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A LETTER FROM FRANCE ( Adjutant Fleury Remembers Abbe ' ville, the Holy City and Lady Who Asked Questions? France Disappointed t About League of 1 Nations. '< Mrs. M. T.- Cole.man has received a letter from Adjutant Fleury which she kindly allows us to publish. The adjutant is well remembered by the fc?ys of the 30th Division, the people ? Greenville, Due West and Abbe ville, fie was among the first French officers to come to South' Carolina sad all were received with open arms. Mrs. Coleman will be glad to have ifce names of any of the students at Exskine or of members of Mr. Derby shire's class who^would care to ex change letters with the young "Mas ters" of the Ecole d'Applieat'on. Ecole d'Application, Savernay, France. Bear Madam.? I was glad to receive your kind letter and. the beautiful photograph for which I thank you very much. *X wife was especially interested in I i the babies. Thank you also lor tne ? Press and Banner, and next time ' job see Mr. Greene, please tell him < low deeply I appreciate his kindness. So many things have happened 1 since I was in Abbeville that I 1 scarcely know where to begin. Of j course my stay in America has made 1 the deepest impression on my mind i and thousands of times I have al- ] ready spoken of it. My visit in Abbe- : ville has been the subject of endless < conversations and I think my fami- ! tj knows now as much about you as < I myself. The talk in the Court House, the nice party in your home, the drive, to the Hill and to Due, West, the Holy City, the wine of Mr. Gseene, etc.?'How kind you were to ne! As you know I left America with tiie 30th Division and stayed with it fur a few weeks in Northern France. I remember that one morning I met tieet. Smitn on tne roaa. men 1 was mecessively attached to the 6th and Slst divisions. After the armistice was signed I became an interpreter in Chaumont, then in Saint Nazaire, ay home town. In April 1919 I was demobilized and resumed teaching fWill be out of town two or three *r?.) . Watch Your Children's Eyes Te neglect your children's eye* ? incur m vrtve reioonsi taSty. Hare m examine them, that yon | wmy learn their true condition, end whether or not glasses are' -neces* We never advise glasses unlets absolutely required V. LI8ENBEE OPTOMETRIST TELEPHONES: 278 Res. 388 3 1-2 Washington St. Over McMurray Drug Co. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? (Becoming Glasses Cost No More) /, WANTS FOR SERVICE?My registered Jer ?ey Bull, Noble of Santee, weight 1,062 pounds. A. 0. CALVERT, t Buckstand Place. Fee $2.00. 4t. COST?Saturday morning between Abbeville and Hodges, a dark red feather handbag, containing wear ing apparel and other articles. Re ward if returned to L. C.Haskell's tore. Abbeville. 5-2-2tpd MML SALE?Best quality cream al M eents a pint, also fresh eggs . Vfcone 1. Mrs. D. A. Rogers. 4-lti ;annot collect but one tax on auto in state Columbia, May 3.?A situation hat may result in the outlawing of nunicipal licensing of automobiles md automobile dealei-s has develop ;d in correspondence between the State Highway Department and offi :ials of the Automotive Trades asso ciation, of Charleston. The opinion lias been expressed by officials of the lighway department that the licen3 ng 6~f motor vehicles by a munici pality is in violation of the state iighway act, which states that the jtate license shall be in lieu of all )ther licenses. This opinion from the *- * itwwney gwa-ioi. The highway department is in re :eipt of an inquiry from Secretary Smith of the Charleston Automotive Trades association, asking if Jhe :ity of Charleston can require a li :ense for the operation of a motor Tuck, when the state requires a li :ense also. Mr. Smith states that in Charleston the license on a one-ton ;ruck, for example, is $11. The chau :er's license plate ds 50 cents, mak ng the fee for operating the truck n Charleston $16.50. The state li :ense fee on the same truck is $11. 25, making a total fee for operation >f the vehicle of $27.75. The State highway department las advised the Charleston automo tive association that as the state law states that the state license is "in ieu of all other states, county or municipal licenses, the opinion is held that the city of Charleston has no right to charge the municipal li cense. J. B. Salley, of Aiken, has al so recently made inquiry on the same point, regarding his ( county and the attorney general's opinion rendered for Mr. Salley as said to have conveyed the same view. _lt is likely that this matter will get into the courts for a final de cision. ~ The state highway department has about completed plans fox the ap proaches to the two big steel bridges for which contract will be first with in a few weeks, these^ over the San tee and the Pee Dee. The cost oi these approarhes will be more thar of the bridges themselves for whicl contracts have already been 'let Bids are to be received for severa road projects in various parts of th< state within the next few weeks. The full depth of the earth's at mosphere is about 500 mileB. in my old school. In October, I wa: appointed at the head of the Train ing College Practicing School a Savenay. At the same time I teacl English at the Training College. Mj work consists mainly in giving di rections to the young Masters wh< come by turn to teach in my School Life in Savenay is not a very ex citiner one. as the town is "very small On the other hand I have not mucl time to spare. But when the holiday! come we hasten to fly away and tr3 to have the best possible time. America's refusal concerning th< League of Nations was certainly 1 sad blow to us, for we understan< that peace will not be real unles: you join the other Nations. I don' know if the Entente Statesmen havi always been wise, the fact remain; that the different nations are nov completely isolated. After havinf been united against the common fo< they are now fighting against one an other the worst of economical wars Think that last winter we paid fo: coal 320f or $62 a ton! Things ar< getting a little better in France nov owing to German and American coal but they are not getting better i) England where coal remains unsold j I don't remember if French i taught in Erskine College. But i so, I think that perhaps some of th Knva fhopo rerfchf. hp willino1 t.n P* change letters with some of my pu pils. If 1 was not afraid of imposini I upon your kindness I would ask yo if you could arrange the thing fo me next time you go to Due West. Is it not Miss Fannie Stark wh asked me information about ou ' great Revolution men? Please te j her that I am now in a position t send her everything she wants. ! I beg, you, dear Madam, to giv I beg you, dear Madam, to giv best regards and kindly remembt me to all the friends I met in yot i home. Whatever relations betwee I our two countries may be in the f\ ture, I shall keep the best recollei ; tions of my visit in Abbeville. Yours sincerely, ' P. Fleury. >A\VMV VV* > \ \ COLD SPRINGS. V ? S V V V iVWWVVVV vvv Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith and fami j ly spent the week-end at Mr. D. E. Newell's. Miss Sara Uldrick spent the week end near Bethlehem with her uncle, Mr. R. S. Uldrick. Mr. Roy McCombs spent Saturday night with Mr. Cornell Mundy. Mr. Robert Hawthorne spent Fri day night with his grandmother, Mrs. Cornelia Pant. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McKenzie and baby spent Sunday with Mr. and I Mrs. W. R. Ellis and family. Miss Allie Bell McComb spent the' week-end in Abbeville with her friend, Miss Permelia Culbreth. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay and chil dren spent Sunday with Mr. T. F. Uldrick. Miss Mattie Uldrick spent a few days of last week in Abbeville with her grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Bowen. Miss Ola Winn, of Abbeville spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. T. M. Cochran. Mr. Julian Uldrcik spent Satur day night at the thome of Mrs. F. E. Hagen. Mrs. J. R. McCombs and baby spent last Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. Lark Wilson. BABE RUTH SERVED WITH TAX WARRANT Boston, May 3?Baseball fans the country over have known for two vears that Babe Ruth had transferr ed his batting headquarters from Boston to New York, but city >ball learned of it officially only today. Served in his bathrobe with a war rant for unpaid taxes of $27.21 on his automobile for two years, the outfielder protested that he had not been a resident of this city since the fall of 1919. His objection unavail ing he dressed in haste and took the constable into his automobile and whirled to city hall. The mayor was not there to hear his protest. The city tax collector, however, arrang ed for him to certify that the assess ment was in error. "Nice of them to keep me on as a citizen of Boston, but rather rough on me to ask me to pay for the privilege," Ruth remarked as he left the city hall. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION ?OF THE? BANK OF DONALDS located at Donalds, S. C., at the close of business April 28, 1921. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $18,085.47 Overdrafts 3,233.56 Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Bank 1,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures __ 2,000.00 Banking House 1,081.63 Other Real Estate Owned 918.37 Due from Banks and Bank ers 2,038.00 Currency __ ? 697.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin 538.43 Checks and Cash Items 1,150.63 Collections ? ? ? 914.91 TOTAL $194,429.00 LIABILITIES ftnr f\AA ai\ j uapnai oiock raia in __ $zo,uuu.uu j Surplus Fund 10,000.00 i Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes . Paid 6,375.86 r Dividends Unpaid 1,030.00 ? Individual Deposits ir subject to check $58,273.31 , Time certificates \ of Deposit 60,966.00 L Cashier's Checks. 671.90 s Bills Payable, including f certificates for Money e Borrowed 32,000.00 Reserve fund carried on i- general individual or sav g ijigs Ledger 111.93 u r TOTAL $194,429.00 State of South Carolina, o County of Abbeville. r -Before me came B. H. Smith, 11 Cashier of the above named bank, who being duly sworn, says tnat tne above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said "bank, as shown by the books of said bank. B. H. SMITH. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of May, 1921. C. V. MARTIN, Notary Public Correct Attest: B? H. CARLTON W. R. DUNN, Directors). J. J. DUNN. NEW OX PRICES VI / HOWARD fc FOSTER'S "D If K E' Calf $10s22 HOWARD & FOSTER'S "R A L E I G H" ABotner wrjcuy uttii oho younf men in narrow widt cordovan $11-00 HOWARD & FOSTE R' "E ZRAM A broad, railed toe last. Th desirable Rusnia Calf $9 jo Our "Close-Out" i fords in brol I I Tltip Rose ULTIMATUM PLANNED BY ALLIED COUNCIL (Continued from Page One.) and also to be represented on the reparations commission and the council of ambassador. All questions as to what policy the | American government would pursue in the matter of such representative hftve invariably been met with the statement that when such an invi tation was received it would be soon enough for an answer. The Harding administration has not hesitated to say'that it will be interested in the economic adjust ments growing out of the war but has not indicated a desire to be-J come politically involved in the Eu-j ropean settlements. Whether thisj would result in the definite refusal! of such an invitation as was decided | upon today, or the sending of repre sentatives to sit in at sessions of the j council and the commissions was not indicated tonight. The United States has never had FORDS F( ~ in ========= a variety of styles, leathers and widths^, iuiso HERE ARE A * FEW OF s \ OUR C LEAD lift shoe ERS A desira width* i Who con $7 Shelves contain some ken sizes at from $4.( Let us show you. mberg Merc: a representative on the supreme council but Ambassador Wallace at Paris was authorized to sit in at ses sions of the council of ambassadors by the Wilson administration and the head of a commission of experts was for a time a duly accredited member of the reparations commis sion. It is understood that the United States still is hopeful of a solution of the reparations controversy by discussions, but whether it will con sider that such a course would be furthered by American participa tion in the allied councils is proble matical. MURDERED NEGRO WOMAN Anderson, May 3.?Essie Walker, middle aged negro woman was shot and killed Sunday night by a 17 year old negro boy named Broadus Miller in Anderson. Three men were arrested on suspicion, Miller being j one of the three. He was released but rearrested and then confessed. | He claims the woman first hit him I with a baseball bat. )R MEN J I 9 PAY ra WARD & FOSTER'S "ARDMORE" 1 man'* dressy oxford in tie kid. Narrow widths. mjo WARD ft FOSTER'S "D I X I E" iny men and middle aged o can wear a conservative last. In tan and chocolate HIOJM) .UN METAL, $6.50. DWARD & FOSTER'S "BELMONT ble soft vici kid oxford in ? For business and older men sider comfort first. In choco late and black $g jo .50 $8.00 $9)69 very desirable ox )0 to $6.50. uitile Co. SKULL TO WARN MOTORISTS Middletown, N. Y., May either side of the Otterkill Bridge on the State road between Goshen and Cheater, the Board of Trade of Goshen has erected large signs bear ing the following inscription: "Private cemetery across the bridge for reckless drivers." 5 x lie 91511 is in umujv twiu wiuir, decorated with a . skull and cross bones. As the result of reckless driv ing by autoists in the past, many ac- <* cidents have occurred at that spot. SPARTANBURG SPENDS MUCH FOR BUILDING Spartanburg, May 3.?The build ing permits for the month of April present the largest total for any single month in a long time, amount ing to $248,753. The letting of the contract for the new high school building added $211,925, whi?h swelled the total to nearly a quar ter of a million.