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* i \ V i * ' . .. . . ? 1 * " * P)e ionnta Itowft. VOL XXXI. KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916. NO. 31 WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY FAIR. # EARNEST APPEAL BY THE PRESIDENT TO PEOPLE OF COUNTY TO HELP MAKE IT BIG SUCCESS. To those interested in Williamsburg county's educational, agricultural and social progress and development, we wish to say a few words on the part of Williamsburg County Fair association. Our fair was organized in the spring of 1914, the year of the outbreak of the terrible European war, and because of the demoralized condition that prevailed in our midst, the executive committee thought it best to postpone the holding of our first fair that fall, afterwards, however, many of our people expressed regret over the postponement. We held, as you know, a very creditable fair last season, and at a recent call meeting of our executive committee, it was unanimously decided that we should hold our fair this year as ( originally scheduled, November 8-11, inclusive, despite the adverse storm * conditions that are facing us, and , that the Finance and Building committee be authorized to go ahead with the necessary improvement work that we might hold even a better and larger fair than last year. The Building committee has put in fifty additional stalls for horses; doubled the capacity for the accommodation for hogs, and added much to the seatine capacity of the grand stand. The committee on show track improvements will have the track in fine shape and a new house for the Doultry will have ample accommodation for all who have breeds to exhibit. The poultry show bids fair to being one of the leading feaI tures of the fair. Our Entertainment committee has written Governor Manning asking him to be with us on opening day; Prof Daniels of Clemson College for Educational Day, and Congressman A F Lever for Agricultural Day. Our secretary has secured free at" ' > i A-I M. _ ? I tractions ior toe entertainment in spectators, also a clean, high class carnival and other tent attractions for your enjoyment and amusement. The heads of the different departraents are urged to get busy, along with each executive committeeman and all others really interested in Just Through I Loai RAN Look At Then Purcl The King Hard' "The Popular H # Kingstree, - - doing something to further the material progress of our county, that we may all be made glad by the outturn of our united effort in this connection. Our neighbor, Clarendon county, held its first fair last season, and arrangements are already perfected for the holding of the second fair the week following ours. This county is now well organized and is putting forth united effort for the greater success of their coming fair. Should we not do as much for ourselves? Florence county has planned the biggest fair they have ever held, and so has Orangeburg county. These two counties have corporations, with large capital, and work with a view to making dividends on tbeir investments. We have a co-operative association, not for the making of money, but for the sole purpose for developing our county, educating our people, and keeping step in the general march of progress. We do not expect the same class of farm exhibits that we had last season, but we are expecting our people to show the best they have. There is no reason why all other departments of our fair should not show'marked improvement over last season. Mr C W Baker, our farm demon strator, is arranging an exhibit covering the entire phase of his work which will prove both educational and instructive to all of our people. Miss Amanda Edwards, our county superintendent in charge of Girls' Canning Club and Home Demonstration Economics, who is largely responsible for the good household and girls' canning club exhibit last season, will give us a more elaborate exhibit this season, and will also have on exhibition the product qt her eight county bread clubs. We predict Williamsburg's greatest county fair in 1916. We urge our people to all co-operate in making this possible. By The President. The general convention of the Episcopal church, which meets every three years, will assemble next week in St Louis. The deputies from South Carolina are Revs John Kershaw, D D, A S Thomas,K G Finlay, A R Mitchell, Governor Manning and Messrs T W Bacot, J P Thomas, Jr, and H 1' Duvall. The alternates are Revs Wm Way, 0 T Porcher. L G Wood, W H K Pendleton, Walter Hazard, Esq, and Messrs J N Frierson, W C Bissell and P T Hayne. Jnloading a Car J of GES i Before You base ware Company ardware Store" - South Carolina BIG EXHIBITION AT ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA CATTLE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY Orangeburg, October 1:?South Carolina farmers are going into the live stock business. They are rapid ; ly placing their agriculture upon a basis of prosperity and profit rather than the fluctuating values of a onecrop harvest. Forward steps are being taken in every direction, and one of the most vitally important meetings ever held in this State is the South Carolina Live Stock Exposition and Cattle Conference which will meet in Orahgeburg October 11 and 12. The opening address will be delivered by Congressman A F Lever. This beneficial meeting is to be held under the joint auspices of the Southern Settlement and Development Organization and the Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce. Cooperating with these bodies are Clemson College, the State Agricultural Department, the Federal Department of Agriculture, and other interested organizations. It has been approved and largely praised by leading farm specialists in this State, and by many owners of live stock. The nation will eventually look to the South for its meat supply, and it behooves every farmer and landowner to consider the possibilities that this coming industry may have in store for him. The establishment of packing houses at Orangeburg, Greenville, and scores of other Southern cities, are beacons along the path of progress in Southern agriculture and point the way to a more glorious harvest of the natural possibilities of our soil and situation. To the forward looking farmer the South Carolina Live Stock Exposition and Conference is an occasion that cannot be missed. Among the leading agricultural authorities and speakers who will attend this conference are these well known personages: Dr W K Lewis, i leader of the campaign for the erad- i ication of the cattle tick; E J Wat- j son. State Agricultural Commission-' | er; Dr W W Long, the far-seeing; director of the farm demonstration 1 work in South Carolina who had ad- j vanced our farm industries as noj | other man has been able to do; Con- i I gressman A F Lever, chairman of j the great House Agricultural com-! mittee; and others. The subjects to be discussed include the following: Breeds and Results, Sizes and , Weights, Grade Stock and Thoroughbreds. Range Conditions, Pastures, Forage Crops and Rotation, Silos and Silage, Dairying and Dairy products, Tick Eradication, Diseases, [ Markets and Packing House Possibilities, etc. Can any farmer or | land-owner afford to miss it? From responses already received by Thos W Hughes, Special Agent of the Southern Settlement and De nlnnmanf Or era rn 7B h'nn fl ] n r CTP number of fine specimens of live stock will be on exhibit. L I Guion of Lugoff will send twelve head of Herefords, L W Boykin of Camden will send nine shorthorns, and so on., It will be the great event of the1 year for those interested in live stock. Every farmer and land-owner should be in Orangeburg on October 11 and 12. When You Take Cold. With the average man a cold is a serious matter and should not he trifled with, lis some of the most dangerous diseases start with a common cold. I Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy j ; and get rid of your cold as quickly j i !i? nnaaihle. You are not experi-l 1 meriting when you use this remedy, | as it has been in use for many years j and has an established reputation, j It contains no opium or other narcotic. Obtainable everywhere. I Come 1 1 about the Ma I family comfor I rviugdiK 1 Coffins and Cask l?Be?SS?S3?8fflS$ REV BAXTER M'LENDON CONGEALS BOMBSHELL! i WRITES A FRIEND THAT HE IS j ALMOST DEAD TO EXPLODE IT- , HITS AT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. , It will be a surprise to a number * of people to learn that Rev B F 1 McLendon, the evangelist, voted for 1 Blease in the last primary. The well ' known preacher says he could have ' elected Blease by telling: what he knows, and why he voted for him, ' but we are afraid that he has simply made a mistake in men, or has been ' badly fooled in some way. Having: ' taken this viewpoint of the race, it ' would have been untrue to his char- 1 acter to hav* denied it, and we find the following: letter from him to 1 Rev Pierce Watson admitting his 1 action: "A little fellow by the name of 1 Rogers at Florence has distributed ( a telegram that he sent me and my 1 reply over the State. I never do anything that is covered up. And I ' had my personal reasons for voting ! for Cole Blease. As far as working ' for any candidate, I never opened ' ivirr month f-sPVpral nf IHV friends ' have wondered why it was I voted ( for him. If I had told the people 1 why I voted for him before the election he would have been Governor of South Carlina today. lama ' very busy man. and as several of 1 my friends are insisting, or at least wanting to know why it was I voted for him, just as soon as this evan- 1 gelistic campaign is over I am com- ' ing out in an open letter and give my reason. (I Peter 3:13). "Now Bro Watson, I never hit anything with a tack hammer, and when I write this letter I am going to jar some people like a sledge hammer had struck them. At one time I was the most bitter man in the State against Cole L Blease. I 1 ? nn fnr nave iitrpi suaicumis *.K .u. about five years that has never been told in this state, but just as soon as I have time I am going to give out an open letter which will put a different complexion on things."?Or. angeburq Time* and Democrat WILL BE A RECORD-BREAKER. State Fair at Columbia October 23-27--Harvest Jubilee Again. Columbia, September 30:?Continuous advances in quotations for cotton and the unprecedented prices for cotton seed indicate that all previous attendance records upon the State fair will be shattered this year. Preparations are being made rapidly for the early installation of exhibits, and reservations are being taken j daily for special exhibits of farm I machinery and other appropriate i displays for the annual agricultural! celebration while numerous booths are being constructed by churches and other organizations for lunch rooms and refreshment stands. Consensus of opinion is that farmers over the State are receiving approx*imatelv $100 for a bale of cotton and the seed a trip is likely to be made to the State fair October 2*3 to 27. i n And j jestic A-range-r t. It will bring jo ee Hard\> ets We Lea< A distinct feature of fair week will be the Harvest Jubilee. This festival introduced last year was an mthusiastic success throughout the week and was the means of bringng thousands to Columbia who would not have been otherwise disposed to come to the fair. A been Dt the Juouee is to De setectea again this year in a manner similar to that last fall and a ball will be given in ler honor, following the coronation ceremony in front of the capitol. Horse racing is to be maintained t>y a high scale of premiums this pear. More than $1,700 will be competed for in prizes in the different events, and some particularly high quality animals will be seen in action on the fair ground turf. Football games will be played on two days of fair week, and this alone will induce many to attend. Free acts are to be placed on the ground again this year as last, some af the specialties being extraordinarily attractive. A meeting was held in Columbia last week, when the farm demonstration agent forces agreed to combine their exhibits into one comprehensive Statewide display of farm 1 A.? products, ine county Dy L-uuuiy exhibit plan will thus be abandoned, and all exhibits arranged according to crops, with all necessary information as to production and fertilizer and soil analysis data. The home demonstration forces will also prepare an interesting display. All railroads are arranging suitable schedules to bring the large crowds to the fair, and the lowest possible rate will prevail over all lines. ' 4 tea/ tnxmtq/ i& 'tiOC' ?""' 'J ft t f ? /. > *Hv/l^y WHO GETS THE MONEY YO DOES SOMEBODY ELSE WHO 1 YOUR "EARNING POWER" Cfl YOU ARE MAKING MONEY BAM AGE. JUST DO A LITTLE THINKINC BANK ? ? TilTCO (WE PHY H P?K unn i inicn Fanners & Mercha ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Reserve Board io Act s * eg \sk Us nent for your 1 y to your wife | 'are Co. I is Others Follow || BIG JUMP IN COTTON. Low Condition and Small Crop Send P/lces Up. New York, October 2:?One of the most sensational advances in the history of the cotton market attended the publication of the two government reports here today. Since the beginning of this season there have been many periods of activity and excitement, but none of them have approached today's figures with reference to the extent of fluctuations or in volume of trading. The demand was stimulated by the condition figures of 56.3, or the lowest on record, indicating a crop of offic- , ially 11,637,000 bales. Within a few minutes after these figures were issued January contracts sold at 17.03 j or $4.60 a bale above the closing price of last week. The census report showing 4,069,991 bales ginned prior to September 25 established a new high record, but the trade had been looking for even larger figures. Col D J Griffith,for the past eighteen years superintendent of the State penitentiary, has announced that he will not stand for re-election when his term expires in January. firiflRtVi tuill rptir<* to his farm Wl ?? mmm and spend the remainder of his years in private life. Do you know you can get four standard magazines in combination 0 with The Record by paying only 50 cents extra. Send in your order today. 1 Receipt Pests. Blank Notes, Mortgages and all Legal Ulauks in demand, for sale at The Record office. If we have not the form you wish we can print it cn short notice. tx a, 6aV|ui mewv I J -{or -mmon&u.lit' a in (i .a S3 LMr^t-inKTKt (fta/rvk U EARN? 00 YOU GET IT, OR JOES NOT EARN IT? iHNOT LAST ALWAYS. WHILE IK IT AND BE FIXED FOR OLD t. WITH US. | EST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. | ,nt3 National Bank, | LAKE CITY. S. 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