Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T7a1 A XT X ^ r v VI. *t 11VJ. Z."> Field Day Exercises for Chesterfield County to be Held Last Saturday in March. On Saturday, March 28 the pupils of all the schools of Chesterfield county will gather at the Court House to celebrate Field Day exercises. This will be the first celebration of its kind ever undertaken in this county, and unusual interest in it is being shown by patrons, teachers and pupils all over the county. For weeks the teachers have been cooperating with Supt. R. A. Rouse and Countv School Supervisor, Miss Alexina Evans, and already the pupils in practically every school in the county have taken hold of the idea and are preparing in earnest for the various contests of the day Chesterfield County is deeply interested in the improvement of her schools and the spirit of progress and devotion in her teachers and school officials is an indication of th i? (rrcnl ?>rtnr?n_ I tional forward movement of the county. Miss Evans in visiting the county schools finds the same spirit among the boys and gn\c. and a great interest being taken in approaching Field Day exercises. On Friday evening, 27, ,*at the Court house in Cheslci field, will be held a Declamation and Recitation Contest for the pupils of the High and Giaded |B|Bl Schools of the County. On ^^B Saturday morning, March 28, ^^B pupils from all the schools of the HB County will assemble on the grcuuds of the Chesterfield School, forming there a parade ^H^B consisting of floats and decorat ^^B ed school wagon, each carrying *r? m Iiic exercises contests in Compo- 1 sition and Reading will be con- < ducted by comittees in private < rooms down stairs. i [ Music for the day will be t Burnished bf a County band* I Kind the Literary Exercises will conclude with a song by the tl pupils. t! L A committee of Chesterfield C lo/lloo * * |.u?;a win r.iKo charge of the e icnic baskets brought by the a upils, and arrange the dinner f< Furnltun Regardlc* | For the Next HoML ONE, COfolE ALL. 1 out much of o? i stock BH^Hto do some plastering in oi HWW you want I ITHE P PAG South And East Shiver in Snow. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. '25.? The South and Southeast shivered to night in the grip of a general snowstorm which blanketed the Atlantic seaboard as far south as 1 southern Georgia and reached to 1 the Gulf States. Weather bureau 1 records for from eight to 20 years ' were broken. Falling temperature 1 accompanied the storm, in manv ' sections the snow turning to sleet ' While no serious interruption of 1 traffic was reported, many trains r were behind their schedules in ' localities where the snow was heaviest. Wire service was de- 1 moralized between Georgia and Florida points early in the even- 1 ing. The heaviest snowfall was :e ' ported in Georgia, South Caro- ! Una and North Carolina, Louisi 1 ana and Mississippi. At Macon ! Ga., the precipitation reached a 1 depth of six inches, while an ' almost equal amount was reported at Augusta and Savannah. In Louisiana and Mississippi the 1 snow began falling about noon and at nightfall it had been re- 1 corded from a trace in the ex- ' treme south to six inches in the ' northern section. Thermometers at New Ore- ' leans, Mobile and other gull joints hovered about the freezing _and the snow melted ' ] as it fell. ^ |, In addition to ( fall in South Carol the couu- ' \ try around Charleston was 11 covered with ice and slevd. y r>: 1- * * Dirminginim, Montgomery^ui^ other Alabama cities were affifl^ ed by the snowstorm. than four inches fell in the^HH test2r lnr^^HH girls; four in jumping; the 1-lWile tl Relay Race, in which the four 11 best runners of any school will 11 compete witt) runners from 3ther schools for a school prize; 11 i contest in pole vaulting; one in >'< hrnu'in ' lln? 1 11 ...V- imac mm; illHl il ' \>tato Race for the girls. Citizens from different parts <d ht lie county and the Daughters of ^ lie American Revolution of ? 'heraw have shown their inter- m st in these exercises by offering ttractive prizes, first and second ^r all of the contests. ^ gr e Going 1 5S ol Cost 5 est in i. fro the Ten Days FOR WE WANT TO J, is we can in ten clays in 44 ir building, , 44 1 )argains coine. SJ on l Knight J * r ; [ ' AGELjU ELAND. S. C. TUESMrY Dr. Saunders Exoneratec < The legislative committe investigating the charges ag inst I)r. Eleanor B. Saund^r^o^ >gr- i availe its report to V..e legisln.i\\>- , I)oily Wednesday entirely vivuli v eating; Or. Saunders of all the insinuations, innuendoes, as y'ell as the more direct qharges f against her. _ 1 ?| file follow:m ; is the1 tlMfof c the committee: 1 < n? in*.- v-enrai iASsemmyj or 11 llie State of South Carolina: 1 \ The undersigned comintftee t has in accordance with you* in < structions contained in concur- s rent resolution, house \ losietal foVtlie Insane, The evidence, which isvol^ri 7 j inous, is attached hereto?here i with reported as the basis of our 11 findings with the request that h ^ be printed along with this re^i t j in permanent form. c Holmes Was Inventor OfCotA" \ Gin. I , Having read several pie?jk 1 lately as to who really is the yen tor of the cotton ^ Sd? oi 11 (lm > ml Col. Kincaiil refused^m ? v*%- - rjr How him to see it. r P One day, when Mr. Holoj4s ^ nd Col. Kincaid were aw^y, ff oung-.Whitney came dashing 111 1> and persuaded Mrs. Kincaid w > let him have the milf ktiy go s could just look at the gin. ^ f course, it was a Yankee trick ed -he made a drawing < IBNd nt ade a model and had^ s*( These facts came direct^ojfi ol. kincaid, the im lfn#M no father ot Capt. Tamas nderson. ^ n While if will not he ofan^e** 1 niary value to the descendant' ^ IJ^lmes, tlu- fact that lie, ?t Whitney, is the inventj^^lB macnine abhshed while some <" ?tHWI \. ho received the facts dilfl in the lineal dcscondants^H^H ' Kincnids. at ^ .use IiomI I invented. Let honor hi I 0111 horori s due. (Mrs.) M. E. W. ?; a-jcM B hips oil the old s splinters. IB My wife li.ui some hard^BBB^fl What , ihhyflB I She was dressed up i n loll.H I I Where Iii^^H^Bb ifie coiiUf' stoop to ?JDe^d Free Press. ? I MORNING, MARCH 3, U Question Of Taxation Distcussin Cheraw. Cheraw, Feb. 26.?The Che (\w tyceum had iis t ovular nonthlj*'^meeting at the elub ooms last night. T lie subject ^rtyhe'Assised for Taxation at ts full value?" Owing to the ?xtremeiy cold weather there vasasmall attendance, but the ui -- -i:_- 1 in'jtxi w ;?: > iii-il \ UlSl'USSt'll. William Godfrey, who is a bomber of both the county and board ol equalizati >n, opened the debate. 11c pointed ?m the inadequatesvstem of listng pioperty in this State, by .vhich 92,0i'() acres in small racts here and there in the :ountry, or by old and unreliable surveys, were not on the tax looks at all, ant. said that the ytoplion of the Ton ens system II land registration would cure llis evil lie also mentioned hat there was great inequality n returning property, not only n the different counties but in lifferent sections of the same :ounty, ranging all the way from 7 to (>0 per cent., and in a lew :ases to 100 per cent., of the true /alue.A mule in ricli Marlboro s returned for less than one in ^oor Chestefiekl. ' A dishonest ax payer lists his property foi j^^^^sstlian the same proper^^^^Htt^k^rned ?vy^on>i''>i>^>'Ti?rns \v.mt.i to* lake the best showing they can diile in office, and the more loney they have to spend the tore they will waste. They j ould be extravagant. Another ejection is this: The three mill j hool tax IceiMw ,.vwjiiv imprest 'j 1 in schools, ii property is tax 1 I at its lull \ nine, this tax wifc 1 >t be needed; and when pcopk 1 )p tfoir.i; down into their pocf }. ? for their schools they w?! i ase to have the same interest;, them. \Y 7 |d ; Health Rules,for Farmers. v i. Keep the gmtfee of w ater jh i>lv clean, y* ti } D^^i^fcrmit the drains c to von '? clean. Disease has filth. 11t'only wholesome, well | il food. I losts of farmer \ not as careful Ijcr^ ' it y siiould be. ? y? /VvQut exposure to storms. n Jjfef \?et, put off the cold, nrmenls, and thoroughh ( , j^Hrself tlu? firsi tiling you w L ' 1,1 if you do not feel well do h< kedfugs, but stop eating, I hi ttlie fresh w.iler j ec the animals at ' in enough not to i w [ wheii the\ do as \re we less intell- dii are? ! \vi se good, sound, m< about your house he your food, and un Exchange. fu >URNAl >14 Interlocking Locks. Ingenious and novel are the electrical devices on the Panama locks to prevent the operator from making mistakes and to let him know just how every part of the monster machinery is working, though parts of it are half a mile from his bench and all are out of his sisrht. Miniature lock gates open and shut on the bench in front of him exactly as they are opening and shutting in the hig locks, for ; instance. Ivach of the two leaves of his I miniature lock is controlled by the great leaf it represents, and so moves just as the big leaf moves. In front of each one of the big locks is a monster fender chain, to hold back any ship that approaches the gates before everything is ready for the ship's ; admission to the lock; and in front of the operator is a miniature chain, controlled by this big chain, and lowering or stretching tautly exactly in time with the big chain. Indicators show the operator niv; 01 me water in me lock at all times, accurate within half an inch of the lock height, j As a further piecaution red and green lights indicate when the lock gates are open and shut. Most intricate is the electrical wiring to prevent the operator Jrom doing the wrong thing at time, tt is the rule that the ^Hder chain must be stretched j^Btly in front of a lock gate ^^Anever the lock gate is closed, ^^^fticcordingly there is an in^^HHkttfc^^y^ngcment that from ^^wil! need any B^Tis space. An inter Pnedj^Tgate in each lock gives the rieans of rprlnrino- ?i.? lilt 31/X of esch lock for small vessels. The interlocking electrical sy?tem recognizes this situation, lTid in ordinary practice the intermediate gates are the ones interlocked with the end gates. If I t is desired, however, to use the c housand feet in order to pass a t treat ocean liner through, for t nstance, the interlocking svstem an he mac e to ignore the inter v nediate gate; but this can he lone only by the chief operator, vho has a special key that un \\ :>cks a small lock on the con- h rol hoard and permits the tl hange from the regular prac- tl ce.?Saturday Evening 1'ost. n< The Unwritten Law. til astern Carolina News. of The verdict of the jury in d: lecklenhurg last week in which t*o<iiiitted Monroe Jetton, the 1? oting Davidson druggist, for the th turder of Dr. \V. 11. NVooten is hi irther notice that no jury will he mvici a man for slaying one ho has invaded his home and sa ic msin v iw. : 1 - iiivaui's anotliers ,)C )iiu' lakes his life in his own v0 mds. T-lis jury hardly helievI the e vhence of the accused is l an or tlat part of his wife of hen they tated that Dr.Woolen saulteil tie defendant hut thev il helievt that Dr. Woolen the iMit to tlii home with an im- ' Dial purpse and in so doing t(>(^ forfeited his life. Thus the tny. iwritten nw prevails to the \ llest exteft. son V * $1.00 per'year Teacher's Meeting Postponed Until Saturday. On account of the unfavorable weather last week, the meeting of the trustees anil teachers of the County which was to have taken place at Cheraw, Satunlav March 2S, has been postponed until next Saturday, March, 7. Convenient schedules on the C.&L. Railroad will be in effect, the trains leaving Pa^eland that morning at 7 o'clock and returning: at 3 p. m ' This promises to be an interesting meeting: and a lively subjects will be up for discussion, among: them preparations for Field Day Hxorcis \ which will tnio? . _ WJI 111 \_. i ? I v> I Saturday in March, at Chester field. Entertainment for the teachers and -trustees will he provided by the citizens of Cheraw and it is earnestly desired that everv one will attend. Program of Baptist Union The Baptist Union of the Chesterfield Association will meet with the Union Hill church on Friday and Saturday before the fifth Sunday in March. The following program has been arranged: 10.30 a. in Devotional led by Frank Funderburk. Enrollment of delegates. Or gani/.ation. 11 a. m. Introductory sermon by Rev. J. B. Caston. 12 ni. Our apportionments last vear and this year by J. M. Sul irvan. 1.00 p. m. Dinner. Our non-contributing members and how to enlist them opened bv Leon Funderbulk. | 12 SiluutioiralHur Rev. B. S. Funderburg. B Foreign Missions situation m our associati >n by Kirby Kive Dinner. K. W. Cato J. M. Sulbvan lor Committee. No Newspaper Terror. When you, Mr. Smith, Mr. Jrown or Mr. Jones, hear a candidate for office dcnnnniMn.' V 1 "H lie newspapers, ask yourself his question: "What does the candidate rant of me?" Then ask these: "What does the newspaper rant of me? Is it a candidate? * it begging for m\ vote? Is le candidate running against le newspaper?" "Is there any danger of the uwspaper being elected to am ing or of getting anything out me that I don't want to give >" "Does the candidate lake me be fool enough to think that e newspaper is running ?<r m or that I am in danger of ing owned or bossed l>\ it?" Keallv, Mr. Voter, you are a ne man?otherwise you would in a padijcd cell and couldn't >te What do you think ol a ndidate whose principal effort to save you from tl)t? clutches the newspapers??The State. Phere is more art in tcMih^ ! truth than in l.vin^. X le who buys his friends pays ^ ? much for them. iome men cannot tell the th till they are drunk. "he man with horse sense netimes kicks like a mule.