The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 19, 1911, Image 1
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An Eight Year Old Boy
Shot Accidentally.
SWAIN WAS EXONERATED
The Killing Appears to Have Been
^ Purely Accidental While the Boys
Were Out Hunting. Young 8wain,
\\ ho Did the Shooting Arrested and
Lodged in Jail, but Efforts are Being
Made to Have Hint Released as He
Cannot be Convicted of Murder, Un -
if
der the Circumstances Surrounuing
the Killing.
On last. Friday, in Little River
Neck, in Liitle River township,
Lacy Lewis, a boy about eight years
0 old, was shot accidentally, and killed
by another voung boy, Rockwell
Swain. An inquest was held over
the remains by Magistrate A. A
Moseley, and the jury returned a
T verdict exonerating the boy from
biatne, but he was bound over to
court to answer to the charge, in
accordance with the law, ana was
placed in jail here on the following
day, Saturday.
.*.tie killing appears to have been
purely accidental. The Swain bov
was out hunting with a little 22
rifle, and shot at a bird in a hedge.
The hedge was too high for him to
see whether anyone was on the other
side. In an open space about sixty
or sixlv-five yards from the hedge,
the lullo Lewis boy was struck by
the bullet from the rifle and was almost
instantly killed The deceased
child was a son of Mr and Mrs
Robert Lewis and the one who did
the killing is the son of T D Swain,
and both of them are farmers living
0 in Little River Neck.
Steps have been taken to get the
y Swain boy out and this elTort, will
( f course, be successful, as he cannot
be convicted of murder nrider
the circumstances surrounding the
killing,
Circus Day
Sanger's Combined Shows had two
% performances here on last Friday,
and as a result it was a circus day,
for all of the kids, and for many of
the grown-up people as well. The
circus train consisting of about
eight cars, came in before daylight
and in a few hours the tents were
st,retched on the vacant lots of W R
Lewis, near the new court house and
j id. Crowds had already gathered
when the unloading commenced
early in the morning, and interest
was manifested in looking at the
the horses and other animals as they
were unloaded and tanen t > the
show grounds. Conway kept up
the reputation that she has made in
hr of giving a show good
crowd.
m It was not. a large aggregation
t lii<e Barnum & Bailey, or the Robinson
shows, but what they presented
was up-to-date in tte circus line, and
the one ring performance was just
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as mucn enjuyeu tu uuitc nu^o
of larger shows would have been.
^ The management of the show proved
to be better than the average Thpre
were farmers with their families
here from many sections of the
county. The day was cooler .han it
had been for weeks. Tt was an
ideal autumn day that added to the
enjoyment.
The family of Japanese acrobats,
a troupe of Juvenile performers, in
their tumbling and balancing feats,
the rope and wire performers, and
two contortionists were all good and
elicited applause from the crowds
1 The trained horses and p rnies, and
! hove "i1! 'h"> trained elephant and
his accomplished trainer, were
among the best features of the show
There was a parade in the morning
beginning at about 11 o'clock,
4 starting at the new court house
square and returning by Main Street
11 was followed by ,the usual crowd
of men and boys looking on at the
animals and the funny motions of
the clowns.
The tents were nearly as much
crowded at the night performance
as they were in the day time, and
everybody seemed well pleased at
what they saw for their money.
Monsters of the Depc.
W M Todd & Bros,, at their fishery
near Withers'Swash, last Wednes
day caught a sea turtle, in the seine,
which has been kept captive evet
It since, and allowed to feed in the
swash. This turtle measures three
foot Ion# by twenty two innhes broad
Ano'her curiosity of the sea which
the Messrs Todd recently cau#ht, is
a lar#e saw lish, also bein# ki pi
captive. All tno>e who may visii
the fi>hery may sre these monster.of
the veep frie of charge.
H^Prc f P W Bethea s in town shak
in# hands with friends.
Farmers' Union Favors Holding Cotton
The Farmer*' Union held a mono
!ng here last v. eek and among the
important matters discussed was
the matter of holding ibe cotton
crop by the farmers until better
prices are realized. The plan o' Mr
0ha3 Dusnnbury to hold a meeting
here on M jndav of court week, wa>
heartily endorsed, and a committee
was appointed to co-op eiate with
him in mis movement and encourage
the meeting Tjg committee consisted
of George Dickson, J AL wis
A S Todd, E J Sberwocd and T M
Lundy.
For some time now the price of
cotton has been steadily declining
The estimates dlaced on the cropis
about sixteen million b les. S mado
not believe that the total vitlJ
1 11 * i ^ ... 4
win do anymin# iu<e uiu<> aui^u.-n,
but the estimate': are sufficient to
make the speculators and others in
terested in the cotton crop o run
down the prices just as low a-> p >ssible.
In every case where the far
inor is able to meet his obligations,
and hold his cotton crop, he thoulo
uy all means do it, and it will not
be Ion# before better prices will be
forthcoming in order to to # ;t the
remainder of the crop on the market
As soon as it is understood that the
errp is bein# held back, the prices
will oe#in to #o higher and the farmer
will realize a lining price for
the staple.
Death of Frank Sessions.
Frank Sessions, a young farmer
who lives a few miles from C in way,
fell in the street here last Saturdaynight,
near Richardson Hoarding
House, and was carried to the porch
of a nearby shop, where he cii^d in
ahnnt. fifteen minutes. Persons who
saw him fail ran to his assistance,
and summoned medical aid, but lie
seemed to be past human power to
aid.
For some time young Mr Sessions
had been suffering from some form
of brain trouble. Be was verv industrious,
and though ho suffered
apparently a great (leal, and could
get about with only the greatest
difficulty, he managed to attend to
his every day duties, and raised a
good crop thi? year. He had been
to the hospital at Charleston, but
nothing seemed to help his trouble.
He leaves a wife and child to
mourn the loss of husband and father
He was a member of the VV O W
camp at Toddvilie.
List of I'etft Jury October Term 1911.
J J Dix, Galivants Ferry, No 1.
W Ed Marsh, Conway.
W H Hughes, Galivants Ferry,
No 1.
G VV Marlow, Loris, No 2.
II C Tuton, Conway.
J W Gerrald, Bayboro,
S J Gasque, Cool Spring.
M O Anderson, Alien.
M I Martin, Conway.
W R Johnson, Jordanville
W C Elliott, Galivants Ferry.
O F Vereen, Little River.
M M Fen r. ell, Little River.
J M I\irton, Galivants Ferry,
A El Benson, Conway.
J A Lewis, Conway,
W J Barker, Mat tie.
S B Small, Paso
Luther Gibson, Paso.
M A Horn, Loris.
H L Buck, Conway,
T T Bellamy. Longs.
D B Sarvis, Galivants Fcry No 2.
Sara M Hueks, Conway Township,
James Livingston, Hand.
B J Vereen, Shell
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o iii narreison, iniciiois i\u
K P Johnson, Allen.
Geo M Jollie, Con way T)wnship.
J B Singleton, Conway Township.
Willie Adams, Hand.
W W Shelly, Galivants Perry,
No 1.
H B Watts, Bayboro.
L M Lad lam, Conway.
W Luther Bellamv, Wampee.
Geo J Holliday, Galivants Ferry.
Notice to Stockholders.
The subscribers to the stock of
the Horry Industrial School and
Development Co., which I)r K O
I Watson has bcon engaged in promoting,
arc called to meet at 2 o'clock,
Thursday afternoon. October
lPoh, in the Kingston Hotel, Uon1
way, for the purpose of organizing,
deciding upon a location, and apply'
ing for a charter. Dr Watson reports
that while he has not yet secured
subscript i ins enough to complete
the enterprise, he has secured
a sufficient amount for organization
an:! hopes that the meeting on
Thursday will reach such conclusions
as will result in the immediate es1
tabliohment of the enterprise so that
it can be ready for opening next
' September.
This meeting on Thursday is vital
1 to the proposed enterprise and it is
1 noped that all who have not yet
; given substantial evidence of their
' interest will do so at this Lime.
After a pleasant visit to friends
n Asheville and other resorts in th
mountains of N C., Miss Hattiv
. Bryant, of Latta, has returnee
home Latta Observer.
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CONWAY, S. C., THU
WMW
Is fhe New, Name for the
Old Methodist Church.
ist meetingTriday night
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A Hoard of Control Has Hecn Elected
and the Building Will be Refitted as
a Library and Local Centre for the
Young People. A Library of Over
2,000 Looks Has Been Installed. The
Auditorium Will be Used by the Various
Societies of the Church for Social
and Religious Purposes.
' Kpworth Hall" is the now name
idven to the old Methodist church
It has been so named by th * hoard
of con'roi who now have charge of
th it, building. The Conwav Methodist,
church (Voided to have the
building rt--(Pied as a library a d
social center for th* young people of
he town. So ;l Board of Control
was appointed eondsbng of A C
Thompson, A E Gold (inch, A B
G irran. Mr (linn, Mr W M Goldifi"ch,
Mrs B T Hvmnn, Mrs W P
Hard wick*, Miss Bessie Oatlhi, Miss
I Mabel Norton and Miss Wortz
Epworth Hull i< to be opened next
Friday night at 8 p m. The Epv.
orlh League will hold its literary
I and social meeting thereat thattimni
and the pub' c generally are cordially
invited to attend. Then the build*
in# will bo thrown open for inspection
and the plans for the library
and read in# room will be outlined.
The old class room has be^n refitted
for the library. Shelves
wk>ieh are capably of holding over
2000 volumes of books'have been installed.
Two large and handsome
tables have been placed in it also,I
It is proposed to have all the latest
paoers and magaz r.es on lhe.se tables
for the the free use of the public.
The libary will probablv be opened
every afternoon and mghb at suiti
ohi< hnnr for t he eon veoience of all
who desire to avail themselves of the
use of the same. It planned to
charge a small fee on each bo^k
taken out of the librarv, but all
books and periodicals will be free
to any who wish to use them only in
the library room.
The auditorium will be u od by the
various societies and the church for
social and religious purposes. The
whole building will, however, be under
the control and direction of the
B^ard of Control.
The public library in the Epworth
will fill mimVi felt want iu our
JLjrjji * i i nit ^ M v
community life, and we are sure
that our citizens will rally heartily
to its suppoat. Every one who
is at all interested should be at Epworth
Hall next Friday night, October
20th.
Joint Social Meeting.
On Thursday evening October 12t.h
the Conway 13 Y P U and the Conway
Epworth League met at the
home of Mr J A McDermott, for a
social evening on the invitation of
the 13 Y P U. There was a large
attendance of both Leaguers and
members of the Union.
Several hours were spmt in amusing
and instructive games, and all
present enthusiastically joined in
making the evening one of pleasure
and profit. The games had been
arranged beforehand by the Social
Committee and among them was one
game the rules of which demanded
that the young man chose a young
lady partner and they together to
give six reasons why our churches
should wave a young people's organization,
B.'low we give the six
uest answers which were handed in
by Miss Bessie Burbage and Mr
Laugston.
1st. For the information wo nny
receive.
2nd, For the social life we may
nn idv
v"' J '.1
Srd. For the information wo may
impart.,
4ih. For the practical goud we
may do.
5th. For the perfection of Christian
Character*
( th For the furtherance of the
Missionary Cause.
The prize winners in the first
game, a bird contest, were Misses
Virginia Bur Page and Ruby Sasser,
first prize, and Miss Alethea Powell
second prize.
Virginia Burbage,
Corresponding Secretary.
For The State Fair.
M W Twithel!, the State geologist
is preparing a mineral exhibit wnich
will be placed on exibition at the
1 State Fair to be held in Columbia on
1 Octtober 30th to November 3rd. A
food stuff exhibit from the State department
of agriculture will also be
shown Some of the rotten corr
that has b ?en se zed by the inspec,
tors of the department will be shown
>
I 5 or 6 doses "066" will cure ant
case of Chills and Fever. Priced
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RSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 191
A new passenger depot
Demanded by Petition by the People
of Conway.
A petition addressed to the exective
department of the A C L , is
being circulated among the business
men and citizens generally of tho
town praying mat the railroad people
would separate the business of the
passenger and freight depots, and
the petition is being practically
unanimously signed. The place selected
by tho petitioners is tho site
of the old turn table on Sixth Avenue
between Main street and the
railroad track. This site is already
the property of the railroad, so we
tiave oeen informed, aud is 111 every
way admirable adpateci to this pu<
pose and is really unlit for any
ottier purpose whatever.
It is no secret mat the passenger
service at Conway has been
worse than no service at all and the
present arrangements are no better
than those of the past. They are
nothing less than a disgrace to the
mvil nl' t.rm T iVHll tl.-jth CcU
tury, a burletque 011 Llit name of'
accommodation and an outrage
against dt cency. Wo dare say that
no other place of the size
aud importance of Conway, in the
State of South Carolina, or in any
other State in the Union, would
nave bull, rod so l^ng and so pai.cniiy
as the poopie of Conway
have done.
We are confident that if the railroad
people will give t.ie conditions
complained of tuoroegh investigation,
they will appreciate the just
ness of our campiaint aud give us
the relief ueuiauded.
Woman's C. T. Union.
Editor Herald: On Friday morning,
October (i h, tVie Twenty-eighth
Annual Session of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union met in
the Methodist church iq Manning.
Mr* Sprott gave the annual address
showing the growth in a few years
of this organization in this State.
Tn l'J04 there were present at that
convention one State ollicer, six
delegates with a paid up membership
of 112. At the Manning convention
there wero present four
State officers, eight superintendents
of departments, forty two delegates
representing over eight hundred
members.
In the memorial services Mrs Geo
Dickson sang very sweetly the beautiful
song, "We are coming dear
Leader." This song was dedicated
to Miss Wiiiard Friday evening
at eight o'clock welcoming addresses
were given Mr O.ivwr OTJrien,
representing the mayor; Mr Charlton
Durant, the Hoard of Trade;
Rev A B Woodson, the Churches;
Mrs Furman, the Womans Clubs.
Mrs Clio Attaway responded for the
W. C. T. U. After these speeches
Mrs Florence Atkins, of Nashville.
Tenn., gave a very interesting talk.
Mrs Atkins has just come from a
long lecture trip in Texas. North
Dokota, Montana, and helped Mrs
Stevens, our National President, in
the long hard battle in Maine. She
is a woman of wonderful power and
auuny.
The W. C. T. U. work carries on
forty-six departments, and there
wore many reports to bo read, also
election oi officers and superintendent
of departments. Mrs Joseph
Sprott, president; Mrs Chas Robinson,
treasurer; Mrs T R Denny,
corresponding-secretary; were all
reelected. Several new superintendents
were put in. Mrs A hi Wait,
our State parliamentarian was elected
superintendent of legislation also.
The National Convention will be
held in Milwakee, Wis,, beginning
October 27th. Miss Clio Anaway,
land Mrs J G White were elected
delegates, Miss Fave Pettenger,
alternate, to represent this State.
Saturday evening contests wore
held and medals presented a silver
one in the vocal and a gold 0110 in
the oratorial contest* This work
was under the leadership of Mrs
Lena A Smith, our State superintendent
of that department. The
Sabbath morning address was given
by Hon M L Smith, of Camden, lie
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is a uuentspeawer anu id was uiuuu
enjoyed by all. The afternoon services
were for the children. A
! chorus class of forty voices. Two
young boys held aloft, a banner in,
scribed ''Saloons must go." The
, doors opened and the little folks
came pouring in, each one carrying
I "Oid Glory" until all the isles were
tilled with waving flags as they
kept time to marching mu>ic. Mrs
Atkins then addressed the children
and as I looked into the oright eyes
of the little ones, I thought, can the
evil of this awful trullic ever touch
, your lives? Then I thought, no
, with God s help the women of this
town will try to keep the faces pure,
i Sunday evening Mrs Atkins gave
her stirring address, "Esther" af.
ter which a fine collection was tak.
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, Those present from Conway were
. Mrs A E Wait, Mrs O H Snider aud
i Mrs L J Pettinger. Delegate.
r D T McNeill, Jr., the Typewriter
1 Man, sold five machines last week.
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SI HIIll
Gathered by a Herald Man
on His Rounds.
CAUGHT Olf THE BOUNCE.
Stray Bits of News Gathered by
the Wayside for the Information
and Instruction of Herald
.. .. .li.ra - .11 nnnl'lllll or r f I fit ITtW, {
A t out flic City.
S M Anderson, of Pireway, N.
C . was among I hose in Conway last.
Saturday,
J W Johnson, of Dog BinIV, was
in Conway on business one clay last
week.
A heavy rain fell in th's nart of
the moral vineyard all of Tuesday
night
Sen mo before November 10th,
D T McNeill. Jr. Magazines advance
November 10th.
Some decided improvements are
being made t,o the interior of Dawsey
Bros.' jewelry score.
N E Horn, of Hammond, S. C.,
w.is a very p'easant caller at the
Herald oil ice one day last week.
J T Ward, a lead'ng merchant and
former of Little River, spent a short
time in Conway last Monday on legal
business,
A P Crawford, a respected farmer
and citizen of Galivants Eerry
township, visiied Conway one day
last week.
A L Lewis, nno of thn leading
farmers, of the Galivants Ferry section,
spent list Friday in Conway
on business.
R L Bell, of WamDoe, one of the
leading merchants of that section of
the cum v, visited Conwav on busi ness
1.4s;- Thursday,
II R Chestnut, one cf our p'o
gress-ve young farmers living i c vr
the county seat, spent, a portion of
last Saturday in Conway on business
Magistrate Joseph W Johnson, of
Org Bluff township, was in Conwav
last Friday on business, and while
here was a pleasant caller at the
Herald cilice.
Mrs A S Doak, accompanied by
her neico. Miss Nelle Smith, left vesterday
for Huntsville, Ala . where
she will spend sometime with her
daughter, Mrs F 13 Wilson.
Dr J A Norton has recently purchased
a now Metz runabout. The
machine has been ordered from the
fsif.torv through T B Smith the
client for this car for Horry county.
The Rev R E Stackhouce, Presiding
Eider of Marion District, was in
Conway last Thursday to be present
at the quarterly conference of the
VI11h od ist ch u rch, w h ich cc)n voned
on Thursday night at the new
church.
II 11 Woodward, E-q., a member
of the Conway Bar, is in Georgetown
this week on professional business.
Hence the opinions expressed
this week on the subject discussed
must not be taken as committing
the Herald in any way.
The new Baptist church i:i Conway
will be dedicated to the use of
Almighty God on the 3rd Sunday in
November, The Rev Dr Brown
will preach the didieatory sermon
and the other services will be of unusual
interest. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
The county supervisor has put the
chain gaug at work on the section of
new road between Conway and Bear
Swamp, which for some years lias
been very rough and full of holes.
It seems to have been built originally
of poles and oCinr material
which rot ted away. Tho work of
repairing this thoroughfare has
already been well started, and in a
short time a good road will be the
result.
We again call the matter of past
due subscriptions to the attention
of all of our subscribers who are
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babinci in tneir uues. wu wu, uuve
to give them fair notice that unless
the back dues are paid promptly,
now that fall h is come, we will I e
oblige J to take their names from the
list and they will receive the paper
no more until they pay up what is
due.
H Kemper Cooke, of Ga'ivants
Ferry township, one of our loading
farmers, sold his pack of fox hounds
one day recently to a Mr Wheeler,
of Marion, for the sum of $1(>0,00.
1 There were six of the hounds in this
pack, and each of them had been
trained very carefully, and the pack
were as line as were ever kept in
, this county, if not perhaps the litiest
| In a chase in that township in
which the pu chafer partic puted,
the hounds of Mr Cook caucn out in
the lead, and they made such a g >od
showing that the sportsman wanted
them.
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No 28
4TII QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
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The End of the Year Finds the Interest
of the Church in a Flourishing Condition
The fou.' h >uar:oHy Conference
ot the C >. v* jvleihodist church
was held la' Thur^d iy night-, the
pre-icling elder, u v k uj stacKnouse
I) I) in ihe chair. Mr J S Battle
was elected secretary. The meetirg
was well attended, and the reports
of tae church's work were
tnost encouraging. Aside from the
ejections of church ofti ers for 11)11
there was nothing of special interest
considered.
The cflicial nil for next year will
ho as follows:--Srewards: D r 111
Norton, Hon KB Sua ruo rough, Col
H Ij Buck, Hon 11 11 Woodward,
A C Thompson, B T flyman, J S
Battle, A E Gold.li ich, J L Dozier,
S P lliiwes and S O Green,
Trustees: l)r 10 Norton, B G
Collins, U B Scarborough, F A
Burroughs, J A Lewis, J S Battle,
Sheriff B J Sessions, Dr J A Norton
11 11 Woodward.
Church Leader: A T Gatlin,
Sunday School Superintendent.:
Dr K Norton.
Stewards at ILornewood: William
Lewis, E M Petteegor aftd II H Leo.
The remaining officers will be
elected in January.
Beginning next January Dr E
Norton enters upon his foi oieth year
as superintendent of the Conway
mcthodist Sunday School. This
service of his has been without a
break,and is probably the longest
record held by any man in South
Carolina as a Sunday School superindendeat.
Dr Norton has long
been recognized in these parts as a
Sunday School expert and leader.
His intelligence in that branch of*
church work is remarkable.
Altogether the Methodist Church
is closing up a very satisfactory
years work. The outlook for another
year is particularly encouraging. So
*Uw, f lioffl haup hftpn t.wfinf.v
I fill l/uirs _) UUI UMVjl V- iu i v/ww>. . ,
live additions to the church. The
congregations aw increasing and all
t.uo socioti. a arc m ixing good progress.
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To the Pastors and Churelies of the
Wacca 111 aw Assoeiation.
Dear Brethren. Your Executive
Commit toe, after due consideration,
deem it wise on account of the financial
condition of our State Mission
board, to make some special efforts
to raise the full amount $(>00 00,
which the State board apportioned
to us. We know of no better way
than to appeal tct the pastors of our
churches themselves, and to request
that in addition to their regular appointments
they visit each other's
churches in a mutual way and thus
have an extra service in every
A Qcnniat.inn for t.hn
UUlll Kj Li ill U k- V, |..v - -
bene tit of' State Missions* This
work is to be done not between now
and the Association, but through
the mouth of November up to tho
meeting of the State Convention in
December*
Several brethren whom we have
seen kindly consented to do this extra
work, and we take pleasure in
making trie following announcements:
Rev D D Oox, New florae 7 p m.,
1st Sunday in November. Mt
Lebanon, 11 a m., 2nd Sunday in
November
Rev Satn'l Cains, United Churches
3:20 pin., 3rd Sunday in November.
Rev J II Stanley, Cain Branch,
11 a m , 1st Sunday in November.
Sandy Plain, 11 a in., 2nd Sunday
in November
R^v T 11 llarrelson, Carolina, 7
p in., 4th Sunday in October. Iron
Hill, 3:30 p m., I Sunday in November.
Ml /don, 7piu, 2nd Sunday
in November. Mapie, 11 am, 3rd
Sunday in November. Good Hope,
3:30 p in , 3rd Sunday in November.
New Light, 7 p m , 3rd Sunday in
November.
Rev J E Edwards, Pine Grove,
3:30 p in., 5th Sunday in No/ember.
Tilly Swamp, 7 p m.. 5Hi Sunday in
November. Gcthsecueue, 7 p m.,
1st Sunday in November, Pleasant
Meadow, 3 30 p m , 1st Sunday in
November. Oak Grove, 3:30 pm.
2nd Sunday in November.
If other pist >rs will join in this
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g >OCl WOTK iH.U win oi-uu no ov/mu
appointments, we wili gladly arrange
them so there will bo no conflict.
and publish them in next
week's paper.
W J Lang>.ton,
C E Heaves,
T H Harrison,
C il Snider,
Executive Committee.
Large Poplar.
J B Valley, who is buying largo
timber trees in this county for
Liverpool markets, recently cut a
pupular tree on the estate land of
John 0 Floyd, in Floyds township,
which made 5480 feet by Doyle's
scale. The trunk was about fifty
f. et in length, This tree was so
I largo that the bottom cut would not
lie between the wheels of the timber
wagon.