Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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vvvvivvwvwvvvv 1 V , V ] k DUE WEST. s i V (A. R. Presbyterian.) V ( * * 1 Mr. S. A. Presslp visited Rev. P. A. Pressly of Louisville, Ga., last week, r Mrs. R. S. Galloway is on a short ] -visit to friends in Greenville. Mr. Conde Tribble reached Due ^ West last week from Camp Jackson, with a discharge in his pocket. Lieut. Hale Brice lias been discharged from the army. He reached Dae West last week from Camp Se. * J ner. Mr. Kelly Henry of Clover, who * has been at Camp Jackson, was on a special mission in Due West in the last few days. Mrs. J. B. Moseley left last week for Bluefield, W. Va? She expected tn sfcon over at Greenville, Kings Mountain and Charlotte, Mr. James Plaxco spent a night ? last week in Dtie West. He went on ^ from here to Trio, S. G., where he and Mrs. Plaxco are teaching school. ^ Mr. John Todd and his friend, Mr. Gossett,-came down from Furman ^ and spent from Saturday to Monday j v with friends in Due West. Mr. W. T. Davis, of Wyoming, is t visiting his mother. Mrs. -Delia Davis. He expects to remain here several weeks. ' c j Mrs. Mary Parr of dewberry, ran E up from the convention at Green- rj W*od and spent the night with Miss; Azfle Parr, who is a student at thei j Woman's College. L - Mr. Erskine Agnew is at home oh . | a furlough from work in a base hos- t petal in New Haven, Connecticut. He' a will return in a "few days. Mr. Agnew 0 is looking: strong and well. n " - Lieutenants Robert Brownlee and _ * XI James Bonner landed in New York gi Gut week. They were sent to camps 0 m New Jersey, though at different e points. Friends in Due West are ^ . v fondly anticipating their return p tome. p Kcv..J. P. Pressly received a card p from Mr. W. J. Wren on Saturday.1 It mentioned the fact that his daugh- w ter, Julia, and a little niece were' g( both sick with the influenza and . *' ' L *5. threatened with pneumonia. It is e; 'evident from this information that p] Mire. Walker was in Wrens at the p time of her death. ai Mrs. Robert Hudson, of Atlanta, g, Ga., attended the Ladies Missionary t Union whieh met in Greenwood last'cc week. Mrs. Hudson ran up to Due j West and" was the guest for a few| de days of Mrs. L. C. GalloWay and Mrs yj R. j3. Galloway. This was her first; yisit to Due West. Friends were! > ' n very glad of the opportunity to have; Mrs. Hudson in their homes. She, is | a fine church worker and very much j ^ interested in religious work of all kinds'. She promises' to return some of tfiese days and bring Mr. Hudson . with her, though it is difficult for Mr Hudson to get away from his work I. * * i Ox as he is one of the two managers! off the L. W. Rogers Co., chain | ^ of 100 stores. in - * . TTTTTTTTTw ^ V'j is I V V LONG CANE. V w ; \vvvvvvvvvvvvv^ai in Thia community is griefstricken | ^ ?rer so many deaths of relatives and i ^ friends in McCormick county. I ^ In Bethia community the flu is se-j ere. At the home of Mrs. Azilee , Wilson the hand of death has claim-! 4<1 ed as its own, her two eldest sons, I . Messrs. Fred and Dan Wilson. These j . young men were just in the prime of j g. lifo, and it seems so hard to give j b them up. The bereaved family have j g the sympathy of the entire communi-j ty, and we trust that th# remaining, ^ ill ones may be restored to their i . Ie health. . Misses Eva and Estelle Finley spent! j P the week-end with Miss Eppie Beau-1 ford. . - I I \ Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler spent! 1 I * Friday in the city with Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Keller. Miss Clora Beuf ord spent Thurs-j1 day with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler.! ^ Private Lem Stevenson has re tamed home trom uamp Jackson, < having received his discharge. Miss Essie Stone, of Cold Spring community, spent Wednesday evening with Mrs. Earl Stewart. Misses Lennie and Nina Beauford were shopping in the city Wednesday. j1 We extend our sympathy to the < bereaved family of Mr. Jim Long, in i i J / "V *' ' ; ,he death of their mother, Mrs. Long was a woman, who by her lovible disposition won the admiration jf all with whom she came in con;act, and her good works were done with a cheer, as sfye lived a faithful christian life. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Finley spent Thursday in the city with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Keller. DEATH OF MISS MARY KENNEDY (The A. R. Presbyterian.) The Presbyterian is called on again ;o chronicle the death of one of its friends. Last October on the eve of ?oing to Abbeville, Miss Kennedy subscribed for the Presbyterian and is she did so she said: "You start ;hat paper at once, J don't want to niss a single number." On. her first risit home she spoke of how much she appreciated its weekly visits. But Miss Mary is gone and there "are nourners in the streets" of Due West ind of Abbeville. That*is a wonderful tribute in the Press and Banner loof iroolf -OT>iir*}i is pnnif*H in this veek's issue. It would seem to be a iplendid service rendered in four or ive months, that would so knit the learts of a community to a young ife. We have read few tributes of he life of any young -person that iquals it. Our young people, especially of the louth Carolina Union, will greatly niss this young and active spirit. ?he Y. P. C. U. of Due West will, aourn the loss and feel its effects, liss Kennedy has been its leader for ears. Her work was so efficiently, ?J at*Jama Clia tvrn? ha/ioa ' uu V.IIC011UUJT UUUCi wug Tf(MJ OtV*V- I ary of the Y. P. C. U. Convention t Hickory Grove, S. C.f and > was ne of its vice presidents. She has lade an active canvass for the Wolan's College for the last three ummers. She had a firm hold on ur young people. The funeral exrcises took place at the residence j 1 Due West, Rev. J. P. Pressly, the astor, conducting the exercises, tayer was offered by Rev. M. R. laxco and Dr. Parkinson. The tound in the cemetery was covered ith floral tributes, some of them jnt by friends from a distance. The iccessive rain throughout the day, ccept just when the burial took lace, kept many away. Rev. M. H. laxco, Mr. and Mrp. Barnwell, Mr. id Mrs. Pace Drennan and Auditor andley of Abbeville, were present.; he casket was encased in a steel intainer. See our 9th page for anj [tended account of Miss Kennedy's1 ?ath and life as it touched Abbe-( ne. . I THE GOOSE GIRL" IS FINE SAMPLE OF NEW PICTURE A&T i I arguerite Clark Has Superb Role ib Big Paramount Photoplay at Opera House Tonight. As an example of the new school motion picture art, that which ecializes in beauty, "The Goose1irl," a Paramount photoplay starrg Marguerite Clark, which will be own at the Opera House tonight, one of the finest examples. This is a remarkable photoplay, hich for its artistic beauty and >pealing story, is one of the finest i which Miss Clark has appeared iroughout her screen career. The ory deals with tre daughter of a rand Duke of Ehrenstein, who is bducted when an infant and placed j i the custody of peasants, who rear er on a farm, and who is known as The Goose Girl," because she is ] bliged to watch the geese. During le abduction of the little princess, j he is wounded on the shoulder by a ?. * I ullet and this "scar is constantly in vidence. It transpires that the young [ing Frederick of Jugendheit, in an^ ffort to avoid a distasteful marri-j ge, which diplomatic necessity im-, loses upon him, goes to the country,neets the goose girl and falls in love1 rith her. How her identity is finally; evealed by means of the bullet marie ipon her shoulder, is told in a series >f interesting scenes, all of which end to make this story most captivating and interesting. IRIFFITH TALKS OF "THE GREAT LOVE"! I He Says Title of Picture Meant i Many Things. Referring to the title of his picture, "The Great Love," David Wark Griffith, the famous picture producer jaid ixi. a recent interview that it meant many things. "It may mean the love of country, then again it may mean the love of individuals," he said. !"At any rate I hope to show in this picture the remarkable transition of the butterfly life of British society, with that of the stern, sincere hard-workers in the great | cause of winning the war." Mr. Griffith said when Queen Alexandra heard of his project, that of commemorating many of the historic , war scenes in England in motion pictures, she was gracious enough to < come to Lady Diana Manners' hospital and devote nearly an entire day in arranging the * hospital scenes ( | shown in the picture and appearing , I in them herself. This remarkable I _ - _ photoplay has a deeply interesting love story with numerous war situations and tense dramatic moments. The story has been admirably hand| led and the players are . of steller j celebrity. It will be shown at the Opera House Thursday. V ) ' A STRICKEN HOME. Last week we had an account of : the death of young Fred Wilson, son 1 of Mrs.* Azile Wilson, of the Bethia neighborhood. Since then the death i messenger has paid two more visits s to this stricken household, and two ] more young men, on the very thresh- J old of manhood, have been called. i Daniel Harrison, .the second son, age 19, died on Friday, Jan. 31st, at i 7 o'clock, and was buried in the 1 Bethia cemetery on the following i day. Monday morning the 3rd inst., 1 mi vi Ihe H \ . , \ Sale Clos< " # > . : * ' !$ : .; ' .. - ' ' ' Remember -f . . 7 i 1 V~ SALE ON LAD 98c. Ladies' Voile Wz $1.25 Ladies' Voile Q1 A Q T .a rl-mc"' 1X7aie+c i tpJL.TU JJUVLAVU ff U?iUVUj Big Lot Crepe-de-CF Waists Jusl i $3.48 Georgette at f Waists, going at $4.95 Georgette an Waists, going at .. $6.00 Georgette ai Waists, sizes from going at 36 in. Marquisette Cm > , 55c, going m this sale, 200 yds. Flannelette ; 30c, going in this i OAA 1_ oui/ yus. in biiu. Flaxons, Voils an< sold for 20c, going 100 Pairs Men's Shoei $3.00, going at.... 25c. Apron Ginghams at 25c. White Homespun at Don't Miss 1 ? m m Much Ked THE I . at 5, the spirit of John Adger de-. parted. He was buried at the same ' place on yesterday. Rev. Mr. Hill- 1 house conducted the funeral services in each case. To add to the afflictions, Mrs. Wil- 1 son has been desperately sick herself during the time her three sons were so much in need of care and attention. Her father, Mr. D. H. ( Howard, who has been with them 1 during the illness, has also been desperately ill," though both are now ' somewhat improved. All of these young men died from pnehmonia, as did their father, who died some seven years ago. In his case as in theirs the pneumonia developed from la grippe, or Influenza. Mrs. Wilson is now left with an only ' son, Charles, about 10 years old, and 1 a daughter about 12. >' HIT ITIC U n..DDr III tfWLilVJ II* A/U| AXJLi ILJLI. The friends of Julius H. DuPre, Sr., will regret to hear that he suf- | fered a stroke of paralysis on Saturday night, and that he is still very , ill, though somewhat improved, at the home of Mrs. W. C. DuPre, on , Lower Main street. Mr. DuPre has not been in good health for sometime and during the past few days complained of not being well, but the attack of paralysis was altogether unexpected. . Mr. t)uPre was the efficient Cashier of the Farmers Bank for a num- ' 3er of years, and during that time he raade many friends in all parts f ;he county. Of late years he has 1 Hu< i is Saturday AT TEN V ' ! This Sale Last; i ! IES' WAISTS. tists, at 65c. raists, at : 98c. new styles, at.$1.25 line and Gorgette t Arrived. id' ; Crepe-de-Chine ..$2.98 d Crepe-de-Chine ,. 4.25 id Crepe-de-Chine 42 to 52, all colors, 5.50 rtain Goods, sold for special at ...,15c. yd. ' . i all colors, sold for \ 7 sale at... 15c. yd. rt lengths, such as i Lawns . in colors, in this sale at 10c yd 3, sold for $2.50 and $1.50 pr. >, going in this sale 20c. yd. i A f\ ivi nrninn> if tv 111. W1UC, gwiug I I 20c. yd. ' | "his Opportunity i n r? ucea rrice. oa February 8th,? m hus been living a more quiet life, devoting himself to the insurance business which he has run for many years. Summons. For Relief. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleaa. SUSAN BASKING, Plaintiff, against GEORGIA DAVIS BOYD, MAUD HARWELL, JAMES W. DAVIS, and W. F. NICKLES, as Administrator of the estate < of Jane R. Smith, Deceased, Defendants. To The Defendants Above Named: You are hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in bhis action, which filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy r>f vrmr nnswer to the said fnmnlaint. on the subscriber at his office at Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after' the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; "and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff ii> this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Jan. 27th, 1919. D. H. HILL, Plaintiff's Attorney. NOTICE. . ro the Defendants, Maud Harwell, Jiiiiv i 36 in. Silk Poplin, sol this sale for All other Silks reduce ENAMELWARE, T WARE AND 25c. articles, going f< 50c. articles, priced a 75c. articles, priced a $1.00 articles, priced f to Get Merc! le Closes Satur it 10 O'CIock TIER U and James W.-Davis:' You will please Take Notice, that ;he Summons in this action, of which itler R I Night, Fe O'CLOCK > Just One Wee ' ?. ' _ 500 Prs. MEN'S SOC All colors, going for. 25c. Men's Heavy Gr< UNDER WE S, 75c. tJndershirts, go: 98c. Undershirts, goi: $1.25 Undershirts, go $1.25 Union Suits, gc Big Sale on Blanl Big Sale on LacKc Big Sale on Ladie CT? V I the above is a copy, together with the Complaint herein, was filed in the office of the'Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, on the 29th day of January, 1919. D. H. HILL, Plaintiff's Attorney. Jan. 31, 1919. l-31-8tFrL * jBiuMianiiaiBiEnuMB i Half Your Living I Without Money Cost I We are all at a danger point. 'On . H the use of good common sense in our B 1919 farm and garden operations, de ponds prosperity or our "going lirok&* v Even at present high, prices no one ' H can plant all or nearly all cotton, buy food and grain at present prices from H supply merchant on credit, and make mnnov ITnnrt and firrain are in H proportion than are present cotton prices. .. fl . It's & time above aQ others to play fl safe;, to produce all possible food, fl grain and forage supplies on yoUfj>wn , fl acres; to cut down the store bill. fl A good piece, of garden ground* fl rightly planted, rightly tended and \ fl kept planted the year round, can be fl made to furnish nearly half your liv- fl ing. It will save you more money than yon made on the best two Or fl three acres of cotton you ever grew! fl Hastings' 1919 deed Book tells all ...fl about the right kind of a money sav ing garden and the vegetables to put fl in it It tells about the farm crops as fl well and shows'you the clear road to fl real and regular farm prosperity. It's ; Free. Send for it today to H. 3i fl HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga?Advt fl fiKRfZIBiSRRRRfiK I ' fl arkpt UVIIVI I ibruary 8 I k Longer I KS, ALL COLORED I lUc.Fr. ' 1 ' 3y Socks, at ..48c. Pr. > . AR SALE. ing for 50c. rig for 75c. ingfor 90c. v * >ing for 90c. . | ' rets. js* Suits. ?* Coats. * V .. SALE. d for $1.25, going in^ ? 98c. id in same proportion INWARE, GLASSCROCKERY. or 15c. ,t 38c. ,t 50c. at 75c. handise at a day Night iCKET 1 * H