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11 GENERA *J ?T" 1 1 ^i!f* A canvass of the city of St. Louis Mo., showed that many people were burning their garbage which was "wasting the waste." Grease and glycerine is to be taken from the garbage. A public garbage collec cor a as oeen put on ?uu u?? o>?j family has to put their garbage in the official garbage pail. n: . Thirty German transports carry* ing troops have reached Finland on the southern coast, according to reports. p?!' The Red Cross is to aid the former Czar of Russia. Several members of his family are sick and the Bolsheviki government has been askel to allow the family of the Czar ordinary rations instead of the soldiers rations and also to allow them * ** * s " 1 SOO rubles a month. The soldiers at Camp Greene will be trained on a site at Kings Mountain. It contains 2,700 acres and will accommodate 2,500 men and. V 200 horses, it will be used,*? an V artillery and rifle range. This is where the British and our forefathen fought years ago and the odd !K thing about this is British officers will assist with the training of the -t bojp. Three hundred persona were Jcilly ed and much property was destroy, ed in the anti-Jew riots which occurred at Tuntfitan in Koland. jj$ v More than a thousand French have . been deported from their |> homes to Russia where they are k>t>n> oant narfnrm kin) l*W in I r W: tbe juew territory ^hat the Gerpians. ];f\ . have taken. F<^ir .hundred. wqp?en , I*: a^e among the number. They are among the civilians that Gannany .^offered to exchange for Alia-J h tiaas who escaped to France. The Food Administration of *C Greenwood is-anxious to have Irish potatoes used in great quantities and therefore encourage a low prfee . as potato)**, not keep as well as [ijv other foodstuff. The price there is 1 fifty cents a peck. Somewhere in England the Amerm iean troops were given a civic reWj ?LI in.. 1. . cvjjvivii. liw witii u> innwfn>i center And. the American flag flew over the town. Refreshment* were |Pv served by the women. ?&' ' ' The submarine is the means by which the Germans know of the iT- weather conditions in London. It is necessary to have good weather '< when an air raid is to be made. It fc' i is thought that the submarine observes the conditions of weather and send it~by relays of wireless p apparatus working around the British Isles. No reports of weather "I'" conditions are permitted to be pub* ||vr lished in England. Assistant Secretary of War Podvoisky said at a conference in Mos\r cow that Russia would form an arf: ' my of 1,600,000 men equal to the |y Germans and Japanese armies in equipment and efficiency. n General Pershing has bMn jywded the Belgian order, the grand ri crojp ,of , Aft JOrdflr^ ft, jLeopold. It was byvK^> AD^rt hnnself. The American officen may rlv ; accept .the medals hut not woar them, although a ..bill ? pending in ^ . congress to permit the officers to w^ar, war orders conferred by for$ eigTi governments. Pv"'" >.jt . The RuaaUn government it *nding a delegation to the United Cfofoo to lfnniHit? Rnmii'i wir or ders with American Arms and argSfe' / '* range future trade relations occording to a new. dl.p?tch from Mobcow. ? '> ' MMOMM tThe Swiss people are. in sore need of food. The United State* ia going to go further than,it first intended and let her get the grain supply through France. The Germans refused to allow the supply to land at Cette for transfer to the populaee and that ia why the aupply will gto through France. Switzerland ia neutral. fi ... ... v ; l news 5(55355SBS5s55s5555s^5EBj5555555^ The Pickens Sentinel's Cousin I Susie says that if the flour supply fives out she can make out on loaf bread. ] Herman Comers, N. <J., hasn't had any babies in seven years. This condition was explained by the Rev. Cole, superintendent of the Pear* son district by saying that the neigh borhood was thinly settled and that mostly old people lived there. Taft says to shoot all spies and make the United States safe for democracy. Twenty-one aliens will be sent from New York to Fort Oglethorpe to remain during the war. \ Czernin of Austria failed to make a hit with hit peace speech. Italy thinks that it .means a new drive against her. His speech is described as Austrian Bluff. Pour jurors have been found for the tri*) of the i. W. W. Testimony will probably begin sometime this week. The Austrians arp. waiting for faoAMkU wa?fliav tn liinnrh nnntha* attact on the Italian front.. The Red, Crofs sent a fund of $500,000 for Canadian Red Cross war relief work. It was sent without retrication but the hope was expressed that it would be used for the relief work of the Canadian soldiers at the front. The Government will have five ship building yards for the purpose of building concrete ships. Qnc will ipest, probabjy: be locate at Wilmp^-top, N- C., or perhaps Nejr Orleans, wl^ere the frost won't interfere with the work. The other plants will be at Jacksonville, San Francisco, Gal., Brunswick, Ga., and Redwood City. Nine billion dollars have been gp$&t thji? far in the war by the U. S. If ore than one half has been made in loans and will come back. ' rr.. r j , * A part has been spent for the army * rv_i? J ?it 1 ana navy, umy one buui hob uicii raited by taxation. The City Council of Dublin, Ga., voted to put their surplus of |20,000 in bonds of the Third Liberty Loan. On the .fifteenth day of the battle the allies were holding their lines "like a stone wall." , Little Barbara Metz, eight year old girl of Atlanta Graded School, found a picture of Kaiser Bill in her geography. She put the content* of her ink bottle on it and blotted it put. The balance of the children did the same thing. Federal Judge Waddill, at Kichmond, Va., could not conceal his displeasure when the jury failed to convict Percy Townes. Townes was charged with having eloped with a 14 year old girl to Baltimore, where he married her after several days. It was claimed that he already had a girl wife. Dr. Muck has formerly been interned. He was director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The claim that he was a naturalized citizen of Switzerland had no bearing in the case. It was held that Muck whether a citizen of any other country or not, he was a "denizen of Germany" and as such was dangerous. I During the war all sellers of junk will receive pay in Thrift Stamp? The plan was originate^ by David Schwartz, a German Jew and has been adopted by tne junic ueaier Trust If anyone kicks on that half of the amount will be paid in cash. Because a force oflritoried Russians entered the Japanese office and one Japanese was killed and others wounded. Japanese troops have landed in Vladiopstock. Thif information was received at the War Department. from the American Consul in Vladivostock. '.v* *!>' .. .1, .v usafe* -;.vV ..f.-. v ivvvv^vvuvvvvvvlt V V * V DUE WEST. V I V V VV VV VV VVVVV VVVV^i t Due West, April 5.?On last Fri- 8 day evening- the debating team from the Ninety Six High school and * 1 from the Greenwood High school * came to Due West and met in dis- ^ cussion on the subject: "Resolved, 1 that a Literary test should be put . on Immigration into the United ^ : States." The Ninety Six team com1 posed of Mr. Perrin Anderson and j Mr. Martin took the negative side j ' of that question and the Greenwood 1 team composed of Misses Calhopn ' and Burnside had the affirmative e side. The debate too^ place in i:he Memorial Hall at Woman's College. c Prof. W. S. Reid presided. The de- 1 bate was followed with lively interest and the contest was close. The decision was given to the negative. >The music department of the college furnished music for the occasion. In this tjriangular debate, Mr. Willie Moore Boyce and Miss Edith Todd won a uaniipous decision at Greenwood against the Ninety Sue team. At Ninety Six Misses Donnald and Broks lost the decision. All three of the debates were upon the same liubject. The Greenwood [| tarn gained the decision at two ? places and remains in the contest ^ to go up against other schools ,in, t the district. c The services in the A. R. P. * church Sabbath evening partook " more of a prayer meeting service with specuil reference to the issuen ^ of the war. It: is a time calling b for prayer and humility and re- * pentance. it is feared that our g people are not seriously awake to the grave issue before them. ^ The spring reins are pushing the ti clover and grasii to the front. a Dr. J. S. MoOPatt is on a can- o JL vassing triip to Mississippi and Ten- * nessee and will be gone until April a the 15th. I Mr. D. ?>. Edwards went to Graeia i ville to assist the local A. R. P. v choir with the music in the special services for thu soldiers at the A? * R. P. church on Sabbath night. Miss Jean Ker nedy goes this week 1 to Anderson to take a business , Mi** Eleanor Presslv takes h her place in the Due West Bank. * Mrs. 0. A. Porter of Covington, _ Ga., and Mrs. J. Young Todd aye ' guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Todd,, Misses Pearl and Janette Scoggins, after spending a few days at home returned to their schools at Pelzer and Bel ton. Mr. S. C. Johnson and Mr. Homer Agnew came c'iown from Greenville Monday to attimd the sales o:f the Brownlee property. Misses Clara and Louise Agnew came down Friday afternoon and returned to Anderson Saturday af- \ tomnnn. 1 Mrs. Ruth Robinson Long and lit- j tie daughter are visiting her mo- 1 ther, Mrs. Linnie Robinson., < Miss Mary Ranson spent several * days in Anderson last week with i friends. * Dr. L. J. Bristow of Columbia, f preached in the Baptist church last 0 Sabbath afternoon. a vv^vvvvvvvvvvj V * V d V '/ LONG CANE V V , Vj VVVWVVV VVVVVVVVV Z1 Long Cane, April 6.?This com- d munity was visited by a heavy wind r storm and hail and rain Wednesday evening. After spending two weeks in the city with her brother, Mr. W. H. | Beauford, who was sick with pneumonia, Miss Nina Beauford return- ^ oH tn hep home Wednesday. ] Mr. Tom Ellis of Atlanta, spent a few days of last week 'with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ellis. Miss Azilee Creswell spent. Sunday with Mis3 Eppie Beauford. Rev. H. D. Corbett and his wife and little daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, spent Sunday night wii;h Mr. , and Mrs. R. H. Stevenson. Mr. and M;rs. Jim Carrol and family have moved into this community We welcome them. Mrs. T. H. Botts and little daughi ter, Sarah, werq shopping in the I city Thursday. i Messrs. Warren Keller and son, i Charley, and Calvin Stevenson went i over to Greenwood on business Fri. day. Mrs. W. D. Beauford and daugh '"* ' >*< ' *r * v J . - >* A : er, Miss Linnie, spent the week-end n the city with Mr. and Mrs. J. M iIcKellar. Mrs. R. H. Stevenson and daughers, Misses lone and Rebecca, were hopping in the city Saturday. Mr. W. H. Beauford of the city, tas been spending a few days with ii& parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Beauford regaining r his strength rom being sick with pneumonia, ind we are glad to report that he s getting along as well as could >e exnected after such an attack. Misses Eppie Beauford and Mary Srwin spent Thursday evening with Hissep Linnie and Nina Beauford. Mtr. T. W. IJing spent Supd^y ivening with Mrs. W. D. Beauford. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler and hildren spent Sunday with Mr. and ilrs. W. D. Bepuford. Not a Bite of BreakfastjUntil You Drink Water I- ' ? * ;' MJV gius or mn miwi aim 11 i phosphate prevsntf IFInftt 11 t and keeps in ft. Just as coal, when it burns* leaTfto, Mud a certain amount of lnootn oatible material in the. Jonn of fries*, o tli? foM and drink taken day,$Itm a7 "leaVes in the aHmentarjr cai^il a attain ikmount of indigestible mar erlal, which if not completly aUmina> ad from the fiyitem eacli day, belata of leftover waste, toxins and tgudnjU^^gollKjns, are .formed and>; ag rlgnt must begin to lake inside aths. Before eating breakfast each lornlng drink a glass 6f veal hoi rater with a teaapoonful of limer. tone phoephato in it to wash out of tie thirty, feet irf .boweia jth/? preyipimH toy's. accnmuliitldn Of pofcons and uans and to leep the entire allmenirr canal clean, pore ana fresh; * Those who are subject to sick headche, colds, biliousness, constipation,. thers who wake up with bad taste, ml breath, backache, rheumatic stiff est, or hare u sour, gsffiy stomach fter meals, are urged to gut a quarter ound of limestone phosphate from tie drug stored and begin practicing nternal sanitation. This will cost ery little, hut is snfflpient to mate nyone an enthusiast on the subject Remember inside bathiug Is more naortant hun outside bathing, beause the skin pores do not absorb ftpurities Into the blood, causing poor e^lth, while the. bowel pores do. ust as'soap and hot water cleanses, weetenii and freshens the skin, so ot water and limestone phosphate ct on the stomach, liver, kidneys and owels. Nobody can * Tell when yoi .Darken Gray, Faded Hair with Sage Tea. Graxidmother kept her hair beautl* Cully dlarkeoed, glossy and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that doll, faded or streaked appearance, this aim' ?le mfceture was applied with wonder* ful eflect By asking at any drug rtore ior "Wyeih's Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get * large botJe of thla old-time recipe, Improved iy the addition of other Ingredient* all oady to use, at very little coet This limple mixture can be depended upon o restore natural color and beauty to he hair. A well-kncwu downtown druggist ays everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and lulphur Compound now because it larkens so naturally and evenly that lobody can fcsll it has been appiisa? t's so easy to use, too. You almpty lampen a comb or soft brush aa< raw It through your hair, taking one trand at a time. By morning the ray hair disappears: after another op 11 cation or two, It % restored to Its alural color and looks glossy, soft nd beautiful. This preparation Is a elightful tollst requisite. It Is not lnraded for th?> cure, mitigation or pre* entlon of dlataae. Half Your Living ! IMthout Money Cost We are all at a danger point. On lie use of gcod common sense in our .918 farm and garden operations de>ends prosperity or our "going broke." Even at present high prices no one ;an plant all or nearly all cotton, bay ood and grain at present prices from lupply merchant on credit and make iioney. Food and grain is higher in iroportlon than are present cotton i rices. It's a time above all others to play lafe; to produce all possible food, rain and foiage supplies on your own icres; to cut down the store bill. A good piece of garden ground, lghtly planted, rightly tended and cept planted the year round, can be aade to pay nearly half your living. It ?J11 n/in triAfiA tnnnciV tflQTI vmi V HI DOYO ;uu uuig uivuv/ %MMH /wnade on the best three acres of cotton rou ever grow! Hastings' 1918 Seed Book tells all ibout the right kind of a money sar g garden and the vegetables to put n It It tells about the farm crops as yell and shows you the clear road to eal and regular farm prosperity. If? -"ree. Send for It today to H. Q. M9TLNQ8 CO., Atlsnts, Q?.?Adrt THE AMERICAN MORALE. ( ? An interesting letter from Lieut. Fe^ttyerstpijp. pujjlish^d in The. Ihdex, telling of hojv our j?oys fight. "Fighting a powerful, wonderfully organized enemy three thousand miles from home is a task the magnitude pf which we can hardly realize ourselves and have many, many lessons _to leq^n; but the U. 3- soldiers are coming to the scratch , nobly. I have been out with our men (and th^ largest j>ar$ of the .bf^ery is made ..up of njen yjung^r than I am?and a great" many of them seventeen, eighteen and nineteen yeprs old) for three, and. four, days at hard work whpn our ayprage sleep was close to nothing and they worked cheerfully, faithfully and steadily, Once . we. were in jfte saddle for sixteen hours #nd we ^ot in and learned that we had to go out in kn hour for eight hours more (antj we had one meal when there should have been three and that one had been cold)?one man complained out loud and he was met with a vojl^y qf "wh^'d you come over here for anyway." "Say you ougfrt to've bronchi vour nurse along." "D' you come here to get yotjr fill of cho\f?" *nd he w&a sorry h< haMfc,kep$ quietHat German Fir*. Onlya few 4ay$ ago, a ^oc|je battery opened up on m with high explosives and they weren't wasting theif shell? all oyer the cotgitry either., The.aityatjo# was pretty had and everybody .waa.ordered. to take the best shelter available. -The Bpphe fire got a little .more previoi|j as. it .went on and it 4i4n"t . mate very nice musig, Finally we goi some information as to what bat I V .. I tery w&s firing on us and thq captain, . told jpe tp. open up on theno with two guns and s$n4 rest of tht men away from the battery position We computed firing data very hastily an0 whgn J stepped out$d<? ape bl/w the whistle, the mep sprang out to the guns with- a yell?-and i1 reminded me of a football team whep tbs .wbjjBtle,8t?rtj9 the, ^ajtwf With shell falling all around us we gave theip, aboot tthirty..TQipd? ^ absolutely silenced them?and ii tfcere WW $ jnanin the battery aJ scared as I was he didn't show i1 that day. A number of the * met were hit, but not hgrt, by fragnjenfy #i}d J ^ three foment? try to make a bell out of, my.helmet. when a shell burst in the- top of a nearby tree. It was one of. the happiest benches J wb<?r it, was. phope<J into paa few mint utes later that we had caused a big explosion and five at the Boche bat tery and put one gup out of dopimia^pn?apparently haying hit at ammunitiondump in their vicinity. In Very Front L?ne. I haye been in a forward observation post for the past two days and I have an opportunity to write th^J on^y bec^e ij; is rainig alightlj and a dense fog covers things and where yesterday I could see nearly on/in! m/wamonf nuflT a pnnnlo r?f kilomejnrea, of front in No Man's I*in<J, enemy trenches and, with the aid of glasses, eight or ten kilometers behind the enemy Jines, and aerial' activity still further?today .1 can scarcely see the enemy's first line trenches and it has been the quietest day since I ha,ve been at the front. Yesterday we were shelled. heavily and there hasn't been an inspecting officer around in three days?the Germans are use ful for some things after all. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville. At the Regular Session of General Assembly df the State of South Carolina, 1916, an act was passed requiring the .County Board of Commissioners of Abbeville County to insert for three weeks in a county and state newspaper a notice for the purpose of borrowing money for county expenses. Now, in pursuant to said act, the County Board of Commissioners will receive bids for the sum of Eighteen Thousand ($18,OOP) Dollars, payable one year from date. Bids to be opened Eleven A. M. April 2nd, 1918. W. A. STEVENSON, Supervisor Abbeville Co. M. L. Evans, Secretary of Board. March 6th, 1918. i . * mmm 1 > We Ht too amah meet, whieh c>og* Kidneys, then B&ck hnxts sad Bladder bottom jo*. Most folks forget that thtsUSM^ / like the bowels, get sluggish and efafepd a&d awd * flashing opo^km>lly, Sj^we > .Ton dznplT most Icmd your kidneys, </^ Mil Am mmncni Tdb feel an ajheTer pain"?! the kidney f - r' region, g* tbout W 0099? of Jid : Bun from mnj mod drag stars hens S yodr lddneyu will thai M we. This r . kidneys and stimulate them to normal SESr. It SysffiSiEi ?h. Mlda : # 8?isni&sJm^; ,: . ttraj aroldlng ericra* C5ompli<*tkJD?. A well-known lodkl droggigt mjs he %>:< 1 toll* l^tfl of Jad Seltelo folk* who b?lier? STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice is hereby given that a , meeting of the stoekholderpof Abbe. ville Savings and Invectment ComI pany is called to meet in theofflM, of the tfaftontfBaiik of. Abbev$e, . at Abbeville, South Carolina, affwliH I 5:30 P. M., on April 10$, A. Di , 1918, for the purpose of consider- j . ing a resolution that the .corporation j go into liquidation and wind tft.jjp affairs and dissolve in \ L with Sections 2$ 12 avid 2813 of j ( Volume I of the Civil Code of j South Carolina.. I The Stockholders are Urged to j I be present at the said meptingv er l to be presented at tbe sajf} ipeetinjjr I by,proxy, .. Y ' > U F. JE. HARRISON, President. ...V^ I BUY LIBERTY BONDS. . To the AJuninae of, Winjtypppt.tyJ* v lege:\ >v<. > -j? h i Tfee follo^n^. lw I been received calling for oar coop- ^ I 5 eration in the sale of the third a?- I ^ ries of Liberty Bopds. S , "The Womb's Ljberty Loan Com- - l mittee of Soijth Carolina^ in , plan-' B ' ning fpr the great April drive, is . * I ' making an earnest appeal to all >% members of the women's organiza- I tions and individuals. May we ask , 1 you as President of your Aloomff I Association to cooperate with p by I issuing a call to all members of your Alumnae throughout the state > urging them to do their utmpst to > wards helping Sooth Carolina to Sfty ' her apportionment of Liberty. Bo^^,;. ;'9 1 Surely it is a small thing to ask 9 ' the women to give their personal services and money when the yoqpg ' men are giving their lives. Won't ; 1 you use your valued influence to- B wards securing the cooperation of fl all members of your Alumnae thru- H out the state? flj Moat sincerely yours, H (Signed) Mrs. Leroy Springs, ?H Chairman, Statewide Women's Or- H ganizations." B Knowing your loyalty and the H promptness with which you respond H to all 9uch calls I feel sure that we. ' have only to' call your attention to Bj this opportunity for service to have you respond in the same loyal map- M ner which you have already shown in the purchase of Liberty Bonds of the two former series, of Thrift H Stamps, the call of the Red Cross, and all other activities. What we |H | have already done is only a promise I of what we can do, so let us each one purchase at least one Liberty Bond of this series if not more, and' HH , let us urge our friends and cela* l H| tives to do the same. Let us make , sure that we are doing our utmoa? I , and not our bit. Yours sincerely^ H Hetty S. Browne, i President, Alumnae Association. DH t NOTICE. The annual meeting of the Stock- j^fl holders of the Peoples Savings Bank jj^B will be held in the office of the, flU Bank Tuesday, April 2, 1918, at HI 11 o'clock A. M. W. F. NICKLES, Caahier. v