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HIEVES DRIYEN HERE BY EUROPEAN WAR any of the Agencies Have Received Calls for More Guards Than Ever Before In History?Will Stay Af ter War is Over. Washington, Dec. 28.?If you hap , pen to own a jewel collection ana your tasie runs toward wearing it in vnn hart better hire a bou> J _ guard this winter. The United States is overrun with European crooks, some of them t'ie smoothest thieves on the continent. Private detective and police agen cies in New* York, Boston, Philadel phia, Washington, Chicago and other big centers are looking forward to one of the most active ysars in the last decade. It's all on acount ot the European war, which has made theft hardly worth while 011 a big scaie across uie naiu, In Washington, there's a detective agefacy which specializes in the guarding of guests and jewelry at big social functions. The business of this ' agency is not confined to events at the capital, for private detectives of faultless mariner and speech are sent out on "jobs" as far Wfest as Chicago by this same agency. The man who has devoted years of experience and his organization of sleuths to the protection of social leaders and their guests recently re turned from a trip that extended North to Boston and west to the Mis a3iesippi. "It's going to be a big year lor agencies like Ours," he said. "Within the past twelve months Europe has ibeen send'^g over some of the clever i ?st Jewelf* thieves this country has ?ver seen, and they have only come ^Eere when it was clear that robbery as a profession was up against hard times abroad unti: the war wa, over. War Dro Out Crooks. i "These crooks saw, at the close ot| the first year of the war," said this! detective, "that the big conflict hal put them out of the running, simply because it had placed a ban on extravagant functions in European society. Additionally, the habit of thrift is forcing itself upon all class-: es of Europen society n^w and the ?- c ?cimnlnat Wearing XJL 111VI C Ciiau kliC K7iiuy&vuv assortment of jewelry at afternoon and evening affairs is considered al-1 most bad taste. It was generally be-! lieved there, however, that the war I would not run longer than two years] and the biggest criminals preferred j to lay low for a time, waiting for | peace. Just get it perfectly clear in I your mind tliat the finished Euro- ( pean crimanal is not anxious to oper ate in the United States. "As a rule," said the detective, "the language puzzies aim, ms acctjuu marks him as a foreigner and besides j he's not next to the little ins and oute of our police systems. Ke pre fers to stay in Europe for the same reason that a real chorus girl, pre fers to stay on Broadway. It's almost ^demeaning to his art to be forced to seek new fields of operation.*' "Within the past year, though/' this man said, "it has become appar ent that efforts to predict the time the war will end are rather futile and a lay-off of more than a year is out of the question for most of these smooth-fingered boys. So they're com-; 3ng over here, and unless society peo-| pie keep on their toes, so to speak,; there will be some big hauls pulled; off before spring. The enormous war j export trade of the United States in munitions, foodstuffs and the like has created a brand new crop of 'war: millionaires,' and it must not be thought that these gentlemen of crime from across the Atlantic are ignorant of that fact. It was just on^ { -of the reasons why they came, and; continue to come/' D>ont Bum Grass and Lea?es Clemson College, S. C., Dec. 29.? We do not have a surplus of fer tility in South Carolina, so why are we so foolish, as to waste valuable humus by burning grass and leaves? Planters will spend money for ex pensive fertilizers, and yet they could save part of it by taking care of these surplus vegetable foods. Florists and horticulturists gather leaves from woods and groves and convert them into high grade ferti-j lizei^. These specialists realize their; value. The leaves are heaped up and allowed to decay or compost. Sod can also be composited by; being piled in a square heap withj the roots up and the grass down.j When, this composts, which is usu-j ally in the spring after the summer1 or fall that the sod was heaped up,! the same is used in place of ex- j pensive fertilizers. We have tons of this rich material all over thai State, still we prefer to spend money] on commercial fertilizers. Have you learned that you can j get more value trom commercial ier-j tilizers when there is plenty or hu-; mus in the land? You have no; doubt heard of soils that are "fer-! tilizer sick." These soils are usu- \ ally lacking in humus, or decaying j vegetable matter like the leaves,; scrass and sods we have mentioned. They have not the proper medium for the development of the soil br.c teria. These bacteria, as well as the acids and grass which they! "hpln hrcnlr dnwri tho ^nm- i mercial fertilizers and change them j into plant food that can be utilized | and assimilated by the growing j olants. Commercial fertilizers must | have organic matter or humus in j the soil on which they are applied in. order to get the most out of them; in fact, when the soil lacfcs humus, the use of commercial for- j tilizer gives almost no increased re turn. TKAT? FOR OKLY $1.30. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE BILLY SUNDAY IS FACING HARD FIGHT Broadway V?"ill Do Utmost ta Defeat tiie i>aseoali E^aji^eiist in his Campaign spring; Sew York, Dec. 28.? (By George Martm, 'ciiiuu ijeas stan v^orrea- y, pondentj?roueriui lo/ces, both em itter and benign, are lining up here today tor the case of Billy Sunday ! versus i,roadway, Wall Street, Bohe mia, et ai, which goes to trial April i. '* r.Vbat sort of reception Sunday and Lis old time shouting Methodist ei camp meeting style will get In the world's gayest, richest, wickedest, w most material city, is the subject of much speculation among the resi- c* dents. He will be the biggest at- C< traction the Old Town has seen for tfc years; and it is predicted "that great n< mobs will literally fight to get n.-ar bis giant tabernacle. pi It will be a battle royal; and prep- tt arations are being made accordingly, th Billy and Broadway have been sparr- e? ing for position for several years; si and now at last the Evangelist is coming to fight the Devil in his own m home town. p< I Broadway, as Broadway, seems to th have paid little heed to Sunday's tfc plans. But scratch the surface and you find that what Cyclone Davis calls The Boys of Booze and Booule are not asleep. , ^ Organizing >"Ow. : tb | The belligerent Billy, though busy , io rofll ] 1V i Yl 1 in UUOIUU lO if utvuiiitj vu. ^ ; every move in his preliminary cam paign here. Already a small army {j1 of Sundayites are organizing the Big ( Town. On January 14th a brigade of the evangelist's most remarkable n trail hitters from every city he has invaded, will march on the metrop oils and take it by storm. This is m ! one of many of the preliminaries cai- 6t | ciliated to create atmosphere for *a I Billy's coming. j "Billy Sunday, Incorporated," with M John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as one of ar the principal stockholders, is official- *a ly in existence in New York 'City, cc Plane fnr thn. prention of the mammoth so tabernacle, the great pine and fiaw-(H< dust temple for the spiritually un- m washed are well under way. -Soon it ti] will rear its rough hewn dome above the Upper Manhattan hinterland of ar ; that Great and Gay White Way whos^ cr gleaming searchlights ever beckon thv es pleasure lorn from the far four cor-.gr ! ners of the earth. j m Committeemen and women Are eE divided the city into sections rJJ the1 & population into classes for organlza-i tion on a houee to house and man to1 m man basis. Mrs. William Asher, for ^ instance, has charge of all work among co New York scrubwomen, domestics, ja factory girls and hospital nurses. ( No one has been neglected. Bible meetings and' song services will be ^ held daily on the New York Curb and .g at the portals of the New York Stock! Exchange. Wall Street will be comb-| ed for the spiritually unwashed. Th'at j work is even now under way. Chance of Lifetime. Unquestionably, Sunday faces the chance of a lifetime in Seyr York, j Here will be Broadway, /Citadel of j Champagne and home of foe Sinful Fi Supper; Wall Street, whose hall mark is Midas shearing a Lamb; Bo hemia with its loose leaf ledger weddings, its lavender souls and sun TI god cults; The slums, steeped in squalor and degradation from which ce uptown respectively distills pure th gold; The home of the gunman with! vi his regular scale of murder prices fr< and of the painted lady who drives. ex her limoueine and reckons her in-j ro cdme in six figures. All these and' br more are here for Sunday to -deal Ifc with. j m Homer Radeheaver, Sunday's choir; wi director, expects to organize a double F< choir of 8,000 to 10,000 voices. j ol? George C. Dowie will lead ths'wi prize tail hitters from Philadelphia1 nd elsewhere, some of them having' m< een converted seven years ago. ga These will be used to prove that Sun- an day conversions are not "flash in the ye pan" work. | At Nothing is being left undone to th pave the way for Sunday's triumph- is ant advance upon New York; nor, on fo: the other hand, is anything left un-j 1 done to circumvent his efforts. j fr< ? j en Keller-Folk. j Winnsboro News and Herald. I ' A wedding of much interest was the' uniting in marriage of Miss Ruth Stark 1 Keller to Mr. Wm. Andrew Folk on i ]/ Christmas eve at the bride's home, j ? with her aunts, Misses Nancy 0. and 1 Rosa Virginia Keller, in the Cro3by-| ville community. The home was neat-; ly and tastefully decorated, and all . cf the appointments were in accord.m; with the bride's loveliness and grace. s The marriage ceremonv was per- m' formed bv the Rev. E. ^D. iWtells. the; bride s pastor. Only the immediate, family and a few intimate friends. were present. The bride wore a girlish costume of nr blue taffeta silk with gold trimmings, j Miss Floride Keller was maid of lion- j bl; or, and Mr. Jim Keller was best man.; w< After the marriage the guests were! invited into the spacious dining room er and served to an old fashioned tur- j key dinner. j th The bride is an attractive and ac- j compnsned young woman, and aas a au host of friends who will felicitate her T1 on this happy event. it The groom is one of Newberry 31 county's progressive and successful cc young farmers, and after spending in happy young couple will leave for Pa Christmas at the bride's home the their future home near Pomaria. A Pard ?f Thanks. fu We take this means to thank our | in fri^nrlo for their L-irirJ QMe anrl wnrrl? i and letters of consolation dnring the > cc sad. tra~i- death of our swe;-t little! " Elizabeth - Dr. and Mrs. T. H. iWecjaman. li; i Li 311 IS DANGER [ fflB FDR SOUTH; I } wenty Million Bales More Likely Than Twenty Cents a Pound, Says Hastings. At:?:'.'a, Ga.?(Special)?That 1917 a "danger year" for the south, and iat there is "dynamite in the pres lt cotton situation f"r the cotton owirig farmer," are the warning ords used by H. G. Hastings, presi *nt of the Southeastern Fair Asso ation and the Georgia Chamber of Dmmerce, in an interview given to I te newspapers here urging farmers )t to increase their cotton acreage. ! "Eighteen to twenty cent cotton at anting time in spring," he says, "is te bait that will lure hundreds of tousands of farmers in the south to ten prui in a. ibw cAua auwu ^ icmld nature smile on the crop as in s 114, we will come nearer a twenty , r illion bale crop than 20 cents per, t )und, fcr evidence multiplie, daily i iat they are 'planting right up to ! I le graveyard/ as it is sometimes ex-'s essed. I i "On tie Hastings farm we don't ex- i t jet to put in an acre more of cotton < a tan we did last year, because we j v ink it a time above all others to ay safe. What we will increase to i? limit of our ability will be food, ain and forage, beef cattle and >gs. ' "The safe way is to first supply all ieds of family and stock from one s | rn acres, and then put surplus acre-. ;e in cotton. With bread and meat i hand, and a garden producing j eadily through spring, summer and I 11; with home canned vegetables and | * uits on closet snelves for winter ta- j x e use; with corn in the crib and hay i 1 id fodder in the barn or stack, the ^ rmer can be largely independent of ^ >tton prices in the fall. The farmer ^ > provided for is never 'distressed.' e can sit on his cotton bales with ind at ease, and sell in his own good ! J ne when prices are right. "With labor comparatively scarce ( id fertilizer high, any material in ease in cotton acreage must nec sarily be at the expense of food and ain acres that are in reality far ore responsible for the sotfh's pres it prosperity than is 18 to 20 cent tton. "Memories are short, but wise far ers need only to look back to 1914 id see the disaster due to too much >tton that ean't be eaten, and the ok of food that one must eat. I re iat this year of 1917, is a danger &r. Any farmer who increases cot- j n acreage and cuts food crop acres ' gambling with the cards stacked ;ainst him." CO>EE OFFICERS TO BE BURIED SOO> I meral Services ?11 Probably Be Held Sunday at Sentca and Kfebland. le State. ' Walhalla, Dec. 29.?A dispatch, re ived here this afternoon stated that e bodies of Sheriff Davis and super sor Foster were hent at 12:50 today r>m Elizabeth. N. Y. The bodies are :pected to reach Seneca on tomor-j w morning and both bodies will be j ought to Walhalla at once. Sheriff ivis will be buried at Seneca and embers of the sheriffs' association ill act as pallbearers. Supervisor >ster will be buried at Richland, hi9 d home, and Oconee county officer? ill act as pellbearers. No once in Walhalla believes for a Dment that these men blew out the J ii ,s. Both have traveled extensively ft Mr. Foster used ?as for three ars in his home while residing in J lanta. It is known how much money, e officers carried with them and *:t! expected that it will be accounted1 r- I Two cards were received here todav )m Supervisor Foster addressed to lployes of the county. They were' ritten and mailed at Trenton, N.j on Wednesday at 9 p. m. While no definite hour for the fnn-j al services has been announced yet is probable that both officers will t buri'rt Sunday at different iiours. j leriff Davis was a member of tho alhalla Baptist church and Super - sor Foster of the Methodist church, le families of both men are receiv g many letters and telegrams ol, mpathy. Among these was a mes age from Gov. Manning. \ewspaper Blanket. :change. How many have ever heard of a; wspaper blanket? Even people; !io have downy comforts and fine! ankets find it impossible to keep j irm on a cold night. Take two, e^ts?worn ones will do?have sev- i al newspapers?the more the bet-! r?tack (or baste) them two or! ree layers thick all over one of th?; leets. Use common wrapping twine td a darning needle to fasten them, len lay the other sheet on and tack j here and there to the newspapers, j id sew the edges roughly with a j ?rd to make it more compact. Tt is j jpossible for air to penetrate the | iper. \ Brieht Tdea. Litflo .Tune's father had just re- j rned from the s^ore and was open-11 r ?omp sheets of stiekv fly paper. J | "Oh. nana." she said, "down at thclj >rner grocery you cm ret *h > naper|| ith rbq n'reatfv caiieht. Thevjj ave lots of it in the window."? g rooklyn Eagle. rwo ME> SHOT TO DEATH BY PROMINENT FAR3TEK I. A. Preacher and Keb Nettles Killed by P. ;?*. Lightsey at His Home Five Miles From Urunson Following At tempt of Tenant to Leave Planta tion, lie State. Brunson, Dec. 29.? H. A. Preacher nd Keb Nettles wero. killed by P. W.. ?ightsey, a substantial farmer, at the lome of the latter about five miles rom Brunscn, this morning about 11 ''clock. The killing took place in >ightseys house and yard, and the capon used was a double barrel hotgun loaded with buck shot. The men involved arc prominent and all ave families. Accounts obtainable indicate tliat teacher, who wag. about 36 years if age, and who was a rural free elivery carrier, went to the Light ey plantation with a view of moving Settles, who was a tenant on Light ey's place. Nettles, it is said, was ndebted to Lightsey _to, the"'extent of everal hundred dollars and for this eason Lightsey objected when Net les started to move. Early this morn ng Lightsey telephoned Sheriff J. Ifcrman Lightsey at Brunson and aid that he felt lii^ life was in dan ;er and asked the sheriff to come o his protection. Sheriff Lightsey nd a deputy, Eric Harrison, both of rhom were present when " the shoot cg occurred, went to the Lightsey arm, and tried to dissuade Preacher .nd Nettles' from entering Lightsey's premises, but could do nothing with hem. Witnesses say that about 11 o'clock teacher and Nettles, each with a evolver in hand, enterted Lightsey's ard, Preacher in front of Nettles, .ightsey was in the house and when Preacher walked upon the porch Jghtsey shot him twice through a vindow. Lightsey then came out on he porch and it is said that Nettles wheeled toward him and Lightsey shot Settles twice. Lightsey then surren [ered to the sheriff and was taken to Tamr>tnn. t.hp Annntv coat H. A. Preacher, a life long resident if Brunson, and who is from one of he oldest and most respected fami ies of this community, leaves a wife .nd four children. He had been a ural free delivery carrier from Brnn on about six years. Keh N'pttles. who wjlr about 43 vpatb >f age, came to Hampton county from 'olleton county, and has been a ten nt on the Lightsey place for about wo years. He, too,. leaves a wife ,nd several children. Perry W. Lightsey, about bO years >f age, is a native of this county, le has large family connections and b a man of influence. PLANTER KILLED BY OWX CAR W. B. Yarborongh of Darlington Coun ty Meets Tragie Fate on Christ mas Day. Hartsville, Dec. 2$.*?W. B. Yar lorough, a planter 33 years of age, f the Philadelphia section of Dar ington county was killed in a pecu iar manner last-night on a public oad near Bethel school in the Flynns 'roes Road section six milea from lartsville. Mr. and Mrs. Yarbcrough md children had been to spend "hristmas day with Mrs. * Yarbor ugh's mother, Mrh. Gibson, and rere returning home when the ac ident occurred. The car came to a >aper. top. Mr. Yarborough, forgetting to ap >ly the brake, got out and cranked he machine, which lurched forward, uddenly running over him. Hia TVi r. ontAHAliilft tTVA. dJ> Ui x uv> ?uvviMvw?Av hen continued a short distance into field. Mrs. Yarborough and rhil ren were uninjured. He was an idustrions farmer. Speaking of Names. When the priest was about to chris ?n the baby he asked: "What do you rish to name the child?" "Hazel." replied the sponsor. "Glory to Saint Patrick." said the riest; "there's hundreds of good owld aints' names, and they want to nam^ lis child after a nut."?Life. SHOE In addition holstering we to date mi SHOES, in cl pairs while Pricee right line see us. RHODES SCHOLAR ALEXANDER DICK (Committee of Selection Appoints Col lege of Charleston Ainmnns to Post. Alexander C. Dick of Hartsville was i designated yesterday as a Rhodes j. scuuieu uum cuuhi ^diunua ai \j : ford university, England, for the 1 three year period beginning next October. The choice was made from among the qualified applicants by the South Carolina committee on selec tion, consisting of Lewis Parke Ciiam | berlayne, University of South Caro : li-na-,- chairman and secretary; Willis H.-Bocock; dean and professor of Greek in the University of Georgia, 'and J. Henry Harms, president of Newberry college." ?>r?. Chamberlayne and Bocock are ; permanent meinb''1*:6- latter-hav ' ing recently been appointed ,in the ' place of Chancellor Barrow o? the : University of Georgia, resigned. ' Dr. Harnis i& one of the "rotary" mem bers-of the committee.- The next-will be a representative of tWofford col lege: ah 01 tne members vr*>re in Columbia yesterday. ! Mr. Dick is" 23 years "of age and at present is assistant- professor of i English in the North .Carolina Agri cultural and Mechanical college at i Raleigh. He was graduated in 1915 I from the College of Charleston. | SPLENDID CHANCE FOB SEA LOYERS j Battleships and Coast Stations Will Be Tsed for Instrnction of Chilians. Washington, Dec. 28.?Ample op I portunity for young men from South Carolina, 10,000 of them if there are ! that many, to get a good taste of Uncle Sam's sea service during the coming year is going to be given them. This naval training is expect ed to be the most 'omplete thing of its kind which the navy department has ever undertaken, according to plans which have been announced : here. | I l is propose.! to us3 12 reserve battleships for a summer cruise, the establishment of coa3t training camps at San Francisco, Chicago, Norfolk, md^the organization of motor boat squadron composed of owners of ! private motor craft, is aleo contem j plated. 1 .A; tentative schedule drawn up by tha noirv ^nartmont nrnirfH^a fr\T i i>uv **w ' j ux yw* vm v yi w t iuvo iv/i wm ? , opening of the camps and the atari of the cruise of July 2, the training ' course in each instance to extend to ; August 4. MoVlization of motor boat ( squadrons for manoeuvres will take I place ?arly in August, and it is pro I posed to have civilians take part in all these naval operations. There will also be a winter train ing course similar to the summer cruise and this will be taken on bat [ tleships a* either the Philadelphia or j the New York navy yard. j The summer cruise which will be similar to the John Paul Jones cruise j of last year, in which about 2.000 civilians were ffiven training, will probably be held again this year. It will cost each man taking part in this work abont $30, but congress will be asked to authorize enrollment of those who qualify in the naval volunteer reserve for one 3*ear, with a provision that their expenses for transportation to and from the camps and for subsistence would be met by the government. At present ther? is no authority under whkh the civil ians can bind themselves for war purposes. In organizing the motor boat pa trol squadrons the navy department will carry into effect the provision of the last naval bill for authorization ' of a naval coast defuse reserve, mo torboat owners and operators taking part in these manoeuvres will be asked to join the permanent reserve, which is designated to furnish the navy with a fleet of fast armored mo tor auxiliaries for use along the coasts and particularly adapted for attack ing submarines. It is the belief of the navy depart ment officials that this programme will prove most interesting to those who wish to learn something of navy I life at a very small cost. ;repai . to repairing ha have added mc achinery for large of an E vnn wait. Gi\ For Hardwc mum ifLHUS f f More Kind Words. Baptist Courier. The order of business was read and adopted. The pastor introduced the mayor of Newberry, Mr. Z. F. Wright. In his address of welcome Mr. Weight was very humorous and was well re ceived. "One of the evidences that I the Baptists are a great people," said the speaker, "is that I told the com j mittee to send me some common peo | pie just like myself and they s*Bl j me Dr. John E. White, of '-Anderson; ! Dr. Poteat and Rev. J. I. Allen. It I these are common people, I know you are a great people.' Tne .speaker , also believed that the Baptists are a { wonderful people. One man had wrlt ! ten that he wanted a room to himself ! and some distane from anyone else i because he snored. This wag a won ( derful man, thought the speaker, be ! cause he admitted it. Newberry was ! well prepared to entertain the Con I vention. As a proof of this the speak er said a large woman's convention 1 was entertained here and after every home had been filled and they thought; all the delegates were in, anothr wo ; man' -of 350 pounds came, and they ! entertained her also. .. mi. wiigiit sam, i uc iu?u ui that does not recognize God and his church is doomed. The cause of hu manity is at the foundation of our civic, moral and religious life. The paramount issue is civic righteousness and, civic righteousness is nothing without God." Dr. A. J. Bowers of Newberry col lege, said' that Newberry has every reason to be proud. Judge John Bel ton O'Neall, the firet lay presldwt of the convention, was a citizen of Newberry; the late Rev. Geo. A. Wright was referred to as being the. pastor of Newberry for twenty years. Dr. Bowers said that the so-palled Lu therans, and Methodists, etc., could j be what they wished but as for Elm ! he is a Baptist while the convention j of four hundred and fifty Baptists Is in the town. W. H. Hunt, Esq., the next speak er, gave a most cordial welcome to the; convention. Many times. the church had planned to have the con-, vention in Newberry before the hope was realized. RED CROSS SEALS GAVE THIS MAN 1HEW LIFE j Gratefnl Patient Tells of Good Work ! of Tnberenlosis Sanatorium and j If arse. Red Cross Seals in a Southern cfty go a long way toward supporting the anti-tuberculosis work in tn&t commu nity. How these holiday messengers ,of cheer helped a colored patient is gratefully told in the following ex tracts from a letter from the man him self: "Last February I was down in bed j very ill with tuberculosis and had j been ever since December. I had two 'severe hemorrhages and was so 1 weak I could not walk. The* doctors ' said I might live two or three months i and advised me to go to 'Colorado at once. I could not go; I had no money. A?y wife heard of the Anti-Tubercu losis association and urged me to visit tne office. I was carried up were, ; examined and propounded an advanc ed case. They began treating me, and almost immediately I commenced' to improve. I am now almost well. I have gained twelve pounds, and am holding them. I now weigh three pounds more than I ever did. I feei as well as I ever felt in my life. F am fat and strong and can do light oat of door work. "Wliile I was so very 111 the nurses visited me once every week; after I got better once every two weeks, and eontinue to visit me now, occasion ally. They furnish me with sputum cups, sanitary napkins and some med icine. Th-ey gave me a cotton mat tress for my sleeping porch and plas ty of good wholesome advice and en couragement. They taught my wif? how to nurse me, and also to tak? ccre of herself so that she may escape contracting the terrible disease. "It helped me wonderfully to know that they were really interested in my j welfar*. and were helping me to mako j this great fight for my life. "I firmly believe I got along as weTl 1 and made as much progress toward re covery a~ 1 would have made any I where. ' RING rn^ss and up tdern and up REPAIRING XPERT. Re re us a trial, ire in every 'ARE CO.