"The Free Lance" Issue: June 24, 1904 pt.2 FINAL SETTLEMENT: Given on the estate of Eliza R. BEASON by C.T. BEASON May 25, 1904. GLENDALE: -Mrs. W.B. WESTMORELAND of Woodruff and Mrs. Claud CANNON of Fountain Inn visited their brother, W.J. WOODRUFF yesterday. -Jim REAVES' baby is improving after a severe spell of sickness. -H.S. DRUMMOND of Clifton visited M. W. WALKER. WOODDRUFF: -Misses LINWOOD and Vera WATERS are visiting Mrs. J.M. CALVERT. -Miss Myrtle SMITH of Spartanburg is visiting Miss Maggie JONES. -Mrs. CUNNINGHAM of Greer is visiting relatives in this town. -Misses Eloise and Mary SCAIFE, are home for their vacation. Both have been teaching. -Glover C. SCAIFE of Enoree spent Sunday with his parents. -Homer LEATHERWOOD of Columbia is spending this week with his mother, Mrs. G. W. LEATHERWOOD. -Col. ANSEL of Greenville made an address in the school building Friday. -Miss Carrie ANDERSON entertained a few of her friends Tuesday evening. -Misses Alice McARLEY and Annie SHANKLIN are spending a few days with Miss Nannie WESTMORELAND. -Mrs. Luther BEASON and her little daughter Josephine are visiting Mrs. B. S. BEASON. -Mrs. R. Hayne SWEENEY, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. STOPPLEBEIN of Charleston, has returned home. -Miss Leila DAVIDSON, who has been quite sick for the past week is improving. -Mrs. Homer ROEBUCK was called to Spartanburg last Wednesday on account of the illness of her father, Mr. FERGUSON. -Mrs. Mollie ALLEN is visiting her sister in Union, who has been quite ill. -Misses Fannie and Macie EZELL of Charlotte, N.C. are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. John S. EZELL. FIRE AT WOODRUFF Woodruff, June 23 - Last night about 9 o'clock fire broke out in the barn of J. Henry PARSONS and destroyed all of his work buildings. Several hogs were burned together with his wheat, corn and farming implements. The fire reached the barn of Richard JACOBS, which also burned. -Miss Eula DRUMMOND left Monday for Spartanburg, where she will visit her sister, Mrs. L. E. WRIGHT. -Rev. Perry HAWKINS of Taylor, Texas is visiting his daughters, Mrs. T. W. COX and Mrs. J. S. WORKMAN. For Assault and Battery: In Magistrate PASLAY's court Wednesday Ben GROCE was tried for assault and battery upon the person of John BISHOP. He was guilty of the charge and sentenced to pay a fine of $15 or serve 15 days on the county chaingang. He paid the fine. Aftermath of the Storm: Reports of the damage done by Sunday afternoon's storm continue to come in. On the farm of J. H. ANDERSON, near Moore, a colored woman was struck and instantly killed by lightning. The barn of Alfred AIKEN in the Walnut Grove section was struck by lightning and a mule was killed. FINAL SETTLEMENT: Notice given on the estate of F. R. ALEXANDER by Mrs. Hattie B. ALEXANDER June 21, 1904. CONVERSE: - Joseph STEWART is opening up a barber shop at Clifton, No. 2. -Mrs. James L. GEORGE will leave in a few days for Osceola, Ark., where she will make her future home. Mr. GEORGE preceded her nearly one month ago. -Mr. and Mrs. A. W. PARKS, whose ages have passed the eightieth mile post, are hale and hearty for one of their ages. Their grand-daughters, the Misses HAMMONDS of Greenville, are visiting them this week. -W.J. MORTON was called to the bedside of his sister near Cherokee Springs one day this week. He reports her condition is quite critical. -The infant son of J. Broad WILLIAMS of Union was severely scalded Wednesday. Mr. WILLIAMS is the son of Magistrate WILLIAMS of this place. -Samuel LANGLEY spent yesterday in Spartanburg. -Charlie BATES, a Furman University student, is spending his vacation with his mother, Mrs. M. J. BATES on Main street. -The infant son of Rev. T. H. HARRISON of Clifton No. 2 has been right sick for some time but is much improved. LANDRUM ITEMS: -Mrs. TURNIPSEED of Columbia and her daughter, Mrs. Hettie BROWNE of Spartanburg, have rented the BOYD House for the summer. -Miss Bettie FAIN has gone to Gaffney for a few days. -Miss Louise BEST of Kelton is visiting friends here. -Gray B. HAMPTON left yesterday for West Springs, where he will spend some weeks. -Miss Bessie LANDRUM is home for the summer. -Miss Georgia TURPIN has returned home from Grambling. -Mrs. LATIMER and children of Greenville, who have been visiting Mrs. SEVIER, have returned home. -Miss Cora Bell NORMAN has gone to Fair Forest after spending a few days here with her aunt's famly. A HAPPY OCCASION Friends Gather on the 82nd Birthday of Mrs. J. P. LEONARD Reidville, June 18 - At the home of I.J. LEONARD between Reidville and Sharon Church there was on Thursday, June 16, an occasion much enjoyed. A large company gathered around the spring at the old family home to celebrate the birthday of his mother, Mrs. J. Perry LEONARD. The seven living children of Mrs. LEONARD are Miss Minerva LEONARD, J. M. LEONARD, I. J. LEONARD, Mrs. Martha CATHCART, Mrs. Louisa STAGG, W. Thomas LEONARD, and Mrs. Laura THACKSTON, her two sisters, Mrs. Sallie CAMP and Mrs. Nancy WALDROP, her fourteen grandchildren and four great-grand-children, together with a large company of invited relatives and friends. An elegant dinner was served. After dinner, Rev. B.P. REID conducted some devotional exercises. Rev. R. H. REID talked by request to the company for awhile sitting in his chair. Capt. George B. DEAN and Capt. N. L. BENNETT were then called upon and responded with appropriate remarks. Warm tributes were paid by all to the Christian character of the worthy lady in honor of whom the company had assembled. Mrs. J. Perry LEONARD was Miss Nancy WILSON, daughter of Isom WILSON, who gave the site upon which Abner's Creek Church lives and flourishes today. The day was much enjoyed by the large company present. free post Lisa