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AND ANSONIAN.
Published by Estate of J. G. Boylin.
Published Every Thursday.
$2.00 a Year Due in Advance.
f', ESTABLISHED 1881
WADESBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921.
VOL XLI. NO. 15
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MRS. JANE DOAK COPPEDGE.
Beloved Woman of Wadesboro Passed
TTir Rpward on Friday Funeral
Sunday Morning. I
Mrs. Jane Doak Coppedge, one of
the most beloved women of Wades-1
boro, and one of the town's most con
secrated characters, died at her home
here early last Friday morning, fol
lowing a short illness. Mrs. Coppedge
suffered a stroke of paralysis on Tues
day, March 29th, and another on Sun
day, April 3rd, from which death re
sulted.; Mrs. Coppedge was a daughter and
the last surviving child of James W.
Doak, a prominent citizen of Guilford
county, of which he was at one time
sheriff. Her brother, James Doak,
died about two years ago. In early
womanhood she was married to the
late Patrick James Coppedge, of An
eon county, and spent the remainder
of her long life in Anson. She is sur
vived by two sons, Messrs. A. W. and
C. N. Coppedge, and by three daugh-
' ters, Mrs J. W. Kilgo, of Greenwood,
S. C, Mrs. James Plunkett and Miss
Mattie Coppedge.
Mrs. Coppedge was born Sept. 14th,
1826, and was therefore 94 years of
age, and the strength and beauty of
her character were as remarkable as
her endurance. She was educated at
old Edgeworth College, Greensboro,
one of the first, if not the first of wo
men's colleges in the state, and her
mental attainments were unusual. She
' was devoted to the Methodist church,
having been a member for about 80
years, and never wearied in the work
of the church and in charitable work
' generally. She continued to attend
church in favorable weather until last
fall, and had heard Rev. C. A. Wood
preach once. Her health was good
and she was active until her last ill
ness, and she did much needle work
and engaged in other activities. All
during life her work and example ex
erted a strong and salutary influence
on all who knew her. '
i The funeral was held Sunday morn
ing 'at "if o'clock in the Methodist
t:y " ': : S- '
Wood, and interment was in Eastview.
The large gathering and - the numer
ous and beautiful floral offerings at
tested the great esteem in which she
- was held'. The following from a dis
tance were here for the funeral: Rev.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Kilgo, Green
wood, S. C; James P. Kilgo, Dariing
tdn, S. C; Mr. and Mrs. John Nettles,
Miss Reba Nettles, Neil Coppedge,
Dillon, S. C; Mr. and Mrs,. J. C.
Campbell, Miss Allie Atkinson, Blen
heim, S. C; Mr. and Mrs. J. P.f Gibson,
Gibson; Mr. and Mrs. John McNeiil,
Floyd McLean, Red Springs; Mis.
Spencer, Bennettsville, S. C.
In Memoriam.
While on a visit to a distant city,
the sad news comes to me that Mrs.
Jane Wilkens Coppedge, the oldest
citizen of our town, and one who has,
t for many years, , been accorded the
highest regard and affection of our
people, has passed to her reward after
a long, useful life, entirely devoted to
the. interests of her family and her
friends, and deeply consecrated to the
. service of the Master.
. I have known her since I was a
child, "and only wish I could have been
at home when the final illness came,
bo that I might have rendered some
sincere service to her, or aided, in
some way, the devoted daughter, Miss
Mattie Coppedge, who has ministered
with such untiring love, loyalty and
unselfishness, in her mother's behalf.
. This will make a sad break in the
daughter's life, but few of us are ac
corded the privilege of . this sweet
companionship for so many years, and
the abundant opportunity for' helping
to promote the tranquility of such a
peaceful and wonderful old age. It
seems almost beyond our comprehen
sion that the good woman who has
: gone was born when the last century
. was yet in its infancy, when people
lived so Serenely, so close to God, so
thoroughly imbued with piety, with
the strictest observance of the blessed
Sabbath ever a joy and an inspiration.
' We all know these were potent char
acteristics in the life of our departed
friend, and let us think of her now as
testing ; under the 'shadow of the Al
mighty, wrapped in the embrace of
the Divine Healer, with naught but
the love of God to comfort and con
sole. .. E. N. LEAK.
Nashville, Tenn., April 12th, 1921.
; Dr. C.t L. Jackson will, on Sunday
morning, preach the same sermon
, v that he preached before the annual
' meeting of the. W. M. U. at : Rocky
p, Mount during the recent session.
BOARD OP HEALTH MEETS.
The members of the Anson county
bpard of health held their regularly
quarterly meeting in the commission
ers room at the court house Monday
morning for the purpose of consider
ing the general health conditions of
the county, and to formulate', any
needed regulations for the protection
of the same. Those in attendance at
the meeting were Ben R. Wall, Chair
man, R. W. Allen, Secretary, H. P.
Taylor, Dr. J. E. Hart, and Dr. J. M.
Dunlap. Dr. E. S. Ashe, county phys
ician and quarantine officer, and Chas
E. Ader, Supt of welfare, were also
present by invitation. The board
heard reports from both Dr. Ashe, and
Mr. Ader. Dr. Ashe reporting gen
eral health conditions as about nor
mal at this time. He stated that so
far as he had been able to learn there
was no indication of the presence of
any appreciable number of cases of
contagious diseases in the county at
this time. Mr. Ader in connection
with his general report submitted sev
eral regulations for the protection of
the health of the county, which were
adopted by the Board. The matter
of a general health crusade against
children's diseases, such as enlarged
tonsils, adenoids, defective eye sight,
and bad teeth was discussed by the
board, and it was decided to call a
joint meeting of the' board of health,
the county commissioners and the
county board of education, for the sec
ond Monday in. July, when it i3 hoped
plans may be worked out for putting
on a campaign at the beginning of
the next school year, against these
diseases. The board instructed the
superintendent of welfare to proceed
with the enforcement of the orders of
the board, and to see that all buildings,
etc., where food products are sold are
screened by May 1st. The superin
tendent of welfare was also instructed
to have the healthy regulations as
passed by the board printed in the
paper and extra copies printed for dis
tribution. FROM ALL COTTON.
' Mississippi is 'one 'of the Southern
States that has been making depend
ence on the cotton crop and that has
bursued the policy by buying, instead
of raising its food stuffs. In spite of
existing conditions and the certain
prospect of further trouble ahead of
them, and deaf to persuasion, the far
mers of that State appeared bent on
going into cotton planting "as usual,"
this season, but the bankers have been
prevailed upon to see what they could
do to avert the threatened calamity,
and these bankers seem to have
adopted the policy of forcible per
suasion. The story is told in a Mem
phis letter to the New York Post,
wherein it is related that backing up
their demands that the cotton grower
get away from his accustomed policy
of raising that commodity and depen
ding on other sections for food and
feed supplies, banks in the Mississip
pi delta territory are beginning to
announce that after July 1 this season
they will refuse loans ( to planters for
the purpose of buying feedstuff s
which they can readily produce at
home.' Already a number of the lead
ing banks have made public announce
ment of such a policy, and others are
expected to follow, for the general
feeling among the bankers is that
this is one step which is practical as
a help toward bringing prosperity
back to this part of the country.
It is explained in The Post's letter
that one of the contributing reasons
for the present bad state of affairs
was the raising of cotton to the neg
lect of all other crops, the average
planter figuring that it mattered lit
tle what grain and feed cost so long
as cotton was selling at 40 cents to $1
a pound. Expenditures during 1920
were the largest in the history of the
South, which helps explain why the
cost lof this crop was also a record
one. The banks recognize that the
mere cutting of cotton acreage will
not suffice to bring the territory back
to something like normal, and seem
determined to do all in their power to
force the diversification idea, for it is
a fact that in the sections where di
versification is practiced conditions
are by no means as badly off as in the
delta. Charlotte Observer.
There are various rumors in regard
to the so-called working man's ticket
for ; town officials, but no announce
ments have yet been made. In a card
in another colum, Mr. J. Sam Boswell
states that he has no intention of run
ning for mayor. . ;" -
MRS. EMELINE C. DAVIS.
End Came Monday at Her Home in
Burnsville Township Was Buried
at Hopewell Tuesday Afternoon.
Mrs. Emeline C. Davis died last
Monday afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John W. Kiker, of
Burnsville township, after a period of
failing health extending over several
months. Mrs. Davis was born Novem
ber 20, 1834, and was in her 87th
year.
Mrs. Davis was a daughter of Uriah
Staton one of the best known citizens
of the county in his day, and his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeh Lee Staton. Of this nu
merous family only one brother, Mr.
B. E. Staton, of Burnsville township,
and one sister, Mrs. D. A.
Shankle, of Albemarle, are now living.
Mrs. Davis' husband was J. E. Davis,,
who was killed accidentally many
years ago. To them were born 14
children, ten of whom reached man
hood and womanhood. Three sons
and four daughters survive. They are:
W. P. Davis, of Carthage; U. C. Da
vis, of Newport News; J. E. Davis, of
Hartsville, S. C; Mrs. E. S. Marsh, of
Wadesboro; Mrs. J. W. Kiker, of
Burnsville township; Mrs. Hattie
Parker, of Norwood; Mrs. J. C. Aus
tin, of Marshville. There are 30
grandchildren and 60 or more great
grandchildren. Mrs. Davis was a woman of strong
character and vigorous mentality.
She was one of the first students of
old Carolina College, at Ansonvijle. A
woman of strong religious convictions,
she had been a member of the Metho
dist church for 70 years or more. Ac
tive and alert mentally and physical
ly, she exerted a strong influence
throughout her section of the county,
and her death was the cause of wide
spread sorrow.
The funeral was held Tuesday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. J. W. Ki
ker by Rev. L. H. Griffith, of Polkton,
and was largely attended by relatives
and friends. Interment was at Hope
well. CLTAN UP; VtTZS-COJIINGfT
Chas 'E. Ader, superintendent of
welfare, states that Wadesboro is to
have its second "clean up" campaign
probably the last week in . this
month. Definite announcement will
be made in next week's paper as to
just when the campaign will begin.
Mr. Ader went before the town com
missioners at their regular meeting
Thursday night and presented the
matter to the board. The commis
sioners went on record as unanimous
ly favoring the proposition, and voted
to contribute $50 towards defraying
expense of the work . Last year
more than 75,000 old tin cans
were collected together and dis
posed of, as well as a large quantity
of other rubbish. It is hoped to make
the campaign this year a greater suc
cess than the work of last year. ' Ev
erybody, both white and colofed, will
be asked to cooperate.
CONTROL CUT WORMS.
This season of the year cut worms
do serious damage to many of the
vegetable crops by severing the' stems
of the young plants at about the sur
face of the ground. One cut worm
can destroy many plants in a single
night by cutting off more than it can
devour.
Methods of Control.
A paper collar if placed around the
young plants will keep the cut worms
from destroying the same. A better
remedy is what is called the "poisoned
bait." For use in a small garden,
take one peck of dry bran, add four
ounces of arsenate of lead or Paris
Green, and mix thoroughly with 2. gal
lons of water in which has been stirr
ed one-half gallon of sorghum or oth
er cheap molasses. After this mash
has stood for several hours, scatter it
in lumps the size of a marble over the
garden where the .injury is beginning
to appear and about the bases of the
plants set out. Apply late in the day
so as to place the .poison about the
plants before night which is the time
when cut worms are active. Apply a
second or third time ir necessary.
FIVE OLD CITIZENS PASS.
It is the sad duty of The M. & I.
this week to chronicle the passing of
four of the oldest citizens of the coun
ty, Mrs. Jane Coppedge, who was 94;'
Mrs., Emeline Davis, who was 87; Mr.
D. D. Gaddy, who was 84 and Mr. W.
A. Pratt, who was 74. It has been
only a few days since the death of
Mr. B. F. Gulledge, who was 91. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Colson- spent
Monday in Charlotte, ;
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
First Message to Congress Declares
for no Separate Peace With Ger
many League of Nations , Must
Wait.
President Harding's principal rec
ommendations to Congress, in his first
annual address delivered Tuesday, in
cluded the following: ,
Foreign relations - No separate
peace with Germany "on the assump
tion alone that this would be ade
quate." "The wiser course would
seem to be to engage under
the existing treaty, assuming, of
course, that this can be satisfactorily
accomplished by such explicit reser
vations and modifications as will se
cure our absolute freedom of inadvis
able commitments and safeguard all
our essential interests. No
helpful society of nations can be
founded on justice and committed to
peace until the covenants re-establishing
peace are sealed by the na
tions which were at war."
Taxation Readjustment of inter
nal taxes which have become unpro
ductive and are so artificial and bur
densome as to defeat their own pur
pose." Tariff Instant tariff enactment
"emergency in character and under
stood by our people that it is for the
emergency only."
Railroads Efficient operation "at
a cost within that which the traffic
can bear. Railway rates and
costs of operation must be reduced."
jhe remaining obstacles
which are the heritance of capitalistic
exploitation must be removed and la
bor must join management in under
standing that the public, which pays,
is the public to be served and simple
justice is the right and will continue
to be the right of all the people.
Good Roads The strengthening of
laws governing federal aid.
Merchant Marine "The United
States means to establish and main
tain a. great merchant marine." :
Communications "Private monop
olies tending to prevent thVgYglflp
meat of needed facilities should be
prohibited. Government owned facil
ities wherever possible without undu
ly interfering with prjvate enterprise
or government needs, should be made
tvailable for general usages."
'Aviation Regulation by the fed
eral government' and encouragement
of aviation for development for mili
tary and civil purposes.
Service Men "The American peo
ple expect 'Congress unfailingly to
voice the gratitude of the republic in
a generous and practical way to its
defenders in the world war." The im
mediate extension and utilization of
government hospital facilities to
"bring relief to the acute conditions
most complained of."
Public Welfare Co-ordinization of
various government agencies now
working on the subject and endorse
ment of the pending maternity bill.
Lynching "Congress ought to
wipe the stain of barbaric lynching
from the banners of a free and order
ly representative democracy. A pro
posal for a commission with represen
tatives of white and black races to
study and report on the subject," the
President said, "has real merit"
Army and Navy Early considera
tion of pending appropriation bills
was urged. "The government is in ac-
cord with the wish to eliminate the
burdens of heavy armament," said the j
President. "The United States will i
ever be in harmony with such a move
ment toward the higher attainments
of peace. But we shall not entirely
discard our agencies for defense until
there is removed the need to defend.
We are ready to cooperate with other
nations to approximate disarmament,
but merest prudence forbids that we
disarm alone."
PROFIT IN RAISING TURKEYS.
It seems that Chatham is a great
turkey, as well as rabbit, county. The
Siler City Grit is authority for the
figures we are giving below on turkey
raising. Mrs. George L. Smith realiz
ed last fall $147.47 from 24 turkeys,
and Mrs. Duncan $155.20 from 40 tur
keys. Mr. C. M. Hudson sold 33 tur
keys which brought him $209.30. Mrs.
Frank Smith raised 47 turkeys from
three hens and sold 41 for $196.30.
Some of the farmers in Davidson
county raised turkeys last year, but
as the figures are not at hand we are
unable to tell how much they realized
for them. At the figures which we
quote in this item raising turkeys for
the market beats raising cotton and
tobacco all hollow. Lexington Dis
patch...; ' ".
WHAT A VOTE AGAINST
THE BOND ISSUE MEAN'S
It wa3 expected but notwithstand
ing, is regrettable that some set-mindly
good people would take a stand
against the bond issue for a new
school building. Opposition to a
measure of this kind can always be
divided into three classes. One cf
these classes is composed of people
who want to do the right thing but
are easily influenced by the alarming
reports, generally without any foun
dation, that are started by people who
are guided entirely by selfish motives.
There is another class who oppose a
progressive issue because they are
ignorant of the conditions that
prompt the actions of the promoters.
These people are generally scared out
of their wits by the word "taxes." We
will not mention the third class here.
For you to vote against this issue
means that you desire your children
and your neighbors' children to con
tinue to go to school in rooms that
are badly over-crowded, very poorly
ventilated and otherwise unwhole
some. You are voting for recurren
ces from year to year of scourges of
diphtheria, scarlet fever and like dis
eases which are the result of the con
ditions just mentioned. With this
bond issue we are trying to make the
environment such that these diseases
will not occur in the school.
Voting against the bonds means
voting for an inferior teaching force.
Nearly every school in the state i3
providing better buildings and equip
ment. For such schools the best
teachers are being sought. As the
supply of good teachers is very lim
ited, it is evident that the best equip
ped schools are going to get the best
teachers. There is nothing as expen
sive as a cheap teacher. She is get
ting more than she is worth whatever
her salary may be. You are voting
for a change in superintendents.
Against this I have nothing to say ex
cept that it will be found impossible
to get a man who is worthy of the
-irame-rake
a future absolutely closed.; .
In voting agaiflst the bonds you' are
voting to ' discontinue the ' domestic
science department which is meaning
so much to our girls. You are voting
to discontinue the other sciences
which will take the high school off
the accredited list of high schools
thereby making it necessary for uur
graduates to stand college entrance
examinations According to a ic:iit
ruling of the State Department, a
school that does not teach these sub
jeits can not be accredited.
" Should this bond issue be defeated
there are only two roads open to the
school board. One is to give up and
let the school drift to its inevitable
doom. The other is to provide more
temporary buildings. How this can
be done should be interesting to you.
The district now has a tax rate of
thirty cents on the one hundred dol
lars valuation of property. Under
the new valuation this rate was cut
to fourteen cents. The recent General
Assembly gave boards the authority
to run this rate back to the maximum.
It is possible and1 probable that the
Board would have to levy the addi
tional sixteen cents, then borrow
from the State Loan Fund for build
ings at seven per cent interest to pro
vide buildings that, at best, could not
take care of the situation more than
a very few years. Would it not be
the height of folly to kill a bond issue
for a school building that would pro
vide in the best possible way for the
school and be a source of pride for. the
years to come and then submit to an
equal tax for something inadequate?
The people of the district should re
member that this is their home and
that the most of you will continue to
live here and your children after you.
The kind of a town that your children
will live in will be the kind of a town
that you have prepared them to make
it. If we are willing for our children
to start into life with anything less
than the very best we can give them
we are betraying the sacred trusts
that have been placed into our hands. '
v" F. M. WILLIAMSON
ANSONVILLE CIRCUIT
No services at Cedar Hill, special
educational services at Concord next
Sunday. Morning service begins at
11. Prof. Williamson of Wadesboro,
lecture on education. Dinner will be
served and after dinner Rev. C. A,
Wood will speak. It is earnestly hop
ed that all of our churches will be well
represented at these services.
A. R. BELL, P. C.
LETTER FROM MR. E. GRIGGS.
Former Anson Citizen Tells of Boll
Weevil and How to Fight It..
Mr. E. Grij?j3, of Dallas, Tex., a
native of Anson, but who has been
living in Texas for 52 years; write3 a
follows regarding the boll weevil an J
boll worm:
"Mr. Editor.:
'I am requested to give some of
my experience as a cotton rai;er Hera
in Texas, and also my experience with
the boll weevil and the boll worm. Ai
I feel a great interest in the welfare
of the people of Anson county, I w.ll
give some of my experience a3 a cot
ton farmer here for 40 years.
"First, will say that there is no
method we ever tried that will ex
terminate them entirely. Dry, hot
weather is the best remedy that I
have ever seen. We have tried tha
spraying, which does but little good
and is very expensive. Dry hot sun
and continued cultivation; every three
or four days go through cotton with
cultivator with sweeps very shallow;
that will stir up the form that drops
off the cotton in the hot dust. This
method only serves for the boll
worms that are deposited in the egg
on cotton leaves and squares and
blooms by a little bat or miller that
makes its appearance in the fields a
soon as soon as the cotton gets a
growth and begins putting on fruit.
The bat resembles a candle bat. It
does it3 work late of evening and at
night. The eggs hatch out in 12 or
15 hours if it is damp or rainy, then
go after squares or blooms, which fall
off. . Then as soon as the worm be
comes of proper age it makes a moth
er bat or miller and goes on with the
job as at first.
"The weevil is very destructive a3
it punctures the bolls and squares,
which then fall off within a short
time. Also it punctures the half
grown bolls and causes them to rot.
"I think that was a good sugges
tion, that early varieties of cotton be
planted as early as weather will per-
tmit.'"'-"". " 1:"'f fKX-" 7 " ' ' '
"I would suggest to your cotton
farmers to plant your high land3 in
cotton. It will dry off sooner. And
when it is convenient ran your rcw3
north and south and four feet wide.
"I shall be glad to give the gocd
people of Anson any information pos
sible. "E. GRIGGS. V
3,009 Knight St., Dallas, Tex."
H. H. BENNETT WRITES BOOK.
Friends and relatives of Mr. Ben
nett in Anson will be interested in
learning that a book from his pen has
recently been issued. Mr. Bennett
has a wide reputation, as an expert in
his line, and is the author of a number
of books and brochures. The follow
ing appeares in the. current issue of
the University Alumni "Review:
Hugh Hammond Bennett, '02, mem
ber of the Bureau of Soils of the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul
ture for the past twenty years, has
recently brought out through tha
Macmillan Company the results of his
soil investigations in the South under
the title "The Soils and Agriculture
of the Southern States."
This volume, which Mr. Bennett
trusts will be looked upon as the first
in a series of books which it is hoped
will be written to cover all sections
of ' the United States and their rela
tion to agriculture, is intended for the
use of students, instructors, and in
vestigators in agricultural (economics,
as well as farmers and others inter
ested in the development of farm
lands through, a better understand
ing of the soils, the crops that are best
adapted to them, and the methods of
farming which will yield the greatest
returns. The book is extensively il
lustrated and contains a soil map of
the Southern States, together with
extensive tables and data for the use
of Southern farmers.
MR. DANIEL C. BREWER.
Mr. Daniel C. Brewer died las;; Fri
day in the Morganton hospital, whers
he was carried a few weeks ago for
treatment. The body was brought
home, and funeral and ' intermeut
were at Concord Sunday afternoon,
Rev. Mr. Summey holding the servic.1
Mr. Brewer was an excellent citizen
and had many friends in the Cedntf
Hill section. , He is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Mary Pinion, of
Cabarrus county, and two children.- , -
Marriage license has been issued to
SheriU William Caudle, son of Mr. W,
A. Caudle, and Miss Janie E. Steward
of Union county. v