Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TMitt THR22 Devoted to tr?eUpt>uaIclio0 of Belton and Vicinity, and as ? Medium tor Communicating News ssjntl Advertising. Budget of Net Fron . The pupils nf Hiv Melton High School will give a inlay at, tho theatre licrr??u Friday cvAlng* of* this WCck.' Tin- play will heaven in four jicts nm! will bc a treat to thc theatre-goers or our town. The children have been well" trained and thc evening's pro gram, will be presented without a hitch und. will rellcct much credit to Hie toauicrs of the high school ab welt'?S/'those on tlic program. Th? pcrfoi/nance will begin promptly ai| S o'clock. 1 Cast of 1'haracters. Philip Burleigh-Frank Sutherland] From .Vow York. Dave Weston-Eugene Johnson-'A | yo' ng fin nier. Amos' Goodwin-.Paul 1 Tolllson Owner cf SllvcrbYook'Farni. Ml jab Finu-L. ?. H?rris-A Jack-j <>r-all-tradc8. Thompson-'Miarles Cox-Scrvan't at tlu>'Hurleigh residence. Flora GoodwinT-Graee Campbell "Only a Country TJKrl.'* Mrs. Burleigh--Gertrude Cl?inent Ph flip's ninth er. Grace Hurleigh-May Pinson-^Hk? ulster. . Vt Sarah Goodwin-Lillian Dean-Wife of Amps. 'Xlr?y I'eiiKlcy -. Mumie Shirley-Who never had a minute to epare. Della Slocum-Bessie Wilson-BtH ed girt at the'farm. Dr. A, B. Weathersbce, of Barnwell, a practicing physician, hgs. arrived in Helton, where he will practice His pro fession, w.th headquarters at Donnald & Wilson's Drug Store. Or; Weather's^, bro in' a grhduat?'of th?1 South Caro lina l-nlversltv and aftar. leaving col lege spept eighteen months at Roper Hospital of Charleston,' and he comes to Belton highly recommended as a physician. o o boo ooooooooooooj o THE STANDPIPE MAN o 0 .?' ooooooooooooooodo Hello--? I hardly know how to address you" In this "corneyick" for I'sec a sign on thc window of your old place which roads "Anderson ' Intelligencer1 Joh Printing Department." Fact pt. thc] business ?9 1 kb cv all the time that, Audersoa could not resist the tempta tion" td besou;'3 a part of Belton and thl?. is. a starter. I climbed back upon my perch here a day-or two-ago and fbbnd it so ex tremely cold that I %x? to come down. 1 took time to have a good look uny way .and I saw a few things that struck my eye. Fir?t thc Jc.provenrent the* ls coming ta thc town under tho capa ble management ot t.ijss was the- most notable thing that I saw. Ross scums to he- on the hustle all f ie'-time and X ean fnr*iu>e that he will dc great things for the town. The "tigers" wjll'.have to gut"so blind now that they'Cannot see 'their v.-a y around while he is hold ing the reins of the city government. Thin i? election year again and ?'sup posc that when thc smoke of battle ls bleared u?? ' ris gosh i'm ergib it" and "I stuck.to n>/ friends" ? ill be trying to 'swap ilices witht each'other ana then some. But to make a short , story long I am "ergln" you newspaper fel lows making any great fuss this year over the.matter and maybe you will have a better shewing. J see the G.. S. and A railway com-4 \ iuy is trying to build houses eight Up] in Andy William's front yard. "Uncle Andy" will get out there sometime with a shotgun and they will be glad to stop, when he does for thy will find ii?t'wt'MC meaning just-.what ho nay? >ind'furtlierrcoro-ho-ls' from^Mla Houri and ?'.c v.-s!kcd all the way. Some one told me that the Belton Nowsrwhich was .formerly, ?but ia not now, was still rtinrilnpy^'goat faVrnwra' that just as soon as lt got through with this bunch lt would hare more to start on. -Tis needless .for me to add that Dr. D. lt. Donnald of Williamson, vvlio is. a member of the ?rm of Don-, imbi & Witton Dr;!? Company, ot .Bolton, was" here Toa' buBlness yester* day. ' .Thc following traveling men were at Hotel (Jeer yesterday: J. Lller man. Atlanta; Tl G. Witchell. 'Atlan ta; C. H. Thomas. .Baltimore; 'Dr. D. L. Donnald. Williamston; F? C. Hud son, Gccenville; J. A. Lyle, Hlch mond; W. T. Staples, noorina: Wm, MWward, f^t. Louis; A.'F. Thpinns, Co '1 umbia; G. M. Bishop, Greenwood; T. P. Thompson, Virginia; S. Y. Adair, Jacksonville: F. H. .Cook, Atlanta; T. It J. Il lint; South Carolina: ll M. Mitchell, Lonesvllle; L. C. Fuller, Co lumbia; E. A. Crawford, Richmond; J. ?: Lebolt, Aisrapliis. The weather is extremely cold in, Bqlton. Yesterday about 1 b'clpCK snow' began lo fall 'and continued through the afternoon 'and the* ground is a beautiful sight this morning. airs. J. T. Cox of Belton, gave '"an. old-time quilting yesterday and t?aW' ladles were pr?sent and enjoyed Jihv afternoon.. Refresl^m?nts were nerved and the1 old-time (Quilting, .which is becoming very popular again, was Ctn occasion of much pleasure. A "Sliver Tea" ,was given at the beautiful home of-Mrs. Allier^ -Faut T?^s?ay1 afternoon for the benfeflt pf the Ladies Missionary* Society5 of" tbfe Presbyterian church. The Afternoon was a delightful occasion 'and those who attended were well pleased. Tea. und sandwiches were served. Thc la dies present were: Mesdames W. A. Waynle.SR. L. aPrker, J, S, Adams, W. A. Bogg8, F. M. Cox: F. Pl Robertson. C. G. Todd. J. A. Singleton, .Misses Bertha Erskine. Elisa Neville;-Pearle W?rdlaw, Helen Wpodslder Katie Scott. that have tried to outlive their shep herds but Tailed. Old Man Kl has quit playing set '/ck now pad gone Into the checker business. He has played the garnie of hotels and bas not been beaten by any in the state and so he cnn get into checkers and do the same as long aa he keeps "Fish? away from there. .?He (ind Will Cobb' used to sit up nights until the small hours play ing set back but now they can occupy their thne at checkers abd then-so nome and say that "things are very rushed at the store." I may come again soon and see you when I get a little better posted on the surroundings here and as a little hint I want tp tell you people to -keep riglit' on like you aro going and you will scon annex Anderson to your city. , Stapd'Pipe 'Alan. FP.EE TO OCR ?USTO"EES. This week- we will give to our cus tomers *'ffee on every purchase ip Ladles" Home Journal pattern. ' Th!? applies,to every purchaser. 7 BELTON BARGAIN STORE, - Agents for Ladles' Home Journal . Patterns. HOLD SERVICE FOR DEAF? Atlanta. Feb. 25.-Rev. J. W., > Mi chaels, evangelist to tile deaf and dumb will deliver a sermon to the deaf at the Second Baptist church Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock.. The entire service, song, prayer and sermon will be in the sign /inguage aft* all deaf people of the city and t|Wr-friends'are invited to attend. Mr. Michaels, who wonks under the direction of the Southern Baptist Home Mission board, will be in the city for a short time, only, and this will be ^^oniy^fcvlce that will/be held. James A. Garfield, formerly secre tary of Interior, declared that in phip tho' Bull rtfbosers have refused to go back td" thc republicana. "There ire, some things worse than democracy and one of them is the organization of the republican party," taya \ Gar field._. s Columbia, Fob. 25.-Senator Sullivan bf Anderten la very.j?nich Interested'In tho passage or a'blll that baa Already gone through the .-onntc providing for the establishment pf a pellagra hos pital and thc creation of of pellagra commission to.icb'piiiat -this- disease . ip f South Carolina. The bill provides for an appropriation of $35,000, $25,000 of which will be used to erect a hospital and tlie other $10,000 for the'Sise o'f the comnifssion. The state board of health in tts an nual report said that "no disease has aroused the general public in South Carolina as'has* pellagra With its steady onward march." ' This disease lias been reported from every country In thet world except China. A .tabu lated report pix pellagra existing in' thia state shows an increase of Tii.t over last year. In the up-country the disease seems to have been especially prevalent. tn Anderson county, for example there Were 50 cases reported. In Spartanb?rgcounty whore the Thompson-.VScFadden Commission has been at work 414 cases v/er? reported. In York county 'Jj cases were Reported. Tlie totals ?how that 43 counties re ported the prevalence of pelagra; 1.??55 cases divided as. follows: AdultB-1.700. Children-2*5. Of the adults 480 were' niales, Tim females; $80' were white' patients abd 390 col or.-il. In the children' th. ere Vere 133 piales and 152 females; white *v". ; -colored, li. The state board of health has-the | following comment-on the work or the t tompson-McFadden Commission unil of the necessity for discovering "the cause or this dread disease: ?"The Work o' the Thbnrpsbn-?Mc Fuddcn commission in Spartan bur? accounts for fae htimber of cases re ported from1 that" county being great er than (hat from any other. We' be lieve that the legislature should'-'ap point a commission to s?ttty the dis ease in other counties, so that the re sit Its muy be compared with those In ?F Those who have studied the steady and relatively speaking uniform ad vance 'and1 spread'of "the" boll weevil throughout the cotton growing states realize that it hus come to stay. Soon er or later lt will eventugly Infest all me territory now devoted to the growth of cotton. ?tell?ble * authorf^J ties state that it is now- as far east aa Dothan, Ala., and headed towards ?Georgia border. It would appear certain therefore, that lt will infest apme': of ?bpthSvest Georgia counties in 19A 4, though serious damage from its presence will hardly be witnesed. before the following year. lt be-} hooves the people of this state, there fore, to get ready to meet ibis inresta tioa by one of the gretest menaces ot' modern times to the agricultural and Industrial welfare of the state QT Gtnjrg?u. t been expendetlcthalshrdl eh stvrdl sin In spite of the treasure which has been expended to study the life his tory and hnhlts of the boll weevl! bo means of completely destroying \t Ju' territory It bab -duce iult?uited-hps u.s yet been found. CohBeuently, lt ls to' become an active factor of momentous j Importance to the agricultural inter-1 eats of Georgia tn thc hot distant fu-l ture. Since what affects the farmers] affect., all no citizen can escape ihe? result of any injury which the boll ? Weevil may inflict. lt ls therefore a ?question 'of universal and paramount' iHow to Fight lt The life history of the weevil hus; now been studied most exhaustively land lt appears that little .is tp ? bc | {.'gained at; presfept?from farther wpraj along this line. In fla'.itlng lt the fol lowing plan of ?o?ibn; has provea most successful In th? territory already at tacked: aa lt represents Jibe obar^a fclona an experience of many' Workers "nd affords the beat basis for predicat ing a olau on Which Georgia farmers may hope to meet and combat lt?-ftp-j age moat succeaatally. ~ - . s - ". Spartan hil rp county. Wo tro COU' viuccd that if .this was done lt would I be found Hint there were many more | cases in the state than are reported. Charleston bad -fifty deaths troin this disease up to the first of August this year. We must -learn wliether tho disease can be oommuntCnied from man to map. 'We*must discover'Its cause. l-'ntll werdo.thls, so far as the bcaitb department is concerned, we are powerless to stop its spread. An other phase of the disease is'the Insan ity caused by it. Pdtlents insane from this disease are taxi UK the capacity of the state Insane airvlnin. and provis ion will have to be made for their care. It is recommended that u*hos pital, or hospitals, be established foe the cure of pellagrins. Wo hope that the federal government will do tills, but ir lt does ?lot. it is .the duty of the state to care for these unfort: ates. The I'nitcd Stutes public health service, the army ?nd the navy have contributed med (cat men towurds the study of this' (Iii case, and wc had the honor or having jn ' Spartan burg Ur. Satuborn, whose jvork {n this dUcase and malaria have mad,? his name ia mbus to aM students ot preventive medicines. Honorable A. P. Lever of tue seventh district, and Joseph T. Johuson'of tttefodrtb district, and Senator 13. lt. Tillman, are doing what they can forget a*.federal appropriation for a hospital. . ('redit ls ul.-o du?>U? State Senator SulliVgn nf Anderson county for intere?ting congress In the \Vork. We (eel confident that'this legislature will make ample appropria tion for a commission to work lu this | "tjite.'-i According to tho reports of the state hospital' for Ute insane there were admitted Ip four .persons suffering with pelagrnus insanity, while in if?13 t!?e ;h!umbe(rx?ad reached ?U2. Should this hill'.befarfj the enerar As sembly become a low. South Carolina will lead the country in establishing u hospital'for the special purpose of tr<{ ting pcingrous .patients and for discovering the caus? of tho? <Uaease." 3011 -'JBltr^ -.rmoM to v.;r FleldB selected for cultivation should b0 Well drained so that they cap be planted early and the .cotton brought ,to .maturity.; lu the shortest perjod of time possible. Stacks,,in. infested "nelda slj?uldV.hs destroyed be fore frost and rubbish in and about the field burned. Thia ls inoperative' as it removes the protection which the weevil requires during' the "period pf hibernation. >'. Break fae land as carly, in the fall as' practicable and to a good depth. Before '< planting tho ground sliould bc thoroughly ' pulver ized so as to secure a drie seed bcd. Early maturing varieties or cotton are i>r tho nighest-iurponanuo. TUioooesi not mean that small boll varieties need j of necessity bc used. ' Early planting is desirable ?pd"relatively, wld?'pluiit-, lng' ls an advantage. * Of eohf?e planting tihquld''hot be done in any event wjiile there is lUill danger 'ofj frost. The Use of section hurWiwei before planting and after tho crops ia up ?will be found 'he!pt?l. In teni! te fertilization aqd shal?pw. vapid dpUl vaticm can hot ne urged, .too strong ly. " .When [.the Weevils 'arpear ip .tho Held eftrly' in .th esesaon In .consider able nutdbers liahd plckteg or pqlB.m ing should be in;.kr;d-htely resorte.1 tb. "When'damage by. fae weevil 1* flr?t evldqn??d by.'.th?' appearanceof; punctured squares.attach a pule to^th'c handle of a cultivator sp as to knock the squares qff. Persistently-pick up and burn the infested squares. Above all practice crop rotation. Diversify1 and! "re-dtversify, ''.'.^'pha^ize and perelat in tiie production' of, animals of overy cU^s/Jihd variety' adapted to j u?brgia conditions. \By ibis .uiuatln. the'evil' influences qf ,thp-weevil op our ngrlcultur- can be checkmated successfully and the invasion or this pest mitigated in the nighest degree possible. ^ . ^ A successful tight ajfjalnst the ball P_,_:_., _._i_--? .^?g ?BEBI Thirty acre Field o? Coiioii on taran or W. ?Lvlolli?on,Piedmont, B. C., raised by UNION-GUANO OOGtf? PANY'S Fertilizers Mr. Tolllson ls oue ot -the thousand of anttifled customers using these ' PMft?laei?. -'Aaa your dealer for our goods and accept n soub?tltute. A better Fei-titizerw'll produce a tetter crop. "ONION BRAND8" have demonstrated to'm?ay-ot!tfc?r?|K. g*at planters in your own county their superior "crop pr?duclng" a nail tits. A?k the man ?ho seeS'tSss. - For Sale by R?dgens A Ragsdnle, Prizer. .Hn^ptoB 'Mcrtautil? to; Piedmont. Belton Mercantile Co* Betta*. , Bsxiiii 'iZeriaminr, En, ?as?ey. Victor Wertatltll? fon lTIIUamstoa, ' Empire -MAteantfle Co^ltMMtMMMb P. F .Cox, (?reenrille, * KHK ?b?tl-lt, SniUf Ipttags. . . and many other dealers In Anderson.. OreenVllle ?ad Plca?ii? counties. For further1 lhfo^kt?on ?.#<Mte'!ttnr;1(ap. 1 rewmtatlve nt Anderson. Mr: R. E. Burr!-? or andres? I7NION GUANO COMP ANY.' Wlt?fctbr?^o-*-*?. W'o . campaign of education walch will en able thc faripers to beopme thoroughly a -iiualntcd with i'.'.c means which have been eini'.lbyed moat successfully to cziconipaas the destruction of.thc wee vil |n other, states. Tlmy onuiiL. bc taught how to produce, bundle und finish live stock. How to rotate crops, what crops to grow and when to har vest and market to .'the best advan tage. To this end the ?tate of Geor gia should liberally endow tho est?n-, sion-detrjonstratian agencies npw nt work* lo regenerate the'. agricultural practice of tue ?tate. Realizing the importance of this, matter, the College of Agriculture lr. co-u??>anlon with the t'nlted^Slataa department of agriculture has already .placed in, tho held 64 county demon stration agents. The reBult of their Worlj ;la_ toj> weil -known to need spe cial- ?mp?a*la aC"thia..Unie,, 'These same authorities established -and or ganized toe boys' and girl's' corn and ?canning clubs, thus teaching the re sources Of revenue frouitnesoil ; Ol the st*te. jiaking the iraini'Worth ?hile. The extention, ^>)artmen>, tf?M? College ,of Agriculture in co-opcralTon witii t lip' buV'-iau of soil?, har. I.'ccr; 'H' '' future than'Mias been possible in tlu past. .Tho department of animal hus bandry ls promoting thc h'r?cd'.sg ci li?les rattle :.nd b'os-s. - The pig Cftti and ;!:e dalry work for Instance, ls be lug carried on Ja co-operation wltl t!Vc r. s. :>d??M??t.of aarlcuuuro bureau of unimal industry. Tn Hs et Torts along Gila'line Che college hai [had the cn-oper?tlon of the progr?s sTvc citizens br Georgia, thc board o trade, the commissioner of agrlcui turo, the state board of education an) the county superintendent* and teach Pritlcally every one who has giv eu any consideration, to the ; malic realizes its vital importance and tin Agriculture. Without fui)ds and ii abundance the work can nut be main tallied' und. promoted on a baale com thens orate with the exigencies of .th alsation. It la up to .the state and t lt,s citizens to provide these funds ah tans' mlrt.rr?lzc the 'damage which th Wiccvll will qt'icryvjss iciltrt.^tipo (Iccrglu. Tho writer '-believes that thc fpndB wll bc forthcoming th.rongh' legislative enactment am! thronnh the response to thin -Appen! Hthtcp the business men of Georgia wlll fpol cou ll nu ned to in'.Jke for thy1 protection .of1 their best' Interest. . x ox p-.ot' ,o Jt .0 x cr-x- p *Tp*JD o SENECA NEWS, o X O X O X o x ox oxoxo:: ?r>rm o nd F/.ctory. 1 t?rnest C. Ndrmah. son of Mr. *arid Mrs. V. L. Noitnnn 'pt -S?neca, ^W?W Jlkely bave ?ijs choleo "in .if?lectlng .the .place for .completing his examination. [tlon for thc .naval academy1-Vt?ASrna ; polls, apd bas been designated aa the [first alternate. One of .the caaminar . ion.s attended'by ' Mir. Norman wus Jxf&d"-in Anderson'1 and the other w as m C?lanVWa.,. 'rac '.vori: pf rcbu?dlng -the ?tor? for n.erl > ocnipie b'y l??t J nd'a ten U?Ot ?hop and burtied several month's |.ogo. war cbnVmerieed' ??stv week and w?? bc punned .tor ward 1 tumi ly. G. W. ?ignilllat, owner of the place, has ! nuuounce'd that a concrete floor will he j laid -and-.a modera front put lu, mak ing this one of the prettiest stands iii tlie city. W.A. Kol'.gnd expects to occupy the Wilding about Mareil i?. j?? *-'?? . ? . ---T Jt Mi's. .1. W. Todd went to Anderson I Thursday and aliened Mrs. Atkinson',! reception. "HtlA Lillie Sanders? and ' Mrs. 'R. R. Phillips were In Anddrspn Friday. In a session of court held in Toe te.), t?a., last week"Mvs. Oscar Aslib", or Seneca'was granted il divorce from Oscar O. Asho'and vVs given the tua Itcidy of ber son, now" with his Anther. ["Mrs. Ashc was formerly Miss Ethel {cfo cannon. T. Ii. Jones of TowhvSlle spent a'few nour? In the city Saturday. ^jM>". and Mira. -Wade Hampton Hop ritlns ot Ahdersnrr^wdre In\?eireca 'Stin . day to attend the f'tneral of Mr. Jones' Why. Willie Austin ot the Seneca high, school has bet-ti'ofBHnBfilr^h??rs representative'al''the oratorical con test to be hbld in' .Westminster,' MUrch [-27. The school auditorium was well Itilled^flsA' njakt AvWthrC0.J...pilS of tlio school delivered tho|r orations fend'"the "lodges pitted vMr. Auiftih - ks winner. The conteU was close, lt is said, und the two other young men de ter ve. praise .for;.their tflorta. Accord ing to the rules pf the oratorical asso ciution, tho subject Seneca's represen tative will nae has been sent .to tho authorities at Wcstrtiinstcn "?Tbo Deathbed of the Traitor, '?Ben'edlct i Arnold,'' will be Mr. Austin's subject at' West hw* dater. . It-'mlgbt'-beMtaain VipnCd that Wilkes Dendy, using this orat'on, won from Seneca In a former contest and those who attended Jho exercises lust Friday say that Seneca stand* tin "?tlent chance' of brPigtng. : htrnie thc'honors'of thc' night' ofl'Mar. UT, i -a recent Issue of Farm and Fac 27: lu.a reccnt Issue of Farra and.Fac tory lt was announced that- the meet "W?Uld be hold on M?rcli 6'. Sine? then the abov?'dnt?'has been' seroy'?iran -egers. The friends of Mr. William T. Mc-. Clure, j?on of Mr. John W4?*icGturo, will be Interested In'Air.McClure's.*p pqjhitnicnt aa magistrale at .Fairplay; Tb3 governc- annonncid the 'hbpotTit ment. J iturday afternoon; Mr. M?Clure takihrf tho'wwcKof J? T?MStfeldehi who has-mored evtoCthtf'dbtrlct. 1 Born, unto .V?r. and -Mrs. L.-A.- Ed wards, a girl. Horn, unto ffir, and MTS. J. H. Sit ton, a girl. ... Mrs. torey" Stone, or Denver/ Visited relatives In Seneca .Saturday. . i. J. A. Sanders has sold his-farm on \< Seneca'river to Mr. Wylie, section mus ter on thc Southern Raliway. Many friends of the family,sympa thize with' MJr. and Mrs. 'Victor B. .? S Jones in the death of their Infant at 6 b'olbck. 'The 'Tittle one had '-.been sick'for home tttne. *We' {elfc ^ex tending sympathy to thu ? \*. bereaved parents. . ' . , J. husxell .Phillip? took his (father and motlier. Air-, alni Mrs. ll. I.. ' Will- ? lips on ' a pleasure trip to' AndeTSOu Saturday. ?TRIMMT* m\m. I ;u . _? NW York. Feb.' 25.-^8^ of the'read ing amateur boxers- of-Wils city haye been7selected to 'represent New- York In the gmte.ir Intercity flout* between New York and Clevelan(l to be hold, at Cleveland Athletic Clhb Friday .'dight. The party which will leave hero on Thursday, ?wilt represent-thc 108, 115, .Uh. Mg. Mfe?lft?.^??wH?nff't?lsa?ms. V ?GIVE m'm^'^?^^^^^^^ Wa araMore Than Pleased ... M-' H With iW business received ?ncc taking over , g ing?o. It has far 4?W^e^^ net auqptumgil *UY^-^:;r^: WHBWBMI^^ when one reflecta that a discriminating public knowsWhere tobuy ^?0&S||M^ 1 PRINTING'* to get the best In <^AL1TY ahci SEl^l^E. " ?a? 'y^r/? - .~ 1 S orders large or sma!L ?*'-':~*^!!^^ ....joe pRiNTKiiG mrn=?Mmpmmm^^ . mmmfs.c. *.- . ph^ei^.^.