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t tret the ^ ^ ! U6TEN, MIKfe ,IF loO'QE LOotf N <5- Foi ( 'S'OM? GOOP EAT9, Go To 'MAX <3 I Local Items *; JS! I_ """ _ | at Wounded in France. | Montague Nicholls, the young : wj Spartanburg boy who Trent to "En H; gland and enlisted at the beginning of the war, has been wounded in the W( Trance, ..and his family is anxiously j in awaiting further ns-.vs from him. ! be The news of his wounds was icon- J veyed to the family in a .cable j A1 from .the war department in lion- nii don. The young man has vdone j well and has been promoted Id as- i cond "lieutenant in the royall ;aF- k tiller y [da laf A !Pro?pective Party. J At Mr. Wilson Johnson has invii?ed T1 ;a jileasant -party of friends to sup- -th "?? "ri+V, Viinr, f nnirrVlf TTo wfn j I tertain at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, and a delightful time is looked -forward to by the follcror- ne Ing young people: Misses Bessie ^ Miller, ^Minnie Blount, Antoinette ^ Thomson, . Janie 'Lou Richey, Kath- bo erine Link, and "Messrs Guy Gflle- sn land, Prank JBenton, Joe Little, I?1 John McDorroan, and Mr. and Mrs. 333 J- M- JVlorgan. Dr. Gambrefl to Entertain. ^ ' "When the doctors of the State' ^ t tei meet in Greenwood, April 19th and 20th, the State Bourd of Health1 U I CO will come Ao Abbeville on the nigiit' 6 ! er I before the .convention assembles, on and spervd She night -with Dr. C. C. ^ Gambreil at 3xis invitation. There are eight members of the board, all excellent physicians and charming gentlemen, and a delightful enter- w} tainment in the way of supper and W{ "seeing Abbeville'" trips, 3s ahead ch of them. in Dr. Gambreil has served oai the A1 board for the past four years. in Presbyterian Lectures Mr. Cameron Johnson, Missionary, lecturer and traveler, is giv- lo1 ing a series of illustrated lectures o' at the Presbyterian church this to week. Our people are pleased to with what he has to say and the "I v pictures shown are most beautiful, lai There is no charge at the door, a st< iinll nff nvi r-? <-* V\Ain/v oItaw of m 11 vtxu uaci ing Utiii^, Vttjvcii CIV/ the close of the lecture. J A special service for the ladies I was held Tuesday at half past four to [ m, and another service will be held av Friday afternoon. t0 ' Hi ^ Entertaining Central. Last Sunday while extra work was being done on the telephone lines, and the office was closed ' down, Mr. and Mrs. William Barn- ca well gave a delightful dinner to the an young ladies who look after the wants of the public in the "central.'i The following young ladies enjoyed iie( the holiday and the lovely dinner j^0 served by Mrs. Barnwell: Misses !m< Essie Lee and Elizabeth McCord, Miss Lizzie Edmunds and Miss Margaret McCord. j in Hot Hustler. Up ' The advertisement of the Hot1 th< "^Hustler Racket in the Press and J Mi Banner last week has brought on j such a rush of business that Mrs.1 ou George Gambrell has had to come down to the old stand to help out! during the busy time. George is ! something of a hot hustler himself.1 on He has a store full of bargains and j all he wants is a call. la m ' in A Candidate for Congress. Mr. Lee G. Holleman, of Ander-!"" c son, is announced as a candidate J * for Congress from this district. He;AV< is president of the People's Bank 1 n? sh and former Mayor of Anderson. di( Death of Mrs. Finley. w< Mrs. Fannie Finley, the beloved i ur wife of Mr. John Finley, died at . ^ their home in the Mill village Mon- th day afternoon, after a prolonged vi] illness. She was buried at Melrose of cemetery Tuesday. fo o 2 | " r5 SOME SWELL p 6122^) /S', ['! SA-y "TMlS T5 <?<?EA ?j ij %k \l ; a^L'WtUa^gg Marriage Announcement. The Anderson Daily Mail of Satday, announces the marriage of rs. Minnie Dill Sayre. and Mr. tis Eugene Sweet, on February 27, | Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. and I 7 I rs. Sweet are taking a trip and 111 be at home afxer "May ?3rd in artford. As Miss Mumie Ml, the 'bride is *11 remembered in Abbeville, havg made her home "here, her father ing connected witfi the Seaboard any years ag>&. 'The pewpbe in ikmrillo vrlin rpmpiTihpr MlSS Min- I e, wish her nxach iappinesB. Notice to the Secedar*. The Ladies Sorkrty of the Secer church, will meet Thursday ternoon at half after four o"'chjck the home of Mrs. *W- P.. Greene, lis is a change and it 'is "hoped at the ladies will take notice. Notice of the Boole Clnh. The Book Club wiTl meet Wedsday morning at the home <of "Mas . "R. Bradley at half after ten frock. Notice is given that the oks have arrived and the prorata are will be about one dollar. *ch -.member is asked to bring this iwuant. "Notice to the Essayists. Xcrtiice :is hereby given by the obevflle Chapter of the Daughrs of tthe Confederacy that the ne fosr submitting essays in the ntest for the medals to .be delived FieSd'ls Day, has been extended ie week. The time will be on aril 8 th. Jail. Jaby Mitchell, a young white boy, 10 gives Spartanburg as his home, is arrested in Augusta Monday, arged with breaking into a store McCormick and was brought to abeville, where he is now confined jail. Our Lore Story. We are printing one of the best ve stories ever written, in "Peg My Heart." It is thrilling enough make our readers get up early crr*f fViia norc TVio tftno" 'eg o' My Heart," has been popur for the past year or two and the >ry is no less attractive. Taking a Trip. Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harrison went New York Saturday and will be .'ay for several days. The docr goes on business while Mrs. irrison will spend the time sighteing and visiting friends. Welcome Visitors. Hon. and Mrs. J. Fraser Lyon me up from Columbia Sunday d visited for several days with rs. J. Hayne McDill, on Greenle street. They were accompan1 by their fine looking son, a ung man of less than two sumjrs. /\ L/isunguished Visitor. Hon. A. G. Brice, of Chester, was the city Saturday in attendance on court. He is interested in s contest over the will of the late rs. Josephine Sloan. Mr. Brice ide a pleasant impression upon r people last summer when he ide the race for Attorney General. Mr. J. L. McMillan is up and out our streets again after a week's ht with grip. The kind of grip ing around town these days makes man as uncomfortable as being front of a German siege gun, )ng about shooting time. Mr. D. Brown, who Is just getting ill, says that when a doctor proiunces a case "grip" the patient ould pick out his pall bearers and e in peace, else he will wish he is dead every minute of the day itil he gets up and about. Mrs. Rachel Minshall and her ree children went up to GreenHe Saturday and were the guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ballinger r Sunday. A Biting EEp,6ctS~j 107.<SoUl I_M?jLr ndHBl1 "HMc /> || (0 I -HOME' COi A ! NOVJFcPTHE ; s>y| ^ H c5ro Attorney James H. Price and Solicitor Proctor Bonham appeared before Chief Justice Gary at Chambers; -last Friday on a motion for bail by defendant for George W. Tidwell, convicted in Greenwood last fall of the killing of J. Emmet Walker. Bail -was granted in the sum eff ten thousand dollars. Mrs. Courtney "Wilson has returned to Abbeville after a pleasant stay with her home people at Brevard, N. C., an'd is with Phil son & Henry for the Spring season. Many -Iriends and customers are pleased to have her back. Mr. arrid Mrs. Albert Gibert were in town last week. Mr. Gibert came on business while Mrs. Gibert was taking especial '-interest in the millinery openings. They were the guests over night <of Mrs. L. C. Haskell. The essay on Wade Hampton, by Miss Edna Bradley, which won the prize last year at the Field's Day, was published in xhe State newspaper of last Sunday. This 'was an excellent paper, and it 'looked fine in print. "Miss Ruth Brown went over to "her home in Laurens last Friday arod spent the Sabbath with "her pa rents. Miss Brawn is one of the fbnght teachers 5n the Abbeville High School. "Tted'" McMillan, the star football player of the Clemson team, came down from the encampment at Anderson and stayed over Sanday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMillan. Mrs. C. C. Gambrell gave her Sunday school class a delightful Easter party last Friday. She has eight fine, manly boys in her class, ana rnaay tney enjoyea a gooDer hunt, games, and a spread of refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kennedy, Mrs. Edwin Parker and Mrs. Guilford Cade, of Bellevue, were in town shopping Monday. The la dies carried home an automobile full of hat boxes. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morrah, Mrs. Bettie Wardlaw and Miss Wardlaw were in town to see the millinery openings last Thursday. Mrs. Wardlaw has quite recovered her health and is as young and as ready to enjoy life as any of her children. Mr. A. S. Kennedy was down from Due West last Saturday attending court. He made the trip home by way of Greenwood and the trolley and the "sho-fly" came out from Due West to meet him. Mrs. Joe B. Wilson, Mrs. D. E. Pressley and Mrs. Tom Palmer, were in from the Sharon neighborhood Monday shopping in our upto-date millinery stores. Miss Sarah Haskell has returned to Winthrop after c. week spent at home with her mother, who has been ~_ .1 r. ~ _ j quite aiciv, <wiu wnu, we are giau to say, is much better now. Miss Rosa Hamlin returned Sunday from Augusta where she has been for sometime, called there by the illness of her brother, Charlie Hamlin. Mr. John W. Morrah and Mr. Bradley Morrah were in town Mon day. Mr. Morrah came up to pay his taxes while Mr. Bradley is serv ing on the jury. M. W. Speer, A. V. Barnes, N. B. Sutherland and R. L Garner, promi nent business men from Lowndesville, were in attendance upon court Monday. Mrs. Tom Hodges, who is so pleasantly known here as Miss Lillian Clinkscales, is at home for a visit to her people. Her friends are glad to see her. Allen Haskell has returned to Clemson after a week spent at home with his parents. He created a sensation in his cadet uniform, among the young girls. Mr. R. S. Uldrick, of the Bethlehem section, came down Monday to serve on the jury. f Shame IMiALL \ <i_ I V&2HI ictH TAli^ A8cuT vqe) j jf|]|| l~y ~ SET ~ | Ipj ^ asf^ egz I Mrs. B. P. Ingraham,, who is well'J remembered by the Methodists in E Abbeville county, died last weekly at fhc Hemingway Parsonage and E was 'buried at tire old Johnsonville i cenrefcery on the -next day. The friends oT Mrs. R. Y. ,'Sim-;i mon? are glad to hear that she has ? about recovered from the fall she [? received a week ago. "Mbs Pearl Bailey, of Lawrence- [| ville, Ca., 16 :in Owe city for an ?x- {| -L?J--H ?:_li 4-- TM_ J T T? IE: teilLLCTl Vl&il* LU .nil* dim XT.HO. ?/ ? jUi j gj Bailey. 1g William L. Hemphill has gone to 'jf Atlanta to take a position as dhief {| of a party on a railroad survey out i 1 of Affiants- i _ Miss Fannie Stark has gone to Atlanta and Augatsta shopping before gtang to Florida for a visit of 2 six weeks. E Mrs. Caldwell, .of Hon;a Pafh, w came to Abbeville Monday and did w her spriirg trading with Philson .& Henry. a1 Miss Susie Stevenson came down n ! Saturdav from the Wcman's Col- eJ lege at Dme West, to visit her home people. sc Mrs. "Tot" Morgan went up to Monroe last -week and spent sever al days with her lumbar^s people. ^ She returned to Abbeville Tuesday. 10 Judge M. Ij. Stanton was up from Mt. Carmel Monday. He says that | ^ Tom Watson is the greatest living ^ American. The State Teachers' Association ? met in Florence la3t week and Prof. ^ R. B. Cheatham went down from Abbeville to take ;part in the de- M liberations. d; Mrs. Arthur Klugh came up from Greenwood last week to attend the ^ in Openings of our fashionable milli-^ nery stores. Mr.}. C. E. Klugh, of Greenwood, fj came up to the Openings last week w and spent several days with her d; mother, Mrs. C. J. Lyon. The children of the city are hap- n py over the many egg hunts for d; this week and the lovely Easter souvenirs on sale in the different stores. ]s Have you planted your beans? h Good Friday is coming and all oldtimers. say that beans planted on <3 this day are a sure crop. v, Hon. J. Melvin Ashley was in the city from his home near Honea Path last week and took a look in on the r( court. He came in his car. Mrs. R. L. Dargan has returned jy to Abbeville from the hospital in Chester. Her friends hope to see q her out soon. Miss Julia Schwerin, the pretty sister of Mrs. Sol UoMiiherg, h here from Sumter for an < > ended . ., tc visit. Dr. Whit Cheatham and J. Frank Clinkscales were up from McCormick last Thursday on business. cc Miss Corrie Graves of Latimer, spent several days in town this week with her sister, Miss Caroline Graves. Mrs. W. A. Lee and Mrs. W. E. Johnson went over to Atlanta last jQ Friday to spend a few days. ^ Fridav was a real snrinir dav and I n the flowers, the hats and the new m suits bloomed in abundance. U5 Miss Margaret Cothran has re- ai turned to Lander and will resume | h< her studies there. J 01 . Miss Bunnie Kennedy, of Troy, | E ' I was in Abbeville last week shop- j ni ping. er I 1o Mrs. L. D. Caldwell came over j _ from Greenwood last Wednesday i1 to attend our Millinery Openings. i gi Extra good pictures at the Opera House every night. Go and enjoy yourself. in Mrs. J. J. Hemminger, of Willington, was in town Monday on a' ^ shopping trip. |iH Misses Edith and Louise Sulli- he van spent Saturday and Sunday vj with home people in Honea Path. | Ci Mr. and Mrs. Luke Brown, of Li Mt. Carmel, spent. Sunday in the Ri city with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Power.: Gi SCTii GocP \J ?N N? OF ScME60py$ I CcFFBE} j pi, CLEAN, -DP- " lu fact Everything: C. A. Milford I . Phone i lf3rj3fr3fi3n3FiCln?lPiliJli^rilW.[i3fi3fr3fr]ffJrr3fi3fi3fi3|nJWIi>ffil[f>lfn Mr. Henry Snyder died March / 7th, at the home of his son, Dr. I [enry N. Snyder, of "Wofford, and % ras buried in Nashville, Tenn. He as eighty-nine years of age. "The Peril's of Pauline" is shown t the opera house every Tuesday ight. It is getting more thrilling icii week. Read the Picture Show program lis week. All good pictures with P ;veral features. d tl Mr. John Tarrant, and his daugh- . ?* TMVe W A Cftftff nf Mf P.or. #JL J illlOl ff * A.* WWVI/Vj VA ^ tel, were on our streets Monday. Miss Ruby Ferguson is here from SJ tlanta, nursing her sister, Mrs. ewis Ramey, who is quite sick. ^ Mrs. Frank Fetzer, came up from s< reenwood and spent Tuesday with o: !rs. Claude Jones. w Mrs. Robt. Knox was in town c< [onday shopping and visiting her ! aughter, Mrs. Mabry Cheatham. f< Miss Leila Link, who is attend- J< ig Converse, was in Abbeville for few days last week. Is Gen. M. L. Bonham came down .p rom Anderson Monday night and as in attendance upon court Tuesay. D Arch Bigby, one of the best far- s iers in the county, was here Monay. g; ^arroi JumK came over irom At- o; inta and spent Sunday here with P is cousin, Miss Mary L. Link. W Hon. J. Howard Moore is in okesbury with his father, who is ni ery ill. j V I2 James M. Bell, of Monterey, was ^ ere Monday serving as a petit ju- . A )r. Mr. John D .Cade was up from ^ [t. Carmel Monday on business. ^ Miss Annie Barksdale, of Means hapel, was in the city last Friday, bi James Magill and Paul Kennedy, R f Clemson, were here Saturday. w J. F. Grey, of Keatons, was in w >wn Monday on business. E R. 0. Branyan, was down from !onea Path on business Monday. Thomas P. Thomson served his p juntry as a juryman Monday. ^ M Q An Easter Supper. B' Miss Helen Edwards gave an en- ^ yable supper party to eight of jn ;r young lady friends last night. er color scheme was yellow and h any lovely vases of jonquils were q, sed in the decorations. / salad gp id sweet course was served and jre also the colors were carried rii it. Many lovely rabbits and aster eggs were used and souve- f0 rs of hat boxes were placed at g, ich plate. These boxes were jS( beled from all the> up-to-date fash- so n emporiums and were supposed as i contain hats to bedeck the fair th lests at Easter. There was much ty erriment when the boxes were und to have just one Easter egg them. la: Miss Helen's parties are always dr ;lightful and her many bright on eas for entertaining adds much to ?? mi ocfp nniAirmonf Tkneo ;i ^11j v/jf 111 viiw? jl uvov ahted were: Misses Hannah and Gi arrie Cochran, Lillie Clark, Ruth th ink, Daisy Maxwell, Janie Lou ichey, Corrie Andrews and Mrs. th ertrude Sign. Hi ' i By Gross ILL fHEV 6A1P ' P z\c -him up Sets -MO cn^pyj 7- | j ISF ' BUY YOUR I ints, Oils, Stains, 1 arnishes, Liquid 8 Veneer, Etc. I,;* in this Line from ||; & Companyl i 107 I arsr im Tur nniiMiv in mcouumi Miss Martha Piatt, who is Toma- a Club Organizer for Abbeville, reorts that she has met with a great eal of enthusiasm, and all overle county, girls are anxious to join.?' i the work. It appeals to theim ecause it is pleasant, profitable.nd renumerative. The first lesan to the girls has been on the sc jction and preparation of the one? jnth of an acre and the planting oF sed. Great things are expectecT: f the Abbeville county girls, and e hope to make ours the winning: aunty. Seven clubs have already been > jrmed and the following girls have..* >ined and begun work: Due West:?Virginia Gallowny, irownlee Johnson, Belle Nance,,:, jabel Reid, Bessie Baldwin, Edith odd, Jean McDill, Miss Clara Boner and Mrs. C. B. Cowan. , Donalds:?Lois Dodson, Eula odson, Mary Smith, Ora Dodson, .. ara Smith, and Margie Muvif. Sharon:?Idona Pressley, Mararet McKenzie, Sydell Graves, ara Wilson, Marian Prince, Mary aimer, Mary McDill, and Ad'jie foodhurst. McCormick:?Carrie Brown, Nnnie Lee Talbert, Willie Mav Furjeron, Olga Wrenn, Linnie Trice, , Polvorf M o V? a Roll AT'irtr onnor, Maiblume McCain and lma Bartley. Calhoun Falls:?Mary Manning:,. !elen Martin, Maybelle Marti.?,, uth George and Eliza Helms. Cold Springs and Santuc, Com;ned:?Olga Winn, Bertha Stone, uby Uldrick, and five others hose names will be published next eek. Abbeville: ?Forrest Thornton. va Ferguson, Sara Mundy, Chartte Telford, Mary Uraydon, Fan e Edmunds, Marjorie Swetenberg,.. auline Wosmansky, Lydia Owens, ary Stevenson, Maude Hawthorne., innie Ruth Cox, Rebecca Edmunds race Link, Gladys Wham, Ruth eeks, Fay Andrews, Elizebeth aulkner, Eugenia Coleman, Marydams, Eleanor Schroeder, Kathere Faulkner, Leo Wilson, Isabelle. antey, Mildred Cochran, Victoria owie, Virginia Aiken, Mary reene, Minnie Jackson, Clayton lirley, Annie Lou Karalson, Eula ae Routon, Mrytis Sorrow, Ollic wens and Effie Scott. Miss Piatt is working very hard r clubs in the Central school, and .iffalo school, and she has a promi of a club at Antreville. Unless mf> othf>r pommnnifv \vritp? arr) ks for a club, this will complete e list of clubs for Abbeville coanJohn Wedlock, of Anderson, died st week, at the age of one huned and three years, lacking just ie month of another birthday. Dr. G. P. Nell was over from reenwood last week as a witness in. e Sloan-Kerr will case. Dr. Nell is fast becoming one of ' e best known surgeons of the state, e is very successful.