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COL. BILL WILSON VISITS
GREENWOOD COUNTY FAIR


dry goods early Friday morning last
and decided he would go over to
Greenwood and take a look at the
county fair, and incidentally see the
| football game between the Green
wood Hi and the Abbeville Hi teams.
The Col. selected the best driver in
town and also first class companion
in the "pusson" of Dick Parker, who
knows all about fairs and football.
The Colonel was a little skittish
about the roads to Greenwood, and
so made inquiries. Some friend ad-
vised him of new road, and when
he had passed the forks of the road
at the seven mile rock he command
ed the driver to keep a sharp look
out for a road which turns to the
right. Sure enough it was there,
though the Colonel said he had nev-
er seen it before. The road was said
I to lead to Salak and in that direction
the party headed. Not much progress
had been made when Colonel Will
son declared that he was in new
country. In fact he did not know
there was any such country as he
was passing through, he said. He had
studied the geography of the whole
United States when he attended
school near the Cabell woods and he
had never seen this territory nor
district mentioned. If he had not
seen the new country with his own
eyes he would have said there care
no SIGH" He is positive that Colun1-
bus saw nothing of it when he dis
covered America. Though, he said he
would bet that Bob Link and Old
Man Stark would claim they knew
all about the premises all along the
road. If so he does not understand
why they did not buy the whole thing
out when buying was easy.
At any rate Colonel Wilson and
his accessories before the fact kept
the straight road ahead and after
about an hour they began to see
signs of civilization, and in a little
while they we're on the Verdery road
and travelling towards Greenwood.
When they reached Greenwood they
found few people there except Abbe-
Vile rooters for the football game.
Proceeding to the fair grounds
Col. Wilson discovered the crowd
was there, and everybody was ready
for the game. Now, the Cononel has
his own ideas about football game,
and he does not think he wins unless
he knocks out the whole opposing
team and climbs all four of the goal
posts and crows like rooster on the
cross beams. He liked the way the
Abbevitle boys walked down the field
in the first' two quarters, but if he
had not been Presbyterian with
new pastor, he would have sWern a
little when the boys fumbled the ball
three times in striking distance Of the
home base. But he said that he would
plead no alibi. In the third quarter
when the Greenwood boys fought
manfully and finally by good fast
football put it across, the Colonel
was outdone. He had about hung his
hat on willow limb, and was ready
to go home. But the Greenwood boys
were too anxious. They outran the
ball in the last quarter and Gladiator
Swetenburg snatched it up and rae
ed over. He then kicked goal, putting
Abbeville one point to the good. The
Colonel then said he knew they
could do it, but he was obliged to say
they were a long time about it. If
Joe Crawford had gotten across with
that other try just before the whis-
tie blew, the Colonel could have
eaten two helpings of the hash serv-
ed up against the side of the fair
house, he said.
But the Colonel got disguised when
Greenwood tried to plead an alibi for
its team. "That team does not need
an alibi," the Colonel declared. They
know how to take care of themselves
and play the game. All ball teams