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f. isecomi section! Press and Banner]Pages 9"12 I I Twelve Pages This Week -* "f" Fwe/ve Pages This Week || Established 1844 $1.50 Per Tear m Advowee ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29,1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. ? t ? I R.C.PhUson,Z, , IJ has just returned from his second ? Wn fo Mpw York this fall. V j New Goods at Sacrifice Prices - ?? ???? V,'->v': ' The tremendou: i New York puts latest styles in 1 7C ^ew Dresse ! i I J select from. \ SUITSlJU such low j"' ' ft ? ; wa ii wa ?aii !a I PH I' MNT- WKLBS- ""? * nrnnwiiin ATiTini'i i KtlMMAIM -a FOR CHARLESTON HI " is now at i Ui ?. ^ - , cy and thi Nary Plant to Erect Powerful actepted a v" ' Equipment at West End of satisfactory %. * Trodd Street. ??)?* fi given the t ' The Sec " . Charleston, Nov. 28.?Bids will be the fifteenreceived up to 11 a.ni., December 4, vember 26 * ? * ' --c Too r?n t>y tne jxavy uepartmei^ ouieau uj. ? y^rds and docks, for the erection oi Nastbdon, ? high capacity receiving rftdiogra- ment Plant tflbic station at the western foot of company; Tradd street, on property adjoining PanY | that occupied by the lighthotise de- P*Py ^ P<>t. The new station, which will be .\exi used for receiving only, and will not Hancock, be equipped with sending apparatus, ? ? Socor: ittill be able to pick up messages from Subposts v far distant points and will even be an.d the cu Able to catch the wireless messages ering a tot sent out from stations in Germany to The Cha ., that at Sayville, Long Island. Anapa, N. The contemplated erection of the December new station is due to the overcrowd- visional ca ing of the main plant at the navy Despite i yard, which is now the chief relay the health V' between Washington and Southern better, and points, such as San Juan and Pana- ing forwar ma. Messages can be s?nt from the border pat I navy yard at the same time that oth- which will: ers are being received at the station tile of the - ? ?* ?l_ _ in the city, aitnougn tne same wave iviaxi snu ' length can riot be employed. Coin- to Camp 0 munication between the two stations quickly dis will be had over a special telephone points. T1 lifae, probably leased from the Bell to its loved Telephone and Telegraph Co. There confidence will be two buildings on the proper- union, ty, ne of which will house tne re- _ ceiving apparatus, while the other building will be used as quarters for the operators, of whom there will be fnr a venman. and for a cook. Between erators will stay on the reser-| River then vdtion. three crop: i land. This off rows fi MEET WITH MRS. AIKEN. beds it up i ? He leaves i The local chapter D. A. R. will an(^ plants xue yyim. next gprln) meet December 6, with Mrs. Wyatt[is cut heh ' Aiken at four o'clock in the after- of the bed noon. 1915 Mrs. Richard Hill, Secretary, "^s abou * .. ?:?;?-?; heay crop v Friendship bought with money isn't his land is ' proof against the coin of your enemy zette. . . v lOPPfl s amount of good; J us in position to Coat Suits, Cloak: * * 'A ' s?-Serges and Silks $10 will buy a beat } - ? - \ ? ^ A choice selection prices that anyone a \ ' 1 Come and See ILSO ' . UIOLINA lads [mills can JORDER ASSIGNED DRTANT PA+ROL WORK 25c. FOR < i ?? oo ^ c says mi Texas, Nov. 28.?The Se\x Carolina egiment, Col. ngs commanding, was as- Mr. Charles C. C ty to one of the most dan- by a Pearsalls Nev I responsible patrol posts er f?r his views as der. The Second Regiinent cotton, present and ts highest ?>oirit of efflicieh- . ^ we\ r s designation is commonly "Cotton has aovi $ reward for ;exc??tibndlly inytliing., Present y border service. As. a gen- inadequate and pro; the regiments djspldyfiife frdni this . cotititrjr tness and adequacy are owing to the boll yt nost difficult, bordfet duties, tilizers, diverSiflcati ond's assignments are for negroes. Millions o day periods, beginniiig No- bilrhSd as , and are as follows: be available as g< ??s? N. M. Company I; going bagging in tl N. M., Company M; ce- can pay.; twenty five ;, El Paso, machine gun and riuakfe larger pr n *- PI 1 i n . a ? njT. ouicivci av ui i ao\jf \jvjlii~ /it 5 CGT1LS lOf 38^ tern Place, El Paso, Com- and mills realizing fseta, Texas, Company F; waste, and cotton i ie, Company E, and Fort fits are 9 cents pe rexas, Companies B and usual profits rif 2 { ro, Texas, Company A. stocks are depleted, nil be at Finley, Torcon vance mucfi furthei istom house crossing, cov- fag. unprofitable to 1 al of 110 miles. . .rleston Light Dragoons at M., is ordered relieved 1 by a troop of the pro- V iralry regiment. V Each State to I unseasonably cold weather V P?rH of the Second was never V N officers and men are look-jV New York, Nov. d to the noveltyof active |V tionment of t rol, the completion Of V Democratic cam mark the end of the ached- among the Statei divisional authorities. V cided upon, Chai uld be addressed as usual V mick announced wen Beirne and it .will be V "Popular subsc tributed along the patrol V all right and tl le Second sends greetings V expect to raise ones at home in hope and V amount by this i of an early and happy re- V is slow, and it t V many subscript 1 V up the money y farminp ^ McCormick sai< OOD FARMING. ^ therefore, deci< V each State hand! Jimmie's Creek and Tiger v apportioned to 1 j is a iarmer, wno raises jy 3 each year on the samejv VVVVVV.VV i is how he does it, he lays ve feet apart in the fall, and sows the bed in wheat. GETTING READY % ridge between these beds cotton in this ridge, to Z. Then when the wheat Work on the st0] sows peas in the middle occupjed fcy ^ ne, he made about 20 bushels is progressing rapid o the acre and the same will be ready for c t a bale each, and also a short while. Mr. ( J?"pi?h? r? manage the store a ? improving.?Clinton (ia- , ? , . already arrived in 1 \ l i 1 LDTITA Fiuur s bought by Mr. offer you the 0 t . s and Dresses at ' > 1 . \ to Sport oats ity. at startlingli of the season's net an afford a new sui How CHEAP Real N & 1 ' 4 ' * . ? . ' 7 !" \ ' *, - t * v I PAY PROGRESS IN COTTON, FIGHT AGAli I. COWAN CITRUS CA # ' * - ' ft owan was asked Washington, D. C., Nov rs Bureau report- citrus canker situation in to the value of looks promising, according i prospective. Be- nual report of the Ctief < eply: reau of Plant industry, j meed less than Florida, it is believed, is world's supply is ticaily free of the disease, Bjjective supplies the report points out,thoro are.problematical tion of citrus plantings w ;eevils, poor fer- essary throughout at leasoil and ferfodua of ing fiscal year. In the ol i bales have been the fight being waged coi tion that should by the U. S. Department >ods. Money is culture and the State of! he south. Mills progressed very satisfacto i cents for cotton cially in the commercially ofits than usual, orange and grapefruit re, it, 64 x 60 cloths though the authorities saj 3% cents ^ for official statement regard kt 20 cents, pro- plete eradication of the d ? 1 ? 4- LA Inonf >r jiuunu, agamsii w ca^ccicu iw a? aaob v 3 centd. Yam In Texas, Louisiana, Alab Cotton can ad-1 Mississippi the work has r without becom- difficult from the beginnii the spinner." of the more scattered cha the plantings and the sma est in the matter due to VVWVVVV. paratively low commercial V the citrus plantings as ?ay Its V with other agricultural de> on of Deficit. V of these States. ? V The extreme infectiousn 27.?Appor- i V disease, however, makes il he^ $300,000 V tion important even in sect paigri deficit V Texas, where citrus trees i 3 has been de- merely as hedges, or as o ^ . -r-i _ j_l irman anchor- x. trees. Jbven in tnese outw today. Vwill build 25 locomotives :riptions are' V Sante Fe type and 12 of t he Democrats V type for freight service an< the needed ^ tain type locomotives for nethod, but it V service. akes a great The 1,449 cars which the ans to make V has placed in service since re need," Mr. V include 1,046 coal gondola: i. "I have V box cars, those due from ill led to have V 471 coal gondolas, 820 box le the amount V automobile cars, and 10C their State." V cars. ^ Since July 1st, the M< VVVVWVV Ohio Railroad has received cars and has 100 due from pnD mrciwrcc ers? the Cincinnati, New FOR BUSINESS an(j Texas Pacific Railway ceived 1,343 box cars and still due; the Alabama Gr< re Dunaing to de ern Railroad has oyo dox iv ten cent store, 100 automobile cars due; lly and the place Georgia Southern and Flor (ccupancy in a way has mjondolaooalj ;laf' nl The poor man who weds t Abbeville, has believes in the gold cure f ;he city. Icial ills. MSia?SJ2E!2ISK?2?^^ t vmr\ <111 . t Phil son on h \ pportunity tc practically ^ I 0 and Cloaks to i low prices ? - ' vest, which we t for fall Pric ' ) / ' I \ ,? ' lly GOOD Gooi HEN >. . . f B v ' - ' . INTERPRETATION OF ^ST 8-HOUR LAW RE NKER ''0?" Washington, D. C., No . 2S?the & JS the South to the an- pending an. attempt to of vthe Bu- provisions Mr. Fairfax B ust issued. , " ? - . - . ... 'There is such art ii now prac- difference between the although, ^ion of the law upon wh ugh inspec y?re a^ee and what, lie ffl be nee- that it is apparent that.a t the coin- terpretation and clarifies iier States law *? neceisary in ihe In aperatively concerned. Quite frankl ' of Agri- now unable to apply th( icials has cause we do not Jphow wh rily, efcpe- We know what the men important the lawyers say the law gions, al- give them that,, but gives r that no thing else which every ri ing com- ager knows they do not iidease can men are naturally disap] wo years, the question is not .settl ama, and are the managers, but w been more have patience and good ig because try to avoid passion whil racter of'our way out of the fog." iller inter- ? the com- VWWVVVVWS value of v ?... compared y No Time for Peace relopments v Talk, Says Lo ess of the ^ Londop, Nov. 27.? 3 eradica- v that there was a po ions, as in ^ for some definite negc are grown y towards peace were d rnamental ^ e(j today by Lord Rot s the pro- 2 cil, minister of war of the ^ who told the Associate he Mallet y that in view of th^ i 8 Moun- ^ deportations and the passenger y 0f hospital ships any V peace at the presen s Southern ^ must be futile." Tlllv 1st k. T /??/1 onnfiniK - --?f I ^ uuiu AVVU^l V VV1IV'UW? s and 403 y "We have not yet ie builders\# the case of either the cars, 500 v. nic or the . Braemar I caboose v any official report V whether the ships wei abile and V pedoed or mined, 1 1,000 box V proximity of the disas the build- V evitably leads one to r Orleans V that a submarine rau ' has ie- V been responsible." has 66 V jat South- VVVVVVVVVVVV cars and ?+ and the DR R B EPTING API ida Rail cars due. qqv Manning has app< R. B. Epting a member oi an heiress of Visitors of the State I or finan- hte Insane. He succeeds Neuffer of Abbeville, resi lie Bargains , ? j in Coat Suits, Dresses, Skirts and. ' ? 1 ' Cloaks will surprise you 4 * I ^ COME AND SEE. | is last trip to > buy the very wholesale prices. I suit anyone, and 1 | will sell at is Gaa Be Sold RY | Miinii n*M*nr m 7| iclTt^^aw- Other Crps, However, Notably Truck in Noitfietn Sotith' Cifolinat &!? 1 y, we are a law be- Washington, Nov. 27.?Wide spread and severe damage to- crops in the ^ ^does not West and South was done by the r?ithein.so&e ford breaking cold wave, of Novem- ' :M tilroad man- Be'r 10-17, the weather bureau anwnnt The j x.j? :?i i "7- ,VZT UUUilCCU cuuay ah a spctiai uuiicuui. ed, and so Damage to cotton wag slight, but ; re must all most of the tender truck in the temper and Southern States was killed. le we grope The cold wave spread southward from Alaska on November io, drivk ^ ^ ^ y ing temperatures in the Rocky Moun\ ^ tain States down to new low marks, V and during the week following causrd Cecil V jner freezjne weather and frosts all i Rumors V, the way south and east to southern ssibility V Florida. , ia^ount^ V ''While a large part of the sweet jert Ce- V potato yield has been harvested in trade, V, Mississippi," says the bulletin, "there id Press V wag much injury to the unharvested drfking V and vines were rePorte(* killed . in talk of V some sections of the South. White t time V potatoes were slightly damaged in V Louisiana. 4: j S "Considerable damage to seed cane Britan" V occurred in Georgia and Florida but Castle injured cane remains usable for as to V syrup. In Louisiana the seed cane 6 ^ was mostly saved through warning but the V but other cane, though generally Printers in- V drowea, suffered some harm. Sorbelieve V ghUm was mostly killed and sugar st have V cane damaged in Texas and the un^ cut cane in Misissippi was much damv w w w ^ia?edV Y v x V| "Tmrlc in northern South Carolina ? was killed and most tender truck in 'OINTED. northern and western Florida, Louisiana, Texas and other Southern rinted Dr. States was killed, while in California : the Board tomatoes were an entire loss. Beans lospital for and lettuce were somewhat damaged . . Dr. G. A. in the coastal plains portion of South gned. Carolina and Georgia. vj r ' ' ' V ; ff - v. -JSUai