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VOL. 39?NO 6 " CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THUR^^^ FEBRlTARY 3, 1921 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCP r _ f SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS That E. D. Bingham was the perpetrator of the crime which cost the lives of three members of the Bingham family and the two adopted children of the late Mrs. Black is the opinion of the jury of inquest which rendered its verdict last Thursday. After hearing at Pnmplico the testimony of thirty witnesses, including , the rexcamination of Mrs. Bingham, the wife of Edmund Bingham, and hiB oldest dauirhter. the inrv that Mrs. M. M. Bingham, Mrs. Marjorie Black, the two McCracken children, aged three and six, and L. S. Bingham had come to their deaths at 1 the hands of E.D. Bingham. 1 Mr. Albert A. Richardson, of . Columbia, was elected chief game 1 warden for South Carolina and A. K. ' Sanders, of Sumter, was re-elected superintendent of the State Penitentiary by the General Assembly Thursday afternoon. W. H. Townsend, of Columbia, judge of the Fifth circuit; Thomas E. Sease, of Spartanburg, judge of the Seventh circuit; R. Withers Memminger, of Charleston, judge of the Ninth circuit and George ^ E. Prince, of Anderson, judge of the Tenth circuit, were unopposed for re- ' election. Four white boys who had been held { at the county jail in Laurens for some i days on different charges burned their way to liberty while the sheriff was in Columbia on official business. Three of the prisoners have been recaptured. While on his way to his winter home in New York, Bernard M. Baruch, of New York ar.d South Carolina, stopped over in Sumter und Columbia for conferences with Governor Cooper and other South Carolinians on the cotton situation. Following the conferences, Mr. Baruch, who left for New York, gave out a statement in which he predicted that little relief from the present deflated price of cotton could be expected until the regular trade routes and the channels of commerce are reopened. VAUGHAN ITEMS Mr. A. J. Adams has been quite ill for the past week. Born to ~ Mr. and Mrs. Wattie Griggs, a girl Sunday, January 30. JJr. Ed. Adams of near Cheraw L spent Saturday and Sunday here th^ t guest ofhi's brother, Mr. 5. T. Adams.**^ Miss Caralle Stroud spent a part of the week-end in Anson county with friends and relatives. Mr. J. P. Melton has been spending the snowy weather at home with his Darents. Sunday School next Sunday at 11 o'clock. 1 To the Pe< There i? Only One Be And in that Town tl Your needs in 5 Boj We are Standing lit Found in tl 36-inch Sht 36-inch Sh< beautiful li Best grade We are receiving all Brown Shoes for Lac Also the Famous woi We have so mai we will just ask you will be well. We have no hij charged off a sum to But neither you help you in the pres< MONEY SAVED THROUGH CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING Clcm^on Colepe, Jan. 31.?The Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture, reports that farmers in New Mexico saved $102,220, during 1920, by selling Pinto beans through a cooperative marketing association created on the lines recomended by the bureau. The assocliinnnrl KflO ft....KKvva WW caiivuus VI Ut'ttlis the total shipment weighing 20,000,000 pounds. In the same state by employing co-bperative methods to mar-ket sweet potatoes, farmers saved $35,000. . The eflSjgtive work of a score of cooperative rrfilrketing is the one safe California and other western states is well known as having put the marketing of fruit and other farm products on a stab1e and profitable basis. Cooperative marketing is the ocsn sa."e way for farmers to dispose of money ?rops, and the day should not be far iistant when South Carolina farmers tvill market co-operatively not only ;he state's main rocney crop, cotton, but also toboepp, potatoes, melons. ;tc. Aarn Sapiro, export on co eper nve marketing in the far West, made j uldrcsses recently at Florecne and \ Spartanburg nnd made so strong an I mprcsion that he has been secured ! o make an address before the Legisnture. FACTS ABOUT COTTON Cotton is indigenous to all tropical md semi-tropical countries. st Town in Which to Buy. and tl THEY SELL CHEAPEST lere is only One BEST STORE ihoes for the entire Family, Suil and Youths, Ladies and Miss ?ady and Loaded Down with t ne County and at Prices Unapp ieting, at 10 acting at 12Va < ne of Dress Ginghams at only 11 all wool Wear-Ever Serge, on nost daily filling in lines? lies, Misses and Children, *k line Endicott-Johnson, and at iy things we want to tell you ai i to come in and give us a look ?h-priced goods. We went a 1 tailing $15,000.00, but that is a nor we can live on the past. C( mt and future. We thank you Pusser Sea Islands, grown off the Atlantic ! roast of the United States are the ' inest cottons in the world. Boll Weevil has about destroyed i he Sea Island cotton industry. Boll Weevil first appeared in the Jnited States at Brownsville, Texas, i n 1892. | i A single pound of cotton has been ' spun into a single thread more than 1,000 miles in length. The prospect is that there will be m unspun supply of American cotton ' it August 1, of 9,097,000 bales. Be-< 'ore the war the average amount of 3 otton on hand at that date was about1 1,2000,000 bales. The "Visible Supply" of cotton and he total supply on any given date ire two entirely different things. J M a rrufa ettJfeTv f wttotrrfctfrfats Is rery foundation of British wealth. I There is now enough unspun cotton n the world to last about two years. The average price of middling ccton at 10 leading cotton markets in he South Saturday was 14.03 cents. The statistical year for cotton runs from August 1st to July 31st. jple wno Money JOHNSON?JOHNSON The marriage Sunday afternoon of Miss Mary Ellen Johnson and Mr. McKinley Johnson came as quite a surprise to the many friends. The young couple motored to Cheraw where they were united in marriage by the Rev. Mr. Hurt. The only attendants were the sister of the bride, Miss Aletha Johnson and Mr. James Gibson, of Hartsville. The bride was attired in midnight blue messaline with hat and accessories to match. | Mrs. Jotutton is th^"eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson of 'Teal's Mill community and has a J ' g>eat host of friends who regret that her marriage takes her away from the community. Mr. Johnson is a planter ofnear H..rt8ville, to which place he and his bride went Sunday evening. The very best wishes of numerous; friends follow the young couple to their home. SCHEDULE OF APPOINTMENTS Schedule of appointments for Ches-! tcrlield charge, Methodist Episcopal Cl.urch, South, L. E. Peeler, pastor, j 1st and 4th Sundays at St. Paul at 11:30 A. M. and every Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. 1st Sunday at 3 P. M. and 3rd Sunday at 11 A. M. at Zoar. 2nd Sunday at 11 A. M. and 4th Sunday at 3 P. M. at Shiloh. JUNIOR ORDER CHANGES MEETING DATES The Junior Order U. A. M., meets hereafter on the first and third Saturday nights of each month. 4t-8 ' BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEET ON FIRST MONDAY The Board of Commissioners for Chesterfield County will meet on the 1 /! i XXT S 1 ? * ? ' ? wrsi wuunesuay, instead 01 tne first Monday. H. F: King, Chairman. "Whore's Bill?" he asked. "Rack tliere," and the dispenser o T drinks Inclined his head toward a doo: at the rear. "Co on In." The fellow's mnnner was civ! enough, yet Westcott's teeth set with i feeling that he was about to face ai emergency. Yet there was no othe ' way; he must make Lucy talk. j pium"torti <,in ^knu^-nwiuuinitt* , ed Fertilizers for cotton, corn, tobacco, etc. Also. Fish Scrap, Blood, Tankage, Foreign Kainit, etc. Write us for prices, advising tonnage you want. DAWHOO FERTILIZER CO., I Box 608, Charleston, S. C. 6t-10. 1 j 666 quickly relieve* a cold. 8 now Own bat town is WHERE V in which to buy all ts for Men and es. ;he Beat Line to be reached? c the yard s the yard Ic the yard ily 98c yd. prices to please you id so little time that ing through and all liead long since and thing of the past )mc see us. We will ^ 3t?nd ^ COOPERATION IN MARKETING COTTON In a special plain, practical talk before the House of Represntptivcs Monday Anron Sapirio, of SanljPrancisco, general counsel of the California Citrus Growers4 Associations and other associations of like charadper on the Pacific coast and in the Kiddle West, gave his views as to what method the cotton farmer of the South should pursue to establish a correct marketing system. He strongly urged the coopeafetive marketing method which has proved to such benefit in the West jalong i business lines for the scientific distribution of cotton. He decried att.'polij tics claiming that the true cooperative system should be formed of farmers, business meui and not "oratorical/spell binders." Mr. Sapirio is well knoUrn in Columbia where he stayed abou? fifteen years ago. Cooperative marketing, he sa?d at the beginning of his address, is o^e of the sanest systems of business'ever devised for the fnrmer. It .is a world movement; it is developed highest in Denmark and the Scandinavian Countries. The system has spread over the civilized world, but he said, the United States is extremely backward; He said that the method of cooperative marketing was started in California twenty-five years ago and all the products grown there arc handled by the system until now between $250,000,000 and $500,000,000 worth of products are handled anjHially Cooperation is based on certain fundamental principles which have been wurnvu out oy an extensive experience. lie placed the first principle "that the whole commodity has to be organized and not the locality. He claimed that a fatal mistake made by the cotton growers was the methods of organizing local associations. He feave cdncrete illustration of where the local associations had been formed iii the West and they immediately bfegan competing with each other andiconsequently failed. He pronounced/as a idictum that the producers shoul^ not ^compete; the buyer to do that. * He saTd that the cooperative systems in the West were real business ^enterprises and politics were n?#t allowed to enter. He said the only thing rlhe grower asked is that thg Ltffefeftja* lure give them I which to do business. They do not ask for one cent of appropriation nor any help from the lawmakers. Advertising is needed and it pays a thousand fold, he said. He described the great advertising campaigns of California and the result they had obtained. He went into detail as to the phases of the cooperative association. He stressed the importance of cooperation and working the local banks. The banks will help the growers if the growers will help the banks. He explained fully how Texas and Oklahoma are at work already signing up for the cooperative marketing of cotton. He distinctly made it plain that no plan was a curtail. If they will take time to get the best help, the result will come by organization. He told how the low prices of cotL.J L _1_. _1 1 - 1 ton urtu uruuijiiw uooui a iow sianaurd of living in this section. South Carolina has every advantage over j California in location and everything else, he claimed. The difference California has organized and uses business methods instead of oratory. CITATION NOTICE State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, By M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas C. C. Douglass made suit to me to grant him Letters of Adminj istration of the Estatea nd effects of :John S. Douglass, deceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and I admonish all and singular the kindred J and creditors of the said John S. Douglass, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Proi bate, to be held at Chesterfield, S. C., ; on 10th of February, next, after pub lication hereof, at 1 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Civen under my hand this 25th day of January. Anno Domini 1921. m. j. mou^n, rroDaie juaf?e. To break a cold lake 666. i quickly reaches the aeat of euch die- B gM orders. It should he In every home R E ready for emergency. H ipl Names of principal Ingredients are Ig printed on every package. Ask your D doctor if there Is anything better. gR iij Oat ORIUM from your druggist K f?* or send for free sample. F ? Th? Oriom Cow, St. Loot* V iiffiflHilfl - m r* jf ji3fli-1 y^alr| g ?.. , ' J*.J . , X jl m ? ,<i FEACH GROWERS FORM ASSOCIATION McBee, Jan. 28.?The "orchard day" meeting held in the interest of fruit growing in this section here today was well attended. Much interest was taken in the advancement of the peach industry. R. C. Berkman, of Macon, Ga., one of the largest growers of peaches for market, delivered the principal address, outlining the main points in the successful production of peaches in the peach belt of Georgia, which is the largest peach producing section in the United States. Mr. Berkman said conditions at McBee were ideal for peach growing on a commercial scale, but that proper care and attention were necessary for a r.,11 ? -* it-- ?? - tuu ivuiK.aiiuii ui proms ox tins industry. He related numerous instances from his 28 years of successful experience in peach growing, showing how lands similar in every respect to those here were made to produce thousands of dollars from peach orchards. Mr. Berkman advocated cooperative marketing associations,. mentioning the success of the Georgia Fruit Growers' exchange, which successful exchange was explained in detail. Mr. Berkman speaks with authority, as he has spent his lifc in growing peaches in Georgia and now has 900 acres of bearing peach trees. W. R. Beattie, federal extension horticulturist of the United States department of agriculture from Washington, discussed various phases of the peach industry, telling of success in this industry realized in the other Southern states. Mr. Beattie was very favorably impressed with the possibilities of commercial peach growing in the sand hill section and is a strong advocate of cooperative marketing. lie ga\ e a detailed discussion of all phases of peach grow v MMoc u v i u wv; ux ix |ltT t't'lll. 1I1UT est. Sail? to bp held 8th <lay of Febru ary, 1921, at plantation, Chesterfield Route 3. 3t-6 D. A. Smith. FOR CASH?Guernsey Bull, entitlec to registration, services for cash $3.00. W. J. Oliver, 4tp-8 Ruby, R 2. DR. L. H. TROTT1, D?nUl Surgeon Chesterfield, S C. | Office on second floor in Rom l>v?ot.uu rouu Ulna . 1 lie Illitny guests were entertained by the citizens of McBec at the Hotel Hampton. Peach growing has for several years been very profitable on a small commercial basis here, and for 14 years a crop failure resulting from frost has not been known. It is confidently expected that this meeting v/ill give such an impetus to this industry that within a few years the Carolina Fruit hills will rival the famous Fort Valley section of Georgia. This meeting was held under the auspices of the extension service of Clemson college, the Seaboard Air Line railroad and farmers and business men of McBec.?The State. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thanl; our friends and neighbors who were so kind to us during the sickness and death of out little daughter, Alice Lee Johnson. May God's blessings rest uj*on each and every one of y??u during the dark hours. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnson. CABBAGE PLANTS?Offer million good, strong Wakefield cabbage plants, ready for shipment January fifteenth, $1.75 p< r thousand, four thou -sand and over $1.50 per thou sand, shipping point. Now is the time to sot plants for early cabbage. G. J. Derrick, dtp Lancaster, S. C. NOTICE 1 will offer my plantation for sale and all personal effects, corn, forTder and farm tools and stock, consisting of 2 mules, 2 cows and 3 hogs, 1 twohorse wagon, carriage and all harness and farming implements. Purchaser can assume Federai Land Bond mortgage as part of pur / kuu? of * ?? o ' ' ?"? ~ N *A ' * * ! NEWS IN GENERAL j Deputy Sheriff N. N. Blue was shot and killed by Thomas R. Clayton, of New York, formerly a soldier at Camp Bragg; Clayton himself was perhaps fatally wounded by Blue and j Deputy W. O. Patrick, was shot through the thigh at Fayetteville, N. C., last Friday afternoon when the officers attempted to arrest the exsoldier on a warrant sworn out by A. A. Lindfcey into whose house Clayton is said to have forced himself at the point of a pistol last Thursday night. , Henry Lowry, negro slayer of O. T. Craig, Mississippi County planter, and Craig's (laughter, Mrs. O. C: Williamson, who were shot to death at ing from site selection of the orchard lo marketing. Among others who spoke were George P. Hoffman and A. E. Schilletter, extension horticulturists of niamoAiv r^ll.w.,. . I \\r C .i. 1 i x/iviiao^r VVIIV^C, U f? , Ol'Ull ami tJ . N. MoBride of the Seaboard Air Line railway and J. A. Caldwell, another peach grower from Lafayette, Ga. These speakers made short and interesting talks relating fully all phases of this promising industry. J. A. Kerr, of.McBee presided at the morning session and E. S. Asque at fne Whfcrt the^cBee Fruit Growers' association was organized. W. L. McCoy was elected president and C. K. McLeod, secretary and treasurer. The purpose of this association is to foster fruit growing in the sand hill section. It was decided at this meeting to adopt the name Carolina Fruit Hills for the section instead ot the time worn apKill the Craig plantation home on Christmas Day, was burned at the stake last Wednesday by a mob near Nodena, Ark., a short distance from the seen of the double killing. I The annual agricultural appropriation hill, which passed the House Thursday with a total of about $33,500,000, carries an item of $554,840 to enable Secretary of Agriculj ture to light the pink boll worm in Mexico and prevent its establishment in the United States. A yelping puppy on a cuke of ice floating down the Hudson River halted the Fort Lee ferry boat Edgewatei in midstream while a rescue was affected. After Capt. James Brannighan maneuvered his craft alongside the cake, First Mate Gerard Barry descended a ladder flung over the rail. The ladder broke. Barry plunged into the stream and reappeared with the puppy in his arms. Hauled aboard, Barry descended into the engine room with his new pet, which he promptly named Icicle. Induslral operations have not increased sufficiently to effect a material reduction in the widespread un employment prevalent a. month ago, according to the review of business and financial conditions of the country for January issued by the Federal Reserve Board. Senator Dial has introduced three bills to authorize the construction of bridges across South Carolina rivers. Full agreement on reparations, German disarmament and all other important questions before it was reached by the supreme council of the Allies when it adjourned this evening to meet again in Lundon, February 21. Th^ greatest result obtained was, as Mr. Briand, the French "premier, expressed after the closing session, "maintenance by the Allies of a front as united in making peace as it was in making war." z~uevtT arnw except ft j business. Shut your mouth, Lacy ] don't touch that gun, you fool 1 I ai i In charge here?this Is my Job; and there Is going to be any lynching don , It will be after you get me. Stan | back, now; all of you?yes, get oi j Into that barroom. I mean you, Mikt This man Is my prisoner, and I'll di fond him. Ay! I'll do more, I'll h , him defend himself. Here. Westcot i pick up your gun on the floor. Nov I ! ofnntl Horn ifltV* ma f Wo'ra (rnlriff Ol CABBAGE PLANTS?Million fine large early cabage plants. Immediiit chinmont 1 1i>1 l;i r tuii.nlu fivo r><?r thousand by express. These are very fine plants. Will till orders promptly. G. J. Derrick, 2tp-7 Lancaster, S. C. iJBJMJ ADMIRATION m \ coe in any c< And when you'i i supreme comfoi extra-long specij suspension comp pleasure of mote ? Wafts 8 | DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL January 29th, 1921. ' The Chesterfield Advertiser, | Chesterfield, S. C. I Pear Mr. Editor: No bills of great importance have passed the House of Representatives during the past week. Maybe the less we do the better for us. When the appropriation bill is out of the committee, which may be in a week, the fireworks will begin. The County Delegations are working on their supply bills, and our delegation held a meeting at Chesterfield today (Saturday* with reference to our nancial situation. AI this meeting the various county officials were present to give aid and advice, and information on the state of the county. We elected a Speaker of the House on Tuesday, February 1st, vice Speaker Cothran, who has resigned to go on the Supreme Court Bench. On the floor of the House the question of free range or the stock lav: for portions of the lower pnrt of the state came up for debate, as well as other matters of more cofricern to our county. The inheritance tax bill has been introduced in the House and referred to committee. A fertilizer bill providing for a certificate on each sack showing what ingredients or matter make up the filler has been introduced by a member from Dillon Coun ty. He tells me that the people want to Idnow when it is sand and when it is other matter which is really plant food; and that this bill will keep inferior fertilizerf from selling at the same pricc as the best fertilizer. Yours very truly, T,. C. Wannamaker. The Strand TO DAY , THURSDAY W. S. HART In "THE TESTING BLOCK" His latest picture FRIDAY "FORTUNE TELLER" All Star Cast SATURDAY "WONDERMAN" All Star Cast Extra Special MONDAY '"IpML ENID BENNETT "SILK HOSIERY i TUESDAY THOMAS MEIGHAN I In 1 "COMRADES IN QUEST L' OF YOUTH" ' A Cosmopolitan Production > WEDNESDAY E "THE BAIT" A Paramount Picture \ THURSDAY 1 DOROTHY G1SII In "FLYING PAT" Be^inninn Monday, February 7th, admission will be 15 and 25 cents, instead of 20 and 30 cents. Will run two shows daily, 7:30 and 9:00?sharp. Mi J ^ greets the BrisDmpany. | e in the car, the t afforded by the al Briscoe spring letes the unalloyed ^ Blakeney SD, S.C.I w*" Jl