The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-12-14
PAUL kILGO KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
Meets Death While Driving Alone Be.
tween Newberry and Whitmirc Sun
day Night.

costing the life Of Paul Kilgo, young
est son Of Rev. and Mrs. Pierce T..
/ i\ligo, Of this city, occurred on the
. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. road, about ninc
miles from Ncwbcrry, Sunday night
about 1880 o'clock. The young man
was alone at the time, making it i'm
possible to determine the exact cause
I OF the accident. The car was badly
wrecked, however, and other signs in
dlcatcd that the car was going at Il
high rate of speed when the accident
occurred. Opinions Of those who vis-
itcd the scene differ as to whether a
rear wheel OF the car gave way or
whether young Nilgo, driving a high
| powered car with which he was not
familiar, lost control when it was
rounding curve. D
| Sunday afternoon late Paul Kilgo
and Earle llcarn, stepson Of Mr.. Will
/ liam Solomon, left here in Mr.. solo
mons Hudson Six touring car to visit
some ladies. They went toward New :.
berry and turned back toward Whit
mirc q few miles out of Ncwbcrry. At
the homo of Mr.. Cal Baker, about nine
miles from Newbcrry, Mr.. IIcarn got
out and turned the car over to Mr.
kilgo, who started toward Ncwbcrry.
a short time afterwards, several nco-
pic In passing the place found the
wrecked car beside the road and the
Of II Il
1hey picked him up and carried him
to the Newbcrry Hotel, where medical
attention was secured. 1t was found
that he had sustained fracture OF
the skull and other minor injuries
about the face and head. He never
lrcgaincd consciousness and at about
three O'Clock Monday morning passed
away. His parents and a number of
friends from here reached the bedside
before the end.
f, The body was brought to Laurcns
Monday morning. Yesterday morning
at ! o'clock simple exercises were
held at the home of his parents, after
which intermcnt took place in the Lau-
rens cemetery, a large concoursc of
friends Of the deceased and his be-
reaved family following his body to
the grave. The active pail bearers
werc associates Of the young man
while the honorary pail bearers were
officials Of the Methodist church, of
which Rev Kilgo is pastor. A group
Iof young ladies from his class at the
high school followed the bier, each
carrying a beautiful wreath of flowers.
Other floral tributes were numerous
and beautiful"
tending the funeral were an uncle,
Dr.. j. W. Kilgo, OF Union; brother,
Rev. Pierce T.. Kilgo, Of Duncan; a
cousin, Rev. Edward Mason, Of Ian
caster; Rev. j. NJ. Steadman, p. e.,
Greenville; Rev. Ed. Jones, p. e.,
Spartanburg; Rev. A. E. Holler, p. e.,
Anderson; Rev. j. r. T.. Major, p. g.,
Columbia; Rev. Hamlin Ethridge,
Earhardt; Rev. l.. w. Shealy, Kinards; !;
Rev. w. B. Garrett, Grecnville; Rev.
G. G. Herbert Greenvillc; Rev l.. e.
Virgins, Clinton; Rev. C. w. Watson,
OF Gray Court, and Rev. Monroe Speer,
of the Laurens Mills charge.
Other relatives attending. the fun
eral were his brother, Wallace I<ilgo,
Of Charlotte, two sisters, Mrs. Paul B.
Smith, Of. LAGRANGE, Ga, and Miss
Mary Kilgo, Of Greenville; II. A.
Bethea, of Latta; II. A. Bethea, of
Darlington; Hon. Andrew J. Bethea,
jColumbia, and Mrs. George Bethca, of
/ Dillon.
Mr. Kilgo comes of a family which
has been distinguished in the ministry
of the Southern Methodist Episcopal
church. He Is a nephew Of Bihor
John G. Kilgo, Of Charlotte, N. c., and
DR.. Jas. w. Kilgo, OF Union. His ia
ther has long been in the ministry
beth as pastor and presiding elder
while brother Is pastor at Duncan
His mother was Miss Bethea, sister
Of former Lieutenant Gov. Andrew
'Bethea, The young man himself was
eighteen years Of age, q student at the
local high school and very popular
among his associates.
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