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Soldier Boy Borne Home For Burial. Lexington, S. C., April 25.-The powerful efficiency of the govern ment, in at least one line of its en deavor-no matter however weak it may appear in others has been clear ly demonstrated in the case of a Lexington county young man, a member of Uncle Sam's regular army, who died in faraway Siberia on December 22, ?919. The young man in question was Milton Shirey, son of Jacob W. Shirey, prominent planter and lumberman of the Hol low creek section of the county. On December 24, last, the father of the young man received word that his ..son had died pf pneumonia on De cember 12, and requesting instruc tions as to the parents wishes in the disposition of the body. The father immediately sent a message asking that the remains of his soldier-son be ?ent back to Lexington, if such could be accomplished. A few days later another message came and it was stated thatthe effort would require four months for the body to cross the waters and get back to Lexing ton. Nothing further passed between the government and relatives of the young man until Friday, April 16, *when a message came saying that the fcody of young Shirey had arrived in San Francisco, ' Cal., and that it would be immediately forwarded to Prosperity, the point named in the instructions sent requesting that the remains be sent home for interment. The corpse arrived at Prosperity on last Monday, April 19, and was trans ferred to the old Lexington Baptist church, in this county, eighteen miles from the court house where the in terment was held on Tuesday. Only a brief burial service, how ever, was conducted, the Rev. W. A. Dutton, performing the last sad rites in the presence of hundreds of rela tives and friends who came to pay a last tribute to the Lexington soldier boy.. The casket was opened at the grave and it was declared by rela tives and friends that the body was in a splendid state of preservation; that every feature of the young, man .was clearly shown, leaving no doubt in the minds of the family that the "body was that of their relative. The government paid all expenses of the transportation, and nothing was left undone to care for and preserve the body. Milton Shirey was about 20 years of age. He enlisted in the army some time during .last year and was home for the last time in September. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shirey, together with several brothers and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Shirey feel-grateful to the government for the interest manifested in the case, and are high in praise of the splendid efficiency demonstrated in bringing the body of their son back. The Army's Great Week. Next Sunday usheres in the great week in Salvation Army circles in Greenville. And it is a great week for the city itself. The week's program includes the .annual mass meeting on Sunday af ternoon; laying the cornerstone of the Army Hospital on Monday after noon; a reception at the Bruner Home on Tuesday afternoon ; a meet ing of the ladies of the city Wednes day afternoon. At most of these meetings Salvation Army leaders of national fame will be present and ?will make addresses. Pominent citi zens of Greenville will also take part. Tne laying of the cornerstone of the hospital marks the official incep tion of one of the greatest undertak ings the Army has on its hands per haps in the South. It is quite an hon or to this city to be selected at the .site for this institution. There is not a city in the South that would have aiot been glad and proud to have leen so honored. The Army is active ly engaged in its great work in all cities and knows all of them thor oughly; and this city was its choice .with the whole field befoe it. Green ville should cherish the institution and so prove that no mistake was made in its location. Perhaps there is no city in which the Army is more appreciated. That probably had some thing to do with the selection. But the real reasons are distinctly ap preciative of the advantages of Greenville's location. In the judg ment of the Salvation Army leaden, this was the best place for its most ambitious benevolent undertaking. The Bruner Home, the Rescue Home, the Citadel ,and now the Hos pital-these are institutions that will represent the great Christian organi zation. And no co-operation or as sistance should be lacking on the part of the city to make them worthy of the Army and of the city. The most immediate form of co-operation is full attendance at the meetings. By its wonderful work in the war the Salvation Army endeared itself to the soldiers to whom it ministered and to the people back home whose hearts were with those soldiers. Its great work in peace is no less en dearing. And next week is the Army's big week.-Greenville News. Million Dollar Bank Will Fi nance Cotton and Fix Price. A million dollar cotton bank is one of the things that Commissior B, Harris will urge upon the South Car olina Cotton associatidn when it meets here Wednesday. "A million dollars sounds like a lot of money," says Mr. Harirs, "but really it is not impossible. It represents approxi mately one dollar per bale for the cotton grown in South Carolina. "I have been urging the organiz ing of such a bank for a good many years. My suggestion was received first with distrust, then with skepti cism, later with interest and now ] believe it is going to be a fact. If it is not, then all of the fight for liber ation that is being made by the far mers will have been a failure. "Cotton at 40 cents is really IC cents a pound short of what it should be bringing. If we had had this cot ton bank in operation last Septembei cotton would have brought 40 cents then and perhaps 65 now. Why? Be cause the kind of bank that I have had in mind would not engage ir general banking business, but would be here to finance 'distressed' cotton to help the local bank hold it off the market until such a time as the own er might see fit to sell. "Georgia, under the leadership oi Governor Dorsey, is organizing such a bank. I am sure we can do it ir South Carolina, and I think $1,000, OOO will be enough to protect the early market or distressed cotton The part first sold is the part that makes the price for the remainder bl the year. The speculators have beer smart enough for years to see this and the growers have continued tc permit them to manipulate the mar ket-but I hope for the last time. "It has been impossible heretofore for the farmer to put his price upor distressed cotton. This habit of trade must be changed, the farmer must bc allowed to put his price on his owr product, and this can be accomplish ed in no other way except by co-op erative financing. "Three things are necessary tc give to the cotton association thc power that it must have-first, tc complete the organization by extend' ing its membership; second, to per feet a warehouse system; third, tc complete, this organization to -hole 'distressed cotton from the market. We are expecting a great meetinf Wednesday. The state association ai this time will appoint a committee I feel sure, to make the plans to or ganize this cotton holding bank When the plan is presented to thc people of the state, they can not fai to indorse it and to put it into mo tion." 1920' Cotton Crop to be Verj Small. The cotton crop for 1920 will bc the shortest produced in many years according to a prediction voiced bj B. Harris, commissioner of agricul ture, today. Mr. Harris states that he believes the country in on the verge of a cotton famine, caused by the shortage of spinable cotton and the prospects for a short 1920 crop. Mr. Harris explains that his pro phecy of a small 1920 crop is basec on the bad season, caused by the ex cessive rains, and the low tempera tures of the spring. The spinners, states Mr. Harris will be able to use all of the cotton that the^world can produce ,and then some. There is only enough spin nable cotton on the globe to Last the cotton mills five or six months, says Mr. Harris. He says that if the cotton holders will hold a little longer they can get 60 cents fer their staple. "The farmer can fix his own price,'1 states Mr. Harris, "and the process is simply one of holding." The reports reaching Commission er Harris from all sections of the cot ton belt show that very little plant ing has been done this season so far, and in the few sections where there has been planting the germination has been so poor that the cotton sup ply will be curtailed. "If the farmer doesn't get the price he wants for his cotton," Mr, Harris says, "he must not blame il on the other fellow. It is simply a matter of holding."-Columbia Re cord. Building and Contracting. I desire to notify the people ol Edgefield that I have located here and will be glad to assist them ir drawing plans, will make estimates on work and make contracts for all kinds of building, remodeling and re pairing. See me before letting a con tract for your work. It is probable that I can save you money. T. R. SKINNER. PREPARE FOR COLLEGE NEW CAMPAIGN SL9GAH PVSLIC SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE MAY 14 TO SIVE STIMULUS TO IMPORTANT MOVEMENT. Public sebe?is hers have besa re* feasted to observe Maj 14, whick has hew deeiffaated "Prepare for Collera D*7" tm this itate and In the other ?toto* comprising ike Fifth. Federal Reserve District. During; chapel exercises, or at other f^ee^ed periods that day, lt ls sup. festod that addresses be made la the high schools by leadlas bucinesj mea sad pro mine nt educators, ead la the el amenta rr echools by the teachers. Th* purposes of the observance, it ls explained, are te stress the Importance of a college education aad to offer .nggestive methods whereby the pu pile, aad their parents, may plea ahead with a college eourse definitely hi ?lew. "Women's clubs aro being asked to kelp la the movement, and the Rotary clubs also are expected to take part, while many churches hare expressed their interest and indicated their de sire to participate. Further, the Unit ed States Treasury Department, through the di?triet War Loan Organ isation, is leading assistance, aad the general plan, lt is announced, has re ceived the heartiest approval of prac tically every college president ia the state. Miss Mary 0, Shotwell, director of tko oduoational division of the War Loan Organisation of this district, re* oeatly discussed the project before tho convention of the Virginia Association of Women's Colleges and .'Schools. The association, by resolution, pledged its "sincere and hearty co-operation la carrying out all the pleas." lt is proposed by tho Treasury De partment that parents who desire to send their sons and daughters to col leges and that boys and girls who wish lo provide a college fuad fer them? .elves-that they definitely plan for the future and make regular syste matic oavinc a part ef their plan. As safe, productive investments for such fuads government securities, such as Treasury Cavings Certificates aad War Savings Stamps, ara suggested. Observance ef "Prepare fer College Bay" wHl be fruitful of extensive re* .ult?, lt is believed, and the stimulus toward higher ?ducation ls expected to be very valuable, particularly since MM statement has so frequently been lade recently ead so authoritatively that never before has the country been m saere imperative need of mon and vam ea of framed minds and bread vle> tom I j Dog Bites' Children in Colum bia. Four little children and one youth, t J all of whom were bitten several days ago by a dog which was suffering from rabies, are now being treated regularly at the laboratory of the state health department and are un II derstood to be doing well None of the wounds inflicted by the dog were serious, most of them being mere scratches, the skin in ,some places hardly being broken, but in order to take no chances whatever of infec tion, the treatment is being adminis tered regularly. Louise and Bettie Collins, aged re spectively ten years and three years, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Collins, 1817 Pickens street, were bitten on the legs. Elizabeth Rodgers, aged seven years, was bitten on the hand.. Other persons bitten were: Melton Pierson, a boy about 16 years old and Louise Bunting, age four years. Mr. Collins, in speaking of the incident yesterday, said that the dog was small and that he understood that it had bitten several dogs in the community. The head of the animal was exam ined at the state laboratory and the dog was found to be suffering from rabies.-The State. Penn & Holstein Prescription Druggists Pure Drugs and Chemicals Our prices are reasonable. Our 75 years of service to the people insure efficiency and We Solicit Your Continued Patronage Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. ?THE * ver d?finit* aim of Tb cor for ? * N ' ? exi Notice of Final Discharge. To All Whom These Presents May Concern : Whereas, Mrs. Eleanor S. Schnall has made application unto this Court for final discharge as executrix in re the estate of Mrs. Eleanor S. Ivey, deceased, on this the 10th day of April 1920. These Are Therefore, to cite any and all kindred, creditors, or parties interested, to show cause before me a tmy office at Edgefield Court House South Carolina, on the 10th day of May 1920, at ll o'clock a. m., why said order of discharge should not be tented. : , I. / W. T. KINNAIRD, J. P. C., E. C., S. C. LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and Repairs, Shafting, Pulley?; Hangers, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc. Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawing and Feed Grinding Outfits. Sp -rig B We have j? direct from The name cent excelle and let ns : A large C just receiv and lasts. 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Special sleeping sars have been arranged from Augusta for delegates who will leave on Southern ttailway train No. 32, Augusta Special, Tues day, May ll. This train carries through coaches and sleeping cars tc* Washinaton. Dining car service. Schedule: GOING TRIP RETURN TRIP 10:40 a. m.Lv. Edgefield Ar.2:00 p. m. 1:30 p. m.Lv. Trenton Ar.._1:30 p. m~ 7:35 a. m."Ar. Washington Lv.___7:00 p. m.. For further information and Pullman reservations, which should be made promptly, call on or communicate with G. W. CARTER, J. A. TOWNSEND, Dist. Pass. Agu, Augusta, Ga. Ticket Agt., Edgefield, S. C. [ead and Foot Wear ist received a large shipment of SPRING HATS i the celebrated Stetson factory, of Stetson stands for 100 per mee in the hat world. Come in fit you in a nobby spring hat. shipment of the celebrated ROSSETT OXFORDS ed. All of the latest leathers Come in and let us show you. 0RN&MIMS