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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months - .75 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1918. Col. Bill Cason of Upper Main Street is sorry the election is over. f J "O ??? J ?. ? 4-VkA wanr oi^a. ?jveryuuuy wai^o ua nv? o?\?vwalk on Greenville street. The soldiers tried it Sunday. Since the new registration Col. Dave Hill nurses the baby every Sunday afternoon. * ' How the people will suffer when the war is over and cotton again brings twelve cents per pound. One of the reasohs why the Germans retired was^because they were beaten. With the croD all running to weed and the price going down, we ex-! pect to give a lien again next year. | Unless cotton goes up a quarter | of a cent in the next fifteen minutes j the country will be ruined. We hope that Uncle Jim will not bid three on the Jack when he gets to the Governor's Mansion. When the Victrola talking machine wants to be heard it advertises' in The Press and Banner. 1 . I i Forty years of preparation did not stand long before yankee courage and American cold steel and hot, . lead. \ When Col. Pat Roche called to see! friends at several points on Main Street Sunday night at nine o'clock, /fast time, he found them all in bed.j The next session of the legislature should provide for the "recall" in Abbeville, so that Mayor Mars may be given an opportunity to go I to the war without offending his friends by resigning. , Some farmers do not succeed be-j cause they try to raise a crop of | cotton and a crop of grass on thej same land at the same time. Thej two crop idea is contrary to that i principle of science which says that; two bodies cannot be in the same: place at the same time. DR. GEO. W. SWOPE. j The people of the City of Abbe-, ville will witness the departure of Dr. Geo. W. Swope from our midst! with profound sorrow. Dr. Swope came here some three years ago. He at once impressed the people as an| earnest and able expounder of the scriptures. He succeeded one of the be^t pastors in his denomination. It, was thought by some that his place could hardly be filled. But Dr. | Swope has measured up as an orr?anizer as well as a tirpaeher. Hp has led the Baptist congregation out of a wilderness of debt, as it seemed to some, and now has it on high ground. The membership of thn church has greatly increased under 1 leadership of the pastor. He leaves for his successor a prosperous church, a happy people, and a fertile field for good works. Not only has Dr. Swope succeeded as a minister, but he has been a leading thinker and worker in the, questions of every day life which have beset us in the latter days. On the all important work of the warj he has lent his best efforts, both in! doing what he could individually,! and in stirring the patriotism of the people. His telling addresses on subjects connected with the war have ]bad a great deal to do with the acceptance of the tasks by the people here. He and his accomplished wife and talented children will ever have a .warm place in the hearts of the people of this city. We hope that as they go away they will carry with them fond recollections of their stay here, and that now and then, not too infrequently, we may see them in Abbeville again. The work which Dr. Swope takes up in his new field offers great opportunities for doing good by one of his powers of thought and of his gifts as a public speaker. The fact that he leaves the comfortable berth which he has just prepared in Abbeville in order to seek other work in harder fields, but where the work is more pressing, tells us that he is looking ahead. And may we all not ish him God-speed in all his undertakings? MARIE TIFFANY. The Opera House will be the scene of an unique recital on Thursday evening, September 19th. when the Kerr Furniture Company will introduce Miss Marie Tiffany, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company and Mr. Graham Harris to a specially invited audience of music lovers. Miss Tiffany is a recent acquisition to the forces of the Metropolitan Opera Company where her rise i has been very rapid for one whose previous experience had been entirely in concert and oratorio. An unusually beautiful voice, pure and flexible, a broad musicianship and a charming personality are the contributing factors. Music lovers should derive solid satisfaction from the program that will be rendered by Miss Tiffany and Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris is perhaps np less popular. He is an artist of unusual ability and delightful personality and will receive a hearty welcome. MISS K^OPPE, A NURSE. Washington, D. C., Sept. 15th.? None of the stories of self-sacrifice j on the part of Belgian women that; have come to light since the begin-j ning of the war is more touching! than that concerning a Miss Knoppe^ which has just reached this country J frnm tViA h pa rl mi.irfpr<a of t.hp Ampri-. Mrs. Langdon Envin and son,] Langdon, Jr., are visiting the for-, mre's parents in Aiken this week. Mr. Clarence Crowther, a graduate the A. H. S., last year, is the winner of a four year scholarship at Clemson Collegeand will attend college there next session. Clarence is a bright boy and we are proud of him. The following were delightfully entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest can Red Cross in Belgium. Miss Knoppe is a fine looking, sturdy type of peasant girl, who has been nursing the soldiers for four years.1 On many occasions in that; trying period she has shown rare,courage.' She was wounded at Antwerp and as a result of the bravery displayed on that occasion carries the decoration' of the "Order of Leopold." Recently five thousand Belgian refugees reached the town where' Miss Knoppe has been working. The need of m&ny of the children for, food was so imperative that the patriotic woman drew $180 from the bank, her life's savings, and spent 1 the money to relieve their hunger.; It developed later that she was to' have been married shortly to an or-' deriy in the hospital to which she is' attached and that she had saved the money for her wedding trousseau.! The story of her great sacrifice has been going the rounds in Belgium and takes rank with the many in-| apinui, influents ui me war. > V V ANTREVILLE. V! \ > I Antreville, Sept. 13.?Mr. Ernest ( McCarter and Miss Luna Martin! were quietly married at the Metho-I dist parsonage Aug. 31, 1918, in the presence of Mr. Eugene McCarter and Miss Lalla Martin. Rev. W. S. Martin performed the ceremony. They have hosts of friends who wish them a life of hapiness. j Misses Pet Hawthorne and Mary, Bell of Latimer, are visiting Mrs. S. J. Wakefield. [ McCarter last Tuesday: Mr. and Mrs.| Furman Bbwen, Mrs. Hude -Prince,^ Misses Bertha Patterson, Valeria p Crowther, Erin and Ruth Crowther, Kattie Lou Haddon, Zula Suber, ' Mary and Genevieve Anderson, Annie Bell and Althea Keaton and Mr.' Eugene McCarter. Mrs. Fleet Crowther is spending sometime wiht Mrs. G. 0. Stokes. Born?To Mr. and Mrs. E. N. McCarter, Sept. 6, 1918, a son. Miss Myrtle Crowther left for her school in Iva last week. Rev. W. Smith Martin is spending sometime in Hendersonville, N. C. V V : V BETHIA NEWS. V IV V Bethia, Sept. 11.?We sure have had a nice season, but too late to do the cotton any good,,but will be a great help to the gardens and potatoes and turnip patches good. Mrs. Below and daughter, Pauline, spent Monday with Mrs. J. H. Hall. What a fine meeting Bethia did have last week, hope the good ' preacher will come back and prtach for us again. Mrs. W. M. Hall has been quite sick but hope to say that she is better now. Her grandmother, Mrs. 1 Marv Honof Trov. is stavincr with her. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Beauford went to Troy last Sabbath' to bid her nephey, Mr. John Spence, good bye before leaving for Camp Jackson. Mithh Ruth Beauford, who has been spending a month in Porthmouth, Va., with her brother, before leaving for France, came home Tuesday. Mr. Jim Link and daughter were in Abbeville Monday shopping. Mr. Norman Cason is expecting < his sister, Miss Lula Cason from Au gusta, where she is a trained nurse at the Camp. Mrs. M. E. Beauford and daughter motored up to town Wednesday afternoon on business. ABBEVILLE PASTOR FRIEND OF STUDENTS Three Scholarships Provided for by Late Dr. Wilkins. Greenville, Sept. 10?Scholarships of the value of $1,000 each for Fur-| man University, the Greenville Wo-| man's College and the Southern Bap-| tist Theological Seminary, to be used to aid worthy students, are provided in the will of the late Rev. A. C.j Wilkins, D. D., a well known Baptist; minister of the South. The will has| recently been probated here. It iv dated October 7, 1916, and was' made in Clarke County, Georgia.1 Dr. \Vilkins died this summer. a| number of bequests of cash are left^ to nieces of Dr. Wilkins, in this I State -and Georgia, and provision is made, in addition to the $1,000 scholarships, that the residue of the' estate, if any, after the above pro-' visions are complied Vith, be divid-' fed into four equal parts, one-fourth to go to Furman University, one-' fourth to the Greenville Woman's' College and the other fourths to i nieces named in the will. The money left to the colleges is to be permanently invested, and the income used' to aid worthy students." Rev. Wilkins was for a number of, years pastor of the Baptist church in Abbeville. It was with sincere re-' gret that a host of friends learned of his death a short time ago. MISS EDNA BRADLEY ENTERTAINS FRIENDS ??liss Edna Bradley entertained the guests of her friend, Miss Betty; "Torrah of Bellevue, at a delightful ?:? a 1 ?M|7i7Cl 1' 1 iUil^ CVCIUIlg. IlUIIlUtfi of delectable tour&c-s ware served afid, under the genial presidency of .Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley, the young people present enjoyed themselves to the utmost. Later in the' evening, they enjoyed a theatre par-' fcy at the movies. Miss Martha Moore of Alabama,! Miss Malvina Kennedy of Troy, and! Miss Elizabeth Cathcart of Winns-j 'ioro, were the honored guests of j the occasion. They are school friends, of Miss Morrah at the Woman's College in Due West. Other young people enjoying the hospitality of Miss Bradley were: Miss Ruth Howie, Mr. E. Grier of Due West, Weber Wilson, Andrew Hill, Charlie Calvert, MacTyiere Daniel and Leslie Swope. / ..i. . . ... ? An Unusual R be Held at the An evening of \ relief from the delightful prog OPERA HOUSE ? T1 _1 C_?. 1A.1 inussaay, oepi. i vuy by two artists \ of the quality c MARIE TIFFANY Soprano of the one of the mosl the concert staj GRAHAM HARRIS Violinist, who tation, has tour Theyswill be assisted "The Phonogrt Tickets Distributed F at the i L Abbeville, Si / mmm*. wmmm V* V we will display c MiLP Coats, Suits, Dresses, Etc. The Style i P*.; I /?? I II ft1' : BUYWAR SAVINGS STAMPS II CONSTANTLY lii m\ m iiimiiiii n i ^iuii i m<ms) ?? j J. M. AND] Recital to ; Opera House good music means relaxation and strain of these wearing times. A pram will be presented at 1-8:30 P. M. J vhose reputations are a guarantee >f the event. They are ; Metropolitan Opera Company, t promising young singers now on &e. as an artist of considerable repu< ed the country several seasons. by iph with a Soul." ree Upon Application itore of * Cc W HOME OUTFITTERS mth Caorlina Yf Wednesday I /A Thursday! 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