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I CANDIDATES j FOR SENATE. I We are authorized to anounce ' J. HOWARD MOORE, Esq., as a candidate for the State Senate from | Abbeville County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. | | WANTS |; WANTED:?Young ladies to go in , training for nursing at The Pryor I Hospital and The Chester Sana- ' torium, Chester,t S. C. 7-5-2t. 1 FOR SALE. 1 I Ribbon and Orange Cane Seed. ( Ninety Days Velvet Beans. All . kinds of Peas at lowest market price \ 5-7-tf. P. ROSENBERG, i IFOR, SALE:?Home grown velvet t beans, finest growing food for 1 pigs .and cattle. Also a good stock ] V seed peas at lowest market price 1 in South Carolina. 7-9-tf. P. ROSENBERG. * ; . * L. NELSON, Abbeville, S. C. Wanted Wanted ' Junk of all kind K: Rags, Rubber, , Bags jjjp f and Iron. I Littleton College ? Has just closed one of the J < most successful years in its ii history. The 37th annual ses- J sion will begin Sept. 25th. i Write for new illustrated - catalogue, also and quickly ? for particulars concerning our 1 special offer to a few girls * who cannot pay our catalogue rate. Address J. M. Rhodes, J Littleton, N. C. 6-11-Oct. 1 r Mr. and Mrs. Gordon White, Miss- ^ 68 Mary and Jeanse White and Miss .Hannah Clark Perrin spent the af-'t Iternoon oi tne f ourtn , at wmiamf: Ston enjoying the fine water. Mr. A. M. Erwin and .one or two V of his lively young boys, were in town Saturday to attend the speaking. Mr. Erwin is one of our most : substantial citizens, taking an inter y est in everything for the good of J ' the county. ^ STATE DIRECTOR R. G. RHETT J f' THANKS WORKERS OF COUNTY t Charleston, S. C., July 3, 1918. J ? Dr. F. E. Harrison, Abbeville, S. C. I I My uear i/octor: I v I want to thank you personally] * and officially for the splendid re- ? suits which you have secured in Ab- e beville county. ? I am sure' the impetus which has i ! been given to the sale of Stamps j ^ through the efforts of your organization will bear good fruit as the year goes on. I would be glad if you would express * to the members of your organization! my grateful thanks for their hard J i work at a very trying time,, and a for the results which they have se- 1 cured. Sincerely yours, | n. vr. rviiett, K--' State Director. I Abbeville, S. C., July 6, 1918. R. G. Rhett, State Director, W. S. S. Charleston, S. C. My Dear Sir: I have yours of July 3rd, and same is? is much appreciated. Today we sent in the last batch of pledges, making the total for Abbeville county up fcV to'now, $205,010. In order that each of our workers 1 who have given unsparingly of their time and labor in the cause may re? ceive your thanks I am going to j ask our county papers to publish 1 ! ;. your letter. 1 tho h?ln nf thft school trustees in the various disrticts, some former Red Cross workers and fe local committees and volunteers in - the towns of the county. As soon as the results are tabuWji', lated in your office we will have the ?^;<< amounts published as given in each school district. S&. '' Thanking you.fpr your kind expressions ar.j *r?th assurances of j|p high per^nal esteem. I am, Yours very t*u*?V F. E. Harrison, : CJo. Chairman, W. S. S. WHEAT GROWERS 10 SET FAIRMttENT Farmer* In Thla State Will Be Per* mltted tc Grind Wheat to a Liberal Extent Colombia.?William Elliott, food administrator for South Carolina, re* sently attended a meeting of the food idmlnlstrators of the several statea in Washington, at which time the luestlon of grinding wheat in South Carolina was carefully considered and ipon the authority of Herbert Hoover, federal food administrator, the state* nent has been made that the most Iberal treatment, with respect to grinding, will be accorded the growers )f wheat in this state. The exact :erms of the instructions to millers lave not yet been determined upon, >ut will be announced in the near ueure. In the meantime, however, he growers of wheat can rest assured hat the present rules concerning the imount that a farmer can have ground rill be greatly altered, and that a armer will be permitted to have his rheat ground to a liberal extent. EVERYBODY HELPING SAVE FOOD NOW ?iot Only tht Housewife, But the Men, the Hotels and Restaurants and the Farmers, Have Qot the Habit. p * Columbia.?In the first months of ood conservation, the housewives of he country wers often heard to com lain and to ask: "What is thfe use if trying to av? food in our kitchens rhen waste on so much larger scale b going on everywhere?" The men, a public eating places, were particu* arly pointed out as wastera; and it ras complained that In the manufac lire of food there was another big raste. If this was true several months ago, lowever, It.is no longer & fair com* >laint The men of the country, both a business and In private, are doing heir part, in a patriotic way, to con* erre the world's food. Since the increasing need of earing rheat has been made plain by the ood administration, many hotels and estaorants all orer the country hare oluntarily pledged themselves, to do rlthont wheat until the next harvest. And now an effort is to be made to ncrease the coming wheat harvest by leaner threshing. It has been estloated that three bushels of grain la ivery 100 bushels threshed can he aved by better methods. Where rain has been exceptionally poorly hreehed aa much as 10 per cent has tone into the straw stack. To correct his waste has become very lmporant in view of the nation's war needs, nd the food administration has this ear established a special grain hreshlng division to earry on a cam* ialgn of education and to actually teip ids iaruiarw ui uic cuuuu j m# iroperly and to thoroughly thresh heir grain. Still another effort to Increase the lour output during this crisis ii bong made by urging farmers not to lold over any of their crop for seed. Bven If we have only a normal orop here is little fear that any risk would ie run In not holding orer teed for text year's sowing. During the next wo to three months every bushel of ,Taln that can be recovered may play a important part In the drama of rar. 'OLITICAL BARBECUES PUT UNDER THE BAN Columbia.?With the opening of the political campaigns in South Carolina, he food administration again nrges. hat political barbecues, such as hare teen the custom In many parts of the tate In past years, be eliminated thl? rar year. William Elliott, food adminptrator for South Carolln, recently itated that political barbeoues wouia >e frowned upon by the food adminstratlon. The great waste incident o barbecues is, of course, the reason irged, and in the present world crisis rith reference to the food supply and he absolute necessity of sarlng evirything that can be saved to help eed a hungry world the food admlnstration n& , only feels Justified In taking that no barbecues be held, but t is felt that patriotic people will roluatarily abstain from such indul* fences. IUQAR FOR CANNING SHOULD iK SECURED Columbia.?The food admlnistratlom s urging that all persons who can fruits and vegetables for market ob* lain their entire sugar requirement* lor the lilt season as early as poeilble. Federal food administration* a all the states are also being in itructed to im that manufacturer* of nsentlal food product* requiring lugar Uk? tie ftrit opportunity of kulldiox up their supplies. The food id ministration takes the position that preserves and jama are ensentlal fooditafffl, and that caoners perform a raluable conservation function. In the erent that It is necessary to relace etlll further the shipping tontage that brings sugar to the United States, the food administration 1s enleavorlng to guard against any K?itble lose of the fruits a&d Tiji$*bles that could be saved by canning and preserving. &&' *r POLITICS REIGN AT ABBEVILLE OPERA HOUSE (Continued from Page One.) didate to speak. Stating that the meeting should be patriotic rather than political, he asserted that perple should think first of the war, even in electing their governor. Pledging his own loyalty, he presented a platform consisting of a liberal support of education; a nonpolitical maintenance of the state warehouse system; encouragement of industries and conservation of resources; and more especially, the establishment of vocational and training schools in cooperation with the federal government, as a measure especially favoring soldiers returning from the war. Robert A. Cooper, the next candidate, was greeted with applause. "I stand," he began, "where Jefferson stood when he enunciated the principle that a candidate for office in a republican form of government should be capable, should be worthy, and should be faithlul." Moping t that he thus qualified for the office ? of governor, he stated that his first s and foremost platform is a firm z support of the war. This means 1 ' that the people must give up all t luxuries. It also means that eco- s nomy must also be practiced by the ( I 1 I ALWAYS Good p busines do--prii your bi vou wh Printi you any n Now is the Printing The Pi I Printing TO _> \vt /, . ....; -r;..>. r. state and counties. However, there is such a thing as false economy. The tax situation is where this most easily arises. Economy does not necessarily mean lower taxes. In all probability, the war would increase the cost of government. But high taxation such as would help make the war a success is, in his opinion, real economy. Touching upon the question of state ^ education, Mr. Cooper advocated his loan Fund system for the state colleges. He opposed the system of free < scholarships as undemocratic. He ilso favored the establishment of i agricultural and occupational schools n nrHor fTiof. flip forlorol law nffor. ng 50 per cent aid might be taken , idvantage of by South Carolina. We , ire fighting to make the world safe ( :or democracy; we must support the , schools to make democracy safe for . ;he world. j John Madison Deschamps said < ;hat all of the issues, save the war, I vere as oldlas our old red hills. The < var is only an issue in that all ought ) ;o work to support the war. How- < ?ver, he paid brief respect to the 1 io-called ancient issues. As to tax- i ition, he said that history shows that s ligh taxes always came, in a coun- J ry when that country was strong : ind prosperous. When the taxes of Greece arid Rome became low, those i . , I > AT YOUR SI r'j . ? . ' ; y?-rt* *, , *'- 0 , J;.; '.?. irinting i TL . s. 1 hat iting th< U IC1MACC lOlll^OO lerever 3 ing that "st lore than i time to pla< y. You'll nee ress an lat "Stands 1 1 r . ' - . ... nations were prostrate and in the dust. For one thing, we must spend a lot on education. Free education for all, without regard to color and condition and from top to bottom, was the kind he would advocate. The real issue, which he wanted to introduce, is a strict enforcement of the criminal law. He compared South Carolina unfavorably with other states in their criminal statistics. The trouble lay in the lax enforcement of the law. He pledged himself to a vigorous support of the judicial branch of the government. John T. Duncan, in a humorous 3peech, paid his respects to the other candidates and the political ring at Columbia. The crooks have fallen uut among themselves so badly, he 3aid, that they are telling the truth about each other and are lying about tuhemselves. Some of the candidates say they are running, but are just out for exercise. The others are under obligations to a machine, which is supporting them. Consequeuntly, they would enter office handicapped. What the people need is a free men in office. He insinuated that John Duncan was that nan. He briefly discussed the issue? and pledged his loyalty. John L. McLaurin was absent, hav ;ng injured his arm, and Thomas H. TTO AU1VI ERVICE IN TI i-Lrv J Id UIC u is the k at will ] Stand I ' I 7A11 cpnr :ands up" < lie "lay-do ce your ord d lots of it tl d Barn Djk ' . ' .. ' a- s'.-vi/ ! Peeples next took the platform. He I, dwelt on his experience as Attorney- General for six years and devoted most of his argument to the reclamation by the state of the canal at Columbia. He worked in a eulogy ^of the old Confederate veterans and > closed with a patriotic appeal. John G. Richards, the last speaker, met a depleted audience, due to the late hour, but delivered an interesting speech. He again asserted strongly tha the war was not an issue in this campaign; that all of t'ae candidates are loyal; and that it was a libel on the State of South Carolina to state that the war was an issue. The two issues, he contended, were taxation and education. With regard to the former, he stated that the people were overbur- ; dened with taxation at the present time, and he promised a reduction | by retrenchment and elimination of ! unnecessary offices. He opposed the system of appointive offices. He tonk issue with Mr. Cooper on the free scholarship system of education, stating that it was the only practical system in South Carolina today, and arguing the advantages derived from it. V : The Abbeville meeting wa3 the fifteenth in the campaign. After an interim of a week, it will reopen in Anderson. \ a* '. . : ' | 1 ' i'M I . ' -IIS LINE . ; ' i V;:| ress of : i 111U wc MAKE !p" for I it \ don't cost J wn" kind I t !er for Fall I ! SO Iiis year ierCo. I Phone 10 I HHHHpr RBj '' ' ' V .