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OPE1U HOUSE 1'lMHitiAH. * ? Of Haskell B. Cromer, sc? of Mr ^ and Mrs. J. Bachman Cromer, tlie 11 Rev. Ij. P. Bolart^ in the Lutheran. 1 Church Visitor, among other remarks v says: "He was possibly one of tlie P your.srest Americans in the service. 0 having volunteered for service as v soon as our country entered the ureat v >"?? fio woo hut ifi vears a;id ^ W<Xl II UVU JUV V* 14 0 v. V . v 1<> months old. Before his company 0 sailed for France, the government offered him an honorable discharge be- t< cause of his your<g and tender age, s * but this he refused, stating that he " preferred to go with his company. ' ">j He was 18 when he "fell and die J f "instantly in one of the greatest bat- > "ties in France on or about October 2. p 1918." Thus died for his country one F of the best of boys, a member of Beth Eden church. f Mr. J. G. Adams of Columbia panl s a visit to Newberry Tuesday. j b Acting Serfft. S. B. Neal has finished | p las duties for Uncle Sam at Camp p -Jackson and resumed the activities of life in the Prosperity 'Route 3 comraunity. ^ Mr. D. H. Stillwell has left Silver- a street Route 2 for Mountville. j v Mrs. A. B. Caughman. of Greenville! a *nd Mrs. RjP .Casey of Williamson liave returned to their homes after j visiting their father, Mr. T. W. Hutch- g trson. while he was sick. C Mr. R. H. Whitlock is spending* sev- C eral days in the city before returning: S to Newberry. He has received an hon- r orable discharge from the army,? ? Greenwood Journal. n Lient. T. B. Greneker was the week. H end guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nicholson.?Greenwood Journal. K Rev. T. B. Epting- has closed his t i pastoral work at Jackson;, Miss., and entered his new field as pastor of Holy Trinity congregation:. Lafayette. Ind.. after he and Mrs. Epting had \ visited the respective merger con- ^ ventions in New York City, visitin/ jlJ notable piaces in Philadelphia ami v the parental home in Newberry, S. C., L and Augusta, G&>??utheran Churcb "Visitor. - 0 v S Fred L. Paysjiger. with his honoris n wry discharge, which Lt. Thompson says is a valuable asset, is back again to "keep the home fires burning." Seaman Robert Price of the Charei leston ravy is ''home for good." peace feavinr come-to the land. * w Miss Lilla Kibler of Olanto and / Mrs. Elizabeth Kinard of Sumter ar? T visiting their sister. Mrs. Wm. John "R Sergt. Carol M. Dennis is reported t In the casualty list published Sunday b as wounded severely. It hc.s been a ai good while ago since the lews first ^ reacted Newberry, showing how far behind these casualty lists necessarily t> ape, tad which casue so much anxiety a I Competent J Examin ? i Glasses should furnish ance necessary?neither much. It is impossible exact requirements of a vision without the most examination of the enti: :i eye, interior as well as e The condition of both same, and often they ai ent, consequently an ac< " J is absolutely necessary .' S exact difference. '. r\n iff n I UK. W. C. | OPTOME ] Bryson Grc - i See us and get ; Just received large shipment V* We also have ? "f of Bucket Cc i f Candy Box Ca * ?>rs Annies ani iv? vy * We have the goads and would | Bryson Grocei & ?' $ 'I1 $ 'I1 ^ j tv* rents who have not heard from .1 lieir so.:s :n France since before the K ast great battle. In the same l'"st g ient?on is made of the severe wound- g3 >?g of Private Thomas Sanders, which jjgj fas also announced in the local pa- & ers. avd of Private Thomas Williams gg if RFD 4; alono; with the slightly &jj mounded Corporal Will Lindsay of Sil. ? T-?_; j. - T> TP?;i I .f M erstreei z, jrrivaie rcn.v i/a>am v*. eg Linards 2 and Private Tom Jackson g f Chappells 2. rc Mr. J. W. Swindler has moved back B o Newberry from Helena, to Harris f| treet. S Lt. H. T. Danger of the IT. S. NT. I ias changed headquarters from Nor- flj oik, Va., to Beaufort, S. C. 1 Mrs. F. G. Wright has come from I \iir 'Forest on a holiday visit to her B arents. Dr. avA Mrs. T. W. Smith. B ;vi r. La. JD. Ot'll umpci i. uao iuvivi n rom Prosperity Route 3 to Eleanor H treet, this city, and Mr K. W. A If ritton has moved to the Schumpert lace from the George Johnstone lace on Newberry Route 5. Mrs. J. M. Bowers received a mesaee last week informing her of tie eath of her niece, Mrs. Georgie Mar ildrich at the hospital in Jacfcsonille, Fla.. after undergoing an opertion. Private Jim Moses of Silverstreet !oute 2, reported wounded severely: n Tlinmoo Turn ay nf TCinards 2- fll '^1 gl, 1 A MA A&VA VJ. ?- V*~ - ? __ ,'orp. Mack Johnson of Chappells 2, I k>rp. Willie Wilsorr of Newberry 4,-B iergt. Thomas P. Cromer of Newber- B y, and Sergt. Dandrees Seabrooks of g Hairs 2; all wounded slightly, were lentiored in the casualty list pub-|B ished Wednesday. |j Ernest K. Counts, son* of Mr. J. A. |H Jounts of Pomaria Route 3, has re ':nj rned home from the U. N. traiV-jB ig camp at Key West. Fla. S Mrs. J. L. Dickert got a telegram jfl Wednesday from St Petersburg, Fla-jB fotipgr that her brother, Mr. A. F. B Wrts. had just lost, his wife by death B nnanmnnfo fhat hp hlTTISplf K 11/111 U1UVJUJU. U11U VMt^v n ras down with the tofluenza. Mr. J. K TMckert is with him. j|j Pat Wise hurried up with coming < ut from under the flu and was dow1 jl treet Wednesday to see about the IB lule market. / . g| A Mrs. J. F. Paniols killed herself j 5 t her home to Anderson Tuesdav and iS 1 the account of the suicide T>n.b]isfc-j jH i in the dailies Wednesday the state. j& lent was made that her husband || r9?! in Ntpw*>ptv at the time. ? Hector F. T>i?T>v was killed in action |? ? a r^oe^t battle, a wording to a let- fe sr from Chanlain Turner to Miss M nth T?by. sister of the dead soldier ra hp chaplain tplls the sister that, he7* |s rother died the death of a hero K| mo"?r heroes, as the victory had been || on in a glorious manner. Mips Minn'e HavirTI of Newberry i? ie grne^t of F/l^abeth Orpw^ for jgg few wp?k?:.?Laurens Advertiser. i ation I Necessary | exactly the assist- ^ " too little nor too | ^ 5 to determine the ^ i case of Impaired ^ painstaking expert re structure of the m xterior. ^ eyes is rarely the || re radically differ- sg curate examination E to determins the 1 . EZELL I TRtST I < > Ha icery Co. I I: our prices. * ?s econd | : of oranges. |; i large stock |j indy, Stick |. ndy, Crack- . I; d Cigars. & appreciate your business | I ry Company I a H Chalmers A Much confusion and considerab present prices of motor cars. As a result of this, buyers hesii the near future. This condition calls for a franl Chalmers9 statement. \ t v Let us be perfectly frank and state that this confusion in the public mind is the natural result of certain statements and acts of some manufacturers who belong to what we would term the "opportunist'' class. These makers?and there are several of them?"nave recently announced "reductions'" in prices to what they brazenly term "Pre-War" standards. I Now, in.' not a single case that we can recall, has the reduction actually / been what it purported to be! ? nil Art irwv f llA tl?0 11Y1 Q IJ.JU every suv.ix iaoc uic n ui-muv "peak" price was fictitious. In to case had it been in vogue for any considerable period?most of them were announced just before the war ended. In some conspicuous cases the wartime prices had applied only to tlio individual buyer?the price to dealers the wholesale price?had not been i en an sea. This is "inside stuff" we are tellins you but^the case calls for absolute frankness if we are to clear your mind of the erroneous impressions created by such tactics. The "confidential'' reason sriven for the last war-time raise in r?rice to the r>ubli>?-hut not to thp dealer?was "for the benefit of the dealer." n? amount of t>p clo^ip? down of (factories. antomohre dealers\ wer? confronted with a" shortage of cars and a continuance of expense, TMt Type; ri>ht <=o far as it went ?b"f was it. sound business to protect them pf the expense of their cusl tOTTK^rs? i j Tn^ta^tlv the war e^ded?and U j w^ most Unexpected?these maker* ran for- cover. Thev k^ew their n^oduot ^ould not romnete %v? the orten market at its fictitious war-time price. So they hastily an-o"nced "redactions." \ Conditions V?ad rot?have not ? chanced an iota. Still they announced "reductions'." Look at the figures?comnare prices of those cars then and now?the normal prices of a year ago: the "peak" price of the late war-time period and the present "reduced'* prices. And you will fi-rd that in some cases war-time prices were increased a5? much as 76 per cent and reduced nor f?f?nt In other cases the increase amounted to 33 per cent?the recent "reductions" to 10 per cent. We are sorry to relate that thN species of strategy has been resortol to by the makers of one car that, Chalmers Mot CAROl Wn Ha VA IT T JL JM T V<* ilso OtldTcllltet esent Chalm / le apprehension exists, we find, in the ate to order the cars they need lest p i statement from every motor car formerly, we considered above sucii practices. It is such tactics that discredit the entire automobile business. The o::es most injured by the present confusion in the public mind are those who did rot take advantage of a war-Urne condition to profiteer. Chalmers was one of those. We are not "opportunists." ? ?i.t xl. A Much as we svmpatmzea wnri uie plight of the Chalmers dealers when our plants had to discontinue raakin? motor cars and go 100 per cent, to making war materials, we did not adopt any questionable expedient co protect Chalmers dealers at the expense of Chalmers buyers. So there has rever been a fictitious ?a war time?price on Chalmers Motor Cars. Therefore we have no margin now to "cut.' Chalmers has been the greatest v^lre ?n its clas during the past year "During several years past, in fact, but especially in the last 12 months. That was one reason for the tremendous popularity of the Chalmers car. The other reason was its all-rounl excellence?its matchless quality? its great relative value. At times we felt we would be compelled to increase prices, but we firmly resolved to give the buyer tae benefit so Iopg as we were working rn materials purchased in normal times. . - * ? i i Labor was tugner?nut overnea't was actual] v lower, because we % rha-^od ?ts legitimate proportion on war work. tv> t-'Vfi to ^e fair to all concerned ?to Uncle Sam. which mears the whole oeopl'i; and to Chalmers buyers, who are the Best People! t Had the war continued a year loreor?well, we still would not havo raised nrioes for the simple reason t*?st. we would have made no motor cr.r*. T'^e whole*nnestion resolves itseif into this:?wa<? a ma^ufacturerer in raisifi<* his price to buyers ~~i~1-- cri.nn.idc! e n cVinrtn nf M'TIV VII (jlUUI UJ Ul a. v/.w. v_0v cars? Not on any actual extra cost of building?but a greater demand than supply. / W? contend such practice was not justified?was rot quite fair. Chalmers did not do this. Stop to think of it and you will recall that in 1915 a n-passenger Chalmers cost $18n0. T'liat in 1Q17 the then model sold for $1550. That that same model, since geatlv v {t or Car Co., Detr< * * JNA AUT Deal ers Cars in Stock for a* ers Prices! | \ t public mind with regard to H > H rices generally be reduced in 9 manufacturer "-here is the S k Hi BB ?immeasurably?improved, still list* 2E at $1565. afi ^Bl There you have it in a few words? the latesl. most highly perfected ?:| Chalmers at $15 more than the earlier f i and therefore less refined model! Chalmers prices have been and still ||j are rock bottom?and so will continue ^ '1 ' \ H We cannot do otherwise. Nor can we see any sound reason - ' ? ? ?-a?:-i SG tor expecting any iai wugc >u conditions for a long time to come. ?j|J Materials certainly will not cost fel any less while the whole world bids |g| for our supply. |||j ' Wages will never return to the pre- Su war scale. gag The United States Steel Corporation has said so?and that is the world's ttl largest employer of labor. Vo. the comnetition of the "cheao 8g labor of Europe" will not materially raj change matters. yB European- labor is insisting on a IB higher scale of living?the American Ml on that scale it costs just as Sn Iitt-q i,v, PTnrnnp oo in America. 5*0 Just as much. ?|| So waees +v>ere .are beinor standard- its ized upward too. (Be Bra All of w)r>h facts are sound, you SSI will admit. ?3 But?you want something tangible ?p| to tie to. v.o? a car?vou prefer a Chal- isa mers. But. you do not want to pay j$i BCjgM dollar more for it row than it may sl^ be bought for a few weeks hence. All risht. here's a definite, unequiv- $$2 ocal statement from the Chalmers ^ Motor Car Company. f'* Price of the Chalmers (Touring Car and Roadster) is $1565 f. o. b. ||| factory. Detroit, Michigan. ?1? We absolutely irnarantee that price ?? wHi oMnin until June, 1919. ?j? Kvery Chalmers dealer is authorized i|| to <rive vou that guarantee in writing Sip a4 the time you order your Chalmers. ?||J Better do so at once, too?for it is Eglj impossible to obtain materials in gjgf time to increase nrodnction sufficient- 251 ly to meet the demand?or anywhere g||j near it. Bg Ar*A enr\n fV?*? hlor SnPl'lJ' rfftmand Kb> 4-lllU OUVil VMV vra?* o ? g*.j will be upon us. SS| BB Don't hesitate because some make'' j whose war-time price was fictitious ~ M has "reduced" it a fractipn. 2? I Such makers will have to reduce a fe couple of more times before their m product will sell in competition with |S|^B Chalmers at its present normal price! Get in line for your favorite car? Chalmers?for there certainly will not be enough to go around. >it, Michigan. 11 V ? oco. L Delivery I H mHHiiBiHB j ,v.^