Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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jft , ?=&'' Xocal ||: iriVr wv i | : personals : h ik= =^,'1 J. J. George, Calhoun Falls, was a. ? visitor in Abbeville this week. | f j a Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cheatham a were visitors in Abbeville this week.' I3 Miss Mamie Morse is visiting her s sister, Mrs. Van Noy Weir in Athens, t 1 t Hubert Ferguson, Saluca, was ?. visitor in Abbeville this week. v s W. Joel Smith is reported to be f seriously ill with the flu. , I Snm fiord on .of near Due West, f was in town yesterday. a * t R. H. Stevenson, of Long Cane, was a business visitor in Abbeville q Tuesday. Miss Eleanor Gambrell is visiting relatives this week in Kings Moun- ^ tain, N. C. g Mims Cason is at home taking a ^ much needed rest from his studies at L the University. n j J. A. Verchot is spending this week f in Atlanta. He will also visit rela- v i tives in Alabama. r Si it Mrs. R. Glenn Kay and Glenn Jr.$? have returned from Elberton, where j. ? they have been spending several days, j fcSv. - . a Misses.Ida and Lula Penney, Sum- t <ter, are visiting i"platives in Abbe- S ville. fc \ T. G. Perrin was a visitor in An- I ?' derson Tuesday, where he went to consult a specialist. 3 Mr. D. T. Smith was down from t Pelzer Wednesday and spent the g night with his home folks. . , \ "" 1 William Hill is home from Bailey; c on account ok sickness and is nursing! ^ his homefolks who all have the flu; | ? jgl it j Mr. and Mrs. Seiz and their two _ , S children are quite sick at their roomj at the home of Mrs. Frank Welsh.' They all have the flu. x * . I Allen Haskell, who has been laid i up with flu for the past week, is get- jy ting better and will be out in a few c ?! days. a ?; jl Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sauls, Miss Mar- t] garei Tuggle and Miss Mary Hill Har- (_ ris motored over to Greenwood this p 1*; afternoon. j : HT; ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cheatham a have moved into their new home on p I Pinckney street and have begun top keep house. Miss Johnnie May Lynch, who has been sick with flu, has recovered and RjJ?' ! is spending a few days with Mrs. W. p P. Greene. Miss Ruby Edmunds returned home Tuesday from a short visit to her a sister, Miss Elizabeth Edmunds in Z( v Chester. ' c' ' d Mrs. Frank Welsh and one of her a enterprising young sons, are sick with aj ) flue at their home on Greenville B street. Friends hope to see them out w in a few days. s< Misses Ruby and Martha Edmunds, c of Abbeville, spent the week-wid in g Chester with their sisters, Miss Eliza- p i beth Edmunds and Mrs. D. E. Estes. C ?Chester News. a> ? Miss Margaret Tuggle is in the IW city spending a while with her aunt,' Mrs. C. L. Sauls. Miss Tuggle is a hi student at Queens College, Charlotte, 'e and is here on account of the school ni being closed. ? G The Rev. Louis J. Bristow, who has w been seriously ill with flu and nneu-jtl monia, is reported to be recovering < rapidly. Mrs. Bristow and the two! two children, who have been sick, arc G k greatly improved. < i -UGH SCHOOL ENTERS CONTI The Abbeville high school is >f the 47 South Carolina high sch egistered for the 1920 debate he High School Debating League ;anized by the extension departn if the University of South Carol The query to be debated this ; s the question of government ow hip and operation of the raihv ?he general elimination contests >e held about April 10, unless nfluenza epidemic continues to erfere with the holding of the < ests in the various high schools, inal contest will be held in Colun it the University of South Caro ibout April 10. In order to' gain a place in the .1 elimination contest at the uni ity, it is necessary for both the nive and affirmative teams of a sc! o win the decisions. It has not been announced i vhat other two schools the Abbe1 chool will be pitted, but judj rom the excellence of the public ate put on in the opera housi )ecember by the two literary sc ies of the high school, those pi gainst Abbeville had better lool heir laurels. 1H0RTAGE OF TEACHERS SHOWN BY INVESTIGAT1 Columbia, Feb. 9.?A shortage eachers in the public schools outh Carolina amounting to 1] er cent of the teaching force, mpldyment of a large number eachers below standard and a k lumber of teachers under twentyears of age, made necessary byailure of teachers' pay to keep rith the cost of living, is shown i eport made by the National Edi ion Association of an investiga onducted by that organization he teacher situation in Sou;h C ina and throughout the nation, 'very serious situation" is shown he report of the investigation ^uth Cai-olina, copy of which een received in Columbia from Vashington offices of the Nati< Education association. The report of the investiga hows not only a present shortage eachers but that teachers througl he country are leaving the pro ion and that promising young 1 nd women are not being attracte eaching as in the past. 7he s onditions that are shown for S< Carolina are shown, in varying :;-ees, for the entire nation. TATE OF SOUTH CARQLi county or ADDevme, Probate Court. [otice of Settlement and Applies. For Final Discharge Take notice that on the 8th da; larch, 1920, I will render a final ount of my actings and doings dministratrix of the estate of J ilanchett, deceased., in ihe offici he judge of probate for' Abbe' ounty, and on the same day will ly for^a final discharge from rust as such. All persons , having* uernj gainst saicj estate will present ayment on or before that i roven and authenticated or be ver barred. Mrs. Maggie Blanchctt, Administratrix. LANS OF LABOR PROVOKE SPEE Washington, Feb. 9.?The first ction in congress to plans of org ed labor for intervention in oming political campaign came ay in the house. Attacking the la nnouncement as "a pronunciamt gainst congress," Representa lanton, Democrat, Texas, said ras "the greatest menace c in fViic? s?s\n -rt fvir " /UI1UCU lit WHO V?V W H l/i J Representative Nolan, Republic alifornia, defended labor's ] ram and charged that Blanton, i revious extension of remarks in ongressionl Record, had "stoler 5 a thief in the night." Mr. Blan at the defense short by objecting [r. Nolan's remarks. "Whenever Samuel Gompers p is hand on a representative and s lect him' the people will keep t lan at home," said he. "For once I heartily agree v ompers and his associate leac hen they say "a national crisi ireatening the institutions of juntry," Blanton continued. "When an organized minority iss than 5 per cent of the people sntrol legislation, and now threa 1 ' i -ST. to fleet a congress of serfs, it is in-'j |deed 'a national crisis,' threatening j one the institutions of the country.*' I ools Declaring that Mr. Compere want- j of ed to elect a congress "pledged to !] , or- carry out his orders," Mr. Blanton j 1 u. i lent said it behooved "an Americans who lina. love their country to find out the /ear names of the candidates Gompers is ner- trying to elect and elect the other ays. man, in behalf of the people." will ' 1 the Washington, Feb. 9.?In a state- j in_ ment today commenting on the as- j con- sertion of Speaker Gillett yesterday j The i" an address at Springfield, Mass., j nbia that the nation faced a new problem 1 lina: in dealing with combinations of the i employed, Samuel Gompers, presi- j _ dent of the American Federation of Labor, hotly denied that labor was a ! vermenace to the country and charged I 0 p" ^? ^ that congress had "utterly failed" to j protect the people from trusts and ! profiteers. with Gillett said that the congress made b fight upon the trusts," Mr. Gompers' statement said. "That kind e" of fights seems to the people of the 2 m United States more of a burlesque. I ,cie" Ask any citizen of our country, ask j ^e?,eny housewife what they feel as thf j c result of the 'fight on the trusts' and ! the answer will be readily forth- j coming. "Congress has utterly failed in 'ON any kind 0f a fight to protect the people of the United States from the trusts and the profiteers. "As for the charge that labor is a L.63 ,menace to the business of the counthe try it is absolutely unfounded and is an unwarranted attack on the workI *rge ers 0f our public who are trying to one secure a reasonable wage that will j -the afford them and their dependents j up he opportunity to subsist despite j in a the piracy of the trusts and the pro- | uca-fiteers."' tiim int0 GERMANY FEARS CIVIL aroJ WAR IF "HEROES' A! * ARE SURRENDERED j ] ; Berlin, Feb. 9.?German press comment on the list of persons de^ maned by the Alies for violations of ,jthe laws of war is keyed largely to rjwol * . t the note that the Entente is dis|gracing itself by faking such cetion mands anci that it would prove an ir.e delible stigma on Germany to meet 10ut them. '^es", Thfc newspapers urge that the Almen lies misconceive the situation in Ger^ ^?, nany. failing to see that any attempt ame by ^he government to meet the dejuth mands would usher in civil war. It is ^e" pointed out that no German soldier or policeman could be found who would obey orders to arrest men like MA, Ludendorff, Hindenburg or Mackensen. The moderate press insists that ticn Germany, by offering to try the accused men with the participation of y of representatives of the Allies, goes ac- further than Serbia did in answering as the Austrian ultimatum in 1914. T. On all sides the demand is inter2 of preted as a thirst for vengeance and ville compared with the lust of the ap- Roman Emperors to draj* the rulers my I of conquered countries to their triumphal processions. uius | A few of the newspapers like the for "Tageblatt" try to find an excuse day, for the list saying that the passions for of the war have been kept up by the ruined villages of northei'n France and Belgium Several express satisfaction that the United States and ; Japan are taking no part in demand :mg "criminals." mis is taken to 1m:CH ply that the United States and Japan ..agree with the German view that the re~ list is infinitely stupid even from the a ~ point of view of Entente interests, the | An outstanding development in the to" German reaction is the attempt being , lh?r made by the so-cal'sd nationalist ( ;nto press to make party capital out of tlvethe affair. The old conservative , rt.organs are attacking the government . >ver as responsible for the list through not having shown sufficient energy in :an,.resisting previous demands of the ( vrn- I Allies F!v?n ciimnrforc nf tVio rrnxr. :? | ?* " v" wt,rrv4 11 aiernment believe the Entente's action * the is doing much to strengthen the old 1 1 in junker party. ton | In all this wide outburst of passion * ; to,however, none of the newspapers at- ( .'tempts to forecast the probable rcmts^sut of Germany's refusal to produce ( ays the men demanded. Some of them in- 1 .hat sist that no possible material result ^ could outweigh Germany's moral de/ith gradation should she yield to the de- ' lore rvton/] 4 s is j $ the' "Have you seen Al?" 1 "Al who?" < of! "Alcohol." can "No. Kerosene him yesterday, but ten : he ain't benzine since."?Alchemist. ! = ? % X LUIHU ? > 1 t i ? I j j Here are the^kind of j Clothes that will I make you feel at j ease in any comI pany. | Smart, stylish Suits, [j in both single and || double breasted If models, in neat pat-1 ii i l c I I lerns ana iancv i * | mixtures. 1 Hand tailored Suits = f 1 of the finest materi- * als, in the new sb'm, 1 trim models that are so becoming to most I every mail. | !j We know our j |) Clothes will please \ I) you. I I i? ' D 1 Far! % L RAILWAY MEN WILL STRIKE FEBRUARY 17TH ^ \ Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9.?A strike of 300,000 members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employes and railway shop laborers was called for Tuesday, February 17, at a meeting of the general chairmen of the brotherhood here today. Decision to order a cessation of work was announced by Grand President Allen ?. Barker, following advices from Washington that the negotiations with the railroad administration for wage increases offered nc hope of a favorable settlement. "I am loath to call a strike," Mr Barker said, "-but there is nothing else we can do. Our hands have been forced. I am tired of the treatment we have received from government officials." The text of the order calling the strike read: ' "A strike of our entire membership on roads under federal control and those not under federal control is authorized to take place at 7 A. M. Tuesday, February 17, and will apply to storehouse employes, stationary firemen, stationary engineers, steel bridge workeris, cinder pitmen and oilers, 3ts well as all other members of our brotherhood. The strike is for the general increase requested last summer and in addition a uniform rate from coast to coast." The general chairmen of the brothsrhood who have been in session here [or several days were empowered to jrder a strike by a vote of the union nembership last summer. At the contention of the brotherhood last Sep;ember, a strike was postponed in orler that President Wilson might lave opportunity to bring about a reduction in living cost?. According to inion officials, his efforts have been 'ruitless. Original demands of the brotherlood were for an average increase of tO per cent, the greater increases to ro to the lower paid men. 30L. SMITH DIES AT .ORANGEBURG f Orangeburg, Feb. 9.?Col. Wattie VG" Of The Right Cszri SUITS FROM $25.00 - J D ter aiiu rvce < ?roiBngn?UiiWBmimMtniBnnnimiitnrotiuiiimintiiiiMiiiauiriuiuinninnti)u?imii;inii)uinit.i<u?iin>iiiiiiii.ni.iin ; Gilliard Smith, State warehouse com-f ??, missioner of South Carolina, died atj I i his home on North Railroad Avenue I here at 11 o'clock this morning after1 < ( an illness lasting about a week. Col. j , :*mith was in good health until about; a week ago when he was stricken'LOST i | with an attack of influenza develop-, sha ; ing rapidly into a serious case of' Qp -pneumonia. | ^ f < , i J IclY Engraved Cards and Invitations?. The Press and Banner Co. | aft "Jk^- TINS ONLY a | ^ggBS!? AT YOUR G30CSRS gj Powell house |c j| COFFEE Jl** i:j: NOTIC When you ha\ sell Write, Phon< The SOUTH A1 1 REALTY CO I Hn"ie orf,c" Greenwo I The Land Audic ! Kind I | II , Vv\j if il : If S3 |s iltf1919 Thi HsflM cf Kvppoheaa TO $60.00. | " I . | ;?0 I 3 I "Sk run ^ _ WANTS | LOST BANK STOCK. '?Certificate No. 24 for sixty .] <3 res of the Capital Stock of the eratives Trust Company, of Abrille. S. C., par value five dol s, issued in the name of A. L. 11. Notice is hereby given -that, er due advertisement, if this ck is not returned to the Bank svill be voided on the books of . Cfeank, and new stock issued in 1 thereof. j I J. F. BARNWELL, Cashier, Operatives Trust Company. ville, S. C. 2-9-2t. 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