LKI.aCHJED close toTHE $300,000 MARK

Newberry has done well in the mat-ter of the sale of the Liberty Bonds.Her citizens got busy witnin the lastfew days and went out and explainedthe' bonds to the people and they re-

sponded nobly and patriotically to thecall. Two meetings were held in thecourt house during the week, one on

Tuesday afternoon and another on

Wednesday afternoon at which sev-

eral patriotic speeches were made andthe necessity of the people buying thebonds explained to the people and

they responded to the call.i Committees went out to the peooleand told them about the bonds and;tlie people bought. One party droveout and waked the people up at nightand sold' bonds to them, the commit-tee getting back is the city about twoa,. m.The total amount sold was $188,-

950.00. and apart from about $100,-WOO.OO ta&en Dy me conon uims auu

the banks the bonds were sold in6mall denominations to the people,just what this issue was intended for.The total assessment for Newberry

county or the amount apportioned to

^Kke-county to be sold was $130,000.00.^^5o Newberry county came across with

40 per cent, more than her share.Good for Newberry. But then sve can

always be depended on to do our

share in any good work.it

The corporations bougnt as xouows: ;

. Newberry Cotton Mills $25,000.00-"^lollohon Mfg. Co 15,000.00Oakland Cotton Mill 10,000.00

^-Commercial Bank 30,000.00i National Bank 25,000.00) Exchange Bank 5,500.00Savings Bank 3,000.00

Total $113,500.00,

INTERDENOMINATIONALSUNDAY SCHOOL WORK*

A conference of interdenominationalCounty Sunday school officers, Dis-trict Presidents and General Sec. R.£. Webb, Spartanburg, S. C., was lieldin Central Methodist'church last Mon-day, the 11th.t a TVmtinirf? was elected to fill

^ out the unexpired term or Sec. Hollo-Way.

The aim adopted for the year was

a Gold Star county and an increaseof 10 per cent, in Banner school per-centage.The officers suggest a pledge or

$100.00 by the county for support ofState work.As a goal for efficiency Mr. wcdd

suggested that during the year tenCradle Rolls be organized; Gradedlessons be adopted in ten schools; jten classes for the "Teen" age; ten

classes for adult age. jThe next county convention will,

meet at Zion church, near Frospertty,!*>« An? 23d and 24th.A special county campaign was sug-

gested for the last week in July; pro-dded that as many as three or five dis-icts will hold consecutive meetingsfuring the week and will immediate-make a request to the president or

jcretary for a Field worker, andtme the day desired..District presidents are. urgently re-

lested to make requisitions at oncethat a definite schedule for

Kjistrict conventions may be arrangedI with the State workers.

} T. A. Dominick, Sec.

SOME BIO COTTON SALESAT SOME BIG PRICES

We noted in Tuesday's paper howthe price of cotton had been soaring.It has now reached the 25 cents mark, jthe biggest price in a good many yearsAnd it seems that it is still goinghigher. {

During the week Col. C. J. Purcell«.«» tn t.tw* Newberry cotton mill

4 some 650 bales at the price of 24 cents.*

The total amount paid was closearound $75,000.00. Col. Purcell soldia lot a short time ago-for a little less jthan this price, but it netted himaround $50,000.00. He says that it Is

tie possession of a good modicum of!ains which induced him to noia

en others around and about were!tting cold feet and selling. We sus-

ct that it cost him some little sleep-sness when the mcfket was play-hide and seek but he held on and

s made some good money. We arejlad that he has.

Be&th of Mr. L ?T. rfesstn.Mr. Isaac Newton Wesson died at j

L+he borne of his son, Mr. Chas. R.|rWesson, in West End, on Thursday jnorning at 8 o'clock, and will he Du-i

Vied this afternoon at 3 o'clock in thetVTest End cemetery, service by his!pastor, the Rev. B. L. Knight. MrJWesson was 74 years old. He was an'old Confederate veteran, a member of jJames D. Nance camp. Mr. Wesson'lias an interesting history. He was

horn in Newberry, but the familymoved from this county when he was

a little child. At the breaking out of

the war he was living in Georgia and

volunteered in the >"nth Georgiaregiment as a member of Co. H,Brooksville Rifles. [

Mr. Wesson was twice m<i:: i.eu. ayui

'wives preceded him to the grave.is survived by four children, two bj-each wife: Mr. Charles K. Wesson,

and Mrs. Jno. C. Lee, and Messrs.Wash and John H. Wesson. '

f 31ASS MEETING SUNDAYNIGHT IN INTEREST OF REDCROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN

..

A mass meeting will be held in thePlno-rsi "lmn«A Sundav rii?ht. at X

o'clock, preparatory to the war fundcampaign to be carried on June 18-25, in response to the proclamationof President Wilson. There will beno services in luc ciiurcxics. Ourtors have generously consenreG to giveplace to the meeting in the Operahouse. It is a patriotic call, and ev-

erybody is urgently invited to ne

present. The principal aim of thismeeting will be to give our peopleinformation, and to strengthen their;determination to meet the call orloyalty and patriotism. There will bespecial music and short addresses. Nocontribution and no subscription willbe asked for at this meeting. Theexecutive committee composed ofGeorge B. Cromer, Z. F. Wright, W.!H. Hunt, G. W. Summer and C. D.Weeks, assisted by sub-committees, jwill carry on the campaign next week*for the purpose of raising the amountthat has been assigned to Newberryuy 111C YY Al V^UUUVU U1 tiiv Uiuvi ivMu

Red Cross. The amount assigned tous is $7,000. We cannot afford notto raise this amount."You cannot go to the front as a

soldier; you can enlist in this workat home.*'

PJROCLAMATIOX

By the President of the United States.'INASMUCH as our tnougnis as a

nation are now turned in united pur-pose towards the performance to the!utmost of the services and dutieswhich we have assumed in.the cause,of justice and liberty;INASMUCH as but a small propor-'

tion of our people can have the op-|portunity to serve upon the actual fieldof battle, but all men, women andchildren alike may sen 4 and serve

effectively by making it possible to:care properly for those who do serve junder arms at home and aoroac;AND INASMUCH as me- American

Red Cross is- the official recognizedagency for voluntary effort in behalfof the armed forces of the nation andfor the administration of relief;NOW. THEREFORE, by virtue of

my authority as President of the Unit-ed States and President of the Ameri-can Red Cross, I, Woodrow Wilson,do hereby proclaim the week ending;T»n<* 9Z. 1Q17 as Cross Week!iduring which the people of the Unit-ed States will be called upon to givegenerously and in a spirit of patriot-ic sacrifice for the support and main-tenance of this work of national need.

WOODROW WILSON.

President Wilson's Statement In An-nouncing the Appointment of the

Red Cross War Council.'""I have today created within the

ttea L-TOSS a war CUUUUl, mj wmvu niii

be intrusted the duty of respondingto the extraordinary demands whichthe present war will make upon theservices of the Red Cross. notli in thefield and in civilian relief. The bestway in which to impart the greatestefficiency and energy to the reliefwork which this war will entail willbe to concentrate it in the hands ofa single experienced organizationwhich has been recognized by lawand by international convention as thepublic instrumentality for s h pur-poses."Indeed, such a ccf^centration of ad-

ministration action in this matterseems to me absolutely necessary, andI hereby call upon all those who can

contribute either great sums or smallto the alleviation of the suffering anddistress which must inevitably ariseout of this fight for humanity and de-mocracy to contribute to the Re:ICross. It will be one of the firstand most necessary tasks or the new

war council of the Red Cross to raisegreat sums of money for tne support

fho nwrv tr> hp done and done un-

on a great scale. I hope that the re-

sponse to their efforts will be a dem-onstration of the generosity of Amer-ica and the power of genuine practi-cal sympathy among our people thatwill command the admiration of thewhole world."

/COMMENCEMENT EXERCISESMONT-AMOEBA SfcJllJAKi

Lutheran Church Visitor.In point of attendance, character of

exercises rendered, and enthusiasmover the prospects for the future ofthe institution, the commencement of1917 was a decided success.the bestheld in many years. * * * * *

The address before the Y. M. C. A.and Luther League was delivered inthe evening by Rev. I. E. Long, pas-tor of the Augsburg church, Winston-Salem, N. C. Rev. Long based hi3timely and effective discourse on Acts

16-18. ±iis xneme was visiuu emu

Life-work." He made clear the in-dispensableness of vision, if one's lifeis to count in the realm of worldlyaffairs. None the less is it neces-

sary for one who would labor effec-tively in th.e Church. The case ofSaul of Tarsus was cited as a typi-cal example of the transforming pow-er of a vision obediently followed. Thespeaker made a strong appeal of the

graduating classes to heed the callof State and Church for lives guidedUy :IlCCt*Cll.ijr Timuu,

claim o ftlie gospel ministry to theyoung men.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHSFROM PROSPERITY TOWN

Prosperity, J)une 11..Mrs. Liv-ingstone and Mies Maud Livingstoneof (Saluda are spending »awhile witli.Mrs. F. E. Schumpert.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wise and chil-dren of Ridgeland and Mrs. J. C. Tay-lor of Batesburg are visitors at thehome of Mr. A. G. Wise.Miss Jean Adams of Virginio is

visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Schum-pert.Miss Willie Mae Wise leaves W'ed-

nesday for Manning in the interestof the demonstration work.

Misses IVera Merchant and JohnBirge Merchant of Batesburg are vis-iting the family of Mr. Frank Mer-chant.Miss Inez Wessinger of Jalapa Is

the guest of Miss Xan Wlieeier.The Winthrop Girls are home, woh

are: Misses Hattie Wise, HelenWheeler, Cairo Wyche, Moss Fellers,Susan Langford, Susan Quattlebaum,Josephine Way, Grace Sease, RubyWheeler, Mary DcWalt Hunter, Car-rie Long.

Mr. Watson Luther of Columbia isvisiting his grandparents. Dr. and Mrs.R. L. Luther.Mrs. B. B. Schumpert spent the

week-end in Saluda with her daugh-ter, Mrs. J. A. Hunt.Mrs. J. P. Wheeler spent the week-

end in Silverstreet with relatives.Miss Grace Wheeler leaves today

for Greenville to spend me summer

with tier sister, Mrs. Granville Wyche.Prof.j! Gilbert Voigt, of Columbiaspent the week-end with Mrs. C. J.Shealy.Mr. L. A. Black and Mrs. JaRe

Singley have gone to Bowman on ac-

count of the death of Mrs. A. L.Black.

Rev. and Mrs. P. E. Shealy of NorthCarolina have been visiting Mrs. Mal-colm Shealy.Mrs. Nance. Misses Kate Mae

Nance, Cairo Wyche, Rosa Mae Mitch-ell and Annie Fellers are spendingthe week in Kinard3.

Mr. Herman Boozer of Leesville isspending awhile at the home of Mr.J. P. Wheeler.Miss Victoria Carson was in New-

berry last week for commencement.Miss Virgina Kinard and kittle Mil-

dred Williams of Little Mountain are

the guests of Mrs. Joe Hartman.Mrs. J. F. Browne and daughter,

Elizabeth, are home after a week'sstav in Columbia with Mrs. A. H.Kohn.Mrs. Pearl Rikard and children of

Atlanta are the guests of Mr. andMrs. A. M. Counts.Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum,

Mrs. Rosa Lester and Miss BlanchKibler motored to Columbia on Tu-esday.

**« «- T r. nnrroronc Viqc roflirnpflJJII 9. J a LU to UU^guuc uuu

to Columbia after a visit to her par-ents, Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Wyche.Mrs. F. X. Calmes of Clinton spent

the week-end in Columbia.Miss Beatrice Livingston of New-

berry was the guest of Miss MarieSingley Tuesday evening.Miss Thelma Wilson of Union

Academy spent Saturday and Sundaywith Miss Marie Singley.Miss Bettie Singley of Jolly street

is visiting at the home of Mr. M. R.Singley.

GREAT BASTAGE TK»'ETO CROPS BY STORM

Upper Section of Greenville CountySuffers Seriously as Result of

Cyclonic Wind.

Greenville, .Tune 11..Crops in theupper section of Greenville countysuffered seriously from the cyclonichail and wind storm which hit thatsection Saturday, it is announced bytwo government agents whc weresent here by W. W. Long, State demon-stration agent to advise those whowere affected bv the storm as to whatthey should do. The path of thestorm was from three to four mileswide and about 30 miles long. WTiereever it touched the fields were sweptclean, the crops beat down, the fruit+ Kant on/? noarlv <*vprvthin£r hade

cfriru 0

mere ruin. The storm swept area pro-duces ordinarily 1,0% bales of cotton.The estimated damage to the cottoncrop is 98 per cent.

PROGRAM W. f. T. U.COUNTY CONTENTION

The following program will be ren-

dered at the W. C. T. U. conventionat New unanei sunaay. juue n.

Hymn.383.Prayer.Scripture.Hum.422.President's message.A Story.Mrs. E. M. Williamson.Hymn.382.Address.Mrs. Spra'.t.Solo.Mrs. H. L. Boulware.Dinner.P>nsiness Session.Hymn.386.Temperance Fairies.Seven Chil-

dren.Recitation.Miss Annie TTarrt.Dialogue.Misses Cannon, Houseal

nn^ Parr.Recitation.Miss Lizzette Counts.Hrmn.564.The public is invited.

THE SEWBERRY ELKS WILLOBSERVE FLAG DAY

The Newberry lodge of Elks will ob-serve Flag Day with appropriate ser-vices in accordance with the ritual ofthe order. It so happens that thisyear Flag Day and the regular meet-ins night of the Newberry lodge are

lone and the same day. This (Thurs-day) evening is the regular meetingnight for the Newberry lodge and

i the 14th of June is Flag Day.As announced in the last issue of

the county papers an appropriate pro-gram will be carried out. The lodgehas just moved into its new quar-ters in the second Hoor of the Fra-ternity hall building in front of the

| Newberry hotel and the rooms haveI been put in such order as it has beenpossible in the short time in order

J to hold the exercises th'ere.! The lodge is small in number, butit is the desire of the exalted ruler,E. H. Aull, with the cooperation of

j the membership to rehabilitate thelodge and to have nice quarters witha reading room for the members and

i to that end the two rooms on thefront of the second floor of the Fra-

f ternity hall building have been leasedj and the furniture of the lodge movedj in. It is hoped to have many new-

members in the order now very soon.A nice program for the Flag Day

exercises has been arranged and thepublic is invited to join with the Elk3in observing this day this (Thursday)

i evening. It is especially appropriateI at this time in our nation's history: that proper tribute should be paid theflag and that its history should beknown. Tne lodge will carry out tne

ritual laid down by the order for theobservance of this day as well as itcan and invites the friends in thecity to join in this celebration and toenjoy the exercises.The exercises will begin promptly

at 8:30 o'clock, and as that hour isnamed it means just what it says.There will be ail address by Dr. Jas.P. Kinard and a recitation by MissAnnie Dunstan and good music underthe direction of Miss Mazie Domi-nick and Miss Pauline Gilder and thefriends are invited to attend and en-

joy the exercises with the membersof the order.The following program will be car-

\ ried out:Song."Star Spangled Banner."Introductory exercises. Exalted

Ruler and Officers.! Prayer by the Chaplain.i History of the Flag by a member. '

} Song."My Old ' Kentucky Home/',j Miss Pauline Gilder and chorus.

Altar service.Song."America.'*Elk's Tribute to tne nag, reaa oy

a member. ^

Song."Auld Lang Syne.""The Flag Goes By." recitation by

Miss dnnie Dunstan.Address by Dr. Jas. P. Kinard.Song."Columbia, the Gem of the

! Ocean.'Closing exercises. jThe following young ladies have;

kindly consented to sing *n the chor-us Misses : Pauline Fant, Sadie Fant.

! May Tarrant, Mildred Evans, KathrynHarms, Lavinia Kinard, Trent Keitt,Anna Coe Keitt, Cora Ewart, Cathe-jrine Wright, Estelle Bowers, Colie

n *r_ i

fcJiease, Mary jPTances v^anuuu, iutiuci

Adams.The lodge room is not large but the

members will be pleased .to have as

many friends present as can ne seat-1ed. They are snre the exercises willbe helpful and enjoyable.

rreseiumeiu ui me uiauu uu*j.

The following is a copy of the grandjury's report to Judge Gary at theJune term,of the court of general ses-!aions:To His Honor Judge Frank B. Gary,

presiding:We the grand jury of Newberry!

county wish to mane me muumug yi&-,

sentment:We have acted on all bills handed

to us, and have given them back tothe Solicitor.We are making earnest effort to

have the books of all the county of-;ficers audited, but have failed so far;

1 to get in shape for a report, but prom- JI i3e to have this ready for the next jterm of court.We have inspected the Jail and

County Home at last Spring term and}feel that it is not necessary to do so;again at this term.We have some complaints as tO:

bridges and bad roads over the coun-!ty. Bridges on road from Rev. Z. W >

Bedenbaugh's to Geo. Morrison's baa-jly needing attention, and small bridge,on road from Crotwell's to B. 'F.jMills' needing repairs. Road from.M. C. Bedenbaugh's to steel bridge on'

( fi-raddick's ferrv road needing work.!We recommend that Mr. E. H. Con-

sins be forced to remedy his butcherpen and put it in a more sanitary con-

dition. or remove the same, as it isa nuisonce to the community as itnow stands.A pond on Mr. Robert Caldwell's

place has been reported to the grandjurors, and we will have the same

attended to.We recommend the clerk to be paid

the usual fee.J. H. Wicker, foreman. !

B. L. Dominick, Clerk. j

"Buy 3 Liberty Loaa Bead ,

ENTENTE CLAMPS DOWNON TEUTONS

Offensive on All Fronts BelievedTo Mark Opening of Big Drive

to Crush Germany.

London, June 11..The alliedcluthch around central Europe devel-

mnriAiiInt* tflKroflAnCUpcu SLlUilg lilUSV/Uiai Iiuiauuug WUI.J

There were signs that the "big squeeze'is about to set in.

It had been planned at the Romeconference following the Germanpeace offer. The aftermath of theRussian revolution postponed it. Tiieallies have since revised their routeso they may reach their goal with-out Russia.with the United States.If Russia rallies in the eleventhhour success will be the more com-

plete. The Petrograd weat'nervanepointed that way today.

First on the program or the greatconcerted drive is the crusnlng of theGerman right flank in the West. Thisflank is sDread across the rich minesand fertile fields of northern Franceand Belgium and reaches out towardEngland, lurking unseen, Dut seeingall, from beneath the surface of theDover straits and the channel.

Hit U-BoatsTo insure success for the "big

squeeze" the U-boat menace is to bestruck at its nearest roots; the basesin Belgium. To that end it seemedtonight the British heavy artilleryand British raiding forces started

nranopotinni! fn 7* a Hrivflt/'dl Ly LWLLCL V piC[/aiutivuo ..v i v» u**« v

along the coast. To keep Teuton.re-enforcements from the west, Italy,now the western powers' most effi-cient ally, pitched in again, this timeon the Trentino front. At the sametime General Sarrail got ready fora new drive in Macedonia. ."Hurri-cane fire" was reported by the Sofiawar office. Even tiie reorganizedromndnta nf tho Russian armv didits share, starting a bombardmentof Mackensen's lines near the Blacksea littoral.From Petrograd came reassuring

dispatches of loyalty manifestationsby the Cossacks and peasants,though these were offset somewhatby news of intensified peace agita-tion on the part of the council ofworkmen's and soldiers' delegates.

Belo-w BeltOvershadowing ail else in interest

and importance is the now apparentPriHch n1ar» tn st.fl.TTm Out the U-boat"pest" where it is most oppressive,most obstinate and pernicious. Fromthe little Belgian port of Zeebruggetlie sub-sea^raiders sneak out hourlyto snatch away England's food andsupplies at the very gates of Eng-land's eastern seaports. Innumerable"mos<HLito'' craft on the surface and

Zeppelins and airplanes overheaaescort them on the first lap of theirir»M rnov A few milftS OUt fTOm IM>rtthese U-boats can turn to the rightinto the North sea or to .the leftthrough the Dover straits into thechannel as they please. They formthe first of the German right arm inthe west, a fist that hits below thebelt, answering surface blockade withsub-sea blockade.Zeebrugge and Ostend taken, the

German U-boat campaign would beconfined, in the important matter ofexits, to the Heligoland bight and theSkagerback. The menace would beremoved from "right under England'snose," as one naval expert put it tneother day. With the help of theAmerican squadron, the allies hope to;take care of what then remains ofjthe menace.

ProgressSo all along the 70 miles between

Ypres and Eph$y, the British big:guns tuned up at dawn for an earth- jshaking overture. Reconnoitenng col-

umns darted forward in every vitalsector. The spies of the air were1equally busy. Ypres is the pivot ofthe British front and around it eitherto the south or north. most likelyto the south against Lille. the Brit-ish are expected to try to make thebreach. Meanwhile slight progresswas made by General Plumer's forcesto the south of Messines, where theytook the big ridge last week.The Berlin war office, ever elert to

prevent the public from being taken bysurprise, announced heavy gun firingeast of Ypres and.which the Britishstatement failed to report.in the sec-

tor of the dunes near Nieuport on thesea.. Meupon 13 vt?ry cruoc tu TTutio

the British and Teuton lines face c -»chother on the coast. Twenty miles to

the northeast lies Zeebrugge,On the Somme

The Germans kept up their heavydrum fire against the French lineson the Aisne and in the Champagne.The French artillery answered gunfor gun. A development that bearswatching, military critics point out, !sthe revival of artillery fire north ofthe Somme. All the way between

1 ~ 04- Anantin thft OH1 n« AfAbiUIiUI'itl CMiil OL. v^ucuuu o«Uw .

roaring. This is the sector in whicn

Hindenburg made his now-famous re-

tirement.Italy's new blow was a surprise;

first, because the Austrian "comebacks" with tehir big captures nadcaused pessimism here; second, be-cause it came not on the Julian, buton the Trentino front. Cadorna'stroops took 512 prisoners up to earlythis evening. They were still pro-gressing after capturing Monte Or-tWara and Aneelo Pass. Both posi-tions lie to the southeast of Trent,Italy's main goal in the Trentino.

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w IXSIRAXCE POLICIES <»AGAINST DESPOTISM ^

<$> <£By Benjomin R. Tillman.

<§>& United States Senator from $<£v Qnnth riarnlina.-

^ <9

Every American citizen wno can

do so ought to purchase one or more

of the Liberty Loan bonds. It is hisduty. France and England have"borne the heat and burden of theday," and the quickest way we can

come to their aid is to furnish them.money. We sliudder to think of ou^troops being sent to the battle frontin Europe, and the more dollars we

send now, the fewer men we shallhave to send later.-and the shortertime they will have to stay. I am infavor of our doing our full share inthe job of ridding the world of Prus-sian militarism.. If our troops are

needed, I want them sent to -Suropein ample numbers.a steady stream,ever increasing.but, if our moneynow can enable our allies to overcomethe common enemy before our men

are ready, so much the better for all; concerned. A hundred dollars con-

j tributed by the farmer, tradesman,

[ doctor, lawyer, merchant, <jr artisan,may keep a loved one out of thetrenches of northern France. We are

j going to whip Imperial Germany, butwe want to do it in the easiest way.Let us buy Liberty Bonds! Commonsense tells us that is the thing to

;do. J-~ ""''"j + »* crlvra o n vfhi we are note <tsn.cu iU 0.

The government has asked for a loan.and tbe whole amount of propertyin the United States is security for

| it. The investment is absolutely safe,and we are to receive three andone half per cent, interest with the

| privilege of turning our bonds intoother issues in the future if the in-

terst; rate is raised. In two yearsfrom now, I believe the Liberty bondswill be.selling considerably above par.say at 107. In other words, an in-.fho horirfq in all Drofe-

vesiuicut jlul >,uv/ .

ability will pay some six or seven

! per cent. A safe investment at thatrate does not happen atong every

day. The man of small means, be-sides doing his patriotic duty, will

be doing a good ousiness stroke byinvesting at least a portion of his

savings in Liberty Bonds. They will

I pay him a fair profit.an'ti he can turn

; them into money at a "minute's no-

tice."j Buy bonds, my fellow citizens. Show

j^'Otir faith in democracy. Tyranny has

j reared its ugly head once more, andit is more venomous than ever. This

J war was started when the yankeefarmer tired on British hirelings at

! Lexington. Let us finisli the work our

j forefathers began at Bunker Hill.I The world cannot exist ^alf auto-! cratic and half democratic. The an-

tagonism be* ,v*een the two systems of* ..1 mii at hft

government is muiu>.auU

j fought to the death. Our dollars nmstfight while our men are preparing for

the conflict. Buy Liberty Bonds! Theyare insurance policies against despot-ism.

NEWS FROM ST. PHILIPS.

Thf» rroDs are looking very prom-ing in this section ater such a longcool spell, but we are glad to say we

have got the good old summer weath-er now.

Good many of our neighbors hare

been enjoying good beans out of theirgardens.The people in this section have in-

creased their corn crop a great dealform last year, but it would have been

a good idea to plant more and lees

cotton.The peach crop is fine in this sec-

tion. Many of them are enjoying eat-

ing ripe peaches now and that is

caused by the Georgia nurseymen.Miss Ola Brown has accepted St.

Phillips school again. Ker slsiter.Miss Mary, lias resigned, Miss Cald-well, of Winsboro, will ail her place.

St. Philips Luther league will meettho first Sunday afternoon in July and

,we vould be glad if there is any

who would like to join our society,and with us that day, and the memb-ership committee is Misses Mary

Crumpton, Freddie Banxs and Mr.

G. H. Ruff.Mrs. Sallie Lomimick, Mrs. "W*. P.

Ruff, Mr. and Mrs. David Ru£ andMrs. Fred Gallman motored to Colum-bia last Friday in Mr. D. B. Ruff's car,

and they reported a very nice trip.Mr. Dan Dehardt and family made

a short visit to Mrs. W. F. Ruff last

Sunday.Miss Sara Banks has returned home

: from Cedar Springs for Her vaoaia»u.

Miss Mary Crumpton has finishedher course at Summerlaid.Mr. and Mrs. IMdie Sease spent

Sunday with Mr. Ben Halfacre and

family.Mr. and Mrs. John Halfacre spent

Sunday in Saluda.Mr. L. H. Sease and family spent

Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. WalterLons in Saluda.Mr. J. C. Sample is putting tne rvau

in ftne shape in this section, and re-

merater my intention is to make a

fine race for coroner in 1920.