Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~~Y Xocal ? Mem i r1; M ' ' : personals : =A / : i Misses Sarah and Mary Wilson of Clinton, are visiting their brother w ? Mrs. W. J. McKee of Due West, I . was in town Friday. Misses Lola and Edna Wardlaw were in town Friday. | Mr. Glenn Baskin of Calhoun , Falls, was in the city Friday. Wallace Wardlaw of Augusta, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Wardlaw. Miss Benie Watson and Benet Link spent Sunday with Misses Lily and Bessie Link. fe , ~ ' Mrs. Roy Brewer of Atlanta, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. J. Dan) S' can. : Mr. Thompson Penney of Camp Jackson, spent the week-end with his home people near the city. Misses Hannah and Carrie Cochran spent Saturday night and Sunday in Anderson with relatives. ?i Lieut. Leslie McMillan of Camp # Sevier, came down and spent the week-end with his home people. David Bradley is over from Union oh a visit to his grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Bradley. j Mrs. R. H. Devlin spent Sundaj v with her sister, Mrs. Nance, in Fori , Pickens and worshipped with th? Seceders. 'jp>- t R. H. Greene and John Thompkins Ramey spent Sunday in Chester with. Mrs. Annie Mabry, who is in Pryor's hospital. " Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Murchison of Greenville, spent Saturday night and i Sunday here with Mr. Murchison's sister, Mrs. D. A. Dewey. Miss Fannie Edmonds, one of the efficient telephone operators, leaves this week for a two weeks vacation in Spartanburg and Chester. Mrs. J. W McMurray is here from Richburg for a visit to Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McMurray. She is always a welcome visitor. Mr. Wallace Cheatham, who waf operated on for appendicitis two weeks ago, is confined to his room from reactionary effects of the op1 eration. J m > Miss Virginia Galloway is down 'from Due West spending a few days with Mrs. M. R. Plaxco. Miss Galloway says there is no news in the college town, "just everyody getting married/' I BENEFIT RED CROSS. / ? . The Home Demonstration Club -mil give an entertainment in Er-win's Park, Antreville, Saturday afternoon, July 6th. Come and eat all the ice cream you want. Proceed: i to go -lor Red Cross. SWATTING THE KAISER. One of our friends "is going the Emit" in swatting the Kaiser, when * ' xl V J.1? *1, ne says iaui uiuugii uicy uc best ill the wrold, he isn't going to eat any more German black wax beans. H SOCIETY MEETING. The Ladies Society of the Associn ate Reformed Presbyterian church HBM will meet at the home of Mrs. R. N. Hg^l Tiddy Thursday afternoon at five HH o'clock. Ngj BOOK CLUB. BBS - u. jam The Book Club will meet with Lewis Perrin Wednesday morn POOL-McRAE. The following invitation has been received in Abbeville: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hardy Pool request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Bessie Lee .^i*. , to , ^ t>r. Walter Leon McRae on Wednesday evening, July the tenth nineteen hundred and eighteen at nine o'clock Purvis Methodist Church Elrod, North Carolina. Miss Pool has made her home in Abbeville for the last several seasons and by her pleasant manner and unfailing courtesy has made a wide circle of friends who wish her much happiness. Dr. McRae is a young dentist and he has a bright future before him. He is to be congratulated on winning so charming a wife. COUNTY SAVES CLOTHING AS WAR MEASURE The women of Uinta County, Utah, have saved $2,500 during the last month by remodeling hats and clothing under the supervision of the county home demonstration agent. The work is carried on at meetings to which the women bring their materials and work under the agent's supervision. Three hundred and fifty hats have been remodeled?a savin? nf nt looaf ?1 KOO?dresses have been made from coats and suits, waists from old shirts, children's clothing from women's dTesses, boys' trousers from men's clothing, and boys' overcoats from men's old coats. ?Public Document. ABOUT ABBEVILLE PEOPLE . Miss Lydia Owen and Mr. WilRam Hughes of Abbeville, spent last week-end in McConxnclc. Misses Helen and Frances Britt spent last week-end in Abbeville with relatives.?McConnick Correspondent to Greenville News. DR. HAYNIE IN THE SERVICE. tl-li. DCilUll iIUUUIBI. Dr. W. R. Hayriie, who for many years has been one of Belton's leading physicians, has been accepted in . the medicrl department of the UnitI ed Staes army, he having received ( notice Tuesday by wire. He will rank as first lieutenant. ' Dr. Haynie married Miss Eunice , Todd, of Due West. | SERGT. AND MRS. SMITH HOME. Sergt. and Mrs. W. Joel Smith, [ whose marriage in Laurens was an event of interest, have arrived in the city and have apartments at the home of Mrs. Whitten ^on Whitsett street?Greenville News. | HAVE NOT PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS l V Whooping cough has been epidemic in Aivbeville during the spring and many little children are having a tough time of it. The disease does not confine itself to children as both Dr. Jack E. Pressly and Judge Frank ] B. Gary are just recovering from ' it. Dr. Pressly had a sympathetic case taken from his charming little twin girls, while Judge Gary "just caught" his. ' THE BENEFITS OF WAR. Berne, June 28.?The age of fat < stomachs in Germany is over, says i the Cologne Gazette, not only because of the food shortage, but because "the intellectual appreciation of the fat belly no longer exists." ! Cambrai, in the center of recent 1 fighting, das a stirring mstiory. in ! 1530 a purse of gold was offered by ' Henry VIII of England to the work men producing the finest linen for the king's shirts. The prize was 1 won by the weavers of Cambrai, and the material was called cambric, after the town. i Mr. and Mrs. Tom Able are making their home in Greenwood. MARRIAGE OF MISS LUCILE KENNEDY Miss Lucile Kennedy and Mr. Jas. i R. Todd, both of Due West, were hajpjuly married Wednesday, July 2 6tU,: the interesting ceremony be ing performed by Rev. J. T. Young at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian parsonage at Greenwood. Miss Kennedy is well known in Abbeville, having taught the fith grade in the schools here last year. She as beloved by her pupils and had the genuine liking of all with i whom she came in contact. Mrs. Todd is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Kennedy, and a graduate of the Woman's College. Mr. Todd is a young man who is making his way in the world, being a scientific framer and a graduate of Clemson. The young couple will make their home at the old Todd place between Due West and Donalds and they start life with the good wishes of a wide circle of friends. A TOAST. Here's to the Blue of the wind-swept North, When we meet on the fields of France? M^y the spirit of Grant be with you all As the Sons of the North advance. And here's to the Gray of the sunkissed South, When we meet on the fields of France? May the spirit of Lee be with you all As the Sons of the South advance. / And here's to the Blue and Gray as one, When we meet on the fields of France? May the Spirit of God be with us all, As the Sons of the Flag advance. I ?Geo. Morrow Mayo in Washington Star. DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEET. . The Democratic Clubs of Hampton, Cold Springs and Abbeville Cotton Mills will meet at their respective places of meeting on Saturday, July 13th, at 3 o'clock for the purpose of reorganizing. The old officers of the clubs are requested to call the meetings to order and to see that the re-organization is perfected in accordance with the rules of the party. Wm. P. Greene, County Chairman. THE HONOR FLAG. Charleston.?Upon /the cooperation shown by the postmasters of the postoffices in South Carolina depends the awarding of the honor flag which is to be presented to the I county which reports the greatest ] amount of cash sales made in the I intensive W. S. S. campaign which j ended June 28. All sales made up | to the close of last week?June 29? I will be credited to the counties if ! they are reported in time to reach j the state headquarters not later I than the first mail Friday morning. | This means that postmasters and j banks that are second class agents [should not fail to send their reports i in at the earliest moment possible. Reports that reach the state comiznittee later than Friday morning J will not be counted among the June sales, and negligence on the part of I fVio r>nntmnat*?r? and second class j agents may cause a deserving coun| ty to lose the honor flag. While I most postmasters have been prompt I in reporting, the State Committee points out that last week, when $357,919 worth of stamps were sold only 408 of 620 postmasters reported. It is of critical importance that there be no failures to report this week. Through failure to report in time, j Rock Hill was not credited last week j with sales of $53,000. FULL TON OF SUGAR TO GO AT AUCTION Authorities in Washington Dispose of Hoarded Foodstuffs Belonging to Charleston Party. Washington, June 29.?A full ton of granulated sugar will be offered sale here in the next day or two at public auction, together with other foodstuffs seized by the district supreme court at the home of Medical Director and Mrs. Francis S". Nash, U. S. N. The seizure is based on a libel filed by United States Attorney Laskey under the food conservation act. Dr. Nash recently paid a fine of $1,000 for hoarding these foodstuffs folloing a plea of nolo contendrett ifiis .1 ' - t? 1 ;'f== HADDI SUMM We are offeri greatest barge 97;? G 6mi f ill ligUl V14 ^ I 20cts if we ha Wh great many p< of our white i liberal stock c Standard goo end. Y ou wi want in our s \ HADN ' ^ I ll? an indicement returned against Mm j by the grand juryJ Under the law after the costs of the sale and legal procedings are deducted the net returns are to be paid over to Dr. Nash. Besides the large amount of sugar, other foodstuffs in'large quantity taken by the ; marshal include 122 pounds of ham, 18.5 pounds of strip bacon, 387 tins of sliced bacon, 67 tins of roast beef 1 56, tins of corned beef, 50 tins of dried beef, 15 tins of ox tongue, 442 pounds of lard, 552 cans of soup, 596 pounds of brown sugar 637 pounds of domino sugar, 933 > pounds of rice, 150 pounds of rice, I 150 pounds of loose salt and 975; pounds" of flour. 1 Mrs. Nash was Miss Caroline Ryan 1 of Charleston. 1 ? Littleton College j J Has just closed one of the most successful years in its history. The 37th annual session will begin Sept. 25th. "Write for new illustrated J p.fltfllncmp atari and OTTTfiKT.Y O 7 ? -* for particulars concerning our special offer to a few girls who cannot pay our catalogue f rate. Address J. M. Rhodes, J Littleton, N. C. 6-11-Oct. 1! 7 WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. 1 J The examination for the award t of vacant scholarships in Winthrop ? College and for the admission of I * , '*4 new studertts will be held at the 1 I County Court House on Friday, July * | 5, at 9 A. M., and also on Saturday, v j July 6, at 9 A. M., for those who e wish to make up by examinations c additional units required for full admission to the Freshman Class of ' this institution. The examination 11 on Saturday, July 6, will be used ^ only for making admission units, d The scholarships will be awarded t upon the examination held on Fri- I day, July 5. Applicants must not be $ less than sixteen years of age. a When scholarships are vacant after fi July 5 they will be awarded to a those making the highest average at p this examintion, provided they; I 3N-WM ER BARC ng for the next tins of the seasc Voiles at 12 1=2c id to buy them 1 11TE GOO] jople have take roods sale. W >n hands. ds are the che; ill invariably fin lock. I . .? \ 3N-WILS0 ' V \ neet the conditions governing the i iward. Applicants for scholarships ] should write to President Johnson [or scholarship examination blanks, rhese blanks, properly filled out by the applicant, should be filed with ' President Johnson by July 1st. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will jpen September 18, 1918. For further information and catalogue, adiress President D. B. Johnson, Rock ' Sill, S. C.?Adv. I 5-17-It ea. week through July 2. ^ PARAGRAPHS AND SLOGANS. |j If you actually knew that by buy- j ng only those things you absolutely ieeded and by putting your savings nto War Savings Stamps you could f save lives, would you do it? Take ;he word of the President that you lo save lives when vou do this. J It is not enough to deplore what ;he Germans have done; they don't I :are what you think of them. Help rour Government to fight them, rhat is the only thing that counts with a German. When you save and >uy War Savings Stamps you attack i German in the place where it mrts. REV. PATRICK VERMILLION s We received recently a good let- t er from Pastor P. J. Vermillion, of t Stillwater, Oklahoma. He tells us r hat he has just accepted the pastor- a ite of the Baptist church at Perry, t )klahoma, and would at once move c ;o his new field of work. Among C he last things he did at Stillwater p vas to hold a meeting in which s lighteen members were added to the 1 hurch. Brother Vermillion says: e 'I am the only Baptist pastor living n Noble county. It is the greatest g nissionary field I have ever lived g n."?Baptist Courier. Patrick Ver- 1 aillion is a native of Donalds sec- t ion and attended the Honea Path 1 ligh School away back in the 80's. n Lfter completing his course here he a ttended Furman University. He 1j nished his education at Furman u nd settled in Texas, where he did n astoral work for a number of years d le has manv old school-mates in this 8 IN Co. iAINS 30 days the ;3t| >n. f" 9 ts yd, worth DS n advantage - fM e , still have a ;|p iipest in the ||| iu wimi y%ju || IN Co. section who will be delighted te t. learn of the good work he is doing?- ftg, Honea Path Chronicle. .<g[ : ;||B LAUNCHINGS IN MAY ^ ? ! ;tlm PASSED ALL LOSSES *fejj Washington, June 28.?For the first time since the inauguration of . -.4 ruthless submarine warfare British ; '0M and American shipyards are turning out more tonnage than is sunk, it : jvas said this afternoon at the shi?- -Ait ping board. During May the gross tonnage launched exceeded by 35,580, tike , . ! imount sunk by submarines. The '-r 5gures are: Launched, 391,274; sunk, 355,694. SAVANNAH TO LAUNCH MANY SHIPS IN AUGUST % ?? Urn Savannah, June 29.?August unl set a record for launching ejups" m Savannah, according to the pmran:ement today of the managements >f the various local yar^a. Tht $Vj foundation Company eliainas the lerf mnouncing that it will launch foir nine sweepers, valued at $200,009 ;ach, for the French Government luring that month. It now has ejgjb een keels laid. The Georgia Engineering and Cob itruction Company plans to lanndi ' 'j wo, and probably three, seagoing ugs for the United States Goveranent.in August. These are vahiei {{[ it $150,000 each. The Georgia SbJptuilding Company will launch a*ither schooner, valued around $15?,100. The Terry Shipbuilding Comtany will launch another composite teel and wood ship in August Phese ships are valued at $50,Of# ach. Savannah will participate in tibe # . .?v/3 Teat national ship-launching pro ;ram the Fourth of July, when the ' ''7* 'erry Company will launch the Ogle y horpe of composite construction, "he work is being rushed day and light. The National Shipbuilding nd Dry Dock Company Uxhy aunched two more big barges, val;ed at more than $50,000. This lakes eight for the company to late, while ten more are under contraction.