Sept. 20, 1928. FAMILY REUNION A family reunion was held at the home of MR. and MRS. J.R. LINDLEY near Watts Mills, in honor of her father, MR. P.P. TUMBLIN. Those present were MR. and MRS. W.A. TUMBLIN and 2 sons, WILL and HASKELL of Troy; MR. and MRS. R.L. KANNING and children, INAMELLE, LAURA, AMY, LOU, MARTHA, ROBERT, R.L. and CARSON, of Hickory Tavern; MR. and MRS. L.J. TUMBLIN and daughter, ANNIE MAE of Fountain Inn; MR. and MRS. MARVIN TUMBLIN and baby of Fountain Inn, MRS. M.E. SUTTLE and 3 children, PAUL, JOHN and IDELL, Fountain Inn, MR. and MRS. ADGER SUTTLE and 2 children of Merna; MR. and MRS. BOITER and 2 children, LULA and MACKIE of Hickory Tavern; MR. and MRS. FRANK BLACKWELL and 2 children of Hickory Tavern; MRS. J.H. LINDLEY; MR. A.B. KANNING of Friendship; MR. and MRS. G.S. MOORE, MR. and MRS. RAY PULLEY and 2 children, all of Watts Mills; MISS LOLA TUMBLIN of Laurens; MR. RALPH and MISS ETHEL SUMEREL, MR. LOUIS SHOOK, and MR. D.T. KNIGHT of Hickory Tavern. Interesting Kodak pictures were made, which will be highly valued remembrances as the younger generations in the future turn back the leaves of time and dwell upon one happy day of the year. ---------- SHILOH - Sept. 13, 1928. Shiloh- Sept.10 - MR. and MRS. G.A. GARNER of Columbia, are visiting the latter's parents, MR. and MRS. L.T. HELLAMS at this writing. - MR. and MRS. LEE HIPPS of the Beulah section, spent Thursday with MR. and MRS. TYLER ARMSTRONG. - MISSES RUBY and LOUISE WATKINS spent Friday with their sister, MRS. GARY ARMSTRONG. - MR.and MRS. TOM ROBERTS moved to the Watts Mills community last Tuesday. - MRS. GARY WALLACE and children moved to Laurens last Friday. They are making their home with MRS. WALLACE'S parents, MR. and MRS. LUDIE BOLT. - MR. TOM HELLAMS has been very sick this week and we hope that he will soon be on the road to recovery. - The friends of MR. EARL WILSON are sorry to learn of his being sick at this writing and hope he will be well soon. - MISSES AMELIA and NANCY WALLACE, of Laurens , spent the weekend with their aunt and uncle, MR. and MRS. JOHN ARMSTRONG. - MR. and MRS. FURMAN HELLAMS and daughter, GERTRUDE, spent Friday with MR. and MRS. MARION ABRAMS. They were accompanied home by their niece, MISS MARGARET ABRAMS. - Little MISS MARY MAHON, of Trinity- Ridge, spent this weekend with her aunt, MRS. M.A. WILSON. - MISSES CATHERINE WILSON and MAMIE SUE GARRETT of Chicks Springs hospital, visited their parents Sunday afternoon. ---------- Dec. 6 AGED CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIED THANKSGIVING J. PORTER ELLEDGE, of the few survivors of the Confederacy, passed away at his home in the Poplar Springs community on Thanksgiving day after having been in declining health for several years. The funeral and interment took place at Union [ Quaker] church Friday morning , the services being conducted by REV. H.J. SNIDER. The deceased was 82 years of age. Although too young to enter the army when hostilities began in 1861, he volunteered for service as soon as he became old enough and fought gallantly throughout the rest of the conflict as a member of Co. C, 3rd Battalion, Kershaw's Brigade. After the war he devoted himself to farming and took an active part in the redemption of the state from carpetbag rule in 1876. MR. ELLEDGE is survived by the following children; JIM, GUY, W.I. and S.E. ELLEDGE of the county; GEORGE ELLEDGE of N.Y., L.D. ELLEDGE of Ware Shoals and MRS. LURANIA McDANIEL of the county. ---------- SIDNEY CREWS ILL Friends of SIDNEY N. CREWS, well known farmer of the Trinity-Ridge community, will be sorry to learn that he is critically ill in the local hospital and yesterday afternoon was not expected to survive the night. His sisters, MRS. ROSA WHITEHURST and MRS. LOUISE GOOCH and one brother, JOSEPH CREWS , all of Atlanta, arrived yesterday to be at his bedside. Another brother, ADAM CREWS of Spartanburg, was in too feeble health to come yesterday. ---------- IN HOSPITAL MRS. J.E. TOLLISON was carried Sunday to the local hospital for treatment which will probably be followed by an operation for goitre. She was reported yesterday as resting as well as could be expected. ---------- MRS. CATHERINE SIMS, aged 90, died yesterday morning in the Laurens hospital after a lingering illness and will be buried this afternoon at Rocky Springs church. She was a member of the Watts Mills Methodist church and was a good woman. She is survived by 3 children, MRS. T.B. CHILDRESS, MISS N.A. SIMS and IRVIN SIMS, besides 11 grandchildren. ---------- nancie o.