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VOL. 39?NO 4 CHESTERFIELD, Si C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1020 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE^BF rp |~ |- TIT I Mil WEEVII rnwccDrwrc I w?uid stann h..v,in,i i.? - ' ine Lyri CHER br? ' SHOWS?5, ** 1 MONDAY VIVIAN "THE TH A PARAMOUNT / TUESDAY LILA "THE HEART A rAKAMUI WEDNESDAY HAROLD L 1 "pals A BIG SCIIEKN CLi ALSO L-K( THURSDAY VICTOR ' SN*. A PARAMOl ALSO MUTT AN ^ FRIDAY - ENID B 1 "STEPPir A PARAMOUNT A ALSO MUTT AN SATURADY : ? A BIG Tl WM. S. -> ?i "SQUARE DEAI -^-ANTONIO "THE INVISI First Episode of the Most ALSO MACK SE "POOR Lin Lucas i A. L. La And will carry a f Our Repair D< ics and reasonable We have on hi I 1 Ov One 7 (fc> K> jfia 7 D. pajaCars advcrtia LUCAS WUU II LLi! 1L V/V/lll LULlltC CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FARM. ERS TURN OUT IN FORCE TO CONSULT WITH EXPERTS f * Bankers And Business Men Take Active Part In Movement For More Diversified Farming The Court House was a scene of an unusually large gathering on Tuesday morning and much interest was manifested in the movement inaugurated in Chesterfield County for fighting the boll weevil. Not only were representative farmers from every section of the county present, but prominent business men and ban c Iheatre AW, S. C. 7, and 9 O'Clock JANUARY 26TH MARTIN IN ird kiss" VRTCRAFT PICTURE JANUARY 27TH . lee IN of youth" UNT PICTURE JANUARY 28TH " .ockwood | [N first'' i \SS1C PRODUCTION COMEDY 1 i ? JANUARY 29TH 5 moore !; N f dbs" ! JNT PICTURE J D JEFF COMEDY \ \ JANUARY 30TH J ennett N , sig out" ! RTCRAFT PICTURE 1 I) JEFF COMEDY ? JANUARY 31ST 1 IIPLE BILU 1 . hart N ' - L SANDERSON" I MORENO-1*- ' IBLE HAND" ! Exciting Serial Ever Made NNETT COMEDY CLE WIDOW" l< 4uto C( WE HAVE PURCHASED ttas' Auto & Accesst ull line of parts for all cars that i epartmcnt will continue as heretof prices. and the following cars, fresh from erland Tourim 2 Dorts -Passenger Ch orts advance $50.00 in price Feb. ed last week have all been Rold. Kers took active part in the conference. The meeting was called to order by County Demonstration Agent W. J. Tiller, who stated the object of the meeting was not to frighten or alarm any one, but to look a serious situation squarely in the face and to calmly prepare to meet it. Mr. Tiller told of finding evidences of the presence of the weevil in the county and of the absolute necessity of taking steps whee thee is yet time to combat it. lie introduced District Agent A. A. McCowan, who acted as chairman. Mr. McCowan advised action by the farmers and stated that the time for action was now, before the weevil lad worked hardships on the farmers ind the community. He spoke inter stingly of various sections that he lad visited and studied that had been nfested by the weevil. He told of the rection of the monument at Enterorise, Alabama, in honor of the boll veevil, but said that the monument vas in honor of diversified farming, vhich the invasion of the weevil had jought about and that it was diversiied farming that had brought proslerity to Enterprise and many other daces that had never known prosperity under the one crop system. Entomologist McConnell explained he habits of the weevil and stated hat the pest having been discovered n this county in 1910 it would be in ts seconl year the coming summer. It jsually does serious injury to crops n the year of its infestation. Mr. McConnell said that the development >f the weevil depended so largely on veather conditions that it would be lard to prophesy as to the probable lamage to be expected in Chesterfield lounty during 1920. Should the win,er continue mild and be followed by i rainy summer he thought serious njury might be looked for this year, iut it is more than likely that it will lot develop in dangerous numbers lefore another season. Mr. E. E. Hall, Clemson's cotton Xpert advised that cotton stalks be urncd under before the first killing rrost and that cotton be planted only >n well drained land and worked to naturity as early as possible. Mr. Prince advised the raising of iweet potatoes as a money crop. He iaid this county has no superior) in the United Kt?fea f'" ? ' ? . .... ? .. ? IIIC IIIUUUUVIUII ox his crop. He advised the selection >f the Porto ftieo Yam and explained low they might be shipped co-operatively to the Northern markets, >vhich could not begin to be supplied. He also urged the building of dryng and storage houses. Mr. L. L. Parker, of Pageland, spoke on rural credits under weevil zonditions. Mr. Parker, on behalf i?f the bankers of the county, said that if the weevil came the banks >mpany ory Shop there is a call for. ore?best mechanthe factory: j Car aimers 1. )MPANY wi?3 tanner, UUl 1 that the farmer would have to show that he would be able to fl^eet his ob, ligations under the new conditions in order to get credit. He thought the time to prepare for such conditions had come. Mr. D. S. Mathewson spoke from the farmer's viewpoint andgtold of his success with diversified crops. His advice to farmes was to begin now to grow on the farm all the produce that was now being bought. ? Mr. Lewis, livestock expert told of the excellent pasture lands in the county that could be converted into money through the raising of pork and beef. Mr. McClure gave an interesting talk on blooded cattle and the advantages of graded stock ove* scrubs. A committee prepared A program for Chesterfield County farmers for 1920. This program was adopted by a large majority of those present, who will put it into effect with the coming season. Every farjner of the county will be urged to conform as nearly as possible to this schedule, for the good of himself and the county, whether the menace is taken into consideration or not. Following is the schedule as recommended : CROPS Per Plow:? 8 to 10 acres cotton. 8 acres corn, beans and peas. 3 acres oats and peas. Vi acre sweet potatoes, i 3 acres peanuts. Where this crop is planted not less than 10 to 15 acres , should be put in so that fpachinery may be used to advantage; In case peanuts are not plunted it is optional ' with the famer whether he use j the ground alloted for Irishfrpotatoes, tobacco,sorghum or soy beans or such of each as he sees fit. * ' Garden, orchard, poultry, and bees 1 sufficient to supply each farm with ' the products of these departments. ( LIVE STOCK. | 1 sow to the plow and' a cow for I each family. t ? Elimination of all scrun sires in ] livestock production. (j Organization of a Bull Association. ' Every farmer to join thd National t "Better Sires, Better Stodk!' crusade 5 as quickly as he can quan^r. Without the growing otj jthe farm ( of sufficient feeds and paaWpre crops , no livestock produdtfo"ft ts prontable. Feed steers where possible to run , them on velvet bean fields or pea feed. I General Recommendations The organization of an association . of farmers and other business men to look after the standardization, prep- ^ aration and marketing of the addi- | tional money crops recommended ( above for this county. , The expansion of the State and National cotton warehouse systems so as to take care of the warehouse 1 needs of this county. i CENTERPOINT ' Farmers are busy hauling fertilizer now. J Messrs. W. A. and G. T. Turner j mi.,1- .. ......... .. uMnnii-.m trip to v^nesierneui ^ Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Melton visited ( Mr. W. R. Johnson and family Sun- . day. , Mr. Gary Turner has purchased a I young mule. Miss Ada Dunn visited Mrs. J. W. Turner, Jr., Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Boan visited Mr. ' and M,rs. J. N. Bonn Sunday. Mrs. 1 J. N. Boan, who has been quite sick, ' is improving. Mr. C. W. Rollings has commenced work on his new dwelling. Mr. John Smith visited in this section Sunday. . notes From hopewell ' Mr. Lester Davidson, of the Center Point section, visited in our community Sunday. j Mr. Dofers Davidson, of Cheraw, ! spent the week end in our communi- < ty, the guest of his sister, Mrs. W. F. Sellers. , Mr. Tillman Sellers and family, . left Thursday for their home in California, after spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. Sellers' father, Mr. ( Frank Sellers. Miss Allie Liscnby was the guest of Miss Grace Ballard, Sunday afternoon. Mr. II cnry Brantley was motoring I in this community Sunday. Mr. Lex Blackman, of Ruby, was the guest of Mr. Pearl Jordon Sunday afternoon. Mr. John Fincher, of Chesterfield, section was the guest of his cousin, Mrs. L. G. Lisenby, Sunday. Master Bennie Sellers, of the Center Point section, motored to Cheraw Sunday. Mrs. Mae Steen left last week, for Morven, N. C.t where she will make her home. There will be preaching at Hopewell next Sunday, at eleven o'clock. Everybody is invited to come. 1 1 Rub-My-Tism is a powerful antiseptic; it kills the poison caused from infected cuts; cures old sores, tetter. THINGS IN GENERAL The ship load of undersirables, 1 headed by Emma Goldman and Alex- t ander Berkman, who were deported } from America have arrived in Soviet, Russia. From late repots it appears that this band is undersirable even ' in that haven of anarchists. The Soviet authorities have refused to allow 1 them to remain in 'that country. ^ Y\ here they may go has not been decitled. Exception has been made of Goldman and Berkman, who may ( make that country their permanent t home, if they like. Emma Goldman t declares she is so fond of America that she will return at the earliest opportunity. Epidemics of influenza have brok- c en out in Chicago, Gary, Ind., and a v number of middle Western States. F So far, about 1,000 cases have been t reported throughout the country. At this time last year there were . 4,000 cases. Heavy snow storms are delaying taflic thoughout New Yok State. The patrol which America has had '' to maintain along the Mexican border because of revolutions in that ^ country has cost the United States over a billion dollars. A convention now in session at Louisville, Ky., of 100 bishops, paslors and laymen of both Southern and Northern Methodist churches t has recommended that the two j. branches, which separated over the <5 slavery question, be attain united. ^ When this recommendation is carried >ut in the near future the name, in- t| stead of being the M. E. Church. Morth, or M. E. Church, South will ae the Methodist Church. ^ Paul Deschannel has been elected President of France. M. Deschannel received the largest majority of the (, National Assembly ever given a candidate for that office since the it lection of Louis Adolphe Thiers, the irst President of France, after the ;l "all of the Empire. Premier Clemen- tl leau had withdrawn from the race tl arior to the election. Nearly all the plants of the ifoungstown, Ohio, Tube and Sheet Company have been closed down by tl i strike of 15,000 employees. Despondent because he was depriv- ri id of his whiskey Fritz Elosser committed suicide in New York. $2,000,000 worth of whiskey was ^ shipped from the port of New York i few minutes before the Nationvide law went into effect last Thurslay. 500 cases were just too late ? md were seized by revenue officers. ' Churchill Godloy, a white man vas electrocuted in the North Caroina State Prison last Friday for p riminal assault on a little girl, near a Smithfield, in that State, last May. Four masked bandits held up and robbed the Phenix-Girard bank, at G jirard, Ala., last week. They secur- L d $30,000 in cash and securities and = jscaped in a stolen automobile. New York City went on its last jag Thursday night, Jan. 15. The luthorities apparently decided to alow this form of celebration, or funsral ceremony, to mark the passing if demon rum. Hotels dispensed Champaigne at $20 to $30 a quart is fast as it could be opened and small drinks of whiskey were guzzled iy the million at -75 cents per guzzle. PASTORS* SALARIES RAISED \ At the Quarterly Conference held ast Monday at St. Paul's Church the ? pastor's yearly salary was inceased ^ font $1,800 tu $2,200. The East Chesterfield Circuit increased its pastor's salary from $750 to $1,200. Goods arc scarce and getting high- S sr every Month. We advise early buyng this season in order to get prompt Jeliveries. TEAL-JONES CO. FRIENDSHIP Mrs. Lee Lowery and childsen, of VIorven, N. C., spent Saturday and Sunday here, the guests of Mrs. J. 11. _ Gardner. Mr. Ruulwn Davis, of tin- Snow Hill tcction, spent Sunday here with Mr. J. T. Teal. We are sorry to report that Mrs. B. F. Griggs has been quite sick for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Horton, ??f Raleigh, N. C., spent a few days this week with Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers. Mr. B. F. Griggs has moved into his new residence. We welcome Mr. Griggs and family to our community. Also Mr. I). I,. Cason and family and j Mr. Lester Campbell and family. Several from Friendship attended ' the first quarterly conference held last Saturday at Ebenezer. All of the churches were represented except Ru- , by. Friendship and Ebenezer both 1 made good reports, paying nearly | one fourth of their assestments. Watch the Friendship Sunday School grow. Nearly one hundred are now enrolled. Sunday School every Sunday at 2:30, except the 4th Sunday, at which time Sunday School will be held at 10 A. M. and preaching at 11. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at 7:30. Everybody Ur invited to attend these services. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE In his first annual message to the General Assembly, now in session at Columbia, Governor Cooper made a number of recommendations, that if acted upon cannot but result in the betterment of our State. The message was characterized by arevity and progressive recommendaions, the latter being somewhat revoutionary in that they would abolish rertain departments or agencies of government and repose their authoriy in already existing boards. , The principal recommendation for i onsolidaTlon is for the creation of a ' entral board for educational control, vhich would govern the fundamental lolicies by which the educational sysem of the State is operated, all other toards, of instittions or otherwise, ieing subordinate to it. He would likewise have a central loard in .charge of all charitable and enal institutions, with an executive flicer at the head, and abolish all ther boards or agencies for these acivities. ( In his recommendation for a fund f $75,000 for law enforcement, the i xecutive suggests the consolidation t f the office of chief game warden | nd the board of fisheries, and that J he enforcement of the fish and game * iws be devolved on the force of t Itatc constables working from the iovernor's office. s The Governor recommends as a j heory of more efficiency and econoly in buying a central purchasing s gency which would purchase for all tate institutions. Other recommendations are: The extension of the present State udget system into the counties. A change in the fiscal year, so that will begin on July 1 of each year. The adpotion of the resolution for ' constitutional convention now on > ie House calendar. It has passed f ie Senate. ? The creation of a scholarship fund. 1 Increasing the salaries of teachers. ? Proper and adequate support of lie health department. The enactment of proper good oads legislation. ' The abolition of the county chain hang system and the creation of a tate convict road system. The apportionment of State taxtion among the counties of the State s ccording to their taxable wealth, s hich is a reiteration of his position 0 uken at his inaugural address on ' anuary 14. 1919. ' <; All work guaanteed at the New ressing Club, Cleaning, Pressing, c Jtcring a Specialty. B. F. TEAL, c o (><><> quickly relieves Colds and La- ? rippe, Constipation, Biliousness, f oss of Appetite and Headaches. ?i Announ The Chestei And Si in VISHES TO ANNOUNCE that t f town on Mr. Carl Morgan's pi are of your Auto Repair Work a; We handle the famous MIC1 When in need of anything in erve you. The Chestei And Supply win The WHITE AUTO COMP Parage Near The Depot. Complete New Machinery 1 Methods Will Be Employed By Vlaking Perfect Repairs On All F No Books Will Be Kept, Th< ing To Customers And To The Doubt As To The Advantages Ol Your Repair Work And We Wil White ^ uv_. -J STATE NEWS 1 The South Carolina Automotive Trades Association is in session at Spartanbdrg. Dealers in automo- 9 biles, trucks and accessories from all parts of the State are in attendance. jS Among other business transacted the association strongly recommended * ?j good roads legislation at the present session of the general asembly. A bonded warehouse association has been organized at Abbeville. 'a The town of Easley, in Pickens County, has been excited over the discovery of a case of small pox. It is a mild case and there is no liklihood of an epidemic. Bread has advanced from 10 to 12 VI: cents per loaf in Columbia. The State Highway Commission at i meeting Tuesday in Columbia, urgi'd all the counties in the State to .ake advantage of the federal aid offered in road construction. $2,000,)00 of funds allotted to South Carolina counties remains unused. Rev. F. O. S. Curtis, for many /ears pastor of the Baptist Church of . J IVnH<.rh??'. o 1 ... *n?_-u ounuay at me age J Ernest Smith, a negro boy, is under fl irrest at GafTney eharged with at- fl erupting to poison the family of Su- A )ervisor Lipscomb. The boy while ^H icting as cook is alleged to have placid a large qsantity of Paris green in I I he biscuits. HI E. M. Scott, city clerk of Anderion, died suddenly in his office last Saturday. Jonesville has dedicated a handome new Baptist church. The Uniyersity of South Carolina ? leclared a holiday last Monday in lonor of the anniversary of the birth if Gen. Robert E. Lee. If you with to pay cath for your ertilizers this year, tee me before ou buy, at I have 'em all "altint" or cath. I alto have a good line f the well known J. C. Spach one ind two horte wagona on hand ought before the advanre. J. O. TAYLOR Mt Croghan, S. C. rORMER SERGT. WM. E. SELLERS RECEIVES DECORATION The Advertiser in the iast issu^l tated that Sergt. Win. A. Sellers, on of James Sellers, had received a ross from the War Department for iravery in action. The statement was ncorrect as regarded the names of lergt. Sellers and his father. It was former Sergt. Wm. E. Sellrs, Co. I, 118th Infantry, who reeived the decoration. He is the son f Mr. C. R. Sellers. Former Sergt. Idlers is engaged in farming with his ather on the "Dixie Farm," located m Che raw, Route 1. icement field Auto ply (Jo. hoy are now located just East ace, and are prepared to lake i well as to supply Accessories. UELIN TIRES AND TUBES, i our line we will be pleased to 1 field Auto ^ - Company Luto ChANY Is Now Located In The J ft Being Installed And Modern * ^ Highly Skilled Mechanic* In dakes Of Cars And Trucks. ereby Effecting A Decided SavCompany. If You Have Any F The CASH SYSTEM Bring U? 1 Convince You. ^Uto do. J