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Extracts From BjWMBMMWWWMWIMMMBMBWMWWBIWWIIIIWIIIIIIIIilWIplllWilllllMlllinillllliniimniTrrTttir ?fflr?trnimnmniitiunwwTnuiBMmMimiMMirwninHtnniiiMMmiirHtmitiimiiiiiiii'i "TO BE BRIEF IS TO BE POPU- t LAR."?Johnaon. ^ STATE ITEMS. g An aviation field is being erected fi at Camp Jackson. Forty-five acres s of adjacent land nave oeexi tun- t demned and construction is now in / full swing. 1 a The wife of a captain at Camp r Wadsworth has been arrested and put under bond for alleged disloyalutterances. It is understood that 7 she is a native of Germany and has d been in this country only a few J years. t c Dopers are getting desperate in e South Carolina. One of the boldest f robberies ever pulled off in Greenville, occurred Saturday, when some person, as yet unknown, broke into V a sub-basement of the county court house and carried away several gallons of blockade whiskey. As a result of automobile accidents in Greenville county Sunday, two persons are dead, one is severely injured, and several others are ~ * - * ? tr n suirering xrum xuxuui a ? Cureton, formerly of Greer, was \ killed when his car overturned. Ar- f< thur Edwards was run over and fa- ti tally injured. w c South Carolina men in the casu- li lty lists of the week are: Corp. t Jessie D. Gillespie, Central, killed in action; Private Arnold Doe, Jack- 0 - ? ? A. n . son, died of disease; Private cam ti Johnson, Hathwood, died of acci- e dent; and Ashley C. Venning, of Charleston, missing on the San v Diego. h li NATIONAL ITEMS. b "Secretary of the Navy Daniels an- P nounced Tuesday that the navy had n passed the half million mark in per- P sonnel. ' , c ? ; The United States had a bumper v crop - ofdmbjes in 191^. During t that year, 2,678,000 were born, v They are the "little soldiers and nurses of the 1939 class." Ic William Randolph Hearst intends li to enter the primaries for the Demo- u cratic nomination for governor no o matter who is recommended to the a party voters of the state by the un- n official convention of the party. li Col. Roosevelt, who had been g boosted for the governorship of e New York, issued a statement Mon- v day night in which he stated that v he would run under no circumstan- v ces. He is more interested in the war than in politics. a Many officers and men in the Q raincoat industry are being held in ^ New York pending th>3 investigation ^ of the recent raincoat graft scandal g Hundreds of thousands of dollars . i v in government contracts for the army are tainted with fraud, it is charged. "Sergeant" Henry Johnson, the ^ self-styled colored hero, who has g been thrilling negro audiences for v the past week with his story of how -5 ' he won the Croix de Guerre, was ar- p rested in Bridgeport, Connecticutt a and arraigned as a deserter from j the army. "I'm off the hero stuff ( for life." Johnson said to the judge, g "I ain't no hero, and when I said I a was, I was lying like a gas meter." p ? - ii INTERNATIONAL ITEMS. ~|r Another European city has named v one of its principal streets in honor ^ of President Wilson. The Bellfort 1 municipal council is the second one r to decide to name its principal thor- F oughfare Wilson Street. ? J Assistant Secretary of the Navy, t Franklin Roosevelt, is safely over- i seas. He made the trip on a de- ( v stroyer and will remain abroad for t some time to inspect the naval ad- "v ministration overseas. i 1 Not even Pershing's men are ex- t empted from filing income tax re- S turns. The war department announ- r ced Tuesday that officers and men 1< of the American expeditionary t forces having incomes of $1000 or p over must report to the proper in- e / Everywhere nnmmnimiinninntnmimMiiMituinmimtniiitnninMinNinitmiiiwmnummtmttnaiulu ernal revenue officers before Octo>er 1, 1918. Turkey- has promised,"""through the Swedish foreign office, to do her 'full duty" toward the United States hould it ever develop that her roops are responsible for the antiLmerican outrages against Tabriz. ?his means that she will attempt to .void war through the promise of eparation. Herbert Hoover spoke in London "uesday before a distinguished auience including Ambassador Page, ohn R. Clines, British Food Conroller, and Maj. Gen. Biddle. "We an cay emphatically that all anxity as to the great essentials of nnd ia nnw nnst." Mr. Hoover de lared. /IRE SYSTEMS OF COUNTRY FORMALLY TAKEN OVER BY U. S. 'resident's Proclamation, Issued on Tuesday, Affects Telegraph and Telephone System During the War. Washington, July 23.?President Wilson's proclamation taking over or the duration of the war operaion of telephone and telegraph lines ras issued late today. It did not inlude radio system and ocean cable nes. Government operation and con rol begins midnight, July 31. Supervision, control and operation i f the wire system is placed under tie direction of the postmaster genral. The president's proclamation proides that the postmaster general, F he so elects, may administer the nes through the owners, managers, oards of directors or receivers. It rovides further that until the postlaster general directs otherwise the resent managements shall continue. The postmaster general, in his disretion, may hereafter relinquish in rhole or in part to the owners any elegraph dr telephone system over rhich he has assumed control. Dividends to Be Pa.di Regular dividends previously delared and interest in maturing obgations shall continue to be paid nless the postmaster general directs therwise, and subject to his approv1 the companies may arrange re cwai aiiu CAiciidivii vx luauuiiug wugations. Postmaster General Burleson, in a tatement explaining his plans in opraing the wire systems, said there nil be no change affecting the press rire service except Jo improve it wherever possible. Mr. Burleson also said that opertion and control of fanners' telehone lines will be interfered with nly for the purpose of facilitating heir connection with longer lines. Jo general policy, the postmaster eneral said, has yet been decided n. YORK COUNTY GET FLAG. Charleston, July' 24.?The prize lag for cash sales of War Savings >tamps during the month of June rill be awarded to York County, fork led the state not only in sales ier capita, but also in cash sales on basis of the June Campaign quota. )uring June the people of York !ounty purchased War Savings Itamps to the value of $3,20, which mounts to 30 per cent, of its campaign quota. The campaign quota ncluded the amount of W. S. S. aleady owned plus the amount that rould be pledged and purchased uring the remainder of the year, 'he flag for June Cash sales will be eady in about two weeks, it is exacted. Cash sales of W. S. S. during une fully doubled the sales during he previous six months of the cam>aign, and the State War Savings Committee is hoping that during the alance of the year the cash sales nil continue to increase. It is of mportance that the people constnaty bear in mind the pledges that hey made in June to purchase W. >. S. during the year. Failure to nake the pledges good is nothing ess than failure to withhold from he nation's fighting men the suplort which they have so valiantly arned from thoio at home. vuvvvuvvwvuv V V V PENNEYS CREEK. V V V Penneys Creek, July 23.?Mr. Clyde Hail of Iva, passed through this section Monday. Mr. Sevier Wilson of the Nation, was in this section Sunday saying good bye to his friends. Mr. Wilson is stationed at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg. All his friends wish this fine young man God speed and a safe return home. Mr. and Mrs. Will Rogers spent Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adger Hodge of Midway. Mrs. Mattie Taylor of Midway, spent Saturday the guest of Mrs. J. F. Ellenburg. Little Chester Ellenberg and sister, Anna Bell, spent Thursday with their grandparents. Mrs. J. F. Ellenburg and Mrs. Paul McCurry and children spent Tuesday afternoon with the former's mother, Mrs. M. L. Williatos. Mr. Mack McQuirter of Sumter, is visiting at the home of Mrs. O. B. Rogers for the week-end. Mrs. John Grant and two children of Midway, spent Sunday" the guests of Mrs. M. L. Williams. Miss Lula Williams spent several days of last week the guest of Mrs. J. P. Williams, while Mr. Williams 'made a business trip to Rock Hill. Mr. S. S. Ellenburg and little R. E. Ellenburg spent Tuesday night' in the Nation the guest of Mrs. George Hill. Miss Lila Taylor of Midway, spent Saturday the guest of Miss Lula Williams. Mrs. Will Rogers and Mrs. J. F. Rogers and children spent Tuesday afternoon the guests of Mrs. M. L. Williams. Little Miss Ruth Daniel of Lowndesville, is spending this week with her cousin, little lone Rogers. Master R. E. Ellenburg of Tignall I Ga., is with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Ellenburg, where he will spend several weeks. Mrs. W. E. Williams and children and Mr. and Mou. Erious Wilsop of Midway, attended the singing at Anderson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Price and children spent Tuesday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Williams. Mrs. S. S. Ellenburg and little Anna Bell, returned home Sunday I a r>lAnonr*f nrofilrfl ofOTT anoi a YCijr v n?eaa UVMJ with the former's daughter, Mrs. Charley Burton and son, ^Ir. Willie Ellenburg of Tignall, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Adjar Hodge gnd son, James, spent Tuesday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rogers. Messrs. Will and John Frank Rogers, Adjar Hodge of Midway, and Mr. J. T. Stokes of Monterey, spent Tuesday at Camp Sevier, Greenville, with friends. They made the trip in the latter's car. Mr. Jim Rogers accompanied them as far as Williamston, where he attended conference. Miss Lula Williams spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. J. F. Ellenburg, and Mr3. Ellenburg and two children, Anna Bell and little Haskell, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mack Williams. Mr. Ben Caldwell and little Kisler, also spent Sunday there. Little Miss Sarah Williams of Greenville, is spending the summer here with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell of Antreville. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs Benson Ellis will be sorry to ; know I it was necessary to take the latter.1 to a Columbia hospital on Wednes-J day for treatment. We truly hope Mrs. Ellis will soon rturn home entirely well. Mr. J. F. Ellenburg is also on the sick list but is some better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ellis is spend ing a few days this week at Lowndesville with the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Ellis. Walter will leave on the 25th of this month for the camp. We are sorry to know this will take Mr. and Mrs. Ellis both from our community. DONATED TOMATOES. Mrs. J. L. Perrin gave enough tomatoes to the Civic Club on Tuesday to make seven two-pound cans. These will be sold and the money given to the Red Cross. ?? vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv V COLD SPRING NEWS. V vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Cold Spring, July 23.?Mr. D. E Newell, Jr., spent "Saturday am Sunday with home people. Mr. Frank Uldrick spent Satur day night with Mr. Marion King. Mrs. J. M. Rowe and little fifcarthi and Clara Margaret, spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. B. A. U1 drick. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith and chil dren spent Saturday night and Sun day at Mr. D. E. Newell's. Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Corbett an< little Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. W. R Ellis and Miss Maggie Link dined a Mr. W. B. Uldrick's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kay and lit tie Francis Jr., spent Saturday witl Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay. Mrs. P. E. Newell spent Monda: with Mr. W. B. Uldrick and family. Quite a crowd from this commun ity attended the unveiling of Mr John Bowie's monument at' Gilga Sunday afternoon. Misses Addie and Gertrude Bowei Selma Watt and Ruby Mann spen a few days of last week with Mis Dessie King. ; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McMahan ant children spent Sunday with Mrs. J A. Hagen. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb and familj and Mr. Charlie and Miss May Edge worth of Mississippi, are here visit ing relatives. VUVVVVWVVVVv^ V * V LOWNDESVILLE. * \vvv^vvv^vvv; Lowndesville,. July 23.?The Rad cilffe Chautauqua is expected to fi] its engagement at Lowndesville 01 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday July 24, 25 and 26. The program i purely patriotic and will be present ed in the school auditorium. Ther will be three attractions each da; except the first, which will open i] the afternoon at three o'clock. Th morning numbers are free. Presi dent Wilson considers the Chautau qua an integral part of the natfona defense, because of the effectiv messages it can deliver to the vari ous communities in regard to th meaning of democracy and its im perative needs. Some one has said that America is too beautifull; asleep to be disturbed. This is no true. But there are many of us wh do need to be awakened and it 1 the business of the Chautauqua thi to stimulate our patriotism whicl is already stirring with activity. I the people of our community wis! to know what our government want us to do in this great emergencj and how to do it, come to th Chautauqua and get the messag that hails from the war authoritie in Washington. You cannot afford t miss this, "Wake Up! America!1 program. Rev. W. S. Martin and daughtei Miss Luna, and Mrs. J. W. Marioi and her two children of Atlanta motored over from Antreville an< spent last Tuesday with Mrs. S. C Kirkpatrick. Cadet Keys Harper has returnei from Plattsburg, N. Y., and will b at home the rest of the summer. Miss Una Baskin has been electei as one of the teachers in the Hig] school at McColl, S. C., and wil accept the position. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Latimer am son, Marshall, of Spartaubnrg, an spending this week most pleasantl; visiting friends here. Dr. Lindsay Fennel and family, o: Waterloo, visited Rev. and Mrs. H C. Fennel for a few days recently. Mrs. Smma Young of Anderson Mrs. Bettey Richardson, of Hart well, Ga., and Miss Schmeight oi Brunson, S. C., are guests of Mrs M. E. Baker. Rev. J. F. Anderson and familj have gone to Williamston to spenc a month. The third quarterly conference ol the Methodist church was held las' Sunday morning. Rev. Leonard the presiding elder, was accompan ied by Dr. Kirkland, editor of Th< Advocate, who preached at elever o'clock. The conference was helc immediately afterwards. Mr. D. L. Barnes has recently in stalled a Delco-light plant in his home and is delighted with it. Mr W. T. Jay, agent for this county k has placed a plant In the home of t Mr. J. W. McCalla and has an order k for one for the new home of Col. k M. P. McCalla ,which will soon be k in course of erection. Sergeant R. L. Smith, Jr., ofj . Camp Wheeler, is at home on a 1 short furlough. Mrs. Willie Taggart and little " daughter, of New Orleans, are visiting relatives here. 1 Major Nance and wife have re7 # turned to their home in Abbeville, after spending a week most pleasantly tath relatives here. Mrs. R. L. Smith and mother, Mrs J. B. Leroy, have returned from j Florida, and will be here for sometime. t| Born?to Mr. and Mrs. Theron Allen, a daugher, July 14, 1918, Anderson, S. C. The little lady has 1 not received a name yet. Mr. Rowland Campbell, who has j seen service on the front, lectured in the school house Wednesday nighi - for the benefit of the Red Cross. . There was a good audience present 1 who enjoyed hearing this young man's experiences. 1 Mrs. Lula Allen and Mrs. H. G. t White attended the Woman's Miss sionary Association held in Abbeville last week. * Miss Fannie Ficquett has gone to Columbia, where she has been appointed to fill a government posi7 tion for a while. Mrs. E. W. Harper is spending a ~ month with her daughter, Mrs. Theron Allen of Anderson. : QUOTAS FIXED FOR : FALL Y. M. C. A. DRIVE National Qoal of $1)2,000,000 Includes " $15,000,000 Fop War Work Of Y. II W. C. A.?Southeast Asked n For $5,000,000 t The quotas for the seven states of s the Southeastern Department for the next financial drive of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. 0. A. e for $112,000,000, which will take place y late In the fall were decided upon last [i weeflc by delegates from each of the e states. Seven hundred delegates from the seven states of the Southeastern Department recently met with the na tlon's leading Y. M. C. A. workers *t 1 the Capital City Club Of Atlanta, 0a. The quotas for the , Southeastern states, totaling approximately $5,000," 000, were decided upon ae follows: MR i J. ArM PAl . /** * 4 A a Q e riorum, tort,do*; uwrgja, tx,u?<),. 784; Mississippi, 1280,000; North Oaro, ,lina, $680,288; South Carolina, $644,' 848; 7etmee8ee' $1,095,820; Alabama, y $504,000. t $16,000000 to the Y. W. C. A. o Of the total amount $15,000,000 will be turned over to the Young Women's Christian Association in order thftt 3 they may carry on the many war a?h tivities that they have undertaken, f Every town and community of ^ the Southeast was represented by its leading citizens at the conference. s Chief among the international figures r> were Dr. John R. Mott, General Secree tary of the National War Work Ooune cil, Geo. W. Perkins, former leader of the Bull Moose party, a member s of the executive board of the United 0 States Steel Corporation and now ? chairman of the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. bureau of finance. Others In the party were A. H. Whitford and '? Chas. S. Ward, directors of the naa tional campaign, and A flff. Cotton of 1 the Boys' Earn and Give Campaign. t The "Y" Men Are To Be Found Where Battle Is Hot a "It you want to know wh*t the Y. M. 8 C. A. means to the soldiers, go where the fighting is hot," is the regular i reply of the American soldiers In ^ Prance, according to a cablegram re. ceived recently by the National War Work Council telling of more secretaries who have been under liquid I fire attacks, as well as gas and shell B fire. The American Expeditionary officers have sent scores of letters to 7 the Paris headquarters of the "Y" praising the work of the Red Triangle f workers, declaring them to be India pensable. More than a thousand "Y" secretaries are in advanced positions and ? dugouts under constant shell fire. - Thefe are no quitterg and they ref fuse to be relieved, saying that where the troops go the Y. M. C. A. will stick. 1, The . n >L Greei Look and Feel Clean, Sweet and Fresh Every Day Drink a glass of real hot water before breakfast to wash out poisons. Life Is not merely to live, but to live well, eat well, digest well, work well, sleep well, look well. What a glorious condition to attain, and yet how very easy It is if one will only adopt the morning inside bath. Folks who are accustomed to feel S dull and heavy when they arise, spilt- X ting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul 9 tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, 3 can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy I by opening the sluices of the system 9 each morning and flushing out the H whole of the Internal poisonous stag- M nant matter. H Everyone, whether ailing,* elck or B well, should, each morning, before n breakfast, drink a glass of real hot B9 water with a teaspoonful of limestone' ,H phosphate in It to w&sfr. frnra the' H otomach, liver, kidneys and bo^ nla the previous day's Indigestible waste,1 #8 sour bile and poisonous toxlr*; thus cleansing, sweetening and pii*nfyln? 8 the entire alimentary canal before. H putting more food into the fctomach.] flj 'l'ne action or not water aua umesv no m phosphate on an empty stomach la; <91 wonderfully Invigorating. It clefsa ffl out all the bout fermentations, gases,' H waste and acidity and gives one a HE splendid appetite for breakfast While R you are enjoying your breakfast the H water and phosphate is quietly ex- He tractlng a large volume of water from fiB the blood and getting ready for a El thorough flushing of all the Inside K organs. ' The millions of 'people who are kB bothered with constipation, blllooa DH spells, stomach trouble, rheumatism; {QH others who have sallow skins, blood DM disorders and sickly complexions are HS urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from tne drug store KH which will cost very little, but la ttfe sufficient to make anyone a pronounced crank on the subject ?f MS Internal sanitation. v| V BETHIA NEWS. . VH v vH Bethia, July 24.?The crop *jbHB certainly looking fine after such nice rain, xne iarmers oegaa get pretty sore but I think they are^H enjoying eating watermelons and^M peaches while the good showers are^^J falling. nBr Mr. Bill Beauford and Mr. Johi^Bfl Stewart from above town came dowx^HH and spent the week-end with friending and relatives. Miss Ruth Canfield and Mr. McHH Dowell of Greenwood, came hom^HB with Miss Ruth Beauford Saturda^^fl afternoon. They motored througfl^B in his new car. BHH After a months tsay with his hom^Bfl folks, Mr. Lee Link left Saturda^Hl for his home in New York. Miss Louise Bentley,-after spenc|&| ing several weeks with her aun^^H Mrs. Aziiie Wilson, left for home in Petersburg, Va., carryiz^^^w her little cousin, Amla Wilson, wi^H9 her. What a charming and swe^^^f girl she was. Hope she will con^^^J back again. Mrs.' M. E. Beauford and lit1^^^| son, Olin, spent the day at Troy last Friday with her mother, Mary Horn. Miss Lucile Link has been visiti^^^H friends and relatives at Mt. CarmBHa Miss Dot Evans , an dtwo siste^^EH spent Saturday night with Lucile Kittie Link. ; Miss Erma Dansby and LutlJ^H^H Dansby were the guests of Miss KiHHfl Beauford last night. Corporal J. C. Link of CaH^Bn Jackson, was home Saturday oiH|^Hr 48 hour furlough. 9BH| J. S. Canfield and Clovon McL>SHHH ell, Walter Monroe of Greenwo^HHH were calling in and around Sabbath afternoon. Quite a crowd went to McCorn^B^H| yesterday to the Sunday School sociation. Mrs. Am Link and two daugh^^^^H Lucile and Kittie, motored to yesterday shopping. fEN BROS. MARBLE^^H ND GRANITE GO. Designers Manufactures? 99ffK Prortnrc ers in Everything for theflH^H Cemetery. HbHB largest and best equippe^Hfl|m lonumental mills in the |HH9| Carolinas. iwcod, S. C. Raleigh, N. cflHRH