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SOUTH CAROLINA I
EXCEEDS TASK
South Carolina Runs Over Amount
Assigned, Giving Total Amount
of $367,055.76.
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^narxestun, ouuc uv.?m night
Secretary R. H. King stated
that it was impossible to give final
figures for the Red Cross campaign
by counties. He said practically
every county which had reported up
to that time stated that a later report
would be made, which would increase
the returns. Mr. King stated
that the unofficial reports so far apparently
show that $367,055.76 had
been raised with the certainty that
thes figures will be increased by final
reports tomorrow. South Carolina
allotment was only $300,000. Splendid
reports have come from practically
almost all of the counties.
Charleston has pledged $86,880 to i
the war fund of the Red Cross. Its J
aespssmpnt. was 875.000. The cam-1
paign closed tonight in a burst of
enthusiasm.
Mr. King said that totals for each
county could probably be released
tomorrow night. He attributed the
great success of the movement to
the leadership of Gov. Manning and
Secretary Puckett of the State war
council and to the superb leadership
in the different counties.
"The heart of South Carolina has
been touched by this appeal. The response
has been quick and generous.
For the war council at Washington I
express the deepest gratitude," said
Mr. King.
REGIMENTS BASE
HANGS IN BALANCE
Funds May Be Provided for Improvements
at Camp Moore.
Mountain City Make* Bid
The camp site for the First Regiment,
is hanging in the balance. The
regiment may be sent to Greenville
. or Camp Moore at Styx may be selected.
Yesterday units of the regiment
were recalled from guard duty at the
bridges to their company headquarters.
During the week the regiment
is to be assembled at some point for
training.
Greenville is making a strong bid
to secure the regiment and Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, commander of the
Southeastern department, favors
sending the regiment to the Mountain
'City. Such was the information
given to Gov. Manning yesterday by
headqarters of the Southeastern department.
Later in the day a telegram
was receved announcing that
ne matter of improving Camp Moore
had been taken up with the war department.
If the department authorizes
the expenditure of about
$3,500 for an adequate water supply,
then it is probable that the First
onrnmont will hp SPnt tn StVX. Dfind
ing the completion of the army camp
at Greenville some time in the fall.
NEED FOR RECRUITS
IN NATIONAL GUARD
Gaining at About 1,000 a Day Rate,
But Still Considerably Short of
War Strength.
Washington, June 25.?The National
Guard, still far below war
strength, is recruiting at the rate of
about 1,000 men a day. All the
States are well below their quota.
Figures reported to the war deSartment,
complete for 36 States, th?
istrict of Columbia and Hawaii,
show a net gain />f 9,536 officers and
enlisted men during the period between
June 10 and 20. Ohio was
ahead with a gain of 2,733 during
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tilt; ten ua)?. iKw ivia octuiiu wii/ii
1,298; Massachusetts third with 684
and Pennsylvania fourth with 669.
Three states reported net losses.
In Rhode Island the decline in total
strength was 409, in Missouri it was
143 and in Alabama it was two.
Other gains reported were: Mississippi
276; North Carolina 201; Tennessee
192; Virginia 118; Georgia
107; Florida 30; South Carolina 1.
CROWTHER-WAKEFIELD.
Miss Winton Crowther and Mr.
John Wakefield were happily married
Sabbath afternoon at five o'clock
at the brides home in Antreville.
The ceremony was solemnized by
the bride's pastor, Rev. Campbell, of
the First Baptist church, and was
witnessed Dy a iew relatives ana
intimate friends.
Mrs. Wakefield is the daughter of
Mrs. Rice Crowther and is a bright,
attractive and lovable young woman
and is a graduate of the Antreville
High School and her many friends
throughout the county are wishing
her happiness. The groom is the
eldest son of Mr. S. J. Wakefield and
is well known to us and is a capable
young farmer and business man, and
is a graduate of Clemson College.
The young couple have the good
wishes of everyone for a long and
happy journey through life.
A Young Peoples
Christian Unior
The young people of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church me
Sabbath afternoon and organized i
Young Peoples Christian Union. Th<
organization was perfected by th<
election ol tne ionowing omcers
Miss Ruth McLane, President; Mis!
Iiydia Owen, Vice President; Johr
Magill, Secretary; and Katherin?
Faulkner, Treasurer.
The young people expect to d(
much in the way of such work a:
comes under the head of their or
ganization.
REGISTRATION LIST
TOTALS 9,569,382,
OR 96 PER CENTUM
White Persons Enrolled Reachec
7,347,794 With 953,89& Negroes
and 6,001 Indians.
Washington, June 25.?Officia
war registration returns, with Nia
gara county, New York, and thre<
Wyomng precincts missing, made
public today show a total enrollmeni
of 9,569,382, or approximately 9(
per cent, of the census bureau's
estimate. The apparent shortage i;
more than offset by the number oi
men in the army and navy who wen
not required to register.
Ui the registrants reported, /,
347,94 are white citizens; 953,89S
colored, 1,239,865 unnaturalizec
foreigners from countries other thai
Germany, 111,823 unnaturalizec
Germans, including those who have
taken out their first naturalizatior
papers, and 6,001 Indians.
There was nothing in the returns
said census bureau officials, to indi
cate that there had been any gener
al attempt at evasion of registrator
by any important element in the
population.
BIG CONTRIBUTIONS.
There were two big contributions
in the Red Cross canvass. One oi
these was the Abbeville Cotton Mills
which concern gave the sum of five
hundred dollars. This gift sent th?
teams out with a good feeling thai
they would win.
The other big contribution was
from Charley Greene, the one-leggec
oootblack at the barber shop of Mr
J. Y. Trman. Nobody asked Charlej
to give, but when the canvassers hac
left the shop, a policeman was in
formed that Charley wanted to dt
his bit. A canvasser called on Char
ley expecting to get a dime, or i
quarter or possibly fifty cents, bul
Charley said he wanted to make ii
five dollars, which amount he sub
scribed, paying one-fourth of th(
amount in cash.
When all the patriots in Abbevilh
get ready to have their shoes shined
they should call on Charley. He has
set us an example in patriotism.
SACRAMENT OF THE
LORD'S SUPPER JULY t
There is a widespread ignoranc<
as to who ought ancf who ought noi
to come to the Lord's Supper. A:
preparatory to the observance o:
this ordinance on July 8th at th<
Presbyterian church, the pastor, Kev
H. W. Pratt, will answer the ques
tion, "Who ought to come to th<
Lord's Supper?" at the morning ser
vice, July 1, and "Who ought not t<
come?" at the night service of th<
same day.
Union Service in
Open Air Pavillior
The union service of the churcl
was held in the open air pavillion a
the Presbyterian church last Sab
bath night.
All union services will be hel<
here during the summer. The ser
vices Sabbath night were accreditee
to the Associate Reformed churci
and the Psalms were sung by th
vast throng of worshipers.
Dr. Swope preached an excellen
sermon and the collection was givei
to the Red Cross.
MOVING TO ABBEVILLE.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harris hav
moved back to Abbeville to mak
their future home, and are occupyini
one of W. P. Greene's houses oi
Magazine street. They have beei
living in Augusta for the past thre
years.
VISITORS FROM DUE WEST.
Misses Eleanor Todd, Lucile Ken
nedy, and Messrs. Dick Todd am
Edwin Young came down from Du
West last Friday and were the guest
of Miss Ruth McLane for the day
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Mr. Carwile, aged 20, is the son of
who was Miss Anna Walker, of theL
5 regular army in September, 1916.
. Illustrated Address i
for Presbyterians
t
An illustrated address on Missions
5 in Northern India, will be given in <
I the open air grounds of the Presby- J
terian church Wednesday, June 27, .
' at 8:30 P. M. In this field the i
Methodist Church, North, is doing a ,
I great work for Christ. Come, see, j
- and hear. The public is welcome.
, On Wednesday, July 4th, at 8:30
P. M., the Passion Play of the Ober- ,
" ammergau will be the subject of
i the evening's address. The 1900 ,
t production will be shown. It is said ,
t that hard, worldly minded tourists '
who go to this in a spirit of being 1
* entertained, come away awed into
i solemnity and deep reverence. One ,
of the most remarkable features of '
} this representation is the transfor- ,
mation of the faces of those who \
> take the different parts into the '
i likeness of the characters of those they
represent. ^ J
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j THE BOOK CLUB.
, At the regular meeting of the
' Book Club last Wednesday at the
t home of Mrs. T. G. White, Mrs. J.
i C. Klugh was elected president, an
f office which she will fill most capa- 1
4 bly. The meeting last week was 1
" feasant and the members look for- <
ward to an agreeable and a profit- <
- able year under the management of <
j the new president. ]
ABBEVILLE COUN
ANS
! In the Red Cross Campa
afternoon, at six o'clock, w<
h sum of five thousand dolla
[ amount and a little more, tli
Cash, $2691.19; Pledges, $!
! $5309.19.
The work has been exact
e i people of the county are tc
t| good work they have done,
11 j they have responded. Wit ho
an estimate, or a jruess we b<
that as many as two thous
e County contributed to the c
I of the activity of those who
a this work.
n
e As Chairman of the work
sire to thank the workers
men, women, boys and girl:
J for tlie cause, liiey are em
ting Abbeville on the roll oi
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CARWILE.
' A. F. Carole and his first wife
evel Land section. He joined the
Mrs. John Bruce Dies
After Long Illness
Mrs. John L. Bruce died Thursiay,
June 21, 1917, at her home in
;he city, after a long and tedious illiess.
The funeral was conducted
it the home Friday afternoon by
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Swope, and the burial was at Long
Jane cemetery, surrounded by her
oved ones s.nd numbers of friends.
Mrs. Bruc; had been in bad health
for over a j'ear and for the past
while she had been at Little Moun;ain
in hopes that she would get
stronger anc. she had been at home
>nly a week when she passed away.
Mrs. Bruce was the eldest daughter
of the hite M:r. and Mrs. John
Sprouse and was happily married
ibout twelve years ago to Mr. John
Li. Bruce and he, with one young
son, John, and little daughter, Mary,
ire left to survive besides a sister,
Miss Clyde Sprouse, and five brothsrs,
Lewis, Ralph, Grady, Ira and
Clyton.
The disconsolate family have the
sympathy of the community.
VISITORS FROM GEORGIA.
Mrs. Ben Cade, Mrs. Robert McNeil
and Miss Willie Bell Cade, of
Washington, Ga., came through the
:ontry last week and spent several
iays of last week with the families
if Mr. James Gilliam find Mr. W. C.
McNeil of Sharon.
TY
WERS THE CALL
ign, which closed Monday
e were as^ed to mise the
rs. We have raised the
ie figures being as follows:
2618; making a total of
ing but pleasant, and the
be congratulated on the
and the manner in which
at doing more than making
ilieve we are safe in saying
;and people in Abbeville
tall. This gives some idea
served the government in
in Abbeville County, I dein
every community, the
3, who unselfishly worked
titled to the credit for put
r honor this morning.
WM. P. GREENE.
Death of Captain j
Austen Sunday I
Capt. W. H. Austen died at his
room last Sunday afternoon, June
24th, 1917, after a long illness.
Capt. Austen came to Abbeville
many years ago in connection with j
the Seaboard road and he passed in
and out amoncr our people making
friends and doing what he could to
make life lively for other people.
Some years ago ill health overtook
him and since he has been cared for
by the Masons of the city who saw
that he had the comforts of life and
were loving and kind in their solicitude
as to his welfare. He was buried
Monday morning with Masonic
honors.
Capt. Austen had no relatives in
this county.
WILL WAGE WAR
IN THE KITCHEN
Housewives in Unforms to Combat
Waste and Practice Economy.
Washington, June 21.?Plans for
registration of the country's housewives
as members of the food administration
were gone over with the
women's committee of the defense
council today by Dr. Ray L. Wilbur,
head of the administration's conservation
section.
State chairmen, operating under
the direction of State defense councils,
will have charge of the registration.
Women's organizations will
do most of the registration. News- <
Daoers will be asked to print daily ]
during two weeks of registration? \
July 1 to 15?the form pledge wo- 1
men will be asked to sign and send
to the food administration.
Every woman member of the organization
will be asked to wear in
her kitchen a uniform apron as a
symbol of her membership. On her j
sleeve she will be asked to wear the 1
shield of the food administration. j
The Federal Trade Commission ,
announced today that in its food !
price investigation, just starting, it '>
will seek immediate remedies for j
high prices in some commodities. The j
commission will take up simultaneously
five food branches, meat pack- ^
ing, flour and breadstuffs, cold stor- !
age, butter and eggs and canning.
A HAPPY MARRIAGE.
Miss Corrie Graves and Mr. Chas.
H. Taylor were happily married last ,
Sabbath afternoon at the home of ,
the brideS father at Latimer. The (
marriage was a quiet affair, only a
friends of the parties being present j
Miss finrrie is a sister of Miss Caro- .
lne Graves and is well known and
greatly liked in Abbeville by a host
of friends who wish her happiness.
Mr. Taylor is a substantial young '
business man of Calhoun Falls. He (
is making his way in the world and ,
every one wishes for him continued
success and a long and happy life. ]
PRETTY VISITOR. \
Miss Carolyn Bradley stopped
over in Abbeville last Thursday and
remained until Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. Renwick Bradley. Miss ]
Carolyn was returning to her home ,
in Troy from Anderson, where she >
had been to attend the wedding of j
her brother, Foster, whose marriage ]
to Miss Roda Vandiver, took place
there last week.
Abbeville to See
Russia in Action j
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The Travelog for the benefit of j
the Library Association at the Opera
House on Thursday night, will be
Russia at War. Russia is now one
of our Allies. The nation is an uncertain
quantity. Come and see what
they have been doing up to the time i
of the abdication of the Czar. J
Admission is ten cents to all. The 1
lecture begins promptly at 8:30 P. 1
M. ]
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Congratulations for
Col. Max McCalla j
i
The friends in Abbeville of Col. '
Max McCalla are wishing him happiness
in his marriage to Miss Ella
Nickles, which interesting event took
place last week in Greenwood. The
wedding was a delightful affair, the
ceremony being performed at the J
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harper. J
Col. McCalla was attended by his bro- 1
ther. Mr. John McCalla, as best man,
and Mrs. Clarence Linder, the handsome
sister of the groom, acted as
dame of honor.
After the ceremony Col. and Mrs. ]
McCalla left for the mountains and 1
for points of interest in the North, ]
which will keep them away most of 1
the summer.
Col. McCalla has many friends in 1
Abbeville and in the state who wish i
him and his charming bride much i
happiness. I
e HAIG DRIVE !
IN THE WEST j
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laiidng By British in Northern
France Forecasted as Prelude to
Great Offensive Movement.
The British front in northern
ance is again developing signs of
narked activity. Today's official
statement from London details an
inusual number of raids carried out
)y the British in virtually every im- \
>ortant sector from Belgium to St.
Juentin. . >
Operations by raiding forces on
his scale are usually the prelude to
>ffensive movements of moment.
General Haig has not struck a hard
)low on any extended front since
;he week of the Messines fighting,
vhen the famous ridge on the Belgian
front was captured and the way
jrepared for further smashing opirations
in this sector.
Incident to last night's raids were
ocal operations that gained ground
:or the Britsh. Thus some progress
>y them below. Lens and northwest
)f Warneton in the Messines area
s reported.
There is a momentary lull in the
nfantry activities on the Aisne front
ni? T7i ?
L lie r fCHCIl nave yuvu?uj ^uww-vn
re-establishing in its entirety their
ine in the Vauxaillon area, dented
jy the crown prince's forces in a
sudden drive on a narrow front last
veek. Further fighting is in prospect
to the east of this sector in the skirnishing
for position on the part of
;he two armies, each anxious to
jain dominating points for either
jffensive or defensive purposes. In
;his connection the artillery activity
reported today along various portions
of the Chemin-Des-Dames pla;eau
is significant.
Abbeville Was
Well Represented
Miss Ruth McLane and Miss Marjie
Bradley went to Due West last
iveek, where they attended the meeting
of the Young Peoples Christian
Union in session in that town, rnese
jroung ladies represented the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church,
and made an excellent report of
conditions among the young people
here. The convention was a success /
in every way.
Miss Mary Klugh and Miss Louise
VfcDill air - attended this pleasant
affair.
ABBEVILLE SHORT COURSE
The Short Course for the Abbeville
County Demonstration work
will be held in Abbeville on July 9th,
10th and 11th, in the High School
auditorium, beginning at half past
eight o'clock. Mrs. Willimon, of
Greenville, one of the most successful
demonstrators in the State, will
be present as will also Miss Mauldin,
of Easley, and Miss Trimmier of
Spartanburg. The course will last
for three days and will be both in*
- ?- mL.
jtructive ana pieasani. me wuica
of the county and of the town are
zordially invited by Miss Martin to
attend this course.
Miss Parrott, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker
and Miss Smith will be in Abbeville
some time during the three
jays and will make interesting talks.
THE BRIDGE CLUB.
The Bridge club will meet with
Mrs. J. Foster Barnwell on Friday
afternoon at half past five o'clock.
The members are requested to notifv
the hostess as no further notice will
be given.
IT'S HOT ENOUGH.
Sunday was a scorching day, the
thermometer going up to ninety-six
in the shade in the afternoon. The
leat has knocked out the first planting
of beans and people are going
jack to hard time rations.
HOME AGAIN.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Plaxco arrived
in Abbeville Friday afternoon,
jfter a delightful trip. They went
;o Asheville, Chattanooga, where
;hey visited the boys in caqip, Memphis,
and visited Mr. Plaxco's parsnts
in Brighton, Tenn., for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Plaxco will be at
lome to their friends at Mr. W. D.
Sarksdale's until they can move
?""mlw nn-rpVinspH manse on
IILU UIC iiomj
apper Main srteet.
VISITORS FROM ANDERSON.
Henry Cason came down from
\nderson, accompanied by his
riends, Judge Nicholson and Dr.
Sanders, and spent Sunday pleasanty
with his home people and friends.
ATTENDING A HOUSEPARTY.
Frank Gary, Jr., went over to
Rock Hill Monday, wnere ne win attend
a house party being given by
Miss Minnie Wilson Long, the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
\lex Long. Many pleasant features
lave been arranged for the entertainment
of the young people, chief
imong them being an automobile
trip to Charlotte.
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