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Lieutenant B. M. Epes Writes Interesting Letter From France to Mr. L. T. May. "Somewhere in France." June 22, 1918. Dear Luke: Have thought of you and yours quite often of late but have not had a chance to write you a real letter. Hope you got my card though and understood. This is a wonderful part of the world and I'm doing my best to take it all in so I can tell you about it when I see you. Am located just now in a small village but have been into some of the larger towns and have seen many interesting things. Wish I could write you the particulars but for fear the least thing might fall in to the hands of the enemy and be of some advantage to them I must be careful of what I write. My address is USth Infantry, 30th Division, Am erican Expeditionary Forces. Write to me when you find time. I got my last degree just before I left and asked that my membership be placed in the Edgefield lodge but as yet I have' heard nothing of it. Please look into the matter for me and if necessary, write the Greenville lodge about it. If it is O. K. please send me my card as I might need it. As it now stands I don't know what lodge I really am a member of. Have met a number of Masons here with us and they have been wonderfully nice to me. Some are English and some are Scotch but most are from the United States. Regards and best wishes to "Miss Hunter" and the boy. Hoping to hear from you soon I am, as ever, Fraternally yours, Beverly. NOTICE!! All qualified electors who are res idents of Elmwood Township are hereby notified that the date for le gal registration will expire on next Tuesday, July 23, and all persons who fail to register by this date will not be permitted to enroll thereafter. The registration book is at J. H. Cog burn's store, so come forward and register at once. J. H. Cogburn, J. K. Allen, J. R. Blocker. Registration Com. Two Colored Increments. Thursday morning at 6:55 the lo cal board will send 80 colored men to Camp Jackson and on July 29, 56 colored men will be sent to Camp Wadsworth near Spartanburg. This is the first call that the board has re ceived to send men to the Spartan burg camp. In both cases the men are ordered to report to the office of the board, provided in the regulations, at six o'clock of the afternoon pre ceding the day of entrainment. The 80 men under the first call will there fore report this afternoon at six o'clock. One hundred and thirty-six men to be sent to camp in July is a considerable tax on farming but for tunately the heavy work is about completed and the same degree of hardship will not result now that would have resulted a month ago. Civic League. A very interesting and profitable meeting of the Civic League was held on Monday afternoon at the Red Cross rooms. In the absence of the president. Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, Mrs. B. E. Nicholson presided over the meeting, which opened with the Lord's prayer in concert. Several matters of business interesting to the public were announced. Mrs. Rainsford's report on the cemetery work was that a new gate had been placed at the lower opening ,and a new man is to be employed for the work. All persons owning cemetery lots both here and elsewhere will be called upon to do their share in keep ing the cemetery beautified. A very commendable undertaking will be the support of a French or phan, a free will offering to be taken for this purpose. The league discussed the advisa bility of purchasing a new American flag for the public square, and Mrs. J. L. Mims was made chairman of the committee for the selection of of this flag. The old one is storm worn and the League felt that a new one should wave over our historic town in these epoch making days. There has been no time when "Old Glory" was so much honored or be loved and in a few weeks a new flag will wave over this hamlet where loy alty and patriotism have ever been watchwords. Miss Sadie Mims presented a very helpful plan for co-operative house keeping and domestic science. The matter of the National Wom an's League was also presented by Mrs. Lovic Mims and steps were tak en to co-operate in the near future. The League has high and broad ideals for present and future service to the town and community and is doing splendid war work. SUPERVISOR'S REPORT. Quarter Beginning April 1, and Ending -Tune 31, 1918. N Buckner $25 00 J O Herin 12 50 J N Griffie 12 50 J T NoManna 37 50 W EPardue 91 00 J F Pardue 31 25 J E Hammond 29 00 T E Byrd 10 40 J T Black 10 Ou R M Johnson 19 50 J B Holmes 12 50 M A Watson 10 GO H F Cooper 16 80 II II Scott 26 80 J R Scurry 6 60 J R Scurry 78 75 J G McKie 22 50 D T Mathis 16 80 B E Nicholson 20 50 G T Swearingen 16 00 M B Byrd 16 00 J J Grifts 10 00 J R Timmerman 48 00 I A Webb 15 40 T B Culbreath 16 80 W S Marsh 10 00 L R Brun8on 16 00 0 N Wright 10 00 L G Watson 8 00 R N Broadwater 83 33 Dorn cfc Mims 9 50 Walker Evans Cogswell Co 23 83 The State Co 5 00 W W Adams Co 142 26 Arrington Bro 125 72 R W Christie 10 00 Lewis Holmes 10 00 H L Bunch 10 00 E R Clark 10 00 W S M obley 10 00 C M Rauten ic TC H C Porter 12 50 J R Bryan IO 00 V E Edwards 10 00 C C Jones 10 00 J F Payne 10 00 J L Bailey 10 00 H W McKie 10 00 Pierce Timmerman 10 00 W L Clark 60 00 A R Nicholson 10 00 W R Swearingen 114 35 W R Swearingen 64 00 W H Timmerman 7 00 S T Carter (State Treas) 196 32 Joe S Smith 10 00 J M Mays 10 00 T L Miller 10 00 J G Tompkins 1 50 S F Logan 124 75 Stewart cfc Kernaghan 50 05 J R Strother 24 00 H W Smith ll 40 Edgefield Chronicle 13 20 J L Miras 14 00 M W Hudgens 15 00 J M Shailer 16 40 Wallace W Wise 31 25 E M Cacuch 25 00 J E Cullum 17 00 J D Hughey 10 00 li W Jackson 10 00 W W Fuller 78 41 J H Reel 12 60 J K Corley 10 00 W L Dunovant 6 80 A Gilchrist 31 25 Edgefield Mer'l Co 31 15 Lyon Meriti 114 96 W B Cogburn 16 50 James B Tompkins 15 20 Jones cfc Son 27 35 Southern Crushed Granite Co 52 00 H E Q naries 16 40 PN Lott 15 SO Southern R R Co 106 53 Standard Oil Co 138 10 W E Turner 25 00 N L Ransom 40 00 E M Timmerman 18 75 J W Hudson 55 00 Franc's Prince 40 00 C T Broadwater 50 00 L"wis Covar 40 00 M A Walker 50 00 J O Scott 10 00 Jasmes T Mims' 42 66 L R Brunson 12 25 J L Miras 17 00 W M Sawyer 10 00 R A Mayson 10 00 N F Manley 10 00 G S Coleman ??5 00 R A Marsh 5 00 J W McCreight 15 40 George Oliphant 5 25 J T Mims (Jury and Witness 560 15 Smith Marsh Co 6 73 LT May 3 95 Rice cfc O'Connor 45 00 H S Anderson 100 00 W R Hoyt 37 50 W W Rhoden 43 75 Board Public Works 3 35 The Farmers Bank 5 20 Daitch Bros 7 00 W E Stokes 50 00 N L Brunson 43 75 J II Bledsoe 2 50 JnoG Edwards 10 00 Newport Culvert Co 1772 13 Total for April $5931.19. J O Herin $12 50 J N Grifiis 12 50 Will Agnew 5 00 Good Roads Machine Co 737 32 D R Day 83 20 Dr J H Self 5 25 O P Bright 19 50 B B Jones 14 15 J R Timmerman 42 66 W E Ouzts 5 00 W. R Swearingen 54 00 J E Johnson 8 00 J G Alford 17 26 J R Scurry 72 90 Edgefield Chronicle 16 50 Dorn cfc Mims 12 60 Dunovant cfc Co 17 53 T E Byrd 10 40 W L Clark 36 00 Kemp cfc Kemp 12 60 The Texas Co 38 38 Baxley cfc. Wates 142 50 catcher cfc Nixon 215 27 Trenton Fertilizer 18 60 B T Bussev 9 00 W L Clark 00 00 VV R Swearingen 107 15 J ? Morgan Jr 6 00 Standard Oil Co 203 81 Jas T Mims 41 66 Lyon cfc Meritt 58 48 J M Wise & Son 7145 S B Marsh 2 85 E F A Wieters 115 00 Jas T Mims 13 75 The WarreH Mfa 15 00 E P Winn 6 00 M A Watson 16 66 W E Stokes 50 00 Board Public 1 15 R N Broadwater 83 33 W B Cogburn 7 00 W W Adams Co 25 79 Edenfield Mer Co 42 02 S E Morgan 16 00 S T Carter 6 06 Reid Hardware Co 400 00 W W Fuller . 76 61 B E Nicholson 20 00 W A Byrd 10 00 S F Logan 41 50 Dr D B Frontis 5 00 B E Sawyer 18 00 J W Hudson 55 00 LT May 10 00 W D Ouzts 4 00 V E Edwards 129 ll Earl Fuller 3 75 W E B Tompkins 190 00 RN Broadwater 20 77 P A Brunson 10 Ou Gr Wise 44 09 L T May 5 50 C M Rauton 5 00 John G Edwards 5 00 Francis Prince 40 00 H S Anderson 100 00 Nick Ransom 40 00 Sophie Miras 10 00 C T Broadwater 50 00 Jas T Mims 59 00 F LTimmerman 19 60 M A Walker 50 00 Iiapp Bros 153 99 E M Padgett 10 00 Stewart & Kernaghan 148 24 W T Kinnaird 10 00 Eidson & Youce 12 48 W G Corley 20 75 W E Lynch 7 05 G T Swearingen 109 69. Total for May $4,471.7 J O Herin $12 50 J N Griffis 12 50 Tom Lamb 1100 John Seigler 5 00 P W Cheatham 24 00 W W Fuller 77 00 J B Tompkins 10 00 R N Broadwater 83 33 W VV Adams 629 17 E W Samuels 14 00 Walter Evans Cogswell Co 35 8 J P Rodges 55 07 W E Lynch 58 55 Charley Holmes 46 00 C VV Owdom 5 00 T E Byrd 10 40 W B Cogburn 82 00 E H Folk 15 00 VV S Legue 7 00 i\c A Watson 16 66 Boyd Packing Co. 116 9U Eigefield Mercantile Co 28 03 L T May 6 41 Isaraei Mukashy 14 75 Pierce Timinerman 2 50 Jas T Mims 47 66 J R Blocker 5 00 J R Timinerman 42 41 Doru cfc Mims 5 60 VV S Clark 60 00 H S Anderson 100 OU VV R Swearingen 145 85 Francis Prince 50 0U Southern Express Co 77 6 M A Walker 50 00 C T Broadwater 50 00 J R Scurry 78 25 WEB Tompkins 250 ou W R Swearingen 38 15 Daitch Bro 6 2U B B Jones 8 5U S B Mays 6 ou C V Crouch 2 60 S A Morrall M. D. 10 00 Board Public Works 1 15 J E Bryan 9 25 G VV Holmes 15 00 B E Nicholson 20 00 J G Edwards. 10 00 W T Kinnaird 10 00 Edgetield Chronicle 2 50 Standard Oil Co 134 28 Eidson Music Co 16 21 H H Sanders 41 05 J L Mims li 75 A R Nicholson 25 00 Thoa Cherry Jr 7 00 H C Porter 12 00 W E Stokes 25 00 Total for June $2,753.22. R. N. BROADWATER, Supervisor. M. A. WATSON, Clerk. The canning season is on. We have a large stock of packers 2 and 3 pound cans. Let us supply your needs. Trenton Fertilizer Co., Hardware Dept. Do you need Now is thfe til McCormick ai a full stock OJ your order at Large stock Get our price* Stewa Everybody Bows to Uncle Sam. George V., kingr of England, took lessons from "Arlie" Latham in overhand throwing of a baseball so that he could do justice to him self when he threw the first ball starting the play in the American game of baseball scheduled in Lon don for Independence Day. This is .but an evidence of what a change in sentiment there has been in England regarding America and all things American. The British phlegmatic? They ma^ have been, but now. A Wall street man says it is embarrassing for an American to so about Lou 3ou these days. In hotel lobby, in street, everywhere people bow or jmile a greeting to him, or shake aands with him and praise Amen la. To be an American in uni form is to be a hero or be treated ike one. "Marvelous country, extraordina ry people, you Americans," is the ivay they express themselves. Tl$s may seem Htrange, but it is not. The fact is that the British were disappointed, if not shocked, when we did not come into the war ?arlier. When we declared war they weie joyous, but they be jame doubtful, if not depressed, ?vhen they heard of the confusion ittending our efforts to prepare. Then, too, they ahva.vs considered ,hat there was a lot of bluster to ,he American. Now, suddenly, they discover ,hat, with all our floundering, we lave made amazing progress. They iee that we are pouring men and material across the ocean and build ng ships at a rate far beyond our promise or our expectation. And we havent't talked about it. We have scolded ourselves, found 'ault with ourselves, and all the irae we have been buckling down .0 the business of war with more md more energy and earnestness ind effect. They underestimated us before, tfow they are likely to overesti nate us. They talk of American dealism, American unselfishness, \merica's mighty powers. They ire demonstrative to a degree >ver American soldiers that you lever would expect in the British. There is nothing surprising in his, after all. The nerves of the 3ritish people have been overstrain id by the long trials of this war. t bas been the custom of the British to suppress their emotions. STow they erive full vent to them. liohard Spillane, in Commerce and Ti nance. mportant Notice to Democra tic Voters. A new enrollment of voters is re [uired this year. Each person must ign his club roll between now and he 4th Tuesday in July, or he will ot be permitted to vote. Every voter hould attend to this duty at once, nd is urged to do so. A new registration is also required nder the law, and every citizen hould secure a new registration cer if?cate, as this is necessary to quali y him to vote in the general elec ion. Every citizen with the interest f his State at heart should attend to hese matters withou delay. B. E. Nicholson, Chairman. Only One "BROMO QU1N?NE" 'o sretthe ccnu?ne. cnll for full name, L/iXA IVE BROMO QUININE. LookforsiRnatureof t. W. GROVE. Cures n Cold in One Day. Stopf euch and headache, and works off cold. 25c owers ! a mower to harvest your hay? ne to place your order. We sell id Dane Mowers; and also carry i parts and repairs. Better place once for a mower. of cane mills and evaporators. 3. rt & Kernaghan Conference on Cotton Seed. Columbia, July 15-Dr. George H. Denny of the Cotton Seed Section of the United States Food Adminis tration, will hold an important meet ing at the Court House in Columbia, at noon on Tuesday, July 23, for the purpose of conferring with all per sons who are interested in cotton seed matters. The meeting will be open to the public and it is expected that it will be largely attended by cotton seed men from all parts of the State, as matters of importance will come up for discussion and explanation. The applicant for cook was untidy and insolent in appearance. "Don't hire her," whispered Jones to his wife, "I don't like her looks." "But," remonstrated his wife, "just consider the reputation for cooking she bears." "That doesn't matter," said Jones testily, "we don't want any she-bears cooked; we don't like them." "I liked one passage exceedingly well," saiJ the famous wit. Buy War Savings Stamps and help win the war. Furthermore, thes? stamps are a safe investment. .'.irv FISK C0RD TIRES Tou want size-strength, safety, beauty and mileage in a tire. That's what you get in the Fisk Cord. All that, plus most unusual re siliency,speed,comfortand luxury-Made in Ribbed Tread and the famous Fisk Non-Skid. -Yonee Motor Co. EDGEFIELD, S. C. J OWEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITE CO! DESIGNERS MANUFACTURERS ERECTORS DEALERS IN EVERYTHING FOR THE CEMETERY. The largest and best equipped monu mental mills in the Carolinas. GREENWOOD, RALEIGH, - - S. C. . N. C. F. A. JOHNSON, Local Agent