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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"
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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
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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
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ices what they snoui.i oe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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i The'food time we bump into is a
; good deal better than the one we plan
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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.
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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.
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