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f' VOLUME LVL, NUMBER 7. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. $2.00 A YEA*
R COUNTY BOLL WEEVIL
CONFERENCE WELL ATTENDED
I About two hundred representative
|^*farmers and business men met in conference
with the specialist from
Clemson college and the U. S. Department
of agriculture in the County
Boll Weevil conference at the court
house Thursday morning.
The meeting was called to order by
County Agent T. M. Mills and the
objects of the meeting were stated
"by Henry S. Johnson, district agent
in charge of the specialist party.
Mr. Johnson said that the object of
L the conference was to give the farmers
and business men a chance to
work out for themselves a safe farming
program for 1920. and to
accord those present the benefit of
the experience of the visiting specialist.
The management of soils in Neww-if?prrv
pountv was discussed by Mr.
Winters, who said that the farmers
must use more legumes and lime and
pay more careful attention to efficient
underdrainage and thorough break,
ing of soils.
Mr. Anderson, entomologist spoke
^;.of the damage to be expected in
^ 1920, in this county. He brought
^ out the fact that the weevil was here
^from ''now on" and that while the
^Biamage for 1920 would probably be
^Bight, no man could safely predict
JB^rom this time on as to weevil damo
cr&
^ Mr. Stokes discussed varieties of
corn and cotton. He said that the
Wannamaker strain of the Cleveland
cotton was best suited for weevil conditions.
Unless the land was infested
with wilt, in which case Covington,
Wv^Toole, or Dixie-Triumph was best.
The handling of livestock was discussed
by Mr. W. J. Shealy, and the
subject of agricultural credits was
discussed by Dr. George Y. Hunter,
k The necessity for economy and the
practice of diversified farming: was
V emphasized by Dr. Hunter.
P' A committee consisting of Messrs.
^""*15. C. Matthews, H. M. Wicker,
f Cearcre D. Brown, Jr., John M. Suber,
T. M. Mills, conferred with the
specialists and made the following
report which was adopted by a rising
^ vote:
Recommended Bo.'i Weevil and Sound
HP Farming Measures tor the Average
Farmer in Newberry County
For 1920.
Per Plow:
Eight to ten acres cotton.
Eight acres corn, beans, and peas.
Four to eight acres small grain and
peas. Fence at least four acres to
plow.
C? One acre sweet potatoes, enough
for home use and mere when caring
houses are available.
Peanuts, enough for home con^
sumption, until home market is established.
y* Alfalfa, one acre.
Garden, orchard, poultry and bees
sufficient to supply each farm with
the products.
Livestock.
Enough ho?S for home use, and
Mfeevery family a cow.
W > Elimination of all scrub sires in
livestock production.
Organization of a bull association.
Every farmer to join The National
"Better Sires, Better Stock" crusade
as quickly as he can qualify.
Without the fprowing on the farm
^ ^>f sufficient feeds and pasture crops.
Hpo livestock production is profitable.
Feed steers where possible to run
them on velvet bean fields.
. The organization of an association
of farmers ar.d other business men to
7 look after the standardization, preparation
and marketing- of the additional
money crops recommended
above for this county (when this has
not already been done.)
The expansion of the State and
?'National cotton warehouse system so
^ as to take care of the warehouse
nooHc this pnnntv.
UWV4V Every
farmer should read a good
farm paper.
This is the first time that such a
f county conference has been held and
will no doubt be the beginning of
a great cooperative effort in Newberry
cour.ty agriculture. There is
^reat need for the standardization of
breeds of livestock and of different
crops grown in the county. In fact
11 Jiaiiucii uioav-ivii itiuov MI vwuvI
any cooperative marketing of farm
I products.
I Mr. Mills, cur efficient county
L^agent, is to be congratulated on
W arranging such a meeting for the
*?nnntv.
.
PERSONAL PUARAGRAPHS
FROM WHITMIRE TOWN
Whitmire, Jan. 22.?Mr. Evans an
under graduate of the Presbyterian
Seminary in Columbia, preached to a
large and attentive congregation here
Sunday morning.
Mr. William Sherard spent a few
days of last week with his wife and
daughter in Asheville, N. C.
Miss Emmie Duncan spent tne
week-end with her parents in Clinton.
Mrs. John Lee was called to Union
to see her brother, who is quite ill in
a hospital there.
Mrs. Fuller Reese of Abbeville is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Duckett.
| Miss Mary Setzler spent the week:
end with her sister, Mrs. Hentz at
I Pomaria.
Dr. William Brackett is visiting his
family at Asheville, X. C.
Mr. Rion Gilliam and sister, Miss
Sallie Gilliam spent Sunday with
friends in Newberry.
Mr. D. D. Eison has resigned his
place in the school here and accepted
| a position in a bank in Rock Hill.j ;
Mr. and Mrs. Fox have returned
from a short visit to friends in Bam'
berg.
Miss Gertrude Leamans spent the!
week-end with her parents at Cross
Hill.
Miss Lila Teal, a student in Lanlioe
Vioon Viprp visitinc her
U CI LUllCj^C liiw vvvx ^
aunt, Mrs. J. W. Hipp. She return-1
ed to Lander today.
Mr. M. E. Abrams was out of town i
this week on a trip to High Point, j
N. C., his brother Mr. T. J. Abrams j
accompanied him.
j Rev, J. C. Roper spent a night last j
week with Mr. E. E. Child. He was!
here in the interest of the Centenary
movement.
Mrs. Ida Klugh after spending!
some time here with her daughter, I
Mrs. E. E. Child is visiting relatives
in Greenwood.
Messrs. Lawrence and Julian Welsh
and their families of Carlisle, visited j
their sister, Mrs. J. B. Pitts recently, j
Miss Joe Kay is spending some
time with friends near Jalapa. I
"Nita." |
i
Belated Marriage Notices.
We like to get marriage notices \
while new. They cannot be written '
until the minister has "pronounced 1
the benediction" and the "doxology!
has been sounded." Newspaper men j
have access to the license books in i
the probate iudsre's office, but do not,
use names beforehand because of the
old adage of "many a slip betwixt
the cun and the lip," although the
"slip'' is not of frequent occurrence j
; in Newberry. So far as The Herald j
| and News man is concerned he waits j
im-tH nvpnchpr or someone else i
sends in word of the successful affair. '
J
For these out-of-town marriages we ]
often have to wait for the officiating j
minister to return the license to the i
probate judge, as it is his duty to |
do, and to do so promptly. Some of j
them are very prompt in either in- j
forming us of the event or in return-!
! I
ing the license properly signed. One j
returned the license eleven days after
he had married a couple and the
marriage took place the same date the j
lu.prsp was issued. Please return the j
license promptly or else let the re- J
porter know of the marriage. We !
hate to be so late in mentioning!
things. j
j Cottcii 39 cents; seed $l.o5.
] Now that the days are once more j
! growing longer and the weather is j
| springlike (this is written 011 Wed-j
j nesday and is subject to change by
j Thursday), housewives are turning
| their thoughts gardenward. More
than ever since the terrible world
war began people will need good
gardens. Wise are those who see to
this important and necessary branch
of industry.
The
John Barleycorn funeral airplane,
a Curtiss biplane, passed over
Newberry at 2:20 o'clock, a little lat
? A' x ~ iw n f 1
er man vne uine xepuucu m a.
gram to Rev. J. L. Daniel from
Columbia. It was near enough to be
seen distinctly and for its motor to
be heard. Many people here who had
never seen one of these planes flying
were interested spectators.
One Case Flu.
After the paragraph in regard to
the flu was in type one case has been
reported. Mr. Jerome Harmon has
the flu and Health Officer Matthews
has quarantined the home.
[personal paragraphs
from little mountain
Little Mountain, Jan. 22.?On Sunday
evening Miss Lora Bowers of Little
Mountain and Jacob Earl Livingstone
of Pomaria, motored to the St.
j Paul's parsonage, where tney were
! married by the Rev. S. P, Koon.
Among the Little Mountaineers
who went to Newberry on Monday
I evening to see "The Million Dollar
i Doll in Paris" included. Misses
i Luetta Wheeler, Zula Stockman, Min|
nie Lee Shealy, Vanie Lake, Narvis
' Rae Setzler, Pauline Boozer and
j Lizzie Neel. Messrs. Virgil 0.
I Shealy. Carlin Shealy, Vance and
I Leon Matthews, George Derrick,
I ? i /"> rp E>^,.
J liUl'Ke iU. VVISt*, t-. 1. cliiu ivu,* liuu1
man, W. B. Wise, Horace J. and
! Elonzo Shealy.
j Misses Vanie Lake and Pauline
I Boozer spent the week-end in Pros:
perity.
Miss Nell Brady of Columbia Tisit
ed her mother, Sunday and Monday.
| Misses Nell, Elizabeth and Henry
j Fliedner of the Thornwall orphanage
I of Clinton spent Saturday with their
mother, Mrs. H. M. Fliedner.
I T T-, T-i - -.1- ID 1\X WJco n:nvn
J. 13. L/eiTK*ii ciliu i_>. .?jl II 10^ ? V i Vbusiness
visitors to Greenville on
Thursday.
C. T. Huffman, Vance Matthews
and W. B. Wise spent Sunday in
Columbia.
Mrs. Jane Derrick, Maybelle Fulmer,
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Derrick and
son, Carroll motored to Columbia
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Altha Shealy is visiting her
brother in Chapin this week.
Horace, Elonzo, Leo and Altha
Shealy spent Friday in Columbia.
Mr. B. H. Miller was a business
visitor to Chapin Tuesday.
Mrc P "R. Farele is visiting: rela
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jtives near Peak. ?
| J. B. Lathan spent Monday in
Newberry.
Double-Header.
Patrons of basketball will be given
; a chance to see plenty of basketball
! Friday night. The Indians play
| Citadel and the "Squaws," Co-eds,
t play the high school girls. Both
' games will be full of the real spirit
| and much interest will be shown from
both sexes.
! Manager Jos. J. Ropp has quite a
1 fv.it ?~ (1 s'venuous schedule which
; follows:
Jan. 10?44th Art. C. A. C. at NewI
berry.
Jan. 17?U. S. C., at Columbia.
i
Jan. 23?Citadel at Newberry.
Jan. 30 or 31. Open.
Feb. 5?Sumter Y. M. C. A. at
Sumter.
I Feb. 6?Chas. College at Charleston
Fob. 7?Citadel at Charleston.
i Feb. 9?P. C. of S. C. at Clinton.
1 Feb. 13?Clemson at Newberry.
Feb. 17?Chas. College at Newberry.
I Feb. IS?Wofrord at Spartanburg.
I Feb. 19?Clemson at Clemson.
Feb. 20?D. M. I. at Greenwood.
Feb. 23?P. C. of S. C. at Newberry.
Feb. 2G?Wofford at Newberry.
Mar. 1?U. S. C. at Newberry.
Mar. 5?Georgia Tech. at Newberry
j *B. M. I.
, *Furman.
! *Columbia Y. M. C. A.
*Tentative games.
Jos. J. Ropp,
Manager Basketball, Newberry Col1
n
iv^w.
A SAFE INVESTMENT
THAT IS PROFIT SHARING
Captain M. M. Buford at the store
of William Johnson is selling stock in
a new enterprise which has developed
the fact that there is strong evidence
of oil fields right across the Savannah
river in Georgia and if it should prove
I true there is no telling what the
stock may pay you in a very short
(time. You are sold a lot on the oil
field and the lot is yours in fee simple
whether the oil develops or not
: and if it does you share in the profits
of the company in the proportion of
! your holdings. me proposition
J seems to be a fair and just one and
the evidence is very strong also that
there are fine prospects of striking
oil in paying quantities. But Captain
' ?? ' Ml t I 1 i 1 ll
j tJuiora win De piaa 10 explain mt*
I whole plan to anyone interested.
m
Schumpert-Adams.
Miss Sumter Isolene Schumpert
and Mr. Olin J. Adams, both of
| Newberry county, were married on
the 10th instant by Rev. R. F. Cocrburn
at the O'Neall Street Methodist
parsonage.
SOME COLD WEATHER (c
OVER IN CANADA
A fellow townsman has just re- /
eeived the following rather interesting
letter from his son, who is on a
business trip up in Canada, where it
is sure enough cold all right. g
a
New Windsor Hotel f
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Canada., t
Friday Night, Jan. 1G, 1920. I
j Am out in the ice and snow in J
| reality now, arrived here Wednesday
! and the temperature was W degrees j j
| below zero. Warmest since was 14 b
; degrees below?snow about two feet t<
deep?three and four drifts. d
| This is real cold weather let me "
tell you. No need to freeze ice v
cream, just mix it together and set i1
j the freezer outside for about ten j h
j minutes. g
I am wearing- a woolen cap with E
fur ear flans which covers mv neck
i *
as well as ears?woolen gloves and | 3
socks and underclothes, also heavy i n
I cloth overshoes, called "Arties," j n
: with fleece lining:, that reach half u
way to my knees. So you see I am e
i prepared for this bitter cold weath- I
er and do not suffer as much as you v
, would think, although I haven't been c
j warm since I've been here. I think d
i I will stay - here about two or three a
| weeks but can't tell, so do not write t
J me here. ?
| Peculiar hotels here, no heat in s
jthe rooms and precious little any- c
i where. I can't get the idea at all. y
|No radiators or fireplaces in the d
rooms. It beats me, and they charge it
you $3.50 per day for the privilege
of sleeping practically out doors. a
Getting up with all the water in fl
your pitcher frozen solid is rough a
alright. I
I have to keep moving around to s
keep fairly warm. The only time I c
fret warm is at the steel slant when a
I go up to the blast furnace, then I j e
almost freeze as soon as I move c
away from it.
I But I think I can get what I came s
I after, so that is what really counts, n
J Xo wagons or autos?all sleighs, t
j sleigh bells jingling all the time, t'
i These sleighs have four runners and S
operate just same as a wagon. In i C
fact, most of them are wagons with C
j sleigh runners instead of wheels. s;
I Taxis and delivery wagons are oil T
he-e. T
Everybody skates here?ice hock- t<
ev everv nierht?hisrh schooh, col-' a
i
leges, ciiy teams and lots o_ orcfes- j
j siorals. {
j People walk across the end of the y
Ilake here into t lie United States I J
j (State of Michigan). Think I'll do j c<
j it just for the novelty of the thing, j c;
Look ^t a map and see" just where {h
I am now. j c
A large steel plant here?the j
largest in Canada. We have just j
sold them about one and a quarter h
million dollars worth of electrical' ^
equipments. |n
j Canadian money is at a discount j u
j of 7 1-4 pci* cent. Coins and bills e
are of same name and value (face)
as ours, so there is no trouble from j ^
i that source. . i ^
1 i * cl
j A shave costs 2"> cents here, so
you see that the price of living is no ^
lower than in the United States.
Eighteen degrees below this morn- a
i in? and about 10 degrees below at
i noon, so you see that it is still sold. 0
j Big snow storm predicted for tomor- a
! vrnv unrl Sntif'sv ^
j How these people stand this cold j ^
weather is bevond me. ! ?
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II
i Another travelins: man tellimr; a
i " l *
; about the cold up there?said some- j ^
j times you would be walking along, j *
j muffled up with wolf-skin cap down j
j to eye-brows, over ears, around neck j
! and up to mouth,?and some stranger i
! would touch you on the arm and say, \
"Brother your nose is frozen." Z
d
Homicide Near Kinards. ! V
Emma Simmons, colored, was killed n
at the home of one of her relatives E
in the lower part of the county, near r
Kinards, Saturday night by her hus- f<
band, Lee Simmons, the difficulty fol- F
lowing the separation of the two ri
about two weeks ago. The killing
was done with an axe, the negro man f<
evidently striking his wife a terrific P
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blow on tne neaa wnn me snarp u
edpre driving a deep wedge in her ti
skull. He made his escape imme- t*
diately after the crime and although ?
search has been made for him for the T
past three days he has so far eluded S
arrest.?Laurens Advertiser. ^
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IIRL OF MYSTERY
PUZZLES POLICE
Arrested in Atlanta Wearing Aviator's
Garb?Identity in Doubt.
Atlanta, Jan. 21.?A young woman
arbed as an aviator was being held
t police station here tonight, while
rankly puzzled police sought to deermine
whether she is Jeanne Anna
)eKayt missing protege of Jane
tddams of Hull House, Chicago.
The girl fits press descriptions of
liss ueivay except mat ner nair is
iobbed and the word "Helen" is tatooed
on her arm. Under quizzing toay,
police said she first declared she
knew" Miss DeKay, then said she
/as Miss DeKay, and tonight denied
t. Newspaper men who talked with
ier told the same story. She first
ave her name as Jeanne DeLonge,
ieigian wiaow.
The young woman was arrested
Iondav because she was wearing
lien's clothing on the streets, but she
nerely happened to come out in her
niform. She showed such a knowldge
of airplanes that Police Chief
leavers freed her. Yesterday she
ras arrested again and a blanket
harge of "disorderly conduct" was
ocketed against her as the result of
?? ? i-'U* l^kViir a# n A rwim _
pptjill Illji ill 111C 1UUUJI vx ct uv t<
own hotel in men's attire. Today
hey started to investigate whether
he was Miss DeKay and communiated
with Chicago authorities. The
oung woman will be held pending
efinite determination of. her identity,
i was said.
The girl who is held here ffrst s,aid,
ccording to the police, that she wa?
ying in the interest of recruiting
nd was on her way to Pensacola. CoL
i. M. Bailey of the army recruiting
ervice declared tonight she was not
onnected with the army m any way,
nd later she said she had been giving
xhibition flights and was not offiially
connected with recruiting.
Police said that while still denying
he was Miss DeKay, the young wolan
said she came to America about;
wo years ago and had spent most of j
he time with relatives in Montana. I
he met Jeanne Anne DeKay in
,'hicago and went from there to
olumbus, Ohio, they quoted her as
aying. From there she started to
'ensacola, and was arrested here.,
'he "disorderly conduct' charges are
o be heard in police court tomorrow
fternoon.
Charlotte. N. C., Jan. 21.?A
our.g woman giving her name as j
eanne DeLonge and wearing the!
ostume of an aviator made her esape
last week from the city prison
ere, whore she was being held on a
harge of beating a board bill at a
>cal hotel.
A young woman who accompanied I
er here was sent to a detention '
ome. She said her companion was j
ot Jeane DeLonge, but Helen Wiley !
f Morganton, W. Va. The prisoner J
?r?npd bv breaking through a win-}
o\v and descending a fire escape,
ater she was reported as wanted by
le police in Gaffney, S. C., on a
harge of failure to pay a board bill, i
rhile here she told the police spectaclar
stories of experiences as an
viatrix in France during the war.
Chicago, Jan. 21.?The description
f the woman being held by the police
t Atlanta, Ga., does not correspond
rith that of Jeanne Anna DeKay, it
as .said tonight at Hull House. j
Miss Jane Addams had departed j
rom the city, but an official at Hull 1
[ouse said that a description of ihe i
itlanta woman, contained in a tcic-;
ram received today, did nor. tally j
-ith Miss DeKav's.
W. M. S. of Mt. Zion.
Mrs. G. W. Suber entertained the
Roman's Missionary society of Mt.
ion church at her home last Thursay
afternoon. Devotional exercises
'ere conducted by Mrs. J. R. Spearlan.
The topic was, "Channels of
llessings." Bible references were
ead by all the members. This was
*
flowed Wltn prayer uy ;uxs.
oy. Six members responded to the
:>11 call.
The following officers were elected
jr the year, Mrs. J. R. Spearman,
resident; Miss Reka Schultz, treasrer;
Mrs. Claude Foy, assistant .
easurer; Mrs. G. W. Suber, secre- iry.
The next meeting will be held i
hursday afternoon before the 3rd
unday in February, at 2 o'clock with <
[rs. J. F. Stephens.
After all business was transacted 1
e cream and cake was served. ]
AUTO TRIP FROM CHAPPELLS
TO TAMPA, FLORIDA
On Friday the 16th, we left Chappells,
S. C., for Tampa, Fla. We had
it tough Friday, as you remember it *
was raining. We went from Chappells
to Newberry and from Newberry
to Augusta, Ga., via Aiken and
spent Friday night in Augusta, which
was about one hundred and twentyfive
miles we drove Friday. Saturday
morning we left for Waycross
with the intention of spending Saturday
night in Waycross. We made
it fine until we got to the Altahama
river. There we found we had to
cross the river by ferry and the road
was bad. There we met a Mr. Bryan
from Sumter, S. C., on his way to
]VIiami. We spent several hours there
as the road was bad getting into the
river. As we were delayed we had to
spend the night in Baxley, Ga.
Sunday morning we left for Lake
/^1-Lmm T71 Tk A M TVf AW/loir tl.'A 1 Q'ff
vliy, r iuiiua. men ^uvuviaj ivav
for Webster, Fla.
We got to Webster just before
dark and found a fine Florida supper
with our sister. It may surprise
you, but we had all kinds of vegetables
for supper. Now these vegetables
were grown on our brother-inlaw's
truck farm. We saw all kinds
of truck growing down there, such
as beans, cucumbers, squash and
cabbage. Some of these fields of
cabbage have at least twenty acres in
them. You can see all kinds of
oranges and too they are cheap, five
for five cents, and in South Carolina
they are five cents apiece.
We had an enjoyable trip, the car
ran ftyej the only trouble we had
was one puncture. The top soil
roads are fine in Floirida, but if you
get off the top soil roads, you can't
make much time as the sand ruts are
so deep and winding about. The
people here in Webster are voting
bonds to build hard roads and I can't
see why the people of Newberry
county and state of South Carolina
don't vote bonds to build hard roads.
This route that we traveled is the
most direct route to Tampa and all
points South of Tarnpa.
I just know somebody will say I
am joking when I say I am in my
shirt sleeves this morning and have
not pot any fire. Well you doivt need
any fire, as the weather is warm
enough without any. Yesterday it
\t-oc cn wa Tintil wripn T ctonned on
the street I would hur.t shade to
stand in. My brother Carey S.
Dominick will spend the re->t of the
winter in Florida. I will be back to
my garage in Chappslls by Saturday
the 24th.
Hayne W. Dominick.
An Old Mand And a Beautiful Girl.
Wednesday's mail brought to this
office a letter from Greenville signed
"S." It contained the pleasant information
that the next day, ThursHoi
wmilrl hp ".Tmhre" W. G. Peter
son's 76th birthday and that he "had
an engagement to enjoy a birthday
dinner with a beautiful young lady."
Our informant was not satisfied with
this but he "perpetrated" the following
on his old friend: "It seems
to us that the judge, being young
enough to have the guest of a beautiful
young lady at his birthday
dinner, ought to be able to dodge
1 ^T J/v
automoones. :\ow wnai uu
think of that? We knew that Judge
Peterson was in Greenville to have
his eyes treated; we didn't know he
went there to dine with beautiful
girls. Of course we don't blame him,
or either wonder at it. No man gets
too old to enjoy eating with a beautiful
girl. The judge is just 76 years
young. Go it, judge, while you are
young. We hope he enjoyed the meal
as well as the charming presence of
the inspiring guest Thursday.
Death of an Elderly Maiden Woman.
Miss Elvira McCullough died at the
home of her nephew, Mr. J. Henry
McCullough, in West End on Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, and was
buried at Trinity on Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, service by Rev. .
Mr. Anderson. Miss McCullough was
74 years old. She is survived by one
brother in Texas.
We know that Street Superintendent
Joe Werts has a good deal of
work to do and is kept busy,, and that
he cannot be everywhere at the same
time, but we invite him to walk along
Harrington street from College to
Calhoun, just after the next rain. He
will see that the ladies have a hard
time with their shoes in the sticky
mud.