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I Xocal I j flews j gj= M P : ^personals :| Mrs. John Simpson from Gilgal was in town Wednesday. I Mr. Malon Cann is home from Clemson for vacation. Mr. and MrS. J. T. Cheathair spent Wednesday in the city. Mr. Moffatt McAdams of Antre ville, spent Monday in' Abbeville. Mr. Charlie Evans of Clinton spent wfeek-end Avith his mother. Mr. Robert Gilliam of Calhour Falls, was in the city Monday. Mr. George Cochran of Col( Springs, was in town Wednesday. Mrs. A. L. Gilliam returend froir a visit to Rome, Ga., this week. Misses Lessie and Ida Kay hav< been visiting their brother in Hones Path. Miss Mary Helen Smith of Elber ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Gui Lee. Miss Elizabeth Corley spent th< week-end at Watts with Miss Gladys Wilson. Messrs. R. C. Philson and W. E Johnson spent Tuesday afternoon ir Greenwood. Miss Margaret Black and brother Howard, from Mt, Carmel, were ir the city Monday shopping. Mrs. John T. Cheatham and hei daughter, Frances, pre visiting rela tives in Columbia. Mr. Andrew M. Hill came hom< from Clemson Tuesday for the sum mer vacation. Mrs. Pruitt and son of Calhoui Falls, visited Mrs. Lewis Perrin sev eral days this week. Misses Claudia Bell,- Nelle Hil ? ' ? * r\ TTT A and Urace Donnaia 01 uue w est were in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Poor left Tuesday in their car for Salisbury, N. C., fo: a visit to their daughter. Miss Emma Harris is visiting he: sister-in-law, Mrs. R. I. Harris am two sons at Athens, Ga. ? t Mr. William K. Magill leaves nex Saturday for Camp Lee, Va., to tak< a course in veterinary surgery. Mrs. Joe T. Hughes has returnee from a visit to her mother, Mrs. J G. Huguelet, in Hamlet. Misses Marv Haieler and Man Milford returned home today after i successful year at Coker College. Mr. E. M. Anderson, formerly Superintendent Abbeville Water an< Light Plants, now of Atlanta, spen a few days here this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hill, Miss Si delle Graves, William Hill an< Frank Gary spent Tuesday at Clem son. Miss Lottie Mulligan of Anderson has been visiting her sister, Mis: Annie Mulligan, who has been quit* sick. Earle Cheatham, who has beei I working in Columbia for the pas year, is now flagging on the Sea board. Miss Gladys Wham has returnee home from Limestone College fo] the summer vacation with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simpson o: Greenville, are visiting Mrs. E. M Anderson. | Miss Lillian Richey is at home I from Anderson, where she has beer | with Mrs. Holman for the past sea I son. Mrs. W. E. Cason and Mrs. Otis ! McMillan came down from Andersor IJ Wednesday to see their mother, Mrs J! J. M. Gambrell. |J Miss Hettie McCollum returnee Ij to Abbeville on last Monday. Sh< I; has been visiting in Asheville foi II the past three months. i i A few young people spent a ver ' pleasant evening Tuesday dancing | at Mrs. Gus Lee's. The music wai | furnished by Glenn Kay. t' Miss Bess Pool leaves today fo: her home in Elrod, N. C., after be i ing with Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran dur j ing the spring season. ?j ? o T iVir. snu ivirs. O. ?! v> noun am children of Central, spent Sunday | with the former's parentis, Mr. W , S. Wilson of Abbeville. i Corporal Clayton Anderson o: i; Camp Sevier, spent the \veek-en< with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Anderson, near Hodges. l; Mrs. Welborn went to Andersoi j last Sunday to attend the graduat 1 ing exercises of her daughter, Mis: I Annie Welborn at Anderson Col j lege. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran j Miss Bess Pool, Misses Hannah, Car rie and Mildred Cochran spent Wed | nesday evening with Mr. and Mrs W. J. McKee, near Due West. I Master Joseph Thornton has re ' ceived a pet monkey, Jockoe, sen1 j by his brother, Mate L. C. Thorn I ton, U. S. N., Key West, Fla. Mr i Thornton has been in the Nava | j Service nearly three years. Mrs. Maggie Knox Pennel wil j move into the house on Churcl ' j street just vacated by Mrs. E. M 11 Anderson, who left for Hartville or Thursday. Mrs. Pennel ^vill occupj the lower floor while Mr. and Mrs |* Langdon Wilson will live upstairs. ! AN ADDITION TO OU1R TOWN. i\ Miss Eliza Lindsay has come t< ", Abbeville from Clinton anc^ ha! ! charge of the Hot Hustler Racke ! store. Miss Lindsay is a capabb 1 young business woman and th< - store will thrive under her manage ment In, addition to her busines: ability she is a handsome ,/younj 1 woman and is Seceder enough t< , enjoy going to church on the Sab bath and singing the Psalms. Miss Lindsay will make her homi j with Mrs. A. W. Clark. r V NOTICE TO PUBLIC. * 1 V * V On and after the 1st of^ > j V June we wHl discontinue the N sidewalk serving of Cream ^ ,jV and Sodas to Automobilists. ^ jV This service entails consider- ^ J V able unnecesary work on the ^ A soda dispenser, and owing to ^ | V the scarcity of help and high- V I V er costs of material, w? find V IV it impracticable to continue ^ j V this. If a customer will think * 7! w V for a moment, he or she will ^ V agree that this service is un-' ^ V necessary. The dispenser, ^ V must go for the order, re- ^ r V turn and fill order, return to N i V his fountain customers, then ^ ^ j V return to the sidewalk for ^ i V empty glasses. ^ V Hoping our customers will * " j V see and realize this. V >jV The McMURRAY DRUG CO S " V BOWDEN-SIMPSON DRUG ^ V COMPANY. N S. May 31, 1918-2t. adv. > , V V SVV wvvvvv vv vwvs a POSTOFFICE NEWS. { ????i Miss Edith Steele has been ap t; pointed mailv carrier for the lowe: -j South Main street and for the mill She makes her route in a ponj I cart and will soon have the nea 1 uniform prescribed by the Depart r j ment. Mr. Patterson, who has been on< ! of the town carriers, has gone intc (the main office and Mr. Joseph Col< f; of Due West, has taken the plac< . made vacant by the resignation o: Mr. Scoggins. ij IN WASHING. ?l The third and fourth grades of the Grammar school, went to Klughs Park for a picnic on Wednesday af5 ter lessons were over. They had a 1 fine lunch, and a fine time. All the bad boys made a cfcim and went in "washing." Miss Allen . and Miss I Ro'oertsion chaperoned the crowd. * m r WHITENING UP. . Mr. J. S. Stark is making his; j handsome home more lovely by giv' j ins it a good coat" of white paint. CLOSING UP. | r| The Poscoffice was closed most of " the day yesterday in conformity to *! the President's proclamation to obj serve a day of fasting and prayer. II FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE. ! I 7\ | . I Mr. R. H. Moseley, of Lowndes-1 j ville, has purchased 20 pure-bred j registered duruoc pigs for the club f| boys of Lowndesville. Mr. Moseleyj J is a banker, a public spirited man,| - always taking great interest in ev-j ery movement that tends to help his community or county. He is j ^ doing a lot for the people of his | - community and deserves commenda-| s tion. JUNIOR RED CROSS. i Members of the Junior Red Cross,! J . who h^ve Belgian dresses, property! . j bags, or scrap books, are requested i #, to hand them to Miss Mary E. Hill j j not later than Monday. RED CROSS WORK. t On May'29th the Red Cross chap. ter of Abbeville sent to Atlanta j 1 three boxes containing 205 bed sheets, 75 pairs pajamas, and 42 dozen substitute handkerchiefs. 1 Here you have the real article of j 1 helpfulness in a quiet way. Without! this volunteer service of devoted; 11 women the government could not maintain an efficient army at the front. MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Dri Geo. W. Swope, the pastor, > will preach at this church Sunday 5 afternoon at 4:30 (advanced time), t on the subject: "Hebrews Inter? preted: Or, Winning Out In Life." ? To cet the best Drofit from the ser -Imon, all who attend are urged to j sj read the book of Hebrews before' r J that service. J . BREAKING OUR BOYS HEARTS. B Miss Louise Watson left Abbeville today for Sumter, where she goes to take a position with the law J firm of Lee & Moise. Miss Watson has ben with J. M. Nickles, Esq.,; t for several years and is a capable j t and painstaking stenographer, k, By her bright and vivacious manL ner and her unfailing kindness of k, heart, she has endeared herself to a wide circle oi irienas wno regret; her departure. TWO MEN FORCED TO HELP IN WAR ON HUNS Abbeville, Ga^ May 27.?Gradyj Smith and T. J. Ramsey, two merchants of Abbeville, were given their choice of buying Liberty Bonds i and subscribing to the Red Cross | war fund or wearing the badge of j I - 1- -1 mi ~1. * 4-1* I L| a siacKer. nicy cuuse wic ivuuu. J A committee of citizens called upJ on the two men, telling them they k j would either have to submit to their J wishes or wear the slacker badg^ k chained and locked around their k necks. The committee first called k upon Ramsey, who showed a desire! k to discuss the issue. The committee k was in no frame of mind for delays k and gave him ten minutes in which k to subscribe to the Red Cross and ! Liberty Lo'an. He gave $25 to the Red Cross and invested $400 in bonds. Smith bought a $50 bond and . gave $5 to the Red Cross, r * Sixty-six men left Pickens, S. u.,| r on the 25th for Camp Jackson. On i t the same day twenty-six left York; - county for the same camp. i The destruction of nine Austro) German airplanes on the Italian ; front is announced by the Italian i and British airmen. The ninth was f shot down in flames by antiaircraft cannon. ^llp ! 'i&j VKEEP-KOOI Young Men. Nc garment as perfect highest standards cai way they fit to the h "MADE IN U. S. A. every man on this si limiting his purchase an economic and pa S x THE THE SNE RED CROSS FUND IS OVER $155,000,000 Washington, May 28.?Contributions to the second war fund of the American Red Crosfe will reach and possibly exceed $160,000,000, it was stated at the national headquarters this afternoon. Previous estimates did not go beyond $150,000,000, but the total has already passed $155,000,000, it was stated* PARTIES. Roy, the lively young son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gilleland, is going to celebrate his birthday today and is giving a party to his little friends frnm fi w-t/h ir+.v +n spvpn-t.hir+.v. Hugh Bradley gave a party to his young friends at his home on Greenville Street Wednesday from eight o'clock on. A good supper with plenty of ice cream was enjoyed after which many popular games were enjoyed. CANTEEN COMMITTEE WILL CONDUCT EXCHANGE Mrs. J. C. King's Canteen Committee will conduct an exchange on Saturday, between City Hall and Court House. Vegetables, butter, eggs, etc., will be sold. 4 Summer Clothes > guesswork, no huri in design and as honesl n command. The way tl ist. The fit is cut and tai But that's not all " fabrics are used in the ide of the ocean has a j 5s to "MADE IN V- S. A triotic obligation. old throughout the world : HOUSE OF KEEP-KO XLENBURG CLOTHING (X Philadelphia RKER & REES ook foi' tf\? - Labol ? ESTATE OF AZRA C. CLINKi SCALES, Deceased. Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. Take Notice that on the 25th day of June, 1918, I will render a final account of my acting and doings as Administrator of the Estate of Azra C. Clinkscales, deceased, in the office of Judge of Probate for Abbeville County at 10 o'clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for' a final discharge from my trust as! such Administrator. All persons having demands ( acainst said estate will present them; for payment on or before that day, proven and authenticated or be forever barred. J. H. CLINKSCALES, Administrator. j 5-24-lt ea. week-4 wks. ?? , The State of South Carolina, i County of Abbeville. Probate Court. j In the Matter ot the instate ot uatnerine Calhoun, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present mem properly attested to J. F. MILLER, 5-14-3t. Judge of Probate. ? WlHiBiBlBflB^^^^^M ranpiffliK>MB^S|nB|^i ' M4DEJ for Men and ry work. Every. t in construction as --M iey fit at first is the 4l%AWl ' jurcu uiiu uicuit iir production?and personal interest in, l." goods?it is both OL -J I >MPANY ^ Before an airplane can be pitt i?- -'Sg to military service it must be equip- //I ped with at least nine delicate mennautic instruments, some of whick are absolutely essential to exact* flying, and all contribute to the necessful operation of a plane. Om "jjil gives the pilot his location as to yj height and direction; others tell Mi -.Xi speed through the air, the speed of his propeller, the amount of gaaofiae v? carried, water temperature, opexa, ... tion ot tne oiling system, ana gtnae his "banking" on turns. Another necessary article is the oxygen-aupplying apparatus, without which am. % aviator could not climb to any great . 'dj height. For operation of actual combat planes, such as observing, photo- >. graphing, bombing, and fightiac planes, other complicated ^nd ex pensive instruments ana sets 01 apparatus are necessary. Among them are machine guns, gun momriai '-M bomb racks, bomb-dropping device^ bomb sights, radio and photograph* apparatus, electrically headed clothing, lights and flares. These briap the total cost of equipment for am. airplane to several thousand dollaiz each, depending upon the type of plane. .-^1 " * '.'J K* A