Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^r*r' rTT* rTTrn ra nr ; IJ U IJ IJ U IJ IJ IJ IJIJ 13 i { ?.?. '31 *?F I De | Is Nc ? LADIES' SHOES ? DRESS GOODS m Hi LADIES' SUITS ;sn % LADIES' DRESSE Jn Iff SKIRTS |f NOTIONS Is | j SILKS ! i 3 i WAISTS ^ UNDER SKIRTS |j CHILDREN'S SHOI ii ll AB1 i T7Txrn rnnii t\atp A A ?.I\ r l\V/m l/v A C(. Abbeville, S. C., Oct. 18 - tdear editor: in my last letter i made mention <?f the fact that my regular stenogra-1 5pher was sick and could not write ny first letter and that i had got jim fcradley to write it; well i saw that jim was spellin just like he did when lie went to school on long cane so i t -decided to give dick sondley a trial cas lie was city educated so as mv : stenographer was still sick i got dick i / 'Jto -write my last letter; well dick Skxxrws about as much about spelling ts ie does about belling billy goats; so a have made permanent arrange merits with sheriff burts to do my wilting i have looked over some of i ? i i . r* n ms worK ana x una ne is une un speu' Jug as well as' punctuation and he ?*ioes not use too many capitals, each rstate has one capital and the sheriff tells me that is enough for one letter. says he took the prize on punctu afiaa and capitalization at the rock ' springs school several years ago, and ^that he still "has it, so i have got him Ifrom now on. well, as i promised i went up to Sanderson Saturday to see the foot fbaS game and there was jim macmilflau tmd will magill just as i expected ?nd ther was leslie and kennedv. well v r? when i got there the auburn boys had done come out on the field and they had on large blankets and were walking about in the field, the smallest one would Have weighed about four hundred pounds, and as he passed I said howdy! Goliath, and i said .- goodbye leslie and kennedy and jiir. land will. the clemson boys were all there with their horns and hollerting and they put up a good line of talk "but i never had any hopes from the Erst it looked to me like a hundred to nothing. well the rlemcnn iboys came on the field and they were iboys playing against men. the game was a fine one and leslie and Kennedy held the team well in hands, the clemson team had it on them on skill and science and put up a good j jrame but they could not go through' ? stone wall, so the score was four leen to nothing. while i was sitting ther i saw-'dr. riggs riding about in his automobile, i he seemed to be looking for someone, but i did not see anything of wide Bradley or any of the other trustees : i guess wide was not there because i saw another fellow borrow some money from the doctor. the doctor ! .i&as his boys well in hand. i dont i ?A C :pend >w Rej ?maci When yo to have y< you our el Dresses ai the minui -sCom is . . Abl e L VE VILL know what system of medicine he uses on the boys, but> it is acting well whatever it is. i have not seen a finer set of boys anywhere than the clemson boys. they look well fed ; and well clothed and well medicated. I i give dr. riggs the credit for . the wnoie tning ana it must Keep a doctor | pretty busy to keep eight hundred boys studying hard?in as good shape ' as that. i think he is the only doc- j tor there so far as i learned. i saw a good many boys from abbeville. i saw wide's boy billy up | there, billy is looking just a little thin, but i guess it is from over study, vhen wide went to school they say he was a fine studyer . and i know that billy is right in his foot steps, will lesly's boys were there too, and while they show that they have not been eating will's fine fried chicken and ham, they look bleached up and pretty slick and i know they are getting along fine if they take after their mother. jim bradley now was never much on study like wide i want nil mv tr? moot mp at the county fair, we exect to have some fun there every day it lasts, dick sondley has promised the commissioners to bring up his flock of billy goats and to show any person who wants to know just how to splice the piece of leather on the goats tail to keep it from jumping as per the receipt published in your paper. Patrick roche will hold the goat while dick is putting on the splice. davis kerr's uncle jim is an officer of the fair and he will be there with his mult-trading smile, and davis will be there too with his boss oven smile and dargan-king will be there too, ' and george gambrell and hipp and ] parker and reese and jim cochran and henry dupre and poliakeff and sol ros- 1 cnberg and bill wilson and albert ! Vi ortvit an/4 oil +1>a rv4-V? ?% ? < avaij, UiiU C*ll VUICI lUIHI^ ICJ.* < lers in town. well it is going to be < a good time to do some trading if any of your subscribers should ask 1 you. i hear that all the merchants ] are adertising their goods at big re- 1 Juctions and that it will come out in the press and banner with this letter, i it will pay all inquiring friends to ] reaa tne advertisements ana tms letter, in your next issue and find out s what is offered and who has got it. ( the bargains are on hands and if a man dont get them while they last he 1 is to blame. as for myself i have already picked out a new calico dress < for my wife and a new suit, overcoat, ( shoes and hat for myself, to say noth- i ing of other things, and when the J1 "OMPLEr a,dy fo u come to th du visit our s* egant line of ] tid Dress Goc te in style ai ie and Set jeville's L 0 W. broken at the ankle on Saturday afternoon while engaged in footba7.l practice. Messrs W. W. Bradley, John Wardlaw, Will Morrah and C. J. Lyon, Jr. 3pent the Sabbath in Due West, and attended preaching at the A. R. P. :hurch in the morning. Mrs. J. B. McCutcheon, who has aeen visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Galloway, has returned to ler home in Latta. Mrs. Julia B. Gibson of Tennessea, C Vi ny rnz-iflior Mve Baird. Mrs. E. L. Reid has returned home. *fter a pleasant visit to relatives in Charlotte, N. C. Mr. W. A. Todd was in Washing;on during the grand army parade. Erskine College and Richmond Dollege played football here on Frilay last, and the score was 32 to 0 n favor of the Augusta boys. Erscme has played three games this B, - C hammer falls i expect to be there and get them before they are all taken, i sold torn maxwell, the meat man, two hides, and the money aint r.o hunt. r. e. hill, judge miller, judge hammond, joe jones and mr. lawson are too old to go to a fair but will stevenson will be there in the cow department. i will be there smoking a speed's cinco if any body sets 'em up. dr. mcmurray will sing a solo at his store every hour, jim hill will have chittlings and goobers to sell till during the fair. yours truly, Dote. DUE WEST COLLEGE ELECTS blFFICERS (Continued from Page One) Mrs .Smith's parents, at the Duo West hotel. Mr. Elam Boyce, who lives several miles from Due West, will move his family to town about the first of next year. A large crowd of Due Wesl; people attended court at Abbeville last week. Early Friday morning fire was discovered in the warehouse used by Mr Joe Nance for storing cotton seed. The flames were extinguished before much damage was done. Profs. J. L. Grier and H. B. Blakely and Miss Estelle McDiM, of the Due West Public school, attended a teacher's meeting at Greenwood on Friday afternoon. Mr. Gaston Moflfatt has i his lee rE LINE Mer< r You; ) I e Fair we wi tore. We wit Ladies' Suits a ids. Everyth id our Prices s for Your wading St< SOUTH iiannnmaniiiHiiiamii vpnr nnrl V?na nnt mnHp n amm flnw. ever, this is Erskine's first year in football and our boys are not discouraged. This writer hopes to spend at least 'one day at the Abbeville fair. Ic ' will be a great pleasure to meet the friends made during the short time we lived in Abbeville. The last time we were in the old town vrt missed the seats in front of the court house and city hall, where Bill Cason and Mr. Cromer could always be found. Now, we have to look fo:' them all over town. X. MASTER'S SALE. The Stat* of South Carol inf. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Court of Common Pleas. , Robert Singleton, and Annie Lewi?, Plaintiffs, against A. McD. Singleton, J. F. Sin.-;leton, W. L. Singleton, Lula M >r;roe, Absum Singleton and Jan?j Singleton. Ly authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville CJounty, in said St*te. nude 'n the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C . on Salesady in November, A. D. 1915, within the legal nour? of sale, the following described land, to wit: All that tract or par eel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing One Hundred and Six (106) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of W. R. Dunn on ihe South and East; West by right 01 way of the Southern Rai'way Co.; and North west by the 147 acre tract of W. L. Singleton. Also an undivided one half interest in that certain other tract of land containing 130 1-4 acres, bounded on the East by tract owned hy W. L. Singleton, South by right of way of the Southern Railway Co., and West and North by J. J. Dunn. TiiiKMb up SAiiU:?Une-lialf Cash ?balance on a credit of twelve mrmths, credit portion to be secured by Bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises and bear interest at 8 per cent per annum, with ten per cent attorneys fee if 1 *',ie same be collected by an attorney, with l<;ave to the purchaser to pay all cash. cash. Purchaser to pay for papers nnd recording and stamps. R. E. HILL, ,v Master A. C., S. C. iWFlPfWWPIWWHFIFlHFII I JIJ I^IJ ill 1J IJ1JIJ iJ IJIJ IJ IJ I OF? :hand v Inspe II be glad sh to show nd Cloaks, Ling up to are Right. self. -? ores . . mtA A tic * CAROL. MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, v COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. S. E. Haddon, Plaintiff, against D. E. Haddon, Mrs. Lillie Nickles, R. B. Haddon, James Hadd'. n, David E. Nickles, Belle Nickles. Lueia Nickles, Emma Nickles, 1. A. Keller and* G. N. Nickles, Administrators of Estate of J. R. Haddon. By authority of a Decree of Sale b> the Court of Common Pleas for Atheville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Afebevilfe C. H.7 S. C., on Siilesda^ in November, A. D. 1915, within +he legal hours of sale the following described lano, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Four Hundred t.nd Seventy (470) Acres, more or j less, and bounded by J. H. Stevenson, j James M. Ellis, Mrs. Emma Haddon, Johr. R. Lomax, the Mcllwaia place, ai:d others. Also, all that lot or parcel of land, in the City of Abbeville, containing' Une and One-half (1%) Acres, more oc less, bounded by lands of A. J. Penney, Est. R. R. Hemphill, Southern Railroad and others. The farm lands will be sold in two or more tracts, plats of same will be exhibited on riav of VERMS OF SALE?One-half Cash ?balance on a credit of twelve ironths, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises, bear ii.e 8 per cent interest, and with the promise that if same has to be col- i lected by suit the mortgagor shall pay | ten per cent attorneys fee, with leave ' to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay : l'oi papers and recording. R. E. HIIL, Master A. C.. S. C. !, \ l 1 "THE RED ROSE" IS A BRILLIANT SHOW;] (Raleigh News and Observer) j It was a big and delighted audience ' | at the Academy of Music last night 1 which applauded the exceptional offerings and laughed in harmony with | i the mirth found in "The Red Rose," j ? a gay and musical comedy of the * Parisian art quarter which tunefully ? and humorously sang and danced its ? way into a pronounced success. The score of Robert Hood Bowers and the j book of Harry B. and Robert B Smith j were in the keeping of a clever com-! p ==0, I ise | iction ff MEN'S SHOES [| MEN'S SUITS | OVERCOATS |j or titc ?u i o oui to * I HATS [j CAPS I j SHIRTS J j FURNISHINGS i j UNDERWEAR IJ BOYS' SHiDES j! in a j; I mimimmnaaimS I ' i i i ?? pany which gave a performance of dash and brilliancy. Full of brightness, and with a snarl. H from start to finish, "The Red Rose"? HHj brought pleasant surprise to the BH Raleigh theatre goers last night, not j^H the least of these being the return of some of the favorites of the pa^t i seasons. / COMMENDS U. S. W>AN . Hi TFRM4 TO PABI liMFNT HI ? ? London, Oct. 12.?Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald McKenna, in |HH the House of Commons, to-day said ^H| that the terms of the loan secured by the Allies in the United States were .. fair, and that the Government commended them to the Parliament He said that capita} in America BH comrtiai^ds a higher interest than in Great Britain and asked that the loan 1 99 I bill be passed in all its stages. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. [[ (Continued from page 1.) resented by Wm. P. Greene and the defendant by Graydon & Graydon. The jury gave Mrs. M. A. Russell a verdict for one hundred and thirty- HHH two dollars in her action against Robt S. McCombs, for the rent of a livery stable, which it was alleged McCombs vacated before the end of the term. Mr. McCombs claimed that ^ At x. i - i i. i. me staoie was 10 nave oeen Kept in good repair and that the plaintiff failed to live up to this part of the contract, and that he was forced to move. The plaintiff's counsel were Graydon & Graydon and the defendant was represented by J. Moore Mars. The court was engaged Tuesday in the trial of the case of Emma Cowy* HflH vs. William Tennant, as administra- ' tor, the action being brought for services rendered his decedentGraydon & Graydon are representing the plaintiff and J. Howard Moore B|^H and J. Frank Clinscales, the defendtnmMm Only one other jury case remains to be tried, after which the court will oe engaged in the trial of equity mat- ^HH| n? Judge Willcox continues to preside vith dignity and ease. His extenlive knowledge of the law makes him in ideal judge; and his uniform courtesy is pleasing to all, laymen ind lawyers alike. |9HB Lot's wife at least earned her salt. Floating debts are no sort of life, ? . . .. ^