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Additional Locals WIFE OF SENATOR GORE Will Visit Relatives in Honea Path for Several Days. Mr. Cameron M. Kay of Palestine, Texas, accompanied by his sister, Mrs T. P. Gore, of Oklahoma City, Okla., will arrive at Honea Path Saturday to spend awhile with their uncle, Mr. , Milton Kay, on MeGee street. They j are children of the late John T. Kay. who left here in 1866. Their father ; was born and reared near tms place and was familiarly known as "Bud j Kay." After leaving here he spent ^ 4 some time in Meridian, Miss., later j ? going to Palestine, Texas, where he ( located permanently. He was prominent in the affairs of his county and ] served as treasurer for some time. He died about eight years ago. ? Honea Path Chronicle. Going to the Wedding. 1 1 Miss Antoinette Thomson and Miss ] Mary Perrin go over to Rock Hill ? next week to be present at the wed- j ding of their cousin, Miss Mary Thomson to Samuel Reid Spencer. ] Miss Thomson is well known and , erreatlv beloved in Abbeville and , every one wishes her a happy and ' j prosperous life. \ < Returns To Hospital. \ ( Mr. Wm. S. DuPre, who returned from the hospital in Chester some \ weeks ago has found it necess?.rv to < \ go back to the hospital for further j treatment. His many friends hope j for his early return jfnl'y restored to ] he-lib. "Protea Ilnd" in five parts, a big feature dealing with the adventures J of the great Protea, is the attraction I * for Saturday. Don't fail to see it. < i ; |. Death of Mrs. George S. Wilson j1 Mrs. George S. Wilson died at her 1 home in the Warrenton section on c June 10th, 1915, after an illness of ? over three months duration. She 1 bore her suffering with fortitude but 2 death came as a relief. Ic Funeral services were held at the Warrenton church Friday afternoon, * conducted by Rev. H. C. Fennel and ^ Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, and the inter- 1 ment was at Sharon cemetery. Mrs. Wilson was a Miss Brooks and ^ is survived by three sisters, Mrs. P. ( A. Cheatham, Mrs. R. C. Wilson and ^ Miss Maggie Brooks. Mrs. Wilson * has raised a large family of worthy * children and she leaves to mourn her. ^ loss her husband, Mr. George S. Wil- I ^ son, and Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, Mrs. 1 M. C. Beauford, Graniteville, and * Miss Nina Wilson, her daughters and * seven sons, as follows:?Walter B. Wilson, Paul G. Wilson, Curtis F., ' Miles F., George S., Henry and J. Lowry Wilson. Mrs. Wilson was an earnest church worker and was a power for good in her community. She will be greatly missed by a large circle of 1 relatives and friends. J ^ Death of Charlton H. Sondley. < Charlton H. Sondley died at the i1 home of his brother. Richard Sond-! ley, in this city, on last Saturday af-j' ternoon at seven thirty o'clock. He j ^ had been sick for several days, but' was thought to be improving until a day or two before his death. Mr. Sondlev was a native of Col1 ] umbia. He removed with his par-1 ents to Abbeville county when he I was about sixteen years of age, and ! i ' lived on the farm near Abbeville j since that time. He was a bachelor. | Mr. Sondley was a man of retiring disposition. He was warm hearted i ?vwl 1 1 1 l-j- r 1 1 <inu ^cniai aim iu\eu ins menus, DUt < on account of the fact that he visited j very little, he was not known well by many people. By his friends he was greatly loved and respected. He was one of the most constant readers of the Bible, we presume, in the county. ' His funeral services were held at the home of his brother, Richard Sondley, on Sunday afternoon, at six o'clock. A great number of people assembled out of respect to the deceased and his kindred. The services were conducted by Rev. H. W. Pratt of the Presbyterian church, af^ ter which his remains were laid to rest in Long Cane cemetery. Mr. Sondley is survived by his brothers, Richard Sondley, Auditor for Abbeville County, and Lewis; Sondley, of the Seaboard Air Line j Railway. .H Death of Mr*. Sarah Drennan. Mrs. Sarah Drennan died at her < home in the Bethel section Saturday. June 12th, 1915, after a long and painful illness. Funeral services were held at Cedar Springs Sunday ] afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Kerr, and the interment was in the \ adjoining cemetery. . Mrs. Drennan is survived by two \ daughters, Mrs. W. T. Magill, of Ab- t beville, and Mrs. A. D. Kennedy, of ; Due West and two sons, J. P. and A. ( K. Drennan, both of Abbeville. ( Mrs. Drennan was a woman known ? in her community for kind and chari- t table deeds and her neighbors will ^ miss her. She was a constant at- ? tendant of the Seceder church at Abbeville and the congregation t iieard of her death with deep regret. ^ t Death of Mr. Link. t c Mr. Fred C. Link, a trusted engi- i leer of the Seaboard Air Line Rail- a way, and lately Road Foreman of r Engines, met a tragic death last t rhursday, when the engine on which r ie was riding was wrecked. s Mr. Link was a Canadian by birth. He came to Abbeville about fifteen l pears ago. He and his wife soon be- s :ame great favorites in Abbeville, c Both were noted musicians. Some fc ive years ago, Mrs. Link was drown- s ?d at Providence, R. I., and now j :he husband too has met an untimely \ 2nd. s The body of the deceased was g :aken to Belleville, Ontario, where t :he burial took place. r . Mr. Link is survived by his mother i md one sister, Mrs. Geo. Taylor, of t Durham, N. C. p t Death of Mr. T. N. Tolbert. 1 t Mr. Thomas N. Tolbert, of the r Smithville section of the county, x lied at his home Wednesday morning a rune 9th, 1915, after a long and .veary illness. e Mr. Tolbert was a familiar figure u n Abbeville, having held the post t )ffice here for two terms some years v igo. He has always been looked t lpon as one of the substantial citi- r :ens, interested in the welfare of the a :ounty and the town. r Mr. Tolbert was born at Rehoboth ? Church, near Phoenix, but moved to i Abbeville many years ago. He was c n the seventy-third year of his age. 3e is survived by his wife and Mrs. p S. P. Jones, and Miss Mattie Tolbert, , >f Abbeville county, Mrs. Elizabeth ^ Vlann, of Richland county, his daughs ,ers, and the following sons, Messrs. ^ jeorge R., A. M., Thomas, John, Luther and Charles Tolbert. a For many years Mr. Tolbei't was ^ i loyal member of the Beulah Bapc :ist church, and funeral services were t leld there Thursday morning, and g :he interment was in the old Morton ? jurying ground. j t A Thought for the Week. c t (Progressive Farmer.) e The fact is that the farmers have al- r owed the control of their industry to ? ;lip out of their hands, and they are s squeezed because the organized iniustry always unloads its burdens up- . >n.the unorganized. If farmers are T :o retain a surplus of wealth beyond :he bare necessities of life; if they . ire ever to see in the rural districts iny of the luxuries and comforts of :he city, they must make it their persistent and fundamental policy to . .vork toward complete control over . :ne manufacture and sale of all the products of the farm?its stocks, its r :-rops, its by-products, and the manu- < facturing business connected with r these, so that they can act in their awn interest through their own agents in district markets, and push their produce with the energy of ^ self-interest.? George W. Russell, ' Editor "Irish Homestead." ( It is difficult for a man to con- * vince a woman that she is in (he ' wrong when she knows she is. In some churches they pray for the 1 widows and the orphans?but, as a 1 rule, more wives are In need of prayers than widows. The wife of a man of few words usually has a monopoly on the vocabulary. A girl doesn't always make a noise like a bell when she dresses loudly. Mrs. Lawton H. Wanamaker is in the city from Orangeburg visiting her brother, Dr. G. A. Neuffer. Mr. Arthur Williams, of Columbia, was in the city Sunday spending the day with friends. JUDGE R. E. HILL Submits Some Thoughts On The Question of Germany'n Right to Sink the Lusitania. Editor Press and Banner: While it is to be regretted the oss of life of innocent non-combatints of America at the sinking of ;he Lusitania, I cannot but think hat the United States' authorities vere to blame for not warning them )f the danger incident to sailing unler the flag of a belligerent nation, tnd especially, in taking passage on he ill-fated Lusitania after being varned not to do so oy the German luthorities. A person taking passage on a ship v^klo* fA o Kollifroronf nflfiftn pri. 'aged in war, it seems to me, takes he same chances that one would ake who would go into the rifle pits >r other field works of one of the beligerent nations, through curiosity, tnd if hurt while there, should blame 10 one but himself. As has been ruthfully said 'a stray bullet is no espector of persons or nationality," ind the same is true of submarines. There should be an international aw prohibiting the carrying of pasengers and war material and other :ontraband goods for the use of a >eligerent nation in the same vesel, then it might be reasonably exacted that the other warring powers vould avoid destroying passenger hips; but as long as English passert:er ships carry war material to desroy German lives, it is not right or easonable for the United States to nsist upon Germany not destroying hem without first observing certain ireliminaries which would subvert he whole purpose 0/ the submarine. ?herefore President Wilson's proest will not be recognized by Gernany. She can't aftord to do so, it vould give England too much the idvantage. England with her numerous cruistrs and great battle slilps has effectlally blockaded the German ports to hat no merchant vessel, no matter vhether it belongs lo a neutral naions or whether it be laden with ion-contraband articles, can enter my of these ports, and the German iavy being hemmed up in i;he North >ea, the only reliance the Germans lave to meet such a condition is up>n their submarines. The United States, in its note of irotest to Germany s;ay in effect: 'Its all right and proper for you to lestroy the merchant vessels of the illies sailing under t. neutral flag, >ut before doing so you must first top them, send a searching party iboard and if found that they are in he service of the enemy ot- have :ontraband aboard, you may destroy hem, provided you give the crews tnd any passengers who may be iboard ample time to get off. As las been said by the Germans, if his were undertaken to be done, the hances would be ten to one that her submarines would be blown up sither by the merchant vessel halted, nany of which have mounted guns iboard, or by some of the enemies :ubmarine destroyeic. Since reading the interview of Cx-Senator Albert J. Beveridge with Bernard Shaw, the distinguished En IIU \ Cll.-M, 1 puunauuu 111 Collier's Weekly, I more than sver impressed with the fact that the American people are laboring under t very great mistake as to the causes eading up to the great war now beng waged among the leading Euro>ean countries, in eluding: Russia, rurkey, and Japan. From what Mr. 5haw says this war has been inevitible for years. Primarily it was to have been a var between Germany and Austriarlungary on one side against France and Russia on the other. When this ,vas seen by England, she, being jeal>us of the wonderful progress which Germany was making commercially and from every other standpoint, entered into a secret agreement, through the instrumentality of Premier Asquith and Sir Edward Gray, with France, whereby it was undercf aa/1 fUnf +li o 4- l?t?n ?/ifl Liiciu iii cuc tvuut iuai i lawtt should be involved in a war with Germany, England would take sides with the former. Thus it was, said Mr. Shaw, that the English nation was led up to the guns blindfolded. Upon Senatoi Beveridge remarking that "according to that" "Germany's violation oi Belgian neutrality had nothing to dc with England entering the war; Mr, Shaw answered "Nothing, whatever except to furnish Mr. Asquith with s presentable and correct pretext for | entering on a war to wnich he was already secretly pledged, Belgium or no Belgium. Belgian's Neutrality, Nonsense! So said Mr. Shaw, and furthermore, that everybody knew for ten years before this war began that Germnay would march through Belgium in case of war with France. Why Germany had constructed straegic railways right up to Belgium's frontier! j What other object could she have had J in doing this? He further goes on to state th:.t the British Government had long since taken action accordingly. "Not only were the English fleets disposed and stationed according to plar.s agreed upon in persuance of the secret pledge made by Sir Edward Gray r.nd Premier Asquith ' to France, but the English government had a private understanding Iwith Belgium so that Great Britain j J and France could meet the; German j attack in Belgium when the war . came. i mis corooorates a statement wnicn I saw soma time ago, made by the Germa government respecting this i secret understanding between England and Belgium in case of war between France and Germany. As Mr. Shaw states that when the Germans captured Brussels they discovered documents recording the fact that the English government had fixed things up with Belgium so that Great Britain and France could meet the German attack in Belgit.m. On being asked by Senator Beveridge why this combination against Germany, Mr. Shaw replied, "the balance of power and our command . of the sea, you know that we regard the sea as our private property." I Now remember this is the statement; of a loyal subject of Gresit Britain. ~ As I have before stated, I don't believe President Wilson's protest f will be recognized by the Germans, J without additional modification, as L if mr/MilrJ rrurn ITr>rrlon/1 faa rfrnof on 4 Ai/ vv vuiu uitgiutiu iv/w i vuu an ^ advantage. Why if a submarine were required to go through all the requirements of haulting a merchant vessel sailing under a neutral flag had to send a number of the crew aboard to see whether she had any contraband aboard, and then if such contraband should be found, give sufficient time for the crew and any. passengers who might be aboard to j j get off, they had just as well dis-1 pense with their submarines, as' there would be precious few ships destroyed, for if the submarine itself were not blown up by the guns mounted on the merchant ship, as is undoubtedly the ca;ic in many instances, the ship, while the search j was being made, having much great-. er speed than the submarine, could j 1 put on steam, hoist her sails and | ] V proceed on her way with impunity. 4 ! The English could grant free,^ transportation to American citizens J 'on their ammunition ships for the ^ 'sole purpose of protecting the cargo j J 'from submarine attacks, if our gov- ^ lernments note should be accepted !j j by the Germans, without additional ^ modification. d The submarine is a new instru- j ment of warfare just as are the 4 , dirigible and aeroplane, and there- d fore, cannot be governed by anti- ' quated international law. If that ^ were"- not true then no new invention a of a weapon of warfare could be 0 ' made use of, especially if the same ? 'should be of an extra destructive * ! character, until there be an interna- ? j tional law adopted respecting its use. (I Whv clinillfl i\0 -? /liflfoi-Qnna W made in the use of the submarine and J that of the gas bombs which is a d weapon of a newer type? The man-',# ! ner in which humanity looks upon ^ the use of such weapons upon anlj I enemy depends entirely upon the ' 4 starhJ^oint from which it is viewed 'jj The Germans no doubt believe they!J are justified in using any instrument ^ of destruction against the English in'i view of the latters inhuman treat-IJ ment in the effort to starve to death 5 the German women ?:nd children and'i other non-combatants by cutting offj^ all food supples. The Indian with his j T i i - - v - .? * . I uuw unu arrow mignr nave tnougnt ^ , that the white man's gun and rifle was a very inhuman instrument of [ warfare, but to no purpose, the gun and rifle remained and the poor Indian was conquered, | R. E. HILL. ' Martha Washington candy in halfi and pound boxes. Try it. There is I nothing like it for the money, at * Speed's. ' We buy Burr clover seed. Rosenberg' 11 Warehouse Co. | B Take a V on your can A Victrola is looked up a camping outfit nowadays. It is always sure of a roi Its delightful music is camp life/ Whether you are going camping or with the Victrola. We'll gladly play any i Victrolas $15 to $250.^Victors $1 C0nV ^ i nr/n n 1 =TC via SOUTHE Premier Carrier Thursday, FRO Abbeville, Anderson, W Intermediate points, Schedule and Ex< Lv. Abbeville " Shoals Junction Hi: *' Donalds M: " Honea Path 11: Ar. Helton 11: Lv. Bel to n 11: J' Anderson 11: " Autun li': " Pendleton 12:: Ar. Seneca I:1 Lv. Seneca J: " Richland 1: " Westminister I: Ar. Atlanta 1: Excursion Tickets will be goo and regular trains to connect wit above. .Excursion Tickets will be y trains except Xew York-New Orlea I original starting point by midnight, I A Rare Opportunity to visit At ?. tl, TJ.itolvi 11 ;if A thill til I UUUllIt XAiOWdll v?l**?.v.y ... ...... > ' 11), and Birmingham, June 21 and 2: > FIVE DAYS Ii\ > ? For further information apply ti J W. I-:. McGEE, P Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. ? Columbia, S. C. L%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%* . I r. * I ictrola - L iping^trip w I >on as a regular part of [ ising welcomeone of the real joy9 of ! 4 ! i* not, come in and get acquainted music you wish to hear. J ' 0 to $100. . Terms to suit jour j , ? I ?-? p I [Lu<L ? ' % t= I ,RNRY. I of the South # June 17 I M ? % aaIm !h'a(? m ah?I all aif. csiiiiimMCi, Gnu am on the f si lowing % ssirsion Fares: ? * mi a. m S3.00"' ^ 47 a. m 3.00' ijp' ")."{ a. in 3.00 ^ 05 u. m :j.wi ? 22 a. 111 J.lK! 22 a. in Ji.u'J ?. 5o a. m ;j.oo 10 p. ill -.7.1 Jjfi Hi p. in 2.75 00' mi p. in 2.". p. in 2.50 # 1'* ?? -5" % 1J p. in 2.50 10 p. in. (CT) >&. # d going only on special trail. 11 special train as mentioned ^ ood returning on all regular ns Limited No. 3S, to reach ^ , Tuc.-day, June '22, 191"). t tlanta, the Metropolis of the ^ with Mobile, June 17, le au<h x! 2, 1915. J r ATLANTA | 3 Ticket Agents or & W. R. TABER, Trav. Pass. Agt. Greenville, S. O. ij? % %%%%%%%%