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[Abbeville Press and BanneS B,1 ' L ' ^ - - tablished 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDESDAY, JAN. 3, 1917. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Ybab 'ilflfl '., a&smr (ORE THAN 30 IIMPI IPJTFI) IN s imi LiuniLu in I STEALING PLOT |ffe had in our last issue an ac I'rnt of the good stealing that ft as ;n going on at Dargan's for someie, but we did not have it all. ery day brings to view new ramiitions of the big business Horace Knight, wholesaler, was doingL ice our last issue, about twenty aer persons have been implicated d have pleaded guilty in the Say's court to receiving stolen propZy. Among them were: Lawyer i wan, J. R. Wilson, Richard Wilis Weston Richey, Sam .Quarles, nie Brown, Willie Brown, Sam wards, Tommie Gray, Homer itt, and Reter Hunter, who re ved fines in varying amounts ac ding to the amounts of the purises. Several parties have volunily returned articles bought m Horace, and each day Horace oka of others who should return :er articles. Mr. Dargan has reared about one hundred and twen.Ive dollars worth of property and ;h day is recovering more. If race's memory holds out he may over considerably more. Horace i been with Mr. Dargan for sev 1 years, but his accounts of his dings so far oaly go back to Oct: i : I IT. wnen ne opens up on nutieat 1 mediaeval history, -we shall >bahly hear from outer tranaacns. Mr. Dargan kept Horace all *e years because, as lie stated, he s "strictly honest," and not b?ise he was a good worker. otton Selling Balks at Drop iji Price Abbeville cotton buyers and ighers have had comparatively ie to do in the past week or .ten 78 owing to the sensational drop in ces, due perhaps to Secretary ising's statements on the peace lation. Probably a half dozen es have been sold on the local rket yrithin the past ten days, i no lots at all have been offered, (n the opinion of C. E. Williamson, .ocal buyer, whatever cotton is t in the country will be held urithe price again touches the 20c. rk at least Cotton is bringing 16 %c. in Abrille today. bbeville Enterprises Show Good Profits \a usual the bai ks of Abbeville I pay their semiannual dividends he National Lank of Abbeville 4 s cent, on a capital stock of $75,0, and .the Fanners' Bank of Abille 4 per cent, on same amount Che Abbeville cotton mills have 1 a most successful year.- Besides ing their usual sefari-annual djviod of 3 per cent they have spent eral thousand dollars on repairing 3 property and are now installing ter-works and a sewerage system, t mill put into effect on the first r of 1917 the group insurance n.. This protects the family of ry employe in case of death to amount of one year's wages a? ned by the deceased. iveral New Year Business Changes With the coming of the New Year re are-several changes in the -M xi ?j ? n I-jmess me 01 me city, oam uar!e, who has been with A. M. Hill many years, goes to Mabry's for } next year, while Andrew Hill 1 take his place with A. M. Hill, S. Ellis will go to the J. Allen dth Co., taking the pice of Frank erard, who will open, a store in lhoun Falls, J. V. Elgin will go the road traveling and his place McMurray's will be taken by Lun Lomax. Ansel Putman will be bh the Bowden-Simpson Co., for s year. . ? n I T? !ll L Oirs. Vjeorge renney win rest ring the months of January and bruary, after which she will fce fch Philson, Eenry Co., for the ;?pn. THE NEW YEAR. *he wing of the old year was -aided last Sunday by the tolling the church bells of the city for e minutes before twelve o'clock, 1 the New Year was ushered in h the bright and joyous ringing IB $11 the bells in the city, a custom the old country, which was startft many years ago by Judge Benet Id which has been kept up ever tVIfllTORS FROM NEW YORK. I Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Tusten II their bright little daughter, B no, are in Abbeville this week vising at the home of Mr. and Mrs. f. W. Bradley. They have visited i Abbeville before and have many riends who are glad to see them. f M? Tnafan V>oa a flnnrislii'ncf hllAi. r38- in New York and it gives his ^me people pleasure to know that I is succeeding in his chosen field. IVfr. and Mrs. Tusten have been Irmingly entertained at several liners and teas since their arrival I the city. DAWN OF 191 ARMIES DE, EXCEPT t* Teutons Ready to Discuss Peace? Allies Determined Not to End the War Yet.?Changes in War Map During 1916?Von Mackensen's Army Continues Advance From Mountains to the Danube River. The dawn of 1917 finds the belligerent armies temporarily, at least, virtually deadlocked everywhere except in Rumania. It finds also in the air a suggestion by the Teutonic allies that they are ready to discuss peace but no basis for the ending of hostilities has yet been advanced by ' them and the Entente Allies have j signified their determination toy continue fighting until their oft-repeat- 1 ed desires are complied with. ( The war map in the main theatres of the war at the commencement of J the new year shows at numerous I points material change in the lines . as they stood a year ago. On the front in France the Germans in the Somme region have been driven back j 1? ? ei??i. ?nn? #w\n+a rtf rnnflid oy uie jcxcuv-u viu erable size while the Germans in the Verdun sector made notable gains < toward the fortress but later lost < part of the terrain through a French counter-offensive; the Italians hrve ( advanced their line on the east closer 1 toward Triest and the Entente Allies operating from Saloniki have placed the Serbians on their native soil 1 again and also have pushed forward ' their lines at various points in Macedonia. V V V SECOND' REGIMENT V V SENDS GREETINGS V V V V El Paso, Texas, Dec. 31.? V V The officers and men of the V V Second South Carolina Infan- V V try extend to the people of V V South Carolina our heartfelt V V and sincere good wishes for a V ; V happy and prosperous New : V Year. To the lathers and V ' V mothers, brothers and sisters, V 1 V urittoo sweethearts and V V friends who have made the V ' V sacrifices and borne the bur- V ] V dens of our absence, we ex- V ' V- tend our love, .sympathy r .and VJ V appreciation, /we work to A ' V honor you and, the State we V V love. We wish for the State/ V 1 V a continuance of peace, p*os- V 1 ^ perity and good government. V V Springs, Commanding. V j VViVVVV vv v. VV VV ] AUDITOR'S OFFICE WAS ' BUSY PLACE SATURDAY 1 ] Several hundred taxpayers from , all parts of the county took advan- j tage of the last opportunity to pay , their taxes without the penalty last ] Saturday. Auditor Sondley's office 1 was the busiest place in town, re- , ceivitg something over $20,000 in taxes' during the day. i WITH THE METHODISTS. i Prayer service Wednesday evening j at 7:30. Sunday school next Sunday 1 at 10 o'clock. Regular preaching < services Sabbath morning by the j pastor. We expect to nave Rev. j Mr. Blackford with us Sunday night, i The public is invited to attend all j these services. You will find a hearty ' welcome. Come and worship with < ns. , ? 1 BIG MONEY. Jack and Hugh Bradley have big money now. Their uncle Walter came down from New York Thursday and gave each of them three paper dollars, which they are carrying around in their new pocket books given them by their Sabbath school teacher. Hugh also has one dollar 1 1 W. TT.,?V, TOilcron extra given nun uy nu. xiugu nuo?.. as he is named for Mr. Wilson. Jack has no dollar to match this one, as he tells us he was "named for a dead man." Of course if Mr. Wilson i should send a dollar to Jack, in view 1 of the misfortune he suffered in not \ being named for a live man, Jack 1 would also have four dollars. ] . ] Rhodes Scholarship for Alexander Dick The friends in Abbeville of Alex Dick were much pleased last week , to see the news in the different pa- 1 pers that he had been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and will be the , next South Carolina boy to go to j Oxford. Alex lived in Abbeville for , a number of years and is a great ' favorite with our people, who are re joiced at his good luck. Alex is a graduate of the College : - ? - ' J-i- - r 1 of Uharieston ana is uie iuuiw >m>- , dent of this institute to secure a Rhodes scholarship. He is at pres- , ent a professor in the North Carolina Mechanical and Industrial Col- , lege. \ FRANK SHERARD LEAVES. , Frank Sherard and his uncle, Mr , S. F. Gibert, have opened up a new i store in Calhoun Falls. Frank left , on Monday to take up his new work. 1 The firm is known as The S. F. j Sherard Co., and is a general mer- ( chandise business. Friends give j Frank up with regTet, but wish him j every success in this new line. j 7 FINDS ADLOCKED IN RUMANIA DELEGATION WI TO CLEAR W. The proposition of paving principal business streets of A city council's meeting next Tu< matter will officially come befo Several members of the cit vate citizens have expressed th Tvomnn +Vi?k omiora onrl at ICi Ui pa V111^ lilV/ UV^UUX Vy UUV4 having the way made clear for time to time by amending the < is among the strong advocates o opinion the matter will be 1 delegation. Dr. F. E. Harrisc Bank, and one of Abbeville's 1 says that while he is not fami sondition, he regards the matte thinks that whatever steps nece it once should be taken. Besolutions will be present* 3d, at council's meeting Tues delegation to the legislature to ?ssary to begin the paving at o: WOULD LENGTHEN TERM OF OFFICE FOR SHERIFFS Drastic legislation in reference to sheriffs will be introduced at the forthcoming session of the General Assembly of South Carolina, according to recent reports. Representative Paul B. Ellis of Greenwood county, is framing a bill, which he will introduce next month; which provides for an amendment to the State Constitution which will require that sheriffsbeeleefced * term of six years and then be ineligible to reelection. Mr. Ellis, it is stated, believes that the bill will be favorably received and is hopeful af its passage. Before ther War Between the States, the laws of this itate limited sheriffs to a number terms, but' the sheriffs sometimes managed to havetheir deputies election in their stead, were then appointed deputies to their former deputies, and at the .close of the term again ran for re-election. Sheriff Robert Macbeth of Union County, who served in this office probably longer than any other man, is said to haye held on to the office in this way. Governor Manning is reported to tiave said at the recent Conference af Governors In Washington that he favored vesting the State chief exe:utive with the rights to remove sheriffs for failure to perform their duty rhis the governor cannot now do because of the decision of the State Supreme Court in the case of Sheriff Huckabee of Kershaw county, who was removed by Governor Manning, but reinstated by the decision, rhe recent controversy between Sheriff Ashley of Anderson and Governor Manning, which brought about the sending of the coast artillery to Anderson in the Gluck and Equinox mills strikes may lead to the proposal at the next session of a cohstitational amendment empowering the :hief executive to remove a sheriff for cause. The Governor under the Constitution is charged with the execution of the laws, but has no power iver a sheriff should he fail to do lis duty. A NEW SCHOOL TEACHER. Miss Rose Powell, of Pansy, Ga., arrived in Abbeville Monday and aegun work as teacher of the fourth ?rade in the Graded school Tuesday, taking the place of Miss Britt, who resigned before the holidays. Miss Powell comes with high recommendations and enters with spirit upon the discharge of her duties. COL. R. W. SMITH HERE. Col. R. W. Smith was in the city Saturday. He has left the city and mswTAsI 4-a fViQ AAimfmr anrl will n*n IUWCU W WIV vvmiw4 j J Mtiv* ?? ... jrate a farm near Watts during the pear. He told us Saturday of some Df his trials in the country already, and he begins to long for the boys about town, especially on Sundays. He will have a letter in next week's issue on some of his experiences in the country, and he wishes all persons in town who desire to go to the iear old country?time to read this letter before making the move. MISS CELIA CHALMERS HOSTESS Miss Celia Chalmers, in honor of her 13th birthday crave a spend-theday partv on last Friday to twelve of her pari friends. A delightful turkey dinner was enjoyed at midday anu tt very picaaanv UOJ rr?o The young girls were: Misses Virginia Lesley, Mildred Cochran. Margaret Cox. Howard Hill, Martha Pletcher Biggs. Mary Louise Dargan, Florence and Maria Neuffer, Helen and Grace Milford. .... - . . WASHINGTON 1917 WILL : OF GRE/ LL BE ASKEDi AY FOR PAVING the square and several of the .bbeville will doubtless feature jsday/ night at which time the re that body. y council and a number of priLemselves as favoring the matfc least four miles of street and additional street paving from 3ity charter. Mayor Gambrell f the paving projeckand in his eft entirely with the county' n, president of The Farmers nost prominent business men, liar with the citv's financial r of paving as a necessity and ssary to have the work started id, and in all probability adoptday night asking the county make whatever provision necttce. OCONEE OFFICERS FOUND DEAD IN NEW JERSEY HOTEL Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 28?John W Davis, sheriff of Oconee County, South Carolina, and William C. Foster, superintendent of prisons of the same county, were found dead today from the effects of inhaling illumiiiaWinr eras. .The officials had come SbSTWalhalla, S. C., to take back John Walker, a negro, accused of murder in Oconee, S. C. The police af6 conViiidett their" deaths' were accidental. * News Reaches Columbia. , Columbia, Dec. 28.?Sheriff John W. Davis and W. C. Foster, of Oconee County, South Carolina, were found dead, asphyxiated by illuminating gas, in their room at an Elizabet, N. J., hotel this morning, according to a telegram received at the Governor's office here from the chief of the county detectives at Elizabeth. The two South Carolina officers were in New Jersey with a requisition for the return to this State of John Walker, a negro, wanted at Oconee County for alleged murder. Two Honored Officials. Walhalla, Dec. 28.?In the deaths of Sheriff John W. Davis and Supervisor-William C. Foster, Oconee and TTT.1L.11. 1 1 L J | wamaua nave iust two vmuauie ciuzens. News of their untimely end came here today in messages from tho Governor's office in Columbia, casting a gloom over the entire community. The news began quickly to spread to other sections of the county, and this evening there is sincere sorrow among the.citizens in every section of the county. Sheriff Davis and Supervisor Foster left Walhalla Monday morning for Elizabeth, N. J., where the sheriff was to receive custody of a negro man wanted in Oconee to answer to the carge of murder. Supervisor Foster had accompanied Mr. Davis in the capacity of deputy, going for the purpose of bringing back an other negro, who is under arrest as a material witness. Oconee never had two more able or efficient officers than Mr. Davis and Mr. Foster, both of whom assumed charge of their respective offices four years ago, each having been reelected in the priamry elections this year to serve four years more. Sheriff Davis leaves a wife, who was a Miss Adams; two sons and one daughter, the youngest about twelve years of age, the oldest about sixteen He was about 40 years of age and a native of Oconee, being a son of the late Lawrence 0. Davis. His aged mother, with two brothers and three sisters, also survive him. He was a members of the Baptist Church and was identified with the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Heptazaphs and Woodmen of the World. South Carolina has never produced a better officer and Oconee's loss is indeed great in his untimely death. ? 7 1 RETURNING NORTtf. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman have returned to their home in New London, Conn., after a pleasant visit to Abbeville. Our people found Mrs. Coleman a charming and an at tractive woman, wnue tne boyhood friends rejoice in the happiness and prosperity of an Abbeville boy, Mr. Coleman being th'e head of the Department of Mathematics of the Buckley High School for boys, and on the staff of the Keewayden Camp, 1 a summer school on Lake Timagami in the northern part of Ontario, Canada. 1 THINKS SEE FINISH \T CONFLICT Fact Negotiations to End War Still Are in Progress Gives Hope for Ultimate Settlement of Dispute? National Capital Awaits Reply of Entente to President Wilson's Suggestion of Terms. . \ With the entente powers' note rejecting Germany's peace proposals forwarded by the United States to the capitals of the central allies, the dawn of the New Year 1917 found the first move for peace in Europe a closed inc.denti Peace advocates in Washington settled down to await the reply of the entente to President Wilson's suggestion that they make clear their peace terms. Only the fact that peace negotiations were still in progress, despite the tenuous nature of the peace correspondence, gave hope for the ultimate settlement of the dispute between the warring nations. ; While admitting that the immediate outlook for peace is black, diplomatic Washington generally took the position tonight that 1917 will see the end of the contest in Europe. The confidential peace negotiations looking toward the discussion of peace terms through the United States are already under way. V V V SEIZES COAL AND I V V - GIVES IT TO POOR V V V V Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 31. V V ?Under cover of darkness, V Nj John Macvicar, mayor, last V V night seized the third car of V V coal in his effort to check the V V local fuel famine. The coal V V was diftributed to the poor V V by firemen and policemen. V V Charges of illegal combina- V V tion to control prices have S V been made in a suit filed here V V against fiftten local dealers V V by an attorney on behalf of V ? ^ H - : V Buying Up-to-Date Farm Machinery No, that wasn't a British "tank" you saw creeping through the square Saturday. The only war that giant tractor will participate in is the war J. A. Gilliam is waging on red clay. He seems determined to "unearthen" things on his farm and if this tractor shows ability reinforcements will be forthcoming. Mr. Gilliam, who is one of Abbeville county's foremost farmers and business men, has purchased & large Case tractor for turning his land. The tractor, which was delivered SaturdayK is especially designed^for deep plowing and will do the work of six to eight mules. Mr. Gilliam says that while he does not expect the tractor to work successfully on all parts of his farm he has plenty of land on which the machine can be used, and if found satisfactory he will at once buy one or two additional machines. TO ESTABLISH BANK SOON. / Effort* of Capital City, Supported by Sitter Cities of State, Hare Re- , suited in Success. , Washington, Jan.' 2.?The farm loan board last week designated 12 cities where Farm Loan Banks will be located. They are: Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Columbia, S. C.; Louisville, St. Louis, Omahp, Wichita Houston, Berkley, Spokane, New Orleans, St. Paul. Columbia district covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The New Orleans district includes Alabama and the Louisville district includes Tennessee. THE HOLIDAYS OVER. The young people who came home for/the holidays, have returned to their respective college, the visitors l?#.knitlr Tirnrlr an/1 Iiavc ^UIIC uav.iv uv buwu vrvr*** m?*v* the town has settled down to its accustomed quiet. Every one seemed to enjoy the Christmas season and look forward to the new year with pleasure and confidence. There was no untoward happening to mar the pleasure of the season in Abbeville. SIX KILLED IN SEABOARD WRECK Jacksonville, Dec. 22.?Engineers E. M. Lee, and C. M. Coxwell, Conductor C. R. Payne, and three negro trainmen, were killed when a doubleheader freight on the Seaboard Air Line, ran into a washout near Lake City, Florida. The train was run_ -B m.ii.1 a . T i . MI rung irom lananassee to jacKSonvuie DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. ' 1 Judge Joseph T. Johnson, of the Western District of South Carc%ia, was in the city on yesterday, visiting i his nephew, Mr. Herbert L. Allen. He was accompanied by Broadus ! Knight, Clerk of the Federal Court in this district. j "SUGAR" WATT 1 I VUU5 III III I I I , Every man wants to do a little \|Bj bragging on himself every now and -V-A* again, and Alderman Henry is no yjaB exception to the role. Like every other vain man he finds oat who is yWM interested in him and who . believe# what he says about himself. His vk- a tim is his cousin, Dave Hill. He _ tells Dave all about what a good business man he is and how much " money ne maices?in Iact ne teli* him a great deal that he does not' tell the tax collector. ' -9 Friday-morning the Alderman had *oai about finished taking stock and running up his business statement for ,Pm the year. The balance was on the ,%!W right side, and he was feeling good. | . Seeing his cousin Dave coming down. the street he called him over to get :-|i some of the good feeling out of his system. After doing so, in order to impress on Dave just how fine a. .? business man be is, ne put, on on? of his meanest expressions and - 1 said that he be darned, (or wonji ;r- M of the same general effect) "if any- -$1 body can come in my store and :|8 steal a lot of stuff/ like the . boy at . -a Damn's has done. I have good >1 clerks wht/ keep a. watch on thing* ?| and I am a regular HawkshaW a?-r; M tective myself." He added a few" :-M more expressions which duly imprest- 3 ed cousin Dave that a culprit who'' tried to steal from cotutin Albert . would be up agaihBt a real job; ' 7 H "Sugar" Watt, the AldeTman'gS^foffijM package boy, was standing on the \ ;;J corner with his back to his boss, but . he heard what he said. While the : fl Alderman was impressing on cousin vhIHI Dave his great business qualities, the \.^B| butler, in order to show his disgust, ft ' went into the Btore and nickfed up a yM new mesh bag, then ne stepped vfl across the street and sold it. Having gotten the price, he went through ^ the store and with half of the money ; ''rj from the mesh bag he paid Ifr. 1 M Philson fifty cents n* had borrowed w from the Alderman. He then pro- ,j| ceeded out on the sidewalk where the 'l Alderman was still talking to_cowdn ' uave, ana toia mm tnat Mr. rmison was.iBrett7 busy an? fta Wanted him in the store. Aa the ^9 Alderman disappeared behind the- r / &? closed door "Sugar"' gave one of J| His loudest guffaws to let the other 1 ?|] package boys about town know that he had made another touchdown on %,?& Merchant Henry. ,J Mrs. A. M. Stone J Reported Improving . (1 The many friends in Abbeville of '$! Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stone have been ' greatly distressed lately by the news > :>S| of the serious illness of Mrs. Stone ' r^la in the Baptist Hospital in Columbia. '^afl The following from the Columbia ' \|8 Record will be reassuring to her j many friends who hope for her a ' , Jl speedy recovery: "Mrs. A. M. Stone, who has been seriously ill at the Baptist hospital for several days, was reported as :-M resting comfortably at midnight Sat- .'M urday. Dr. W. E. Etter of Rogers, Texas, Dr. H. S. Etter of Rural Be- :M lief, Va., and Mrs. H. G. Ccpenimve-of Crockett, Va., came to Columbia several days ago to visit Mrs. Stone, J their sister." / ;'-M Rev. Mark Grier i 111 With Pneumonia ';i 4 Rev. Mark jB. Grier, a Presbyterian Missionary,, sent out by the Ab- \ beville church many years ago, who is at home for a few months in order to regain his health, is very ill at 7 Due West with pneumonia. Mr. liner is a orotner 01 tne late ur. w,? M. Grier, and of Prof. Paul L. Grier, >? of Erskine college. He has many friends in Abbeville who regret to learn of his extreme illness and who hope for him an early recovery. CALHOUN MILLS HAS CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB FOR ITS HELP " i In order to encourage its people to save a part of their , earnings each week the Calhoun Mills, Calhoun Falls, has organized a Christmas Savings club to run for a period of 50 weeks, beginning with the first week of January and paying off ten days before Christmas. The weekly payments to the club range from % five cents a week to $6 a week, the smallest amount any member will draw out being $2.60 while the largest amount will be $257.60. Six per cent interest is paid on au money deposited. ' v By joining the club the operatives ** <vill have a nice little sum saved up for their shopping next Christmas , and the small weekly payments will I scarcely be missed. If for any reason a member does not continue the payments throughout the year, whatever amount is paid in will be promptly delivered at the appointed time. 7 ??? . , MISS BROWNLEE IS APPOINTED A DEMONSTRATOR Miss Ida Mae Brownies has been ' ^ appointed the county demonstrator of the tomato club in Jasper county. '' V She leaves this week for Winthrop, .-v'" ^1 where she will spend a month tak-. ' ' ing a special course in this work.