Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1544. The Press arud Banne ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co Published Every Tuesday and Frid Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mt fcer at post office in Abbeville, S. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.1 Six months Three months .1 Payable invariably in advance. Tuesdr.v, November 13, 191 ABBEVILLE COUNTY NAME! The Newberry Observer is stru by some of the names of places Abbeville County, among them Lo ^ OAfliio Pi-r\er>oritv nnd I, V_cl11 c, Dctiua. x t vc|/v? ?vj ? ? ? tie Mountain, and inquires as to t origin of these names. Broth Wallace correctly surmises th Long Cane was so named because the' fact that long reeds grc there. But Long Cane was n originally the name of a place. T name was first given to the strea which arises in the upper section the old county of Abbeville, circl the city of Abbeville and empti into Little River in the lower se tion of the county. It was named bccause in the lowlan along the stream there were gre fields of long (or tall) canes gro' ing. In these in the early days, \ are told in Logan's History of U per South Carolina, large herds Buffaloes fed. The name has bd given to one of the townships the county, and that section of t county is known as Long Car There is no place by the name. As to the origin of the oth names, we could only guess, e cept as to Little Mountain, whi is the name usually given to t mountain seven miles south of t city, though the real name is Pt sons Mount. Just where the latt name originated we do not know. Brother Gardner of The Grec wood journal aoes uul taic ou mw about Long Cane and Bethia, Pn perity and Little Mountain, but would like to know something abo Due West. In order to further the discussi we call to the attention of T Journal that the name was not D West Corner originally but pre ably DeWit's (or DeWitt's) Corni The Commissioners from the Stz of Georgia, from the state of Sou Narolina met with the Indians the A 1777 and concluded a trea which gave to the white people t -* * 3 _ A ? J section now compnseu in Aiiuera*. Oconee and Pickens counties. T treaty is on file in the Secretary State's office in Columbia, and t name of the place is there stated DeWit's Corner, at least this a pears to be the name as it is the written. However on the m made by Mouzon and others, a co of which is to be found in Carol Historical Collections, the name given as Duett's Corner. We have no way of knowii which of the two is most likely cc rect, nor can we know with ce tainty just how the name came be given the place. The map x ferred to, however, shows that t Indian trail which came down frc the town of Keowee forked at tl point, the one branch leading Ninety Six and on to the Congare and the other towards Savanna and passing through the prese city of Abbeville, and the count then settled by the French Hugu nots in the lower section of tl county. Due West, as it is now ca ed, was then on the very outskir of civilization (it is the cent now) in the No Man's Land betwei the whites on the one side and tl indians on the other. The forks the indian trail furnished such place as the early traders wou have selected as a trading post f< trading with the indians. We m; easily surmise that some enterpri ing trader by the name of DeWit < Duett, as the case may be, esta lished a trading post at this poii and the place took its name fro him. It is easy to figure how tl change came from DeWit's or Di ett's to Due West. This no doul happened just as the name of C<ei treville changed to Antreville. Ai treville is locatea at ine point 10. merly known as the Centre of Grav;j? ity. When the Post Office Department decided to establish a postj office at that point they asked the | P old man to meet and select a name, | a and they decided on Centreville. c _ R. 0. McAdams was secretary and] si /-.?j. :n? I t I when Me naci written n ueiiim nic, * and it had dried and traveled to I ? oV I I Washington it became Antrevile. \ f j Mr. McAdams formerly lived at s . i DeWit's Corner and the name was e it- j C. t changed to Due West before he left, v ? j And there have been other poor; 3 writers, as well as poor spellers, in h ! Due West since the early days, as I (>0 i j5 improbable as the statement may 50 appear on its face. d ja ?1 _ i GOOD ROADS. 7. Ic ? ! ! c i Supervisor Stevenson has pur- j ' I chased two Maxwell trucks and will ^ k'use them in hauling gravel for top- ^ dressing on the roads in the county.' ? in1 y We presume that for the present it, ^ n p* ( i C will be the purpose of the Super-, it" I . . . , visor to repair m this way such sec-! he . i v i-noflc nc hpcntnfi almost .i Ill/no VX CUV, XW?V4W> icr . i ~ impassable in the winter time. The j ~ red clay roads need this kind of at- ' 01 x I a tention. I. ;w j ti ol If the trucks are operated eco-i^ nomically, we believe that this' ^ m manner of working the roads will j j-, prove profitable. We have been too' og long working the roads by piling ^ es dirt in the middle of the road in; c_ order to build it up without taking so thought as to the kind of material . thrown upon the roads. With a litat lie grading here and there, and a p lv_ systematic effort all the roads of ^ the county which are really public Q p roads may be treated with gravel in ? j. a few years and put in good shape a and without any great amount of h ?11 . extra cost. Akin to this work is the n filling of holes in the roads with n ; gravel instead of mud. This has' le. i been commenced and is proving sue- ^ cessful. er; ,x. Just as soon as the people see' ch;that the roads may be improved by< he the proper kind of work they will -1 he tak? an interest in seeing that the11 ir_ work is done, and will lend the pro-!0 er per assistance. With proper co-,; operation from the people living's ;n_'along the main thoroughfares of Cy1 the county we should have roads, ^ )S_! which may be traveled the year s round without the expenditure of lU(. much more money than is now,3 spent. It will take time to bring * this about but time and the automobile will bring it about. * ue| I >b- SOME ABBEVILLE p er.j COUNTY NAMES itej i Reading the Abbeville papers, we ;re 1 are struck by the names of places in | lty that county. For instance, there is he "Long Cane." That place was prob- t >n? ably named because long reeds grew g he there?which was a fact of some im- 2 of portance in the days when men went he a-fishing; the days before Col. But- t as ler the state's first commissioner of ip- agriculture, made the mistake of re stocking the streams with the Gerap man carp in the early eighties. The v py carp is tne sucK-egg nouna-aog 01 8 l's the up-country waters and, by eat- s is ing the eggs of other fishes, has al- v most robbed the streams and ren- " ng dered fishing-poles of little value. 11 >r_ And "Bethia"?that is the name S Jr* of another place in Abbeville counts ty. Can Editor Greene of The Press 'e~ and Banner tell us where that name he came from? Another name is "Level Land." 11S What a delightful and refreshing place that must be to a traveler in es Abbeville county, where "the red hills of old Abbeville" are historic, nt . Abbeville county has also a "Pros-j ry perity" and a "Little Moutain." Of' course they cannot be compared to J the towns of the same name in New-; berry county; maybe they were nam 'ts ed in honor of them, as Abbeville 1*0 itself was named for a town in France.?Newberry Observer, he I ????. j MISS MARGARET WILSON *j DENIES AS UNFOUNDED REPORTED ENGAGEMENT or ly is- Richmond, Va., Nov. 11.?Miss or Margaret Wilson, only unmarried b-1 daughter of the president, who is T nt! hpre> to rino- at. n RpH f!rn<;<; enncprt m this evening, characterized today as "absolutely unfounded" widely curie rent rumors of her engagement to ? a-! Francis McMillen, prominent Amer- ? at ican violinist. McMillen is from j i- Marietta, 0. Miss Wilson will ap- w i- pear in concert with Percy Grain- se r- ger, Australian pianist. di GIBSON FAMILY REUNION. The Gibson Family Reunion, the lay given last Thursday onder the uspices of the Parsonage Aid Soiety of the A. R. P. church, was a uccess in every way. me upera louse was filled at the time of beinning and two hours of genuine un and pleasure was enjoyed. The peaking parts were splendidly takn and it was impossible to decide ;ho was the star of the evening. Irs. Sign and Mr. Will Hill kept the ouse in a ripple of laughter as the rish servants. Handsome Mrs. Chase was splenid as the militant sufffrgette. Miss Iamie Kay, Miss Lynch and Miss lllen as the young ladies, were harming, while Rodney Stevens, 'harlie Brown, Glenn Kay and R. I. Kay were perfect in their parts. Ir. Marcus Keller took his part as * ? 111 i1. _ I* nougn ne naa oeen on me siage ior ears. He pleased the whole audince. The choruses, drills arid dances ;ere beautiful and well carried hrough. The solo parts by Misses Iliabeth Edmunds, Clara Harrison nd Margie Bradley added greatly o the pleasure of the evening. All Dgether this was one of the best ome talent plays ever given in Abeville. The Ladies Society cleared one undred and fifty dollars. GUY W. GILLELAND. Guy W. Gilleland left Sunday for 'ichmond, where he has a promoion with the Seaboard. He was leneral Foreman of the yord here. fis friprw's Vifitp tn ctiva Vmri lin hnt re glad that he is doing so well in is chosen work. He is a fine young lan and is worthy of this advar.celent. lBBEVILLE county TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION The Abbeville County Teachers' association will hold its next meetrig on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 11 'clock. There will be demonstration lesons in Reading by Miss Epting of he Abbeville City Schools and by liss Kennedy of the Due West chools. Miss Williams of the Sharon r-Virv/"\l I U'lll ^1 lcniiL't" flio f no/iU! n /-v f wnwi > * 111 uioc uoo uic ucaviuug v/i listory in the grammar grades. The address will be made by Dr, 'atterson Wardlaw of the Univerity of South Carolina. All teachers are urged to b? resent. RAILROADS ASK INCREASE FOR MILEAGE BOOKS Washington, Nov. 9,?Permissior 0 increase interchangeable passen;er mileage books ratss from 2 tc 1 l-4c a mile was asked of the nterstate commerce commission oday by southeastern railroads. COLORED WOMAN HELPS. Emma Keller Weston, a colored iroman who lives near Sinithville, ent in a number of pledge carda igned by her colored neighbors. It ra. sa good piece of work to get the eighbors and shows that everyone i trying to do their bit. The names re as follows: Mary Fisher, Route 1, Verdery. Minnie Ruff, Route 1, Verdery. Martha Cooper, Route 1, Verdery Julia Fisher, Route 2, Abbeville. Julia Brown, Route 2, Abbeville. Pearl Cooper, Route 2, Abbeville. Millie Buchanan, Route 2, Abbeville. Aggie Miset, Route 2, Abbeville. Lee Smith, Route 1, Verdery. Sudie Cowans, Abbeville. Elizabeth Leonard, Abbeville. Bethier Tanns, Route 1, Verdery. Sadie Marshall, Abbeville. Emma Weston, Route 2 Abbeville Janie Belter, R. 2. Abbeville. Julia Hambig, Abbeville. Elizabeth Morrison, Abbeville. Emma Allen, Route 1, Verdery. Cora Wardlay, Abbeville. Ella Walker, Route 2, Abbeville. Kathleen Conner, Abbeville. Jannie Redd, Abbeville. Louise Kapley, Koute 1, veraery Susie Wideman, Abbeville. Janie Frazier, Abbeville. Mary Brown, Route 2, Abbeville. Bessie Henry, Route 2, Abbeville. HE SOUTHERN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Dr. Neuffer and Dr. Gambrell left unHiiv for Mpmnhis. tn attend the outhern Medical Association meetg. French and English officers ill be there to give talks on the sveral subjects most important aring the war. HlMIIUIIIIIMIIIIHlllltlllllllMllllllllllll|ttlll|HlttllllHIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIII|llllllllllllll|l||llllllfnilllfllllllllll|||IIIIHrO?inil I | JllllHIIIMIillllllllllilllMIIMIIIIIIMHIIIMIIIIKIIIIIIMIinilM I tl f IIIIIII11 li II11II1111 111II r I tl r| U III III ft I III! 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It seems funny that a bad tooth # ^ can cause rheumatism in the foot. CT11 Likewise the trouble in Russia causes the cotton market to fluctu- cltl ate. orj The foreman of our office was thi fussing because we had no birth notices for several issues. He went'UC home Saturday to find that the > stork had played a joke on him and " left another little girl there. wr The farmers are getting good ?HT prices for their products but sup" ?i?J m ...i iu( j pose iney an uvea in lexus wnere a man says they are getting from 40 to 63 cents a pound for their cotton. A pretty newspaper woman married a sailor two days out from Seattle. She thought as she was marrying a sailor that it would be fine to marry at sea. The skipper 1 of the steamship Queen performed the ceremony. Now the lady can't I. get a divorce because she wasn't I married under any of the civic law. Lj She says she doesn't care for a sail( or's wife is divorced nearly all the w'th time anyway. for tl Kitchen C s Oil Stov< ime and V Sold only by GES ?r HOME 0< )RCrANS! ORCrA ne hnndred and twentyr organs for the fall and iter trade. An organ for rone, an organ for everyi ? have probably two thouid piano and organ cuslers to whom I have sold truments in the past, and far as I know all of them pleased purchasers. I prepared to extend atctive terms of credit to . se who desire it. ( y stock consists of eighty-two I y Organs and forty-two Putnam * ins. The Putnam Organs will J re this week. The Estey Organs i now in stock. Get an organ for ' home and make li^e cheerful | happy there. It will keep the j ig folks at home and draw the i sr elements of wholesome influto your fireside. Music strengthens I res power to the wi on in every way to ran at EIGHTY DC it up. Other orgai illars up. Call and select w ite your wishes, o: 1 at your service i ;tion guaranteed. JOHN A. H The Greenwood The Bank of Gr< "V1,VV' strongest bank in \NTS NEWS FROM HOME A A.Kellar of Calhoun, S. C., Gi . the week end in the city with soi slatives. He wants to keep up q. his home town so he subscribed gh tie Press & Banner. tui Il 5351 Pfg 1 ^oo"er j Kitchen 1 Cabinet [^1? Step. 0 abinet iS Vorry JTFITTERS / IffS! ORGANS! the resolution and ill and adds inspiri*r l f .1 lire, a rirst ciass )LLARS, and from is from TWENTY f hat you want or r phone me and I right now. Satis= OLLAND I Piano Man. Kenwood, the oldest and Greenwood county. lTTEND shriners meeting Dr. F. E. Harrison, Messrs. Henry llian Laland Stephens, W. J. Bryi went to Columbia with Mr. Guy IlilanH in his rnr to riners meeting Friday. They rerned home Saturday.