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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, mpHSt r ‘ J JttJxlS&m 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>. 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