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E8tabli8hedT844. . $2.00 the Year, Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 28, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75thYear.
RAILROAD WORK '
; NOT ALL HALTED
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Mistaken Idea Prevails, Says Hines?
Much Will Be Done?Director
General Makes Address in Pitts- c
burgh Pleading for Clearer ^
Public Understanding. r
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Pittsburgh, March 26.?Despite the^ ^
financial predicament of railroads, .
* the railroad administration plans to
carry out as much of its improvement ,
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' program as possible to keep labor c
employed and roads in repair, Walker ^
D. Hines, director general of rail-,
, roads,/declared in an address tonight,
before the Pittsburgh Traffic Club. ^
He asked for a more adequate under-1
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standing on the part of the public of g
problems facing the railroads during ^
the war and in the immediate future, r
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and presented suggestions for oper- ^
ating roads privately under public
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i regulation as a permanent solution of
the problem. He emphasized that j
the ability of the railroad adminis- c
tration to finance itself in spite of j
the failure of the appropriation does c
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' not mean mau it uvco uvt ntsu ??v ^
: appropriation as soon as congress g
.{'meets again. | q
Referring to the improvement prof!
&Tam, Mr. Hines said: I f
-.?* ( "Unfortunately the impression has j
.>gon'e\dut that the raHroad adminis-j g
* tration has decided to cut off all im- a
vprovement work, including additions c
;and betterments and maintenance.
This-is not a fact. What has happen- i
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fid -is that we are taking steps to give
"the railroad corporations full opportunity
to determine whether they:
shoold assent to the work which they
ym inance.' -It is the intention of s
; the railroad administration to carry c
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> forward just as much additions and;
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betterments and maintenance work, *
as possible in order that the railroads
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be kept in good repair and extended j
to meet the needs of the situation." ,
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. \ 1
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TThe Court of Common Pleas ,ad p
journed on Thursday morning after! j.
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being in session since Monday. Only|,a
. two cases were tried by juries. j s
- Irn'the case of R. 0. Hunter vs. |Z
JiOui^ville and Nashville R. R. Company;
which was on trial when we t
went to press on Monday evening, f
the jury rendered a verdict for the t
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piailJUii lor ma nuuureu uunaia. ; z
The other case tried was that of 1
Mrs. Mary Blackston vs. City of Ab- t
beville, in which, through her attorney,
J. Howard Moore, she sued for; t
fifteen thousand dollars. The jury. (
in this case, after being out all night:
Wednesday night, announced that it; I
was unable to agree and a mistrial; was
ordered. The City of Abbeville; i
was represented by City Attorney D.
H. Hill and bv Wm. P. Greene.
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GEN. MANGIN WILL
LEAD FORCES 1
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Paris, March 27.? (Havas)?Gen-'
eral Mangin, one of the leading officers
of the French army, will be re- (
called from his comamrid at Mayence,1 ^
tne newspapers announce, to unuertake
a mission, the character and ,
scope of which "is indicated plainly'
by the events in Hungary."
According to the Goulois, he would
receive a very important command in
Eastern Europe, undoubtedly the Bal-;
kans, with a view to possible opera-!
tions on the Hungarian frontier and;,
southwestern Russia. !.
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GRAND JUKY fcMFULYS
MR. W. N. GRAYDON
Mr. Oscar Cobb, foreman of the
grand jury, has employed Mr. W. N. j
Graydon, of Columbia, to assist Mr. |
p Blackwell in closing the case of the,
| county against the late Mr. J. B. Mc-j
Combs. The bonding company willi
be required to settle any deficit which
may be found.?Index-Journal.
JNCLE SAM TO SELL
ARMY CAMP SITES
Thirteen to Go to Highest Bidder on
April 15?In Each Case Buildings
Are Offered as They Stand
With Fixtures.
Washington, Match 25.?Armyi
amps to be abandoned by the Wai^
)epartment, including buildings, j
ailroad tracks, sewerage systems :
md other facilities, are to be sold to
he highest bidders, and April 15;
las been fixed as the date for receiv- '
ng bids.
The plan is to sell entire camps
or luilip sums, and big industrial
oncerns are regarded as the most :
ikely purchasers.
In some cases State governments
,re expected to bid for the camps for< i
ise as National Guard training ceners.
Such bids will be given prefer-,
nee. Thirteen camps to be sold on'
Lpril 15 included all which the War
)epartment has definitely decided to i
lispose of. Others may be sold later. .
The thirteen are: * (
Camp Beauregard, Louisiana; Bow-'
e, Texas; Colt, Pennsylvania; Han-j;
ock, Georgia; Kenrick, New Jersey; <
jogan, Polk, North Carolina; Sevier,[]
Jouth Carolina; North Camp Jackson,! j
iouth Carolina; Shelby, Mississippi; (
Iheridan, Alabama; Wadsworth, S. ]
]&rolina, and Wheeler, Georgia.
In each case the buildings are of-J;
ered as they stand, with all fixtures!]
rv place, with the electric,, water," j
ewer and sewage disposal systems, 1
nd all government-owned railroads, j
ulverts and bridges. j (
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BIG CASE SETTLED. j.j
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The 5ase of W. M. Speer & Co., vs.! j
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JLi A11C11) U1 JUV TV llVivw lilvj VVAAO ^
ettled during the present term of, 1
ourt as well as bhe case of Katurah.'
V. Allen' vs. R. M. Burts, Sheriff,! i
;rowing out of the former .action. j'
?he Speer firm some years ago se-::
ured a judgment against B. E. Al-!
en, which amounted at the time of
ettlement to about five thousand dolars.
Last fall a levy was made on
.8 bales of cotton, and recently 12 :
ons of fertilizers were seized as the
>roperty of Allen. Mrs. Katurah W.
Ulen claimed the property, and her ?
iction was t6 determine the ownerhip
of the cotton, and of the fertili
;ers as well.
Before trial the Speer firm agreed
o accept fifteen" hundred dollars in
ull of all demands against Allen, and
his sum was paid by Mrs. Allen and
he matter was settled out of court.
Urs. Allen secures the cotton and ferilizers
in the settlement.
Messrs. J. M. Nickles, of the local
>ar and Grier, Park & Nicholson of
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Greenwood, represented Speer & Co.,j
vhile the Aliens were represented by !
Messrs. Bonham Watkins'& Allen, oft
\nderson, and Wm. P. Greene, ,of|
Abbeville.
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TEXAS BOYS.
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The old town was full of soldiers',
Wednesday, a small sized army of
:hem marched up Greenville street
about dinner time. They wore the,
jverseas caps and were out for exer-:
rise . Thev were all from Tnvns nnrl'
some of them told the canteen ladies;
Lhat the Lone Star State had fur-;
lished two full divisions for this war.!
rhe boys will parade in Dallas before
?oing to Forth Worth to be discharg-j
2d.
HOME AGAIN.
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Mrs. Frank Welsh is at home again (
and is quite well after her recent '
severe illnesss. Her frieijds are glad
to have her back.
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COTTON MARKET. V
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Good cotton on the Abbe- V
ville market brought 27 l-2c. V
yesterday. March futures V
closed in New York at 24.66. V'
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TROUBLE IN HUNGARY
MORE THREATENING
Anxiety in Washington and ParisNo
111 Will Believed to Have Been
Shown for Americans or British
in Budapest?Not So
With French.
Washington, March, 26.?Reports
of an increasing seriousness of the
situation in Hungary led to an opin-'
ion, expressed today by an official of(
the State Department that "the time'
had come for the Allied nations rep-|
resented at Paris to take a definite'
and firm stand against Bolshevism."!
Little news of an official nature was
received at the State Department1
during the day, but dispatches from
Paris indicated that grave apprehen-j
sion was felt there as well - as ip |
Washington over the situation.
' Representatives of the United
States in Vienna reported today that
the food administration had one or.
two agents in Budapest and it was'
stated that there might be other Am-,
ericans there. These advices 'said;
there was no ill feeling toward Amer-.
icans or British in Budapest, but a
3trong feeling of hostility was being
manifested against the French. This,t
it is believed here, is due to the occupation
by French troops of the
neutral zones between Czecho-Slovakia
.and Hungary and Rumania and
Hungary. It is believed here that;
probably the French members of the:
inter-allie^ mission in Budapest have1
been interned, as has been reported
in news dispatches from Vienna, but
doubt was expressed as to the in-,
elusion of American or British in the
internment order. , 's
It was said by officials that if the
Hungarians actually have declared
ivar upon the Entente Powers, as was
threatened in State Department advices
made public yesterday, it would
be a natural move for tho Hungarians
to attempt to reach the Adriatic and|
recover a portion of the Austrian
navy now in the hands of the Jugo-'
Slavs. Hungarian leaders, it was said,
undoubtedly would recognize the ad-1
vantage to be gained by striking im-|
mediately toward the Adriatic before
the authorities in Paris had time to
act.
'The question as to whether Hun-J
gary's acceptance of Bolshevism had|
its inspiration from German sources;
is Considered doubtful by State De-:
partment officials although it was
said that it would be an experiment
of great interest to Germany as it
would at once put the alliances to j
the test as to their attitude toward'
Bolshevism.
Advices to the department indicat-!
ed that the peasantry of Hungary,
thus far had not accepted the new.
regime to ,any great extent but it1
was pointed out that in no case has
Bolshevism got its start by a general
rising of the proletariat.
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A WELCOME VISITOR.
Mrs. George E. Prince, of Ar.'.'e son,
spent this week in Abbeville rt
the Eureka with Judge Prince, who
is holding court here. Mrs. Prince
is well known to many of our people j
and her visit has given pleasure to!
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her many friends.
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LIGHTS FOR MT. CARMEL.
John R. Tarrant and L. L. Hester!
were business visitors from Mt. Car-J
mel on last Wednesday. Mr. Hester j
informs us that he is planning toj
build a dam on Little River and to!
furnish power and lights to the towni
of Mt. Carmel. He has an engineer:
at work now. The survey has been;
made and the plans and drawings are.
being prepared for work, which will j
commence at an early date.
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meeting the heroes.
Mrs. D. Townsend Smith received
a wireless message Tuesday saying!
that Lieut. Smith would land at Char-J
leston on Thursday. Mrs. Smith left,
at once for Charleston and was onj
hand when the heroes arrived, as was|
Dan Townsend Jr.
FASTER PROGRESS MADE ON \ t
TREATY THAN IS APPARENT;
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Message From Delegate* to Washing- F
ton is Reassuring?Mr. Wilson and
Premiers Resume Their j Con- |
ferences?No Details of
Progress Given.
Washington, March 26.?A mes- n
sage to the White House today from' r
he American peace delegation at q
Paris said greater progress 'toward, t
peace was being made than "appear-, r
ed on the sbrface." s\ r
No details of the progress were n
giv^n and White House officials de- a
clined to speculate on what developments
might have furnished the t
basife for the dispatch. j ij
In some quarters it was assumed t
that the American delegates were t
optimistic over the important amend-' v
ments to the League of Nations con-;c
stitution agreed upon yesterday, in-! e
eluding one specifically to exempt, ii
domestic questions from the juris- p
diction of the league, and over the fi
apparent certainty that the associat-;
ed powers will accept President Wil-'t
son's provision designed to preserve a
the Monroe doctrine.
It was learned '-last ' night that o
the government had opened an in- a
quiry jnto the manner in which the '
French press had been enabled toja
keep so closely in touch with.. the 'g
doings of the supreme council. ' s
Most of the Republican senators
npw in .Washington declined to comment
today on 'the amendments r
hptppH nnnn nt. Pnric TViov f
the press reports with /keen interest^ a
but preferred to await official an-i f
nouncement of the action of the con- r
ference. '
Senators Borah, of Idaho, and t
Poind exter, of Washington, outspo- 3
ken opponents of the League, were P
exceptions to the rule. { j 9
_"L.won't support the League of.
Nations constitution," Senator Borah
said, "no matter if it contains a I
Monroe doctrine amendment or not,i
so long as control is placed in the
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hands of three Europeans and one c
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Asiatic as now proposed." .
Senator Poindexter declared the
only change that would be satisfac- ^
tory to him would be to strike Out
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everything after the preamble. j
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HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN? t
Fathor Cambroll, always polite, jr.
always courteous, and at times al-1 i
most handsome, has opened up on'f
Press and Banner Block. He ?ound t
out where business was to be had, 11
!tnd he opened next door to the fur- t
niture window of Col. S. J. Link, and's
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there he is ready to serve the public, s
fhftf. IS tVlQV TTTO *+ 4" f\ V. 1
? .w, w??vjr TTU1IU bU UUJ JialUWClIC
arid other merchandise of the stock ,
of R. L. Dargan at alliance prices.
He expects to make some announcements
through the columns of this
paper in the next few days, but that( t
need not "inter" you from getting)?
Mnre fp-?t and getting the best bar-!,
.'r:, io be had. If he does not ad-!?
- i!:;c as promised or if you call on
Vm and do not get a bargain, we!r
will take back what we said about
his being handsome. ! A
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THE WAR IS OVER. *
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When we think of the "meatless,"!'
"wheatless" and "eatless" times we;c
have been having for the last year or|]
two, a glance at Bai'ksdale's window1
assures us that the war is over. The
window is an alluring array of home!
cured hams and country eggs, spell-j
ing the words "ham and eggs." j
Barksdale's ugty clerks are experts, ^
when it comes to window decoration. .
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ANOTHER TOOTH.
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As soon as Benjamin Smith Barn-;
well, the four months old son of Mr. j
and Mrs. W. M. Barnwell, found out;
that Williamette Williamson had cut*
a tooth, he got busy and cut one too. 11
He did not get a trip to Georgia, but: (
his tooth came through at his home! t
on the Greenville Street annex. The >
young man weighs twenty pounds. 1
ARRANGEMENT MADE .
BY FINANCE BOARD
tailroads Will Be Enabled to Meet
April First Requirements, It Was
Announced Wednesday By the
Corporation.
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Washington,' March 26.?Arrangelents
for making advances to railoads
to meet their April first re-!
uirements have been completed by
he War Finance Corpoation, the
ailroad administration and the rail-1
oad executive committee, it was an-'
ounced today by the finance corpora
tion.
pailroads now are filing applica-,
ions with the corporation for loans'
n lieu of those which have been ob-l*
ained from the railroad administra-!
ion except for the failure of the re-'
olving appropriation. The form of i
ertificate of indebtedness to be giy-j1
n by the railroad administration and : ^
n turn offered the war finance cor-'
oration as collateral, has now been'
tnallv antiroved.
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"As each application is presented 1
0 the war finance corporation" said *
statement from that agency today, 1
it will be considered by the directors c
f that corporation upon its merits jl
nd in strict compliance with the pro- 1
isio'ns of the war finance corporation J(
ct as to adequacy of security, mar-;1
in.of security and in all other re-!4
pects." 'g !(
The corporation also explained that 1
he jpolicy of making loans to rail-'
oads was-not essentially different 1
rom that pursued before the financi-! t
1 predicament created through the ailure
of (pongress. to replenish the c
ailroad- administration's fund.- j1
Some members of Congress have ^
harged that the corporation was c
eeking to circumvent Congress toy 1
roviding funds which Congress it-| c
elf had failed to authorize. * '' j
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SET UP THE CLOCKS.
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People who expect to attend ser-j1
ices in any of the churches on next!
Sunday morning, whether they expect 1
o throw anything in the collection or, 1
iot, should set the. clocks up Satur-,'
[ay night, because during the night,'1
it 2:30 A. M., the time jumps up anj'
lour, and you will get up by fast
ime, notwithstanding you may re- <
ire by slow time. . <
Nothing interrupts the preacher so ;
nuch as those who come in late on 1
Sunday morning, and nothing inter-:
'eres with the collection anymore]]
;han for contributors to come in af-j;
;er the plate is .passed. You are - on
;hat account, both accounts we should "
;ay, urged by the preachers and deaions
to be^ on time.
J,000 OLD HICKORY TROOPS
LAND AT CHARLESTON
Charleston, S. C., March 27.?The
ransport Mercury, with more than:
5,000 troops of the Thirtieth divisions
lboard, docked here early today from
3t. Nazaire.
Th emercury sailed from St. Na-j
:aire, March 15. There are G9 officers'
ind 3,0-15 men of the Old Hickory,
vhich is composed of Tennessee,'
\Torth Carolina, and South Carolina'
.roops aboard. Brigadier General
Lawrence D. Tyson, who commanded;
lie fifty ninth brigade of infantry,!
romposed of the 117th and 118th reg-l
ments of infantry and the 114th ma-|
hine gun battalion, also is aboard.
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2,000 MORE TROOPS ARRIVE. \
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Charleston, S. C., March 27.?Theji
;ransport Koningin Der Nederlanden^
:rom St. Nazaire, with more than 2,-ji
)00 men of the 30th division aboard,
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eacneu cne ouier narDor eariy inisj
jfternoon and was expected to dock
before dark.
VISITING AT THE FALLS.
Judge Geo. E. Prince and Mrs.J'
Prince, who have been at the Eureka ;
luring the term of court, left yes-j i
;erday afternoon for Calhoun Falls, j
vhere they will visit Mr. and Mrs. E. j
VI. Lander for a few days. I<
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HUGHES OFFERS
SEVENpNGES
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Amendments for League of Nation*
Covenant?New York Addreaa?
Republican Candidate for President
Says People Are Entitled ,
to Better Work:
New York, March 26.?Seven a- * <
nendments to the league of nations .
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.uvcuuui/, uaetiuBU primarily Dy tneir
luthor to insure the American contilent
against European aggression to
protect the United States from qn"orced
administration of foreign territory
and to revoke the "trouble
jreeding" guaranty of the existing
political independence of member
lations. were proposed here tonight
>y Charles E. Hughes. '
Minor suggestions of the former ,
Republican presidential candidate
vere that definite limitation be plac>d
upon the league's field of inquiry,
eserving to the several nations ex:lusive
control of immigration, tariffs
md other internal problems, that
provision be made for the withdrawal
>f states from the organization, and
;hat what he termed an ambiguity as
;o the requirement of unanimous de:isions
by the league to be cleared ,
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In-;an address before the United
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^eague" Club reviewing exhaustively
he terms of the proposed covenant,
tfr. Hughes declared that the Ameri:an
people'"were entitled.to abetter
)iece of work." He added that much
vould have been gained "if at the
>utsot" part of the time expended in
ts praise had been devoted to its
:orrection."
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The amendments, Mr. Hughes suggested,
"aside from formal improvenents"
were stated as follows:
1: Explicit provision, as to the
requirement of unanimity of decision.
2. Suitable limitation as to the
leld of the league's inquiries and ac;ion
so as to leave no doubt that the
concerns of states, such as immigra;ion
and tariff laws, are not embracjd.
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3. Providing that no foreign powsr
shaU hereafter acquire by conquest,
purchase, or in any other way,
any possession on the American con- ,
tinent or the islands adjacent thereto.
a t> :j: i.1ii.. ?in 1 --fl
i. nuvluiiig iiuxi tut: setueiiieiib ux
purely American questions shall be 1
remitted primarily to the American
nations, and that European nations'
shall not intervene unless requested
to do so by the American nations.
5. Qmitting t^ae guaranty (of the1
exis'ting independence of member nations)
of Article X.
6. Providing that no member, of
the league shall be constituted a
mandatory without its consent and no
European or Asiatic power shall be
constituted a mandatory of any Am-,
erican people.
7. Providing that any member ofthe
league may withdraw at its pleasure
on a specified notice.
FROM OVER THE
DEEP BLUE SEA
Laurie Hollingsworth, of the United
States Navy, will arrive in Abbeville
on next Monday to visit his home
people. Mr. Hollingsworth is a son
of Judge and Mrs. M. E. Hollingsvvorth,
and has been doing his part by
the country since the opening gun
of the big fight was fired. He has
crossed the Atlantic twelve times on
duty for the government. He is attached
to the U. S. Henderson.
A SCHOOL PLAY.
The pupils of the tenth grade of
the high school are getting up a play
under the supervision of Miss Lynch.
The parts have been assigned and the
young people arc at work on the
conversation parts.
The money realized will go towards
the support of the French orphan recently
adopted by the grade.