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|ymmmmbm?WttaiMtttttrtintwf iMittMiwiim?iMti?t>utmjmmmttMuunoiaiiH?i GENERA STATE AND LOCAL. Some interesting letters were crowded out last week, but we hope this may not discourage our correspondents, for we want your newsy communications regularly. Those who receive interesting news and accounts of thrilling incidents will confer a favor on the readers of The Press and Banner if they will communicate same for publication in condensed form. President Johnson has arranged new and interesting courses for the Summer session of Winthrop College. Those who wish to prepare for wider usefulness should write 'r for announcements. Assurance is given the people of c. South Carolina by the Conservation T I and Production division of the Food Administration that not only will pi there be tin cans in sufficient quantity for banning during the forthcoming'season, but that an ample supply of glass jars will also be available. It is also assured that , water glass may be secured by all who desire to put up eggs for winter use. Lumber and labor conditions in ? , ' the South have improved so greatly since January 1st that ship yards will soon be able to begin working night shifts, is the report made by if. . ^ the emergency fleet corporation. It appears that the First South Carolina regiment is in France. A - merciful God knows that this is a I Ifin nor pent rosrnnn whv wp should I give to the Red Cross. Utilization of punch boards in the State 'will be forbidden by statute after June Is. The act making this a misdemeanor was passed at the last session of the general assembly, . < the author being Furman L. Long, . , representative from Greenville. Violation is a misdemeanor. Speaking of the Liberty Loan and Red Cross Work, a Clinton boy now "over there,' writes his mother, "We sure do appreciate the work jpip you are doing. If you didn't do fr that it would be impossible for us it to stav over here, so you see you I are winning the war after all." The Record hears of men in this city who subscribed handsomely tO| the Third Liberty Loan, got their names in the local papers?then turned around and sold their Liberty Bonds to moneyed men up North. We hope this is not true. If it is, what kind of patriotism do you call that??Rock Hill Record. Once upon a time there was a litgK tie boy who had a sister. One day | he saw her standing beside an open well eating an apple. He wanted the apple and* was afraid she wouldn't gtgive it to him. So he snatched it ; ^ from her hand and pushed her into H*/ the well. She was drowned, but he grew up to be an adult male and is now a war profiteer. The consensus of predictions is summed up to the effect that next year will be a silk season. On account of the Government's action in di~ commandeering the wool stocks, in uie wiiitci ui ?v?v9 luuug ximcir ca probably will eke out a luxurious | T, though chilly existence, in silk ungfc derwear. After the Government takes what it wants from the June Es~- wool clip, hosiery and underwear manufacturers see themselves left with just about twenty days' supp_ plies on hand. WORLD WAR NEWS. According to a London dispatch May 13, German prisoners captured' in France declared that Field Marshal von Hindenburg was dead. This |? rumor gained some support by the g>. fact that General von Mackensen, E?.- the conqueror of Roumania, was <Ather to be shifted to the western & front or had already arrived there ? to take part in the renewed offensive against the allies. MtwiMtiiiinmimniiiimimuniiRiiTininuiitiiuiuuiiuitt?mrttiufiuintintaiiniinniiiititmiuiiiMniti lL news I The senate military affairs committee will investigate aircraft production. This mail service by airplane will not be so popular just yet. It takes twenty-four cents to send a letter that way. The American cargo carrier, J. G. McCullough, has been sunk by a mine or torpedo in foreign waters, the navy department was advised. It was reported that all hands were saved except Engineer Daughtry. The object of Emperor Charles' visit to Constantinople and Sofia is to induce Turkey and Bulgaria to enter into a German compact, said a Zurich dispatch to The Matin. In Palestine the British forces apparently met with a reverse which compelled them to evacuate Es-Salt and retire to-the west bank of the Jordan. Constantinople claimed the Turks administered a stinging defeat to General Allenby's troops. Alexander P. Kerensky, the onetime "man of the hour" in Russia, who fololwed Prince Lvoff as Premier after the overthrow of autocratic government of Czar Nicholas and who in turn saw the government he headed in Russia over tnrown Dy L,enme and Trotzky, has arrived in New York. Martial law hafe been proclaimed in Bohemia and in consequence of "popular excesses" many persons have been imprisoned, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Berne, quoting the Slovenski Parod. Austrian reports tell of the presence of American ;troops on the Italian front, though this had not been announced by Washington. The expected offensive on that front has not yet materialized, but it is believed it will not be much longer delayed, because of the critical state of affairs in Emperor Carl's realm. Hunger and discontent are increasing so greatly that troops have been concentrated in the most disaffected parts of the empire. Also there have been serious disturbances in i.1 A 1 TT J J-t uie Ausiru-nunganan neei, me crews of which are largely Slavs and men of Italian origin. Washington's announcement that the combined fronts held by_ the American expeditionary forces in France cover a greater distance than that held by Belgium and take third rank, has inspired the men in the American ranks as probably nothing else could. ^tore than half a million American soldiers have been sent to France, said Secretary Baker recently, authorizing the statement that his forecast to congress in January that 500,000 troops would be dispatched to France early in the present year now had ben surpassed. German airplanes have carried out a systematic bombardment of Red Cross hospitals behind the British lines, killing and wounding many persons, among them numerous wounded patients tha twere under treatment, said dispatches from the froct on the 23rd. Washington, May 21.?Evidence of plotting by German-Irish agents in this country for the uprising in Ireland having been uncovered by the United States government agents, is partly responsible for the recent arrests of Irish leaders by the British government. The uprising was set for about this time, when the Germans had planned to reach the channel ports. After the great drive in France, it was believed England would be thrown into confusion by the German victor ies. This evidence which may be made public soon, is understood to show definitely that Irish leaders, mainly Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States have been , in touch with German representatives, who agreed to furnish money to finance the rebellion. V LOWNDESVILLE. VVVVVVVVV^VVVVV Lowndesville, May 27.?The co mencement exercises of the Lov desville High School were held Friday evening, May 17th and w< well attended. The following is t program in which the members the ^graduating class participated: Invocation?Rev. H. G. White. Welcome Adcress?Eloise Hare Class History?Allyce Cooley. Class Poem?Kathleen Cooley. Class Prophecy?Sallie Hardin. Class Will?Charlie Ficquette. Commencement Address?E. ' Kennedy, D. D. Dean of Erski College. Presentation of Class to Board Trustees?H. W. Robinson, Prin. Deliverv of Dinlomas?Dr. .T. Moseley, Secretary of Board. Valedictory?Emma Sutherland Marshals Gertrude Gillis '20; Zelpha Hard '20; Mary McMahan '21; Lucil Kirkpatrick '21. The exercises were especial good, showing splendid work on tl pa:rt of the class and reflecting cr dit upon their teachers. The address. "Get a Vision." I Dr. E. B. Kennedy was inspirii and was thoroughly enjoyed. Prof. Robinson has been called 1 the colors and will not be with i another year.. He made good whi here and we regret that he cann* serve us agaain as principal of oi school. Miss Aileen Hammond, one of 01 attractive teachers, has returned 1 her home in Spartanburg. She wc many friends while here throuj her sweet and gentle manners, ai will be greatly missed by our litt town. Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Moseley joii ed a party of picnickeirs from I\ last Wednesday afternoon and ei joyed a fish fry at the new bridj across Rocky River near the tankan ideal place for an outing. The following young men fro: Lowndesville will report at Can; Jackson next week to begin trail ing: Walter Ellis, Lester Water n n ? A. UrUSSUWtiy urram, jjcii luumauai and Fred Ficquette. Mr. Georg Bell was granted a thirty days' sta on account of the critical illness < his mother. We are glad to report that Mil Maude Wilson and Mrs. Georg Speer, who have been quite sic! are improving. Also Mrs. F. \ Wright, who was accidentally po soned from a solution of bi-chloric of mercury. She was using the s< lut.ion ahout her husband's han that had become infected from slight woundMiss Annie Liddell of Clintoi spent the weekend here- She can: to see her cousin, Mrs. Mary Bel who is still critically ill. Mr. Le Miller of Hartsville, S. C., wi called here last week on account ( Mrs. Bell'a condition. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baskin an little son of Anderson, spent lai Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ba kin near town. Mr. DeWitt Harper, one of 01 boys and a member of the Sopln more class at Wofford, has felt h /tall onH Viaa vnlnntoorf WUIlbl jr O VUli MUU 1IMW ? VtMilVVV* V his services to the Navy. Not ui til a recent visit home was he ab to obtain his parents permission 1 join some branch of the army. The advised him to continue his colleg career but left the matter for hi to decide. A few days later 1 announced his decision by wir stating that he was leaving for C< lumbia to stand his examinatioi DeWitt is quite young, but hi been anxious to enter the servit since his two older brothers joinf the AmbulanceCorps a year ago. Miss Mattie Lee Harper is i Ureenwooa visiting relatives. Mr. Willie Broadwell has gone 1 Augusta on business. He made th trip in his car. Mr. Ellis Huckabee has returne from Atlanta, where he spent tt week on business. Mr. Fleet Clinkscales of Beltoi was in town Thursday and was th guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gordo Speer. Mr. Clinkscales is quil an old man and had not been 1 Lowndesville in a long time. H enjoyed seeing his friends and reli tives again. |EV1 I Ser ne 2 ??1 We have bo E | down, rebuild .1 teries. One c to snerialirp ir :S weeks we wil *1 wants electria no SB X-N ATT I CALL Cfo m 8, :e \ > lV V. DUE WEST. V f Uvvvvvvvvvvvvvv as % . ia Due West, May 25.?The Red l{ Cross War Fund week, May 20 to p 27th, was for a local reason, open. ed up in Due West on Saturday. Dr. E. R. Kennedv is War "Fund Ie . ? Chairman for the territory embrac^ ed in the Due West-Donalds chapter and has gone vigorously to work On Saturday at 5:30 a very creditable parade was started at the A. R. P. Church, led by Prof. Long as j chief marshal, accompanied by the only soldier in the vicinity, Mr. Gordon from Battery B. Ft. Moultrie, U. S. C. A. S. C. The Williamston band, leaders of the Men's ^ and Women s Committers on Lib^ erty Bonds, carrying our Honor Flag. Then Dr. Kenedy and his committees of men and women for the week's work, twenty-four moir thers and forty sisters of boys in U. S. service carrying service flags is with one and two stars. -c* The College girls added much with Red Cross regalia and patriIs ' otic caps. Erskine students also en tered by classes especially uniform!y ed, the Freshman makir.g a good 'e show in red, white and blue. They m were followed by the Due West Pub16 lie school carrying their Junior Red e' Cross banners, Thrift Stamps, etc. D" Again Due West was disappointed n* by a Frenchman not coining to us, 1S but the big crowd in attendance was :e well edified by a speceh by Mr. !(* Frank Watkins of Anderson. He is well informed and in full sympathy 111 with the Government and all would r)r\ wpll tn spp flip ohlifrfltinns nf the people toward the War as he Ie does. The music of the Band was thoroughly enjoyed. Miss Virginia Edwards has reie turned from Columbia, where she spent a few days with her father, Mr W. W. Edwards. She reports him 111 much better, also Mr. Speer Bonin ner's condition is improving. The Lila Morse Bonner chapter ;0| of the Alumnae Association will te meet Thursday afternoon, at 4:30 i- P. M. at Mrs. R. C. Brownlee's. Mrs. J. B. Muse, who was taken ERE/ vice Sta ught a regular o ing and rechargi our men has ? 1 this kind of wo: 1 be prepared to n ally. ) _ _ ON US! . . i f Gar Phone 58 I to the hosnital in Columbia tw weeks ago, is improving ? Her cor dition is very favorable. ' Miss Ruth Todd, who is a mem ber of the faculty of the Statesvill Female College, returned home las week for the summer vacation. Rev. A. S. Ranson will preach th Commencement sermon for th Theological Seminary at the ap proaching commencement. v * V ANTREVILLE. S v * vvvvvv^vvvvvvvv^ Antreville, May 25.?Miss Althej Keaton, accompanied by her sistei Miss Winton, returned home las Tuesday from Gaffney, where Mis Winton has been teaching the pas term. The play given at the last o school, "The Miller's Daughter,' was exceptionally good. Gaffney i a pretty town and the scener; around the place is beautiful. W< visited Limestone College and en joyed looking through the place. Thi campus is beautiful and the collegi well situated. Miss Erin Crowther, accompanie< by her sister, Miss Hazel, returnet from St. Matthews last week wher< Miss Hazel has been teaching. Mis: Erin enjoyed her visit very much. Mr. Archie Keaton of Wofforc College, is spending several dayi with home folks. We are sorry to report that Mr Lawrence Carwile is in the Anderson Hospital, but hope he will soor recvoer. Mr. Boyce Wakefield has returnee home from a visit to his sister, Mrs Ralph Baltentine- at Washington, D. C. Mrs. W. J. Bowen and daughter, Harriet ,are visiting relatives in Greenville. Rev. W. S. Martin spent several days in iienciersonvme, in. c.., xnis week. Quite a number of our people attended the Quarterly Conference at Ebenezer last Saturday. Ebenezer is a good place to visit and the people are very kind and generous. Messrs. Sam Bowen, John Wakefield, Marvin Patterson and Fred ? j. * k .^ ' --jp hhb gig *1 1 ' ition ; 4 'Ml "'1 '<v| ?? . - - :;'i utfit ror tearing I ng storage bat- I -4 jone to Atlanta I rk and in afew I | attend to your I ;.j age I ^1 B % lIlIlillilillM ?| Crowther motored over to Camp l" Sevier last Wednesday to see Private Jack Brownlee and B. Bowen. " Miss Luna Martin spent Thursday 6 v ' night and Friday , with Miss Althea i w Keaton. e Mrs. Sam Bowen has returned to e Antreville after spending some time i_ with parents in Iva. > Mr. L. P. Harkness is very sick at this writing. We hope he will k soon be better. w Private George Derrick of the .' k- Coast Artillery, Charleston, called. ^ to see a friend in our community k, last Thursday. a State Of Ohio, City of Toledo, ^ Lucas County, ss. < Frank J. Cheney makes oath that S /. > t he is senior partner of the .firm of ^ F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business , in the City of Toledo, County and g State aforesaid, and that said firm J will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED g DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by " the use of HALL'S CATARRH 8 MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribj ed in my presence, this 6th day of , December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Mediicne is taken j internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of ^ I OtmiAiM CAM/1 ^nofimAniikla tuc g^atcui* ucuu iui tcobiuivuM?i0| free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by all druggists, 75c. 1 Hall's Family Pills for constipaj tion.?Adv. 6-3-lmo. Mr. McAdoo as director general of railways has discharged all the railroad presidents in the country, t. - i xi ? WI1U I1UVC LilUd 1UI uccn u^ciavtag h i the lines under his directions, and M is to appoint in their places "Feder- H ' al Managers." He announces his H i intention of generally replacing the presidents in these newly named positions. In all cases the managers 1 will be from the higher staffs of the respectives roads. The managers of a given district will be responsible to a "Regional Director", who in turn will be responsible to the director general. An interesting