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Obe airfield Advertiser VOLUME 86?NO 28 ' ||__,.[. '.", 8. C. SEPTEMBER 28, 1PJ? ISnturrinv nn,i Qntiiinif _ ^ " $1.00 a YEAR IN ADVANCE LiUHRCiaruLiuLnvju PATRICK Miss Mary Ingram left last Wednesday for Ceder Springs, where she will resumo her college work. i t Mr. B. P. Hancock, of Hamlet, was in Patrickk one day last week. Mr. B. F. Covington and family are spending some time in North Carolina. Mr. J. G. Copeland returned Fri- I |?- day'from a visit to his old home in I Bamburg County. Mr. Steve Huntley and his sister, > Miss Lexie, passed through Patrick last Wednesday to Columbia, where . ihey will continue their college work. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Thames re- i turned Saturday from a visit to rela- I tives in Sumter. Mr. G. F. Davidson went to Columbia Sunday to accompany Mrs. Davidson home from the hospital. ! Mrs. P. E. Tracy and her mother, spent Saturday and Sunday at the i home of Mrs. J. A. Winburn. I Mr. J. W. Winburn, of Hamlet, c spent Sunday in Patrick. Dr. J. W. Williamson, of Darling- c ton County, was in Patrick Sunday i and Monday. t t When in town don't fail to call on 1 Mrs. A. L. Griggs. Her Millinery is ' new and up-to-date. i \ For safety and service, send or t bring your deposit to The People's I' Bank. C. P. Mangum, Cashier, t < CHESTERFIELD, ROUTE 4 ( Thanks for such beautiful weather to gather our crops and for such good prices. ~ Mr. Thomas Crawley, of Patrick, , Poute 2, died Sunday morning, after r an illness of something over two , months. Fever was assigned as the cause of his death. He was a young > man of ubout 20 years. He was the , eldest son of Mr. P. C. Crawley. , i We certainly regretted to hear of the death of Mr. J. D. Douglass. He | -1 was a good man and neighbor. Now j i mat ne is gone, meru is no unu who I can fill his place in our community. c j: Mr. G. N. Clanton and Nfamily visi ited at Mr. J. N. Clanton's Saturday v k and Sunday. 1 .B Several from this section attended the picnic at Bay Springs Saturday, and report a gne time; lots of good ^ things to eat and some to drink. ^4 Messrs. Guss Clanton and Elwin Odom were pleasant callers at Mr. J. R. Sutton's Sunday evening. Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Newsom were t on this route Sunday and seemed to v enjoy a visit to Mr. W. D. Odom's scupemong vineyard. t s One of Mr. D. L. Brown's'hiules r died last Friday night. 1 m Any one that wishes to may men- 1 gW tion the date for the good roads day ^ in Chesterleld County and we will do t / our part or more, if necessary. r i How about a long-staple automo- i bile? 1 i The first touch of autumn makes us 1 ' look at the woodpile and weep. y* The man who never makes any mis^' c takes never Joes anything else worth while. If you want to find out hov little regard some people have for the Ten Commandments just run for office. The highest praise our competitors t can give to their shoes is to say they -are just as good as the WALK^ OVERS. Do not be fooled in buying something "just as good"; be wise and buy the Genuine WALKOVER. ODOM BROS. CO. Save your tickets for Coffee, and present them to The City Market. PATRICK, ROUTE 2 The Palmetto section has been blessed with fine weather for gathering crops. Cotton picking takes the day now. j i Bay Springs Sunday school had a Children's Day and picnic September ( 23d and the exerfcises were fine. There was a large crowd and every- j body enjoyed the day. Mr. Park Mangum and wife and children spent Sunday evening at the . home of Mr. B. C. Clanton. Mr. Lonnie Sellers and Miss Lizzie ' j Campbell, Mr. John Campbell and ' | Miss Cara Wilks spent Sunday even5 ing at the home of Mr. B. C. Clanton. ( 6 Mr. D. L. Brown and wife spent , ? Sunday at the home of Mr. B. C. W Clanton. I w Mr. J. M. Brown and Mr. Corbit i ? Clanton visited Mr. B. C. Clanton K Sunday evening. |B Mr. Wesley Lett and son and two H daughters from Georgia; Mr. Archie S Lett and daughter, Miss Estell Lett, 8g from Hartsville, visited Mr. B. C. Bi Clanton Sunday. H, Mr. Reece Clanton spent Saturday { night and Sunday in Shiloh section. 9m Mr. John Clanton was a guest at 9 Miss Minnie McManus' Sunday even9 nl . Messrs. Charlie and Duncan ClaiiB Nton were the guests of Misses Estell snd Crute Sims Sunday evening. 8 G. N. Clanton and family spent ? miiu uuuuajr All a. uiiuutl sertion. Mr. Chapp Rhodes and Mr. Clar ence Johnson, from near Hartsvillc and Miss Minnie McManus, and othe young people were pleasant caller of Miss Bessie Clanton Saturday af ternoon. Mr. J. P. Sellers was a guest o Miss Mollie Clanton Sunday evenine Rev. J. D. Purvis filled his regula appointment at Bay Springs, Palmet to and Mitldendorf. He preachet three fine sermons. The young men of the Palmetti section hold prayer meeting ever; Wednesday night and have goo< <uccoss. Well, Dear Reader, I hope to hea from you soon, especially from Ches erficld, Route 4. MARLBORO COUNTY FAIR One month from now the Marlbor* bounty Fair will be in full blast, ant multitude of people will be enjoy ng me festivities of this county-wid< 'unction. The prospects are most en ouraging for a very large attend nice and splendid exhibits. The pe iple are much interested and are talk ng most enthusiastically about th< ipproaching fair. Valuable and at ractive premiums have been adde< his year and competition will b< lumerous and spirited. The very b est attractions ant imusements will play during Fail veek; free acts; two bands of mush ind the best shows on the road wil intertain the Twenty-Five Thousanc >eople confidently expected to bt iresent. The fair will be instructivt ind educating, as well as the "Home doming Week" for all absent friends The Fair management greatly ap ireciates the interest manifested ii >ur fair, by the good people of Ches erfield County, and we are lookinj or a big delegation from, your sec ion this vear. The fair will be held Oct. 31st lov. 1st, 2d, 3d?four days?ani rowds of pleasure seekers will be ir attendance daily. Let everybodj ome and see the blooded registerec ive stock and splendid exhibits in al ither departments ? the prettiesl rumen on earth and 2,000 schoo hildren with their beautiful floats Flags and bunting will be every chere. Come and join the joyous ind jubilant crowd. Respectfully, J. PRESS GIBSON, Secy. flUST ESTABLISH HIGHWAY B.UREAU OR LOSE FUNDi "I am, therefore, of the opinior hat before South Carolin can par icipate in the benefits of the act, il vill be necessary for It to establish >y law a State Highway department uch as is required by the act, em towered to perform all of the func ions usually exercised by such e lody," concludes an opinion by C V. Boyle, acting solicitor of the Jnited States office of public roads elative to South Carolina participat ng in the fund recently appropriated >y Congress for the building of per nanent highways. It will be remembered that in thi ampaign this summer Attorney Charles L. Hunley, of Chesterfield idvocated the establishment of t Jtate ? Highway Department anc itated that this was necessary befon South Carolina could secure hei ;hare of United States Government V noney already appropriated for gooc oads. j SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC The Sunday School of St. .lohn'i Church, recently gave a picnic or Bear Creek and near Sugar Loa: Mountain. Mr. J. W. Hoan, superin endcnt of the school, was master o seremonies, and much credit is du< ,o him for the excellent time enjoyet >y all those who attended. This is a thriving Sunday school ?o )2 pupils and six teachers. The exercises on the grounds we'ri rpened by an address of welcome b] Mr. Alvin McCain. "The Boy with a Will," was re ited in a fine manner by Carl Boan Very fine speecnes were made b; Dewey Boan, Lula McLain and Aidi [loan. Mr. W. J. Tiller^ of Chesterfield Mr. R. if. Ammoml, of Dillon County and Mr. J. F. Guinn, spoke to thosi assembled and their talks were muc] appreciated. There were gu^fs from Ruby unegterfleld, Bay Springs and othe Sunday schools. Many compliment were heard for Mr. J. W. Boan, fo his excellent Sunday school and fo his mannKcmen^of this very pleasan affair. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank the people of Chef terfield county for the splendid vot given me and pledge you my bes services. J. ARTHUR KNIGH1 The next session of St. Paul Inst tute will be open on the First Mor day in November (the fit!?), 191< Instruction thorough, competent fa< ulty; terms moderate; healthful loc* tion. yJ|ake applicaion at once. Fo furtltarWormation write Rev. J. / Littlo, Prin., Chesterfield, S. C. 4 At The High School (> The total enrollment of the Ches r terfield High School has now reachec s ' 235. The large percentage of thes< _ in the High School Department speaks I well for the school, and shows that f a considerable number of both pu pi!s und patrons appreciate the value r of a High School education. II _ should be the ambition of every boj j and girl in reach of the school tc .vin a State High School diploma. , The patrons and friends of the y school have responded generously tc j the appeal for library funds. The $50 asked for by Superintendent r Coker has already been subscribed This enables the school to get $1C more from the State and countj funds and part of the books have already been ordered from the R. L. 3 Bryan Co., of Columbia. This lij brary will add greatly to the effici_ ency of the school. Some books have B been selected suitable to all different grades. This contribution by the patron? _ will also be made the basis for a request to the State for $50 with which fn Knw nKtFolna ? , ..UJ jy..,? allU UllCIIIISlt y ratus. j Prof. Coker has asked the High ^ School pupils to act as a school improvement society and they expect j' to raise at least $100.00 during the r year for the improvement of the ? school. j The greatest event in school life I this week was the lecture to the , school pupils by Mr. Will D. Upshaw , n the Methodist church yesterday at , 1 o'clock. The church was filled tc apaeity by the children and older people and Mr. Upshaw made an impression that will bo long rememberid for good. His address was full of r ?ood advice and sound moral teaeh. ng. Yet so full of wit and humor that all the children enjoyed it immensely. He asked them to take as I i motto for life, "Don't be diseour, iged; never give up." And he imr iressed it in such a way that many I will remember it when they meet the j hard places in life later on. t I THE CANDY WAS WON; THE TURKEY WAS TAKEN * Miss Rena Catoe won the 5-lb box jf lluyler's Candy that was given lway by the AmusU Theatre last Saturday night. The turkey was drawn for and tick> et No. :?8 was the lucky number. This i iiuiuuci \>;is not presented alter the show. However someone did get the ^ turkey from the box in front of the theatre. If the person who has No. 38 ticket did not got the turkey, please present the ticket and you I will get a turkey. And if the one ^ j who got the turkey did not have No. ( 38 ticket, we wish him a square meal, but suggest that you do not tell your friends how you got the bird. The Management. ' WILL D. UPSHAW A REAL GEORGIA CYCLONE. r Old Chesterfield has passed through her first experience with a Georgia ' cyclone. It struck town yesterday j afternoon and became noticeable in , the vicinity of the Methodist church p and was marked by gales of child^ ish laughter as hundreds of school j children listened to the wonderfully amusinir and insnirim* iw!.ip..ou by Will D. Upshaw, of Georgia. The storm became intense when it . reached the Courthouse later in the I evening and the speaker told a packj. od house what was "Under John's Hat." p Mr. Upshaw is not merely a hum3 j orist but is a man with a mission, j jand is a fighter for the right in church and State. He was warmly received C in Chesterfield and we believe Chesterfield is better for his having been ;here7 EVANS AS SECRETARY. Hurtsville, Sept. 23.?At a meeting of the Hartsville Commercial ^ club last evening Eacoste Evans, a x native of Cheraw, formerly of Hartsville, more recently of Columbia and . now again of Hartsville and well known as the good roads and othere wise booster, was unanimously elect ed to serve as secretary and trans Iurer to succeed K. I). Slaght, resign ed. Mr. Slaght's time has been oc cupied with other business and it was thought best to put Mr. Evam in on all time pay basis. The people of Hartsville and surrounding see t tions are well acquainted with Mr Evans and everybody loves and ad mires him. That he will accomplisl a great work for the town of lovinj hearts, us he dubs Hartsville, every one feols assured. it A petition is being circulated ii Alligator and Jefferson townships ask i- ing the legislature to retain for thosi i- sections of the county the presen >. rural police system. The contentioi is that these townships gave n ma i- jority vote in fnvor of the rural po >r lice system now in force and that the; i. need the police protection thus af t. forded. (Monday, October 2 i Chance to Regisl i Without a Certificate You Cannot ^ Tvery South Carolina Dc ! "REFORM FACTION" CALLED TO MEET IN COLUMBIA. r ' From The State: Members of the "Reform Faction" in South Carolina have been called 1 to attend a Convention in Columbia, October IS. John K. Aull, Columbia ' correspondent, yesterday sent to the ' Charleston American the following 1 dispatch, copies of whu he furnished to other newspapers: Columbia, S. C., Sept 2'>?After consultation with prominent member.of the Reform faction in Coiu.nbsr ! to-day, Col. W. A. James, of Bishopville, one of the leaders of the Re form Party in Lee County, to-day is sued the following call for a convention of the Reform Faction to be ' held in Columbia on Tuesday, October 1S: "i hereby call for a convention of ' the Reform Faction of the Derao' cratic Party, to be held on Tuesday, ' October 18, in Columbia. During the campaign just passed, appeals wer ! made to 'save civilization' as war, done in 187G, when negro domination was the issue. Men have been heard to justify questionable methods at the ballot box upon the same grounds ' as when dealing with negroes in 187G, ' and now it is up to us, and is our duty, to hold a great convention and ! demonstrate that we are as good w TWe | You Will Pro |i at This It is an easy m other person to save chases. It ran nnlo I i ever, by trading at a !t still maintains popular \ THIS IS THE STORE \ A. F. Dav B Tl v , ^|| lake lour L 3 Busy B< ill The Bert Rerta Everything We Go< ^ And the Bert c I The Oys'o IS NOW OPE> 1 |j|J Have I hem Ifaj Also Wc Keef m Home-Made and pi P. J. Zour II m: .U . - v. jglllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllll I ! | Text E ! =| Tablet H Pencil? r I Pens | p Crayoi ,.E In fact everything needed I E CASH?Please Don't A B ? | The Chesterf v = giiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: Fall Term Court OfC cncral Sessions The fall term of the Court of General Session convened at Chesterfield Courthouse Monday, last, Judge J- W. Je Vore presiding. Court adjourned Tuesday evening after disposing of number of cases, one of which was ried befor6 a jury. The first case called was J. W. ' loan, disposing of property under 1 ien. ( J. Paul Jones, assault and battery, 1 vith intent to kill. Case continued. 1 C. W. Arant et al, riot and murder. v Case continued. It will be rememjered that at the last term of Criminal Court the Arants were acquitted 1 ind the Wests found guilty of ri<>t. k I he Wests, John. Shermrd. Arthur Id, Your Last :er for Nov. Election Vole. It Is Very Important That ;mocrat Vote T lis Fa!! < white men as are those who contemptuously stigmatize the bone and sinew of this State as 'Bleasites' and for the further purpose of increasing our faith in and consecrating our efforts to the continuance of the strug- , gle for the principles upon which we stand. '1 suggest that each Democratic club send one true and tried Reformer as delegate to the convention. ( "All newspapers who have any of the kind of people as subscribers, please publish one time. (Signed) "W. A. JAMES." I FOOTBALL FOR CHESTERFIELD. Chesterfield now has a football team and what Ls more to the point, . ;t .. i.:.i - . ... ..^ ti t.v~<tiii iii.iv um.t i.iir 10 itlir il'I some attention. Many of the members had never seen a game of football a few weeks ag?, but under the efficient coaching of Dr. R. R. Do/.ier, . they are now doing some excellent team work The lineup is as fol- i lows: Capt., Billie Gulledge; mgr., Craig Odom; coach, R. B. Do/.ier: L.E., Bryan Odom; L.T., Rudolph Hursey; L.G., Edwin Gulledge; C., Fred I'arker; R.G., Gary West; R.T., ; Craig Odom; R.E., Dan Laney; Q.R.. R. B. Do/.ier; R.H., Funderburk; F.B., 1 Gulledge; I..11., McBride. Games | have been arranged with Cheraw for the near future and the home team 1 will take on Bennettsville Fair week, t . ! ; Store fl 9 . atter for you or any ; money on your pur be accomplished, how- i ? first-class store that ' prices. 1 ij FOR MONEY SAVING I j 'is Market I! <. J! "?t* i H! 1, fflsk Lj deals at The c se Cafe a rant in Town IF ; >k is Clean, Fresh >n the Market. ,, sr Season i An,i Wc Will t- ;; Every Day i "k ( ) Nice Line of \\ P i PI* t factory dandies r sis, Prop. n f eagggg igs^aE geal i. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiFj n i I" %iTjrvn?J JOC? ~ looks =g s p ? ! ns ? v !>v the pupils. Prices riv|li( fir '; *' ilk for Credit?CASH. zsz j eld Drug Go. | lillllllillliilllllilil!illlll!i:illililiiiliiitl) L5.ixi.or and Luther, appealed. Carfie'd Brunson, assault and batery, with intent to kill, and carrying ( oncealed weapons. Pled jruiltv and. ionLenced to one year or fine of $200. J. K. Atkinson, disposing of property under lien. Continued. M. C. Lancaster, breach of trust. Voile pressed. It. .1. .lames, disposing of property jnder lien. Continued. .1 ihn Delheney, alias John Evaoa. is; and battery, with intent l<> til!. Nolle pressed. (j< a rye \V. Brown, obtaining ;;ood; tnder false pretences. Continued. Luther I> nkins and Colder Cuftie, lousc-hrcakini* and larceny. Each tied guilty and sentenced one year. Coot Stanley, housebreaking anil ' arceny. Plead guilty and sentenced o i.i months. ' ?Ioo Thcadgill, larceny of bicycle, ^lcad guilty. Sentenced to 1 year lard labor and lined $1. S. V. McManus, violating dispenary 'aw. Continued. u John Henry drown, bigamy. Sen- v enced to six months. Bossie McHae, larceny of bicycle. Mead truilty. Two years. Fred Covinjrton, murder. Plead ruilty to manslaughter. Two years. Kd Sanders, assault and battery, ntent to kill. Plead guilty to assault. *ive months or tine of $f>0. Vern?.n S. Blackburn, desertion. Mead guilty. Sentenced to one year; cr.tei.ee t i be suspended after three ' nonths. Other charges dropped, 'his is the gentleman recently taken ' n New York City necessitating a trip 1 iy Slvritr Douglass. His three 1 nonths servitude have doubtless n en rather expensive to the county. Pen Shadd, house-breaking an<l lar eny. Transferred to e??nt I ockci. t< Ramie Jefferson, violation of Dis e >e usury i.aw. Tried and found nt'd- 1" y. Sentenced to one year, nine " tenths of which was suspended. 1 i? ppeaicd. (1 Henry McCall, housebreaking an<i arceny. Plead Kuilty. -s' ;rand jury presentments \> IIis Honor, .1. \V. Do Yore, Pre- a sidinjr Ju<inv' ' The .;i | Jury, havinjr pas- d on f< I1 bills handed us, hen to mala* the y oliowimr report: $ We liave had the boohs of the ountv otlie"is examined, and tlie re- A ort of the same held over from last 'ourt on account of some executions ot beinjy valid assets. We expected these executions to P e tested before our body was cnl'ed onet her anain, l?u? find that the -1 "ouij tioiler General has had these ' apers filed away with instructions tl ot to bo molested until the final set- i lemeut between the Auditor and 'rcasurer, and for this reason we are J ci till unable to make a final report nti! our body can be called together or this particular purpose. P We recommend that n'nss be put ft a the windows up stairs in the jail y nd the inside protected by heavy i ,v< ere en wire, and the rnnfmif nf tt... .inv bo repaired. We find the other public buildings n good condition. We wish to thank the officers of " !us Court for courtesies extended nd beg to be excused from further w erviccs at this cession. ; tl .T. W. MIL! Ell, Foreman. 1 ,s j?HOLD OVER GRAND JURORS The Grand Jurors who hold over , nd serve for another year are: J. W. Blaokwell, John l> Smith, E. V. '.ai?vy, J. A. Arant, 1'. A. Ilurton W. |*. Shaw. Mr. Allan Cassidy, son of Mr. Waren Cassidy, of near Ray Springs, ' /:;r. kicked by a mule one day last roe lie had a close call, as the j r.i! 'a hoof landed over his rqrht ye, almost circling it. Apparently 10 l' rmnr.ent damage was done and g ,? i.. recovering nicely. ei 'OR SALE?Two-year-old colt; bred ei from registered Percheron, and f< will make a good work horse. See him at Armfield-Porter Co's. stabler. Bargain prire for quick, sale. ' 11 tf W. P. COKER. J w %eeal ftems (lifts for everybody at The Wingate Jewelry Co. Humden Watches, wrist watches, chains, lavalliers, cameos, scarf pins, culf links, bracelets, rings. Birthday gifts of every description for every member of the family. Call and see them. * * * The educational campaign, of tin Baptist church in Chesterm Id county, mown as the Associational campaign, kvill be held at Dudley an I Wolf Bond >n October 2oth. These dates were nadvertantly omitted in t schedule as recently published in The Advertiser. * * The following members of the last Chesterfield Quarterly Confer r.ce dined with the nastor, the Ite,r. 'au! T. Wood, on 'i ^ suae Davis, W. J. Streater, Spencer /aughn, 11. A. Melton, J. M. Watson, ). 1. Pitman, Minor Rainwater and . .1. Liile. * * * Friends of the lion. W. F. Stevenon say ho will make the race again wo years hence for United States longrcss, and this brings to mind the ssertions made by the friends of Mr. 'inloy during the recent campaign hat if he, Finley should be elected it:s time lie would not run again. * * * Great crowds are attending the levies now because nothing but the cry best and latest Western drama vl high-class comedy pictures are eing shown. Kvery inch of the ,1ms is pleasing young and old. A peeial feature next Saturday night t regular price. Matinee Saturday fa-moon from 4 to C. ? # Dr. T. ('. ilunley returned to Char ston yesterday evening. Tom, who ntil recently was in Florence, is now ith the Frir-rson Drug Co., in Charston, the largest retail drug firm in lie State. Tom likes Charleston in ait v of or maybe on account of the .ct that the Manning regime is en >ning the excise laws with a vengnco. * * * If you want Shoes that are Shoes. uy WALK-OVERS. If you arc sat ficd with any old shoo, yet them rom the other follow. There are i! jri- st >ci:s of shoes in Chesterfield,, it there are none in the WALKYE It class, and no one knows it ly hitter than our eoi >potitors. 01)OM BROS. CO. * * #It is said that a meeting will soon e callo 1 in the town of Chesterfield > consider incurs for installing watr works and sewajre. There is "obahly no o. ? who will deny that vs is hadly needed and it appears*. t if t!< s is n >t done immediately le Slate Hoard of Health has it in power to compel the installation o.~ Ulitary devices that will i e almost lot (iuite as expensive uv.d far less *t isfactory. i- * * The Best is the Cheapest. Singar r.d Wheeler Wilson Machines. The r*st by the world's test. Sold cheap ir cash, or on e.-??y payments. Three ;?rs' time. . Rebuilt machines for a and up. ERNEST M MELTON, i Hotel, Chesterfield, S. C. e * * Cln-raw Company "I" is making a mil record on the border. This comay has won the baseball champion' p for the First South fnrolinn irinu-nt. Anions nil the companies <>\v at the bonier this one ranked lird in ellieieney. O * * !f you want a nice-fittinK suit of lothes made ot' the best material at a asonabie price, see Frank I'orter at (!om Bros. Co. Frank has the exerienee in taking measures, and can ive you a perfect lit. It will be to our interest to seo the line before i)u buy. ODOM BROS. CO. ? Mr. John T. Median, who is on the : d* of one of the Metropolitan dailis expected in town on Monday to. is it his mother, Mrs. J. K. Meehan. Dr. Rhcaley, of I.eesville, S. C.. u> has been doin;r relief work for le Square Deal Drop Co., leaves unday to accept a position in Lani t er. * * * The offer to clean free any wa'cch roiurht iti in connection with other ork, holds good for two weeks more. * Remember Saturday, FVptember (>th is Orphanage Work Day. Save our money and take it to Sunday hool, where it will be put to the cry best use possible. ? * City Engineer Johnson, of Flornc<\ ?.< in town this week busily enapvd with a surveying party laying ff the lands of the E. V Rodfcarn state. This property is heinp dividI into small plots and will he offered ?r sale in the near future. * * Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Melton, of Mere. spent several days in town this,-eek.