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1i Xocal flews : personals : ft Miss Mary Haigler has returned from a trip to Hendersonville, , N. C. 3 ^ Griffin Nickles, of Colum>bia{ spent Sunday in the city tyith Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox. ' Miss Marion Harmon, of McCormick spent the week-end here with Miss Mary&aigler. , . Mrs. George Penney of Phllson and Henry's store is taking her vaca- . tion this week. " * . ' l: * T * Miss Jessie Ray, of Greenwgp^ j! spent .the week-end in the city with Miss Agnes Edwards. , , i j 1 Miss Thelma Seal, of Logansville, Ga., is visiting her Sousin, Miss Debbie Owen on Maagazine street. Misses Margie and Sara Mann, of 1 McCormick, are the pretty visitors of Miss Addie Bowen near the city. ? Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Long left today for Atlafcta where they will visit ^ Mr. and 'Mis. R. W. Rogers. 1 -? ! Miss Gussie Miller, of Hartsville, (' is visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. R. Mc- 3 Allister on "Greenville street. ' Mrs. C. P. Townsend returned:' Sunday after spending a week in j1 ~ ? ? ?fit. 1 M.? | } spartanDurg wnn ner sister, uus. Joe Everett. ~ * fr . 1 Mr. L. C. Parker and the two boy?, T Dick and Lawrence, went to Ander- 1 son Sunday to spend the day with 2 Mrs. Parker, who is a little better. * y, . . l ii * J / ^ > . . . . JT MissEmily Rhett is returing to- e day to her home in Hendersonville * after a pleasant visit to Miss Mary ^ MiHord. f ' '' 1 Mrs. Rebecca Mabry and Jack * Sutherland returned Sunday from a visit to Mrs. S. J. Kilgore in New- * terry. \ iMiss Francis Rose, of Monroe, N. (< JC., is spending this week with Misses Catherine Gibert and Lucia Guille, beau. 1 v Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stewart and f children, of Rock ton, S. C., are visit- i ing Mr. and Mrs. James H. Greene J in the Bethlehem section. 3 Miss Cleo Bailey, Miss Kathleen ] ? Archer, Miss Ruth McGee and Mr. i Sam Shelton, of Anderson, were vis- < itors in the city Sunday afternoon. i tProf. McTyeire Daniel "blew in" 1 from Newberry Friday and put in a ] strenuous course of love-making un_ 1 til Saturday afternoon. i 4/ > i Miss Mary Rudisail returned to her i home in Spartnburg today after? If 1 preasant stay of three weeks with Mrs < Pierce Bowen near the city. ji r Miss Lottie May Vaughn, of ] Columbia, is here for a visit to her < friend, Mrs. Leslie McMillan. Her 1 many admirers are giving her a i warm welcome. v i ] w-.tMrs. J. W. Simpson, of ..the Long ] Cmne section, is spending thia week .with reatives at Easley, tPfckens aTid < Greenville. Later she will go to the 1 mountains for a short stay. 1 Mrs. Thos. Estes and her young 1 son, Tom, arrived in Abbeville Sunday and are the guests of Mr. and ! Mrs. J. D. Kerr. Mrs. Estes is on her 1 Way home from Montreat. Young \ Tom is ready to eat watermelons, ice cream or anything else good, but < % ?t f-? _ - -l t-~ says ne mmKs ne mun w m?ncu out" *o get any of the goodies. Carre* and Carre* 1 Baltimore Sun. 1 "Curves makes angelic," says an enthusiast They also make angels i of speeders. " 1 v?'i. . V :: X ML jf _____ AT BAPTIST CHURCH i Rer. J. C. C. Dunford Preached Ii tereatinf Sermon Yeaterdy. Prof. J. C. C. Dunford, D. D., < Anderson College, preached to a larj and appreciative audience in the Baj tist church Sunday morning. Doct< Dunford took for his text Hebrev 13:8, "Jesus Christ the same yeste day, today and forever," and his sul ject was "The Unchanging Christ Those who heard the sermon say was one of unusual power and clea ness. Arrangements have , already, bee made to hold , regular-t^rvices, in th Baptist church* until a pastor . is ? cured to succeed Mr. Bristow. Ti Rev. H. L. Weeks, D. D., pastor c the First Baptist church of Darlinf ton, will preach next Sunday. Tb weekly prayer meeting will be hel Wednesday night, as usual. OU VACATION. Miss Ruth Crowther will take he vacation beginning Wednesday. Sh will spend part of the two weeli resting at home with her brother wh hat qlust returned from the Pilippinc after several years service with th government teaching force in th islands. Miss Crowther is now cox ducting a short course for club won en at Antreville. SHOE SHOP CHANGE5 HANDS ftriffin Nieldci Geta Clinktcalei Piece?-Will Return to Abbeville Mr. Griffin Niokles, of Columbia has rented the shoe shop on Trinit; Street belonging to Mr. Ray Clink scales and will take charge of it nez Monday. Mr. Clinkacales expects t< return to his old place with the Sea joard railway. Mt. Nickles is a son_in_law o: Uoroner J. C. Cox, of Abbeville. H< s a native of this county and live( lere untfl he went to Columbia albou' welve years ago. It is understoo< ;hat lie will move his family her< vithin a short time. Mr. Clinkscalei )pened up his shoe shop afoout threi rears ago and has been very success 'ul. He has made a reputation as ax efficient workman and his patroni ind friends will regret that he is tc five up the work. Railroading was Hr. Clinkscales' first love so t< speak and he returns to it with ok ;ime enthusiasm. His run will b< from Abbeville to Monroe, N. C. , MILL PROPERTY . VALUED HIGHEF >il Mill* aivj Fertilizer Plants G< Up a Little?JCommission Fixes Amount. Columbia, Aug. 6.?Assessment! igainst South Carolina cotton mill: for the present year total $54,570,' 235, according to figures announced yesterday by the South Carolina ta> :ommission. These figures are the 41 >er cent, placed by the commissioi md represent an increase of a littU )ver $2,000,000 from 1920. All mills in the state have beer issessed and the commission ha: leard all the representatives wh< arotested the assessments. In 192( ;he assessments against all the milli vere $52,464,905rThe increases thii fear are derived from new mills ant additions to old plants rather thai icftai advances on the same prop irty of 1920, W. <5. Query, membei Jdvth?' commission, said yesterday. *nie commission is repidly com pleting the assessments against al :orporations and merchants and th< hearings incident thereto. On3j slight davances are noted in the val. jation'for taxation of the fertilize] plants and cotton seed oil mill com panies* . ,; Oil mills in the state were assess ed !by the commission at $2;500,431 last year and the figures announce! t>y the commission yesterday fo: L921 are $2,564,885, only a slight a< irance from 1920. Fertilizer plants were assessed a ?4.064,787 last year and the figure; 5his year are $4,071,859. Here agaii the increase is extremly amall. The commission is investigate iuosely all property valuations. Good Reason For It. \ . Houston Post. Auto Tourist?Ha, road fixed a' ast, eh? What was the cause of it? Farmer (at roadside)?The com nissioner of roads had a breakdowr lere several weeks ago. A HOUSE PARTY ? i Miss Elizabeth Smith and Miss fS Helen McLeod left today after a 0 pleasant visit to Miss Mildred Coch- i ? ran. These young ladies, have charmj ed our people and they have had much pleasant attention shown them in the way of partieis, picnics and dances. Miss Mildred Cochran and / Miss McLeod?<ftill accompany Miss ? Smith to her home in G*eer and they will enjoy a deKghtful house party. . Other friends will join the party and many pleasant affairs wfll be enjoyl' ed. e 1 d IN HONOR OF MRS. SHERARD J 1 Mrs. Jaines A. Hill gave a pleasant * ?" ? flu+mvlait aftaninnn lmn+inC . | wa.uiu.j 01 . I a dozen friends to meet Mrs. Sher!l ? e ard who is here from Anderson on a a visit. Bridge was enjoyed and o canteloupe a la mode, cake , and s punc\ were served as refreshments. i e e Entertaining Sweet Sixteen. 0 g Miss Annie Mabry entertained a e large partyv Friday night at iher f home on Chestnut street. Progressive o rook* arid setback were played by the t: J young people after which dancing P was enjoyed. c Cream and cake were served. 0 M A HOUSE PARTY DANCE a ^ j John M^Murray gave a dance Fri~ day night at his home on North Main street, in honor o the young ladies * 5 wo make up the house party being ", entertained by Miss Mabel Bradley. The little folks danced from half past eight until eleven and had a t< * "grand" time. n 1 a , i AN ANDERSON VISITOR n I '| Mrs. Sherard, of Anderson, is in is i the city and will spend several days tl ' j with Mrs. x J. D. Wilson. As Miss h "j'Fannie (Pinckney, Mrs. Sherard It 11 spent much of her childhood in Ab- , i beville and she is renewing many, ja ' I pleasant friendships. B 'I I ) - . ruK Midd air An j. i > 1 ^ The following is from the Chester news in The State of Sunday: "Wednesday afternoon Mrs. H. M. Ross entertained most delight^ fully at rook in honor of Miss Dorothy iSyfan, of Abbeville, who is the * attractive guest of Miss Mary Isaacs After the games a delightful salad course was served, when to the surprise of the guests the engagement ' 5 of Miss Mary Isaacs to R. E. Hicks } was announced. On each plate was a * 'sham' sandwich in which was I founda card/disclosing the secret, : 'Isaacs-Sicks, October 1921.' The ' hostess presented the guest of honor 1 and the bride-elect with dainty ciifts." o 1 IN ATLANTA 3 ' ) Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Smith and * their children left last Friday for 3 Atlanta where they will visit with 5 Miss Meta Lythgoe for two weeks. ! BURNS! 1 ; a Nothing as effective a* 7 KORA-KONIA has ever been found for Sunr burn, Scalds, and ordinary Burns. Even the most severe '. I ' .-.I I - . cases of sunburn are quickly re- .. ? ' . 4., j .J* 3 ueved." The skin becomes cool. J V - " * 7 >i '"3 The smarting disappears. Red*' j ness soon changes to a healthy pink. Complete recovery is hast tened. g Don't expose yourself to sunburn unless KORA-KONIA is T handy. 50 CENTS A CAN. The ' McMurray Drug Co. IIS * THE BRIDGE CLUB The Bridge Club will meet wi1 tfrs. W. P. Greene Friday afternoo it 5:30 o'clock. THE BOOK CLUB. The Book club will meet with Mr 1 C. Gambrell Wednesday afternoo it 6 o'clock. DANCE FOR VISITORS. Mr. Mims Cason gave a dance t lis home on North Main street Satu: lay night in honor of Miss Hele dcLeod of Augusta, and Miss Elizt >eth Smith of Greer who have bee isiting Miss Mildred Cochran. Tb 'oung people enjoyed a very pleasar ivening. TEN YEAR OLD COOK. Prances McComb, who is ten yeai Id, shows all promise, that when sh Tows up she will be a regular cuisin xpert besides possessing a prett ace. Saturday, without being aide r abetted, as her father the magi: rate might say, she compoundec lanned and executed one complet ake, the deliciousness and sweetnes f which can not be surpassed. Sh domed it with roses and her fathe ssisted at the feast which followed. WILL POOL TOBACCO lectins of Georgia Growers Heli Tomorrow. Douglas, Ga., Aug. 5.?Dougla ybacco growers and prominent busi ess men have called a meeting <x 11 tobacco growers. of Georgia t< tetet here Saturday for the purpos* f pooling the tobacco crop. Thii i due to the unsatisfactory prices oc ie tobacco market. It is proposed t< old the/crop or to market it in ? imp. Tiirnrx incac. 4 n b Y f< II Everybody V If The] If you give us a trial tomer. / Anyway w< and assure you we CALL FOl : A aj C( TheAl TRINITY STREET -[ POSTMISTRESS CONFESSES Held For Murder She Admits Theft of $32,000. Miami, Fla., Aug. 4.?Miss Lena Clarke, postmistress at West Palm Beach, Fla., who is being held in Orlando without bail for the murder of W. H. Miltmore, a restaurant pron prietor, has confessed to post office inspectors that she was responsible for the loss of $32,000 in currency alleged to have been stolen from her post office last week, according s. to telephone messages Wednesday, n "We believe it will be possible to trace disposition of~the entire amount," Post Office Inspector L. A. Johnson said. "We already have traced part of it." <?' .4. Miss Clarke reported to Orlando lit I r_ police Monday night that she had n drugged Miltmore in her hotel room/ where she said she had enticed him. n Police found Miltmore dead, shot through the heart. The money involved was taken from a pouchR container en route tO( the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta. * V 1 DEMONSTRATION BY KU KLUX KLAN s e | Members of Order March Through e Florence?Few Out To See. y Florence,. Aug. 5.?Members of d the Ku Klux K3an (made a demons' stration on the streets of Florence ^between 10 and 11 o'clock tonight. e j The members, variously estimated at 8, between 25 and 50, marched through e. the streets wearing masks and long r , white robes. This was the first inti | mation that there was such an orga-1 ' nization in Florence. Catches Bullet in Mouth.'' j ! ' d Z.. (Charleston, Aug. 6.?An exciting man chase occurred today, after a s Greek storekeeper had been serious. ly wounded, shot in the mouth. After f being shot he fired and' hit his as} sailant, a negro, who fled several e blocks before being caught. Both 3 were sent to a hospital. Another f shooting affair occurred yesterday 3 afternoon, when John Williams was i wounded in the side at the iron works by an unknown person. ? i m L/ II MJL 111 Right Here : is turning out bread just le, fresh and crisp, with a > " i ou. The bread comes froi 3ur times a day and YOU F YOU COME IN AT TH Ifould Rather Tr / Can Get What The; I we believe you will becoi e shall be giad to have yo mean to please. R ABBEVILL] i a short time we expect tc iy any demand made tor < .t present our cake baker 1: 11 our force is busy making Dining soon. bbeville I & M PERSHING IN COLUMBIA ?* t Makes Request That No Fmi Be Made Over Him Columbia, Aug. 4.?General Joka J. Pershing, chief of staff of the ted States army, arrived just before noon and was met by the mayor saf several prominent citizens. He mm taken directly-<^o Camp Jackson, lie entertainment futures are pzovidaA on his own request as the general la not in good health. He leavefe tonight at midnight 'Camp Grant, HI. During the eveniafc he will be the dinner gueet of ttc. a?a Mrs. Joe D: jEeTtttfeir kod? The general is accompanied by Mi aide, Maj. John G. Queckmeyer. ' *- r .1} PLANTERS SIGN CONTRACT Cooperative Association Active 'b ... .. . . Marketing Interest. J Columbia, Aug. 8.?Six of the largest planters in the State signed Ae cotton cooperative marketing contract last week, according to an announcement made by Harold C. Booker, secretary of -the South CaroUsa Cotton Growers Cooperative Asaod- j j ation. The six planters were Harijr Kaminer, of Gadsden; R. C. Hamer, of Acton; Louis I. Guion of Luggaff; Former Governor Richard I. Manning of Columbia; D. Buist Anderson of Moore and Dr. A. R. Johnston of -St George. Letters are pouring in from al i over the state telling of the great enthusiasm which is prevailing for tbe cooperative marketing of cotton. The campaign in Spartanburg and Marin counties will be continued for a couple of weeks yet and then the foxfces will move on two other counties. In the meantime the farmers in the otk'il er counties who are impatient to sign may receive contracts by applying to the association's headquarter^. this city. * Safety Flr?t. ^ ?? Louisville iGourier-Journal. "What's the first thing to do who you buy a new car?" "The first thing I do is to hide Ike tool kit so the neighborhood engineering experts can't get at it." .. HHnniHi ERY in Town as rapidly as possicrust just to please S \! Jakeryl PHONE 437 I