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PAGE I WO. BUY NOW VU00R VUDOR Cor y-enforcing Warps ^ eor(j |a<ts twice as IH ' Every Shade Equipped wit r M J c See that th ? o 5 dnR 4/i ? ST( SCHOOL TEACHERS ELECTION L c?~ .j At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the city schools held on last Saturday evening, the following teachers were re-elected: Misses Robertson, Epting, Poole, Perrin, Swetenberg, Britt and Lander. The other teachers did not apply for re-election. It was determined by the Board to have only one teacher at the cotton mill next session. This teacher will have charge of the first grade pupils in that section of the town. All second grade pupils will go to the graded school. Until last year four grades were taught at the m"ill school. The children of the third , and fourth grades from that section, during the past session, attended the graded school, and the result of the i entire change has been highly grati- j fying both to the trustees and the j patrons of the school from that sec- j tion, and it is believed that better ( results will be obtained by having all 1 of the second grade pupils of the ( town taught in the graded school. Because there are a number of very < small children it was thought best to keep the first grade children of the mill village in charge of a teacher j U ? ~4. at the mill, so that they wouiu uut , have such a long distance to walk. ? The Board is flooded with applica-. , tions for all vacancies, but an in- ] vestigation of the new teachers ap- j plying is being made except in the j case of Miss Phillips, who taught j here several years ago. She will re- j turn and take up her work in our school again. She did good work , when she was in Abbeville before J and the Board of Trustees were glad , of an opportunity to secure her services again. AN ABBEVILLE t MAN. Charles M. McGee, of Greenville, was in tne city Tuesday on business. Mr. McGee left Due West as a mere boy, when his father left Due West " :,1* hvpn. I and located in ureeii V111C 0VM&V w?. ... ty years ago. He has now grown to be a business man, and is interested in several financial institutions in his home city. His father was one of the best business men who ever lived in Abbeville county. He amassed a considerable fortune during the time he lived at Due West. He has trained his son to be a careful business man like himself. The friends of Mr. McGee were glad to see him in Abbeville. We would be gladder still if he would return to his native county and help us make the county grow. The fact is that nearly all the good men in Greenville were reared in Abbeville county. THE EASTER SERVICE. Easter services were held in the Methodist church last Sabbath, both morning and evening and were attended by a large and interested " 1 - 'TU. nKuwh congregation 01 peopie. iw . was beautifully decorated, the chancel and choir rails were draped in white and twined with ivy and Spanish moss. Inside the chancel many palms had been used with good effect and at the back of the altar a large cross made entirely of spanish moss and decorated with pink carnations was a beautiful and striking feature of the decorations. Large vases of Easter lillies were placed in the pulpit and gave a pure and lovely look to the whole scene. At the night service the cantata, "The Daughter of Jairus," by Stainer was rendered by a select choir composed of Miss Long, Miss Edith Leach Miss Helen Edwards, Miss Lander, Mrs. Otto Bristow, Mrs. John Har- [ ris, and Messrs. W. E. Hill, J as. s. Cochran, W. D. Wilkinson and Mr. Saunders. Mrs. W. E. Johnson presided at the organ. The whole : cantata was well rendered and pleased the immense audience present. Miss Long has been training the singers for some time and was rewarded with complete success. Who would have thought that the tin can is a menace to the public health? The expert malaria investigators of the U. S. Public Health ??fminH however that dis DCl vac uui v carded tin cans containing rain water \ are breeding places for the mosquito | which is the sole agent in spreading malaria. A hole in the bottom of the empty can might have resulted in the saving of a human life. Certain ly it would have assisted in preventing a debilitating illness. Empty tin ? r>n business about the pre UtXllO iiuvv liv mises anyway, but if we must so de- I corate our back yards, let's see to it | that the can has a hole in the bottom. d Slides?with them VUDOR ^long^j i! does?iti |jg3g%3M5H5agBgg==iS h Vudor Safely Wind Device Mai e name plate i Get tl 3VES*"?RAN MR. J. B. DUKE TO SPEND MUCH MONEY IN PIEDMONT That Mr. J. B. Duke, founder of the American Tobacco company, president and moving spirit of the Southern Power company and affiliated interests, and owner of the magnificent Somerville, N. J., estate, which is one of the show places of the country, is to build a home in Piedmont Carolina is the highly interesting news that has just developed here. It is to be located, accord- i ing to present plans, which however are subject to change, near Great Falls, S. C., on an island in the Ca- ; tawba river, where it will command a wonderful view of three of the j largest hydroelectric developments in ! the Southeast and is to be surround- ' ed by roads, park places and flower gardens that will be second to none , in the country. Mr. Duke has al- ' ready had a rough sketch of the plans drawn and he has gone so far as to > have Mrs. Duke visit the site in or- j dor fn apt. Vipr views on the subject. , Mr. and Mrs. Duke and their little : daughter have been at Great Falls : for the past several days. This announcement is one of the J most significant that could be im- ; agined. It is not so much that a splendid mansion and an estate pre- 1 eminent probably in the South is to ' be provided in this section but it indicates that Mr. Duke is to spend 1 more of hi^ time in Piedmont Caro- > lina, that he is to keep closer and ' more intimately in personal touch i with the development of this general ; section and this after all is the promary consideration. Mr. Duke is a < constructive force of dynamic energy and wherever he is something has got ' to be doing. He could no more retire or withdraw from active business than he could stop breathing. It is i the soul of his life, indeed, his very life to see things in motion, to plan the work and then work the plan and he is a man of vision sufficient and wealth adequate to achieve anything. Mr. Duke is profoundly interested just now in promoting Southern development and he is eager to ; get a little closer to his field of major operations. Hence his determination to build down here. The site that has been chosen is known locally at Great Falls as "the Mountain Island," near the Carolina state line. The development is estimated to cost $100,000. (' THE HOME TOWN. Some folks leave home for money And some leave home for fame, Some seek skies always sunny, And some depart in shame. I care not what the reason, Men travel east or west, Or what the month or season The home town is the best. The home town is the glad town Where something real abides, 'Tis not the money-mad town mat an its spun. muco. Though strangers scoff and flout it And even jeer its name It has a charm about it, No other town can claim. The home-town skies seem bluer Than skies that stretch away, The home-town friends seem truer And kinder through the day, And whether glum or cheery > Light-hearted or depressed, Or struggle-fit or weary I like the home town best. Let him who will go wander To distant towns to live, Of some things I am fonder Than all they have to give. The gold of distant places Could not repay me quite For those familiar faces That keep the home town bright. PROVERBS AND PHRASES. Little children are sua xne symuui of the eternal marriage between love and <luty.?George Eliot. Only that is education which teaches us to work as God works, true to the line, every stroke?William Hawley Smith. We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.?Aristotle. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.?II Timothy, 11: 8,9. \r i V V. POR( ke Porches s on each sha< le genuine VI GES^ BIG COTTON YIELD WILL SPELL DISASTER FOR FARMERS Sound advice and solemn warning are given to the farmers of the cotton belt in the following statement just issued by President Charles S. Barrett, of the Farmers' union: To the Members of the Farmers' Union and Farmers Generally Throughout the Cotton States: The other day I read from a report that there are 92,000 farms in Texas which have no cows, 124,000 which have no pigs, 60,000 without poultry, 306 farms that do not grow a pound of hay and 369,000 that raise no sweet potatoes. This statement is more than surprising?it is appalling! If these are conditions in Texas, one of the greatest of farming states, they exist to as great or a greater degree in the other cottoncrowing states of the south. There is the seat of our trouble here in the south. Too many of us are continuing to concentrate on one product alone?cotton. As long as you keep on raising nothing but cotton and paying out your cotton money for forage and food and clothing, instead of making your farm furnish your living to you, you are never ?oing to get anywhere and the most of the time you'll be in debt. Right at this time, especially, I want to caution you and warn you against all-cotton crop this year. As sure as you continue to devote your attention wholly to cotton this year, you are going to come out at the lit ?-? J-!" 1 Je, T*n tie ena ui wie num. iuvic u ?v dodging it. You will remember what happened in 1914, when the European war began. You remember how it frightened you, how it distressed you, how it left you with scant rations because you failed to make your food at home and had nothing but low-priced cotton?not enough to pay your debts. Well, if you don't look out the same sort of thing is going to happen again. A big cotton crop this year is going to spell the same sort of disaster that you experienced in 1914, if not worse. The price is down now, and is staying down. Just you plant a big crop and you'll see it tumble lower still. Some millions of bales of last year's crop are still being held because of present prices. Suppose you should add another big crop to this stock on hand, you know very well what would happen, and if you don't look out, it will happen. After the disaster of 1914 farmers of the south planted more forage and food crops than ever before, and they began to raise more cows and pigs. Those who were fortunate enough to do that know how well they profited by it; know that even with the better price of cotton, they would have a hard time if they hadn't done it. The European war is not over; there is no telling when it will ena. It may go on for several years. Certainly it will not end this year, and probably not next. The German, Austrian and Russian markets are closed tight against your cotton; the world's consumption is reduced by several million hales. How can you hope for higher prices if you make a big crop? It is out of the question. But if you will go ahead and make your own living at home, make some food products to sell?for the world has got to eat?you will come out all right, no matter what happens to cotton. Not only that, but with the shorter crop, you will get your own price for it, or at least come nearer to it than you have ever done before. F.vofxr rm o nf fhpsp 92_00fl farms. these 124,000 farms, these 60,000 farms, in Texas, should not only have cows and pigs and poultry, but they should grow their own grain and forage and garden truck instead of paying two priccs for it in cheap cotton. This applies equally to conditions in every cotton state in the J D 0 I CM A r* ,n jnrtu . Cool And ie. Beware of JDOR. Sold HOME QUI south, to every farmer who grows cotton at all. ' This is absolutely the only road^ to farm independence, to your independence. You had better take it now. If you disregard this injunction and plant cotton, cotton, cotton, until there is nothing else on your place, set it down right now that when harvest time comes you are going to be wearing the same long face you were in the fall of 1914. It will be as bad if not worse. If I knew how to make the picture any gloomier I would do it, and then not depart in smallest degree from the truth. You can avoid it by cutting down your cotton acreage and making your own living on the farm. If you don't do it, you are going to suffer. There is no escape from it. CHARLES S. BARRET, President Farmers' Union. Union City, Ga., March 1, 1916. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure Rheumatism,- Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Eczema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c i | Coloret Hi THUI w | Just on the eve | "Wash Goods" 0 price and give ; 0 commoner kind | that are now in w here Thursday ju mer at a great i 5 goods in the st( ? ^ The prices quot |lp| All ioc wash good: ?ffl All 15c wash good: WjjM All 20c wash good: |||[ All 25c wash good: All 35c wash goods jpp All 50c wash good; I J. M. Ill R 4 'ES I Secluded 1 'imitations, only by Ci 'FITTERS HOW'S THIS FOR A 'FLATFORM?' c P A candidate in the adjoining county c of Banks has, according to the Homer _ Journal, made the following unique announcement: y "To the white voters of Banks Co. p and if not elected in the Democratic primary, then to the white nigger u voters in the general election: I, ii Frank Martin, of Banks County, Ga., TT S A hoincr of sound mind and n bpdy. do this day, without solicition b from any man or woman, declare myself a sacrifice for either senator, h represenative or a county office, subject to the action of the aforesaid elections. I do not need the money which an office pays; I am not in the . race for the benefit for mankind; 15 neither do I desire the honor which . the office carries, but I do wish to try out a few reforms, hoping that no one ^ will be better or worse when my term . expires. sl If elected to either the upper or ^ lower house, I guarantee to put ^ through more bills than three gover- ^ nors can sign. If elected ordinary I will abolish ii the convict system in the county and k work the roads myself. If elected clerk of court I will b have everything put in one book and h 1. ANDERSON COM PA tecial Sale < 1 Wash ?SDAY, APR i of the hot weather are indispensible, v you the best at the us Is. If you want wash g vogue, reliable and b and supply your neec saving. Every yard oi >re will be included in Thursday. ed below are good for Note the saving: /tm j 5, inursaay 5, Thursday 5, Thursday s, Thursday 3, Thursday ? s, Thursday ANDERSO The Cash Store. fl. ANDERSON COM PA PAY LATER 7# i r1 Sh&bpOpp* milk S?#?*7 Wirf D?e? q . po o PO W V# a . M .11 H vm ut the fees in half?money in your ockct* If elected sheriff I will kill all# riminals and save the county the exense of court trials. If elected tax collector I will give ou a rebate of 26cts. on every dollar aid me. If elected receiver, I will point out > you all where you have been giving 1 your property too high. If elected coroner I promise to hold lore inquests the first year than has een held in the past five years. If not elected, I promise to stay at ome where I belong." Pointed Paragraphs No man can win success unless he i in love with his work. Instead of wearing a laurel wreath le modern, poet Struggles along ithout a haircut Nowadays we hear more about the liiftless son-in-law than about the rodigal son. A woman has the same ambition > get into sooiety as a man has to eep out of jail. This world wouldn't move so fast : it depended on some people we now to push it along. A heedless woman is fortunate in eing able to talk without putting erself to the trouble of thinldng. ' Goods | rT on Hi LJJ fW f season when ' a re "slice" the \ ual cost of the 3 roods of merit; b eautiful, come ? h for the snm- J F rnlnrprl wash i!? " ? o [ this sale next ? o 0 one day only | * ? N CO.l m Abbeville, S. C ||| . A