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The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 3

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The Index-Journali
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Greenwood, South Carolina
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TZ7. iNDrxjoiTJAL. GnnrrrrrooD. s. c.

BUILD UP YOUR HEALTH! "The Lest Romance" Beautifully Staged ocean, a iUIiu in K.i.i.I'i of Itscir as the K'Wl of a-spf ire. It see eroat 'on so roroti'etrlv out of pcrp tive and wj total isnores the whole chroauia of ulst-try that it has even 1o htrmn a SANUX patriotism, it does po( et Itself In Vvftlnar Kctrral ThnsanJriv way resmnihlf for.th welfare' Dollars Intsire Kosiasrr of the nation. And so a remes nb mt Trlee 81i per hf, 1 tr sale by 1 Meaclnm VO. mH mead, jig, j- By It Beaulj. ilhia Kashinn rtckles.siy set esam- "The lloHpital Home i Treatment" enrrvct disorders of the stomach, liver anil kklneys, builds ap and strengthens the 'whole kystoin.

Take it now and protect yourself against Pneumonia, and other deadly ills this fajl and winter. nm.e. Ve are hipine, however thai th? Injury will not be permanent. Mrs. Mrio Tlnon and two little girls, Sarsh and lale.

of Uraniteville, are spend. ng a few days with relatives la the Knton home. Mr. VVWhur R. Smith, of Chappell, nephew of Mr.

and Mrs. T. Roton accompanied them, leaving (or his home Thursday morning. Mrs. W.

M. Wrenn. spent a few days last week with friends in Laurens county. Miss Fannie Lou Wrenn spent IuhI wetk with her auni, I. 1 -Midden, of Mrs.

Lou Wrenn Is spending several weeks wih her daughter Mr. Jessie Wells, of Stoney Point, Mr. Edgir of Storey Po.nt. spent Monday nlsht with con tin. Mr.

Charlie Wrrtin. Mr. Jesse Wells, Sloney Point, spent TednndMy afternoon at the home of Mr. W. M.

Wrenn. 7 lii tiJii.Jill l.U.L lDplE W. B. (LASK," A RECEST Y1SITOK TO SPOT WHERE BEYOLITIOX. Alt HERO DIED, WRITES folkrwing Interesting sketch of Hr 8tatloa, wbtn Col.

Joseph Hayes tu killed during the Revolution, was written tor The Index-Journal by B. Clark, mho recently Tliltcd the spot. Mr. Clark is keenly, Interested In historical subjects and Is a cIom student of history: A lKautlful setting, built after the Spanish tye of architecture and "ot-ing seviral thousand dollars, forirm tho background for the principal Hrriic-s In William de Mille's latest Paramount pro duct Ion. "Tije Lost which will Le seen at the piiir-wnH-n are latai to me kiuoiiuj of jitlniil 'greatnesn exsmples which menaiw the very foundations of charm trr, examples of the worst iH all ia Ihis example ol lovo-sn cxafiVe which corrupts hutr.au life st ir vi ry source and reduces the great security of national 'Alst-ence to a problem lor dtwdsMion among Liberty Theater Monday.

Andrews Chap'. Aug. IS. (Special) Rev and Mra.H.T.. Morrison, son Leland, of Temssnee, Mr.

and -Mrs. Heyward Smith, little daughter Kathleen, of Camden, were visitors Monday of last week to the home of the former's son. Mr. J. K.

Morrison, spending the day and night in thU and all of them Including Mr. J. E. Morrison and were victors to a number ofrelatives In Donalds and Hones Path nntil Thursday evening of last week when all made their return to the home of Mr. J.

Morrison, spending with him and family a number of days and leaving for their respective homes, Yemases and Camden o-; Mr. B. Monroe snd family maved from tbilr farm on Thursday of la-it week to the town of Abbovllle. Miss Gertrude Tolbert left last Sat-arday to spend a while with her grandparents. Mr.

and Mrs. John Hall, pt Beth la, Abbeville county. Mlsa Mattie Lou Trotter, of Clinton, spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. 0. We are sorry to learn of the misfortune of Miss Jean ruber, having several ribs broken by the kick of a The setting Is supposedly located In the mountains of California and consists of three large rooms, with a beautifully furnished exterior and, These rnrdens sre the perfect handiwork ol skilled landscape decorators.

Climbing vines, flowers, trees are beautifully arranged .1 Have ymr Fall Suit nwdc to pour measure by fjfccnuvod's Oldest Taitorinfj Establish ment, T. '4. March, Mr. W. M.

Wrenn spent Thursdiy wl'h Mr. Jesrie Walts, of Stoacy Point Mister Miller Doditon, of Anderson, lr I i 'it i renter -of the little patio. All this was set up rgi the studio stage. Romance Is the outstanding theme of the picture, and the setting, which Is supposedly the home of Aunt Betty, a pretty woman of mature years who' hss been disappointed in love In her! younger days. In design and effect is such that it Inspires romance.

the house was in a blase. Hays and hla natrl ts on a Dromise of mcmA Is visiting Msster John Willie Wrcnn. Mrs. H. Banks, of Plum Dranch, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.

T. X. Graham, left Thursday to visit relatives In Hartsvillo. Mr. V.

Roton motored to Gold-vllle Thursday of last week, spent the night with his sister. Mrs. A. N. Corley.

leaving Friday morning In company with Mr, E. W. Corley bound for Monroe, N. reaching there in the afternoon, spending three or tour days there and other points of Interest, arriving homo Tuesday afternoon accompanied by The story was written by Edward Knoblock. author of "Kismet" and other famous stage sucressess.

Olga quarters surrendered, Cunningham selected Hays and Ms. Dsnlrl Williams (a son of Col. James William who fell at King's Mountain) as his Victims. He waa ahnut hancin thsm Bus Lb To'" SALUDA Leaves Greenwood every afternoon -at 4:15. Bus' goes by Ninety Six and Cambridge.

Bus leaves Greenwood from OrejjoA Hotel. Prlntslau wrote the scenario. The principals In the caste art Fontaine La Rue, who portrays Aunt Betty, Lois Wilson, as the girl, and Jack Holt and Ccnrad Nagel as the rlvsls for her' on the poles of a fodder stack, when he was accosted by a young son of -U iirnn i love. Lois Wilson, Jack Holt and lad of 16 whe had 'known Cunning Arc, You Hard 'To Please? ham from the time he was a child. Ccnrad Nagel will be recalled for their spltndld work In William de Mille's i production, "Midsummer Madness." Wrenn Goldville, who spent several days with Mr.

T. V. Roton before leaving tor home. Sinco the rains and cloudy and cooler weather the boll woevlls are doing a far greater damage to cotton than ever before. Hjaptain said- ho, "How shall I go home and tell my mother that you have hanged my brother." Cunningham instantly swore that he Should not hsve that imlanihnl Haves Station The writer rvceutiy visited the root Where Col.

Joseph, Hsyes and his men were butchered during the Revolutionary War. A wooded knoll known as Hayes Mountain, stands near. In 185t Col. as. H.

Irby and CjI. John 'D: Williams erected a monument of. marble, at the spot. was demolished" by lightning or by the hsnd of some vandal, in 111! jThe. Henry Laurens Chapter D.

A. R. placed a granite monument in its place and caused this inscription to be chiseled on it: "In ,17 it during the struggle for National Independence, therp fourteen gallant defenders of Liberty surrendered at prisoners and were massacred by MaJ. Wm. Cunningham and his band of Twles at Hayes Station.

"To the memory of Col. Joseph Hayes, Capt. Daniel Williams, Lieut. Christopher Lieut. James Noel, Clement.

Hancock, Joseph Williams, Joseph Irby, Joseph Irby, John Mllven, James Terla, John Cook. Great Irby, BenJ. Goodman. Ysncey Saxon." A negro house Is within a few yards. The" water "cut sway the trees and shrubbery which obscured the monument from the view of any The monument is off the main road.

The substantial ion fonoa.li still well preserved. Col. Jas. HMrby's father and another young man escaped the massacre by being absentat the spring at the time of the butchery, I copy the inscription on the broken pieces of marble lying at the foot of the' new. boulder, Its reading can hardly be connected but the editor can insert at the conclusion of The hew "granite marker is about feet high and 1 feet square with one polisheH side.

These are from old marble slabs: In the great struggle tor National independence they espoused the duty to perform. He hung him with TlXW you are particularly 1 welcome here for Mt tave I specialty of designing j.hata that will appeal to women 1 of unusual discriminatioou ms oroiner ana Hsys. The pole broke Under the weight nf th mn Then Cunningham drew his sword The Blunder of Fashion. From "The Class of Fashion." by "A Gentleman with a Tha blunder of Fashion caused by forgetfulness. It has forgotten the past of humanity and it org Ms that humanity has a future.

It occupies its place in time without gratitude and without any feeling of responsibility. The long ancestry of mankind is no more to it than a back number of Punch; tho' future destinies of the human race no more to It than the weather of the next century. It is just for want of tills sense of proportion that Fashion has lost its capacity tor Berlousness. It sees the cosmos In a ballroom, and the human race in Its own mirror. It Is an Inch thinking of Itself as the whole mile, a wave thinking of itself as all the snd literally hacked to piecea the unfortunate men.

The slaughter did not stop here. The Tory captain gave his men permission to lap whomsoever they pleased. Gold Tinsley and hla brother. James, nf Nawium Dry Goods Market. SV ASSOCIATED esiSS New York.

Aug. 27. Strength of prices is still the feature of the gray goods market. The half day session today was unusually active for a Saturday. Several fractional gains wers.

noted. Retailers from the West are reported more anxious for goods and Jobbers are firming up In their price Ideas beginning to place more orders with first hands. Alex Smith Carpet Company will hold another auction sale beginning September and covering 62,000 bales of rugs. Cotton yarns are rising, silk and silk goods markets quiet and turlap firm. Second Hand FORDS JVadedlFor NEW fords; J.

I. CHJPLEY county. William Dunlap of Hunte-s vllle, Laurens county, and John Cummins were the ohly patriots snared bv'the hlmdv cassava Tlngjey moved to Spartanburg and Hwoud Flocr 'J. B.i Wharten'fo. reiaiea ine racts which I have given to Judge O'Neall as late as 1833.

Aim tKeiLasIt Monday Js Day cause ol their country and were nec essarily involved in the civil war tween the Whigs and Torrles, a war perhaps unparelled in the annals of this country and vindictive gerce-ness and rancor with -which It was waged, but amid the trials, desola-- linn MnA KI. I or- tar oing Reductions tJp Ow Suiiootdls, MisM' Wets, Rtigs, that they remained in their high resolve to win INDEPENDENCE or death. No higher, nor more enduring testimony can be offered than the unvarnished statement of this bloody tragedy (Large broken piece) Could not brook the delay of a second trial being the chosen victims of his relentless ne hewed them to pieces with his sword and a similar death was' perpetrated upon the defenseless bodies of tbei' unfortunate comrades by his ers only two of. the party being permitted to pscape by the Intercession of friends. This monument Is erected by Col.

no. D. William and Col. Jas N. Irby to mark the spot where rest 'the ashes of Their patriotism and their seal In behalf of their country in Its struggle fjr Independence In memory of Col.

Jas. Hayes etc. (here follow their namei): Massacred "at Hayes Station by W.JM. Cunningham and his bloody Scout Oct. 1781 after surrendering as prisoners of war Put up 1865 Story of The Massacres Dr.

J. W. Daniel In hla "By-Ways of State History," in the Southern Christian Advocate gives v. the fol-liwing account of the slaughter of Col. Hayes and his men: i As we look directly south, just a few miles beyond the line of fog that traces the course of Little river, the head waters of which run through the city of Laurens, was the scene of the massacre at Hays' Station.

This r.hameful affair' occured at 1 Edge-, hill's, midway between Belfast ami Milton, on the old road leading from Everything must be sold regardless of cost. We must make room for new Fall Goods. News FOR LADIES AND MISSE Our buyers swooped down upon the big markets last week with ready cash and we have received bills of laden for Ray bum through Laurens via Orangeburg to Charleston, In the month of November, 1781. The author of Random Recollections of the Revolution ssys "His (Hays') station waa at Col Edgehlll's, esat of Little rlve sad Simmons' creek. The dwelling bouse "built or Iocs was his fort.

He was told by. William Caldwell to put himself In a position of defense; pointing to a smoke south- east, be said, 'That Is my brother's house and I know Cunningham Is in coat sjuits, Hsilk dresses and other Fall gobds ''rivethisweek. We ill place them on sale at UNHEARD. OF PRICES the It Is recorded that Hays wss In a blssksmith's shop, making a cleat to hold a lady's netting, whatever that may have been. Hays treated Caldwell's' warning lightly and replied, "Cunningham has too much sense to come here." siiii EFMT MEMT Caldwell replied.

"I will not stay here to be, butchered," mounted fats horse and fled at full speed; and as he went oat at one end of the field, In which the house was located. ssw Cunningham and his men enter It at the opposite end. 'The surprise was complete and overwhelming. Hays and his men almost without resistance were driven Into the house, and Cunningham's pursuit was so close, that John one of the Tories, struck a full blow with his sword at Hays, as he entered his house. A few shots were (lied from within and without.

Lockley Leonard was killed In the house and one of Cunningham's men In the yard. A ramrod tipped with flax and.saturated with Jar waa set on fire end shot out of a musket Into the roof of the hoime. In a moment WHOLESALE and RETAIL i Greenwood, S.r C. Next To Bank of Greenwood.

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