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VWX WUA. .V, * SKETCH OF L. WARD LAW SMITH (Greenville Piedmont.) The "Carolina Alumnus," official publication, of the University of South Carolina, in its October number contains this sketch of L. Wardlaw Smith of Greenville, one of tlie Carolina Alumni who gave his life for his country: In beginning this sketch of a very dear friend my mind drifts back many years to our boyhood days. I Irwf to think of the times when the subject of thi9 sketched I, together with other boys in our neighborhood, would each mount a mule and dash madly ovpr the red hills of Abbeville county impersonating a band of Indians. Then the next day perhaps with one single barrel Iver Johnson shotgun for the two of us, we would start out on a hunt. Well do I remember the joy that came to us as we killed our first rabbit, and the pride we felt in our marksmanship when we brought in our first partrdige. Those were happy days, and whatever else may happen I. can never be deprived of the memory of those times. Lewis Ward law Smith was born in the historic old town of Abbeville, South Carolina, on September 4, 1888. His early education was received in the school of the town of Abbeville. For a while he attended a private school conducted by Mr. Edward McCrady, pastor of the Episcopal church. When Wardlaw "was thirteen or fourteen years of age his family moved to Woodruff, S. C., in Spartanburg county, at which place his father A. W. Smith, built a coton mill. Here Wardlaw attended the graded school for a ' ' j.*.'? -1?i year or two ana men went, vu Woodberry Forest school at Orange Va. White attending this , school he had the misfortune of breaking his shoulder bone wAile playing a football game, but he entirely recovered from the effeets of that injury and seemed to suffer no ill effects therefrom. After two years at Woodberry Forest he entered the Sophonhore class at the University of . South Carolina. There he took an interest in ,everything worth while and as a styr .pitcher of the champion team of 11N&8, established his pla.ce in the athletic history of the University. He was a member of the Clariapphic Literary Society. He had a gonial, pleasant disposition and made friends easily. His high sense of honor and his gentle manner endeared him to the entire student body, and to those of us who knew him best, he was very close. He stood well in his studies and was well regarded by the members of the . faculty. Puring his three-year stay Jn Columbia he made innumerable < '4 CV* friends among the residents of that city. Upon his graduation in J909, he entered his father's office in the crtvof Spartanburg as his private secretary. Because of his - varied basinets interests his father had 'mjovedfrom Woodruff, S. C., to Spartanburg, and it was here that > k Ward law began his fight for a place : -in the business world. Under the loving guidance of his father he developed into a successful mill man ' and was fast assuming his place among the leaders in this line in this section of our state. A few years later the election of his father as president of Brandon and Caro?lina Mills in Greenville, S. C., necessitated the moving of his family from Spartanburg to Greenville, from which place he managed the affairs of Woodruff Cotton Mills and w^s his father's first assistant in the management of the two mills in Greenville. In July, 1914, he was married to ^ Miss Julia Barrow of Concord, N. C. Among a group of his intimate friends and the families of the parties at interest ,the wedding ceremony was, performed in a little church in Black Mountain, N. C. In June, 1918, Lewis Wardlaw Smith, Jr? was born and was a source of AV-lr] ?vlAAni?A \Al o H/J _ jvjf auu picaouic uv ?T aiulaw. v During the fall of 1918, Wardlaw felt the call of his country in the great crisis it was "facing at that time. In spite of the fact that he was a married man and under the regulations of the draft law passed by the Congress of the United States, it was not necessary for him to enter the army at that time, he * volunteered his services. He was ^ i sent from Greenville to Camp Zaphary Taylor near Louisville, Ky., I ^ i * . . , J where he began the intensive training incident to being developed into an officer. His splendid educational training, his natural ability insured I the success of his undertaking. Howj ever, it was never destined that he should go to Europe. Within two | weeks from the time that he entered the camp he developed influenza and within one short week thereafter a noble soul had passed into the great beyond. He fought a hard fight as is best shown by a remark of one of the physicians attending him who said, "Boy, if you fight the Germans like you have this 'flu' it will all be over within a short while.' This was but an evidence of the type of a man that he was. He lived an upright, righteous life; was loved by those who knew him best and admired and respected by all those he came in contact with. He leaves to his young son a rich heritage and one he may well be proud of. A useful life was offered upon the altar as a sacrifice for his country. It was the thought of pro itecting the innocent women nd children of his country that prompted Wa/rdlaw to take the step he did. From Camp Zachajry Taylor his body was brought to Greenville, S. f., where he was buried with military honors. Friends from all over the state came to pay their last re-1 spects to their beloved friend. L. W. PERRIN. | GENERAL WoD MAY BE , NEXT WAR SECRETARY Washington, Oct. 16.?The positive statement was made in high official circles here today that should Senator Harding be elected, Major Gen. Leonard Wood will be the next secretary of war. It is also understood that in such ev^nt either Major Gen. J. G. AW P TatMAfl \a/ M a ! liai UUlu \JL UCili uauigo ii auvaudrews will be chief of the general staff. Senator Harding, it was stated, has already made up his mind about General Wood. It was pointed out that'in making the tentative selection the senator is following the precedent set by President McKinley, who named Gen. Russell A. Alger, his opponent in the convention, to head the war office. Should General Wood be named it will be the first time since the Civil war that an army officer has ever occupied this post. His backers in the department indicted today that if he accepts he will make a startling numn\\nofoo in flio milifomr norflAn. nel. The. bitterest humiliation suffered by any American officer during the late war were those heaped upon General Wood, his friends assert. The one that hurt most was an order directing him to return to the United States after he had a trained fighting force in France and expected to be assigned to the battle line. The officer , 'i Did ( OW1 , We have a pl? your r< . ' * We have a numb I ?Con | * ! L. M. TOLBERT Manager I 1 ^ ? I responsible is Still in high authority at the war department. HARDING'S SISTER RESIGNS TO HELP IN CAMPAIGN Washington*, Oct. 16.?Mrs. Ca^ot TT.l lyil vuiaw, SiSLCl Ui ocuatui uatuing, resigned as probation officer in the woman's bureau of the police department so she can take an active part in politics. So .far as is known, she is the only person in Washington who has seriously regarded the warning by government officials that an employe who is found busy in politics will, be dismissed. : Mrs. Votaw, it was stated today, is going to Marion to help her brother win the presidency. She hopes to get her job back after March 4. TENNESSEE PARSON FIRED AT IN PULPIT Chattanooga, Oct. 17.?Bloodhounds were rushed from here to Hairiman tonight on receipt of word that an attempt naa been maae to assassinate the Rev.. C. L. Ledford while he was in the pulpit of the Southern Hairriman Baptist churci addressing a meeting of the Baptist Young People'! union. Six or seven shots were fired through a window of the church, one of the bullets ricocheting and painfully injuring Mrs. W. W. Whalin. It is thought that the attack was made | by some one whose ' enimity had j been aroused by the Rev. Mr. Ledford. ' , MASTER'S SALE The STATE OF SOU^H CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Court of Common Pleas. C. L Pressly, D. E, Pressly and others against Plaintiffs Leila E. Ramey, F. J. Sutherland and others ' Defendants By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, a? Abbeville, C. H., S. C. on Salesday in November, A. D., 1920 within the legal hours of sale the following described land, t6 wit: All that tract or "parcel of land situiate, lying and being in Abbeville County, Cedar Springs Township, in the State aforesaid, containing One Hundred and Fortyr rPwvsv /1 O \ A mmaq 1 nop otir) X VVU \ 11^ J AViVOy XA4UJ.C v/x Itoo, oau bounded by lands of J P. Miller, M. E. Hollingsworth, Long Cane Creek and known as the .McCartney place. This tract of land is sold at the risk of the former purchaser, who failed to comply with the terms, of sale. TERMS OP SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. THOS. P. THOMSON, 3t. Master A. C., S. C i * Warranty Deec \ i I you ever I ii a home I # 1 1 an wnereoy you snt money and p \ * turn it over tc er of desirable homes le in, phone or write 1 every deti DIXIE I ASKS GOVERNMENT TO BORROW MONEY FOR THE FARMERS | And Place Same in Banks for Lend| ing to Farmers at axPro6t of One Per Cent to the Gov ernment. ??? I I Washington, Oct. 19.?Declaring ; that 'some one" must finance this ! year's crop, George P. Hampton, man- ! aging director of the Farmers' Na- ; tional Council, today wrote the Fed- ; eral Reserve Board suggesting that < i in event the board definitely decided ! against making an effort to get its I; members to discount farm paper and ;j warehouse receipts, the government ! borrow money and deposit it in na- !j tional banks to be loaned to farmers ;j at not more than one per cent, in excess of the rate the government pays. . Farmers thus would be able, Mr. ( ! Hampton said, to hold at least a part, of their crops until they can get cost of production plus a reasonable pro- > fit or until there is an effective1 conRiimntinn HfimanH. '< Either the primary .producer or a these who are seeking to get control i of farm products and who are able i to''get credit from some source must i finance the crop the letter said. ; 1 "The men seeking to cornfcr agri- r cultural products will not reduce the prices at which they sell crops any lower than they have to, Mr. Hampton declared. "The law of supply and ' demand will be unavailing in case these hoarders can obtain an embar- _ ) go on importation of farm products ' in crude condition as it is intimated _ to do. . , J ALL CITYN DWELLERS ARE INFECTED WITH = TUBERCULOSIS GERMS? I-V ' - * . St. Louis, Oct. 14.?Practically all persons, especially those living in j cities, are infected with tuberculosis : germs before they reach middle age, ; according to Dr. T. C. Hempelmann ; of St. Louis, who addressed the Am- < erican Child Hygiene Association at 1 the eleventh ahnual convention here : today. . v '! Infection generally takes place in j childhood, he asserted. T? rviwrMo otrninof invention. hft ' -e> ( ?1 said, mothers should, guard the milk supply and prevent promiscuous, handling and. kissing of the baby. "i)on't kiss the baby on the mouth" he emphasized,. . 'J ' TO WED ASSISTANT TO A BARBER '' . V" - i London, Qct. 16.?-Announce-': ment is made that Charles Saunders V \\ . Dundas, sixth Viscount Melville, will soon marry Miss Marguerite Todd, ncoio+onf in a Varlior ' ft)inn in Edinburgh, says the Times. This will be the third marriage of the Viscount, who is 77 years of age. -r?11 -? ipj .(.'.ri/fA ' 'I ??? I,of a Bunch oj J 9 ' * . * . ' ' 1 ' ' think how < , I ' instead of can convert your i ut a few dollars a ) us as a paymen and farms listed that our representative?he lil and show you the .AND COP j A Pair of Trou! ! . i With Your Ore ' * . * * ~ __ \ ' ' American W > a ixrr- l * n V Washington ot, * . . h ^ . COTTON SEED OIL MILLS . 1 MAY HAVE TO SHUT DOWN 1 v < Columbia, Oct. 14.?It is expect- < s < 3d that some of the; cotton seed oil 1 mills of the state will be forced to shut down temporarily. Prominent :rushers of Columbia state that the * mills are buying very Jittle seed and < that it will not be,, surprising to see 1 jgipr I * . V I. ':' .... * \ i1. i ' ( ' . I , /a. . , ' \t. . | j& PALMETTO [ , - . V ' |; Palmetto College offers th( II raphy, Secretarial, Typew i' counting and kindred brar Si r?_l ii. rS-'n...? i j, x-tuiiitHtu uonege gives yoi : Free Employment Departi calls for trained, executive! in the South, We furnisl business colleges with t< struction. New equipment I Day and' Night School. Pa t can complete, the preseril Palmetto College' in .less t3 ed in any other school. 0 sents every state in the S< If Pennsylvania. The reasoi known everywhere. Address, Bo* 65, Varnvl or Box 173, Orangeburg, Charleston, 8.0. 1 i ' 1 ' , " ! . The School That's I We Pay Your Railroad F ' PALMETTO i|I 1- 4 ' : ' 1 / , . h V * * SflBfe ^ wlk M>.- *. > I CT H a 1 Hi vriBfl MH B a. m A FRent Receip ) - -. ' ' . .-. ', : J ' ' ' i easily you < paying re rent receipts into mth it each mont * t on a home. we can sell on the sm : will be pleased to ex orooertv. I> A ^ dPANY I 'V. ; T* 1 . \ I i ;ers rKLL i i ; I: 1 r ? c . :s: ier ror a ouit - ? . il; - )!; ) 'oolen Mills if Abbeville, S. C. | \\ \ ' ;hem shut down any time now. So far, however, do mills have closed* 3own in this state, according to the >ffice of. the crashers association . ' v $ lere. The Iale of Pines promises to foesome an important producer of iron, :opper and other ores, as 11 mines lave been located. Mi? COLLEGE >ro.ugh courses in Stenog-, j j jj : riting, Bookkeeping, Aoiches. ,A scholarship in 1 a membership in our pent. We receive more 3'than all other colleges J; ? x all theold established ;>?j : jachers. Individual in- :<: ^ . Experienced teachers. > :|; sitions guaranteed. You : >ed course of study in ' ban naif the timp requir- j up student body repre- : Diith and,as far east as. ; a is Palmetto College is " lie, S. C.:(Mother School) S. 0. or Wentworth St, : Cnown Everywhere. : f are to Palmetto College , = | COLLEGE t it',*, r,rj$. ! :" i t?- . ... - ,. i M . t' S ' . / r%om . V'-vs L'CLU ' -m - .. I tit? ' - V i v* -'..f-v'j a deed. Take :h and . * ' -v . ' ;A' iall payment plan plain ABBEVILLE S. C. v" ' J t 'V. ' I. t - 4 - ' ; - ' ' *.' - ; . ' . " . .. . .? _ *i. v b&p