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? *1 \ > \ LOWNDESVILLE V ' * * f * . * . . . > sVVVVVVV^VVV Th? following young people have (returned from the different colleges: Mr. W. L. Latimer, of Emory Unii versity; Mr. DeWitte Harper, of Wofford College; Misses Pauline CUink scales, Kathleen Cooley, Alpha Barnes, Alice Cooley and Georgia Harper, of Winthrop college; Miss Lucile Kirlcpatrick of Due West; Miss Olivia Drennon, of Greenville; Misses Bessie and Alice Harper, of Charleston and Miss 2elpha Hardin, of Coker college. Of this numfoer two received their degrees, Mr. DeWitte Harper and Miss Pauline Clink scales. Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Keys ? - J - 1?~ Harper enienainea a ntuivucx ui young people in honor of her sister, Miss Lillis Russell, of Autun. The same evening Miss Doris dotfelter had albont 18 of the younger set to meet with her and engage in pleas. * ant games and partake of cake and > cream to their hearts' content. Mrs. T. D. Cooley also entertained x Friday evening at a card party for her niece, Miss Annie Turner of Atlanta. .? ' ' f The following young ladies " are ? attending summer schood at Winthrop college: Misses Veva Bonds, n/ Alice Cooley, ArviUa Hall, Lorene r *\ <irant and Bloise Hall. Miss Olivia \ Drennon had arranged to attend but was prevented on account of her mother's death. Friends and relatives throughout this county will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Corrie Hall Clink? . m scales, widow of Reuiben P. Clinkv - ' scales. The deceased was reared and educated at Due West and was a wo? < man of fine intellectual powers and lovely christian character. Mr. Reonbert Allen, after a year's >: afbsence, has reached home to the delight of every body. Mr. Allen after : >> finishing at Clemson . College, went to Cornell University to complete Vi? TTa will r;; oiy*uwvw.??? - ' % * -spend some time with Ins parents before settling down to his professional duties. Miss Cornelia Tennant arrived ;/ tide week from Georgetown, where . she has been teaching for .the past session. Friends of Mrs, A. M. Bonds 'sympathize with her ait the death of her sister* Mrs. Marie Montgomery, of Greenville. Mrs. Bonds has her sister's two children at present, and it Is probable that they will make " v 'their home with her. ' ' | t Dr. Lawrence McCalLa, who has v completed his coarse at the Augusta ' '} Medical College, was the guest of V Mr. M. P. tMcCalla a few days ago. pott p h ra*w \fc.? Louise Williams and Mrs. David Bourne are spending some time with Mr. and Jfrs. E. 3. Huckalbee. Mis. C. E. Williamson, of Abbeville, and Mrs. Dr. Grace of Grace ville, Fla., have been recent guests of Mrs. R. L. Smith. , Mr^. EUa lluckabee Nance is off on an extended visit to relatives in Atlanta and Milledgeville, Ga. Dr. Mattison, of- McOrmick, was here recently on professional busi/ ness. . * iThe sick list for the past week is eosmewhat larger than usual. Messrs. R. L. Smith, Jno. McMahan, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. D. K. Cooley and Mrs E. W. Harper, Sr. One case of typhoid fever, little James Terrell, on "> V Lucile avenue. Friends of Mrs. Moseley Huckabee will regret to know that it was \ Touna necessary tor ner to return to Atlanta for treatment Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ligon and little girl, Hetlen, of Greenvillt, are guests of Rev. and Mrs. Fennell. Mrs. Geo. Harper, of Atlanta, and Miss Lillis Russell,, of Autun, have been pleasant visitors at the home of Capt. and Mr. E. W. Harper. Mr. Henry Turner and sister, Miss Annie, of Atlanta, have been recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Speer. Miss Annie NicMee, one of Greenwood's sweetest young ladies, is on an extended visit to heir sieter, Mrs. M. P. McCalla. Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark Speer have . returned home from Macon, Where Mr. Speer has been taking treatment. He is considerably improved. Dr. Mo?jley has returned from Anderson where he visited his son, JR. E. Moseley. Messrs. Ben, Ernest and John Wilson are at McConmick in attendance at court to hear*,the Blackwell-Wilson case. The three little children N > * DUE WEST NEWS. % V , I V Mr. J. H. Wren has returned from Florida. Mr. W. W. Edwards, Jr. is attending the summer school at Furman University. Misses Donald, Welborn, Hammond and Major of Williamston, visited Miss Ruth Agnew the past week. Mr. A. S. Kennedy and Mr. David j Kennedy spent several days in Atlanta last week. Mr Homer McAdams handed us the first open cotton bloom *we have seen this year./He has a nice field of it. J, Mr. Lane Bonner and Mr. George Young of Columbia spent several days in Due West the past week. Misses Virginia Edwards, Estelle Todd and Sarah Addison are attend- , ing the summer school at Winthrop , College. Misses Emma Cooper of Laurens ( and Louise Taylor of Xewberry were the guests last week of Miss Laura , t 3 Agnew: , ( i Messrs James Bonner and P. L.j Grier, Jr., left on last Monday for; the University of Vathe former to take a course in chemistry and the latter a medical course. It is very dry in this section. No rain in a month, with the mercury playing around 98. The government station here registered 99 onf day last week. Mrs. Kate Denny and children of Cross Hill, spent several days with her mother, Mrs. S. W. Addison, and. Mrs. Addison returned with them to their home. . 'J M- T> T> U lw?n<J iTXl 1 m lilt JLlCmjr XCOUIIICU UVlilU ^ ^ from the hospital last Friday evening I * He is badly crippled in his right leg and thigh. He will be confined to his' room for some weekf. Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Todd and their j two sons are visiting their parents for h few days. Mr. Todd is just backj from Pittsburg where he took a1 course in Life Insurance at Carne-| gie TecH. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young of ; Columbia have been spending some' days in Due West. Mr. Young is noW| traveling for the Reynolds Advertis^ ing House of Columbia and is suc-i ceeding with his work. v Mr. Gaston MofEatt who graduated; from Erskine at the last commence- j ment left last week for South Ameri-' ca. He goes to take a five year posi-i tion in the McKinsey college, where j Mr. Chas. Stewart . ia teaching. Friends wish Prof. Moffatt abundant) success. ' J Messrs Willie Moore, Boyce and Murphy Bell are doing mission work: this summer in Canada. They are about three hundred miles apart. Mr. ' James Moore of Salem congregation! 3 Tenn., is doing similar work not far , from Mr. Joyce's field. J i - I THE FAN .. , i Life. "How do you know Perkins doesn't i know anything about sport?"' ' "Why, he said he knew Babe Ruth when she was a horus girl. of the murdered man are also present. . ? ' Mrs. Irma Barksdale after a pleasant visit to her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. T. D. Coodey, has returned to Atlanta. Mr. J. H. Hiers, of Orangeburg, was in town recently, visiting friends. Mr. J. .Barnes ana son, Bruce, 01 ( Royston, Ga., were recent visitors at fhe home of his brother, Mr. D. L.! Barnes. ' . , Messrs 1 Frank Clinkscales and | Reynolds 'Meschine, two energetic young farmers, were in town this week on business. ' Mrs. McElmurry and children of Beech Island, after a short visit to Rev. and Mrs. Ballenger, have returned home. ! Mrs. George Harper ad Miss Alice Harper, are spending this week with Mr. Theron Allen at Anderson. Mr. ana Mrs, iveys narper are m Auiun on a visit to relatives. Mr. I^earl White of Wilmington, N. C., has been the guesz of his uncle, Rev. H. G. White. Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Broadwell of CentraH were visiting relatives a few days ago. Perhaps two of the most interesting sermons that have been delivered in our churches for some time, were those preached on last Sunday, in the morning by Rev. Clotfelter on Jehu, the furious driver; in the evening by Rev White.' i * PUSLEY AND POKE BERRIES P New York Herald. S As a result of four years experi~j mental work we are cultivating on| River Ridge farm a crop of twenty I] acres of an indegenous plant once C regarded as a weed and pest, but this u twenty .Acres now comprises the most, J valuable product an acre that the o ever been produced on this farm. p With passing years more clearly r< than Sver before I can recognize the si most things have value, e. g., some v of your older readers may recall the L expression that I used to hear as a a boy, ^Meaner than pusley." One S summer day ? the Pennsylvania fi State Codlege sent up a few students whom we put to work on our farm, e: Among them was a yery bright v young Chinaman, who was to be n graduated the next year. He was p weeding a imelon patch and pulling up pusdey, which is a congener of ci the portulaca. tl As I was passing he looked up and c said to me, "You throw this away. In China we eat it. It is very good i w indeed. It is like spinach ot what you p call 'greens.' " ir As a boy I was taught that poke- si !>erries were poisonous, and yet in P Li.. - 4 ! fiJL tne twviujus oi uae ^uegiuinies wiwi ? Jie advent of spring the peopie flock a bo the edge of the woods to get 'poke t( greens,' and I have no doubt that by njutting back we couJd proloiig the tl season for poke greens almost in- t: iefinitely. A plant oce regarded as tt poisonous is now recognized as a J e raluaJble contribution to our food Q. rapply. . f( , ORIGIN OF TOASTS st ' Jew York Times. | The origin of drinking toasts was j lefined by St/uyvesant Fish, banker,11 >ne of the 11 survivors of the class j >f 1871 of Columbia university,1 as. | ;oastmasteiv at the annual luncheon ;he other day., ' . "What is a toast?" he asked, add ur\ jj 1 1_- * 1 3 la ngf UTie 01 ine dooks pmouusaeu d?- i "ore we lost our liberty to restrain xir own appetites says: "The toasted biscuit, though long iince discussed as an ingredient of junch, formed from a very early period a favorite addition to manly >ld English drinks. "Promising timt in the reign of [Jha-rles II, it war the fashion for adies, attired in dresses made for iie purpose, to bathe publicly in the | U Dity of ath, the origin of toasts is Q ;hus told. * y "It happened, on a public day, a D selebrated beauty was in the Cross- n Bath, and one of her admirers took J i glass of ttte water In which she ? stood and drank her health which she = rompany. There was one in the place, a gay fellow, who offered to jump in and swore though he liked not the liquor' he would have the 'toast.' He was opposed in his resolution ; yet this whim gave the foun- ' dation to the present honor [which is done to the lady we mention in our liquor, who has- ever since been called a toaat." "Thus we see," Mr. Pish concluded, "that the origin of toa3ts was, like that of all things human?femi- v nine and alsp aqueous." I'm sorry to see you so unwell, Jim, said Brown. "Have you seen the doctor?" "Yes, I'm having three baths a day." "Whatever for?" "Don't know; doctor's orders. He gave me some medicine and told me to follow the bottle, which read: i 'One tablespoonful to be taken three | times a day in water.' " man cuusiipauuu. x"- 'VT^ And nothing will render the body more , liable to dangerous diseases than this same poisonous condition. Don't dc constipated! It ian't aafel ft isn't sensible! It isn't necessary! Be well?but don't rely on ordinary laxatives to help you. Try instead the newest scientific treatment tor constipation? 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Notice is hereby given that the [ighway Commiss'oners of Abbeville lounty will receive sealed bids ntil 12 o'clock noon, on Thursday, une 23rd, 1921, for the construction f a top soil road beginning at a oint on the Abbeville-Antrevillc oad, in said county, near Crawfords tore and thence, following the surey of the county engineer, via rowndesville to the line of Abbeville nd Anderson counties near Barnes tation, a distance of approximately fteen miles. The work will consist of the necsaary clearing and grubbing, excaation, top soil surfacing, the furishing and installation of culvert ipe and head walls, and such other fork as may be necessary for the ompletion of the road according to le plans and specincation 01 tne oanty engineer. x Bidders are expected to look the! rork over for their own information! rior to the letting. Bids on clearigiand grubbing will be by lump jm, other work by unit prices. The rescribed form of bid will be used. Each bid shall be accompanied by certified check of $500.00 payable > the order of J. S. Stark, Chairlan, as a. guarantee of good faith lat the bidder, if awarded the con. act, will within ten days thereafsr enter into written contract and xecute satisfactory bnod in the sum f Ten Thousand Dollars for the perarmance of the same. Checks of uniccessful bidders will be returned. I ? I BANANAS i D, L s i Ice Gream j |Pij I Abbevil j 8 Trinity St. l fill lli ill dliU ill LJiJJJ ill ill ill fc. ^fffc(ALADMNl AN > V mm J\ you' SECURITY OH e.ithe ssssss t,o7 k ? y with ~ troul want for any ready in an ii for the coal fir The white-tipped produces quick, < * blue chimney dri ing utensil orov< to cook with. Nc form of soot on i ligible amount N Bidders must satisfy the Commission of their ability financially and otherwise to push the work to a successful conclusion, to which end references are requested. i Bids should be filed with L. W. Keller, Sec'ty., at the office of County Supervisor on or before the B above named date. Information as to the work will be furnished by H. B. Humbert, County , Engineer. * a The right is explicitly reserved to reject any or all bids. Done at Abbeville, S. C. by order of the Commission, this 6th day of June, A. D. 1921. 3 Plumbin anil Haatii U11U 11VUU1 REASONABLE ( % PRICES Ralph ' raiiu?i]giahEigigran!iiuaiM -CPFflAI -1 U1 LlVUlli 1 ozen 20c and 25 \ , rawberry ValiiU ' Chocolate , 1 ' ' leapple Maple Nv lie Candy I Steve's Old Stand aMMMMPmnnnnnnn hatMOOBoangmanB s For a juiq roast?eve i X) when you decide kitchen, wl to bake of stew on warm ^ 11 Ua oUlo tr\ Ho Then. Coo. 11 UV au&v w wv ? r r on a New Perfec- housekeepi Oil Cook Stovethe least possible they know 3le. All the heat you labor that kind of cooking is The New istant. 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