Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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kit vvvvvvvvvvvwml v s! V SANTUC NEWS. Vj vvvvvvvvwwv vvvj Santuc, Sept. *13.?Mr. J. B. j Sharp died at the home of his son, i Mr. J. H. Sharp, near Due West, on' Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7, 1919, at j about 6:30 o'clock, age 66. He was' a consistent member of Upper Long ! rtinwli. where funeral ser-j UOUt , % vices was held Monday afternoon at! 3:30 o'clock, attended by a large ' number of relatives and friends. In-1 tennent was made at Long Canej cemetery. Besides his wife he is survived by1 the following children, six daughters, Mrs. L. M. Strawhora, Mrs. Jim Simpson, Mrs. Andy Milford, Mrs. R. S. Gordon, Mrs. Frank Kay and Miss Elizabeth Sharp. Three sons, Messrs. J. H. and J. W. Sharp, both of Due West, and Mr. Carl Sharp of Columbia, S. C., and one brother, Mr. William Henry Sharp and a large number of grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. All have the sympathy' of their relatives and friends. " ** T ?J o+ liia JUT. Ol. a. LMUgLVkU U1CU ?v home near the city Sunday evening, Sept. 7, 1919, about 9 o'clock, age 48. The funeral was conducted at his residence Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. L. J. Bristow, and interment was at Long Cane cemetery. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Lizzie Wright. He is also survived by an aged mother, six sisters and three brothers all of other states. The family have the sympathy of their relatives and friends. . Mr. and Mrs. Joe Able and son, Henry, spent Sunday at Mr. Sam ( Carlisle's. Mr. Bascomb Kay, Mr. and Mrs. J W. F. Kay spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay. Miss Lizzie Sharp is spending this week at Mr. J. H. Sharp's. Mrs. Ermie Haddon an.l Miss Lila Morrison spgnt Sunday afternoon with the Misses Abies. Mrs. James Haddon and children have returned home after spending a wek with her parents near Ware Shoals. ' Miss Mary 'Kay and Mrs. E. J. Botts spent Thursday near the city with Mrs. M. S. Langford. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay were visitors to Anderson Tuesday. j Mrs. Ermie Haddon and Bliss Lila , Morrison were in the city shopping j Friday. ( Mrs. Robert Wilson and children, \ and Mrs. lieorge uicnarqson spent. < Friday with Mrs. E. J. Botts. I Mrs. T. S. Palmer is right sick ( with the fla at this writing. We hope j she will soon be all right. i Mr. and Mrs. Walter Abies and j children were welcome visitors at Mr. M. B. Kay's Sunday. ( Mr. Carl Sharp and sister, Miss Lizzie Sharp, spent Tuesday night at Mr. W. P. Kay's. Miss Louise Kay spent Monday 1 night with Master Franes Kay. 1 Mr. J. C. Nickles spent Friday 1 spent Friday night very pleanmtly ] ' with Mr. George Morrison. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Abies were visitors to the city Tuesday afternoon. ( Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Culbreth and 1 children spent Sunday at Mr. Jim ' , Blum's near Due West !i "It Mutt Have Bden Dead at Least 6! , Months But Didn't Smell." j. "Saw a big rat In our cellar last: Fall." Writes Mrs. Joanny, "andj bought a 25c. cake of RAT-SNAP,! broke it up into small pieces. Lastj week while moving we came across; the dead rat. Must have been dead( six months, didn't smell. RAT-j SNAP is wondeful." Three sizes, 25c, j 50c, $1.00. ;Sold and guaranteed by. The Rosenberg Mercantile Co., P. B.J Speed.?Adv. Pure Ice Manufactured Under I I r I .SOFT DRINKS ^Ott CIGARETTES TOBACCOS CANDIES V^Or FRUITS We a( CIGARS ' the most licit you Abbeville Ca: ?! > H Win! IH II?M llMlHilll II i\ \?V?^OR? NEW MEN IN FACULTY. Clemson College, Sept. 12.?Witt beginnig of session of 1919-20 sever al changes and additions are announced for the agricultural forces of the college. The changes and appoint ? -1 itents affect the animal nusDanary hoiticultural and agronomy divisions Prof. L. V. Starkey of West Vir ginia, has been appointed professo of animal husbandry and animal hus bandman for the experiment statioi to fill the position which has been va cant since Prof. R. L. Shields left ii the spring of 1918. After gradual ing at the University of Illinois an> the University of Wisconsin, Profes sor Starkey was extension husband man at the University of West Vir ginia until elected to his present pi sition. Prof. W. J. Young, associate pro fessor, has been transferred from thi college work, experiment statioi work, and in his place in the coileg work C. J. Foster has been appointe* associate professor of horticulture Professor Foster is a native of Tex as, a graduate of the Texas A. & M College, and nas naa vanea expen enec in nursery work and in variou phases of horticulture. Leave of absence for one year wa granted at a recent board meeting t< Prof. C. C. Newman, horticulturist for the purpose of engaging in wori the lower part of the State in th< reclamation of old rice lands. * In the agronomy division, Robt. E Bosque of Texas has been appointee assistant profesosr of agronomy anc farm machinery and will have charg< of the teaching work In farm machin ery. He graduated at the Texas A & M. Collegeand has taught farn engineering at that institution. Another appointment in the aferron omy division is that of Ward C. Jen sen to be assistant profesor of agron omy and soils. He is a graduate oi the University of California and ha: done graduate work and teaching al uorneil University. He will hav< charge of the soils work of th< agronomy division. COOPERPARDONS MAN FROM THIS COUNTY WHOM HE PROSECUTED Columbia, Sept. 12.?Governoi Cooper this afternoon issued a parole during good behavior tc William Rayford, a negro, convicted in Abbeville County in .v 1913 of murdei and sentenced to the penitentiary foi life. Governor Cooper himself prosecuted the negro when he was seficv tor of the Eighth Judiciary Circuit. Clemency was urged by the pardMn >oard on certificate from two physicians who treated the man wounded >y Rayford, stating that he ' would lot have died except he was suffering: rom heart disease. ' . ' CHEAPER GASOLINE PROMISED TO SOUTH Washington, Sept. 5.?"This will nean the dissolution of the Standird Oil Company and cheaper gasoine for the South, though oC course [ expeeted the big oil interest to fight % *1 A _ _1 M ne Dicceny. In tins way Senator W. JL Harris >f Georgia today apoke of two- amend ments relative to the operations of :he Standard Oil people which: he has just gotten through the senate. Regarding this Senator Harris said, "A few years ago when I was a trfember if the federal trade commission, complaints were Made all over the country about discriminations in the price of gasoline. In the Indiana territory which is controlled by the Standard Oil Company of In diana tncy were ^aaviiiig u five cent3 a gallon less than in othe: States nearby. The reason for thi: was that there were independents 11 that territory who were competinj with them and the Standard wantei to destroy, them. Cream? Sanitary Conditions : Drinks and ifections re prepared (o serve you in t courteous manner and ?or patronage. ndy Kitchen mi l ?mi?11 i i , NATIONAL CAPITAL ACCLAIMS PERSHING 1 AS RETURNED HERO Washington, Sept. 12.?General 5 Pershing arrived in the national cap ifoi of s n m fnHav to notifv the > government, formally and in person, ^ that his task as commander-in-chief. " of the American expeditionary forces1 in Europe had been successfully con eluded. He was welcomed by Vice 1 President Marshall, speaking for - President Wilson; Secretary Baker, 1 General March, chief of staff, and a - delegation of men1 distinguished in 1 public or private life here. When General Pershing stepped from his special train he was greeted by Secretary Baker and General * March, who escorted him to the president's waiting room where Vice - President Marshall welcomed the offle cer who led all American forces in n Europe during the great war, Mr. a *r l-n ?:j ^ luarsiiau ^niu lie apunc 111 tuc uomo i of the president and in the name of the country in hailing General Per-1 shing as a patriot returned with vic. Jtory on his banner. - General Pershing answered in a s voice that halted with emotion as I he spoke. s 1 "I thank you for this welcome, a which fills me with great emotion," , he said. "The constant confidence in v me whjch the president has shown i has been a strength and has given me courage to do in a better way . all that my country would have me 1 do." . . / i -j i MORE COTTON CARS -1 . ORDERED TO STATE IWashington, Sept. 12.?For the last several days Representative Byr-jnes of South Carolina has been con ferring "with the United States rail road administration here in an effort f to secure additional cars in South 5 Carolina and the cotton belt generalt ly for the purpose of shipping cotton ; and cotton sed. Mr. Byrnes pointed out to the administration that cotton seed at this time of the year in green and that it i* imperative it should be amoved rapidly to prevent spoiling {and that if the small country merchants who buy froip the wagons are not to ship their cottorf they wiD have i ' j to cease buying and the market will ' | thus become stagnant. '! Today Mr. Byrnes wqauadvised by the railroad adnmristration that an ' ? , order has been issued directing 150 j cars daily to be distributed in Sooth '! Carolina and adjoining cotton States. ' j The administration,, farther assured him that It will do everything in its ' pv.wer to meet the demands for cars fer this pvrpose. Engraved cards and wedding invitations at Press and Banner Co. ! | IgiiziziMiziazrazizfa 1 ww , . i | Hundred !j ' The fin [i , inspectio j f Don't Wait :| | CC ii You should ! :? Slad l r 3 r j j We know th< . j i est values an< 11 ever shown t 11 n..t have a ir {j are ready to : f' .-mot flip cnrl ""J UOl U1V/ WA I treasonable pi PHI iiminir?rzraji!j?jT-nLn /v Baptist Campaign. C ~ c Greneville, Sept. 12.?A large ^ mass meeting of hundreds of Baptists of the Greenville Association, 1 held here recently in the interest of s the Baptist 75 Million Campaign, was \ addressed by Governor R. A. Cooper and other prominent leaders of the s denomination. Keen interest in the 1 I-?Lewis Perrii Perr We beg tc ville City the Bowi eluding s TV?o Vrtieir IX lie WUOXl quarters i Penny ur will arriv , We expe< propriety tionery, c ' baccos ol carried ir (Special ai tions, whi and accui Your b - J . X 1 Perrin . v lUdmMaiMRnnnii'ffffi Is of New S ist in the land are nou) / in?and our greatest pie Until You Are >me Here To Se< see them right o to show them as it we are showinf d the finest asso >y this or any oth lillinery opening show you the ver t of refined, smar ices. A visit wil LSON ampaign was manifested, and state ifficials of the campaign expressed he belief following the meeting that his association will largely overubscribe its quota in the drive, vhich will be held Nov. 30 to Dec. 7. South Carolina's share in the louth's quota is five and a half milions. / mam mmmmmmm \. . '4 \ n Jame in-Austin E Company ) announce to our friends and County that we hav ien-Simpson Drug! Com tock of goods and good less will be continued at and will be in charge of itil October 1, when Di e to take active charge. ct to kkeep a full line < ary medicines, toilet arti andies, cigars, cigarette: : all kinds. Everything l a first class drug, store, ttention will be given to ich will be filled with pr< racy. j msiness is solicited and 1 appreciated. Austin Drag Cm l " \ iuits, Coats here at this store await asure is showing then, Ready to Buy 5 The New Styli Ynn'/J you are to see tl y this season by rtment . of high er store in Abbe1 this season so, y newest styles i t sryies you nisx 1 be appreciated. & H E r iiaiitfiuiiraii'jaifgraiaiaiiin Some chicken remedies of oevee may remedy, bat the pouttrymen who gives his poultry good cere, clean water, end proper feed will have little ned for them. . The state college of agriculture at Clemson College wants to help you whenever it can. Let the eoRege know your needs. . 8 'rug i in Abbe- I ebought 9 ?in- I . the same | Or. GgOi . Q r. Austin rj| wx&if ' ' ;; ' Jfl :?T1J ' * 'T2 8 >1 drags, n . cles, sta- 3 3, and to- I , in fact, 1 / m \ . 'H yi ^fp I >. < '.-Tj I prescnp- ii jmptness if ~u 1 '' *v M'" will be I I I Wyi m H npany I ]9 'I'-'v'' -V' i , , -V-;, , Dresses 1 ing your a i to you I j Before You j I 0St X ( | nd us just as J! i 1 I hem. i j far the great- 11 class apparel i j ville. We will j j' right now we i} n ladies' hats a ; and at very 3 '! <RY |; IIHIiiliifimilHIZIBIiSliUiliaiS <