Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PLANTING AND CARE OF STREET TREES I ? In Congested Centers Trees Have Generally Been Sacrificed to Interests of Business. ?? . n One of the characters in an early day Amercan romance of the time when the Stamp Act was causing all kinds of trouble is recorded as deVrtt.'lr nPVP.r WOUld ciaxmg men, ntn ? ?>e a real business city because Broadway and Maiden Lane were lined with trees. The Van Vrooms, the Stuyvesants, the Artavelts, and other early settlers of the country x saved fine trees about their homes, ? on the village greens, along the country roads, and in the fields. But ione will see no trees nowadays on Broadw&y, and Maiden . Lane has been transformed from the pleasant tree bordered region of Dutch homes with flower gardens into the busiest $'? wholesale jewelry district in Ameri >., ca, if not in the* world. . Beauty and comfort gave way to r the inroads of commerce, not only in ? s New York but in most of America's , great cities, so that tdday trees in a! * ? Tare sicrht. VUOIU^CM 0MVVV ?* ? ? w There are elm-shaded villages in I'. New England; maple-shaded town in * New York and the Ohio. Valley, and I there are oak-tree streets to he seen in the Southeastern States, but for the most part of this refers Only to l.i't small towns or cities?never to the congested centers of population where they should have (been preserved. Washington, the National Capital, is one of the exceptions, and even there the plantings w.ere not always wisely arranged. The tree growth ,pn the streets of * the average American town or city ; . is ragged and unkempt in appear ?L-l- /M. ance^ wiiiic umt vu iuc auvu>v v? small village often is not much bett ter "unless the planting has ibeen done j$y* fl^er municipal control, and the ; v planting on a street have been coriSfined to a single kind of tree. The telegraph, the telephone, the electric light, and the trolley car have added their share toward the mutilation or destruction oif the good trees * thpt yrer^ in existence at the time of t^oir coming. Faulty methods of pruning have caused disfigurement and ruin. "Success f^ljows the careful planting of good trees which are given adequate protection and timely attention," says Farmer?' Bulletin 1209, Planting and Care of Street "frees, just issued by the United (States Department of Agriculture. "Every tree / should be trained to its proper jform while young, so that severe pruning will not be necessary later. Guards ? are necessary, too, for several years. rt, "To the mutliation of severe prun ing has been added the destruction ;of many trees in centers x of businesses because they excluded a little light, or made the store iess prominent, or were somewhat in the way of using the sidewalk for merchandise." * The bulletin insists that providing shade on city streets is as much a municipal function as providing light or sidewalks and should therefore, be cared for by public officials. Probably the most efficient way of A * ? arranging for proper supervision, it says, is through an unpaid commisJ sion of tjiree or.five members which in' turn employs an executive officer. Methods of organization are described, and numerous illustrations show how trees should be planted. - There are chapters also describing pruning, spraying, transplanting and other subjects of importance to - * every town or city whether it has trees or . wishes to have them. The bulletin may be had free from ap, plication to the Division of Publicatins, United ?tates Department of A mnAiilfiira WnoV* 1 r?rrf An ,T"i ,P ? Oi91411I?l/V/ll) X/* 'V? ????????????? FURTHER SHARP DROP IN THE GERMAN MARK New York, Sept. 13.?German marks, which fell below one cent each last Saturday for the. first time, made another new low record today. The further break was directly traceable to London where marks were quoted before the opening of this market at 3>.9& to the pound sterling. French exchange also was unsettled here, demand bills /ailing nearly 25 points from last week's price to 7.23 and Italiam exchange was weak in sympathy. Aside from recognized unfavorable economic conditions in German and throughout Central Eu' rope dealers were unable to offer any FLOCK STILL UPHOLDS KANSAS BOXING PASTOR i Chinute Christian Church Again Rejects His Resignation and Of fers to Increase his Salary. Chanute, Kan.?The Rev. Earl A, Blackman's annual resignation has again been rejected by the congrega, tion of the Christian Church oi CKanute. . Once a year, regularly, since the war, the Rev. Mr. Blackman has giv| en his parishioners the choice of ac! cepting his advocacy' of boxing j bouts, dancing and pool, or of hiring I a new pastor. While the vote each ' year has /been heavily in his favor, it is by no means unanimous. "You will find me in the boxing ring, the dance halls, the lodge halls, 'the pool halls, perhaps in the alleys, 1 or wherever men congregate, if I 'continue to preach to the Christian | Church of Chanute," was the ultimaj turn contained in the minister's recent resignation. Not only was the resignation rejected," but the congregation voted it? pastor an increase jn salary. This he refused to accept, declaring he was amply paid, and that he earned something in addition to his salary - " 1 xl TT _ by reiereeing coxing pouts. ne makes no secret of the fact. Furthermore, he declares he has a "double reason for enhancing his earning capacity." * ' "Twins recently f came to our house," he said. "If some person is to he paid for refereeing and I do the work satisfactorily, I ought to have the money to help support those twins. (Mr. Blackmail's services as a referee are in much demand in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. His presence in the ring is regarded as a guarantee of a clean light. His influence in making boxing a popular sport has 'been felt throughout this section. . , It'was while vne was chaplain of the 137th Infantry of the Thirtyfifth Division in France that the Rev. Mr. Blackman became a devotee of the fistic game. He was known as "the fighting parson of the Thirtyfifth," and justly so, for he not only supervised 'bfit engaged in many boxing bouts. - In his own church the Chanute minister has put into practice his theory that the Church should sponsor iboth boxing and dancing. Rub-My-Tiam lcjlls pain. * 4 \ "EMPTY". GUN KILLS Greenville Man Demonstrates Pistol To Friend and Wife. ' fr ' ft . Greenville, Sept. 12.?As his wife was in the act of warning him to be careful with a revolver which he held to his head, Sam Skelton, 26 years of age, bookkeeper of this city, blew his brains out at the house in which he lived on River street here this afternoon. , Young Skelton had been exhibiting the pistol to some friends that were spending the day with him and had offered to sell the weapon to one of them. When he became careless in handling the pistol, he was warned to be careful. He then unbreached the pistol and, as he thought, all of the cartridges fell out. It wa3 then that he held the weapon to his temple, apparently to demonstrate that there was no harm in it and, pulling the trigger, shot himself through the head with the one cartridge* that remained in the chamber. His wife, having heard the warning of his friedns, stepped to the door, and as sne Degged mm to oe careful the fatal shot was fired Young Skelton lived about forty-five minutes after he was shot, though the bullet went clear through his head spattered his brains on the floor anc lodged in the wall beyond. He nevei regained .consciousness, however. Mr.-Skelton was bookkeeper foi the Riverside Company, a concern es tablished by his father, S. 0. Skeltor several years ago. Rub-My-Ti?m for Rheumatism new explanation for the weakness o: fVi psb ovpVinntros The assumption among local bank ers is that German financial and in dustrial interests again find it neces ; sary to unload their paper currency and that this liquidation is being giv . en greater momentum from furthei i bear speculation in marks on th< . Berlin exchange and elsewhere ii Germany. , TRADE BEST SINCE MARCH j Increase Shown in Exports a* Well | ] Imports for Month. Washington, Sept. 13.?Exports increased approximately $54,000,000 and imports about $17,000,000 during August, as coi#partd with July ac, cording to the monthly foreign trade summary issued' today by the Comi merce Department. Exports during August aggregated . $375,000,000 as compared with $321, 000,000 during July and with $578,. 000,000 in August 1920. Exports for ; the month reached the highest tota! of the year since March when the i figure was $387,000,000. Imports for the month totalled $194,000,000 as against $177,00Q,000 in July and $513,000,000 ih August of last year. The import total was the highest since May when the figure was $205,000,000. For the eight months ended with August exponts aggregating $3,230,000,000 as against $5,475,000000 during the corresponding months of 1920 while imports for the period aggregated $1,693,000,000 as against $3,995,000,000 for the eight months ended with August 1920. Gold imports for August aggregating $86,000,000 were the highest for any month of the year except Marcn wnen tne lotai was $o<,vuu,000. Gold imports in July totalled $64,000,000 and in August, 1920, $15,000,000. Exports of gold during August amounted to $671,652, as' against $3,735,000 in July and $25,000,000 in August, 1920. Gold imports for the eight months ended with August totalled $502,000000 compared with $160,000,000 during ,the corresponding months of 1920, while exports for the period amounted to $11,000,000 against $242,000,000 during the first eight months of last. year. % > Silver'imports for the month aggregated $8,000,000 against $4,000,000 in the same month last year, while exports amounted to $3,740,000 against $4,490,000 in August last year.- Imports of silver during the first eight months aggregated $40,000,000 against $67,000,000 during the corresponding months of 1920 while exports for the period totalled /\/\ A AAA 1 x l% t\Ci AAA AAA $ju,uuu,uuu against f??,uuv,wu uuiing the eigh> months ending August 1920. ?. NOtlCE OF SCHOOL ELECTION Whereas, a petition has been circulated in school district No. 2 asking for an election for the purpose of voting? a five mill tax for general .schopl purposes. The petition has been properly signed and approved by County Board of Education. The election will be held September 28th at the school house, the Board of Trustees to act as managers, and the election shall be conducted as is provided by law for the conduct of general elections. At said election all in favor of proposed levy shall cast a ballot with word "Yes" printed or written thereon, and each elector opposed to the levy shall cast a ballot with word "No" printed or written thereon. By order of County Board of Education. *7 "' % P. H. MANN, 2wks. - Supt. of Education. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISRATION V STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE I Probate Court. i By J. F. Miller, Esq., Judge of Probate: Whereas, J. B. Beauford hath made suit to me, to grant him letters of ad! ministration of the estate and *ef1 - * - * ^ ? 0?.j i-j.. _r a u xects 01 J. eeauiora, iaie ui nu. beville County, deceased, r < ' These Are Therefore, to cite and ! admonish all and singular the kin, dred and creditors of the said J. C. I Beauford, deceased, that they be and ' appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville * Court House, on. the 23rd day of - September 1921, after publication i hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why . the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of f the Court this 9th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand - nine hundred and twenty one and in - the 146th year of American Inde pendence. Published on the 9th day of Sep - tember 1921 in the Press and Banr ner and on the Court House door for i the time required by law. ) ' J. F. MILLER, 9,9. 3t. Judge of Probate. SIGHT WORTH SEEING One Thoutand Bathing Girls Parade In Atlantic City. Atlantic City, Sept. 10?Eight miles of rolling chairs and wheel floats passing before an assemblage of 150,000 along the Boardwalk; a review of more than 1,000 of the most beautiful bathing girls in America, most of them .. in one-piece bathing suits, and a Governor's ball, at which oipm mpn women from a hundred cities, was the program which completed the two days of Atlantic City's Fall pageant. The celebration of the closing of the pageant began in mid-morning with the bathers' review on the beach,, between the Garden and Steel piers. Girls in the inter-city beauty contest, society beauties in the "amateur" class, and stage and movie models of loveliness competed for the golden mermaid, ,a $5,000 trophy awarded-to the most beautiful bathifcg girl in America. For the time being, the censor ban on bare knees and skin tight' bathing suits was suspended and thousands of spectators gasped'as they applauded the girls, who were judged on their shape liness and carriage, as well as beauty of face, by Howard Chandler Christy and a corps of artists from New York and other cities. Judging of the bathing girls took place on the Steel Pier as 15,000 persons looked on. T^ie contests were so close that the full prize award may not be decided by the judges until tomorrow. The rolling chair parade eclipsed any similar display ever given in America. It is calculated that $100,000 was spent by the great beach 666 cure* a Cold quickly, v LEGAL NOTICE ,x ' Notice is hereby given that I, C. J. Lyon, United States Marshal, for the Western District of South Carolina, in pursuance of the provisions of an order of the United States District Judge, in the case of U. S. vs Barnell Bowman and George Mackey, will on Tuesday the 20th day of September 1921, at 11 A. M. of the said day in the City of Abbeville, State of South Carolina, at the front of the Abbeville Motor Co., in the said City, sell at r??hlif? miction to the hicrhest bid der one Ford Touring Car, Motor No. 1755958, License No. 71-893 Georgia. . . C.J. LYON, United States Marshal. Publish Sept. 12, 14, 19. lHHpB&K Between the & Northbound No. 36 No. 138 I No. 38 " No. 3 12.00Nifhc 11130AM Il2.30noon T. . .. . 12.10AM 11.40AM 12.40PM 4.00P 6.15AM 4.50PM 5.50PM 9.35P I 7.35AM 5.55PM 6.SSKM lu.iur 10.05AM 8.05PM 9.05PM 12.55A 11.45AM 9.20PM 10.20PM 2.20A 1.05PM 10.29PM II.20 PM 3.23A 1.30PM 10.50PM 11.41PM 3.44A 2.40PM 9.00 AM 9.00AM 9.00A 5.35PM 4.00AM 4.00AM 10.45A 2.58PM 12.06AM 1.00AM S.04A 9.00 AM 4.30P 9.35PM 7.10AM 7.10AM 1.40P 5.17PM 2.16AM 3.10AM 7.05A 11.00PM 7.40AM 8.40AM 12.35P 1.50AM 9.05AM 10.05AM 2.00P 4.15AM 11.13AM 12.20PM 4.05P 4.35AM 11.24AM 12.35PM 4.17P 6.45AM 1.30PM 2.40PM 6.10P Noa. 37 and 38. NEW YORK & NE New Orleans. Montgomery, Atlanta, Wul Club car. Library-Observation car. No Noe. 137 St 138. ATLANTA SPEC IA Washington-San Francisco tourist sleepii Nos. 29 A 30. BIRMINGHAM SPE San Francisco-Washington tourist al??pir I IMaln.rar faachst. Not. 35 & 36. NEW YORK, WASf Orlaana, Montgomery, Birmingham, Atia Notai No*. 29 and 30 uaa Paachtrea Not*! Train No. 138 connacU at W< Uavinf Washington 1.15 A. M. via Panna. # SOUTH] The Doable Track front hotels, business places and visitors in decorating the chairs, which were as solid masses of blossoms. Pretty girls added charm as occupants. CHESTER TO PROBE BRIDGE'S COLLAPSE Chester, Pa., Sept. 13.?City officials and citizens alike turned their attention today from the death scene at Third street and the Chester river, where 24 persons lost their lives Sat-j urday night in the collapse of a bridge to the investigations whichf are expected to fix responsibility for the accident. At least two inquiries are actually under way. The board of county commissioners, which is responsible for the bridge, initiated an investigation of its own whlie the police are gathering all information available for the city administration. While Thomas J. Feeley, a member of the board of 666 cures Billon* Fever. I EAGLE "RHKAD0">^5 For Sale at your Dealer 1 ASK FOR THE YELLOW P EAGLE i EAGLE PFNPII Pfl ' # ; \ "BETTER THAN i LETTER FROM H LET US THE PRESS A TO YOUR BOY 0 . AWAY A1 Three Time: $1.50 for the Nine IV r~ :r; tVER STORAGE SPECIAL SJZES F CITY C ?uth and Washingtoi j SCHEDULES BEGINNING AUGUST 14.1921 J 2L f ATLANTA, GA. i. Iv < Terminal Station (Cent. Time) ar M lv I Peachtree Station (Cent. Time) ar M ar GREENVILLE, S. C. (East. Time) lv M ar SPARTANBURG, S. C lv M ar CHARLOTTE, N. C. Iv M ar SALISBURY, N. C. Iv M ar High Paint, N. C. Iv M ar GREENSBORO, W. C Iv M ar Win?ton-Salem, N. C. TT ar Raleigh, N. C. Iv M ar DANVILLE, VA. ~lv M ar Norfolk, Va.~ lv ** -- V*_ jV ifi or \*vi4i*(v*??.T - ?\T ar LYNCHBURG, VA. 17 M ar WASHINGTON, D. C. ly M ar BALTMORE, MD., Penna. Syt. Iv M ar West PHILADELPHIA Iv M ar North PHILADELPHIA Iv M ar NEW YORK, Penna. System Iv EQUIPMENT W ORLEANS LIMITED. Solid Pullman train. Dr lington and New York. Sleeping car northbound 1m coaches. iL Drawing room sleeping cars between Macon, Col lg csr southbound. Dining car. Coaches. CIAL. Drawing room sleeping cars between Birmir ig car northbound. Sleeping car between Richraoni 1INGT0N, ATLANTA A. NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS nta and Washington and New York. Dining car. C Street Station only at Atlanta. ishington with "COLONIAL EXPRESS," through ti System. ERN RAILWAY id Trunk Line Between Atlanta, Ga. a commissioners admitted the collapse was due to unusual weight being thrown upon a badly rusted and broken supporting arm, he declared the bridge had been inspected and pronounced safe by the county engineer ten months ago. The break in the arm, he said, was completely concealed from view. On the other hand, Chief of Police Davenport declared the "bridge had been condemned several years ago and that only two of five bolts which were supposed to sustain the arm were capable of withstanding any pressure whatever. * 666 cures Malarial Ferer. rv I Money back without quMtloo llo&irl UloaMUk KWlBUIIBI WIT fcA/ (Hunt's Sahre and 8oap), fall In . ( II ft the treatment of Itch, Bcxemc, V IA RlMwonn,T(tt(for?th(rM>* . ^ ' *f+ STaUn diM*Zn. Try this , , trcatatwtatoorcttk. . McMURRAYi DRUG ' COMPANY. j ... i # _ . , ' ' tT>< ' ' * \ ENCIL WITH THE RED BAKD . MIKADO . r . > WPANY, NEW YORK ' i i ii i i i ii ?*???? ! m _ 'v - * V ! OME" ; >SEND ' ' ! kND BANNER J R GIRL WHO IS 1 SCHOOL. ' . $ A Week. lonths School Term. 1 / ?1 : : : * f ' EABy BATTERY OR FORDS, $25.00 1ARAGE i and New York Southbound No. 29 No. 37 1 No. 137 No. 35* 5.50PM 4.50PM 5.25AM <????? 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