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SCHOOL TO OPEN
, SEPTEMBER 13TH
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The next session 01 mc ^it.v
Schools will begin on Monday, September
13th, at nine o'clock A. M.
The board of trustees has thought
1 best to have all pupils above the second
grade at the Mill School to at.
tend the graded school at the graded
school building. Teachers for the
first and second grades will be placed
at the mill school for the benefit of
those children of these grades who
may attend this school.
Because of this assignment of pupils
to the other buildings it has be- j
come necessary to make a new assign |
ment of teachers, therefore all pupils
below the second grade at the graded
school building will report to Miss
Eunice Calhoun who will be in charge
of this grade. This grade will be
divided into two sections and will
i
attend accordingly. |
Miss Epting will have charge of;
the second grade as last year. Miss
Robertson, the third grade, and Miss
Britt, the fourth grade.
Unless a change is required later,
Miss Watson will assist in the third
and fourth grades.
Miss Edith Sullivan will teach the '
fifth grade, Miss Iona Smith the sixth '
grade, Miss Louise Sullivan the
teventh and Miss Lillian Swetenberg
will be assistant in the Grammar'
* School Department.
The High School teachers are:!"
Misses Poole, Brown and Perrin. Miss j
Clara Wham will have charge of thej
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teacher for the second grade at the
MUI School will be elected later.
Compulsory school attendance was
voted in this district last June. This
law requires that all pupils between j
the ages of eight and fourteen years
attend some school in the district during
the school term and that all boys
and girls between fourteen and sixteen
years who cannot read and write
intelligently also attend school.
The Superintendent is requird by
the law to report all pupils who do
not attend regularly and the trustees
are required to enforce the law. Also
the law requires the County Superin
tendent to see that the city teachers
make all proper reports. The reader
^ can see that the law is very strict and
it must be enforced. It is to be hoped
that all parents t and guardians will
| co-operate to avoid friction of any
kind. After all it is the future welfare
of the child and the State that
the law is looking to.
The prospects for a good year are
ahead.
R. B. CHEATHAM,
Superintendent.
When Elsie Goes Shopping.
Elsie has been to th* cltv on her
first shopping expedition, and at the
first store had sorrowrully emptied
the contents of her small purse. Coming
home on the train, her father slyly
slipped a bright penny into the empty
purse, with an eye to making his
v daughter's heart rejoice. Then behind
the shelter of his paper he
. watched his daughter until she
chanced to open the pocketbook.
I Deeply perplexed, the generous parent
drew a sobbing little daughter
into the shelter of his arms, until at
length she howled heartbrokenjy:
"Fy, oh, fy, didn't I pond it!"
A Sugar Plant.
An herb, called by the natives caa
ehe, but botanically Eupatorium rebaudlanum,
grows wild in Paraguay.
It Is remarKable for its sweetness. Indeed,
the native nam' mean? the
"sugar plant." It grows along the
border of the river Amambahi, and
attains a height of on'y about five '
inches. The smallest bit of this plant
when placed upon the tonpue produces
ft surprisingly sweet savor, Vhich, it
is said, lasts for hours. The saccha-!
tine power is much greater than that
cf sugar. Recent investigations indicate
that the nectareous element in
this plant closely resembles that of
the licorice root.
Historic Spot Saved.
A bit of old London was saved
from destruction recently when the
London county council proposal for
extending the tramway service from
Aldgate along Mansell street and
I around Trinity square, was rejected
by the house of lords. It was one of
London's oldest "inns," dating from
Henry VIII?"the Crooked Billet"?
that was saved from destruction.
There is a tradition that Oliver Cromwell
once lived at the "Crooked Billet,"
known in those dayB as "the little
old house at the bottom of the
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=0 Mr. Dreen
"EPHRAIM IS JOINED TO HIS
IDOLS?LET HIM ALONE."
T aaslincr Par?Pr_
l UHui u&auiiig *
Abbeville, S. C. (
Dear Sir:? 5
We wish to make some inquiry as |
to two individuals who were in this 1
place last Thursday. One was a f
short stout man about forty-seven I
years old, wore a palm beach suit, *
which he called a "Roogheimer" or 1
something like that, wore glasses, and *
an imitation panama hat; the other 1
was a wise-looking guy, with nose 1
glasses and he wore his pencil under 1
his hat band; he weighs about 165, J
and evidently has seen better days. J
He must be a college professor, or
borne kind of a literary "infidelic,"
extinct now of course.
Perhaps, if you are informed of *
the performances of these individuals ^
you may be able better to advise who 1
they are. They arrived here on the *
11 o'clock train, and repaired to our J
leading hotel, and at once inquired *
the price of registering, "without
meals or rooms"; the fat one stating
that he never took anything for dinner
except ice-water. In order to
humor the joke the clerk informed
them that the price would be twentyfive
cents each; to this the Wise One
objected, saying that he was in the.
advertising business himself, and that I
twenty-five cents per line was too
much. The fat one seemed willing
to pay the price, provided a guarantee
was given that their names
would.be published among the "arrivals,"
but when informed that only
prominent people were generally
"noticed" in this way, and when he
could not be allowed to write "prominent"
after his name on the register,
the trade was called off.
But the gentlemen did not leave. *
They seemed very polite, though, 1
having taken their hats off as soon ^
as they entered the hotel lobby. k
They took a seat near the main entrance,
and for sometime annoyed the I
guests of the hotel, by getting up and s
introducing themselves to each per- t
son who came in. If the fat one got, I
to the person coming in first he j'
would say, "Allow me to introduce
you to the president of the large furniture
emporium, Upper Main, Abbeville,
S. C.; Uncle Jim, Vice Presi-,
dent, Sam McCuen and Roy Power, j
chauffeur and book-keeper; John j
White, drayman; shake hands with |
my friend, the writer." If the wise
one spoke first he had a "spiel" about
his circulation, and the large amount
of advertising he was doing, stating
"the population of Abbeville is 4625
when we are away; 60,000 when we
are there."
From the hotel the gentlemen went
out into the business section. As *
tney passed a large furniture estab- *
lishment, a plain clothes officer, who 1
was watcning them, suggested to the
Fat One that he was passing a large ^
furniture store. He didn't even look
up, only exclaimed "Great falls of
blue mud, it is nothing to compare
with Upper Main, Abbeville, S. C.,"
and as he finished his companion
chimed in with, "Pull for Abbeville,
or Pull out."
When the officer showed them his
badge they seemed willing enough to j
take the next train out of the city; |
and they did so very quietly, except j
that as the train pulled out the Wise'
One stuck his head out of the window 1
and called to a 'passing automobilist, j
"Cut It Out," while the fat gentle-'i
man pallprl nn flip f>nnHnr?tnT- -for n ! ^
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sixth of a dozen lunches, buy now and '
pay later plan.
We have concluded that these parties
must be from around Abbeville,
and that it would be well for their ;
relatives to know something of their
whereabouts. If you know who they j
are, we believe it would be an act of
kindness for you to advise them.
Chief of Sanitary Dept., <
Asheville, N. C. ;
Some of our readers may know
who the parties referred to are, and
may know their relatives, if so, we
should be glad to have them notified
as to the whereabouts of these nav.
ties.
Barber's Story Record.
During a Portland (Me.) barber's
SO years in business he has had one
workman who has served for 40 years.
This -workman has kept a record of
the number of times the employer
tells his stories. One Jtory which he
thinks his best one he has told 2,766
times, and says it gets better every
time he tells it. '
azit?When He1
mwatwe feels u<e poin
rO ADVANCE LIVESTOCK
INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
Encouraging manifestations of in:reasing
interest in stock raising are
ippearing in various parts of the (
3outn at this time. The tremendous ,
mportance of building up a cattle inlustry
in all portions of the South appears
to be appreciated now to a
greater extent than ever Deiore. Meet
ngs of cattle* men's associations are
jeing held, organizations are being
jerfected to foster the growth of the
:attle-raising industry, and individual ,
ittention is being given to the subject
)y farmers, merchants and bankers ,
n various places throughout the
3outh.
Mention was made not long ago of ,
;he shipment of a trainload of cattlc
:rom Kissimmee, Fla., to the stockyards
at St. Louis, and further infor- ,
nation from Florida demonstrates
;hat a great interest is being taken in
;he raising of Herefords and other
ligh-grade beef cattle, and the
jrowth of the stock industry in that
. - A
state seems lo ue on a arm xuunuu*
;ion.
In North Carolina much public inwest
is being taken in improved and
ixtended methods of stock raising,
vhile in Mississippi and other States >
>f the South the farmers, as well as
nerchants and bankers, are recogniz
ng the great value to the entire comnunity
which this form of diversiied
agriculture gives.
There is no disposition to urge the (
:otton farmer to entirely abandon
growing cotton and concentrate whol- ]
v nn sfnclf misintr fho pnnfonfinn
>eing that stock raising should go
land in hand with other activities of
;he farm. Stock raising is a means i
>f increasing individual independence,
while at the same time stock
aising by farmers in general would
rastly increase the prosperity of the
South as a whole.
Significant recognition of the im>ortance
of increasing attention to
itock raising in the South is found in
;he meeting of the Southern Cattle
Hen's Association at Birmingham
ast week. There was a large attend- .
lance of cattle men and others, in:luding
bankers from Birmingham,
St. Louis, Chicago and elsewhere. An
nteresting feature of this meeting
vas the proposition to organize a
itockmen's bank with capital of $1,)00,000
to finance the cattle men of
;he South. The proposition was eniorsed
by bankers from Chicago and
ilsewhere, who recognize that the filancing
of the cattle industry of the
South is a factor of importance. The'
mportance of knowing how to handle
:attle, having neither too few nor too
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nany 10 nanuie aavantageousiy, was
jointed out, but the prime requisite in
establishing bankable credit was de:lared
to be honesty and integrity.
'A prospective borrower," as one
ipeaker put it, "may have limited captal,
his security may not afford all
he margin that & first-class bank loan
ihould have, but if his business and
jersonal dealings have been above re>roach,
he has gone a long way tovards
establishing credit. If the
>anker knows that the proposed borrower
is diversifying his crops, is
ceeping his soil rich, has his fences
ind improvements in good repair,
:arries insurance on his buildings,
crows a large proportion of what
lis family and labor eat, as well as
lis animals, and has about him hogs
ind chickens and milch cows, as
tvell as beef cattle, he may be fairly
sure that the loan risk is a good one."
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Pleasing Oriental Custom.
An oriental custom still in use is to
perfume guestrooms with sweet odors,
and when the guest arrives he is
sprinkled with rose water. In olden
times it used to be customary to follow
up the sprinkling process with
Incense rubbed on the hands and face.
This ceremony is repeated at the departure
of the guest.
Perspiration Stains.
Perspiration stains may be easily
removed by a solution of oxalic acid
and water. Use a proportion of one
drop of oxalic acid to 20 drops of wa
ter. sponge tne stains caretuny witn
this and hang the dress to dry in
the air.
Great Discovery.
"Why do you constantly spray your
throat with that ill-smelling compound?"
"Greatest discovery of the
age, my boy. My wife never accuses
me of drinking now."?Kansas City
Journal.
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ENGLAND IS YIELDKNG TO (
UNITED STATES' REQUEST
Washington Aug. 30?Concessions
in the enforcement against American
commerce of the British order in coun
cil were announced today as a result j
of informal negotiations just (
completed by the foreign trade ad- s
visers of tht state department. {
The British ambassador, Sir Cecil ^
Spring-Rice, assured the trade ad- j
visers that their informal representations
in cases where the British orders
have caused "undue hardships" j
to American commerce will receive
special consideration.
The ambassador called at the state
department personally to explain the
uxtent of the British concessions,
which are especially intended tor
meet the growing complaint of Ameri j
i:an importers thai; their Christmas
trade is threatened by failure to obtain
goods made in Germany and Aus
tria for which they had contracted.
Generally speaking, it is the intention
of the British government to permit
the passage through theblockade
lines of goods for which the American
importers have entered into contract
with German and Austrian firms.
Millions of Trade Released
Heretofore it had been required
that the money shall have actually
been paid for the goods. Now it will
be sufficient to show that they were
regularly contracted for and that the
American impo rter is really the person
responsible for them and title
rests with him .Goods valued at many
millions of dollars have accumulated *
at Rotterdam and await transporta- ^
tion to the United States.
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CHIVALRY AS SHOWN
IN THE PRESENT WAR 1
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British Army Headquarters in
France, Aug. 26?"Though it has
been repeatedly stated that chivalry '
does not exist in this war," said a [
British aviator, "this does not apply 1
to the British and German aviation ]
branches. Whether it is the ijidividu- J
alism of our work and its novelty, or
whatever it is that is responsible,
something of the old spirit ol: knight- '
hood maintains among the riders of *
the air. When a British aviator has ]
to descend in the German lines whe *
ther from engine trouble or because ^
his engine or his plane has been dam '
aged by &nti-air craft gun fire the
next day the Germans report to us
his name and whether he survived and
if -so whether he is wounded. We always
do the same. It has come to
be a custom." ' ,
The reports are made in a manner
worthy of airmen and they are the
only communications that ever pass
between the two foes which watch for
heads to snipe at from their trenches.
What is called a "message bag" is
dropped over the British lines by a
German or over the German lines by
a British aviator?sometimes when he
is in the midst of bursting shell from
the anti-air craft guns. Long streamers
are attached to the little cloth j
bag. These as they pirouette down
to the earth from a hieght of seven
or eight thousand feet attract attention
of soldiers in the neighborhood
and they run out to get the, prizewhen
it lands.
Germans are so busy clipping the
bushy beards of their numerous Russian
prisoners, it is said, that the
town of Solingen, famed for its cutlery
works, after suffering sad de- '
pression at first as a result of the
was, is now having a business boom.
Arrest for Debt. e
While Imprisonment for debt as It
at one time existed in English and
American law, by which a debtor
mieht be arrested and imprisoned for
mere liability to pay his creditor, no
longer exists in the United States, the
statutes of the majority of the states
provide for the arrest of a'defendant
in a civil action under certain conditions,
such as fraud, or torts, or embez2lement
otc.
His Heart Failed Him.
The young man had threatened suicide
if she rejected him. And, although
she did, he didn't. "Why
didn't he?" was asked. "Said he'd
given his heart to her." "What's that
got to do with it?" "Oh, he didn't
have the heart to kill himself."
As It Was tri the Beginning.
Once we were young, and now we (
are older, but never yet have we seen (
a man's wife going to his :'olks for ad- (
vice as to what she should buy.? "
Galveston News.
wn Too
nnSrSi] fiiei
xJA^LIA,
germany fails to win l
? peace with russia
(By Prof. Pares)
St
London, Aug. 30?In the past few aj
lays the tension of Russia's position ^
las slackened perceptibly. Every- ge
>ne has become more at ease. For my
lelf, who has followed the military ^
md political position very closely, lU
ro so far as to say that the crisis
s past.
From the time when the enemy be- Ca
jan his great thrust in Southwest ai
jalicia, I am quite certain he was sij
liming simply at one thing. He bi
vas trying to bring Russia to sepa- tii
ate herself from her allies. If he th
:ould not do that he could do nothng
on the eastern side. is
The idea of a conquest of Russia fo
>r of forcing a peace on Russia was Ci
always, from the start, ridiculous, pc
Russia could never be compelled to se
make peace; she could only be in- is
iuced to desire it. For this object ar
there was a perfectly clear program,
jf which every detail soon became
apparent. sc
Of course, the Russian army had to ?
se beaten and driven back with as th
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many losses as possiDie, out aocve ??
ill, Russia was to be persuaded that Ci
ler western allies could do nothing
for her. Poland was to be won and
then a liberal peace was to be offer3d
Russia. ' ai
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Know They Have Failed. er
The Germans have had their sue- m
:esses. They have made their shot; ar
;hey have failed and they know it is fr
the turning point in the whole proc- to
jss. * Ui
To my mind the most important
fact of the last week was the anlouncement
made by M. Sazonoff in .
Petrograd.
ttl
M. Sazonoff is a very quiet man and e(j
lis simple straightforwardness is ta
ino A-f fho orpuaf^Rf. rpnsnna fnr the ?
mmense confidence which his coun- ja
:ry places in him. His announcement __
n which he had not a word that could
je dispensed with, amounted to this:
That the German successes had
seen accompanied by repeated negotiations
for peace which Russia had
refused unconditionally; whenever
ihey were renewed they would be refused
again. But this meant the colapse
of all that Germany has been ^
playing for; military success was
secondary.
We are approaching the time when
the Russian roads will break up.
rhe country through which the Ger- _
mans will have to advance is at first E,
a marshy plain, and later on a ^
plateau broken with innumerable
iross guillies in which the grand army
af Napoleon, in spite of the efforts ^
oi men and horses, left practically ^
ill of its comparatively light field ar- .
tillery.
Motor transit, one of the glories of fi(
the advancing German army, here vi
will be useless; not only it, but the or
very heavy guns which will have to di
be left behind. to
Meanwhile, one thing is clear. I
,vas with the retreating Russian army sa
from the Carpathians to the Russian m
frontier, and its morale is not al- ar
tered in the very slightest by the ter- re
rible ordeal and artillery fire to which
it was subjected day after day. P
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NITED STATES TO SET
MEXICAN DEADLINE V
Washington, Aug. 30?The United?
;ates plans to establish a "deadlin;J"
ong the Mexican border. Practically ?
e entire force that has been bbbs
d at Texas City, with the exception.*
: one regiment, which is to go ^
e Philippines, will be distributed '
ong the Rio Grande. " '
They will%e directed to put dowis:
igandage with an iron hand. Mesa?
in bandits who try to cross w?E?u
ms in their hands will be killed on.
?ht. In addition an ironclad em? >
irgo will be placed on all exports?
ons to Mexico of munitions froms>
ie United States.
In other Words, tly Administratfoiga
determined that the tactics whidk*
reed Huerta out of power in Mexico s
ity will be resorted to to put mb?>wer
the Provisional President to Ite lected
by the peace conference tfisfc..
to be gathered by the United States^'
id leading South American repab?
!8. Neither Carranza nor any oflerctional
leader who does not reEfr?
*11 t_ _ _1_1 -i A tm
nue i/U uie piun wui De aoie to get:
ms or supplies of any kind. AndE
e State Department is taking pome
the present time to see that all ?fT
irranza's generals have this fact-; V,
(pressed on them.
By this means it is hoped that
Ports of the "First Chief" to present: r
solid front of opposition to any pivot ?
: ending the Mexican revolution etEi?
than recognition of his Goven*-ent
will be rendered useless. The; my
will enforce the embargo on tftg: ontier
and the collectors of crams
at the various ports of t&e
nited States will prevent any xboktions
being Bent by sea to any ?nsrit
the recognized Government.
Complete reports of the existing*
;uation in Northern Mexico and tt: e
Texas border were to be present1
to secretarv Lansinc and Seem?
ry Garrison by General Hugh. L.
:ott, chief of staff of tfye army, ti?~ ly
and tomorrow. ;
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY
OF ABBEVILLE
v Probate Court *
In the Matter of the Estate of Jas^ .
E. Wakefield, Deceased
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
All persoijs indebted to said estate'ust
settle without, delay^ and those?tiding
claims against the estateust
present them properly attesfied&f'
J. Ernest Wakefield
edmont, S. C. Administraftnrr..,
STATE OF MRS. NANCY RICHEST
otice of Settlement and ApplicscCiam. \
for Final Discharge
Take notice that on the 30th <?ly
: September, 1&15, I will render ac.
lal account of my actions and, <fi??
gs as executor of the estate^f Mis...
ancy Richey, deceased, in the.af?
:e of Judge of Probate for Afifyr- lie
County at 10 o'clock a. nr., ffrgTl
i fhp snmp Hnv will srvnlv for n frrml?*>
scharge of my trust as such exec?*
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All persons having demands agalhst'
iid estate will present them for payment
on or before that day; proven:- i
id authenticated or be forever barid.
C. V. Martin, Executor
onalds, S. C.
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