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THE NEWS HERD LXXI-No, WINNSBORO S. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919. Established he An ARERS OF AV0W HOLD MEETIN IOVEMENT PUT ON FOOT TO 0 LOCAL ASSOCIATION. tton Association And Its Aims D cussed by Mr. T. M. Seawell Good Crowd Present. Tues%. night at eight thir clock -e farmers of the Avon s< n1 ot :te county gathered in th< ool 1 suqe for the purpose of d sin-- -,e cotton association and ssible put into effect some meth organization of a local assocatic J. E. McDonald of Winnsboro a: speaker from State Headquarte re.scheduled to be present to a s the gathering but unfortunate of these gentimen were provi 'ally kept away. Mr. Seawell, News and Herald was preient ar ussed the cotton situation and 1 s and plans of the American Cc Association. He went into deta the matter of the great need an organization among the fa pointing out the fact tnat co: itions have so greatly changed wit] in the last two years, economic col ditions esneciallY that the time is no at kand when the farmer will be con pelled to do something for himse or fail in his business. The fact wa made plain that old methods of pr tection will not serve now. The plar of the Association and aims in th matter of warehousing and holdin cotton and systemate selling, as we as the matter of true condition r< ports through the Association was dis cussed. At the end of the address quite num er, practically all of the farmer sp t -sig0ed aplication blanks asl ai n, opportnt to I 2t. with the movement. Afte ampaing is put o, rther me2: be held whi" ti-n offcer elected for the local b>dy. FIELD CHAPTER RED CROSS. ATTENTION at has your c-apter done toward 'zation for the Third Red Cros Call? a few weeks the Third Red Cros Call will have begun. 1 your Chapter be ready? ve you appointed your Chapte .all Chairman ? he, in turn, appointed a Di of Publicity and Supplies, a Di of Speakers. a Roll Call Cash Director of the Men'sDivisionl, tor of the Women's Divison, or of the Industrial division an< tor of the War Veterans' Di November 2nd will everyone ii community know that it is rRol "unday ? he also know the many reason! e should join the American Ret for 1920 ? is to be che most economica ign ever conducted by the Re< or by any other organization re not employing campaign ex to -nake it a success; we are it ourselves under the directiol Department of Developmenl 'th the help of every one of ou ers. s is also one of the most impor campaigns the Red Cross has onducted. Organi:atiot. and pub. are the two things that wil it a success; neither cne can be y successful without the other 't let your Chapter fail for lacd er. Organization now, withoui elay; and publicity every day now on so that your Chaptex nswer "here" when the Honox f Chapters is called on Ar nis ay. FAIRFIELD B~E AN HON0OF CHAPTER! ER THAN EVER BEFORE. exhibits and attractions seld ualled and never surpassed in te, the Fairfield County Faix w open its gates on the morn October 22nd fully prepared tc t and entertain, educate and thousands of visitors during e days. A splendid fair is .The demand, for space, the nmber of inquiries. and the ierican L GREAT PROGRAM G1 BYCHAW-_,., R- LECTURES AND ENTERTAP MENTS ABOVE AVERAGE. is. Many of the Numbers are Themselv Worth the Cost of the Season Ticket-Lectures Wonderful. tv i The annual visit of the Radelif - Chautauqua is being made to Winn ir boro this week. The schedule covere s- the first three days of the week and if has been indeed a treat to those wI )d were in position to attend the nun n. bers. The great aim of the Chautat id qua is to elevate and enoble, and it I rs safe to say that the numbers on tb d- schedule for this year's ehautauqu ly certainly carry out that idea. - Th d- entertainments are all good. The dil f ferent companies from the first or id to the last have come in for a ger ie erous round of applause. Each an t- every one has been able to entertai -il i and at the same time to educate. Goo >f and kind words have been spoken o r every number by the people of th I- I community. The one feature of this Chautauquz -i however that has been the outstand ing one has,been the- character of th lectures and the inen delivering then Of the half dozen lectures any on, s,of them was well worth the entir cost of a season tietet. The:lecturel s began on the afternoon of the firs e day by the splendid christian gen tieman, Col. Gearheart. He spoke th< [' first time on "What is Education, -and the night lecture was "The great est Thin.g Man May Know," both o, these lectures were fine. Either o1 a them was, well worth the. cost, of th( s entire series-of entertainments. Nei 7 ther of them" could possibly be de cllowed. would almost make a para dise en ea--th, and while no communit, an folly these i ;eals absolutely,be cause of community weakness, still his words will not leave us witbout ,some real benefit. The other lecturs on the course wee als good, however there was one that ought to be worth much to Winnsboro. This was the lecture of Miss Lambert. Her talks were sim ply wonderful. It is unfortunate that there are so few people in the world with the trained talents' that 'this lady has. Her time spent among chldren of any community would be worth far more than the average school. Miss Lambert is unassuming and does no$t eae the impression that she knows everything. She has that helpful air is fully interested in her work and because of the great need s willing always to help the communities into which she goes. big amusement features already un der contract, all combine. to insure a fair the like of which this City or section has' never before witnessed. The different comniittees are hard at work getting the grounds and build ing in fine condition, and in a fey. days every thing will be ship shape for the biggest and -best Fair everheld. Fine specimens of pure-bred beef and dairy cattle will be here; big hor ses, fine types of mules,and registered swine will all be on exhibition. Oth er departments will be on the same elaborate scale. New features have been arranged. It is the aim of the management to prevent the Fair from being "the same old thing" each year. Of particular interest this year will be the big demonstration of agricultu rml implements and the labor-saving devices for home and farm. Boys' and Girls' Club work will be set forth in a more comprehensive manner than ever before, keeping pace with the remarkt.ble development of this important phase of making the youngsters into more useful and more capable men and women of a new gen eration. All departments will be on a bigger and broader scale than ever before, and the three days promise to be the greatest ever known in Winnsboro. A welcome home to the soldier bays from our County and State will be ex~ tended by the throngs of visitors to ,egion to E TENTH OF OUR SKETCHES OF W. W. DIXON UNDERTAKES LIF] CEEDS s Continuation of Interesting Sketches Great Old County-Women whose eryone's Heart-Men Who were e James Brice was one of thre4 5 brothers who came 'to this countr3 d from Ireland and settled on what i it known as the Roseborough Place nea o New Hope Church. - His ancestor was originally fron L- Scotland, so the late judge Charles s A. Simonton informed the writer, and e was a soldier who won distinctiior a under the eye of Cromwell among e1his famous "Ironsides." On observa. tion it may be said that the manly e hardihood and physical courage of this ancestor have been transmitted d down, without abatement, to the youth n of the family in the present genera d jtion. f Another characteristic of the men e of this family is their respect and reverence for women and, to add a little humor, each seems to have se -lected unerringly a good wife. James e Brice was fortunate, indeed, in his . marriage with Jane Wilson, an ac S'compHshed woman and a daughter of e'Squire Robert Wilson, a man of edu s cation, refinement and ability. There t were six children of this union, Rob . ert, William and the only daughter, Nancy, married Simontons-William being the father of Calvin Brice, Jas. A., who moved to Florida. and others I will give as I write of them. Robert, too, had a large family of which we will give a sketch hereaf ;ter. - .James.Br1cei aSter Unampus Creek Brices, and fromtw, daughters we have the Blaines, -Mil lers,. Clowners, related to the family. James Brice was a successful farm er and business man, acquid a great deal of property in land and slaves and built one of the largest country houses in the New Hope section, which was destroyed by fire in Sherman's raid. The youngest son of James .Brice and Jane Wilson Brice was Walter Scott Brice and of him we attempt this brief sketch prelirginary to lengthier sketches of his children. Walter Scott Bree was born in this: section in 1804, during the adminis traton of Thomas Jefferson and died in Grant's Admnistration in 1871. What a thought that is to us! .To see; our country grow from a narrow strip on the Atlantic to the broad zone across the world to the placid waters of the Pacific ocean, and read and? hear and see of Jackson, Calhoun, Hayne, McDurffie and Pettigrew and the steamboat and the railroad. Af ter attending the schools about his home he next went to Monticello andj then his good father sent him to Mt. Zion at Winnsboro, the best school in South Carolina, called a College then. From Mt. Zion he went to Jefferson College in the State of Pennsylvania making the journey by horseback and! stage coach relays. He did not get back home until he finished the four years course, spending the vacation with friends and sometimes finding employment during the summer vaca-* tions. On being graduated at Jefferson College, he took the full course at the Charleston Medical College and after securing his degrees returned and set ItIed down to his life work in his home neghborhood, as a surgeon and prac titioner of medicine. His place, when he settled on it, was known as the Cathcart place. Dr. Brice with his education, talents and good features looked about him now for a life partner, ar1 picked out one of the prettiest softest eyed, pur est hearted little girls of ti-e Rocky Creek section, (who was she grand children ?) Enmeline Moore. I ' can see her now with her wid'ow's cap on! How you miust have l wc . her! W-a weo t is t .sie of the coun-' +- we will write up thie Moore fam The children of -this marriage were i [.me Michal (Mikel Walter Scott4 Meet at INTMSTING FAIRFIELD CITIZEN P OF JAMES BRICE. AND SUC WELL. of FamoUk Men and Women of Ou Beauty as(Graciousness Won Ev Known -or Their Manhood. Jr., Robert Wade, John Moore, Thor as W., Rebecca Jane, Wilson McDo aid, Samuel G., and David Lenisfoi Dr. Brice was a noted man, and those days a country physician w. the man of greatest influence in t] commurgity. It certainly was the p, !sition hPoccupied-and he could hai att' . d olitical preferment if he h. desired it as is evidenced by his frien< ship and correspondence with Go Means, the latter remembering hi; repeatedly with gifts as of froi ,friend to friend. And further whi he had many slaves and a large ilai tation he turned that over to a don petent overseer, and gave his tim, thought and eiergy unstintedly ar conscientio-drly to the sick and afflic ed of the wide territory in which I practiced. While he did not mal wcalth the chief object of his life pursuit, one, peculiar thing was hi utter horror of debt and he did nc tolerate it in others who showed i their conduct no effort to get out c it speedily. He was a man of very fine np)3ar ance-beautga manners., and yo, were stru, with his personal net ness. He -as Gov. Meaas' .ers(-i physician their relatiis ,cr ir ti sting. Dr. Brice ha, trait with the writ p book"!! Here: p(made 'n 401' fused. ~For e bi death his beedw undei his labors. .- 1871 and wa, interred in Hope cemetery. Dr. Brice dr eight sons and on( daughter. Maj. T. WBrice had eight sons ani one daughter 1 Capt. R. .WAde Brice had six sons and one daughter. Just one daughtei in each family. Five of-Dr :Brice's sons volunteered in the Conifederate armies. Only two returned. I will sketch, in an in timate way, thie lives of these sons ir our next article, but at this momnent when I project my thought in the field of this task, a melancholy see1nis tc pursue and envelop me. What is the cause of this sense of depression? It is the rmajesty of their lives and the splendor dY their performainces. in coparisnGfl with. my own slender ac complishment. The names of these men hover bef~ore my eyes like a se cret reproaeh,. and nitdire Mirs-me that L. shall soort have disap'peared buttrfly like without having done anything! My changeable and rest less disposition will torment me I guess to the end. I shall never see plainly what I ought to do; and yearn ing for the Ideal will cause me to neglect and lose the Reality. . W. W. Dixon. Y. HAMP LUCAS. Mr. Editor: Is it true that you are going to sue little Dunn for breaking your leg? Is Dutch Tennant going to marry Miss Mary Lord? If so, it will be a ase whdre a lord will become a ten Half of this town are kin to Glenn Ragsdale and some pretty girl asks me every day "when is Cousin Bob oming to Cowpens?" I have talked so much to the High School Girls about a certain friend in Winnsboro that they want "puddle duck" over here for Thanksgiving. WHAT IS HELL? Sherman said War;,- Carlyle said Fear of Failure. I say it is to be left without sufficient means to meet the bills at the end of the month. Come in and see me and I will tell you how o avoid having your Wvife and chil :Iren in such a fix.. JAS. L. BRYSON. the Coi GENERAL NEWS 0f THE WHOLE STAT -.0F INTEREST TO EVERYONE THIS COUNTY. r Death of Mr. R. C. Allein of York Mrs. Gaillard Passes-Other General News. DEATH TAKES AWAY ( SPLENDID YORK MA n Robert C. Allein, Long Identified WI LS Buisness Interests of Town. Vic e! tim of Disease. The State. e York, Oct. 3.-Robert C. Alle' d cashier of the First National bank a one of York's best known and mc popular citizens, died at 7 o'clock tf n morning. Death was due to a'comp n cation of diseases from which he h. e been critically ill for several weel - Funeral services will be conducted the Church of the Good Shephe Saturday morning, by the Rev. T. d Walsh, and the interment will be Rose Hill cemetery. e eMr. Allein was 60 years of age. I s was born September 1, 1859, in Vick s burg, Miss. He came to York fro: t Gaffney, where he had lived one < two years, in 1903, to become cashi4 of the newly organized-First Nation; bank, of which his brother-in-law, 4 E. Wilkins, was president. Mr. A - lein served in this c-pacity from tJ i organization of t':e bank until h - death, and much of the success of tl I institution has been due to his tirele, - energy, foresight and splendid abilit; I He was engaged in the banking bus - ness practically all his life and w2 1 recognized as an expert in this line< w.a man o stron idents,in hs of her most public spirited ential citizens. For a number ofyear he had been a member of the -board 0 trustees of the York school district an was secretary of the board. As a trib ute to him the town schools wer closed today. He had long been member of the Episcopal church. Surviving are his widow, who wa Miss Annie Ball of Meridian, Miss. two daughters, Miss Allein of Yorl and Miss Frances Alleink, a student a Winthrop College; one son, Rober Allein, formerly of Colunl>ia but nov of Greenville; one sister, Mrs. Georgi D. Topning of Columbus, Ohio; an one brotner. T. H. Allein of Vicksburg Miss. MRS. MARY ADELAIDE GAILLARD. PASSES AWAY~ Mrs. Mary Adelaide GaiIIard. died a .o'clock Sunday morning at the hom tofherson;AlfredS: Gamlaid,'dnr-1n dleton street,. in Columbia, after period of ill health extending- ove many months. The remains wer4 br>'ught to Winnsboro Sunday to be interred beside those of, her husband and other menmbers of the family the services being held Monday morn ing at 11 o'clock at St. John's church Besides this son in-Columbia she is survived by another son, Wiillam Du Bose Gaillard of Charleston and a wide family connection especially in the lower part of the State. She was in the 7Sth year of her age. Mrs. Gaillard was before her mar riage Marry Adelaide DuBose, th daughter of David St. Pierre DuBose, a representative country gentleman of the low country. She married Alfred IS. Gaillard, a native of St. Stephen Parish, Berkeley county, but at that time living in Winnsboro. He served as a captain of artillery in the War Between the Sections and died five years thereafter from the effects of a wound received in battle. His wid. ow continued to live in Winnsboro uni til her sons were educated and in bus. iness when she moved to Columbia. A woman of genial nature and of cordial pleasant manner, she had a host of friends to whom the news of her passing will be received with sin cere sorrow. Coming to the Fair? inty Fair IEX-SOLDIERS AND SAILORS TO MUSTER THURSDAY OF FAIR WEEK. Every white man now in Fair N field County who served in the Army or Navy during the Great War is expected to be present at the Court House, Thursday, of Fair week, at 2 P. M., to fix 'their names to the Roll of Hon: or in the American Legion.Meet ings are being held in every N. county in the United States to organize into a union all ex-ser thvice men. The National Con vention will met in St. Louis;Mo. Nov. 11. The "Fairfield Coun n, ty" Post is Number 16, of this ad State and the charter'has been . It received by the organization chairman. i Efforts are being made to give the boys a big, dinner. Come at and meet the veterans, for they Ad will all be here. r. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in WANTED: You to know there rae 3 residences in the city of Winnsbor* e for sale. We have them on our list, s for quick sale. May we show themto m you? SMARR REALTY COMPANY. "Real Real-Estate." Winnsboro, South Sarolina. 1- A COMMUNICATION FROM e MR. R. W. PHILLIPS. is Mr. Editor:-I have been looking e over your paper for some time. You s have mentioned about good roads, and r. the farmers' organization.to hold cot- 7 ton, and good schools aid' basebaU\ clubs, but not one word about the o]A veterans ar d their pensions. They are not all dead yet, and thank God who has spared us. The news s s 'B . f kind to the old veter&M ,erine Ladd C apter. Why,,r has grand children living in the coun ty yet. A few more words about good schools. Will say that I did not havf s the opportunitY of getting an educa tion. I would advise every boy and girl to stick to their school and never miss a day. When I was a boy I did no,t want to go to school and my mother put me out to learn a trade. Then came the war and I volunteer ed and went to the army to serve my country. I went in for five years. After the war I came home and found the citizens had hard times here. General Hampton was here and made a sneech. to the whites and negroes m. bthe woods. I went to hear him, and 'after that it was stormy timies to see twho 'vouM -be'-governor., After the organized, the Red Shirts I was up Istairs over the market haIl. Hamptonf Shad a table and one chair. Captain I Dwight and G:lover Jordan were up there with him. Captain Dwight re-. quested me to get his horse and get them to fall into line double file, get in front of them and march them op posite Col. Rion's house. I then re eived orders to match them to the back of his fence and let them all sit stand where Captain Taft was to ek. Col. Rion and Major Wood ard were on the stand. Col. Rioni stood up and introduced him to the eges I knew they wanted to hear n a egr ha, osy He ponted to me wan ehd Iet tosay. e e said, "Old Cmaegoback to the Red Shirts and don't let them meddle, with -r Taft." I then received orders to march them around the stand and all the negroes commenced leaving .fr home adnnweeleft in the streets when w came back,k and then all theRe Shirts left for home. MajorWod ward and Col. Rion came backato sto the boys from throwing eggs a at Taft. They then saw him safe on te train for home. Will you be present at the Fair? Everybody else is coming.