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Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wilson were in from Watts Tuesday. Mrs. E. C. Horton is visiting in j Williamston this week. Mrs. S. W. Watt, of Due Westr woe a visitor in the city Tuesday. Mr. R. C. Price was down from Iva Tuesday seeing his friends and knocking around town. Mr. R. E. Cox, Abbeville's young est and handsomest banker, spent j Tuesday in Greenwood on business, j j4r. and Mrs. Hubert Crowther, of Cold Springs, were among the shoppers in town Saturday. Mrs. Lawrence Carwile, of Antre ville, was a business visitor in the city Tuesday. Mrs. Taylor and Miss Virginia Taylor have returned to their home in Greenville after a visit to Mrs. Wyatt Aiken. ; Mrs. R. D. Purdy and Mrs. Hessie Green came down from Due West Tuesday and were shopping in the city. i Miss Aileen Mabry, who is making her home in Florence now, has been in Abbeville on a visit to her mother Mrs. Rebecca Mabry. Mr. D. Emory Penney went to Greenville Tuesday and spent the day in the city on personal busi ness. Mr. Claude McAllister was on our streets Wednesday taking in the wind up of court and hearing the latest cotton news. . Mr. Antelo Hall has returned to his home in Chattanooga, Tenn., af A iTioif kio linrOp I tei an cAtcnuvu uoiv Mr. William Tribble. Mrs. J. Fuller Lyon was a visitor j in Abbeville last week for a day orj tko on business. While in town she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cason. Mr. W. J. McKee and his manly young son, William, were among the Monday visitors in town. Mr. McKee was interested in the court news. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cochran wenti to Greenville Monday to attend the' funeral of their nephew, IVJr. Guy | Curtis who died at his home there I Sunday afternoon. 1 Mr. L. W. Tutt, the man who| knows all about how to tag your; cotton, went out to Mr. Jim Gil-' ! . I lmm'c WorJnocHnv ' anH crrnripH his cotton. Mrs. W. D. Tutt and her young' son, Swift Tutt, came over from Elberton and spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L, W. Tutt at their home on Park Circle. Miss Emmie Rogers and Miss Julia! Rogers, the latter formerly of this! city but now of Abbeville, are guests' of Mrs. Harry Pickett at her home; on East North street.?Greenville j Piedmont. Miss Ruby Mann and Miss Mary Ella Danridge,; of Wa^erboro, both! young; students at Coldpibia College, $pent -Sunday and Mifiday in th^i city the guests of Mr. and Mrs ' George Mann. Mr. Jim Sherard, one of the com-j mercial princes of Calhoun Falls, was here this week attending court. Mrs.1 Sherard and her pretty little daugh ter, Nannette, spent the time with Mrs. J. D. Miller. Mr.T. 0. Fant of the Cold Springs section, was in town Wednesday on business and called around at the Press and Banner office to renew his subscription. Mr. Fant says "how I am going to run my hands" and the "price of cotton" have the right of way as conversation in his neck of the woods. MEETING WITH OLD FRIENDS Miss Fannie Stark entertained Mrs. L. T. Bryant and Mrs. Z. B. Rogers at an informal party Monday. A few of their old school friends were ask ed to meet them and a pleasant morn ing was spent. Refreshments were served at noon. HOME AGAIN Mrs. W. A. Harris arrived in Ab beville Monday, bringing her little baby home after its long and serious sickness in Columbia. The little girl is much improved and is able to be out every day in the sunshine where she meets many friends. LAYING OUT THE GROUNDS Capt. William L. Hemphill is in Abbeville and is at work at the Cot ton Mill laying out the grounds for the new Commuinty House which is to be built at an early date. The grounds will be very lovely and the Community House one of the hand somest in the State. Mrs. Hemphill accompanied Capt. Hemphill and visited among rela tives. LOOKIN:; THE PART Col. Sam Wakefield was in town Monday and was a busy man with the affairs of the meeting of the Highway Commission. He had on his Sunday clothes, a pair of big rim glasses and a fancy velour hat, a lid affected by the gay sports of the city. A MAIL ROUTE SHOWER Miss Lizzie Penney who has been mail carrier on route No. 1, for the past twc years, has finished her work and ret red from the route last Mon day. M: ;s Penney has been success ful as a mail carrier and the people on the route give her up with sin cere regret.. The last two days of her work she was treated to a substantial show ofHheir g&od will and affection for everybody along the route "showered" her with good things, ranging from a side of bacon and a ham, eight dozen eggs, syrup, butter and f .venty-seven quarts of fruit, pick les ? id vegetables. There were sever al pi ?usant letters of farewell which will aiways be among the treasures of Miss Penney. Miss Penney first went on the route as a substitute for her father, Mr. Andrew renney, wno ior eignieen years served the route as carrier. In August Miss Penney was appointed as carrier but at the recent examina tion, in conformity with the rules of the d -partment, preference will be g'ven vo World War veterans and Mr. Vance Ashley will have the route after this. 1'iBRARY NEWS Mrs. Noi vood, who takes such ex cellent care of the Library has all the numbers of Saturday Evening Post containing the stories "White Shoulders" and "The Wrong Twin," which have i> vsn running serially in this publication recently. Both stories are attractive and will while away the hours pleasantly. The new; books in the Library are: f The Pawns Count?E. Phillips' Oppenheim. The Eyes of Innocence?Maurice Leblanc. Women of the South in War Times?Matthew Page Andrews. The Top of the World?Ethel M. Dill. Cloudy Jewel?Grace L. Hill Luty. The Mutiny of the Elsinore? Jack London. The Purple Heights?Marie Con way Oemler. The Trumpter Swan?Temple Bailey. The Great Hunger?John Bojer. j "Women of the South in War Times" has been ordered for the use of the Daughters of the Confed eracy who are studying the history of South Carolina this year. The Daughters are urged to join the Li brary and make use of the book. PREACHING AT COKESBURY Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D.. will preach at Cokesbury Sunday morn ing at 11 a. m. MOVING Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McMillan are moving this week into the apart ments at Mrs. Minshall's. on South Main street. The young couple is pleasantly excited over their first venture in housekeeping. SPRING FLOWERS. Among the many beautiful flow ers in Abbeville are the magnolia grandi-flora at the post office. They are among the earliest flowers and they make a handsome display. GONE NORTH Mr. R. C. Philson left Saturday for the markets of the North where he expects to buy the best in goods, mil linery and ready-to-wear clothes. VISITORS FROM GREENVILLE Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hovey, of Greenville are expected in the city this afternoon for a visit to Mr. and I Mrs. J. F. Barnwell on Greenville street. Mr. Hovey is a frequent visi tor in Abbeville but this is Mrs.' Hovey's first visit. LEAVING US Miss Kathleen Adkins left Ab beville Tuesday for Sweetbriar, Va., where she goes to take the position! of head nurse in the Hospital owned I by Dr. Glenn Love. Miss Adkins is' a very competent young woman and J the Abbeville Hospital gives her upj with regret and wishes her success1 in her new home. OFF TO CLINTON i I The boys' and girls' basketball teams leave tomorrow over the Sea board for Clinton where - they will attempt to defeat the Clinton high school teams in the Presbyterian. College gym Thursday evening. ; Major Fulp is accompanying the 1 teams on this trip and the following j players will go: Ada Faulkner, Vir ginia Wilson, Annie Mabry, Carrie J Hawthorne, Celia Chalmers, Deby j Owen, Gladys Edwards of the girls' ! team; Bruce Galloway, Billy Long, | Ashby Galloway, Ralph Howie, I Harold Tate, Thomas Maxwell and i Donald Harris of the boys' team. BULGARIAN MILK FOR BABIES Miss Reep, who is doin^i such a good work with the Baby Fund , at j the Hospital has made arrangements | to keep Bulgarian milk throughout I the summer. She will teach the mothers how to prepare the milk and will keep the culture always on hand. Those who are able to pay for the milk will be asked to contribute a dollar to the Baby Fund, but those who are in reduced circumstances J will be given the culture. Bulgarian ' milk has been found to agree with a ' greater number of babies than any j other food and Miss Reep's help and I the access to fresh culture should : prove of inestimable value to the | mothers of the county. The Baby Fund is a fine charity ' and is most competently managed by Miss Reep. i . DEATH OF TULLY G. ELLIS News comes to us of the death of . Tully G. Ellis, of Chester, at that I place, yesterday. Mr. Ellis was a na ! tive of this county, and for many j years was engaged in farming near ! Due West. Later he became a j traveling salesman. Several years I ago Mr. Ellis was married to Mrs. i Esther Reid Cochrane, of Richburg, ! in Chester County. After the mar ; riage, they made their home in Due ! West until the death of Mrs. Ellis. ; Since that time Mr. Ellis has made i his headquarters at Richburg and I Chester. He is survived by two chil : dren. ! I The body of Mr. Ellis was brought I to Due West today and the funeral ; services and interment took place on the arrival of the funeral party. | CLARK'S CONDITION EXTREMELY GRAVE Washington, Mar. 1.?The condi tion of Representative Champ Clark Democratic leader of the house con tinues extremely grave, his physi cian, Dr. Jose Shoup, announced to night. Mr. Clark had a slight rally late in the afternoon and took some liquid nourishment, Dr. Shoup said, and is conscious. The former speak er's pulse also was said to be strong er tonight. DEATH OF MRS. T. C. GASTON V Mrs. T. C. Gaston died at her home near the city Tuesday, March 1, at half past nine o'clock. Hei death was very sudden, she suffer ing a stroke of paralysis late Tues day afternoon and dying in a few hours. Mrs. Gaston was a Miss Sallie Gilmer and she was a women near ing her three score and ten years. She is survived by her husband and one son, Robert Gaston, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wed nesday at half past one by Rev. Mr. Jeff coat at Ebenezer church and the burial was in the adjoining cemetery. BLAMED FOR WRECK Chicago, Mar. l\?Henry Schear [ er, general manager of the Michi gan Central line, tonight announced that the roads' investigation had proved that he engineer and fireman of the Michigan Central train wer? to blame for the wreck at Porter, Ind., Sunday night in which 37 per sons were killed. "After careful investigation oi the facts with all interested employ ees and conference .with officials lust completed" Mr. Schearer's statement said, "it has been deter j mined that Engineer tV S. Long and Firoman George F. Black on engine I 8306, Train No. 20, violated rules and regulations in failing to observe and properly obey signal indications and will be forthwith dismissed from the service." HE M El W OST urn Milliner low pric of visea braid, S made braid eff with Georgette Harding blue, ||. pheasant, emer< | MM?? | | Dresses J | Grea H The most ; in beaded and cuffs? flan Irresistah 5 -We are showing the i\ew colorin; far lower than v at Come in to Mrs. TREASURY FILE GOES TO SENATE i Tons of Documents to Be Sent on Foreign Loans?Secretary Hous ton Will Follow Wishes of ^ the Senate Washington, March 1.?Treasury officials were preparing tonight to turn over to the senate judiciary com mittee several tons of documents re lating to the government'^ foreign ! plans. The documents will be sub mitted in accordance with a resolu | tion adopted by the committee today directing Secretary Houston to pro duce all loan correspondence. i The resolution was adopted by the j judiciary committee at a heated ses j sion, at which S^jiator Reed, Demo | crat, Missouri, its author, declared . that Secretary Houston should b<2 . "cited for contempt' for failure to' . produce the requested documents. I While it merely "directed" the treas [ ury head to produce the correspond-' i ence, committeemen . declared it j ! amounted to "subpoena duces tecum" j . and noncompliance would render Mr.! . Houston liable to contempt proceed ings before the bar of. the senate. Ireasury officials on being lnform . ed of the adoption of the resolution j at first declined to say what steps } would be taken, but after the regular . weekly cabinet-meeting, it was an 11 nounced by Assistant Secretary Kelly of the treasury that the documents would be submitted. Request had pre viously been made by the committee for the documents, but Secretary I Houston had informed Chairman Nel son that a portion of the correspond NEW : I I INF isual collection of sjn y is now being offeree es. 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