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Mr. Jim Bl^m and family moved WCI>"
to their new home in this community j ' . '
Monday. We wish them good luck I ^uar^s
, , _ i saw. But
and much success. 1
| waste it o
Mrs. Ermie Haddon and Miss j forced to
Ula Morrison was in the city Mon- ^ wjg, g
<iay doing their Xmas shopping. holidays in
Misses Lizzie and Willie Able .. ? .
aim one h
and Mrs. J. R. Richardson wasf .....
. .. . , . ,, , addition t<
shopping :n the city Monday. j he does no
We close- our years' work wishing , ,,
. 4. a J a i d?y3> the
the editor and his many readers a . - .. ,
- j - u xta... time ha
snerry A.raai> auu ? nappjr iic? icm. Honor tt
ing.
HOUSEMAID BEATEN
TO DEATH, ROBBERS Dote gr
GET A BIG LOOT ten(ia?t u]
1 and annou
New York, Dec. 20.?Catherine a fine of f
Ounn, employed as a maid by Mr. Christmas
and Mis. Clarence S. Clark, of him for sa
Brooklyn, was beaten to death today
by burglars who entered her ememployers'
house in a fashionable
section of Flatbush, dring their absence.
There was evidence that the '
girl had put up a stout fight in at- Washinj
tempting to prevent the intruders' 0f a grow
from ransacking the house. Jewelry a bil
minor! of 41 ft ftfifl wiia taton f
v?i?v? "v?.v... oi sugar,
The police are working on the the- OOO, were
?ry that the burglars were fully states dui
acquainted with the routine of the ^e presei
'Clark household and had planned the Commerce
hour of their entry acvcordingly. Exports
, United Ki
The John D. Rockefeller left New- ed m qui
;?ort News, December 12, for Port mount ser
"Lobos. She is a vessel of 8,374 tons I the same
and belongs to the Standard Oil j While t
Company, of New Jersey. The out of th
Rockefeller carries acrew of forty- porters t
ax men. and a qua
? i at ?481,45
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\ "EVERYWOMAN, the day V' increase,
\ shall come when thou shalt V 'on? undoi
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\ friend." Opera House 2 days, V housewife
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Ve wish our
"bristmas and p
us opportunity
usiness.
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will be our pi
ig year to the 1
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ksporting Contraband. RADICAL CH^
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axon, whose home is in;
pent Christmas Eve in the
guest of the city authori-1 Washington,
came prepared for Christ-' which would am
>ing ?long seven lovely organization of
the whitest corn you ever *ion ^rom outsid
he was not peiinitted to purpose ami wit
n his friends, and was training for boy
turn it over to the city. If a?f! as a lead
to spend any part of the agreed upon ten
i his home state it will cost military sub-con
undred dollars to do so, in permanent milit:
> railroad fare home. If tion. Senator h
t, he will visit us for thirty,' York ehah-man <
invitation for that length'saitl tonight the
ving been extended by HisPut in final wor
le Mayor Wednesday morn- mas recess of (
| sented to the Co
? | ate reconvenes.
nfth was an interested at-1 Commit!
E>on the trial of this ca3e Tiie legislatio
inced himself ready to pay! the sub-committ
ifty on condition that the worth said, is c
juice be turned over to bears no resemb
,fe-keeping. organization bil
eral staff and
House and Sen
EXPORTS fees by Secreta]
SHOW INCREASE w,hile varioU?
plan remain tc
?ton, Dec. 23.?In the face committees pres
ing scarcity of sugar, more tor Wadsworth
lion and a quarter pounds!manent standinj
valued at nearly $97,000,-! ?00, although th
exported from the United sibly reduce thi
ing the first ten months of draft of the bill
it year, a Department of ble standing an
i report issued today shows.' demands of this
i, which went largely to the the sub-c
ngdom and France,'exceed-; Wadsworth said
intity 339 per cent the a-j Citizen
it out of the country during. One big armji
period last year. ; ular army as n<
his sugar was being shipped reserve of citiz
e country , American im-jin the tentativ*
?rought in more than eight (latter army the
irter billion pounds, valued: he a part, altho
24,000. The imports increas- organization of
7 per cent, which in com-; to he worked o
ith the much larger export Youths withi
officials were of the opin-! limits would he
nbtedly accounts at least in! months military
ic difficulties the American I vision made f<
is having in obtaining su-| trmy or the N
her grocer. -various States 1
I 'nc: tliis trainin
is nearly as large in area (ever, would be
ole of Europe. > elect either '
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patrons and f
prosperous New
to th&nk ther
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lrpose to serve
Dest of our abili
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lNGE IN , a lumP 01 ?* j?ining
IY ORGANIZATION Guard for a fixed j
j which they would ret
! amount of training as
Dec. 23.?Legislation t,ie four months peric
ount to a virtual re- ^
Promotion by El
the army with protec-j \nother radical d<
le attack as a primary j ^ present military
h compulsory military. thc sUbstitution of the
s from 18 to 21 years ^ ^ corp3> provision b
ing feature has beenj designating the quarte
tatively by the Senate ( acjvocate> ordnance
imittee, considering a
i 1? VflT!
would be g
ary policy for the na-|bility instead of senio
Vadsworth, of Newj beingr made from a sel
of the sub-committee, j sub-committee ;
legislation would be, ovcrru]e t^e recommen
k during the Christ-; retary Baker and Ger
Congress, to be pre-! Qif staff> ta have the ch
mgress when the Sen-j,s^icc COmbined with
| ing corps and instead
:ee'? Bill New. i former a separate ser^
n as agreea upon oy the bran<;hes.
;ee, Senator Wadsompletely
new . and( Similar Bill in
lance to the army re- Similar legislation :
I drafted by the gen- worked out by the I
transmitted to the construction and the
ate military commit-! sub-committee, which
ry Baker. ! man Anthony said ton
i minor details of the1 its army reorganizatio
> be worked out the j be teken UP in the
ent agreement Sena-|m?nth. Under plans
said, calls for a per- committee however,
J peace army of 280,-! include approxim
le committee may pos-j enlisted men and 18,0(
s number in the final sideration of the War
1. The smallest possi-! recommendations for <
ny that will meet thejitary training have b<
; country is the aim by the committee,
ommittee, Chairman J
'The New Pastor Of C
Army Provided. j Writes Of
r composed of the reg-j - - - dw
recognized and a .Newberry (j) b servo r.
ens army is provided; Rev. J. L. Daniel, I
J legislation. Of thejof Central Church wt
National Uuard wouiu to the somnern onris
ugh the details of thej "After very pleas*
that service remain' trust, very profitable
ut. Abbeville, Friday mo
n the prescribed agejber 21, we bade th?
required to take four, farewell and set out
r training, with pro-j arriving here at 5:30
jr either the regular, spent four years in t
ational Guard of the found the people ver;
jeinjr used in furnish-jpreciativc. Ours was t
g. The youths, how-j years pastorate in the
given an opportunity J charge. Brother P. B
taking this training in j there four years. \V<
riends a Happ
Year and tak
n for their pa:
you in the con
ity.
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the National leave those good people. T
jeriod, during everything they could to ms
:eive the same stay among them pleasant a
prescribed for fitablo. The \ Abbeville chur
>d. fine condition, and. Brother
igibility. j'ias fa^en into good hands,
jparture from "Our time to go had com
system will be Bishop Darlington saw fit to s
term "service" to Newberry. I came here a
ieing made for er, but I no longer feel as on
umaster, judge lines have fallen to me in i
and similar places."
uided by eligi-1 1
rity, selections'
j *. . COLUMBIAN DIES
ected list. ;
also plans to! ,N AUTO ACC
idations of Sec-j
1. March/- chief William H. McKee Meets Di
emical warfare! chick Springs.
the engineer-[
will make the! ?
i Greenville, Dec. 22.?Will
nee along with' ? .
JMcGee, for the past 18 mi
: salesman for the Greenville
House. |Car company, died at the J:
ilso is being sanitarium at Chick Spring!
louse military (this morning as the result
transportation juries sustained when the C
Acting Chair- touring car which he was
ight will have turned turtle on the Chick
n bill ready to Sunday afternoon.
ouse early next The car was completely \
of the House and Mr. McKee was pinned 1
ie peace army the steering wheel and the ;
atelv 300.000, When found the car was bot
)0 officers. Con-and headed in the opposite d
Department's^from that which it had been
:ompulsory mil- ing.
ien postponed i i>he body was taken to C<
on the noon train and the
funeral services there will
entral termined by the arrival of a
His Reception, of members of the family.
Mr. McKee was 27 years
and is survived by his parui
the now pastor ancl Mrs. J? W. McKee ol uc
ites as follows !an(l following brothers i
tian Advocate: !ters: ^ W* McKee, K. M. Mc
int, and, we!?* McKee, Albert McKee aw
four years in McKee a?d one sister, Miss
rning, Novem- McKee, all of Columbia.
o good people
for Newberry,I The remains of Mr. McK
p. m. We had r'ved here last night at 6 o'cl
Abbeville, and were caried to the home
>' kind and ap-j father, 1115 Henderson
he second four Funeral arrangements depei
history of the the arrival of relatives from (
. Wells stayed but the services will likely
? regretted to Thursday.?The Stafce.
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hey did RELIEVED after n
:"i SIXTEEN years
ch is in j
PeelejHad to Live On Cracker* and Water,
Stomach Got So Bad.
;e, and; "For sixteen years I had stomach
;end me trouble," said W. A. Acuff, of Knoxstrang
ville, Tcnn., a car inspector for the
e. <AThe Southern Railway Company.
feasant! "It finally gofyso bad that I had to ,
| live on crackers and water^
| "Anything heavier than that would
I sour on my stomach and would cause
gas to rise up. Then my stomach
IDENT ^ would get so sore that I could hardly
touch it.
eath at "Finally I started taking Meritone.
I'm on my third bottle now and I
jwant to tell you I'm feeling fine.
I "I could notice improvement from
iam H. j the; first bottle. My appetite began
onths a]t0 Up an(j my stomach folt betM<ftor
ter.
iteedley "New, I can eat anything I want
3 early anc| as /much of it as I want, without
of in-1 nnr hn/l r?n mv cfnwonh I
handler j "The change from bread and
driving j water to anything I want to eat sure
Springs j has made a change in me for the better
and I feel like a new man."
vreckedj Mori tone is highly recommended
jetween for ailing conditions of the system,
ground, such as stomach, liver or kidney
torn up trouble, or for catarrh, rheumatism,
irection'sleeplessness or lack of appetite,
travel- Meritone is sold exclusively in
Abbeville by The McMurray Drug
olumbia ^o.
hour of
be de- LIBRARY TO CLOSE FOR XMAS
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j The Abbeville library will close
of age|toc*aj' *or t'ie Christmas holidays
ts Mr anc* w'^ no' open a?ain un*>' Friday, !
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