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I? \~1 1 1 Jep v : 9 1 n \ l' ; --- 1 ? ^5^7 n t The clear, mellow Kayo Lamp makes t |9|m faigs cheerful and I' ?work is less tedioi enjoyable in Rayo U, RAYO U are artistic in desi ment to anj roon them as you would a don't hare to rcmov aey or shade. East] Designed to give th< bright, flickerless lij If your dealer doesn write to our nearest The use of Aladdin guarantees best resul stoves and heaters. STANDARD 6lL ft (Nut J?n ^ - '* BALTIMORI W AHESMn Washington, D. C. / Norfolk. V?. Ci Rialuaood. Va. < LETTER FROM FRANK CARWILE Level Land, Jan. 8.?The sur shone brightly on New Years Day 0, that we poor mortals could lei our lights shine before our fellowman likewise, then there would b? fewer dark corners in this old world I tor! a T d - i L / I R P I G 1 1 . \ ' THE PI fft ' } ? V 1 - ; i jres Young lyes Strong of the he long eren- !?Blg5?laK|^ pleasant. Its r on the eyes is?play more H|^H ^mps *. m WMxESaB&M f pn?an orna1. You light l gas jet?you either chiraLy kept clean. 5 rrntYtmnm of We them, tutifio. Security 00 ts from lamps, COMPANY * Oxariott*. N. a Lb^BBMbI larltatos, W. Vg. PBMBBHHIi a?fUwoo.8.G. e .? - = t ; that we inhabit. * How did you enjoy the holidays i and which held out the longest your 1 . quart or your cake? ' If you make New Year resolu- t tions don't break them. If you do t i it would have been much better if a 1 you had never made them. A good I iiiii. life &C?fcA?,-;x, . ..V-;, ,j , ' '.'-V " 1 ? [918 le will endeavor to give i lat can be obtained to a\ vertisers, and 01 HE PRESS AND BAN i r> 1 ? l ay 8 anarriaay s eacn w egal advertising $ 1 ..00 p and .50 cents each su ates for contract advert! > on reqi ' rices will be made onal i live us a call. Phone Nil ?r ' mm ' v:. t .\ 1 ale is to never pledge anything and ever put your name on paper un- < ;ss you know you can fulfill your 1 bligations. Sign just as few notes 1 s possible, especially if they have J ttorney's fees attached to them. If : ou do you are working for the t hade tree man and bearing the urden $nd heat of the day. There 1 i no truer saying than that of the 1 rise man when he said the "borrow- j r is servant to the lender." i Thi<j is cnint* t.n he a vsar r?f hich 1 rices, such as the present genera- 1 ion has ever witnessed. Be careful i ow you go in debt and bear in lind that it is much better to live j lose one year than be a servant ] en. 1 Why don't you newspaper men | 2t us write ^)n both sides of the pa- < ier in order to economize? But so ] ong as you furnish it we have no :ick to make. ] Vinegar is older than its mother. ' lad the thought ever occurred to ou? Ours froze solid during the i ecent cold spell. Snow has been on the ground for hree weeks. We had three in Dec- 1 mber and one up-to-date in Janu-j ry. Something that hasn't hap-|] lened in these parts in twenty-five | \. ! . . M ears according to our craniurb. ] Prof. Lynch k the new principal 1 f the Antreville school. Let parons, teachers and pupils all pull ogether and the success of the chool is assured. Otherwise as we 1 aid at the beginning it will be a ailure, for a house "divided" tgainst itself will not stand," acording to Holy writ. Lets not lave any "Moore" foolishness but jet down to business for if we do iot we are burning up daylight and tindering the education of our ihildren for the morning of their ives is fast passing away and the sventide isn't far at best. Away vith petty nonsense. Cuffy was asked what branch of he army he preferred. I prefers lone was his reply. "Hasn't" got an egg in a month, lave you? Clarence Haddon died 23 years igo the 6th of Jan. Yet it seems as >ut yesterday. Our lives hang on i thread and how easily it can be >roken. I ^ p the* very bestol" service ar subscribers, ouradar customers. ? NER is issued on Tueseek. ' Price?$li 50 year. >erinch firstinsertion, bsequent insertion. isirrgr will be furnished wit. ltffyour jobs. i ?nber 10. HOME OF GOOD PI uBli MIBMMKitfll Ini IWijHjII SminltMIBElo ? Heard from oar boy in Frn.nce re:ently. He had very little to say >ut he is well. If you have any;hing' to tell your boy t^ll ^ Mm before he goes, for in all probability >rou will never have the chance igain in this world. Have been in the house for two weeks with the old "oman," and it las been a good place to stay. Were ?one one day in Christmas and had irery little company. It was a good time to eat your own rations but we did yearn for some of the other Eellows. A fellow in Texas says we will grow a big crop of cotton thiii year. How are we going to do it when labor is now torn up and is going to get worse? All Solomon's are not dead, especially those who never plow. The woman who maketh a good pudding in silence is better than Bhe that maketh a tart reply. Not getting good bread? You married the wrong girl. Too late to rectify matters. Some men who spend weeks in selecting a horse, rush blindfolded into matrimony. Otherwise they might have had a good cook. According to our calculation the month of February will have five Sundays in J.920. This is a very unusual haDnenincr and onlv occurs a few times in a lifetime. A girl who had been knitting socks for the soldiers received the following from a soldier at the front: Some socks! some fit! One is a hammock?the other a mit, I hope to meet you when I've done my bit, But who in the devil taught you to Knit? They met by chance, They had never met before They met by chance And she was stricken sere. They never met again Don't want to I'll allow, They met but once 'haras a freight train and. a cow. For the better-half: Smith?How's everything tit your house? Brown?Oh, she's all right. Charles W. Outlaw was one of ' ? * " ' MM " / / y ! . i ? "V / " ' \ . -r, "" * ' . . v * . i ' .1 I . .i \ i " < .i > >:: ;< . A > _ ' . ' 1 N At R CO HINTING. I . ' ' " i '' I " V the men who had Billy Sunday to come to Atlanta. May be a good man, but we don't admire his name. John L. McLaurin says on a recent visit to Washington he conversed with some men who had been to the front and they told a gloomy tale and that all the good part wasn't on our side. We' never have believed that it was and isn't going to be very soon in our opinion. Today, Jan. 4th, is still very cold and the snow is on the ground. Very likely it will not be free from it for *> + 1 /-?? ? n 4* AT1A tWAnfll ai icaob vnt IUVUVUI Mrs. Onie McCarter Burdette of Greenville, has been on a visit to relatives around Antreville. How ungrateful old Father Noah was after he built the Ark he and his family were saved and when the waters subsided he came out and planted a vineyard and became! drunken. Many like him and worse! have lived since. . Mack read the Book of Job inj three hours. If he has his patience and doesn't get a tough woman as he did he'll do very well. 125,000 person made homeless in Guatemala City. We never know what a day will brin& forth and earthquakes will occur until the endj 01 time. One of the boys received a card from Prof. Moore who recently left our community. Said he was in a good community of boys and girls and his work would commence on the 31st of Decenlber. Success to him in his new work. From a distance it seems to usj that the Abbeville papers are going j to be run from now henceforth by the gentler sex. We men will have to be on our P's and Q's and be careful as to what we have to say? about them at least. The salary of William Elliott the new food administrator is one dollar per year. Patriotic. Isn't it strange many young men anu iauies wiiu nave guuu | to obtain an education spurn the chance? And many others who have not the chance would make noble men and women if they only had the means to obtain an education. Improve your moments while in your tender years boys and girls. Our sympathy goes out to the old t w ! . ' * '' . ?? person well stricken in years who loses his or her companion. They need every encouragement we can / give them. We thank our friends and neighbors for the many tokens they have given us for the past 6 weeks. Every one of them you, may be sure is highly appreciated. We never know how to appreciate health un til we. are. stricken with some mal- ?, ; ady. A fellow said he raised over $100 . y from two turkey hens. Well he beat us, and we just know he didn't for his neighbbrs did the greater part 'h of it. Headline: "The hen in the garden." We had one that did go there, but today she is in the pot. l\) A good place for one that does. . " T STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i > ' County of Abbeville. D r ?>" "^3 M luuaic vuui ' t Citation for Letters of AdminUtra vg tion. . ' /'! By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of / Probate: > WHEREAS, Carrie Mooney hath with will annexed, made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Admin-; \ . | istration of the Estate and effects of Patrick Lee, late of Abbeville County, deceased. THESE ARE THEREFORE,, to \ cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Patrick Lee, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, the 21st day of January, 1918, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Ad ministration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Court, this 7th day of Jan. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and in the 142 year of American Independence. Published on the 11th and 18th days of Jan. 1918, in The Press and Banner, and on the Court House door for the time required by law. J. F. MILLER, l-ll-2t. Judge of Probata. '