Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jl^caTj jHew81 : IDersonals : 1 Evans Gordon was in town yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Wilson of Iva, were here Tuesday. Mrs. Alf Lyon's mother, Mrs. Muse, is visiting her for a few days. John Evans spent Tuesday in the city with his son, Link Evans. # : ) J. T. Cunningham of Monterey, was in the city Wednesday. Prank Wilson of Watts, was in town Tuesday for several hours. W. A. Shrape of Route 2, was on , ' the streets for awhile Wednesday. , . Jas. Mcllwain of Central, was in town Wednesday for several hours. M. B. Kay of Route 2, was in town Wednesday having his cotton .* ginned. Walter McCord spent several days this week in Atlanta taking in the Fair. i I Jas. C. Hemphill spent a couple of days in Atlanta this week on a pleasure trip. - 1 1 1 Mrs. Ermie Haddon and sister, Miss Lila Morrison, were in the city Tuesday. > Mrs. W. L. Peebles leaves this J week for Greensboro to visit her home people. ? "V i 1 M. B. Syfan went over to Atlanta last Friday to attend the funeral of Capt. W. B. Cochran. ] Mrs. Richardson of Laurens, is here on a visit to the family of her brother, Mr. J. C. Shepard. Mrs. Sam uaKin ana iirs. mumc Milford spent Friday with Mrs. T. 'S. White in Fort Picknes. r X V5'<? '?* 1 Mrs. J. W. Jones and daughter, of j of Atlanta, are visiting the family of B. P. Greene on Church street. ' ? < R. M. Haddon went up to Due j West Tuesday to attend the Jordan- ( Haddon wedding Tueruay night. Gyles Templetori, of Statesville, N. C., spent Sunday in the city with ^ his sister, Mrs. W. D. Barkedale. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joe McClinton and two children of the Bethia neighborhood, were in town Wednesday, t < Mrs. C. N. Thornton was taken ( to the Columbia hospital Wednesday. Her daughter, Forrest, went with her. 1 I } Mrs. R. S. Galloway stopped over ? Monday with Mrs. M. R. Plaxco. She was returning to Due West from Atlanta. ( > i P. D. Klugh was in town Wednes- \ day. He says The Press and Banner has improved greatly since it became a semi-weekly. ^ 1 Mrs. J. T. Cunningham, President s of the Rocky River church society, attended the meeting of the Synodi' iiroalr , S vai lUJP TTVVU. ( I c Mrs. Henry Simpson came down j v this week from Greenville on ac- t - ' count of the illness of her sister/ Mrs. Charlie McNeill. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. White, Mr. and j Mrs. T. S. White and little Ruth, ( spent last Sunday with Mr. Marion s Banks' family near Ninety Six. i R. 0. McAdams of Antreville, wasL in town Wednesday. He has prom-jj ised to "give us the news" even as heI " '1 - TIT _J? il I did during ine war 01 uie oiaucd. i i Mrs. J. C. Klugh, Mrs. J. F. Brad-1 ley and Mrs. Sallie Bradley went' , K down to Troy last Friday to spend | ^ the day with Mrs. Rebecca Wideman. j j ! i Mrs. W. E. McCord and baby came! ^ over from Greenwood and visited at ]} the home of her brother, Mr. J. M.| Ogilvie on Chestnut street, this weekj 11 Mrs. Moseley, Mrs. Huckabee and 1 Mrs. Latimer of Lowndesvilie, camep down Wednesday and took a quanti-. < - - t? ?3 r* i _ ty 01 sewing ior tneir iveu v^roaa tu-| : cle to do. | ] .v r\ ihki .. : B. A. Uldrick was a business vis tor in town Saturday. Miss Lily May Gordon was in tow awhile Tuesday morning. * Mrs. Allen Hagan of Santuc, sper Tuesday shopping in town. J. L. Perrin is out of town on fishing trip. G. M. Campbell of Lowndesvuu was noted in the city Wednesday. J. Howard Moore went over t Greenwood Wednesday on businesi Miss. Edith Steele is clerking i D. Poliakoff's. She will be ^glad t have her friends call to see her. Miss Katherine Link left yestei day for Greenwood to attend th Fair. Hiram Lawson has joined th Navy. He left for Columbia yestei day. i Dr. J. S. Moffatt of Due Wes was a pleasant visitor in town o Wednesday. Mrs.; J. W. Nash of Calhoun Fall was the guest of Miss Gussie Able last week. E. F. Wilson and Frank Roch spent yesterday in Greenwood o business. Miss Tana Gilliam of Haskells. W? the guest of Miss Dorothy Syfa Friday and Saturday. Mr. Alvin Simms of Columbii spent last Sunday in the city wit Miss Delia Wilson. Mrs. David Henry is here fror Clemson for a week's visit to Mrs Francis Henry. D. A. Dewey went down to Greer wood yesterday. He was one of th judges of poultry at the Fair. Mrs. Rebecca Cobb will leave thi sveek for Atlanta to spend, sometim with her son, T. H. Cobb. Miss Sadie Hutchinson of Colum Dia, spent Sunday with Misses Dell Wilson and Pauline Wosmansky.1 Mrs. W. A. Harris has returned t Abbeville after a visit of severa lays to her home people in Colum >ia. Miss Sarah Creswell came up fron rro^ Monday and is spending thi week with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Har -is. Mrs. W. A. iJosdell and two chil Jren from the Prosperity neighbor lood, were in town Tuesday for th iay. V Henry Weson, one of the colorei termers, was in town Wednesday fte subscribes to The Press am Banner. J. R. Hannah of Hodges, was ii ;own Saturday. He ha^ just return id from Augusta, where he has beei >n the camp. E. T. Blanchett was in town las veek. He says when he runs fo egislature he will certainly mak some fine laws. Frank Winn and his bright littl laughter, Louise, of Prosperity, wa n town Wednesday. The little lad; vas enjoying herself. J. R. Hill of Due West, \ was ii ?wn Saturday. He is anxious ti ceep up with the news so he sub icribed for The Press and Banner. Mrc T M Millpr has rpt.iirnei lome from Pacolet, where she wa sailed to see her sister, Mrs. Baldwii vho was quite ill. She is improvinj low. Mrs. B. E. Pruitt and her threi ittractive daughters, Misses Eva Dannie and Marjorie, were in th< :ity Wednesday. Mrs. Pruitt wa selling her cotton. Frank M. Perryman, who at om ;ime traveled for the Hamiltoi 3rown Shoe Co., was the guest a ;tmner with Mr. and Mrs. M. T Doleman this week. Miss Allie Mae Power and Mrs M. Power and her handsome lit ;le son, Richard, of Brownlee, wen lere this week attending the meet ng of the Synodical. They wen quests of Mrs. Otto Bristow whil lere. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Barnwel vent over to Greenwood Thursda; ;o take a look at the Piedmont Fair VIr. Barnwell was particularly inter jsted, in the horse racing while th< stores and the styles engaged Mrs Barnwel. .. u ; : ?v v ; i- QUICK SERVICE. Mrs. Annie Greene Mabry and n Miss Lila McCaslan are two expert saleswomen. They sold three cos;tsuits in fifteen minutes, or one suit it in five minutes. They are with Haddon-Wilson Co. a LUTHER HIGGASON. Mr T.nfVipr fTicrcnsnn <*nme riown j from Asheville and spent, several days this week with his sister, Mrs. Joe Wilson. He is well remembered 0 here and has many friends who were s glad to see him. His health is fine now. n BALL GAME. o The ball game between the Elberton High School boys and the Abbeville High School boys was pulled off e Friday, afternoon with a score of 8-0 , in favor of the Elberton boys. There was that much difference in e the size of the boys. HOUSING FOR FAIR WEEK. ' ' > w The Chamber of Commerce has n undertaken to make a list of all rooms for rent during fair week and for other time. All housekeepers Is are requested to telephone or write !S the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce giving the number of rooms they will rent, the price and e the number of persons that muy be n accommodated.?The State. SOLDIERS' WIDOWS GET 18 INCREASED PENSIONS n Washington, October 16.?-Payment of increases in pensions ol widows of men who fought in the Civil War, Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection, provided by an amendment to the pension law attached to the soldiers and sailors' insurance bill, bill begin with the disbursement November 4. The pensions were raised to $25 a month, the increases L~ ranging from $5 to $15 a month, e > CUT GARMENTS READY. is e The ladies are kept busy in the Red Cross room cutting out garments twice a pveek for the soldiers. Bed [. sheets, pajamas, bath robes, shoulder a wrappers, and bed socks are the articles cut out. A big supply of material has been received. 0 Every lady in the couny, whether a member of the Red' Cross or not, ~ is invited to take out sewing to do. in^nrrvi ofinn nl^Ann S. W4 111J.VJ iituvtv/u yiivuv illX O. VtUl King, or Mrs. C. D. Brown and they a will tell you anything you want to 3 know. ^ SHOULD COME HERE. [- E. 0. Simpson of Lowndesville, - was in town Wednesday. He should e bring his cotton to Abbeville in stead of taking it to Anderson, for we have the best market in this part ^ of the State. : JOE LINK PROSPERS. i > Joe Link of Bethia, war. in town this week. He says that he has a sold two bales of cotton, has already picked out 17 bales and has more in a the field. He will clear a great sum on his cotton and still have his seed. t r MR. SHIVER HOME. e Mr. Sam Shiver has returned home from Dr. Pryor's, where he has been q ? ? B ior treatment for the past two 3 weeks. He says he feels fine and Y that he is going back to work immediately for he doesn't enjoy washing dishes. i * d MR. FRETWELL TO MARRY. Invitations have been received/in Abbeville to the marriage of Miss 3 Julia Cecelia Alexander and Mr. s Burle Fretwell, at the home of the ^ bride in Spartanburg on Nov. 8th. y Mr. Fretwell is well known in Abb beville and friends congratulate him on his good fortune and wish for B him and his charming bride a long ^ and haripy life. e . s VISITING MRS. ALLEN. ei .Mrs. Louise F. Mayes, who came i to Abbeville to attend the Synodical, t visited her friend, Mrs. Herbert Al| len, Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. Mayes has been appointed by Governor Manning on the National Coun, ; cil of Defense and her time is much .I engaged in patriotic work. e! J A VISITOR FROM RICHMOND. I 1 e| Mrs. Otey Miller, of Richmond, is | in the South visiting her friends and relatives, and came to Abbeville 1 Thursday for a days visit to Mrs. y j Rachel Minshall. Mrs. Miller is . pleasantly remembered here as Miss -1 Minshall and her friends were glad e to see her looking so handsome. She i. is accompanied by a fine young son, Otey, Jr. i, .. , New Grocery i I have opened rt Mil I) rtofrt lmrt m4* f/\? anu i\cdiauiaiii tui colored in the store City Meat Market, best groceries in stx all patronage giver of Abbeville and A My Restauranl most sanitary mam arate room hds bee / white people. Onh MM m be served by the b< J. T. ROB ( * * OBSERVATIONS. Local News and Comment In 8hort and Headless Paragraphs. Wednesday there were over fifty loads of cotton on the market street. / The Gibson Family Reunion will be on Thursday, Nov. 8th, at the Opera House. Your display windows should be made as pretty as possible to catch the eye of the passerby. Likewise, you should use newspaper advertising space to catch the eye of the stay-at-home. . ' . J. T. Robertson, colored, has opened up a grocery store and restaurant next to the City Market. He will have a separate table for the white and colored. He will be glad to have 3rou call. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv V V V SOCIAL NEWS. V , .1 Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bradley entertained Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Plaxco at supper on Saturday night. A most enjoyable evening* was passed. The Bridge club will meet this afternoon at four o'clock instead of half past four as was given olit at the last, meetinc. ?# Miss Maggie Eason . entertained about iorty youhg people at a delightful dance at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. S. Calhoun, Tuesday evening. BREVITIES:. Roumania wants to borrow money from America. | Semi-Weekly Press and Banner, $1.50 a year. Another negro killed his wife in Virginia. It seems to be the fashion. Peanut is Avrellpnt. n?s n nnrlr fai tener, also as a fattener i'or children. The price of fish is worrying the people of California. Even the people from the interior want to know how to bring down the price. A man in Newberry county raised a tomato plant which had over a hundred and fifty tomatoes on it. It was taller than a man. An old reformer says that Tillman should not wait to be conscripted, 1 but that, he shoultj volunteer his services now that the country needs him. I 1 Chicago Teachers Get the Marrying Craze, says a headline.. Twice ' as many are marrying this year. The j men who are being married blame it on the Kaiser and his war. 1 A child in Pittsburgh told the police how her mother had soaked her step-fal;her with oil and then set ] him on fire. He had come home late. Suppose all husbands who came In ^ late were treated in that manner? : < The Japanese people are supposed j t ii _i i_ * i_i_ ? n mi co oe tne cieanesc in tne worm, ine average amount paid out each year per capita is 2M: cents. The women prefer a powder made from rice and bran. With the price of soap advancing we should import, some of t their powder. ? ind Restaurant \ a Fancy Grocery * both white and , room adjoining the I will keep the >ck, and appreciate ] i me by the people .bbeville county. t will be kept in the i tier possible: Asep;n prepared for the r the best foods will est cooks. Try us.? tPRTsnisi . i - ? c " * DUE WEST COMMUNITY FAIR, a There will be something doing i-. Due West, Oct. 26th. Be sure to be c there. It would never do to miss the Community Fair. The fair will be held on the Erskine College campus. Household exhibits will be dis- i played in the Erskine auditorium. i There will be songs and recitations i by the school children. j There will be exhibits by the Wo- i men's College and by Erskine College s There will be a ball game in the j afternoon on Grier Athletic Field. I Dinner will be served in Erskine i Dormitory, a good one for 25 cents, i Think of that in these war times, i Isn't it wonderful? Snadwiches will be on sale all s day?toothsome Seceder sandwiches. S And to crown it all, there will be S a moving picture show at night pre- ^ senting the great film, "Womanhood" ^ :? ~ tt -.11 in luc memorial nun. Think what a day of delights is before you. Do not miss ti. N ? ? * MATER'S 8ALE. J The State of South Carolina. County of Abbeville. . f Court of Common Pleas. J. R. VANDIVER, Executor, ) against MRS. FANNIE T. ALLEN. ] By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas, for Abbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will ? offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C.,^ on Salesday ^ in November, A. D. 19jl7, within the ' legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and ? being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Sixty- 1 Five (65) Acres, more or less, and ^ bounded by Josiah Burton, Mrs. Mary Black, Estate Lewis Bostler, et al. . TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Pur- a chaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, 8 10-19-3. Master A. C., S. C. J . - I MASTER'S 8ALE. f r The State of South Carolina, County of Abbevilel c Court of Common Pleas. ? L. ALEWINE, Plaintiff, J , against v HENRY PERITT, J. C. GOODWIN a & G. E. CALVERT, Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sale ^ by the Court of Common Pleas for a Abbeville County, in said State, made e in the above stated case, I will offer * for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in November, A. D., 1917, within the ^ legal hours of sale the following de- ^ scribed land, to wit: All that tract h or parcel of land situate, lying and v being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing 5-8 of ^ One Acre, more or less, and bounded h by Alfred Bradley, James McMillan J and fronting 100 feet on Buena t r a j- l.:_ i + vista street, uein ga. nttie over one 11 half the lot conveyed to J. M. Law- f' ton by Mrs. Fannie J. Marshall on h Sept. 6th, 1909, and being the same lot purchased by Henry Perritt from C J. M. Lawton by deed dated Nov. s< 16th, 1911, and recorded in deed book 31?page 572. . e To be sold at the risk of former purchaser. ei TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Pur- si :haser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, a 10-19-3. Master A. C., S. C. S a; RIBTH Born?At Abbeville, Oct. 15, 1917 li ;o Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Harison, a d; son. y< ? . ? - I ' \ * - r't ' ' i . '< . * - -,' * . ' " WANTS | | VANTED?Fresh country eggs, 40c. per dozen. Columbia Candy Kit- o ||! chen. 10-3-3. VANTED?Hides, Cows and Hogs. Will pay the highest cash price * for your green and salted hides, ^^?9 cows and hogs. Maxwell's Market. 10-3-lm. FOUND:?An oil cover for an au- ' ./-flj tomobile, on North Main , street. \~|i Owner can get same by calling this office and paying for ad. The. Press and Banner.- 4 t will pay you to sell your " Hides ;-^|j and old auto tires to H. Bruce Fant, at Lesley Brick Yard, on Antreville road. Highest whole- ^'^ sale prices. Old auto tires 4%c. -]m per lb. Mule and horse hides 8.00/ f1 [:J3k each. Cow hides wanted. H. Bruce Fant, Mgr. Abbeville r Branch of Athens Hide and.Bab-. ber Co., Athens, Ga. Smo. CHURCH NOTICE. On Sunday, October 21st, the 3rd lunday of the month, there will be )ivine services in the Cs^lic-] Church of the Sacred Heart, Mass | it 10 A. M. Evening service at 8 P. M. Sermon on Faith. The public is ' ordially invited. .SIGN LANGUAGES. It is said that Gen. Hugh S. Scott' q s one of the world's greatest experts' i- ^ n sign language, and that without . tny fighting he has settled more disjutes with Indians than any other^;>:$3PI nan in history. Most of them were- :',:j ;ettled, too, without a spoken word, ust by signs and gestures. General :/>4| Scott speaks practically every North ' / \ moripoTi TtiHifln luu / 'v'wl ng familiar with the primitive iges of other lands. MT. CARMEL. V Mt. Carmel, Oct. 17.?Miss Su- ^ lanne Britt, Home Demonstration- ^ Igent for McCormick county, had ^^ffl rganized quite a large class in Mt; -.yj? 3armel in Domestic Science. About thirty ladies were present ':M ^riday afternoon. The meeting was teld at the home of Mrs. John D. 3ade, and Miss Britt made qui'ie an < 's;m| nteresting talk. The next me;ting ; Till be on Nov. 16, in. the Gt&ded School building. - Vv||h m;?o o?n:? T *#*. '7 "iiHS iuiso uaxac x vjauc, vuc ui xuu i'T? *3 ^armel's most attractive young lies, after spending her vacation at tome with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ;?-*wj . D. Cade, returned 1 to Anderson '$$ ast week to resume her work at the lospital. , Miss Irene DuBose. of Lisbon, Ga., \ pent last Sabbath with Miss Dousch- ;;:'S a Cade. Mr. Willis Horton, son of Mrs. ' as. F. Hester, has gone to Camp - ^ ackson in Columbia. Mrs. Fred Black spent the week- j nd last week with his parents, Dr. ;nd Mrs. P. K. Black. , : % Mrs. Dibert Jackson, who has been ' f(yj pending some time in Rockingham, j' j. C., with her mother, Mrs. J. W. v jeak, returned to Mt Carmel the v|! irst of the month, to visit her grand- ;$j nother, Mrs. L. T. Paschal. The Matron's Sewing Circle was harmingly entertained on last Thurs- ; f [ay afternoon by Mrs.. L. E. Conner. i delicious salad course and coflfee -J /as served by Misses Louise Conner r |; nd Kathryn McKellar. Mr. Lawrence Conner, who has ^ een engaged in the electrical work t Camp Jackson since July, returnd to hi; home in Mt. Carmel last 'riday to begin his school work. Miss Marie Leslie charmingly en- -J ertained the Young Ladies Sewing lircle on Wednesday afternoon. Juite a large crowd enjoyed her nahifnlifv TVIiVions refreshments - rere served. Mrs. M. L. Marchant and her litle son, Luther, are visiting at the ome of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. . W. Morrah. Mrs. N. L. Kay, who has been vis;lng Mrs. Albert Kay in Anderson; . or the past ten days, returned to er home in Mt. Carmel last Friday. Mr. Louis Covin left Saturday for - ^ Columbia, where he may remain for jmetime. / Mr. Horace Brown spent the weeknd with his parents at Troy. Miss Ethel Wells, one of our most ' . Vi fficient teachers, left recently to reimo Vior sr>Vinnl work in Mannin?. Mrs. Mary Smith, Miss Edna Smith nd Messrs Herman and Barnard mith spent Saturday in Abbeville nd Due West. Tho Dnocc and Rannpr. Pnh shed Twice-a-Week, Tuesays and Fridays, $1.50 per ear.