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T. M. Cheatham spent Thursday
in Greenwood on business: r
i m. w p Amnlri was a business
,V visitor in Greenville today.
, % Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Devlin, of
Verdery, were visitors here today.
Mioses Louise and Kate McDill
spent Wednesday in Greenwood.
i ' Mrs. J. K. Durst, of Greenwood,
? epent Wednesday with Mrs. P. A.
[ _ Cheatham
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Miss Edna Cox is at home from
V; Greer'where she has been teaching
for the past year.
V' W* J- Duncan, is in Commerce,
v^,Ga., visiting his father's family for
a few Jays.
.,t> The Rev. H. G. White, of Lowndesville,
was a visitor in Abbeville
^Thursday. ; ,
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pMiss Mary Louise Dargan, of
Snartunhunr. is here for a visit to
Vyher friends.
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Roy Cunningham returned from
; Atlanta, Thursday where he has been
' '-.visiting his parents.
?f Mrs. H. R. McAllister and daughter,
Miss Evelyn McAllister - spent
. Wednesday in Due West.
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; Mrs. Ray McKenzie and little
^ i daughter, are visiting Mrs. Jdanly
. an Newberry this week.
v.--,' M ss Louise McJDill is at home
from Union where she has? taught
Vtfce past year^most successfully.
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Vlioo Uamr OnnrlpQ T,ink VlR5* re-I
. turned, from a visit to relatives in'
Spartanburg.
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.. Mr. W. M. Barnwell went to Anderson
this week being on the grand
jury for the United States court.
Chief Johnson went to Anderson
Tuesday to tell what he knew to the
jurors in the United States Court.
Miss Dora Manning, of Calhoun
Falls, s visiting* her sister, Mrs.
James Darracott
^ L. C. Nickles was in. town today
I gelling produce from his farm instead
of buying out of the stores.
Col. W. H. Hardin, one of the prosperous
farmers of the Lowndesville
section, is in the city today on business.
S. S. Boles, of Lowndesville, is in
the city today shaking hand9 with
friends and looking after business
Blatters. ?
Wallace Cheatham, of Columbia,
ia spending a few days with his parents,
Mr and Mrs. John TV Cheatham
I of Fonville.
Miss Marion Cason, of WnstonSalem,
is at home for the summer
vacation. She has had a successful
year in the teaching profession.
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Leland Ellis, a student of Ers
kin^'College, is spending the week
with'lus uncle* Mr. R. S. Ellis on
Cherokee street.
Mrs. Carter Arnold, came over
from Elbefton today to see her father,
Dr. L. T. Hill, who has been
sick for several days but who is
much better today.
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Inns, n? x Aciuicuj 0^VMV *?wv.
day and Wednesday in Abbeville before
going down to Columbia where
Pat will be under the care of physicians
for several days.
Dr. M. W. Cheatham and family
returned early in the week from a
week end visit to Abbeville. The
Doctor says the people there are
optin .?tic?tlje times a v. getting
better.?Mccormick Messenger.
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Mrs. Lizzie Cason came home Wednesday
from Anderson where she has
had a very successful year teaching
in the Anderson City schools. Mrs.
Cason will spend a part of the summer
here with her mother, Mrs. Mrs.
Fanny. Marshall.
Mrs. Lamar Clinkscales and
daughter, Miss Ophelia, leave Satur|
day for Spartanburg to attend the
I commencement exercises at Wofford
college. Mr. Lewis Clinkscales, son
of Mrs. Clinkscales,'is a member of
the graduating class.
Miss Lila Teal, who has been visiting
Miss Mildred Cochran, left Thursday
for Whitmire where she will
visit friends for a few days. She
will then return to" her home in Chesterfield.
Miss Teal is an accomplished
violnist and while here gave much
pleasure to her friends with her
playing.
A MORNING PARTY
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| Miss Louise McDUl gave a party
this morning at her home on Greenville
street in honor of Mrs Sydney
Eason, of East Orange, N. J. A
pleasant morning was spent in playing
bridge and in the enjoyment of
the luncheon served at noon.
FOR MRS. EASON
Mrs. Frank B. Gary gave a pleasant
party Thursday afternoon invit
ang her friends to meet Mrs. aason,
who is in Abbeville <m a visit to her
home people. Bridge was the game
of the afternoon and was enjoyed
by the guests.
(Refreshments of cream chicken,
tomatoes, orange souffle and tea
| were served after the games.
THE ACE OF CLUBS
Miss Alberta Montgomery was the
guest of honor at the meeting of the
Ace of Clubs this week with Miss
Kate Haskell. Twenty ladies were
entertained at bridge. In view of
Miss Montgomery's approaching
marriage, she was presented with a
dainty piece of handwork as a souvenir
of this pleasant party after
which a salad course was served as
refreshments. '
Miss Jean Kennedy and Mrs. Rob!
ert Brownlee. of Due West were
guests of Miss Haskell for the occasion,
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VISITING HER OLD HOME
Mrs. C. F. McNeil and Edward
McNeil left Thursday for a visit to
Kentucky, the old home of Mrs. McNeil.
They "will be away soane time.
Mr. McNeil says "It is a poor job to
"be at home toy yourself."
LOST BOOKS
Son Bill and Donald Harris have
plenty to read these days for Thursday
some careless person dropped
on the street in front of the Echo
two voumes of the "Thirtieth Report
of the Bureau of American
Ethnology," and the books were
nicked ud bv the bovs Thev are now
| lost in the many interesting Indian
and animal stories contained in the
! reports. ' There is no name in the
books or they would be returned to
the owner.
SOME JUNE BARGAINS
| Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran h&B an ad.
vertisement in this issue which
| should be of interest to those people
who are interested in dry goods, lajdies
goods, suits, skirts, etc. Mrs.
j Cochran conducts one of the finest
' stores in this whole section. She has
j everything for the ladies. She does
i her own buying, and her experience
| in the business for many years guar:
ante.es that what she . has to offer is
inot *orrI'fr the oroDer thine from the
standpoint of -style, but that it is the
proper thing these days from the
standpoint of economy.
Mrs. Cochran is an experienced
milliner. For a long time she has giv'
en the buying public here the opportunity
to buy the prettiest hats and
I at the lowest prices. Her pleasure in
showing you what she has is another
! reason why you should look over the
things she has to offer.
REGULAR MEETING
Thfl Regular meeting of Clinton
Lodge No. 3, A. F. M. will be held
Monday Night, June 6th, at 8 P M.
Work in the First Degree.
Otto Bristow, W. M.
j H. S. Howie, Secty 2t
DR. MARTIN TO PREACH E
Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D., will
preach in the Presbyterian church at
Cokesbury next Sunday morning o
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DR. REID TO PREACH c
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Rev. R. C. Reid, of Columbia will a
preach in the Presbyterian church p
here Sunday morning and evening. T
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NO PREACHING AT b
A. R. P. CHURCH SABBATH
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There will be no preaching ser- g
vice at the A. R. P. church Sabbath, p
the pastor, Rev. M. R Plaxco being si
away conducting a meeting in Dora- E
ville, Ga. Sunday school will be held n
as usual at 10 o'clock. _ p
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Washington, June 2.?Col. F. W. e
Galbraith, Jr., commander and other v
spokesmen for the American Legion
were before the senate committee C
which today began invetsigation of t
the whole subject of bonus legisla. v
tion for former service men. The d
session was behind closed doors. > r
The legion representatives ^ere r
understood to have pressed argu- a
menu for early action on legislation 5
providing for adjusted compensation e
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OR- me grounu umt uucLujuujrujciiu was
aggravating the conditions of v
thousands of former service men.
Members of the committee were *
said to have assured the legion *
spokesmen that it was the intention s
of senate leaders, irrespective of par. ^
ty or sectional affiliations, to pass s
bonus legislation at this session. s
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COTTON MILL PLANTS <
WILL NOT EMPLOY
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Charlotte, N. C., June 2.?There n
will be no attempt at strike-breaking
on the part of cotton manufacturers
whose plants are idle as a result of
the strike of ten thousand operatives
at Charlotte, Concord and Kan- ^
napolis yesterday, according to g
statements issued today. The jrian
of the managements of the mills is ^
to allow their plants to remain idle indefinitely
or until such a timd^as ^
the operatives desire to return to b
work on the same basis on which
they were being paid when they .
left " I
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May Strike at StatefYille ^
preformation today from States- t(
viHe is to the effect that the four
malls there are anticipating a strike. 0]
Union forces are reported to have p
been rapidly recruited there.
There was no indication of a ^
spread of the strike over into Gaston
county where there are one hundred
cotton mills, nor further south,
but Vice President McMahon de
dares that the strike will become e.
south-wide in the course of a few g
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TAXES INCREASED t:
ON AUGUSTA-AIKE N S
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Columbia, June 2.?The state tax
commission today announced that it
had^ increased the tax assessment of
the Augusta-Aiken Electric Railway
company 'by aibout a half million dol- 0
lars on the basis of the property val- f
uation reported in the company's pe- ^
tdtion to the railroad commission for c
an increase of its passenger fares.
The company's petition for higher
fares stated that its property
value in South Carolina was $:i,- c'
500,000. Last year its return was
$144,900. The tax commission fixed
the assessment this year at fortytwo
per cent of the valuation of the =
company's South Carolina property,
$1,500,000, whch means an assessment
of $630,000, or $485,100.,faore
than the assessment of last "year. \
PASS 950,000,000 FARM
RELIEF MEASURE
Washington, June 2.?Anothei
farmers' relief measure, the bill of
Senator Curtis, Republican, Kansas,
to loan up to $50,000,000 to federal
farm loan banks to distribute among
farmers at not more than 5 1.2 per
cent interest, was passed today by
the senate with assurances of early
house approval.
Senator Curtis told the senate thati
it was an emergency measure but
would not cost the government a
cent, because the money wou'd be
loaned on the. safest of securitiea?j
mortgage of the land banks?andj
paid.
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SETTER SCHOOLS AT
x CALHOUN FALLS
The people of Calhoun Falls and
i the surrounding community held
mass meeting an the Baptist
hurch Saturday, May 21st, for the
urpose of discussing plans for
better school and to bring Calhoun
'alls to the front educationally,
'he meeting was well attended and
verybody was enthusiastic over the
etter school movement.
Dr. J. C. Solomon, pastor of the
laptist church, presided and after
iving a most excellent and appropriate
introductory address he pzvented
Mr. D. E. Lewis, State
Lural School Supervisor, \yho gave
lany practical suggestions and niaped
out the way by which we may
stablish a centralized High School,
[is suggestions were heartily onorsed
by the. audience which was
vrvvactjnrl Tv^r n lino nrm /vn o ricinry
Ayi I/* U UU?UWiiVUO J iOJJlt,
ote.
Dr. Wm. S. Gurrell, one of South
Carolina' most distinguished educates
and President of the State Uniersity
was Scheduled to give an adress
at this meeting, but missing
&ilraad connection he failed to
each here in 'time, but on Sunday
t 11:30 o'clock, he gave a most intructive
address to a large audince
in the Methodist chureh. Every
vailaMe seat and standing room
wis taken up at the appointed hour.
Dr. Cujretl held the audience
hrouhgout his entire lecture, Chrisian
Education was his main theme,
tressing the necessity of the right
ind of. education. He alsojgaye us
cme most inspiring thoughts and
tifferestiona coucerninc the move
lent, we wish to put on in the near
titare.
The great slogan in Calhoun Falls
ocay is a "Standard High School
id Good Roads." We can and
ust have them.?Contributed.
A FINE FISH.
Col. R. W. Smith, the ice man, fish
urchant and newnpaper correspondnt
of South Main, got in a shiplent
of the finest fish going late yessrday.
He put them in cold storage
nd is ready for Dr. NeulTer and the
thcr fish-eaters this morning. We
ought one from the merchant. When
e went to pay for it (he refuses to
fiarge anything) we found that fish
ad not gone down as much as cot>n.
Dote says that it is much easier
> catch a fish in his refrigerator
lan in Savannah River, and he rec
ramends that Maj. Fulp try the
lan.
. PLEA OF GUILTY"
IN POSTOFFICE STEAL
Toledo, 0., June 2.?Harry Fishr,
Toledo, has entered a plea of
uilty to each of ten counts in an
idictment charging him with conpiracy
to dispose of bonds stoHen in
he $1,000,000 posfcoffice robbery,
tuart Bolin, special prosecutor, anounced
at noon today.
THANKS EXTENDED
Mra. J. E. Jones and the members
f her family desire to thank their
riends for their 'kindness and for
he attentions shown in their re-'
ent bereavement.
Public offices in Italy refuse to acept
checks, even though certified by
anks.
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vnanesion section, uns sva^uU) wxui
the period ending in the next few
days, when about 300 more carloads
will have been added to. the movement.
La?5t season over 3,000 carloads
were shipped from there. The
prices this year were much below
those of last season, and have been
declining since the opening. However
considerable money - has been
made by the farmers.
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