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a E, "Id i the: "I'kd iiso = read some stirring i fighting with Ami e self- sacrifice. I f y< them, you can fighi Smash open the v howitzers and big g e . munition, tanks, ai: ing, food. Help to.h~ You can lend as I ishly, as they fig C job as a part of OF COURSE you w~ They don't need you 3 there. But they need hour they remain on tU A ii Absolutely the next bes E I Buy Liberty Bonds j uuffh~lnnuinmunnum This Space centribufts *The Picki u. ag111 ililttlt1 111111111111ti tobe i it-as you have 1e vivid picture or account of our boys enican courage and >u cannot go out to for them, over here. vay for them with uns. Send them am rplanes, rifles, cloth eep them victorious. earlessly, as unseif ht. That is your our war machine. ~ould "like to be there." ~et or you WOULD be guns and shells, every Le road to Berlin. t thing to going over is to = -Buy to Your Limit i to Winning the War by ,,naaag rns Bank The following letter was received by Mzr.s. Jessie Murphree from her1 husband who is now in France: Somewhere in France, I August 8, 1918. Dearest Jessie: I will endeavor to answer your sweet letters that I received today and was sure glad to hear from you once again. I get aIwfully lonesome sometimes and a letter from home helps mo ev er so much. One thr,t have never been away from home can't appreciate lit te thimgs of that kind, it give one a pleasan t feeling just to know that someone still remembers them at hole, especially over here where life is just a gamnble, and sympathy and sentilieit is a stranger. Sherm1: sure knew what he weas talking about whenl lie said that ''War was l-orImenit." Hut som onie has to suffer aril elidure the hardshipxi of wz* anid I am willing to (10 my share. I have iiver regretted that I enlist yet, and I want to stay until we lick tle Kaiser for we ; just as s'.re to (10 it as i t' e hid l1ilrelia done it, from all inldications. I think the waI will end this tall, Ihope so aywa. I ('. you have heenl keepin ug up 1 with -li' war nlews ini the 1),a)e.rs ? I :)nu on every .ide now. 'Ile G;ermaln pe-ople e-.i see that their, itie iM hopeh.,.; '.1nd the moral.' of the army , V\- low, 'es, I luve ibeen in the trenliches and I mai aI( the front now, ail have eezi for tonn- t im. I am writing this ill Illy ('liiout by It Candle light. I don l't stay in the treiches. I belong to the Battalion Scout, I 'lat oon and do the Illost of oir wyork at night ill 'No lan's I ,anid,' hetgyeeil f rot lilies 'nd the Cermna, lines all( in the German ile; it is dangerous work. But it suits me better than standing guard in a trench all night. You stand a good show of getting $10,000 from the government, but Im goimg to cheat you out of that if I cal. 1la, l1a. I am glad that 1amma is doing well for she must hz.ve had1 a time of it. I doll 't know what. they Would have done if it had not hqeni for you staying there anld helping them. I sure would like to he there this month. know that. you all will have Sfille time. Sometimes wv'hen I a311 out in "No Man's IMl' waiting a Bosclv patrol to show, up. I get to thinking of home and the good times I used to have and wvonder if I'll ever have them times over Vain. Jessie, I want you to selld me anl other one of your picturm. I have lost everyone I had. It is such a hard job keepilg anlything lere, we have to llove so m0uch 1(and no way to carry anything of that kind. You Call se that I received tit, box of stationery you sent. Thank you very much for it No, I hiven't been in a battle yet, but I have been under shell fire. I can hear st Irls whistling over now from our artillery bound for Ger many. The Cooties and Fleas- bother m'e more than the Bosche do. They sure are imdustrious-the Cootiea, I mean. If it was not too dark in here jto caltch One, I would send you a few for souvenirs, .iust to keep you from forgetting me. I [a, ll a. Tell F'loy andl Bonnie th:40 I re ceivedl their letters all right and sure ) The This is one of the Svu Bre") House Men. pretty r -ard their .about. r that most meat promj 4on It 5' weren't, for til of wnich they are in chag They know that the 1 one of the most important li TheyknwtaSwf have its branch houses ru notch of usefulness; that Sw to them Jubs Io a pUssible. Guess I have already written too much, so I'll stop this time. Write often. .,ovingly yours, bgt. .Iiovie Murphree. Co. K, 6th Infantry A. E. F. it has been reported that Sargt. Mur IIiy was seriously wounded about two wveeks ago. ]Ie is a 8on1 of Ite' . Viurphy and a fine young m1an. M. E. Church Notes The stewards, the officials of (;race hureb, generously gave their pastor a hiiention inclling the entire month of iejPtelber. Ile will preach in Grace .hurcl nelxt Sunday mornling at 11:15, md will meet his ihile clas; at 10:15. The fourth 1i.md4 last tua rterly con leretice for t he cirreit year will be the l3th of ( Octobper. ecoVn1]d Sunda v. The ainm con1terencee will meet it iester the 1 -th of Nivemier. two Weeks estrfie'r tin ti g 81f.j First Prosecution By The Bureau Of Vital Statistics. \'. W. iller, <'hief Clork 4f th:. \-juld -;tatiStiC-;. ofthe l Sta1t" 1-001rd4 of lb-a h. Urouglt suit against ir. li. I\ . f r >i Columbia for.1 *aii v flue t' r .irt birth attele~ld by him within thII p. -r.e el (a1\8 a. speciiilled by Stat' Sta1tut. O r K reps was prosecited on four ot0111 to which he pleleti gi f v. Mlagistrakt 'oker. before whom the case was brought. imposed a line of' $25 in each oIf the four cases 'Ph is was the first pros L'cution of the Ltureau. For this reason )r. James Adams ilayne, State Health Officer reqiuested that sentence be sus pended. Mr. Miller empjhasized that prosecutiins will be brought in all cases coming to his attention, and ipon Conl viction, io futher suspension of sentence will be recommended. w Wood's High .C eed Whea v, For Best and Most ProcIuctive Crops. Our Virginia-Grown Seed heat:s are superior for the tth make larger yields .4and better quality of grain. WrIte for "WOOD'S CROP SPE CAL"' giving prices and ' c.:out SED WHEAT, S SEE-D RYE, BARLEY m Seeds for Fall 5 T.W.Wood A Seedsmen. Richmt Plant WHITE PEARL AND BEnR MUDA ONION SE-rS for profI'au blo crops, both for homno v.ao and market. WrIte for' "Wood's Crop Special," giving prices. __________I. Branch House I ift & Company Company branch that it ia up to uch alike in the run it properly. work--and that Any branch see his work in people couldn't some other plac4 tly and in good which he 1s bet e branch houses They are house men, Ei >ranch house Is steak or chop, or nkse in the chain grateful thought ting meat for a And remenr everything that c Company must more convenient n at the highest thoughtfulness a even a Swift & of whom you hi ift & Company, U. S. (I). (ja. you. Pickelso 011 Wrtilf-zer . Eye Sufferers Who Need Glasses Railroad fare paittone way to our Pickens County Patients Who Purchase Glasses. Eyes exaimined by specialists and glasmes made while you wait. Kodak Films Developed by Experts. ODOM-SCHADE OPTICAL CO. A. A. .)nom, A. II. SCiADE, Presidel t, See'y & Treas. Consulting Optonetrists, Mlas:onli Temple. GREENVILLE, S. C. Weekly Price List Prices <ioted belov hold good ) to and including Wednesday, October!9: .Corn . $2.00 bushel H~eeswax ---- -- --......0c lb Wool 4 Unwashed (burry).-......40c )b free from burrs 60c lb Tu) washed, free of burrs 60clb tj. Chickens and Eggs - $ liens.. .-..-....20clb to loosters .- -15c lb Frying Chickens -------30c lb u 1)to 2 lbs Ducks. vac .. 15c lb u( alilines. -ach.. --........-0c toX Pvigo14 20e pair 1 E gs, po r dzn ... .....54 White AMltiplying Onions, '? er bushel -. -.. 1._ .0 - X iutter - liutterm hulk .---30e lb I you can't. reach us with but ter ill nico condition we can han dMe all we can get inl bulk. uraig Bros. Co. Pickens 6-I d1an house won't run itself, and the branch house man to house man who doesn't this light is transferred to with Swift & Company to er adapted. picked men, these braneh ery time you sit down to a cut of roast, you cap give a to the whole crew of them, ber, in a general way, that makes life smoother and for you,ls the result of the ndl effort of a lot of people ye never heard. A..