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umter jrrH etic teams Men Who Wifi Represent Sum ier Y. M. C A. At Olym pic Meet > v - ? - ? At' the -Olympic meet, which in to ; fee-heid: in^Columbia this week, Sum ter inH well represented by the following teams: * * Yotfey-Bail: E. M. Hall... Wendell " i 4&SVt Carl ISeidt, J. A. MeKnight, B. B. Hodges, H. M. Crowson, Julius Chandler, Louis Bryan and David ^Doar. Hodges is acting as captain of'.the team; wWeh is composed of six. players and two substittues. The. aquatic meet will be held in the Columbia Y.~ M. > C. A. Boys' Swimmers: ? Sheldon Rey nolds? Stanley Weinberg. Harry Ry . ttenberg, Ed Brooks, Henry McLaurin, Saxrimy Harby. Men's Swimmers': Aubrice Brad ham* Ambrose Beetham, Austin Beck. ^?er^SrSeB, ^acfc Oarr, M. Rice and Aticins. Boys' Track Team: Jack Chan dler; George Vaughn, Frank Sholar, Hary Ryttenberg, Charles Cut tin o. . Marion Burkett. M**&'s Track Team: Harold De Lorme. Wendell Levi, R. F. Battles. ^ ^ Bowyer, Carl He?it, B. D. Hodges ahclxDr. Jacobus. The rtemiis wili be played at Ridge wood park on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning in singles and dou Bey^ Tennis Team?Hary Price and ^?trol? Wfi?dem ~"'Men'? Tennis Team: Dr. Jacobus io? X S. Wiggins.- . Track a?d voiley ball will be held at;, the -fair grounds ?n Thursday af ternoon beginning at -3. ">0 p. m. - v Swimming will be held on Friday afternoon and night in the Columbia J&fcsM.^'C. - A. - ' ? The jSuiBter- promoters of the meet o^e all people Sumter who are going to the fair to be on hand at tliCse^ events and support the Sumter teams. tlietoshhph m mm m ^eai^s. .tl. is the hope and belief of the authorities that this meet will be a jbuge success although it is the first of its kind ever neld in South Caro lina," ci i r ? . -< > ? . : OUR -TELEPHON E SERVICE. Comments and S?ggestions by a Sub & soriber. .Editor-. Daily Item: I note your very-timely editorial in yesterday's issue with reference to the inadequate telephone service that a long suffering public is receiving at the hands of the telephone *y>ropany. ?As one of the sufferers, k*r*d4y per moit me to thank- you sincerely for ??3J??r* clear statement of the facts in. the -case.- -The. situation for the past few rwonths has been practically uni ehdurabie and the delay and handicap by reason of the loss o ftime entailed by an inadequate telephone service has passed the-limits of endurance. If at comes within the jurisdiction of the CUy Council an investigation of this matter should be inaugurated at once. -NO-fair-minded man can cx pect a telephone comparry. or arny other public utility, to render ade quatev service- at a loss and if their present rates are -inadequate, after a carefm juvest^atibn- of their records, a satisfactory rate should be agreed upon, conditioned upon proper service to : the public. No right-thinking -business- man can object to this.-" Ifi however, fin investigation of the records.shows the revenue amply ade quate to provide proper-service, then drastic action should be taken by the City Council to enforce same. Not j only- the business men of Sumter, but throughout the entire rural districts operated by the Sumter exchange, are vitally interested in this matter and the howls of complaints heard from every source- demand attention. 1 ?? Here's hoping for a speedy and. .prompt improvement to the present conditions. t - Yours -very truly, A Long Suffering Subscriber. Sumter, October 2&. Bisbopville News Notes. Bishopvile, Oct. 27^-There was a wjreck at the A. C. L. depot this af ternoon when - the freight traiR back ing Into the side track the rear ca boose j?inped -the track and was run into the waiting room. It struck the ticket office and butt 'out all of the front of the ticket office, and over turned the caboose and one box car. There were some colored hands, in caboose, but they got out before the car struck The office. Fortunately they were moving slowly or else the damage would have been more Se , rio?s. ? The county Sunday school conven tion was held at- the Presbyterian church of this place yesterday. There was a small attendance and very lit tle interest manifested in the proceed ings. Dr. Lapsty of Virginia, preach ed last niyht at the union service held lot -Hie same church, giving us a most excellent sermon from the text "Go ^forward." Every one was pleated. : Iwthe death of Mr. Bradley Wilson. -county- has lost a* most excellent citizen. --He Uras a kind and never -^>oke nineharttably--vf any-one, which C*n>*i be said-of many of us, and would that we cocrtd att Imitate his example "in-this respect. Our -sympathies go ..Out tb his-affHcted family. Byard,-son of W. W. McCutchen, had Iris collar bone broken in some /^tfeietic performance*at Davidson Col '?/legbs His parents -went on to see him. but the injury was.-not serious.- ??? Miss Minnie Green of" Chicora Col lege, with Miss Ferguson of Savannah and ?? Miss Bailey of Clifton, two of i her schoolmates, spent the week at the home of Mrs. H. W. Scott, re turning to their studies Monday af ternoon. Miss Estelle Scarborough from Win throp College i* set home for a visit The Methodist church will celebrate children's, day next Sunday. " Berne, Switaerland, Oct. - broideries to the value of four, aiil lion francs v^re exported to America . X^s^jfwyrw'n ?^aredr with ??C.rtooi 2 women's Mission^ ary union Additional List of Delegates to; Baptist Women's Con ference The/ Baptist Womens' Missionary! Union tvill meet in annual session inj this city November 4th to 7th. Fourj hundred 4tnd fifty delegates are ex-1 pected to be present: Kirby, Miss Lizzie, Lynchburg, with Mrs. J. Z. Tisdale. Dew, Mrs. L. E., Latta Whaley, W. H., Pelion. Kneece, Mrs. D. R.,-Pelion., or Mrs. J. H. Lewis. Walker, Mrs. Charles A., Hardee ville. Wofford, Mrs. LilHe E..-Pauline. Clinksscale, Mrs. Rossie, Starr. Earle, Mrs. Paul R., Starr. Bell, Mrs. Ada, Bowman. Foster. Mrs. Bob, Simpsonville. Willis, Mrs. J. E., Central. Willis, Mrs. J. L., Central. Ramsay, Mrs. Sarah K., Central. Parks, Mrs. S. V., Greenville. Able, Mrs. G. E., Norway. Battenger, Miss Mary, Greenville. Baxiey, Miss Daisy, Mullins. Cranford, Mrs. R. E., Pineville . Dacus,. Mrs. M. B., Pacolet. Dixon, .Mrs. John, Camdeii. / Jones, Mrs. W. M., Barnwell. -Foster, Mrs. A. J., Columbia. Falmer; Mrs. H. P., Norway. Hood, Mrs. G. W., Fountain Inn. Hiers, Mrs. A. J., Ehrhardt. - Hankihson, Miss, White Pond. Roland. Mrs. L. Lee, Landrum. Law. Mrs. J. A., Scranton. : ?Nicholson. Miss. Ridge Springs. Dr. Brunson. Rhodes, Mrs. E. L., Darlington. Ratterree, Ruth Miss, Meyers Mill. Putman, Miss Amanda, Owings. Sloan, Miss Jessie, Fountain Inn. Scott, Mrs. B. R., Jedburg. Smith, Miss Bertie, Greer, Foster^ Mrs. W. C, Latta. Parker, Mrs. Walter, Camden. or Wilson, Mrs. Jno. Camden. ?Schroack, Mrs. M. E., Camden. Jordan. Mrs. J. N., Columbia. .Bennett, Mrs. J. S., Bennett. Bradham, Mrs. H. C. Inman. peaft, Mrs: A. E., Starr. Dean, Miss -Lula, Starr. ? Funderburk, Miss Mavis, Pageland. Golphin,-Mrs. T. M., St. Matthews. Garrison/ Mrs: J. T., Fort Mill. Gibson, MTs. J. R., Inman. Ivey, Miss Judscm, Union. Clement, Mrs. A. J., Inman. Law; -Mrs. J. A., Scranton. McAteer, Mrs. L. H., Mek-ose Heights. Prince, Mrs. C. B.. Enoree . Sherwood,-Mrs. T. C, Dillon. "Smith. Miss Frances, Rock Hill. Shelling, Mrs. G. W., York. Waugh, Mrs. B. H., York. Houck, Miss Mary. North. Branyon, Mrs. J. L., Honea Path. Whitiock, Mrs. F. L., Chester. ^Wav^rs. R. :E? HoIly^Hi?, ... 4 lake, boat sinks t .? ? ?? Ten Persons Drowned at Mnske gon, Mich. Muskegon. Mich.. Oct. ? 2&.?Ten persons lost their lives this morning when the steamer of Muskegon in trying to- make the harbor here-struck ?a pfer-and sank in four minutes. Three were passengers and the oth ers-were members of the crew. ' ?The-death-list is now twelve; .-It -is believed- it. may 'reach twenty.- The passenger list was lost with the ves sel and the total dead may never be known." ? ?"???? ' ? MISS NAPIER TO WED. A November wedding of especial interest in Columbia and throughout Richland county will be that of Miss Dorothy Napier, who has been for the last five years-the efficient home dem tmstration agent in this county to J. Rhett Clark, who heads the farm demonstration work in ^Richland. '< Miss Napier h*s-resigned her posi tion to take effect\November 1, and is at present spending her vacation at her home in Greenwood. Sincere regret will be felt, in the rural districts hereabout that Miss Na pier is to discontinue the work which she has so successfully developed and to which she has given so much of j her capability, energy and Inspiring] personality. When she entered this field as the | first home demonstration- agent in i February. 1914, she had seven canning1 clubs for girls with a total enrollment of 60 members. j Now she has to ? have two assist ants, one in the city and one in the county, to such an extent has the club work grown. There are 150 girls en gaged in canning clubs, lafr in bread clubs, 100 in poultry clubs, 560 wo men and girls in the home demon stration work. Besides this Miss Na pier has introduced into nine schools well equipped kitchens and has or ganized- two sewing clubs. The personal regard and confidence which -M-iSB Napier has won from the country people was evidenced by the cooperation which they gave her -als county chairman in three of the Lib erty loan drives and two of the Red Cross roll calls. It is gratifying to her many friends in- Columbia that she will continue to live here after her marriage.?The State. U Miss Napier taught for several years with marked success at Dalzell, and made many friends here who remem ber her pleasantly. Stonimcry Site Wanted. The committee- of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce in charge of the ereetion of the necessary build ings for a tobacco steam drying plant and stemmery in Sumter is in the market for a suitable* site for this very important enterprise. Therefore any one having such sites are invited to mention same to B. I. Reardon. Managing Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce w.ithfrjll/ particulars as to location, size.- M ?Ptc. who will informat^BML to the com ehaj*ge iMBfrmatteiv iraittee B BLhurry and lg sjfr?fl BttUgf.ve t?> [PEANUT"ft* PLACE ! j OF COTTON CROP j i Farmers of Blackville Tell of j I Methods Adopted in Sections | I of Georgia and Alabama to i Outwit Boll Weevil The following article is reprinted from The Columbia State at the re quest of Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce: Blackville, Oct. 18.?"I made the trip from Blackville into the boll wee-. v? infested sections of Georgia and Alabama to find out how I could grow cotton with the boll weevil here in vast numbers. I did not want to be 'persuaded that I could not make one. i more full crop." declared "Bob"' Fick j ling, farmer and former member of the legislature of South Carolina, at the largely' attended meeting held in the auditorium of the high school Thursday afternoon. * Fronv what I saw and learned on this trip, I now I know we can never again grow ootton as we have grown it, and that the man who attempts it will go down to ruin." 13? Farmers and business men of Blackville, who last week made the trip by automobile from Blackville through Augusta, Thomson, Milledge ville, Macon, Montezuma, Albany,. Ga., to Dothan, Enterprise and Anda lusia, Ala., returning by way of Co lumbus, Ga., were the speakers at this meeting, presided over; by Harry G. vBoylston. who, since his graduation four- years ago in the agricultural de partment at Clemson, has been the energetic county agent for Barnwell dunty. This meeting was the first held in vBarnwell county in the crusade . to save ?he agricultural situation since the advent of the boll weevil. A third of the seats in the auditorium were set aside for negroes and were filled, and-never have better listeners been teen-in any meeting. Successful farm ers-were to talk to (hem?men they had known and worked with all their lives?who had carried them over poor crop years and through an era .of 6-cent .cotton. If the agricultural situation in the Blackville area is saved froiu the hor rors that followed boll weevil inva sion in Alabama, despite the warn ings from and?, harrowing experiences of the cotton-growing -States from Texas to Mississippi, it will be accom plished only through the most com plete and harmonious Cooperation not only hetween the white land owners, but also between them and the ne gro farmers, whether renters, share croppers or land owners. Mr. Fickling detailed the progress of the party, their stops at various farms, big and little, and the results secured this year by good farmers, who, a year ago, were in the same sit uation as now are the Blackville farm ers, and. tempted by high-priced cot ton, tried to "grow one more full crop" and had one bale to 50 acres as their reward. The names and loca tions of the farmers were given, in latitudes farther north than Black ville. and much farther from the ocean. At the farm of Mr. Watson* Byron. Ga.. who average one bale to 50 acres, the cotton looked like an okra plant, the absence of branches leading them to believe a different seed had been planted, but they found out he had obtained his supply from Montmorency. S. C. but the boll Weevils had been on duty waiting ifor every, form as it appeared, and promptly puncturing it, the plant had gone to weed. This was characteristic of nearly-every field where extensive cotton planting had been undertaken. In no case did they see a profitable crop of cotton where a man was a "renter." In a number of instances they h*d s<?en. "half a crop" on very good land, under the wage or share cropping .system, where the.land own er completely controlled the situation. "On the finest farm T ever saw." said Mr. Fickling. "at Dothan. vAla.. owned by Spann brothers, -formerly df Bamberg, on the richest spot Of high land, that without boll weevils should make at least tw6 and one-half bales to the acre. Spann brothers this year made sis: bale? of cotton- on seven acres. And this is how they did it. Land Prepared early and thoroughly: the full cooperation of a large family of the most competent negro cotton farmers, and the supervision of a United States department of agricul ture expert, who lived on the place. Punctured squares were picked every day and there was no other cotton near it. On this big 80-plow farm, cotton patches were so few and small they looked like flower beds around your home. . ."On this Spann farm the depart-1 ment of agriculture had a big latest | improved seven row dusting machine to distribute calcium arsenate. The application was under the direction of an expert, and the field it was used on looked poorer aiid yielded less than on the other fields of this fine place, ?c. "Boll weevils come out early, feed ing until about 10 o'clock, and then go into hiding until about 4 o'clock, so that from 10 until 4 one sees very few in the field*. At the sale-of the Judson Hair estate here this week I ?Saw more boll weevils than I saw in any field in Georgia or Alabama. All the people we talked with and with out exception all showed the greatest interest in our visit, and each one I seemed anxious to head us off from the precipice of one more full crop, (.declared the coming year would he j our worst year, the weevil doing its greatest damage.' Mr. Fickling declared that the peo-1 pJe of the boll weevil sections who j had survived were those who quickly turned to corn and velvet beans, pea- j nuts and pigs, and the party was re-1 peatedly told by substantial men.) men who had gone bi-oke, planting cotton and had come back and were now wealthy, that -with peanuts at 4 cents a pound and hogF at 8 cents a pound, they would not go back to cot ton if they were guaranteed 50 cents a pound and immunity from boll tweevils. t Cm the ma.ioriiy of f:>rJjfcfipv" ever, from 6 to 8 acres ofjBSHBto the plow is planted :im Iliv makes about half a crop, iM Has are all favorable, under the following plan: Plant oh the richest high land, well removed from swamps and overgrown ditches. Prepare thoroughly, so as to plant earliest practicable date to avoid frost. ? Don't cut out fertilizer. Make rows three feet apart, and take a single hoe chop between hills, leaving two stalks to each hill. Plow every week, even if the other crops must be neglected. Use a heavy application of top dresser or nitrate of soda to force top growth so as to provide plenty of forms for the more numerous weevils later in the season, as weevils will not puncture bolls as long as ? forms are there. , Pick up all squares or forms. Limit the cotton acreage to not more than seven acres to the plow. Plant Wannamakers Cleveland big boll cotton. Remaining acreage to be planted to corn and velvet beans and peanuts. Clarence Fickling, who operates a 'large farm on the ; share cropping plan, and who is the active head of; the Commercial Bank at Blackville. followed. Six years ago, John Far rell told me he regarded Clarence Fickling ?s the best farmer in the Blackville section, thoroughly prac tical, conservative to a degree, and possessed of such a thorough scien tific agricultural ^education that there was no guess work in his methods. Mr. Farrell added that Mr. Fickfing planted a row of peas in every cotton middle. Mr. Fickling's admirable talk was full of meat from start to finish. He pictured the ravages of the boll wee vils in sections slightly infeBted last year for the first time. - as he saw them on this trip and the prosperity of the farmers and all the people ifi the sections ? of- Alabama where the boll weevil first appeared in 1913, of the thriving-peantit oil mills, peanut shelling and products plants, meat packing plants and the e\ growing deposits of the banks, of interviews with bankers who contrasted the peanut and pig prosperity with the inevitable farm mortagages seldom li quidated when cotton was king. And then Mr. Fickling got in high gear on the money value of peanuts, the ready market, the keen competition for the crops from Virginia buyers, and showed the proletarian pinder to be the one crop that would bring more blessings to a boll weevil -infested community than any other that our farmers could turn to, because of the wide adaptability of our soils, the training of our labor, the world de mand for its products, its small and inexpensive fertilizer requirement, the small output for labor, the ease of its harvesting as compared with other row crops, the adaptability to mechanical gathering, a larger acre income than - cotton, and a larger acreage per plow. Mr. Fickling related the story of one farmer with whom he had talked in Alabama who .through illness and deaths in the family, had been un able to work his peanut crop. Despite that, on-- very ordinary larfd. this grass infested crop had yielded 35 bushels M?r acre of peanuts, sold for $2 per bushel, half a ton of finest hay, worth $20, a total of $90 an acre under adverse conditions. The farm er and two small children harvested and stacked three acres of peanuts a day. Another profit would come from grazing hogs on the residue. Investigation proved, said Mr. Fick ling. that where 70 bushels of pea nuts and a ton of hay had been har vested, yielding $180 an acre, that a sow and her four pigs could run on that acre until it was to be plowed in the spring, at which time" the pigs would be hogs, weighing nbt'ress than 160 pounds eachf total of 640-pounds. worth 596. ? grand total of $276. Looking at the negro farmers. Mr. Fickling told them they might- have some doubts about a readv market for their peanuts, and he Wanted to as sure them, and all other farmers, that ,he would have a warehouse for the purchase of every pound they brought, at top market prices, accord ing to grades. That besides, buyers from other sections would be there to compete for them, just as cucumber and cantaloupe buyers flocked to Blackville to buy those crops. That the farmers and people of-Blackville would establish a peanut OH ? mill, with a peanut "sheller* annex, so that their own mill would crush the home grown peanuts, and compete in other centers: that they must grow a pea nut for every cotton seed they didn't grow. Mr. Fickling stressed the necessity of growing uniform varieties. Spanish peanuts wher<* they are to be har vested, and Nortb Carolina "Runners" where they are to be hogged off. He also declared that the greatest profit to the farmer was in hogging off all peanuts, "seling them to the hogs." under which condition the soils were not impoverished, but highly im proved. If they would plant cotton however, (to plant only what they could afford to lose. Mr. Fickling declared Alabama a less favorable section for boll weevils than the Blackville area, for there the branch and stream banks w*rc clear, while here they are swampy, with underbrush and trees to protect weevils in winter time. . Mr. Chester,Matthews followed in a brief, too brief, talk, for he talked ex tremely well and with the greatest ease, detailing the cultivation of' the peanut and advising every one pres ent to secure a copy of Clemson bul letin No. 21, on peanut growing, and made a. strong plea for every land owner present to stand by the negro share cropper, making the customary ;ui\ ances to him for the coming year. Personally he would be glad to take1 care of all his croppers on the custom-' ary basis, where they agreed to plant crops named by him. fertilize them according to the plan he would out line, and work them as they had to be. worked in order to make profitable crops; that for each plow there would be not less than five nor more than seven acres of cotton. lf> acres of corn seven foot rows, with velvet beans in e?very other middle, and North Caroli na "Runners" in the Other; corn-to be broken, velvet beans picked and peanuts either hosged off or harvest ed, ftvery acre of his land would l>c under fence, and as crops were graz ed cross fences would be put in. Cows enough to graze off the waste would be run in the corn fields so that there would be the minimum of litter left where peanuts would be planted in the rotation in 1921. if it were not for the dogs, sheep could be used profitably, and particularly to under brush the branch swamps and "heads" on the farms, but until a sane -dog law is enacted sheep can not be used and swampy places will give harbor age to weevils during winter. Mr. Matthews declared that the velvet bean was the best feed for hogs he had ever seen and the only one that will keep them all the year round. Mr. Matthews said that in the main the lands around Blackville were better than the lands they saw in Georgia and Alabama, with the pos sible exception of around Americua and Dothan, where the best of lands were undoubtedly better, but not as well farmed; that in none of the sec tions visited had he seen crops to compare with the corn and velvet beans of the Blackville section. Mr. Matthews made a fme impression on the audience. Crum Boylston said he made the trip not to find out how to grow cot ton, but to investigate the programs of the busted cotton farmers who-had come back; that any farmer who would go to Tiliman, would see what the second year of the boll weevil would do to the man who tried to grow one more full crop of cotton; that there was a fine cotton gin there that last year ginned 2,800 bales and this year, despite a big acreage., it had not fired up its boilers. "Cot-j ton as a main crop is a thing of the past with us here," he said "and peanuts will be our salvation; Pea nuts as a cash crop tfdlt make us more money per a?re: th?'n cotton, at lower cost for labor and fertilizer and peanuts sold to the hogs will make us more m?hey per acre and per man than peanuts sold off the farm." On his farm, the peanut', corn, velvet bean and hog program would go on January 1, though ah effort would be made to grow a little cotton on the rich high land well removed from the swamps. Winton T. Walker detailed his in vestigations of conditions at Meri dian, Miss., five years ago, where cot ton production shrunk from 42,000 bales in four years to 8,000 bales. Re cently he had again visited Meridian and learned from the district agri cultural supervisor that shipments of hogs, cows, chickens to the St. Louis market tar exceeded in value thfe big gest cotton crops at the highest prices. Mr. Walker emphasized the, necessity for the community to adopt uniform varieties for live stock and chickens, as well as peanuts, so that thorough grading could be practiced in cooperative shipments, in order that the best products be sold at their .quality price instead of being pulled down to the price for the lower grades. ? ? ?.--?:???-< Before the ? meeting adjourned, County Agent Boylston notified the assembly that he would be prepared to-get the best seed peanuts-at-close prices, and would/also be able to -get them fencing at the carload price for less than carload quantities. He urged them" to place their orders with him early for limestone, as every speaker had stressed the necessity of its lib eral use in growing peanuts. There was no pessimistic note in this meeting. There was no hesitancy in recommending the program. There was no indication of fear. At the sale of the Judson Hair estate this week, with boll weevils in every field, land brought $150 an acre, and some of it j close to town more than $300 an acre. The speakers at Thursday's meeting have volunteered to speak in every school house in the Blackville area, in every negro church and to work with the share croppers so that under the new conditions they will get not less from the beginning than they got under the cotton regime for their skill and labor. And one of the banks has already advertised the fact that in 1920 cotton will not be/the basis of credit, but peanuts will be. A flour mill, with a self rising at tachment, is to be established at Blackville by Claude Fish burn and every farmer is to be urged to plant enough wheat for bis own needs next y->ar. It would be better- if they would plant r-ytigh for themselves and ? little to sell, for seed wheat commands a good price, and there are plenty of non-producers who would be glad to get home made flour - from home grown wheat. In the rotations discussed at this meeting, there was no mention of the cow pea,- either, as1 a grain crop or as hay. On farms where peanuts are grown there is always a plentiful sup ply of hay from the tops and the tes timony of the Blackville delegation that in Alabama mutes were "buck fat" and they saw no poor farm stock is ample testimony of the palatability and feeding value of peanut hay. Blackville is a very considerable center for the growing of asparagus; cucumbers and cantaloupes. Few watermelons are now grown. Cucum bers and cantaloupes require very thorough preparation and, cultivation. Other crops grow better after these, showing how thorough tillage, affects soil conditions. These lesfeons have not been lost and in the main farm ing is at a higher level around Black ville than in many other sections of the State. This well learned lesson will be a big factor in favor of these farmers "beating the boll weevil," for they will fight it to a frazzle. ? - Edmund A. Felder. Hie Brown Tlianksgiving Reunion. The morning of October 18, 191.9. opened auspiciously for the splendid day that awaited us. It was the thanksgiving reunion of the family of our honored citizen, Mr. D. W. Brown of Myers Mill. The immediate occa-, sion was the return of his four stat- j wart, manly sons from overseas, to whom we met to pay homage, and extend a cordial welcome. It was a great day and every guest present left saying. "I am glad that I was ? nsr mitted to be here." About fifty guests were present to share with Mr. and Mrs. Brown in i their great joy and to partake of the bountiful Southern barbecued dinner which was served out on the spacious lawn' under majestic oaks and elms-- Af ter the assembling of the guests at the table we feasted first on the writ ten words of "Welcome," read by Mrs. W. B. Turner. Mr. D. W. Brown, the host, spoke as follows: v This is an occasion for rejoicing and it is not my intention cr desire-;to mar the pleasure of the day with any reminder of the gone dark days, but I wish with these few words to sum up the reasons* for our joy and thanksgiving. Knowing that my feelings on this occasion would be too deep -to permit of my making any effort at a speech and wishing to express in some way those feelings, I have jotted down those few jwords to be read to you..-?i? I wish first of all to extend the most hearty welcome a father arid mother could extend to our sons and daughters and their.wires and hus bands, to our grandchildren and to you. some of our dearest friends who were able to join us here today in this reunion. - ? '' The prayers of all of us were an swered on November the eleventh, of last year when death and destruction on the battlefields of France ceased. That was a day of great rejoicing in the whole world but to this family today is a day of -much greater joy for in answer to our prayers and the prayers of our friends my four sons who were then in France have return ed and are here together with tny cither two sons, three daughters, ^twO sons-in-law and three daughters-in law, and our eleven grandchildren. Every single one of all these are here, four having been spared from thfe horrors and seeming certain death.on the battlefields and the others spared with us here where we were -doing our necessary part' toward winning the war and where there was. equal chance of death from influenxa and other causes. None missing?and from this summing up you can sfce that we have been remarkably' bless ed and have just reason for great jOy and everlasting thankfulness. I wish to thank our friends for-their.., pray ers, kindness and ever .thoughtft?nesS to - us during those trying days arid to . invite their thankfulness with ,03 now.-. To our family I say, remember what God has done for us during -these days of distress and let none of ,us fail to give thanks to Him the rest jotf our days. I am growing old now and during my life have felt the sorrow^ of two wars and although I did net wear the uniform of either I was dur ing both in a position to know of "t?e horrors andvhardships which war al ways brings and from this knowledge I urge that we all exert our influence and pray that the world , may hence forth be rid of this great curse through wise leadership and.^trust *n God. ? ~' I saw and worked under Conditions which prevailed during -the :r.econ struction days after the Civil War.aaid now I, see the great work which is to be done after this war. We wiU help as long as we are able to- but .? this -is work which belongs tQ>you who axe young and strong. Our task was in the sixties, seventies and.^ ejgjtojes. This is your job and I hope that if, I live long enough to see it that Lsla^ll be as proud of the part yoii play .in this reconstruction as I was. and am proud of the part you played ^during this, the greatest of aU wars. 1 To everyone present I again .extend to you a most hearty welcome today and for any time you may) be able to visit us in the future and during the rest of my days I will continue to pray Gods richest blessings upon you all: ' ?? Then Mr. W. B. Turner in a few well chosen words spoke of the esti mable character of Mr. Brown and what an acquisition he and: his family had been to our community. Mr. Frank Youngblood offered a -very touching prayer. The Honorable Dr. E. W. Ellis, Barnwell representatixe, spoke to the thought "What Brown's friends think of himi, and what he has been to his friends/' . - . ? Then came the repast of the inner man. the barbecued pigs, cakes, pies, ice cream and all. Very rarely it* such te, dinner surpassed. On January 10. 1883, Mr,-and, Mrs. Brown were married in Sumter *coun ty where they spent the greater part of their lives, having moved to Bfttn well county about six years ago. To this union were born nine children: Mary Alice. -Lola B.. Perry M.. Rob ert T., D. Allen, J. Clifton, V. Lee, W. M., and Ruby. , . . . Mary Alice is now Mrs. P. C Mat thews of Sumter - and Lola * :ried Mr. B. (X Cantey, also.- of bumter. Robert found: Miss Mildred .Hall-.of Concord. N. C. who was w?liag. . to share -his fortunes with him and: Al len sought one of BarnweU's fair daughters, Miss Luc?e Crayton, while Clifton- left his , fair southland to seek among Ohio's maids, and there found Miss Florence Ditma.r. .These with the eleven grandchildren pre sent a solid phalanx of twenty-seve?. No -grave marks a broken rank. Better than gold is a peaceful home Where all the fireside * characters : . come;- _ - - : The shrine of love, the heaven ofrJife Hallowed by mother or sister, or-wife. However humble the home may be Or tried with sorrow by heaven's -de cree The blessings that never were bought .or sold And center there,, are-better than gold: - . ; I"';*. Mr; Brown's 62 winters and , Mss. Brown's.55 .summers hang lightly on their brows. We wish for them many, many seasons yet. Berlin. Oct: 28.?Generals yon Hm denburg and Ludendorff will partici pate in the deliberation of the com mittee that is investiating the guilt of those responsible for the war. when it reconvenes October 31st, to hear the testimony otf former Im perial Chancellor von Bethmaa Hollweg. according to The Tageblatt. Boston. Oct. 2S.?No citizens of the United Stfttes will be removed from Jobs in the navy yards on account of lack of work or lack of funds for.: na val construction until all aliens have been discharged. This was the 'jam stance of an order by Secretary ttan fels received at . first naval Jfimrtyt headquarters today. - ? .. .- ???? t t a