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f. i nuL. HID DAY SUCCESS DESPITE THE RAIN T.13D0D CROWD OF PEOPLE HERE UNABLfc. IU HULU A1MLLVTJC EVENTS ACCOUNT RAIN : The Third Annual Field Day for ./Abbeville County was held in Abbev-aEfc. Jast Friday and in spite of the - mast inclement weather, was a suc> cespiin every way. The day dawned and cloudy but it seemed all morning that the clouds would lift and the day would be fair in the aflonoon. People interested in the schools of the county begun to come -auto town early and by eleven o'clock she streets were lined with bright i happy children and interested par?- ?13 IS. ! The parade which was the main feature of the morning started jjromptly at twelve o'clock from the traded School Building. ' Dr. C. C. <Jambrell, mayor of the city, and Prof. J. L. Grier, of Due West, President of the Association, led the parade followed by the band from "Greenwood. The children marched Jfjora the school building to the public square breaking ranks at Philson -.and Henry's corner. There were fuflr fifteen hundred children in the parade and they stepped out in a lively manner nothing daunted by tthe drizzling rain which had begun *t? fall bv this time. The parade Was followed by the floats all ot wiich were beautiful in design, each jtfea being carried out in excellent raanner. JHany of the floats were prevented Srctm coming on account of the weaisfeer, but those in the parade were : -Strom the shools at Warrenton, Pros jjjerity, Lebanon, Due West, FlatLethe, Cold Springs, Abbevvrile and Sharon. The Warrenton School had a float < decorated in red, white and blue, " Miss Alvys Henry as the God cIess of Liberty, holding aloft the "'-.ftorch of light. Curtis Wilson, represented "Uncle Sam", while Frank l^lfcJJeill and Paul Wilson were the \ pendant bearers and marched at the --^.Itpad of the two handsome horses ^drawing the float. Miss Florence ~ Bradford is teacher of the Warren*<znn school. The Prosperity School, Miss Lula 3Iay Epting, teacher, float was de? cgrtled in yellow and red and set '-jfafth in attractive manner the things *&u&:inake for prosperity. In the egpter of the float was a high pedestal on which was seated a little boy | ^ ~-~.A o lifflo onrl flq \JU1II auu a - Queen 'Cotton. At each corner of -ihe float was a young girl with a ' :"%fcnner bearing the words, Farming, ' JPeace, Education, Votes for Women. The young girls on the float were -dressed in white middy blouse suits with caps and looked charming. < The Lethe School had a float of *.red, white and blue with the words 'Preparedness" on each side. The ; .float represented the three vocations ^emphasized by Lethe, the workshop, the school and the home, which is the "Tpreparedness for life's battle which oue gains at Lethe. Sharons float was in white and r^reen, and represented a Basket of JLillies. In the center of the float t?ss a large basket in which nine litiSe girls were standing, each with a bouquet of lillies in her hand. At jeac.h corner of the float was a large pedestal draped in white and the f!oat was drawn by four white horses 3ed by four boys dressed in white. Lebanon's float was in white and 1 - ?-""vacnntoH Tris Bridge, reurpie. ttnu 1CJI1VOV...W, _ ^frith Miss Annie Reed Evans as Iris, Ae -winged messenger of the Gods, -with her rainbow bridge reaching from earth to sky. This was a beaussfa? float and carried out the story - "?eTl. Flfvtwoods presented a woodland scene and was a lovely float. Cold Springs emphasized the Doi Trmstic Science being taught in the z. schools now and had a large float t iearing the banner of the "Girls ToamaJ? Club," on one side and the ' "'Buys Corn Club" on the other. On irihs float was a complete cooking and ? canning outfit with several pretty : ?prls "busily engaged in cooking. The Bold Branch school had the " c'Esquimaux Hut", which excited ? much favorable comment. The hut xvas made of cotton and the little Esquimaux if their peaked caps and with their big dog was a pleasing oight. Due West had a classical float as -was befitting the city of colleges. The goddess of knowledge occupied center of the float, while around ?ier were erouDed muses representing . art, science, music and literature. "The float was in white and gilt and -was lovely. nboeviiie's represented the spirit ' of preparedness and carried Miss "lary Graydon as the Goddess of fliberty, Lewis Lawson as President Wilson and James Mars as Uncle . '3am. Four boys as sailors and four -as fcoidiers were on each side of the float and four little girls as Red Cross nurses made the picture perfect. The float was followed by the boys of the High School as infantry The hovs stepped out in MI1U1V4 0* v - military manner and added much to i the picture. ine twenty dollar prize for the "J'est float for a two teacher school was awarded to Sharon and the best float for one teacher school went to Lebanon. The Fonville school received the :five dollar prize for having the largest per cent of pupils in the parade. Every pupil was in line and were led . hy their teacher. H. D. Brown. " The class room contests which were held in the . Graded School ~xx..;in;nrr fi-nm ton til twelve o'clock, .^uiruiiig, xi v**? w.. v.. ... resulted as follows: ' READING?Grade 2 and 3. 1st. Tom Howie, Abbeville. I 2nd. Ruth McNair, Wellington School, Willington. Grades 4 and 5. 1st. Ada Faulkner, Abbeville. 2nd. Mary Moffatt, Due West. READING?Grades 6 and 7. 1st. Beth Anderson, Antreville. 2nd. Davis Kerr, Abbeville. READING?High School. 1st. Edna Bradley, Abbeville. 2nd. Francis Britt, McCormick. SPELLING?Grade 2. Bob Link, Abbeville. * i SPELLING?Grade 3. \ Tie between Jense White, Abbeville; Donald Johnson, Due West. SPELLING?Grade 4 and 5. Tie between Sara Sutherland, ; Prosperity School and Cleo Ammons. Monterey. SPELLING?Grade 6 and 7. , Tie between Katherine Faulkner, . Abbeville, and Alvis Henry, Warren- j ton. MAP DRAWING?Grade 4 and 5. ( Lavinia McCarter, Antreville. Map Drawing?Grade 6 and 7. Luther Prince, Antreville. ARITHMETIC?Grade 4 and 5. 1st. Isabel Reid, Due West. 2nd. Edward Herndon, Abbeville , ARITHMETIC?Grade 6 and 7. Elizabeth Gambrell, Abbeville. , 2nd. Elizabeth McCarter, An- ' treville. , ARITHMETIC?High School. 1st. Altha Graves, Abbeville. , 2nd. Sloan Gable, Antreville. The Athletic contests which were to have been held at the Fair Ground . in the afternoon, were called off on account of the rain. This was a disappointment to every one, for every school had come prepared to carry off all the prizes. t? ^Q/iiomni-inn rnntest at night XII U1C UWiWM4MV?V.? w which was held in the Optra House, a program of which has been published before, Miss Mary Graydon of the Abbeville High School, who recited "The Sioux Chiefs Daughter," . and Rufus Agnew of Donalds, who recited "The Death Bed of a Traitor." were awarded the prizes for the I High School departments. Miss Mary Alice Boyce of Due West, who , recited "Kips Elbert" and Davis , Kerr, who recited "Rienzi to the Romans", were awarded the medals for the grammar school departments. The exercises at the opera house r were opened with prayer by County Superintendent of Education, J. M. Lawson and the medals were deliv- . ered by Prof. J. L. Grier. 1 Prof. Grier of the Due West Graded Schools, arranged the day in an < excellent manner and the success of i the program was a credit to him and J his corps of excellent helpers. Field i Day for 1916 was a success and was f an enjoyable day in spite of the rain. ' } DOTE IN COLUMBIA. { abvul, s c aprile eight. Deer editorial.? t i hev travled sum since last i writ you. i hev bin doun ter ther kap- s partal uv the stait, kolumby. Kol- \ umby is a large sitty i knode all er r long that it wuz bigger than green- \ wud but i didnt kno it wus rite after < atlanter. from what dix sonley sais { i guess it an washuntun is about the t same size tho i didnt sea enny tomb- > stones in kolumby five hundard feat 1 hi. i wood like ter kno what dix < and woodro was drinkin that mornin ^ when dix saw that toomstoan enny- 1 way. Tho they hev sum fine toom- 1 stoans in Kolumby. one is gorge 1 washuntun hisself. tha have plaiced i his tomstoan on the steps ter ther \ kapital. You sea that a big man j has sevrul toomstoans, while sum- t times a poor man hes none at all. i Now a grate big man like gorge 1 washuntun has one in nearly evry i sitty an so tha have bilt wun to him 1 in Kolumby which stands on the steps < as i sed. it is cut out jist like ole i gorge hisself an to tell you the truth < when i run into him befoar i saw < him i thought it wus him but i no- 1 tised when i raised my hat and spoak i that he did not speek an then i knue 1 " J Konaiic cnrprft I Lfiat It Wcik) IlUt guigw wvmmw 0 ? o I was polight an alwais spoke to poor 1 fokes. They hev bilt wun of waid < iHamtun too. waid is on his hors, which is a pim-dinger an he looks like he wus reddy to fite the yankies. ; i like to stan aroun mungst sich grate men as it alwais maiks me feal at hoam excep gorge an waid didnt tell me to do nuthin f%r them. I while i wuz in the sitty i cauled Ion ?uv. mannin. he wuz in his offis. | a polight young gentleman met us at the doar, i wus with Earl Harriison, en shode us inter ther guv's I offis an he iumpt up and knode us boath. he is a fine gintleman an talked to us so nice that i got afrade he wud insist on mi taiken the cheer fur a few minits and doin a little guvnerin miself, an as i wuzzent drest fur the bizness i mighter felt a lital embasssadoriode. The guv seams to be in good health an duz not seam to be worrit bought tne illiction this here sumar, but i tole him he wus runnin ginst two blackheaded skeered cats en he betar look out but sez thay cant git nuthin on a red heded man an aftar talkin co him i bleeves he rec6rnizes his speech which he speaks. i aont kno whuther all your reeders hev bin to kolumby so i will say a few things bought the sitty which may intrust sum of my frends. tha have sum high houses in that sitty which thay call skiskraipers becos thay reech up nearly to the ski. wel I the first thing hugh bowen wu warn to kno is how long it taiks you to walk u pthe steps to ther top floar of these bildins. well, hugh, you dont walk up, you rides the alligaiter. well, evry boddy will want to know what is a alligaiter of a bildin; thay knoas a alligaiter which swims in the wauter but a bildin alligaiter is diffrunt. it is a littal room which you step in an you say where you want to go and the yung man who rides the alligaiter swims her rite to the floar wher you air goin, Tha calls it a alligaiter becaus it acts so much like a shore nuff alligaiter. You kno that the alligaiter cums rite up to you silent like, swallers you, shets on owimR off. this hear iliiuuvn Mu k> >?-? bildin alligaiter does the saim thing, it opens its mouth swallers the passengers, swims off en when it gits than* it opens its mouth and flings PENSION MONEY j OIK-HI VFTFPAkR I UULU IU V LI LI WII fU Columbia, April 9?Special: Comptroller General Sawyer states that he has sent to the various clerks of Court pensions for 1916. At the last session of the General Assembly there was appropriated for pensions $300,000, out of which the Confederate Infirmar^ received $18,386.75, leaving a balance of $281,613.25 for the general pensions. To this amount has been added the refunds made in 1915 by the clerks of Court on account of deaths, etc., which increased the amount disbursed to $283,902. The distribution by classes is as follows: Class A, 192, $96 each?$18,432. Class B, 112, $72 each?$8,064. Class C, No. 1, 565, $48 each? ?27,120. Class C, No. 2, 2,801, $29 each? ?81,229. Class C, No. 3, 415, $45 each? ?19,920. Class C, No. 4, 4,453, $29 each? ?129,137. ' Of the above 3,670 are soldiers and 1,868 are widows of soldiers. The amount appropriated for Ab 1 jeville county was $5,171.00. , I i : l\ * * * * * * * *[; WATTS * 5 ******** IJH Mr. Chas. Schram returned from J Atlanta Thursday, where he has been < ,o hnve his tonsils removed. ] On account of the cold and windy 5 veather, very few people were at > iVarrenton Sunday.' ] Mr. S. A. Allen and Mr. George j Wilson will represent Warrenton at ? Presbytery this week. f J Mr. McDaniels, of Atlanta, who is J l vith the Gullett Gin Co., spent a ft 1 light at Oakland Heights recently. f Mrs. Julius Dudley of Athens, is spending this week at Maplehurst. I Miss Mary Grace Wilson shopped | n Abbeville Monday. The Woman's Missionary Society ft >f our church held a meeting last I Sunday to elect new officers. The following were elected: President, I Mrs. C. F. Gilliam; Vice President. ( lira. L. K. Henry, Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Rosa McNeill. J The Domestic Science Club is to ? lold a meeting this week at the home f J >f Mrs. Chas. Gilliam. The time will )e announced later. ft I ;m out jest as the whail did Joner. j wel, i an Erl went down to the | lylum. noboddy had tole us that ve should taik sumboddy long with is ter interdoos us an that is wher ft ve got inter trubble. oyu see when f ;he sherff taiks a man down to the S J 3ylum the two goes up tergether en ;he cherff turns the krazy man in. veil thay sees us cummin an a gen- ? ;leman cums out an looks at boath )f us funny like an i sais to miself vun of the krazy men hes met us , sut i finds later i am mistaiken as Mi ;he gentleman wus jest wundern to ? limself which wun of us is the krazy Jinan an which the officers whih i stept 2g jp an interduced miself as r. w. smith m then interdoosed Erl so he thinks hat Erl is the krazy man as i wus doin a, :ne talkin, an he asks me how long Erl las bin suffern fro mhis distempar gn . sum uther things bout the matter. Erl vetches on to the thing en he up as' fj sais he is not crasy, so the gent im- tt. mediately thinks Erl has me, but to be i :ertai nhe asks me if i am offiser an i r sez no. an dthen he knoas i am the ^ krazy man, and he sai sfoller me an i will show, you to your room, he sais to Erl taik a seet in the parlre till i show the gent to his room, but i swing , back an said i is no krasy man let me . - # * -J- J explain tnis tnmg again ,unu uc men . 00V sat Erl again an Erl sais he is fv' willin to swear that he is not krasy, an the gent calls in or nuther doctar which is passin to find out if two of ther patients hasnt got out this morn- in and bin ramblin round the town. The gent then sez that we should giv sum refrunse as to who we air from sumbody which is in town i tole him knew noboddy jist then but the guv an as soon as i sais that he asks Erl to step in the parler agin, but Erl he didnt go in that time he tuck a few n? * J * - * * j th steps toaras to iruuu uuai nunu nv?- ? boddy was garding an i maid a brake cc after him leavin the gent to find out p? who wus krasy. it seams to me that Li that should hev a doc tar at the Sylum ed doar to meet gents when they call so wl he would kno whether thy air krasy ar or not as if it hadnt bin for the frunt yc door i and Erl miter got in serus tru- ar ble. su after that we desided not to go to in the pennertenterry. i may rite sum moar bout our trip in my next, i am too unnerved to kontinue after goin ovar my experunts at the Sylum. Yours till death, ui DOTE. y? w; th M PUR niTT P>AIM II WW A m nAA 1 I with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them. The best rubbing liniment isj w mustang! liniment; f? Clnnrf fnr itip nf I Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. !aI Qood for your own A ches, ^ Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, ! Cuts, Burns, Etc. m 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. ' ^ mmreraraniJHJHJEramfzr TO THE II ? I c iukc pica well=known Pacific Coast will, within a < expert demons you personally ucts, including 20 Mule Team f 20 Mule Team I 20 Mule Team E I The three grea j savers. j It will be dis I receive our der I they impart w j and they will < I j VALUA I j in conjunction I I i!IHfiiliUiili!IHIZIilliUilli!liJ!IH JEWS FROM MISS FRETWELL News has been received in Abbe- p lie of the approaching marriage of wh0 I iss Bessie Fretwell and Mr. Edward board ildwell. This interesting event will Qa j ke place at Snow Hill, Md. on April jn bej th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. p arence Taylor. Greer Micc is well known in s pp: jbeville and her many friends here Ch sh her much happiness in her mar- ^jj a ;d life. For several years she lived jst a long us having charge of the mil- ma^e lery department of Philson and 3nry's store, since which time she s made frequent visits to Abbeville PnnQj' the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. M. an^ t irnwell. Our people krtow Miss t^e jj etwell as >an energetic, attractive ?Teal id lovable young woman. 7 2 Mr. Caldwell is a native of Winnsro, but at present is making his j me at Hartsville, being an emoyee of the Coker stores, one of - . e largest in the south, where he f A is the confidence and respect of . ery one. Lanier The good wishes of a host of 250011 iends arc extended to the young w*s n uple. sel? out a amou THEY KNOW THE ROADS. his ?t Mr. W. A. Metts, of Charleston, over ild the railway mail service exami- s%Vr0*rr iticn in Abbeville on April 6th at bounc e post office and the news has Court me back that the post office force sched issed excellent examinations. Mr. g ? nk, the assistant postmaster, pass- held ! I an extraordinary examination coun^ hile the other young men made high sjck j id most creditable marks. The fjj? >ung men are to be congratulated Greer id Abbeville is fortunate in having ^eld i ich a force to look after their wants j,ad o the way of mail. e(j to ??? A1 THE FROST MONDAY. the b! A I Friday, Saturday and Sunday were jssuec lusually cold for this time of the gam J jar and Sunday night great damage- gsq as done to growing vegetables by munj< e heavy frost. The thermometer 0 tA froftzine and the frost iPV w as as heavy as a January frost. lotte, DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. JJj", He w< Mr. J. E. Coburn, of Lewiston, and t e., came to Abbeville Saturday and he sti as the guest over Sabbath of his him i ece, Mrs. J. Foster Barnwell. Mr. night oburn is General Manager of the of No ndrew Scoggins Mills at Lewiston, Charl e., and is making a tour of the carrie juth. He was accompanied by his he wi iend, Mr. Morrel, of Biddeford. week. On FOUR IN ONE DAY. his b< man t his ai F. B. Longshore, the elongated *?. bo id popular seller of Ford automo- triedles, broke the record one day last eek and sold four cars in one day. Make The buyers were: A. M. Bonds, pla erchant, Lowndesvile; Mrs. Delma cor acker, postmistress, Lowndesville; sha L. Dawson, planter of near Ab- yoi jville, and J. C. Ellis, Abbeville. bei aiainnijnjiifimugjarajzj HOUSE) sure in annour i Borax Comp short time, have trators in town r the various use * lorax lorax Soap Ch foric Acid test household la itinctly to your nonstrators. T ill be of great s )ffer a BLE PE with the demon innramafimiiiiarem AN ABBEVILLE BOY. W. Morrah, an Abbeville boy, las made good with the Sea- < Air Line Railway, in Atlanta, ] las received further promotion \ ing made Commercial Agent of iedmont & Northern Lines at j iville, S. C., succeeding Mr. C. j ttus, who has been transferred j iarlotte, N. C. Mr. Morrah ] issume his new position May ] ccording to an announcement j Monday by C. S. Allen, General i c Manager. , Morrah is recognized as a j le commercial representative j he news of his connection with iterurban will be received with ] interest by his relatives and ( is in this County. C. LANGLEY CAPTURED. j. Langley, fromerly a merchant ( lhoun Falls, S. C., went into \ uptcy several months ago. after his adjudication a charge ] nade that he was concealing as- \ A search warrant was sworn i nd it is alleged that a large j nt of the assets belonging to i ock of goods was found con- < i in his living rooms which were i the store. A warrant was l out and he was arrested and ] 1 over to the United States j ; on such charge. His case was ^ uled to come up at Greenwood, , at the last term of the Court < there but was postponed on ac- ] of the fact that Langley was ] n a hospital in Anderson, S. C. i case was set for trial at the < iville term of Court now being j and the trial should have been n last Friday but Langley fail- ] put in his appearance, being ( i bond. By order of the Court < ond of $1000.00 was estreated, bench warrant was immediately ] 1 for his arrest. His attorneys, kdams and J. Frank Clinkscales, of Abbeville, S. C., were combated with and they informed fficials at Greenville that Langas supposed to be near CharN. C. The warrant was placthe hands of C. J. Bruce, who took to run down the fugitive, ent from Greenville to Abbeville hence to Cornelia, Ga., where ruck Langley's trail, following nto North Carolina. Sunday he located his man in a section rth Carolina several miles from otte, arrested him, and Monday id him back to Greenville, where . ill be tried during the present 1 learning that he had skipped >nd it is stated that the bondsjffered a reward of $200.00 for ^ :rest. Langley will be likely ^ held in jail until he can be 1 ? your land produce double by ! nting the Velvet Bean with your j n and leave the land in better t ,pe than at the beginning. Get ; lr beans now from The Rosen g Warehouse Co. 3, 28. I VIFE:? ||| icing that the ji any jj a number of jj to explain td ji? s of our Prod- J || ips 11 |! ibor and money j| advantage to IJ he information [ l| :ervice to you, [}| , ji lEMIUM || stration. I { THE HONOR ROLL. The following is the honor roll for he Abbeville schools, and enroQment )y grade? to dtete. The enrollment :his year is 95 more than last year: 1st Grade?Alma Gable, Lermie Reynolds, Maria White, George Ga>le, Eddie Thomas, Thedma Banklight, Sara Cowan, Ruby Brown, Ada Perrin, Vivian Copenhaver, Mary Ferguson, Mary McCord, Roy Nance, 3omer Wilson, Elizabeth Corley, tVilliam McCord, Alma Gaston. 2nd Grade?Edna Dawson, Rachel Hinshall, Danner Cann, Mariori Poliacoff, Grace Wilson, Bessie Williams. 3rd Grade?Louise McCord, Sarah Edwards, Ralph Bauknight, Frances Tilliam, Judith Hill, Lillian Langley, Frances Rose. Jack Thomson, Vella Wilson, Jeanie White. 4th Grade?Mary Fant, Louise Klugfe, Bessie Shaw, Donald Harris, Uharlie Wilson, Grace MUford, Caroine Chalmers. . 5th Grade?Celia Chalmers, Mary Dargan, Emmie Haigler, M^ria Neuf er, Thelma Seal, Elisabeth Thomson (Villia mDncan, Lem Lawson, George Smith, Hilda Syfan, Willie Eakin, !Vda Faulkner, Edwin Barksdale, Bill n? r!amKi>ol1 Minshall. jUA, Vjiauug uouiwtvMy ? - ?? ? w Willie Riehey, Billy Long, 6th Grade?Janie Bowie, Margaret Dawson, Elizabeth Gambrell, Helen Vfilford. Florence Neuffer, Mary SVhite, Thomas Maxwell. 7th Grade?Helen Eakln, Mary H. Gfreene, Mary Stevenson, Bruce Pant, Margaret Swetenberg, Davis Kerr, Ralph Lyon. 8th Grade?Margaret Cox, Alpha Sraves, Ruby Mann, Mary Moore, Richard Swetenberg, Herman Wisby. 9th Grade?Fannie DuPre, Mattie Eakin, Elizabeth Faulkner, Mary Sraydon, Ruth Woodhurst, Frank 3ary, Sam Hill. 10th Grader-Kate Haskell, Maude * hawthorn, Marion Daniel. Enrollment to Date. 1st Grade 1 145 2nd Grade ? 111 3rd Grade 72 4th Grade 67 5th Grade 53 6th Grade 49 . 7th 43 . 8th 38 ; 9th Grade 29 ; 10th Grade 25 j Total 632 ) Enrollment for 1914-15 ?537 Truth is all right in the way, but lattery is generally jollier. POTATO PLANTS. Sweet potato plants $1.75 per L,000, ready April 1st and after. Porto Rico Yam, Nancy Hall and rriumph. Tomato plants, New jlobe, Beauty and Earliana, $1.75 u jer 1,000; Ruby King pepper plants 52.00 per 1,000. Three hundred of ibove plants sent oy man post paia ipon receipt of $1.00. Special prices on large orders. H. Lightfoot, Altoona, Fla. 4 J