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f f ^UUVWVH*^ J j J _ LOCAL I I ^ssjsssssssssssssssss^ Jno. R. Lomax, of Darraughs, was !? ? f/\Tim SatnrHflV. Dr. J. A. Anderson, of Antreville, was a visitor here Saturday. ' Mrs. Lucie E. Cochran is at home from a visit to relatives in Eatonton, Ga. Miss Margie Bradley is in Clinton visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Pressly, who is quite sick. Miss Imogene Wilkes, of Laurens, is in the city the attractive guest of Mrs. W. A. Jamieson. ! Miss Eliza Mabry is at home from ' Newberry, much to the delight of her friends in this city. Messrs D. H. Hill and R. W. Owens 1 went up to Honea Path Sunday and spent the day pleasantly with friends. C 1 ' Miss Edith Leach is at home from ' an extended visit to relatives and friends in Chattanooga. Mrs. John Mabry left yesterday for Clinton, where she will visit her i daughter, Mrs. Johnson Kilgore. ??? , Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Jones are in the city on a visit to friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barksdale and family spent Sunday in Anderson with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benton went lip to Monroe last Saturday and spent Sunday with Mr. Benton's people. j Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ellis went down J to Columbia this week for a few cfcays visit. Mrs. Sam Nichols and children, of ; Jackson, Ga., are in the city on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nichols. Brice Mills was in the city from Columbia a few days this week seeing his friends. 1 I Miss Scllie White is at home from , Georgia, where she has been teaching j for the past two years. Miss Nelle Edwards is at home i after a successful season at Polatka, Fla. Young Augustus Smith is here 1 from Sparianburg on a visit to his i "? r>?wv,;f0 sunt, iUX b. UUlUUli IT uivv< Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Newell, of San- 1 tuc, were in the city Friday shopping ] 'with our up-to-date merchants. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McKee and 1 children from near Due West, spent Sunday in the city with the family of Mrs. R. H. Cochran. Miss Annie Roche has returned from Atlanta, where she spent some time pleasantly with her brother, Mr Eddie Roche. Mrs. James Martin and little son, ' William, of Spartanburg, are here on a visit to the family of Mrs. H. M. Pennel. Mrs. L. C. Haskell has returned from her trip to the West, being forced to return before her visit was out on account of ill health. I Mr. and Mrs. Luther Marchant were in the city last Sabbath visiting at the home of Mrs. John Harris. They were on their way home to Greenville. Mr. W. W. McDill and Miss May McDill came down from Due West last Saturday and spent Sunday in the city the guests of Mrs. J. Hayne McDill. Mrs. Mary Parker, of Montreat, N. C., is in Abbeville on a visit to her son, Mr. L. C. Parker. She comes tn see her new srrandson, Lawrence Charles Parker, ^Tr. Miss Janie Morse is at home from Gaffney, where she has been teaching for the past season. Her many friends will regret to know that she is quite sick. James H. Bartles, Jr., a handsome young cadet of the Bailey Military Institute, is in the city spending several days with the family of Mr. E. M. Anderson. Mrs. C. S. McColl has returned to her home in Bennettsville, after a * * * 1 ' ?+A pleasant visit to ner paieuw anv* ^ Mrs. George Penney. While in the city she had several pleasant entertainments given in her honor. Mrs. W. W. Bradley goes up to Clemson this week for a day or two and when she returns will bring1 Billy Bradley back with her. Billy has made a first class cadet all this year and has taken a good stand in his classes. Leslie McMillan is at home for a oaninoe VltO fnllfq. Hp lew uajro owvjug, *4*^ ?. 0 ates this year at Clemson College, having made an excellent stand in his classes and having taken a superlative degree in the sport games. . Mrs. Henry Norwood is at home from Agnes Scott College in Georgia, where she has been since spring in charge of one of the buildings. Mrs. : ?';|: j NEWS :!: t :|; c ;j; s !;! s Norwood is looking well and it is a pleasure to have her back for the I summer. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Evans are en- J, tert^ining a little son, born May 23, f 1916. ; \ Wm. Hammond, of Pell City, Ala., i is in the city visiting his parents, 41 Judge and Mrs. Joe S. Hammond. Col. R. S. Link has returned from a visit to Charlotte. p t The meeting of the Bridge club at a the home of Mrs. G. E. Calvert last t Friday afternoon, was a most delight- t ful affair. The rooms were decor- 1 ated in Fweet peas and refreshing a punch was served by Miss Eugenia r Robertson in the hall. Plates of i salad were served at the close of the r game. s Charles, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. John White, is at home after being taken to Atlanta for an opera- t tion. He was taken suddenly sick j Bbout ten days ago, and had to be r taken away. His mother, who was ] in Detroit on a trip, curtailed her j trip and came straight to Atlanta, j The little boy has had several serious ^ attacks of sickness in the two years of his life. Work For tlie Daughters. , Hon, J. S. Gibert was in from the r ? - i 1 A TT7 _ J 1 L snaron section last w eunesuuy mgut , to see his young niece, Miss Guillebeau, graduate. He told us he f thought the Memorial Day celebration was delightful in every way. He c thinks that a good work for the Daughters of the Confederacy is to get some incident in the personal history of the Survivors and put it in e book form. Mr. Gibert thinks that t history can be studied in the schools f but the heroic incidents which hap- g pened in the life of the Confederate t soldiers from Abbeville County, will 1 soon be lost to the world. Alfred Burton Dead. Alfred Burton, colored, a republi- j can county commissioner, in re- * construction times, and an election c comissioner by appointment of Gov- j. ernor Thompson, during his term of c office (the commission being then j made up of two democrats and one republican) died at his home in the Flatwoods on Saturday a week ago, and was buried the following day. t Duncan For Duncan. f Duncan Murchison, a farmer in *. the Sharon section, and a man of all- kround good sense, was here Saturday. 1 He tells us that he believes that John T. Duncan would make as good governor as any of the men running, and that he will probably support him. t Duncan rr\ade the race for the Legis- a lature several years ago and talked r more common sense than candidates t for this office generally talk. He a was beaten because the politicians c were afraid he knew too much. He a should run again. People who think t a farmer cannot make a speech r should hear Duncan. r Children of the Confederacy. The local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy have a movement 1 on fbot to organize a chapter of 1 "Children of the Confederacy" and \ the children of the city wno are engi- i ble, and who care to join are invited to meet at the home of Mrs. Ringan Thomson this afternoon at half past five o'clock that a chapter may be or- j ganized. Any lineal descendant of T a veteran is eligible and the chapter j hopes that all the little boys and girls t in the city will become members. The s dues for the first year will be thirty J five cents, after which twenty five ^ cents will be the usual dues. The j ten cents will get the application blank and the membership certificate. Mr. Calvert 111. , The friends of Mr. Foster Calvert j will regret to know that he is quite sick at his home on North Main street and hope that he will soon be up and out again. The Gossard Corsets. ( The Haddon Wilson Company are , selling the Gossard Corsets and they are inviting their lady friends to , come in and take a look over their j stock. These corsets are famous . from the fact that they are good j looking, they wear well and they are beneficial to a woman's health. Mr. ( Wilson says that his sense of touch . is as well developed as his sense of j ( sight and that he knows that tnese corsets look well on a woman and that they feel fine. Death of Miss Vivian Cason. Miss Vivian Cason died last Wednesday morning at half past five o'clock, May 24th, 1916, at the home of her father, Mr. W. T. Cason. Miss Cason was taken suddenly sick Tuesday night and despite all that medical skill could do she remained in a comatose state all night and died early in the morning. Funerrl services were conducted by Rev. M. R. Plaxco and the interment was at Hodges on Thursday morning, the remains being followed 2 ? i j- ^ ? i- j Dy a nost 01 inenas ana reiauvcs s who feel the sincerest sympathy for c the bereaved family. f c First Honor Man. I Owen Speed is the first honor man 1 ai the Medical College of Charleston c in junior Pharmacy, which news was \ c announced in the Charleston papers P Monday. Owen is at home for the j summer and is receiving the congrat-,\ lations of a host of friends. It is r always a pleasure to know of the t success of an Abbeville boy. c HAS PURCHASED PROPERTY. Ar. G. B. Greene Buys on Green- j ille Street. ( - - - * . s Mr. G. H. (ireene nas purcnasea ^ he Lillian Murray property on | Jreenville street, the price being , ipproximately $4,000. Mr. Greene tated yesterday that in all probabil- j ty he would build a new home on it. j ?Anderson Mail. , 1 A Good Rain. 1 There was a good rain at Watts 1 ast Sabbath afternoon, in fact, it ) vas such a good rain that people out ? here said that it must be raining all < ver South Carolina. Dr. Harrison i vas out that way and got caught in < t, and his testimony is that it was a s 'trash mover." ? 1 The Iron Claw. The "Iron Claw", the continued licture now being stlown at the opera louse is proving such a good picture tnd is so well liked by the people hat there is standing room only at ' he opera house on Monday nights. J rhe great railroad picture, "The Girl' md the Game" was begun last Wed- 1 lesday and will no doubt be just as ( opular. The management is run-| ling a good line of pictures and j hould he well patronized. Receiving Her Friends. ] Mrs. A. S. Thomas has issued invi ations to a reception at her home on i Magazine street on Thursday after- ] loon from five till seven o'clock, j This reception is in compliment to ^ diss Genevieve Hunter, an attractive < roung lady, who is in the city on a j risit to Mrs. Thomas. \ On a Pleasant Mission. Mr. W. L. Peebles leaves Saturday ' or North Carolina, where he will be ' lappily married on the sixth to Miss ]lara Boren. Mr. Robert Owens ac:ompanies Mr. Peebles and will 'stand by" him on the momentus ocasion. Fording Along. } Dr. J. W. Keller has bought a carh ind is learning to run it himself to j he astonishment and delight of his ; riends. The doctor is one of the j fayest old boys in town and says that , le is having the time of his young r ife riding around. " * Having a Party. < Young Richard Tiddy celebrated i lis birthday last week by giving a 1 >arty to which he invited about forty >f his little friends. They spent the ime in playing games and eating ice , :ream which was served in cones, and n having a good time generally. The News at the Court House. 1 Last week we asked the news at i he Court House and we were told 1 hat there was no news as everybody f n the Court House had gone fishing. , Several big fish came along and kidtapped the crowd. Why the Talking Machine? j Dave Hill and Albert Henry are hinking seriously of getting married md they are beginning to buy the nost necessary articles of furniture, herefore, Ihey have both invested in in automobile a piece and last Monlay we saw them discussing at length ind solemnly the purchase of a Vicor Talking Machine. Why a talking nachine if a man is going to get narried? In Honor of Miss Wages. Miss Lillie Clark gave a delightful ittle card party last Friday night at ler home :n honor of Miss Wages, vho is in the city on a visit to Mrs. rrank Andrews. Home For the Vacation. Miss Margaret Klugh is at home from Columbia, where she taught i nost successfully last year. Miss : Vlary Klugh will return to Abbeville ;his week from Bennettsville, where she has been since Christmas. Both >f these young ladies have many 'riends in town/who are delighted to lave them here for the summer. Play at Betbia School. The play "What's Next" will be jiven at the Bethia school house Friday night, June 2nd, to which the aublic is cordially invited. Exercises will begin at 8.30 o'clock. Rev. Win. A. Gaines Dead. Rev. William A. Gaines died suddenly at his home in Seneca on Satarday, May 27 at 12 o'clock. During the night he got up to get some water and when he returned to Ded he died very suddenly from heart failure. He was to have preached in Sreenvillo on Sunday. Mr. Gaines was born in Greenville :ounty, Feb. 26, 1831 and was therefore in his 86th year. He was a son 5f Rev. Nathaniel Gaines, a prominent Baptist minister. Denied the senefit of good schools and the training in the Theological Seminary, he was notwithstanding, a man of wide ind varied information, well versed in ;he Scriptures and an exceptionally i ible minister. Mr. Gaines preached for a number )f years in Edgefield and Saluda :ounties. He lived for a considerable ength of time at Mt. Carmel and for i while at Due West. He then moved .0 Virginia, wneie iic sckeu t* w.. | intil the first of this year, when he eturned to South Carolina and lo:ated at Seneca. He is survived by his wife who was i Miss Buckhardt and the following ons and daughters: Mr. J. M. Gaines f Greenwood, Dr. R. E. Gaines, proessor of mathematics in Richmond ollege, Mr. Paul Gaines of Memphis, }rof. Frank Gaines o* the Mississippi L and M. college, Mr. W. J. Gaines if Trenton ,S .C., Mrs. Emma Padgett if Greenville Womans college and r T-1_.-I.L___ TI n n urs. ruiiuil Ui vvasmiigLuii, JU, V. The remains were carried to Greenwood on Tuesday morning and internent was made at Edgewood cemeery at 5 o'clock, the services being onducted by Dr. E. J. Smith. Death of Mr. Mundy. Mr. Samuel T. Mundy, a welltnown citizen of the county, died at lis home about five miles from the all nty at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning, A1 ind was buried on Monday the 29th, tw ;he funeral services being conducted tin oy Rev. G. F. Clarkson, Mr. Mundy's be pastor. th< Mr. Mundy was a member of the ers arge family by that name who lives Or n the Long: Cane township. He was of i farmer all of his life. In early life co le married a Miss Lomax, a daugh- m< :er of Mr. W. A. Lomax of Verdery ne vho died many years ago. He is sur- an /ived by the following children: Mrs. r. R. Stevenson, Mrs. William An- up ierson, of Oklahoma, Mrs. Allan Han- be lah of Hodges, Mrs. Drayton Nance th )f Due West, Misses Lydia and Jes- rei jie Mundy and Messrs. William L. th< md George Mundy. He was the ni: jrother of Mr. H. M. Mundy of Ab- we Seville and Mr. J. E. Mundy, who ives near the city. sa Lc Commencement at Due West. CO The 77th commencement exercises ev >f ErRkine College will be held at inj Due West June 4, 5 and 6. th The baccalaureate sermon will be ba preached on Sunday, June 4 at 11 of >'elock A. M. fe On Monday, June 5th, at 8:30 j'clock in the morning, the celebra- ur :ion of the literary societies will be gl< .eld. Dr. W. W. Orr of Charlotte, fe fvill make the address and deliver the ru nedals. be The commencement exercises will ba ?e held on June 6th, commencing at kn 10 A. M. The addresses and essays ba jy members of the graduating class wl svill be had after which the president hi1 )f the college will announce the ju standing of the students and deliver on ;he medals and diplomas. th The annual address will be made th sy Dr. John E. White, President of bu Anderson College, on Tuesday at m< 3:30 P. M. bo The commencement of the Woman's tu College will be held on Wednesday, ar lune 7th. ca Death of Mra. E. J. McClintoclc. M: -m r ni i al if.m* i. i. xl of ivirs. jMizaDeio j. iuciauuocK, me widow of Dr. E. P. McClintock, for s" many years, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at Newberry, and one of the ablest ministers of the denomination, died Wed- pr nesday night of last week. Mrs. Mc- ca Clintock was the daughter of Dr. w< Young of Due West and the sister of Gi Mr. H. M. Young and Mrs. J. E. Todd te Df Due West. She was the mother at of Miss Euphemia McClintock, for- m merly of the Woman's College in Co- Ai lumbia. Ti Going to Texas. ^ Mrs. M. J. Kennedy left Abbeville last week and went over to Lucy Cobb Institute, where she attended the commencement exercises, after which she went on to Cameron, Texas with her two nieces, the two charm- su ing youn?? ladies who visited in Abbe- Ci rille at Christmas. Mrs. Kennedy will ai spend the summer in Texas. ci Let Y Your I d0 g, ] Splendid Stocks < BASEBALL. All business being laid aside and excuses ceasing, the people of 1 jbeville should turn out to see the o big games of ball to be played at e ball park on June 2nd. and 3rd, tween cbe One Arm Wonders and e Abbeville team, under the lead- 4 3hip of Manager Bill Gray don. The ' le Arm Wonders make up a team ' players which travel around the i. _u_n : i l < uiitry uiuuieiigiug teams wiiuac jn have two arms and sometimes ' ed a third in order to beat the "one ' mers." The Abbeville team will be made ' i of picked players, and they will thoroughly trained and ready for e fray when their antagonists ' ach here. Two good games are, * erefore, promised which will fur- 1 sh some diversion during the hot sather. ' The only one armed player we ever ' w on a team was Billy Morrison, of ' >ng Cane. When the men in the untry used to meet every Saturday ening and play ball instead of go? to town, Billy was a player on e Long Cane team. He pitched a \ 11 which went like it was just out a rifle. He was a batter to be ared by all opposing pitchers, too. In those days, ball players had no liforms, no spiked shoes, no masks, aves, nor body protectors. Every llow took off his shoes so he could n faster, and they caught the ball hind the bat and in the field with re hands. We saw Mr. Morrison j lock Bob Bowie about seven feet ckwards once with a swift one lich went through Bob's hands and t him in the forehead, but he i mped up and the game went right ' At another time a ball got i rou^h Bob's hands and hit him on 1 e big toe, knocking the nail off, j it this didn't stop him. When the odern armor came into play the i * ,i.i_ - j :i. u-ii Ij >ys irora tne country quiu uaii, miu i med it over to the town boys who 1 e afraid of getting hurt. It be- 1 me to tame for the farmer boys. The Abbeville team should send ] r. Morrison a special invitation to tend the game, and a free ticket ould go along with the invitation. ( State Campaign Dates. The dates for the county-to-county . ogress of? the State Democratic mpaigners have been arranged and . ere announced Monday by John ary Evans, chairman of the commit- j e. The first meeting will be held* Spartanburg, June 20, the final { eeting will be held at Winnsboro, j ugust 26. The primary is on' nesday, August 29. The itinerary gives the following ites of local interest; Greenwood, ine 27; Abbeville, June 28; McDrmick, June 29. Ralph Syfan Home. Ralph Syfan is at home for the immer season. He has been in amden for the past school term id has been most successful as Prinpal of the High School at that place. The Daylight Corner I A Man's Store our Cloth< Summer R Know the luxury of [ahn Made-to-measure ammer suits De Luxe. Injoy complete comort in perfect-fitting, eautifully-made thin lothes-not only coolish ut stylish. Over a hunred Linens, Silks and lohairs in all their (VlOV+npf TTQ YM oflAHC! IIICLJl ICOl/ V CVX lUUUllO nd "TROPICRASH" Exclusive with and opyrighted by KAHN; onstructed of yarns 'ith natural cooling ropenies. Garments f it guaranteed to pre3rve their shape. k: ahn TAILORING COMPANY. OF INDIANAPOLIS. DeLuxe Summer Clothes. of Shirts, Underwear ? OPERA HOUSE -<3 HIGH CLASS MOTION PICTURES Program For Week Beginning r WEDNESDAY, .MAY 31st. ?WEDNESDAY? 'Tainted Blood"?'TwfllJttrts. 'Cou?in Fluffy"?One part...:. 'The Girl and the Game"?Two parts _ ?THURSDAY? The Wolfs Prey"?3 parts. 'Blazing the Trail"?1 part. 'Catching A Speeder"?1 part. ?FRIDAY? 'Juggernaut"?Big Four. Feature in 5 parts. ?SATURDAY? 'Mysteries of Myra"?2 parts. 'The Other Girl"?2 parts. 'Oh, You, Pop"?Comedy. ?MONDAY? 'THE IRON CLAW."' ?TUESDAY? 'Carpet From Bagdad"?Big Four Feature. Mr. James W. Martin. Mr. James W. Martin, who' has , )een with the Press and Banner for io many years as book-keeper, has }een forced to give up his position )n account of ill health. Mr. Martin is a most painstaking and competent book-keeper- and is >ne of the best printers anywhere* He has rendered long, faithful and valuable services to this paper, and are will always keep the door open for his return. New Book-keeper. Miss Frances Arlington of Greenwood, has accepted a position with rhe Press and Banner as book-keeper ind stenographer. In addition to this work she will assist in getting up the local news for the paper. Miss Arlington is experienced in newspaper work, having been with the Greenwood Daily Journal for / three years and with the Press and Standard at Walterboro. She will be glad to have yon phone tier the news at No. 10. Meeting of Agricultural Clasi. The Arborville Agricultural night class will meet at Arborville school bouse Monday night, June 5. Mr. W. H. Barton, Assistant State Agent* will be present to address the members of the class. The public is invited. On the following night Mr. Barton will address the farmers of the ^ M i* n.i.L 1_ J." J Cold spring section, aoia lauieu emu gentlemen are invited. J. E. Cheatham, County! Agent. Going Back. Goode Thomson, who has been home on a vacation since February, < will leave next week for the Philippines and will resume his wore there. Goode is a general favorite in Abbeville and his friends regret to see him go back, though all are delighted with his success in his far away home and wish for him continued prosperity and a good time. ~ . . ' " > . '3V ) v ::?1f J "c js Be esort! ( md Neck-wear. % -M ) ^ ?