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(3l)? Chesterfield TZVdvertiser V ? ? VOLUMES NO 35 OHK8TEKFIKLD, S. O. NOVEMBER 16, 1916 $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Kuby Jrs. at Croghan % Ruby Council No. 84, Jr. O. U. A. M. will present the Mt. Croghan school with a bible and flag on Friday afternoon, Nov. 17th, at 2:30. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. The following program will be rendered: Master of Ceremonies: I. N. Steen. Song, "America": By the School. Prayer, by the Rev. G. W. Elkins. Address, "Virtue," by the Rev. J. D. Purvis. Address, "Liberty," by the Rev. Paul T. Wood. Address, "Patriotism," and presentation of Bible and flag, by P. A. Murray, jr. Response, by J. Clifton Rivers. Song, "Star Spangled Banner," by the school. HONOR ROLL FOR RUBY GRADED SCHOOL 1st Grade?Gleo Gibson. Advnnced 1st Grade?Ruby Rivers, Madge Thurman. 2d Grade?Jasper Crowley, Clarence Steen. Third Grade?Allic Sellers, Hettie Russell, David Ilarrall, Pleas Eddins. 6th Grade?Clyde Davis. 7th Grade?Mary Sellers, Mildred Smith, Grace Gaddy, Eleanor Sellers, Paul Stanley. 8th Grade?Carson Griggs. 9th Grade?Ethel Griggs, Ruth Smith. Irregular?James Millard. Note:?To be'placed on the Honor Koll of the school, it is necessary to make a general average of 95 per cent, without being absent or tardy during the month. J PROCLAMATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Executive Chamber WHEREAS information has been received at this Department that an Atrocious Murder was committed in the County of Chesterfield on about the 9th day of October, 1916, upon the body of William Relk, by Elmore Fuller, and that the said Elmore Fuller has fled from justice. Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Manning, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in order that justice may be done and the majesty of the law vin-' dicated, do hereby offer a reward of One Hundred Dollars for the appre- i hension, delivery and conviction of the said Elmore Fuller to the Sheriff of Chesterfield County, at Chesterfield, S. C. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of South Carolina to be aflixed, at Columbia, this third day of November, A.D., 1916, and in the 141st year of the Independence of America. RICHARD I. MANNING. R. M. McCowan, Sec'y of State. Rewards previously offered for the apprehension of Fuller, were $100, by Sheriff D. P. Douglass and $100 by T. M. Knight, thus making a total nf SllOn nnur nffororl fi\v fV>.> I 'the slayer of William Belk. The Sheriff reports that Fuller was recently traced to Baltimore, where some construction work was in prog| ress and hundreds of negroes are enim ployed. haulier was there located v and identified by a representative of m Mr. Douglass. He was pointed out M to the Baltimore police and plans flf' made for his arrest when he eluded r r - With every c amounting tc We Will G Coupon Woi We give these co chase of any kind even if it is ice and i* conditions are that be not less than 50 be a cash transactic pons in propotion the purchase. For lar purchase will gc These coupons are goo purchase of any article of jc Case, which we invite you 1 1 cost you absolutely nothing m same price whether you tal I Odom E High School Notes After a few days' holiday for the Fair, school Work has been resumed md everyone is again working steadily. On account of too many pupils in the fourth and fifth grades, Miss Melton has taken fifth grade work in iddition to her second grade, leaving Mrs. Hanna with the fourth grade. The girls of High School have organized a basketball team and have gone to work to raise money to buy che outfit. We hope soon to be able to have some interesting games. The Wade Hampton Literary Society will carry out the program Friday that was missed last Friday on account of the Fair. It is learned from private letters to their friends that two former members of our faculty, Mr. Porter and Miss Rowell, are quite busy with their work at Greenwood and Cowpens. The present faculty and pupils are glad ot know of their continued success. The monthly reports were given out Tuesday, which show creditable work being done by some of the pupils. HONOR ROLL For Month Fading Nov. 8th. 11th Grade?Docia Threatt, Maggie I.ucas. 10th Grade?Leonard Campbell, Pearle Moore, Nelle Melton, Arnold Gardner, Mary Belle Welsh. 9th Grade?.Jennie Humphries, Ethel Johnson, Jack Douglass, Hall Odom. 8th Grade?Lila Teal. (Jth Grade?Henry Lucas, Eugene 1 Abbott, Lavinia Coker, Maude Gar- j land Welsh, Bessie Hursey, Laurin Redfearn, Ethel Davis, Custis Melton Genevieve Hunley. 7th Grade?Johnnie Davis, Flora Belle Rivers, Eleanor Gulledge, Nez- 1 zic Burr, Annie V. MacRae, Sallie Mac Threat!, Ruth Hurst. 5th Grade?Leland Douglass. 4th Grade?Surah Teal, William Hough. 3d Grade?Lucile Teal, Erma Rivers, Edra Bittle, Ross Porter, Jack Trotti, Charles Rivers, Jennie Tyler, James Rivers, Hester Griggs, Lera 1 Eddins, Annie Bell Streater. 2d Grade?Evelyn Gaddy, Paul Parker, jr., Helen Hursey, Elsie Mangum, Margery Teal, Louise Jackson. Advanced 1st Grade?Evelyn Gul- : ledge. ! 1st Grade?Minor Hough. Redfearn Estate Sold c i The big ale of the Redfearn estate, < comprising 700 acres of some of the ' finest farming land in this section of * the State and two fine store buildings, 1 was consummated Tuesday and Wednesday, netting a total to the estate of '< $45,820.66. t The business house in which the Redfearn Co. is now installed went to 1 H. W. Pusser & Sons for the sum of > $3,300.00 ' inc v nesternem urug Store build- ' inK was bought by the Redfearn Co. for $1,000.00. r The home residence was sold to L. B. Rivers, of Morven, for $3,525. The old home place went to A. W. v llursey for $1,000. Dr. A. M. Redfearn bought 105 , acres for $0,000. The Fair Association bought about i eight acres for about $1,000. , A large part of the property sold i on Tuesday was bought by the heirs. { ==1 :ash purchase i ) titty cents, I ive You A r rth 10 Cents i; i1 upons with the pur- c ot goods we sell, 1 rr** i i V gasoline. 1 he only t the purchase must ! cents and it must >n, and you get cou- !< to the amount of [ instance, a five.dol- I :t you ten coupons. j[ d for their face value in the i i welry in our Novelty Show , to inspect. These coupons ; as we sell the goods at the e ce them or not. I f >ros. Co. ) ( J1 t Prize Winning Essays __ Herewith are presented two prizewinning essays, from the pupils of the schools at Mt. Croghan and Middendorf respectively. They deal with live subjects and earn the $1.00 prize each, awarded by The Advertiser. MT. CROGHAN COMMUNITY FAIR By Alwyn RatlifT The Community Fair was held at Mt. Croghan on Friday, November 3d. There was much interest taken in it, and it was splendid for the first trial. Friday morning about 9:30 o'clock a large crowd assembled at the school Dunning, where all the exhibits were. Some of the little girls served refreshments in the morning and about 12:110 o'clock oysters and sandwiches were served. There were numbers of nice things on exhibit, especially patch and fancy work. Some of the patch work had been made one hundred years. Much nice canned fruit, pickle, jelly and preserves was or display, and some of the ladies had some splendid cake, pies, wafers and biscuit. The farm products were also very good. Much interest was taken in poultry and livestock. Some fine chickens and quite a number of horses, cows and hogs were on exhibit. About 2 o'clock Dr. D. W. Daniels, of Clcmson College, South Carolina, addressed the people on the subject, "The Forces that Build a Community." He gave us much useful information and advice, and I am sure all who gave him their attention could not help but appreciate his speech. While the judges were making their decisions the athletes from Kuby were competing with Mt. Croghan in the high and broad jumps and several foot races. These were very interesting. Ruby won two prizes on the high jump, while Mt. Croghan won five on the broad jump and foot races. The last event of the day was the basket ball game between Pageland and Mt. Croghan. Both sides played hard, but the Mt. Croghan boys were a little tired as they had been working hard in the athletics, so Pageland won eight scores and Mt. Croatian six. We were glad to have a number of visitors from other communities who seemed to take an interest in our fair and hope to have them with us next year. Having a community fair is one of he best means by which to build up a [ :ommunity. It makes everybody take 1 liore interest in their things. They ry to have something better than ;heir neighbor. The ones who win lecond prize one year will try much larder for the first the next year. Our fair was a success this year ind next year we hope to have a bet,er one. Everybody, take an interest in the i 'air. Begin to think about what you vill put on exhibit next time and let's nake our fair the best communitv 'air in the county. dIDDENDORF COMMUNITY FAIR By Crete Sima Un the atternon of October 20th a ,hort program was given by the pu- ! >ils of Middendorf school. At the equest of Miss Alma Perry, princi>al, Attorney C. L. Ilunley came to lelp with the organization of a comnunity fair. He brought with him Messrs. Paul II. Ileum, editor of The Chesterfield Advertiser, and W. 11. 'raig, an attorney from Atlanta. Mr. Iunley gave a very helpful address, 'ollowed by short talks from Messrs. learn and Craig. After the speakng the following officers were electsd: Mr. J. B. Sims, prsident; Mr. L. ). Johnson, vice-president; Miss Alna G. Perry, secretary and treasurer. Miss Perry went to work at once lending out notices on the rural outes, notifying the people of a fair o be held Nov. 4th. Our people responded lavishly, mining in the products made in the lome and on the farm, filling a spanous class room of the school build?g Among the exhibits made in the lome were caned goods of all descrip-v ion, jellies, preserves, pickles, cakes, | >ies, knitting, crochet, tatting, em-1 irttiflprv nrwl ofltor thintra 1i?a nitmz.*_ 1 >us to mention. Among the exhibits from the farm ;am? corn, cotton, peas, rye, wheat, >ats, cotton seed, chufas, peanuts, mmpkins, citrons, turnips, sugar :ane, potatoes, etc. The potted plants, ferns, begonias, jeraniums, wandering Jew, the cut lowers, chrysanthemums, geraniums tnd roses, made a beautiful display. The judges, Mr. W. J. Tiller end diss Stella Mims, completed their vork by noon. At one-thirty the doors were opned and a large crowd filled the auditorium, to listen to the interesting ind helpful address given by Mr. V. E. Rector, principal of the Antioch industrial School. M essrs. W. J. Tiler, I'aul H. Hearn and Dr. L. H. Trotti also spoke. After the speaking the doors to the exhibit room were opened and .he room wtu* soon filled by the large There were visitors here from Bishopville, Kershaw, Lancaster, Bennettsville, Cli< Monroe, Wadesboro and Moreen and they did not hesitate to pronounce this the best county fair they had seen. Govern- i ment experts, Messrs. Elliott and Evans, and Mrs. Dora Dee Walker and Miss Moore all agreed that Chester- 1 field County was surpassed only by the State Fair and that only in quantity. Chesterlcld County has demonstrat- , ed that she can produce anything under the sun that is good to eat. She can dp this a little better than most any other section of the country and much easier. It would be difficult to say what < was the most surprisingly good, the four general farm displays, the community exhibits, the girls' canning club exhibits or the woman's fancy work. In all these departments mag- i nificent showings were made. Heretofore Mr. F. W. Rivers has 1 taken first prize for best general farm 1 display without very serious opposi tion. This year, though he out-did 1 himself and had on display 238 different items produced on his farm, he I was compelled to take second place, 1 the blue ribbon and the $25 prize going to Mr. D. T. Watson. He was * closely followed by Messrs!. T. W. Gaskins and G. L. Moore. All four i of these men demonstrated that t a Chesterfield County farmer can live at home. I Mr. Gaskins was preaching good gospel when he picked up a handful of soy beans and velvet beans and re- r marked: "These beans have almost wiped out my fertilizer bills. I be- \ lieve I can soon quit buying any fertilizer at all." C The rivalry between the community fair exhibits was keen and the race 1 close, Mt. Croghan winning 1st place over Macedonia by two points, the ? count being 98 to 100. Middendorf, with a very creditable showing, came I third. The prizes were $25.00 for 1st; $10.00 for 2d; $5.00 for 3d. I The work of the girls' canning clubs under Miss Stella Minis direc- ( 1 tion, was one of the chief wonders of f the Fair. These clubs have been or- ( ganized less than one year and the ^ exhibits excited comparisons with the s State Fair in favor of Chesterfield. The corn and pig club boys under s Mr. W. J. Tiller, made very fine showings. The progress in the corn clubs J is especially remarkable. Many people were heard to say 2 they had never before seen so much fancy work brought together in one J place. The quality was very high. The poultry exhibit this year far 2 surpassed anything ever shown here 1 before. It was a revelation to know that so many farmers are taking an and admiring crowd. ( The crowd was estimated at from three to five hundred. Every one was pleased with the arrangement of the fair and voted it to be extremely t good, to be gotten up on so short ! notice. The people went away with the de- j termination of making the next com- j ' munity fair a grand success. j r You mutt learn the Irtton of ' economy. Bring us your Savings; we put them to work for you. We carry fire and burglar insurance. N C. P. Mangum, Cashier. ' 51 KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL 1 t Health Is Worth Saving and Some Chesterfield People Know How to Save It. I jj Many Chesterfield people take i c their lives in their hands by neg- f lectins the kidneys when they knew r these organs need help. Weak kidneys nre responsible for a vast t amount of suffering and ill health, j but there is no need to suffer nor to | remain in danger. Use Doan's Kid- g ney Pills?a remedy that has helped thounsands of kidney sufferers. t The following statement leaves no t ground for doubt. t Mrs. E. J. Wicker, King St., Ben- v nettsville, S. C., says: "1 had pains r in my bark all the time and in the i morning I was so lame and sore that I I could hardly get out of bed. The 51 kidney secretions were iriegular In < passage and I had other kidney dis- 1 orders. Doan's Kidney Pills helped I me in eevry way." ] Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't t simply ask for a kidney remedy?get . Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that < Mrs. Wicker had. Foster-l^ilburn Co., Preps., Buffalo, N. Y. adv. Chesterfield Count) All Records?1 With the opening of the Chesterfield County Fair on Nov. 8th, Chesterfield county took her "place in the sun." We offer no apology for patting ourselves on the back. We are proud of our county, and if old Chestcrleld is not proud of herself she ought to dc*. vve Knew this was some county. Now everybody knows it. Mrs. L. W. Evans; 2d, Mrs. O. I. Pit- s' nan. Best single glass of pears: 1st, Mrs. ^ r. VV. Ilanna. Best single glas of apples: 1st, Mrs. w lohn Ilorton; 2d, Mrs. Emma Mel- ^ ;on. Best single glass black berries: 1st, Mrs. Coy Rivers. Best peach preserves: No. 218. th Best fig preserves, Mrs. O. I. Pit- lb nan. dt Best jelly: 1st, Mrs. B. C. Wads- St vorth; 2d, Mrs. B. J. Douglass. Si Best sweet peach pickle: 1st, Mrs. M 3oy Rivers; 2d, Mrs. Lottie Burr. ni Best loaf light bread: 1st, Mrs. J. rV. Hanna; 2d, Mrs. E. E. Hearn. at Best biscuit: 1st, Mrs. M. J. llough; !d, Mrs. B. J. Douglass. in Best plain cake: 1st, Mrs. J. W. nt ianna; 2d, Mrs. B. J. Douglass. Best layer cake: 1st, Mrs. M. J. lough; 2d, Mrs. Bob Redfearn. Best pound of butter: 1st, Mrs. sc -V. A. Douglass; 2d, Mrs. R. T. Red- ra earn. pr jirls Under 16: Best sour pickle: 1st, Helen llur- be ;ey- gr Best Dixie Relish: 1st, Helen Huricy. be Best apple butter: 1st, Annie May sy Tackson. D, Best biscuit: 1st, Lenona Melton; ,,c id, Madge Gaskin. ac Best plain cake: 1st, Rena Cato; 2d, dildrod Gaskin. M Best layer cake: 1st, Grace Rivers; id, Mildred Gaskin. jr IOUSEHOLD ART DEPARTMENT Best piece of embroidery by lady ru (Continued on Third Page) in; )FFICIAL STATEMENT COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION Ol The paid attendance at the ('her- l'? erfield County Fair for 1916 was as ollows: Wednesday, 992; Thursday, 109; Friday, 2232; Saturday, 12S8. aj. Total paid attendance, 8.">2, which el: ictted the sum of $1,970.70. te The paid attendance for Thursday, co i,i".', mill uiu lului paid attendance th if 8f>f>2, both set new records for T1 he County Fair. Thursday's crowd M vas the largest ever assembled in fo 'hesterfie'd county, it being estim- Di ited that there was six or seven Jo housand people in Chesterfield on m hat day. h:i And in addition to the gate re- fir eipts the Fair Association received to >11)7.50 from lunch stands and con- lo essions of all kinds, and $'ill.2K irl rom the Carnival company. Total sk eceipts were $2,171).4H. ju The expenses of the Fair Associa- b< ion were a great deal heavier this rear than in previous years, but it is )clieved that the receipts will cover tame. The woman aeronaut engaged by f,i he Fair Association to make balloon c iscensions cancelled her contract at M he last moment. Another aeronaut si vas contracted with by wire and ar- th ived on time. The Fair Association ai regrets he was unable to inflate his ei balloon on Thursday and Saturday pi ind the visiting public was disappoint- j ;d those two days. The Association j. lad to pay the aeronaut neverthe- 1 u ess. The ascensions Wednesday and i T Friday were made alright and each time the aeronaut, Mr. Walter J. L lewell, made a beautiful tripp'.e pararhute drop. j d CORRESPONDENCE CHESTERFIELD ROUTE 4 We are now having fine weather foi mall grain, but we can't tell about he future for it looks like heavj ains are about to commence. Road working and good roads must e about null in this community at e don't hear anything about them G. N. Clanton spent Saturday night 1 the Palmetto section. Mr. J. W. Odom returned homt unday evening from the County air. Messrs. Guss Clanton and Ervni dom attended Sunday school at almetto Sunday. Lots of people claim that they did ot see the County Fair balloon go PSome of the White Oak boys are >oting the hunting horn. Of course lilt means 'possum for dinenr tolorrow. Miss Jamie Smith, of the Shiloh ;ction, is spending a few days at the ome of G. X. Clanton. We are preparing for a protracted juirrel hunt next Saturday. Anyne wanting to join can send in his indication and bring along his gun r.,1 ? SNOW HILL Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sellers and lughter, Miss Cathleen, spent last [onday at Mars lilutV with Mr. and >s. Jesse Sellers. The ladies of Friendship church ild their W. M. U. at the home of rs. W. K. Parker. Masters James Smith and Herbert rallace and Jesse Wallace are spendg a few weeks in North Carolina. Mrs. Ben A. Brock has been quite ck for the past few weeks but hope le will soon be well attain. Mr. George Rivers spent last onday in Mars BlufT. Our school opened last Monday ith Mrs. Wright as principal and iss Ethel Duncan as assistant. M1DDENDORF The first Quarterly Conference of ie Midendorf circuit will be held at ebron church next Sunday and Monty, 19th and 20th. Rev. Peter okes, presiding elder, will preach jnday afternoon at 3 o'clock and onday morning at 11 o'clock. Din r will he served at the church. Several front here attended the fair Chesterfield last week. Mr. P. E. Hodge, of Coluinhia, was town one day last week on busies. Thanksgiving Day Exercises The Junior Order has given the hool a flag and will have a flag ising on Thanksgiving Day. The ogram will begin at one o'clock in e afternoon. An oyster supper will > given immediately after the proam. In the evening of the same day, ginning at 7:30 o'clock, "Miss Top-Turv.v, or the Courtship of the ?aeon," will be given by the young ople of the community. The charters are as follows: "Topsy-Turvy" (Nell Clarendon 1, iss Alma 0. Perry. "May Golden", Topsy's cousin? ene Rowe. "Mrs. Clarendon," Topsy's governs?Pauline Johnson. "Lord Clarendon," a rich Englishan?Clarence Brown. "Frank Golden," May's brother? tto Johnson. "Deacan Jones," pillar of the urch? iviifus Johnson. "Ned," servant?I). M. Rowe. ''TfifKV.Tlirw" ?c * k??viim> arum girl, fuil of fun and frolic, ways getting herself and everyone so into mischief, hut wilh a heart nder and true. Frank Golden, her usin, is her ally, and the mischief at one can't think of the other can. te courtship of Deacon Jones and iss Spriggs affords much amusement r the two plotters and mist ry to the aeon. Miss Spriggs becoms Mrs. nes and Topsy-Turvy helps her anage the Deacon. Lord Clarence is many jokes played upon him, hut tally falls in love with Topsy, much the anger of May Golden, who ves his wealth and position. Ned is >od and says: "Golly, where dat alewag ob a gal ebher is ebbCr liiur is' don' ^t-t topsy-turvy, sho's yo' )'n." Admission 15 and 25 cents. WEXFORD Our school opened Monday, Nov. Lh, with Prof. Silas J. Fincher, of ross Roads, principal, and Miss iary V. Sowell, of Friendship, asstant. Miss Sowell is well kno\.n in lis community and Mr. Fincher is i excellent teacher of some experiice. We predict for Wexford a rofitable school year. Among the guests at the home of T. Davison Sunday were Mr. Luke unter and family and Mrs. Lucy ucker and children. Mr. Rower Griggs and Miss Annie ee Morris, of Friendship, visited liss Theat Watson of Ebenczer, Sunay. Mrs. Daisy Sikes, of this section, it uite sick. | r Fair Breaks < Leads In The State s tl active interest in good chickens. r Some very fine stock was shown, pigs, cattle, horses and mules, not for- p getting the Angora goats, white rab- w bits, 'possums and squirrels. One of the finest things shown at j. this Fair was the good spirit of the losers. Where the rivalry was keen- g est, the loser, without exception, took p defeat gracefully and vowed to do better next year. ^ The carnival company was the best p the Fair Association has so far been able to secure. The free shows, high dive, trapeze u act and balloon ascension, were genuine thrillers and all that could be de- l( sired. A stiff breeze prevented the ?u? u..n ? mc uouuumsi ironi ascending on Thursday. But he gave excellent exhibitions on Wednesday and Friday. S( THE AWARDS h Community Exhibits Mt. Croghan won 1st prize prize of s< $25.00. o Macedonia won 2d prize of $10.00. a] Middcndorf won 3d prize, of $5.00. ai KITCHEN DEPARTMENT Best display of canned fruits, vegeables, jellies, preserves and pickles: 1st, Mrs. L. H. Trotti, $15.00. (': 2d, Mrs. Ella Gaskin, $10.00. 3d, Mrs. J. W. Hanna, $5.00. On the following items 1st prize .von $1.00. h< Best single glass tomatoes: 1st, Vliss Vera Horton; 2d, Mrs. J. W. fin una. ** Best single glass of beans: 1st, Mrs. 111 L. W. Evans; 2d, Mrs. J. W. Davis. Best single glass of peaches: 1st, SI i | Mr. Tom Watson and wife visited section Sunday. Mrs. A. Moore quite sick. We' hope she will soon recover. Mr. Bud Moore and wife and chil- IB , dren visited at Mrs. E. E. Moore's I B ' Mr. C. B. Morris and Master Denis I B , Parker, of Friendship, were visiting this section Sunday. Mr. Jake Moore, of Angelus, is vis- ^^B|^^B iting at the home of Mr. C. P. Moore. The great County Fair in all its ? glory, has come and gone. There are ' many happy hearts now looking forward to the next fair week one year i hence when greater things will be done to entertain the visitors and to to ? .1.. It scorns now that it will he difficult to improve upon the exhibits shown this year. Let everybody boost for the they will show what they <10 under faThere will (>< prenchiog at Thomp- H son Creek next Sunday 1 :30 a.m., I Sunday School The pub- H H cordially attend. The Woman's Club had a most intoresting meeting on the first Saturday of this month, and wo regret very much that it was impossible for Miss Minis to meet with us. The members participated in a lively contest and Nora Pegues, Miss June Jones and Mrs. T. 11. Briti-carried off the prize ?some beautiful chrysanthemums. fl The club will have a play and oyster I supper at the school house on Thanks giving night, for the b r 'he 9 school. Everybody i> cordially . vitod to attend. 3g| How nice it would be if the patrons ' ??* of the school would hold a mid-week prayer meeting at the school house every week! It would he so refreshing and would greatly help the community in both spiritual and temporal -3 work. .Mrs. A. W. Britt has been on the sick list, but is better at this writing. Little Lila Brown, who has been very sick, is much improved, we are glad to learn. Mr. Pierce Britt, who is in Trinity \ College, is so homesick that he says he is going to stay at home when he comes home for Christmas holidays. A great many people from this community attended the County Fair. PATRICK *jj Patrick was well represented at the , 3 County Fair last week. Hon. F.. J. Watson met with a numlit'T* (if f'tPliinPC Po iiv i ttu iv i\ i iiui duuy ind organized a farm loan association. The following officers were elected: .1. P. Poison, president; S. L. Thomas, vice president, and I). F. Iiuie, secretary. Miss Blanche Poplin, of Cassatt, spent the week-end with Miss Elsie Scott. Mrs. 1"). F. Buie and Mrs. S. 0. Goodale returned Monday from a visit to Cheraw and Marlboro county. Dr. W. .1. Langston, of Columbia, tilled the appointment for the Rev. P>. D. Thames last Sunday. Mrs. Blanche Sellers, of Wades! oro, is spending a while with Miss Irene Swink. Mr. D. C. Quick a d f . lily s,.? i Monday arid Tuesday in Marlboro county. * FAIR NOTES Mr. T. Ik Smith, of lYgelnnd had on exhibit at the fair some velvet bean meal, made by grinding up together the beans and pods. This is an experiment that bids well to prove profitable. This mixture will al?<>u equal cotton seed meat in nutrient value and may also he of equal service as a fert ilizcr. The exhibit of the Montrose Canning Co., should prove food for thought for progressive farmers. This factory offers a market near at hand f??r a great variety of vegetables, at a profitable price. They are already calling for sweet potatoes in large or small quantities . Farmers should give this factory, situated at Montivu?, near Cheraw ill the encouragement possible by keeping it well supplied with such by-products as they can use. It seems that a great many people have latel.v developed a way of kicking .at the gale-keepers of the Fair grounds when ihe said keeper is only obeying the instructions of the managers, who are also acting in accord wiin the rules of tin Association. It seems that when a gate-keeper or ticket seller tells a prospective patron of the Fair what his instructions ure in a given case that wouhl be enough. At any rate it ought to be understood that to abuse these men cannot change the regulations complained of. The Colored Folks Day at the Fair this year, as before, was a big day. There were many creditable exhibits' in all departments, but the women probably had the most attractive display. The cooking of course was good. The fancy work was surprisI ingly good. Some very fine pieces made by children were shown. One of the novelties that attracted coni sidcrable attentl>n was a hat made of pine straw necdlys by Mary Hildroti^^^B H