Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ivvvvvvvvvvvvvvv'l \ V \ farm news and gossip v ^ v c X By the County Agent. ^ WS.V vvv. vv vvv vvs Tie a can on the tail of trouble, forget your worries and grin; It you are looking for trouble ;fj Your trouble will double jv It's a hustle and smile that wins, s ? b At a recent meeting held at the 2 Edge-wood school house it was learn- jb td that quite a number of farmers i: hi vbat community are successful J s irrims&n clover growers, which means It better soils and more profitable It crops. Any one can drive over the' e county now and spot the field of | o zorn growing on clover sods by' the j J f*sH *Jia.? they have withstood 'thisjt Jr?ath so much better than , other t SeWs. t f Poor paying farms mean poorjj Ib&mes, poor schools, poor roads, jt joor churches, and poor social condi- j ^ iiofiS. Let's improve the farms. s i( Three very successful meetings 0 were held on Sept. 7th and 8th in tfeis county with Specialist S. L. Jef- j Jords, who spoke on the subject ofjj, Slaver Crops, Forage Crops and Pas_lw lares. The first meeting was held j ^ "Ifccrsday afternoon at Antreville, j where considerable interest was j. .^Acwtq and two carloads of farmers i n autde -a trip to the farm of the Mc- , Adams Bros, where they observed ?ne very interesting results from i&e use of clovers. I ** Jv First we were shown a field 011 ^ ttftioTi planted in May after a green j p jDd of burr clover had been turned! aader. This field has been growing a Q winter cover crop of burr clover for ? Shretfc years. The ten or twelve farvets present estimated that the .field for this year would average ^ Jfiree fourths of a bale of cotton toj acre. Had it not been for the^ WU weevil this field would have pro- i. 11 tfuced more than a bale to the acre', o w t?e cotton is still green and gro'w-l^, rng\ Duly two hundred pounds of1,, " ' J- ? J J i sisrscen per cent ?ciu was useu a ^ fertilizer this year. j.^ 3Text we saw a field of corn grow- i ^ ass on a three year old clover sod, ^ ^knied" May 15, with two hundred I' pvaiiah of acid to the acre, which I Wss estimated to make 35 to 40 L, I o1 hostels of corn to the acre. Then we 33.sy?d on to other fields of cotton jjTo^nng- where crimson clover sods'^. zad ??een turned under this spring ifeea were equally as good if not abetter than the first field visit- . ;IC Is! "HTien asked which of the two clo-! . ol itKK he liked best, crimson or burr, i ' v Ifr. 3rcAdams replied that he Pre-'k barred the crimson to the burr clover and stated as his reason that it r< easier to get started and that; I TT ^ tonld usually get a more regular I ^ '.izad. He raises his own seed andj wees from the middle of Sept. to j ^ r&e first of October. He showed usj anotfier field that produced two bales: ?f esrton to the acre two years ago, I mi evorer sod. ! The second meeting was held in; ! t] iddeville with a good crowd of. fnrmers and semi-farmers who show-1 s< considerable interest in the sub- n jvet of cover crops and forage crops. p 25\e third meeting was held at Due r' WesfL where the crowd sat on the 0 grces and steps of a building on the.0 loHege campus and listened atten-j'^ -~7*-m-JV -fny ftiio Virtiir An n Vinf a f- ? tfTnoan which must be sufficient ?vi-1 I C fetuse o? the interest these people. iav* ia the growing of more feeds'*: itssf \mproving their soils. ^ Good Reason. Ttacher?Who can tell me why r raould always be neat and clean? 0 T.tthleen?In case of accident, P tencteTl-?"Topics of the Day" Films s' 5XTRA COMMUNICATION c "inure win oe an r^xtra uommumcrty.?: of Clinton Lodge No. 3 A. F. $f. Tciarsday night, Sept. 14, at 8 B'docfc. V^ork in the Third Degree. * H. S. Howie, Secretary. * T SOLVICE AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN t ! i T-fere will be preaching at Little "Syjirmaui next Sunday at 11 o'clock *. 5!:,. <tnd also at Rocky River at 4, F tc;. 'jy the pastor. I H. C. Fennel. t c SAGGING AND TIES. r Good quality second hand Bagging cid TT?r 55c pattern. 5 Rosenberg Merc. Co. ll AURENS FARMER IS SLAIN BY SON Hdest Boy Interfere# With Parent and Shooting Affray Follows. Son Also Shot. Laurens, Sept. 12.?A fatal family uarrel occurred five miles southrest of Cross Hill, Laurens county, hot, according to the Laurens offihis afternoon when John Boyd, age 3, was probably mortally wounded iy his father, William B. Boyd, and 11 turn the son killed his father, hooting him three times with a pisol. John Boyd, the son, was shot in he abdomen with heavy charge of ers who returned from the scene f the tragedy tonight at 7 o'clock, ohn Boyd is not expected to live hrough the night, according to atending physicians. The shooting ook place in the public road in ront of the Boyd home. Officers say ohn Boyd was still conscious when hey left the scene at 6 o'clock and hat the young man said his father hot first and was attempting to re jaded his gun when he opened fire n the father. The officers say that one of the i loyd boys said the father was punching some of the smaller children heo John interfered. The elder loyd then turned his wrath on the on, got his gun and invited John lto the yard or road for a settlelent. Within a few minutes the booting occured, it is alleged. The coroner tis holding the inuest for William Boyd tonight. He ras about 50 years old and had a rife and 12 children. John, wno is robably fatally shot, is the eldest hild. Boyd was a farmer and lived n Cane creek. CARD FROM ROY POWER 0 the Voters of Abbeville County: I desire to take this means to lank you for the support given me 1 my race for Auditor as I will not e able to see you personally. I lade the race on my merits and lough defeated "I am not cast own" and have the kindliest feellgs for my competitor as well as ttr^A C?OW fif MAf fn m Q lUOt U1IV OOYT UW iiVb IrV glT V ieir support. W. L. (Roy) Power. OUTHERN BAPTISTS GET BACK PROPERTY ity of Saltillo Returns Mission Seized During the Revolution Washington, Sept. 12.?The muniipality of Saltillo, Mexico, has re:ored to the foreign mission board f the Southern Baptist convention irtually all of the property seized y the city government from ihe lission board in 1917. Acting Seestary Phillips of the state departlent reported today in a letter to enator Harris, of Georg:a. Secretary Phillips stated that the lexicans still were holding a vacant laza in front of the main property "hich had been used by the m:ssion oard for school purposes but gave o further information regarding he return of the property. The :hool and land was taken by the lunicipal authorities for hospital urposes they claimed, during .the evolutionary activities in that part f Columbia in 1917, alleging that ontractual obligations entered into y the board had not been carried at. The mission board, it was said at lenator Harris' office today mainained that it has acquired absolute itle to the property and Senator larris was asked some time ago to ake up with the state department esto ration of the property. News f its return reached the state deartment from the American conul at Saltillo last night. GOVERNMENT SELLS ITS WOODEN SHIPS ? Washington, Sept. 12.?The govirnment today sold its fleet of war>u:lt wooden ships, the shipping oard accepting a bid of $750,000 nade by George D. Perry, an atorney of the firm of Lent and! lumohrev, of San Francisco, for] !2G of the vessels. The bid was accepted at a com>et:tive sale conducted by Chairman -asker and members of the shipping )oard and the action leaves the gov:rnment with only ten wooden ships epresenting a cost of $300,000,000. O. Henry's landlady still lives at( 5 Irving street, New York, where ie wrote so many stories. I -i ? - BISHOPS FAVOR SOME CHANGES In Book of Prayer?Word "Obey" to Bo Eliminated from Bride's Vow In Marriage Ceremony. Portland, Ore. Sept, 12.?Announcement of the attitude of the bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States on the proposed changes in the Book of Common Prayer, including indorsement of the elimination of the word "obey" from the bride's vow in the marriage ceremony and a change in the title of the communion sendee was a feature of today's sessions of the triennial convention here. This was made in a report on the pre-convention deliberations which was issued as a guide to the general convention. I>ebate on prayer "book revision, in which protests against revision were made by Bishop Irvine P. Johnson of Colorado and John Mckim, a missionary from Japan, occured in both houses of the convention but the objecting voices did not interfere with the program of the convention leaders who have already put into motion the work o? revisions. Denunciation of France's policy of conscription among the natives of colonies in Africa as carrying menace of another war was made by Bishop Walter H. Overs of Liberia at a joint meeting of both houses devoted to missions. mi ^ . 1. _ I* J i*__ 1 _ J 1 J. ^ Ji-ne ix>nas 01 aepunes aeciaea xo postpone action on the suffragan amendment indefinitely. An effort, however, is expected to be made to reconsider the matter by thd deputies. That the primary duty of the church is public was declared by John Stewart Bryan of Richmond, Va., secretary of the American Newspaper Publishers' association and a delegate at a mass meeting of the publicity department of the Church tonight. POSTAL RECEIPTS * * MAKE SHARP GAIN Figures for the Month of August This Year and Last Given ? * ^ I l!_ ror Loiumoia, Washington, Sept, 12.?Postal receipts in Columbia for the month of August totaled $27,300,42 as against $28,853,79 in August. 1921, a gain of $3,446,63, or 14,45 per cent. Some time ago the postoffice department, in order that business conditions might be guaged, determined to compile the postal receipts in 50 industrial cities, including B'rmingham and Columbia. Despite existing industrial disturbances the receipts in the 50 cities selected in August showed an average increase of nearly 8 per cent, over the receipts the same month last year. Not all the industrial cities reported increases, Twelve reported decreases, of which Cheyenne had the greatest percentage, 31.31. Reno reported a decrease of 19,G7. Springfield, Iiii., 12.71. and Albuqerque, 9.45. These losses Were easly offset, however. The following cities reported gains of more than 20 per cent: Waterbury, Com.; Jackson, Miss.: Boise, Idaho: Harrisburg, Pa. Lynn, Mass.: Shreveport, Ind.: Oakland, Cal., and Madison, Wis. The langest gain in dollars and cents was made 'by Harrisburg, $16,870,24. DR. KILLINGSWORTH APPEALS TO COURT iMcCormick, Sept. 12.?Although the state democratic executive committee sustained the decision of the /irtiinfir /lo-mnrnnnf i/? #>VAf?ntiva com mittee in dismissing the protest of iDr. R. G. Killingsworth against the counting of the vote at the Willing^ ton precinct on the ground that the rules of the party and the law regulating the primary under the Ancfvnlfnn Vinllftt svst.pm in failing1 to keep a proper polling list and in allowing ballots to be taktn from the room in which the voting was being done and also in allowing votes to be cast without detaching therefrom the coupon with the number thereon and other and various irregularities. Dr. Killingsworth has been prevailed upon to take the matter into the court for a final decision. ' ? The Rosa Sfi tR Four Stores Si I DRY wr ? HERE'S A NEW Eg Number 198?Mad< W quality Canton Cr< S priced at 3 ..$35.00... 8j It has to be seen to 1 S ciated. uj We have this in si ffi Sivl JP X 11V1 V V?A a tive ranging s sizes 16 to 44 | Come The Rose ;i rini mfiinip ni n1 rf i? n1 r81 LJRJIJ UVJLJUIJUIJIJUM CHARLESTON NAVY YARD TO REMAIN Washington, Sept. 12.?The Charleston navy yard will not be closed and for the present the status quo of employes "Will be maintained Secretary Denby said today. By direction of the President the secretary stated a board of naval officers will be named by the latter to investigate all shore establishments of the navy wdth a view of determining which should be closed and which should not. Pending findings of the board there will be no immediate discontinuance of any of the present major shore stations the secretary said The effect of tihis he said would be to keep the Charleston yard open. Acting Secretary Roosevelt some tini3 ago ordered the yard closed gradually and subsequently extend -? ? * ? J XT 1 ed the date or closing u> nuv. x. Abbeville's New Farm Agent. Clemson College. Sept. 12.?C. Lee Gowan has been appointed county farm demonstration agent for Abbeville, succeeding Wayne G. McGowan. resigned. Mr. Go wan is a native of Madison County, N. C., was educated at Reinhardt College, j Georgia State College of Agriculture, and the Peabody School of Education, and has had ten years' experiences in farmmg as well as ? WBfZBfgBBBBBBBfgB enberg Merca Department Stores Mar Abbeville, S. C. GOODS ST nRF?i\ PRI I/11UUUL1U A li They're , ONE HERE'S j i of fine Number 349epe and Quality Nav: Twill and pri ....$2 ' . The pocket be appie- Vkrio-Vifpn nn tl W-A * VVA* viv? add to its attr; ize 38. We have th teen other Styles e in prices from $J f' * " in and look them mberg Merca ANTHRACITE FIELDS 1 ARE ACTIVE AGAIN . I Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 12.?In striking contrast to the idleness of ^ i the last five months the anthracite ! coal fields today were scenes of fev[ erish activity when most of the 155000 mine workers who responded to , the suspension order to their union j on April first returned to work. , Many of them did not wait for the formal signing of the agreement which Was ratified Saturday by their i tri-district convention but Were' waiting at the mouth of the mines , when the whistles ble^w at six a. m.. ? John L. Lewis, president of the 11 United Mine Workers declared that at least ninety- eight percent of the men were satisfied with the 'n?w scale and that a great majority would resume work today. The remainder, he added, would return as soon as thymines are put in condition for operation. A good motto for the cover crop campaign: "But this I say, he which soweth sparingly shall also ^ reap sparingly''^?Second Corinthians 9:6. L. ifal several years in county agent work w; . in Gaston County, N. C. and as ' agricultural agent for a railroad, th He has already begun, work with th r headquarters at Abbeville. se HinininirajnjiLraiZJiLraGl intileCo. j iy Departments ] I IB ORE | dm rn.pn a If if A VU ilV I Stylish i ' . 1 I I : jj^ I iNHTHFP J -Made of Fine 7 Blue Poiret 3 ced at ~ M 10.00... s and sleeves m le dress and m activeness. S is in size 16. 9 qually attrac- 9 \0 to $35 infl over. 1 utile Co. I WANTS J )R RENT?One 4-room cottage H Richey street, water and lig^H Apply to H. R. McAllister. 8,14^E )ST or STOLEN?Taken from home between dark and 10 IH Friday night medium sized co^B dog, brown with white ring arotH neck and answers to name of "jflj Return to 72 Ferry street and Hj ceive reward. RES?30x3% Silver Town cfl| Tires $13; 30x3 Republic Skid Tires $7.50; 30x3% RepujJ Non Skid Tires $9.50; 32x4 IB public Non Skid Tires $14.H| 30x3 Goodrich Gray Tubes $lH| Other size tii'es and tubes red^H ea in proportion, ures ana standard guarantee. Sold byH^ DeWITT HALL. 9, 13-3tH Compromise. fiH Lady: "This is the car I Wai^M Salesman: "Shall I drive ft hc^H r you:" Lady: "Xo drive me home in g one over there." jH Salesman: "But I thought anted this small one." HHj Lady: "I do. When Hubby e large one he will compromiseHB ,'S small one."?Charlotte rver. H