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The Girl a Horse and jj a Dog FRANCIS* LYNDE :j __V Oopy right by Chnrlis Scrlitner* So a J (Continued front second page) living-room below, ami I hoard Paddy Twoinltly shoveling uj ashes to cover the fire. That meant goodnight; ami though I continued to listen, there were no inure sounds, and I was finally obliged to go to sleep, leutlng the lishkettle still unnnatyzed. CHAPTER VII. Honorable Scars. If I had been what I 111<1 Invited Jennie Twomblv to imagine me: merely an ordinary drifting tourist -set afoot in the wilds by cirrunistanees over which I had no ntrol, m.v cue to be on my way the fonowlng morning couldn't have been delayed much beyond the appetizing breakfast to which I sat down a little after seven o'clock. But once 1 had reached the end of the rainbow, and had no intention of moving on before 1 could have my chance to dig for the pot >f gold which is said to be the reward of successful rainbow chasers. I was casting about for an ex< use to prolong my stay when Twombly. in accordance with the hit of talk which I had overheard in the loft chamber, took the matter nut of my hands. "When we was talkiu* about auti?mobiles and such. las' night, you let on to me that you knowed something about machinery," was the way he began. "If you ain't in a tearin' hurry to be coin' somowheros, maybe I could cot Villi til lininr ....I ' X'iiiim KM ii >|M*11 mm show me how to take a steam engine to pieces so 't I could clean it tip and keep it from goin' to rack and ruin." "With all the pleasure imaginable," I hastened to say, before he could have time to change his mind. While the cerulean-eyed maiden was carrying the dishes out of the kitchen, the old nam donned overalls and a jumper, and a few minutes later I was introduced to the mine?my mine, if you please?or rather to so much of it as was open to any visitor other than a submarine diver. My heart went hot in sympathy for good old (grandfather Jasper. The scoundrels who hud done hint up had not been ontent with merely selling 1dm the gold brick ; they had let him spend thousands more for the pumping machinery, after they, themselves, were well assured tlinf he was merely throwing money away. I usked Daddy what lie wished to do with the machinery. Me said he was afraid it might be rusting inside, stunding unused so long, and lie wanted 10 take it apart; especially the steam engine. So i told liini how to begin, and he fell to w >rU ; hut In Just a few minutes his awkwardness with the tools gave me a tit of the willies. "See here," 1 said; "If you've got another pair of overalls and a Jumper "Sure pop. ! have." lie admitted; and that was how I discovered my lirxt real job of honest-to-goodness work. We stuck at it until noon, disassembling, and scranii ? rust, and polishing and oiling, ami inil.hntally llnd !ng 1he machinery in a great deal ! <*(ter rnixlir ii.i) than it I'"I any i*i11 in be lifter slan'iiii: nl'e '"or ><? long a k time. Of ? I inr- l my s. ft hands all u|>. and got a- dirty as ? pig. and a!1 thill ; hut thai first forenoon is written down in my life as one of the most enjoyable I've over known. And when I kiddy llirarn called the noon halt, and we went across to the cabin to v r.sh up foi dinner, 1 was hungry. 1 think that forenoon measured about ilie only useful half-day's work I'd ever done; ! the afternoon made it a fall dn.\ Say, people it was (treat! For the first time in an Idle, happy vol nek \ !; I had a job with a concrete objc i n view, and a keen ambition to see it through. I was thirstily eager to >;et that machinery t in shape and to start tliose oi l hef imps, and this in spite of Daddy Hiram's repeated assurances that it "wouldn't do no good a-tall." During a hard-vvork.ng intervaJ of two weeks a nuiniier of things had happened. One was a visit from the desperadoish-lookinjr Angelical) who had Impressed me with tin* fa.a that he belonged to tiie Ancient and Honorable Order of the Silver Star. I'll Lave to tell about tluit visit, hecau <e it proved what a tremendously lucky thing it was for me tluit I had fallen among friends. It was this way. On the second day of my stay in the bosom of the Twoi i bly family I noticed thai a battered surveying Instrument?a transit which was probably a left-over from the time when the Cinnabar was a working proi>osJtlon, with an engineer to llgure out Its dips and angles?had been moved from Its place in the corner of the living room and was stood upon Its three legs at a small, square window which looked onf over the plateaubench of the mountain to the southeastward. Two mornings afterward 1 found out tho why and wherefore of the old transit and Its "set up," ns an engim er would eay. Daddy Hiram and I were standing with our bucks to tlie hearth lira, waiting fot breakfast to be put on the table, when Jennie came in from the kitchen with a great stack of hot bntter-enkes. As she darted out again after the coffee and bacon, he paused just a fraction of a second to put her eye to the telescope. I 1*' didn't tee what kind of a signal It was that she passed to Daddy Iliram, hut B ^Whatever Its nature, it made him get hurry. | t with you, quick. 1 at me; and as I the ladder In blind l)t) hastily helping ove ray Dlat&kpife . toe oaJwW" w? t*# ? to the qlharjl^ "Up in the Loft With You Quick, Stannie!" He Yipped at Me. iti other words, to obliterate swiftly and completely all signs' of the presence < f a third ineinher <>f the J'nailJy. In a minute or so there was a grulT hail from somebody outdoors and Paddy not Hi' to uo and look out. "Why. hello. Ike, you old geezer!" he railed. "What under the sliinln' stin fetches you up on old Cinnabar this earlx the tnornin'? 'Light down and eotne in ; you're just in the nick o' time for breakfast." While 1 was cudgeling my brain In a vain effort to recall what, if any. memory association there should he awakened in me by tlit? mention of an "Ike" person, this particular lsane presented himself at the cabin door and el tun pod In with the stiff-legged walk of a man who has ridden horseback far and hard. I knew then why I should have been aide to dig that memory association. Tills was Mr. Isaac Heasley. my Angelic friend of the overgrown silver star and the unshaven e?<mleliance. "Huh!" ho grunted, "them griddleonkes shore do look mighty righteous to nit'! I been rid'n' sense two hours afore sun up; wild-goose chase clear over on t'other side o' Lost mountain. Couple o' prospectors blew Into Angels day afore yKUdday and said they'd seen that eon-duinined lunatic that got loose front us and busted up a car f'r the railroad; them yoddleheads said they'd seen him workin' in the Lost Creek pincers." "A looney?" said Daddy Iiiram, as j innocent as a two-weeks old lamb. "Yep; that felJer thut stole nn In- | sport Ion < nr and cot it smashed up and then took to the hills. You hain't seen anything of him, have ye?" "Nary a lunatic," said Daddy Hirnm calmly. 11H breakfast eaten, Friend Isaac showed no disposition to hurry away ?much to my chacrin. He took time to smoke a leisurely pipe with Daddy Iliram and to ask n lot of Indifferent questions about the drowned mine. "Hain't heard uothiu' t'r'm yer owners yit. l ave ye, Iliram?" he wanted In know, after?as it seemed to me? the subject had been pretty thoroughly talked to death. 1 heard Daddy's reply, made as to one with whom the matter hrd been eanvnsv.'d before. "Nothin' but that dippin' from some t ewspaper back Fast, tellln' about Mr. Dudley's passin' out." "Kiii I a curious somebody don't tell ve so- otliin', ain't It?" the marshal put it "I.ooks like the lielrs M i>e either 1Kb in* 'r euttln' bait on this here cinnabar Jayont- not as It'd do 'em any good if they did. Didn't any letter ewlth the newspaper piece?" "Nary a pen sera'eh." "Whereabout was the envelope posted V" "Washin'ton." "Aha !" said I to myself. "I have you, Cousin I'erey! l-'or soiae reason best known to yourself y?ui didn't want T?:i< 1?!\ 1!iI'iim -to get liold of Crandfjiilior .1. -por's proper address!" 11 i s pipe smoked our. iln> marshal pre* n red to take horse. I>:uMy wont wit him to tlio far sldo of tho 'lump and 1 ln? Murmur of thoir voices onino to in. in diminishing ondonoos. After a hit I kiddy enine hiiok i>ti?l culled up to tuo in the sing-song of the miners tifter the final blast litis heen tired: "A-ii I I over, Stannic. 1 reckon ye can com*, down now and pet you some breakfast." .leanie served me in silence whigi I took my place at table and the pood old man stood in the doorway, keeping watch, as I made no doubt, against j a possible second-thought return of Friend Isaac. the bristle-bearded, 'throughout the working day which followed he never made the slightest refer'nv to the episode of the morning ai d. truly, I think the wlioh lad dent would have been hurled In abllv Inn by those two simple-minded souls If I lia i: t fn st spoken of it myself. 'I his I did in ttie evening of the same day, when I>nddy had gone to !!' JI k #' liiv ontim.l.. ? ' * ... , mgni round of the mine property. As on most evenings. Jennie sat nt her comer of the health. knitting, nnd I was tilling a bedtime pipe. "Jennie." I broke out, "I wish you'd tell me why you nnd your father nre so good to me. Flow do you know tlint I'm not the crazy criminal thnt other people believe me to he? I did stenl the ear and get It smashed, you know." "You are not n criminal and I nm sure you didn't menu to get the car smashed. Resides, you had tnken shejter under our roof." , "You ane true Hedoulns," 1 laughed. "Is that the code in the West??your code??to defend anybody who lias ent- , en salt with you?" "I should think It would he anybody's code." | "You nnd your father were expecting this man Hensley to come here looking for me?" I "Daddy thought he might just happen along. We are only four miles from Atropln, you know." ? "And was that the reason y<*t put the old transit at the window*? ?? ^ourmlgltt watch for blmf" I ten Sp? "jjr By Jove! Another woman, any oth- ( er woman in the world, I thought, would have let some little shred of | sentiment show; she couldn't have helped It. But this one didn't. A hoy couldn't have looked me In the eyes any more frankly and squarely than she did when she said "Of" course." Since I had eaten their bread, I was, for so long as I chose to stay, a member of the clan.' It was near the end of the fortnight, . nnd Daddy Hiram and I had scoured and rubhed and scraped and reassembled the engine and pumps, and were finishing the cleaning of the hollers. These were pretty badly rusted and scaled, and to do the Job properly, we had taken the manhole heads out of the holes left to give access to the interior of the shells, and had had a , good-natured squabble a8 to which of us should crawl Inside to do the scraping; Daddy Insisting upon doing It, because as he pointed out, be was the smaller man, and I arguing that I should because I was th#? vnnmror stronger. To settle It Anally we flipped a coin i ?one of those Inch-wide copper pen- < nles that Daddy carried for a pocket- s piece?and I won the toss. The Job t wasn't exactly a picnic, but I Rot along all right until we came to the last of the battery. I found that the repairers had at some past time Inserted a couple of extra stay-rods, so that there ' was little enough room left In the old steel shell for a professional bollermonkey to wriggle about In. to say nothing of a husky young chap who tipped the beam at around a hundred 1 and seventy pounds, stripped. 1 Just the same, I made shift to knock ' the worst of the scale off and rattle 1 It down so that It could be washed 1 out from below, and was backing out ' to make my escape, when I found that one of the extra stay-rods was loose. ' At my asking, Daddy screwed up the 1 nut on the outside of the boiler head to tighten the rod. and then passed the < wrench In to me so that I could screw 1 up the nut on the Inside. To this I good day I don't know Just what did 1 happen, but I gtiess the big S-wrench ' must have slipped off the nut while I *vas pulling pn It. Anyhow, something hit me a stunning crack over the eye. and I promptly faded out, blink, like a penny candle In a gust of wind. When I came to myself again It was night, and I was lying undressed and 1 In a real bed In a room that was total- 1 ly unfamiliar. In the looking-glass I which hung on the opposite wall I got a glimpse of myself with a regular Turk's turban of white stuff wound around my head and skew-angled to i cover one eye. When I stirred, Jennie ' popped In from somewhere to ask what I she could do for me. "What was It?" I asked; "an earthquake?" i "Daddy says you hit yourself with I a wrench. Does It hurt much now?" i "Not mnr# thnn having a sound tooth pulled; no. But 1 was tnslde the boil- i er. wasn't I? How did you manage i to get me out?" She turned her face away and even with Ano pvo T nnnlil con trying to hide a smile. "It was funny," she confessed, "though we were both scared stiff at the time. Paddy called me and I ran over. You were all doubled up Inside of the holler, and there wasn't rooiu for Daddy to crawl In and straighten 1 you out. And unless you could he 1 straightened out, we couldn't pull you out." "I see. What did you do??seud for a holler-monkev?" "What is a holler-monkey?" "It isn't a 'what'; It's a tnan; usually the littlcRt man In the shop." "I was the monkey," she said. I tiled to sit up, hut the blinding headache I had somehow acquired said No. "You crawled Into that rusty old coffln?" She nqjlded. "Daddy lent me his overalls and jumper. It wasn't hard; hut when I got in and saw how badly you were hurt . . . there wasn't nnythlng to i laugh at, then. Daddy says you'll be upt to carry the scar as long as you i live." "Honorable scars," I muttered. "You ( straightened me around?I'll believe < It If you say so?and then what?" , "Then I got out and we pulled you out?Daddy and I. 1 was glad you ( didn't know; that you were past feel- ( Ing Hfugs. I mean. We must have hurt you frightfully. I don't see how you e\ er crawled in through that little hole." "If* much easier when you're ^llve," I offered. "I'm going to bring you a tup of herb ten, and then I'll go and lie down for a while." Since, as I afterward learned, the dose she gave nie was some sort of home-brewed sleeping draft, I very nearly slept the clock round. Daddy came la and helped me Into my clothes ?they were eating their noon meal when I woke up and called?and apart from being still a bit heuduchey and tottery, I was all right again. Hut for two whole days tliey made me sit around and be waited on. hand and foot, and coddled and petted, those two; for their own flesh and blood i they couldn't have done more. ? (To be continued next week) Up to the Neck. , A bachelor who Is forever putting ( bis foot in it recently visited tbe proud parents of a new hoy. The mother held up the bundle for | inspection by the bachelor and uskcd gayly: "Tell us now, frankly, wMch of us do you think he Is like?" Aftei a careful scrutiny the bach- t elor replied "Well, of course. It Isn't very intelligent looking yet. but he'? wonderfully like both of you." I Gratitude demanded turns to ashes on the lips. p An undiscussed problem grows more complicated. Conversation flags when yon have ' to be careful. There Is <*ren Vanity In ahtays telling the truth. Love will open a pockethook whert ludgment woq't. fi , . , Surest evidence of Americanization 300D JOKE ON DANISH KIN6 Aorrarch Jumped Tto Quickly to Corvcludon That Eskimo Wat Actuated by Loyalty. An .amusing story of the king of >enihark's recent visit to Greenland vos recently told by M. Augaurd of the >unish legation, to members of the Junish club In London. As the royal yacht waB approaching Greenland a dark speck became visible tu the -open sea. It proved to be a solitary Eskimo let his little caynk native canoe). The Eskimo came on >onrd and his loyalty In having braved he perils of the sea In such a frail raft assured him the warmest of wel omes. The king presented him with i cigar and, what the Eskimos most dghly prize, a rifle. On landing, the king described the ncldent to the Danish commissioner n Greenland and asked him who the unu was. The commissioner. In accents of hor or, replied: "The man's nn escaped ronvlct. He broke prison yesterday, stole a canoe and put to sea. We bought he had been drowned." TAUGHT VIRTUE AND WISDOM Confucius One of the Really Great Philosophers the Human Race Has Developed. Confucius Is the Latin form of the j name of Kung Futze (Hung, the master or philosopher^ u great Chinese philosopher, who founded a form of religion which is based on the worship und practice of morality us shown In the lives and teachings of wise men who have gone before. He was born I >51 II. C., In the state of Lu, part of the province of Shantung. Confucius' chief aim being the reformation of the state, he wandered from court to court, seeking to tench princes his maxims of virtue and wisdom ; while around him gathered a band of devoted followers. He died 478 B. C. The hooks he composed, the books lie edited, the hooks supposed to have been written by his grandson, und the hooks complied by ids followers, with tlie works of Men- j elus (horn 371 B. C.), form the Chinese classics, on which are bused education and competitive examinations, und by which promotion in public life bus been regulated for 13 centuries. Novel Motion. The committee had assembled In a small country town to discuss whether the llbrurtiin in charge of the town library should be retained In otlice. Those desirous of getting rid of him used us their argument agnlnsi him that lie was untidy about himself and tin' hooks which he handled One wnrrw. an a roue and emphatically declured him tu he a dirty man, whereupon a second sister on the committee uroee and said: "Hut he Is beautiful und clean within." The opposing lady arose and said, In her most parliamentary manner: "1 move that we turn him luside out Immediately."?Harper's Magazine. Surely, Surely Not. She la a precise school teacher with a l>erfect abhorrence for poor English and a decided fondues* for correcting the grummuticul errors of others. And he Is a young newspaper reporter Into whose hands has recently fallen a correspondent's style hook from n newspaper which lays particular emphasis irn the misuse of the word "secure." The other evening he called by telephone to invite her to the theater. "Have you secured the seats?" slit inquired. "Oh, tnjv no," was the quick reply. "Surely you're not so heavy as all that." Annoying. The lady of the house sat reading In her drawing room, when the nursemuld rushed In, excJnimlng: "Oh! ma'am the twins have fallen In the well!" "How annoying!" said her mistress, as she languidly changed her position. "Go into the library?very gently, so as not to disturb Fldo?and get me the last number of the Modern Mothers' Magazine. It contains an article on 'How to Hring Up Children 1'" What Did He Mean? Frederick Franklin, head of the fk>ston symphony orchestrn, inspires his men with his voice as well as with his baton. Mr. Franklin one day at rehearsal was (lisi)lenscd with the lack of warmth (hat the orchestra was putting Into the decidedly warm second act of "Trista n." "Gentlemen," he protested, "gentlemen. this won't do. You're playing like hushands, not like lovers." Almost a Tragedy. Jack?Did you hear ubout that terrible accident at the hall last night? Jill?No; what was It? Jack?Iiess got too near an electric fan, and two men who were standing near were almost sulTocuted by the I'louds of powder. As She Am Spoke. "IJza, I hears 'at yoh danghtah'tchurch weddln' was some sho' miff skruinpshus function." "I'll say 'twus. 'At 'ere gal oh mine flang a wicked nuptial, ef I does say It myself." To Be Sura. She?Why did thev Introduce those >athlnK fl/d*? TIipv don't further th* dory lie?They me their own excuse for Jeing, my dear.?Film Fhm. BEST OF HUMOR Candidl De Style?Idd your generalship eve your lift- during the World war? Ex-Soldier?No'; good trees. ?i Sounds Rather Like William. "Your mnjesty, there's a creditor vlthout." "Let him go without." Ratio of S Prophet. Jonah considered tte conference. idHMKIflilSaBSSESftaLSL | LOCAL ITEMS Mrs. B. S. Funderburg is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Cannady of , St. Pauls, N. C. ; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Myers of , Wadesboro, spent some time with Mr. ( W. P. Swinnie this week. Mrs. A. L. Griggs is visiting rela- ' tives in Lakeland, Fla. i Remember the Valentine Party at the Court House Tuesday night, February the 14th. A promising feature of the party is the Fashion show, which will portray 1922 styles and styles of the past. It is said that an attempt will be made to portray the styles for ten years hence, 1932. This ought to be interesting, with skirts getting shorter all the time. Admission for all, 15 cents. Party is under aimni *r?s nf * ?' W* ? ??v VIUOICIIIVI'I OUVI.U Club. Mr. L. ?. Peeler visited at Greelyville a part of last week. ( Good Form H?ir Net*. They ere all the name implie*. Sold in Che*ter? held only by Square Deal Drug Co. The Chesterfield High Sch'-ol basket ball team won two successive games last week, defeating Cheraw Wednesday by the score of 20 to 7 and Jefferson, Thursday, by the score of 12 to 10. Chesterfield will play Cheraw today at Cheraw. Afraid of town taxes? Move to South Chesterfield. See W, J. Hanna or "Mayor" J. A. Sellers. All country conveniences. Have you made your tax returns? The time expires the 20th. Why not nake yours and save the 50 per cent, penalty. T. W. Edins Auditor. I See nae at the filling station before buying fertilizer. I am with the Peruvian Guano Co. A. Ray Rivera, tf Regular communication of Chesterfield Lodge No. 220 A. F. M., will be held Friday evening at 7 o'clock, February 10. By order of B. F. Teal, W. M. M iss Ethel Bruton, stenographer for Mr. Lloyd Rivers, cotton buyer, has returned to her home in CharMotte. There are lota of Candiea on the market, but only one >yhitman'* Sampler. Sold in Che*terfield only by Square Deal Drug Co. The ladies of Ebenezer Church announce a box super for Friday night, February 17. On Friday night, Febuary 17th, there will be a ministrcl show at Shiloh school house given by local talent for the benefit of the school. The play is entitled, "The Stag Dance" and will be well worth the price of admission. Adults 25 cents; children 10. Everybody is invited to come. Mr. Walter Robeson spent Sunday and Monday with friends and relatives in town. We are aole agent* in Chesterfield Eaitmnn Kodak*. mr? le?J?r? in their line. Square D?al Drug Co. Mrs. J. E. Meehan, has returned home after spending several days with her sister at Cassatt. Miss Helen Hursey, who has been very sick, is now improving. Mr. ind Mrs. John Koseboro, of I>ake View, who have been visiting in Chesterfield have returned home. Miss Mary C. Haynie is back at her wo?k as iiome Demonstration Agent. Mrs. 11. F. Robeson and children of Big Spr ngs, spi ; the week-end in Chesterfield visiting relatives. Try our cakes just once and you will stop baking them. "Just like mother used to make" and so much cheaper. A. F. Davis Market. Mrs. \V. P. Odom entertained the U. I). C. Chapter Tuesday afternoon. After the business session, a delicious sweet course was served. Mr. Jack Douglass of the University, spent the week-end at home. Miss Catherine Chapell of Columbia spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. I). P. Douglass. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Tiller and children spent Sunday and Monday in Johnsonville with relatives. Miss Sinclair gave a musical recital at the school auditorium Saturday evening, which wns a grand success. A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL, try us and be convinced. Square Deal Drug Co. What is described as an "exhibition extraordinary, wonder magician hypnosis, mental telepathy, wonder escapes, etc.," will be given at the Court House Friday night, Feb. 10, under the au.<<pices of the Chesterfield Social Club. A magician of high order has been secured for?this entertainment and a night of wonder and amazement is assured those who attend. Admission IB cents. no tax now LU DEN'S menthol cough drops price v straight 1T'J,1!1 i. i. . * .-< ?.- ??*~} .%? '* ' ====ag!fcgr*ff! TWO NEW EXTENSION I PUBLICATIONS Clemson Colege, Feb. 4.?In order to meet the demands in two phases of E farming now attracting increased in- 1 to rest tho Extension Service has , issued two new publications, name- t ly, Extension Bulletin 42 (Revised), "Home Gardening in South Carolina," a and Information Card 20, "Curing Pork on the Ifcrm." Both of these c publications are free to citizens of ' South Carolina for the Asking. < "Home Gardening" is 4F 40-page < bulletin giving general information i on eardenine. with attention t* ?nrl? i matters as suitable soils ( how plants i feed and prow, cultivation methods, 1 fertilizers, hotbeds and coldframea, f brief individual discussion of the va- i rious vegetables, varieties recommended for the home garden, infor- I mation and instructions for spraying ^ and other treatment for insect pests I and fungous diseases which attack ' garden vegetables. An especially interesting feature of the publication is a < double-page table giving in compact ? form information as to quantity of < seed to plant, when to plant, when to < transplant, how to fertilize, etc. "Curing Pork on the Farm" is a 1 mailing card giving brief instructions ' on the dry curing method and the < brine curing method and on smoking ' the cured meat. This card puts in a i few words helpful instruction for the benefit of farmers, many of whom have no definite information on best methods of curing pork. i WHEN THE PAPER DOESN'T COME My father says the paper he reads 1 ain't put up right. He finds a lot of faults, he does, perusin' it all night. He says there ain't a single thing in 1 it worth while to read, And that it doesn't print the kind of i stuff the people need. ? He tosses it aside and 6ays it's strictly on the bum? < But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't come. i He reads the weddin's and he snorts like all get out, He reads the social doin's with a most i derisive shout, i He says they make papers for the . women folks alone, i He'll read about the parties, and he'll i fume and fret and groan; He says of information it doesn't i; have a crumb? , Bou you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't come. He's always first to grab it and he reads it plum clean through, He doesn't miss an item of a want ad that is true. He wys, "They don't know what we want?the dum newspaper guys, I'm goin' to take a day sometimes am' go and put them wise; Sometimes it seems as though they, must be deaf and blind and dumb," But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't come. ?Topics. HELP WANTED?Middle-aged white woman, with no family, to keep house for small family. Apply Box 162, Cheraw, S. C. 2tp-6 DISCHARGE NOTICE Or. 28th of February, 1922, at 11 o'clock A. M., I will apply to the Probate Court of Chesterfield County for a discharge as Administrator of the neiot. -r r\~ f ' .nioie Hi ur. <J times II. IfiaKe, deceased. Jola Kelly Blake, January 2(5, 1922 Administratrix^ Make It Your Regular I Get Our Before Y Hay, Corn Flour, M La It's An Easy Way J. C. RIVE In Warehouse Back H.H. LE FUNERAL DIRECT! Quality Depen We carry a full line of Co Suppliee with W. H. Porter, - fVWJPVMjPWiliV ^ * -*14 ' -.' - ' ? #\ ' tORECOTTQN THAN EVEjR . THOUGH WEEVILS INCREASE (C?Mth?N fro* > ??d m?) nad* in the first article in tfcli sale*. Thatv "experiment*" , have been nore costly to the cotton farmers . Kan the boll weevil. It is something that should bo hunned like contagious diseases. I shall devote a ?oo? part of a resent article te the thousand-ahd-one 'experiments," suggestions, remedies, stc., made, offered and harmfully usid in fighting the weeviLin the southvest; and how the farmers have lost nillions of dollars through fooling vith them. I will point out just trhat bey are?some of them running the gamuts even of supposedly weLinrormed farm publications. Watch out for interviews with and $meyienti from scores of large southwestern cotton farmers on their experiences in successfully raising cotton under boll weevil conditions. ... 1 hope to make this on the whole >ne of the most practical series on the souths' most vital economic problem ever undertaken?so plain and simple that a child mav understand In -the final article I shall sum up the whole thing in a concise epitome, boiling down the whole series to a 1 concluding brief statement on "how to grow as much or more cotton in jpite or the boll weevil." CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank all my friends and neighbors for their kindness during my baby's illness. ltp John H. Hillian. State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, In Common Pleas. W. J. Rayfield, as assignee, Plaintiff, vs C. D. Ilinson, et al, Defendant. By virtue of an Order of Foreclosure in the above stated case, I will offer1 for sale to the highest bidder for crtah before the Court Houee door at Chesterfield, South Carolina* within the legal hours, on Monday.fj day of March, next, the following rill estate: "That tract of land in Mt. CreghM Township, Chesterfield County, SouS CajoJina, containing 137 acres, mora or less, bounded North by lands of B.~ y,. Ggburn, East by the Camden Roa^j, .South by .lands of Pickett JeHtU son and West by McQuaige Braii*ki*' Purchasej; or purchasers to p*y iotall necessary papers. IW. Douglass, v. Jj ^Clerk -of CveWvi CnwwriVii: County*. - . 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