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Abbeville Press and Banner -t _ -? f - . ? . a .. : "Rrta-rtjshed 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance s ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Yeab x m;c? ? : ' .:: . $*&* & II _ ABBEVILLE MEN j STAND FIRM FOR i UW AND ORDER, I A mass meeting of the citizens of1 Abbeville Comity was held in the court house Monday at noon, with B. E. Hill, Esq., presiding, pursuant to a call issued by the citizens of Abbeville. About two hundred citizens of the county were present and a discussion of the recent disorders in Abbeville County was had, looking to a permanent settlement of the v troubles in the county and to the re-establish ment of the due administration of the law. Speeches were made by Dr. P. Y. Pressley, Dr. J. S. Moffatt, Dr. 6. G. Parkinson, Dr. J. W. Wideman, of Due West, Mr. L A. Kellar, Hon. Wm. N. Graydon, Mr. J. Allen Smith, Mr Posey Wham, Sam Adams, Esq., J. V. Elgin and William P. Greene. TWa n4nafinn in AhhpVlllfi COUntV was thoroughly diseased. The meeting was largely composed of those who favored the settlement of\all disputes between citizens by dae process of law and the judgment of courts of competent jurisdiction. There was some difference of opinion as to what was best to be done under all circumstances, but as stated, the citizens generally, though differing in methods, sought the same end, the establishment of peace and law in the county. At the conclusion of the meeting the resolutions adopted by the citizens of Abbeville in mass meeting last Tuesday, which were published I in full in thfe paper last week, were endorsed as carrying the sentiments of the meeting, and a committee of j twefve men, two of whom are to be residents of Abbeville, two from the towns of the county other than Abbeville, and eight from the Rural distric&are to be appointed by the chairman of the meeting, who shall hare for their duties the further* ance of the ends sought by the meeting, by taking up with the citizens of the county the matters discussed in the meeting, and endeavoring to bring about a proper nnIder&jfcnding between the people of the cop^t^ and ^dup observance of CPmODOW W4 i?SW4iA}fO ouu UIQ members of' the committee -will *at once take up with the citizens in the different, parts of the . county the matters entrusted to them, and it is believed that little difficulty will be encountered in having the people in every community agree that disorders should be kept down, and that the laws should be enforced in accordance with the dictates of humanity. " ~ / JOHNSON THE TAILOR \ y? R collection* of Former President's v ( ( From the Greenville ilewB.) A recent article in The New* dealt -with the Laurens tailor who afterward became President of the United Stataa^ Andrew Johnson. It was; learned in Laarens yesterday by a visitor that much is yet remembered A there about Lincoln's successor. His tailor shop stood on tile public square, facing the court house, and just a few yards from; what is now Governor Cooper's law office. Henry Simpson of Laurens, has preserved in good condition a coat which was made by Johnson and manifests the good quality of his workmanship. In theBolt family is a quilt, one square oflwhich was sewn in by him. With [ .. Ids needle he wrote his autograph there, thns proving the falsity of the school histories which declare that Johnson's wife taught him to read and write, for he was not married until long after he left Laurens. The local conservators of history and tra.. dition are unanimous on the point dtat Johnson was not illiterate at that period. The young woman of that city who rejected Johnson's offer of marriage was a Miss Word, who married a Mr Hance, who was a Northerner by birth and a saddler by profession. She had a number of notes written her by Johnson, perhaps expressive of his tender sentiment for her, but it is not known whether any of these still exist. If thev do. they have hnrh value on the autograph Inarket. It is said that some time after the war ex-Governor Perry delivered an address in the Laurens court house in which he referred somewhat critically to the fact that Miss Word had rejected Johnson and accepted a Yankee. The story goes that Miss Word, then Mrs. Hance, was very much incensed at the utterance and vigorously defended her decision, evidently not at all regretting that she had +A VaAAma +V?o nnfo nf A fll UCVlUiCU W WWVVU1V WUV (TMV V* w ture President Mrs. Hance has a number of descendants in Laurens in the Crews, Bolt and other families. We have been informed that the tailor's goOse used by Johnson is still in the possession of a Laurens family. South Carolina has been the home of three Presidents. Andrew Jackson was born in this State and spent his * I 12 1 _ 4. early years nere. jonnson uveu at Laurens several years in the formative period of his career. Woodrow Wilson as a lad was a resident of Columbia and there went to schooL - . . - ' ^ V V PRESIDENT WILSON WINS ^ V A MOST REMARKABLE V V VICTORY. V V , , V V. With the result of the presi- ^ V dential election hanging in V V the balance for more than V V two days, California and oth- V V er western states broke the K V tension when they finally torn- V \ bled into the Wilson column, V V giving the President the most V IV Remarkable victory in the his- K 'V tory of the nation. No official V V figures are available, the V [V President, however, is assur- V V ed of 272 votes in the elec- K V torial college. The total pop- V V ular vote accounted for to. V V date was divided: Wilson, V V 8,663,713; Hughes 8,163,401. K V V A PROTECTIVE TARIFF AND ITS RELATION TO THE SOUTH The Manufacturers Record, that great journal, which has to its credit as much, if not more, good work dohe ior the South and its people than has any other paper in the country, a few months ago mistook the temperament and desires, ag well as the prin ciple of the Southern people, and leaning far toward the manufactur ers of the country, rather than for the farming and laboring element of the South, began a series of proselyting articles in favor of a high protective tariff, such as have aided in keeping the Republican party In power for so many years, to the enrichment of the few and the almost starvation of the mass of the/ American people. The wonder of it all is that the Manufacturers Record found a number of democratic papers in the South in a way, indorsing its movement Forgetting the great principle of the party and the people they represented, they condoned, even if they did not openly indorse, many of the Manufacturers Record's articles in favoz of a protective tariff.?Austin (Te*.) American. As the Manufacturers Record has for a little over a third of a century been, as aggressively as it has known how, advocating a protective tariff for the benefit of the country, and especially for the benefit?! the South and as tite MannfartumnrjEterw^ is not and never has beeir ? any sense whatever a party or parti wan paper, the Austin American seems to nave been hard poshed for aome argument ifits statements Record o na protectee tariff were that of a new convert, the American would have been justified, hut since its position is not a whit different now from the policy which has prevailed on this subject since the day it. was established, and jus this fight for a tariffwas made from the beginning in behalf of the development of the industrial .interests of the South a? absolutely essential to the ^prosperity of Southern- fanners, it has continued to the present tnd expects to 4oatfnu? this samp line *f poUjcp. It pie in the Sout^who were onee^freetraders now ardent believers in protection.' It has seen many papers in the South recognize the importance of protection to the South, though hampered by political affiliations, and at tames afraid to express their convictions on the subject because of party ties. Southern < in sentiment, in origin and in management, the Manufacturers Record is through and through in favor of a protective tariff, and it is glad to say that a very large proportion of the great leaders in industry in the South and the men who are bringing this section up out of poverty to prosperity are heartily in sympathy with it in favor of protection. e : ^ Wherever industrial progress has a.. J xl creaiea mrivmg iuuusuuii wuiao there is seen increasing' prosperity for farmers. The interest of the farmers of the Smith in a protective tariff, which will develop industrial interests, is as great as that of any other class of people. But the farmers of the South do not represent all of the people of this section. The value " of the manufactured products of the South now largely exceeds thetotal value Of agricultural products, and millions of people are findiner emDlovment in industries and inactivities which would never have existed but for the industrial development which has been made possible under a protective tariff through the development of the raw materials and. the natural resources of the South. The Manufacturers Record has been preaching this doctrine since 1882. It expects to keep on preaching it so long as there is a single unconverted free-trader who fails to know the truth, with the hope that, while the candle holds out to burn, even the vilest free-trade sinner may return.?Manufacturers Record. SHERIFF URGES ALL CITIZENS OBEY THE LAW To the Citizens of Abbeville Cou^y: Owing to disturbances happening lately, I, as Sheriff of the County, wish to call on all the citizens to observe the law and let us have peace and quiet. I am willing and ready at all times to see that the law is enforced, and will protect every citi zen in the enjoyment oi their rights I expect to do my duty as sheriff, and ask all to aid me in doing so. R. M. Burts, Sheriff. t tv. \0*. * . . 1 Abbeville Boy Wi Interesting Lette / Predicts Earl A good many things point to the da fact that we will be sent home soon, as It's mostly hearsay though, and 1 all don't think anybody is able to tell for th sure. mi mi ?_ j. V T A-ll nA? 4. mere s not mucii x uu ten /v? iu . about the hike. One thing, though; Ni . about the twenty-four hours /rain on T< , the last day?instead of twenty-four , hours it rained off and on for a whole' , week. We broke camp at Los Cruces, dt , N. M., on Tuesday morning. The w< ngiht before it rained all night. Tto$s- Ct day it rained all the afternoon and se night. Every day after that it began lir , raining about four ^6'clock and kept ? it up nearly all night until Friday, a i the last day, it rained all day. That mi ' was the day we made 20 miles into at > camp. I drove a Ford that day, fr i though, so I wasn't tired. The first al< ' night it rained I hadn't put up any Ci tent because the wind was so bad I ' figured that a tent would blow away.- gt I went to sleep that night with my- a? poncho, which serves as raincoat, ty made into a sleeping bag land I laid ce ' down behind a bench to keep the pa ' sand off of me. There was no rain fu when I turned in but a pretty good Wl sand storm was blowing. During the ^ night it Gained and I woke up about p] daylight half frozen and wet through ^ land through. Tbe rain Had run through my poncho. I slept the rest bo i of the night in a sleeping bag wet ^ with water. I got good wet that w, i night and as it rained every other so night on the way back and we had ^ i to pitch camp in the mad. I didn't dry any more until we got back to jja i camp here. . Its not much fun sleeping between wet blankets, either. h 1 But I had a good time and thtf trip didn't hurt jne at all. Binders on ^j( my feet were all that bothered mei ^ I started at the wrong end to tej , you about that trip. I took the com* ; ing back first so I'll try to tell yoi about the going. We left camp mi ^ about.eight o'clock on the morning. Pi of the firsts (Sunday.) We marche? 1 ? ftal -J??- UnniUv im Trnd* I A* I?WW???^p WH HI/] " w I t ojrfy 5-aulafc. We camped two nighty aad a dag at.what the men called t "Habhit Jffir on account. of the ^ . many rabbits: we found there. One HONOR ROLL OF LETHE ; school Fon (wnoDirH ggj High School. j_. ^ettie Morrah, Mary Tolen, Sam- to uel Todd, William Parker, Warren re Templeton. Grammar School. W? I Mallle Cade, Marion Uamoreii, gjz Francis Templeton, Genevieve Scog- an gins, Marion Watkins, Edwin Broad- ab water, Grace Richardson, Johp Sign, ?? Katrina Morrah, Mary Sue Watkins, Robert Tolen, Jimmie Lewis. bo tei N. B. DIAL ANNOUNCES ' FOR U. S. SENATE wc I . six GWh Out Intarriaw in Columbia?-W id] Jupar Tolb?rt and W. P. Pollock ca Also Announced. \ 1 sti / inl no Mr. N. B. Dial, of Laurens, while Tk in . Columbia recently, made public his hi* decisibn to enter the race for the Un- thj ited States Senate in 1918, regard- he Iaos of who else mav be in there with Ui him. Mr. Dial let it be known that re: there were to be no ifs and ands en about the business, but that he was in in the race to stay until the closle en when he expected to come out of the race as the nominee of the Democra- ; tic party. lav Mr. Dial gave no intimation of the policies which he will advocate. Oth- thi ers who have already announced as ex; candidates are W. Jasper Tolbert and erf W. P. Pollock. Senator Tillman an- ret nounced on the floor of the Senate l?ii several months agb that he .would not obi be a candidate again this year. If th< he has changed his mind, he has not Se yet made it public. me thi ATTENDING PRESBYTERY. "j thi Rev. James P. Pressley, of Due Wad- of+on/^oH Prpshvt.prv at Abbe T? ^ ?r ? Ul ville this week. He is a young man ^ of pleasing appearance and was in ju^ demand among the good Seceders yel for dinner and supper engagements. ^ He always replied that he was going home but would be back and he made ^0| the trip to and from Due West at 0_ least twice a day. This was an un- ^ usual amount of energy to be dis- th( played by a Seceder preacher and we wondered, but the cat was out . of the bag when he called the Rev. Ple I. N. Kennedy clear across the church ^to tell him that he had a . brand new boy at his house, who was mi a week old and was smart enough ?*e already to keep the family up at night looking after him. Rev. Ken- UB nedy congratulated Brother Preasley we but as he had a family of seven fine J?* looking children himself, did not get excited over the new arrival at Due k The Managers of Election for Ab- M< beville county respectfully ask all Mt election managers to deliver their the boxes to the County Supervisor's of- W< fice not later than Friday, the 17th. ers The final meeting will be held on th< thig date. Also turn in your ac- no counts for services. sel J. R. McGee, Chairman. Ja ' . . ' w ' . -J rites An r from Border, ly Return Home . I ,y we passed through La Tuna, Tex- * , and Anthony, New Mexico. Ita * I one town and the dividing line of * e two states runs through the * iddle of it, and they have a name * r each half. The post office is in H ew Mexico and the depot ia in * ixas. I The newspapers all give Kentucky ' st place in point of efficiency, entrance, etc., on the hike. There i jre troops from Kentucky, South irolina, Ohio, Michigan, Massachutts, and Tennessee. South Carola was given second place, but we ( that is our regiment?did not have single man to fafi out on the whole arch. The second reiriment had iout eigbtJSo-falV-' oat The men om thte otier troops fell out all i ong theway. We all think South] irolina should have first place. ] The first night , out the water iwa- f ms did not get out to camp until < ray after dark and water was pret- ] scarce. I saw men pay' twenty j nts for a canteen full. Our com^ j tny managed to get one large can J II to make coffee for supper and 1 a had to put a guard over it to iep the fellows from drinking it up. < le next morning a man drove up < ith a barrel of ice water on an au- < mobile and tried to sell it to the I ?ys. He charged so much thrffc they ] rned the barrel over and he lost it, j iter, ice and-all. Corporal Wilkin- < n says he saw an .officer pay two < liars and fifty cents for a canteen !l ice water that saaoie morning. I 1 .ve my doubts about that ' < We are looking, forward to getting ] ick home. All of us are tired of aying down here with no objeet in ] ew. We're already agreed that the i st pefson who tries to rag us-,1] ^en We get back, about cqnung toL jxas and not going on into Mexico,'( ill need an undertaker. It ain't-j or fault that they stopped us in EI i Give everybody my love. , Yours truly, .. < Gottlob Neufferr/Jr. j Sergt Mach. Gmx Co^, 1 First S. C. Infantry; 1 ' ' I . , j THE , MEXICAN SITUATION. ' Senor Cabrera has added insult to ( jury. The earlier criticism credited j him possessed some merit of cor- ] ctoess and truth, even though ufc- f rly devoid of tact and discretion, i e certainly can stop the export of { ir munitions to Mexico if we so de- ^ e. It is a costly business to do it i d the American people would probly question the wisaom of such an ( tiay, unless sure that it were done ( connection with well-prepared uuT of reconstruction across the t * - ? * 4.v-* raeiy or lor ouier nwuua uwv vwu- t inflated patting an end to the rev- j itions. Otherwise, it would not be >rth doing. , - . t We could, moreover, if we/so de- e ed, apply the immigration laws rig- f y and exclude the horde of Men-1 us now pouring from their poverty I icken, revolution-cursed country J to the United Stated; but that is c t what Senor Cabrera really meant c le naked, brutal truth comes out in c i amended statement to the effect t it the American Government could I Ip Carranza "by expelling from the I uted States a great number of \ fugees who are very well'known as I emiea of the de facto Government ( Mexico., This the American Gov- t iment could do strictly within the I mnce of American neutrality I ] It is not the poor emigrant then, j it Sen6r>Cabrera would have us ], pel, but the men of talent and en- ^ ?y who harraaa the Carranza rep- 0 sentatives in this country. The ? rst Chief desires to "pacify" these Btreperous enemies by making 5 ;m face the firing squad at sunrie! * nor Cabrera has not correctly a lasured the American people if he ? nks that they will permit political "ugees who have taken asylum on s soil of freedom to be hurled back *> the arms of their opponents to shot He insults the whole nation making a proposal which would ii n us into accomplices of a reVo- t ionary Government that has not T t eliminated official murder from o scheme of administration. Even o >ugh refugees should abuse our s 3pitality by plotting against 'a rec- s nized de facto Government our n 7s involve their incarceration, not is sir execution. '* f By so seriously misjudging the peo- ^ f and the spirit of America Senor ? brera has rather indicated an un- J' - - K less to be of furtfter use in any 3sion looking toward an adjust- P int of the strained relations exist: between his Government and the f lited States. The suggestion that r prohibit the exportation of war iterial might be accepted in a >ader sense than was intended by > incautious Mexican representae. Perhaps a solution of the proba could be found by blockading ii sxico by land and sea and let the b ixicans come to conclusions with c > supplies they now have on hand, v f> Bnnnert that mnr*? nontllar lead- e i of the people would soon come to e 5 front if neither Caranza nor Villa I r Zapata could further equip them- a ves from the United States and ^ pan.?Manufacturers Record. < / y * ANDERSON MILL VILLAGE UNDER MARTIAL LAW. w Five companies of Coast Ar-.\ k tillery are stationed at the k Gluck and Equinox mills -inw Anderson, at the otder of k Governor Manning for the t purpose of enforcing ejecti ment writs against several of k the former employees of the k mills. Soth mills have been i closed since August oil ac k,. count, of a strike to enforce. a demand for a wage increase t of 10 per cent. k f *. w V V\ vyVKAKAV V\ V roxjac NORTH CAROLINA ,v FARMER BOYS ARE AWAKE ? f Cora Club, Pi? Club, and Poultrj Club DUtinfuUb UmbimItm al North Carolina State Fair. i v ' "V > We have already published lists oJ jrize winners in the pig club exhibit it the recent North Carolina. Stat* Fair, and commented on the fine re raits obtained by Mr. B. P. Folk 3tatei Pig Club Agent Mr. T. E Browne, State Club Agent, is jubi ant ov$r the\ showing mad^by th< Doys and pirls, and The Progressive Farmer joins him in congratulate diem. He writes: ? "The county of Guilford alone ,senl lown thirty-seven fine pigs, and hei efficient county agent, Mr, E. H. An ierson, was able to take back to th< 3uilford County members ten firsl premiums, ten second premiums, an< several specials^ as. a tangible evi ience of the value of modern meth >ds of swine husbandry, as taught ir !he pig club. Mr. >vAnderson tool sack to his club members one hun ired and twenty-six dollars in cash Does it pay to be a pig club member' .'Wot only did the boys make gooc records in the pig club-class, but ii he open classes against the adull ireeders of the state they won sever il first and second places. Mr. Foil jertainly comes in for congratula aons for the exceU$nt showing made >y his pig club members. - . .**111 thief corn contest, under the di ection of Mr. A. K. Robertson, Stati 2orn Cluh Agent, hot as many/sam^'wew shown as last year, bul fcose shown. were- far superior t< hose of the 1915 exhibit* The,con really showed that the boys, are usini lie technical information as to select on given them; in the' Corn Club lit nature. In the open contact wx&tth4 >f Wilkes County, won first prize (25 in cash/-and Herman Leonard oJ Javidson County, second' prize, $15; iDowing only the third sweepstake; ? go to a man, John Lewis, father oi he boy winning first premium, ft his contest the boyB won more thai (125. The best single ear of corn ihown at the fair was grown by a Horn Club boy, Judson Osborne, oi 31yde, Haywood County. "It is becoming more and more ivident each year-that the State Fail oust look to the Corn Club boys tc rat up the real corn show. "One of the striking features oi he'Fair was the poultry and egg how, no part of which came in foi greater praise and distinction than he birds shown by the club member! Ilr. A. 6. Oliver, State Poultry Clut Igent, was a truly happy man when tne of his members, Claud Morrisbn if Stony Point, carried off the highsst honors of the show by winning he $40 silver trophy cup giv4n by Resident Leonard Tufts for the best >ird at the ahow. This distinction rent to a single comb Rhode Island led Cock- Hazel Sherill, Poultry 31ub member from Iredell, won first lace in the open contest with: hei tarred Rock cockerel, and second ilace wiht her Barred Rock pallet. Thomas F Jones, a club member from Lnson County, won first place with lis cock and second with his pulet in open contest with Partridge Vyandottes. Space does not permit f giving the numerous prizes won y the club members, but it is enouraging to the club members of he state to know that in the Poultry nd Egg Show the boys and girls won aore than $240."?Progressive Farler. am apnrvn i v nnv nil ? w ? I P Abbeville has been much interested i the calling out of the Coast Arillery to keep order at Anderson. Ve have an especial interest, in that, ne of the companies is in command f Lieutenant W. E. Bell. He is a on of the late W. E. Bell, jwho spent o many years in Abbeville and is a ephew of Mrs. J. G. Edwards. He ] also a brother of Miss Claudia tell of Due West. The people of ibbeville remember Lieutenant Bell s a little boy and every one is reoiced to know that he is making a UUCCB9 Ui 11IC OI1U tliau IUC 1C1 VUi vjl atriotism burns brightly in his osom. Lieutenant Bell makes his home in raffney where he has a good posiion. IN HONOR OF MISS MORSE. Miss Janie Morse, of Abbeville, 3 the attractive guest of Miss Elizaeth Rainsford, who arranged a most harming Hallowe'en party last reek for Miss Morse. Rook was moved until the cruests were usher d into the dining room, where the lallowe'en decorations were elabortelv curnVH nnt. A rielicimifl tea vas served in courses.?Edgefield Chronicle * --.'rCT - The Second Presbytery of. the xAssociate Reformed Presbyterian Church convened in Abbeville on last * \ Saturday evening, at eight-*; o'clock, presided over by the retiring' 'liloderator, Rev. C. V. WiJliamStff "X2>or City, Florida. Owing to indisposition of Mr. Williams, the opening t sermon was preached by ReV. C. B. Betts, of Troy, S. C., a grand-eon of Father. Betts of the Associate Re- ? f formed Presbyterian Church, one of : 'JiJ t the best and ablest ministers of the -past generation. The mantis of. the grandfather has fallen ajJott/thc/ ' . . " I grandson. "The sermon was impres- ' t give and was greatly enjoyed by the i delegates present, as well as^y the - people of the city who attended the ..? .meeting. After the sermon the regu. lar business of the Presbytery w6s entered into. Rev. Henry E. Pressly, 5 who is greatly beloved by the.peoplrf 5 of the city of Abbeville, was inf stalled as moderator and. acted . Jn' that capacity in- all- th#; bwhietar-Wu^M t meetings.. ,The reports made at the : ainereni meeungB gnowea. inst we . igffi! pastors of the several churches and; 3| 5 the officers and members of the t churches*are alive to the need* of' I the church and they are doing the "* "> . work assigned to them. t - On Sabbath morning and evening . 1 different ministers of ; the^ church 5 : filled the pulpits .of the other church- ! - es of the city to the delight of the ' . several congregations. Among ! those who preached were: Rev. Paul '"SH I Pressly, Rev. N. E. Smith, Rev. S. J. - :Jf i Hood, Rev. L. T. Pressly, Rev. J as. ' fc P. Pressly,. Rev. 0. W. Carmichael U . and Rev. L N. Kennedy. The serz mon of Rev. J. P. Pressly at the As. sociate Reformed Presbyterian ' . , Church on Sabbath morning was ' ' >rv.s+i;2 Wjf y^siAjvjf^VA ujr wug /- mwnwmi,;, ;; ^r,-^?a . present. I^/was. strong, logical and.; :v^$Sal i delivered in a most pleasmg style.', . After the sermon the Sacramfcnt of ' the visiting Elders. ^ ' - V'' Rev. STW. Beid, pastor^>iJ&e At- , f lanta church, spent.'8BtOK0te<:.Bii?tv;h " and^Sabbath in Due Wei^preaehing > -*j ' ed body of men. Thei* numbers are v -ISfaiB ' few but they make up m.goedwox|fe .. > and in pious lives what they-lack in ^.sBa \ numbers. The ministers are all well - fitted for their work.' They-are edu- "$|2| 1 cated at Erskine College which is . ;.:*m W1U1 UIC UJ^ KUVVW VI MAC tUUUMJf ; bat for' seventy-five yean it has sent; \fi| forth men who are able to cope, and cope, with men from any and all in- $& ' stitutions of learning, m any and ' all the classes and professions ox lift. V/JSI ' The cinisters are carefully trained n the Theological Seminary. A great many of them received training qn! der Dr. W. L. Pressly, Dr. Rottt. La- :J$| thaf>, while the younger ones have^ i been prepared for the ministry by ' Dr. P. Y. Pressly and Dr. G. G. Park> inson. It would be hard to find with- ' i in the membership of any church. i however large, four men who, while n living quiet and unassuming lives, ;$| ; and who have been almost retiring W ' always in their dispositions to find . ; men of greater learning, or of more -M commendable piety. Wherever they 1 have been known and .wherever they ' *|8 ?m lrannm fhav <rfon/1 fft* nil that, ik ;j?est in life and they are fit represen' tatives o$'the great and conservative denomination ? in which they have M been for many years leaders. It was a great privilege that the people of Abbeville enjoyed of hav- . ing these good men among ns. We hope that we may soon have them ; again. The Presbytery finished its business session on Monday evening and on Tuesday the several delegates left to attend the meeting of Synpd.' in York, where they anticipate a profitable and enjoyable meeting of all the ministers and represents- , . tives of the Seceders. V PHENOMENAL STEEL EARNINGS i ' . | -? v>#,3 The net earnings of the United /. , States Steel Corporation tot the third quarter of this year amounted to $85,817,067, as compared with $38,710,644 in 1915 and $22,276,002 for the same quarter of 1914, and allowing for interest and sinking , fund and dividends on the preferred and common stock, including an ex- { tra dividend of 1 per cent, on the common, there was left for the last quarter a net surplus of $51,859,450 These figures indicate the pehnomenal prosperity in the steel trade, and yet it is believed that the limit has not yet been reached, but that the present quarter will show still higher earnings. This prosperity is based upon Europe's tremendous demand foj iron ana steel and war munitions, ana our people should fully understand the situation in order to properly forecase the future.?Manufacturers Record. * First honor, Mary Grace Wilson, Alvyce Henry, Mildred Wilson and *11 TT7.-1 Alien YV nsuii. Second honor, Herbert Wilson, Sara Sutherland, Harrison Bosler [and Elizabeth Wilson.