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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
FIRST STEPS IN BFEKEEPING

Clemson College, April 3 Farmer
in various parts of the state are givin.
greatly increased attention to bees a
a source. of home honey supply ant
supplementary income, and many in
| quiries for information are being re.
ceived by the Extension Service bee
| specialist, who makes the following
suggestions for beginners.
The first stcp.-The first step ir
heekeeping is to learn something
about it, and this is accomplished
by reading and studying bulletins and
books on thf subject. by visiting bee
keepers Of experience and studying
their methods, by working in a bee
yard under the directions of a success.
full beekeeper, and by working with
ones own bees.
The time to STRAIT THE best time
to start is in the spring when the
bees have before them the entire
summer to build up into strong colo
nies. Good standard hives. such as
are now used by successful bee-kcep-
ers, should be ready before the bees
are obtained; and there should be pro-
vided bee-smoker, bee veil, and
hive tool or good strong pocket knife.
Where to get bees First, bees may
be obtained by purchasing good bees
in standard frame hives from some
neighbor, these to be moved at the
proper time to the desired location.
Second, bees may be transi el red from
some available bee tree in the woods
to a standard movable frame hive.
Third. bees may be purchased by the
pound on frames with queen. A COM
mon practice in this state IS to trans
fer bees from old logs or trees to
the movable frame hives with such
portions of the brood comb AS may be
!
If the new hives.
Faults Of wild bees Frequently
'ees found in wild bee trees are black
ees. These generally have temper
nd will sting on slightest provocation.
hey also lack courage and are poor
blenders Of the hive in distress. On
he whole, therefore they are un- .
atisfactory bees; but they can be inn
roved greatly and easily by requiem
lg them after they have settled down :,
roper!y into the new hive.
Information on transferring, preven- .
on of swarming, and requeening is
ven in Information Cards, 8, 9, and :.
}, which may he had from the >Ex-
nsion Service, Clemson College, S.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05

President Clemson College, Chairman
Educational Section in South Caro-
lima, Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
WOODROW WILSON FOUNDATION
APPEAL TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The schools and colleges are called
| upon to assist in raising South Caro-
lina's quota Of $4,000 to the Wood
row Wilsons Foundation. The appeal
should be particularly strong to the
school boys and girls of this state, be-
cause Mr.. Wilson spent part of his
school days. in South Carolina.
1t is not the amount contributed
which counts so much as the number
of individuals who show interest By
giving even small amounts. If the
average contribution from the school
children of the state were as much as
ten cents their obligation would be
fully met.
1t is proposed to raise one million
dollars as permanent Foundation.
With the income from this Foundation
awards will be made to individuals
and groups VINO have rendered dis
tinguished service ito Democracy. !
public welfare, liberal thought or
peace through justice"
Governor Cooper is the Chairman of
the Foundation in South Carolina.
and writes me thus in regard to it:
1T seems to me the purpose of this
Foundation ought to appeal to every
person who believes in peace through
Justice. BY this means it is hoped
hat we may KEEP constantly before
he American Public the ideals TO-,
which Mr.. Wilson stood during the
greatest crisis of the Worlds history
t gives an opportunity to every i'm
lividual to contribute some amount
nd thereby become charter member
# this Foundation.
The State Superintendent of Educa- ,
ion, Mr.. J. E. Swearingen, to whom
he school system Of South Carolina .
!; everlastingly indebted, sends this
'The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
worthy of the cordial support and
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05

Wanted for client loan of $4,000. 90
on ten-room house and ten acres of
land in the heart of Lexington. The
place is estimated to be worth s6,-
600. 00.A recent mortgage has been
reduced from $4,000. 90 to $4,000 90
on the place. House fully insured.
Wanted for client loan Of $4,000. 90
on farm which cost him approximate
ly s6,000.00 and has now been i'm
proved and is estimated to be worth
100000 90.
Anyone interested in this will please
communicate with the undersigned.
In case Of making loan the borrower
will pay for all papers, abstract Of
title, etc.
J. HUGHES COOPER,
1915 Washington Street,
Columbia, South Carolina.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05

| cooperation Of all Southerners and
! Southern Democrats. Public school
teachers and pupils can very properly
take an active interest in the cam
| paign for funds. South Carolina
cannot afford to omit her part of the
work or her contribution to it's sue
| cess
Each school should organize CON-
mittee to collect money and send it,
together with the names of the sub
scribers, to Gen. Wylie Jones, Pal
netto National Bank Building, Colum-
bia, S. G.. Gen. Jones is the Treas
urer of the Fund for South Carolina.
The National Committee will send to
each subscriber a certificate or some
other formal acknowledgment consti-
tuting the subscriber a charter mem
Der in the Foundation.
7 cannot address an individual let
ter to each school in South Carolina.
trust that this published appeal
will be sufficient. l am sure that this
effort to honor a man so we'll known
in South Carolina, and so we'll loved,
needs onl yto be mentioned to get
prompt and generous response.
I hope that every school teacher
who reads this notice will take the
initiative in organizing the work and
it to successful completion
within the next ten days.
Send the money and list Of subscr;b-'
ers to General Jones in Columbia
not to me.
Very sincerely yours.
w. NJ. RIGGS,
President Clemson College, Chairman
Educational Section in South Caro-
ina, Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
VICTORY WEEK FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS

! Columbia, April 3.-Next week vii
be Victory Week" in South Carolina
and over four thousand farmers ar
| expected to take the field and canvas
for signatures to the contracts of tn,
South Carolina Cotton Growers Co
! operative Association. The week
officials OF the Association say, viii
go down in the records as a week
marking complete revolution in the
agricultural and commercial life O,
South Carolina.
Victory Week" will be the whirl-
wind roundup campaign for member
ship in the association and hundreds
of farmers will work day and night
to sign up the necessary number Of
bales to make the contract operative.
Over 100000 bales Of cotton are ex-
pected to be signed up next week.
Marlboro county is now leading the
state in the number of bales signed.
having passed the 10000 bales mark
last Thursday. E. Wallace Evans,
the county chairman, says that 40,-
600 ables will be signed up in that
county. Darlington is second with
$1,000 bales and Calhoun is third
with 19,500 while Sumter is a close
fourth with 1860 bales. These four
counties promise a total sign-up ,of
100000 bales by May L.
Great headway was made in the
Piedmont section OF the state last |
week, there having been great activity
p that section. Over, 10000 bales
we're reported in one day from Pied
mont counties. During the week
many Of the most prominent farmers
n the Piedmont section affixed thei
ignatureEto the contract, including
uch men as Jas. r. Anderson Of An
erson; H. L. Watson, G.. G. Dowling
nd j. c. Purkinson of Greenwood
}. F. Efird and Son of Lexington: r
:. Gray of Gray Court; w. "A. Moore
cad of Goldville and others. Mr..
loorehead is president of the Banna
otton mills at Goldville.
In a statement issued Saturday
larry G.. Hammer, president of the
said
ut is the ambition of every man TO
snder some service to his state dur
e his life time. There is a chance
n every farmer in South Carolina tel
.nder a distinct service next week.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05

: Bunyan's father was what vas the,
called a whitesmith, a maker ant
mender of pots and kettles. John de.
scribed himself as a tinker who tray.
eled around the country in search O,
jobs. Contemporary literature de.
picts the tinker's craft as disrennt.
able, but discrimination must be used
to distinguish between the yacranr
and the steady handicraftsman. Bun
yam wrote, "N1y descent was OF = low
and inconsiderable station, my fathers
house being of that rank that is mean
est and, most despised of all the fami-
lies Of Ihe land"
1t has been generally believed that
II he WAS not entirely Of gvpsv cxtrac-
tlon, nc had some gypsy blood in his
veins. q Sir Walter Scott was DISPOSED
to favos the opinion that the Bunyaps.
though reclaimed and settled, NAV
nave sBrung from the gypsy tribe"
A writer who took exception to this
opinion said that there was nothing
of the. gypsy about Bunyan. for he is
described as having been tall of
stature, strong -boned. with sparkling
eyes, wearing his hair on the upper
lip after the old British fashion. hi.
hair reddish, but in his later davs !
sprinkled with gray, his nose we'll cut
his mouth not too large, his forehead |
something high and his habits ALWAYS
plain and modest"
There is more Oft Saxon than the
zingari in that description, as appears
also from the portraits of Bunyan
Another argument opposed to the
gypsy theory is that the register in the
parish where Bunyan was born shows
that the family had been settled in
oedfordshire for a long time, and some
OF them were persons of property and
IN position above the class suggested
by the term gypsy" Besides, syp-
sizes at the time of Bunyan were i'll in
avor in England, and thoy were much
'ersecuted as undesirables, which the
ounyan family seems not to have
oeen {
To refute the point of view of Bun
an having been a gypsy other writ
RS take the parish register and COPY 9
heerfrom a long list of Bunyahs who t
7ere baptized, held estates and were I
carried at least two centuries before +
he time Of the thinker of Bedford
all. ." They say that this disproves t
ne theory that Bunyan may have had a
ypsy blood in his veins. They also
firm that the long existence OF the r
anne in the county "effectually dis p
oses Of the supposition that the Bun j
TINS were gypsies." tt
But, then in many instances it is II
'own in English history that the W
'psies assumed the Christian and 81
rnames of Great Britain and Eu- IL
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
WEAK, NERVOUS,
ALL RUN N-DOWN
Missouri Lady Suffered Until She
Tried Cardui.-Says "Result
Wa. Surprising. Got Along
Fine, Became Normal
and Healthy.

Springfield Mo.-"My back was 81
weak could hardly stand up, and !
would have bearing.down pains and
was not well at any time," says Mrs.
q. Y. Williams, wife Of 8 well.known
farmer on Route 6, this place. 81
kept getting headaches and having to
90 to bed" continues Mrs. Williams
describing the troubles from which
she obtained relief through the use of
Cardul. my husband, having heard
OF Carduf, proposed getting it for me.
Il saw after taking some Cardui
%. that was improving. The result
was surprising. felt like different
person.
Later ! suffered from weakness
and weak back, and felt all rundown.
/ did not rest well at night, I was so
nervous and cross. My husband said
he would get me some Cardui, which
he did. 1t strengthened me My
doctor said I got along fine. Twas In
good healthy condition. I cannot
say too much for it"
Thousands of wcnen have suffered
as Mrs. Williams descr: pes, until they
FOUND relief from the use OF Cardut
Since II has helped 80 many, you
should not hesitate to try Cardui II
troubled with womanly ailments.
For sale everywhere. E.aj
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05

Every citizen who assists in the can
vass for new members during Victory
Week will be rendering such service.
I believe there are enough public
spirited farmers in South Carolina to
put this thing across. >"
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
Found Seven Rats Dead in Bin
Next Morning

Robert Woodruff says: MY prem
ises were infested with rats. I tried
RAT-SNAP on friends recommends
ton. Next morning found seven dead
rats in bin, two near fed box. three
in stall. Found large number since.
No smell from dead rats-RAT-SNAP
drys them uD. Best thing 7 have ever
used" Three sizes, S5c, Csc, s1.25.
Sold ard guaranteed by Lexington
Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
s. q - ,.
WAS BUNYlAN a GYPSY?

Was John Bunyan, who wrote the
great allegory, 'Pilgrims i:s gress,"
a gypsy? Very little is known of
the early life OF this wonderful man.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
Home Demonstration Column
APRIL ITINERARY OF COUNTY
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT

APRIL ITINERARY OF COUNTY
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT
!. April 1.-Office, Lexington.
April s.-Oak Grove Cooking
club.
April 4.-Round Hill Sewing club
April 5.-Charter Oak Home Dem.
onstration club,
April e.-Boiling Springs Home
Demonstration club.
April 6.-Boiling Springs Sewing
club.
April 7.-Red Knoll Poultry club.
April 7.-Red Knoll Home Demon
stration club.
April S.-Office, Lexington.
April 10.-Pine View eSwing club.
April 11.-New Brookland Home
Demonstration club.
April 12.-New Brookland Nutri-
ton class.
April 1S.-Lexington Cooking
club.
April 14-Liberty Hill Home DEM
onstratoion club.
April 15.-Lexington, Office. |
April 17.-Saxe Gotha Cooking
club.
April 1s.-North Edisto Sewing
club.
April 1s.-North Edisto Poultry
club.
April 1s.-Pond Branch Home
Demonstration club.
April 20.-Cavalry Home Demon
stration club.
April 21.-Mack's Cooking club.
April 21,.-Mack's Poultry club.
April 22.-Lexington, Office.
April 24.-St. Johns Sewing club.
April 25.-Proyidence Home Dem
onstratio nclub.
April 26.-Fair View Home DEM
onstration club,
April 27.-Midway Sewing club.
April 28.-Newburg Cooking club.
April 29.-Office, Lexington.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-04-05
SUMMARY OF MARCH WORK


Number consultations held, 81.
Number Women's meetings held, 10 .
Attendance ia.
Number Girls meetings held, II;
attendance, 1875.
Number schools or clubs visited, 21.
Number club members visited, %;
others not members, 9.
Number letters written, 7S; Circu-
Tar letters sent, 1913; Bulletins sentl
80.
Number miles traveled-Auto, 743;
total, 743. ..,::~.
Name Of supervisor or specialist
visiting you during month: Miss Bes-
sssie Harper, and Miss Lola NJ. Snider |
lsignedl ANNIE c., CAuGHdAN, i
County Home Demonstration Agent.
The Home Demonstration club
membership continues to grow, both
, in ladies' and girls club work.
The total enrolment for Lexington
county for 1922 as sent to the District
Agent April 1, is as follows:
Number Of Home Demonstration
clubs Tor women, 12.
Total mebership in the - clubs
1876.
Number Of Sewing Demonstration
clubs for girls, 6.
Total membership in the 6 clubs,
81.
Number of Cooking Demonstration!
clubs for girls, S.
Total membership in the clubs,
ss.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
BED OF MUSHROOMS WILL PAY
Necessary That Precautions Sc Takes
IN Planting spawn Bricks -
Proper Manner.

Mushroom growing win pay anyone
who takes the necessary precautions
in planting the srawn bricks In th1
proper manner. say the vegetable crop
experts az Iowa State college. In or
der 70 do the best the bricks should
b. planted In cave or cellar wherv
temperature OF SO degrees r. can
be maintained Make = bed Of fer
u,entet horse manure and plant the
bricks containing the spawn about
foot apart. Re sure that the spawn
bricks were obtained from a reputable
scotsman o. troabls may result
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
DRAIN MUCK AND PEAT LAND
Area Should First BE Drained by
System Of open bitches to Per-
nit Land to Settle.

When muck and peat land Is To be
drained by tile the area should first be
drained by system OF open bitches.
according TO the bureau OF public
roads United States Department OF
Agriculture. Such soils settle or sub
side considerably after drainage and
tend TO disturb the grade or slope OF
the tile line. After such soils have
been drained for y year or so they be
come compact enough to permit the
installation Of tile drains. Usually the
best method. says the bureau. Is TO
dig the bitches where the tile Is TO be
laid later. and after the tile Is laid
and the ditch back-hlled there will be
nothing to interfere with cultivation.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
NUMBER OF CATTLE TESTED
More Than 2.ooo.ooo Animals Nov
Under Supervision In tuberculosis
Eradication Work.

The total number % cattle now un.
der supervision In the tuberculosis
eradication work belng carried on by
the United States Department of
Agriculture IN cooperation with the
states has passed the 100000 mark
the total FOR February being 2O2T..
coo. During that month sooSSs cattle
were tested. bringing the fetal n cat
tie once tested up 10 t.iSi.5i6 and
the total 81 those m FULLY accredited
herds o. .p2. T1d There are now S6i.-
s2G cattle on the waiting list CT
March 1. more than f2ooo farmers
aud breeders had accredited herds,
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04

transplanting not to break the tar
root II some OF them are wanted for
the root. Breaking the tap root In
transplantlng leads. 10 branching or
knotty roots when they mature.
Each beet seed Is really a fruit
containing several seeds. which is the
reason why beets. no matter how thin
ly the seed seems TO be sown, come
up thickly. The beet crop sometimes
does not flourish as II should to pro
duce luxuriant crop OF greens. Shall
low planting usually is the main
trouble. They should be planted an
inch deep and even an inch an a half
II the soil is very light and sandy.
Beets may be planted between rows
OF corn and yield successfully as they
will do better for the shade In mid
sumner and do not take enough food
from the soil TO interfere with tina
corn.
The combination OF a slow growing
and fast-grow,ng crop In the garden
Is good one to keep in mind. be
cause they Gun usually be companion
PROPS without harm 10 either. the slow
growers taking the nourlshment from
The soil slowly and IN such small
quantity the fast growers are not in
Iured.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04

"Ah. little one" said the facetfous
patron. Il could slt here all day and
LEI you work on my nails"
I'm afraid you couldn't" said ths
fair manicurist.
why notT"
The large barber up In front IL my
husband. can tell from the way he's
shuftiing his feet that AS soon as he
gets through shaving the man he's
working GA hes going 70 stroll back
here
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
BEEF 10 CUlsoiuEnID
0BLIGING VEGETABLE
Does Not Require as Rich Soil as
Some Others.
II VIII Also Flourish In Light an4
Sandy soIls-To Do lts Best
Crop Should Not Have Any
Fresh Manure Applied.

The beet Is a most obliging yege-
table In that II does not require as
rich soii TO yield generously as some
others. II will also flourish In lighter
and sander soils than some OF the
root crops. The beet should not have
any fresh manure In the son 10 do its
best but only well-decayed manure or
compost.
Early beets are most valued as
greens. the roots being more esteemed
later in the season or even In the fall
and winter. II Il is desired TO get an
early crop OF beets for greens they
may be started In the house as easily
as lettuce. but care must be taken In
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
SUME hHDilS Uf
BARBERRY SHRUB
Bureau Of Plant Industry Making
Study Of Plant for Purpose
OF Eradicating II.
SCATERS BLACK STEM RUST
Psrt 10 Most Persistent and 10 Mako
Destruction compists DIGGING
Must 30 Thoroughbred
System Extensive.

Prepared ~ tho unltsd state. Department
81 Asricuiturs.b
The Office Of cereal investigations
Of bureau Of plant industry OF the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture. Is making a study OF the habits
Of the common barberry with a view
of improving the methods Of eradicst-
Ing the shrub. As n well known, the
common bsrberry spreads black stem
rust OF wheat. oats. barley and rye
In the past four years. during which
a systematic program Of Graduating
the common tarbcrFy has been In
progress Ia the 10 North Central
states. digging has been practically
the only method employed The ex-
perience OF these years has shown
that the shrub Is most persistent
plant, and that. 70 be effective, dig
ging must be most thorough.
Extensive Root System.
The root system Of the common bar
berry Is extensive. The roots OF bush
four or five feet tall may penetrate
the soil 10 a depth Of three 10 five
feet and spread laternlly an equal
distance. In larger bushes the root
spread is considerably greater. The
root system Of the plant varies some
what with the Kind OF soil In wood
lands where layer Of rich humus
soil caps a more compact and less
rich stratum OF soil. the roots are
chiefly confined 20 the humus layer,
but extend lsterally considerable dis
tnnces. On the other hand. in type
Of soil which Is fairly uniform at It's
various levels the root system Is
more deep-rooted. and frequently less
extensive N It's lateral spread. A
rather constant character OF the bar
berry root system, however. Is the
occurrence OF at least few relative
ly superficial lateral roots running a
few inches beneath the soil surface
This holds true even In those bushes
which have deeply penetrating roots
II Is chiefly from such laterals that
sprouts originate following digging.
Hence, precautions need 10 be taken
In digging 10 follow out along these
surface roots and 10 remove all OF
them from the soil.
Reserve Food Material
The roots OF the barberry store
within them large quantities OF re-
serve food material This enables
them 20 send up sprouts readily when
the tops are cut at the ground line
Moreover. portion OF root left In
the ground may have sufficient re
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04

serve strength TO give rise TO one or
more leafy shoots. Those who have
dug barberrles reallxe that IN the
case % large bush II Is extremely
ditlieult TO nnd and remove all roots
capable OF sending forth sprouts.
This means % course that close
watch must be kept FOR the appear
ancs OF sprouts ami their removal
effected. IN rhc eradication OF the
barberry Il Is necessary TO make
later. one OF more Inspections OF the
place where a hush was dug 70 locate
and destroy sprouts u they appear,
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
SUDAN GRASS IN DRY AREAS
crcp Requires Not Weather for Best
Rssuits-Mskss Hay Which Ia
Lew w Protein.

Sudan x~uss II one % the nco<ac-
eherine sorxhums and resembles the
others Ia many ways Il makes hay
which = low IN protein and hcnce Is
not very zee-i bay fer milk COWS or
growing animals. though Il Is good
hay for idie horses II requlrcS het
aud dry weather conditions Tor best
INSULTS and hence does wen IN the dry
and hot AREAS
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-05-04
paLATaBLE FEED For STOCK
Peanut Nay 10 Particularly Suitable
fer DAIRY Cows ard Other
kinos Of Animals.

reanu, hay Is pala,ahle foe an kinds
% farm stock. particularly dairy
covs and young animals, but Il should
BE- fed 70 hard-worked animals with
caution. II l. highly recommended ss
q substitute for alfalfa meal In pot.
IVY rsescnx rts use win reduce the
fed bin. particularly when the psul
~ = confined