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uxvuxxo. ASHEVILLE ARTIST 4 s WINS FIRST PRIZE a | > L. L. Higgason Receives Silver Med-. a al at Pittsburgh Meeting of Photo- ; c graphers?Elected Vice-PresidAit. | A | j (Asheville Exchange.) v L. L. Higgason returned yester- / day from the meeting of the Middle j, Atlantic States Photographers' asso-; riation, which has just closed an in- fc teresting session in Pittsburgh, Pa. i Mr. Higgason was honored doubly at it the convention, receiving the first ! wrize in Class C, and being elected j E vice-president of the association foiv s North Carolina. i" In the Class*C, contestants were c limited to cities of 50,000 or less c population and each competitor pre-'i sented three phqtographs which were^ judged by men of national reputa-; j: tion. Mr. Higgason submitted pic-;a tures made by him of three aviators,; \ Lieut. Harry Harkins, Lieut. Dana v Alexander, and Lieut. Kelly. The i] , first prize awarded him is a silver medal. " I ( As North Carolina vice-president .V of t?he association, Mr. 'Higgason hasj charge of the activities of the or-1 - J. , ! C ganization in his state; there are no, s k' ? OVERWORKED, TIRED WOMAN TOOK MIL ? ? ? u . Now ?>he is Strong and | " Hearty j a Philadelphia, Pa.?"I ' was over-, : r, worked, run down, nervous, could not, P cat or sleep. I felt like crying, all the ti time. I tried different remedies with-.j ?ct benefit- The doctor said it was a; vender I was alive, and when Vinol! t( was given me I began to improve, j ^ I have taken eight bottles and am I now strong, and perfectly healthy In j " every respect, and have gained in i b weight. I can not praise Vinol enough."?Mrs. Sarah A. Jones, 1025 ' Nevada St.,'Philadelphia, Pa.. p We guarantee Vinol to make over- a, ^ < worked, weak" women strong or re-4 turn your money. Formula on every ' bottle. This is your protection. j 0 P. B. 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Poor digestion and assimlla- eg f tfon Ir.er.r.s failuro to derive ?3 % ^ * full nourishment from food and fk' U lli~t in t"rn crtcn :neans lin- [a t poverished blood, weakness, ft anemia, etc. Poor elimination s* means an accumulation of waste " matter whjch poisons the body, lowers j vitality. occrcanc3 the power of re- , rfstance t-> C'.r.c:ro and ler.-is to tho ' development of many serious ills. Rheumatism,?due to somo interfer ?nce with the process of elimination, ] failure to get rid of certain...bodf ; nAfcnnt! ?rarnnf" ho pvnpr'fprl tr* "rrlfOri ^ to any medicine that fails to corroct i the condition responsible for it. Could I any reasonable person expect to rid i himself of rheumatic pain as Ions' as j THE McMURRA V % ^ ? ???? ? tate presidents. It was announced t the meeting that the old VirginiaTorth Carolina association had been bsorbed by the Middle States assoiation. The 1920 meeting will be held in Atlantic City and at that time Mr. liggason expects that the association nil accept his'invitation to meet in isheville the following year, bringng here about 1,000 delegates. Mr. Higgason has received a nUmier of prizes for photographic worl^ n the past few years and his art has >een highly commended. On Sunday before the convention net the Pittsburgh papers printed ?^ ^ Aw Afi4> nViAf Ann*onlic! Kv evcrai ui me luicov v/ 'eastern artists," that were to be inluded in the display, and in this list >ne of Mr. Higgason's pictures was ncluded. Mr. Higgason is well remembered n Abbeville having lived here severil years with his sister, Mrs. Joe Vilson. He has, many friends here vho are glad to hear of his success ti life. t :are provided for disabled . > . ??? _ - ? | oldiers Will Be Given Attention? Hospitals at Hand?War Department Turns Over Number of Camp Hospitals to Treasury Officials. ; Washington, April 5.?An exten ive program of caring for disabled' jldiers after their discharge from lilitary service was announced toay by the war risk insurance bu?au, which is charged by congress ith this work. Twenty-one hospiils with a capacity of 1,500 beds lready are in use and the war de-; artment has turned over to the J reasury seven camp hospitals for are of disability cases. These are, > be enlarged and improved out of; ie $9,000,000 fund appropriated >r hospitals for disabled soldiers to e controlled by the war risk insurnce bureau and conducted by the . > uJblic health service .and treasury gency. / ' When treatment in the hospitals f the war department- fails to re-! > , ' I tore men to such condition thatj liey are fit for active service and fiey are discharged, the work of the ureau.*of war risk insurance beins. Under the provisions of the war isk act all 'soldiers who are 10 per ent disabled from causes suffered i the line of duty are entitled to ompensation and to treatment by tie bureau of war risk insurance. Lny man_disabled in- the service and rom the service may make applicaion for treatment to the public ealth service station in his home jwn or at the nearest station. Men who after discharge, develop hysical disabilities attributable to lilitary Service, are entitled _ to reatmgnt. The bureau of war risk isurance may be called upon to care or more than 25,000 cases of men ischarged for tubercular tendencies. The treasury department has purhoooH +Vio cnaorlwflv linomfnl in Ihicago with a capacity of 15,000 eds. Another hospital to be taken ver is located at Corpus Christi, 'exas, while $1,500,000 will be exNR does it by improving digestion, assimilation and elimination ? the logical way; ief or No Pay i rheumatic poison Is allowed to re? nain in the body. Thir.U of this. 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A hospital costing $900,000 will be built at Norfolk, and $550,000 at has been set aside for the erection ds of a hospital in or near the District tu of Columbia. The marine hospital yc at Stapleton, Staten Island, will be er a-I j ftA nnn u* Hi LaKen uver twiu <pjl?7v,vw 10 tv uc . ? pended in enlargement and improve-1 w. ment. | & WAR TROPHIES. to V \ V D Speed's Drug Store has been the to most popular place in town for the. th , past several days for both^old and j J young, for the soldiers who brought; | home trophies of the great struggle! ' allowed them to be displayed in one ^ ' of the show windows. It made an; 1 j interesting exhibit indeed. There, was about a mile and a half of ma-j ai | chine gun bullets, and a German of-jd< 'fleer's cap, the property of Hubert Hi: ' Cox;, a German stop watch, the pto-'. ty 1 perty of "John Calvert; a German1 so trench knife* of Lieut. Smith's; - a ec j French Helmet belonging to Carroll ec Swetenburg; a white sheep wooLpt coat captured from a German officer et who had been fighting on the Rus- ai j siali front and a^ferocious looking Fi pistol belonging to Lieut. Wilkinson, j st Lieut. Preston Speed brought F] home a pair of pretty sabots captured from a pretty French girl, a Ger- hi man Dispatch Box, officers shoulder yc straps and a ring from a Genpan of- w; ficer hand. There is a handsome cig- en arette case with the Iron Cross on it and many other souvenirs which do make it interesting to see the, window. , ?? v NO APPOINTMENT YE1, As we go to press there has been | ^ no appointment* made for the office' * " v I CO of Treasurer. Senator Howard Moore has recommended kr. J. E Jones. 4 SO It is talked around the Court House that the appointment will bet CO made for three months, the unexI Fl pired term of Mr. J. F. Bradley, af-| I CO ter after which there will be a prim-, ar ary. ? -<-r. v . . ^. pa United States Marshal C. Lydn 0^ was down from Greenville Monday ^ on business and seeing* his many friends. 5- ar . % . al .. ^ MISSIONARY SOCIETY.. ? 1 The Baptist Missionary Society will meet in the (jhurch parlor . on | ar Friday afternoon, April 11th, at 4 ^ o'clock. An unusually interesting m program has been prepared and all W( members are urged to be present. The following is the program: Talk,?By Rev. Bristow. Piano Solo?By Miss Adams. Quartet?By Four Sunbeams. sh Recitation? " e(j Refreshments. ' da Mrs. Frank Benton, Secretary. m, th PASSPORTS ARE ISSUED ec3 rw w\i ILL rKAntc. ra *0 Washington, April 4.?American se dairy cattle are to follow American soldiers to France. One hundred j ^ and four Holstein-Friesian cows (421 w pure breeds and 62 grades) and four! j bred bulls are to be sent shortly on a specially equipper transport, the Department of Agriculture announc- -m e<*' . v cii "Passports" have been issued to; Havre, France*, and from there the ^ cattle will be sent to devastated districts where they will do their bit in i bringing back health and happiness j to the children of those regions. | ( : - Ci THE LAST PICTURE. th The last of the series of illustrat-' ed lectures given by Mr. Pratt for the benefit of the D. A. R's. will be A held Thursday night at the Court \ ai House at the usual hour. la The lecture will be "The History ci of Our Flag", and according to Mr. Pratt, is the best of the whole se- ol ries. This picture is especially en- ki tertaining and "instructive to the( w school children and it is hoped that' gl as many as possible will see it. The" w< prices will be the same. A pleasant; ? evening is in prospect for those whb attend. THE BOOK CLUB. * he " w The Book Club will meet Wednes- T day afternoon at five o'clock at the n< home of Mrs. John A. Harris on South Main Street. 3 ENTERTAINING THE BOYS. Miss Maggie Brooks entertained a delightful dinner party Saturty night in compliment to the remed soldiers. About fourteen >ung men were present and they ijoyed to the fullest the delightful nner served. The young ladies ho. make their home with Miss Mage waited ' on the table and after ipper Miss Lynch proposed a. toast i "Our Soldiers", to which Lieut, evlin responded with an original: iast to the hostess, something like( is: "Here's to the army cook, Here's to the slum so swell May they remain in France While we drink to the turkey And Aunt Mag." Willie Jones was made to stand id explain the meaning of his two ;corations and his reasons for getng them. This he did with modes- j but the admiration he received i inspired Hubert Cox that he passi around a silver medal which turn-1 f out to be one a German "swap-| ;d" him for two packages of cigar-i ;tes. Lieut. Wilkinson played safe id declined positively to sing a rench song he knotvs, though asired that no one understood rench. | The coming of Sabbath morning oke up the pleasant party. The| >ung men appreciate Miss Maggie's arm hospitality and spent a most i joy able evening. v "Fritz," Hubert Cox's German i g was also "among those present." VISITORS FROM DUE WEST. x Mrs. R. S. Uldrick pnd. Miss Effie1 drick, Mr. R. A Ellis and Mr| emminger Ellis were in Abbeville onday on business .and pleasure mbined, - ^ Mr. Memminger Ellis was seeing 3 old friends.1 He has recently Id out his home in the low country id has come back to Abbeville unty to live. Dlaring the war Mr. lis was an' officer in Capt. Senna mpany and served on guard duty ound Columbia. Capt. Senns comtny was made up of men too frail id delicate for the actual hardships ' war and Mr. Ellis served here for ' 1 was not thought he would survive e struggle. But he is with us yet id is pretty hale and hearty after 1 these years. ? . J THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH. ! Misses Helen and Rene Nickles id Master Franklin and Julian ickles are ohaperoning Mr. and rs. Frank Nickles over to Green3od to see the big circus today. . THE WELCOME SERVICE. The people of the city held a ort welcome service for the return[ soldiers at the Court House. Fri-; ty afternoon at six o'clock. Thej eeting was in the open and during e exercises the Mill Band furnish I excellent music Chairs were arnjred for the soldiers and they. rmed in line and marched up, prenting an inspiring sight. Hon. J. Howard Moore was masr of ceremonies, and the meeting as opened with prayer by Rev. L.j Bristow. A selected choir sang America," after which Rev. J. L.; aniels made a flew remarks assur-j g the soldier of our warm appre-, ation of what they have done and^ e delight it gives our people to ive then* home again. After the singing of "Home, veet Home-' and a general hand-| aking the meeting adjourned. A >od crowd was present and the mteen ladies acted as hostesses for e pleasant occasion. MEETING OLD FRIENDS. . I Two troop trains passed through bbeville Sunday over the Seaboard id were welcomed by the Canteen dies and served with candy and garettes. ' ? t The soldiers proved .to be members I the Thirtieth Division and were lown to many of our boys who ere at the'Station to give them the ad hand and to talk about how e won the war. T\pne MprTtxrr 31 uvrwnuLuc.i\j nibci i uiu. I The annual meeting of the Stockrfders of The Peoples Savings Bank ill be held in the office of the Bank uesday, April 1st, 1919, 12 o'clock, )on. W. F. NICKLES, -21-3-t. Cashier. DIXIE L ?OF bib rAKM 42 ACRES 6f land roads, level am tivation. A bar* 91 1-2 ACRES of 1 / 10 miles from cultivation. Gc improvements, acre. 200 ACRES oflai ville. One goo other houses. G acre. 550 ACRES oflai mick road, 8 m half in cultivati el. Excellent v 150 ACRES oflar ville. This is a at $30 per acre 176 ACRES of la bales of rent cc 7 miles* from $37.50 per acre 413 ACRES oflar desville, -practi acres in cultiv{ ture, bargain a1 97 ACRES of lan< v . lie roads, 4 mil< . about as level s beville county, excellent value J \ * 91 ACRES of lan< ville, in Antrev at $42.50 per a ONE LOT, 3-4 aci ; of Iva, $350. 126 ACRES, 4 mil acres in cultivs acres practicall field, 2 extra gc barn and other ordinary barga 35 A RES of pro] town, practical' .price, $110 per 167 ACRES, 4 mi 100 acres in cu practically leve other improves per acre. 256 ACRES of la: * * tweeh Abbevil] thWorks of the in cultivation qwoc ltfvol crnr U)VX vu -I M/ T j ^ w tenant houses, s is a well impro ' place, price, $8 125 ACRES of lai dery, several" t< improvements, 0165 ACRES of lai , tion, good pasti etc. Just two n Price, $42.50 j j DIXIE I L. M. Tc ABBEVILLE, AND CO. TER? LAND VALUES ... C . near Brownlees crossi practically all in cul*ain at $50 per acre. r ;A%. and on Antreville road Abbeville. 65 acres in >od house arid modern a bargain at $50 per id 9 miles from Abbed' dwelling and several ood.land, price $30 per id located on McCorn'l^R nf AKh^villfx Onp ion, 2-3 practically levalue at $25 per acre. ld 2 miles from Antren extraordinary value , ,nd that we can give 7 >tto*i for the year 1919. Abbeville bargain at . r- \ "; ; I id 5 miles frbm Lowncally level, about ,300 ition,, extra good past $35 per acre. i bounded by two pub3S from Antreville, just. is is to ]oe found in Abfnodern improvements, at $65. per acre. i 8 miles from Abbe- . ille section, good value ere. e,- located in the town'i es from Abbeville, 75 ition, good pasture, 50 y level, 40 acres*in one >od tenant houses, good ; improvements, extrain at $40 per acre, perty 1 1-2 miles, from . ly all in cultivation, acre. les from Lowndesville, ? utivaxiuii, greater part }1, tenant houses and nents, bargain at $40 , nd just half way bele and Greenwood at public roads, 150 acres between 75 and 100 >d dwelling house, four several good barns, this ved and very desirable 0 per acre. nd, 3 miles from Vermant houses and other cheap at $30 per acre. id, 75 acres in cultiva-: :g ire, tenant houses, ^arn riiles from Abbeville. >er acre, itm : .AND CO. )lbert, Mgr. s. c. I s .1 j i