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'* ' ^ 9 r I Xocal I llWews I I : personals : ff Ernest McCarter was in town Monday on business and pleasure. , Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clinkscales were among the busy shoppers in the city on Monday. / Roddy Devlin came up from Greenwood Sunday and spent the day with * friends. He was a delegate to the A. R. P. Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Edmunds of i t mimiavf -tiin/>+irm ?nri children, ar liVVAUlU V VWUvvavm; ? ? , rived on Sunday to spend sometime with Mr. and Sirs. Joe Edmonds. Miss tiladys Wilson spent the week end with homefolks at Watts. Mr. a?d Mrs. T. C. Beaudrot and childreni spent Sunday in Greenwood with relatives. Miss Essie Lee McCord spent the week-end in Clinton with Miss Mollie Davidson. ' 'Geo. P. Cannon came down from Anderson Saturday and spent Sun_ day 'With friends. Mr. and MnCi Joe V.. Elgin and Joe -y.l J.r, went up . to Anderson Sunday. Mrs. Elgin will remain with ; relatives there for a while. : , " Dr. E. B. Kennedy, of Due West, was' one of the distinguished member a.;of the Second Presbytery, who attended the meeting in Abbeville. , He i* malting Erskine College maini j tain the record of-its past acliieve mehte." Mr.&?e*nedy is a great favorite^ Abbeville with all denominationsajid everybody was glad to see him?~?v . .< . ^ Arthur Morrow came down from Andenpty week and was an interested -attendant to the meeting of Presbytery ^ Monday night. Arthur does not get away from his early training,- even in & wicked city like Anderson. . EDGAR OWEN IS HOST , TO A FEW FRIENDS .(. ' j. Edgar Owen delighted about a doz-en of his friends on last Friday evening with a party at his home on Magazine street During the first part of the evening rook and set back amused the crowd then a delicious salad course with hot chocolate was served. Dancing to the strains of the Victrola helped to make up a delightful evening. Those sharing in the pleasures of the occasion were: Misses Elizabeth Faulkner, Elizabeth Jones, Mary Gibydon, Mary Hill Harris, ' Winona Barksdale, Lois Little, Sanford Howie, Willie Speed, Andrew HOI, Weber Wilson. d r ABBEVILLE LIBRARY. The Abbeville Library Association held its regular meeting at the Library, \ October 17. 1916, Mrs. J. F. Miller presiding. % As Miss lone Snxith, Secretary, was unavoidably detained, the minutes of the preceding- meeting were read by Mrs. Allen Long. '.. * The reports of the Librarian and treasurer were duly considered. The . Librarian's report showed an addition of over fifty (50) volumes to the Library during the past year; about thirty having been purchased from the Library's fund, the remainder contributed by friends of the Library, the Book Club and others. The Treasurer reported a small balance in the Treasury and ''No indebtedness whatever,' which is considered encouraging; especially as most of the yearly membership subscriptions (of the Library) date from September or October, and the yearly canvass has not yet been made. Mrs. Miller stated it would be entirely out of the question for her to retain longer her office as President. Those present, feeling she had served well and faithfully, reluctantly accepted her reasons for declining re-election. After some argument on Mrs. Cromer's part, in opposition to it,/ and discussion of their subject, . she was prevailed upon to accept the Presidency, for the ensuing year The Librarian reported the following magazines on the library table for the year 1916: Cosmopolitan, Pictorial Review, Munsey's Magazine, American Boy, Little Folks Magazine, as purchased by the Library, also Missionary Survey, The Diocese, Soul Winners Magazine, The Womar's Home Companion, The Ladies Home Journal, The Womans National Magazine, complimentary or contributed bji friends. The Library is indebted for contributions of books or magazines to the following: Mrs. C. C. Gambreil, Mrs. Gussie *" * ** TT ITT T3 M nyr A 1 uuriey, 11110. ii< ??. x :ati, uxis. Allen Long, Miss Heler. Edwards, Mr. A. B. Morse, Mr. T. G. Perrin. To members of the Book Club and others. Also to Mr. W. M. Barnwell fox continued use of the telephone for the past year, to Mr. Horton for the Medium, and to the council for the use of the rooms. After more discussion of plans for the winter, the Cornegie Library, and others, the Association adjourned, to meet at the call of the President. Rev. Spencer Mills was the guest during the meeting of Presbytery of Mrs. J. G. Edwards. He is one of, the oldest men in the Presbytery in point of years, but he takes a bright ' and lively view of life and is a pleas-' ing and charming man. J Fraaier, the young son of lion, ana Mrs. J. Frasier Lyon, of Colombia,' has been in the city for the past week spending the tune with the family of Mrs. J. Hayne McDill. The yoqpg man is about three years old and he has his mother's good looks . and his father's fine head. . ' I Our work in Abbeville under Pas-' tor G. W. Swope, is greatly prosperous. He has, without outside help, been conducting a meeting that de-' veloped great power. From a news letter from him, which we will carry ( next week, we learn that 120 professed conversions, though it was found that many of these were already church members. 'But fortyeight have been received into the, First Baptist church by baptism and many more by letter.?The Baptist Courier. - I V. | REV. Mc. TODD ELLIS. i Among those who attended the meeting of the Second Presbytery at Abbeville this week was, Rev. Mc. Todd Ellis, a brother of Mr. R. S. Ellis of this city. He is an Abbeville county boy, a son of the late W. T. Ellis, of the Groggy Springs section, and-he stands well in the councils of the church. For some years he has been serving the congregation it Doravilie, Ga., as pastor, and he is generally beloved by the people of his church. v 1 i REV. BLACKFORD HAS ACCEPTED THE CALL ] Rev. Ambler ,M. Blackford, who J was recently called by the Episcopal, congregations oif Greenwood and Ab-1 bevUle has accepted the call and ( will hold services in Greenwood one Sunday and in Abbeville the next. The first services in Abbeville will be 1 held on next Sunday atferrioon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Blackford comes to ! us from Columbia, Va., highly rec-J ommended as a splendid speaker. ( SOUTHERN FARMING SERIOUSLY UNDERCAPITALIZED v _______ As we are pointing out on page 1 1 this week, the South, compared with 1 the North and central West, has rel-1 atively little of its total area iif farms ! improved. Our most intensively developed states have 50 per cent or less ! of their farms improved, while states like Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa have between 80 and 90 per .cent. 1 The heavy burden that these unim- ' proved lands impose upon the owners 1 unquestionably has done much to- 1 ward retarding our agricultural pros-,1 perity. The farm of eighty acres,1 only 40 of which, is improved and 1 yielding returns to, the owner, is ser- j iously handicapped, 1>etause the idle 1 forty acres, instead of paying their 1 way, are burdening the improved1 acres with charges for interest and 1 taxes. Many a farmer who wonders < why his net income is not larger will1 find the real trouble right here? ] too many acres that loaf instead of j work. These conditions prevail in most ' sections simply'because of a lack of : working capital; Southern lands ] have been and are comparatively cheap, and this fact has been a great; temptation to overload on land, leav ing too little capital for development; and equipment. However, with the generally high interest rates pre- 1 ii; i xi.- j.'/c ii vaiung anu uie aimcuity in securing , long-time loans at any rate, the average farmer has felt it unwise to attempt to borrow money for improving these idle lands.. Likewise, this same inability to secute working capital at a reasonable interest rate has kept hundreds of thousands * of : farmers from investing in better i livestock, better implements, and better buildings. ' If the new rural credits law proves the boon that we hope and Relieve it will, it will in a large measure supply our present embarrassing deficiency in working capital. With this deficiency supplied, with money at 4 to 6 per cent and five to forty years in which to repay the loan, there should come to the South an era of continued prosperity.?Progressive Farmer I MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina. I County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. LILA V. AGNEW, et al, Plaintiff, CLARA E. AGNEW, et al, Defend-: ants. v- I By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Ybbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will offei* for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in De-, cember, A. D., 1916, within the legal hours of sale, the following described land, to wit: All that tract] or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Fifty-! Eight (58) Acres, more or less, and bounded by Donalds and Due West public road, tracts No's, one and 1 three of the Estate of William Ag' new, and Mrs. Walker and known as tract No. 2 of the William Agnew Estate. i Also that house and lot in town of ' Donalds, S. C., containing one and Q7_mn m Q7_mn\ %/ I f V V V* w l-XVV/ A UUUUU^U ! by lot of Estate of Wm. Agnew. lot ' of Wm. Latimer and street, also one lot in town of Due West, S. C., fronting 130 feet on College street, and being 200 feet deep according ' to map of record in the Clerk's of' fice for Abbeville County, in Book 1 27, page 636 and 637. s TERMS OF SALE? Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. This 58 i tract of sand will be sold in two i tracts. Plats of same will be exhib ited in day of sale. R. E. HILL, 3-15-11. Master A. C., S. C. J FORGET IT. ' If yoa see a tall fellow ahead of the crowd, A leader of men, marching fearless and proud, And you know of a tale, whose mere telling aloud Would cause his proud head to in anguish be bowed, It's a pretty good plan to forget it. it ttati lrnrvnr nf o qVoIa^T) away In a closet, and guarded, and kept from the day In the dark, and whose showing, whose sudden display, Would cause grief and sorrow and lifelong dismay, It's a pretty good plan to forget it If you know of a thing that would darken the joy Of a man or woman, a girl or a bpy, That will wipe out a smile, or the least way annoy A fellow, or cause any gladness to cloy, It's a pretty good plan to forget it. OUR SHIPYARDS AFTER THE WAR (News and Courier.) An extremely optimistic view ' of the future of American shipbuilding is presented by the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce. Some observers have been inclined to the opinion that shipbuilding in this country was reaching its limit, but this view is warmly combated by others, who cenbend that if the European war goes on much longer, say a year, the American industry will be upon a sound and permanent basis.' It is true that shipbuilding in this country has not in the months of the immediate past gone ahead of the industry in Great Britain as rapidly as it appeared to be doing at one time. There are two good reasons why this is true. In the first place, for a good while after the war began Britain's shipyards were chiefly occupied with it* meeting uu^miiu b iiavtu requue-* ments. The other reason is that since the battle off Jutland British shipbuilding has 'increased with a leap," the British interpreting the Jutland battle as proof that they have little bo fear from the German navy. At the present time, it is stated, shipbuilding in this country is practically on a parity with with the industry in. Great Britain. Conditions ait present however, are altogether abnormal owing to the greatly increased prices of tonnage which have resulted from war demands. It will not be until the 'war ends and competition again begins to make itself felt that the actual test of the American shipbuilding industry will .come. The correspondent of the Journal of Comt-' merce does not believe that this competition will be checked by trade ark guments or anything of that kind and be is convinced that it will be severe^ There is good reason, nevertheless for hoping that the United States will be able to meet it sucessfully: For one thing, skilled labor in Eur rope is expected to be scarce enough to offset American wages t oa considerable extent and thus give our yards a better chance on this goore. This would leave the relative power of the shipbuilding industry to be determined "by the-ability to obtain materials at the most reasonable prices." On that score the advantage ought to, be with us. It is confidently expected that the American steel and iron industry will continue to retain its supremacy wften peace is RUB-OUT PAIN with good oil liniment That's the sureft way to stop them. The best rubbing liniment is ( MUSTANG LINIMENT [Good for the A ilments of j) Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. j Good for your own Aches, Pains, Rheumatism. Sprains, Cute, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. - At all Dealers. Miller's Antiseptic Oil Known As SNAKE OIL Will Positively Relieve Pain in Three Minntes. Try it right now for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, sore, stiff and swollen joints, pains in the head, back and limbs, corns, bunions, etc. After one application pain disappears as if by magic, i A never-failing remedy used internally and externally for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Sore Throat, Diphtheria and Tonsilitis. This Oil is conceded to be the most penetrating remedy known. Its prompt and immediate effect in relieving pain is due to the fact that it penetrates to the affected parts at once. As an illustration, pour Ten Drops on the thickest piece of sole leather, and it will penetrate this substance through and through in three minutes. Accept no substitute. This great oil is golden red color only. Every bottle guaranteed; 25c and 50c a bottle; or money refunded. At leading druggists. P. B. Speed. declared and this fact, coupled wit the invention genius of American should open a bright future for shij building in the United States. An interesting fact noted by th correspondent whom we have quote is the tendency of big concerns lik the Bethlehem Steel corporation t branch out into the shipbuilding it dustry. The Bethlehem Steel corpoi ation is now actively interested, it i stated, in the Fore River yards o the Atlantic coast and in die Unio: Iron works vards on th? Pacific, he sides which it is actively engaged i some important experiments, at it yards at Sparrow's Point, Md. Th Bethlehem Steel corporation own important ore deposits in Cuba am Chili, and "is now prepared to en gage in every operation necessary t< SP I / I . ' ' x ' ' * / . *' 1 Cheering Chocolat are always welcome to th erage girl, either an old gi a young one, or even a m aged one. And onr confec are particularly apprec because of tjieir. dainty p and wholesomeness. We < a fresh stock daily of the; tiest and best Candies, ' c lates, caramels, etc. * I moderate/ r , jv* T A Prize Basket of F would be almost any one might select in our estal ment. v^We are served . with, the freshest," ripest choicest of picked fruit, as is fit for the tables o: most critical and exacting pie. Leave y</ur orders and be sure they will be to your complete satisfa( Our prices are the fairesl I TOKIO GRAPE B Basket Grapes of B kinds. 8 nni in IbULU h torn the ore into finished ships on the s, high seas." Government officials at i- wasmngton are especially interested in the experiment which the Bethlee hem is conducting at Sparrows Point d in standardizing shipbuilding "somee whaf after the line of standardiaao tion practiced in the American meri chant marine has been a subject of - national lament The headway rfririch Is has been made in the re-establish11 ment on a big scale of the shipbuildn ing industry is one of the most grati! fying developments of the time. The a abnormal conditions growing out of s the war have created the opportuni6 ty, of course; but even republican : ^ organs have admitted, before the . campaign reached the present acute o stage, that Mr. Wilson has helped m pound box ? H" ur nome- a J flde Choco- fl M and Boil- 1 W , now -fee i e? The e av- \ye are going to 8fnei *]?r sell from now at iddle i__? en "e tioiis JSJn ?L^ L f?r a iated000 lbs- home-mate] urity made Candies, indivi sarry great dain- |\ aecoti hoco- KOnOTIQC and \ 'rices IMuKuldd rant / only Buy your Bana- them. nas By the bunch '?~~ ! ^ V?t theflf here by the carload and we are ( able to sell^them | / u cheap. > i mm m * 4 V Uranges l -? . Buy your Or- ^ 'ruit anges by the box - n We get them Buy blfeh- }?er? fay Ae car- ^ , daily load and we Souim and charge only rea- get fi such sonable prices. of # f the fruit, ?peo- * I the b as Apples ?i jtion. 1 1 can s J tgo. BUy your Ap- th ? plfbytb.b.u-.S mm* rel, or bushel. mit. gAj We get them CrI here by the car- ^ load. Our leader Jk M/ WINE SAP All Kinds of Jj S Mixed Nuts |? ~ Fresh Cocoanuts M a ^ Our Christmas Cigars are going fast; and no wonder. They are the beit 5 cent smoker you ever placed between your Mh lip*. Try ju?t a few if kS you are doubtful, but S&j you'll be sorry you hadn't bought more before you have smoked half a one. Better have a box. Your i&VW friends will enjoy these as well as you will. MPIft sr i??mmmmt???mmmm???? matters alnogr wonderfully. It la acknowledged that the future of the industry after the war wOl depend, very largely upon the attitude of the / v| government The democrats having already blazed out a policy why not leave uiem to carry 11 xnrougni K ... is justifying itself by itsrenuts. GROWING CANNAS FROM SEED. "Should cannas grown from seed ^ planted this fall be transplanted til the spring?" You might transplant the young & plants when they first appear, but it is better to plant the seed/ thinly in i;; rows and let them grow an /sntire - '' season. Then you can find which are J worth keeping and can use the roots I for /planting beds. Shadow of a Girl is l 'ally not far from a box fl r fine candies, and when I . > ^ is aronnd with Bon-Bons fl present tW girl quickly B ializes into a substantial fl . idnality. Our candies are fl favorites with the sex on fl nt of their known^Jurity fl yholesomeness. We war- I. them all and we charge fl reasonable prices for fl I Y 4 I the Box and You I )e satisfied that you have fl 1, pure, ripe fruit, if you fl b here.. We are handlers fl le choicest and frsehest fl , receiving it daily from fl est orchards and gardens, .fl tave every kind in season fl y i )ut of season; that is, we fl upply you with rare fruits fl e hot-house variety of all fl : ? i, and outf charges are fl . reasonable, you will ad- fl Sn i taeaofmm m ALAGA GRAPES I S&iu) I IPY KITCHEH I * 4