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Representative Smithwick Florida Gives Experien of Crash in Washing ton Theatre. Washington, Jan. 29.-An lanche of broken plaster, b snow, splintered wooden and tv steel beams catapulting upon th dience while the orchestra playei a comedy film ground out it scription of the Knickerbocker tre disaster given today by R sentative John H. Smithwick of sac?la, Fla. He was in the balcor , the theatre when the roof colli under the weight of snow and es ed unaided-just how he can no call-with more or less serious h "The orchestra was playing be ful music and a comic .film was ning," said Mr. Smithwick, lyin his bed, bandaged and with his and hands covered with cuts. "I denly there was a sharp crack. 11 ed up and saw a great fissure run: across*the ceiling. It was right < my he?.d. I instantly realized \ was happening. The plaster bega] fall, dropping down in large small chunks all over the theatr? seemed to me. While I was looking a gr?ai piece right over my ri started to fall. I ducked, crouch involuntarily, I supposed down tween the seats. The piece struck seat right where I had been sitt 1 The force waa broken by the s but it pinned me down where I crouching. The noise was awful, was a great, tremendous roar. It ' simply indescribable. I never can j get it. "'In the midst of the roaring w shrieks of cries of women and c dren and a few shouts of men. Th were cries for help, groans and wc of all, the moans of those in terri pain. It was awful. I can't describ? see it all the time-those poor cl dren and men and women crying s groaning there. : Few in Balcony. "There were only a few of us the balcony. Luckily there were more. The balcony gave way a crashed, soon after the ceiling beg to fall on " those on the lower fla They were caught the worst. We the balcony were more fortunate. "I guess there ~as a lapse of nu - be 20 seconds, hardly more, befe the balcony fell. Funny but it sp around, kind of twisted as its su ports gave way and it swung down those below. It didn't go straig down, ?ust kind of slid sideways ai slanting, I suppose, from the wei.? of the debris that had fallen on i upstairs. "I don't know how I got out fro where I was crouching under th; chunk of plaster that had fallen < me. I really believe it weight all < 500 pounds. And I think L moved 1;h< plaster with my shoulders. Anyway, crawled out between the seats 1 where I saw a small hole in the pla ter above. I forced myself up throug that hole, wiggling and shoving. The I crawled out over the snow and pla: ter, over the tangled debris, to th doors on the Eighteenth street ?id< ''Across the aisle from me whe the crash came was a little fellow I never saw him again and I wonde if he is dead-who laughed and roar er at every especially funny part o the film. I don't know what becam e o him or the others in the balcony af ter we were showered with plaster "As the ceiling broke the plaste fell first in chunks. It was just lik< an ice pond breaking up. The roo: didn't give way on one crash. I ' seemed to break up everywhere. Tha let in the snow, which came ir through the broken places where th< ceiling had given away. Retains Composure. "It's queer, but I was conscious al the time when I was pinned dowr under there by that great piece ol ceiling; my mind, when I saw the ceiling falling and afterward, was just as clear and collected as it is now. I knew I was hurt some, but 1 didn't know how badly. It seemed that my time had con;e. I lived a year I tell you, pinned down between the seats. "It wasnt' until I got outside that I noticed blood falling from my face and hands. I got out myself. No one helped me. I crawled over the broken seats and plaster and snow to the door. On the way I saw a young fel low lying half curled up moaning and crying for help. I leaned over to lift him and then everythnig went black. The next thing 1 remember I was at the door wiping the blood from my leyes and mouth. I don't know how I got out. I didn't see any other injured ones as I crawled out. I can't remem ber about that part of it. My only thought then was to get home before I should die. My chest pained me, my back seemed broken, my face was dripping with blood. All I wanted to do was to get home and tell my wife and little girl what had happened and how I was hurt. I thought I was .going to die." Representtive Smithwick, who lives about a block from the theatre, said he staggered home without overcoat or hat through the snow drifts. Phy sicians were summoned immediately, who found him suffering from shock, bruises and possibly internal inju ries. "I think it was a miracle that I came out alive," said the Florida con gressman. "But think of those poor children and men and women who were not so fortunate. I don't see how any who were under the balcony es caped. If those below could have seen the ceiling breaking they would have had time to rush out through the door, but I guess they couldn't see like we could in the balcony. Those underneath us had no chance, I guess." Summer School at Clemson. General Plans Announced for 1922 Indicate Best Summer School Ever Held. ?Clemson College, Jan. 30.-Wil liam E. Curtis, the famous traveler and writer, was once asked by a lady to recommend to her the best all the year round climate in the world. She wrote: "I have plenty of money, no home tie s, and wish to move just once more. I wish my new home to be located in a region where the climate is not extreme and at the same time not monotonous. You have traveled extensively, and where would you recommend me to go?" Curtis re plied, "Go to the Piedmont section of the Carolinas. You will never regret it." We are inviting you to spend a summier in one of the most delightful spots of a most delightful region. The days are sunny and the nights are cool. The air is like wine. We ask you to come to Clemson to combine all the pleasures of a vacation with an opportunity for study under the di rection of a competent faculty. You will meet men and women interested in the same kind^ of work in which you are engaged. You will learn to teach better, farm better and live better. Clemson College will offer in her summer school fo rl922 a more va ried program than ever before, ac cording to Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun, di rector of resident teaching in the agricultural department, who will di rect the summer school. The following courses will be given. I. Course for teachers: (1) pri mary teachers. (2) elementary teach ers, (3) high school teachers, (4) teachers for special subjects; II. Courses in cotton grading. III. Courses for club boys. IV. Courses in science; (1) phys ics, (2) chemistry, (3) biology, (4) earth science. V. Courses for making up back col lege work and removing entrance conditions. VI. Courses for Federal Board students. Plans are being made for recrea tion. The baseball diamonds, the ten nis courts, and the swimming pool will be ready for use. Excursions and field trips will be arranged. The li brary will be open. Special lectures, famous in the educational world, have been secured. The cost of board, room and tui-. tion will- be most reasonable. If in terested, write the Registrar, Clem son College, S. C., for detailed in formation. Luxury Tax Bill is Introduced in the House. Columbia, Jan. 26.-Still another of the revenue measures made its de but in the House today when the lux ury tax bill was introduced. The bill is sponsored by the Ways and Means committee. ? Some of the provisions included in the measure are : On beverages made from cereals and from fruit juices, six cents a gal lon. On fountain syrups, twenty-five cents a gallon. On tickets to moving picture shows and other amusements except those by educational, charitable or religious organizations, a tax of one cent for every thirty cents of admission. Cigarettes-r-?ne cent for each ten cigarettes. Cigars-If sold for less than seven cents each, one cent on every three cigars. On cigars selling for more than seven cents, a tax of ne cent on each cigar. On those selling for more than fifteen cents, two cents each. On little cigars, weighing not over 4 ounces, one cent for each five. Chewing tobacco in bags or boxes, a half cent for each ten cents worth. Snuff-One cent on each ten cents worth. On automobiles-One per cent of the selling price. On ammunition, if not for use out side the state-One dollar per thou sand rounds. For all the taxes except on drinks, the tax would be paid by the purchase of revenue stamps. Reports would be made monthly to the tax commission, and the tax would be collected by the state treasurer. February Farm Calendar. Things to da This Month Agronomy 'Continue the clean-up job until it is done. Make germination tests of seeds I to' be sure that good seeds are avail able for. spring planting. Top-dress the small grain with soda this month. Home-mix fertilizers for spring use. Plow heavy cotton soils not al ready plowed. Orchard and Garden. Prune bunch grapes if not already [pruned. The scuppernong will bleed badly if pruned at his season. Set out grape vines, fruit trees and 1 ornamental plants. Spray fruit trees with lime-sul [phur before the buds begin to swell. Plant asparagus roots and seed. Transplant cabbage plants to the garden and ifield. Plant celery, spring kale, lettuce, mustard, onions, parsley, garden peas, radishes, spinach and turnips. Plant in hotbeds, eggplant, tomato, pepper. Plant Irish potatoes. ? Animal Husbandry. Get land ready to sow spring for age crops. Construct or repair farrowing houses for hogs. Make preparation for care and management of cows which are to I have calves in February and March. Add a little tankage (one part I tankage to 9 parts corn) to the ration of brood sows which will farrow, next month. Dairying. Plan for a year's supply of home grown feeds each dairy cow will need : four tons of silage, one ton legume hay, 15 bushels corn, 1000 pounds velvet beans, 15 bushels oats and 500 pounds cottonseed meal. If silage is not available, plan for two tons le gume hay. * ?Clean up the pasture; cut out un derbrush, stop washes, and repair ! fences. 'Start keeping daily milk records. Cows bred this month will calve during November and early Decem ber. Insect Enemies. Prune properly, and spray for San Jose scale with concentrated lime sulphur when trees are leafless and dormant. Spray for Oyster Shell scale on ap ple and fig trees with one of the heavy spray oils at the rate of one part of oil to twenty parts of water. To destroy twig girdlers pick up and burn girdled twigs under pecan and hickory trees. Cut out dead canes of raspberry and blackberry to kill borers. Prune out shot-hole borer infested twigs and branches from peach, apple and other fruit trees and burn them. Plant Diseases. 'Secure certified Irish potato seed and material for treating them so as to be ready for planting time. Tr .at sweet potatoes with corro sive sublimate or formaldehyde for seed-borne diseases before bedding. Prepare a new place for the bed or clean up and disinfect the old one. Test seed corn for germination and for freedom from seed-borne diseases. Ask the county agenh or the botany division how it can be done. -Secure wilt-resistant seed now if you'have wilt of cotton or cowpeas I or Fusarium wilt of tomatoes in your soil. ?Jurymen Prayed Before Find ing Bandit Guilty. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28.-(United Press)-Divine guidance was asked ?in prayer by the jury which today (found Frank B. DuPre, youthful bandit, guilty of first degree murder, (for the slaying of Irby C. Walker, (Pinkerton detective. DuPre was sentenced to hang March 10. "There were groups of us praying ?between ballots," said H. R. Frid dell, foreman of the jury tonight. "We feel the need of divine guid ance." DuPre, onj ly 19 years of age, re ceived the death sentence smilingly. "It's all right, dad," he said con solingly to his father, who sat sob I bing by his side. "Oh, come on-come now, don't cry." Judge Henry Mathews set' Feb ruary 18 as the date for hearing a motion for a new trial. Do You Want a Job? If you are out of employment, or would like to make a change, consult us. Standard Employment Serice, Spartanburg, S. C. WANTED: To buy young Jersey cow fresh to pail, giving not less than 3 gallons milk, must be cheap for cash. 2t J. G. ALFORD. BACK-YARD FOWLS WILL PAY St. Louis Woman Writes Department of Agriculture of Her Success With Hen Flock. (Prepared by the United States Depar* ment of Agriculture.) During the war and since the United States Department of Agriculture has encouraged the keeping of a poultry flock in the city back-yard as one of the best means of cutting the high cost of living. When proper care has been given the flock the results in most instances have been very gratifying. A woman living in St. Louis recently wrote the department concerning the success that attended the efforts. "I hear people say hen's don't pay, but surely they cannot have kept ac counts and records. I have had a small flock of 24 hens In my city back-yard since the government urged us to get into the game turee years ago. The following are the results for the year ending October 31, 1920: My entire feed bill, the grain being bought at retail, amounted to $66.74. "My entire egg production was 3,603 1 eggs, or 300*4 dozens, the retail mar ket value of which, taken from month to month, was $189.30. Deducting $66.74 from the above $189.30 leaves me a net profit of $122.56 for my work and Investment "We used all the newly laid eggs we wished for our own table and the -balance went to our neighbors, who are more than anxious to get them even at top store prices. The last 12 months, when feed was unusually high, the cost of egg production aver aged 22*4 cents per dozen, and the lowest market price for eggs was In May and June, when they sold for 00 cents per dozen. 'fl will add that all our hens are leg-banded and trap-nested. The hen house is eight feet square and the hens, are confined all the year round to a run eight feet wide and 50 feet long. Starting in August I begin . culling and killing the older ones and ? the poorest layers which have a rec Gratifying Results Can Be Obtained From Small Flock if Given Proper Care and Feed. ord of 15 eggs or less per month, and in October I renew the flock by add ing one dozen new spring pullets. These pullets, now, in November, are all laying and will continue laying through the winter, while my older hens get through molting. "Keeping the hens and surroundings scrupulously clean and feeding a bal anced ration at regular Intervals is the secret of success with a back-yard flock." HOW TO BREAK BROODY HENS Confine Them in Small Coop, Raised Off Ground, Preferably With a Slatted Bottom. ? When hens become broody they "Should be "broken up" as quickly as possible. The sooner this is done, the sooner they will resume laying. To break a hen of broodiness, she should be confined to a small coop raised off the ground, preferably with a slat bot tom. Give her plenty of water to drink; she may be fed or not, as de sired. Not much difference will be found In the time required to break her of broodiness, whether she is fed or made to fast, say poultry special ists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Usually from three to six days' con finement will break her, but some hens require ten to twelve days. The broody hen will be recognized by her Inclina tion to stay on the nest at night, the ruffling of her feathers and her picking at anyone who approaches her, and by the clucking noise she makes. The fact that her broodiness has been "broken up" can be recognized by the disap pearance of these symptoms. AVOID RO?P-INFECTED EGGS Select Eggs From Flock Which Has Not Been Infected Wherever lt Is Possible. It Is not advisable to set eggs from a flock that has been infected with roup. If at all possible, by all means iseleet hatti lt ? eggs from another flock which has not been sq Infected or from hens whicn have never had the diseasa. Pastors and Debts. In the Methodist Conference re cently held in Richmond the "char acter", of one of their ministers was challenged, when the usual question was put, on the ground that he was blamea'bly negligent in the payment of his honest debts. The matter was referred to a judicious committee who in due time reported favorably to the preacher, declaring that there was no sufficient foundation for the charge. That reminds us that the best paying people on the subscription list of the Religious Herald are preach ers. They do not only frequently, or at any rate, semi-frequently, help us by securing other subscriptions but as a rule they refuse to accept any reward for such service, and out f means which must at times certainly be slender and inadequate, they man age to pay with remarkable prompt ness their own subscription bills. Out of a batch of twenty bills of long standing, which happens to be before us, only one is against a white Vir ginia Baptist preacher and he is not in the pastorate and is in a peck of trouble besides. 'We wonder if in the case of the Methodist preacher whose character was challenged in the late conference, the people on his circuit had met their pledges for his material support or if it was found to be true that the churches had paid promptly and regularly all that they had agreed to pay him. We should like to inquire further and find out just how (much they had agreed to pay him. It has happened not r?rely in this state that churches made it practically impos sible for their pastors to live in any sort of decent comfort and keep out of debt, while at the same time they were swift to censure the pastors for getting in debt. ' THE FARM' OF EDGEF1 THE STRONGESTB* SAFETY FIRST IS AND Open your account with U3 for Savings Account with us, or invest ING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOS1' Lock boxes for rent in which to All business matters referred handled WE SOLICIT Y< We Can Give Yoi on Mill Work an< Large stock of Rough and D Immediate Woodward QUALITY Corner Roberts and Du COT COTTON ? W. C. T Member of New Orleans Cott Produce E DAILY COTTON LETTER FI Greenwo Commercial Trust Bi Genuine F We have just received ; FORD Parts direct from 1 parts were bought after 1 made in price, consequentl with Genuine Ford Parts a CALL TO Lyon B: Nevertheless the pastor, if he would retain his influence and do his work, must keep out of embarrassing; debt. If he finds he cannot do it on the salary which is provided, let him frankly and plainly notify his church or churches, and if the response to such notification is unsatisfactory he would better lay down his work and either seek some other field where he can be secured against such a disas ter, or seek some other employment where he can make suitable provis ion for those who are dependent upon him. Our Virginia Baptist churches have greatly improved and are still improving in this matter of pastor's salary and no small part of this im provement, as well as of the reduc tion in the number of pastorless churches, is due to the faithful, saga cious, and effective work of the De partment of Enlistment in the State Mission Board, and, it is simple jus- : tice to say, particularly to the labors of Rev. W. H. Lawson who has been active in representing this phase )o? state mission work. By the way, though we did not start out to say it/ We will wind up by saying that m our judgment the State Mission Board might very well magnify this depart ment of work. Much has been done but much remains to be done %nd we imagine that there are many fields in Virginia which Brother Lawson* might visit and in which he might labor in the direction of improving pastoral support, not only to the immediate advantage of the churches and the immediate relief and comfort of the pinched and often embarrassed pas-v tors, but to the benefit of every phase of our church life and our common Christian enterprises. , -Religious Herald, i ERS BANK [ELD, S. C. \NK IN EDGEFIELD WILL BE OUR MOTTO 1922. At the same time start a in one of our INTEREST BEAR II. keep your valuable papers. to us pleasantly and carefully t OUR BUSINESS i Prompt Service i Interior Finish reseed Lumber on hand for Deliverv. Lumber Co. -SERVICE gas Ste., Augusta, Ga, 4-? row ?EEO OIL AYL? SI on Exchange and New York xchange. 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