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KIC'II l/.\ Xl MOUHNS^I. 1J. DKXDY.Was Olio of tin* I1111 (1 murks of His J .Section—Other News.Richland, April 24—Special: Prof. .Morrison, of Clcmson Collego, lec- ' lured at the Rock Springs Methodist, church yesterday afternoon. His subject was “Missions.Those who went from here to Clcmson to the track meet were Mr. and Mrs. .). I). .McMahan. U. M. Davis. Mrs. \V. lt;?. Poster, .). .1. Hal-longer, Misses Pauline Davis. May Hubbard, Lynn Vomer, Cariie McMahan. Belle .Stribling, Pearlo, Lnlla and Myra Hal ledger. Zola and Net lie Hubbard; David and Jefferson McMahan. William Davis. Brucc Stribling, Jim Hughs, John Coe, Hobble Hubbard and Homer Hullcngcr. Thefollowing boys rep rose n ted u.i In the track meet: JOdgar McMahan, Robl.Davis, Stiles Stribling. rr. S., Jesse and (Ulmer Hubbard. The meet was a grand success. Richland’s boys won second place (second from the bottom.) which did very well for | them, considering one of our men could not participate In an'- of the events on account of a so leg. and our coach, (i. M. Harnett, could not got there.M. S. Stribling and daughters, Misses Alice and ICmlly. of Westminster. spent yesterday afternoon with the former’s mother, Mrs. ID. It. .Stribling.Hon. M. B. Dendy died at his homo one mile from Richland Friday night at \) o’clock, after a lingering Illness from pneumonia. Mr. Dendy was born near Richland 78 years ago and had spent bis whole life here. For more than fifty years he had been a prominent figure in church and State. * During the days of reconstruction ho • served two terms as School Commissioner for Oconee, and later served one term as Representative for Oco- 4 nee in the Legislature. For nearly fifty years lie served the Richland Presbyterian church as ruling elder. Ho gave four years of his life to the Lost Cause and ranked among the bravest of South Carolina’s noble sons. His first wife was Miss Louisa : Penny, daughter of Rev. HenryPenny. Ten children were born tothis union and eight are still living —Mrs. D. A. Perritt, Mrs. JasperDoyle, Seneca; Mrs. John McGill, Hartwell, Oa.; Mrs. Ida Corbin,Whitewater, S. C.; Mrs. Fannie Fennell, Anderson; Dr. ICmily Dendy, Augusta. Or.; S. K. Dendy, Jr., Tennessee; Charles and Leslie Dendy, Arkansas; J. Hrvln Dendy, Hartwell, (la. Mr. Dendy leaves one brother, Capt. S. K. Dendy. of Walhalla. The Into S. P. Dendy and Thos. II. Dendy ’ were also brothers. lie leaves two • sisters. Mrs. 10. F. Hughs, now H\\ years old. and Mrs. 10. R. Stribling, -SO years old. both of Richland. These three have spent all these years here almost in sight of each other, and truly they have wrought well In their long lives of labor. The history ; of this .section ls closely Interwoven with the deeds of I his trio for tin* past half century. Mrs. Lou Neville. of Atlanta, is also a sister of the deceased. Mr. Dendy was married in the early no’s to Mrs. Martha Holley, nee Brooks.M. B. Dendy was a man of giant intellect, wide reading and imllu.o, deep Convictions, a fluent speaker and clear reasoner, and made himself felt under all circumstances in church and State. Truly another pupil of the old school, a type of the Christian gentlemen and of Southern chivalry, has fallen, it..d we. with a wide circle of relatives and friends in northwestern South Carolina deeply feel his death. A large number were present at the funeral,which was at 1.30 o’clock yesterday at the Richland Prosoyterlnn church.'i'/. ■■. I,
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Walhalla, South Carolina, US
Wed, Apr 26, 1911
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