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0m " " - $1.50 A YEAR ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1914. .. <W.i M % S'M - r&a| ESTABLISHED 1844 AIKEN KNOWS JOHN LIND HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THE MAN FROM MINNESOTA. Interesting Personal Experience During the Spanish-Ameri can War, Told by wyatt Aiken. "Washington, Feb. 13?The general run of people in Washington no longer take much interest in the Mexican situation. The understanding is that it is the policy of the Wilson administration to let the Mexican'paople settle their troubles for themselves, so long as they do not en danger American lives and property, and with a sort of general understanding that sometime, the Huerta government must *fall. Little news is being given out, and the public has about lost interest in the revolution down there. It was thought that the president's proclamation of serv eral weeks ago, lifting the embargo against the shipment of arms into Mexico, might hasten the downfall of Huerta. It may have this effect, but the crisis still seems to be some distance off, and the Washington public has other things to engage its attention. Representative Wyatt Aiken talked in terestingly of one phase of the Mexican situation today. I am not worrying even a little bit about what is going on in Mex ico, he said, and I'll tell you why. The president has sent John Lind to Vera Cruz as his personal representative, to study the whole situation and to report to him. I know Mr. Lind and I know that what ever he does will be all right. Many of the survivors of the First South Carolina regiment will recall Mr. Lind, or Capt. Lind, as we cailed him, Mr. Aiken continued. He was quartermaster of the Twelfth Minnesota regiment, which was in our brigade and encamped next to us at Chiokamauga. .He was a one-armed man, and a one-armed army officer was out of the ordinary. But he was a good uue, as Liiib 8wry wui snow. When I was appointed quartermaster of the First South Carolina regiment I knew as little about the work to be done as I knew about the price of seed corn in Sene gambia, but I was willing to tackle the job in spite of all the Spaniards in Cuba. I went to our brigade quartermaster and asked for Instructions, but he cheerfully confessed that he knew even less about it than I did. He did suggest, however, that I go to see Capt. Lind, quartermaster of the Minnesota regiment. I 'did so, and founcf him to be a most efficient officer, an d accommodating and painstaking as well. He showed me how everything should be done, and started me- off right. Several very efficient enlisted men "ere detailed from our regiment as my assis tants, and we worked hard a; A kept our books and accounts straight and right up to the minute. We Worked hard but we enjoyed it, and tbe result was that when our regiment was finally mustered out in Columbia I was able to get a clear receipt for every dollas worth of government property that had been entrusted to my care, amounting to more than a hundred thousand dollars* and was paid off and mustered out on the same day that the regiment was mustered oat. No other quartermaster in the vol unteer service made such a record. It took some of them several years to get their accounts straightened out with the government. Old officers at the war ;de piartaaent have asked me- how I managed to make such a record, and I have told ev erybody that the credit was due more to the start Capt. Lind gave me than to my onw industry or fitness for the work. "After the war Capt. Lind served two or three terms in congress with me, and he was aiterwara governor 01 Minnesota, i felt glad when I learned that the president i had selected him to handle the Mexican ' situation, for I knew a good selection had been made. I don't know just what he is doing in Mexico, and nobody else seems to know except the president, but I know that whatever he is doing is all right and so I am not losing any sleep over the Mex ican situation." , f A number of the Anderson men who were with the First Regiment at Chica mauga will doubtless recall Capt. Lind. The Minnesota regiment was encamped right right-near the South Carolina regi ment, and the officers and men fraternized readily. Those who recall him will readily bear out Mr. Aiken's estimate of the man. A. M. Carpenter. Alabama Train Kobbers May Have Secured $100,000. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 20.-?Officer work ing on the case expected to capture with in a few hours the train robbers who last night held up a fast train on the Queen & Crescent and robbed the mail car of a large sum. It is believed the men are in Birminham and that they came directly frrvm f.ha GPftriA of thft mhhftrv tr\ t.Viic nifv It Is known that they left the terminal station here last night at 7 o'clock in a taxi cab and that two men got out of the automobile near Trussville Ala., not far from the place where the robbery was later committeed. While the amount of money secured will hot be known until formal report is made to the treasury department one ol the olerks in an ungarded moment today exprassed the belief that the loss will not be less than.$100,000. It is believed the bandits are members of a gang which has made Blrminham its headquarters for the pass two years, and committeed robberies in the South during that time in which time the losses will ag gregate nearly half a million dollars. Rewards of $1,000 for each of the thre< men known to be implicated in the rob bery have been offered by the postal au thorities. 7 OFFICIAL WASHINGTON STIRRED OVER EXECUTION OF BRITISH SUBJECT Warning of?United States Un heeded- by Villa's Rebels. Washington, Feb. 20.?A slumbering Mexican sitution today was brought quick ly to a point of intense international in terest by the flash of a message saying Wm. S. Benton, a British subject, had been killed in Jaurez by order of General Villa, the rebel commander. Sir Cecil-Spring Rice, British ambasador conferred with Soeretary Bryan about it; President Wilson and his cabinet discuss ed it briefly, and the state department ordered a thorough igvestigation by con sular representatives on the border. In this case, for the first time since the present revolution began a year ago, the general warnting from the Unit States to Mexican factions to protect foreigners, went unheaded. thoug there is every evi dence to show that both the British am bassador and the state department were advised too late of Benton's impending fate to intercede speciflclly for him. The news shocked officials generally who had come to believe that (Jen. Villa fully rea lized the position of the American govern J. 2 1 i.A 1La uieui/ iu rwjfaru wie piuueuuuu <-ii ers in Mexico, particularly in the north of 1 that country. I haven't sufficient facts on which to base an opinion, said Secretary Biyan to day. Until I have, the department will ! express no opinion. This was the official view of the sltua- ' tion, with messsages passing between the state department and Consul Edwards and his temporary assistant, G. C. Carrothers, consular representative at Toireon. Only ' a few details were announced by the state 1 department?one was that Benton had been executed after a trial. A copy of the ' sentence setting forth evidence in the case 1 was promised the consul representatives.- 1 Mr. Bryan said a full report of the aeair 1 was on its way by mail from Consul Ed- 1 wards, to whom General Villa personally had explained the incident. The killing of a British subject under circumstances such as dispatches from the 1 border portrayed, caused a stir in diplo- ( matic circles. Those familiar with the 1 aggresive attitude Great Britain assumes in pressing for repraration when her sub jects have been wronged were inclined to foresee interesting devoluments. Discussion of the case between the am bassador and the secretary of state devel oped clearly the absence of any reponsl bility on the part of the United States for the killing pf British subjets even though tne investigation snouia prove it to nave been undjustifiable. The United States, it was asserted, had acted as a friend and exerted every effor to 6ave the man's life, and the fact that though its consular of fices the American government might have virtually recognized the de facto con [trolof Villa over a certain portion of ' northern Mexica, it was held, in no wise Increased its liability for the addtion of that individual, I The British government, through the 1 pmhnsev wnc InfnrmoH that fha efafo rfa. | partment Is waiting th,e mailed report up on the tragedy from American Consul Ed wards, Though the report referred to is not like ly to reach here for a few days, details of the incident began to filter into the state department in brief dispatches tonight. The departure of Gen. Villa for the south was not looked on by officials here as having any connection with the death of Benton. .The information which reached the state department was that Villa had been planning the move south for several days. UADn rniiPUT mi nniiu i uuuii i i sun i To Abate All House of lllfame ill State. HOUSE REFUSES ALL AMENDMENT Bill Goes into Effect July 1, 1914, Provided it Passes the Senate ond Gets by the Veto of Gov ernor Blease. Columbia, Feb. 13?The backbone of the long tight which has been waged against the bill by Mr. Sanders to enjoin and abate houses of illfame was broken today when the house resolutely refused to adopt any material to the bill, though perhaps a score were proposed, and ordered it to the third reading by a vote of 68 to 25. Mr.Vanderhorst had presented a sub stitute for the bill which would apply to the state. The national provisions of the Mann white slave act, and this too was adopted being passed by a vote of 81 to 0. The latter bill goes into effect immediate I ly on its approval and the Sanders bill goes into effect July 1,1914, if they get by tbe Senator and the governor. ' , Most of the amendments introduced were humorous, ir not absurd, ana the J house rejected all save that of Mr. You ' raaes, providing the bill to go into effect ' July 1, 1914. Among those killed was one by Repre sentative Fortner providing an appropria tion of $20,000 now and $5,000 for annual 3 maintenance fee for a home for inmates of the houses affected by the bill in which they might live until reformed. Three Passengers Are Shot to Death. + BATTLE ON TRAIN Most Passengers Throw Up Hands But. Four Put Up Fatal Fight. Washington, Feb. 20.?Three passengers on a great northern passenger train bound for Vancouver resisted three - bandits to night and were shot to Death. Thomas B. Wadsworth, a Canadian Pacific conductor of Vancouver B, C. It. K. Lee of Bremerton and M. B. McEihoes, a traveling salesman: of Vancouver B. C., were the men killed. The bandits boarded the train at Burlington, a few miles south of the place where they attacked the pas sengers in the day coaches. They rode in the smoking car until they were ready to act. They then went into the vestibule tween the smoking car and the day coach and threw handkerchiefs about their faces and entered the day coach with drawn re volvers. Most of the passengers confront ed by tne bandits threw up their hands but four men attempted to resist. Three of tnese were ieneu almost instanuy. Two of the men had gone on through the day coach. One stood at the rear door, while a second stepped into the vestibule. As the three men grabbled with one bandit the robber at the end of the car began shooting into the ceiling lights. The robber fighting the three men step ped back and quickly fired ten shots. Lee was not killed outright and tried to crawl behind the rear seat. The bandit kept firing and five are six shots entered Lee's back. None of the shots fired by the other bandit hit any one. The robber who shot the men turned back to the front of coach. As he passed ?lAn/? 0rt,rArn] TTT/%r.,An Usilrl /V.ii. in SklUllg OOVOltti *TlyJLLivjii 11C1U puiauo uuu xu the aisles. He gathered up several and rah. The bandits left the train together as it came to a stop from a signal given by the conductor who had heard the shoot ing from another coach. Posses were formed here hurriedly and a special traim was sent to the scene, but Dn account of the wildness of surrounding country little hope is held out for the cap ture of the outlaws. It Is believed they may have taken a boat and gone to the San Juan island, on the edge of Bellingham bay. Several Answers Received. Editor Press and Banner : Dear Sir?Since Inserting my ad. In your paper, have received several letters in re gard to the Scotts. Seems as though I had started in at the wi uujj euu o i luo inquiry, id at is, i snouia have stated who we are and what part of the ceuntry we lived In, and at what time; and possibly a little history from the Northwest may be of interest to your readers. The oldest member of the Scott family we have any history of was of Scotch or Scotch-Irish descent and lived in Abbeville District during the Revolutionary war, and we wanted to learn if any other mem bers of the family is still there, and wheth er they know the history of the family. The oldest Scott was Robert and he had at least one son, Patrick, who when a boy, was injured by the Tories because he would not tell where his father was. Patrick taught school; for a living, aixl had a son named William, a doctor; Addi son, a lawyer; Joseph, a farmer; and James, a farmer, and several daughters. James and some of the others moved to Pike County, Georgia, in or about 1825, and about 1837 moved with his family to Pike County, Arkansas, and later to Texas. In the meantime one daughter married and with her family moved to this coast in 1853, where she reared quite a family of sons and daughters, and died about a year ago, aged 93. A truly pioneer woman, born in South Carolina, and in her fifth year moved to Georgia; twelve years later to Arkansas, and sixteen years later by wagon to Oregon, and six ye ar3 later to what is now State of Washington, keeping her family together and raising seven children out of a family of ten, some of whom are now past seventy years of age? and in these days when children want to know more of their ancestors, mine want to get the historyv of Robert and Patrick Scott and-were in hope-that some members of the-family still reside in the old State of SouthCaroiina. Thanklnc von frtr wnir nnnrtesv In Rflnri lag me the Press and Banner, I am, Very troiy yours, C. B. Mann. Olympia; Washington. DogL'JjOSt'Or Stolen. Blood*red-whelp hound, about one year old, wi6h brass collar. Reward will be paid to anyone finding this dog and re porting same to John Towns, Route 1, Box 56, Verdery, S. C. Feb. 25, 2c The Trolley Meeting I A meeting of the Corporators of the pro posed Trolly line between Augusta and Easley was held in Hon. W- N. Graydon's office last Wednesday. Officers were elect ed and plans discussed for raising the subscriptions necessary to ensure success of the undertaking. Hon. W. N. Graydon was elected Chairman of the board and Mr. vv. u. wmamson secy, it was aeciaea 40 hold a series of mass meetings in the towns interested and to begin soliciting stock |at once. The first of these meetings will be held at Abbeville on Wednesday March 4. The merchants of Abbeville will be asked to close their places of business for two or three hours during this meeting. v c; r N BLImy SENATOR TESTI FIES OF 'FBAMEUP'. Charges Plot to Destroy Him in Woman's Suit for Fifty Thousand Dollars for 'Assault.' Oklahoma City, Okla. Feb. 16.?"This is a plot to dertroy me," With this statement Thomas P. Gore United States Senator from Oklahoma this morning entered the grim flight to cleanse his name and save himself from polltica destruction be taking the witness stand in his ewn behalf in the $50,000 brought agains him by Mrs. Minnie E, Bond for assault. Sitting far out in his chair, his sands folded firmly across the knob of his cane, his sightless eyes staring straight ahead, his boyish features set in a look of grim determination, was the picture Senator Gore preseted on the stand to the mass of humanity that packed the courtroom to the limit. There was hardly a sound except the voices of the questioner and the Senator's. Senator Gore gave his name and said he was born Mississippi. He said he had lived In Oklahoma since 1901. He has been blind ever since he was 11 years old. He testified he met Mrs. Bond at the Sklrving. Hotel in January, 1913, and that she said her hurband wanted to be collector | of idternal revenue, but he told her he was , already uommited and could not support him. Mr. Go re said he did not suggest that she bring her husband's application to Washington. EABP AND JACOBS AFTER JOBS. Gore said Washington office in ?he Sena torial Annex and that he had three clerks , and a messenger in the office. Do you know Dr. Earp and Jim Jacobs? he was askec? Yes, replied Gore. ( . Do you know whether Earp wanted a job? Yes sir; he wanted to be United States , marshal for. the Western Districts of Oklahoma. Jacobs wanted the same posi tlox^for the Eastern District. Did Mrs/Bond ever come to your office about her husbands application? Yes about ten days after Inaguratltn. She came In and asked me if I could not ( consider her. husband Vcanidaoy. I told herlsould do nothings Then she 4aid: Then, Senator, you can't hold out any hope? I said "No.*"11 "Did you make any advance to her such as holding her hand or. touching her foot?" Most postively not." When did yon next hear from Mrs- Bond She called me on the ghone says later. She asked me If I could come down to her hotel to see her. I told her I could not. MET BY MRS. BOND Qha nfillnH mo oooi'n nn/1 nolrnH ma fr> uuu vwiuu ujg o^uiu auu aoauu uiu iv to come to her hotel. I told her I could no? at that time. Then she asked me if I , could drop by her hotel on my way home. . I said possibly I could. I left my office under the guidance of Howard Kay about 6 o'clock, arriving a few minutes later. ( And you at any time been in the Winston , Hotel before? I never had. ( You know nothing about the architec ture of the hotel, with regard to location . oi parlors and rooms? No sir. ! What happened when you entered the lobby of the hotel? Mrs. Bond met me In the lobby and | said: I will take charge of the Senator. She started toward the elevator and I ask ed her where we were going. She said she would take me to a parlor. After getting on the secon floor, she said the parlor was crowded and she would take me to her room. She seated me in a rocking chair. What was the first thing she said to you? She remarked that she was disappointed at he husband's failure to land the office I told her I was sorry. Then I remarked that she might miss her train as she told m^ she was going on the 6:45 train. SUGOESTED H EBSRLP SOB OFFICE. I rose to go and extended my had. She remarked Bhe had decided not to go. I sat down. Then she suggested she her self might become a candidate for Com missiones ol Charities and corrections. Then she suggested I would have bitter opposition In my race for the senat. ; The she had a phone call and talked for Some time. When she came back, she sat down on the bed. I talked for a few more i I told her I would have to be going. I rose and extended my hand. She seized it and pulled me toward the bed. I asked her what it meant. I was off balance and probably was leaning over Mrs. Bond. | Then I heard some one come in and I asked who it was. The man answered, T. E. Robinson. Mrs. Bond set up an outcry and Robinson told her to stop squalling. i- J 1 '?'11611 ne went tu mis. jduuu twu Boiu. What have you to say about this? She said: I don't want Bond to know you were in my room. Then I turned to Robinson and asked him what this meant. He mumbled out something that he did not know anything. I asked Robinson to take' me down and he did. MADE NO ADVANCES. Did you make any advances to this woman? 1 did not. Then you went home? Yes sir. And Dr. Earp called on you the next day? I think it was the next day. Dr. Earp then went ahead to suggest something he had heard to the import that I bad assaulted Mrs. Bond. I told him if persons said that, it was an infamous lie. I'll ask you if you authorised Dr. Earp to settle this matter for you? I did not. Did you not instruct him to get her out of town? No sir. Did Earp come back; Yes, the next day. MADE NO DIFFERENCE TO HIM. What did he say? He intimated that other witnesses had seen the affir. He said he would try to get Mrs. Bond out of town. 1 said it made no difference to me, that I could not un aerstana a man wno wouiq sena nis wue on such an infamous mission iike this. , Did you know that Jacobs was in the next room? I did not. Fitzpatrick? - No sir. I heard of these men connec tion with the affair four days later. Do you know whether Fitzpatrick was an applicant of office? He was. He wanted to toe attorney Gen eral for the Secretary of the Interior. I refused him my indorsement. ; When Dr. Earp made known to you his ambition to become marshal, what occur ed then? I told him there was not much hope. I told Jacobs the same thing. Did you ever have any conversation with Senators or the Vive-President about this affair? I did not. SENATOR GROSS- EXAMINED. The cross-examination was then taken up! Senator how loner have vou known Dr. Eary? A long time. Hasn't he been a supporter of yours for years? ? He told me he was. I think he was a straunch supporter of mine. Gore said he had known Jacobs since 1901, and that he took Fitzpatrick to the Department of the Interior to introduce him to the Secretary, at Fitzpatrick's re quest, and not to. indorse Fitzpatrick's candidacy He did not recall having asked J. Graves Leeperwhat kind of a looking woman Mrs. Bond was. although he might have done so. WhenVas the first time you told any one that Mrs. Bonji, a 110-pound woman pulled you, a 208-pound man, over? I told my attorneys. , You say you are certain these men con spired against you? Circumstances point to it. Did you ever start any criminal charges against these men in Washington? I confered with the District Attorney at Washington about it. You say Earp called on you three times? Yes sir. ; t CONVINCED OF OONSFEBAOT. Did he come as an emissary of these so :all conspirators? " No, sir. Then why did you say to Dr. Earp, I'll jee them in hell before I give them any thing? Tla/muoA T was Piinvlnoflri that a eon spiraoy existed, and what other purpose sould they have had unless to export money or office. I'll ask you, If since this time, either for money or a job. Dr. Earp, Jacobs, Bobin son, Fitzpatrick or Mrs. Bohd have made my direct personal demands on you? No direct personal demends; no sir. I'll ask you, Senator, if you did not let the opinion prevail in Washington that it was Senator R. L. Owen and not you who was guilty of this assault? That is ridiculous, I did not I'll ask you if the present lack of cord dlality between Senator Owen and yourself Is not due to that faot? There is not lack of codlality between Owen and myself. The great crowd applauded frequently at the terse retorts of Senator Gore to his cross-examiners. Judge Clark threatened to clear the room several times. PBOSECJUTIONS TO FOLLOW. The for Mrs. Bond believe they have some strong cards up their sleeves to be baought out in rebuttal testimony. Those following the case closely believe criminal prosecutions by the Federal or evidence brought out in the suit. It is State Government will be an outgrowth of known that Government detectives are watching some of those who have been most prominently, connected with tbe prosecution. The afternoon session was called at 1:30. Did you call Mrs. Bond on the telephone after this alleged assault? was aked of Gore. Yes sir, he replied. what did you want with her? I called to ask what that business meant Bhe told me to think nothing of it but to trust it to- her. NO JOB FOB EABP, HE SAYS I Did you tell her that she had done noth- J ing wrong her .to come to see you at your office? ! This closed the cross-examination; On re-derect examinotlon Senator Gore told the dates of his dates of his visits to Oklahoma City and that he never enter tained any idea of giving a job to J. H. Earp. Senator what did District Attorney "Wil son, of Washinton, tell you when you con oVkAnf. nPAQonilHllfy find r.nri O UIICU liiiu auvuu pivuvvuiuMQ w~v? spirators? He told to wait until spring. He said there was an identical case of- criminal conspiracy being prosecuted in the Dis trict of Columbia and for me to wait for the outcome of that case. The defence then reseted. OUTLAW JENNINGS ON STAND. A1 J annings ex-outlaw, took the stand for the plaintiff In rebuttal and testified that he attended a conference with W. M. Bonner, W. I. Gilbert and James Jacobs and that Jacobs did not offer to drop the case and elop with Mrs. Bond for $25,000. This directly denies Benner's testimony. Dr. Farp was called and testified that at a conference in John Young's room that he told all he knew of the Gore case. Young previously testified that he did not know what Earp knew about the case. Mrs. Bond, was called. Mrs. Bond, did you ever say to any one that you had some things you could pull on Senator Gore? SHE HUNG UP RECEIVER. I did not say that or anything like that. Did Senator Gore call you on the tele phone the night after this occurence? Yes sir; once about 8 o'clock and a second time about 3 o'clock in the morning He asked me how I felt and I hung the re ceiver up in his ear. Gore's attorneys waived cross- examina tion. Hubert Bolen, Internal Revenue Collec tor of Oklahoma, who got the job Bond was after, said in conversation with Sena tor Gore about Dr. Earp, Senator Gore had said he wanted to take care of Earp, but Bolen was always the one whosucceded In getting Earp a job, Gore never guggest ing it, merely saying he would like to see Earp land something. At 4:15 p. m. court adjourned. Makes Formal Announcement. Abbeville, S. C., Feb. 23rd, 1914. To the Voters of Abbeville County: I was in hopes that I would not be called upon to make a formal announcement of my candidacy for any office until after my duties were over in Columbia. But there have been rumors circulated that I would not be a candidate for re-election to the State Senate, but would be a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Yet while I have been asked to make the race for Lieutenant Governor by a number of my friends, after giving the matter due consideration, and once fqr all, to let the voters of this County know just what I am going to do, I am over my signature making the announcement that unless something happens that. I can't foresee at this time, I will be a candidate for re-elec tlon to the State Senate. I wish further to say that the people of Abbeville County have been exceedingly kind to me, and'I trust that I have meas ured up to their requirements, as their servant. If I have, I am asking for re election to the office of State Senator, and In doing so, I wish to reiterate what I said during the campaign four years ago, when I was elected, that If elected I would ask for it for two terms only; Very respectfully, J. Moore Mars. Teacher Beaten. v' Great interest and considerable feeling Is being shown In the case pending in court in which Mr. Fleming and his son are charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, with Intent to kill, .as a result of an attack made by the Flemings on Prof. Ayer, of the Antre ville school last week. ' The facts, as gathered, are about as fol lows: Mr. Fleming states that about a year ago Prof. Ayer, at a neighborhood party, undertook to put his arms about his 15-year-old daughter and to kiss her; that the girl pulled away from him, and, on go ing home that night, reported the matter to her mother. Her mother, fearing vio lence on the part of the father and brother said nothing of. the affair, but withdrew the child from the Antreville school and sent her to Little Mountain school, a few miles below her home. ' ' _ Recently, some incident in the school induced the mother to inform, the father of what the girl had told her a year, ago, and- father and son determined to give Prof. Ayer a whipping. , This is the story as told by Mir. Fleming.' Many of the statements arfe denied by friends of Prof. Ayer, especiallly the main charge that Prof. Ayer had offered any in dignity to Miss Fleming. The undisputed facts are that Mr. Flem ing and his son met Professor Ayer In the road near the home of Mrs. B. Bowen, took him out the buggy and proceeded to beat him severely. It is said he was so severe ly beaten that he was unconscious, and that the Flemings were stopped only by the timely interference of Miss Elkelber ger, a teacher in the Antreville school. She took the. men by the arm and remon strated with them, bringing them to a realization of the deed they were commit ting. The sentiment of the neiirborhood Is di vided, and feeling Is running pretty high. All the parties stand well locally as well as in the county. Bellevue. Mr. Gwinn, of Greenville, spent Thurs day and Friday in this community. Mrs. Patterson returned to Bradley Wednesday,, after a week spent with Mrs. W. P. Wideman. ' The ladies of the Woman's Union of Long Cane, A. E. P. Church, gave a recep tion on Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Rebecca' Wideman, In honor of Mrs. Minnie Alexander, our missionary to India. Thirty-five ladies were present. A salad course was served, also cake and cof fee. \ Miss Nellie Pressly, teacher of the Be thiah School, attended the reception on Wednesday, also Mrs. Pettigrew, Mrs. Mc Gaw, Miss Pettigrew, Mrs. Tolan, Mrs. Hanvey, Miss Annie Hanvey, Mrs. John Morrah, Jr., Mrs. Patterson, and Mrs. Har vey Robinson, besides twenty-four mem bers of our Missionary Society. Rev. R.F. Bradley was not able to fill his pulpit at Long Cane on Sabbath morning, fie was so unfortunate as to slip on the frozen steps of his home, and was painfnlly hurt. We wish for him a speedy recovery. We know how to sympathize with him, as we have been suffering for the past six days with a sprained wrist which we find very painful and awfully inconvenient. Anyone who has passed through a similar experience has an idea of the agony , we have endured. Mrs. K. F. Bradley was in Due West last week to see her sister, Mrs. Pressly, who is still quite sick. Mrs. Alexander made an address in .Long Cane A. R. P. Church last Sabbath to a large and attentive audience. Her subject was, "India: Her Customs and People." She also made a talk in the Troy church in the afternoon of the same day, which was much appreciated by all present. Mr. W. H. Kennedy, delegate from Long Cane, attended the State Sabbath School Convention in Anderson. ' Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge. - T<\spc\ In the District Court of the United States for the District of Sonth Carolina. In the matter of Tbos. H. Mux wall, Bankrupt?In Bankruptcy. To the Honorable H. A. M. Smith, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District;of South Carolina: Thos. H. Maxwell, of Abbeville, in the County of Abbeville and State*of South Carolina,^ in said District re spectfully represents that on the 11 day of December last pafit he was duly adjudged Bankrupt under the acts of fVinorectft relating to Rankrontcv: that he has duly surrendered all his prop erty and rights of property, ana has fully complied.with an the require ments of .said acts and of the orders of the Court touching his Bankruptcy. Wherefore be prays that he may Be decreed by tbe Court tb have a full discharge from all debts provable against bis estate uuder said Bank rupt Acts, except such debts as are ex cepted by law from,such discharge. Dated this C duy of Feb., A. D. 1914. Thoe.H. MaxweH, Bankrupt.; Order of Ndtice Thereon DISTRICT OP 8. C.?68: On this 4 day of February, A D. 1914, on reading the foregoing peti tion, it ia? Ordered bv the Court, that a-hear ing be bad upon the same on tfcel2th day of March. A D. 1914, before raid Court at Charleston, S C., in said District, at 11 o'oloek. in the forenoon, and that notice thereof .be published in The Press and Banner, a newspa per printed in said District, and that all known creditors and other paeons in interest may appear, at. the, same time and plaoe and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the-sgid petitioner should ndt be granted. And it is further-ordered by the Court, that the Clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this oirder, addressed to them, at their plaeee of residence as stated. Witness the Honorable H. A. M. Smith,, Judge of the said (Seal of Court, and ?the:Seel thereof the Court) at Charleston, S.;Ci, in-said . District on the 4 orFebni ary, A. D. 1914., . ( ' Richard W. Hutaon. cieifr tj. a dl a a a Master's Sal?; The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. I , Court of Common Pleas* Mrs. Nettie Pruitt, Plaintiff against J. Frank Clinkscales, Defendant By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe ville County, in said State made In the# above stated cage, L will ofler-for sale, at Public Otftcry, at Abbevilled H., S. Cm. , on Sakfcday in March A' D., 1914, within the legal hours of sale the following described 'land* ;to wit: All that tract tor pare '" * situate,' lyln^and tbeiug lix< County, in the-'/Statjev containing Fifty-one (51 8-10>i, , more or less, and and' bounded by lands of J. Vol' Pruitt, R. C. Branyan, J. R. Pruitt,. and by: the Public Road leading from Honea<Path to Little River choroh, being; the tract of land conveyed to the Bala J. Frank Clinkscales by J. T. Martin, and being the same tract of land theretofore Con* veyed by R. L. Branyan to MlB. Net* tie Praitt daring the year 1907. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purohaaw t* pay for papers. . - R. E. HILL. Master A. C., 8. C. Tour To. Florida and Havana,Cuba Tuesday, Marcfc 17, ivi? PERSONALLY CONDUCTED ? C. H. GATTIS' v Formerly District Passenger Agent^ 'a Seaboard Air Line Railway and Chaperoned by Mrs. 0. H. Cta$tiSr A Twelve Days' VIA THE Seaboard Air Line Railway < Ail necessary expenses included in the cost of the trip \ ' Five Days in Havana; Including stops at Jacksonville, St Augus tine, Palm Beach, Miami. Daylight trip over the magnificent extension of-the Flagler System?the "Sea-Going Bail road"?to Key West, and Steamer to Ha vana. Many side-trips included, both in Florida and" Cuba. Optional side-trip to Panama Canal. FIRST-CLASS SERVICE: the best hotels everywhere, Pullman - ? r* J' sleepers, uimng utn?, turn uvaaia ouu Stateroom on the Steamers. WRITE THE Gattis Tourist Agency, Raleigh, N". C., For Itinerary and Full Details. FEED GEISSLEE, A. G. P. A., S. A. L. Ey., Atlanta, Ga. / No home should bo -without a hot-water bottle. Its uses are many all the year round. Milford has some dandies.