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FOUR
NEWS FROM NEARBY TOWNS
SOCIAL NEWS
OF AIKEN, S. C.
Aik»n, S. C. —Mr. and Mrs. Fonvers
Woolsey and family have returned
Irom England, where they went to via It j
the latter's relatives.
Mr. H. M. Idhble returned Saturday i
froip New Vork where he had spent
several day- on business.
The following young men left yes- i
terday for t'lemson College: Messrs.
Ernest VVlehl, Harold (Juat tlebaum,
f'.rl Qrolimann, Willie Hutson and
Edward Holley.
Mr. 11. 1. Handers has returned to
Cincinnati, it, nfto rspending a few
days In the city with his mother, Mrs.
J. O'H. Handers.
Mias Juanita Lytle returned to her
home In Stanton, Pin., yesterday after!
spending several days In the city as:
the guest of Misses Maggie and Bugle
fjoorge.
Misses Dorothy and Emily Platt
have returned home after spending
several days at Walhalla, visiting rel
atives.
Mrs. U. W. McCreary, little Mildred,
and Misses Lucille and Pauline Mc-
Creary anil Miss Mahel Platt have re
turned home after spending the sum
mer months at Montreal, N. C.
Mr. Karl Bock left last night for
College Park, (la., where he goes to
resume his studies at Georgia Military
Academy,
Mr. M. C. Welsh of Atlants spent
Monday in the city on business.
Mrs. M. B. Poller has opened up a
store on the Croft block and Ims a
complete line of millinery.
Miss Gllle Eubanks of Hephzlbaii,
Gh , arrived in the city Saturday to
visit her cousin, Mlsb Willie Burck
haltcr. for a few days.
J.lttle Miss Sarah II a fern 1s visit
ing relatives in Barnwell.
Miss Ceclle Durban and Mr. and
Mrs. James 11. McN'edll of Augusta
visited Mr. and Mrs. George A, Dur
ban Sunday.
Mrs. W. (1 Johnson has returned to
her home In Atlanta after spending
several days In the city with her sis
ter. Mrs. E. It. Hafers.
Mr. and Mrs. T>. n. Henderson, Jr,
of Columbia spent the week-end 1n the
city as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Durban
Mrs. P. W. Price of Barnwell has
been visiting Mrs. E. R. Hafers for
the past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Brown spent
Sunday 1n the rlty visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J I>. Hanklnson.
Mrs. W. J. Platt left last week for
Harris Springs where she went to join
her husband.
Mr. L. D. Dirk* of Chattsnoogo,
Trnn , was In the city last week vis
iting Ilia niece, Mrs. E. R. Hafers.
GREENWOOD DOTS
Greenwood, 8. C.— Mr and Mr* U
f\ Johnson and Mr*. Johnson's moth
er and alsler, of Bowman, (la.. have
moved to Greenwood. They will oc
cupy the residence at the corner of
Grace and Reynold* street. Mr. John
eon will open a mimic studio here.
• • •
The premium llet committee of the
Piedmont Fair Association will meet
thin afternoon at 4 • SO. Klnal detail*
for prpmium* will be worked out at
thl* meeting. ,
• • •
In addition to Mr. I,ong It I* prob
able that Mr. E. J. Wataon. of Colum
bia, w ill be present at the meet inn of
the farmer* nt the court houne next
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Sec
retary Marnhall han eent Mr. Wat-,
•on an urgent Invitation to be pres
ent.
• • e
Monday we* eelebrated a* a holiday
by the employe* of the Poatofflce and
the Wentern Union. Sunday hour*
being Observed at both place*. The
rural carrier* did not make their us
ual trip*
ANDERSCW COUPLE ARE
QUIETLY MARRIED
Anderson, 8. C. The marriage yes
terday afternoon of Mtsa Ixunerle
Courtney and Mr. Thomas Terry waa
In the nature c{ n surprise to rela
tive* and many frlsnd* of the young
• ouple, whom. It *eem*. had not been
taken Into their confidence. Accom
panied by two or three good friends,
the young couple drove to the home of
•Rev J. A. Thomas at 4 o'clock ye»-
• terday afternoon and the mariage ser-
Vvlce waa lmpreslvely solemnized
fbere. sincere congratulation* being
•astended the happy pair.
Croquet Sets
8 Balls,
$1.50
F =: '—■ 1
Lawn Mowers,
Rubber Hose
Hedge Shears
BOWEN BROS.
865 Broad St.
SOCIAL NEWS OF
DENMARK
, Denmark, 8. C.—Mrs. John R. Mar
tin has as guests at her house party
Miss Lillian Jaeger of Florence, Miss
Kate Dickert of Columbia, Miss Nelle
Pilcher of Augusta, Miss Marguerlto
McMillan of Savannah, Miss Rutn
Martin of Salleys and Miss Reba Wig
gins of Augusta.
Miss Ruth Guess Is entertaining her
friend, Mis* Annie Lee drum of Or
angeburg.
Mrs. Brown of Florence and Mr*.
Turrentlne of Birmingham are visit
ing their father and slater, Mr. H. C.
Hire and Miss Hattie Rice.
R. C. Hardwick, Esq., and Mrs. R.
C. Hardwick have returned from sev
eral spring and mountain resorts of
North Carolina.
Mrs. 11. J. Faust and children have
returned from Christiansburg, Va.,
where they have spent the summer
with Mrs. H ieltman.
The high school will open for the
ensuing session on the 11th Inst.
Cotton crop had every appearance
or being a record breuklng yield; h.ts
suffered considerably from excessive
rains and on average lands has cast
quantities of fruit. In many fields It
appears to he almost entirely open and
If fathered at once would be very little
left.
Farmers are harvesting and holding
for better prices as there seems to
be practically no market for the
staple.
Prospects for a bright business fu
ture have been ruthlessly destroyed
by the gigantic war that is raging In
Europe, it Is being felt In Denmark
as well ns In all the South,
Allendale Notes
Allendale, 8. C.—The nlmrods here
about have been quite successful In
bagging hlg game recently. On the
first of September a large party went
out to the Savannah river swamp and
brought home seven deer; Mr. E. H.
Oswald, one of Allendale's captain*
of finance, brought down two largo
bucks himself.
Most of the summer swallows have
returned from tho mountain and sea
shore resorts.
11. Wolff & Co, enterprising mer
chants, have added another brick
building to their other buildings on
Bay street. They will use It for the
present as a cotton warehouse.
These merchants are deserving of
Commendation for paying the farmers
a good price for cotton seed early In
the season when other buyers were
holding off on account of the war
■care.
Our street* are being lined with
bales of cotlou; each fellow storing
next hi* own house. Ordinarily our
town count'd) requires our street* tj
be Cleared but they are very wide and
Just now they could not be jmt to bet
ter use than for storing cotton on.
Our gins are all very busy. Allendale
Is quite an oil mill and ginnery town,
there being an oil mill, two fertilizer
mixing plants ami four large ginneries
whose dally capacity Is 160 bales.
Mrs. Fanny Raymond of Hardeevtlle
has been employed by the Cleveland
Hotel as housekeeper. She ts an ex
cellent lady and the Cleveland under
her management will be a good pluce
to wry one's baggage.
THE WASHINGTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OPENED
YESTERDAY
Washington. Ga.—The Washington
public schools opened yesterday morn
ing for the first duties of the scholas
tic term and the enrollment showed
more than 300 scholars registered.
This is about ten per cent more pu
pils limn wns shown on the opening
day lust year. One member of the
faculty, Miss Maude Green, was not
present for the opening eaerclaea held
yesterday. She was with a party of
tourists In Germany at the outbreak
Of war and has Just been utile to se
cure passage to America, leaving Wed
nesday of this week from Liverpool.
In Miss Green's temporary absence
Mis* Ruth Sale, who has charge of
the third grade work 1n Columbus, Ga,
schools, will fill the position in the
Washington schools until the 21st of
September. Other members of the
teaching corps of Washington’s public
schools are J. W. Moseley, superlnten.
dent; M. J. Perryman, principal; Ml*s
Kusle Gilbert, Miss Rosa Neeson, Mlsa
Annie Neeson. Miss Annie Louisa
Smith, Miss Annie Fluker, Miss Dor
set, Miss Belle Hawes and Miss Maude
Green
BUY A BALE OF COTTON
INTERESTING TO AIKEN
FOLK
Aiksn, 9. C.—The "buy it bale of cot
ton" movement, started a few days
ago In come of the leading towns In
the South, ta creating a great deal of
attention In Aiken county and this
morning several cittxcns were heard
to express tholr Intention of buying
one. Col. n. S. Hcndererm haa started
the hall to rolling by purchasing the
llrst one In this way.
The cotton In this section !* helm:
picked rapidly now and some of the
farmer* are putting tt on the market
while others arc holding It. Quite a
few of the bualncM men are holding
warehouse receipts for debts and the
condition la not near so bad as was
expected.
Many of the farmers here are well
blessed because of a good corn crop
and all are preparing to aow a large
amount of grain this fall.
conferenciTon holding
COTTON IN ORANGEBURG
Orangeburg, S. C. Mr T. B Stack
house. of t'olumbta. was among the
visitors to the city today. It Is un
derstood that Mr Stackhouse was In
the city for the purpose*of conferring
with the bankers here In regard to
the holding of cotton •'No definite
statement was Issued regarding stats*
menl today, however,
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Kidguqys Tea
Today’s Puzzle-Can You Read II?
O *R +2 +6*6
Can you read her criticism ?
Yesterday’s Puzzle and the Answer
"Stop, Alma ! Tell ArcK I’vecaugkt
a ckick, or young duckling and ask.
him )C ke’ il rrvind helping first.
Find names of four trees.
Palm, larch, hickory, fir.
2 American Consuls
Physically Unfit
London, 12:55 p. m.—Charles A. Hold
er, American consul at Cologne, who
was brought to London last week from
Dieppe on u stretcher. Is reported to be
in a grave condition nt a local hospital.
He has undergone one operation and
faces a more serious one.
John Ray. American consul at Odessa,
saved from the Wilson Line steamer Ru
no sunk In the North Sea lust Saturday
by a mine ts rei>orted today as recover
ing from his Injuries. He Is at Hull.
Ambassador Page today received a des
patch from the American consul there
saying Mr. Hay received a cut on the
head one and cue-half Inches long when
the Runo was blown up.
NEW CITY COUNCIL OF
ANDERSON MET
YESTERDAY
Anderson, 8. C. The flrsC regular
meeting of tho new clly council,
scheduled for Tuesday evening, will
not be held until Wednesday evening
the postponement being caused by the
election tomorrow.
Tho first meeting promises to be an
important one as the policies of the
new council will probably be shaped
then. Then, too, there are several
elections of employe* to he held, and
these always attract a good deal of
In t test.
The meeting on Wednesday even
ing will commence at 6 .‘clock.
Are You Suffering 1
Auto-Intoxication l :::
Intoxication
■*■*•«* ,n « from toxic, substance, product within the
body. This Is a condition due to the stomach, bowels, kidneys, liver, or
pores of the body failing to throw off the poisons. More than 50*; of adults
are suffering horn this trouble. This is probably whv you are suffering from
nervousness, headaches, loss of appetite, lack of ambition, and manv other
symptoms produced by Auto-Intoxication. Your whole system needs stirring up.
OR. PIERCE’S GOLDEN
MEDICAL DISCOVERY
dm Tmblot se U«sW form)
will remedy the trouble. It first aids the system to
expel accumulated poisons. It acts as a tonic and linally
enables the body to eliminate Its own poisons without
any outside aid. Obey Nature's warnings. Your dealer
In medicine, will supply you. oi you m»v wnd 50c fat * tempts
package nt tablet, by mail. Add ism DT.VJf.PtaK*. BußaiaN Y
THE AUGUSTA GA.
Ask your grocer to
send you our new
“Orange Label”
Blend—3oc. a
half pound.
EDUCATIONAL FUND AS A
MEMORIAL TO MRS. WILSON
Washington.—Rev. Homer Macmil
lan of Atlanta, secretary of the execu
tive committee of the home missions
board of the Presbyterian church
South, laid before President Wilson
today a plan for a memorial to Mrs.
Wilson in the form of a fund for the
education of mountain children of the
South, a work In which Mrs. Wilson
was deeply Interested. The president
Interposed no objection.
CLASS AND COMMODITY
RATES TO CHARLESTON
Washington.—The interstate com
merce commission today authorized
the Carolina, Atlantic and Western
Kallrod and its connections to estab
lish, without regard to the long and
short haul, provision, class and com
modity rates from New York. Louis
ville, Cincinnati and New Orleans to
Charleston the same as those In effect
on like traffic to Charleston via the
Houtbem Railway, the Atlantic Coast
Line and their connections.
GEORGIA CORN CROP.
Washington.—The estimate of the
1914 corn crop in and the to
tal production for 1913 I* as follows:
Georgia—l9l4. 69,100,000; 1913, 63,-
023,000.
Tb. Ittmt wtiooa «f Dr.
rtarr* • &»a*o
Medical Aclvimt ibNiti
Uin o*ery (ami.* No
rooooM why yn u ehould
bo withmil i% when It «t.l
be mat (pm te mu ts yoe
will remit coot *X wrap*
W*n* me<:in* M «*•-
AMit otampe to IV > M
FWte. Buff«k>. N. \
We Sell Standard Patterns
We Give and Redeem The Purple Trading Stamps
“On the Crest of the Wave
of Prosperity”
That’s Wise’s
By reason of Quality
By reason of Price
S
By reason of Service
Our Aim is to Satisfy.
39c Scalloped Pillow Cases,
45x38 25c
25c Boys’ Colored Blouse 15c
25c All Silk Windsor Ties 19c
50c Ladies’ Bleach Underskirts. 39c
50c Ladies’ Silk Boot Hose 39c
25c Men’s Silk Socks 19c
Last Call All Wool Blankets—
ss.oo Blue, Pink Border.. .$3.98
$6.50 beautiful assortment of
plaids $4.98
$7.50 full size, well bound.. $5.98
$8.50 satin bound, dainty colors
for $6.98
A new line of Outings in stripes,
plaids and solids. 10c
Heavy Bleached Cotton Flannels. 10c
One table covered with Remnants of
every description HALF PRICE
Mr. H. Koenig, the leader of ladies’
tailors, is now with us, showing a
complete line of newest styles, and
fabrics, ranging in price from $25.00
up. Fit guaranteed.
Furs remodeled.
THE WISE DRY
GOODS COMPANY
“The Shop of Quality”
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S.