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VOL. 40?NO. 4 _ " Ci 1 L^>TER FIBLD, S. C., THURSDAY, J AN lAUV 2^,1022 $1.50 A YEAR IN _ MR. STEVENSON'S SPEF.CH < o ? 1 11 Some Aspec Farmer; By BERNARD l m??? (Reprinted from A I The whole rural world la In a'feru.ent of unrest, and there Is an un ( paralleled volume and intensity of de- ; termlncd, If not angry, protest, and an ominous swarming of occupational con- i i ferences, Interest groupings, political J movements and propaganda. Such a turmoil cannot but arrest our utten tlon. Indeed, It demands our careful tudy and examination. It Is not like 1 , ly that six million aloof and ruggedly \ Independent men have come together i and banded themselves Into active | unions, societies, farm bureaus, and so ' forth, for no sulliclent cause. Investigation of the subject conclusively proves that, while there Is much ^ loverstatoment of grievances and mis .conception of remedies, the farmers ' re right in complaining of wrongs I long endured, and right In holding that < It Is feasible to relieve their Ills with benefit to the rest of the community. This being the case of an Industry that contributes, In the raw material j form alone, about one-third of the ua- , tionul annual wealth production and | is the means of livelihood ?f about 41) < per cent of the population, it is oh- i vlous that the subject is one of grave I coucern. Not only do the fanners l make up one-half of the nation, but i the well-being of the other half de- i pends upon them. 1 80 long as we have nations, a wise 1 polttclal economy will aim at a large 1 degree of national self-stiHiclcncy and ? self -containment, ltome fell when the < food supply was too far removed from the belly.. Like her, we shall destroy < onr own agriculture and >xten^ our sources of food distantly and precarl- 1 ously, If we do not see to It that our 1 farmers are well and fairly paid for 1 their services. The farm gives the 1 nation men as well us food. Cities < derive their vitality and are .forever, 1 renewed from the country, hut an lm- 1 poverlshed countryside exports Intelligence and retains unintelligent'".- j < Only the lower grades of mentality 1 cna diameter will remain on, or seek, i the fRrm. unless ugrl culture is capable j i of being pursued with contentment an.I 1 < adequate compensation. Hence, to em- i bitter and Impoverish the farmer Is to < dry tap and contaminate the vital i . sources of the nation. I The war showed convincingly how I , dependent the nation Is on the full i productivity dt the farms. Despite i herculean efforts, agricultural produc- < ;tlon kept only a few weeks or months ? .ahead of consumption, and thai only I tby Increasing the acreage of certain I staple crops at the cost of reducing | tthat of others. We ought not to for- i get that lesson when we ponder on i the farmer's problems. They are truly ' < . common problems, and there should | t>? no attempt to deal with them as ? if they were purely selfish demands I of a clear-cut group, antagonistic to t ^he rest of the community. Rather 1 should we consider agriculture In the i slight of iirond national policy. Just 1 as we consider oil, coal, steel, dveatuff*, and so forth, as sinews of na- J . ilonal strength. Oar growing population and a higher standard af living . demand Increasing food supplies, and ' , more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest. ' vWIth the disappearance of free or New For* t These are the Fore the Ford Motor Co. Including Starter Tax, Gas and Oil, Which is the lowest by Ford Motor C yO Roadster, Touring Coupe ( Sedan Truck, no star Fordson Tract A About Our Ea ' j :ts of iho s' Problems i M. BARUCH .tlantic Monthly) I cheap fertile land, additional acreage j and Increased yields can come only t from costly effort. This we need not j expect from an Impoverished or enhappy rural population. It will not do to take a narrow view of the rural discontent, or to appraise j It from the standpoint of yesterday. J This Is poeu"ar'y an age of iltix and , change and new chxils. Because n j Ihtnif alwava tins hnon HA n.. ? ! r means tlint it Is righteous, ??r always 1 v shall l?e so More, perhaps, titan ever c !?ef<>ro, there Is a widespread feeling ' f that all hut.inn relations ean he lui c proved by t k'nr thought, anil that !t ^ is not heeom'ng for the reasoning anl- ! innl to leave his destiny largely to ^( L'hanee and natural incidence. I Put.huii and orderly adjustment of !: product o n anil dlstrihutlon In accord- i nice with consumption Is recognized t is wise management In every business (j hilt that of farming. Yet. I venture ( to say. there is no other industry In which It is s>> i . i" rtant to the pub lie- - to the elty-d" eller?that prnduc- A lion should ' e sure, steady, and In reusing and that distribution shduld ?e in pr >ii. ti n to the need. The un C irgauiz?'d lar . e: . naturally act blind t] ly and impvlsivelv tir.d, in onse pienee, <ui < it ai I dearth, ucenmp i 0 tiled hy disco- iu r'lag j,ijee-va.rlations, harass the eon .i.ier One year pota toes r??t in lie* fields because of excess e aodiwtI' Ti. and th'To is a scarcity of s die things thai hjivo been displaced 0 to make w:i\ foi tlie expansion of the I. ?ot.i? < ivr : next year the punish- VJ d fan. cr- mass the'r fields on some a thor ?r ,?. and potatoes enter the ( less of 'uMiries; and so on. Am 1-uiture Is ilio greatest and fun IntneiiM'lv tl-.o hi >s| Importinit of our " American i -tries 'i'lie cities avo 1 nit tin' branches of the tree of na tlonnl life. I lie roots of which go de? p ly Into the land. We nil flourish or ^ loellnp with the farmer. So when we () ?t the ell e.s icad of the present nni rersul distress of the farmers, of a ihtnip 'if vis ldlt'on dollars !r the . <<n ve'ufc ?f their i| i In n slngl.-" j nr, " jf their inability to meet mortgages or to pay current hills, and how, seeking -1 relief from their ills, they are plan uing to form pools, Inaugurate farmers' strikes, and demand legislation abolishing grain exchanges, private rut tie markets, nrd the like, we ought not hastily to brand them as economic leretlcs and highwaymen, and hurl at them the charge of being seekers of ,l rpeclal privilege. Itnther, we should , ?>' isk If their trouble Is not ours, and < see what can be done to Improve the y lit nation. Purely from self-interest, I si f for no higher motive, we should j lielp them. All of us want to get hack ' tj permanently to "normalcybut Is It , reasonable to hope for that condition \ inless our greatest and most basic In 1 iustry can be put on o sound nnd solid sermnnent foundation? The farmers tre not entitled to special privileges; j nit are they not right In demanding ,] hat they be placed on an equal footng with the buyers of their products ; ^ md with other industries? 1 ( " . Let us, then, consider some of the 'armor's grievances, and see how fur , j hey are reul In doing so, we should emember that, while there have been, j j (Continued on last page) d Prices \'C i K' j p I Prices, quoted by | J on Jan. 1G, 1922 j Freight, War S 2 , Ready to Run | I price ever known j 11 i ? I y $465.55 | "u - 495.74 ! I i ' i. 664 43 ; : - 732.11 ter 50 1/14 ! [ or 670.00 | C ! 1 sy Payment Plau AGAINST THE LYNCHING B!LL' By David P. St.Ciair ! Y Washington, Jan. 21.?One of the ( >est short sncechon made in the house ' tl igr.irst the pas. pro of the nntilynching b >7II, according to some of those who:.,j lave followed the discussion from <l?iy ! jta ;o day was .hit of Rep. W. V, Steven-;0 son, i)f the Fifth South Carolina i? vS!ai iriot. Mr. Stevenson raid to begin p I A villi that the cruelty of burning per- j, ion ; alive did noT originate with the j f< ynchers but was fi - t authorized by j; aw and carried cut by the states of j he North, which had sold the negro ! hives to the South. As proof of this i e 'ac* the record of the case of a negro j ! vhn was burned alive by the order of / i court >1" the State of New York in|jv . i u. u was in the North and not in | " he Soutii the burning of nepro>s1 U dive by law began. When the South purchased the ne:ro slaves from the North it modified '* i law o that when the Civil War ante th -re was oniy one crime in any ll Southern State for which a negro! >u.d bo burned alive and that war j ' "c murder of his master and in most; if the Southern States that form of " lums'irr.cnt had been abolished alio-!'.' .ether. Tlr. e iioon in an wer to a qucs-j ion . . ! (! I.y lvep. I'ird of Runs i tid lie wish to perpetuate lynching, ieciured thai . outh Carolina is do.ngi iiore to sc. inn out this crime than; " van. as i, doing. now ..d iyuching originate? 'j h. irst iync.iag oi record in South airei.i.a ho said, the hooting to Icaih of a one nr.nod Con 1 edema.1 ' oiu.er, ..i...t Slovene, by a company a eO i. ',yo .r.siiti '.men belonging t > , ho la.': et nag government of the r.s. tale in I J . 1. Stevens driving a \vi:gn loaded v. . v.h. ey was uu t on he hig.: v.'ny >y armed Jiogrnes v. ho ieiii..ndeJ the whis.ey. ile resisted . nd v.as iy..e;.ed nut tiie uiiiilynchiiig nl n jw pt i.d.iig in ihe house will not oacii ti.e ca o lor Stevens was not 11 a.-e a oi crime nor v. as he in!.en ro.ii the custody of ollicers. r>ut then a.id there was called forth I- , r . ? < ..V. w tuui:, WIll'j:1. we five : nii.; to o\ v rcoiiie. i ho v. liiie people f li.c conn.:jr..ty losclv^T dh-urnted hose in iocs una t.ut Wc.ua lll jail- _ v He ( t n go*, eminent at once ' :i.lc i. .. iu n;.crate them. the while jIc jn oceedi U to look into i ' i . .. ot lie luauwi*. iney hung tuosc tney c. .nod ,,u.:.y and liberated the oihor : i .tv that day the pe ople of . ^ . . 'i >U.ll Ci.llHii:.!, (lcCliin';i mi. civn?).. have i> c v nghting tiic crime of "0 ,Mulling, V. hot hnj i.een i.ie outome? hot nic gwo you 'Jo y< is of 1 , iatory, ro that you will see wnclhcr ou are any, betcor under the Fedral statute. From 1SJ4 to 1893, ii\e ^ c-u:s, tlaro v . re 30 lynehings in the tare. From 1890 to 1903, there were ' i) lynehings. l>rom 11)04 to 11)08 lore were lf? lynehings. From 1 JO a . s 1913 there v? re 11 lynehings. rom 11,11 to 1913 there were 8 j_ rnciiings and in the year 1919 there / ere on!y two lynehings. Judging by this steady decrease in ve -.umber of lyne.lings, Mr. Stevenj.i as .ed the hou..c if it counl say tab South Carolina is not trying to laintain the dignity of the law and a: roiect the man accused of crime. Oh the other hand he pointed to the t ice riots that have occurred in the j ist live years in New York,in Spring- m Id, III., in East St. Louis, in Chicago , nd in Washington, lie said more peole had been killed in these riots than . ad been lynched in South Carolina j 'ithin the last 15 years yet none of j icse riots conic within the terms of . lis hul and what is more such bloody ; iots do not occur in the South, air. Stevenson said that the bill if % became a law could imprison the j ove.nor 01 a State for his failure t?. roteci a prisoner. The police ollieer.f e.cry city, cown and hamlet in ;he , , ount.y \.oiiid he liable to arrest and .c uiigress could provide lor others to , i.a their '.laces and concentrate all uiiiori.y in Wash.ngton. And the onj i.. bon i >r this bill, lie said, is that u.i.o people have appointed them-1 . elves u.oun.iis of the negro. I Q ne uie\v a p. yvliomgical picture of 1 a rhat too,, place in a Southern l ura. I ^ oniniun.ty when u black brute oui-j ugos an unprotected rchool girl o?. 1 , lie h gh..uy or a lonely farmer't | hie a.id as.icd, "Do you suppose ii I y on pn.?s this bill you will belter thi. I ) vviul tning?" I Air. Stevenson the n concluded with I j solemn warning to the ltopublicum I ( f the house. lie said: "We have been I ealing with this evil and South Caro I (C i.a iia.. maue gicat progie. s. You wil I hi niy foment agitation and resentment I | y tins bill. The juries will be tin I , nine no matter in what court you call 1 lie ease, i he state authorities wil. 1 ; ease to enforce their laws, shifting I c( ue burden on the National govern-1 lent, with the result that local coop-1 ?; ration will be paralyzed and the lat-1 er end of the matter will be worse 1 p ban the first." I % VANTED?Alan with car to Belli ]v DKST Ford Oil Guage made. I n $100.00 per week and extra coin-If, missions. ULN'iOft HARBOR AC-|ti TV ixL? ? I L-J JL1 V ili i 1^1 ps, But it Doesn't Mehn Anything 1 ( C'fiflson Collepe, Jan.-?Is it true 1 :at the boll weevil has^been placed etwwen t'"o blocks of ice and was , I!.t- r ftor the ice had ftielted? This t question often asked frequently i f Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist nd authority on boll weeyil matters. c rot. Conrudi's answer 'to a recent ? r # ? iquirer should be of interest and in- { >rmuiion to all, us is throws real t i*ht on the matter. j ^ The Answer 0 ' 'his is very likely trite. Another t id is to bore a hole in? a block of ^ e in vluch a boll weevil is then t ermotkaUy sealed for *werty-four t ours. Why should the1 experimen- ' r be surprised that the ijeetle is still r !'.v Me'.tinjr ice has a temperature J f approximately 32 degrees Fahren- r -it, and a bell weevil soaled within t r betwen ice expcricnc<ss no radiaon or evaporation and Is therefore F ot in the least afFected by weather d ianges. P.'trld^as, rabbits, and other small; t uno frequently seek shelter under c if .now in cold winter Weather loo' v , . s and sn??w drifts arc not infre-ili uenlly resorted to by man in the j or'h for temporary shelter in cold ' s irniy weather. , We hive successfully kept weevils 1 n<l other insect? in brine chambers ^ 1 ice bo:-, s under dry Atmospheric editions, I ut we have never sue'ed in ' coping them for prolong- i '' 1 riouo in ir e boxes unprotected ' o r..in t moisture. The Weevil, like | Lv.pl , responds much more easily 1 r ) i" 'icnl < ! .n.gos in cool weather!** en i'> u rnM conditions that ob- l" n in ..n ice box. . 1 . fact'cal E-.iriujj On W?ev:l . I1 r> :! i ; 1 he weevil in a block of , v i ore than twenty, years old.!e 'lone in Texas when the weevil rsl arrive', ami as the -weevil, mi- ' c tvard. Ibis pv?ct:ce cr::- r en .! to I > ,- of the fads in newly J >;\vt t.vov.ory year after year. : t ' ! 1- s no practical value to t ' n'uv'.! changeable conditions v at obi "in in the open. 0 rr.v. g\rdner has left ii There has been sumo.^XjCitcmeat v noT.jrTFie ebTarrrVpopuuitibn for the c i I v. V, the outcome of which was >' 1 v ? the "si. notified church" with- c it a :n* "i. 11 I. - t i' : l"y nie.l t Joe Lindsay, a !1 ! a'"--" : : ! respected colored ? an of about sixty years was l.adlv f . *:i ie the church house of that " ct. .< .< i.a i ben knocked out with h Jxi sen itlinir and remain- d I u ' (.'! u f .r quite a while. n . . . . Gardner and exhorter b ..ye ad: .i: ted having administered ^ e punishnvt but claim to hav? dis- n >vrvr ! Joe in the act of setting fire the -huand ihat ho showed f.eht ** ho cnuyht and that they sruck hi.n " self-d"fense. ft b ndsay denied any intention to i ma pro the property hut claimed to ?ve returned to the church after h vice in search of his wife and ti luprhler, who deserted him after d iniapr the "sanctied church." A division arose amonp: the devout "> ul near-devout. Some believed Joe e id some believed the Rev. By Sunday thinprs had protten pret- ? warm and the usual morning ser- 1 ces were dispensed with after the ' inister had received ad viced to do e r' After one or more of the local P dp.es had met and passed resolutions P aiinpr with the matter and presented S em to the pracher he decided to a inke the dust of Chesterfield from s feet. It seems that all day Sunday when<r the parson came out to look ^ out every way he looked there were ntlenien of color sittinpr on fencs, standing' about in prroups. So he Ia died the chief of police to cover his " itrcat a > l.e wended his way to the a pot. Sclah. 'i f.llNTlNr. fiF.A.tON P!Mr><5 f Wasl.'nj 'on, .T in 22.?January .*?1 b the 1. t day on v.hkh wild ducks, C >o'.y, gpH'nubs and Wilson snine or e ck r.nipo may be bunted anywhere s tin United State i under the federal .v, v. nith pre ribes seasons on mi- u violy y: : u* birds. 'I his law, which is ii Imini I- eii by the Bureau of Bio- o giu.l Survey of the United States epartment of Agriculture, provides jwevor, ib it the carcasses of birds lied during the open season may be e >s e:; ? (! f<>r an additional period of n d"y-i folovving the end of the se i:n if State or local laws do not pro- . bit it. The possession of carcasse 1 r wil 1 ducks, geese and other migra- c >ry < . no birds in cold storage plants r Tter 1 ebruary 10 renders the owners t ihject to prosecution in the federal >urts. | a F.NRY rORD HOPES t FOR EARLY ACTION 1 ord hopes for speedy action by con 5 rcss on his proposal to lease and oprate the power and nitrate plants at j lusele shoals and is "prepared to for- ! ( mlate a definite plan for the great | ertilizer question of tho future," he f.iR. WANNA MAKER'S LETTER Saturday, Jan. 21, 1022. 3ditor Che terfield Advertiser, 3he; terfield, S. C., Dear Sir: P<. rni't r.ie, please, to give expres-. lion t > i.'jr.ie <>f my observations made luring the past two weeks in the Legislature. The General Assembly is busy. Many lommittees are meeting morning and ifternoon. Immediately after break- i 'ast is a committee meeting lasting intil It A. M? then the House con-1 renes and works until between two >r three o'clock, then dinner and back o a committee meeting at four P. M., vhich sometimes lasts well after dark, hen a rush for supper and back to he Hou->e for the night session which I n some instances lasts until after nidnight. Yesterday when we adourned for the wee!:, 1 think every nember of the House was tired, very , ired. If one wants to feel the pulse of the ?cople of South Carolina, it can be !1 [nnn K * > ! ? 1* 1 .x/..v uj miti^iin^; wiui Liic memdcrs i if the General Assembly, and indeed ; he pulse is beating fast. We are radi- 1 al I'll admit, but reform sometimes!' cquires violent changes made quick- I 1 yThe House has already passed and ' 1 ent to the Seriate the inheritance | till, the income tax bill, the gasoline ! ax bill, and a tax on moving picture | ' 11 r?is and the 1 Iou.-e will pass within j he next few days increased taxes on 1 lomestie and foreign corporations, 1 nxuiy taxes and a tax on producer? f hydro-electric power. I have it from the wings of a very 4 esponsible rumor that our Ways and leans Committee is about to cut an ' xpenditure of one milion dollars in he appropriation bill which they are ( room ing, 'the members of the House 1 .i: h to apply the principle of rigid 1 conomy. Al! hinds of measures have been inrodu .ed as u ual in the House, some angmg from one to allow a steeple- ' aci; to c limb I lie Slate House to very erious mea uros concerning the di ribulion of property among heirs 1 .hen people die intestate. And formr members ( f the General Asst mbly ' ...jm iins county Know that every-1 hing has to be watched or something 1 rill get through utfecting our inter- i sts adversely, even if it is a change ' a the shad law keeping shad from ' oniing up the river or something 1 aore serious to the whole County. 1 It may be of interest to people of 1 ur County that State Senator 1 ieorge Laney is being talked of very 1 tueh in the lower House as woii as a the S< nate as a very powerful can idate for Governor. Member after lemher of the Lower House have een to the writer and stated that ' hey wanted Senator Lany for our ext Governor. ' From conversations with members 1 rom counties whose dependence i.-> 1 Imcsl solely on agricu'tuie, I have 1 athered that other counties in the ( Late are in far worse condition than ; our County. Many counties are u)f 1 i production of cotton th -e or four ^ imes wh it our county is, and un- ' oubtedly -ouditiens are distressing. fChesterlkl i's hope is surely in the ' umber of small home-owning farm- ' rs. * rviuing Dills v ms lo bp n pieasi.nt 1 ast time for the majority of the louse, and I do not anticipate mucn 1 uportant legislation except that ?.fcting the changes in the sources of n evenue am' rig.d economy in appro- ' riatirg money. This necessarily 1m- f lies a reorganization of some of the Itate's methods of conducting her j lore than half a hundred duties. j Yours truly, j L. C. Wannamaker. ( IOLL WF.EvlL STILL. FJNDS j THEM UNPREPARED j Th" progress of the boll weevil | cross the cotton belt from Texas to j outli Carolina has been as inexorable j s death. | lii? advent has been heralded well' t i advance, yet nexer h?:s he found! | nrnvrs prepared for him. It has; j ft-11 the h >pe th: t North and South 1 j Inrolina, the last : tales to be invad- ; \ d, having had ome ton years of eon- 1 , tant \va nhijr, would be ready to rei ive h 1 in hut he is here and no doubt ' .'ill create as nun h havoc a he did I n Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and | ther states enroute. j i | VAUGIiAN Farm woi!: has darted up to some ', xtent in thh section and the farm- , rs are jjeiliur w- I! of the blues. We have a flour, hin^r school at this ( da. e i:;u; i.t by idis.-e< iS*i> en and' linson. 'fh '.-e youn<r ladies are to be onjrre.tulatcd for the care and inter st they are putting forth in the eaching. Rev. C. P. Chewning preached an I le and interesting sermon at Friendihip Sunday morning, using for his cxt "examine yourselves whether ye >e in the faith. Prove your own telves." Mr. T. F. Curtis has a lively and growing Sunday School at David's nrove and invites the public to take ?art. ' Mr. John Campbell visited his aisle r,^h^^^P.^Burr^f th* Dee" .VIANY S. C. FARMERS SIGN CO-OPERATIVE CONTRACT Columbia, Jan. 23.?The campaign for signatures to the cotton co-operalive marke ting contract is now in full wing uil over South Carolina and splendid headway is being made towards the goal of il)U,OUU bales, according .o Harry G. Kaminer, preside; t of the South Carolina Growers' Cooperative Association. Absolutely no opposition to the plan has developed according to Mr. rvanuncr, who says that the people of I the state seem agreed that it is the' solution of the marketing problem.1 Everywhere the people seem to be enthusiastie over its possibilities, he says, j?nd it now seems to be merely i a question of getting the men in each county to make the canvass for sig-' natures. I The plan has been endorsed by the ! I agricultural committee and executive L'oinnullce of the bouth Carolina Hankers' Association, the various district gr->up counsils, the State Fair Society, the Douse of lteprcsenta-i uives, the South Carolina Division of| .he American Cotton Association, many namoj-a if coiiu.'i'ic?. an. ?tner or- umzi.it ni. in every insla.ice lie endovjj m -it has he 1 i ny a unanimous vote. l.argo and small farmers are signing the contract, according to Fresiient Kaminer and he devUucs that l.ie plan wui be just as prohuiote propcivioia.ieiy to the one as to the otnjr. Darlington county continues to cad the ; late in the number "of bales igned but several other counties are rawling to its (i? aire, said Air. kamirer. D. D. Dargan, county director or Darlington county insists, howvert th: ' his county will lead the late in the number of bales signed. lYactic illy no refusals are being net with, it was said by Mr. Kaminer. some of the growers wish, of course, o study the pla.i carefully but praeically ali of them seem willing to sign liter tiuy have thought the matter )ver. Meetings are being held in almost very county in the state at which the dans and purposes of the organiza.lon are being explained and reports "rom every county tell of enthusiasm or the plan, according to Mr. Kamiler who fi>nlc tin^ i i.?+ ? .....v: VII. IV ouuu: ^ill'Oina will sell its li>22 crop cooperaively as will at least ten other states n the belt. SCHOOL BOY INJURED BY EXPLODING CARTRIDGE Special to The Advertiser: Patrick, S. C., .Jan 2".?On last Tiday afternoon soon after school at 3ay Springs was dismissed and the hildren were on their way home, one he boys, Harry Cassidy, aged 13, son >f Mr. John Cassidy, was seriously inured by the explosion of a metal j?un artridjre, which he had picked up. Then he picked at the cap the carridjtTie exploded, blowing off both humbs, and the forefiner and middle iiiKer of the left hand. His face was j >erforated with bits of metal and his eft eye so badly damaged that sipjit nay be destroyed in it. Several other children in the tfi'oup 'ceoivd minor injuries. A j)hysician was quickly summoned md the Itliv's vuminilj I uicaai'd. lie IS | rotting ;.!ong as well .is could be ox>ected. LIS' I 1 Read this and Be Go \ ' It has been talked anru I at Chesterfield that since tli works and Sewerage this taken care cf by ac'ding i goods, therebv inm-admr _ 3 j coacumcr. Wow, so far as I < my good* will WOT be inc ee'I goods in my line at the i ? mve always made. 1 will prices as any man whether rorate limits 01 Chesterfu toWn, 01 any other old plac< I have taken care of ti the size cf rny stock on ham smaller stocks, and buying cd amount of insurance I smaller stock. If this dees i tra tax, I will absorb the b turnovers to take care of rr I assure you?all of . crease of price in my busir works and Sewerage. Try vinced. WJP. ( 1 ^ LIGHTS FOR BUGGIfS ^ J. Steele Brice, for many years state senator from York county, and one of the best known lawyers in the state, wants the present genersfW/ sembly to pass an act requiring alK^* drivers of buggies and wagons who ; are traveling at night to carry a lan. ? tern or other light on their vehicle.ij According to Mr Brice, it is almost { impossible for an automobile driver to see a wagon or buggy in the road if at night until he is right at it. His ^ idea is that if the buggies and wagons V are made to show lights as well u~' the automobiles there will not Tie i nearly so many serious accidents on the road. jSS BIDS OPENED The sealed bids on county supplies were opened last week. The list of items is given below and also the three lowest bids: 1 <100 lbs. strip meat, 600 lbs. sel*~ rising flour, best irrade. 8 bus meal, 12 gallons syrup, 60 bus oats, 80 lbs. lard. W. A. Rivers, $119.40; Redfej, Rivers Co., $120.10; J. C. Rive^? Co., $143.25. * WEXFORD J Y. Misses Geneva and Bessie V of the Friendship community sV * j part of the week here with relative "Sg and friends. The infant child of Mr. aand M sgj P. M. Jordan died in the Friend? ''" f'community last Thursday and brou. here for burial and was lnid to to rc3t in the Thompson Creek eemeV^wl l >ry, the services being conducted by#- 1 the Rev. A. B. Smith. Our deepest sympathy go out for the bereaved pa. gl rents. Miss Xannie Huntley one of our : chool teachers spent the week-end at her home in Wadesboro. Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Seller! visited Mr. ?% ?*! Mrs. L-iiney Hunt# Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. W. A. Sullivan and L. V Davidson ground over one hundred bushels of corn last Saturday on thei. 7j I mill day. The Sunday School hour at Thomp 5 son Creek Church has been chang lrom 10:30 to 2:30 F. 24. Everybf is invited to come next Sjmdaj*. *v Mr .and Mrs. S. F. Hammond of th? Center Point section were visiting relatives here Suday. .Masters Thomas and Willie Moore of Ilornsboro were the guests of Mr. Ben Griggs Sunday. y* I., KA : ticvtuuiiain In memoriam of Little Gilbert^ Griggs, Jr.. who died last Thursday, fc1 "God moves in a mysterious way, * Ilis wonders to perform."?Cowper lA It is outside the realms of Christianity to interrogate the works of Gol^i/ * yet we who are human are oft#| prone to wonder why the one who y* the sunbeam of the home should ' caught away by death just as tAk. morning dew is captured by the rising sun. The subject of this sketch wps one of the brightest rays in the hotae of^ ~ his parents, Mr. and Mrs. CharJLf Griggs, of the Wexford community g Little Gilbert, Jr., was only abtg ^ four months old at his death and was the only child of the home. gg llis little remains were laid to./-?,, in the old family cemetery. Th& v-<rr??vices were conducted by the Rev. C. P. Che'vning of Chesterlield. Our deepest sympathy is extended to the bereaved parents in this sad . hour. A rENj vcrned Accordingly i J,v I >ng the people who trade $ ie town has put in Water- { extra expense would be J it to the usual profit on | the cost to the ultimate " am Concerned the price of i reaaed one penny. I will cme margin of profit that sell you goods at as close he be just out of the cor*ld, in some neighboring I c whatsoever. le extra tax by decreasing J January 1st, by carrying often, and by the dccreas will have to carry on a flj tot take care of all tha ex- f ,, alance, and trust to quick ic in the end. | you there will be no inioss because of the Water- ^ < me and see and be con- 3f . , J * * Mk W JHi I