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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second- ;'jass matter at tost office in Aoheville, S. C. Tan u of Subscription: One Year ? $2.0? Six months $1.00 Three months 50 Foreign Advertisng Representative 1 ifTST>T/i A \1 TIT)TOO ? OOA/TATTnM AmuruviAn x iiimo noau^iAiivm FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1921 ^ '?. SPrN ? THE WHEEL . --' - / *1 ;. .Unless all sigtts fail tomorrow will be a great day for buyers who come to Abbeville. The merchants of the city have entered into the spirit of Dollar Day, and in the advertisements of this and Monday and Wednesday's issues all kinds of bargains are being olfered. There are many things which are needed in every household, and most of the things . . offered are at prices below cost: Now that the merchants are offering to the people of the city and ; county bargains in so many things that are needed, it is the business of the people to buy. It is not a time to y buy things which are not needed, but, L\ as stated, many things are offered which must be bought very soon, so why not tomorrow? Let us give the > ?. merchants our encouragement as they begin to offer us bargains. It ^ will encourage them to continue to make like offers, and it will thus help us to do so. Besides obtaining necessary purv chases at lower prices than at other times, there is another reason why the people of Abbeville especially should take an interest in the Dollar Day. We are in better, position financially than any town in the surrounding country. Business here is in a healthy state except that it is . sluggish. Why not give the wheels a turn and start the upward movement? Why not spin the wheel tomorrow? ^ The way to do it? Let every man, woman and child in Abbeville "buy from one or more of the local merchants tomorrow morning f one dollar's worth of merchandise of a kind needed for the particular person. That will mean that five thousand dollars will change hands Saturday morning. A good many will buy several dollars worth, and then t'he , * people from the surrounding country will buy perhaps an equal amount. uatux uoj cvciuii^; me uigxviiauvo will have sold goods to the amount of ten thousand dollars, and will have this to replenish stocks and keep the wheels turning. Nobody will have been hurt, everybody will feel better. New life will be given to business here. Ten thousand dollars in money tomorow will mean the payment of thirty or forty thousand dollars of debts, because every dollar will pay, first, the debt, which the merchant owes, then, the debt which his creditor owes and so on. Let us spin the wheel. ^ ABOUT HOSPITALS. That was a fine show the Hospital authorities gave us Wednesday afternoon and evening. Fifty years from now, the people of Abbeville will read of the affair and will be greatly interested in the chief actnre ns wpII in flip rvrinpinal acei dents. But what we are thinking about now is the interesting story, we might write of "Fifty Years Ago," if we had had a hospital then. It seems to us that it would run something like this: j . r * Willie Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson of South-west side, was rushed to "horsepittal" yesterday afternoon to be operated on for appendicitis. On borng a hole in him, he was found to be full of green peaches. A dose of castor oil did the rest. Jimmie McMillan, of the extension 01 soum main, was aiso orougni lu the hospital yesterday. It was thought that he had taken poison. A steam jet was inserted into h:s stomach and the contents, consisting of Dyson corn, were soon pumped out. Jimmie was able to attend the Methodist Ice "Cream party in the afternoon. Richard, the handsome young son of Mrs. Sondley, of Sondley Hill, was a patient at the hospital yesterday. His mother thought he had a . J cancer on ffis hip, but the doctors found he had sat down on a bumble bee. James Stark, a young boy from Rocky River, is in the hospital undergoing repairs from a serious accident he had yesterday. While calling the hogs in the afternoon he drew such a long breath that it sucked a nickel out of his pocket, which nickel got lost. His recovery (of the nickel) is in doubt. i Miss Hannah, the seventeen year i old daughter of Gen. R. R. Hemphill, was taken to the hospital yesterday. She said she had tonsilitis, a newly invented disease, but Dr. Mabry said it was sore throat caused by delivering a Fourth of July oration on "Votes for the Women." Old man Patrick Roche, our oldest citizen, was struck by a cow being driven down Cambridge Street yesterday afternoon. He was terribly shfeken up, and his advanced years are making his recovery slow. The accident was caused by the cow driver's failure to put on emergency brakes, and by his inexperience in handling so dangerous an instrumentality. The driver was Manning Brown Syfan, young son of Capt. Syfan, of Fort Pickens. Col. Roche is the old gentleman who rides up town occasionally in the goat wagon. He laid the corner stone of the town when it was being built. Owing to increased disabilities he has been kept in doors of late years and has been passing the time in writing a book on setback. It is hoped that he will live long enough to advise his readers that it is hazardous to bid four on a Jack and seven spot.N The hospital is still slightly in debt and the financially inclined may still find a place to help. It took one hundred and fifty bankers to represent the lenders at Kanuga Lake this week, but Corp Kerr represented the borrowers, "his lonely." 0 The Farmers Bank is in a hopeless minority. It owes no money. But let the talk stop right there. ? 0 The Spartanburg Journal learned how to run.a college by watching the home team play ball. 0 Greenville Street will turn out for Dollar Day. The people from other streets will have a chance to see the real people if they do their trading early tomorow. 0 The Abbeville representatives at the Bankers' Convention say that it took longer to come from Hodges to Abbeville than it did from Greenville to Hodges. It rained yesterday and water is not conducive to speed, especially after. 0 If there is anything we need it is a cafeteria. But who is willing to be the calf? 0 One lady on Greenville Street, who has been discussing hard times with her husband says that she will not buy another dress this summer. Let husband's talk be unconfined. o The ice man says that his new machine makes ice which does not melt fast. Why be enterprising anyway? 0 We are willing to spend the summer jn the mountain^ at anybody's! summer home. * . 0 If the people in Greenwood who have been getting the Abbeville dollars this summer will come over tomorrow we will show them how to make these dollars useful. 0 OLD SHAKER COLONY PASSES Louisville Herald. * The old Shaker colony in Kentucky, after more than a century of existence, has at last taken its place among the historic institutions of a romantic past. The final chapter was written when the appellate court sustained the transaction in which the Mount Pleasant colony of Shakers in MeTcer county transferred its property to George Bohon^ wealthy Harrodsburg citizen, to whom the colony in ; 1910 conveyed all Its properties, including grounds and buildings with the proviso that all members of the s community be taken care of for the i remainder of their lives, and be "properly and decently buried." The i creation of a trust fund of $5,000 , also was provided to be used for the . personal needs of tiie surviving i Shakers. I MRS. E. C. MESCHINE I Lowndesville, S. C., July 6.? Mrs. Hattie Watkins Mesehine wife of Mr. E. C. Mesohine, died at the Margaret Wright hospital in Auj gust June 28th, in the 45th year of I her age from the effects of an opera-' I tion. The deceased was seemingly in 1 robust health, but underwent what j was considered a minor operation i ; and died before cmpletely regaining! | consciousness. Mrs. Mesehine was the daughter j ! of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Watkins and J was bom, reared and lived all her I life at this place. About 28 years j ago she was married to Mr. E. C. ] Mesehine. To this union five children jwere born, two of whom survive I their mther. The eledest daughter, Mrs. Louise Clinkscales died several years ago, leaving an infant daughter of only a few days to the care of her grandmother. Two other childrefi Charlie and Alice, were victims of {the Harper's Ferry drowning. j The deceased from girlhood had I'been a member of the Presbyterian church and was faithful and attentive in the discharge of her duties. ' She was a woman of an unusually | sociable, lovable nature, cheerful and hopeful under all conditions,* a kind neighbor, a loyal friend, a loving mother and devoted wife. Although only on the verge f middle life, she had experienced more sorrows " and bitter disappointments than fall to the lot of most women. ' 'In the midst of deepest gloom, with [crushed heart and blighted hopes, i she displayed remarkable fortitude I and always greeted friends and neighbors with sweet smiles and cheery words. . She is survived by her husband, two sons, Maurce and Reynold, two granddaughters, Francis Mesohine and Louise Clinkscales wiiom she j reared witn tne love ana xenaer care of a mother. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Jno. Lomax of Jacksonville, Fla., three brothers, Robert Watkins, of Augusta, Jno. Watkins of Lowndesville and Chas. Watkins of Jacksonville, Fla. The funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church at this place and conducted by the Rev. Mr. Clotfelter, pastor of the deceased, assisted by Khe Rev. Mr. Ballenger of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery by ithe side of her eldest daughter, Lou ise. All hearts are saddend over the passing of this useful, lovabfe woman and much sympathy is extended the bereaved family. Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. Robt. Watkins, Jr., and Mrs. Jno. Lomax, of Jacksonville, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watkins and Miss Margie WatkinSj of Augusta. Rural Carvers Meet Orangeburg, July 5.?The 18th annual meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers Associaton ended here today after the most profitalbe and best attended session ever held. W. M. Lemmon, of Westminister, was elected president and J. E. B.\McCartha of Laurens, secretary. WALLACE HARRIS I LAWYER Room 204 CITY HALL * ' Full Liue of | Office Supplies We have any thing you need from a paper clip to an Adding Machine. THE ECHO 1 "The Really Musical Spot in Abbeville." I t 1 ANY TIM 1 IS BOOK 1 | We a |} days | J /* j2 ' hctior ! j shelv< 1 I ' We h [i good } i when | [ think [i you 1 (i. sure. i j Our Store is headqu ji tion work; two licem i j Fine Cut Glass and ff 1 w 3 _ 11 (Jitts. |! Austin-Perrin IS / | ?? ' igHMmHBnftHHUHHi nAMi\r\TC IVxUnuEiiio OF THE CONI '"mm Bant ABBE\ 1 AT THE CLOSE OF BUS RES Loans and discounts Overdrafts .. Domestic Bonds U. S. Government Bg Municipal Bonds Furniture and Fixture j Real Estate *... Cash on hand and Du TOTAL =P mi LIA] Capital Stock .. Surnhis and TTndivide I Bills Payable Dividends Unpaid Dividends Payable Ju Reserve Fund DEPOSITS.. _ TOTAL j| Because of its ample resource H der which all its affairs are cc H cial stronghold. 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