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[local [ [flews | I: personals : 1 K Bill Cason bought a Buick 1 ^Hrs. George Smith and son Joe, , reezevrood, spent Sunday here. ] 15. Pierce McNeil of Sharon was } city Wednesday shopping. 3 S. Paul Hall is spending a * j -with her husband jin Augusta. Lis Seal spent a few days this ] Ijn Atlanta with his father. i I AM 1i - T **_ 1 .L.'IJ I. ^narne j-iinx anu cnnoren Sunday in Bethia with rela- 1 >': ' < i Frank * Wilson of Watts, 4 several hours in the city Wed\ shopping. c It. V. Miller of Dae West, was I I city Wednesday for a few z a ? I * ' I Nina Beauford of Long Cane I tie city Wednesday for sev- 1 [urs. I I- 8 C. L. Evans spent Sunday in 1 hel section with Mrs. S. F. I F. C. Cox left yesterday for , where he has gone to have ^ treated again. 1 Mansfield HoQingsworth left I pk for Hot Springs, Ark., \ p goes for treatment. x L; "~~l bd Mrs. Whitfield Cheatham |y of Columbia, are visiting ( prrie of Mrs. P. A. Cheatham , P < I 1 fimmons and her sister, are 1 I a few days here with Miss , among. McDonald of Atlanta, * e day this week here with people. J am Seal went over to Mon- ; flay and spent a day and ] ih Mr. Seal. ' * k B. Agnew and daughter, ^ be, of Due West, were here 1 pne day this week. ? | L. Wilcox of St. Peters- ? l\ i - ?:-.*i I, is nere un a visit tu iier | 8.. Youngblood. Fran# and James Clark * guests of Mr. Willis Cason ] pood Sunday. i bz Scott of near Augusta, 1 I 1 ~:~4-? Mx, f IUC1 ?10tCX J IU19* AViUi week. i ia Syfan of Atlanta, is Visiting for several days es. / D. Wilson is visiting Mrs. 1 xett in Spartanburg this 1 \ i abeth Hipp went over to } esday to visit her grand- j i |t T. Stokes and Miss Al-j Icales of Monterey, were 3day shopping. ise Watson is visiting Clinton this week. From ill go to Lanrens to ateting of the Presbyterial t Lou Bowie has rei from her school near I is at home near Fla?I Wilson has returned Iia Hospital, where she ] ing her throat treated, nuch improved. Walker of Bethel, was : Lnesday. He said they 1 ain that they couldn't : , M V. r . v' Robert S. Owens, Esq., of McConnick, was here on business yesterday. J. M. Collins of Due West, was here on business yesterday. He is assistant postmaster at Due West. Mr. J. F. Clinkscales of Route 1, attended Presbytery which met in Hodges this week. Mr. B. P. Metz of Route 2, was i visitor in our office yesterday renewing his subscription. T.nVo Prmnn on*? Mrs Tor n# iUl Ajunw A/A VTTl* *'**? V* McCormick, spent a few days this week with their sister, Mrs. Roy Power. Messrs. W. G. Robinson and Barron Agnew of Due West, spent a tew hours in the city on business ;his week. Mrs. Ella Mcllwain is visiting at ;he home of Mrs. Milford in Santuc. ?rank Milford met her at the train iVednesday. Mrs. Sol Rosenberg and bright ittle son, George, have gone to Sumter to spend awhile with Mrs. Schwerin. Sol H.* Rosenberg accompanied them as far as Columbia. Mr. R. F. Vermillion and Mr. W. ). Spruell of Hodges, were in the :ity yesterday on business. While lere Mr. Vermillion came around ind renewed his subscription for mother year. ? A party of young people are gong out to Antreville to take sup>er with Mrs. Hugh Bowen. They ire as follows: Mrs. Annie Mabry, Hiss Ellis, Misses Mary Sharpe, .alia Power, Lila McCaslan, Mary loche and Mr. John Lomax. The delegates to the Presbyterial phich will convene in Laurens on ["uesday and Wednesday of next veek are requested to let Mrs. R. \ Fleming know what train they rill arrive on. They, arp expected text Monday. Rev. M. R. Plaxco went down to 3amp Jackson to see his brother one lay this week. He saw Mr. Sutherand who fell from Miss Corrie Kilingsworth's house about two months igo, while there. He says that he s doing fine and is able to be up \r? Miss Louise Brown and Miss Louise Watson will represent the Ifoung Ladies' Missionary Society n Laurens next week at the meetng of the Presbyterial. Miss Magjie Brooks, Mrs. W. C. Sherard, Mrs Jayford Power and Mrs. Wisby will represent the other Presbyterian societies. SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH' SUNDAY There will be services at the Catholic Church Sunday, April 21, L918. Order of services: Mass Sunday norning 10 o'clock; Sunday School LI o'clock A. M.; Evening services it 8:00 o'clock. Mass Monday mornng at 7:30. The public is cordially invited. WALKER-PORTER. ML?s Mamie Walker and Mr. John Porter of this city, were married at :he Methodist parsonage last Satirday afternoon by Rev. J. L. Danels. They will make ' their home lere as Mr. Porter has a position it the Cotton Mills. GOOD DAY TO FARM. Monday it is said that a man fro* :he country drove into the city to ittend to some business and when le reached Mr. Jim Stark's stable le found that it was closed up and ipon inquiry he found that Mr. Stark thought all the afrmers would )e at work on their farms and he lad closed up for the day. He did lot want to waste the time of his ielp since he put them in his farm ;o work, as Monday was such a good lay for ploughing. NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS !! The City Ordinance prohibiting Dogs running at large from May 1st, to October 15th, will be strictly 'enforced. T. G. PERRIN, H2-2L City Clerk. / , A- -s;-* . vr:v;oSj '"vv '.J i .U . .. V V V SOCIAL NEWS. . V V V Mr. T. P. Thompson gave a dinner to a few of his friends at his home near the city Tuesday. Those who enjoyed the day were: Capt. J. L. Perrin, Messrs. P. A. Roche, E. R. Thomson, Richard Sondley, W. T; Magill and W. A. Calvert. Miss Cora Moragne of Bordeaux, passed through the city Wednesday on her way to Chester. She is going to the hospital for treatment. SOUVENIRS FROM FRANCE. Mrs. M. E. Hollingsworth received a letter from her son Laurie, who is in Philadelphia. He says that he has just returned home from France and that he is well and getting on fine. He enclosed a couple of souvenir silk handkerchiefs which he had purchased in France. They are quite lovely, one is of pink and the] other a delicate lilac. One has the date, 1918 embroidered in red, white and blue, while the other has a bunch of flowers in one corner. BIRTHS. Born?At Abbeville, April 16, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Botts. a daughter. ' ? 1 . . Born?At Greenville, S. C., April 18, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Simpson, (nee Miss Amelia Anderson) a daughter. v ELEMENTARY S. S. WORKERS The Elementary Sunday School workers of Abbeville County will hold a Conference in the Sunday School room of the Presbyterian Church at Abbeville, South Carolina at three (3) o'clock on Tuesday, April 23rd. Miss Milwee Davis, Rural Elementary Superintendent from the office of the South Carolina Sunday School Association at Spartanbui'g, will be present and adilvoofi Prtw/ftVA n aa All a# *"VOO VUV <^uuxvi <111 vx MlV program vrill be both interesting and instructive, and it is earnestly the German plea that war knows no the Coqnty be represented at this Conference. Miss Allie May Power, Elementary County Supt. SALE OF NEGROES IN BY GONE DAYS AT YORK s The following clipping from the Yorkville Enquirer of May 13th, 1863, will doubtless be of interest to many of the readers of the Ledger, especially the younger generation: 117th INSTALLMENT. (Wednesday Evening, May 13, '63) Sale of Negroes. At an estate sale in the upper part of this district, on the 4th, instant, the following negroes were sold (S. G. Brown, Esq., auctioneer) at the prices annexed, on a credit to the first of January, 1864, with interest; from date?they were the property of Charles Hopper, deceased: Judy, (unsound), 51 yrs old, $125 Betty, 31 years old, $1,260. Dolph, 25 years old, $2,425. Griff, 22 years old, $2,300. Philo, 28 years old, $2,175. Bruce, 12 years old, $1,700. Dave, 14 years old, $2,010. Bill, 10 years old, $1,800. Harriet, 18 years old, $2,700 Reid, 7 years old, $1,200. Celey, 2 years old, $560. As the average is about $1,800, from unsound 51, to precious 2, we can hardly attribute the high prices to a plethoric currency.?The Gaff- ' ney Ledges. WHY SOUTH SHOULD GROW MORE CORN South May Not Be Able to Get Food if it Do-? Not Grow it. Progressive Farmer. The prudent farmer ought to raise more com this year, in the ] first place, because no matter what hnTmpns t.r? rnl'.t.nn or rrtffnn nrnH. i rx j ucts, food and feed are sure to be 1 high. Our armies and our allies i may get along with old clothes, but i they are compelled to have food. I Consequently, if shipping becomes ] further restricted, cotton and cotton goods and all similar articles will i have to give way to foodstuffs and i feeds tuffs. Then, too, so many ] men formerly food producers have]] You are asked to spend only the things honestly; tain your health and is intelligent thrift. T asks it of you as a wc I ? Bonds Ai A Burdei ABlessk Thrift require excise of restraint air nxfU /mi(n ?? VJUailLltO W1U1UUIL life which it is you which you are like! ' The money y loan?not git to you when . do now, and This War is a frigh ble benefit to you, Help Your Country c THIS SPAd R. L. MABRY L. C. HASKELL. W. A. CALVERT PARKER & REES1 iiSflPHsSffHHB :f?9H BV&K$&3BTCfl H MSB I If J liH^H. ^^gjmm iHHBI Scene'From the ] OPERA HOUSE, IV become merely food consumers that it is absolutely impossible to have an overproduction of food, and with untoward conditions we might have almost a. famine. In other words, conditions are such that while cotton may continue high; all foods are sure to continue high. We ought to raise more corn, in the second place, because there is no indication that the cotton acreage will be decreased, and it may be considerably increased, whereas we might even cut the acreage 1C per cent, and yet have overproduction. As has been frequently pointed out, the reason for last year's small crop was not a small acreage but a low yield per acre?due to a late spring and early fall, and othei unfavorable conditions?so that oui average yield was only 155 pounds jf lint cotton per acre against a previous ten-year average of 181 l^oundf and a 1814 average of 209 \. .. r i , ? ' wisely ?, to buy / needed to main- / efficiency. 7/5/j 4* Government rr measure : : re Not ^ i0). jl iifei o, umjm ;s the ex- ^Sfiss id self-denial which you cannot ac r ambition to achiev< ly to suffer in later ye oa acquire by thrift you 7e?to your comity. It u you may need it far n you will be paid interes tful thing, but it ma] if it teaches you the f ind Yonrself by Invesl El PAID FOR AND CONTR PHILSOl W. D. B J. ALLEI l* J. m. ar '' , * * Bfl f irMIl * * Hfc? fPHw' L^lWrjjK if Wf / ' ijfljMp^, ^ Pfl^ka ^ ' 'fd/IW? ?: ? IMF IcUK 11 Jph LulO . S^L Musical Success, "Girl IONDAY, APRIL 22 d ; pounds. If we should cut last years ! acreage 10 per cent, a normal yield i will give us an overproduction. i "All the cotton we can make on 10 , per cent, fewer acres" seems a wise motto therefore; and of course the i acreage saved from cotton should be put to growing food and feeds, i Another reason for making corn t is that no matter if cotton is high, - other things are also high and so ' high that even with 30 cents a ? linf formor txtVia orrnwfl > puuuu XVI 11UV fUV ??MV 0.?... I "all cotton' 'and depends on it to buy his bread and meat is not only no better off than he was with 12 i cent cotton, but is actually worse ! Off. i Another reason for growing corn is that not only have prices gone skyward but the South has learned i to make corn. A few years ago we ' " 1 1 U an/I I U1UI1 b tUlUV/ I1UW W rnaav <v, ouu with the methods we then used, it i would hardly have paid us to pro rhieve the success in ^ and for the lack of tars. are asked to M ; nil come back p iore than yakt . * t for it* ate. /; % f prove of inestimajood habit of thrift. I l.OnRniult illffilUUUCftlJWw < 1 ' 1' [BITTED It A -- ita ? ? ,4t M & HENRY. ? 1'? ARKSDALE * " " < SMITH JR. IDERSON CO. ' _ ? - ' i I^HiHnHn: * I of My Heart", -' i I ' ? duce much corn at any price. And last but not least, we had better grow plenty of corn and plenty of food and feeds of all kinds this year, because if we don't grow it, we may not be able to get it at all. And since the South can feed itself, who can say it would not serve us right if, with the world's warning in our ears, we should prove ourselves both so fool ish and so unpatriotic as to go "cotton crazy" and then next winter call on the North and West to take needed bread and meat from the mouths of our soldiers and take needed trains and cars from the service of the government and from the freezing cities of the North and tend foodstuffs and feedstuffs to our section. If we don't grow the stuff, we may not get it?and ought not to. For all these reasons, let's have a hamper corn crop in 1918!