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(Tuesday, December 11, 1 tf-u. JXocal 1 11RCW6 | gg Mr. Joe Everett of Spartanburg, spent Sunday here. Miss Bertha Hall spent Sunday in I Greenwood with friends. Miss Mary Radisail was in the city Saturday shopping. The many friends of John Lomax will regret to learn tha the has the measles. Bill Perrin came down from Greenville to spend Sunday with his sister, Mrs. T. G. White. Lieut. Preston Speed was among) those who came down from Campj Sevier for Sunday. ! Lieut. Albert A. Morse and Mart! jCheatham came up from Camp Jack son for Sunday. Lieut. Owen Speed came up from Camp Jackson to spend Sunday with his home people. Rev. W. S. Patterson is spending the week at his old home in Abbeville county.?Lancaster News. Misses Addie and Lunelle Bowen .of Santuc, were in the city Saturday doing their Christmas shopping. Mrs. E. V. Snipe of Winder, Ga., spent Monday here with Mrs. Paul Link. Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Barnwell! left Saturday for a trip to New! York. They will combine business' with pleasure. Capt. Herbert Rosenberg spent a; couple of days with his kins people; her elast week. He is stationed at;, Fort McPherson. ! . Mids Georgia Edwards has a posi-, tion with the Ware Shoals Manu-i facturing Co. She came down to! spend Sunday with her mother. I Lieut. Honor, of Camp Sevier,! . spent Sunday here with friends. He dined with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bris-j tow. Mrs. F. G. Neely and children left last Sunday for Bishopville, where they will spend the Christmas! holidays with relatives. ???? Mrs. Herbert Matthews has re-j turned to the city after an extend-! "^ Tnvno iirkai*a cVin nrant i CU VIOll W i. CAAOji nuviw ouv> mvuw j for treatment. She is improved in health. Miss Elizabeth Rainsford, of Edgefield, will arrive in the city today to be the guest of Miss Katherine Link . She will be here for the wedding. Mrs. Ben T. Cochran and bright little daughter, Jean Ellen, are vis-1 itine Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Syfan. I They will remain here till after the j Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Marchant and | handsome little son, T. M. Jr., of * Greenville, spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. P. B. Speed. Mrs. Marchant will visit here for several days. William Timmons, who attended wic iiaiiuug vamp av vgiwuvi[/v) I was in the city Sunday to visit his j sister, who teaches here in the Grad-1 ed school. He was commissioned as) Second Lieutenant and will be stationed at Camp Jackson. Misses Mary and Susie Pruitt of i near Iva, spent the week-end in the i city with their cousin, Miss Eliza i 11 mi i x_l Detn uamDreu. iney are stuaenx,s| at the College for Women at Duej West. i i Mrs. Jennie B. Hill of Birmingham, Ala., stopped over a night with her relatives, Mrs. W. L. Mc* Cord and family Sunday. She was on her way to Richmond to visit her daughter. HISTORY OF MY TOMATO CROP (The following is a history of her tomato crop written by little Lola Smith, Donalds, S. C., Route 2. This was made into an attractive book form and tied with green and red ribbon, and a big red tomato pasted on the back.) The size of my plat is 300 sq. ft. The soil is fertile and about eight inches deep. The subsoil is clay. On the first of May the soil was prepared. The ground was broken up, and the rows laid off and ridged. The grounJ was in good condition although very dry when I set my plants out. I raised my plants in boxes. The boxes were first filled with well pulverized rich soil and the seed were sown on the sixteenth of April. "In the heart of a seed, Buried deep, so deep, A dear little plant, Lay fast asleep. "Wake," said the sunshine, And creep to the light. 'Wake,' said the voice Of the raindrops bright. The little plant heard AnrI rn?P to see What the wonderful Outside world might be." I watched and waited for the seed to come up. One morning I was so glad when I saw them just as thick as they could be. Each one had two little leaves. Every even-j ing I watered them good until they were ready to transplant. On the fifteenth of May some were ready to be put out. My patch was a good piece from the house and I was so tired when I got through carrying j water to water them. Others werei ready to transplant the 29th of' May, 12th of June, and 28th ofl June. The seed I used were Brimer, I Stone and Acme. When the time! came thatl thought my plants were) doing so well, the worms got onj them and discouraged me. Every; morning I went out and picked off ; every one I could find and killed! them. At last I got them stopped; and I sure was glad. I loved to go out there every morning and work1 i 1 ' with them. We hoed and pioweu them every time they began to getj grassy. About the 20th of May, to my surprise, I saw a little bloom and was very proud of it. I watch-J ed it very closely and one day when I was out there I noticed that it had falle nolt and a little tomato had come to live in its place. 11 watched it every day as it grew; larger and larger and by the 26th of July, it had changed into a big, red, ripe, juicy tomato. The little tomatoes kept getting, larger and larger and it wasn't longj until I had a lot of ripe tomatoes. j The weather was so dry until I would have to pick the tomatoes! off by the buckets full and throw them away. A secret for you and me, little I book, and don't tell anybody. I amj dreaming of having a tenth of an j acre in tomatoes next year and the; next and next and work hard and ' make all I can and begin my col- j lege fund, for I want to do some-j thing in this world some day. I am so thankful to you, little tomatoes, for what you have done for me' this year for without you I wouldn't! have had anything although I didn't have but 300 sq. ft. of land in tomatoes. I meant to have had 1-10. acre, but it was so dry until my ) plants died before they were ready to transplant. Sometimes I was greatly discouraged but not enough to stop the work. R. A. RILEY AN ELECTRICAL EXPERT Mr. R. A. Riley, an electrical expert, is in the city from Atlanta and will spent several days here. Dec. 12th, 13th and 14th he will give an electrical demonstration of heating and cooking devices at the office of the Abbeville Water & Electric Plant. At a recent meeting of the City Council an exceedingly cheap rate on power consumed by cooking and heating was given which will vastly reduce the cost of fuel, and help solve the labor question for the housekeepers of Abbeville. ALLIGATOR FOR PARK. The Abbeville City Park is in receipt of a 16 pound alligator sent from Jacksonville, Florida, by J. C. McLane, who is working for the Southern Expresi Co. It is a fine speciman and is a great addition to I | the park. The children of the city Hi ! go there in swarms to see him. He B i has been christened "J. C." in 8 honor of the giver. S MISS PLEVNA SEAL HOME. | Miss Plevna Seal has returned.fl i home from Dr. Pryor's where shelfi j went for an operation. She has ^ B ! been over there for several weeks j undergoing treatment for other I minor complaints. She is very much J I improved in health and her friends are glad that she has returned to the city. CARD OF THANKS. j The Abbeville Red. Cross Chapter j 1 wishes to thank Mr. W. D. Barks| dale for the gift of all the Maxwell I House coffee that we used for our j dinner, to Mr. H. G. Smith we are : indebted for the use of the storej room, to Mr. T. G. White and Mr. [ J. Allen Smith, Jr., for the use of | their drays, to Mr. R. L. Dargan, C. D. Brown, Jr. and L. W. Keller for the use of china, to Mr. Rosenberg for red, white and blue cur tain, to Mr. J. D. Kerr for tables I and chairs. To all these parties we I wish to extend our thanks for their I liberality. B We wish to make special mention I of the $8..00 contribution by the | Red Cross Auxiliary at Antreville, I and the $8.05 conrtibution from I the sewing circle at Lebanon and I Sharon. We also want to express | our thanks to Leah Thomas, a faithful anti-bellum servant, who offered her services free to the Red Cross. POWELL-WILLIAMSON. The engagement of Miss Rose Powell of Pansy, Ga., and Mr. Clarence E. Williamson of this city, was announced in The State of last Sunday. Miss Powell was one of the attractive teachers at the Graded school here last year and is a young woman of many charms. Mr.' Williamson is in the Insurance business and a cotton buyer. He is re-j ceiving congratulations from hisj friends. The wedding will take place; Christmas week. j A WILL THERE BE $ A Merry Christm&s For the Orphans The Christmas season expresses |j 11 ?1 a-T Clr\A \ n ?*lB3 me goutiness uuu iuvc ux uvu sending into the world a Saviour for mankind with the message, i r~r* "Peace on earth, good will to men." ^ ^ The readers of this paper will no ^ doubt be casting around to find how to make others happy at the Christ- j ^ mas season, and especially as to ^ ^ how to help those who most need to I J be helped. There are at the Thorn- j We well Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., 300, for orphan children, gathered princi-: pally from the states of South Caro-j I lina, Georgia and Florida, though j ent quite a number come from other; fou states. They are given a home, good ; I school opportunities, and are train-1 A. ed for Christian manhood and wo-1 <-"i manhood. The expense is borne by j *;er contributions from all over the Unit wei ed States who love the orphan cause | de\ and who from time to time supply! means with which to pay the ex- * penses of the institution. Many the hundreds of,splendid young men 'ler and young women have been turned out from the institution, educated ^ and fitted for places of usefulness cra in the world. All of this splendid work depends ^ ^ upon charity. Just now the high ,:)a1 prices induced by war conditions I rnncstitntp a real menace to the full ^ I efficiency of the institution, be- Tj0( I cause it will cost at least $10,000, ^ I perhaps $15,000 more than usual j to conduct the institution efficient- ^ j ly without starving the children, I and without neglecting their edu- noC .. hor cation. . I brii i They help themselves largely by W3! working three hours a day, accom- ' plishing the saving of many thou WG' sands of dollars in the course of a ^ year. They are studious, obedient,! I coi dutiful, appreciative of what is done| ! for them, and eager to help them-| j selves as much as they can. j ^ Will you, dear reader, take these j j orphans into your heart, and do! | for them as God as blessed you on j | the coming Christmas occasion? j T1 | "Inasmuch as ye have done it untOj'j' one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Shipments of food, raiment, household articles, should be made to the! Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S.J C. All remittances should be sent!wa to the same address, or to the Lo-; cal Board of Trustees, Thornwell ] Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. St* A Nice L< Presents i Why not get fnr Him fr ClUAV/ xvyi x mil iv find here lots ol wear and they i mas presents, things we'd like gill/ ||" \\^| illllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIH Come in and selection earl} put them a sid you do not < them out now. Park ? v V S. V V V. V V V V V V' da VI SOCIAL NEWS. V ^ St AVVVVVVVVVVVVV las I diss JVlary Smith will entertain, dnesday morning1 at eleven o'clock Miss Katherine Link. * ! , hi] diss Antionette Thompson will ertain Wednesday afternoon at: r o'clock for Miss Katharine Link.! ~ ! tfiss Jessie Hill entertained the R. P. church society at her home j ^ North Main street Thursday af-, w? noon. Delightful refreshments j re served after the business and! Avonnieiie woro nvpr j 'UllUXiai CACIWIOW ?rviw v . CO Urs. W. M. Barnwell entertained &? Bridge Club Friday afternoon at! ' home at a delightfv.l meeting. ~ ker the usual number of games . it refreshments of chicken salad . ckers and coffee were served. . VIrs. Moore Mars entertained AwnAAn in Knnnr nf llPf 'UI uaj OJLI.C1IIUVI1 lit w ther, Mrs. Wilkes, of Laurens, ere were six tables. The after>n was very enjoyable and deltful refreshments were served the conclusion of the games. Viiss Janis Morse gave an after>n tea on Friday afternoon in lor of Miss Katherine Link the de to be. A most pleasant time s enjoyed by the guests. The I ristmas decorations of red green re used to good effect and the lse was quite attractive. A Ave irse menu was served as follows: arape Fruit, Creamed Oysters, } crackers, Chicken salad, Iced anges and whipped Cream, Coffee, i e guests were Misses Katherine lk, Mary Lawson, Mary Quarles lk, Lavenia Coleman, Antionette ompson, Mrs. Otto Bristow, Mrs. M. Morgan and Mrs. W. A. Lee. SOME COLORED FARMERS, i i Jas. Allen of the Starr Route,! s here Wednesday selling- cotton, j Henry Watt, a farmer on the! irr Route, was in town Wednes-j >t of Chris ;or Men ai something user >r a Christmas p new nobby thii nake the nicest Below we si i you to see. * _ OVERCOATS, TROUSERS, | SUITS, SWEATERS, COLLARS, SHIRTS, NECKTIES j ^ HAND BAGS, UMBREL- ^ | LAS, HANDKERCHIEFS, | GLOVES, HOSIERY, SUS51 | PENDERS, BELTS, BATH i ^ ROBES, PAJAMAS, HATS, |_^ CAPS, SHOES. make your r, and let us !e for you, if :are to take er &R y trading. Ben Morgan, who lives on thej arr Route, was here with cotton ?t week. | Willie Gibert of Mt. CarmelJ ' 1 1 ' T ?? fl?n OUgnt nis cotvon nurc w gti, jh price 'this market pays. John Strother of Route 1, was* re with cotton last Wednesday. Pleas Bibb, a colored farmer whoj res on Route 4, was in town this ;ek. Will Minus and wife of Route 4,! 2re in town Wednesday. They are lored farmers and have made a iod crop. VVVVUVVVUVVW FOOD WILL WIN THE V WAR V \ Eat more corn, oats, and \j * 1? ??Vi on/4 VI oaney pruuuuus, uu ?.?? poultry. V Bake, Boil and Broil Foods. V Eat less meat, wheat, sugar V and fats. V Food will win the war. V vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv / ffce "ioClure HrT^apor Eyadlfi*^ itmas I id Boys ul and serviceYnn 11 tigs for him to I kind of Christ- I Liggest a few * J'ancy Hosiery a ' ^ *' -V eese J j SAM REID. ,-/ Sam Reid has returned home from St. Matthews, where he has been working as County Demonstrator. He will have charge of his mother's farm in the absence of his other brothers who have enlisted. in the army. MUTUAL INSURANCE. The Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance Association had a whole page ad in The Press and Banner last week. If you did not read thsi ad you should hunt up your paper and read it and see what they have been doing and what other people have to say about them. Mr. J. R. Blake, formerly of this place, but now of Greenwood, is the General Agent. ESTATE OF J. D. BROWNLEE. Notice of Settlement and Applicacation for Final Discharge. Take Notice that on the 31st day of December, 1917, I will render a final account of my eatings nad doings as Administrator of hte Estate of J. D. Brownlee, deceased, in the office of Judge of Probate for Abbeville County at 10 o'clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust -as such Administrator. All persons havings demands aoainst said estate will present them for payment on or before that day, proven and authenticated or be forever barred. A. SELDEN KENNEDY, 12-4-3. Administrator. NEW SCHEDULE ON SEABOARD. South No. 5 1:16 P. M. No. 29 3:52 P. M. No. 11 3:04 A. M. No. 17 5:00 A. M. North No. 30 12:34 P. M. No. 6 5:54 P. M. No. 12 . 1:39 A. M. No. 18 10:00 P. M. f, ? >