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ADVANTAGE COUNTY FAIR The President of a Fair Association ir one of the progressive counties traverse*] by the lines of the Southern Railway Com pauv has suggested that I write an articlf for newspaper publication on "The Advan tages and Benelits of the County Fair." It ni vos me jrreat pleasure to comply with this suggestion for the reason that, in my opinion, the county fair can be made a most important factor in the progress and development of the locality in which it is held. At the county fair the visitor sees what his own neighbors are doing where the conditions of climate and soils are similar to those on his own farm. The men who have attained the best results and carried ofl" the premiums are known to him. He can talk with them, visit their Shi-his, and learn just how they have succeeded. A county fair thus becomes a most efficient educational institution. This is especially true where, as at some of the fail's in the Southeastern States, lectures are deliver ed by experts in different branches of agricuituie, horticulture, live stock rais ing and dairying. While amusement fea tures in connection with a fair aid in in creasing the attendance, I believe that they should be subordinated and that the primary aid of the managers of county fairs should be to make them of educa tional value to the farmer in aiding him to solve his practical problems. As a result of the study which I have given to agricultural conditions on the Southeastern States in connection with tho work /for farm improvement being carried on by tho Southern Hallway Com pany, I have becomo convinced that the most important problem confronting the farmers of our section at tins time is that of increasing their average yields per acre. This may bo said to be an all in clusive problem for it involves not only cultural methods but questious as to the rotations of crops so as to get the best re sults as to raising live stock for manure asjwell as for direct prolit, and as to tho proper use of the right kind of fertilizei's and the application of lime to soil needing a unie.weaimwin/. Wo have just reached the time in the United States wheu tins problem of in creasing average yields per acre is becom ing acute. With the growth of population, demand for farm products of all kinds is increasing and there are ho longer vast areas of productive lands in the West open to farm settlement. The growing demand must be met in larger measure than here tofore by the farmers of the older states, and there is no section which, by its geo graphical relation to the consuming cen ters and climatic and soil conditions, Is better situated to profit by this condition than the Southeastern States. The county fair can be made a most ef ficient agency in the solution of the prob lem of increasing the yields of our South eastern soils.' As a means to this end I would suggest to the managers of these fairs that they require exhibitors to at tach to their exhibits or post up with them ? 1M ?ka AAmnlafa piaUUlUA K1V1"K nir juwot wiupivkv uuv. mation practicable as to the conditions under which they were produced. For example, the educational value of a corn exhibit would bo much increased if it should be accompanied by a placard stat ing the rotation of crops in which the corn had l?een grown, describing concisely the character of soil and the methods by which it had been prepared, the date and method of planting, the date and methods of cultivation, the amount of barn yard manure used per acre with the time and method of its application, the character and amount of commercial reitilizers used with the time and method of their appli cation, the yield per acre obtained, and ? any other facts of an instructive nature reiauvu u? tue pruuuvuuu ui cum. simi lar placards with such changes as might Ik* necessary to adapt thorn to the differ ent exhibits would add greatly to the practical educational value of the fair. In a brief article of this kind it is not practicable to discuss- all of the ways in which a county fair can be helpful to a community, but I think there can be no question as to its great value and I should be jrlad to see an annual fair in every county in the Southeastern States. ' Washington, D. 0., August 7, l'J12. A. S. Jones, of the Lee PI armacy, Chioo, La'., who ha? handled Foley & Co.'s medicines for many yearn, says : "I consider that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has no equal, and is the one cough medicine I can recom mend a-< containing no narcotics or other harmful properties." The gen ulne in a yellow package. McMurray Drug Co. Wbentref you Kt an Arrow (bink of Coca-Cola & Free Our new be vindication asking. I ELECTROCUTION OF REED , Anderson Negro First to Die In New ly Installed Chair. He Made Con fession Before His Death Columbia Record, <5th. At 11 o'clock this morning in the death house at the state penitentiary William Reed, a negro from Anderson county, went to liis death in the newly installed electric ! chair. This was the first legal execution ' by electricity in South Carolina and though 1 the process of electrocution was new to the authorities at the penitentiary there was not a hitch. Roed was apparently 1 calm, but as ho entered the death room he was seen to falter. He braced himself for the ordeal, walked to tho chair and dropped into tho seat. The electrodes, one above the head and another around the left ankle, were quickly adjusted and upon signal that everything was ready the lever in the switchboard was thrown, and the lethal current 1,900 volts strchig was sent through lleed. The body strained at the straps, due, the expert from the factory said, to nervous reflex action, but it is probable that Reed died instantly. For nine seconds the current was maintained at the initial voltage and was then reduced to 2oo volts. By a turn of awheel the volt age was then raised to 1,900 which was kept up until 60 seconds had passed. The current was applied in its varying Intensi ties for a full minute. Drs. Jennings and Fishburne pronounced Reed dead at the em! of the 60 seconds. There was absolutely no ceremonies or incidents to the electrocution. The death warrant had been read to Reed before the witnesses and officials entered the death ohamber and the march to the chair and the attachment of the electrodes consumed only about one minute. The law's penalty had been paid in two minutes from the time the condemned negro entered the death room. The body will not be turned over to rela tives for burial, none of them having ex pressed a wish to take charge of the re mains. lined was indifferent in the matter and diil not seem to care whether his rela tives took charge of tho body. He sent no last .messages to any one and wheQ asked while seated In tho chair if he hqd any thing to say he murmured "nothing.!* MARCH TO OHAIK. ' About lo o'clock the witnesses, members of the board of director* of the peniten tiary and others who held official admis sion cards gathered at the penitentiary. Most of the visitors seated themselves on the porcn in the rear of the offices and guards quarters. At 10.56 the superln ! tendent, Col. D. J. Griffith, announced that the hour for the execution had arrived and | about 25 persons made their way quietly I and solemnly to the chaml>er of execution. Rev. J. C. Abnuy, the penitentiary chap lain; Tom Jackson, colored, Rev. Andy 1 Robison, colored, and Richard Carroll held a few minutes' conference with Reed before , tne arrival or tne party. * MILL MAN FOR JONES Commends the Judge for Upholding His Claim in the Appeal to the Supreme Court The following statement from Olin M. Rhodes, the man who obtained the large verdict against the Granby cotton mills of | Columbia, is interesting and important in that it shows Judge Jones' attitude to i ward the working man : In view of certain campaign charges I against the supreme court of South Caro | linn, and especially its former chief jus j tice, Hon. Ira B. Jones, to the effect that i they wore partial to corporations and hos ! tile or indifferent to the interests of plain laboring men, I feel it my duty to make j this statement to the public. m tne year iwy x was in tne employ 01 the Granby cotton mills of Columbia, 8. | 0., as a trucker, and In consequence of a strike by the loom fixers in the same mill I was discharged by the company and my name was placed on a blacklist which the company sent to other cotton mills lp the state with the view to preventing me from trotting any employment again in any cot ton mill. I tried to get employment in other mills but was turned down, and I had to leave my native state of South Carolina ami go to Virginia to get a chance to work. Get your name on the Club ltoli. Satisfies m There never was a thirst that Coca-Cola / couldn't satisfy. It goes, straight as an ar row fr? Hrv snnf. And besides this, satisfies to a T the call for something purely delicioua and deliciously pure?and wholesome. Delicious Refreshing ] Thirst-Quenching rmand the Genuine as made by ^OCA-COLA CO., ATLANTA, GA. loldet, telling of Coca-Cola at Chattanooga, for the J-i THE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION . Closed Wednesday Afternoon. Good Attendance Both Days, List of Delegates Given. The Abbeville Baptist association held its 43rd annual session with the [Abbeville Baptist church Tuesday and | Wednesday, with an attendance o? eighty-two delegates and a large num ber of visitors. The services were held in the forenoon, the afternoon and evening, and were largely attended. Dinner was served in the church base ment both days by the ladies of the church. Tlx* J^ody was organized by the elec tion of the former ?dicers: J. R. Leav ell, of Greenwood, moderator; R. B. Cheatham, of Abbeville, clerk; and L. J. Davis, of Donalds, treasurer. The churches were represented by the following delegates: Beulah:T. H. Edwards, John War ren, T. N. Tolbert, Clarence Edwards and J. B. C.'tifleld. Bradley: J. L. McKellar, Sv. H. Red den, L. L. Bannister. Buffalo: J. A. Tqlbert. T. J. Britt, \ J. Britt. J. R. Watkins and James Franklin. Calhoun Falls: J. J. George, W. C. Sharpton. ' Coronaca: H. B. Crumpton. Damascus: R. G. Cheatham, Joseph Lake, G. C. Stallworth, T. P. Hender son, James Rogers. Donalds: W. B. Acker, J. W. Ver million, T. W. Graham, L. J. Davis. Due West: J. R. Mo?ee, J. L. Vass, A. H. McGee. Fellowship: T. S. Chatham, G. F. Marshall, C. C. Cannon. Greenwood: First Church. H. A. Graham, A. T. Jamison, D. A. G.Ouzts, J. K. Durst, J. R. LeavelI,J3. 0. Harvey E. J. Bailey, Geo. N. Cowan, J. W. Bolton. Greenwood! Jordan street, M. S. West, M. F. Johnson, T. S. Balkman, H. L. Irvine. Main cf root T VTI CCUWUUU. OUUlii mailt Dvtwvtc. v. Q. Adams, J. M. Gaines, W. H. Yeldell, G. W. Gardner, W. B. Tarkington. HodgeB: J. C. Smith, J. W. Bush eard, I. B. Young. > Horeb: J. W. Chiles, S. E. Rosen swlke. Lowndesville: J. D. Timmons, A.D. Broadwell, T. S. Allen. McCormick: J. S. Harris, G. M. Gi bert. Midway: G. O.Hall, Bruce McMahan, G. T. Hodge. Mt. Carmel: J. A. LeRoy, S. C. Ril ey. Mt. Moriah: R. P. Pinson. Ninety Six: First, L. M. Lipscombe, J. R. Moore, R. W. Townsend, I. W. Sanders. Ninety Six: Second, No delegates. Siloam: Richard Pinson, E. D. But ler. Troy: C. C. Clinkscales, Jack Gabel, J. H. Machen, J. W. Lyon. Walnut Grove: M. Higgins. Ware Shoals: H. Haydock. Jerome Reeves. * ? ? ?-U n wAAntif/iVv/l r' *?nn_ A new ciiureu iu uiccunuuu, uicu del, was received into membership, making 28 churches in the association. Distinguished visitors were Dr. J. A. Chamblis8, president of Anderson college; Dr. A. J. Hall, president of Coker college; Dr. D. M. Ramsey r president of Greenville college; Prof. F. T. Cox, of Furman University; Dr. W. T. Derieux, secretary of State missions; Dr. C. J. Thompson, of the Foreign Mission.board, Richmond, Va. Rev. W. E. Wilkins, secretary of the South Carolina Laymen's movement; J. D. Jamison, of Moody institute, Chicago; L. N. Chappelle, of Georgia and others. Reports on the work of the Bap tist omhanaee were read and discuss ed; reports on home missions, for eign missions, state missions, aged ministers relief, education, and all the various departments of the de nominational work, were presented and discussed. A feature of the meet ing was the able discussion of educa tion by the college presidents and professors on Tuesday night; that of foreign missions by Dr. Thompson,Dr. Derieux' speech on state missions and Dr. Cowans able presentation of the home mission field. Mr. J. R. McGee of Due West, pre sented a very able report on Sunday schools, which evoked considerable discussion in which a large number of delegates took part. The association elected the Rev. Louis Bristow of Abbeville, as its delecate to the Southern Baptist con vention, which meets in St. Louis, Mo., next May. The next meeting of the body will be held at Siloam church, in Green wood county, in August, 1913, and the annual sermon is to be preached by Mr. Bristow.The sermon this year was preached by the Rev. Dr. J. Q. Adams, pastor of South Main Street church, Greenwood. A total membership of nearly 3,500 was reported by the churches, a sub stntial increase over last year's fig ures. The contributions to missions and benevolent objects reached near ly $10,000. The new church at Green wood. that at Abbeville and the addi tion to one in Greenwood, cost the Baptist in round numbers $76,000. A new bouse is to be built in Ware Shoals this year, for which cash and pledges were secured at the associa tion. ?? ** m v.frn Tin XJK. D. r. Jicnr,nju,iu 1 Prominent Citizen of Greenwood is Dead Greenwood, Aug. 6.?Mr. B. F.McKellar, Sr., a well known citizen of Greenwood, n&b burled In the city cemetery Monday ifternoon. He died last night at his resl lence on Cambridge street, after an ill iess of about a week. Mr. McKellar Is iurvived by his wife and throe sons, Messrs. Peter, Eugene, B. F. McKellar, Jr., ind a daughter Miss Maxie, and one broth er, Mr. John T. McKellar, and two sisters. Mrs. Annie Watson, of Greenwood, and Mrs. A. S. Townes, of Greenville, also sur vive him. The burial survices were con ducted by the Rev. Geo. N. Cown of the First Baptist church. Mr. McKellar was \ gallant Confederate veteran. He was in his 66th year.?Greenwood Index. Hay fever aDd asthma make August a month of intense suffering to many people. Foley's Honey ana Tar Com pound gives prompt ease and relief, and is soothing and healing to the in flamed membranes. Wm. M. Mere thew, N. Searsport, Me., Bays: "A few doses of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved me of a severe at fnnlr r\f oollimo ond loao than A hntllp UlVn VI MBtMUiM MUU IVWU ?? ?" ? caused a complete cure." Refuse sub stitutes. MoMurray Drug Co. Kew Rfhedole for Seaboard. No. 33 doe 1.19 p. m. Southbound. No. 53 due 4.00 p. m. Southbound No. 41 due 2.56 a. m. Southbound. No. 32 due 6.04 p. m. Northbound. No. 52 due 12.56 p. m. Northbound, (jo, 38 due 2.08 a.m. Northbound. Schedule for lkue Went Railway. Morning train leaves Due West at 10:30. Evening train leaves Due West at 4:40. These trains meet the morulas and evening trains on the Southern at Donald*. Paasengers oan go oat from Dae West on the evening freight train whloh leaves Dae West at two o'clock. - / J, W. A. The Wagon Today Do Somefhinj You YOU will load your wagon thousand] hard-running. Whether loaded half to two-third.? what it js on Notice the large illustration of the ro ight draft and long life ever put on a THE DAVI R0LLER-BEA1 WAG* every good qnallty you get in any and durabilty. It is guaranteed to can of solid steel, rolled Into Its strongest forms and trussed like a I are steel,with strong round spokes forged solidly into the hubs and Mr. F. R. Lenhart will d port Roller-Bearing S Calvert's store on Aug COME TO W. A. C Cut Do\v)r^ljour Butter Bills Bake Your Cakes With The Perfect Shortening Good, pure, natural butter is (probably just as di gestible as Snowdrift?but no more *o. But butter is a splendid germ culture, and there is always danger of its having been carelessly handled somewhere between the cow and the cake. 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