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SKETCH OF REV. And Some Union Com Baptists, Written tr REV. PHILIP MULKEY. Some names of-some importance, ' because of continued mention by writ' . ?rs and speakers, seems 10 lose none of their lustre as the years go by; while others of greater importance fall into disuse and soon become obsolete in the public mind. One such name of the latter class is that of Philip Mulkey, yet it was he that plunged into the almost unbroken wilderness and laid the foundations of our great Baptist commonwealth in upper South Carolina. Hifl Early Life, Remarkable, Conver. sion and Entrance Into the Ministry. He was born near Halifax, in North Carolina, May 14th, 1782. He was bred a churchman. He married Ann .Ellis, by whom he had five children, m TV * wavia, Jonathan, Philip, Parry v?nd Sarah, Morgan Edwards tells ..us that his conversion was very remarkable. It was in the manner. "One night as he went out a house where he had been playing the fiddle at a dancing frolic, he saw, as he thought, the Devil grinniag at him < with fiery eyes; upon which he swoon- 1 ed away. When he came to himself ' he was in the greatest terror, think- 1 ing the Devil would be permitted to 1 " take him away bodily by way of ex- ' -ample to the company he had been 1 l with. However, he mounted his horse ' and as he rode home, fancied that the 1 L trees struck it him, and the stars ! L frowned at it. In this terror he con- 1 I tinned about three weeks reforming, ( B but not able to sleep much, and wastK ing in flesh and strength. After this 1 he was tempted to believe that he ' never could be saved until he had ( been faithful to his old master, the 1 /Devil, for hitherto he had been faith. > ful to neither; and began to serve the 1 Devil faithfully; meanwhile a Strang- < . er came to his house, -whose name is ' John Newton (now a- minister) and 1 read the 63rd chapter of Isaiah, 3rd 1 mru 'W? J- ? ??v iuu, ww.f nautii pub Hi 111 111 " mind of Sal. by it. Newton goes 8 "Way?he folNwed afar off from an c .apprehension that as soon as he lost * sight of him, fire would come aa whan Lot left Sodom." Here Edwards' nar- e V rntive ends, but we presume that'it * \ was not long until the scales fell 4 ? <from his eyes and he saw the light, f *' "for on December 25th, 1766, Philip' < ^Mulkey was baptized >by Shubeal ^Btearns into the fellowship of Sandy * Greek Baptist church, in North Caro- * ina. Mr. Edwards says he was "called ? to the ministry in Stearns* church Ifl * February, 1767.' We. suppose/by this ? oiTjji,! ttilk I ha wy licensed to preach, fori f his ordination took place in October ' the'Same year. He'immediately as- ' sumed the .are of Deep River church * in North Carolina, where he remained ? ix until 1760. c . Philip Mulkey was a man whose * soul was all aflame with unquench- A I able evangelical, zeal, and spared not 1 time, toil, privation, hardship, nor 1 suffering in order that he might plant 1 the Gospel banner in newly formed ^ commnuities where it never waved 1 before. Semple, in his History of 1 Virginia Baptists, says, "It seems the 1 Gospel was first carried into the * neighborhood of Bluestone by. Wil- ! liam Murphy and Philip Mulkey hbout T 1756. Their dabors were very sue- ' ceBsful and in 1758 or 1759 they were . sufficiently numerous to exercise the rights of a church." Bluestone was In HfoAlrlanKnvm AAiinftf M O flAtwO ill mtvniviii/wig vwuiivjr j *1 -vs?y ovmsvwhere between Charlotte and the ' Stanuton river. 1 > His Advent Into and the Planting of 1 the First Baptist Church in Upper 1 South Carolina. j That eminent minister and his: torian, Morgan Edwards, says: "In ' 1771 and 1772, I visited the churches from Pennsylvania to Georgia, which ' v cost me the tiring of two horses and 1 . a ride of about three thousand miles." ' As we have in our possession a copy of Edwards' "Materials Toward a His. tory of the Baptists in South Caro- 1 lina," we are able to give our readers his account of the planting of Fairfield, which church he visited in 1772. It is as follows: "Farrforest (1760)" "So distinguished from a tract of land where the meeting house stands in the county of craven and parish of St. Mark, about 200 miles .northwest from Charleston, and 760 southwest from Philadelphia. The land is formed into an angle by the running of Fairforest river into the Tiger, so that the house stands in the forks. The meeting house is 40 feet by , 26 with. calWrie* ereetsd this-year. .The old house stands yet, bat is. decaying. The land is two seres, the'gift of Benjamin Holcomb. The families are about 300 whereof 167 persons are baptized and in communion which is here oelabraced. the first Sunday in April, '-July, October and January. The church consists of five branches, one near the meeting house, another at Lawsson's fork, where is a little house erected this year, 85 miles to the northwest; one at Catawba, 100 miles off. to Jhs .northwest; one .at Enoree, * where A? ?a sr meeting house built in'THl, distant'26 miles to the southeast No estate. One at Thickety, distance ".9 miles northeast. The present minister is Rev. Philip Mul! key. He has to his assistance at aFlr. forest Joseph William Wood; at ; Thkkety . Richard ? Kelly. Thlckety and'Enoree will soon be constituted and Kelly and Wood ordained. This, Uhli elehHtf 1711." . 1 "They began ithus. in 1160 Mr. I Mulkey and ^wifs, . Stephen Howard and wife, Joseph Breed and wife, Obe _PfflLlP MULKEY ity History Concerning y Rev. J. D. Bailey. diah Howard and^tfe, Benjamin' CMst and wife, Charles and Thomas Thompson, Rachel.Collins. These came lrom the church rbf Deep river in , North Carolina and"1 settled on little river of Broad river where they incorporated in Anirust, 1760. Here they tarried two-years and increased to about 100 members. In 1762, December 13th, they removed to Fairforest and built a log meeting house. The character of this church is that of particular Baptist, holding the century confession, laying on of hands as.no bar of communion. They had the love-feast?anointed Ribhard Kelister is Rev. Philip Mulkey." Thi? fioo- 1 -? ? V.v?? uiiu ucuiucu accuun^ J1Ven by Edwards settles some things that have long puzzled historians. Benedict says that Mr. Millkey and 12 others came to South Carolina in 1759 and settled on Broad river, where they formed themselves into a church, and after tarrying there about two years, and increasing to 104, the same 13 persons left the others behind, and removed to Fairforest, where they again formed a church in 1762. The puzzle has been, where was that 1759 church, and vliat became of ^it? As no satisfactory trace has ever been found Mr. Edwards makes it all plain. It was in 1760 (ndt 1759) that the little colony of Baptists headed by Mulkey settled on "little river off Broad river" and farmed a church which scon increased to 100. After two years cot the original' 13, but the church as \ body removed to Pairforest i and ' 'built a log meeting house.' Not a vord does Edwards say about organzing, and the reason was that the ihurch bad only moved its location. 1 \Ke unhesitatingly . accept the Ed- , vards account, because he visited 1 Pairforest while Mulkey was pastoi [1772) and got his information drat ; land. Benedict did not write untii >iany years later. It seems that while >n "little rivor off Broad river" the ' ihurch was not named. Benedict ipeaking of Separate Baptist ' :hurches being formed in the new set- ' lements in South Carolina, refers to * 'One of them situated on Broad riv- * r" (no ntmo you see)'sending a let- ' er?by their minister, Philip Mulkey, ' o the Charleston Association in 1762, / itating several queries which Rev. )liver Hart was appointed to answer. Vt any rate, when the church removed o Fairforest, it was given that name, I ind it retains it to this day with the iddition of "Upper," because there is tow another* Fairforest dujtveh 'tower i lown. , \ J Fairforest vis, therefore,' the first I Baptist church ever planted in upper j tenth Carolina, and,the date is'Au- i just, 1760. It~haa occupied-four difr : erent locations. " The first' one ?was I >n "little river off Broad river," wher- ] sver that may be. The second * one ( vas 'on a -hill near the east hank of i ?airforest creek, a few miles went 6f LJnion. The fourth and present one < s on the public highway and Southern | !tailway,= about three miles northwest , from Union. The third location was ibout three-fourthB of a mile nearer i Union, just' back of the old McKistick place. A record in our poraes<}ion shows that the meeting house , .vas there prior to 1704. While at this place, it received 'the 'sobriquet of | 'Duck Pond." rhe Five Branches of Fairfoftiest Mentioned by Mr. Edwards in 1772. It will be remembered that he said it this time, besides the main church, there were five arms, or chanches, one lear the meeting house, one on Lawson's fork, ore on Enoree, one on Ihickery and one at Catawba. 1. The One Near the Meeting House. As no point is named and no exact distance or direction given,k we are left to conjecture. We believe that Friendship church, yi the Spar, tan Association comes nearer' filling the bill than any other; for, that ptinwh plntm? tvt havo Vuwn pnmfitntof) in 1765 at a point 16 miles southeast from Spartanburg. We do not believe, however, that there bad been any organization of an independent church within the Fairforest territory, prior to Edwards' visit tin 1772; for, if so, he would, most assuredly, have mentioned ithe fact. The branch mould have been planted in 1765 and the regular organization come later. 2nd. The One on Lawson's Fork. The distance and direction of this point from the Fairforest meeting house was 35.miles to the northwest. This fits'Boiling Springs, in Spartanburg county exactly. Griffith in his "Life of Landrum" says, "Boiling Springs ehureh is one of the oldest churches in the country. The earliest records state that it was re-constituted in 1792, from which recotds it is supposed that its first constitution was Ipag .priork to that date. There is no account, however, of the time when it was first constituted, nor of the cause that made a reconstitute necessary." The facts are, undoubtedly, that it was a branch planted bfr Fairforest and in 1772 it had a ttttie meeting house aireddy built, to whieh Philip Muikey mode his p teaching visits. 3rd. The One on Enoree. This point was 25 miles from "the main church.4' Though the direction given by Edwards does not fit exactly, we art quite sure that this is Bethel, now Wbbdnlff. Again referring to Griffith's Ufa of Landrum, he says that pBetfcel is > located en dhe. suaxnit of tha'alavalnd dfigs#te*iels divides the waters of the.Esoass and Tpgsr, MtM is ons of die oldest Und largest BapI m i " r i ii tist churches in the country. 'Hon A.~:B. WoodnWT, who ?u clerk. o: Bethel for more than 30 years, in hb history, of the -church published ii 1382, says, "Thowarl^ history AFBeth> el church is iemreioped in dodds ol uncertainty. ..'No record is on ham that gives say intimation as* to th< organization of the dmrch, .or th< time is was nonstitutad. Nor; are w< able to obtain from any living source information giving any light on* thh part of the subject. The first recorc we find reads as follows: "Septembei 16, 1787, the church Of Christ or Jamie's Creek, etc." If the historiar had had Edwards' account of Fairfbrnt, he would have found that Bethel had its origin as a branch of that church, and the first meeting house was built in 1771, and the next yeai (1772) it was to be constituted an in. dependent church and William Wood the licensed assistant, was to be ordained. What a mighty tree this branch planted by Fairforest at Enoree (Bethel* became. Jt was here that the Bethel Association was organized in 1789. and held, so it is said, 23 consecutive sessions there The name Bethel was, no doubt, given to the Association in honor.of tht church where it was organized. 4th. The one on Thiclcety. ' Thii point, says Mr. Edwards, was 2E miles to the northeast. Doubtless this is Goucher Creak, now in Cher okee County. The distance as w? know it today is only about 20 miles but it should be remembered that in those early times but few, "if. any roads were accurately measured, and that often circuitous routes had tc be taken in order to find - suitable fords for the crossing of the streams. If.Mr Mulkey crossed Pacolet at the ancient Grindal ford, which is mos^ probable, the distance would be about riglit. Again, the original meeting place, which was generally of the friendly oaks, may have been some distance from the present location. If it should be objected that Gouche" is not on Thickety, let it be borne in mind that the original point may have been quite near that stream. The present meeting house, however. :s just one and a half miles from :hickety's banks. Previous to the Revolutionary war. for protection against the Indians, i fort was built in less than two hundred yards from the banks of Gouch;r Creek (the small stream from which the church was named) and :juite near the church, yet it was called Thickety Fort. Logan, !n his "History of the Broad River Association," says: "The historians of the Association lave heretofore failed to give us the late of the constitution of this church (Goucher), but according to information kept avid transmitted from reliable.aeurees; ifr-was.probaMy orig inated in the year 1770." This flit precisely. Fairforest established . ar arm tin 1770 (or thereabouts) for II was ready for s independent organiza tion ni 1772 and Richard Kelly, thv licensed assistant, was. ready for or iinatlon to the full work of the ministry., ' 5th. . The one at Catawba. Ed wards says that this point was one hundred miles distant off to th< northwest. Of this plac# we kno* nothing. Benedict mentions a Ca tawba church belonging to thv Bethel Association, organised in 1778 If Edwards was correct as to the direction^ it was far into North" Caro lina and could hardly be the one thai belonged to the Bethel. What a mighty master-builder wai Philip Mulkey! What a tremendoui power plant, under God, he erecte< on Fairforest! Think of the vasi territory, supplied- with "the power o: God unto salvation" by this heavenlj dynamo. The communities of Fair forest, Friendship. Bethel. Boilint Springs, Goucher Creek and Catawba one hundred miles distant, was ii 1772. one greatchurch and one man Philip Mulkey, pastor of all. It look as though no human could have per formed such a herculean task unde such tremendous difficulties, but 1 was done, and the end is not yet. Some Other Daughters of Fairforee The churches mentioned .above ar far from all that were planted and de v eloped by Fairforest. This prolifi church, with its intensely evangelic al pastor, began in its infancy to g "everywhere preaching the Word. At the time of Edwards' visit (1772 he said: "He (Philip Mulkey) ha met with surprising-vwoeooas; -in s much that his church (Fairforest is the .mother of/-all the churches it this i park of the ofcantry/uis* of Cos garee, of Little River, of Little Rive of Saluda, etc." How amasing wa the amount of work that mam did, an in order io get a. better idea--of th tremendous sacrifices, .hardships, dii Acuities and dangers connected W.t that work ^ seme ntbiagwahoakkbe-rc membered. . The country was almoi an unbroken wilderness. The mar ner of travel' was* hemebahk. ^No ret roads, Just. trails, no. -bridges, * th streams were crossed. by fording o swimming. In addition to alh thii no eartfclyiiaganey'/to\ beak,him, <-n convention, no board and no earthl remuneration, save hia Jaded hori fed and at night's lodging at aoaa wayside cabin. n i<es? ? uongaree. Eowaras says"In* til year 1764, Rev. Philip Mulkey cam and preached in thia neighbor hoc (some 12 or 16 miles Mov tvbti Columbia now is) by which mean several were converted and baptise* partii ihijij *Wm. Yaafcer, Jane Cm ry, Martha'Goddwta.tfseac Mfton \fterwatds,* thd "fbMowiny wtrfbai tired: Joseph Basse, Jehn Newtoi Thomas Norris, ' Benjamin ~ Ryai Timothy Darganr ate." ,On Nov. & 1776, tt^e branch was constitnted int taguiar*fa?reh kf ?ev. PhihpMulJ r ksy.ahd.Rsv. JtaasplWMnrphy. Three i of those mentioned shove became i noted lainiet?S| vis: Joseph Reese, . Thomas ?orria<and Timothy Dargaa. f Although the ordinance was adminisi teredi at -Congaree, these three great preachersJwere baptised into the fellowships Falrforest, for at that "time^Ooggaree was still a branch of that efanrch. Let the reader bear this in raind: Timothy Dargan was one of the licet of that long line of illustrious preachers bearing that name. Joseph -Keese commenced preaching soonv after his baptism and when Congaree was formed into and independent church, he became the first pastor. About the year 1769 Congaree established a branch at the High Hills of Santee and in a short time Mr. Resaa baptised quite a number and amogg them Richard Furman and his mother. In his "Biography of Jr. Furman," v Prof. H. T. Cook Says: "It can be safely claimed that Mr. ReeseV preaching gave* to the denomination s the man who started the schooling of, s and school for prospective ministers, a which eventually became Furman 1 University and then aurrendered its I theological department? that it might I I * * - wn . . _ ueveiujj me' oauiwru oapusi semi- : nary." True, very true, but let us 1 > go back further. Philip Mulkey gave t us Fairforest. Philip Mulkey and c ! Fairforest gave ua Joaeph Reese and t Congaree church, and that, sons and ? ' 'laughters of Fairfosast, gave ua ? > Richard Furraan. Selah! ( ' Little River of Broad River. The 1 > distance from Fairforest to Conga- 1 1 ree -was, at least,, eat* hundred milei. i . According to traditions, on his jour- s ' neya between these two points Mr. t ' Mulkey had regular places to stop : over for the nights, and whenever s t possible the neighbors would gather 1 1 in and he would preach to them. One- i 1 of these stopping piases was the home e of Jacob Gibson, in->^rhat is now Fair- t field county. The* -services there re- i suited in the organizing of a branch t of Fairforest, andr February 26, 1770, c into a regular church. Mr. Gibson i embraced the Baptist' faith and be- t came pastor of the church which orig- s mated in his own -house. The first t house of worship was built of crude v ogs, 24x20, in 1768, on land given b/ " Jacob Gibson. Hence it was known in the neighborhood as Gibson's meeting house, but MMwal name wa3 ( Little River. ThenaiK| pr-ranization still exists under vnemafhe of Monti- I cello. 1 Buah-River. This- chirch is on a small river by the sam< name, about 12 miles southwest fron Newberry. | 1 It was constituted June, 1771 by Dan- . > tel Marshal and Philip Mulkey. A ( .urge majority of the Members hav> Jig been dismissed free Fairforest. Themes Noriis, beptiatekt Jkragaree, > out into lliii fiiliiiiiihlpyfjniiiiiiii ill > was called to the pastefl} of Bush i River about 1773 and w ordained - uy Philip Mulkey and DmM Bess. .Little River of &l?fla. This j church took its name rom a small stream Dy tnat name wncn runs into the Saluda river. Mr. Bhrards says: * "They were a branch o Fairforest," ! and that the location sras in "the parish of St. Marks, in Craven counr ty, 216 miles nortl*? Charles town and 776 mileft sL from ' Philadelphia." The ciiCccn was con stituted August 10, 1760 by Colonel ' Harris and James Child. Sandy River. In September, 1776. t the-' following ministers were called together at Fairforest meeting house, ' Tie: Ralph Jones, of Oongaree; Jo1 seph ' Vining, of Lynch's Creek; * Thomas Norris, of Bush Creek; Jat cob Gibson, of Little River; Joseph r Camp, of Buffalo, and Philip Mulkey ? of Fairforest. When assembled "A * request being made by some of the I -members of Fairforest church living on Pacolet, Turkey Creek and Sandy 1 River to the ministers and brethren > that composed this little association * for- a constitution of a church on Tur' * key Creek to be composed of some r members of churches dismissed from 1 churches in Virginia and' North Carolina, and a few members of Little River and Fairforest lying adjacent. s Which was thought necessary by the * ministering brethren. By advice a w pmmvMiiiaa maroa unnnintfd to AttPIld .1 " place of wonhip erected by the Bap0 tist profeaaers and their friends on Turkey Greek, known as the Flat > Rock meeting house." (Quoted from 8 an old manuscript written more than 0 a hundred and thirty years ago.) } The result of that meeting was n that en the 28rd of Deeatiber, 177f>, (' thd "committee" met at the appointed r place and organized a church, which 8 received the name Sandy River. On ^ the same day the new church called * for the ordination of Jantes Fowler, " who- had been a member and licentik ate of 'Fairforest for fifteen months. '* ''It-seems that Fowler immediately 11 became pastor of the new church and 1 soon rose to distniction in the minIstry. When the Bethel Association e was organised in 1789, he was chosen ,r to be the first moderator. He was 1 also delegated by that body to at* tend the Charleston Association for * the purpose of adjusting the minor * differences that prevennu narmony 'V between the Separates and Regulars, and by his skillful Christian diploic macy matters ^were soon adjusted and ,e the names Separate and Regular soon ^ fell into disuse and all the Baptists * in .'Sotfth Carolina were one. An18 other feather in the cap of Fairforest. The Close of His Earthly Life > We hare searched to ted out when i- this' pioneer mseter-bcildbr left the >- enfth, but alt in vtrtn. The last seen* ?? jtlon. that we And of his name in eon*> nection with the work is that quoted It aheee 1W6. At* that tee he was ? 44 years old and had been In the min? e._, _ hfTMiia stry 19 yean. He may hare died on tie Fairforeat plantation,. or he may lave not. We have a copy of his plat, t is nearly fonosqnare?and Fairtorest. Creek runs through the midUe. It . bears the date of 1752, but hat is an error of some copyist, it; thould be 1762. The number of acres s not given and the boundaries are 'scant lands. Benedict says: "His success in the ninistry was so great that he beame exhalted above measure in his rwn esteem, and that of his converts, mt at length, to the grief of the 'riends of Zion, he began to stumble, tnd soon fell into many heinous sins, ind remained, when an old man, an lutcast from the church and a disrrace to the precious cause of which le had been such an eminent chamlinn " TtiJo {<, ..??? k? -- ?? ?o vut i taouu, pciiiapat vhy his name fell into disuse and now ve hear no more of him. 'Tis sad, ery sad that one who shone so rightly among the luminaries, "that urned many to righteousness,'" hould have had such a beclouded [unset; but, he was not the first, ind if the Lord tarries a little while onger, he will not be the last, dightier than he have stumbled. Patriarchs, kings such as David and Solomon; Apostles such as Peter, and nany other lesser lights. It seems hat bo few mortals can stand sue:ess, and it was Mr. Mulkey's elaion over success that crippled him. fot he was God's servant; no emis:ary of Satan could or would have 'ver done the work for the Lord that le did; and, after all, he deserves a nonument as high as that of Washngton, and South Carolina Baptists hould never forget the priceless legicies that he left them. We believe that his disembodied ipirit is with the Lord, and though lis dust lies in an unknown grave, t will, with the hosts of the redeemd, have part in the "first resurrecion," and that when his works are :ut in the refining fires, many of hem will stand the test and his rown will be bedecked with glitterng jewels for "They that turn many o righteousness shall shine as the tars forever and ever." Let us hope hat Benedict's statement is somerhat exaggerated. At any rate? ;. Let us to his foibles be a little blind, j "And to his virtues e\*er kind." I J. D. Bailey. j A>wpens, Dec. 14, 1922. italv Keenlv Prenarincr For Next Olympiad Rome, Dec. 22.?The advent of the Pascisti government to power will iiave favorable influence upon the development of sport and athletics in Italy. Premier Mussolini's cabinet is composed mostly of young men between the ages of thirty and forty, the majority of whom at some time or another have taken a deep interest in sports. Mussolini him- I self is an expert fencer and his un- I der secretary of state, Finzi, be- I sides being one of Italy's most re- ^ nowned aviators was at one time one of the best five thousand metres runners in the peninsula. 8 The first effects of the assumption n of leadership of the government by 'J Mussolini, in the field of sports, already have been seen in the promise ^ made bv the Premier that annronria- 11 tions of funds to defray the expenses n of the Italian Olympic team to Paris P in 1924, would be forthcoming. The P Olympic preparation in Italy, which v had been stagnant throughout the S1 summer owing to lack of funds and ^ consequent lukewarm enthusiasm, ha3 ^ taken on a new lease of life, and followers of athletics in Italy are rejoicing. The preparation of the n Italian Olympic team will be direct- ^ ed especially toward the five and ten thousand meter races, and the " marathon. Although sprints will l' not be neglected, the Itulian Olympic Committee feels that they have bet- ? ter material for the distance events. ^ Commencing Sunday November 26th, s when a full distance marathon was run at Milan, there will be five thou- ^ sand and ten thousand motel's races 11 in various cities of Italy, Milan, Tu- ' rin, Genoa, Naples or Rome, about ( twice a month. It is the intention h of the committee to have four full Olympic distnnce marathons run be- * tween now and the departure of the 11 Italian team for Paris in 1924. The ' last one will tuke place about January, 1924. ' Signor Tonetti, Vive President of I the committee, is sanguine that Italy ' has a first class chance of carrynig T off the blue ribbon of the Olympic r Games. In Arri Valerio, of Turin, . and Hugo Fregorio of Milan, Italy claims to have discovered worthy successors to Dorando Pietri, whose dramatic failure in the marathon at London, and subsequent races in Am- ( erica against Tom Longboat, Johnny f Hayes and Alfred Schrubb, are well ( remembered in sporting circles. Both | Vnlorin and Frecorio can run all dav. . ' """" ~ ? ~ " 1 What they lack just now is final , speed for the last two or three miles. . However, they have both negotiated j the distance well under two hours ] and fifty minutes. ( In the five thousand metres Italy , will present Ernesto Ambrosini, of Milan, and Primo Brega of Rome. Ambrosini ran a good second to Pao- , vo Nurmi at Paris some time ago, , forcing the record breaking Finn to the Hmit in order to win by ten yards i in 16 minutes and 1 second. Since thenr Ambrosini has run the five thousand under fifteen minutes, 14 minutes and 68 2-6 seconds, to be exact. ' Taveei, of Milan, and Florentino, < of Liveurao are the best men for the I ten thousand. Florentino, who was i champion of Italy in 1920 but was]' 'off form last season, is stepping in' 1 ? CHRIS1 EVERYBODY IS HAP1 HAS GOOD CHEER. YOU REMEMBER SAN 1 QUARTERS FOR GOOD CI FRUITS GALORE. CA VAD1ETV EIDC1LADV Tniuiii i. niuinv/art REMEMBER: WE I TERS FOR ORANGE NAN AS, RAISINS A1 THINGS THAT ADD TC MENU. FRESH SHIPMENT 0 AND CELERY. WH; TURKEY BE WITHOUT SEE US. A. Kei Santa Glaus' Headqui TO THE PATRONS OF Now that your children's eyas ha' tor, remember that If he does not mi work, that I am prepared to fit glass attention to this work and guarantee times to make gooJ my guarantee. Let me name to you some of you atisfied users of my glass's. Yours For Better Eyes t F. C. E 8TATB LICENSED rcat shape just now, but he will sh jst up during the winter. He recent- ve r turned in 32 minutes 2 1-5 seconds. The sprints, shot put, javelin and j in iscus throwing are giving the com- I he iittee much concern, and they do nn ot look forward to earning any tic oints in these events, unless some in henomenon should come to light be- en iveen now and 1924. The best of printer Italy can boast just now is in ucca, of Turin. His time for the wj undred metres is 10 4-5 seconds. wj In the aquatic events Italy expects ) make a good showing. The Ge- sti oa quartet, as Bagicalupo, Costa las lalito, Sachner and Panero are tie nown, will give a good account of pu hemselves in the tank. The first ini hree hawe won the "swim across m 'aris," Malito defeating Billington, nn f England, in record time this year, 'anero is a mere youth but coming E trong. Amateur boxing, especially in the eatherweight and lightweight classes nay also prove point winners for gi taly, according to members of the in llympic committee. They claim to pi ave a couple of future Johnny Dun- pi ees under cover in Calabria and to licily, and they will spring them M ipon the unsuspecting feathers and sii ightweiglits from other countries* al It was pointed out to the corres- in londent that although politicians in sc taly are greatly divided on some of 0f he issues of the day, there is one %* mint upon which unanimity has been eached: sports. diking Adopted by Chinese Students of Christian College rr Canton, Dec. 21.?One hundred and lnrty Chinese students and six facul- 01 y members of the Csnton Christian ai ollege have returned from a success- is *ul trip to Fei Loi mountain, one of n ;he highest in south China. All de- , :ails of the journey were arranged nd supervised by the students, who h tiiked to the topmost peak. As a D protection against bandits, General Q Ohen Chiung-Ming sent a troop of p soldiers to guard the campers., In return for a dinner served the tudents at a mountain monastery, the tl monks were entertained with an evenng of songs and sunts. Woman Legislator Into Politics With Open Mind Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 23.?Hamliton county's first woman stats senator, Mrs. Nettie B. Loughead, a Republi-j :an, will go to the Ohio upper house . with an open mind to cooperate in | formulating constructive legislation, I IMS >Y. EVERYBODY WE INSIST THAT rA CLAUS' HEADHEER NDIES IN GREAT ? IN PROFUSION. IRE HEADQUARS, APPLES, BAVD ALL OTHER > THE CHRISTMAS F CRISP LETTUCE CT WOULD THE CELERY? COME hulas arters for Fruits. I i A UNION SCHOOLS: | ?e been examined by your doe | ike a specialty of this kind of K es. I give my whole time and ffl satisfaction. 1 mm here at el) (I it neighbors or frieads who ?:* is i For the Children, | ^ IUKE ! OPTOMBR1ST. I - -I e said following her election Noimber 7. Although Mrs. Loughead has been public life for ten years, this is i nist venture into politics. A ember of several clubs and educa mal societies, she also is interested philanthrophic work and has takkeen interest in the maintaining the various children's institutions Cincinnati. During the war she is an active worker in the various ir drives. Her election campaign was of the raight political type. During the it two weeks preceding the elee?n, she was a speaker at every Reblican mass meeting,str essing the iportance of women in politics and ging them to cooperate with the sn. nglish Girls Win French Typewriting Contest Paris, Dec. 23.?Three English rls won the recent annual typewritg competition of France. The firs;, ize went to Miss Woodword who oved to be the speediest competiir. She was closely followed by iss Mitchell and Mill Aldred. Mon cur (Invrin won the French nationspeed contest with 10,000 strokes OA 1 a--- *? ? ' 1 ? ?.m uimuii's. mauemoisenc riau. 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