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GENERAL NEW Meet in Greenwood. Charlotte, N. C., June 13.?The Southern Furniture Dealers Association adjourned its seventh convention here today after election of of - n ? .Q ficers ana selection oi UtCCiinvvu) m. C., as the next convention city. \ Enough Daylight Saved. Washington, June 13.?A rider repealing the daylight savings law, effective when the clocks are turned back in October, was added to the agricultural appropriation bill today by the senate agricultural committee. The vote was unanimous. Prohibition Repeal. Washnigton, June 13.?Seventy thousand representatives of organiz, ed labor, headed by Samuel W. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will participate in a flag day demonstration to be held on the steps of the capitol tomorrow in favor of repeal of the war time prohibition law and exemption of beer and light wines under the national prohibition amendment. Soldiers to El Paso. Washington, June 13.?Orders sending the Twenty-fourth Infantry to El Paso from Columbus, N. M., were issued by Maj. Gen. Derosey C. Cabell, commanding the Southern department. General Cabell has wide latitude in arranging his forces to meet border emergencies, it was pointed out, and it requires no authority from the department for him to transfer regiments or other units to points of danger, ? ? ! New Batik at Cloirer. York, June 13.?A new banking institution, which will be known as the First National Bank and Trust Company, has been organized at Clover. The capital of the bank will be $25,000 and that of the trust ' company $10,000. The institution is expected to be ready for business within two or three months. Clover, EXPERT T1R1 Four years experi Let us look over y< MARTIN a At City A A Hsu was Mrs. Paul Ada Street, Montgomi used to drag aron weak and bad nc i&X&fh thing. My appet; SSBRgak uerveB were alwt sJfiKxtful ever I ate turn< 3jgjP^?SSl would belch it up j&jV-3rl kept me swelled Tv 1 were badly const A v*/\ I /) "1 bought a boi / \ /7jo\ \ // believe tne first d y .\ / 1 y/ I'm like a differei \ SLXiVla /f /A work is a TTO^t W\ a drag. My bowe J ' )if/ \ more gas on my f f//s ) belching. 1 sleep [ fine appetite." J DRECO is mac ^^-*v4?3*j extracts of man ?~i \ plants wbicb act i In a pleasant anc t pr i tiH mmm ?n Pure Ice Manufactured Under SOFT DRINKS i Sof CIGARETTES TOBACCOS C^n T CANDIES FRUITS We ? CIGARS tbe mo! licit yoi Abbeville Ca I fS CONDENSED 1: | one of the most thriving towns in ( J York County, already has one bank, . j the Bank of Clover, which is in flour- j ishing condition. F'ntovc PvntniK | , Washington, June 12.?Appearing!, j before the ways and means commit-,, tee to protest against the proposition!} ! of chairman Forney to increase j j j heavily the tariff on potash in order j ^ | to protect the domestic potash in-! ( j dustry Representative J. F. Byrnes, j of South Carolina, declared that | the adoption of the Fordney bill ? would prove exceedingly injurious to , the farmer of the country and ar- 1 gued that instead of costing the do- , mestic producers from $400 to $600 , a ton to produce, as had been assert- j ed, the cost of producing potash in this country is from $120 to $160 a ton. ( Colonial House Burned. j Florence, June 13?The lovely old , colonial home of Mr. Maxcy Gregg, ( near Mars Bluff, was completely de- '] stroyed by fire about 4 o'clock yes- j j terday mornig, together with its en- i | tire contents. Among the articles | destroyed were many vaiuaDie iam- s ily relics in the way of silver, pic- < tures and furniture, which, for their | I intrinsic worth ,could not be valued ? in dollars and cents. The property destroyed, however, was valued at ] upwards of $7,000, on which Mr. Gregg barely escaped alive with his night clothes from the burning building. The fire was evidently staijted j by rate, J a " x ;>*!*.], n n n 300,OQO Army Specified. . I Washington, June 13?The senate i today passed the army appropriation j bill after debate lasting three days. \ The bill as passed, carried approxi- c mately $700,000,000, a reduction of ( $110,000,000 from the amount rec- i ommended by the military commit- ? 1 tee. t Reduction of the average army for t the next fiscal year from 400,000 to ??? < E REPAIRING j ========================= ] ence in tire building. ours. nd PENNAL. Garage* Jfim as of 717 Decatur , M ;r?,XvA1^' says:* "I 9 . nd the bouse feeling /aCTiX II J energy to do any- I ite was off and my 8 iye on edge. What- R < *2 to water and I ' OVUi UUU UUl. uuo ^ g ose helped me^Now jJf ' ^pleasure Instead of \WhsKJ ^ stomach, nor water \\ \j"|| sonnd and have a \\ \ ^"18 < y medicinal herbal J Ah on the vital organs \\ / / I 1 prompt manner. \\ J / VB MM Cream? Sanit/irv Conditions t Drinks and lfections ire prepared to terre you in it courteous manner and bo* ur patronage. ndy Kitchen 300,000 men was also ordered by the house. Through a special rule the rider to the bill preventing the ivar department from making any future purchases of real estate without the authority of congress was idonted. To SrH Surplus Meat. Wa -hir^ton, June 13.?Circulars liave occn sent to between 34,000 and 4 3.000 public and charitable institutions and dealers in canned neats advertising the 143,000,000 pounds of surplus meat on hand in :he war department, it was stated officially today. Public bids will be opened June 20 and bidders meanwhile are being jiven an opportunity to inspect the neats, it was stated. Secretary of SVar Baker announced that every jffort is being made to sell the unlsed army meats to the American public. Court Dutch Press. Berlin, June 13?Letters exchanged between officials of the league for jroteccion or wiinam 11, one 01 vhich refers to a remittance of 20,)00 marks to Holland for the purJose of "cUltivatin" the Dutch press, ire printed by the socialist paper ^orwaert?. The newspaper fears ;hat the league must spend consideribly more than this on its propaganla "in view of the determination of ;he entente to have the ex-emperor mrrendered." ?0 MONEY ALLOWED . TO BUY CAMP SITES Washington, June 13.?Because of ;he arbitrary and narrow policy shown by the House, Republicans, in jutting a provision in the pending nilitary appropriation bill to prevent ;he use for the purchase of land of my moneys carried by it, or of any mexpended previous balances, the mtlcrok for the purchase of the site >f Camp Jackson by the government s very gloomy. Unless the Senate ihows more intelligence and fairness ;he bill with its astonishing inhibi;ion will be enacted. Representative A. L. Lever of the listrict in which Camp Jackson is situated, led the flight today to amend ;he bill by permitting "obligated" salances to be used for the purchase jf land, but he was defeated by the brute force of the opposing majority The South Carolinian declared that bo adopt the bill as its stands is to cause the government to violate its solemn obligations to American citiNOTICE OF MEETING. The annual meeting of the citizens Df Abbeville School District will be held in the Court House at 7:15 a'clock Tuesday evening, June 24, 1919, for the purpose of hearing reports of trustees, election of three trustees and the transaction of any jther business that may come before the meeting. The three trustees tvhose terms expire are Messrs. J. L. McMillan, C. II. McMurray and H. R. McAllistr. J. S. Morse, 5-10-17-24. Sec. of Board. ? J STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbevil ?. Probate Court Citation for Letters of Administration. By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of Probate: Whereas, Ralph W. Adams, hath made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects, of Samuel Adams, late of Abbeville County, deceased. nn U n?A TU f A Alf O QT1/) lUCdC U1C XUC1CXU1P) IU UilU admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Samuel Adams, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court House, on Saturday, the 21st of June, 1919, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause ,if any they have, why f>io oaiH A/^minisfrntinn should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of the Court, lliis 7th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred an J nineteen, and in the 143rd year of American Independence. Published on the 9-h day of June, 1919, in ths Press and Banner and nn the Court- door for the time required by law. J. F. MILLER, 6-10-3t. ' Judge of Probate. DOORS AT CLEMSON TO CLOSE TUESDA1 I Clemson College, June 13.?Fina examinations are being complete! ; this week and commencement exei cises for the session 1918-19 will h held Sunday morning, baccaulaurat sermon by Dr. W. L. Lingle of Rich i mond, Va., Sunday afternoon, bam concert and open air reception to vis itors and students; Sunday evening closing exercises of the Y. M. C. A and an address by the Rev. Willian L. Ball of Spartanburg. ' 4 Monday, June 16, come the closin) exercises of the literary societies, ii which there will be an orator's con test for the trustee medal, and th delivery of the society diplomas am medals. Monday afternoon from ! to 5 o'clock the shops and labora tories will be open for exhibition t visitors. From 5 to 6:30 militar; drills and dress parade will be heli and the contest for the best drillei individual cadet for the R. W. Simp son medal. Monday afternoon at 2:30 th alumni association will hold its annu al meeting and election .of officer and on Monday evening the alumn address will be delivered by A. B Bryan, class of 1889. Tuesday, June 17, will Jbe gradua tion day and the exercises will in elude orations by representative from the senior class, and address t zens, and also to cause the govern ment itself a great loss because im provements built on leased land ^ re vert to the owners' of the land. In this connection Mr. Lever cite* figures furnished by Assistant Secre tary of War Crowell to show that th j government would actually save ?2, 500,000 by purchasing the fourteei ;camp sites which the War Depart ment wishes to kdep. It is estimate< that there will be loss by damage, lia bility and reversion of improvement amounting to about $5,500,000 if thi purchase of the sites is not permit ted. I BS A* ^ d Dress* That is just | and good clc I something w into the seai Hk that stamps Stroi ing makers. Eac hand and reflects taste of the wear* vide variety of n ./ iIBLANDE the graduating class by Gov. Robert f A. Cooper, the delivery of diplomat. to the 98 members of the graduating 1 class, the awarding of medals andl d hnrinrs anrf nnnnnnppmpirfc nf pa. j det officers for the first term of the e j following year. e Arrangements are being made as ^ | usual for the entertainment of pari ents, relatives and friends of the | graduating class in- the new barracks. '! Everything will be done to make the "! commencement exercises pleasant I for the cadets and their visitors and j the indications point to a large atP? I I tendance. n _ e SOLID READING FOR SOLDIERS. 1 2' ! One hundred and thirty-two thousand volumes of solid reading for o 1 the soldiers of the American Expedi^ tionary Forces in France and of the ^ Army of Occupation have been placed in the mails in the last two months as gifts of the American peopie sent through the Y. M. C. A. Unlike the famous five foot shelf of V?r?/>lra fViaco vnlnitlP.Q WATA flftTlt Olltl g UWaO| VilVUV V VAMMOWW IT V<BW WW? ? J in sets of sixty each to 2,200 men do-j ing religious work in the field. Each collection is known as the Chaplains' or Religious Secretaries' Libraries, to be used by the Army and Y. M. C. s s OURNE / . ? a HAS JUST BEEN EQUIP] e I WITH MACHINERY FOR I KINDS OF MACHINE WC . I TT caillvi o ?| OLUMOBIIE Md CHAR I 525 Broad St. .' S ^ t?t? shook * 0101. i?c.. i >d or Wefl-E .1 t/tf 1 the difference oet >thes. There is th oven into the fabr ns of A 3WWU0T MADE BY STROU3E & BROTHERS, Inc., BALTIMOHE. ise & Brothers leaders ii h garment be ars the imp the good judgment an 3r. Come in today and h ew spring sty.es in these \ RSQKCG., aOT j A. men in their religions 'wmtk m- , | ^mor.g the soldiers. The "bosfe ' >|J| be loaned to the soldiers their requests. JOHN A. HOLLAND^ , : . f The Greenwood Kbbo Mm. VJ. 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