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X * ^ ^ ^ VOL. 40 ?NO __L ^~ " CHESTERiaELD, S.C./THUBSDAYr'ANUARY 5, 1922 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE' BODY OF NEGRO WOMAN FOUND IN LYNCHES RIVER \ ' The body of an. unknown negro woman was ftund floating in Lynches River last Thursday evening near PuBose Bridge, where it crosses the river between Lee and Darlington Counties not far from the Chesterfield county line. The body was that of a woman about 35 years of age and rather stoilt. of n Hnrk cincror pnlro nolnv and had been n the water four ci five weeks. She was evidently the victim of foul play as her neck was broken and her head was tied up with an a^ron, which was pinned under the chin. She was clothed in a night dress and atockings. No clue to her identity has not yet been found, nor have the of_ fleers been able to hear of anyone ^ missing who might fit the description. Sheriff Grant was called into the case because the trail at one time seemed to lead to Chesterfield county, but investigation failed to develop any thing in that direction. The body was found by an old negro man who was fishing in' the river from a boat. He noticed something floating that resembled a checked apron and moving over a little, investigated by poking it with his paddle. In raspotase to this action the body, for it proved to be, rolled over in the WfltPl* inH o lnnrr Kom ^ ? ? >% M >vr.?h I'Ml V UL 111 ai VSU L1UIII the dark water with a motion as though reaching for him. The old darky dropped his paddle and fell back in the boat, yelling at the top of his voice for somebody to "come here." Some people crossing the bridge nearby heard the r.oi?e and came to the rescue of the frightened negro. MAY RECONDITION GIANT STEAMSHIP *" "New York. Dec. MO.?It wilj cor>t 6,097,303.20 to recondition and put alongside the dock ready for pasaeng?ra, America's 51,000-ton passenger StsSmsblp, the Levietbon according to the low bids submtited by shipbuild <bw and opened today by the United JStates Shipping Board. Latent Scre< D.WGR ? prase "WAY D0\ Based on Wm A brat Lottie D'air Porker on It's a simple story of plain fo * the greatest of all Griffith pi; uncommonly well done and breath-taking effect. . * Every audience has spellbound through th folding of this .great duction. With its humaneness and its . story of unusual love, " its _ thrills and its n pathos^ it stands alone in' the field of specI ^ tacular p ic - The all at!j\i which carries out /Ak f If the story quite jprfi? & eclipses any cast that ever Appearedf^HI^ in this piece on thek^^^|$ speaking stage. _ z Lyric t F Yt*&e&horo, N. <? | Jan. 138J4. Matin* 5 M J ' MRS. ALLEN CAMPBELL DIES SUDDENLY V Mrs. Campbell, wife of Mr. Allen Campbell, cf the Shiloh section, died suddenly some time Monclay night. Her death was not discovered until some of the family got up at about 4 a. m., Tuesday. Monday evening Mrs. Campbell seemed to be in her usual good health. She was in her sixtieth year and had .ome time ago suffered a slight stroke of paralysis, but had seemed quite well again. Besides her husband, Mrs. Campbell leaves one sister, Mrs, John P, Douglass, and two brothers, Messrs. Frank and D. A. Smith. She was a member of White Oak Presbyterian church. She was laid to rest on Wednesday at noom, the ttev, Peeler officiating. COTTON GINNING REPORT The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau ot the Census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina for the crops of 1921 and i 920. The total for the state was 758,327 as against 1,364081 for the year 1920. Chesterfield county has ginned 24,067 as opposed to 30,678 for 1920. WILSON PREDICTS CONFIDENCE IN PARTY Prediction that the year 1922 would show tKst the democratic part} 'has entirely regained the confidence f the nation," was made by Woodow Wilson in a New Year's letter to the Women's Democratic Political pafiue. ? INHABITANTS WANTED Melbourne, Nov. 30.?Australia j vants 11,000,000 more inhabitants as roon as she can get them, and prefers that they should be of good, ! white stock, preferably of| British ^ rivatic-n. This additional population is regarded as necessary to develop the resources of the country. Dingus?Back i nthe city again, I thought you "Were a Tarnfer."' " Paymore?You made the same mism Sensation IPEITM nts iVN EAST" Ju's Pamous Play_by a Jos.R Grismcr \ p _ i _ ,7.2^' *-T. '. J >^U / - *mMt'<f HEATRE f rida and Saturday \ o datfjt3> Nights, 8:15 inee^^^c, 75rJ^$1.00 BANKERS APPEAR TO BE OPTIMISTIC New York, Dec. , 31.?Business prospects for 1922 are, in general hopeful, accordirg to statements by prominent bankers, made public today by the American Bankers' Association. The future of business and finance in the United States s encouraging said Thomas B. McAdams, president of the association. He emphasized the importance of this country interesting itself in the problems of Europe .in order that American prosperity may be main. |tained. He said that, although some leading politicians and newspapers opposed extending aid to Europe at this time "future prosperity depended on the way financial America answers the call," "The time for anxiety seenis to be entirely past and the middle of .1922 should see recovery well established," declared John C. Lonsdale, president of the National Bank of Commerce of St. Louis. "All of the things necessary to commercial betterment seem to have been set in motion, so that 1922 should see the beginning of the era of our greatest and most golden prosperity." WEXFORD Mr. James Sullivan of Ruby, spent last Tuesday, here, the guest of his son, Mr. W. A. Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Coker spent a part of the week-end in Lancaster with relatives. Miss Carrie Jenkins spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Tom Watson, oi near Chesterfield. Mr. L. V. Davidson spent part of last week in Lancaster with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pinkston of Wadesboro, N. C., returned home Monday after spending a week with Mrs. Pinkston's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Moore. Mrs. Thomas Watson of near Chei^ terfield, was visiting her pari!fits Ifisl Thursday and Friday, Mr. and Mrs. . K. Jenkins. ^P.ev Marion Smith filled Rev. J. D. Pprvis' appointmanta at- Croat) Koads and Thompson Creek Sunday and preached fine sermons. Many of the school students have returned to their respective schools this week. IMPORTANT MEETING OF AMERICAN LEGION There will be an important meeting of the American Legion at the Masonic Hall Friday night, January 6, at 7 o'clock, sharp. This is the nn.-.oi meeting. Officers are to be elected and some other important business to be attendd to. Therefore a full attendance is required. LIFE PROLONGED BY HEALTH SERVICE During the second week n January, Columbia is to hold a Health Institute, or winter school for the benefit of all persons interested in better health conditions. In view of the great success of the Institute of the Public Health Service held in Washington last December and of the difficulty, due to the conflicting dates of other meetings, of arranging for another on the same scale this fall, the Service some time ago decided to try to meet the insistent nation-wide demand by arranging a series of Institutes to be held in the large widely scattered cities of the United States. Locations and dates were so arranged that at least two or three of the meetings should be held in reasonably convenient reach of nearly every resident of the country; and a tentative schedule of courses and of speakers was mapped out. The plans were promptly adopted by many cities, with some variations to meet special local needs. Columbia is one of the score of important cities in the United States selected for a Public Health Institute. What is the Public Health Service and what has it done? "The single statistical fact that the expectation of life at birth has probably been prolonged at least 10 years striking evidence of what has been accomplished," says Dr. Akin. First was the period of environmental sanitation. Even before the true cause of 'diseases with filth was realized. Health authorities of half a century ago were concerned, therefore, with the questons of waste disposal, protection of the water supply, etc. "Next came the control of community infections. As a consequence of the bacteriological discoveries of Koch and Pasteur during the 80's it was apparent that the human element in disease transmision could not be neglected. Twenty Ave years ago, just after the Atlanta Exposition, this State was overrun with ansi^pqx. But by the prompt application of M GET BEHIND THE ORCHARD M&V^MENI * : - Prunt, Spray, Worm, CaHkat* am Plant?Aalc Your Cauatjr Afont About "Orchard Woak" I When planning the ?Tfbw<,tWe ii nno fKin? iKof #o?>?mowo U 1 ?u n ?? ? ? iui imcio wvmh wnr ii mind.The orchard requires aitcntior and must receive such, else all treei and vines put out will soon ha lik* thousands of others have done in th< state, and all the farmed gats for hii labor and mohey put into the trees is i case of disappointment. We urge yon to give the trees a fair trial and *e< the results. The methods pf caring foi an orchard are indeed sijnple and inexpensive and any faityner in the state who is not thoroughly familial with the mothods, will ^et m touch with the county agent of drop him a card and ask for information, this will be gladly given. The profits will greatly exceed the expenfp. The work to be done (his fall and winter can be summed briefly as follows;' 1. Select the site for the orchard, which should be on an elevated section, not a high hill, but simply, as the farmer would speak qfi it, a little knoll. This gives good afar, drainage and also lessens the danger of frost. 2. Prepare the soil thoroughly before setting the trees. Brehk deep,follow it with a cutaway to get the soil as fine as possible. It'is better to Jo this from two to four weeks before the trees are set out. ei 3. When setting the t$ees, if soil is not in a good state of ^fertility, it will be well to haul in a ittle woods earth to place about the roots. If this annot be secured, get a little barnyard manure and thorou jhly incorporate with the soil, that is placed around the roots. Thia wil enable the trees to grow faster thi i following spring. 4. Be sure to dig holqp in which trees are placed deep enough to allow trees to baTjbUftwo WCft??-r the soil than they were ii^ the nursry row and wide enough to allow all roots to spread out full 5. fee sure to trim off all roots that '.vcre injured while removing from the nursery row. Cut them off just back of the bruise, leaving a smooth cut. This enables them to heal quicker and also lessens the danger of diseases. Also trim off all small branches and in case of peaches, cut them off from 15 to 18 inches above the ground apple: should be cut off about :two feet above the ground. 6. Give the trees the proper distance. The following^, distance* dc well for the home orchard; peaches 18 feet each way; apples, 30' feet eacl way; pears same us apples; plums anc .1 ? AA ? ~ " cnernes zu ieet each way; blackberries and dewberries make rows 5 feet wid and set three feet in drill; dewberries are often planted 4x4 an<i (Trapes 8x8. 7. The following varieties are rec ommended for the home orchard: Apples, Earley Sweet, Red June, Horst Delicious, Terry, Yates, Winesap Stay men; Pears, Keiffer; Plum; Shiro, Abundance and Burbank; Cherry, Montmorency and Early Richmond Pigs, Celeste and Magnolia; Peaches Mamie Ross, Carmen, Hiley, Belle oi Georgia, Elberta, Heath Cling and Stinsons October; Pecans, Stuart and Moore's Early, Lucile, Delaware, Niagara and Worden; Grape (muscadine) James, Thomas and Scuppernong; Strawberries, Klondyke and Lady Thompson; Dewberries, Lucretia; Blackberries, Eldorado. The outline given above is all that is necessary to get Che-orchard started. Let's have an orchard on every farm, raise our fruit as well as othei things to eat at home. Wjork on the old orchard should begin at once, and should consist ol thorough and careful spraying, pruning, worming and cultivating. Wh> these operations? 1. Pruning. Preserves the life, health and vigor of the tree by removing dead, and interferrins Uranches, concentrates the growth into the fruit forming branches and encourages new wood growth in sup. port of the next crop of fruit. 2. Spraying. Safe guards and pro longs the life of the tree by repelling insect and disease attacks, and do creases the percent of decayed anc wormy fruit. However, it must b< clearly understood that different pests require different sprays and that the winter application of spraj is mainly for preserving the life ol the tree. 3. Worming. "No legs, no horse, n< root, no tree." Therefore, the wormi that burrow into the toots of th< trees (the experience being indicate* by sap exudation or jelly near th< ground in the peach <y .plum and yel lowing of the ap ' d pear) mus ^Kpraying doe j If you are interested in fruit growr, ing either on a small or large scalg,, | write or ask your county agent or j banker concerning "Orchard Week" j and arrange to attend some of the j field demonstrations that will be giv en in pruning ana sprayng in tne various counties during the week desigI nated as "Orchard Week." 1 "There is only one thing that pay& i better than a good sound knowledge i of orchard management; and that is ; to use it." Therefore, let's get be ? hind this movement and make ori chards in this county the best in the t state. I Orchard Week s Demonstrations in orchard work, planting, pruning, etc., wll be held . according to the following schedule: > McBee, Monday, January 9th. Jefferson, Tuesday, Janaury 10th. i , Pageland, Wednesday, January 11. i Pageland, Thursday, January 12th. \ Mt. Croghan, Friday, January [ 13th. Ruby, Monday, January lGth. | Chesterfield, Tuesday, January i 17th. Cheraw, Wednesday, January 18th. Patrick, Thursday, January 19th. ir: jj s f n unaaenaori, rriday, January 20th. i Ousley, Monday, January 23rd. ? W. J. Tiller, County Agent. FORMER GOVERNOR OF N. C. SUCCUMBS TO STROKE i OF PARALYSIS i Raleigh, December 28?Formei Governor of North Carolina Waltei Bickett, who suffered a stroke of pal ralysis at his home last night died at i 9:15 this morning without ever rei gaining consciousness. The former Governor was stricken while he was seated beside the bed ot I Mrs. Bickett who is slightiy iii. Secm( ngly in the best of health and spirits for Mrs. Bickett, who was confined to her room by illness.* He had eaten his i supper and returned to Mrs. Bickett'; ' room and was sitting beside her bed i. when he suffered a violent headache. ' A few moraervt's"Tater iie weni to ul? I own room to lie down. Within, five minutes Mrs, Bickett heard him scream that his head was > "almost killing him." He returned to : her room, fell across the bed and , lapsed into unconsciousness. A physil cian was summoned and an examina, tion revealed no outward siirn of lif? i but he soon developed a slight pulse. I ? and the former Governor be<*a? i breathing perceptibly, aftor half an ' hour. His physicians from the first held out no hope for his recovery, his' en tire right side beng paralyzed. Strong , restoratives were administered to the i former Governor throughout the I night, but without effect. The end came peacefully at 9:15 I this morning. Mrs. Bickett, their one son, William Bickett, relatives and I close friends were at his bedside. Governor Bickett was reputed to be one of the best debaters and orators in the State. He wiis in great demand s during the war as a speaker and visit, ed various sections of the country in the interest of the Liberty Loan , drives and other war activities. ; Thomas Walter Bickett was born , in Monroe, N. C., February 28, 1869, ' a son, of T. W. and Mary A. (CovingI ton) Bickett. When he was 13 years I old his father died and as the oldest . of four children he had heavy res possibilities and in providing for their . support he acquired much of the selfI reliance and the sturdy manhood which have always distinguished him. STATE SANITORIUM SUCCESSFIJI IN TOP 4TMCNT rtC n ? ' Columbia, December 29?Tlv South Carolina and the Palmetto Sanatorium operated at State Park, I seven miles north of this city, by the ' State of South Carolina for its citi zens suffering from tuberculosis is n ' "going" concern, according to Ernest Cooper, M. D., the superintendent. , The South Crolina Sanatorium, a a unit of five buildings, for white f pitients, since it received its first pui tient on its opening day, May 22, I 1915, has treated to date 492 men and tho Palmetto Sanatorium, the negTo hospital, recently received its - 55th patient since its opening in De: cember, 1921. It is ideally situated in the rolling I sand hills of Riahlund county and its s climate, according to authorities, cr.nL not be surpassed for tuberculosis perl sons. It has a minimum rainfall, its ; temperature is not too hot in the sum F mer and is delightful in the winter? permitting plenty of fresh air, one of > the requisites in the treatment of the * disease. o' The average gain of the patients 1 during their stay in the Sanatorium, t if their cases are not too far adVane ed, is about twelve pounds. t Very encouraging letters daily are i received by Dr. Cooper he says, of the rehabilitation of patients treated numberofj SOME COUNTIES GET MONEY BACK ? | More R?turecl Than Paid in Stato t Taxet I t Some counties in the state whore ( the people are raising a "howl" for < ihe reduction in the state tax levy ac- * tually pay less taxes for state pur- * poses than they receive from the ' state in aid for public schools, accordance to figures compiled from the 1 1921 abstracts of county auditors re- c cently. While this is true of only one or ^ two counties several other counties get approximately the same amount ' for state aid to schools as they pay " n state taxes. For example, Saluda county paiff $50,084.8? in state taxes F n 1920 and received from the school fund of the state $46,848.33, leaving *about $4,000 difference between the L amount paid and the amount received. Chesterfield county received more e money than it paid to the state. In J 1920 Chesterfield paid *70,126.44 in I1 tate taxes and received $76,813.50 1 from the school fund, according to '.he figures compiled yesterday. These 1 igures are to be used by the exeeu- c .ive committee of the South Caro- 11 lina taxpayers' conference in its fight 1 *o reduca the taxes on visible proper- L y and get new sources cf revenue. Lancaster county paid in 1920 a ^ otal of $68,350.56 and received $55,- " 142.96 from the school fund. Horry gets a big hand in the deal. The "Independent Republic" paid on- ' \y $54,692.89 in state taxes and re- 1 jeived $89,777.26 in return. Oconee also has a good hand with ' >79,714.94 paid in taxes and $75,149 in return. These figures show, ac-u cording to well informed tax persons, 1 .hat the burden of ?taxation is not. j 1 .vit lithe state levy of 12 mills but I 1 .vith the county and city levies is ' ?voll as special school levies. s f WANTED?Man with car to sell > low priced Grahanv Tires. $130.00 i i litlV l.tw: wiciA. per week and commissions, liraham Tire Co. 8128 Boulevard, Benton Harbor, TVfi?h.- Itp PRES1DEN T CALLS FARMERS' MEETING " Washington, Dec. 30.?President j Harding in a letter today to Scoretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture asked that the latter call a national confcccc at Wash- c ington to "suggest practical ways of ^ improvement" for 4 the severe agri- , culture depression which exists g| throughout tfie land." Prompt action t was taken at the Department of Agriculture in response to the request, v telegraphic invitations being dis- j patched immediately to n number of j organizations and individuals. Political Trickery, Says Hollorr?\n Commenting on the foregoing dispatch, Mi\ James A. Iloloman, Wash ington correspondent for The Allan- ^ ta Constitution, says: "No more desperate or darinf ( move was ever made on Jhe political checkerboard than that Friday when t President Harding authorized Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to call a t national conference to consider agri- ( cultural problems. "The real purpose of the conference is to break the agricultural bloc ( that has been foYmd in both house of congress among members from l farm product states. The deflection from the republican ranks on various legislation has already scared G. O. P. leaders into a condition of political terror. "Another reason that actuates the president is the enormous volume of protests coming from the south and west at the failure-of the extra session of congress to provide any remedial agricultural legislation despite ( the great hullabaloo made about such v legislation in the president's first at'- ( dress to congress and despite the inuch-heralded congrcsional committee appointed to find out the needs 01 agriculture in its growing depression and to apply the remedy. That com mittec has junketed all over the U. j S. at enormous expense and ha.i promised much in its own propagan- { >ia but in reality has done nothing and offered nothing of a legislative nature. ( "The latest desperate effort of the ^ president, who is playing politics from ihe white house more completely than any prsidenl in a generation, cannot j be accepted as other than a political move at the beginning of the 1022 congressional campaign play." A FR^E TRIP TO EUROPE Parents or wives of Americans who died overseas during the world war < and whose bodies have not bcon re- j turned would have an oportunity to vifiit the graves of their deceased at government expense if a resolution ; introduced into Congress by * Rep. Hamilton Fish, a member > SIX GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS Hamilton Holt, speaking at a lun heoli in New York in celebration of 'ornier President Wilson's sixty-fifth % . >irth'!ay, sairt that Mr. Wilson had lon?.? five great things and that any >ne of them would "assure him a 'oremost place in history." The five jreat achievements listed by Mr. dolt were as follows: Coalesence of the heterogeneous tleas in connection with the war info me idea?democracy. 11 is statement that in the war we vanted nothing. The' driving of an effective wedge >etween the Hohenzollerns and the iorman people. The first outline of the basis of icace. The expression of the thought that he nations should substitute coopera- J ion for competition. 1 A volume could be written under ach of these heads, for each of these chievements was of "tremendous imlortance. Nor can Rlr. Wilson's bitercst enemy deny him credit for. - ^ ny one of them. Perhaps of them uli 'j|| he first and the fifth are the greatst. Without 'he first the war could iot have been won. Without the fifth here would be no hope for civilizuion today. There is a sixth achievement of Mr. Vilson which, although it is a coyal- " ary of and in Mr. llolt's jjR ummary is implicit in it, really doerves separate mention. Mr. Wilson id more than express the thougHtS"ftf nternutional cooperation in place of ompetition. Against tremendous j dds nd almost single-handed at Par- I s, he established the principle of in- B rnational cooperation and wrote it nto the Treaty. It would be the ac epted rule of conduct of the nations oday if the American people had not ? lermitted themselves to be buncoed ?y a lot of the smallest and most un crupulous politicians that over in- M ested any country?Charleston *| sews and Courier. - -?-? c wfrs S'l hr .^.Y-IL*3 ^ _ By Mary Caddie Haynie While many devices in ottiir g j ilso save slops tin re are a few - - -^J f equipment may he caiiBBHBj^^H inetly step savers. Chief an s the kitchen cabinet which*^^^^^^JHB| i panttry, table and shelf spa<i B ine article of furniture. No one \ if kitchen equipment does more, o-ordinate utensils and working pro ^B| esses than the manufactured kitchen abinet. The ik\v<- i models have flour 'flB md suj real and spice cona ine i s, rack :h space and adjgst- VV ible moulding boards. Wjj^en used' vith a stool, such a cabinet saves end- ^I^B ess steps by grouping within arm's length of the worker both supplies, ^ itensils and tools needed in many 1 itchen processes. ' jj?3 The serving tray on wheels is anither distinctive step saver. Several nodels are on the market, some witlv ingle, others with double^ "ii rubber-tired B vbich can be steered easily. ray enables the homemaker to i complete meal with one or possibly\ ' wo carryings of dishes, or to clear S ^ he table with similiar ease. This kind A >f tray can also be used excellently s a stack-table when there is no V Irain t<> the right of the sink, or it .1 an be used to wheel clean dishes to lie pantry avoiding constant trips nd the dangers attendant on tray arrying. Larger and more massive tylo.s are found in the typical hotel lis-.h cart which can be used equally '/ell in the large household. A unique refrigerator most exellent in country homes' particular- . y is a worth-while step saver. This 'elevator ice-box'' looks like other mall rcfrigcrators, has three comlartments, but is operated by clockcork pulleys. It is so installed that he pressure on a button in the floor auses the ice box to rise up into the .itchon; or a similar pr$as?)M causes ts descent into the cellar. This saves he hundreds of tedious steps entail d b> the country home maker whn ms to put many food products"down a the cellar." And if the cellar is cool his ice-box can be satisfactorily used von without an ice supply. Any other levice or equipment which co-ordllates work, much as these: a tooKbasket with compartments, a house-maid >ueket with places for rugs, soap, ^ powder etc., speaking tubes or "ffooaa-* telephones,"etc.,can be grouped prop- # prly undor the important heud of step * -avers, and hence energy and effort <avers. * CARb OF THANKS 1 wishu^guJfcank my frienfds of Ghesicrfi.? JM^mucfcapr eclated A which 1 29th of ^aA Decenj^- fl new $1 lha