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NEWS AND HERALL. PUBLI$HEDl WEEKLY, -BY WINNSBORO PRINTING CO. J. 'RANK FOO3HE, - - - EDITOI TBES, IN ADVANCE : One Year,............................$1.50 8lx;Months...................... .. .75 WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday. May 7, - - 1902 McLaurin's announcement that be would not enter the primary is nothing more than what was ex pActed. )The trustees of Clemson college will be called together to consider the trouble that resulted in the withdrawal of the sophomores. Recently at Dahionega, some one asked Virge Moose, the famous Confederate veteran, if he was going to be vaccinated. His reply was: "No; I was vac cinated and baptized both when I was little and neither one took." The News and Herald grate fully acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to the celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Salem Female Academy, at Winston-Salem, N. C., May 22nd to 29th inclusive. EDITORIAL NOTES. Winnsboro Granite Campany. A few days ago it was our pleasure to spend several hours at the quarries of the Winnsboro Granite Company at Rion. Things were quite different from what they were when we were there two years ago. Then it was as dull a place as we ever struck. But now it is a place of life as is shown by. the following informa tion which we know will be of interest to our readers. The company is now engaged in get ting out stone for constructing. the Land Title Building of Phila delphia. This, which is to be for office purposes, will.be 23 stories high. 100,000 cubic feet of stone, weighing a total of 8,500 tons, will be required in its construc tion. It will take more than a year with 200 men engaged all the while to complete it. At present there are nearly 100 expert stone cutters employed-and this means something when it is remembered th very stone cutter gets at C ias $3.90 for a day of eight bours. In addition to this skilled labor there are also employed many negroes to do the quarry ing work. The monthly pay roll lacks but a little of being $10,000, and this amount will be greatly increased-almost doubled--soon, for new stone cutters are arriving every day. Of course the expen diture of so large a sum is help ful to every interest in the county. This large number of men has to be housed, clothed and fed. Al ready four cottages have gone up. One large boarding house-hotel -is completed and another nearly so. Other buildings will be needed. The merchants in Winus boro are getting a godtl trade from out there, especially in the clothing line. The farmers in the surrounding country are finding a ready sale for their fresh meat, milk, butter, eggs, vegeta bles, etc. With its present equipments great possibilities lie within the reach of this company. If they can only continue to get work for as many men as at present, the granite eompany will be a great factor in the derelopment of the resources of the county. Its good effects are already being felt in all the surrounding county. We are greatly indebted to the management for the courtesiEs shown us. Superintendent Frank H. Biuder, who is in charge of this imrnense plant, left Rio stone unturned in making the trip in str uctive and inzteresting. H is assihtants, Messrs. ThaLyer, Bin der, McGee, and Young were no less obliging and courteous. But to appreciate thre magui tude of the work now being cariried on at these quat ries, one mnust take a dai's trip there. Farming That Pays. On our way out to the quarri. s, we stoppert for a few miuntes at the howe of Mr. T. W. 1Ruff. where we were met by that big bodied, bighearted Captain Hays. Soon Mr. Ruff camne driving in and close behind him was a sight thiatgladdened our eyes-a wagon loaded with pine straw to litter the lot and stables. There must be some connection between this littering and that big corn crop that Mr. Rutf made last year. Certainly Mr. Ruff believes in making ~his fertibrzers at home.| 1oth his lot and stables are well littered. He fet ds se%eial beef cattle and also keeps some good milkers---thoroughbred Jerseys. 'Ibis progressive farmer is cer tainly on the right side of the hay question. He always has Hay (s) on hand. He has enough for his own use, and a little over for which he finds nt a ly sale at good priccs. Here is an instance of some plantinghat should open the eves of the cottontot!. Last Sear he and Mr. Hays had the latter's place, containing eighty acres, sown down in grain. When this was cut, the land was sown in peas. The net proceeds of these two crops was a little over $1,200. Think of it. $15 net from each acre of ground! Of course there were other evidences of the kind of farming that is carried on at this place. For instance there was the wind mill with the. great number of conveniences it brings. Then there was the poultry that had not been overlooked. But more anon. A Creditable School. Of course we didn't pass the Greenbrier Graded School with out stopping. We have spoken before of the credit ,hat is due this commun'ty for having so good a school buikling. Now we can speak of the creditableness of the school itself. Both in the room of the principal, Mr. Peuri for, and the assistant, Miss Blair, we saw unmistakable evidences of go',d work. Besides the regu lar class room work in the princi pal's room there wa3 also the physical apparatus which he had made at the summer school last year which he uses most advan. tageously in the touching of phy sics. We were very much im pressed with the various written and oral exercises in the a.sist ant's room, where some unusually good work is being done. We saw good writing, we heard good reading, we talked to interested children, and on the walls we saw pictures that gave the room an attractiveness most commend able. In another room which is also used for a music room we saw a nice reading table with a better list of periodicals than we have seen in some colleges-in South Carolina at that. In this room most of the teachers and pupils gather at the recess period, wnere is breathed an air of good social feeling that is so charac ttristic of this up-to-date com munity. The little boys, however, were down i the r-oad plagnyg stone cutters. 'With schpols of this type in the county there should be less moving to town. A Valuable Clover. In a little ride around town a few evenings ago we saw two lots of decided interest to us. One of these was at Judge Neil's and the other at Mr. Geo. H. IgeMaster's. Both of these are well 'sodded in a yellow clover that grows very early in the spring. Even at that time-nearly two weeks ago even before most of the grain was large enough to cut to an ad vantage, it was a foot or more high. It makes fine green food and is also very valuable for cut ting for hay. It doesn't seem to be much trouble to get started, and once planted it-reproduces itself each spring. After it is cut in the spring the hind can be sown in corn and peas. It is certainly a valuable crop and all who keep stocks of any kind-and all should-should consider its merits for having a place on the farm or the town lot. Letter to Dr. R. B. liana han, Winnsboro, S. C. Dear Sir: You like a fine pic tie, and zou knowv nothing adds o much t~o the appearance of the landscape as a well painted resi dence. Ever y residence becomes wel painted ~wheni de ne with the Longman & Martinez Paints, and we assure xo ithat your property, and your~ n aighbors' property, when painte I with cur paints, wvill add 'oeauty to the landscape; will cost you less; and will wear longer than any other paint. Paint and painter's work guaran teed sat'sfactory, else your house will be repaiutb d free of cost. MMASTER CO. will always suply you. Respect fully, LONGMAN & MARTIN~EZ, Paint Makers. Lumuber-5,O000 feet of un dressed lumber for sale at close prices. J. 0. DJoag. -A certain amiont of moisture is necessary for eggs to hatch well. The best way to supply this moisture is either to have your lhens sit on the ground, or to pace good moist dirt in the bottom of the nest, replenishing it two or three times during the ime the hen is sitting.I TI-E COUNTY CONVENTION. ' n The Fairfield County Demo eratic convention met Monday at t noon with T. S. Brice in the chair n and J. R. Curlee as secretary. t The roll of delegates was then called and the following re sponded: Albion-T: S. Brice, C. H. Douglass, W. L. Rosborough, Jr. Feasterville-J. G. Wolling, 9 W. Y. Coleman, M. E. Bethea, r H. D. Coleman, W. J. Keller, C C. W. Fancet t. Monticello-S. U. Robinson, i J. H. Aiken, G. F. Andrews, W. J. 1 Burley. Woodward-J. S. McKeown, t H. C. McKeown. White Oak-T. W. Traylor, W. W. Lathan. Gladden's Grove-J. H. Hall,I J. M. Higgins, C. S. Ford. Wateree-Jno. G. Mobley. Oakland-John Hollis, II. V. Bray. 1 Longtown -- J. D. Harrison, A. W. Mattheson, R. A. Hudson, T. M. Haynes, Jos. Stewart. Centreville-H. R. Easler. Bear Creek-T. W. Sli.h, W. H. Ht ins. Blythewood-C. Langford, Jes sie Wooten, D. A. Broom, G. Y. Langford, Thos. Neeley, Nelson Jones. Ridgeway-W. J. Johnson, R. S. Spence, L. L. Bolick, W. S. Robinson, Geo. H. Rhine, J. N. Lemaster, J. W. Team, R. D. Bolick. Mossy Dale-T. B. McKinstry. Horeb-E. C. Jeter, D. C. Enff, J. W. Clark. Jenkinsville-C. B. Douglass, W. B. Yarborough. Greeubrter - S. R. Rutland, T. W. Woodward, T. W. Ruff, J. R. Curlee, A. Hays. \Viunsboro No. 1-J. E. Mc Donald, J. M. Elliott, John W. Lyles, G. H. McMaster, G. W. Ragsdale, T. H. Ketchin, J. E. Coan. Winnsboro No. 2-J. B. Stev enson, J. J. Neil, Jno. M. Smith. Jackson Creek-Jno. Y. Turner, D. L. Stevenson, Jas. B. Turner. Fairfield Cotton Mills-James Wooten, Tom Burns, Sam Boul ware. At this point the chairman re tired from the chair, and T. H. Ketchin was called to act as tem porary chairman while the elec tion of officers was being held. T. S. Brice was re-elected county chairman, J. R. Curie. secretaryn and T. H. Ketchin. memiger of State executivefbmnte new chairman thien took the eet ing in charge and immedia ly the election of delegates to the State convention was called. At once T.. H. Ketchin secured the floor, and in strong words of appreciation of his past services moved that Maj. T. W. Wood ward be unanimously elected by acclamation to head the ticket. The motion was met with a glad response with seemingly an aye from every delegate present, and tben followed a round of applause as an expression of joy that the old hero had been so honored. "I1 thank you," feelingly spoken, signified the gratitude he bad for the honor so generously bestowed. The other delegates, all elected on first ballot, were: J. E. Mc Donald, T. W. Traylor, Jno. D. Harrison, Jno. G. Mobley, C. S. Ford, W. J. Johnson, T. W. Sligh. The next four highest were chosen alternates: T. S. Brice, D. L. Stevenson, B. B. Rutland, Jno. B. Stevenson. The appointment of members of the county executive commit tee was then ratified. The com mittee is as follows: A lbion-C. H. Douglass. Feasterville-T. B. Owens. Monticello-Frank McMeekin. Woodward-T. W. Brice, Jr. White Oak-Jno. H. Neil. Gladden's Grove-J. M. Hig gins. ' .Wateree-T. L. Johnston. Oakland-John Hollifi. Longtown-T. J. Robinson. Centi eville-Daniel Brown. Bear Creek-M. L. Cooper. Blythewood-G. Y. Langford. Ridgeway-R. S. Spence. 1 Mossy Dale-Ti. F. Smith. Horeb-E. C. Jeter. Jeukinsville-C. B. Douglass.' Greenbrier-J. R. Curlee. Winnsboro No. 1-T. K. Elliott. Winnisboto No. 2-UT. G. Des Portes. Jackson Creek-W. L. Kirk patrick. Fairfield Cotton Mills-Free man Wright. Salem, which was not reported, will appoint its member later. At this point a resolution was introdiuend by J. E. McDonald that at the coming primary the county executive committee pro. I vide a separate box and ticket to that an expression of the people< as t o the removal of the jail and1 iav be had. '1he r sih.tion was nanlimously adopted. There being no 'urther business he convention was ajourned. A eeting of tl.e executive commit ee was held imn:ediately after djournment. White Oak Wh'ttlings. We are having very warm and rowing weather for the crops LOW, though we are getting very try up here. We have not had ut one or two very light showers n about four weeks. The first )!anting of corn is a fine stand Lnd all the <arly planting of cot on is about up, but the last plant ng can't come up till it rains. [he wheat and oats will be light, ith the excepciou of a few fields ,hat will be very good :f it gets mfficient rain this month. The ardens will be good if they get ood rains soon. There will be )lenty of fruit of all kinds in his section. The south-bound vestibule last i;ght killed two fine yearlings at ;his place belonging to Mr. T. G. Patrick. Communion service will be had ere at the A. R. P. church iext sunday, conducted by Rev. J. A. White. Preaching begins on Fri lay night at 8 o'clock. The White Oak school closed Last Friday. Prof. Henry will return to his home at Marion, .la., in a few days. Also Miss Teannette Patrick's school at Woodward, Miss Kittie Patrick's it Mt. Olivet, and' Miss Hattie Buechel's at Shady Grove closed his week. Capt. Terris is still unwell. It eems he does not improve any. No one- from here attended the innual Catawba falls picnic to lay. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nichols are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Raines, at Mit rord. The parties from this place hat attended the Charleston ex position have returned! They repoit having had a grand time %nd seeing many grand sights while in the City by the Sea. May 3, 1902. Sentinel. Bryant and Longtown Items. We are having almost ideal weather for farm work. The rarmers availing themselves of fhe favorable weather that has prvied etl,:ave ab0tnt lise lntn hi crops. March corn is~ in most instances ~rowing nicely, especially where Lt has been worked over. Am glad to say there has been more orn planted, generally speaking, than there has been heretofore in years. Another thing that is 'ery gratifying to us is that early all our farmers are mani festing so much interest in sor ghum culture. Inasmuch as the price of corn is so high it be booves us to endeavor to raise averythiing we possibly can to ubstitute f'or it. Small grain as improved considerably. Gardens have apparently been greatly refreshed by- the recent ran. R3ev. J. E. Ashmore preached at the chapel Wednesday e vening, 30th ult. Quite a crowd from this section ad vicinity have attended the xpoition recently, among whom re the followinge' Dr. and Mrs. E. H.. Harrison, Misses Sallie [Lee Harrison, Annie Reeves, Carrie Wilds, Fannie Ford, Hattie Hellichamp, Mrs. B. F. Cassels and children, and Mr. H. G. Mr. L. TV. Wilds, of Columbia, isited his brothers, Messrs. W. E. arid G. J. Wilds, last week Miss- Sadie Mellichampe has returned from a very pleasant rip to the exposition. Mrs. Cureton, of Liberty Hill, s visiting the family of Mr. A. F. Peav. M\iss Janie Spence, of Ridge vay, who has l'een visiting rela ives here, returned home some :ime since. She was accompanied b) Miss Mattie Simpton. Miss Minnie Jackson, of Winns boro, is visitirg relatives and riends at Bryant. Mr. Win. Stewait, of Columbid, s.ame up Satuday to see his nother, Mrs. Sarah Stewart. Miss Lizzie Smith is spending ;ome time with relatives at Win nsboro.. Mrs. Alice Jenkins, of Colum >ia, is visiting the family of Mr. WV. J. Seigler. E. H. D. May 5, 1902. Senator Tillman is thec only nember of the upper house wh.> as recorde.l in his autobiogra hical sketch in the congressional irectory that I.e was a farmer efore his election to the senate. -hster IBenoiter'. DR. M O1 (TEETHING Cures Cholera-Infantum. Diarrhoea.Dysent Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regula!s the BS TEETHING EASY. Cures Eruptions and Si and prevents Worms. TEETH INA Counter Summer's heat upon Teething Children. sr mail 25 cents to C. J. MORFETT, M. 0., flcssy Dale Items. Evetythjin, is serene in this section of the .ou!tb and ever hodly very losv on tl eir farms. C tton p'a':ting is al cut through with 1and l.0w crW working is beginuii'g. The ., i.d of corn is geLer.dhy very g(Od and the Plants ar in a ie thhy condition. lhose who planted cotton early have secured goo 1stands, but the later tlauting will be better with a gool rain. Rain is needed in this secto:n. The small grain crop is rather off. I have only seen one good field of wheat and that is Mr. J. It. Curlee's, which was planted early and fertilized. Spring oats will not do much without good seasons. Gardens are rather backward. Birds are injuring my beans as soon as: they come through the ground. Cut worms have about finished all my early set tings of cabbage plants, so I will have to lick the calf over again. No other alter- I native. Some of our young people are, having some fish fries on the river. The catch is not very large as yet, as the fish are not running very extensively, and the water is rather cold as yet. Messrs. Otis Cauthen_ and I Watt Mann are going to take in: the exposition this week. Miss Sallie McMeekin's school closeJ last Friday after a very successful term. She has made herself very popular as a l.dy and school teacher and she ~will be very much missed in this neighborhood. The best wishes of this neighborhood attend her. wherever her lot may be cast. Miss Carlos Padgett's school at Mossy Dale will close next week and she will also nakk her dlepai ture. She also will be very much missed. Both have very much endeared themselves with both pupils and rons. The Misses F:alips who have! ben teachinga ' 1 abroad have . turned home a the parsonage1 I hope they will find their new home a very pleasant one during their sojourn among us. Mr. Will Ashford is preparing to build a new dwellia as the one he has been living in has be come so dangerous that he had to move out of it for safety. Messrs. Sam McDowell and George Ruff of your town atten ded preaching at Bethel Sunday morning. It has been some years since Sam has worshiped with, us. He met many old friends. Come a;in. Miss Jennie fLee Gibson is on a visit to Hyatt Park. Mr. J. L. Caut:hen expects to finish up his j>)b at the quarry this we--k. Mar 5, 1902. T. B. M'K. Mrs. Evie Nesbit. It is with sadness that I record a very solemn scene which took place in this neighbo hood o: I Wednesday last. We were slocked to hear of the dieath of one who had been rear~ed in this neighborh'od and had mov.id to Columbia a fc .v years ago, Evie Nesbit, daughter of Dr. T. B. MeKinstry. She was in her 2ith year. She ha 1 been quite siLk fr several weeks, but nothing to, cause any special alarm up to the morning of her death in the after-: noon. Her cou4h was surrounded by her devoted husband and brothr and sister and other friends and relatives. Her re mins were brought home for burial. They were accompanied by her husband and brother and Mr. A. S. Russel and wife (her, sister), Mr. Nesbit, Sr., of Sumter, Re ?. Mr. Zimmerman, her pastor, andl his wife, and Yr *. McLane, Mr. Frank Hlendrix and Mr.. Brown. IThe servic s were conducted by Revs. Zimmermau and Phil lips. Her pastor miade some feeling rein irks as regards to her Christian life while in the city which w L.s very comnforting andi consoling tol her grief-etricken father anid relative.s. There was a large turnout of neighbors and frends to see her consigned to her last resting p'ace, there to' slep peacefully until resurrec tion mn rn. Her remains were interred in the fa:nily plat in the Bethel cemet. ry. She was an(l has been a very ze.dlous and comiant member of the Bethel' FETT'S POWDERS) eryand the BowelTroubles of Children wets, Strengthems the ChHld and MAKE ires. Colic. Hives and Thrush. Removes mots and Overcomes the Effects of the d costs only 23 cents at Druggists, or St. Louis, Mo. ,hureb, transferred to Main street -Lurch in Ccliimbia. May 5th, 1902. Ielated Club Reports. '!Lt fullowing reports of club tings were scnt too late to ;lp:ar iln the last is.sue: GI:ENRI:IER. Ti e Greenbrier club was re org:nized by the election of T. W. Woolwarl as president and W. MI. Peurifoy as secretary; vice-presidents, Thos. Blair and A. Hays; executive committee, S I. Rutland. W. P. Blair and S. F. Cast l' s. Registration Committee-J. C. Chappell, Jas. Young, Jas. Ricliard:on. Executive Con uitteman-J. R. Curlee. Delegates to County Conven tion-S. R. Rutland, T. W. Euff, J. R. Curlee, A. Hays. BEAR CREEK. The Bear Cieek De mocratic club met Saturday, April 26,1902, and reorganized by election of the following: President-T. W. Sligh. Vice-president-H. 0. Duke. Secretary-0. C. Duke. Executive Committeeman-M. L. Cooper. Delegates to County Conven tion-T. W. Sligh and C. A. Heins. Alternates-E. A. Daxis and H. 0. Duke. A rE gistration committee was also appointed. WATEREE. The Wateree Democratic club met the 26th and elected the following officers: President-F. A. Neal. Vice-president-Robert Moore. A Secretary-William Perry. Executive Committeeman-T. L. Johnson. Delegate to County Conven tion-John G. Mobley. -' Committee on Registr$t r~ J.llIsenF wev,'Jamest a Edwar- slan. > H1olds Up a Congressma~ "At the end of the campaign," writes Champ Clark, Missouri's brilliant congressman, "from over work, nervous tenision, loss of sleep and constant speaking I had about utterly collapsed. It seemed th:at all the orgafns in my body were out of order, but three bottles of Electric Bitters maie me all right. It's the best all round medicine ever .sad'over a druggist's counter." Oves-wea run-down men and w~~~ women gain sped vitality from Electic Try them. Only 50c. Guaran- - teed by McMaster Co.. The exposition will htrdly be opeu longer th Ln June 1st. The rates for April still hold good for May and will apply to Thursdays - as wvell as Tuesdays. Now is the time to go. Mr. W. J. Bryan, it is said, will ga to Havana to witness the inauguration of President Palma .- - May the 20th, and report it for . an illustrated magazine. As he will necessarily pass near Char- .; leston an effort is be'ing made to have him stop over and spend a few days at the exposition. The Chicago Live Stock World truly remairks that cheap corn is not to be expected for a long time to come, no matter how bountiful the crop of 1902 m ry be. The ranari~es of the world are empty and old corn in the feeding dis tricts will b.e a scarce article next winter. At the same time the country is full of cattle and the demand for poik sufficient to justify raising more hogs athan ever. Several bountiful crops of crn will be needed to glu.t thb. market wi that cereal. Mrs. Harriet Beckwith ha s given the' sum of thirty-two thousand dollars for the purpose of building a fine school building in Bennetsville. The contract his be.-n let and the building will soon be comp;leted. Registration Notice. The old Boardt of Supt rvisors of Reg-/ istrationI, consist ing of T1. WV. Sligh, J. H. Neil, andc WV. W. Crosby, has b)een reappjointed. The Board hoids its re.rular ininthly neetings the first Monay in en-ry month in their offie in the (ourt HIouse..r W.SIH