Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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** ^ T J Raycroft is spending today in Atlanta Allen Smith, spent Thurs-. day in Atlanta. Mrs. P B Speed and Preston Speed spent Thursday in Greenville. W. D. Wilson went to Columbia Thursday on a business trip; - Mi's.' M. C Hoyer leaves today for Columbia for a two weeks stay with herparents. ... ? , Miss Mamie Morse is in Ander&n ! visiting her friend, Mrs. Calhoun . Harris. r-ioa o ^ s Mrs. Ira Sprouse and M^p. A^dj|^ Bowie are in Atlanta spending^$6,1 weekend with relatives and, fn^nds.^ ( """""""" -.Zero* 9$ b r Miss Sarah Haigler is spending . *v; ??u TVr anri Mk. j! " Bl "" """I ?!J? ?? Grose of Johnson City, Tenn. Dr. George Penney is back on the job after being an interesting inva lid for several days. Mr. J. W. Scott, a broker from Greenwood was in town Tuesday looking for business Mr. John Barksdale was here from Greenwood Tuesday looking over a good town. Miss Mary Hill Harris is in Greenville Wednesday and will spend some tiae with her sister, Mrs. Hen ry Hagerman. Mrs. Clarence Pennal has re turned to 'her home in the country after a two weeks visit to Mrs. J. R. Power Miss Nelle Roper, arrived in the city Thursday for an extended visit Mfccoc T,niiiRP and Charlotte' Brown. - i Mr and Mrs John Holland Hunter,; of Clinton, are expected in the city tomorrow to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wallace Miss Carolyn Edwards left Thurs day morning for Anderson where she will go in training at the Anderson Hospital. Mrs. E. C. Wright and bright lit tle son, Johnnie, of Ware Shoals visited her sister, Mrs. H. B. Eakin here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Link and Mrs. Jas S Cochran were among the Ah Koviiio nonnlo -urhn wpnt to Due West Thursday to see ball game between Erskine and Clemson. Gilbert Sabers, Ray Swetenburg' and Fred Minshall, three of the young j base ball fans of Abbeville^ent to, Due West Thursday to see^Jte Ers kine-Clemson game. sr nfe ;>lbiomsoE^3fcJfi the city 4nd w^$p?id sonf^lwe witW her numerous relatives. Her:5on, Mr Frank Thomson, who took a. distin guished naval part hi the Wo*ld War accompanied her. Mrs. W. A. Templeton has return-1 ed to Abbeville and is visiting her( daughter, Mrs. W D Barksdale. Mrs Templeton has been in Kentucky for sometime with her other daughter, J Mrs. John M. Thorn. Ehck Swetenburg who is starring! at Olemsan both as a student ar.i as! an athlete, is in the city for a fewj days stay with his another. He is onj his way from Newberry where he i .has been wixn me oasetxaii team. i The many friends here of Missj Mamie Wardlaw will be sorry to know that she is ill in Chester, and hope for her speedy recovery. Missj Wardlaw has nursed here on several i cases and through her kind and gen-j tie manner has endeared herself to; many of our people. THE DAUGHTERS MEET The regular meeting of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy was held - Thursday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Frank B. Gary, about twenty- i eight members being present. The literary feature of the afterrioon Was 1 the reading of a poem of Sydney Lanier. - - - " Miss Virginia Leslie,, Miss Annie Wilson, Miss Charlotte Roese and i Miss Elna White were present as J sruests from the children's chapter | IT ; , and Miss Kilgore was an invited guest. . One hundred dollars was made on the Spinster's Convention, the play held Monday night, it was reported. Mrs. Gary served cream and cake as refreshments. THE BOOK CLUB The regular meeting of the book club was held Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. L. C. Parker and' proved a very pleasant occasion. There was the usual discussion of the books and an interesting response to the 1 call for current topics. Mrs. Warren Allen, Mrs. John Harris Jr., Mrs. Hanford Henderson and Miss May Robertson were present as guests. Mrs:' Henderson gave a description of the strike situation jn London aijd'^he Irish situation which was ?uir<if information. 'Mrs. Parker served cream and cake as refreshments. CHILDREN OF CONFEDERACY. The children's chapter of the U. D. (C. will meet Monday afternoon at 4:30 with Miss Debbie Owen on Magazine street. HEADS ODDS FELLOWS Mr. J. T. Cothnan, of Spartan burg, has been elected Grand Mas ter of the Odd Fellows. The state ( convention was held in Columbia this week and the next annual con vention will meet in ' Spartanburg in 1922. CHEERFUL VISITOR Mr. J. R. Blake, of Greenwood, just as happy as ever, and feeling like a sixteen year old boy was in the city Wednesday. His host of Ab beville friends were delghted to see him again. He promised to come back to Abbeville just as soon as the Bond money arrives, so it will not be long before Abbeville will have him back for the day. RATTLE THE BONES. 1 A negro coming up on the street i last night where several others were j ^ seated threw out on the pavement! a couple of the Ivory bones. He no-| ticed however just in time a city po-; liceman and he hurried and told the: officer that he meant to challenge to1 the other boys but merely liked to, hear the music made by the rattle of j the bones on the pavement. WINDOWS BROKEN BY WIND I There was a very heavy rain, ac-' companied with some wind and con- j siderable electricity here Wednes- j day night about eight o'clock. The ; electric lights were out for a few i minutes. There was no considerable ! damage done by the wind. An up-, stairs window in the store of Phil- i son & Henry was blown out, as was! ?Jsb the transon light in the front of: W. D. Barksdaje's. store. The. ?treet' fwaa, qovered with glass, however^ be- j yond the broken glasses and the! damage done by the rain blowing in I the openings there was no other! damage wrought. SOUND FINANCIAL BASIS "Things haven't gone to the bow- j yows by a 'long shot'. The country is safe and things are moving along smoothly. That Abbeville county is not yet on the verge of starvation is very evident from a study of the published statements of the Banks j of the county. Just because money is a little tighter than it was this time last year, and because we are passing through the day of Re-ad justment after the war is no cause for alarm," said a prominent citizen yesterday. He is an optomist of the right sort and the kind that makes the wheels of business turn, and Abbeville is full of his class and kind. Rub-My-Tism kill* infection. CHARMING VISITOR HERE Miss Clanis Bonds, a delightfully charming young lady passed through Abbeville yesterday OH her way to her home in Lowndesville from Flor ence'where she has been teaching the past session. She has had a most successful school year, is * delighted with the low wintry, and has been reelected to her school for the next session. ' .. A VISITOR FROM AUGUSTA. Mrs. T. M. Norris is expected in the city this afteriioon. Mrs. Norris will be the guest of her friend, Mrs W D. Barksdale. She has been in Atlanta and returns to Augusta by way of Abbeville. SERVICES SUNDAY There will be services at the epis copal church here next Sunday at the usual hour. The rector, who had expected to go to WilKngton will re main in this city and hold his rejjular services here. LAND SALES There will be two land sales here on Salesday in June which will be the sixth. Both pieces of property are located in the city. uuru RIICINPSS FOR BAPTIST CONVENTION j|j -Chattanooga, May 12?Reducing the representation of the local church md district associations in the Sou thern Baptist convention in the hope of making that body more delibera tive and conducting the great a roount of business more efficiently promises to be one of the largest questions before the 66th annua) ses s on of the convention which begins here today with one of the four vice presidents presiding in the absence of Dr J. B. Gambrell of Dallas, who is prevented by illness from attend ing. After a brief devotional service by Dr M. Ashby Jones of Georgia the election of new officers will be neld. I RUTH AND KELLY EACH GOT HOME RUN DRIVES IN THURSDAY'S GAME! Detroit, Mich., May 12.?Babe, Ruth scored his tenth home of the jeason in the game with Detroit lere this afternoon. The drive went wm" >.he kft field fence and scored Peckinpaugh ahead of Ruth. rl Kelly Too | New York May 12?Geo. Kelly of I ;he Giants, made his 8th home run g today in the first inning of the game' e with the St. Louis Nations, with the jases full. JURY FAILS TO AGREE Anderson, May 12.?In the ? case of T. H. Stone charged wnth assault and battery with Intent to kill, when as rural policemen he shot Bill Miles in an alleged whiskey raid, ended in a mistrial after the jury had been out several hours. 666 cures Biliousness. A FREAKISH CAT WEARS THE BLUES Abbeville has a freak in the color of a blue cat. This Tommy belongs to one of the local stores and can be seen about the square almost any day. Individually, he is a handsome specimen of the feline tribe, and just why nature gave him such * pe culiar color for a cat is hard to uh derstand, unless it be as a prominent citizen said yesterday: "The cat is the only "blue" thing about Abbe ville." He continued by saying: "We all have our cat superstitious and it may be that this particular Tommy wears the "blues" for the entire town." "At any rate," he concluded "if Abbeville was ever affected with the "blues" she is shaking 'em off now, since the good roads bond money has arrived, and the good road movement looms up so promi nently." Yes. smile, brother, smile the coin of the realm will soon circulate and its jingle will add music to the bustle of a liv^ town. Good lump Coal delivered in your bin at $10.00 in June, may look pretty good in September. 2t Amoi B Mor?e Co. ?Watch the label on your paper and renew your aubtcription promptly. AKERS NOW SELLING STOCK IN LEAGUE OF . NATIONS IN CHICAGO . . \ Chicago, May 12.?Stock in the /eague o:i Nations, at ten dollars a hare is the latest bargain to be ffered to the Chicago investing pub ic. Department of Justice agents oday began searching for the men rho have victimized numerous per ons by selling them stock, collect ig 25 per cent of the price in ad ance of delivery. . The League of Nations was repre ented as the greatest organization a the world and prospective pur hasers vere told dividends would e large because of the great value f the league to humanity. >. W. W. C. STUDENTS PRESENT OPERETfX The Glee ch?V ydf'the Woman's ollege, of Due '^e^f,1 will present ,n operetta iij the auditorium of 2rskine college, Monday evening. \>rty students will take part and he enterlainment will be held in the Jrskine auditorium so as to have Teater stage room than they would rave in Memorial Hall. We arc now ready to take ??1?m or Coal for June delivery, t. Amoi B. Morse Co. rniiiwi the next A pipe's a Seven days?:out oi joy and real smoke < to a jimmy pipf! B Packed with cool, de pipe's the greatest 1 yf tizing smokeslant yc r You can chum it ' you know that Pri parch! (Cut out b} Why?every puff oi ; every puff hits the 1 . last! You can't res f' ) And, you'll get th you roll up a cigareti ing flavor you never < cause it's crimp cut hDiNri EAST AND WEST HIGHWAY TO BE VIGOROUSLY PUSHED At the meeting in Clinton this week of delegations from all upper South Carolina, a temporary orga nization was launched to keep the wheels turning until it can be' iuadte into a permanent organization. Dr. J. P. Jacobs, of Chpton, was electeti ed temporary president and the per manent organization will be per fected at the earliest possible elate. y," y . The proposed East and West high way is to run parallel with the Sea board from Rockingliam, N. C., to Athens, Ga., and is to be connecting link between the Blankhead, .Dixie and National highway. The! highway will pass through Cheraw, Clinton, Laurens, Greenwood and Abbeville. The onljr expensive ]>art of the con struction will be the bridging of the Catawba and Savannah rivers' and doubtless government aid will be furnished for this. ... >; / MUSICAl. RECITAL AT DUE VEST The musical and (Expression; a stu dents of the Woman's Colkge, ? Dufc West, will give a Recital in Memori al Hall at Due West next Wednes day afternoon beginning at 5 o'clock. MORE THAN THE 1 .== ? Is the sense of indepe - that a saving account only a small account growing steadily, anc count frees one from 1 feeling. Planter "The Frien< f /\ 4 /I 1 he Home or uver tu pal packed i .t!) t; V> ,-i .. t i. f every week you'll get real s :ontentment?if you'll get clc uy one and know that for you Rightful, fragrant Prince Alt treat, the happiest and most ?u ever had handed out! with a pipe?and you will nce Albert is free from bit( j our exclusive patented pro< : P. A. makes you want two i jullseye harder and truer tha ist such delight! e smokesurprise of your life te with Prince Albert! Such < did Know! Ana, f. a. stays p -and it's a cinch to roll I You t e Albeii ional joy smoke PROGRAM OPERA HOUSE | FRIDAY WILLIAM S. HART ... IN ' ftTHE TESTING BLOCK" The greatest Heart picture Hart ever made. *1 v ALSO .A Century Comedy L "STUFFED LYONS" 15c 85c SATURDAY ' FATTY ARBBUCKLE IN "THE ROUND UP" . ALSO A SUNSHINE COMEiflU a* 15c 38c MONDAY MAY ALLISON IN V'THE MARRIAGE OF W. ASC*T% Vi ALSO V INTERNATIONAL NEW9 v 10c. 20c. We can deliver you the best Coal early in June at $10. per tea. 2t Amoa B. Morse Cat1 MONEY'S WORTH ndence and security gives. Even if it be one knows that it is i even a small ac the "hand to mouth" .11 s Bank ily Bank" KM) Bank Accounts. J vith P. AJ Print* Albert Is nU in loppy red begs, tidy r*d tine. handsome pound and half pound tin humidor a and in tlm pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top. T Copyright 1921 by R. J. Reynold* Tobacco Co. Win?ton-Sale^ N. C.