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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
PRUNE TOMATO PLANTS,

Clemson College, April A thrifty
tomato plant left to itself will spread
over q space from 4 to feet in dl-
ameter and will produce a peck or
more of tomatoes. If staked and
pruned it will yield almost the same
quantity Of fruit, the tomatoes Will
he larger, cAAner, better favored, and
superior in every respect, and enough
snace can be conserved to accommo-
date several other plants cared TOR IN
the same manner say garden special
lists. The staked and pruned plants
are easily sprayed, and will continue
to produce later in the fall. AS rule,
also, the pruned tomatoes Will mature
earlier. On the scale on which toma-
toes are grown in the home garden.
stating and pruning require little
trouble, and will fully repay the ef-
tort.
When the plants are to be staked
1hev may be set 2 feet apart each
way, or every IS inches in rows 3 feet
arart. Any substantial stake of suf-
ficiert size to bear the weight of the
rlants and or feet long is suitable
Sawed strips or laths may be used.
A stake 10 driven about 8 inches from
each Liant, which is tied to it at in
teryals of 8 to 10 inches or narrow
strips of cloth are used for this. pur-
pose. ... -:
When the plants begin making a
vigorous growth, shoots will appear
in the little pockets where each. leaf
Joins the stem. Later the blossoms
appear on the opposite side Of the
stem. In pruning the plant remove
all. these side shoots and those: around
the base Of the plant, being careful
not to disturb the. blossom clusters.
The shoots, sometimes called suck
ers. should be pinched off shortly at
ter they appear. The main stem can
be carried to the full height of the
stake, then allowed to hang over. BY
this time six or seven blossom clus-
ters, on which the fruit is developing,
should be set en- the stem.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06

April Meetings.
Schedule Of home demonstration
meetings to be held during month OF
April: ...> ...-.
April 4.-OHce. :.
: April 5-Round Hill home demon
. stration club-Churning.
April s.-charter Oak home dem
-.oonstratien club-Churning
:. April Z Liberty Hill home demon
sfration club-Churning. i; ~
5s-:April s:-Red Knoll home demon
stration: club-Ch1rning. = .
April S.-Red Knoll sewing club
: SEWING. r---'''-r."sa- -
April g.-Ofice.
April 11-Pine View cooking club
Cooking. -. :~..
a. April '12!-summit home demon
stration club-Churning 80. -.
April 12.-summit sewing club
Sewing. = @.:- .:-,.>>. -.'. -.
nAprila1s.-Pond Branch home dem
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06

Teacher-Who was the first man?
Tommy-Washingto was the first
man: he was first in war, first
Teacher-Oh, no! Adam was the
first man.
Tornnly-Well, if you are speaking
Of foreigners ] suppose he was.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06


Summary of Months Work-March'
,.... 1921.
Number consultations held 10.
Number women's meetings held 9.
Attendance .107.
- Number. girls meetings held H.
Attendance 121.
Number schools or clubs visited w.
Number clubsmembers visited 10
others not members e..
Number letters written 81: Clrcu-
lar letters sent 81. Bulletins sent so'
Number miles traveled:-Rall s4'
auto 706. Total 500.
Name Of supervisor or speclallst
visiting you during month, Miss Bes-
sic Harper District Agent).
:. ANNIE C. CAUGHMAN,
County Home Demonstration Agt'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19

JEFFERSON CITY, No, July 19
Don't try to vamp legislators,
warns Miss Marie Ames, successful
lobbyist.
when woman begins to try
feminine wiles upon lawmakers she
only disgusts them--or, at least, she
doesn't get the votes"
Miss Ames has to her credit in
Missouri the ratification of the snf-
frage amendment; the reform OF
election methods in Kansas City and
st. Louis; revision of the children's
code; legislation providing factory
inspection; and the submission to
voters of the constitutional amend
ment to strike the word 'male"
from the state constitutions re-
qu.rements for state officeholders.
She worked during the last two
sessions of the Missouri legislature
as legislative representative of the
Missouri Woman's Legislative Com
mittee, composed of delegates OF 10
state organizations of women with
more than 100000 members.
Il try to meet the men of The
legislature on their own plane,
discuss bills on their merit and re-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
SALE OR LEASE OF
MANSION FAVORED

ATLANTA, July 19.-The senate
committee on public property Mon
day afternoon voted to favorably re-
port bill providing for the sale
or lease of the governors mansion.
This action followed fiery debate
Friday in which representatives of
the capitol removal aggregation urg-
ed that no action be taken until after
the legislature had passed definitely
upon the capitol removal issue.
A fight in favor Of the eugenics
bill, which was defeated last week,
won in the house on motion by
Representative Moore, of Appling,
for reconsideration. The motion to
reconsider carried by vote of 79 to
AZ. This bill provides for medical
examination all males fifteen days
before the issuance of a marriage
license. The bill now will be played
on the calendar again for another
vote
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
NAVAL SCANDAL
PROVED;
SCORES DANIELS
Ex-Secretary Roosevelt,
Censured, Charges
Unfairness

WASHINGTON, July 19.-For-
mer Secretary Daniels and former
Assistant Secretary Franklin D.
Roosevelt, of the navy, were de-
nounced for methods used in the in
vestigation of the war time scandal
among the enlisted men at the New
port training station in the majority
report of the senate subcommittee,
made public today.
The charges made by the clergy
of Newport and the Providence Jour
nal, the report says, have "been
proven to the satisfaction of the com
mittee" and both clergy and the
Journal deserve the thanks of the
people at large"
AT the same tine Mr.. Roosevelt
issued a statement declaring that
Republican Senator Fall and Keys,
constituting the majority of the sub
committee, issued the findings with
out giving hi ma hearing, which
Roosevelt contended "shows a pre-
meditated and unfair purpose of
seeking what they mistakenly believe
to be a partisan and political ad-
vantage
Most of the details of the scandal
as disclosed i'll the investigation are
of an unpTintable nature.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
SIR JAMES MAKES
STATEMENT ON LEAVING

LONllON, July 19.-The Irish ne
gotiations took on an unexpected de-
velopment late last night. Sir James
Claif, Ulster premier, on leaving for
Belfast, made an important state
ment.
The Ulster leader maintains that
the Sim Feiners themselves by con-
testing the elections for the Northern
parliament on platform of ''no par
titian," in which they were roundly
defeated, have recognized listers
claim to, self-deternination. and, so
far as his words have been interpret
ed for the present, he seems to wash
his hands of any further participa-
ton in the peace negotiations.
Sir James said:
81 return home well satisfied with
the efforts being made toward peace
Mr.. DeValera has broken his silence
and cleared the ground by his state
ment to the press that he proposes to
found his claim on recognition Of the
right of self-determination.'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
She Tells How To Get Good Laws Enacted By
State Legislators

fuse questionable dinner Invita- :ons, I"
she said.
EFFECTIVE lobbying means long
and tedious work before the COM
mittees, especially to watch every
move of bill during the latter part
of a session. For then is when it
is easy for bill to get sidetracked." +"
Miss Ames began her career as a
worker for suffrage II years ago in
Springfield, Mass, her home. Hei
campaigning took her into the
mountains of Kentucky, the mine
districts of Michigan and the farms
country of MISSOURI.
Her most speetaeElar accomplish
ment was in 1919 when the lower
house of the Missouri legislature
had passed a bill giving women the
right to vote for presidential cleo
tors in Missouri.
The senate was known to be even
ly divided. Miss Ames saved bhe
bill by hiring a special train to bring
from his home city an absent sena-
torial advocate of suffrage who was
defending a young man in murder
trial.
The vote showed tie when the
senator walked in and said:
81 vote aye"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
Nephew Asphyxiated
In Tank Of Gasoline

DR.. Mamie Cassidy has been call
ed to cambridge to attend the fun
eral of her nephew, Alex Berry,
aged II, news of whose tragic death
there late Monday by asphyxiation in
a gasoline tank reached her last
night.
Alex Berry was asphyxiated by
gasoline fumes at the Bainbridge
plant of the Texas company. He
was taking the closing inventory of
gas in the huge storage tank and
dropped his pencil inside. With aid
of cross bars inside the tank he
lowered himself and secured the pen
seil, there being low depth of gaso-
line in the tank. He returned to
within reaching distance of his COM
panion, John Neely, grabbing his
hand when he was overcome by gas
fumes and fell back. He was dead
when rescued five minutes LATER
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
ALBANY TOPLAY
HERE Thursday;
CROWD COMING
Fans To Make Trip In
Special Cars On Ro-
tary Day

| Thursday will be a notable day in
Americus. ANNOUNCEMENT was made
today that game of baseball had
been scheduled for Thursday after
noon at O'Clock at the Playground
between Americus and her ancient
rival, Albany, and that the Albany
fans were coming in at least three
special coaches to be attached to the
2 O'Clock Central passenger train.
A considerable share of the party
will be members of the Albany Ro-
tary club, who are coming on that
day to be the guests of the Ameri-
Gus Rotary club at the regular mid
week luncheon at the Tea Room.
A notable game of baseball, with
rabid roofing on each side, is prom
ised fos the game here. Albany
will bring practically the same team
which met Americas in that city July
4 On that occasion the Albany
team was composed of the pick of
the city league there, and Ameri-
Gus was represented by very strong
team Which won by a score of 80.
So close was the game and SO strong
the feeling of interest that the AL
bany team refused to proceed with
the game with two men out in the
ninth inning when one of the UNI
pires changed his decision ruling
against tl:em.
In the July A game Bradley hogg
pitched for the Americus club and
delivered great, game. 1t had been
hoped to use him in the return game
here, but he is now filling an en-
gagement of three weeks. with the
Madison, Fla, club and will be UNI
able to be here. 1t has not been an
nounced yet who will pitch for Amer
icus, but it is stated that a strong
team, one that will put up fast
game, will be on hand to meet the
Albany sluggers.
The rivalry Between the two cities,
the recent defeat of Albany by Am
circus in close score, and the fact
that special railroad facilities are
obtalnable assures q crowd of prob
ably $50 fans from Albany for the
game. Thursday afternoon being a
half holiday here, and Americus be-
ing well supplied with lovers of base
ball, assures large local attend
ance.
The game scheduled for Thursday
here with Montezuma has been
postponed until Friday because of
the Albany occasion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
RESPONSIBILITIES

Having won his case with these
two arguments, the president has
accepted two great responsibilities.
1t is distinctly up to him to enforce
such rules of economy in every de
partment of the government service
that not a dollar of public money will
be wasted. For if our financial situa-
ton is SO hazardous that the soldiers
must forego their bonus, the wasting
of public money is ineXcusable.
The other responsibility is to de-
mand Of congress that without delay
it pass the Sweet bill, which provides
the machinery and money for taking
care of disabled soldiers.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has pointed out that to carry out
the provision of this bill will cost
the government $500,000,000 a year.
No one else has made SO high an
estimate.
1t may be that the secretary in
facing the great task of handling the
nations finances has become some
thing of all alarmist.
But whether it is five hundred mil
lion or twice as much, is entirely
outside of the argument.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
.$56,OOO ANNUAL.
SAVING TO STATE,
SAYS MESSAGE
Governor Tells Assem-
blv 1t Behooves To Eff
feet Every Economy
Times-Recorder Bureau,
Kimball House.


Kimball House.
ATLANTA, July 19.-Declaring
the state would be saved $56,000 per
annum and that fewer changes would
be made in the Georgia laws, Cow
ernor Thomas w Hardwick sent a
message to the general assembly this
morning uringing biennial instead
of annual sessions of the legislature.
In times like these, it behooves
us to effect every possible economy
in expenditure of the money Of the
people," said the message.
The new general tax act, providing
for a total increased revenue OF
S500,000 for the state, which will
bring the entire sum to $1,000, 600
annually, was introduced in the house
today by Representative j. w. Gull
pepper ,and was Immediately refer
red to the appropriations committee.
subcommittee of the ways and
means committee.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
Edoi!sFs would be added through the
imposition of poll tax on women,
Eand%a Similar amount from special
taxes.g hotels would be taxed 81
per room each year, restaurants and
cafes $I5 Eo 500, cigar dealers $50,
cigarette dealers $25 to $50, whole
sale tiNe dealers $3.50 and coal, coke
and wood agents $40 to $100, and
motlonW picture theaters So to 500
per month.
This act does not include the spe-
cial taxes on gasoline and soft
drinks, which will be provided for in
bill to be introduced this week.
In the senate, the fight on the tax
equalization act again ragged furious
| ly today, while the house spent the
morning attending to local bills and
concurred in the senate resolution
calling for an investigation Of the
state highway depart.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19

MIST LOOK TO HARDING
TO FULFILL TWO GREAT
RESPONSIBILITIES.

p-HE senate was expected to obey
! the presidents orders and side
trick the soldiers bonus bill.
This means that it will be long
+ne-certainly many months, pos
sib1v years-before the men VINO
fougbt their country's battle in the
GREAT war, get the adjusted compen-
sation that they are entitled to, by
apv rule of justice that can be ap-
Piled.
It may mean that they will never
get it.
This may be a pessimistic view,
but the realities of the situation
seem to justify it.
The two arguments that the presl-
don't used to convince the senate
were that the governments financial
condition could not stand the strain
Of the bonus ind that everything
that a grateful nation can do is to
he done in caring for the disabled
soldiers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
Short Staple Cotton
Kept On Free List

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The
house late Monday put long staple
cotton on the dutiable last with an
advalorem rate of Is per cent. The
duty will apply only to cotton with a
staple one and one-eighth inches in
lenfth and affect only imports of
Egyptian or other cotton not compar-
able to the ordinary commodity pro-
duced in the South.
Members were in doubt as to what
compensatory rates on all cotton
hoods would be considered necessary
by reason of the imposition of tax
on the raw product. There was no
explanation of the committees action
in deciding at the last moment not to
take the ordinary variety of cotton
such as is raised in the South from
the free list.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
MILLION DOLLAR
COTTON CREDITS
FIXED in BERLIN
First Arrangement lust
Negotiated By Charles
ton Concern

BERLIN, July 19.-(By Associat-
ed Press. The first million dollar
American cotton credit has just been
negotiated between the American
Products Export and Import Corpora
tion, of Charleston, S. c., and the
Darmstader bank of Berlin, the lat
ter guaranteeing repayment, which is
based on three and six-month credit
on the dollar basis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
THE. SMITHS

Ama,iS are the most prominent
ooo odellcan family. More than 150
forott yV 81 them-five army divisions
cor5i. 5nI Ior America in the war. ,ac.
tistag tiStuIng to recently announced sta.
ma,, ss''T' They are in congress Tbey
lepieIat oe found in nearly every stats
I01Siatare 0tt and on every police force
cit, 0'nef families might leave any
wonI5 g IN a body and their departnre
poea raiu H scarcely be noticed, but sun- ST.
p'Se T1 all the Smiths LETT 81 +
/ suffoiS ine Smiths is the only family
! fo oillcIent unto itself. for ware I,lS tbay
Of separate e themselves from the res resi-
siora ,ne community they could eat at
boross5 bs very well, what with their Ia.
pTesaS ss,S' merchants, doctors. LAWYERS
ban@%I @Iners !! and teachers. You've Sotta
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
TWO GEORGES

TT iL.s lis Is about two kings-George
- C ana George V of England.
s,,e ueorge V. made coneiliatory
S; speech IN Belfast that resulted in
ia,,I ipl,nsing warning factions of Ire
IT. iII'o toge'her in peace parley. George
WITH wi stood against any compromise
Ii' The American rebels"
fo6nl il1a George i'll been as sensible a
boao "o" as George V there might have
Ster no American revolution, no
Stat Stat Spangled Banner, no United
tbor j'a.e$' no Abraham Lincoln other
"a, e. 'ne country lawyer.
feel J0, somehow, we can't help but
rsT,, IeT, grateful that George III was a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
NO RUPTURE IN
CRAIC'SRETURN

BELFAST, July 19.-(By Asso-
ciated Press 1.-The return to Belfast
of Sir James Craig, Ulster premier,
and the members of his cabinet, who
had been in London in connection
with the Irish peace movement, must
not be taken as rupture of negotia-
tions, it was declared today by Col
Spender, secretary of the delegation.
1t is thought. indeed, the delegation
will be recalled to London next week
None of the members of the cabi-
net would have anything to say.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
COLLUM SETS
SENATE RIGHT
Puts Congressman Crisp
Forward AS First Far
mer S Friend
Times-Reeorder Bureau.
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Times Recorder Bureau.
Kimball House.
ATLANTA, July 10 Because the
house and senate has passed resolu-
tions ihdorsing Congressman Gordon
Lees measure in congress to secure
"a federal farm loan for the farmers
made no mention of Congress Chas.
R. Crisp, of Americus, Senator j.
M. Collum, of the Thirteenth district.
introduced in the state senate this
morning resolution including the
latter.
The measure also gives Congress-
man Crisp credit for having first in
trodueed the movement and express
es appreciation and support of the
senate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
To Spread Leprosy
Cure News On Island

HONOLULU, T. H., July 10.
a corps of doctors is to be dispatch
ed to the islands Of the Hawaiian
group of the board Of health to in
duee persons tainted with leprosy to
enter Kalihi leprosy station here for
the successful ehaulmoogra oil treat
ment.
Moving pictures of life IN the Kali
nj station and at the old leper col
ony fKalaupapa on the Island of
Melokai, showing the beneficiale +
feet of the refined chaulmoogra
specific for leprosy, will be shown
in all the towns, and villages of Ha-
waii.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
II E A r D IN
P A S S | N C
WHAT AMERICUS PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND
THINKING

THE general trend of CONVEX
sation about the streets as
knots of Americus business men
and Sumter county farmers gath
er to discuss vital questions of the
day, would impresa the casual
listener that underlying jest and
humor and occasional seriousness
is a spirit of optimistic expectancy.
The long-faced crouch who some
time back could be seen gesticulat-
ing about the street corners, wild
eyed and threatening in attitude,
warning the young and old that
we We're on the verge of financial
and national calamity, has mysteri-
ously disappeared. 1t is hoped
that he has gone to work, the sure
cure for pessim;sm.
81 have just ridden about forty
miles over Sumter county farm
section" said an Americus mer-
chant today. If what | saw means
any thing at all at this time, it
means that Sumter is certain to
have bumper crop. | don't say
that there will be more of any par
ticular product than in previous
years, but, ! do believe that there
will be the best balanced crop that
we have had any time lately.
What cotton | saw is growing,
clear of grass and full of fruit
from the ground up. The corn is
full of promise and except in iso-
lated instances, is as good as | have
seen any year.
81 just travelled through Sum-
ter, west and southwest by way
of Palms, SAID another merchant
farmer, "and though the recent
heavy rains have halted the work
of the farmers, the crops of all
kinds are as fine, generally, as |
have seen for years. Notwith-
standing the cut in acreage and re-
duced amount of fertilizer used,
| believe Sumter county will near
ly duplicate last years cotton
crop"
I'VE are bound to have q Won
derful business season this fall"
said another merchant as the re-
porter stepped into the store to-
day. 1t was such an unusual state
ment, coming like bolt from the
well trained business brain, that
the reporter asked upon what he
based the assumption.
Well" resumed the merchant,
this time last year our firm owed
for $4,000 worth of merchan-
disc that had to be paid for out of
the falls business. The farmer
and working man had to pay us
for this merchandise in addition to
heavy fertilizer bills. This year
we, like the majority of other mer-
chants, have not bought heavily.
Just enough merchandise has been
bought to meet the immediate de-
; fnands. Consequently we will have
only about $4,000 to pay out this
fall and the farmer and working
man who have not bought of us
heavily on account will have their
money to spend. They will have
smaller bills to pay of every sort.
With the bright prospects of this
years crop as it now appears, even
though the price of cotton does not
go beyond twelve cents, there will
be more cash money spent in AM
ericus this fall than in a long time.
know that what is true in our
case is true of others. | never
felt better and more full of pep
than | do today when ! think Of
the. business outlook for the fall
season."
Another merchant was accosted
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-19
HEROIsM

cut t' h.. j. II. hartwell, of Philadelpbia.
atrm a,'s : own hand slightly while oner,
suqne.5 s Tor appendicitis. He could have
SELF ilfPeqded the operation to save b;n,
tho , But that would have increased
"A "ngef u,nl9 to his patient. He didn'.
onins week later he died of blood pois.
bona,e, one medical profession has to its
dutv d long list of. such sacrifices tc