Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w e^uin ?ioi^n jl } umiuxxxbx ? r if I Hocai * . flews : V( : IPersonals * I * =jc John Kin, of Cedar Springs, was in town Monday. C - n R. R. Tolbert, of Smithville, was a ^ visito rin town Monday. ni ai J. J. Grant, of Lowndesville, was a visitor here Monday. \ . i Thomas Harrison and Ernest Stone spent Sunday in Ware Shoais. ^ 1 Albert Morse spent Tuesday in Atlanta on business. ' I"1 ' " Mrs. W. L. Power spent Tuesday in Trnv di jtl John R. Blake , of Greenwood,: fwas in town Monday. ? ___ ' j E. J. Adair, of Clinton, spent ^ Monday night in town. L . . , . A Mrs. C. J. Lyon is in the city * visiting among her many friends. Miss Estelle McCord, of Smithville, /isited friends here Tuesday, j Miss Annie Davis, of Grecnwco 1J h was a visitor here Tuesday. o W. J. Amnions, of Calhoun Falls, j was in town Friday. , 1 Miss Mary Bell, Latimer, was in; Abbeville shopping this week.. T. J. Glascow, Greer, \yas a business visitor in Abbeville this week. ^ Mrs. J. R. McComb, Cold Spring, was in town this week shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson, of: Watts, w^re visitors in Abbeville this ? week. ' 1 g 1 i Mrs. William McNeil and Mrs. Eakin Cochran, Watts,* were shoppers fn the city this week. ' Mrs. L. A. Ramey, and daughter,: Miss Sallie Sue, of' Lebanon, were in j town Monday. i M. and Mrs. Wharton, of Water loo, are visiting the latters daughter, Mrs. J. R. Nickles. 1? e: Mrs. Frank McCord and sister, j?1 Mss Emma Black, were in town jb Tuesday. ,0 v . !s< Mrs. Keaton and heT handsome j si j Li. ti/t: a 14.1 4-~ui _. uaugiiier, lviibb wtic m tii*r a. city Monday shopping. !-w ** jti Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Junes have h rented the Presbyterian "Manse have .,0 moved in and are comfortably set-jti tied. ix< i ja Kempton Billings returned to Ft. ci McPherson, Atlanta, Tuesday, after a short furlough spent with his fa- X) ther, J. P. Rilings. j e: jw Kyle Leslie left Wednesday for j-al his home in Pittsburgh, Pa., after I ci CfWinCOVOM1 urool'c Viaro MrifVt V?ic ! A V. I1.43 XX kome people. ! is iai Miss Mary Quarles Link and Miss ti \ j Vary Lawson Link mil leave Friday D to visit Mrs. Joseph Everett, Spartamburg. A i g< Mrs. Arthur Klugh and pretty little daughter, Louise, Greenwood, are' j visiting Mrs. A. L. Harvin, at the^.j home of her mother, Mrs. Richard I q Sondley. I pj I ei Mrs. F. E. Harrison was called to; Manning yesterday on account of the cc serious illness of her brother-in-law,'151 ? - Wi Mr. fcid Horton. ! : cr VITAL STATISTICS Vc ac During the month of December ot in Long Cane Township there were 5 births, 3 whites and 2 colored and 1 death, colored. !m Fdr the year of 1919 there werejm 72 births, 19 whites and 53 colored |Ka and 39 deaths, 9 whites and 30, colored, E. E. Miller, ?? Registrar. jA: i ' I WiLSON-DEES. A wedding of interest to many iends in Abbeville and Abbeville ounty will be the Wilson-Dees nupals, when Miss Nina Wilson and r. John Dees will be united in mav age, the Rev. H. C. Fennel officialig. The wedding will take tomor >w afternoon at the home of the ride's father, Mr. George Wilson, farrenton, this county. Mr. Dees1 ame is in Pikeville, N. C. The Civic Club The regular meeting of the Civic lub will be held Thursday afteroon at four o'clock at the home of [rs. W. P. Greene.. This is an open leeting and the ladies of the city re invited to attend. Major Fulp ill make an address. Mrs. Foster McLane President. Attending the Dance. vr.. allfln wocl-nll TTvnnlr T,ps until - ? ? e, "Chick" Galloway and Thomas Harrison went up to Anderson Tuesay night and attended the bio ance. The dance was a success anc le young men had a pleasant time U. D. C. MEETING The Abbeville Chapter, U. D C. eld an interesting meeting at th< ome of Miss Maggie Brooks Tues ay afternoon. A splendid prognnr ras rendered, after which refresh lents were served. Will Entertain. Miss Fannie Stark will entertain a ridge tomorrow afternoon in honoi f her visitor, Miss Annie Rogers, o n.: Bridge Club Miss Mary Quarles Link enter ained the Young Ladies Bridge Clul Tuesday afternoon at her "home 01 Vienna street. Four tables of bridge ere played. A salad course wa erved for refreshments. In Honor of Guest. Mrs. A. L. Harvin will entertaii 'hursday afternoon in honor of he uest, Mrs. Arthur Klugh, Green rood. ACKSON BANQUET IS ANALYZED BY DAVID LAWRENCI By David Lawrence in The Atlanta Journal.) Washington, D. C., Jan. 9.?Sucl night! Twelve speeches, eight hour f banqueting, no booze, very littl< ating, mostly speaking, mostly con emning of the other party an: oastrrig of the achievement of thei wn party, full of challenges and al arts of expressions on what the is lies should be?all this until lonf fter two o'clock in the morning rith more than 2,000 diners filling le big banquet rooms of two big otels, cheering , enthusing and dem nstrating -just as if it were tbe na onal convention of tbe party al jady assembled. This was the Jack >n day celebration by the Demo ratic pa^y. There were speeches made bj as. for 'TJ-nv rnor Cornwell, of West Virginia hich mitfht as well have been made t a .Republican banquet. He criti' zed the administration for the damson act, warned against Social m and =the toleration of any labco itocracy, and spoke the eonservaye thought of middle western eznocraqj. There were speeches like that of ttorney General Palmer, which ive generous praise to the Repnb:ans for their support of the war id at the same time ridiculed the reward" of $10,000 offered by hairman Hays for a Republican atform. Indeed, the attorney genral smilingly said he would enter the ntest and read amid laughter a -oposed Republican program which ould undo everything ihe Demoats had done in th? lasc seven >ars, including the federal reserve :t, the farm loan board, and many her measures which the Democrats >ld sacred. If he won the prize, Mr. ilmer said he would return the? oney to the Republicans and "they ight need it to get votes in Mtchim." Many Opinions Expressed But while domestic issues brought it a wide range of opinion, from mbassador Gerard, who said labor | unions had come to stay and had ; [emancipated workers from industrial j slavery, to William Jennings Bryan j who said it was seasy for those preslenfc to pay $G a plate to come to a j banquet, but the toiler wasn't getjting the full shai'c of his work and should have more money to meet ' ? *' iU- i | the cost oi living, mere was in me background and the foreground the! 11 paramount question of foreign poli-1 hey, the ratification of the peace' [treaty and League of Nations. *4 i President Wilson's letter had the! unquestioned approval of most of : the speakers at both banquets. i Senator Underwood acclaimed it.1 fjSenator Hitchcock praised it. Speak-! i er after speaker paid tribute to | rjWoodrow Wilson's national and in-! ( ternational leadership. Along came Brother Bryan in the {wee hours of the morning with a [discordant tone. But he got a good reception. He; j put in practical form the question i of postponing action on the treaty . till after the next eiection. i | He said it would take fourteen . j months to install a Democratic senj ate if the people voted for the Dem[ ocratic convention in the next cam. paign. And he was not sure that the Democrats could get a two-thirds conjtrol of the senate at that. '] There was a dramatic int'errup lion as some one cried out, "Stand "Iby the president." Veteran Bryan, 11 accustomed to heckling, said: "Yes, " i if the gentlemen will guarantee that j we will win by making the treaty a !party issue, I shall be glad to support it. It would be pleasant to do so, but can we win?" t 1,1 A NEGRO MARRIAGE IN f ABBEVILLE COUNTY j The following account of a negro marriage, written by the officiating parson, the Rev. W. F. Rice, has . been sent to the Press and Banner for rmhlif?,it.ir>n. It. mi flit he nf in 1 terest to state that the "parson" is e the same negro preacher that some s time ago attempted to board a train near Haskell's on the Seaboard and fell under the train, the cars passing over him as though he bore a charmjed life, his "reverents" never rei ceiving a scratch. It should give adr ded strength to the bonds of matri. mony that are tied by Parson Rice. The account of the wedding is as follows: I Marriage on Mr. S, M. Beaty's Place L j Abbeville County. ! On tuesday night, which was the i 16th of this month a lovely marriage took place on Mr. S. M. Beaty's plani|tation between John-Anderson anr't s!Ether Hazzard (colored) in the ? Waters home. . j It was a heavy crowd of colored j ipeople for the time and place; numr.hering two hundred or more. }i The xrowd was as jolly as cuuld -be. * Mr. .S. M. Beaty .a couDly merchant .and also owner of the plantation, Mrs. Grade Beaty (his wife) ?vand little chaldren and also Miss .jGertrude Weldom, Teacher in The . ji'CampbeSl Graded -School '("white) . hwere precent to honor this marriage. The program were arrainged by . Mrs. 'Grade, iSie mistress of the plac.? to form a large circle in the front 7 yard in order that every one might . be accomadated to -view the face of Jthe couple by means of the brilliant > gas lantern furnished by Mr Beaty . which xended everything ;almost > bright as day. Rev. W. F. Raoe (colored;) were . master of the ceremony which took . Iplaoe about 7:46 >o<chxck p. m. , Imediatly the eeremeny were over ] did they go straight to the prepared > (table and eat of the dainties. On the 17th the infair festival; I . were held to the bridegrooms father . home E. Hu.l> Anderson, who ac- j j comodated the crowd by arrainging | !a table for 21 people three consecujtive times. | ?.lr. Beaty his wife and little boy! , showed their respect at this tennantsi I festival by going over there and pai-; | taking of a few dainties. The crowd that day numbered 95 , it were not so heavy as the night be- i !fore, being more than 200 in the. Hazzard home. Rev. W. F. Rice (colored.) j STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The Annual Meeting of the stock - ] holders of the Planters Bank will be held in the office of the president j Wednesday January 14, 1920 at six ' o'clock, i Otto Bristow, Cashier. Jl-7-4t. i FARM FACTS The state pi*oduced in 1919 over AAA AAA umvfh nf pnvn mnrn than 812,000,000 worth of oats; upward of $15,000,000 in potatoes; over $1.?,,000,000 in tobacco; $11,000,000 worth of hay; while the catton crop will sell for $263,288,000. The Farmer's Tobacco Warehouse of Bamburg has been organized with a capital of $15,000, and with only tobacco planters as stockholders. C. R. Brabham, Sr., is president. Anderson County led the state this year in cotton production, the Ginners' Report showing 77,875 bales to December 1, with the unginned cotton sufficient to run the year's total well over 80,000. The York County Boy's Club show was held December 20, with about 25 boys represented. The first prize winners were William Campbell and James Draffin tied for best yield, etc.; Hugh Campbell for best single ear; Warren Duncan for best hog in killing class; and Frank Boyd for best in breeding class. Mr. S. J. Gasque, Conwway, S. C., grew a fine Irish potato crop last spring and followed it with a sweet potato crop on the same land yielding over 300 bushels. The two farms operated by the .state prison produced 501 bales of cotton on 300 acres in 1019. i A total of 1724 South Carolina farmers applied for farm loans from the Federal Land Bank of Columbia during 1919. Of these 1210 were approved and granted for $3,938,i 772. An Aiken County farmer has increased the average wool yield pei 'sheep from three pounds to si> pounds by the use of purebred sires i I j STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The stockholders of Abbeville Ice Laundry and Fuel Company an called to meet at the office of Wil liam P. Greene, Abbeville, S. C., al 5:30 p. m. Friday, afternoon 16tl January 1920, to transact business as shall come before the meeting which is the annual meeting of sucl stockholders. . Wro, P. GREENE, PRESIDEN1 Walk a mile each day to keep the doctor away, advises the Unitet tofnc "PnVili#* TTnalfVi ClnriMno Tim 'walking to work every morning anc see if it doesn't make you youngei and healthier. j Every sore throat is a dange signal, says the United States Pub ' lie Health Service, and may indicat< ;some acute, infectious disease, sucl as diphtheria or scarlet fever. Taki ino chances. HaTe a physician maki an immediate examination. A fev hours rlelsv mac caii^p rlpath j Ingraved Cards and Imitations? The Pre?s and Bannt-r Co. j "SLACKER" AND MOTHER HELD?BERGDOLL CAUGHT AFTER EXCITING HUN1 i Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7.?Grev {ex Bergdoll, one of the two broth jers accused -of draft-dodging anc j-who have been sought by the pollc< for the last two years, was arrestee jin his mother's home here today. | Detectives broke into the hous< 'by the front and rear entrances While one ef the men wrested i j revolver from Mrs. Bergdoll, mothei of the two -accused men, the other: went through the house and founc I Grover wrapped in a blanket, hiding ; in a box seat. He was without colllar vest or coat. The prisoner was taken to the federal building in a motor car. Searched Entire Country. The search for the Bergdolls took the federal agents all over the country. Grover got away in a high-powerr?d motor car and reports reached this city that he was seen in various sections of the west. He sent messages written on postcards to the au cnoriues. unce ne was seen in Mexico and again in Cuba. He was provided with a large sum of money. His mother, Mrs. Emma Bergdoll, is the widow of a wealthy brewer. Although born in this country, the Bcrgdolls were of German descent and declared they would never fight against Germany. Mrs. Bergdoll was arrested several times on the charge of obstructing the draft. l.flf pr Mrc Roto?/-1a11 mm" J charged with obstructing justice. With a revolver she had kept the officer? at bay for several hour?. Guarded by Soldiers. ! rBergdoll was turned over to Captain Cottrell of'the .military intelligence bureau and taken to New] York.on the 11 o'clock Pennsylvania ? ; train. A guard of -oldiers accom-[c panied him. j He will be taken from the station jto Governor's Island and tried by t< ; court-martial. Jn Mrs. Bergdoll was placed in a cell i ;of the city station house near her. home. She was aso charged with acr-'t, J jgravated assault and battery with an n 'intent to kill. With a pi.stol she de-j jfied federal agents and local police*' p who broke into her mansion in an ex-! 'elusive suburb. She was overcome af-'t i iter a rough and tumble fight and her| weapon was wrenched from her13 hand. jg "Glad It's All Over." . !t "I am glad its al over," sairl Grov-j er Bergdoll, calm in the face of a f crowd which threatened him with' violence after his arrest. 'r He has been in California and re-i turned home Christmas eve, accord- 1 ing to his mother. Erwin C. Bergdoll,' also wanted for evading the draft, is } ctill nfc lnrori T<- was rpnorted ho had U also returned to Philadelphia and j federal agents searched the Bergdoll'j country estate near this city. No i h-ace of him was found. : < I \ V \ COMING OPERA HOUSE, V ; > ? s \ Two days, Thursday and ^ V Friday, Jan. 22 and 23, Geo. V , \ Loan Tucker's Production, V. "THE MIRACLE MAN," a V . \ picture in 7 reels. The pic- V. J V ture that reaches the soul. V , ? * ? " -1 PC- k. \ Admission, aoc. ana ooc. ^ 1-12-tf. V * vVVVViVVVVVVVVVV Master's Sale. 1 ' ~? !' [ The State of South Carolina, ) County of Abbeville. ; Court of Common Pleas, r EDMUND JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff, ! against EDMUND JOHNSON, Sr., and others Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sale' , by the Court of Common Pleas for I Abbeville County, in said State, made , in the above stated case, I will offer j for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abber ville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in February, A. D., 1920, within the .legal hours of sale the following de-; r scribed land, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate, lying and. ? being in the City of Abbeville in Ab.j beville County, in the State aforesaid, o containing Five-Eighths (5-8) of an e Acre, more or less, and bounded by v Hands of Nellie J. Gallman, by lands of J. L. Perrin, by Poplar Street and the Augusta Road. r This lot of land is sold subject to any assessment for public improvements made by the City of Abbeville. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, r THOS. P. THOMSON, Master A. C., S. C. ' - l-14-3t FWR ! OIL HEATERS, 1 A C soon -&s you come l* in the house these rold days you'll like to j I j stand with your back ^ * to the portable Florence Room Heater and If , , feel its comforting heat. II Then you'll face about j and admire the Florence. I For its graceful lines and j cheerful glow add charm i to any surroundings. The extra-sized Florence | ! Fire-Bowl gives the most heat ' for every drop of oil burned. Come in today and look at > this sturdy heater. Reasonable n price. | rr* j*L_/ <r i Hall Investment ( i REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT ! (Ij Made 1044 personal visits to armers an dclub members in the ounty. - - . l &JSM (2) W. F. Kay pruned 50 trees. (3) Jan. 13 held '35 meetings atended by 678 farmer's and club lembers. (4) Wrote 1130 official letters. (">) Prepared 2") articles relative o my work^and mailed out to farlers 1727 circular letters. (G) Either mailed or gave out lersonally 080 fatSfc:-' bulletins. 17) Held one tractor demonslvaion, attended by 1">0 farmers. (8) Assisted the farmers pu*A*iase ;00 toni of nitrate of soda from the ;ovemment, representing a saving o them of $2500. (0) Purchased a carload of wire or the farmers at a saving of $200. (10) Purchased three care of lime it a saving ox uu. (11) Two sweet potato storage louses were constructed. (12) Treated ">14 head of cattle ,'J3 ig?blachlcg ".r.'i tr??.lcd 200 lead for other trouble?. (IS) Treated 220 head of I ogigainst hog cholera and treated 276 'or other troubles. l. i 4) Six fine jeraty bulls hr . ing 1.;* iams averaging 500 pounds of outer and costing SIGO'I have been wrought into the county. T!r*:-;c lulls A'ill be worth more the cc:;nty :han my salary cost, the government :or one year. (15) Four beef bu!l> have been jrought into the county. (16) Assisted the farmers in the i pruning and spraying of 2000 fruit :rees and set 1000 tree.". T have raved ^ the farmers more than $100 through purchase of fruit tree:'. (17) Ordered cooperatively for the farmers 2500 lbs. crimson clover, 100rt lbs. alfalfa and 1000 j? lb-, vetch : saving .">75.00. / vio) 'flu., jcav nearij 500 acr;?s of crimson clover, 25 acre< alfalfa and 50 acres of vetch were wn. (if) mere are i > torn ana ciuo club members in thocr." =::ty. \xr \ t?.. v.0]]? County A^rent. n?AN;fsn i H-'lMfUWIWaP MAMDMHMMMH FOR F:liNT? Throe unfurnished *?f*rr < :: Pcri'ur Street. Apply to P*is: JWcAMfster a; J. M. Anderson's store. FOR SALE:?Canteen Hut at the ?hr;v. T. S. M.?r.vs or J. S. ? jM CoduaiJ. 1-12-2t. LOST:?On Square, this week, one ?. E. Frat Pen set with pearls. Firdti return to this office and receive reward. l-9-3t. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. A meeting of the stockholders of S. F. Sherard & Co., will be held at the office of S. F. Shernrd & Co., on the 7th day of Feb. to consider the disrolutipn of said S. F. Sherard & CO. l-lZ-4t. I *. ;* y.