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Aablished 1871 -Yolkinie 45PICiEN,. S. C., MAY 20. 1915
Old Soldiers' Reunion June 3
The thirteenth annual rounioi
of the Confederate veterans o
Pickens county will be held a
Pickens court house on Thars
day, Juno 3.. Every Confeder
ate soldier, with his family, i
invited, and urged to attend
Appropriate exercises will be ol
served, an address by Hon, J. J
McSwain, of Greenvillet will b
deliverect, and the meeting wil
be thrown open for addresses b:
veterans, and others.
The exercises will commenc
at 10:30. At the conclusion o
the exercises which will be hel(
in the court house, a picnic din
ner will be served on the cour
house square to which every o<
vdtoran is especially invited
These exercises, and the dinnei
will be given under the auspice,
of the Pickens Chapter, Unite<
Daughters of the Confederacy
assisted by the Keowee O.hapte:
of Liberty, and the Williain
Easley Chapter of Easley, an<
they inyite the co-operation o:
all the ladies in the county
Bring well filled baskets an<
leave them at the door on th
east side of the court hous
where a committee of ladiec
will be on hand to receive then
from 10 o'clock a. m.
Accidentally Shot
Young Furman Davis of Six
Mile was severely wounded ir
the arm last Wednesday
while out; hunting near Win
chester's mill, several miles wesi
of. Pickens. He was taking i
loaded shotgun out of his bugg3
when it was accidentally dis
charged, the shot taking effec
between the elbow,tearing away
the muscle of the arm. He waE
carried to Mr. Ben Bolding'E
home and Dr. Porter of Picken
was called. He wvent immedi
ately and dressed the wound
Mr. Davis is about 17 years 01
age and a son of Rev. Joe Davis
the well-known Wesleyan evan
gelist.
New Head for Easley Schools
The Easley correspondent o
the Greenville News says: Ar
announcement of much interesl
to the-people of Easley and th<
up-country in general was mad(
here Wednesday when it wa,
given out that George W. Cog
gin of Albemarle, N. C., hat
4 been elected to and accepted th<
superintendency of the Easley
graded and high schools for next
session.
-Mr. Coggin is a native of Nortli
-%Carolina and a graduate of WakE
Forest college. He has taugh1
at Blackville for the past six
years and is now at North Au
gusta, wvhere he is teaehing. H(
will come to Easiey with thE
highest recommendations.
* Music Recital
TPhe recltal given at the hom(
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hestei
Friday night, May 14, was at
tended by a number of Pickeni
people. Many exercises wer<
- -gone throug~h by the musica
students of Mrs. Hester; Among
them being a song "Forgotten,'
by Miss Pearl Hester in her us
ual charming manner, whil<
Miss Agnes Edens played th(
piano. Miss Viola Hendricki
recited "High Culture in Dixie'
wvhich caused much laughte
among the guests. Little Misse:
Edna and Patti Porter an<
Juanita H ames also showved tha
- they had received excellen
4 - training. The young men pros
ont also gave some good instru
mental and vocal music. Afte
the exercises delightful ref resh
ments Wvere served. The hous
was beautifully decorated fo
the occasion wvith roses an'
other flowers. The recital o
the pupils of Mrs. Hester reflect
great credit upon the trainin:
they have received at her hands
Ten Dollar Raincoat Free
If you are going to buy a sul
of clothes any time soon it migh
pay you to read the large advei
tisement of the U. S. Woole'
Mills Co. in this paper. Prol
ably the largest tailoring concer
in the world, they will have
representative in Pickens Thure
-day, Friday and 'saturday c
this week and you will have th
opportunity of selecting the kin
of suit you want firom a larg
number of samples and then th
suit will be made to your meaw
uro. With ever-y suit sold thi
ctapn wiWgive a ten dolks
tin ill meet netyear< ( a
vill, N. C. Jhe
A Great Meeting
I The singinc' convention of
f Pickens county held a two days'
t session at Cross Roads church
- last Saturday and Sunday. The
. weather was ideal. The crowd
9 on Sunday was the largest'ever
seer) at a convention In this
county. The behavior was al
most perfect, not a single thing,
3 so far as we have heard, to mar
1 the pleasure of the occasion.
r The singing was the best ever
heard at the conventio'n; indeed,
3 we do not see how it could be
r much better this side the "glory
I land."
President Mc~ravey showed
b himself the right man in the
I right place. "Nith skill and
kindness he guided the great
conyention through without a
jar or even a hard thought on
I the part of anyone. No one had
any room to feel slighted. Prof.
McD. Weams and wife from
Tennessee, Profs. Faircloth alid
Pace of Greenville, Prof. Robert
Quinn and the Misses Quinn
and Miss Dalton of Greenville,
I Prof. Smith of Pelzer, along
with oughwn local talent, made
the convention a great success.
Prof. J. H. Williams of Green
ville, who kindly let us have one
of his best Estey organs to use
for the occasion, was present an d
gave us an opportunity to hear
the very best instrumental music
Cross Roads church and com
munity will be remembered by
all the people as a people of un
unbounded hospitality. I think
the old Virginia hospitality will
have to take a back seat after
this. How any community could
feed a crowd like that and then
have plenty left to feed more, i1
more could have found room.
passed me, but it is a fact all the
same. All honor to the dear
people who so graciously enter
tained us during the convention.
And now let the "soneg wave"
roll until at last, with shouting
and singing, we leave the world
of shadows and join with the
redeemed on the other shore.
-H.
Singing Convention
The Pickens Township Sing
ing convention will meet with
Griffin church next Sunday at
2.30 p. m. All leaders in sing
ing are expected to be there and
every body else that loves to hear
good singing come out and help
us. This convention will also
meet with Tabor church (near
lion. W.T. Bcwen's) on the fifth
Sunday in this month at 10 a.m.
for an all-day singing. Several
prominent singers have prom
ised to be there. All leaders in
t.he county have a cordial invi
tation to come. Let every body
bring songbool 3 and wvell-filled
baskets. We e' pect to equal the
singing at Crus Roadls on the
third Sunday. Every body come.
R. L. HENDERsoN, Secy.
Cedir Rock News
Miss Minnie Day of Easley
spent the w -k-end wvith Mr.
and Mrs. Honmer Jones.
Miss Olive Williams was the
guest of Miss Lillian Hendrix
Sunday.
Miss Rula Henidrix who has
been teaching for some time at
Welcome, was visiting her home
folks Sunday.
Miss Georgia Knox-and broth
er Frank were guests of Miss
Ada Miller Sunday.
R. A. Smith of Greenwood
Swas a recent visitor in this burg.
- Mr'. and Mrs. Robt. Knox
- were visiting friends and r'ela
r tives in this vicinity last wveek.
-There will be memorial ser'
3 vices held at Cedar Rock Bap
r' tist church on Saturday, June
1 12, 1915. All persons who have
r friends or relatives buried at
B Cedar Rock cemetery are r'e
Squested to come and bring
-flowers with which to decorate
the graves of onr loved ones.
Work will begin at 9 o'clock in
the morning. Preaching at 11
to'clock. Dinner on the ground.
tThen in afternoon finish the
work of decoration. All per'sons
Sinterested are hereby requested
to send a list of the names, ages,
Setc., of friends entered here tc
Miss Ada H. Miller, Easley, S.
0. route 1, that she may prepart
fa complete list for the pastorF
e use. Please don't neglect this.
Susrie.
0 Bennett H-. Powers of thw
-Keowee side was In Pickens oii
s. business one day last week. Il
r will be remembered that Mr.
(I Power's was in the secondl rac<
for treasurer of. Plcl s county
ear, ahd, he Miuonces
e will be in ~ a foi
~ ~ e ofglee next ? u
p to win.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
European War
Reports from Paris and London
state the French forces have won sev
eral decisive victories against the
Germans north of Arras and have re
pulhsed the Teutons in their charge on
Ypres. I
The British forces together with the
Belgian troops are said to be holding
the Germans at the Yser canal until
the French can arrive to assist in
beating them back.
King Emmanuel has refused to ac
cept the resignations of the resigned
cabinet, especially those of Premier
Salandra and Baron Sonnino, the for
eign minister. The Roman public has
loudly prAised the king for meeting
the crisis in this manner and his act
has met . with widespread favor
throughout Italy.
The United States has sent its note
covering the LAusitania incident to Ger
many, in which the American republic
declares. that no more such occur
rences must happen again and that
the United States government is ready
and prepared at any moment to de
fend its statement and note of warn
ing if necessary. President Wilson
personally drafted the note.
Terrible fighting is reported in Flan
ders near Ypres, where the allies now
-claim the German losses are heavy.
I The Russians have taken the offen
sive in Bukowina, say the Petrograd
advices. Vienna dispatches claim the
.Muscovites have been badly beaten.
Anti-German demonstrations contin
ue to sweep England in their efforts
to avenge the Lusitania incident. All
German residents of English cities
have been molested and driven from
their homes and stores. Windows of
shops owned by German-English mer
chants in London and Liverpool have
been smashed in raids made by the
populace.
Italy's intervention in war is ex
pected hourly. The Swiss government,
according to reliable authority from
Geneva, has been asked for a big war
loan and the infformation furnished
that Italy is ready to declare war on
both Germany and Austria.
A statement from the vatican says
Pope Benedict has decided to ask the
Austrian ambassador and the German
delegate to the papal palace to with
draw on account of the attitude of
those two countries against Italy. Aus
tria is officially a Roman Catholic na
tion, and it is believed that such a
step would tend to make that country
cautious about severing connections
with-the pope in time of war. Ger
many is officially a Lutheran empire,
with only a few strong Catholic duch
les, and it is said that the pope's ac
tion would have little effect in Ber
lin.
The greatest battles of the war are
now raging according to dispatches
from London and Paris. Scenes of the
conflicts are between Arras and the
Belgian coast, western Galicia and the
Dardanelles.
The French forces on the Gallipoli
peninsula claim to have met the Turks
and driven them far inland so that
the seacoast now is clear for the land
ing of 1English troops.
Germany has advised American Am
bassador Ger-ar-d that all the subma
tine commander-s of the imperial navy
in the 10nglish war- sone have been
order-ed not to har-m neutral vessels
not engagedl in hostile acts in the
ftutre.
Winston Spencer Churchill, first
Ior-d of the British admiralfy, in a
sp~ecch in parliament, stated that
Captain Tur-ner had received orders
as' to the r-oute to sail the Lusitania.
Captain 'rurnet- testified that he had
carrtiedi out the admiralty's instrtuc
tions to the best of his ability.
Domestic
William J. Barnes, Jr., now suing
Col. Theodlore Roosevelt for libel at
Syr-acuse, N. Y., testified on the stand
lie was not the Newv Yor-k Republican
boss, but thtat the late Senator- Platt
was admlittedl to be the dlominant fig
ur-e until 1905 wheni Mi-. Roosevelt
himself became the contr-olling factor
and r-emained so until 1911. He madle
a sweeping denial of all accusations
preofei-ied by Roosevelt. Hie stated
that wheneve- he called on Roosevelt
all he cold~ (do was to listen, as
Roosevelt did all the talking.
The Gi-eek steame-, Andr-eas, sail
ed ft-em Galveston, Texas, for liavr-e
with a cargo of 356,000 bushels of
wheat.
Chtarles 10. Sebastian of Los Ange
les, suspended chief of police of that
city, who t-ecently won the mayor-alty
noination it thle face of a couttit pr-c
cedurtt-, was acqit ted~ of thle chiarige
of coitiibut ing as chief to thle deC
linqluencey of a seventeen-yenar-old girl.
In a public address in Philadelphia
lhe night afte Pr liesident Wilson's
speecht tere to thle newly naturttaliz
ed cit izensI, formiter Preside~nt 'Taft
pra-;isedl Air. Wilson's atttitude andl call
ed ito Ith le coutriy to sutppor-t thle na
tion's exectiv le whonm he compharedl
to Waishtington, Lincolni and AicKin
Icy.
Summer Hardware
We~ urgo you, for your own
benefit, to read1 tho new adver
tisreent of HTeath-Bruce-Mor
row Co. in this issue, They
give you a handy list of some i>f
the things you may need this
summer. T hiss store has a large
line of these goods and if you
don't find what you want in
his list ask thern for it anyway.
An old proggsition to divide the
tate of Florida into two states West
Plorida and south Florida, has again
ound its way into the legislature of
hat state, now in session.
Many governors of the nation and
>olitical leadedi of both parties have
)ublicly endorsed President Wilson's
tote to Germany.
The sanity of Hary Thaw, murder- d
.r of Stanford White, will be tested I
)y a New York Jury according to a d
'uling of the supreme court of that
itate.
The Southern Baptist convention, in V
iession at Houston, Texas, went on
ecord as opposing uniting with other
whurches of other faiths in various
>hases of Christian work.
Senator A. L. Brown of the New
'ork legislature, on the stand at the
3arnes-Roosevelt trial in Syracuse, V
taid that the real boss of the New
i'ork Republican organization for I
iearly ten years was not Mr. Barnes, D
ilt Colonel Roosevelt himself.
Investigation by sanitary inspectors (
>f the quarters of Eimily Smith, an
)1d lady living in a hovel in Indian
rpolis, revealed that she had $8,000 V
ioarded away in small coins, curren
%y, certified checks, niortgages and
mank books showing good sized do
posits. The woman has been living
)In charity for twenty-live years. A
;uardian was appointed and she was
placed in a sanitarium.
Senator John Sharp Williiams of Mis
1issippi has criticised laron von Bern- 1
sroff, German ambassador to the Unit- c
ed States, for a statenient that the N
baron said Germany was justified in j
iinking the Lusitania. The senator
itrongly coniniended the president's
itt(itude toward tle incident.
Another indictment has been re
urned against Miss Rae Tanzer, who
ecently brought a breach of promise
uit against James W. Osborne, wel.
Cnown New York criminal lawvyer, oi
he charge of perjury. A previous in.
lictment was returned against Miss
Panzer for using the malls to defraud. f
Washington
Official Washington is still deeply
concerned over the American note to
Germany. President Wilson has been
advised by Ambassador Page in Lon
don on the receipt of his message
there, and that it. has been forwarded
to Berlin to Ambassador Gerard.
Baron von Bernstorff, Gerian am
bassador to the United States, has
given orders that all American news
papers discontinue their publication
of advertisenients of warning against
traveling on trans-Atlantic liners of
the allies.
Brig. Gen. William Ii. Forwood, U.
S. A., died at his Washington home.
After a lengthy session of (lie cabl
net, President Wilson has outlined his
policy toward the Gernian empire re
garding ihe Lusit ania tragedy. The
president personally drafted a note
to Germany demanding that subma
rine warfare be stopped. The note is
imphatic and was approved by the en
tire cabinet. A guarantee is deniand
3d that the Lusitania horror will not
be repeated. The president ftirther
warns Germany that the United States
will hold he- to "st-ict accountabil
ity."
President Wilson is quoted as say
ing he realizes the gravity of the
step he hias taken, but is fully pro
par-ed to b~ack up his statement to Ger
many to ulpholdi thle honor of the
United States if necessa-y.1
Ambassador Biernstor-ff of Gei-many
has publicly and officially expressed
his keen i-egret over the loss of Amer
ican lives aboar-d the Lusitania. Am
bassadors~ Jusseirand of Fr-anco and
Spi-ing-Rtice oif England have offered
the synmpat hles of those nat ions.
Foreign
Zapata tr-ops have evacutatedl the
Mexicani capital before thle Gai-ianza
forces.
Frmoim Vera ('ruz- comiies the report
that Gleanral ('ai-ranza plans a naval
Rttack on Tapii~ co.
TIhe pi-ess of the various South
Amer-ican iepuiblica have appi-oved the
course takeni by Presidlent Wilson in
the standl of the United States toward
Gerimany in i-egard to (lie L~usitania
Incidient.
Spain faces a coal famine. Mens
uries have been taken by thme Spanish
cabinet to float leans in New Yor-k.
Amei-ican Ambassador- Willarmd has In
ter-cedled with King Alfonso to re
aiove tihe present high dutty on Ame
lean coal as a meaus to relieve (lie
condit ion.
An Indian upi-ising among the Y'a
riuis in Sonora, Mexico, is reportedI.
The Indians have attacked the Amer
ican r-esidlent s of that locality, it is
said1, to avenge themselves for prop
erty taken by the various contesting
Revolutionists in that country. Admi
ral HlowardI of (lie Pacific squadron
has dlispatched a squadron to Mexi
can waters to insure (lie safety of
American citisens.
The bodies oif Alfred U. Vanderbilt
of New York, Mtrs. Stewart Mason of
Boston and Mrs. Ter-ence Condon of
New York, all Lusitanla victims, wer-e
r-ecover-ed floating about twenty miles
from the spot where (lie Ill-fated ship
went dlown.
Viscount James Brmyce, former Br-it
lsh ambassador to the United States,
and author of "'rho Americani Com
monwealth," In a lengthy statement
given to the Englisly press, accuses
Germany of overy crIme on the cal
endar and says the B~eirlIi gover-n
ment is guilty of every attrooity
known in the worjd's history, since
the present war began.
Miss Jane Addams 9( Oijicago, whyp
presided recently at The H~a6ie peace
congress, was givexs a public receptioni
ila 60n by the Woinen.,- tflat sty,
STATE NEWS ITEMS
Chick Springs hotel opened May 11
or the summer season.
- Fifteen children were poisoned on(
ay last week in Piedmont by chewinf
um. The guni was found in an aban
oned store house. All recovered.
Curran Alexander, who killed hif
ife by cutting her throat in Pelzei
everal months ago, was tried in Ander
on Saturday and sentenced to life im
risonment.
C. S. Webb has announced that he
iill be a candidate for mayor of Green
'ille in the next election. He was de
eated two years ago for this office by
layor Marshall by six votes. He is a
rother of Congressman Webb of North
,arolina.
Judge Prince has announced that law
'ers and court attaches must wear
,lack suits in his court, according te
xw. lie will not allow palm beach
uits or any other light colored suits,
ecause it fails to show proper respect
or the dignity of the court.
T1he Southern Baptist convention
dopted the report of the committee on
ipportionment of funds for missions,
vhich provides $441,750 home missions
Lnd $624,000 foreign missions. It asks
he following sums from the states
iamed: For home missions--Georgia,
51,000; South Carolina, $38,000; Mis
issippi, $25,000. For foreign missions
wcorgia, $75,000; South Carolina, $55,
00; Mississippi, $35,000,
Dr. Paul 1i. E. Sloan, treasurer of
lemson College from the time it was
ounded until a short while ago, and'.one
of theibest known men in South (aro
ina, died suddenly Saturday morning &
7.30 o'clock while seated in his favorit<
chair at his home at Clemson College
Dr. Sloan was 79 years old. FunerE
services were held at the Pendleto
Episcopal church. Dr. Sloan was we
known in Pickens county.
When officers tried to arrest him i
Greenville one day last week, Walte
White shot and seriously wounded Chic
Ef Police Holcombe and would hav
killed Ollicer Bridges had not the bulle
been impeded by passing through ,
plank. Bridges was slightly wounde,
in the breast. In turn White was sho
:lown by Sergeant Cooksey, his thig]
being broken by the bullet. It is sup
posed that White is insane. le is i
native of Easley and was once carriec
from Pickens county to the asylum b1
Frank Christopher.
Central
The Central correspondent to the Lih
,rty Gazette says:
Prof. J. M. Hancock and wife. wh(
lave been members of the faculty ol
Lhe Wesleyan college since its estab.
ishmnent, and Prof. Hancock having
been president of the college for th<
past three years, has won many friend:
here who regret to knowv that they wvil
leave this wveek for their farm in Soutl
Georgia.
The baccalaureate sermon of the Wes
leyan college was preachedi Sunday a
[1 a. mn. by Prof. H1. C. Bedford 0:
[loughton, N. Y. His sermon wat
reatly enjoyed by the crowded house.
Sundlay night the mnissionary progran
md add~ress was very nicely rendiere(
mud very inst ructive andi enjoyed by al
aresent.
The iPhilomathean Literary societa
rendered a very interesting pirogran
WIonday night, and Tuesday at 10 a. rm
the class add~ress was given by Prof
Bedlford.
Answer to Last Week's Riddle
Why is a pruLdent man like a pin?
Because his head prevents him fron
~oing too far.
Out of thirty-three answers receive<
mly one wvas correct.
Riddle for Next Week.-Why is
1vatch (log bigger at night than by (lay
Citation
state of South CarolIna,
lounty of Pickens.
By J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge:
Whereas, Junius C. Hloggs made sui
to me to grant him letters of adminis
tration of the estate and effectsi of Vie
Fladden.
These are, therefore, to cite andl adl
mionish all and singular the kindred an
eredlitors of the said Vice Haddon, de
eensedl, that they be and appear befor
me, in the Court of P'robate, to be hel
at Pickens, S. C., on the 3d day c
June, 1915, next after pulilcation here
Df, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, t
show cause, if any they have, why sai
adlministration should not be granted.
Given 'under my hand and seal th
the 18th (lay of May, Anno Domini,1911
3 J. P. P. C. (Seal)
I caping timie will 800on b
hl'e and( you al'e goilig I
buy a Mowving Machin<
Let us show you a WValte
A, Wood. Youi donl't hav
to rush your towvn to ge
good ser vice. Sold by Pici
ens H-ardwvare and Grocer
Comnnnv l.
Liberty Man Killed in Wreck
A dispatch d a t e d Sunday,
May 16, says:
Seven men, two of them White,
were killed and ten were in jured,
some seriously, when a derailed
car overturned on the Southern
railway near Toccoa, Ga., today
while a wrecking crew was
clearing a freight wreck. All
were employes of the road.
The white men killed were:
S. 0. Estes, supervisor, Toccoa,
and S. E. Griffin, section fore
man, Liberty, S. C.
Vice Hadden, colored. of Lib
erty was also killed. Among
the injured were Coke Hadden
and Will Simpson, both colored,
of Liberty
Samuei E. Griffin was the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
V. Griffin of Liberty. His body
was carried to Liberty Sunday
afternoon and interment took
place Monday afternoon, after
funeral services conducted by
Rev. T. M. 5alphin.
Leland Bolding Dead
Sunday morning, the 16th of
May, the Spirit of Leland, only
son of Rev. and Mrs. Elford M.
Bolding, burst the bars of the
earthly prison of clay and wing
ed its flight to mansions above,
to be at rest with God and loved
ones gone bo'ore. On Monday
a very large congregation of
friends and relatives assembled
at Mountain View church,where
his funeral was conducted by his
pastor, Rev. C. R. Abercrombie,
assisted by Prof. S. E. Garren
and Rev. D. W. Hiott. Short
tributes were paid to the do
ceased by Messrs. D. E. Garrett.,
J. C. Garrett and 'T.H. Stewart.
Beautiful and ap)propriate songs
> were rendered by the church
choir. It was, indeed, a sad
funeral.
r The young man was gradu
I ated from Six Mile academy just
one year ago, and since then had
taught two schools and taught
a them successfully. He was
r planning to enter college next
f fall. He was an unusually bri ht
! young man. His teacher and
t pastor test ified to his high Chris
' tian character and earnest de
i votion to the cause of whatever
t was right. Had lie lived till the
30th day of next November he
- would have been 20 years old.
lie joined the church at NI oun
tain \iew an(d was baptised by
Rev. J. E. Foster in August,
1910, and since then has been an
active, working member. H-e
leaves his father, mother, two
sisters and a host of relatives
and friends.
After the funeral six little
girls, carrying flowers, preceded
the casket to the grave. The
casket was borne by uncles of
the deceased.
We cannot understand why
God calls one so young and
promising when the world needs
such men so much, but we know
that our Heavenly Father makes
no mistakes, and whatever HeI
does is right.
Farewell, Leland, God has called thee,
Called thee to His blissful home;
Called thee home to live with ,Jesus,
Never more again to roam.
yanbywe'll go to meet thee,
orecte on he peaceful shoe
Where there will be no weeping,
And sad p)arting comes no more. Hi.
Come to the re-union, Thurs
day, June 3.
F or
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r few pieces of valencienne
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Major John B
Major John W. H
-the Eighteenth SoutII o
regiment, Confe'dero h1a
Amnerica,''died at hl
Liberty on Sunday,age
years. Before becoming mao:,
he was captain of Compan D
of the same regiment. Death
came to Major Bramlett at the
home of his daughter, Mfs.John
Hutchings who, with Mrs. Ben
Neves of Caniobello, Mrs. J. J
MeMakin an Mrs. W. S. Bar.
nett of O'Neal, survive him.
The body of Major Bramlett
was carried to Greer Monday
morning on train No. 42, and
that afternoon at 1 o'clock the
interment was held at the Moun
tain View Methodist church.
The services were coiducted by
I his pastor, Rev. L. E. Wiggins,
and by Rev. A. Q. Rice. The
floral offerings were very beau
tiftil, and among them were
tributes from the Keowee chap
ter and the Ilanipton-Lee chap.
ter Daughters of the Confed
eracy.
Major. Bramlett was preceded
to the grave by his .wife who,
before marriage,was Miss Sarah
Wilson.
Marietta Route 2
Mr. Editor: I will give you
and your many readers a few
dots from this section.
After quite a lengthy dry
spell of weather we are now en
Joying the beautiful sholwers,
but some are fearful of frost at
this late day as they seem to
think that the persimmon leaves
must be bitten by frost before
we ca feel absolutely safe from
old j< ek frost, 'but let us hope
that ft will iiot visit us again
this a ring.
.30 G ,:sfoner Bowen is hay
mllg roads worked in this
part of the county at this time.
Sabi)ath school ismovingalong
nicely at Mt. Tabor church at
this time with Bro. W. J. B.
Chapman as superintendent.
The children are expecting a
childrens (lay at this place some
time this summer and as a result
are becoming interested in at
tending Sunday school.
Messrs. William and George
Smith are rapidly pushing the
work on Mr. J. 1). McConnell's
residence and wilI soon ha ye it
ready for occupancy.
Messrs. Ollie Turner and
Judge Crenshaw have gone to
Montana to try their fortune.
Success to you b)oys.
Several of our citizens are go
ing to Greenville shopping this
week.
Mir. A llen K. Edens of Oolenoy
was a b)usiness visitor in this
section last Tuesday.
Th'le W. 0. W.'s have erectegl
a nice monument to Sovere
Jesse A. lHen dricks at Mt, T:
church, wvhich will be unv'
some time th is summer,.prol
in August. PaoaREssT
Rev. W. P. Yarborou'
Leedville, died at his homf
nesd y morning, May 12. ~
Mr. X arborough w"as wt
fayorably known in I
county, having, on mor
one occasion, conducted
meet ings in this county.
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