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N ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and /Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. 4 Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months .75 Three months .50 t J ^ * 1 . Payable invariably in advance. __ - - v Tuesday, April 16, 1918. AT JHE BAPTIST CHURCH. . On Sabbath morning at the Baptist Church, the pastor, Dr. Geo. W. SWope, had some interesting an Tiouncemenus iur tuc uicuiw&o v* the congregation and especially for ("v-t v the members of his ^church. He stated that three notes, (supposed at a former meeting of the congre" gation to have amounted to about thirty-one hundred dollars), owing by the church had been paid off in . the last thirty days. In order to pay off these notes pledges to the amount of thirty-one hundred dollars had been made by the mem-1 bers, and of these pledges all had been paid except the sum of eightyj. six dollars, which may yet be paid. The notes were exhibited to the congregation and there was a feeling of satisfaction as the membership of the church viewed them. It was not decided whether the notes would be burned, destroyed, or framed, but it is likely if Uncle Jim ~ has anything to do with the matter that tijey will be burned and the shea buried. ' * * I , ' And this reminds urn that tome *??-twenty-years ago when we came to Jtbibeville the Baptists were wor. iAi^ping . in an old dilapidated church on Pinckney street. They -kad food preachers then, and they continued to have good preachers for seme ten or twelve years afterwards, but the church made no progress. There were no rich men -in -tberburcfc, uird tmly * few~wno \wre supposed tp be able to assist in any material amount towards paying the pastor. F'v . . Some of the food people who were of the membership of the church grew tired of this condition, and determined to shake off the lethargy by which they had been "bound and to do something worth while. They thought they needed a new church and they callecj as pastor a church-builder and a man who did not hesitate to tackle any task set before him. He accepted a call to Abbeville on the condition that the congregation would build a new church. The congregation f ' * ? i - promised, the ,pastor came, and the f*", people on the outside laughed,? that is, those who were not sorry for a few of the faithful who would in the end, they thought, be compelled to assume the burden. But while the people' oh the outside it should he stated thev were glad to see the church grow, as was evidenced by the fact that a great many people assisted the membership when the time for assistance came. How much money this or the oth?r man gave we do not know. Tht fact that a thirty-five thousand dolr lar church was built, and splendid / -y equipped, was enough for mosl people. Few would have believed that it could be done unless they had seen the church completed. But it was finished, though when it was all over there was a debt to some organization of the church at large for ten thousand dollars, as well as the debt of three thousand dollars just referred to, a total of thirteen thousand dollars. But the Baptists did not. stop f there. They were in up to their necks and the wading was good and they went further. They decided to build a parsonage on the church lot. They borrowed the money from the Building and Loan Association, and built the parsonage, agreeing to pay about forty dollars per month on this indebtedness. V. ^ ^ J They have not stopped at that. J They have built under the church | and equipped the beautiful hal] i where the young people of the J church meet to know each other, to engage in basket-ball and other i amusements, ot to read, as tlrey like. And they are still going ahead. They don't mind the water, noi debt either. The credit for the beginning oi all this work, or the leadership ir it belongs to the former beloved pastor of the church, Rev. Louis J, Bristow. A few years ago he was called away from Abbeville, and then the debts were still big. Everybody was sorry to lose him, bul the people were sorry more for the Baptists than for themselves, because they felt that Mr. Bristol was the only man who could leac this good people out/ of the wilderness of debt in which they wer< supposed to be lost. But while "frh going was greatly lamented by hii own membership, they were no1 discouraged. They called Dr. Swope who is known the country over ai an eloquent and thoughtful preacher. But few Jiave thought of him as a financier worthy to take up the work where Mr. Bristow left il off. His report, on Sabbath morning however, showed that he has beer .oi fn the task. He, in the course C^UUI vv of his remarks about the three thousand dollars being paid off, stated that of the ten thousand dollars borrowed as above stated, only three thousand dollars remained unpaid. He stated further that with the Octo ber payment ^the debt against the parsonage will have been liquidated. He further stated that in the ! treasury there was two hundred dollars surplus on account of the * -it? a ordinary expenses 01 wie tllUA VM condition entirely out of the ordinary with most churches. How have they accomplished so much? Well, it would be hard to say. That they have had competent leadership, we all know and to that leadership at the beginning and nbw at the end much of the praise must go. Then, too, there are men in the church, big-hearted men, who, in the years which have come, have greatly prospered and they have not allowed their right hands to know what the left hands have done. Many of them, no doubt, have given to this church more money than at times in their livee they ever expected to have. They deserve ? nart of the credit. But nei ther good leaders, nor a few men with money and big hearts can alone bnild churches. It can only be done, as may all big tasks be done, by co-operation between all the membership, by the small contributions which a great muny faithful men and women make and continue to make from week to week, and the good ^ork they do. In the presence of these faithful, poor perhaps, but ever earnest people, let us stand uncovered. They turn the wheels which make the n7r?T?lH to move. . And we would not stop without saying that the membership of the church has itself greatly improved. The old members are different men end women now that they find themselves in a handsome new church with a fine pastor, one of the best choirs in the country, with a good Sabbath school, and everything else that makes a church worth while?all of which has come to them through the agency of theii own efforts?consistent, persistent efforts. New members have beeia attracted to the church, and the membership has greatly grown. Or | the Sabbath day when ypu sit in the church, if you look around, (whicli you should not do,) you will see a large, happy, and attentive audience, well dressed men and women and all thoroughly in love with the work which they are doing. Let all those people who art struggling to build churches, equii them, to help humanity and do no ble, even if they seem impossible things, thank God for the Baptist; in Abbeville, and for the exampl< they have set, and take courage. DOOJDAD PATENTED. Mr. Samuel'J. Wakefield, of An j treville, was in the city Monday 01 business. Mr. Wakefield brough the news that his invention to b< attached to cotton gins, whicl i greatly increases the amount of cot ton which can bo ginned on the or dinary gin, has been patented, an , letters patent issued, covering e\ [ ery point claimed by Mr. "Wakefiel i for the invention. , People who have seen "his ginner ? in operation with thin attachmer , installed have been greatly impress , ed with the value of it. It J5s de monstrated that with this new inver | tion from fifty to one hundred pe ; cent, more cotton can "be easil t ginned on the ordinary cotton gir [ which means a great saving in coa wood, or other fuel, in labor, th wear and tear of machinery an [ other ways. Mr. Wakefield's friends hope ths ; he will realize the full rewarc . which his invention justifies. r PIGEON PIE. j / I ? In this day of the high cost t > living a pigeon pie ought to tasl sj pretty good, so we are going to b< 5'-gin on the drove in our gardei : They are not our pigeons so we b< , Iieve they will make an excellei i pie. i A GREAT RELIGIOUS? PATRIOTIC MASS MEETIN< At the Baptist Church?Rer. Di Jester Will Preach and Delrrer Patriotic lE/ologium. Col. Bailey "Will Preside. [ NextxSunday, April 21st, ther i will be no morning nor evenin s preaching service at the Baptif Church. The two services will b , combined in a great religious-patr ,'otic rally at the clrarch at 3:30 (ac vanced time) in the afternoon. Do< tor Jester, who has succeeded E?] B. H. DeMent at the First Baptis I Church in Greenwood, will prea: 'the sermon?which promises to b an immense treat to those wh come. Those of Greenwood say tha he is the peerless preacher and tha he has gripped the city firmly b his wonderful logic and eloquence That his message will be a grea 'one full of gripping power is ac sured. At the close of the sermon th audience will adjourn to the fron | of the building, where the Memoi I ial Honoring the boys who have gon to the war will be seen, decorate with national colors and .flags an veiled. Here Dr. Jester * will de liver a patriotic address, at th close of which the m anorial will b unveiled while the audience ting "The Star Spangled Banner," le by MisB Fannie Stark, assisted b; 1 the choir., The song will be printe 1 on leaflets ornamented with th ' national colors which those of th 'audience can keep a? souvenirs. The church last Sunday, by ur . animous vote, authorized a messag "i>e sent the commanding officer a Camp Jackson requeuting that th ' Abbeville boys there be allowed t return home for the occasion. I Col. Bailey has wired that* he wi! Hp nresent and has consented t preside at the meeting. He m J bring with him several automobil loads of the militai*y students i full dress. / ' x It is desired that nil patriotic cii izens, without regarci to church al filiations, attend. The hour has bee placed so aji not to conflict wit other church services, with that ide in view. The ministers of the tow ; are requested to be seated on th roauuui. | *? i "GIRL OF MY HEART" IS SPLENDID SHOM Pretty Score And Pretty Girl !: Make Hit At Academy. '! -? "Girl of My Heart", which is mr 1 ( playing at the Academy of Music 3 i a very clever little musical corned '.with a pleasing score and jus r enough plot to keep things interes' ing. The work of Eda Ann Luk j who plays the leading role is splei ( didly done?she can sing, she ca \ act, and she surely has the persoi ality. Jl Verner Saxton sang well, too?i J fact the whole cast and the who] J chorus could sing, and did sing. E penally good was a quartet in whic Miss Luke, Miss Deyo, Saxton an McCarthy were the singers. In h< various different character parts, ii - eluding among others a reguk 1] "Huckleberry Finn" part and a "S t ren" part, Miss Luke's talent an j skill shows to good advantage. TJ 1 show will be repeated tonight. Now a word about the choru - With but very few exceptions the d r ttV. Meet Y "He's gqt a bagfull < * behind it?you knoww it into the homes of our fo ,e chiance of a lifetime?to 1 i" and to lay something by -- hill von have been drea C. * I "Honest goods? Be e was such goods. I "What! You were y for just this chance? Fi - He's One of us. Hell ta t > h MMMMM TMS ?AC* rAip |Q . MRS. JAS. S. COC1 ' . L. W. WHITE COM . A. E. MORSE COA d HADDON-WILSON d IC?i K ' '? * : were real beauties, their gowns were e all pretty end well chosen, their daneing finis, and their ringing way above the average musical comedy choruses. - . I 7 ? d The play itself as was said in the e beginning, was for the most part e devoid of plot, bat the loss is not felt because there is so much, else going on continually to take up one's attention. There are many bright t and witty Kines and not one is lost to the audience by poor rendering of the same. The staging and seen ic effects are clever?and to sum u all up, the show is just the kind of ^ show the tired, brain-weary business 0 man likes %o see at the end of a ^ busy day.?Daily News, (Newport e News, Va.) n At Abbeville Opera House, on Monday ni^ht, April 22nd. : IF KIDNEYSACT : 111 I Bays Baek&ihe if a sign you have bun v I eating too much meat, which forms uric acid. Is 1 When yoc tvake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have been eating too w much meat, saya a well-known authority. 13 Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it ' from the blood and they become sort of it paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys t_ get sluggish and clog you moat relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; *:e moving all the body's urinous waste, i- else you luive backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad l- you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often anr* nbir nmldn and vou are obliged n to seek relief two or three times during le the night. s_ Either consult a good, reliable physician at oncti or get from your pharmacist h about four ounces of Jad Salts; take ,d a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breaJrfast for a few days and your r kidneys will then act fine. This famous i- salts is miide from the acid of grapes ,r and lemon juice, combined with lithia, . and has bxn used for generations to 1_ clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, id also to neutralize acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. . Jad Salti is a life saver for regular 5 meat eaters. 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