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t v'» < j Wednesday, August 1918. THE PRESS AND STANDARD In order to mak$ room for fall goods. We Offer Mens Palm Beach Suits In Light Colors Only At $5.00 A Suit Ml MRS 51.50 IIP TO MO II SOU \ s Store ? " H. W COHEN Next to Herndon’s Restaurant < • LOOK \ For the Colleton Garage. There You have Attention and Service Standardized the County Over •• . j* « ' '*■ - *** The Colleton Garage RAILROAD AVENUE, WALTERBORO. a C. • £ V \ J Kmn X Highest Standard Excellence ■y \ From the beautiful finish of the sur- face, clear through to the most secret in- terior parts there is the same high purpose to make the Weaver Piano superior to al! others. The result is a new high standard of excellence in Piano quality. Sold in COLLETON COUNTY only by Thos. Black BAMBERG. S. C. ******** ******** * ■'. * # JACKSON'BOKO * * * ’ * 4c*«*«#««*3K4c^4e4i* Jarksonhorn. Aug. 13.—The re vival nu>eiing has Just* been'-dosM' at Oak Grove, church.. The meeting was indeed very beneficial with the pastor Rev. J. M. Craven T and Rex. J. W. Hilton, of Hendersonville, do- png the fpreaehing. The, >cqpgrega- ; tioo was largely attetTded. ,Nin«- ' ieei| new members were added to the ehurch. fourteen by tfpptism an«i ■ fixe by letter. J - Misses Marie and 'Lottie Jojinfcor. Lof Ravenel, are- visiting Miss Ada i Reynolds this week. Miss-JVHie Garvin has returnCo froxu a visit to her sister In Char leston. ° ^ . Mrs. \V. M. Pierce, of Thayers. Is I visitmc her parents, Mr. and Mrs \V. f. Reynolds.' Mrs. .tosh GarTin has Just retum- > ed 'from a visit tn her danghte'-. | Mrs. W..F. Harwich, jrf Reaufort. T. H. Spell, of Charleston, paid j his aunf. Mrs. C. J. Reynolds, a visit ‘this week.. ' v ' \ . Miss Jennitee Doyle* has returno'! frVmi Charleston. Mrs. E. f\ Reddish. M'ss Ethe* and little Joe. of Colleton, attended services at Oak Grove Thursday. Mr/afld Mrs. S. P. Johnson ha'o just returned from a visit to the'i son at Camp Jackson. Mrs. H. M. Tut eh. of Green Poml. and family have been visiting Mr. and >frs. J. A. Tuten this week. Mrs. J. A. Johnson, of Chark*-- •nn. i* visiting her mother, Mrs. Janie Garvin. \Ye are sorry f'o hear of the ill ness of Mi*, Chhrley llennett, who is at an infirmary in Charleston. ■fed the allies Food Administrator Writes Presi dent America Conserved HIN DOO,000 Bushels Wheat * CREDIT DOE TO WOMEN. Meat and Fat Shipment* Increased by 844,600.000 Pound*. IT SHOULD MAKE , ^ A MILLION FOR HIM Conservation measures Applied by ’he Atnerleani. people etfShletl the I’nlt- ed States to ship loathe Alllexl pisxpleb mid to «mr uxvn. fortvs ovisrseas 111,- * 9 , “"“.oxMl hu»hels of wheat tfnd 8*l,0U0,"v, <miii |M>unds of meat during the past xs ar. valued in all. at $1.400,000,“00. r< This was aeroinplished In the fm* of a Kerioii* food shortage In thih e«*ttntr>', ,l*i vjM>;ikUig the wholeheartedness and (xairiotism with which the American |s«>pte have met the foxaVcrisls abroad. food Axlniinlatrator Hoover, in a let ter to Prt'sidxmt Wllsxm, explains lixiw tfi*- situatixm tvas met.' The voluntary • •.‘onx^rvatlon program f«*sterexl by the F<hh1 Administration enahlxsl iliepiling up <>f the millions of bushels of whx*nt during 1917-18 and the khlpment of nn-iit durihg 1917-18. The total value of all fxyoxl ship ments to Allied destinations amounted • to $4,400,000,000, all this food being bought through or In collaboration with the Pood Administratlxm. These figures are dll haseil on ofilx-ial n-ports and represent food exports for the harvest year that closexl June 30, 1918. The shipments of meats and fats (Ineluxllng mx-at prx>xluots, dairy proxl- u ts, vegetable xdls. etc.,), to Allied des- * nations werx* as follows: - ‘ Fisx-ul year 19‘1<M7.\. .2.1«fr0O.pOO lb*.. Fiscal year 1917-18.. .JJ,011,100,000 lbs. *************4^** * MARRIAGES * • . * ************ ' H AKEK—HEN NETT : ( inx^iitiati Man IRsoxvers Drug That lioosens t’**ms so They Lift Out. '* '.Good news spreads rapidly and druggists here are kept busy dis pensing freezone, the recent dJscox-- er> of a Cincinnati man, which is said to loosen any corn so it lifts out with the finger*. X A quarter of an ounce costa T*ry little at any store which handles drugs, but this is . said to be suili cif'nt to rid oiy.''s feet of every hard* or soft Cdrn or callout. You apply, just a few drops <>.i the tend--', a< hing corn or tr, igh^n- t-d callous a**d instantly the »ore- Ex-as is relieved, and soon th2 com or ealfb’j<x is sx» shri'^eled »hAt i* lifts out without pain. It is a st'xkv substance which drieti when apoli'-i and never inflames or evx»n irritste.-x the surrounding skin. This discovery will prevent thous ands of deaths annually from’lock- law and infection heretofore result ing from the suicidal habit of cut ting corns. * LETTER FROM FRANCK Machine Gun Company. ' Litnre Post 229. -\. E. F.. Frapox* Edito** The Press ahd Standard: Will yon allow me space in your pap**r to make a few -remarks as to the bovs in France. They are unakiftv very- rapid progress as brave, soldiers. Soon we will win this great world’s war. and then we will sing the song: ’What "do we care? What do we care? While sailing on the sea. We will hang the Kaiser, On the sour apple tree,- And we wUl all come marching hotne.” Z* . I Private) JOE INAHINKT. (Home address! Islandton. S. C. CILBIL DMHES L A SLBG8ISH UVEH <’rashx*9 Into Sour mix*. Making Yxm Six k anxl You l.xete a Day’s Work. Ask Your Grocer CHEEKNEfluS COFFEES _ Best i>y Every Test 't,- COLLEGE OF, CHARLESTON’ - FOCNDED 1785 » A collegx- of highest standai i px>n to men and to wmux-n. An inte:i- tionally limited enrollment insures individual instruction. 'Four year courses lead to the Baehx*Ws' P- gr«*e. The ■ Pre-Medical oour-o- a spxsjiaf fixature. Military Training, established In IMTyhnder War .De partment Kegnlatfons. is in char-:-* of 1’. S. Army Officer. Address HARRISON RANDOLPH. President, Charleston, S. C. J fS-21-lt. Calomel salivates! li’s mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite x»n a sluggish liver. When calomel cximes into coniact with sour bile it crashes into it, causing cramping 2t»4 nausea. If yotr feel bilixkus, headachy, con stipates! and ail knocked out. just |go to your druggist and get a. bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone for it feyr cents which is a harmless \esetabl- substitute foi; dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful and if It doesn’t start your liver and ^straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making yoif «lck. you just sxy bark ;yad get ypur money. If you take calomel todax you’ll be sick and nauseated jomonow: aides, it may salivate you. while if you take Dodson’s Liver Tone von will wake up feeling grei;t r full of ambition and ready for work or play. It’s harmless, pleasing anxl l safe to give to children; they Irk** if. CLF %N-O* DAY \T DRS. CREEK On Friday, Aug. 30th. all px>rson*? having an interest in Prs. Creek e-rn’eterv are requested to he pres ent at :x gen* ral cleaning-xip of the grounds. . ' fhs That Dess Nut Affect tteH*i Increase 844.000,000lb*. Our slaughterable animals at the be ginning of the last flax-ul year were not appreciably larger than the year be fore and purticularly In hogs; they were probably less. The Increase tn shipments is due to conservation and the xurtra xx eight of anlmiHa added hy our farmers. The full effect of these efforta began to bear-their best resulta In the last half of the fiscal year, when the ex ports to the Allies were 2,133.100,000 pounds, as against 1.260.7i00,000 pounds In the tame period of the year before. This <*ompares with an average of 801,000,000 pounds of total exports for the same half years In the three-year pre-war perlxxl. In cereals and cereal products re duced to terms x»f cerx-al bushels, our shipnixMits to AI1lx*d deatlnatlons have been: Fiscal year 1910-17..259.900.000bushels Fiscal year 1917-13. .340.800,000 bushels . # ^ ■*' ^ ' r - » ^ Increase ......... 80,900.00!)bushels Of thx-.se cereals our shipments of the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year 1917-18 tx» Allied xlexKlnntiuns were: \N h*-at 131.tN»O.OO0 hushids arid of rye 13.9o0.O0t) hiikheta, a total of 144.900,- OtS) busbelaC The sports to Alllx-d'xlxvdiiiationa during the fiscal year 1810-17 xvere: Wheat 135,100.000 bushels and rye 2,300,000 busliels, a total of 137,44)0.000 bushels. In addition some 10,000,000 bushels *yf 1917 wheat are now In port for Alllexl dcstlaatlojs or en route thereto. The total sblpmenta to Allied couiHries from x*ur last harvest df wheat xvlll he therefore, about 141,000.- 000 bushels, or a tolol of i54.000.00d bushels of prime breadstuffs. In ad dition to this xve have xhlpi»ed som* lO.OoO.OOO luisbeis to neutrals depeml- ent upon us, and we have received some lmpx»ris from other quarters. “This ax'ciuiiplishmeDt of our pxHtpia In this mutter glands out even' mors clearly if xve Lear in mind that we bad available in the fiscal year 1910-17 from net carry-over anxl as surplus over x>ur iionr.nl consumption about 200,000,000 bushels of xvhx-at which x»e xvere able to expxirt that year xrithxmt trenching on our lv me Ixutf," Mr. Hxvover said. ‘Tills last year, however, owing to tlie large failure of Hie 191T wheat crop, xve bad uvallable from net carry-over and production anxl {miuirt* only Just about our nonual consump tion. Th<‘rx*f«»re our wheat shipments to Allied ilestillations represent ap proximately savings from our own wheat bread. “These figures, however, do not folly convey the vxiluitie of the x'ffori and sacrifice tiinxle during the past yx-nr by. the xvhole Amerlcnti pexiple. In»- splte the magniflx-ent effort of xuir ngrl- x-ulturnl pxt|iuluUon in planting a mtix-h- hxcrx'Msext acreage in 1917, not only whs there a very large failure in wheat, but also the com failx'xl to mature prop erly, and our corn Is our xlomiuant crop. “1 am sure,” Mr. Hoover wrote .n concluxling hia repxirt, “that all the millions of our pexiple, agricultural ns well na urban, who have con tribute.'] to rkese res ill t *- sbxtuld fx*x-l a very xlbflnite tHlisfiK-tion tliat iu n y*-ar of universal fo<ei sliortugx-s in the north ern hemisphere al^ of those people Jolne^ txxgf’ber agaiiist tiermutiv Inive come through Into sight of tb*- xorning harvest not xinly with wefikh and strength*folly inalntitinxMl, bfitXvJth only temporary |>eriods of hordsbip. “It Is dithx'iilt tx» distinguisli hxqween various sx-ijions of our peoplx^-Jbe; homes, public eating pbicxs, food trades, urban or agricultural popula tions—in assessing crexllt for these rx»- sults, but no x>no will x]x.-uy the xloiul- •apt part of the Amerlx>an women.” From Th<* News ’nnd CourieY: UennettsviUf, r Atlg. 23.-~*'A beau tiful xviMlding was solemnized NVexl- u«ixday evening, August. 14, at Em manuel 1*, E- Chlfrch, Fort Conx»-a.', King George County, Virginia, at o’clock. * when Miss Martha Arno'*! Baker became the br(de of Mr. John Reedy Rennett, of Clio v S.- C. Amid flowers the young- couple stood during the solemn ceremony. The wedding marches were render- x'd by Mrs. Wilkins.B. Taylor, ami before/ ihej ceremony Miss , Ha^y Rennet!, df this" State, a sister -) , f the bridegroom.), very sweetly sans., “ft. Promise Me.” -The hrule was gowned'in a han*’- some tailorexl suit of mixlniuht blue, and earrix»xj a bouquet xvf lilies o' the Valley N anxl orchixls. She was very lovel}*' in .hx*r bridal rxxhes. The ceremony was performed * by • tin* Rev. T. P. Hflker, the bride’s fat’- xt, assisted by Rev. W. II. Mayers, rector of the. church. -Mr. \V. E. Baker, an uncle of the brixie. uaxe hxr in marriagq?' .Mr. J. 'L. Hennet*. Jr., of Camp Jackson, was his bfot*.-' er’s best man. Intmx*diately aftx-r the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Bennett left by auto mobile, to spi'nd their, honeyitmou in Asheville. N. C. A/ter the first of September they will .he at home at Clio. The bride is the aides* daughter of the Rev. TJmmuhh t’erry Baker anxl Mrs. Baker, anxl itt noted for her vivacity and ehiirm x>f. man ner. She was parfiaM^' educated a» Randolph : Macon Woman’s College The hridegrxMim is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bennett, of Clix», and is a graduate of Furman Fnt- versitc. He is a young man of'ex r ex Rent business ability and well known to a large circle of frfbnd*-. Their bridal presents Were nume-- fius nd very handsome. The gux-sts from a distance in* cludexl:’ Miss Ruby Bennett, Clio; Mr. J. L. Bennett, Camp Jaeksxm; Miss Mary E Baker, sistpr x>f th** bride, from -Bennettsville; Miss Ma*- tie. Baker and Mr. and Mrs/L. A. Baker. Washington, and Miss ffallie McRae, Bennettsville. PAG8 AlERVOi ^ BREAKDOWN i i.i , ». * MU* Kelly Tell* How Lydia * E. Fink ham’s Vegetable Compound Restored Her Health. Newark. N. Js—“For about thre« year* J suffered from nervous break - , * i ,. I down And ffot go weak I couixlhaidlxr stand, and hadbead- aches every day. I 1 fried everything I could think of and w-as ' un idr a phy sician's cato for twd years. A girl friend o ui used Lydia E. S\^'^fel£v\ 1 vPin|tham> Vege-. i table Compounxl and she told me about, it. From the first day I took itIbejtan to feel better and now 1 am well and able to do most any kind of work. 1 have been rucom- menxling the^Coip- pound cversince and give you my per mission to publish this letter *’—Miss Flo Kelly, 47G So. 14th St, Newark, N. J. . The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, was sq successful in Miss Kelly’s case was because it went to.th roat of her trouble, rx'stmvd her {o a normal healthy cnnditixm and as a result hep nervxaisnx-ss dkappearx-d l * MONUMENTS! \ GKTSINGKR—M HKREIt Mrs. A. E. Getsinger announces the marriage of her ' xlaughter,' ' - Sara Mae /f to Mr. T.ee R. Scherer F.'fl.-X-. of St. Tx>uis, Mo., otf' Tuesday evening, August 20th, nineteen hxmdrexl eighteep. Charleston. South Carolinax Mrs. Scherer will be pleasantly remembered here. She was fb train ing at iho Clara EsDorn infirmary for sex^eral months, where she was quite pxipular. ' Her manjx frienxls in Colleton will wish her much hap- niness. •tats of dhlo, City of Tolsdo. Lucas County, as. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that b* Is sonlor partner of tbo firm of F. J. Chonoy A Co., doing business In the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for sack and every rase of Catarrh thAt-cannot he cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J CRKNET. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D IIS* , A. W. GLEASON. (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taksn In ternally and acta through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of th* System. Send for testimonials, free. . .A J CHENET * CO., Toledo. 0. fioM.by all druggists. 75c. Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. CALEB N. CROSBY OVERSEAS News lias been received tha Caleb Newton Crosby, of the 53rd Pioneer Infantry, Company E, has arrived safely' overseas.. -This trill he good news to his many friends on this side. A S’ Because of its tonic and Usrtive cllcct. LAXA- TIX K BKOMO ot LN1N8 u better than ordinary {r-i'f.'n* and xloes nM caotx- nervoxx-nr'' tier r ; n ? c .'I K>-rierct>«-r die lull ji.hj. ka-a iv» liic aigaaturt. -i l. ’.V. CUOVii. a. .. A lu>g<4 tfr A man who is morg Im. tenets* to (*0*1 *lf pts Him * 4b teg hi« bit, -- • ~ CONSTIPATION And Soar Stonack Cnosed Tkis Lady Much Suiferug. Black- Draught Retiered. MeadorsvHle, Ky.—Mr*. Pearl Pat rick, of this place, writes: “I was Very constipated. I/had sour stomnch ami was ao uncomfortable. I went to the do'ior. lie r-ive m* some pills. They wer.kenxd me and seemed to t^ar up my digestion. Thry would gripe me and afterwards It seemed I was more constipated than before. 1 heard of Blax k-Draught and xb- cided to try it. I found It just what I needx'd. It xv.;a an easy laxative', a,»d not bad to rwkllow. My dlprcntixm soon Improv-d. 1 got well of -the sour atom- axh, my bowels soon seemed normal, no more griping. ::nd I would take a dose now and then, and was in good shape. I- cannot say too much for Black- Draught for it is the finest laxative one can use." Thxdfurd's Black-Draught has foi ihafiy jvafs been found of great value in the treatment of stomach, llvrr and bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle and reliable,, rn< Its action, leaving nr bid. aftereffect*, it hns won the praltt o! thousands of pcopl.o who have used It NO-134 * ~-x * *S* No Worms jn a Healthy Child All chikireti trouble! with worm* haxre an un healthy color. x*)ii<-h I nd irate* ixior blood, and at a rale, there la more or lr«» Htomarh dixturt«i.(r (IKOVE S TASTELES* chill TUNIC sivnn rx gularl/ lor two or three week* will enrich the blood, im prove the digertion. and art ax a Genera! Strenei j cni-jf Tonic to the whole s?»ten* Nature will tb. n throw off or dikpclth>-worm-. cid the Child w-.l l< Is perfect health. Fleasaut to im*?. V> ,* r \ -1 I AM AGENT FOR /(fllEROKEE MARBLE WORKS. SEE ME FOR ESTIMATES AND SECURE M^ FIGURES BEFORE BUYING. C.C.HIOTT ROUND, 8. Singer Is Tbe Name - & I *48** \, / -I / That .-tamln fur highx-st quality la Sewing Machines. It is the . best lunoblnx* that titonay can buy ana lasts a life.tttnf*. /They ary mily 8<*bl thr xugh the Pinger Store* auxt Singer salesidf*/ 20 per rx-nt diMcount albiwed f*r cash. Big allowance fur uld machin-n In evchattg#- for a svuger. Call. *phon«- or write to ’ SINGER SEWING MACHINE EMPORICM M. PANIOTTIE Manager. - ’\ilrx>a<i Avx-nt ’^Vxn* Waited boro. S/ C. * xr m^m STOP. UkUK AND READ rilLw If • man k.vo* a girl, that nia ban- If a gfr| loves a man that's b-r “xist tf they get married that's caett So, If 709 Want youLaotomot !le a-x! covered* and clothe* cleaned. **- Th* New Yxvrk Preening Club: f r that's their business. New York Pressing / Club J .H DAVENPORT. Manager. . ’ , . _ yS Ur. A. J. Andcr»6n, 1»ent:tf *1 nm ff) *5. V X •; .1 -> For Indigest loa. Constipation or \ Biliousness Just try one 5*-cent bittle of LAX-FOS WITH PCF8M. A Liquid lh,festive Laxative pleasant to take. Made anxl recommended to the public by Paris Midi erne Co .nianufax turcrx x/ Laxative Bn-ra 1 Quinine and Grove' , Tssttlej^cbdl Tor..; \