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    1. [SCSPARTA] Chester News 1917
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    3. Chester News, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1917. GREAT FALLS HONOR ROLL { First month} grade 1 - SUSIE REID, ETHEL ROBINSON, HUGH GODDY, JOHN YOUNG JONES, CLIFFORD SCRUGGS. grade 2 - SHOCKLEY HALL, LOIS GREEN, HAL MEBANE, GERTRUDE JOHNSON, MYRTLE SHOVER, RHEA REYNOLDS, JEFF SIMS. grade 4 - GOLDIE ALFORD, AMY REE BOKER, ALMA BAILEY, MAE FOWLER, LULA MAE LAWHORN, ISABEL ORR, MYRTLE OSTEEN, COLLIE PHILIPS, J.B. PRIVOTTE, MINNIE ROBINSON, EDNA SCRUGGS, ETHEL SCRUGGS, FAY SMITH, KATHARINE WILSON. grade 5 - ROBERT FUNDERBURK, ROY HANCOCK, J.W. KEISTLER, EARNEST SMITH. grade 6 - FLORA HARVILL, OSCAR FUNDERBURK, PALMER MAHAFFEY, HENRY ORR, CLYDE PITTMAN. grade 7 - ANNIE MAE ALFORD, EURA VASSEY. grade 8 - FAYE FUNDERBURK, RUBY WEST. --------------------------- DEATH OF MISS NANNIE C. KELLER MISS NANNIE C. KELLER, after a lingering illness, died at her home Thursday night in the Crosbyville community, having just passed her three score and ten years of age. Burial services were conducted from the Cool Branch Baptist church Tuesday night in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends. The deceased was the daughter of JOSEPH and RUTH STARKS KELLER, was a native of Newberry Dist. and moved with her parents to Fairfield County in 1861, settling on Little River near Monticello. She was educated in the county schools and what was then known as Monticello College, presided over by REV. JOHN TAYLOR ZEALY . In the latter part of the sixties she began teaching in Newberry County and continued to teach until within a few years of her death, in Fairfield and Chester. In 1884 she bought lands at Crosbyville where she made her home. She was a woman of deep piety, brilliant mind and vast energy. She leaves behind her one brother, MR. W.J. KELLER and one sister, MISS JENNIE KELLER and numerous other relatives throughout the state, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. She joined the Enoree Baptist church, Newberry County in early life and was baptized by REV. R.R. VANN. Her last pastor was REV. E.D. WELLS. --------------------------------- Friday, Oct. 12, 1917. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank many friends who were so kind as to save part of my household goods last Saturday night when my home on Hinton street was burned. MRS. DORA B. DARBY. -------------------------------- FOR SALE - 116 acres of land 4 miles of Chester, one mile of good school, one 5 room dwelling, 2 tenant houses, out buildings, fine orchard. In one of the best communities in the county. Price $ 2, 500. See SIMS and CARTER, and R.R. HAFNER. -------------------------------- November 16 MR. GEO. W. GAGE, JR., who enlisted in the U.S. Navy some time ago and who was furloughed until he could gather his crop, received a telegram yesterday advising him to report for duty. He left this morning for Columbia from which place he will be sent to a training camp. -------------------------------- nancie o.

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