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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS News From Wllblo and Without I 1 ; the Cnnnty. . CONDENSED FPU PICK READING Soma Itams of Fact, Some of Comment and All Helping to Give an Idea of What Our Neighbor* Are Saying and Doing. Chaster Reporter, Sept. 1: Mrs. Sallie Anne Smythe, widow of the late Alexander Smythe, died last Friday afternoon*, after a few weeks' Illness. The funeral services were conducted at the- home of Dr. S. G. on West End Saturday after ifUllVl v noon by Rev. L. M. White,* pastor of the First Baptist church, followed by Interment in Uriel cemetery near Lewis T.i O Transfers of town I property jiave been numerous the last few days. Among: the number were the purchase of Mr. Henry Samuels' house Gadsden street by Mr. H. F. Richardson; the purchase of the Brennecke property on Center street and a lot on McAliley street belonging to Mr. A. N. Webto by Mr. Geo. R. Dawson; , and purchase of Mr. M. A. Elliott's property on West End by Mr. M. R. Clark ....'.The annual contest at the Bprlngstein Mills for the best-kept ' yard and garden resulted this year as follows: Mrs. Albert Smith, 1st; Mrs. W. B. Ross, 2nd; Mrs. Ed. Allen. 3rd; ~\Irs. L J. Watts, 4th and Mrs. G. \V. McKeown, 5th. One of the striking features of the winning display was the fact that practically every rCvailable Inch of noil was used tor vegetable or flowers, the crop of both being parti-, cularly luxuriant and well-worked, r the weather for the last several weeks considered... Mrs. B, MT Sigmon has returned to Chester and is again superintendent cf the Chester Sanatorium. In the summer of 1918. when th6 government called for nurses, Mrs. SlgmoD resigned her position to Join the University of Maryland unit, nr.d was later transferred to/duty in the * west, where, after the conclusion of hostilities, uhe became superintendent , > of a large hospital. Mrs. Slgmon is without a superior as the head of a hospital, and the local public is den?rhtBd o^ain to Iirvo her here in this responsible position. ..r......On Saturday, August 30th. at 6 o'clock In the morning a simple, but sweet and attractive, home wedding wAs solemnized. when Miss Hulda McLarnon be& came the bride of Mr. Joseph William Poteat. Rock Hill Record, Sept. 1: The nnnual getMOgether meeting and spread of'the Rock Hill Alfalfa Growers' Ajsu. soelatidn will be held on Saturday, September 6. Much interest is being ^ manifested in . the n?eeting and the prospects are very bright for a recordbreaking attendance. There arc ir.oro C than two hundred members of the association, the membership extending through the rich farming district of ' North, and South Carolina. For the pant few year* interest has increased each mi- 1(1 the growing of alfalfa and it has proven to be a wonderful 7 money crop to many of the farmers and their salvation ' in stock-raising. ;...Rev. W. J. Simpson of Covington, Ga,. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. -* Simpson of Lesslle, wos operated on Saturday at the Fennell Inflrmnry for v appendicitis Miss Helen McManus has been awarded the U. 1). C. scholarship at Wlnthrop for the coming year. ?Secretary Mel! of the locul Y. M. C. A. and a crowd of twelve toys re turned Saturday night from a hiking trip to Mount Mitchell. They all reported a fine trip Mrs. Henrietta Lyle, widow of the late Dr. David ~ Lyle of the Lando section of Cheater county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Hollis. about 9 o'clock Sunday morning \V. Nr. - Milling of Palmetto. Fla. brother of ihe late J. H. Milling of this city, Is a visitor here. Mr. Milling says that he has not been here before in eighteen years. t Lancaster News, Aug. 29: The fifth death from the shooting at the car horns of the Southern Public Utilities Company in Charlotte, Monday night was that of William R. Hammond a ~ native of Lancaster. He was emplbyed at the Fidelity Cotton mill In Charlotte and was 3G years old. His death on Wednesday was attributed to injuries sustained In the riot. He Is survived by his wife and a four-yearold son -..For the third time, the case of H. T. Williams, administrator, against the Philadelphia Life Insurance company will be heard in the common pleas court of l^ancaster county at the next term, the Btate supreme court having set aside the oraer of non-suit and ordered a new trial Wednesday. This case is one of great interest. It was first heard at the spring term of court 191G and went to the supreme court at its April, 1916, term on demurrer. Errors were found in the trial below and a new trial ordered. The second trial was heard in March, 1918, hefore Judge George E. Prince and counsel's motion for non-3uit was sustained. It again went to the South'Carolina supreme court which has ordered a new trial. The case has been hard fought from the beginning. The plaintiff is represented hy Jones and Jones, and Williams and Williams and Stewart, of this cit:\ artd the defendant by Wilson and Wilson and Stack and 1*arker, of Monroe, N. C. Gaffney Lodger, Sept.-3: " l-'our" marriages have been performed by l?robate Judge W. D. Kirby within the past three days: Mi3s Maggie Louise Humphries, of King9 Mountain, route 2, and George Juniper Hope, of King's Mountain, route 3. were married Saturday. Miss Maude Bell McDade and Jefferson I*mgston Perry, both of ' Union, were mnrried Sunday afternoon at the home of W. B. Cash, the 1 ceremony being performed by Judge Kirby. Miss Nellie Poe, of Cherokee, and Dee Scruggs, of route 9, were married Sunday. Miss Sara Tesslner J and Joseph Levi Bass, both of route 4, were married yesterday in the office of Judge Kirby Dr. Robert C. Gran jerry, A. B.,' B. D? associate president nnd business manager of e Lanier University, Atlanta, Gn., has J accepted the call extended to him by Sunday in September. His letter of c church and will come to Qttifnoy to assume the pastorate on the third c " Onnlomhor Wis IsL* sr (if " r?uu stuy hi r j acceptance was received by Edward Watson, the church clerk, Saturday ^ morring and was read to the congregation at the First Baptist church Sunday moaning W. H. Ross has purchased for par the $3,400 worth of 5 school bonds issued by Midway school J district for the purpose of erecting a new school building. Plans fob a four room house have.' been completed, ^ and it Is understood that the contract has been let.. Professor E. A. Moi. goruery, for 10 years superintend- 8 ent jC the gruded schools at BlacksInirg. during which tlmes the BlncPsburg schools were admitted and maintained in Class A, spent a few Abuts in the city Saturday. Professor Montgomery recently sold his home pl-ico in Filacksburg and moved out to his fanr about three mllfes from Grover. He .taught the Buffailo school la*? 8 year, but his plans for the coming year have not been decided. It Is J possible, he cald while here Saturday, that he will ncrt teach agairi aUhnugn 1 he las been*offered several school. s Professor Montgomery saltf that he is ? seriously considering devoting his tlino , to farming Claffney's public sehooM 1 opened at 9 o'clock yesterday ipomlng with a total enrollment of 1,091 white * children. It Is probable that a few ad- J .1 It l.,Hn I .ikU.I-An luill I'Or.Af't ^ thlii week as some were prevented from being present yesterdfty morning by unavoidable causes. The attendance by schools was as follows: Central, 405; Cherokee Avenue, 417; artd West End, 269. The compulsory attendance law requires all children between the ages of C oind 14 years to attend tjie first four months of thet session Captain O. P. Rlchardijon, cotton factor in upper South Carolina, died Sunday morning at 10.3(1 o'clock. He was 35 years ?f age. Captain Kichardson's death, which occurred at the City Hospital, was caused by complications following an operation performed about three weeks ago for appendicitis. Close relatives and intimate friends knew for a day or two before the end came that his condition was/ critical. ' He had just retun ied from France about two months ago. and it had been announced that he was in the future to be connected with the Irene Mills here. Lancaster News, Sept. 2: Mrs. Jhon T. lJlyier and daughter Miss Grace, of 1 Monrpe, Washington, are the guests of ihe formers parents Mr. and Mrs. ] H. M. Parks, on Meeting street, toils is the first visit that Mrs. Plyler has 1 made since she left for the west several years ago Mr. Ben Hinson and Minn PlA??ln/J CawaII ViAtVi Af IViia nlt? were married Sunday, Magistrate H. \ M. Culp officiating. After the cere- ^ mony the couple left by automobile for ( Charlotte. Miss Sowed Is a daughter of J. Mike Sowell, of Brooklyn W. J B. Stallman and Miss Bleeka Sims, ^ daughter of Mrs. Agnes Sims of this ( city, were married Friday afternoon ( at 5 o'clock at the home of the bride, ( Rev. T. A. Dabncy officiating. Imme- ] diately after the ceremony the couple , left on the C: 05 Southern train for the , home of the groom in Virginia , Rev. and Mrs. Paul Prcssley and children of Lewlsvllle, Ga-, were Lancaster , visitors this week, having come down ( Monday by way of this city on their ? return from a stay in the mountain:; of ; Western N'c^tli Carolina. J i , 9 L t ? Prices are said to he even higher , i In Pnrrlinrl Ihnn thev .iri> in the United St..tea. There Is the same disincllnn- f tion to labor. Thousands of people who caved money during: the war are now ^ putting In their time spending their savings. A correspondent of the New York Times says there are more than .1(0,000 strangers in the city of Louden and an outsider runs a great risk in going to the city without having in advance engaged a place to sleep. 11 Is a very common thing to see young wohien smoking cigarettes in the streets, generally using long holders. England has an unemployment insurance system that gives pay to workers out of a job for six months at. the rate of $6.30 a week and thousands and thousands of people are now drawing this unemployment pay. A bed that formerly cost 75 cents ir. London new costs $2.50 and shoes that cost $S during the war now cost $10 and $11. Clothes arc fully 25 per cent higher than a year ago. f'.reen apples soli at 60 Cents a pound, cherries sell at 5C [cents and g.apea at $1.25 a pourm It is said to be difficult for one to get his shoes shincd in London unless he docs it himself. I Cnudiflrn ciCf/.o tiftiu I.Ann nllntt/..! F $691.57G of the $3,051,919 granted by the government for the fiscal year ot 1919-30 for agricultural trade, home economics and industrial subjects, anil teaching training under the vocational education law. Allotments for agriculture in the southern states total 1 $313,914 for trade, industry and home economics, $105,139, and for teacher training $222,532. Allotments by states ale: Virginia, $63,634: North Carolina, $7,152: South Carolina, $46,350; Georgia, $S0,31C; Florida. $23,991; Tennessee, $67,220: Alabama, $65,376; Mississippi, $54,804; Arkansas, $48,259; Louisiana, $51,510; Texas. $120,393. I The first quarterly payments will/bejl made October 1. ft YO?lK BAPTIST WOMEN; " ? i Held Annual Meeting at Flint Hill Last Friday and Saturday. With Miss Emma Lowell, president >reslding, the annual meeting of the Vomen'o Missionary Union of the York iaptist association was held at Flint lill church in Fort Mill township last Friday and Saturday. Practically ivery society In the association was epresented. the annual convention Com a standpoint of attendance bedng me of the fnost successful ever held. Reports from various departmental officers were quite encouraging and howed that good progress hod been nade along all lipca during the year Before adjournment Clover wps scectcd as the place for holding the next innual meeting. . The opening: service was given 10 eports from tho Woman's Missionary Societies, after which the official vistor, Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, Rave her necsage and Dr. J. C. W. Dyches preented in a very able way tho llnpist "Seventy-flve Million Campaign." The first part of the afternoon season was given to the Young Woman's Auxiliary work. This was conducted ly Mls3 Prances Smith, the aittociatd superintendent of the- Girl's Auxilliry. Then came the Iioyal Ambassador eports, Miss Minnie Garrison, tho It. i, associate superintendent, presiding. Saturday morning boing Sunbeam ession. Mr3; J.'T. Garrison, associate uperintendent of that department resided. During this hour, the local ?u .abeam Band gave on appropriate inc'i. impressive demonstration, with ipcclal music from them. Mrs. Curpenter then presented Uic '75 Million Campaign,' and after many, eports this session was closed by havng an obituary report and memorial 'Xercises, conducted by Miss Mozeilo fhomoson, death having claimed fifecn, and in addition to the?5e two solders, sons of the W. M. S., lost their Ives ai me irom 111 cnn . At tho close of the last session. the ifoung Woman's Auxiliary gave a patr ant, "Bearing the Llght.^ Notwithstanding the strenuous times >f war and affliction, the union went iver tho top, giving $347 more than iielr apportionment for missions. The otal amount of all glftii for all pur)oees totaled $2,507. Twenty-seven so. icties were on the Honor Roll, more hen two-thirds, exceeding any of the rears. . . Officers for the ensuing year were >lectcd as follows: Superintendent Mrs. ?. S. Frew; president, Mi3s Emma Powell; secretary anfl treasurer. Miss Vlozelle Thomason; Associated Superntendent of the Y. W.^A., Mrs. B. A* Icruggs; associated superintendent of he G. A., Miss Frances Smith; aslociated superintendent of the R. A., Vliss Minnie Garrison; associated superintendent of the Sunbeam Band. Mrs. J. T. Garrison; mission study Chairman, Miss Lula Smith. President of Fort Mill division, Mrs. lalph Mpss. President of Rock Hill division, Miss Florence Thomason. President of tho York division, Mrs. 3. H. Wauffh. ? The will of Andrew Carnegie was idmitted to*probate on last Thursday. Phe value of the estate at the time of 1I3 death was about $30,000,000. Be ore his death tno tamous ironmaster lad given away for different philanhropies a total of $371,065,553. The sulk Qf the estate is left to Mrs. Carlegie who is to have the management if it and who is to provide for their laughter, Mrs. Rosewell Miller as a mother's love may guide. The public lequoats were $300,000 ^o Hampton InJtitute, $200,000 each to Pittsburgh IJnivorsity and the Relief Fund of/the \uthors' Club of JNew York; $100,000 o Stevens Institute "to improve my n-iginal gift." $100,000 to St. Andrew's moiety in addition to a lifetime gift of ?100,0f'0, and $G0,000 to Cooper Union, making hiu total of gifts to that Itvstiutlon $750,000. Annuities to well known persons include the following: William H. Taft, $10,000; Hon. John Burns, $5,000; Mrs. Grover Cleveland, low Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, $5,000; Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, $5,000; Dav^THE BEST OF Is What We Want C The BEST in PROTECT * The BEST in SERV The BEST of ALL tl OUR STEEL LINED V. OUR BURGLAR-PRC it vvn?n ?t atvs f ittJRGLAK IN SI) Combined with a carefui surd the SAFETY of vol WE SOLICIT Y( V ' On iho basis of Mutual ; want to do is to help < Money?That's the Key. THE FIRST NATION "You Hn<l Better I! id Lloyil George, British Prime minister* $10,000; John Morley. "llfelonff friend," $10,000: Walter Damrosrh, $3,000; Thomas Burt and John Wilson, members of parliament and llfelo-.-.p: frlentlw, $5,000. ? A Paris dispatch says that oixty- ! two French women who mnrrl"il I American officers and soldiers have returned to France, bavins obtained divorces from their husbands. In mo. I cases says the French newspaper from which the correspondent pot his information. the trouble was not so much on account of inability of husbands and wives to pet along together ns inability of the wives to accommodate themselves to the American mode of living, t m * ? Eugene M. Lancaster, a policeman of Columbia who killed his wife Mrs. A"hrie D. Lancaster and Newton Loriok on May IS, while the two were out riding together will likely be tried at the approaching teim of tho Richland county court of general sessions. Siijte tho killing the policeman lias been out on bond in the sum of $7,000. i n ? A. Goldman, a negro ex-roldier was instantly killed, two white men were painfully Injured and a second negro was fatally Injured In the wreck of a log train near Allendale, last week. ? Several moonshine distilleries were destroyed In Allendale county last week. THIS BANK WILL PAY * 85.00 IN COLD To the neller of the. FIRST DALE of New Cotton on the. ('lover market thisi M'UhOll. The record for the pa3t ten yearn in as follows: Sept. 3, 1909?Si J. Clinton. Sept. i2, 1910?Ernest Partlow. August 23. 1911?Arthur L. Black. Sept, 0, 1912?-E. A. McCarter. Aug. 27, 1913?S. J. Clinton. Aug. 22, 1914?J. E. Beamguard. Sept. 9, 1915?J- H. & J. P. Adams. Sept. 1, 1916?W. A. Cook. ( Sept. 12, 1917?W. A, Cook. Aug. 31, 1918?W. A. Cook. To any one who duplicates the record of Mr. Cook an extra 35.00 in jtlold will-be given. The Bank of Glover JASJ A. PAGE, Cashier. CLOVER. - 8. C. DELCO-LiGHT The complete Electric light end Power Plant v Lights the liani. Hans the milk, lug machine. 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