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VOL XXXI. K1NGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, Till"RSOAV, NOVEMBER 1(>, 1910. NO. 37
CHAMPION FARMER
OF WILLIAMSBURG.
R B FITCH EXHIBITED REMARKABLE
VARIETY OF FARM AND
GARDEN PRODUCTS.
As a feature of the second annual
Williamsburg County Fair, which
closed here Saturday after four sue- '
cessful days, and for which the highest
award offered by the association
was given, the farm products dis
play of R B Fitch, of the Pergamos
section, deserves special mention, as ,
it not only speaks eloquently for the ,
energy of and thrift of Mr Fitch. ,
but in a great measure goes to show ,
what can be done on a farm in this (
section in the face of adverse con- j
ditions, for many of the products
exhibited were made after the July
storm had destroyed, or serously
damaged, this farmer's first, or ,
main, crops. The following articles j
were produced on Mr Fitch's farm
and exhibited in a special booth at ,
the fair last week:
Corn, four varieties; hay, two va- j ]
rieties; cotton, two varieties of long I,
staple and one of short; ribbon, or j j
sugar cane, sorghum cane; millet, j ]
rice, Apler and Fulghum oats, to- j;
bacco, velvet and soy beans, wheat, I,
rye, sweet potatoes, two varieties; 1
irisn potatoes, peas, iwu vnrituea, | ,
^ peanuts, two varieties; beets, flour
from home-grown wheat, three va-;,
rieties of pepper, including the pi- i
mento; tomatoes, eggs, ham, fig,1
watermelon rind and apple preserves. (
cucumber pickles, black walnuts, sev-!;
eral varieties of canned syrups, <
fruits and vegetables from his farm (
and garden, ferns and flowers. ,
This splendid display was augment- ,
ed by a number of photographs show- ,
ing the growing crops in the fields, (
the home, barns, etc, on the exhib- 1 j
itor's place, also the school house ]
and church which are within a .
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* stone's throw of his home. j
Last year there was only one inidvidual
farm exhibit of special
notice, that of the Hon S A Graham. |
This year Mr Graham was unable to j
make a similar showing and, as indicated
by a card on his booth, exhibited
"what was lefter after the'
storm." But his exhibit last year
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enthused others, for this year there
were five, W 0 Camlin, of Blooming- j
vale, being a close second to Mrf,
Fitch. Next year still larger and'^
more varied exhibits are to be ex-!
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pected, for this reporter talked
with a number of farmers who have \
gathered new ideas here, caught the ;
spirit of rejuvenated enthusiasm and 1
went home cocked and primed for J
entering next fall's contest. .,
Mr Fitch is one of this county's ; ]
most progressive and valued citi-1 ]
HEATERS!
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We have an e
Coal, Wood and 0
only ask you to lot
n -*--ir t (\
oi Heaters Deioi
*> orders. We guara:
The King Hardv
"The Popular He
Kingstree, - -
zen's. He is always alive and full
of interest and enthusiasm in anything
that pertains to the welfare of
the county or the improvement of
community conditions. He is a member
of the board of trustees of Pergamos
school, and a leader in church
work in his community; besides, he
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is a member of the board of commissioners
of Williamsburg county.
WILL PROSECUTE LYNCHERS.
Governor Orders Investigation
of Abbeville Case.
Columbia, November 6:?Among
the callers at the Governor's office
this afternoon was Solicitor R A
Cooper, of Laurens. After a conference
with Solicitor Cooper, Governor
Manning gave out the following:
statement in reference to the
Abbeville lynching:
"I was out of the State when the
Abbeville lynching occurred. As
soon as I learned of it I called Solicitor
R A Cooper and Sheriff R M
Burts, of Abbeville, to the office and
called on Coroner F W R Nance, of
Abbeville county, to comply with the
law and furnish me with a copy of
the testimony taken at the coroner's
inquest. I found that the Coroner
held an inquest but took no testimony
Solicitor Cooper and Sheriff Burts
came to my office and I requested
them to secure the names of all parties
connected with this affair, those
who took part in the whipping, in
the taking of the negro from the j
jail, in the lynching, and all those
who were at the meeting reported
to have been held on the following ^
Monday. I have requested Solicitor, ^
Cooper and Sheriff Burts to make a ,
comDlete investigation of the whole ,
matter and tret the names of all par- j
ties concerned and to swear out warrants
and arrest them. I intend to j
Jo everything in my power to uphold
the law and let the offenders
know that such acts will not be tolerated,
and those guilty of violating v
the law must suffer for it. I have
requested solicitor Cooper as the
State's representative and Sheriff .
Burts as the highest peace officer in j
the county, to leave no stone un- ^
turned in order to vindicate the law ^
and all the powers of the Governor's j
iffice are at their disposal in bring- j
ing the guilty one to justice." j ,
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In the Federal court at Green-j,
wood Monday Judge Johnson re-1 f
Fused a motionbf attorneys for the
Anderson editor, V B Cheshire, for j
a new trial and sentenced him to ^
three months in the Oconee county
jail or to pay a fine of $L'00. The j
fine was paid. Cheshire was con- dieted
Saturday with recomrpenda- c
tion to the mercy of the court, of g
sending "filthy" matter through the ^
mails in the columns of his newspaper,
the Anderson Farmers'Tribune.
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HEATERS! I
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li neaieis. vvc *
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)k over our stock <
re placing your t
ntee satisfaction.
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A CALL TO /
RECRUIT!
Citizens Attention:
A warning has been sount
Hundreds of communities have r<
arp VOl J aoino to do?
In the period from 1900 to 1
towns lost in population, Penns;
These figures were compiled by ]
Louis who made investigation as
creased transportation facilities ai
force at work. Farm lands had
charges impoverished, building o
and schools merely existed.
Today after thiriy years the
productiveness three hundred pe:
$225,000,000, more in its financial
nation had in 1880. Yet with thi
with the same influence that prov
and rural districts of Indianana,
four states.
\v hat will it mean to you, IV
CHANT, MR. PROFESSIONAL
large cities at ^ distance of five 1
What are you going to do with tf
ing even better conditions than yc
The harm of mail-order tradi
a Vampire Bat over every commi
and economic life blood while we
YOURSELVES; ANALYZE T
like others, will join the growing i
North, S. C.
GREAT C. E. CONVENTION
U Sumter?Many Williamsburg ers
In Attendance. lia
Rev W R Pritchett, Messrs J B us
Lovett. L R Rollins, C C Royster, R te
H Ervin.Hugh Gamble, P D Wilson,
William Cooper, Odell Stuckey and
Misses Lon Furgeson, Lee Gelzer,
Emily Glaze, Beulah Killingsworth,
Annie Ervin, Jennie Cooper, Emma ?
Hooper.lEleanor Jackson, Jane Er- ~
/in and Etta Stuckey of Indiantown
were among the more than five hunI
red Endeavorers attending the
South Carolina Christian Endeavor &
invention held in Sumter last Friiay
through Sunday, November 10- *?
L2. It was one of the biggest and
:>est Christian Endeavor conventions &
?ver held in South Carolina. Dr Mel;on
Clark of Charleston, Rev LL a
L?egters of Bishopville, Rev K G Fin- j
ay of Columbia, Dr E E Gillespie of j
fork,Karl Lehmann,Southern States g
Secretary of the Christian Endeavor, j &
were among the speakers. Mr Leh- j
nann also led conferences. : &
The music of the convention was &
ed by Robert G Jones of Wilming- j &
;on, and this was one of the strong "r
Matures of the convention. Mr Jones ge
s a fine song leader, and an Endeav-! nil
>rer himself, he entered into the J Mi
pirit of the convention and helped j Mi
o make it a great success. He is a pi<
Welshman and has a baritone voice j ioi
if unusual richness. an
The Junior convention on Saturday | of
ifternoon was one of the features of gic
he convention. This was in the pa
lands of Dr EE Gillespie of York, Pr
unior superinrendc-nt of the State pa
Jnion. There were talks and con- en
erences by the Juniors and for the J ]
funiors. There were nearly a hun- lur
Ired Juniors attending the conven- Ga
ion. I i
The next convention for the State: coi
s to be held in Greenville next No- j tio
'ember. Several cities put in bids ! Dr
or it. I Ka
The following officers were elected I
o serve the Endeayor Union for the! Qa
:oming year: I ter
President,Bert T Corcoran,Charles-: Ne
on; vice prPsident.E H Wilkes, Lau- pr(
ens; recording secretary, Miss Clau-' ]jn,
lia Fraser, Sumter; corresponding
\Jipo J ito X? aKi r?r An 1X7 i n n
Ct'iciaij, J1I33 iva iVVUiUSV;!!, TT IlillO- i
>oro; treasurer, Miss Clelia Gray, ma
Columbia; vice president World's Un
Christian Endeavor Union, Allen lur
Nicholson, Union; district vice presi- ma
lents: Miss Sara Tillinghast, Spar- Ba
anburg; J T Fain, Rock Hill; G H by
.'artlecige, Clinton: W Anderson gr<
'larkson, Columbia; Mis^ Janet Jae- adi
^RMS
5 WANTED
ied throughout the Nation, j
esponded to the call. What \
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910, in seven states, 5,864
ylvania leading w th ',520
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[LQiior i'line vjamson ui uito
cause and found that inid
mail-order trade to be the i
decreased in value, church
f roads were slow in progress i
Southland has increased its
r cent, and have on deposit
t institutions than the whole
s wealth we are confronted
ed debtructive to the Cuwns
Ohio, iowa and the other
IR. FARMER, MR. MERMAN;
to have only a few
lundred cr a thousand miles?
le children who are demand>u
had?
ing has stretched its wings as
mity, sapping its commercial
sleep. CITIZENS, AROUSE
HE SITUATION, and you I
irmy of Home Boosters.
Respectfully,
M. O'RILEY.
Old Cburcb to be Reopened.
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St Andrew'8 church, near Magno-!
; Gardens, after many years of dis*1
e, will be reopened tomorrow af
moon. Addresses will be delivered
Bishop Guerry and Rev Dr John
?ashaw This is one of the oldest
jiscopal churches in South CaroliKovincr
hpf>n prpoted in 1706. al
ast 70 years before the Revolution.
i xz raratc?rar re? ttsztra v^r rer:ra \
| Come ]
| about the Ma
I family comfor
| Kingstr
i Coffins and Cash
I
r, Florence; J G Dinkins, Man- ,
ig; Glen McKnight, Charleston;
iss Marianne Paul, superintendent
issions department; Dr E E Gilles-.
?,York, superintendent of the Jun
department; Miss Sophie Richdson,
Liberty Hill, superintendent
the Quiet Hour and Tenth Lorn;
W Kirk Allen, Efficiency dertment;
S L Latimer, Columbia,
ess department; Intermediate dertment,Miss
Annie McCown, Fiorce;
Pastors' Advisory board. Revs
Marion,Sumter; X G Finlay, Conbia;
A B Reeves, Columbia; A S 1
ffney, Columbia.
One of the strong features of the !
lvention was the closing consecra- j
n service following the address of ,
Melton Clark. This was led by
,rl Lehmann.
rhere will be a number of South
?nKno ITrirloa vr>re tn ntfpnd the in
i Willi a uuuwwt v>w " ?... ?
national convention next July in j
w York'city. The delegates will.
)bablv go by way of the Clyde .
e. |
Five hundred and fifty cases of totoes
were declared forfeited in j
tited States district court at Co-i
nbia Monday morning. The to,toe?,
which were shipped from !
rnwell to Charleston, were seized
government agents up'-n the
>unds that tne tomaws were i
ilterated and unfit for use. (i
"PETTICOAT TOO DIME"
LURE TO MANY PEOPLE.
TOTAL OF 200,000 "ORDERS** ARE
RETURNED FROM MINNEAPOLIS
TO DEAD LETTER OFFICE
Washington, October 28:?More
^Unn OAT AAA Inffnvn fkfl rlJQ/I I
man ou9\j\j\j icucio icatucu tuc ut?u ^
letter office today from Minneapolis, ^
Minn, as the result of the "petti- j
coat for a dime" fraud, against j
which the postoffice authorities is- i
sued a warning yesterday.
According to the postal authorities,
the fraud consists in that the I
concern sending out the original let-1<
ters promised to send a $4.50 silk! s
petticoat in return for a dime and (
continued circulation of their offer ^
through the medium of each person .
writing five more letters, and as far , <
as persistent search can discover no ; <
one has really received one of these ,
promised petticoats. j
The number of dime "dead let-;
ters" th8t came in at the Washing- :
'
ton city postoffice today from Min- (
neapolis make a total of practically; j
200,000 of these letters without a (
return address that have been sent j
to the dead letter office to be open- j j
ed, the dime each contains to be re-1
turned to the sender. j
The receipts of letter? today were i.
10,000 larger than the receipts last11
week, showing that the chain letter |
mail order fraud is spreading. Postal
officials said today that their only
hope of stopping the avalanche of t
letters that have already snowed ^
under the Minneapolis postoffice is
through newspaper warning to the
public. c
It was learned today that a num- 5
ber of young women employed in t
[n And 1
jestic A-range-ir
t. It will bring joj
ee Hardw
ets We Lead
WE ARE ALSO A MEMBER 0
SYSTEM OF BANKS WHICH
PROTECT EACH OTHER AND T
BANK WITH US. YOUR M
YOU CAN GET IT WHEN YOU V\
- BANK W
WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTERES
Farmers Merelian
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IAJiSULiUXl'ilil i<
Aulhorized by Federal Reserve Board !o Ac! as !
^KaafsaaaaaEiSK^^^raasssssKECESii
lepartment stores in Washington
rave been duped by this mail order
icheme. and that, the chain letters
lad also been circulated in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing and
rther government departments.
Officials at the dead letter office
;ay that this fraud, while for a pet:y
amount, has spread farther than
my other that they can remember
md has included a larger number of
r ivuuic.
COLO WAVE HERE.
Look Out for the Early Arrival
'i
of Jack Frost.
Washington. November 14'?Cold
leather from she Rocky mountains
spread eastward and southward tolight,
freezing temneratures being
recorded in nearly all States. Snow
appeared in New England. New
* ? r\t ' 11 _ ' 1 -
IO' K, 'ne unto vaney, arouriu me
jr. at Lakes and in Tennessee and
ileet was general in northern Louisana.
Tne sun shone in the West.
Cold wave warnings issued tonight
ncluded al! the South Atlantic States
?xcept south and centra! Florida.
Freezes were reported in all the
julf States. Heavy rains preceded
iloselv the cold wave along the Atantic
coast.
Temperatures in the West were
nuch milder tonight. The thermnometer
rose 40 degrees today in
tVyoming, the coldest State in the
Union last night with a temperature
>f 26 below zero at Lander. Weather
bureau forecasters predict that
he East will be held by the cold
vave for another 48 hours at least.
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The large ham exhibited by Hon
) A Graham was stolen from him
Saturday while loaiing his wagon at
he fair grounds.
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lent for your 1
r to your wife ?
are Co. 1
} Others Follow js
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isrcm OF BANKS ?1
IF THE "FEDERAL RESERVE'
"STAND TOGETHER" TO
HEIR DEPOSITORS.
ONEY WILL BE SAFE AND
ANT IT.
ITH US.
T ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
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^n;nistr^:or, Elector, Trustee and fapislrer. I
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