Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r A1JL/.-1 I , IU.IIVVjXI ?.1, iffl.li Xocal flewe . : fl>ersonal& : g.. -- ~?g Ir v????? 1 - I Miss Mary Reid of Edgcwood w lir. the city Thursday. Will McNeill of Calhoun Fa] Ispcnt Thursday in the city. Mr. T. C. Seal visited Mrs. Ma< |N. Cochran in Hodges this week. Mrs. Lena Dickson of Antrevil Iwas a business visitor in town toda F. D. Simmons of Bethel was I visitor in town Friday. W. 0. Mars of Mt. Carmel was siness visitor in Abbeville Thur Iday. Albert Miller of Atlanta visit* [Judge and Mrs. Jones F. Miller ye llernnr. \ f George C. Gambrell of Greenwoc was a bussiness visitor in town t day. Mrs. F. E. Harrison and F. E. Ha rison, Jr., are spending today i Greenwood. J. F. Gibert and J. H. Sherard < Calhoun Falls were business visito' in Abbeville today. Mrs. Gus McGee has returned a ter a pleasant visit to her sister, Mr A. S. Whitner in Hodges. Mrs. John Martin of Lebanon w* in town with some fine home cure hamsjon Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cowan an children visited her parents, Mr. an Mrs. P. A. Cheatham this week. Mrs. E. L. Reid and daughter, Mi) Virginia and Mrs. W. C. Moore wei in Abbeville shopping Thursday. Dr. W. E. McCord of Greenwoc was in Abbeville today getting a quainted with his old friends. Miss Zula Sutherland of the Beth section was in the city Thursday ar reports everything quiet at Bethel. Mrs. J. E. Palmer, Miss Dora Pa mer-and Ruby Gilliam of Warrentc were visitors in the city today. Mrs. I. E. Harris of Spartanbui is in Abbeville for a visit to her si ter, Mrs. W. E. Owen on Magazii Street. Miss Nelle Jourdan who has be< visiting the family of Mr. and Mr C. D. Brown has returned td h home at Henderson, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson ai Rill and Mary Wilson of Ashevil] N. C., are in the city visiting Maj and Mrs. J. D. Fulp. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Raycroft ha returned from a delightful trip Florida, and are at home for t1 present on Wardlaw street. Miss Charlotte Brown left vestt dav for Columbia where she eroes attend the wedding1 of her cousi Miss Nelle Roper. Mrs. Inez Reevess and daught< Marion, have returned to the r hor in Americas, Ga., after a plcasa vi.^it to Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Gillia Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rayeroft ai Mr. and Mrs. John Law Anders have rented the S. J. Link residen and will move immediately. Mrs. C. V. Ashley and daught< Dorothy, left yesterday for Ma ning, where Mrs. Ashley will spe: sometime with her father, R. 1 Wheeler. Miss Ruth Martin of Lebanon h returned to her work in the schc here after an absence of about week from sickness. Miss Ruth sta with her aunt Mrs. H. B. Cann while in the city. ? Reid Ashley of Antreville vras i* town Friday. Mrs. J. Milton Ellis of Due West ! was in the city shopping today. Lawrence Brownlee and R. S. Galloway of Due We9t attended the Masonic meeting last night. i! as lis Mrs. John R. Blake visited Mrs. T. G. White Wednesday and Thursday and attended the special Tennyson meeting of the book club as a spe cial guest. W. C. Millfcr of Chester was in Ab beville on business Thursday. Mr. Miller was a classmate of C. E. "i'liamson of this place while at )!lege. W. D. Wilson spent Wednesday in Spartanburg. Mrs. Joe Everett and children returned to Abbeville with m and will spend sometime here !lh Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Henrietta Garrison and Miss Beatrice Garrison accompanied Mr. John A. Garrison over to Atlanta and will spend a few days with him there. Mr. Garrison continues to improve in Robertson Sanitarium which gives a special diet treatment. Miss Nina Wham, Mrs. John Will son and W. P. Wham went to Green v'lle Tuesday to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. M. E. Wham. Ser vices were conducted in the Presby terian church Wednesday at Green ville by Rev. T. W. Sloan. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Max well Sm'th March 24th, a son, J. Al-je: ^jlen Smith, 3rd. |f< i Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc f I Neill March 24:-h, a son, John Allen s- McNeill. I CONTEST IN WARD FOUR R. S. Ell's will contest the nomina tion of E. R. Thomson as Alderman (y( d for Ward four, on the ground that he ^ tr had not been a resident of that ward since sometime in December. A meet ing of the Executive Committee ha? js!been called for Monday at 2 o'clock e! to pass upon the question. MARK'S LOW RECORD C-] German Money Falls To Unprece dented Level. iV % V d New York, March 23.?Germany's "i more serious financial and general <; economic position among the nations A I T of the^ world found concrete expres-1 sion here today when the mark fell a to the new low record of 29 1-2 Jj lOOths of one cent. The extent of I this collapse, probably unprecedented i } , in modern history, may be gauge'd v ^ I from the fact that the normal or ' s ^! pre-war value of the mark here was ! 23 8-10 cents. i South Carolina Borrows $99,000 an Washington, March 14.?Approv ' | al of 91 advances for agricultural! ! and livestock purposes aggregating1 j j $2,504,000 was announced today by j the war finance corporation. The'v loans included $9,000 in Alabama,' h $120,000 in Georgia, $61,000 in'j North Carolina and $99,000 inj South Carolina and $175,000 in j e i Tennessee. J , Why He Objected. he1 ! A negro employed at one of the i movie studios in Lcs Angeles wasj j drafted by a director to do a novel ] v t0i comedy with a lion. \ iLt* j. . i.. il:l i >> i .1 r jn ! iou get into iri;s ut*u, oiuercu | jthe director, "and we'll bring the. lion in and put him in bed with you.lt ?rjlt will be a scream." j ? nt> j "Put a lion in bed with me " j I yelled the negro. "No, sah! Not a-tall.! r m 11 quits here and now!" : 'J "But," protested the director,! n(] "th's lion won't hurt you. This lion j I onjwas brought up on milk." |l ce ! "So was I brung up.on milk," wail- j t ed the negro, "but I eais meat now." : f j?S. P. U. Magazine. 21*.! ; t W. A. HARRIS FUNERAL SUPPLIES EMBALMING and Auto Hearse Service PHONES Day 395 Night 134 i fg3JKj2J'2J3MSj5JSM2f3I3?2MSMSMSMc SOCIETY/ y/5J5I5JM5J5JBJSJ5JSI9I31PiSBlj>ic9iniEllr5I53JSSli TENNYSON MEETING. The Book Club met with Mrs J. filler on Wednesday afternoon a i most interesting time was spei )r. W. S. Currell, president of t louth Carolina University is to 1< ure this afternoon at the residen f Mrs. W. P. Greene on "The Ho Irail" and in view of this Wedrn ay's meeting was a Tennyson aftt oon. . Mrs. A. B. Morse gave a sketch he poet's life, Mrs. J. C. Klugh tl tyle of his writing, Mrs. R. C. Ph on the derivation of the word "Gra nd Mrs. J. A. Hill gave the historic etting of the poem, which was f< awed by the interpretation and qu ations. "Crossing the Bar," compc d by Tennyson in his eighty-fii ear and sung at'his funeral, w unfr by Mrs. J. C. Ellis, Mrs. W. ohnson, Mrs. J. A. Hill and Mrs. ! Horton. A del'ghtful salad course w erved after the meeting. * ' LITTLE SERMON ON THRIFT Col. William Boyce Thompson, fo ler director of the New York Fe ral Res^ve Bank and member le Advisory Committee of the Co erence on the Limitation of Aram lent: "Young man, if you have ramp in your pocketbook, there jmething wrong with you and y< liould see a good doctor. I know i o better one than the Treasury D artment of the United States Go rnment. If you have his prescripts jr Treasury Savings Securities fill* nd take them regularly, you W >on find yourself cured." Little Sermon On Thrift. E. F. Mack, Central Trust C< hicago: "A man who has childr< in leave them no better legacy thj le savings habit, formed tfiroug ears of actual practice, for such ibit, coupled with honesty, indu y, and courtesy, insure tl jsiness success of any chUd later fe." FAIRFIELD LOCALS Mrs. E. C. Young and litt aughter, Eertha and Miss Aln roung visited in the homes of Mi !. E. Brown, Mrs. J. A. Brown ai Irs. J. M. Adams Tuesday. Mrs. Eva Robinson spent Tueed flernoon with Mrs. Fannie McCf an. Misses Eva Alma . and Nora L foung spent Friday most pleasanl rith Mrs. W. P. Long. Mrs. J. W. Crawford and liti on spent one day last week wi Irs. R. A. Crawford. Mrs. E. C. Young and Miss Sal Jreswell sptnt Wednesday *ucketts with Mrs. A. W. Young. Mrs. C. E. Brown and littjie s liss Lena Spencer Thomas Spen< ames, Floyd and Miss Nora You: /ere the pleasant visitors in t lome of Miss Zellie Langley Satv lay. Miss Ruth Young spont the wee nl at Beulah with her sister, M: ennings Franklin. Frank Woodhurst spent Frid light with Wylie Long. Joel Young and sisters, Miss dma and Irene Young spont t /eek-end with Miss Janie Be! ,'oung and A.vin Young near M 'ormick. 7aii;n T^no-lpv snr.nt one i uviiiv -x - ernoon last week with Mrs. C. Jrown. Miss Eva.Young visited Mrs. Fa lie McCaslan and Miss Minnie Be ,'u!bt-rt Tuosday. ~ Frank and George Dillashaw spe Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. 1 5. Long, :he latter returning wi n in'cJi fn linr Ill'IIl OaiU.Ufl^ IU1 ? ..w. oiks. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Beauford ga he young folks a party Tuosd light which was very much enjoy >y all. Reese Young was the recent gu< >f Luther Bowick. Misses May Belle, Lyndelle, Clai intf Nora Young spent Thursday i ornoon with Miss Zellie Langley. Mr. and Mrs.W. P. Long delight he young folks Friday by givi: i pound party and dance which w n joyed very much. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The Re<v. Howard L. Weeks w: preach Sunday morning at 11 o'clo< on "The Price of Precious Sheaves The 7:30 p. m. subject will 1 "Forsaking Christ." Special attentioh is called to tl hour of the evening service. Tl services held in the church on Su: day evening will be at 7:30 o'clo< unless otherwise' stated. Aft April 1st, however, the hour will 1 changed to 8 o'clock. The Sunday School is planning i "Every-Momber Present Sunday for April 2. The Sunday School aiming to have out 300 that day. The men of the church are pla ning a social function soon. It mi be called a "Father and Son tfa quet." Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, tl president of Furman University ai one of the most attractive speak? in the country has written that 1 can arrange to be with the church ( some evening in the near future ai address the men. This should be helpful and inspiring occasion. The Wednesday night pray meeting of the church is of speci as! interest. The parables of our Loi I are being discussed. The subject | Wednesday evening wijl be "Tl I Conservation of Character." (Ma1 113: 24-30.) r-1 Th& public is cordially invited i d-! attend these services. AT METHODIST CHURCH. a I The Rev. E. F. Jones, presiding e is' dor of the Cokesbury District, w: >u : preach at the Method:st church Sui of!'.lay morning at the usual hour. Tl e- J regular quarterly conference will 1 v-jheld immediately after the service. )n Special interest is being made : id next Sunday as "World Sunday," ill time when Centenary subscriptioi should be paid as far as possible. AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH jn] Rev. E. B. Kennedy, of Due Wes m' will preach in the Presbyteria rh' church next Sunday morning an a night. Watch the label on jour paper ^ u fir; Only Three parations for ;es == in and look c and Up-to-D* =COA SPECIE Come in toe Our price ;st if MRS. J ! 2,500 ALIENS BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN iii; Jc1 Admitted Under Temporary Per J mits Which Expire March 23. je : Executive Order Issued ie ; Washington, March 20.?Approxi ie' mately 2,500 aliens, admitted into n-jthe United States under temporary ?}c permits ^hich would expire March er' 23 and leave them liable to immedi je ate deportation, have been given an indefinite extension of time for m their stay, Commissioner General j j,) Husband, of the immigration bureau jg today, announced. An executive order was issued, n_ I Saturday for the purpose, Mr. Hus-1 iy(band explained, because an act! ? which parsed the house last week n- i ae and is expected to pass tl?e senate ^ shortly provides for the admission ^ of the aliens concerned in the Uni-i rs ^ ted States without regard to pro ! visions of the general law restrict-' ing. immigration. a! In practically all cases the aliens I concerned, who represent almost ev er 6ry European nationality and in ad al' dition have a percentage of Asiastics r{j1 among their number, such as Syrians n j United States religious bodies ye I and Armenians and Turks, landed j in the United States after the legal ! number of individuals of their na to' tionalities admissible to the United States had been exhausted. As the result of special representations of relatives in the United States re 1? 1_ _ J! . 3 l.Jj iV _ __ I ngious Doaies ana reiauvecs, uie re quirements for immediate deporta tion was not enforced against them, though in the case of one shipload of Hungarians the Cunard Steam )C ship company and the government came into a controversy over the circumstances of thedr arrival. The immigrants after their re lease from detention at the port of arrival scattered over the United States and the coast of reassembling them for deportation as well as the humanitarian abjections to sending them back to the countries, of de parture have induced the enactment of the special legislation. Commis sioner Husband, in cooperation with the senate ^ommittee of immigration has practically completed prepara j I LALL ? Weeks more to m this great day. ^ >ver our stock of ite Spring Styles ; rs, SUITS, DRi / LWe are showing a WHITE and COLO] this season that will in and see them. . ERY-cJurs{otj ==: plemshed Jay and get your ] s are made to suil AS. S. CO Keep Your Baby Chicks Healthy And Growing. GIVE THEM CONKEY'S Buttermilk Starting Food and watch them grow. 2 1-2 lb sack .... 25c 5 lb. sack 45c 10 lb. sack .... .. 85c The McMURRAY DRUG CO. A ; >P | Just Received a Car of Nitrate of Soda R. E. COX Dr. J. C. Hill received a calf on a doctor's bill recently and the feed bill from the time it was received until sold to the market came to more than was paid him for the calf. Last year a man. in one of the lo cal banks boasted that he knew every mule in Abbeville county by color and by name. Now the sight of one makes him sick. tions of amendments to the pending general immigration ibill, designed t? extended the provisions of the exist ing quota law. These amendments are designed to eliminate stiuations such as the one which occasioned tha < executive order. \ ake your pre ^hy not come real Snappy in ESSES= very select line of RED ORGANDIES please you, come c oMiats is re I every week. ?. Easter Bonnet. | : the times. CHRAN!