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VOL. .26 . * . CHER AW, S. C., MAY J 8, 1922 NO 28. j ? i ? RED CROSS TO HELP REFUGEES IX FLOOD AREAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY \ An appeal for $">00,000 tc be used for relief work among the 75,000 homeless and hungry refugees in the flood , stricken "areas of the .Mississippi Valley was made Thursday by Judge ( Joan Barton Payne, national chai". man of the American Red Cross. This President Warren G. Harding, honorary chairman of the Red Cross, has be^n made necessary by the highest waters ever flooding the states near the mouth of the Mississipppi, which have confronted the Red Cross with one of the most serious relief situations it ha?*aced since its qrganiation. This sum is in addition to the $100,000 which the ARC has alreadj ? a ? j ?a! i nf n?r>rl' appropriated iui uuu In a letter to all Hed Cross chapters In America Chairman Payne says: . 'Floods in the valley of the Illinois, Ohio and Mississippi rivers have caused death and great loss of property and thousands of families to be without shelter, food or proper clothing. Thirty-one thousand of the homeless ere being fed by the Red Cross in the state of Mississippi alone.1 The Red Cross has quickly organized relief work with the help of local committees at many places in Illinois I and on the Mississippi river 6011th of St. Louis, particularly in the states of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. I The first need shave been met by the national headquatrers with an appropriation of approximately one hun/IpoU thousand dollars. UIVU V"VM" I "There is great work to bs done I until the stricken people who have lqst their all can be re-established in home life. At least $500,000 will be required by the Red Cross. There; should be genertus asisstance fo: these struggling committees and t:i health and comfort of destitute men v wo^ien and children should have ev-' ery possible attention. "The chapters are requested to so-' licit immediately contributions to bi administered, by the national organ; j zatioa of the American Red Cross ' through state and local committees which it ha3 organied or through which it is discharging responsibilit.v for relief work. t -^Contributions may be made for us. at'any designated place or in any spe ciflc territory, or for distribution ac- ! cording to actual necessity^ for chip at the discretion of the national organization. Chapter officers will report and forward the money which they collect to the respective division officers." Upon being informed of the campaign by the Red Cross for the flood stricken sufferes President Harding sent a lett^rto Chairman Payne praising the worK*the Red Cross has al ready done in the water covered areas aqd fendorsing Chairman Payne's appeal for funds to carry on the great task. "My dear Judge Payne," President Harding wrote, "I have observed with irmch inteerst and pleasure th? prompt and effective work which the Red Crbss is doing for the relief o' acute need in the flooded areas of: A u - l'ftv I rnncrnl. I tilt? tat 1CJ UUU A VVMQ.v. . . ulate you upon this splendid publicservice. The country, I am sure, will warully appreciate this service of the! Red Cross and will respond to any appeal which it may make for thi - ' great work." The Red Cross, according to Judge Payne, at first believed that the flood I # situation could be cared for with funds available but since the conditions in the stricken areas have con.( satntly grown worse Red Cross ot'l'i; cials are taking this opportunity to elt the people Of America contribute toward the relief of their stricken fellow c'tizens in the flooded regions through their local Ited Cross chapters. The food beran with a large break in the levee at Ferriday, La., smaller breaks at other places, and with high backwater from the Red, Flack and Yazoo rivers. In Louisiana and Mississippi alone nearly 60,000 people have been driven from their homes and the larger portion of them are being cared for by the Southern Division -* lU" n?1 *???* / nlnnidU it Ol Hie IVCU vivas Hi IVI11 ... Natchez, Harrisonburg, Rhinehart an?' Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. Another tent colony will soon be opened in Redwood, ten miles north <?i' Vicksburg, and refugees now living in garretts and box cars will be placed in this camp by the Red Cross. The most serious aspect of the situation is the crop failures of recent years which have rendered many of the homeless practically destitute. !' is estimated that more than *.100,000 will be neede for food alone before conditions become normal and tin waters subside. Atlogeihri more than 3,f>O0 square miles of territory are now covered by raging waters and the flood seems now on the increase so that even greater number of square mides may be submerged before the waters reach their cerst. Active relief has been extended by the Red Cross since the first levee broke and this work will be continued as fast as new funds permit. Over THE PLACE OF SHEEP IN SOI'TH CAROLINA Clemson College, May 17.??1The production of 'meat in South Carolina lias always been less tihan the consumption would warrant, and it is now necessary ^to increase this proi duction. because the purchasing powj cr of a 'any of the meat consumers has I been greatly lessened on account of I the present economic conditions. The sheej) cft'ers 009 of the most profitabh: types of livestock to make thi3 increase, according to L. V. Starkey, chief of the Animal Husbandry Division, who thinks that small farm flockof about 50 ewes should be seen on many farms. Sheep require less care than hogs and much less range than beef cattle, and in a thickly populated j state cf sn ail farms, such as South Carolina, they should prove a protitable source of revenue. IVccl and Meat fnpni Sheep?An average high grade sheep can produce a fleece weighing from five to eight' pounds, and raise a lamb weighing 80 pounds in a year. If necessary it can live without a single mouthful of grain since our forage corps and permanent patsures will carry sheep the'year round. Tohugh in this section of the count 'iv grain is scarce, forage crops' and permanent pastures may be cheaply and easily grown, and sheep will utilize the?* crops at a profit. Ii^ fac?, sheep have two important advantages over otehr classes of livestock. They require practically no grain and tehy destroy brush and bushes. Drawbacks May Be Overcome?It is quite true that there are many draw<-! backs to sheep raising, such a? dogs.! stomach worms, > poor fences, pcor J markets, etc., but these difficultio- i may be overcome. For example. If the people in a community git interested in sheep they also get interested In eliminating the cups and taking pr< per cure of the fc-cod dogs. If sheep are frequently changed from one pas-1 hire to another, stomach worms and other parasites may be controlled. If a few neighbors go together and raise sheep thsy can pool their wool and Illcirixei I rt III us uy me uanuau. The best way to get into the shcop business is to locate and purchase a half-dozen high-grade ewes. By raving the owe lan bs the flock nuiy bcgradrally| enlarged to the size desired. There is probably no l>r: ed of sheep better adapted to this state than the Southdowns.* They are hardy, blocky sheep, well adapted to tha production of mutton. o?: SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON GROWERS MEET TUESDAY ? Columbia, May 15.?Members of the; South Carolina Cotton Growers Association have been crilled by the or. j ganization coirfmittee of the associa-J tion to assemble in their respective county seats on Tuesday, MaV 23rd. j at noon, for the purpose of setting the machinery for a permanent organiza- J tion in motion. Each county convention will on that date elect delegates to a district convention. the basis of representation being one delegate for eaefti county | and one delegate for every 2,000 bale; : or majority fraction thereof. Thus j Greenwood county with 9,902 bales \ signed up win De eniuieu iu icn unegates to the district convention. Aiken county with 8.159 bales signed up will be entitled to nine delegates. At each of the district conventions to be held on Tip*cda<y, May 30, at the district centers which have been designated by the organization committee two candidates will be named. Following the district conventions a post card ballot will be sent every member of the association and he will be asked to indicate his choice of the two can- didates from his district. If neither is acceptable to him he may scratch! both and write in the name of his | dhnice. The state has been divided into ten districts and ten directors are to be I elected. The districts are as follows: District No. 1. Marlboro and Chesterfield counties. District No. 2. Greenville, Pickens, Oconee and Anderson counties. District No. 3. Spartanburg, Laurens. I'nion. Newberry and Cherokee! counties. LUiinci. -no. 4. ,r\uuevii*c", ure?nwood, MeCormick, Kdgeficld, Saluda, Aiken. llurnwell and Allendale counties. District No. Darlington and Lee counties. District i.No. 6. .Dillon, Marion, Florence, Horry and Georgetown! coiyities. District No. T. Richland, lA'xington and Carotin counties. District ?No. 8. Oraugesburg, Dorchester. Coll' ton. Ihunberg and Hampton counties. District No. 0. Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties. Distiet No. 10. York, Chester, Lan, caster, Fairfield and Kershaw couni tics. ' $100,000 have so far been expended by ( national headquarters and the Southern Division on .relief work. \ A . V. _ .. -Ji.. i. ? -v' . . A Lai \ , / I'D LIKE T< * I HAVE,; JUST J r f f; ' V^>T MOI RSV"*Ui ?r. / A RAKE Ml'SICAL TREAT Mr. Robert A. Irvin, distinguished musisian of Augusta, Ga., will be the guest cf the Cheraw Crescendo C'.ut on next Tuesday, May 23rd. Mr. Irvin assisted by Mr. Suimvalt, will play on two occasions. In the afternoon a Musicale will be given at the home o( * ' ' *1?- M n a1?/I rlJn Air. ana A'ir?. uiattm .uacrai n?* "Hill Crest Farm." at 4:30 o'clock. An informal reception and recital at K:"o o'clock will l)e given in the evening at the home of .Miss Elise Duvall, Mr. Irvin has studied extensively both in this country and abroad. During his ten years of residence in Augusta, Ga., he has been accorded ever} possible honor as director, pianoist and organi-t. At the present lie is director of the Augusta Musical Association and director and organist of the First Baptist Church, which is the largest in the city. In addition to these activities his time is taken up at his large studio. His pleasant per. sonality and artistic temperament together with his splendid technique and broad musician hip has made him known throughout the South as an artist of the highest type. . He has recently be^n elected director of nuisic at Marshall College in Texas, where there are eleven hundred students. On next Sunday evening at Augusta, a fareweU program Will lit1 given U< U1I U1C invaiuii. there in his honor. It may be of in terest to note that two of the anthenu to be rendered were written by Angustans and have been dedicated t< Mr. Irvin. Their initial rendition wil! be given on this occasion. Amor, other farewells in il.s honor the Kiwanians will al-o give him one 01 June 1st. The Club members and their friends are looking forward to this rare musical treat with the keenest pleasure. o (TLTIV.VTE CO If N' EAHLV Clanson College, 5lay 17.?Corn planting has generally been late this spring because of heavy rains durine March and April. This is going tc mean a late crop of corn throughout the state. In past years it has generally been true that where corn planting is detetyed until after cotton is plauted, the corn receives little attention and a poor crop of ccrn generally results. This is not so much because of late planting as it is because vof improper cultivation. Corn is a crop which does not iy?ed a great deal of cultivation, providing the cultivation is dune at the right time and in the proper way. If corn is planted in well prepared clean land and is kept cultivated with a harrow or cultivator during the first few weeks of its grow!'' sufficient to keep weeds down <o that weeds and grase never get started, the crop of corn is assured, as the crop dues not require late cultivation if the weeds are kept out when it is young. In fact, numerous experiments have shown that it docs not pay to cultivate cojn except where weeds and grass are growing. The old theory that corn should be cultivated t?? conserve moisture has been proved to not lie well founded but cultivating to kill weeds is always profitable and, in fact, necessary for a successful crop of corn asys 1'rof j C. P. rUaekwcll, Agronomist. I Corn may be made a profitable j in South Carolina if planted on goo?' J land and if cultivated in such a waj I as to keep down the cost of production ! as low as possible. One of the most ; important thing.; to remember :n keep; ing the cost of production low is tira' I it is mocr economical to cultivate con when it is young wit ha spike loot I harrow than with a one-mule sweet and it is just as effective. The riding cultivator can also be used to very i great advantage in cultivating corn for economical crop production,. The Chronicle $1.50 a year. rger Helping, PI I f i ; Contributions To The Woodrow Wilson Foundation To Dal* 1 , I We are publishing below the name? , of those in Ciieraw who have contrib. uted to the Woodrow Wilson Founda| at ion. For the next few weeks we will ! publish the names of contributors. Mr. R. T. C'aston $10.00 , Mrs. H. P. Lynch 10.00 1 Cheraw Graded School?partial report from nickle drive ">.2." Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Godfrey 2.00 Misses Huntley....' 2.0(1 Miss Etta Powe l.OO Miss Janet MacFarlan 1.00 Miss Bland : l.Oi] % * 1 o HARPER-WELLS ((Contributed) With only a few friends and relatives present, a very fluiet, but beautiful wedding was solemnized Sunday, when Miss Sallie Harper became the bride of Roy M. Wells. Dr. Watson B. Duncan, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. The ring ceremony being used. The bride was tastefully and charmingly attired in a beautiful blue traveling suit, with hat to match, and wore a beautiful bouquet of lillics o the valley. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. J. F. Harper, of this city. Sh will be missed very much by the younger set in their social circles. She has a host of friends in Cher:-.v. and over the entire state, who u !sh wish her loads of happiness in her new life. Mr. Wells is a North Carolina boy who is attaining success in Raleigh, and holds a responsible position with ihe Raleigh Iron Works in that town. He also has many friends throughout North Carolina, and in this strc and is a promising youi? basin ss man in his location. l/imnediately after the ceremony the couple left on S. A. L. train No. 4, where thci; 'had reservations and will spend a short while fn cities up North. ' i i Services at .Methodist Church. Methodist Episcopal Church, South Dr. Watson D. puncan, Pastor. "The Friendly Church." Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. II. A. McLeod, Superintendent. Preaching at P A. M. and S P. M. by Rev. W. L. Wait, of Florence, S. ('. Junior Epworth League at 15 P. M. Senior League at 7:15 P. M. Prayer Service on Wednesday at S P. M. Topic: "Studies in Practical 1 Religion." Studies in the book of ' Ames. Public cordially invited to all services. ('HERA ft WINS ?A.HE ' Bennettsvllle Defeated by Tliiifetn to Notning-3Core. Clientw defeated Bennettsville here Tuesday afternoon, 13 to I). The game was featured by the lutting of Uhe entire Cheraw team aud pitching of Lide for Cheraw, who struck out IS nven md allowed only four scattered hits*. Bennettsville fielded poorly, accounting for several scores. MAKKIEI) ON MONDAY Mr. Frederick Dameron and Miss Ethel Womack surprised their many friends by being married on Mon lav afternoon ai 5 o'clock. It was generally understood that'they would he married soon, "it no one suspect" 1 1 that the marriage would take place so early. Dr. Watson It. Duncan performed the ceremony. The happy couple left on the afternoon Coast Line train for a trip of several days. Mr. and Mrs. Dameron have a host of friends in Cheraw who wish for them a most prosperous wedded life. ease 4HKJSP ! . <HY HE'S WORSE) ? ( J Wk cor/moirr nzx ev \\\ PU 8. AUTOCAST E R SZB.V.CO __ 1; ONE-TEACHER SCHOOLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Some ons has said: "The averagi j furiner and rural teacher think of the | rural school as a little house, on a little] ground, with a little equipment, whore j a little teacher, for a little while at a| little salary, teaches little children, little tilings." According to the last report of the State Superintendent of Education out of a total of 2,30:1 white schools 01.1 j were I teacher schools, (120 were 2 ( teacher, and 324 were 3 teacher | school*. Expressed in percentage fig( tires, approximately 40 per cent of our I while schools einplciv one teacher; 07; I ptr Cent tvc two feneJiors or less; and SI per cent have three teachers or less. Hank of oCnnties. The county making the best showing| | in this respect is Dillon with only 4 j per cent of its schools one teacher affairs; Darlington ranks second with 7 per cent: Florence third with 17 per. cent; and Spartanburg fourth with 18 1 per cent of it* white schools one teaclil er affairs. I The county with the worst showing is Georgetown where 7(5,per cent of tne white schools employ only one teacher; Berkeley has 72 one teacher schocls out of every hundred, and th?re are scare six or iaore other counties taht do not widely differ from these distressing figures. _ Rights of the Country Child In our conception of the modern state, its most priceless possession and basic fabric is the individual citizen J and the child of today is the citizen j of tomorrow. With this idea in view, the education of the child is of most fundamental and far-reaching importance, it1 matters not whether that child is ur- j ban or rural. And the fact that a child happens to have been horn in the country should; he no reason why he is not provided j j with as good an education as the child in the city. His rights are of equal. importance with those of the urban j child; it is as much the duty of the j State to provide the country hoy and girl with superior educational facili-i tjes as it is for the city boy or girl to| possess these advantages. This situation becomes more imper-i i ntive in a /state like South Carolina high school, the majority of these not i having completed the fifth grade. There is a menace in this situation land it h the menace of ignorance. It | ; will continue to retard and hazard the; progress of our civilization until the issue is squarely met. The Consolidated School. Tile most practical solution of the:1 country school situation lies in the consolidated school. Consolidation in it lioht form takes place when schools! i i arc not forced to close for lack of students. hut are deliberately abandoned; 1 for the purpose of creating a larger school where more efficient work may he done, or the same work at a dimin-j i ished cost. Former Commissioner of Education,j P. P. Claxton, had the following to say A COOPERATIVE GUERNSEY * | HI LL ASSOCI ATION j ? (Contributed 1 Growing out of work now hefn?, done to secure "better sired' in Chesterfield County, and the interest belli? shown, the county has a wonderful opportunity to forge ahead as a unified dairy county in its chosen breed? Guernseys, by the formation of a cooperative Guernsey Bull Association. It is remarkably significant that so much interest is be ng shown nud farmers everywhere are realizing, while time is opportune, the necessity of better livestock, diversification and the necessity for unified and cooperative effort. If present plans 011 the part of representatives of Clemson college and the United States Agri cultural department cooperating with county agent \V. J. Tiller, work out, 8 or 10 well bred Guernsey Bulls will be placed at various points in the county. These animals will be representative of the best blood of the breed with a guaranteed production hacking then:.. They will be animals that will be in the reaci. of hundreds of farmers in the county and such that no average fanner could afford to purchase execpt by cooperative effon. The bull association plan is economiquickest and most economical plan that can be devised, being more ecoonmical to participants in the association than individual ownership of i the worst kind of scrubs; and the most laudable part is that farmers of this county are awake to better breeding, conservation of* the best native stock, and building it up by this plan of cooperation. What does it mean for the future? It means a unified effort or the County toward one breed. It means the quickest and mots economical plan of upbuilding. It means in only four years possession of the equal of approximately 15 carloads of high grade i cows now imported from some north, i em state, to say nothing of the pure bred animals that will be useu. K i means Chesterfield county standing out in the Guernsey world as a Guernesy county, and last, but not least, i,t means a spirit of cooperation i? being developed?the future protection of American farmers. As a strictly business proposition farmers should look into this plan, who have not had the opportunity already. If a heifer calf from one of the old scrub cows and one of these high class bulls is worth in cash money 20 to 30 dollars/more than one < from a scrub bull, or a pure bred bull backed by no production records, then it is worth while, and the sooner farmers start building up by the use of better sires, just so soon will they 1 have more valuable livestock. And < farmers of the South are learning i that livestock is just as much a part- i ncr of cotton as a partner of corn and < wheat in the North. < Services at First Presbyterian Cknrcli First Presbyterian Church, Cheraw S. C., Rev. A. H. McArn, D. D? Pastor. 1 Sunday School at Id A. M., Mr. Joe where S2.."> per cent of ot:r population is rural, and where approximate!} 74 out of every hundred of our people! live on the farm. ! it is well to recall that the white ru-, ral illiteracy in South Carolina in 1020 ; . was approximately three times as I great as the white urban illiteracy. The matter is of vital import to the j city, also; for in considerable measure the city recruits its force from the ranks of the country. To be sure it more often takes the best equipped in! the country ranks, but it should not, demur at the additional expense incurred to properly educate the country child. In a study of a typical up-country rural community, it was found that of: ! the white owners operating their own | i lands over <i2 per cent of these finished ! their education below the Sth grade, ; and in the case of the white tenant ap I proximately SO per cent finished below Lindsay, Superintendent. Morning Service at 11:1* A. M. Morning Text: Jno 15:22: "If I Had Not Come." Evening subject: 1 Cor. 16:9: "For a Great Door and Effectual is Opened I'nto Me." Evening Service at 8 P. M. I'rov. 6-10. "Yet a Little Sleep, a Little Slumber." Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. o CAM) OF THANKS We wish to thank the good people cf tfaeraw for their much kindness shown us during our recent fire. T. A. HANCOCK And Family regarding the consolidated school: "The improvement and consolidation of rural schools and the use of such schools as rural social centers have a marked influence upon the prosperity and intellectual development of the people who live in the country. The movement in this direction has only begun and its continued progress is dependent in a large measure upon the improvement of highways and highway transportation. Better roads are essential to better rural schools." * - -* 1.1 J V.,. n?nk I line way IS UUillg uiuseu uy gmu counties as Dillon and Darlington. If cne Soiith Carolina county can practi- ( cally eliminate onc-t?arher schools j why cannot all of them do so We have t resources enough in South Carolina to t orovide good schools for all our people ? tnd it is short-sighted policy when we; p do not. If constitutional restrictions , limiting amounts of revenue arc in the c way of adequate state appropriations f and equalizing funds we should re- t move them and not only offer but re- t ipiire every boy and girl to have a s good grammar school education; and ^ place within the easy reach of all i ^ good high school facilities.?University j. News. a o v $1.50 a year for The Chronicle c BACK >V A K D G L A N C^S J News Our Great Grandfathers H<?d jj In Tlie Charelston Courter May 11, 1822. j STEAX-BOAT AT CHERAW * The steam-boat Pee Dee returned from her last trip to Georgetown on Sunday last, having made her entire -1 trip from: Cheraw to Georgetown aud back in four days and six hours. She has been detained at Cheraw this week M by the Indisposition of Capt. Elkins. .; The above will be of interest to the . older Citizens of Cheraw, because Captain Elkins lies buried in old St. ^ David's church yard. He is said to ' \ have taken the first steamship across j the Atlantic?the Savannah. J. S. HARTZELL. o BOARD OF TRADE BANQUET WEDNESDAY NIGJ1T On A^ednlesday night, May 21th, A "?*- - r> j _# rr< lll a hon. I fie Doa.ru ui niauc wiu 6??c ? quet to the business men of Cheraw -3S and vicinity. , Mr. G. R. Lowe will tell of his fa- ^ mous Xeosha plan which has been taken on and worked by a large num- . \ ber of towns over the country. The / merchants especially are being urged ^ to hear Mr. Lowe. . 'a Wadesboro, N. C., says its a treat to hear him whether the plan is adopted or not. About 75 people are expected to attend the banquet. o 0>E HUNDRED YEARS OLD (Charleston News and Courier, *1 May 8th, 1822) ? Cheraw (Pee Dee Gax.) The town of Cheraw continues to increase in numbers, wealth and houses; it is expanding on almost every side; and the worlis of ahaitft)/, piety and benevoltence are not neglected. . . it is announced with sincere satisfaction that a Sunday School Society is formed for th?. pur- % po?e of teaching in the Academy, on 4 the Sabbath Da?, such children of the j town or vicinity as may be willing to j attend, and all such as it has not been found convenient for their parents to j send to school on week days, are par- i ticularly invited, the branches of cation, comprising the English lan- J guage, morality and religion, as far j us the knowledge of the Holy Bible- ii JENNINGS OWENS SEEK HIGH PLACE | (The State) Jennings K. Owens of Bennettsville, j for four years a prominent member 1 of the ihouse of representatives, an- jt lounced yesterday that he would he j i candidate this summer for the DomocrAtic nomination as Lieutenant 1 governor. This is the first announce. ^ nent of a candidate for this honor. Mr. Owens was in ColumbiA iyesterday a :o attend the Domocartic convention iiul it was while here that he made J he definite announcement that he<? ,von id be in the race. He was-sleeted ifl, dee president from the sixth congres- J sional district at the state conventior^^H resterday. Mr. Owens, who is a prominent Hm nember of the Bennettsville iracticed his profession for 18 years. Hie came to the house of representsves four years ago with Messrs. Mc Laurin and Pdgues, these three nmk- ' 1 ng the race without opposition. Two rears ago with six men in the pri- -.j nary he was elected on the first balot, receiving the higtheGt vote cast & or any candidate for the house in M lis county that year. Mr. Owens has >een a member of the judiciary com- *1 nittee for four years. Mr. Owens, who is a native of Rock il rllll, was -eaucateu ai uanxs uigu m chcol, York, receiving a thorough * oundation under the late distinguishsd teacher, A. ^t. Banks. He went Arofford college and was graduated -:JB vith the claqp of 1898. The following ,'J| .'ear he returned to York and taught ' j or two sessions in the public school J j )f that town and later taught three *9 .ears in the public school of his home 9 own. Rock Hill. While teaching he "JM ead law and passed the bar examine- J i<>n in 1904. Mr. Owens went direct ? o Bennettsville to be associated with Jj he late Hope H. Newton. Since Mr. 1 s'ewton's death about ten years ago le has practiced his profe-sion alone. I BASE BALL 1 Two delightfully intelligent old lalies were discussing baseball in a de- ? ightfully unintelligent way. "Do you hink they have many watchmen in SM he baseball narks at night?" one ask id. "You mean to guard the diamond j ind the plate?" said the other. "Yei, I ln-y must be very valuable because 1 mliy yesterday I heard someone ?;'v j hat a man got three bags, then tried 0 steal the home plate. No doubt he plate is the more valuable for the j ame man made a complete circle of .9 he diamond to get at it." "The whole m ;ame must be terrible. Why, I overleard a conversation yesterday about 1 man who tried to strike another and vhen he failed he was knocked all ?ver the field."