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8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Loeal and Personal Mention. 8 H 8 8 6 8 8s gg Born to Nt-. an( -irs. 14. F. Tiomias, a sonl. Air. Milton J. MeCuten, of Princeton, wais at visitor in the city MonIaly. Mr. W. C. Mlitchell, of Mounltville, was in the city Mlonday. ,a week's stay icre with her 11101her Mrs. 1'. P. Tollisonl. Col. J. T. .lachen, of Princeton, was i vistor iII tihe city Saturvay. Mrs. Alnile U. F. llrookshire ias re tirlied to 11r 1 hoie in ilorence after 3ir. hilett idei(i spent "I'll rslday in Spartanburg visliing hi.s son, who Is there as a meml.er of Co. 1). Mr. Otis iiuff has returned to Ite city frolm Ga&inesv-ille, Fila., where lie ilas Il lt tending college. Aluis .1illa Sherard, of Ninety Six, is visiting .\lr. anld .\rs. W. Ii. (Gil kerseoi onl Nortih 11riper street. Miss .11111a Childress has relt turned hom1e for h110 S11111111 r after a suIcces fitl year in leaching. Als .. . E. .linter and sister, Mrs. Smlih, of S (ladia, are visiting .\r. and i'rs. E. P. Minter. .1lige R. C. Waits halts been spen1d Ing several dlays in the city with his brother, .\Maj. W. A. Watits. Miss .\Margaret I )ualatp, who Is noW a1 81udeilt at. W' in ithrop college, lhas1 been1 visiting lIer parent , Mr. and .Irs. It. T. Dunlap. - Mrs. J. T. Simm11ols, Mrs. C. W. Gar rett and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. White of - reenwood were here Friday to at tend (he funeral of Mis. Harvey An derson. Mrs. C. "M. Clarke spent several dlays in Ureetiville last week visiting hier son, .\Ir. A. G. Hart, who was am111ong those who left for Fort Oglethrope Sundlay. ir. Walter Tribble, who holds a re sponsible place ill the Washington navy yard, is visiting his faither in the 11011 Gove section who has been1 very sick. M irs. Eston Medlock, who underwent all operation at the htosplital several weeks ago, hais recovered sutliciently to he remlloved to the 110111e of hier brother-in--law. Mir. .1. Arthur11 Taylor. Miss Rebecca Dial has returned lollie aftel' completing a colr'se inl a floston1 sc'lool otf expressiol She has already been proffered at professorshi p in a large Ietiessee college for next year. 1(5is(es (Genie and Cointne Aiken, tenehiers in the Youngs school, were In tle city Monday iakig pr'eparations for Ilheir return to their 1101110 at Strothers following a successful year of work. Elugene S. Blease, Esq., tot many years a m11emb11)er. of the Newberry bar, spent Thursday in the city with hIs daughter, MTs. iJ. . Workmnan and Mr. Workman. ir. Blease has decided to give tu) his practice in Newherry and will move to S'an Antolio. Tex., to make his home. le was on his way there when here Thu rsday. Special lot ladies' 11111 (shaves), ile quality, latest creations. 0only 98c. Error iln Advertisem1ent. iln the adivertisemlent of D~odge au tomobiles carr1iedi last week the price fot' the touring car' was given as $785. This should1( have been1 $835, 1". 0. ii. Detroit. Mt'. J. 1131111 Ston1e, of Clin toll, 1.9 agent of tis cat' alnd reports a numaber' of sales and very encouri aging pr1ospects. At Methodist ('hurch. R1ev. W. A. F~ait'y will preach a ser mlon next Sunday at the morning 1hour1 on "Patriotism". A cordial invitation to the public to attend the service. Let ,us showv you tile many advan tages ot tihe "Quick Meal" 011 Stove, all sizes ill stock. S. M. & E. H1. W'fL10'F0S & CO. NAVY HONOR CARDS PLACEID IN WINDOWS U. S. Navy Publty Burean Issues Cards to be Placed in Windows of Naval Volunteers. Washington, May 11.-That every body may know from which homes men have gone forth to serve their country in the navy, and as an inspira tion to others to follow, there has just been issued from the press of the U,. S. Navy Publicity Bureau, a card with the following inscription: "A men from this house is now serving his country at the front in the United States Navy." in the upper corner of the card ap pears the impressive seal of the navy, while below a space for the aigna ture of the commanding otlcer. The cards are now being mailed, first to all or tile ap~prenticel seamen at 'the naval training stations tn~ad they wVIIl eventually reach every man in the service. A fter being signed and dIstributed they are to b)e malled htomle anti placed In tile window of the hlouse as a mark of honor as well as a constant reminder of dutly to the young man wile still hesitates in the faco of thle country's call for mon. 3111S. N. AMELIA A NDERlSON. Died Thursday and Hurled Friday iII Lanrens Cemectery. Mirs. N. Amelia Anderson, widow of ihe late rlivey Andersmn and daugh tor of the late Sheriff Oswald Richard son, died at her lioie in this city Thutrsday muorning at the advanced age of 7 years. Death was (ule to a liar den inig of tle a rteri'es Ilargely incident to advanceed age. Shel had been in Ill hecallh f'or 'several months, butI had [ecu rerioiisy ill for only a few daiys. The fiitne'ral was held a( tile Lau reis eimet ery Iriday morning, a large niunber of P ,Ilple attending. The floral tributes were extremely beauti ful, tle grave being fairly covered with flowers. The services w1iere condlicted by lie deceased's pastor, Rev. \V. A. Fail ry , of tlie First .\lethodist church, a niumiiber of tle old-filine hynills be ing sung by a choir of mixed voices. Thev deeeased Is survived by six (-ill dreni, a1s follows: Mirs. .Jos. T. John ;on, of Spartanbitrg; Miss 1Lola Aidei' :on, .\iss .1osle Anderson, Mrs. A. Ii. SSanders, W. Ii. Anderon and M0. 0. An derson. all of Ibau renis. M.\ s. Ander son Wll a consecrated Christian Wo manII1. interested inl all tle higher things of life and greatly endeared to 1l those witil whom she came in contlaCt. More Stuideits lin teserve ('orps. 3'?r. D. 1lerbert Sullivan, a Laurens boy,% who Is taking tile Civil Engliiee' Ing course at Clemson college, was among the 22 juniors selected to take special training for the reserve ofli cers training corps at Clemson college this suimmer. He will be allowed, with others, to coiplete the senior year. Young Sullivan ias taken a title stand in his classes and an active part In athletics at Clemson. Hie recently won the medal offered by the Pendle toll chapter of the U. 1). C. for the best essay oil "The Part that Old Pendleton District Played in the War Between the S'tates". lie read this essay last Thursday at the memorial exercises held at the historical old Stone Church. Itly Taylor, son of Mr. Fletel er Taylor, of the Watts 'Mills, Is an other one of tihe. young men selected to (like the traiiing course. lie has been making i splendid record it Clemson. The WedniesdayCub The Welnesday C1lub had a most in (eresting meeting with .liss Frances 'Thames on May eighth. The roll call was answered by giving an Indian iiaime and Its meaning. Mirs. H1. C. llohr, read a paper on "Indian Myths and Legends." In this sel gave the be liefs and creeds oin which the Indian character Is founded. After hearing this paper, one's respect. for the "real Americans" was greatly increased. Mrs. C. i. iIcks read a paper, "III (ilal music". She told of the work done by Luiran(ce collecting Indian imelodies onil phonograph records. By this means much las been done re cently to interest people In Indian music which is said to be very beau tiful. On tis pro'gr'am there was an In nlovation In tile form of stor'y telling. Miss Tlhaimes dlelighlted the clib with two' IndIan Myths, "The Legend of the Tr'ailing Arbutus" and "The RobIn", to1ld In a chlarming manner. After thIs refireshments weire served gored by Bull. 'Mi'. S. L.' Moore, a well known citi zen of Wlaterloo, na>'rowvity escapled death at his home Fridlay morning when an infuriated bull attacked 1h1im and knoekedi him dlown, InflIctIng scver'al severe Injuries uipon hIm. Mr. Moore went to thle pasture ear'ly Fri clay mornIng, carrying a iltchfork as a protectionl. The bull rushed up~onl him and pInned him down before he could make any move to protect him self, lHe was knocked down thlree times and had hIs leg broken In three different places. The bull left after makIng the attack and Mr. -Moore dragged himself to the fence, makIng his escape to safety, Hie called frIends who came and cari'ied him off on a stretcher. Ils conditIon was so seri ous that he was brought to the hos pital here and the bones of his leg set, also receiving other treatment. Al though severely injured Mr. Moore con siders hImself lucky in getting away with hIs life, Hie Is now steadily re covering from the injuries and shock. FINAL SET'TLEMENT. Take notIce that on the 18th clay of June, 1917, 1 wIll render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Ad ministratrix of the estate of SIsley Carter, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at II o'clock -a. m. and on the same clay wIl apply for a final dischlarge from my trulsts as Administratrlx. Anly pei'son Indebted to said estate is notified r'nd reqluired to make pay menlt on that date; and all persons naving ciaims against saId estate will pre'senlt themll Onl or before said date, dlily proven or' be forever brriedl. Adlminist rat rix. May II6, 1917.-I11m0. Special hoe sale Sat urday-10 chiil :lirn's hoes,.lJust right for the ladies and chIldren to work .heIr vegetable ibatchles with-JSaturday, 10c enejh, J, C, Bur's & Co. CHIISTIAN ENDEAVOR UNION CONVENES HERE SATURDAY Scsslons to Laist Throlgh Sunday E eningt. Prominent Siakers to Make Addresses. The first aniual Convention of the latres District Christian Eldeavor Union, colliposed of, the Christian in deavor. societies in Newberry, Abbe ville, Greenwood and Lautrens coun lies, will convene in the 'iresbytoerianc V chiurch Saturday eveling at N o'clock with ithe meeting of tihe executive coM mittee !'id tilhe regis ration of' dele gates. This will be in the nature of a preliminary mueeting to the Ieal con vention which will begin Sunday morning witi an address to young people. The 'features of tle convenl tion will be the addresses by Dert Corcoran, of Chiri eston, Sunday aftcr noon1 anld C. C. llailiiitonl, fleld repljre sen tat'ive, Stinday eveniing. These ad drcsses will lie of, Iterest. o the pub lic ill geieral, wh.)ife tle reimainiler of Ile pr'og-ram will be of particular' in teresto the Chiristian Indeavor work ers. The lbie. however, Is invited to all the Sessions. The following, attractive programl will b carried out: Slit urday Eelning, S O'Clock. .\ecting Iistrict l4xecui tive Committee. I egist ral Ion of delegates and assign llent to homes. Sunday Morning, 11 O'Clock. lleguliar church service: special ad dress to young people. Registration of delegates and assign inlit to liomes. Sunday Afternoon, 3 O'Clock. Song and Devotional Service. Rev. lenry Stokes, Clinton. A Word of Welcome. ir-. .1. .1. Adams, IU1urens. Response. Prof. R. T. Wilson, Owings. Business Period: lieport of Const it ut ion Committee. Report of Nominating Committee. Miscellaneous Business. Conventionl Song. .\ Message from the State Union. Dert Cercoman, Charleston, President S. C. C. E. Union. What .ly Soelety Is Doing. One inu11111te reporls from societies. .111or ". M. .lMrs. .1. I). Walts, Laurens. Int erimediate C. E,. .liss .1ay .. Bailey, reenw'i iood. Ilow Can We )evelop Our' listrict? .\Mr. E-. If. Wlilkes, laurens. Vice President S. C. (. I.. I'nion. Song. Announcements. MITZPA H Sunday Evening, 7:15 O'Clock. .\lodel C. E. Prayer Meeting. Leader, Mrs. M. .1. MeFadden, Clinton. Top le: "Growing As Christ Grew", Luke 2:41-52. Special music. What Relation Has Your S'ociety to the 1'nlon . G. if. Cartledge, Clinton, Superintendent Ianurens District. Question Box. Song. AddessN: Mr. C. C. ITamillton. Field Representative, inited Society of C. 1l. Conserating Our11 Means: Offering for Convention l'xp enses. Mr. It. K. Aiken, Laurens. lRepfort of Resolut ion Conmmiitt ec. I nstal lation11 of Offleer's. Consecr'ation Seivice. Rev. C. F. Ran lkIn. I sauriens. War'e headiularteris for' Ball Brothi eris Fruit .Jar- -nal sizes andl styles in stock; give us your' oirder now. S. M. & lE. H. WVILKI'0 & CO. Peden-.Wilseni. -An event of much interest andl sur l)risc was spread abroad to friends and relatives when Miss Nora Wilson was married to Mr'. Lewers Peden Satur day after'noon at 2:30 o'clock. Thue marriage took place in Lauirens at the residence of Rev. J. L,. ,Mein. Miss Wilson Is the charming and attractive daughter of Mr. Geo. D). Wilson, who lives near Laurens. Mr. Peden is the son of Mr. Torn Peden of Gray Court. For the past year Miss Wilson has been teaching In the high school de partment at Gray Court-Owings, where she make a marked success of her work and won also the good-will and love of the people. Mr. Peden is a progressive farmer in that community and a young man of noble characteris tics, being highly esteemed by his many friends and acquaintances. Mr and Afrs. Peden will make their home in Gray Court, where a life of happiness and iprosperity is wished for thorn. To Build Potato Storage hfouse. Keeping abreast with the movement fot the production and conservation of toed stuffs, Mr. RI. A. Cooper has let a contract for a potato storage ware house for preservinlg sweet potatoes. The warehouse will be built under plans fur'nished by Cl'emnson college and~ will have a capiacity of a thouis andl bushels. It is claimed that pota toes stored1 in such a warehouse wvill keelp much longer' than those stored or "b~ankedI" in tihe ordiinar'y wvays. Spiecial sale ladies' and childrien's white sller'j for' summer wvear, 98c to $1.48 J. C. Burns & Co. NOTE THE c Cast your eye ovier this handsome re ends of beautiful selected oak--no p; ners, delightful smooth finish, easily handsome to look at, economical in model of the famous WHITE MOUNTAIN I $25.0( (Holds 100 Poun See the Beautiful Baked Wh As Smooth as Glass, H White as ! Come in and let us explain the r Mountain---the scientific constructio remarkable economy in ice consump the many exclusive points that will a Over twenty sizes to select fron. Prices same as last year: Ice Boxes From Refrigera tors Froi S. M. & E. H. Laurens, s TheFirt eline frcke deen yoref -gis of the highest grade toilet prepe summer's sun plays havoc whe: cared for. Our stocks present an excell will add much to your summer limited selection of soaps, toilet perfumes, cold creams, etc., etc. For dependable qualities, n faction in drugs and sundries, ti Powe Drug "VICTRO 3OLID END frigerator, note the plain solid mels to catch dust, round cor. kept clean, built like a safe, ice. This is a very popular tEFRIGERATORS da of Ice) ite Provision Chamber ard as Flint 5now nany advantages of a White 1 the perfect insulation, the tion. No trouble to show you ppeal to your common sense. $5.50 Up n $7.90 Up Vilkes & Co. C. of Defens campaign to snbun n his attacks withaspl ofn Dieofienooseta comfort. An almost un waters, talcums, lotions, ioderate prices and satis ade at Company L~s