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* T VUHVUUUJ ^ V. ? wj ? Ixocal ( [flews f jj : personals : | w? ! I Glenn Baskin went over to Chester Sunday and spent the day with friends. ? Miss Lillian Swetenberg spent several days last week with friends at Peaks. Walter McDonald of Atlanta, came over Sunday and spent the day with his home people. Mrs. M. B. Davis spent from Friday until Tuesday visiting relatives in Lawrenceville and Atlanta. Miss Nelle McGaw spent Saturday] night and Sunday with Misses Bessie and Lillie Link in the Sharon section. ^ Miss Lucy Zachary went up to Greenville Saturday afternoon and stayed until Sunday with friends. Miss Mae Wellborn went down to Greenwood Saturday and spent until Sunday with Mrs. T. C. BeauJrot. Miss Hattie Roche came over from Greenwood and spent the week-end with her mother, who is somewhat better than a few days ago. Mims Cason left Monday for Spartanburg, where he will take up his studies again in the Wofford Fitting School. ' Miss Leila Link left Monday night for an extended stay with her friend, Miss Rosa McFall, in Hartsville. Miss Maude Adams left Monday for Union, where she has a steno-i graphic position with the Gault Manufacturing Co. Mrs. G. L. Flynn, Misses Margaret i Uell and Norma, returned home from Mountville Saturday, after a visit to relatives.^ - * ? - T TT? T> A iVirS. O. Hi* 1VUUUCy anu uuvYaiu ouu Elizabeth are at home again. after spending the past two weeks at Fort Lawn with relatives. Miss Mary Sharp has a position with Haddon-Wilson Co., and began work Saturday. She is boarding with her cousin, Mrs. J. C. Hill. Misses Kate and Lucy Haddon accompanied by their brother, Paul Haddon, of near Due West, 'spent Monday in Abbeville shopping. Miss Edith Leach, who is taking a business course in Atlanta, came home Friday and spent until Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. LeachMiss Etta Allen of New Jersey, arrived in the city Sunday to take up her work in the school. Miss - Allen was delayed on account of the crowded soldiers trains. John Lomax, Frank McNeil, Henry Wilson, Arthur Link and Mark Link Forded down to Columbia and spent Sunday with Victor Lomax, who is out at Camp Jackson. Willie Lewis Cobb is in Abbeville to spend the winter with his sister, Mrs. John T. Cheatham, Jr. He will attend the High School and will be a member of the ninth grade. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hagen, Mrs. John Mabry and John Thompkins and R. H. Greene went up to Greenville Sunday and spent the day very pleasantly with relatives and friends. Mrs. H. W. Boyd, Mrs. Busbee and Miss Elizabeth Grant were among those from Calhoun Falls i who spent Monday here shopping and looking over the new goods and x millinery. Mrs. Ida Caldwell and her young sons. Hammond and Francis, of Greenwood, spent Sunday here with with friends. Miss Bessie Murray, who is working in Greenwood, accompanied her and was the guest of Mrs. W. T. McDonald. Miss Sherar has been at the the home of Mr. E. H. Nickles for the past two weeks where she has been nursing Mr. Nickles, who died on last Friday and Mrs. Nickles, who t has also been very sick. The friends of Mrs. Nickles will be glad to v know that she is improving at this time. Dr. J. C. Hill spent a few days A1 last week in Rock Hill on business. Mrs. J. R. Power is in Chester on a visit to her relatives. an , _ tei Charlie Haigler is leaving for the frj University of Georgia today. A. of T. G. White spent the, first of the to week in Charlotte on business. Se Mrs. J. R. Simpson of Monroe, N. C., is in the city on a visit to jur. and Mrs. W. D. Simpson. vil i? wi Misses Sara and Mary Haigler and Ht Miss Mary Milford left Monday ch night for Hartsville to resume their gr< studies at Coker College. [las \ rm lift Mrs. J. M. Campbell returned to her home in Greenville Saturday, after spending several weeks here with her sister, Mrs. W. L. McCord. Th Mrs. Fannie Thomson is leaving Ca this week' for Troy, where she will Ve spend the winter. She will be missed wh among her friends and relations. in Mr. and Mrs. J. Manning Black and Mrs. Wilson came down from Anderson Monday to attend the funeral of Miss Virginia Lomax at po Ebenezer yesterday. Re . foi * Ea Miss Helen Eakin is back in Ab- jj. Seville and has resumed her studies at tne ?iign scnooi. sne nas always made an enviable record and num- q bers her friends by the^jcore. Mr. J. M. Anderson came home:"11 Sunday from the hospital at Green-;no wood, having spent part of last week! da there for treatment for his throat. ov' His many friends are glad to see sei him out again. ed John Calvert came down from Camp Sevier last Tuesday and spent the week in the city with his home people. This was John's first visit in a long time and everyone was glad thi to see him. W1 1 be: Mrs. A. B. Cheatham and Miss Narietta Cheatham spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Cheatham. They are spending several days with relatives in Green-1 wood before they return to their P0 home in Charlotte. iss *? _ j */r t? if T> Wll i?ir. anu wirs. ivuy iu. orewer arc; leaving Abbeville this week for At-1 ' lanta, and will make their home of there where Mr Brewer has been promoted to a better position with the Seaboard Railway. The people of p,. Abbeville regret to have them leave, f 1 the Miss Annie Mulligan, who has been with the Acker Building and Repair Co., for several years, will leave soon for her home in Anderson for a short vacation before taking up her work as book-keeper for the Kerr Furniture Co. pr< Mrs. M. T. Coleman and Jim Coleman went up to Greenville last Friday and spent until Sunday with Mrs. D. Townsend Smith. They vis- ^ ited the big soldier camp and en- cn joyed seeing the excellent care that es* is being taken of our fighters. an Mrs.. J. C. Klugh, Mrs. J. F. Brad- A ley and John Klugh, and Renwick and Willie Bradley went up to Greenville last week and spent a day cninc over the hie rnmn nnrf seeincr .. the soldiers. They were the guests'jj* of Mrs. C. J. Lyon while in the city. From Greenville they went over to ^ Clemson and Anderson and spent a , day or two pleas&ntly visiting friends The Southeastern division of the 4 National Red Cross has just placed an order for 50,000 pounds of wool,jcr( which its workers will make into; sweaters and other things necessary] to the comfort of men in the trenches. The price at which this wool was bought is reported to be $2 a pound, or about half the market!^ price. jed According to the Hendersonville I ?r' Hustler a little girl of that town hasi 0 penned this composition on the mere! 0 male of the species: "Men are what J . women marry. They drink and smoke j and swear, but don't go to church. I Perhaps if they wore bonnets thev would. They are more logical than *? women and also more zoological Both men and women sprung from an monkeys, but the women sprung fur- tei ther than the men." ? an THE NEW DEMONSTRATOR. R? Mr. W. A. Rowell has arrived in an Abbeville and will fill the vacancy recently made by Mr. J. C. Barks- * dale, the county demonstrator. Mr. Rowell comes to us highly recom-:. mended and has been doing work of|Fr this kind in Ruskin, La., and is a|on graduate of Clemson College. Mr.; ho Rowell will have the co-operation Fr |and help of our people in all of his th; undertakings. Gt I I ? ... ..., ' NNOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE OF ULYSSES BAUKNIGHT I An issue of The Columbia Record last week carried the following nouncement, which will be of invest to Ulysses' large number of !ends in Abbeville: Mr. and Mrs. O. OLeeie CUIIIUUIUJC tuc uiaiiid^c their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, Eddie Ulysses Bauknight, Sunday, pt. 23rd, 1917. HERE FROM NEW JERSEY. Miss Etta Allen arrived in Abbele this week and will spend the nter at the home of Mr. L. C. iskell. Miss Allen will have arge of the fourth grade at the aded school. Miss Allen spent it winter in Abbeville and made my friends who are delighted to ve her back. OFF ON A TRIP TO CANADA. Mr. A. S. Thomas is leaving ' on tursday for a visit to relatives in .nada and Massachusetts. Miss Ina litch and Master Stanford Thomas 10 have been spending the summer Canada, will return with him. A NEW BOOK-KEEPER. Miss Mattie Eakin has accepted a sition with the Acker Building and pair Company and will keep books j r them during the winter. Miss^ tkin is a recent graduate of the | gh School and is weir fitted for' -T_ 1_ 1 cn wurK. j :elebrating the seventh, i I I On Saturday Little Henry Power j rited his friends to spend the after- i on with him in honor of his birth- . y. When the usiaal games were J er ice cream cones and candy was I :ved to his friends. The little folks j d a delightful afternoon and wish- j Henry many happy returns. j the book club. 1 ' ! The book club will hold a meeting j s morning, Wednesday, at 10:30|j th Mrs. W. S. Cothran. All. mem-!i rs are urged to be present. , BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, at the undersigned Board of cor-; rators of Antreville Telephone mpany, pursuant to a commission ued to us on August 31st, 1917, 11, on September 22, 1917, open oks of subscription at ^he office of j ; Wakefield Mercantile Company:, Antreville, S. C., to the capital^ >ck of the said Antreville Tele- ^ one Company, a proposed corporon with a capital stock of one j >usand dollars. R. A. KEATON, FRANK A. CARWILE. f REACHING FOR THE PRESBYTERIANS Rev. F. W. Gregg of Rock Hill, I sached for the Presbyterians last bbath in the absence of Rev. H. ( , Pratt, who is taking his vacation, t \ Gregg was at one time the pas- ' of the Long Cane Presbyterian ( urch and is well known and highly J ;eemed by the people of Abbeville i d the county. ' 5 ? i PLEASANT PARTY FOR HER FRIENDS i Mrs. Gertrude Sign entertained r friends last Friday evening at i home of her mother, Mrs. R. R. imphill, with a delightful party . lich proved one of the pleasant; of the season. Music and card lying in the parlor, and dancing the porch formed the entertain;nt of the guests, all of which ide the evening complete. Near i close dainty refreshments of ice jam and cake were served. i " i MOVING IN. j l Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Gilleland i 2nt Monday moving into their new j me on North Main street, purchas- ] last summer, which is one of the ettiest and most attractive small mes in the city. This neighborod is glad to have them come in. BIRTHS. i ] Born, in Abbeville, Sept. 11, 1917, 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shepard, a son. 1 In Abbeville, Sept. 9, 1917, to Mr. ^ d Mrs. Arthur Alewine, a daugh- 1 r. * In Abbeville, Sept. 9, 1917,V to Mr d Mrs. M. B. Reese; a son, M. B. jese, Jr. In Abbeville, Sept. 9, 1917, to Mr d Mrs. Cliff Young, a son. A NEW BABY. < ] The friends of Hon. and Mrs. s J. 1 aser Lyon are congratulating them ] the arrival of a new boy at their < me. The voune: man came last IJ iday and is a handsome and healer young man. He is named John eenwood. . ] ?>-* vii; j'- . v.-. |j Do You T |! To Buy Gc l ' 11 ! " i ? . . [j You'll like t) ij be 11 Park HERE FROM CAMP JACKSON. Lieut. Albert A. Morse, W. Joel 3mith, W. L. McMillan, Albert and Arthur Rosenberg came up from Damp Jackson Saturday afternoon ind spent until Sunday night with lomefolks, except Albert and Arthur md they remained over until Tuesiay. The boys looked happy and alked interestingly of their e^cperiinces in the camp. GOING TO GREENVILLE. "" Leonard Whitlock is leaving the nty today to go to Greenville to' ;ake a position with the Mutual Auto 2o. Mr. Whitlock has been in our :ity the past year and and is held ligh in the esteem of every one and s popular with the young (people ind his going away will cause unir rersal regret among his friends. WTAL STATISTICS FOR LONG CANE TOWNSHIP For the month of August in Long Dane Township there were six births, ;.ve colored and one white. Two ieaths, one white and one colored. E. R. Miller, Reg. CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. E. H. Nickles and the other nembers of the family wish in this way to extend their thanks to their friends and relatives in the comnunity for the many acts of kindless shown them during the recent illness and at the death of the husDand and father, Mr. E. H. Nickles. A QUIET MARRIAGE. A marriage of interest to many relatives and friends was that of Miss Ruth Link to Mr. Ernest Hanvey, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1917, at l-u ^ T * xi-- i?:J-?, n/r~~ une norne 01 uie uriue s ?;uuam, lvxis. Elbert White. The ceremony was performed, by Rev. M. R. Plaxco with a few witnessing the happy event, rhe couple left immediately for Troy, where they will make their future home. Mrs. Hanvey is a bright and attractive young woman and has held a position with the Rosenberg Mercantile Co., the past three years, and iier friends regret that marriage will bake her- away. Mr. Hanvey is a prosperous young farmer and a man J of sterling qualities and i3 a gradu-| ate of Clemson College. The best wishes are extended to the happy couple for a long and peaceful jourrcy through life. ? * ''siIs- i* i V"' r LraiiuaiEiamiiUiiiiiiaran hink It Pa i mil flnthps r VM viVUIVv WE know it do time like this wl SHODDY ST VERY CHEAP know it costs a beginning, to b CLOTHES F01 end you'll save that kind. We I did line of GOG BOYS. Suits good materials, O AWtn/tAn 1%1 A MM#] oci vivcauiu anu Bring in your b ^ few suits on th< fit, how well tli the materials tfc We BOYS9 SI glad to show er and i pi n pinnwnwwpiwr unu i J iJ ii ui J lot j uizj FITZSIMMONS WAS BLOWN TO SHR? (Continued from Page One) a will. "Many of the injured had b blown from their cots, some e outside their tents, where they found tangled up in the tent ro The American nurse, although str in the face by a fragment of s from the bomb, refused to be lieved and remained at her 1 courageously to the end. A hosp orderly who worked untiringly found later to have been struck the head by a fragment and p; fully injured. He had just tied his head and worked on. In the eratine room Capts. Horace Bin and^ Elliott with their assista worked all night long. "Several delicate operations v performed and their task was m all the harder by the fact that many cases the patients were serious danger of infection from pieces of wood and nails and which had been blown into tl bodies. Lieut. Col. R. U. Patter: U. S. A., commanding officer of unit, and Maj. Harvey Cushing, h of the surgical force, the latter ing at the front at the time of disaster, have expressed their h est admiration for the manner which the emergency was met. ] est reports are that the conditio! the wounded is progressing satis: torily." GUARDSMEN AT CAMP SEV1 Population of Greenville Camp About 18,000 Men. Greenville, Sept. 16.?All fori National Guardsmen from N< Carolina and Tennessee are now Camp Sevier and all from So Carolina except three battali which are doing guard duty at Cj Jackson. The soldier population Camp Sevier tonight was estinu at 18,000.' SON BILL AND SON JACK. Jack Bradley, one of the bad b who lives on tne next corner i: our son Bill, was over to see latter Monday afternoon, and two commenced a comparison of sundry advantages with which e was blessed in his.home. Jack the better of the argument when told Bill that two of the pr< school teachers were boarding at home, and that they were ha-y "the big eats", having had f: chicken for dinner every day two days with "passimentry." / -V.t v : K V;, ' . > .... 4, for Boys? || es! Especially at a j j | len there is so much i} Iff UFF. put into the ' grades. Yes, we [} |i little more in the i{ $ my REAL GOOD [Ifj J A BOY, butin the j ] J money by buying ij || 're showing a splen- {I : ID CLOTHES FOR 1M that are made of jj | well made, stylish, ij | moderately priced, [l ij oys and let us try a [ |!f?| em, see how they I j|||| tey look, examine [ J | ley're made of. j |jj|| JITS. We'll j| y??- |j Reese || j[ WANTS |1 WANTED?Old rags at The Press and Banner office. rere * ' pes. p0R SALE?Fine ripe Keiffer Pears ^''||| at 50c. per bushel in 25 bushel tee^ lots in orchard. Mrs. G. L. Cor- ->1|| mor, Cokesbury, S. C. 9-19-1 lital v'3*2 was TEACHERS WANTED?(1) Men | in for town and country schools, $75 ain. to $100./ (2) Ladies combining \ Up music and common school, unpreop. cedented demand. (3) Grade and' Jsf ney high school. Can place all quali- fj nts, fied teachers for any the abovcT' x -J Special enrollment .Southern .~f:$ rere Teacher*' Agency, Columbia, S. C. j ade 4t ; || in ! M in . 5 ^jje It will pay you to sell your hides %i and old auto tires to H. Bruce | ^ejr Fant, at Lesley Brick Yard place,1 ~ , \ gon on Antreville road. Highest wholesale prices. Old auto tires 4%c. ' ea(j per lb. Mule and horse hides 3.00 ^ be_ each. Cow hides wanted. tjje H. Bruce Fant, Mgr. Abbeville igjj_ Branch of Athens Hide and jkudjn ber Co., Athens, Ga. Smo.^Jfl Lat ' 0f' ANNOUNCEMENT?The Piedmont I3C- \ Cadillac Company of Spartanburg, S. C., controls the following (. !ER Counties for the sale of the wonderfulCadillac Cars?the "Blandly ard of the World:" Abbeville, An" derson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union. Model 57-1918 Cadillac now ready for delivery. Literature on rest x 4. no^Jllo/. f!n quest, xricuiiiuixo vouumv -ww .,Uth 9-5-3. ions "li* imp 0f FOR SALE?One farm of two hun- 'v ited ^rec* (200) acres, with 5-room house, 1 well, 2 stables, 1 crib, good orchard, 12 acres branch bottoms in cultivation, 40 acres upland open part in cultivation, ioys wood and saw timber enough to rom P&y for place. 4 miles south of the Abbeville city limits, % mile each the from white school, R. F. D. Route the and phone line. Will sell for two ,ach thousand ($2,000) dollars, 1-3 got cash, balance with security of , he place; if not sold privately before Btty salesday, Oct. 1st, will sell then. I 1 AC hig II interested, write care uux ?*0, ring or phone 180. Abbeville, S. C. ried 9-19-2. for 1 r?t The Semi-Weekly Press and Banner $1.50 per