11 GENERA
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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.
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Thirty German transports carry*
ing troops have reached Finland on
the southern coast, according to
reports.
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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
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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
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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
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cvjjvivii. liw witii u> innwfn>i
center And. the American flag flew
over the town. Refreshment* were
|Pv served by the women.
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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.
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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.
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>.jt . The RuaaUn government it *nding
a delegation to the United
Cfofoo to lfnniHit? Rnmii'i wir or
ders with American Arms and argSfe'
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range future trade relations occording
to a new. dl.p?tch from
Mobcow.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A part has been spent for the army
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
($18,OOP) Dollars, payable one year
from date.
Bids to be opened Eleven A. M.
April 2nd, 1918.
W. A. STEVENSON,
Supervisor Abbeville Co.
M. L. Evans,
Secretary of Board.
March 6th, 1918.
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We Ht too amah meet, whieh c>og*
Kidneys, then B&ck hnxts sad
Bladder bottom jo*.
Most folks forget that thtsUSM^ /
like the bowels, get sluggish and efafepd
a&d awd * flashing opo^km>lly, Sj^we >
.Ton dznplT most Icmd your kidneys, </^
Mil Am mmncni Tdb
feel an ajheTer pain"?! the kidney f - r'
region, g* tbout W 0099? of Jid
: Bun from mnj mod drag stars hens S
yodr lddneyu will thai M we. This r .
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
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8?isni&sJm^; ,:
. ttraj aroldlng ericra* C5ompli<*tkJD?.
A well-known lodkl droggigt mjs he %>:<
1 toll* l^tfl of Jad Seltelo folk* who b?lier?
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that a
, meeting of the stoekholderpof Abbe.
ville Savings and Invectment ComI
pany is called to meet in theofflM,
of the tfaftontfBaiik of. Abbev$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
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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.
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