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:? r 4 i LOCAL 4 4 ^ Mrs. Allan Hagen was in the city Saturday shopping. Jnhn T.omax snent"Sunday in An r derson, with friends. Mrs. Jno. E. Brownlee, of Brown4 lee, was here yesterday. > There was no service in the Baptist church last Sabbath. Mr. H. P. Sailey was a business visitor to the city Tuesday. Miss Fannie Harris is back from a pleasant visit to Atlanta. n Miss Mattie Cochran is in the city j spending a while with Mrs. R. H. . Cochran. There were plenty of Thanksgiving Turkeys for sale in town last Saturday. , Miss lone Smith goes over to At- , lanta today to spend Thanksgiving j j with friends. Thanksgiving services will be held in the Presbyterian church Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. ^ Miss Julia Schwerin is here from Sumter for an extended visit to her ' sister, Mrs. Sol Sosen,berg. j Bovce Ellis, of Due West, and J. J A- Ellis, of Groggy Springs, were 1 liere last Friday on business. Most of the school teachers will go ' to their homes today to spend Thanksgiving with their people. Miss Sarah Haigler is expected home from Coker College this week 1 on a visit to her home people. , Mrs. C. L. Cochran returned home Monday from a visit to friends in jf Atlanta, Jackson, and Winder, Ga. j Harvey P. Gay, of Atlanta, spent ] from Saturday until Monday in the ! with his sister. Mrs. Jas. S. ; Cochran. ' 1 . ( Col. W. H. Kerr came up from up from Greenwood this week and spent Saturday and Sunday with his son, ' Mr. J. D. Kerr. Mrs. J. D. Bundy is cxpected in } Abbeville this week to spend the . Thanksgiving season with Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barksdale. j ' < Mr. and Mrs. Lorick, of Columbia, ^ j?re in the city this week to spend ] Thanksgiving with their friends, Mr. 1 and Mrs. J. C. Ellis. < < Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Ramey will move this week into the apartments at the home of Mrs. Rachel Minshall 1 on lower Main street. ] i ] Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Calhoun, of < Chester, are in Abbeville this week 1 spending Thanksgiving with the fam- 1 ^ .. ily of Mr. Ed Calhoun. ' Mrs. Kennedy and her daughters, 1 Mrs. Edwin Parker and Mrs. G. W. Cade, were in the city Monday getting ready for Thanksgiving. Miss Aileen Hammond came up 1 from Lander College at Greenwood, ] and snent the latter part of the week j with Miss Sadie Hammond. , Mrs. L. F. Hamer left Monday for Blackstock, after spending several weeks here with Mr. and Mrs. Joe V. Elgin, on South Main street Mrs. Lucy Thomson and Mrs. E. ! R. Thomson have returned from the meeting of the U. D. C. in Aiken, whfcie they went to represent the Abbeville Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. Chester H. Dellinger 1 wish to thank most heartily, the com- ' mitt*>e of the "Better Baby Con- ] test" for the beautiful tribute 1 shown their son, Chester H. Jr. Dr. Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Stark, Mr. Allen King and Miss Fannie Stark went over to Greenwood and attended church last Sabbath, there i being no service in the Baptist ' \ s church at this place. 1 Mrs. C. S. Jones and Miss Lucia 1 Seal have returned from a shopping ] trip to Atlanta. While in the city they took in the performance of the picture, "The Birth of a Nation." M.\ and Mrs. H. A. Benton went over to Atlanta Monday shopping, and came home with enough bundles to start a small sized store. Santa Clans had already gotten to Atlanta, evidently. M^. and Mrs. P. B. Speed went up to Greenville last Sabbath to be present at the christening of their grandson, Master Tom Marchant. the handsome young son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Marchant. Mrs. W. A. Templeton leaves this week for Statesville. N. C., where she will visit her son, Mr. Giles Templeton, after which she will go out to Kentucky to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Thorn. Mrs. V. D. Lee and Mrs. Z. B. Ropers are over from Elberton on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lee. The friends of Mrs. Rogers are glad to see her and Augustus Lee Rogers, her very fine young baby. Among those who went from here yesterday to Charleston to attend the Shriner's Convention, were: Mr. pnd Mrs. Ben Cheatham. Messrs. W. ^ .T. Bryson, Ed Acker. W. D. Carroll, Leland and Truman Stephens. / \ / NEWS ! ! ! < i i Mrs. John Harris and John Harris have returned to Abbeville from Richmond, where John has been in a hospital, sick with fever, for sometime. He is greatly improved and his friends are glad to see him out again. Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth, of Edgefield, made a short visit to her cousin, Mrs. W. S. Cothran, last week. She had been in Greenville, where she attended the meeting of the D. A R's., and came by Abbeville before returning home. W. R. Ellis was on the streets of the city Monday looking happy and prosperous. He is one of the farmers of the county who has made money on the farm, built a good home, and who is promoting the 'back to the farm" movement. Many pleasant parties are being made up for spending Thanksgiving with friends and out of town. The stores will close for the day and the people of the city will join the Allies in attacking of turkey in the Dardanelles about two o'clock. Mr. W. M. Thomason, of Princeton, S. C., was here Monday looking for nood lands rear the city. He desires to purchase and move to Abbeville tor the purpose of edu:ating his children. The fact that we have a good graded school will bring good men to Abbeville. j Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morgan and their little daughter, Harriet, and Inglesby McFall, came up from Ilartsville, last week and visited for several days with Mr. and Mrs. Joe r. Hughes. Their many friends were glad to see them and to know that they are prospering in their new home. L. M. Strawhorn, one of the progressive young farmers of the county, was here Monday. He bought a place near Due West some years ago and paid for it before he knew it. He is now living at home and educating his children at the fine schools Df the City of Colleges. M. R. McCuen, olf Princeton, S. C.j visited his son, S. A. McCuen, this week. Mr. McCuen is one of ihe most prosperous farmers in Laurens county, but he likes the looks )f Abbeville county dirt. We were it his home about two years ago, ind found his pasture full of mule :olts, his cribs full of corn, and the smoke-house full of ham, at least it was full before we tackled it. A man who farms on his plan can look ;he whole world in the face, and tell ?VprvhnHv tVint rl/M-1lilra Viie liioti Sit - - ? - j v*tMw v*vu w nuv iuo ?aj vx ioing business to go to Hodges. The Book Club was most pleasanty entertained by Mrs. J. C. Klugh last Wednesday morning. The iadies present enjoveid the discussion >f the books, the delightful refreshments, and the pleasant conversation.. The club has subscribed for the Bookman, which is a help in the selection of the book and is good reading. Capt. G. N. Nickles sent down a fine shipment of cabbage plants last week to L. C. Haskell, which were sold out in short order, which shows that people are trying to live at home. Capt. Nickles took several prizes at the State Fair and is known everywhere as Abbeville county's most progressive farmer. CLOSE FOR THANKSGIVING. The telephone office will be closed tomorrow, Thanksgi\ing Day, from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. OFF TO TEACH. Miss Mary Klugh has accepted a position as school teacher at Pageland, in Marion county, and left last week to begin her work. Miss Mary is popular with the young people and will be greatly mised. OUR NEW DRESS. The Press and Banner is now being set in 8-point solid. In this way .ve are giving to our readers about fifty per cent more reading matter than heretofore, and that much more than other papers which use the leaded slug. GET YOUR DINNER. When you come to town on Salesday in December take dinner with th?i ladies of the Associate Reformed church. They will serve an excellent dinner in the store room recently ccupied by S. J. Link, on Main street next door to the Haddon-Wilson store. GOING TO THE WEDDING. Rev. M. R. Plaxco went up to Charlotte Monday to take part in the wedding of his friend, Mr. Blakely. He will be the best man and snnnnrt hie fripnH fVirrmcrVi +V10 r?v. deal. He went by Due West, by which route he can reach any point on the globe. TRUE BILL M. O. McCASLAN, FOREMAN Our son, Bill missed two words in spelling the other day. When his mother was finding fault with him about it, he excused himself by saying that the others missed too. His sister Mary, told him his daddy was a lawyer and he should do better than the others. Bill said. "Well, Perrin Dargan missed too; don't his daddy run a Crookery?" BORN > * At Abbeville, Nov. 17, 1915, to | Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson, a I daughter. j \ BUSTER BROWN AND "TIGE." i ' A I The kiddies have a treat in store c I for them at the Opera House, Satur- i day, Nov. 27, from 2 to 4 P. M. t ' The Real Live Buster Brown and ? ) "Tige" will meet them there, and h besides souvenirs will be given to t every boy and girl. J. M. Anderson e & Co., are giving free tickets for 1 this date. 1 NEWS OF MISS DURDEN. [ Y The many friends here of Miss * Ora Durden, of Summit, Ga., will be c delighted to know that she will be married December to Mr. Alex Inglis, of Dunnellon, Fla. Miss Durden is well remembered here as a pretty and attractive young wo| man, and a good musician. Every t one wishes her much happiness and e sends their heartiest congratulations to the young iran. i( 3 COMING HOME. t Goode Thomson, who has been in C the Philippines for the past three I years, is coming home this winter, t expecting: to get here in January, t He has had a good position on the h islands, has made friends, and has t had a pleasant experience. J Everybody will be glad to see him h and to know that he will remain in h America. F R A PLEASANT DINNER PARTY. J Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Kerr enter- * tained at a pleasant dinner party last Thursday night at their home on Greenville street, complimentary to Mrs. Ernest Neil, who is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. T. H. Fur- j mi. j: 3 i.1. . man. ine uiruier anu wic ui \ cards afterwards were delightful j and were greatly enioyed by Mrs. c Neil, Mrs. Furman, Mrs. Frank B. a Ga^v, Miss Latimer, Mr. and Mrs. r J. S. Stark and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. < Greene. 1 t ? OFF TO CONFERENCE. Y a Rev. S. 0. Cantey left Tuesday for ? Spartanburg, where he goes to attend the meeting of the Conference j, of the Upper South Carolina. This ^ is the first meeting of the body since 0 the division was made. Mr. Cantey ^ has been the pastor of the Methodist ^ church here for two years, and he e has made a most acceptable pastor g 's well as being a good preacher. c He has many friends outside of his ^ congregation who hope he will be t returned. , * c HOME MISSION WEEK. li v Home Mission Week is bein<? cele- f brated in tho Presbyterian church. the dates being from Nov. 21st. to a the 28th. Services were held in a the Presbyterian churoh Monday afternoon, at four o'clock. The meeting was conducted by Mrs. J. Allen Smith. Miss Mary Hill and Miss Sarah Perrin sang very sweetly, the balance of the prosrrnm being made up of responsive reading, prayer and songs. THE PICTURE SHOW. The nicture shows were opened up aerain Monday nieht, after being closed down for the past several weeks. The city will operate the shows and will give ';hc very best going. The Mutual pictures were shown Mondav night. The city will not operate the show; as i money-making enterprise but will nnrieflvor tn f*iv#? the neonle pleasure by keeping the onera house or^n and giving such pictures as will enable them to clear expenses. A MISSIONARY PARTY. M'^ Helen Edwards entertained the Missionary Society of the Mill Church at her home last Friday night. The Society has on hand the enterprise of makincr a daisv quilt and at the meeting Friday night the quilt was put together. Miss Helen is much interested iti the work of the Society and the entertainment Friday night was a most pleasant affair. At the close of the meeting refreshments of charlotte and cake were served. SEEING THE SIGHTS. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sondley left last night over the Seaboard for Washington. D. C., where they will visit Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Harvin, and the baby for a few davs. Mr. Sondley will be greatly missed during his absence by R. E. Hill. Patrick T* ? T-?1? Tin..*.,'*, "Hw XTallor QTirl xvucne, atun. rci mi, ui. uuiV> the other old men, but we know it will be a great pleasure for President Wilson and Mrs. Gait to know that he is at the Capitol. He carries a letter of (introduction to Mrs. Gait from his friend, Mr. A. M. Stone. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. It is about time for the papers to open up on their annual advice to the women to "shop early" for Christmas. This is good enough advice as far as it goes and it gives the paragraphers something funny ' to write about. We would like to 1 say a word to the merchants about | ' setting something in stock for the 1 women to buy. Get up your list of Christmas suggestions, display such goods as vou have suitable for the ' making of Christmas presents and : advertise "hem in the Press and Ben- 1 ner. It is really the rush and, i>,nVn-ictmnc tVint makes it at- ! tractive and it is the style to give away a lot of things that one wants themselves and get a lot of things thnt one does not want. > It would be a strange Christmas i in Abbeville if the drug stores would display something else as an attrac! five present besides the time honor> ed white ivory handled brush and ' comb and mirror in a pink satin box , and the five pound box of candy in I ; the gaily beribbonsd and beflowered boxes. "THANKSGIVIN BLESING." (By Hugh Bradley, 4th Grade.) Threre was a contry about 12 wiles from the toun of A?. there :ive a large famerly. about 3 days n the week thay would go in the voods where there was a hickry and iheasnut tree, they would gather ill they could and take them home tnd save them for Thanksgiving, ind one Thanksgiving night they leard bells ringing and a crowd of >oys and girls branging many presets to them and the next day was rhanksgiving. and this little family had a good ['hanksgiving dinner. and when here father came home from war le brought hole lots of money with lim. and he brought his children iloths for them. and they live happy ever after." TALKING ABOUT THE WAR. ' If you wish to hear some lively alk just step into the Candy Kitch n, run by Steve Parthemos and his irother, Jim, and throw out a harmess remark about what the Turks re going to do with the Greeks, if hey go into the war on the side of he Allies. According to Jim, Jreece is going to decide the war. J.e says that when Greece goes in he Turks are going to just give up he Dardenelles and take to their leels and then the Greeks are going o do wonderful thing's to "Them armany." He can tell all the past listory of the Greeks and what they lave accomplished in wars of the last but when asked what he is :oing to do about going home and lelping along with the fight he says te is going "to stay here and read he newspapers." GOOD FIGHTERS. The Germans go into everything n a thorough manner. The Munch Medical Review, of recent date las an article on the physical fitness if men , of the anhy after an eximination of over ten thousand men. nade by a doctor of Bavaria. This loctor finds that the men from the owns and cities can stand the rreatest strain, the affections of the leart exist in the two classes in ibout an equal degree a|id many >ther interesting things are found as he result of this examination. Along about the time of the Spansh-American war we remember to lave heard Col. G. McDuffie Miller, me of the bravest men who went rom South Carolina into the war ietween the States, say that if he ver had to command another set of oldiers he would like to have a rowd of boys from around town etween the ages of eighteen and wenty-five. He said that they sufered less from homesickness, the hange in their hours and mode of ife did not seem to hurt them and /ound up his remark by saying, "In act, they have no ir.ore sense than 0 be as brave as the bravest. They re absolutely fearless." 1 We Have F. TO "V Next. Thursday is 1 You'll Visit the Olc it is the Day You'l Overcoats $15.00 Up i Up LORIMER TO BE TRIED. [ Chicago, Nov. 22.?William Lorimer will be put on trial in January for alleged complicity in raiding the LaSalle Street Savings oank, State's Attorney McClay Hoyne announced today. Lorimer was president of the bank. Charles B. Mundy, who was senior vice president of the institution, was convicted at Morris, 111., last week and sentenced to five years in prison. MRS. MARSHALL UNDER KNIFE Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 22.? Mrs Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the vice president, successfully underwent an abdominal operation at a local hospital today. It was announced after the operation that Mrs. Marshall was resting comfortably. If a woman loves a man it's ten to one that she doesn t understand him. NEARLY A SCORE PERISH IN WRECK (Continued from page 1.) shows, were not damaged, as they were at the rear end of the special train. The show was on its way from Atlanta to Phoenix City, Ala., and was booked to the first of the year at points in southern Georgia and Alabama. Q Superintendent. R. J. Harlan, who is at the scene of the wreck, reported late tonight that the death list probably would be between nine and 12. He said he based this report on the claims of Con T. Kennedy, owner of the shows. Mr. Harlan also officially fixed the blame for the disaster on the crew of the passenger train. "The crew disobeyed orders," said Mr. Harlan. "They had orders to stop at Muscogee and wait for the show train." ( It was stated at the Columbus hospital at a late hour that none of the i xl j 1 i. J* injured tnere were expeuieu to uie during the night. Some of the trainmen are to be brought here tomorrow. The wreckage was still burning at a late hour to-night and the track will not be cleared for several hours. Besides the engineer and conductor of the passenger train there were few injured on the regular passenger train. Whittle and Miss Morris, who appear in the list of injured, were on the passenger train. The only other passenger reported hurt was Dr. W. Marshall of Cincinnati, Ohio, who has a broken wrist. Con T. Kennedy, proprietor of the show stated tonight that by the number of people reported missing by the different managers he believed the death list would exceed 24. "We will have all these managers checked up by morning." said Kennedy, "and not until then will we know the number of dead. Several men perished in the fire, I am certain." The Daylight Corner : : Spread a east of Got VEAR FOR ] ['hanksgiving Day?T1 i Folks at Home or So no 1 Want to Look Your 1 Come in Now and See th< lect Lines of Suits, Overc Hats and Shoes IUST RECEIVED BY EXff Traveler's Sets Handkerchiel Drinking Cups Silk Mu Dress Gloves Suit Ca Military Brush Sets Auto fiinvps Hand B Silk Suspenders Laundry Silk Halt' Hose Bed Room S Silk Handkerchiefs Collar Tie Rings Tie Ca Linen Handkerchiefs sr. * to-Date Outfitters From Head to j A Man's Store < SOME FACTS AS TO ABBEVILLE GREENWOOD MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. As a director of the AbbevilleGreenwood Mutual Insurance Company, I have been asked quite frequently the cause of the increased assessment this year. As I have had occasion to audit the bdoks of the company as one of a special committee, and am familiar with its financial condition, a statement of facts touching the company's financial condition may be of public interest. The company is as strong today as it has been at any time in the twenty-five years of its existence; and during this time, it has never failed to pay all just claims promptly when due. For several years the losses in one or two townships have been heavy, out of all proportion to the averaged losses in the rest of the two counties. This being the case for two or three years consecutively, the directors thought it wise to order a revaluation in those townships. This cost the company several hundred dollars, but it was money well spent as much undesirable property was thereby taken off the books. Then the present year is the year for revaluation of all policies, which was done with instructions that all undesirable property be cut out. As a result the assessable property of the company was reduced something like a quarter of a million dollars, but the property left on the books is more desirable. In a word, the comptany incurred extra expenses amounting to something more than a thousand dollars in revaluing its property and recording its policies in the Clerk of Courts office, thereby adding to the strength and security of the company but at the same time it has lowered the property levied on. which temporarily increased the J rate. me company sun nas approximately two million dollars of insurance on its books and it is believed that with the precautions taken, the levy will be reduced to (6) six mills . in the future. While the Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual performs a necessary and indispensable service to the rural resident, that old line companies can not or will not perform at as low a rate, it is not for this reason that the people are asked to support it The fact is it is-abundantly able\to take care of the public interest in the county at a lower rate than any other company, and it invites the strictest investigation of the facts to determine whether or not this statement is true. W. W. Bradley, Director for Abbeville Countv. Foot 3 Adv. \ WANTED: Gapable young woman to take charge of house and act as companion to children. For Particulars address, Mrs. Rachel [inshall, Abbeville, S. C. )d Things MEN le Chances are That le Friend?Certainly T ery Best. RESS Suits $15.00 Up