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Established 1544. The Press and Banne] ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' * Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. k h; The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Frida Telephone No. 10. - Entered as second-class mail mat tor at post office in Abbeville, S. C I ; ... Terms of Subscription: One year $1.5' Six months .7; Three months .5 pf.vPayable invariably in advance. _ \ ~ Friday, Feb. 1, 1918 A NEW JUDGE. life The General Assembly showed ifc sanity again on yesterday, when i ' elevated Honorable W. H. Town send, of Columbia, to the circuil bench. Mr. Townsend is one of th? v.- capable lawyers of the State. His extensive and accurate legal learn ing will make him one of the bes1 judges in the State. He will be wel; * corned to the bench by the legal 1^' -. profession. W \ ; STILL LEADING. The Greenwood Index has been ; one of the most influential and newt; sy papers in the state for a long &F time. First, as a weekly, then as a semi-weekly, and then as a tri? weekly, it was distinctly a leading 7 nfewspaper in South Carolina in its fine. ;V : t\ The patrons of the Ipdex were jp* not satisfied, however, with anything fey but a daily, and therefore it is now l nn T-> 1 ? T_J T.? T5iiV>_ GfrV me juany ixiuca. iuc j,uuca a. ??/. ,. lishing Company, owned by Messrs. tk-A;.' Joel S. Bailey and H. L. Watson, is \K the publisher and they know how to ajf/:-; give the pepole what they want in fcJK a newspaper, and .they know too how to get what they want?success. , . *' The Index will prove a success. It is publishing the news, and the peo^ij.ple are showing an appreciation of the good paper. Mr. H. L. Watson is one of the best writers in South ys&j, * Carolina newspaperdom. as well as one of the sanest men in the busi ness, and he will make the influence of The Index felt editorially. We are glad that the daily has *; eome. The big circulation which has already been built at home ; means that the paper will grow Ei"' away from home. We hope in the y-V; very near future to see it sold on y the streets of Abb'eville each afternoon?until The Press and Banner publishes a daily. - if: Our foreman tells us. that it is an ill winrl that blows nobody any wood. ! Sometimes John L. McLaurin almost persuades us to be a Christian. The legislature should be almost ready to adjourn, having passed a heifer law. > We arise now to remark that the Tax Commission has evidently seen fee handwriting on the wall. The order is rescinded. One reason why we know the Kaiser is going to be whipped is that <&.. 4 Mexico is growing tired of German '</, propaganda. ?p: Or was it the voices front the reJ|: mote parts of the district that the ? -f A. ?J- A rnm. mem dere 01 mc chvccwcu a ?a wu* . mission heard? ?>; - Unless the gentlemen who are novi members of the city council measure themselves by the salaries thej I draw they should immediately pass an order that the janitor scour the City Hall. feThe bunch of wire which was for 5'*, - merly used to twist the mule's nos< while Dr. O'Bryant gave tne muie i dose of his latest medicine, is nos used to pull open the door to th Court Hou&e. Is ' ? If the members of the city coun cil believe that the lawyers who oc V cupy the offices in the City Hall ar t mmi . I hogs they have a perfect right to A | require them to be confined in a | hog-pen, but the lawyers protest against paying rent on the pen, and desire to be fed. Of course the five hundred lately : invested by the city council of Ab1 beville in the top-soil argument y j might have been invested in topj soiling the street leading to the _ I home of the Mayor. How shall the _J police department be a paying in, j vestment if the mayor cannot get to his offices to collect the fines? 'j i Speaking of policemen,' anyway, 0. does anybody know any reason why 5. we should have policemen? When 0: we were a small boy and came to l town, Chief Riley, it seemed to us, " j "policed" the whole town. There iwere barrooms, and liquor, and ev: ??TrfVi In in 4-4-1* 4-Ur.^ ; cn. jr tiling ill tuwii tllCIi. iWW , tllctt -' the bar-rooms have been abolished j I and the great moral institution has ' made us moral, and the town is i J asleep, and everybody is happy and: ^1 contented, and nobody wants , to, _1 fight anyway, and nobody can get [. drunk, and on account of the high , cost of living there is not enough j j money to gamble with or fall out; . about, why not allow the pleasant j ; gentlemen of the police department, . as they are already accustomed to ] [ wearing uniforms, join the war forces j of the country, get them a farm and assist Mr. Tom W. Wilson and j j Mr. Herbert Hoover in feeding the ; ! army A word to the wise is suffi-; I cient, or should be. HONEY PATH. The Spartanburg Journal certain-] ly can use honeyed words in describing a wedding. Here is a late instance: "On Friday evening Mr. Jackson Stone and Miss Eva Morris ' were quietly married. As sweetly i as the blending of two light-beams in the solemn hush that fell pver the I little company of friends these two souls melted into each other under the mystic words of union spoken by J the officiating clergyman."?Green! ville News. I wvvvvvvvvvvvvvv V ' "V jV SOCIAL NEWS. V vvvvvuvvvv^vvw Mrs. George Gambrell entertained; her friends at a knitting party on! j Tuesday afternoon. The occasion j was very pleasant and considerable ! knitting was done for the soldiers. | At the conclusion of theafternoon a ] i delightful salad course with coffee was served. Those present were: Mesdames J. M. Anderson, J. C. Hill, D. H. Hill, W. A. Harris, J. Moore Mars, P. A. Cheatham, E. R. Thompson, R. C. Philson, W. F. Nickles. J. R. Nickles, Charlie Mc Kenzie, C. C. Gambrell, G. W. Swope, and Mrs. Youngblood, and. Misk Mdry Hill and Miss Maggie Latimer. Mrs. W. A. Lee entertained at a dance at her home on North Main street last Saturday night. The music was furnished by Mr. Glenn Kay. About six couples were pres1 ent and enjoyed the dancing. BITS OF INFORMATION. ! j Glycerine is now made from suj gar. Pencils are now being made from California incense cedar. The Caproni triplane is 110 feet from tip to tip of its planes. Twenty couples at a ball at Duquoin, 111., danced for 1 hour and 20 minutes without stop. Peru was the first country to add instruction in aviation to its public school curriculum. A purple spring has been discovered issuing from the side of hill ??Tod Itctir uaiaiio, uiw, U. S. Census Bureau estimates the average death for males is 39.2 years, for females, 40.6. European factories each week make about 16,000,000 pounds of ar tificial butter with cocoanut oil as ' a base. i Lincoln highway beginning at v New York city and ending at San e Francisco, is about one-third finished. Canners of the United States will i- have to fill close to 70,000,000,000 tin cans in a year to feed our army e and navy. . f RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP. Bethel School District, L A. Jackson, Manager. L. A. Jackson, A. A. Jackson Mrs. William Conner Dave Lawton C. S. Turner Elihu Finley. Jim Willard Robt. Murray Esther Marshall Robt. Norman Cain Robinson Francis Brown Ben Walton Jim Belcher ( Walter Willard Robt. Daniels J. T. Rouse I G. Rouse W. M. Rouse I J George Sibert Allen McBride Will Haynie "PnKf .QpaH Will Mims Cain Kennedy William Wardlaw Carrie Jordan Lee Marshall Tom Burton Aaron Roche Shepp Rafford Lucy Wilson Johnnie Moseley. Lone Forrest School District, J. J. i , Grant, Manager. W. W. Wilson W. D. Bell ' G. S. Lewis H. E. Campbell J. F. McMahan J. R. Grant It .Li. lirant W. B. Mann Mrs. Etta J. Young Mrs. L. A. Hall J. B. Hall E. F. Campbell F. W. Wright J. M. Wright Lewis Tucker James Chiles Malici Stacker , Wilson Cummings Martha Nixon Arthur Hunter . Alex Hill . , J. J. Hunter R. P. Tribble Lindsay Robertson W. R .Robertson Frank Miller G. Glean A. L. Hunter Eadie Harris Rosa Danley. Long Cane School District, J. R.J Lomax and R. H. Stevenson, Mgr. J. A. Stevenson Miss Fannie May Stevenson R. H. Stevenson Mrs. R. H. Stevenson Lewis Finley A. T. Botts Thomas Beaufort T. L. Clamp Solomon Coleman Will Sloan Jno. R. Lomax Mrs. Jno. R. Lomax Kathleen Lomax Mrs. M. Pratt Helen E. Pratt Jim Rykard S. W. Wharton / J. V. and 0. W. Cromer (one) E. F. Miller J. D. Miller, Jr. Jp.ne Anderson ? John Cosby Will Johnson John Adams Ben Hughey George Bakia George Bakin, Jr. John Eakin R. W. Franklin. SENATOR BRICE DEAD. The many friends of Askbel G. Brice of Chester, will regret to learn of his sudden death at Chester, at ten o'clock Wednesday night. Senator Brice was a son of Rer. W. R. Brice. His people have 'lived for a number of years at Due West. Mr. Brice was educated at Erskine College, and has been one of the most consistent friends of the college all of his life. He was an elder of the A. R. P. Church, of Chester, and Treasurer of the Board of Horns Missions in that Church. He married Miss Sallie Miller of Camden, Alabama, a sister of Judge John H. Miller, who was formerly a professor at Erskine College. j LOWNDESVILLE'S OLDEST INHABITANT PASSES AWAY i Lowndesville, Jan. 30.?After a short illness with Lag-rippe, Dr. A. J Speer died at his home in Lowndesville, January 24th, in the eightyfifth year of his age. The funeral services were conducted in the Meth odist church by Rev. Fletcher An derson, his pastor, and Rev. J. A Clotfelter, the Presbyterian minis ter. The body was in charge of the Masons and he was buried with fraternal rites. j Dr. Spfeer was born at Cherokee Heights on the Savannah river Dec. 1, 1833. He was twice married. In his early manhood he married Miss Sophia Vertlell, of Elbert County, Georgia, his second marriage was to Miss Fannie Hoyt. of Cornelia, Ga.j By the former union he leaves the following children: Messrs W. M.l and G. V. Speer of Lowndesville;' Rev. Foster Speer of Lexington, S. C.; Mr. G. W. Speer bf Gaffney, and Mrs; S. E. Sigmon, of Blackstock, S. C. By the latter marriage he leaves two children, Frances and A. J. Speer, Jr., abo he is survived by his widow. Dr. Speer received his literary of rto ^owiaiic vuuvavivn uv uiiv j,(*uiuao t? mv*\?v^4 School, where so many noted South Carolinians received their Academic education. His medical education was obtained at the Augusta Medical College. For nearly half a century he successfully practiced his profession not only in Lowndes- j ville, but tins surrounding counties.! At one time he was very active in j politics and represented his county; in the Legislature for several terms He was a prominent Mason and had many honors conferred on him by this order. 7 ^ When quite young Dr. Speer unit-, ed with the Methodist church and through all the long years of his use-: ful life he wis a faithful and conse-." X { cated member.'He was a great read- J er, a noted 3ible scholar, and had' * few equals as a Sunday school teach-i-3 er. A few Sundays before his death;' he remarked to his class (the older11 ladies' class) that he had been teach-j < ing that same class for fifty years, j 1 but, beginning to feel the infirmi-j] ties of age, so sensibly, he thought J best for them to elect another teacher. His last Sunday was spent in ' his accustomed way?lecturing to! 1 his class. ! J He lived to see his generation ga- J < tbered unto its fathers. Ouly a few j i days before his demise he casually * remarked, of all his boyhood friends 1 and school mates ,only one remain- J ed?Mrs. M. E. Baker, of Lowndes- ^ yille. Daring" his last - illness his ^ memory was unusually strong' and retentive. It .was remarkable to ] hear him quote passage after pas- 1 sage of Scripture and inspiring to 1 listen to his feeble voice, uttering i beautiful prayers, as he lingered on < the borders of the Great Divide. 1 Th'S family has the sjmpathy of i their many friends in the great be-)t reavement, and yet, they have this! i comforting assurance, "It is Weill] With My Soul." 11 WILL HELP WIN THE WAR? ? 'i ( Bv Miss L. T. Meriwether.) \. The Southern Ruralist. "Without a garden, a farm is likej having a plow and no horse to pull j it. No vegetable for the table but! canned vegetable is not countrylife. If we want to win the war we will have to raise food at home. I have been gardening for fifteen years and like the work more every year?I learn more about gardening and how to work it. To start with I have my garden bedded in early fall so the freezes make the ground mellow. Just before I am ready to plant my garden, I have :my garden spot replowed and in thisi way my ground is well plowed, which makes the land easy to work. I plant my English peas as early as I can?about the first of j' February if ground is not too wet 1 to plant. English peas do better ' planted early. Later on I plant my ^ other spring garden. In planting early the ground is cold so in order to get my seed to come up quickly, ' i-1-. J2-X I take nay noe ana press tne uiru w i the seeds and then sprinkle cow-pen 1 manure on top of the row, which 1 j warms the soil. ] I like to use cow-pen manure on! ] account of its not burning my vege- j; tables. I have a small place for a garden?about a half acre, so to getM t\L $5 |bH a/e artistic in desig IfflM ment to any room them as 700 would a HgjM don't have to remove ney or shade. Easil; Designed to give the BBsl bright, flicker less ligl Jraj&l If your dealer doesn' gB&ji write to our nearest e The use of Aladdin 2 guarantees best result I stoves and heaters. I STANDARD OIL ( I (New Jerae BALT1MORB. rflMMB Washington, D. C. i Norfolk. V?. Chj ft _ Richmond. V*. C my garden planted I mix my seeds,; such as radish and beets, for the| radish is a fast grower and is gone before the beets are Irage enough' for use. I also plant my bush beans j jn the sides of rows with othe? vege- j cables and in this way keep young! plants up in my garden all the summer. To have early tomatoes I plant some seeds in boxes in the house so they can be set out in the open ground as soon as cold weather is jver. I never wait until I have a row ready to set my plants in;, ,1 jet my plants in the rows with other vegetables, such as turnips, lettuce ind beets in one row. When these, vegetables are out of the way my :omatoes are there. I never wait for a rain to set my, jlants out. ' I take water and wet! ? > I ;he dirt to the roots of the *plans,: * J l ^ ?- ?? j n i ;nen taite my miners auu pwo ?,???; j vet dirt to the plant, and. then pull j iry dirt over the wet part to keep! ;he sun from baking the ground, ij ilways set my plants out in the af-j ;ernoon. Early in the morning,, be-1 'ore the sun gets hot, I cover the! jlants with old paper and cardboard joxes. My garden last year was made in' m old cow pen and was very rich. | Sverything grew very fast. I hadj t well plowed to start with. I hadj t plowed broadcast first for it hadj 3ermuda grass in it. I then had it >ut in rows. With the help of my ;wo sisters we shook the grass out,! vhich was the only way to get all, ;he grass out. I then had it replow-1 J ;x ? onrl in (rr\r\rf fnn ;U, SU JL waa win anu >u f lition. This garden was plowed but! >nce after the seed came up, on ac-j :ount of the shortage of labor. How-! iver, I cultivated it with a small garden hoe, working close to the jlants. In this small place I made enough vegetables to give my' neighbors jome. We canned almost two hundred quarts of vegetables, besides; Slaving plenty for our table. I soldi jome vegetables to help buy my seed j No man worked this garden at all! ifter it was broken. So, let us all iave a garden and help win the war. Mathews, Ala. MRS. HODGES SICK. Mrs. Myrtle Clinkscales was called | - - I to Richmond on account of the serious illness of her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Hodges. Her friends will be happy to learn that she is gradually; improving, and as soon as she is able to travel she will come to Abbeville to recuperate. ^ - ; V'V : b- < .' * -k .-i. .. ===== ===== light of the 5*ESS? V-v ' -. *$& ie long even feasant Its I on the eyes a?play more I MPS . . I j^S| n?an oma- MBHfflBl . You light gas jet?yoti &M either chfant kept clean^ , - j TOWNSEND NAMED Columbian Elected Over Three Op-' I. ponents by'Overwhelming1 Vote. Eminently Qualified. W,:H. Townsend of Columbia, was yesterday ejected judge of ttye Fifth . Circuit to succeed Mendel h. Smith, . i' who recently resigned to accept a commission inthe "United .States army with the rank of major judge advocate.. Mr. Towpjsend wa^ elected ] v j on ttye second ballot,. /getting 907oat o?>'? total of 145 votes.cast. 5^$Oor names were jflaced before the joint , assembly. W. T. Aycock of Columbia was nominated by Sen- , 1 ator Spigner of Richland County;, W. N. Graydon of Columbia,. . was nominated by Senator Nickles JU* ; beville; W. H. Townsend of 'Colombia was nominated by of Richland County; and T. J..Kirkland of Kershaw was nominated bj.^ .Mr. Richards of .Kershaw. On the ;V'i ?0$ first ballot Mr. Aycock received 39 votes ;Mr. Graydon 21; Mr/Town- iV;" send 67; and Mr. Kirkland 22. The name of Mr. Graydon was withdraw* by Mr. Nickles on the second ballot^ ^ > the result of which was: Mr Aycoclp^ 38; Mr. Kirkland 17; and Mr. Towasend, 90. William Hay Townsend is a na7' ; | tive of Barnwell. His boyhood dayis were sp&nt in Aiken, whe^ his fa- I ther, William Hutson Townsend, ire-?' ; | moved on account of his health )'$$$ which had been impaired by exposure while serving in the Beaufort ' Volunteer Artillery during th? Ifpjp Between the Sections. Mr. Townsea^ read law under the direction of w yM late James Aldrich and was admitted to the bar at the age of 21. Soon thereafter he became associated'witk ^7 ? Cql. William Elliott, then a aem- *; ber of congress, in the practice <jjT; law in Beaufort. This was suceped^ fit:. oH Kir n narfcnershin in Barnwell witk the late G. Duncan Bellinger, whicjji continued until after hi3 removal to - 1 f iColumbia in 1903, where he ha? u* since practiced. He served one tent as solicitor of the Second Circuit; e ' ViJ and later as assistant attorney ge?eral. As code commissioner he edit-' ' , ed the code of 1902. In 1914 1m was appointed by the supreme court as reporter, and has edited Vol- umes 97 to 107 of the State reports. He has been for several years a director of the Columbia Theological Seminary, and a trustee of the Pres ^ Dytenan uouege ai umion.?m? n Pay up your subscription before S your' name is cut off. H * r -. M