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PARENT-TEACHER
CLUB MEETS
Superintendent W. H. Hand of Co
Iumbia City Schools, /\aaresses
Enthusiastic Meeting?Double
Daily Sessions Touched Upon.
Playground Fund Great
Success.
The regular Januai'y meeting of
/ the Parent-Teacher Association was
held in the high school building on
Wednesday afternoon, ancj improved
, to be the most enthusiastic meeting
which the association has had this
session. On account of the preseift
."f _ week containing the, birth dates of
both Gen. Lee and Jackson, the-portion
of the programme furnished by
the school children was devoted en,
tirely to the memory of these two
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greatest Southerners.
The meeting was o"pened with a
prayer by the Rev. Louis J. Bristow.
This was followed by the school chililrens
program consisting1 of a chorus,
The Bonnie Blue Flag, a story of
Lee's life by Sam Shiver, Jr., a recitation
on Lee by Laura May Welch, a
song by the first grades, a recitation
by M abry Miller and one by Mary
Chalirrcrs. To conclude the first half
of the program Miss Fannie Stark,
accompanied by Miss Annie Rogers
v.,? on the violin and by Miss Victoria
Howie on the piano, beautifully sang
the old love song of autebellum days,
Lorena.
Mrs. Morse, the presiding officer,
i r- then introduced Mr. W. H. Hand,
^superintendent ci tne L,oiumDia *^iiy
Schools, who gave a most enjoyable
and practical address on the "big"
things which should be dealt with by
parent-teacher associations. First,
he spoke of adequate buildings, sufficient
teachers, equipment, and salaries.
He then dealt with the aims of
the school, showing a difference between
common aims, and aims common
to all schools. His remarks on
the" lack of respect for public property
and of civic pride were especially
appropriate. As a climax, Supt.
TT 3 J. l. a 1
nana m^ae a most earnest piea ior
a wholesome school spirit among parents,
teachers and children. During
the course of his address he touched
!f
upon the question of double daily
sessions and showed where, provided
the teaching force is sufficient, the
advantages of" having both morning
and afternoon sessions, with an hour
for lunch. He also gave some of the
objections to the plan. Some of the
schools trying out this double daily
session are Charleston, Darlington,
Fort Mill, and Latta.
Two very welcome guests of the
club who honored and added grace to
the meeting Wednesday afternoon
were Mrs. Fannie Marshall and Mrs.
Lucy Thomson, the latter president
of the Abbeville chapter of the U. D.
O. and the former one of our most
lovable old ladies.
At the conclusion of the address
the president called the association
to order and entered into the business
session. The regular routine was
r&lloWpH ~C
v^vvi. niavii WIG icpui is U1
W committees was taken up. Mrs. W.
Frank Nickles was called upofl to
make the report for the committee,?
^ m it finally developing that Mrs. Nickles
was *the committee?on securing
funds for purchasing the playground
equipment. Mrs. Nickles gave the
finest report it His been the pleasure
of the association lo hear, ^stating
that she had in the space of a few
hours secured in cash more than $800.
As Mrs Nickles said, "The playground
fund is a thing of the past
and there is need for in more worry
ing." The members of the* nsspciation
and other friend? of the school
are deeply grateful tc Mrs Xiekles
for her wonderful woil;. and as Major
Fulp stated, "I am .reidy t:> don
sackcloth and ashes for saying the
we mot tlnr Vobcville was
sleeping."
Above a hundred ladie- and several
|>_ gentlemen were present Wednesday
afternoon, to whom at the conclusion
v . of the business session, the teachers
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I MAJOR FULP RE-ELECTED,
MRS. SHELLEY NEW
TEACHER AT MILL
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Major James D. Fulp, the present
efficient Supei'intendent of the city
' school's, has been re-elected as super;
intendent of the schools for another
year. His salary was increased from
$2,000 now paid to $3,300, which is
a considerable increase, out tne
{ Board was not willing to lose his sei*i
vices, and he was offered this amount
j eisewhere. The fact is that he was
! offered considerably more for the
present year than we have been paying:
him,'but he stood by the terrps of
his contract made with the trustees
. earlier in the year, which is not a habit
with some school teachers,
i Prof. J. M. Daniel -has been reJ
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elected as Principal at the High
School for another year and will ac;
cept the position. Mr. Daniel has
I made a most acceptable teacher and
the patrons of; the school generally
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will be pleased, we think, to know
! that he will return next year.
Just as soon as the legislature acts
on the bills looking to increased revenue
in this school district the trustees
will begin the selection of teachers
- fpj' the grades. It is the purpose of
trustees to vote substantial increases
in salaries for all teachers next year,
1 and to make the salaries paid here as
high as they are in any of the schools
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: Qt the state.
Mrs. James Shelley has accepted a(
position as teacher in the Abbeville
Cotton Mill school and took up her
work Thursday morning. Mrs. Shelley
has taught for a number of years
in the schools of North Carolina, and
her successful career ther% as a teacht
assures the Superintendent that
she will do well in Abbeville.
DEATH OF MRS. DRENNAN. j
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Mrs. Fannie Drennan, the widow
of the late Dr, Horatio Drennan, of1
Verdery, died at the home of her son,
Moffatt Drennan, Thursday morning,
twenty-third instant at the age
of 78.
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Mrs. Dr&nnan was a daughter of |
Isaac Kennedy, iate of this .county.She
had a number of brothers andj
sisters all of whom preceded her to |
the other country. She is survived;
by her sons, Charles M. Drennan, of
Cedar Springs, and Moffatt Drennan,!
of Verdery. Mrs. W. T. Magill, of |
Abbeville, is a niece of ^the deceased.
Funeral services were conducted !
at Cedar Springs Church, of which j
she was a member, Saturday morning
at 11 o'clock, and interment was in!
the church cemetery.
' DR.
C. A. MILFORD SICK.
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News was received in Abbeville
Thursday of the serious illness of Dr.
C. A. Milford in Columbia at Bap-;
pist hospital. ^ A telephone message
later brought the news that the doc-!
tor had been stricken with pneumonia,
and was very sick, his fever
standing at 103.
Mrs. Milford left immedfately for
: Columbia, arriving there last night at
11:35-. The friends of the. doctor
wisl^for him a speedy recovery from1
his illness.
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Mr. R. W.'Crawford ill.
The many friends of M^. R. W. i
Crawford of the Fair's Bridge sec-i
tion, will be sorry to learn that no j
is ill. His daughters, Mr?. T. M.'
Miller and Mrs. W. D. Ferguson have j
ben called to his bedside. Mr. C"a\v-j
ford is one cf the survivors of ;!v
War Between the States. Though!
advanced in years he is veil preserved,
an^l his friends hope) for him I
an e arly recovery. I
Attend Suffragist Meeting.
Mrs. M. T. Coleman and Mrs.
Rachel Minshall went to Columbia
Thursday night to attend a nivc'in*r
of the suffragists of the State.
arid a number of the high school twirls
served coffee and delightful sandwiches.
The next meeting of the association
.1 us been called for Tuesday after'
noon. February 17th.
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ENGLISH ARMY TO
ATTACK BOLSIIEVIK.I
SAYS FARiS REPOR
Paris. Jan. 21.?Great Britai
plans to pcih! troops into the Cauci
rus to prevent the spread of Bolshi
vism into Armenia, Turkey Persi
and Mesopotamia, it was rcporte
here today.
The British request to the suprem
council yesterday to have Frenc
and Italian troops take the p'lace c
British units in the allied forcc
which will preserve order in th
various regions where plebiscite
were ordered by the peace treat]
was necessitated by their plan t
send troops into the near east, it \vs
said.
The supreme council was to met
today to decide whether it sha
continue in its present organizatio
or as a committee of ambassador:
It was believed the committee pla
will be decided upon.
Departure of French hospital ship
from Toulon for the Black sea, a
most at the same time a Britis
squadron departed from Malta fc
the same destination, strengthene
the belief the French navy will cc
operate with the British in souther
Puc-c.'o o
AvuoDia HI ainuu a^aniM, tuc u\Ji Mil
viki.
French Ships Ready.
French war ships also, have bee
ordered to hold themselves in read
ness to depart from Constantinonh
The supreme council held its fin?
meeting today. M. Clemenceau pre
sided at first but was succeeded b
Premier Millerand. It was decided t
create immediately a council of an
bassadors to succeed the suprem
council.
VIOLIN CONCERT AT DUE WES1
The violin concert to be held i
the Womans College, Due West, Sa
urday night, January 24, should b
of interest to many Abbeville peopl
The following account of the affa
is taken from the Associate Reforme
Presbyterian:
"Hen?-y H. Fuchs, orte of America
noted violinists will give a concert i
the Woman's College Memorial Ha
January 24, at 8 P. M.
This offers one of the, greate;
musical treats Due West has ev<
enjoyed. Dr. Fuchs has been a pup
of such musicians as, Lachman, Loei
duer, Karsch, Schven and Dr. Rybne
(a pupil of Wagner.) He was afte
wards assistant to Dr. Rybner :
Columbia University. For sever:
years Dr. Fuchs has been playing i
Wagner's Operas.
Dr. Fuchs will be accompanied b
Dr. Rath, who has been Director c
music at Hollins College "for the la
fifteen years.
The concert is u/der the auspici
of the Alumnae Association and th
proceeds \yill be used to begin a^fun
to purchase a Concert Grand Piar.
for the Memorial Hall."
CHARLES J. LYON
!S RE-APPOiNTED
U. S. MA3S:-7A
Washington, Jan. 21.?C. J. Lyoi
of Greenyille, S. C., was nominate
by President Wilson today to t
United States marshal for the We
tern district of South Carolina.
E. F. Avdlett. of Elizahr>th*Cit.'
N. J., was nominated to be Unite
States attorney for the Eastern di
trict of North Carolina.
Against Wo.nan Suffrage.
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Richmond, Vu., Jan. 20.?A re>(
lution was offered in the state sei
ate today to reject the Susan I
Anthony amendment *o tho constiti
lion granting ecjual suffnur-- <
women. The resolution was referre
to a committee.
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^ GINNERS REPORT.
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V. The jrir.ners report to JamiV
ary 1G, counting round bales,
V. follows: 11/322,148.
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FURTHER HEARINGS
IN SUBCOMMIJTEE
T | MALTED TILL FR'.DAY
n' Washington, Jan. 22.-*-The senx
| ate toda^i'cjecied 33 to 30 an effort
! by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Monn
tana, to call up his resolution pro
j | posing to censure Rear Admiral Wil-J
: liam S. Sims, for disclosure of in-'
formation of a "confidential characic
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ter" in connection with his appear- j
glance before the subcommittees inves-j
jtigating naval decoration awards. |
S|There was no debate and the vote!
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I was on i-trict warty lines.
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i Just before, the senate had retus-J
*'ied, 31 to 31, with Senator Borah. I
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1 Republican, Idaho, voting with the i
IS i N
' | Democrats, to take up the request of
the investigating committee for au!
ithority to employ counsel offered by
^IChairma|i Hale, Republican, Maine.
n-i Both resolutions now as to the
s*; calendar and a majority vote is ven
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" quired to bring either before the senile
agai^.
>sj Further hearings of the subcom-'
1-jmittee were postponed until Friday]
h I pending action on the resolution, j"
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n yv iicii i#ne ueariugs iirc resumed,
d I Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, t
>-!head of the. board which passed on '
n i medal recommendations before they I
i-!were submitted to Secretary Daniels,'
| will be heard.
n'GREENVILLE LAYS CLAIM
jj TO 14 MILLIONAIRES
"jl Greenville, S. C., Jan. 10.?A mil-;
lionaii'es' club in Greenville would,
find more tha'n a dozen citizens^eligi-1
^ .ble for membership. In fact, one
quick survey of the situation rcvrr'.s:
'"at least fourteen men here who count
e-lheir fortunes in seven figures. Sev'eral
are in the multi-millionaire
r; class.
| Thos who are worth a hundred
i thousand or more are too numerous'
l to count, gspecially when several
well-known cotton mill stocks take ai
spurt and shoot up about 25 points, a
ir
1(j A group of men, discussing ffrosperity
generally, named over some
, of the millionaires in Greenville.!
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Fourteen were rattled off without.
jj hesitation, and that it is pretty gen- j
evilly known that all of them are eas- '
^ ily worth a million
One man in Greenville got a mil>r
^ lioi^ t'ollars for a Christmas present.
He. is of a modest disposition,, and
1- probably
would not care for his name
* i to be mentioned.
! As far back as ten years ago
, Greenville perhaps boasted .of two
Ell
, .millionaires?the pride of every city
in
of 20,000 souls being to have at
;least one. Most of the oth?r mil-,
v ionaires here are "rookies," having
^ accumulated the required amount to
sc make the roll of seven figures deep in
' j the last few years. ;
Advancement in real estate, cotton,!
ie mill stocks and big budfness general
IU thirds, of the eat ire state is now in-'
10. crease in wealth. \
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Home On a Visit.
Mrs. Arthur Ellis and her little
L daughter, Mary Calvert, have arrived
i in the city and will make an extended
1?S visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Calvert.
,d! Mrs. Ellis has been making her home
,e in Panama for the past several years
"'and friends in Abbeville will be erlad
S to know that hereafter Mr. and Mrs.
; Ellis will live in ftew Orleans. Little
Mary Calvert has quite recovered her
s" health and looks as though she had
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j been born in Abbeville.
New Men on lha Streets.
Mr. Sidney Brooks has arrived ii)
i- Abbeville from Atlanta and is ut
J.|work in the street paving iob being,
i-1 in charge of the gradtog work,
o. Mr. Dunian is also here from Ala
d bama ami is an expert man when it
comes to putting: down asphalt.
y New.; o? i'.-lrs. MMler.
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y The many friends and relatives
y Mrs. L. T. Ivliller will be pleased to
i.now thai she 1:;i< been successful- j
^ ly opera;< ! unm i-i a Virginia ho.-j
y pital and is back at her home in
^ Hartsville. Every one wishes her a
>peedy restoration to health.
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NEW MOVES ARE v
MADE IN FIGHT
^ FOR PEACE PACT
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Washing-ton, Jan. 21.?Three new
treatv comnromise moves are in t.Vie
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making in the senate, where the best
informed observers now have given
up hope that the bi-partisan confer- "
^nces in Senator Lodge's office will
"get anywhere."
This belief persisted today in spite
x>f mysterious assurances By Lodge
that the conferees had "agreed on
something" at yesterday's session. He
would not divulge what the agreement
covers, but said it is i>ot Article
1 0 or the Lenroot reservation on vot-;
ing powe^ This leaves the Monroe
doctrine and Shantung, the other
chief points of controversy, and it
.vas generally believed that if anything
was agreed on, it was Shantung
The three compromise moves which
are to be tried when the failure of
the Lodge conferences has been dem-ji
onstrated are: !i
.
! 1?Mild reservationists propose to 1
move that the treaty be called up In
the senate, to give everybody who ]
has reservations an opportunity to 1
cfTer them in open session. Thi^:
would involve reopening the whole 1
Ireaty debate. p
2?Senator Underwood announced '
he will seek a vote on his resolution '
for an official corfcTliation committee,
stating that such a committee
could at least poll the senate and (
1
present oonclusive evidence as to
the possibility of compromise. If the *
polls showed no compromise possible,
the senate could then turn in earnest 1
4o* some other means of bringing 1
about, officially, a state of peace with
Germany, Senator Underwood said.
2
3?Senator King and other demo- f
rvn(-? wtf-Vi snmo vormhlipnnc wtll
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ciiculatt aground robin ,for a caucus j,
of the treaty's friends, regardless of ?
party. Senator King's plan would ?
get the support of a dozen or less,
senators predicted today, pointing,
out that it involve^ an insurrection j
by democrats against Senator Hitch- ^
c ock's leadership and by republicans <
against Senator Lodge. a
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MISSISSIPPI KILLS SUFFRAGE r
WITH CHEER AND LAUGHTER I
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Jackson, Miss., Jan. 21.?The t
lower house of the Mississippi leg- I
islature this morning rejected the ?
federal amendment providing suf- *
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iruge lur wumen ,anci vniy i?cn:
minutes debate. 1
Cheers and laughter marked the*
announcement of th evote, which *
was 106 to 25 against the measure. \
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MEXICANS HELD FOR (
MURDER OF AMERICANS
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Washington, Jan. 21.?Mexican ^
federal authorities have arrested two
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'u?pects and their accompliccs in ^
connection with the killing of P. S.
Rooney and Earl Boles, American
citizens, the state department was;,
advised lodav from Mexico Citv.
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SENATOR HARRIS' COAL ji
RESOLUTION IS KILLED'
Washington, Jan. 21.?Senator i
Harris' resolution c^ling; on the t
treasury department to disclose to 1
the senate the profits of coal oper- 1
ators was knocked out today on a
point of order by Senator Thomas,'
Colorado.
Ruining Jack's Rep.
_T?i Lr Hmrllnv line tnvnasl r\\rnv f-V?n
job of delivering; the Index-Journal
to Warren Fleming and is taking a
much needed rest. -Jack says the Index-Journal
very nezfr ruined his reputation
for it fails to come about
three afternoon's out of a week and
Jack says he "gets the blame."
At Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. R. W. Jopling, Austin,
Texas, will preach at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning and 1
ricvht Tin* pvpninf cprvico is the '
BRYAN RAPS Ar I
CUMMINGS AGAIN 1
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Speaks at Spartanburg and Gree?- ' *;
ville? Characterizes Camming* 'vjlj
Presence at Dinner Inexcusable.
Better Retire Frc.rt Le ,er
ship of Party Says i.
Nebraskan.
Greenville, Jan. 22.?}Villiam Je?-i
lings Bryan, when shown the statement
of Homer S.~Cummings, chairnan
of the Democratic National
Committee, tonight, declared the
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position of Mr. Cummings of impartiality
as l'egards candidates for
ihe Democratic nomination for President
was' not sufficient to justify V.3
liis presence at the inaugural dinner
given Governor Edward I. Edwards,
of New Jersey, Tuesday .
night. Mr. Bryan characterized Mr. '
Cummings' presence at the dinner s, |
''inexcusable" andj said that if
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mr. ^/uiiiiiiin^a ^ Liuiiivo it mo uuij
.0 lend his official presence to the 3
starting of such a boom, he had bet- *
.er retire^rom the management' of
:he party long enough to get acquainted
with the sentiment. of the
sarty and the countrv." " V"H
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Says Edwards is Insult.
Mr. Bryan, in a formal statement,
leclared that reports of the Edwards
banquet indicated that the inaug'.rra,ion
was incidental and the stai'ting
>f the Presidential boom was the
mportant thing. "With three-fourths
jSf
)f the Democratic -members' voting
:'or submission and with every Demo:ratic
State, ratifying the prohibition
imendment, and with the liquor trafic
outlawed by the conscience of the
lation, Mr. Cummings ought to
enow that the Edwards candidacy is
in. insult to the Der^pcratic party," V;<
aid Mr. Bryan.
Wet as the Atlantic.
The former Secretary of State said
dr. Cummings knew. Governor Edvards
promised to make New Jersey
'as wet as the Atlantic ocean," anfl
mnounced after his election that he
vould prevent, if possible, enforcenent
of the natioa*l amendment in H
sTew Jersey. He declared that if Mr.
Cummings had any sympathy with N
he Edwards' boom, he was not fit to
)e the %ead of the Democratic organization,
and if he was not intelligent
enough to recognize the injury \
le was doing the party by professing
mpartiality between the Edwards'
joom and "legitimate candidate^,"
ic ought to relieve the organization
from embarrassment by resigning.
GENERAL WOOD'S
MANAGERS NAMES
>'ew York, Pan. 21.?General
Leonard Wood, candidate for the republican
nomination for preside*t,
eft here today for Chicago. General
Wood announced he would
answer the letter of Senator Borah,
isking his stand on the treaty and
;he debate challenges of Senators
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t'0'.;v!P"tcr, vvasningion anu xium;ng,
Ohio, upon his arrival there.
Before leaving Wood announced
:he appointments of Norman J.
Gfould, Seneca F^lls, N. Y., as east?rn
manager of the General Wood
national campaign committee and
Herbert L. Saterlee, chairman of the
Vow York committee.
UNION SERVICES AT
v PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Union services will be held at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday night at
7:30 o'clock, at which time the Rer.
R. W. Joplingr, Austin, Texns, will
preach.
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