Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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An <] empty shell found near the body was "i of a different color from those used < by the hoy. . i Sheriff Miller and Coroner Weed, ! summoned to the scene, began actively to work on the case, and as a re- ( suit John Adam Klrltland, a 14 year old negro boy was arrested us a sus- 1 poet and lodged in jail. The coroner's jury did not return, a verdict but hold the case open for further investigation . Vanderbilt Kirk land. younger brother of the suspected negro, gave some very damaging testimony against his brother, stating that Adam had told him that he had shot young Suber and hid tlio gun. it auneared that some i days previous Klrkland had become hoist *ous in the store of the dead boy's father, when young Kuber laid ( ejected him. The nattire of tlic wound precludes the theory of accident, but how the ' boy's gun was taken from him and made, the instrument of his death, remains for lite time being a mystery. Harold was a bright young lad and w:is very popular among his acquaintances. Funeral services were held at the Luitheran church attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends. >t Mr. and Mrs. Suber have the deepest / sympathy of their community in their ' - - affliction.? r>I.INn\.TJGJvR AKRRSflPKp k" ' NEAR TOWN OF LEGSMLIiE ^ routuni oiui %j. iuiiiur, aucoinpuiufn by Chief Countable tfiflyrl and'Cpn, i tables Cojeman and Kelly last Thursday arrested Jim Bynum.. colored, at his home near T^eosvitlc on the ? charge of storing liquor. When taken Bynum had a pint of white lightning in each hip pocket and a five gallon jug of the sanio decoction which ho says lie had just brought in from the lower part of the county. The illicit sale of liquor has been giving some trouble lately in and around Batesburg and I.eesvillc. but Sheriff Miller thinks he has taken the. right L . party. "I intend to do my host to i enforce the liquor laws in T.exington ; county, no matter who it affects," said Sheriff Miller last night. "But i must have cooperation of the eitiaens generally and particularly tho magistrates and their constables. If given this cooperation in a whole hearted manner 1 expeet to vigorously enforce the laws against illicit distil- j ling and selling or liquor." IHKLJvO GIRLS WII.I. llAVi: PART HOI,IDAY CHRISTMAS. Christmas comes hut once a year, and even the hello girls must have ' holiday. And right well do they oarn it, too. Always faithful to the call of the public, day or night, they rightly desetwe some time to themselves on uiu u?i v. rutr.it 1^1 iik this fart. Mr. Snmuel P.. George hus gBc.y given them holiday Christmas day betwoon the hours of 10 a. m. and I p. do.., unless there is enough serious $!..? illness to require that the exchanges Brbe kopt open. So just remember that By/i' on Christmas day there ran be no phone calls between the hours stated. Ij'' . SHEItTf'T OAITGHT NEC IK > ^ WHO KnJiKIl HOG. BL?' ^ .Sheriff Miller was called to Mr. frank Shealy's place Tuesday to investignto the killing and stealing: of B4one of Mr. Shealy's fine hops. In a WL s/|CH^prt while he had traced the crime K? o Haskell I/ong, who was arrested K ' ^nd placed in jail. The bop had been B in the head with a rock and B under p pile of lumber u( lyfr. K ??fealy'H mill, but when the sheriff acV, cjKvpnnie'd Ixing to the place where B, ^'i;hl^ cliUnied to have hid the hop the* L tlrtimaj was gone. It is supposed that oflyrs were Implicated, but so tar - r/,bey ha v* no? been a ppr oh or.ddrt \T- sL. ? BER AT PEAK ID LEFT IN WOOD COUNTY TEACHERS HAVE ttOOt) MKETINCi. That the Lexington county toachers are not afraid of anything, even the most unfavorable weather, was evidenced on ^aat Saturday. A group about twenty strong assembled through the contiuous showers and a very itnerestlng meeting was hel<i. Reading- had been selected as the 3ubject for discussion. The outstanding feature of the* meeting was a very interesting and instructive lecture by Prof. Li. T, Baker, Dean and Professor In the departments of education and reading at the University of South Carolina. He gave the teachers present many vary timely and helpful suggestions. In course of his lecture ho stressed the relutive importance of teaching pupils to reud understundingly, by explaining that a lurge per cent of failures even in mathematics result front the students failure to grasp I he thought from the printed page. _ ^ Prior to the address tht> teachers met. in two groups. Tn one of these M iss Kllett Hendrix led the discussion I on teaching of reading in the high school. In the other Miss Mary Wincard was leader in the discussion of improved methods of teaching read imk in mo primary grades. These groups also liad very profitable round table discussions. The program commit toe had. arranged for a discussion for tile intermediate grades but on 11 cootint of the unfavorable weather the leader for this group was not present. Captain Pepper, representing the ariiij vocational school presented the opportunities for acquirinng a literary education or a trade, wjhicli the United States army is offering" to men Mho will enlist. This was the first ol' the meetings at Which it lias been planned to discuss some one subject with the teachIn fr-'&foHeiTibled fh high "M(i1*hvd. ".utcrn?-?diute. and primary liepartfuents. If this plan continues to meet with approval it will probably be contin- j tied .throughout the year. The next meeting will lie held at Lexington on the second "Saturday in January. The program will lie announced later. MANY CASES OF TRACHOMA THEATER AT CIJMC. Or. t?. I/. Cloodwyn, eye specialist, of the United States public health service. left Lexington last Friday after conducting a successful clinic here for the tri>iitm cnl r> f ?i-i..-l>ni?o in the office of I)r. West, county health physician, in his office over the Homo National Hank. Dr. Goodwyn expressed himself as pleased with the cooperation which parents in Rexington county had given him. In all j 35 eases of the disease were treated. ] It.MlltlT IH".\TKRS SHOOT I.ITTDi; HOW Julian Snelgrove, small son of Mr. and Mrs. J. If. Snelgrove. who lives about six miles front town on Route was accidentally shot Saturday by a party of rabbit hunters. Four No. I shot entered the little, left arm and leg, penetrating the skin but inflicting only sligh* wounds. The little fellow was brought to town for medical attention. The accident occurred on Mr. Snelgrove's place. Mr. Wash Kaniiner, accompanied by Jerry and Tyler Hills, negroes, composed the hunting party. MIXSIliKIi SHOW FOR M2GION TO BE GIVEN ON SMTH. The minstrel show to be given by the Rexington post of the American Region to ruise funds for furnishing I ho club room which the local post expects to open soon, will be givon on Friday night, the day after Christmas. Dee. 1!. Iiccinnlnn- c xn w u u \;uiv:n. Rehearsing for the affair has been steadily going on the past week and the program gives promise of furnishing some first class entertainment. Itltt'lTAL AT SUMMTCKI.-AX l>. Miss Ruth lOfird, teacher of expression, Misses ('ounts and Rennor, teachers of music, at Hummer land College, gave a faculty recital at Sutomerland Monday night which v.as enjoyed by a large audience. CLEMSON COLL,J TALKS ABO V ' ., " > * I ' A gradual reduction oi" the acreage devoted to ^ottbn an^ the , raising oi other money' crop.4, the Corming pi community marketing associations the plowing under of cotton pfalkt A ? . before frost, early planting and use oi rhu'^ln r\ (1 Tiler Roll ?nnil WArP QH trif of the methods of beating the tioll weevil advocated by Prof. H. S. Mc? Connell of Clemson College in a splendid address delivered Saturday before the Lexington County Corn Show. The speaker commenced with a history of the advance of the boll weevil from Mexico. The boll weovil wat first discovered in Mexico in 1840. At that time he was feeding on a speciea of wild cotton Rowing in that country. The building of the Mexican National Railway developed agriculture along the line, with the result that cultivated instead of wild cotton was grown, and the boll weevil, finding the cultivated variety more palatable, moved along the lline of railroad into Texas. In 1892 the weevil was first discovered in Texas, dnd in the intervening 27 years has moved in an easterly an^l northerly direction from ,Tex:i? to North Carolina. It is estimated that in those 27 years the weevil lias done damage to the c.ottor crop amounting to two hundred and fifty million dollars, and is now causing damage at the rate of twenty million dollars annually. Prof. McConnell urged lliat, ever in the face of these figures, there was ? *' no need for panic. It was true thai the boll weevil could easily take all of the crop, but good farmers heeding good advice could greatly minimize the damage and cotton coulc still be grown at a profit. The socalled devastated areas of Mississipp and Alabama ae mak'ng more monej today than ever before. The way t< do this was to raise other monej crops and make option a sui-pItRr.wCTn< der such conditions 8011th Carolina farmers could hold their cotton anc dictate tho price, rather thaun follow the old system of selling for ani price hocause ready cash was needed A necessary step tn the fight against the boll 'weevil, said Prof. McConnell, was a reduction of the acreage devoted to cotton. He would no' I r?-commend a specific reduction, be cause this was an individual problem No set rule could be followed, as eacl farm had its own peculiar problems Prof. McConnell believed that th< time to begin such a reduction wa: 1920. Hegin to grow other monej crops, such as corn, peanuts, etc Don't believe anybody who tells yoi that you can grow rich planting an> one crop, hut try out several for your self, feeling your way along and en aiding you to hold the cotton yoi make. The speaker made an urgen plea. here, for proper protection fo; stored cotton. He insisted that it wa wasteful to allow cotton to lie aroiuw without shelter, j In giving methods or control o weevil damage. Prof. Me.Conrel stressed the necessity of plowin; under old cotton stalks about twi weeks before the first frost. Then were manv advantages in doing thh Turning tinder the stalks buries th live weevils, which cannot exlricat themselves when placed tv.o or mor tn<dies under the soil and thus peris] without having an opportunity b propagate. Besides the immatur weevils also perish, \\ hcreas if th storks are left standing they wil sooner or later mature and add thei hit to the destruction and increase o the species. Another great help i to thoroughly clean up the fieldi break up all the grass tusseks, olea: up fence corners and ends of rows, fo such places afford good winter haven for the weevil. Wihen the stork have been turned under and the lan prepared out in a cover crop, whic causes the land to be in fine conditio for early ..pring planting, which is c* sential in making cotton under bo! weevil conditions. Early planting get bolls on the plant before the wcev gets in his work. The weovil like the squares as food better than th bolls, so plant a variety thnt wi grow off and fruit early and confin LEXINGTON COTTON MARKET Wednesday, Dec. 17. Strict Middling:. ____?37c P PROFESSOR UT BOIL WEEVIL s uc to mature late in jthe season. C' Prof. McCoitnell said Cleveland Big f Boll was the best Variety by'reason of its ability to do tfajis. j As to poisoning methods. J?r?f. McDonnell said the difficulty with this propess was that no satisfactory maj; -chtncry- had yet been devised to propl orly distribute the poison, but grov, ^rnment experts W^re working on this problem, rmd he hopeful that something would soon be dbna'felOliig I . f this line. Tbc,onljr poison whidh had proved at all successful was calcium arscnuto, but much of this which I had been sold was entirely worthless , because of improper manufacture. There were only <>' firms in the .United States which made calcium arsenate 1 which w.is properly manufactured. Clemson College. would be glfcd to i furnish to nny interested parties the names of those concerns. As to when it would .be necessary to i begin poisoning the weevil, in this sec. tion; it was doubtful, hut it Would . probably be two years. But In the . meantime the farmor should begin 1 to learn to grow other crops that will i bring in money. The big difficulty in I growing other crops was the lack of i marketing facilities. There must be j community organization before good . results con id be had. As nn instance i of what must bo learned, Prof. Mc1 Connell said that sweot potatoes . might be made a money crop, but it . would be necessary to build potato houses. It h?\d been demonstrated , that banked potatoes would show a j loss of 50 per cent from rotting when , shipped, consequently commission , dealers refused to take carload ship1 . incuts of hanked potatoes. An to peanuts it required expensive mac.binI cry to handle this crop. In time the speuker believed that' all of jur oil j mills would be equipped to handlo this crop, but for the present it was well . enough to go alow until adequate prov ' , , T vision for idofalng and other processes ... htwt treen t As t?? the ;?rohable injury from the I boll weevil in South Carolina in 1920 r a good dal depended upon the weather. r Given a tn>Ul winter and wet weather . in June. July and August and the ^ damage might be considerable. A severe winter and a hot dry June, July , and August and the damage would ^ probably be small. The weevil begins to come out in May. The state of (he winter weather will determine what percentage will emerge. With a hard winter maybe not more than 5 per eent. Tt is then that the weevil s begins to lay eggs, eacii female def positing an average of about 150 eggs. Clean fields and early turning under j of storks may further reduce the number going into winter quarters and may delay extensive damage until the fourth generation. The man t who neglects to clean up around his ^ place is a menace to his community and pub!: opinion should force liirn to act. s 1 Th?* > m 5i:i\?* ii fiirht ini, the veevi' will depend largcj ly upon ?..-ii\itlii.il effort :iii<I cotnj nii'nity orfatiization. The speaker ended by making a strong plea for > the gradual reduction of cotton acrcnge and tlie organization of niarket( ing associations in every community. e Wrevil. o I'rol. M? Council called attention to e the fuel ihut nearly all of the corn li c\hlhit??| showed weevil damage and r> urged farmers to redpee this waste by e cleaning out their h irn-; each year e before n< *.v corn is pnt in them. II Shucking vill also help, r Col. Cnllisoii. f At the conclusion of Prof. McCons noil's talk Col. T. ('. Callison spoke i, by invitation of the president, Kenan tor Ridgell. Col. Callison believes our r people around Lexington are not thors oughly aroused to the seriousness of s tho situation. He told of an acquaind tanee. who had been forced to sacrih flco his property In Alabama on ac n count of the boll weevil and made an i- earnest plea for la^xingtou farmers to 11 bestir themselves before they were :s ruined. It was true there was a wave il of prosperity behind the. boll weevil, s but there had been great destruction c and much loss until the people in those 11 sections had learned to accomodate i- themselves to the changed conditions. VVilh the';- experience to guide tis wc ought to i able to avoid much of the loss, but v.e could not do so by waiting contentedly until one crop had been destroyed. We must get ready to face the pioblcm like business men. PRIZES AWARDE BY COUNTY CO HIC?H SCHOOL INSP^gybR l*RAfsi<5S IXK^VIi SCHOOL., tr Sir. A. Stoddard, "stole high school Inspector, paid, a' visit to Lexington last week op his inspection rounds. Upon his r11u i/i. to Cf>Juhe wrote of his visit <mv if r> Kpr-X^^. Oswald, secretary of tho board of trustees, the followjhg letter, which" -.vlll prov4 of Interest: .. "-,3* ' * . Columbia, R. C.'. Dec. 10. 1919. ' y % Mr. K. F OgWald ? Lexington, S. C?,> . ^ ? - * . r Dear Mr.. Oswald: 1 tried to see you yesterday morning on my wuy to vlltft the I^exington high school, but you had not yet come to the bank. ? Three things are noticeable ut present in the school: ; 1. The earnestness and thoroness of the work the teachers. 2. The tendency to crowding in >4 the first grade. 8.', The long tenure of most of your touchers. "The first condition helps me to understand tho fact that so many large boys and girls are coming in from, h distance. Tho second condition Is regrettable, but ctin not bo remedied perhaps until you can have more clnss rooms. The third condition is exceedingly gratifying, a'qd is'one of the most important. things to consider in maintaining a "school of good standard. In that connection, 1 am afraid that your community will shffer sbofier or later unless some moans enn be proV'Ulni I fni* mivrlnnr i Va?*??< ?vr? f'u / f*i0 vn?> iVUVAtOIS UVVWUt salaries. Jt Is tihusual in those times to find a. hunch of such teachers as yours'fcticlUng by ^ community at the wages you are now able to pay. Your School revenue, 1 know, is a big problem, apd I trust for the sake of the children that some Improvement may . 1>* jworHcd QuM*ter? they ace nJlavi-. ed to suffer. Wishing lor you and your community a most successful year, I am Yours truly. J. A. STODDARD. Sta:e High School Inspector. l.YCKUM ATTRAOnON MONDAY, JANUARY 3. The interest of the conununity will center on Miss Clarissa Harold as the next number on the Dyocum program. Miss Harold's appearance at. the school auditorium on Monday, January 5th. will be the third attraction of the course. In the gifted and charming person of Miss Clarissa Harrold the management presents one of the greatest platform, "finds" of many seasons. ) As is well known to committees and {bureau managers generaly, it is only occasionally that a new figure emergcs from comparative obscurity to illuminate the movement and by sheet genius to play an important part in furthering its popularity in hundreds of places where Chautauqua and I.yceuiu are already established insti utions. Il?r programs are almost startling in their faithfulness to types depicted In the entire range of readings offered it is to he seriously doubted if ar artist could be secured who will afford greater instructive pleasure tc the people. Iler repertoire covers a wide rang* of material. MIIS. SAIIAH ANN TAYLOK. Mrs. Sarah Ann Taylor died ol paralysis in the Boiling Springs section of the county, about 10 miles wes of here, on Friday of last week, al the age of 78 years, and was buriec at Boiling Springs Methodist cliurct at 1 1 o'clock Sunday, hor pastor, th< Uov. Mr. Johnson, officiating. She u survived l?v two sons Azaritih Tayloi and Emanuel Taylor; two daughters \l rx l.llthni- Unllmnn n.,,1 TVf-.. ri T." Miller; 24 grandchildren and 27 grea' grandchildren. 1>\NCIC IN COKL.HY BUILDINti THUHST>AY NICSirr, I>K4i 18 i By courtesy of iCorley Bros., owneri there will bo given a dance for th< i young folks of Lexington in the hal above the Tapp department store tq morrow night, Thursday, Decembe; 18. A first class orchestra will fur i nlsh music and all are invited to eom< and participate. $ K Tiift t* tr.t # ^ " D CLUB BOYS RN ASSOCIATION '** ' - ' 1 ' ' &"*?< ' | ' - Vf ) ? r, T : : < -* ? * Tlve tenth annual corn show of I^e*, in^ton County was held in^ the court . house here Saturday last,- and despitd the weather conditions a fairly good prowd was present. Whl^c r the number of exhibits was somewhat leasen pd. by^.tlw^ almost complete de- struotion of bottom corn, by the heavy ? suinmep rains, the sho>vlng made was , entirely creditable to the county and ; some fin*' ears wero - to. be seen' among ,the lot and dome high scores Were made by the boys competing. The average yield per acfe warn 88 bushels. Frir.ee to the value of $865. donated by public spirited clWaomi i { ' - ! firifts and citizens, were awarded to the boys, ot' whom 83 participated in the distribution.. Messrs. Shelton ^Vingurd And H. I). ITarman also *ron prizes in the men's class. < '' Marked Improvement in Ihc ipethod of seed breeding lias been shov*n from 1 year to year and this year's exhibits were no exceptions. J. W. fhealy, farm demonstration agent, has devoted much time and thought "to this i pluwe of she work, and be was much I < j gratified to witness the fruits of hi<? work. ! Plans are being, laid tor a more , . extensive campaign and the associa, tion expects the coming year to see the greatest number of boys yet eo1 rolled in. the corn club work. ... ? Officers lleclvctcd. Officers of the association were reelected as follows: ? President?K. C. Rldgell. > . ?; Vice President?W. It. Taylor. Secretary?J. A. Bnrre. * . Executive Committee?1>. ?. Ef:rd, ?>. B. Wlngard. VV. B. Taj;lort. J. W. Shealy. i The meeting was presided over by I Senator ?1. C. Kidgell, the president I of the association. An interesting address on the teaching of agriculture in the schools wait made by prof. I. i D. LfCwis, teacher of agriculture - In five schools in the Fork of Rich . ' * '. J u^tiuirl i:onnty_ The addre?j \yaa.li3toa. - . ed'to with close interest and was en. Joyeil by the audience. Prof. H. S. McConnell of Clenuon College delivered a talk on the weevil, outlining the best methods < f fightiug the insect which was fuii of interest and eagerly heard by all present. synopsis of the addre * will be found elsewhere. At the conclusion of his talk Cc>:. . 1 T. C. Callison of the local bar nu - . 1 dressed the audience by special inv.tation of the president. ' Prizes were awarded to the win ners shortly after Col. Callison bu.i concluded. Winners and Donors of Prizes. Following is a complete list of the prize winners, their scores, together with the list of the prizes and those who donated thenx: 1 Boy's PrizesFirst prize, Vulcan plow. $16 (do nated by Barre Hardware Company) ?Laymon Harman; score 90 per cent. Second prize, two horse plow, $15 1 (donated by Enterprise Hurdware 5 Company)?Cleo ITarman; score 89 per cent. j Third prize, cash $13.00 (donated by I/ever)?John S. Roberta; score 8S > per cent. Fourth prize, cash, $12.00 (donated by Lever)?Heber D. Warner; score 1 83 per cent. Fifth prize, cash. $10.00 (donated by DuPre Auto Company)?Horace E. Roof; score 73 per cent. * Sixth prize, cash, $10.00 (donated by Bank of Western Carolina)?W. PVank Derrick; score 73 per cent. Seventh prize, cash. $10.00 ?donatf ed by B. II. Barre)?Frank Dunbar; score 70 per cent. t Eighth prize, cash, $10.00 (donated by First National Bank of Batesburg) I ?Ben Wessinger; score 66 per cent. ^ Ninth prize, cash. $10.00 (donated by Homo National Bank)?Walter Dunbar; score 66 per cent* 3 Tenth prize, cash, $10.00 (donated r by Bank of Brookland)?Otto Amlck; score 61 per cont. ^ Eleventh prize, cash or merclutn rtioo 11A nix /J * - - ? fin.uv luunaicu oy oayden's Pharmacy)?Jacob J. Derrick; score 61 per cent. Twelfth prise, pig, 510.00 (donated by Q. A. Ouignurd)?Willie Derrick: s score 61 per cent, > Thirteenth prize, plow. $9.00 <?Ao1 natod by Wingard-Roberts Company.) . Henry B. Oxner; score 61 per cent, r Fourteenth pMze, plow, $9.00 (do natod by Hendrix Hardware Company, (CCtNTlNTKD ON PACK i.) S > . A - * ' i , ? 1 *