Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SJLA MR GEO. M. WRIGHT PRESIDENT: At a meeting of the board of directors of the Watts Cotton Mills at Laurens today, J. Adger Smith, Jr.,j resigned as president of that mill, I and George M. Wright, who has beenj manager of the Goldville mills, at! Goldville, S. C., was elected presi- t? dent, according to news received here. The change in management,' ?* it was stated, is effective at once. The Watts mills has approximately 45,000 spindles. A number ofj Greenville business men have stock 0( in this mill.?Greenville Piedmont. ar Mr. Wright is well known in Ab- ^ beville, having married Miss Jen ce White some years ago. His success to as a mill man gives pleasure to a' wide circle of friends here. _ _ C< i I wan^ "v6ur?- I b I MONEY TO &ROW? I a I SUTHERLAND P es I 11 la ~ Gl de Put your money in the | ground and watch it grow. That's where every valuable se thing comes from?out of the J( ground. Want to buy a build- W: ing lot on easy terras? Call and i ' of see us. Want a home of your ^ own?. We will show you how ^ to acquire it. Farm property? el Talk it over with us. A I ci | be ????????? I se 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and one-half miles from Abbeville in Sharon neighborhood; close to school and church. ca Three-room house and barn. Price per acre $32.50. sa er 82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND? ce 4 miles south of Abbeville. a Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10 acres of fine branch bottoms, f0] 35 acres in cultivation, bal- ou ance in woods both pine and es, ash. Rented for this year. e(j Near school house. ics Price per acre. $20.00 gti lui?on ooutn siue uj. whii, - v 150x150 feet. Price, $150.00 156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 da; miles Southeast of Abbeville tei S. C. Six room dwelling. 3- lin room tenant house, barn. dir About 2-horse farm rented ne for this year. Good bottom of land, plenty ashe woou and pn timber. Price $4,40C. be go | TWO STORY DWELLING?6- de room, hall, electric lights and C01 sewerage, 5 minutes walk ! from square. Bargain? at co $1,250.00 Di 166 ACRES?6 miles from Abbeville. Good dwelling, barn tic tenant house, located in Leb- ? anon section, close to school 1. g and church. | Price per acre $30.00 ' 5-ROOM DWELLING? On South Main Street, at Cotton Mill. Price, $1,100.00 5-ROOM COTTAGE? Right at ? High School, on Parker St. Lot 80x198. Price, $1,600.00. 36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2 miles from Hodges, 8 miles from Abbeville, good dwell- x ing', barn and outhouses. . Price, $1,650.00 43 ACRE TRACT?2 1-2. miles from town, 1-horse farm open, dwellipg,barn, good well, good bottom and pas- I ture lands. Party that buys y gets 2 bales cotton rent. . Price, per acre,. $35.00 MI.BJJILJII J. !!! 1 it GENERAL NE1 King George Congratulated. Paris, June 3.?President Wils day sent a telegram of congratu an to King George on the occasi ' the king's birthday Indian Bill to Senate. Washington, June 3.?With $2 )0 added for educational purpo id without reductions, the $15,00 )0 Indian appropriation passed ntly by the house was sent tod the senate. Revolt in Hungary. Berlin, June 3.?Via Londor sunter revolutionary uprising h* icurred in many towns and villaj Western Hungary, according ports received here. Hundreds fugees are arriving daily at 1 ustrian frontier. Dominick Wants Trophies. Washington, June 3.?Congre an Dominick is desirous that wl: e secretary of war or the other i orities distribute the many capt I German cannon now in the Unil ates that the towns in his distr i not neglected. He has mtroauc bill asking that the following pi be remembered: Pickens, Walh , Seneca, Newberry, McCormi reenwood, Honea Path, Belton, / irson and Abbeville. Contests Filed. Washington, June 3?Contests : ats in the house were filed tod >seph P. Carney, Democrat of IV aukee, presented claims to the s< : Victor Berger, Socialist, becai : the latter's conviction of violat: f the espionage law and Jan ickersham, Republican, claim: ection by a majority of votes laskan delegate, asked the place fiarles Sulzer, Democrat, who d ifore congress was called into ex ssion. Carranza Troops Flap. Laredo, Texas, June 3.?A Me n who arrived from Parral, C lahua, saying he had been giv fe conduct by Gen. Angeles, iej of the revolutionary moveme ntered there, declared today tt regiment of newly equipped Ci nza troops sent to attack Vi rces at Parral had gone over wil t an encasement to the rebel fo: Their equipment, he said, inclu 600 horses purchased by the Me in Government from the Unit ates remount station at Fort Bli: Banker* See Gaffney. Gaffney, June 3.?On next Thui y the bankers of Gaffney will e tain Group 5 of the South Cai e Bankers' Association with mer at the Hotel Carroll, the bu ss meeting to be held at the rooi the Chamber of Commerce. It abable that these gentlemen w taken over some of Cherokei od roads while in Gaffney, in c r that they may see what tl unty has in that line. These ge ??? 4-V?A /i Ann + iflc will ?men arc xrum one v,wum;iv^ ??*?* mpose the Fifth Congressior strict and the people of Cherok not think that htey are in a po in to know what good roads ar< MED HER _ll lis Years Ago, Thinking She ] She Is a Well, Strong \ Her Royse City, Tex.?Mrs. Mary 1 nan, of this place, says; "After >irth of my little girl...my side cc nenced to hurt me. I had to go b: o bed. We called the doctor, reated me...but I got no better. ;ot worse and worse until the mis yas unoearaDie...i was in Dea hree months and suffered sucli age hat I was just drawn up In a knot I told my . husband if he would ne a bottle of Cardui I would try it : commenced taking it, however, tl ;vening I called my family ab ne... for I knew I could not 1 nany days unless I had a change m CONDENSED | | ce Headquarters Come From 81st. w ;on Washington, June 3.?Headquar- er la- ters of the Eighty-First ('Wild Cat') ei ion Division and headquarters of the cc One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Artil- pi lery Brigade of the same division are| I due in New York June 11 aboard j 5,- the transport Cape Finistere, the war ses department announced today. Offi- jjj 0,- cers on the vessel include Brig. Gen. m re- Andrew Moses, in command of the c0 lay artillery brigade. bi Expected arrival of the Ducaim d' Abruzzi at New York June 15 ^ with detached units also was an- aj '? nounced. m ivej ^ T] jesj Grand Jury Verdicts. ar toj Columbia, June-3.?The Richlandjea of: county grand jury today issued truejte -he | bills for murder against Eugene M. Lancaster, traffic policeman for the y, city of Columbia, for the killing of ,Q( his wife and Newton S. Lorick here'gj ss- last Wednesday afternoon. | qj 'en Lancaster shot his wife five times! g( *u- and Lorick six times when he met ur-jthem coming over the Gervais street ;ed| bridge in Lorick's automobile to-! 'ictjgether. They died almost instantly.) J I -ea. It is said that Lancaster was prompt- jj ac-;ed to his deed through marital -* 1 - - * " J i-iJ.ix. 4.1.I ai-i felicity ana auegea innueui.y uu mc cc ck, part of his wife. , jn Ln- 1 ec Win Fight. Washington, D. C., June 3.?Rep- tj resentatives Whaley and Lever and ^or others who made a fight for a steeray ing committee of the minority in the ^ House to assist in the leadership Ba^ have apparently won their fight to a ^ ase large extent, although former Speakl0n er Champ Clark was unanimously 1?s made party leader. in? The special committee appointed q. as to consider and report on the steer- s< ing committee proposition has de- to 'e(* cided to advise the establishment of|re tra what is to be called an advisory com- m mittee to assist Mr. Clark, and this C recommendation will undoubtedly th . be adopted. th XI, . h? Russia Needs Wheat. O'S en | id-' Paris, June 3.?A preliminary sur- pc ;nt vey of the import necessities of Eulat rope except Russia shows that the: ir- area will need 700,000,000 bushels^' 11a of wheat and rye at a minimum or ;h- 850,000,000 bushels as a possible: re- maximum. Herbert C. Hoover, head| id- of the allied relief organization, said;If Fi !X- in a statement issued today. The ex_'^t ed port surplus of wheat and rye from ^ as. the larger exporting countries indicate that the needs of Europe can ? be met. Mr. Hoover estimates the *3- exports of the United States at 470,n 000,000 bushels. Consumption in o- the United States has increased to a a remarkable degree, he says. si ns Large Tobacco Crop. 1S Darlington, June 3.?The pros^ pects for an unusually large tobacco i 8 crop in this county were never bet>r~ ter. A very large acreage has been 113 planted and in most sections thei n" prospects for a good crop are good. I i There may be occasional stands that: ia!| are not what they might be, but on| ee I the whole, the promise is good. S1", Milling & Williams, a large firmj j of warehousemen, preparatory toj FAMILY 0 HER BEDSIDE! Mmfit DiV Saw Tmsi IjJt. But Now '"6? ?#? ? Voman and Praises Cardai For Recovery. ?il- the better. That was six years ago the and I am still here and am a well, j strong woman, and I owe my life to Cardui. I had only taken half tha ick bottle when I began to fee! better. The misery in my side got less... I 1 continued right on taking the Cardui ery until I had taken three bottles and I for did not need any more for I was well and never felt better in my life... I my have never had any trouble from that day to this." get Do you suffer from headache, back ache, pains In sides, or other discom- j hat forts, each month? Or do you feel j out weak, nervous and fagged-out? If bo, j ast give Cardui, the woman's tonic, a for trial. J. 71 j indling a bumper crop, are havin ctensive additions made to their a! sady large warehouse. Their floo lace will be increased about 25 pe ;nt. There are four very larg arehouses in Darlington at the pres it time, and a large corps of buj s, representing all of the larg incerns, are always here. Goo ices are expected. Good Roads Applications. At its monthly meeting in Coluir a yesterday the State highway com ission received application from 1 iunties for federal aid on road an idge projects an dagreed to recom end the construction of projects i: ese counties on which a total o ipoximately $462,080 of feders oney is ultimately to be expended tie counties receiving federal ai id the total amounts awarded t ich of them by the commission yes rday follows: Aiken, $70,000; Saluda, $20,000 ork, $14,000; Orangeburg, $70, )0; Sumter, $68,000; Pickerts, $15, )0; Lee, $43,200; Barnwell, $5,000 herokee, $25,000; Chester $43,000 eaufort, $13,000; Allendale, $20, )0; Clarendon, $40,000; Unior ik nnn Delegations of good roads enthusi its from Aiken, Lee, Barnwel ampton, Allendale and Spartan irg attended the meeting of th immiesion and advocated project which their counties were interesl 1. The commission passed a resoli on providing tha' * wooden brie is are to be built o.i State roa rojects without special permissio om the commission. [ETHODISTS OF THIS STATE LEA] Darlington, May 31.?Rev. A. , authen, centenary secretary of th Duth Carolina Conference, returne iday from Memphis, where the se< itaries of the Southern conference et and canvassed the result of th intenary drive. Mr. Cauthen wishe ie Methodists of the State to kno-1 iat the South Carolina Conferenc is been given the flag for goin rer the top first. It was at first re >rted that Louisiana was the first t port her quota raised, but it wa ter discovered that a mistake wa ade and that the honor belonged South Carolina Conference. Mi rnthen said that reports to Mem lis showed that his conference ha< ised without credits $1,399,370 irthermore the South Carolin! inference leads in the percentagi over payment of allotment. wjL S SECURIT Y OIL '?! ? | STANDARD ll " | OILCOMRANY ^ (nrvjuurvi The "Simple Cook this summer on a IS Cookstove. It will save care of many needless ho With this stove you can low kitchen-and-dining r ?no bother with coal o smoke or soot. The lonj sures the intense white fl STA] - Washingt Norfolk, Richmon di g wwwvwwwww 1- V V 1 r V BETHIA NEWS. V s r V V e WVVVVVVWVV^ V W < 5- ] r- Bethia, June 3.?We are having e plenty of dry weather, giving the; i d farmers plenty of time to get the ( grass killed and be ready when the. I good rain comes. c There was quite a crowd at the , t picnic at Bethia Saturday. There 4 was plenty to eat and all seemer to ] enjoy the day. The ladies society j ( j made a nice sum off the ice cream | land lemonade. n -! Mrs. Lucile Evans spent Saturday ^ I | night with her mother, Mrs Jim Link. I | Miss Carrie Metz and two brothers ^ I from near Hodges, -spent Saturday ' night with Miss Addie Woodhurst. I Mr. Billie Brock and brother from j Mt. Carmel, spent Saturday night . with their sister, Mrs. Jim Link. We are so glad to know that one moreof our boys has landed homej safe from overseas, Mr. John Spence of Troy. j I We are snrrv t.n sav that. Mr. and: j | Mrs. Henry McNeill has a very sick < baby. The little fellow was taken to' Abbeville to his grandmother's. * . Mrs. M. E. Beauford called to see , i- ~~ e |[ n* Relieve Your l: Rheumatism n For 25c. Nil Today?Re D I There are three vital processes of human existence,?the digestion of T food, the extraction of nourishment ' from it and the elimination o? (the [e waste. \ -Liet anytmng intenere wiui Tnese i a processes,?let them be Interrupted or ' improperly carrlcd on, and sickness of some kind follows. >3 Poor digestion and asslmJla- M V 1 tlon means failure to derive Q ,e full nourishment from food and that in turn often means im- H !S poverished blood, weakness, anemia, etc. Poor elimination " means an accumulation of waste _ matter which poisons the body, lowers vitality, decreases tho power of rccr slstance to disease and lead3 to the 6 development of many serious ills. !- Rheumatism,?due to some Interference with the process of elimination, ? failure to get rid of certain body s poisons,?cannot be ejected to yield to any medicine that rails to correct g the condition responsible for it. Could any reasonable person expect to rid i, himself of rheumatic pain as long as ; THE M'MURRAY E : 5? J L/UC g 111 it uungai few Perfection Oil fically correct?that you the time and or low at will. The usebold tasks. efficiently, dependat keep your bunga- time and ^ stove a oom clean and cool Don't let this summei r ashes?no odor, fashioned coal range, j blue chimney in- Aladdin Security C ame?one scienti- for all purposes?obt NDARD OIL COMPA1 (New Jersey) on, D. C. Baltimore, Md. Charlotte, P Va. Charleston, d, Va. Charleston, PERFECT A: ^TT, L COOK STOVt L? A Dr. Hunter Sabbath afternoon. He is jetting along nicely. Hope he will soon be out again. Mrs. John Beauford spent Friday ifternoon with her mother, Mrs John Hall. The Bethia boys have gotten up a lice baseball team and are going to *et uniforms and will be ready for ;he ball right. Miss Delia Wilson of Abbeville, spent the week-end with relatives in ind around Bethia. The Ladies Society of Bethia and Hopewell are invited up to Lebanon Friday to a mission study and will lave some exercises and dinner. CONVERSE COLLEGE CLOSES TODAY Spartanburg, June 1.?The twen;y-ninth commencement of Converse College will be held June 6-9. A arge class of young ladies will re:eive degrees. Many interesting erents are schedued for the several lavs' exercises. The annual address _ vill be delivered by the Hon. T. W. 3ickett, Governor of North Carolina. k L ^ k L 'i ^ V w V V VVV V V x x ations at Press and Banner Co. v _ NR does it by improving digestion, assimilation and elimination , the logical way. . lief or No ray rheumatic poison la allowed to r?? main In tha body. Think of this. It explains the sue* cess of Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) In so many cases where other medicines have failed. Thousands are using1 NR Tablets everyday and get^Ung relief. Why pay five or ten times as much for uncertain things? A 25c box of Nature's H A Remedy (NR Tablets), conli\ talning enough to last twentytt W five days,?must help you, muaH K I# give you prompt relief and satBtar isfactory benefit or cost you Wr nothing. And Nature's Remedy la not only; for the relief of rheumatism. It Improves digestion, tones the liver, regulates kidney and bowel action, Improves the blood and cleanses thai whole system. You'll feel like a new person when you've taken NR Tablets a week. You've tried the expensive medicines and doctors, now make tha real test You'll get results this time. Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) is sold, guaranteed and recommended by your druggist . kDirr" rnMDAMV F1VUU V/Vmi All l ''' - - 'I " :'/ I can be regulated high I New Perfection cooks nj >ly?means meals on amfort. All 6izes. I r find you using the old- , H See your dealer today. 9 )il is the best kerosene ainable everywhere. I NY I W.^a. 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