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Farm Women and Cotton Program 1 1 u The farm homemaker is vitally i?itero^tcd in the, cotton adjustment program (or whatever helps the farmer also affects the homemaker. In no ether business besides farming j0(.s the woman of the household have as much influence on the decisions that are made. She usually understands the practical side of the business and is aware of her responsibility to be well informed. Secretary Wallace recently said, "It might be that the farm women of the United States can make or break the New Deal for Agriculture." Knowing the importance of the wpman's part in tho New Deal,' Miss Sadie Craig, tho home agent, has been busy during the month of January working out a definite program for their part of tho acres taken out of production. This is in cooperation with tho farm agent and with the men and women production specialists from Clemson and Winthrop colleges. I>r. Knapp once said "no nation can be great without thrift." So then, the acres retired from growing cotton will be needed to' grow more and better food for tho family and the live stock. We need more gardens, more cows and more poultry in Kershaw county. It is hoped that some of the cotton land near the house will be rented to the Secretary of Agriculture and that this land will then be used for enlarging the garden. There is also a minimum live-at-home program for a family of five which calls for the production of fruits, vegetables and other food crops and for the following live stock: 2 hogs, La flock of 15 hens, 1 cow and 1 mule. Under average conditions this program would call for one-half acre in garden, one-fourth acre in tomatoes, one-tenth acre in potatoes, eight acres; in corn, two acres in wheat, one and one-half acres in oats, one-fourth acre in cane sorghum, one and onethird acres in grazing for hens, cow and hogs, two acres in permanent pasture, four acres in legume hay. Such a planting plan will be a real savmg in dollars and cents for when we consider that if all the food consumed by an average family of five j- l> ..;ght it would cost about $000.00 per year if every member is properly n uri-hod. At the club meetings this pi presented to the farm women 1>. m, on- of charts and graphs,-and li arc given pencils and paper to m at their own planting plan. i... above planting plan is the least t be raised if a family of five i- bo properly fed. If a family co. ; a larger garden, have more 1 ; g-. cows and other livestock,u better, but we are working for t.e y family in Kershaw county to haw at least the minimum food supply. T .< homemakers of Kershaw county have a. three-fold task in the farm ??i.i i-lment program: To realize that there is a real and urgent need for :he lu.'M program and to keepa inon all the agricultural poli'ie-; to use their influence in getting ionu- of the land taken out of cotton 3'.'.iid.i tion planted in small fruits md berries and vegetables and fSod i '< i d for home use, that each 1 ..n feels responsible for the . ' o:g of 3 fig hushes and 1 or more rr.ong vines around her house; . . v! and cooperate with others j g out the farm problems j y the tenant and the colored This i.s our big opportun- | !.i\ the foundation for better \ . ' idler living, better .children j .tor country. Should Sign I'p Now n campaign closes Febru All farmers who have not m ..'id a 1934 and 1935 Cotton, B Reduction contract are urged B -o before February 15, if eliI : rot wait for a committeeman B . ii.i. Either look up your comman or come to the county office to make your contract. a probability that farmers . .r.g cotton not covered by a will be taxed $P>0 per bale H i'.ty ran sell it, advises "Henry the county agent. I - ; rters of the 1934 crop producplan have agreed that an ,.f $15,000,000, instead ii 0. originally proposed, uffhhr.t to meet the needs B eg farmers this year. i 1 m( uard :a, of New York, 1 dried Hubert T. DeLaney, B na:;ve of North Carolina, to " <>f commissioner of taxes B ' .i'-.-nunts in the city governH:s father was Rev. Henry B" I)?'Laney, Episcopal bishop for Bf,,th and South Carolina. 1 ne body of John Clark Buchanan, B^d seven week* at Havelock, OnB"i?. i* still held by his widow, who Bto inter the body until a missm R?n is found. His whereabouts B unknown. B QiieerQeotSraphic Names Cranberry Picker of Double Trouble, New Jersey. Prepared hy National Oeoyriijilije Soclot*. Washington, 1 >. i'\? WN'U Service. WHILE there ure reports that some mothers have already named their new-horn babes for the national recovery act, Nlra, a small Iowa town, denies that its name is so modern. It was named for a "woman more than a half century before (.Jen. Hugh Johnson took the oath of otllee. Names, cities and towns have many origins. First families have llfft their famous surnames to designate post otlices and railroad stations in the United States, and in addition many humble folk have contributed their more familiar appellations such as t)ad, P.I0, Nick, Tim, Floe, Vick and Maggie. Aside from family names the homely nouns and adjectives' of the workaday world - have found their way by the score to maps and sign posts. CJreasy Creek, Tub, Biscuit, Cheap, Busy and Dimple are Kentucky towns. There arc Horse Heaven, Humptullps, Goosepralrie and Steptoe In Washington state. IMe Town, Dusty, Gallup and High .Rolls arc In New Mexico; Jelly, Needles and Likely in California; and "Sopchoppy, I'erky and Frostproof in Florida. Illinois has Sandwich, Joy and Mad- j dy, while across the state line in In- i (liana there are Speed, Economy and 1 Harmony. Trump, Vim, Flues and I Joes are In Colorado; Bumble Bee, j Sunglow, Wikieup and Cactus In Arl- I zona; Asbestos. I.adicsburg. Fearer and Appeal in Maryland; and Dead- ! water, Grandctone, Thorofare and Morefiolnt in Maine. In Minnesota there is Ballcltib. Ilap- . pyland, otter Tail, Mhney Creek, * Knife River and Hmbarrass; and in ! Mississippi, Arm, I.einnn, Whynot, | Chunky, Sliivers and Soso. Montana's Bay Horse, < Big Arm. ! Giltedge and Pray are equally as odd as North Carolina's Nags Head. Bearwallow, Pee Dee, Shoe. Toast, Topnot and Worry; nnd Missouri's Rat, Gang, Dnmsite, Clever nnd Enough. Accord, Tea ticket and Feeding Hills are in Massachusetts; Anvil Location, Inkster, Alt meek and Honor in Michigan; Echo, Happy Jack and Water Proof in Louisiana; Leaky in North Dakota; and Novelty, Overpeek, Long Bottom and Charm in ! Ohio. More of the Queer Names. Oklahoma's contribution to odd | place names is Antlers, Hominy, Slick. Slim and Scraper; while Oregon has Wagontire, Sixes," Tyco, I zee and Fossil. New York state gives ll'>rse- , heads, STig ITnrbnr. StivrrmttN. Yap- . Iiank and Whitoface; and New .lor- j H'.v, Colt's Neck, Pea pack. Tranquil- 1 itv. Changewator and Chows. Goodnight, Razor. Fort Spunky. ] Happy and Gunsight nro towns in j Texas; while Pennsylvania has Shickshinny, Showers, Moosfc and Bird in Hand. Cowpens, Silverstroet, Nine Times nnd Ninety Six are in South Carolina; Faith, Tea and Twilight in South Dakota ; Devils Slide In ! Ft ah : and Idol. Insklp. LRtlecrnb nnd J Shop Spring In Tennessee. Forrv passengers calling "liey" to j "Si," a fe-ryman. ar?* said to have | named llavsi, Virginia. other odd l names in the Old Dominion are Mod- j ( st Town. Cap, ralihot'.ot.i. Dandy. Smoky Ordinary, Traffic, Fancy Gap. Dul y and Stii iv#> ; v.h.Ic iL-> UL.gl.!. r. i Ve.-t Virginia, l as .1. k r. ( ' Smoke !! !e. Ding". L'aay. n ' !. I'd ; . .i,j < > vk. I a \vn i' "o is 1 N"'v !> I d: !. !. ' : ia . . . !?v-* e. p.a t .r'. r. i .or ! I;. : e a 1 Ti ti S v. . IT. I e . o..'n. ; W f I V.d U : I r* : < !. : .. I t I r. .. : I . ( p I; i ." 1 N ' * ?n I '? : j r .. ! !; i :id I '< < In K -y-e: - i r. F a:' a V.'; ; >; in N '? ' ' i '.d.!' a <; -I a of A. * .11"- * I> S ! i! M l'o"* >- \ -toll for tile . i.l ; e ji ttiiayVr."'! story: J.o-t Cop r. Reform. F a'.;a. I": oerit. , Ro jr., re an 1 I.ovc. Names of women of {leLnctidn adorn many of the world's cities, river f. provinces, and inlands. Lady Franklin Island, near Ratlin island In the Arctic circle, is named for the wife of Sir John Franklin, the explor t, w " / ",T" y" .. Zf - v. er who lust his 11 fo in first flmltng the Nort Invfsi passage through the great ice of the Polar regions. There Is perhaps no more beautiful story of untiring devotion and persistent elTort than that of Lady Jane Franklin who, after the failure of many attempts, fitted out a ship which, though it brought back to her the definite proof of the loss of hor husband's expedition, established his achievement of his object. Pocahontas and Victoria. %The picturesque stories of the little Indian princess Pocahontas always will hold a loved place in the hearts of American childhood. Counties In IoWn and West Virginia, villages in Pond county, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau county, Missouri, and the Rocky mountains in Alberta, Canada, are named for hor. Queen Victoria's name is wrapped around the Pritlsh empire from tlie capital of liritlsb Columbia, over the heart of Africa at Victoria Nyanza and Victoria Falls, and beyond into the Queensland and Victoria In faraway Australia. America, truj. In its early days of colonization paid its tribute to the queens of the mother country and to the gracious ladies who braved the dangers^of'untried shores with their lords. Kli/aiheth, a cape in Maine, and Klizabeth City in Virginia, as well as the state itself, together with some twenty-five other {daces in the United States, hear the name of the clever, witty, versatile roquetfr* who took the dissension-torn England and whipped it Into a place as a world power. Klizabeth "Carteret. the charming wife of one of the aristocratic proprietors of New Jersey, shares with Queen Klizabeth some of the lienors of the name. F.lizabethtown in North Carolina, and Klizabeth City in New Jersey are named for her. There wasn't any Martha, of Mar- ' thas Vineyard, however. The first ' name is supposed to be a corruption | of Marl in, a friend of the discoverer of the island. The word Vineyard was added later on account of the wild grapes found on the island. Viniand. the name which Kief Kricson gave the North American continent, was suggested in n similar manner. Maryland' fltid" Virginia are fairly bespattered with the names of the queens and princesses of England. file i very state names themselves being taken from that of Queen Henrietta I Maria, the wife of Charles I. and the I di-tuttebly fortunate estate of Klizabeth. Then, top, tin re are Atinn'-olls, named for the wUe of .Tames I of Knglatid : and Anne Arundel and Caroline counties, in M-U'.Card. called after the wives of two of the CjJ orts; FTavanmi county and the North Anna river in Virginia named for Queen Anne: am! Charlotte. Amelia nnd Caroline counties and Charlottesville, the home of the University of Virginia, till called for the wives and daughters of the Knglish kings. Marietta. Ohio, was named for the haughty, charming Marie Antoinette. The Aleutian islands, off the coast of Alaska, when that territory was Russian, were known as Catherine Archipelago In honor of Catherine the Great. Kkaferinburg was named for the Catherine who ruled Russia through her husband. Refer the Great. For Const.intine's Mother. St. Helena, the rugged little Mum! In the pacific which has such a soothing effect upon the ro-'Vss fe-i].-ne;<-s of autocrats. b<-ars the naee of the ntof !) r of C.?n-t a? ?'ne t|w? Cr- af. who. nec.tr 'it : to logon i <!: .-m . :-i <I the r-m-ui u' ' h C 'ir'-t .lie ! d';i e r : -le to the I bdv K'l n 1 hue W IS 1, : o<-. n ill t ' e : '\ d M-? of < ] t " \:y for Iter refTUim zeal : '>! * .''/, Heierti, *! rt.. though into " r as to the origin of the name. Is j. . i } t have he n so ?? ; *<! 1 .ri-e of ti e re -mh' incf> of its location to tla.t of St. He 1 e: a. The naming of Hart enmity. Georgia, a generous tribute to a P:t'o heroine of tlie Revolution. Nancy Hart. The harbor P.eara in Treland is stiid to have been named by Owen More, king of .Minister during the reign of Conn of the Hundred Patties, for his wife, a Spanish princess. No saint perhaps holds a dearer place In the Irish heart than St. Ite. or Ide, often called Brigid of M unit or. and we find her name in several variations, Tn the names of'many churches and places tlproughout that couatry. ' i * * Jt.*- -- - - - - Jury Acquits Former Union County Sheriff Monroe, Feb. 3.?"At 7:15 ot'cloftk I this evening Clifford Fowler, former Union county sheriff, was acquitted ,, of embezzling $21,000 of Union coun- 'j ty's tax money. The verdict of not guilty had been i, exj)ecte<l by a majority of Union I, county citizens bceaustv few believed; that Cliff Fowler, who for more than^j 15 years had served with distinc-j, tion as the county's chief officer j ( could he guilty of appropriating to his own use one penny of the tax ( money entrusted to his care. The trial consumed a little more than three full days. Sincere rejoicing was heard on all sides this evening by hundreds of friends of the former sheriff when the verdict was rendered when many hastened to grasp his hand to congratulate him. Mr. Fowler could scarcely restrain his tears because of the warm reception after vindication by the court. There are'many who are saying he can now be Union's next sheriff if he wants the job. .Mr. Fowler is recognized throughout the Carolina* as an outstanding detective. ' When court convened this morning Mr. Fowler again was cross-examined by Solicitor Don Phillips. The former officer, as he did the evening hefore, emphatically denied misappropriating county funds and said he did not believe, any shortage existed. "There must be some mistake," he declared. R. H. Da\is, former bookkeeper and deputy sheriff under ex-Sheriff Fowler, again was recalled to the witness stand this morning and questioned as to the methods of collecting and depositing tax funds in the banks. Mr. Davi^ again declared that the tax money and the sheriff's personal man-.ey were kept under the same account Everyone appeared amazed that such condition could have existed and were not surprised that complications resulted. Former County Commissioner L. R. Helms followed Mr. Davis and was questioned as to the handling of county funds. J. C. M. Vann, attorney for the defense made a masterly plea for Mr. Fo\Vler when court convened this afternoon and he was followed by E. T. Canslcr, Sr., of Charlotte, who is wed known for his logic and con; vincing manner before a jury. Solicitor Don Phillips concluded ihc argument with the admonition that the [jury render their verdict according to I law and evidence. After instructions j from Judge Hoyle H. Sink in a short charge at 5 o'clock the jury retired | for their decision. Calling for supI ffcr at G :30, the jury quickly came to their decision after the repast. The judge heard the verdictf thanked the jury for their service during the three and one-half days. All during the trial the court house was packed with humanity, very few ladies being in evidence. It was common remark on the streets that the Mecklenburg jury hearing the Fowler trial was one much above the average in personal appearance and likewise in intelliger. e and gentlemanly bearing. The jury was composed of J. D. Staple; ton, Lee Williams, A. P. Price, W. P. McCinn, Odum Alexander, Everett Boatty, E. T. Wads,worth, W. C. Keillor, T. L. Conder, C. E. Owens, Charles C. Baldwin and J. C. Armstrong. EXTEND COTTON SKJN-IT Progress of Campaign in State Moat Satisfactory, Says Hamilton Clemson College, Feb. ?i.? Though 1 the sign-up campaign for the cotton | acreage reduction had made most S gratifying progress through January in this state, the extension of timel * f to February 15 gives time for a closer ( cheeking of all groweVs and Jfcv offer- j, ing each one the opportunity to sign I, the contract, and for working out i necessary details, says K, W. Uamil- I ton, assistant to Director Long. "We have already under contract w sufficient acreage to guarantee the success of the voluntary control program in this state," Mr, Hamillo/i ' states, "but now we can not only ' sjgn up more nearly 100 per cent of tne growers but we can properly adjust any complications that have j arisen as to some contracts." A demand for lowering the mini* { mum per acre poundage by farmers who wished to cooperate but found | themselves barred by the 100-pound < limit, was one cause of the decision ! that cotton reduction contracts offered to the Secretary of Agriculture would he received up to and including February 15, lthil, A ruling announced January JO by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration specifically redutupv-the min- : imum lint production per acre re- ! quirement from 100 pound-s to 75 > pounds, thus making land which pro- | duced an average of over 75 pouruls 1 of lint per acre during the base per- j iod eligible for inclusion in a contract, ! if other conditions of eligibility have been fulfilled. Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton section, expressed satisfaction with t)u' manner in which the signupVampaign was moving. "Field forces have been so busily engaged in contacting producers, examining farms and in other necessary routine, that they have not had an opportunity to consolidate the results of the past month's campaign," ho said. "However, from each of the Id stales jn which (amicus are signing contracts we have reports of splendid progress. Umpicationahly a greaj, majority of cotton producers will be signed up before February 15." President Roosevelt signed the dollar devaluation bill Tuesday afternoon at 3:8.0 o'clock and at once started moves to take oyer the nation's^gold $Upply. A mother, father and two children were burned to death in their homo S at Fast, Uiverdale, Md., Tuesday. The lire is believed to have started from an overheated stove, Mrs, Neta lleckclman, 41), small, nervous, red-headed woman, shot her husband to death with a shotgun and then told the police of Swartswood, N. J., that she diil it because he "was all the time finding fault with me." The governor of Florida has ordered a close investigation of the lynching of a negro in Hillsborough county on Tuesday. The governor wired the sheriff of the county, "We do not , condone lynching i? Florida." A customs guard was killed on the Gorman-Austrian border Tuesday and caused great excitement in the Tyrol, in view of the existing tense situation already existing between the two countries. Tax refunds made by the United States treasury in 1\Kt8 totaled $51,481.000. Mississippi legislator has introduced a bill to make hangings public spectacles. I REAL ESTATE { RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY ' r; HUNTING PRESERVES Repairing and Care-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. | Crocker Building ? 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