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V vj V RED CROSS VI V HOME SERVICE SECTION. V V \ V, V V V WW V vv vv vi When it comes to restoring its I damaged fighters, the government! has moans and resources far beyond! those of any human being or ordi-i nary agency. Quite recently a young | woman was located in Savannah, Ga. | who was an expert at teaching the! are of lip-reading to persons who had^lost their hearing. Now she has n class of six Southern soldiers, whose sense of hearing had been de-( stroyed in the war. "I was a little afraid Lo try teach-; ing grown people," she confessed, j "My pupils had all been children, but' # {. they learned so rapidly and tried so| hard?and succeeded so well?that I, am tremendously proud of all of! them." 1- i.L. ! l ms is *a nne example ox we uu- ( man touch" in government relief' work only too often people conjure j up a vision of hard splendid offices,' and inextricable tangles of red tape1 when the government is referred to. But not the crippled soldiers?and not the deaf soldiers?and not the j Red Cross, which will tell you ariy-j WANTS | WANTED:?Young ladies to take training at Pryor Hospital Training School for nurses. It is necea^ sary to increase the quota of nurses and young ladies interested are requested to write the vsuperintenJ A T5 raioafav 5. ueuc JTlJfVi Aiwyibaiy vmwjwa p M C., for particulars. 9-9-4t?: .1 V I . FOR SALE:?One Forxjl toadster.^nji one Maxwell roadstejr. : >1 .' ' ,. MARTIN. & PE^NAL, ... 1 9-5-3t. At City Garage. FOR SALE:?Carload of South Carlina Grown Fylgbum Oats at $1.50 per bushel.. 9-5-2L J. ALLEN SMITH, JR. ? ? ^ Have ju?t received car load Barbed Wire and Wire Nail*. Let ui make yea price* on wbat you need. 9-5-2t. J. ALLEN SMITH, JR. I Do you need a Mower and KakeTj We will be pleased to show you the I superior points of/the John Deere,1 Da in Machines. -j 9-Mt J. ALLEN SMITH, JR. * Wtmr^mad Shoes are better. Tkejr f" dHwlisi. A trial pair will con* JJ ttlM fW. . 9-5-2L - J. ALLEN SMITH, JR. y- * -- .COR SAMS:?300 aerea of good land per acre, on one to ten year's time. Address PostofficO ' Box No. 445. 9-2-3t,C WANTED:?A good, quiet school teacher, by recommendation, for Little Mountain School, (colored). ' Write C\ B. DIXON, Abbeville, S.| C., Route 4, Box 70. 9-2-8t.Pd. WANTED?100 young men and women for book-keeping and short hand course. We have calls daily for graduates. Positions guaranteed graduates. Write for free lesson in Gregg Short Hand, Greenwood Business College. 8-5tfi V - BUY YOUR CREAM \\ V from V V MRS. D. A. ROGERS. V V Phone No. 1. V THE CONFEDERATE COLLEGE No. 62 Broad Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. i A Boarding and Day School for! ' Ms. Begins its session October 1, 1919.' Historic Institution situated in a' healthy location. Advantages of City life, with large! College yard for outdoor sports. % A WELL PLANNED COURSE of studies in a hpmelike atmosphere. A BUSINESS COURSE open to Seniors, and Elective courses to Jun-! iors and Seniors. Two Domestic Science Courses, giving practical and theoretic knowl-i edge of cooking. A Artn innoH T.iKrnPV IX WCII . For Catalog and further information, apply to the College, thing you want to know about the; j government's methods in these mat-*, ters. "Well, what are you doing t'.'.ese! I days?loafing as usual? was the' j kind and friendly (?) salutation giv-J I en the Home Service Secretary re-; I cently by an Abbeville woman. The! fact that the lady was all dressed up I and on her way to a party and the: Secretary was hot and tired after a hard days work, made the remark all j the more grievous. And this is what she called "Loafing; Putting in opera-' tioh means to locale a soldier who j has not been heard from since last summer; writing three letters in "the j case of a young man who is sick and' needs help, one letter^ being to his distressed sister, another to the proper'organization that advises in such! casee, and the other to the Hotoe Service Section where the young man ' is located; Getting up the Section's monthly report to the "Division Direc-' tcr; Talking two soldiers about provern?ent insurance; Advising an-1 Cher soldier bv all means to go to a! i | The Ri I Four Stoi I HARDW S ; v 1 ! i i E n w i ' I It will 1 I McCor E9 B r?l*VA dill! dlU We K \ nr a I A ( STOVES 1,1 i ?iib'.ic Health Service Hospital for treatment; assuring a negro soldier ,vho had just been discharged, that lie would not be arrested for wearing ais uniform, but that he was given ufficient time to buy civilian clothes. Identifying a negro woman in order :hat she mieht cash a government iheck; sweeping and dusting the Red Cross rooms, and driving 18 miles in the country to "ftsit the little daughter of a soldier, who has just returned and is sick in a hospital at Camp Lee, in order that he may know IMMEDIATELY that all is well as all his letters home have been returned marked, "No such plaee in state named." LOAFING? Mrs. H. W. Nickles has been appointed Chairman of the Home Service Section at A'rborville. Arborville is a rich and prosperous section of the county, and Red Cross workj las always received hearty support; in this neighborhood. ? : ; Subscribe to The Press and Banner j | . OSENBERG ,1 ? DEPA I f res.,::;.,- -oiii jVi V f.Kij "TF ARE STORE ) ( . i \ ) V )t:ff , * ) \ ?/ / '# J:ering < Mnwor lflVTV VI . ' ' _ ( >e to your < mick-not on )ngest~but al \ .. '"' V eep a torn AT sheller: MaIqccpc I T lWiUOOV^O i Complete S KIT a Rncpnnpi i'BBBHBi V % \ SAtyTUC NEWS. N v V Santuc, Sept. 6.?Miss Carwells ol Chester was the crueat of Miss Sudie Keller a few days last week. Several of the men in this community went seining Friday. Quite a crowd from Central also went. Mr. Mack Wright spent Thursday night with Mr. J. R. Richardson. Misses Mary, Annie and Louise Kay spent Friday afternoon with Miss Lizzie Sharp. Messrs. D. E. Haddon and J. C. Nickles spent Thursday with James Haddon. Mr. Joe Mundy spent Wednesday night and Thursday with W. E. Morrison. Mr. George. Morrison attended court at Abbeville this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Haddon and children spent the week-end with relatives at Ware Shoals, j s Mr. D. E. Haddon is spending a \ V MERCAN lRTMENT STI f Abbeville, S. C. V 'fV #..<* ' I-." i. Kj r te"*.' ... t r ! * >. J:. /.. ? .. -S ' ' ' J > ' . j'\ji 5 ? . V l ?m rod M< - i s and advantage tc ly because t so because... iDlete Line ALL Tlf 5 CC Mills and Ei tock of SI CHEN UTENS1 | rg Mercan i few days in this vicinity with relatives. Protracted meeting will begin at . Gilgal Church next Wednesday, night. Cotton is opeh1fig'irfr'lrf*lira com. munity and cotton-picking will be the work from now on. Most of the farmers have finished pulling fodder. Mr. T. J. Abies was a business; " visitor to Greenwood Friday. ! , Clarence and Roy KaJfTlpfere \ visi-' tors to the city Friday. Mrs. C. C. Kay and children spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. 1 Wilson. l! Mr. M. B. Kay was a business! i visitor to .the city Saturday. li Visitor* From York. / rj Mr. McCaw hos been in the city | for several days visiting at the! I home of his niece, Mrs) T. Gordon1 1 White. Mr. McCaw is' recovering | from a serious illness and is taking J life easy these days. He says he 1 never got too sick to not be interest! ed in the cotton market 'and in pretty girl^. ' 1 _ - /, I TILE * COM ORES = \ i ' / M / ;/? V' . ' :*i i7 ' ii ; v ; U / U j. ' v ?. HARDWARE . /' ' t ?_ . . J ' 1 ^ r ll A VIMI i A'UilllH Rakes ) buy a Dee hey are the s / . , of Parts in flES Cv )RN SHEL raporators lelf Hardwi ILS F i tile Compai , 5* ^SB!B@MSBB8B88HBI^H^^B'.-# innii^Bni ; , K ' . _l! ? JOHN A. HOLLAND, A The Greenwood Piano Man. Tho largest dealer in musical instm- 4 ments in Western South Carolina. Sejl* n pianos, self-player pianos, organs aid sewing machines Reference: Th? Bank of Greenwood, the oldest and strongest Bank in Greenwood County. / * T. PANY Departments -8-.. STORE I r1 \J II % % > SK # ' K'S* < -> \ ' ' ' v.-*8 l| a . ./. % iM 1 ring or II implest 11 Stock II LERS I - I GANGES . I 9 1