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Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03
BRIDGEVILLE

Russell Wiley of Philadelphia wa
on business trip here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Williams spen
the weekend with friends in Oceal
City, Md.
George Dickerson of Wilmington il
spending a few days in town.
P. w. Carey has about fifty of his
finest chickens stolen on Thursday ev
ening of last week, in the absence o.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Carey, who were at the
home of neighbOrs, nearby. Mr.. Carey
valued the chickens at S100.
o. T. Warrington and family were
entertained at dinner on Sunday al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Car.
ey, near town.
John Harris entertained a number
of his friends at his birthday dinner
in Wilmington on Sunday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Simpson, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Collision and Mrs
Harry w. Cannon motored to Phila-
delphia last week.
James COnaway of Wilmington
spent Sunday with his parents here.
Harry McIlvain and family of Phil
adelphia spent the weekend with
friends in town.
K. NJ. Wiley and family spent Sum
day with relatives at MillsbOro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aleck Williams of Fed
eralsburg, Nd, spent Sunday with rel
atives in town.
H. J. Carmine spent the weekend
with his family at MillsbOrO.
Our recently organized orchestra
gave dance at the Opera House on
Friday evening of last week.
On Saturday evening Robert Ric-
ards who was in his home heard his
auto start and after hearing it some
time decided to ascertain the cause,
thinking at first it was some of the
other owners of cars that were stored
in the same building, and upon arriv-
ing at the scene three colOred boys
sprang from the car and ran up the
alley, without being recognized. The
car was damaged considerably, owing
to the thieves not being familiar with
the gears and tore them up.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
removed their cables from Market st.
the first of the week.
The Layton & Owens Mfg. Co., ex-
pect to open their plant here next
week and will get out as soon as pos
sible this seasons supply of packages.
Roy Allen, formerly of near this
town, and now residing in Seaford,
connected with the SeafOrd Allen
Bros. Flour Mill, was found dead on
Monday evening by his wife, Mrs. Enid
Allen, formerly Enid Hubbard, Of this
town. He was found in his garage
where he was working on an electric
light wire and it is supposed that ne
received an electric shock and fell
over and struck his head on large
piece of iron. Mr.. Allen was 20 years
old. Funeral services were held in
Seaford on Thursday.
Our young people were given sur
prise on Tuesday when the report Of
the marriage of Miss Helen Newton
and Fred Truitt was given out. The
marriage took place at the M. E. par
sonage by Rev. White. They then mo-
tored to Greenwood, catching the $3.50
train for the northern cities.
George Ross and William Ferguson
are arranging to install wireless re-
ceiving station here in town for the
convenience of the public, where the
latest news can be secured, markets,
stocks, weather reports and ETC., and
in short time will engage in install
ing the outfits in this locality.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03
EMERSON RECORDS
Reduced. Special sale, SOC, Csc anC
75c. E. H. Bratten, Milford, Del.
NOTICE

The Glacial Ice Cream Mfg. Co., Of
Greenwood, DeIa., having taken over
the ice cream plant Of Chas. B. POr-
ter, we hereby serve notice that we
are ready to supply the trade with a
high grade ice cream, same being pas
teurized and hOmOgenized. We assure
you that there is nothing better on
the market. Our daily capacity is 600
gallons per day and we will carry
eight flaVOrs in stock for quick ship
ment. Send us a trial Order-spend
your money in the State. Phone 12-11.
m3-2t
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03
GOLDEN GROWN SYRUP 14o

This week only, Golden Crown Syr-
up, large can, lac; macaroni, &c pack
age; extra fine quality corn, 13c; good
corn, 1Oc can. Pure jelly, SC glass, and
the best coffee for Csc. 1t
STEWARDS.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03
TUESDAY, 9TH and WEDNESDAY, 9th
GOODWIN PICTURE CORR. Presents
eeTHE OLD NEST'

The "OLD NEST" is a Rupert Hughes heart-grp-
ping story of home with the greatest star cast
sembled Mary Alden the Mother does some of the
finest acting that has been recorded the sill
yer screen The question what is the Old Nest? will
for you, "The Old Nest" isthe American home
where all children later in life leave This
story with doctor and his family of six chill
dren and the ups and downs that to every nest,
and then by they all leave the OLD NEST to
start out for themselves You will laugh You will cry.
You will live for two hours while reviewing this pic
tuTe alone with your MOTHER, and then when you
leave the theatre you don't want to take that loving
mother of yours in your and kiss her. you're not
human that's ALL The second night will be larger than
the first night because those that it on the first
night will tell all their friends "That it's the best pic
ture they If for any that you not
satisfied after seeing this picture, stop at the box Office
and get your money. (Sgned) J. E. LEWIS.
Added attractions, ROLAND COMEDY, SONNY PA
WAS A BOY" Pieneer Comedy in parts Fox News
Prices 39c and 7c.
ONE SHOW ONLY-STARTS O'CLOCK
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03

Call "PETTYJoHN's" for drugs O
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phon,
% Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03
NOTICE

The Glacial Ice Cream Mfg. Co., of
Greenwood, Della, having taken over
the ice cream plant of Chas. B. POr-
ter, we hereby serve notice that we
are ready to supply the trade with a
high grade ice cream, same being pas
teHrized and hOmOgenized. We assure
you that there is nothing better on
the market. Our daily capacity is 800
gallons per day and we will carry
eight haVOrs in stock for quick ship.
ment. Send us a trial Order-spend
your money in the State. Phone 12-11.
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Milford chronicle., 1922-03-03
FELTON,

We have been having some fine wea-
ther the past few days, and it looks
as if winter is most gone. Wild geese
have been flying over head which is
a sure sign that winter is over. We
are all ready to welcome the Spring
weather, as we have had hard win
ter, and work very slack, but no one
in this section has suffered unless 1t
has been some of our town sports for
the want of spending money.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Friedel were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
BLOW of Harrington on Thursday.
Mrs. John Carson spent Wednesday
with her uncle, P. L. Barcus, and
daughter, Mrs. E. S. Person at Ches-
void. Mr.. Barcus is 80 years of age.
The people through this section
have been very busy for the past few
days saving wood.
Mrs. Sapp and daughter, Mrs. Edna
Cooper, of Woodside, attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. Sapp's brother, Nathan
iel Smith, at Bussville, on Tuesday.
Miss Alice Sharp and friend, AL
bert Vincent, spent Saturday evening
with Harrington friends.
Our canning factory has been rum
ming the past few days canning beans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Roe and Mrs. Mary
Sapp of Harrington were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Carson on Sat
urday evening.
Joseph Willis who has been very
ill for some time is slowly improving.
Charles Sipple, a farmer living near
FELTON,, while at his potato house on
Saturday night, was struck and knock
ed unconscious by some unknown
persons, who seemed to be hidden be-
hind a nearby tree. Mr.. Sipple and his
son had just returned from town, and
had gone to fix the potato house for
the night. The son had gone up in the
loft of the house with the lantern,
and when he came down found his
father on the ground unconscious.
Mr.. Sipple was struck in the mouth
and about the face, and is suffering
a great deal at this time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

which was wanting to set. There were
eleven of the eggs and the bantam sat
on them for three weeks just as pa
tiently and as carefully as though they
were bantam eggs. Perhaps she didn't
know the difference since bantam eggs
are not so very much larger than par
fridge eggs.
."At the expiration of three weeks
she came off the nest with eleven lit
tie partridges, all Of them quite spry
and active and giving every indication
that they would be as obedient to her
and as mindful to her as eleven BAN
tam chicks. l am keeping them in an
enclosure yet, the same as / would. do
little chicks. After a while | will turn
them out to range with her if they will
or to fly away to the woods and fields
if their wild nature predominates. :
$50 far they have given every evi-
dence of becoming tame. Members OF
my family and myself have caught
flies for them and while holding the
morsel in the hand called to them to.
get it. They would come running and
pick the flies off without any sign
Of fear. Just the other day three OF
them got hold Of grasshopper and
they held regular tug of war over II,
tugging at it and rending it to pieces
after each had secured a piece in its
little bill"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

Fighting the Weevi.-If you expect
to whip the boil weevil in fair fight,
you have got to show as much energy
as he does-which means that though
the operation may be both difficult
and unpleasant, poisoning must be
done even when the plants are wet and
the ground muddy, so says the United
States Department of Agriculture with
regard to poisoning the weevil with
calcium arsenate. The department has
found that, during the critical stage,
the poisoning should be done at inter.
walls of about four days. Two or three
applications, made in good weather,
may have got the weevils under con-
troll Then there comes a rainy spell
and the farmer let's the time for poi
soning pass while he waits for fair
weather. But that is exactly the time
when the weevil is busiest. The num-
bers are likely to increase so rapidly
that the control already gained is lost.
In that event, the weevil inflicts about
as much damage as if no poisoning
had been donesand the farmer loses In
addition, what he has spent in poison
ing operations. The only way to prevent
that sort of result is to let wet wealth
er; interfere as little as possible with
poisoning operations. Stick to the
schedule, the department says, regard
less of weather conditions.
The department realizes Of course,
that poisoning cannot be done in pour
ing rain, but the farmer, the special
lists urge, should take advantage Of the
earliest opportunity to get back into
field after the rain, that he should
make every effort to get the cotton
again, busted regularly. even though
fair weather does not seem certain. 1t
may be washed off again shortly but,
on the other hand, the weather, even
when it looks most threatening, may
stay fair long enough to allow weevil
control to operate. Every farmer, it
is pointed out, must, expect to lose
some poison by rain, but the operation
is sufficiently profitable to justify it,
u. S. Department of Agriculture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23
Attending Summer School.
FUNERAL INTERRUPTED
Snake and Scorpion Fight During
Funeral For Colored Minister.

With huge black snake and scor-
pion battling to the death, funeral SER
vices for the Rev. w. NJ. Toland, well
known colored minister of Greenville,
were postponed .sunday afternoon
while those who gathered at the Cal
vary Baptist church on Green avenue,
interfered and killed both snake and
scorpion, relates the Greenville News
Of Tuesday.
The funeral for the deceased minis
ter was scheduled to begin at o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the Calvary
Baptist church. With the auditorium
packed the services began, conducted
by the Rev. Chas. f. Candy, pastor Of
the Springfield Baptist church.
Before the services were well under
way the floor Of the building collapsed
and the entire audience adjourned to
the front OF the building, underneath
the trees. After g bfief interruption
present to pay n last mark Of respect
to the deceased minister. being packed
thickly about the outside Of the build
ing.
Suddenly a scream went up from
some one in the audience and this was
taken up by others, while there was a
general movement Of the dozens of
persons packed within a small area.
AS the crowd. began to rscede there
doomed in plain view a huge black
snake and a scorpion, apparently
battling to the death. The pair sup
posedly had come out from beneath
the church when the floor collapsed,
and, meeting about the feet of the fun
eral attendants, engaged in a fierce
duel.
The battle between the snake and
scorpion caused temporary stampede
until some of the more cautious ones
in the number succeeded in killing both
reptiles. Many of those who had
gathered for the funeral, particularly
women, had left by this time and 1t
was deemed best to postpone funeral
services until a more convenient date.
The funeral patty then adjourned to
the colored cemetery near Richland
creek, where the mortal remains Of the
minister were laid to rest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23
FIRST WOMAN OFFICER
Georgetown Lady Elected Register of
Mesne Conveyance in 1924.

The prevailing custom of the South
sions in the closing days appears to be
ancient, for ninety eight years ago
occurred one of those saturnalia
which was the cause of much mirth,"
Judge John Belton ONeall notes in
his Bench and Bar OF South Caro-
Ina"
1t appears from his account that
women held office in this state almost
hundred years ago, for he observes
that the legislature of 1924 had elect
cd "a worthy lady from Georgetown
Mrs. r. S. NJ. Hardwicke, to the posi-
ton of register of mesne conveyance.
One night, while the house of rep
rcsentatives was waiting upon the en-
crossing Of acts, the members desired
TO have some fun and SO they request
ed the speaker to "retire to take his
tea" and to appoint some one to serve
in his place. Accordingly, Tandy Wal
kcr of Greenville was called to the
chair. Samuel Dixon of Pendleton,
"who was 4 man of considerable pow
er of languages, but who was con-
stantly moro or less under the in
fluenCe of wine" was chosen leader
of the frolic." John G.. Brown of New
berry who loved fun rs he did a
feast" drew up the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That a Committee be
raised 10 inquire whether r.. :. NJ
Hardwicke, lately elected Register OF
Mesne Conveyance, for Georgetown
district, is a free white man within the
meaning of the constitution"
The member from Pcndlcton, Mr.
Dixon. "dcplored the effect of electing
female to office" One of the cOnse-
quences, he argued, will be that we
shall have petticoats strutting in the
! lobby Of the state house" He coult
not have even dreamed that almost &
century later women would he holding
public office creditably in South Car.
olna and would constitute tremcn,
dous power in politics. Yet, the ac
tion of the legislature to which nc he
! longed in electing Il woman to office
was Simply.a case of coming event!
casting their shadows bcforc.-C;rccn
| vile Piedmont.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

A Negro Hero.-He was a seventeen
ar-old negro boy. Probably he had
little or no education, no instruction as
to what qualities have made human
deeds great, sqmetimes sublime. He
was near a small lake on FarrG farm
about four miles Of Greenville when he
saw a little white child on the point of
drowning. The negro lad cid not know
how to swim. It might have been cX-
pected, then. that ne would not him
self attempt a rescue, but the God who
made him had implanted in his heart
the will to serve another human be-
ing in distress. SO he plunged into the
water and managed to keep the white
child's head above tie water until help
arrived. SuccOr came too late for the
negro, however. Another he saved but
himself he could not save. His own
humanity cost him his life which he
sacrificed in noble act of sublime
heroism. He thought not of himself,
but of Others. Greater love hath no
man than this" He died that little
white child might live. His splendid
act has stirred the hearts of many peo-
pie, white and black, who have been
profoundly touched by such transcen-
dent forgetfulness of self. The Pied
mont would like to see suitable
monument erected over the grave of
this poor boy, who, in the supreme and
final moments of his life, chose to be
written down as one who loved his
fellowmen, who to the call of hu-
manity answered so promptly and so
fully, Here am l." True in this in
stance are the lines of TennysOn:
Love took up the harp of Life, and
smotc
On all the chords with might;
Smote the chord Of Self, that, tremb-
ling,
Passed in music ou tof sight"
-Greenville Piedmont
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

taching at Rockingham, n. c., has re-
turned to her home in Sharon.
Mr.. T. B. Ratchford of the Bullock's
Creek section who is patient in the
Fennell Infirmary, Rock Hill, expects
to be able to return home within a
few days.
James Penninger of Bamberg, is
visiting the family of his mother, Mrs.
T. r. Penninger in Sharon.
Mr.. Charlie Gourley has been quite
sick at his home here for several days
past.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

- Birmingham, Ala, June 10: Bitten
by rattlesnake during a religious
demonstration of the Holiness sect on
Sunday, Mrs Bette Neebo of Mount
Pinson.Lwa in q serious condition to-
day according to reports received
here. The preacher at the meeting
had coiled snake about his neck dur
ing IA demonstration Of his faith. When
the woman attempted to handle the
reptile il bit her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs Of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't know-Condensed
for Quick Reading.
Mad Doa Strayed Far.

Enclosing York county dog tax tag
No. 3532 for York county, S. c. Tur-
ner of Winnsboro, writes Views and
Interviews:
.You will find enclosed dog tax
number, which took from mad dog
collar after killing him. If you can
find. time look it up. 1 would like to
known whose dog it was, for curiosi-
ty's sake"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23
Tignal, Ga, June 6, 1922.
i - HtAt Nft', ~ oNhS W AV--'
Bantam Hatches Partridges.

The fact that a bantam hen or any
breed of hen will set on partridge eggs
and hatch the birds and then take care
of them as though they were chickens,
has been demonstrated by Dr. NJ. W.
White of YOrkville. Dr. White is the
owner of n bantam hen which has re-
Gently hatched eleven partridges. The
bantam is now walking around with
her partridge chicks and taking
them under her wing just like She
would take care of chickens The par
tridges are about two weeks old now
and as spry as they can be. Whether
or not they will become domesticated
like chickens remains to be seen, since
so far they have been kept in a wired
enclosure. DR.. White and the other
members of his family are lovers Of
birds and they are all taking much in
terest in the experiment they are max
ing with the partrdgeS.
Il found a partridge nest on my
farm near here" said DR.. White, in
talking about his partridge chicks
"Realizng that the chances were that
some dog would get the partridge eggs
or maybe the littl" partridges if left in
the field. I brought them to my home
and put them under bantam her
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

Inquiry at the office of the county
treasurer develops that Tag No. S532
was issued to j. w. McCright of School
District No. IA, York county, Decem-
her 81 1921
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23
news OF Sharon
$4,000 Bond Issue to Build Addition
to School is Proposed.
FARMERS ARE NOT UNDULY ALARMED
Good Progress Being Made on Sharon
Hickory Grove Road-Superintend-
ent SheaIy Will Return - Other
News and Notes of the Metropolis
sc Wae4arp Nork
(By a Staff Correspondent.)

(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Sharon, June 22.-Petitions calling
for an election on the question of is
suing bonds in the sum of $4,000 for
building an addition to the Sharon
High school structure have been freely
signed, it is stated here and an cleo
ton on the question will very probab-
ly be called in the near future. At
meeting of patrons of the school held
some time ago it was decided to add
an eleventh grade to the school course
during the year 1929 and in order
to do this it will be necessary to pro-
vide more adequate class rooms. In
the event an election is held on the
question and it carries it is the inten-
ton to enlarge the auditorium and
make other additions to the building
in keeping with the growth of the
school.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23

South Carolina in 1921 and for the
past year has been engaged in teach
ing. He has many friends and ac-
quaintances here who predict much
success for him in his chosen profess
sion.
Move to Due West.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Cochrane have
moved to Due West where they will be
in charge of the Wylie Home, a DOR
mitory for girls at Erskine college.
During the past year Mr.. Cochrane
was a member of the faculty of the
Glover High school.
Attend Confederate Reunion.
There were quite number of peo-
pie of Glover and the surrounding
community in attendance upon the
Confederate reunion in Richmond, Va,
this week. Those going from here
were: f. w. Pursley, w. H. Sparrow,
w. B. Falls, c. p. Shirley, ]. NJ. Cook
and w. H. Sparrow.
Attending Summer School.
Misses Lila Jackson, Annette Moore
and Martha Smith are attending the
summer school for teachers at Win
throp college.
Mr., James p. Sifford is attending
summer school at Chapel Hill, n. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-23
Enrolment of the Women.

DeC o. lJSl.
Enrolment of the Women.
Unless the women begin enrolling
to vote in the Democratic primary
election within the next few days In
far greater number than they haYe
been enrolling so far, some of the cam
didates for York county office are
going to get permission from the var
ious enrolment committees to carry
the enrolment books from house TO
house in order that the women will
not have the excuse of being unable
to get away rom home to do it. Said
a candidate for county treasurer VINO
was discussing the matter:
81 have been all over York county
the past few days and it is quite evil
dent to me that the women, especially
the country women are showing little
interest in the August primary and
they are not bothering themselves
about going to the headquarters OF
the various committees to enroll.
have about come to the conclusion
that there Is no better way in which
I can solicit votes than to get the
enrolment books and make a house
to house, canvass for the purpose of
enrolling the women and the men as
well If they haven't enrolled. If the.
other candidates will help me in this
work and 1t is as much to their in
terest to do 1t as It is to mine practi-
cally every woman eligible will be en-
rolled against the time the enrolment
books close"
How He Did II.
Hearing that S. w. Adams Of Tignal,
washington county,, Georgia, made
100 bales of cotton on 110 acres last
year, despite the fact that the boil
weevil took the crop Of all of his
nefghbors, a farmer wrote to Mr.
Adams about It. Mr.. Adams replied:
Your letter to hand in regard to the
statement by Mr.. Jackson as to the
amount of cotton made by me last year
and in reply will say that Mr.. jack
son was mistaken in the amount or
got the acres mixed and his number
of bales of cotton was also wrong. The
correct statement is that had one
hundred and ten acres and made one
hundred bales of cotton.
cannot tell you anything special l
did, but constant work.
plowed my cotton sometimes twice
a week or would run around it once
and put a middle furrow in it the same
week.
l did not use any poison, but pick
ed up squares as much as l could.
l think the constant work is what
did the work for me as / only used 200
pounds of standard fertilizer.
Another thing that proves that it
was work. that gave me the big yield
/ had is this fact: 1 run SO plows on
my place by renters-plows run by
renters and worked by colored labor
These fifty-two plows made only sixty
bales of cotton, about half of the rent
and nothing for supplies and guano.
am sorry to say now that have no
prospect for this year as / have only
plowed twelve days this year and we
had flood of rain today.
Hoping that what 1 have had to say
will be to your interest, am,
Very truly yours,
s w Adams