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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
BOYS DEMAND BETTER BOOKS
Youngsters Not Content These Days
Win Anything Dreamed by =.
2t Old.Sohool Writers.

A Chicago librarian has made the
discovery that boys are quitting the
so.called "boy fiction" for reading Of
q different kind:, They still read fic.
ton, to be sure, but 1t Is not their,
chief reading nor is the fiction they
read that provided by the old-school
writer's Of boys books, who hud the
notion that the youthful masculine
mind required and demanded spe.
cially prepared and specially na.
vOrcd food.
The boys Of today, according to
this finding, are calling for the bi.
ographics Of Lincoln, Roosevelt. and
Edlson. They are reading Cbristy
MathewsOn's 'Bool1 Of Sports" the
"Boys' Book Of Mounted Police" the
"Boys' Book Of Home Science and
Construction" and books on camping
and woodcraft
When they go in for fiction they
read Mark Twain, Scott, Dumas,
Stevenson, Jules Verne and Kipling.
They do not read. Henty and oliver
Optic.
The only thing at all curious about
this Is that 1t should ever have been
believed that boys had standardized
minds capable Of taking anything but
spoon food. Boys want first Of all
the genuine. and it would be strange
If they didn't learn where to find It,
A boy who has heard Of Roosevelt's
life In the West is not likely to be
content thereafter with the pretend
cd adventures Of the old malsc-believe
heroes, whose authors turned out
their thrills in New York boarding
houses. A boy who has read "Treas.
ure Island" and "Kidnapcd' will have
small use for Nick Carter.-Knnsas
City Star.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
IMMENSE POWER OF MUSIC
There Is Almost No Limit to Its In
fluence on the Human
Soul.

Musici The dictionary defines 1t
as "The science of harmonious sounds;
melody or harmony" The tide Of bat.
tie has been turned by the Science
Of harmonious sounds" and to hear
some old familiar melody has often
resulted In soothing the troubled
heart.
Music can call the patriot to the
defense Of his country; can enthuse
anew the wOrshiper at the shrine;
can call the lover to his beloved;
can fan into flame the dying embers
Of the fire In the enthusiasts breast.
There Is no limit to the power Of
music over the human soul.
The world needs music-music of
the soul, music Of the heart; music
of the voice; music OF the spirit.
There nrc people who can't sing, yet
they can be moved to tears or laughter
~ the words Of some simple melody.
Some people sing their way through
fife, and such people have wonder
full influence on the lives Of others.
Music can have an almost magical
effect In producing the desired re-
suits. In fact, the Imagination fails
to picture world without music.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
A Profitable Ruee,

A physician was walking up Broad.
way when he saw dentist friend look.
ing at some shirts In show window.
Just then panhandler stepped up to
tho dentist and began to unravel q
Ihard.luck story. TO the physicians as.
|tonishmcnt the dentist lifted his hand
to his ear and said, raising his voice
considerably:
"How's that7 You'll have to speak
louder. I'm hard Of hearing" The
panhandler hurried away, grumbllng
to himself. The physician walked up
and laid his hand on the dentists
shoulder. "Jim," he said, "you seem
to have ear trouble"
mo. perfectly normal" was the re-
ply. "But that chap was n profes.
sionn!, and playing deaf Is the best
way I know to get rid of that kind"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Mind Conquers Matter.

Have you heard the latest Coue
story? A man with handy legs called
to see the great practitioner Of heal
ing by suggestion.
After an examination, the doctor
said: "Yes, they can be cured. Mas
sage them every night and before YOU
go to sleep say, My legs are getting
less and less handy hundred and
fifty times"
Full Of hope. the man went home.
That night he carried out the massage
treatment, but he could not remember
Just how many times he had to repeat
the magic words. He knew it was
something and fifty, so, to make sure,
he recited the phrase three hundred
and fifty times.
Next morning he found that he was
knOck-kneed!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Shades of the Laundry.

A San Francisco lady was training
a new and inexperienced Chinese
housc-boy, and among other things
found 1t necessary to teach him how
to receive q caller. "Now. Wing" she
said, "when l come home this after
noon I shall ring the bell, and you
must pay attention to what tell you
to do when you open the door," When
the boy did this on her return, she
handed him her visiting card and had
him show her into the drawingroom.
Before long a caller appeared. Wing
took the proffered bit Of pasteboard
and gravely compared 1t with his mis-
tress' card, which he produced from
his sleeve. at the end Of his scrutiny
he remarked: "Tickee no same; no can
come n."-.Everybody's Magazine.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
RANKS T!l:..,,> IN PETROLEUM.
Russla's output In 1927 Amounted to
.,, 20,5oo,o00 Barrels, Engineering
and Mining Journal Says.

Prior to the outbreak Of the war
the production Of petroleum In Russia.
amounted to about 20 per cent Of the
worlds production, and, In spite of
political and Industrial upheaval, the
production Of soviet Russia still occu-
pies third rank In tie countries of
the world, says the Engineering ard
Mining Journal-Press. During tn
year 1920 the production amounted to
25,400.0CO barrels, and In 1921 to 49,
100000 barrels. In the district of
Buku the production in 1927 amounted
to 155,n0,OOO pools (thirty-six
pounds), us compared with 215,0OO,-
600 pools in 1919. In the district Of
Grosny the monthly production dur
Ing the second half Of 1921 amounted
1922, to 100000 pools. On account
Of lack Of suitable machinery new
bortngs cannot be made. The equip
ment In the retineries rs well as the
pipe lines Is in bad condition. Ac-
cOrding to the regulations Of the soviet
government, adopted at the beginning
Vt the present year, concerning the
grant Of mineral oil concessions, 80
per cent of the oil produced is re-
served to the state and 45 per cent
must be reserved for the home de-
mand. Only 25 per cent can be ex-
ported, and nll export orders must
pass through the official mineral oil
Office. Payments FOR export orders
are to be effected through the State
bank or the oil Office, and all pay
ments arc to be based Oh foreign
values.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Grazing Crops for South Carolina.

Grazing Crops for South Carolina.
A great deal has been said and
written about forage crops for the
southeastern States, but it is Of such
vital Importance that a review of
the facts will do no harm. AS the
use Of certain forage crop so ma
terially reduces the cost of produc-
tion by reducing tho amount Of con-
centrates, and at the same time is
usually a soil building crop any way,
Il Is difficult to see how we can af-
ford to be without it, -
With the exception Of one or two
months in the year, the swine men
say, we can have at any time three
to sly different crops for grazing. We
can have oats and rye from January
until June; crimson clover (where
suitahlel from February until June;
Bermuda and lespedeza from April
to October; velvet beans from No
vember l to March | vetch from
December / to April l; peanuts from
June to September, and cowpeas
and soy beans from May until No
vember.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Death Rate Already Too HIat1.

The death rate for the first quarter
Of 1922 among Metropolitan Life pol
lcyholders was higher amdng white
policyh0ldors by 5.3 per cent and
among colored policyholders by &C
per cent than for the same quarter Of
1927. This was due very largely to
the effects Of epidemic influenza.
There are, nevertheless, many faNOr-
able tens IN the figures for the quar-
ter. The outstanding one Is the con-
unucd low mortality from tuber-
culosis. The unfavorable develop
ments, In addition to the much higher
rates for Influenza and pneumonia,
arc the increases for organic heart
disease, cerebral hemorrhage and
chronic nephritis A higher rate was
also registered for automobile acct.
dents.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Learned English Historian and States
man Had Hobby for Variety
Of Apparel.

Lord N1acnulay, the English his
toriuns and statesman and .ineXhaust-
iblc conversationalist, had mind
overstocked with learning. And he
had wardrobe overstocked with
clothes, according to Margaret Mac
aulay's "Diary." Later in life," she
writes, "he indulgcd himself in an
apparently inexhaustible succession
Of handsome embroidered waistcoats.
which he would regard with much
cOmplacency. He was unhandy to
a degree, quite unexampled In the ex-
perience Of all who knew him.
When in the open air he wore per-
fectly new dark kid gloves, into the
fingers Of which he never succeeded
in inserting his fingers more than
half way. After he had sailed for
India there were found in his cham
bers between so and 60 strops, hacked
Into strips and splinters, with razors
without beginning or end. About the
snmc period lie hurt his hand and
was induced to send for barber
After the operation he asked what
he was to pay.
"'Oh, sir said the man, whatever
you usually give the person who
shaves YOU IN that case said Mac.
aulay. T should give you great cash
on each cheek"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Soil Moisture Control.

According to the best estimates,
The United States is annually losing
400 100000 tons Of valuable sur
| face soil through erosion, or enough
to fill Panama canal each year.
This loss is immense, especially IN
the Piedmont section Of Soutl, Caro-
| lima. The control Of soil moisture in
South Carolina is, therefore, the first
big factor in soil management, says
n. E' Winters, specialist in soil fer
tility.
This soil goes off through field
| gullcys into our creeks and rivers.
1t is always the finest soil particles,
the most soluble plant food, the very
cream of the soil. which leaves US
first. because of the lack Of contro,
of the soil moisture.
Our winters are mild and our win
ter rainfall is heavy, resulting in a
| serious loss in plant food by leach
ing. even where the land is not hilly
IL.
teaching loss probably amounts to
40 to so pounds Of precious Miro
gen per acre where our fields are
left bare all winter long, following n
clean cultivated crop. In Wow Of tho
fact that commercial nitrogen will
probably cost us 80 cents a pound
next spring in our fertilizer, it be-
hooves us to use every means avail
able for saving this plant food from
washing md teaching away during
the coming winter.
The use of wide, clean t""races
where The slope Of the land Ia from
for to sixteen feet in a hundred IS
absolutely necessary to prevent sur
face erosion. Good soil management
Is all that is needed If the slope is
less than four feet in hundred. If
the slope Is more than sixteen feet
per hundred, the field had better be
seeded down in permanent grass and
clover pasture. Under all conditions
the use Of green winter cover crops,
such as rye, oats, wheat, rye and
vetch, oats and vetch, crimson clover,
bur clover, one or more Of which Is
adapted TO every section Of South
Carolina, will help control the soil
moisture this winter, and possibly
save $1,000 to $500 worth Of plant
food per acre from teaching out.
Then II these green winter crops are
plowed under or used as pasture and
tho resulting organic matter incor-
porated into the SOIL soil moisture
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

control is benefited and plant food
saved.
IT is cons vatively estimated thab
South Carolina loses annually over
5000, 100000 on hcr corn and cotton
crops alone because Of either exccs-
sive moisture or droughty conditions
and that 100000 Of this could
be saved to the farmers Of South
Carolina by good soil management,
which includes the five big factors
soil moisture control, incorporate
OF organic matter, good blowing and
tillage, the regular and systematic
use Of lime in the rotation with leg
umes, and the intelligent use OF fer
tilizer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Art and BeatItv.

A collier and his wife visited a pic
ture gallery. They came to some pho.
tographs Of classic art, and seeing one
more striking than the rest, they
asked what 1t was. THAT" said q
visitor standing by, "Is photograph
of the famous Venus dc Milo, the per-
feet woman" The collier gazed ut
the photograph for some time, and
then, glancing at his wife, he said !:
"By gum, Lizzie. they made a mess
O. thcel"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Plant u Fall Garden.
small amount of time and labor

A small amount Of time and labor
expended in the preparatio and
planting Of a fall garden will bring
valuable returns. Aside from tho
pleasure Of having fresh vegetables
for the table during The "dry" win
,t1r3I'3nntp, the financial saving is
worthy Of consideration. Following g
'is a list Of vegetables suggested by
the horticultural division that may
be Included in the fall garden:
Bccts--Sow beet seed the first part
of september. The plans will stand
the wintor and produce beets for the
early spring use.
Cabbage - Good plants Of the
Wakefield varieties. if set now. will
form heads before cold weather, and
with slight protection both cabbage
ana collards will carry through our
scYorost winters.
Nale--Seed sown during Septem
her will produce all abundance Of
grccns5 during winter and the early
spriag, Siberian curled is good
fan variety.
tctince---Sow Big Boston variety
for a supply of delightful salad dur
in& I'll and winter. With slight pro-
tccuu1a firm heads can be produced.
>tnd--Seed sown during Sep
ternborwill furnish greens through
out he fall, winter and in the early
sNrIHa.
rnt3ns--Sets of the white pearl
varjetr will furnish bulbs and tops
durin@ the winter and early spring.
Seeds may be sown from September
20th 0 October 10th.
Garden Peas - Plant during No
vcmbcr*for tho earliest spring peas.
Ai&aEa is a good variety for the fall
p)anthlg
i;ad'Sh--Long white Spanish, or
soInc oi the other winter varieties,
SOW he last Of September, will re-
main m good condition throughout
tho "inter,
Napcr~ Though commonly sown
for r&iturage, rape seed sown in Sep
temoa Will yield excellent winter
grcUna
HpWnch--One Of our most delight
fui Y"Eetables Is spinach. Seed sown
the LAST OF September or the early
par "I October will produce green's
thronahout the winter and on until
late spring. .~
Tui9tips---This Is one Of our relia-
Bile yeEetables that will produce both
root" nd tops for winter and spring
use 9>w seed from Sept. 1st to Sept.
20th
I1YcfS farmers garden should be
provided with cold frames and hot
beds They are easily and cheaply
and serve as an import
ant faotor In keeping up the supply
Of vegetables during the winter
Il must be remembered that it Is
very noccssary to conserve soil mois-
lure and to have q good, firm seed
bed. small seed will como up much
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

The Australian government Is con-
sidering requiring every vessel in the
coasting trade or carrying twelve or
moro passengers to be sub-dividcd
into water-tight compartments and
fitted with fireproof bulkheads and
double bottom.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
a !. ,0Ical YounQater,

Father caught Willie smoking and
lectured him severely. Smoking is
injurious even to men," he went on.
IF they smoke too much they get to-
bacco hearts,"
Willie reelected a moment and then
asked: "And if they eat too many
sweets do they get sweetheartsT'--
Boston Transcript.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Make the farm boy birthday
present OF 4 good set Of tools. The
Investment will pay double divl-
dend--dilect returns in doing repair
work, and increased interest of the
boy In farm life.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

lfRyou have a better crop Of corn
or q better farm animal, or better
now to serve your community by
showing them at the State Fair.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
Why Figure Hogs OH Our Program?

Why Figure Hogs OH Our Program?
Owing to the fact that new money
crops are much in demand in South
Carolina at the present time, it wis
we'll to consider tho relative merits
OF the various possibilities along this
are having trouble finding crops
which can be produced at any con-
siderable net profit with any degree
of certainty. There have been two
large stumbling blocks in The way
OF the average South Carolina farmer
under the onc-crop cotton system
first, large fertilizer bill, regard.
less of crop production; second, hav-
ing to sell on a market not controlled
in any large measure by supply and
demand.
The hog crop is not endangered
by these stumbling blocks, and aside
from these facts it has scycral other
points much in It's favor, says S. d.
Sims, extension swine specialist,
who calls attention to the following
facts: The crops grown for pork feed
are in the main legume crops, which
naturally build up the soil If these
crops are pastured, over three-q,ar.
ters Of the plant food contained In
the crop Is returned to the land. It
can bo readily seen, therefore, that
by continuous system Of livestock
management, the soil can be enrich.
ed, and at the same time the farmer
will have sure source OF profit
without spending large sums for COM
mercial fertilizers.
In regard to the matter of market
ing, there are few crops which aro
so nearly dependent on supply and
demand for their selling price as aro
hogs. Slightly higher prices usually
prevail in April and September,
since in these months fewer hogs
arc coming on the market. The ma
jority Of tho hogs come from the corn
belt and are put on .hc market in
juno and July and December and
January. But it does not pay TO go
to much extra expense in ordcr to
finish pork for the higher markets
because the difference is so slight,
though with tho favorable climate
prevailing In our State for contin-
uous growing season, we can como
nearer catering to high price periods
than producers in more rigorous cli-
mates.
Other salient features Of this great
crop are small initial Investment and
rapid increase. Very little euuip-
ment IS needed besides shade and
water. Cheap Individual houses aro
all that are necessary. The increase
ranges from 500 to 1000 per cent
per year, and the offspring reach tho
breeding ago before they arc year
old.
Dyes have been discovered in Eng
land that color artificial silk, but
have no effect on cotton, making it
possible to produce various effects
on mixed textures after they arc
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Cattle were the first money, say
the historians. Carolina farmers will
come 70 understand that cattle still
lhean money.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

1.-TWO cows will produce $4,000
POUNDS Of milk per year, why feed
aud care for three to do it?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Wedding is as important in grow
ing good livestock as in growing good
crops.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

A%dollar saved is q dollar made.
WelLga green winter cover crop may
save$$lo.oo per a9re in plant food.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Aiproblem In marketing: If po-
tatoJi In town is worth two in the
country, who gets the difference?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Dyes have been discovered in Eng
land that color artificial silk, but
have no effect on cotton, making it
possible to produce various effects
on mixed textures after they arc
woven.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Advice from "a successful swine
grower: Rape for spring and fall
is a forage crop that no hog FARMER
can afford TO overlook"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30
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9 aa'G ARDEN
8t Clemson Farm Notes.)
Pertinent Farm>Poiltcrs.
Last call for fall gardens!

Remember the farm machinery to
koep8it repaired.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Z With The dairy farmer, cleanliness
Is next certainly, to godliness.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

It's q wise farmer who is master
Of his cash crops.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

better il packed by rolling tho wheel
of garden plow over ihcm in such
way as to press hem into the soil.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

CarbonatiOn Of milk and ice can
not be relied upon as a means Of in
surhg sanitary quality Of dairy por-
duets. according to recent expert
mcnts.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-30

Eleven thousand new books were
published in Great Britain last year.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-15
WASHINGTON.

A government-owned and operated
corporation to be conducted under the
supervision of three directors appoint
ed by the President for development of
the nitrate and water power projects
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, was proposed
in a congressional resolution made pub
lie by Senator Norris of Nebraska,
chairman of the Senate agricultural
committee.
Disregarding the demands and insist
ent appeals of President Harding and
Secretary of the Navy DENLY, the
House appropriations committee in Il
bill laid before the House recommend
ed a slash of nearly $200,000,000 in the
Navy Departments estimates for the
coming fiscal year and provided for Il
reduction in the navy's enlisted person
mel from 100000 to $1,000,
A memorial to Rear Admiral Robert
e. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole,
was dedicated in Arlington National
cemetery when huge spheroid made
of white granite from his native state
of Maine was unveiled at his last rest
ing place.
BY vote of 103 to G6 the House ap-
proved the amendment added in com
mittee of the whole to the bill provd-
ing appropriations for the Department
of Justice expressly forbiddng the use
of funds in the prosecution of labor
unions for agreements relative to
wages or conditions of labor. The
oil
ton of agricultural producers for co
operative marketing of their products
An accounting of the $350,0000 600
worth of enemy property held by the
government was given the Senate in a
report filed by Thomas w. Miller, alien
property custodian, in response to a
resolution by Senator King of Utah.
1.-The final disposition of this proper
ty," Miller said, will, undoubtedly,
have direct bearing on the economic
relations between this country and
Europe, with particular reference to
the late enemy powers.
Secretary Fall has left Washington
for an extended trip through western
states which have large public lands,
to make personal investigation of
Indian reservations, reclamation pro-
jects and other field activities of the
Interior Department. Before begin
ming his trip of inspection, Secretary
Fall will first go to his home at Three
Rivers, N. NJ, to attend to some per
sonal business. After two or three
days spent at his home, the secretary
will go to Arizona and then cover as
many states as possible before return
ing to Washington early In May.