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-----1 AND; EWTO 'IE NEW K_ H.ERAD4 ESTABLISHED 1844 WINNSBORO,&S PT. eth, 1921VO.XI.N.2 eBe Sure t FAIRFIELD COUNTY REPORTED BY GREENBRIER. School opened Monday, September 5th, with a large attendance and the following teachers: Wfr. J. L. Cath cart, principal; Mrs. Eugene Stewart and Mrs. H. L. Castles. J. 1.E.- Brooks returned home last week, after- a short stay in. Co lumbk. AugusLee 'and Alva Harden, of Chester were Saturday evening vis itors in our. co Miss Annie La Caldwell, of Columbia,. was the wik-end guest of Miss Elizabeth Smith. The miny friends.of Claudi.Lewis - are glad- to see him out apifter m - months 4f typhoid feer. and Mrs. D. C. Ruff and fai. By returnea - home this week after a visit ~o relativr I Mis ane Smith or * Nor tha'Carlina. EAr ,Walteri ae4 of Cob=ia, spent Sunday in com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Chalotte visited Mrs. s the pst week. Msa lizabeth a spending some time t-baEi . I. RAuf, of Great FaII spnt with Mr. W M.ste FrP~anei w of Darngtm, ha 'be.n viitghs mother, Mrs W. F Miss Janie Castles, of Winnsboro, spent several days the pot week with friendw here. BLAIR. On Thursday evening Miss Mary Scales was hostess at a dinner party given in honor of Miss Bertha Mae Blair, a bride-elect. The table was spread for twelve guests and each guest was asked to write "good wishes" for the bride on his or her place card. Much merriment was caused when these were read. Miss Bertha Mae Blair was th-e guest of honor again on Friday af ternoon at a miscellaneous showe, given by Mrs. W. H. Long. The hemie was tastefully decorated in lovely pot plants. A very interesting centest of making the most words from the names "Blair-Martin'' af forded much pleasure. The prize for the contest was won by Misses Va leria and Bertha Mae Blair and they were presented with a box et clacolate. Sandwiches and tea we served. Miss Blair received many lovely gifts. .Master Thomas Parnell is visiting relatives in Columbia. Miss Helen Ragsdale, of Green ville, was the guest of her brothers, Messrs. C. H. and J. R. Ragsdale, last week. Mrs. Clyde Bost, who has been the guest of Miss Jennie Edrington, has returned to her home in Hodges. Mr. Gayden Edrington, of Colum bia, was the week-end guest of him father, Mr. J. M. Edrington. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wilkes, of Co lumbia, were week-end guests of Mrs J. S. Wilkes. Miss Alberta Wilkes, who has been visiting relatives in Normantown, Ga. has returned home. Messrs L. S. Henderson and Ed ward Blair were vistors to rela tives in Clinton last week. Mr. T. E. Wilkes was a visitor in Columbia on Wednesday. Mr. L. M Blair was a visitor in Columbia on Wednesday. Mr. L. M. Blair and Mrs. T. 0. Blair were visitors in Winnsboro on Thursday. WOODWARD. Miss Sarah Patriek left Saturday~ for Huntersville, N. C.. where she will teach in the graded school. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coleman spent Sunay in Columbia at the home of :o Attend EWS AS CORRESPONDENTS Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Coleman. Mrs. Macie Brice ha4d as guests for the week-end her brotger, Dr. George McAuley, of Atlanti and Alex and Charlie MeA , ter.. Mrs Matilda Brice is visiting ii Chester at. the home of her son, M. M Brice. , r. and Mrs. Bishop have returned to. Beaufort, after spending some time with kr. end Mrs. J. L. Brice. Miss Annabel Harvey returned to gnaraxle,. N. C., to take up her - er of the A. N. I. Col lege isses e and Fran cis Harv with their sisterto enter Oboa ,' Stewart Ea1r e y -10r Cis M Colege Weft Miss Lila has gone to a01 ~flteeh iri the, held oe. 'th'ridst .as cluded a number of visitors from Chester, York, Columbia, Whitg Oak and Winnsboro, spent the evening in dancing, Fonversation. and playing games. Mesdames A. W. Brice, Ma cie Brice, E. M. Kennedy and D. A. Coleman assisted the hostess in en tertaining and serving refreshments. S. M. Brice spent Monday in Co lumbia. LEBANON. Mr. S. Wilkes Denby, state sec retary of the Christian Endeavor, is to give a talk to the members Saturday evening at 8:30, Septem ber 10 Misses Margaret and Pauline Tur ner left Saturday to begin their school work. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brice and family, of Rock Hill, spent Sunday with Mrs. Maggie B. Turner. Dr. and Mrs. Ross Pope, of Union, pent last week with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pope. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Blair and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Plaxico an~d fam ily, of York, attended the Turner Pope wedding last week.. Miss M. E Clarke is visiting ther sister, 'Mrs. J. L. Burgess, in Co lumbia. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Carter and family, of Smith's, attended the Turner-Pope wedding last week. Mrs. John Pope is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Carter, at Smith's. Mrs. John Y. Turner spent part of last week in Spartanburg with Mrs. Charles Simms., Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Turner spent the week-end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Press-! ly, near Chester., MOSSY DALE. As is the custom, the trustees of Bethel school invited the patrons and* friends of the schools to be present at the opening last Monday morning and a more representative and enthu siastic gathering it has never been my privilege to attend; and I am sure that good resujts will come from what was said, promised and endorsed by both patrons and teach ers. C H. Leitner was master of ceremonies, and that means that the crowd sopn got the spirit on them. Rev. R. E. Sharp and Dr. Hamilton Dairy DEATH OF CAPT. C. S. W Capt. Charles Steves many years a resident 4jC"ol died Tuesday afternoon et the of his son-in-law, G. F.- PAtto Winnsboro. His many friends, and througbout the Stkte will. regret to hear of his passing;' ,hou h in his 88th year, it was ult to -associate the idea of *. one of such buoyant -tri ' -twith- ena tnit u by yeara, __i, tenis &n all great e i wori over Born at St. John's 3 I the son ofsa .foreher) I~wIght, .- - batbe bestiitio ikraet ca eer - br iud sweet -his Qhrrleston, aa~ Ziong Winn&A " leet Chares*ins. graduated is 1854. ' brothers bbrab~ in soul, heo t atth thstati frmtheciyt read a paragiaph -rffa personal letter in whichf be says he. can give but little infornation-and for good reason. He, rites: "'I served in the Palmetto Guard from December 30, 1860, on Morris Island until we took Sumterland then with 120 of the guard volunteered in Kersbaw's regiment and went to Virginia for the war. I never saw South Carolina but once during the war and then for three days. Did not see Charleston at all-so you see I had little opportunity to note the mover ents of my college cqmrades. "There speaks a -man, my brothe alumni, of whom we should be su premely proud. No 'holiday soldier' that! He volunteered for the war, and during four years of, arduous services he came home for three days only. "All honor to Charles Stevens Dwight of the class of 1854, captain of engineers, staff of Maj. Gen. J. B. Kershaw." Although the ardent young Caro linian served in 14 or 15 battles he was never wounded. He recalled two meetings with Gen. Robert E. Lee, and treasured an autograph letter from the great commander comph menting him for a survey. His work was also warmly commended by Gen. Lafayette McLaws, C. S. A. After the surrender he emigrated to Honduras where he followed the profession of civil engineer,* Iut, be fore long, returned to the sta~tes. His last public wcrk was as engineer of roadway of the Columbia, New berry and Laurens railroad and nine years ago, at the age of 79, he built that road's bridge over Broad river at Columbia. Captain Dwight was a staunch Episcopalian, a devoted cehurchman, and during his residence of 20 year in Columbia was closely identified Captain Dwight married MissMa ria Gaillard, of Fairfield, who sur vives him. He leaves a sister, Mrs. H. N. Spencer of Winnsboro, formerly ly of St. Louis; a'-sony Charles S. Dwight,- of Charleston, and daugh-. ters~ Miss Marie G. Dwight, Charleston; Miss Martha ~P. Dwi' and Mrs. Eugene C. Cathcart, of Co lumbia, and Mrs. G. F. Patton, of Winnsboro Funeral services were conducted at 5 o'clock Wednesday ifternoon 'it St. JTohn's Episcopal church, Winns kting He FIRST WEEK JURORS -1. John Dixon . J. J. Brice. 3. S. G, Gwin. 4. H. P. Mann. J. B. Clowney. B. Martin. E. Hooten. R Brice McDonald. W. Horne. 0 .D; Robertson. E.Hill. G. Isenhower. E T. Boulware. -James Shirley. C. Hood. 16..J. Stevenson. 'i. E'Roberts. . Wylie. 19 .(happel - Mami. 21 . &txon. ".Red ~Y, TUrnUr. 4 . Reeves. Sloan. Douglas. Rbm son. T. W5 Mann. V.Ad. F. A esPorte. .."MGNS. .e ,,al September 15. Rome demnstration work has groWn under .Mrs; Clowney's direc tia in Fairfield county and since the esablishment and successful opera. tion of the community market in Winsbqro the farm women are loath to ive up the..home demonstration work in Fairfield county. A com mittee,' composed of the following wolnen, has been appointed by the farm women..to use their influence with -t). county delegation in get ting money to continue this work ir the county: Mrs. J. D. Blair, of Strother, representing the Blair com, munlty; Mrs. Archie Young, of *innsboro, representing the Hickory Ridge community; Mrs. J. L. Rat tere% of White Oak, representing White Oak; Mrs. M. B. Martin, of S&6.er, representing Salem; Mrs. T. H. Wilds, of Longtown, repre sentiig~ that community; Mrs, Mcl roy, representing Avon; Miss J. R. Turner, of Winnsboro representing Lebinon. MRS. KEEHAN GIVES CARD PARTY. Mrs. William Keehian entertained sards Friday afternoon. Six ta bles were set for bridge. The 'first pise, a pair of silk hose, was won by Miss Fkride Martiun; the consola tion. la pin cushion made from a snall doll attractively dressed, was cut by Miss Eliabeth Sloan. Block pream and cake were served. The favors were pink tissue paper roses filled with mints. Camp Hampton; No. 389, Unite' (dnfederate Veterans, of Columbi.9 sent a delegation to act as body ghard at the funei.l of the late Comrade, Capt. Chas. S. Dwight. The delegation conssisted of the fol loing members of Camp Hampton: W. A. Clark, Commander; D. R. Flenniken, Adjutant; J. W. Mc Ceight and Chas. S. Goodwin, mem bts of Camp Hampton. The Camp~ ao sent a very handsome flor'al de sign to be placed upon the grave of teir late comrade. Mr. Clark, thc cmander of Camp Hampton, is p bly, since the death of Capt. Dwighft, the oldest living alumnus oi ltaion College. He attended as student at Mt. Zion under Professo: Hudson in 1857 and spent three con sentivee years as a student. Ir " 'ver Gen. Alston and 'in 18E under Professor Muller. re Saturds FINANCIAL STATEME BOARD To the Ttaxpayers of the Town, Elec tric Light Custome% and Water Customers: , We are publishing for your infor mation the report of the Gooding I Audit Company, of Columbia, S. C., showing the results of the operation I of the electric light and waterworks i plants for the year ending April 30, 4 1921. It may also interest you to learn that since the town began to use the electric current of the Parr Shoals Power Company, from June 1916 to July 31st, 1921, the Board has paid that company for electric current the sum of $25,522.07; and has during the same time paid on the $10,000 bonus account the sum of $4,849.29, leaving due on such bonus account on July 31st, 1921, the sum of $5,150.71. The bonus acckmt is payable, with out interest in monthly instalments of $133.33. Respectfully submitted, Board of Public Works, By J. E. McDonald, Chairman. Report of Gooding. Audit Company. Hon. J. E. McDonald, Chairman, Beard of Public Works, Wiimsboro, S. C. I ear Sir: We hand- you herewith .report wing the cash receipts of the the disposiazn of same .year -- reccrds are 'not as complete-as they might be, we are of the npinion that these figures present the actual facts in the case. In view of the fact that the 'board has borrowed no money for oper ating duing the current year, and has made considerable headway in-liquidating old liabilities, we would consider the net results for the year to be decidedly satisfactory. Respectfully, , Gooding Audit Company, By H. E. Gooding, C. P. A. Cash Receipts and Disbursements Year Ending April 30, 1921. Receipts: Balance May 1, 192t......$ 98.13 Receipts, light & water... 17,770.17 Town Winnsboro for water mains. .............. 1.500 4" Sale of old boiler.......... 900.00 Miscellaneous receipts... ....532.09 TOTAL ..............$20,800.79 DISBURSEMENTS. Operating Expense. Labor ..........$3,553.06 Mat.-Sup.-Reprs.. 4,112.51 $74665.59 Lr. Amnt. from Town . ..... .. .1,500.40 $6,465.19 Power .................. 6,230.90 Salary, superintendent 1,750.00 Office rent................. 165.00 Miscellaneous expenss..... 241.33 TOTAL..............$14,552.48 Excess cash receipts over operating expense. .. .. ..6,248.31 Disposition of Excess House at plant.........$ 1,682.15 Ford truck ............... 553.80 Office quipment ........... 154.28 t New mains ............. ,500.40 I Plant improvement (par-i tial) .. .......-.-... $ 3,890.63c Liquiationl Old Debts Paid on Parr Shoals in- ( debtedness..-..--.--..-..-.$ 600.0 : Paid on other notes and accounts ........2,162.71 6 - $ 2,762.711 t Less overdraft at end pir-s iod.............--.$ 405.04 'l Net Reduction ........$ 2,357.68 u Total of plant improve- - ment and Liquidation. .. . .$6.248.31 *s This statement does not take into e consideration any extensions exceot i the.min paid for b? the Town s ty, 1th. NT OF THE OF PUBLIC WORKS ATHLETICS ATeMT. ZION. The high schools of the state have earned that to get good work out >f school pupils they must make high schools a greater attraction by offer ng good games as well as good itudies. Also they realize a good bitizen is best made by learning ;eam work, loyalty, honesty of effort while in high school. The. eextension department of South Carolina organized a tww weeks' athletic school for, athletic :oaches so p3 to train them ha- to' :onduct all games. They have as oaches, Sol. Metzor, in footbal, Zoach Bean, of Atlanta Athletie Clubr mud Georgia Tech, end others, all ioted men each at the head of their iepartment. Coach M. M. Stewart, of Mt. Zion, s taking the courae and reporta nach work. He has his uniform with him and' is getting in great sha by eight hours work es day/ * earning muel of, the insi& *art of 'he gain$ and expects to put out a rood team this falL As school beins next week the fa niliar sound of "signals" and "hit him hard" will soon be floating oe the college green. THOMAS P. UYSON, home here las aturday aftins at 3 o'clock and was buried Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. The fperal services were conducted by Dr. Oliver Johnson, his pastor, at the A. R. P. church and burial took place at the A. R. P. church immediately after. Mr. Bryson was born at Ora, Laurens county, April 22, 1852. Forty-one years ago he came to Fairfield coun. ty where he made his home up to the time -i his death. He was a large planter, and lived on his farm - until four years ago, when his 'helata failed. He sold his farm and movn to town. He had been an invalid foi ' the past six months, not being able to be out of the house. He had a stroke of paralysis August 29, from which he never rallied. He was pa tient and submissive during all his long sickness. He was twice knar ried, the second time, June 28, 1899, to Miss Mattie Mills, of Ches ter county, who survives him. He is survived by the following sisters: Mrs. John Woodruff, Hattlesburg, Mies- Mrs. C. '. Wright, Spartan burr; Mrs. E. A. Wright, F'ountain in, ,and Mrs. Frank Pearsen, Wood IWO DAYS' CLINIC HELD Th WINNBBORO. Dr. R. G. Hamilton, health officer >f Fairfield county, held a tubercu osis clinic in Winnsboro in th ounty health offices lastThr: ind Friday. He was assisted by Dr. Ernest Cooper, who is in charge of :he State Tubereulosis Sanatarfum Lt State Park, and Dr. B. E. Kneese, who until recently was connecte vith two of the largest hospitals in he United .States 'and Canada. Dr. Cneese returned to South (Varolina o enter the public health service, an. s the health officer of Newberr. ounty. Miss Helen Senton of the ureau of child hygiene, also assist d Dr. Hamilton. A great 'deal of' aterest wvas shown in the clinic, 'here was an attendanc'e of 75 with 1 examinationos. , Dr. Hamilton and Miss Clements, he county health nurse, are in their econd year's work in this county. 'hey are a very wideawake unit and ave been very successful in building p this -department in Fairfield. rhich we have both charged .and redited, nor does it allow env cred b for increase in the inventory ot upnlies on hand for the vear.