The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 17, 1917, Page SEVEN, Image 7
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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
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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
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! 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
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!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 ;
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| 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
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SNO GOODS CHARGED AT THESE
PRICES.
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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.
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[ENS' AND BOY'S *?e?,Tic
CLOTHING $1s2a5le^
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terns, various models, tfJO QO eacj1
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[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
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\9 Dress Shoes (O 70 PB
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is' Shoes, Clear- I P Sj l
Drice, pr V?*lv K^B
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5 KNEE PANTS Rl
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'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
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' Hats, Clearing $0 91 ! I . 1
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Daps, Clearing Sale 39c if
Tate, Clearing Sale 39c ?1
'S ODD PANTS [ | /|
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3.50 Mens' Pants $2 AS 1
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