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r; }.\ : . f LOCAL ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. James L. McMillan have announced the engagement of ( their daughter, Miss Ada McMillan to c Mr. Otto Bristow, the marriage to * take place in October. Miss McMil- 1 y lan is one of Abbeville's most charm- s ing young ladies, and everyone wishes j for her a long and happy life. She is a graduate of the Columbia Female * College, where she distinguished herself as a pupil in music. She has been I organist in the Methodist Church for * the put two years and on public oc- ^ casions her sweet voice has been much in demand. Mr. Bristow came to Abbeville from Darlington and is Assistant Cashier in the Farmers Bank. He r is a young man of sterling worth and ^ shows his excellent good sense by getting his wife in Abbeville. r SURPRISE PARTY J % ( Last Saturday morning' Mrs. May j Harris Hill, gave a party compli- r menting her little neice, Miss Helen c . Haigler and her birthday. This party ^ was a "surprise party," the little hon- r oree knowing nothing of the affair v until she was invited into the room ful of guests, who in much merriment, wished her many happy returns of the day. The time was spent in playing t rook and enpoying the appetizing t refreshments of salad, sandwiches, v and tea, which was served by little v T- ?' 1 O u v juary uauiora, iuary axiu oaiau g Haigler and Janie Vance Bowie. The \ f young folks who enjoyed this pleas- t ant affair were Misses Margaret Cox, ^Winona Barksd&le, Margaret Lomax Florence Neuffer, Mary Reed Moore, Lydia Owens, Leila Chalmers, Elizabeth Thomson, Mary White, Thelma s 1 Seal, Helen Milford, Emmie Haigler, ] Grace Milford, Helen Haigler and t * Janie Vai^ce Bowie. t ; .. : i : 1 AN OCTOBER WEDDING c Miss Caroline Gary has returned * to ADoevnie aner an extenaea visit to her sister, Mrs. Frank Hassell at 4/Wilson* N. C. Miss Gary is receiving ' "the good wishes of all her host of ? "friends on the recent announcement ] / of her engagement to Mr. Sidney , Eason, of Charleston. Miss Caro- ^ line is the fourth daughter of Chief \ Justice and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, and is deservedly pouplar among tha younger society set. Mr. Eason is holding an excellent government position as draughtsman ? at the Navy Yard in Charleston. He * is to be congratulated on his general * good fortune. 1 j DEATH OF AN OLD LADY 1 Miss Talitha Dale, of this city, perhaps the oldest person in the county, died at the residence of Mr. R. V. Smith, her nephew, on last Friday, the twenty-seventh. Miss Dale was 1 xa native of the county, having been i born in the Sharon section of the i county. She was never married, 1 and of late years has made her home 1 with her kindred, particularly Mr. i Smith. The funeral services were held at " Sharon on Saturday, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Isom, assisted by Mr. Murray. '* , < DAINTY PARTY 1 Miss Ruth Howie gave a charming ] party last Friday as a farewell to ' her brother, Mr. Sanford Howie, who left Monday for Cary, N. C.f where 1 he will resume his studies. The party was a delightful affair, a congenial crowd being present, and the time was spent in dancing and promenad- ^ ing in the moonlight. At the close of the evening dainty refreshments of cake and cream were served by Misses Mary Hill Harris, Mildred j Cochran, Mary Greene and Victoria Howie. I IN HONOR OF MISS CLINKSCALES Miss Florence Clinkscales of Bee- ^ ton is the attractive guest of Miss Glendale Bowen, at her home near , town. Last Thursday night, Miss ! Bowen gave a party in honor of her visit. The time was spent in pleasant conversation and in dancing. Refreshments of salad and ice tea : were served at the close of the even- j ing. Misses Edna Bradley, Elizabeth ! Jones, Kate McDill, Elizabeth Faulkner, Mildred Miller, Myrtle McLesley j Elizabeth and Nona Barksdale and Eugenia Coleman, and Messrs. Walter Williamson, Charlie Lyon, James Klugh and Charlie Calvert, attended this party from town. ? ! NEWS j ' A GOOD SELECTION Mr. C. P. Ballenger has been electid by the Street Paving Commission >f Greenwood, to superintend the puting down of the new pavement in ;hat city Mr. Ballenger is a Clem:on graduate and for the past six rears has been City Engineer of ji-eenville. In Greenwood he works >n a basis of $300 a month provided he work is finished in six months or 1250, if it takes ten months. Mr. Bal enger is known to Abbeville by his narriage three years ago to Miss Jrace Minshall. A COMING MARRIAGE Invitations have been issued to the narriage 01 miss juucy ^/aiven ana dr. Jordan Allen Ramey. This inter sting event will take place on Wedlesday evening the eighth of Septem>er at the home of the bride's parents dr. and Mrs. W. A. Calvert. Miss Calvert has lived among us all her ife and her many friends wish her nuch happiness. . Mr. Ramey is >ne of the trusted employes of the L. IV. White Company and is a young nan who has many friends and well vishers. BACK -WITH BARGAINS D. PoJiakoff, as good a merchant is Abbeville ever had, has just reurned from New York, Baltimore md other large markets, where he >ought for the fall season. His roods are beginning to arrive, and >e will be ready for business when he starting shot is fired. . STORES CLOSE Prior to this year the stores have topped closing at 6 o'clock. On Sept Lst this year, by agreement among he merchants, it was decided to coninue to close at this hour until Sept. L5th, which will be good news to the rlerks. Miss Rosa McFall of Hartsville, S. U., is visiting Miss Leila Link. HOME AGAIN Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Allen and ;heir handsome young son, are at lome again after a pleasant two veeks spent in Greenville with rela rives and friends. They made the ;rip by the dirt road. COMPLIMENTING THE BRIDE Mrs. J. C. Hill gave a delightful ;pend-the-day party Tuesday, at her lome, complimenting Misses Sarah ?.nd Lucy Calvert, charming bridesx>-be. A delightful dinner was enjoyed by Misses Sarah and Lucy Calvert, Mary Taggart, Edna Cox and Susie Hill. STRIKEN WITH PARALYSIS Mr. E. S. F. Giles, a prominent at;orney of Greenwood, was stricken <yiui paralysis last ouuuay Willie in an. ng a prohibition talk before the Abbeville Baptist Association at Hodges. VIr. Giles is well known in Abbeville ind friends regret his illness. rHE PICTURES FRIDAY NIGHT The pictures Friday night will be x World Film and is going to be one jf the best shown here in a long time. Under the new management the pic:ures have been excellent and an appreciative audience has been present ?very night. See the pictures Friday night. There .vill be no change in the price. A LAWN PARTY Miss Leila Link has as her guest Vliss Ruth Porter of Spartanburg ind last Friday night entertained at i lawn party in her honor. The evening was pleasant throughout. Punch, cake and cream were served is refreshments. COMING CADETS J. W. Wilson and G. T. Hagan were Lhe successful competitors in the examination for the Citadel scholarship and will represent Abbeville at rhis institution. A NEW EDITOR While Brother Horton is in the mountains, the Medium is in charge )f Miss Hannah Cochran, who got out the Tuesday morning edition. The make up of the paper was all that ;ould be desired, and it had all the news. So far as we are able to see now, the good brother might go on to the exposition. His work would be in good hands. 4- ? ? \ i, BIRTHS At Abbeville?Aug. 30, to Mr. and Mrs Bradley Reese?a daughter. At Savannah, Ga., Aug. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Loyal?a daughter At Elberton,?Aug 21 to Mr. and | Mrs. J. B. Rogers?a daughter ATTENDING A HOUSE PARTY Miss Lavinia Goleman and Miss Margie Bradley leave today for Troy where they will attend a house party given by Miss Mabel Kennedy. THE BOOK CLUB The Book Club will hold its regular meeting this morning at the home of Mrs. John A. Harris, at half after ten o'clock. Mi-. J. M. Anderson, the head man of the J. M. Anderson Co., left Abbe ville last night for the Northern Mar kets, to purchase his entire stock of goods. He will be here on Sept. 15th' lino nnon nnH rpaHv for th? inspection of the public. Read his ad. today and watch for his next week's announcement. Mr. and Mrs J. F. Barnwell went up to Hendersonville Wednesday and spent until Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. X C. Ellis. They , all came home Saturday through the country in Mr. Ellis' car. Miss Mary Lawson Link has returned to Abbeville after a two months stay at Wayeh Camp near Asheville. He? friends are glad to have her back and to know that she has had a delightful summer. Mrs. R. S. Moore is in the city from Wadesboro spending some time with Mr. Moore, who is one of the trusted employees of the, Seaboard. Mrs. Moore is accompanied by her little daughter and is stopping with Mrs. C. R. Richey. Rodney Stevens has returned to Cary, N. C., and resumed his studies in the Cary Fitting school. In addition to his studies Rodney "knocks off" occasionally and lectures on Blease and the political situation in South Carolina. Miss Sarah White leaves Thursday for South Georgia where she has an excellent position as a teacher m the public schools. She goes by way of Clinton where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Wright, for several days. Messrs George Prince and Jesse Simpson, two young sports irom Anderson, were in the city last week attending the many " parties giVen to the younger set. > i.S Misses Grace Smith, Mary Qiiarles Link, Mary Smith and Jack Harden, enjoyed a spend-the-day party at the home of the Misses Gibert one day last week. Mr Geo. C. Gambrell of the Hot Hustler Racket, left Sunday for Balti more, New York and other Eastern markets where he went to secure goods for the fall season. Mr. Peebles, of the Abbeville Insurance and Trust Company, has a new automobile, and no man who thinks about insurance i? going to escape him after this. ' The fine Jersey cow of Col. Stark fell off the new sidewalk on Greenville street, into the roadway below, last Sunday just at the close of services in the Baptist church. The Ladies Society of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church will meet Thursday afternoon at half past four o'clock with Mrs. G. E. Calvert. Miss Leese, Philson & Henry's popular milliner, will return to Abbeville Thursday and will begin the work of fitting out the ladies of the town and county with handsome hats. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkley have movoH fn'Ahhevillp And Are mukinc their home with Miss Maggie Brooks. Mr. Brinkley will have charge of the "Grab" at the Seaboard shops. Mrs. S. C. Seal and children and Mrs W E Owen and children went down near Greenwood last Wednesday to attend the reunion of the Milling family. Little Miss Janie Vance Bowie gave a party last week to sixteen little friends at which several games were played. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Klugh came over from Greenwood Sabbath ond were the guests for dinner of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley. Miss Martha Piatt >vent down to Wedgefield Thursday and spent until Monday with her sister, Mrs. Parker. Sanford Howie, left Monday foi Gary, N. C., where he will resume his studies in the Cary Preparatorj School. Misses Louise and Charlotte Browr are in Asheville this week, where they are the guests of thoir aunt, Mrs, Sain. Miss Iona Smith is at home after a pleasant summer spent in visiting her friends and at various summer resorts. Mr. Harold Dean, of Wiliamston, has been in the city for the past several days visiting his friend, Robert H. Coleman. Miss Lizzie Penney is at home after spending the summer wth her cousins Misses Emma and Ida Penney at Lake Junaluska. Mr. and Mrs. H. Wu.ddell, Pratt are exnected in Abbeville Fridav after an extended visit1 to Lexington, Va., and Washington, D. C. James F. Bradley, county treasurer, had two dreams Thursday night of meeting von Hindenburg in a secluded spot. Miss Carrie Cochran, who operates Ihe Linotype in this office is still in Anderson, where she is fcnjoying her vacation. Miss Marie Harris lias returned to her home in Greenville, after a visit to her friend, Miss Elizabeth Barksdale. P.ev. M. R. Plaxco, Mr. J. M. Nickles, and Mrs. Fannie Eaddon, went to uuc: west aaturaay aiternoon 10 attend the funeral of Mrs Lola Devlin. Miss Elizabeth Edmunds has returned from a short visit to ChesteV. Her sister, Mrs. Estes, accompanied her on her return. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Tiddy are in AtlUnta this week, having taken their little daughter Sarah over for treatment. Y ' , ' Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Beeks and Ruth and Elizabeth Beeks and Mrs Ida Wardlaw have returned from a pieasanf outing at Harris Springs. - " . ' . i - r Jesse L. Calvert, a prominent merchant of Union County, is in the city visiting his father and mother, Judge and Mrs. A. F. Calvert. ij J* AIL, jj Wil 1 Busines i? ? THI2Y Vi I Dry Goo I Hats, Tri 1 New Firm | Watch i 1 Optsnir if] The Buyer, K September 9 era points 1 I J. M. AN ifi : Miss Maggie Brooks went up to i Due West Saturday to attend the fur neral of Mrs. Lola Devlin. She spent until Monday with the Misses Devlin. 1 Allen King is out of town on a two ' weeks vacation. He, in company with Arthur Rosenberg, has gone to Hendersonville to see the sights. Mrs. Charlie White ha3 returned from Chester where she went to visit her daughter, Miss Lucy White who is at Dr. Pryor's for treatment. Mrs. Claude Jones was hostess this week for the Tuesday morning Bridge Club. Mrs. Ellen Howie is visiting relatives and friends this week in Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stevenson were in the city shopping Monday. Albert Rosenberg has returned J 1_~ rp_ X - irom a six wee&s amy at opuugs FOR SALE?One new . Campbell, Rapid Fireless Cooker, also one new adjustable dress form. Apply to Mrs. W. A. Jamieson, Eureka Hotel, Abbeville, S. C. FOR RENT?One six-room cottage with all conveniences. Also two partly furnished rooms upstairs, with bath room and toilet attached. Will rent the two rooms for $5.00 month. Mrs. R. C. Wilson 2t Paint Better Better isn't enough; paint best. A man bought "cheap" paint; sav-' ed 20c or 30 or 40 or 50c a gallon, didn't he? Yes, and bought 40 or 50 or 60 or 80 percent more gallons; how much did he make on his paint? And he paid for painting those gallons?a fair day's work is a gallon ?how much did he make on the labor part of his job? He lost a quarter or third of his money. . How long will it last? not hif money, the paint? r j Perhaps half as long as Devoe. How long will his money last,, if he buys other stuff as he bought that paint? r'i Better buy the best paint; it makes , the least bill and least-often. DEVOE ' P. B. Speed sells it. * ??1????i^???a?| r. 'is [ / . ' . ' Anders 1 be Read; A "I J / >S ADOUt > ' '+ /ILL OFFER BAR* k y ds, Clothin inks, Bags, P* Ml A I . new limas . this Space : lg Annoum Mr. J. M. Anderson, 1 1st, for New York and ( to Buy their Fall Stocl DEfiSON C TOP SIDE UP Col. Bill Wilson, of the HaddonWilson Company, rode into town yesterday on the Seaboard, and took a hack up town. He was smiling and happy, but no happier than he was sixty years ago when he walked seven miles to church every Sunday, and when he plowed all day in the week, and then walked nine miles to the post-office, at night, to get a letter from his best girl, which never came. But that is not what we started out to say. The Colonel has been on a trip upNorth. He has henn smokinc twentv five cent cigars, swapping jokes with drummers, getting shaved and taking a bath every day, eating victuals at a hotel, and washing his fingers in , a finger bowl. But he has-been doing something else. He has been seeing all the latest styles in the big markets, the newest goods, and buying them at low prices. 1 ' ) And thatwasn't "no pistol nor no bottle of licker" he had in his hippocket neither." It was only a list of the many bargains in dry-goods, notions, shoes etc., which he will have in stock in a few days for. the fall trade. He is getting ready to tell you about it. Watch these columns fdr what he has to offer; if you: don't see it in here, why, he has lost the iist. MEETINK R. A. R. The Andre\y Hamilton Ghapter of D. A. R. will meet with Mrs. James Eawson on Wednesday, Sept 1st at half past 4 o'clock. Mrs. James LaWson. Seev. : \ We have coming in, early this month, 100 Tons Big Black Jellice Coal that we are offering at Five Dollars and Twenty Five cents ($5.25) a Ton. One Car Small Lump at Five ($5.00) a ton. Let us have your order promptly. Coal will be higher next moftth. Amos B. Morse. Unnecessary Labor. "Willie, go upstairs and wash your feet before we go to see the doctor," said the mother of a boy of nine. The boy was suffering from an ingrowing toe nail. , "Aw, what's the use of waahfn' both of 'em?the doctor's only goin' t' see one," was the indignant response. v. 1 . Liberty a Gift The God who gave us life gave U3 liberty at the same time.?Thomas Jefferson. on Co. !| y for || Sept. i6 || lj GAINS IN [j ig, Shoes, jj lotions, Etc. 1 !; . Low Prices i; 1 for their |i :ement !] eaves today, K )ther North- S OMPANY J :ICLEIC1C&C1C1?1E10LC1CL?IC 1ZJ 111 IZJIZJIZJ 111 IZJ 111 111 111 111 ILI Bill