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414 Vol LXX N~39. THE WINNSBORD~ R .D V-0_ __ _~sab~e2 GARD 119 4 29 E'.' ,.- mmmm -- O)or Cportu Com to everyone, an quire a cash gay What will yo portunity comes ing for it now? Many---ver~ paring for oppo: *Why don't YOU Bank 0 OTATO SI McMaster & Gladde t, to supply you with tato Slips at $1.75 per nd $1.50. Cash with< -These are bedded ai uch better than those: GIVE US '3 EN SEED col th It the Standard yo IE sl * ga -ga me uits * thi col ,Shore cel W( M thers .1 ; - ~sp le"3e is lnlele e t e at yol dal c a thhygnral e s rnnlml ag.al wa c ~ dowehnyourop-int an< i thl: 0't0,t at thi bak" Mi an Pr,S. for SA En ith: nf will be in position on May D Nancy Hall and Porto Rico nu thousand from 2 to 5 thou rder. If id grown here and will do cl you get from foreign oakeS Sli rOUR ORDER. LMO IECOLIM Of FAIRFIELD -IINT (BY W. J. ELLIOTT.) he old Brick Church, ts it is amonly called, is situated on a left side of the road just be nd Kinkead's bridge over Little ,er.. This old church has a ;tory a'd a tradition. It is the tce where th' A. R. P. church, at present corstituted, was or nized Theministers' who or nized 'the church government it there in 180 and adjotrne.4 a first day of'the meeting tq vene at Monticello the fol ving day. So in reality the eeeders" :organized it'Mbnti o. Tradition has it -that the 4xen of the ongegatio&-ixed mud from which 'the brick me inade wvith 'their bare'feet. t I think. some woman is re Ysible or.this. statement) ermdn's~men who crossed'Lit River at;his point f'und the or of fhe bridge gone.and'they 'eupihe church floor to air Obridge On Othe *allsofthe afehey wrote an apo for. see g the fuk teariuig un the'floor,but ex sed ie-nRelveO on ggd iemmiyP A.,Cap~t lye~ 10 aseear oau .de.(Abiutj86 e nped i h oeb-e athah id told his rinS th@ cbeuld eao Uh n dr irr~y irk 'vd oft6ntiel night He said veryoften the d 6f -a ' wagon' runnming over i roads could; 1 heard, but no gon:eould; ever be found by n or'those with 'him. Capt. H. Gaillard told me that he cross 'the bridge on4 niight in the ter art of the year 1815, rid r Capt. Mbultrie Dwight's ire, and as he entered' the Ldge (a covered bridge) ithe ire halted -and could not 'beI red on. ~She wheeled.around ,eral times arid seemed terribly ghtened and"would not enter. aally 'pulling army pistol he ap ed both spurs to her sides and shed through at full speed. dompanied by Mr. G. W. Rags le I passed this place on a dark ht abont 9 o'clock. As we proached the bridge he said, 11, we will see if the old say e is true, that man, or horse, ' or the other, or both; will be ne frightened. We were driv Mr. Staunton's horse which .s 28 years old. All went well we got opposite the church. Len the old horse snorted like olt playing on a frosty morn ,turned around before we ld check him and was dashing o the opening of the bridge. .Ragsdale got out a weapon d ran in the direction of the md of retreating foot steps, t he could not find any one. was impossible to get the horse without leading him around a place where he became fright ,MCLURKIN AS TAME O'SHANTER During his life time Dr. T. B. idden told me of an experience a late Dr. McLurkin had in an church in upper Fairfield, her "New Hope" or "Fellow ip," which rivals Burn's Tam Shanter. In fact, for the thing occur to a sober man I think more trying on the nerves, for m O'Shanter was drunk, and .McLurkin was sober. The ctor had been to some of the merous households in that sec n where his name was a house Id word and returning after dnight was overtaken by a arful storm. As he neared the urch the outlines of which were ide visible only by the flashes the iterrific lightning he con ided he would seek shelter in le the building. Country arches were rarely ever locked thosAe dayns he had no trouble door. ed, ani with hinW . or againsti te his hand sw his horse aiid i shut out thebi 'rattedaais the floor .and td because of the der. Allwasda 4 ness. For quiteAl maze would nei it-was useless. tr.*k her.as -her kind.I. wasylost in the I~ and.the peltin lightning e the Doctor as one very buifklng .so~t~ mor lihnnbt er Wa it nheg h visibie. on',e disiie ,a man::wit .haggy db-A go6d:,ong __,per morelihntn b A :flslit the .s. "3A oie wose--nam0-e .1hve. appeare itbe nd riddeinquii'ffr a bohraho had beer' twor'hreedays2 Det of Confederate Soldier SDied' in Clinton Kthe 15th of4 Eebruary Mr. James McMeekinzi in his 84th year., ae was born i and reard 1 n- Fairfield. i e mafried Miss Salie Douglass, a N daughter of Mr. Alex Dougrlass,1 also of Fairfield. iThe familvy moved to the up country about 20 years ago. .His wife and four sons survive him, all of Clinton. He entered the army in Januay' 1861 and joined Greggs 1st regi-'j ment for six months, he served|1 on Sullivans Island and was on Morris Island when fort Sumter, surrendered. After the surrend er of Sumter, the regiment was t. disbanded. In July 1861 he with I his six brothers enlisted in Capt.t Hayne McMeekm's Company andc was mustered into service for the war in the 12th reziment. The i command served on the coast un- f til April 1862 and was then trants- t ferred to Virginia. He was min most of the engagements in Vir ginia under Gen. Lee. He was i severely wounded at Sharpsburg on Sept. 18th 1862, was capturedt in August 1864 below^ Richmond, I was held as a prisoner until the a war ended. His brother was a killed at the second battle of, r Manassas in August 1862, Thorn as was killed at Spottslvamia t Court house in May 1864. Rob ert died in Richmond,: William t died in prison, Joel surrendered with Lee, Joe was home on sick frlow at the surrender. Mr. Jim was, the last survivor of the old McMeekin family. From one who served with him. Roll of Honor. Otis Richardson, Raymnondii Beckham, Herbert Taylor, Clarkb Taylor, Wallace Beckham The<i-< dore Tavlor, Rebecca Richardsori, ' Alice Taylor, Margaret Nelsorj,< Dorothy Nelson,. Aline Taylor,< William Beckham. Fifth month i of Simpson school. Six new Girls' Tomato elubs have been organized in Florenet I] county. If 'sAnne Jane Neil died at thehomof 'her .grandson.C. I Bell one mile noi-th of Blackstdck i2 p m. March 2, 1916. rIth&daAo Mrs. Neil th ere .aone of the most re nia omen this section has S or gini Lurgon county S4,8ia4 14, and lacked >Myibitwo :Jnths of readh &g::vhe aanIage. of 102 e -idlfiF poisessed a a- ul n:iidd and "memors. ieipareits Arhibald, and Eliza ran, eei&thiis euntry when. [rs.iNeilha:less than -ouI ers,f ae, y t4 having land in Chrlesto December 20" [8j,T,-buteven this age she re nebeed1 _na yin-cioents of the ong vogghetso many scenes of' ier home ineh:e old country arid o vhenividly- even ipfE,'r Edeath. Her MV!ihfoawile in Berk 406and then mcane to . I sez ttled or6 what is &kxwniante:Gaillardplace niis bast of Wdod K nEd ef>herfjife was 6~ ini P Firfield and 34h nforedomni ---------ng had "*standard ."'~~ry~ g nd.she did 04. h iovelsof to ;rr~irbile.nmory 'erAe ppropiae -eady . .t... he .ad Shwa isW tooad ino manw~ htLio5 S2ni*~araantnbTyShe a il er nd e bynder lyei xute to he ehd exdept litefor t clasetoh yearpstr re col deryto aIe sn a as a4 tariefto pe ashec oudz na her oe Bible. i-si hseemet naruser ices aihr >fen as psierad coutald heiar he~ sermon radey ti the ienedt the fConll Cenofmun bty, ilst an falondwa te eIIter ftactin. there.decp Whenr the wdst9 yearsold sh~e nae;he o'd versel largelya mitf fiing neele. txpac a mcn iment at gt grae of her'fatIhe rnd .m er led Bich fas issible r an hesl She he sn grand. ileny it c ribtedanthn forwl thismm aria stfal, an ate od wthef A f yarsaco the amilyn sheysa purhased shs oad come andtae herefor laridey or seln the pvroat oelieer i >rotgres wende she wac aconvice met wa te prgres.h ate She .a motrrined fac earl which oaMr.nsesibedilorndherself.ftee eetodnoalan of h er c hilfo oine a grturirng to con iteighborhin fo r thaeiks tmoemk riare she spnt todthe rsefde Aew ar ago issuvie her s uooBleood; sent fohim Ni o Tenese and ehr freen rieil orshe was ever to elive incr emetery bwhen he ast vned nthr as tr e resenef or.essoNcore and rlaive ate e ariageinAt he reuealltuhe eintr of Chetr county fok leie onbe rvetrnimple toShe tasgaborhoed of Bh Methdstk :hurc he set ws re aihner rear ago. She mi ises foralvied rend ciistred Mrs.e Lydi dobt fTessee intd to. Gree eil She wart-Po esty Copnycod ewberery bwen ithe vlstrst iemndsv lAt herrequtallt :IENEWS, Charles Shannon has been ap ponied postmaster at Caidend Rev.,W; DA Wakeflield, for sev-i eral years pastor of the s-oAdt Baptist churchof Columbia, has'.1 resigned ot acount of bact health. ' James Smith' a twelye ye old boy of North AUgusta was killed ou 1oa afterhoon'b a heavy. mo tortruck. 'Sumter has completed the sale of the 3Suniter Street Paving Bods, aknd now has over $228, 00 delosited t-pave the streetw7 6f the thwn. Revs W: B."Wharton, superin tendent of the Epwdrth orphan- - age -is' in Baltimore -t Johns Hopkins hospital, undergoing e treatment. ^ "Tdi.G nwood lodge of Elks' has closd a contract for a home- " f6r their odge. Supposedly thi wilUbe the handsomest home fo any lodge of Elks in the state. From April 1?to 22 Columbi4' Will have-an. autonobile.show41 Craven hall This is the first4 show of the kind tobeheld.in the state' Abel. Coopei a young hite man, arrested- in reenwood last Friday,7 charged with stealigr B James H.,Haimion's ford tou ing ear-as it was standing front ofthe State house. - It waC&di er Liat the eitNr fiLaurens, a wnicipaliy, s ithodeha corpoitinig the.city or 'ea haying expired. Witi si e fair Association 6f 'die .60trepresented, the Oudt1hieolina Federation @f Nais;hed 4most successful con fa~ene.t he Jeffeigson Hoti umWi- 'lisi Thursday pitICity'I.undry o4 ot& roonis 'rda.bir6ershp. ~Je~the i-ons were bepiedj andThis said:ddiain nfst casesr there was very little mnsurancej earijed.d Af ter attacking his wife.vt w an ae andle- R. ee Johnson, C of-etiuee, ,shot-and Finstantly killedi himself. vith -a shott gun' last Thui'sdaya morriin"g Mrs: D Johnson is in a aritical condition in a .Coluribia~ hospitaL III health is assigned as the cause of the niad deed. - Daniel Cannup, the .our white mani who was placeddn jail in York county some time-ago on the charge of. killing his brother-irr-law; Tom T a vtl o r; whose skelet'on is - believed to, have been found in some woods' near Rock Hill, has been released without bail. The eevidence against him is' said to be slim. He is to be tried :at thelApril term of court. T At a preliminary hearing of' er the case before United States Commissioner at Orangeburg last ni Saturday, Charlie Johnson madeI a full confession of how he had been robbing ,the mail at Den mark, where he- was porter at iH the union station, and had charge >f the transfer-mail. Johnson was arrested because a negro who had also been stealing -the mai, r'eported him. George B. Perkins of Boston, who is charged with killing F. W. R. Hinman, business man ager of the. Jacksonville Times [non, while he was a passenger~ n a Clyde steam shi'p off the :oast of North Carolina, will be tried at the Florence term.- of :ourt now in' session. He was tied in 'Columbia last year and di sentenced to three years on them :harge of manslaughter, but this fo verdict was set aside by the fed- h eral court of appeals at Richmond f -and a new trial ordered. ia Sam Linder an aged white is. man of Spa.rtanburg county,; jumped' for his life from the Enoree river trestle of the C. & W. C. railway, which is 44 feet bigh, last Monday afternoon. He was walking just about the middle of the trestle when heM realized that a freight train was mn only a few feet away from him. mi and to leap was the only thing tb he could do to keep from being t struck by the train. He landed p on his feet in deep mud, and 'R suferd nly a dislocated hip. IT1 The fol1winig it ions an&Dctoa1i eg T ever eenin The' Millee .ateDougW Bu's FiryT Thitcomb,Riley: ~ T Her Name - S IiWnu Small Boy n -Elliott. Changing.theEt. i4 1 sBoyd CalhU The Annexatl eganRice. An aSer nery Stua GabrieL th& Lolin A id Proet r J rd 6ur; Fol tGhingin The D Nig Poor oftee Beiid o Thea oi ecania The Aiefin~ Tahe yingdir TheRma Setne Linen Bte ore WaeLoo e Revtonas-ryat. FredomaWatio R Athrism-Mortes TAmerican Aspiraion-~ unter. ThefMrtyrn Prein BTe ofewace?ro i* ThcelMbiectorpeIkg Librt ndeutyStows. Wof the Leg Lie-Nro e Aftericansirin b .idsdrom tiern oweso4pbi, e gs i Minnsro ored .a leeiin rthe post-Vfnce. "Ucei Tes leased toresn lodtion God and F. A.Desoresf& Wro of ten ears Socalhe st Office Will ai hee Hoboo in;t Jr. an a Aftoer ider liott d hernf a r.an Mr. . A. Elliotere eiod fren yers Sohe e soien will remin Mre t'.~* rnMr. and Mrs. .Elot,wr on;. at'906 Barnwell s 4~