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Wednesday, .Maren iu, & =3j Xocal flews irs^rsrmals : I > Itvv?vv..? lfc= Ben Cochran spent Tuesday in Anderson. S. J. Link left today on a business trip to Columbia. Henry Carlisle spent Tuesday in Greenwood on business. Miss Ruth Pratt, Due West, was a visitor in town this week. Mrs. John Gilliam, of Oakland Heights, was in town Tuesday. Miss Mary Quarles Link left today for a short visit to Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. William Martin are > Atlanta. spending a icw ?a\ ^ *<. ..v. Mrs. S. T. Eakin, is spending a few days in Greenwood. W. I. Whitelock, Spartanburg, was a business visitor in Abbeville thi.week. Mrs. Clifton Morrow, of Richmond Va., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ales Graves. ( Mrs. W. D. Morrah and Mrs. S. P Morrah, Belleview, were shoppers ir the city this week. Reed Ashley, Ei'nest and Eugene 'McCarter, of Antreville, were ir town Tuesday. The Rev. J. L. Martin, D. D. wil preach at the Presbyterian churcV Sunday morning. Mrs. A. J. Ferguson and Mrs Alfred Cochran, Fonville section were shoppers in the city this week. Miss Alberta Clinkscales, of Monterey, was shopping in town Tuesday. Mrs. Richard Todd and Mrs. A. D Kennedy, Due West, were shopper: in Abbeville Tuesday. * Miss Lola Wardlaw, of Bethel, i: nursing her brother, Frank Ward law who has the flu at the home 01 Mrs. Joe Thornton. Mrs. J. F. Carroll, and children, o' v Monroe, spent the week-end witl ? her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T Eakin. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Householde: were' called to Akron, Ohio, las week on account of the serious ill ness of Mr. Householder's mother. Miss Allene Mabry, who has beei nursing Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mille; during an illness of the flu, has re turned to Gaffney. Henry Bell, who has been ill win the flu at the home of Mrs. J. G. Ed wards, has recovered sufficiently t< return to his home in Antreville. Mrs. Hermon Benton went to Dub lin, Ga., this week to be with he cousin, Mrs. Graham, whose husbant died Monday. * Mrs. C. B. Wilson has returnee from Brevard, N. C., where she ha: been attending her mother, who ha: been seriously ill. ^ ANTI WHISTLING ORDINANCE PASSED BY CITY COUNCII The City Council me.t .in regala! monthly . session Tuesday _ night holding: a brief meeting of one half hour, during which time the? passed an anti-whistling ordinance. People living along the Seaboarc Railway have complained for som< time of the frequent and seeminglj unnecessary blowing of engine whis /" # v ties during the night hours. The rail way officials have issued order: against the useless and too frequenl blowing, but to no avail. Superin tendent Carlton wrote to the city offi cials requesting that action be taker and the ordinance is the result. The question of an additiona 1 "$90,000 bond issue was broached am: discussed, but no action taken*. , - 1 1 Greer Sherard spent Sunday in I Chester. TAX BOOKS CLOSE MARCH 15 Treasurer J. E. Jones calls attention to the fact that the tax books will be closed March 15. This leaves enly four days for delinquents to pay up. ?" c I Q;?L. miss r ievnd ucoi The fricnils of Miss Plevna Seal will regret to know that she is quite ick with flu at her home on Main ' treet. Miss Seal has a large music lass and for some years she has been ,organist at the Presbyterian hurch, and she is being missed by .er friends during her stay in-doors. . a Rev. R. E. Telford Here i i The Rev. R. E. Telford, Cedartown Ga., former pastor of Long Cane Church, is visiting friends among his former parishioners this we.k. Mr. Telford was greatly beloved r.:id members of his old congregation r.re 1 xtending him a heai*ty welcome. | Miss Lizzie Edmonds came over rom Chester this week and visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Edmons. Miss Edmonds' friends were t lad to see her and know that she i? happy in her new home. BASKETBALL FRIDAY I I j Two games of basketball will be I played on the high school ground? . Friday afternoon beginning at 3:3C 1 'clock. The first game will be between the girls of the Green wooi high school and the girls of the Abbe , ville high while the second game wil be contested by the boys teams ol these schools. Dope on the four teams states thai i they are about evenly matched in re pective pairs and there is everj prospect of two close and livelj ' matches. 1 "Two or One" is a feature of the afternoon as both games can be seer by the payment of one admission Tickets will be sold on the ground: ' fifteen cents for school children am twenty-five for adults. The local teams which journey L( their Waterloo at Clinton last Fri 1 day did not mind their defeat in the games so much as the defeat fron the difference in the attendance a games in Clinton and Abbeville. Th< 1 teams were guaranteed $25 and en tertainment by the Clintonites, . am the receipts were such as to insun s the Clinton teams making mone: above the guarantee to the visitors ^ Can it be done in Abbeville? We'l see Friday. 1 BENTLEY BAKER KILLS HIMSELF NEAR HIS HOME SOMETIME TUESDAY NIGHT t The Coroner's Jury returned vordic - in the Baker case of death by un known parties 1 ' John Bentley Baker, Ho years old r son of Mrs. John Baker, shot an< " killed himself sometime Tuesdai night, a few yards from his mother' home on Blue Hill. Baker used s 1 pistol to shoot himself, * the bulle " entering just back of the right ear ' No cause for the deed has been ad vanced. When Baker's mother retiree m 1? I? 1 UtTbUciy infill lie wfla uciuk j the fire reading. During the nigh Mrs. Baker heard what she though to be two shots fired. This morning ; neighbor passing found the body. A: explanation of the two shot:;, sinci s only one chamber of Eaker's ^un wa s empty, is that a neighbor killed ; dog during the night. Baker is survived by his mother Mrs. John Baker, and two sisters Miss Annie Baker, and Mrs. Junui . DuPre. The funeral arrangement1 have not been made yet, but the fun >-Srdl will probably be held Thursday " afternoon. Baker- was considered a peculia man, "rather given to moods, and of ' en he would leave home without i - word as to where he was going anc r would return as unexpectedly. Or " one of these trips he stayed awaj " several years. Recently he has beer 5 farming on his mother's fan,. :u-.i t town. "OH DADDY" i "Oh Daddy" is the name of a new [ musical fun show in which Clarenct I Backous and Grace Manlove, will appear at the Opera House one ni';ht Monday, March loth. "Oh Daddy" I t * [was written by Richard C. Maddox and is designed wholly for laughing purposes. It is broadly farcical in character and is enlivened with Paddy's Dainty Darlings (chorus). There being some twenty musical numbers introduced during the play, 'written by T. H. Willhite who gave the public so many popular songs. If 'you hear some folks whistling an inpirniatinc little tune, with a smooth drag followed by a skipping lilt, yon know lie was one of the lucky one? who saw and heard "Oh Daddy." ! Much is said nowadays about the tired business man" and his need for light entertainment for evening I recreation and cure for brain fag. iAfter hearing the dross of the past few seasons, which lived for a day and expired, it is a wonder that the ! 'tired business man" didn't become exhausted. "Oh Daddy" is a first class musical show with a high class company and needs not the customary press notices of "300 days in New York," I tc. The performance is sufficient in | ; tself-in company, story, costumes .nd scenery. Kilroy and Britton, Managers and .Owners, have assembled a clever cast and a. hard working, c-xcellcnL ling. The music is all good, but there Rainbow Wid ? ow," which pops up through out the show and sets everyone in the audience humming or swaying in time. "Oh Daddy" is a dancing show, everybody dances, chorus and principals and from the number of encores demanded, dance lovers in the : audience might easily master many ' of the steps. Seats on sale at Box "offie, phone 200. Prices 50c., 75c.. ' $1.00, $2.00 plus war tax. -j ? 1 STEEL HELMET WILL BE f: GIVEN FOR BEST ESSAY . j The following contest has been announced to the pupils of the city . schools and already a number have signified their intention of compot-1 ng for the steel helmet A handsome steel helmet, captur'ed from a German general during j the Battle of Argonne Forest by the American forces will be awarded to; .' he South Carolina school children I I i .'composing the best essay o:i "Wr.;. ) the People of South Carolina Shou'd' 'Erect a State Memorial to its Scl j i 'dier Dead." The award will be made j j by the South Carolina Memorial | .!Commission. J The contest is open to any primary j _ or high school pupil in this State. ! the only requirement bein.tr that each a shall turn in his or her essay on oi , before April 15th of this year. The 71 competitors, are to hand in their esjj ay.; to the principal of their respective school who will send them tc the chairman of the memorial commission of their county. This chairman and the members of his comnission will select the best essay from the county and forward it to the memorial commission in Columbia which will select the prize-winner from anong the 4(5 esays. The prize winning ' ssay and the other 45 essays will be ? deposited in the hall of archives and records of the memorial building *,\vhen it is completed. I The child winning the helmet will ^.have'the option of either retaining i. or having it nlaced as a trophy in 1 1 the memorial building, the donor beI ng given credit in the permanent re j cords of the building for the presentation of his trophy . (There are very few of this kind of Vinlmnt in + -- W....VV <11 wiiv uintcvi utaicd. ? I i| WANTS ; 1 sjTO SELL?Any one wanting a good ): cow and calf see, MRS. F. E. HOGAN, ROUTE 3. ,! ABBEVILLE, S. C. . 3-K-3r?r1 , p V wru. 15 j r0R SALE?One Mack Mare. Good *! for. farm purposes, splendid plow f; horse. $75. See R. L. MABRY. r,3-8-3t. i;FOR SALE?Dining room suite,! 1 bedroom suite, and kitchen equipi i ment. i j Mrs. Sam Smith. , 3-io-:jt. 1 i NOTICE?The Greenwood Steam : I Laundry Agency will put on a de-! livery system after- March 15th. i All cut rate bundles Tiandlea at a j r charge of 10 cents each. All list . j rate bundles handled free. .| C. H. Cannon, Agt 3-8-3 pd. I n=? The Ro! | IV 1 ?""" Abb stores jj ? GRO' | An assortmei | your pantry ioil ^ 1 -k 1 ' | when the cook h | folks" will en]oi | This store is i | both staple and est quality, at m | Large shipmt j received, includi | Peaches, A J Pineapple. I| Catsup, Salad ? | Crab Flakes, "/ 1 Mince Meat. !| Lobster, Fish R( j| Lima Beans, Si !| Asparagus Tip | Pork and Bean | Peacock, Brer R i National Biscuh || "Aunt Mary's" if Come in and in. | Rosent a? senberg Me partment Stores eville, S. C. j CERY ST01 <r nt of our car ll save you frc lils to arrive, c I the change. ull of good t fancy grocerie. ost reasonable mts of canne ng; pricots, Whi hessing, Chili 5remier" Salm ?e, Tuna Fish, tringless Beans s, Canned Su .s, Van Camp: labbit, and Ka; t Company's C Bread. sped our stocl TUC 1 1 IJL-f >erg Mer " W?? UlUMMJk ir. to. | Ji? Many 1 Departmnets IE. - | med goods in j >m a "panic" md the "men hings to eat; 1 s of the high- | prices. 1 'd goods just 1 ite Cherries, | Sauce, Olives. j \on, Sardines, I ;, Peas, Corn, | ;eef Potatoes, | s Soups. | ro Syrups. trackers. i, or phonef38. ? jj I ' Co 1 wmmmmmmmmmM