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9 FRIDAY, SEPThiMUH,k iy, ?yi?. forecasts crop ~ h below 10.000.000 I ^ St. Mathews, Sept. 15.?"Under ^ present conditions, with even a late t Hfrost, a cotton crop of less than ten t Hmillion bales is a certainty/ in the ^ opinion of J. S. Wannamaker, presi- ^ I Was a |||: Misery p Mis. F. M. Jones, of II* t 1af i*>m ^IPIO ttrf4i#C rB I !roUUvli V^.| Ifiuwt Rial a - "From the time I en- [IBUJ!" tered into womanhood Ijj m ... I looked with dread I H ^ from one month to the llo next I suffered with my lid back and bearing-down Kb lid pain, until life to me was jU c a misery. I would think I ] could not endure the I ' pain any longer, and I jc gradually got worse. * . J V f Nothing seemed to help I c< me until, one day, . Ilk . . . TAKE , |s UNI I The Woman's Tonic iS Irian took four bottles'" .in.11 mm Mrs. Jones goes on to [( || 0 M)SI say, "and was not only 111 III Hi U' greatly relieved, but can | U w BBB fl truthfully say that I have I I ^ HK MS not a pain. . . I I g MB S " It has now been two I Mil years since I took Cardui, || ? BHTttJj] and 1 am still in good [AJj " H health. . . 1 would ad- tl m S to use Cardui who is a 1 w |9j9j sufferer from any female ill S]B K If yousufferpaincaused I n M jS from womanly trouble, or I x H if you feel the need of a I I BR H good strengthening tonic I B 11 ^ jjj to build up your run-down y| of Mrs. Jones. TryCar- II c W dui. It helped her. We H jHfiv believe it will help you. I y HI AD Druggists lib! I FOR : Big FARM?146 1-2 acres six miles Up from railroad station, half mile f] Good community. Six-room hous< I lor StOCK, cotton nouae, cum unu, i four-acre Ho gpasture. __ Never-fai Fruit trees and grape vines. Pleni Three horse farm' open. On Calh line. Choice place and a bargain. LEWIS BLOUNT ABBEVILLE, SOU1 THE BUSINESS Just go to any first-class busines,1 there is for the untrained boy or j I He will tell you that success is very uncertain. He will advise you to go to scho tion. before you apply for it?he i man has no tune to teach you?tl will tell you?but it will all calmir ready?to be trained for business. That's why we invite you to ent GREENWOOD BUS! fCireenwoo Pure Ice 1 Manufactured Under S SOFT DRINKS I Soft CIGARETTES (tobaccos CANDIES VxOIlI : v FRUITS " We are CIGARS tbe most i " licit your Abbeville Cain ent of the American Cotton Assoiation. A statement given out by Mr. Vannamaker today for the associaion sets out the crop prxpects as ex remely gloomy. The average conition in the cotton belt for Septemer 12 is placed at 54.6. The crop is from three to four reeks late, it was declared; the ruiting is very poor, the bolls uner size and opening prematurely as result of adverse seasons and disased root system. Tests at ginner;s, moreover, have shown that the ine yield this season is running coniderably below normal. Continuing, the statement, asserts hat insect damage, which continues rith wide prevalence, has spread over he greatest area in history, and will how the greatest injury ever exerienced; that the acreage abandonlent will be the largest of any year. "Our record," Mr. Wannamaker aid, "show an acreage abandonment f Q 5>K ner pent, not including aban onment from boll weevil and insect amage. The Department of Agriulture has notified \y that it will ublish figures on the acreage abanonment by October 2. With early rosts, the report under this head will ertainly be startling. Even with a tte frost a crop under ten million ales Is a certainty." TRIKE IN MACON TAKES A NEW TURN Macon, Ga., Sept. 15.?On the eels of the unconditional surrender f 2,000 textile workers and their Element to return to work as soon s the mills re-open, police and firelen tonight have defied the order of le civil service commissioners that leir unions must be dissolved at nee. Chief of Police McWilliams, who as promoted on Saturday when hief Bowden resigned, declared at o'clock tonight that the policemen rho report off duty at midnight will eordered to turn in their badges or leir union cards. Former service men, many of whom ere members of the Rainbow divion, are ready to protect the city, is announced. These men have een assembled at the different artories, sworn in as sheriff's depues. Refuses to Enforce Order* It was reported tonight that Fire hief L. M. Jones, who had been orsred to obtain the union cards of all remen or resign, has refused to irry out the order. He is a memsr of the union. Chief Jones refusi to make a statement. The firemen are standing firm, evil hooting the members of the civil * SALE from court house, two miles rom church and school. Good j, largevjbam with eight stalls two sheds, etc. Large pasture, ling branch in both pastures. tv of wood. Good saw timber. ^ ? 1 /\ A 1 1 oun rails roaa. un teiepnone See J. DENDY MILLER ft! CAROLINA MAN KNOWS. - ?~ J auTj- liim nrltof />V?on/>o 5 man auu aon uuu nu?? vuhmw girl in the office. possible without training?but >ol?to get ready for the posiwill tell yoa that the business lese and many other things he late in the advice to you to get er our school. ENTER NOW. [NESS COLLEGE, d, S. C. Cream? anitary Conditions Drinks and ections..... prepared io serve you in :ourteou* manner and ?opatronage. idy Kitchen service commission when the order was read at the different engine houses of the city. "They'll have to put us out with guns," was the comment at the headquarters engine house. The police say they will remain en the job regardless of whether the mil/.Vioforo TViov nrp to turn IIOIJ WWVV vuwiftv. in their badges, it is said. The next move to dissolve the two unions'is not known at this time, but the events of the day have broken so rapidly that anything may be looked for before daylight. MANY DIE IN STORM AT CORPUS CHRISTI Houston, Texas, Sept. 15.?Late tonight a telephone message received here from Beeville stating that 120 bodies had been found on a roof eight miles from Portland, near White Point. Most of the dead the message said had been recognized as residents of Corpus Chricti. Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 15.? From fifteen to twenty-five persons are dead, approximately 4,000 are homeless and property damage, it is estimated, will reach $4,000,000 as a result of the tropical hurricane which raged here for twenty vhours from Saturday night until Monday night. The city is in distress and Mayor Gordon Boone has sent the following appeal to Governor Hobby," in Austin: "Please send at once t$m> compaj riies of National Guard, with supplies and join in an appeal for financial assistance. Condition here deplorable I and immediate help needed." Court House t Morgue. j The court house is being used as a morgue. At least a score of persons j are afloat in Neuces Bay tonight, where they were washed out by the waves. They were clinging to spard j and debris, and what few boats were J left undamaged in thestorm were being used tonight to recover them. ' The city is without drinking water, j .There were no lights or gas tonight: | and the food supply was insufficient! j Unless help reaches here tomorrow j I morning there will be serious suffer- j ing, it is feared. The railroad to the causeway has j I been washed away, but the town can' I be reached from the west. Word was j J received tonight that a train is com- j ing from St. Louis, Brownsville and ; Mexico. It was believed supplies j could be sent from Laredo. Swept Clean. The entire North beach residential section of the city has been swept clean, except the Spohn Sanitarium, the United States Public Health Ser|Vice hospital, which was occupied by thirty-sewn soldiers sent here for | treatment, and one frame dwelling house. Practically every frame building on the beach front of the city wasj destroyed, together with most of the boats moored there. The residence section , on the hill was slightly dam aged and a few houses were unroofed. SPORTSMEN MEET IN COLUMBIA SOON The idea of a South Carolina Sportsmen's Association which is now being organized originated through the accidental meeting of a few sportsmen in Columbia early last spring. These gentlemen were discussing the game situation in South Carolina and were unanimously of uie upiiuuu mat a uivvciuciiv *vi | "more game and better game laws" | would attract the favorable attention i of sportsmen throughout the State j and each of these gt>ntletaien agreed] to go home and discuss the matter! with the leading sportsmen in their locality. The idea met with such unii EDISON ! DEttlHSTRlIIOM At Antreville Wakefield Mercan*.:i~ r? ci. ~ UXC VU.) UlUI C, Saturday, Sept. 20, 5:30 P. M. Demonstration in Charge of Mr. Roy Power, of the Kerr Furniture 60. PUBLIC INVITED. versal approval that a Statewide movement was later agreed upon? the outcome of which is now the Sportsmen's Association of South vn&vuucit A meeting will be held in Columbia at an early date for the election of officers and it is expected that hundreds of sportsmen will gather in the capital city for the occasion. Matters of importance to every I sportsman will be discussed and a future plan of action by the association will be decided upon. A State charter will probably be secured as soon as organization plans have been completed. The purpose of the association will be to cooperate with the State game wardens in an equitable enforcement of laws; encourage the protection and propagation of all kinds of fish and game; establish free game preserves within the State; encourage j breeding and development of better 'hunting dogs and to promote an ap| preciation of sportsmanlike methods j in angling and hunting. "fe. C. Adams, Summerville, is tem! porarily acting as secretary and eV |'ery sportsman in this section is urg-' ed to send him their name' and ad' dress at once so they may be enroll'ed as members of the association. I Getting Better. Mr. J. W. McKee, Jr., was in the , city .several days this week. He is recovering his usual ^ood health af] ter being in a hospital in Chicago ' for a month. He has been in Hendersonville, N. C., for some time and came by Abbeville to 'get back to Columbia. . Selling and 8ervin lUIn/. U BflMIQ illlliy IOI C> *1 keep no man's mo unless he ia get! what he thinks is g service put of his clothes. HtowARrCiQTi MADE BY STROUSE A.BROTH?8 BALTIMORE MD. What Some one once asl to be. "Well, I think the; ground" was his rep] Style isxwhat a ma man?and something ciding factor. The r pose. We recommend E don't play on one stri There's a full me * i i 11 i are styles mai appea take their style withAnd we have the n what's best for you is J. M. j IF YOU NEED A Or Your Old One 1 REMEM We carry a line oi Reliable WILLARD . \ We Repair Batte Smathers M Abbeville, MHHMkiiii Farm Surveya WILLIAM L Member of the Americar CIVIL E Farmers and Merci GREENWOOD, S Landscape Surveys ' . " s , ?' fe?ll ? ting A ood # . I Jay is Style led a famous man how lc y ought to be long enc 1 V> xi iu\m? ucot in. otjfic I else to another. The 1 ight garment will fit hii [IGH ART CLOTHES ing. There's a model fo asure of style for those ,1 through their quiet sin a grain of salt. len who know what's 1 5 best for us. ^NDERSO Clothing Store HOBBOHH ' l NEW. BATTERY -"V*" Needs Re-Charging % - BER US f the well-known BATTERIES tries of all makes. otor Gar Co. South' Carolina. Real Estate Surreyi . HEMPHILL i Association of Engineers - ^V. INGINEER tiants Bank Building OUTH CAROLINA. , e.'?. Ji?i.i JUK7uivuion> I ? I' 1 rng aman's legs ought i I rngh to reach the I is one thing to one 1 nan himself is the de- i 3 poise as well as his g because the makers r every type of man. who want it; there lplicity for those who best for you. And N CO. __l