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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1922
Page
2
The column outlines stock solutions for season operations including blue stone copper sulfate and lime mixtures, mixing methods, and spraying techniques. It covers arsenate of lead and nicotine sulfate additives for pests, dusting with arsenate of lead, soap and tobacco solutions for plant lice, plus notes from Bulletin 51 on fertilizer use and soil building with tables and illustrations.
Clemson College reports Extension Bulletin 51 on soil improvement and economical crop production by N. E. Winters. It highlights five factors moisture control, organic matter, deep plowing, lime rotation, and smart fertilizer use. It notes South Carolina loses millions yearly to nitrogen leaching and the value of cover crops and commercial fertilizers.
Poultry calendar advises dusting hens and chicks with insect powder and treating head lice. Recommend chick mash with charcoal ground bone or meat scraps, sour milk as supplement, and plenty of green food. Warn to watch for crows cats hawks and to spray the house and clean the poultry yard in spring.
The weekly crop summary from the U S Weather Bureau Columbia office reports cool, wet conditions delaying plowing and planting in northern counties while advocating more rain for the coastal plain. Cotton and corn planting proceed with good stands in the east, center, and south, but Piedmont is behind. Wheat rusting, oats and rye faring well, vegetables plentiful, and fruit crops largely good with strawberries ripening. Warmer weather and sun are needed.
William J. Bryan released a letter to President Harding urging a U S representative be sent to the Genoa conference. He says the nation should not be bound by conference terms but should oppose European nations boasting of world rehabilitation. He assigns equal responsibility to Republicans and Democrats for the U S decision.
Athens Tenn April 30 Dr Gus Shipley member of the Tennessee board of medical examiners and a well known local physician was shot and killed here tonight by his son Jack Shipley a deputy sheriff The context describes the shooting as occurring while defending his mother and follows with details from the son’s account
The report describes a confrontation in which a man choked Mrs Shipley as her husband, Dr Shipley, a prominent physician and Republican leader, assaulted them. The son then shot the man in the neck. The son surrendered and awaits coroner's jury findings.
The State Board of Education sets renewal rules for certificates expiring July 1, 1922. Third grade certificates may not be renewed. First or second grade certificates require (1) written evidence of at least half the certificate’s life spent teaching and (2) a record of successful summer school work. Summer schools must be six weeks, with at least twenty days attendance, two approved courses, and satisfactory exams. The board waived the reading circle and, for this year, the summer school requirement for AB or BS degree holders from accredited colleges.
Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrew, chief of staff of the American expeditionary forces from 1918, died at Walter Reed hospital after more than two years of illness. Pershing was at his bedside near the end. McAndrew also served in the Spanish American War and held the post of commandant of the General Staff college. He received the Distinguished Service Cross, British K C M G, and French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre.
In New York on April 36 a 19 year old youth was slain by a 16 year old camper near Jamaica Long Island after a quarrel over spilled soup led to a rifle duel. The two youths, each armed, stalked from behind trees and exchanged shots in a fatal confrontation. Jacob Kabitz led a camping party of four boys and confronted Victor Janoulidich, the cook, prompting the deadly encounter.
Janculidich was arrested on a seven sided charge after Kahitz stepped out and fired bullets toward an opponent, hitting the brain in a fatal incident.
Miss Hattie Hook of Brookland is at the Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Clara J. Shealy of Bateshurs is a patient there. Mrs. J. J. Mack has been carried to the Baptist Hospital for treatment.
Probate judge W F Hook cites kin and creditors to show cause why D J King should be granted Letters of Administration for Eugenia King. Court of Probate Lexington County S C to convene May 12 1923 at 11:00 a m. Publication May 8 1922.
Notice to contractors bids are due by Friday noon May 12 for erection of a brick school building at Gaston Lexington County South Carolina. Two Clemson Bulletin designs offered one with auditorium and three classrooms and another four room plan with auditorium both brick and brick veneering. Plans are on file with County Superintendent. A $50 certified check required with bid and successful bidder must give a nominal bond. Board may reject all bids. M L Pound chairman.
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