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if Get the ( lH?5 13 "IHE Fi<?eT CANPV WE MADE iM THCEE * Local Items Germany And The War. Dr. Meyer Gerhard has accepted the invitation to come to Abbeville and lecture. He will .present the German side of the war and from an educational standpoint the lecture , (will be interesting. The lecture will be in the court house Friday night at half past eight. There will be no charge. Dr. Gerhard, who represents the | German consulate in Atlanta has made several speeches :n South Carolina recently .setting forth the German side of the Great War. The Doctor will be in* Anderson on Thursday the 22nd and will come from there to Abbeville and lecture. Dr. Gerhard is a distinguished speaker and no doubt many in Abbeville will ' listen with interest to what he has to say. % Abbeville First. The Post Office department at the urgent solicitation of the postmaster at Abbeville, Mrs. Minshall, has determined to spend about five -in r\l onfint* trOPQ flfld IIUIIUI cu uuiiaxo in lsac*** mwvw ?...? m ghrubbery on the grounds of the Abbeville post office. Only three other offices in the United States are to be so favored?one being in Illinois, and the other two in Massachusetts. The ground will be great ly improved. Off On a Trip. 1 Miss Plevna ^eal leaves this week for Central America, where she goes to take little Miss Orrie Smith for a visit to her father. It has * been a year since the little girl came here to make her home with her grandmother, Mrs. Seal, after ? stoo+Vi n-f ViAr mother, and this trip will be a delight to the little girl and to her father. * | I The H. H. DuPre Co. If you want the latest ^tyles in shirts, you should inspect the stock of The H. H. DuPre Co. Read their advertisement in today's paper. Mr. DuPre has been in the gents' furnishing business so long that he i knows what you want. He keeps up with thS latest styles, and carries all p the best in his line. Rev. M.v T. Ellis Visit* Here. ^ Rev. M. T. Ellis, of Doraville, Oi.. Mr T? S TTIllC * VIdllCU lllO h/l 9 AIAA4 *.? W. ? y | last week He had been to Lower Long Cane to attend Presbytery. From Abbeville he went to Due West to visit his brother, Mr. T. S. Ellis, and his sisters who reside n/aar there. \ Mr. Ellis is one of the leading ministers of the A. R. P. Church. v William Simpson Killed. William Simpson, colored, of McCormick, was killed by his wife on ,\}Supday morning, death being due to a pistol shot. The wife was arrested while in the act of committing suicide. A note was found on the person of the dead man presumably fr'?m the-wife threatening to \kiU him and then to commit suicide. ( Visiting at Clemson. Mrs. J. F. Bradley and Miss Mary Klugh have returned from a pleasant visit to Mrs. Mark Bradley at Clemson. While awav thev had five de lightful parties given in their honor and had the pleasure of seeing the Ben Greet players on the Campus at Clemson. Moving To Abbeville. Dr. W. E. McCord, who is moving ^ to Abbeville from Conway and who will take the office recently given up by Dr. Harvin, has arrivec^in the city Mrs. McCord will come shortly, and they will occupy the house owned by the Misses Watson on Main street. something to perpetuate his memory. If the farmers fail to make a good crop of everything on earth that can be raised on a farm, it will not be because they have not had plen- 1 ty of advice. The newspapers of 1 the state are printing thousands of 1 colunins of advice every week. Nearly every county in the state has 1 a demonstrator of some sort or description, and they can teir you everything you want' to know. 1 Mrs. Frank Nickles went to Aiken ' last week in response to a piessage ! telling of the serious sickness of her ' ?-i ur i_.i N sister, iwrs. Aeigier, wno is wen known over the state as Miss Marie Cromer. Mrs. .neigler is suffering from a nervous breakdown and is in ! a sanitarium in Columbia. Mrs. Nickles has returned to Abbeville bringing the little Zeigler baby with 1 her. / Jack Bradley is a rich boy. He ^ was given twenty-five cents by his mother for reciting in the contest 1 Friday night. He collected a dime his father owed him and then he alreadv had a nickel of his own. which brought forth the remark/, "I tell 1 you I had a heap of monejj" A Visitor from Greenville. Miss Marie Minshall is in the city for a weeks visit to Mrs. Fred Minshall. Miss Minshall sing: in the 1 First Presbyterian church in Green- ^ ville, having a well trained voice, 1 which delights tln? large co'igrega- ' tions present At Kerr's. ] If you have never really enjoyed i an evening at home, you have some- ] thing to look forward to, it is an I evening on the front porch in one of Kerr's Porch Rockers. The price is , right. Read his advertisement. 1 Mrs. C, V, TnrlH nnrl TVTru AJ^Tlin 1 came down from' Due West Friday ] night and took in the exercises at the Opera House. * Mrs. TocTd was fully repaid for her trip in that her i little girl carried off the medal in < the Grammar School department for '< the best recitation. 1 Some one made the remark last Friday that the "world and his wife" , had come to town for the day. It ] looked to us that the "world" is a , gay old rascal and that he has a doz- ] en wives ajnd that they all came and brought all the children. Mrs. J. R. Blake and her pretty little daughter, Miss Annie Laurie, came up from Greenwood last Friday and were the guests of Mrs. Jas. Chalmers until Saturday. Many friends are always glad to have Mrs. Blake come back. Be^ure to see the big feature at the Opera House Friday night, "Mig -o- " Wifie AND i 6ET GefoPGS LL f Tckl&P To Pe^th wr The Book Club. | The Book Club will meet with Mrs Wade Cothran this morning at half ' past ten o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Morrah came up from Mt. Carmel Friday to take in the Field Day exercises. They were proud of their school and j rejoiced in getting the prize on their | float. Mr. Morran maue me tny | in his buggy, saying that he wanted to see how it felt to ride hr-a buggy again. He was accompanied to the fair grounds by a charming little | lady who told us that her "name wrs , "Hessie Thomson Morrah, and +h:.t , she was from Mt. Carmel, S'.-uth Carolina." Dr. G. A. Neuffer and 'Dr. C. C. Gambrell are in Greenwood this week in attendance on the meeting 1 of the State Medical Association. : They go as delegates from the Ab- i beville association. \ During the i deliberations of the doctors they : will bring to the attention of the body the name of Dr. Norwood, of Cokesbhry, the discoverer of vera- \ trum, and ask that the assoication do j; 's Woe, or W1 8i ) luu JUST UE/ fH 1~T WlMD0W."R> OCX ? lp non," a World film corporation fei ture in 5 parts. The free list wi be suspended that night on accour of the big amount of money paid fc this featui^e. Dr. A. L. Harvin came down froi Washington Saturday to spend th anniversary of their wedding wit Mrs. Harvin, who is visitng he mother in Abbeville. Dr. Harvi is meeting with much success in hi new home. Miss Ira Hamilton, who has bee with the Abbeville Steam Laundr as book-keepr for sometime, has r? signed her position and i3 now wit the Hot Hustler Racket, where sh will be glad to serve her man friends. About this time last y<;ar a drout of about eleven weeks duration "s? in," as the old weather man woul say, and pi?t Abbeville and the sui rounding country on a tin can die for the balance of the'summer. Little Miss Mildred Lyon has r< turned home after spending ten day U av ni nfTV/T ? ( Ill VJ1CCUWUUU Willi 11CX OlOtCXO) xui. C. E. Klugh and Mrs. Arthur Klugl Little Miss Grace White came hom with her to spend a few days. Parker & Reese are <advertisin bheir splendid line of suits for youn men in this issue. This reliabl firm sells Schloss Bros.' Clothin which is noted for style and weai ing qualities. , H Miss Mary Quarles Link is in Co! umbia this week in attendance o the meeting of the Sons of Veteran: Miss Link is one of the many prett sponsors who will grace the occj sion. The pair of shoes which the stj lish young gentleman wore Monda and which attracted so much ia1 tention was a pair of PoliakofF Beacon Shoes, which gives satisfa( tion. Mr. H. A. McLesky went up t Norfolk on business last week. Mi McLesky is one of the many fin nen who go to make up the workin force of the Seaboard Air Line. Mrs. V. D. Lee spent several day !n Abbeville last week with Mr. an Mrs. W. A. Lee. Prom Abbevill ;he went to Atlantic City, where sh svill visit Mrs. L. T. Bryant. W. H. Moore is in Abbeville on /isit to his son, J. Howard Moort Mr. Moore has been very sick latel md it i? hoped that the change wi! se benelicial to him. Dr. J. S. MofFatt and Rev. Jame P. Pressly were among the distir juished men down from Due Wes last Friday taking an interest in th School ?air. Misses Margie Bradley and Susi Stevenson came down from Du West last Friday to Field Day an ;o spend the week-end with thei parents. Miss Norma Cheatham came u from Columbia and spent severs lays last week with her parents, Mi md Mis. John T. Cheatham, nea ;he city. Mr. and Mrs. Luke Brown cam jp from McCormick to attend th Field Day exercises last Friday an spent the night with Mrs. Ro Power. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Morra came up from Mt. Carmel Sunda afternoon and carried Miss Fanni Harris back with them for a shoi visit. l\Vf \XT T? T111 c Vop V\/> avi vo urn ^ iuii tt av. junis iiaa uccn uiavvu w serve on the Grand Jury in th United States court. Mr. Edw:i Parker has been drawn on the peti jury. - TAT TAT 4 ly yy omen ?y cm ti/e it* oh dear )u OFF i>/E ~" ? ^ i- J Miss Narietta Cheatham came up 11 | from Greenwood and spent the latit 1 ter part of the week with her grandir parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Cheatham. 11 "Droppel hates to spend money?" e "I'll tell you how* much. If it h were possible to take gas every time !r he parts with a dollar he'd take it." n is Miss Eugenia Coleman is gbing ' down to Charleston today for a few days visit to Mr. Robert Coleman at n the College of Charleston. y l" Miss Anna Ross Cunningham, of ^ J Anderson, has been ip Abbevill^ for e the past several days on a visit to y Mrs. F. E. Harrison. ^ Mr. and Mrs. J. Arch Talbert, of McCormick, were in the city last ^ Friday and Friday night attending Field Day exercises. st ?;? Miss Annie Cochran of Atlanta, arrived in the city Saturday to --1 spend her vacation witto ner motner, rs Mrs. R. H. Cochran. 3. ? * Hon* D. H. Magill, of Greenwood, e was in Abbeville on last Wednesday, having a habeas corpus case before Chief Justice Gary, g ^ ft^r. and Mrs. John D. Cade and g Misses Loura and Julia Cade, of Mt. ^ Oarmel, were in Abbeville last Friclay withsfriends. ' Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibert and Mr. Orville Calhoun were in the city ' Monday shopping and seeing their 3* friends. . y l" The flag at the post office was at half mast all day on the 15th, commemorating the death of President Lincoln. y r Mrs. H. A. Benton and little Mary Louise Kenton, spent a. few days last week in Monroe, N. C., with relatives. 0 The friends of Mr. Willie DuPre r* will be glad to know that he is ime proving and hopes to be at home s soon. Miss Maggie Link, teacher of the s Cold Springs school, was the guest ^ of Miss Nelle McGaw for the week? end. e Rodney 0. Stephens, is at home i for the summer vacation. Ilo has I a been attending school a.t Carey, N. i. C. y 11 Don't fail to see the great feature? Friday night, "Mignon," a Wcrld film corporation feature in 5 parts. !S i_ Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bates of Carit lisle, visited in the city this week e with Mr. and Mrs. Henry DuPre. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Miller attend,> ed the funeral of Mrs. Will Leith at q Greenville church last Tuesday. r Miss Carrie Rosa McKelvey, i of Mf f^nvm??l wrac iri frtwn Incf and Saturday %vith relatives, p il Mrs. J. M. Ogilvie and children v left last Friday for Columiba to visit r her mother, Mrs. Turner. Miss Martha Piatt went up to Due e West and Donalds l^Ionday to look e after the Tomato Club girls. y D. H. Hill went over to Laurens Monday on business connected with trie ivay uaruturuptcy cuac. Willie Speed, who has been going y to school in Pittsburg, is at home e for the summer vacation, t Miss Louise Watson now employed as stenographer in the office o of Senator J. M. Nickles. n Sanford Howie, who has been goit ing to school at Carey, N. C., is at home for the vacation. \ : Wild ,7mi6 glue rnej = bey t~r? >T% gqektj Mr. Harvey Gay, of Atlanta, spent I ^ Sunday in the city with his sister, [| Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran. ? Mrs. J. A. Elgin of near Anderson, is in the city on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Elgin. - _ Mrs. C. L. Cochran spent a couple of days in Washingi>,n, Ga., this tf week with relatives. \ Mr. and Mrs. Norris Wakefield of Antreville, were in town last Friday J(1 enjoying Field Day. , 14' Mrs. J. H. McCord and Miss Pearl Nickles were in town from Hodgos Monday, shopping. tt, ' Miss Janie Belle Pennal is in (< Spartanburg visiting her sister, Mrs. Jas. Martin. ? Miss Sarah Evans was in the city for the week-end the guest of Miss Mary E. Hill. > "" Don't miss the feature picture at the Opera House Friday night. It is a good one. Mrs. Will Nickles and Mrs. Lou Pi Mcllwain, of Hodges, were in town last Friday. Mrs. P. H. Wilkes, of Chester', is w here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. ca A. M. Reid. th Miss Louise Bell, of Lowndesville, sa visited Mrs. T. M. Miller a few days th last week. hi \ Miss Allie Mae Power of Brownlee, was in the city last Friday with ^ relatives. . Ti J. W. McKee of Laurens, was in Jc I Abbeville a few days last ^veek on business. - p. Misses Ida Davis and Adalate Bell of Due West, were in the city last Friday. l Ernest Wardlaw spent several days this week in the city with SI friends. ?? \ Ir Miss Carrie Fuller, of Atlanta, is i here on a visit to friend^ for some- A time. Claude Wilkinson of Coronaca, spent several days last week in the ^ city. ' / T Mr. W. M. Murff, of Donalds, was a business visitor here last Wednesday. T C. E. Williamson went up to Spartanburg last week in his automobile. ' Mr. Olin Brownlee of Due West, was in the city Tuesday on business. D Miss Fannie May Stevenson was ? in the city last Wednesday shopping. P W. E. Johnson went over to At- ft lanta one day last week on business. B Dr. R. M. Fuller, of McCormick, tl was in Abbeville last Friday. Mrs. Charlie Gilliam was in the b city last Friday.. e: i di I 3j Domestic and In SS the . . p I|j BEST v^ixumco X' jjj Always Pure | ICE CREAM Make C jjjCVEBY MY | flMdwar jjj STEVE G. PARTHEM rririwnriwrinnnnrinr aUMUMM MUMMUUkVu . / By Gross | ^ u^er > 6A01 ffeEPS ITS f AIQTHEP# i ? ' ? . i , r^jgj2jgj2jgjg|gjgj2ISISEJSI3IS?2J3?S?SISFfi For This Week. ?WEDNESDAY? Ancestry"?2 Reel American. A One Night Stand"? Keystone- * Comedy. For Mother's Sake"?Kay Bee. ' 4 Reels. % ' ?THURSDAY? > Dnly A Tramp"?Reliance. v ' The Greaser"?Majestic. Western.. > Checked Through"?Royal Comedy^The Power of the Sea"?Majestic.. 4 Reels. ?FRIDAY? ' ' V rricked"?2-Reel Domino. Ambrose's Fury"?Keystone Com... MIGNON"?A 5-Reel feature. 8?Reels?8 ?SATURDAY? fhe Old Chemist"?2-Reel Majes? Journeys End"?Royal Comedy* - * , Two Men and a Mule"?Reliance. i The Old Folk* at Home"?Relianre. . The Rival*"?Majestin. 6 Reels. 1 Free list suspended Friday nighty. rices 5 and 10c ts to everybody, .. Content "Noy wouldn't you like to walkith your husband to the polls and : ist in your vote with his?" asked e city lady of Mrs. Bean. . Mrs. Bean shook her head, as she ,id wearily: "For the land sakes! If .ere's anything a man can do by i.i 1.:? ff D., mseii, let iimi uu iu ?it , ,*..* , i, When I Have Time. Tien I have time, so many things , I'll do ' ; o make life happier and more fair v or those whose lives are crowded' now with ^are; ' r 11 help to lift them from their lowdespair, When I have time. rhen I have time, the friend I lovet* well 1 ' ; tiall know no more these weatfy ' A toiling days; 11 lead her feet in sunny, pleasant ways, nd cheer her heart with words of ' sweetest praise, When I have time. ' ow is the time! Ah, friend, no < longer wait o scatter loving smiles and words. of cheer o those around, whose lives arenow so drear; hey may not need you m the coming year, ' Now is the time! v. 7 ' . S Malicious. The governor's wife was telling;ridget about her husband. "My husband, Bridget," she said roudly, "is the head of the State lilitia." < ^ "Oi t'ought as much mu'um,"/^id ridget, cheerfully. "Ain't he got le foine malicious look?" "My wife says that she is going to uy cheaper hats and save money.""Ah, I see; reducing her overhead scpenses." HHWHWPinilWWIT ' IJIJIJIJIJIJIJ IJ IJ IJIJIJI. aported Cigars g' ' ruits in Season $ \ and Sweet jjj ,Kr SOFT DRINKS jjj Z 1 OF ALL KINDS | OS, Candy Kitche n$ j \ >