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SoS TIlE NEWAS U. ID AND HERAL_ aESTABLISHED 1844 WINNSBORO, S. C.-, JULY 15, 1921VO.XI.N.1 FAIRFIELD COUNTY REPORTED BY SHELTON. Miss Clyde Coleman is visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. S. Blair, at Strother. .Miss Margaret Boozer and Mr. J. W. Boozer, of Saluda. motored over Sunday and were the guests of Miss Lindsay Scott. 4 Mrs. V. H. Kittles and Billie and Hugh came home MNday, after spending three weeks in Garnett. Mr. Kittle went down Saturday and ac companied them home. Little Miss Eileen Coleman is vis iting little Miss Elizabeth Bodell in Mountville. Mr. Earl Wright, formerly of Shel. ton, but ncw of Franklin, Va., is in he Pryor hospital in Chester. His any friends hope for him a speedy recovery. Mrs. Polly Clayton and little grand-daugiters, Mary and Edith Wright, dre visiting Mrs. Sallie Feaster and Mrs. Ben Crowder at Blair. Mr. G. F. Beam has accepted a ox sition with the Tiger River Pine Co., at Herbert. Mr. Grady Wright was in Chester 'Sunday afternoon to see his brother, Mr. Etri Wright. Miss Vera Boliver, of Philadelphia, Pa., arrived Friday to spend some tiime with her sister, Mrs. G. Y. Reeves, at Clayton. Miss Nell Scott, of Jonesville, is visiting Miss Anni Scott at Shiver Springs. MrI Todd Coleman has a position with the Shiver Spring Co., at Clay ton. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, of Shivar Spring, returned last week from a v&Ait. to, relatives :in Lyons, -Ga. Mr. M..D Ogburn-accompanied his -inother, Mrs. Hugh Ogburn, to her home in Trio Tuesday. Mrs. M. D. 'Ogburn and little Marion, Jr., went as far as Coalumbia, returning in the afternoon. Miss Gladys Hill, of Union, is with ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hill, _for the sunner. GREENBRIER. Miss Leonora Stroud has returned to 'Atlanta, after spending several <ays with Miss I.ne Smith. Mrs. Ray Brooks spent Saturday in Columbia. Miss Cathryn Estes is spending a while with her grand parents at Great Falls. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Rutland are frisiting Mrs. D. C Ruff. Mrs. E. H. McKeown is visiting her daughter, Mrs Jackson, at Great Falls. Miss Lois Smith spent the past week-end in Winnsboro with Mrs. J. F. Watson; Roy and Tiny Blair were in the community Monday, N. C. Blair spent the week-end relatives in the neighborhood he many friends of Claude Lewis regret to hear of his having typhoid lever. Rev. J. B. Traywick , of Chester, preached at Greenbrier Sunday after noon, His many friends were de lighted to see him again. Mr. and Mrs. B, L. Delleney and son, of Chester, spent Sunday with relatives here, Mr. Dick Powell, of Columbia, spent 'Sunday at home, LONGTOWN. Miss Cooper Walkup, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Geo. E. Moore, has returned to Winnsboro. Captain W. J. Johnson, of Ridge way, was in Longtown Sunday. Miss Marie Jones is in New York taking a course of study at Columbia Universi'ty., Miss Irene Stewart spent a part of the past week in Winnsboro. Mrs. Cureton is spending a while here with her sister, Mrs. Elizaboeth Peay. Mr. and Mrs. Ezell Rabon, of Kershaw county, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A, Rabon. Mr. Clififord Smith has been on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Robinson, near Ridgeway. Mrs. Weir, of College Place, is spending the summer here with Mes. dames W. E. Wilds and Thos H. Wilds. Mrs as. C. Stwart, Miss Irene NEWS AS CORRESPONDENTS Stewart, Mr. Maxie Stewart and Mr. David Bankhead motored to Winns boro Tuesday. Miss Edna Dixon expects to leave Friday for Central, in Oconee coun ty, where she will have charge of the Keowee graded school during the summer session, which begins on the 18th instant. Mrs. John P. Jones spent a part of this week in Ridgeway with hei daughter, Mrs. D. W. Ruff, Jr. Master ' Ray Moore has returned from a visit to Winnsboro. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Crosswell vis ited relatives at Bishopville recently. Mr. Harvey Stewart, of Camden, spent the week-end, here with his parents, Mr* and Mrs. Robt. Stewart. Mr. Ernest Reeves, who is a stu. dent at Vanderbilt University, Nash. ville, Tenn., is spending the summer holidays here with Mr. R. C. Reeves and family. The many friends of Mr. John T. Stewart will be sorry to learn that he is quite ill. We wish him a speedy recovery. Mr. Cunningham Peay visited Mr. J hn Jones and other friends in this I section recently. Mr and Mrs. James Stewart, of Columbia, have been -, guests of Mr. and Mrs Robt. Smth. . E. H. D. BETHEL. On June 30th the people of Bethel conmunity witnessed the marriage of two of their charming young people, Miss Louise Powell and Mr. Lonnie M. Mann, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. George Powell and Mr.an irs. S, L. Mani. - It was a beautiful church wedding. The church color' scheme was white and green. Mrs.'J. P. Brooks was responsible for the success of the I whole of this beautiful wedding. Mrs. R. E. Sharp, accompanied by little Miss Nancy Sharp, favored the audience with a selection, a pi anologue, "The Usual Way." Next, Miss Sarah Brooks played Kimball's "Meditation." and imme diately followed with the AWedding March by Mendelssohn. The strains flo.wed out sweetly over the white light of the church to a crowded house of well-wishers. Little Misses Nellie Brooks and Mary Powell marcheed up the aisle bearing baskets of Shasta daisies. I They acted theic part perfectly. Then came two up each aisle-Mr. Lonnie Powell, on wvhose arm leaned the beautiful bride, Miss Louise, dressed in an exquisite silk dress, wjth large hat tnd accessories to match, bearing an arm full of glad iola and ferns. The opinion of all, "Louise was beautiful." Then Hugh H, Mann, the best man, assisted Lonnie M. Mann through the cere many., A shorti cememony was then pro nounced by Rev. R. E. Sharp and the two were made one forever and "they were happy ever afterwards" It will take considerable effort on the ptrt of any succeeding parties to equal the beauty .and arrange ment of this lovely wedding. The Rev. E. W. Mason and his good wife are spending their vaca tion at their old home with their son, R. W. Mason, tlso Mrs. Mason's niece, Mrs. James, and little son are with her. Mr. and Mrs. Maxcey Perry are with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Perry for a while. IMr. T. J. Perry became three score years of age on l'tst Saturday. The following celebrated this event with him: Dr. R. G. Hamilton, Messrs. Butler Burley,, Win. Ash ford, J. W. and E. S. Clark, J. P. Brooks and his boys, Geo. and Wit. lie Ruff, of Greenwood, tnd bhe Rev. Sharp. A most delicious dinner was served in courses of fruits, meats and sweets. All fully enjoyed the delight ful hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Per ry and their son and daughter and Miss Agnes Ruff. It is honed that Mr. Perry will be sixty tgain next week. Miss Eloise Perry, a trained nurse, is spending a few days with her father and mother. Mr. C. A. Robinson and Dr. R. (tnuned on seond page) HISTORY OF TiE LOCAL CHURCHES A distinctive feature of the hist-ry of Winnsboro is its religious life. The closing of the eighteenth cen tury saw the organization of a Pres byterian church in Winnsboro, a very natural consequence of the large Scotch and Scotch-Irish element, and from these early ancestors the church continues to hold a strong member ship. The Methodists were organized in 1.: building a brick church in that, year, Rev. James Jenkins being the first pastor. The present building was erected in 1874 under the pastor ate of Rev. A. J. Stafford' and the direction of that leading layman, the late Thomas Jordan. The first Associated Reformed Presbyterian synod was at the old brick church in 1803. About 1820 a a church was organized in Winns boro. The congregation has had two church buildings before the erection of its present handsome eentennial church a credit to the congregation and the community. For 14 years Rev. C. E. McDonald had been the pastor of the congregation, which in 1906 for all purposes raised nearly $5,000. In the 30's and' 40's there was a decided movement of low-country people and the organizatien of an Episcopal church, St. -John's parish, followed about 1840. The church erected in 1842 was burned by Sher man in 1865. Another church was. built and also destroyed by fire in 1888. The present church was erecL e in 1894. - The early days of the Baptis church , organized -in the 5 fraught wifta 1existence. The iembrship W small, but in that. little band were some heroic souls who toiled on. Lit tle by little the congregation grew till now it is the third largest congrega tion in town. In Winnsboro is found a fine illus tration o Christian union in that in ion services are held each Sabbath evening in the various churches in regular rotation. The churches of Winnsboro in their increased membership and in their material advancement reflect not only a greater interest on the part of the members in the houses of worship, but also the prosperity of the town, for the increase in many instances has been due to the moving in of new families. There are also five churches of the colored people in Winnsboro and these are all in prospeerous conition. AMERICAN RED CROSS. The Red Cros canteen reserves at Charlotte, N. C., have recently pro vided splendid recreational equipment for an out of door play ground at U. S. P. H. S. Hospital, No 26, Green, S. C. The entire equipment was provided at the expense of be tween $600 and $700 and is to be a memorial of their work during -the war. The Commarndng Officer at the camp set apart a large plot of round in front of the Red Crc ss house for this purpose. A tea , ruse has been erected, two croquet -:0 Irts have been made and umbrella tents and 12 couch hammoelks have been phred about the playgr. i ii. 1 Very simple, but appropriate exer cises, were held on the afternoon of IMay 31st, and Mrs. Van Landingham, :ommander of the canteen, presented the playground and Col. Dedman, commanding officer of the hospital, accepted it on behalf of the patients in the hospital. The entire equip mnt however, is a gift to the Red Cross service in the hospital and will be included in the inventory of Red Cross property. Mr. Thurber, hospital direetor, has been untiring in his efforts to estab lish such an out of door playground to entice the men out into the air and sunshine, giving them passv sports and every facility for rest as well as recreation, making this play ground the center of life for the pa tients probably six months out of the year. All the labor involved in the construction of the playground was furnishedk. by the hospital employees.* NEWS FROM THE WINNSBORO MILLS Miss Grace Attaway, of Lamar. has accepted a position in the Mill office. Miss Attaway h~ts been re crently employed in Columbia and lomes to Winnsboro from Columbia. Miss Corinne Windham, who has ,een cashier at the Mill store, will kate the first of next week for Co lumbia, where she will ttke a business course at Draughon's Business Col lege, r. John Humphries has returned ' his vacation, most of which was with homefolks near Green $ier. Messrs. Wiley, Reese and Gibson a'& batching it this week. Their wives .re -away. They-thj men-are on k vacation, that is Reese says they Here's hoping that his wife, least doesn't see this column. Ar. F. L* Candee was forced to re up his work Saturday and go .the hospital. Mr. Candee is in be-Columbia Hosppital for observa tioi Dr. Watson is his boss until he-'cides what is ailing Fred. We arei hoping that there is nothing serious. We are authorized to say that the price of ice has been reduced $7.50 to $6.00 per ton. This t to be good news to large con rs of ice. ss Pearl Neese has resigned her Mill store and will leave in a rt time for Columbia, where s 'll take a business corse :t hon's Business Coll ing bells rang joyo n the last Saturday even IMiss All of these young people tre very popular in our village and we wish for them a yery happy married life. Miss Myrtle Burke, of St. Mat thews, has accepted a position as cashier at the Winnsboro Mills store. Master Geo. C. Gibson, Jr., un derwent an operation Tuesday at the Baptist hospital in Columbia. The latust reports indicate that the little fellow is doing well. Mrs. Gib son is at the hospital with George. The ordinance of baptism was ad ministered Sunday at the Bptist church. One man and eight women were baptized. There arp othrs who will probably be baptized next Sun. day evening. Everyone in the community is giv en a cordial welcome to Sunday sciool Sund y morning -..t 9:45 and to the evening wcrshei at 8 o'clock. Especially ought members of the church to be loy-i and! come to the suppor't of the:: church. And , wvhile we are speakin.g of loyalty, let us say that soon wi are to begin a new Bap. tist church in our villtge and we need the support of every Baptist in the village. We know that the Meth odists are anticipating building a church of their own and we have no right to ask a single Methodist for a single cent to build . a . Baptist church, when they are to have a struggle of their own. Likewise we feel that Christian etiquette should forbid the. Methodist church insisting on the members of the Baptist church building their house for them until we have finished our own. The wri ter feels very strongly that each tub should stand on its own bottom at this time. He begs the members of the Methodist church and all who are inclined to worship with the Methodist body to contribute sacri ficially and ouickly to the erection of a Methodist church. He also begs for the same loyal, facrificial contri bution of' the Baptists and those in lined to worship at the Baptist church to the erection of the Baptist h2rch. If all concerned will deal fairly and in a fine Christian spirit there is no reason why both churches hould not receive all that they need for their houses of worship. We are opposed to an unscrupulous breaki iw of the laws of Christian etiquette. We are simply asking for loyalty! where loyalty is due. Be true breth.. ren to your own institutions. If you are a Methodist be loyal to your church. If you are a Baptist give your church your best support. Mrs. Gordon Johnstone, Mr. Ru dolph Johnstone, Mr. Gordon Grant and Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Gibson mo tored to Columbia Tuesday afternoon. Rev and Mrs. G C. Gibson and RESULT OF THE RE C BOOKS AND RECQR Columbia, S. C., I June 29, 1921. I Honorable C. A. Robinson, Mayor, I Winnsboro, S. C. Dear Sir: We hand you herewith report on our examination of the Clerk's -ec ords for the year ending April '30. 1921. We find that all cash has been de posited in thne banks and that pay ments have been vouched for by members of Council. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. Sinking Fund: The attached schedule shows the certificates of deposit ield for tihe redemption of bonds. No continuous record has been kept to enable us to certify that these amounts are carrect and we would suggest that such a record be kept hereafter. In this connection we would' recommend also that the authorities require that this fund be increased 'each year by an amount sufficient ta redeem all bonds at ma turity. Our information shows that you ( have ou'3tanding the following bonds: Electric lighting 4 1-2 per - cent. ................$10,000.00 Sewerage 5 per cent...... 80,000.00 School, 5 per cent......... 7,000.00 TOTAL. .............$97,000.00 We are not in possessi-m of the data to determine jusit what yearly addition to the Sinking Fund will be necessary to redeem these bonds, but your attorney- can give you this il. There is no way to determine the amount of fines thart have been as sessed. We have no reason to doubt that all fines have been collected and accounted for, but the method of handling is very loose and we would suggest that all fines assessed be recorded by the Mayor and that the Clerk have access to the record. Salaries: The amount recorded as salaries represents the salaries paid the May or and the Clerk. These salaries, we understand, are $400.00 per year for each office, al though only $700.00 was paid during the current year. We have not gone back beyond this year, b it unless there had been an overpayment in former years the Mayor was due $200.00 on his salary on April 30, 1921. On January 1, 1921, he was paid $100.00 of this amount and that r balance appears to be still due him. r Current Liabilities. The only liabilit~y of which we find record, aside from the salary men- t tionedi consists of one notie for $500.00 due the Merchants & Plant- r ers Bank with interest from January ~ 15, 1921, Records: We fo'mnd the records accurately a kept, but. not so complete a- they s: uld be and would suggest that-the. work on the present records can be - lessened and additional records in- tl stalled jn order to enable the tax- t1 payers to know in more detkail just what is being done.g TOWN OF WINNSBORO, S. C. Receipts and Disbursements by Town Clerk for Year Ending April 30, 1921 1i Receipts:n Balance May 1, 1920..$ 4,913.60 Taxes, less refundis.. .. .. 13,094.73 Penalties. .................80.91s Fines~..........---........723.00 ci Licenses. ................ 6,831.07 Miscellaneous. ..............131.00g TOTAL..............$25,774.31p DISBURSEMENTS. I Expenses: i Salaries, Mayor and Clerk.$ 700.00 Street works............. 4,090.01r Police department........3,109.06 a Miss Beth Turner returned Satra afternoon from Greenville, where they attended the Baptist summer n assembly. Mr. J. J. Robinson has been con fined to his bed for several days, but E at this time he .is reported as con-a volaenan ENT AUDIT OF DS OF THE TOWN Jights and water........ 1,882.2% >rinting, adv. elections .... 417.82 nberest on bonds and over-, draft ................. 4,824.32 discellaneous expense..... 782.12 TOTAL EXPENSE .... $15,805.56 mprovement Account: treet equipment bought..$ 1,334.39 ew water mains......... 1,500.40 )ld notes paid............ 1,000.00 kdded. to. sinking- fund. ... -.2,000.00 - TOTAL .......1......$ 5,834.79. [otal expenditure ........$21,640.35 ,ash balance.-.'...........$ 4,133.96 ash balance as shown above ..... ........$ 4,133.96 ,ash in Banks: Vinnsboro Bank..........$2,500.o00 ank of Fairfield........ 1,500.00 er. & Planters Bank...... 135.21 $4,135.21 ,ash over..................$ 1.25 TOWN OF WINNSBORO, S. C. ertificates of Deposit, April 30, 1921 ank of Fairfield: Date. No Amount 4ay 1, 1920 757. $ 546.01 fuly 1, 1920 756. 1,54236 ug. 14, 192 758.... 522.50 an. -24, 1920 759......59625 eb. 8 ,1921 755...... 500.00 $3,707.1 Werdants & Panters Bank: an. 122, 1920 410..'.. - 522.50 Fait: 6 12 -8.... 500 an. 24, 1920 411 .....'. 570.57 day 1, 1920 412 ...... 1,133.72 eb. 8, 1921 ,4-5. ...... . 500.00 $3,226.79 finnsboro Bank: an. 8, 1920 839......$2,339.45 ran. 22, 1920 840 ...... 522.50 'an. 16, 1920 S.10 ..... 1,000.00 'eb. 8, 1921 885...... 1.000.00 $4,861.93 TOTAL FACE VALUE $11,795.84 (To this must be added accumu ated interest from dates of issue at 1-2 per cent.) ARM DEMONSTRATION NOTES. Now is the .time-t'o mound your each, plum and cherry trees. By iaking a mound of earth 12 inches igh around the trees and removing ;in October you will greatly lessen be damage to your trees by ?the each tree borer. The peach borer ores into: the trank- of)'the'tree just eneath the-surfice~oe'the soll, which til eknte*vtsg"o the tree- - nd a eus'ntarry so. t%etm to; diet It' is- nbt:.taMatete sett out sweetN ota vlaes Protegrown-' fiorni e vine will be better for seed than de potatoes g'rown from the plants. ee that your farm hands have a ood potato patch. The boll weevil has found his way about every cotton patch in Fair eld county. This means that if we re to combat the boll weevil suc ssfully we must diversify farm g and all farmers and business men tust co..operate .as never before. The onily practical way to fight the 'eevil now is to pick .all punctured "iare5 at least once each week and. iltivate often and shallow. Don't 'ait until the squares fall to the round, but pick off all dead, yellow, ae and wide open squares and burn Bugene Stewart, Ralph Mason, H. .McKeown anid others in the coun.:. 7are doing -good work withi their iding cultivators. Rob Stevenson, Coleman Turner nd Thomas Paitrick are at Clemson ollege taking the boy's short course. Miss Lucile Dye, pig club member, igs gained 45 pounds the first Buck Harrison, R. C. Stevenson, I C. Boulware, W. M. Estes, Sam rice, R A, Lewis. M. W. Patrick, nd many others have some very ne corn.