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Notice of Election. Whereas, more than one-third oi the resident electors and a like proportion of resident free holders oi age of twenty-one years of Public School District Number 26 of Abbeville County, South Carolina known as Campbell Public School District, with the lines hereinafter set forth, have filed their petition asking for an election on the question of issuing bonds of the amount of Four Thousand Dollars, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable annually, which bonds are to be payable twenty years from the date thereof and are to be of the denomination of / One Hundred Dollars each, number: ed from one to forty, inclusive, and to be dated December 1st.. 1918 r" and whereas, the said petition fully complies with the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to provide for che issuing of Bonds of Public Schaol Districts in South Carolina" and amendments thereto, and as provided by Sections 1743 to 1749, inclusive, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, Vol. 1, 1912, and said amount of bonds does not exceed S ' . four per centum of the assessed valuation of the property of such Pub'lie School District for taxation. Notie is hereby given that on Saturday, May 11th, 1918, at Campbell School House in said Public School District in Abbeville County, South Carolina, an election will be held upon the question of authorizing the issuing of bonds to the amount of Four Hundred Dollars, bearing interest at the rate of sis JJ/CI UCIltUIll pel aiiuuni, ajauic c***nually, with principal due 'and payable twenty years from Dec. 1st, ?; 1918, principal and interest payable at Lowndesville Banking Company Sp,. in Lowndesville, South Carolina. . - Should the said election result in afvor of the said issue of bonds, that trustees of Public School District No. 26, known as Campbells I Public School District, a corporation with..lines as fallows: "Starting at a point in road tc ? Latimers Station S 17 1-2 E from the Cook house and about 4.75 S W. of Cross Roads, running N 54 ; 1-2 E for 290.33 chains to a poinl 24.66 N. E. of Shanklins Creek, then N 35 .1-2 W 242.89 chains tc a White Oak stump S 57 1-2 E from Poplar, N 81 E about .65 chains from spring, then N 18 E 123.2C ehains to a point in branch about 18.00 N. E. of Minnie Hodge's, then N 29 1-2 W 66.44 chains to apoinl in road in front of the Ed Smitt I House (E. H. Bell place) then ? ^ 68 W 172 chains to a point in roat S 47 1-2 W .49 chains from White it Oak o. m, then N. 47 1-4 W. 72 ehains Old Ford at Dog Shoals or Rocky River, then down Rocky River to a point a few yards abovt < some large rocks in hillside, ther S 75 1-2 E. 115.25 chains to J. T Young place, at a point N. 81 E '75 from wel, then S 30 E 105.8J hains to a point 1.00 E of road, then S 20 3-4 W 73.58 chains red oak about twenty yards S. W. oi road at a bridge over a gully, and N 44W about 130 yards from Zeb of PH SmifVi'a nil) nlitpp ||f[5. then S 58 W 41 chains to a poinl " S. W. of qabin on Ernest Al||?-~ len place, hten S 85 1-2 E 221.85 fe\ chains to starting point. As is more Ip*-' fully indicated by survey made by [ William L. Mecthell on April 10-12, Ifel',, 1918, a Plat of which is on file in Kthe office of Clerk of Court of Abbeville County, South Carolina." Will issue the said bonds of the I public school district in accordance | with the authority given by the Act I of the General Assembly above rej ferred to and amendments thereto, f section 1743-1749, Code of Law- S. IK C., Vol. 1, 1912. At such election p the qualified electors of said Public i School District, with lines hereinbeI fore set forth, will be permitted tc 6 vote. Those favoring said issue will K vote a ballot upon which will be K.C-V written or printed "For Bonds.'! t ?Those opposing said issue will vote K a ballot upon which will be written | or printed "Against Bonds." The 1 polls will be opened at eight o'clock I in the forenoon, and close at foui 1; o'clock in the afternoon. The fol lowing named persons will act as K managers of the election and make their return to the Board of TrusH tees of said Public School Distrid - No. 26, known as Campbell Public School District: J. M. Wright, T, T. Cairpbell and E. W. Nance. ~~ r By order of hte Board of Trusj tees of Public Sohool District No. 26 of Abbeville County, South Carolina, known as Campbell Public School District. S. M. Beatty, J. A. Campbell, W. B. Mann, Board of Trustees. 1 Anril 29. 1918. 1 Wk.WWVWk.WWW WW W 1 V . \ > ! V PENNEY'S CREEK. V V V i vvvvvwvvvwwvvvv [ Penneys Creek, May 8.?Rev. G. ' W. Swope filled his regular appoint ment at Midway Sunday afternoon. ' There was a large crowd and every one enjoyed his sermon. They will have Children's Day at i Bells Church, on the fourth Sabbath in this month. Everybody come and bring the little folks. We are sorry to say it was necessar to call in Dr. Pressly for little Anna Griffin Williams, but glad to ^ say she is improving so rapidly was nhlo fn snend the dav with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Williams Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Williams and bright little son, James, from Abbeville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Williams also. : Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rogers and two children spent /Sunday with ! their father, Mr. George Hodge and Mr. and Mrs. Adger Hodge of Mid1 way. ' Mrs. 0- B. Rogers and son, James, ' spent Sunday with Mr. and Mi's. Ben Lewis of the Nation. Mrs. J. F. and 0. L. Ellenburg ' with Mrs. Walter Ellis, spent Tuesday with Mrs. J. J. Grant of Mid' way. Miss Elizabeth Price spent Wed' nesday wiht Miss: Mary Ella Williams ' Master John Price and Little brother, Nick, spent Wednesday with Master Chester Ellenburg. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rogers spent Sunday afternon with Mr. and Mrs. ' M. L. Williams. 1 Mr. Adger Hodge of Midway, and ' Mr. J. F. Rogers of Penneys Creek, ' had the good luck last week to catch " about fifteen pounds of fish on set ' hooks. 1 We are glad to report that Mrs. 1 J. B. Seawright is able to sit up nearly all day. Hope she will soon be able to visit around some as she has been confined to her bed six 1 months with rheumatism. t Mrs. 0. B. Rogers and Mr. anc | Mrs. J. F. Rogers, Miss Lula Wil ' liams attended the Reunion in Ab beville Tuesday. ' Miss Lula Williams is spending this week at Abbeville the guest of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Williams, also her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Williams. Mr. Baker, the Watkins man, spent Tuesday with Mr. S. S. Ellen' burg. ! Mrs. Ozey Ellenburg and Chester ' Anna Bell spent Monday evening | with home folks. Miss lone Miles of Oakway, is ' spending sometime with her grand' mother, Mrs. 0. B. Rogers. ' Mrs. M. L. Williams and daugh' ter, Lula, spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Gus McCurry, also with 1 Mrs. Paul McCurry. : sage teakeeps : yoOrjair dark ; When" Mixed with Sulphur^ It Brings Back Its Beautiful Lustre at Once.j i Gray Hair, however handsome, dei notes advancing age. W# alt know ,j the advantages of a youthful uppearI ance. Your hair is your charm. It I makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray and looks streaked, ' [ just a few applications of Sage Tea [ and Sulphur enhances its appearance a hundred-fold. ^ !j Don't stay gray! Look young! > Either prepare the recipe at home or { gee irom any arug store a uumo ui. ! "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com; pound," which is merely the old-time recipe improved by the addition of ! other ingredients. Thousands of folks , recommend this ready-to-use prepara" tion, because it darkens the hair beau tifully, besides, no on? can possibly tell, as it darkens so naturally and " evenly. You moisten a sponge or soft ; brush with It, drawing this through the hair, taking one small strand at s a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another application or two, its natural color is restored ; and it becomes thick, glossy and lus, trous, and you appear years younger. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur ^Com, pound is a delightful toilet requisite. It Is not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease. / tup di iwn a mh l njD DLinu niMir By Dr. ESTH IN the years to come this v blind. A new world is bei one extraordinary sense in of the five ordinary senses. Th within reach. They are cons perceptible to seeing men. The sightless learn to ? method. It is interesting to as his fingers pa!?s over the \ a nd his mind perceives the m] They have special stenograph ing presses. Books and mag vwritten language of the sight! Men blinded in battle a textile arts, as moulders, an< highly developed sense of ton The higher type of blL charm. Their souls seem nei * i 11 -1 1 1 i cunariy Deiovea peopie, auu i conscious of the kindness and regarded. Naturally they rea they usually seem so happy ar Unfortunately there are have the opposite effect. W1 pulsive to every man, woman t when he shrinks from the re face La the mirror, and shuddc own voice, he wants to die. A great deal is being d< They are being refitted with a is doing its part, too, in the 1 and facial contour, and the A ? a 1? I:A. j attempting to maxe me inure j masks which restore their ori useful members of society, bul than service. Life and liberl the pursuit of happiness is the all alike. We want to go thro that the blue bird of happines illusion is almost impossible t< It is the sacred duty of fited by their sacrifice to lea their usefulness; to employ e till and physical powers and the end that their lives may b erished by the fortunes of war Ho w Would Yc Of Miles oi Cine of the Many Pr< Has tc Have you ever thought what strange and baffling problems must come up to tha Red Cross workers when they start out to rebuild a French town?Just the problem of the barbed wire, for Instance? This letter tells It: "We have nearly every day about half a dozen Qerman prisoners workIn,; amongst us, who are escorted In to work in the morning by a pollu and called for in the evening. They ap pear quite harmless, but we have too many evidences all around U3 to prove that their race is quite to the: contrary. "You should see the barbed wire? miles and miles of it How any one could ever get through it, let alone under fire, is beyond me. It's usually The Red Cr ' By THEODOS Of the V Dear God, to leave this sheltered ] To give my service to a world tor To heal the wounds of broken mei To lend my hands unto the maime To give a woman back her man fi 'Tint- T will dft thla fnr vnn " snlrl I Nay, but there are little towns thi Now burned and bleak and desols If I might bring its people back tc The staunch roof, the decent heart If I might lift a frightened child a "But I will do this for you," said i "You may heal the wounded and j You may bring new comfort and j If so within your sheltered place : The strength within your two ham Through you, from you, of you I I fall but if you fail me"?suid Mi,. THE MUTILATED I ? ER LOVEJOY rar will prove a blessing to the ng evolved. Nature has at least i reserve for those who lose any ? 1 A 1 it A. e blind ieei tnings mm; are nut cious of vibrations that are not jad very quickly by the Braille watch the face of a blind man upraised dots of a Braille book rsteries recorded there for him.. lie machines and special printfazin6s are translated into the ess. re acquiring great skill in the i in other industries where a ich is essential to good work, ad men have great personal irer the surface. They are peheir clairvoyance makes them i affection with which they are rf. to it. Perhans that is whv id cheerful. forms of mutilation which len a man knows that he is re ind child who looks upon him; flection of his own disfigured its at the strange sound of his one for these mutilated men, rms and legs. Plastic surgery w&y of restoring palates, teeth Lmerican Red Cross in Paris is livable for them by providing ginal features. They will be t the<soul ojf man craves more ty are precious possessions, but dearest right of man. We are ugh life with the sweet illusion >s is just within reach, and this d the disfigured man. all those who have beefi beneve nothing undone to restore very art to increase their menthe charm of personalities, to >e enriched rather than impov? >u Get Rid F Barbed Wire? oblems the Red Cross > Meet coiled and stretched around iron stake* or crosses about four feet long, and the whole thing makes a waist high mass sometimes 15 or 20 feet wide. There are really acres of it around here, and when you think how many strips of It there are, stretching from Belgium to Switzerland?why, it's going to be a real problem after the war to get it aill up and out of the way. I bet a lot of people walk into it through the snow tills winter. "We came across unexploded shells now and then and hand grenades of various shapes and sizes also; but, believe me, we leave them alone. There are four on the wall in our back yard and several in a field near by." oss Answers IA GJiRRISON ignanteii. place wherefrom I may not go n through with war and woe, i, to mead the shattered mind, id, my eyes unto the blind; om out the very dead? the great Cross of Red. at once were white and fair Lte 'mid blackened fields and bare; > find there as before ;h, the vines about the door; nd leave it comforted? the great Cross of Red. 'ou may guide the blind, |oy to humankind, pou give me for your part [is. the pity at your heart; am. t?y yor.r own heart-strings led, (V >-< of Rod. Veterans There is no use in welcome you are to but, just to remind 3 that we expect you your headquarters, you to our city. Our store on Nortl W.D.B LOWNDESVILLE. Lowndesville, May 8.?Lowndes ville exceded her quota in the subscription to Liberty Bonds. Special mention should be made of one subscriber, a colored man in our community of small means who called at the bank, without any solicitation and asked that he be given a bond. We recall that a colored soldier from McCormick, S. C., is said to be the first American to fall on the battlefield of France after the United Statse entered the war. Several uuiuieu men iruiii J-iuwiiuesviue are already, in France and their people are beginning to realize that this war is a task in which they too must lend a hand. The Lowndesville High School will close on May the 17th. A most successful year has been spent with Prof. Robinson, of Chester, as principal, assisted by Mrs. J. G. Huckabee and Misses Hammond and Baskin. , On Tuesday night of next week the Little Tom Thumb wedding will be presented by the children of the primary grades. This entertainment will be in charge of an instructor from Kansas City, representing the Rose Co., and a small admission will be charged. The exercises of the graduating class will take place in the school auditorium Friday evening, May 17, at nine o'clock. Prof. Kennedy of Erskine, will deliver an address immediately after these exercises and a pleasant evening is in store for all who at tend. The public is invited. ( Mr. J. Roscoe Moseley has many friends here who will regret to learn of his extreme illness. He was paralyzed last Saturday night while at work In the Citizens National Bank of Anderson, and has been unable to speak since. Reports from his bedside in the Anderson hospital are not favorable. Although his condi* * i J ?J WO ll ATVQ uon is consiucxcu untitui, ? ^ for his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson of Central, spent last week-end with their niece, Mrs. B. E. Allen near Lowndesville. Mr. Calmer Hardin of the Navy, has returned to Boston, after a pleas ant visit to relatives here. He is stationed on the U. S. A. Destroyer, Calhoun. Mrs. Kittie L. Kay and daughter Mrs. R. H. Moseley, spent last Thurs day and Friday in Anderson and were guests of Mrs. Sam Brownlee and Mrs. T. F. Hill while there. Messrs. E. J. and J. B. Huckabee have returned from a business trip to Columbia. They went by auto. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Broadwell have taken rooms at Mrs. Othella Hester's and will do light housekeeping. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Watson, Mrs Amanda Watson and Mrs. Minnie Milford of Anderson, came down in their car and spent last Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Allen. Mr. D. L. Barnes was a business visitor to Anderson Tuesday. Attention . \ i V our telling you how our city and homes, rou that you are, and i to make our store we again welcome I) Main Street. ' / ^ / v ' ' ' '-.vl . arksdale .*3 ' I | W^NTSFOR SALE:?Three good young horses and two good mules for sale cheap. T. R. BLACKWELL, Due West, S. C. 5-10-3t , VULCANIZING?I am prepared to _ vulcanize inner tubes on short notice. Bring us your work. Satisfaction guaranteed. C. D. BROWN Jr. 5-3-tf. ?-?? L. NELSON, Abbeville, S. C. Wanted Wafited Junk of all kind [$ Rags, Rubber, ' Bags ^ and Iron. V ; 5-7-tf. ? 4 FOR RENT:?Two nice larnlihed upstairs rooms, with all conveniences. Apply to Mrs. R. C. Wilson. / 4-26-tf. FOR SALE:?Studebaker 4-30, a / bargain. See G. A. Harrison at City Garage. ____ - K. FOR SALE:?Potorico and Nancy . Hall Potato Plants, $2.50 p.er thousand, immediate shipments. Thoa. H. Brock, Honea Path, S. C. 4-2-4wka. FOR SALE Ribbon and Orange Cane Seed. Ninety Day* Velvet Beans. All ^ kinds Peas at lowest market price. 5-7-tf. P. ROSENBERG. CHEAPER IRISH POTATOES. Sound, large Irish Potatoes, 40c. peck, $1.50 bushel, $3.25 bag. Save flour, Eat Potatoes. W. D. Barksdale. Fresh County Strawberries, 25c quart. Picked Monday. Phone your orders. W. D. Barksdale. take m i ; n i mi i' i/iniin/n turn nimij Eat less meat if yon feel Baekachy or Bladder troubles yon?Salts is fine for Kidneys. Meat forms "uric acid which excite# and overworks the kidneys in their efforts to filter it from the system. Regular eaters of meat must flush the kidneys occa 11? TT X 1! XI 1:1 Sionaiiy. x ou must relieve mem iute you relieve your bowels; removing all the acids, waste and poison, else you feel a. dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment; the channels often get irritated, obliging you to get up two or three times during the night. To neutralize these irritating acids and flush off the body's urinous waste get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with'lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. > Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and makes a delightful effervescent lithiawater drink which millions of men ant women take now and then, thus avoiding serious kidney and bladder diss?ea.