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' . r * . ' . , J 1 -* 'l . t ft} '***?. *%fl " vj S^-I SRMI. wuKur. ^^ L. M. grist-s sons, pubH.her.. gi ^amtls Deirspaijer: ^or tlu promotion of the political, Social, Igrirutlnr^t and (Commercial Interests of the people. . TER"^sc?p*E?iviNcra?*NCI? ESTABLISHED 1855 ~~ YORK, s7c., T tJESD A. YTAIJGUSTIQTI9'21. ~ . 1STO. 65 VIEWS' AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED IIP BY ENQUIKER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. ?-"It is no easy Job to tyarbeeue meat. 1 have had my first experience today whift assisting Mr. Kirby and I know whereof I- speak." So said Mr. Vines D. Howell to whom Views ana interviews was talking1 at Hopewell school house, last Friday. "We started #to barbecueing the meat for the picnictoday about 1.30 this morning," Mr. Howell went on to say, "and we had to keep right' after it until it was ready to be served shortly after noon today." Remembers Kirby. "1 remember that fellow S. J. Kirby very well," said W. T. Bradford, of the Beth-Shlloh neighborhood. "I got to know him when I was a guard on the chaingang about ten years ago. He was sent up for cruelty to one of his children. According to my recollection, one of the neighbors reported to the police that the child had been brutally whipped and left in the back yard with a smothering iron tied to it. Kirby was sentenced to pay a fine or go to ^he chaingang for thirty days. While on the chaingang he seemed to take pleasure in telling how he had sold liquor and violated other laws." An Effective Advertisement. "Speaking of effective bank advertising," said a prominent banker this morning, "here is one of the most effective advertisements I have ever read in a newspaper: It was originally printed under the caption, 'Listen to This.': June 1914, State Ranks of South Carolina had on deposit 142,000,000 June 1921, State Banks of South Carolina had on deposit $81,000,000 What are you kicking about? (Jo to work. Be economical. Deposit your money in a strong bank. Prepare your lands early for fall and spring trucking of all kinds, and, with a very small acreage of cotton, Barnwell County will become the richest county in the lower part of the state. BANK OF BARNWELL. HARRY D. CAHOFN, President. Government Hurts Cattle Business. Mr. H. E. Ferguson, well known cattle dealer of Yorkville. was discussing the cattle business the other day. "Business Is away off just now," said he, "and according to all indications it will be for some time. While it is a fact ^hat people do not eat as much steak and beef in the summer as they do in th? winter that is not altogether the reason for the great slump of the past several months. When the World War came to un end the United States had on hand thousands and millions of pounds of beef bwught from the great packing houses to furnish the soldiers. The government since then has been getting rid of this great store by selling it to the general public. The butchers who sell fresh beef find that they cannot compete with the government prices and consequently the beef business is on the down grade while hundreds of butchers have gone out of business. There will be no change in the situation until the government supply is consumed by the public." Miss Melinda Melville, 38 Says: The more rapidly u man goes, the more likely he is to be overtaken and tripped up by the wrong woman. The vital trouble with tlie modern girl seems to be that she is bound to choose between the harrowing uncertainties of marriage and the harrowing certainty of being an old maid. Summer resort: The Land of nearcream and almost-honey, of near-love and almost romance, of near-sleep and almost comfort! Love is a thing of spirit, as well flesh"; and, unless the love you feel has something in it that seems t< touch Divinity, it is not loye, but imagination. Motto for a Husband: He sure you'n right?then go ahead, and do as youi wife tells you. The shyness and fright, with which; man asks a girl to marry him. an exceeded on'y by the boldness and au dacity, with which he asks her morel; to kiss him. New dances come and new dance go, but the good old waltz, under ; new and more improper name, ever; summer, will go on forever! It takes a cleaver woman to kno\ when and how to say bright, origin;: tilings?and a genius, to know whe and how not to. Asparagus Cultivation. "Up state people may not know it but it is a fact nevertheless, that Ham berg and Barnwell county farmers at rapidly getting away from the idea < depending solely upon eotton and ai devoting mueh acreage and effort t the growing of aspai'agus," said bright young woman of lJambci'i with whom Views and Interviews coi versed the other evening. '"I am orig nally frum York county," she went < to say, "and I must admit that 1 didn know what asparagus was when I first ] moved down the country. It was pack| ed in bundles or bunches and I actually had to ask what it was. The asparagus industry has been growing in our section for several years. It brings a dollar a bunch or bundle on the local j market and commands fancy prices in | the east. While prices have not been jus high this year as last, still they! | have been good. Farmers around j | Bamberg are very much worried about j j the cotton prospect. We had five con- J tinuous weeks of rain recently and the j ] prospect for a cotton crop is almost nil. Many farmers are now talking | lettuce and other truck in addition toj | asparagus for another year and it looks now like cotton is going to be I a mosi auanuuneu. . . ? . TOOLS NAMED FOR ANIMALS. Connection Often Apparent But Not Always Clear. There are quite a number of tools which are namekl after animals, and it is interesting' to find out the connection between the instrument and the animal after which it is named. In some cases the connection of ideas is evident and it is obvious why the tool is so named, observes a writer In London Answers. The "monkey wrench," for instance, which is a spanner with a movable jaw, capable of adjustment, can, by a little stretch of imagination, be thought to possess some likeness to a 1 monkiw's profile and, true, it deals with "Jiuts." The "donkey engine," which is capable of lifting great weights, may be considered similar in disposition to the animal noted for its stubbornness and strength. We can see how the mechanical "crone" got/its name. In the distance it looks somewhat like that long-necked and long-legged bird. It is also natural that in a country like the United States, where large herds of cattle were found roaming wild, the wedge-shaped iron frame in front of a locomotive should be called "cow-catcher." The carpenter's ' horse" is naturally so called because it has to carry so much on its back. The derivation of the tailor's "goose" is not very evident, but no doubt some long-forgotten, imaginative and poetically minded tailor, in a burst of inspiration, called his smoothing iron a "goose," and the name has been used ever since by his more practical successors. The trivet used to support a vessel ^ver the fire, with its long, thin legs, is naturally called a "spider," and it j is obvious why a spiral instrument or iron screw is called a "worm." Also j we can all see why the large iron pokj er which, being made red hot, is used : for lighting tires, is called a "salaman! der." It is not easy, however, to see the" connection between a crab?a flat, clumsy animal?and the pillar used as la winch; and why a capstan is called a "crab" is difficult to imagine. Again, the liar of iron sharpened at one end and used as a lever for raising weights is named a 'crowbar," for no evident reason, and I would gladly take my hat off to the man or woman who can explain to me the derivation of the name "bucksaw," "catboat," and "bullwheel." ELKS ADOPT "BILL." Ate So Many Clothes He Had to Be Corralled. "Hill," the outlaw elk of Yellowstone. has been adopted by members of New York Lodge 15. I'. O. K., says a Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, dispatch. Hill had been in disgrace. His crime lay in being too tame. Residents of Mammoth, where park headquarters are located, spoiled Hill by teaching him to eat from their hands. From a ! pet he became a pest. So tame was he alter a season or two that he no longer joined his brothers and sisters in their wanderings about Yellowstone , and became an outcast. I 'Also his tastes degenerated. They became almost goatlike. The day came when no laundry hanging from ? the backyard clothesline was safe from his appetite. His special taste i was for little silken dainties. So they locked Hill up in a corral and "there he has remained. Then came the crowd of New York ' | Hlks, visiting the park on their way i home from their recent Los Angeles convention. A group of them visited the corral, where a number of calves ' *,?*.. *i tun L <?l ,t "Hello, Hill!"-cried one of an ap* j preaching group. Hill knows his name ' nnd thinking lie was being summon! ed, hurried up for food. So surprised was 1'atrick McGrath, i exalted ruler of the New York lodge, j that he dropped a slip of paper he had " been holding with other mail, in his hand. It was a membership applica' tion. v I Now Hill has a particular fondness ! for scraps of paper and many a tnaga" ! /.ine hero and telephone number hav? lisappc-ared down his throat. A mo| ment later and Hill had a metnhershii : tucked inside of him. After that there was nothing left bu e to bestow some sort of honor on the if outcast. Accordingly lie was official!.' appointed western mascot of the lodge o And they arranged a special b; n<nie a i for him. ' K. i ? i- , Doing His Bit.?The man who say i-j styles are shocking is always willini m I to be a shock-absorber.?Chambers 't I'ublie Opinion. HOPEWELL PICNIC J Ten Days Singing School Comes to I v a Close With Big Barbecue. ? UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD PRESENT Great Community Gathering Marked Clo^e of School?Delicious BarbeI " cue Prepared by an Expert?Refreshment Stand Did a Good Business?School House Center of Activities. I (By a Staff Correspondent.) Hopewell, Aug. 12.?People of Hopewell and the surrounding country to the estimated number of 500, assembled here today on account of a picnic and barbecue held in connection with the closing of a ten-day singing school conducted in the school building under the leadership of Prof. J. \V. Humphries, well known singing school teacher of the Wiikinsville section of Cherokee eou ity. There were some thirty odd members in the singing school which came to a close today, and they took a great interest in trying to improve themselves in song. Because of the picnic feature and the fact that it was the closing day.of the singing school, the regular pupils in attendance were augmented today by scores and scores of other singers and from early in the morning until late in the afternoon the school building . resounded with the sound of old time Gospel songs in praise to the Almighty. A feature of the singing convention's cosing day programme was the appearance here of Mr. T. Meek Wylie, blind musician of Jonesville, who presided at the organ. His playing was considered really wonderful und quite remarkable by those of his audience who had never heard him before; but there was nothing new in it \o most of the audience who have known him since his childhood. Cheerful Despite Infirmity, i A comparatively young man, deI prived of the sight of both eyes, he | wears a smile on his face all the while and there is the Joy of living written I large'y on his countenance and he spreads sunshine among all with whom | he comes in contact by reason of his | cheerful manner and optimistic look | Ull inc. The Dinner. Shortly after noon a picnic dinner was spread on a long table built near the school house for the purpose. It j was a typical Hopewell picnic dinner and as usual there was plenty of it and to spare. Whi'e it would have J>een a most complete and thoroughly enjoy,able dinner without, the big feature of that dinner was barbecued beef. There were forty gallons of it prepared by Mr. H. .1. Klrby, famous barbecue chef of. Wilkinsville No. 1, jvho stated that ' this is the third barbecue I have prepared since I laid by my crop." It ! was done to a turn. There was plenty ! of it for everybody and everybody enJoyed it. Mr. Kirby was assisted in ils preparation by Messrs. V. D. Howell, J. E. Mitchell, J. W. Smarr and Robert Smarr. The dinner being placed on the long table with a huge pasteboard platter of j barbecue for each diner, grace was said by Rev. J. M. Latham of Patter- i son Springs, X. C., who is spending some time among relatives and friends 1 in the Hopewell section. Then the folks i fell to it. Hut there was enough left to feed another crowd at least half as large. j After dinner most of the crowd visited the soft drink and refreshment stand where Messrs. \V. T. Dowdle, J X. Smith and others presided and which was operated for the ben lit of Hopewell school. Liberal patronage was given and the receipts for the day totaled quite a goodly sum. The crowd re-assembled in the ?i .id in the after IatllUUI I1UUOC l.vv.v ... noon. Hinging Master Humphries was assisted by his brother, Mr. Wade I Humphries of Wi'kinsville; Prof. Robert Moss of Smyrna, Mr. Ben Hammet of ^Cherokee county, Mr. J. E. Bobbins of Hopewell, and others and the singing continued practically all j the ufternoon, with the exception of a 1 few minutes when n short talk was made by .las. D. (I cist of The Yorkville | Enquirer at the request of the promoters of the community meeting. Center of Activities. Hopewell school house is the center of all activities of this community. The school building is a well constructed, two room house, kept neat land clean. There are pictures of Ca. mous statesmen 011 the walls and it 1 presents a most attractive appearance. Trustees of Hopewell School District j Xo. 3X are Messrs. VV. I. Howel1, H. C. I Bobbins and J. K. By rum. Two teach. era are employed although the trustees . have not as yet obtained a principal for the year 1921-2:!. Miss Lena Wilk. erson. a teacher ol several years' ex. I perience has been employed as assist, ! ant for the coming year, however. Sunday school is conducted in liope, well school house every Sunday. Few j people of the community fail to atl tend Sunday school. Mr. B. it. Jones . is the efficient superintendent, and the . Sunday school has a permanent en1 rollmcnt of pupils that totals about 100 t Preaching services are also held at 1 Hopewell school he use on the second Sabbath of each month. Itev. Carl McH i Cully of Sharon, is the pastor. SJ j Bright Crop Prospect. -. Unusually bright is the crop prosI peet in the Hopewell section, accord ing to well informed farmers. There have been good sensons. The farmers have worked hard as usual and the crop just now, especially cotton, gives promise of a big yield. While he has not shown up In the vicinity of the school house the boll weevil has recently been found within two miles of , here, according to information obtained by this correspondent today. But his presence is not giving the farmery here a great d '1 of concern just now. They will tackle his problem when his tribe begins to Increase. GARTER SNAKE A SUICIDE Hangover Wti More Than Little Reptile Could Bear. One of the most remarkable inci dents that has happened at Green lane since August, 12, *1817, when, it will be remembered, the famous man-eating minnow appeared in these waters happened ^he other day. Little Donald Dwiggins, young 'son of Claire Dwlggins, the cartoonist, has a little store near his father's camp on Canada lake. He sells lemonade for pins, you know. Well, In som? way Donald found a bottle a quarter filled with hootch. He thought it would be nice to place that on sale, too, though he had no idea what it might be. He put it on the counter. Then sun struck it and the cork popped. Some of the liquid escaped. There was an odor. _ Soon afterward a little "garter snake came bumping up. He or sHe sniffed the air and then made for the bottle. It then drank that portion of the liquid which had fizzled over, following which it formed a hoop by seizing its head with its tail, no; tail with its teeth, and rolled around^the counter three times. It was the little fellow's own peculiar way of shouting 'Whoops!" And then if it didn't climb up the bottle and go inside, drinking copious draughts of the portion. in a while it emerged from the bott'e,# did a snake dance to a small sapling and twisted itself around that sapling. Its expression seemed to say so plainly: "Whoopee! Give me a sock, I'm a garter!" Of course it wasn't a garter at all; it was merely a garter snake. Then it looked angrily around as if looking for some foe. It's expression now seemed to say: "Bring me St. Patrick! What I care?" Then the sad part came. The poor thing finally grew very morose and' placed its tail on its stomach in a j mournful way. It looked at Donald, Dwiggins in a way that seemed to! plead for bromo seltzer. None being forthcoming it wabbled slowly to the dock, below which coursed the cooling water. It crept dismally to the edge and flopped over. Despite the fact that garter snakes1 can swim like everything it sank 1m-1 mediately and has not been seen since.?A. B. Jordon, In Dillon Herald. SHOW MAN MET "JONAH" \ Newspaper Reporter Bested "Cyclone Burns." Herman II. Ixiewinsohn, Jr., an exarmy boy, now on the Highlander staff, sprung a surprise on "Cyclone Burns," at the Gentry Brothers' showtent yesterday afternoon, when he responded to the invitation of the show's management to meet their famous wrestler for a fifteen minute bout, i1 " " UUklan.lar says xne rsnew>y, i>. v... iiigiuaimv.. The ring-master loudly challenged nny one In the audience to meet their "Hercules," offering fifteen dollars to any one who could stay with the champion for fifteen minutes. He even called Mr. Loewinsohn's name out, stating that lu? had heard he was a local wrestler of some fame. Loewinsohn was in the audience and reluctantly, not caring for the publicity consented to meet "Cyclone." The audience which remained for the concert were on the ?iui vive when the wrestlers took their places on the mat. For fifteen minutes Loewinaohn not only stayed with the champion, Ibut was most of the time the aggressor, keeping his opponent on the mat j and struggling desperately against defeat. A couple of toe-holds by the local lad and a scissors or two came near finishing the "champ." The spectators rooted for the homo boy and cheered long and loud as the fifteen dollar purse was handed to him. The show folks admitted it was the best match of the season. EAT FRIED RATTLERS. Reptiles Article of Regular Diet for Forestry Students. Fried rattlesnakes are a part of the menu served to Pennsylvania State ' College foresty students at their big i camp near Bear Hollow, Clinton | county, according to a recent visitor to | the camp, says a Belifontaine, Pa., dispatch. Those studying woodcraft under : Prof. J. A. Ferguson,'head of the forI entry department, are in the wilds 'I several weeks in the year. "Mother" Jones, the cook, fries rattlers for them at least once a weik. The students are taught how to capture the snakes alive. After a batch I . T.,?f I.Vrmi.nn ?ll. rmvf nffii liiiwn . v. perintends the slaughter. Then the "meat" is duly skinned for the sizzlinp. "They make miphty line eating," I says the cook. "TIH'y taste like fridd I eels." THE NEWS OF SHARON Fiddler's Convention Friday Evening Proved a Big Success. SHARON STIFFS . SHOOK SHINS Staggers Won a Double Bill?Interest in Baseball Rising?Road to County Seat Repaired?Large Congregation Expected Thursday. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Sharon, August. 15.?Quite successful from standpoints of enjoyment, interest and large attendance was the Fiddler's Convention held in the school auditorium here Friday evening for the benefit of the Sharon baseball team. Fully 300 people of the town apd community were present and receipts totaled about $55, a sunv which the baseball club- can handle to advantage Just now. Thret^ fiddlers, one banjo picker and a number of dancers were present and they furnished the audience with delightful entertalnmnt for more than an hour. Fiddlers present were Messrs. T T T rifiV.lnann nf Vnrlr No 2. with I his famous fiddle "Marry Ann;" Mr. H. B. McDaniel of Yoik No, 6 and Mr. W. M. Lucas of Bullock'ij Creek township. They played a number of selections in concert and individually and the music that they made was of high ofder. J. N. Strain of York No. 6, was the only banjo picker present and he made a decided hit with the audience by* his playing and singing of old time negro songs. Only three dancers, Messrs. Lesslle Cain, Vess Parrott and Parker Jamison were regularly listed among the contestants for the dancing prize. Each danced several times for the amusement of the audience. The scarcity dt dancers, however, threatened to shorten the convention so Messrs. Sims Pratt, Floyd Stegall, Paul Whisonant, James Bankhead, Ross Ferguson, Dr. C. O. Biirrus, well known Bharon men A J hrn an/f volunteered i wui u sic Vui mu ?... , shake their shins and they pleased the audience mightily. The judges, Mesdame3 George Plexico and W. R. McKeller ahd Mr. J. M. Plexico awarded first prize in the fiddler's contest to Mr. J. J. J. Robinson, with Mr. McDanlel as second. Mr. Strain was awarded the prize offered to banjo pickers and Mr. Lezslie Cain was awarded first prize offered to the best dancer while second honor * went to Mr. Vess Parortt. Mr. R. L. Plexico presided over the convention. During the evening refreshments were sold for the benefit of the baseball association. Sharon Wina Two. The Sharon Sluggers took both ends of a double baseball bill on the Sharon lot Friday afternoon, while a couple of hundred Sharon people looked on. Hickory Grove met defeat at the hands of the Sluggers by a score of 8 to 3, "Big Boy" Penlngfr,. pitching for the locals proving invincible when hits were needed to win the old ball game. In the second game the Sluggers mopped up wth the Outlaw team of Yorkville, piling up ten tallies to three for the Outlaws. Batteries: Sharon?Qrier Sherer and W. Sherer; Outlaws?Bar ron, W. Simrill and I'euy. umpue, Dr. C. O. Burruss. Baseball interest has grown^by leaps and bounds in Sharon, during the past several days and the indications are that a number of good games will be seen hero before the end of the baseball seasoit. The local club has won most of the f^mes played; almost daily practice is being held and the players j are in the best of form. John S. I Rainey is manager of the team. Colored Church Painted, St. John's, the colored Baptist church of Sharon, located on the road between th* place and Hickory Grove, has recently been painted and presents a very attractive appearance since the improvement. Recent Road Work. Under the direction of James Shannon, J. M. Brice and others the Sharon-Yorkvlle road has been recently dragged and numbers of bad holes filled in. It is necessary to go over the road every few weeks since it gets into bad shape quickly. Those in charge of the road work in that secI tion, however, are always prompt i their efforts to keep it in the best condition they can. Anniversary Celebration Thursday. All plans have been perfected for the holding of the 125th Anniversary celebration of Sharon A. R. P. church at* Sharon, on Thursday. Members of the local congregation have made al! necessary preparation^ for the enter- J tainment of the many visitors expected and provided the weather does not prove inclement, it promises to be a notable day for the people of Sharon ' A D generally, ana memoers ui mc si. rv. P. congregation especially. F imous Game Recalled. Several of the older men of Sharon who were discussing baseball the other evening recalled a famous game between Sharon and Yorkville, played perhaps ten years ago. "Sharon," said one of the speakers, "had a pretty good ball team that year. In fact, they had whipped almost every team in the surrounding country. Then it was decided to try Yorkville a round. Sharon ^vent to yorkville. It was mid summer and the county seat had a team of college players that was good. Sharon watched them practice. At least one of the Sharon players took a severe headache just before the game and lay down in the shade during the game. ^ . ,9 fi. Yorkville made about thirty runs and then the rest of the runners started chasing to third instead of to first. They simply made monkeys out of the | Sharon lads. And I don't think I'll ever forget that game." i i m SCARED BY A SKELETON ] Dancing Bones Caused a Real Panic on Broadway. Some one. somewh#re in New York, has lost a skeleton. It is a perfectly good skeleton, all wired and with a spike in its head. It is described as a woman's skeleton, of uncertain age and when last seen was wearing a black necktie, relates a recent New ' York dispatch. The skeleton appeared on Broadway ' shortly after 9 o'clock last evening, 1 and for more than an hour terrorized 1 women, children, chorus girls and dogs, scattered restaurant patrons and interrupted traffic. Johnnie Berry, thirteen, of No. 105 West 68th Street, and half a dozen companions discovered the skeleton ' propped against a tree in a vacant lot ' adjoining the College of Pharmacy at No. 115 West 68th Street. The idea 1 of the black necktie, as an ornament, ' occurred first to Johnnie. It was some ' ? j one else who thought of a piece of rope. Then the procession moved. Across the street It halted and the skeleton was placed on the bottom step of the flight leading to the door of ] a house. Two women, about to emerge, fled, shrieking, back indoors. Johnnie and the skeleton moved n-out tnwfird Broadwav. They paused at the Harbor Inn Restaurant at the 1 corner of 69th Street. The restaurant was well filled with diners. Then the skeleton appeared at the door. It moved, It danced. Johnnie and the bpys danced too. Women screamed, 1 covered their faces with their hands 1 and rushed to the rear of the restau- 1 rant. 1 Patrolman Schnaldle of the West 1 68th Street station gasped and rubbed ( his eyes. The transparent figure was 1 certainly doing a dance?a dance in ' the altogether, and Broadway morals ' were in jeopardy. The patrolman acted promptly. Straight across Broadway went : Johnnie. And also across Broadway, l trailing at the length of a rope went i the skeleton. Also across Broadway went Johnnie's companions. After them went the patrolman, who collared Johnnie. Then he collared the skeleton and next he gathered in some of Johnnie's friends. Together they started for the 68th Street station. For one block down Broadway the party progressed with the boys carrying the skeleton. They paused at the next drug store. Two girls, each with a dog, had paused to see what all the excitement was about. The bulldog was first to see the skeleton. He gave one howl and fled. The Perkine3e was a close second. The girls screamed, then started in pursuit of the dogs. The skeleton and its bearers proceeded. The crowd increased. It numbered several hundred by the time the station house was reached and the skeleton was i-itroduced to the lieutenant at the deck. ? He telephoned to the College of Pharmacy. The ownership of the skeleton was disclaimed. And at 7 o'clock this morning when the doorman of the 68th Street station 1..-- i? 111 Kn walnnmpd hv thp arrives uc nm uc nviwu.?w skeleton, which has been propped temporarily against the doors. LANCUAGE OF THE WOODS. Lumbermen Have Lingo That^Je All Their Own. Workmen in the great woods of the Pacific coast have a language all their own that is not understood by the uninitiated. A "faller" is the workman who "falls" the trees, and a good faller can always fall his tree so that it wtfl drive a stake that he has previously set into the ground. A "bucker" saws the tree into logs, and the process is called "bucking a log." A "sawyer" always works in the lumber mill, and he saws the logs into lumber. A "filer" files the saws and k<%ps them sharp. The "hooktender" in a logging camp puts the chain around the logs so they may be hauled in with a donkey engine. A "chaser" follows the log as it is being dragged in, a "swamper" keeps the roadway clear for the logs, and a "sniper" cuts off the sharp round corners of the logs so they will drag the easier. A "choker" is the cable line placed about a log. A "highclimber" in a logging camp is the workman who goes up the Jogging mast to place "high line's" from, the donkey engine. The "skid greaser" puts grease up skid roads that the logs will slide more readily. The " ?- ? _ ? I - M ?.,A?A?AO Kn rlnnlrav wnisue pUHK upciaica ti?? uuimv^ engine whistle and signals the workman with it. A "donkey" is a stationary engine with cables that long ago replaced oxen in log handling in the west. A "boom" is a number of logs in the water held in place by "boom sticks." In former times the word "bull tighter" was commonly heard. It applied to the man in a logging camp who had demonstrated his superior ability with his fists in numerous encounters with his fellow workers. This expression is no longer heard, loggers say, because fighting in logging camps is a pastime in which workmen nc '.onger indulge. A fight Is now a rare | I occurrence In the woo Is of the coast, j 4 ?j ' - NEWS ABOUT CLOVER I Confederate Veteran Celebrates BIS I 81st Birthday Anniversary. It in SCHOOL FACULTY IS ANNOUNCED 1 .V Clover Tiger* Defeated Highland Park ?Oil Mill to Build Modern Ice Plant ?New 8chool Building Ready in October?Other New* and Nptea, . (By a Staff Correspondent.) Clover, Aug. 15.?Relatival friends ind acquaintances to the number of more than 125, gathered at the hqme of Mr. M. M. Pendleton, near St. Paul church in Bethel township last Saturday to do honor to Mr. Jamee M. Cepk. Confederate veteran oh the occasioa Of ills 81st birthday. The anolypraary celebration came rather as a surprise to Mr. Cook, who, however, surmised what was up when he saw Magistrate Andy Quinn of Clover, driving up wltyi Messrs. John Knox, J. J. Wilson and J. F. Currence, Confederate veterans and friends of Mr. Cook. Then relatives and friends from all sections began to some in, bringing boxes and baskets. Shortly after noon a picnic dinner was spread in the yard in front of the house and after the blessing had been isked by Rev. J. Q. Hoggin, pastor of St. Paul church, dinner was served. The crowd spent practically all day at the home of Mr. Pendleton, returning to their respective homes in the late ifternoon carrying pleasant recollections of an enjoyable occasion. Preparing for Fishing Trip. J. Clyde Ford, George McCail, J. M'?ek Smith, Dr. J. E. Brison and other well known sportsmen of Clover, are now busy making preparations for their annual fall fishing expedition to the Edlsto river, near Charleston. The party which will include a number of Clover people will leave within a few days and will spend a week or ten lays hunting and fishing along the Bdlsto in Charleston, Dorchester and Colleton counties. Made Them 8iek. It doesn't pay to "swipe" a watermelon Or to eat a piece of a watermelon that has been "svfiped," so several popular Clover people learned to their cost last week. Last Friday a wcu miuwu yuuug luttii nwyiueu * watermelon that bad been left in front of a business house on Main, street I The owner failing to appear aftar g several hours, the young man carried it into his own place of business and placed It in the ice box. On Friday. afternoon he invited several of his friends including a popular Clover lady to come in and help eat the melon. They ate it and It tasted good. But the next day all of the participants in the feast felt badly, one of them so badly that he,had to remain in bed all day. The others managed to drag about; but were very much nauseated. Theory is tuat the melon was either poisoned or else some Clover wag had "doped" it with some substance calculated to produce nausea. "Never again," said several of those who shared in the feast and who told t the correspondent about the incident Saturday afternoon. .Win for the TIJjere. Living well up to their name the Clover "Tigers" tore* Up the Highland Park baseball team of Rock Hill, on Hawthorn Field Saturday afternoon by a score of 15 to 0. The visitors were simply outclassed and toward the last of the contest the "Tigers" loBt much of their ferocity and, took It easy, seeing that the Highland Park boys were not in their class. Lee Killlan, pitchln? fnt. tha "TiaorO1^ Viojl tha vlflitHri A at his mercy from the very first frame and he was given great support by his teammates. A feature of the game was the heavy hitting of Dick Brackets Tig^r shortstop who had no difficulty knocking the pill all ever K>e lot. The "Tigers" who are managed by Second Baseman Bate Harvey have had a great season so far and they expect to play a number of additional games before the baseball season comes to a close. Clover School Faculty. Prof. "W. S. Reid, superintendent of the Clover High school on Saturday announced the personnel of the faculty for the scholastic year 1921-22 as follows: . .\V. S. Reid, superintendent; R. 8. Cochrane, principal; B. B. Oliver, high school; Miss Marion Smith, high school; Miss Annie Lee Adams, sixth grade; Miss Emma Currence: fifth; Miss Mildred Parrott, fourth; Mrs. K. S. Cochrane, Miss Janie Robinson, \ Miss Lila Jackson, Miss Alice Getfys, | Miss Mattie Summerford, primary department. Prof. Reid said Saturday that he was unab'e to announce at this time when the work of the next session would be entered upon. It will probably be the last of October, however, since it is believed that the new school building will have been completed by that time. To Build Ice Plant. The management of the Clover Cot ton Oil mill has under way plans for the erection of a large brick building in which will be housed an up to date ice plant. The building which will be erected near the present Ice plant will be a structure about 40x60 feet and the contract for its erection has been f, | let to Mr. Sara McCall. The building .. 1 (Continued on Page Two) ' T" ~? * * '