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' . i- v . m I ?L> r 1 P)c (Co untu Record- j VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 5,1921. NO. 9 .BABY'S DAY HERE LAST SATURDAY! LITTLE ONES RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AT HANDS OF EXPERTS The County Mothers meeting held 1 lastSaturday morning in the Sunday j School rooms of the Presbyterian church was in every way a tremen- j dous success. The sixty babies pres-' ent were an inspiration indeed to do good things for them. The walls were j hung with posters made from actual photographs. These were exactly to' the point and very convincing, the1 subjects treated being "Care before Birth; Care at Birth"; "Bathing the Baby"; "Clothing the Baby"; "Feed-' ing the Baby"; Care of the Eyes"; "Baby's Sleep"; "Fresh Air and Exercise"; "Milk"; "The Best Substitute": "The Best Food"; "How to k Eat"; "What to Eat" "Things tol T' Avoid"; "Sweets and Cansequences"; "What Not to Eat"; "Disease Prevention"; "Communicable Diseases"; "Health and the Commonwealth". The meeting was conducted by Mrs. R. K. Wallace, president of the Mothers Club. The program was opened by a song, followed by the reading of J chapter I, from the First Book of Samuel, by the Rev. Mr. Davis. This passage of Scripture was particularly appropriate for the occasion and, Mr. Davis' interpretation of it was beautiful. After the report of the chairman of the Visitation committee, Mrs. L. A. Van Keuren, a solo was rendered by Mrs. L. W. Gilland, accompanied by Miss Daisy Varn, lacol R^d Cross secretary. Miss Leila Epps, returned missionary from Brazil, made an interesting talk, comparing the customs of that country and ours, stressing how much the people there need Christianity, and mentioning incidentally, that the word "home" cannot be tranlated into the Portugese language, there being no word in their vocabulary symbolic of "home", as we know it Miss Hattie McMurray, county demonstrator, in her usual businesslike manner, explained how essential good milk is to the diet of babies and growing children. She used a cleverly constructed chart, in the form j ? woetokrtorrl millr hfttt.lp tn demon- t VM. a . . strate her points. Attached to the the bottle were the faries, Fanny Fat, Polly Protien, Minnie Mineral matter, Viola Vitamine, and Sallie Sugar, each fairy representing a food product, that is vital in the building of a perfect little body; milk being the only one food containing all these desired < elements. Miss Gertrude Rhines, of Charleston, district supervisor of Public Health Nurses for the eastern section of the state, made a splendid talk, entreating the mothers to do what is right for their babies. Miss Rhines stated that 4,456 babies under one year of age died last year in South Carolina; that 6,669 babies under five years of age died last year in South Carolina; and that 25% of all deaths in South Carolina are of children under five years. The majority of these deaths occur in the summer k and are attributed chiefly to three Mncfle namelv: imDroDer feeding, impure water and flies, summer com-j plaint really being fly complaint. Miss Rhines urged the mothers to | nurse their babies from nine to twelve I months, when possible, saying that i ten bottle babies die to one breastfed. Regular hours fcr feeding, not oftener than every three or four hours, were recommended, keeping the same feeding hours day after day. with nothing but cool boiled water between feedings. The treatment suggested for keeping milk sweet was as follows: Put milk in container, place in pan of water, bring milk to a boiling point, and cool quickly. Keep milk on ice, in a spring, in a cellar, or any cool place. A homemade ice box, with three pounds of ice, will keep the ba-1 by's milk for 24 hours. The baby' should have a daily bath, and be kept i in the open air most of tus lime, taxing his naps in the open. A homemade kiddie-coop can be made at a small cost and may be the means of saving baby's life. Just enough I clothes to keep him warm, without any perspiration, is necessary to keep him well in hot weather. But more important than anything else, the flies! ? ^ must be kept away from the baby.; Summer diarrheoa, or cholera infantum. is a scourge that yearly slays thousands of babies. It is an infect tious disease, the infection bein?r carried largely by flies. * All soiled nap HEARING IN BIGHAM CASE. Bigham Ordered Before Supreme Court at Columbia Monday A order issued Tucsdr.y by the Supreme Court directs A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the state penitentiary, to bring before that tribunal next Monday, Edmund D. Bighorn, the Florence county man. who was convicted March 28 of the murder of his brother. The hearing is on an appeal for habeas corpus. Bigham contends in his petition, that he was convicted in a court which had no jurisdiction, as its statuatory limitation was to Satyrday, March 26, and ho was convicted the following Monday, March 28, when Judge R. Withers Meminger, presiding, should have opened court at Georgetown. He was sentenced to die by electrocution, April 8, but his appeal automatically stayed his execution. Bigham will appear in court in person. Bigham is also charged with killing his mother, his sister and the latter's two adopted children. He was convicted of k<liing his brother. The other cases not being tried. kins should be kept in a closed container until they can be washed-. Pacifiers and thumbsucking, the great friends of enlarged adenoids, were strongly censured. Coffee and tea,'in any form, were pronounced bad for children, being stimulants and net food.' Babies and growing children do not need stimulants. * Miss Rhines further stated that 150,000 American people die annually from tuberculosis. There were 150 deaths last year in Charleston alone from this great white plauge. More often than not, the disease is contracted during infancy and chilhood. The germs lie dormant until later years and then begin their deadly work, unless there is strong enough vitality to throw them off. Immediately alter me program , a bountiful lunch was served by the refreshment committee, with Mrs. W. E. Brockington as chairman. The menu consisted of various kinds of salads, sandwitches, pickles, cakes, coffee and milk. After lunch the weighing aTm cxaming of the babies was begun by Dr. B. M. Montgomery, he being the first doctor to arrive. Soon Drs. Harper and Hemingway came to his assistance, and Dr. Gamble later joined the corp. Drs. Kelley and Jacobs were unable to be present. The babies were undressed, weighed, measured and examined by the doctors and Miss Rhines, and the report for each baby entered on a separate blank form, which had been prepared by Miss Rhines and Dr. Montgomery. All the charts were gone over later by Miss Rhines, who summed up the points favorable to each baby. Reckoning which was the best score card submitted at the Child Welfare Conference held under the Auspices of the Mother's Club at the Presbyterian church on Saturday was a matter which required careful qc on manv hnhies seemed to come so near being almost perfect specimens. Miss Rhines, supervisor of nurses in the eastern part of the state, who was the chief speaker at the conference, acted as chairman of the scoring committee. It was deemed best to divide the boys and girls into seperate classes, with the following results: Girls: Mildred Stoll, Kingstree; Alice Marie Clark, Kingstree; and Joyce Perry, Greelyville; tied for first place. * Katherine Guerry, Cedar Swamp; Elizabeth Bacon Van Keuren, Kingstree; and Eleanor Foxworth, Cades; tied for second place. * Boys: D. C. Bryan, Jr. first place. Theodore Stark Hemingway, Jr., and Constant Miller, Jr., tied for second place. All these of Kingstree. The score cards are being mailed back to the mothers, so that each may see wherein the baby did not come up to the required standard. Many scores were lowered on ac" * x count of babies being overweigni. This is not necessarily a serious condition, but prevents the baby from making. 100% score. All cards where measurements are marked "too large" the point is to show not a physical defect, but that propotions are not perfect The measurements were judged in proportion to the height rather than the age. , Leaflets on the following subjects were distributed to the mothers: Milk, Breast Feeding, Summer Diahrhoea of Infants, What Groging children Need, Public Health^is Woman's 4 PLANS OF HARDING 1 OUTLINED BY HAYS WOULD MAKE OURS 'THE BEST C GOVERNMENT IN ALL THE WORLD". Postmaster General Will H. Hays Saturday brought to the publishers of a' America a plea for teamwork to make b' the governmental sen-ices what they j V should be and "what they can be." ^ Speaking at the luncheon of the 'r American newspaper publisher* as- ^ sociation in New York city Mr. Hays bore heavily on the defects in the tl functioning of governmental deparp- aj ments and outlined plans under way tl and contemplated to make this "the ei best government in all the world." oi He pointed out that it would be s< safe to assume, without violating g the proprietiies by attempting to indi- oi cate the purposes of the administra- tl tion, that administration is moving t( out immediately to make certain: ic 1. An honest, efficient and economical business administration of the country's affairs. I 2. Immediate development ard ex- ^ ecutionof a plan for reduction and equalization of taxes. 3. Development of better relation- ei ship between labor and capital with ^ justice to the public. 4. Steps to brio# the government back to the limitations of the constitution in limes of peace, with to Q' undue federalization of industries and 'r activities, with federal regulation *1 lut not federal ownership. Mr. Hays pointed out three pi inn- 7, pal defects in the present plan of or- rj ganization of our, government. m 1. Placing of bureaus in certain ti of our executive departments with no r< return of theiv proper functions. se 2. Location in different departments ni of agencies which ought to be closely la associated. c? 3. Absence of proper machinery w for control and management of the a' executive branch as. a whole. w It will seem natural to expect, ac- w cording to Mr. Hays: m 1. Concentration in the department of interior of all civil public th works and changing the name of the qt department to public works. is 2. Establishment of the department rc of public welfare. vt 3. Stripping of the treasury depart- in ment of all except its necessary and m proper fiscal functions. li< 4. Transfer of all non-military work oj from war and navy departments to the regular civilian departments of the re goverrtment. pi 5. Enlargement of the department o* U commerce. th 6. Establishment of a centralized m purchasing agency. w 7. Establishment of a budget bu- ai reau. bj Mr. Hays pledged his co-operation th in moving second class mail, includ- ch inff newspareps, promptly. He out- m lined the plans of his department in w. connection with welfare work among oi the postal employees and ended with bi a plea for teamwork, which he de- ju clared is the magic wand that alone le can make our go/emmental sorv- 8J - - t 1 L. se ices what they snoui.i oe. af o n< Wrong Body is Returned Bowman, April 29.?There was an w unusual incident in this section ^ a day or two ago as to the bring- j ing of the body of a supposed young t)( negro man of this section for burial ec at one of the colored churches near ar town. Before the body was interred, however; the coffin was examined and ^ when opened it was discovered not to jr be the supposed body of the man sent re from the Columbia Asylum here for burial, and indignation ran high for a ^ while, the body being that of an old to man not recognized by any one and it r(J was promptly returned to the asylum ^ authorities at Columbia. Much excite-1 ment followed the incident when the ^ mistake was discovered. Work, Birth Records, The Child, Pre- ct vention of Flies. After the meeting, Miss Rhinep re- p< marked on the success of the cam- ci paign, under the leadership) of Mrs. si B. A. Brown, county chairman, saying that it had been well conducted and la very gratifying to her. She was is pleased also by the interest manifest- la ed by the ladies from out of town, re shown by their full attendance. As u.< to the noise criticized by some, she m reports that the case everywhere. v< what more could one expect with over (k a half-hundred babies in one room. ti< Mrs. J. D. Brritton, bi Publicity Chairman, th rOBACCO FOES LOSING GROUND ANVASS SHOWS LARGE NUM BER COMMUNITIES AGAINST ABOLISHING WEED. "Is tobacco going to have its seal] elded to the belt of the probitionis eside that of the lamented but a et not altogether late alcohol?" ii le question asked by Garret Smitl 1 an article in the current Issue o: eslie's Magazine." The writer reaches the conclusioi tat while there has been increase* gitation and legislative activity 01 ic subject of tobacco following th* access of the drive for prohibitioi f liquor the efforts of the reformer ?eking tc abolish tobacco have n< eneral support. This opinion is base* a :he results of the questionaires 01 le subject sent out to newspaper edi >rs of the country by the Press serv :e Company of New York city. The questions asked were: (1) Do you favor the enactment o: iws prohibiting the personal .use oi >bacco by adults? (2) In your judgement does the gen ra! sentiment of your communitj ivor such legislation? (3) Is the use of tobacco personal r objectionable to you? No arguments accompanied th< uestions and from their form it wa; npossible for any editor to determine le attitude of the questioners. Out of 12,518 editors questioned 847 replied according to the summar given. These editors, it is est! ated. represent a combined circula on 21,870,046. Of the 7,847 editors jplying, 7,393, or 95 per cent, repre snt public sentiment in their commutes as opposed to anti-tobacco legis ,tion. Only 260 editors, or 3 pei mt of those replying believed the;* as any considerable sentiment favor 513 to tooacco proniDinon. ine/e ere 174, or 2 per cent, in doubt hile 20 railed to record their judgeat. "It is of special interest to note lat 569 editors in answering the firsi lestion j>ersonalIy favored such leglation, although only 260 of them iported (hat public opinion also famed the prohibition of) tobacco?an dication of the conscientious effon ade by the editors to distinguish pub: opinion from their own persona) n'nions,' the article continues. "The highest percentage of replies porting public opinion favorable tc ohibition of tobacco came from tah, where 42 per cent of the editors icught the public were for such a ovement. Utah is the only state hich has since adopted an anti-cig ette lav. The result was forecast j several of the editors who stated nit the influence of the Mormor lurch wa s against otbacco. The Moron church is also strong in Idaho hich is the other scate where the use ! tobacco was recently prohibited it the governor has signed the bill i?t passed,, in which the prohibitory grislation is Repealed. In this state > per csnt of the editors estimate mtirnent in their communities as rainst tobacco prohibition, which ivertheless, is 6 per cent, below the rerage :*eported opposition. "The legislature of Tennessee some eeka ago passed and the governoi is signed a bill repealing the antigarette law of that state. The quescnaire showed 93 per cent of its litors believed the public against iti-tobacco legislation. The elgislaire of Arkansas has also passed a 11 repealing its anti-cigarette law. i this state 94 per cent of the editors sported against tobacco prohibition. "A bil'!, introduced in the current ssion oi the legislatuie of Arizona i prohibit smoking in pubb-j dining loms, and other public places, was st amended to prohibit the consumpon in public of peanut?, chewing lm, tea and coffee and then defeated r the senate. The questionnaire reirns from that 'state were 92 per nt. 'no'. "In Iowa where the 'no's* were 9j ;r cent a bill to repeal the antigarette law has been passed and gned by the governor. "A bill to repeal the anti-cigarette w in Kansas with 89 per cent, 'no's,' receiving the attention of its legisture. Last year a petition for a ferendum in Oregon to prohibit the >e of tobacco failed of sufficient sigitures to bring the question to a >te, and 95 per cent, of the editors ;clare their public against legislaon. In Oklahoma an anti-cigarette 11 has been reported unfavorably in ie house. The editors of that state SAYS CHECKS WORTHLESS. Man Giving Name of Wicks Placed j | Under Arrest. Georgetown, April 28.?A man giv-1 - ing his name as W. E. Wicks is in jail I here on a charge o* drawing worthless checks. No word has been heard: from, anyone to whom the man has ; referred for identification. Most of k the checks reported worthless were s drawn by Wick:, on the Little Falls 5 National Bank, of New York. Some J had been secured from certain parties by Wicks on preteusa, it is alleged, of having a truck load of liquor en 1 route here, which was as near as Lane, 1 but waiting for disposal before enter1 ing the city. Wicks stated, it is al; leged, that this truck load of liquor 1 was in charge of federal agents under 5 a permit to sell to druggists, but that 1 they would allow certain individuals 1 to -purchase a limited quantity who 1 could be depended upon to keep tne - matter quiet Not long ago Wicks met a George town girl, Miss Nita Grier, at Hopewell, Va., and married her, coming f with his wife soon afterward to f Georgetown, living with her relatives in this county and in Columbia. He claimed to have a brother, a physician and owner of a ranch in Montana. The issuing of checks began soon after his arrival here. It was on the promise of delivery of liquor from the truck load declared to be located near Lane ' that Wicks secured a check, for $200, ' it is alleged, which he cashed in one of the banks here, being arrested on a iron-onf pViarorinc him with obtain ' ing money under false pretense. Wicks is a large man, weight about 200 pounds, grey hair, b'ue eyes, short neck, round shoulders, bad teeth, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and looks to be about fifty years of age. o Items from Taft. Taft, May 2.?Mr. L. D. Burkett of , Charleston has been visiting his brother, Mr. J. H. Burkett at this placeMiss Bess Blakely has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M. K'rton at Earles , for the past week. ; Messrs. Jack Russell and Willie . Wallace of Sampit, spent Sunday with , their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Tay. lor. , Mrs. J. B. Morris and daughter, Ed; na, spent Saturday night and Sunday . with her niece, Mrs. J. R. Barrineau. I Mr. and Mrs. Tom Files of Trio visited their mother, Mrs. M. C. Thom; as Sunday. ( There have been a lot of foics from t here going fishing the past few days; i some going at least three days before t getting a mess of fish. , Miss Carrie Ham ,and Miss Claudie . Taylor attended the Earles Graded ; school commencement Wednesday and I Thursday of last week. , Mr. Walter Moore of Trio passed . through Taft Friday on his way to t Kingstree. ? f Mr. B. A. Brown and W. D. Bryan, , Jr., of Kingstree took dinner with Mr. I and Mrs. J. R. Barrincau Wednesday r of last week. j Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Browder visited . their brother near Blakley's Sunday i afternoon. ( Mr. H. N. Shepard of Salters was ? seen here Saturday afternoon. Mr. Charles Foxworth has returned . from a visit to Morlboro county. o Mr. Patrick to Kingstree i A special dispatch to the News & : Courier from Bowman says: George B. Patrick, a prominent young man of i this section left here for Kingstree a . day or two ago to take up general i instruction in agricultural work in the schools of that section. Mr. Patrick ' has been at work along this line for 1 some years and will doubtless "make ' good" along this line of work in the 1 new field he has taken up in the Kingstree section of the state. reported 94 per cent, against its pub- < lie support. 'j. .r u-Vioro Mormon J j UUIS1UC UX LIMU1) TVAtV.*-** .... influence predominates," the article ' concludes, "the anti-tobacco motement appears, as in the case of Ten- 1 ' nessee, Arkansas and Iowa, to be Ios- 1 ing ground and is not to any consid' erable extent supported by the peo' Pie." The friends of tobacco feci particu1 larly elated over this showing, inasmuch as 1920-21 was a maximum year in legislative circles with 42 state leg1 latures in session and the tobacco sub1 ject received an unusual amount of < consideration. o i The'food time we bump into is a ; good deal better than the one we plan i GERMANY MUST COME AGAIN HUGHES ADVISES THAT PROPOSAL CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE ALLIES. The German reparations counter proposals are unacceptable as a basis for discussion, Secretary Hughes has informed Dr. Simons, the Geramn foreign minister, in a note. The Secretary at the same time urged the Geramn government to make further proposals directly to the Allied governments. He also expressed again the earnest desire of the American government for a prompt settlement of "this vital question." The text of Secretary Hughes' communincation, which was dispatched to Loring Dresel, the American high commissioner in Berlin, follows: "The government of the United States has received the memorandum left by Dr. Simons with the commissioner of the United States under date of April 24, relating to reparations. In reply this government states thatr it finds itself unable to reach the conclusion that the proposals afford a basis for discussion acceptable to the allied governments and that these proposals cannot be entertained. This government therefore again expressing its earnest desire for a prompt settlement of this vital question strongly urges the German government at once to make directly to the Allied governments clear, definite and adequate proposals which would in all respects meet its just obliga- , . tinns." No Comment at Washington. The communication was made public by the Secretary without comment and officials generally refused to discuss the situation. Unofficially the opinion was expressed that developments at London where the allied Supreme Council is in session discussing reparations would soon give the explanation of the American government's action. Whether these would demonstrate that'the stand of the United States for payment by Germany to her full ability but not to a degree to retard unduly her economic recuperation, had been met was a subject upon which no light was shed. The American position is understood to have been since Germany forwarded her counter proposals that a settlement should be achieved if possible by discussion and that even in the face of an allied advance into German territory that the United , States would not cease to work for N in the face of the allied advancetaaa such a settlement. At the same time it was emphasized that the American government would stand with the Allies in demanding proper reparations. o MARLBORO MAN SUICIDES. Hangs Self With Chain .?No Motive Assigned. Bennettsville, April 28.?Press R. Mangum hanged himself with a cow ahain from a joist of his barn at his home in the northeastern part of the county yesterday morning. No mo tive has been assigned for the act. Mrs. Mangum said he had been acting as if he were worried for several days, but she did not know the cause unless it was financial depression. He arose early yesterday morning, chop- ? ped some stove wood and stayed about the house awhile. He then went to. the barn. As he did not return as promptly as usual, some one went to , look for him and found him suspended by a chain and dead. He had evidently placed the cow chain around his neck, climbed up on the joist, fastened it around the joist and jumped off. The body was yet warm. He had gone from the house only about 20 minutes when found. Mr. Mangum was 42 years old and is survived by his wife and three children. He was a son of Press B Man gum, who for many years has been one of the most prominent farmers of eastern Marlboro. On account of ill health, the senior Mangum has for several years been spend ing most of his time at and near Rocky River Springs, Stanley county, North Carolina, in order to get the benefit of the water there. His son, Press R. Mangum, has been occupying the old home place on the road to Mason's Cross, about half v.ay between McColl and Gibson, and was regarded as a good farmer and in comfortable circumstances. Don't try to do everything?let posterity solve some of the problems. f