t * Xocal flews : personals : % O. A. Lominick attended a dance in Ctoss Hill Friday night. u Gibson Edwards and Finley Ross 6pent Sunday in Greenville. T. A. Putnam, of Due West, was ib town Saturday. D. A. Wardlaw, St., of Bethel, was in town Saturday. R. M. Burts, of Honea Path, was in town Saturday. Dr. C. A. Miford left lastT week for New York on a business trip. " ' Miss" Marion MabTy has returned to Darlington to resume her work in the graded "School. ? ? s A. D. Kennedy, of Due W?t, was -.-a business visitor in Abbeville to -r. | . * r day. Mr. H. W. Gordon, of the Due West road, was here today on busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Evans and ,.son, of Lebanon, were in the city today. i':. J. M. Boyd, a business man of Cal houn Falls, was ii\ thei city today 1 looking after business matters. r * , Mr. and. Mrs. Spencer Purdy^ of t Greenwood, are visiting Mr. and : Mrs. Jack Tolbert. V,' Mrs. Ames Haltiwanger, of Co lumbia, is visiting her parents, Mr. 'jffcnd Mrs. John T. Cheatham, Sr. .,T<' .. Misses Annie Bell and Hattie Lou - i Haddon, of Antreville, were in f ffti' ; ? iiwm RatnrHav. . 1.1 m 3? s*tfr%Are 5f? l;:4. Mrs. C. D. Brown, Jr., is visiting 3;; her home people at West Ashevide, m c. W. J. McKee and J. N. Gordon, of near Due West, were in town today on business. Clyde, / Murchison, of Greenville, spent Saturday here with his sister, Mrs. W. S. McCord. ? Mrs. Whit Klugh spent Sunday in Hodges with her grandmother, Mrs. Shirley. - w.n?^ J T JH.1SS mOllie Cjllib auu iticaaic uuviw and Martin Ellis, of Bethlehem, spent last Wednesday with Miss Corrie Killingsworth. Hiss Lois Mundy, of Hodges, has been xm a visit to her cousins, Misaes Mary Lou and Nannie Bowie the past week Miss Eva Pressley, of Berkeley, California, is spending some time with her coufcin, Mrs. Louis J. Bris tow. Prof. J. M. Daniel arrived in town Saturday afternoon after spending the holidays in Newberry with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hemphill ramp t+ior uuc uituc, ?n ??iv. John Harris, Mr. and Mrs. J. M Mor gan, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Galloway Miss Mary Perrin and Albert Morse. / EDWARD HODGES HAS JJECK BROKEN Orangeburg, Jan. 1.?Edwarc Hodges, a young farmer about twen ty-six years of age, living near Nortt was killed early tonight in an auto mobile accident about three mile: from Orangeburg. This afternoon L. L. Hamilton anc Sheriff Dukes, of Orangeburg, tool a man to Rowesville. While in Row esville, which is about nine mile: from here, they picked up Mr. Hodge: and a Mr. Smoak, ?oth of whom wen anxious to get to Orangeburg. Wher about three miles from Orangeburg as the machine was rounding a cum a post or pole was seen to be in th( oad. Mr. Hodges leaped from th< iear seat and was killed instantly it being believed that his neck was broken. One wheel on the car was damaged but none of the oth'er occu> pants were injured. Jacksonville to trisco r.; t in twenty-FOUR HOURS Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 1?Lieutenanl Alexander Pearson of the twelfth j aero squadron here, winner of las1 year's trans-continental air race, to day received omciai autnority iu at tempt a flight from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Diego, Calif., in 24 hours or less. It will be the first at tempt at a transcontinental speed record. Pearson also was authorized to re build a De Haviland plane now at the Douglas field, for the flight, and he will commence the remodeling work Monday. Pearson is to hop off at Jacksonville on February 22 and ! plans to make the trip in three laps, j The total distance is 2,079. BRITISH FACING. # GRKAT PROBLEM Outlook for New Year Not So Bright. ?Unemployment and Ireland Furnish Food For Thought For Lloyd George London, Jan. 1.?Britain's outlook for 1921 je pictured in rather sombre colors by the politicians, economists, financiers and labor leaders. A1 home two outstanding problems?un employment and Ireland?have baf fled the government, while it is alsc besieged by many results of the war including a vigorous newspaper can paign against socalled governmenl extravagance. In the foreign field looking east waru, mere is me pwu lem of settling the Palestine boun daries, promising some pointed ex 1 changes of opinion with France Mesopotamia with its huge expense and its oil, the ever present Persiar difficulties which the last agreemenl has not allayed, India which is in a " greater state of unrest than foi 1 years, requiring an exceptional^ large garrison; Russia with hei trade proposals which have caused a split in the British cabinet, and the uncertain Greek situation. Officials here believe that withir | the next 12 months important deal ings between Great Britain and the United States will necessitate mosl I careful handling. Negotiations between the twe , countries have been almost dormanl . since the political conventions in the , United States. There is a desire here . to clear up the oil question whicl . has been the subject of a long series of communications on the questior I rtvfnnf + /"? M/VllnVl tVlf I OS IU U1C tAVtn w VV . United States shall participate in tht world petroleum supply, much oJ which is under British mandate. 11 | is believed, however, that consider s able more negotiating is necessarj before an agreement is reached. Cable Control Question. Settlement of cable control alst offers many perplexing things, par ticularly in that the United States L? continually reaching forth for worlc trade. Shipping experts and official* ' are of the opinion that the new mer cantile marine of the United States 1 is likely to bring up a question ol adroit diplomacy and point to Secre tary Daniels' announcement of a big no vol nrntrrnm as the forerunner foi shipping differences. Officials hert have not desired to push these ques tions to a settlement until advenl of the new American administrator but hope to get them under way soor after March 4. While the government is beinf seriously pressed on one side to ceas< enormous expenditure, it is besiegec on the other tfith demands for un employment funds, cash for housinf schemes and other post-war expen ditures with a result that there ii little likelihoed of reduction in th< burdensome taxation. Cost of Living. Some relief is promised in reduce) cost of living except in the price o: food which rose steadily durinj 1920. With industry hard hit an* a million jobless, merchants who hai been holding commodities for hig] prices are expected to continue fc dump their goods at a loss. This ha caused slight reductions during th latter weeks of the old year. As the year opens, the Lloyd Georgi government apparently in maintain ing a firm hold and there is littli evidence that any of the many smal OPERA HOUSE PROGRAM. TUI-SDAY CARMIiJL. MYERS t;. ;IN / "REAUTIPIIILY TRIMMED' AND * THE DRAGON'S NET No. 6 > 10c. 20c. < WEDNESDAY ETHEL CLAYTON IN "A LADY IN LOVE" AND INTERNATION NEWS REEL v THURSDAY * V MARGUERITE CLARK \ V IN ^ V "WIDOW BY PROXY" ^ V AND S ,V INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL S V 10c. 20c. v Upend much time IN CONSIDERING THE IRISH situation London, Dec. 30?The parliamen tary correspondent of the Londor Times says the cabinet spent more than two hours Wednesday in consid ; ering all phases of ^ Irish situa ! tion. While it is regarded that from a ; narrowly military standpoint the outlook undeniably has improved ir the last few months, the correspon i dent adds there is no inclination or , the part of the cabinet members tc i minimize the desirability for pushing ; for peace. It is thought probable ir well informed circles says the writei that the first opportunity will be tak en to 'pursue "explorations" of ave nues to a possible settlement witt . the representatives of the Irish peo pie. A new YEAR PARTY Miss May Robertson entertainec . eight of her friends at. a bridge par p ty Saturday afternoon which wai . greatly enjoyed by those present I After the games, plates, of sala< I were served. There is an old saying that what ever one does on New. .Year will b< 1 a custom for the year, so Miss Rob ertjvon's friends are looking forwar< ! to many pleasant parties during th ' year. , * Hired help in Japan wear th< - trade-marks of 'their employer' 5 goods on their backs. i factions in parliament, either sep 5 arately or in concerted action, an i able to defeat the cabinet and forc< , general elections. ? ' The cabinet ministers, as they gi [ between their offices and parlia t ment, see evidence of unrest. Stronj . police barricades still obstruct th< T approaches to government building and the huge iron gates at en trances to some official buildings ari kept closed. This is done, the gov ? ? ? ? J Un/innoA !f f/ioro/ eminent aum a Sinn Fein outbreak, but it ii known also that it considered the il effect Bolshevik agitators migh have on the restive minds of the un employed. ^ THE WOMAN'S CI ANl The Celebrated Josef I "MASTER OF THEN ?IN O THURSDAY, EVENI GRAND OPERA HO PRICES: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, atre Box Office Jan. 4?6. P C. Kellogg, "The Hill," Augi OPERA H( William DeMille's Six 'The PHl With Thoi t ? i ? 11? 1; ^ r ^ ^ iiuw inii uie ui a uarc-irt less baby Girt. At the cost to him of t At the ?ain, on a later. Gome and see Thomas derest roles that ever m laughter. ADDED A vim "A I.vi - - ~V *"t u A CENTURY Al 15 CENTS. i COAL COMPANIES FACE INDICTMENT New York, Jan. 1.?The federal grand jury today returned indict t ments charging the Haddock Mining s company of Lucerne, Pa., and the Von Storch Collieries company of - Scranton, Pa., and their exclusive sales agent in this city with profiteer i ing in the sale of domestic sizes of ' anthracite coal in violation of the i Lever act. Henry Meeker of Meeker & Ca i wholesale dealers, exclusive sale > agents for two companies, was naa? ?rjed in both indictments. 1 i J The indictments charged the Had ' dock company with selling at "an fair and unreasonable" prices 13,50# ' tons of coal during September and 1 October. The indictment alleges that the company sold coal to f. o. b. mines at from $13 to $15 a ton whev "a reasonable price would have bee? about $8.35 a ton." The Von Storch company is alleg 1 ed to have sold 19,500 tons of eoal " during the same period at 9 ranging from $13 to $15 a ton which a "proper and reasonable" charge would have been * "from $8J5 to $8.65 a ton." Goethe waa over eighty when Ik wrote the second part of "Fanat." V %. V BREAD, NOT PASTRY V V V V A famous preacher vai V V asked what was the secret of , V V his success. He replied: 'I |im V V them bread?not pastry. V V That is what is given by the V V Rev. B. B. Bailey, D. D., of V V Shelbyville, Ky., who is to V. V preach in the Baptist church V V for ten days, beginning Jaw* ^ V ary 10th. A special invitation V V is made to every one in the V V county to attend these ?or- V V vice??twice daily. It will km % V preaching of the simple, ?U V Gospel of Jesus Christ?the V V most potent fact in .the V V world today. V V the BAPTIST CHURCH. V LUB or AUGUSTA f Pounces Jofmann Virtuoso I ALL"? (N. Y. World.) ONCERT? NG, JAN. 6, 1921, 8:30 USE, AUGUSTA, GA. $2.50. Ticket tale at Grand The Aail Orders addrened to JVlra. W. ista, Ga. "7" MISE FRIDAY Reel Special ProdmStoQ i ace Chap mas Meighan. \ ;e bachelor toddled a hume * he women lie loved. happier day, of Meighan in one of the ten oved acrowd to tears and PTD \ />T1T/\XT T y 1 amer MIIY1AL COMEDY 35 CENTS