The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07

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prospective groom asked the advice Of
the preacher and upon being advised
that another license would cost an ad-
ditional $500 he looked at Sallie then
looked at Mary and remarked. 81 don't
think there is three dollars difference,
so l will marry Sallie."
Those who expect to decorate their
school grounds or homo yard with young
trees this winter should do so as soon
as possible. The quicker these trees
are planted the more time the surround
ing dirt will have to settle before the
trees begin to grow next spring. Young
trees frequently die because they are
planted too late, not allowing enough
time for the dirt to settle thoroughly
before the young trees start to bud.
When young trees are taken up and re-
set it is necessary to cut the roots re-
gardless of the care we may take. When
these roots are cut it unbalances the
proportion that exists between the
root-system and the top. To restore
this balance it is necessary to prune
the top considerable. In pruning the
top the one doing the pruning should
try to secure a we'll balanced tree. This
applies to fruit trees as we'll as shade
trees. Trees of any kind will surely
grow better if they are set in loose and
fertile SOIL Well rotted barnyard fert-
ilizer or leaf-mold should be used with |,
out stint.
In every paper we see accounts of
deaths or injury by automobile acci- /
dents. 1t is claimed that 95 per cent Of
all car accidents are caused by fast
driving. Just as sure as the sun rises
some system Of car regulations is GO !,
ing to be formulated and it should be.
Why should the lives of citizens be en- ,
dangered by drunken and reckless
thugs? Another thing that should be .
given careful attention is the penalty
attached to these accidents. Under our
present laws one of these road hogs
is never accused of more than man
slaughter, no matter the nature of the
accident, or rather pretended accident
Lots of these road demons seem to take
pride in forcing cars in the ditch to
avoid collisions and laugh about it. If
you don't get out of the way, it is just
hard luck. Why shouldn't everybody
have drivers license anyway? The
careful driver will be glad of this
method for safety, and it will prevent
the driving of cars by many of our
present day road thugs.
For the third time in as many years
different juries in Morgan county, Ala
bama, have sentenced Haywood Patter-
son to death for criminally assaulting
two white women. This crime was sup ,
posed to have been committed in March
1881, nearly three years ago, and none
of the eight defendants have received
any punishment whatsoever. The negroes
are either guilty or innocent. If they
are innocent they should be set free
while if they are guilty they should
have been punished long ago. The keep
ing of these negroes and trying to con-
vct them has cost several thousand dol
lars, and no doubt several hundred
homes have been sold for taxes in
raising the money for the expenses. Just
such procedure as this is what makes
the courts laughingstock and causes
lynchings.
Over at Benton, Arkansas, a man has
been convicted for poisoning a man,
woman and two little children. The de-
fendant, realizing the nature of his
crime and the severity of the penalty
for wilful murder, tried to escape pun
ishment by claiming insanity. The jury
brought in guilty verdict with the
death penalty. 1t is rather comical how
quickly some of these murderers be-
come insane when they are caught and
have time to realize their predicament.
Criminal lawyers have played this ex-
cuse until it has become threadbare,
jures have become accustomed to it and
consider such excuses of murder with
dry grins. These lawyers will have to
find some other flimsy excuse.
AS long as the Republicans were in
power and WallsStreet was able to force
the price of farm products down to
nothing, everything was we'll and good.
But now since the activities of these
fellows have been exposed and President
Roosevelt is trying to raise the price
of farm products they are yelping like
pack of hungry wolves. This is the
same gang that spent thousands of dol
ing the American Legion, and the Amer
lean people fell for it. The success of
Mr. Roosevelt in combating these money
changers and raising the price of farm
products will depend upon the degree
to which the American people fall for
this tommyrot. This is the same gang
that kept our government from recog-
nizing Russia several years ago, and
this is the same group that sold billions
of dollars of worthless securities for
honest money. 1t is easy to understand
why they are making such howl when
their money now buys about half the
comm odities that it used to buy.
The county agent reports that he has
ordered about 10 thousand pounds of
vetch seed this year to be planted by
farmers of the county. A great ma
jority of these seed were for the delta
| farmers. This is enough seed to plant