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ol)e Chester ftet& ^Pc&vertiser ' VOL. 37.?No. 19 CHESTERFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 25. 1Q18~~ "" " S7TT . ? AMERICA HASTENING TO LEND ASSISTANCE Washington, July 23.?With probably not much more than a quarter of a million American troops engaged in the present battle but with virtually a million others either in France or hastening across the ocean to join in the fight, General Foch has been able to turn the tables on the enemy and strike a blow that has changed the whole trend of the war. Officials here, while fully recognizing the fact that the Americans are today only a comparatively small part of the vast fordes the supreme commander is using in working out his strategic designs, realize the fact that tho American army is going for? ward in a constantly increasing cream 1% uie governing factor in restoring the initiative to the allied forces.- PJans are therefore taking shape raplcfiy at the war department to accelerate and enlarge ths Ameri. cap military program. * It is now virtually certain General Foch will have at least 2,000,00 Ame* ** ricairs to supplement his allied armies before the present fighting season * * closes. Secntary Baker announced today the wl^department's new program embraces enlarged army apjiropriations, modifications of the ' draft ages to increase the reservoir of fighting men and plans for a larger mobiliztftftm of the army than any yet undertaken would^soon be ready tor congress. He would give no lie tails but the plans probably aim at getting under arms without delay a ' total force not far short of the 000,000 figure widely discussed in congress when the subject was last under consideration there. Many New Possibilities. The fighting on the Aisne salient, where the whole German offensive tcheme has been upset if not def.nitcly defeated by the bold strategy of General Foch, has opened new possibilities. There is increased need for haste in the opinion of officials in getting full American man power ready to supplement the efforts that ? appear now to be taking shape towards hurling the enemy back all / *'' along the front and beginning the advance that will end only when victory has been declared. w a Reports today indicated fully onehalf all ground won by the Germans in the Aisne salient already has been torn from the enemy's grasp and the French, British and American troops wfcre still pressing on at last ac, counts. Mr. Baker said today the last reports from General Pershing ^rvf were satisfactory. The German, ^offensive arch in & ' France has-rested on two great pillars, one in" the Picqrdy front and the i other on the Marne. It has been re, peatedly stated that pressing home of this mighty pincher movement, |& - . threatening both Paris and the chan?; nel porta as it progressed, has been T . the German object from the first day the battle of 1916 was opened in March. ^ Try to Prevent Collapse. JjL- . The southern pillar of that arch . has now been gravely weakened. Its offensive value is gone. By desperate efforts the Germans are seeking to psevent it from collapsing Altogether, crushing whole divisions of their best troops in its fall. - Even the allied advance is checked now there appears little likelihood that the enemy could recreate his tactical position on a basis that would permit him to continue his old plan of campaign before the comipg of winter. r J ' J , * BUREAU OF CIVILIAN RELIEF sr. ? v ? ?? M< AAflllllflU Wiiail* IIIOU VI HIC Bureau of Civilian belief, says th^t many letters have come to him in response to. the notice recently published in The Advertiser ahtf the work of his bureau is growing rapt/lly. The chief activity at present re ? latos chiefly .'<? the soldiers' allotments to their home folkaJ vf my of tfcoaa allotments are held op somoVrhere by red tap* and this bureau to brrak the tape and get I K the money through. Mas E. H Melton, of Augclus. is chairman far Jefferson township. ; CommunVhtions shpuld be au'lnMsed to Box 186, bureau of Civilian ReKef, Cheraw, S. C. . MTTufo)N COLLEGE J Hot*water beat, electric lights >nff * ; S7tb annual aeaaioif will begin ffepV* Wri^a for new illustrated cata for particular* concern* k in* our specjai ofTd* tfe a few girls L b. . vfrbo Mn not pay our dntajbfua rate jS^' Ail drees J. M. Rhodes, Littleton, N. C. wagon gad harness and one ^ "jfeW* for. sale; at public auction FROM. OUR .SOLDIERS Howall E. Rivers Dear Sister Blanche: You dear letter received yesterday. I have just returned from a very eventful voyage to and from Saint Nazaire, France. We were 4 times attacked by German U-boat [commonly called by the sailors, the "Kaiser's Tin Fish"] and it is with pleasure that I can say we succeeded in bending 2 of them to "The Happy Hunting Grounds. * It is a very wonderful sensation to be sailing over the breakers in the Atlantic and not knowing at what moment one of these "Tin Fish" is . reparing to send a torpedo into you, or rather try it. We have not b'ien hit yet and I dare say we never will as we have one of the best gun crews that ever sailed the seas. As to what course we take, the number of days required to cross, and other things *.1 1. T 1 ? ... uiai i Know woum De or great intereat to you, I am forbidden to write. The enemy has ears everywhere arid for the safety of shipmates we must ;;uard our words. We have no fear of the subs. Consider that we have place over one and one-half million men in France and have never lost % ship on her trip over. The Germans are afraid of the American Destroyer [commonly termed the "Sea Wasps"]and they have a perfect right to be from the rnormous toll we have taken of Aem since our entrance into this world k?-ar in 1917. We entered this conflict to avenge the outrages committed on the people of our little ally, Belgium, and also to repay to France the debt for her aid in the Revolution. We will jot stop until the Imperial crown of Prussiani8m is cast to the ground in complete defeat. Some day, when victory is ours, I r/ill come and see you all again, that is if I live thru this war. and dear siser if you never see me agairi, if I am !naf of ana ramomKar fViof T Uotm A**?A for my country's flag, and that I died 1 true sailor, doing my utmost to win .he victory which will some day be jurs. . I have no fear of death or anything ;?s long as the "Star Spangled Banner" waves over my head. Where she bids and leads me, I will follow forever. Don't worry for me. If it is God's will that I 4ie doing my duty for 'Old Glory," I am ready to go. Pray for me, and pray also, more fervently, for victory. Our cause is just and >ve ipast and will win. Tuesday?A letter from brother today, also. We only arrived here yesterday from France. Well, sister, pardon a short letter, is I must write to all. You know that I love And long to see you all, but that my duty is to my country first. May God grant that we meet again some day. Your Sailor Brother, and? * Thank God, a True American, Howell E. Rivers. S?ft. W. C. Baker Mrs. T. L. Baker, of McFarlan, N. C., has received the following letter from her son, Segt. W. C. Baker: Somewhere in France, May 29, 1918. My dearest Mother: I have been trying to write you for the past week, but something would happen and I could not, but today we are resting and I thought I had better write. This leaves me well and getting on just fine, and hope you all the same same. Mother, I don't want you to worry about me, for I am going to take care of myself, and be as good a boy as I can. We are getting plenty to eat and you just ought to hear me trying to talk to these French people, I have leamod to ask for French fried potatoes and eggs, and believe me they .are fine. W. ,J ?. 1 ... I 1 L./ " c UVII v IWIIUW nuw luu^ uuiuu* we ico up to the line, But hope to be up there soon, for we don't want the war to close and not get into it. I have seen lots of things here. 1 wish J could tell you about, but will have to keep it until I come home, and then I will te you alf about the country. . * Well I must stop and go for dinner Will write you again soon. My address is Co. I, 118th Inf. American 'E. F. and write me as often as you can. , Give my love to all the people and tell them I would be glad to hear from any of them that have time to write. Lots of love to you all. Your devoted son, CLAUDE. Huneycutt Somewhere in Prance June 16th, 1918 Dear Carrie: I h** e received only one lettei from home since I left you all, bui I suppose they have not reached m< yet. I am well and in good health Hope these few lines will reach yov I and find you the same. Hon, are you enjoying these beau ttfttl days, Carrie, the day* an rJHf * * very pretty and warm here, but the nights are cold. < They don't raise anything much j but vegetables, wheat, rye, timothy i hay, clover, small grain, etc. You i , never see any cotton or corn. I saw 1 a small field of cotton in England, t They raise a great deal of fruit in 1 England and France. 1 Carrie, I passed through Liverpool, 1 England and through the out-skirts < of London. Now there is something s to see there. l I want you all to write me the i straight about Frank Vaughn. 1 t heard he was killed. ( Tell Thclma I sent her a hello. I j am sending you a souvenir from t i.' ? _ i?i> ? ? - i lante, a uunuKercniei ior remem- s brance. I want you to tel daddy to c have that picture of you, Aline, Dora- t bell and myself enlarged. a Tell Aline to tell Frank) Moore when she writes him that I am over here. Tell Jack Hello. Guess he can r drive the car by now. Tell him to go v to school and learn everything he can. r I am in a hurry and cannot write much. You have to move over here, t I am not fooling you. I suppose by the time you read this we may be in ^ the trenches. t Hoping this luck on it's journey, c Your loving brother, FRED. d Augustus Henry Hayden, Jr. The following are extracts from ^ letters of Augustus Henry Hayden, j Jr., of the 118th Inft., written to j various relatives in Georgia and ( South Carolina, while at sea, enroute ^ to France and from "Somewhere in France n On Board Ship, May 1918. a Can't say from what port we sailed, j( when we sailed or on what ship we j are making the trip across "the little v pond." i, * * * I am seated on my bunk u in my cabin as I write?7:15 p. m. S( mid-ocean, 3 p.m. home time. * * * p Our ship is on the broad Atlantic -j with no signs of land anywhere?only jj water, water, water. This much in- ^ formation 1 can give. I feel just as a safe on board ship as I would feel at out* ni*mv pomn I n TT C! A ? "V " B"u" ?'>' J. * * * My officers treut me mighty { nice. * * * (l Somewhere in France, May 25. b On Active Service with British Ex- s peditionary Forces. 0 Of course, we are not having home life with all its comforts but believe f me I am satisfied and you bet I am f not kicking. The country I have pass- p ed through is beautiful and every- e thing in tfie shape of land is under r cultivation. Houses are mostly of 0 brick and painted dark brown or red. t| Everyone in the countries through ~ which I have passed has given us a j, hearty welcome and in more than one m place several remarked to me "You b U. S. A. boys sure always carry a w smile." Believe me the old U. S. A. a flag floats in the breezes in many j, places and we have passed many Ger- n man prisoners at work and soldiers, b too of many nations. I feel sure that b our boys will uphold the glorious re- b putation of our country. When a j, fellow gets over here?if he is the t] right kind of a man?he says to him- ^ self, I am glad I am here. For my (| part I want to stay on the job until, 0 with our Allies, we have thoroughly _ thrashed the Germans. * c May 29, 1918. s At the port of embarkation a pack v of cigarettes and a can of tobacco c was given each soldier by the repre- b sentative of The Army (jirls 1 rans- si port Tobacco Fund." Printed on the p little box was, "To the enlisted men d for use on the voyage. The con- s| tents of this box are sent to you with h appreciation of your patriotism, f tlearty wishes for a good aim, good e luck and a safe return." * * * v Am writing from a different place each time. * * * Have seen quite t a number of aeroplanes and big guns. ? * * * Yesterday Cox and I pitched j our dog tent under which we slept " nicely after a long talk of home, p * * France is a mighty pretty p place but you WPh 'see the cffectsiof t war wherever you turn. ? * t May 28th, 1918. -[ Am camped today in a quaint little ^ French village. 'Tis very pretty, in > fact the scenery in France is beauti- } fui. "Cox and I have just pitched our ? dog tent in a little green field and , now expect to take a well earned rest, t ' * * I caught on to the Engish j ? ,.i i I I uwuin in n miui i winic nuu a uiii uuoj I now getting the French coins down. , * * Don't worry about me! I'll ] come out O. K. Miss my paper a j great deal. I have not seen a single . ' line in quite a while but such is to he . expected, so I take things as they come and lable them O. K. Hope ; some of. these days to visit London and Worchester and some other places in England that I have not yet , seen * * * Twilight on the ocean . sure lasts a long while. When I retired at 10;30 one night you could r still read a newspaper on deck and t when I turned out next morning at t 5:30 it was broad daylight?and had * been for I don't-know how long. I * , June 1st. On Active Service with the American Expeditionary } Forces?*%. .. ^ Ten-thirty a. m.,' and I am sitting an the ground with my back against ? post, while the other boys are lying about taking life easy. I secured i full canteen of milk this morning from an od lady for 25 centimes [5c] that would have cost me 15c in the U. S. A. Several days ago Cox and I were walking through a beautiful lane when we met 3 French girls jutting grass for their rabbits. We (aid a few words to them which they inderstood and then they asked us f we did not want to help them get he grass, so down I went to grass utting. The children seemed to enoy watching us as they laughed and alked among themselves. We hud i bar of chocolate with us which we livided with the children much to heir delight. Such little episodes re very pleasant diversions to me.* * ^ June 3rd 1918. In walking this afternoon we again an across the 3 little French trirla vho we helped gather grass for their K abbits. They seemed glad to see us a iut yc made a bad out at talking to ^ hem. Nevertheless we enjoyed seeng the children again. The boys are lard at work and ready. We will get he Germans some of these days, you JV an bet your last cent on that. June 8th.?Got my first mai' to- w ay. * * * Am well and happy. si June 14th Am well, working hard o nd enjoying life * * * Give my a est regards to all of the old Masonic U .odge at Chesterfield. * * < June 9th.?Have learned enough French n a get what I want, and have <iuitc a w eal of fun talking to some of the o eople. * ? june 07th. Tell h lother and the folks not to knit me E ny more socks, etc., * * * The t< lad is pretty heavy as it is and I t( on't care to increase my pack. Just V ratch one of the soldiers march by i full equipment and then you will fi nderstand why I say don't knit or ^ end me anything more. We are well si rovided with everything.* * * P here is a dear old French lady that ves not far from where I am sta lonen tnat is just as Kind and dear s she can be. A friend and I bought half dozen eggs yesterday and curied them to her home and aeked her v 0 keep them for us until the next ^ ay at dinner. She asked if we would a e back the next day at twelve. We aid, yes, anil left. Friday we got ^ ur regular army dinner in our mess ^ ;its and then went to the old lady's or our eggs. She had them nicely v ried and had added to them a nice j. late of French fried potatoes for ach of us, for which she absolutely ^ efused to let us pay her one cent n ither for cooking the eggs or for ^ he potatoes. She is a dear. If any f the boys are sick she finds it out c 1 some way and fixes up something q ice and carries it down to their p illet for them. If needs be, she rill nurse the boys and if she sees j ny soiled clothes she will wash and ^ on them, for all of which she will ot accept one cent. She is poor n ut says she feels like we are her w oys. There are nineteen of us she a as adopted. We try to be careful a a keep our soiled -clothes hid where he dear old soul can't find them to eep her from' working herself to q eath. Sunday Sam and Kd Taylor, p f Greenville and myself went to not far from where I am lo- p ated. Where I sA\v many beautiful ^ ights?teased and petted a beautiful Sl nui! swan mar. was on me lane as it ame to the hank where we fed it on a read, etc. It finally allowed me to c troke its beautiful neck. The best y art of ijiy visit to the town was the inner I had which included ?ice beef Leak and gravy, Irish potatoes, bread, j. uttel1, tea, etc. and the most delight- a ul strajvberries that I have e^eF eat- ( n. "^Ve sure hail some dinner. Did s From letters written to various par- ^ ies in S. C. and Georgia the follow- y ng extracts arc taken: " 'Twas hard or mother and dad to part with me. .j yia true but don't you think that r larents are honored wjien their sons ;o forward to help defend their na- t ion? I know that my parents feel hat way about it. These kjnd are as >ravevand patriotic as the greatest feroes that ever graced a battle field, s \s I see it, is is easier to go to the t rattle fro^t than to stay at homeland suffer the anxieties that parents do j vhose age and circumstances forbid hat they take an active part in this ' Treat fight for truth, liberty and civilization. I am going to try and i make their faith and trust in me well- i founded and well pleased and their ideal a reality and not a dream. Are < we sodiers happy? I ear only answer for one?myself. Yes! But i I believe that all the rest f ?c 1 as I do and that is that they are glad to be i over here and if we ca-. t win this war we arj willing never to return. But win this war we wiP tnen home we'll come, but not 'ti' th^n. All the boys are happy. I have enjoyed the whole of my trip so far, the ocean voyage and also th? htfuUi .f'jl scenery of both Fngland .;no France but hope before very long to be hack in U. S. A. which is the best place of all to be. * * * Am I happy? Well. I believe that that is the only way to live this life, so, of course, I am. Things are not nearly so nice as they . ? . , ' _ /o itiUfHHHHiUMiiitjt ?.?rta>irfcaa vould be at home but they could b .*ery much worse than they are an [ am as well as can be. Another thini ;o be thankful for is that I am unde >ne of the finest men in the world le will look out for me and you be '11 look out for him. Mother am Jad parted with me with a smile That smile may have been forced? jo doubt it was?but that is th< >rave and proper way to do it. I nakes a man feel ?ood and happy t< ee a brave smile. Think France an< England beautiful, but give me th< Id U. S. A. every time. The Ameri an soldiers leave the U. S. A. witl miles on their faces which disap ear for a while during an attack o! easickness, but after that these sam< ;enal smiles come back and just stay Ve have got to. lick the Kaiser befor< re can get back home, so we art :oing to do that stunt and do it ir he biggest hurry compatable witl horoughness. If I get a chance I an oing to see quite a lot of England nd France after this war is over and efore I coni'e home. PAUL D. RIVERS Saturday oif the train, Iy dear mother: I am on the train now and can't ^rite very well. We are going to ome place in N. J. to go across the cean. Mother, I don't mind going t all if I could come home before I o, but there is no chance at all. I am leaving now and we may ever meet again on earth but don't orry about me, I will make the best f it I can. Tell all of the children, ello and good-bye, for me. Tell lease that I would like mighty well see him. Of course, I would like ? see you all but him the best of all. L'naur Itntu if + U v?. ....w uvn It *? 14 0 n mi U3f IIIUUIVI. I will close as the train is running ust and I can't write very well. I ill write again just as soon as I stop i? good-bye. Remember me in your rayers. From your son, PAUL D. RIVERS. FRIENDSHIP Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Myers, of Vadesboro, N. C., were the guests of Ir. and Mrs. Paul Parker Sunday fternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. .Northcutt, of Jc.Farlan, N. C., \isited Mr and Mrs V J. Streater a part of the week-end Mr. J. F. Griggs, of near Ruby isitod Mr. R. P. James one day ist week. Several from here attended the V. O. W. meeting at Pageland one ight last week and reported a fine ime. Delegates to the Sunday School onvention that meets at Mt. Croghap 'hursday, are as follows: Mr. Wat !riggs, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Parker, IrJ. W. K. Parker, and Mr. Isaac >avis. Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Gaddy, lr. W. R. Duncan and Mr E. J. Moris are delegates to the Interdenomiational Sunday School Association rhieh will meet in Cheraw, Aug 1 nd 2. We hope those delegates will ttend these meetings. .>ir. ana :virs. Jonnnie Merrimdn pent Sunday in the Teal Mill section, hey were accompanied back by Miss lorabelle Huneycutt. Mrs. Andrew Smith is spending his week at the home of Mr. and Irs. C. R. Sellers in the Pine Grove cction. The singing is now in progress t Friendship. It is being onducted by Prof. A. M. Vestal, of Winston*Salem, N. C. Every afteroon beginning at 3 p. m. The meeting closed at Frienship tst Friday night. The pastor was ssisted by the Rev. B. J. Guess, of Chesterfield. Mr. Guess is a fine peaker and did some fin# preaching t this meeting. There was 2 addiions to the Church and the member* /ere greatly revived. Mr. Eddie CroflFord, of the Snow I ill section was visiting in this com nwnity one day last week. Crops are looking much better af er the nice showers of rain. RUBY, ROUTE 2 The crops are looking fine in thi lection and the people are abou hrough laying by. Rev. J. R. Millard filled his regula ippointment at White Oak Sunday. Mr. B. C. Wadsworth motored ti iVadesboro Sunday. Mr. Joel Melton is very sick at thi writing but we hope he will soon b well again. Miss Jessie Melton spent Sunda with Miss Essie Wadsworth. Mr. J. P. Melton and son, Roy, mu tored to Chesterfield Saturday. The protracted meeting will begi nt Cross Roads the first Sunday i August. Miss Roxie Melton spent Sunday al ternoon with Mrs. B. C. Wadsworth. Mr. B. C. Wadsworth nnd son, Le< motored to Cheraw Saturday. Master Wilbert Bruton spent Sui day with Master Lee Wadsworth. Rev J. D. Purvis motored to Colun bia Saturday where he will conduc a protracted meeting. Miss Mary Johnson spent Sunda with Miss Mamie Wadsworth. Mr. Smith Ellis enjoyed a nice ric in the Bob Cat Sunday morning. e Little Misses Odell Melton a d Frauline Bruton spent Sunday wi H little Misses Grace and Ruth Wa< r worth. I. Best wishes to The Advertiser. t i BRITTSVILLE > Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Liles and \ - and Mrs. J. T. Liles motored e Greenville, S. C. by way of Columb t last week to see Mr. Ross Liles, w a was at Camp Sevier, but is now * Iloboken, N. J. They returned 1 8 way of Charlotte, Mrs. Ross Lil .accompanying them for a short vis 1 Mrs. W. W. Britt was thrown bac " wards across a stump, Monday mor f ing by a young mule. His injuri ; while painful ure not serious. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilkes and childr< i went to Bennettsville and Dillon la ; week, via automobile, to visit rel 1 tives; returning Saturday. 1 Dry weather has done considerab 1 damage to summer gardens, but \ ' hcpe the fall and winter gardens w ' be much better. Mr. R. P. Britt has been dismiss< from Army service and is now , home. PATRICK Mr. R. P. Gillespie and family, < i Hartsville spent Sunday in Patru with Mr. Gilespie's mother. Messrs. O. B. and D. W. William of Cheraw spent Sunday with reb tives near Patrick. Mrs. J. A.-Harrington returned 1 her home near Rockingham, Saturda after visiting relatives in Patrick fc a few days. Capt. C. K. Gillespie and famil; of Florence spent Sunday in Patricl M iss Gertrude Smith and Mast* George Goodale, of Columbia, ai visiting relatives in Patrick. BRIEF ARTICLES OF LATE NEW Chateau Thiery has been capture by the Allies. This town, the apt of the wedge driven into the Frent line, had been strongly fortified, bi before the assaults of the Americai and French the enemy was forct to capitulate. North of the town tl . Franco-American forces have pierc< . the enemy lines for a distance < , three and a tenth miles, while ^ along the front from Soissons . Rheims the Allies, Americans, Frenc British and Italians, are fighting wi a determination that is unflaggin Thousands of prisoners have bet taken, the Americans alone accoun ing for 17,000 by actual count. Germany has begun a campaign i frightfulness against the Unit* States, Washington officials declare following the announcement of tl sinking of three barges off Cape Co The craft were given no warnir whatsoever and those on board mai aged to escape chiefly through tl poor marksmanship of the U-boi gunner. Heretofore submarines c this side have allowed civilians c peaceful vessels to man their lif boats. The death of Quentin Roosevelt confirmed by a Wolff Bureau messafi received at Amsterdam. Accordir to the dispatch young Roosevelt wi buried with military honors by tl Germans, who praise the America airman for his courage. Three persons are known to 1 dead, forty-seven are missing an twelve are unaccounted for, accori ing to an estimate of the loses on tr cruiser San Diego. The twelve ui accounted for are believed to ha\ been on leave. American Indians, used as scout , have assisted the United States troo] , on the Marne, according to a repo made by Gen. Pershing. 1 FOR RENT 1 Four-room house in good cone tion. Located in Fast Chosterliel Main Street. Set? J. COLON DAVIS, Chestc field, S. C., Route 1. Phone 179. It w.s.s. COW FOR SALE s Good Milk cow with ten-days-c t can. rrice rignt. J. COLC DAVIS, Chesterfield, S. C. Route!. CARD OF THANKS r) I wish to thank all my friends a neighbors for the many kind ai they have done for us during the se ous illness of my wife and daught W. B. ATKINSON. y FORDS CHEAP 3 good, Second- hand, over-hau Fords for sale Cheap. MOTOR SALES CO., n Cheraw, S. C. n REGISTER YOUR BIRTHS The allotment in money, for e? child, from the United States Gove L* ment under the draft act will not paid unless a birth certificate is p 1 duced as proof of birth. *- FARM FOR SALE t /"> ?,1 ii i * uuuu <.-nurn? iarm one ntile tr Chesterfield Courthouse. Good bu y inj?s. Desirable location. Apply C. P. MANGUM. le 666 cures by removing the cause i.uu A I&AK 1JN AUVAMUK nd M1DDENDORF ith j8_ Mr. Allen Amnions, of W. U. Telegraph company is visiting his father for a few days. Mrs. W. R. Johnson entertained her husband's brother, Mr. Paul jr Johnson, of the U. S. S. New Hampto shire, Thursday evning. Ice cream ja and cake were served after which every one bid Paul farewell before at going "over there." by Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Johnson and es children, Ruth and Mildred Ellen, it. took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. D. M. k- Rowe last Sunday, n- The Women's Club have changed es their regular meeting day from the last Thursday in each month to the an last Saturday. The next meeting st will be held Saturday at 4 o'clock at a- the home of Mrs. H. T. McManus. A new list of members will be made and le those who have not been regular in ve attendance are requested to get their m name on tne new roil. ;<? PARKER SCHOOL NO. 2 at The crops are looking fine in this section. Mrs. Sallie Sellers spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Alfred Privette. :k Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Sellers and children spent Saturday and Sunday s, in Ruby. a- We are sorry to report that Mr. Harmon Vlockovan has not improved o very much. iy Mr. J. H. Sellers and family spent >r Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Selers. y Miss Rebecca Ingram is having great success with her summer school. iT re Mr. Lucas Sellers has cotton open in his "brag" patch. Mr. J. H. Sellers and Master WalS ter went to Morven Saturday, d Mr. W. L. Sellers went to Cheraw -X Saturday afternoon. :h Mr. Jim Rivers was in this section Jt Sunday. is _____ ;d OAKLAND *e The prayer meeting is flourishing at Oakland. Everybody invited to come. One of Mr. J. E. Wallace's share to farmers got excited the other day and left the field. He said he didn't j.L know when he would go back to fin' ish laying by. >n Best wishes to The Advertiser and its many friends. of TEALS MILL >(j The farmers of this section are j about through laying by. lG The people of this section were d very glad to see the rain as it revived the crops very much. Mr. R. D. Rainwater spent Sunday )e afternoon with his son-in-law. Mr. A. J. Caulder. ,n Mr. Edmond Whitaker was the ,n dinner guest of Mr. Olin Graham e_ Sunday. Mrs. Ida Graham spent Saturday afternoon at the home of her siBter, Mrs. R. D. Rainwater. ,e Mr. Non Rainwater, of Bennettsville was visiting his parentas, Mr. ia and Mrs. G. W. Rainwater. ie Mr. J. J. Lide is spending a few in days in Hartsville. We are glad to report that Mrs. W. M. McBride is very greatly improved. )e Mr. Charlie Swink was the guest 1(j of Mr. Lewis Wallace Sunday. J. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Cornie well Wallace was laid to rest at Mt. 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