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Newspaper
Andrews News
Location
Andrews, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
2
Government officials urge farms to adopt tractors and motor trucks to boost production, efficiency, and earnings. Schools teaching tractor operation aim to create a new farm mechanic profession, enabling rapid transport between fields and markets and reducing farm depreciation while matching city productivity.
The article notes 2 500 000 miles of rural roads in the United States with about 12 percent improved and only about one quarter of one percent suitable for heavy-duty motor trucks. It asserts future U S development rests on road infrastructure.
The author argues that bad roads reflect dull, sparsely populated neighborhoods with run-down farmhouses and shabby vehicles. In contrast, good roads correlate with pride and effort among farmers to improve their businesses to match better conditions.
Good roads mean better and more productive farms and markets reaching remote rural sections. The road program supports farm development and serves the country with a valuable public service.
Road improvement boosters who once struggled to mobilize public support for bonds are surprised by the smooth passage of appropriations by city and state authorities.
Poor road conditions lead to isolation reducing access to education and economic prospects, lowering real estate values, and increasing costs for goods and supplies.
The Junior Red Cross program frames school based civic training under the motto I Serve. It integrates with regular schooling, emphasizing mutual service, health, first aid, and community projects. The pledge binds students to uphold democracy and civic duties while fostering child welfare across the United States and abroad.
The American Red Cross provides immediate relief after disasters with food clothing shelter and funds plus doctors and nurses. Over the past year four disasters per month affected 150 communities in 27 states including Corpus Christi and several Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Georgia Ohio Indiana Illinois, with hundreds killed and tens of thousands homeless. The organization deployed 120 nurses seven relief trains ten relief stations 30 canteens and emergency hospitals supported by 125 chapters.
The article discusses long standing scab as a major drawback to the U S sheep industry and notes progress over the past decade in eradicating it. It describes open range grazing, infection spread through stray animals, and the federal effort to control interstate movement to prevent transmission. It explains mites spread by direct contact and the need for prompt flock treatment to limit spread on ranges and premises.
Scientific feeding aims to provide food in right proportions to meet animal needs while minimizing waste. It relies on studying feeding stuff composition and digestion across species and conditions, including rest work milk and meat production, with cost and adaptation considerations in practice.
The National Breeders and Fanciers' Association of America backs the Better Sires Better Stock campaign. Through its secretary it informs the U S Department of Agriculture of aims to improve fur bearing animals raised in confinement. The group also breeds rabbits cavies and mice for pets and science, valuing pure bred sires for prolificacy.
Breeding sows fell 9.9 percent in the year ending April 1 1920 according to the Bureau of Crop Estimates. South Carolina and Georgia held steady, while Florida Texas and New Mexico rose. The sharpest declines occurred in Massachusetts Indiana Illinois Missouri North Dakota Nebraska Kansas Kentucky Tennessee Montana Wyoming Colorado Arizona Utah and Idaho.
Cleaning leather requires avoiding gasoline to prevent cracking. Use plain water with a few drops of ammonia to lift dirt, then rub briskly with a soft cloth. A leather dressing combines two parts linseed oil with one part turpentine for shine.
A mother, her sister, and young Etta shop downtown. After tiring, Etta asks to be parked in a restroom lounge, saying mother and aunt can finish the shopping while she rests. The moment reveals a child’s plan to rest mid outing in a leather chair.
A quotation by Herbert N. Casson argues that teaching individuals to think for themselves remains rare, with most people shaped by prevailing schools of thought. It warns fearless independent thought is as scarce as science was in the fifteenth century.
The article notes old beliefs about teeth dreams signaling sorrow or good luck. Dreaming of teeth falling out is unlucky, while dreams of teeth overall foretell misfortune or prosperity. It mentions children throwing extracted teeth into fire for luck and wide apart teeth as a sign of future happiness.
For sale a Ford racer body car described as mechanically perfect and recently overhauled throughout as good as new. First check for 25 dollars secures the car. Contact P L Mathis in Andrews South Carolina.
A middle aged woman notes advancing years ease temper and warns that anger acts as a poison. She recalls twice harming her health in the first year by losing temper and resolves to restrain it for well being.
A fragment notes Emily tired one night and ready for bed. She sighs and muses with a flourish about loving to relapse in a playful, intimate moment.
The Russian sunflower is used as forage and for ensilage. Sown in rows 80 inches apart, plants reach nine to twelve feet high and can yield 25 to 30 tons of forage per acre in Montana, suitable for dairy and beef cattle, either green or silage.
In Tunis the absence of moving vans or carts makes relocations rely on porters. They carry chests of drawers and heavy furniture through impassable lanes, sometimes transporting large baskets and even infirm or ill individuals.
A Moro mother carries her children without a baby carriage using a rope or strap to loop them on either side. The children cling to her hair as she walks, showing resourceful motherhood in the absence of a stroller.
The article notes that American usage favors zee for Z, while British English uses zed. It traces zed to the Old French zede from Latin zeta, the Greek letter name. Shakespeare’s King Lear uses the English form zed, reflecting ongoing usage.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt notes a dog turns around multiple times before lying down to sleep while a man falls asleep quickly and then repositions himself, waking up during the process. The piece playfully contrasts animal versus human sleep behavior.
Georgetown County candidate H L Smith Jr announces for State Senate and Olin Sawyer declares for House of Representatives with pledge to follow Democratic party rules. Williamsburg County candidate W C Camlin also announces run for Representative, pledging to abide by primary results.
W F Prevatt declares his bid for Georgetown County sheriff in the Democratic primary and pledges to accept the primary results. The notice also references a re election bid for another Georgetown County office with party pledge.
A candidate announces for the office of County Treasurer in Eeairere County. He pledges to abide by the Democratic Primary results. The entrant is Harry W. Tallevast.
FOR CONGRESS candidate Philip H. Stoll pursues re election in the Sixth District under Democratic Party rules. The notice names Stoll as the party nominee seeking a new term in Congress.
A. P. Hazard pledges to run for coroner of Georgetown County. The notice states candidacy details for the office and outlines the candidate’s commitment to serving the community.
Kodak films developed and printed by the Andrews office on Main Street Andrews promises first class work in the shortest possible time.
An invitation to subscribe to the local Andrews News printed at home with a yearly rate of two dollars. The brief markets the paper as a reader’s daily source and urges signups.
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