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Abbeville Press and Banner 1 .... y~im _ J|S __ ? 1 . Established 1844# $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, May 16, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year RED CM COM. HAS " INTERESTING MEET: 1 m Recommendations of Secretary of p Home Service Section Pasted? vChairmen of Committees Se- tl lected..Canteens to Re- tl Ceive Support. tl The Executive Committee of the s* Abbeville Chapter American Red w Cross met Tuesday evening at six? oVlnnk in the office of the Home Ser j p vice Section, Joel Morse presiding, JIa the feature of the meeting being the I presentation of the report of the \ ^ Home Service Secretary, Mrs. Han- 01 nah H. Coleman. The meeting was Ja well attended. *a tc Mrs. Coleman made five recommen- ^ dations which were discussed and j passed. The recommendations jfolo: .jw: Pi 1st.?That the Secretary be au- C( thorized to complete the furnishing! ? of the office. h 2nd.?That the Chapter declaie its s< policy as to refunding other chapters ir for money spent in our behalf. n 3rd.?That the Chapter pass suit- fj able resolutions thanking Miss Fuller' b: - *? ??cr tTip absence! ei *or ner ?w*wco ? of the Ex-Secretary. ^ * 4th.?That the Chapter pass suitable resolutions thanking the Civic U Club for the loan of the furniture c: now in use. f' ~5th.?That a Red Gross sign be j t< painted above the door, and x one a " liung to face the street. The committee authorized the support of the canteen committees by the chapter instead of the self-supI ' port as heretofore. . IP The following chairmen of com-j C mittee were appointed: ' Publicity,, 0 I Hev. Louis J. Bristow; Education,)n I Prof. Daniel; Development, Mrs*! d I Cliff King; Nursing, Mrs. E. C. Hor-ir ton. E j The report of Mrs. Coleman was t( J in part as follows: _ j The present office, No. 11 Main n Street, has been rented, partially c furnished, and opened to the public. \ our Secretary has completed a six ^ Weeks training course for Home Ser-11 vice work in Jacksonville, Fla., andj has been lesignated a graduate of j * that Institute. Home Service is a Red Cross service rendered to assist the families j of men in any branch of the service, i ^ to solve such definite problems as to ? health, employment, legal difficulties, school attendance, etc. To talk over problems, and give training in families where child welfare and household management are below stand-j q Tliio Ja oommnlisVipri hv ft svffl. i G pathetic study of the individual and: ti his environment. | b The Institute attended by the jt< representative of the Abbeville! Chapter was held in Jacksonville, i a and continued for six weeks. The; d program was under the direction of. g Miss Helen Cinnamond of the South-ip ern Division and in charge of Miss| Sara Gober, assisted by Miss Farra, v Miss Ellis and Miss Cohen. . t The course consisted of lectures, j S class work, field work, and reading, j b mi-. 1--1 j I *v i ine lectures covereu, waMiig ui a^" race." "Child Welfare." "The Handi-jn capped Child," "Social Legislation,"!^ "Home Economics,' "Problems of Income and Expenditure," "Employ- J tl ment of Women and Children," < "Community Resources," "Re-eudca-! ^ tion and Re-adjustment of the Dis-j abled Soldier," "Social Significance j o of the War, Risk and Insurance Ig Act," "Man and His Place and Rela-|fi tion in the Universe," and kindred | a subjects. P Your Secretary has been asked to c estimate the cost of running to this g office for the balance of the year? C tnis she cannot do. There is no question in her mind t< +Vi?t fVift nffipa not. va+. nrnnprlv V equipped. The permanenmy of the c Home Service School of the Ameri- a can Red Cross depends on the abliity tl of the Ex-Secretary and the ' .ability * V THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, I Horace H. Bowie, of Durant, Miss. a?sed through Abbeville on Wednesay with a troop train carrying the 14th Engineers of which he is aj iember. His command has been in J ranee since last September, and| as in action from October 1st, until j nf armistice. The! IC 015111115 va. W..V oops aboard the train were on their ay to a camp in Mississippi, where ley will be mustered out. Mr. Bowie >ent the short lay-off at Abbeville ith his kinsman, Wm. P. Greene. Mr. Bowie visited in Abbeville ounty three or four years ago. He, a grand nephew of Mrs. Martha1 me Bowie and a cousin of Messrs.1 rown, George, Cal and Lee Bowie, I P the Gilgal section. He is also re-! ted to the other members of the | irge Bowie family of Lopg Cane >wnship. His grand-father,- Johnj owie, a half-brother of Mrs. Maria Jane Bowie, with other members f the family, removed to Mississip-j i more than three-quarters of a jntury ago. He lived until April8th of the present year, dying in is niety-eighth year. One of the >rrows of the young soldier returnig from overseas was that he would OC oe permitted tu see mo giauuither again. Another grandson, a rother of the young man who passd through Abbeville on yesterday, i in the army of occupation. Mr. Bowie is an employee of the llinois Central Iia:;way system in ivil life. He married before sailing or France. He returns to his home > take up his work where he left it t the call of his country. TRUANT OFFICER. Mrs. M. T. Coleman has been apointed Truant Officer for Abbeville !ounty and will begin the discharge f her duties in July. The appoint lent was made by State Superintenent of Education Swearingen, upon ecommendation of the County toard and the office came unsolicited o Mrs. Coleman. The duties of the office are to lake a census of the schools and hildren of the county and to see hat under the compulsory education iw the children are kept in school or the time required by law. " ACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday, May 18th, Mass at 10:30 l. M., Sunday School after Mass. Jvening services, 8:30 P. M. Mass londay at 7:30 A. M. SEEING THE SHOW. Mr. Meadows Langley, Mr. Julian 'oche, and Miss Boyd went up to rreenville last week to see the Texite Show. They were accompanied y Bernard Roche, who went along a keep the crowd straight. nd efficiency of the Ex-Secretary epends on two things?the tools iven her to work with and the suport given her by the Chapter." The support given the Home Serice School by the Chapter is going o depend on the interest the Exlec. is able to arouse in the memers. To arouse the interest of the lembers it will be necessary for the members to keep in touch with the rork. The best way to keep in touch with he work is to attend the commitse meetings and to visit the office, it the committee meetings a report ! all the work will be made, which f course will cover a great deal of round, but only by visiting the ofce, reading the bulletins, the mail nd t.hp rprnrds. nnH f-.alkino' to the eople as they come for assistance an a real insight of the work be otten. The office is open to the lommittee at all times, and nothing rould please the secretary more than a have your interest so vital, that ou will want to come, and having ome will want to stay. Your help nd co-operation will be the life of ae Section. Without it the work rill die. ? BOND ISSUE ? CARRIED m "Only the Beginning" , Citizens-The Square to Two Depots toRec ] 47 Votes Cast J a Dissent1 The bond issue election for paved j; streets in Abbeville was carried un-i] animously. One hundred and forty- \ seven votes were cast in favor of the ] measure and not a dissenting vote. ; Bad weather kept the vote down, but 1 if all the other possible voters in the city had voted against the bond issue | only 79 votes would have been so cast, leaving a majority for bonds of ] 68. Of course nothing like this i would have happened, better weather i would have only swelled the majority i ?or the unanimity. 1 The matter of issuing the bonds will be taken up at the next meeting ' of the city council tonight. The question of the denomination, date of maturity, interest and other features will be discussed and settled. It is probable also that authority for employing -a civil engineer to l make estimates and maps will be j granted at tonight's meeting. The kind of paving will also be gone ini * to. . It has been pretty definitely decided that the Square and the streets leading to the Southern and the Seaboard depots will receive the first attention. Whether the amount of the bond issue, $90,000, will cover the cost of paving this much street surface is a question. It has been the history of street paving in other places that when once streets are begun toJa* paved., the citizens are never satisfied with THE CENTENARY SUPPER. The Methodists are celebrating the I Centenary of their mission work and ! are raising money as a memorial and in an endeavor to do bigger, better things in the way of missions as the years go by. On last Sabbath the \mpaign for money was opened by an excellent speech in the Methodist church by Hon. C. C. Featherstone, of Greenwood. Thursday night the men of the Methodist church were tendered a supper at the hall over Parker and Reese's store at which there were many good talks by local men and a hearty response to the pledges for missions. The supper was in charge of Mrs. W. F. Nickles, who was assisted by a couple of competent women and was a delightful affair. Covers were' laid for one hundred guests. The i tables were decorated* in white and ! red-and attractive place cards bear^ ing the slogan of the Centenary movement were at each place. A menu of cream chicken, deviled eggs, alads, sandwiches, chips, tea, cream and cake was served, a bevy of pretty girls waiting on the table. GIVING THE PASS WORD. When the troop train passed I through Abbeville last Sunday the I "boys" were served by the canteen J ladies. When the train pulled up a . Un?/]<.A?MA wow MATVtQt*Vo^ + V? Q + iiauusumc jrvsuxig iiian xvmuinvv* ?* ** 'if that train leaves me, I am certainly going to walk home." When asked where his home was, he replied, "Due West." He had lost his Oue West look while in France, but one lady applied the acid test byj \sking, "Well, if you are from Due( West, what is today?" "Sabbath,") eplied the young soldier who proved to be David Kennedy, a son of Mr. Selden Kennedy. The young man 1 1'ias seen service overseas and is ready to sing the psalms and say Sabbath for the balance of his?life. '.LECTION 1ANIM0USLY Say Many Prominent and Streets Leading f ' i Aii i ewe ttrst si ttemtonvr Measure-Not ng Vote. stopping at the initial amount of paving, but want to continue until ill the principal thoroughfares are pa^ed. Many of the prominent citizens of Abbeville who have been interviewed on the question are of this pinion and say "it is only the beginning." And all express the hope that the paving of the streets be commenced as soon as possible. However, it is not thought that work will be begun until late in the summer or early Fall. W. A. Sanders, of Anderson, and H. S. Jaudon, of Elberton, civil engineers, have applied for the job of ngineer in charge of;the paving. Mr. Sanders was in charge ' of the street paving recently completed atAnderson. Other engineers have j sent in written applications. There seems to be no dearth of men capable of directing the work. It Is probable that an engineer will be chosen at the meeting of the city council tonight. As the bond issue of $90,000 will | be matched dollar for dollar by the, adjoining property owners it wilr mean that $180,000 will be expended1 on the streets. Mayor Mars stated that the council would probably decide on 5 per-i cent bonds to run for 30 years with' the option of taking them up at 20^ years. The denomination will be $500 or $1000. A MUSICAL TREAT. * Skovgaard, the Danish Violinist, vill be in Abbeville at the Opera House Monday and the people herej will have the pleasure of hearing him j in concert. He brings with him his own pianist and a singer from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. ne gives an exceuent program ui classical music, interspersed with songs, folklore selections and other music to please the ordinary lover of music. When Skovgaard comes to town he always gives a percent of his ticket sales to some local charity and in Abbeville this has been offered to the Civic Club for the Memorial Hospi-j .vl. The ladies of the club will sell; ickets today, Saturday >and Monday! ind they hope Abbeville people will { buy tickets from the committee. The prices are most reasonable, ere dollar for the lower floor and seventy-five cents for the balcony, to hear so celebrated a man. The entertainment will be a high; class one and is sure to please. A NEW STAR. I Mr. and Mrs. R. Glenn Kay are( being congratulated on the arrival; of a baby boy, who made his appear-! ance Wednesday. Douglass Fair-! banks and Charlie Chaplin will have; to take a back seat when this young j man begins to show them a thing or two. He will be called R. Glenn Kay, Jr. . COLORED BOY FATALLY BURNED LeRoy Moore, four-year-old colored boy, son of Amanda Moore, was probably fatally burned Wednesday morning at his mother's home near D n 4-Vi i n r\ ^ 4-VtA irfl ucbxua* ui biic UAV lacking but it is understood that the child caught on fire and before the imes could be extinguished, was badly burned about the body and fac?. . ... . - > MANY CANDIDATES FOR UNITED STATES JUDGESHIP A great deal of interest is being manifested in Abbeville county ovei the matter of the selection of the successor to the late Judge Josepl T. Johnson, as judge of the Unitec States District Court for the westerr district of South Carolina. Those mentioned locally as possi ble appointees are: Judge Frank B Gary and William P. Greene. Others mentioned are: John Gary Evans former governor of Sou h Carolina Judge D. E. Hydrick, Judge Thomas S. Sease, Former Governor Martir F. Ansel, Greenville; Thomas . S Cothran, speaker of the house oj representatives; Judge Joseph A McCullough, Greenville; Congress pian William F. Stevyison, Cheraw Ex-Governor John C. Sheppard, Edg< field, now state senator from Edge field county; J. William Thurmond Edgefield, United States district at torney; Richard C. Watts, Laurens associate justice state supreme court Milledge L. Bonham, Anderson; Cap H. H. Watkins, Anderson; F. Bar ron Grier, Greenwood; George B Cromer, Greenwood; Thos. B. Butle Gaffney, member of state senati from Cherokee. county; Judge J Lyles Glenn, Chester; Thos. F. Mc Dow, York. POPULAR CITIZEN DEAD Mr. W. P. Lowry died at Ho Springs, April 23. He had gon there hoping relief from those heal waters, but hs lived only a few day His death caused sadness to his man; Tiends here where' he spent mor than thirty years. He made man; warm friends by his many fine trait of character. He was a merchan here fr * lany year and also engag ed in 1 aning. He leaves an only sis ter, Mi. i Maggie Lowry, to mour: his deal The remains were interre at Selma, Ala., where his father, mc ther and brothers and sisters ar buried. Religious services were cor ducted bv Rev. Paul Presslv?Louis ville, Ga., News and Farmer. ATTENDING SYNOD. Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harrison lei Wednesday for New Orleans, wher hey go to attend the meeting of th Southern Presbyterian Assembly. Di Harrison having been elected a dele rate sometime ago.. In addition t the pleasure of jthe meeting of Ger eral Assembly, it is hoped the tri "urther South will greatly improv the doctor's health. < . ADVERTISING PAYS. It pays to advertise in The Pres i.nd Banner. Tuesday there ^was request for salvia plants for the bed n front of the City Hall* The pape vas scarcely off the press befor plants were offered by Mrs. W. S 'othran, Mrs. J. R. White and Mia May Robertson, which were soon de ivered, and set out during the ralr They are taking root and beginninj o grow before another paper is is sued. SYMPATHY FOR THE BENTON'S Mr. and Mrs. Herman Benton am Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benton went ti Monroe, N. C., Tuesday afternoon oi receipt of the news of the sad deatl of their brother, Mr. Wiley Benton The young man was an engineer an* was killed from an explosion on hi engine when nearing a small towi 'etween Monroe and Raleigh. Hi fireman and brakeman, both whit men, were killed also, and so far ni cause has been assigned for the ex plosion. The Benton's are well known an< popular in Abbeville and sincen sympathy is felt for the disconsolate family. ATTENDING THE CONVENTION Rev. Louis J. Bristow and Mr. T V. Howie are in Atlanta this weel in attendance upon the Southen jjapbxot vvuTciivwu, , ' ' " ' "V:: rSsf yy..: s%>.' . --*S& * EUREKA HOTE . j ; PROPERTY SOLD ' 1 _ -:M I Mr*. Mary H. Taggart Buy* the Building and Equipment From * Present Owners?Biggest Deal of Weok?Involves About Thir3 :' WM ty Thousand Dollars. ' ; ? ' , Hi Mrs. Mary H. Taggart has pur3 * #TI chased from the Ronsenbergs the Eureka Hotel. She conveys as a j part of the purchase price her residence lot on lower Main street and her large boarding house on Pinckney Street. It is understood that ' -he pays in addition about the sum 5 of fifteen thousand dollars, and for this consideration acquires th$ ho' tel property, and all the furunishings , and equipment, except the barber' shop equipment. ' Mrs. Taggart took charge of the 1 hotel when it was turned over to the owners by Mr. Jamieson. She put ' new life into the hotel business in r Abbeville at once. Instead of lookB ing like "The Deserted Village," it ' soon took on the appearance of a bee-hive. The number of patrons 'has j greatly increased during her short I administration over any other period < in the hotel's history, notwithstanding the hotel has always been in -5 t good hands. e Mrs. Taggart is a fine business [. woman .> She has accumulated a s good estate by her own industry in y j recent years. She has plenty of ene! ergy and good ideas. She knows y; what it takes to please the traveling s! man as well as the permanent boarder, and she has never failed to ..j run a good house, and to receive a' v j patronage in her business as a board-, n I ing-house proprietor. The success | j which has already come to her as the keeper of the hotel guarantees us a .. J first class hotel in the futurej and jJ the traveling public a first class place jJ to stay while here. Buying and Selling. Abbeville Realty Company has sold to Fred S. Hill the house and lot ^ next the Press and Banner office for $3100. The deal was closed Wednes6 j e day< r J. M. Morgan has purchased from the estate of Mrs. Clara Richey the ' cottage at the corner of Pickens and . ( Church streets, the price paid being PJ WilsonJohnson has purchased ^ .. from the same estate the cottage on ly Greenville street at present* occupied by Col. Hinson, of the Press and Bannqc&iyi his family. Mr. John- is son plans to great+y . improve the s'-' a ")lace and to move into it in the early Is | fall. r Mrs. Fred S. Hill has purchased e from Mrs. H. A. Benton the cottage 5. on Pickens street recently bought by is'Mrs. Benton from T. G. White and i- others, the price paid being $3750. i J This place has recently been thor. ' ?>r' i Roughly overhauled and it now pre i- sents a fine appearance. ATTEND SHRINERS MEET. I A number of Abbeville Shriners flilsft here Tuesday for Spartanburg 0 i to attend the spring ceremonial at rj | that place at which time 410 candi1 i /lafoc Tirara infrt fvia tv>iref ^ WMWVU Tf VI V 1111V1UVVU llll/V bliw U1JOVV1" u [ ies of Shrinedom. The five candi j i dates from Abbeville were: W. E. 31 Hill, L. S. Fisher, C. E. Yoder, J. M. 1 Morgan and D. A. Rogers. Shrinera 3 who attended the ceremonial from e here were, J. L. Sprouse, W. M. 3 Stephens, B. F. Cheatham, W. T. _ Stephens and R. N. Tiddy The local contingent returned j Thursday afternoon. e B BUILDING IN FORT PICKENS. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Botts, of Fort Pickens, are having their home torn down and will rebuild a handsome bungalow. While this work is * going on the family are spending the ? ime with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Botts. i '^eir baby has been quite sick for the past several days. ; ' * * VivV' ' v .vV\