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F.-iG?i KOUK PRESIDENT UK ^ TAKING A VACATION TO STOP AT ST. AUGUSTINE TO PLAY GAME OF GOLF?PASS ED THROUGH SOUTH CARO LINA THURSDAY MORNING ON - ATLANTIC COAST LINE. V, . i On Board President Harding's Special Train, March 9.?Refreshed . \ by a good night's rest, President Harding was looking forward enthu siastically to the first day of his va ; cation when he arose this morning aboard the special train which is car-i rying the executive and his party to Florida for a week's rest and relaxa x tion. Since leaving Washington late yesterday the special had made good time and early today was skirting the lower South Carolina coast. It is scheduled to arrive at St. Augustine which will be the president's vaca tion headquarters at 2 o'clock this afternoon. President Harding and the mem bers of his party, which in addition to Mrs. Harding, Secretary Christian and Brigadier General Sawyer, his personal physician, includes Attor ney General Daugherty, Speaker Gil-' Jett of the house and Under Secre : { tftry of State Fletcher, all appeared to be enjoying the trip immensely. The president intended to go out for a round of golf when he reached St. Augustine this afternoon. While his vacation plans for the week had not been announced early today, it was Understood Mr. Hard ing might take a trip down the Flor ida coast as the guest of Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washing ton Post, on the lafter's houseboat. Elaborate precautions are being taken by the Atlantic Coast Line rail owkv nffiriitlc to nrntect the snecial train on which the president is trav K Every* yard of track is being inspected by a pilot train running . Ahead of the special, with the gen eral roadmaster of the line riding on the rear of the pilot to make the in - Section. No train is permitted to be operated on' Any switch turned in the ...tack between"the special and pilot , *rain. A picked crew of conductors ?nd trainmen is operating the special , ,1;- and the general road foreman of en <gineers is riding in the engine'cab. jr One of the last things attended to kj President Harding before leaving Washington yesterday was the pay ; * meat of his income tax. His check in W eluded $18,000 as income tax on the ^presidential salary. %t: - > I ~Xk7 A TVJrrC I T A. C7 GOOD TABLE BOARD can be had at the Hensley House for $5.00 per week. 3,8 3tc FOR SALE?Several mules and horses cheap. Call at S. J. Link's Store. : \ 3,3 3tcol. COST?Wednesday night one pearl ring between Magazine street and Presbyterian church. Finder please return to Mary Mundy or to this office. It. pd. M - EAT WITH ME?Next best thing to eating is knowing WHERE to eat. By the meal or regular board. Pluinn 1 Mn Ti A Pfttroro +-f * **VUV M. 4U?. U? ?? \ FOR SALE?Genuine Porto Rican potato plants inspected and chem ically treated. True to . name, free of disease. 1,000 $1.50 lots of ' 10,000 $1.25 per thousand. H. D. SALTER, Pitts, Ga. 3-8, 8tpd. WANTED?Salesman and. District Manager willing to work hard , and show he is worth $150.00 ? W A f A Acforklioll yet wdca. if c nauv w lowest priced guaranteed cord tire in this locality. Crescent Gwd Tire Company, Plymouth, indiiana. It. pd. 2?& POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ''53$$$:5$$?v>jn/VN/S/VNyN/N/v/VN/N/S^VN/S^s/sVS/sr>/VS^S/S/*VS/n< FOR ALDERMAN [ hereby announce myself as a can didate for Alderman from Ward Two, subject to action of democratic pri mary election. * J. M. GAMBRELL. Sfc :> r RAWS BEGIN FINAL DENSE HEARINGS ABOUT TO CON CLUDE AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF INVESTIGATION AND DISCUSSflON? ARGU MENT BEFORE COMMISSION. Washington, March 9.?Rail roads began their final defense to day of existing levels of freight and ?x? ?1 :_j. passenger jrauea ueiuie wic mira. state commerce commission when attorneys gave oral arguments which will conclude the hearings that have continued for several months. Henry Wolfe Bikle of the Pennsylvania, Fred P. Wood, gen eral counsel of the Southern Pacific and Frank Gwathmey of th? Sou thern railway insisted that on legal or economic grounds had the mass of testimony taken disclosed the ground for the commission to make general reductions of rates. The railroads gave way to their opponents just before the day's ses sion concluded, and Fred W. Put nam of the Minnesota railroad | commission, speaking for all state regulative bodies associated in the I hearings, entered upon the <pre liminaries of an argument which will 'be continued tomorrow. State | commissions are asking first, he j said, for passenger fare reductions on the gTouad< they are too high for the traffic to bear and that no por tion of railroad charges, if reduced, "would be more quickly reflected in the actual cost to the ultimate con sumer." ' A Mr. Bikle used railroad earnings statistics, exhaustively placed-in the record to formulate his com^usion that no reduction can be granted. Railroads are entitled to a 6 per cent return on the value of property used in tansportation, he contended, whether this' figure is fixed in the future by law or set up by the com mission as a standard and the latest earnings reports indicate they are now making but 4.49 per cent, Mr. Wood tqpk the same -position asserting that "no greater blow could be dealt the creditors of car riers" than that involved in a gen eral rate reduction. Mr. Gwathmey added that "no grounds exist for the assumption that there can be any immediate stimulation of busi ness by rate reductions. -State commission?, shippers and business and industrial representa | tives will have the next wo days to elaborate their arguments in the case and railroad attorneys will conclude the entire hearing Satur day with their rebuttal. f Qommissioner Lewis .interrupted Mr. Wood's argument today to ask how railroads intend to proceed under "the promise of lower rates which they made to the country by the resolution of their executives in | instituting complaints before the railroad labor board asking for fur ther general reduction in wages. THE BOLL WEEVIL IN WINTER QUARTERS Temperature Not Sole Determining Factor. Clemson College.?Theories as to how cold affects the weevil appear to be numerous as the people. Cold is not the determining factor for successful wintering of the boll wee vil or other- insects. Moisture is fully as important, and in a great many instances it is decidedly more import ant than temperature. When the weevil goes into hibernation, it loses a certain amount of body weight, which enables the# insect to sustain itself during low temperatures in changeable weather. The amount of temperature necessary to kill a boll weevil depends therefore on the lo cation where it is spending the win ter, the death rate being greater in locations that have the higher mois ture. A higher temperature with ex cessive moisture is more fatal than a low temperature under compara tively dry conditions. Continuous uniform weather is less fatal than radically changeable weather at win ter temperatures. Good farmers take advantage of the above facts and practice the very ' meritorious method of clean farming which does away with weeds, stubbly dead grass and other similar place? furnishing favorable moisture condi . tions for successful hibernation. I I VVVVVVV V V vvvvv V \ V DUE WEST NEWS. v A. R. Presbyterian V \> V Misses Olive and Lois Todd of Belton have been visitors in Due West. Mr. A. S. Kennedy was on a busi ness trip to Ora last week. Dr. J. B. Green of Columbia was a pleasant visitor in Due West last week. Mr. Joseph Lindsay of Cheater made the Presbyterian office a visit yesterday. Mr. . M. Boyd of tne seminary preached for the colored Baptist last Sabbath morning. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Young spent a few days last week with their chil dren in Anderson. Robert Martin, a leading attorney of Greenville was on a recent visit to home folks. Rev. and Mrs. Stevenson of Clin spe K. sp( hoi ? nig aft ton are the guests of Dr. and Mxb. ' Be R. M. Stevenson for a few days. Mrs. Hattie Haddon and Miss Georgia Haddon returned last week from New Zion where they were visiting kindred. Miss Mattie Sue Witherspoon of ? c ^ {J Anderson was a visitor in Due West last week. She came down to attend the Junior-Senior banquet at Ers kine. , Miss Louise McConne! of Chester was a visitor in Due West last w&ek. She attended the Junior-Senior banquet at Erskine College. Things look lively in the campus : w. at hui a ML the { nig Ma lisl soc ot vue hauling, excavating And patting ap temporary storing houses. Two very delightful programs have been given recently .by the stu dents of the Woman's College, the first being given on last Saturday afternoon and the other on Monday evening of this week. These pro grams were very much enjoyed by all present. Or. J. L. Oates. begins a meeting in the Erskine Y. AJ. C. A. this Tuesday evening which runs thru out the week- closing next Sabbath night The exercises will- take place in the Y. M. C. A. hall Two ser vices a day, one at 11 o'clock and the other at 7:30 in the evening. The public is invited to all of these services. President R. C\ Grier preached in the A. R. P. -church at Abbeville \ last week. Rev. M. R. Plaxco was on a visit to his father^ at Kannapolis, "SIC. Wp rooxftt +h fiav that Rev. W. Jus Cai A; Wi No Pit No' Do Jug No Dn Le< No Jot WI Wc Jus Wi An Dri A. M. Plaxco is quite unwell and the family wrote for Rev. Plaxco. We trust Brother Plaxco will soon be wall and strong again. Last week was a week of rain and gloom in this section. But Sun day dawned bright and clear. The return of the sunshine was very much appreciated. Sunday worship pers on their way to church enjoyed the bracing crisp air. Main street from the Woman's College corner to -Donalds is in such condition that it was with difficulty that a man on horse/back could get along. Above Mr. Joe Haddon's fcome where the hills have but a few days ago ibeen dug down, the .road is all # but im passable. Top soil is 'being put on this road trorn jjue west to wn alds as fast as the weather will per mit, but the rains of the past month have made th? work slow and diffi cult. , On Monday evening, March 13, at 8 o'clock the Amelian Literary So ciety of th? Woman's College will present in th? Memorial Hall its An* nual Celebration. The public is cor dially invited to attend. L^st Friday evening, March 3, at 7:30 o'clock the inhabitants of the town and community and the stu dents of Erskine college and the Woman's College gathered in the Auditorium of Erskine to witness the Forty-third Semi-annual Cele bration of th? Euphemian Literary j Society. Iof The massive old stage, which had ga done its duty on many such occa-1 ^ sions now shown forth in all its' ~~ .i 1 - glory. The stage appeared as a ter- |H race with its flowers, greenery and arches, which formed the back; gTound for the speakers, who were arranged in a semi-circle. Beautiful, baskets of jonquils graced the j maifole topped table and pedestals, j i The stage was more beautiful than I it had been in many days. The cred-! ! it for these beautiful decorations J ' goes to Miss Lillian Clinfcscales of j the Woman's College factulty. BETHIA NEWS \ > > \ \ N \ \ R. H. Beauford spent Saturday ;h his brother, S. G. Beauford of ve Valley. Mrs. Martha Fortescue has been the sick list for the past two eks. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Beauford of ay spent the week-end with Mr. d Mrs. R. H. Beauford. Ed Fortescue of near Honea Path ;nt several days this week with atives near here. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Beauford ;nt Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Woodhurst. * Paul Baughman and Lonnie link jnt Monday afternoon at the ne of W. J. Link. Prank Woodhurst spent Monday :ht with Eugene Beauford. R. M. Pettigrew spent Tuesday ernoon at the home of R. H. auford. \ : I Mrs. Ben Williams and Mrs. T. Martin were afternoon callers the home of Mrs. A. K. Wood rst' Tuesday. tfrs. Will Link and daughter, ss Allie Mae, spent Tuesday at ! home of Mr. John Baughman. 3. G. Beauford spent Tuesday ht with R. H. Beauford. We are sorry to report that Miss iggie Woodhurst is on ' the sick ; this week and hope she will >n be well again. JUST A MOTHERLESS BOY. ([Published by request.) it a boy wiphout home or mother, [i anything' be sadder, my friend? boy drifting, driftingever th no mother's prayers to defend, place to go wnen the twilight comes, * falls- and dangers on every hand ; mother's kiss to welcome him home, yon wonder that Frank fell, 0 boastful man? / it a boy out on life's surging tide, one to warn of-the breakers near, iwing closer to where lurking " dangers hide, " " ** '! 1 by-siren songs to places drear, home* no money to cheer him along, lesfe'and hungry was he; i&fc think you,' with temptations so -strong, y ?uld happen to you or to me? i it a boy without the anchor* of home, >. < "| thout rudder to guide or iigni xo see; ?, , " ' unmanned bark in the face of the storm, ' ' . , fting helplessly on an unknown see. Ige not too harshly, o self-rights ' eous man, ! : surrounded by sinners and pov erty too, , thout a mother's restraining hand, i only knows what your boy would do, , _ it a boy sad and forlorn, joy to his heart can ever come, ;ter, far better that he had not in bora, is boy without mother or home, him all boyish dreams are lost, his heart is no hope of future joy, it are ,the pleasures he cherished most, f , ( i pity, God save this motherless ' boy. :e the prattle of baby fe^t loed in a mother's heart, :e "Mama" lisped in accents sweet lsed tears of joy to start ybe this mother, in spotless white \ his cot in that lonely cell, tches through the silent night, she loves Frank and knows why >10 foil [ were asked today name the greatest heritage for my boy, ' , - t silver and gold would I say, r'mention earth's fleeting joy, b even the honors given by' the world, success as is measured by some, t to each boy, lonely, hungry and ?old, rould give a mother and a home. F. A. DuPRE. I Lee St, Atlanta, Ga. Motor Company Lose*. New York, March 2.?A total loss $8,763,710 in 1921 by the Pierce row Motor Car company was >wn today in the company's annual aort. Current assets at the close the year stood at $13,651,323 a inst current liabilities of $8,665, 2. I ighest Grade Hemstitching and icot Edge work. We make machine id know how to turn out the high- j >t grade work. j Orders taken for pleating of all j inds. We operate modern plant and J 3 only the best work. Latest style \ iectrically driven machines sold g i easy terms. g 11 makes of machines repaired. ? inger Sewing Machine Company. I 35 Main St. Greenwood. Phone 151 j V. B. Barnet, Mgr. I ADA JONES COMING One of the best, if not the best impany of real entertainers will ppear at the Opera House on [arch 14 when the well known and ^ iternationally famous phonoigraph tar, Ada Jores, in person with her wn company is scheduled for one. erformance. No series of records ' i any catalogue has given more in ocent pleasure to the public than ie clever solos in various dialects, tie quaint Irish and other dialect pecialists and popular songs by .da Jones. Now you have a chance . j see and hear her in person sing- , lg all her old favorites and many! ai ew ones.' x j Dl UJ IB M tMltfllttttmiU MM Opera House llf Tuesday Mi ENGAGEMENT EXT] THE FAMOUS PHONO ADA J< ' r v (HERSEI i i The One and Original of THIS IS NOT A PICTURE, 1 Entertainer?A DA J cO You have been waiting for ; the woman who made your "A your pftonbgraph'. "NOW see ai ' ^ _WtTH H OWN COMPANY OF HIGH 0 *" INGLUDT Mabel Loomis .. Beth Hamilton .. Alston* uc.ti -Urn 'JiJX: , . This will be your only opportu ing ADA Ji PRICES: SlMtPWMG"1 Under ausp ABBEVILLE COUNTY PO$1 /\.? * .r ? -- *E t * . ' 1 >r, j J". (Rtg. V. S. Fat. Off.) FOR SALE Engraved St b Almost a Necess Up-to-4ate I Commtm stationery went out the like. The percentage 1b all a doesn't at lefcet look like a "succe reach of any business worth adi Mmrmnfl 1 En$i> LOUISVIL \ PRESS & BANNE ... Ik* Abbeville, & SIfflfflaitmilMfflfflHIBIIltHifilHWraBHHIlI I lot of excitement took glace at rr the other day. Haavp Sctftt nd a quarter in one of his ?$d iet pockets,?Honea PaHi o*kl?. .Its carefully examined 1 ? .;? 'yvr-J ad GLASSES Accurately Fitted. R. L. T. HILL, Abbevlllg. RAORDINARY !! GRAPH' ARTIST <F) / Phonograph Fame. )ut America's Greatest flje^(HerseU) years 'to SEE and HEAR * .DA JONES" records for ad hear her in PERSON iV-SDifl LA88 ENTERTAINER8 ?,rrvsro.t ril fjrrs^&s*/ mo Works IDE >'!</ .O T7 .?>. V21 L '' - "up TMj standard iOT Down -ar , - to a price BY Abbeville Due West. i. nij. ifty tor business with mad?-up gainst th? b sag." Mom pertlfltag. \ i Qvcr^jnCSbllQittm LE R COMPANY,