y**'f Mr. Wister Harmon, of McCoraick was a Sunday visitor here. Jack Sutherland is visiting Bis aunt Mrs. S. J. Kilgore in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cochran, of Santac, were visitors in town Satur day. . \< Mrs. T. V. Howie is?spending to day in Atlanta with Pr. and Mrs. Dry. Mies Carrie Belle Soott, of Green woodj is visiting her cousin, , Mrs. Henry CarKsle. Miss Zelma Mundy, of Hodges, is visiting her friend Miss Mary Mann near the eity. V it ??? Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNeill spent Sunday withMr. and Mrs. Motte Gil * . 0* Ham at Watts. & v' * Mr. Chas. A. Haigler, Jr., of At lanta, spent the week-end with his home people here. I y Miss Ruth.Beeks, one of our pret ty college girls, is expected home from Coker this week. v . ' ' / Wallace Walrdliw/of Augusta, is I * visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. | M, Ward law near town. Miss Willie May Meadors, of Win der, <3a., is visiting Mrs. Frank An drew* on Pinckney street. Mr. C. C. .Wallace spent Sunday in Kinards, with Mr. and Mrs. H Wallace and Mrs. C C Wallac$' >' I ! f'&LZ y '''/{l \ William Csflvert, of Riversi itary Academy, Gainesville, Ga.yj at home for the summer vacatio Misses Sarah and Helen Haigler are spending this week in At&nta with Mr. Chas. A. Haigler, Jr. Mrs. R. W. Rodgers and her chil dren are over,-from Atlanta for a writ to her father, Maj. W. H*. Long. . Knox and Bill Cheatham are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knox in the Sharon sec tion. Mrs. Henry Carlisle and Miss Kath leen Richey have gone to Columbia X? oia+nv Wto TT A tfr. ?V TiOlK WUC1& OiOWi | *>**?? ? - Ebroy. " t . .V V (Mir. and Mrs. R. S. Ellis and sous, Wiaymen, Leon and Julian, . spent yesterday in Due West with Mrs. Louise Loner. ' Misses Mary Greene and Victoria Howie arrived home Friday evening after completing the freshman year *" at Agnes Scott. Mr. Morris Paty, a student at Em ory came to Abbeville Friday and has , been on a visit of several days with his friends here. I V ' Miss Mary Stevenson, is at home from Wnithrop to spend the summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mtj. W. A. Stevenson. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. r^andlaw, Jr. andji littlfe thtugh^er, spent the week-: end with Mr. Wardlaw's parents in thp Bethel neighborhood. Mrs L. A. Guillebeau spent the week-end in Greenville visiting her daughter Miss Margie Guillebeau and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Saunders. Miss Ruth Howie left today for Atlanta where she will spend several days before going out to Belle Buckle, Tenn., for an extended vjsit to friends. M sses Ophelia and Cornelia Clink ecales came home Friday from Win thirop to spend the summer vacation with their mother, Mrs. Lamar Clink, scales. Miss Mary Nickles came home Thursday from Agnes Scott for the summer vacation. Miss Mary Reed Moore has re turned to Abbeville from Wintnrop for the summer vacation. . Miss Mildred Cochran is at home from Lender for the vacation to the delight of her friends. Miss Virginia Carroll, of Monroe, is spending this week in the city with her cousin, Miss Grace Eakin. if: A J If ^ 1a T Aftum WUSXt) AUUiU onu jajriwv of Iva are visiting their Bister, Mrs. Prescott B osier, of Watts. Miss Nelle Roper returned to Co lumbia today after a pleasant* visit to Misses Louise and Charlotte Brown. / Miss Julia McAllister, Miss Sara Ella Drennan and J. P. Drennan spent Sunday in Cokeshury with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Wilson, of Watts, went to Rock Hill Saturday to attend the commencement exercises at Winthrop college. Mr. and Mrs. 5. T. uatan returned to Monroe, N. C. Saturday after spending a week here with Mrs. H. B. Eajciii and family. , ^ I Miss Margaret Wilson, one of the pretty Winthrop girls is at her home on Chestnut street and will spend the vacation with her home folks. Mr and Mts B. F. Manning, Miss Dora Manning of Galhoun Falls, and Mrs. G. G. Sanders, of Iva, were visitors of Mrs. James Darracott on Saturday. ,, Miss Althea Keaton is in Abbeville today on her way home from Lan der where she has been a student the past year. She is looking none the worse for hard study, but is willing t.n hp at hnme for a season. I.,* >.' < .$iis$ Sophie Reames and Miss Ethel Perry, have returned home from An. i&rs^Eollege for the summer vaca So^f^Both of these young ladies lefped to maintain the reputation of JiHlKjvflTe's fine schools at Anderson Miss Lydia Owen, one of the fine students at Winthrop, has arrived in Abbeville to spend the summer vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Owen. She is looking well, hav ing entirely recovered from her re cent illness. THE BRIDGE CLUB. * The Bridge Club will meet Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock .with Miss Elise Bowie. " D. A. R.'S TO MEET. The Andrew Hamilton chapter D. A. R. will meet Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the chapter room. Mrs. W. A. Harris, Sec'ty. 1 MISS BREAZEALE IMPROVES _ Miss Gladys Breazeale, who was so desperately sick during the win ter at one of the schools near Char lotte, and who returned home recent ly, continues to recover from her ill ness, and expects to be herself again very soon. ' i GOING TO BRENAU. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Bil ly, Jack and Mabel Bradley left to day for Gainesville where they will attend the commencement-exercises 4t Brejiajj College and see Miss ?dna Btadfey graduate ' ' '* WORKERS IN IRISH CAUSE HAVE COLLECTED $4,000,000 New York, May 28.?Representa tives of Catholic and Protestant Ire land and of- the churches of the eity, state and nation, attended a dinner last night to celebrate the climax of the campaign by the American com mittee for the relief of Ireland to raSse $10,240,000. Total contribu tions to date exceed $4,000,000. A portrait of President Harding, who sent a special message of com mendation for the occasion, hung above the speaker's table. Watch ihe label on yonr paper. MANY FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE OF LOVE .Large Attendance at Funeral of B. C. Dupre Yesterday Afternoon Attended by several hundred Co lumbians thus gathered to pay tri bute to a well beloved and much ad mired friend, the funeral of B. 'Clark Dupre, for man years auditor of Richland county, was held at the residence 2117 Park street, a); 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Inter ment followed at Elmwood. The house proyed insufficient to hold the large number of friends, hundreds of men standing in the open during the funeral ceremony. Especially notable were the many beautiful floral tributes. Music vras furnished by a male quartet which sang both at the house and at the cemetery. Mr. Dupre has been one of the most prominent members of the Co lumbia lodge, Ancient Free Masons, for years and the lodge was repre sented at the funeral by a delega tion of its officers. The Columbia commandery No. 2, Knights Temp lars, of which Mn Dupre was re corder, was also represented by an escort of honor. . The services were conducted by the Rev. JR. N. Pratt of Henderson nrlln W 'C* a lifalnmff friftn/l nf Ur. Dupre, and by the Rev. E. M. Light foot, pastor of the Secoid Bapti&t church, of whi^h Mr. Dupre was a faithful member. Serving as active pallbearers were: Charles H.,-Barron, George S. Mor rison, Gustatf Sylvan, T. Alex Heise, E. W. Parker and W. S. Brown. , The honorary pallbearers' were the escort of 12 members in full uniform of the Columbia command-; ABBEVILLE COUNTY I sTjnday SCHOOL convention j ? t i! A County-wide attendance- contest has been announced in c6nnection| with the approaching County Sunday | { School Association Convention to be ^ held at Little Rivet Baptist church ^ on Sunday, June 12th, according to the County Association officers in; ^ charge of arrangements. At this convention a handsome ^ banner is to be publicly awarded to the Sunday school having the largest' r number of persons (over .16 years of' a age) present at the convention, in? ^. proportion to the distance traveled. 11 Under this plan, ten persons coming j ten miles each to the convention! v j C count the same as twenty who come ^ only five miles each thus making it j fair for all, both near and far. There' j is no limit to the number who may: ^ attend from any Sunday SchooJ. j The banner becomes the property of the Sunday school winning it and ^ may be taken home for permanent ^ display in the Sunday school room. Ig PRICES OF MEAT ANIMALS j? LOWEST IN TEN YEARS ? !< Prices of meat animals (hogs, cat. | ^ tie, sheep and fowls) to producers of j j the United States decreased 9 per t cent from March 15 to April 15, ac cording to a report issued by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United j j States Department of Agriculture. In the last 10 years prices paid for meat animals have increased 4.5 per cent during the period from the mid dle of March to the middle of April. The report shows that on April 15 the index figure of prices for meat j j animals was about 37.9 per cent low-.! er than a year ago; and 16.3 per cent! lower than the average of the last 10 h years on April 15. The statistician . of the department point out that the | high prices paid , for meat animals j j during the last few years is the re- j I ^ twAMAAnA/1 /J nw/J on/] I I auiu vi mticascu ucuiauu uuiui^ anu 1 immediately following: the war, and [ that the present prices , are .approach-; fog thpae which maintainedudurii1g> normaJ times preceding the war. SAYS YORK CHAMPION BACHELOR TOWN OF THE PALMETTO STATE: ! York, S. May 28?There arej more wealthy bachelors in this towni of 3,500 inhabitants than in any other town in South Carolina, ac_ cording to Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, pas tor of the Church of the Good Shep herd, Episcopal. He has been mak-j inga n investigation of the matter over the state. "One always finds a lot of old maids in a town," says Rev. Walsh, "but I know of no town having so; many bachelors?wealthy bachelors who ought to marry." PROGRAM OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY GLADYS WALTON IN ' (''ALL DOLLED UP" and the Lafit Episode of "FIGHTING FATE" 10c 20c 'f the collection and expenditure of funds by soldier relief organisa tions was considered today (by the louse rules committee, Representa tive Johnson, South Dakota, a for mer service man, urging his; resolu tion io that- end. It states that 'charges are made and there is rea 50D. to believe that much of the noney collected to influence legis lation is collected surreptitiously," mcl that "large sums of money pur ported to be collected for the relief >f disabled ex-soldiers are being di verted from their* original and law ful purpose." Some'of the men collecting funds, tfr. Johnson charges, in his resolu-j on have been previously convicted) 'or collecting funds for such pur-' >oses and 'have served sentences. He' lamed specifically ?he National Dis-1 ibled Soldiers League the Jolin Cur-' is' Publishing company. The Na-1 ional Service Bureau and the Puib-| icity Underwritng Corporation, all >f which have headquarters in New { ork. Chas. H. G-illan commander y Representative Johnson that sev ?ral men connected with republican :aimpaign headquarters had inform ed him that Gillin had approached hem with an offer to "deliver votes' )f ?rar veterans. Mr. Gillan charac ;erized such charges as "lies." CHANGE IN LIBRARY HOURS During the summer holidays the Library will be opened every Tues lay and Friday mornings; from 9 j'clock to 11.30, beginning on Friday Tune the 3rd. I r\]DCD A ur u*j.\r\. ' ^ i-h.j. /? j, .. A>?: 'jii j CO-; Wr..v?r VMfi1 u 3fJ-.ll ..JAN u Ti A Story of Wild Adventui Royal Mounted Poli A Wonderful Story of Gc both good and bad, i LEWIS STONE; M/ CHARLES WEST; ADMISSION .. >.. ALSO CENTURY TELLS OF OUTLOOK FOR COTTON CROP American Cotton' Association Makes Estimates. Estimating that the reduction of I cotton acreage for 1921 has amount ed to 30.73 per cent, the American Cotton association estimates, the yield for 1921 at 9,142,098 bales. Allowing a deduction in production this year of 12 per cent., on account _ e j a. - * r 1 n ?a. ox a reduction 01 01.1 jwr ctia. in the use of fertilizer, together with the reduction brought about by the I smaller acreage, the crop will total 7,558,365 bales. : ? Allowing again for an : abandoned acreage to the amount of 4,96 per cent, the yield will be 6,905,075balea according to the American Cotton 48 sociation. h The yield this year will be.. ; the smallest which has gone upon-: the market, since 1896, according to the estimate, r'vi! Acreage, reduction in the cotton growing states has amounted to 30.73 per cent., according to the estimate of the association, the total esti mated acreage planted for 1921 be ing 24,563,486, as against 35^459, 000 in 1920. In South Carolina the acreage in 1920 amounted to 2,900,000 and m 1921 it will amount to 2,035,220, ac cording to the estimate of the cotton association. The estimated reduc tion in the use of commercial fer_ tilizer in this state has amounted to 55.49 per cent in 1921 and over the whole cotton belt the reduction has amounted to 51.17 per cent. The per centage of abandoned acreage in South Carolina has amounted to 4.52 per cent, in South Carolina and to 4.95 per cent, over the entire cotton belt, according to the estimate. SERIOiUS OFFENSE CHARGED ed with criminal assault on a thirteen year old negro girl residing on the plantation of W. W. Smith near Mon terey. Watch the label on your paper. Leave your Films \ oped. Bfcst results from 1 Quick Service. Harrison McBride is in jail charg. Expert :: I The McMuri II HOUSE - Fi - j v. 'WE ' ' '-v - ' " ~ Marshall Neilan Presen 11ES OLIVER CURW( HE RIVER'S Ei res in the Snow Wastes of the ce. mI's Great Out-of-Doors, a red I n a terrific conflict of both goot . . .CAST INCLUDES. . . IRJORIE DAW; JANE NOVAK; TtKiU TAfflHinuiu, ana oinei WONDER DOG COME: mm mtrnxm rnmrnuM SHIP OWNERS EXPECTED TO REPORT TO LABOR SECRETARY Washington, May 2S.~-Repreaaa tatives of the American Ship Own ers association were expected to ad vice Secretary Davis at a confer ence today whether the terms tenta tively agreed to by shipping board and the marine engineers on work ing conditions are acceptable to them. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUED Charlotte, N. CJIay 26.?Dan*g^ suits involving claims aggregation $130,000 against the Seuftern Rail way company as a result of an dent at a grade crossing in the out skirts of the city on last New Yeart day, in which four- petSess ?iw killed, will he tried at the present t?rm of Mecklenburg Superior Court, it was announced today. SIX GILLETTE BLADES WITH HOLDER $1.25 FRAD RAZOR CO. PREPAID In Attractive Case Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded. t m t Hi i--', s* - 'l"M l4 M " >? This offer ror a limited time only. * Remit, by mone^ order or cash?(no stamps) FradRazorCo 1475 BROADWAY I NEW YORK CITY V ' ak Finishing vith us to be devel ' " ' ; . f the Negatives. .' * i. ? ray Drug Co. f! < iM '' . { V;.'..: wen Brothers [arble and .. *11 m ranite Co. IGNERS iUFACTURERS CTORS largest and best equipped mono aental milla in the Carolina*. GEENWOOD, S. (C. * - riday Only :T ' >.? :i'j V- ' ' r~' M v " V DOD'S wn > I 1 L/ Frozen Northland and the dooded story of strong men I and evil forces. J. BARNEY SHERRY; PS. .. 15c and 35 Cents. DY TOUGH LUCK'