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Abbeville Press and IfeiffibllJ ,1.60 A YEAR ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1916. ~T~ established ,- ^f|H IN ADVANCE. ' ' . ' f 1844. . CLUB GIRLS ' MEET HERE NEXT WEEK c h Mrs. Martha Piatt Benton, county d demonstration agent, asks The Press 0 and Banner to make the following re- t quest of the people of Abbeville with ( regard to the County Short Course n to be held here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 1, 2 and 3: ^ "The County Board of Education j kindly gave the money with which to j hold a County Short course for the j canning club and bread club girls of j Abbeville county. Between 60 and e 75 girls will attend this short course, f Most of these girls have friends and + relatives with whom they will stay, but the people of Abbeville will be j oairo/t fn entertain about 20 of these girls for the/three days they are here. This will be a great kindness on the ] part of the Abbeville ladies, and they will be giving a great pleasure to a number of little girls of Abbeville county. Any one who will entertain will kindly telephone to Miss Maggie Brooks or Mrs. Renwick Bradley." g Program of County Short. Course, p . This program is subject to change, c ' us the assisting agents may find it v impossible to be here at the time v appointed. As nearly as possible, h however, the program will be carried o out. It follows: c First day?morning session: s 1.?Devotional exercises. b 2?Address of welcome?Dr. Gambrell and Civic Cub. . 3.?Talk on principles of canning. ( 4?Canning of fruits and vegetables in glass; fancy packs. Noon. ' Afternoon session: 1.?Canning in tin. (a) tomatoes, (b)beans, (c) soup mixture. Evening?Free picture show tickets. t Second day?Morning session. o 1 Clnh sone. o 2.?Lesson in pickle and catsup g making. G Noon. . L ' Afternoon session. n 1.?Lesson in gardening. A 2.?Lesson in record keeping. a S.?Demonstration in bread makiqg. Afternoon. . 1.?Automobile ride by people of ??r- r-"" Evening?Free picture show tick- E ets. p Third day?Morning session. n 1.?Lesson in preserve and jelly ft making. g Noon. e Afternoon session. f ?General review of all work. y . f SHORT COURSE CANNING a AND BREAD CLUB GIRLS s I To all girls expecting to attend the Short Course given for Canning * Club and Bread Club Girls: P All girls who are expecting homes * to be provided for them during their h stay in Abbeville, must report in my n office immediately upon their arrival ? "?*?J? ? T..I? oi an.A<rlt] luuiiuay ax^uiuuu, uuijr ux. xucj will be assigned to homes and given all necessary instructions. All gicls who are staying with friends or who expect to come from home each day, will please read care- ^ fully the following instructions: j, 1. Classes will begin at 9 o'clock q Tuesday morning at the High School building. A warning bell will be rung at 8:30 and another at 9 o'clock at which time all gprls are expected to take their places1 in the auditorium 2. Note books and pencils will be furnished each girl in order that she t may carefully take notes on all dem- i] onstrations. j] 3. An hour will be given for t lunch. Each girl will be expected to 0 bring a lunch consisting -of sand- g wiches. Tea will be served at this time. 4. Each girl will be expected to r come in the morning, prepared to , stay until the afternoon session is over. I Martha Piatt Benton, ( County Agent. I I RETURNS FROM MOUNTAINS t J. M. Anderson returned to Abbaville Sunday morning, after a week's st%y in the West Virginia mountains. Mr. Anderson made the trip North in about 24 hours, but to return it re- Jj quired a1 little more than four days, B aue to the washouts on the various ? railroads. Mr. Anderson left Blue- b field, W. Va., Wednesday evening, J reaching Abbeville by the way of w Petesburar. Va.. Monroe. N. C.. Sum- ? ter, S. C., Savannah, Ga., and Colum- ij bia. 11 c SNAKES. I I Since the wet weather and since r the snake story last week of Col. Sondley, we have heard of others, which though not as thrilling, still have merit as snake stories. Mrs. Stone, who has recently returned from a delightful visit to her old home in Virginia, undertook to have a summer cleaning in honor of 2 her return and when letting down the porch shade a fine speciman of "Highland moccasin" came down with it. The snake was about two feet long and looked longer. Mrs. a Stone made enough noise over it to h attract the neighbors and passersby r and the snake was killed. Tins nap- c pened to Mrs. Stone and not to Col. b Stone. Therefore the snake was c genuine, and not just "seen." g ^ Drdination Services at Long Cane Sunday. Dinner on the Ground An adjourned meeting of the Pres>ytery of South Carolina will be leld at Upper Long Cane next Sunlay, July 30th. The special object f the meeting will be the Ordinaion and Installation of Rev. D. H. 'orbett. The services will occupy doming and afternoon. Dinner will ie served on the ground. Presbytery las appointed Rev. James L. Martin, ) D., to preach the sermon; Rev. D. I. Coman to charge the pastor; Rev. . B. Hillhouse to charge the people; lev. H. C. Fennel, alternate in genral. The sermon of the candidate or Ordination will be before recess, he other services will be after recess The hour set for the opening' of *resbytery is 10:30 A. M., sharp. 0/ -ebanon Church Picnic Postponed The picnic which was to have been iven at Lebanon church August 4th, iy the Ladies Aid society, has been lostponed until August 10, on acount of the Cold Springs picnic, irhich will be held on August 4th, rhen the governor of the State will e the principal speaker. The ladies f Lebanon church will serve barbeue dinner for the benefit of the Aid ociety and everybody is invited to e there on Aug. 10. Organize Company In Honor of Gen. M. L. Bonh&m Anderson, the banner county as to he enlistment of soldiers foe service n the border, has formed a company f Home Guards, which has been iven the name of the "Bonham ruards," complimentary to Gen. M. i. Bonham. The new company had lade an excellent choice of a name. Lny compliment to Gen. Bonham is pleasure to the people of Abbeville. WISHING THEM HAPPINESS. friend of ~Mis3 NfcHe Jdwards are wishing her much hapiness this morning on the announceH;nt of her engagement to Mr. Brice 1 ills of Columbia. Miss Nell is a ;eneral favorite in Abbeville and very one is interested in her wel-1 are and prosperity. For several ears she has made her home'in different towns in this State,/Florida nd Georgia, being one of /the most uccessful trimmers sent out from Baltimore firm. 1 Mr. Mills has made his home in ibbeville and is well known t.o our eople who congratulate him heartily n his good luck and wish aim every appiness. Mr. Mills is At present laking his home in Columbia, being tip of thp trusted hook kaeners of he Armour Packing company ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCERS Mrs. Janie A. Edwards announces he engagement of her daughter,1 'ell, to Mr. Robert Brice Mills of Columbia, the wedding to take place n Saturday, August 12th, 1916 COL. COLEMAN HOME Col. M. T. Coleman is at home afer two weeks spent in 8t. Louis lookng after his shoe trade. Mr. Colelan has been for years salesman for he Hamilton Brown pompany and is ne of the old institutions of the Itate among the traveling men. 'ROMIN^NT POLITICIANS HERE Gen. A. W. Jones, Chairman of the toard of Tax Commissioners, and Charles J. Lyon, of Greenville, U? S. )eputy Marshal, were here Saturday, toth are prominent politicians, hough they are not now in politics? NEWS FROM HOME. Mrs. Dr. Pope, of Kinards, who is letter known in Abbeville as Miss larie Gary, where she was, and is, , great favorite with our people, has ieen on a visit to her parents, Chief ustice and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary. >he was accompanied by her handome young son, Thomas H. Pope, r., who has not yet decided ^whether le will be a doctor, a Baptist preachx or a lawyer. He should succeed is either of the three. In order to Jeep up with her friends in Abbeville *Irs. Pope reads the Press and Banler. THE NEEDLE CLUB. The Needle Club, which is one of he most pleasant organizations of hp ritv. will meet Fridav afternoon it the home of Mrs. E. E. Williams. CAPTURED A TRENCH. Col. Patrick Roche and Col. Richird Sondley invaded one of the tri>utaries to Greenville street Friday ii$?ht and successfully attacked one >f the first line trenches of the settack army, capturing a large amount >f ice cream, and holding the gro'und gained after a desperate fight. / ' 1L* - t * s- . ? . _ Abbeville Man i Automat^ R. Kirkwood, one of Abbeville's leading repairing jewelers, has application well under way in the government patent office for an automobile gasoline gauge which bidfc fair to attract the attention of manufacturers on a large scale when it is fiaally placed on the market. The gauge is a very simple instrument, consisting only of an "elbow" and a small valve attached to a pin in the center of a glass tube. The "elbow" is attached to the bottom of the gasoline tank. The gasoline flows into the "elbow" and snows up immediately in the glass tube. In case ^ J 1 - 1 1 ? me glass iuue la uruneii uic ooicu/ valve automatically shuts off the flow of gasoline. This instrument will no doubt be welcomed by thousands of automobile users who have long felt the necessity of a reliable gasoline gauge, especially those who have been stung by the various invisible apparatus | ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT COMPLETE FOR RURAL HOMES Farmer Can Now Have Electric Lights and Other Conveniences ! ' Mr. G. C. Fxynn is ^exhibiting an electric light plant, suitable for a residence or' a small building, at the store of R. L. Dargan The plant is known as the Matthews Automatic Power and Light Plant. It consists of a four-cylinder water cooleyi engine, a General Electric Gettrator, an automatic switchboard arura storage battery. The plant will operate fifty lights all day long, charging the battery itself when it heeds charging, and automatically lubricating i|self. Of-course any Smaller numJaer o? lights may b^.parriad and for any lengtfv of time. The plant uperates exactly as a city plant would operate in this respect. In addition to furnishing electric lights; the current crenerated may be used far oper ating electric irons, washing machines, tireless cookers, electric fans, water pumps, and for any of the other purposes for which electric current is commonly used about one's premises. v Gasoline is used for generating the power, a gallon a week being all that is necessary to keep the plant going at a farm house. And it is for the homes in the country and for j small hotels away from city plants; that this plant is designed. The cost of the plant is four hundred and eighty-five dollars, and in addition to. this the purchaser would be required to do the necessary wirrtia mncli mrmev will hardlv "?6> ?? ?r - . buy as much convenience for the country home in any other way. Mr. Flynn will be glad for you to call at Dargan's and have you inspect the plant and see it in operation. It is a wonder. THE MANNING BUTTONS. The Manning buttons, which were sent to Abbeville two years ago for distribution are now in the possession of Dr. G. A. Neuffer. Any person desiring one may get it by calling on the doctor. GOING TO CHARLOTTE. Dr. Mart Cheatham left this week for Charlotte, where he goes to work. His young friends will regret his departure but wish him all the success in the world. WANTS TO HELP THE SUFFERERS Dr. G. A. Neuffer received a telegram from Governor Manning Saturday inquiring whethere there were any sufferers in Abbeville from the recent flood in the Eastern part of the state. ABBEVILLE COl A few days ago I had a very interesting' conversation with Mr. Elmore, who once lived at Maddox Mill. He heard much of the Saluda history from the Johnsons, Willsons and Maddox. He told me the RutIpHce Ford was one mile below the Erwin's Mill. This was the old war road from Virginia to Georgia. The Maxwell family lived on the west side of the river where the Johnson and Maddox lands join. The Maxwells were killed by the Tories during the Revolutionary War and are buried near the old homestead. The groves were at one time enclosed with brick. My informant told me j the last time he was there he could find no trace of them. The land had been put in cultivation and had been plowed over. The clock house or fort, stood about 300 yard3 from the! Maxwell house. The first bridge \ Invents I Gasoline Guage now in use, having their gasoline tanks run dry several miles fronf a filling station while the little hand or arow of the garige would then, as it did before leawng town, say the tank contained several gallons of gasoline when actually it was empty. Mr. Kirkwood's invention shows to the drop the amount of gasoline contained in a tank at all times. The liquid being visible, there is never any doubt as \to its accuracy. Mr. $irkwood is undecided at this time as to what disposition he will make of his patent, although he is thinking seriously of marketing the gauge himself. However, numerous offers are coming in from manufacturers qf automobiles and accessories^ some of which are indeed tempting. / Mr. Kirkwood, a resident of Abbeville 4 little more than a year, has hundreds of friends in the city who congratulate him in his success and wish htoi as much more good luck. DDinrr rnrc Ul\ll/ULi V?V/LjU DOWN, YOUNG WOMAN^EAD ' 1 Father of Victim is a Merchant at Ware \ Shoals. Ware; Should July 24.?Miss Neva Dallas, S is dead, Bliss Lola Cobb Injured and Hoy Jackson badly braised a bo at the head as a result of the collapse^ here Sunday afternoon, about 6:30 o'clock of a rock bridge over Santda river. The structure had been weakened by the recent high waters and gave way immediately t?e party of sightseers walked out upon it Miss iNeva Dallas graduated in June from the Woman's College of Due Wist. She and her sister had planned! to leave soon for a house party iff Georgia. The five young people^all of Ware Shoals, were out for a Sunday afternoon stroll when munity was oWrigaJt TOtfe. grief by the accident , All^sSties concerned are well knOwa in 'troe Shoals. Miss Cobb is a daughter of ' the superintendent of t&e mittjfcere. Mr. Dallaa^^y of the - young laay, is a manmi rn n are 011 uaia, Larrrena The aci^rtWrjEgticrred about one quarter of a 4me from the town. The bridge w?fan old structure, and though.reg4rde4 as safe by the pedestrians, gave way almost immediately after the party walked out upon it. ' f /, RETURNS V) THE COUNTRY - *? v . After clearing up the snake mysi tery about which we wrote last week Col. Patrick Roche has returned to the country to commence chopping out cotton. < W. E. SHRADER TALKS. \ , I have now |SW>"cured a preparation which I can recommend to- all my friends as being a splendid remedy/ for all forms of stomach and bowel 1 trouble, indigestion, bloating, sick ! headache, heartburn, etc., and those sunenng irom Deing sick at xne stomach." Natol Pineapple Pepsin Compound is sold on a positive guarantee of satisfaction 6r money back. It is made from fresh pineapple juice and < pure scale pepsin. I ask every man ] and woman in Abbeville and the sur- ] rounding country who has stomach i trouble of any kind to call and examine this splendid -medicine. The McMurray Drug Co. IS MEN ARE KILLED BY GAS. 1 i /~ii l i ali _ t 1 n a t?:/i i i>ieveiunu, umo, wuiy & *.?xiiteen men are reported killed and 18 overcome by gas in the new water works tunnel extending from shore to the 1 west side crib tonight. Two bodies have been brought aqhore. Firemen : and the life saving crew have gone to the rescue. " 11 JNTY HISTORY , over the Saluda was- called the Max- < well Bridge, which was at the shoals i one mile above the present Maddox mill. Seventy-five years ago, John Knight put up the next toll bridge just above the present Maddox bridge. The public road to .the ( Knight bridge has been closed for,, i iTAn^O IWv P1*M/\va OQl/1 \rVl DTT 1 JCWJLQi I'll U1IIIU1 t oaiu W11MV TVUWlt j Col. A. Pickens killed Boyd, the Tory ( Kettle's Creek was a small stream < that runs into Little River west of < Due West My kinsman, John C. 1 Calhoun, of Laurens county, served i two months under Capt. Chew in pursuit of Boyd (in 1777.) He also served in 1781 one month in the pursuit and capture of a British officer, Dunlap. My great uncle, Thomas 1 Arnold, served under Capt. George ] Martin and CoL Casey and was in the 1 battle of Long Cane, where was the < location of this fight. ' Wm. D. Sullivan. " - . -. V Weather Will Not , Interfere With Picnic of the Bible Society. If the weather is unfavorable for out of door exercises Wednesday, the Bible society will have its religious. services >in the Presbyterian church, and the dinner will be served in the store room between W. D. Barksdale and R. L. Mabry, formerly occupied by M. B. Hipp. Quaint Tradition Says 40 Days of Rain The traction is, that upon the death of St. iSwithin, his body was, by his request, buried in the churchyard among the poor, instead of in his cathedral. Years afterwards, his admirers proposed to transfer the remains of the saint to the cathedral, and deposit them under the high altar, with solemn ceremonies. This was to be doneonx the fifteenth day of July, the day set apart to the Saint, in the calendar, but he so strongly disapproved of the proceeding, that he sent a tremendous rain, which continued for forty days, uni*1 i.L- 2'^.LL -1 3 J . hi ine project was ttuaiiuuneu; ever since which time, the weather is rapposed Ic be regulated for the next forty days by the weather on St. Swithin's day. The Scotch have put it in the form of a proverb*thus: "St Swithin's day, if it do rain, For forty days'it will remain, St. Swithin's day, and be it fair, For forty days twill rain na mair." Candidates FW Congress State Their View* In this issue of the Press and Banner, the readers of the paper will find cats of two candidates for Congress,^ witji a statement of the issues upon whi<ft tHtsy will make the race. These candidates are Messrs Henry C. Tillman- and A. H. DagnalL Mr. Tillman is a lawyer and lives at Greenwood. He is a native of Edgefield, being a Son of Hon. B. ft. nihpjU. firm of Tillman & Mays, and is ma&~ ing a reputation as a sound adviser *nd successful advocate. He sets forth at length his views 6n public auestions, and asks you Uf examine them and determine on them whether his campaign will appeal to you. Mr. Dagnell is also a fewyer. He is a son of the late Rev. R. R. Dagnall, for many years one of the most beloved ministers of the Methodist church.i He has been practicing law at Anderson for twenty years and ha* built up a' paying practice. He I ha* the support of grgfrt numbers of I the people in his home town,x and is seeking supporters elsewhere. He sets out in this issue an outline of the questions he will discuss during the campaign.. v , The district* campaign commences Thursday at Pickens. The candidates for congress lire exp#fetedte address the voters, at severatpoMts jfr each county, and tfcjpy will all be on hands at Pickiens. TPne candidates for Solicitor will join them when they reach the Eighth Circuit. - - - ??I%a 1 ?j nv -.11 ' Messrs xiiiman ana ui^uiiii ax c arranging to speak at Pickens Thursday and want the vbters of this county to give them * hearing when they reach Abbeville. MISS LINK WILL ENTERTAIN. Miss Katharine Link will give a sard party Thursday morning for her friend, Miss Bess Allen. The Members of the young ladies morning bridge club will be invited. TEXAS LEADS JN GUNNERY. - Washington, July 24.?The battleship Texas led the navy in gunnery merit for the year 1915-16. Figures made public today give the Texas mark of 93.7. The battleship Arkansas with a mark of 33.927, came last among the 16 ships. The figures represent the general result of all the gunnery work for the year on each ship, including torpedo practice. SUBMARINE 9T1LL AT PIER. Baltimore, July 25.?At one a. rh., the submarine Deutschland still, was at her pier. Colector of Customs , Ryan said there had been no application for her clearance papers up to midnight. DA IMC ATI AT l.YNCHBURG. I Lynchburg, Va., July 24.?An all day rain today resulted in 3.4 inches of precipitation up to 8 o'clock to+v.io vaaiiUino in <qmfi.11 streams WHO Jk vuutvilig mmm overflowing. The Jaines river has shown no indication ot a freshet, 5tage tonight and unless the rain continues tlirough the night, there is no danger here. RAISE RUSSIAN WARSHIP. Tokio, July 24.?The government hzis Fnnclioned a plan to raise the Russian cruiser Dimitri Donskoi which waXs torpedoed by the Japanjse while she was running for Vladivostok d.irng the Russo-Japanese war. .' #42 ' 1/!, j FIRST UNION SERVICE OF CHURCHES The first anion service of the summer was held at the Baptist Church ji last Sabhath night. These v services ..... mv uviu vl?; iVIUHl UOVUAU1 IU the different churches from now on. The service last Sabbath was also a. ;||9 welcome to Dr. Swope, the newtain- \ i?rter, who has so recently moved -to Abbeyille to take charge of the JLJap-: ' tist church. The church was crowded and-the vast throng listened with rapt attention to Dr. Swope's clear and impressive sermon on the "Duties of the church." After the sermon the different . ministers of the city made short addresses of welcome, expressing their sincere gratification at having Dr. ) \ Swope with us, which was pleasing to thejiew minister and the congre- " gation alike. '' A very excellent choir sang and the r colection, as usual, will go to the , different >orphanages. ( TAKING PRECAUTIONS. Our son Bill, told us Monday night ', .^43 that Foster Barnwell could not go to . ...1 uie moving pictures any more ana when asked why, he said that Mr. Barnwell had, read about "some disease in the papers, which was going ^ round." GOING TO COLUMBIA. Mrs. Martha Piatt Benton left Tuesday for Columbia, where die will be for three days helping M**" * Napier with the Short Course for ^ :<|g Riphland county* Miss Napier will return to Abbeville with Mrs. Benton and help with the Short Course to be given here next week. - HOME FROM BALTIMORE Ifr. L. C. HaskeH- and Dr. J. C. Hill are at home from Baltimore. On /- r' t| account of the unsettled condition of thei railroad^te^d^no^e^rt^^a whrfse friends will be glad to know : that she shows slight improvement. . M Dr. Hill was on the road coming and ? i .. going to/Baltimore for over a week. ' Recent Rulings of "v the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has lately de- <"' % cided four caseswhiclv went up from. this county. The first of these was the caae of Bud CressweQ vs. W. W. Wardlaw and others, the controversy being between the plaintiff and the heirs of a deceased brother as to tke title to a tract of land agreed to be sold to Mr. Wardlaw, the suit being necessary to settle the rights of the ; parties. Bud Cresswell was success- ? ful in the court below, and won again . / ^ in the Supreme Court He* was rep- . ; /. J resented by Messrs Graydon & Graydon, and the defendants by Messrs Grier, Park & Nicholson. In the case of Boyd vs. Bowen, the action was for the recovery of an interest in a tract of land formerly belonging to Wm. Boyd. Wm. Boyd , left his will disposing of his property to his wife for life and after her * . . death to his heirs. One of the chil- V ' dren died, leaving heirs,but before hi* death he conveyed his interest The, plaintiffs were the children of the deceased child and claimed that they Y.. -IHi took at the death of the life tenant, under the term "heirs", and Judge ' . v . Moore, who tried the case, so held. v :M4 The purchasers under the deceased child appealed, through their attor- # % neys, Messrs D. H. Hill and J. M. Nickles, and Judge Moore's decree I' * tmt -nr? XT was reversed. nun. vtw. i*. umjdon represented the platintiffs. In the case of Hugh Wilson vs. W. T. Magill and others there was a contest between the defendants' Interstate Chemical Company and Anderson Phosphate and Oil Company I as to who had the superior equity tot w the purpose of enforcing a marshalling of assets. Judge Willcox who tried the case, held in favor of the Chemical Company and his decree was sustained on appeal to the SuP/iiiw Wm N. Gravdon ret> pciiiv VVU* ? ? ?- ... w # resented the Anderson Company and Wm. P. Greene, the Chemical Company. G. B. Perryman secured a new trial in his case against the Charleston aniL Western Carolina Railway for killing a horse. The case was tried before Judge Willcox and a jury and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court and it held the charge to the jury erroneous. J. M. Nickles represented Perryman and Wm. P. Gre'ene, the defendant. tr