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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Remorseful Ghost.

A pathetic story is told of the ghost
of Bisham abbey. 1t is said that the
wife of Sir Thomas Hobby was un-
naturally severe with her son, who, it
seems, had a peculiar aversion to writ
ing, and in his obstinacy would wilful-
ly blot his copybooks. One day his
mother, enraged at his perverseness,
lost her self-control and beat the poor
boy so numerically that he died from
his injuries. Since then one of the
bedrooms in the abbey has been haunt
ed by the specter of the cruel woman,
who glldes through the chamber in the
act of washing the bloodstaips from
her hands.
1t is stated that some years ago,
when an old window shutter of the six
teenth century was removed, "a packet
Of antique copybooks of that period
was discovered pushed into the wall
between the joists of the skirting, and
several of these books, on which young
Hobby's name was written, were COW
cred with blots."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Movie Theaters in Rio.

It Is at the cinema theaters that
the Cariocas (citizens of Rio de ia
neiro) know real comfort; for, un-
like our moving-picture houses,
those in Rio have spacious waiting
rooms, where you sit, listening to e1-
cellent music. until the hour for the
first reel comes round. The pioneer
house of the kind inaugurated this
custom, and now the people refuse to
stand outside waiting for the even
hour to arrive or to enter after the
film has started. With so much profit
able space taken from the auditorium,
the movies in Rio Janelro are not as
great money-makers as with US. The
American favorites are popular, quite
outclassing Italian and Brazilian film
stars.-Harriet Chalmers Adams in Ma
tional Geographic Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
LAID BIBLE SCENES IN CHINA
Native Artist Had No Conception Of
Any Other Land Outside OF
His Own.

In north Fukie.. ~ovince there dwelt
an artist who painted pictures on SILK
for the gentry of his little village. Inc
people in this secluded hamlet nestled
amid the hills. had never seen autono-
biles or arplanes, nor did they take
the long journey to Shanghai to watch
the great steamers come in laden with
merchandise and messages from the
ports of the world. But they knew the
words of Confucius and Lao-tse ana
they lived and died with simple Dig
nifty as their fathers had done before
them. One evening the artist, VINO
had been working all day on me
mortal portrait, strolled out into the
dark, cool street to refresh his tired
soul, writes Elsie F. We'll in Asia Mag
azine. The tiny white church OF the
foreign god beyond the tea shop was
brilliantly lighted. The artist stood
a moment in the open door. The young
missionary was talking most>eloquent-
ly; he was not preaching, but ne
seemed to be telling stories that were
as fascinating as those recited in the
bazaars.a Almost in. spite Of himself
the artist sank unobtrusively into an
empts seat. For the first time ne
heard Some of the beautiful old stories
of the Bible, which have held the peo-
pie of the West enthralled for 1000
years. And the artist returned to his
home and made pictures of the story
Of Noah and the flood, and of the par
ables of the lost sheep and of the prod
igal son and of many others that were
in the book of the western missionary.
But he hid never heard of the Pales-
tine. To him Noah was Chinese, and
the lost sheep belonged to farmer of
his province and the prodfgal son
might well have been dissolute youth
Of his own village.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
TWO IDEAS OF CIVIL LIBERTY
Difference Between Governments Of
Greece and Rome and Those Of
the Gothic Tribes.

There. was this radical difference be-
tween the governments Of Greece and
Rome and those of the Gothic tribes.
In the former the state was every
thing, the individual nothing; the
state was thought to have a perfect
right to the property, liberty, and
even life, of its citizens. In the lat
ter the individual was everything and
the state comparatively nothing; all
rights were thought to exist, to inhere
by nature in The individual; and the
state could demand nothing from him
for public use without giving him an
equivalent. Here we find the funda-
mental principle of civil liberty; that
principle which has been so carefully
guarded in the English and in all the
Anglo:American constitutions, and
which was so happily and terSely ex-
pressed by Jefferson in the Declaration
of independence. Our. rude Saxon an.
cestors, though under a kingly govern
ment, had more real liberty, and q
more Just appreciation Of the true dig
nifty Of man, than had the polished cit
izens Of the republics of the Mediter-
ranean. The legislative authority WIS
vested In the witenage-mote, or asseIa-
bly, of wise men.-DeXter a. Hawkins.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Inspect Moths by Machine.

An elaborate machine called the
choseiki is used by the Japanese in
the inspection of silkworms for dis
ease. The machine in the inspection
house of Nagano prefecture requires
1000 microscopes and large corps Of
workers.
Moths are made to lay their eggs
each on one square of sheets of card
board bearing % numbered squares.
They then are killed, their bodies pull
verized and examined. :. II the bacIlli
are found, the square containing the
eggs laid by the diseased moths is cut
out and burned.-Japan Advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Atkinson Named as Carolina
Speaker.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. Repre-
sentative ]. B. Atkinson of Spartan
burg was today elected speaker of
the house of representatives to fill
the vacancy caused by the election
last week of Thomas P. Cothran to
the supreme bench. Only one ballot
was taken. Three names were before
the house and the vote was: Atkin-
son, SO; Claude N. Sapp, Richland,
80; and ]. K. Owens, Marlboro, 10.
T. S. Mcmillan of Charleston was
elected speaker pro tenn, only one
ballot being taken also for this office.
The ballot in this was Mcmillan, So;
j. X. Owens, 90; George S. Mower,
Newberry, IA.
Several constitutional amendments,
applying locally, were sent to the
third reading in the house this morn
ing. Only local and uncontested
measures were considered. The SEN
ate did not meet until three o'clock
in the afternoon
Several bills which will be warmly
contested were made special orders
for Wednesday and Thursday. These
are:
The bill by Messrs.. Hamblin and
Gerald to prohibit textile industries
from working their employees more
than 4S hours per week and not in
excess of nine hours per day.
The bill by Mr.. Toole Of Aiken, to
require all textile industries to stop
their machinery for one full hour
each day to allow the operatives to
eat their midday meal.
The bill by Representative Nc
David of Greenville, to regulate traf-
fic on the highways of the state.
The bill by Mr. .Wolling to amend
the game warden act so as to fix the
tenure of office of county game war
dens to two years, instead of an in
definite term at the pleasure of the
governor, was sent to third reading.
The house will meet at II o'clock to-
morrow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Inheritance Tax Bill Introduc-
ed During the Week.

The much-heralded state inheri-
tance tax is provided in bill to be
introduced this week in the house by
j. B. Atkinson, of spartanburg, and
Buckingham, of Aiken. The bill has
been engrossed and may be present
ed to the house when it reconvenes
Monday night.
The bill will provide for a tax on
inheritance received by husbands,
wives, children and grandchildren,
according to the following schedules:
On inheritance up to $4,000, above
the exemption, one per cent; up to
$4,000, two per cent; up to $780,
900, three per cent; up to $150,0O0,
four per cent; up to 100000, five
per cent; over 100000 six per cent.
For an inheritance left to hus-
band or wife the exemption is $1O,-
600. The tax is applicable to the
amount above the exemption. For
minors the exemption is $4,000, for
adult children, father or mother, the
exemption is S3,5O0.. =
On property inherited by brothers,
sisters, uncles, aunts, nieces or neph-
ews, the tax would be one per cent
higher than that on inheritance of
husbands, wives or children. In all
other cases the tax would be twice
that against inheritances of brothers,
sisters, uncles, aunts, nieces and
nephews. For each of these two class
es there is also a schedule of exemp-
tions.
The bill would provide for the as
sessment of this tax by the state tax
commission, the tax executed through
the probate judges in the counties.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Manning Urges Cotton Re-
duction.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. Former
Governor R. 1. Manning, president of
the American Products Export and
Import Corporation, returned today
from Lumberton and Red Springs, N.
c., where he spoke on Monday at
acreage Reduction" meetings. At
both meetings he presented the plans
and purposes Of the export corpora
tion and reports five thousand people
were genuinely interested in the cor
poration and enthusiastic over its
prospects. At Lumberton the meeting
was held in the court house which
Governor Manning says was filled to
overfowing, people lining the aisles
and sitting in the windows. At Red
Springs, the theatre was filled.
The people of both places, Gov
ernor Manning said, evinced great
earnestness in their desire to arrive
at proper solution of the problems
confronting them. They appreciate
the necessity of reduction OF their
acreage and appreciate the value OF
the export corporation as market
ing organization for their cotton. The
meetings were held under the aus
pices that "a careful investigation
throughout the Robson County
branch of the American Cotton Asso-
citation.
A statement given out by the
American Cotton Association says
that "a careful investigation through
out the cotton belt just completed by
the associatian indicates quite clearly
that the 1921 reduction in cotton acre
age will approximate fifty per cent
of the acreage planted in 1920. The
cause of the reduction in chargable
to two principal reasons. First, the
farmers are holding the bulk OF the
1920 crop because present prices re-
present hardly more than one third
of the cost of production: second,
banks and supply merchants are un-
able to finance the planting of nor
NAL acreage in cotton in 1921 while
carrying unpaid obligations of 1920
"The intensive campaign so vigor-
ously conducted by the American
Cotton Association and the Memphis
Cotton Acreage Reduction Committee
is meeting with great usccess. When
it is demonstrated by actual facts
little later, that not more than one
half of normal cotton crop will be
produced in 1921, prices for the sta
ple will advance to higher levels and
business will be reestablished on
more satisfactory basis. This is one
time when the growers can be de-
pended upon to heavily reduce the
cotton acreage all along the line."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-02
Money, Meat and Bread.

Money, Meat and Bread.
The strongest argument for reduc-
ton of the cotton acreage in South
Carolina is not the possible effect a
curtailed production this year may
have upon the market price next fall.
Even if a price permitting of a fair
and reasonable profit over and above
cost of production could be depended
upon, it would still be to the econom-
ic advantage of South Carolina farm
ers to re-arrange their acreage plant
ings to conform with their own lndl-
vi5ual and South Cardinals common
needs for agricultural products other
than cotton. So far as the production
of cotton interferes with and pre-
cludes the possibility of the produc-
tion of food crops and feed stuffs, it
should be curtailed, regardless OF the
consideration of supply and demand,
which are now supposed to control
the market.
Last year, according to the best
available figures at hand, South Caro-
lima imported one hundred and eleven
millions of dollars worth of food pro-
ducts, practically all of which might
easily enough have been produced at
home. Our importations of corn
amounted, in money, to fifteen mil
lions; of hay, twelve millions; OF
oats, ten millions; of flour, twenty
millions; of bacon, twenty millions;
of beef, five millions; of eggs, three
millions; and of canned goods and
other food products, about fifteen
millions.
South Carolina farms could have
been made to produce these neces-
saries of life as we'll as enough OF
the feecy staple to serve, as the
South Carolina farmer is convinced
cotton must serve him, as money
crop. So much more satisfying would
it be if, instead of being compelled
to pay out his cotton money for food
he might make at home, he should
arrange his farming schedule to make
cotton, not his main dependence,
his meat and bread, but his surplus
money crop.
This doctrine, we are perfectly
we'll aware, he has heard preached for
many years. 1t is nothing new. But
until such time as he becomes a con-
vert, the South Carolina farmer will
always run the risk of the hardshlps
he is suffering today by reason of the
slump in the market price of his one
commodity and the necessity he and
his state faces of paying tribute to
the farmers of other states.
Last year South Carolina imported
one hundred and eleven millions OF
dollars worth of food products.
Against this, the total value of the
South Carolina cotton crop, one OF
the largest in the history of the state
at $50 a bale, would amount to only
about ninety millions of dollars. AS
a "money CROP" out of which to buy
everything that might be needed,
there is not much comfort in these
figures. But if it were surplus mon
ey crop, as it might easily enough be,
the shoe would not pinch so badly
Columbia Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12
KAVENA-

Henry and Albert Lansing autoed
to Lawler on Sunday to visit with
their sister Mrs. George Balik.
Quite a few around here attended
the P. l.. Barthlema sale on We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Anna Daniels is assisting
Mrs. Ben Eimers with her work.
Francis Fell of Chicago who was
visiting at her relatives around Os-
sian was called home on Wednesday.
Her little brother died.
Mr.. Barthlema left for Chicago
on Wednesday to attend the funeral
OF his grand child Amel Fell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Tokman and
family visited at the Herman Lans-
ing home on Sunday.
Henry and Albert Lansing auto
ed to Lawler on Wednesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Meycr visited
her parents at Burr Oak.
Anna Schroeder returned home on
Wednesday after assisting Mrs. L.
Brandt with household duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Lansing of Cal
mar accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Neinhaus and family spent
Sunday.
Carl Stortz of DEBORAH visited
Sunday at Herman Lansing home.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12

Mr.. Frank Lansing is blowing
north of DEBORAH on Monkey Ridge
with his Fordson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Lansing
and Frank Lansing Sundayed at II.
Lansing'S after doing some work
north of DEBORAH last week.
Herman Lansing, Herman Schroe-
der, Eber Decou and Ben Eimers,
delivered some fine cattle to Ossian
Saturday.
Herman Schroeder and family Wis
tied at c. Zobhomeir home on Sun
day.
John Barthlema of Cresco attend
ed the sale at Phil Barthlema.
Miss Lomen spent Sunday at Ben
son home.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Lansing and
family went to Calmar on Wednes-
day on business.
Hans Nygaard called at II. Lans-
ing's on Sunday.
August Lansing and son Edwin
called at Charles Hauber on Sunday
evening.
Quite a number from here at
tended the dance at Postville Satur-
day night.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12

church parlors in Hesper Wednesday
from this vicinity were Mrs. p. O..
Goldberg, Misses Nellie and Edna
Goldberg, Mrs. Ed Darlington, Mrs.
Hotvet, Mrs. Willie WEIGH, Mrs. w.
Peacock and Mrs. Fred Darlington.
Fred Koppen, Henry Sellman, A.
Rolfshus, E. Watts, Lester Parks
and Clarence Rolfshus attended the
Hutchinson sale in Hesper Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Watts and Mrs. Lester
Parks were Hesper shoppers one day
this week.
Some of the Hesper school chill
dren are selling tickets for the first
number of the Lycum course, which
is to be held in Parsons hall Oct.
Is, 1921.
Willard Peacock is busy blowing
on his mothers farm at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hilleman and
son were guests at the VIM. Plunkett
home Sunday afternoon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12
FREEPORT

H. Snyder has been quite sick for
the past week.
Mrs. Harold Dinger, Cora Dickin-
son Margaret Mailman and Frances
Robinson attended institute in De-
corah Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Thomas of
DEBORAH were Freeport callers Sun
day.
Grover Headington of Pleasant
was a business caller in Freeport
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dinger and
Roger Delaney were over Sunday
visitors at the Sanaker home in
Chester, Iowa.
Lester Jagerson and Chester De-
laney visited friends in Mable last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hallman of
DEBORAH were callers at the S. B..
Hallman home Sunday.
Everett and Gladys Gross have
been on the sick list for few days
past.
Paul Young of Millville, Wis, is
visiting friends here at the present
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Worth of De-
corah were Sunday visitors with
Freeport friends.
Martin Bergen of Springfield was
a Freeport visitor Monday.
Mrs. Rudd was an over Sunday
visitor with relatives in DEBORAH.
Edna Goddard of Fort Atkinson
was the guest of Margaret Mailman
few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Elliott and
little son of DEBORAH spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Stewart.
Ray Birdsell and Arthur Brandt
from near Frankville hauled gravel
from here last week
| Arthur and Earnest Young fof
Millville, Wis, spent several days
last week with friends here.
Mrs. Anna Kirkland and Mrs. Iva
Chapman left Saturday for an ex-
tended visit with their sister Mrs.
Charles Austin and other relatives
in and near Seattle, Wash.
Miss Fortcamp spent the past two
weeks with her sister Mrs. Cook
( near Frankville.
Albert Berg of DEBORAH is working
for r. o. Jagerson at the present
writing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12
gnblie Opinion.
BY HARRY ]. GREEN.
DEBORAH, IOWA, OCT. IL, 1921
CALMAR.

Mrs. Frank Pletka was a Spillville
visitor yesterday.
Miss Carrie Miller spent the past
week in Ridgeway with her sister
Mrs. Elmer Ringeon.
Mrs. Frank Koch entertained at a
6:30 dinner and cards Thursday eve
ming.
Jake Greteman and family of ST..
Lucas visited at the Frank Krysan
home yesterday.
The banns of marriage of Joseph
Shindelar and Miss Kopocek of De
troit, Mimi, and William Hosting
and Mayme Mashek was announced
yesterday at the st. Aloysius church.
Rev. M. L. Kerper was at Cresco
Friday and Saturday.
James Krall and family spent last
Sunday in Spillville with relatives.
H. A. Station of DEBORAH was a
business caller here today.
Miss Mabel Rickabaugh visited in
DEBORAH Friday.
Frank Uher and family spent Sun
day in Spillville.
Mrs. Fred Warner and Mrs. f..
E. Invold will entertain at cards
Wednesday evening at the formers
home.
The teachers attended the meet
ing in DEBORAH Thursday and Friday.
Gregory Becker, second son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. ID. Becker and Miss
Clara BUSINESS of DEBORAH were I'M
tied in marriage at New Hampton
Monday, Sept. 26, 1921 by Rev.
Clarey. After a short honeymoon
to Fairmont, Mimi, they will be
at home to their friends at Calmar,
where the groom is employed in his
fathers lumber yard. We wish them
happiness and prosperity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12
BLUFFTON.

Mike Nolan and his men are en-
gagged working the roads through
this section.
p. j. O'Brien and family visited
August Bergan's Thursday.
Luke O'Brien sold some hogs this
last week. He was well pleased with
the price he got for them $685. a
hundred.
c. w. Brittendall made a business
trip to Prosper Thursday.
Mrs. Luke O'Brien called on Mrs.
Gene Hayes Saturday.
Ed Jackson is putting up a neat
little barn for himself.
Dell LANCE and wife of DEBORAH,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Puntney of
Bridge Water, So. OAK, visited O..
A. Ash and family Sunday.
RUDE Wilbur and family Of Pros
Sunday.
Ingil Olson and his bride went to
Cresoo the latter part of the week
Miss Farrell of this place and
Mrs. Ed Farrell of Los Angeles,
California, called on Mrs. Britten-
dali Saturday evening.
August Bergman dug his pota-
toes the latter part of the week
Good many around here are COM
planning about their potatoes not
yielding very good.
Will Halse butchered hog Sat-
urday. Mart Lenheart bought half
of it.
Mrs. Jackson called on Mrs. Britten-
dali Saturday.
Mrs. Gene Hayes is i'll. She is a
very little better at this writing.
Lucille Burgess and Mrs. Britten-
dali called to r. Murdock's to see
the sick yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Brittendall will start today
for Laken Helen, Florida to spend
the winter, her mother Mrs. f. We'll
don of Burr Oak, will accompany
her. Mr.. Brittendall goes as far as
Chicago with them.
Mrs. Guy Bentley and children Wis
tied Mrs. August Bergman Sunday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-12

Hattie Gross of Clay Hill spent a
part of last week at the w. ID. Gross
home.
Wilma Sorenson of Clay Hill spent
several days last week at the Har-
old Dinger home.
Mrs. o. A. Jagerson and son
Harold visited at the Martin jaeger
son home in Springfield last Thurs
day.
r. 0. Jagerson and brother Lester
erected a cement block watering
tank for Louis Schwinefus one day
last week, which he purchased from
them some time ago.