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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. ]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GOING TO COLUMBIA.
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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.
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