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m -M,. _ n» t .1 ■/.. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 198S West Clinton Neiws _ ^7m> Mf.iiaik rs. E. L. Clerdy of Rome, visited Mr, tad Mrs. Joe Terry fionday. • Misses Loaise Hampton and Susie JDiDminiciL visited-jfriends.*in Lorens Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. f). Word, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mobley. Mr. and Mrs. John THE PRODUCTS OF REEDY y sy W. P. CULBERTSON, Cross Hill, S. C. Reedy river is'the largrest stream inside of Laurens county. It has sup plied much jof the resources and some of the history of, the county, yet lit tle has been thought or said< of its importance. Rising a few miles above Greenville, it flows thrbugh-^tSal city Wier and family were visitors in j and on through once fertile regions Charleston Sunday. . of Greenvilje and-Laurens counties in Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cunningham [its winding course, perhaps a hundred were called to Laurens Sunday on ac-[ miles andi enters the Saluda below count of the death of Mrs. Cunning- the Sam Puckett place in the Fork, ham’s brother, George Stewart.! [in its course it crosses at,least ten Mrs. Julian and Willie Clamp, of Anderson, visited Miss Minnie Car michael Sunday. I Mrs. Colie Cum^bell, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Campbell, Messrs. A. J. Haiw Tcy, William Jacks, Marvin Sanders and Walter Davjs,visited in Charles ton Sunday ledges^ or veins of rock, breaking in-| to as jaany shoals and 'waterfalls, j ThdsejOCdiT-At Greenviljle, ConesteO, j Fork Shoals and Cedar Shoals in Greenville county and Tumbling j Shoals, Boyd’s Mill, Culbertson’s Mill,! Washington’s Mill, Watkin’s mill and I I Smith’s . mill ih Laurens county. At, Mrs. Beatrice Harvey spent the ^ Watkin’s mill the river divides into I week-end with. her sister in Newi two streams with an island between,! berry. * j thus forming two falls). In earlier! Mrk. Lydia Strawhorn and daugh-1 history of the counties all these werej ters, of Ware Shoals, visited Mrs. j converted,-at various times, into wa-| William Cannon Sunday. ter power for cotton, flour, grist and Miss Hazel Cannon is spending thejgaw mills. Many hands were needed,} week with relatives in-Greenwood. therefore; in building and running i Mrs Dee Bagwell and._chndren,'find the machinery for these different in-; Ernest Hamilton spent the week-end dustriat plants, thus offering induce-! in Anderson with i-elatives. ment to settlers. Washington’s and Watkins’ mills have ^ready been abandoned years dgo and Culbertson’s soon will be. When milling, lumbering and agricuL ture became unprofitable the young- er generation began to^^ook else where for vocational life, l^litics and the various professions offered them- selve.s to the new seekers and the colleges presented means of betteb preparation. Many of the younger race soon accepted these inducements and, leaving the almost barren slopes of the Reedy, entered a new life. . Many of the more recent entries-in- to politics are readily recalled by most people of today. We mention a few: Hon. Pet Smith, Capt. J. B. Humbert, John M. Clardy, Dr. John R. Smith, Hon. Wade Anderson, Col. John H. Wharton, Mr. J. C. McDaniel, Mr. Joe F. Smith and others. The various profe.asions claim such names of Judge H. H. Watkins^ Judge R. A. Cooper, with at least a half dozen ministers, a number of physicians and a whole host of fine _^teachers. So, we conclude as we began, that Laurens county’s largest river, with f N^es lU Ticket U Republican CounciF? Predicts LandnnMd Knox WiB Ourii^ the State In November. Columbia, July 26. — The-^ Ham- bright-Gardner Republican organiza tion outlined a ticket of preilidential electors today and made otihier gen eral election preparations despite ac tion of the national Republican con vention in recognizing the rival Tol bert organization. / * D. A. Gardner of Orangeburg, pres ident of the Hambright-Gardner group, announced its state, executive committee had named the following electoral ticket to be voted on in the general election in compliance with a resolution of its state convention: D. A. Gardner of Orangeburg, Fred its several resources, its bordering slopes and ridges thickly dotted with a dozen churches and as many schools, and itii^ patriotic citizenry filling positions of honor, trust, and' usefulness, has)wrought well in mak ing the historjiiof our county for 150 years.. G. i^avies of Charleston, J. Bates Gerald of Mrs. Mary Jane Tewkesbury of" Aiken, T. Frank McCord of Greenwood, J. Gv, Jones pf Spkrtanburg, LTW. Gardner of Che- raw, andpT^omas -S. Tucker of Mul lins. . „ - — He said the electors were in^rtuct- ed by - the convention resolution to vote for Landon and Knox. Nomlhatibn of a candidate for the United' States senate against the Democratie^xMhm will complete his party’s congressional slate, be said. The Tolbert organization, headed by the veteran “Tieless Joe” of Ninety Six, also has announced plans to pyt a Republican ticket. in the* field/' ^ . The “national allied RepiUjHcapy council” was quotedj in news ditipateh- es from Washington as predicting; , that the Repablicaik; ticket wonld carry ^outh Carolina, which voted 98 per cent Democratie in the last na tional .election, and as sa^ng the Denibcrats would lose two of theSr six South Carolina seats in congress. Why not keep y'oor money at heme by .nving yoor' subscriptions—either or renewal—to _ JAMES W. CAXDWELL The Magarine Man ¥ Mr. and Mr-s. L. M. Evans and fam ily were^ cWed to 'Greenville Satur day on account, of the death of Mrs. Evans’ aunt, Mrs. Willie Brown. Mr.s. W’oodrow Wilson, Mrs. Lew'is ^ing, Jr., Mrs. Arthur Davis, and Nancy Davis visited in Charles ton ^bpday. Friendk^f “Granny” Crocker will be sorry to iqiow she is ill again at her home ^ on Abademy street. Mr. and Mrs.^Boyd Hughes of Spartanburg, visited M«.Hughes par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A.^H. Hughes, Sunday. Birthday Parties Enjoyed -On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Joe Campbell invited a. number of Httle friends to help her little daughter, Betty Anne, celebrate her fifth birth day. The afternoon was spent play ing games. Mrs. Grange Campbell itnd Mrs. Fren Hardman assisted in enterUining. Late in the afternoon dainty refreshments were served to .jt*eBtjt-five boys and girls^ On Monday evening little Neil Har vey cele'brated his eighth birthday at hw home on Sloan street. Several games were played, after which a watermelon slicing was, enjoyed. Fif teen were present. Missionary Meet On Monday evening the Woman’s Missionary society met at the-home cl Mrs. L. H. Bagwell. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. 0. C. Chaney. The roll was called and the minutes read by the secretary, Mrs. Grady Smith. An .interegitng program was ren- dered^y Mrs. G. P. Lanier with sev eral others taking part. Mrs. R. T. Trammell will have charge of the program at the next meeting in Au gust. The meeting was^ closed with prayer by Mrs. G. P. Lanier. Ice cream and cake was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. J. D. Word. Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE “The' Paper Everybody Reada” vy But tbeset power plants .were- not the only source of wealth along Reedy river. The yalley along its course was covered with original forests which were turne<l into lumber for building j purposes and various kinds of useful j implements as well as fuel. The cut- j ting away of the forest called for more labor. When the trees were re moved the rich soil on the freshly cleared land became another source of employment and wealth. So, farm ing became profitable. Cotton, corn, and the smaller grains were raised in plenty. These industrial attractions brought any settlers to that part of the | ty. Among the names handed dow^^hrough their descendants we mention\^e Tumblins, Sullivans, j Hoods, JoH^ Dorrohs, Downeys, Boyds, Elledges, Coopers, Culbert sons, Washingtons, Reddens, Wat kins, Todds, Smiths, An^lersons, Hum berts, Whartons. Such mhnes have a prominent place "^in makingXup the history of I^urens county. A >6^- i plete list would include many oth citizens along the slopes and borders of the river valley, who share the credit of developing that region. Schools were early established for the young, mostly along the, bluffr or higher lands of the valley. Among the latest of ^e old log-cabin, slab- bench style of school we recall, Horse Creek, Hendersonville, Mount Bethel, Bethlehem, Rocky Mount, Pine Ridge, Mollohon, “Rohinsville,” New Zion. Though limited as they were in equipment and teaching force these initial institutions did a "good work in their day of learning, and in the inspiration to higher and better things of life. The “old field” school, as stepping stones' to more modern institutions, are not to be despised. But later years brought great ex changes along the red hills of the Reedy. In the course of time erosion began its destructive work. 'The slopes began to wear kway, the low lands, and even the: siqeam itself, was^ filled with sediment brought Tlbwh from the hills. Waterfalls, especial ly in the low’er'portion of the stream, gradually became extinct and the bottoms subject to overflows. Smith’s, ICT aiACK SATINS la A4vuio«4 raUilylM! Juat what you M«d t* pep op ^ your summer wardrobe! The •tylea are aa new at next sea son—you’ll fe«|;faahk>n-right » any one of tbml Polka > dots or plria bUkrlNn fine quajaiy Mtiii. 8bef W Laureiis Negro Is First To Pay Jim Carwile ^ses Bonus .To Pay Off Resettlement Debt of Over $500 On His Farm. Laurens, July 23.— Jim Carwile, Negro, who operates a two-horse farrn under the Laurens county set up of the government resettlement administration, has the .satisfaction of knowing just what he did with, the greater part of his bonus monetjr. The local office has released a re. port showing that Carwile haa paid in full his indebtedness to the re- settlemenL division -here fw 4l»e amounting to $514.22, including in terest for 73 days. And the report mdicates Carwile “is now on a fair way to become self-supporting.^ Of the 177 resettlement farmers .under the supervision of C. B. Owings and Charlie Pinson as directors in charge, and Mrs.-T. Hunter Owings as home supervisor, Carwile has the distinc tion of being the first and only one to repay his lean._ Like the rest of such obligations it'was not due until this fall. The borrowed money had been used by Carwile to buy two mules, ferti lizer, equipment and supplies so that he could farm and support his family. In making his settlement, Carwile asked for and was granted the con tinued service of the administration in the matter of advice and help from his county and home supendsors. Carwile had walked from his home, a distance of 18 miles, to take up his papers here. Ckrw'ile lives in a three-room house on the Richardson place hear Mount- ville. His family consislis of himself, his wife and an 18-year-old son. They are cultivating 18 acres of cotton, 15 in com, seven in peas ar other for age crop«, and Had five acres in spring grain. In addition they have cows, hogs and a vegetable garden. Carwile served overseas with a Ne- gr^regiment ' ^FILL ALL YOUR SUMMER APPAREL NEEDS AT OUR BIG MID-SUMMER SALE! • ■ r •* Beginning Thursday Morning, July 30th. COME TODAY FOR THIS TIMELY PRESENTATION OF FEATURED SUMMER VALUES—BIG SAVING PRICES Dresses One lot Ladies* and Children*s Dresses, in prints, vailes and . Daxon. Sold for 98c. ^ Now'on sale for— 39C V Dresses One lot Ladies* and Misses* Dresses, in crepe, eyelet batiste, dotted' Swiss and sport. mate* rifils. Sold up to $2.95. Now omsate for— One lot fast color Print, Voile, and Batiste, 36 inches wide. Sold for 15c yard. Now on sale for— 106 V Warii Suits One lot'TUtle Boys* Wash Suits, sold for 9^ Now on sale^r- Yard Goods One Ipt Batiste, Voile and Dot* ted Swiss. Sold for 25c. Now on sale for^ 19c One lot Ladies* Dresses, in all the new materials of print, flax- on, pique, laces and oi!i^andy. Sold, for ,98c. P B3C Ladies* Dresses One lot Ladies* Presses, in crepes, diif^ns, silk, linens and wash silks. So|d for $3.95. Now on sale Ladies Shoes One lot Ladies White Dress Ox fords, Pumps and Straps, sold for $2.95. Now on sale for— t S1.98 Ladies’ Sandals ^ . One lot Ladies* Sandals, in all white, and white and color com binations. Sol dfor 98c. Now on sale for— 87c Ladies’ Dresses One lot Ladies Dresses, in crepes and chiffons, sold for $5.95. Now on sale for— $3.9S Play Cloth One lot Play Cloth in checks, stripes and solids. Now on sale for— lOc len’s and Boys’ Oxfords and Boys White ^>^1.98. MM One lot Mei Oxfords, sold Now on Sale for— Children’s Dresses One lot iChildren*8 Dresses, in print, organdy and dotted swis& Sold for 98c. ‘ Now oh sale for— . Jden’s and Boys’ Oxfords One lot Men*s and Boys* White Oxfords, sold for $2.95. Now on Sale for— Yard Goods One lot Voiles and Batiste, sold for 19c yard. Now on sale for— ^ Yard GoodiSj One lot Seersucker and Chan- tung, iw>1d for 39c yard. Now on sale for— 29c Ladies Shoos One lot Ladies* White Sandals, Pumps and Ties, sold for $.198. Now on sale for— $1.79 Sea Island ' 1 One lot 80-square Sea Island, 40 inches wide. On sale— 10c Men’s Wash Pants One lot Men*8 Wash Pants. $1.98 values on sale for— $1.49 ^$1,49 values on sale for— 98c Curtain Goods One lot Curtain Goods, sold for 10c yard. Now on sale for— '7c SumereFa **The Home of Better Values*^ Store LC. -'' ■I 'i'; ■ ^