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IXocal I 1 Hews | : Personals : jj John W. Coleman of Greenwood, ^ as in the city last Friday. He hc.s Viic rrmnorir hii?sinpss nnd is now Irav* luu &kvvv? j ^ ? aveling for Talmadge Wholesale roee'ries of Athens. Glenn Kay is in the city spending s five days vacation. He has a potioVi in Greenville. G. W. Carroll is in Bay Menettc, la., visiting: his daughter, Mrs. ene Hall. Mrs. Reames and daughters, MissEva and Sophia Reames, went up Anderson Saturday to spend a w days. They will also visit in illiamston and Greenville before turning. M. G. Dennard was in the city iturday afternoon on business. Mrs. J. A. Sutherland and daughr, Allie, were in the city shopping KB Saturday. BBlfr. Cabeness of Greenwood, was ^ business visitor in the city SaturiHMr. R. H. Moseley of Lowndes^Hle, was a business visitor here or ^Hturday. HMr. Daniels, who is one of the ^Hral Carrier's out from LowndesHRe, was in our office for a short HHpe Saturday. ^HClaud McAllister of Latimer, was |?d in the city Saturday. (7. 0. Graves of Sharon, was in city Saturday. Lndrew Bass of Lebanon, was a iness visitor in town last week. liss Maggie Evans was among busy shoppers in the city last arday. lisses Annie and Lucy Gibert of anoji, were here shopping on ruday. ferbert Barnes was in the city arday buyinw supplies. He is lg at the old Carter place now ing moved there recently from KHP/ndesville. eh Hlr. McNeil was in" the city SatEHay afternoon. He had a young HH which he sold out on the streets Rfl$50 cash. A negro man bought D. Ashley of Gilgal, was here MKHthe afternoon on Saturday. ^^ r. G. W. Cade of Bordeaux, jj^^ved the bad roads and the dis^^Heable weather Monday and to town. KH-ank Neuffer is better after a HH>s struggle with the grip conin f.nlnmhia. He is well Igh to be around the house, but his robust young brother, Hapdown to Columbia to take lace as page in the House. good many of the children in sville are having whoopingh, though there are no severe so far. The epidemic among rrown folks is measles, which to be called "German" but are Icalled "foreign." ph "M". McCord came down from pville and spent Sunday with Iime people on Magazine street. de Murchison of Greenville, Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Dewey. i. John Mabry and Jack Suth[ left Monday for Clinton, to sometime with Mrs. S. J. Kiljeant Walter Swezey of Sparrg, spent Sunday at Mr. Pierce t's in the Santuc section. . [| Corporal C. J. Lyon, Jr., spent ; I several days this week in the city i j with friends. He is stationed at I Camp Sevier and is getting on fine. Mrs. Benton of Monroe, was called i to Abbeville last week on account | of the illness of her granddaughter, !! little Frances Piatt. The little girl i! is much improved now. I [NOTICE TO CITY TAX PAYERS.' !' i jj On and after Feb. 1st, a penalty ; of 2 per cent, will be added to all J unpaid City Tax. On and after i March 1st, a penalty of 7 per cent. - will be added. T. G. PERRIN, i l-22-3t. City Treas. j i i VITAL STATISTICS. j For the year of 1917 in Long! ! Cane Township there were 93 births, ,31 whites and 62 colored, and 39 deaths, 15 whites, and 24 colored. ' E. R. Miller, Reg. j I _ j SOMEWHERE. 'I i The geography lesson was about i to begin, and the subject of it was t France. Accordingly the teacher : started off with the question: "Now ! in this present terrible war who is rj our principal ally?" "France,"i came the answer from a chorus of j voices. "Quite right," said the tonpVipr hpnminc "Now fan anv one of you give me the name of a town in France?" - A small boy at the back of the class almost fell over in his eagerness to tell. "Some' where," he said breathlessly.?Pitts' burgh Chronicle Telegraph. MRS. MAXWELL ILL. i .. .. . , Mrs. Maxwell is quite sick oi| pneumonia, at the home of herj , daughter, Mrs. A. B. Morse. Thef . friends of the family wish for her! ; an early recovery. RED CROSS BUTTONS. The Red Cross buttons have arrived and those who have joined can i get one each from their campaign managers. i MRS. WILSON SICIC. | Misses Sarah and Mary Wilson ' were called home last week from ' Clinton on account of the illness of their mother, Mrs. Mattie Wilson, who was quite sick. Mrs. Wilson i lives in the upstairs of Mrs. S. C. j Seals house on North Main street. . BOUGHT HOME. j ; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Billings have! I bought the home of Mr. and Mrs. i Hoyt Deadwyler on Ferry street, j ; They intend to move in as soon as! j they can make arrangements. This | ' i is a lovely little house and they were | j fortunate in getting it. Mr. and Mrs. D. Poliakoff have! bought the house of Mr. Leonard I Keller on Bowie street. This is a I large roomy house and is close in i to the business section of the city. ACCIDENTS. Mrs. F. W. R. Nance was out on her back porch near the well when she slipped and fell down. She cut a gash in the back of her head. It was necessary to take four stitches. She is doing fine now. Mr. Joe Hammond was unfortun| ate as he fell and broke one of his j ribs while overseeing the work on a I house that was being constructed. He is doing all right now only he says that it is painful to cough or sneeze with the coat-plaster over his rib. BETTER THAN A LETTER. Percy Leach returned to his studies at Clemson last Wednesday. He enjoyed a most pleasant vacation trip to Chattanooga. He wants to keep up with the news "at home so his mother is sending him The Press and Banner. He says that it is bet | ter than a letter from home. W. S. Wilson says that' he can't do without The Press and Banner any longer so he came in and handed us his subscription. His son also subscribes which goes to prove that it is a very newsy paper and everybody wants to keep up with the happenings. MOVES TO GREENWOOD. Mr. J. M. Ogilvie has accepted a position wi?h The Greenwood Journal and left last week to begin his work. He will move his family there in the near future. They are | visiting in Columbia for awhile. His place at The Medium office is being filled by William Beard. While Mr.' Ogilvie and his family made their! home in our town they made many^ friends who regret that they are leaving. ABBEVILLE PEOPLE ABROAD. ! The beloved grand vice chancellor the Rev. L. J. Bristow, has just left his room at the Baptist Hospital, where he has been confined since December 26, when he had to undergo an operation. Brother Bristow was not critically ill, but he suffered most intense pain. His brother knights and friends throughout South Carolina will rejoice in the fact that he will soon be enjoying his usual good health again.?The State. I C. D. Brown, grand keeper of rec-' ords and seal, is confined to his bed I with grip. It is hoped Brother Brown will be out again in a few! days.?The State. SURGICAL DRESSINGS CLASS. Another surgical dressings class will be started this week under the instruction of Mrs. J. C. Ellis. Any lady from the town or county wishing to join this class will meet ini the reading room of the library on the third floor of the City Hall, Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 23rd, at fpur o'clock. This meeting is for the purpose of organizing the class. Mrs. T. G. White, Chairman of Woman's Bureau. A CALL FOR VOLUNTEER WORKERS The Surgical Dressings department of the A. R. C. in Abbeville, would be glad to have volunteer workers every morning in the week except Monday, to assist in this much needed work. There will be an instructor in charge of the rooms each day to teach any who may come. This chapter has promised 1500 dressings for the month of Jan. and has about finished this work, but we wish to make a much larger shipment if possible. Come and help us. Mrs. J. C. Ellis, Supervisor Surgical Dressings. I WOULD STOP ~ PAREGORIC ABUSE; I I Columbia, Jan. 17.?Messrs. N. J G. Evans, of Edgefield, and Neuf-. fer, of Abbeville, in a bill introduc-j ed in the House, are attempting to stop the misuse of paregoric. Com-j plaint has been received from vari-j ous parts of the State that general; stores are selling as much as one pint of the drug, which is being used as a beverage for the alcohol j contained in it. It is claimed that! there is as much alcohol in an ounce ! of paregoric as there is in a likej quantity of whiskey and not a large, quantity of opium; that the practice is doing much to develop the "paregoric habit.' ' The bill provides that not more than two ounces of paregoric can be purchased each weeki from a licensed druggist. Should a larger quantity be desired it will; have to be obtained on a physician's! prescription.?W. J. C., in News and; Courier. TO CURTAIL DEPARTMENT'S WORK. | Columbia, Jan. 17.?Mr. Moore,! of Abbeville, introduced in the! House tonight a bill amending the' present law so as to prohibit the; State Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries from doing "educational, scientific and extension agricultural" work coming | under the province of Clemson Col i mi.* : a. i.i ! lege. mis measure carries uui uie general outline of the recommndation contained in Governor Manning's annual message.?W. J. C., in News and Courier. DR. ROBERT WILSON. Dr. Robert Wilson was in the city Sunday to see Mr. Louis Levi, who has been very ill at the Rosenberg home. Mr. Levi is better ,his friends will be glad to know. THE SERVICE LEAGUE. j Letters of Appreciation from Soldiers in Different Campi for Paclc- j ages Sent Oat at CKristmas. i Mrs. W. A. Harris, of the Abbe-j ville Service League, has received a number of letters from soldiers in J different sections of the country; thanking the League for Christmas packages sent out by the local or-| ganization. One hundred and twelve packages went from this League, of which forty were sent to France, j and the remainder were turned over to the Abbeville Red Cross and sentI to soldiers at different places. The following are some of the letters received, which shows that the League is doing real service, as its name implies: From Camp Hancock. Co. D. 11th Inf. U. S. A. Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Dec. 26, 1917. Abbeville Service League, Abbeville, S. C., I wish to thank you for the Christ-, mas remembrance that I received! this morning. It was an odd andj lonesome Christmas for us boys here' at camp and I can assure you that] your Christmas remembrances werej very much appreciated by all, and. that they helped in instilling the! spirit of Christmas throughout the; camp. The spirit of the women "back home" is producing a psychological effect that will be a big factor in helping to win this war. Again thanking you for this 0 Christmas remembrance and for the spirit which prompted it, I am Very truly yours, T. N. Robbins. From Two Prorata*. Camp Hancock, Augvista, Ga. Dec. 2.5, 1917. Abbeville Service League, Abbeville, S. C., I am taking this means to thank your league for one of the packages received by Private S. Shugart and myself. It was a very nice package and was distributed to us via the Red Cross. Please accept our thanks find good wishes. Private Lester E. Sumney, f Private Ralph S. Shugart, I Headauarters'Co.. 111th Inf. TT. S A I Camp. Hancock, Augusta, Ga. From Corp. Jack Dickson. Co. F. 111th Inf. U. S. A. Camp Hancock, Ga. Jan. 6, 1918. The Abbeville Service League, Abbeville, S. C., For the Red Cross. Dear Friends:? I want to thank you on the partj of myself and squad for the fine package we received from your at Christmas time and to assure you of our appreciation. Wishing you great success in the New Year, I am, I Sincerely yours, i Corp. Jack Dickson, j ? r Camp Hancock, Ga. g January 16, 1918. The Abbeville Service League, Just a few lines from a little soldier boy who wishes to thank you for the Christmas present he received at the Christmas time. They made many hearts feel better when they were handed those presents and it also made a lot of those boys feel like at home. But there was many a boy there who had never been away from home over Christmas and for him not to be at home it not | only made him feel bad but his old I mother who had always had him I xi ?: .1 * mere, unce again x win inanK you | for that present and I hope I will be I able to show that I was entitled to it; ^ Hoping to hear from you soon, !|! I. remain, as ever, Ij! Pricate Albert A. Hilliard, lj; . Co. B. 11th Infantry. -;j; Augusuta, Ga. ;i; MRS. LOUISE MclNTOSH LONG iji Mrs. Louise Mcintosh Long came j|| down from Saranac Lake, where she !; ! has been making her home for the i. i iU? n /<! past nvc years, auu> spent uic iau with her sister, Mrs. Howell Zeig- ;|| ler in Greenwood. She has many \\\ admirers in Abbeville who were jl' glad to see her and to know that i|I she is in very good health. Mrs. |j: Long returned ot Saranac during >; the holidays. She was accompanied on the trip by Miss Sherar. ;J;: ft r Mm vimu l ToSs ra Start the k B| right by makir will zvant to save the igak A personal savings a high-class bask Wk tion like this, are given the and encoura die their o is a good l^n rignt aire dollar opei 9 Safety?HonestyHie Nati< Abbevil Economy Yoi Purity Your I * * fi Your Uncle Sam wants you to b of Food, but there is not a citizen he wanst to go hungry. r - il- 11 in uie maLlt'I u? vuuacivai/iuu uj the longest way. You cannot econo ducts obtainable. Highly nourishin the cheapest in the long run. Feed your family from our sto] out for the best from every viewj and at the same time highly nouri: way to economize. W.D. B - /? Thousands of (jo Are N Clerical f The government has just DRAUGHON'S PRACTICAL BUS ? Classified j CO :|: ^ | W ant to buy oi | thing? Then w | advertisement SjTHE PRESS ren r^rV" ?ve \f 11 lg them 11 / SB ir money. aJ> K account in JK iag institu- JHr where children proper attention gement to hantwn finances start in the ction. One account. - Courtesy?Service I anal Bank Be S. C. ir Watchword Standard >e as saving as possible in the matter of these good old United States that f food, remember this: The Best goes mize by using the cheapest food prog food comes higher in price and is e. We are constantly on the watch . joint. If it is pure and wholesome shing, we have it. 'Tis the very best iarksdale BBMBHMMBM????| od Stenographers i eeded I I Help Wanted i written to this school pointing out their I urgent need of stenographers, both'male I and female, and asking us to tieip mem in g securing the great number needed. The I starting salary offered is $990 to $1200 a I year. Examinations are being held week- fi ly in 400 cities. g Besides the demand of the government. I the conscription is taking thousands of I young men from commercial positions. E and their positions will have to be filled I by new employees. Business men ar; 6 calling on us daily tor assistance in secur- I ing stenographers and bookkeepers. I Write for'detailed information. Addrcsis I 1INESS COLLEGE, Greenville, S. C. I Advertising > " : "-'lo |: ", ? ..11 ^ 1 or sen sumc= ? try a classified L, $ in H |' & BANNER EI