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ft ~ ^ Xocal H*kws : personals : r^1 Miss Agnes Edwards spent Saturday in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson, of Sharon, were in town Saturday. Mrs. 0. M. Lanier, of Monterey, was in town Saturday shopping. Mr. and Mrs. L. A Ramey, of Lebanon,. were visitors in town Saturday J. A. Schroeder, Sr., of Columbia, spent the week-end in the city with O kis family. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gibert, of Calhoun Falls were visitors in the city Saturday. ' > Judge Gary went to Newiberry this morning where he will hold court this week. Capt. G. N. Nickles and Miss Elizabeth Ni<jkles of Due West were in * town Saturday. Hubert Furman, of Atlanta, is visitinjr his cousin. Mims Cason. on North Main street. Louis and Lemuel Lawsdn are here from Columbia spending the 4th with their relatives. Charles Finley left Sunday morning for Charleston where he will visit for some time with his aunt. j Miss Howard Hill left unday for * Elberton where she will spend this week with Miss Addie Bowie. I Little Miss Elizabeth Corley is here from Columbia to spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs. M. H. Wilson. I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Power and children are spending today in McCormick with Mr. and Mrs. Luke ; ;rown. Miss Ethelind Pope leaves for her home in Columbia this morning after a pleasant visit to Mrs. Frank B. Gaiy. , Mrs. Whit Klugh left last week for Wilmington, N. C., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shirley. Mr. William Welsh came down from Monroe and spent Sunday and today with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh. _ Miss Sarah Mundy, of Greenwood, spent the week-end with her pareents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mundy near the city. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cox are leaving Tuesday for their home in' Columbia after a pleasant visit to Mrs. R. E. Cox. Mrs. D. P. McCain and children visited her sister, Mrs. J. A. Woodhurst of Abbeville, a few days this week.?McCormick Messenger. Hisses Ruth and Louise Shirley have returned to their home in Wil miagton, N. C., after a visit to their meter, Mrs. Whit Klugvh. } V Wyatt Aikep, of Columbia and Barnwell Aiken are in the city spend\ ing the holiday with their grandmother, Mrs. B. S. Barnwell. .Buster Brown is spending today ? . *?- ?11 1-1.- x- .J .11 in Atlanta, ne win urne uvu; ox an the fancy curls in baseball pitching And will put them Into practice for the Abbeville Hi his Fall. Mr. Maurice Garner, of Union, and Mr. B. A. Maultsby of Bennetts ille are in the oity, comig up Saturday to spend the holidays with their families, who are making their summer visit at the home of Mrs. J. C. Kkzgh. I .Mr. W. F. Perrin and young son, Bill, spent Saturday in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. R. Glenn Kay spent the Fourth in Anderson with relatives. Mayor J. Moore Mars and Mrs. Mars are visiting relatives of Mrs. Mars in Laurens. Miss Lola Wilson arrived in Abbeville Sautrday to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stark. She will return tomorrow. Miss Mary Graydon, who has been the attractive visitor Mr. and Mrs Bill Speed for several days, left yesterday for her home in Columbia. ' I Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Perrin, Miss j Ada .Perrin and Bill Perrin leave this week f%r an outing ot two : weeks on Rocky River. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McBridc, of I FlnrAn^p arp visitiie at the home of I Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Reese. Mr. McI j Bride will return home tomorrow I j while Mrs. McBride will remain for ja week. Mrs. McBride will be rel-Tiembered here where she formerly | lived and attended school as Miss Margaret Reese. j AT CALHOUN MILL 'Messrs J. R. Glenn, W. Joil Smith I ' jand Dr. Thos. L. Davis spent the jFourth-at Calhoun's Mill, where they | were invited to be present when the j water was let off from the pond and J partake of the fish frying festivities 'that followed. SEEING THE SIGHTS Son Bill Greene is taking a holi| day today and is in Atlanta "to see i Joe Gion make a home run." He will : stay over Tuesday and will shop to 'the extent of getting a supply of ! "genuine" agates. He is chaperoning J his fatlter who will see the sights in i the big city. MR. T. G. PERklN ILL j Mr. T. G. Perrn, who hAs been ill recently at the hospital and who had recovei-ed sufficiently to be discharged from the institution, was obliged to return to the hospital yesterday for further treatment. His riends will regret that this is necessary and hope that he shall soon be recovered. ORANGEBURG STORE / I APT IXI 171 A UTC I \ L<V/J 1 111 ^UniTib^ _____ \ Orangeburg, July 2.?Fire destroyed the business establishment of Vonohsen & Smoak in the city at an early hour this morning. The company was one of the old establishments of the city, dealing in wagons, buggies and harness. The loss is estimated to be around $15,000. partially covered by insurance. It is not known how the fire started. The ouilding was a two story structure, the upper story being used as residential flats. TWO MEN HOLD UP BIG FOUR TRAIN Danville, 111., Juty 2.?Big Four Passenger train No. 44, was held up early this morning near Covington, Ind., near here, the messenger shot and the safe thrown from the train, and a safe in the express car robbfcd i of non-negotiable securities. The train was robbed by two men, who 'boarded the express <fer as the train started from Covington at 1:45 <this morning. At Veedersburg, the next stop, 12 miles east, Frank Beckman, the express messenger, was shot through the hip and through the leg with packages of express mat ter piled upon him. A steel safe, weighing about- 150 pounds was missing and had been thrown off ?bout h$lf way between the two j stops. Police are scouring the woods and patrolling the railroad tiacks for many miles in the vicinity of Veed; ersburg. The value of the loot obtain ed by the ro-bbers was not known here. Alexyider Fortner, of Indianapoj lis, who is said to have been beating his way on the train was shot and j wounded during the search conductjed after the roWbery. Accprding to ; police, Fortner was seen running Ifrom the train and when he refused j to obey a command to halt one of the officers fired. He is being held pending further investigation. f See. FOR MISS HAIGLER. Miss Caroline Reese entertained at a large party Friday afternoon at ; he home of Mrs. Fuller Reese, in ; lonor of Miss Sarah Haigler, Abbe* ( ville's bride of the month. Bridge 1 and rook was played by the thirtysix ladies present and the delightful salad course with tea and sherbet served at the close of the games was1 enjoyed by all. ' * * * \ Mrs. Richard Hill and Miss Emma Harris have issued invitations to a party for Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock, in compliment to their niece Mils Sarah Haigler. int. UKlUUb tLUD. Mrs. W. D. Barksdalf? was'hostess to the Bridge club Friday afternoon, the meeting being most* pleasant in every way. There were twenty ladies present, the tables were on the porch and the games were played in comfort. v Refreshments of cantaloupe tilled with ice cream and sherbet and cake and bon bons were served. I AT HOME _______ i Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Smith ar- < rived in Abibeville today after a stay < of two weeks in Mississipppi. They 1 " l ?J4.1. If- T r via maKe ineir .nome wim jui. ?j. I Allen Smith, Jr. i I STOCKHOLDERS 1 GET LARGE SUMS Spartanburg, July 2.^-With the distribution today of approximately ( $627,000 in dividends by the mills ,] and banks of the city and county of : Spartanburg1 comes ihe glad news -3 that the sum of $88,575.77 has h^en 1 paid out to Spartanburg people as ' interest on the savings accounts by the six banks of the city during the ^ past six months' period which ended ] yesterday. Eighteen mills of the city 1 and county are paying out today < $551,131 in dividends to stockholders r The 20 odd banks of the city and county of Spartanburg are paying ( dividends ^today for the first half of \ the year of approximately $70,000. < I JOHN A. PATTERSON ( ( McCormick, July 2.?John A. Pat- { terson died here at the home of his j daughter, Mrs,, T. H. Remsen Tues- { day afteroon after an illness of t stroke of paralysis last August. Al- s thouerh not unexpected his death , came as a shock to the entire community. Mr. Patterson was 72 years old, having been born August 10, 1849 in Abbeville County. The. funeral was conducted at the McCormick Baptist church of which Mr. Patterson had been a member since early manhood, by the Rev. L. T. Pressley of the A. R. P. church. Interment took place in the McCormick cemetery. Mr. Patterson's wife, who was Miss Fannie Owens died several years ago. He is surwvo/1 Kir r\r\n .Tnconll ff I ?*? VU W J VilV w ?"*v* 7 V VWV|#?? , Patterson of Spartairourg and the ' following children: Mrs. T. H. Reinsen, J. 0., <3. G., and C. W. Patterson, all of McComiick and Mrs. W. H. Wyse of Yemassee and a number of grandchildren. COLLECT MILLIONS I IN FEDERAL TAXES More taxes were collected in j South Carolina by the federal gov-1 ernment during the fiscal year clos-J ing yesterday than during the fiscal | year closing one year ago, accord- j ing to figures compiled by W. R. j Bradley, acting collect^ of internal { revenue. " . s According to the statistics kept by the office here a total of $28,322,145.52 was collected in South Carolina during the past 12 months, the period ending yesterday. One year ago at the close of the fiscal year a > total of $26,653,541.89 had been col-1 lected. Both these amounts were gotten from federal taxes as the, revenue department is concerned i with nothing but getting taxes. By these figures it is seen that during the year closing yesterdays an increase of $1,668,603.63 was|* gained over the previous year.?The,^ State. ' ietij J GOING TO HENDERSONVILLE Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Thomson and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Little left this morning for Hendersonville for an extended visit. They made the trip through the country. IN ATLANTA Mr. W. H. White and young son, Len, went over to Atlanta Sunday morning and will stay until Tuesday with Dr nnH Mr? Rrvnnr White Trf>n will be the center of attraction for an eye doctor and .a tonsil artist during Jiis visit. IN WAYNESVILLE Mrs. W. A. Lee left today for Waynesville where she will spend a month. She will join her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Smith, of Elberton and their family, and will make the trip in their car. IN HONOR OF MRS. LAWSON. Miss Nettie Russell gave a pleasant card party Saturday afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Louis Lawson of Columbia. Four tables were placed Dn the porch and bridge was Enjoyed by the guests. Cake and cream was served as refreshments. RELIEF OF FARMERS FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED \ Work of administering the $2,)00,000 seed loan-fund, appropriated, ay Congress for tihe relief of farmers | n the drought-stricken areas of the j Northwest, has been completed and i :he field office established at Fargo, SI. I)., has been closed. The relief fynd was managed by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace through a com-j nittee appointed by ' him for the j purpose headed by Leon M. Ester-! jrook, associate chief of the Bureau' }f Markets, United States Depart-! nent of Agriculture. Officials look upon the completion )f this important work within Jess ;han 40 days, with little criticism ind much commendation, as very , gratifying to all concerned. Records i )f the committee show that the agricultural bill making the fund available was signed March 3, 1921, a Dri-nted copy of the bill not being ivailaJble to the department until ;he following week; that the neces>ary regulalions and blank forms were drafted, procedure outlined, ma neaaquarters established in the ; leld; that within 17 days after the ; :ommittee was appointed the first j oan was made, and that up to May 1 i, when the field work was practical- I !y completed, 17,500 applications for loans were received and 14,000 loans were made amounting to approximately $1,950,000. The total ?xpense involved, aside from State registration fees, will probably not jxceed $10,000. ^VVVWVVVWiVV^ t % PROGRAM v k V * OPERA HOUSE * w % TUESDAY V 1 V ^ ENID BENNETT V w IN ^ w "SILK HOSIERY' V ALSO V CHARLES HUTCHISON V IN M "DOUBLE ADVENTURE" V 1QC: / r 20c V : ? " ' *| WEDNESDAY * . . < i THE HOSPITAL BENEFIT V j Admission?Children __ 25c V [ Adults 50c. 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After his death in accounting was necessary to determine the amount due Mrs. Keller by his estate. In the accounting the referee, Hon. T. Frank Watkins. found that his estate was indebted* to Mrs. Keller in the sum of seven hundred and odd dollars and the report of the referee was confirmed by Judge Prince. Following Judge Prince's decree an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. The case was heard more than f! t t nrodtv in : ?/ L. rLlMVllI, JIV. ; ; Public Stenographer I; Room 204 ;j: |; Municipal Building ;j; ?f??5J5jgj5jgjSJBJ5J5ISIBJEJSJ5IBIBJ5/5/EJ5IBJ5JBJEJ i Just Arrr New Sterling, and Flatware,? I sortment of Ci cially suitable presents* || F. E HAR] j; Jew ?!3?S]Sf2JSJSJ3?3JS?3I5fSJSI3f5ISJSM5J5JS.rSMi I 1837 ERSKINE ( a : | DUE WES'! a Eighty -four years of continu< a Unwavering Adherence to a thorough Scholarship. i Courses: A. B., B. S., M. A., Literary Societies Emphasize* Intercollegiate Contests in I 3 worthy of comparison. 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