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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919.
THE HAND GRENADES.
Grenades were known to have
been in use five centuries ago. In
1427, at the siege of JJie Fortress of
Casamaggiore on the river Po, the
defenders used a primitive grenade,
made of a glass bottle filled with
powder. Grenades were used at the
^ siege of Rouen in 1562, and at the
siege of Vantendonck in the Low
Counties in 1588. When the container
developed from glass to iron
they made a tremendous effect.
During the reign of Louis XIV,
in 1765, the pocket ufeed for carrying
grenades began to be knrwn as the
grenadiere, and it was not long unx:i
ii.? cniiiiors whn scoured
IJ1 II1C yjv-rwtu iiviuiv*? .
the country in advance of the line
/ of march, entrusted with the deadly
/ \ ' hand bombs, were known as the
grenadiers.
In English history, as well, the
grenadiers are found from the seventeenth
century on, and on the Continent,
during the wars of the first
part of the nineteenth century, grenades
played a large part.
It was left for the Russo-Japanese
war, in 1904, to develop the hand
g-.-onsde nearest the ones in the
Great War, and the history of this
development is extremely interesting
Jam tins, tomato cans, any kind ot
metal recepticals, were saved?even
ct the beginning of the Europear
ar?and filled with explosives, bits
of shell, shrapnel balls, nails and
mud to hurl at the better prepared
enemy. The 'hair-brush", the
"cricket-ball," etc., were the next
steps in the evolution of the modern
Mills bomb, which was the final type
used by the English and American
armies.
It is the Mills Defensive Bomb,
Mark II, which will be used to equip
the school children of the United
States in their fight on waste. Enlisted
by classes into companies oi
Thrift-Grenadiers, they will jam
their grenades full of pennies and
dimes with which to buy Thrift and
War Savings Stamps. With the aid
of the grenades, by drilling in
ffieady saving, wise buying and safe
^yesfrnent, they will become an independent
citizenry assuring prosperity
and happiness to their country.
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No uniform will characterize this
new army of granadiers, but the
4 patriotic fight in which these little
soldiers will engage will bear the
highest testimony as to the true
worth of those who pledge them'
selves to be "active and quick ir
judgment, intelligent and fearless."
THE STATE MEMORIAL.
(Newberry Herald and News.)
It was proposed to erect in Co
lumbia a memorial to our soldiers ii
the recent war, the building to b<
strictly a memorial building, / ii
which could be kept the record o:
the soldiers and and relics of the war
and it was not to be in any sense ai
utilitarian building. The idea is i
good one, and we hope there will b<
accepted no proposition to make i
in any sense an utilitarian building
There should at least be one suci
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memorial in tne ataie, arm wie piu
per place for it is at the State capi
tal. The State library might b<
moved to the building and the library
made a real library and visitors wh<
visited the memorial would hav<
easy access to the library.
We notice in one of the Columbij
papers that a proposition is made t<
turn the memorial into a hospital
and increase the amount proposed e
for the erection of the building from n
$500,000 to one million. So far as q
we are concerned we hope that will t
not be done. A hospital is a good|b
thing, and a great many people go ev-pv
ery day from all parts of the State, n
to some one or the other of the Co- j t
lumbia hospitals, but we would not(
like to see the proposed memorial; t
to our soldiers in the shape of a hos-j s
r pital. A hospital is not a place youj
cure to go unless you are sick or n
crippled or something is wrong with e
the animal. A memorial should be a
a place where you would like to go f.
' whenever you visited the city, and l
, where you would have pleasant and' v
pleasing surroundings all the time,je
and where you could have easy ac-j s
(jcess to the record of any soldier j u
(! who took part in the great worlclj 1
^ war. The two things, it seems to us,; y
do accord with one another.
We trust that the commission'^
| charged with the erection of this
memorial is to be a county affair,
'and where you could not afford to!
erect a purely memorial building on-! '
: ly for use of records and relics, the i ^
,i proposition is entirely different. We ^
L' could and should, as we see it, com- f
bine the utilitarian idea with the.t
memorial, because then you would! d
! have the memorial and it would be i s
! used for other things, such as rest 8
/room and a county library, as we!"
/ have already suggested. ! t
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MANN FAMILY REUNION.
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On August 6, there was a reunion i
, of the Mann family in the large oak I
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; grove in front of the old Mann home,
i now owned by George S. Lewis, near
' Antreville, in Abbeville County.
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l: There were about 200 people presi
a
! ent to partake of the bounty of the
y
r occasion, and to join in the pleasant
i associations of the day. The crowd
was composed of the Mann family
i and the family connections; the Su-,.
bers; the Bells; the Belos; the Mc
'Carters; the Southerns; the Fergu;
sons; the Princes; the Canns; the
J 0
Wrights; and others, who were invited
to join in the festivities of the | ^
J-" C1 4-V* rv m/vrnk^rc nf +".VlPil
J U <xy. OUI1IC VI lilt w- w?W,
[ family who live at a distance could j
! ^ot got 'there. Ed. Mann, of St. Mat-1
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i thews, now solicitor, and candidate
. for congress, and his cousin, Marvin
Mann, clerk of the State senate, also n
i of St. Matthews, and his brother, 3
i Clyde Mann, cashier of the Bank of r
: Honea Path, were absent. Chris Su- v
1 ber, another member of the family,
I cashier of the Williamston Bank, and
s his brother, Frank Suber, cashier of ^
A
; the Pelzer Bank, also failed to be
i present. n
s Dr. James Mann, superintendent of
i the schools of the city of Greenville, 1
was present, and added much to the a
, enjoyment of the day, mingling with c
> the friends and relatives with whom 0
I he was associated in his boyhood. The g
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' dinner was served in the grove. It 11
! was the basket dinner, all that heart '
t Could wish, but it was supplemented s
[ by a well prepared barbecue. After s
I the dinner was served, the crowd was n
['favored with a well timed address, ^
i delivered by Dr. Mann, dwelling on
s1 some of the chief characteristics of s
. the Mann family, and closing with a
.^strong appeal in behalf of education. P
. It was unanimously agreed,1 by a ^
vote to hold this family reunion on ^
i this same spot every year, on August c
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[\ THE COTTON SITUATION. f
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I Columbia, S. C., Aug. 12.?The v
I following has been given out by the j
I American Cotton Association: a
The American Cotton Association,
j through confidential representatives,
( has been securing inside information
from the cotton consuming centers.
' of the North and from the New c
York Exchange for quite some length ^
1 of time. Much of the information
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^secured is very valuable.
1 A mammoth mass meeting will be ,
? 1 11 xT. . 1 ? i.1
L neia in xne eany xaii lor me purpuavj j
> of discussing and recommending a!
1 minimum price for the growing crop t
i based on supply and demand and the 1
- comparison in prices of manufacturt
ed products and other commodities, s
' also the matter of acreage for the
i coming year will be seriously con
sidered. The farms will be operated!
- upon a business basis and only suchjj
i acreage will be planted as, based onj
7 supply and demand, will bring a pro>
'able price. Under no condition *
- will the acreage be planted to estab- c
!sih surplus to bear down prices.
i After this meeting, confidential in-ie
) formation secured as stated above, *
, will receive the most careful consid- v
I
ration and attention of special committees,
and in all probability a revest
for a special investigation of
he flagrant manipulation which has
een practiced in the cotton market j
nil be made. As a result of this
lanipulation the South has suffered
he loss of millions.
One of the leading bankers from,
wyiAAyifltrj
H6 weaitny western &ccuuu ic^uiuy i
tated:
"We would be delighted to loanj
noney on your cotton, as money isj
xtremely easy with us, but it is an'
.bsolute tool for the manipulator,!
he prices being flagrantly and vio-j
cntly manipulated at his own sweet
/ill, so that cotton is really considerd
as a gambling product, and in our
ection of the West it is considered
msafe for hauling by the banks.,
fou should do something to stabilize]
cur prices."
VILLIAMS MAKES
REPLY TO LODGE
Washington, Aug. 12.?Senator
Villiams, Democrat, Mississippi, biterly
attacked the position of Senator1
-odge, Republican, chairman of the
oreign relations committee, as "par*
isan and narrow" in the senate toav.
"I hesitate very much," he
aid, "to undertake to reply to the'
reatest presentation of the selfish-j
ess of American policy h\ an ex-j
emporaneous answer. It is not a
e\v presentation of the personality
f the senator from Massachusetts.)
le has always attempted to make a'
how of himself."
At this point hisses and "boos"
ame from the gallery and drowned
ut the Mississippi senat.v's voice.
Vice President Marshall, after re-J
toring order, warned that if the sen-1
te rules again wer.i violated, he |
rould order the gv>!lerie3 cleared. I
Senator Williams continued that I
lenator Lodge "has always attempt-1
d to make a show of himself as beng
non-partisan and fair and impar-l
ial."
"But the senator refers:," continud
Mr. Williams, "to the fact that we
iust render our service of our own
ree will to the world?service of
ur own free will. How can any na-j
ion render service of its own free1
rill? I can not render service to j
lississippi of my own free will. IJ
lust consult the other people who)
re my neighbors. Mississippi canj
iot render service of its own free
nil.
Crossing of t'?. j
"All the crossing of t's and the
otting of i's that the senator from)
lassachusetts has recourse to does
ot make me forget that he has negscted
the weightier matters of the
aw. Leave out his crossing of t's
nd his dotting of i's and his finally
arefully three months' prepared perration
intended to appeal to the
alleries, has he shown the slightest
eart sympathy with the desire of
he world to have peace. Has he
hown any sympathy with the de
L_11
ire of the mother that ner son snau
ot die uselessly upon the battleeld?
'It is easy for the senator to
corn and cast obliquy upon the senence
of the president when the)
resident said, 'If you defeat the I
?ague of nations you will break the J
L Wifk on nnsolntei
can ux uic rw/Ai*a. it?vu
old New England synici?m that inites
the scorn of every'honest, hulan,
loving man, he merely made1
un of the phrase. It is a slightj
hing to break the heart of the
rorld provided Republican policies
n the senate of the United States
re not at stake."
New Banl^ in Antreville.
News has been received in this
ity of the establishment in Antre-ille
of the Antreville Bank and the
irganization of the Antreville Merantile
Company. W. F. Nickles will
le president of both corporations.
C. A. Patterson will be cashier of
he bank. The incorporators of the
wo new concerns are W. D. Barkslale,
S. J. Wakefield, W. F. Nickles,
md E. A. Patterson.
Capt. Mac L. Baker Now.
The Hon. James M. Baker, of
AHmrlAetnllfl Viae 4"Vi a infof
j\j miutOYmvj uuo i wvi v vu vuv
isting news that his son, Lieut. Mac
j. Baker, M. T. C., France, was^reently
promoted from first lieutenint
to captain. Capt. Baker receiv:d
a citation from General Pershing,
or excepiionally meritorious serices
at Verneuil, France.'
PERSONALS.
Mrs. J. D. Bundy is coming dowi
from Monroe Saturday and will visi
Mrs. Frank Welsh for a week.
Miss Gladys Griffin, of Cross Hill
is spending the week with har aunt
Mrs. R. S. Quattlebaum.
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Harvin hav
returned from a short visit to Man
ning.
Miss Sarah Welsh is in the cit;
for a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. F
f
M. Welsh. She has been spendinj
[ some time in Hendersonville, am
i came to Abbeville on her way home
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Mrs. M. B. Davis and her younj
son, Marion, are in Lawrenceville
Ga., on a visit
Mr. Charlie McNeill and his fam
ily of interesting children have beei
spending this week in Hartwell, Ga,
with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. AndersonBilly
Brr.dley is here from Co
lumbia to spend a short vacatioi
with his home people.
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Lieut. J. C. Fair who finds Abbe
ville the garden spot of the earth
and the nearest way, any where, wa
4*1 Ml ^ mi 1 ? X
in .iiroeviiie inursuay on nis way t
Camp Gordon to get his discharge.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barksdal
leava Monday for the mountains o
North Carolina. They will make th
trip in their car and will visit man;
places of interest..
W. J. Heid, who ha^ been in sei
vice in France for the past year, re
! turned hom-j Wednesday, having re
| ceived his discharge from Cam;
vJackson.
k Sam Reid, of St. Matthews, is vis
*iting his home people near the city.
WAR IN EUROPE
BROKE CARNEGIE'S
BOUYANT NATUR1
New York, Aug. 12.?The wa
' killed Andrew Carnegie.
Hoodwinked by the former Germai
! kaiser into believing German wa
sincerely interested in preservinj
world peace ,Mr. Carnegie saw hi
|ideal3 and beliefs shattered by Gei
; man treachery and the reactioi
broke his heart.
During the war Mr. Carnegie wen
into retirement. He could not b
persuaded to make any public state
ment about the conflict, although re
D. POL
Our Fall Lines Ai
and We Have Boug]
Complete Line of R
Have Ever Carried.
Our goods were 1
lurt? me reuciic au v<
would advise early
stocks are depleted.
We have a large j
now, but we know tl
heavy.
Among the comp
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Iuci 11 y can IUC m^ni/iv
Dry Goods
Shoes
Ladies and
Ladies Re
Ladies'
Trunks an<
The above lines a
respect and ready f<
D. POL
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quests from all over the world poured
into his New York residence,
a His life-long conviction that war
t was an international crime had run
against the savage attempt of the
Hohenzollerns to overthrow civilizaI
tion. The result drove him to a
[9
i# brooding silence that changed his
buoyant cheerful nature.
He lived to see the many millions
he had expended on the court of international
arbitration at The Hague
shown to have been useless, so far as
averting the great world conflict was
concerned. He lived to see the future
y
, j seat of international arbitration re1
moved from The Hague to be set up
aew in Switzerland by the League
I of Nations.
"j Mr. Carnegie's millions were useful
| only in revealing how international
arbitration would not work, as dem'
onstrated by the war. But he did
i not lose faith altogether in his plan
! to establish world peace.
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j Abbeville Boy Gets Scholarship.
I
Francis Mabry, of this city, has
-1 been apprized of the fact that hs
n was a successful applicant for a
State scholarship to the School of
Pharmacy, Medical College of South
i- Cr.ri.ri-.a. There is one appointment
I, in eacn congressional uisiriuu xuc
s appointment carries an appropriation
o of $150 and is good for one year.
Mrs. Dickson Moves.
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Mrs. J. A. Dickson left this week
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for Brownlee, where she will make
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her home. Her friends in Abbeville
regret very much her leaving. . Her
home on Wardlaw street has been
rented to C. E. Hix, superintendent
of the Water and Electric Plant. The
upstairs has been sub-let to Mr. and
Mrs. V. D. Thomas.
h NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
By order of the4 Board of Directors
of the Abbeville County Memorial
Hospital sealed bids for remodeling
^ and improvement, lighting and heating
of the Abbeville County Memort
_ i tt ;j..i j: _i
I lai XlospiLai .ouiiuiiig, uiiucr jpiaus
and specifications drawn by James C.
11 Hemphill, architect, are asked. Bids
3 will be opened at the City Hall, of?
fice of D. H. Hill, attorney, on Aug3
ust 29, 1919. Rights are reserved to
reject any and all aids. Plans and
n specifications can be seen at said office
at any time.
t Signed, D. H. HILL,
Acting Chairman Building Com.
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IAKOFF
re Beginning to Come,
it This Ij^ar the Most
Merchandise That We
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bought right and bemce
in prices and we
buying before our
and varied assortment
lat the demand will be
=
lete lines -which we jj
npd: |
and Clothing
i?Hats
Misses Cloaks
ady-to-Wear
Sweaters
1 Suit Cases.
ire complete in every
>r your inspection.
IAKOFF
Private Ferguson Returns.
Private J. P. Ferguson, Judge Advocate's
Department, District of Paris,
has been discharged from the
army and has arrived at his home.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
I 1 ClgUOUll* I
The following recommendation
gives evidence of the high esteem in
which Private Ferguson was held by
his commanding officer:
''As the Headquarters of the District
of Paris is about to be discontinued
owing to the evacuation of
the American Forces from Franca, I
wish to express to you my appreciation
of your services in this office.
You first came to this office as an
3 1.. ~T X AAA A-nr
' urueny auuut sia uiuuiuo o^u. v??ing
to your willingness to work, and
your intelligence, you were advanced
to more important duties. In your
present position in charge of the
mimeograph work you are giving
entire satisfaction. I would like you
to know that your superiors think
very well of you.
H. M. Morrow,
Colonel, J. A. G. D.,
Judge Advocate.
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A Case of Flu. .
"Buddie" McCuen, the young sob
of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McCuen, is up
and about again after a struggle with
the flu.
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La^>mJSLTY^I
Do Vbu WANT TO I
I OV/N LAND- ? ? ?|
A?K SUTHERLttND '
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Now all of the land will be
some man's land?why not
come into your share? The
thrift you've learned to practice
will now bring to you the
security of property-possession, >
the happiness of home-owning. '
We'll show you how to start so
ybu can safely finish buying
the property you desire.
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100 ACRE TRACT?Six and i
one-half miles from Abbe- I
villa in RVmrrm noichhorhnfMii E
close to school and church.
Three-room house and {wrn..
Price acre, __$32.50. (Sold)
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82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND?
4 miles south of Abbeville.
Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10
-acres of fine branch bottoms, 35
acres in cultivation, balance
in woods both pine and
I ash. Rented for this year. ,
Near school house. < ;
Frice per acre ^zv.oo {zxxaj r h
LOT?on South side of town, - IH
150x150 feet. Price, $150.00 f B
156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 11
miles Southeast of Abbeville I Bj
S. C. Six room dwelling, 8- | H
room' tenant house, barn. I1
About 2-horse farm rented
for this, year. Good bottom | H
kind, plenty ashe wood and IH
timber. Price por i'.cre $30.00 I I
166 ACREC?6 miles from Ab- 9 H
beville. Good dwelling, barn IH
I tononf hmtse. located in Leb- I HI
anon section, close to school Rfl
and church.
Price per acre $30.00 9
5-ROOM DWELLING? On H
South Main Street, at Cotton H|
Mill. Price, $1,100.00 H
36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2
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miles irom noages, o mues
from Abbeville, good dwell- j^H
ing, barn and outhouses.
Price, $1,650.00 H
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