The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 15, 1917, Image 1

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LKI.aCHJED close to THE $300,000 MARK Newberry has done well in the mat ter of the sale of the Liberty Bonds. Her citizens got busy witnin the last few days and went out and explained the' bonds to the people and they re sponded nobly and patriotically to the call. Two meetings were held in the court house during the week, one on Tuesday afternoon and another on Wednesday afternoon at which sev eral patriotic speeches were made and the necessity of the people buying the bonds explained to the people and they responded to the call. , i Committees went out to the peoole and told them about the bonds and; tlie people bought. One party drove out and waked the people up at night and sold' bonds to them, the commit tee getting back is the city about two a,. m. . The total amount sold was $188, 950.00. and apart from about $100, WOO.OO ta&en Dy me conon uims auu the banks the bonds were sold in 6mall denominations to the people, just what this issue was intended for. The total assessment for Newberry county or the amount apportioned to ^Kke-county to be sold was $130,000.00. ^^5o Newberry county came across with 40 per cent, more than her share. Good for Newberry. But then sve can always be depended on to do our share in any good work. it The corporations bougnt as xouows: ; . Newberry Cotton Mills $25,000.00 -"^lollohon Mfg. Co 15,000.00 Oakland Cotton Mill 10,000.00 ^-Commercial Bank 30,000.00 i National Bank 25,000.00 ) Exchange Bank 5,500.00 ' Savings Bank 3,000.00 Total $113,500.00, INTERDENOMINATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK* A conference of interdenominational County Sunday school officers, Dis trict Presidents and General Sec. R. ?. Webb, Spartanburg, S. C., was lield in Central Methodist'church last Mon day, the 11th. t a TVmtinirf? was elected to fill ^ out the unexpired term or Sec. Hollo Way. The aim adopted for the year was a Gold Star county and an increase of 10 per cent, in Banner school per centage. The officers suggest a pledge or $100.00 by the county for support of State work. As a goal for efficiency Mr. wcdd suggested that during the year ten Cradle Rolls be organized; Graded lessons be adopted in ten schools; j ten classes for the "Teen" age; ten classes for adult age. j The next county convention will, meet at Zion church, near Frospertty,! *>? An? 23d and 24th. A special county campaign was sug gested for the last week in July; pro dded that as many as three or five dis icts will hold consecutive meetings furing the week and will immediate make a request to the president or jcretary for a Field worker, and tme the day desired. .District presidents are. urgently re lested to make requisitions at once that a definite schedule for Kjistrict conventions may be arranged I with the State workers. } T. A. Dominick, Sec. SOME BIO COTTON SALES AT SOME BIG PRICES We noted in Tuesday's paper how the price of cotton had been soaring. It has now reached the 25 cents mark, j the biggest price in a good many years And it seems that it is still going higher. { During the week Col. C. J. Purcell ? .?? tn t.tw* Newberry cotton mill 4 some 650 bales at the price of 24 cents. * The total amount paid was close around $75,000.00. Col. Purcell soldi a lot a short time ago-for a little less j than this price, but it netted him around $50,000.00. He says that it Is tie possession of a good modicum of! ains which induced him to noia en others around and about were! tting cold feet and selling. We sus ct that it cost him some little sleep sness when the mcfket was play hide and seek but he held on and s made some good money. We arej lad that he has. Be&th of Mr. L ?T. rfesstn. Mr. Isaac Newton Wesson died at j L+he borne of his son, Mr. Chas. R.| rWesson, in West End, on Thursday j norning at 8 o'clock, and will he Du-i Vied this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the ' tVTest End cemetery, service by his! pastor, the Rev. B. L. Knight. Mr J Wesson was 74 years old. He was an' old Confederate veteran, a member of j James D. Nance camp. Mr. Wesson' lias an interesting history. He was horn in Newberry, but the family moved from this county when he was a little child. At the breaking out of the war he was living in Georgia and volunteered in the >"nth Georgia regiment as a member of Co. H, Brooksville Rifles. [ Mr. Wesson was twice m<i:: i.eu. ayui 'wives preceded him to the grave. is survived by four children, two bj each wife: Mr. Charles K. Wesson, and Mrs. Jno. C. Lee, and Messrs. Wash and John H. Wesson. ' f 31 ASS MEETING SUNDAY NIGHT IN INTEREST OF RED ! CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN ?? : A mass meeting will be held in the Plno-rsi "lmn?A Sundav rii?ht. at X j o'clock, preparatory to the war fund I campaign to be carried on June 18 25, in response to the proclamation of President Wilson. There will be no services in luc ciiurcxics. Our tors have generously consenreG to give place to the meeting in the Opera i house. It is a patriotic call, and ev erybody is urgently invited to ne j present. The principal aim of this | meeting will be to give our people | information, and to strengthen their; determination to meet the call or 1 loyalty and patriotism. There will be special music and short addresses. No contribution and no subscription will j be asked for at this meeting. The executive committee composed of j George B. Cromer, Z. F. Wright, W.! H. Hunt, G. W. Summer and C. D. Weeks, assisted by sub-committees, j will carry on the campaign next week* j for the purpose of raising the amount \ that has been assigned to Newberry j uy 111C YY Al V^UUUVU U1 tiiv Uiuvi ivMu Red Cross. The amount assigned to us is $7,000. We cannot afford not to raise this amount. "You cannot go to the front as a soldier; you can enlist in this work at home.*' PJROCLAMATIOX By the President of the United States.' INASMUCH as our tnougnis as a nation are now turned in united pur pose towards the performance to the! utmost of the services and duties which we have assumed in.the cause, of justice and liberty; INASMUCH as but a small propor-' tion of our people can have the op-| portunity to serve upon the actual field of battle, but all men, women and children alike may sen 4 and serve effectively by making it possible to: care properly for those who do serve j under arms at home and aoroac; AND INASMUCH as me- American . Red Cross is- the official recognized agency for voluntary effort in behalf of the armed forces of the nation and for the administration of relief; NOW. THEREFORE, by virtue of my authority as President of the Unit ed States and President of the Ameri can Red Cross, I, Woodrow Wilson, do hereby proclaim the week ending; T?n<* 9Z. 1Q17 as Cross Week!i during which the people of the Unit ed States will be called upon to give generously and in a spirit of patriot ic sacrifice for the support and main tenance of this work of national need. WOODROW WILSON. President Wilson's Statement In An nouncing the Appointment of the Red Cross War Council. '""I have today created within the ttea L-TOSS a war CUUUUl, mj wmvu niii be intrusted the duty of responding to the extraordinary demands which the present war will make upon the services of the Red Cross. notli in the field and in civilian relief. The best way in which to impart the greatest efficiency and energy to the relief work which this war will entail will be to concentrate it in the hands of a single experienced organization which has been recognized by law and by international convention as the public instrumentality for s h pur poses. "Indeed, such a ccf^centration of ad ministration action in this matter seems to me absolutely necessary, and I hereby call upon all those who can contribute either great sums or small to the alleviation of the suffering and distress which must inevitably arise out of this fight for humanity and de mocracy to contribute to the Re:I Cross. It will be one of the first and most necessary tasks or the new war council of the Red Cross to raise great sums of money for tne support fho nwrv tr> hp done and done un on a great scale. I hope that the re sponse to their efforts will be a dem onstration of the generosity of Amer ica and the power of genuine practi cal sympathy among our people that will command the admiration of the whole world." /COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MONT-AMOEBA SfcJllJAKi Lutheran Church Visitor. In point of attendance, character of exercises rendered, and enthusiasm over the prospects for the future of the institution, the commencement of 1917 was a decided success?the best held in many years. * * * * * The address before the Y. M. C. A. and Luther League was delivered in the evening by Rev. I. E. Long, pas tor of the Augsburg church, Winston Salem, N. C. Rev. Long based hi3 timely and effective discourse on Acts 16-18. ?iis xneme was visiuu emu Life-work." He made clear the in dispensableness of vision, if one's life is to count in the realm of worldly affairs. None the less is it neces sary for one who would labor effec tively in th.e Church. The case of Saul of Tarsus was cited as a typi cal example of the transforming pow er of a vision obediently followed. The speaker made a strong appeal of the graduating classes to heed the call of State and Church for lives guided Uy :IlCCt*Cll.ijr Timuu, claim o ftlie gospel ministry to the young men. ! PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS FROM PROSPERITY TOWN i Prosperity, J)une 11.?Mrs. Liv ingstone and Mies Maud Livingstone of (Saluda are spending ?awhile witli .Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wise and chil dren of Ridgeland and Mrs. J. C. Tay lor of Batesburg are visitors at the i home of Mr. A. G. Wise. ! Miss Jean Adams of Virginio is ; visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Schum pert. Miss Willie Mae Wise leaves W'ed ; nesday for Manning in the interest | of the demonstration work. Misses IVera Merchant and John Birge Merchant of Batesburg are vis iting the family of Mr. Frank Mer chant. j Miss Inez Wessinger of Jalapa Is the guest of Miss Xan Wlieeier. I The Winthrop Girls are home, woh are: Misses Hattie Wise, Helen Wheeler, Cairo Wyche, Moss Fellers, Susan Langford, Susan Quattlebaum, Josephine Way, Grace Sease, Ruby Wheeler, Mary DcWalt Hunter, Car rie Long. Mr. Watson Luther of Columbia is visiting his grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther. Mrs. B. B. Schumpert spent the week-end in Saluda with her daugh ter, Mrs. J. A. Hunt. Mrs. J. P. Wheeler spent the week end in Silverstreet with relatives. Miss Grace Wheeler leaves today for Greenville to spend me summer with tier sister, Mrs. Granville Wyche. Prof.j! Gilbert Voigt, of Columbia spent the week-end with Mrs. C. J. Shealy. Mr. L. A. Black and Mrs. JaRe Singley have gone to Bowman on ac count of the death of Mrs. A. L. Black. Rev. and Mrs. P. E. Shealy of North Carolina have been visiting Mrs. Mal colm Shealy. Mrs. Nance. Misses Kate Mae Nance, Cairo Wyche, Rosa Mae Mitch ell and Annie Fellers are spending the week in Kinard3. Mr. Herman Boozer of Leesville is spending awhile at the home of Mr. J. P. Wheeler. Miss Victoria Carson was in New berry last week for commencement. Miss Virgina Kinard and kittle Mil dred Williams of Little Mountain are the guests of Mrs. Joe Hartman. Mrs. J. F. Browne and daughter, Elizabeth, are home after a week's stav in Columbia with Mrs. A. H. Kohn. Mrs. Pearl Rikard and children of Atlanta are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Counts. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum, Mrs. Rosa Lester and Miss Blanch Kibler motored to Columbia on Tu esday. **? ?- T r. nnrroronc Viqc roflirnpfl JJII 9. J a LU to UU^guuc uuu to Columbia after a visit to her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Wyche. Mrs. F. X. Calmes of Clinton spent the week-end in Columbia. Miss Beatrice Livingston of New berry was the guest of Miss Marie Singley Tuesday evening. Miss Thelma Wilson of Union Academy spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Marie Singley. Miss Bettie Singley of Jolly street is visiting at the home of Mr. M. R. Singley. GREAT B A STAGE TK?'E TO CROPS BY STORM Upper Section of Greenville County Suffers Seriously as Result of Cyclonic Wind. Greenville, .Tune 11.?Crops in the upper section of Greenville county suffered seriously from the cyclonic hail and wind storm which hit that section Saturday, it is announced by two government agents whc were sent here by W. W. Long, State demon stration agent to advise those who were affected bv the storm as to what they should do. The path of the storm was from three to four miles wide and about 30 miles long. WTiere ever it touched the fields were swept clean, the crops beat down, the fruit + Kant on/? noarlv <*vprvthin?r hade cfriru 0 mere ruin. The storm swept area pro duces ordinarily 1,0% bales of cotton. The estimated damage to the cotton crop is 98 per cent. PROGRAM W. f. T. U. COUNTY CONTENTION The following program will be ren dered at the W. C. T. U. convention at New unanei sunaay. juue n. Hymn?383. Prayer. Scripture. Hum?422. President's message. A Story?Mrs. E. M. Williamson. Hymn?382. Address?Mrs. Spra'.t. Solo?Mrs. H. L. Boulware. Dinner. P>nsiness Session. Hymn?386. Temperance Fairies?Seven Chil dren. Recitation?Miss Annie TTarrt. Dialogue? Misses Cannon, Houseal nn^ Parr. Recitation?Miss Lizzette Counts. Hrmn?564. > The public is invited. THE SEWBERRY ELKS WILL OBSERVE FLAG DAY The Newberry lodge of Elks will ob serve Flag Day with appropriate ser vices in accordance with the ritual of the order. It so happens that this year Flag Day and the regular meet ins night of the Newberry lodge are lone and the same day. This (Thurs day) evening is the regular meeting night for the Newberry lodge and i the 14th of June is Flag Day. As announced in the last issue of the county papers an appropriate pro gram will be carried out. The lodge has just moved into its new quar ters in the second Hoor of the Fra ternity hall building in front of the | Newberry hotel and the rooms have I been put in such order as it has been i possible in the short time in order J to hold the exercises th'ere. | ! The lodge is small in number, but it is the desire of the exalted ruler, j E. H. Aull, with the cooperation of j the membership to rehabilitate the i lodge and to have nice quarters with i a reading room for the members and i to that end the two rooms on the i front of the second floor of the Fra f ternity hall building have been leased j and the furniture of the lodge moved j in. It is hoped to have many new members in the order now very soon. A nice program for the Flag Day exercises has been arranged and the public is invited to join with the Elk3 in observing this day this (Thursday) i evening. It is especially appropriate I at this time in our nation's history : that proper tribute should be paid the i flag and that its history should be known. Tne lodge will carry out tne ritual laid down by the order for the observance of this day as well as it can and invites the friends in the city to join in this celebration and to enjoy the exercises. The exercises will begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock, and as that hour is named it means just what it says. There will be ail address by Dr. Jas. P. Kinard and a recitation by Miss Annie Dunstan and good music under the direction of Miss Mazie Domi i nick and Miss Pauline Gilder and the friends are invited to attend and en joy the exercises with the members of the order. The following program will be car \ ried out: Song?"Star Spangled Banner." Introductory exercises. Exalted Ruler and Officers. ! Prayer by the Chaplain. i History of the Flag by a member. ' } Song?"My Old ' Kentucky Home/', j Miss Pauline Gilder and chorus. Altar service. Song?"America.'* Elk's Tribute to tne nag, reaa oy a member. ^ Song?"Auld Lang Syne." "The Flag Goes By." recitation by Miss dnnie Dunstan. Address by Dr. Jas. P. Kinard. Song?"Columbia, the Gem of the ! Ocean.' Closing exercises. j The following young ladies have; kindly consented to sing *n the chor us Misses : Pauline Fant, Sadie Fant. < ! May Tarrant, Mildred Evans, Kathryn ; Harms, Lavinia Kinard, Trent Keitt, Anna Coe Keitt, Cora Ewart, Cathe-j rine Wright, Estelle Bowers, Colie n *r_ i fcJiease, Mary jPTances v^anuuu, iutiuci Adams. The lodge room is not large but the members will be pleased .to have as many friends present as can ne seat-1 ed. They are snre the exercises will be helpful and enjoyable. rreseiumeiu ui me uiauu uu*j. The following is a copy of the grand jury's report to Judge Gary at the June term,of the court of general ses-! aions: To His Honor Judge Frank B. Gary, presiding: We the grand jury of Newberry! county wish to mane me muumug yi&-, sentment: We have acted on all bills handed to us, and have given them back to the Solicitor. We are making earnest effort to have the books of all the county of-; ficers audited, but have failed so far; 1 to get in shape for a report, but prom- J I i3e to have this ready for the next j term of court. We have inspected the Jail and | County Home at last Spring term and} feel that it is not necessary to do so; again at this term. We have some complaints as tO: bridges and bad roads over the coun-! ty. Bridges on road from Rev. Z. W > Bedenbaugh's to Geo. Morrison's baa-j ly needing attention, and small bridge, on road from Crotwell's to B. 'F.j ; Mills' needing repairs. Road from. M. C. Bedenbaugh's to steel bridge on' ( fi-raddick's ferrv road needing work.! We recommend that Mr. E. H. Con sins be forced to remedy his butcher pen and put it in a more sanitary con dition. or remove the same, as it is a nuisonce to the community as it now stands. A pond on Mr. Robert Caldwell's place has been reported to the grand jurors, and we will have the same attended to. We recommend the clerk to be paid the usual fee. J. H. Wicker, foreman. ! B. L. Dominick, Clerk. j "Buy 3 Liberty Loaa Bead , ENTENTE CLAMPS DOWN ON TEUTONS Offensive on All Fronts Believed i To Mark Opening of Big Drive to Crush Germany. London, June 11.?The allied cluthch around central Europe devel mnriAiiInt* tflKroflAnC Upcu SLlUilg lilUSV/Uiai Iiuiauuug WUI.J . There were signs that the "big squeeze' is about to set in. It had been planned at the Rome conference following the German peace offer. The aftermath of the Russian revolution postponed it. Tiie allies have since revised their route so they may reach their goal with out Russia?with the United States. If Russia rallies in the eleventh hour success will be the more com plete. The Petrograd weat'nervane pointed that way today. First on the program or the great concerted drive is the crusnlng of the German right flank in the West. This flank is sDread across the rich mines and fertile fields of northern France and Belgium and reaches out toward England, lurking unseen, Dut seeing all, from beneath the surface of the Dover straits and the channel. Hit U-Boats To insure success for the "big squeeze" the U-boat menace is to be struck at its nearest roots; the bases in Belgium. To that end it seemed tonight the British heavy artillery and British raiding forces started nranopotinni! fn 7* a Hrivfl t/'dl Ly L WLLCL V piC[/aiutivuo ..v i v? u**? v along the coast. To keep Teuton.re enforcements from the west, Italy, now the western powers' most effi cient ally, pitched in again, this time on the Trentino front. At the same time General Sarrail got ready for a new drive in Macedonia. ."Hurri cane fire" was reported by the Sofia war office. Even tiie reorganized romndnta nf tho Russian armv did its share, starting a bombardment of Mackensen's lines near the Black sea littoral. From Petrograd came reassuring dispatches of loyalty manifestations by the Cossacks and peasants, though these were offset somewhat by news of intensified peace agita tion on the part of the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates. Belo-w Belt Overshadowing ail else in interest and importance is the now apparent PriHch n1ar? tn st.fl.TTm Out the U-boat "pest" where it is most oppressive, most obstinate and pernicious. From the little Belgian port of Zeebrugge tlie sub-sea^raiders sneak out hourly to snatch away England's food and supplies at the very gates of Eng land's eastern seaports. Innumerable "mos<HLito'' craft on the surface and Zeppelins and airplanes overheaa escort them on the first lap of their ir?M rnov A few milftS OUt fTOm IM>rt these U-boats can turn to the right into the North sea or to .the left through the Dover straits into the channel as they please. They form the first of the German right arm in the west, a fist that hits below the belt, answering surface blockade with sub-sea blockade. Zeebrugge and Ostend taken, the German U-boat campaign would be confined, in the important matter of exits, to the Heligoland bight and the Skagerback. The menace would be removed from "right under England's nose," as one naval expert put it tne other day. With the help of the American squadron, the allies hope to; take care of what then remains ofj the menace. Progress So all along the 70 miles between Ypres and Eph$y, the British big: guns tuned up at dawn for an earth- j shaking overture. Reconnoitenng col umns darted forward in every vital i sector. The spies of the air were1 equally busy. Ypres is the pivot of the British front and around it either to the south or north? most likely to the south against Lille? the Brit ish are expected to try to make the breach. Meanwhile slight progress was made by General Plumer's forces to the south of Messines, where they took the big ridge last week. The Berlin war office, ever elert to prevent the public from being taken by surprise, announced heavy gun firing east of Ypres and?which the British statement failed to report?in the sec tor of the dunes near Nieuport on the sea.. Meupon 13 vt?ry cruoc tu TTutio the British and Teuton lines face c -?ch other on the coast. Twenty miles to the northeast lies Zeebrugge, On the Somme The Germans kept up their heavy drum fire against the French lines on the Aisne and in the Champagne. The French artillery answered gun for gun. A development that bears watching, military critics point out, !s the revival of artillery fire north of the Somme. All the way between 1 ~ 04- Anantin thft OH1 n? AfA biUIiUI'itl CMiil OL. v^ucuuu o?Uw ? roaring. This is the sector in whicn Hindenburg made his now-famous re tirement. Italy's new blow was a surprise; first, because the Austrian "come backs" with tehir big captures nad caused pessimism here; second, be cause it came not on the Julian, but on the Trentino front. Cadorna's troops took 512 prisoners up to early this evening. They were still pro gressing after capturing Monte Or tWara and Aneelo Pass. Both posi tions lie to the southeast of Trent, Italy's main goal in the Trentino. <*> w IXSIRAXCE POLICIES <? AGAINST DESPOTISM ^ <$> <? By Benjomin R. Tillman. <?> & United States Senator from $ <?v Qnnth riarnlina. ^ <9 Every American citizen wno can do so ought to purchase one or more of the Liberty Loan bonds. It is his duty. France and England have "borne the heat and burden of the day," and the quickest way we can come to their aid is to furnish them. ! money. We sliudder to think of ou^ i troops being sent to the battle front ! in Europe, and the more dollars we send now, the fewer men we shall have to send later?-and the shorter time they will have to stay. I am in favor of our doing our full share in the job of ridding the world of Prus sian militarism.. If our troops are needed, I want them sent to -Surope in ample numbers?a steady stream, ever increasing?but, if our money now can enable our allies to overcome the common enemy before our men : are ready, so much the better for all ; concerned. A hundred dollars con j tributed by the farmer, tradesman, [ doctor, lawyer, merchant, <jr artisan, . may keep a loved one out of the ! trenches of northern France. We are j going to whip Imperial Germany, but : we want to do it in the easiest way. Let us buy Liberty Bonds! Common ' sense tells us that is the thing to ;do. J-~ ""''"j + ?* crlvra o n vfh i we are note <tsn.cu iU 0. ! The government has asked for a loan ! ?and tbe whole amount of property in the United States is security for | it. The investment is absolutely safe, and we are to receive three and : one half per cent, interest with the | privilege of turning our bonds into other issues in the future if the in terst; rate is raised. In two years from now, I believe the Liberty bonds will be.selling considerably above par ?say at 107. In other words, an in ?fho horirfq in all Drofe vesiuicut jlul >,uv/ ? : ability will pay some six or seven ! per cent. A safe investment at that rate does not happen atong every : day. The man of small means, be sides doing his patriotic duty, will be doing a good ousiness stroke by . investing at least a portion of his savings in Liberty Bonds. They will I pay him a fair profit?an'ti he can turn ; them into money at a "minute's no ' tice." j Buy bonds, my fellow citizens. Show j^'Otir faith in democracy. Tyranny has j reared its ugly head once more, and i it is more venomous than ever. This J war was started when the yankee : farmer tired on British hirelings at ! Lexington. Let us finisli the work our j forefathers began at Bunker Hill. I The world cannot exist ^alf auto ! cratic and half democratic. The an tagonism be* ,v*een the two systems of * ??1 mii at hft government is muiu>?auU j fought to the death. Our dollars nmst : fight while our men are preparing for the conflict. Buy Liberty Bonds! They ! are insurance policies against despot ' ism. NEWS FROM ST. PHILIPS. Thf? rroDs are looking very prom i ing in this section ater such a long cool spell, but we are glad to say we have got the good old summer weath er now. Good many of our neighbors hare been enjoying good beans out of their gardens. The people in this section have in creased their corn crop a great deal form last year, but it would have been a good idea to plant more and lees cotton. The peach crop is fine in this sec tion. Many of them are enjoying eat ing ripe peaches now and that is caused by the Georgia nurseymen. Miss Ola Brown has accepted St. Phillips school again. Ker slsiter. Miss Mary, lias resigned, Miss Cald well, of Winsboro, will ail her place. St. Philips Luther league will meet tho first Sunday afternoon in July and , we vould be glad if there is any who would like to join our society, and with us that day, and the memb ership committee is Misses Mary Crumpton, Freddie Banxs and Mr. G. H. Ruff. Mrs. Sallie Lomimick, Mrs. "W*. P. Ruff, Mr. and Mrs. David Ru? and Mrs. Fred Gallman motored to Colum bia last Friday in Mr. D. B. Ruff's car, and they reported a very nice trip. Mr. Dan Dehardt and family made a short visit to Mrs. W. F. Ruff last Sunday. Miss Sara Banks has returned home : from Cedar Springs for Her vaoaia?u. Miss Mary Crumpton has finished her course at Summerlaid. Mr. and Mrs. IMdie Sease spent Sunday with Mr. Ben Halfacre and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Halfacre spent Sunday in Saluda. Mr. L. H. Sease and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lons in Saluda. Mr. J. C. Sample is putting tne rvau in ftne shape in this section, and re merater my intention is to make a fine race for coroner in 1920.