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i Press and Banner $2.00 A YEAB ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 1912. _ ESTABLISHED 1844 Great Voti Elegant Obermeyer & I TV-! i-~ U- A rnzes iu uc nwtnu Cand The Press and E ville Mercham Read the Announcemei where in this Issue, ; me i'ress unu duuuci uuo nccn in augurates the greatest voting contest ever held in this section of tne State, and one which we believe will arouse a great deal of interest. This contest will extend over a pe riod of about 90 days, and at the close of the contest some lady in Abbeville county will be tiie proud possessor of a handsome $400 piano. In this issue will be found a full explanation of the contest, with the rules which will govern it, and a list of beautiful and useful auxiliary prizes which will be given by the pro gressive merchants of Abbeville. There are a great number of prizes besides the piano, any one of which will be well worth winning, and every contestant who gets out and makes - * 1 - ?ill any Kino 01 a nusue win uc ?uic ui winning a handsome prize, even if she does not win the piano. This contest is put on under the aus pices of the Publishers' Music Com pany of Chicago, who will have charge of the arrangements. This company makes a business of con ducting these popular voting contests and at present has a number of them under way in this and other States. Some popular young lady will have a beautiful piano as the result of this contest, and a number of others will have beautiful prizes of various kinds. Read the rules elsewhere in this is sue, inspect the offerings of the mer chants, and learn how you may se cure votes for yourselves or friend. I'se the 25-vote coupon in this is sue and cast it for someone, as it may bp the starter of a winner. Fill out r tt'i??1 ??~ ????| 25 Vote Send this Coupon to The I in 15 dnys from date and i FIVE VOTES. No money i Vote for DEC'EM BP Nominati Popular V I hereby nominate or sugges Address As >*! lady worthy to beeom lar \"otiiii?- Contest. I ]>rcf tinct understanding and shall not divulge my name, any way whatever. Signed Address., . 0?0?0? 0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 0 PERSONALS 0 0?0?0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 Dr. C. C. Gumbrell attended the meeting of the State board of health in Columbia Thursday. .Mr. W. R. Crowther of Antreville was in Abbeville Saturday on busi ness and paid The Press and Banner office a visit. .Mr. J. W. Carlisle of Lowndesville was in town Monday. Mr Tr>iin H McDavid. who has been employed as linotype operator for The Press and Banner and The Medium, loft Sunday for .Mobile, where he has accepted a position in a large print FIRE CHIEF ASKS Fl 10 PREVENT Fl Mr. J. V. Elgin, chief of the fire de oot-c Thn Prpcc nnrl RnnnPI to publish ;i request from the depart ment. that all citizens cooperate in the prevention of fires during the holi days. He asks that all combustible ma terial. likel yto be ignited from the ex plosion of fireworks, be removed ai once from premises, both in the resi dence and business sections. The suggestion is timely and shouh be acted upon at once by all propertj ing Contest Sons Piano and Valuable ed to the Successful idates. A A hU*. 'U.I If IC! UllU ni/vv. ts Give Prizes. it and Particulars Else md Get in the Game. ; the nominating blank and send it or ! hand it in to The Press and Banner office, as this may be the means of I helping: some deserving lady to win a handsome piano or some of the other | valuable prizes enumerated in the list. This contest is without doubt the biggest business-getting enterprise that has ever been presented to the i people of Abbeville county. While The Press and Banner en I joys a good business, nevertheless we I are always reaching out after more, ; and we shall never rest content un I til the paper goes into every home in the county. In our present method of ; helping others we hope in return to 1 help ourselves. We expect to increase j our subscription list at an exceeding j ly rapid rate, and thereby benefit the advertiser. I Remember that a number of our leading merchants are interested in this contest and give 25-vote coupons with every dollar cash purchase. 1 Also those who do not fully under stand the rules and regulations of this j contest can call or write this office i and we will be pleased to go over the I proposition with them. Remember to have your friends ! trade with the merchants who are giv | ing the coupons. They are reliable , trades people, as follows: The Dargan-King Co.' The L. W. White Co. C. A. Milford & Co. Parker & Reese. Hays, the Photographer. W. A. Calvert. Mrs. J. S. Cochran. D. Poliakoff. Coupon 5ress and Banner office with it will count for TWENTY is required with this Coupon. >]R 18, 1912. ng Blank ote Contest 1912 t tlie name of e a candidate in your Popu ?ent this name with the dis + !<. > + o/litnr (i^rtuinuiii l 11 < 11 tiiu vuiwi This-: does not obligate me in j ing plant. Mrs. McDavid accom i pauied him. The friends of Mr. and ! Mrs. McDavid wish them success and i pleasant surroundings in their new i home. Among visitors in Abbeville last week was Mr. Charles W. Birelimore [ and his charming daughter, Miss Eth j el Birchmore, of Camden, S. C., who I spent a short while here on their way i to Georgia, where they visited rela I tives. Mr. Birchmore is one of the ! successful newspaper men of State, > being owner and editor of The Water ! ee Messenger, which he founded and j has conducted successfully for the last I 30 years. They were guests of Mr. i and Mrs. W. T. Walker while here. COOPERATION IK IMPING MINIM ILU UUIUMU IIULIUniU J owners and housekeepers, and it is hoped that everyone will cooperate with .Mr. Elgin in his efforts to keep ! down a blaze that might be disastrous. Those who enjoy themselves at Christmas by exploding fireworks are - I net always careful, and a pile of com - bustible or inttamable material might t- easily become ignited and start a dis - astrous conflagration. We feel sure everybody will see to it 1 that such a catastrophe is not possible r as a result of carelessness. J. T. CLINKSCALES DIED WEDNESDAY Pueuiiionia Wiped Out Entire Family. HAD BEEN SICK FOR SEVERAL WEEKS Wife and Adopted Daughter Preceded llim Short Time? The Will. Tnhn Tlinrnsnn Plinksralcs. nf the Monterey section, died at his home last Tuesday night, December 10th, 1912, after a long illness, from the effects of pneumonia. Mr. Clinkscales was practically the last member of his household, his wife and an adopted daughter having died only two wefeks previous of the same dread disease. A little negro girl, a house servant in Mr. Clinkscales fami ly, was also a victim of pneumonia. Deceased was a son of Albert J. and Sarah C. Clinkscales, and was born at the spot where death claimed him. He would have celebrated his 50th birthday had he lived until the 7th of next month. The beloved wife whose death oc curred about two weeits prior to tnat of her husband, was Miss Sudie Nance, before her marriage. .Mr. Clinkscales leaves one brother, Mr. James F. Clinkscales and two neices, Mrs. E. R. Thomson, of Abbe ville, and Mrs. W. W. Smith, of Green ville. . Funeral services, conducted by Rev. H. C. Fennell, were held at the home and the body was buried in Melrose cemetery beside his wife and adopted daughter. Mr. Clinkscales was a man of ster ling integrity and splendid business capacity. He had amassed a consider able estate, the bulk of which he be queathed to his brother,*Mr. James F. Clinkscales, by a will executed a few days prior to his death. The will, which has been probated, makes the following bequests: To Mrs. W. C. Sherard, $5,000. . To Miss Etta Hitt, $5,000. To Mrs. Ellen Thomson, $2,500. To Mrs. Florence Smith, $2,500. The remainder of the estate, which is estimated at a considerable sum, is left to Mr. James F. Clinkscales, who with Dr. C. C. Gambrell, iB named executor. TILLMANlFDSES 10 SUPPORTBABIES ?-- Oiinn a L^CCIIHCS IU V/U1III IUUW jpa vv Month 1'or Daughters. ARGUED BEFORE SUPREME COURT Wife Will Not Allow Him to Enter Her Home on Any Condition. Columbia, Dec. 16.?At a conference held here today between Henry C Till man, representing B. R. Tillman, Jr., and A. C. DePass, representing Mrs. Lucy Frances Dugas, looking towards complying with the order of the su preme court in the famous case which vL-aa rpr-pntlv derided, when Tillman was granted custody, at certain times, of the two children, Douscha and Lucy, Frances Tillman's attorneys absolute ly refused to grant Mrs. Dugas' re quest that the father of the children contribute one hundred dollars month ly towards the support of the two chil dren. Tillman also refused r.lie request of the mother that a nurse be allowed to accompany the children when they are sent to the father's house to spend two months of the summer vacation period and one week at Christmas time. He asked that the children be given him Christmas day. In Tier re quest, Mrs. Dugas asked to be allowed to keep the children for Christmas day. Cannot Enter Her Home.. Replying to Tillman's request that he be allowed to see his children at all times when they might be ill, Mrs. Dugas, through her attorney, said she would nover auow me iamer iu emei | her house under any circumstances whatsoever. The attorneys were hardly able to as;roe on any point and the result was that the question will be argued be fore the supreme court this afternoon. In its order giving Tillman the cus tody of his children at certain times the court ordered that the parties in the action confer with each other in regard to arranging the times that the petitioner should see his children, the question of support, etc. LOWXDESVILLE PEOPLE TO SI E ANDERSON FOR $5,000 Result of Automobile Accident Ser crul Months Ago?Parties Well Known in Abbeville. Anderson, S. C.?A suit-for $5,000 has been instituted by "Virginia Lati mer, a minor, by her guardian ad li tem, Mrs. Marion Latimer," against the county of Anderson, as the result of an automobile accident a few miles south of the city on the Sth of July last, in which Miss Latimer, who is 14 years old, Miss Beulah Armstrong and Mr. Samuel Latimer were injured. Messrs. Bonham, Watkins & Allen are the attorneys for the plaintiffs in the action to be brought. The accident occuriod on :? Monday afternoon and was t'.io result of'the automobile in which Miss Latimer was i passenger coming in contact with a rope stretched across the ro;i<l near the Fort Mile branch. The other oc cupants of the car, besides thosj men tioned above, were Mrs. Ivirkpatrfck and small child, Wendell and Samuel Latimer, the latter being at the steer ing wheel of the big car, owned by Dr. T. O. Kirkpatrick. A PAROLE FOR tils" Rice Governor Liberates Abbeville { Man. MOST 6IVE BMI HI WM (F $S,t6? 1 # To Appear A era** Xext Novem ber ? Reasons for Clemency. (From The News and Courier.) Columbia, Dec. 12.?Special: R. A. Richey, white, serving a ten-year sen tence in the State penitentiary for statutory rape, was today paroled by Governor Blease on the re airement that he enter into bond of $5,000 to be certified to by the clerk of court of Abbeville county, and that he present himself before the governor on No vember 23, 1913, for such action then as the governor may deem' wise. Richey was released from the peniten tiary this afternoon and left at once for his home in Abbeville county, where his wife and daughters are. 1 Richey, a wealthy white planter, ot Abbeville county, was convicted of statutory rape in the spring of 1910, his alleged victim being a young white girl who was living in his home, 1 and who was said.to have been underf 14 years of age at the time the of fense was alleged to have been com mitted. Recommended by Board. The board of pardons recommended , a parole for Richey and they stated that the alleged victim appeared with the matron of the Door of Hope, where she is now residing, and declared that Richey had been sufficiently punished and asked for clemency. In the rea sons giveh by the governor it is stated that Richey at present is a hopeless invalid, unable to leave his bed at the penitentiary, and several physicians so pronounced him. Richey's farm is within a few miles of Abbeville and he is a prominent yicm lci. iuc vaov utvi wwwm ?? sww spread interest throughout the State on account of the prominence of the man accused. The governor has giv en out the following as his reasons for granting a parole to Richey: Reasons for Parole. "Richey, R. A., convicted at the spring term, 1910, court of Abbeville county, of statutory rape, and sen tenced to 10 years' imprisonment in the State penitentiary. "Petition was presented April, 1911, asking for a pardon, signed by a large number of the citizens of Abbeville county. Accompanying the same were affidavits and certificates as to his health, but notwithstanding the nu merously signed netition and the prominence of some of the names of the men appearing thereon, I did not feel that it was a case where a par don should be granted, neither a pa role; but, however, in view of th<3 statement from Superintendent Grif fith and Dr. R. T. Jennings of the penitentiary, and also the separate nnininn of Drs. A. B. Knowlton and James H. Mcintosh, who made a special and separate examination of the defendant; and also of stilt another report signed by Dr. Rolfe E. Hughes and Dr. Wm. D. Simpson, as to physical condition of the defendant, and in view of the further fact that it is stated in said papers, certflcates, affidavits, etc., that the said R. A. Richey, since his confinement in the State penitentiary, has been and is to day a helpless invalid, not being able < to leave his bed, and even when at tending the calls of nature has to be handled as a child, and the certifi cates of the physicians showing, and all of them concurring in the fact that he can never improve, but will continue to languish and finally die if , kept in prison, but that if given the j benefit of air and sunshine that the probabilities are that he may get well or at least improve very much in , health. In view <V the runner iaci that notice for motion of new trial, upon the grounds of after-discovered evidence, has been made, which mo tion is to be heard at the February term of court, 1913, of Abbeville coun ty, and upon the following recommen dation from the board of pardons: Board's Findings. "7. "Columbia, S. C., April 11, 1912. "His Excellency, Governor Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: R. A. Richey, Abbeville county, statu tory rape, sentenced 10 years, spring term, 1910: "The petition is now up for pardon and is numerously signed by prom inent citizens of the county, where the petitioner resided. We have care fully considered the same, and in view of the physical condition of the peti tioner we recommend a parole. We had before us the matron of the Door of Hope of the city of Columbia, and the prosecuting witness, who states ? that they both think the prisoner nas been punished sufficiently. From the statements made to us by the matron and prosecuting witness there are grave doubts arising in our minds as to the guilt of the petitioner on the charge convicted, although he may have been guilty of immoral conduct. For this reason we have made the above recommendation. "Respectfully submitted, "(Signed) "E. F. Warren, Chairman, "Jas A. Summersett, Secretary. "R. Mays Cleveland." * * <T? ? n/ia is on (I OI ip?>,VW rvequucu "I have deemed it advisable and do j hereby parole the said R.'A. Richey j upon the condition that he give a bond, ] properly signed and certified to by the clerk of court of Abbeville ^ounty, in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dol- I lars; conditioned, that he do person- 1 ally appear before the governor of the 1 State of South Carolina on the twen- ! ty-third day of November A. D. nine- < teen hundred and thirteen (1913), to i do and to receive what then and there I shall be ordered by said Governor, i Of course, if a new trial is granted. | this parole becomes non-effective and i the bond will be cancelled, but in case the new trial should not be granted, < HOSPITAL BOARD MEETS DEC. 31 Colonia Hotel in Columbia Will Be Place. KILL DECIDE UPON SITE AT THAT TIME Proposals from Cities and Towns Must Be in Hand at Tliat Time. "The committee has been called to meet in the Colonia hqtel, Columbia, at 4 o'clock of the afternoon of De cember 31st. At that time the ques tion of locating the sanitarium will be considered. We have been in formed that a number of towns desire to secure the hospital, and we will be ready to receive propositions at that meeting." The above statement was given out today by the Rev. Louis Bristow, chairman of the committee appointed by the Baptist State convention to es tablish a sanitarium in South Caro lina, in response to a request for a statement. At the recent meeting of the Baptist convention held in Abbe ville, it was decided to establish the hospital at some point in this State, and the following committee was named by President W. H. Hunt, au thorized by the convention to take charge of the work: Louis Bristow, Abbeville, chairman. J. D. Huggins, Ebenezer, secretary. Howard Lee Jones, Charleston. Z. T. Cody, Greenville. T. T. Jameson, Greenwood. George H. Edwards, Darlington. J. W. Quattlebaum, Anderson /~*U A wl An A T/\nno Donnoftavillp v^uai ico n., u wuv/u, i^uuuwww ***v. J. H. Wharton, Waterloo. J. M. Kinard, Newberry. C. E. Burts, Columbia. H. A. Graham, Greenwood. This committee will hold its first meeting in Columbia the last dr.y of the year, as indicated, and, will at that time take up the matter of location. The proposed hospital promises to be a big thing. Baptist hospitals in oth er States are large and well equipped. Those in other States range in cost from $108,000 to $450,000, according to figures read before the conven tion two weeks ago. Already, it is known, a number of towns are preparing to offer induce ments to the committee to secure the hospital. The committee will pass upon the advantages offered by the different places in the State, and it has been stated that money alone will not decide the matter. Railway fa cilities, accessibility of , location, physicians and surgeons, climate and the like will play no small part in the final decision. It is a great tri umph for aggressive Christian phi lanthropy that this representative de nomination decided to enter this field of church work, too long neglected L? PoBAllno nhnrohofi uy luc quui TO ARGUE CASE OF ALLEN EMERSON Governor Will Hear Botb Sides With Regard to Pardon ot Anderson Man. The following dispatcn sent irom Columbia to The Anderson Intelligen cer by Leon M. Green, the editor, will be of interest to many people in Ab beville county: "Columbia, Dec. 12.?Special.? Governor Blease stated to The In telligencer representative today that be would hold a hearing in the Emer son case soon. He stated that no defi nite date had been set for the hear ing. "The governor stated that Attorney K. Smith of Anderson and one of the 30ns of 'Uncle Tommy' Drake, who was killed by Emerson, were in to see tilm yesterday and asked for a hear ing of the matter. This request the governor granted on condition that full notice be given the other side to ippear before him at the same time infl present the case from the other standpoint, if it were so desired. "It is well known in Anderson :ounty that the rumor that the gov ernor was going to parole Emerson ias created more interest than any re lent announcement made in this sec ;ion of the State. It had been re jorted that Emerson would be releas ed on Christmas or just before. "There has been much said on both rtdes of the case and a well defined novement for the release of the pris >ner had gained considerable ground, ;o the extent that it was firmly be ieved that Emerson would be let out it the Christmas season along with jthers. Governor Blease stated today that le will gladly give both sides a hear ing in this case as to whether execu :ive clemency shall be allowed in the 'amous Anderson county case. AN ERROR CORRECTED. Ir the statement of the Peoples Bank published last week the name of Mr. G. A. Visanska appeared as a di rector, which was an error. It should have read G. A. Neuffer. the defendant, the said R. A. Richey, is herewith paroled on the condition that tie do report to the governor of the State of South Carolina on the 23d day 3f November, A. D. nineteen hundred ind thirteen (1913). for such action as the governor may then deem wise; and upon the further condition of ?ood behavior upon the part of the said defendant, R. A. Richey. "Said parole being dated the 12th Jay of December, 1912." an opportunity: foi FARMERS A "The intelligent farmer always gains sometning by studying tiie metnods 01 iarmers in other sections, j even tnough the differences in crops, climaic anu soil be great. Few of our farmeis can go any great distance to make these comparisons, but none of them can afford to miss an oppor tunity to see the results of work done in otner places when it is brought to their very door." This statement is made by Mr; W. L. English, State demonstration agent for South Carolina, and super intendent of the extension work at Clemson college. The full statement by Mr. English, relating to the na tional corn exposition, is as follows: "Psnnlp who know what the na tional corn exposition really stands for do not need to be asked to take an interest in it or urged to attend. Unfortunately, for us, however, very few people in South Carolina under stand th6 scope and purpose of this great educational exposition. The name in itself is somewhat mislead ing, and has' been accepted by most of our people as meaning merely a big corn show; gotten up, perhaps, on ' a, larger scale than any of those here tofore held in the South. It seems that no amount of advertising and newspaper notices has sdcceeded in entirely removing , this impression from the minds of the farmers of the State.' ' ' ' " "Knowing that there is going to be a. very pleasing surprise in store for j those who attend the exposition with this impression fixed in their minds, I and feeling that at no time in the! past have the farmers of the South j had an opportunity to take advantage | ort n^nr?oh'nnal nvnn?itinn ;ls \ Ui outu a. 11 &UUVUI.1VUM1 vAjt/wwv.wM. this will be, it would seem wise for every individual and every organiza tion in the State interested in agri cultural advancement to get behind this movement and push it in every possible way. "The success of the exposition so far as the exhibits are concerned, is I already assured. A sufficient number of exhibits from the United States department of agriculture and the va rious State experiment stations have been secured to make this c\e of the greatest shows of its kind ever held. "The only question now is?Will the ] people of this and other States take full advantage of that which is of fered them? The management of the corn exposition does not feel that its mission will have been fulfilled when the great agricultural display has been called and installed. Unless people come to look at it and profit by what they see, little real good will have been accomplished. "The Farmers' Cooperative Demon stration work, representing the United States department of agricul ture and Clemson Agricultural col lege, has been behind this movement ever since it was first decided to make South Carolina headquarters ror tne coming year. Everything possible has < been done by the demonstration agents to advertise the exposition and get people to make an effort to get i exhibits into competition classes, but ] to attend the show and find out for themselves what the farmers in other places are doing. Undoubtedly the Southern farmer has suffered from lack of contact with farmers of , other sections. Their standards of ' success have been made by compari sons between each other rather than in the broader and better way of com paring the methods and results of one section with another. The intelligent farmer always gains something by studying the methods of farmers in other sections, even though the diff erences in crops, climate and soil be great. Few of our farmers can go 1 any great distance to make these 1 comparisons, but none of them cau af- ! ford* to miss an opportunity to see the results of work done in other 1 places when it is brought to their very door. "Let South Carolina show to the world that our farmers are ready to grasp and put to use every avail- ' - B *?fVi aii* o frvi ? I 1 j able means or improving lucu agi i- i I culture, and at the same time, let us be out in full force to greet the multitude of farmers who will visit J I the exposition from sections of the 1 United States." . < Announcing Preliminary Corn Show, i I In order to determine just what 11 samples of farm products are eligible i to enter the competitive classes of the I National Corn. Exposition at Colum- i bia, January 27th to February 8th, < 1913, a preliminary show will be held I at the State fair grounds January 9- i 10, 1913. ! In order to economize on space and ] to be sure that the Natonal Corn ex- i position will be a show noted for : quality rather than quantity, the en tries from the various States will be 11 limited to 20 samples in' each class. 11 The preliminary show is being held in j < order to give every one in South Caro- : Una a chance to compete for the honor I j SANTA CLAIS LETTERS : I ] Waterloo, S. C., Dec. 9, 1912. \ i My own dear St. Nicholas:? Am so sorry I could not be in Au- < ?i, gusta to see you upon your umvai.. Hope you will reach my home safely and I want you to please bring me a "Sir Peter Rabbit" book and other stores, also a girl's tricycle, pair small scissors, train, tea set, tiny doll and little doll bed, airship, boxes of candy, f all kinds of fruits, raisins, slate, ball, < horn, ribbon-box, pistol and caps, gar- 1 den set, mouth-organ, crayolas, pa- < per doll box, swimming animals and fowls, little ferns in pots, ball tree, sparklers, torpedoes, fire crackers, sky rockets and roman caudles. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a safe trip back to the North Pole and many kisses for Mrs. Santa, I am, , Lovingly, ; Mildred Anderson Fennell. , Waterloo. S. C? Dec. 12, 1912. 1 My own dear Santa Claus:? i I do wish I cculd have seen you ' when you got off the train on your way to White's. My mama is going to } Augusta to see you this week and if ? R CAROLINA I CORN EXPOSITION of having material in the competitive classcs at the national show. Each State is entitled to exhibit in any one or all of the following classes: Corn. Ten ears dent corn, any color or variety. Ten ears flint corn, any color or variety. Five stalks prolific variety, not less than two ears on stalk. Single ear dent corn, any color or variety. Single ear flint corn, any color or variety. Ten ears sweet cornMearly variety. Ten ears sweet corn, late variety. Wheat Peck soft wheat, any Variety. Sheaf soft wheat, any variety. . , Peck hard wheat, any variety. v " Sheaf hard wheat, any variety. Oats. v ' Peck white oats, any variety. Sheaf white oats, any variety. Peck black or red oats, any vari ety.- .... ,v. . L-, .. Sheaf black or . red. oats, any vari ety. vPeck gray or winter turf oats, any variety. <! . Sheaf gray or winter turf oats, any variety. Barley. A Peck six-rowed barley, any variety. Sheaf sixrrowed barley, any variety. M^T?f VawIav nntr tto r>lof T7 . I"LWU-IUWCU uancj, auj *auci;? Sheaf two-rowed barley, any variety. ' Rye. Peck rye, any variety. , / Sheaf rye, any variety. 't Cowpeas. Peck cowpe^> any variety. Bundle,-cowpeas,. any variety, ten pounds.'' Soy Beans. Peck soy beans, any variety. Bundle soy beans, any variety, ten pounds. YelTet Beans. Peck velvet beans, any variety. Bundle velvet beans, any variety, ten pounds. ; Timothy. Peck timothy seed, any variety. Sheaf timothy, any v riety. Alfalfa. Peck alfalfa seed, any variety. Bundle alfalfa, any variety, ten pounds. Rice. Peck threshed rice, any variety. Sheaf rice, any variety. Buckwheat. Peck buckwheat, any variety. Flax Seed. 1 Peck flax seed, any variety. Kafir Corn. Ten heads kaflr corn, any variety. Sorghum. Ten heads saccharine sorghum, any iro riof-V" Broom Corn. Ten heads broom corn, standard variety. Ten heads broom corn, dwarf vari ety.' Sheaf Exhibits* Sheaf exhibits must not be less than Tour inches in diameter just below the heads. Honor Certificates. Honor certificates, signed by the president and the secretary of the National Corn association, and the association seal affixed, will be awarded as follows: Best three samples in each class for sach State. Winners of zone sweeptsakes. Winners of national sweepstakes. Winners of grand champion sweep stakes. Special Notice. In order to compete for any of these . classes the material will have to be sent to the preliminary show Janu ary 9 and 10. The twenty samples ranaivin? the hiehest standing in each case will be entered in their proper places in the competitive classes of the National corn exposition. All express charges must be pre paid. The material to be returned to owner only upon request, and then at his own expense. The products entering the prelim inary show must be at the fair grounds not later than 10 a. m. Jan uary 9. The samples should be ad dressed to W. L. English, State fair grounds, Columbia, S. C. In each box there should be a letter clearly stat ing in what class or classes the ma terial is to be entered. The name an9 address of the owner should appear on the letter, also on the outside of the box. Each sample must be exhibited in tho name of the grower, and no grower may have more than one sam ple in any one class. The material shown must have been grown in the fear 1912. ?i? ?ha awarded at i ne omy pu^ca iu ? the National Corn exposition are tro phies and honor certificates. The hon ar of winning at such an exposition is sufficient in itself to make the com petition very sharp. [ come with her, I shall know you the minute I see you, because I have seen so many of your dear old pictures. Please, bring me a little girl's tricycle, Joll wardrobe, iron bed, clock, bureau, nhina closet, scissors, doll house, pa per doll book, horn, ball, little rock ing chair, cow, garden set, fish pond, whistles, table, slate, story books, swimming fowls, boxes of candy and ill kinds of fruits, nuts. I hope your sleigh, air ship, or auto will not break Jown as you go back to the Northland. Bushels of love to you and Mrs. Santa 2Iaus, from, Your affectionate friend, < Louise Lindsay Fennell. ^ t/i kai.f ftp fire works. F. H McMaster, Insurance Commis sioner, has issued a circular letter of ivarning to all dealers who handle i reworks for Christmas that they should see that they have a special jermit attached to their fire insur uiee policies, covering the sale of 1 reworks. If this is not done, the policy is .'oided, and in case of loss, the in surer would likely not recover any )n his insurance.