Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ATTENTION! War Declared on the H. C. L. Beginning Saturday, May 29th, 1920 Entire Stock Offered at Reduced Prices We have always sold goods for less, but having to raise a large sum of money in the next few days we have reduced our large stock to the very lowest prices, some merchandise offered at cost. Come around and look at our big bargains and you will agree with us that this is a real money saving event. MEN'S, YOUNG MEN'S AND BOYS' * SUITS Several hundred kinds of the finest materials and latest designs. All must go at cost if necessary. Here is a chance to get a good fitting suit at a sur prising low price. WALK-OVER OXFORDS All styles for men and ladies at Reduced prices. PETERS' SHOES for every member of the family. Guaranteed solid leather at less prices. MEN'S ?STRAW HATS $2.25 and up. Latest styles and good fitting models. \ 500 men's Sunday and Every-day Pants for sale at less than to-day's wholesale prices. SKIRTS We have on hand a large stock of ladies' skirts in serges, silks, and all kinds of white skirts. All offered at cost in order to reduce our stock. LADIES' DRESSES. Silks and summer dresses on sale at a lower price than elsewhere. LADIES' WAISTS-Georgettes, crepe-de-chine and other silks and summer waists all on sale at cut prices. Complete line of the best makes in summer Underwear for men, women and children at Lower prices than elsewhere Our dry goods department offers big bargains in summer dress foods, lawns, voiles, organdies, silks, etc, -, Stock is complete in all departments and some genuine bargains are offered. Will be pleasd to show you around i. mm\sm9 The Store of Better Qualities at Lower Prices Edgefield; South Carolina vsnaaat A Trip Through New Englanc '(Continued from page One) generation. At the foot of this mour tain is a large hotel and cottage surrounding, one of them a replica c Mount Vernon. The state of Ne1 Hampshire has recently gone to th expense and trouble of putting rt ?nforcements and iron bars throug the granite that supports this face that no time or storm may mar it future beauty and symmetry. Another time of great pleasur to me was when we drove out to th different places of interest where rn; relatives had lived. The old home i still standing where my grandmoth er, Lydia Gile was born and fron which she came to South Carolina This home was built one hun dree and ten years ago and is in a perfect .state of preservation in every way typical of the early New Englanc home with no front porch, severa stories high and everything undei one roof, the home and.covered sheds .adjoining for carriages, sleighs, farir. implements and cattle so that in win ter the family wont have to go out ol the house. I noticed that everywhere on the farms, or in most places, this was the case. The barns were larger than their homes and you could see the name of the farm such as "Brookside," always over the barn very large and conspicuous. The home would be connected with this by a covered way or built together. This looked very queer to me, as we have our barns as far from the house as we can get them. I was interested in the maple or chards, one of which my cousin, Mrs. Weller owned, and from which th? syrup for this season had already been made,. One tree had made this spring one gallon of syrup, which they said was a large quantity. This extraction of the syrup or sap as it is at first, does not injure the tree, and they are tapped for an indefinite number of years at the proper sea son. I was told that they use or sell the syrup for which there is great de mand and not so much sugar is made as formerly, but ?luring the war they were not so deprived of sugar as we, because in emergency they could make and use the maple sugar. I told them we used maple syrup for sugar during the war, and they said if it was bought even in Boston the New Hampshire maple syrup was hardly recognizable, so adulterated did i become. I soon had this fact demon strated to me, when my cousii brought in some real maple syru] from her farm near by. It is of ? darker color and much thicker thai the Log Cabin Maple syrup so exten sively advertised. We visited the old cemetery in th< meadow, as our cousins expresset it, and there I saw the graves of m: great grandmother and father, Lydii Clement and John Gile, who wen among the early settlers and builder; of this beautiful mountain town. W< visited another cousin, Mrs. Marths Gile Lewis, who told us some interesi ing stories in connection with the ealy days. Our home was with the dear cousins, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gil? who have promised to come and make us a visit next spring. They ex pressed fear at coming South as late as May, but if the weather continues as cold as it is now they might safely remain until June in South Carolina, One day of our stay in New Hamp shire was spent with Mr. and Mrs. Sleeper, at Lancaster, about twenty miles north east of Littleton, taking lunch and dinner with these hospita ble friends whom I had never seen. In fact, from Washington to Boston and to the most distant point we visited and back again to Washington, I did not see the face of any person I had ever seen before. The serving of meals was of great interest because we were always ready for the time to come, and everything was a surprise to us. There is as much equipment in the Northern kitchen as in the business office of the man of the house. No wonder the women can accomplish so much with such apparent ease Florence said to me one day "How is it that in all the cooking, there is never failure on any article of food? Each thing served is a complete suc cess. In the afternoon at Lancaster we were taken out across the Connecti river on which the town is located, into Vermont and saw there a beau tiful view of this lovely clear river, the mountains and the town nestling between. All the rivers in New Eng land are so clear that you can see the reflection of everything which is above. The banks are low, the water being in touch of the hand from eith er side, and the grass a beautiful green everywhere. The cattle and chickens had just been released from their long snow bound winter quar ters and were happily partaking of the grass as the snow had but recent ly disappeared. The people of New England are as charmingly hospitable as our own Southern people are. The only lack north or south is the difficulty of se curing sufficient help in doing the household work. People are alike everywhere and the spirit of hospi tality which is taught in the Scrip tures and is a Christian grace, be longs to those who love the Lord whether of the North or South, East or West, of all creeds and tongues. The end of this Perfect Day was the journey of twelve hours from Littleton to New York. This time we selected still another route, coming down the Connecticut river through the mountains of New Hampshire on one side and the mountains of Ver mont on the other, sometimes travel ling in one state and sometimes in the other, enjoying the mountain scenery until we were about half way down the length of central Mas sachusetts. At Springfield we made a I change to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and as the darkness gathered came into the great metropolis of New York. Charming Party Given by Mrs. L. B. Jones and Mrs. A. T. Samuel. Scarcely is there ever recorded a more unique party than the one given on May the twenty-first by Mrs. L. B. Jones and Mrs. A. T. Sam uel, at the spacious colonial residence of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Jones on Main Street. The occasion was planned in hon or of the bridal party of Mr. and Mrs Braxton Bragg Jones, whose mar riage occurred February 27, 1895, and the lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Jones, whose marriage to Mr. Thomas Lawrence Nicholson of Chi cago is to be consummated June 3rd. The resident members of Miss Jones' bridal party and the husbands and wives of the 1895 bridal party were included in the guests on this interesting evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Jones, Mrs. A. T. Samuel and Mr. Ralph Jones re ceived in the wide hall. The handsome west parlor was ar ranged as a smoker for the gentli men and they were requested t write advice for the groom of 1921 while in the east parlor opposite, th ladies were writing advice for th bride elect. The reading of all this sage advic occasioned much merriment. Mi Lovick Smith was awarded the trt phy for writing the best advice fror the gentlemen and Mrs. Lovic Smith was given the prize for givm; the best advice among the ladies. An attractive program had beei arranged, including ,among the mu sical numbers, "Love's Old Swee Song," sung as a solo by Miss Ciar; Sawyer, of Johnston. The dances of little Miss Wink Bailey and Miss Elise Lake were ex quisitely graceful and, as always, re ceived many encores. Master Allen Samuel, Jr., present ed the souvenirs of the evening quaint little colonial couples, dane ing the stately minuet, for each ladj and friendly pipes to the gentlemen Mrs. J. H. Cantelou and Mr. N. M, Jones, maid of honor and best man at the marriage of 1895, presented a beautiful framed photograph ol this bridal party of her parents tc Miss Jones. Mr. J. H. Cantelou, in a most pleasing manner, gave the popular bride a very handsome silver vase, the gift of the wedding party of her mother. Mrs. A. T. Samuel's most accepta ble souvenir of her elaborate party for the bride was a wonderful cook book with much valuable advice in rhyme.' Delicious refreshments, in two courses were served-an elaborate salad course with iced tea, and block cream with fruit cake and mints. Mrs. Lovick Smith presided over the bride's book on this distinctly delightful occasion. Mrs. Augustus Corley presented each bride's maid of 1895, as she registered, a laven der sachet bag, which Mrs. B. B. Jones had made from the exquisite materials of her daughter's trous seau. There was only one member of the bridal party of 1895 missing-Mr. R. L. Fox, of Charlotte, N. C., and he sent the following telegraphic message to the bride : "My congrat-1 ulations to the wedding party of I 1895. My love to the bride of 1920." I Possibly in all the pages of Miss Jones' wedding memories there will be no more treasured one than that on which her parents' wedding party registered-just as they stood on the memorable 27th of February, 1895-while on the opposite page, their husbands and wives registered. The 1895 bridal party record was as follows: N. M., Jones-Tweetie Hill Cantelou R. L. Fox-Lilla Hill Ready. S. M. Smith-Clara Sawyer. Dr. F. W. P. Butler-Hettie Shep pard Brown. E. J. Norris-Gertrude Strom Thur mond. Flower girl and boy-Lizzielou Jones Samuel and L. Ralph Jones. Red Hill News. Our school will close on the 4th of June. We are going to have a pic nic with plays, drills and a few reci tations and hope to have some good speakers from Edgefield. In behalf of our school will extend a hearty welcome to everybody. We had a large attendance at Sun day school last Sunday. Several vis itors from Cleora and Edgefield. We were very glad to have them. Come again on service days, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays, and hear our pas tor, Mr. Barnes. I know you will like him. He is the right man in the right place. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williams, lit tle Arthur and the "only baby" went visiting last Sunday. ' Mrs. L. J. McClendon spent sever al days with her niece, Mrs. Edd Strom, last week. You can hear the farmers from early morn until late at night, and the crops are growing now. They have hopes of making a good crop, if not cut off by the boll weevil. "BLUE EYES." WANTED: Salesman for Edge field and vicinity. Commission con tract only, for spare time or full time. We will teach you to sell in come protection through our free school of instruction and help you build a business of your own. Mas sachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, Accident and Health Dept., Saginaw, Michigan, Capital $1,500,000. 5-26-2t Solid leather, well made, correct in style, right in price, '.'Star Brand shoes are better.'"1 QUARLES" & ZIMMERMAN, VAROTY STORE. Union Meeting of Third Divi sion Edgefield Association. To be Held at Plum Branch Baptist Church, May 29 and 30, 1920. Saturday 11:00 Devotional Exercises by the Moderator. :15 Sermon by Rev. G. W. Bus sey. 11:45 Business. Adjourn for Dinner. Afternoon . 1:30 Best Methods of Church Fi nances-J. D. Hughey, Dr. W. C. Blackwell. 2:15 Results of the Seventy-five Million Campaign in our Churches. Open Parliament. V 3:00 How to Make the Sunday School Go-S ' T. Adams, Thomas McAllister. 3:45 Bible Study-E. L. Kugley. Adjourn. Sunday 10:30 Sunday School. ? 11:30 Sermon. Afternoon. Song Service by the schools of McCormick county, Prof. W. C. Wil kie in charge. All Sunday schools of the county are urged to send their singers to this meeting. H. E. BUNCH, Moderator. ?5 Dixie Highway Hotel Com pany. Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Stockholders of the Dixie Highway Hotel Com pany in the Court House, at Edge field, S. C., at 4 p. m. an Monday the 7th day of June prox. All Stockholders of the company are requested to be present as busi ness of importance is to be trans acted. \ J. C. SHEPPARD, ? President. J. L. MIMS, Secretary. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA* TI VE BROMO QUININE. Look for Signatare of E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops -Quzh and headache, and works ofi cold. 2SOr