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I j& -* Xocal flewe : Personals : C. M. Minch, Denmark, is a gues at the home of Mr. D. E. Penney. Mrs. J. F. Clinkscales, Monterey was a visitor in town Thursday. ?o? The Rev. W. H. Murray, Green wood, was a visitor here Thursday. Sam Aiken, Greenwood, was ; business visitor in Abbeville Thurs day. Mrs. Lucy Thomson left this weel to visit relatives in Shoals Juncton. Mrs. Addie McMurray left thi week to visit her sister, Mrs. Mea cham, Greenwood. Mrs. Eugene Power, who has beei rpintives in Charlottesville VIOIWilib - Va., has returned to this county ant is visiting at the home of Mr. Henrj Power, Brownlee. r - ' ' , , r,r-- . : o--' Prof. D. H. Henry, Clemson Col lege, is visitng his brother, Albert Henry. Mr. Barksdale, of the Greenwooc Telephone Co., was a business visitoi in Abbeville Thursday. Miss Howard Hill, Wo ma lis Col lge, Due West, is visiting her mother Mis. Henry Hill. Dick Swetenberg has put off hi: Clemson uniform and is back at wovl with Barksdale. Misses Kathleen Schroeder am Louise Shirley are spending tin week-end in Greenwood with Mis.Mabel Henderson. Misses Ruth Davis and Jessie Latimer and Messrs. Clarence Co: and Louis Pugan, of Honea Path, at. tended the opera here Monday night Rev. Mr. Arundal came over fron Greenwood Wednesday and wa among those who called on Mrs. Mar shall and enjoyed her birthday. Miss Sherrar, the pretty sister o Miss Gertrude Sher :.v, is here fron * '? vncsier nursing mi-. >? imumov.. who has been qute sick with flu. Joe Everett, Spartanburg, cam down Thursday to take part in tlv festivities attendant upon the setbacl party given by Mr. W. D. Wilson. Miss Eva Scott, Columbia, is visi ting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E Scott. Mrs. Elizabeth Barksdale Jt>unci; came down from Monroe this weel and spent several days with her horn people. . Mr. LARK WILSON Mr. Lark Wilson, 70 years pit: died at his home near Antrevilk Thursday morning. The funeral wa held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock a Long Cane Church. The deceased i survived by a widow and severe children. Abbeville to Play Greenwood The boys and girls basketba 1- ams of the Abbeville high schoo 1< ft this afternoon for Greenwoo vhere they are scheduled to play t\v p.:mes. Despite the fact that Clinton wo t'th games from the local team b r.">re than safe margin?, the horn players feel confident that they ca tr.ke the measure of the Greenwoo teams. COUNTY LOAN The Farmers Bank has secured tl county loan of $30,000, for whic bids were recently advertised. Tl rate or interest is .0397 1-2 percen f j Celebrating the Day. I Mrs. Fannie J. Marshall celebrated ^ (her eighty-eighth birthday on 'Jv 'ias j 17th and the occasion will long be 1 remembered by her many friend?.. ^ee , The day was devoted to an informal '"e reception at the Marshall home ami j^rc all day long menus caneu i?u.\ ; their respects and to wish for Mrs. |sue Marshall a continuation of all thejwi* irood things of life. i^ar jj The home was prettily decorated,! 01 /{the colors being in honor of good St. JrUl ^ Patrick. Mrs. Marshall looked lovely.^0 t I \ r 11 .and as usual made the sunshine of w" jher presence felt, her grace of manjner belongs to another day and is ' j worthy of the emulation of the women of the present day and generation. err' "j Many lovely gifts were received ma' from friends in town, cards and messages from out of town and all day a 1 constant stream of friends coming in - laden with gifts and affectionate ^ good wishes. (^CI A post card picture of Mrs. Marc shall, feeding her chickens in the stvt back yard were given friends as a enz souvenir of the occasion. ^ee s Throughout the day tea and cakejanc' -1were served the callers. | rt j This was an informal and most; * pleasant occasion and Abbeville peo-Pe* n'ple rejoice with Mrs. Marshall in herjRei Jlong and happy life. j^il i! ! 1 A Visitor From the City. jLoi' lj-1 iinei 1 Prof. Robert Coleman, of the Col-cloc lege of Charleston, came up from .tor "'Charleston this week and spent a few'ing t!days with his home folks. He reports ^ Ithings at "the College" and in "the tjjjs 'City" as running smoothly and keep-'an(j 1 ing up with these progressive times. idea I Sick with Flu. -j Mis. Peebles has been sick with flu j T , at hr new home on Greenville street. ,Thv She is getting better now and hopes vooi soon to be out again. jfor ithe Nfwj from Mrs. Cothrr.n 0I'd ' i rooi j Tho friend/ of Mrs. W. S. Coth- ]^n0 i ran, who is in a hospital in Chester, j i , will be glad to know that she is in*. t]-,js proving steadily and that the i.n-|e(j . provement is permanent. This is good for news, indeed. j 1 ;i j the For the Library. the mai | Miss Annie Miller, of Okolonn, tha Miss., will come to Abbeville the m01 first week in April and will give the'will play "The Womanless Wedding" for'bea the benefit of the Library Associa-i tion. This is an attractive entertain-' ment and will afford the people of j , 'Abbeville an evening full of fun and ^ laughter. !^le pies Something New. Ter i The "Womanless Wedding" at the'ten I Marlowe theatre last night under the^of e auspices of the College Street Par-and e ent-Teachers' Association, was a the ^ unique and cleverly conceived enter-.pro Itainment, and attracted a tremen-janc: |dous house; even standing room wasjgra sold, snowing me jfieai iiuere.H a-;cuu "iroused, and it may safely be ranked j as one of the very best amateur af-i i I 'fairs ever given in the city. y I The "Womanless Wedding" wasi I k put on by Miss Annie Miller, of Oko-jCol e.lona, Miss., who inspired enthusiasm o'cl iin participants and managed the' wedding to complete success for ail j concerned.?Jackson (Tenn.) Sun. U l Judge Gary Home. ^or ' tivi sj Judge Frank B. Gary has been at t home for the past several days look- j c ing after affairs in Abbeville. He has ' iFre ,1 been holding court in the lower part1 ; | rep of the State and this is his first', ! . . . . but .visit in some time. me NEW BOOKS Mr 11! 00 ^ . The followng new books have been:th V given the Library by friends and are jtor] c 'now on the shelves ready for reading. I ?!Mrs. Norwood, who has the interest! !of the Library at heart, has added "imany good books to the collection < v * ;recently. w? lC! She Buildeth her House?By Will ev< Levington Comfort. foi (' The Fetters of Freedom?By Cy- nt'i rus Townsend Brady. sec A Maker of History?By E. Phil- abi lips Oppeheim. Af le Th" Pit?By Frank Norris. set The Red Button?By Will Irwin, the ,e The Woman of Mytery?By Mau- Jo: t rice LeBlanc. th< REGARDING DANCE Jr. Verchot of the Opera Hon: requested the Press and Bann publish that no arrangemnts ha1 n made with him for the use < Opera House Monday night for e dance. t was announced in the last i of the paper that such a dan h music furnished by a servii id would be given in the Ope use. The band is scheduled to a 2 and will give free concerts he nday and Tuesday, and a dan I be hfcld Monday night, but tl ce has not been secured as yt ormation was furnished this offr t the Opera House was the plat it appears this information wi oneous and correction is therefo de. THOMAS A REID Ir. Thomas A. Reid, GO years ol :1 Friday morning at 4 o'clock j home of R. C. Wilkes, Wardla set, aftr a brief illness of infl a and pneumonia. Mr. Reid lu n in bad health for several yea I some months ago suffered >ke of paralysis. Ie is survived by one son, Ho; d and one daughter, Miss Magg d. Another daughter, Mrs. R. < kes, died recently. 'he deceased was a member ( ig Cane church and will be burit re Saturday morning at 11 c :k, the Rev. Louis J. Bristow, pa of the Baptist Church, conduc the services, Ir. Reid was Dorn and reared i county and leaves many relativ* friends who will mourn h th. The Civic Club he meeting of the Civic Clu irsday afternoon in the Red Cro: m \va? productive of much poo the organization. A report fro Hospital Committee showed t! ering of the furnishings for or in at the hospital, which will 1 wn as the Civic Club room, 'lie flower beds will be beautifi year, the work being apportioi among the members and see a variety of flowers ordered, 'he Marker Committee report< doing away with the triangle ar making of a circle on which tl ker will be erected will be small* n the triangle and will be givir ;e room for cars. Lights and wati ! be put into the circle for i utifying in the future. Junior Missionary Society ^he Junior Missionary Society 1 Methodist Church held a vc asant meeting at the home of Mi 1a Mays Andrews, Wednesday a non at four o'clock. The amou the pledge for this year is $80.( I Mrs. Nickles offered a prize f most perfect attendance and tl mptness of the payment of du I pledges. After the business pr m a delicious salad and swe irse was served. Dr. Martin To Preach )v .Tim T Martin will nreach cesbury Sunday morning at : lock. IR. BRADLEY FOR CONGRES." dr. W. W. Bradley, who was a vi: in the city yesterday, stated po: 2ly to The Index-Journal that uld make the race for Congre ? summer against Representati ;d H. Dominick. There have be torts to this effect for some tin ; this is the first official announc nt made by Mr. Bradley himse . Bradley was private secretary ngressman VVyatt AiKen uum latter's long service in Wasbin i.?Index-Journal. COL. WILLIAM IN HIGH Col. Li !1 Wilson, of South Mai s running in high Thursd ?ning when he entertained fori lr of his friends at a turkey di r, the like of which has not be in since Tuesday evening, b sut that we have already writtt ter dinner the popular game ;baek was played. The veterans ; game were glad to welcome C seph Everett, of Spartanuurg, j faculty meeting held just 1 'fore the frame, at which meeting he was elected to deliver at an early | 3 !date a lecture on how to take Bradei ley Reese and win a game. 1,0' In the games which followed the! dinner most of the poor players got | * beaten. Col. Dick Sondley was there with the goods as usual. He took one j ls"jhand and beat Uncle Jim and Major i C(?,Fulp to a standstill, giving t!*.em most I of the trumps, too. Jim .McMillan now jj :a'understands how it happened that I r" (Furniture Kerr got him beaten in six I ie straight games recently. Col. Barks- | ce ,dale, who is a student of the Green- I ie <vilie street college, was trying out I I some of the new leads about which ce,he has been studying, and some of ce them led him into trouble. Bishop Link laughed once or twice towards ie,the end of the game. Daddy Long,shore took Dr. Xeuffer and a five !spot and made a home run in the i eighth inning. j Altogether the evening is one long ! |;to be remembered. Should it close the season it will afford pleasant I I recollections, but -should some other I i person wish to either make a motion, 8 id i ' J or second one already made, the floor I 'is unoccupied. ^ | PARKER COBB DEAD || ic i In n ! Parker Cobb died at the home of; M his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Cobb, injl Fort Pickens, this afternoon, (March g * 19th, 1920) at 3 o'clock from influ-J enza. He had been sick for more! ! I than a week, but his friends believed I 5- I that he was improving the last few; * ' Jays. | Parker Cobb for a number of | " years has been the plumber for The! 2SjCity Garage. He was a whole-souled | isjyoung man, of a jovial and kindly dis position, and numbered his friends ra by the score. His death brings grief!" to many. 11 5 . i Mr. Cobb is survived by his mother 11 0 i ~ and an only brother, Thomas Cobb/ j now of Atlanta. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. 1:> I le i ; ,c Germany Is Facing A Radical Peril .ll i T!y of the reactionary illi'ii.it/i'.'.iiij) in Berlin. lias been ; I ijuickiy followed by tiie resiimp ti; n\ .. '!.'jrity oil (lie pjM't of kI i the oil! irovermneiit. Its chief task I 10: for the moment, it appears, will ,vJ l?e to deal with the disorderly conj ! ditions which the Spartacans are i endeauuiim to prolong; for their jr! I own purposes. Dispatches suiting tlint Minister of Defense Noske, the strong arm ! of the constitutional regime, is back <m 1 lie scene in Berlin, have I been followed by reports that of i President Kbert also ha-s returned | ry j to tSie capital from Stuttgart, ss i'einliuff his return, Vice Premier f i Scliiffer, of the Bauer cabinet, \ 41... ii;M.<.il..? i.r ..II-..ire I nt| ,MC """ * ? ? ' *01 relinquished by l>r. Kapp when ; lie iravi' up iiis effort 1o establish , 01 i a new government. e j There are reports current in Berlin es | that ex-Chancellor Kapp had commit- ! IQ_lied suicide but these so fur luck con-! jfinnation. His prosecution, together, j with that of other leaders of the reactionary movement, it is said, have! I been ordered by President Ebert. i Germany has cast off the govern-( j mental regime suddenly set up by jtlie reactionary elements last Saturat day morning, but advices indicate she is facing another extreme peril; (in the form of a wave of radical-j j jsm. I Reports from Berlir.. say Dr. Wolf-ji 3 ! gang Kapp, the reactionary chan-1 j cellor, and his adherents have either j ! fled from the city or contemplate!si-j going at once. Armed forces of the . aj_ I reactionary element are leaving Ber- 1 J1 in today and the presence of Gus-J-i I tav Noske, minister of defense, in ] issjihe Ebert cabinet, who arrived in!" vc ; IJBXlin ItlSL inpi.ll aniyiuiic nwiii | Stuttgart, would seem to indicatethat the constitutional government to, intends to assume control immedi-,e.lately. General Von Seeclit, Presi-i | dent Ebert's chief of staff, has been j' I named commander of government;' to! forces in Berlin. njrj Radical Uprising Feared p. | Announcements by Dr. Kapp, as j; well as official statements from the' j Ebert government, reflects the fear 3 I of a radical uprising in Germany.! j In fact, l)r. Kapp's announcement j I stated he had resigned from the di-j |n | rection of affairs so that the country j' ''| might be enabled to fight Bolshe-j av I im'ohi ItVnni vnrinili! fitips mine l*e-I ;y.; ports of uprisings of workers and | advices from Berlin state that tlie j Red forces under the command of en Snarlicist leaders arc :narclii::g er. iut lint city. As the Eberl troops have not yet resumed full control, an at!n' tack by the Reds is feared. ?' j Throughout Germany radical eleoflments in many places have taken ov0] er direction of affairs at least iemporto ali,y' Proletarian dictatorships have been ' >e~ set up at Dortmund. Gera, Halle, Oh-' I I GET FITTED IN THESE TOR j EASTER WE HAVE THEM Cason & P I ikfiMii ni/ ItlKVW Dili The demand the coming ycai will far excced that of any rec The half-starved peoples of Europe ar ing. And the world is depending upo: You cannot raise a 100 fo crop unless ; a matter of balanced conditions of the Potash must be present in the prof raised. PLANTERS because it contains available Phospho right proportions. Every bag is stamped with our Giant for your protection, and better place ] avoid delayed delivery. Ask our agent in your town for infoi 3 Planters Fertilize VV CHARLESTON, io-c Tin no nrirl Oplspnk irrlien- accord ng to reports, while Leipsic work rs have driven government troop: rom the suburbs of the city ant were engaged late yesterday ii <treet fighting. In tlie Khenish and Westphaliai industrial districts, it is said tha the workers are rewly to follow tin radical leaders. IV j.Mmr :if IliirJi Trilsimi. Berlin. March 17.?(Night.)?Whether Dr. "Wolfgang Kapp or General Voi I.iettwiTz wero still in Berlin tonigh could nor be ascertained but the mill tary cordon about the reichstag build ing was still holding its position. Re ports were current tlrat t'ie leaders o t!ie reactionary movement were abou to quietly utenl away, but they ?'oub not be confirmed by The Associate! Press correspondent, who wis force* struggle through barbed wire en tanglemeuts to reach tlie reichstaj i u'iding. Merlin Shrouded in <>loom. Feeling .n Herlin tonight is at higli tension for there is fear a clash wil occur before the Kappist forces gath . . "BOSTON IANS".. FAMOUS SHOES FOR MEN AND MALLORY HATS . I "" ill yf\ I ' m a ii* . McAllister I ?ERCROPS || for Cotton, Corn, Grain, etc., e even now crying ot.t tor rood and c'othn the Farmers of America to Supply it. I you have a 100 soil. Fertility is largely pj soil. Phosphoric Ac'd, Amn-.or.ia, and K; ler proportions if bumper crops are to ffi PFDTIII7FP 1 I Ib81 I IIBIABIBI^ YIELD I ric Acid, Ammonia and Potash In the H Lizard Trade-Mark. Look for it?It's j. f four order for Planter's right now and H rnation, free 3dvicc, or priccs, or write H r & Phosphate Co. j I ACTURERS / W SOUTH CAROUNA ^ / Jer up their wire entanglements anil "| leave the city. .Mist and rain shrouded 3! Berlin in gloom and the streets were ^1 wholly deserted. Occasionally a solii | tary shot would be heard, but no cas| ualties were reported up to eight ' i o'clock. t j One of Dr. Kapps last official acts e I was to conclude an agreement with | representatives of the Ebert govern1 ment and some Prussian ministers for j amnesty for himself, his staff and " ! troops on the basis of the amnesty law ' j of lfHS. which will be made to apply to | this week's offenses. I communists Most Feared . I Berlin. March IS.?rtll lis Loring C: Dresel. acting cnmni^sfonor ;;".d thr 11 American charge d'affaires in this 11 city, has informed the State DeI , part men t in Washington now that rj I)r. Kapp's regime has fallen, the .'whole danger lies in a communist 5 arising. Communist forces are reported to he marching on Berlin from various i cities, hut Mr. Dresel says if a few 1! hours more pass quietly a crisis may - j be avoided.