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I ~- I I ESTABLISHED 18U44 FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS A BY OUR 0 MITFORD. Miss Ada Smarr spent Thursday night with her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Glass. Miss Jo Miller Glass entertained a few of the young people of this com munity Friday night. All had a good time. After the games were over cake was served. Misses Jo Miller Glass and Emma Smarr spent Saturday with their un cles, Messrs J. J. Steele and W. B. Steele. Miss Emma Smarr spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Glass. Mrs. W. B. Lumpkin spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. J. S. Glass. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Keistler -and family spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs, M. E Dye, of Richburg. Mrs. MoW!& Dye spent Sunday with Mr. aid Mrsi; M. E. Dye, of Richburg. Mr. Heath Nickles has returned home from the hospital and is getting along fine. Misses Ruth and Jo Miller Glass spent Wednesday with Mrs. J. D. Grady. Mt. Zion B. Y. P. U. will have its meeting Sunday' November 5th, at 4:30 P. M. Everybody is welcojpe, both old and young. UNION. Messrs P. B. Roberts, R. H. and Ralph Lemmon, J. S. Brown and E. E. Davis attended the State Fair one day last week; also Misses Ollie Brown, Dill Brown and Elizabeth Kerr. Messrs- Bernard and Glenn. mem bers of the Billy Sunday club of Co 4 lumbia, held a very interesting meet Ing at Union church Sunday. All who -he"rd Mr. Glenn's talk, enjoyed it very "much. The members of these clu*06 doing agrept work in the ," 1r d'in the nearby country coM our State, and in other M'dame.ernard and C t& r.and ISv i. W par AMrs. Jimmie Ste)% of - r . $eele, of Winnsboro, is visiting relatives in the community. Mr. and Mrs.. Jimmie Steele motor ed to Columbia on Friday of last week. Misses Ollie and Dill Brown and E. P. Kerr and Little Betty Brown spent the day recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown. JENKINSVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Yarborough, Mrs. Katie McDonald and Miss Ev elyn Yarborough spent a day in Co lumbia last week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Babin and children, of Mabihiton, were the week end guests of Mrs. Mabin's mother, SMrs. C. D. Chappelle. Miss Alyse Yarborough, who is teaching in Campobello, spent the week-end at home. Messrs. W. T. Glenn, B. H. Yarbor ough and Charlie Heron attended the Fair in Columbia last week. Messrs B. H. Yarborough, W. T. Glenn and Mrs. Katie McDowell spent -Monday in Winnsboro. Mr. C. F. Elliott, of Winnsboro, was O visitor in our community 'Monday. Hugh Yarborough was at home from Winnsboro, where he is attend ing Mt. Zion Institute, for the week end. UPPER MITFORD. Miss Emmie E. Witherspoon enter tained Misses Janie Ford, Catherine Izleberg and Elma Knight with a dining on the 14th. Mr. Rufus Keistler carried Misses Catherine Izleberg and Alma Knight to Chester recently. "Mr. Heath Nicklos is in Chester Sanatorium for an operation for ap pedicitis, and his friends wish to soon see him at home. Dr. Hamilton and Miss Clements visited the school and v cinated the pupils. The farmers are busy making mo lasses, mostly for home use. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Grady have re turned from their home at Seven Spring Street, N. C. Mrs. J. D. Grady is eating fresh beets, lettuce, cucumbers, lima beans, string beans, tomatoes, roasting ears and Irish potatoes out of her garden. Mr. R. B. McDonald is confined to his be w.ith pleurisy and his many Mr. Edith A stone of Womi hibits, Greatest Columbia.-Ther lina State Fair, the tural, livestock, m meut shot ev4r -hed cording to these -who" the most largely atte The fair, picttired Ain resources- of the Palm the numerous breasts 'of visitors by reason of their bea tiveness. The thousands who grounds were outspoken ments in the changes made; many were a transformation that has in so short a time andth fest a spirit of pride in the arrangement and the equipment which augurk future. The outstanding even , gram under the new the laying of the cornersto opening day of thei.ew ' building by Mrs. Editti VaXd event prophetic in its 'siia Other events that attracted mucb tention were the races on the new h mile track, the excellent exhibits of farn and field products, cattle, swine and- poultry, and the rain. The latter 1hould, not be ommitted. It came ha opening day and settlea the dust ant put the grounds into almost perfect shape for. the balance of the week. When the h-mr approached for tht laying of the cornerstone of theob!tId ig which the women of South-. lida will e grounds ase been erected. pended in. the ly was a had been' ga-of J th ., the fair wa of the speakers On the speakers''stnd exercises were several state'. and a number of women who had been prominently Identified in the campm-g. to raise funds for the building. A band concert was rendered before and during the exercises by Abney band, of Greenwood. Inscribed on one side of the corner. stone of the building is: "Women's building, erected by the women of South Carolina and the State Agricul. tural and Mechanical society of South Carolina. Cornerstone laid October 23, 1922." On the other side "f the stone is Inscribed: "Mrs. Wilson G. Harvey, chairman women's committee, and D. M. Cooper, Jr., president." Dye Concern Doubles Capacity. Greenville.-Work was commenced on the erection of a new dve house.. which will double the capc of the dye plant of the Southern Iranklin Processes company and which will cost about $50,000. The plant has been in operation only about ten months, but the increasing aemand for dyeing work for products of the southern mills, It was said, necessitat ed the enlargement of the plant. Young Lady Fatally Injured. Spartanburg.-Tonla Green, 16-year. old daughter of A. A. Green, of Green.. ville, was perhaps fatally injured In. an automobile accidenit on~the National highway between Spartanburg and Greenville at a point just west of Duncan. Miss Green, in company with Marie Green, understood to be a sis ter; Robert Burgess and Paul Chandler was going in the direction of Green ville at a rapid rate of speed when something went vwrong with one of the rear wheels and the car turned~ over. It was late3r found that Miss Green had sustained a fractured skull. McLeod to Speak at Walterboro. Walterboro.-Memfbers of the Colle ton county post of the American Le gon are laying plans for a large gathering of veterans here November 23, which l.as been designated as Le gion Day at the Colleton county fair, according to James K. Jachles, Legion commander, here. Thomas G. McLeod, democratic nominee for governcor, Judge Mend'el L. Smith, of Camden, and Ben E. Adams, of Charleston, are on the program to speak. The marins band from Parris Island has been s.' cured for the occasion. SREPOR RPS OF CORRESPONDENTS friends are anxious to see him o again. The Mitford school is moving for ward under the able management of the three efficient teachers, and their work is showing up 4itQ4he pupils more and more everyday. If the pupils will work with the teachers they will hve, a successful year, and! be better prepared for life work. Since Mr. J. L. Higgins has had chaige of the roads you can see cars passing at any time from all points, some for pleasure and some for bus iness. As the roads are kept in good conditions it is a pleasure to travel. MONTICELLO. Miss Mary McGill, who is teaching at Blythewood, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. McGill. . Mi. Jonathan Shedd, who has a pc sition in Columbia, spent Sundag v.it'a relatives here. Several from this commum'ty at Lended the State Fair-all seemed pleased. The ball game attracted then. Mrs. W. B. Pearson was in the vil lage Monday afternoon talking about the Hallowe'en party to be given at the school house Friday night.. The ladies are taking much interest in it and we hope it will be a great success. Messrs Burley Ruff. and Andrew Rab. came up from Columbia :at urday evening and remained over Sunday with relatives. AVON. Messrs Y. G. Lewis and David Mc Ilroy, Sr., motored to Winnsboro on Wednesday, the 18th, to attend an important meeting of the board of di rectors of the Wateree National Farm Loan Association. The meeting last ad three hpifrs andws apresided over by Mr. Clyde FranE a federallarni loan bureau examiner. eyrl inrtant attrs pertain retary and tresu p6f Mr. J. rice, school s'uperin tendent,; nsited Avon school Thurs day-last. We are sure he saw some good results worked out by our capa ble teacher, Mrs. Leslie Weir. We are glad to see Mrs. S. G. Brice has returned home again from her, visit to North Carolina and friends at Woodward. A very, interesting moving picture health demonstration display was giv en by Dr. Hamilton and Miss Clem ents, county nurse, on Monday of this week, tuberculosis being the subject. There was a good and ap reciative attendance. MOSSY DALE. We old 'Red Shirt disciples of Eampton well remember the wild ru mors that were afloat all over the state in the fall of Seventy-six as to :he clandestine' midnight meetings ad movements of the negroes.' You :ould hear anything but the truth ad sometimes we would ride with >ut knowing the truth, as we did on :he night of the meeting at Sam rue's school house when May Wood Aard knocked J. B. Smith out of the loor of the house. By the way, that was the night that .Arthur Mackey was converted and camne over to us. But I started out to tell about Beck aam's flight from Columbia. He Aras too young to belong to our club (Greenbrier) but was large enough :o -drive a little rickety ox wagon to olumbia, and while in the city he seard that Governor Chamberlain Nas going to send that day one thous nd armed negroes to some point in :he upper part of the state by way >f the Monticello road; and Beck sam, while young, had sens'e enough :o know that if he was overtaken on :he road by that hoard that he and sis ox would both be trodden under root. So he hurried out of town, stopped at Dr. Enson's place, borrow ed an augur, bored a hole through te dashboard of the little wagon ,ody and poked Buck's tail through tt and tied the end up in a knot. I >vertook him on Crane Creek hill, he w'as peting the whip to the ox for alll that he could do. "My harness md running gear is weak," said he, 'but I dlon't intend~ to be stuck in he mud if Buck doesn't pull out his As I had a lady with me, I had to lea':e him, though I hated to do so. Connue on page three) }}BOM E WORLD -supporting In Favor Reduo Torces. 'President Harding's regular army at its -12,000 officers and "as small as should unless there should in military con the world," is stat to Secretary Weas War department in misapprehension of the army apked for es for 1923. written in reply to a from Secretary Weeks, explaining to thb Pres e estimates for 12,000 of 00 men were being sub. ion of military leaders, guard or reserve was that the minimum rf out the national do 20 was 13,000 officers .President said that -,'believe the govern istifled in exceeding the coming year, in reductiofr beyond , even in the praise -onomy, without de-. ent !o'n:1.tion now onal d.fensa and for -d beiefnts of World on Delayed.. y on the part of bassles in the re action' from its theI Ugited ftheal out -of ough their difpin n here, but W5 as. h.Alplomata would wait v 't~* the missing instructions nr It is the understanding of embassies, however, that the ir 6 their home governments in th instance would permit of no great e* in the matter of presen ation it was understood the Brit ish an ech officials would present the tion to Secretary Hughes ven the Italian communication ad n en received at that time. It is erstood the three embassies. which ye kept in close touch with. olci ~f the Washington govern ent~ ieve that an unqualifled ac eptanc of the Invitation cannot be xpec At the same time, however, hey ar said to hold that the presen ation -id necessary to give this gov rnment an opportunity to participate n the joint consultations of the allies pon lossee growing out of the war. Freight Claim Offiils Meet. Winston-Salem, N. C.-The Virginia 'reight Claim conference, including reight claim officia.ls In North and outh Carolina, Virr'nia and West Vir inia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, met ere and adjourned after consideration f plans for reducing freight claims nd thereby offering greater protection o shippers. Co-operation from the public was mphasized and a uniform method was discussed for handling excess and stray freight. Other points discussed ere thefts from cars of special con struton, co-operation with special gents to prevent freight claims and elimination of freight overcharges and rdercharges. Railroads represented at the meet :ng were the Norfolk and Western, th orfolk Southern, Southern, Winston Salem Southbound, Merchants and iners Transportation comnpany, the hesapeake and Ohio, Pennsylvaia and Western Maryhsnd. Death For Aviator. Okechobee, Fla.-Wilford A. Rettig was killed and Charles Douglas was seriously injured when an airplane i13 which they* .were . flying,. foll' in the streets of this toen.' Reftig is sai'd to have been a former, army aviator. ouglas lives at (arrett, Ind. The men were piU ver this eity when the plane we~~#nosjd~ye t a height of , -hfdre feet nd fell -hn fronto ibank Sev eral hundred p sp. = the~l The plane was a NqEWS LETTER AND HONOR I MONTH WkEKLY NEWS LETTER FROM WINNSBORO MILLS An old land mark is passing out of existence at the mill. The old two story brick building used so long for offices, store, lodge rooms and pic ture hall is being demolished this week. The building has been stand ing for many years. The brick and other materials show effects of long exposure. Decay has found its place there as it finds its place in every physical and material realm. The old building has bowed to the inevitable and come to its end. Not however until it has served a career of usefullness. It has gone the way 6f all the earth. As this old build ing has gone so must all things ma terial and physical go. One thing re mains, and that is a memory. The building had a character-a material personality-and in a few days, only that will remain. It reminds us that in a few dags this physical building also must gd the way of all the earth -"earth to earthit dust to dust, and ashes to ashes", and only one thing will remain-Personality, character sofl if you please. Decay comes in eviiably to all men-an end must come. The bricks and motor and fame work of our human lives shall be dismanteled and shall crumble into dust. But the sould of that building, the character that we have builded is a thing immortal eternal shall go. to its reward.' We believe that rewards hereafter are based on good and evil. The good character or the. bad char acter receives a good or bad reward to expose. jeW are not going to expose any body by name but just stop for a mo ment to say that we saw a number of our folks head out for Columbia last Thursday and Friday. On Thursday we have a notion that they were going to tue Fair grounds for the express of carrying "the children" o.J as ~ exhibits .and incidentally Foot-bali classic of .the Clemson and Caro ~the Way any, but we saw some them at both places.. On at Sunday morning the 11 o'cock hour at the Baptist church was taken over by the Sunbeam hand under the leadership of Mrs. G. C. Gibson and Mrs. G. H. Lokey. A splendid programme of recitations, songs and scripture passages was giv en. The. children had been well train ed and rendered a very creditable programme. Every Sunbeam from two years old and up had a part on the programme. Mr. Frank B. Cawley, of Peabody, Mass, a husky specimen of manhood, with a smile that never fades, and with a -handshake that convinces, has co'n&di ake up the job of service manager. One thing we can say for him to begin with is that he is big enough to take care of himself. He stands about six feet in his stocking feet and weighs about 197 pounds. He is bashful, however, and postively refused to give his life's history for print. He promised however, that as we get better acquainted to let us in on some of the life experiencez in far plaecs of the earth. We welcome Mr. Cawley with an open mind and heart. Well ladies, we do not know whether he is married or not, so better go slowly. Born on last Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. John Gregory, a daugh ter. The little lady came with a couple of front teeth ready for chew ilg. Mr. Gregory is all smiles and if the flowers begin to bloom again you may know it is a tribute to the little daughter of the man who cultivates and loves the shrubs and flowers of our village. The new Methodist church is grow ing rapidly now. The members of this congregation are looking forward to the day when they will have a real church home. Mr. W. E. Sentell who has been ill at his home for over two weeks is improving slowly and s'ays that' he hopes to be at his job again in a week or two. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clarance Dove sympathize with them in the loss of their infant child. Fun eral services were conducted Saturday afternoon by Rev. George C. Gibson and the remains were laid to rest in the Community Cemetery. The new office is about completed and in about two weeks the office force will rejoice to be in their new quarters.. (Contnned on page eight) LOLL FOR THE IT MOUNT ZION INSTITUTE. The football game at York wig' a one. Outweighed UA for ld, Mt. Zion put everyfjme she had in the- struggle.. Thi was- i4 to 6 in favor afYork--**t Mt. Zion fought the odds against lier to the very -ininh. We l'ost, but we played the game. "When that Scopegne To mark agaiist you He'll mark not whetherr Dd lost, But how you played t Did anybody here see Johnson. eighty-five yards for a touchdown at York? And did anybody else see the. machine-like play of tha whole teaz enable the speedy quarterback pull it of ? It was worth'seeing as a splei did .llustration of what team ..wrk can do. "All for one and one idr all" is the motto in 'football and: in life. We are not looking for individual j stars. We want men who work withR and for their teammates, and we want a team which backs each of its members, giving every mai s chance to do the best that's in him. Winthrop Training School invaded Mt. Zion on Wednesday. The two teams, pretty evenly matched, fought each other to a scoreless tie. The visitors were a fine, genmtlemaly lot We enjoyed their vi'it as we enjoyed our trip tp' see them. Tests for the. first month are and gone. The eleventh grade is iing in sight of the goal. G day is, for them, j.st whole bunch oughtaktc M The attendainde Al of this session has Mt. Zion has feet. 1anally justifiabl,tI of beaoiflb One bli. -ight to be Ignorant on in the world. he many boys and girls of thie High school could give an intelligint ac count of the fall of the Lloyd-George government in England. Big things are happening all over the world, and cultured people know about them. Owing to possible inaccuracy in making up the report, the honor roll for the high school does not appear in this issue of The News and Herald It will come out later. Honor Roll for Grammar School. (Highly Distinguished means an average of 95 or more on all sub jects. Distinguished means -an av rage of between 90 and 95 on all subjects.) First Grade. Rose Cathcart, Margaret Crawford, Marie Geiger, Margaret Lindsay,- Hel en Parks, Idele Sam, Isabel Turner, argaret Timms, Laurie Brice, Al ert Doty, Thomas Lee Douglas, Hen ry Harrison James Horne, Rowell MeMeekin, Ernest Propst, Dean Wil ingham. Second Grade. Highly Distinguished-Annie Bell razell, Emma Gene Clowney, Emma ouise Clowney, Rebecca Douglass, etty Lindsay, Mary McMaster, Hel n Milling, Mary Steele Richardson, rances Halford, John Johnson, Ed ard McMaster, Jack Quattlebaum, Lslie Timms. Distinguished-James Aiken, An nie Frances Crawford. Third Grade. Highly Distinguished-Ned McDon ad, Jack Propst, Eugene Summney, Ed Rion, Marjorie Porter, M. E. ark, Patsie Davis, Tallu Center, Ma y Long. Distinguished-Marion Rawls, Car >line Arnette, James Brice, James ackson, Grady 'lurner.. Fourth Grade. Margaret Macfie, Ella Johnson, Liz ~ie Elliott, Thomas Lemond. Perfect Attendance-Margaret Mac e, Ella Johnson, Lizzie Elliott, Cal ie Brazell, Thomas Lemond, Zelmia rice, Catherine Wells, Nell McMeek n, Wilhemina Aiken, James Craw ord, William Willingham, Franklin hristmas, Joe Cathcart, Genie Horne, ugh Timms, Robert Timims. Fifth Grade. Distinguished-Nelle Douglass, Car ie Cathcart, Norwood Obear, Tom lliott, Eugene Stover, Clarence eese, Granger McMeekin. (Continued on page eight)