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The Republican journal., 1920-06-10
PERSONAL.

Richard Coombs of New York arrived
recently to visit relatives.
Mrs. P. D. H. Carter of Portland ar
rived recently on business.
Mrs. L. M. Stearns of Princeton, Mass.
was recent guest of Mrs. W. H. Snow,
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Haynes and little
daughter have moved to Somerville,
Mass.
Helen, Harry and Ruth Foster left Sat-
urday to spend the summer with relatives
in Weld.
Mrs. C. j. Pattee is spending the week
in Portland with her aunt, Mrs. Matte S.
Haskell.
Mrs. Mary C. Mansfield has returned
from three weeks visit with relatives
in Medford, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley w. Chamberlain
of Howard, r. l., arrived recently for a
short visit with relatives.
c. c. Pineo has Joined his family at
the Quimby home on Miller street. Mrs.
Pineo met him in Boston.
Mai. Ned VanVoorhees and friend
from Camp Dix were in Belfast Thurs
day looking up former acquaintances.
Mrs. Edward H. Fletcher has returned
from several weeks visit with relatives
in South Hyannis and Fiskdale, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles S. Bickford left
Thursday for Orono to attend the COM
mencement of the University of Maine
Mrs. j. E. Hayes and little daughters
Margaret and katherine went to Water
vile Saturday to spend the day with Mr.
Hayes.
Mrs. C. P. Crosby and Miss Anne C.
Crosby have arrived from Boston and
opened their summer home on Northport
avenue.
Laforest Fletcher of Somerville. Mass,
and W. R. Stover of Lynn, Mass, were
in Belfast to attend the funeral of Eben
F. Fletcher.
DR.. Eugene D. Tapley and Leroy A.
Coombs have returned from a trip to
New London, Conn, on Norman Whites
pleasure boat.
Evan F. Wilson, student at the U. of
NJ, arrived Friday to spend part of the
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank l. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stephenson, John
A. Mace and John Mace Morrison of
Brunswick were recent guests of Mrs.
Clara M. Mathews.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman S. Donahue have
been IN Orono the past week to attend
the commencement and fraternity meet
ings of the U. of NJ.
Miss Lucena Ide, R. NJ, of New York
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthnr
Ritchie. She will spend the month of
June in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross L. Stevens and little
son, Ross l.. Jr., of Portland, arrived re-
Gently to visit Mrs. Stevens parents,
Capt. and Mrs. Otis X. Ryder.
DIR. and Mrs. w. L. West have enter
tanned the past week their aunt, Mrs.
True Page Pierce, and her grandson,
True Gilbert Miller of New York city.
Capt. Allen D. French of Waltham,
Mass, was in Belfast last Thursday to
! arrange for cottage at Northport for his
son Allen and family, who will come
later in the season.
Mrs. Eugene Ellis left Tuesday for a
few days visit in Massachusetts and
will then go to Bethel, Vt, where Mr.
Ellis has employment. Her mother,
Mrs. Lucy Hall, accompanied her
George Mcclellan, who has lived in Bel
fast for the past few years, will leave
soon for Sanford, where he will pitch on
the baseball team, and where he will also
have position. He has been employed
in the shoe factory in this city.
The Republican journal., 1920-06-10
Historic Pageant a Success
,tl.s, Schools Celebrate the Ter
i'p NARY of the Landing of the
Pilgrims.

.~ ant,cipated pleasure-the His
'p5sesnt-when the public was to
opportunlty of seeing the city
p .Ambled under the direction of
\ from principal of the High to
! ,.,se teachers. took place Friday
y he base ball grounds on Con-
" s- AT least an hour before the
-g.- Of opening people began to
-.-rsble seats and autos were
.st. .ap best advantage. The dia-
,..,t been reserved for the dances,
.- "rooterS" seats for the
n,-H oers, with wings of ever
.-.- uiaced on either side for
.4e special features cast. In
.-. chorus was an improviSed
...-. -.r Lhe B. H. S. orchestra and
...,a.r- Nj. Mitchell, school music
..s- All the left of this was a
.... ....aaux, etc, screened by cur
r -uf il all was the long stretch
.-5T.. trees and one of the most
.,.. iune sunset skies as the
a--. rom 6 to 8. The statement
, .r.-tr4 room was at premium is
...r act. Remarkable order was
..-. rollectiug this large body of
adj. 5. .te B. H. S. yell accompanied
--.sr ssed boots of the little In
,. .uNa- that the enforced quiet
,as.r.l- an Abnormal pressure.
Fran. a- apening number of 'Maine,
,r,4 TO he closing america" the
qsa. led by Miss Mitchell with
te>a impairment was a source
tealu la.ight, and it also added ma
aHyto Ne pleasing effect of the tab
a, sy $ agng timely selections.
-5- .rs loric feature was the Indian
a- rre,--d by the little ones of the
q, Sc aud was very realistic. 1t
,5 5.s,-ul home scene with gloups
r.-- uI squaws gathered around
t, Ws~ams, the departure of a
III, fu rsu,e leaving weeping love;
-esla. re, marriage ceremony,
..t-- by little Eugene Hammons
. 10. gce in song.
.1s a The date of 1892, the arrival
Caas-, sui Tuttle, with his retinue
I'm -ag:,ome costumes, planting the
a American soil amid an Indian
q. laaue.
T- yild age was magically
su-g scene of the Pilgrims going
rl gowns and suits of those
The Republican journal., 1920-06-10
SECRET SOCIETIES,

After this week all the Masonic bodies
will adj ourn their meetings until Sep
tember.
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of
Pythias and of the Pythian Sisters will
hold tn cir sessions at Minneapolis, MIMI,
on August 10th instead of the Srd as
previously announced. It is expected
that the local lodges will be represented.
The Republican journal., 1920-06-10

Rev: and Mrs. D B. Phelan, formerly
of Belfast, who spent the past winter in
Brooklyn, N. T., have returned to their
summer home IN islesboro. They were
accompanied by their daughter, Mrs
Bowdoin n. rendleton and her little
will make their winter home in NorfoIl
Va, where Mr.. Pendleton is in bns;nesa'
The Republican journal., 1920-06-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard E. Sh,w and
their guest, Miss Louise Hazeltine of this
city, who have been living at Tsinetau.
China, will leave this month for Yoke.
hama, Japan, where Mr.. Shaw has been
transferred to that branch of the Inter
national Banking Company. Mrs. Shaw
and Miss Hazeltine have recently visited
in Shanghai.
The Republican journal., 1920-06-10
City Government

The June meeting of the Belfast CITY
government was held Monday night,
Mayor Wescott presiding: Members abb
sent, Councilmen Lane and Pattershall.
The roll of accounts was read and pass
The Republican journal., 1920-06-10

Mrs. Bernes o. Norton and Mrs. Chas.
E. Owen left Monday for short visit in
Portland,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
PASTORS LEAVE PULPITS
Because of Empty Benches Declares
Rev. Newton.

"The decline of religion" in the
United States was recently discussed
by Rev Joseph Fort Newton, in SER
mon in New York in which he declar-
ed that "twenty per cent. of the pas
tors who were with us before the war
have resigned to enter other occupa-
tions. DR.. Newton recently returned
to America after resigning the pas
torate of the City Temple in London.
"Of the 110,OOO,OOO people in the
United States" he added, mot more
than 100000 attend services in any
religious denomination. Today there
are 100000 less children attending
Sunday school than there were in the
year before the war"
He added that patriotic citizens
could not help feeling alarmed at the
growth of indifference to the church"
and that pastors were leaving their
pulpits because they could not preach
to empty benches"
What is reason" he inquired.
"Is it Bolshevism? You know what
the Bolshevists did to Russia. Are we
coming to the same thing over
here?"
"The other day." he continued, "a
man came to me and asked if I want
ed to sell my church. I said is that
your business, buying churches p
Eyes, he replied, that is my regular
business, buying and selling churches.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Mr.. Robt. Riser Wins Promotion

The Savannah Morning News says:
Robert W. Riser, who was CONNER
cial agent at Savannah prior to fed
eral control and who has been the
company's agent here since the gov
eminent took charge of the line, is to
be promoted to district freight and
passenger agent, with headquarters
in Savannah. As such he will be the
company's traffic representative IN
this section. Mr.. Riser has been con-
nected with the Ocean Steamship COM
pany many years. His home is in
Savannah and he has been prominent
ly identified with the civic and busi-
ness life of the city"
Mr.. Riser is originally from New
berry and is a brother Of Mrs. Leroy
Lee and Mrs. ]. w. Swittenberg of
this place, also Of DR.. L. A. Riser OF
Columbia, who. is very favorably
known in this community.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Corpse Tells of Trip During death

At Raleigh, N. c., last week while
relatives and friends were engaged III
an argument as to the kind of casket
that should be bought for him, Sarlis
Tady did the impossible comeback,
pushed the shroud from his supposed
ly dead body and gave notice that the
funeral ceremony would have to be
postponed.
Reports of the mans death are
said to have been sent broadcast over
the State to relatives and friends and
to several cities in South Carolina by
Releigh relatives who had witnessed
Sarkis depart this life. These friends
or relatives came to Raleigh to pay
their last tribute to Tady.
S. F. Assad, of Apex, who says he
was notified of the death, came to
this city and, with others, purchased
a floral tribute, which he carried to
a local hospital, where Tady had been
under treatment for some time. And
while the funeral arrangements were
being discussed by relatives who. had
gathered about the bed, Sarkis Tady
gave due notice that neither a plush
nor silver-plated casket would be
needed.
Relatives of the man had chalked
off four days and the same number
of nights that the spirit Of Sarkis had
flown, funeral rites having been de-
ferred until friends notified could
reach the city. One of the three ply
sicians attending the sick man states
that Sarkis had not been counted
among the departed ones, but that
for time he was at deaths door.
Telling of his death" Sarkis re-
lated to Assad that on the other
side" he found the land wonderfully
level and that it was covered with a
profusion of green grass. He saw
nothing stronger to drink than clear,
pure water, but said there was plenty
to be had.
Sarkis Tady is an old resident OF
Raleigh, having lived here for a
iescore of years. He is So years old and
is none the worse for his unusual ex-
perience.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Guernsey Show at Darlington

Recently there was organized al
Darlington, the Darlington Breeders
Association, the purpose of which is
to further the cause of pure bred
Guernsey cattle in this section Of the
State. Due to the fact that there are
already in the county a number OF
purebred Guernsey herds, it is hoped
to make Darlington county the home
of fine Registered Guenseys. There
are five breeders of purebred Guern-
seys within the immediate vicinity of
Darlington, and among these herds
there are as fine individuals as can be
found anywhere. 1t is only ecessany
to mention the herd of MIR. Jas.
l.. Mcintosh, Dovesville, to give an
idea of what is being done in this sec
ton.
Soon after the Darlington Breeders
Association was organized, they de-
termined to have Guernsey show and
sale at Darlington. As a result,
there will be held in Darlington on
March 20 a real big Guernsey show
and sale. All purebred Guernsey
breeders in South Carolina have been
asked to bring their animals. All the
cows placed on sale on this date will
be consigned by South Carolina breed
ers.
Handsome cash prizes will be Of
fered in the show. Some Of the finest
Guernseys that have ever been placed
on sale at any place will be sold at
Darlington on March TO- The show
begins promptly at II o'clock and the
sale begins at l o'clock.
Any further information on this
subject furnished by Jas. L. Mcln-
tosh, President. ]. NJ. Napier, Secre-
tary, or A. H. Ward, County Agent
Darlington, S. C.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
SOUTH CAROLINA WINS
Silver Medal and $500 Prize for Cotton
Goes to Sumter Farmer.

s. J. White of Sumter, Sumter
county, South Carolina, captured the
silver medal and $500 cash prize for
the second largest yield of lint cotton
in the United States for 1919. This
prize was one of eighteen offered by
The Farm Journal of Philadelphia
for the best three yields of six impor-
tant crops,-corn, wheat, cotton, oats,
alfalfa and potatoes. For each
crop a gold medal and 100000, and
a silver medal and S500.00 and a
bronze medal and S250.0O were the
prizes for the best yields. This con-
test was announced in 1918 at time
when every one expected the war to
last we'll into 1919. The purpose Of
the contest was to stimulate produc-
ton of those crops which would help
to win the war and help to feed and
clothe the world after it was over.
Great interest was shown through
out the country in this contest. State
Extension Departments, farm bureaus
county agents, banks and farm organi-
zations going the limit in an effort to
land the prizes for their own localities
The average yield of cotton for the
last ten years in South Carolina has
been 222 lbs. The prize winning yield
is over five times the average for the
State. This shows the opportunity
there is for the cotton grower if ne
uses, as Mr.. White did, the best seed
and reinforces it with good methods.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Comes from South Carolina

In speaking of the early resigna.
ton of D. C. Roper, Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, the Washington
Post says:
"In one capacity or another dan
Roper has been connected with the
government service for the last TWEEN.
ty-six years. AS the Calhoun in his
name would imply, he is a native OF
South Carolina, having been born in
Marlboro county April l, 1867. His
first public service was in the South
Carolina legislature. In 1894 he came
to Washington as clerk to the Senate
committee on interstate commerce
From 1900 to 1910 he was a special
agent in the census bureau, and then
served for three years as clerk to the
House committee on ways and means
From 1913 to August l, 1916, Mr.
Roper served as First Assistant Post.
sterGeneral, resigning at that time
to become chairman of the organi-
za-tion bureau of the Woodrow
Wilson campaign. When this cam
paign was successfully concluded, Mr.
Roper was rewarded by being made
vice chairman of the United States
tariff commission, and on September
26, 1917, became commissioner Of in
ternal revenue.
"While in the census, Mr.. Roper de-
veloped the plan Of collecting cotton
statistics by a count at frequent in
tervals during the harvesting season
of the bales turned out at the gin
neries. He originated the publication
of series of reports on cotton supply
during the cotton season"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Learn the Value of the Harrow.

An implement that more Southern
farmers need to learn the use of is
the harrow. Of harrows, there are
various types, but practically all of
them are excellent when used under
the right conditions and at the right
time.
While it is true that on the very
sandy lands in our coastal plain ter
ritory the harrow may not be urgent
ly needed, in all the great middle and
upper cotton belt probably no one i'm
plement will pay better dividends on
the investment. Thousands-probab-
ly millions-of acres every year are
planted with the soil insufficiently
prepared. Seed, however good they
may be, put down in mass of clods
can never properly geminate and
poor stands are an almost certain re-
suit. This cloddy land may remain
with US for weeks at the very season
we should have a fine, mellow seed
bed, preventing seed termination, hin
dering cultivation, and locking up
plant food and keeping the young
plants from getting it.
If you are farming any but very
sandy land, you cannot afford not to
own both disc and drag harrows. Then
use them both to make a really first
class seed bed before planting, and
you will have taken a long step to-
ward a good crop.-The Progressive
Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
A Square Deal for the Tenant

Already more than half the farm
area in the South is being cultivated
by tenants, and tenancy is increasing.
Whether or not this be a desirable
situation, it is a fact nevertheless,
and must be faced as such. Many
tenant-farmers are making their pc
RODS as tenants a stepping stone to
farm ownership, and to this class es-
pecially should be extended every en-
couragement.
In fact, the landowners everywhere
will find it excellent business policy
to give the tenant square deal and
a chance to achieve home-ownersmp.
One of the greatest things in life Is
hope-a belief in better things and
better days. So long as the tenant
is hopeful he is ambitious and pro-
gressive, willing, anxious to do every
thing possible to increase yields and
profits. The landowner who has ten
ants of this kind is usually prosper
Gus, while the man with dissatisfied
tenants is rarely doing we'll himself.
At the beginning Of the new year
we believe it is well for the avarage
landlord to give thought to his rela-
tions with his tenants. Give them
decent houses to live in; help them to
get fertilizers and better varieties OF
seeds; offer prizes for excellent work;
advance cash to them so that they
may buy for cash instead Of at ruin
Gus credit prices and at extortionate
interest rates. In a word, give them
a chance; open the door of hope, 1t
is not only good morals, but good
business.-The Progressive Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Negro Swindlers At Work

Our colored readers are warned to
be on the lookout for negro swindlers
who are operating in the state. The
colored people of the rural districts
have lots of money and the sharpers
have adopted many ways of taking it
away from them. AS rule the ne
groes who are swindlng other men,
bers of their race come from the cities
and they have invented many plausi-
Bile ways of separating the town and
county negroes from their money. So
far their operations have been confin-
ed to other parts of the' state, and it
is likely they will move this way when
things get too hot for them. One of
the schemes is to engage a negro in
conversation and then pretends to
find a pocket book. In the pocket
book is what is supposed to be a
$1,000 bill. The sharper tells his vic
tim if he will keep his mouth shut he
will divide the find with him. But
when the times comes for making the
division they must get the bill chang
ed. It is risky for the finder to go to
the bank with bill of such large de-
nomination and he tells the victim to
20 to the bank and draw out $500 and
turn it over to him and he will give
him the $1,000 bill. Sometimes TIE vic
tim does not get the $1,000 bill, but
if he does, it is found to be poor imi-
tation of counterfeit. This game has
been worked on many negroes in 9TH
er parts of the state during the past
few weeks.
Our colored friends are advised
against talking to or taking up their
time with strange negroes. Some
times the sharper presumes to know
all about his intended victim and en-
quires as to the health of certain
members of the family. They have
been known to approach victim by
sympathizing with him over the re-
cent death of relative. Fight shy
of the strange negro, and even if one
does approach you don't let him know
that you possess any money.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Poker Players. Attention.

Uncle Sam wants to know how much
you won at poker last year "None
of his business" you say? There's
where you are mistaken! Taxable
income for the year 1919 includes
amounts gained in gambling. Profits
made in violation of laws and regu-
lations are none the less taxable. So
it's up to you "pennyante" boys whose
poker accounts are on the right side
of the ledger to come across.
what about the losers?" Well,
that's different. Illegal losses are
not deductibie.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
The Fatal Flaw

"The German" said Senator Will
liams, Frankly pursued for forty
years a policy that had fatal flaw
in it.
"The Germans were like the chap
who said in a sanctimonious tone one
evening to his wife:
"How happy l am this evening,
dear! L have done three good deeds
today.
"What were they" said the wife.
"On the way to business said he,
I saw a young woman weeping on a
church step with a baby on her knee.
| asked her what the trouble was and
she said that she had walked seven
miles to have her baby christened and
now found that she had lost her
money on the way.
81 told her to cheer up, handed her
a five dollar bill and bade her have
the child christened and bring me the
change. She did so-she did 80 CRATE
fully-and thus, my dear, / did three
good deeds. l performed, first, an act
of charity; l started, second, little
child in the wa it should go, and ]
got, third, four pod dollars for bad
five-spot," Wa pgton Star.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
WOULD GUST BRYAN FROM
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor Edwards Wants Wet Issue
Presented to "All
People.

Unless William Jennings Bryan CO.
operates so that the Democratic party
may "squarely present" the prohibi-
ton issue "to all the people of the
country" Governor Edwards of New
Jersey, in an address in New York
Friday night at dinner of the society
of Arts and Sciences, declared that
at is only fair to suggest" to Mr.
Bryan that he leave the party and
and take up his proper place in the
prohibition party"
Referring to the passage by the New
Jersey House of Assembly of the bill
regulating the manufacture and sale
of beer for beverage purposes, Gov
ernor Edwards said:
"At the present time there is every
indication that this bill will be passed
by the Senate next Monday night, in
which event | will promptly approve
the same as Governor of the State. u
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04

If you work for a man, in Heavens
name work for him. If he pays you
wages that supply your bread and
butter, work for him; speak well Of
him; stand by him and stand by the
institution he represents. If put to a
pinch, and ounce of loyalty is worth
a pound of cleverness. If you must
vilify, condemn and eternally dispar-
age; why, resign your position, and
when you are outside, damn to your
hearts content. But as long as you are
a part of the institution, do not con-
denim it. If you do, you are loosening
the tendrils that hold you to the insti-
tuition, and the first high wind that
comes along, you will be uprooted and
blown away in the blizzard's track,
and probably you will never know
why.-Elbert Hubbard.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Farmers Meeting at Greelyville.

There will be an important farmers
meeting at Greelyville on Wednesday,
March 10th, at p. m. This meeting
will be held at the town hall or at the
school building. The subject of grow
ing peanuts and potatoes as money
crops will be discussed by able
speakers.
n n NATuCA
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-03-04
Calendars for Distribution.

MIR. W. H. Welch, of the Kingstree
Insurance, Real Estate & Loan Co.,
has for distribution amoung friends
and patrons a lot of very useful and
attractive calendars for the current
year.