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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
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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. \
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Returns To Hospital. \
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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. <
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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.
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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
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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. ^
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Death of Mr. Link. t
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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
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Death of Mr. T. N. Tolbert. 1
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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.
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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.
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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
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jurying ground. j
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A Thought for the Week. c
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(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."
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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 |
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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. |
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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
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