J. L. Pruitt, of Due West, was in the city today. Mrs. F. E. Cowan, of Calhoun Falls was shopping in Abbeville yesterday. Mr. Owens Speed went to Green wood Friday. He "motored" over. Mr. A. S. McCord, representing the Kilgo Drug Co., was over from Greenwood Friday seeing the drug Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fisher and their young daughter, of Antrevile, were in town shopping Friday. Messrs J. S. Stark and W. L. Pee bles spent yesterday in Anderson on business matters. : Mrs. Alonzo King was down from Due West Thursday among the satis fied shoppers in our stores. Manning Cochran came in - from Cold Spring Friday and walked a round town for several hours. Mr. Henry Brooks went over to Atlanta this week and spent several days looking over the big city. Mr? James Shelly is at home again after an extended visit to her home people in Franklin, N. C. James S. Cothran has returned to Columbia to take up his work in the House of Representatives where he holds the position of Bill Clerk. . ' Mrs.- S. W. Watt, of % Due West, was on our streets Thursday, inter ested in the many discount sales our merchants are holding. "i. ?<-. .. -- * Clinton Link was in town Thursday bringing the news that everything was prosperous and quiet in the Be thia neighborhood. Mrs. J. D. Kerr went over to Greenwood Thursday and spent un til Friday afternoon with Mrs. T. J. Crymes. Mrs. S. D. Hodges has returned to her home in Roanoke, Ala., after a pleasant visit to relatives in Abbeville and in the Hodges neighborhood. Mrs. Courtney Wilson returned Wednesday from Brevard, N. C? where she has been visiting her home folks for some time. Mr; George T. Hodge and his son, Mr." Adger Hodge, were on our streets Friday. Mr. Hodge says he hails fom Midway and not "the Na tion," and that hard times is the talk among his neighbors. Mrs. Geo. C. Perrin, of Union, Mr. Thomas C. Perrin, of Bishopville, Mrs W. L. Hood, of Greenwood, and Mrs. John H. Chiles and Hearst Chiles, of Bradley, who came to Abbeville to attend the funeral of Mr. Wade S. Cothran, have returned to their res pective homes. Little Miss Evelyn McAllister had a serious fainting spell Thurs day night in the Baptist church and frightened her parents and those around her for a while. The little girl is alright today and is taking part in the skating and the games on Greenville street. Mr. W. H. Busby, who lives on Railroad Avenue is going to know the news after this, for he has enrolled himself among the good people who subscribe for the Press and Banner. Mr. John Gambrell says Son Bill is correct, he does feel as "gay as a boy of fifteen" but he believes he could run down hill faster than up hill, however, he isn't anxious to be put bo either test. TALKING COTTON Capt. G. N. Nickles was down from Due West Friday talking over the cotton situation with the men on cotton row and boosting the Cot ton Association. A HAPPY MARRIAGE I i | Miss Martha Ann Welborne and j Mr. B. F. McCormick, of North, S. J C., were/ happily married Thursday j morning at eleven o'clock at the j home of the bride's sister, Mrs. D. ! A. Wardlaw, Rev. C. E. Peele per forming the interesting ceremony. The marriage was a quiet affair, j only the relatives being present. I The bride wore a handsome suit of I :folue and the young couple left im i mediately after the ceremony for North where they will make their home, Mr. McCormick being a sub stantial fanner of that community. Mrs. McCormick has made her home in Abbeville for a year, being employed at the postoffice and she leaves many friends here who wish her much happiness. Mrs. Lucinda Welborne, of And erson, Mrs. McCormick, and Mr. and Mrs. John Hydrick of North were here to witness the happy event,. DOWN FROM DUE WEST Mrs. Purdy, Mr. J. R. McGee and Rev. Mr. Coker were down from Due West this week attending the meeting going on in the Baptist church. A PRETTY VISITOR . ?. Miss Cleo Bailey is expected in Abbeville tonight from Anderson and j she will spend over Sunday, the guest of Miss Hannah Cochran. Miss Bailey i is greatly admired in Abbeviltp. "Up Hill. Down Hill, Oh Such Fun"I "BUCK'S" THE BOY During the war delivery boys were scarce articles and the rich proprietors of a store was just as apt to deliver our goods at the front door as the little boy, as is usual P. D 4-Wa jv1/1 Jl>. OpCCU) VUU has kept up tH% old style and he has -the handsomest delivery boy in "town who brings your purchases around in a fancy automobile. "Buck's" the hoy. / THESE SMALL LOCAL BANKS , Eli Lee, one of the colored farm | ers of the- county, is In a dilemma and he was in town this week tell ing his troubles to Col. Sol Rosen berg. Eli says these "small local Banks" give him considerable worry. When he goes in and asks for the loan of hundred dollars for a short while they tell him that their money is all tied up and they regret they cannot accommodate him. When he tries his luck at another bank and asks for five dollars he is told they do not care to lend out so small an amount. These "small, local banks" cer tainly do get a fellows goat. MEETING THE TEACHERS i Mrs. G. E. Calvert invited her [neighbors to play cards with her Fri | day afternoon, the occasion Deing a j cuiup! nent to the young ladies who i Leach her pretty daughter, Martha, jM'ss Anderson and Miss Dixon, and jMIss Kilgore, the expression teacher were the honorees with Miss Reep. and M.ss Adkins adding gaiety to the occasion. There were three tables of card players who after the games en joyed grape fruit, charlotte and cake. MEETING CLOSES The meeting which has been in j progress at the Baptist church for I the past twelve days closed Thurs day night'. Our people were delight ed with Dr. Bailey and the meeting wdll resutl in great good. i Mr. W. Plunkett Martin who led the singing was a favorite with every one and Abbeville people will look forward to having him come , again. ; There were about forty accessions to the Baptist church during the meeting. i Dr. and Mrs. Bailey and Mr. Mar tin left Friday for Florida. THE ACE OF CLUBS The Ace.of Clubs met with Mi?s El:zabeth Jones Thursday auerno- n at her home on Main stivet This triiiI) has twelve memberr, and Thurs Tull -? Mnl\rT7 l.tl\ U:S gUCSl.? Wfi*; .txnc i/ui.u * ?...j . i Mrs. W. P. Kenedy of Troy. 'A. to* .he games Lalad^ and other ~ood things were enjoyed. Brown lignite coal ' of low heat ! value was sold recently in Vienna at 9 cents a ppund. JUST LIKE GRAM-PAW. Dale Barksdale Welsh is one of the j liveliest boys on Greenville Street. (< He is very much like his "gram-paw" ,1 and one of these days will be as big 1 a man. He is growing fast in that i direction already. Dale has been mak- 1 ing his presence in the community ] felt too. Monday afternoon he was playing in the front yard of the Greenville street residence while some of the ' bad boys of the street were in front of his house on the High School grounds playing basket ball and ten nis. The dead grass got in the way of the bad boys and one of them struck a match and lighted the grass. In a little while there was a consider able volume of smoke and some fire fighting by the bad boys. Dale saw the smoke and "lit a rag" for the telephone. He called up the fire de partment, and shouted, "The school house is on fire and the ashes are coming out of the windows." It didn't take long for the fire department and Col. Harry Wilson to make a run up Greenville street. They all returned greatly disgusted that there was no fire. But to return to Dale. Thursday ?.ftcrnoon Dale went on the hike with the Bcptist Boosters. Mr. Martin who has been training the young people of the church in the art of singing was so pleased with the progress made that he took the whole booster choir out to the Wham's on a hike. Dale went along of course, because like his "gram-paw," when cotton is go ing up, Dale is also a booster. When they got to the branch Dale decided to show Mr. Martin an<^some of the small boys what a rear live boy from , Greenville street could do, so he undertook to jump the branch. Well he did, but he bounced back and his left arm hit the ground first on the rewound, dislocating the arm at the elbow. Dale was brought back to town, and when the doctor got to "fooling" with hi,s arm the first thing it did was to jump back into place. The preacher then got Dale in the car and brought him home in time to find Dale's mother giving a big card party, but that didn't matter because the preacher and Dale got that mUch more of the-"goodiea which was 3t>e ing served. , This is about all Dale has done this , week, but there are several other weeks coming. ATTENDING THE FUNERAL ** T TV*: 11 Iflld. UUiiCS A* 17X1HC1 vvciib iu vyax tanburg Monday to be present at the funeral of Judge D. E. Hydrick. Mrs Miller and the former Mrs. Hydrick were girlhood friends. Mrs. Miller re turned today. MRS. WOODROW WILSON IS HOSTESS AT LUNCHEON Washington, Jan. 20.?Wives of Ambassadors, ministers and other members of the diplomatic corps were th;uiking. The in phasized liy Jlie personnel o rectors. Planter "The Frien ABBEVIl The Home of Over 1C \ most over a bulletin board with the. sign in glaring letters, "The Golden Girl," Abbeville Opera House, one night only, February 3rd. Best seats $2 aad war tax." Moral: -Don't deal in futures. rg Mer. Co. :s, Abbeville, S.C. Many Dep'ts ave that counts! i 'ICcUclIiCC luetic ui ity. buying luxuries, ng necessities. >artments in our ocked with clean, ise that the aver every day in the 'ou can buy your Underwear, Dry PfA of Y"em afL* )n your Canned ard and Cereals. our Hardware srth investigating. to visit our four and look around. ;thing you wish; o buyv just take ok the lines over. n save you mon >w it if you inves erg Mer. Co. JSlSJ9?5I5jSJS/5f5JSH5/SJ5J5JSJS/SfSI5ISI5fSI^y Guaranty i it r^^ncitniro? I in ju/V/puoiiuu; vice of their bank. ' ": imple resources are desir-.~ ed for the safely of patrons ards is the best guaranty? shown in a management * cted the best interests of is the recognized basis of tegritv of this bank is em f its Staff and Hoard of I)i *?s s Bank dly Bank" -LE, S. C. )00 Bank Accounts.