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g"ggBB?IM ! II General News Notes Two Sjwnish uviators, after fty*i"tr from Spain to Havana, Cuba, have lx>en lost in an effort to fly from Havana to Mexico City, a distance of 1,000 miles. The Mexican government is using every means.>wt its command to (lad the lost aviators. Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, now a resident of Holland, had a narrow escape from death last week. His ear was crossing a railroad track when the bars were let down automatically, catching the car on the track. One of the bars hit the cur and damaged it considerably. President Roosevelt will talk over war debts with European countries in late July, but has let it be known that he will have no conversations with those nations which have defaulted in their payments. ..Pay first and then t.alk. will be the keynote of further conversations. Former Governor Bilbo of Mississippi has been given a job in the agricultural depu-rt ment at Washingtun,. dipping items pi" interest from ' newspapers and magazines relative to agriculture, industry and so forth at a salary of $t?JH)0 a year. He uUo has a secretary to help him. The Middle West is sweltering in the hottest sustained heftt wave seen there for iff) years, and weather bureau station readings above 1(H) were common Monday. Cattle were reported dying. Crops were greatly damaged. Human suffering arriwv hourly. Weather conditions over the United Stales and Canada prestage a continuance of hot weather in South Carolina. Clarence King. -0 years old, o West Gastonia, was committed to jail without bail .vesterdny by a magistrate there, on the charge that he criminally assaulted a la-year-old girl on Sunday evening. Another young man and an lX-year-old girl were bound <>vcr to court as accos' sories, the victim saying they held her while King assaulted her. Three Fillipino youths set out from Now York Sunday in a .'K)-foot sloop with auxiliary motors for a trip nround the world, their objective being Ballva, Spain. n Carl Byrd Fisher. 1J, the Whittle N. school boy who found Colonel Raymond Robbins at Whittier last November, after the noted dry leader had been missing for some weeks, has been presented with a check for $200 by the Robbins family. Press Association Elects Officers P. M. Dees, owner and editor of the Herald and News, Winnsboro, was elected president of the South Carolina Press association at -u business meet in;;, held on the associations Chicago trip taken la-t week. Other elections were: ('apt. William E. Gonzales, of Columbia, first vice president; B. P. Da vies, of Barnwell, second vice president; Harold C. Booker, of Columbia, secretary, and F. C. Withers, of Columbi^, treasuier. Members of the executive committee are: B. 11. Peace, Greenville; Judson W. Chapman. Greenville; W. G. Hazel. Bennettsville; Ed H. DeCamp,- Guffney; A. W. Hucklc. Rock Hill; A. B. Jordan. Dillon; K. B. McSweency, Allendale; F. D. West. Abbeville, and the officers. THE CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK We have recently enjoyed visits with two l'riends. hack from interesting :rip- to dis.ant plaees .... one ha- ju-t completed her fourth rnut.dth< wnrhi ; : ti: -e. w h:cn -d among other por'. t<>p? of the w<>i.d.J tho > i;.. Seas. Ba.i. New /< aiand , ". . r !',.? ?;. i. with t - u ,: e. ; ,,r. . ;: av e'.ed t:. u-.i'.'is . , N , , .. - a'.,i> of : c N 1 :h \ a'; ; We "e? 1 a'm- -' n* j a ' - . iii.io a ah: .ad. ,i' .: a ' \ d | r. :a jungle a'M of <je- | ic 1 > and of i :. dd.-r. \t:?b \ 'V.ftges. J 'A : . : a '. e 11'. v a '1 I Won T? o Hat'is ()ne Da> | . nd mat.. < at roil K P..: A h. .oi know r.o , a : o : w i- n.g : a 'i r.. ,'S :a> !...> > a ' a .loll. i \a- A , M T. ii ?' ' - 'A ' \ . ! ; . N i 'i ; . ! _ .I *?.*> * a '. i I ' , w vv . read w . I h ,. - - a11 v by a'.: World -on.- v\ 10 probably r.-- .p. T' *- information a..- :.ir. f m.' : diary of <?r.e who *.v i. *. * a: ge - 1 t :*ar. . p., rta t a>n o* : ar.d k? pt .iy data on pr > <-<d:g Muc :-. ii;-, u-ion has bet n a.a what the Leviathan's ca !)io . * \ it a 'a.i- but this c.ears up tr.o in a.:- a n: is valuable as well a,-. aiQil Aifv^-w-Lru:. From Pot* %? Titer s Diary Liverpool, England. N vember 1918 I "Visited-thr Ix?v:athian, now in dry. dock here in Liverpool, called on Cap- j tain Phelps who gave us over one and one-half hours of his valuable time, tie conducted us over, through and 5r.thi - v . :* rf 11' **?? nwn.-te-. I : ,i : i !. vr 1icc prc\ii'U? c?^a .. . .'.a- the (ivst *im?- I had r? h..v -< i r, She is i?\ it P.ii) fri t I'"1 :* .!' wide. draws loaded 42 , fret of war. r.ran leave this port on only two :<ie? a month. She has 43 boi'ers. huin< s">0 tor.s of c>>a! daily. ' carries a compliment of 2,300 officers , and crew. There are 240 men in the, j kitchen*. 1,000 men in the engineerinj? department. When loaded with troop* and crew one item cooked was > forty head of cattle a day. She does . about 21 1-2 JcnotR. We stepped into, I a lift and went down six stories thru ! [ ma<^iinery. 'She has four turbines 23' '*? ? in diameter. The voice will not i .?::y from the bridge to the bow, so ^ -sir, :a! ',(m inc is used to d.rect ;? :v; a: that point. She has <-ar: .< <i 11.?>< ?? troops, which with officers and crew meant over 13,t)(Xk nun. or a~ many would he found in a ity of ?>0.(K'O people. She is beautifully designed nr.d built and luxuri. u?ly ecju-pped and furnished, and it will take a great sum to put her ba-. k in pre-war condition. The hospital on board ts one of the most complete I have ever seen. She will leave here December 5 with about 4,500 men and stop at Brest and pick up an additional 5,000. Orders were ohang a*| I -11 1 'follows: She left with 8.087 and will 'pick up - abuut 2.0UU at Brest, Great a< = it ft tho dock an<l swung out into the Mtrwy. All the people ,-iU'i tit it i.iri \ rrr- !>/ ?' - ' Itl the spring of 1010 she (arried or. one trip 12,274 troops." * 0 ? | Fourth of July in the Eighteen ^ Fifties Befi^fglByrlight the guns would begin firinjp and ail tne bells ringing. Of eour-e. there was no more sleep, so the long hot day began. After breakfast everyone would put on :!he:r "Sunday best" nnd make for the i Presbyterian church, the largest in town. The church was always full, ,and everyone excited, for in the dis| tance we couki hear the band?and I that meant the soldiers. The band '"V consisted of fife and drum. The fife was pinyrd by George Patterson, a b:g. yellow man who was cross-eyed and always wore one big hoop ear- ! ring. I don't remember the drummer, j They kept good time for the soldiers ; to march by, and we thought the I music inspiring. ( nmden always has jh'ui a fine company of militia. After J I everyone was in place and a prayer said, the Declaration of Independence | was read. Then one of our most dis- j :tineui?hed men made a fine speech, | after which nil of us would go home for dinner?greengoose, apple sauce, etc. In the afternoon everyone repaired to Maum Sally Brown'* where they partook of the very best ' ice cream and pound cake. She was a most respectable old negro and a grand baker, and made her living cm- { 6 '. r? _ . x. tering to the town pdople. I <&n s*i her smiling face now. She lived down^ on Lyttleton street in a qu*i*I little two-story house with P?rffi| across the front, surruufrritd talpn and Crepe Myrtle trees, time of the year in full ^'oonV.,tJ I smellinjf so sweet. People used gl j meet friends at Maum Sally'* JM was a real gathering place, with VM . of children playing on the green. M | seems as if the sun was always ***8 ing in those old days. I think Sally' little old house atill stand* Jj that time the Mulberry roftd w?*>3 ("boulevard" whore people took "J pleasure drives, so the Fourth end with a lovely drive on the vard and everyone went home and planning for the next j ) LIQUIDATION SALEl WE ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! FOR TWENTY YEARS THE FIRM OF WOLFE-EICHEL CO. HAS SERVED CAMDEN AND KERSHAW COUNTY, BVJT NOW WE I I I HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE OUT OUR BUSINESS. OUR ENTIRE- STOCK MUST CD, REGARDLESS OF SACRIFICE. EVERY ITEM I I jj WILL BE OFFERED AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. REMEMBER, OUR LOSS IS YOUR GAIN. I I SALE STARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 30 J H?RE ARE A FEW OF THE WONDERFUL VALUES WE ARE OFFERING. I I1 DRY GOODS - SHOES' |(| Solid color and printed Voiles, yd 8c ' Beat quality fancy Voiles, yd.. lSfVfec All colora Flat Crepe, yd 39c White Dotted Swiss, yard 18c 36, inch Pajama Checks, yard .... &VzC 36 inch Bleaching, yard 6c Beat quality Bleaching, yard 9c Dress Ginghams, 27 inch, yard .... 5c Dicd? Ginghams, 36 inch, yard 8c 0-4 Unbleached Sheeting, yard 12l/2c I 81x90 Sheets, each 43c 81x90 Druid Sheets, each 69c 63x90 Druid Sheets, each 55c Druid Pillow Cases, each 21c 81x90 Colored Bedspreads, each 39c 84x108 Colored Bedspreads, each 79c Towels 5c up Extra Heavy large Bath Towels Value 50c, at 25c Porto Rican Embroidered NightGowns, 25c Linen Weft Toweling 7c All Silk full fashioned Hose, Service wt, and Chiffon 43c Men's heavy blue Workshirts 39c Men's Oxfords Solid leather $ \ 68 Our $3.00 and $3.50 Men's Oxfords $2 39 ? ? 1 CLOTHING All Boys and Men's Suits and Extra Pants must be sold and are marked down far below cost. Men's Suits sold from $10 to $15, on sale at $7.98 Men's Suits sold from $12.50 .to $17.50, on sale at $9.95 We have a complete line of Men's Underwear, all offered at Selling Out Prices Men's Work Shoes $1.29 I Children's Oxfords, all sizes 59c I Children's Strap and Patent Oxfords 79c Ladies Patent Strap Slippers 98c I Ladies Straps, Oxfords and I Pumps, $1.68 Ladies Bedroom Slippers 25c I < ^ 111 is WE CANT MENTION EVERYTHING HERE SO COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. PRICES WILL BE RIGHT. THIS STOCK I MUST BE CLOSED OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND* DON'T FORGET, WHOLESALE PRICES ARE ADVANCING RAPIDLY. I I NEVER AGAIN WILL MERCHANDISE BE SO LOW. IT WILL PAY TO LAY IN A SUPPLY FOR YOUR FUTURE NEEDS. WflT FF-FFfHFI ffl | vv ULi L lIvIilL vl/? * U ???W????