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Miss Kathleen Adkins spent the
week-end in Chester with friends.
Eugene Spearman, of Newberry,
is visiting his uncle, E. H. Long
shore.
Willie McDonald, of Atlanta, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. W. T. Mo
Donald on Magazine street.
Frank E. Harrison, Jr. went to
Greenville this afternoon to attend1
the shriners' convention in that city.
Mr. T. A. Mcllwaine, of Dar
raughs, was in town today on busi
ness.
Miss Mary E. Hill has returned
from Chester, where She visited Miss
Helen Hood. x
Miss Gertrude Penney and Mrs.
Cbariie Schram, of Sharon^ were in
town today shopping.
Miss Mildred Ramey, of Green-,
ville, spent the week-end in the city [
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. HiH
Ramey. - v
Mrs. Whit Klugh left Monday
for Wilmington, N. C., for a visit
to he* parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Shirley.
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Sam Hill, of Furman University,
was here Wednesday to attend the
faneral of Iris cousin, Augustus Mor
ton.
Mrs. Carter Arnold returned Sun
day from a weeks visit to her par-'
ents, Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Hill, in Ab-'
beville, S. C.?Elberton Star.
Mrs. W. R. Fortson and little
s daughter, Frances, returned yester
day from a visit to Mrs. Drennan in
Abbeville, S. C.?Elberton Star.
Mrs. Fred Carroll returned to her
Home in Monrce Tuesday after a vis
it to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Eakin. '
Mr. and Mirs. J. F. Edmonds, Jr.,
have moved to Abbeville. They are
living at present with Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Edmonds, Sr.
Mrs. N. V. Mitchell, of Atlanta,
' -with Mrs. W. L. Lawton and Mrs.
J. M. Lawton, of Mt. Carmel, Mrs.
Jones Blanchett and J. F. Strickland
of Lebanon, were in town today.
E. R. Wardlaw ,the populqj* sales
man of Buster Brown Hosiery, with
headquarters in Philadelphia, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
M., Wardlaw.
Mx. and Mfs. Lucien Mabry Lo
max are in town today visiting rela
tives before leaving for Umatilla,
Fla., where they will make their
home in the future.
Mrs. R. M. Shirley, of Honea Path
accompanied by her cousin, Miss Sara
McMurtry, of Belfast, Ireland, is
expected in the city tomorrow for a
visit to Mrs. Francis Henry and other
relatives for a few days.
THE MERRIE MATRONS
Mrs. Leslie McMillan was hostess
to the Merrie Matrons yesterday af
ternoon. Though the weather was so
disagreeable, there was the usual
good attendance of the members.
Mrs. McMillan also had as her in
vited guests, Mrs. Moore Mars, Mrs.
Jack Pressly, Mrs. J. A. Harris, Jr.,
Mrs. Herman Benton, Mrs. R. E.
Henry and Mrs. Guyton. A salad
course with coffee was served.
MODEL LANDLORD GIVES
FREE RENT TO BLIND
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 30?Patrick
H. Vaughn, "model landloard" who
refused to raise rents of his numer
ous properties during the war period
in his will, probated here today, set
aside ten of his houses in which the
families of worthy blind may be per
mitted to live rent-free.
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COL. MARSTON MARRIED
Cards have been received in Abbe
ville announcing the marriage of Col.
Oliver Selwyn Marston to Mrs. Mar
tha Perley Cochran, the marriage
taking place in New York City, last
Saturday, November 27th.
Col. Marston has many friends in
Abbeville who will be glad to know
i of his good fortune, and who extend
their congratulations to him at this
time.
It is expected that the happy cou
ple will be in Abbeville before the
honeymoon is over, and that the
friends of the groom may have the
pleasure of meeting t the charming
; bride.
THANKSGIVING DINNER '
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler gave a
turkey dinner Thanksgiving day to
his sisters, brothers and other rela
tives.
Those present were: Mrs. Will
Manning and? son, Henry, of Cal
houn Falls, Mrs. Mary Latham, of
Iva, Mts. Fuirman Shumate and
daughter, of McCormick, Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Bosler and daughters,
Misses Virginia, Reba and Lulu
Mae, of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs.
Prescott Bosler and children, of
Wairrenton, Mrs. W. D. Beauford
and daughters, Misses Clora, lone
and Viola Beauford. Each family
knoVal uri+vi rrr\r\A fhinM fn
a uaoAvv n gwu ?
eat.
The day'was spent in pleasant
conversation and music and was
'enjoyed very much.
| At 4 ft'clock all left for their homes
wishing each other many more hap
py Thanksgivings.
Contributed.
PONZI SENTENCED
TO FIVE YEARS ON
A PLEA OF GUILTY
Dramatic Ending of Boston "Finan
cial Wizard's Career?A Fas
tidious Criminal
t
Boston, Nov. 30.?Charles Ponzi,
promoter of the get-rich-quick
scheme in which thousands of per
sons invested millions of dollars be
fore it collapsed last August,. plead
ed guilty to using the mails in a
scheme to defraud in the federal
district court otday.'
Sentence of five years in the Ply
mouth county jail ^was imposed . by
Judge Hale. The court took into con
sideration only the first count of one
indictment of 43 counts in which it
was charged that Ponzi had repre
| sented falsely that he was able to
pay interest at the rate of 50 per
: cent in 45 days from profits made in
international postal reply coupons.
In 'arguing on the question of sen
tence, Daniel H. Oakley,\ senior
j counsel for Ponzi told the court that
| it was only after advice from coun
sel and members of the discredited
financier's family that he agreed to
retract his plea of not guilty and
plead guilty instead. "Mr. Ponzi in
sisted, and still insists, that there
was in his mind no intent to de
fraud any one," his counsel de
clared.
The little Italian, who, with prison
sentences in Canada and this coun
| try behind him, developed his sup
j posed scheme of exchange in inter
| national postal reply coupons to pro
| portions that made him a marked
j figure in finance, only ,to haVe his
I house of 6asy money topple over on
him when the props of income from
! investors were pulled out, had an
air of swagger when he faced the
court'. Hywas the same dapper man
about-town when he stepped. from
the Cambridge jail this morning as
in the days when he was the idol of
the street crowds. A new tailored
suit, smaxl cravat, handkerchief in
j breast pocket and feet adorned with
I spats made Ponzi again a man of
| presence.
As he faced another prison sen
! tence while his youthful wife sobbed
! on his shoulder he penciled on a
j memorandum book his parting wor^
jjfo the public'."sic transit gloria
| mundi" (thus passes the glory of the
j world) and handed it to the press.
When he went up to the bench to
plead a moment later he was em
phatic when he said "I do" to the
clerks question whether he wished to
change his plea of guilty, and was
equallyasserative as. he made the
plea "guilty" in loud tones in the
I next breatn. men ronzi leanea over
j resting his head on his arm, while he
listened to his counsel's plea for a
light sentence.
Ponzi will begin his sentece at the
county jail in Plymouth with 85
counts of the federal indictments
against him on file, and with charges j (
of larceny in many counts outstand
ing against him in the state courts.
He is due also to face his creditors,
of whom there are more than 11,
000, on December 8 when he will be ^
subject to their interrogations as to ^
what he did with the millions en- t
trusted to him, of which his federal ?
receivers have been able to re- ]
trieve only a smart part. j
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STOLEN AMERICAN ?
JEWELS ARE BEING j
TAKEN TO BERLIN ,
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Millions Of Dollars Worth Have
Disappeared This Year?Chas. j
C. Schwab Victim \
New York, Nov. 30.?Publication {
j of a copyrighted <laspatch to the Chi- \
! cago Tribune from .Berlin staung \
j that many thousand dollars worth of (
gems stolen in America were being ,
smuggled to Germany and disposed (
[ of there today brought confirmation t
! from Charles M. Schwab, head of <
the Bethlehem Steel Company that a (
gold jewel case presented to him in (
1916 by the city of Baltimore had ;
been stolen. t
j Over the long distance telephone y
from his home in South Bethlehem
Pennsylvania), Mr. Schwab said: J
"When I heard of the Berlin re- ^
port I investigated and discovered ?
, that the box was missing. I have no 4
i solution to offer as to how or when <
(it disappeared." i
It was reported in the dispatch
! that a cold hox. bearimr the initials: i
"C. M. S." had been sold in the
German capital by a sailor.
Closer watch today was placed on
outgoing vessels to prevent stolen
jewels teaving this country. Precious
i stones valued at several millfon dol
j lars have mysteriously disappeared
| in this country within the last year,
J one of the notable robberies being
i at the home of Enrico Caruso, at
East Hampton, L. I.
1 FIGHT TO MAKE XMAS
CANDY SOME CHEAPER
Chicago, Nov. 30?A fight to make
j Christmas candy cheaper was started
' today by the city douncil high cost of
living committee. Alderman Max
Adamowski, chairman, said despite re
I ductions of nearly 20 cents a pound
' in sugar Over war prices, candy man
' ufacturers were not lowering the
I arice of their products.
THE REV. MARION DARGAN
Greenwood, Nov. 30.?Rev. Ma
rion Dargan, well known retired *
Methodist minister, died here yester- '
day morning after a long illness. (
The funeral will be conducted from 1
'Main Street Methodist church to- I
morrow morning at 11 o'clock by the '
Rev. B. R. Turnipseed, interment. '
taking place at Edgewood Cemetery. 1
Mr. Dargan is survived by his '
widow, who was Miss Annie H. Hick- :
lin, of Chester county, one brother,
Eugene Dargan of Houston, Texas,
and three children, Miss Edna Dar
gan, of this city, William Dargan, of
Sumter, and the Rev. Marion Dargan
Jr., of Athens, W. Va., Mr. Dargan
was in his sixty-fourth year, having
been t>om April 28, 1857, at Dar
lington. He entered the Methodist
Ministry in 1884. Since that time he
had held many important positions
in tne Metnoaist comerencs . uemg
made a presiding elder in 1898. For
the past six years he has made his
home in Greenwood, having been
forced to retire, from the active min
istry on account of ill health. He
was a graduate of Vanderbilt Univ
ersity.
FLORIDA MOB
LYNCHED NEGRO
Miami, Fla., Nov. 30.?G. D. Har
ris ,a 19 year old negro, was lynched
by a mob of white citizens this after
noon near Princeton following an
alleged attack by him upon a \yhite
woman residng about 25 miles south
of Miami. . j
Harris' admitted he entered the
woman's dwelling to attack her. The
1 woman had lain down to sleep and 1
was awakened by Harris at 10:30 a.
m. Although knowing her husband
was absent, she called to him to
come quickW and bring his gun.
Harris ran from the house,
mounted his bicycle and fled. The
mob found Harris at a saw mill near
Naranja and at once took him to
the woman's residence. She identi
fied him positively as her assailant.
The mob then quietly led Harris
to a thicket a quarter of a mile off
and placed a rope around his neck.
No shots were fired and Harris was
not tortured. Soon afterwards the
mob dispersed.
J. S. CAN OUTSTRIP
WORLD IN MAKING
OF BATTLE GASES
Washington, Nov. 30.?Declaring ?
hat the world war demonstrated ^
ahat "an enemy bent on aggression <
:annot be trusted to live up to any i
set rules for war," Brigadier Amos 1
S. Price, chief of the Chemical War- *
'are Service of the army, in his an- ^
mal report to Secretary Baker, as- 1
ierts that development of this
>ranch will do much towards deter
ging other nations from forcing war
igainst the United States.
This county is in a position to
Manufacture and deliver on the j
:ield of battle more chemicals than |
iny other nation or group of ila
;ions, says General Fries, adding
4-1*a "TTvi C-f olflp Viae nnofiilir
'IXCVU II1C UIll/OCU k^vawto <Xl *J TT?crwjr
lecided to continue the ~ chemical
varfare service with sufficient pow
ers' and funds to develop its possibili
;ies, not for aggression, 'but to in
iure that if American boys must
sver again shoulder arms in defense
f the liberty of their country they
will do so on an equal footing with
my other nation, so far as chemical
warfare is concerned."
During the past year the service'
las conducted experiments of great )
ralue in the production of new gas j
md chemical instruments of war, j
-he report says, and has affected a j
:lose liason with chemists and diem-1
cal societies in civil life. ,
iREENVlLLE CITIZENS
TO DO PATROL DUTY
AGAINST ROBBERS
Greenville, Nov. 30.?In view of
mmerous complaints of burglaries,
laring hold-ups and general lawless
less, a meeting of the law and order
lommattee of ^ the Young Men's.
business Leaeue was called today |
o Major W. D. Workman, president |
;o be held here tomorrow. Many
:omplaints were registered at the
>ffice of the business league today
ollowing the discussion of present i
onditions that took place last night i j
,t the meeting of the Greenville!;
tost of the American Legion. Citi-jj.
ens, including former soldiers, to-,:;!
lay volunteered to do patrol duty so J
ong as necessary to aid the officers :j
n stamping out this new reign of : <
error. ;)
iERIES OF SERVICES
AT COKESBUR^
Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D. will
breach at Cokesbury next Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at 11 A. M. In!
:onnection with the services Friday |
norning he will complete the or
ganisation of Cokesbury church by
hnMino- an election for elders and
deacons and ordaining and installing j
them, and receiving new members by
? \
letter or on confession. On Sunday
morning the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper will be administered. On
Friday morning the subject of dis
course will be,: The Lord's Supper;
and the "Duty to Eat Thereof." On
Saturday morning the subject of dis
/
course'will be: "The Lord's Supper, I
and the Privilege of Communion?
Without Fear and Trembling." On ,
Sunday morning the subject will be
"How to Obtain the 'New Heart.'?!
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the RnmK.Prnnf Against the Un
Pardonable Sin."?Index-Journal.
GOLDEN RULE APPLIED
* Cincinnati, Nov. '30.?The 500
employees of the Nash Clothing
Manufacturing company, ^n this
city, which is operated on the
"Golden Rule" basis, today at a
meeting decided to voluntarily sur
render their jobs for a month, ei
ther January or February," in order
to give work to the unemployed of
other clothing factories.
CORK CITY HALL FIRED
Belfast, Nov. 30.?The city hall at
Cork was set on fire this morning
and reports from that city state the;
Thomas Ashe Sinn Fein club and the:
Charlotte quay are ablaze.
Much damage has been done, it is
stated.
CARESS OF A DOG
CAUSES HIS DEATH
York, Maine, Nov. 30.?The caress
>f his dog resulted in the killing of
3erbert E. Ware, a hunter, yester
Jay. Ware was leaning on'his rifle
n the woods when the dog jumped
n play upon him, and in so doing
stepped upon the trigger of the
veapon, discharging a bullet into
fare's right eye.
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2c NOV
Beginning with 2 c
and increasing the
ecery week 2 cents,
J. G. Cox, has saved
ceive this amount E
his Christmas shopf
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PROMINENT FARMER
TAKES OWN LIFE i
Greenville, Nov. 30.?The body of
John T. McNeeley, aged 43, large
land owner of Greenville and Ander
son Counties was found toy a party
of searchers late yesterday in a
lonely patch of woods near Siloam
church, and the verdict of the coro
ner's inquest today was that he
came to has death by his own hands.
V $25.50
t
ents last December
amount deposited
James Cox, son of
$25.50 and willfe
lecember 10th/for
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