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8 88 8 8-8 8 8 8'S 8 8 8 8'8 8 8 8 - Local and Personal Mention. 8 8 8 8 8,8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 88 8888 Rev. F. 1). J01ns, of Clinton, was a viitor In the city yesterday. 'Mir. W. M. Curry, of Gray Court, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Ilters for a fow days. Mr. W. Collier Curry, of Gray Court, -vas a visitor in the city yesterday in attendance upon court. Mr. Aug. Iuff has been unwell for several days, but, was able to be out on the streets yesterday. Mrs. Al. A. Hays and tjwo' young Ia dies, of Clinton, were shopping in the city Friday. .. Mars, of Abbeville, is visiting herl paeits, Mr. and Mrs. '. 1i. Wilkes. Mr. and LMrs. J. M. Pearce and Miss Julia lhenderson, of Waterloo, were shopping in the civ Thursday. Misses Kate and Evic Shands, of Clinton, visited )r. and Mrs. Albriight see'ral days last week. Dr. 11. W. Lewis returned Saturday from Columbia, Georgetown and Man nIng where he had been on profession al business. Als. Cora C. Lucas and Miss Lucia Simpson attended the presentation of "Twin Beds" in Columbia Friday ev ening. Mss Sallie Hunter, of Pendleton, is the guest of Miss Sadie Sullivan thuis wei. having come down the latter it of last week. I hs Elizabeth Shell has acce)ted a position as tlelivery clork at the lo cal poslof11ve and entered upon her duties last week. Mr.- D. B. Godfrey, who has been eonfined to his home for several weeks, was well enough to be on the streets yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Huff had their son--ia-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. II. N. Cartledge, with their two chil dren. and Miss Vivian iuff with them Sunday. Miss Patty Wilkes, who uII(lerwelt an operation at the hospital last week, has recovered sutlcient I y to return hiome and is now rapidly regaining her strength. PROFITEEHING IN SEID)S. Golmern1lent Will Act Ol Any Speeific SIinformait1tltion. Washington, March li.-Proteering in seeds was charged by Seeretary -ouiston and Food Adini Istra tor loover in a joint sittement tonight, which said that prompt action in such cast s would be taken whenever spe elfh' infortmation was suhibmitted. Iany onplaints (if abnormally high prices re being received. "Without adequati . distrilbuitol of see is at renale prices there i- dan I ger Ihat nereage will be lessenledi and th t . seed of poor 11111ity will fre 1uiently be iuwd." the Statement sail. "if such eondl itions are to develop, i would seriou.Aly impair ouri national food progrmh n." DealIerr uder ledierali license were wnirmed t1:nt if they engatged ini sneh practiee t hey w.ouhdlibe dealt withI so vcrel.. Tr'iulet was paidi to "pantrillte" State .rotiautionhs oif seed growers and the w a srIv ice comm iiitteCe ofI the Amtie ricanf See-d Grade(1 Asso(iationl for coopera tk-$n ini lrevent ing excessive profits. Ilush for Perm~uli s~~ Saturday. Over 190 appl)1icat ions were ma~de for litinor permits Satuiirday, the last day of the operation of the old law, staftedC Judlge of Probnla te Thompn 18 yest erday. Monday morning, he0 conltinued, there was no applicants ando lhe explets pre0 cious fewv In thle fu ture. :fudge Thlomup son, like most of the otheCr judlges of probate In tihe state, hass establishied .a rule requiring a physician's certifi t of sicknesis before he w.ill granlt a permit. As the medical profession noC longer' valtues w.hiskey very highly for meldieinal uses, it is not likely that mnany' whiskey preperiptions will be written. Tile jutdd said further that hle\was not unmnindftul of the revenue tfhat was being received in his ofle un~der the former law, lbut thlat he Is glad tile old law is gonle and1 tile cout nlit ion of l iuor hlas been reduced. Large Land Deal. The Chas. Sullivan place, near Ware Shoalsi, hoelonging' to Mr. W. L. Gray. of this city, was sold last week thrdugh.B. uM. Wolff to Mr. .J. IT. Car lisle, a prominent farmer of that sec tion. The place ,contains abloult 412 acres and sold for appiroximattely $14. 000. ** * NEWI FOOD) PRIO~tAM. * * Monday, is Wheatless. -- * * T'uesdiay is Meatlessu.* *. Wedtnesday is Wheatless. * * ~Saturday is Porkless. * * One W~hoatless mecal every day. * *One Meatless meal every day. * * S~ave Sigd~r every-day.* * Save itats every day.* DIES IN COUINTRY'S SERVICE K111(d Last Wednesday in Afropiane Accidenti at Hythe, England. Son of W. S. Montgonery, Treasurer of the Laurens Cotton 3Mills. "Apartanburg, March 11 .-Cale mes sages receive(l in Spartanburg Satur day iht: coIveyed the news that Lieut. Frank (G ibbes Montgomery, a nieiber of tihe Amerlean aviation CopI)s abroad, had been instaniitly kill ed MVednesday, March 6, In an aero plane accident. Lieuteianlt Montgon (ry was the eldest son of -Mr. and I M rs. Walter S. Montgomery, of Spartan burg, and was one of tho best knowI young men in the city when he made his homli here. IIe received his t'raini ilg in tile aviation corps at Columbus, Ohio, and when the course was con fieled, left at once for foreign ser vice. He had been abroad since last fall. i is d1ath was announed in cable gramls from-1 Hythe, Inad.Thle first niessage, reachling the frami ly shortly after 5 o'clock, was the anouliolndenen t of the frineral, and read: "Funeral wit full mn ilitary holors at il o'clock t1odlay." This wAs followed a few minutes later by the following: "Hythe, Tngland, March i. "Prank killed in airplane accident today. Acted hero's part to the very end. Death instantaneous." (Signed) "Lieut. Mborrison." L.ient. Moat gomery, who is the first Spartanburg boy to imeet. death in the 'war with Ger'many since Amerlea has been in the conflict, was 2.1 years of age, a graduiate of Yale and one of the imost popular Ilen in his class. Tie had just colipleted hiis college work aid Ietur ined to Spartallbirg to bo coni associated witi his father In the malanagemnent of Spartan A Mills. when war was declared. and Ie decid ed to apply for a commission ini the aviation service. Last summer he spent tine .roater part of his time in trailing nea'r Colurwbus. 0., where Ie was suesIC sful a a stiden t Iviator and was ordered ahroad, in the fall. 'T'lo famnily has no inforimnation coin eeI-~r hli'- death. exce'pt 11ha1 vonl tailled il tIle brief cable me.( ages. Lieut. Morrison, h.lo signi the dis p;1!: II. is illknown to the f:mil , biut i said to have been ana infima to friend of Lieui. \lniitgolery. It is iossible 1ha the accident occIrreI in E.:ngand, \wn, Amevrienn tirplanevs had bcen :ined anid were, perhaim, being sent across to France. Lieut. Montgomery was a meinber of the IEpiscopal Church of the Ad vent, heing treasureir of tihe Sut inday, school, anad resig11111g thUa1 oli('e when i lenving for tHie training e:1np a11 year. lie is sqrvived I'y his fathIer and mother, two brotlhers, A .i\lont gom erv. o! Ihis city. and W. S. \lonItgomie." .-Ir., it s"tudent at V. Mt. I., Lo'xine1tonl, Va., '1ind tw\o sist(%rs. Miss Nate Lis Afontgoiucry and lMiss Luelle Mon t . rII'-'. Ife is a nephe w of V. M. \!nneaIeer'': d lenl .\Montgomery, arlI has : wi family nn io n i n lih ti. New1o tihe death~i of Lieut. .\iont w')nI)ry spreial over tile city rapidly last night. and't0) neery hi:i ld ther Wetr' ex.r:ii ls ion ' Orrow and 1e w m hy. Aln y II er( onsl catlled at te .\ionitgowry huomeo 1 en Piii 'Iret andm thy.eame to the famlily ffin friends ini every wallk of life. -J The Lauifrens ( oun1(3 ty Teachers' .\" soc'iatIionI mel iln tile L auifens high51 school on Satunrday, thle 9th of N.\narch. There't was ai good attendan1c1fle, anid Ithe rehI ir m'fiethod0( of condting the mieet ing was followed. Theii eighthi gra de (conductied theI( (ip ('ning1I exercises, 1) uig as5 tile sublject somle iteetintlg ('artoons 0on the0 'onl dlitloll in (Germany and in America. Dr3. 'Pattersonf Wa rdlaw led the high school in the( stul'dy of "Th'ie Ait of Question lng", fr'on; "Parker's high Schlool Met ads". Mi ss Corlne Agnew taughlt aln inltestlig lesson in "Geogr'aphly", for' the gr'ammarn grade departmIlent. Th'e prlimalry teache1rs s tdied t he 'methlodI of teachling the "Hill's First Rteader"', withI Miss Annfie WVorkmanOI as lefader. At the general mleeting Mr, Sullivali annlounced that there wouldl be no county fail' this year on account of the strenuous 5work the schools were do ing in the Red Cross wvork. Hie asked that the schools bend as mfuchl eff'ort towvard mnaking the Junior 1Red Cross work a success as they have formally used to make thle county fair a suc C680g Mr'. Parkinson also talked. on "H~ow to Organize a Junior Red Cross in the Schools". He distributed bulletIns and miatellaals on the subject, and of fered the use0 of the Laulrens Junior Red Cross Sextette to the rural schools for the instruction and enter tainmnent of their organilaaon. Mr. Dlyrd, Food Administrator for ILurenls county, asked the co-opera tlory of the teachers in arousing the people of the 'county to the realiza tion that they must hell) the govern ment save flour. RED ltOSS 3OTES. * By G. L. ouk, * * (ChaIrman .of Publicity.) * * * ili order not to detract oven slight ly from the forthcoming Liberty Loan calpaign, the War Council of the Anerican fed Cross has ofst poned the campaign to raiso the second\ WarI lle lief Fund of $100,000,000 to the week of Alay 20 from the week of Alay 6th, as was originali iinteided, it was an notileed in Washington today. Thbi acti<li fixe- Mhe date of the sce ond led C ros campaign eleven months after the first, which was started oil Jum iS, 1917. The War Council had be(en appointed by Presi deina Wilson only ive weeks prior to the beginnin of this campaign, so that its first great lask was to provide means for carrying on relief work uiIIIng the war oi a scale columensu rate with the military operations. Moe Ihan $100,000,000 was coiti- - bllted inl response to ithe first call for i financial ai aild contrihutitIons p1ls interest br'ou hZl. the total receipts from the first drive t) to $105,0)9,257. Og this amnount, $17,006.121 was refunded to lled Cross Chapters for local relief work. Of this balance, $77,721.918 has been appropriated, leaving a balance of $ 10.371,217 available for appropria ton. France has received appropria tions amounting to more than thirty millions. D)uring the week preceding Christ mas the Ited Cross conlucted a memblrship drive which resulted in the enrollment of approximately 22, 000,000 new members. This was fol lowed last, month by a campaigil con dtlt(led by ihe Junliol ..\Alemlrberhip of the ied Clross which* resulted in tihe en roll ment in tile collateral organiza tioll of practically all of the sltool ch1ildrenl inl Ameirica. A LE''T EI it -'I0RM FRIANCI. lnv lIen~:inin in 'ils' - of ilnt erestinii Slirhis in France. Praises the Y. M. C. A. Thie foilowimn is a letter' received fron I ay elnjamoin "Over There", by hik fA lIe, .lr. .. 1. lenjamn. of Gray 1"ourt. INt.:!I "Soniewhere, inl Franev." ikar m Pa . :i Al. \l:miia: I have '1 1a1tanil yollr letters of lece. 2-,ii ani Jan. :iri , othi of which were received revvently. Yoi cannot imag ilne Ihv \ale of tee letterls to one over lier. If you know of anyone who has Sons or friends over hCe, t (AlI Iheiti to wri:e, write! Write loig newsy lettersz. ThIre is nothing which call 1:1'1w e plan-.. O111r mai. l facilities are lti l .; , ;d as fihey are In the I'. . but I think they are perhaps -s ood a; we cold( txpeel tinder Ilie cirumsancs.I aml in heltervi Spirit-; tia whin I wrolte last and a I still I'- t , .:. t' A. aIIpaian for Ilie (h!lrs. I lhiIk 110 yolu :n(] very u 11.h cal. shou hi ive them ha - ta I)'' lhttipons a.4i yonicn fo rd.lo' Who e ilio itsbngfit, tnov holw the atii i:tm a li 'aio 11hi organiza-o t111 0a o he I ne lampd that~s I hav n nhe g '.nito a. :n1 ie Frn'c. clreit n h. 10 lti le 50lii fati ao far to neeti ttiihrlhelpurnuch lnu 1( 111( wh la goi i tn over lici, h I'l try t so ta ew wre, i111k oaton tet .o.\tr tht hecln t u~ .'tt 'ote tohir andt telt., ver (laye savedihing romeot amleasan voyag and 1(-a1 hae. a ver nolelive tht ma ne peoe qveite o f thoe wholienjoy ts en ko houssws eto alCreal the115o vale oflis organI Qtein Ofe ofr the old ('utcs mayiol be inga of too, vnhiceservgos, brudi gris, e.ave ositnly two their wohk, hitc t haen'to been iov bynfortunaornas Qoiteed thi ohe l much. Ohichd wn goto wlingw boudhtc ailng, toritead what1 of thong on oner heoreu Inl tryn of tor outel' i a woe auyrIn dblint pa ie ry nhti ya . a. nIf you have goodr eng 110m sickg an I ave known a01110 leasat be,. Onf bengso fait a few anove soeualy cind offso from soe oi wanno, kart. wood,01 w tos li 01ather Quee an fewoftheS They Dutc lind clt theioto hWite ofteby hnd give. Qite ao o the mu adtll all oftche fto waos owite.w ol ic no to it, and some otevlso tc on hors in rontof he oherfoay tw - - -;1 - ~~A X. Beautiful iBedro om]t Fu rature Antique M~ahogaany-A er an W2alnut "Q JItvory Suits that will make your room as cha; m resh as the one in the sketch at very mnodetate cost. Th.. haably built in all details; the designs are smart and meI he meria is all finest quality and specially selected for its bea.u -, d r;..i.m r ish very handisomne; dmrwers smroot~y Fmnih ~.' inm easily irrors F-rench bevel plat.e. $64.50 to $1.4&J . Odd Pieces if You Den .Ihey are well wvorth a visit to see. Wi r - ~io na.ve you COme in and look tliwou 4----no obvtcv w ecr6 A9xw S. O. & H W J * * * * *' 1 * * * * * .* * ** 4 SOCil-:TiV.* b-iry 14anuren.4 ('haptr I ). A. at, was ~ Y ~ ~ '~. A .... .. . . ld w t . li. u I y T- h o , n y A onr *criday.v oF~ 9 fry, w::tavisitor. Tihirty-ne <91 :s ni td wily Cent.s was paid in for htI~he~ Ioan find anhe tokec (-I CIyniceae o, he9 in of all et al s; th I S eI S1 (I v illa iie. i\n ci i1 rii relection was s0ad by .\-. U W.r h11 iln .\ l . lilo i. Tif '.irI tli 01 t ~ ~ p i m rents w re se rved i, o; l Thlgiey i . ell w. .\9. alid( .\MIs. .\. WV. Ainders.i oo \oguia, (Ia., antinee th 1n0 tlilg Ri-- Ibhi- QOC.cI k9ent I heir a 1ghter, .\nie, t) ( ; i \theIt Newby lraithwaije, of 1). A. I the al ritwis h Army, n111i. one at Criaamae adw -h Ther da t olhe mar iage has not been announcewd. All i .\liss Anne9 Antdersoni is 9lea9santly OI~ 1U~~a~n 0eembere(d in Ixtulrenls, having visiPnPecltedsaic tain ~Is. 1'ostecr Simipson , her nt on l~~ilurous occasion1s, an1d her fiendsr viii be ilter est ed to h9ear of he ir :te wa t tofn..i r ~ y M\iss SadIie Sullivanl wals hots to( etcr ft>ieit n he"edeCat lubi oni Fridiay al-beuyoyu ls. For Mrs. W. II. (Olikerso, ,Jr. Yesterday aftetrnioon .\iss Annle P w r~ ~ ilkerson entertained at heCr home9 0on \oth lIIarper Streoet ini honor of' Mrs. V. ii. (Gilkerson, JrI., one of the re ent brIdes. T1he sitting room11 and1 tarlor of t he lower floor were )hrlown nto 0one and( tables prepiared for forty. unrinig the afternoonl Forty Two and1( look weie layedl, after wVhlch9 a deli -lOus sweet eour*se wsserved. Miss lttttijttoignApl.atsMl eio On. ilkerson was assisted in enItertalininlg >y her sister', Mrs. WV. 0. Lancaster and .ii .1aklsniInecito No09reseoreihgtxavg irs. Yancey Gilkerson.aletrfoteRdph ataqa(eijedthWatMllscolo Mack Simpson Arraigned. (hattqn(aefrTauesii ''to '(k.Thscolofheit .Mack slmpsoni, the engro man fromltrhbyb rmArl1 ote2t.otPllie ls~ o n ek u he0 lower Part Of tile counity chlargClied lte tie ia ie ;rgan91 h nyes fmnnii a vithi an attempted assault upionl at'*ltls lY ie il a vhite womani of thlat section, was ar~- ill yeraiateia efotbig t ugtbsisafittrofpeaio algnied in Court y'esterday and plead llet imrs IOIte )Cil tietlav iss(0iucaneleifo a unilty. -A. C. Todd, FIsq., of the local sro~n~ ftl a 1( h allne eii.Teell h a f ar, was ap~potnted by3 tile jud~ge to deC- I a iepol thm lv op93 etiteei ntera orc end 1dm and thle case wvill 1)0 tr'ied ng gitoa cesficlll- y his~ week. It wIll be remembered that l. ilmnlson/\vwas cairried Ito GIreenville -.---.-- TCueaolinOeay ~or safe-keeping on Fobi'ulary 27thNw09dslysrn 19 f'a ak AAII.RRM unn.Jaomh Cndito ou cand Ie'e l aneiwrsof od the alege IdeJISS~l of drugs and prp eo-y moed-fi alst ue M.&F ic 'ines we c.r a. fu !J.v~ Btupplyco ah o.