Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-fettred au the Posto&ee *i Ssmtee, & CL, as Second Clasa Jfiatwr PERSONAL. ' ' ? Mrs. J. s. Richardson and Mrs. Harvey Topp of Winston-Salem are in the eity for a few weeks' stay. Miss Laura W. Bailey of Winthrop College is a visitor today attending the fair. Mr. W. C. Olsen of Durham, X. C, spent Monday here. Mr. K. R. Griffin of Lynchburg was a shopper here on Monday. Mrs. E. fL, Richardson of Rich mond is in the city for'the day. Mr. Harry Sf, Johnson of Aiken is a business visitor here today. Gbv. R. A.; Cooper is expected to arrive. in ?ie jicity this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lance of Char-! leston spent Sunday and Monday in j Sumter. j Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grey ofi Augusta speiit Monday in Sumter,! . where Mr. Grey eame^on, business, j Mr. W. W. Gregory of Charleston f was a recent visitor-in the city. Miss Mamie Hobson of Lancaster j spent Monday in the eity en route to j her home from Florence. Mr. Paul Sims; a broker of Spartan- j burg spent Monday in the city. Mr. George' R Prince of Clemson j College is spending the day in the jcity. Mr. F. E.^MiHer of Florence is a visitor here today. Mr. P. H. Pern has returned to his home in Georgetown after a short -visit to friends in Sumter. Mrs. S. L. Huggins of Mullins was a visitor in , the city. Messrs. Fred Black, W. K. Black and C. H. Walker of Columbia spent j , Monday in Sumter. ?< | Mrs. Carl; Mason and children of East t Orange, N. J., are spending the month with, Mrs/ C. T- Mason. Mr. R. E. Berry bf Charlotte, X. C; is .here today attending the fair, i Miss Erminee "Lachicotte of Colum-j "bia, after attending the Wilson-! Lachicotte marriage in Manning is spending the day and night in Sumter ?with friends and relative* Mr. Elkin D. Rice*, of Columbia, is a business visitor here ioday. Miss Alice Murphy, of Bishopville, is attending the fair in the city to day. ? Messrs. James T. and James W. Smith were, recent visitors here from Atlanta. ? s MrvV. W- Lewis, of Clemson Col lege, is here for the fair. Mr. A. T- Jamison, of Greenwood, has returned to his home after a day spent here. F. H. McMaster, of Columbia, is a visitor in the city. He will deliver an address'tonight before the Holly wood Camp, Woodmen of the World. Miss Flossie ? Stoudenmire, of Or angeburg^ is visiting in,the city dur ing the fair.. ' [ . Mr. ^Wilson Gee, of Columbia, is a business "Visitor here today. Mr. J. R. Fogle, of Orangeburg, is attending;the fair here this week. Pf Mrs. Ella C. Perry, ot Carnpobello^ [S. C, is spending a short' time- in Sumter. , Col. F. N. K. Bailey, superintend ent of Bailey Military Institute of Greenwood, is a visitor in Sumter to ? day. j . Miss Green, of Chicora College. ] was in-the city today en route to her j home in Bishopville. j ? Mr. V. E. Rector was a recant busi ! ness visitor here from Hartsville. i Mr. "Jesse" James. Jr., of Sum ?; merton. attended the fair here on ] Tuesday. ! Messrs. S. W. Simmons and L. K. j Raul, of Richland County, spent j i Tuesday at the fair, j Mr. C. M. Shannon, of Florence, j I spent Tuesday in Sumter on busi ;' ness. I Miss Louise Bissop^ of Columbia. I was a recent visitor in the city and I attended the fair. j Mr. D. E. Lawson, of Florence, was a business visitor here on Monday and Tuesday. . Mrs. J. W. Lovejoy of Florence is; visiting Mrs. W. IT. Gibson on Bland ina Street. Mrs. Lisette C. Hood of Charlotte. N. C, is spending a lew days with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Jenkins on Cal houn St. Hon. E. C. Mann, representative of the Seventh district in congress spent j the day in town. Mr. B. F. McLeod, State organizer Of the South Carolina Cotton Associa- j tion, attended the meeting of farm- j ers today to assist in organizing the' Sumter County Association. Mr. Robert E. Craig -of Columbia j is a visitor in the city today. Mr.'P. H. Tedder of Hartsville spent j Wednesday here on business. Mr. A. J. Weeks is a visitor in Sum : ter today from Winsboro. I Mr. and Mrs. West F. Thompson I and children of Eastover are visitors here today for the fair and auto races.) Mr. F. E. Miller, is attending the j fair and races here today. Mr. J. M. Anderson of New Bern, j N. C., spent a short time here re-j cently. Mr. Bavender Bethea of Barn well is here to participate in the auto | races this afternoon. Mr. D. M. Turbeville of Turbeville j is in the city to afttend the fair to- ? day." Mr. Martin of Sumerton is one of | the many visitors at the fair hez-e j today. ?i Miss Eva Sau.nders of Eastover is! a visitor in Sumter today. Mr. C- C. Graves is ai business visi-! tor here today from Charleston. Mrs. W. W. Bradham and Miss i Maud Bradham are- visiting relatives | in Marion and Mullins. Trcsspass Notice. All persons are hereby warned not to hunt or otherwise trespass upon any of my lands. J. CARPEr ^ER ROGERS. Considering: Prohibition Act. Washington, Nov. 20.?Argumem ol" the constitutionality of war time pro hibition act as well as the Volsleml prohibition enforcement act was be "un before the supreme court today. BOLL WEEVILS AND WEATHER - I [A Bitter Winter Would Kfflj i Many Weevils, But People I May Suffer ! - I Columbia. Nov. llJ.?South Carolin ians arc '?between the-devil and the; ideep blue sea*' with regard to their] j desires for the coming winter wcath-! I er. In the face of the coal shortage j they are hoping for a mild winter, J and yet? Agriculture authorities of the j State, including B. Harris, commis- [ sioner'of agriculture, are very strong ' ! in their predictions that unless there j j is a very severe winter the farmers) I of the State will next year face ruin- j ation in their cotton fields. "The boll; weevil will ruin the entire cotton crop j nex year, unless there is a severe win- j ter to set him back to a considerable j extent." said Commissioner of Agri- j culture Harris in speaking of the j progress made by the boll weevil to ! date. ? J It iS stated by these specialists in ! cotton that a mild winter, which will be desirous from the fuel viewpoint., will not do much injury to the weevil ; and next spring will find him well en- j trenched and well started on a busy ' season of cotton destruction. They j state that a very severe winter will j not kill out the weevil, but that it: will materially set him back. * The weevil is making considerable j progress. The lower part of the State, especially the Southwestern corner, is covered with the pest, and j he is even making his way into the I upper counties. In a few of the coun* j ties above Columbia. Chester and j Greenwood and others, the weevil has j made his appearance. He has been j found in Richland and other coun-1 ties in the central part of the State,; though as yet his damage is not ma terial in this central section. State Senator Thos. B. Pearce. of Columbia.' has just returned from a tour of South Georgia, where he in spected boll weevil conditions. He | says he saw fields where it would utke j 15 to 20 acrfcs to produce a bale of ! cotton. At the same time he says he ! saw that the farmers there are learn* j ing that cotton must be planted as a I surplus crop, and that diversification j "is their salvation. He expresses tire | j hope that South Carolina farmers | will learn this lesson before the wee-! j vil brings ruin. \ \ I Mr. Wiliic Wiles of Columbia is in j I the city for the auto races today. ! Trespass Notice. j The lands of the undersigned lying ? in Sumter and Clarendon counties are ; posted and all persons are warned i not to trespass on same by hunting, i fishing or in any other manner. M. Vi PLOWDEX. W. M. P-IRCHMORE, It. d BLAXDING, J. M. PLOWDEX, R. C. WILLIAMS. ARTH it I' PLOWDEX. Gi?ViE COCK FAIR Third" Annual Fair is in Many Respects the Best Yet Held - j The Sumter County Fair opened I its gates to the public Tuesday morning and mas well attended consid-1 ering that this was the first day or! the fair and a huge crowd was not ex-j pected. Some excellent exhibits are dis played in the main building that! show the prosperity of Sumter coun-j ty along various lines. Some old relics are on display which are viewed with much interest j by the visitors. Going down one side of the main building we lind the booth of Lylesj Studio, of Columbia. Several beauti-| ful pictures are exhibited that show! their mastery of the art. The American Red Cross booth is! one that immediately attracts the at- J tention of the passersby. Everything is so spotless and in the care of ?Sum ter ladies dressed as nurses in the organization. R. J. Burkett has a booth show ing the beautiful Auburn car and inr formation concerning same. - The Overland Sales Co., has on j display a couple of light Overland I Four cars. One of these cars shows j the framework and the other the car; completed. One of the finest exhibits of its kind ] is that of Mr. C. W. Josey, owner of the Meadow-Brook Farm at Bishop-! ville. On display are some exceed- j ingly large sweet and Irish potatoes, i huge; ears of cor-> of all kinds, hay, J pumpkins, larg home-cured hams i and side meat, riuge cured tobacco 1 leaves, all sorts of seed for planting, j sugar cane that measures over nine ? feet, canned peaches, apples, cherries, j beets, corn, tomatoes, etc. A diploma I of honor from the Fifth National j Corn Exposition, a huge cup award-j ed for the best 10 ears of corn at the; State corn contest in 1913 and other; articles. The owner has on display j 58 blue ribbons and 27 red ribbons fori first and second prizes at the State i and various county fairs. Mr. S. J. White, who has each year! had the most elaborate and most at- j tractive farm booth ai the: Sumter county fair and has been awarded | theN blue ribbon again has a most in-! teresting booth showing the products! of O. I. C. farm. The variety and ex- j 'cellence of the exhibits must be seen J to be appreciated. The Carolina ^Taohinery Co. haSj one of the best auto exhibits when it) shows a large Indiana tx-uck and aj beautiful Westcott touring car. The Consolidated: Motor Co. has j its booth beautifully deeorated and j shows two Cole autos and a Signal rruck. The CocaCola Bottling works has; on ^display a Mack and a Reo Truck ' and also a Peerless touring car, i I'he Sumter Chamber of Commerce ! has a booth from which it gives all possible information and boosts Sum I tor and Sumter county by its various ! rasters._ Next is a peanut booth showing various sorts of peanuts, peanut meal, and peanut cakes. This booth warns against the coming of the boll wee- j vil. The National Bank of Sumter has j a boll. weevil exhibit with numerous j posters, showing the damage done: by the weevil and advising the farm- j ers against a full crop of cotton for i the coming year. One of the most .striking posters is the one showing the damage in Beaufort county. South (Carolina, when in 19IS 1G0 acres to taled 170 bales, but in 1919 the weevil was so harmful, that 200 acres only yielded IS bales. The Evans-Jenkins Co. has an ex hibit showing oxy-acetylene welding, cutting, brazing, soldering and car bon burning and radiator repairing. The Columbia Motor Company allows a beautiful Winton Six touring car and an Oldsmobile truck. The Salem Club displays all kinds of fancy handwork and va rieties of canned goods. It has a pro peller of a German Fokker plane de stroyed near the Rhine in Germany and brougiit to this country by E. W. I>abbs, Jr., also various kinds of Ger man helmets brought by Mr. Dabbs. A melodian purchased by James Mc Bride in lS.r?8 is shown. It is one of the oldest in this country. Ort the wall is hung a copy of the original ordinance of secession passed by the! South Carolina convention at Char leston in December 1S60. This copy was brought to Sumter county by j one of its delegates and it is now inj possession of M. P. Mayes of Mayes- [ ville. Bethel school and home demonstra-! jtion club has all kinds of canned \ fruits and vegetables, cakes, bread, j butter and also fancy handwork. Mr. A. K. Bernshousc demonstrates the Whirlpool dishwashing machine and suction sweeper, for which he is the local agent.' The General Sumter Home Demon stration Club ha? its booth decorated in old gold and purple. It shows fancy handwork, pictures'and all va rieties of canned .goods. Another home demonstration de- j part m en t shows the first, second, j third and fourth year sewing. This] booth is decorated in United States flags and displays canned vegetables i and fruits. The Sineath-Kelley Motor Co. has a beautiful booth. It is decorated in United' States flags and colors. Potted plants add much to the looks of the i booth, which contains the American Perfect Balanced car, and the Haynes, the first automobile on the market. The Sumter County Health exhibit gives information concerning the proper care of children. The booth is beautifully dt-corated in light blue and white. It has large dolls in miniature beds to show how chil dren should be cared for at night. The White Sewing machine booth demonstrates sewing by electricity. It also gives information concerning the care of the machines. The Sunday School exhibit shows the prosperity and growth of the Sunday Schools in Sumter and South j Carolina. I Booth-Boyle Livestock Co. has all i sorts of farm implements ca display just outside the building. Besides the booths there are va rious stands in the building where I souvenirs may be purchased' ?r for^- % times told. From the Exhibits it .is possible for one to see the advancement of ?the. county along all lines. _ Death. A death that came as a severe shock to her many friends was that < t Mrs. Martha Platt Benton, wife of I Ir. v?~. vrank Benton at her home in Stateburg on Sunday morning No vember 16th. Mrs. Benton was a Christian woman ' of sweet disposition and one who was v?iry popular with all who came in < ontact with her . At the time of her </cath she was 30 years of age., She is survived by her husband, Mr. W.. Frank Benton and one daughter, Miss Frances Platt Benton, also by one ?? < brother, Mr. Marion M. Platt of Sum ter and two sisters, Mrs. Marvin L; Parier of Wedgefield and Mrs. B. G. Smith of Mullins. Mrs. Benton was the daughter of Rev. John B. and Mrs. Celestia M. ? Plait. At the time of her death she was a devoted member of the Bap- . Jtist church. Only a short time ago Mrs. Benton had moved to Stateburg from Abbeville, where she leaves a host,of riends to mourn her loss. ' Cannot Praise this Remedy too Highly THE WAY ONE LADY FEELS i&TGK SUFFEWRO TWO YEARS # Judging fronrfcer letter,, fk&ms* cry and wretchedness ^endured by ?, Mrs. Charlie Taylor, IL F. D.'N&l, Box 144, DflTon, S. C, most haw* been terrible; No one, after read ing her letter, can continue to doubt the great healing power, of PE-RU-NA for troubles due: ? to catarrh or catarrhal conditions in any part a? the body. Her letter is an inspiration to every * sick and suffering man or woman anywhere. Here it' is: "I sobered - two years with catarrh of the head, stomach and bowels. Tried two of v the best doctors, who gave me up. , I then took PE-RU-NA and can - truthfully say I am welL When I began to nse PE-RU-NA, I weighed one hundred pomida. My weight now is one hundred and fifty. I cannot praise PE-RU-NA too"1 highly, for it was a Godsend to me. v I got relief from the first half bottle and twelve bottle* cured me. I advise all sufferers to take PE-RU-NA." . /? As an emergency remedy in the home, there is nothing quite the equal of this reliable, time-tried medicine', PE-RU-NA. Thousands < place their sole dependence, on .it..', for coughs, colds, stomach and bowel trouble, constipation, rheu matism, pains in the back, side and \ loins and to prevent- the grip and Spanish Flu. To keep the blood pure and maintain bodily strength, and robustness, take PE-RU-NA. You can buy PE-RU-NA any where in either tablet ?c liquid I form. T BISHOPVILLE, S. C. 70 GL OQ $7,500 IN PREMIUMS Trotting, Pacing and Running Races Daily. Aeroplane Flights Daily Horse Show-Morning and Afternoon each day. Cattle show and Swine show daily. Some of the best the State entered in these departments. Big exhibits of farm products and farm machinery. Biggest and best Carnival on the road to be here. 20 cars, 300 people, 2 bands, 4 free acts. ONLY ONE ADMITTANCE When you enter the main gate the entire program is free.