Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JUlgllt/ CIV U1C 11VIIIU VA A%WJ- * w?. w. Mrs. Dr. Kinard was the guest at on Friday. W. F. Langley of Route 4, was in :tfie city on last Saturday. \ < \ Miss Emma Black is visiting at{ the home of Mrs. R. L. Winn. Baskin Winn of Due West, was here on business Saturday. v Jehu Bowen of Antreville, was noted on the street Saturday. Frank Kay was among the men in were in town Saturday for a few hours. E. H. Mcllwain, one of the most prosperous farmers of Route 2, outj from Donalds, was here Saturday. *'W. C. Cothran, Esq., of Green-! ville, was in the city last Thursday on legal business. " Miss Julia Rogers of Penney's Creek, was the guest of Mrs. Rayford Power last week for one night. v Bugler A. Kempton Billings and Willie Jones of Camp Sevier, were lere for the day Sunday. vMiss Rachel Pittard, who teaches it Prosperity, spent the week-end lere at the home of Mr. J. R. Glenn Henry Richey, of Bradleys, wa3 in he city this week buying some fine nules. b Lieut. Carroll Swetenburgf was at lome from Camp Jackson for Sunay. Lem Stevenson of near Darraughs ?as in the city this week serving on he jury. Mrs. T. T. Campbell and daugher, Miss Rosie Campbell, were in be city shopping on Monday. Jas. A. Gresham of Camp Jackson, i in the citv for a few hours todav Iith friends. Miss Mamie Devlin is in the city tending the time that the Greenood Graded Schools are closed on :count of meningitis. I Miss Janet Simpson, who teaches le Warrenton school, spent the eek. end here the guest of Mrs. ayford Power. Mrs. P. J. Leach, Mrs. Truman lephens and Miss Clarkie Gillebeau ent over to Atlanta last week for day. |Xocal ? | flews | | : personals : | BhhhbbhhhI J. J. Grant of Lowndesville, was in the city Saturday. I _ A. B. Robinson was here for the (Jay on Saturday. Mr. Hagan was in the city Saturday on business. . 1- W. E. Morrison was here for the day on Saturday. Jas. H. Gilliam of Sharon, was in town Saturday on business. James Ropers sDent last Friday I 4-I^a UAma ftf Pnr Pnwpr I the city Monday. Mrs. D. Kinard was the euest at the home of Mrs. B. F. Swetenburg, j last week. Olin Walker and W. 0. Graves of j >Sharon, were here Saturday for the1 day. * Miss Corrie Killingsworth came up from Columbia for several days this week. : t'"??X t ' " ' Mrs. Estes and two children of Chester^ are here visiting Mrs. J. F. Edmonds. __ * .Tflmps Diispnbprrv Sam RpiH; in town Friday. Mr. Sharpe is malt-, ing his home with the family of Mr. Kay, in the Santuc neighborhood. | y fj Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott will j, leave today for their home in Thom- ^ asville, N. C., after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Hill. Mrs. Minie Britt and her attracSJ tive daughter, Miss Helen, who have been visiting Mrs. Sam Seal and Mrs. W. E. Owen, left Saturday for * their home in McCormick. \ Mrs. Jennie B. Hill, after visiting at the home of Mrs. W. L. McCord, ^ left Saturday for a visit to Atlanta, before returning to her home in Augusta. ti Mrs. Clyde Medlin and handsome w little son, of Norfolk, Va., are here C on a visit to Mrs. Joe T. Hughes on North Main street. Mrs. Medlin ^ will be pleasantly remembered here w as Miss Mildred Huguelet. \u E. E. Williams was. here Monday w attending to business. He wants to 1 keep up with the latest news so he," had us to send him The Press and Banner. v Privates Va Loan .and Belamy, n: 1 New York soldiers from Camp Wads-| w worth, were the guests at the. home "w of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Coleman Sat- R urday night and Sunday. N ai Miss Bess Pool of Elrod, N. C.J arrived in the city yesterday and.w will be with Jaa. S. Cochran again J as this season. Miss Pool's friends are t< glad to have her here again. t\ The Press Association will meet in Gaffney this summer, the invitation being extended by Editor De- -v? Camp. Going to Gaffney guarantees f< the editors a good time. t< Mrs. Lizzie Cason came home for the week-end. d a Dick Ellis was in the city yester- ^ day for the day. v Si Mrs. J. E. Guy went over to At- ^ lanta Sunday. Dr. Whit Cheatham of McCormick, was here yesterday. Rev. H. C. Fennell of Lowndes- s ville, was noted in the city yesterday r C Miss Annie Hill left Sunday afternoon for her school in Greenville. The quarantine has been lifted. J ? v Mrs. Eakin Cochran of Watts, g was in the city yesterday for a cou- t pie of hours shopping. j Mrs. C. E. Williamson has returned from a visit to her home people at Pansy, Ga. Sam Mabry of Charleston, spent ? Saturday here with his mother, Mrs. J John Mabry, and other relatives. h I Clyde Murchison came down "5 from Greenville Sunday to see Mr. \ Dewey. t 1 George P. Cannon came down y frora^Anderson and spent Sunday n with friends. ? Messrs. Herman Greene and W. D. Carroll left Monday for a trip through Florida. 1< P Mrs. H. A. Benton and bright j is little daughter, Mary Louise, were f here several days this week from r< Raleigh, N. C. p G A. K. Woodhurst of Route 4, is -Al ??1 Tiff*. ' L cuiui/iiei new suuduiucx. iui* y? uuu-| hurst is a farmer and Is doing well., He wants to get the latest news. Mrs. T. S. Calhoun left yesterday 1 * i p for Atlanta, where she has gone to u visit her cousin, Miss Lucile Bar- 81 field, who was injured by an auto- 111 mobile recently. w Cadets Suber, Cason and Clink-, n scales of Wofford, were here for tl George Washington's Birthday holiday. Miss Mary Kay of Santuc, was in the city Saturday shopping. Her 01 brother, Clarence Kay, accompanied u her to Abbeville. | B ! tl The friends of Mrs. Joe Abies of w Santuc, will regret to learn that she h: has the measles. It is hoped that s< she will soon recvoer. | n " n M. B. Kav and W. H. Shame were d Lieut. Furman Longshore came own from Camp Greene, this week nd spent several days with his faher. "Bud" is popular in Abbeille and all the girls were glad to ee him looking every inch the solier. Sergt. Albert Rosenberg, of Camp ackson, came up for\a few days his week with his home folks. He is till pleased with army life and is eady for France and a shot at the Jermans. Two handsome young men, Messrs ack McDill and Pierce Williams, rere in the city Saturday. They both :o to school and are smart in their >ooks. They would belong to the Joys Pig Club if they could get the ligs to start with. FROM SPARTANBURG. Lieut. Albert Morse came home Lunday to visit his home people and te brought two of his friends with lim. Lieut. Walton Burnside, of the ^irst Pioneer Regiment of New fork, who is stationed at Camp Vadsworth, and Mr. Gene Geer, of he Geer' Drug Co., of Spartanburg. ?hey met some very attractive oung girls and the day was spent nost pleasantly. LIEUT. BRADLEY IS ILL. First Lieutenant Francis W. Brad?y, assigned to the Personnel Deartment at Division Headquarters > in the Base Hospital suffering rom an attack of larangitis. It is eported that he is better and is ex ected to report for duty soon.? rreenville Piedmont. IEUT. "BUCK" SPEED IS TRANSFERRED Lieut. P. B. Speed, company A, 18th infantry, formerly the Butler uards, has been transferred to the lpply company of the same regilent. Company A is now phort two jmmissioned officers, as 1 another as transferred a short time ago and one have been assigned to take i^ir places.?Greenville Daily News EATH OF MRS. C. E. EDWARDS. Death has taken another one of; ur beloved young women. On Sat-| rday evening about six o'clock Mrs. elle Thompson Edwards died at le Community House. Peritonitis as the cause of her death. She ad been ill just a week and the jriousness of her condition was ot generally known and the anouncement of her death was a lock to the whole town. Mrs. Edwards as Miss Belle hompsonj came to our city about iree years ago to take up the welare work at the Abbeville Cotton tills. She had graduated from Winlrop and stood high in her classes nd with very fine recommendations le came to our town. By her charmlg personality and lovely character le won the hearts of everyone. Her 'ork was a decided success and it 11 1 1 1 ii. x in De a riaru matter to secure nother so capable. Last summer she was married to [r. Claud E. Edwards of Chester, nd their married life was ideal, fhen his call came to enter the .viation School at Memphis, Tenn., le came back to Abbeville to connue her work. Mr. Edwards was ith her at the time of her death, [rs. B. B. Thompson of Jordan, S. ., Miss Cora Thompson of Chicora ollege, and Mrs. C. C. Edwards, ere also here. The remains were taken to Chessr Saturday night and the funeral as held there yesterday afternoon, he floral offerings were evidence of le high esteem and love in which le was held by her friends. Quite a large number of Abbeille people accompanied the re- j lains to Chester. Among them ere: Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Barnell, Mr. A. S. Thomas, Miss Eva eames, Miss Helen Edwards, Miss elle McGaw, Mr. Julian Roche, Mr. nd Mrs. Langley. As a tribute of respect the Mills rere closed down yesterday so that 3 many of her friends that desired ) go to the funeral could go. Beiveen seventy-five and one hundred 'ent Our idea of a crank is a man who rould grumble at an early spring, jllowing.the winter that now begins > wane.?Ex. \ ' CI* 1 oiipper I That's the coziest til 1 for father. Slipper an and the Perfection 0: I drafts away and add ai I fort. The Perfection is I reliable, and mexpensi I operate. I Now used in over 8,0C 1 Fill it with Aladdin Sc burning fuel. Eight hours I STANDARD 01 I (N?w J( I Washington, D. C. BALTI1 Norfolk. V*. 111 Richmond, V*. I PERFFfeTK I OIL/iiEATERi j^v-Xv DEATH OF HUBER McILWAINE Huber Mcllwaine died Sundaj night Feb. 24th, 1918, at his hom< five mile from Abbeville, at hal] olovpn rt'plock. after an illnes! l/"uw ww,v" f ? of just one week of spinal meningi tis. Ho was one of the boys tha went up to Greenville to be examin ed by the District Board. He suffer ed intensely and his death was ex pected at almost any minute. No funeral services were held, on ly a prayer at the grave. The in terment was in Long Cane cemeterj yesterday afternoon at three o'clock He was a member of Long Can< Presbyterian church. Mr. Mcllwain was about 26 year: old and was a tivin brother of Law rence Mcllwain. He is survived bj his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Mc Ilwaine, three sistersj Mrs. Thos Purdy, of Columbia, Misses Mari< and Martha, five brothers, Walter: Mcllwaine of Orangeburg, Willi&n Arthur, John and Lawrence. The family have the deepest sym thy of the community and theii many friends. MRS. CALLIE ELLIS. Ruth Ramsey, adopted daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood Crow ther, and wife of Mr. W. C. Ellis died Saturday at her home in San tuc, after a long- illness. For th< past six or eight, months she wai treated at the Tuberculosis Camp ii Columbia. She was a member oj the Long Cane Presbyterian churcl and was an exceptionally fine young woman. Her future was so brigh and it is sad that she should be taker just now. She was about twenty four years old. A host of friends and relatives an left to mourn her death. Funera services were held Sunday afternoor at the home at 2 o'clock, conductec by Rev. H. D. Corbett, and the in terment was in Long Cane cemetery COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS The Court of General Sesaions con vened yesterday (Monday) morn ing at 10 o'clock with Judge S. W G. Shipp, of Florence presiding Solicitor Blackwell, stenographe) Perrin and the local officers wen present ready for business. Th< grand jury, was called and everj member answered, something unusual at the first session of courl in the year. Judge Shipp chargec the grand jury defining thi'ir dutie* and impressing, on them the responsibility of the office which they held Time jsj ne of the whole day d pipe and a book? il Heater to keep the BfiaiB 1 extra touch of com- KI|&&| good-looking, sturdy, ililB ve both to buy and to K),000 homes. IjiiSjP icurity Oil, clean, clear-. ppfe of comfort from a gallon. 1 "% $ IL COMPANY iORB - Charlotte, N. C. ). CtMrteaton. W. Vv Charleston, S. C. Kp^^l Solicitor Blackwell handed out a number of bills. The grand jury T\ has acted on the following, returning true bills: . fj State vs. Matt Garrett, assault 3! and battery, with intent to kill. ' State vs. Elijah Hunter, same t! charge. . i State vs. John H. Jackson, mur-' ! .j State vs. Ernest Butler, assault ! and battery, intent to kill, j State/ vs. Lawyer Clinkscales, .'same charge. r! State vs. Talbert Murray, assault ' j . I and battery, intent to kill. I State vs. George Carter and John j Hearst, grand larceny. ; State vs. Rachel Carr, assault and ! battery, intent to kill. . j State vs. Henry Young, assault ! and battery, intent to kill. | State vs. Ena Bell Nixon, assault ?i and batterv. intent to kill. 31 State vs. George Brotcher, seduc! tion. / Mack Sibert was tried on a charge . of rape, the grand jury having rer turned a true bill in his case at the last term of the court. A jury with J. R. Sharp as foreman, found him not guilty. He was represented by Wm. P. Greene. r Court is engaged with the trial - of the case of the State vs. Calhoun , Ware, charged with assault and bat tery with intent to kill, as we go s to press. The defendant is being 3 represented by J. M. Nickles, Esq. i J. Moore Mars Esq.,'is assisting the F Solicitor in prosecuting this case. \ ? BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS. t ' i The Junior Board of Deacons of - the Baptist Church met a few days ago and effected an organization ? with S. A. McCuen, President, John I Cheek, Secretary, and the following ) as ushers: C. E. Williamson, Chair1 man; Otto Bristow, Paul Link, Cliff - King, Alvin Williams. At a recent, meeting of the church in business session, a large number of the brethren were elected as a - finance committee and a quickening - of the financial interests of the , church is expected. At such meet. ing an oyster supper was also or J??J +Ko mpn ! IT ucrcu LU UC given ouvu vw vuv ! o fthe church. This supper will be i given Tuesday night, (tonight). r None of the women of the church are expected?this is one-time when t the men are to meet alone?except 1 the ladies who will kindly assist in 5 the supper. Children will not be - expected to attend. Mr. Barksdale, President of the j,j . . ICTSSPim 'V ? 1 Brotherhood Class, has ordered the ? oysters and the ladies have appoint^ ed a committee of which Mrs. Paul Link is Chairman, to prepare the supper. .This will be a most delightful time for the men. Every man who is a member of the church, is urged to be present. A more intimate and friendly acquaintance is desired. If you are a member and do not make sacrifices to come, you will not only miss a rare treat but also lessen the enjoyment of others. Cigars, and other attractions, ini eluding splendid Victrola music, will be enjoyed. One of the best Victrolaa in the city and some of the very best "music will entertain. Don't forget the hour of the supper, EIGHT O'CLOCK SHARP. j Come on men and let us demonstrate the fact that Men's suppers are I worth while. I MISS. IVY CALHOUN '*-1 APPOINTED LIBRARIAN i f i i Miss Ivy Calhoun has been ap! T iKrorion nf fTto nnxxr Pqttio. ' gie Library at Greenwood, which , will soon be ready for occupancy. Miss Calhoun is an experienced Li- f brarian having taken' a course in such work at Chicago. She will come to Greenwood from the State College of Arkansas, where she has been Librarian for the past two years. Abbeville friends are glad to have har so near. FOSTER CROMER FALLS ON SLEEP Col. Foster Cromer attended the lecture Saturday evening in the Court House. Being busy about his ! hide and old iron business, he did not reach the Court House until late, but he pressed his way through the crowd which was standing at the door, walked up the middle aisle, iv - -B ?_ | tOOK a seal in me ioreman a cuau in the jury box, and just like a foreman, he soon grew sleepy. He looks prettier asleep than he does awake, and everything would have gone serenely if he had not snored. TTo crnvp nne crand "snore" which the French adjutant thought was the bursting of a German gas shell, and which stopped the lecture for awhlie. I Col. Fred Cason and Col. Letter I Cann finally turned him over on the other side, however, and he . was soon peacefully sleeping without I the snores, as he does not snore when sleeping on his left side.