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*. * * a e e .o e a a a * a a a a *a LANFORUD NEWS. * * L.anford, .\ay 12.-1r. Geo. It. Simu mions, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. work inl S partanimrtg, made a very interest int, as well as inits t rt'titlve, talk Suti day afternoon in the interest Of the grteat cetentinary drive niow on In the 'Methodist church. Mr-;. irle and d1augh1 te r, Miss Mary Earh'.,of Snartanburg, were the guests of .\lrs. Etella Bomar. Miss Nora Cannon is at ioie now for the va'ation period, after teaching 'a %y-elm ssful school term at Trin ity, inl Spa rtanburg County. The play 2lven Friday night by the impr-tov.metil A.Isociation Iand local talent, was pronounced by all as very good, an(] besides a neat little sum was rea lized to be used in the improve ment of tiue school. Our schtool will close Friday. We will celebrate the occasion with a school picnie. The teachers, -Misses trlarsdale and Mason, \will be greatly missed for, by their sweet, gentle dis positions, they have won for themit setlvs many friends in ouri' mindst duri jug their stay with us. And we wish for them m1uncl success in the fture, wh terevr thlteir lot imtay be cast. Central school will close Wednes day. They will have a pienic SatuI' day. Mrs. Mamie Waters and little son, of Laurens, spent the week-end with relatives here. lti. and Mirs. J. R. Franks went to Spartanburg Swnday. M r. C. C. Cox went with them and( drove their new There Rotns to hA4 an epidemic among the (attle in oui' community. Mir. .1. W. Wofford has a sick cow and ir. T.. )rummond lost a very line cow (e day last week. A veterinary sturon has made several Visits hete recently. Itfer. J. R. Williams met0 with Mhe W. \l. V. of fhis place last ''lhu11rsday aftero.0ol and made a good, itstruc tive and encouraging talk. .\tv. and .lt. ljutnelly. of ultfalo EnliON. :,- lit one igh41t with Mlr. and AIrS. J. S. Iiggins last week. I rs. Higgins is contemplating a visit to West loint, (Ga., Albany, and will proh ably be in Atlanta for the Southern Bapit ist convention. Mliss Myrtle Gentry, one of Miss Carrie Loll Higgins's pupils, spent the we'ek-(tnd with her. Mt's. Alamie Drutmmond atnd Nirs. Eliza Iloleonib have returned from an extended visit to relatives in We thar Lau En~ SN. B. DIAL, I \,~:: IBirmingham, Ala., and are in Green ville with the former's son, Mr. Charles Drumnmond, for a short visit before return ing 110111 . * POPLAR SPIClNGS NEWS. * * * Poplar Sin1gs, May 12.-There was a large colgregationi at Poplar Springs church yesterday. There was no ireaching, but 'Mr. Lamar Smith and .%Itr. W. 11. 'T'hoimiason made addresses in the interest of the aiymen's move ient. .\ir. Truman Copeland and Miss %dia ry Simpson were united In Imlar riage yesterday lorniing at the home of the bride, Itev. las. P. Coleman of Ileiating. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. Joli W. Simpson and tlt groom Is a youtig farmer recently retiurined from the army. Mr. Casper Ridgeway and Miss Net lie lobilson were married immledi ately afterwards at the same iplace by Rev. Jas. P). Colemn1i. Tie lride is the gralid-daughter of Mr. Jas. ilobin Soil. 'ile groom reepltly returne-1 frol France. We exteld to all of them our coigratilations and wish for them much ilappiless. .iessirs. .'zell and lilwell Walkins and .1. 11. Pitts went up1) to Greeiville Satuorday to he at the soldiers celebra lion, the 'Messrs. Watkins having been recently discharged from tile army. Mrs. Lula Posey, of Greenlville, Is visiting her father, 'Mr. John W. Simp soi, having come doyn to be at the marriage of 11er sister. ir. G. ID. Wood 'went ip to Tiger ville last Friday. Mir. and Mirs. J. B. Davis and chil dIei. Jno. A. and !Miss Pollie, of the H larmony section, also another son, Rev. '. W. Davis and wife, of Puilier's ville. Ky., anld Mr. Leland Maddell and two daught els. of Ware Shoals. were th Iu'ests of Mr. and Mrs. W. 1. Davis Ye'ster'day. 'I'le childnl of Mrs. S. F. Walkeir had a reulioln at hlr hoille Silliday, itose bing present were .\ir. and Mrs. W. I". Walker aind eliiren, Nl'. antd I Mis. W. S. Walker and daughtielr, of th1is s1 ct ion, lir. anid 'Mrs. John u l r nelt and childoren. .ir. and 'irs. Bailey Walker ald childreni, of Gr 'eelwood, and Mr. Frank Walker antd the chil dren of Ir. Grover Hill, of Ekom. 'Mr. and Mrs. G. T. A'brams aiii Miss es Ellen and lattie Abrams were the week-end guests of Mr. ald 'Mrs. 3Ma rion Abramiis. Mir. and Mlrs. Carroll lledge vIsit )ur A11 kour Friends a rens County an Lerpr P~resident W. ed at 'Mr. and 'Mrs. J. R. Elledge's Sun day. 'l\r. Kelsey Wood, son of \Ir. and Mrs. T. T. Woo . has returned from Tigerville where 'e ias been attend itig s(1hool the yi I session. He came back with two eildals. We rejoice with him In IIhis jecess, being glad to know orii home* 'vs make good -when in competition u..a thio.e fr . othe' sections. NAVAl1 SE.APLANES RRA.\II TRET-:ASSE-: Two of U. S. Trains- laitle Philips F.inish Seconid Letx of Trip. Success of F litdi't .\pparently AssurIl. Washing ton, M1ay 10.-Arrival at Trepassey lay, N. F., of two of the three American niavy seaplaics, which Started from lockaway, N. Y., on the trains-Atlantic light, insures the suc (ess of the whole enterprise, in the iniio o naval otlicers here. Whlen ; 1-n4:"i1d thle llavy depiart il-nil ton ight that tile seconid of the I h NC-8 has reached Trepas sey flay in today's flight from Halifax. '',r It had hen forced to turn back he(rause of a broken i'propeller, officers -,I*(, to conueal their feep sat .4faction. While detailed reports from Com manider John 11. Towers, commanding the seaplane division on the flight from lockaway to Trepassey Bay of tile NC-i vid N'C-3, probably will not he receive,' for a day or so, it is be lieved Ie would have communicated promptly had lie encountered any dif fleulty, cither with his machines or with i the arrangement Orw guiding the flight by radio compass signals. The third plane, the NC-f, was still at Chatham Lfight, 'Mass., tonight, get ting ready to continue the trip to Tre passey [lay, Lieut. Commiander Read in charge of tihle plans. may get started tomorrow andl( it was geiiraIy exiwet ed at the navy departient that the ac tnal passage across the Atlantic vii the Azore.s would not he attempted In til the NC-I also renehed the New oiinilianl .umping off place. The de1cisions rest. however with Comn imandeil1ir Towe'rs, and may bw depenld it rgely on weather conditions. 11 imiay he som days before ile men :ald imachilnes at Trepassey 1ay are ready for tle long flight to the Azores. This is IIe- longest leg of tie journay, 1.2'1 to 1.3-7,0 nauical miles, depending on the Inding place selected as tle -eaplaie division approaches the Is land. The nearest point to New Foindiand is Ilorta, on the Tsland of Fayal. but l'inta del Oado, 150 miles farther east IO 0i )tment Lnd Customers I d "UNCLE SAP ise N G. LANCASTE ward, will be reached it possible. The NC-1 commanded by Commander Bel linger, Is considered as having made a remarkable flight from Rockaway to Trepassey Bay, covering just 1,000 miles.k The total flying time for the plane over this course was Just six minutes less than 16 hours, or an av erage of more than 62 knots an hour, according to unoflicial calculations. If ** ORA INEWS.* Ora, Alay 12.--Rev. an1d rs. It. D. Byrd, of Virginia, are visiting rela tives here and in Newberry. Rev. 11. 13. Blakely, of Willington, spent 'ionlday with relatives here. Miss Lizzie Hagan has returned to her school at Iva, after a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. J. Bryson. * Mrs. W. T. Blakely and 'Miss lar garet Blakely spent a few days with relatives in Winnsboro, recently. The Ora school closed Friday, 'May 2nd. Rev. 1. N. Kennedy is home from the meeting of Synod in Charlotte, N. C. Allss Isabelle Compton entertained some of her friends at her home Wed nesday night. Mrs. La. J. Blakely and little James returned Saturday, after spending sev eral weeks with her parents in F0dge field. 'Mrs. Euphemia Bryson is at home again, after spending the winter away, teaching in York county. Mliss Ora Wylle, who taught the primary room of the Ora school, has returned to her home at Hickory G rove. 'Mr. George Blakely spent the week end with relatives in Winnsboro. Mr. .W. B. Blakely ls riding in a 'ord Sedan. GlEAT SACRIFICE OF FlANCE' FOR A31I-lCA Fiance has put 43 million of her :116 million population Into the trenches nld has poured out her life's blood er Ameri1n anddmloerney. lin addfi on we owe her I large (e) of gral ude for a perifect remed(ly for stom I. liver and intestinal allments Ieh h r Ieasants diseovere(l and .,( n ssfully used. The ingrelien ts a nI' ow IPortod a1( sold by Geo. H1. Mayr, leading Chicago Chemist, un ler the n1ame of M ayr's Wond'erfill ltmledy. ~Marvelous results are saId to have been achieved by it here. It is a simple, harmtless prepa ration that reioovos tile catarrhal mucus from the intest ihal tract and allays the inflammation which causes prac tically all stomach, liver and intes tinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convInce or miony re fiuded. The Laurens Drug ('o,, and Druggists everywhere. F B4 WVas $62 -or making it 4 /1". Make Our R. Assist. 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They went to the top as :liich as an. eel, Without a hitch or a jumble: They had "GREEN FLAG" OIL in the motor, you see, So thfre wasn't a chance to gixmblel While clmbning- mountain praks in a motor is more the exception than the. rule, it's. mighty good. to have tle satisfaction of kunwing the brand of noror ,. oil that will keep your engine running the smoothgat and with the least possibl-a. defection in efficiency, and power,, when you want to "take a shine" up tho most - tain. Remember, the oil for powei GREEN FLAG MO7OR OIL/ Whether you're running on the level ,r - up and down the hill, yow'll find foitsat isfaction, "CREEN FLAG'* will, "Fill the bill" - DON'T FORGET THAT OIL IS THE, LIFE OF YOUR MOTOR. More than that--. it requires the best grade of oil to keep it "living" long- - est. Thtero are some "live" deal err. in this County who are exclusive agenta in their ~ town for "GREEN FLAG" MOTOR OIL. It will pay you well to hunt around town till you findt him. Be cause he sells "GREEN \ FLAG" MOTOR OIL, the best you can buy. GREEN FLAG" MOTOR - OIL is for sale in this Coun ty by the following well. known and reliable dealers: E. W. FERGUSON,- Clinton, S. C. W. P. HUDGENS, Laurens, S. C. 1,45O.OO 70,000.00. Yours for Bank Your Bank. al ,Bank C. H. ROPER, Cahe