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* Local and Personal Xeitlon, * ** eooe* *. * * * * *** 4* ** Miss Jessie 11111, of Due West, Is visiting friends in the city. Mrs. Albert Dial left a few days ago 'to visit relatives in Bristol, Tenn. Mrs. Millette, of Sumter, is spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. George Wham, on Irby Avenue. Mr. 0. D. Riddle, of Atlanta, is spending a few days in the city with relatives. Misses Mary and Maud Touchstone, of Flippin, Ga., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. 13. Ballard. Mr. . V. Bliackion, of Lancaster, has recently been added to the oilce force at the Watts 1111s. Aiss Pauline Terry, of Rockingham, N. C., is the guest of Miss Nlizabeth Babb this 'week. Col. Oscar Babb, secretary to Con gressman Nicholls, Is spending a few days in the city with home folks. Alr. J. W. Simmons and irs. S. A. Simmons, of Gray {'ourt, were visitors in the city yesterday. NIrs. W. Ray Anderson has returned home after a visit to relatives in Darlington 'ind Columbia. ir. and .lts. San Talley, of Atlan ta, are visiting .\rs. Talley's mother, 'Airs. W. L. 1Royt, Mrs. Lewis Anderson and children returned holle Alonday after a Visit of a few days in Greenwood. liss (leo Walker, (ilef Operator in the telephone exchange, has returned from a week's visit to relatives inl Cross Hill and Harris Springs. ATiss Cornelia Alachen went. to (reenwood Saturday where she ex pects to stay several weeks visiting her cousin. Miss 'Sadie 'earce. Mliss Carrie llentz and .liss Char lotte Drews, of Charleston, are visit ing their friend, Miss Anna Wallace, of Gray Court. Mr. Allio Lee went over to Green wood Saturday to attend the marriage of his sister, liss 111la -Lce, to Mr. Carlisle -Wharton, of that city, which took place Saturday evening. Misses Luey Valee andi Claudia Darlington and Miss Sarah Bolt left yesterday to Join a party which will visit a number of cities and points of interest in the North and East. They will be gone about ten days. Capt. Jos. D. iloCles, recently re turned from overseas, and James -Sprunt 'Holmes, both sons of the late Jos. Holmes, noted engineer and chief of the Bureau of Mines at Washington, have been visiting Dr. and .irs. L. S. Fuller and other relatives for several days. Mr. C. H1. Roper, secretary qf the s. local Board of Trustees, stated Mon day that the 1919-1920 session of the graded school would begin Monday morning., Sept. 1st, instead of the fol lowing lon:lI;.y, as had been rumored In some quarters of the city. Supt. .Gasque has npt yet arrived in the (dity, but is ex pect'ed here within the next few weeks when final preparations woulid be made for the oeninelig. Soldiers to .Weet. Kther'meret ings ia~vinlg illtCarfered w'itihte mtingiO of soliers' of tho \\'orld War .\ loniday mnornling, Capt. Ri('he(y has Cal led foir anot her mee'(tinlg to libe1 hcldi in thle ('ourt iilouise Thur is (lay night at 8 o'clock when stepis will he t ake n'Uto organiiize a local'chla p ter' of the Amerimean iArgionl. All former whlitie scltieris and saialors are requ testedi to bei prest.~i Stiate Su perlinten dent I o Spen~:k. A mnin~ jg of the sehea',l I rustees ot Suiperintendlent W\ilson. to ic heild at tile (out tlIouse' tday. Thime sp(a ker' for thie occasion will ble State Sup lerinl lenldenlt Swevtari..-en aiid thei toeb-'' to be ( discus 3(d ar ithelii schtool laws, iln ('iudinig I hei it'ew ant (li ctomupuilsory' at A~ 1nnounlcemien t hmas been mnade' of thle engageimen t of .\i iss .\Iiween iDavis, (1aug11ter of .\l r. andit .\rs. A. J1. D~avis, formerl c y oif this city but1 no1w of Gre'en wood, to .\r. J. C. H emphili, a young architect of (Greenw~oodl. Tile marriage is to take place August 21st. Quaint Packing of Eggs. In many Korean towns one .seeS plles of eggs outside the shops, done up in straw rolls. This is the Korean method of packing eggs. There are, as a rule, ten eggs in a roll, and the straw casing is so cleverly twisted and~ so strongly woven that it can heC moved without fear of the eggs fall ing out. A native will lift up a roil, plae it across his shloulders and march away. andi tprmgh the roili may sway dangerously & nd fro, its con tents always remain intact. What la in Your Heart? tisnot always necessary to'make a cosius efl'ort to 11e11 others. If we are trying our hairdlest to (do right, heijifulness wvill radiate from our lives, as heat radiates from a fire. If there is kindness andit sympiathly ini our hearts our very silence wvill be eloquent The greater part of helpfulness is the con scious sort which is tile direct result of our being what weonre. I. 4 OLINTON NEWS. * ** Clinton, Aug. 5.-Mrs. William Lo max of Greenwood is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Cra'wford Clapp. Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Hays, irs. M. A. Ulays, -)l-s. W. E. Owens and Mrs. 1). W. M4801 spent lost \Vednesday In (Greenville. Mliss Ilattle Lou iLitt-lejohn, of Gaff ney, is the guest of Mrs. John T. Young. Aiss Elizabeth Young entertained a number of h(.r friends at a porch IIId lawn p trty !ast Thursdiy evening. D;. licious punch, cream and eake were served. 'Mrs. Geo. Young entertaine-! Wed1. nesday evening in honor of her icice, Miss lazel Blethea, at a lovely party. liss Lou1iso 1-1111, of Greer, is tie guest of Miss .lMelenee Thornley this week. Miss Dly 1)illard entertainled tihe Knitting" Club last We(lnesdiy after noon. Dellc!ous block cream and cake were served to the following guests: .\lesdamies Cyrus Hailey, .ohnt1 T. Young. .odie Chandiler, Kenneth ilurdetfe, WY. 1. Owel 6, .l-., .Jas. It. Copeland, 'I. ).\ Cope an(d, Irby flp)), \V. P. Jacobs, I. .J .eob, .lisses Eim mio 1 a'ison, e u ella Vance, Nancy O wens, Iiat (it oul Littlejolin, of 'affn', nt' d I'mmna iftpp. mArs. Frank I'le'ing. or Autista, is spending the week with her dailghter, Mrs. Cyrus halley. .lesdamies W. J. lHalley and .1. F. .lacobs, rq'., are spet(lling several Weeks in As'eville. lr. and ir . A. 'A(. Copeland and daught er, .\!iss .\lary Ituth. are spend ing sev"ral weeis at .\lont reaf. Mrs. Geo. Young and Airs. rawford Clapp entertained a number of their friends tit a iovely Rook Party last Thur.-day afternoon at Mrs. Young's lovely residence on South Iroad street. Miss Vivian Padgett spent several days la-,it week in town with friends. Miss E1ssie Copeland is spending several days in Columbia with friends. INCOME I{ET'UltNS OVER 13 BILLIONS Income Taxes Paid for Year 1917 $675,249,450, .or 6.03 P. (. of Income. 1dshington, 'Aug. ,3.-lVome tax returns were filed by 8,-72,s90 persons about three per cent of lie popula tion, for the calendar year 1917, ac cording to final reports just complet ed by the bureau of internal revenue. They showed tolal net income of $13, 652,382,207. The increase over 1916, before the law was expanded to meet war expenses was 3,03-5.8-1 returns and $7,353,805,587 in net income, the former being so mtieh greater con paratively, heeause the extension of the law took in small incomes previ oiusly exeuIpt. TIaxes paid totalled $657.219.150, an average of $:68..1 p; r ind i( (1ividual, or .1.0.3 per Cent of the ineomei. Itletitrns re W e nil oil ,-,75 in ('0m1s ia nginug fromn $1 ,u&'0 to $2,200 and ran god in the hlindrteds of thou s an ds up to $ 25.00I2. There were:!, 391 r et urns oni itinomes hei weecn $25, (l00i ati s.~,,00 1 2,-i 3S 1(1ttills fromh $50,000 toi $ 110,000; 3,302 fromi $1 00, 00,. -to $150.000;) 2,:.17 from $150t,000i o $3('i,000:11 550 from $:800,000 to $500', 0(0( to $1.0,000tO( and ii1 over thatt fi ure.' A\ nota'ble feat ure of thie repiort wvas (lie shiowiig that wvhile there weire 1,2!(t in'omles (over $300,000) ini 1910, (lie numberlit was reduce"Id to (1015 in 1917. Thle mhilllonl (dolar in~omles de.. er'(as fr1 '1om 200 to t I , and1( the de Creai~s(s In thle amoiintl reported by persons in that ('lass was $137,-127, 730(. The m nill ion dolla r men, Ihowiever, paid miore taxes than anly (other class, ront ributinlg $ lt9,-12-l,99( to the gov Itnmen ou11 ht of $306,835,91 II ini incomei re'port.edl. !P'orsons (w'ih IiItnm of $2,000 to $3.000 palid the smallest :iiiountt oif taxes, $9,097,:37s On re0 turns of $2,-t1;I,137,000. ReOslidet s of New York iiadle morie retuiirns andlIi reported miore incomec han ainy othier state. Pennsylvania and Il linois ranking second andl third, .\lassachiusettIs ranked fourthi in in comle replortedl, but1 OhIo (amte foutth in the number of taxable Incomes. As reflection of the south's pros perIty thie nine southern states east of the Mississippi river repiort ed an ag gregate of almost $860,000,000 for net Incomes of mor0e than $1,000 for fthe year 1917. That. was almost 400,000,. (tt0 moreo than the aggregate repiortedl for thle year 1916, which however, con taIned statistics of inconmes of more than $2,000, and wvas before the law was e'xpandedl to meet wai' expenses, These southern states-Alabama, F'loida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mlssis Hsipi, Noi'thi Carolina, South Carolina, Te'nneisee ,andl~ VIroginia--repotrtod about six per cent of (the coiuntry's total taxable Incomes which wvas $13,. 652,393,207. They turned In 237,831 (of theI countiry's ?,,472,390 recturnn and their tax yield was $21t,355,100 of the eountiry's total of $675,219,430. Special values In Cedar Chests. S. M. A T. H1. WIT M13S & Co. - * * ** * * ** * * . *. * SOCI ETY. * * Mrs. A. 1). Gray entertalned the Bridge Club .\Monday afternoon, a de lightful parry beimf g!ven upon the iirch. After a nuimiber of games were plaved a (! cious s:lad course with Iced te:t were served Aiong the g'lst:<sk pre . t V.( - .hs. 1. C. Faul and hr daughter, .\iss Paul, of Balti more, who are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Uray. Tle home of Senator and Mrs. N. 11. Dial was a eene of beauty and gaiety Thursday evening when .\Mrs. ,1)ial en tertained quite a nibcer of young people in honor of .\Misses Frances Guess, of 1)enmark, anid rioxelle Vright. of Newberry guests of Miss Laura Emily ')ial. ''lhe veranda and lawn were brightened w h Jlaanese lanterns wille tie lower floor of the house was thIirown into one wherec fihe Young people m'ightl mingle. Oil the lawn a Cypisy tent was visited and here each had a fortune told by a fair maiden of tle East . Promellading ov er the spacious grounds, dancing and conversat ion furnisled ilie other amusemenis. h'liroughIioul lie evening a delicious fruit puncl was served by .\Misses Gladrs Gray, of Cray Court, Rosa (:ray and .\argaret. D~ial. .\liss .\ildred 'Counts also assisted in en tetoinin. Later ill t(e evening deli clous Ice cream was served in frozen ertaininii g. riater in tile evening deli joyed tlhe evening. 0 00 Idani1gstoni-Bi rdse. v. Tle following account of tIhe mar -iage of Florrie C nella Langston, daugh tert of Col. J. T. Llangstoni, a na tive of this city will be read with imuch interest by her ma ny friends and rela tives here, the account having belen taken from the l)arlington News & Press, puiblished in her home city: The First laptist church was the scene of one of the iost beautifuil wedding ceremonIes ever wit nessed within its doors when Aliss Florrie Cornelia -Langston and lenry .\liller Hirdseye were unitied in holy wed lock last Tuisday afternoon, July 29. The ceremony was performed at G o'clock, and the large auditorium was filled with friends, wh ile the gallery had to be used also to seat iany others. The aisles were coveled with white, and the chaneel was lovely in the beautiful and artistic arrange ment of flowers and ferns. 'T'lhe soft. glow of many candles add ed to the finishing toucs, and all of tie decorations were made complete when the bridal party was grouped around the clialncel. (While time friends were gatlering, musiei never ecased, and, with .\r's. J. V. .lorehe-id presiding at the orgali, It vas genuine imusic that was* liearl. Ili%., .\ary Kirvenl sang, "Cons-taney.," which was filowed by .i\indelssolhn's beautiful duet, "I Woul Tial. .\y Love," sung by \3 lrs. loward I,. Weeks and 31 Iss .\lariy Ki rven. Th'len .\les. WVeekcs saing, "Al 11awning,"' andt these beaut ifui select ions wrie iiade' ('eien Piromptly ait the a.>ojinted hour, the sta ins of .\lendebssohni's Wedding .\larebili the "inme, Sweet ilome'' of1 50 mnI~ly hiappy yoiiig hearts- --herald ed I le appiroaichl of thle wedin lg iparty. Fiirst camne thei ushers, 1b0c Artmhur', of' Union: .homes 1Edmulndis, oh' lliilgiway: allI dre-ad' in fIlhi-iolorid orraimlii, withi orehid sashes and bide's hats toi matchi, cariryinig hiiomintus of midenli hir fernts. Th'iese entlered in te 1(ol of New York;l .\31~ \'irginuia Ta'~ylei, of ('amtden; .\11.-s .\arie .\ t ;ouanil, of 8Spmata hurg; .\li:s NatLaie (;rein, ofi Spartanburliog, andi .\liss .\linnie Gairneir, of this city. 'Thien caime .\I is. .Ii'romei I". i'ate. idamei vf hienor, andil the rose buid L garden of g irils was t heln coimpil i' ed. Theii bidie iameii dlowvn thlie aisle' lean ing on the arm of her father, (Col. .1. 'T. I in gst on, andii she was met at thie altarU by the groom, with Leicx A. Lalngstonu as best mian. in thle center' stood the Rtev. Itoward L. Weeks, who performied thle iimpiressive Landl beauti fuil ceremony. T1hie picture presented'( was oiie iof lilet beaut~ y, reflecti ng it every mninute dietall -the tender sent I menit of an hmoiur which forever car i'ies Its owni 0 solemnl and etx~tuisite meaning In the hearts of those to w~hiom It sacredly belongs. And so, sulrroulndedl by their own dearest ones, wvith love blending with the strains of soft music, wvith flowers and 'good wishes and all things beau tiful and trite adding to the sunshine of the heart, the words :were spoken which united these two young ilves. The littlo troop of fairIes who took part were dainty little .\ innie Smoot, flower gui, Lurliiie P!arrott, Totsle Bluchantan, Mary 11111 and .ulia Con (1er, rIbbon gir'ls, and little Wofford Peterson, ring hearer. Full line Troledo Cookers on hand. 8. M. & ~ .U. WILKES & CO. urniture for Your Home leasure than anything money could buy. mber of the family,' associated intimately I and children. Its influence is always ride ourselves on the splendid quality of rniture we offer for sale. There is noth actured at the price---often times at a .re, you will find a large and comprehen :hat is worth while in things for the home. I goods have arrived and are ready for Other shipments are arriving daily. to make our store your headquarters. . H. Wilkes & Co. LITTLE Boys' Wash Suits STRIPES AND1 PLAIN COLORS In Sizes from 3 years to 7 years. Mothers' Friend Brand. The kind that is tub proof. Price $2.50 to $5.00 Boys' Percale and Madras Blouses--Plain, White and Stripes. Price $1.25 each A Good Place to Trade crge fon 11y trust as Admniistra-Stc Ntle Aony person indebted to said estate is de 1sgfed wilapl vo nWatts h 1 ntitfieda l da e uie t1 o 1 male tayi t Of Sep t. 4,1919, to >hae sai eil calme, against said estate wji: pense~nt in said Mills, represented by Certifi.. them on o efore aild ate duily prov- ate No.N 13 for ou shrs an( 1 wcr F. STKES said cer'tiflcates have been lost; and -. F.SO , the new stock so applied for to be Juy2,11.Admillistrator.... 15101i iu Of sid lto sock uy Good F It gives more p It becomes 'a me with mother, dad for good. We p every piece of fu ing better manuf higher price. H< sive stock of all i Quantities of fal your inspection. We invite ;ou S. M.& I Opera House Friday Wihat is ('ttie liuslili i teSouthwes.'tern) part or the Ilitedi 11tates, in te days betfo)t' the uising of1 dlividlin" fences, gangis (of cattleV thieves miade' a business(5 or dri ving ' at tle griaz/ "ru'lstlers" arie shiown in "The 1411n Sta ' an e" t o' 4 be4 presnte here 1 this1 week(. JnI thlis play, based(1 on Zane htie's notid niovel of' 11he same title., Williamii 1Farnumil, the fatniu100 P. star, does' someli of hi ver bes'l~'t wor~ k as a Texas Iianger -onie ofI those dlannitless meni wh1ohel.;4eddcean upTxa.A he w ins thle fair- -a girl well1W~' wrh the winning. NOI'E OF' LO)ST STO('K( State of South ('arolinn, C'ounity of Lauirens', Notice is hereby given that Certfl-I ('ate No. 29 for' two (2) shares of the 'ommflon stoel; of the Laurens'1l lIhond Wa rehoiuse Comnpany, of' Lau1renis, S. C., of thle pa r vahte of One liiund redl Dol lars ($100.00), Issued oin Sept. 20, I898, to Mirs. W. W~*. Jones, has been) lost or destroyed, and that the undlersigned as owner of s4aid stock, wvil1 apply to sa Id Lau rens Blonded Warehouse Co. at its pace of business at Laurensq, S. 'C., on the 21st day of August, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. mn., for a new ecrtlleate in lieu of said lost cer'titleate R. F. JON1OS, Dated. Jluly 16, 1919. 52-6t-A FINAl, SETITLEMfENT TPa1k anitiee that on the 22nd any nf August, 1919, I wilt render a flnal ac count of my acts and dloings as Ad ministrantor (of tihe estate of Mirs. Fan nie 'To. Stokes deceased, In the office of the Judge of Probate of Laiurens Contn', at I1 o'cltotke a. mn n Ol the