Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'? ?? > v V % WATCH YOUR LABEL. V V The Press and Banner is V iasoed rtrictly on a cash in V advaace basis. Our lists are V eerxccteg the first Saturday in \ eaA month. If your label is A marked "l|ar. 22" or "3-22" V it means that your eubscrip V tkm has expired, and that * V your name will be dropped un V less yon renew your eubscrip V tion be/ore Saturday, April V 8th. We make no exceptions V to the rule. \ V V V V V V V V V R. N. Tiddy is visiting relatives in Charlbtte, N. C. J. R. Woodhurst was a business visitor to Columbia Friday. R. Sk EHlia spent the week-end in Due West with relatives. Miss Sudie Keller* of Long Cane was in town Saturday shopping. Mrs. Norman C-ason of Bethia was shopping in the city last Saturday. Miss Marie Gordon of Santuc was chopping in town on last Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Hillhouse of Lebanon were in town Saturday. Mr And Mrs. P. S. Rosier of Watts were visitors in town Saturday. Mrs. Fannie Fur man of Atlanta spent tibe week-end here with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bosier of War renton were in town Saturday shop-J ping.' F. S. Hutchison of Lowndeeville was a business visitor in the city to day. J. C. Coleman, one of Abbeville's prosperous farmers, was in the city on business Saturday. Frank Thornton of Clemson Col lege s^ent the week-end here with his mother, Mrs. Joe Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boyd of Mt. Carmel are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Boyd on Magazine street. Mrs. Robert Cheatham and Robert, Jr., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John T Cheatha* at Fonville. Ward Jamison went to Honea Path Path Sunday and spent the day with his home people. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sherard and children of Calhoun Falls were visit ors in town today. Mrs. W. T. Sanders and Mrs. S. F Hammond of Bethel were in Abbe ville on business on Saturday. Miss Ruth Beeks of Anderson col lege spent the week-end here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beeks. Miss Agnes Edwards spent the week-end in Greenwood the guest of Mrs. Lily F. Andrews. E. H. Longshore who is agent for the boll weevil killer in Newberry county, spent the week-end here with friends. Mrs. G. R. Stalnaker has gone for a months visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pennington at Live Oak, Fla. i Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson and John, Jr., of Campobello, spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mc Millan on Wardlaw street. Mrs. Blildred Poore of Greenville spent the week-end visiting relatives in and near Abbeville and left Sun day afternoon for a visit to William ston. D, H. Hill went to McOomic this morning on lousiness. Joe Brown of McCofmick was i town on business today. Miss Mary Jordan of Due Wei was a visitor in town today. Miss Janie Bell of near Lowndei ville was a visitor in town today. Mrs. A. F. Carwile of Leve<l Lan was in town today shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Thompkins Rame were in the city Saturday, Capt. R. H. Armstrong was dow #rftTT? Duo West todav soeakinsr to h old friends. Mr. E. . Lucas has been in tt city for several days visting h old friends. Wyatt Knox and Ray Gallma spent Sunday in Sharon with tl home people of Mr. Knox. J. W. Ladd, Luke Stames, Job Reid, Prue Bell and Mr. King spei Sunday afternoon in Greenwood. Lieut. Wildon Ott of Fort Mi spent the week-end in Abbeville visi' ing relatives and friends. Mr. John Gordon of Santuc wj in town today visiting his frien< Col. Thos. P. Thomson. Walter McDonald of Atlanta wj rn Ahhpvill? iSnndav to se? h grandmother, Mrs. Vose, who is 8id Miss Edith L&rkin has returned t her home in Florida after takia Miss Gann's place for two weeks. I Mrs. C. M. McKenzie and Mii I Lillian Richey spent today in Atlai fta looking at the pretty sprin styles. Mrs. J. D. Bundy and children c Monroe, N. C., are in town for visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bark* dale. / 1 Mrs. R. G. Cheatham of Greer wood spent the week-end hex with her daughter, Mrs. Alma < Gibbons. Mies Virginia Cochran went 1 Antreville Friday and spent tl week-end with her parents, Mr. an Mrs. A. B. Cochran. Mrs. Gertrude Boyd of Florida spending some time with her dattg] tor, Mrs. Floyd Graves, on wasainj ton street. \~ Tf? "t ' 11 There will be a community mee ing at the Campbell school hou< Friday evening at 7:30 o'cloc Everybody is invited to be present Mr. and Mrs. Wistar Harmon ( McCormick spent the week-end i Abbeville with Mrs. Harmon's horn people and attended several soci; functions Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cason of Am erson spent Sunday in Abbevil! with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Gregor Mrs. Cason is the daughter of M and Mrs. Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Barnes an Mrs. John Frank Harper of Lownde ville were ifi town today. Mr Barnes and Mrs. Harper were sho] ping in our stores. Mrs. .T_ W. Evpret.t. and sons. .To Jr. and Francis, returned to Spa tanburg Saturday after' spending tu weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wi ison. They were accompanied by Mr Wilson who will make them a sho: visit. Miss Gladys Bowen and Mr. To<! of Anderson came down yesterda and spent the day with Miss Bertt Hall. Miss Mallie Hall, who has bee j visiting Miss Bertha Hall for t> ' past week, returned home wit I them. I I m kvvvvvvvvvvvvw V OPERA HOUSE V THURSDAY and FRIDAY 1 V APRIL 6th and 7th 1 IV Cecil B. DeMille's Production 1 jv "FOOL'S PARADISE" ' V Matinee each Day at _ 3:15 1 V 15c. ADMISSION 35c. ' V NIGHT 8:20 1 V Admission: 25c anJ 50c ' j^igjSjgj5J5fgj5j5J5JS/5JEJSI5IBI5JB!5J5i2fBJBi^J5J'^ SOCIETY ) rjfHiffOf^fjOfigfjopti^raTOfigrongrniiniiEicapif^i'^fnifnjfipfi THE BRIDGE CLUB. 1 The Bridge club will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Wyatt Aiken on Greenville street. MERRIE MATRONS Mrs. Wilson Johnson will enter tain the Merrie Matrons at their regular meeting Tuesday morning at her home on Greenville street. 11 is MISS STARK ENTERTAINS On Saturday afternoon Miss Fan nie Stark entertained at a rook party in honor of the young ladies from Agnes Scott and Anderson colleges who are in Abbeville for the Easter holidays. TheTe were three tables of players who enjoyed the game. Af ter a pleasant afternoon, refresh ments of cream, cake and candy wer served. Miss Eleanor Hyde of Dallas, TSx as, Mi&3 Leone McLaughlin of At lanta, and Miss Frances Harper of Germantown, Pa., were the honor guests of the occasion. The others who were present were: Misses Mary Nickles, Victoria Howie, Mary Greene, Julia Mabry, Ruth Howie, Celia Chalmers, Virginia Aiken, Ruth Beeks, and Mary Milford. Mrs. J. D. Kerr assisted Miss Stark in entertaining. BRIDGE CLUB Miss Elise Bowie entertained the Bridge Club at its regular meeting I Friday afternoon at one of the most ! delightful meetings of the season. I After the regular games a salad . | and ice course was served to the i-1 , ^ i members and nmted guests. D. A. R. MEETING The Andrew Hamilton chapter, D. A. R. will hold their regular monthly meeting at 4 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon in the chapter room. Mrs. W. A. Harris, Secretary. MARRIED Sign Lawson and Miss Sallie Long both of Greenwood were married ' in the office of the Probate Judge of Abbeville Saturday. Judge Miller performed the ceremony. i8 GREENVILLE VISITORS li ^ Mrs. T. M. Marchant, Tom, Pete and Luther Marchant, fair samples of young Americans, and Aunt Mary the nurse, are down for a visit to Dr. _e and Mrs. P. B. Speed. The Greenville ^ public schools have closed for a one week spring holiday as an experi ment. " n Mrs. Jesse Pratt of Due West was a visitor in town today. ll ^^frJfiOIigiSfiOfigFnllSliOfiJffilWWWrSTOfriirfillrlfpllNlplJgJP^ id FLOWERS Give me your order NOW jj for your.... EASTER..... FLOWERS Carnations, Roses and Easter Lilies in Pots. Agent for three of the largest Greenhouses in South Carolina. Flowers shipped any where so that they will j| arrive in good condition, g 1 I ...DRINK... Where Service is GOOD and DRINKS BETTER. J. L ANDE AUSTIN-PERRIN DRUG COMPANY. REPORT FOR MARCH Of County Home Demonstrate Agent, Mrs. Gibbons Mrs. Alma Gibbons has made 01 the following report, beginnii March 1st and ending the 27th: GIRLS CLUBS. March 8th; Reorganized Co Spring club, 7 present. Demonstr tion. March 9th; Reorganized Shar< club, 11 present. March 13th; Reorganized Low desville club, 17 present. March 13th; Organized Campb< club, 17 present. March 14th; 6rganized Prosperi club, 5 present. ir t_ A4 . 11? % ? ? v _ II 4 aiarcn zist; uiuos, uampDeu,,1 Sewing. March 17th* Organizing Antrevil Club, 23 present. Cooking and ga dening. March 22nd; Clubs Sharon, 11 pr ent. Cooking and gardening. March 23rd Clubs Cold Spring, ] present. Sewing. WOMEN'S CLUBS. March 15th; Southside club, I present. March 17th; Antreville club, : present. Gardening. March 21st; Brownlee club, 6 pfc ent. Gardening. March 22nd; Monterey club, present. Marketing. March 23rd; Cold Springs club; present. Marketing. March 24th; Sinithville, organize 11 present. Marketing. March 21st; Antreville, communi 75 present. Marketing. March 8th; Office. Council meetii /* x If 1 ii i o present. naarKeung. I March 9th; Mill Village. Commui ty meeting. 125 present. | Total days in field 12; total da in office 10. . I Calls on agent in headquarters 1 Letters written 12. Total No. of home visits made Total No. of meeting of comm tees or of project and local leaders Attendance 6. j No. of meeting at demonstrate in carrying out project work 10. / tendance 108. No. of meetings held in relation project work 2. Attendance 200. - Auto mileage 227. Estimate cost of auto for offic , use $31.77. i No. of circular letters writen Circulation of these letters 62. J Press articles prepared and us 6. Bulletins and circulars mailed S. D. A. 38. My work as County agent of / beville did riot begin until March jOn account of the inclement wea f er the first week and part of the lOrtd week was spent in the offo I When it was not possible for me [get out in the county, I visited t different organizations of the to and several of the homes in relati to the curb market arid my work general. A community meeting was held the mill auditorium March 9th i the purpose of finding out whet* or not they wanted us to have t | curb market at the mill once a we< jThey were heartily in favor of j and asked that the farmers i>ri j eggs, butter, milk, meats of all kin | and cakes. This market is to op Saturday April 1st, from 11 to o'clock. I / We organized a community asso Ij I j ation at Antreville March 21st. Pla U are being made in this communi for a community fair this fall. I have visited 7 schools for t purpose of organizing and reorgan j ing clubs and they were indiflere at first-but when I explained the o\ line of our years work and told th< J of the pretty songs we had, one j one would hold up their hands | join.' There was one out of the ! schools that had only one girl th (wanted to join a club. I could n ; organize a club there but I told h ! I would make some arrangement f I her. A few days afterwards I had i j occasion to go by the school so j told the little girl that she could jo J a club rear her. She was delight and her face brightened up and s j said I have a pony that I can ri and I will sure oe tnere. I have had several calls to cor i out and organize new clubs whe ; they had not had the work. One I the old clubs gave way for a new o: but they are to continue their me< \ ings. ! The girls seem to be interested their work and are keeping up th< records. My work for the coming month PROGRAM OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY ALICE BRADY "HUSH MONEY" IN And Snub Pollard Comedy 15 Cents 25 Cents WEDNE8DAY CONWAY TEARLE - IN "AFTER MIDNIGHT' Added PATHE NEWS 15 Cents 25 Cents THURSDAY and FRIDAY Cecil B. DeMille's Special Production "FOOL'S PARADISE" n... .j. o.i mauuiec uavu i/ttjr ai o;io ^ V Admission 15c and 35cta. ' V Night 8:20 * V Admission 25 and SOcts. ' \ Note?Door* open at 8 o'clock 1 V Picture* ita^t at 5tl5. ' I STILL DECORATING It pays to advertise. As soon i the Press and Banner noticed tk style that Col. T. <5. Whit? and Co J. A. Hill were putting on in tb way of fine steps and grass plat Col. Williamson resolved that i would not take any tody's dust an carpenters have been ibusy for to past few days putting up a handsom picket fence between his lot as that of Col. W. W. Bradley. Chief Justice Gary has als caught the decorating fever and putting down a cement walk in froi Way in the lane leading to h garage. as follows: Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, special^ in food production and conservatio is to be here. We will give a numb* of demonstrations in jam making. Planning to organize new clubs. Planning community meeting. Miss Laura Sailey, clothing spec alist to be here. Demonstrations to t given on testing fabrics and dre forms. ( Mrs. Frances Y. Kline, State ma keting specialist to be here. Lectur* on marketing will be given. Hold regular chub meetings ) follows: April 5th, 6th, 14th, 18t 19th, 20th, 21st, 26th and 27th. Mrs. Ahxla C. Gibbons, Co. Dem. Agent. C Watch tb? label , on year paper. rnc Mf tUL-lUl Darlington 8-3-3 GU Formulas Hand R. E. COX, A H IfFMMC " "** - RIVER AT OLD TOWN JS FIVE MILES WIDE ' t Flood Situation Becoming Still Mar* Critical?Heavy Rains Have Fallen Helena, Arl?., Apr; 1.?The situi tion at Old Town, Ark., 17 m3ac south of here where caring in of first line levees of the Mississippi river began yesterday because of flood waters, was described Hri* 1 morning by government engineer* ' as critical. Two more feet caved i* early today ana tne strong correct from the Mississippi side is said U be eating its way under the levee a* the Arkansas side. Heavy rains last night made it impossible to continue emergency work which was suspended aid o'clock to permit the men to get rest from the task 'before them tn-/ day. Levee engineers state that His rivor at OH Town is now five fflite* wide. They expressed the opiate that the river will continue to at the rate of three or four a day until Tuesday when the is expected to reach the endangered, point. Reports coming in from head quarters of the Missouri Pacific rfcft road here state that a section ?f ,Bj track one mile long between Maxfc? ie anna and Soudan, Ark., is Jb* inches under water. A further riaet , it was reported, caused an indefinite suspension of traffic. Water is still at track level alaafc the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana railroad between Helena and McCfe he>3, Ark., but traffic continues tft interrupted. , Mine* To Resume Operation New York. Aur. 1.?ResumpUw of operations at the^ Utah Jtay Cbtbt* and Nevada Consolidated mines wffi begin tomorrow, said a statement is sued today (by Charlie Hayden chair man of the finance committee, of tk? company. He stated that telegnLfclfe instructions had been forwarded (ft ; the managers to that effect. Produc tion at first will fee on a small seals but will be ^gradually increased Dv 50 per cent of capacity. tik.l - i V li-a u. EYES CAREFULLY and GLASSES Accurately DR. L. f. HILL, w r - "r} IRTIMER'S Morcoe 8-4-4 4NO V for all crops lied By Abbeille, S. C. DY, Due West )wen Brothers Garble and iranite Co. cirwroo VNUFACTURERS LECTORS e largest and best equipped monv mental mills in the Carolinaa. GEENWOOD, S. C. tmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmrn