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v VOLUME LVII, NUMBER 97. ' NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1921. TWICE A WEi.it, $2.00 A YEAR I LARGE PER CENT NOW IN SCHOOL SOUTH CAROLINA RANKS WELL IN ATTENDANCE . " el 11 cj._ Census rigures onow puw o u>iC Stacks Up as Compared 4 With Others ^ J. E. Swearingen, state superinp tendent of education, has prepared a statement which he sets forth and interprets some figures taken in South ' * Carolina in 1920. He shows that more than 62 per cent of the people of school age attend school* being a net gain of 14 per cent during the A raVii/rli ic tV(P hPSt. rPC past l/Cil ycaio, niuvn * h* Ik ord for any of the 48 states. Other W figures of interest are drawn from the census by Mr. Swearingen. ' j His statement follows: According to the census of 1920 South Carolina outranks 14 states in fee percentage of her popualtion beJ tween five and 20 years of age attendt ing school. The number of the state's inhabitants between 5 and 20 years of j " Ll? ??fol'on in age wnen 1116 CCHMld W C40 Minvit January, 1S20, was 675,1^2. The number attendii^ school in this group was 423,740, or 62.8 per cent. j This is in striking contrast - with P the corresponding percentage as shown by the census-ten years ago. In 1910 only 48.6 per cent of the state's population between five and 20 years of age was attending school. This means a net gain of 14.2 per cent during the decade. This is the best record shown for any of the 48 states, the next being 12.4 per cent w in Louisiana. This group practically presents the number of children to be taught in the commonwealth. The school age under our constitution begins on the sixth birthday and runs to the 21st f birthday. The census group includes boys and girls between five and six W years of age. These tots ought to be in kindergarten and many of them would be receiving kindergarten training but for the age restrictions of the constitution of 1895. ? As to Attendance Law The census figures also show the ? population between seven and 13 years of age. This group embraces the boys and girls affected by the compulsory attendance laws in most of the states. South Carolina's local |V option attendance law was enacted in ^ 1917. This was followed by the state' ? -j mm [f wide attendance jaw 01 n>x;r. In 1920 the state had 315,069 boys and girls in this group. Of this number 274,429?87.1 per cent?were attending school* Here again, South Carolina outranks 12 states. This percentage stands in striking contrast with the corresponding figures ten years ago?67.6 per cent. The gain i rivirW the decade was,., therefore, SB 19.5 per cent, or 195 per thousand. MK Here, again, South Carolina made the best record of any of the 48 states. Legislators, taxpayers, teachers and patrols have every reason to be gratified over South Carolina's achievet ment in outstripping every other state in her gain of school attendance k & among children between, the ag^s of 5 20 vears as well as in her gain of school attendance under the compulsory education law between the ' ages of . 7 and 13. To make this record in either respect would be a significant accomplishment, but to lead / the nation in both respects points em phatically to the educational spirit of L ? our folk. The continuance of our edi ucational efforts during the decade I \ from 1920 to 1930 ought to bring v. \ still better results. a. c...,u ^ i_eaas iae juuiu The state now leads the South in both of these groups.'' However,.it is still behind the average for the nation. For the country as a whole the r percentage of children between the ages of 5 and 20 years attending school is 64.3 and the percentage of Vm'i^rpn hetween the asres of 7 and A 13 attending school is 90.6. For the B South Atlantic seaboard these percen tages are 60.2 and 85.6. I| Stated in another way the figures E& mean that now 628 persons betweer the ages of 5 and 20 years are attending school, whereas only 486 oi ' snr?h nersons were attending schoo ten years ago. ^ Among children between 7 arsd 1' [ years of age the figures mean thai 871 boys and girls are attending l t <$><? ?> <?><$> <i><?><$'<$><?><?,<e><?><y<?; ?> <5 V AMERICAN LEGION NOTES. ? ^ * A signal honor has come to the Greenwood Post, No. 20 in that it will have the pleasure of entertaining Marshal Foch December 9th upon his visit to South Carolina. Marshal Foch is touring the United States as the guest of the American Legion. He came to America as the invited guest of the Legion and he is now traveling on a special train furnished by the American Legion anc the head of the American Legion is making the trip with him as the official host of the Legion. Upon his arrival in Greenwood he will be the guest of the local post. The city of Greenwood is cooperating whole-heartedly with the Greenwood post in making arrangements for the proper reception of the generalissimo of the allied forces of the World war, a?d no doubt the Marsha] will receive a warm welcome in Greenwood. Newberry should and no doubt will have a large delegation in Greenwood on this occasion. Marshal Foch is due to arrive in Greenwood at 5:00 p. m. and will remain in the city about 30 minutes. Plans are under way whereby American Educational week, December 4-10, will 'be fittingly observed throughout Newberry county." The committee in charge of arrangement has received the hearty cooperatior of the superintendent of education and representatives from the various clubs and civic organizations .in Newberry. Plans have materialized whereby speakers will visit everj (school in the county and address tne schools on some topic of education The program as arranged appears elsewhere'in this paper. "We call upon all Legionnaires tc enter heartily into the spirit of the week", and to lend a helping hand ir carrying out the program as announced. No doubt you will be interested tc know that Col. Alvin M. Owsley chairman Americanism commission the representative from nationa headquarters at our department con vention, and whose scholarly address made such profound impression upor i-f-ino ^nnvPTitinr. is the motive powei 1/iiV W** ? v. v ~7 _ behind the American Education week Regular meeting of the Post Mon I day evening, December at 7:30 j Delegates to the Kansas City conven tion will make reports at this meet ' ing. New officer's will be installed The attendance at our regular meet ings has been very encouraging. Le us keep it up. The Legion is strong ? 4-? j^4-iiori ;+ Vmc wpr hppn before er iuuo) uwii ? kand its future'is'fraught with possi bilities for service to comrade an.( country. There are still a num'be; of men eligible to membership in ou" post who have not aligned them selves with us. Let us go after them John B. Setzler, Commander. ? | SUPPER AT WEST END SCHOOL BUILDING SATURDAY NIGHT f ? . j The ladies of the Philathea class o I O'Neall Street M. E. church wil | serve supper and refreshments at th< West End school building Saturda; night, December 3rd, from 7 to 1 o'clock. The proceeds will go toward build ing Sunday school rooms. The pub i lie is cordially invited to come am (help this worthy cause. Music fur nished 'by the orchestra. Young People's Mission Band The -Young: People's Mission bam of the Church of the Redeemer wi] hold its regular monthly meeting Dec ; j 4th at 6:30 o'clock in the Sunda; 'school room. ?j Pauline Boozer, Secretary, i' Everette Hipp, President. ' j Dickert-Schumpert Chapter The Dickert-Schumpert chapte i will meet Saturday afternoon, Dec J ember 3rd, at 4 o'clock, with Ell Dunn. Benetta Buzhardt, Secretary. (i Troxelle Wright, President. ' | school against G7G in 1910. The r< :! duction of adult illiteracy <roes han I i . ? , . . , J , . . ^ . 1 j in hand witn mis imj?ro\c*uivin, j j school attendance. 51 The slogan of the next ten yeai tl might well be "Let's put South Car< I r| lina in the front rank in 1930." ?! ITINERARY AND SPEAKERS >! FOR EDUCATION WEEK ; Wednesday, December 7tK Is Date For Visiting Schools in the County 'l The Itinerary and list of speakers > as prepared by the committee is I 'printed below. It should be noted by j ' all that Wednesday, December 7th,; i ! is set aside as the day for all schools ' in the county to t>e visited. No pro-' ?j vision is made in this itinerary for jvisiting the schools in the city as the I 'committee decided to leave this mat>' ter in the hands of the superintendent j of city schools. Speakers should also j j make note that the committee has -jmade no allowance for a stop for j dinner. This is due to the fact that j the time could not be allowed and get around to all schools in one day,' >tso just "pack" your lunch and take, jit along with you and eat it as you ;'go: % | I Pomaria, 9:00 a. m.; New Hope ' Zion, 10:30 a. m.; Pressley, 12:00 m; " 1 T>- 1 >-, rv. j Jt3T"0UU XVIVCJ , x .ou y. m. I Rev. J. J. Long of Little Mountain ^ an,d Rev. H. A. Kistler of Pomaria. Pilgrim, 9:00 a. m; Fairview, 10:00 l(a. m.; Wheeland, 11:30 a. m.; Little Mountain, 1:00 p. m. Speakers: Dr.. C. T. Wyche and Rev. C. J. Shealy. j Monticello, 9:00 a. m.; O'Neall, * j 10:00 a. m.; Saluda, 11:30 a. m.; St. 1 Lukes, 12:30 p. m.; Big Creek, 2:00 ! p. m. Speakers: Rev. J. D. Griffin i ; and Dr. George Y. Hunter. 1 Prosperity, 8:45 a. m.; Midway,1 ? 10:00 a. m.; St. Paul, 11:00 a. m.^ 5 Jolly Street, 12:00 m.; Union, 1:00 " d. m.; Johnstone, 2:00 p. m. Speak-! Mers: Neal W. Workman and C. P.I r j McDaniel. 5 Central: 9:30 a. m.; St. Johns, 110:30 a. m.; Peaks, 12:00 m.; Red 5 Knoll, 1:30 p.* m. Speakers: Col. E. j H. Aull and Mrs. L. W. Floyd. ) St. Phillips, 9:00 a. m.; Fork, 10:00 ? a. m.; Rutherford, 11:30 a. m.p. 1 Speakers: Dr. C. A. Freed and Mr. j John C. Goggans, Sr. Bethel-Garmany, 9:00 a. m.; May-' ) binton, 11:00 a. m.; Mt. Pleasant,! ? 1 9-nn iyi Sneakers: Mr. B. V. Chap- j ' man and Dr. ?B. E. Kneece. ^ Long Lane, 9:00 a. m.; McCol"j lough, 10:30 a. m.; Mollohon, 11:30: 5 a. m.; Whiamire, 12:30 p. m. (meet-j 1 ing 1:00 p. m.). Speakers: Hon.' Eugene S. Blease and Mrs. Agatha * Woodson. Beth-Eden, 9:00 a. m.; Cromer, * 10:00 a. m.; Trilby 11:00 a. m.; Whit "jmire, 12:30 p. m. (meeting at l :uu j p. mN.). Speakers, Dr. Geo. B. Cro-' mer and Miss Daisy M. Berrie. Special note: Speakers for the' L | above two groups will meet at Whit-' " i mire and have a large meeting, 'j Hartford, 9:00 a. m.; Utopia, " 110:30 a. m.; Deadfall, 12:00 m.; Rea^ I gin, 1:00 p. m.. Speakers: Rev. J. r L. Daniel and T. M. Mills. Silverstreet, 9:00 a. m.; Chappells, 10:30 a. m.; Vaughnsville, 11:30 a. ' ? . i .fin n m Snpnlrpys: III. I iUUUlR, j. ,\j v y. lll. Prof. S. J. Derrick and Dr. John B.1 Setzler. Jalapa, 9:00 a. m.; Tabernacle, -i 10:30 a. m.; Kinard, 1:00 p. m. 1 j Speakers: W. W. Cromer and Rev. ^ W. F. Gault. j Tranwood, 9:30 a. m.; Bush River, a 11:00 a. m.; Reederville, 12:30 p. m. j ^'Speakers: Senator Alan Johnstone; j |and Rev. E. V. Babb. j Trinity, 9:30 a. m.; Burton, 10:30; ja. m.; Dominick, 12:0v, ni.; Smyrna, j j2:00 p. m. Speakers: Rev. J. W. i ,j Carson and Mr. J. B. Hunter. I The following topics are suggested j -for sneeches at meetings:* 1. American ideals and American-1 ism. | d ! 2. American Patriotism?wear the ! |] .flag; in your heart, as well as in your j buttonhole. Celebrate the deeds of y ' great civil as well as military heroes. 3. The School and the Nation. 4. Education, the greatest investment for community, state and nation. 5. How education may be promot T ' v ?.! 6. The community's responsibilty a toward the school. Relieving Her Anxiety Old Lady?"Oh, conductor, please _ i stop the train. I dropped my wig out ?- the window." d i Conductor?"Never mind, madam, n theie is a switch just this side of the I next station."?Octopus. "S i >-j To insure peace, in times of peace I be peaceful. i EDUCATION WEEK TO BE OBSERVED ^PFAk'FRS TO VISIT EVERY SCHOOL IN COUNTY DEC, 7. American Legion "in Charge With Cooperation of Other , Organizations On last Monday a representative number of men and women reprssent/ ;oof;ftn . J11v4 jjruciicuii^ t'vci lit the city mei In the office of Col. E. H. Aull, superintendent of education, for the purpose of forming plans to observe "American Education Week," December 4-10. The meeting was called to order by Col. Aull, who explained the purpose of the meeting. rvi Anil fnrrViPv pvnlsinpd that in view of the fact that this education week was being fostered principally by the American Legion he would nominate Dr. John B. Setzler for chairman of the meeting. The nomination was seconded and duly carried. Miss Sadie? Goggans was nominated and ejected to act as secretary. Those present at the meeting besides Dr. Setzler, Col. Aull and Miss Gog gans were. Prof. 0. B. Cannon, Jos. L. Keitt, Jr., Rev. J. W. Carson, Rev. C. A. Freed, Miss Julia Kibler, "Miss Louise Taylor, Miss Daisy M. Berrie, Prof. S. J. Derrick, Jas. W. Johnson, C. P. McDaniel and W. W. Cromer. After the committee decided definr itely to formulate plans for observing this week, the following committees were appointed: Committee on itinerary and speakers, Dr. John B. Setzler, chairman, Col. E. H. Aull and C. P. McDaniel. Committee on publicity, C. P. McDaniel, chairman, and ATicc Snrlip Onp-irarts. *,44WU N/v,v**v v "OO It might be explained that the main purposes of the 7/eek are'TfWw^ form the public of the accomplishments and needs of the public schools and to secure cooperation and support of the public in meeting these needs and to teach and foster good Americanism. ^ AVn frATYl 1\ U 5CX vitc xia-a omicxtu u;un, j-j. unintelligent criticism than- the schools. The average citizen does not read educational literature or accounts of teachers' meetings or visit schools to learn what they are doing. He has a conception of school only as he knew it in his own school days. American Education week should give the tax payers who furnish the funds for the public schools first-hand knowledge of the service for which they pay. Education cannot afford to neglect this opportunity to advertise its aims and purposes. It is the duty of all the friends of education to think seriously and work hard on the pro'blem of keeping the idea of public education before all the people. In every possible way the public's rv 4 4-^. ? ? f ^ w fViAnl/1 An n _ mic:itiuu ouuuiu uxr, vu W4 ucational problems; the need of better buildings, libraries and equipment, playgrounds; better attendance; better paid teachers; longer school term; better vocational education; better understanding of the form and fundamental principles of our government and better and universal use of the English language. Special emphasis should be placed on the singing /-v-P l-vo+vinfin cnno-S CilllltpS t.ft thp Ui f Ol/UVWlW c, and short, interesting accounts of essential facts in American history. In carrying out the week as planned by the committee, it is felt sure education will be placed before the citizens of Newberry county as never before, and the committee wishes to i ' thank the public in advance for the support in this work.\ The committee on itinerary and speakers held a meeting Tuesday I night in thje office of our chamber of i * ; commerce and the itinerary, together with a list of speakers is published | in another section of this paper ana [ the reader is requested to look for it. | A suggested program for every school ' for every day for the week is published in another section of the paper and j every teacher is earnestly requested to carry it out as near as possible. In addition to this, the Ministers' union held a meeting on the educational subject Tuesday morning, and it is expected that an educational ser! mon will be preached from practical ly every pulpit Sunday morning: or Sunday night, and the church goers I are urged to make a special effort tc attend both the morning and night [might have been A VERY SERIOUS FIRE ' i \ * i i Prompt and Efficient Work of Firemen Saved Day and Only Serious Sufferer Miss Lehman. I What might have been a very se- ^ rious fire was nipped in the bud by M the prompt and efficient work of the Newberry firemen. And then the hour at which it took place helped to < save the day also. 15 The fire originated in the millinery J parlors of Miss Lowman in one of 1 the store rooms under the new part 1 of the Newberry hotel in Friend 1 street and was discovered at about ' 7 o'clock in the evening of Wednes-, ^ day. ^ ! i The greatest damage to the building was from smoke though some of * the wood work in the store room occupied by Miss Lowman was damag- ' ed, but Mr. George W. Summer, the owner of the hotel, says it is fully 1 covered by insurance. He does not : know yet the extent of the damage ,J but estimates it around $2,000. ( Smoke did considerable damage to the guest rooms of the hotel above i the store and also to the room occu- ; pied by the chamber of commerce I and some little damage to the furniture of the chamber but it was all practically moved out. i Miss Lowman carried only $1,500 on her stock and fixtures with the . Security Loan and Investment com' pany and she estimates her stock at around $4,000 and her loss is practically complete. Nothing was saved and what was not burned was badly , damaged by water. i Miss Lowman' lives with her father a few miles in the country and had closed for the day and gone home. I She had been using an electric iron f and she says had turned off the switch but jiad not disconnected the j cord and it is supposed that the fire j 'originated from this iron.. i The Herald and News building a | good many years ago came very near , burning from the same cause, but be. ing in the day time the fire was dis- j | covered before any serious damage , was done. i It is fortunate the fire caught as , early in the evening as it did or the . damage might have been much greater. SUCCESSFUL SUPPER AT i FAIRVIEW SCHOOL/ j T j The teachers and patrons of Fair view school gave a very delightful hot supper on last Saturday night at the school building, and talks were made , : by the Rev. J. J. Long and Col. E. H. j 1 Aull. j ! Before the serving of supper the , addresses of Messrs. Aull and Long { were heard by the large number of ; people who had assembled, and each ' speaker brought an eloquent message of inspiration and encouragement to , the school and community. j One of the school rooms was con-, verted into a' dining hall with many I tables, each being daintily appointed in snowy linen and having center-! nf Inv^lv varie-colored chry santhemums in tall vases. i l The supper had been prepared and t cooked by the men of the commun- i ity, and was served by the women and , young ladies. This in itself shows ! the vast amount of interest which is j I taken by the men and women alike , 'and no further evidence of loyalty to ! 11 - ? , tiio scnooi is nt'tucu uuui mai/ mvj i will don aprons and do the actual1 work. Beautifully iced cakes in various i designs and shapes were on display j .and one especially artistic cake made j : by Mrs. Lester, was the "guessing" ! cake. Ten cents a guess was charged ! and the lucky guesser was Mr. Ollie L. S'nealy. On another table were artistic little - ' ?j- 1:? .V, baskets or nome-maae uhujcs wuh.?? were sold almost immediately. Later in the evening the cake-walks were held, the most graceful couples re! i services. It might also be explained in this article that all meetings held in the various schools in the county should be attended by the public. The parents of school children should 1 make a special effort to attend, as the meetings will be somewhat of an "open hour.'' Watch for the time the meeting: is to be held at the school ; nearest to you and be sure to pro and ? take with you as many friends as pos; sible. - I <5> t> ROTARY LUNCHEON 3> P <j> $><$><?><$>G><$><S><$><$><&<&<$'<&<$<$>Q> The Rotarians gathered on bright ind sunny Tuesday for their reguar fortnightly luncheon and what a ?ood time they had. First they sang and then, after Sid Derrick returned thanks the "bunch" gathered around the festive board, 3 VJnade bright with blooming narcissus, dotted plants and gay Thanksgiving place cards, and devoured, yes that's , :he word, a real turkey dinner with I ill the frills and furbelows which j Manager Bullock and Mr? Bullock' j enow how to furnish. During the course A' the dinner j; President Ben Cromer introduced Ro- ' ;arian Strange of Sapulpa, Okla., who ivas a visitor to the club and Rotarian j Strange responded in a few short ' *-i 1 - r. -frw*. V* if ol l-f \T Cif U J U 2 W ? tJiClUXVO 1U1 l i l/J w *. i the Newberry club. The secretary was asked to make an announcement of the winning lim erick in the contest and he read the 1 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice in the order : named: j. I i ' I Her suit was a chic cloth conserver, : But that did not seem to disturb her, As she strolled on the beach Editor Bill made this speech, Come, let's stay here and Observer. We acclaim Our srood President Ben A veritable prince arnng men; We miss him today, Business calls him away? We hope it won't happen again. A crafty old bach'lor is Zach, He caotures the erirls every crack; Whenever they lamp him : They try hard to vamp him, But haven't yet mastered the knack. ' Then the members recited rhymes j which they had "composed or copied j and this caused quite a bit of merriment. Lad Eskridge's was a "scream" and ran as follows: There are letters of accent, There are letters of tone, But the best way to letter Is to letter alone. Someone arose about this time and said that "Whiz Bang's Smokehouse Poetry" was barred ,at Rotary luncheons. Announcement was made by Ben Cromer that Ben Dorrity had been!, elected a member of the board of di-< rectors. Ben got the glad hand on being so honored. Rotarian Long of Rock Hill and i Prof. Gilbert Voigt of the college ! faculty were guests of the club. Ro-1 tarian Long was once President of; the Whitmire mill and when called up- j1 on made a very fine talk, stressing the , educational work among textile workers and cited some examples of the work which is being done i.i Rock Hill to stamp out illiteracy. Sid Derrick made a talk on National Educational week and what was planned for this week in Newberry county. Immediately after his talk -Li-_ ?i,.u noc-c-or! resolutions "favoring: Ule C1UU pajji. this campaign and instructed the sec-1 retary to place the Rotaria:is of Newberry subject to draft in this work. All members in the city, except Bo'b , Mayes, attended the luncheon and the crowd was so great that Doug Weeks j and Lad Eskridge over flowed to a small side table. 1 After the program was completed 1 Hask Kibier, who had been called to the chair, arose and in his regal way f i declared the meeting adjourned. To Wed at Christmas Blairs, Nov. 20.?Mr. and Mrs. L. | M. Blair announce the engagement of i their daughter, Valeria Margaret, to j Albert M. McWhirter of Jonesville. The wedding is to be some time during the Christmas holidays. j ceiving the cakes. There was an atmosphere of good : will and fellowship about this entire j: affair which permeated all who were ; present and extended even to those who were strangers in the community. 1 It is just such a gathering as this which makes for the succcss of any J school, and Puirview, with its fine instructors and high-toned and refined patrons bids fair to rank < among the highest of Newberry coun-1. ty's schools. j< ELEVEN AWAITING DEATH SENTENCES NEW RECORD FOR STATE SAID T-r? DC \Jf ARC A V Llirf ITi/TiX Electrocutions Scheduled, but Supreme Court Must Hear Cases Before Action The State. Ekven men, six white and five negroes", are now under death sentence in South Carolina. This is said to establish a record for the Palmetto state in the number of death penalties passed upon criminals at any one period of time. The fact that the whites outnumber the negroes is also considered a new record for the state. Practically all of the men are awaiting appeals to the supreme court and it may be another year before any of them pay the penalty. Two negroes are scheduled to die next Friday, December 2, but the governor may prevent one and the other is still undecided. These two cases are A kyo Via ?vi TVTotto onrl Tillman Or Rose. May, or Williams as he is sometimes called, was to have been electrocuted October 28, 'but the governor granted a reprieve because there was some question in the'case and this reprieve expires next Friday. Choice or Rose was sentenced several weeks ago in Spartanburg to die December 2, but he has never been brought to the penitentiary, and it is not known here whether or not he has appealed. Those Under Sentence The 11 men now under death sentence are C. 0. Fox, Jesse Gappins, S. J. Kirby, J. C. Wallace, Edmund Bigham and Cliff Hawkins, all white, and Will Hood, El Culbreath, Tillman Choice or Rose, Abraham Mays or Williams and William Thompson, ne- 1 groes. In addition to these men, there are a large number of safekeepers at the penitentiary that are yet to be tried or have not had their cases settled. The supreme court will in all pro>bie iuflolr and in. Ci U 111 L J aujuuu i bllio ?? Wik M??vt ? dications are ''now that neither the Fox, Gappins nor Kirby appeals will be heard this term. The next terra will be held next April. The appeal of Cliff Hawkins has already been heard by the court and that of Edmund D. Bigham will be the last'case coming before the court at tnis term. J. C. Wallace was not sentenced until two weks ago and^his appeal will not come up until next year. > Negro Cajtes As for the negroes the appeals of Culbreath and Hood will not reach the court until next year, if at all, while that of Thompson is still undecided. The other two Tillman Choice or Rose and Abraham Mays or Williams, will also be decided later. Of the 11 men under death sentence, eight are in county jails. Wallace is in Sumter. Choice or Rose is in Spartanburg and Will Hood is in Greenville. The death house at the penitentiary will accommodate only six persons and the other prisoners are in the cell building. Gappins,' Fox, Kirbv and Bigham are in the aeam nouse. ^ QUARTERLY MEETING W. M. U., AT CHAPPELLS All prsons wishing to attend the first quarterly meeting of W. M. U. of Reedy River association on Saturday, December 3rd at Chappells, can 2:0 on the Southern train leaving at 8:45 and will be met at Chappells and carried to the church. Miss Ada Roll nnp nf our S. B. C. missionaries to China, will be with us and so will Mrs. Fizer, corresponding1 secretary. We hope a large number of our members will be there. Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Supt. * Won Prizes at Lee County Fair Mr. J. L. Welling, a chicken fancier of Newberry sent a couple pens of his chickens to the Lee county fair at Bishopville and got a few of the prizes. This is one of the best fairs in the south and the exhibits are always fine and it is a credit and an honor to win a prize at this fair. Mr. Welling took first and second prize on his Buff Plymouth Rock cock and first prize on a hen and first and second on a pullet of the same breed. And fifth prize on Rhode Island Red :ock.