The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-07
VAN WICK FAIR
SPLENDID SUCCESS
MANY FINE EXHIBITS
Business Very Active in Pro-
gressive Community-Box
Supper Next Friday.
Many FINE EXHIBITS

are making use of it in gathering
their crops and in sowing grain.
Some complain that the land is too
dry and hard to put grain in as It
should be, but there is an old saying
about busting wheat and smearing
in oats" If this is true saying the
wheat crop will be put in right, as
there has been dust for some time.
The early sowing of oats is looking
fine-a good stand but we have no
ticed a good many Hessian Fly work
ing on it and if the dry, warm
weather continues much longer the
early oats will be set back by the fly
saping it.
The Van Wyck community fair
was a great success and surpassed
the most sanguinary expectations of
its promoters. The officers of the
fair wish to express their thanks to
all who aided with exhibits, and in
other ways, to make it so successful.
Without the cooperation of the
community we could not have had a
fair worthy of our enterprising com
cessful with our community fair
lets all join in and help to make our
county fair a success. We have the
exhibits and we should have Van
Wyck community well represented
at our third annual fair for Lancas
ter county. The other community
fairs of the county are arranging to
Q have their exhibits there, and Van
Wyck must not be behind in this
movement. Why not join in, in a
real cooperative spirit, and let Van
Wyck lead?
Some of our Van Wyck people at
tended Carolina Institute communi-
ty fair in Mecklenburg county last
Friday. Mr.. and Mrs. X. II. Massey ;,
Miss Eva Massey. Mrs. ]. A. Hyatt,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Yoder, Miss Bes-
sic Cunningham, Mr.. ]. ID. Griffin
and Misses Louise Vaughan and
Kathleen Bates were among those
who attended. The exhibits were
good, showing that Carolina com
munity is progressive and an up-to-
date people. The horse and mule ex-
hibit was especially good-the
chicken and cattle industry was n.
evidence but the, hog exhibit was
lacking. The fancy and household
departments had fine exhibits and
show that this community has some
experts in these important lines
On last Sunday morning there was
NJ
Wyck people when it was reported
that horse had been stolen from tn.
stables of Mr.. ]. III. Crenshaw. The
horse and the bride was gone and
the lot gate standing open. Parties
followed the track of the horse to a
point near Osceola, where they were
Informed by a colored man that he
found the horse wandering about and
put II in one of his stables The con-
clusion was that some one rode the
horse to Osceola and there abandon
ed the, hourse perhaps boarding a
passing train. The horse was recov-
cred and seemed none the worse for
his nights outing.
Mr.. Jim Graham is shipping some
very fine sweetgum logs from Van
Wyck. These logs are being cut ana
hauled out of the Twelve Mile Creek
bottoms. The dry weather makes the
hauling OF these logs comparatively
an easy job, as the land is like a
paved road. There Is some fine tim
ber in Twelve Mile Creek bottom 1
some elm, sycamore, ashe, birch
wood and other hardwood. and the
only time II can be handled to ad-
vantage is during a dry spell.
Mrs. J. ". Davis and little daugh-
. ter, Ellen. and Miss Lethia Haywood
are visiting relatives and friends at
Rockingham. N. c. They will at
tend the Rockingham fair white
there. "~ 20 H9i
Mary Hicklin, an antebellum col
ored woman. the type that Is so rap
idly disappearing. died last satur-
day near Van wyck and was buried
at White Oak cemetery on Sunday.
Aunt Mary must have been nearing
her hundred mark IL not already
past 1t, and was an interesting old
person. "
There will be an oyster and box
supper at Van wyck school house
next Friday night, Nov. 10th. Ev-
erybody Is cordially invited to at