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r f JUDGE J. T. JOHNSON DIES ] AT SPARTANBURG HOME 1 Spartanburg, May 9.?Joseph Tra- ' vis Johnson, United States judge of. the Western District of South Caro-N line, died at his residence on North ( Pairview avenue last evening at 8:30 ( o'clock, only a brief time before his t Y oldest son, Joseph T. Johnson, Jr., L reached his bedside from his faraway j i I home in Wisconsin. Judge Johnson ] was taken sick Sunday evening, April i 27th, and eleven days later breathed ^ his last, surrounded by his stricken \ * 1 i. r family and every aid ana conuwv < that medical skill could employ and j that kind, ministering hands could ) offer. His death was due to a com-1 ? plication of diseases, resulting from' ] a savage, protracted attack of the , Spanish influenza, which visited him j early in last December, and which , I held him in its clutches for a little J j I more than two months. This dread ( J ' disease left him sorely weakened, and, B when he was taken sick a little over^ ( I a week ago his condition was grave J I from the first. j l I Judge Johnson is survived by hls'( I wife and the following children: Jo-'< j seph T. Johnson, Jr., Miss Mary ? I Johnson. Harvey W. Johnson, Lau- j I rens Johnson, Benjamin Oswald < r~ Johnson, Charles Edwin Johnson and e Elizabeth Johnson. A sister, Mrs. E.'t J. Allen, of Greenville, S. C., and a t brother, W. H. Johnson, of Halifax, t Nova Scotia, also survive him. j j Joseph Travis Johnson was born j at Brewerton, Laurens county, on a ]< farm sixty-one years ago?the date1 c' of his birth being February 28, 1858. ? - He was graduated from Erskine col- c lege with the class of 1879; subse^fc quently he finished his education i with postgraduate courses at Vander-Jp bilt University. He was admitted to a the practice of law in all the coun- 0 ties of South Carolina on May 30,it 1883. After successfully practicing t law for a number of years at Lau- c rens he moved with his family to t 1/ ! [ Spartanburg some 18 years ago. f Shortly after locating in this city ne j was elected to congress succeeding t: Hon. Stanyarne Wilson. Judge John-; p son was sworn in as a member of h ^ the 57th Congress and for 16 years 0 i in sequence ably, faithfully and con- 0 J scientiously represented the Fourth h district in the national house of rep-; s< resentatives. He was chosen for an-J j other term when the western federal s | district was created and he was chos-j en the judge of that district, having j the endorsement of the entire South: g Carolina delegation in Washington, j g On April 1, 1915 he was sworn in asj r United States judge and immediately i v assumed his judicial duties. , ! s KfiBfigBBBSBfiiia f8 t jt "Bayer Cross" on Tablets. : i American Owned, Entirely ! 1t i HEADACHE I; nnrn rfluti RIGHT j; AWAY [, "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" 11 Offer Relief?with Safety! \ For Headache-Colds j, Neuralgia . Grippe ( 1 l! i uuuidLuc uuiucuzai ouiui | c Earache Achy Joints ! i Rheumatism Neuritis t Lumbago Pain! Pain! c Adults?Take one or two' "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" | with water. If necessary, re- t - - peat dose three times a day. |j |1 ASPIRIN : bptrfn is the trade mark of Bayer Manufac tare o? Monoaceticacideatcr of iUiicylicacid ( Buy the Bayer packages only. 5 20-cent package?Also larger tires. !i Mawaaaaaaaaail fc>. - . "v , . . .. BUILD NOW AND SAVE MONEY. J "Right now is the time to do your < auildng," declares The Times ot Tampa, Fla., which continues: 1 "Next to the problem of feeding < ;hese hungry people (in Europe), i :omes in urgency, that of rebuilding 3 ;heir desolated homes. Over large i ireas of territory in France and Bel- 1 ?ium, the homes of people were 1 wantonly destroyed by the brutal I 3uns. These must be rebuilt, and the United States will be called upon to furnish the materials. It presages ;he greatest demand for lumber this :ountry has ever known, for Europe nust look to America for the bulk of ler supply. Her natural source of supply, which before the war was Russia, Austria-Hungary and Sweden, for obvious reasons cannot' supply the extraordinary demand which vill come as soon as the rebuilding arocess is well under way, and Am-i ;rica must fill the gap. "Already France has placed an or- j ier for 750,000,000 feet and Eng- j and is calling on Canada for one ] million feet. Greece wants 700,000,- ] )00 feet, and Italy as much more.! ] Stocks in other European countries' j ire reduced almost to the vanishing j joint, and the demand upon the for- i ;sts of America i)ids fair to be limit- * id only by the capacity of the mills 5 0 supply, and of ships to transport 1 he lumber across the water. Added ] 0 this immense coming foreign de- t nand will be a more than ordinary ( Lome demand, for, as everybody ^ mows, building has been held up c luring the four years of war. t "The lesson is, or should be, obvl- I us to every person contemplating t uilding in the near future. Lumber c trill not be cheaper than it is at the c iresent moment. It is likely to score 1 big advance as soon as the extra- I rdinary demand begins to be felt on I his side of the Atlantic. If you are c hinking of building it can be done t heaper right now, than it can in 1 he next two or three, or possibly j I lira rooro TVio a ccrrp ?> ; : t. A niltnut of I t lTV *"v r? ? Lmerican mills under normal condi- C ions .is about 40,000,000,000 feet er annum, but for the past year it I as been slightly under 70 per cent, t f normal, due mainly to a shortage _ f labor. The moral is plain if youj ave buildin gto do, do it now, and ave money." The Chronicle of Augusta, Ga., ays: "Construction activities are alwaya ndicative of progressiveness ana :rowth. Following the advice ot ;overnment officials, the American >eople ought to build now, to take ip the slack of unemployment, which vhile not serious in the South, is erious in some sections. "After much research work and :oing to the bottom of conditions, he government agents have reported hat building materials and labor are lot likely to be much cheaper, and 11 XT A ;he indications are, maeea, tnac mces will be higher." *EW MARKET AGENT FOR THE EXTENSION SERVICE Clemson College, May 13.?'Mr. F. j. Harkey has been appointed field igent in marketing for the Extenion Service of Clemson College. He akes the place which has been va? ant since the resignation a year ago >f Mr. Fred Eoffman, who resigned o enter the military services. ?- tt?i - xt?av r> ivir. narKtsy is <x nuim ^aivuiuan, vho has been with the Bureau of Markets of the Department of Agri:ulture for the past several years vith special attention to the marketng of fruits and vegetables. His vork with the Extension -Service of }lemson College will be the directing >f -all the marketing activities of the Extension Service. His appointment >ecomes effective May 15, with headjuarters at Clemson College. With the greater attention being fiven to crops other' than cotton, here is a wide neia ior service 10 he farmers in marketing surplus >roducts profitably, and the Exteniion Service as well as the farmers >f the state are fortunate in securng a good man who has had wide exjerience in marketing problems. ?EW COMMITTEE RATES IN THE NEXT HOUSE Washington, May 12.?Readjustment of proportional party representation on the various committees' ){ Congress is a necessary circum-! stance of every shift of party control ?and, indeed, of every important: :hange in proportionate representa-^ ;ion of the parties in Congress, even when the party control does not shift' I [t is particularly interesting in view )f the approaching extra session. Democratic members of the House will be interested to know that their colleagues who are in Washington it this time' have obtained by very reliable "grapevine wire" the infor nation mat on ine principal coxinmi;ees, except the Ways and Means, j ;he minority in the 66th Congress isj ;o be allowed eight members out ofi ;he committee total of twenty-^one.! rhis is one less for the Democrats! :han the Republicans were allowed in! ;he last Congress, but the reduction J seems not unreasonable when it is replied that the Democratic control in :he last Congress was by a margin of ( jnly four or five out of the entire membership, whereas the Republ!-, :ans have a margin of between 40 and 50 over the Democrats in the In-' i :oming 66th. A Startling Innovation. There is only one really startling feature of the Republican pro gramme as it has been confidentially I revealed to the Democrats who are I lere. They are to be told that the. proportion of representation on the *reat Ways and Means Committee s to be 15 for the majority and 10 for the minority (the former total nembership of this committee was! 23), and that one of the ten must >e Representative Whit P. Martin, of Louisiana! The same liberty is to be! ;aken in the case of Representative Dharles H. Randall, of California,) vhom the Democrats are required to ! :hoose as one of their 8 members ofj he big Postoffice Committee. The Republicans very kindly volunteer hat tfcey will themselves take care M >f Representative M. Clyde Kelly >f Pittsburgh. 5 Kelly has demonstrated he can o ?eat the Republican regulars in the p ^ttsburgh sectional, ana that is p loubtless the reason why they agree E o take him into their fold. In the li ast Congressional Directory the ii >rief biography of Mr. Kelly says b hat he was re-elected to the 65th h Congress "receiving 18,636 votes on A Washington, "Roosevelt-Progressive, p democratic, and Prohibition tickets, n o 18,385 votes for W. H. Coleman o \ * We are experience have the same meth< use the same parts n anteed by us as to 11 j Don't try to do it; . Wo aw ofpHinty a j I... w t> o Touring Car, $52! Sedan, $775. These * REAL E S city property. These 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and one-half miles from Abbeville in Sharon neighborhood; close to school and church. ' Three-room house and barn. Price per acre $32.50. 82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND? 4 miles south of Abbeville. Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10 acres of fine branch bottoms, 35. acres in cultivation, balance in' woods both pine and ash. Rented for this year. Near school house. Price per acre $20.00 LOT?on South side ot town, 150x150 feet. Price, $150.00 156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 miles Southeast of Abbeville S. C. Six room dwelling, 3room tenant house, barn. About 2-horse farm rented for this year. Good bottom land, plenty ashe wood and timber. Price $4,400. TWO GOOD RESIDENCES? on North Main Street, for sale. Ask for prices. -TWO STORY DWELLING?6room, hall, electric lights and sewerage, 5 minutes walk from square. Bargain at OO'OSZ'l* n Keystone, Bull Moose, and Ke- 1 ublican tickets." It would thus ap- f ear that Mr. Kelly was more of a lemocrat at that time than a Repub- A can, but the announcement of the ,1 itended friendly disposition of him o y the regulars probably implies that h e has accepted their olive-branch, p ts the Kelly district is normally Re- n ublican by a heavy majority, that s lember can more easily take charge t f the G. 0. P. band-wagon than the ( 9 THE UNIVE sd and know how to give ads, machinery and skill lade by the Ford Motor ( lie reliability of our servi yourself. Bring it to us. Few Ford cars and can pr 5; Runabout, $500; One * prices f. o. b. Detroit. E.F. AR V TATE J2& are good investments? 120 ACRES?Four miles South S East of Abbeville, dwelling, tenant house, well, 500 cords wood, some saw timber. Cheap at $17.50 per acre. ^ 166 ACRES?6 miles from Abbeville. Good dwelling, barn tenant house, located in Lebanon section, close to school and church. Price per acre $30.00 . ^ FOR QUICK SALE?120 Acre Tract of Land 2 miles from town, with a six room dwelling, barn, good pasture, enough to pasture 40 head of cattle. Rents for 5 bales cotton. Price $60.00 Per Acre ( 5-ROOM DWELLING? On South Main Street, at Cotton Mill. Price, $1,-100.00 List Your Property } Rent or Ea Jno. F. Su Abbeville, - )emocratic if it is a question of c reedom to choose. - 1 As to Representatives Whit P. c fartin, of Louisiana, and Charles H. ( )andall, of California, the specialty r f the former is high protection, and j e has been suspected of Bull Moose i roclivities; while Mr. Randall has t lade prohibition his particular t tandby, and has paid very little at- c ention to party affairs in the past t Congress. Neither one of them would v ???? RSALCAR service to the owners o that are in use in the F Company. Ford owners ce on Ford cars. omise fairly good delive j Ton Truck Chassis, $5f NOLD " for immediate sale owing country and Ask About Them -ROOM COTTAGE? Right at High School, on Parker St Lot 80x198. ] Price, ' $1,600.00. . 6 ACRE?Tract of land, 8 1-2 v; miles from Hodges, 8 miles v-j from Abbeville, good dwelling, barn and outhouses. Price, $1,650.00 . 13 ACRE TRACT?2 1-2 mUes from town, 1-horse farm open, dwelling, /barn, good , well, good bottom and pasture lands. Party that buys eets 2 bales cotton rent. rtT Price, per acre, $35.00 lOOD RESIDENCE?Close in, 4 large rooms, hall and kitchen. Worth $2,000.00, will . sell for $1,650.00. > ^ M iVith Me, for Sale, y :change. J M itherland :J| - ? South Carolina. ' are to be absorbed into the Repubican fold. Both claim to be Demo- J ^ irats and were so elected to the 66th : '-j >- J Congress, and their Districts are lormally Democratic. But the Bemblicans are determined that noth- ' ^ ng shall be done to them to matte ' hem suffer in committed prestige >ecause of their independent rec>rds. So, it's "Woodman, spare that "i ree!"?-with a gun levelled at * the voodman's head. ? ; i -m ?11 g ' .-i-SS . ' * : -m - i 'A y V ; >v. ' \ v&i f Ford cars. We is ord Factory. We are doubly guar A * J >0; Coupe, $650; \ 9 ! ?^|P . ; * > - ' ? ? -?