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PENSION MONEY READY FOR DISTRIBUTION Judge of Probate Jones F. Miller announces that the pension money is now on hand and ready for distribu tion. Those having pension money due them can get same by calling at the Judge of Probate's office in the Court House. REV. H. C. FENNAL The Rev. H. C. Fennal of Lown uesville was in Abbeville this morn ing. Rev. Mr. Fennal belongs to the old school Presbyterians and is just ly proud of his scotch blood. V V V V OPERA HOUSE V V THURSDAY and FRIDAY V V "FOREVER" V V With Wallace Reid, Elsie V V Ferguson, Elliott Dexter and V. V others. Don't miss this Beau- V. V tiful Picture. V V. Matinee each Day at _ 3:15 V V JNlliHi _ o:io V 15c. ADMISSION 35c. V V vv vvwv vv WWW According to present plans, con struction work will start this year on a 10,000,000 bushel grain elevator at Montreal, Canada. . Department of Agriculture is plan ning intrnrillCP the chaulmOOJTTa tree into the United States to assure a permanent supply of the oil for the treatment of leprosy. Moon was first photographed in 1841. I WANTS I 1 " ?~ I FOR SALE?5 New Skelton 5-Pas ser.ger Automobiles will be sold at great sacrifice, and on easy terms. Robt. S< Link. 4, 3-ltwk-4t FOR SALE?Celery plants 25 cents per dozen; ttunato plants 10 cents per dozen; 60c per hundred. Mrs. J. M. Wham. ltcol. LOST?Saturday afternoon between National Bank and home on Wash ington St, lower half of a foun ?!-j 1 lain pen. r maer pieaae nuuiy Grace Eakin. 4,24. It. c. FOR SALE?Ten window screens, slightly used. Apply Press and Banner office. 4, 12-tfc. TOMATO PLANTS?Just millions ready. Large stalky plants of all leading varieties. Delivered post paid 500 75cts; 1,00, $1.35. Ex pressed 2,000 up $1.00 per thous and. Immediate shipment. F. F. Stokes, Fitzgerald, Ga. 4-21 6tpd. FOR RENT?Five room house on Ferry street now occupied by Horce G. Brown. Possession given after April 15th. J. S. Stark. FOR SALE?Porto Rica potato plants chemical treated, now ready for shipping. 1,000 for $1.50; 5,000 $1.25 per 1,000. Place your order now. PITTS ELANT COMPANY, Pitts, Ga. 4, 7-8tpd. FOR SALE?Genuine Porto .Rican potato plants inspected and chem ically treated. True to name, free of du>ease. 1,000 $1.50 lots of 10,000 $1.25 per thousand. H. D. SALTER, Pitts, Ga. 4,-5-8tpd. FOR RENT?W. A. Rowell house on North Main Street. Possession af ter April 1st. Apply at Planters Bank. 3, 24 tfc EAT WITH ME?Breakfast served at 7:15. Dinner 12:45; Supper at 7:15. tf. 34 S. Main St Mrs. D. A. Rogers. POTATO PLANTS?The pure and improved Porto Rico Yams. Millions ready April 1st. $1.50 per 1,000; 4,000 up $1.25 per thousand. Cash with order. F. F. STOKES, 3, 31. 9tpd. Fitzgerald, Ga. MUSIC LESSONS?Mrs. Floyd H. Graves, formerly teacher of Piano at the Woman's College, Due West, is opening a studio at her home on Washington street. Modern meth ods taught. Call Phone 233. 4,3 I mo. col. We are the EVERSHARP Pencil ser vice store all EVERSHARP part* are renewable. We have them also full line of Eversharp pencils and lead. THE ECHO. 3, 13tf. lv v I V I nwNDESVILLE V <> > Mr. and Mrs. Joel Keys Harper of Pendleon announce the birth of a son, April 15th. He will bear the name of Joel Keys Harper, Jr. Dr. Kirkpatrick has gone to Rock Hill to attend the State Medical As I sociation. Mr. E. J. Huckabee has been ap pointed one of the appraiser of the Mrs. Onie Rogers' estate. He spent I loct Tnpsdnv at Ppnnpv's Hrftpk on | "business relative to the matter. Miss Clanys Bonds is at home from Florence where she taught school the past year. Little Harper and Jo El Allen of Anderson are the merry little visit ors of their grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. Harper. Mrs. Louise Gilland of Kingstree is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Kirk patrick. Miss Laurene Cook is at home| for a few days from Winthrop Col lege. She is hving trouble with her eyes and is giving them a rest. Dr. Lawrence McCalla and his bride, formerly Miss Colster, of Greenville have be>en guests of Messrs. Mac and John McCalla. 'Miss Mattie Lee Harper is the guest of Prof, and Mrs. Cogburn of Starr. Mr and Mrs. Ernest McCarter of Antreville spent the week-end at the horn? of Dr. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Richard Bonds is convales cing from a severe case of small pox. The disease has disappeared with the exception of a few isolated!, cases. The school children are suf fering from an epidemic of sore I arms, the result of vaccination. The young people have revived the spirit of athletics since the com ing of spring, the streets in the af ternoon are gay with the horse back riders, the tennis court re sounds with the merry voices of the playeirs and the bad ground is a scene of much enjoyment, not only to the spirited dashing players but to the interested spectators. Mr. Hampton Bonds has purchas ed a new coupe in which to recreate and perhaps ruminate in his long drives alone after (banking hours. Mr. Walter Huckabee with his new spotted pony gayly equipped with handsome trappings is q,uite a ".Beau Brummel" among the eques trians. iMr. and Mrs. A. V. Barnes sperft last week-end at Starr at the home of Mr. J. Fred Bean. Mr. Frank Clinkscales has return ed from a pleasant* visit to home folks at Wellington. Married at the Darsonaee by Rev. H. G. White April 14, Miss Eunice Campbell and Mr. Dewey Simpson both of Midway. Born to Mr and Mrs. Robert Nix on, April 20th, a son. Clarence Martin, a colored man of all work around town, has gone to New York to make his home. "FOREVER" A picture that shows the strange places of the earth, without losing the gripping elements of its story is "Forever," Paramoun's screen ver W sion of George Du Maurier's novel, "Peter Ibbe-tson," which will be dis played at the Opera House Thursday and Friday. Elsie Ferguson and Wal lace Reid are co.stars in this great George Fitzmaurice production. In the dream scene Elsia Fercruson and Wallace Reid are revealed in a gondola in a Venetian canal, in an ice palace in Russia, at the circus Maximus in Rome on the desert sands in Algeria, end at various show places in England and France. In point of expense "Forever" is one of the foremost picture pro due tions of the year.. The sets are ex act copies of the places they repre sent, having been made from photo graphs and old prints of the days about which George Du Maurier wrote. The supporting cast is one of the strongest assembled in any re cent picture and includes the stars, Montagu Love>, George Fawcett, El liott Dexter, Barbara Dean,, Do lores Cassinelli and others. LOVE WILL SHOW WAY Chicago, April 20.?One hundred dollars a month is salary enough to get married on, Judge Asa C. Adams declared in the court of do mestic relations today. He express ' cd this opinion after an analysis of hundreds of cases of domestic in ' felicity which comes before him. < V W SANTUC LOCALS \ V v VVVVVVVVVVVVvV Another heavy rain fell in this section Tuesday and Wednesday. Some of the farmers had just begun to plow but will be delayed for sev_ eral days. So lar tnere nas oeen very litle fertilizer hauled to this community. The grain is looking fine although some of the wheat has the rust. Circle No. 11 met Thursday af ternoon with Mrs. Tom Able. J. R. Haddon and Roy Kay spent last Sunday with M. D. Wright. V*. H. Sharp and Roy Kay spent Thursday at the home of Mr. Hen_ ry Cochran. M. B. Kay spent Thursday Ix, Cold Snrines wth Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Newell. Miss Lizzie Sharp has returned home from Abbeville where she spent two weeks with friends. Misses Annie and Louise Kay spent Monday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. . C. Kay. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon and children are visiting: relatives near Donalds. Miss Annie Kay was in Abbeville Saturday shopping. Mr 'Willio. AcVilov ie ?11 -uri+,h pneumonia. We hope he will soon be well again. Allen Palmer has gone to Florida to visit relatives and friends. W. E. Morrison spent Thursday with Mr. Tom Nickles. Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale of Ware Shoals spent the week-end with the latter's father, Mr. S. L. Beasley. Clarence Kay spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright. E. J. Botts spent the week-end with Mr and 'Mrs. S. L. Beasley. VALUE FARM CROPS SHOWS BIG DECLINE Gross Wealth Produced By Farm* er? Fall* Off One-Third In Year Washington, April 22.?The de partment of agriculture estimated today that the gross wealth produce ed by farmers in 1921?had a value of $12,366,000,000 or about two thirds of the aggregate value of the farm products of 1920, and Httle more than one-half the aggregate for 1919. During- the same period, 1919-21, production of 10 crops represent about 95 per cent of the total crop acreage, fell 8 per cent. The total value of crops, the de. partment said, declined from $15, 423,000,000 in 1919 to $10,909 000,000 in 1920, and to $7,0(28,000 000 in 1921. The decline of the to tal value of animal products on the farm was from $8,361,000000 in 1920 and to $5,339,000,000 in 1921. Four crops of 1921 together had a value greater than one-half of the total value of all crops for that year. Corn was valued at $1,303, /v/x/v />a? ? 1 a r i. 4-U/v UUU,ni/v or 10.o per com, vi mc total; hay and forage $1,165,000000 or 16.6 per cent; cotton lint and seed $755,000,000 or 10.7 per cent; wheat $737,000,000 or 10.5 per cent and the four crops $3,960,000,000 or 56.3 per cent. Several groups of crops are prominent, the department added, the cereals $2,563,000,000 or 36.5 per cent of the crop total; the vege tables, including potatoes and sweet poatoes $1,104,000,000 or 15.7 per cent; fruits and fruit products $525,000,000 or 7.5 per cent; and fruits and vegetables together $1, 629,000,000 or 23.2 per cent. Of the total value of animal pro ducts in 1921 the dairy products were nearly one-half, $2,410,000, 000 ox? 45.1 per cent; the animals raised $1,937,000,000 or 36.3 per cent and the poultry raised and eggs produced $943,000,000 or 17.7 per cent. HtfftE BIRD SEIZED BABY OF SWISS PEASANT FAMILY Geneva, April 15.?Seizure of a Swiss peasant's baby by a huge- bird identified as a condor is chronicled by the Oberlander. The mother, while weeding her garden on the slopes of the high Hasliberg moun tain, left the child sitting on a blan ket on the grass. Her husband, see ing the condor swoop down and lift the infant into the air, ran for his army rifle and shot the bird, which fell so slowly that the youngster was only slightly injured. The condor had a wing spread of 17 feet, 5 inches and a beak of 16 iv r>-rv iv rv iv innpifii ulllOIJa The Ros< 1 he unmist&Kai DRESSES, and peal to you froi a The Ros( Mfiuanuaraminnmag 1-2 inches in,length. That it is a true condor, which is a native of the South American Andes, is vouched J! i.. 4.1. ~ ior according w vuc ucna^Niyu uj Professor Ochesenmaul, University of Berne Ornitholigist NEW ORLEANS WILL HAVE MODERN HOTEL ON WHEELS Chicago, April 22.?A modern ho tel on wheels with a capacity of 6, 000 guests will be operated by the Illinois Central system in the heart of downtown New Orleans during the triennial conclave of the Grand Oommandary, Knights Templar, April 24 to 27. The "hotel" will con sist of 25(J sleeping cars. The yards of the railroad are being enlarged to provide parking space "or the cars, and eleven new tracks are being built and three of the permanent tracks extended. The sleeping cars will be operated on the plan of a miniature city with car a house. Walks will be' laid, lights installed and a water supply arranged for. Dining cars will be parked about the "city" to furnish meals, and a warehouse adjoining the yards will be converted into a temporary club house. GIRL WILL HAVE $25,000,000 WHEN SHE REACHES 22 San (Francisco, April 15.?Miss Delora Angell, 20 years old, of Jfaea ! dena, who will come into possession , of $25,000,000 loft by John W. j "Bet a Million" Gates when she is 22, disclosed definite plans here to day for using part of the fortune^ DR. L. V. LISINBEE a OPTIMETRIST sa ...Office Over... McMurray's P Store. ABBEVILLE, S. C enberg Merc; Department Stores Ma aii r? /Abbeville, o. ^. DAI FRO .... FC MORNING AND PART AND FOR ALL GINGHii ORGAN] VOILE NOVEL1 TAFFE 50 New St To ble smart styles and fine I the extreme values w< m every standpoint. mberg Mere iinraraiaiaiaaBBBnuaia MANY RUSSIANS DIE Paris, April 20.?Russia's popula tion is dying at such an appalling rate, declared reports received to day by American relief agencies in Paris, that the doctors are unable to cope with the sitution. In many cases, the reports said, physicians, nurses and hospital internes are suc cumbing to impoverishment and overwork and pedestrians are dying in the streets daily. The situation throughout the fgi2f5J5JSIBI5J5IB15jS15J5J33J5JSJBlBJ5JSJ5J5IBJ5I51c B BOYD'S SURE POl Will sure relieve your horse or given with a teaspoon or small s to swallow the medicine to get touches the inside of the mouth Send me a Post Office order for age to you. Reasonable discou S. A. MURPHY, P. O, ySJ3J5MS?SSI3?31SJSJSJ3J5JaJc!JSISMEEI3JSJ3 Reliable growers sixty yea Formulas fc Handl? R. E. COX, A. D. KENNED iznimjmragiHHii antile Co. my Departments NT Y CK S )R... . k A PTmMAAV i /\r 1 Eiiviiuun, IES, OCCASIONS. lMS dies IS > - pies ;tas r jrles arrived day r> quality of Co-Ed & offer-will ap is v.v 7 >*' ? > rt> utile Co. agBBpaggfaaaai country is assuming grave pr< tions. 1 - V OPERA HOUSE V THURSDAY mad FRIDAY V "F OREVE R" V With Wallace Reid, Elsi V Ferguson, Elliott Dexter an< V others. Don't miss this Beau V tiful Picture. V Matinee each Day at _ 3:1( V NIGHT _ _ _ _ 8:1! V 15c. ADMISSION 35c P COLIC REMEDY mule or cow of the colic. It is yringe. The horse does not have results. When the raedieine l, the blood takes up the effect. 75 cents and I will pay the post nts on larger orders. , Box 1133, Columbia, S. C. J3J3SM3J3JSI3J3J3J3JSfSJ3/3J3JSEJ3BlSS3I (TIMER'S eiuiueid crop for irs >r an crops ;d By Abbeille, S. C. ?Y, -. Due West d