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Abbeville Press and Banner! ft5 advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 6, 1916. \ V . estabushed "^gsm Supt. Cheatham Urges Full Attendance at Opening of Schools The next session of the City Schools will begin on Monday, September 11th, at nine o'clock. All parents are urged to have children enter -on the first day and atW * -i xL. tend reguiariy during uie yvai. Regular attendance means more to the child than most people think. We hope to have an unusually gO$d year this session and invite the ooperation of parents and good citizens. The board has employed a corps ol sixteen very strong teachers. These teachers, some strangers, but all with excelleht preparation, are going to give the schools good service. All we ask is that the public do its part and the school will surely do its part. This community in the past has been unanimously in favor of good schools, As a result your schools have made progress. With continued support, tne scnoyis win wuw gicawi yiusidSf' gress. All children who have no promo-** tion cards or entrance cards to grades above the fourth will report to the Superintendent in his office in the High School building Friday, Sept. 8th at nine o'clock. -Chldren who have conditions "to make up should not buy any books i until told to do so by the teacher. All other children are expetced to have their books on the first day. All new pupils who will enter any ~ of the first four grades will report to Miss May Robertson, Principal of the Graded School, Monday, Sept. ' Hth at nine o'clock, for further instructions. All children must report to the gade indicated on their card. The State Board of Health re" J'rti ' quires all children attending the public schools to be vacinated. New puvv, pils must present a certificate of vaccination from a physician. All pupils between" eight and fourteen years of age are required by the Compulsory Law to attend the vmhlif* ocnnnls in tViis district duriner the fall session. All children in the district between the ages of fourteen and sixteen who have no regular employment are also required to attend. JThe penalty: is five dollars for each day the chili? is absent. The attention of parents and guardians is called to this law. Only the first grade will remain at the Mill School. All other, children will report to the Graded or the High School. Grade? one, two, three, four, and t a section of the fifth grade, will attend at the Graded School; others will attend the High School. Towards the close of last session, some children would loiter op the gound^ about the buildings. This is / forbidden both by school rules and jthe city ordinances. vParents are cordially invited to visit the class rooms often. They should also get acquainted with their children's teachers, and tell the teacher and the Superintendent of any defects that the child might have. It will mean a great deal to both teacher and child. Co-operation , \ i? the "key-word" for this next session. - The child's good is the chief thing that we have in view, and to accomplish this we will expect a continued loyal suport of the parents and friends of the school. R. 6. Cheatham, Superintendent. A SUNDAY SCHOOL CHOIR. The Methodist Suiylay School is hereafter to have a special choir for the Sunday school. This choir will be composed of young people and will be under the direction &nd instruction of Mrs. James A. Hill, which guarantees the success of the enterprise. PREACHING FOR THE PRESBYTERIANS Rev. James P. Pressley will preach at the Presbyterian church Sabbath morning. Mr. Pressley is pastor of the Seceder church at Due West and in coming to Abbeville will receive a warm welcome. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson, of Florence, Mrs. R. L. Edmunds and Miss Florence Edmunds of Sumter, are in Abbeville visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson. They made the trip through the country in a big seven passenger car. This is Aeir first >i?t to Abbeville and they are receiving'a^Rarm welcome and are being shown ihe sights of the city. k k COOPER MEN RALLY TO MANNING'S SIDE for Governor Whose 'Vote Will Decide Next EI-. ection Comes Out Very Strongly for the Re-Election of Governor Manning and His Leaders All Over the State Pledge Him Their Very Active Support. Laurens, Aug. 31.?The Hon. Robert A. Cooper last night gave the following statement relatives to the gubernatorial race: "I am deeply grateful to Che many friends in all sections of the state who gave me their support in Tuesday's primary. Notwithstanding the loyal support of true and tried friends, I have 'been defeated and the second primary will be had with Gov. Manning and former Governor Blease as contestants. Among those who gave me their support are from supporters of these two gentlemen and I am not unmindful of their preferences. I recognize the right of every citizen to cast his ballot for the man of his choice, I know, too, that I have some friends who think I should make no statement at all at this time, and I respect [ their judgment highly, but I cannot and do not propose to evade a stand for what I conceive to be. the best interest of my state. Without attempting to give my reasons In detail, I believe I can best serve my state at this time by supporting Governor Manning. ; A man 'in public life should act according to the dictates of his conscience and judgment without regard to the effect which his course may'have upon his p&gonal political future, and should also forget any wrong which may have been done him when what he conceived as i his duty to his state is at stake. I do not presume to dictate to the friends who voted, for me. They have a sovereign right to their ballot. I make this statement as to myself for the reason set forth above and further ' that I may not be accused of political cowardice or of sulking in my tent" ? ' ' CARD FROM A. H. DAGNALL. I wish to thank those who so loyally supported me for Congress, and I regret that it will be impossible for me to see a!nd thank every voter personally. I shall always feel grateful to those who considered me worthy to represent them in Congress. A. H. Dagnall. GETTING PROMOTED. ,The friends of Gottlob Neuffer will be delighted to know that he has been recently promoted to the office of sergeant in the Machine Gun Company of the First Regiment of South Carolina National Guards now located on the border. Any promotion that comes to the Abbeville boys is gratifying news to their friends at home and every one congratulates Gottlob on his good luck. SETTLING DOWN. The young people of Abbeville have had a delightful summer, the time being spent in dancing, picnics, parties and house parties. The town has been filled with pretty visitors and the summer will long be remem bered as one of the pleasantest. ine young people are returning to their homes and Abbeville girls and boys are busy getting sready for college or school. Abbeville will send an unusually large delegation away to the different colleges of the state. ATTENDING THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Thomas attended the marriage of their friends, Miss Genevieve Hunter and Mr. Paul Wat. . , s . , I Kins 01 Anderson, last weeK. miss Hunter has visited in Abbeville and the many friends made while here, wish her every happiness. ^HARMING OUR PEOPLE. Our people hive recently had a rare treat in music in that Miss Hattie Brinkley, who is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Brinkley,' has sung in the Baptist church and in the Methodist church on the past two Sabbaths. Miss Brinkley has a sweet, well trained voice and her music chramed all her hearers. Miss Brinkley sang also at the meeting of the Bridge Club at the home of Mrs. Frank B. Gary. MILLINERS HAVE ARRIVED. j Miss Louise Chilcote of Baltimore, : and Miss Eloise Bacon of Virginia, < arrived in our city last Sunday. Miss Chilcote will resume her work at Pliilann anrl Honrr'o Viavimcp hean with them for the past season, and Miss Bacon will be milliner for The Haddon-Wilson Co. We gjive her a very warm welcome to our city. They -?re both boarding at Mr. W. D. Barfcsdale's. x I Death of Mr. 1 B. C. Mcllwaine t Baby County's First Election McCormick, Sept. 5.?McCormick county participated in her first State general election last Tuesday, distributing approximately 1,160 votes among the various candidates ,.for each office. Several of the candidates for county office failed to file their expense accounts at the time specified by the rules of the Democratic party but were allowed to remain in the setiond race by the Democratic executive committee of the county. Approximate total for thp State ticket in McCormick 6ountv is as fol lows: For governor?Blease, 340; Manning, 532; Cooper, 188; Dun^ can, 3;. DesChamps, 15. For lieutenant-governor?Adams, 262; Bethea, 763. For secretary of State? Dove, 536; Wightman, 495. Fori State treasurer?Carter, 728; Mc-J Laurin, 313. For railroad commis-j sioner?Cansler, 357; Thrower, 105;! Fant, 377; Hampton, 160^ Kelly, 56.! For Congress?Wyatt Aiken, 245; Dagnall, 93; Dominick, 154; Horton, j 64; Tillman, 597. For solicitor, 11th circuit?Asbill, 303; Cox, 206; Timmerman, 623. Those who will make a second race for county office are: Edmunds and Miller for sheriff. McCain and Talbert for clerk of court. " Chamberlain and Lyon for supervisor. Sandes and Bell for probate judge. Thos. J. Price was elected as superintendent of education. F. C. Robinson was elected to the senate without opposition. /Middleton defeated his opponents and was elected as representative. W. H. Parks was elected countjj treasurer without opposition. C. W. Pennell was elected auditor without opposition. SgSiETY MEETING. T The Ladies Society of the A. R. P. church wfll meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. N. Tiddy at five o'clock. A full meeting is desired. TO BE ONE OF US. Miss Belle Thomson has come to Abbeville and will make her home with u^. in the future. She is one of the most widely known and most successful welfare workers in the state and Abbeville is fortunate in having her come here. She will make her home in the Superintendent's house at the mill village, with her sister, Miss Cora Thomson, who will teach the mill school. Miss Thomson is pretty enough to look after the welfare of some good lookng young man. Many of our young men are clamoring for her to take some notice of them, even to reading the Bible to them on a moonlight night, which would be in the way of uplifting work. Rev. and Mrs. Pratt Off on Vacation Rev. and Mrs. H. Waddell Pratt left last week for Washington, D. C., where they will spend some time with relatives and friends, from there they will go to Lexington, Va., for a visit. They will be away for a month. PROTRACTED MEETING. Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D., has accepted an invitation to hold a protracted meeting at Townville, Anderson County, to begin next Sunday, September 10 th. <% SERMON AT METHODIST CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY The subject of Rev. J. L. Daniel's sermon next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, will be "Righteousness in Politics." The public is cordially invited to come and hear this sermon. I BURN THE OLD FRANKLIN. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 4.?Condemned as unit for service, the receiving ship Franklin " started on its last voyage today when a tug started to towing it to East Port, Maine, where the hull will be burned on the beach to allow the purchasers to get the copper rivets and sheeting from its timbers. v un & u..i & r*_ rKKUIBB VII/ ? m?I AVI I? i/opressed. Kansas City, Sept. 4.?Rumania's declaration of war depressed the local wheat market today. All options opened lower. December opened at 141 1-2, 6 3-4 cents below Saturday's close. . I \ z '. - i . . . v .1r Mr. B. C. Mcllwaine died at his home in the Long Cane section Friday morning, Sept. 1st, 1916, at four o'clock, after a long and weary illness. Funeral services' were held ^ at Long Cane church Friday afternoon at four o'clock, conducted by j his /pastor, Rev. D. H. Oorbett, and n j the interment was in Long Cane t; cemetery. ' n Mr. Mcllwaine was the son of T 'James Mcllwaine and his wife, Per- 1 ,'melia Eakin, and was born at the J old Mcllwaine homestead. He con^ e tinued to live there after his marri! age, and it was at hjs childhood [home that he died last Friday. As a young man he happily married to Miss Mary Darraugh, and of their children the following survive him, \ Mrs. M. L. Tolbert, Mrs. T. N. Han nah, Mrs. John Hardy, Miss Sallie Mcllwaine, Miss Alma Mcllwain, and Messrs John and James Mcllwain. The following brothers and sisters are living, Mr. G. E. Mcllwaine, of Due West, Mr. J. A. Mcllwaine of Abbeville, and Miss Emma /Mcllwain of Due West. Mr. Mcllwaine was one of the most substantial farmers of the county and in his death Abbeville has sustained a distinct loss. He was a member of Long Cane church and was interested in its welfare, helpful in its councils, striving always to do 1 that which was good in the sight of the Lord. His family have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. VISITING IN AUGUSTA. Mrs. M. H. Wilson, Mrs. James Ferguson, Mrs. Sims Allen and Mr. Henry Wilson are off this week for d Graniteville, where they will visit for a few days with Mrs. Lila Wilson . Buford. 1 - 1 PROF. THOMSON HERE. > ? Prof. J. W. Thomson spent several ^ Ways in Abbeville this week, the 81 guest of his brother, Dr. S. G. Thom- P sotk T^e Professor has many old ^ friends in Abbeville, who are always glad to see him. M ' o L o WHY NOT RAISE CATTLE? ft ___ ' r< Why not make McCormick county ^ the banner cattle raising county of the State? This we can do if every d formsr mill Tint his eVlftnlH??T ..ft fVlA P wheel. |If every fanner who is able ^ would get a registered ctrtv or' two n aj*d a registered hog or two of the P best strain, it would only be a few ? years before we would change our ^ name from the baby county to the a banner county of the State. Our grazing lands are as good or really y better than some of the pasture lands j that are now growing some of the jj best registered cattle in the country, v There are thousands of acres of waste lands that if fenced in and the best stock put on it, would bring g, more in my opinion, than the cotton n crop of the county w^uld bring, and a I venture to say at least the profits ? would be twenty per cent greater. y Negro labor is a thing of the past n and the quicker our people realize this fact and change their methods of making a living the better'it will , be for them. I was talking to a 1 gentleman several week3 ago in the I eastern part of the state that said i, sixteen years ago he realized negro t] labor was gone, so far as making e money out of him, was concerned. 0 He wired in his eleven hunded acres, a went west and bought a car of Here- t< ford cattle, put these on his lands, let cotton and negroes go, and today M * ? ?* nrAnHlil Afti- ?MAM ll IIC IS Uiic ui tuc wcaiuucou in^n aim \,t his county with a couple of hundrec r of as good cattleas can be foun< e anywhere. Greenwood county bought nin i thousand dollars worth of registere< cattle lkst fall and the most of thesi were bought by men who have beei d in the business for some time, ant ^ know a good thing when they see it ^ Greenwood county farmers received u in prizes at the State Fair last fall, a some fifteen hundred dollars, and ? this went to. farmera right around ^ Ninety-Six. a Our lands are as good, or better,^' for srrazine purposes. Why not get |\ right down to building fences on our \ vacant lands, get good cattle and good hogs?sell in place of buying? let the west go, keep our money at ^ home, and live off the same place.? ^ J. W. Miller in McCormick Messen- ^ ger. ^ h A DANCE FOR THE r YOUNGER SET MONDAY I h On Monday night Miss Mary Hill e Harris gave a dance to the younger c set This was one of the most pleasant dances of the season and a j delightful time was spent tripping the light fantastic toe. ] riCKET FOR SECOND PRIMARY IN ANDERSON 'ounty Executive Committee Declare* Results and Announce the Names of Candidates for ^econd Election. Anderson, Sept. 6.?The county emocratic executive committee yesjrday afternoon announced the ames 01 tne candidates on ine couny ticket to go into the second prilary election, which will be held, on* 1 uesday, September, 12th. The county ticket for the second lection will be as follows: ] For Congreaa. Wyatt Aiken. ) Fred H. Dominick. For Houae of Repreaentativea. (Five to be El6ct;ed.) W. W. Scott. JI T. L. Clinkscales, Jr. 1 J. C. Ducworth. Asa Hall, Jr. Harvey Kelly. < 1 J. A. Duncan. 1 F. E. Alexander. ' A. B. Shirley. ! * ( J. M. Paget. J. H. Hutchinson. For County Treasurer. G. N. C. Boleman. J. R. C. Griffin. For Superintendent of Education. J. B. Felton. < G. T., Williams. For Coroner. J. E. Beasley. . J. G. Hardin. , . EATH OF MRS. ' 1 LOIS WILSON DEES : Mrs. Lois Wilson, wife of Mr. John Dees, of Pikesville, N. C., and nly daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. ' Wilson, of Abbevile, died Monday, i eptember 4th, 1916, at half after , even o'clock, at the Greenwood Hosital, after a short illness. Mrs Dees 1 ras taken to the hospital several i ags ago for an^^Kltion and for a ] rhile she was to be getting n nicely. SqflRay the news came f a, turn for^tne worse and from londay there was no hope of her i ecovery. The members of her famy were with her when the end .. ame. Funeral services were held Tuesay afternoon at five o'clock in the 1 resbyterian church and were con- i ucted by Rev. H. C. Fennel, of owndesville. The following gentle- , ten acted as pall bearers: Messrs aul Wilson, Dr. Whit Cheatham, rank Nickles, T. V. Miller, Calvert < liomson, Albert Henry, and J. Al- , ?n Smith, Jr. The interment ' was t Long Cane cemetery. Mrs. Dees was in her twenty-sixth ear. A year and a half ago she was i appily married to Mr. Dees and has Ince made her home in North Carona. She was in Abbeville on a isit when taken sick. As an only daughter, the hearts est love of her parents, had been ivished on her and the tenderest < pmpathy is felt for the disconsolate ] lother and father, for the husband, ! nd for the brother, Mr. Courtney t. Wilson. A wide circle of friends nd relatives also grieve that one so oung must pass from time to^eter/pOSTPON^ EXECUTIONS^ i Berlin, Sept. 4.?(Wireless.)?Ari * fficial statement issued today says: "The German emperor has ordered ' ostponement until after the war or tie execution of all sentences imposd for the punishment of French prianers, both civilian and military on ccountof acts committed up to Sep J ember 1 of this year." I The Oveseas News agency adda: The newspapers state that this adion was taken' as a result of a reci h ocal argument with the French go rrnment." OIL MAN DROWNED. . Thomasvitte, Ga., Sept. 4.?To be rowned in a tank of gasoline was lie unusual'fate of Joel M. Walker! t is supposed'was taking the meas-^ rement of the tank when he fell in I nd was drowned. The tank was an I ,000 gallon one, and it would have V een impossible for anyone to get out ' lone. It was some hours before he i ras missed and when found had been 1 ead some time. > N^RURAL POSTJjiCgfcTOES Washington, Sept. 5.? Since he first experimental rural postal lelivery service was established uner Postmaster General William L. Wilson, of West Virginia, on Octoer 1, 1896, simultaneously on three outes, from Charleston, Uvilla and lalltown, West Virginia, the service las grown to require 42,718, carrim, covering 1,073,099 miles and oting $49,825,000 in 1915. Miss Essie Lee JUttHrand uaspari jittle have returned t$~3Hrnfaghftin,' after spending. with their parents in the cttS?U'';. ' 'V '$ ?'i & '.>/-v \ Opera House Under New Management. JjS Pictures Nightly* ^ News of the change; i& manage- - .J| ment of the Abbeville O^ini ^ouse ; will be received with much/intertst U. by hundreds of movie fans in Abbe* ' % ville, who will be delighted to know" .v ;'JJ that the new management wfll ntif i: J5 high class pictures six nights in the / $3 week. Messrs Berchart & Cason of Birmingham, are the lessees, who, it is <;*! understood have purchased the mov- %v j-M ing picture apparatus and other fix- ' tures and have negotiated a rfve year lease on the building. s. Mr. J. N. Cason will be the mana- /j^yi jer of the theatre arid promises the . public of Abbeville and community the benefit, of many years of sue- v cessful experience in the moving* picture business. Mr. Cason comes .* to Abbeville highly recommended !?s . a gentleman and business man. Weicome. 1 COSTS LOTS TO HEAR RESULTS . Telegraph Toll* on Election Results from El Paso Rather High for the County Executivfe Committee. ^ Anderson, Sept. 5.?It cost the , :|i zounty democratic executive commit- /Jjg tee exactly $83.15 for telegraph tolls to receive the results of the election J; 'M from the Anderson county soldiers v now in camp near El P$so, Texas. /. :||j Instead of abbreviating the , telegrams ^ the managers of election for the four"* . -fM military organizations used superflii ous words, and this ran up the tolls . ^?lf| to an amount at least twice more v^3 than was necessary. County Ohair- f man Tolly said today that he sent M specific instructions to the military , organizations about reporting the results, but that his instructions had been disregarded. He will furnish r 7: :<?the organizations blank forms for re- ? * jjpS porting the results in the second pri- ,v|j mary election. There were approximately 125 \ votes cast on the Anderson county ticket at El Paso, and news of the * ] * - SH election results from that place came pretty high. And one report that from Co. K. did not arrive by ' telegraph until this morning?too late to be included in the results because the county executive committee has already met and declared the results. The votes cast by the members of Co. K. were few and would jot change the results for any office. . THE BOOK ;CLUB. The regular meeting of-JJhe Book Club will be held this morning- at half past ten o'clock, atjfcc home of Mrs. W. P. Greene. HOME FOR A HOLIDAY. * Miss, Georgia Edwards is at home where she will spend two weeks visiting her mother, Mrs. J. G. Edwards. Miss Georgia has held the position of private secretary to President Johnson of Winthrop, for the past pear. FORDING IT TO CHICK SPRINGS Messrs Albert Rosenberg andl^owery Wilson.Forded it up to Chick Spings last Sabbath and.spent the day. y.jSH A NEW CLERK AT WHITE'S. 3 Alvin Nance of Monterev. is in ^ the city an^ will clerk &>r the L. W. White Company for the fall season. He is a brother of Harold Nance, who is so well remembered here. . | WHAT HE SAW IN NEW YORK. Allen King is at home from the Northern markets, where he went with the Messrs Rosenberg, and assisted in the selection of their fine stock of goods for the fall trade. Mr. Kin? says that he saw a lot of things phat one doesn't see in Abbeville, chief among them being many young , Women who wore "sox" held up by fancy garters and not the modest hose affected by the ladies of this old town. A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stark, Miss Fannie Stark and Mr. John McKee * motored to the mountains of North Carolina last Thursday. They made the trip in a beautiful Haynes car and had a most delightful trip without any "punctures" or "blow-outs." They stopped in Hendersonville, Ashe ville, Black Rock and Saluda. OFF TO COLLEGE. Miss Gertrude Calvert leaves in * few days for Red Springs, N. C., { where she will enter school. Qer.: . friends wish her good luck.