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Established 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. .8, 1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. ;% 76th Yeab ^
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Just before midnight \
ocratic campaign mana{
ing statement:
"We do not concede tl
any means. President
I the vote of the states fro
nothing. The Pacific SI
heard from and all indie
for Wilson. We have gh
avp that wf> flAl
have got Massachusetts a
land appear to be safe,
from Shadow Lawn in
given up hope*"
* Fairly accurate returr
morning indicate that Ju
the Republican candidate
dent to succeed Woodro
Early returns indicate
ried the whole of New Ei
Jersey, Illinois, Indiana
Minnesota, Iowa and Co
show thatOhio is in doubl
and Oregon are in the H
smaller Western states a
The Democrats carrie<
usual majority. They h
land, Kentucky, Oklahc
arid iff rm tn Ohio. Massa
doubt. It appears that ]
been defeated for the ser
the Democratic candid;
claim a clean sweep of i
York and New Jersey. (
has expressed thanks for
In the state election th<
received the accustomed
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Governor Manning did
nine votes were so cast at
there was a Republican :
eight. The movement t<
the regular nominee seen
MEETING OF PRESBYTERY.
The Second Presbytery of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian
church will meet in Abbeville, on next
Saturday, 11th The second Presbytery
comprises Western South Carolina
and portion of Georgia and
Florida. About thirty ministers and
twenty elders are expected to be
present at the meeting.
'The first business session will be
held Saturday night. The delegates
will remain through Sabbath, and the
business will be finished on Monday.
A FIRE IN TOWN.
There was quite a little bit of excitement
Monday at one o'clock when
the fire company was called on to
put out the fire up in Mrs. Taggart's
back yard. An old out house was
burned, but the boys soon put an end
to the blaze. No other damage was :
done.
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Havp Not
p Hope.
Coming
y Slow
in
LTERR1T0RY
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fance McCormick, Dernier,
gave out the followle
election of Hughes by
Wilson can still win by
>m which we have heard
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ope siaics arc sun iu uc
nations are that they are
ren up New York and in/e
lost New Jersey. We
nd Delaware and MaryWe
have heard nothing
dicating that they have
is up to 1 o'clock this'
stice Charles E. Hughes,
e has been elected Presiw
Wilson.
)d that Hughes had cartigland,
New York, New
,, Michigan, Wisconsin,
lorado. Later returns
;. Seemingly California
ughes column, while the
ire to be heard from,
d the solid South by the
Lave also carried Mary>ma
and Arkansas. In.
chusetts seems to be in
Henry Cabot Lodge has
iate in the latter state by
ate. The Republicans
ill state officers in New
:ol. Theodore Roosevelt
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uic uutcumc.
b regular nominees have
I vote. The vote which
10 Mr. Blease as against
net materialize. Only
the Abbeville box, while
and Progressive vote of
o elect Mr. Bliease over
is to have fallen flat.
NUMBER OF SALES MADE
MONDAY BY MASTER
There was a good crowd in the city
Monday and Master R. E. Hill made
the following sales:
Watson vs. Gibert, Tract No. 1,
80 acres, $28 per acre bought by W.
B. Wilson; All the other tracts were
bought by J. M. Nickles, attorney,
tract No. 2, 110 acres, $12; Noi 3,
71 acres, $10; No. 4, 40 acres, $10;
No. 5, 21 acres, $17.50; the home
place brought $3,800.
In the case of Bibb vs. Bibb, 120
acres were bought by W. B. Bibb for
$1,780.
Richardson vs. Mrs. Lila B. Wilson,
tract No. 1, 78 acres, $1,850, J. L.
Mcllwain: No. 2. 62 acres 21.300.
and No. 3, 57 acres, both by J. H.
Moore, attorney for $1,300 and $1,200.
Jas. F. Clinkscales vs. Mrs. Etta
Nance was bought by Mrs. Nance for
$645.
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REV. J. M. LAWSON
DIED SUDDENLY ON
SUNDAY MORNING
Was County . Superintendent
of Education
Past Four Years
. \
Rev. J. M. Lawson died at his
home in Abbeville Sunday morning
at four o'clock,.Nov. 5th, 1916. He
was only sick a few hours, being
stricken about twelve o'clock and,
never regaining consciousness, he
died at four. /
. Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church at half past four
o'clock on Sabbath afternoon, a
great concourse of people being present
lo attest their respect for the
dead and their sympathy for the
family. The services were conducted
by Rev. J. L. Daniel and assisted by
the other ministers of the city. The
interment was made at Long Cane
cemetery.
Mr. Lawson was born and raised
in Abbeville and for many years was
one of our most prominent merchants,
succeeding his father in business.
About twenty years ago he
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dist church, holding different charges
until about four years ago when he
retired. He was regarded by all as
a devout and sincere christian, he
visited the sick and suffering, he was
kind in his charities, a loving and
an indulgent father. Mr. Lawson
took much interest in preaching at
the county farm and his kindly visits
and simple sermons will be missed
bv t?e inmates of the home.
On the resignation of Mr. W. R.
Bradley as county superintendent of
education, Mr. Lawson was appointed
to fill the term and has held the
office ever since.
About twenty-five years ago Mr.
Lawson was married to Miss Jodie
Russell, and to them were born five
children, Mrs. J. T. McGaw, of Columbia,
Russell Lawson of Columbia,
and Lewis, Hiram and Lemuel Lawson
of Abbeville, all of whom survive.
His sister, Mrs. W. D. Wilson,
and a brother, Mr. Hiram Lawson are
nlsn livinc nnH linvp fh*> fivrrmnt.hv r?f
a host of friends.
Many beautiful floral offerings
expressed the friendship of the people
of Abbeville for the family and
for the deceased. 4
Mr. Lawson was a man of sentiment
and of deeply religious thought
and he has always expressed the hope
that his death would occur so that
he could be buried at sundown on the
Sabbath day and his wishes were carried
out. *
HOME AGAIN.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hill are back
from their wedding trip and are at
home to their friends at th?,home of
Miss Mamie Lou Smith until their
handsome new house is finished.
COUNTY FAIl
A GRE
By far the largest crowd ever seen
at a fair in Abbeville county came
here on Friday, the closing day of
the seventh annual county fair, the
principal features of this day being
the football game between Erskine
and Baily Military Institute, and the
parade of more than 1,200 school
children from all sections of the
county, and the daily horse racing in
The fair this year was altogether
the afternoon.
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the association, and established new
records for attendance.
While the farm exhibits were few
in number, such products as were
exhibited attracted much attention
and favorable comment from the
throngs of visitors who passed
through the exhibit halls during the
fair. The live stock department made
up for any shortage in the farm exhibits,
however. More than 40 horse
and mule colts were shown on the
first day. In the hog exhibit the
Duroc-Jersey was the favorite.
The winner in the pig club yas
Miss Kate Bell Hagan, brood sow, [
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AN ABBEVILLE
MAN IS SHOT
t FROM AMBUSH
Jim White Fired Upon
Without Warning
Saturday Night.
-^im White, who lives just over the
Abbeville county line, declares that
he was shot from ambush Saturday
night when he was returning home
from Greenwood in his buggy. He
came to town yesterday and was
given medical treatment for flesh
wound received from a scattering of
No. 4'\shot from his hip down to his
ankle and returned home later little
the worse for his experience. He
had one foot hanging outside the
buggy and- this is the reason the
load sprinkled him from the heel up.
White states that he was fired on
from ambush near the roadside. His
assailant gave no alarm whatever,
but pulled down on him and , then
made his escape. The wounded man
has no idea who did the shooting
and is just as much in the dark as
to why he should have been used as
a target.
FRANK DORN KILLED
ON ABBEVILLE ROAD
, \
Autoflaobile Turn* Over Crushing
Skull and Causing Almost Instant
Death.
Frank Dorn was accidentally killed
near Abbeville last Saturday night,
while on his way back to the County
chaingang camp. Mr. Dorn was in
the Car with Lucien Schroeder .and
they were driving at a stiff - speed
when it was seen that they were t
about to run into a buggy in front.
The car was swerved to the side,
turned over, throwing Mr. Dorn off
against the bank and fracturing his
skull, death resulting in less than a
half hour.
Mr. Dorn was from Indianapolis, *
Ind., and his body was sent there for
burial at the request of his mother
and sister, who survive him.
Mr. Dorn has been connected with
the chaingang for some time and has
recently been promoted to foreman
to succeed D. E. Newell. 1
HERE FROM DUE WEST. *
I 'e
Rev. Mr. Stevenson and Dr. Ken- ,
nedy came down from Dae West \
last Sabbath and worshipped with
the Seceders. They would not accept
our invitation to dinner, saying jj
that they had only come down to ^
hear Mr. Plaxco preach. Such patriotism
deserves a reward and they jwill
have to come back again prepar- ^
ed to spend the day, and fortify ^
themselves with a good dinner before j
making the return trip. u
R WAS I
:at success;
a
first. This sow also won first prize "
at the State Fair. R. E. McDonald r
won first prize on porker and Her- S'
bert Williamson first on stock hog. ?
Mrs. Frank Benton, who has 7
charge of the tomato club work in 11
the county had her exhibits complete c
in every Retail and every section of 11
the county was represented among ^
her exhibits. Some of the prize win- p
ners in this department were: Misses
Mary Black, Amy Suber, Eliiabeth ?
McCarter, Daisy Lanier, Grace Dous- '
by, Alma Nance, and Ola Winn.
Abbeville Coca-Cola Bottling company
won first prize for best decorated
float, and L. W. White company s<
won second. a
The horse racing which was held ?
daily at 2 o'clock was of the highest tl
order and attracted good crowds. tl
The fair association is already j<
busy laying plans for a still greater G
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lair nexi, year. According 10 one oi "
the officers of the association a cam- h
paign will be inaugurated at once to h
interest a number of farmers in tl
each section of the county, thus giv- o
ing them a year in which to prepare p
exhibits. ? a
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FE O
Mass Meeting of Ci
Pledge Support
in Discharge 01
Resolutions strongly condemnin
lawlessness committed in Abbeville
ness that seems rife, pledging snppo
officers, and calling a meeting of cit;
to be held in Abbeville next Monday
ly adopted at a mass irfeeting, well
ville, held in the county court house
The resolution: ^
. We, ithe citizens of the city of Abb<
Sembled, do hereby express in unqualifi*
of the recent violent acts of certain p?
community, and the spirit of lawlessnei
county, resulting in continued acts of la
prevent further acts of lawlessness it is,
RESOLVED: - That the Sheriff ol
Mayor of Abbeville, the Police Force,
county and city, be urged to use every
and to protect the citizens of the town i
condition or color.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That we
selvel as individuals to give to the offic
cal support in maintaining the law.
nr?r/vt r** * f>?r? i r? n m
nuuLrcu runincn: mat lr i
out this determination that the aid of
Government be called in order that evi
rights under the constitution.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That a c<
Perrin as Chairman, be appointed for t]
ing what can be done towards the organi
company for the protection of the citi
for maintaining order in our midst. _Th
powered to act in the premises.
RESOLVED FURTHER: THAT El
TOWN OF ABBEVILLE BE ASSURE
~ the men of this meeting as long as he ob<
and pursues only his own legitimate bv
RESOLVED FURTHER: That a i
ing citizenf of Abbeville County be call
House on next Monday at noon to peri
enforcing law and order in this county
munity in the county be represented at
steps be taken to show to the people of
States that the men of Abbeville County
protect the citizens of the commonweal
all rights guaranteed by the law.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That a c
be sent by the Secretary of this meeting I
and that copies be given the Press.
1ERE ATTENDING THE IFIV1
FUNERAL OF MR. LAWSON
CI"
Mr. Will Lawson of Spartanburg,
Ir. Hiram Lawson of Calhoun Falls, W
nd Miss Mary Lawson Link, who is
eaching school at Chester, were in
he city on Sunday to attend the fun- C&S6
ral of Rev. J. M. Lawson. __
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,YNCHING SUBJECT OF SERMON
The daily papers in v South Caroint
as well as the weekly papers Will
iave had editorials in the lynching Scott, 1
t Abb'eville, strongly condemning it. we^e ar
)r. Swope in a sermon last Friday at 7 o'cloc
ibbeville, spoke in strong terms on wj
his subject. On last Sabbath Rev.
. P. Pressly preached from the text near
Thou shalt not kill.' He was fol-1 ^es wei
>wed with profound attention bonds o
liroughout the discourse and warm- Latex
j commended at the close by his was re_
ongregation. He said the sermon county
ras called out by the lynching at ^^h a
ibbeville and the shame and humili- iocaj pC
tion that every right thinking man a negj.0
i the county felt over such an out- ^ have
age. Mr. Pressly said that public The ,
entiment ought to see to it that the p0jj
fficers of the law took steps to pre- resultin:
ent in the future such an outrage jfr. <
i Abbeville county. A number of $500 bo
itizens of Abbeville have said dur- ^
ig the past few days that it was
e worst thing that has ever hap- /
ened in the county and that they
elt greatly humiliated over it.?A. Th<
Presbyterian. perfect
low ha-*
ABOUT A MERE LAWYER. 0us day
It seems
That a mere lawyer can produce brighter
3 bright a newspaper as The Ifrsss beautifi
nd Banner of Abbeville is astonish- sweeter
lg. Nothing contributes so much to our re
le renown of the legal profession in days ad
tiis State at this time as does the life,
jurnalistic talent of William P.
reene. Perhaps, Mr. Greene, unlike PROMi
lany other distinguished members of '
is profession, is after all, not a mere John
iwyer. However, his father-in-law, promote
le late Gen. R. R. Hemphill, was Lexingti
ne of the cleverest writers for the the Sou
ress of his time in South Carolina ville ar<
nd that may explain it.?The State, good lu<
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HAD
tizens
S - s<
to Officers |
f Their Duties
j
g recent violent acts ?f
and the spirit of lawless
rt to the city and county
izeiis of Abbeville county,
at noon, were nnanimonsrepresentative
of AfcbtMonday
afternoon.
?rille ' in nau meeting usd
terms our disapproval
irsons committed in Mr - - |3a
is that seams rife ia the
w breaking. In order to
F Abbeville County, the
and every officer of the
effort to enforce tluT law .
and county regardless of
do hereby pledge our- s
ers of the law our phjrsit
be necessary to carry / v \|i
f the State and Federal
sry citizen may enjoy hn
ommittee with Capt. J. L.
lie purpose of ascertainzation
of a local military %
xens of this county and |
at this committee be ea- -'^9
fERY CITIZEN OF THE ' ^
ID of the protection of
sys the-Jaws of the state, ,
nineii.
meeting of the law-abided
to meet in"^this Court.
feck an organization for
, and that every cobthis
meeting, and that
the state and United
will defend the law, and
th in the enjoyment of
opy of these resolutions
to the Governor of State
E WHITE MEN
IARGED WITH
HIPPING NEGRO |
! of Will Cann in ~
ands of Federal
Authorities.
Cann, Sing Finley, George
xrin oy>a n?Vi>.
If m UVV VV OUU ViQUUC AASgUVO
rested by the city police about
:k Saturday evening, charged (
bipping some negroes out
e fair grounds. All the par e
released by the police under -i\
f ?100 each.
Saturday night Will Cann
arrested
and lodged in the
jail charged with interfering
special delivery boy of the
?st office. The delivery boy,
about 15 years old, is said
' been roughly handled.
:ases were heard by jury in
ice court Monday Morning,
g in a mistrial.
Cann has been released em
md in the case of interfering
: special delivery boy.
THE WEATHER.
e
rare day in June and the
days which are said to felire
given place to the gorges
of October and November. .
i to us that the sun has shined
, the trees have been more
il and the air softer and
this fall than ever within
cuuecuuil. outu ucauuiui
d much to the pleasure ?
OTING ABBEVILLE MAN
*rasier .Livingston nas Deen
d from assistant agent at
an, to agent at Rock Hill for
thern. His friends in Abbej
delighted to know of any
:k that comes his way.