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- v'~: yp&Ft v^v ^ .... r, , Abbeville Press and Banner J Established 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1917. Single Copies, Five Cents. \ 76th Ybab aim; iinu mi 10 : MAM ntn OILU ARE INTRODUCED Little of interest featured the first week's session of the State legislature, except the usual introduc> tion of ??(w hills, of which there were many. There seems to be the best of feeling among the members of the lower body and a predicted clash of partisan forces has so far failed to materialize. W. R. Richey, of Laurens, has introduced a bill prohibiting the shipment of liquor into the State except for medical or sacramental purposes. Next Wednesday afternoon the housprwill ballot for four drcut jud, ges, three directors of the State penitentiary, four trustees of the State medical college and a warehouse commissioner. Gov. Manning has signed the prohibition bill which gives legislative approval to the referendum vota of Sept. 1915 in which the dispensaries were voted out of existence. ' Senator Nickles has introduced the foUowmg bills: 4 A TvnAnnainrv a_ A JV*U? J. WVilAWVU |?<.VUVIMU5 W M mend section $4 of article IV of the State cosstitanpB, relating to the executive department, said section being in reference to term of State officers. A joint resolution proposi* to v amend section 9 of a*$e}e JJI of the State constitution, a* as ';to.?covide for biennial sessions of tap jptdaef&i assembly. A joint resolution proposing to amend section 2 of article iy 'of toe State institution for destitute childterm of office of the governor. A joint resolution to provide for the calling of a constitutional convention. Mr. Moore has introduced his bill, whic^ was passed by the lower branch last year, to make the Lethe school a State institution for destitute schildren and another bill of State-wide importance: To require all cotton mms, knitting miua, uuuiiuhci.uiuik : k establishments, textile manufacturers to install sewerage system and bath tubs and prescribe penalties for failure to comply therewith. (By request): To prevent the transportation, inducement, harboring or protecting of any female within t&TState for the purpose of prostitution or oth^r immoral purposes and to provide punishment thereof. . Dr. Neuffer has introduced the following: \' The regulate the practice of opticians ana optemetrists for South Jjj| Carolina. Senators Sherard of Anderson and Christensen of Beaufort have introduced a bill providing a home for the feeble ^minded. It carries an appropriation of $50,000. Messrs. Boyd and Walker have in/ a Kill rononl +VlP WRrP house law. The House will go to Charleston on the 26th and will probably decide whether or not the city needs high license. Mr. Lesesne: To restrict the lien of landlords on land and tenements leased or rented for farmingTJurpoB, es, to the products of the soil. Messrs. Moore and Hamblin: To amend section, 3260, volume I code of laws of 1912, so as to fix the rate for transportation 0f passengers on * the railroads at 2 cento per mile. Mr. Toole: To require all persons firms or corporations selling or offering for sale coca-cola, chero-cola, or any other drink or beverage common ly known as soft drinks to pay a li cense for the same, and to provide the penalty for the failure to comply with the provisions of this act. , Mr. Berry: To create a State highway commission to consist of a State highway engineer, to prescribe the , duties of each, and authorizing State aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of public roads and bridges to create a State highway fund and provide for its distribution and expenditure; to authorize the State's highway engineer to work State and county convicts on the public roads or in the preparation of road mater/ ials, when available by law, to impose certain duties upon local road 1 officials; and to assent to the act of coneTesg. anroved Jnlv 11. 1916. (39 Stat L. 355,) and to authorize the State highway department to cooperate with the United States, ' etc. lllr. Long, (L. F.): To improve school conditions in industrial communities. COTHRAN INTRODUCES AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION Columbia, Jan. 13.?A concurrent > resolution by Mr. Cothran adopted by the House today was providing for acts and joint resolutions to be enrolled in duplicate. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Seante concurring. Section 1. That all acts or joint TDcnlnfiAUB whpT) noccorl onrl nr^or. ed enrolled for ratification that they be made in duplicate by the engrossing department and the duplicate thereof be furnished the code commissions for use in preparing the acts and joint resolutions for publication. HOME FROM GREENVILLE. rPaul Swope, the gifted son of Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Swope, has returned to Abbeville and will entex the High School for the furthei prosecution of his studies. THE CIVIC CLUB. Will Seek to Interest Girls and Boys in Gardening. The regular meeting of the Civic Club was held in the club room last Thursday afternoon. 'There was a very good attendance considering the disagreeable weather. The meet- ( ing was devoted to a report of the president on the past year and the plans for the coming year. The work of the coming year will embrace the A# fllA C+11/ltT Plllk 1 VVUMUUOMVU VI MIO UVUUJT V1UV) U?" der the capable management of Mrs. ; E./C. Horton and Miss Helen Smith, the holding of special meetings de- < voted to the health of the community^ a series of illustrated lectures ' by Rev. H. W. Pratt, to be held in the Court House, the holding Of a cooking school under the management of Miss Sarah Haskell, graau- ! ate of Winthrop in Domestic Science, and such home talent as can be se- : cured, and the beautifying of such i flower beds as the club has under its control and the opening up of as many new beds as possible. J An endeavor will be made to in- . still the love of flowers in the young : girls of town and for this reason : Srizes will be offered to the girl uner fifteen, showing the best bed of zinnias and marigolds. Boys should 1 be interested in gardening, therefore, prizes will be offered to the : boy making the best exhibit of rad- ' iahes, beets, lettuce and spinach. Free sunflower seed will be dis- . tributed among the colored people. A it.. i : xl- _ fi_- 1 miei uic uuBuietiH ui uue meeting , was over, tea, cakes and nabiscos were served. BISHOP WOODCOCK HUNTS. ; Circuit Judge Frank B. Gary Alto With the Party. ;_-i 1 A hunting party in honor of Bish- 1 op Woodcock, who will preach to- \ morrow at Grace Church, was Leld ; yesterday at Mr. John Poppenheim's plantation, in Berkeley County, and : a member of the party stated, about fifty deer were sighted. 1 Circuit Judge Frank B.'Gary, was j the high gun, killing two deer. As < he ha<f never before slain p deer, he 1 was given the customary decorations i Bishop Woodcock, the Rev. William ' Way and Mr. A. Mc^>. Martin each 1 killed a deer. Mr. Poppenheim's ? rule is that only the bucks shall be j slain. A Day before yesterday Bishop 1 Woodcock was entertained at Mill- ' brook, returning from the hunt with a large bag of tbirds. He will i enjoy considerable more hunting ir. this section before lie returns to his 1 diocese.?Charleston News and Cou- 1 rier. ] ' i DEATH OF MR. J. W. SHARP. Mr. J. W. Shara passed away on last Saturday night, Jan. 13, 1917, at his home near the Buckstand, after an illness of a short duration. The funeral was conducted by Rev. H. W. Pratt at Long Cane church Monday morning at 11:00 1 o'clock and interment was made at the cemetery nearby. Mr. Sharp was one of the good and substantial farmers of this coqnty and was a helper for the community i in which he lived. He was about 58 1 years of age. His wife, who was 1 a Miss Henry, and six daughters, Mrs. A. O. Calvert, Mrs. J. A. Mcllwaine, i Misses Florence, Ida, Annie and Mary < Sharp and one son, James, survive ! him and were with him when the end ] came. , The heartfelt sympathy of their ] relatives and friends in the city and 1 county is extended to the family in < their grief. THE ILLUSTRATED LECTURES. 1 The illustrated lectures which Rev. Mr. Pratt has kindly consented to deliver for the Civic Club, will be something entirely new fbr Abbeville ajjd should meet with a liberal 1 patronage from the people of the ! city. The selection of the twelve i i_ v.: j- ?in- 1 icvwurca IB ucui& uit&ue wiui great care and with the desire to please and educate the largest number of people. Special selections will be made with a view to helping the young people of the school in their parallel reading. Tickets are being sold by a committee and if you have not secured one be sure to do so before the date of the lectures, which will be advertised in due time. * SILVER CUP FOR THE WINNING TEAM A handsome silver cup was order ; ed Monday to be awarded to tne [ winning team of the basket ball con test between the High School Girls | and the women of the city and the High School Boys and the men of ' the city, which will be held at the . Brotherhood class room at the Baptist church, Friday evening, at 8 ; o'clock. 25 cents admission will be , charged which will be used for mak jng some necessary improvements. 1 APPOINTS SUCCESSORS TO DECEASED OFFICERS t Governor Manning Saturday appointed James M. Moss of Walhalla, sheriff of Oconee county, vice John W. Davis, deceased. Stiles M. TTtierVio nf HicTiland was aDDOiTlted ' supervisor, vice W. C. Foster, de. ceased. The two officers whose of fices were made vacant by their deaths, were recently asphyxiated in an Elizabeth, N. J., hotel. TOMATO CLUB , i rinrn nrnirmn LtAiM m\m The many friends throughout the county of Mrs. Frank Benton, will be sorry to know that she has given up the work of the Girls Tomato Clubs for Abbeville County. Mrs. Benton came to Abbeville two years ago and has been most successful with the work of the clubs and the young people who have been benefited by her teaching, give her up with regret. Mrs. Benton's work in Abbeville has been of the moat excellent kind. She has organized clubs all over the county and she has been energetic in keeping up with her work and in stimulating the interest of the people engaged in the tomato clubs, rhe second year she organized many bread clubs and cooking classes. Her demonstrations each year have been most successful, and at each county fair she has exhibited the work of her pupils showing conclusively that the work has been educational and of money making value to the young dhtIB Mrs. Benton came to Abbeville as Miss Martha Piatt and by her marriage she has set a bad example to the other Tomato Club demoristrators, for seven have left the work this year and have taken up the steady and certain work of matrimony. WATER AND LIGHT MEN. " Spring Session* to Be Held at ~ Macon. The seventh annual convention of the Tri-State Water &nd Light association, composed of water and light men from Noith Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, will be held ii' Macon, Ga., April 17, 18 and 19. ft F. Stieglitz of Columbia, is secretary-treasurer of the organization and a being made in an effort to exceed this spring previous successful conventions. Last year the names of 48 new members were added to the rolls. A beautiful cup will be awarded to the member procuring the greatest number of new members, the contest to clode with the opening hour of the convention. The last annual meeting was held in Charleston. Five members, four of these from South Carolina, have never missed a meeting. They are: W. T. Jones,, of Fayetteville, N. C., and A. J. Sproles, Greenwood, E. M. Anderson, Abbeville, Fred Wyse, Columbia, and J. A. Tyner of Hartsirille. Officers of the association are: EC. M. Anderson, Abbeville, president; J. E. Guilford, Macon, first dee president; E. C. Morrison, Bennettsville, second vice president; W. T. Jones, Fayetteville, third vice president; W. F. Stieglitz, Columbia secretary-treasurer., BACKWARD GLANCES N / . ' "Sale Day in Abb?vill?, Jan. 14, 1B67" "The Banner reports the following jales of real estate in Abbeville District on last sale day: 'lfeO acres of land, belonging to the estate of W. W. Bowen, brought $585; a house and lot in Lower Greenwood, $560; one house and lot in Ninety-Six, S215; one house and lot in this i i : i. iL. a/ U?s JinL-B, ueiuilgiug Ml U1C comn; vi 1U1 . ane A. Allen, $2,420; 325 acres of land, $500; 836 acres of land, 6n the estate of M. T. Owen, $1,000, &c.' " MAN GETS SMALL . FORTUNE FOR BIG v TRACT IN OCONEE John Lochrie, of Wymber, Pa., will receive approximately $25,000 for 3.979.89. acres of land in the mountains of Oconee county, according to his contract with the United States government which was signed in March 1913. The contract allows him $7 per acre for the twelve tracts included in the body of land, but before he will be able to realize the cash money from the government, the titles will have to be confirmed by condemnation proceedings which were filed in the Federal court in Greenville last Friday. Condemnation suits were aso< filed by the Federal government against W. E. Roach for the condemnation of 211.80 acres in Oconee county. DEATH OF MRS. COWAN. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cowan of Fonville, have the sympathy of our people in the death of Mr. Cowan's mother, Mrs. Sallie Cowai\ of Bellevne. Mrs. Cowan passed away Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Mr. Will Cowan, after a lingering illness. She was the wife of the late Capt. Edward Cowan and is survived by a large family of children. She was an aunt of Mrs. C. H. McMurray and Mrs. W. R. Bradley of our city. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. F. Bradley at Lower Long Cane Monday. PROHIBITION MEETING IS POSTPONED The meeting on prohibition to have been held at the Court House was not held on account of the bad weather. The meeting will be held at some future date. BLEASE AGAIN ' A CANDIDA! Former Governor Cole L. Ble? will again lead the Reform par in the campaign of 1918, as.a can date for governor. After a thorough consideration the resolution adopted last week the central committee of the par urging him to take i;he field, he I consented, and he so stated tonigh "I have discussed the propositi today," said Mr. Blease when ash about the matter, "with promine members of our party from differ* parts of the State, and as a resulti the dispatch in the ptptrft this moi ing I have received messages from large number of other members our party, who have through tl source learned of the action tak by the central committee. While do not feel that I would care, in viduallvv to bear the burden of t other State campaign, and while feel that wa have others that shot be put forward as leaders, I ha come to the conclusion that it is i duty to obey the. dictates of the coi bined judgment of my party, and accordance therewith I hereby s nounce that I wifl be a candidate 1 governor, on the Reform platfor in the campaign of 1918. "The committee tlttt met here v, empowered and instructed to ta such action as it bMleved to be 1 the best interests of the party, a the members of that committed h? assured me, not only by thev ret luti6n, but personally, that they h determined for the best interests the party that I make th^-yaice i governor. . "This states my position, wh taken in connection with the pli form which I have announced in pi vious races. I hope that the cai paign will be free of bitterness, a: that it will be conducted on such plane ithat it will have ?\tendency promote the best interests of all t people of our State." ? WOOD WILL INSPECT AIKEN AND COLUMB1 Geneml Will Pay VUiU to Exami Sit<Bs for Propound Army Bate. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14.?Maj. Ge Wood, commander of the Departme ofthe East, arrived here toaay frc Savannah and after an inspection government properly at Fort McPhi son, \cas taken by members of t local Chamber of Commerce for automobile tour to visit nearby sit which might be selected for a lar army base, should congress deci to locate one in thiii section. Gen. Wood, at a breakfast given his honor by a number of promine Atlantans, talked of projects^ favor by many army men for concentre ing regular army units in divisioi camps in preference to keeping th< in am:ill scattered posts. An inspection trip of the Soul east -nill be made by the gener who left tonight for Augusta. Fr< there he plans to go to Aiken a Columbia, S. C., then to Wilmingtc N. C., and to Washington. Latef, was said, he will go to Texas, 1 turning by way of the gulf coi and Florida. ' weur PAIIMTV nrpci TE>f\ n TA vvvm i vc>ruiiw? iu The proposed new county of W liamston was overwhelmingly defei ed in the special election last Tu day. The election was held with the area of the proposed cour which included the lower section Greenville county and a section Anderson1 county, embracing Hon Path, Belton, William ston, Pel] and Piedmont, with Williamson the contemplated county seat. T territory extended witmn eight mi of the Greenville courthouse in o direction aproximately the same d tance from Anderson and touch the Laurens county line. The only heavy vote in favor the new county was polled at Vi liamston with 249 "for" and "against" the county. - Only o small precinct in Greenville corn gave a majority in favor of 1 county and this was at West Dukl While the returns from Anders county indicate that the rural d tricts of that county also polled heavy vote against the county. THE WHEATLAND HOSPITA1 Booklets have been received Abbe^ill? of the Wheatland Hospit located at Wheatland, Wyoming, institution owned and operated Dr. Fred W. Phifer. The booklet of much interest to Abbevile peo; in thfit Dr. Phifer lived in our to for a year or two and is well reme bered here. The Wheatland Hospital is an 1 to-daf? institution, having all 1 modern improvements that go make up a splendid place for 1 care of the sick. The building is handsome brick structure and spe; in no uncertain terms of the succ and prosperity of Dr. Phifer. Dr. Phifer married Miss L q crrnrlnntp nf Erskine Colle and Jit one time a teacher in i Abbeville Graded Schools.. M Phifer was the daughter of Mi Galloway Giffin, the first mission! to Egypt, sent by the A. R. church, and has a strong hold the affections of the people of I West and of the church, all of wh are glad to know of her happin and ner good health. . ABBEVILLE BANK MEETING. Director* end Officers Chosen by t Two Institutions. L The stockholders of the Farmers' Uank of Abbeville county, held their annual meeting in the office of the ' e president Wednesday, the 10th of January, at 12 o'clock. The report i ji. of the president showed, that the i bank had ft very successful year. The < , following,directors were elected for 1 the year: P. E. Harrison, C. C. Gam- . lJ brell, J. P. Barnwell, W. H. White, P. B., Speed, James F. Clinkscales ! . and y.D.Brown. The directors reelected the officers as follows: F. E. ! "j Harr&on, president; P. B. Speed, vice \ ;r: president; J. C. Thomson, cashier, ] and Q&o Bristow, assistant cashier.: | ' f The tisbal 8 per cent dividend was r paid on January 1* ] r" . The stockholders of the National J 1 J Baflk, of Abbeville, met in the office "i of t^e president Tuesday for their { annual meeting. The report of the 1 t president showed the deposits to be ( ji the largest in the history of the' in- 1 ?'" stitution. All of the old directors ( r were reelected as f,ollows: J. Allen 1 ,ij Smith,.A. M. Smith, H. G. Smith, J. { ve F. Barnwell, A. B. Morse, J. S. 1 ' Morse, Wm. M. Barnwell. The ^di- ? m rectors reelected the following offi- 1 :" cers: J. Allen Smith^ president; J. ] Ln. F. Barnwell, vice president; H. G. 1 >or Smith/ Cashier; Lewis Perrin, as- 1 m sistant cashier; and Albert Morse', ( ' bookkeeper. 1 ?s ' * ke "A HEAD OF A FAMILY." Ior nd. Important. Ruling on Incomo Tax- ) ve "V Law. J jo- . j 1 D. C. Heyward, collector of inter- J qr nal revenue, has received from the ] treasury department an important 1 en ruling as to what constitutes a head S it- of a family" under the income tax! e- law, as revised under date of Se?- . m- tember 8, 1916. ad Heretofore, it was held that the' a head of a family wa^a married man, to and wafe entitled to the exemption of I he $4,000. All others were entitled to the exemption of only $8,000. The revised ruling holds that under the act of September 8, 1916, the head, I a -of a family is entitled to claim per- j sonal exemption of $4,000 for the < normal income tax, and for this pur- t n* pose a head of a family is held to t be "a person who actually supports i and maintains one or more individ- t in. uals who are closely. connected with t nt him by'blood relationship, relational ship by marriage or by adoption, i of and whose right to exercise family | >r- control and provide for these de- j he pendent individuals is based upon f an some moral or legal obligation. t Under this ruling, therefore, an y ge unmarried man coming under the j de regulations stated above may be en- ? titled to the presonal exemption of t in $4,000 instead of $3,000 as formerly j int * ? i e,d JOHNSTON SHIPS rt- CARLOAD OF CORN 1 lal ( jm j Johnston, Jan. 13.?The Ridge section whcih is most productive has , a]t been noted for its vane** shipments >m and Johnston, which u called the nd "Hub of the Ridge Section," made a ( )n> fine showing in a shipment yester- . it day, this being a carload of corn. re. William M. Sawyer produced this ^ on his farm and he has the distinc- ] tion of t>8tag the first to make such \ a shipment from this place. The j corn was of a fine grade. 1 * Mr. Sawyer,is an up-to-date far- ( mer and all of his form products are ril_ ftnlAndid. " / ] it- *~T ' ? ( 2.B* MUST STAND EXAMINATION. tin . ity , of A bill introduced by Repreaentaof tive Neuffer lost week would require ea opticians and optometrists to pass an 1 er examination to practice in South i as Carolina. The bill was agreed upon, I he it is said, by the State optical and leg medical associations. 1 ne ' ; - NEWS FROM DR. PRESSLY. ; V i of Messages have been received in ril- Abbeville from Dr. Pressly, who was 9 called to Mexico last week by the no nowa nf th? sprinns illnpiut nf hiq ity father, Dr. Neil Presslv. Dr. Jack he Pressly has arrived safely in Tam- < in. pico and finds his father suffering j on from a stroke of paralysis and very \ lis- sick, though the family is not with- . a out hone of his ultimate recovery. " Dr. Neil Pressly has been a missionary from the A. R. P. church in Mexico for many years and is great- j ly beloved by the people of Tampico . / and by the people of his church in throughout the South. ?1, : * . an WILLIAM A. STUCKY T<5 BE by CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR i is pie wn Columbia, Jan. 13.?William A. ( m- Stucky^ of Bishopville, announced nnoifivplv tnHftv tfiflt he will bo in ap. the race for governor in 1918. He the is a well known and successful farto mer of Lee county. He has been conthe sidering the matter of entering the ) a race for several months. iks ess A NEW BOY AT GREENWOOD, ula ge, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Ballenger the are happy and proud in the posses[rs. sion of a new boy, who arrived at ary their home in Greenwood, Monday, iry Jan. 15, 1917, who will make his ~ - u r, way in uie wunu w iauic auu iui- i on tune as Henry Grady Ballenger. Mrs )ue Ballenger is well known in Abbeville ! om as Miss Grace Minshall, and herj ess friends wish for the little man a sue| ecssful life. NEUFFER OFFERS 1 miirrr ni hit mil aJM imitMVtDKL | Representative Neuffer's white . - || slave bill introduced in the hous^of V tJ representatives last week is pattern- |9 >d^after the Mann act The present vjj neasure, would put the same ban on -W intrastate traffic in Sooth Caroline / u now applies to interstate. Th? J ^ill was recommended by the South 1 Carolina Medical association at its J last meeting, when it passed a reso- )*M ution as follows: "We favor s law. limilar to the Mann white slave in?rstate law, which will prohibit the ' xansportation of women within our SM State for immoral purposes.' ;|9 The first section of the proposed ;j ict makes it a felony for any person 1 cnowingly to transport or convey or :ause to be transported or etmveyed :;i my woman or girl within the State >f South Carolina for immoral pur- ;<$? loses. The second sectipn malras it i felony for any person to ha cnowingly keep, maintain, control or -i rapport in any house or place any J poman or girl transported or con- 1 reyed for immoral purposes. The : J hird section makes the punishment : J n case of conviction not more rthan ;i me yeorg imprisonment or a dub ox : f-ja lot more than $500, or both. A GOOD BILL. | Representative Neuffer of Abbe- 'V 'ille county, has introduced a bill in | he general assembly to make the iiaftn law applicable to South Caro- , * $| ina.. It is a good measure and one hat oughtyto be passed by an un- ^ a inimous vole of' the two houses. Bat W1 it? Well?Iefs wait and see.? ' $ Spartanburg Journal. 3 JISASTROUS FREIGHT WRECK ON S. A. L. NEAR ABBEVILLE : zM )ouble-He*der of Sixty Cars Run* 1 Into Broken Rail?Crew Escape | Serious Injury. Thousands of dollars worth of nerchandise was destroyed and all ^ seaboard trains delayed for more J han 16 hoars Thursday when /?1 hrough freight No. 86, a doubleleader carrying 60 cars, ran into i broken rail about two miles north :-i it the city. ? ^ Engineers W. J. Andrews and Le- .. >$1 and Stephens were at the throttles of fj he two big* Engines of thedouble- + leader, with Conductor Hlnson and . '| lagman Perry in charge of the train >f 60 cars that made up their haul, s | Then the train struck .the broken *8 ail. Capt Hinson and Engineer ' '* Stephens were bruised up consider- ; - M ibly: Flagi&an Perr/"painfully inured, and Zach Gaines, a negro firenan, suffered a broken leg and other' ? njuriea. Experienced raurtiad men ieara w remarK mat it was a mira- ; r) :le that the entire crew was not:: ::<i tilled. - ^ Hundreds of people visited the- " scene of the wreck Sunday. governors' colonels still :a fifty bedeck themselves ;|j Washington, Jan. 18.?Secretary . Baker has decided not to construe* - i the national defense act so as to prohibit members of the staffs of governors from wearing the regular ;; army uniforms. The decision was announced today in a letter to Gov. McCall of Massa- jehusetts. another greek JfABY. Bertha Abbeville, is the name of | the bright baby girl which arrived; | at the home of Mr. and,Mrs. Christ SffitrAM CIAm ' QA^MIMIAW 1 OA.W ^ L/W T MMW MOblUVaj) VMI? lOW) *3 1917. , Mr. and Mr*. Stevenson have tired in Abbeville for the past two . years jand in this time have made many friends, who are glad of the arrival of the little girl and wish her / a long and happy life. HOW WE GOT OUR BIBLE. Next Sunday evening, it '7:30 o'clock, the paatoy of the Pretbyt^rian church will give a lector^, Olustrated by stereopticon viewf, the subject above. This lecture Jfljl *?e ? spienaia introduction to ^HjDie m stuay.* It is the eighth iDugfcrtted lecture-sermon in the series being jiven every ten days. t '? GOING TO COLUMBIA. ??? Mrs. G. A. Neuffer went down to Columbia Monday to take a look at the Legislature during the session. She was present at the inauguration of Governor Manning and attended' the reception given at the Mansion to the General Assembly Tuesday night. APPOINTED HIM CLERK. Fraser McDill has been appointed Bill Clerk in the Senate and is in Columbia looking after the discharge of his work. , ? AS SMILlig; AS EVER. In Sundays State in a write-up of Hartsville, appears a picture ' of Prof. L. W. Dick, wio looks as smiling and as handsome as ever. His friends in Abbeville are always glad to hear good news of him and enjoy his prosperity and success. v. . a