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ENTRIES AND PREMIUM LISTS 1 Foi- tho Ocoiico Fair, Westminster, on Nov. 1st and 2d, Next. The Oconeo County Fair will ho held nt Westminster on Wodnesday and Thursday, Nov. ist and 2d. The following Information will he of In terest to all who wish to attend, and especially to thoso 'who will make exhibits: First, you are askod to disregard the idea of a prize or a blue ribbon and bring what you havo. By so do ing you may be the means of helping your less fortunato noighbors start on tho road to peace, joy and plen'.y. The main purposo of tho fair is to give tho farmers an opportunity lo advertise the fruits of their labors, yet the support of every business en terprise In th?, county is solicited. No entry fees or admission fees will be chnrged. Everything will bo absolutely free. All exhibits must bo in placo by 5 c 'clock Tuesday' afternoon, Oct. 31, except cuttle, hogs, mules and horses, and thoy must be In place by 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, Nov. I. Mark your exhibit with your name and the name of the exhibit plainly, and bring to the fair building Mon day or Tuesday and the mnnngement will have lt arranged to show up to its best. All exhibitors of live stock must let the superintendent of exhib its know how many pens or stalls they vequlro by Oct. 20, so that they may be arranged for. Except commu nity booth stands, tables and racks will be provided by the fair manage ment. Any community ,desiring a booth must notify tho superintendent as early as possible, so that space may be allotted them. Communities will arrango their own booths. Exhibitors aro roquested to send a list of their exhibits to tho secre tary at least a week beforehand, FO that cards may bc prepared for mark ing them. Tho building will be open from 10 a. nv. to J p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 10 p. ni, on Wodnesday, Nov. 1st, and on Thursday, Nov. 2d, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. All exhibits will bo judged and rib boned bluo, red and white, respect ively, for 1st, 3d and'3d places. Judg ing will take place Wednesday after noon, Nov. 1st. Doors will be closed to tho public whllo judging ls in pro gross and will bo roopenod as soon as tho judges have finished. Live stock exhibits will bo Judged before tho public at tho same Mme other exhib its aro being judged. Except for ribbons, no prizes will bo offered any ono except tho club boys and girls, who will havo tholr show at tho same time and placa. Tho County Homo and Farm Demon stration Agents will announce prizes for these. In case two or moro com munities desire to competo with each other, a grand prlzo will be awarded tho community which takes tho most bluo ribbons. No efforts have boon spared *o make thoso two days full of thrill and pleasure for all. Tho Clem on endet brass band will bo on hand and furnish music for both days. Also, somo time during tho day there .viii bo a negro minstrel, and at 7.30 on. Wednesday n'ght "Yo Oldo Time Fiddlers' Convention will bo held In tho opon nir. A prlzo of $r> is offered to tho best fiddler and a Uko amount to tho best, buck dancer. Farm and Fnctory, of Seneca, will hnvo n radiophone on exhibition and lt will bo open for Ibo public each afternoon and night, and you cnn "listen In" on what is happening lu Now York, Pittsburg, Atlanta and other points. Wodnosdny nf tor noon tho plc turo i CT* * MAMMC SUPER INCOMPflRfl Al show will bo thrown open free to the j exhibitors and their families. Passes | will be issued each oxhibitor and the members of his fftmlly when tho ex hibits aro brought, iii; and these will be good at tho theatre "between tho hours of 1 to 5 p. m. . Thursday afternoon a football game will be held at the park be tween Westminster and Greenville teams. Admission will bo charged. Evory school board of trustees in the county ls asked to give a holiday Wednesday, Nov. 1st, so that the children may attend the fair. Proba bly some of tho schools of the county will have an exhibit. All exhibits must be left until the closo of tho fair-Thursday, Nov. 2, at 4 p. m. A watchman will be em ployed at the building, and every caro and precaution will be made 'to take caro of the exhibits and return them safely to the exhibitor. Any assistance or information that you desire will be cheerfully given hy W. S. Bearden, superintendent of exhibits, and he will take pleasure In helping in every way. Hoads Of Departments. W. S. Bearden, general superin tendent. Genoral Housing Arrangements F. W. Cannon. Agricultural Department - C. D. Huggins. Horticultural Department-M. S. Stribllng. Fancy Work Department-Mrs. D. 1. Mulkey. Women's Department-Mrs. S. F. Reeder. Flower Department-Mrs. B. D. Broazeale. Live Stock Department - O. ft. .Broazeale. Swine-W. H. McJunkin. Poultry Department-Mrs. J. S'. Price. Relics and Curios-Mrs. F. L. Crit tenden. Amusements-J. R. Sullivan. Publicity-A. L. Gosselt. Agricultural Exhibits. First, second and third ribbons to be awarded on all exhibits of any va riety of the following: Corn- (Ear Contest) - Best ten cars prolific corn, unnubbed; host. 10 ears, unnubbed, any other white corn; best 10 oars, unnubbod, yellow cprn; best singlo ear prolific corn; best single ear of any other variety of corn; best half bushel milling corn; best dozen ears pop-corn. Wheat--Best half bushel wheat, any varloty. Oats - Best half bushel Fulghum oats; best half bushol Apblor oats; best half bushol Texas Red Rust Proof oats. Harley-Best half bushel barley. Rye-Best half bushel rye, Abru/ 7.1; best half bushel native ryo. Seed-Best pock peas, any variety, cowpoas or field peas; host peck table peas, any variety; best gallon vetch seod ; best gallon crimson clover seed (rough); best gallon bur clovor (in bur); best gallon velvet beans; best gallon soy beans or soja beans; best gallon enno seed; host gallon peanuts. Hay-Best bale hay, any kind. (All hay must have not over 10 per cont of any other kind of grass in lt, and will bo judged as io condition, ma turity and color. Hay must bo noatly baled.) Horticultural-Colory, 3 bunches; lettuce, 3 bunches; turnips, dozen] beets, dozen; onions, dozen; carrots, dozen; largest squash; largost cab bage; largest pumpkin; best quart butter beans (dry); best stalk pep per; host display of fresh vegetables; largost watermelon; largost canto loupe. Irish Potatoes liosl half bushel, ?inv variety. (These will bo judge.! according to tho following seor Uniformity, 40 points; smoothno 20; shallowness Of oyo?, 10; frc" dom from blemishes. 20; marketable I 0, Total, 1 00 points.) Swoot potutoe . lies i half bu sh ft P?rto Rico: bes half bushol Nano; Hali; host half bushel ?-ny. other va . r.loiy, (Tilpoo "'".l i-" '-o' rig fol lows; Uniformity, IO p?b.Vl smooth ness, 20; trueness to type, 2 0; free dom from blemishes, 10; marketable size, 10. Total, 100 points.) Finita and Nut?-Best commercial display of homo grown apple?, in standard boxes, any variety; best doz. apples, any variety; best doz. peats, any variety; host collection! fruit; best gallon pecnns; best pock wal nuts;; best display of grapes. Miscellaneous - Best half dozen stalks of corn sorghum, olvet beans, soy beans (in bundle), cotton or any- j 1 thing else grown on the farm. Livestock-All animals to be ex- \ i bibbed must be catered by 9 o'clock | < Wednesday morning. Stalls, pens, j hitching racks will be furnished freo'i to exhibitors, but . they must show their own stock In tho ring promptly ' when called. Each exhibitor must furnish his own food, but the man agement will soe that they are fod and watered. Each exhibitor will bo held responsible to observe the State and Federal sanitary regulations for his animals. Horses-iPair draft horses,' in har ness; single draft horse; pair buggy horses; single harness horse; saddle horse; home-raised colt over 1 year old and not over 2 years old, halter led; home raised colt under 1 year old. r Mules-.Pair mules, In harness; pair mules, home-raised, in harness; single harness mule; mule colt, hal ter led, 1 to 2 years old; mule colt, halter led, under 1 year old; mule colt and dam. Cattle-(Jerseys)-Bu|ll 3 year? c older; bull 2 years old and under 3; milch cow and calf; milch cow; heifer 1 year old and under 2; heifer under 1 year old; bull under 1 year old. IIolstein-Frlcsinns-Same as Jer seys. Any other breed, same as Jer seys. tirade Cattle-Any cow not regis tered will bo classed as grado. Rib bons same i Terseys. Swine Department-1. Registered animals only to bo shown. Papers to bo exhibited to the superintendent; 2. All animals must bo properly en tored by 9 o'clock Wednesday. There will also be a group of non-registered animals, and they will be classed the same as tho Poland China class?. Poland Oliinn-Best boar, 2 years old or over; best boar, 1 to 2 years old;' best boar, 6 to 12 months old; best sow, 2 years old or over; best sow, 6 4.0 12 months; best sow and litter of pigs not over 3 months old. Before Baby Comes? EXPECTANT mothers do not undergo useless suffering any longer, nnd baby's birth can be made gloriously easier. Mrs. Wm. Flock, 115 N. 12lh 8t, Leavenworth, Kansas, snys: "'Moth er's Friend' ts the bott help in the world for an expectant mother. I om tho mother of threo children and have found 'Mother's Friend' fine." "Mother's Friend" lt externally ap plied about tho nbdomen, back and hips. It penetrates wonderfully, and in this way allows thc muscles and ligaments to relax ctully and read just themselves to the changes during expectancy and at child-birth. Use "Mother's Friend" ns our mothers and grandmothers did. Don't wait, atart today, ?nd meanwhilo write to Bradfield Regulator Co., HA-45, Atlanta, Ga., for free book], t containing valuable Information every expectant mother should have. "Mother's Friend" contains no nar cotics or harmful druitt. It is safe. There is no substitute. Avoid use les? greases and pluln oils. Start us ing "Mother's Friend" now-tho sooner tho belter. "Molhcr's Friend" is sold fit drug ' stores-everywhere, V? Duroo-Jerscy, Berkshires, O. I. C. md Hnmpshir.es - Judged same os Poland China . Pork Hogs - Best fattening hog, jver 1 year old; best fattening hog, under 1 year; best pig under 6 mo poultry-AH broods and varieties jt poultry will be exhibited. Exhibit 3rs will furnish their own coops, and they must be built as follows: For jiggles, 2 feet square nnd 18 Inches lilgh, with wire on ono side nnd top; tor pons, 2 feet wide, 3 feet long and 18 Inches high, with wire ono one ?ddo and top. Best cock; best cocker sip best hen; best pullot; best pen, 1 cock, 4 hons; best pen, 1 cockerel md 4 pullets. Turkeys-Mammoth Bronze-Bost Tom; best hen; best trio. Bourbon Rod-sVmo ns^lammoth Bronze. Ducks, Gceso or Guineas--Will bo judged in singles and trios. An effort will bo mode to have poultry expert with us and give talks and other Information to the public Miss Counts will also bo with us, and we earnestly ask that all Wy to make this the best exhibit of poultry ever assembled In Oconee county. ?Please place a water vessel in the coop and securely fasten it so that the fowls may be properly watered. Every precaution will be taken to Insure a safe showing of all poultry, pnd our motto ls a square deal to all. Woman's Department.' Household-Best Jar beans; best jar apples; best Jar pears; best jar blackberries; best Jar plums; best Jar soup mixture; best jar peaches; test Jar cherries; best Jar fig pre serves; best Jar watormolon rind pre serves; -best jar citron preserves; best collection of jellies; best collec tion of fancy vegetables and fruits; best collection old stylo canned fruits and vegetables; best collection pre serves; best collection pickles; best Jar of corn; best jar of tomatoes; best jar of peach pickles; best homo cured ham; best homo cured bacon; best home-made apple vinegar; best comb honey; best pound butter. Fn"cy Cooking-Best collection of home-made candy; best doz. rolls; best doz. biscuits; best home-cooked loaf of bread; best fruit cake; best pound cako; best caramel cake; best chocolate cake; best white cake; best :ocoanut layer cuke; host angel cake; best home-made grape juice; best homc-mado syrup; best dried apples; best dried peaches. Curios and Relics. Tho object of this department Is to promoto tho history aijd progress of our county by showing our young people relics of history and customs md antiqultod means and devices. (Please mark your namo rfnd the his tory of the article very plainly and ?umil ia as soon as possible. ) Flower Deportment-Chrysanthe mums, best collection; best single specimen; best pink; best yellow; )ost lavender; best white; best rod. Host collection of dahlias; best single tpectmen, any variety. Best collec ion of asters. Best collection zinnias, lest collection cosmos. Best fern, any variety. Best palm. Bost begonia, lest geranium. Best collection roses. Fancy Work-Best linens In em >roldoryj bost bod linens In crochet; jost knitted bedspread; best crochet )odspread; best tuftod bedspread; jost two-piece undorsutt in ombrold ?ry; best two-piece undorsuit in tat ing; best sot tea napkins in crochet; >es* sot ton napkins In embroidery; jest hand knitted swonlor; best ln 'ant's hand mnde cap; best Infant's mnd-mado dress; best Infant's hand nado sacque; best lunchoon sot In ".rochet; best luncheon sot In.embroi iery; best night dress with crochet .okc; host night dress with tatting roko; best night dross, hand om ?roidorod; host sofa pillow cover; josi hand-mado library scarf; be.s\ ?onlor pleco in.crochet; host conloi' doce in Embroidery; best article nade by lady ovor (>"> years old; host ntngalo\y apron; best fancy apron; >e.st tray covor; best dresser scarf; >0i i p How casos in embroidery; best >illo\v cases in crochet; host ombroi l?red towel; best crochet towel; bpst i and made embroidered handker chief; best hand-made tatting hand kerchief; best piece cross stitch em broidery; best hand-woven rug; best 'ag rug. . Homo-Mndo Furniture-Best rock er; best straight chair; best baby 'ockor; best baby chair;' best stool; aest tablo; best desk; best bedstead; jost mattross, largo; host mattress, small. \ Girls' Club l>rizcs.-X(Mis8 Ethel Counts, Superintendent.) Sewing-Dosi sewing exhibit, ?9t ?1.50, 2d SI; hag, 1st $1, 2d 50c; ?pron, 1st $1, 2d G Oe? toddios, 1st SI, 2d 50c ; gown, 1st $1, 2d 50c; princess slip, 1st $1, 2d 50c; drosser scarf, 1st 81, 2d 50c; darning, 1st fl, 2d 50c. Canning - Best collection canned [>roducts, 1st $1.50, 2d $1; best lar tomatoes, 1st 50c, 2d 25c; best Jar ?oup mixture, 1st 50c, 2d 25c; best |ar beans, 1st 50c, 2d 25c; host jar peaches, 1st 50c, 2d 25c; heit Jar berries, 1st. 50c, 2d 25c; host Jar pickles, 1st 50c, 2d 25c; host glasa (olly, 1st 50c, 2d 25c. Cooking-Best soda biscuits (6), 1st tl, 2d 50c; best baking powder biscuit (6.), 1st $1, 2d 50c; best drop cookios (8}, 1st $1, 2d 5Od. Boys' Club Prizes- (George RV Briggs, Superintendent.) Pig Club - Feeding Class-First prize $2.25; 2d prize, $1.50; 3d prize, $1; 4th prize, 50c Breeding Class-First prize, $2.25; 2d prize, $1.50;' 3d prize, $1; 4th prize, 75c. Sow and Litter Class-First prize, $2.25; 2d prize, $1.50. Com Club-Best 10-oar Exhibit First prize, $2.25; 2d prize, $1.50; 3d prize, II; 4th prize, 75c Cotton Club-Best 10 Opon Boils ind Record Book-First prize, $2.25; 2d prize, $1.50; best record book on exhibit, $1. (For further informa-, tion write tho County Agent regard ing the Club Exhibits.) Form Floats. The management of the fair wants every farmer who will do so to ar range a wagon float as attractively ns possible with any and everything that is grown or mado on his farm and bring it to tho fair. A ribbon will be awarded for the most attrac tive float with tho latest display. Conclusion. i The management hopes to make this fair a lasting event in tho coun ty, and also one that every ono will profit by. if you have anything that Is not mentioned in the list abovo and which you wish to exhibit, take it along or send it to tho proper depart ment manager, and lt will be given place among the exhibits, and will bc appreciated. .Let everybody ho a booster for tho fair, and finally all moot at Westmin ster on Nov. 1 and 2 and havQ-a good time, and also learn something that will benefit you for better business ind farming. Also, remember that tho suporintondont of tho fair is roa Sy to help you with your exhibits in my way. CORNS Lift Off with Fingers Doesn't hurt a blt! Drop a little 'Freezone" on an aching corn, in itantly that com stops hurting, then diortly you lift it right off with Ingers. Truly! Your druggist solis a tiny bottle of 'Froezono" for a few cen ta, sufficient o removo ovory hard corn, soft corn >r corn between tho toes, and the ?allusos, without soreness or irrita Ion.-adv. Extension for Judson Mill. Oreonvillc, Oct. 12. - A contract or tho erection of an extension to ho woavo room and picker building it Judson Mill was lot to-day to tho 3a Ul van Building Co, tho consldora ion for tho erection of tho actual ni il ding of tho extension hoing oat i natod at. around $150,000. With tho oiling of this contract work will be .in on the enlargement of tho mill, vb ich, Whori completo, will icprcscnt in outlay of ahout'?YOO.OOO nnd will >raetica)ly double,tho producing ca >aelt.y of tho mill. Subscribo for Tho Courier. (Best.) You Can Get Back Your Grip on Health. "You can just tell tho man or wo man who may think Tanlac (loos not. do good and lasting work that tho medicine set mo right five years ago and that I have boen in line simpo ever slnco," was tho stntoment mndo a?few days ago by John W. Groves, a well-known merchant of Lowell, N. C. j "Nervous indigestion had almost completely wrecked my health," said Mr. Groves. "For a long time I could not keep down anything 1 would eat. Often whilo walting on a customer I would got so nervous l had to call sonto ono else, and finally I got so weak I simply had io give up work altogether. When I did got a little light food to stay on my stom ach it would causo gas, smothorlnj; spoils and headache. "I took seven bottles of Tnnlao and gainod fifteen pounds and havo never had any troubles since. My nerves are as steady as a clock now and I oat anything 1 want, and my appetito never falls me. In fact, I never felt better In my life than I do now, and it's all because of tho good Tanlac did mo five years ago." Tanlac is sold by all good drug gists.-adv. USE LOCAL COTTON' FOR TOWELS Illair Mill is Making. Turkish Hath Towels from Piedmont. Cotton. A dispatch from Relton says: Only Piedmont section cotton is being used in the manufacture of Turkish bath towels by tho Blair Mills, according to tho statement of Max Rico, one of tho officials of tho mill. Tho Blair Mill is tho only plant In the Stnto making finished Turk ish- bath towels exclusively. In past years cotton from various parts of the country has been used for the manufacture ,of towels, Mr. Tlice declared, but lt has beon found that tho quality of cotton grown In tho Piedmont ls bettor adapted for the manufacture of towels. Towels made in Belton are now being shipped to virtually all parta of the nation. The products of the? locnl mill has been shipped to South American ports, but at tho present only domestic orders are being filled. The Blair Mill, which has been in operation for several yoars, employs. 55 persons. Tho thread ls spun from Piedmont section cotton', wovon into towel cloth, finished, dyed and other wise made ready for the counter, all under the same roof. It not only ls. the only plant in tho State making finished Turkish bath'towels exclu sively, but is one of tho few such plants in tho southeast. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms havo on un healthy color, which1 Indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is moro or 1 ess stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regu larly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood. Improve tho digestion, and act ana goncrnlStrcngdi enlng Tonic to the whole system. Nnturo will thou throw off or dispel the worms, and tho Child will bo fal perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. Rainfall and Temperature. Below Is a record of meteorological observations taken by H. W. Brandt, co-operative observer of the Weather Bureau of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, during the week ending Oct. 8th, 19 22, at 7 p. m. (Tho Instrumental readings are from gov ernment standard instruments ex posed In the manner recommended by the chief of tho Weather Bureau) : Character of Day. Date -j a ai Tempera ture. Xi W ft Oct. 2-Clear Oct. 3-Clear Oct. 4-Clear* Oct. 5-Clear Oct. fi-Cloudy . . .! .02 85 85 87 S8 7 5 Oct. 7-Ptly cldy. Ai . 04!! 83 Oct. 8-Ptly cldy. . ? .131,1 82 5 4 56 5 2 55 56 63 60 Total rainfall . . . ; 1. 79,?. . Fifty Thousand Children Born. Columbia, Oct. 12. - Thore were 50,464 children born in South Caro lina during tho year 1921, census bureau returns show, says a Wash ington dispatch from tho special cor respondent of the Columbia Record. Tho births were about ovonly divided botwoen whito and black. This was 2,387 moro births than during 1920. Tho Unltod Statea practically mo nopolizes tho trade of Hawaii. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicino Which stops tho cough by healing tho inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Hoad Colds and Croup is enoloscd with ev.. ./ bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. Tho salvo should bo rubbed on tho chest ?arid throat of children suffering from, u ( id or Croup. Tho healing effect of liny o V I'M vt Ik any In side tho thront combined will! ( li li. Ullntf c??ect o? Grove's O-Pon-Trato Salvo through tho pores of tho skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies aro'paeket! ? \ v ririi'ton nt\A tho sost of tho combined treatnio it > . . Just ask your drui, ist ? I -VYES' HEALING HONEY.