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weanesaay, jau. x^xi. LETTER FROM W. C. BENET. Editor The Press and Banner: Having just read in the New York Times that the bells of London were not rung on New Year's Eve. - that .1917 came in because of the year, in silence?without the joyous peal with which for nearly fifteen hundred years that old town has welcomed each New Year. I found myself wondering if the bells had been tolled and pealed that night in old Abbeville. And, sure enough, when I opened out The Press and Banner, I saw under the heading, "The New v >i ii.i 11.. -iJ i ear, umi me uiu yetir wtu wucu * out and the New Year ushered in "with the bright and joyous ringing of all the bells in the city." You may be sure I was delighted to read further that this "custom of the old country was started here many years ago by Judge Benet, and has been kept up ever since." It gladdens my heart to know that remembrance of me is linked with so beau, tiful a custom in my old home. With apologies to Tom Moore, the lord of Erin, I can't help humming to the tune of his "Evening Bells" the changed lines, / "Those Abbeville bells, dear Abbeville bells, How many a tale their music tells Of youth and hope> and that sweet time When first I heard their New Year chime.' Yes, it is "many years ago" since I started the custom in Abbeville? in 1874, or 1875, I ,am not sure which. Well do I rfemember that night I was sitting up with a friend to bring in the New Year, as I had done every year from my childhood. I had told of the old world custom of tolling the bells for the dying ijonr onif, rinonnp a iftVOUS Deal for the New Year; and^I expressed the wish that I could hear the bells that night It was then suggested that 4 we might klip into old Trinity church and ring the bell. It was a lovely Moonlight night, clear and frosty. Just before midnight we shoved up a window in the organ corner, and got into the church. For a few minutes we tolled the bell solemnly, then exactly at midnight we rang a merry peal. When walking towards the public square, we were accosted by a white-robed figure leaning out of an upstairs window, "Where de fire? Where,..de fire?" I recognized the voice of my Dutch friend, Gus Bequest, and to]d; him it was just the church bell/wishing him a happy New Year. "Ach! Is all dat only?" and down came tne window sash. Thus began the custom in Abbeville. Next year, and every year since, arrangements were made to ring all the bells. My old friend, William Pope, used to be chief .bellringer, arranging matters with the \ various sextons. It may interest my Abbeville friends to know that' I introduced the custom in Cashier's Valley some years ago. The little Episcopal chapel here has a very fine bell, one of the most musical that I have e^er . J heard. Its deep, mellow tones, sounding through the mountains and valleys on New Year's night, makes a wonderfully sweet and solemfiizing music. The custom is kept up here. But the first time caused the same v alarm of fire as in Abbeville. It is a beautiful Christian custom which I trust dear old Abbeville will never let die, so that I may truthfully say?(again taking liberties with Tom Moore.) "And so 'twill be when I am gone, The tuneful peal will still ring on And other friends will walk these dells, . And list the dear old Abbeville bells." a . W. C. Benet. ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES OF LIFE One of the great pleasures of having a yard fall of trees is seeing the many bright and beantifal birds which flit from tree to tree and keep up a merry chatter all the time. Monday oar yard was alive with the little brown birds which are always the forerunners of snow. Every few days we see a bright and beautiful * ?j ? cardinal wim ou aumuc mow, nm seem to find a haven in the tea olive tree. Every day, excepting Fridays, of course, we have the saucs blue bird to liven up things while 8 week ago a flock of wood peckers or their way South, rested with us foi two days and with their bright heads and spangled breasts made the days lovely for us all. LINK-PURSLEY. George Link and Miss Mattie Pursley of Sharon, were happily married last Wednesday morning at Lebanoi church by Rev. J. B. Hillhouse. Th( ceremony was witnessed by a fev, relatives and friends. The young couple will make their home for the present_with Mr. and Mrs. Clari Link, rney nave tne Dest wisnes oj a large circle of friends and relatives. OPPOSED TO'BOND ISSUE. / To the Editor of The Press ant Banner: In order that my position may b< clear to the people of Abbevill? county, I will request that I may saj through the columns of your paper that I am absolutely opposed to an: bond issue for Abbeville county, feel that our taxes are too high no? and shall do all that I can to pre vent any raise in taxes, either stab or county. In this connection I als< desire to say that I believe that thi time has come in South Carolina fo: a lower rate of interest and I havi therefore introduced a bill providinj for straight six per cent interest. Yours respectfully, .T TToward Moore. NOTICE a There will be an extr: communicaion of the Clin Lodge No. 3, D. S. M. January 19, 1917, at 7:3C f y yigiting Brothers welcomt By order of W. M. OTTO BRISTOW, Sec. Hundreds of Dollars Were Spent in Vain TELLS OF "FEELING BETTER" THAN SHE EVER REMEMBERS / "OF FEELING BEFORE.' "The reason I put so much faith in Tanlac is because I had taken so many medicines and they helped/tee only while I was taking them, but Tanlac not only helped me when I was taking it, but its benefits have proved lasting," said Mrs. S. A. McManus, of 207 Second St., Olympia, a suburb of Columbia, in a statement she gave in endorsement of Tanlac. "When I quit taking Tanlac, I really felt better than I evfer remem1 ber of feeling before. Tanlac is the only medicine I ever took that helped my indigestion and nervous troubles. "I suffered particularly from nervous, indigestion, and my system was badly run down. I had worried myself almost to death over my troubles, and that made my condition all the worse. I suffered a lot with headaches and I could not eat anything. I suffered so much with my head that I was almost crazy at x: i.1. - if? imies wiui me pain, my nerves were ' in such bad shape that if anyone knocked unexpectedly at the dpor, it would fly all over meSind I would tremble all over and feel like I was freezing, for my nerves were a complete wreck. "My husband lost a lot of time from work because he had to stay at home and work around the house when I was sick in bed. I never felt well, but I just dragged around the house and did my yr?r^ the best I ' could when I was not in bed. I never was really able to do my house work, though. "I never have been healthy and I ; have been doctored all my 4ife, but I continued to suffer and gradually grew worse, until I had about lost nope of ever feeling well again. > "Then one day my pastor s wife came to visit me, for I was on the 'sick list,' and she urged W to try i Tanlac. I knew it would Be well to : do so if my pastor's wife told ine to, ' so my husband bought me a bottle, i And now I can truthfully say that i Tanlac is the only medicine I have , ever taken that has helped me, and ' Tanlac broke up my troubles, even i if I had suffered badly for three i years and had suffered less severely : for five or six more years. Tanlac, i too, is the only medicine that ever i helped my indigestion and nervous troubles, and these troubles, the doctors told me, were the cause of ' all by bad health. i "The Tanlac gave me a fine appe, tite, increased my strength and made me able to do my housework I feel s fine now and am not bothered with my nerves. I do not have headaches i and my stomach is in fine shape, i Tanlac is the best medicine I have i ever taken, and hundreds of dollars . have been spent trying to break up i my troubles." \ Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold exclusively by P. B. Speed, Ab. beville; A. S. Cade, Bordeaux; J. T. Black, Calhoun Falls; J. H. Bell & Sons, Due West; Cooley & Speer, Lowndesville; R. M. Fuller & Co., McCormick; J. W. Morrah & Son, Mount Carmel; Covin & LeRoy, Willington. Pyice, $1 per bottle straight ?Adv. I UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY THE PROMISE OF THE NEW YEAR FOR THE SOUTH ^ '?; ! The Manufacturers Record. The New Year opens with the pross pect for a long period of unprecedented prosperity throughout the South. With over $2,000,000,000 coming into this section from cotton aad cotton products, with the assur; ance of profitable prices . for this vear'8 cron. with diversified asrricul , ture making splendid progress as tyEified in the many meat-packing ouses goinc: up all over this section | ?a new industry of incalculable importance?there is the assurance of , great agricultural prosperity. , Tq this may be added the amazingr ly rapid growth of early vegetable [ and citrus and other fruit culture l which now taxes the railroads as to, matoes and strawberries and oranges and grapefruit move northward in \ ever-expanding volume, to be followed day by day by vegetable shipments from Texas, Louisiana and . Arkansas, and then the Carolinas and . other States as spring weather moves northward. Industrial activities find expression in cotton mills and iron and steel work, and in coal mines and coke ovens, all of which are more fully employed at profitable prices than l" ever before. Railroads are overcrowded, as in all other sections, and great rail' road expansion is inevitable. \ Upon good roads the South is ; spending over $50,000,000 a year, ' and still larger sums are going into \ streett building and other municipal improvements. Shipbuilding is becoming a recognized industry, and while one Virginia vard leads with over $50,000, 000 of work under contract, other yards, all the way down the coast to ? Texas, are catching the inspiration, and are finding that work pours in J upon them more rapidly than they J can provide facilities to handle it. . 7 Bank vaults are bulging with mon> ey as never before. The spirit of 7 thrift, as voiced in savings deposits, 1 is steadily growing. * The curse of the liquor traffic, - with its fearful toll of sin and death s and financial loss, is being gradually } lessened. 2 Such, in brief, is the splendid busr iness outlook as the South enters upe on the New Year. Mrs. John T. Cheatham is in Columbia, this week visiting her daughters, Mrs. Ames Haltiwanger and ? xt /-ii : i.i_ ?? MISS IN O nil a Vylicauiam. . Malaria or Chills & Fever - Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially ? for MAL ARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. I. Five or alx doses will break any case, and >. if taken then u a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c jjgizraranjzfflz^^ ji Our ReguL i n pap | vujunit ji Will i SATURDAY l] am |j 1V/I J | iriuiiuaj !j Special Bargaii IJ In these days of extremely high I j prise to the buying public of Abb< | ] hundreds of my friends and custon [ j which is a time honored/ custom of i I !l I offer my stock of staple goods?g I >1 later?at much less than I can buy 1 j Dry Goods fj | j 65c All-wool Serge, 36 ins wide, AQ~ > ^ [ J Clearing Sale price *iOC ; ~ j ^ 4" * ui i a A ? H | J 4Uc All-wool ropnn cioxn, aur- ,n [ I ing Clearing Sale ?5FC j 3 2.5c Fancy.dress goods, Clear- IQ^ I * ing Sale price per yd IJS/ II 12 l-2c Fancy White Goods, 1 A. ** A If Clearing Sale price per ytfL 1"C IM I J 20c Poplin cloth, Clearing Sale 1 C - m ^ II price per yd. I?JC !?{ | 20c Fancy Striped goods, dur- i f. Iwjl [ J ing Clearing Sale, yd IwV Tm 30c Yd-wide Brown Linen, dur- Oi . \ffi ing Clearing Sale, yd... U\V 12 l-2c Yd-wide Brown Linen, 1A \Y Clearing Sale price yd IUC T[ 12 l-2c Percal, Clearing Sale 1 A (J price, y;d IUC 91 15p ninth, niparinc 1 Ol < I ] Safe price, yd i?c | | J 12 l-2c Dress Ginghams, dur- 1A I? ing Clearing Sale, yd 1VC 10c Flanelette Dress Goods, Qlu per yd. OjC 12 l-2c Bleaching, Clearing 1 A. Sale price per yd i"C 10c Bleaching, Clearing Sale 01 _ price, yd 02C 20c A. C. A. Bed Ticking, dur- 1 C ing Clearing Sale, yd IDC $1.00 Mid^ie Blouses, Clear- QQ/* ing Sale, ea OJJC 75c Middie Blouses, Clearing i Sale price, ea IOC J Jtj $1.25 Ladies' Silk Waists, dur- AO. } ? ing Clearing Sale, ea JfOC } ] 75c Ladies Shirt Waists Clear- ju J I in# Sale price, ea tOC [i 8c Calico, Annual Clearing Sale ?3^ 1 * price, yd U4C :^12.5C Ql Yd-wide Heavy White Home- >ati I j spun, Bale price, yd v (jiej [j LADJES' CORSETS * r] American Beauty ,t1 i.n5r g Warner Bros. Svd S $1.00 Ladies' Corset, Clear- OQ^ $18.50 in# Sale, price, ea 0??C ing S 50c Ladies' Corset, Clearing Sale price, ea 'tUC ffi LADIES' COATS $7 oo [ I $4.00 and $4.50 Ladies' Sport Coats in i I a in several pretty designs dJO CO $6.50! E j Clearing Sale price, ea.... Ec One lot of $9.00 Ladies' Coats, to be !fc3.f>0 Sjj closed out in this Annual AO r"pfP. [ J Clearing1 Sale at ' [J $5.0fy Ladies' Rain Coats, QO * g ^ j[ 2 Clearing Sale price, ea.... Wil/O [ 1 $4.75 Ladies' Rain Coats, dJO XO ( 1 Clearing Sale price, ea.... ^ [1 $3.50 Ladies Rain Coats, tfO AO [ 1 Clearing Sale price, ea.... ?P?* *0 ^oai !t\ da I IS- JT V SNO GOODS CHARGED AT THESE PRICES. ^dTErafaiHigfiifErajiLnijEnLriLnirEfEflirajzi izeMfaraznuzn^^ ar Annual Jam m s. Begin This Year on ' JANUARY 1 JtJk?il?MI<A fvl* 1 CUA1UUUC uuuu^u T* " I* r r ebruc / ~ is In Every Dep ' prices this announcement will doul 11 1 - n . ? at mile ana vicinity, out on tne ouii tiers have been waiting for this an] this store, and it is for the benefit c oods that will sell fofrdouble the f them for at wholesale. -r JLOO Me^ [ENS' AND BOY'S *?e?,Tic CLOTHING $1s2a5le^ [ 1 f ? CI ? nil 4-Vxn ln + nn+ KA "? *" ' iMLCUH ouna in ctu tnc ldtuot jcjl qjj jyL0H8 terns, various models, tfJO QO eacj1 aring Sale price ea VO.VO $2 5Q [ens' Suits, Clear- ? A *0 gaIe prk Sale, ea - JI U.TO ^ ^ M and $17 Mens {1 4# Sale pric ts, now. vlfc.tO 5Q >,H, . . Mens' Suits, Clear- *10 CA p^a Sal? Price, ea MJ.5U BOY'S SUITS price, ea. (Sizes 6 to 20 years) MEN' as*? $3.19 wVdi .BS?IS??!d.!*u"$2.98 Sale pric fen's Rain Coats M JO | $60^fn.f HA I oaic ui.'u ,e pr/ce QO.'W A full ten's Heavy Over 01 7CI trunks ai *s,Sale Price?'" /estprice! T.TAKT ABB v < _ .. - s.r:' < . . . . H V1 mammm V 1 *'" *S jjn H V I 'r^jj ?iir?^^" ?"^b *"-'^SB ^K -: | Z --'..tfl^H fffl : 20th 11 ury5||j laH-rriAnf !i 1 j | u Dtless come as a sur- jIT j ;r hand I know that ffl 11 nual price clashing ffl ,7| >f these friends thaf ffi >rices? three months ffi | j m'M Shoes \m \ Dress Shoes, dJO OC J pB 5, pr * |gjH \9 Dress Shoes (O 70 PB 3, pr.... 1I ?$1M ' Dress Shoes, J J 2 J J |^8 ^".BEACON SHOES, !?*! d Tan, Clearing (Q yftO jfi JH e, pr...... ?O jRi 1 JHOES AT GREATLY ffi H DUCED PRICES " ffil ! is' Shoes, Clear- I P Sj l Drice, pr V?*lv K^B ' Shoes, Clear- f*C S| ;J 5 KNEE PANTS Rl Age 6 to 18 years) W^J 's Knee rants, jj gj ?~jn s Knee Pants, j J ^ |E|| i Knee Pants, dnr- S.#| 3 Knee Pants, Sale JQq Knee Patns, Sale j6;||| iKnee Pants, sale 25 Overalls, sale j^|l i' Overalls, Sale $1.39 tl ' Shirts, Clearing j |;.|| i' Shirts, Clearing | | ;>|| i' Hats, Clearing j|i ' Hat, Sale price $1.29 ?1 :***'$1.98 I j3j ' Hats, Clearing $0 91 ! I . 1 e, ea I j 'i:M Daps, Clearing Sale 39c if Tate, Clearing Sale 39c ?1 'S ODD PANTS [ | /| ' Pants, Clear- djl AO | j | price, pr 3.50 Mens' Pants $2 AS 1 ?5 Mens' Pants, AO { I \ e, pi7. j | j Pants, Clearing d?0 AO > j e, pr (PO*?fO ! | and complete line of IJ id suit cases at low- [ j /\ >FF EVILLE, S. C. j | I juuuuijuuuuuuu; ~ . i , :i