The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 10, 1922, Page FIVE, Image 5
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N. L. Willet in Augusta Chronicle.
Five Times More Emerging Weevils
in 1922 Than in Any One Year
Since 1915.
The Tallulah, Louisiana, Records
For the past eight years the Tallulah,
Louisiana, government boll
weevil laboratories have made at this
time of the year records which fairly
show the percentage of weevils which
will emerge for the season out of hibernation
and this record demonstrates
that taking the highest percentage
of emergence for any one
year since 1915 that 1922 emergence
will be five times that amount. This
is a stupendous revelation and wholly
unprecedented and the cotton farmer
who does not take cognizance of
it may lose lar more than ne did a
year ago and if this farmer does not
do something to offset this wholly unparalleled
emergence he may tragically
lose.
Weevil Survival
The number of weevil emerging in
the spring depends upon two factors.
First, it relates t,o the number of wee-.
xrilo av!v? rr IKavm c f ! i n fViO W?T1
? uo vutti uiyvi nwt.vu in W*Aw ? *-*
ter.
Second, it relates to the percent-.
age of survival. Some winters are
extremely unfavorable to weevil survival
but unfortunately this past season
was such that practically no weevils
have died at all?according to the
Louisiana records. We have had a
winter that has 'been almost a summer.
A very large number of weevils
from a heavy infestation in 1921
entered hibernation and because of
favorable weather they practically to
"the last man survive today. i
The Test Methods
The methods for testing spring
emergence at Tallulah are two. First
they take a' ton of Spanish moss
from the trees in which the weevil
loves to hibernate. In early spring
the number of live weevils per ton
is counted and the number of dead
weevils is counted and this record
shows, as above noted, five times more
live weevils per ton today than were
found in the highest year record since
1915 and I repeat again that this is
an appalling outlook and it means unusual
methods this year on the far
mer's part to offset this unusual
emergence. The other rest at Tallu'
lah is to take cages and put in these
cages a certain number of weevils
and put therein certain types of shelter
which weevils love, and at the end
of the season to count the live and
the dead and it is important to know
that both of these tests demonstrate
a five times heavier emergence than
m any one year since 19Id.
The Records
I print below the records that T.illulah
has made for the past eight
years, beginning' at 1915.
Live weevils per ton of mess: 191.".
30.0; 1916, 24,0; 1917, 8.0; 1918;
1.7; 1919, 4.0; 1920, 9.5; 1921, 22.0;
1922, 127.0.
Dead weevils per ton of moss: 1915,
414.0: 1916. 126.0- 1917 1440
1918, 48.9; 1919, 53.0; 1920, 15.8;
1921, 2G.9; 1922, 2.2.
The farmer v. ill note that according1
to the record of live and dead
for the 1922 record that practically
no weevils have died in hibernation
this year but that practically every
weevil that entered hibernation is going
to come cut of hibernation.
A Live Weevil
Cnoditions today are, therefore,
five times more favorable for weevil
damage than ever before in the his
tory of this pe:t and this condition
exists throughout the whole South.
Heavy emergence means heavy danger.
Cotton growing is more of a
gamble, under these unfavorable conditons,
than ever before in the history
of the South. Now is there any possible
offset? We start handicapped
on account of the abnormal amount
of weevils this past season going1 into
hibernation which the farmer did nothins
to prevent and an account of
the abnormal weather which made abnormal
emergence?on these accounts
the South starts cotton production
this season heavily handicapped and
there are only two ways, as I see it,
to offset this danger.
Offsets
First, we may have a season that
is particularly destructive to weevil
life, such as great heat and long
drouths, but no man can gamble on
weather conditions; and second, we
murt obey the rules of heavy infestation.
With the several days help
of a big government man recently 1
wrote out fifteen rules for heavy infestation.
All rules that I have seen
up to the present time except these
rules for light infestation, say for
1919, but if 1919 rules are carried
out this year under heavy infestation
it means a tragic loss. These rules
are on cardboard for tacking up and
they are not a commercial matter
These rules, written practically undei
government supervision, and on card
beard, should be found in every far
j mer's home and share cropper's am
!renter's. I have mailed fifty of then
to leading publications in the Sout?
I in the hope that these rules might be
| republished. I have mailed them tc
ia hundred or so banks in Georgia ant
i South Carolina and to cotton factor:
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| for banks and cotton factors and mer
j chants might find it helpful to mai'
lout these cards to their clients. The\
jean be had at the merest nomina
. cost.
N. L. W.
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COUNTY AGENT MILLS
TALKS ABOUT FERTILIZEF
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Tells How the Farmers of Newberry
j County Pilay Save Fifty Thousand
Dollars
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During this period of financial de'
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pression, wnen every one is piannmy
how to make ends meet this year in
their business operations, and especially
the farmers, on account of the
unusual situation brought about by
the 'boll weevil, they are at a loss to
know what to do. Being a farmer
and speaking from a farmer's viewpoint,
it seems to me that the farmer
should be just as economical as possible
in his crop production this year.
Of course there are many ways in
which the farmer can save, or produce
cheaper crops, but in this article
I wish to discuss only the fertili
zer problem and how we can save
money in its purchase and use.
First: Will it pay to fertilize the
cotton crop of 1922? I would unhesitatingly
answer yes.
How much and what kind of fertilizer
will pay best? This question
can not be answered by one word.
There are so many different types of
soils in the county, ranging all the
way from the light sandy loam to the
stiff red clay, and differing in fertili+*?
oil fViQ ?'ov Pvrkm +V10 ViiorVilv im
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proved field to the almost barren and
gullied hillside, that no single formula
can be given that will suit all fields.
I would say, leave the gullied field
out of cultivation this year. It will
not pay to waste labor and fertilizer
on it.
On the light sandy loams of average
fertility, it should pay to use a
fertilizer analyzing S-4-2 at the rates
of three hundred to six hundred
pounds per acre, applied at or before
v?oc? ?aavi oo * or* n
i'uc xic* o ov/vn ao w-uv vw
ton has been chopped out the first
time, apply 50 to 100 pounds of nitrate
of soda as a top dresser. Do
not top dress late in the season. It
will retard maturity and the weevil
will get the benefit. If a legume crop
has been turned under, not so much
nitrogen will be needed.
On clay lands or clay loams, very
little or no potash will be needed. In
some instances potash has not increased
the yields enough to pay for itself.
On such lands a liberal application
of a fertilizer analyzing 8-4-0
should give good results. If legumes
have boon turned under, no top dresser
will be needed.
Shall we buy ready mixed goods or
buy the materials and home- mix
them? It is usually very poor policy
and often entails great waste in buying
ready mixed fertilizers. If the
farme** has studied his soil, he has al
ready learned that scarcely any two
fields on the farm need exactly the
same fertilizer, and if bought ready
mixed oftentimes a fertilizer is applied
to a field that does not pay and
hence entails a waste. Furthermore,
ready mixed fertilizers usually cost a
great deal more than the materials
contained ir them. The farmer will,
in most cases, save from $5.00 xo
$8.00 per ton by doing his own mixing.
This practice will also afford him
+ nnnnrfiiriitv n-f r?rpnnvir-P* allV STIP
?. vj y ^ ^ cial
formula to suit the needs of any
particular field or crop. I estimate
that there will be 50.000 to 60.000
acres planted to cotton in Newberry
county this year. I also estimate that
there will be used much more thnn
10.000 tons of fertilizer in the county.
If the farmers will home-mik this
fertilizer they will save it least So.00
per ton by so doing, fh:s one item
will mean a saving of more than $50,
000 to the farmer of t-ie county.
Is it worth while to save this
amount?
Any farmer wis-hinpr information
: on home-mixing: of fertilizers 01
growing cotton under boll weevil conditions
will please call on me at m\
heme or at the chamber of commerce
I have bulletins on these subjects tha:
contain the best information to bt
; had on them.
T. M. Mills.
Countv Airenx.
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Rare
' Daring the absence of our pastoi
| we enjoyed the rare privilege of hear
: ing a good sermon, when Mr. J. A
(McM supplied our pulpit. W(
Ihope he will come again.?The Pres
ibvterian League Leader.
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. WATSON LUTHER WILL
rj FINISH COLLEGE CAREER
- Will Not Have to Report to Senators
1 Until After Newberry College
1 Commencement
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.' Columbia Record.
) That Watson Luther will be ablej
i to rinish his baseball career at .\ew-i
I
5 jerry college is contained in news;
- from the Washington training camp5
I at Plant City, Fla. It was feared
from the tenor of a story in The.
I Sporting1 News last week that this star
; heaver at Newberry college and Cojlumbia
boy might have to give up his,
final season at Newberry and report;
to the Senators at their spring train- j
' ing camp.
j Griffith issued a statement, accord-{
ing to the story in The Sporting News j
that he was "done for" these young j
.pitchers just breaking into the bigj
|show and coming to the majors in j
.'June. He issued an ultimatum to
''"Nat" Turk, former Columbia pitch-!
er that he would have to arrange hisj
1 class work at Johns Hopkins so as to !
report to the Senators not later than j
March 10 if he (Turk) wanted to get:
a trial with the Griffith-Milan aggre-;
1 gation. It was thought that the same j
case may apply to Luther.
Luther had stated that he had an j
understanding that he would not have j
to report tc the Senators until Junej
and tiiat he would nmsn out nis college
season. This understanding is;
correct, although it appears that'
Griffith was not aware of it. JohnA.
Dugan writing under date of Sun-1
day, in the Washington Post from the:
camp at Pleasant City, says:
Griffith stated tonight that Pitcher
Luther who was recommended by
John Thomas Zachery, will not report
at the Tampa camp. Luther was
signed by Scout Ted "Sullivan, with!
an understanding that he would be
allowed to continue his studies at
Newberry college. It was not until
Saturday morning that Griffith learn-.
ed of Luther's understanding: with j
Sullivan, 'but Griiffith immediately j
wired the youngster to stay at college
and report June 15, .when he com-;
pletes his course. ... .
BRAVE OLD WOMAN..
HOLDS OWN
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Seventy-three Years of A?e, but Rebellious
as Youth at Thought of }
Being Cared For
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The State.
Three years ago an old Columbia j
woman, of fine family, but reduced to
poverty and w:m no means ua auj^-,
port, was bein? eared for by the As- j
sociatea Charities. Left alone with!
1 nothing to do but brood over her fan-;
, cied misfortunes, the woman had be-!
1 come a victim of neurasthenia. . An!
otherwise lovrble, refined woman, she '
had allowed herself to 'become dis- j
agreeable and bitter.
The Associated Charities fouik. ii?r j
a .icb which workers thought would
both help her to become hell supporting:
and take her mind from herself.'
She rebelled at first, having never!
done any work in her life, but was
finally persuaded to take the work, j
Begins to Show Interest
I In a surprisingly short time this1
old woman began to take an interest j
in thirnrs and other people than her-!
self. Her disagreeable ways fell away,
from her. She had learned that she
could take care of herself by the labor
of her own hands and the know]- j
edse seemed to bring1 her to a sense,
of inexhaustible power. She report-!
ed for work at 6 o'clock in the morn- j
ings and was the last one to leave at!
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nights. It was not difficult to see that;
she loved it. The sight of an old wo-!
man. white haired and alone, work-!
ins day in and day out that she mav,
live, usuallv brings a twinge of sor-'
. i
vnw hut not so this old woman. Xo !
one would have thought of being sor-!
i
vy for her. Her white head was car-j
ried high, her old hands moved r.otl
with the halting weariness of age but
' with the swift deftness of one whose ^
soul is young. She smiled often as j
she worked and in her face there was j
a glow that the weight of 70 years'
had not stamped out.
: That was three years ago. The old;
woman is 73 years of age now, but;
the youngness that she captured when j
rh? besran to work with her hands j
she has not lost. She has not missed!
_ being at her post of duty at G o'clock
every morning:. She still stays until |
the last one has gone. Her 73 veinold
hands still work with the swift-i
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r.ers of vouth and the <rlow has not
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faded from her face. She lives too;
far from her work to walk and she
does not make ven much money, hut,
so eager is she about her work thit;
she hire? a taxi to bring her ;o work ,
; every morning. j
i And now the tragedy: The organ-1
c iation for which she works has run ?
short of funds. It is cutting down its;
. force and reducing the salaries of
? those vvho are left. It is found that;
_ v\-? inclif A r\ + i c! 1
- some youiigci nanuo unguis uu m.d
. woman's work r?nd thoiv own nnd so it
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i has become necessary to let her go
So great ha; been the change in ihi.old
woman, however, the authorities
here feel that it would kill her to tel!
her that her services are no longei
needed. They have decided to let hei
work on half time and at a reduced
salary if some arrangements can bt
made about a room for her.
Only Needs Room
About $ 1 r> per month would be re
quired if the room were to be rented,
or if some one would donate a room
it would be purchasing a few more
years or happiness to this old woman's
life. The work that she will do in return
for the small salary she will
draw will be of untold value to her
happiness. The Associated Charitie:
(IOC'S not uiau iL IS in a j;iwinwn
just now to undertake the care of her
in this way, but would have to place
her in some institution, which, it
felt, would be the end of life for th":
proud old woman. It would be arranged
so that she would not know
the room was being given her. Miss
Aileen Shane, secretary of the Associated
Charities, would be glad to
hear from anybody who is interested
in this nice old woman.
AIKEN WILL HAVE
' TI ii/IM Y TOY nAY"
Aiken, March 8.?Aiken is to have
a "Jimmy Cox Day" in honor of its
distinguished visitor, James M. Cox,
former candidate^ of the Democratic
party for the presidency in 192U. A
committee of the Aiken business
league called on hi,m to ask that he
meet the people who stood so solidly
behind him in his .campaign for Chief
Executive of the;United States, and
he has consented to address them publicly
on a day in March, probably
March 20 or 21. All Aiken county
and the counties adjoining are invited
to hear him. The day will take
the form of a big reception and the
Western newsboy, who has climbed
the heights of fame and achievement
as editor, statesman and orator, will
meet the sons of ifye party of Jefferson,
who will com? from all sections
to welcome him.
Governor Cox jdpes not play polo,
but enjoys golf and[ horseback riding,
and sets apart seVje^al hours daily for
his reading. He ^.deeply interested
in Southern history and states thai
he got in closer ^^ch to the people
of a section by reading the books of
their own selectiop.
Arrangements ^e bemg made to
erect a speaker's^ platform at the
fountain in the po^tofnce. square, and
"Jimmy Cox Day'.hpromises to be the
biggest day Aiken has had in years.
COX AND FAMILY
ARRIVE IN AIKEN
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To Spend Month at Famous Resort?
Discusses Several Matters
in Interview
The Stale. ri:
March ;rn.?-James M. Cox,
nx-governor of OKlo and Democratic
presidential candidate in 1920, his
wife and little daughter, Anna, arrived
in Aiken this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and will make this place their
home for the remainder of the month.
They have rented the Oakley cottage
near the Willcox hotel.
When interviewed this evening, Mr.
Cox said th^t he regretted the ra.ny
weather which had greeted him in tha
South but said that he looked for
more pleasant conditions. He is not
a stranger in the South or in this section,
however, for'he stayed for Some
time in Augusta in 1920.
Asked i bout thfe association of nations
formed at the conference re
certrly held in Wasington, Mr. Cox
said that with certain reservations he
did not think the association could do
any harm but he emphatically stated,
"Yes, it is an alliance and alliances
are w-hat the league of nations wished
to avoid. It seems to me that if
four nations are allied as in the four
power treaty there should be no reason
why i)4 nations should not be allied.
As I see it the association as
formed will tend to cause others to
be formed. It seems inevitable that
Russia and Germany will have to joir
together and the balance of powei
will be brought into nlay."
Regarding the political situatior
Mr. Cox said in substance that there
was much protestation against the
Republican administration and that
the feeling all over the United States
was that the campaign promises hac
not been carried out, and for the reason
that they could not be carried out
r>nd were impossible when promised
A.kci ajout the congressional election
this year, Mr. Cox said that unle->
there was very soon a startling
change in conditions, especially economic
conditions, it was his belef that
congress would be as much Democratic
as it is now Republican.
.Mr. Cox said that he had noticed
a more severe economic condition ir
, the South than was prevalent else(where
in the United States and said
| that he did not believe there would
ho anv "Teat relief evneriencd in this
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Saturdays and Mond
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and Mondays
Dark and light Per
2oc everywhere. Sati
40 in. smooth finish
(10 yard limit) at, y
I Just received shipn
value. Saturday and
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country until Europe recovered and:
there was more of a demand created;
for other markets.
j "That is too far off. Wc have two'
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vcai's more/" said I'lr. Cox when
asked about the Democratic chances (
in the next presidential election. Mr. j
Cox, who was invited to stop over in j
Columbia today and address the state ,
legislature, said that he was unable i.
to do so because of the fact that he ',
had his family with him. He was
very appreciative of the attention .
shown him by the committee which;,
met the train at Columbia and re
^retted that he had been unable to '
I talk to the South Carolina lawmakers.!
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The Newberry chapter of the Am-1
. 1
erican Red Cross is not behind any:
other chapter in its desire to do all
: j possible for the uplift of humanity;
i J and for the suppression of causes for
; pain and alleviation ot distress mu-;
i dent thereto. Hence their effort to ;'
unite with our county officials in the
establishment and upkeep cf a health :
11 unit in our midst. And now realizing,
11 that many of the present day trou-\
? fn , j is
! | G.es art; imtuu
'eased condition of the teeth and,
; I gums, they are assisting the board of)
I i health in establishing a series of den
ital clinics. These come within the:
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scoot* of Miss Theresa Li^htsev's work
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. ;as public health nurse and the den
tists in Newberry are lending their
assistance gratis in the dental survey'
;' she is making.
! The Red Cross chaptper has appropriated
$i;00.00 to the furthering of,
the plan which is under the special
direction of Dr. Kneece, chairman of j
[ the county board of health, and Miss (
1 Lightsey. It is the only chapter in ;
maintaining: a dental clinic'
l/l i ?
[ and Miss Lightsey has had letters j
[ from other states inquiring into her ;
; methods. The first clinic was held on i
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OVERALLS
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i-3LliVii UL :II1U WVCiau:
BED TICKING
a heavy, satin finish, fan<
ays special at, yard
A. C. A.
[ouble weave, feather pi
; specials at yard
PERCALES
cales, good quality, 40
irday- and Monday: sp<
40 INCH SEA ISLAND
. Sea Island. Saturday- a
n vi/-l
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SILK HOSIERY
lent of Silk Hosiery, ne\
Mondays Specials, the i
BLACK AND 1
New shipment
Kid Oxfords, me
Rubber Heel, S4.0
X, and Mondays spe<
n vPat?^ g yv
-L cm WAiui vao,
Rubber Heel, ail s
ONE STRAP :
One strap black Kic
rubber heel, guarante<
urdays and Mondays
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WHITE OXFORDS
ies' and Misses' and Chi!
and low heels. Prices, th
Dunds best Sugar for 50c
ders, Dry ft
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Feb. loth and whiie I would like to
crive iss Lightsey's entire report as
public health nurse as niy space is
limited I will only give the report as
it pertains to the clinic.
"We had our dental clinic Wednes-j
day, Feb. 15, after selecting from one j
of the mill scho: those children 1
whose parents could not afford to pay I
for dental work. I visited these
homes and arranged for these children .
to come to my office at 3 o'clock. Although
it v/as a very bad, rainy afternoon
fifteen of the eighteen children i
reported. Fortunately, the offices ot
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the three dentists who were to do the
work were in the same building. On
account ot illness one of the dentists (
was unable to work, bur the other:
two, by working steadily, finished the :
work and this is what they did: Fill- :
ings in permanent teeth, 17; filling.
in temporary teeth, 15; extractions
cf temporary teeth, 18; cleaned teeth'
of 5.
t:l have arranged for a similar clin-!
ic from one of the country school
districts for the first week in March.
The ladies of the Rural School Improvement
association are to be responsible
for getting the children in,1
bringing them in from school cv. ih?
afternoon appointed and ::c-i:i
home."
Theres-t f.iuht?;1 v.
Miss Lightsey, acco;.:>nnv 1 by one
of nu'' dentists, has, during civ m >nth
visited eighteen school in which iier?
were over two thousand chih're ' inspected.
Of that number 1,50U v.vrc
found to have defective teeth. Many
children had defective permanent
teeth. Eighty-six children had irreg
ular teeth and eighteen were already
affected with pyorrhea. A'l of the
dentists in town are lending their
hearty cooperation to the Red Cross
in this very much needed work.
It has come to be a very definite
part of the work of the American
Red Cross. I notice in the Red
Cross Courier that Indiana is to the
forefront in this work with a dental
having j
g- . "5/ .JgnParawmMtor/,'^
5, all sizes from 32 to
$1.19
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zy su'ijjeu, it/cvaiuc,
...39c
oof, 50c value, Sat
29c
no Tinrlo . wmv fh
VV 1VA V y ?? VA VAX
scials, yd ....15c
nd Monday,- special
9c
v shade grey, $2.00
>air $1.39
TAN OXFORDS
just arrived Black
dium toe, Goodyer
0 values. Saturdays
rials, pair $2.98
ledium toe, Goodyer
;izes, pair $2.98
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BLAC& RIU
v,'- . /'
i, neat toe, Goody'ear
3d solid leather. Satspeeials,
pair $2.98
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dren's white Oxfords vcv';"
e pair ..$1.59 and up
. >.10 pound limit. ,
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clinic esta'blished at Rising Sun and that
tnc Junicfr Red.-.Gross of Med?
ford, Oregon, hive selected as tjieir.
special activity work of a similar
kind, to which they expect to add.
treatment of the vyc-3 and ether ailments
of children wh.oge parents ave ;
unable to do this for them.
The denti.-:s give their time to the
examination of the .children free of ,
charge. For any child' whose parents,
are financially unable to r?>eet the extra
expense of dental work, arrangements
will be made by the Red Cross
whereby this may . be met.
Agatha A.?Woodson,
Publicity Chairman, Newberry Chapter,
A. R. C.
Hope He Will Accept /
t?u . mnn.?flrc Af thp Newberry
1 lie liltii-'Wi. o V . r...
county post. America Legion, are
elated over the prospects of getting
the national command'er, Han ford
McNider, to stop this city today
(Friday) and take dinner with the
executive committee of the post.
Learning that Commander McNider
would pass through:Ke^berry Friday
en route from Greenville to Columbia
they dispatched him-the following
telegram to Washington. n where
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he nas oeen icr in;- .
"Newberry cour'. >>?' -- would J
qlad to be your nost at an informr.I
luncheon Fr'iay. You v.'11 pacs
through our c.i.> on your wuy from
Creor.ville to Columbia ard will probr.bly
arrive he; v between twelve and
one. Nothing" wouid give us more
pleasure th::n i?? r;.ry<v dine with
us and we ho*>e t!iyou cm arrange
to tarry with ur. long enough for a
bite to eat. Klncily wire us your
wishes." #
Entertainment at Trinity Schoo!
r ' An entertainment v/iil be given at
! Trinity school house next Friday
'night, March 10th, beginning at 7:30
o'clock. The public is cordially injvited.