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399.9Q0 BAPTISTS IN SOUTH CAROL.I J1 Merixrihip Comprise* 23 Per C? Total Population of State Columbia, Jan 15?There a 399,090 Baptists in the state South Carolina today according a surrey that has just been compl< ed by Dr. E. P. Aldridge, secreta of surrey, statistics and informal a# fka Ronfiaf fiiin/)av c#?V>nnl Vinm The survey as conducted on t Baptist development in the Unit States since 1821, the year.in whi the Baptist state convention South Carolna was organized GreoMrille, the first convention be organized within the territory the Southern Baptist conventio The suirey reveals that the Bapti gain in the United States for t oeotary was 7,716,563 or an a vance of 2,967 per cent while t increase in population in the cou try for the same period was on 825 per cent. It iB in the South ho1 ever that the Baptists have, the greatest stronghold, the number thifl aactfaa being 6,162,500. - . I& 1821 lrhen the South Carolii ooaveaftion was * organized, the ?i? oa j WCl? VlllJ JDttpUlCH* CliUIUiltrb ikfi state with 111 Banisters ai 14,093 members. These churches t ~" ' * ported"* 759 baptisms for that yea - Bp 1081, however, the number < K&ate Baptist churches co-operatii with the Southern Baptist conve Won had increased to 1,150 wi > - 176,37? members. Last' year th< / reported 887 Sunday schools .wi am enrollment of 110,020 and loc * church property valued at $6,88( e01(U)0. The contributions of the churches to hoane purposes last ye ' amounted to $1,276,774.00 and missions and-benevolences $1,221 770.00, making the N total contrib tiocs for the year tfc all causes %' w'V.V -582.44. f * ' The comparison of the prese Baptist membership in the state-wi tile total population shows that 23 per cent of all tUe people of Sou Carolina are members *of local Ba <taat churches. Dr. Alldredge's suev reveals further in fact that Sou Gqpotum Baptists lead all others . - the Sputh not only in organizing coavetnion but that they organi the first church in the 9outh ; Chart eson in 1682: they were t . first to begin systematic collectio for miatetariaT educations a begi ning in each of these directions b ing caade in 1775; they were fix ih making contributions to Christie education beginning this in 17' they were pioneers in appointing standing committee to work f civil and religious liberty, beginnii this in 1779. In addition, they we the first to tlaunch a theologic seminary, the Southern Banti Theological Seminary, now at Ixm3 viHe, halving been launched Greenville in 1859. DOWN WITH JAZZ Chicago, Jan 15?The movie affect pufblic morals, were denoun ed at today's session of the Intern tional Purity, conference. J. Lou Guyon, a dancing master told "tl truth afoout jazz." Mr, Guyori de crfhed experiments in his o\* dancing academy albout the mann< in which jazz (music demoralized tl young. Mr. Guyon, in discussing tt wo?d "jazz" claimed that for half century it had been a slang expire sion to describe immoral acts", an instead of having acquired respect bility with its present widespres use in connection with dancing an music, that if regarded properl; "must be admitted to be at lea the beginnings of acts of immoral ty, such as the original coiners < the word intended." Mr. Guyon said that if the gre; numbers of refined persons wl now carelessly use this word kne is actual meaning, as used in par of the underworld, they probab never would use it again. Daniel -H. Kress, of the Washinj ton Sanitarium, Washington, D. C told of the relation of the cigaret to crime and immorality. ' At*tonight's session speakers w include John Wesley Hill, D. E general prohibition agent at Was ington; Mrs. Kate Waller Barre Alexandra, Va., president of tl national Florence Crittendon Mi sions ana ur. ijiifford uordon, su erintewlent of the Anti-Salo< 4 League, Melbourne, Australia. iipir. . AIR TRAVEL OFFERS (A COMFORTS OF HOM Amp!* Proof Given That It Hi Reached Luxurioa Standard of Land. t ire of to et ry on *d. he ed ch of at to Parts, Jan 15?Ample proof th travel by air has now reached tl same luxurious standards as trav by land was given in the seventh a: nual aero salon held here. No longer need prospective a ' travellers hesitate for lack of co; venience, comfort and, experts sa safety also. Danger from fire and ei gine trouble has been reduced to minimum by the latest inventions i aviation. Promoters of continent air transportation guarantee smoot ^I or trnv??l thrnue-h the air at a SDet of 125 miles an hour than is ?oss ble to experience on even the sIot est of trains. The airplane will play a most in portant part in the Red Cross woi of future wars. Air operating roon with full equipment and air ambi lances for less urgent cases are practical reality. Several .unusuj ^ y machines wore ?hown to prove thi one a complete aero hospital, accon raodating two patients on stretcher a doctor and an assistant with con plete operating necessities, includin a table. The newest stabilizing appl ancea permit the surgeon to operal while the machine goes through spac at 100 miles an hour. There wer seyeral air ambulance^ with .6pac for two or^four wounded soldiers. The last word m de luxe air trav< is a tremendous machine * built t carry 24 passengers at a speed c 130 miles an .hoar. It is a veritabl "air'limited" with all t^e features c an American trans-contiftental e: press except the observation . pla form. It contains a bathroom, smoking room with card tables, con fortable lounge chairs which ai made into beds for night travel, kitchenette, icebox ^nd stove. Rooi is also provided for a crew of thre Increased size in wings is provide on all late machines, as a means < increasing stability. Some of tl passenger machines have lookout cal ins for observers and one machir has two tail seats 'for experience air travellers. MILLIONS LOST TO STATE FROM PLANT DISEAS Clemcon College Issues Statemei As To Prevention Method*. * . Clemson College.?It is e3timat< that plant diseases taken an anna toll of ^something like four millic to eight million dollars in South Ca olina. Not all of his can (be preven ed but a very considerable portic can, according to the plant pathol< gists of Clemson College, who mal the following timely suggestions. Plowing cotton stalks under in tfc fall and planting Cover crops, as a< vised for boll weevil contol, wi have the added advantage of contr 'buting very considerably to diseaf control. The following notes .from th 'Quarterly Bulletin" of the Mich gan Experiment Station are e worthy of attention in South Car< liria as in Michigan. "A clean-up of all trash shoul take place promptly in the garde Many fungi survive the winter o such trash. Sanitation id the garder er's greatest protection. "Hold-over cankers of fire bligb can 'be located by the blighted twig on which the leaves have withere and died. The canker is at the bas of the twig. These should be locate and removed. Thorough' winte eradication coupled with vigilance i the early part of the growing seaso will control fire blight." "Any pruning cut exposes th heart of* the tree and opens the wa for the heart rot fungi. As soon a the cut surfaces are dry they shoul be planted with a jwhite lead past (not zinc white.) .Common bar paint or ready . mixed^ house pain has small protecting value for prur ed surfaces. The pruning cut shoul be made flush with the main brand The healing of wounds comes abou from 'callus' growth from the can: blum. If stubs are left the projed ing parts prevent the healing." "In the fall pruning of apple o chards the farmer has a chance t le iria the trees or cankered maos. i s- deciding what cuts are to be mad* p- the vigor and freedom from diseas >n of a limb should be 'borne in mind. For South -Carolina the foregoin should be applied to all orchards a not to apple orchards only. "In the field sanitation is obta ed iby crop rotation. Those who^f low corn with corn, beets with be or beans with beans, have this y< found that disease has been an i portant factor in their fannii Aside from its relations to soil f tility crop rotation Is necesaary avoid disease intensification. South Carolina those who foil corn with corn, cotton with cotto sweet potatoes with sweet potato etc., may expect similar results. n a The largest gold nugget kno1 in weighed 151 pounds and. was i al earthed in California in the '50s. h SAVE THE CRC PEPSI-COLA v * * a m t n UJKAINUH %Ji v The following Pri Contest Stai All crowns must be i Schnapp's Ginger All This Contest is with name and addrc HERE IT 18: The p MUSCADINE TODbl greatest number of i of the PEPSI-COLA which time this Conl No Person Connec 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize 4th Prize 5th Prize 6th Prize 7th Prize 8th Prize 9th Prize 10th Prize 11th Prize 12th Prize Pens r South Main Stree ENLARGES CAPITAL Spartanbuifc, Dec. 16.?At a special meeting of the American National bank held yesterday it was unanimously voted to increase :the capital stock from $10t),000 to $150,000. The directors held a meeting subsequently and confirm i i_t. .1 J. eu umj acuon 01 toe swcKnoioers. Practically all of the stock was represented at the meeting and the action was directly due to the growth and expansion of the busi ness bank. The stock increase is payable January 1, 1922. The American National bank was organized in 1903, with the late J. H. Solan as president. Upon his REE! FRE ft IN GO] *V ? )WNSOF THE FOLLOWI1 v*'.- ' ' LEMON CRUSH RUSH zes will he given away to * rts January 1 1Q! I tMsVMHWWI J AVI 1 '' ? ' ' # - - . -b ........ RULES OF THE , ' ised crowns, bearing the words, Pep b, representing the five drinks by ,th open to all. Ask your dealer for th >88 written plainly on package. > erson turning in the greatest numbc f, ORANGE CRUSH or LEMON-CRI ised crowns will receive 8ECOND I BOTTLING COMPANY, Greenwood r6st closes. ted in Any Way With The Is Eligible In ' $25.00 in Cash $12.50 in Cash $10.00 In Cash $7.00 in Cash $7.00 in Cash $5.00 in Cash $5.00 In Cash $4.00 in Cash $4.00 in Cash $3.00 in Cash $3.00 in Cash $2.00 in Cash ii-Cola t GREENWOOi IHHMHMI leath Dr. H. A. Ligon succeeded to be presidency in 1906. Under his <bninktration the bank has grown nd prospered. Its. stockholders ave realized a semi-annual diri end of 5 per cent, payable Janu ry Mid July, since its organiza ion. Lmym $5,000 to Her Horse. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 17.?Every uury known in horsedom is to be ruviucu iui vuapjiie we ntue- ^ lack saddle horse, which has borne t [rs Kathrine Endicott, wife of Lieu- , snant Col. Endicott who was killed t ere yesterday morning in an atuo kobile accident, on many a joyous anter, in the eight years he has been c *6 DRINKS AND W ' : 7 [ " MUS( SCHNAPPS Gil lie Winners at the end a - Y. CONTEST.,... tti-Gola, Orange-Crush, Ml e Greenwood Pepsi-Cola BoUIJi - . . e crowns. All crowns must bo r of used PEP8I-COLA, 8C^N/ J8H Crown8 will receive FIRt >RIZE, etc., as listed below, If I, 8. C., by 6:00 o'clock P. M. Ai 4 PEPSI-COLA BOTTL ITiis Contest. 13th Prize 14th Prize 15th Prize *-16th Prize 17th Prize . 18th Prize ... ? 1.9th Prize 20th Prize 21st Prize 22nd Prize 23rd Prize 24th Prize a the service of his mistress, housand dollars was bequatked to Chappie" with the husband as ad ministrator of her estate, to provide or sugar, apples and other things for he comfort of the annual.. This raon y left in care of herfyasband wdt e given as directed and ".Chappie*' j assured of a life of JuxtJiyfor sevt ral years. Censed Goods.' Canned provision should be remor d from the can immediately after he can is opened, for the air, reacV ng them while in the meta? cdn ainer, renders them unWhekpome, Massachusetts was the firet Ameri an colony to make coins. f iscadlne Toddy rig Company, securely wrapped IPP>8 GINGER ALE, IT PRIZE; saoon* brought to the office talL 18T, 1922, at ING COMPANY $2.00 $2.00 $?oo $1.50 $1.30 |1.50 $1.00 $1.50 In Cash in Cash In Cash In Cash in Cash In, Cash In Cash In Cash 2 Cases Drinks 2 Cases Drinks . 1 Case Drinks . 1 Case Drinks