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VOL. 26 CHERAW, S. C., MARCH 2, 1922 NO 17. * DELIST COTTON SEED BEFORE PLANTING Quick Uniform Germination Irnpor tant in Presence of Boll ? Weevfl. Clemson College, Feb. 24. As th? . cotton planting season approaches, and In view of the heavy boll weevil Infestation and the importance oi taking every possible step to give cotton a good early start in the rac? against the weevil, it is suggested p again, as it was last planting season that farmers delint cotton seed before planting, as one means of getting an early crop of cotton. Delinting is especially valuable when conditions are unfavorable for seed germination. It hastens germination from two to eight days depend, ing on soil and climatic conditions, make germination more uniform, and tends to prevent disease. Delinted seed can be more evenly planted, and it requires fewer seed to plant an " acre. Below are directions for delinting seed with sulphuric acid. Materials Needed.?Concentrated sulphuric acid about 9 pounds for each bushel of seed. Three woodeD or earthen tubs, one of which should u have a number of small holes in the center of the bottom with a copper wire screen over them to prevent the seed from passing through. A larg< * glass or earthen funnel with a screen may be used instead. Plenty 01 water. Directions for treating seed.?Place seed in tub "A" which has no holes in bottom and cover with acid fiv< * to ten minutes. Stir seed constant! with a wooden stick until lint is removed. Next pour seed and acid in tub "B," which has holes in bottom * and which has been placed over tul "C" which has no holes in bottom. A? soon as the acid is drained off, wash seed with water until free from acid \ If a good stream of running watter is applied this does not take long Spread 6eed on floor or on sheets in the sur to dry. When dry they are ready tci ? plant. Caution.?If left unnecessarily long in. the acid the seed will be killed Wooden tubs must be tight. Tub which require to be tightened by swelling with water will not do, a; the acid takes all the water o"* - the wood. Acid must be handled witn care, for it will eat holes in clothing which it touches. % - . ASSOCIATION ADVISES REDICTION COTTON ACREAGEj Columbia, Feb. 26.?Convinced they * say, that any increase in cotton acreage this year would be absolutely ruinous to the state, officials of the ^ South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association today issued a statement setting forth the facts in' the situation, as they see thecr and urging every interest in South Carolina to unite in an effort to hold the acreage down at least to that of 1921. A further reduction would Ix strongly advisable the association j cava fniiH moinp roQQniia a ra crivon Vv *. "" J'' *"*" '"-J". ??'?" ? ^ e> - I the association why the acreage should not be increased and it says there ar numerous minor reasons, the four principal ones are: "First. An increase in cotton acrage would cheapen all collateral held by Southern banks. "Second. Under boll weevil p ditions an increase iu acreage means an increase in possible disaster byl the boll weevil. "Third. An increase in cotton acre-j age means a decrease in food and feed crops. Let's make- the Southern farm self sustaining before we again undertake to raise a surplus of (k ton. "Fourth. After bearing the brunt of deflation neither our bankers, merchants nor farmers are in a position to finance a large crop. Under existing conditions we ought not to run the risk of a crop failure j and thus embdrrass banks, merchants ? and farmers. Plant only such crop a' j can be financed with comparaHv I ? ease. 1 ne H5b.UCia.UUll 111 il? Didvcuvcui 1 takes the view that while "a large acreage this year would not by means insure a large crop, it would certainly very greatly depress thr price for the next eight or nine months anyway. If we overprodec ! ^ prices will be ruinous, if we ove* j plant and the boll weevil repeats her 1921 performance, ruin is certain either way you look at it our only * salvation is in a very small avreage."; The association says that it feels; is to be its duty to sound this note of warning to the farmers of V ! state and it reminds them that "it is; better to be safe than sorry:" Dr. J. B. Johnson of Rock Hill,: president, Louis I. Guion of Lugoff. "* viC3 president and manager of the association, Baid yesterday that they had received letters from bankers., f merchants and farmers in every sec tion of the state uging that evr? * step be taken to prevent an increased acreage with the disaster th; it would almost certainly bring. PROOF THAT ANDREW JACKSON WAS BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA By David F. St. Clair. Washington. March 2.?Congressman W. F. Stevenson of the Fifth S. C. District recently discovered that the Congressional Record had placed the birth plaofe of Andrew Jacksor, in North Carolina and he determined to correct this palpable historical error. Mr. Stevenson is by birth from North Carolina himself and is r of the fact but he i9 equally certain and proud of the fact that in his owr. congressional district in South Carolina that the hero of New Orlean; and the seventh President of the United States was born. To correct the record Mr. Stevenson made a speech on the floor of the house in which he pointed out that James Parton, the biographer of | Jackson had not only based his account of Jackson's alleged birth place in North Carolina on flimsy tradition and on witness so long since dead but that Jackson himself had numerous occasions deciare(l he wa? ? native of South Carolina. Not until long after Jackson's death was i ; ever claimed that he was born in! North Carolina. Rep. Hammer of the Seventh North Carolina District, in whose district is Jackson's birth place accortlirr to Parton, gave notice to the hou3 j that he would in due time make rep', to Mr. Stevenson and justify the claim of the Old North State to Jackson's birth place. Mr. Stevenson said the controversy arose first in the mistake of the surveyors in locating the line betweer the provinces in 1735. They were di-J reeted to start at the mouth of the j Little River South of Wilmington and run to the 35 parallel of latitude and to follow that parallel to complete the Northern line but by error tney stopped 11 miles South of the line and 8 miles Jtelow the Catawba Indian Reservation of 144,000 acres, which it was understood, was to be included in South Carolina. The line was t run abive the 35 parallel at the O fawba Reservation and around the reservation and anain follow the 3" parallel West. That line run in 1763. It ran east and south to a point on Twelve Mile creek 3 miles below the 33 parallel and stopped e* Gum Corner. The State line should have cut that line 3 miles above' Twelve Miles Creek. When it was found to be 8 miles below a rock cor ?<$ was established v on Waxhaw Creek and the line betwc n th:>t eorner and Gum Corner was not finally settled till 1815. Now from 1765 to 1815 there w: s rj - -- ? i;?o chnnld UlSpuie ttb iu nunc tuv ..?.v run between the Rock Corner or Waxhaw Creek and Gum Corn r or. Twelve Mile Creek. South Carolir." claimed the line should run r." -itch' j Vnrth Carolina claimed the reed f i 'he line which world nut the Jemr Crawford land on which Jackson was born largely in North Carolina. There was no dispute at that time th Jackson was born on the Crawford land. The dispute was as to whether the Crawford land was in North oSouth Carolina. In 1815 the line between the two States was finally settled aJlotine South Carolina the Crawford place. Jackson's birth place had been a burning issue in settling the line for! he was at that date a famous general. See Foote's sketches <.f North Caro-1 lina. Jackson was born in a tenant j house on his uncle James- Crawford's! land and lived there with his mo' rill he was 1" and not until 1859. 1' years after his death did the myth arise that he was horn in the Mc K'imey house on the North Carolir"1. side of the line. Mr. Stevenson then presented tr 'he house copies of 9 document? ten bv Jackson himself showing 'h;r he claimed to be a native of South Carolina. From his own words ther'-i does not seem to be the slightes" doubt in his mind about the place of his birth. How then did the mvth ] arise? Mr. Stevenson asked, because intil 1859 there was no historian f from Hancroft down who claimed thn* Jackson was a native of North Caro Una. In the face of Jackson's own statements and all the historical evidence ( otherwise that he was a native ofi 'Vn*th CarolinaJ Mr. 1'arton savs i Jackson did not know where he was J born. 1'arton based his assertion on. fho nliPE'Pft statement of Mrs. Leslie. a midwife, who had been dead " , years; on Mrs. Sarah Latham who had been dead 35 years when Part or wrote his biography of Jackson according to Mr. Stevenson. Mrs. Leslie died in 1S08 or seven years before 'the line between North and South Carolina had been settled. These two witnesses long since dead had said that Jackson was born at th?j McKemev house and James Faulkner another witness had said that Jack, son while sleeping with him at tht McKemey house, told hint he was born there. Mr. Stevenson contendthat Parion descredits Faulkner when ICHESTERFIELO COUNTY CO-OPEAA We, the undersig terffeld count)', are with the purpose ani Farmers Cooperatn ciaaion, and believe plan that has been s dling and marketir The plan seems to u fair and we see no re be worked successful benefit to the grow business interest in tl We unreservedly movement to all of c interested in the sale that there are great organization. . Merchants & Farmers Bank, Cheraw H. M. Duvall, Pres. Bank of Cheraw, Cheraw G. W. Duvall, V. Pres. Fhst National Bank, Cheraw S. G. Godfrey, Cashier Bank of Chesterfleld, S C C. C. Douglass, Cashier Tl ( Peoples Bank, Chesterfleld C. P. Mangum, Cashier The Farmers Ban W. L. he writes that Juckosn did not knov where he was born. He also c?.n tends that Partem discredits the Leslie and Latham witnesses. Mr6. Latham, Parton reports to have saiu1 that Jackson's insother after attend | big the burial of her husband did rc j urn to her home and while moving' to the James Crawford place stopped| at the McNemey house and gave birth to Andrew. New John Latham, Mrs. Latham's son contradicts this statement by saying that Mrs. Jackson; did not return to her home but went i straigut on from the church to tii J McKemey house. The great defect in Parton's ac-J count is the tissue of contradiction1 woven into it Mr. Stevenson holds.1 Parton's main witnesses, Mrs. Leslie! and Mrs. Latham had been dead so! many years that their versions of1 what had taken place had passed into tradition colored by the imagina-1 tion of hearsay. Mr. Stevenson contends that Jack-i son was certainly told by his mother and his brothers where he was born.; He lived in the neighborhood till 1 was 15 and he was mentally too ir quisitive not to have asked the question of his mother and he was no a man to accept a myth. If he hadj been born in North Carolina why aid not North Carolina claim him whil he lived? IJoth Wheeler and Foote. the standard historians of that period for North Carolina leave no doubt that he was born in Smith Caro-j lina. In (mentioning the great me' i ..r ?!._ -1,1 V, Cfofo tllfll U1 lilt? UIU ?m;i ui kJiavc i-uv; v?? Jackson's name. Dr. Clarence Poe to S]K'nk Here; The following telegram was receiv. cd yesterday by Mr. G. A. Sherrill County Director Cooperative Marketing: G. A. Sherrill, Cheraw, S. C. Have arranged for Clarence Poe < .-peak in Cheraw March 12th at 11 o'clock. Please advertise widely and arrange for big 'meeting. R. C. HAMER. Mr. Clarence Poe is the widely known Editor of the Progressive Farmer and everyone who possibly can, should hear him. He will speak in the Town Hall in Cheraw oil Friday Mar. 10th a' eleven o'clock. o? Meeting of Mabel kirby Missionary Society. The Mabel Kirby Missionary Society met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Miss Mary Kins. The program consisted of several interesting readings. After the program delightful refreshments were served. BANKS ENDORSE j IIVE MARKETING PLAN ned Banks of Chesfavorably, impressed d plan of the Cotton /e Marketing Assothat it is the best iuggested for handig the cotton crop. io E/-a ka nMpf-icil nnrl I id ikj piatiKai ciuk j :ason why it cannot! Ily and made of great er and every other he South. recommend this >ur people who are : of cotton, believing possibilities in the Bank of Mt. Croghan, Mt. Croghan P. M. Therrell, Cashier The Bank of Pageland L. L. Parker, Pres. The Jefferson Bank L. L. Parker, Pres. The Farmers Bank of Jefferson D. H. Douglass, Cashier The State Bank of McBee F. E. Kerr, Cashier k, Ruby McKay, Jr., Cashier Miss Tolly Harrell Wins Essay The committee selected to choose the winners of the prize patriotic contest conducted by Cheraw Drug uo. wnicn enaea *eD. iu, nave announced the following as prize winners: First prize $3.00 won by Miss Polly Harrell, teacher Miss Vera Wiggins. Second prize $3.00 won by Miss Marion Martin, teacher Miss Christine Davis. Third prize, $2.00 won by Jamie Spruill, teacher Miss Strother. Mr. Graham of Cheraw Drug C'o., expresses himself as highly pleased with the wide interest the cor.'-st aroused, not only in the schools but among the parents of the children competing. "Everything went off beautij.:llv" Mr. Graham said today, "If anybody wants to know whether the pupil.*: of our schools are being properly ?aii;:bt or not, just let hi*m read some c( tlvse essays as 1 have and he will be thor-j oughlv convinced that we have a school system to be proud of. The quality of the essays, I think, i-; remarkable. The judges must 1 ive had a hard time to decide which contestants were entitled to t lie prizes. Mr. Graham also said that he wanted publicly to thank Miss Claude Godfrey, Prof. J. K. McCown and Mr. Jor Lunasay, wno acieu as judges, ior in conscientious work they did in selecting the best essays, and also the j teachers who lent their co-operation to the plan. The essay that won the first prize.] written by Miss Polly Harrall will be published next week. The other winning essays wjll he published in early issues of this. paper. Mr. C. K. Pegues is vying with Henry Ford in making labor saving crjachines for farmers. Mr. Pegues says with a new plow he is making, one man and mule can do more work than three men and three mules and with a larger one a man and two mules can do the work of three men and six mules and they don't cost much. Ask him about them. To tlic Bitter End A couple of old codgers got into : i quarrel and landed before the local magistrate. The loser, turning to his1 opponent in a combative frame of mind, cried: "I'll law you to the Circuit Court." "Mm, willin', said the other. "And I'll law you to the Supremo; Court." "An' I'll law you to hell!" "My attorney'U be there." was the! calm reply. CHERAW GIRLS WIN ANOTHER BASKETBALL GAME Defeat Society Hill in Close Game. In one of the fastest and hardest fought games of the season the local high school girls defeated the team from Society Hill by the score of 1T> to 14. Society Hill was the first to score but Cheraw soon took the lead and kept it throughout the game. The first half ended with the score 13 to 7 in favor of Cheraw. During the second half Society Hill came back strong and again made 7 points but only allowed their opponents to make 2. Kight personal fouls was called on each team, six in the first half and two in the second. Cheraw imade three good out of the eight free trials for goal while Society Hill was successful in caging only two. The game with Society Hill will probably close a very successful season for the high school girls, having won four games out of the five pkwed and scoring 80 points to their opponents 35. The boys, too. had a most successful season of basketball scoring a total of 133 points to their opponents j Sft. Paseball has now attracted their attention and the manager, John F. Matheson, has almost completed the schedule of gaames. Prospects are encouraging for a winning team and quite a numbtr of ambitious young sters are working hard for a position on the squad. The proceeds of the show to be given at the Town Hall on Friday night (March 3rd) by the Darlington high schooJ will go to the promotion of athletics and be divided between the two schools. An eight piece orchestra will furnish music for the occasion and a full house is expected. The Junior Epworth League. A Junior Epworth League has been organized at the M'thodDt Church with sixty-two members. Following are the Officers and Comlmittees: President, Miss Mary McLeod; Vice Presidents, Misses Ruth K. Maynard, Juanita Rouse and Nancy Wannamakcr; Secretary, Miss Elizabeth Stricklin; Treasurer, Miss Florence Finlayson; Agent Epworth Quarterly, Murdock Finlayson. Departments. 1. The Department of Worship. Superintendent, Mrs. T. E Wannamaker, Jr., Chairman, Miss Mary McLeod; Committee, Hugh Pioe, Kitty Melton, Mary King, Florence Flnlayson. Corbett Randy. 2. The Department of Social Service. Supt., Mrs. J. W. Lytton, Chairman. Ruth Mayuard; Committee, Blanche Klnsey Duvall, Clyde Laney, Sarah Page Murray, Aiken Bull and Theodore Wilkerson. 3. The Department of Recreation and Literature. Superintendent, Mrs. P. A. Murray, Jr.; Chairman, Jaunita -Rouse; ComImittec, Edna May Murray, Joseph Lytton, Evans Marl in, Edith Walters, and Elizabeth Ingram. '. Department of Missionary Work. ..Superintendent, Mrs. H. A. MoLeod; Chairman, Nancy Wannamaker; Committee, Wbfford Finlayson, Ruth Han-1 cock, Gladys Cox, Mary Rollings, and J Elliott Wannamaker. Committee on Membership?Joseph Lytton, Pines Hancock, Mary Mcpherson, Thonvns Kinp, John Sam Long, Jennie Lou Finlayson and Wil- ] iner Ingram. Music Committee?Elizabeth StricK lin, Lila Mae Lowery, Blanche Roby Wannpmaker, Florence Finlayson. Ruth Maynard and Nancy Wannamaker. Runaway Marriage. Miss Sybil Colie and Mr. B. F. Dail, of La Grange, N. C., were Married in Bennettsville on last Tuesday < Feb. 22nd after several unsuccessful attempts. It seems that the father of the; young lady objected and when the couple attempted to get a license at Washington, N. C., they found that the father had phoned and had succeeded in stopping the issueing of the license. They then came to Che raw to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hartsfield, uncle and aunt of the bride. After meeting with obstacles at Chesterfield they drove to Bennettsville where they were married by the Probate Judge. The happy couple spent the past week in Cheraw. o Services at First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church, Cheraw, S. C.. Rev. A. H. McArn, I). D., Pastor. Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. Joe Lindsay, Superintendent. Preaching at 11:15 A. M. by tin Pastor. Text: Matt. 22:20?"Whose is this image and superscription?" I'rayer Meeting on Wednesday evening at 7:30. The Executive Roard of the Woni-i an's Auxiliary will meet next Tiies-! day P. M. at 4 o'clock at the Session' House. [, THEY ARE WEARING IN NEW YORK Most of the smart hats worn in New York now are in black or tan felt, soft little shapes, or of red or dame colored crepe, with fruit or flower trimming. Gay colors are seen in the suits that appear on the Avenue, a flame colored Kasha being worn on a recent cold day, and an almond green worn by a young girl. Her top coa' of squirred fur was uuade on long lines, and a green felt hat and gray footwear completed the costume. "Patch-Work" hats in combinations of pastel or high shades, worn with the typical "flapper" tilt, are the latest with that increasingly large group. The camel shade continues a much worn color in hosiery. A suit worn recently at the Biltmore Benefit Day by one of the debutante class, which was there ii large numbers, was in a brown cloth with a series of narrow flounces, fin. nishing the bottom of the jacket and continuing from the hips for a short distance down the skirt. It war really a three-piece costume, the blouse being of contrasting crepe. * * Wide brimmed black and brown Milans are making their appearance trimmed with sweeping fancy quill effects and indicating the probabh acceptance of the very large hat for the coming season. * Heavily embroidered net whic> gives an effect of lace is much seen in dresses of the dinner type theatre and restaurant for the mature woman's frock. Gray seems to be as much favored as ever for the crepe frocks and is seen constantly in semi-dress types although the beige shades are being more exploited for spring wear. A spring costume seen recently was a study in brown, the skirt of smart check fabric in tan and brown, the brown jacket of the new swagger hip length showed white at neck and wrist and the small tailored hat also was of brown, a brown chou complementing the color of the costume, e ?. A large, transparent hair hat seen recently in the evening was trimmed with large clusters of black grapes. The French type appears nightly more popular in smart clubs and res taurants. Severely plain coiffures usually with headdress, heavil.' rouged lips and extremely long, ful skirts were noted in several .women dancing this week at Montmartre. o Services at 3Iethodist Church. Methodist Episcopal Church, South Dr. Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. "The Friendly Church." Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. H. A. McLeod, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 A.' M. and 7:30 P. VI. by the Pastor. Subject: "Touching The Hem of His Garment." At the evening hour the Congregation will join in the monthly Union Service which will be held at the Baptist Church. Junior Epworth League at 3 P. M. Sixty-two young people have joined this organization up to date and others are to join. Monthly Meeting of the Beard of Stewards at the Parsonage on Monday at 7:30 P. M. Prayer Service on Wtednesday at 7:30 P. M. Topic: "Studies in 'evivals," Seventy-two / people were , present at the Prayer Service on last Wednesday. Public cordially invited to all services. o 1 Entertain for Ludles Aid Society. Last Thursday evening Mrs. J. N. Stricklin and Mrs. Earle GraveE gave an Age Party at the home of Mrs. Stricklin for the benefit of the Ladies Aid Society. Quite a large crowd attended and the following program was enjoyed: 1. Recitation, "The High School Girl"?Miss Kitty Melton. 2. Piano selection, "Impromptu"? . Miss Marion Martin. 3. Solo, "The Barnyard''?Little 1 Miss Jennie Llew Finlayson. 4. Reading, "Nobody's Child"? ] Miss Viola Sanborn. i a. Solo, "Apple Blossoms"?Miss t Miss Elizabeth Stricklin. Refreshments was served consist- i ing of block cream and cake. A nice sum was realized for the i Aid Society. i THEY ARE WEARING AT PALM BEACH An effective coiffure band worn at Bradleys was made of four flexible lacquered, black quills, worn flat around the head, their center quills being outlined with a tiny band of rhinestones. A similar idea was noted recently at the Coutotry Cflub, a woman wearing a natural pheasant feather aronnd the crown of a white hat, with the edges of the feather outlined with small brilliants. Bright green kid sandals worn with white stockings are noted here. One woman wore them today with a chemise dress made of huge red and yellow silk bandanas. Many of the beat dressed women here wear the same model repeated in several colors, this applying to hats as well as dresses. A purple or rather deep violet silk knitted dress worn was topped with a capeline of matching straw banked with violets. Summer ermine is used to trim chiffon and crepe capes. A short neckpiece of long white willow ostrich was worn with a periwinkle blue chiffon dreefc, and a hat of lace dyed to match. Chiffon still leads as the fabric most often used in afternoon and for beach costumes. A white Leghorn off the face hat. with pink rose sprays and a long pink chiffon scarf, topped a long skirted pink chiffon dress, the panels edged with crystals. A red hair hat trimmed with red apples, yellow plums and pussy willow topped a yellow georgette embroidered in yellow silk and small red beads,, the Oriental esign taking the form of mandarins and pagodas. Since the weather has been unsettled and there has been considerable rain, warmer clothes have been in order. A growing number of bright yellow dresses and capes. Much green for evening. Gardenia trimmed hats. Much fruit for millinery, large ap. pies and plums and many grapes and cherries and currants. * Small fine beaded bags mounted and draw string types in floral patterns. Envelope bags, small and finely beaded. Cretonne parasols and small ruffled silk ones. PREPARATION STARTED FOR S. S. CONTENTION York, S. C.?Feb. 27. Although tb" date for the Convention is more than three months off, officials of thSouth Carolina Sunday School Convention are already making plans and preparations lor tne now the annual South Carolina Sunday I School Convention in Columbia, June 20-21-22. The Convention this year will be held at the University of South Carolina, the invitation of that institution to hold the Convention there having been accepted sometim * ago. "We hope to have the largest con. vention of Sunday School workers at Columbia this year that South Carolina has ever known," said Leon C. Palmer of Spartanburg, superintendent of the South Carolina Sunday School Association in a statement issued today. "Some of the most noted Bible teachers and Sunday School workers in America will be pres" for the Convention. ''" A?MAalA4(An ftrlll Ko "Every tuumy amvlwuuu ?*?? uv represented at the convention and we hope that every Sunday School will be represented." The Convention last June was held at Winthrop College in Rock Hill. -o Brainy Pat Pat and Mike were working on a new building. Pat was laying the bricks and Mike was carrying the hod. Mike had just come up to the fourth floor, when the dinner whistle blew. His lunch was on the ground. "I hate to walk down after It," he said. "Take hold of this rope," said Pat, "and I'll let you dowu." Pat let him down half way and then let go of the rope. Mike landed In the mortar bed, not much hurt, b'?t :erribly angry. "And why did you let go of the rope?" he demanded. "I thought it was going to break," said Tfe-t. "and I had presence of mind enough to let go."?A. H.