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<m THE ROAD I ^ Sports Dope from Prosperity i William Banks in The State P The simple life, where is it, what ] if/itf Well, there's lots of it around ~ .* w ? - in .4 nnnnla , ut spurn Carolina, au j*rfe not blase. There are yet some T*ho. 4a not know flivvers an-d other . s&iddcrs. There are yet some who enjdy the innocent pleasures of ye olde B fashioned pastimes. Such is- the case ' aft Prosperity. There is muck that is i modern at Prosperity, even tho name, j for tradition hath it that once this vilI B lage was known by the bucolic appel- 1 |B lation of "Frog Level/' Birt there is one thing that identifies Prosperity I kwith the good old days?and that is ^^^^^bhe croquet club. Upon a hard piece PBX I&FF91H IWiWtfOH title TT *3C nuwv? i ?:tor and Dr. George Y. Hmrttr's-j] Knk i? the battle grotfnch Aft ] it. is j ^ oy to the observer to. tvateh the 1 P"** This playground lias as many contours and convolutions as the 17th I gfatting green on the Kidgewood bolf course. One must needs know the hazar<fe of the topography, or the b*ll, intended, for a wicked ?t post,!' Wiil get into a depression not "Observable, but known in all of its tarttaKzifegT eccentricities to the regulars who * ???* Mamt VlTfk- I ltc<{ltcnt> MK UlvnJ ayvv. x?r - ? IfeSs greenhorn fern his object baR into N one of these t#iieky places, an^.tt will ^ swerve from its objective, gather ' speed, and go meandering ?ff most craziiy. Now, ithese Prosgerfty cro-1 qttet players, experts, &&p8?p^?e,r "get mtjch merraH^nt;from the gentle j pastime which -was an indoo^*sport,when crinoline was in"style aj?C^omen showed their ears and hid their shfes. These croquet brigands do not -1 v s^t maeh store on stance, but they knaw feow to "djflrry through and,| in faith, their skill J ^ ' v, / >* < . " "' * c* ' .r' ... . ? .*? %* . ,""-*?* *'. 1 ' The Gray# *f Helena ?V Helena gets its name from Helen, y daughter of John Befton Q'Neall. ] / $h?,I.,w?s told by Dr. George B. Cromer, former president of Newberry /eoRege, and now a well known lawyer and citizen. of Newberry, ittdge CNeall, who, as Bta$y know, ^ ukras chief justice of the state, an ar-:] k dent prohibitionist and a citizen of 5 ???? ??"a +<-v tlio f!ft1nmKa ' illftlljf V1JL (/UCO) bv vuw vv?MutvM i. and Greenville railroad the beautiful ^ grove and land adjoining which is now t5 Helena. It was stipulated in, the | ' deed that no liquor must ever be sold ' there, nor must any trains be operated 1 on Suhday. Sic gloria transit! Hel- 5 * ena was once the site of quite an in dustry, the shops of the Laurens rail- 1 ' road.; This railroad ? a part-a? ( Richmond .. wt Pan\?e (now Sojk- ( thern) system, but w& abandon!# 1 and the track remavetfi| even before i tile iuilding of the "Ehj|eh F^ork Sw- ( cial" as the natives ca^t the ^oWim^ ? ttk, Newberry and Laurens. - y ^ r COOPERATIVE MARKETING 1 to be discussed ' Columbia, April 18.?The forma- ( tion of a cooperative marketing asso eiaiion for cotton in South Carolina ^ ?.hi w? manorial matter to come 1 WJII Uv Wiv y* ??w ? before the South Carolina division of * ttye .American Cotton association at ijks semi-annual meetng, which will be ; heftl in Columbia at Craven hall on I( "<> v , Wednesday, May 4 at noon. Ih mak-,1 \ . irig t{iis announcement, R. C. Hamer, 5 president, said that' the association ' recognizes the absolute necessity of * this, abate taking: action along this line af onee as the formation of coopera- ' tiye marketing associations is proceed- \ " ^ ing:' in every other cotton growing ' state.' > -1 An effort will be made to have every^tOwnship in the state represented , the meeting on May 4v Ihvsideitt' v ^ H^mersard. The president i{f each! i CoUnty division has been asked tov anr) to see that 1 H<WHC - yu unv???r? j aachtcwTisliip.in his county is repre- * sen tied, inthe personnel of the delega- J tion. j Preliminary steps looking to th? i ^ . formation of the marketing' ^sbcfa- , ^ tion m this state are already being . taken. Five regional meetings havfc'. already bean held and the sixth and , last will be held tomorrow at Rock Hill. Last week meetings were held W* at Florence, Sumter, Blackville, and > Greenwood. Yesterday a jneeting . Was held at Spartanburg andUomor- 1 > row one will be held artrRcrelr Hill: ?! These meetings were called by Dr. \ W. W. Long, director of the exterf- ] son forces of Clemson college, cO operating with the Sooth Carolina di^ vision of the American Cotton asso- ? \ ciation. . At .each of the regional meetings j four members of a central corpmittee , wide co-operative marketing associa- j tion have been selected. This committee of tW&ftJjT-fcrar will hold a , Sleeting in Columbia some time soon ; "* to draw up the* plans for the state, ! l and will batffcjfclje plains for asso- j u ciation drawn1 up and ready for sub- j W mission to the meeting of the South I Carolina division of the Amercan Cot\ ton assocation on May 4. ki Three regional meetings have been i ; ' L j attended by select groups of farmers i from the counties participating there- \ in and at each of them strong resolu- \ tions calling for the formation of a c cooperative marketing association lave been passed, following explanations of the benefits of such an or- 1 ionization. I "I am convinced," said President S Hamer, "that the time has come for v the formation.of such an association r in South Carolina. It' is a step that b we are obliged to take as practically ' ? ' i.?. . T. .11. 1 T every otner sraie in cne ueit nas ui- j * 2:anized or is organizing. The senti-'r ment at the regional meetings con-(h vinces me that our people are ready is for this movement." j t TO THIN* 6V?R I In looking through his old family d Bible Mr. J. B. Walton came across a i: poem many yeajrs old. It is well t worth reproducing here, as -it con- j tains food for thought. After read- n ing it, as follows, think abour the 1 gripping truth of it: i: Do You Ever Tkink? I Do you ever think, as the hearse ? drives by, . f That it won't be long till you ?.nd I j s Will both ride out in the big plumed e hack, A.nd we'll never, never, never ride f . back? i t i; [)o you ever think, as you strive for;h I gold, , f rhat a dead man's hand can't a dollar hold? - 1 1 o PPe may tug P.2& toil and pinch andf save, . . ^nd we'll lose it alt when we reach * * the grave! j s 1 C 1 C Do you ever think, as you closely clasp r Four bag of gold With a firmer grasp, f if the hungry hearts of the world - were fed | f [t might bring peace to,your dying[a i' i ft * s I, peg*. I g HUNDREDS LOSE LIVES L IN F*TB OF TORNADO f ^ i * r ( Continued From^Page 1.) n ?: pJj?m further reports of (tenths have been v received, from the?' Alabama area v y<;*y . ;-'v. . j / swept ?;' Satu rday%|lfcorm, property.r md cropi damage have mounted untiF^fche estimat^ate; placed -at N nany m&gons of doll^Sj;. House? aftd' jarns we% wrecked by^thj hundreds,j md mutcft^eshly plowed farm land"; vas washecr^w^K; by Overflowed ' itreams. Information received in Birmingiam tonight from Waverly says the, iantage in that vicinity, will total a quarter of 4a miUitfii dollars. Twenty 5ve houses there'.we^Tvdomolished ind a large, number, o$? osiers badly j lamaged. ^Several Persons were in iita$L ... Jl 7 . , v Telegraph and telephone lines ivfcich were blown down are being repaired and the tjebris in the vari5US communities is t being cleared. In Birmingham* the street car and electric services have been restoved. [n some sections of ^he city street, paving was washed a way. A large number" of local telephones are still [>ut of commission although long distance lines are again in operation. . Numerous Duimmgs were wrecKea orj damaged hertj arid" trees and telegraph poles' were bowled over in all sections of the city. Down town streets were not badly damaged. Atlanta, April 17?The crops, roads md .bridges in Colquitt county were iamaged by a rain and wind storm Saturday night, according to reports received here tonight from Moultrie, the county seat. No lives were lost, trot several persons were injured when lightning struck the house of a NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that I will make a final settlement of the estate if Marv Elisabeth Bushardt, deceas ad, in the o^e of the Judge of Probate for Newberry cdunty, S. C., at 11 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, April 20th; 1921, and immediately thereafter apply- for a discharge as Executor of said Estate. OUN B. CANNON, Executor. March 18th, 1921. NQTICE OF JURY DRAWING Notice is hereby given that we, the undersigned Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, will at 9 o'clock A. M., April 2tt>n, lyzj., in tne omce of the Clerk of the Court for said County, openly and publicly draw the names of sixty-six (36) men to* serve as Jurors for the Court of "Common Pleas which convenes May 9th. 1921. C. C. SCHUMFteilT. J. D. WHE.ELER, J. B. HALF ACRE, Juror Commissioners for Newberry County. NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL % PROPERTY* As Administratrix and 4dministrator of the estate of W. F. Coats, deceased, we will sell at his late residence on Saturday, April 30, 1921, at 10 o'clock, A. M., the following Dersonal nroperty of the said dece dent: Cotton seed, corn, fodder,! farming.'implements, shop tools, live stock and guano. Terms of sale: Gash. CLEORA B. COATS. Administratrix, J. GETTIS COATS, Administrator, 'armer. With the exception of Rome, r vhere approximately $225,000 loss vas caused by the storm, no further lamage has been reported in Georgia. I. I Cairo, 111., April 17?With a rise of i 2 feet in 24 hours reported fromj tiverton, Ala., W. E. Barron, United; >tates meteorologist here, today sent] earnings throughout the Tennessee 11 iver valley that the flood stage would j1 ie reached tonight. < Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 17.?Elma Jarton, who was injured in the tor- 1 tado at Ralph yesterday, died at a ; ? ~ 1 OMi) Uip Krtfllf liroC ! ' lUbpiuitl iiVTlC luuaj anu 1110 uwuj i>u>i| . ent to the devastated town for iurial. i He was the third member of the j Jarton family claimed by the torna- j !o, his mother and baby brother be- i ng killed outright. This brings the < otal fatalities at Ralph to five and j liss Idell Barton of the same com- i tiunity is in a critical condition with i ittle hope held for her recovery. She 5 in a hospital here. Property loss at ; talph is estimated at more than ^ 1150,000. Ohe hundred and twentyive houses were razed, only one tructure being left standing in the t. ntire village. j Probate Judge W. W. Brandon in-l ormed the people of Ralph today', hat the county would assist all those , n need, but it was said that provision , as been made by relatives and riends to care for them. The Red Cross is making a survey ' f the situation. Chicago, April 17.?A cpld wave , oday followed the blizzard which < wept the Central states Friday and ; laturdav. Conditions were slowly returning to J. lormal, however, and the snow which j ell in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Illinois had almost vanished torfight. J iailroad schedules are bein? resumed nd wire communication had been retored except to a few points. In Chicago Saturday's blizzard ound many .coal bins empty and], prced coal yard employes to work all light" m an effort to relieve distress, 'he only -known casualty in the city ras that of a 20 year old girl, who ras Mbwn from the platform of a novi^i train and killed. 31s iwr " ?? , *y " ITfce Met? of \ [ jOtir States j By JONATHAN BRACE v\m auia * AVII.?VtllV | | France and England. Spain's f i claim was based on the voyage \ I of De Soto up the Mississippi | ?, river.. France,; through the ex- f | plorations of La Salle from the I f nortite and the early entry of ? }' French priests from Canada, I * considered this territory theirs. j ; * As for England, she rested'her I | claims Qn the discovery of North' f I America by the Cabots, and in \ ? the charter granted to Virginia i I included all the country lying * I to the: West. i f The French were the; first to ? I get a foothold in Ohio, but the I f English pioneers, who shortly f I began to drift westward, firm- i I ly established their settlements ? I in the fertile Ohio valley. Af- ' ? ter a long period of warfare, | ! in which the Indians played a f | leading part, the Northwest Tcr- I f ritory was finally ceded tcf the ? t United States by the Treaty of I, t Independence in 1783. And Vir- f | giuia and other states, which ! ? had laid claihi to portions of f I this region, turned over their i J rights to tlie federal govern- { merit. t i ? The government of the North- ?. \ west Territory was' formally f ? created by the ordinance of f f 1787. People from the East mi | grated into this territory in ! f such numbers that by 1803 Ohio ; | was taken into the Union as the | seventeenth state. The fourth ' . - . * largest state in size ot popuia- ; t tion, Ohio has 24 electoral votes * I for President, while in area, I f with its 41,040 square miles, it f | ranks only thirty-fifth, which I ? shows how densely it is popu- ? I lated. It is noted as the state | ! of Presidents. President Hard- f I ing makes the seventh Ohioan i f to fill the presidential office. f ! The name Ohio is derived from i J the Iroquois word O-hee-yo, T I meaning "beautiful rifer." It i i | was first applied by the Indi- ? i ans of the Five Nations to what \ | we now call the AHegheny riv- ? ' f er, one of the chief, tributaries \ J I of the Ohio. Gradually the ; t name came to include tfte wnoie ? | river, sometimes even being ap ? plied to the Mississippi; Later f I it was confined to the river be- | f tween Pittsburg and Cairo, and j | appropriately the first state I t formed on its northern bank f I was named after it. Ohio is ! | often called the Buckeye State ? | from its large number of horse- I f chestnut trees. t i (?byMcClure Ne^spapet1 Syndicate.) ? . ' O COMMITTEE PLACES jUi BEING DESIGNATED J Berths Being Found for New Repre-: I sentatives in Congress From M State. ! I The State. 1 Washinrrt.rm. Anvil 1 fi.?Rpnrosen-' tative Dominick of South Carolina <1 will be made a member of the judi-1 I ciary committee, it is forecast today. [t is understood that he was permit- j l< ted to choose between the judiciary:! and the interstate and foreign com- J u merce committees. | Much difficulty is being experienc- j jf ed by the ways and means committee j1 in finding suitable beTths for the newiB. members from South Carolina. It is'E understood that as a result of appar-!B. p>nf innhilit.v t.n nlnrp thpm on the*im-!B portant committees, they will be as-jl signed to several of the minor com- fl mittees. flj It is reported that Representative, I [ McSwain will'be made a member of, I the committee on war claims, and!# Representative Fulmer on the com- JI mittee having jurisdiction over ex- j I: penditures in the department of ag-j| riculture. 1 * i Representative Byrnes will retain; his place on the appropriations com-' i mittee and Representative Stevfenson will still he a member of the com-j mittee on banking and currency. Representative Stoll is destined for the prime assignment to the commit-; :* tee on military affairs. These impor- {I tant berths, together with tha't as- k signed to Mr. Dominick, will give I South Carolina an important stand- K ing in congress. H. W. R. I I iffee Story of { I 1 Oiif States ! i H I By JONATHAN BRACE t I XVIIi:?LOUISIANA j t the discoy- = i * ery i * //&/**L ? U * S i * * I dates back to f i (131 IM the beginning I j i W n oi tne oix- j , j teenth c e n- I tury, when f J the Spanish explorers, Aly^rez' i . <Ie Pineda and De Soto sailed up ; 1 the Mississippi. In 1682 La f I Salie descended' the Mississippi I | and took possession of the en- ? ? tire valley in the name of tiie I | French king, Louis XIV. In his f j f honor this region was named | | Louisiana. French colofiies soon f sprang; up, including: New pr- ! > leans, which was founded in f } ? ms. ! | j An ^interesting chapter 1 of ? | Louisiana was thfe formatiolTT>f i J the Company of the Wester f I Y a financial schemer named Jofm f I Law. This company ostensibly . | i was to -exploit the new colony ? ? | and held out to specnlator^n | iK i niiwini* orof-rl/Mi-nnTrt i s^nAfe. f , T ? . ; In 1763 France ceded LooKl- i f g.na east of the MississippiTJo ! I England, and, by secret treaty, ? f New Orleans and the western | I territory < went to Spain. Spanish | | rale proved unendurable to the I i inhabitants and the restrictions f ! -over the navigation of the Mis- f f sfssippi' led to hostilities "be- J | tween the northern American \ f settlements and Spain: This I | situation, however, wae brought f f to a peaceful termination by I 1 Spain relinquishing her rights ? I \ to'this territory to France and I R ! the purchase in 1803 by the Uni- f 11 f ted States from France?. of tj?e f ? entire Louisiana territory.- 1 i" J I | The southern portion of this \ I f acquisitish was organized as the I | territory of Orteahs and 4ri 1SJ2 f I, *| was admitted as the eighteenth | K | state of the Union, with an area ? { of 48,506 square miles. 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