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IIE NiWS _ HERALD ESTABLISHED 1844 WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 20th, 1921 VOL. XLIX. NO. 8 FAIRFIELD COUNfl REPORTED B1 LONGTOWN. Miss Irene Stewart is visiting rel atives in Winnsboro. Mrs. David Smith entertained a number of friends from Winnsboro with a spend-the-day party one day last week. Mr. Ralph Brown and little Paul Smith have gone to visit Mr. Brown's mother at McCormick, S. C. Mrs. Hubert Smith and children have gone to Batesburg for a ten days' visit with Mr. Smith's relatives. We are glad to have Miss Laurie Matheson at home after having taught a very successful term in the Fruit Hill $chool in Saluda County. Miss Bessie Jones is at home after pleasant visit to Winsboro. She attended the Winthrop Pageant while away. Miss Nell McEachern, who is in training in the Prior Hospital, Chep. ter. spent last week-end with her Aunt, Mrs. J. J. McEabhern. Mrs. Essie McEachern, of Savan nah, Ga., is on an extended visit to Mrs. J. J. McEachern. The H. D. Club will meet with Mrs. Hubert Smith on Friday May 27th. Whether you are a member or not, if you are interested in knowing how to care for the sick in your home, come to this meeting, Mrs. Clowney will show you. In response to a call from the Winnsboro Chapter of the Red Cross for clothing for the esffering chil dren of Europe, Ladies of the commu nity made a very generous contribu tion of garments of all kinds and sizes ranging from infants layettes to gar ments for boys and girls of 14 years of age. A special cash collection was also taken in church, which amounted to $23. This was forward h.b*efaster, Rev. E!baikE . JENKINSVILLE. Miss Lois Chappell attended the Pageant at Winthrop College as the guest Vf her sister, Mrs. McBride. Messrs B. H. Yarbrough, J. S. Swygert and W. T. Glenn and Mrs. K. B. McDowell spent last Tuesday in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Swygert enter tained a few friends very delightfully one evening last week. Mr. A. W. Hart has accepted the principalship of the Jenkinsville schoool fo; the coming year. He is a teacher of wide experience and comes to us highly recommended. Miss Lois Chapnell will again have charge of the intermediate depart ment, while Mrs V~van Jeter wvill be in charge of the primary department. Several of the young folks attend ed a dance at Parr Shoals last Fri day night. An election will be held at Jenk insville on Tuesday, May 17, to de cide whether or not $50,000 shall be issued in bond5 for the improve ment of the roads in school district No. 11. Messrs B. H. Yarbrough and W. .Glenn were visitors to Winnsboro nMonday. SALEM. The continued cool weather has greatly interfered with obtaining stands of cotton and the farmers are discouraged over the conditions. The Sunday School Convention met at Salem on last Sunday after noon. Quite a large crowd was pre -sent. There were representatives from a number of schools. Inter esting talks were made by the fol lowing men: Messrs Gibson John ston and Bruce, Dr. McMeekin and Rev. Swicord. Mrs. Fanny Martin is at home after a visit to her son, Dr. Martin in Greenville. Miss Genie Aiken is at home for the summer, her school at Cross Hill having closed. Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam Jeter and children, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ai ten and little Mary Hazel spent the week-.end with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crowder. Little Emma Gene Clowney is with her grancd-pareints, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Martin. Mrs. Gilder Norris, of Charlotte, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. D. M. Aiken. NEWS AS CORRESPONDENTS Miss Mary Helen Crawford spent the week-end at home. Messrs Dug Aiken, Gillie Martin, Aiken Gladney and Edgar Aiken re cently made a trip to Great Falls. There will be services at Salem each Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock instead of in the morning at 11 o'clock. WATEREE. These times are badly out of joint somewhere. . When we entered the world war we were told that after the war was won, a wave of prosperity such as this country had never seen would sweep over us. Well, it did sweep over but it didn't stop. Then we were told that when the Repubican Administration got control times would improve but Mr. Harding has been sitting in the President's chair over two months and that egg of prosperity "aint hatched yet." The following dialogue took place the other day between this scrib bler and a business man: "What is wrong with the business world?" "Why our foreign trade is cut off." o "But why has our foreign trade been cut off ?" "Because the rate of exchange is almost prohibitive." "Who fixes the rate of 'exchange?" "Why the bankers of this coun try." t ',Well but why do they make the rates so high?" Now Mr. Editor, if some one will answer this last question he will E explain the whole situation and at 3 the same time place the responsi- t bility. Did West Virginia and Kentucky r jein the League of Nations? If so, they are behaving very "onbecom- r ing." Everybody in this section is re planting cotton and some are plant ing the third time. Ripe peaches, cherries and plums e are in evidence here about. Sorry to chronicle the death of one of our oldest inhabitants, Mrs. Jane Rowe, who died Monday morn ing and was buried Tuesday at Wa teree Church. Mrs. Rowe had been in bad health for a long time and 3 leaves two daughters, Mrs. G. L. Johnston and Mrs. R. A. Patrick, and a host of relatives and friends. MOSSY DALE. This section has had an abund-. ance of rain recently, after a twoc months' drought. Crops and things( are looking rather blue for the mid..I die of May. Stands of both cotton and corn are skimpy. Stuff out at 3 the Robinson place is looking fairly I well, but you might throw4 him in ~ the moon and give him one negro f and five tons of soda and he would s make a cro. But the poor negro would have to walk back home. If we have to plant in the winteri to beat the boll weevil, then we must devise some way of beating s the frost.' It has been so cold for the past 3 two or tbree weeks that we have t; burnt up the wood that we had for .J the kitchen stove in the summer and i that means trouble with the women later on. You may talk about hard times, d the low price of cotton and trou- a ble in general, but w '-n you get J) the women aroused ag .nst you, all r those things will seem trivial mat ters. I don't lounge around the t house much for two or three days s after an old hen quits the nest and j spoils thirteen eggs, or someone a leaves the lot gate open and lets the calf to the cow, but the rolling i pin is not used scientifically until ( the stove wood gives out,. Bill Irby, who has been living in Columbia and elsewhere for several years, has moved to the old home place near Bethel Church, much to the delight of his old friends. While he is not as handsome as his brother Preston, I think that he is a better 1 man. If he is not, may the Good Lord pity him. You never see themt both at church on the same day. Ia (ontinued on third page.) NEWS FROM THE WINNSBORO MILL Mr. A. A. Jolly spent the day in lolumbia Sunday. Messrs Thompson, Thomas and Ariail are doing the painting and rimming on the old mill. We are Olad to welcome these gentlemen tj ur village for a season. Mr. Mack Barley has accepted a osition in the company store. Mack s one of our most popular yourrg nen. The mill store continues to )rove to us that is is trying to render :he best possible service. Mack's nany friends will be delighted to cnow that he wishes for them to sam. )le his service. Call on him at the ;tore. Mr. Arthur Burgess 'and Mr. F. L. ,andee worshipped at the Episcopal :hurch in Ridgeway Sunday last. Messrs Gordon A. Johnstone, J. M. Williams, G. H. Lokey, W. E. Ram >ow and Ben Wilson returned Monday norning from Atlanta, Ga., where hey attended the meeting of the southern Textile Association. Mr. G. H. Lokey says that he fol owed Rambow all the way to Grant >ark in Atlanta just to let one Ram *w see the animals-monkeys. "Af. er spending all of his money for pea uts," says Lokey, "Rambow tried to atch one of the pet squirrels to bring ome with him." When asked what tambow wanted with a pet squirrel okey said, "I guess to pick up the iuts off of that Ford." - Rambow and Mr. J. M. Williams urned to Tech students while at the ech-Washington and Lee baseball ame. They were out there yelling or Tech as if they were first year tudents. At that they are just so 'oung now. . No one ever accuses hem of being aged. Rambow sys that Lokey can eat ore ice.creatn cones and drink more pop" than a monkey can eat pea uts, and from what Lokey says bout Rambow and the monkeys we .on't wonder that Mr. Spiller was .ble to announce the purchase of the lanta baseball club Monday. You ee Mr. Spiller sells peanuts, ice ream and soda pop at the ball park n Atlanta. Mrs. Julian Lipscomb, daughter of fr. and Mrs. Gord-:n A. Johnstone. vas taken to the Columbia hospital uesday morning. Mrs. Lipscomb ill be under observation of Dr. ibbs, the noted diagnostician for everal days. Mr. Lipscomb and Miss ohnson, the nurse, accompanied Mrs. ipscomb. Mrs. George C. Gibson took her in at son to the Columbia hospit.al uesday morning for treatment 1 r er Dr. Weston the baby neeids. eorge, Jr., must remain at the hos. ital for observation for several days. Mr. W. G. Barbour, of Camden, as in our village Tuesday. Mr. ~arbour continues as manager of the ill store, coming over on Tuesdays rom Camden to meet the traveling alesmen. Mr J. H. Ball has been very sick t his home for several days. There some improvement at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A. John tone, accompanied by Miss Cora M. ohnson, the nurse, left early hursday morning . for Columbia, there they went to be with Mrs. ulian Lipscoinb, their daughter, who Sto undergo a serious operation on 'hursday at the Columbia hospital. Mrs. George C. Gibson left Thurs ay morr . for Columbia to remain t the Columbia hospital with George, r, until the doctors permit his re aoval to Winnsboro. Miss Henrietta Thompson, daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Thomp on, who has been attending school in tlanta, Ga., returned home Monday sorning last Monday afternoon a group of jun yr Scouts were taken by Scoutmaster ibson in his car to a lovely camping ite where the boys spent the after oon and evening. Supper was pre red over a glowing camp fire. Those oing were Cole Windhamn, Paul Wil on, Tom Stanley, J. D. Lokey and . Peak. There will be a ball game on the >cal diamond Saturday afternoon. 'he Columbia Mills team will give he local team a return game on that ate. On the last meeting of these Connund on last page.) HAPPENINGS OVER THE WHOLE STATE Columbia. - County commissioneri law makers, and representative citi zens of Richland and Calhoun coun ties assembled at Bates ferry To dis cuss plans for the construction of a steel bridge over the river at tha fcrry and to devise the ways .nd mans o1 defraying the cost. Enthusiastic mer paved the way for an early start and the prospects are bright for the erec tion of a toll bridge to be constructeJ by the two counties. Richland county representatives al the meeting indorsdd the project and a majority of the delegates adopted a resolution pledging Richland county to build approaches if Calhoun county agreed to the same proposition, the cost to be prorated according to the taxable assessement. Coun y cciamis. sioners are to fix toll charges accord ing to plans and each county iwll get their share of the receipts until the total cost is refunded. It is th-n that the bridge will be thrown open to th. public and declared a free crossing. Calhoun county officials are to give the project immediate consideration. Columblans attending the meeting are enthusiastic over the prospeqt foi a substantial bridge at Bates ferry Travelers going to St. Matthews Orangeburg, Branchville and Charles ton may taie the Bluff road to Bates ferry or the Garner's ferry road by Eastover to reach the proposed bridge Fort Mill.-With the federal land banks again functioning, the Fori Mill National Farm Loan association which was organized In May, 1917. has resumed business, and applicationE for loans aggregating about $55,00C have been received and passed upox by the board of directors, and a gov ernment appraiser is expected tc reach Fort Mill In o short while to ap praise the lands on which mortgages are to be given to secure loans. Columbia.-W. L. Edwards, oil land dealer, was released from the New berry Jail the .warrant against him be Ing withdrawn. He returned to Co lumbia In the afternoon. Sheriff Can non Blease said over the telephone that all matters regarding Edwards al Newberry had been "satisfactorily set tlea to all parties concerned. York.-Hundreds of acres of cottom around York have been planted over within the last few days, the farmers despairing of the seed coming up that were put in the ground a month ago. The long continued cold spell and dry weather have been very unfavorable to germinating seed and young vege tables. Greenville.-A record for speedy justice was made for Greenville coun ty when, just 72 hours after he fired the shot which killed City Policema! George S. Burroughs. William Thomp son, negro, was fouind guilty of mum der in the sessions court and sentenc ed to die in the electric chair at Co lumbia May 27. Rock Hill. Fifty votes were cast in the election on the charter amend ment increasing the number of coun cilmen from three to five and provid ing for the election of the mayor by the people. Thirty-eIght voted for the change and 12 against. Many were disqualified by non-payment of taxes. Hartsville.-Hartsville was shocked to receive the news that A. D. Thomas and cousin Hiallie Thomas were drowned when a boat capsized on Brestwood lake. Efforts to find the bodies have so far proved fruitless. Seed Shipments Held Up. Clemson College.-Shippers of cot ton seed, seed cotton, and cotton-seed hulls, who desire to ship such prod ucts into the state of Mississippi, are warned that several shipments fromz South Carolina into Mississippi have been held up recently due to faliure to comply with the renurements of the Mississippi State Plant Board, says Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomolo gist for the South Carolina State Croi Pest Commission. The Mississippi plant board is continuing the plani quarantine adopted in 1920., Pilgrimage to Home Orphanage. York-Favored by the blue ski and brilliant sunshine of ai ideal spring day, the pilgrimage of Episco palans to the Church Honme orphan age here was an unqualfied success. With upward of 500 persons froms points away from York in attendance an open air service on the grounds in the morning was conducted by the Rev. Kirkmnan G. Finlay, bishop coad jutor and addressen in the afternoon by Blr~hep' Finlay, Christie Benet, Au gust W. Smith, W. B. Moore and Wik hm F. Robertson LAST STORY ABOUT COMMUNITY HOUSE "A Community Effort. No people is great or good except in character. Character is the pro duct of thought. "Tell me what you think and I will tell you what you are," says a writer; and a greater authority than man has said, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." It is ideas and ideals that really gov ern the world. When they are oper ative character is the result. It is but one-half of religion to live in secret with God. The true man owes it to himself to give out to his fel lows the best that is within him. The end of our effort is to bring to the minds of our community the best ideas and ideals of the day. Tie channels adopted are those through which these are coming. The moving pictures are catching the eye of the multitude. Ten millions of our people daily attend the picture show: The making and showing of pictures has become the fifth largest business in our country. They have come and apparently to stay. In' them there is a chance of untold harm and an opportunity for much good. Where these shows are run for finan cial profit there is a temptation to yield to the popular demand whether that demand be for the best or not. The moral sense of the country is being aroused to the peril from this source. What shall we do-? Ban them or convert them? We believe the latter can be done. There are difficulties to be overcome. Chief among these is the lack of a censor ship over the making of the films. The only censorship that can really be effective is the moral sentiment of the community. It is the only cen sorship that should be with a free people. The molders of sentiment are the rulers in' a democracy. It is encouraging to know that the moral sentiment of the country is beginning to have efiect upon some of the larg est film producers and they are cut ting- out the objectionable things. Voluntary organizations are spring ing up in different places for the pur pose of banning the wrong and ad vertising the right kind of pictures. The people of the community can have what they want, but will never have what they do not go after. We want to see the pictures made helpful rather than allowed to exist as harm ful. Through the eyes is carried to the mind of many a one who is hard to reach in any other way. The spoken word has never lost its potency and never will. The ideas and ideals of men are more catching when brought to us by having spokes men. The Lyceums, Chautauquas and other lecture bureaus are sending ont some of the best talent of the day. There is no reason why we should not have the best. Concert of action will brisg to us the best. It is too much to expect and it .is not right that we should expect a few in.. dividuals to hecome guarantors for these things that make for common ity uplift. The published book is often the product of a ripe mind and should Sgive thought in its beste form. Once Winnsboro had a circulating library. Its home was burned, but a number of books and some of the furniture is yet in our possession. Many good books are lying idle in our homes, which would be read and accomplish much good if they were made acces sible to the public. A proper system of keeping track of them is all the owners are waiting for in order to release them, we are persuaded to believe. We must have the library. A movement is already started. The men of the community need a meeting place and some of them have a stronger temptation to read. the best current literature. A reading room is in our plan. The leading magazines and pape'rs are to be kept on file The monthly index of cur rent literature will be a part of* the equipment: by this means the best articles on any subject can readily be found. Any one who will pay for One or more magazines may beco'ne a member of this reading circle. 'n this way the reading room can be es-. tablished and really at no greater cost than we are now paying for reading matter. Sucha re some of the things we may U D. C. DINNER FOR VETERANS On Saturday, May 15th, the John Bratton Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, gave their annual' din ner for the surviving veterans of Fairfield county. The occasion was inspiring. The Daughnters with lov ing hands had attended to every de tail. Nothi 0; that eculd show their love and admiration for the veterans was left undone. The room in the Community Buiiding where the din ner was served was made beautiful with spring flowers, and the tables were loaded with good things to eat. Twelve veterans were present--"he roes in gray with their. hearts of gold"-God bless them everyone. There were also present a number of invited guests to join with the veterans in sharing the hospitality of the Daughters. After dinner Mr. Wilson Hanahan, in happy manner, assumed the role of toastmaster. Dr. Oliver Johnson spoke for a few minutes on "The Cause That Was NOT Lost!" Mr. W. D. Douglas followed with a trib ute to the private Confederate sol dier, and Rev. G. G. Mayes extended the use of the Community House to the veterans at any and all times. Mr. G. F. Patton closed the speaking with the relating of a few of the wonderful experiences of a certain Confederate soldier he had known in Spartanburg county. Altogether the occasion was well worthwhile, we-the younger genera. tion-are not remembering as we should the deeds of our fathers. We need to turn to the stern years of 1860-65 for inspiration. We need to remember - that we are the sons and grandsons of the men who made up the armies of General Robert E. Lee, and we need to know the deeds of those men in such fashion as wounr cause us to throw our shoulders a lit. tle further back, and make our eyes to flash with a clearer light. "God of the nations! Spare us yet! Lest we forget! Lest we forget!" THROUGH WITH TIGHT SHOES Experience That Young Woman Had Recently Is Sufficient to Last Her a Lifetime. A young woman was taken to one of the downtown restaurants for din ner. She wished to make a good im pression, so she stopped at the shoe shining establishment to have her shoes polished, which shoes, by the way, were a little too small and pinched considerably. They pinched even worse gfter they were seated at the table, and the young woman decided to do a very daring thing. So, carefully, she man aged to slip her hand down to her foot, loosen the shoe and slip it off her foot. Just as that performance was ended the waiter arrived with the dinner and she straightened up to get ready for it. She reached for her enapkin and hor rors! The inside of her hand was as black as could be. The shoe polish had not yet dried. Worse and worse! Her friend noticed her hand. There w.~as nothing to do but explain 4 the situatign, which she did in a very amusing way. But she vows' steadily that she will never again wear tight shoes when going out to dinner.-Indi anapolis News. -- Beards and Politics. It is surely more than a coincidence that whiskered statesmen hold high positions in many lands, writes a cor respondent. Simultaneously with the appointment of Charles Evans Hughes as secretary of state in the U. S. A. comes the news of the appointment of Sir Joseph Cook as high commission er for Australia, in London. Sir Jo seph's beard is the pride of the an tipodes. Again in South Africa, the electorate rejected General Hertzog who has nothing but a mustache, for the bearded Smutz. And Lenin im perturbably holds his own, with a beard, while the smooth-shaven Keren sky is not merely out, but outside. Venizelos, they say, was never so pop ular as since his withdrawal, and the Italian press insists that when he makes a move Constantine is doomed. His is the finest beard in Europe, as' Mr. Shaw will admit-Montreal Her have. Persistent concerted effort will get them. Success hinges upon the number who will become helpers. No one man nor set of men can make the character of a community. t must be a community effort. A Promoter.