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I < . * - - ' I- ?|)J0 ii&tt I' ' : "i , I .. VOL. 40?NO. 61 CHESTERFIELD, S. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1922 MRS. SARAH BITTLE Mrs. Sarah Gulledge Bittle was born on June 18, 1858 and died on Dec. 13, 1922, in the 64th year ol her age. She has left a vacant place in her home church and community that never^an be filled. She was not afraid to facc the unseen future, having her Savior as her guide. She often counselled her family as to their future. Her going away has cau*pH m?>"' sorrowing hearts, but we know she is at rest. She leaves a sainted old blind mother, 88 years old, who . was able to visit her child's home on the day of her death. She was led in and her hand placed on her cold brow by kind friends. Then she was taken to the car and carried home, but the parting will not be long. j She leaves a kind husband, son and I daugther-in-law besides the following Bisters and one brother: Mrs. Susan Gulledge, Mrs. Bettie Boswcll, all of Wadesboro, N. C.; Mrs. Rachel Watson, of Georgia, and Mr. J. W. Gulledge, of Chesterfield. rni- _ J j. iie ueccased was married to Mr. Fair Bittle on the 31st of Dec., 1815. She was laid to rest in the Friendship cemetery by the side of her daughter on Dec. 14. * ;-?fc CAT POND SCHOOL Honor Roll for the month ending Dec. 10 of Cat Pond school. First Grade.?Mnggr* Crawford, Marie Gainey, Liddie Kirven, Ida Mae Johnson. Advanceed First.?Leo Gainey, Bennie Rascoe, Elsie Rascoe, F. M. Talbert, Verly Weatherford O ? ^ " * oecona uraae.?Velma Chapman, Edith Crawford, Margaret Welsh, Madge Griggs, Claud Williams, Letha Moss, Lillar Talbert, Nora Starling, Leona Winbern, Isabel Kirven. Third Grade.?Myrtle Weatherford. Fourth Grade.?Jimmy Chapman, Vera Williams, Fifth Grade.?Mary Kirven, Mat | Moss. Sixth Grade.?Maude Moss, Will B&thven. Eighth Grade.?Marie Gainey, ' Maude Grifl'trs. pp*rl? BntKu?iv r1. Tolaon. RENT Nice four-room cottage. See, I. P. Mangum. ' GUESSING CONTEST ?AT? CHEfTERFiELD HARDWARE CO Centeit Opens Monday, Dec. 18, Close* Saturday Night, Dec. 23 ucss how many nails in a glass! jar and win a BEAUTIFUL DOLL onnn rn&c Full Line of Chrit'mas Goods? Presents for Father, Mother, Daughter, Son, Sister, Brother and Everyone Else. Come hihI see. CHESTERFIELD HARDWARE CO. ' " ' " GREETI Pi l 1 Our 1 Christmas deeds and c wisdom for | friends for i n . Cheiterfielc I TURKS RESPECT U. S. Fl.AG x i Dr. John R. Voris of Now York, i who was in Columbia last week, net' ing field director, declared that the Turks may masscre by the thousands peaceful citizens of Asia Minor and may drive hundreds of thousands from their homelands but they have yet to touch a child whom the Neur East Relief is bringing up in Orphanages protected by the American flag, which seems to be the only thing the Moslem hords respect. "They have yet to violate an orphanage under its protection," he stated. "The massacres of hundreds of thousands which we hear about were men, women, children students und workers pursuing peaceful lives as you and I are, who until a few days before never gave the Turk brutes a thought. "The sudden collapse of Constantine's army turned loose all of the ^rutal lustful passions of the Molsem mob, spurred on by the Korna which teaches that to kill Christains is to receive a reward in the hereafter of u haremful of houris. "The 110,000 children which the Near East Relief has been bringing up for the past four years and building into the future Armen have never ijtt-n loucned by the foul Turk. South Carolina's share of these tots is 2,803, which .requires $175,000 annually to feed, clothe and shelter. All j funds above this amount will be used to feed some of the 800,000 who were driven from their homes j?st ahead of the Massacre at Symrna." D. Cameron Ralston, of Columbia, state director, declared that 65 cents out of every dollar sent in by contributors finds its way to the sufferers in the stricken Bible lands, where it is swelled to $1.50 by the many free services and commodities which the overseas workers secure from the grateful people of Asia Minor. The books of the Near East Relief are v/pvu iu inspection. BOY SCOUT TROOP ORGANIZED On last Friday night the Chesterfield Boy Scout troop was organized. The following members were present: Lam Britton, E. H. Griffin, James Rivers, Paul Parker Jr., James Cannon, Bill Laney, Sam Trotti, Robert Huntley, Bill Rivers and Bill Rcdfearn. Out of those present the following officers were elected: Mr. George Eddins, Scout Master; E. H. Griffin, Assistant Scout Master; Jamie Cannon, Secretary and Treasurer; ,-Lani Britten, Patrol Leader cf Patrol NTo. 1, with Bill Redfearn as his assistant; .lames Rivers, Patrol Leader of Pa- j trol No. 2 and having Bill Laney as I ^is assistant. The next meeting will be held Friday night, Dec. 22, 7 o'clock in the Ross Hall. All boys of Chesterfield and the surrounding territory are invited to join. 90-DAY Long Staple Cotton Seed, pedigreed from Keenan an-l King's) Improved Karly. Selected and i seived Seed. I. B. Merriman 1 50-p Chesterfield R 3 mn IL1VJI houghts go to-you at i time, wishing you joy lays, wishing you time i the work, peace^ for tl the fireside and love for ie New Stc Blu m Hf Kornblut, Inc. Xk. r? ?-?-? . MVpVUUIIIIV I, - - Sou PATRICK Mr. Naman Turnage's family is ' down with t.he influenza. Miss Lucile Brown has been down in the bed for the past few days. Mrs. W. M. Pankey is improving fine now. Mr. Gem Wilks spent the week-end with his father and mother nt Patrick. Mrs. E. L. Smith and Mr.--. Grover ! Wooten were at Cheraw, Christmas' shopping. j There will be a Christmas tree | I at the Baptist church Jan. 1, 1923, i I for t l:f< pKil/lron - --1 1 ...^ ...nu.v i ui cnuicn. The boys of Chesterfield played the boys of Patrick in a Rame of basket ball Thursday. They bad two periods of playing. Fifteen minutes a iid rest five and then played the other game. The Patrick boys held Chesterfield down the first period, Patrick 2 and Chesterfield none. There were many visitors there, t W hen they stopped the score was 5 and 19 in favor of Chesterfield. Rev. W. H. Shealy is on the sick list this week. Miss Juanita Winburn has been sick for the past few days. Mr. J. W. Poison visited Colum bia on business Wednesday, Dec. 13. Mr. Jack Hendrick and family are down with the influenza. Mr. J. A. Williams and family are down with the flu. But we hope they will be well soon. VAUGHN I We are having rainy unsettled and unfavorable weather. 1 Mr. Mack Jordan has two very sick 1 children at this writing. Supposed to be flu. Mr. Spencer Vaughn and family have been very sick for the last few \ davs. Glad to report Mr. John Wess Vaughn and "family are much im- | proved at this writing. Mrs. Lucy Adams killed a shoate a few days auo that netted 692 pounds ( when butchered. Mrs. Adams does not need none of the men folks to ( tell her how to raise fine hof?s. , Married last Thursday night: Mr. i Grady Watson, of Chesterfield, and < Misu Otii" Griptm of These are popular young people, Mrs. Watson having taught several sessions of school at this place. On account of the flu epidemic our school has closed for a few days. The teachers, Misses Nincn and, Henderson have gone to their respective homes. The new preacher. Rev. F. D. Shuler, is supposed to preach at Friendship Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock. Sunday school at 10 o,clock. Rev. A. U. Smith did not fill his appointment at David Grove, Sunday, on account of being sick with n e c\.. ? ?. caac in i iu. we nope hi* may soon be well again. TAKEN UP? Four calves; one Jersey heifer; tw? r??l heifers; 1 re/I hull ' t Owner may get same by paying feed bill and for this adv. ltp Dr. L. H. Trotti. ( v ( I I I i ( i I ' I I,; this Happy in all your j in the task, \ le pathway, \ I the home. 1 9 I !! >re ! i th Carolina J I 1 ? 1, ? m . '. 1 A.' * w V # . - , v ,w/ ,JI| _ WALLACE DEFENDS PROGRESS IN WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL I \ Washington, Doc. 18.?The federal department of agriculture feels that thi y have made some progress in the fight against the boll weevil, and that the new Florida remedy and the tests with the war depart* ment on aeroplane dusting will bring a "satisfactory combination for prac?| many an conuiuons." This attitude became known today when Senator William J. Harris made public a communication from Secretary Henry C. Wallace, of the department of agriculture, commenting on informa* 1 tion given the secretary that many* people thought it a reflection on the. department of agriculture that no remedy had yet been fojTrffa to effectively destroy the boil weevil. Senator Harris presented a letter to Secretary Wallace from a Georgia constituent expressing the opinion "that half had not been done by the department which should have been done." The senior senator informed Mr. Wallace that congress would appropriate any amount of money necessary to carry on the fight, and he assuied nun ol support from the senate appropriations committee, of which Senator Harris js a member. A test station was secured from Eaton- < ton, Putman county, (? >., under the federal authority, by Senator Harris some months ago. i Secretary Wallace dheussed the situation, as follows: D.i.na,{a Varie* I , "The (lamaire from the cotton boll j w t-\!! varies considerably from year | to year and this letter coming as it j ' does just at the close of one of the ' ' i _ -- ? i i nio ;l cnrwmel?? - ? > uijuiiuuii seasons expj pcrienced in recent yours no doubt j truly represents the state of mind 9f 1 a jrreut many people in the south.-'* Those however, who have been closest^ to the problem realize the difficulties' with which the scientific workers', i nave had to control measures for this I insect and consider rather that the ad- i vanccments made have been more ] than could be expected. j s "In fact, just at the present time t the situation is moire favorable than | 1 ?ver before. The dusting method has i n the fnmi ..f U>" v......... ?'-i! ? ... ...w ??vv VI KUV nurtvy lllIUMcltlUn 1 I of this year -proved itself. cftpnW#'[*j of satisfactorily protecting the pro-, < Juction of cotton in large areas of | 1 ;he South. This method seems to be 5 'specially adapted for the more pro- j 1 Juctive areas and wh re the staple j i ?ottons have been developed, and in j ( ;hese regions where the y Id per 1 rcre is half a bah1 or l ae meth- t I of has been proven satisfactory. "Ju-t recently ,as y? u no doubt" enow, Dr. Newell and George Smith, I of the Florida Experiment station, j lave published a bulletin giving a 1 j complete and detailed account of a i | ong series of experiments in the use1 of another method of control which j ippears to be peculiarly adopted to I ?U :?: - * * ' V iiv-v-i. iiiv niiniiiiims in uk' riorum region and in other regions of the u>uth in whieh the cotton production jer acre is relatively low. The fact ' .hat the Florida method has keen carded out successfully by the ordinary ( snare croppers and the cotton produc.ion practically equal to that before : he weevil invasion seems to warrant f he conslusion that this will prove to je a cheap and efficient method over t i lartre area in the south. Aeroplane Ducting I "The department is just at this ( Lime requesting co-operation of the tvar department in the further testing of the possibility of aeroplane lusting. The remarkably successful ' results obtained elsewhere by this net hod seemed to abundantly justify ' the additional expense that will be incurred in a much more extensive 1 Lest to be carried on this year which ihould determine conclusively whether i these machines can be depended upon i to materially assist in the control of this pest. "With these two major and highly nr,.n.Mn.? . I, / I.I .. -. C !' >" |?'im year to thoroughly tost out the coming season, tin* scientific force of the department will be fully occupied and those who have been studying the problem feel very confident that out of these methods and the ones now in use will he found a satisfactory combination for practially all conditions." TOWN TXx EXF.CUTiONS On Jan. 1,1 Executions will he issued against all delinquent Town Taxes. Executions will be placed in the hands of the ehief of police. By ordqr of Town Council. .1 A TV A ! Clerk. ESTATE NOTICE All holding claims against the estate of C. R. Sumner, deseased, one Riven notice to file same only item ized and verified and these owe the estntii in any way will please settle at once. I. J. SUMNER, Excutor of Estate of C. R. Sumner, diseased. 4tp PARKER SCHOOL ITEMS We are sorry to reprot that "Flu* conditions are becoming serious. Mr. John White and family art sick with the flu. Mr. Jim Rhynes and family art recovering from their recent illness, Mr. Henry Lee's baby is sick. '1 here was an Entertainment and box su/.pcr at this school Wednesday night, Nov. 29. The box suppet netted the'school $20.00, which we hope to add to by pesenting a Negro i rugruiu aner ^nrisimas. Our Christmas plans arc moving .oward a community Christmas tv and play "The Christmas Story" to be given in Westfield Creek Church on ^he night of Dec. 22. Good order requested. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Rhynes are expecting .he following guests for Christmas: Mr. Walter Filmore, Lancaster. S. C.; Miss Lillie Rhynes and Miss Grace Filmore, Rockingham N. C. and Miss Pearl Rhynes from Hamlet, N. C. Mr. Sandy Bittle, one of our Trustees, moved last week. Miss Lonie Crawford and Miss Bessie Morris spent Thanksgiving with Maybelle Parker. Miss Lonie will visit for a few days again during Christmas week. Miss Bessie and JVlaster Tom Miller spent Saturday night and Sunday at the house of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Davis of Pine Grove section. There will be church services at Wostficld at 11 o'clock, Dec. 17. Parker School No. 1 has enrolled nighty-nine pupils so far. We are sorry that the average attendance is lot so good. We are sorry to report more "flu" victims in the home of Messrs. C. F. ind A. B. Parker and families. A state bond issue, for hard surfacing the main highways of South uaroiina was indorsed by a tfood roads gathering held in the captial Monday at the call of Governor Wilson G. Harvey. While some sujrtres;ion was made of a fifty million dolar issue, the amount and ways and neans of financing was left to a comnittee of seven, one from each confessional district. The committee is :omposed of W. W. Smoak, Waltersoro; Capt. W. D. Black, Williston; Senator E. P. MeCravy, Pickens, B. H. Peace, Greenville; Col. T. B. Spratt, Rock Hill; Col. D. A. Spivey, Conway, and Claud N. Sapp, Columbia. Two hundred people attended i hi* montintr 1 ELIZABETH There was not any Sunday School ast Sunday afternoon on account of ocal bad weather. Mrs. During Lowry has been real lick, but was a little better the last ve heard. Mr. Oscar drives has been on the dck bed but tflad t<? say he is tvetinpr alonjr fine now. Mr. Jim Ratliffe snent the week nd with his son, Mr. (joor^ce Ratiffo. Mr. W. T. Monro and family snout t whilo Saturday ni^ht with Mr. Ja us moon* and lamuy. Miss Susie Lowry visited h"r siser, Mrs. L. A. Watson, last week. The little daughter ??f Mr. George ttatlilTe has been real sick hut is beter at this writing we are prlnd to say. Mr. S G. Huntley, of Mt. Grecian, spent Saturday nip-lit and Sunlay with his sister, Mrs. A. B. Sellers. Miss Hattic and Mr. Claudie Sellers and Miss Hettie U.itliiTe spent Sunday afterndoa with Miss Susie ind Mr. Brutus Lowrv. Mi'?.. l.e'i-io Bnt'iflV spel t Sunday it Mr. .1 I). Huntley's at .VIi. Cro^han nursing tlu- i.*k. BOARD Of COMMISSIONERS MEET The County Board of Commissioners will meet Fi iday, Pee. 29th. All 1922 claims must be filed Thursday, Dec. 28th.. Commissioners will at this time receive bids for Township Formed for the year 1922. Foremen will receive pay only for active work done. J. A. THAU Clerk. SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF TAX EXECUTIONS This is to notify ail who have not paid their lit'21 taxes to come in ind settle for them. I have sent out a statement to every delinquent tax payer. I did this to save everyone the mileage, hut if you do not come or send the required amount of youi tax I will have to come for it. Then you will have to pay the cost. I)o not wait, you know that they are due. I am to put a collector in eacl Township to collect tin m. Then you will have to pay the miluyre from the the Court House to where yju live. Si it will pay you to j?et busy at once. J. T. GRANT, PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF THE ECONOMY HOME, KINGS CREEK, S. C.| J Mrs. Claude II. Rivers, teacher of the Sarratt school in Cherokee coun' ty, is the first to respond to the up1 peal sent out recently by the Economy Home. S^e sends us $17.50 in a letter saying, "We are tflad to have a part in this Krt'af work. May God bless the children and teachers, and leach His people to respond vrenerouslv to the needs nf ?tii< tw.m.. " The next response comes from Mrs. K. F.Kainsford, Trenton, S. C. She writes, "I would like to have an entertainment in interest uf the Economy Home, hut six of my fourteen pupils are motherless. I am sending $2.50. Wish 1 could send much more." Miss I'carl Martin, Summcrton, S. ('., semis us $5.00 and closes by sayin j* "May heaven's richest blessings rest on the home." Such letters as these are what keep the fires of hope burning in the hearts of the superintendent and teachers of the Economy Home. Thanksnvinjr we budded our Christmas tree with the wishes of the chil iron. Kach child wrote down what they wanted Santa to hritnr. These were lolled up and t> '! on the tree. Vou could hardly name a nice present that was not mentioned in these wishes. Fifteen w: hed for Bibles. I wonder who wants tr. play Santa Claus for these children? MACEDONIA On account of the numerous showers in this community, Highway 35 is nrnrt ienllv iom.i iv>ihl<> \nm.l us to Jefferson. The road hands are steadily at work and hope to have it iii better condition soon. The many friends of Mr. K. Kunderburk are plad to know that he is able to be up. We are sorry to report that the lit- , tie daughter of Mr. Johnnie llorton is still very ill We hope to be able to report her improvement very soon. Messrs. Baily Knight and Jackson Middleton are expected home Saturday for the Christmas holidays. They are attending school at Winp;ate. N. r Mr. \V. P>. Kimble left Thursday moinintr for Clinton, where in* will spend the holidays at ho.no. Mr. Olin Knijrht motored to Hartsville Wednesday afternoon. Miss (iladys Rayfiehl is spending the holidays at her home near Chesterfield. The Macedonia school closed De- , comber 'JO, for the holidays. It will ( reooen .lanuavv 'A. Mi :iS"s Sadie Waclor and P.re'a! Hookhii?<lt k'ft Wednesday afternoon for 11?? ir homes at Kllornc, v/lirr" they are anticipating a jjrcat Christmas. The Macedonia folks hope litis will he a sure cure for the "Homesick Blues." Mis l.iMla Blanche Young, who is attending Lander College is at home at Anuclus for tin- holidays. Tht* Macedonia folks wish everybody <a very Merry Christha- and a Prosperous New Year. ACTOR STOLE AUTOMOBILE TO BEAT STORK HOME Miudi interest was aroused in the (ireenville police circles by the account of the supension of the s ntace of Harry Kramer, lt>. of New York, who was convicted of steal'ng an automobile in Atlanta ye terdav, the defendant h:i\ i>)tr spent a night in tin (ireenville jail recently, while en route from Virginia to (leorgia in the cus-i tody of a special agent. According 'o the Atlanta account, he pleaded guilty to stealing- the autonn file, and was sent need to serve one year, hut was freed when it was learned that he committed the crime in sin effort to return to New York that he might in' ill in:-; young WIU' S Sill' Will 11 IIIO i tork arrived. Th?' owner of tJi?* cur heard the hoy's story and not only asked tin- court tp suspend the sentence imposed, hut with others subscribed funds for the purchase of a railroad ticket to New York for the young husband, it was said. While lodged in a c II here. Kroner talked hut little and appeared to think much. 11?. however, told the fliciTs here that In- was guilty of the theft charge and was afraid that the whole tliinj.r would he hard to explain, lie appeared worried and lay on his eot with his faee to the wall. Few miessed thai the hoy was a hu band r that he had dared to break manmade laws to respond to the paternal instincts aroused by the news that ho was soon to be a proud father. In telling his story to .ludye It. V Hardeman in the Atlanta court, j Kramer said tha' he was an actor and that his troup had become stranded 1 when he had received the news of the ' approaching arrival of a second son. 'PL - - * ? i ne auioinoniie was thi n stolon in an effort to reach home in time, he said. ?Greenville News. ?pi.?)u a x HiAK IIS AUVANCt THE CO-OPS END A RECORD YEAR Cooperative marketing rides to the close of 1922 on the flood tide of success. Nation-wide fecongnition of the benefits of cooperation associations which include a half a million farmers was voiced last week in the Washington Conferance of cooperatives from all sections of the United States. Carl Williams, President of the American Cotton growers Exchange, declared this conferance the most important move in American history for the benefit of the farmer. President Harding, Sectary Herbert Hoover, Senator Capper and Eugene Meyer, director of the War Finance Corporation, paid tribute to the work of the cooperative associations. Following last week's second payment by the North Carolina Cotton Association throughout Eastern North Carolina double their cash receipts this week on all tobacco delivered by December first to the Association in the old belt will follow on ail deliveries made up to December 20th as soon thereafter as checks can be made out and distributed A third cash payment to the organized growers of South Carolina will be distributed after Association members in Virginia and Western North Caiolinn have doubled their money on all deliveries for 1922. With larger crops this year than last , tobacco farmers in three states have received more for their tobacco than in 1921. In North Carolina and Virginia, November sales have shown a gain of three dollars per hundred, while the South Carolina grow r....... ........i -i i - i.i |/i u\. HIUU.V UOUUICIl laSl year's prices. With the orderly marketing of both tobacco and cotton by thousands of farmers through their cooperative iissociations in the Carolinas and Virginia, the tide of prosperity is rising us the growers adopt and use the methods of bin business to successfully sell their products. CARD OP THANKS \1* . i ? - * i- wish 10 express our neart leu appreciation to our many friends for their loving kindness shown us during the recent illness and death of >ur loved one. MRS. P. F. MOORK and FAMILY. CLERK S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Chc-terlield. Lucy Rollins, in her own rijrht and as Guardian ad litem, F.mmu Curraway Ilulah Holt, VV. L. Rollins, Walter Rollins, PLAINTIFFS, Against I. ('. Cams, Administrator of the es .. r i) 1) o .. 11: ~ - iaiv in n. i>. uuiiiii>, DEFENDANT. By virtue of an order jrranted by his Honor, S. VV. G. Shipp in the above stated vase, 1 will otYer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court House door in said county and State, between the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in January, lb'J.'l, In inn* the lirst. day of January, All that tract of land in said State and County containing Fifty-four and one-half acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by McKay Brothers lands, on the East by A. M. Blackburn lands, on the South by lands of S. H. Laney, and othets, and on the West by lands of R. 11. Hunter and others, l>einj? the estate lands of R. L>. Rollins. \V. .1. DOUGLASS, Clerk of Court of Common I'leas. CLERK'S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield. In Court of Common Pleas. Rank of Chesterfield, PLAINTIFF, Against Mrs. l.uln Porter, et als., DEFENDANTS, lii obedience to an order of Foreclosure made by 11 >>n. S. W. (j. Sliipp, Judp;e presiding in the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in the ease of Hank of ('hestcrlield, plaint ill", vs. Mrs. Lula Porter, et als., Defendants, 1 will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash before the Court House door at Chesterfield, South Carolina, within the lejral hours, on the tirst Mon nil) m liiuuitry nexi, same uein^ me !irst day of the said month, that lot In the town of Chesterfield, Ch eaterI < Id County, South Carolina, containin-: one-half acre, more or less, | hounded North by lot of \V. P. Odom, i Ka*t by lot of W. P. Odom, South by ! Main street, and West by lot of C. 11. (( ovinjrt on. I Purchaser or purchasers to pay for all necessary naners. W. J. DOUGLASS,. . Clerk of Court, ChctserQcld County, South Carolina.