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|Hp *'r 's:V .T *7 ^jjp- ; ( * ;; \" NEXT WEEK IS FAIR WEEK?ABBEVILLE HAS MADE EVERY PREPARATION FOR Y OU. COME AND BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS . ;i| Abbeville Press and Banner Fir?t Section ~ ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1916. _T ~ Twenty-Eight Page. j|ffi ' _ - " : V "*->. -r- ? FINE PROGRAM FORI FAIR NEXT WEEK = e ^ - -1 t Hie race track is now ready for t the boys to begin driving. We have c spent a great deal of money getting 0 the track in first class condition and 1, we hope the, boys in the county will r take advantage of it. b The committee has arranged de- c cidedly the fastest race program ever staged in Abbeville county. The peo- v pie seem to enjoy good racing so we J, have offered $1,000 in race purses j and have the promise of some of the t best horses in the country. f WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1?Purse. s Country owned (green race) $50.00 r 2:25 Trot or pace $200.00 THURSDAY, NOV. 2.?Purse. 2:20 Trot $200.00 B 2:15 Race ?_ $200.00 1 FRIDAY, NOV. 8.?Purse. ? Tri-county, Trot or pace ?$150.00 11 Free for all $200.00 . Buy a season ticket and see it all. " Music each day by Pelxer Concert Band. . , * r r ' \ 2 Big Fr?? Attractions Signed for Fair. h King William, the only high div- o ing goat in the world. > This goat n climbs and dives from a ladder forty a 1666 HlgH. AUU) U4V ui^uvww 0 ? dog In the world. This dog climbs a g ladder fifty feet high and dives into c a net. Prince Leo, the world's greatest ^ educated pony, will do stunts before / ' the grand stand. t This is absolutely the best free attraction to be had aid should please both young and old. b The management ia making every 8 effort to secure such attractions as ? will entertain and at the same time ^ have no unwholesome moral effect, f To do this, costs money, and we hope 11 the people of the county will co-op- * erate with us and make the fair a B success financially. * C. E. Williamson, Sec. c . BIG FOOT BALL GAME At Fair on Friday?Erskine v?. f B. M. I. ? c r , v * Possibly the most exciting attrac- t tion at the fair next week will be the s .foot ball game between Erskine Col- c s lege and Bailey Military Institute. ^ Both teams are working hard and j we are promised the best game ever 8 played at the Fair Grounds. t me game will be called 11:30 c Friday, Nov. S. Don't miss it. t THE BOOK CLUB. ; \ - 1 - 1- *?ilM Ad in? do ok. ciud waa pieostmu; entertained at the home of Mrs. Stark last Wednesday morning. Several visitors were present and all enjoyed the talk of the books and of the cur- i rent news. Mrs. W. 0. Cromer, the i newly elected president of the Li- i bcary, was present and made a talk, t 1 telling of her plan of work for the \ /. coming year. Mrs. Miller asked the t , dab to give the Library a shower of i books, which wOl probably be done in the future. At the elose of the i morning a salad course was served. 1 i FORCEFUL CHARGE BY i JIIDT.E FRANK B. GARY ' "" " \ Seldom has it fallen to the lot of s g^and jury of Dorchester County to listen to a more timely and lucid charge than that delivered by Judge Gary. He touched upon every phase < of such matters as should come be- 1 fore the body, and made it plain that I not only the financial condition of s the county should get their attention, J but, oftentimes, legislation tending to advance the educational and social 1 development of the State generally 1 was the result of agitation and re- i commendations upon the part of the 1 grand jury. He gives one the im- i pression that he is determined to en- < force the laws, regardless of what i others think or do, and in his initial tVi A. ox . .. - --- - - * .J i TUJlb VU ou vzwigc oo a luciuuci ui i the judiciary was looked upon with ] favor by those whose desire it is to < see a decrease in crime and lawless- I ness.?St. George correspondent to j News and Courier. vV' . ' ' THE ANTREVILLE FAIR leld on Last Friday Was a Big Success Despite the Threatening Weather. The Antreville Community Fair, eld on last Friday, was a success in very way despite the threatening reather, and rain. The crowd was stimated at 1200 to 1500, and peole were there from all sections of , he county as well as adjoining counies. This was the first Fair of the Community, and if it is an indication f the future Fairs it will not be 3ng before it will equal many of the bounty Fairs. It is hoped the ejxniitors will bring their exhibits to the Jounty Fair. An interesting feature of the Fair , ras the address of Col. F* N. K. Baiey on "Preparedness to Live." Mr. iailey has been teaching for more i han a quarter of a century and eels capable of giving the parents ome advice on rearing their childen. He was given close attention by large crowd. ' , J Anretville has one of the most loderu-^chool buildings in the State. The auditorium is fitted with latest tnproved seats, and each class room 3 modern in every respect. Much of the success of the Fair 3 due to Dr. J. A. Anderson, Presilent; and Mrs. fe. N. McCarter, Secetary, who were aided by a large lumber of others in charge of the arious departments. There were a number of mule and lorse colts, hogs, cows and chickens m exhibit The exhibits of the woien in fancy wbrk, cooking, canning ,nd flower departments were unusully good and speak well for the pro- ' Tessiveness of the people of' the ommunity. IEW PRESIDENT FOR THE LIBRARYj ? f ' At the regular meeting of the li ooflfuWpfirtn whiVh nsa also the I nnual meeting, Mrs. W. 0. Cromer ; ras elected President of the Associa- 1 Ion, and "will enter upon the dis- j harge of her duties with energy and ntelligence. She hopes to do much or the Library in the way of getting iew books and in making it one of he most popular institutions of the ity. THE STUDY CLUB. Mrs. E. 0. Horton as chairman' of he literary committee of the civic lub, has reorganized the study club, rhich the members have enjoyed for he past several years. This fall the itudy will be along the lines of the Irama and a study of Shakespeare tnd his plays. This part of the study nil be under the direction of Miss lelen Smith and the question box ind the current events will be under he direction of Mrs. Horton. This :ircle as conducted by the club has >een a most enjoyable and profitable iffair and the members have entered with zest upon the course for the rnter. DEATH OF MRS. JOHN SMITH. t _ Mrs. John Smith died at her home n the Mill Village last Thursday norning at 10 o'clock. Funeral serrices were held on Friday at 3:30' at he M. E. Mill church, and the body vas laid to rest at Long Cane ceme:ery in the presence of many friends ;nd relatives. Mrs. Smith had been a sufferer for nany months and bore it very patently and, was fully resigned to nake the change. She is survived by i husband and two pmall children. Sympathy of our community is expended to the family. r\r a tut ap iidc a c tuaii a c i n vr mx\j. A. >3. i numnj. Mrs. Arthur S. Thomas died sudlenly at her home on Magazine street ast Friday morning, Oct. 20, at half Dast eleven o'clock. Her friends were .hocked, and sorrow with her family it her untimely end. Mrs. Thomas had only lived in Abbeville for the past year but in this ;ime she made many friends and took m active part in the social life of :he city. She was of a bright and rivacious disposition. She was generous in her charities arid was a kind md helpful neighbor. Her remains were taken to her lome in Lowell. Mass.. for burial, the party leaving Abbeville at eight j'clock Friday night over the Seaboard. Mr. Thomas was accompanied as far as New York by Mr. J. Foster Barnwell and Mr. J. C. Ellis. ANTHONY CI A NEGRO 0 LYNCHEI 1 Anthony P. Crawford, Abbeville county's wealthiest negro, was lynched in Abbeville Saturday afternoon by a mob estimated at 800 to 400 I people, who overpowered the jail officials and took the negro from a cell in the county jail, where he had been placed earlier in the day by< Sheriff R. M. Burts, following a difficulty between Crawford and a crowd of white men in which McKinney Cann received a severe blow on the head at the hands of the ne pro. The trouble started about 11 o'clock Saturday morning when Crawford cursed W. D. Barksdale, who had made an offer to'buy a load of cotton seed from the negro. When Crawford saw there was trohble in store for him he called for the police and was taken to polite headquarters by Policeman T. H. Botts, where he later gave bond and again walked out in the street. By this time a crowd had gathered in front of the city hall and attempted to seize the negro and give him a, whipping when after being chased to the boiler/room of Long's gin l^use, he struck MiKinney Cann on the head with a sledge hammer, inflicting what appeared for a time to be a fatal wound, Mr. Cann remaining unconBcious for several hours. At the gin house Crawford was badly beaten up by the7 crowd and would have been lynchod then only for the efforts of Sheriff Burts, who managed to temporarily pacify the mob, which had grown to about 200 by this time, and placed the negro in &e county jaiL About 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon a report was circulated that the sheriff had planned to take ,$e negro to Greenwood at 5 o'clock. Within a few minutes a crowd of SOO to 400 appeared in front of the county jail and suddenly rushed in on the officials, seized the keys and dragged Crawford out into the street where a rope was placed about his neck. After dragging the negro through the street a hundred yards or more, the crowd met a negro with a wagon load of lumber. The negro, whose name could not be learned, quickly abandoned his wagon at the sight of the mob. Crawford, who was believed by some to have been dead by this time, was placed on the waABBEVILLE IN THE PICTURE \ The Columbia Record got out a most excellent edition last Sunday devoted to the Mills interests of the State. Abbeville has a place in the picture in that there is a good writeup of the Abbeville Mill in which particular stress is laid on the welfare work, which has recently been inauguurated there and which is proving so successful. There are Several cuts of the mill which shows the people to be both prosperous and happy. The Record has made a fine showing for the mill enterprise of the state. / DEATH OF MRS. J. P. BILLINGS After a lingering illness, Mrs. John Preston fillings died at her home here Tuesday afternoon, Oct 24. Funeral services are being held this morning at 10 o'clock, at the Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. H. W. Pratt, and interment will be made at Long Cane cemetery. Mrs. Billings has been a sufferer for many months, having had to go to Dr. Pryor's hospital in May and remained there UD until about two weeks ago, when it was found twas beyond all skillful aid. , Mrs. Billings came to Abbeville twenty-five years ago from Peebles, Ohio, and has endeared herself to a host of Abbeville people by her kindness of heart and was known for her good works and chari^ble deeds and was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church of which she had heen a life-lone member. A discon solate husband and one young son, Kempton Billings, have the sympathy of the entire people. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Billings of Atlanta, are here for the funeral. A woman's inconsistency may be the greatest of her many charms. / / a urnrvnn vA WrUKLJ, F WEALTHI J SATURDAY \ gon and carried to a pine tree about ja hundred yards beyond the fair grounds, where his body was swung up. Death was made sure for Crawford here when several sliots wefre fired into his body which was l^ft hanging to a limb u^til after the coroner's inquest, wtych was held i about 6 o'clock. v Coroner's Inquest. | Coroner Nance held an inquest over the negro's body at 6 o'clock, i the verdict being that Anthony P. (Crawford came to his death' at the hands of parties unknown, to the jury. Sheriff's Statement. 1 "Last Saturday morning Anthony Crawford had a dispute with* Mr. W. D. Barksdale over the purchase of some cotton seed.. The negro used some offensive language at the time, and this aroused several of the citizens of Abbeville. A crowd of them quickly gathered and began looking for the negro. They^ chased him down a back street and hemmed him up near the ginnery. Crawford picked up a sledge hammer .'<> ana j struck one of the members of the party, McKinney Gdnn, ^in the head land inflicted what seemed fatal injuries. The crowd then closed upon ithe negro and gave him a Very severe beatings "I got hold of the negro aa quickly as I could and carried him to jafl, after some difficulty in persuading the mob. Aa he was beaten up rather severely and perhaps seriously,. I called medical assistance. About 8 o'clock a crowd of some 800 or 400 people came to the jail and expressed their determination to take the negro from me. I did all in my power to prevent them getting their hands on him, but I was helpless in the face, of the crowd. "The mob took, the negro forcibly from the jailor and started with him toward the Fair Grounds, about onehalf mile from town, where they strung him up and riddled his body with bullets. The negro was about dead at the time the mob took him from the jail, and I doubt seriously if he waa alive when they strung him up. The negro was beaten up very severely by the crowd' that got hold of him in the forenoon, and I believe that if he had been left alone in jail he would have died before night." r , CROWTHER-WRIGHT. Sweet and beautiful in its simplicity was the wedding of Miss Claudia Crowther and Mr. Herman Eugene Wright, which was solemnized last Tuesday morning, Oct. 17, at 10 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's parents in Antreville. Only a few Relatives and most intimate friends /witnessed, the ceremony, which was impressively performed by Rev. H. C. Fennel, pastor of the bride. The color scheme in the parlor, Where the ceremony was performed, was pink and green. One corner of which was a background of palms and ferns. To the strains of mendelisshons wedding march rendered by Miss Allie Mae Power, entered Miss [Euth Crowther, sister of the bride, and Miss Marie Shrimp, who were lovely in dainty dresses of pink and frhite. Then came the bride on the arm of the groom, who was becomingly attired in a traveling suit of (French blue serge with accessories to match. "Visions of IiW" was goftly played during the ceremony, (after which the guests followed the bridal party into the dining room, where a most tempting salad course was served. The color scheme here ' - 11 j ? Deing yenow anu giccu. The happy couple then left for Anderson, where they boarded the train for Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Miss Crowther is a young woman of rare personal charm and character, endearing herself to every one by her sweet disposition and gentle ways, and has scores of friends throughout the county and State who wish for her much happiness. The groom is a native of Conneant Lake, Penn.,.but has for the past six years been an employer of the civil service on the Indian reservation at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, where they will thflir home. The optimist generates a lot of hope that never comes out. ?v-A J. -. : J 5ai HONOR ROLL Of the City Schools for the First , Month. HIGH SCHOOL. 10th Grade. Miss Magill Teacher: Edna Bradley, Fannie DuPre, Mattie Eakin, Elizabeth Faulkner, Mary Graydon, Sam Hill. 9th Grade. Miss Brooks, Teacher: None. 8th Grade. Miss Perrin, Teacher: Helen Eakin, Mary Greene, Victoria Howie, Margaret Swetenberg, Bruce Fant, 'Ralph Lyon, GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 7th Grade. Miss Swetenberg, Teacher: Helen Milford, Comer Phillips, Janie Bowie, Mary White, Teofilo Bradley, Arthur Klugh, Hal Moore, t 6th and 7th Grades. Miss Plaxco, Teacher: Margaret Dawson, Elizabeth Gambrell,, Willie Eakin, Thelma Seal. ' > , L 6th Grade* Miss Tennant, Teacher: ! Celia Chalmers, Mary. Dargan, Ada Faulkner, Claud Greene, Maria Neuffer, Hilda Syfan, Elizabeth Thomson. 5th Grade. Miss Brice, Teacher: Annie Mabry, Willie Bowie, Bernard Roche, Donald Harris, . Raymond Swetenberg. ' ' . 5th Grade. T Miss Dial, Teacher: Grace Gilford, Floyd Hawthorne. PRIMARY' SCHOOL. 4th Grade. Miss Britt, Teacher: Frances Gilliam, Kathleen -Lomax, Jeanie White, Ralph BauknigBt Woo V/Jnrawla TmoK. lUi UiOUCt MftlOO MUTTIUU0) AVHV H er: Sara Edwards, Judith Hill, Frances Rose, Anthony Tennant, Rayford McMillan, Foster BarnwelL '3rd Grade. ' Miss Robertson, Teacher: Rose Anderson, Ida Calhoun, Edna Dawson, Rachel Minshall, Harriet Swope, Tom Howie, William Greene, Willie Harrison, James McComb, Henry Simpson. 8rd Grade. Miss Richards, Teacher: Martha Mann, Lucy Clark, Jv& ian Ellis, Marion PoHakolf. tnd Grade. Miss \Epting, Teacher: Ada Pem'n, Elizabeth Corley, Mary Ferguson, Margaret Harrison. Tom Aiken. 2nd Grade. Miss Brock, Teacher: Ethel Casey, Sara Cowan, Mary Ferguson, Margaret Flynri, Irene McMahan, 'Margaret Stallings, SaDie Turman, Thomas Raines, Walter Simmon*. ' 1st Grade. Bliss Lender, Miss Allien, Miss Thomson, Teachers: No roll first month. /, ! Mention is . made of following grades for having no tar dies: Miasee Epting, Robertson, Britt, Dial,; Tennant, Plaxco and Swetenberg. I Special mention is made of Misi Plaxco's grade for having neither a tardy nor an absentee during the month. STATISTICS. Average scholarships: Boys, 85; Girls, 87. | Average attendance: Boys, 90; Girls, 96. ;l Visits: By Board, 62; Oaanal, 47; : Superintendent, 226. \ The schools opened with a targe enrollment, so large in the primary grades that the board has found it necessary to enlarge two rooms in the graded school building. All rooms in each building are now occupied with classes. The library has been fitted up for the Science Laboratory. ;This leaves no room for the eleventh grade, which conditions make nert session. The new rule which requires children who miss their lessons or misbehave to return to school building foi study from three o'cloek to five, has been heartily endorsed by practically I ?11 rtn noronfa AnH iff fruitful of good. Other pupils may return foi study who wish or need this extra i help by the teacher. Several pupils i have voluntarily returned for the two hours study. The teachers are voluntarily doing this extra teaching from three to five and are getting no compensation foi i it except the gratitude of most of parents. So far, the work has moved along nicely wiht a very loyal support from the patronage. The new teachers and pupils are adjusting themselves to conditions in such a way that we are expecting a , fine years' work. Doixmfa OVA AATfliallv inribv^ tr X ai Ctl U3 C*JL V VVJLUiviitj ? ? visit the schools. ' R. B. CHEATHAM, Supt > HONORED AT EDGEFIELD. i This Thursday night, editor J. L. Mims will give an elaborate and delightful dining in honor of Special Judge W. P. Greene, of Abbeville, r and several of the local bar will be present.?Edgefield Chronicle. i . MONDAY'S MOB TO CLOSE HPS Following a meeting held in Ike county court house Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, attended by several hundred people from the northern ' I v;|gg section of the county, in which It was voted unanimously to order be immediate family of Anthony Crawford to wind up their business Affairs and leave the State by Novoto ber 15, 1916, and in which a strong sentiment was expressed to force fee family of negroes to leave without notice, a portion of those who eaMe here to attend the meeting. were -sp-.1.: > V'Im parent!/ not satisfied with the reratt I and proceeded to close up all of Ike negro establishments in Abbeville. About 100 people participated in. ' the shop-closing propaganda which started immediately after: the meeting in the court house and ended when the last negro shop in town had been closed an hour later. : The< negroes were told by membvs : V: ^ of the mob to keep their shops closed I indefinitely. At the meeting Monday * - -?__j?a- i - 'H everyDoay seemeq 10 oe satmuea wan the result and especially the Cam -ji| brothers and their kindred* The rioting: after the meeting came as a complete surprise. No one was hurt in the trouble Monday. KENNED Y-MOSELEY. A beautiful wedding of the*, early ' fall was thai of Miss Julia Kennedy, of Dae West, and - Dr. C. L. Moseley of Ninety Six, which toojc place last Thursday afternoon at 6:801 o 'cloek in the I A. R. iy chur?hjn The ceremony was performed by B?v. J. P. Pressly and was witnessed by a large number of relatives and 1 friends. The church was tastefully decorated, the rostrum being banked with potted plants and pink and white chrysanthemums, forming an aisle jjj for the bridal party. The bridal party entered as foV ' lows; Dr. Coleman, Dr. Fouche, Mr. 1 Wertz, and Mr. Phillips, the ushers, i coming first. The bridesmaids wearing tiainty white organd& dreaaes ' with pink sfcshes, carrying gorgeous ' pink and white, chrysanthemums, ' ^ 1 were: Misses Sadie MagOl, Pearl Wardlaw, Christine Tribble and Mary Boyce. The dame of honor, Mrs. ! Crawford Clinkscales, was handsome in a gown of pink georgette crepe i over satin. The maid of honor, Miss Lucille Kennedy, sister of the bride, y . ' wore a beautiful pink taffeta dress and carried chrysanthemums, line 1 ring bearer, little Elisabeth Sullivan, niece of the groom, was daintily : dressed in white and brought the ring 1 in on a big white chrysanthemum. 1 The groom with his best man, Mr. Allen Watson, entered from the nastor's study and at the altar met the bride, who came in with the maid 1 of honor, and here the impressive ' ceremony was solemnized. The bride was becomingly gowned " in a georgette crepe over satin, ymade ' bodice. Her veil was cape effeet, be' ing caught to her dark hair with 1 sprays of orange bldssoms. The pu, ty entered to the strains of Mendelsshons and Lohengrins wedding marches, beautifully rendered by 1 Miss Agnes Devlin, and during the ' ceremony. "To a Wild Rose" w 1 softly rendered. Dr. and Mrs. Moseley left on fee ' 6:20 train for a short wedding trip, ! and upon their return will make their | home in Ninety Six. The bride's going away gown was of brown lhrnadnloth with fur trimmings and accessories to match. 1 The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Kenendy end ! is a graduate of Due West College ' and is a young woman of unusual at' traetiveness, and her friends while regretting her departure, send tkeir good wishes with her to her new home. A rehearsal and brilliant reception for the bridal party was given at the bride's home on Wednesday night before the ceremony. The wedding presents were displayed in the lower parlors and hall, which made up a ! handsome collection. I i And a lot of good resolutions are manufactured the morning after. ? V . v ' V - v'-is?