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VOLUME XXXIII. CAROLINA, Chronicle ? ; ? a . ' ? ? . . O . . ? ? ? ? ... . ? ? ? ? ? . ; ' ' . . ? ? . . ' ?> ... FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1921. , NUMBER 24. three men sentenced TO DIE FOR MURDER . . . ; j - <IhWhI to Tl,<> N'0WK a,Ml ^?ur,,'r' Lexinglou, ta? III solemn tones i iiul , ,1(.,p 1 1 1 1 >h , Judge Thorn. ?* S. s.-ase i'IjU afternoon ill 5:25 o'clock MqU<)u;uiHHl jfUo 8,ypr0ilV0 mundote of tin' law on ?'? i^''b>, f '? ' and J(.s<e <; appii's tin' u??c? Columbia men convicted during. Iho ilny of the murder 0f Will lain Hrafcell, youthful taxi driver of Columbia, when he sentenced th.'in I" <lio by elect locution at the Stat.* Penitentiary, Friday, October . Kiib.v's ea*e went to the Jury this morning ?' to;-1 o'clock and a ver di'ct "f n'lili.v was returned in thirty-, five miauie-s. and ttmt of Fox and (Jappins who wore tried Jointly, was given to ili?* jury at 4 :?U o'eloek thin afti'i-iMMHi a lid a decision was reached in forty 111 i mi t There was much r\n< hni in i In* demeanor of the three 'condemned nioii when their fate was i>roiioii H< 't <l. '1 lu re ? as merely a per tvrili've -qimer around the mouth of Kirl>y. :i >i?t Fox appeared to he unpi>r lurht'd. ? lai tpins, .the youngest of fho t'riii, turned livid, but lie did not quiver. 1; w m < quilt' reverse among the re latives <>f tin* three uieii. Mrs;v Ixirby, wife of tin* condemned man, ami his touug child who were in the audience sobbed aloud, while .1. S Fox, aged father ?il ?? Fox, liiid 1 1 i head 'M?on :1?: 1 1 ; i ? ? k "f :i ? hair and quietly cried. The mother and ?dslor of (iappins, who ?eft the court house before sentence was protioutieed, were in the yard of tbg bui'ding and were extremely af fected. <Jappin's wife who was In at tendance ut the trial in the uiorniug, ffas not present when her husband learned his fate. A pa ('belie scene wan enacted this morning during a short recess of the court. (Join's mother and sister broke into the bur of the court, rush ed up to the young man and gpntly stroked bis -hair, audibly -sobbing all 'he while. The guards had to gently lead them hack from the yout'h. The evidence today was a repetition of thai of ye>terday in the Kiii).v case, except tlnii of Fox, who. in a voice without a quiver and absolutely enio tinniest. told a harrowing tale of the remiXM-les* mid merciless killing of Uilinui !:? i/r'j. His recital was such, 'liat it lirouuht jra-p?. from the :idieiiif. I " \ , *"bsi .nit iaiing a written eon "NS'iu <>i luv which waA introduced ?,atlier mi ilu- ,|:Jy itv Sheriff ,T. T. ?' huikeit. ->f Augusta, claimed that plot in ->teal au automobile was MoaHied t-> him by Kirby and (Jap ? !'i^ a ad ihi'.v inveigled him into join J"" them. Jii.s narrative as to the "Utit tnr it,,. |,v Kii*l).v and the ''?d'T n<-,ir I .ii-svi|]c, ihis county. -nloiant j;i My tln? same as that "'<! !?> Ki:l.\ and i.npqdus. \- f i : > ? car ne.'ired I .?,?,svSll?,< l u\. ii was stopped several * in*-. .1 n i K 1 1*1 1 x jfnt out and ealh*d for '?appiii* Wli. t, i lappins returned in* '?"I t Kirby wanted hi in to Kto.'k "Ht of Hrazeft with' the -k . 1 1 1 < I he refused," he said, r ox ?ai'l *. li.it. wlirn th<* < *;i l" left. i.ees >i^. 1: i l. .l f u ( 'olumhia, Kirby. who tTi.it : . an' h;i? on the hack fscat a:'Ii ' in | - 1 1 :t ? ]??<] liitn to hit Urazell i :!n- l. ??:!'! with tin* blackjack. He 1 1 ?? thought Hi*' weapon would r * ' > -? i . il:>- <hauffeur and they would ? ti. . ?!;. - i ? I# ? road to he found * :'i * ? * i ? f ? with t ))<? ?ra r ' .:!!i.!!- t ]< 1 1 1 1 2ii'|-o<< the head,' ' he ' ?? I II.' looked a round at me ti w l? :i t :ire you doing? 1 ; i;a several times more. He l.'". ..ut >>f the side door of ' * ? i * ? In i i*l ?> crabbed "him by the r I ? 1 1 1 i nucil to hit him until i- : k l.rolie and the shot were i i At Lh is time BrazeW was ? ?> > ^ ?*i* : -ruling hoard of the car with hitn by the throat witli | -k;.-. - i into his stomach He I * ?' * Jfc ? ? ; 1 1 ? * I nirain^t the si.le <>f the ar . ? t . 1 at uie t hat we would , v. mething now and eried j '-'?-?k '..tn ' 1 had out my knife j ! 1 '? k it int.* P.razell twice.! ? ? K i r t > > ?n< holding him j : : : * < a r, and tho other time " l.'.pfwd to Die ground. " .U--* an<i without n quiver, ? h"W young Brazell begged b'it they continued to hit - ' I. h?'nd and Jab the knife '' ?* !>. Hp that when j ? being jMillod from the ear ?? I am tjjing,' and Kirby said ' y*j.i are not dying, but yon will bo1 -?'< before 1 am through with you." caimr,i that whHe he wni cnl 1 *?' hr?7fll, t"he youth pleaded for! them not to Ulll liiiu, but ho worked j the KniiV' ..round In t h<* ehunffourV cliest while Kirby boat hi* head into the U lit During the Slaughter, He| said < ; II I ip j ti s WHS holding one (?f the ;i rms. of ibo taxi drl-ver. Kox declared thi.it when the three l?nt lira/, ell Into (lie* buck of tho oar. which Capplns drove while Fox was 011 tho tear seat, the chauffeur moan e<j. Mi' swore that Cappinx asked If the youth was dead and Kirby re i l?l "He will he when 1 am through wllh him, Ihunn him " Who ib an on cross examination xtal ed (bar he. did not believe the in juries be inflicted 1 on Uruzoll caused bis death, iutimnting that while (be youth lay probe In t1?e ion v of tho ear with Kli'b.Vj (be latter stubbed him lit; sai<J when they got into Georgia Kirby asked him if bo' bud thrown bis knife away, and ho rcipllod that bo bad not. Kirby said that he Iritd i brown bis away. Court opened this morning at U:f>'J o'clock with Kirby on lite stand, un der examination- fraiii Solicitor < ' ; 1 1 1 i - son. lie did not deviate from bis story of yesterday except he placed himself at the merey of the court, lie declared -.that Ciappins held one of tin* arms of Hrnzell while L'o.v Was^do i it K the cutting This (Jappins couiiu. ually denied to the. last lli< ouse w?ut to the jury at 10 :'Jt o'clock this morning, but Judge Sense did not sen* tence bim until the other members of the trio bad been, convicted.. . Following tho verdict ^<ff gui'ly in the Kirby case, Fox and jUapplns im mediately were placed on trial.- Clyde Sister, of Columbia, owner of tbe mur der car, and W. r>. Roberts, mechanic of Richmond bounty, (Jeorght, who ar rested Kirby told tlie sumo story as that narrated by thorn yesterday in the Kirby trial. W. J. Leonard, deputy sheriff of (Tharleston County, testified that Fox and Gapplns confessed to him. llis narrative was substantially the same as thos& whlc/h preceded bim. Caipplns on the stand in his own de fense, told almost verbal iut the same story lie swore to yesterday when lie was a witness for the State against Kirby. He emphatically denied that he held tbe arms of Bra/ell while Fox was cutting him and disputed the. ar ray of witnesses who testified he con fessed to tliem that he did help In the " immediate murder. T. A. Ilerley, State constable,- was placed on the stand and .swore that (iappins tol.il li i in, in tbe presence of J. J>. Dunaway, chief of ltlehland County rural police, that Kirby and be secured the chauffer's arms while Fox drove tbe knife "home." The ease closed at 1:05 o'clock this afternoon. In both I ho Kirhy and the l''ox-</tip pins eases the argument s or court-ap p<}i ii t?><J ;i tiorneys and those of the so licitor were extremely liriof Counsel for i lie defence merely reipie^ted tin' jury to recommend mercy if possible, am) Solicitor Cnlli^on pleaded for I lie extreme iwnalfy. I : > sentencing the prisoner*. Judge Sense said that the' verdicts were just and righteous ones, mid the only thing lie could advise the prisoners lo do was lo prepare to meet their Mod. He said tJiut the law had- been vindicated and justice wrought. Before In* sentenced the trio. v\hich was done separately, Judge Sease asked if they had anything t?> say. The only one to reply w ;i ?< (lappin*. who e\e|a imi'd : "I do not think I got Justice. '* The priMiiii-i? were brought here this morning under heavy guard, ar riving ar 0:23 o"elock from the peni tentiary. The court room, nothing like as crowded as it was yesterday, was amply guarded and every protection was thrown around the convicted inur derer.s. Almost immediately after sentence was pronounced they were loaded into an automobile and taken back to the State prison. The arrived there at (] :2o o'clock this afternoon and will be placed in the death house shortly. A grewsome bit of evidence was pro duced In court tod a y wlien Solicitor (!alMson. exhibited to the Jury the suit of clothing worn bv Mrazoil when lie was killed. \V on Wintlirop Scholarships. Miss Stella Adeline Hall, of ("urn den. has ?been awarded the vacant scholarship to W'inrhrop College from Kershaw County. Miss Hall is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hall, of near Camden, and Is a recent grad nate of the Camden High School. ' Miss Phoebe Richards, of Liberty Hill, who won the scholarship last year, has been granted an extension ! scholarship for another year. I I KIIADS PJ&lSlB HKVNKIIY Twenty -Three At?|iuilH(>iii(ts . Speah Well ?Vf Man Slain aj Ms Angeled. j Tho follow Iiik statement appea ring Jh l.os Alleles Evening Herald under dHte of Seploibher IV is out of the ordi nary i lia i w?? a i'o ' reproducing tho statement in The (Mironicle. Young Kennedy's father was horn and roared in Camden and moved west many years ago. 'I lie young man .has mauy rela tive* residing Hi Camden and else where In this state, and tho statement ho low will be road with Interest and pleasure hero. i <? icii Kill K I In- .^rime lis one I h;i i mul, os 'every red }>iooded man shudder wiili horror* nn(l highly eu logizing the >-!ain man. friends of .1. Helton Kennedy, slain several weeks a get at his IVverly < 1 1 ??ii c;tblii, today < imo forward with a public plea for j;i-l iff and humanity' fn t In* ea >c. "Tho h'ch was In tho fof'm of a type written i -uitonient signed by -!? of Kennedy'-. friends ll contained no mention d Mrs Mudulyiiuc Oh.cn chain *and Arthur <\ -Unroll, charged wijjh the murder. and specified it was not written in ;i vindictive spirit. "The statement was issued at a time whon it was being hinted that the do fense in the ease plans to attack lym nody's character. In the statement j Konnody was pictured as a 'delicate, ? sensitive hoy/ 'kind, considerate hravo and true/ 1 "Tho statement, in full, follows: "In ail i he stress of this grim ami awful tragedy. whon pictures, pane igyrh's and poems fill tho daily press, dedicated to the accused, we seek In 1 vaiu .for a., word record in k -the nnguish and agency of a desolated* home. | "This is no plea for .sympathy for a i heartbroken mother, sitting lit sack I cloth and ashes, waiting and watching 'like Niobo, all tears, ' for one who will never return, but 1b a ploi\ for justice and humanity to %r~tuurdefed "hoy. "Bolton Kennedy was foully slain in so dastardly a manner jliat It must make every read-blooded ilan shudder with horror ? and there art* red-blooded men in this fair lahd of oiA'S. j -''To kill a man without; giving liini ja chance to defend hiiuself. to aip i bush him 'and shoot him down, is a Crime beyond the ken of hravo and .civilized mankind. "As to Belton, a delicate, sensitive boy, he had the best care that loving parents could bestow, and he re sponded with all the love' and affec tion of his gentle nature. Kind and ! considerate, brave and true, he was i the comfort of his family, and beloved | of his friends. "lie hated till Yorins of Immorality trod hates sin. No one ever heard i him utter a profane word or repeat a questionable story s "His courtesy and charm were for Jail. The whiteness and purity of his | life was a n oipen? book : all who know i him will testify to this. I "The awful ending of this dear boy, j assassinated oil the' steps of his little I '(ilen house' as he called If. hut ae ! eenftiafos the horror of the deed. lie i thought more of this little place than any possession ho could havo on ! earth, and took such pride in showing 'it to friends and visitors; harmless innocent pride. 1 "We who indite those few lines , deem it a duty and a privilege to ren der this simple tribute. "This is not written in a vindictive : spirit, not an accusation of anyone, hut simply an expression for one wo | knew ami loved, who is not hero to j -peak, for himself." Death ot' Faithful Family Servant, Amelia ughll it. a nineh res[?eet ed ? ?? ?1 or ? ?? I -woman, died suddenly on Wednesday evening. Sept ember 7 th. aged seventy five years, She \vn s of that admirable t > | m ? that is -o rapid : ly passing, faithful, honest, loyal ami se)f-ros[>ert ing, colored gentlewoman. 'Slii' 1iad- worked for fifty years. con hinuously for one family? first for the 'late la men tod. Mrs. Mary A. Shannon, i then for hor -ou, Mr. <\ .1. Shannon, '.Ir. Though 'she owned a house and had two sons, both of whom desired to give hor a homo. .siio preforrod liv ing in the lioino she had known for so j many year" For some 'time hor du ; ties have hern nominal and ^he was j treated more like n member of the i family than :i servant. She leaver two si i u s , .1 daughter, and an example worthy of emulation hy her ra?>. The ; respect and affection in which she was j held, was t e>t i fied hy tlt?* numbers who attended hor funeral service* on Sunday !:i?: it Trinity Methodist riH^-eh. I Postmaster (>ets Fifteen .Months. I Koek Hill. S??ptembor in. ? In United j States Court today Jos. \V. Stalnal^er. . former |?^nnnster ?t Ninety-Six j^ead Jed guilty to embecslement of funds j while post waster and was given fifteen months in the federal prison In At lnnta and a fine of $3,000. It is under stood that ho made way with govern mont funds to the amount of about $?1,000. Klowde Thompson, <?f r^inoa* ter, pleaded guilty and got six month1! for sending an obscene letter through the mail*. Several pleaded guilty to violation of prohibition laws. Miss Hope Savage ban returned from j a vFnit of i?evrr*l wr,k* in Boston \Kitt < lit j<; hf:u> FOR mi kih k ' Famous Comedian WIUl Tile] De.tth of an Aetress, Sun Francisco, Sept. 11. Koscoe Arbuckle, motion picture actor, was hooked on ^.charge hf niuv?U?i,stHl.o last night hi "iHMintM'lloii with the death Fri day of Miss Virginia Kappc, Uliu ae tress. following a party In Arhuekle's suite at a hotel here last ^Jonday. Ar buckle was lo**kiMl up In tin* city .prison for the night. Arhucklo was charged. ttccordlug to Assistant District Attorney Milton U' lleii, under tln> section ?>f the Califor nia code providing that life taken in i tape or attempted rape is considered murder. Fnder ill*' California penal 'code no h;? il is allow ed to a person charged with murder. .Miss ItupjM1, who died Friday, was removed from AebueUle's roortis jn a hotel last Monday in a or ft leal condition, after the party at which tlve iin-ji and four women were present' Autopsy surgeons said death Was due to peritonitis. sufwrindneed hy an in lernftl injury. A<T<nnpanie<l hy his attorney, Ar, buckle came here hy automoldle last night from Kos Angeles and wenf at once to *1 vol ice headquarters. lie was quest loued hy detectives for seVi'Va1 hours, hilt on advice ??f "kb< attorney refused to answer. At midnight Cap tii in Mat heson ordered his name hook ed for murder A rfotyyklrf losfc fttn usual < jaunty inanner and as^Vie posed for newspaper photographers, who asked him to. smile, he said: "Not on an occasion of this sort.'. All of today Arhuckle persisted In refusing to answer questions of the police and Ills attorneys, under whose Instructions he was acting, declined to discuss the case. Miss* ltappe was 25 years old and was born in Chicago. She attracted attention in that city in 1013, it is said, hy advise to young women to create original methods of making a living. She was. then making $4;000 a year as ft traveling art model, she. said. Miss ltappe came to San Francisco in 1915 and for a time designed gowns and wore them as a model. She began act ing in motJon pictures at I.os Angeles in 1917. and took leading partsMli sev eral. J^cacher and Woman Khof. New Orleans, ?Sept. II. ? Janlc Mil ler. a New Orleans woman, and Hev. <\ J. W. Boyd, of Nashville, Tenti.. were shot and fatally wounded at to night's closing session of the National Baptist convention of negroes, nnd a number of persons barely missed se rious Injury in the panic that ensued among the two thousand persons who crowded into the auditorium. , David .Miller, the woman's liushaml, is hold for the shooting, the motive of which, the -police aay, was jealousy. According t<> their reports, all the tlve hullets tired by Miller were intended for hU wife, and Hev. Boyd was the victim of a stray shot. Hev. Boyd to night was said to have ,no chance for n'covery. The police have been un able in verify a report that another man was shot and carried away by friend.; in an automobile. Revival at Malvern Hill A revival meeting t\ rl 1 begin at Mai vorti Mill Clin pel on the third Sunday afternoon, September 1 .St b, at three oVbx-k and will continue through the week at night only. Song and prayer -ervice every night at 7 1.*> and preach ing promptly at 7 Hev. \V. <' Stewart To Be Held At Bethany Church. The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary I nion of Kei>baw Associa tion will he held at HHhnny Church, Westville, Saturday. September 21th, beginning promptly nr 10:30 o'clock. Send a* many delegate* as will attend ami help make this meeting a s?i eee? .Missionary Society to Meet. 'l'be Woman's Missionary Society of the Camden Baptist Church will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Church Tuesday afternoon, August at 1 o'clock. A furl attendance Is urged as business of importanrej !-? to be rransjict"d \ W5lroiTi<* Mrs. John Wilson. Secretary Out oil Bond. Uol>eit Sharp, the white man who has been in Jail since the killing of his father. J. K. Sharp. la?t week, was released from Jail Saturday upon bond granted In the sum of $2, 000. George Nelson, a negro, also charged with a killing in Went Wateree and who has been in Jail several month# was released on bond laat week. HI* was also a $2,000 bOTwt", coi ii-K \ss\t i?im ' ? - '? ' ?? : ?; .;? ? Nefcrocs Rent and Rob Old Man ami Woman in Newborry. y ;reenwood. September l.'ith. With the iinvsi of a *utttll negro abtSUt two miles from Greenwood ioduy shortly before 1 1 noii, giving (Ho nauw of John Calvin Golden, of Lament*, officers are looking for another negro whom ho implicated in an alleged confession as his confederate in tho assault and rohlwuv of lloiiry, Johns and his wife fttc yesicrduy afternoon, near Vaugh anvllle. between ('loss Hills and Ghup pelt's. near the 1 .aniens Newberry 1 i # ? ? - Thf negroes lical the aged eoup'. almost into Insensibility with elub* uncle from railroad spikcsi tied to gothor with strings. and then robbed a strong ho\ <>f hot ween nnd J&i, 000. f| is ehiiniftl. i Mr. .IoIims.u mi i ivf of Germany, was about 70 years of age.- ami had ojK'ra I ivl a shiall store near. Vaugthan villc for a number of .\ears. According io telephone messages from Clm ppoMs ; today Hie I wo negroes, wlio are al leyed to have committed the assault and robbery, eame lo Chappells early yesterday and applied for a Jo.b on a road eonsi motion gang. They later are said to have asked a passim ne gro where 11 Johns' store was and then lo have remained eoucenlod In the woods until dusk. Going i it t ? ? tin* siore, ??ne of the neyroes asked for some euntied goods, and as tho old man turned to get the articles the negro struck him over the head with the spikes, it is said. Hearing his body fall to the flooi*. his wife rushed 1,0 him from an adjoining room and was also struck over the head with the clubs. The negroes then beat tho two old people into insensibility and fobbed the strong box where they kopt their savings. Reports today state thut he- 1 ? twoen $3,000 and $4,000 were in the Im?x. The negroes are believed to have made their way to Clinton last night and to have come to Greenwood on an early morning Seaboard train. Off I* cets met the train and saw two sus picious looking negroes get off, but *ho arrests were made Sheri.f K. M. White, of Greenwood, and Sheriff Can non B I ease, of Newberry, with depu ties and a large posse of citizens went to McCormaek County this morning, following reports that the two sus ficcted men had been seen there. As. .soon as Golden was eupUiVed near Greenwood both officers returned. Golden was first rseeo :it New .Mar ket. I wo miles bchAv Greenwood, lie had one sleeve torn and bloody, but claimed it was caused by an irrjury to his arm. officers eotihl find no sera t eh on his arm. Later he is al leged to have made a full confession implicating another uegro. whose name eould not be learned. Reports from Chappells today stated that H. Johns was not expected to live and 1 i hut his wife was seriously injured. I>caili at I'ls^ali. .Mr. Thomas Simmons. an aged man of i li#> l'isgah section ? 1 i ? m 1 Wednesday j night <?f last week from heart failure. He was a native of Kershaw county and was seventy years of aye*. ' He had the esteem and respect, of all who , kni'tt him The funeral and hurial was at Swift Oreek church on Thurs day. conducted by Kpv. J. W. Kenney. (i rare Church Services. There will he the usual services in (J ra?e Church on Sunday. September 18th. conducted hy ihe Hector. The service will 1h? The Holv Communion at S a. in., morning prayer and ser mon Jir 11 h. in., Sunday School at 5 p. m. All are cordially invited F. If Harding. Hector Mr ? ?eorge King and family, of < 'o lumhia ^peiit the week end with his brother Mr William King on Fair street. MAUN' P1CKF02? < rn'TM ROl'OH 7) ! ?; rvVk'DOOQ' At Majrstlr T??Uff iMtjr. MADK (iKTAW VV IN <\K Constable Had Warrant and Sltin Sensational Kirnpr, II. I,. Wilson, a young white man. about :u> ojf ago, an' employe of a loon 1 garage, was approached l?y Con stable Stokes yesterday aftoiyioou about 1 :lo O'clock with a warrant charging him along with several others with having committed rape upon a white xlr), and upon 'the pretense i>f changing bis clothing inad?v a sonsa tlonal getaway In an automobile. The automobile* a ?uveu passeugci Koo rar, was tin* property <?f Mr. A. .1. r.i 'itiM', of 1 1 i I a 4'i jy a nd was standing .in front of the garage. when Wilson .jumped into it and dashed away In tho direction of Hishopville at a terrific speed He was followed by police nien l?ni up |o the time id' our going ?id press nothing further had boon liea r?i of hint. Wlien last soon ho ,wa?? dressed in liiv work clothes and' Yvure a dark ba l < ?' I'..; IJiaek wifii, ,a not her > nunc white man, was also ;irre>tled yostcr da\\in connection \v i 1 1 1 the same ease and l>ond in file stun of $I,IWK? V (ileal KIk Fish on lyst Saturday A.. S and 10. C. Muugo and W. I), and I,. I*. Failo were down on the Wateree river fishing near tin- dam of the Wateree Power Co.. when Mr. A. 8, Mango going be Iu\\ *t 1m ? dam discovered a lingo fish floundering in the receding water, which bail fallen considerably after the power had been shut down, He cal'ed the others to his assistance and with ? big stick and knife they soon killed the fish, which proved to lie a sturgeon about eight feet long and weighing 2,'l0 pounds. They brought the fish to Kershaw, where It crcat<Nl a great deal of interest, and it was cleaned and carried to the Campbell Grocery Company, where It was cut up and sold, going like hot cakes.- ? Ker shaw Era. Wateree Mill News. The First Annual Wateree Mills Fair will he held at Mio play grounds Saturday, September 24, 1021. A great deal of Interest has been aroused among the mill people and the various commit lees have been luisy during the past two weeks .getting everything In shape. The Fair is being prompted by the Hoard of Aldermen and Holiis Cobb and Miss Thompson are in charge of the program. The program will include the fol lowing exhibits for which suitable prizes will be given t<> the winners of each exhibit. Cooking exhibit, canning exhibit an tiipnjs. home made, Aows. hogs. There will be a booth showing cot ion in all its processes through tho mill from the bale to the finished material. And also a display <?!' .-ill the byproducts of cotton. There will also be a Health Booth where relative food values and I ho Shoe Race at Wateree '?lire of children will be display i>ii. At this booth literature and a tooth brush will lie given away free* t'? < :u l> person. There will al*o In.* "Hit the Coon" and "Flit the Dolls" stands, a "l*'al Man, 1'all Man." elowns, etc., to lend the program a r<-a I country fair at mosphere LJeforc the fjir begins there will be an auto parade which will in elllde the ears of Waterre Mills em ployees. The Fair grounds wiU be enclosed wirh a high burlap fenep an admisscm of 'Joe will be charged. The receipts will be donated to the Camden Hos pital to which we fffl n deep and : it trfiil obligation. \ fi >h stew was given r o tin- em ployers of Wateree Mills by the Sun day School last week 1'reaeher Fur <MOii and Jim "Taylor made the stew which ?uu people said was the "best ??ver " Sixty five gallon"? of stew and 50 loavos of bread were consumed and nut a drop wa* |.?f f This is a concrete ease of "the proof .if th" (pudding is in the eating " The partitions tn the tfnb ilotwo ItHVf ln-vn taken out making one large room where formerly we had three. This will help materially in our socials a* hereto/ore wc have been very crowded at the Club House. W. T. Player, yard overseer, I* tak ing bi? vacation this week. f