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SICK OF A NIGGER
We notice a letter in The State!
from a Chester County farmer, Mr.:
Nunnery, of Edgemore, who wel
comes the arrival of the boll weevil, j
Mr. Nunnery enumerates with pre-!
cision the many discomforts with1
which we are afflicted and predicts!
that^the boll weevil will enable us to
find a remedy for all these evils. |
By the time the boll weevil gets'
through with Mr. Nunnery we predict
that he will be in the condition
of Frank G. Tompkijis' bell boy. The
latter went over into New Brooklyn
to attend a society gathering of the
people of color. He liked the looks ,
of a rather good-looking mulatto1
woman and asked her to dance with J
him. Then, as he told his employer,'
"a big black nigger knocked me
down, beat me up, kicked me, and J
then jumped on me and trampedme.
I never wus as sick of a nigger
in pijr life."
K-*"" WAKEFIELD BATS AGAIN.
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Col. S. J. Wakefield, the inventor
4 / ?f the Do-Dad, which threatened to
revolutionize the ginning of cotton
in these parts, has eome to the batj
again. This time he takes a lick at,
the fellow which hit him. It may not;
be generally known, but it is a fact i
1 that about the time the Do-Dad came j
on the market, the boll weevil arriv-!
ed on the scene. The latter immedi-j
ately ate up all the extra cotton
Col. Wakefield was to gin with his1
invention.
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The boll weevil having thus taken
a lick at the inventor, the latter now j
hits him back. The weapon of offense'
is a new boll weevil killer. The Colonel
who keeps both his hands and
his head busy at all times, has compounded
a mixture of calcium arsenate,
molasses and one or two other
essentials, and the compound, he declarer,
will do the work and at ;the
same time greatly lessen the expense
of putting out the poison. j<
Heretofore as - everybody now
knows the trouble about poisoning j;
the weevil has been thte fact that :
every rain and even heavy frosts J
washed away the poison deposited i
on the plants making it necessary to, <
repeat tike dose, but not so with the j
Wakefield brand. It is there for,(
keeps. The Colonel says that he has,.'
onnlia/l nnisnri +n nlnnt.s. ',
then caged the weevils with the I;
plants, and it has done the work. <
Having tested it for its efficiency in j
I th.h way, he has then washed the | (
c:s. Vfh'-Ch the poison wjs ap-j
plied as thoroughly as a rain would
wash them, then caged another supply
of weevils with the plant, and thei<
same result attended?sudden death. J '
We have been telling the people^
not to grow too despondent. Some- ]
body is going to find a remedy for,<
the troubles which the boll weevil 1
has brought us. We whipped the! 1
Germans ar.d we will yet whip the j
boll weevil. We must be given timeli
to get our men in the field, but 1;
when we get them there, nothing j
will be left but dead weevils. And i
there is nobody in Abbeville County {
in whom we have more confidence j
for leading in the fight, than Col. S. j
.T Wnkpfipld of Antreville. KeeD i
'your eye on him.
Pushing Work on Abbeville Road.
Work on the top soil road to
Abbeville from Greenwood is being I
pushed as rapidly as possible in order
to complete the road before the
winter rains set in engineer^ state
Practically all of the road is now
graded and topsoil will be laid as
soon as it rains. Engineers expect
that the road will .be completed in
the next sixty days.
The first mile leading out of[
Greenwood which will be hard surface
with concrete, has been {Traded
and work of laying concrete will begin
in a short time.?Index Journal.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Abbeville Presbyterian Church i
is flourishing under their new pas-J
tor as evidenced by the large Sun-j
day morning and evening congregations,
and especially by the attendance
at the Wednesday evening;
.prayer meetings, the numbers run-j
ning a hundred and over.
At the Rally Day exercises of the j
Sunday School last Sunday, the goal j
for numbers present being set at'
two hundred was far exceeded j
reaching 270, and the collection fori
the extension of Sunday Schools in j
destitute places being very fine. A i
splendid program was rendered by!
the children.
Rev. Mr. McMurray and Elder J. j
C. Thomson go to Chester Tuesday
evening to attend the sessions of
synod, at the same time there will
be a called meeting of South Carolina
Presbytery to receive Mr. McMurray
and arrangements will be
made for his installation as pastor
on next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. .
There will be several visiting breth- (
ren and the public is earnestly invited
to be present and take part |
with us in the interesting exercises.
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE (
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F. E. Ellis of Level Land was in ,
town this morning. He is the man
the Press and Banner wrote up as (
an apple grower. He says he has sold 1
out of Pinson apples and will not
have any more for sale until the
Yates variety comes in. Mr. Ellis is j
convinced that it pays to advertise.
He has been beset with orders, peo- ,
pie even driving over from Georgia J
to see his farm and buy apples.
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AGNES SCOTT GIRLS'
"AGNOSTIC' OFF PRESS
The "Agnostic," weekly publication
of the young women of Agnes
Scott College, made its first appearance
on the campus this year Thursday
afternoon, edited by Miss Mary 1
Hemphill Greene.
The staff of the paper includes
Misses Dorothy Keith, Frances Gilliland,
Louise Buchanan, Elizabeth *
Griffin, Georgia May Little, Fran- i
ces Amis, Hall McDougall, Ella '
Smith and Frances Bitzer. Reporters '
include Misses Ellen Walker,. Eugenia
Thompson, Janice Brown, Polly
Stone, Daisy Frances Smith and
Marjory Speake.?Atlanta Georgian. 1
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Sues Grendel Mill*.
Greenwood, Sept. 30.?A damage
suit for $50,000 against the Grendel '
Cotton Mills her? has been filed by '
Mrs. Annie Bowie, widow of John 1
Bowie, second hand, who was killed
it Grendel Mill No. 1. June 12. last
when a belt is alleged to have slipped
off a pully shaft in the / weave
room.
The complaint alleges that "the
belt ran off the pully on the main
shaff wedged against the pully next
to it, lapped up and caused a strain
on the shaft which broke a hanger
by which it was suspended from the
:eiling and the shaft or part thereof
from which blow he died shortly
thereafter.
GREENWOOD DRUG STORES
BAN DENATURED ALCOHOL
; Greenwood Sept. 30.?The purchase
of denatured alcohol at drug
stores in this city has .bc?come so s
frequent of late that druggists have j
placed a ban on sales, where pur-* {
chasers are suspected of making illegal
use of the concoction. Many of
the purchasers are suspected, druggists
say, of mixing the poisonous <
ronroctinn with water and selling it
as moonshine whiskey.
Most of the wouldbo purchasers ?
the druggists say, assert that they ^
want to use the alcohol "to clean (
clothes with," although the conco c- f
tion which usually is denatured by ^
mixing wood alcohol a virulent poi- j
son, with grain alcohol is almost }
useless for cleaning clothing.
MORE JOBS, FORD'S PLAN j
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Say# He Will Provide Employment ^
For Many. (
New York, Sept. SO.?'Henry Ford
in an interview published by the
Wall 3treet Jpurnal, today declared) ]
he intended to empty his vast |
wealth in industry to provide jobs |
for thousands of additional men
and to increase the wealth of the
county by a large production.
"The Rockefeller and Carnegie
distributions are all right," he said
but I dont' believe in that method."
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CHIC GALLOWAY
PLAYS GOOD BALL
Chic Galloway Improved More Than
Any Player in Major League#,
Say* Billy Evans.
(By Billy Evans in Atlanta Journal)
Who is the most valuable ball
player in the majors?
That is some question .A commission
of bassball experts is to decide
that perplexing problem as far as
the American league is concerned.
Much honor and the proverbial
laurel wreath will be slipped to the
individual chosen.
Who is the most improved ball
player in the major leagues?
Chic Gailovoiay Named
If that were the all absorbing
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question, 1 WISUIU mm
much/ eiathusasm, Chick Calloway,
of the Philadelphia Athletics.
From a clever player inclined to
be erratic Galloway has developed
into a great shortstop. He always
has possed much ability, but lacked
consistency. One day he would perform
brillianty, th? next day he
Would look just so-so.
Last season Galloway was in and
sut of the Atheletice line up a doztimes.
Just when Manager Mack
felt he was the man for shortstop,
something would happen to make
him change his mind.
At the start of this season, Gal
lowav was assured that he was the
regular shortstop, and that he would
[>e in there every day regardless of
any slump that might overtake him
Possibly that was the very thing
he seems to' sense the direction
necessary confidence that he seemed
to lack. From the start of the season
he has played fine ball. His
work seems to improve from day to j
day. *
Galloway is very fast. In addition j
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uiv xie seems w sence tne direction |
the 'ball is going to be hit of the |
crack of the bat. He covers a worid
Df ground and has a great arm. He
seems able to got plenty of stuff
an the ball regardless of the position
in which he is compelled to make
his throw.
Galloway from a playec who in
the past has heen brilliant but erratic,
appears to have found himself
and is consistently brilliant.
Not only has Galloway developed
into a consistent] y classy fiedder,
but he has improved his hitting as
well.
Last year he batted 265, This sea..
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*>n ne nas Deen arouna tile 3UU
ill year and uusally is from 20 to
10 points better.
It is beginning to look very much
is if Connie Macic has developed
mother shortstop who would rate
vith Jack Berry. The fine showing
>f Galloway settlesvthe left side of
he Athletices infield for Jimmy Dy-,
:es is a star performer at third.
It's'going to be a tough job to
>ick the most valuable ball player in
.he American league, but it is an
Lasy matter to select the most im>roved
player in the Johnsonian
wganizatiort?unicK ualioway.
It is just possible that Galloway
vill receive consideration from the
?ommifsion of' experts when H.hey
ire deciding what player in the
American league has been most vallable
to 'the success of his team.
TREASURY OF LEAGUE
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Sufficient Funds to Carry on Work
To January 1.
Geneva, ^'ept. 30.?The secretariat
)f the League of Nations announced
;oday that there is at present 3,000,)00
Swiss gold francs in the treasury
>r enough to carry on the work of
;he league until January 1, when it
s hoped further assessments will
lave been made.
The assembly . spent the entire
^ay considering the budget which!
for 1921 will amount to 25,000
francs including 2,000,006 franca
por the International Court of Justice.
Flowers for all occasions at W. A.
Harr&\ Agent for Fant's Green*
house, Anderson, S. C. High class
funeral flowers a specialty,
A fish found in Brazil has neither
a tail fin for propulsion nor a back
fin for balancing, It swims at great
speed by means of a rippling movement
of its lower fin.
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The Rev. C. E. Peele of Abbeville
preached at Gilgal Sunday afternoon
and will preach again on the
second Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mundy and
children of Greenwood and the former's
father, Mr. Joe Mundy of
Hodges motored up and spent Sunday
in the home of Mr. W. E. Morrison.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright were
visitors in town this week, the latter
having some dental work done.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Norris of Fonville
spent Sunday at Mr. John
Stevenson's.
Messrs. W. E. Morrison and Joe
Mundy visited their friend Mr. Thos
P. Thomson for a few days this
week.
Circle No. 11 met at Miss Mamie
Gordon's Friday and quilted for the
Thornwell Orphanage. \
Miss Louise Kay was in Abbeville
shopping Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright recently
visited relatives at Hodges.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon and
children spent the week-end with the
latters parents near Donalds.' <
Alvih Ethridge spent Saturday
night with Clarence Kay.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Able spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Milford.
Misses Marie and Janie Belle Boyd
were the guests of Misses Annie
and Louise Kay Sunday.
Clarence Kay spent Sunday with
Alvin Ethridge.
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SOUTHERN BUYS RAILS
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Sufficient to Lay 230 Mile* of Track
, In 1923.
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Charlotte, Sept. 30.?The Southern
Railway Company has purchased
forty thousand tons of rails, largely
of 100-pound sections and sufficient
to lay 250 miles of track, for delivery
during the first half of 1923, il
was announced here today at the
office of R. E. Simpson, general
manager of lines east. >
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DIXIE
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of Dixie Gem
while it lasts a
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IA11 coal spotc
ask-for credit.
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MORE DORMITORIES
NEEDED AT AGNES SCOTT
Decatur, Ga., Sept. 30.?Approximately
435 students axe attending
Agneo Scott this year, according to
Dr. F. H. Gaines, the president
which represents an increase of
nearly 400 over the number enroll/
ed at the institution when it was
founded thirty-five years ago. A|
much larger enrollment would be
had if the facilities of the college
permitted for scores of applicants
for admission have turned away, Dr.
Gaines stated.
Agne? Scott ranks among the
leading colleges for young women in
America in scholastic standards, and
only young women of the highest
type in charactor and educational
qualifications are admitted by the
college officials. Ever since its
founding the institution has placed
especial emphasis tiot only on "the
highest standards of Christian education,
but on the) training -of
Christian character and Christian
womanhood as well.
In his statement today Dr. Gaines
pointed out the remarkable gTowth
of .the institution through the endowment
of men and women who
believe in Christian education and
training, and predicted a yet greater
growth of Agnes Scott. He declared
that "we have a splendid
foundation upon which to. build a
GTeator Agnes Scost," and that the
ideal would be realized In part upon
the erection of a new and modern
gymnasium, as well as other new
buildings for study and recitation,
and new dormitories and of power
plant when funds were available.
The young women enrolled in the
institution come from all states of
the South and many day students
. from Atlanta as well. All students
who do not live near the institution
reside in /the college dormitories.
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John McCo.-mack Recovered
New York, Sept. 30.?John McCormick
tenor, who has been in
; Europe since last spring when he
i suffered a serious throat affection,
has recovered. He expects to return
October 11. *
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j Miss Mattie Tolbert left last Saturday
for Fairfield county -where
she will teach this winter.
j Mr. A. H. Miller has- work witi a f
construction company and is bidding
a' bridge near Martin's Mill.
Mr. B. L. Haddon and famfy fisited
his parents at Antreville, going
I in his car on Sunday and i^kornlig
Wednesday.
ivfiss S. E. Morton visited Mra. K.
P. Jones and family last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. TolbeTt were
shopping in Abbeville last
Miss Martha Jones who is attending
the Abbeville high school spent
the week-end with her mother here, y
Mr. Joseph Tolbert came from
Greenville and spent Sunday wttk
| his brother here. ;
Friends here are sorry to learft of
the illness of Mr. S. F. Cromer. Bte
was horn and reared in this e?n- ' <
munity and his many friends wish"
for him an early recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beau ford visited
tkeir daughter in Greenwood last
Wednesday.
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Charleston County Farm Products
Charleston, Sept. 28.?An imo?- *
ficial estimate of returns from fans .
iroducts in this county for the past '
year including crops, livestock and
poultry shows that $3,251,500 has
been realized by the farmers.. The
Irish potato crop was mo-.t valuable,
bringing in $1,360,090. Oabbagrs
and cucumbers brought in $500,000 .
I and corn $450,000. The livestock and
poultry industries are increasing.
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tdUMtion week uecenmer a u ? w
Washington, Sept. 28.?American H
education week has been set for Be- B
cember 3 to 9 inclusive, it was an- H
nounced today by Garlan W. Powell, Hj
assistant national director of Ameri- H
canism for the American Legion. H
Ministers of all denominations will 'fl|
be urged to preach sermons on the H
benefits of education and moat meet- |H
ings will be held throughout Ike
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