The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 24, 1920, Page SEVEN, Image 7
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' . -; GOOD OLD TIMES
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?I>KOF. WINDY SPIEL delivered a
JL fine lecture last;evening," said
Mrs. Jameswortby. "He held up to
scorn the pessimist who soys .the
world isn't getting better, and de- j
tcribed conditions as they were a hun- '
> dred years ago. 'i
j|jP|jpv. Then people traveled
on foot or on 1
worthy, "and for that reason I think
<l the old times were better than the
present. I only wish the old conditions
could be restored/ A hundred
years ago cii6^aj^Tie^> man fiad iio
\ reason to "dfttect''"%e fcoorhouse. It
was jtracticaay. impels:ype ior women
to be extrai&gant then.">Jtt they wanted
to blow litems elves, ;hey bad to go
to ,town, and in or<te?yto-get to town
they bad to ride, in old. coaches which
weren't a& comfactable, as a modern
hayrack. x , /,
"The woman of a bttMred years ago ?
couldn't lean back in an easy chair
%. and orders, boadred dollars' worth of ,
jirak by phone. If she ordered by
letter. It fooir the letter three weeks j
to get anywhere,aad~by the time the (
goods arrived they were out of date; ,
andr she had to send them hack. It (
would 8$ a great blessing if things ,
were that .way -new*.
"Bat the modern married woman .
ha* the softest snap ever invented, '
i > ' Mrs. Jamesw&iliy;. If she happens to j "
* be too lazy to put on her brass-mount- j5
ed harness and so downtown to do her 1
'4 topping, she has that" great modem j'
convenience at her elbow. It isn'tj1
S?p necessary 'fowHike herself presentable J
to do her "^hopping: She sits down 1
with an oiw. wrapper on, and her top- 1
knot askew,, aittf her month full of 1
hairpins, :w^_cali9 *uj> the butcher and 1
baker ancf ^candlestick maker, and qi^ i
\ tiers everything1 thpy have in their <
joints, and has it charged to her hus- 1
band. (
"Ai? yo"ur" sway-backed professor 1
said, a s&ort; journey* was a serious. 3
business in .the old days, and as a result
neonle^aTOcf Jiome and attended j <
to their fitting. If ^ woman jour- I
deye? nine miles iir one of '.the'. old* ]
time corcHcs she hoda backache for <
three weefcs, cod so &?*{&? of going J
I away from, home didn't fill he/ with
enthusiasm, But nowadays traveling i
Is a luxury. AU a woman has/to do :3
is to bold op4 iter husband for the fare, <
and then tbe; urbane railway people {
do the rest, and make everything so <
^ comfcitable for her that she hates the <
Idea offerer returning home. And be- ]
cause of this Toxuit, women are former
hunting up excuses for a trip ,
somewhere: ITersmftti told me the j
other day that his wife traveled three j
i hutMlred. mHes arid T?ack-to match a
ribbon, the loc8l storesnot having the f
l exact shatte she wanted. Kersmlth'is j
* just about three cubits ahead of the
\ sheriff, and hfe wife knows it, but she
wouldn't let a small matter like that \
Interfere with her trip. ;
"In the IsaMw da^s people used to
/ tirilow candles and>4re aH the better 1
for it Tt?ce was no satisfaction in j
reading by a candle, so men didn't '
^ blow in th sir substance for fool books !
and magazine?. The candles kicked
up such a smelf that they were eitintuiafegd
as ear^y as possible, and so I
K - -i'j-*/"?i. ? |
*7no money was wasreu. imuw **? ua>o
the electric light, is a great eon-. ;
veilicnee. ft is such a thundering con *i
venience, Mrs. Jamesworthy. that-it is !
greasing {l:e road to the poorhouse for
- ^ innumerable heartsick husfcanfls. The :
average citizen finds it impossible to '
convince 1 is wife and taughcers and '
W other female relatives that'the electric
8ft juice costs money, and so his home is *
illuminated from basoment to garret
every ni^hf. Few women remember to
H turn off the light after having it tnrnHjp
cd on. If I drop dead of heart failure
one of these days, it wDibe when look- 1
'?ng over the electric light bill. In the ;
the old days, and the j I
1 ^ young days, and the middle-area
&&*?' cried Mrs. Jainesrvorthy.
That Depends. j
'1 W *l^on ^D0VT? i?.v dear fellow, we j
*; ^really gain by-our trials* in life."
I f W "That depends on the kind of law- <,
-Afer you employ."
[r He Started Early.
Mozart began composing at an ear- j
r WY 4fer asre than anybody else on record, j
- 74t four he was erhibitert as an imam
I Prodigy, and at five lie composed <"on<*rtos.
When he was eleven he wrote
\ L *6 opera pouSe.
j. . '-pi;- Co-ed
at the Start
( Of tlie three oldest universities in
JsH-ern Earope? Saiern.o,.Bologna and
Pans?two were open ftoia the first
t#r women. Those weip Saiera? and
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ECONOMIC C80P
YIELDS NECESSARY
CHEAPEST YIELDS ARE THE!
LARGEST YIELDS PER ACRE,
? SAYS SOUTHERN AGRICUL- A
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TURAL AUTHORITY ; JS j
I
ft Take a Greater Amount of Crop Returns
to Cover Production Cost
Now; Therefore High Yields
Per Acre Are Necessary if
the Farmer Is to Ob?
I
^ " tain Profits
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jjH?^HMngKggH9?| oi crops, receaily
said that de
J. N. HARPER flalioa of prices j
had hurt the farmer more than any .
oilier class, and that on this account .
the farmer is entitled to every consid- i
eration within reason. '
At such a time as this when the
farmer is facing tbe problem of which
crops to'grow, and how much he can
venture to spend in their production.
Mr. Harper says.\liat he. as a farmer
bimself, knows that it is the most dif- <
ficult situation of the kind he has ever <
confronted. ' i
. This is the way this .agricultural <
authority figures out the proposition i
of profitable crop production in 1921: 1
"Grow enough food aud feed crops ^
to supply as far as possible the needs '
of the family, the tenants and livestock..
Then pick'out the kind of cash ]
crops that seem to offer the best pros- 1
pects. 1
"Cotton will always be one of the :
bfcst cash crops that a Southern farm- \
e? can grow. No cotton farmer caii, 1
ifforfl to throw cotton a!sfde altogether.'
:
f $
4(T% 4. !J i. 1- _ 11.. ^wl..
r>ui cuiion suuuiu nui ue uie unij
cash crop. It would only bo another j
case of carrying all tho eggs in one j
basket. It is better to go to market
with more than one crop. Among 1
these othar crops are peanuts, legume
btays, tobacco, sweet potatoes, sugar (
sane, sorghum, riee and perhaps other 1
:rops. In addition there should be 3
i gradual adding, as means will allow, j
jf more livestock, beginning with hogs
preferably and taking on other ani- j
xtals as soon as possible. j
"In facing; the problem of profitable srop
production for the year 1921. two j
facts must be considered. (1) Crop ]
prices are low, $) Crop producing \
expenses have not fallen correspond-,
ingiy. v ,
'"nie'farmer must remember that '<
ft-hen crop prices are low, -it takes <
more of the crops to cover the pro- i
juction cost. This narrows the mar- i
gin of profits. Therefore, if a farrabr
ioeB not look well to keeping up his
icre yields; there will be no margin i
left above the cost of production. '
"Always, .the most expensive yields '
ire the low/yields and the most re- '
inui^erative are the high yields. It [
f)ioro arp InnnpR tn hp siicttninorl
was the casejn 1920, tlie farmer who
jrew the greatest yields per acre lost
Least. \ ..
"A safe and sane policy that needs
especial emphasis for 1921, is: 'Guard j
your profits with high acre yields.'
mis involves good preparation of the !
seed bed, the use of high producing
seed, liberal fertilization and thorough '
cultivation. A neglect to employ any
one of these to the proper extent may
mean that the farmer will find himself
poorer at the end of. the season
than at' the beginning. v.
"Labor is the greatest item of cost ,
In producing a crop yield. It must
be used to the extent of thorough cultivation.
Fertilizers are next in the
list of cost it ?ms. Since high yields
per acre are so essential in times of
low prices of crops, and since fertiliz
ers increase acre yields more than anything
else, they cannot be reduced in
1921. In fact, it may be that they will
have to be depended upon more than
ever, to make acre yields that will
be profitable.
"An investment in good seed is one
of tfce best that a farmer can make
at any time.
"In a word, this is a time lor farm
efficiency, faith and courage. These
virtues exercised, the farmer will
emerge from the. post-war struggle victoriously."
"
CALCIUM ARSENATE TREATMENT
An idea of the benefit gained by
application of the calcium arsenate
treatment developed and recommended
by the United States Department [
of Agriculture against the cotton-boll -I
weevil is found in the experience of j
a large planter at Tallulah, La. With j
the exception of certain test plats, this
man's entire acreage was dusted with j
calcium arsenate, the cost being $9.20 !
an acre. He obtained an average yield !
of 1,215 pounds of seed cotton to the
acre on the iand surrounding the test
plats, while these unpoisoned test j
plats averaged only 300 pounds, or ;
about 25 per cent of the yield on the j
poisoned cotton. Thus his net profit |
from poisoning on these areas . ?P* j
sales made before declining pric
cotton was about $120 an acre. ;
GAY OLD MEN
({QAM JAG WAY was trying ir> be
funny, this morning," related
the horse doctor, "He saw some boys
turning handsprings, and' undertook
to show them how the trick used to be
don$ in the halcyon days, and the doc8t
or says he
wrenched his
in bed for several
always being
templed to do some idiotic thing, and
have to suppress such impulses with
a mailed fist. It's all the outcome of
vanity. A man hates to admit that
he's a b;*ck number. He wants to
assure the plain people that, notwithstanding
his gray whiskers and stringhalted
legs, he's a four-horse team
with a dog under the wagon, when
it comes to athletic skill.
"I was in the livery barn the other
evening, when young Fretsinger be;an
explaining that he had been taking
boxing. lessons, from one of the
aid masters. lie had fearned all the
tricks of the game, and was just suffering
agonies because there was nobody
present who would stand up and
jx change scientific swats with him.
"lis my youngefr days, if, I do say it
myself, I was a star' performer in
the ordinary knock-down-and-drag-out
form, of combat, but I never was worth
chucks at boxing. Nobody knows that
Setter than I do. Why, then, did I
inform Fretsinger that I would be glad
to spar a few rounds with him? It
surely was i vanity and nothing else,
i ha<^an idea that, while he might
have- plenty of the fancy stuff on
biand, I inigbt land one of my old-time
haymakers; in which ease I felt sure
the town would soon be ringing with
the story of an old man's prowess.
"So I took off my long jimswioger
coat, and ray vest, and stood up for
battle. If anybody tells you, my
Triends, that Fretsfnger doesn't know
how to wield his hands, you may regard
the story as a roorback. J never
5:iw fists so uumerous as on fbat occasion.
I couldn't: see anything else for
i while, and they landed 011 me in
many unexpected places, and I don't
remember a time when I was so erntwrrassed.
"Fretsinger explained afterward
that he merely topped me gently because
I was; a venerable man, old
?nouglr to be his grandfather. In that
case I never want to become involved
in an argument with him wtieu he is
? T ?? hlflnt orvo frtp f|
Ill vailltstu x iiau a. Mtuva vjv <.va
week after this recital, and my nose
has never satisfied me since. Every
tlmtf I came downtown, I had to explain
to a thousand people that I blackened
my eye while splitting kindling,
or that I dropped a sad-iron on it.
There is nothing more humiliating
than a black eve, and I made up my
mind that I'd try to realize my advanred
age thereafter, and behave myself
like a. grave and reverend man.
''But no sooner had my eye recovered
than I was in trouble again. I
saw some young men wrestling, and
paused to point out that they didn't
Imovy the rudiments of the game. I
assured them that in ray younger days
[ was a holy terror, and I didn't* think
that my hand had lost its cunning,
[t would afford me genuine happiness.
T said, to show them how wrestling
was done in the palmy days of Mul(3oon
and Whistler.
"So It removed my coat and vest aurt
went into executive session with a
husky young man who had no respect
for gray hairs, I am not sure about
what followed, but I think he must
have thrown me over his head. Anyhow,
I made a great dent in the earth
with in.v person, and I was so sore for
two weeks that I had to take myself
ir/mnrt in it wbp<>Ihfirnnv. Of C*OUrSt\
1 atn determined to make no tnore bad
breaks of the kind, but I haven't much
confidence in myself, and tomorrow
you may see me climbing: a tree half
;> mile high. t.) show some hoys how
to rob birds' nests."'
Economy.
"Here is a lino tonic which will
quickly bring back your husband's ap>
petit
"Dear me, do<-f<>r. I've been setting
along so line with my market monej
since he lost his appetite."?Boston
Transcript.
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Th? r.rtmrMV\inisB
"Does your wife object to you?
playing golf?"
"No, we've made a compromise.'*
"That so?''
"Yep. She's perfectly willing to liar?
me play the game, but she insists on
my not talking about it after I jet
home."
British After Trade.
British '.merchants are planning ex.
hibition? in larg<* cities of China tr
recover their commercial position log!
idurlDg the war.
MASTER'S SALE.
j By authority of a deciec of the!
Court of Common Pleat:, in the case i
(of Dottie R. Hawkins ami others'
I a trains! Mrs. Lois Merchant and oth-l
I evs, dated November 2ii, H>20f I wili|
[sell at public auction in front of the!
court house, at Newberry, within the j
! legal hours of sale, on salesrlav in!
{January, 1921. that certain tract of
iland in Township No. Newberry!
county, containing four and forty |
hundredths acres, more or less, and!
bounded by. lands of A. A. Kibler, J.!
i B. Simpson-and Mrs. Harriet S. Les1
ter,
The purchaser will he required to
pay the purchase price in cash, and
to pay for- papers, revenue stamps,!
and recording.
H. II. RIKARD,
Master for Newberry County.
State of South Carolina,
County of Newberry,
Court of Common Pleas.
Richard D. Davenport, plaintiff,
against
Joshua D, Davenport, defendant.
Pursuant to an order of the Court!
in the above entitled action I will i
sell at public auction on the first!
{Monday (salesday) in January, 1921,;
; within the "legal hours of snles, the j
[following described three t^ts of;
I land all of which arc situate in the!
County of Newberry, in the State of j
j South Carolina, viz :
| ? (1)/ All that tract of land con-j
tainin.fr one hundred and four and
one-half acres, more or less, known
as the "Davenport Place," bounded
by a public road known as the Stony
Battery Road, by a trkct of land
owned by John R. Spearman, Sr.. and
John R. Spearman, Jr., and by land
of the sain Richard I). Davenport.
The same being the tract of land
j which was coriveyed to the said RichI
?mvJ D T>nvpnnnrf: snd Joshua D. Dav
enport,- by Silas Johnstone, Master,
by deed bearing date, November 2,
1885, recorded in the office of the
Clerk of the Courts of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for said j
County and State, in'Btfok 4, Record]
of Real Estate Conveyances at pa^esj
524 and 525.
(2) All that, tract or plantation)
of land containing one hundred and
thirteen acres, more or Jess. Joiownl
as the "Leaveil Place," bofmded by:
land of or .formerly of the estate of j
Jesse D. Hornsb'y, deceased, by land
of David Shclton, by'land of or formerly
of the estate' pt G. Burt!
Reasir, deceased, and .by land of!
j iJCOZCr. i no samir cnvj
I tract o? la$H] which wfcifc conveyed to
J the said : Richard D. Dayeriport and
| Joshua;#. Davenport by % F. Wright,
I by dee&, bearing dafe* February 12,
11901, recorded in ther^office of t|ie
j clerk ($'-said Courts aiPNewberry, in
1'said County and-State, in,Deed Book
111, atjlase 216. r .
| (3) >Ali that tract,*^. plantation of
land containing eighty acres, more or
Jess, known as* the "A'dams Place,"
bounded by a public road, by" lands;
of Mr.v Rebecca L. Raysingcr, estate
of /Frederick Wereer, deceased,
James \R. Davidson, ,J"M.nd perhaps
others,*^'
.Terajsi of sale: Cash. The purchaser
or purchasers Ufepajr.for all
papers-revenue* stam^at ajid tecordine'
fear** n , ]
If the purchaser or purchasers
fail to Comply with the terms of said
sale withn two days .^creafter, the
Master wilJ resell sad itemises at th$
j risk of the purchaser- or purchasers,,
;on the next salesday -thereafter,' on
the same terms;M "
H: HTRikar?!,
As Master for NewbtJrry County,
South Carolina. ' . B'
December 13th,
ft IT
TAX NOTICfc.
The books for the 1 Collection of
state and county tax for the year
1920 will open from October 15th,
1020, to December 3Jst, 1920. Those
who prefer to do so can pay hi January,
192.1,, with 1 per cent.; in
T*_ 1 1IU11 ...Ili. (i i- ? ,J
xtiuruajy, ivitxi ?s pui t-eii!', auu
from March 1st, 1921, to March
15th, 192*1, with 7 per cent.
The County Auditor has made up
hooks by School Districts and it "will
be necessary for taxpayers to give
each school disri'-t in which their
property is located.
The levy for 1920 is as follows:
>" Mills
State " 12
Constitutional School 3
Ordim^ry County ; 6 Vz
Good Roads 2
Road and Bridges 1
Deficit 1919 %
Bonded Indebtedness of County Vt
Court House Vz
JSack Indebtedness Vi
Jail Bonds ;:... %
< i?
r Total 27
The following school districts have
levied the following levies for special
school purposes: /
Mills
District No. 1, No. 52 15
I District No. 14 1%
District No. 19 , 14
! District No. 26 13
\ District No. 30 3 2
District No. 58 "1
Districts No. 22, No. 39 j0|
District No. 2, No. 7, No. 13,
No. 15, No. 10, No. 17, No.
IS, No. 20, No. 23, No. 25,
! jno. i\o. ;;j, ino. i\o.
I 36, No. 41, No. 42, No. 4T5,
: J N6. 44, No. 45, No. 47, No.
48, No. 41), No. 50, No. 55,
! No. 50 8
. ' District No. 5 6
j, Districts No. .'*8, No. 57 5
Districts No. 4, No. 8, No. 0,
f No. 11, No. 12, No. 34, No.
. 35, No. 40, Np. 5'J, No. 5'J,
No. 60 4
District No. 0 3
' Districts No. 3, No. 21, No. 24,
iNo. 28, No. 20, No. 32, No. 37,
L No, :G. No. 51, No. 54 2
I District No. 10 ... j i
. 1 A poll tax of $7 iuiis Heeii levied
on all male citizens between , the'
[ ages of 21 anrl 60 years, except those]
* j exempt by law.
| A tax of 50 cents is levied on all
j dogs.
j Persons liable to road duty may
' pay a commutation of $C from Oci
tober loth, 1920, to aMrch 15, 1921.
I; C. C. Schumpert,
(J Treasurer of Newberry County.
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