Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[ "V Xocal flews f : personals : Lindsay Baker was here on Saturday, trading in our up-to-date stores. Albert Henry has been a victim of the flu for several days. Hon. J. R. Blake, of Greenwood, H w?s here Monday on business. I Charley McNeill is out after an attack of influenza. Mrs. C. B. Hipp is on an extended visit to relatives in Monroe. W. C. McNeill was a business vis-} itor here Monday. R. A. Ware was one of the prosperous farmers who visited the city on Saturday. George P. Cannon of Anderson, was in the city Sunday seeing his friends. Lonnie Knox, of Camp Jockson, came up and spent ^ the week-end with his home people. iMrs. Garry H. Hall is in the city visiting friends. She is accompan-. ied by a sister of Mr. Hall. Miss Gladys Thompson, of Pell City, Ala., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Foster Barnwell. Miss Winona Barksdale leaves to day for Greenwood where she will visit relatives for a few days. Mrs. Andrew H. Jackson spent several days in Columbia last week visiting her husband who leaves shortly for a port of embarkation. " n-":- T1-?-" linn MtnrrioH I ijnrs. oaiiie L/uiic uoo >wiu..?. jfrom Chattanooga, Tenn., where she spent some time with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. DuPre. * . -\? .. \ Clyde Seawright, of the Navy, Was in the city Monday visiting his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Miller. He makes a handsome sailor. . Mr. P. D. Klugh was here Monday. He brings the information that his brother, Mr. W. A. Klugh, is still very unwell. Mr. Hovey, the expert accountant who makes up the annual statements for the Abbeville Cotton Mills is in the city. I Whit Klugh, of Camp Jackson,j came up Saturday and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Klugh and other relatives. r Mr. W. J. Milford was a business visitor to the city on Saturday as were Messrs. Sam M. Milford and; A. M. Milford. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cheatham andj Miss Narietta Cheatham spent the J ^reek-end here with the family of: Mr. P. A. Cheatham. Mrs. Will Sharp, of the Buckstand, accompanied by her pretty daughter, Iliss annie, was in me city snopping, aturday. J. L. Stewart of Route 2, was an-J ?her business visitor to the city oni riday. He reads The Press and| anner and keeps up with the times.! Mrs. Will Speed has returned to^ le city after a visit to Mr. Speed t Camp Jackson. Mr. Speed leaves >on for a port of embarkation. Mrs. Lila W. Mabry and Miss liza Mabry have returned to the ty from Chester, where Mrs. Ma Iy went for medical attention. Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Thomson and iss Antionette Thomson went to >lumbia Saturday to spend a few^ ys with Russell Thomson at Camp ckson. Mrs. Otto Bristow went over to^ danta Saturday to spend a fewj days with her husband, student Otto Bristow, who is in training at Camp Gordon. S. M. Beaty, of Monterey, was here Monday. He has just recovered from an attack of the influenza as have other members of his family. Mr. T. P. Quarles was here Saturday and Sunday visiting his kindred. He holds a responsible position in Greenwood with a big cotton concern. J. A. Campbell, of Star Route, was in the city Friday. He came in and subscribed for The Press and Banner so that he may keep up with the latest news as well as the latest dots on farming. Col. J. U. Aerr is out aner a lew days tussle with the Influenza in which the Influenza came off more than conqueror, although the Colonel was supported by the remnant of Col. Marston's medicine, which he hid from Uncle Jim. Corp. James C. Hemphill was up from Camp Jackson to spend Sunday with his mother, Mrs. R. R. Hemphill. The main body of his regiment has already made preparations for going over seas, while the corp. and a few others are left behind to go over with the horses. Mr. Herbert Allen went over to Greenwood Saturday and spent the day with his friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parks, who have just lost their young son, William, a seventeen year old boy. Mr. and Mrs. Parks once lived in Abbeville and their friends here are distressed to know of their great sorrow. Mr. M. T. Coleman left Abbeville rm Sundav for St. Louis, where he goes to spend several days as the guest of the McElroy-Sloan Shoe Co. Mr. Coleman was allotted $140,000 worth of shoes to sell this year and he disposed of the allotment by last week. He wired the company and in turn they wired the invitation to him to spend a few days at the home office. NEWS OF KENNETH JONES. The Oasis Canteen serves the passenger trains on the Seaboard on; Sunday and they have many interesting experiences among the soldiers. Last Sunday a young sailor was on board who was of the U. S. S. Destroyer Ammen- and he told; inquiring friends that Kenneth' Jones, who was once on the Ammen, i has been promoted to chief Electri-j cian, which is the highest rank in the electrical branch of the service.! Here in his home town every one' will be glad to know that Kenneth' is doing well his part in the big. conflcit. The young sailor whose name isj Max L. Taylor, is the highest type of the young men who are in the fight to a finish. Kenneth is now in foreign waters. MR. VISANSKA VISITS. Mr. Walter W. Visanska, a prominent lawyer of the Atlanta Bar, was in the city Friday visiting at the home of Mr. Philip Rosenberg. He is looking prosperous and the world is dealing kindly with him. 'I -1 J lie Drougnt us tne giaa intern-j gence that his brother, Lieut. Ernest; L. Visanska is rapidly recovering from his wound received July 18th. j in the first American drive against! the Germans, where he was in the' i thick of the fighting. While he is convalescing he is attached to the, Judge Advocate's department, where his fine legal ability stands him well in Vmrirl in VinnHlincr flrlmiraltv husi-' ness for the government. WATER ANALYSIS. From Abbeville vWater and Electric Plant, Abbeville, S. C. Results in Parts per Million: Color 10.00 Chlorine 8.00 Free Ammonia 0.03 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.05, \Titi-ncfon in Mif.rftt.PS ft.00 Nitrogen in Nitrates 0.00 Total Solids 118.00 Bacterial Analysis. Bacterial Indications of Contaminations?Negative. Remarks: Analysis indicate water to be of good quality and free from contamination. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D. OTHERS SHOULD FOLLOW !? THIS EXAMPLE I Mr. L. M. Strawhorn, Abbeville, il S. C., is doing his part in the winning I of this war. Mr. Strawhorn is a I great believer in living and board- I ing at the same place. For several I years past, Mr. Strawhorn has been raising all the flour needed for home consumption right on the farm. From eight to ten acres of wheat are planted each year, this is fertilized at the rate of three or four hundred pounds per acre, and the yield is around eighteen bushels per acre. Does it not pay a farmer to! produce his own flour? His land is no better, perhaps, than others, therefore, why can't others do the same? Not only does Mr. Strawhorn produce all the flour needed for home consumption, but he never buys any :B meat, corn, chickens, hay nor oats.'I What about his cotton when he|J takes it to town to sell? Does he have to go and trade it for flour,' corn, oats, and meal? No, for his j cotton is a surplus money crop. The founder of the "Progressive Farm-1 er" was in a certain little town once, when he saw a farmer with a load of meat, hay and corn. The farmer was asked what he was doing to do with the load of meat, hay and corn. The reply was that he was going to make cotton with it. "And why do you want to make cotton", the man asked the farmer. "So I can buy more corn, hay and meat," was the reply. This took place thirty years ago, yet the same thing is too true today. A farmer is a producer and a seller, not a buyer. As long as farmers contend that they can buy their food and feedstuff cheap-: er than they can produce them, they, are on the wrong road to profitable farming. Corn is selling for a high-1 er price in the southern states thanj in the northern states, simply be-! cause the consumers have to pay forj the transportation, handling, etc.,! of corn shipped from the North and West. TEXT OF GERMAN REPLY TO PRESIDENT WILSON Cnnpnhacen. Opt. 27.?Germany's answer to President Wilson's latest communication says: "The German government has ta- .99 ken cognizance of the answer of the jj president of the United States. 3 "The president is aware of the jfl far-reaching changes which have I been carried out and are being car- I ried out in the German constitution-'* al structure, and that peace negoti- 1 ations are being conducted by a I people's government, in whose hands B rests, both actually and constitutionally, the power to make the de-! ciding conclusions. "The military powers are also subject to it. "The German government now awaits proposals for an armistice,' which shall be the first step toward a just peace, as the president has, described it in his proclamation. (Signed) "Solf." "SKIP-STOP" SAVES COAL IN 24 STATES | Washington, Oct. 26.?Operation jg of the "skip-stop" system by street H car companies in twenty four states ? for six months saved coal or its pow-;H er equivalent at the rate of 687,122 g tons annually. 'i The fuel administration made pub- j| lie figures tonight showing the ^ greatest saving in coal in Massochu- g setts, estimated at 191,000 tons, g Pennsylvania ranked second with es- S timated saving of 169,200 tons. Oth- n er states showing a saving of 10,- I 000 or more include Tennessee, 18,-1 000; Connecticut, 15,000; California, 11,000. It is estimated that the saving in terms of powers amounted to ten' per cent in power. ^ 1 W A1VTC I ?T1LJL^ A kJ | FOR RENT:?3 unfurnished rooms.' 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