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HMiMB Part I . -v M . . . .. ; - j-r > -? ... ' ~ . v<gr*- >.?*o $2.00 A YEAR ABBEVILLE, 8. C.. WE*'NEST) \T, OCTOBER 9 1912. ESTABLISHED 1844 nm BAPTISTS OF 1 WILL MEET Four Hundred Delegates t pointed?Interesting Se of Establishing a Hosp portunity for Abbeville The Baptist State Convention will meet in Abbeville December 3rd to 6th inclusive, and the members of the """ '* 4 * *- u~ "W' mol'iiia fir JBapilSl caurcu acre (ii c mu?...o ... , rangements tor the entertainment ol the 400 ministers and laymen who will be in attendance. The Conference of Ministers will bo held one day be- , fore the meeting of the Convention, which will be on Monday, December 2nd. The proceedings of the Conven tion usually reach an end on the morning of Friday, and the delegates , leave that day. , The Baptist church last Sunday ap- i pointed an appropriate coinmittce to take in hand the ertertainment of the Convention. That committee consists of Dr. C. A. Milford, chairman; J. M. Lawton, R. B. Cheatham. J. S. Stark, ; A. B. Cheatham, W. D. Barksdale, A. . H. Barnett, J. W. Nichols, W. H. Mc Fall, R. C. Philson, J. A. King, T. A. , Putnam, J. E. McDavid, W. P. Wham, E. C. Horton, Frank Jones, and Otto Bristow. . This committee has been sub-divided into committees having a , particular portion of the work to do. ' There will be a sub-committee to look out for homes for the delegates, ( a sub-committee on printing, one on ' transportation, one on arrangements J of the church and grounds and the . like. ^ 1 Abbeville's Hospitality The proverbial hospitality of the I ( city of Abbeville will be put upon its I ( mettle by the coming of these Bap-1 ( tist delegates to the town. From ev- ( ery county of the State will tome a j' tv>o lAJiriini? men. for the ! ' UUUIUCl Ut I.UV ?VW*....0 Baptist Convention is largely compos- j ed of laymen, rather than preachers, j To accommodate 400 men (no women are expected to be entertained), will tax the open homes of Abbeville, but i we believe our people are generous ? enough to entertain delegates on such an occasion. The President of the Convention, < " TT t r ^ o. P Vnu-Karrv Hon. waiter n. num., ui uv.?rf, who Is well and favorably known in Abbeville. Acting as Special Judge, Mr. Hunt presided over the last term of Court ever held in the old Court i House of Abbeville, and his suave manner, impartiality and his ability ' were recognized and commented on at the time. Mr. Hunt has been pres- ; Ident of the Convention for two years, i and "they say" ne win cuunuuc >.? wield the gavel as long as he con sents to serve his denomination. The vice-presidents of the Conven tion are the Hon. Orlando Sheppard, of Edgefield, who is likewise well and favorably known in Abbeville; and Dr. F. P. Covington, a distinguished physician of Florence. The Secretaries are the Rev. Chas. A. Jones, of Ben nettsville, and the Rev. A. B. Ken nedy, of Columbia. The treasurer is wnirtvsi PHV.SRYTKRIAN' UMO>' ' VTV.U.141 A MET WITH (iREE> YILLE CHURCH I Interesting .Session Was Held Septem ber 2Nth and 29tli. Much Inter est .Manifested The annual meeting was held Sept. 28th and 29th in old Greenville Pres byterian church in Abbeville county, beautiful for situation, the joy of the community. For nearly a century and a half this large brick church has * " - 1 1 onH i been tne pride or a ivyui pcupiv, uUU today, fresh inside with soft tints and a new carpet, she bears the marks of renewed youth and activity. No won der God has blessed this church that honors her pastors whose long years of service are commemorated by three handsome tablets over the pulpit, while another tablet is erected to the memory of the Scotch-Irish pioneers! and founders of the church. Reports j from eighteen missionary societies j were heard and discussed. Deep in terest was manifest. Miss Annie Blake, of Ninety Six, I was our delegate to Women's Confer-1 ence at Montreat. She brought a full j report, which was greatly enjoyed. The climax was reached on Sabbath, when Rev. Eugene Bell, of Korea, spoke to the Sabbath school and again to a large congregation at 11 o'clock. ! The speaker on Home Missions be ing detained, the pastor, Rev. J. M. Dallas, was pressed into service on short notice and gave a splendid ad dress, full of facts and figures. Miss Long, the voice teacher of the Woman's College, of Due West, was present and delighted all with a solo, both morning andj afternoon. To our efficient president, Mrs. John t nf Yinptv Six. is due app^ecia- | iij V./1I I V/4 ... _ _ tion for the most interesting prog. am.! The hospitality of the people was unbounded. On both days aa sumpt uous dinner was served under the| oaks. May old Greenville long live j and prosper! S. Leona Blake, Sect. (The Press and Banner is in re ceipt of a copy of the address of Rev. J. M. Dallas. Space forbids its publi cation in this issue, but we hope to be able to publish it in an early issue.? Ed.) TEACHERS' EXAMINATION Last Friday, October 4th, was the day for tile examination of teachers. Fifteen women and one man present ed themselves and took the examina tion for certificates. 0?0?0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 0 0 j 0 School Improvement Association 0 0 0 0 A meeting of all the Teach- 0 0 ers of Abbeville County is re- () 0 que3ted at the Superintendent's 0 0 office at 10:30 o'clock Satur- 0 0 day morning, October 12h. This 0 0 meeting is for the purpose of () 0 organizing a County School 0 0 Improvement Association and 0 0 all teachers are urged to be 0 O present. Mattie Winn, 0 0 County Organizer. 0 O?O?O?O?O? O ?o?o?o?o?o fHE STATE M ABBEVILLE ixpected?Committees Ap= ;ssion Is Expected?flatter >ital to Come Up?An Op Mr. C. B. Bobo, a prominent merchant l'o Laurens, and the auditor is Mr. B. E. Geer, formerly a professor in Fur man University, now a mill magnate of Greenville. t Annual Sermon The annual sermon will bo preach ed Tuesday evening, December 3rd, by the Rev. P. J. McLean, D. D., of Aiken, or his alternate, the Rev. J. S. Dill, D. D., of Gaffney. The Conven tion will assemble and organize Tues day afternoon, and the evening of that clay will be devoted to hearing the sermon and receiving the reports of Boards. The State Sanitarium One of the most important and far reaching matters which will come be fore the Baptist State Convention in its meeting here in December, will be that of establishing a hospital, or sanitarium. The indications are that the institution will be established forthwith. At the meeting of the Convention last year, the Rev. Louis Bristow, pas tor of the Abbeville church, introduc su a r?uiuuuu unctuug Jent to appoint a committee to en quire into and report to the Conven tion this year, the matter of such an institution. The committee was nam ed, with Mr. Bristow as Its chairman, rhrougliout the year he has been in correspondence with men in all parts of the State, and he says that only aiie man among the several hundreds from whom he has heard has ex pressed actual opposition to (he hos pital, while hundreds have unequivo cally endorsed the proposition. Why Not Abbeville? The Baptists of South Carolina number 140,000?as many as all oth zr denominations combined. They are wealthy, and support witti unstinteu hand their colleges, orphanages and other enterprises. The sanitarium which they propose to establish will become the greatest hospital in the State in a few years, and it will be the leading enterprise of the com munity in which it will be established While he is reticent to give out de tailed information, Mr. Bristow says be has assurances that several towns and cities of the State expect to make an effort to secure the location of the b?6pital. There is a golden opportunity for I our people in this proposed sanitar 'um proposition. For a number of | years there has been a strong cur rent of opinion here that we should have a hospital. The Civic Club has undertaken to devise ways to secure one. The doctors want one. The mer chants hope to see one. All people de sire to have one. Why not secure this one? COMMISSIONERS MEET TOMORROW The commissioners of election for Abbeville County will meet Thursday, ^ A - * "?A*U nnv?y* nrtmmicciAnoriS nf uciouer 11UU. x ng w ? the State election will meet in the of fice of J. Frank Clinkscales, while the Federal commissioners will meet in the Court House. At these meetings managers for the general election will be appointed and other arrangements made for holding the general election in November. The following are the commission ers: State?J. Frank Clinkscales, J. O. Cann and W. C. Morrison. Federal?W. A. Calvert, W. C. Shaw and J. W. Faulkner. DEATH OF MIL HENRY MOOKE Mr. Henry Moore, a native of Abbeville, but for the past few years a resident of Macon, Ga., died in the latter city last Thursday. The body was brought to Abbeville and after services at the Methodist' Church Saturday morning, was interred at 1 f'no fVmptf>rv with Masonic UV/llg Vwuv ? honors. Mr. Moore had been in bad health for some time and his death was not unexpected. Deceased was born May 18, 1855, and was therefore nearly 58 years of age at the time of his death. Besides his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Albert Taylor, Mr. Moore is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, and Mr. Robert Simmons, a nephew, both of Abbe vill. Mr. Moore aws highly esteemed by the citizens of Abbeville and a large concourse of sorrowing friends assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. 150I'M) OVER TO COURT After a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Hollingsworth, Pem Daw son, colored, who lives on Mr. Jas. Clinkscale's place, was bound over to Court of Common Pleas in the sum of $200, bond for which was promptly furnished. Pem is alleged to have shot and wounded Dick Moragne, another negro, on Sept. 3rd. The defense claims that "a woman was the cause of it all." At the preliminary hearing, the prosecution was represented Dy Greene & Hill, and the defense by J. Frank Clinkscales. "ORPHAN HOME WORK DAY" FOR ODD FELLOWS INSTITUTION I I Saturday, October 19th, 1912, has ( Day," Saturday, Oct. 19th, 1912, has been set apart as Orphan Home Work Day and every Odd Fellow in the [ State is urged to send his earnings I tor that particular day to Grand Mas ter Jas. H. Craig, Anderson, S. C. The money will be used for the Odd Follows' Orphan Homo. A COMING MARK!AGE. i .Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gibert announce the marriage of their daughter, Eliza beth Anne, to Mr. Walter R. Wilson. The ceremony will be solemnized at Lebanon Church, on Wedensday Oct fober 16, 1912, at 2 o'clock P. M. Here's Your Send One Dollar League The Contributors' National Wilt of the national Democratic committe the national Domocratlc committee, raising funds for the national camps In furtherance of this purpose lit eugravea portraits ox uoveiuors wt. have contributed to the national Dem $25, $50 and $100. The league supplies these certlf made. It is believed the solicitation < The name and address of each c shall league, room 1,368, Fifth Aveni kept. A facsimile of the artistic certiflc; FLYINQ flAC THE C Everybody is preparing to attend and make an exhibit at the Abbeville County Fair, which will be held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of October? only fifteen days from today. A great deal of interest is being manifested in the Fair by the people of Abbeville county and many inquiries are being received by the officers in reference to the attractions, premiums, etc. The liofo VlOVO hoOTI fl 1 Rf I* i hll t Pfl all over the county and you can find one at most any store in the county. The Poultry Department will be considerably better this year than ev er before and Messrs. J. F. Bradley and D. A. Deway are very much grat ified at the prospects for their depart ment. Expert judges will be here to EXECUTIVE COMMSTEE DECLARED PRIMARY * Cole L. Blease Received Nom ination i'or Governor COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CHANGE. Asks for Party Convention Next August to Revise Party Utiles. Columbia, Oct. 1.?This after noon at about 4 o'clock Cole L. Blease was declared the Democratic nominee for the governorship. The official fig ures are: Blease 72,043; Duncan, 2, 166; Jones, 66,548. "We have no proof which in our judgment would reverse the face of the returns as published and which are now in the hands of the commit tee; and we understand the law to be that they are presumed to be correct until that presumption is overthrown by proof," is the opinion of the sub committee in its report which was read to the executive committee this afternoon by W. F. Stevenson, the chairman. The report further says in conclu sion: "We -recommend that the state ex ecutive committee call a convention of the state Democracy at large next August when no political campaign is on to construct a new constitution and rules which shall requipe such method of identification of the voter as shall render repeating or other fraudulent methods of voting impos sible, or at least difficult or danger ous. "And we also recommend that the legislature take action along the same line and provide severe punishment for anyone violating the statutes reg ulating the primaries, and give the executive committees of political par lies power to investigate and call for papers and examine and swear wit nesses and punish for contempt, and thus give the party power to protect itself. "And we also recommend that wherever the vote shows violation of Chance to Help Dei to Contributors' W i and Get Certificf Framing. ion and Marshall league has been organ! e, as president, Charles R. Crane, yice c] as treasurer and Stuart G. Gibbouy as ? ngn Dy popular suDBcripuon. hograplied certificates 1 ave been prepari [son and Marshall and their autographs locratic campaign. The denominations < Icates to clubs in large numbers, so they >f funds will be greatly aided by this mi :ontributor Bhould be forwarded to the G le building, New York city, where a com; itea issued by this league follows: m<mcy/v/&J^^t^Jssjurned/?m4b/4&L /0U<&, HINE FOR OUNTY FAIR award the prizes in this department and as there are a number of fine chicken raisers in this and adjoining counties the competition will be great this year. Thornwell Adams, one of the world's most famous aviators has been secured to make two flights on two days. He has been all over the world with his ship and has made some wonderful records. He will make the flights in a sure enough flying machine and to see this exhi bition alone will be worth more than the price of admission. The exhibition of cattle, stock and hogs will be larger this year than at any previous Fair and those interested in these departments will be amply rewarded by attending the Fair. the statutes now in effect the mem bers of the executive committee and the respective county chairmen do re quest the solicitor to prosecute the same in their respective counties. "All of which is respectfully sub mitted." The committee investigated from three sources: 1. The evidence fur nished by the contestants; 2. The in formation coming from the public generally; and 3. The evidence to be got from the records of the Democrat ic party. The contestants offered no testi mony, says the report. Much evidence i was transmitted by the public in the I shape of general charges and specitic instances which helped the committee in its work. While some of the coun ty chairmen refused to help. General ly the results of the county commit tees' work were satisfactory. The report says that the first cir cumstances that aroused suspicion of fraud was the enormous vote cast in the primary. The public taking the position that there was a system of fraudulent voting which would vitiate the election, the report says "that this suspicion seemed well-founded. A report from the census is sub mitted and comparisons made there from with the primary vote. In An derson there were many "repeaters" and one name appeared eight times. In all there were 78 cases in this county. Other instances of irregulari ty are given. There were a good many instances of votes for state offices put in county boxes and being counted by the managers. In comment:' % on Orangeburg county the report states that it was necessary to send two of the commit tee members here for an investiga tion and a report on that is made. "We do not think it possible or profitable, in view of the results ob tained, to pursue the investigation any further, and ask that we be discharg ed from further connection with the same." The vote for Congress in the Third District, as dfclared by the commit tee was as follows: Aiken 16,650 , Evans 5,305 I Long 1,402 O?O?O?O?O? O ?O?O?O?O?O 0 COTTON MARKET 0 I 0 (Quotations by J. C. Ellis) 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, Oct. 8, Cotton, 11c. 0 0?0?0?0?0? 0 ?0?0?0?0?0 mocrats Win riUon and Marshall ite For zed with W. 0. McAdoo, rice chairman hairman of the finance committee of. ecretary for the purpose of aiding in ad, suitable for framing, on which are and which certify that the holdert af these .certificates aire $1, $2, $6, $10, . may be issued when contributions are ethod. ' Dntributora' National Wilson and Mar- " 1 plete record of all contributors will be ' '(^tta^^^n/an^^aft^i^^^ut) JtfJ: A /?? t^?gje^i ?,,. - *<%-' Si- ft c ., r , ^ V 0 SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. GRANVILLE DEAL Prominent Citizen of Calhoun Fails?Distinguished Mason Interment in Melrose. Friends in Abbeville were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Mr. Granville Beal, which occurred at Calhoun Falls, Thursday, October 3rd, 1912. Funeral services were held at the home of the deceased at Calhoun Falls and the body'was brought to Abbeville and interred in Melrose cemetery with Masonic honors, the exercises being conducted by Dr. F. E. Harrison, Past Grand Master of Masons, of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. A large concourse o:f sorrowing friends, including many from points in other States, attended the burial. The following is a sketch of Mr. Beal's life: ' Mr. Beal was born in the. town of Hingham, Massachusetts, January 6, 1854. He moved to Georgetown, Fla., iv. 107K ?n oncr.ni?u I n thft hllgiteSS Of orange culture. While a re3.dent of that State he met and married Mrs. Elda B. Calhoun, the widow of John C. Calhoun, a nephew of the States man, John C. Calhoun. In Florida he was made a >^ason, and rose to the rank of Deputy Grand Master of the Florida Grand Lodge, and would undoubtedly have attained the rank of Grand Master of that juris diction, had he not, while holding the former office, accepted the position of manager of the vast James Edward Calhoun estate, located in Magnolia Township, Abbeville County, S. C. \ Mr. Beal left Florida in 1890, and soon after his arrival in South Caro lina. joined Clinton Lodge A. F. M., of Abbeville. He was one of the if. natories to a petition to establish a Masonic Lodge to be known as. Cal houn Lodge, A. F. M., in. Calhoun Falls, and at the time of his death he was a member of that Lodge, and at c-imA time a member of Stella Lodge F. and A. M., of Georgetown, Fla. This dual membership was Der mittod him by a special Dispensation granted by Grand Master Michie, of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina. Mr. Beal took a prominent part in several secret societies, belonging, in addition to the above, to Hesperian Royal Arch Chapter of Abbeville, S. C.; The Columbia Commandery Knights Templar, of Columbia, S. C.; was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mas on; a member of Omar Temple, Mys tic Shrine, of Charleston, S. C., and of the Lodge of Elks, of Elberton, Geor gia. Mr. Beal was a public spirited citi zen, ever working for the good of the community in which he lived. He was j noted for his benevolence, and was * * *? - frionHa in I Tiiucti Deiovea oy u huoi ui n.v,.? ... I South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Mr. Beal had been in failing health , for several months, but his most in timate friends and relatives had but little fear of the unfavorable termina tion of his complaint at so early a period. His death was sudden and ab solutely without warning. Mr. Beal leaves a widow, who is well provided for, and two sisters, "Mrs. Joseph Hicks, of Calhoun Falls, and Mrs. C. H. Wall, of Walthara, Mass. CLOTH FROM ON CHINA'S Mr. F. LeJ. Parker Write: Celestial Empire Telli Abbeville's Product, in Tient3in, China, Sept. 4, 1912; 1 Mr. Eu.ior Press and Banner: Enclosed are two kodak prints that Ua 4- f rt A V* Alf i 1 1 1 n n n rt r> Illtiv uc Ui iiiicicoL lu Auucuinauo auu especially to those connected with the Abbeville Cotton Mills. The first shows one of a numerous group of buildings constituting the royal tomb of the late Empress Dow ager of China.' These buildings are in a. great park 75 miles north-east of Pekin, where the "Eastern Tombs"? the burial place of many Chinese rul ers?are situated. They are all of more or less conventional Chinese ex terior but are most beautifully and elaborately decorated with gilding, colors, etc. The handsomest of them a.11 is the resting place of the late Em press, who, like the far-sighted old lady that she was, carefully saw to it that all was ready for her reception before she had to turn over the treas ury to whoever might succeed her. To protect these costly decorations I II UIII tuc n caiuci, uig ou?ut>o *u the'photograph are usually kept down and the columns are, in addition, . i The RoyaJ Toomb wrapped- in cotton cloth, which, in turn, is covered with transparent oil ed silk. Of course, on state occasions, when the tombs are visited by royal ty, these coverings are removed. On a recent'trip inland, with two friends, we stopped a day at a town BUREAU REPORT ON COTTON CONDITION Washington, Oct. 2.?The condi tion of the growing cotton crop of the United States on September 25 was 69.6 per cent of a normal, as estimated by the crop reporting board for the past ten years on September today and reckoned from the reports of correspondents and agents of the government located throughout the cotton belt. This compares with a condition of 74.8 per cent, of a nor mal on August 25; 71.1 per cent on September 25 last year; 65.9 per cent, on September' 25, 1910, and 67.5 per cent., the average, normal condition forthepast ten years on September 25. : . . , . . ,V ComDarison of condtions on Sep tembec 25, by states, follow: t , 10-yr. 1909. ;.. . .81.1 74.6 . 71.9 63.7 58.5 ,1908. , . .73.7 '81.2 83.0 76.1 69.7 1907.. , . .70.5 72.0 75.0 72.7 67.7 1906. . .84.6 83.3 82.9 77.9 71.6 1905. ;v . .77.2 77.0 74.9 72.1 71.2 1904.;',... . .83.0 88.0 91.6" 84.1 75.8 States 1912 1911 1910 Avg. N. Carolina .. .70 77 72 73 S. Carolina .. . .68 73 70 72 Georgia.-.. .;65 79 68 72 Florida . . .. .65 75 66 71 For the purpose of comparison, the condition of the cotton crop in the United States monthly for the past 10. years is given below: . May June July Aug. Sept.1 Years 25. 25. 25. 25. 25. i 1911. . ..87.8 88.2 89.1 73.2 71.1 1912. . ..78.3 80.4 76.5 74.8 69.6 1910, .-..82.0 80.7 75.5 72.1 65.9 of the department of agriculture's bu reau of statistics in its last condition 1903. .7.-74.1 774- 79.7 81.2 65.1 1902., .. ...95.1 84.7 ,81.9 64.0 58.3 Average . 1902-11 . .81.5 80.7 80.6 73.6 67.5 3,016,OSS Bales Ginned This Year Washington, Oct 2;?The second cotton ginning report of the census bureau, issued at 10 .a. m. today, an nounced that 3,016,033 bkles of cot ton of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to September 25, count ing round bales as half bales. To that date last year 3,676,594 bales, or 23.6 per cent, of the entire crop, had been ginned; in 1908, to that date, 2,590, 839 bales, or 19.8 per. cent, of the crop had been ginned, and in 1906, to that date, 2,057,283 bales, or 15.8 per cent, of the crop had been ginned. Included in the total- ginnings were 19,450 round. bales, .compared with 27,918 round bales "ginned to Sep tember 25 last year; 38,026 round bales in 1910 and 48,070 round bales in 1909. " The number of bales of Sea Island <> noc Haloa cotton inciuaeu was o,u*u , compared with 11,807 bales last year, ' 13,833 bales in ,1909,: and 11,457 bales, in 1908. Ginnings prior to September 25, by states, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years, with the percentage of the entire crop einned to that date in previous years, follows: GEORGIA Years Ginnings Per Cent 1912 273,088 ? I 1911 ..765,697 27.4 1 1908 514,898 26.0 1 1906 281,585 17.2 < NORTH CAROLINA 1912 .. .. .V v. v. 102,999 ? I 1911 ' ..156,390 13.9 1908 : 89,063 13.0 1906 ; .. 44,877 7.0 .. .. SOUTH CAROLINA < 1912 ..* 177,827 ? 191 1 ..338,090 20.0 f 1908 .. .. .. .. ..289,969 23.8 1906 ..131,262 14.4 TEXAS ] 1912 2,001,687 ? 1911 1,667,875 40.6 1908 .. .. . 966,607 26.6 . 1906 ....1,008,956 25.5 ABBEVILLE ROYAL TOMB vJw s Interesting Letter From ing of His Encountering i 'i Far-Away Land. near the tombs and secured permis sion from the official in charge toN visit-thcm. While examining the par ticularly handsome moldings on one of the columns, my attention was at tracted to some lettering on the cloth The San River covering the adjacent column; and on looking closely at it, I was surprised to And in large blue letter.8, "Abbeville Cotton Mills" with three rabbits as a trade-mark. About a w^ek later, during which time our party had traveled some 90 miles by donkey through the hills, we were descending the San River in one of the boats shown i:a the second pic ture. Olir native boatmen had rigged up a temporary shelter for us from sun and rain by stretching some cloth and matting over a pole aa shown. One of my companions jocularly suggest ed, "it was time for me to claim that the doth over the boat also came t : JJfcj from my native town;" so we made an inspection and developed once more the letters, "Abbeville Cotton Mills" ;c and the three cotton-tails. TTnloao-fhopo la onnthop mill rtf thA same name as the one in Abbeville, it would seem that the old town can not be accused of being slow in intro ducing her products into the out-of the-way places of China. My sincere regards, , F. LeJ. Parker. MR. MARCBS AMMEHS DIED IN GREENWOOD Had Recently Removed From Abbeville. WAS TOPOGRAPHICAL ARTIST III WM An Aruist of Note and a Teacher of His Profession?Some Notable Canvases. News was received in Abbeville of the sadden death at Greenwood of Mr. Marcus Ammen, for some years 4 resident of Abbeville, but who remov- . ^ ed to Greenwood something more than ' * a iweek ago with the family of his son-in-law, Mr. John. R. Blake. Mr. Blake was in Abbeville when the sad news was. received and he hastened to Greenwood on the afternoon train. Modest and retiring by nature, but possessed of a warm heart, Mr. Am men was beloved by all with whom he camt in contact during his resi dence in Abbpvllle, and many friends were shocked at the news of his sud? - den death. Mr. Ammen was an artist or rare ability and the fidelity of his repro ductions from-life made him excel par ticularly in portrait work. His last work, a portrait of Dr. Boyoe, late president of the Female College at Due West, was regarded by those who enjoyed Dr. Boyce's acquaintance and who had seen the portrait, as a mas terpiece of delineation, life-like in its faithful reproduction of the noble fea tures of that goodly man. Perhaps the most ambitious work ever undertaken by Mr. Ammen was his "Elaine," "The lily maid of Asto lat, who pines and dies for love of Lancelot," was, depicted by him in a manner which showed a conceptive genius of a high order and a skill in execution which makes this work take high rank in the world of art. This canvas has received much favorable comment from capable critics. Another notable picture by Mr. Am men was the portrayal of a scene of domestic felicity in the home of an Italian peasant, .which was noted for the same fidelity' to detail which char acterized all of Mr. Ammen's pictures. It is a portrayal of peace and happi ness and tranquility that impresses it self immediately upon the beholder and no tone or shade of color or of expression lends the least discordant note, but everything bears just the correct relation to the air of complete repose and contentment which per vades the entire canvas. I Mr. Ammens was 82 years of age at the time of his death- He was a na tive of Fincastle, Va., and served in the Confederate a*my throughout the War Between the States, being severe ly wounded on two occasions. He was a topographical artist in the war and served on the staffs of Gens. Beaure gard, Johnston and Lee, receiving high praise for his accuracy in detail ed drawings of the topography of the country in which the army operateu. Mr. Ammens received his education in art in the city of Baltimore, after wards teaching art in Washington and Lee University, in Williamston Female College and later in the cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Upon the marriage of his daughter and Mr. John R. Blake, Mr. Ammens removed to Abbeville and made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Blake, re moving with them to Greenwood about ten days ago. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Blake, the deceased is survived by a son, whose home is in Greensboro, N. C.