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STORY OF LANDER TOLD IN PAGEANT 4 Thousands Attend Jubilee Event at College Thursday and Friday Evenings Greenwood, May 27.?The history Uftnao T.on/^OT? flt'IllO truivu 10 aiiu vi ijuuuv* college were unfolded Thursday even ing before the eyes of countless friends, who had to view the histori cal pageant, the crowning event of Lander college's jubilee year. Over 2,000 spectators witnessed the pag eant Thursday and Friday evenings. The pageant is the beginning of what is believed to be the greatest com mencement in the history of the school, the celebration of the 50th birthday of the college. The pageant was given in the nat ural amphitheater behind the dormi tories under cloudless skies. Each era in the development of the college was ViV 1U1JT ucyivtcu J-wai v**w M4WV days at Williamston as Williamston Female college until the present day. Wrapped in the sympathetic shad ows, older students of Lander lived again the days of their girlhood as familiar scenes paused before them. Once more they saw Dr. Samuel Lan der, acted by his son, Dr. Tertius Lander, lead the college girls to the * \ famous Williamston spring, instruct ing them as he went in the natural scicTsOCi-. The work and play of the > old collsge was shown and on the gra.-s carpetcd stages, girls of the '80s once more played the ge-ntle game of "graces." ^ Fi-om the removal of the college to Greenwood until now, each phase of development was portrayed. The growth of the college from a small school to the present modern college for women, under the direction of Dr. and Mrs. John 0. Willson was indicat ed and Lander's dreams for the fu ture were illustrated. Lander's sacri fices and service in the World war were broueht out vividlv in scenes. showing the farewell to loved ones going overseas, the banishment of luxuries and the service of Red Cross arid army nurses. In the epilogue Father Time passes accompanied by the years, alma ma ter and other spirits taking part in the pageant. The spirit of the future lifts the veil from the face of the spirit of Lander and the ideal woman is revealed. Many relatives of the founder took part in the pageant. Dr. Tertius Lander, a son, played the part of his father, Dr. Samuel Lander. Miss jCarrie Lander, of Pelzer, a grand daughter, was prolocutor, and Miss Dorotjiy Lander, also a granddaugh ter, played the part of "the Lit tle Mother, " Mrs. John 0. Will son, a daughter of the founder and wife of the present head of Lander college, took a prominent part in the njuroonf Hvor aHnlfc anH SO children were participants, all richly costumed. The pageant was a creation from the mind of Miss A. M. Tirrell, head of the department of English at Lan der. It was produced under the di rection of Miss Martha Race of Jack sonville, Fla. 1# ^ _j_ 1 i-- + _n many xormer students irom an sec tions of South Carolina and the South are here for commencement exercises. WANTS THE GRADUATE?Something for the graduate you can get it at the cvvm C OQf-f/> UVULV. Vj SWIMMING AT MARTIN'S MILL. Dressing rooms now ready. Ad_ mission 15 cents. Tickets on sale at McMurray's Drug Store and at Martin's Mill. 8 admission tick ets for $1.00. W. F. Beckwith. .j-29_2t. pd. $25 REWARD?I will give a reward of $25 for party or parties that stole my 21-Jewel Hamilton watch, chain and a locket with name 'Jane' engraved on it. Also one suit of clothes, green with red stripe. Same reward offered for proof and con viction of party who threw rock through my door Monday night. R. S. Ferguson, Abbeville. ltpd. FOR RENT?Four up-stairs rooms with all conveniences. Apply to Mra. R. C. Wilson, 19 Haigler etf plume 375-3. tf. coL FOR SALff?Eggs at 30 cents a dozen. tf. J^ione 1. Mrs. D. A. Rofars. I ftQQ RY PI AMPQ LUUUUI I LnifiLu DAMAGES PLACED AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND? PEO PLES BANK BUILDING AND POST OFFICE SAVED BY STRENUOUS EFFORT UVicuornucK, iviay ?jvicvor mick was visited last night by one of the most disastrous fires the town has ever had. At 11:45 last night fire was discovered in the second story of the large furniture store of J. T. iFooshe which was a practically new brick building, having been erected in 1917. This store is located on the principal business block of the town and was an L shaped building with en trances on Augusta and Pine streets and adjoining the Peoples bank building on two sides. The Pnnl, Kni'ldinC WAS also J. ci/pivo i/aim erected in 1917, and is a three | story brick structure, with the bot tom floor used by the bank, a store used by Faulkner Brothers for gro ceies and the postoffice is also lo cated in this building. The second story is used for offices while the third is used as a Masonic Hall. In the construction of this building the architect planned it to be fireproof and but for the boxing or coping around the top of the building it would not have caught. The origin of the fire is unknown. Those, reaching the fire first discov cred a rear door to the Fooshe fur niture store.open and Mr. Fooshe is positive that he fast&ned this door the afternoon before with a large bar used for that purpose. No one is known to have been in the building after 6:30 o'clock when the store was ciosc-d. When the fire was first discover ed it had reached the stage where it was impossible to enter this store and it was completely burned and the loss of the large stock of furni ture carried by Mr. Fooshe falls eery heavily upon him with very little insurance. Mr. Fooshe carried a complete stock of furniture which would have been a credit to a fur niture store in any city, and the store was a pride of the town. +imo RreonwAnH men l->2 U1XW Vititw v. - reached iMcGormick considerable headway had been made by the fire in the third story of the Peoples Bank building and for a while the building seemed to be doomed and but for the heroic efforts of the lo cal volunteer fighters the 'building would have been destroyed before the firemen from Greenwood reach ed McCormick, but by the aid of the fighters using for the most part small chemical fir? extinguish ers, the progress of the flames was retarded, saving the bank, the larg niimknr n-f nffifOC nil +Vl P SPCOTld floor and the Masonic hall on the third floor, Faulkner Brothers grocery store and the postoffice part of the ibuilding. Besides the heavy loss, J. T. Fooshe in the destruction of his furniture store, the Peoples Bank building has been Ibadly damaged by fire and water and the grocery store of Faulkner Brothers was also badly damaged by fire and water and the grocery store of Faulkner Brothers was also badly damaged by water. The officee of Dr. J. Carl Harmon and that of Eh*. R. G. Killingsworth on the second floor were burned with little saved and no insurance. The offices of F. A. Wise, Ross & Owens and Joseph Murray attorneys, were damaged by water and their furniture and books badly damaged, those suffer ing the greatest damage being witnout insurance^ it as estimated that the loss from this fire will reach upwards of $100,000 with lit tle insurance. Seattle is to have a school of criminology, the first, it is said, in America. There is little or no begging in northern Italy, yet it is very preva lent in Naples, A cyclone moves at the rate of 585 yards a second. POTATO SLIPS FOR SALE?Porto Rico potato slips for sale, pulled fresh from the bed as ordered. B. 8. McCoatb, Phoae 495. 5,12tfc. V V \ DUE WEST NEWS. V - A. R. Presbyterian V > Dr. R. iH. Brice of Abbeville wor shipped in the A. R. P. church in Due West last Sabbath.. Rev. Ashbel Brice filled the pul pit in Due West in the absence of the pastor at Synod. Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Baird of Iva made a visit to friends in Due West last week. iMrs. E. L. Reid has been in Char lotte for two weeks visiting her daughter, Miss Virginia Reid, also other relatives and friends. Mr .and (Mrs. E. B. Ellis will re turn to Lake Wales, Fla., this week after spending four or five days with friends in this section. Miss Virginia Edwards, who has been teaching at Greers the past school year, is at home for the vaca tion. Dr. J. C. Galloway was to have left last Thursday for a week's stay in Washington, D. C., with his two daughters, Misses Mary and Annie Galloway. Mrs. W. W. Edwards went to Greers last week to attend the clos-1 ing of the exercises of the. school.' Miss Frances Widernan Is superin-1 1 ? -i- ? r-nViAnl lenueni ui me ui ocio miwi has had a successful year. i Rev. Leon T. Pressly has 'been speeding a part of his vacation in Virginia, preaching at Timber Ridge and other Virginia churches. j Mrs. Pressly spent the time at her former home in Hickory Grove, S. C. The Due West High School held their closing exercises Thursday, and Friday nights of last week.' These exercises were made up of orations, essays and class day exer-, cises. Every thing passed off w*ell.1 The school has had a very successful year. Everything has moved along smoothly. The teachers have been faithful to duty and the scholars have applied themselves. At a recent meeting of the hoard Mr. J. S. Agnew and his corps of teachers were all re.elected. Thus showing the confidence the board has in the instructors of the school. | On Sabbath the ministers scatter ed and preached in all the near_by congregations. It was our privilege to spend the Sabbath on invitation with Dr. and 'Mrs. J. S. Moffatt at Lexington, Va. They have a nice cottage on th? campus of Washing ton and Lee University. Both Dt. and Mrs. Moffatt are very much in-j terested in church activities and ar? not hiding their light under a bushel. Dr. Moffatt frequently speaks at the near-by A. R. P. churches. Dr. Young, the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Lexington called to speak to Dr. and Mrs. Moffatt's Due West friends. He discovered himself to be quite genial and pleasant. Dr. and Mrs. Moffatt's love for Due West does not wane.?R. <S. Galloway in A. R. Presbyterian. ATLANTA WOMAN IS ARRESTED IN COLUMBIA Columbia, 'May 27."?'Mrs. H. V. Valse, of Atlanta, a we-11 dressed nice looking woman, was arrested by the Columbia police at 1:30 this afternoon charged with stealing a $250 diamond ring from a jewelry store in the heart of the business section. She went into the store to look at some rings and left without pur chasing. The clerk later discovered that on? of the stones was missing. The head of the store got into his automobile and overtook the wo man several blocks away. She de nied she had the ring but was will ing to face the clerk. Returning to U10 5M>rt Mir pivuuvcu ifiw Aiug m<?v> in a few minutes a detective took her in custody. She says she lives on Peachtree street and that ker husband, who she says travels for a soft drink manufactory, has "plenty of money." DR. L. V. LISINBEE OPTIMETRIST ...Office Over... McMurray'? Drag Store. ABBEVILLE, S. C. HOUSE BILL FUTILE AntULynching Measure Clearly Un constitutional Washington May 27.?Announce ment that the senate judiciary com mittee in its consideration of the anti-lynching bill would endeavor to frame a measure that will stand the test of courts and "will exhaust every ounce of federal power" in dealing with the situation, was made by Senator Borah (Republi can) of Idaho in reply to an inquiry by a negro organization as to what was to >be done in consequence of the committee's decision that the house bill was unconstitutional. Senator Borah declared there was no intention on the part of the committee to abandon consideration of the subject but added that the majority of the committee was con vinced that to pass the house bill was "a wholly futile thing" for the reason that it would be a statute only until it could be carried before the supreme court of the United States. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The County Highway Commission ers of Abbeville County will receive sealed bids, at the office of County, Supervisor, until 12 o'clock, M. on! Thursday June 15th, 1922, for the j construction of Nine and 24-100 miles of top soil road from the Prank Place via Latimer Station to Calhoun Falls, as per-the survey of the Coun-| ty Engineer. . The work will consist of the neces-' sary clearing and grubbing, excava-! tion, culverts, headwalls, topsoil sur-! fue!n~. ar.d such other work as may be necessary to complete the road ac-' cording to plans and specifications.; Detail information will be furnish-! ed by H. B. Humbert, County Engi-1 ncer. Bids shall be on the prescribed form, and accompanied by a certi-' fied check, or corporate surety bid j bond, in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) payable to J. S. Stark, Chairman, as guarantee that j the bidder will, if awarded the con-1 tract, within ten days after notice thereof, enter into a written con tract, and give satisfactory bond in (1-2) one-half the amount of con tract price, said bond to be furnished through an agency resident in Abbe ville County. Bidders must satisfy the Commis sion of their experience and ability to perform the work. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. Done at Abbeville, S. C. by order of the Commission, this 11th day of May, 1922. J. S. STARK, Chairman. L. W. KELLER, Secretary. May 24, ltw 3wks. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The County Highway Commission ers of Abbeville County will receive sealed bids, at the office of County supervisor, unui iz o ciock, iyi on Thursday June 15th, 1922 for the construction of Six and 16-100 m.'.les of top soil road from near Gilliam's Gin, via Sharon Schoolhouse, and Link's Bridge, to the McCormick County line, known as the Island Ford Road, as per the survey of the County Engineer. The work will consist of the nec essary clearing and grubbing, exca vation, culverts, headwalls, topsoil surfacing and such other work as may be necessary to complete the road according to the plans and spe cifications. Detail information will be fnrmcVioH hv H R. Humbert. County Engineer. Bids shall be on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check, or corporate surety bid bond, in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, ($500.00) payable to J. S. Stark, Chairman, as guarantee that the bid der will, if awarded the contract, within ten days after notice thereof enter into a written contract and give satisfactory bond in (1-2) one half the amount of the contract price, said bond to be furnished through an agency resident in Abbe ville County. Bidders must satisfy the Commis sion of their experience and ability to perform the woric rne rigni; is re served to reject any or all bids. Done at Abbeville, S. CM by order of the Commission, this 11th day of May, 1922. J. S. STARK, Chairman. L. W. KELLER, Secretary. May 24, ltw 3wkg. J Lotteries are said to bAve originat-' 3d in anoimt Btae. ABBEVILLE PRISONERS At the United States Court in i Anderson Lee Williams and Lem Williams, two negro youths plead ed guilty to charges of violation of 3 the prohibition law. This case arose { from a wreck between two automo- < biles near Docheno, on the Honea 1 Dr>+Vi jRol+An i-no/1 loot. VPflT. RnUl 1 x aurx/viwi wore sentenced to $100, and to re main in the Abbeville county jail until the fine is paid. BLUME HAS PLAN FOR REFRIGERATION Washington, May 23.?B. J. Blume of Columbia applied today for a federal patent for cooling re frigerator cars without the use of icei His scheme contemplates the use of compressed air from the axles of the car. He says that en gineers, after a study of his draw_ ings, declare his scheme feasible and practicable, it costs 'between $7? and $100, Mr. Blurae says to send a car of vegetables from South Carolina to New York under the present system of refrigeration, i His system will make the actual i cost practically nothing, he says and i will result in great saving to ship. * pers and consumers. Watch the label on your paper. n. !-F" niiiniiiiiJiJitiiiiMtniitiiiiiiiKiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiMi H WANTEI For The New Will rive 3 Piece for I SEND IN YOUR J M. M. ( P. 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Offiials said, however, ti i date for reopeniafc was bei considered and employes now! itrike wuld be given an opporta ty to return to work on the ter offered by the company last F< ruary. 20 per cent wage reducti and a ^4-hour week. rton ac Tuiuvo I wish to thank my friends ' < neighbors for the kindnesses sho ne during the illness and death ny husband. May the Lord bl ;ach of them. Mrs. Claude P. Cromer. Watch the label on your paper wen Brothers arble and anite Co. GNERS UFACTURERS :tors urgcit and best equipped monv enta! mills in the Carolina*. GE en WOOD, S. C. D-A NAME? r Pool Room. >2.50 (Gold 5est Name. JAME AT ONCE. 0 > . DSMER BOX 297. rtising f Business dyertising," John merchant says, "is r sign. If you want| st let people know it. : of doing business outadvertising." In fanamaker regards! 3 of business.