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V ) ijiucai |jir | flews I * Pv ^et60na'9 : Mrs. J. A. Sutherland and son|^ Arthur, spent Wednesday in town. j Mrs. W. F. Benton is in Wedge-1 field visiting her sister. ^ ' p W. A. Calvert made a business trip to Due West Wednesday. D A. B. Cheatham of Charlotte, was in the city Wednesday night. Shop early for your adveritsing ^ space in our big Christmas edition. c< ^ Miss Minnie Hodge of Lowndes- ?. ?in. Wprlnesdav vine, was in utc vivj .. , shopping. T Mrs. Kate Nash of Greenwood, S1 was in the city Wednesday shopping w in our stores of fashion. n v Harmon Simpson and Nolan Bow- g en of Antreville, were in town on a Wednesday. ?? a Mrs. John Pressly of Due West, v, was here Thursday shopping in our ^ fine stores. si u Arthur Manning Syfan is clerk- C ing in the Hot Hustler Racket on a Saturday's. h tl Mrs. W. A. Harris returned home n Wednesday after spending a week in Columbia with her mother. a li E. H. Longshore says that the C( best advertisement for a car is a f, ^ well dressed woman riding in it. j w ir Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Garrison have j rented the upstairs of Mrs. Rachel ^ Minshall's house on South Main street. They are moving in. ___ i Mr. T. P. Durham has moved his; family from North Main street in-( y to the Hammond house on South ^ Main street, near his store. ^ i o Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rogers and ^ baby, and Mrs. W. C. Rogers of ponndv's fr^pk- wpvp in the citv Wednesday shopping. The regular monthly union ser- S( vice of all the churches will be held ? Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, jj at the Methodist church. ' r W. W. Kay of Antreville, was in ^ the city Tuesday on business. He came in and subscribed for The Press and Banner while here. j a Mrs. C. S. McCall and two child-' v ren, and Miss McKinnon, the train-! ed nurse, have returned to their home in Bennettsville. f b Miss Lula Williams of Penney's Creek, is clerking in the 5 and 10c ^ store on Saturdays. She will be r glad to have her friends call on her ?, there. o ?' Clinton Link, who is going to Clemson, came down to see his bro- ^ ther, Guy, who was kicked by a ^ mule at his home in the Bethia v neighborhood. Rev. Geo. W. Swope, pastor of { the Baptist church, returned last Saturday from Charleston, where ^ he had been in a very successful i meeting with Citadel Square Baptist church. a Rev. Geo. W. Swope, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Link, went y yesterday in automobile to Waynes- \ t boro, Ga., where Mr. and Mrs. Link S will visit relatives, and Mr. Swope \ will lecture at Alexander, a near- N by town. They will return today. S \ W. C. S. McClellan, formerly of S the Lowndesville section of the S ? county, and one of the most pro- ^ gressive framers who ever lived in j N the county, but for the last several | \ years a resident of Atlanta, is in N the city for a few days visit. \ N John Armour is clerking in S. J. \ Link's store on the Press and Ban- \ ner Block. He will be glad to have ^ ? his friends and customers call on > him there. V J. H. Hammond of Bethel, was in le city this week. J. U. Wardlaw of Bellevue, was 1 the city yesterday selling cotton, i J. W. Bradberry was here yester-; ay selling cotton. # . ! Capt. G. N. Nickles was noted in. >wn yesterday. J. G. Walker and his son, Olin, J ere in town yesterday. I Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Wardlaw f Bellevue, were here yesterday lopping. Mrs. Tompkins Ramey spent yes-?J ? ? - ? AI4>?* eltAnnin/v iruay 111 LUC Ultjr onv/p^iiife, 1U1. amey was here selling cotton for Imost thirty cents. EPUTY MARSHAL BRUCE DISCOVERS A STILL Deputy Marshal, C. J. Bruce went ) Calhoun Falls on Monday and in ompany with policeman Attaway f that place, discovered a "Still" bout two miles north of the town nd near the C. & W. C. Railway, he apparatus was of crude deign, not being housed at all. It ras located near a spring where rashing was trequentiy done oy egro women. About two hundred allons of mash was destroyed, long with the apparatus. The discovery was made through confession made John Pheiffer, in rhich he implicated S. A. Wakeeld and John Fields, farmers reiding near Calhoun Falls. All 'ere arrested and brought before lommissioner C. E. Williamson at Lbbeville, who held a preliminary earing, binding the parties over to le United States Court, which leets in Anderson on next Tuesday. Wakefield and Fields deny having nything to do with the making of? quor. They claim that they disovered the still a day or two bearehand and that Pheiffer, who ras operating it, has undertaken to! nplicate them because of the fact! lat they had reported its existence! ) several parties. MRS. NAIR. Mrs.. C. P. Nair of Clifton Forge, | a., pleasantly remembered here as fiec CsvoVi RvaaI'c i'c oniscf r.f e rsister, Mrs. Burts. Her scores i f friends will be delighted to see er again. MR. SHARPE. Mr. W. H. Sharpe is a new sub-| criber to The Press and Banner. I [e wants to keep up with the real' ve news. He is a farmer and: aises all of his supplies. GERMANS TAKE TROOPS FROM RUSSIAN FRONT ire Evidently Taking Advantage of Russian Situation?Only Part Are Going to Italy. Copenhagen, Nov. 20.?Reports rom several sources in Germany j ear out the assumption that they re taking advantage of the situaion in Russia and the Germans are laking heavy transfers of troops rom the Russian front. Only a part f these appear to be going to Italy nd a hard blow at some other point y way of diversion, may perhaps e expected, some papers referring rith suspicious frankness to the Sa>niki front. VITAL STATISTICS. During the month of October in <ong Cane Township there were ight births, three white's and five olored, and two deaths, one white nd one colored. E. R. Miller, Reg. V 8,000 PRISONERS VI TAKEN SAYS LAW. V v| London, Nov. 21.?Andrew V.I Bonar Law announced this V| evening in the House of V Commons that 8,000 prison- V ers, including 180 officers, V have been taken by the Brit- V ish in their present opera- V| tions. At one point the Brit- Vj ish penetrated five miles be- V hind the German lines and V couorol \7i11acroc in aHHifinn k UV T VI Ml T liiUgVW) *?? MV?V*?V?Vil ^ k to those already announced, V k have been taken. V V DEATH OF LITTLE REUBEN GILBERT CANNON\ ~ Reuben Gilbert, son of Mr. and I Mrs. Henry T. Cannon, died at their | home in South Greenwood, Friday; morning, Nov. 6, 1917, aged one' ?oav -fVmr months and nine davs. I Little Reuben was an unusually bright sweet child, every one becoming attached to him that saw him. He was severely injured three months ago by a loaded wagon running over his body of which he never fully recovered. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by their pastor, Rev. Harris, and the little body was laid to rest in Greenwood cemetery, the grave being covered with beautiful flowers. All friends extend sympathy to the grieved parents and two little brothers. It was hard to give him up but glad they have the consolation of knowing their darling is a sweet little angel awaiting the sum .i . . . ,, mer ot tneir nappy reunion in ine sweet by and by. M. HARRIS- LYON. The following taken from The Anderson Daily Mail of Tuesday, will be of interest to the many friends here of the groom: "Saturday at high noon the marriage of Miss Marie Harris and Mr. Thomas Lyon took place at the home of the parents of the bride in Greenville. Only the closest relatives were present to witness the cermony. The young bride wore a becoming going-away gown, with hat, gloves and boots to match. A number 01 handsome presents were received by the young couple, the' groom's gift to the bride being aj diamond brooch set in platinum. Immediately after the ceremony j Mr. and Mrs. Lyon left for Atlanta, j where they spent a few days. They will be at home here, for the present, with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reece on South Main Street. The bride is not a stranger in this city for she has often visited Misses Lois and Gladys Reece, and made| many friends and admirers while: here. Mr. Lyon is th ejunior mf.ui-J ber of the firm of Lyon-Bros. Jew-j elers. and has entire charge of the| business since Mr. William Lyon was called into service, thus proving his capabilities as a business man. ... The young couple will be given a cordial welcome upon their return." KILLED THE GENERAL AND GOT PAPERS m< Italian Headquarters in Northern po Italy, Nov. 19.?Sergeant Morini, nu 26 years old, of the Bersaglieri qu brigade, is the man who killed Gen- mi I eral von Berr of the Austrian army at the gate of Urdine during the; Italian retreat. Sergeant Morini kn found valuable military documents ijn in Genrai von Berr's possession,: l which he delivered to the Italian j commander. | Ri : ar MRS. KIRKWOOD AT WORK:. Wi Mrs. R. Kirkwood has returned to the store after being absent for th ten days on account of being sick in bed. Her friends are delighted to see her improved and able to resurae her work. br GERMANS UNABLE TO G( MOVE ITALIAN LINE of (Continued from Page 1.) N< Austrians were comine toward the ^ Italian lines with both hands held up, as though ready to surrender. For a moment it was believed the ?* fight was over, and that the enemylav had captitulated. But it was then ^ noticed that all the Austrian ma- ^ chine guns had been removed, and ^ closer observation showed that be- , xl8 hind this front line of men with their hands up followed lines with bayonets and machine guns. Enflading Fires. The Italians let them come until Bi the range was short and they were between two enflading fires. Then ^ XT. a deadly fire was opened on both sides, and the Austrians were mow- on ed down in heaps. It was then that su the rout began. The Austrian re- wc sistance was broken. At Sega Mill 'ts where the enemy had a brief lodgment, he was forced back until he was driven to the brink of the river and then into the water. The Austrians were bayonetted and killed or captured. |in I Ho^lirlr\n j. lauuvi, Ik T INew | JUST 1 Haddor ? . ~. ' mi ici UTISH btUKt UKtAi : '""Ji VICTORY OVER HUNS "H C< (Continued from Page 1.) Mu )rali;:ation so utter that official re- A. D. rts did not attempt to estimate the makir imbe:;* of prisoners taken nor the ing o ianti1;y of guns, supplies and am- the f: jnition. ! music The second system of German was * fenses captured by the British is forts own as the Hindenburg support ?er <>: le. The British captured BenavisJ Mu tmeau wood, La Vaqquerie, the'Come fenses known as Welsh ridge and the S< becourt village. Their operations music e continuing. been The British also fought their ^or(*s ly through Coullet wood. ber 0 The whole German line west of c^an2 e Canal Du Ford to the Bapaume- S?n,g^ Q1 oj Tj imbrai road has been captured. A large number of tanks moved orc*i6' rward in advance of the infantry I . * len the attack was opened and ^|ve oke through successive belts of n^t;rman wire defenses which were great depth and strength. show D. H The towns of Havrincourt, Mar- vjjje ^ L J A ... J liik, oraiiicouri, anu ^viiiicua, anu comet ;uf wood have been captured by j. e British. 7;30i British assaulting waves passed rough the German lines to a depth between four and five miles,over er y wide front. There was evidence today that P ' e enemy was utterly paralyzed by spend e tremendous force of the British peopli ow no less than its surprise. There son? * ,s been no fighting of any magni- quart de on the Arras-St. Quentin sec- ^ne* r since early in the summer. itish Pass Strong Point in German k'ne" * from Vith the British Armies in France, lv. 21 ?The British have Dassedl.. , 4 Dla n e of the very strongest points pport the Hindenburg line?the gta >od to the north of Marcoing, with : honeycombed pits. JA1 Southwest of Cambrai 5,000 Gerin prsioners were taken in the Wa st day's fighting. anese i ed St Will Fleming of Antreville, was'sador the city yesterday. today i-Wilsor 50 r fin; ARR1VI i-Wilsoi CAL WALKER j.? AV-A-LAV" COMEDY DMPANY AT OPERA HOUSE sical Walker's representative,!^ ^ Haven has been in Abbeville an ig arrangements for the com- Fc f "Hav-a-Lav" Musical Walker on amous Minstrel Star, and his sa al comedy company, which Pe jrought here through the ef- ea XJ of Mr. J. A. Verchot, manaBi f the Grand Opera House. , sical Walker's "Hav-a-Lav" dy Co., is known throughout NE\ outh as one of the best little xu ~ ctl SI1UWS uil UlC ructu HciVlIlt; the Star Comedian with Clif- No. Famous Minstrels for a num- No. if years. There will be a No. e of program nightly with new No. , mirth, melody, plot and speeatures. No. sical Walker carries his own No. stra and Brass Band which will No. special selections noon and ^?* t-of-town reports give this favorable comment and Mr. A aven promises to give AbbeT! public the best in musical ly. odis1 v. 22, 23, 24. Doors open at ** ( pictures 7:45. ann( serv PRIVATE COCHRAN. enCC D vate Jesse Cochran, after ing several days with his home G: s, has returned to Camp Jack- a]iy ""nlnmliia Ho holnnm t.n TTpaH. b/vitiiuvtwi **V MV.W..QW WW VUCI ers Company, and is doing g^tis with ties MISS FANNIE WILSON. prov . mea: is Fannie Wilson is at home Columbia, where she has been j train-nursing at the Columospital. She will remain here her mother as she had no one; M y with her. I , |the ?ANESE MISSION CALLS, j that a 12 shington, Nov. 19.?The Jap- Opei financial mission to the Unit- Dec. ates, accompanied by Ambas- E^ Sato, paid a formal call late ful ] at the White House. here, J 1 Co. j >L-o 41VO D I I :J: v 1!' ' 1 <!> -'V' i ! 1 Co. \ \ \ \ ?53SS3333S33$3S333$$$333^ I WANTS i ill pay you to sell your hidea id old auto tires to H. Bruce int, at Lesley Brick Yard place, i Antreville road. Highest wholele prices. Old auto tires 4c. r lb. Mule and horse hides 3.00 ich. Cow hides wanted. Bruce Fant, Mgr. Abbeville anch of Athens Hide and Rubr Co., Athens, Ga. 3mo. V SCHEDULE ON SEABOARD. South 5 1:16 P. M. 29 3:52 P. M. 11 3:04 A. M. 17 5:00 A. M. " ' North 30 12:34 P. M. 6 5:54 P. M. . 12 1:39 A. M. 1 8 10:00 P. M. VICES AT METHODIST CHURCH ON SUNDAY bere will be service at the Metht church Sunday morning at j'clock. The pastor wishes to rnnce that this will be his last ice before leaving for Confer!, which meets in Clinton. ISEASES NOT SPREADING reenville, Nov. 20.?It is officiannounced at Camp Sevier that e is only one new case of meninin the last twenty-four hours, i _ Ai- _ if _ JJ._1 : no aeatns. luecucai uuvuunbelieve that conditions are iming, as both pneumonia and jles are not spreading. E BIRTH OF A NATION" COMING TO ABBEVILLE r. J. A. Verchot, manager of Opera House here informs us "The Birth of a Nation", with piece orchestra, will be at the a House afternoon and night, 28th and 29th. rery one should see this wonderpicture when it is presented