Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r -r.Tj-w ? A. V. Barnes of Lowndesville was i* town Tuesday, on business. E. D. Andrew^ of Greenwood was a business visitor in Abbeville Mon day. Mrs. A. W. Clark has gone to Au gosta to visit her son, Mr. George "^Clark and family." Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hammond have returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs George Smith at Ware Shoals. - | ? - Mrs. W. D. Wilson came home yes terday after spending several days in Spartanburg with Mrs. Joe Everett. n . . . V ; ^PranU ^hera^^Salhoim Falls i, was a business -visitor in- town Tues day afternoon. if} ' '/* Andrew Robertson ?and Allen Nkickles of Columbia spent Sunday in tiie city with Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Nickhe. m . V * Mr. and Mrs. Luke Brown came up from McCormick Monday night V and went tdi see the play "Margie" at tie Opera House. ? % Miss Florence Black of Mt Car mei und Miss Kittie Morrah of Cal houn Palls spent the week_end in the city with Mrs. Lucien Schroeder. Mrs. J. F. Bradley and Miss Mar gie Bradf^y left Tuesday for Tampa, Fla.* wfceife they will visit Rev. and Mrs. He*ry Pressty for about > ten days. Miss Cunningham, who teaches near Greers came to Abbeville Sun' dpy to hear her brother, Rev. John R Cunningham who preached in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Wells of Greenville came also, making the trip' through the country. FAMOUS MEN IN TOWN Capt. "Dode" Phillips was down from Due West today' on business. He was carefully chaperbned by Dr. E. B. Kennedy. GOING TO PREACHING Miss Hettie McCullom left this i * n l. i i i morning ior spartan Durg wnere sne will visit for some time and take in all the pleasures of the Billy Sunday meeting. \ SOLOMON A VISITOR. The Rev. J. C. Solomon of Calhoun Falls was a (business visitor in Abbe ville this morning. He says that he will preach at the Troy Baptist church next Sunday. MRS. GAMBRELL ILL. Mrs. George Penney is out' o'f Phil sofl^and Henry's this week giving care to her mother, Mrs. Gambrell who is desperately sick. The friends of the family will regret to know that no hope is entertained for a favorable turn in Mrs. Gambrell's condition. Illegally Separated Norfolk Virginian Pilot. iMandy?"Is yo' legally sep'rated from your husban'?" Hanna?-"No; I'se Illegally sep' ated. The judge" done gave him 10 years in jail." z- He Didn't. George Washington never told a lie for the following reasons: He had no income tax blanks to fill out. He was elected President without ^making (any campaign speeches. When Jfiirtha found a strange hair on his shoulder, she always figured ~ it came from his wig. The Anti-Saloon League never ask ed him where he stood. The tough breaks he suffered that winter at Valley Forge required no' exaggeration. He never applied for life insur ance.?Life. I A PARfY. Mrs. T. G. ' White has invited friends to a party Thursday after noon, in compliment to Miss MoKroe, who is spending the winter with Mrs. Aiken and Mrs. Percy Miller,*who is visiting Mrs. Kerr. . WANTS TO HELP ARCH Col. John H. Wren, formerly .of Due West, but now of Florida, is interested in his old neighbor, Col. Ai^ch Kennedy, and desiresvto assist him in paying his taxes. Writing to Auditor Sondley, Col. Wren says: "Tell Arch Kennedy if he hasn't bor rowed money to pay his taxes, I will loan it to him if he will give me Andy Pratt and Charley Pruitt for sureties." Col. Wren says that he desires the public to know that * Col. Arch has friends all the way to Florida who are willing to help him I if the security is right. / AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Session has called a congrega tional meeting to be yield Sunday ' morning, January 22nd, just after the morning services, to re-affirm'qr > emphasize our call to Rev. John R. , Cunningham to become our pastor. Rev. R. C. Grier will preach in the Presbyterian. church next Sunday morning. V FAIRFfELD LOCALS S * * !\>>> >> Misses Minnie Belle Tolbert and Irene Young spent Friday with their aunt, M#s Fannie McCaslan. Joel Young spent Friday night with Reese Young. ? Thomas Spence spent Saturday night with his unol^ Mr T F Lang* I ley. .. ' I . Mrs R A Crawford and Mrs D ,A | Young were visitors in the homes of .Mrs J A Brown and J C Leard Sat_ j urday afternoon. Miss Zelli? Langley and Mrs C E j Brown spent Saturday afternoon^in I the home of Mrs J, M Spence and family. Joel Young spent (Saturday night with Luther Bowick. Wylie Lopg spent Saturday night in the home of his uncle, J A Young. Mrs Jennings Franklin of Beulah spent part of last week with Mr and Mrs S T Young. Mr and Mrs F T Young and chil dren and Wylie Long went to Green wood Saturday on -business. Misses Eva ad Nora Lee Young are visiting relatives in Ninety-Six for a few days. Mrs Lois Cuddy, Mrs Fannie Mc_ lan, D A Young and Furman Mc Caslan went to Greenwood Monday on business. Mrs T A Tolbert spent Monday afternoon in Pucketta with Mrs A |.$V\Young. We are glad to report ! Mrs Young improving after her re | cent illness. j E C and D A Young spent Friday i night in Ninety-Six with Mark Young. Mr and Mrs Yarborough and children of near McCormick spent Sunday with T F Langloy and Miss Zellie Langley. D A Young went to Hodges Mon day on business. ^ Missea Alma, Irene> May Belle and Lyndelle Young, Luther Bowick Carl Young and E P Danaby were visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs : S T Young Sunday. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The regular annual meeting of the i stockholders of the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital will be held at the Hospital building . on Tuesday evening, January 24th, at 7.30 p. m. Stockholders are urged to be pres ent, as important matters will come up. S. H. Rosenberg, President HESPERIAN CHAPTER TO MEET TLama Mnll lv A A />A?tfArtof inn rtf j lncrc Will UC Ck vail W? vvnvivu VA. iHesperiau Chapter No. 17 R. A. M., Thursday evening January 19th at 8 [o'clock for the purpose of installing officers of 1922. All companions are urged' to be present. j2t. F. E. Harrison, Jr., Sect'y. The January meeting of the Abbe ville Parfent-Teacher association wai held at the graded ^school Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock. In epite oi the cold and threatening weathei there were some fifty-odd mothers present. The opening number of th< program was a quartette of higl school boys who sang well. Next Mis; | MaryJS. Gilliam of the tenth grad( t was pleasing in a splendid recitation n-11?_ ? ?t.:_ ilarMrtr. r U1IU Wlllg bills OUpii X- UIJI ueoiVAt : strated the use of visual education ir teaching history and georgraphy wit! : a number of beautiful -pictures oi cities, palaces, cathedrals, and prett] country scenes in France. The asso ciation has recently presented th( schools with their second stereopti i con'and a number of slides. One pe riod a week is given to each grade ii i demonstrating pictures which per tain to studies they have either re cently had or are having at the time (Needless to say it is the favorite pe j riod of the week with the pupils, j After this demonstration the asso ciation entered ^nto business session The roll call showod more than'. 15( members, and the treasurer's reporl showed a* balance of over $200 or hand. The play given in Decembei netted $118. Both the president, Mrs. Henrj Gilliam, and Supt. Fulp thanked the members of the association who help ed contribute so much to the success ^f <he three-day teachers' institute which was held here last month. Th? members of the association gracious ly entertained all of the visiting teachers of the county who attended the meetings during the institute. Supt. Fulp discussed in "an infor mal wav the Drocrress of the schools, the needs of the schools, and the nec essity of keeping up the highest standards possible throughout th< schools. He stated that he believec the people of Abbeville deserved good schools and he believed thai they appreciated good schools, bu1 good schools couldn't run on appre ciation and talk and that a sufficient revenue must be provided to main tain first class schools or else the; would not be able to keep up wit! other schools which were not cramp ed for money or room. The fact was brought out that thf already crowded conditions in th< 1 schools would not be relieved an other session, but, on the other hand would be worse, due primarily to th< fact that, whereas the high schoo will graduate in June, 24 students ithe first grade next fall will enrol I pupils. The losses throughout th< grades from second through tentl are about balanced each session bj the enrollment of new pupils. Sinc< the holidays a net gain of over 21 pupils has been made. This is due tc families moving into town from tht country and from other tonws. Less than a dozen were dropped at the beginning of the new year. At the next meeting of the asso ciation, February 21, Supt. Fillp has promised to present comparisons be tween the cost of operating tbe Ab beville schools with the cost of\oper ating twenty other schools through out of the state^of approximate enroll ment. making a net gain of 5( EXAMINATIONS NEAR -4L-v Begin January 27 and Run Through February 2 | The pupils throughout the schools are already beginning to manifest probably undue interest in the out come of the mid-term examinations which begin Friday, January 27th. and continue through Thursday, Feb ruary 2. Examinations will be^in at nine each morning and pupils will :ot be permitted to leave the build ings until after 11 o'clock. Pupift making an average ot over 90 pgr cent, on daily recitations for the past four months will be exempt from tanding these examinations. Such pupils areTiot expected to attend school on the days they have no ex aminations to take. Exemption lists will be posted Thursday, Jan. 26th, and review of one week will be given beginning Friday, January 21st. Largest room in the world is said to be the passenger concourse of the union station at Washington, D. C. Notice To Taxpayers For the Purpose of Accommodating | the Public in the Matter of Mak j ing Their Returns, I Will Visit the Places Mentioned Below On The Dates Indicated in Schedule. ' ALL RETURNS must be made un ? der oath of real estate and personal property returned at its market , - / 3 value. , - 5. Persons not jnaking their returns 1 between January 1, 1922 and Feb ' ruary 20, 1922, are liable to a penal ty of 50 percent. This penalty will * - ' > - be enforced against delinquents; for i th& failure to enforce it heretofore i. has put on neglect of the law. ? The returns of those who conform 7 to the law are placed before the - Township aqd County Boards, while - those who. disregard the law come in after the meeting of the Boards and return to suit themselves. The en i forcemnt of this 50 per cent penal - ty will correct this evil. Returns will not be taken by mail unless they are sworn to before some proper officer. All improve ments or any transfer of real estate must be reported to the Auditor. Employers are requested to return * all their employees after notifying k them and getting a statement of ' their property. r All tax returns myst be made by school districts. So please look up T your plats and' find the number of ! acres in each -school district, also " amount of personal property. J / My Appointment* Are ai Follows: Calhoun Falls, Wednesday, Febru '|ary 7th. , Lowndesv.Ule, Thursday and Fri I day, Feb. 9th and 10th. . Donalds, Monday and Tuesday February 13th-and 14th. Due "West, Wednesday and Thurs iday, February 16th and 16th. Mr. E. A. Patterson will represent me at Antreville and W. W. Willson ii i 'Iwill'represent me at Level Land. RICHARD SONDLEY, ' Auditor, Abbeville County. In order to re< for SPRING * the following Every SUIT Every CQAr Every DRE? Dresses includ / We are also o misses and c ft / All goods sc % I VI . yuur ULLL id L .Jj HONOR PUPILS ^ IN CITY SCHOOLS The following'students in the Ab beville City Spools have made a general, average of over 95 per cent or over 90 per cent and are en > titled to a place on the "highly dis tinguished" and "distinguished" honor rolls respectively: High School Eighth grade?-^Highly 'distinguish ed: Margaret Harrison, Rachel Min snaii. mstinguisnea: \>( wuiiam Greene, Lounelle Bowen,- Elliott ! -Coleman, Annie Jackson, Mamie Bell Milford, Ruby McCord, Ada Perrin. / V Nintih Grade?Highly distinguish ! ed:v Jennie 7White. Distinguished: 1 Allan Wilson, Virginia Cochran, ' Frances Gilliacm, Lucy Highsmith, ' Judith Hill, Lillie Milford, Fannie ' May, Mundy, Mary Swetenburg, Virginia Wilson. < 1 Teilth grade?Highly distinguish 1 ed: Ray Swetenlburg, Grace Milford. ' Distinguished: Aiice Cheatham, 1 Caroline Chalmers, Mary Shaw Gil*. liam, Mary Jones, Marion Wijson.' i Eleventh graded? Distinguished: ; William Cox, Giibert Naihers, Ada ' Faulkner, Maria Neuffer. Graded School First grade?Highly distinguish ? ed: Harry Wilson. Distinguished: Margaret Dai pre, Frances Evans, 1 Allie Hicks, Bessie Norris, Alice JKing, Blanding Smith, Margaret Vandiver, Winona Welsh, Marshall Alewine, Paul Bowen, Alex - Chal mers, Willis Bruce, Bryson Evans, James Ferguson, John NeuflPer, Hol man Smith, Stuart Thomson. iSecond grade?Highly distinguish ed: Claude Harrison, Saraih Neuffer. Distinguished: Eva Poliakoff,^ Mil dred MbComib, Ida Gaston, ^Charles ; White* B. F. Cheatham, William i McAllister, Frances Welsh, Ralph Wilson. >" Third grade?Highly distinguish ed: Gay Botts, William Cheatham, Frank Dawson, Mary Maxwell, Dale iuce our stock a GOODS, we are merchandise on ; VLF P R I ! ' ' in the house, - T in the house - ?S in the house e Children's and Mi< """ ?... 10'^ ffering a big redu children's Winter , dd for CASH? lue on the first o 1 i iS. S. C( e iorfbfRdu. First grade?Azalee ^Banister, Stark Cann, Marion Cann/ Louise Hill. Third grade?Jim Hill. Fourth grade?Gladys Beaty, Rob- , ert Campbell, Lois Cann, Katie Mae Fergpson, Mildred MeMahan, Mary Simpson. Fifth grade?Bradley Ferguson, Albert triles, Curry Vail, Sixth grade?Virginia MeMahan, ' Arlena MeCollough. - J Seventh gfade?Mary Frances Beaty, Bertha Campbell, Annie Ruth, Voyles. Eighth grade?barker Campbell^-; Edna Mann, Mary N^nie. _ Tenih Grade?Mary MeMahan.- } Koran, or sacred book of the Mo i Vammorliano mac mrifton hr et about 610. $ Welsh, Eugenia Swetenburg. Dis tinguished: Archite Brown, - Marie Hall, Virnita Kaptain, E^la. May Moss, Viola Turman, Mamie Lewis, Mamie Reese, Manning Bauknight, Walter Hage-n, Edward McCuen. (Fourth grade?Highly distinguish- ' ed: Martha Lewis, Ruth -(Mundy,* Frances Wosmfrnsky, Mafory . Miller, Helen iGaoilbreB:Dostinguiriied^ (Frances John&ra, Kfowina Flynn, . Lida May Johnson, Margaret r Cul Ibr^h, Margaret Telford, t< David Simmons.. - * j Fifth grade?Highly distinguish ed: Sam Shiver, Js, Distinguished: Harold Bell, James'Blessing, Ma*y Chalmers, Lillie Praitt, Charlotte Reese, Sara Smith, Edna White,' Emily Morse, Henry Power, .Jack Sutherland. \ ^fcrth grade?Highly distinguish-", ed: Martha Calvert, Ellen Carter, Susan MinshaH, James Fulp, Eatelle Lyon, Jean Milford, Minnie' Swetenburg. Distinguished: William MeComib, Adair Aiken.' k Seventh grade?Highly di tinghished: Louise >Uldrick, Disg tingutehed: Carter, ford. rr SS f I - Half Price - Half Price sses' Garments. i \ * iction in ladies. Underwear. t . -j: That means l 1/ the month. >