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$1.50 A YEAH ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APKIL 15, 1914. ESTABLISHED 18441 . . -* " ? _ - ' - BUILDINUFG ND FOR WEAK SCHOOLS STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF ED UCATION WRITES ABOUT THE FUND FOR THIS YEAR TO AID EIGHTY SCHOOLS Fond Can Only Be Used For This Year and Cannot Apply on Build ings Already Erected. Applications for Aid Should be Made Promptly. The renewal of the State building fund wil help nearly four score com munities to erect schoolhouses in 1914 according to a letter addressed to the county superintendents of education by J. E. Swearingen, State superin tendent of education. The appropria tion is $20,000 as heretofore, and the money will be spent in accordance with the terms of the school build ing act of 1910. "During 1913 no State aid for school building," says Mr Swearingen 'was available. During 1912 the biuld ing fund was exhausted ^iarly in the summer; leaving a heavy deficit in rp. . this appropriation. :" Every county board of education 'was urged to protect the building ap plications for 1912 by contributing the ' '* usual amount from the county biuld ing fund and a further amount from its discretionary county board fund. "The carrying out of this policy was made, possible by the second dis . tribution of the State dispensary money in September, 1913, and by the setting aside for special county purposes of one-half of the one-mill Sffltp sohnol tax last vexr. "I hope, therefore, that all build ings erected without State aid during 1912 and 1913 have been fully paid for. If any district is embarrassed by unpaid debts arising from new school buildings during 1912 or 1913 the status of every such district will be fully 'considered upon the pre sentation of the facts. "The 1914 appropriation must be used for the completion of buildings already under way, or for the erec tion of new schoolhouses' before De cember 31 of this year. Buildings already finished or buildings to be constructed during 1913 can not par ticipate in the fund. The appropria tion is for current needs. Cbntingent improvements can not be considered, because they are frequently never made. . Future improvements to bo added after January 1, 1913, must be left to future appropriations. "All school buildings erected at nnhlio Mwinsp mnst he lnnatfid on land owned In fee simple by the school district trustees. Blue prints of all proposed houses must be sub mitted to the county board of educa tion an<J to the State board of educa tion for aproval before extra aid can be legally granted. "If any district or any school" stands in special need of extra aid, the local board should make applica tion for a part of the $45,000 re cently appropriated by the general as sembly for needy schools. This fund is especially designed to protect the weak, shtort-term schools in the rural districts. With it I hope you will be able to run every white school for a session of at least six months or bet ter still, seven months. "I take it for granted that each county superintendent and each county board of education will have expended their county board fund de rivpfl frnm the State riisnensarv bal ance, as well as their county board . ' fund derived from one-half f the 1913 one-mill State school tax before any application is made for further Statf aid. Since these two county funds may be used in the discretion of county school officers, we can not consistently ask for more money un til the amounts in hand have been fully utilized. At the same lime the uses of these two county board funds during 1913-1914 should indicate and should regulate in no small measure the uses of the State contingent fund recently made available. CLEAN UP WEEK. In compliance with the request of many citizens, I hereby appoint from April the 13th to 19th as a time for all loyal citizens co-operate i;i a general joint effort to put our City ship-shape by trimming lawns, t removing debris, burning brush, painting fences and, by doing all in our power to enhance the beauty and to establish the cleanliness or our home as well as tne streets and public places, with special ef fort to tho elimination of all unsightly and unsanitary vacant lot accumulations. Our city so beautiful in all its main fea tuaes can by concerted action become the perfect city. So let us work earnestly and unitedly for the success of Clean-Up Week. Watermelon Seed. Branch's celebrated Rattlesnake Water melon Seed, the very best, and Berckman's C. C. Gambrell, Mayor. 4-1-14 tf J. W. Bykard. i HOSOR ROLL SEVEMH MOJTTH And Statistical Report of the High and Graded School By Prof. Cheatham. The following is the honor roll for the Abbeville High and Graded school lor the 7th month: 1st Grade?Miss Calhoun: Foster Barnwell, Ralph Bauknight, Louis Bristow, Tom Bradley, Robert Dafgan Frank Neuffer, Augustus Smith, Jack Thomson, Sarah Edwards, Frances Gilliam, Judith Hill, Evelyn McAllis ter, Myrtle McMahan, Lavonia Seal, Jeanie White, Annie Jackson. 1st Grade?Miss Wham: Mary Cor ler, Henry Lewis. 2nd Grade?Miss Epting: Macie Blanchett, Caroline Chalmeres, Mary Jones, Elizabeth Lyon, Grace Mil ford, Fannie Mundy, Deborah Owen, Irene Starnes, Louise Shirley, Donald Harris, William Nickles, John Cantey, 2nd Grade?Mrs. Evans: Emory Grav. Clvde Herndon. Larry Thomas, Emory Williams. 3rd Grade?Miss Robertson: Ruth Coleman, Celia Chalmers, Mary Dar gan, Ada Faulkner, Emmie Haigler, Maria Neuffer, Hilda Syfan, Thelma Seal, Elizabeth Thomson, Edwin Barksdale, Joseph Cantey, Franic Gleen, William Long, George Smith, 3rd Grade?Miss Roche: Edward Herndon. 4th Grade?Miss Britt: Janie Bowie Elizabeth Gambrell, Lena Johnson, | Florence Neuffer, Thelma Segars, Mary White, James Bailey, Allen ^ Long. 4th Grade?Miss Roche: Laura Clark, George Williams. 5th Grade?Miss Townsend: Lydia < Owen, Pauline Wosmansky, Margaret Swetenburg, Ralph Lyon. 6th Grade?Miss Smith: ' Margaret ' Cox, George Jones, Richard Sweten- , burg, Herman Wisby. , 7th Grade?Miss Wittman: Edna Bradley, Fannie DuPre, Mattie Eakin, i Mary Graydon, Frank Gary, Sam 1 Hill, Ruth Woodhurst ' . 8th Grade?Miss Carlton: Eugenia 1 Coleman, Mary Haigler, Kate Haskell 1 Annie Little, James Hill. 9th Grade?Miss Devlin: Julia Mc Allister, Allen Harden, Georgia Ward- ( law, Neil 'Swetenburg. 1 10th Grade?Miss White: Marion 1 Cason, Nellie Harden, Rebecca Jones, Cora Raines. Statistical Report?Graded School. 1 Boys Girls Scholarship 83; 56 Pupils 180; 168 Tardies 23; 8 Attendance 95 per cent. 96 per cent. , Mill School. I Scholarship Pupils Tardies Boys Girls 83; 56 i 55; 56 < s; 9 ; , VA _ . I Attendance 76 per ceni. &z per ceni, THANKING SENATOR MARS. At the request of the Civic Club, Hon. J Moore Mars, secured for Abbeville County the necessary appropriation of $100 to be spent in the interest of the girls' tomato clubs. The appointment of a County Organizer will be made in time for Abbeville county to have a place in the picture this year. We take this method of thaking our Senator for hfs good work. We appreciate what he has done and bespeak for him the support of all thos interested in the Indus- j trial uplift of the young girls of our coun- ^ High School. Scholarship Pupils Tardies Attendance 91 Boys V Girls 83; 56 39; 46 12; 19 91 per cent. 90 per cent. R. B. Cheatham, Supt ty. The Civic Club. NOTICE! Beginning Monday April the 13th and ending Friday, April the 17th the Civic Club will have clean up week for Abbe ville. The movement is endorsed by the City Council and the Board of Health and should be sheerfully observed by every one in Abbeville. Our merchants are re quested to look Into the conditions of back areas, those in control of public buildings disinfect arid give a special cleaning. Owners of stables to clean up and disin- . feet. Householders are asked to clean up their front and back yards, burn up the trash on your place, scatter lime, and get rid of every tin can, broken cup or bottle that will hold water long enough to breed ^ IUV>7^U1WV0< A UlOllilCVVUUU vuu WV p* V/ cured, free of chargc, from the City Coun- ' oil which will be of great help. The city 1 tras h wagon will haul away all the tin ] cans and trash you rake up. ' ' Mrs. G.A. Neuffer, Mrs. F. B. Gary, Mrs. W. R. Bradley, Miss Maggie Brooks ' and Mrs. W. W. Bradley are on the clean up ' committee and will be glad to give any in- " formation. Mrs. W. P. Greene, President. ^ Mrs. A. M. Stone, Secretary. BENEFIT OF CIVIC CLUB. ( Miss Telleta Roberts has returned ( to Abbeville and will put on the play for the benefit of the Civic, Club next week. This is going to be one of the best home talent plays ever given in xlbbeville and our people are looking forward to it The show will be given on Tuesday I evening, the 21st, at the Opera House. FOR A TOMATO CLUB A Meeting Will Be Held in the Court House on Saturday, April the 18th At 11 O'clock to Perfect the Organ ization. Mrs. W. 0. Cromer Will Organize the Cluhs. All Interested 1 Invited to Attend thex Meeting. _____ Mrs. W. 0. Cromer has sent in the j following notice in reference to the organization of a Girls' Tomato Club for Abbeville cunoty: ] The Abbeville County Girls' Toma to Club will be organized at the Court 1 House on Saturday, April the 18th, at J 11 o'clock. Teachers are asked to be present with their pupils that wish to , join the organization. Interesting ^ talks will be made by Mrs. Wm. P. 1 Greene, President of Abbeville Civic j club, Mrs. M- T. Coleman, President 1 of the State Federation of Women's clubs; Prof. A. W. Ayers, and others. All those interested in the organiza tion are invited to be present. Mrs. W. 0. Cromer, Organizer. Who Is The Wrecker. Some of the newspapers supporting the President on the tolls question areN abusing Democrats who do not agree with him, and ire accusing them of a lack of sense, these papers insist that Democrats who do not follow the President in violating bhe Democratic platform are trying to wreck the party. "Who started this trouble, anyway? Who proposes a violation of the Demo uratic platform? "The Democrats will lose a great many congressional districts next fall 11J the Democratic leaders in Congress do not soon have some sense knocked into their y ^ads," says one of the President's news [. ,er supporters. 1 Is the Democratic defeat in New Jersey 1 to be charged against the Democratic leaders In Congress? If New Jersey disaster is due to the < hor?i (f fKn "nomArtroffrt loorloro In P/^nOTAQQ ( 3an show that they passed a tariff bill 3trlctly in line with the President's de sires. If the New Jersey disaster is due to the tolls flgrht, the Democratic leaders cannot be blamed. They did what they could to keep the Democratic party from mak ing an awful blunder. It is now asserted that the Democratic party will be disrupted if Democratic lead jrs in Congress do not yield to the de mads of Great Britain. Better a thousand times that the Demo cratic party should be disrupted than'that ;he United States should tarnish Its honor ind tamely surrender its right to control the Panama Canal. If the Democratic party could save it self only by violating its soleman pledge a the people and submitting to the de nan d of Great Britain that the United States must tax its own ships passing through its own canal, the party would lot be worth saving. Its honor and its asefulness to the country would be gone. The first duty of a man and a party Is ? home and country. Great Britain Is looking out for Itself, is is its duty. The Democratic party, in :ontrol of the American government, nust look out for the United States, or be jrepared to face the American people. It was not the Democratic party that be ran f.hln nnftrrpl Tt. wna not. thft D?mo ratlc leaders In Congress who proposed ;his breach of party faith "aud national itsloyalty. The proposal comes from the nominal eader of the Democratic party, who ig lores the platform upon which he was 'lected. The suggestion of surrender to Sreat Britain was first made as a point of junctlllobya Republican. No Democrat was obliged to adopt this subtle sugges tion. All Democrats of political exper ence fought shy of it. The party itself refuse d to adopt the idea, but on the con xary came out flatly for American rights. Now that the nominal Democratic lead jr has been led into advocating the sur render, all Democrats who refuse to follow llm into a fatal trap are denounced as wreckers of the party! According to the argument of the over sealous follows of the President, any Dem >crat who insists upon being loyal to the Democratic platform Is lacking In sense. What a mesh of embarrassment and lumiliatlon has been woven for the Dem ocratic party by this' ill advised and un necessary demand for surrender to Great . Britain I The only way in which the Democratic 5arty can save itself is by resolutely standing by its pledge to the American people. The New Jersery election is a stinging reminder from the people that ;he Democratic party must stick to its 3ledge or be overwhelmed. Not even Mr. Wilson can Induce the people to outlaw Democrats who are faithful to the party pledge. No sophistry can make disloyalty patriotic; no casuistry can make the peo ple believe that their first duty is to please Great Britain. Does anyone think that the Democratic party in national convention would ap-' prove this new plan to surrender to Great Britain? If any one wishes to know what Democrats think of the plan, let him read kUrv alAofinn rnfnrna r\9 Vaw .TorcaU A 1 r? _ baina and Massachusetts. The Democrats in Congress who stick to their party pledges are safe. Those who are misled into violating them are contributing to the downfall of themselve8 and their party.?Washington Post. If you expect to stand the cold get your blood stimulating in order to circulate properly. Milford's blood purifier will do Try DeWittfs Golden Liniment. Jhere noth ing better. Speed's Drug Store. One day last week, two negro women and a negro man were fishing on Calhoun Creek near Link's Bridge, when one of the negro women came on the dead body of a human being. She was so frightened that 3he didn't go near the body, but ran to tell the others what she had seen. On Inspeic tion the body Was identified to be the body of Georgia Smith, a bright mulatto woman who had been missing from the commun ity since February first. xne uoruner wh? summoned, auu aa no was sickj the Magistrate here, M. E. Hol llngsworth, went down to hold the inquest. On arriving there, great numbers of ne jroes and several white men had assem bled about the body and and a jury of inquisition was empanelled. The husband of the deceased, George Smith, had been near the body several dmes, bnt had gone heme weeping and wailing. Sheriff Lyon went to his home wd brought him back to the scene of the iragedy. The body was badly <1 .oomposed ind the flesh on the right leg had been eat in off almost entirely. Several witnesses were examined and they all testified that though they had lived near George Smith's home, he' had said nothing toth^m of her disappearance. The Magistrate was informed that one George Thomas was a frequent visitor at jteorge Smith's house, and Thomas was examined. He said he only knew Georgia Smith as a member of the same church? she had joined same churoh he was a mem ber of. After being closely questioned on this score, he admitted he had gone there for a cradle he had loaned the Smiths many months ago; but this was after Georgia Smith disappeared. He had just the slightest acquaintance with her. When George Smith was brought in to testify, he stated that he ?nd George rhomas were sitting on a mound back of lis house, talking, the evening his wife iisappeared; that George Thomas had eaten dinner at his house that day, and ;hat while he and George were talking mck of house his wife disappeared and he lad not seen her since. There was a niece of the murdered wo man living in the house at the time she iisappeared. She had been sent to Mc cormick, and as it was thought she might Je a material witness, the inquisition was idjourned to reconvene at Abbeville Sat jrday. The niece, a girl of 14 years, Iwas jresent and she corroborated George Smith's statement that George Thomas ivas at the Smith home" the day ?of ;he disappearance of her aunt, and gave some other valuable evidence. A change of heart had come over George rhomas during recess, and he told an en 'ijLcijr umoiuub wiic ao iaj tuo jlucuii iouio. He said he had taken dinner at George Smith's home on the day of the disappear tuce of Georgia Smith. That be and Jeorge Smith were back of the house talk ng, and George accused him of intimacy vith his wife. Then he admitted that he lad been around too much, but he wouldn't 'epeat the offense. He said that he start id home and was joined by Georgia Smith, rhey met near Link's Bridge and were talking, when George Smith came up. He laid George came up cursing and asked lim If he didn't have a wife of his own. This Is probably not the words of his tes imony, but it is his statement, either on >r off the stand). He said he didn't wait o argue the matter with George Smith, tor did he let him get Bear him. He states bat when he left George Smith he was iurelng and abusing his wife. This place vhere the husband came upon them was ibout 200 yards from where the body was ound. The dead woman was found lying on' ler back, both hands clinched, and head hrown back. Her throat had been cut rom a little to the left of the centre in ront to behind her ear on the right side, ler shoes were lying together, about five >r six feet from the body and her sweater vlthin about two feet of her shoes. 3eorge Smith claimed when she left the lousef, she had taken a pistol and razor vith her. Neither pistol or razor was ound near the body. Though she had )een dead and exposed to the weather for >ver two months, and though part of the ower extremity of her body was de itroyed, her skin about her face and neck vas unbroken, except for the wound in the leek. She could have been easily recog llzed by anyone who knew her. George Smith is in jail, as a result of the verdict of the coroner's jury. Semeone, it seems has committed a foul murder, and ;he authorities are trying t:> get the facts. Hookworm Work Well Under Way in Abbeville County. Dr. Rodgers and assistant are meeting vith success in their usual rounds this veek. The people in Abbeville county are iwake to the necessity for the extermina ilon of this disease that has done more ;han any other to retard progress in the South. The indications are so ftfr that the nrection is low ana tnis wm necessitate ;he examination of large numbers of peo ile, for this is the only way by which all ;he sufferers will be reached. Every single citizen in Abbeville county should avail themselves of this opportu ilty to find out, free of charge, whether ;hey have hookworm diseai > and should show their patriotism by helping to stamp t out. Beginning March 31st, until May 2nd, 1914, a physician from the State Board of Health will visit the following places each creek for six weeks: Every Tuesday, Due West, in Dr. Bell's jfflce. Every Wednesday, McCormick, Drs. Ful ler and Cheatham's office. Every Thuredhy, Lowndesville, office bo hlnd the bank. Every Friday, Calhoun Falls, Dr. Tate's office. Every Saturday, Abbeville, Court House REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD MAN Judge R. E. Hill Writes of Things Long Ago in Abbe ) ville County. Editor Press and Banner: Having lived considerably beyond the period usually allotted to man as the maximum of the days of his so journ here on earth?viz, three score years and ten; it has occurred to me that it might prove interesting read ing to at least some of your subscrib ers, to have published some of the recollections of an old man touching incidents which occured in and about this city sixty or seventy years ago. I have therefore concluded to jot down a few of these occurrences as they recur to my mind which, if you think proper, you may publish in your paper. Sixty-five years ago the writer of these reminiscences was a small boy about ten years of age, living with his father on the old homestead about three miles east of Abbeville, where he was born. A few years later the family re moved to town which has been his home ever since, barring .the four years of the Confederate war. At that time Abevllle was a small place with not more than one thous and inhabitants, with only about eight or ten stores or business houses in it. On the west side of the Public Square, where now are to be seen the splendid brick stores filled with all the commodities necessary to satisfy the taste and cravings of the most fastidious and exacting, there were then but two stores, one of these was on the corner where now stands the an!atiAIH hrtak hnildlne OCCUDled by Philson and Henry, dealers in mil linery and ladies dress goods, and was owned and operated by Mr. Jhon Mcllwain; the other was owned and operated as a general mercantile es tablishment by the late Robert H. Wardlaw. This building stood on the sito now occupied by the National Bank building. The Mcllwalne lot embraced the space covered by the Philson and Henry store and" that of the Farmers Bank. The later space was used as an alley way to get to the rear of the Mcllwain lot. From this alley down to the Wardlaw store building was a long stragling row of wooden build ings known as the Posey Range and was used principally as a hotel or boarding house?with of course, the indispensable barroom Included. Just below tho Wardlaw store, and where now is the office of 3$r. Jesse Ellis, was another alley used as a way to get to the rear of the Posey Range. From this alley down to the lower store of White Bros, was an other. row of wooden holdings all owned by Mrs. Jane Allen, who for many years conducted the principal boarding house in the place. This Mrs. Allen had Quite a large family of boys and girls, many of whose des cendants are living here at this time. About the time of which I write, there was very considerable feeling existing In the town over the liquor question. The most prominent prohibitionist was Mr. David Leslie who was at the time Mayor or Intendent of the town, while the leader of the liquor advo cates was a dare-devil, kind o fel lows, by the namo of McKinny Thom as, who ran a barroom. In order to gratify his spleen a eainst. Leslie. Thomas made arrange ments with 3 rather worthless char acter, who lived in town, hut whose name I can't recall,?a fellow who was looked upon as quite a bully, who was ready to fight anybody, es pecially when ho had a few drinks aboard, to pick a difficulty with Mr. Leslie and give him a good thrashing. This the fellow assayed to do one public day in front of the Court House after McKinney had supplied him with the necessary amount of liquor, and had notified his friend to be on hand to see the fun. Mr. Leslie was a tall raw-bofied man with not a pound of surplus flesh about him?a very quiet but de termined man and quick to reesnt an insult. T-_.11,. J TlfArlfAfl Vllm wnen mis duuj uau n ui auu self up to the fighting point and see ing Leslie standing in front of the court house, surrounded by a con siderable crowd, he approached him and began cursing and abusing him in a most outrageous manner, con cluding by saying taht he was theFC to give him the licking one man ever gave another. He had scarcely gotten the words out of his mouth when Leslie landed a swinging blow on the "Solar plex us" a la Fitzsimmons, which laid his man out when ho jumped on him and literally wore him out. It has never been definitely set tled which was the more surprised at the outcome of that engagement, the bully or the people who witnessed it. In 1852 or *3, Dr. Jack Livingston, the grandfather of our worthy clerk \ of court, who owened all the land between the home of Mrs. Russell and that of Mr. Press Cheatham and whose residence stood on the site now occupied by the home of Mr. R. M. Haddon, built the first steam flouring and grist mill ever erected in this part of the country. So great a curiosity was it considered that all the ilttle boys* and some grown-up ones for miles around in" the country would come here especially on Sun days to- see it. I recall an amusing incident which occurred shortly after this mill went into operation, in which the writer was made the butt-end of the joke. It happened in this wise. Having to take a turn of corn to the mill to be ground and it threatening rain, my mother made me put on one of my* 'father's old coats, and being qiute a little fellow I was almost completely enveloped in the coat. At that time Mr. Henry Allen and family lived in the house just across the street from the mill, which later on was dccunied by Mr. M. P. DeBruhl and which stood on the lot now occupiek by the home of Dr. C. A. Milford. In front of this house was a buggy 111 which were seated on the day in question, two little girls, one the daughter of Mr. Allen and the otehr her cousin, whose given name was Janie. This little girl is still living in this place but of course is an old lady now. She has living with her four grown children, two sons and two daughters. As I passed these lit tle girls in going down to the mill, Janie sang out "hey little, boy, ain't you got on your daddy's overcoat?" How mad I was no one can. form an idea, but being a little country chap, T was afraid to open my mouth. Such a thing as that could't: hap pen now, as the country urcihns have got to thinking, that they are as good as the to. a chaps, and if a little town girl should undertake to poke fun at a boy' from Edgewood or Antreville, he would be very apt to sass, her back?which goes to show how the Country has progressed in the last 50 years. , ; I have since often wondered on. meeting the author of my great mor tification on that memorable occasion,; if she remembered the circumstance.' At the risk of shocking the xhodes ty of some of the more prudish of your readers, I shall relate a rather amusing incident which occurred in town about the time .of which I write. There caxrfe along a circus, some thing not so common then as now, and of course everybody went to see the performance. ' Among other things which were done, one of the actors put both feet hack of his ehad, which was regard ed as a most wonderful feat. At that time Dr. McNeil Turner, who for a long time was pastor of Upper Long Cane church and afterwards of the Presbyterian church in 'this place, was teaching a school for young girls, Several of his pupils were from the country and boarded with him. Among the later was a young girl by the name of Lynch?Sallie Lynch, daughter of Dr. Lynch, who lived In the Antreville section. After the girls returned to their rooms from the cir cus, some of them concluded that they would try and see if they couldn not do as the circus man had done. Miss Lynch, being an active, wiery girl, succeeded, but having done so she was unable to disentangle herself and. the other girls becoming fright ened ran down stairs and told Dr. Turner of the matter who had to go to the relief of Miss Sallie. Another amusing incident which came within my knowledge about that time was as follows: A certain rather prominent man whose home was not far from the public square, made a social call down on lower main street one night accompanied by his wife. Of course, as was customary at that time, there were more or less of liquid refresh ments dispensed by the host. About eleven o'clock, as this gentleman and his wife were coming along the side walk on the opposite side of where now stands the post office building, on their way home, there was a cow ly ing on the side walk (cows were suf fered to run at large at that time.) Seeing her and no doubt feeling pretty sprightly, the gentleman said to his wife "watch my agility," and he thereupon ran an jumped astride the old cow, which of course immedi ately rose and after running some dis tance brought a lurch and landed her rider full length in the middle of me street. After gettiong up and dusting him self as best he could he remarked to his wife, "old lady I don't believe I was cut out for a cowboy." R. E. Hill. (Note?I have a great deal more be hind, but whether I shall write furth er of my reminiscences, will deepnd upon how this installment is received by your readers and the condition of my health, which is by no means good at this time.) No Doubt. Visitor?"What lovely furniture!" Little Tommy?"Yea; I think tha pifin we bought It from Is sorry now he sold It; anyway, he's always call ing." - CLUBS WILL .ORGANIZE i Democratic Clribs of the County Are Called to Organize on Saturday the 24ith of April, By County Chairman W. N. Graydon. County Conten tion Will be Held In Abbeville On Monday Kay the 4th, 1914. ' - m .'A In this issue is published a call by County Chairman W. N. Graydon, tor, the re-organization ot the various Democratic clubs in the county. The clubs will meet to re-organize on the. 4th Saturday, the 25th of April. They will elect officers and delegates, to rV tne county convention which will meet in Abbeville, on Monday, May the 4th. Each Club Is entitled to one del egate for every 25 members, or ma jority fractions tehreof. The Medium will publish calls for the various clubs to meet , if notices are sent into teh office. At the meeting of/the clubs it is very likely the question of doing away with the County to. County campaign will be discussed and an expression of the views of the members given on the subject. As The Medium has stat ed several times this is the only ' meeting in which each voter has a direct voice. All questions of state-wide im portance should be dlsbussed at the Club meetings. The delegates elected shouTd se cure creedntials signed by the Presi dent and Secretary showing that they are the accredited representatives of the club. . i , ) ;< Fine Showier for Peoples Bank. The Peoples Savings held Its an nual meeting Tuesday, AplrtM^th. and paid a 10 per cent dividend. The Peoples Savings Bankwas organized April 1st, 1901, ten years ago. During this tjime it has paid out 80 per cent in dlvi rifmrtn. pniml tnfl rtAr nant. n<rr arinnm. In addition the bank hat pot aside a surplus of $21,800 and' $2,500 undivided- profits, af ter paying theiast dividend. . This is a record that any bank should be proudof. , / The Peoples Bank has its place in the Press and Banner's House of Opportunity. It pays to advertise. > ^ Cheap Excursion Bates* Cheap Excursion rates from CoOpon V Points via Charleston Jt Western Carolina Hallway to Jacksonville, Fla., account U. \ i V. C. Reunion, May 6-8,1914. Porrates, ,A; etc., call on Coupon Ticket Ajjents or write State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville, N 3 Court of Common Pleas. T. P. Baskins, Plaintiff, against Bobt Hunter and The National Bank of Abbeville, Defendants?Summons for Keiief. You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the Complaint In this action which was filed In the offtte of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas O for Abbeville County, Sooth Carolina' on the day of January, A.D. 1914, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at , ' ? their office in the ttaisotflo Temple BuildiDg, Greenville, Sooth Carolina, within twenty dayB after the service ' hereof, exclusive of the d^y of said service; and if you fail to answer to the Complaint within the time afore- - said the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the Complaint. Dated January 29, A. D. 1914. To the non-resident defendant, Bobert Hunter: Take notice that the Complaint in - the above entitled cause was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Com mon Pleas for Abbeville County, Sooth Carolina, on the day of January, A. D. 1914. V:, * Ansel & Harris, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Ansel & Harris, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Information Wanted. The undersigned would be pleased to hear from some citizen of Abbeville who has a definite knowledge ot a family of Scotts, who lived in the vicinity of Abbe ville back in the early 1800s. There was so many of them, it seems someone ought to have a remembrance of them. C.B. Mann, tf Olympia, Washington. Landreth's seeds fresh at * Milford's. Clears Complexion ? Remote* Skin Blemishes Why go through life embarrassed and disfigured with pfmples, erup* tions, blackheads, red rough skin, or suffering the tortures of Eczema, itch, tetter, salt rheum. Just ask your Druggist for Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Follow the simple sug gestions and your skin worries are kf!i i xu: -ir? over, iXJHU, buuuuij?, eueuuve. jcja cellent for babies and delicate, tender akin. Stops chapping. Always helps. Belief or money back. 60c.f at your Druggist. Golden Wax and Stringlees Green Pod Beans at C. A. Milford & Co.