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PACE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON. SOUTH CAROLINA Wartime President Closes Life Quietly (Continued from page ten) “Mr. Wilson is attaining the peace that passeth all understanding,” said their leader, while the throng sank to its knees and remained m silence for a minute. Then a sickly sun broke through a cloud bank. A little native warbler, a pilgrim ven turing north in search of early sun and spring, stopped for a moment, and from his twig aloft uttered a happy note. Almost at that moment Mr. Wilson was passing on. Immediately the great Government over which he presided for eight years, began taking steps to give marks of its respect. President Coolidge heard the word of Mr. Wil son’s death while in church with Mrs. Coolidge.. Immediately at the con clusion of the service he drove to the Wilson home and left cards. La ter he sent his secretary to offer any aid, whatever. Flags on Government buildings arfd Government property every where were lowered to half-mast. The news went-to Arm# posts every- lowed his first stroke of paralysis, he watched for a moment when al\. except Dr. Grayson were out of his bed chamber. Drawing his friend and physician close, he murmured with some difficulty of articulation: “The old machine has broken down. 'You’ve dope your best for me. But its better that I should go than to live on a helpless invalid. Tell Mrs. Wilson I want her. I’m ready.” A thirty-day period of official mourning was ordered as the Gov ernment had done for Colonel Roose velt and other former Presidents. Congress arranged to adjourn to morrow, executive departments were ordered closed on the day of the funeral; social activities at the White House coming within the period of mourning were ordered abandoned. Official telegrams were dispatched to the embassies and legations abroad for the information of foreign gov ernments. One cablegram -going to far-off Siam carried the news to Mr. Wilson’s daughter, Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre. She is with her hus band at Bangkok, where he is ad« viser to the Siamese Government. Another telegram was dispatched to Mr. Wilson’s other daughter, Mrs. William G. McAdoo, who, with her husband and children, is speeding to Washington on a train from Califor nia. Mr. Wilson’s last words of sustain ed meaning were spoken Friday. They were: “I am ready.” Realiz ing fully that he could not hope to rally from the onslaught of the di gestive disorder which sapped his strength, weakened his heart and accentuated the condition which fol emotion but in his usual measure habit of speaking. Mrs. Wilson came at the physician’s call and spoke for several moments with her husband during which he communicated to her some last wishes. From that time on Mr. Wilson lived out his fast fleeting life with the full knowledge that he was on threshold of the great beyond. If, in his dying moment, he har bored any feeling at all for the men in public life who prevented the ful fillment of the ideal for which he repeatedly had said he would have been glad to give his life, he never gave any indication of them. He never spoke a complete sen tence after that, and merely was able tb whisper “yes^ and ,f rib” to haw hr rttigftrbi Wild Life Sweeps Over Washington Society Staggered by Suicide of Young Girl Cocktail Drinking, Ciga rette Smoking and De bauching Carried On. Washington, Feb. 2.—Official 'so ciety, stagger^ by the tragedy that overtook Margaret Harding, daugh ter of former Governor W. P. G. Ail thiy was without a show of Harding of the Federal Reserve made more comfortable. When he no longer had strength to do that he gave his answers by making a mo tion with his head. Even then, and until Saturday night, he was able to recognize those about him. With the last sinking spell Saturday night, however, he fell into a state of complete pros tration and fitful slumber, in which his vitality slowly but surely ebbed out. This morning found his pulse fluttering more feebly and feebly un til the end. AN APOLOGY The Sopohomore class of the Pres byterian College of South Carolina wishes to assume the responsibility Board, who committed suicide last week in Boston, due according to her father, “to the social whirl of the National Capital” is taking stock of its younger set “to see if the grave charges are true.” Evidence is being piled up that smart society is honeycombed with recklessness, secret debauching, un limited cocktail drinking and cigarette smoking that are undermining not only the moral but the morality of the belles and beaux of Washington’s “smart set.” It was learned on good authority today that an aftermath to a iprivate ball here held recently was that cer tain feminine guests and their escorts was discovered on the upper floors of the niansTorf in the early hours of a^nran* for the “Rat” minstrel held at the Graded school auditorium on the night of January 31st, and wishes to apologize to the people of Clinton for the unbecoming conduct of those participating. It was the duty of the Sophomore class to censor this per-* formance; but due to a misunder standing, this part was overlooked. D. O. RHAME, L. 0. LAWTON, R. G. CAMPBELL, Sophomore Committee. ner that was compromising to all. Se cret marriages are frequently discov ered and in the last instance a divorce is being applied for before the fact the marriage of itself had been re vealed. The material happiness of the younger set is a farce, accord ing to close observers, and only a small percentage of recent weddings here have survived the terrific pres sure of easy divorces. “There is nothing the parents can do,” said one prominent society ma tron sadly, when asked the remedy for the appalling situation, “if we protest, we are told by our girls that they have a right to live their own lives as they please, and we meekly acquiesce - fearing worse results. Young men enter our homes without even the courtesy of seeking the par ents’ acquaintance—many of them obviously fortune seekers and with out visible means of support. Other hostesses less particular as to the make up of their visiting lists receive them. Their girls wine and dine and then we have no redress as regards to our own daughters.” Another promient matron did not hesitate to ascribe to the wave of fast living prevalent among the younger set the fact that both her children, a girl of twenty and a boy of eighteen, had made speedy mock- ville marriages, joining the great he 1 gira to the Maryland Gretna Gren on the outskirts of the city. In still an other case a girl not yet eighteen, married a man whb had been arrested the very night before for intoxication and indecent behavior in front of a friend’s house. The bride-elect knew all the facts in the case but neverthe less left her fashionable girls’ school the next morning and married the young man. Chaperonage is a dead letter in the smart society of the national Capi tol. Most of the parties begin at 10 or 11 o’clock and end next morning. At one of the fashionable country clubs here on New Years Eve a seven teen-year-old boy got into a fracas with some companions in which knives were used and it was as much as the club officials could do to get the in toxicated lads to their homes. “Bootleg whiskey and too large al lowances,” is the answer to this scene. There is a disposition on the part of the younger set since the Margar et Harding affair to “clean house.” Certain confirmed rioters are being told to ~‘pipfi., down.” _ kerh&ps... the young Boston girl whose affection ment attache, was an dfren secret in Washington society will have achieved good by her tragic death if it proves a warning to other society girls tread ing the same primrose path “of too much social life, excitement and ciga rettes. The situation in Washington be gan to develop here at the close of the war. The unwonted freedom of war times; absorption of mothers in war relief work, making them veri table Mrs. Jellybys, was responsible for the beginning. DUNGAN CREEK CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MEETING The Duncan Creek Cemetery Asso ciation will meet this (Thursday) af ternoon at three o’clock in the office of Sumerel-Stone Realty Co. All the members are urged to be present. A. R. P. Pastor To Leave County R«v. I. N. Kennedy Resigns At Ora to Accept Pastorate At , Mooresville,. N. C. Laurens, S. C., Feb. 2.—Rev. I. N. Kennedy, pastor of the Orl and Lau rens A. R. P. churches, has accepted a call to Mooresville,; N. C. He has tendered his resignation to the two local churches here and will move to Mobreiville probably at an early date. In speaking of <the change this week Mr. Kennedy stated that the pastor at Mooresville is giving up his work there to return as a mis sionary to Mexico, which work he had to abandon a few years ago on account of war in that country. The present rebellion down there may de lay his returning but if not the change may take place in about a month at which time Mr. Kennedy will take up the work in his new field. Mr. Kennedy lives at Ora where he has been pastor for more than eleven years. Shortly after coming to Ora he began to preach to a group of people in theK.jc»f P.JuilLaJLLau-- rens. Later on he organized the shining example to us all in these Christian graces. Therefore be it Resolved: That the Stephen D. Lee Chapter wishes to express its high appiecia- / , been in a flourishing condition since its organization. He has also been preaching at Central school house in Youngs Township. Mr. Kennedy has not only been active in his work as pastor but has been a progressive citizen as well. And his resignation is regretted by the public generally, regardless of denominational interests and inclina tions. MEMORIAL TO MRS. JESSE WESTMORELAND ADAIR COMING—SMILIN’ THROUGH! Have your Shoes re paired at Clinton Shoe Shop, A* E. McIntosh, Prop. During the past year, the Stephen D. Lee Chapter, U. D. C. has lost by death one of its most beloved mem bers, Mrs. Jessie Westmoreland Adair, who was born at Reidville, January 31, 1847, but became a mem ber of our community after her mar riage with Mr. R. P. Adair, present Commander of Camp R. S. Owens, Confederate Veterans. Her death came after a very brief illness, on June 14, 1923. Mrs. Adair won many lasting friends by her gentleness and faith fulness in all the duties of life; and the whole community joins the sor rowing family in mourning her death. Ever kindly and patient, she was a tion of her gentleness of chanetar ^ and of her faithfulness in attendance upon the work of the Chapter, so far as her strength permitted; That we extend our deepest sym pathies to her bereaved family, es pecially to her husband who has lost a tender and devoted companion and to her son and daughters to whom she was a loving and faithful mother; and That this memorial be inscribed up on the pages of our Minute book and copies be sent to her family and to The Clinton Chronicle for publica tion. Respectfully submitted, CLARA DUCKETT, LOLA CASEY COPELAND, MAUDE M. PEARSON, Committee. CARD OF THANKS v We wish to thank our friends and loved ones who were so good to us during the illness and death of our dggmrethefr."~Atsr(rfor the beautiful Mrs. Johnnie Mrs. T. L. Cooper, Mrs. Will Sparks, Mr. Brooks Bobo. THOROUGH WORK How a Clinton Citizen Found Freedom From Kidney Troubles. If you suffer from backache— From uninary disorders— Any curable disease of the kidneys, Use a tested kidney remedy. Doan’s Pills have been tested by thousands. Clinton people testify. Ask your neighbor! Can you ask more convincing proof of merit? Mrs. J. L. McNeill, 87 Musgrove Pills will do and Itaohrdltaohrdltaoh St., says: “I know what Doan’s Pills will do and I am pleased to recom mend them to anyone who needs a kidney medicine. I was subjected to rheumatic pains and my kidneys didn’t act right. My back was pam- ' ' dizi ful at times, too, and I was dizzy and nervous. I used Doan’s Pills and they made me entirely well.” , SEVEN YEARS LATER, Mrs. Me-. Neill added: “I think as much pf Doan’s Pills now, as I did when I recommended them before. They cured meof a bad case of kidney ^ trouble and I advise anyone suffer- this remedy a trial.” 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. ■ m i.. W sw m j Footwear m U FASHION LOOKS WITH FAVOR ON THE NEW BAR PUMPS Smooth Kid, Soft Suede and Patent leathers are Fashion’s favorites for Spring, and Fashion likes them fashioned in the new Bar Pumps. i p i One and two Bar Pumps, with and without front straps and with cut-outs, and straps light and dainty are the favored styles. You will find at our store the wanted styles and the wanted colors. See Our New Showing of Read-to-Wear and ' * " ' —' ' * ¥ Dress Goods. LADIE’^DEPARTMENT CopelancUStone Company m m ‘ONE PRICE TO ALL” Phone Number 47 CUNTON. & C Out for Spring New Spring Felts—Are Here Bunnie Hats $3.00 to $4.00 Cosmopolitan Hats $3.50 to $5.00 No Name Hats $5.00 to $6.50 Stetson Hats $7.00 to $10.00 We are showing all \)f the new colors and styles in Spring Hats—They have just come in. MEN’S DEPARTMENT Copeland-Stone Company ‘ONE PRICE TO ALL" Phone Number 47 CLINTON. & C s r - M ry'' m m. I" v : * kxM *