Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f FKIDAY, JAWUAUX ID, -46 SLocal flews . I : personals : r -J.1 V ; Mrs. Joe Ferguson, of Saluca, was in town Thursday. ! Miss Bessie Wardlaw, of Bethel, was shopping in town Thursday. ** 1 TTT*'M- WAS la' jacK wmmiiis, ui uiu.. in town Thursday. Paul Purdy, of Verdery, was in town Thursday. >' ' i C. E. Williamson was a visitor in ' McCormick this week. i Lawrence Parker went to Dyson ! Wednesday to join J. L. McMillan on a bird hunt. l| Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Pressly have re-J turnpH from a visit to relatives of g 4 Mrs. Pressly in Winnsboro. ! . Mr. John Cade, Mt. Carmel, was a|" business visitor in Abbeville Thurs-! day. '' j Mr. H. L. Allen, Greenwood, is ex' ' t pected to arrive in Abbeville tonight, v to visit friends. United States Marshal and Mrs. C. J. Lyon were visitors in Abbeville > ? Q this week. vt i( r Miss Cleo Bailey, of Anderson, is Jv in the city, and will spend until Sun-jv day with Misses Hannah and Carrie ?.<v Cochran. c-, ! Mrs. W. D. Barksdale left today 'h for Monroe, N. C., to visit relatives o and to attend the Russian Symphony's Orchestra. I "/V ia Mrs. J. F. Bradley, Mrs. J. C.jg Klugh and Mrs. C. H. McMurray jfc will leave next week for Yvor City, \ Fla., to visit the Rev. and Mrs. Henry IS/' Pressly. , ( ~ I ? S. H. Rosenburg will go down to Charleston Saturday to attend a p meetig of the stockholders of The s Rosenburg Mercantile Co. $? . ' 11 f ' F Mrs. J. M. Anderson who was tc- | r. cently operated upon at the Chester; P; hospital is reported to be greatly .j, improved and will be able to leave >a the hospital in a few days. She will c visit friends in Newberry before re- Jt ??.- turning to Abbeville. L 'd, ' " . , ; ; r I Going to Clinton. ^ The two basketball teams at the r _ _ . high school are going to Clinton soon r > for a match game. The Abbeville |<] fighters expect to show the Clinton | folks how the game is played and tb j walk away with the honors of the 11 l-V day. |b ? ' f The Book Clab. !r The Book Club held its first't meeting since the holidays Wednes- f day at the home of Mrs. T. G. White, a A good number of members were c present and several invited guests f added pleasure to the afternoon. i After the business meeting Missjl Annie Rogers gave several selec-|t tions on the violin accompanied by If Mrs. uuo JBnstow wnne miss ranme v Stark charmed the ladies with her t singing. ? i Salads, pickles, coffee and char- a 1 lotte were served os refreshments. 1 RUN OVER BY TRACTOR h A Spartanburg news item tells of; the injury of Dr. George Bunch, brother of Mrs. C. E. Hix, of this j city: L Dr. George Bunch, a dentist of the j c city, was seriously injured by being' run over by a tractor on his farmj I ^ near North Augusta yesterday ac-!c cording to a telegram received to-1 day by members of his family. He ] was taken to hospital in Augusta,' where it was reported this afternoon I that his injuries were serious, con- i sisiting of a fractured arm and leg * and possibly internal injuries. Mrs. jc Bunch, accompanied by local phy-i2 sicians, left for Augusta today. Ac-;E cording to information received here, f , the tractor, behind which Dr. Bunch;r J" " ,was standing, was thrown into re verse and caught him beneath its wheels. t -'-V : ' I ! It To Sta We have just re It is the Wagon t The wheels, ax of the very best It is soaked in i given five separ A look will con I! Wagon to buy. ff , No. 18 North Ms This, That and H. v In a list of Southern Cotton Mi Itocks, furnished by A. M. Law ar :o., Spartanburg, The Abbevil 'otton Mills stock is listed at 2' yith none for sale, it is understoo The friends of James S. Cothrz iere will be interested to know th ie has been made assistant bill clei f the South Carolina, General A cmbly. He is a son of M. and M:; V. S. Cothran of . Abbeville and ttending the law school at the U. i !. C. C. B. Prince of this city hi >een made inner door-keeper. Work has begun on the paving c Jreenville street and that street w: ;oon be as isolated as has Main stree ut probably wont deter the setba< layers who live on that street fro allying forth whenever they get i nvitation to a party in some oth art of town. The Planters Bank held a mee ng of the stockholders Wednesd? fternoon and reelected' the direc rs, named at the organization i he bank, and afterward the directo net and reelected the same offi tersonnel. The bank has been u isually prosperous during its thr nonths of existence and has no nore than a quarter of a million < leposit. Marking the begining of Nation 'rohibition the engines at the Se >oard Shops went on a glorio 'ociferous spree at midnight la light. Late callers and those who a ended setback parties had hard ound the arms of morpheus befo i diapason of noise brought them o >f bed to see if it was fire. T1 ire department answered and we nto the general direction of tl dare of sound, thinking any mome o see the whole west end of town < ire; and it finally dawned on Fi ?hief Haroldson as it dawned < he sleepy ones at the windows, loo ng for a reflection of the fi igainst the sky, that it was Janua .6 and a real date in the history i he United States. Examinations. Examinations are being held he school this week and some of tl Viilrlvon a rn liovinfr a "frill crV?" fin >f it, while others are having a ho lay, those who made over ninety-fr >n all studies being excused. Teaching in Columbia. News has come to Abbeville th tfrs. Ruth McLane Todd has be< >ffered and has accepted a positi< x 1 is Leacner in Lilt; vv ?uea vja*u< ichool at Columbia. She has fir rrade work and is meeting wi narked success. Mrs. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, w t visitor in Abbeville Friday. ind the Strai ceived two cars of Bain Wai :o depend on. les, baelsters and beds are i material. boiling hot Linseed Oil and ate coats of paint. \ vince you that the Bain if -IE STARK iin St. i the Other Thing g. a < i! rr vi ill Charlie Janides is about ready to id move into his place of mirrors, the^ i le store formerly occupied by J. M. ^ J5'Andei"son Co. Charlie expects to con-| d.'duct a rooming house also and is) I a .'fitting up the upstairs to this end. ! !w m| |f( Since the Press and Banner has!w 1 begun its tri-weekly there has been C s"'a decided increase in new subscrip- ]M "s-1 tions, showing that the people of Ab-1 ]y *s beville and Abbeville County ap-ip ^ preciate our efforts to give them the j S as best possibe service. This increase !g in circulation also means that we J a are able to give a relatively better |C 11 service to our advertisers. I ir :? . ? j. !t" We note with some interest that J the college students of this country m are in favor of the ratification favor |a! in the adoption of the treaty without.** er any reservations. It might be argued a< that college students at best are ^ immature judges of such a ques- s< '* tion, but it also can be argued tnat|v like father like son, and that the opinions of the average youth in col- ^ lege are but reflections from the . rs:paterna mirror. ce1 n.1 ! The American Woolen Mills is re- ? BG ^ novating its new quarters just off l\V | 11 (the Square on Washington street jj ^Jand when the storeroom is completed a .it will be one of the handsomest in e aj Itown. j a- v us Albert Rosenburg has returned u st from a trip to New York, Baltimore tt_ and Washington. His business ]y ostensibly was to buy goods for the j re Rosenbui^j Mercantile Co., but ac-l ut cording to his own confession he jJ1 he spent most of his time on Broadway nt and Fifth avenue, watching the n he ladies wear socks and manipulate nt canes and fussy, frowzy dogs on the 3n end of chains. Rosenberg's carry a V re full line of socks and canes?and dog 3n chains and are at present putting on k_ a big January Discount Sale and one e re can buy the best of everything; fori" ry Rosenberg's is a department store in I of the fullest sense?not only buy, but get a sizeable discount. S; A Prominent Visitor. Mr. Jack Snodgrass a prominent] young business man from Green- S [je ville was in the city last week, Jook- c ae ing after his interests. j._ s ire Forty-Ninth Anniversary. ^ Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gambrell cele- p brated Thursday the 49th anni- h Iversary of their marriage with a I ^xn'rn., f 1 UiAC^ U11UIC1 CV/ nillVli OTWAW llt?IVVM I X. at the family and connections. Mrs. jp ;n Charles S. McColl and children, b )n Bennettsville, were among those whojs ;n attended. I st 1< th J- 5. Banks farm Sold |e The farm of the late J. S. Banks, who died Sunday night, has been n as sold to J. C. Raines for $180 per 1' acre, $8,000 for the Z0 acres. is t\ in VtHICJL. SETBACK PARTIES. Dr. J. R. Nickles entertained at jtback dinner Thursday evenin jrty-four of his fvitenda, includin lost of the fine players from Greer ille Street, the Hillbillies, and umber of members of the scru jams around town. His home o [orth Main was made attractive fc le occasion, and everybody enjoye n evening of pleasure, even thos ho got beat in the games whic allowed the dinner. Among thos 1 1- X i. ~ 1st WAV no were ueaujn a naMic ols. Pat Roche, J. D. Kerr, J. L. Mc [illan, Uncle Jim, Dr. Neuffer, Bo [abry and several other of th oorer players about the city. Die ondley as usual was there with th oods and carried off all honors nc warded to Eugene John.-on an harley Brown, who had easy ?ai ?g. Col. Pat Roche bid four seve mes, making it once but he took resh cigar every time he got se nd went home the best smoked ma t town. He declares that he will qui ttending such entertainments unles e is given a partner who know )me of the rudimentary principle f the game. Dr. G. A. Neuffer is to at home t is friends this evening. Everybod i looking forward to a good time. Jim McMillan hhs received h assports for Cuba and says that Y itends to kill a turkey and barbecu im for next Thursday evening. W re also looking forward to ths vent. We will all bf there to wis im a prosperous trip to Cub; rhere a man may yet put his fo< pon a brass rail. REV. JONES AT MANSE Mt. and Mrs. Claude Jones Iran list moved into the Presbyteris lanse. They will occupy it until ew minister is secured by the Pre yterians. One of our counti orrespondents did not know th rhen he called on us Thursday. "I see the Presbyterians have new preacher," he told us. We told him we hadn't heard tJi ood news, though we were awai hey needed a preacher as badly < ny congregation around these pait "Well, they have," he told us. 4 aw him this morning and he is i gly as Mr. Pratt. I tried to trac nth him on some butter and eg| ma nt; is as nara to trade with as otton-buyer when cotton is goin own," he added. By this time we had taken in t* ituation, and we asked our frieni whether the new minister had a vei ious look, and what he thought < im. "He may be a religious man," tY orrespondent said, "and he lool ious when he is paying out mone; ..< t ?.;ii i i ? ui/ i win jiavu tu near iiini prcacn ermon and offer up a prayer befoi can tell much about his religion. H soks like a good old country, preacl r who can eat three times a day' an ont care whether he preaches t light or not. "Why dont he wear ong-tailed coat," he asked. We told him that we would loo ie Ba 1 ^ 1* ft A \ T1 ^ v>uivljr Ai\ A II I I'll? I WWUU11J||||||I M||H||ll||gffi{gaffiS5g!aB?Bg I =11 For 1? I i'}, a | We could make no gre b |j; wish than that you en " :|: DRUG Business durin d McMURR/ ie h j|i Our years of experien e!;|: die a business for you *|jj: at best. We endeavor b|| and your famliy, free e|iji financial loss, and the Mj sect our past business ltji|; more convinced you i d!;j: fact. Your Prescript* our hands. . n|| ' V McMURR; * | ' "The Center of A it' !??!^5=feSs55?=5=?=5^=5?55^?=5?55=555=^^ is'? *" ' ,s i into the matter and be able to give ^ ,s,him some information when he was n town next. When he turned away he said to us: "These Presbyterian ;o preachers are an ugly set, and some y of them look pretty slow, but I tell you they know how to marry goodlooking: wives, Goodbye." ^0( is >ej DISTINGUISHED VISITOR j ? OQ>] \e I sMajor Lewis W. Haskell, United! States Consul at Geneva Switzev v> ' land, is in the city for a few days a,lvisit to his brother, Mr. L. C. Has- -? ** kell. This is the first visit to this 1920 country for the Major in five years. ne^ In that time he has been twice pro- qu moted by President Wilson, and he re jvow holds a responsible position for 1-16m the government, and is pleased with ~ o ilhis work. He is looking well and his s. friends -aTe glad to see him again. s py From Abbeville Major Haskell 5s goes to Oklahoma to visit his sister, A Mrs. Sophia Haskell West, after S. F. 0t which he will return to Washington the \ for official instructions, and will the is sail from New York in February . disso re The people in Abbeville take much ^o. 3S i pleasure in the prosperity of the s> I young men who have gone out from 'j! here and made good in other parts jsjof tht world, and none have a safer je! place in the affections and good will ?s jof our people than the Major. May Nc a he carne back many times, and al- dersi ,g1 ways with two promotions. j unde I sued )e Negro Boy Stabbed. State d, j Janu y A son of Harnett Wade, who re- j n-.., o )f sides in Harrisburg, was severely capit stabbed Wednesday night by another (Land le negro said to be a son of Lewis Mil- i tion, ier. The negro boys had been to the I thous picture show and on the way home a! two 1 a difficulty arose between them with j of fil -e | the result stated. Dr. J. R. Power -ubsc [e was called in to see the Wade boy of A 1- and reported that he was suffering Com}: d from considerable loss of blood reit suiting from the stab wound. The a ! wound was in the back, just behind |one of the armpits, and it apparent-J ,k Jy was ma'je witn a pocketknifc. I 1-16 .... :Si.- '1 ~~* 9 I ' i I M > Y 1 I bbeville, S. C. . | 1 wnmmmiMBii i n i a IIB ares x )20 4 ! j' ater New Year i trust all your ig 1920 to ^Y'S | | ce fit us to han- |; that is delicate I to protect you | juently at our | ; more you dis? relations the ij: iA^ill be of this ons are safe in ;|; VY'S | ibbeville." ij: ==========T^,=== WANTS I ,;?5 SALE:?Canteen Hut at the )ps. See J. S. Morse or J. S. :hran. l-12-2t. T:?On Square, this week, one A. E. Frat Pen set with pearls, ider return to this office and reve reward. l-9-3t. FORD:?If you want brand ,v Ford 1920 ir.odel see w ick. Expect carload by Monday. E. C. HORTON. y / y.v ; Zl. ' - J r- " TOCKHOLDERS MEETING. , meeting of the stockholders of Sherard & Co., will be held at ^ffice of S. F. Sherard & Cd., on 7th day of Feb. to consider thft lution of said S. F. Sherard & 1-12-4t, NING BOOKS , OF SUBSCRIPTION >tice is hereby given that the ungned as a Board of Corporators, r authority of a commission isto them by the Secretary of > dated Jan. 15th, 1920, will on ary 17th, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. pen books of subscription to the al stock of Abbeville County Company, a proposed corpora- , with a capital stock of ten land dolars, to be divided into lundred shares of the par value Fty dollars each. The books of ription will be open at the office bbeville Insurance and Trust >any, at Abbeville, S. C. W. L. Peebles. J. S. Stark. J. D. Kerr, Wm. P. Greene, It. Corporators.