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b BEGINS CAMPAIGN OF SOLDIER AID I (Continued from page one) - The following is a copy of the letter to Dr. Neuffer, inaugurating the campaign in this section: "During the next three ..months Tnoni*on^D will VUC OUiCftU WJL ivtoa AU0UAHMW ?* conduct a . nation-wide campaign -' which shall reach every* ex-service man throughout the country. A Clean Up Squad from the Bureau wilktour every state, making stops of several days in 'centrally located places i/i order to fully advise all exeerttce men of their rights under the War Risk Insurance act and the vocational rohabiliation act; to assist disabled'1 fex-service men in securing - compensation, medical treatment and hospital We; to' infortn and assist' all claimants regarding procedtu% necesa&^-fa fiitflgk 1 difims for co^paneation and Insurance; to assist" tho&Ntadsfe' claims * Are Ending in securing final actio?, where additional evidence is necessary to connect disability with the seiVice or other data required by the Bureau of'"War Risk insurance arid Federal Board; to provide for immediate physical examination wh<sre necessary and to furnish hospitalization for* urgent casei ' " ' ~ / ''The American* 'Red Cross has been designated to cooperate irf this C&paign and in eve^y way to' help make it 100 per cent efficient. The division is counting on your Red Cross chapter to see that work of the clean up squad is a real success in your community. ?"It will be necessary to secure at once complete lists of the names of - every ex-service man in your chapter. These names can be secured from the honor rolls of legions, churches and schools; from the lists of the members of the local Legion Posts; fnn the files of cases of home service sections; files of county newspapers and froiri county draft board lists, if these are available, r .. "As soon as these lists can be secured, a questionnaire and letter should be sent to every man on the list. The letter explains the purpose ' of the campaign to the ex-service man and the questionnaire is to be fv. . vfilled out by him and returned to tfce office of your chapter. A supply of these questionnaires will be sent you for distribution from the divi &on immediately." The persons who fill out the questionnaires will probaJbly came to your Hone Service for information before the squad arrives They should be assisted wherever possible to get heir claims in shape for final action by- the squad. / "After the ex-servie*: man Teaches squad headquarters if he is a disabled man transportation will be furnished him back to his home and meals and lodging while at squad headquarters. > ."Your chapter can further assist by giving all possible publicity to the coming of the squad and to the whole plan of the clean up campaign. Announcements should be made''at church services, in schools and at all Dublic meetinurs: the rural mail carrier and the conductor on the local trains" can carry the news through their sections; small slips gion Post wherever possible and ' can be sent out with the monthly telephone and electric light bills; advertisements can be put in your lo^ cal newspaper and slides can be run - at the moving picture, shows. . <;tYou are requested to get in touch with ypur local American Legin Post wherever possible and work out joint plans. "A field representative of the Red Cross will visit your, chapter in advance of the squad and will assist you in every, possible way. ;." { 'The Red Cross has been helping j ihp soldier since the beginning of the war and it will 'see him tlirough' in tins final clean up campaign. -Vj^The Squaw will be In Greenwood VjHrich is the neadquarters for your Srtrict August 26_27_28_29_30." TROOPS LEAVE CAMP i:[ JACKSON SEPT. 1ST. tf ' -Washington, Aug. 10.?Troops occupying the seven army camps recently selected for abandonment by Secretary Weeks, will (begin moving $o new posts as soon as possible af,te'r September 1, the War Depart, .pent announced today in orders to .corps area commanders. Tfce camps affected are Meade, Md., Devens, r-Mass.; Sherman, O., Grant, Dls.; Jackson, . South Carolina; Bragg, North Carolina and Pike, Arkansas. WW V V V vv v vvv's^ V .. M ' W DUE WEST NEWS. \ V!" A. R. Presbyterian ^ ^ ^ wa VVV W VV V V VV V VV tfii ' t Mrs. R. M. Stevenson returned on ^ Monday from a visit to Camden. I, , }Mr. P. R. -Henry is able to be out * i -.y' m* on our streets with . the aid of ! crutches.. { Mr? 0. Y. Brownlee and family left 'on Friday.for Montreat. S^! Mrs. J .E. Todd returned on Tues- & , day .from a visit to kindred in Col ,, no umln*. 'iR^S.' Galloway left on Tuesday to * j attend the Home Coming at Sardis, N. C. , ' . Mr. and Mrs. X. S. Kennedy and j* Mr. D. 15. Edwards left on Saturday J t wh for a short visit to Montreat, N. C. ' j tte\. and Mrs. W. H. Stevenson of ? -dliriton, ?fev vlsitinr -frfehds in' Due 4fesfci! ?'& n.ft.!v-.:-.,.i.sJI! * { Mrs. SaTfie* A^disorf and 'Miss "Sara f! 'Addison returned from-Montreat last Week. > *" ' ^ '' Miss Rosa Nickles of Anderson has a ?{?? ? rolntiv#?B in Hup ^ upui VII a fWW ?v * ?? -rwv J %Wfc^ V - ! ' ed) ' i President Hlakeiy, of Bryson Col- ' lege?; much to the pleasure of his ^ frifeiJds, paid Due West a recent visit. ' Dr. and Mrs; F; Y. Pressly attend- ^ ed the-Liirwdod Conference. They go ^ On from there to Blowing Rock, N C. ' Mr. David Ellis, of Camp Jackson, ^ came up for the annual Ellis reunion . ^ in on Thursday. ?' ' S Miss Laura Crawford of Green- , cli? wood is visiting friends and relatives m Due West. ? Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Nickles and children of Charleston, are visiting relatives in Due West. ^ Prof. S. W. Rabb, of Laurinburg, j ? N? *C., is rejoicing in the suuccess of $150,000 bond election for schools ^ and school buildings at Laurinburg. Mrs. G. W. King and daughter Miss Roberta, of Rock Hill have been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Millen El- , dei lis. . Mr. R. A. Willis, Jr., and Mr. ^ ext Walter Culp, of Edgemoor, S. C. ^ spent the week-end in Due West with me friends. Miss Ruth Pearson, of Woodruff, S. C., and Miss Gladys Kennedy, of a^. Ora, S. C-, are the guests of Miss _ ? _ , i hoi Bertha Pressly. ' bul Misses Martha and Margaret Hood ^ of Anderson, Miss Ada Faulkner, of ^ Abbeville and Miss Mary Louise Dargan of Spartanburg, are the guests , of Miss Margaret Moore. * ^ Prof. E. L. Reid and family left n v an< last week in their car to visit 'friends soi and relatives in North Carolina and _ \ fifif Virginia. Th'ey expect to be gone ^ some weeks. Mr. Shackleford, a member of the' Government Aerial force at this an; coi place was instantly killed on last Fri- ^ day when his car overturned and ^ to pinned tjim underneath. The accident . 3 A i. ; l ~ ~ i 1 A,. A uccuiireu uuuui* iuxtwy rnues ueiuw auatt gusta. Mr. Shackleford was on his way to Leesburg, Ga., his home, to spend his vacation. A check on the Due West Bank identified him. j , wa THE, HULA-HULA LURE bet . wai Ex-Marine Reenlists After Hearing Phonograph. jn Atlanta, Aug. 12.?The phono- me graph has been useful for many pur- jje poses, but here's another score to the jos, credit of the .phonograph, and came- jjaa to light when Birt Sokira, of Rome, w0: Ga., applied for re-enlistment Monday at the local recruiting station of. ^ .he marines in the Austell building, jy Young Sokira was discharged from, jsn( the marines several months ago, and|0y returned to this home with the in-!hin tention of settling down?his intentions were good until he heard the pja itieains of a Hawaiian love-song be- an( o tmr? nlnco Vktr Vio tiTQC ilg VU ViVOW KJJ p ww tttiv nuu car fitting on the porch of his home at fr0 Rome. It's tune called up old memo- jcn< ries?he was down at Waikiki beacji shc in the moonlight, on that island of paradise in the Middle of the jPa- wjj cific, and that same old tune [was ^ being sung by a group of happy Ha- mu waiian's. Sokira then and there, ]jej made up his mind that before an- jje] other sun had set that he would be ce? on his wav to the island of dreams. artd the only way, was the marine we corps way-?by* re-enlisting. Private Sokira was re-enlisted by Captain Geyer, and left Monday night for Hawaii via the training station of the marines at Parris Island, S. C. ' Mrs. William M. Graham, divorced wife of the millionaire oil magnate, will establish an interior decorating shop in New York City. wc M ' ' i |" r (ERIFF SAVES MEN WHO MURDERED BRAZEll The car containing the prisoners is followed. As the machine conning Fox, Gappins, Sheriff Plunk, Chaingang Guard Roberts and unty Officer Norris speeded out of i jail yard another car loaded with in which had been parked a block ay from the jail all afternoon and ;ht suddenly came* to life and >eded up in close pursuit of the icers' car. The destination of the prisoners ist known but it is thought that jy jre being taken to Macon Or vannah. Action of Sheriff Plunkett followrumors of mob violence which ire been growing here tonight and ich were particularly augmented lowing a telephonic conversation, ^t ^ieriff Heise of Columbia, when erjff; Pkjnkett was apprised ;.thajb fnoV/>b#.4-ifeeen formed there,', 1 sworn to avenge the death. of iing Brazell. The report also statthat the mob was to be augmented other men who had already reach Augusta. , Sheriff Plunkett and Jailer Gary little immediately held a consulion and at first it was planned take a long shot and rush the men McCormick to Columbia but the [ tape incident to such & step distded the officers and it was then :ided to safely incarcerate them some interior point of Georgia. Sheriff Plunkett left the jail in urge of the jailer and a deputation county officers armed to the teeth, lile the officers are discounting ssibility of mob violence no preition has been overlooked and i Augusta police department has sn notified that it might be called for riot duty. As a result, the eping detail at' the police bar iKs was issuea not guns wnen it nt on duty tonight. \s a measure of safety, it is un stood that should a mob surind the jail an invitation would be tended a committee of its members search the jail and learn that the n they seek are gone. Sheriff Plunkett stated on leaving i jail that he felt confident of the ility of himself and his men to id the prisoners from any mob, t that he desired to avoid' "weeks worry over what some bunch of theads might try to do'." "I don't want to hurt any of the ys," he said, "because I'm 'their end, but if I stay here with Fox d Gappins and the mob comes, nebody's liable to get hurt. So I ure the wisest thing to do. is leave ;h them." Neither Fox nor Gappins exhibited y fear when told that a mob was ning for them and when they left f jail seemed to be indifferent as what might befall them. At midnight the threatened mob ack bad not materialized. IN MEMOtyAM March 14, 1921, W. Baker s called to his reward. He had sn in bad health for a month but s confined to liis bed only <a .jveek 'ore he died. He was -laid to rest the Gilgal cemetery. He was a mber of the Presbyterian church, left behind him to mourn his j a wife and four children . He i one child gone on to the better rid. It was so hard to give him up XT A r4atrA/l a IAVK* t 9UWI1 <1S U1C* 1JLC ocajrcvft a AV115 ie here on this earth, being near73 years old at his death. We >W his troubles and trials are sr and we should all try to meet 1 over on the other shore for the rior has said, "I go to prepare a ce for you; I will come again 1 receive you unto myself." We inot understand why he was taken m us* but the Heavenly Father >ws what is best for us and we iuld strive the more to live closer him, for if we do our part God 1 do his for we isj certain and death is sure, we all st not weep more than we can p but trust in God and he will p us our burdens to bear. The detsed was a conservative man and i a large circle of friend^ who re pained to hear of his death. We have lost our darling father, He has bid us adieu: He has gone to live in heaven, And his form is lost to view. Oh, how hard to give him -up. Oh, that dear one, how we loved him ?One who loved him. More than half the industrial rke'rs in Philadelphia are women. FIGHT CRICKETS IN GREENWOOD ~~ ' Gardeners Report Dui?|? By. Pett.. 1 . Entoaolocwti Make In- ( pectiona 3 Greenwood, Aug. 11.?Expert en- 1 tamologists from Clemson college c axe studying an outbreak of mole 1 cricket here. A. F. Conradi, head ' of the department of entomology at * Clemson; George M. Anderson, extension entomologist; Ned Prevost * and W. A. Thomas, Ufnited States 1 department of agriculture entomolo- * grists, were here Tuesday to make * an examination of the ravages of the < pest. They declared , that .the, .pole ^ cricket found in a Greenwood garden * was the American instead of the Italian species which is found at c (Charleston. This is tbe first outbreak of the pest reported north of Char kpj*!1, v.v to % ijOne gadener reported the pe^ts^ sq numerously in hi^ garden that * tljey had literally cut, everything off, . level with the ground. . The insects, 3 in myriads, burrow just (beneath the ^ surface of the earth, cutting off everything in reach. Steps are be- * ing taken to poison the pests and it is believed that they will bfe exterminated. They have only been rejorted from one locally. I ^ .TTTTTrm . v . ! ^ T ^ T T- 1 ^ * I V NEWS OF SHARON V S. V iMisses Martha and Madge Pressly aire visiting Miss Addie Lathan of Iva. Mr. Jim Gilliam and sons have re- ^ turned from the mountains of North Carolina. Mirs. Charlie Schram left Wednesday for Chester, where she is to undergo an operation. James Eairle ' Prince had a very * painful accident a few days ago. * While cleaning up a pistol it acci- ^ dentally fired, and made a very ugly 1 wooing in the left hand. 1 Misses Mary and Josephine Clinkscales of Willington spent a few days with Misses Sarah Harkness and Marion Prince. Mr. R. C. Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Mabry Cheatham and Mrs. John Cheatham have returned home after spending several days in the mountains. They say they feel more like feeding chickens and doing their house work than when , they wpnt away. .1 Misses Lena Belle Johnson, Maria Neuffer and Elizaibeth Gambrell are spending a few days with Mrs. Motte Gilliam. Miss Eli^beth McNeill has returned home after a very pleasant stay with her aunt. Mrs. W. H. Murray, T>f Greenwood. 1 Several 'Sharon people were pres- t ent to hear the several addresses at c _ 4 Lebanon church Wednesday. i Mrs. Motte Gilliam entertained ^ the young people at lier home Tuesday night. \ '? Mrs. Charlie Gilliam has been elected to teach at Sharon school r this fall. We feel that we are fortu. i nate in securing her. We know she -c will give us her best services as she 1' has done at other places. y n The Younj* People's Missionary I society will meet Friday night at n 8:30. All visitors are welcome to attend these meetings. * I Why the Farr Have a * > ; " Because v this Bank m--B'JI : ness vanis friend to> Your I DIAL IN SPARTANBURG Spartanburg, Aug. 11.?Senator i B. Dial was in Spartanburg tolay en route to his hotaie at Laurens.' i le says that the senate will adjourn lext wfeek for ft month and giv6 ?the < ommittee an opportunity for competing their work. ' Senator Dial is confident that his amendment to the cotton exchange : )ill will be passed. His amendment ' Provides that the grade shall be specfied in the contract and that the 1 rrade called for shall be delivered,' 1 ind not a substitute. He aays that :otton is the only commodity in the :ountry where the seller has the' >ower to tell the purchaser what prade he will deliver, and the purchaser has no say so in the matter. I ' ' * * GETTING READY FOR STUDY i j ' [Umfileifarti Attend thfr^ivt^ sk^fw^d 1iairT|duiea' ority and wQf get" along1 hereafter' rithout tonsils or adenoids. Bfe stood he operation all right and is getting Joncr fine. N ?-? . . . AT BAPTIST CHURCH - . . 1 w Dr. J. C. Solomon of Calhoun tells- will preach Sunday morning at he Baptist church at 11 o'clock and )r. H. L. Weeks of Darlington wilj >reach Sunday night at 8:30. R. B. Cheatham, Chairman. Pulpit Committee. rRAD^S OFF CLAIM THAT NETTED MILLIONS / fukon'i Unlaclriest Man Bettered Lost After Tricks 'of Fortune In Alaska. Dawson, Y. T., Aug. 12.?Posses ed by United States Marshal Powers oday were searching for Con von Ustyne, veteran Yukon pioneer, who las been missing for several weeks, le is believed to have fallen into an >ld prospect hole, or to have been rilled by wild beasts. Van Alstyne, sometimes called the inluckiest man in Yukon, left his lummer camp on Mission creek, *a :ew days ago on a prospecting trip ;o Eagle, 100 miles north of Dawson. He had been searchine for sold n this region for, a quarter of a :entury. He first attracted atten;ion when he staked the famous :laim No. 16, El Dorado, in Klondike :amp. Believing it poor, he exrhanged it for another owned by rhomas Lippy, who later mined $2,>00,000 from the property,'and his uccessor took further fortunes from t. : t While Lippy went to Seattle a nulti-mi^onaire^ Von Alstyne ofoained very little out of Lippy's old ] laim. fOUTH KILLS HIMSELF WHILE IN A TRANCE Woodruff, Aug. 11.?-News was eceived here today of a distiressng tragedy which occurred at Cres- j ent Monday night when John Fower, 14 year old son of M. M. Fowler, manager of the Cotton Supply Com Hxiij| siii/t iiiiiiscix in a uiiyacciiuua lanner. According to reports l!hat. reached iere, it is thought that the lad walk ' ner Should Bank Account vhen tke farmer has a d< all of its facilities~and~ao ?^ii^T0Hia^f^jrAo giTes and he feels that hi vhom he can go in time o Account Will Be Appreci PT AWTF1K R 1 lii 111 I liiiv AA I "~jko Jriendlij San ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CARO % f ft ed ia.his sleep into his father's room*. & where the latter was asleep, took a gun from a bureau drawer and;then. left the room^iater" ^o<rtizisrvj. Belf ithrough .the' heart'. According to- \ r members of the family there was no known motive for the suicide,* and it is 'bfelieyetf tfiat theentire^jact waa> ij don^ while the iboy was m a'trance. :: The funeral was held this after- { /. 4 V p noon at 4 o'clock. Young Fowler ' Was one. of a large iamily., : ' tke coroner* did ' .not investigate \ the base, according to the idforma- : tion. - - I \ . v i' *"i ? '//. ?? . . ? r $50 $50 < V KtWAKU t ; -i iW STOLEN?Thur?*Uy .brat 2 t , si^#T Srk^k^Sna i ! * T?rm?h*?. , * ****??,, 1;. . j steering wheel, a pot light. Li* i cum No. 7948, Motor 3984129. * , ,' ,825 reward for rejvrn ol..o^-..; : ?nji $25 for infopnatipn . to 1 convict thief. Thought to jnit rx ,? been tahea bj derk, giagercake Mfro, 18 to 24 ,yeara. .oM? . weighs 140 to 150, wore brown , hat and blue overall*, . height , ;? bout 5. foot. Notify SHERIFF McLANE, 'v> * I / v ABBEVILLE, S. C. "WANTS" \ " ? WANTED?The housekeepers to know that the curb market is the place to buy the freshest vegetables, the best eggs and the fattest, chickens at the cheapest price. Open in store room next door to Eureka hotel at 9 o'clock every Tues ***? i j " , ' day morning. Demonstration Club- * Council. - 8, 12-3tcoL TRANSFER?299 For public service car call 299, or I can be found around Court House. Will make ^ ^ trips to. near-by towns.. H. -0Bryant, Phone 299. " V.i i - ! LOST?Saturday night, pair, noie glasseB. Suitable reward for re-i turn to Press and Banner office..': 8,10. - / i* s WANTED?To buy or rent, a house - > in Abbeville. See or Phone J. W1 MARTIN, Phone 75, Abbeville,. S. C;' . ' 8, 8-2tcoL FOR SALE?One Hughes Electric Range, with four discs and oven.;: Louis J. Bristow. 8, 8-tf.-C FOR SALE?Good dry pine ' stove wood. Price reasonable. Prompt * delivery. Phone 279-2. 7, 52tc ' ' FOR SALE?Six roopi house on> Church street. Electric lights, ^ water and sewerage. Extra large , lot. See Dr. Neuffer. 8-3 c/ ?-5v* ^ FOR SALE?-Best quality cream at 60 cents a pint, also fresh eggs. Phone 1. Mrs. D. A. Rogers. 4-1 tt A ? K * ' . 4| H*> u > | ; t 3posit in ; ; [vice are (Mtuta* , I \ ' i has?a "" * jj i fnpprl. ; ated. V i 9 r! ' ANK k" . ? UNA; ' v :J. ; s * . ' # * 4?/ ' *