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'fNo doubt the steward who chang ed the cards had sufficient intelli- gence to remove all discriminating evidence said she coo11y. ErWe shall find it among bhe lost, strayed and stolen articles, no doubt. Pray retain the chair, Mr. She peered at the name card-'Mr. Schmidt"
 Her cool inso1ence succeeded in net ting nature that was usually most gentle. He spoke with characteristic directness.
 "Thank you, shall do so. We thereby manage to strike a fair av- craze I seize your deck chair, you seize my table. We are quits"
 She smiled faintly. "R. Schmidt did not sound young and gentle, hrtt old and hateful. That is why seized the table. I expected to find R. Schmidt a fat old German with very bad manners. Instead, you are neither fat, old nor disagreeable. You took it very nicely, MT. Schmidt, and am undone. Won't you permit me to re- store your table to you?'
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(Continued.)

The two young men Sauntered care iessly in an opposite direction and soon disappeared from the deck. A few minutes later Totten entered the luxurious par1or of R. Schmidt and laid an unopened wireless message on the table at the young mans elbow.
 Open it, Totten.''
 The old man slit the envelope and glanced at the contents He nodded his head in answer to an unspoken question.
 ''Sold?' asked R. Schmidt
 Paris and Berlin, both of them. prince. Every bond has been gobbled up.p
 Does he mention the name of the buyer"
 sproncun. He says: T have taken over the Pa2is and Berlin holdings. All is we'll It is signed B.s So! Now we know"
 R. Scnnadt mdulged in a wry little smile 'Tt amounts to nearly $2o,000.- 900, count That's a great deal of money 50 spsssss in the pursuit of an idle whim.'- .'-
 e'Humphi" grunted the old count. and then favored the sunny. faced prince with a singu1arly sharp glance. ~Of course you understand his game 3''
 @PerfectIy.< It's as clear as day. He. intends to be the crown father-in-law. I suppose he will expect Graustark to establish an Order of Royal Grandfa- thers.""
 sIt may prove to be no jest, Robin" said the count seriously.
 My dear Quinnox, don't look so sad" cried the prince. "He may have
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money enough to buy Graustark. but he hasn't enough to buy grandchildren that won't grow, you know"
 Count Quinnox looked at the prince rather pityingIy Tt appears to be his way of pulling the strings, my boy. He has loaned us something like $16,- o,000. We have agreed to deposit our public service bonds as security against the loan, so that practically eQualizes the situation. It becomes a purely business transaction, but he sees far ahead. This loan of his ma lures at practically the same time that our first series of government bonds are due for payment It will be ex- tremely difficult for a small country, such as Graustark, to raise nearly :$4e,000.000 in, say ten years The Flu ropeaa syndicates undoubtedly would be willing to renew the loan under a new issue. I think it is called refund ing or something of the sort. But MT. BIIthees will be in a position to say no to any such arrangement. He holds the whip hand and'-
 eBut, my dear couEt," interrupted the prince. what if he does hold it I? Does he expect to wait ten years be fore exercising his power? You for get that marriage is his ambition. Isn't he taking Q desperate risk in assum- ing that I will not marry before the ten years are ur? And, for that mat ter, his daughter may decide to wed some other chap who"-
 That's just the point,s said Quin- Mox. "He is arranging it so that you can't marry without his consent"
 @Fhe deuce you say!"
 You shall not marry into the Blith- CTS family, my lad, if we can help it, said. the count, pulling at his mus taches.
 n should say not.' said Dank. feel ing for his.
 T should as soon marry a daughter of Hobhs,'' said R.. Schmidt, getting up from his chair with restored spright1Iness, "If he had one, mean"
 s"The bonds of, matrimony and the bonds of government are by nc means synonymous" said Dank, and felt rather proud of himself when his companions favored him with stare of amazement- The excellent Heuten. ant was not given to persifage.
 Shall we send wireless to BIith CTS congratulating him on his coup?' inquired the prince gayIy.
 Mo- said the count. ttCongratuIat ing ourselves on his coup is better
 "Goodl And you might add that we also are trusting to luck. It may give him something to think about And now where is Hebbs?" said royalty.
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Sumner Wells and J. w. Ballantine, attaches of the American Embassy at Tokio will, on behalf of Germany, in- spect prison camps in Japan where German prisoners are held.
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(To Be Co11tinued.)

Mrs Nellie Best, secretary of the Women's Anti-Conscription league was sentenced in London to six months Imprisonment for circulating literature urging men not to enlist.
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leading German newspapers in this, Ountry met in secret session in Chi
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Farmer Want A,7s Csse ;. Word
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LIZZIE GYENES.
 VS. JOSEPH GYENES.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, WAKEFIELD COUNTY, SFTPERTOR COURT.

SUPERIOR COURT.
 Bridgeport, Feb. 25. A. D., 1916.
 Upon the complaint of the said Lizzie Gyenes praying, for reasons therein set forth, for Ia divorce; 2 that her name be changed to Liz zie Kovacs, now pending before this court, having been returned thereto, on the first Tuesday of January, 1916.
 It appearing to and begin found by this court that Joseph Gyenes the said defendant is absent from this state and gone to parts unknown-but for merIy resided at said Bridgeport, and that notice of the pendency of the complaint was given as required by order of notice heretofore issued, and now the plaintiff asks for a further order. of notice in the premises. Therefore Ordered, That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Farmer, a newspaper printed in said Bridgeport two CD times successiveIy, commencing on or before the 10th day of March, A. D., 1916-
 By the court,
 | w. T. HAVILAND, | Clerk of the Superior Court for Fair l field county.
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If you have anything in this line to sell, you can con- sign it for this sale by calling 3585, Elwood.
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FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
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]. C.. LANGLEY CAPTURED.

C. Langley, fromerly merchant
at Calhoun Falls, S. c., went into
bankruptcy several months ago.
Soon after his adjudication a charge
was made that he was conceallng as
sets. A search warrant was sworn
out and it is alleged that a large
amount of the assets belonging to
his stock of goods was found con-
cealed in his living rooms which were
over the store. A warrant was
sworn out and he was arrested and
bound over to the United States
Court on such charge. His case was
scheduled to come up at Greenwood,
S. c., at the last term of the Court
held there but was postponed on &C.
count of the fact that Langley was
sick in a hospital in Anderson, S. c.
His case was set for trial at the
Greenville term of Court now being
held and the trial should have been
had on last Friday but Langley fall
ed to put in his appearance, being
out on bond. By order of the Court
the bond of 100000 was estreated.
A bench warrant was Immediately
issued for his arrest. His attorneys,
Sam Adams and J. Frank Clinkscales,
ESD, of Abbeville, S. c., were com.
municated with and they informed
the officials at Greenville that Lang
lev was supposed to be near Char
lotte, N. C. The warrant was plac-
ed in the hands of C. j. Bruce, who
undertook to run down the fugitive.
He went from Greenville to Abbeville
and thence to Cornelia, Ca. where
he struck Langley's trail, following
him into North Carolina. Sunday
night he located his man in a section
of North Carolina several miles from
Charlotte, arrested him, and Monday
carried him back to Greenville, where
he will be tried during the present
week.
On learning that he had skipped
his bond it is stated that the bonds
men offered a reward of $4,000 TOR
his arrest. Langley will be likely
to be held in Jail until he can be
tried.
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NEWS FROM MISS FRETWELL

News has been received in Able.
Vile of the approaching marriage OF
Miss Bessie Fretwell and Mr.. Edward
Caldwell. This interesting event Will
take place at Snow Hill, Md. on April
26th, at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Clarence Taylor.
Miss Fretwell is we'll known in
Abbeville and her many friends here
wish her much happiness in her mar,
ried life. For several years she lived
among us having charge OF: the mil;
linery department of Philson ana
Henry's store, since which time she
has made frequent visits to Abbevllle
as the guest Of her sister, Mrs. w: M.
Barnwell. Our people know Miss
Fretwell as an energetic, attractive
and lovable young woman. .
Mr.. Caldwell is native OF Wlnns-
boro, but at present is making his
home at Hartsville, being an EN-,
ployee of the Coker stores, one OF
the largest in the south, where ne
has the confidence and respect OF
every one. ,. oe
The good wishes of a host OF
friends arc extended to the young
couple.
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EN- out Jest as the whail did joiner.
wei, j an Erl went down to the
sylum. nobody had tole us that
we should talk sumboddy long with
us ter interdoos US an that is wher
we got inter trubble. oyu see when
the sheriff talks a man down to the
Sylum the two goes up tergether en-
the cherff turns the krazy man in.
we'll thay sees us cummln an gen.
tleman Gums out an looks at boath;
of us funny like an i sais to miself
wun of the krazy men hes met us
but finds later am mistaken as
the gentleman wus jest wundern to
himself which wun of US is the krazy
man an which the officers with slept
up an interduced miself as r. W. smith
an then interdoosed Erl so he thinks
that Erl is the krazy man as wus doln
cne talkin, an he asks me how long Ell
has bin suffern fro mhis distempar an
sum uther things bout the matter. Erl
ketches on to the thing en- he up. as
sails he is not Grassy, so the gent I'M
mediately thinks Erl has me, but to be
certai nhe asks me if am offiser an
sez no. an dthen he knoas am the
krazy man, and he sal sfoller me an
i will show you to your room, he sals
to Erl talk a sect in the parlre till
show the gent to his room, but i swing
back an said is no krasy man let me
explain this thing again .and ne then
ook sat Erl again an Erl sals he IS
willin to swear that he is not krasy,
an the gent calls in or nuther doctar
which is passin to find out If two OF
ther patients hasn't got out this morn
in and bin ramblin round the town.
The gent then sez that we should Civ
sum refrunse as to who we air from
sumbody which is in town tole him
knew nobody jist then but the guv
an as soon as sa;s that he asks Erl
to step in the parler agin, but Erl
didn't 20 in that time he tuck few
steps toards to frunt doar which no
boldly was garding an maid brake
after him leavin the gent to find out
who wus krasy. it seams to me that
that should hev doctar at the Sylum
doar to meet gents when they call so
he would kno whether thy air krasy
or not as if it hadn't bin for the frunt
door and Erl miter got in serus tru-
BILE.
after that we desided not to go to
the pennertenterry. may rite sum
moar bout our trip in my next. am
too unnerved to kontinue after goin
ovar my experunts at the Sylum.
Yours till death,
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MONEY
GOES TO VETERANS

Columbia, April Especial: Comp
troller General Sawyer states that he
has sent to the various clerks of
Court pensions for 1916.
At the last session of the General
Assembly there was appropriated for
pensions $300,000, out of which the
Confederate Infirmary received $751;
386.75, leaving a balance of $751;
613.25 for the general pensions. To
this amount has been added the re-
funds made in 1915 by the clerks of
Court on account of deaths, etc.,
which increased the amount disburs-
ed to $283,902.
The distribution by classes is as
follows:
Class A, 1872, 500 each-s1s,432.
Class B, 112, S72 each-$8,064.
Glass C, No. 1, 565, s4S each
90 Class c, No. 2, 2,so1, s2s each
$s1,229.
Class C, No. 8, Ais, s45 each
Class c, No. 4, 4,45s, s2s each
S129,137. =,
Of the above 3,670 are soldiers and
1858 are widows of soldiers.
The amount appropriated for Alb
beville county was $5,171.OO. .,
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AN ABBEVILLE BOY.

D. W. Morrah, an Abbeville boy,
who has made good with the Sea-
board Air Line Railway, in Atlanta,
Ga, has received further promotion
in being made Commercial Agent of
the Piedmont & Northern Lines at
Greenville, S. c., succeeding Mr.. C.
S. Pettus, who has been transferred
to Charlotte, N. G. Mr.. Morrah
will assume his new position May
1st, according to an announcement
made Monday by C. S. Allen, General
Traffic Manager.
Mr.. Morrah is recognized as a
capable commercial representative
and the news of his connection with
the Interurban will be received with
great interest by his relatives and
friends in this County.
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The Athletic contests which were
to have been held at the Fair Ground
in the afternoon, were called off on
account of the rain. This was dis
appointment to every one, for every
school had come prepared to carry
off all the prizes.
In the defamation contest at night
which was held in the Opera House,
a program of which has been publish
ed before, Miss Mary Graydon OF
the Abbeville High School, who re.
cited "The Sioux Chiefs Daughter" "
and Rufus Agnew Of Donalds, who
recited "The Death Bed of a Tral-
tor" were awarded the prizes for the
High School departments. MISS
Mary Alice Boyce of Due West, who
recited "Kips Ebert" and DAVIS
Kerr. who recited "Rienzi to the Ro-
mans, were awarded the medals for
the grammar school departments.
The exercises at the opera house
were opened with prayer by County
Superintendent of Education, J. M.
Lawson and the medals were dellv-
cred by Prof. ]. L. Grier.
Prof. Grier of the Due West Grad
ed Schools, arranged the day in an
excellent manner and the success OF
the program was a credit to him and
his corps of excellent helpers. Field
Day for 1915 was success and was
an enjoyable day in spite of the rain.
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WATTS

Mr.. Chas. Schram returned from
Atlanta Thursday, where he has been
to have his tonsils removed.
On account of the cold and windy
weather, very few people were at
Warrenton Sunday.
Mr.. S. A. Allen and Mr.. George
Wilson will represent Warrenton at
Presbytery this week.
Mr.. McDaniels, of Atlanta, who is
with the Gullett Gin Co., spent a
night at Oakland Heights recently.
Mrs. Julius Dudley of Athens, IS
spending this week at Maplehurst. :,
Miss Mary Grace Wilson shopped
in Abbeville Monday.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of our church held meeting last
Sunday to elect new officers. The
following were elected: President,
Mrs. C. F. Gillian; Vice President;
Mrs. L. X. Henry, Secretary and
Treasurer, Miss Rosa McNeill.
The Domestic Science Club IS to
hold a meeting this week at the home
of Mrs. Chas. Gillian. The time will
be announced later.
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THEY KNOW THE ROADS.

Mr.. w. A. Nets, Of Charleston,
held the railway mail service exam,
nation in Abbevillc on April 9Th at
the post Office and the news has
come back that the post office force
passed excellent examinations. MIR.
Link. the assistant postmaster, pass
ed an extraordinary examination
while the other young men made hlgn
and most creditable marks. The
Young men are to be congratulated
and Abbeville is fortunate IN naVlng
such force to look after their wants
in the way of mail.
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THE HONOR ROLL

The following is the honor ron for
the Abbeville schools, and enrolment
by grades to- date The enrolment
this year is 95 more than last year:
1st Grade-Alma Gable, Lennie
Reynolds, Maria White, George Ga
BILE, Eddie Thomas, Thedma Bauk-
night, Sara Cowar, Ruby Brown, Ada
Perrin, Vivian Copenhaver, Mary
Ferguson, Mary McCord, Roy Nance,
Homer Wilson, Elizabeth Corley,
William McCord. Alma CASTOR.
End Grade-Edna Dawson, Rachel
Minshall, Danner Cam, Marion Polia-
koff, Grace Wilson, Bessie Williams.
3rd Grade-Louise McCoTd, Sarah
Edwards, Ralph Bauknight, Frances
Gillian, Judith Hill, Lillian Langley,
Frances Rose, Jack Thomson, Vella
Wilson, Jeanie White.
4th Grade-Mary FAINT, Louise
Kluef, Bessie Shaw, Donald Harris,
Charlie Wilson, Grace Milford, Caro-
'' 9Th Grade~Celia Chalmers, Mary
Dargan, Emmie Haigler, Maria Neuf-
fer, TheIma Seal, Elizabeth Thomson
villa mDncan, Lem Lawson, George
Smith, Hilda Syfan, Willie Eahn;
Ada Faulkner, Edwin Barksdale, Bill
Cox, Claude Gambrell, Fred Minshail,
Willie Richey, Billy Long,
9Th Grade-Janie Bowie, Margaret
Dawson, Elizabeth Gambrell, Helen
Milford. Florence Neuffer, Mary
White, Thomas Maxwell.
9TH Grade-Helen Eakin, Mary II.
Greene, Mary Stevenson, Bruce
FAINT, Margaret Swetenberg,, DAVIS
Kerr, Ralph Lyon.
9Th Grade-Margaret Cox, Alpha
Graves, Ruby Mann, Mary Moore,
Richard Swetenberg, Herman Wlsby.
9th Grade-Fannie DuPre, Matte
Eakin, Elizabeth Faulkner, Mary
Graydon, Ruth Woodhurst, Frank
Gary, Sam Hill. =
10th Grade+Kate Haskell, Maude
Hawthorn, Marion Daniel.
Enrolment to Date.
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POTATO PLANTS.

Sweet potato plants $1.75 per
1000, ready April 1st and after.
Porto Rico Yam, Nancy Hall and
Triumph. Tomato plants, New
Globe, Beauty and Earliana, $1.75
per 1,Qe9; Ruby King pepper plants
$500 per 1000. Three hundred of
above plants sent by mail post paid
apon receipt of $1.00. Special
prices on large orders.
H. Lightfoot,
Altoona, Fla.
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End. Ruth McNair, Wilmington
School, Wilmington.
Grades 4 and 5.
1st. Ada Faulkner, Abbeville.
End. Mary Moffatt, Due West.
READING-Grades 6 and 7.
1st. Beth Anderson, Antreville.
End. Davis Kerr, Abbeville.
READING-High School.
1st. Edna Bradley, Abbeville.
End. Francis Britt, Mccormick.
SPELLING-Grade 2.
Bob Link, Abbeville.
SPELLING-Grade 8.
Tie between Jense White, Abbeville
Donald Johnson, Due West.
SPELLING Grade a and 5.
Tie between Sara Sutherland,
Prosperity School and Cleo Ammons.
Monterey.
SPELLING-Grade and Z.
Tie between Katherine Faulkner,
Abbeville, and Alvis Henry, Warren
MAP MA DRAWING-Grade 4 and 5.
Lavinia McCarter, Antreville.
Map Drawing-Grade 6 and Z.
Luther Prince, Antreville.
ARITHMETIC-Grade and 5.
1st. Isabel Reid, Due West: -,
End. Edward Herndon, Abbevlle
ARITHMETIC-Grade 6 and z.
Elizabeth Gambrell, Abbeville.
2nd. Elizabeth McCarter, An
treville.
ARITHMETIC-High School.
lst. Altha Graves, Abbeville.
End. Sloan Gable, Antrevllle.
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FOUR IN ONE DAY.

F.B. Longshore, the elongated
and popular seller of Ford automo.
biles, broke the record one day last
week and sold four cars in one day.
The buyers were: A. M. Bonds,
merchant, Lowndesyile; Mrs; Delma
Tucker, postmistress, Lowndesvlilee;
w. L. Dawson, planter of near Abb
beville, and j. C. Ellis, Abbevllle.
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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

Mr.. J. E. Coburn, of Lewiston,
Me-, came to Abbeville Saturday and
was the guest over Sabbath OF ms
niece, Mrs. ]. Foster Barnwell: Mr..
Coburn is General Manager Of the
Andrew Scoggins Mills at Lewiston,
Me. and is making a tour of the
South. He was accompanied by, his
friend, Mr.. Morrel, of Biddeford.
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THE FROST MONDAY.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday were
unusually cold for this time OF tne
wear and Sunday night great damage
was done to growing vegetables by
the heavy frost. The thermometer
was down to freezing and the frost
was as heavy as January frost.
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Make your land produce double by
planting the Velvet Bean with your
corn and leave the land in better
shape than at the beginning. Get
YOUR beans now from The Rosen-
berg Warehouse Co. 3, 70.
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The class room contests which
were held in the Graded School
Building from ten til twelve o'clock,
resulted as follows:
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; YEADING-Grade 2 and 3.
1st. Tom ,Howie, Abbevllle.
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Truth is all right in the way, but
f1attery is generally jollier.