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r i * : Personals Iks ? Mrs. B. <G. Carroll -was in the city shopping Tuesday. Mr. Frank P. Irby, of Cheraw was in Abbeville today spending a few hours with friendS here. Col. Josh Bradley was in town to day. He did not feel the cold weath er and was sporting a straw hat. Miss Gotrrie Hamlin is spending a few days in McCormick this week with relatives. -Miss Annie^Radchffe, of near Due West ,1s in the -city spending a day ot two with Miss Kate Haskell.' - R. E. McCasfara came over from Greenwood Tuesday and spent the ; day looking after business. Miss Willie G Riley of Pi? is spending some time in Sharon 1 with her aunt, Mrs. Will Graves. Mr. and Mrs. Adkinson of Green wood, spent Tuesday in Abbeville ' with their brother, Mr. Louis Starnes. - Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown went over to Greenwood Sunday and spent the afternoon visiting a friend at the City Hospital. -1 Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Nickles and Dr. 1 and Mrs. McMurray went to Water- i loo Sunday and spent the day with 1 Mr. and Mrs. Wharton. T Mrs. K. W. A.nox, misa juvuibc Knox and Miss Mary Knox were in 1 Abbeville Tuesday spending the day with Mrs. Mabry Cheatham. Mr. Wallace Wardlaw returned to Augusta Tuesday after spending ' some time with his parents, Mr. and j Mrs. S. M. Wardlaw, near the city. j Mss Mamie Bowie will go to Rock Hill this week to see tiie pageant at Winthrop college. She will spend the time visiting Mrs. Mary Thomson Spencer. Mr. Owen Sp$ed and Mr. Albert Morse went to Atlanta today and spent the day seeing the ciy. They said their chief business was to * "shop" in the jewelry stores. s ^5 } Mrs. C. H. Hinson and her pretty 1 little daughter, Larue, left this i * mornine for Laurens where they will | * make an extended visit to her home people. Mrs. W. A. Bates came over from Greenwood today and visited with her sister, Mrs. John Gambrell. Shd came through the country with Mrs. Otis McMillan. jV ^ f" ifr. and ,of And jt erson, were iYi the city Tuesday spending the day with Mr .and Mrs; S. J. IXhk. They were accompanied by their little daughter. DR. DOUGLASS TO PREACH Rev. Davidson M. Douglass, D. D., of Clinton, S C, will preach in the Presbyterian Church next Sunday. s attending the festival Misa Mary Dupre and Miss Fan nie Dupre are in Spartanburg this week, hearing the fine music at the Spring Festival. They are the guests of Prof, and Mrs. Mason Dupre. HOME AGAIN Mrs. A. L. Garrison is at home again after Uh extended visit to her people rn Peachland, N. C. She took the Press and Banner along witr her and enjoyed it three times a week. SEEING THE PAGEANT Mrs. W. E. Owens and three chil dren left today for Rock Hill, where they will visit Mias Lydia Owens and enjoy the big historical pageant which will be given Friday. A birthday PARTY. Little Helen White, celebrated her sixth birthday Tuesday afternoon at her home on Greenville street, by in viting her little friends to ar party. The little folks played games and enjoyed ice cream cones and all to gether voted the party "just lovely/'j Were from Greenville j Preston Speed went to Greenville Tuesday and will return this after noon through the country bringing with him Mrs. T. M. March ant and her two sons, Tom and Preston, and nriii:- C A IUISi TTWilC jivvtc beth who have been visiting in Greenville for the past two weeks. A WEEK-END HOUSE PARTY Miss Sophie Reames will come down from Anderson College Friday and spend a few days at home. She will bring as her guests, Mi$s Helen Gassaway, Miss Julia Windgett and Miss Marie Hyatt, all pretty young ladies who are teaching the faculty at the college all about Hfe. FOLLOWING THE STYLE Jimmie Nkkles, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Nicklea, of Co lumbia, "was successfully operated on at the County Hospital Tuesday parting company with a set of ton sils and all the adenoids of which he was possessed. The little felldw makes his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox. NEWS OF THE SICK Miss Marion Wilson, who has been sick for the past month at her home on South Main street, has passed the crisis and is on the mend, rhe people of Abbeville have been much distressed about her and sverybody is glad that she will soon take her accustomed place among bhe young folks. Miss Audrey Phillips, who has been nursing "Sister" has returned to Chester. A SMART BOY. School reports were given out to iay and many a fond mother and 1 father found their collars uncom fortably warm for a while. Such was not the case however, of Mr< and Mrs. Henry Power for their son, i ?v,* lxciiij uiuu^ub in a ow*i vii vjtwaj thing and emptied the pockets of aoth his parents of all their spare iash. Henry is a smart boy. THE MONUMENT PARK Mayor Mars read our editorial Vfonday afternoon about the appear ance of the Monument Park and by seven o'clock Tuesday morning he lad a force of four hands at work m the park. The grass has been cut, ;he shrubs trimmed into shape and )y this morning the park is looking is dressed up as a sweet girl grad uate at commencement, The Mayor is to be Congratulated 1 >n the despatch with which he ac* ttmplishes tklftgs when brought to Attention, MARRIAGE OF "MISS KENNEDY - McCormick, May 3.?The many, frifcpds of Miss Onie > Kennedy will be pleasantly surprised to learn of her marriage to Dr. Douglas Hag gard on March 25th at 4:30 o'clock in the Thorbom Methodist Church, No. 150 Durantrella Street, Calcut ta, India, the ceremony being per formed by Rev. Anderson of the A merican Mission. Dr. Haggard is sur geon of the Steamship City of Be nares, but his home is in Nashville, Tenn., of which city he is a native Mrs. Haggard as Miss Onie Kennedy is the youngest child of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kennedy, of Troy, S. C., and is an attractive and accom plished lady who has numerous friends and acquaintances At pres ent Dr. and Mrs. Haggard are stop ping at the Grand Hotel, Calcutta, India, but expect to leave in a few days for England and France. Miss Kennedy sailed the first of the year for Europe and will complete her tour of the old world before return ing to America to make her home. Batter Cheaper in New York New York, May 3.?Creamery butter dropped to 35 cents a pound in the wholesale market Monday, the lowest price since April, 1916. REV. CHAS. S. EVANS CALLED Charles S. Evans, of Abbeville was among thirteen young men who graduated from the Columbia Theo logical Seminary at the session which has just closed. The people around Abbeville are much interested in him and 'are pleased that he has already received and accepted a call. Mr. Evans will go to the church at Lin colnton, Ga., and will begin his du ties at a salary of $1,500 and a manse to live in. ' PRESBYTERIAN PREACHERS. The Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Columbia has just clos ed its session and graduated thirteen young men for the ministry. Dr. Whaling, who is pretty well knowr. around Abbeville makes many inter esting statements regarding the out look in the Presbyterian church. All thirteen of the young men who have just finished have had a choice of several calls, in good churches, with a manse, and at salaries rang ing from $1,500 to $2,500. The Presbyterians say there is a scarcity of men who enter the minis. try and that such conditions will prevail until there is a grea?t religi ous revival, * ? . Dr. Whaling anticipates that all the undergraduates of the Seminary will Jiave charge of churches during the summer. MAKING CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. Simmons have taken apartments at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray McKenzie and have started housekeeping. Mr. Sim mons has returned to Abbeville and will take his old job back at the Sea board shops. Mrs. Simmons has re signed hear position with the Acaer Building Company and will devote herself to 'housekeeping. A FISHING TRIP Mr. W. D. Wilson, Mr. Bradley Reese, Mr. L. C. Haskell and Major Fulp went to Dysons Tuesday on a fishing trip. They reversed the usual order and made the trip - on the train. They enjoyed a genuine sup per'with Mayor McMillan and hur ried back to Abbeville on the news of the death of Albert Henry. PAINTING UP Mrs. W. D. Wilkinson says she is tired of the young girls of the city out painting her so she has begun en her house. The house is being paint ed in gray and white and green and presents a handsome appearance. MR. SPROTT DIES The Index-Journal of " Tuesday carried the news of the death of Mr. Z. G. Sprott at his home near Coro naca Monday. He was sixty-eight years of age and leaves a wife and several brothers and a sister. Mr. Sprott made his home in Ab' beville for many years and ha3 friends here who will regret his [ieath," GETS LIFE SENTENCE Spartanburg Negro Convicted of Killing Wife, , Spartanburg, May Jones, negro, was convicted of murdey with a- recommendation of mercy ii court1 of general sessions here today and given a life sentence. Jones shot and killed Alice McDaniel here last October, after she quit him and mar rieti another man. Yank Anderson, Marvin Owens, Lewis -Goodlett and Hob Thompson, negroes, are being tried in court of general session today for assault with intent to ravish the victim be ing a white woman. All testimony was submitted before court ad journed this afternoon. MANY SOUTH CAROLINA PRINTERS ON STRIKE Columbia, S. C., May 3.?The printer strike became effective thru out South Carolina today, resulting in the closing down of approximate ly half the job printing houses of the state. Some of the shops have met tne demands 01 trie j/ypograpnicaj Union for the 44-hour week. Many of the leading shops are opposing the strike and state they will not meet the demands. A number of job offices in the state, it is said, will be come "open shops" employing non union labor to counteract the ef fect of the strike. DOCTOR WHALING MAY RESIGN TODAY The following taken from today's jState will be of interest to iihe peo ple here: Dr. Thornton Whaling, D. D., the first and only president, of the Co lumbia Theological seminary, may leave the institution after ten y<>ars of faitliful and conspicuous service. President Whaling, it is understood, will tender his resignation to the board of trustees at their regular meeting at the seminary to<lay in tending to join Presbyterian semi nary at Louisvifte, Ky. Dr. Whaling it is said, is of the opinion that he can be of moo^e service at Louisviile as professor -of theology, filling the chair left vacant two years ago by the death of Dr. R. A. Webb, a grad uate of the Columbia semimiry. The Louisville institution, which is the semnary of the synod of Kentucky and Missouri, is probably the best equipped theological seminary in the South. Dr. Whalng when seen last night said that he had no statement to make relative to his leaving tie Co lumbia seminary. All friends of the institution will feel a distinct loss should he transfer his efforts ek?e where. . . NEWS FROM DUE WEST A number of tasal ministers and representative? of the two colleges here will leave Wednesday for the annual meeting of the Synod 5f tie A. R. P. church. Synod meets this year at Rosemark, Tenn., with the congregation of Rev. R. W. Carson. Revs. N. E. Smith, W. P. -Grier, R. C. Grier and Mr. E. C. Stuart have been recent visitors in Due West on their way to this meeting. Erakine College baseball team, af ter lofring a magnificent game to Davidson at Chester, S. C.f la;ft Fri day by the close score of 4 to 3, will take on two games at home this week. The first game will be be tween Erskine and Presbyterian Col lege Wednesday and the next game will be between Erskine and A. and E. College, Raleigh, N. C., on Thurs day afternoon. Erskine has defeated P. C. 'this season, but this is the first game ever staged with the strong A. and E. team. [ -Dorothy Edwards Hayes, the talented expression teacher at the Woman's College, will give a drama tic interpretation of Edward J. Locke's, the Crisis, Friday evening, May 6, at 8:15 at the Woman's Col lege. Miss Hayes invites her Abbe-! ville friends to this reading. Rev. J. L. Oates and Hon. C. A.! Douglas will be two prominent Ers-I kine alumni on the commencement program this year. Commencement fallii on Juno 7 and there will be an unusually large number of alumni and friends here for the occasion. $3,000,000 IN GOLD REACHES NEW YORK New York, May 3.?Gold valued at nearly $3,000,000 arrived here today from Europe and Latin-Amer ica countries;. Of this amount $2, 400,000 came from England on the Lapland consigned to Kuhn, Lc-ebj and Company. TELEPHONI Our New Di to Press i! Subscribers conte of address or li^l should notify us n< May 12th. <| Par phone connection should make cippli der to be lifted in Abbeville Te . . OFFICE PI BENJAMIN F. MAULDIN DIES SUDDENLY Anderson, S. C., May 3.?Benja min F. Maud in, president of the Bank of ASiderson foT fifteen years and organiser of "that institution as a state bank, died suddenly at his home here early today. He had been in ill health for some time and re cently resigned as president of the Farmers' Bank of Iva because of bad health. Mr. Mauldin was a pioneer in the banking business in Anderson county, organizing seven 1 banks, all of which made marked successes during his life. He became president of the Bai?k oi Anderson in 1906, and the yeaT previous he was chosen president' of the South' -Carolina bankers' association. He is survived by his widow and three children. PLANT COTTON OVER Anderson, May 3.?Many'- farm ers will have to replant their crops on account of the havoc of-the hail storm last week. John C. Pruitt who had more than a hundred acres dam aged ,is perhaps the largest loser in the county. Mr. Pruitt bought the large place of Quince Hammond, a few months ago on the Williamston road, and this was in the direct path of the storm. Another farmer who had everything practically destroyed is Tiheo P. Watson. All the leaves were stripped at the place of Mr. Watson, and he will have to begin over again. Other farmers who planted early cotton have been considerably hurt by cold weather and light frost. One farmer who had plowed his crop twice had has cotton, killed by frost. Opera Hous< TWO DAYS ...a ,Paramount Produd with Lois Wilson, Lila Lee, J? The men had been friends from dear to each other as sisters. But one of the husbands was : of conquest. One of the wives of her marriage had lost. And so, in a moment of mids A story that tests true love w all the dross. Adapted from the Novel, "'H Two-Reel Com Admission 2 PATRONS rectory Goes A ay 14th mplating change :ing in directory ot later than noon hies nesiriner tele in the near future ication now in or the directory Jephone Co. 10NE 500 Kc** 'c T5ic T!m~ T.> IJ-.ve ROOF and GUTTER WORK DONE BY A Man Of 30 Years Experience. SEE ME AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL FRIDAY J. 1AI ftPPAPMAN Phone 413 Greenwood, S. C. W. A. 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