Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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: $>ersonal& : % Glenn Baskin of Honea Path was ? i -Ji? O 1 visitor in tne cuy ouiiuay. W. G. McCord spent Sunday in Newberry with relatives. Miss Mary Quarles LinlTfeft Fri day for a visit to Spartanburg. John Herrin of Greenwood was an over Sunday visitor in Abbeville. Mr* Frank W. Wilson of Watts was a visitor in the city Saturday. i W. W. Bradley of Columbia spent the week-end at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. George Gambrell /" " " have returned from Greenwood. ?Miss Hannah Roche of Columbia spent the week-end with relatives in Abbeville. W. S. Jordan and J. E. Hagan of Due Weafc were business visitors in town Saturday. ? Mrs. W. B. Wilson of Columbia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Eekin. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Cox cajne up from Troy Sunday and spent the (fay with Mrs. R. E. Cox. Miss Allie Evans, who is teaching near Greenville, spent the week-end here ker home people. Miss Helen Pratt of Darraughs spent Saturday in the city with Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Lomax. Mrs Motte Gilliam and little daugh ter of Sharon spent Saturday irt the city with Miss Belle McKenzie. Miss Nelle McGaw went out Shar on Saturday and will visit for some time with her cousins, Misses Lily and Bessie Link. Mrs. C. W. Chandler and so#, John Tompkins Mabry of Elberton;,! spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Greene on Church street. Miss Lena Belle Johnson left to day for Greenwood where she .will will begin her studies at Lander Col lege at the beginning of the new sec- * tion tomorrow. M^s Lillian Nelson who has been spending some time here withrher sis- c ter, Mrs. J. R. Nickles left today for Selma* Ala., where she has a position c in the Baptist hospital at thaFjplace. f ? * * * Qe era House Abbeville, S. C. THE SMARTEST, I CAL Show Ever Pre Smartest Hit in Many Years Le COMTEanj MUSICAL EXT1 Wit J I ^y^blLLY I l^r Supported by an rand Smartest-Pancies <i' i fc fcjr:. i All Lights-Music-Dai PRICES: 55c; 83c; $1 Seats Now Selling r, ,J. V. Johnson of Ware Shoals spent Sunday in the city with Mr. | and Mrs. J. C. ?ox. j' Mies Myrtle McCleskey of At anta and Mrs. Russell Wade of Nor folk, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. Townsend Smith. j RI Mrs. J. F. Bradley and Miss Mar- ? jaret Bradley have returned from a risit to Rev. and Mrs. Henry Pressly n Tampa, Fla. Mrs. A. B. McLain of Knoxville, renn., and Mrs M. R. Hatcher of rownville are visiting their sister, a VIrs. J. C. Cox. an _____ a Duncan Murchison was one of :he most interested listeners we >aw at the Billy Sunday meeting n Due West today. Miss Vic Howie, student at \.gnes Scott College, spent the veek-end at home, to the deligtot )f her many friends. NO MEDIUM TUESDAY. * The Medium asks us to make the ollowing announcement: "Owing to continued illness of inotype operator and break down n necessary machinery The Medium vill not be issued Tuesday. The aanagement hopes to have every hing going so as to issue regularly lereafter." DR. GREENE PREACHES teresting Sermon At Presbyterian Church Sunday. The Rev. J. B. Green of the. Col imbia Seminary, formerly of Green wood, preached two much appreci ated sermons yesterday from the pul ?it at the Presbyterian church. Dr. Jreen's morning appeal was espsci lly commented upon by his hearers ecause of its timeliness. It contain d note of optimism that many ap preciated as having value at a time rhen the tendency is inclined to essimism. HE LAST TRACE OF MILITARY CONTROL Vill Disappear in Ireland Monday, January 30th When Ourfew Will Be Raised Belfast, Jan. 28.?The last trace of lilitarv control in Ireland is ex ected to disappear next Monday irhen the curfew will be raised in Jelfast. The disbandment of the black and tans" also will begin next veek. According to press reports in Dub in the British government will hand ?ver to the Irish free state, 1,000 mo or vehicles which had been in gov ernment use in Ireland. VoUteadian Voice. Acca?You have a good voice. Why lon't you cultivate it? Demic?Well, you see, this is a dry ymate, and I can't get any thing to rrigate it with.?Rice Thresher. WSb.8 FANCIEST MUSI sented in Abbeville. Flesher's Book [IAVAGANZA *^ric3 Music By Chas. George I t Chorus EVer Here icing & Pretty Girls .10; $1.55 and $2.20 at Box Office. F, 1 CORDS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN EASILY BROKEJST IN SEVERAL SOUTHERN CITIES STILL MORE FORECAST FOR TODAY WashiTngon, Jan 28?The snow rich last night and today covered large section of the Southeast d the Northeastern states with heavy blanket, continued tonjght many sections of that region, th more forecast for tomorrow. ie weather bureau tonight Also dered continuation of the storm irnings off the Atlantic coast >m Cape Henry to Cape Hatter-j , aonouncing that the disturb ce which brought the snow and jh winds to the Eastern section the country, was centered near tpe Hatteras and moving north istward with increasing intensity d attended by northeast gales. Unsettled weather tomorrow, ^ #A?a/?oof Wfl D1IVW WOO ivi^vnov *w* rtions of the Northeastern ites and for Maryland, Delaware, strict of Columbia and Vir ria. Generally fair weather was Dmised for the remainder of the jion east of the Mississippi with important temperature changes licated. Another storm of marked inten y was reported to have formed er the Western plateau region. Snows attending the Eastern dis tance with the fall at a numlbej* points establishing records for nsi<^ei^>le pelriodfe wtere experi-. ied oday n Maryland, District of >lum!bia, Virginia, the Cjarolinas, stern Tennessee and northern orgia. ORE INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK uthern. No. 20 Cruhei Into Mountain of Dirt Weit of Noland Asheville, N C, Jan 28?Conduc James Rickard and 18 passen rs were slightly injured when uthern railway pas&ecger ti > 20 crashed into a mountain of t and rock that slid onto the lrphy division track, a short tance east of Noland, today. Engineer F. W. Poindexter, [vino- fViA ornrin'o around fl sham M I rve, saw the slide coming and rowing on the emergency brake and Firemen Frank Pennington mped to safety just before the ot of the engine jammed into ndreds of tons of dirt that came ashing down the mountain side, vering the railroad track and l* public highway for a cousd;:r le distance. The injured, all citizens of Jack-j n and Swain counties, are: Harrison Davis,, forehead Lacer- j ed. W. N. Nesbit, left hip dislocat-j Conductor James Riokard, right J m and leg seriously hurt. Miss Mary West, face andj ith. G B Bradshaw, face and teeth, j Charles Lock&y, right eye in-j red. The 'remtlining 11 sustained no rJous injuries necessitating hosn | ;al attention. A slide occurred at this same Dt about a week ago and Engin r Poindexter stated he had bden itching for further trouble. This >rning as his locomotive neared i place, he espied a .tree moving wn the mountain which warned n of the impendingj danger and sbalbly served as a life saving nal to all on board the train. The slides on the Murphy divis 1 of the Southern where the tcks parallel mountain streams d hug almost perpendicular untain sides along the highest lroad point east ofythe Rockies, va been frequent during the past 1 days, it is believed, as a re It of heavy rainfall and swollen earns. Seven laches at Raleigh Raleigh, N C, Jan 28?Snow lich .began falling here early last jht, had reached a depth of sev inches at 8 o'clock this morning, e snow is general over the ite. Street car service here was moralized today. Opera House Thursday J ? ABBEVILE, S. C. - Engagement Extraordir quest. A Treat for ' Abbev THE DISTINGUISHE ROM 0 A COMEDY DRA 6 Months in New York; 4 Mo A Story of the inability of a Y Between False a MR. TELLEGEN Will Person. 'Not a IV PRICES: 55c; $1.1 "LISTEN TO ME" tj< : * sf u?cal Comedy Coming To Opera ^ Home February 8 It is doubtful jf^ny of our mas ve extravaganzas, including the Wizard of Oz," ever offered more inuine novelties than are pre mied in the season's smartest mu cal fantasy?"Listen to Me," ming to the Grand Opera House rednesdoy night, February 8th. here are no less than a dozen >vel ideas that develop into real (atures during , the progress of the oduction; each excelling the pre Kling one in marvel. During the rst act, a. dancing novelty is in odued, where?the six tempta Don't It isn't necessary to new pair of Shoes, old ones can be r and give you much s< still. Comfortable old are like your old fr You want to keep as long as possible. Come in and let us you how we make " SHOES FROM ONES." I BLUE F W. E. Phone 209 Trinity S Feb. 9th - - One Night Only i lary?By Special Re Theatre Goers of ille. D YOUNG ACTOR 3REAT NCE YOU*? MA IN 3 ACTS nths in Cicago and Boston roung Artist to Distinguish nd True Love. Positively Appear in loving Picture. 0; $1.65 and $2.20. 3ns, each representing the re active characters of wine, wom l, song, gambling, tobacco and icing show technique in art. This extremely novel to say the least. ater comes the Imp "pony" ballet, ( ressed in devilette costumes, ' mcing in the blazing inferno. Fol- * wing this, comes the snow?-ball * ittle at the North pole with the s skimo "pony" ballet, the snow 1 an, and tJhe midnight serenaders 1 ith the famous, slegh bell ballet; 1 hile the inspiring Aurora Borealia > ts across the heavens merrily solving . the melodious strains, hen comes Gancjylandf?some- c Ling new in novel stage setting., I Le Comte and Flesher's newest \ Be Discou buy a tIBBON SHOE THOMPSON, Propr treet. Shoes Called foi An ei^agement that is creating more than ordinary interest in theatricals in th:s city is that of the eminent romantic actor, Lou rellegen, who on Thursday night Feb. 9th will present himself (in person) and his own company of ' artists, in an elaborate revival of liis greatest American success, "Blind Youth" at the Abbeville Opera House. "Blind Youth" Is a comedy drama in three acts by Mr. Tellegen and Willard Mack, and is- based on an incident which, 1 occurred some years ago when Mr. ' lellegen was an artist pupil of the great Rodin, who by the way is responsible for the young actors admission to the cnoservatoire in Paris. * ' ' It tells the story of a young ar tist who falls in love with an ad- t venturess, is dragged to lowest depths, is finally awakened to finer things, comes to New York, falls in love with an American girl who rec'procates his love; his regener ation is about complete the adven turess learns of it and comes to America, etc. Mr. Tellegen will present the play in this city with an admirable cast. h Seat Sale Now. ADMIRAL GEARY'S DOG MAY ENTER TEAM RACE lake-Placid, N. Y., Jan. 28.?A log, declared to be the only survivor >f those used by Admiral Peary on lis dash to the North Pole and a Si serian dog, said to have formerly be onged to the late emperor pf Rus sia, may figure in the eastern inter lational dog team race to take place it Berlin, N. H., early next month, inder the auspices of the Nansea Ski club-of Berlin. production carries some forty members in the-u .company and is beyond a doubt abreast with the season's greatest plays. ii aged