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iUUUUct^) n^xu AV) xvMvt ????? *F=======%j< Xocal Wewe ? : personals : 1 ' ife " gq; Miss Janie Wardlaw, of Bethel,' was a visitor to the city Saturday. ! I3 Tom Sherard, ^of Calhoun Falls, K was in town Friday night. J ] I Mrs. C. L. Sauls left Monday for 1 a visit to friends in Hamlet, N. C. Manning Cochran spent Sunday in Due West. ( ? Glenn Baskin, of Honea Path, was ^ in town Sunday visiting friends. ~? |. Miss Lottie Vaughn spent the weekend in Columbia with relatives. * !! Miss Althea Keaton, of Lander College, was in town Monday shop_ ] ping. Miss Georgia Bell Baskin, of Iva, 1 is visiting Mrs. J. D. Wilson on 1 Chestnut Street. j' ! i Mr. Bud Holliday and family, of Honea Path, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hagen. ? j James R. Hannah, of Hodges, was in Abbeville Monday looking ' after business matters. !' Miss Lois Jackson and Leslie Mc_ Millan spent the week-end in Greer with Miss Jackson's parents. Charley Reaves, of Cedi;rtowr., < Ga., is visiting his sister. Mrs. Lamar Gilliam. ..! ' I / Mrs. H. R. McAllstrr and Mrs. T. H. Maxwell spent Saturday in ^ Greenwood. . j, Miss Mary Dawson spent the latter .part of tlie week in Antreville with friends. :, I 1 Mrs. Bob Knox of Sharon, is vis. ,, iting her daughter, Mrs. Ilabry ^ Cheatham on Church Street. ^ ! Mrs. Roy White and little Inez,: 1 of Greenwood, are visiting Mrs. F. E Culbreth on Maganzine Street. Mrs. L. W. White and Mrs. T. G.; White went over to Atlanta Saturday to attend the Grand Opera also ; to visit Dr. and Mrs. Bonner White, j Miss Mildred Cochran came up , from Lander and spent Sanday and Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran. j| '1 Mrs. M. T. Coleman went up to PelzeT Friday and will visit for several days with her daughter, Mrs..' Townsend Smith. i Miss Bessie Miller came tip from Columbia Saturday and spent Sun_i day with her sister, Mrs. Jack Pressly. i' Miss Erin Crowther, of Anlreville was in town Saturday shopping. Mrs Frank Hunter and sister, Miss 1 Kate Pettigrew, of Troy, spent Sat_M urday in the city. ! 1 Mr. C. E. Williamson spent Sun.i day with .his parents near Donalds, j -He reports the roads in good fix. He was very properly chaperoned .by i his young daughter, Williamette. ] Mrs. R. S. Ellis is in Cross Hill to^ attend the marriage of her niece,' ] Miss H?jlen Griffin, to Henry Boyce,! nf fhat-nlarp. the interestinc event taking place tomorrow at 11 o'clock.) MisStiarah Norwood, of Medford,^ Oregon^: is expected in Abbeville1 ^ this week, where sTie will spend,, i sometime with her friend, Miss' Mary Perrin. Miss Norwood is re_ J ^ membered here as the young daugh_j ter of Mr_ and Mrs. John S. Nor_ | wood, formerly of Abbeville. Mrs. James T. Pearson, Mr. and t ( ? T? m 1?:J? ! C Mrs. JUG irvwunug* auu jviiod uci. tha Pearson, all of Anderson were'1 visitors at the home Mrs. Nina Chal_ ' ? mers Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson c are planning to move to California t at an early date, and came down to I see their kinsfolk before going c away. t v I Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Lomax, of Atlanta, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lomax near the city. Id rMs. Malissa Greene, of near, J Donalds, is visiting her daughter,1 Urs. I. E. Culbreth. Walter Smith was in town Sunday pending the day with his brother, ? Dote. He arrived in time for dinner. ^ j I I William Hill, who is a student at c 3. M. I., in Greenwood, spent Sun_ v lay at the home of his parents. ; c H. G. Clark, of the Press and e Banner, left Abbeville Friday to x risit for-a few days in Salem, Va. * tie is spending the time with his parents. !v 1 Major b'ulp ana uoi. Aerr sne_ Jammed" over to Greenwood Sun J Jay morning returning in time for. services accompanied by Sergeant * Kerr of B. M. I. j * < \ * Slyvester Price, one\ of the good 1 farmers of the Means Chapel sec. 2 tion was here Saturday, and sub_ 1 scribed for the Press and Banner. ^ He is determined to keep up with the news. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hagan, of Greenwood, vsited the latte^s par_ } ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson j j Saturday and Sunday. They were ac_ j companied by their two handsome ?' young sons and the young lady of 1 the family. j 1 i. Miss Mary Lou Bowie, formerly ' Home Demonstration Agent for this county, but now a successful school, teacber in McCormick county was in the city Monday shopping. J1 ? I. Kempton Blillings, of Fort Mc_ l Phorson, 4$as' in the city Sunday on j a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Josh Billings. ! ] |] Mrs. Frank Henry, Mrs. Dunn, ^ w:"? MJi/i-ra/l W?TnaKnr*}ipr and , LXliaO iliuuibu | Margaret Allen Henry went over , to Winnsboro Saturday and spent until Moliday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Doty. , * ' i| Mi;, Wacte Gpthran, of Abbe_ * rille, was most cordially welcomed jo Edgefield during a little visit last week. He was accompanies by his 1 pretty and attractive young daugh_ ter, Miss Margaret Cothran. They * were guests of Mr. and Mrs W. C. Tompkins.?Edgefield Chronicle. MR. FERGUSON IMPROVES j] i, Mr. Andrew J. Ferguson returned j from Chester Sunday evening where < he had been to see his brother, Mr. ] W. D. Ferguson, who is in "a hospL 1 fcal there. He brings the good news 1 that Mr. Ferguson is improving from 1 his illness. ! i Mr. Ferguson, it will be remem_ bered, went to Chester for an opera-', tion for appendicitis sometime ago. \ A. few days after the operation ty_ i phoid fever developed and he has snce been seriously ill. ; 1 MRS. SIGN AT HOME. IMVc Hor^-rii/Jo Siom noma Virtmo from Columbia Saturday and spent Sunday with Mrs. W. P. Greene. , Mrs. Sign is working in Columbia being chief clerk to the General Foreman of Car Repairs of the Columbia Division of the Southern Railroad. UNION SERVICES. 4 Union services were held Sunday light in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. The sermon r/as preached by Rev. Robinson,1 vho was here from Columbia Dreaching for the Presbyterians. I '* ' ~ I CHICK GALLOWAY STARS _ I r?_n a i , vyiii^rv ufliiuway, rn/ucvmc o xc^- j esentative in the big leagues, was fc ;he-ster of-ttiB* PliHtftlelphterNg^o fork game Sunday. In the sixth in J a ling, after two were out, Perkins n 'or Philadelphia knocked a two bag* 0 jer. Galloway followed him with a t riple, which scored the winning run j ( Mr. Galloway's friends are glad hat he is making good with Phila_' * lelphia. He was sick at the beginning S >f the season and did not get a S jood start, but in Friday's game he ^ .onnected 3 times in 4 trips to the N hree times in four trips to the \ >late. With his good work in Sun_ S lay's game it begins to look like he S vas coming into his own. % ( H|OOK CLUB "u Book Club will meet Wednes.j lay afternoon at' 4:30 o'clock with f, Irs. C. Klugh. ' w I ti CLUB No. 2 REORGANIZES L. w Democratic Club No. 2 was reor_1 ;anized at a meeting of the members Saturday afternoon in the Court louse. J. Moore Mars was re_' ^ ilected Chairman, and J. E. Jones t( Secretary of the meeting. G. A. Jpnf-fer was made an executing, t; ommitteeman. The following were T( ilected delegates to the County Con J rention: Messrs. J. Moore Mars, J.' ^ loward Moore, G. A. Neuffer, W. L Stevenson, John Whamj J. A. Ale_ . vine, P. D. Klugh and M. E. Hoi J " ingsworth. j THE CAVALRY. v i HMessrs T. G. White, of Greenville ^ street and A. M. Smith, of Main ^ Street have joined the cavalry. (Both \ lave invested in fine saddle horses \ ind may be seen almost any after, s loon showing off their riding quali. ^ ;ies. : l, r SON BILL ON GHOSTS. s I ^ Son Bill informed us Sunday ^ might, that "some people makes out ^ like they don't believe In ghosts."^ Bill has beten studying physiology ^ it the Greded School. He Informed ^ as that the human body !s full of % phosporus, and that when one dies ^ ihe phosphorus comes up and makes ^ i ghost. | y ABBEVILLE IN LEAGUE ! s _ ' The Abbeville Cotton Mill baseball . . J ' _1 J!J 1. J ^ team, wmcn aia sucn gouu wure loot season, has been admitted as a mem J ber of the P. & N. Baseball League for this year, due largely to the ef. j forts of Mr. Roscoe, who attended a meeting of baseball enthusiasts at Ware Shoals Friday. The following letter tells the story of how our boys' jot a place in the picture, as wel! is something of the organization' which they have joined: Ware Shoals, S. C., j. April 23, 1920. i Sditor Press and Banner:? j ^ Allow me to congratulate your . x>wn on the man that you have at the " lead of the Wellfare work (Mr. j Joscoe). Mr. Roscoe was in attendince at the base ball meeting held fiere yesterday and it was on his perJ ;onality that Abbeville was taken inJ to the P. & N. Base Ball League for ;he season of 1920. We' are glad to inform you that the league will consist of teams from Belton, Honea Path, Ware Shoals and your home team. There is i possibility that Grendal Mill No. 2 af Greenwood may come in if it is possible for them to find another | team that will come in with them to | make the six teams. It is to be a Sat_ | jrday game league of split schedule I so that the winner of each half play ? the winner of the other half for the ? ihampionship. I am glad to inform | you that as the person drawing up ? ;he schedule I have given Abbeville | the opening game at Abbeville, with | Ware Shoals. If at any time during 1 the season I can be of any service to 1 you, please call upon me. Cordially, f H. B.'Skinner. MR. WAKEFIELD IN TOWN J Col. Samuel J. Wakefield, of Antre- | /ille, was here Saturday on busi- ? ledd. He had not visited Abbeville | :'or some time, being busy with mat-'! ;ers at home. He tells us that he is | >reparing to erect a new home on | ;he fine plantation he bought at the | >eginning of the year from the Knox | ;state, and he expects this job to J ceep him busy until the land trading il rets lively, when he will get other 1 >eople busy. He tells us that there are large i lumbers of people in Anderson j :ounty who sold their lands last fall;! ind who have not been able to pur-il i ? , i i m nase again ior tne reason inai lanasig iave given out in that county. He ex-! S >ects these good farmers to invade 8 1 s Abbeville county during the summer, j j ?eing attracted by the fertility of : B ^ >ur soil and the moderate prices |g :sked for lands here. Like a great'g nany of us he would welcome some || >f the Anderson hustle and thrift in g he farming business in Abbeville Ji bounty. g 1 AV VW vvvvvv || She had a marriage license, V 8 a man, a ceremony and they V'S were on their honeymoon? V _T but she wasn't married. "v' ? See VIOLA DANA "In Please V | Get Married" at Opera House v' = Friday, April 30th. V | ^ !f , X X X X X X X \ XXXV V a COL. WILSON STILL ON JOB jr ' |C Col. Walter W. Wilson was down^P rom Level Land again Saturday. ? [rs. Wilson came with him this ^ me, and she learned of the attracJe ons here for him that evening hen she suggested that they attend g le movies and Col. Wilson inform, t i her that he had an engagement ith Uncle Jim. The fact is that the a olonel had no sooner gotten to o )wn than the Greenville Street ex. b ert hac^ challenged him and Uncle <j im. for a game, they consenting \ a o i r ~c*u?Ajr. ^ v After the details of the game j ad been arranged and a royal com_ < at was promised, Col. Wilson got i some more of his diplomatic work. I 'his time he informed his chief op_ onent that the five burner was not! forking well and he was thinking of ^ > < OPERA HOUSE V t PROGRAM. V , ' V < TUESDAY Vj THE LAST EPISODE OF V 1 The "INVISIBLE HAND" V The First Epidose of the V, New William Duncan Serial V , "THE SILENT AVENGER" ALSO V MRS. JOE MARTIN V IN V "THE GUNGLE GENTLEMANX 10c. 20c. ^ V WEDNESDAY V NORMA TALMADGE V IN V "THE WAY OF A WOMAN" V And a Two Reel Western V Picture V "THE LONE HAND" V 10c __ 20c V V THURSDAY ^ GLADYS BROCKWELL V IN V "CHASING RAINBOWS" V And a Two Reel Rainbow V Comedy ^ "RED HOT FINISH" V 10c. 20c. V VVVVVVVV WWW V I You are Summer sho Wedr B I Summer styles i the new shades. g? | make effective fc I of imported ere .11 i i | with beads and I hair and Chantil ming in the very R| ! effectively "with j| Phi!s< / . \ ' ' I eturning it_ This so upset the ] Jreenville Street champion that his < artner was never ahle to get him 3 1 _f 11 A A*. I ut ox me rui in wmcn ims news anded him. The result was more dis-1( Tace. Col. Kerr's partner has served,' lotice that there will be no more | ames until the five burner transac. ion is settled. * Col. Wilson informed us that he 2 ,lso went up against Col. P. Roche J f the Hillbillies and the latter's'1 irag partner. The Level Land presi. | lent soon put them to the bad, and >ut for the fact that Colonel JRoche-.; vas tied to his chair he would have ; umped the game before it was half >ver. SHORTAGE OF LABOR TO CURTAIL FOOD CROPS Washington, Apr. 24.?A shortage j )f farm labor which will be as acute | is that of 1918 threatens to curtail :ood production on American farms |' Secretary of Agriculture Meredith ;aid today in an appeal to business1 nen and college students to spend ;heir vacations working on farms, particularly as helpers in harvest fields. The supply of farm labor is only 72 per cent of normal carefully com_ I I Citizens Insurana Webster says to Insui against possible loss. We carry every lin< ten and are ready t gainst loss of any kii when we will carry z CITIZENS INSURA1 W. D. WILKI i ^ invited to atten wing ot milliner) lesday, Ma n lovely hair hats ai Imported flowers, wl rimming. There are s pes, black Chantilly soft fancy feathers. 5 ly, with G&ufa and r color wKiqh., will < *6^01 Qir. wcap..^ i y .j,>. };-, > . * '! f'V.T: >. *.r i/j-iv ^ ' !>?*1 .H'i !. ;,v:!v>tl >: v? rot); io :-si* :~f on & H 1 riled reports to the department indi;ate, compared with 84 per cent last fear. The fact that the present situation jxists despite an increase of 15 to 25 per cent in wages paid farm lands is regarded as highly impor_ ;ant by Secretary Meredith. As a remit more acreage will he put into p-asses and other crops requiring a ninimum of labor. HIRAM W. JOHNSON LEADS IN MONTANA Butte, Mont., April 24.?Senator flirani'iV. Johnson, of California, had a wide margin over his opponents for the Republican Presiden_ tial nomination in Montana's primary held yesterday, according to widely scattered unofficial returns available to/ "newspapers tabulating the vote early today. DECLINES TO INTRODUCE PRESIDENT IRISH REPUBLIC Lynchburg, Va., April 24.?Mayor Royston Jester, Jr., of Lynchburg, hasMeclined the invitation extended him by the local branch of friends of , Irish freedom to introduce Eamonn De Valeria," president of .the Irish republic, when he speaks here May 3, z and Trust Co. re is to make safe Are you safe? ** * * 5 ot insurance writo protect you aid. Why be uneasy ill risk for you. NCE & TRUST CO NSON, Manager. d our Mid- jj y 5th | e expressed in | "teat and grapes oft hats made B hats trimmed 5 Stunning hats in paradise trim lliVOl ^ eery ibmwbwmmJ