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?l)? (?%?%l$tf%?lh Ik&fatXi&tt VOL.40?NO. 10 vgL ~ CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 0. 1022 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE MR. W H POPTFD I rn r^DCO ATll/r ? ? ' ' V " * A pall of sadness was cast over Chesterfield last Sunday when it became known that Mr. W. H. Poiter f had passed away. He had suffered a J stroke of appoplexy Thursday morn- j ins and his condition remained grave \ until the end came at 10 o'clock Sat- t urday night. e Funeral services were conducted t by the Rev. L. E. Peeler and the body 1 was laid to rest in the Chesterfield 4 c Cemetery Monday afternoon, where ^ a large concourse of people gathered t to show their love and esteem for t their friend and neighbor. t Mr. Porter was forty-two yeats of age and is survived by his wife, two 1 sons, Eugene and Rufus and one 1 daughter, Miss Elizabeth; four sis- 1 ters, Mrs. Henry Gibson, of Mt. c Croghan; Mrs. F. W. Turner, Mrs. f Curtis Mangum and Miss Josio Porter c of Pageland; two brothers, Charlie t Porter, of Pageland and E. E. Porter, i of Chesterfield. c Mr. Porter came to Chesterfield e from Pageland about seventeen years v ago. He was a successful live-stocK dealer and built up a fine business. He c ^ became known far and wide as gen- 1 erous, big-hearted and a lover of i children. It falls to the lot of few 1 men to have as many devoted friends f as had Mr. Will Porter. c The profoundest sympathy is felt } for his widow and children in their i bereavement. t a K. C. JOHNSON TO PROFIT i BY EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS ? Mr. K. C. Johnson, of Middendorf, < called at The Advertiser oflice oil Tuesday, and as is usual of late, the 1 conversation turned to the boll weevil. Mr. Johnson said his section and his farm in particular, felt the weevil ^ last year ( When asked what he was going to do about it this year he replied that he was doing his best to profit by the ^ experience of cotton growers who . have been fighting the wevil for svral years and are succeeding. He said ^ this year he is planting about eight acres of cotton to the plow. That he ^ planned to fertilize it heavily, using ^ soda liberally and by other intensive methods hoped to get a fair crop of ^ cotton before the boll weevil got busy. Mr. Johnson is the first farmer we | have talked, to on the subpject who already had his mind made up. Mr. ^ Johnson is not planning any costly new experiments and he is not fool- j ing himself that the boll weevil is not j ^ a serious proposition. The method he speaks of has made farmers in boll ^ weevil infested sections wealthy in ^ spite of the pest, it is the mcthou that will win out here also. ^ This paper would like to hear from others who are really planning along ^ similar lines. ( t I ESTATE NOTICE ( All who hold claims against the es- 1 tate of Mrs. Martha J. Griggs, deceas- ? ed, are notified to present same duly ? itemized and verefied and those who i owe her estate must settle at once. < March 8, 1922, H. J. Sellers t ;3t-12 Administrator. < [PALI The Big Ft A1 Featuiini MANUFAC For Inf< J. L. MIMNAUGH JR., ? G?Mral Chairman VOTE FOR \ ? live. IV1 AKNt 1 1INU IS SURE TO COME Columbia, Mar. 1.?Farmers of South Carolina are going to sell their LD22 crop of cotton co-operatively, t'he tremendous enthusiasm with vhich the campaign for signatures to he contract is being pushed in almost very county in the state indicates hat the 40U,000 bales must be signid by May 7. 1U22 to make the conract operative will be easily forth:oming. In only a very few of the :ounties has there been any delay in he campaign and these counties are ixpected to be in line within the next ,en days. The contracts are beimr Riirn^il arge and small farmers alike. The argest contract received at the ofices of the South Carolina Cotton Coiperative Association here to date is or 3,000 bales. The smallest is lor ne bale. Incidentally it might be said hat several of the latter have been eceivcd. Those who are pushing the ampaign say that the benelits derived by the large and the small farmer vill be the same in proportion. ( The bankers and business intertsts of the state are lining up strong. y behind the movement. They take he position that it offers the greatest iope for future prosperity for the armor and it has been pretty tlior ughly demonstrated in the past two rears that the prosperity of the state s dependent upon the prosperity of he farmers. Many of the largest and ibiest bankers in the state have studi d the plan from every angle and uive investigated the workings of the issociutions already functioning in rther states. They express complete j lUtisfaction with the plan in its every ] letail and are working to put the! novemnt across. j in Sumter county the bankers have fone out in the county making peeches in behalf of the campaign. J. C. Rowland, president of the Natonai Bank of Sumter, thinks that >very bank in the state should get >usy and assist in every way to put t across. J. l'ope Matthews, president >f the Rulmecto National Bunk of Coumbia, says that he thinks the organization of the association "is one if the best business propositions the armors of the slate should undterake it this time" and adds, "I do not mow of anything that would be more iroductive of good results." Mr. Mathews has studied the plan from every ingle. Bright Williamson, of Darlingon, is another banker, who is lend ng lxis time and ability and energies I o putting the movement across. Mr. rViilianison probably knows as much ibout co-operative marketing as uny nan in South Carolina and he is con'inced that it is the farmers' hope. The movement has been endorsed >y the executive council and the agriuliural committee of the Soutn Caroina Bunkers' Association and four ?f the seven district groups. It has >een strongly endorsed twice by the General Assembly and many of the eading farmers in that body have al- J eady signed contracts. It has been indorsed by the State Fair Society ind many chambers of commerce and ither civic organizations. T%ie agri-ultural bureau of the Greenville chamber of Commerce passed strong WAFF !stival Week A PRIL 17 to 2 The Fashion Show, I ^ Beauty Contest, Cro ^ * Queen, Auto Show ar Parade, Daily Band C hos/ of other attraction Grand Opera Stai 3TURERS: Reserve i ^rmation Write the Fol JAS. M. GREEN, Exhibit Space PALMAFES' resolutions at their last meeting en ] dorsing the movement and pledging all assistance in putting it across. In a statement given out by the association, it says: "Farmers everywhere are organizing to conduct their marketing busi- < ness in a systematic manner on the s:ime plan as is being followed by the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association. "At the present time more than sixty asociations of growers in 20 I states have been formed or are now being organized. The number of members in these associations exceds 400,000 farmers and the volume of business done by them in 11)21 lacked only ( a little of being half a billion dollars. 1 "Through the cooperative pooling \ mnvomonf fnvmni?o * * * . vh?v>*v xMiiuvio 111 cvci'jf auv;tiuu ^ of the country are taking their rightful place in the business world. ''The South Carolina cotton pool ( plan enables the farmer to go all the ( way to the market with his product, and in this trip save a vast sum that ( heretofore has been lost to him thru speculative profits and unnecessary ' handling cost. t "'J hat the South Carolina cotton j pool plan is sound and workable is ^ being proved in a conclusive manner ^ by everyone of these coperative associations, which has begun to handle- 1 the crop. There are three outstanding 1 features of every one of these or- ( ganizations. "First; long-time, legally-binding contract. This makes the member. ( "stick" and assures the association 1 that it will have cotton to sell over * period of years suilicicnt to enable it to establish satisfactory trade relations and justify adequate arrange- 1 ments for transacting the business. 1 "Second; tiie one hundred per <: a: 1 compulsory pool. In the pool all th ( product is handled for sale in even-1 running lots according to quality and j variety. All growers delivering the | same kind of cotton receive exactly! the same price. Every member receives the average price at which the i product of that kind and quality io sold. This makes possible orderly marketing throughout the year in accordance with market demands. [ "Third, the non-profit, non-mock feature and the exclusive grower membership. This insures a complete harmony of interest, absolute fairness and equality in the handling of the business of each member, and it is a guarantee against outside inter- ests ever gaining control of the organization and exploiting it for their 1 own gain. ' "'ihat the South Carolina cotton pool plan is sound from a financial standpoint is clearly proved by the fact J I that the bankers are dnini* hiK-dii...-j 1 j wu.ii tiit'bv, ub.^ucialiv/uo vviicrcvoT liioy are in operation. Banks of Okl thomu < extended the state cotton association ' a credit of upwards of two million ( dollars last year. Banks in Texas ] were also ready to loan their association several million dollars. The War \ Finance Corporation extended a loan 01 $26,000,000 to three cotton asso-'1 ciations.'' See nae at the filling^statioa before \ buying fertilizer. I am with the Pe- ^ j ruvian Guano Co. A. Ray Rivers, tf stXI! I U 1 il L t Columbia | I fli L i ' l * \ Style Show, State-Wide I' wningof the Palmafesta h id Trades Display, Baby b Concerts, Fireworks and a [4 including. r Night. 1 >pace Now. H. F. ELDR1DGE, Publicity Lj TA QUEEN I PALMAFESTA GETS $5 CONTESTS FOR COUNTY CANDIDATES STARTS THIS WEEK IN NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER THE STATE Palmafesta At Qolumbia Week of April 17tH to 22nd With indomitable spirit the ir.er:antile interests of Columbia have landed old Doctor Gloom a knockout blow by subscribing $10,009 ns a guarantee fund that will assure even i better Palmafesta week than the >ne held so sucessfully in the Capital 3ity last Spring. Special committees of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce are now busy arranging the programme for. he big week which will include the. ashion show, automobile show, fire' vorks, baby parade, float parade,1 beauty contest, state-wide industrial f :xhibits, daily band concerts by some* lationally famous musical orgnniza- ( I ion, and a big musical day on which i lohn McCormick or an equally fam- , jus star will be featured. In addition i here will be the usual round of : lances, dinnois, meetings, and other' <ocial features. Iiy means of popular voting eon-! .ests in local newspapers throughout be State to be conducted during the iext live weeks Palmafesta queen can-; lidates will be chosen from every, VOTING QUEEN OF Pi 'PALMAFESTA" The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, S. C. My choic^ for Queen of Palmi Kama- - Address This coupon good for one vote. A tion to this newspaper counts 100 > WEXFORD Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Steen of Ruby ittended services here Sunday. Mr. Thomas Jenkins of the Wamble Iill section was in our communit.v Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Aimer I!uncy-( ;utt. February 17, a boy. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Melton and laughter. Vera, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sikes Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alen, March the 3rd a boy. Mrs. J. M. K. Jordan has been /ery ill for the past week, but glad to say she is much improved. Misses Mary E. Sowell and Mary Lisonby spent Wednesday night the quests of Miss Mary Bell Sellei-s. Mr. John Griggs of the Friendship section spent Saturday at the home of his brother, Mr. Charlie C. Griggs. Mr. Boagen Griggs of Anson county spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. I. V. Griggs of this community. Several from here attended court :it Chesterfield oMnday. We are expecting to hear the wedding blis ring in the nar futur. Little Alton Sullivan has been on the sick list for the past few days. Sunday School next Sunday at 2:30 I'. M. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. VAUGHAN The grain crop is looking fine throughout this section. We congratulate the Wexford writer nrnl lii? irrwirl n i>i trViK/-Vfo ing the bridge in their community, but a bridge that only reaches from bank to bank is not to be compared with a six-mile stretch of road that has not had a brownie spent on it in three yenrs. Rev. A. B. Smith filled his regular appointment at David's Grove Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning and preached able sermons. There was a good attendance at Friendship Sunday. Mr. Mack Jordan is spending a few days in Kershaw county this week. Mr. Bob Moore of near Wadesboro spent Saturday and Sunday here with Messrs. W. L. Brooks and R. S. Morris. Glad to report Mrs. Clarence Sowell much improved at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Evan Vaughan of Wadesboro spent Sunday with Mr. Vaughan's parents, Mr. and Mra. David Vaughan. MASONIC MEETING Regular communioation Chesterfield Lodge No. 220 A. F. M. wUl be QUEEN 00 DIAMOND county in South Carolina. The county candidates will go to Columbia for the big week as guests of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce which organization will defray the expenses of the trip. During Palmafesta week an election will be held in Columbia to determine the most attractive and popular young woman among the delegates assembled from the various counties. The winner of this contest will be proclaimed Queen of Palmafesta, will receive the $">00 diamond ring, and will be crowned in great state at the crowning ceremonies to be held in the big auditorium at the State Fair Grounds. The Queen and her court j will feature also in the big float pa- J rade. Local newspapers will send to j Columbia photographs of the winning' Queen candidate in each county for i insertion in a beauty supplement to1 be circulated throughout the State! during the week of April 9th to ICth. ' In order to secure the most popular young woman in Chesterfield County as candidate for Queen of Palmafesta, there is printed below a popularity voting coupon wmcn is to be Tilled out, and mailed according to the instructions contained therein. Voting coupons will be printed in each issue of this newspaper up to and including the issue of April 8th, at which time the votes will be counted and announcemnt of the winner made. There will he no restrictions upon the number of votes each person may cast. Every coupon clipped from the paper is good for one vote, and a yearly paid-in-advance subscription will be counted as 100 votes. COUPON ALMAFESTA i ifesta is: yearly paid-in-advance subscrip?otes. DELIGHTFUL MEETING OF COUNTY POULTRY ASS N. The Chesterfield County Poultry Association held its regular monthly ; meeting in Chesterfield last Monday night. In point of attendance, new members, speeches ad good things to eat, this was the best meeting yet of that young, but very vigorous organization. There were about 100 chicken enthusiastis present, and 23 new members were taken in. The assembly was addressed by Mr, W, J, Tiller, farm demonstration agent; Mr. McLaurin, vice-president of the South Carolina Poultry Association; Mr. Merhof, poultry specialist from Clcmson College and Rev. Brown, of Chesterfield and Mr, J. A. Knight, esq. It was announced that the County fc'ol.. A i?? * *?*. noowi.lanuu null U11UWCG 111 prizes in poultry this fall and the Poultry Association expects to raise the amount to $500.00 to be awarded as premiums. A delightful turkey dinner was served the guests, furnished by the Association, but prepared and served by the ladies of the Chesterfield Social Club. The next meeting will be held in Chesterfild on the first Monday in April. PRESENTMENT OF GRAND JURY The following is the presentment of the Grand Jury presented at the term of court just closed: To llis Honor Judge T. J. Mauldin, Presiding Judge: rni /? > ? me uranu Jury begs leave to report to your Honor, it has passed upon all bills handed to it and reported the same buck to the Clerk of Court, Committees have been appointed to investigate court house, Ja;l and county home, also county officers and to report at next court. We recommend that the county commissioners provide proper toilet arrangement in the court house for male and female. We thank the court and all officeis for courtesies extended to us. Respectfully, G. A. Sherrill, Foreman. A. F. DAVIS MARKET I The Finest Fresh Meats The Best Fancy Groceries High Grade Canned Goods The Best of Everything for oHORT TERM COURT; MANY CASES CONTINUED > Spring term of Criminal Court con- 1 veiled Monday, March. Oth, with Judge * T. J. Mauldui presiding. In the ab-J sence of Solicitor Spears, Mr. Mc-j Caurin, of billion, served in that ca- j j pacity. Stenographer Kilgo was also t absent and Mr. McCreight of Cheraw was calieU in. Court adjourned Tues- 1 day before noon. Very few cuses were tried. Some pleas of guilty were ae- 1 copied but many cases were postponed. ' The murder case against Tom Steen, charged with killing Joe 1 Smith last year, was continued. Baxter Melton, cliargod with killing his wife last winter near McFarlan, % was continued. S. V ei noil Pigg, charged with se- 1 auction under promise of marriage, tailed co put in his appearance and 1 was tried and convicted in his absence. A sealed sentence was given to the Clerk of Court. Pigg will be Lil'mifrlit I ? ?* Lr - ?? .V I.VJ uiv; couiliy UllU 1US ' sentence opened and read to him. John Mills, sent back to Magistrate lor a new trial. Alex Johnson and Horace Blakeuey similar offenses, plead guilty to burning a bond. Both sentenced to 1.1 * years. John Goodwin plead guilty to stealing a Ford, sentenced to 8 months. Bub (Jull'ey, charged with storing o J8 gallons of liquor on his premises. 1 Plead guilty. Sentenced to pay a line of $500 or serve two and one-half o years on the gang. Judge agreed to reconsider this case and in the mean- g time was let out on bond. 1 General Brown, obtaining under false pretenses. Plead guilty, Sen- 1 tence, $150 or 12 months. e llenry Jackson and Thomas MeI.eon, house breaking and larcency. Plead guilty. Eight months each. Bay Myers, manufacturing whis- h key. Plead guilty. Fifty dollais or three months. S Henry Short, same offense as Myers. Plead guilty. Fifty dollars or v three months. Lloyd Brewer, Boyd Brewer. Trans- s porting whiskey. Tried in their ub- t soncc. Convicted. Scaled sentence. Kenneth Funderburk, selling and ^ transporting whiskey. Tried. Verdict v not guilty. The following casese were continu- t ed: Freeman Howard, Bill Bryan, l William Ransom, all whiskey cases. James Grant, larcency. o John Roscoe, whiskey. J. Wesley Raley, breach of trust. S Make It Your Regular E - JL /\ M uci imi Before Y< Hay, Corn Flour, M Lai Its Au Easy Way J. C. RIVE In Warehouse Back I Farming Ii | From a Hamestring | Cutli i Complete Line of tli Kitchen I Granitvvare, Alumini Furni i Still Selling at V J Fanners Ha Green Wall and Moses Huntley, vhiskey. Dave Hammond, Vester, Hamliond, Murphy Grooms, Andrew Hushing, whiskey. Ilarvy Johnson. Joe Davis, Ed Campbell, whiskey. Rich Evans, disorderly conduct in ?ageland. Had appealed from Magisrate Court. Fine reduced. Henry Pate, disposing of property inder lein. J. A. Gooding, disposing of prop:rty under lein. Curtis Kniirllt. house breaking uriri arccncy. J. B. Melton, disposing of property inder lein. W. T. Hendrix, whiskey. Dock Iicndrix, Clayton Hendrix, whiskey. Smiley Johnson, dispdsing of proprty under jurisdiction -of sheriff. J. C. Coal, disposing of property inder lein. Hardy Melton, whiskey. Harvey Jackson, whiskoy. David Jackson, whiskey. Ellis Sellers, assault and battery, vith intent to kill. Harvey Jackson and David Jackon, assault and battery, with inter* o kill. E. A. Brasir.gton, disposing ol iroperty under lein. ^ HENDRICKS?BREWER Miss Gladys Hendricks wag married n last Saturday to Mr. Barnard B, {rower. The bride h: the charming daughter f Mr. W. T. Hendricks of near Patick and the groom is the popular and eniel carrier of mail route No. 1 row Chesterfield. Congratulations of a host of riends are extended for this young ouplc. WHITE OAK The farmers are plowing up their rnd for the future crops. Mr. Leo Johnson was in this section A unday. Miss Helen Campbell spent tho ^ ,'eek-ond at her home near Angelu9. Mr. J. N. Campbel and family pent Saturday with Miss Helen lampbell. Sorry to report little daughter of Ir. W. L. Melton is quite sick at this writing. Hope she will soon recover. Mr. J. C. Tucker and family were lie guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. 'urvis Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Douglass was the guest f Mrs. 13. C. Wadsworth Sunday. Preaching here Sunday at 3o'clock. iunday School at 2. business Habit to riwcz u Buy and Oats eat and rd To Save Money RS & CO. of Our Old Stand nplements to a Disc Harrow i i ery ie Very Best Made Utensils inn, Stone, China iture ery Low Prices rjwarp fn