting are necessary for
the best results in growing tobacco.
therefore, it is very important that
all tobacco beds in south Georgia be
soWn between December rs and jan
uary Is. However, good plants have
heen secured from beds sown as
late as February 1, although this
In rather later.
Select a well-drained, friable piece
of land, near running stream, if
possible. for your tobacco bed. The
land should be low enough to sup
ply a sufficient amount of moisture
for the young plants. The bed should
"A protected from the cold winds by
a swamp or woods on the north
side.
The proper size bed to be planted
to insure plenty of plants is two
hundred (200) square yards for each
five go acres to be planted. If the
lay of the land Will admit, it is de-
sirable to have the bed not more
than twelve (12) feet wide, and as
long as necessary to get the required
number of yards. This shape makes
1t easy to place and replace the
cover. 1t is best to select a place
in the woods for the bed, for the rea-
son that no grass seeds are likely
to be present there, and it is better
protected from the cold spring winds.
A tobacco bed should by all means
be burned before the land is broken.
This may be done with dry wood or
any other material, which when set
on fire will cause the ground under
meath to become hot enough to de-
stroy any weed or grass seed which
may be in the top soil. This burn
ing also leaves the land in a good
mechanical condition.
After burning, rake off all I'M
burned chunks, Goals, etc. This man
ner of getting the bed in a fine filth
is matter of choice, care being es-
tablished to keep the burned soil on
top. The land should be broken to
the depth of four (4) or five 60
inches. After the bed has been thor
oughly broken, apply fertilizer at
the rate Of two hundred (20O), pounds
to the one hundred 10O) square
yards of bed. Any good complete
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-26
FERTrLIzING COTTON ON LIGHT,
SANDY LAND

W. E. c., jefferson, s. c., writes:
wish to know the best method OF fer, fer
sandy land. l intend to use 900 pounds
per acre. What grade of fertilizer would
you advise? How would a low grade
fertilizer do mixed with cottonseed meal
nequal proportions? Is it best to use
it all at planting time? What is the
best kind of lime to apply to the land?
If you are growing cotton in a
section of the state which is infest-
ed by the boil weevil, only one meth
cd of practice in the matter of fer
tilization is advisable. If there are
no weevils in your community, how
ever, you may proceed on a different
basis. In the presence of the weevil
all fertilizers should be put under
the drill row at the time of planting
the cotton. Side applications will
not be of advantage and should not
be used in my judgment. All the
nitrogen intended to force the crop
to rapid growth and development
should be put under the drill plow.
There is no objection to using as
much as 200 pounds of nitrate of
soda per acre in this manner along
with other materials. In fertilizing
cotton for myself I would prefer to
use 500 pounds of formula con-
tanning say 3.5 to per cent of
nitrogen, about per cent phos-
phoric acid and about 8 per cent of
potash. I am speaking, Of course,
Of using this material on land of the
type you mentioned in your letter.
do not think anything is to be
gained by making a mixture such
as you have suggested on half-and-
half basis.
If the weevil has not reached your
community, then a side application
Of nitrate Of soda, when the cotton
is chopped, will be all right. We
rather doubt, however, the advisable
ity of putting off making a second
application as late in the season
as you have suggested. In the pres
ence of the boil weevil you must re-
member that the only cotton which
you will mature is that which is set
on early in the season, and the only
advantage in the world you could
secure from side applications in the
presence of the weevil would be to
prolong the growth of the crop and
thus provide more feed for the wee
wills.
The best kind of lime to use is
finely ground raw rock. Close to the
coast oyster shell lime can often be
used to advantage. The lime made
from the shells direct without burn
ing is satisfactory. For most pur-
poses about 1000 to 1000 pounds
per acre should be applied, depending
on the crop to be planted. For pea
nuts 1000 pounds per acre should
be used. For Iegumes. such as cow
peas, we would use say 1000 pounds.
Of course, for alfalfa, several tons
should be applied. This material
may be put on any time from now
on. If the land is already broken, it
should only be narrowed into the
soil. The finely ground raw rock is
preferable to any other material for
agricultural purposes, according to
my experience.