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Mrs. S. A. Allen, of Fonville, was a visitor in the city Tuesday, W. W. Westfield, of Santuc, was in town Tuesday on business. Mrs. J. T. Scott, ?f Mt. Carmel, was shopping in the .city Tuesday. Mr. R. C. Price, was down from Iva this vcek and spent several days in the city on business. Mr. Robert S. Owens, one of the rising attorneys at tlie McCormick bar, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. R. M. Burts was down from Honea Path Tuesday looking over the old town and seeing his friends. J. L. McCombs, from near Troy, came up to town Tuesday and spent the day looking after business. Mrs. J. E. Brownlee and Mrs. Salley, of Brownlee, were in town Tuesday. Mrs. John R. Lomax, of the Long Cane section, was in town Tuesday shopping. Miss Hannah Roche came up from Columbia Sunday and spent the day with her home people. Mr. W. D. Morrah, one of the ex pert farmers of this section was on our streets Wednesday. Mrs. Walter Wilson, of Lebanon, spent a few days this week with her sister, Mrs. L. A. Guillebeau. Mrs. R. W. Borders went to Green ville Sunday and visited for several J?? Tnocn T?.l 1 i Crtri uays wiui *uio. uvoov Mrs. C- C. Wallace left Wednesday for Clinton where she will spend over Sunday with her home folks. Miss Irene Starnes has returned to Abbeville after spending a few days pleasantly in Chester. Mr. J. A. Hawthorne, of Lowndes ville, was a business visitor in the city Tuesday. Mr. W. S. McAliley went over to Chester Wednesday and spent the day looking after business and see-| ing friends in his former home. George Goggins returned to his home in Atlanta Tuesday after an extended visit ta his mother, Mrs. W. C. Drake. Mrs. John B. Wier, of Athens, Ga., is expected in the city this week for an over Sunday visit to Misses Onie and Caro Morse. . Dr. Blackwood, who preached in the Presbyterian church Sunday, was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Thomson while in the city. Mrs. J. L. Anderson left this, week for Gibson, N. C., where she will spend two weeks with her home peo ple. \ Dr. Power is at home again after a few days spent in Chester with his wife and little daughter who are there for an extended visit. Mr. J. W. Everett arrived in the cvty from Spartanburg Tuesday and will remain over for the Link-Town send wedding. Miss Norma Klugh is here from Greenwood spending several daysi /-*** eiefoi'c Mice T.Am'oo TTlilffli I VV 1 1/21 11C1 i'll iJO UX/UIOV Aliibtgl* and Mrs. J. B. Schroeder. Mrs. A. W. Clark leaves Thursday for Monroe, N. C., where she will make an extended visit to her daugh ter Mrs. Fairley Tiddy. . Mrs. Sam Wilson, after a while' spent in the County Hospital has re- j turned to her home in the Central sec tion greatly improved in health. -Jf Mrs. Albert Wilson is at Ware Shoals this week making a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ham mond. Mr Ben Wolfe was down from Mon roe, N. C., this week spending sever al days with Mrs. Wolfe who is here visiting Mrs. B. S. Barnwell. Mrs. N. P. Milford and her grand daughter, Ruth Blanchett, of Santuc, spent Tuesday in the city with Mrs. W. A. Muller and Miss Orene Mc Ihvaine. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Kennedy of Due West were in town Tuesday. Theyj are leaving in a few days .. for Bir-,t mingham, Ala., where Mrs. Kennedy will visit her people and Mr. Ken nedy will go to a hospital for treat ment. Roger Williams was in the city yesterday.. He makes money on other things besides cotton.. He is advertis ing a jersey cow in this issue. It has not been so long since he sold an other fine cow. He tells us that he is not advertising the same one, but another one just as good. THE MIDNIGHT REVELERS A Miss Dorothy Syfan entertained the Midnight Revelers and ^?th6r friends.at a' delightful partyon Monday night at her home in Fort Pickens. These parties always have a distinctive feature and Miss Syfan had arranged for Monday night a large red heart which as the "Heart of the World" afforded an archery contest. Mass JCva Reames an/I Mr. Gilliam MoLane cajne nearer shoot ing the heart of the world and were eauil 4waiucy a yAinvi Each guest received a valentine heart on which was pasted air en velope containing: the fortune of the recipient, both features affording much merriment and pleasure to the twenty-four young people present. Red was the color used in the decorations, hearts being hung in garlands over the house. Refresh ments of fruit salad, sandwiches and chocolate were served. CELEBRATING her fourth Mildred Cochran Hughes celebra ted her fourth birthday Tuesday af ternoon at her home on South Main street. The'house was fulll of yellow jonquils and in the dining room was a pink birthday cake with four "/ m' i -* canaies. jl neTe were pins, uags ui j candy tied with yellW ribbon for| each of the thirty-five little folks; present. Jello, whip cream'and cakej was served as refreshments, each little guest having a place at a table. The party was a lovely one and friends both old and young wish foj7 the little girl many more happy birthdays. HER NINTH BIRTHDA^ r-r? Helen, the little daughter^of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Gambrell celebrated' her ninth birthday this afternoon by inviting about fifty of her friends to a party. Manyjjvely games were played on the lawn, then the little folks were invited into the house and served with ice cream and cake and civ-en a daintv heart shaDed basr fill ed with candy and tied with yellow ribbon. The house was decorated with yellow jonquils and the birthday cake was ablaze with nine bright candles. The party will long be a happy memory to th^little hostess and her guests. COMING FOR THE WEDDING Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Pratt, of Co lumbia, are expected in Abbeville Thursday morning. They come to be present at the marriage of Miss Mary Lawson Jjink and Mr. Charles P. Townsend. FOR THE BRIDE. Mrs. Joe Little was hostess at a lovely party Tuesday afternoon at which she entertained the Link-! Townsend bridal party and the Mer rie Matrons. Bridge was enjoyed and | I a salad course was served as refresh-j ments. i WEDNESDAY MORNING CLUB Mrs. D. H. Hill entertained the Wednesday morning club at a pleas ant meeting this week. The members were present, the additional guests | being Mrs. Percy Miller of New Yorkj and Mrs. W. Joel Smith. j A two course luncheon was served. J MEETING OF PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION The meeting of the Parent-Teach er association held Tuesday , after noon at the Graded School was one of the 'largest meetings in point of attendance held this year. Two handsome pictures have been offer ed as prizes >to the grades having the largest number of mothers in at-1 tendance. The mothers entered into the spirit of the contest and turned out to. encourage the children. Rev. Mr. Peele opened the meet ing with prayer and the program consisted of a reading "The Right Kind c\f Parent-Teacher Associa_ lion," by Mrs. Henry Gilliam. This was followed by an open discussion of the needs Wjd affairs of the schools, which was interesting and instructive. Mr. A. B. Morse was present and talked of the needs of the school and Mrs. Allen Smith, I Mrs. W. B. Perrin, Mrs. White, Mrs. j Owen, Mrs. Poliakoff and others' joined in and made remarks ..on J what they thoughj; would improve the school system. Miss Francis Gilliam pleased the audience with a recitation and this was followed by the most attractive, feature of the program. This was ? "cherry pie" served in honor of the Father of his country." As each cherry was pulled out, it was found to contain an original verse telling of the charms and good qualities of the teacfoars^and of some of the ladies who have shown an interest in the sphool. These verses were writ 1;en hy Mrs. A. B. Morse and read by Miis Coan, and were bright and wit ty, affording the large crowd pres ent great pleasure. * -i- -i- ?j?j A new C1VCK was uiucicu >UVU(UU for the Graded School, after^which came the roll call of mothers by grades, in the contest for the pic tures which have been donated by the associati6n for the grades hav ing the highest percentage of mothers present at the meeting*, which resulted as follows: In the high school building Miss Ott's grade wins the picture for this month having present yesterday 37.5 per cent of the mothers while iMiss Coan's grade was second with 33 1-3 per cent present. In the high school buliding Miss Riley's grade had the highest per cent of mothers present, 32.4, but on account of a previous ruling to the teachers this grade forfeits the prize because the teacher was not present at the meeting yesterday. The picture goes^ this month to the eighth grade which was second with a percentage of 31.25. The lowest grade in the vschool building was Miss Todd's with only 10.3 per cent of the mothers pres ent and the lowest in the high school was Miss Matthews' grade with 12.9 per cent present. Altogether the attendance was ex tremely, encouraging and there were 143 votes cast at the meeting exclu sive of Ji9 teachers present. ALL IN LOOKS. Col./'Sol Rosenberg, former Ruler Henry and Cotton Buyer Long were :n consultation on the square yester day. Glancing across the plaza they saw Mr. J. Allen Smith, President of the National Bank, Uncle Jim, of the Planters, and cotton buyer William son holding another consultation. Sol remarked-to his fellow con spirators that if he could stand up and liok "financial" like Mr. Smith, he believed he would not have to wor/y about money matters; that he could get money on his face. "I'll bet *the whole crowd can"t raise a hundred dollars," commented the /otton buyer. "No, not without incriminating themselves," added the former ruler. WANTS BRIDGE CLUBS Dr. P. B. Carwile was in the city yesterday, tie is mucn interested in the setback' and bridge parties which are given here from time to time. He says that he thinks some of . the bridge players from town should go out into the country and organize bridge clubs among the ladies of the county. The people in the country need some amusement as well as the people in the town. They want to 4-?n, taiiv auvjut auiucLiini^ uc z>ciyz> ucoiuco ,the cotton blues and the blue cotton. NEWS~OF JACK HARDIN The news from the beds'de of Jack Hardin who is ill of double pneumo nia at his home in Rome, Ga., is that he is holding his own. METHODISTS PLAN FOR LATEST DRIVE Christian Education Campaign Opens; in May?Columbia, Wofford and \ Lander Colleges Get Large Sums. The wdrk of organizing the Metho-1 dist forces in South Carolina for the I great 33,000,00*/ campaign for the J upbuilding of the educational institu-| ti<jns of the church, to be conducted J by means of a simultaneous every-1 member canvass in every congrega-|; tion in the connection during the I week M^>29 to June 5, is to begin at once, according to the Rev. J. R.! T. Major, presiding elder of the Co- : lumbia district. The quota for the Upper South Carolina conference is $1,117,500, and for" the South Carolina confer ence, $1,149,500, making a total of $2,267,000 that the P'lethodist peo ple of the state will be asked to give to the cause of Christian education.. This amount ^ill be apportioned a mong the various districts and local churches of the two conferences. Each of the seven schools and col leges of the Methodist church locat ed in South Carolina will receive generous sums, -'rom the campaign for new buildings;, equipment and en dowment. Columbia college in Columbia is to get a new administration building, a science hall, a gymnasium and swim mine: pool, together with the pay ment of all indebtedness and an en dowment fund of $200,000 aggregat ing $420,000 in all. Colleges Get Money. For similar purposes, Wofford col lege at Spartanburg is to get $700, 000; Lander college at Greenwood, $420,000, and Carlisle school at Bam berg, Horry Industrial school at Hor ry, the Textile Industrial institute at Spartanburg, and the Wofford Fit -ting school at Spartanburg, will be given amounts varying from $70, 000 to $100,000 each. The Rev. J. C. Roper of Chester, educational secretary for the Up per South' Carolina conference, has called a meeting of all the college j i nrMirlents. nresidine elders, district Ir ' * financial directors, alumni directors and other prominent ministers and laymen of the conference, at Green wood, February 28, to perfect the conference organization for the cam paign. The Rev. G. E. Edwards of Orange burg, educational secretary :ior the South Carolina conference, has call ed a similar meeting at Florence, February 25, for the leaders of the' movement in that ^onference. Bishop U. V. W. Darjington, Dr. H. N. Synder, president oftWofford college, representing the Christian education commission, and other prominent churchmen are on the pro gram for addresses at these meet ings. Need of Education. The Christian education movement was created by action of the gen eral conference of 1918 for the pur pose of focusing the thought of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, upon the significance and needs of. the church's educational program. Its immediate objectives are to re-i volutionize thii thinking of all the j people concerning the value of Chris tian education to make each school and college of the church z. train :ng ground for Christian leaders, to ecure 5,000 young men and young, women to enter the work of the] church in its various departments to' raise a fund to assist these worthy) young men and women in their ef-! forts'to obtain an education and also to provide an adequate fund for the j eniargeineiiv, equipment auu euuuw- | ment of the educational institutions, maintained by the church, numbers! over 90 in this country. ' i Dr. J. H. Reynalds, president of Hendrix college, is director general of the movement. j Speaking of the great educational program, one of the bishops said: "The church acts now under the; urge of a mighty necessity. This is I the most imperative task before the | thinking people of the world. The1 c>.~rch must educate or die. There) is no alternative. Unless we edu-j cate we can not remain Methodists, | ?tf/? *v? o tr Kn/inmo T? OV 1 wnaicvci CISC wc may u^wiuvi ^ v?* , the very genius of Methodism centers in Christian education. Born in College. "Methodism was; born in a Chris tian college. It built a school be fore it ever had a meeting house. The j first general conference in America! took steps to found a Chri.stiay in stitution of learning. And all round the world, at home and in the mis-1 i s!on fields, it has spread only as it has educated the people under its own auspices. The history of Metho dism and the history of Methodist education are one history." In the Centenary movement two years ago, the Southern Methodist church raised $52,000,000 for a great advance in all departments at )home and abroad. The church now is face to face with the problem of finding trained Christian workers to man the posts that have been opened. The conference records show that last year the church could have used 1, 048 trained preachers without dis placing a single member of any an nual conference. The' board of mis sions is in need of 1,000 missionaries Trained Christian leaders for instruc tors in the church schools and col leges, for teachers in the Sunday -;chool and other lay activities are in urgent demand. Churchmen say that the shortage 's not due to the lack of volunteers so^much as to the lack of facilities .'or training the youth of the church. Life service volunteers are coming mvard from the Sunday schools and Epworth League societies all over the country. It is estimated that 5,000 students were ^turned away from Methodist colleges last year because of inadequate facilities. ADVERTISING PAYS. The following letter is from the State Treasurer of the Near East Relief funds: Press and Banner, i Abbeville, S. C. Gentlemen:?I take pleasure in in closing check to cover inclosed state ment. I regret that it has not been sent to you sooner, and trust that you will pardon delay. In this connection, I wish to assure you of the splendid results which we have had from your paper. Please mail receipt to me at once and oblige, v ery iruiy yours, E. 0. Black. MONEY IN COUNCIL. I The city treasury is a little fuller this week owing to infractions of the law. John Miller was before the Council yesterday charged with car rying a concealed weapon, and for feited his bond of $50.j)0 rather than stand trial. William Smith was charg ed with transporting liquors and paid a fine of $100.00. , Just received a car of good lump Coal that we can deliver you from the car at $12.50 per ton. 1 tc AMOS B. MORSE CO. Legal blanks for sale?Press and Banner Co. Opera Hous< V Pafamou The Res by Robert W. Marion i Note?This story ran in The At lanta Georgian) a short while bapk- -Possibly you read it. 15c and 35c fC Supporting Cast Includes J _ (K Jentury Comec CLOSING THE SALE Somebody is going to lose a chance to buy a suit of clothes at much less than the.same suit wfli cost next week ,if advantage is not taken of the half-price sale now go ing 09 at the store of Parker ? Reese'. This reliable firm had bought a large stock of goods for the faH winter and early spring sale. Find ing themselves somewhat over stocked the proprietors of the firm decided to put on a half price sale, which has been going on now for some two weeks. During the sale an immense a mount of 'clothing has been moved, so much in fact /that Parker & Reese have decided that they will with draw the half-price inducement, hot -? before doing so, they agreed to gwe $ the pepole of the county another chance to 'take advantage of tiie 'bargains they have been offering and still are offering. Th* sale -will, as advertised in thfe issue, continue until Saturday night. After then al prices are withdrawn. There are several weeks of winter A- j weather yet to come, although it seems like Spring now. There wfli be times when a winter suit will fed good, and if the old suit is about gone now is the time to replace iL A ? suit may be bought now, if thing* have their natural course, for muck less than next fall. You may have a suit for the balance of the winter and put it away for *>nexfr faffs wear, and save money. \ Besides, Parker & Reese, an ^the sale, are offering a good amount off fine spring suits. If you want to get a spring suit at these prices, it wil ibe we'll to remember th&t the sale closes Saturday night. Our Glasses Relieve * HEADACHE VM * \ \ r Thousands of people drug themselves for headache^ * while eyestrain is really the t^uble. Our examination will dis close the trouble, and our glasses will : relieve strain. f V IKCNRITF li* T LilULiilULiU "Becoming Glasses Cost N* - More." 3 Friday Only int Special f Bess Sex I Chambers, with \ Davies The brilliant drama -of a girl who made excitement her god. A whirlwind ro | mance that links millionair Ies' ballrooms with poor ar tists' garrets. Adapted from the most talked about novel of the day. THE SOCIETY PICTURE OF THE SEASON. 'arlyle Blackwell oi~u ir.,11?i aipn ivcnai u " I x ly?"Tails Win" /