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![ fATHAN BTRAltf DBAU ch of American Jewry and /?>rld Wide Philanthropist York, Ja-n. 12.?Natlum l>ati iaix-b of American Jewry e benefactor of little children rid over, died in his sleep yesin his 83rd yemr, r the death of his wife, Mrs. utherz Straus, ten -months a^o, *lth ?ank rapidly and he had etaricted to a wheel chair since Jfrti from Europe last year, hi# philanthropies in the conxn of mf?w*t 'Mfe, the establish- ' f a Jewish homeland and the work in the World -war, the f "Nathan .Straus Kvas revered Br mankind suffered. In the States, Germany, Palestine, Poland <irvd the Philippines larly he poured forth his veto aid the under-privileged of ace and1 creed, ill Rhenish, Bavaria on Jan1, 1848, Nathan Straus was . to America as a boy of 14 father, Lazarus and settled in >n, Ga. When the civil war lis father's business, the famed to New YV>rk and the elder and his two sons started the / business of L. Straus and that beginning the brothers l brilliant business partnership vted until Isidor' Straus was the sinking of the Titanic in ieavily interested in departores and other lines, Nathan resigned his last directorate to devote his time to the mercy. 0 haimpioned the use of pas[ milk for. 'babies in 1892, ling- plants here and abroad nanufacture and distribution; an ice plant to Santiago, Airing the iSpanish-American unded the first tuberculosis erium at Farmingdale, N. 'J., ; ministered to the uncmof New .York in 1893 and m/bri'biited thousands of doli raised imiWions more for notion work among the Jews tine; and said always his amas "to die a poor man?' Young Lad Hurt visiting at the borne of his ther, Mrs. Anna Draffin, dur hdlidays, Conway T\yitty, j on of Dr. and Mrs. \V. C? >f Rock Hill, received a painiot -wound in tihe foot. When ipted to pull back the hambe gUn which he was holdlis ban ids, the firearm was Jly discharged with the reed. The information is that tting along very well.?Kerpiest will be held at West ach, Fla., to try to find out j of the death of George M. 14, former major and West ntbaill player, who died Monwing the drinking of aWeg-1 >oned liquor. Boweti's re-1 ire brought to Columbia for! "ie -was a farmer government I at Bailey Military institute i wood. - I innounced from Berlin that ivtic airplane DO-X, dantagre some weeks ago on the LVahoe, will make another America on January 20 pjfiia IV from Headaches/ ^Colds and Sore Throat Neuritis/ Neuralgia t chronic sufferer from headpies, or any other pain. There is trdly an ache or pain Bayer Aspirin pets cannot relieve; and they are peat comfort to women who suffer riodically. They are always to be relied |>n for breaking up colds. |t;trnmA*beJ>nly a 8imP,e ^adache, LumariL^ ?r ne?ntis. leurnatwn. Lumbago. Bayer Aspirin rlSLfSk ,v2 n g to takc- JU8t LTn^hnrf^ ^ng; it rf not hurt the heart. Get the genuine bleta, in this familiar package. I IpipfX b ' ,.V ' A ^ sBSfili \' i.^iV**yfibn^iito :.. . m, ii | iji. LANCASTER NEWS ITEMS Item* From the Lancaster New* of More or I^esa Interest Work on the grading of the short cut from Nitrokeo to the connection with the Jielltown' rood will commence within a few days. At pre*?mt surveyors- are at work laying out the lines which the new road wiH follow. When this now road is completed, which should be in the J*ext two or three months, distance from Lancaster to <lreat Falls will be shortened considerably. At present there seems to have been no move made toward improving the Nltrolee bridge and the taking over of this bridge by the state highway department is still being held up, according to reports. Although the bridge wilt have to be improved considerably before much traffic will be directed across the bridge it is easily pas-sable, Highway cars and other automobiles cross the bridge daily although a sign warns drivers that they are crossing the bridge at their own risk. While the bridge planking is not Very even there is practically no danger of a car driving off the bridge, because of the fact that if an automobile left the main part of the bridge the wheels woul<| catch on the planking which is but 10 or 12 inches below the level of the bridge. * ffr. Martin Robert With^spoon, of this community, died early on Tuesday after an illness of several weeks. Dr. Witherspoon was the oldest surviving member of the Witherapoc^n family. Dr. Witherspoon was born and reared in this community at the ancestral home near -this city. He practiced medicine fdr a short period but retired to devote his time to his extensive farming interests. t ?? - ... , ' Deceased is survived by two neph- 1 ewa, J. C. Witfoerapoon and James H. Witherspoon of Ruck Hill. He wus never married. County treasurer Otis Mobley reports that coneiderably in excess of $150,000 k> taxes bave been collected * and that this amount represents 1 about two-<thiird? of the amount of J taxes which aare on the books of lain- < caster county. A total of $278,000 is I listed on the books. 1 As usual the large corporations of ' this county paid their taxes before the first of the month. The 1-ancas- i ter 'Cotton MiUs paid the largest ' (amount of taxes with checka totaling 1 $57,026.17 while the Duke Dower 1 company i>aid $27,625.00. The Ker- i ah aw Cotton Mills were the third largest taxpayer with a payment of $15,000 and the .Southern Railroad came next with $10,800. Old Firm Liquidating The Threatt-'Carson C o m |) a n y, i which began doing business in Kershaw about 1887 under ownership of John R. Ashe, of Yorkville; upon retirement and removal of Mr. Ashe changing its name to the J. M. Carson Company, and still later to " Threatt-Carson Company, is engaged in winding up the business of the firm, having closed down at the first of January. It will take a while to get all of its affairs settled up and when this is completed the business will have the credit of. having ended in voluntary liquidation, making payment of all obligations in full and with comfortable profit to those for so long time engaged in it. There are rumors afloat of others engaging in business at the same stand at a later time, but as there are no definite statements as to who it will be or when it is to take place, the matter is just rumor at this time. ?Kershaw Era. I'A DKKKVVSkl AT KPAKTANRURU World's Greatest Pianist to (Jive Concert at Converge CoIIcr* Spartanburg, S. C., Jen. P2,?iSparLanburg is to be the Mecca for the musician* and music lover* of the Carolinas on the evening of January 50, when J'aderewski, the world'* greatest living pianist, is to give n conceit in the Converse <auditorium. This <wlll be his only appearance in the State and one of the few he is to give in the South on this, his seventeenth tour of the'United States. Since his first concert tour in America, III) years ago, Baderewski's name has spelt magic. AM the world knows he stands ot the pinnacle of his art and the world also knows of his career as. a statesman ami the rich dramatic experience* which have filled his life. To hear Paderewski is to see him. ? * The great master has never broadcast ove/ the radio hut once and after that experience said, "Nj?vor again!" Despite the most flattering offers, he has held firm to his belief in the personal contact between the artist and his audience. TheIX' is every indication that the (Carolina* will greet him with a house crowded- to capacity for already j>arties have been an ranges! from many points, throughout this, section and reservations ure being filed for tickets from practically every town and city. In a number of places arrangements are being made for special bus connections after the concert. Friday night dispatches said that 200,000 cotton mill workers of Manchester, England, were contemplating a strike as the 'result of a breakdown' of negotiations between the workers and mill owners. The trouble is over tho "stretchout" system. Hut Creek lliich School Nfwm The following pupils luive made i>0 or above in scholastic attainment ami UO or aln/vo on deportment and attemlaiue: ? Grade 11?-Ernest Jornee, Kebekah Catoe. T Grade 10 ^Itdbecca Cooke, Gillie % , Mae On toe, Lucy Mae Gardner, Queen i Mungo. Grade 0.?C/arl Blackmon, Cena Catoe, Dorcas < eitoe, Frame* iDabncy, Juanita Faile, Frances (Gardner, Vivj ian Hilton-, HraUinia Morgan. Grade H?Nancy Cooke, Grade 7?John Knight. The high school boys and girls basket ball,.teams won from the Indian I,aiKl high school 'last Friday at Indian land. The boys won 22 to 11. The girls w<m 21 to 17. Arrangements have been made to have hot lunches for all pupils bringing cocoa or soup to school. The following men will give a full night of entertainment on Friday night, January 22, at 7:20: Paul Myers, Milton White, Clyde Kay tic Id, Sherman I year, Brotus Ray fie Id end Fred White. The admission will be only 15c and 25c. Charles A. Levine, wlu> two or three yours ago attained fame because of a transatlantic' airplane flight, has been ordered arrested by New York authorities, because ho has failed to explain possession of stocks valued at $21,000, which had been stolen. George McFudjjen, 57, head of the firm of George H. McFaddcn & Co., leading cotton brokers of Philadelphia, was found dead in a bathtub at his home in a suburb, Monday. Death ascribed to shock from an elec-tnc vibrator which he is believed to have held in hitf ivan-d while standing in a tub of water. . 1 " ? ~ LJ>? Local Man Grows Fine Hon Mr. I^evy Moore, who lives about eight miles from Lugoff, having he**r<i ?o often about how hogs could ^ l?e growo-out to imatune in six months decided that he would try it. Upon the arrival of 12 piga in one litter he took one pig to him- self and gave him the attention and feed as recommended by the extension service and at the ago of H months ami two <lays this pig weighed 235 imunds. Whereas the next largest pig in the group had received the usual atentkm and feed, weighed 68 pounds. Mr. Moore fed the one that weighed 236 pounds on skim milk or buttermilk, com, ami potatoes and allowed him to run on green grazing most of the time. This is for the information of the men and boys who say that "it can't be done in Kershaw county." Get your copy of extension bullet n No. 80 Hogs for iSouth Carolina." Francis Hillings, a member of the 1-11 poultry club is propd to say that he has a sir^le-comb Rhode Island Red Hen that produced 210 eggs iii one year from Noveml>er 27, 1020 to November 27, 1030, is the report that conies to Henry 1). Green, the county agent. Rorkets Rut on Rounds Quickly Ben J. McWhirted, a colored farmer who lives on I^tnoaster, Route i, recently ki 1 led two hogs <>f" unusual proportion? considering their age. One hog weighed 432 pounds and was but 13 months old which meant that the hog gained more than one pound for cve-ry day -which it lived. The other hog weighed 360 pounds and was but 10 months old.?-Luncastor News. t. SOUTH^^N ^AROLINA^# A* huiu*lry Proep??r?--5o Pro*p*r T'ht People" ?Keen Competition 1 From the Orient I i * T'ov years it has been difficult enough^-for cotton mills of Sou\h Carolina to produce at sufficiently low cost to meet, the com- I .1 petition of European Mills. With standards of living costs lower in Europe than in America, cotton mill operatives there have re- \ ceived a much lower wage than here, and cotton goods rriado across the Atlantic have had a decided influence in lowering the -? - Bhighly competitive world price. - I It is very clear, however, that even European competition is not to be compared with the problem of meeting the price of cot- - I I ton goods made in the Orient. The .Japanese work for only a few cents a day. The Chinese and other orientals work for. even I , less, usually <5c to 30c per day. The cost of production in oriental mills is unbelievably small. Goods, produced in the orient, man- B ufactured at a lower cost and therefore sold at a lower price, naturally have a decided advantage on the world markets. So long as the output of Japanese and Chinese mills remained small, this problem was only a threat raither than nn actual handicap. With the startling growth of cottOTT manufacturing in the Orient, however, the threat becomes an actual peril. B Notice this remarkable growth. Cotton Spindles in Place | 1SQQ _ 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1929 r Worjd jj*5^8S3QQ_ 116,764,000 134,526,000 148,226,000 154,000,000 161,832,000 164,363,000 India 4,945.000 5,163,000 6,196,000 6,500,000 6,690,000 8,500,000 . 8,704,000 Japan 1.274.000 1,427,000 2,100,000 3,808,000 3,814,000 5,186,000 6,698,000 China 550.000 693,000 810,000 1,000,000 1,800,000 3,350,000 3,638,000 Japan's figures are from the Japan Cotton Spinners Associa tion and the other figures are estimates of the U. S. Bureau oi the Census. While in 29 years the world has grown in cotton spindles only 55%. ! India Japan' China I The Mills of the Orient Have Grown 75p.c. 426p.c. 561 p.c. .v V .. * * " .... < c; Under this competition we have -already lost most of our oriental trade. Many South Carolina mills, which formerly shipped v ! a large percentage of their goods to oriental countries, have now lost this patronage entirely. I. . _ it * Such foreign competition, seldom understood or appreciated by our citizens, offers the most convincing reasons for fullest co- 1 -g ? operation in solving hRSaT'cbttoh iViill problems, to better fit South Carolina mills fCh* combating the menace of foreign competition, v A sympathetic public opinion is most important. < * v- - Ji-r f cotton m^JS^tBrers^^sociation *f South Carolina