Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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y =&" Xoca I flews I i : {personate : ! Walter Sherard went to New-! berry Wednesday ->n fcusine.^. Mrs. R. A. Keaton, of Antrevilie, was in town Thursday. Mrs. L. W. Mclhvain of Central was in town shopping yesterday. D. H. Hill, Esq., is in Greenwood today on business. Miss Mildred Cochran left yesterday /or Greenwood to resume her studies at Lander College. Mrs. J. D. Murdock and Miss Oney Murdock of Antrevilie were shopping in town Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Eakin are in Greenwood <this wee's for a visit to Mrs. J. C. Ellis. I Miss Agnes Edwards had her tonsils removed at the County Hospital Friday. Mrs. M. L. Blackwell and little son, Dean, are at home after a ten day's stay in Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Joe A. Wilson and Joe Crawford are in Atlanta for a few days this week. Mrs. J. F. Rogers, Mrs. R. R. Price, Mrs. W. C. Rogers and Miss Julia Rogers were among the interesting visitors in the city yesterday. Mrs. Thomas Wharey returned to her home Tuesday after a delightful summer spent at Brookside Farm I with Mrs. W. P. Wham. G. T. Tate has accepted a position ps cashier of the Southern Cotton , Oil Company, and is now at the Oil Mill. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones have i returned to Columbia. They have | been in Abbeville with Mr. and Mrs. | Frank Jones for several weeks. 'Mrs. Prince and daughter Bessie Lee and Kathaleen and Mrs. Lamar Gilliam spen<t Thursday in Ander' I son. Miss Elizabeth Price of Penney's Creek will attend school in Abbeville this session. She will board at the home of Mrs. J. S. Stark. Walter W. Wilson and J. D. Murdock of Level Land appeared before the Highway Commission yesterday asking that their roads be hurried I IMr. Frank DuPre and his son, i Joe DuPre returned to Atlanta; Sunday. Joe DuPre expects to re-, turn to Abbeville soon and open up j a business. j I I Miss Elizabeth Jones went to An- j derson College Monday where she! will attend school this session. Mrs. J C. S. Jones accompanied her to An-1 derson, returning that night. Miss Sophie Ladshaw has return- j ed to her home in Columbus, Ga. i She has been in Abbeville on an extended visit t.o her brother, Mr. W. J H. Ladshaw. j j Harold Tate, Hal Moore and Paul | Graves are students at Clemson Col- j lege again this year. They were on hand at the beginning of the session.) Harold Tate was mode a second ! 1 i/?n fpnanf I William McComb had to give up 1 his work at Rosenberg's this week in order to enter school but he expects to clerk on Saturdays during the school session and will be glad to see his friends there. Coke Airial was in town yester- ; day (representing som?( Charlotte r concern when bids were received ] for desks for the new school build- i ing. Mr. Airial's father was paster } here for the Methodist church for ] many years. i S. F. Hammond of Bethel spent ( Thursday in the city. JI ' I Mr. J. II. Chiles of Bradley was a, business visitor in town Wednesday, j Miss Mary Smith is home after a visit to Hendersonville N. C. Mrs. J. R. Nickles Was among the out of town people in Abbeville; yesterday. Andrew Hafner (of Gaffney, j spent Tuesday in Clinton enroute to | his school in Abbeville.?Clinton j Chronicle. Davis Kerr went over to Atlanta today to take a look at the big city, and to see if the skirts are really longer. Miss Louise McDill leaves tomorrow for Union where she will take up her work as Third Grade teacher in the graded schools of that city. Miss Margaret Cox has gone to Columbia where she will attend Chicora College again this season. Miss Margaret took a fine stand last ear. 'Miss Mattie Lou Meadors returned to her home yesterday in Washington D. C. where she is an auditor in one of the government departments. Mrs. Arthur L. Harvin and daughter, Frances, returned to Washington Wednesday. They have been spending the summer in Abbeville with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sondley. John Armour who has been with the Adair Department store for several years has accepted a position with the B. T. Cochran Company and has begun work there. Mrs. T. M. Marchant, Tom and i- *r s a 3 nr r* reie iviaxcoaTn, ana iurs. ueorgc Harrison came down from Greenville today to spend until Susday with Dr. and Mrs. Speed while Mr. Marchant and Mr. Harrison are in New York on business. Miss Mary Anderson leaves this afternoon for Woodruff to spend the week end. She goes home to see her Sister-in-law who has just returned from China where she has been a missionary for the Baptist church for six years. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Woodhurst, Sept. 13, 1922, a son. TO TEACH IN SUMMERVILLE Miss. Maude Hawthorne has been visiting friends in Columbia for the last week. From Columbia Miss Hawthorne will go to Summerville where she will teach another year. BACK FROM VACATION. Miss Nelle McGaw has returned! from a months vacation spent in the country and will be back at her place at Philson's next Monday morning. Sht? enjoyed her vacation. GOING TO ERSKINE. Miss Lilla Black of Donalds has been in Abbeville visiting Miss Cor lie Killingsworth. She returned to j her home yesterday and expects to ] enter Erskine College as a student this session. MRS. HALTIWANGER BETTER Mrs. Ames Haltiwanger, who had an operation at the Columbia Hospital recently is very much improved ;ind expects to leave the Hospital for her home in the city of Columbia this week. Attends Abbeville Bail. Miss Mary Beckham has returned to the city from Abbeville, where she attended the D. A. R. Ball last Friday night. She was the guest of < Mrs. W. A. Harris while there.? Columbia State. Nfiss Graydon Employed. The board of directors of the Associated Charities held its regular monthly meeting yesterday afterloon. Miss Mary Graydon was employed by the board to assist with : ;he work until the new worker, who t las been ill, arrives. Miss Margaret < Laing secretary, made her monthly 1 eport.?Columbia State. i | qOClETV I BIRTHDAY PARTY. I Miss Louise Lomax, daughter of j Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Lomax, was four j . oars old Thursday and gave a par-! ty to about twenty-five of her little j friends in celebration of the event, j It was a pink and white party. The | house being attractively decorated j n these colors. Refreshments of: pink and white ice cream and cake and mints were served. FOR MISS NELSON. Mrs. T. J. Raycroft gave a pleasant card party this morning as a compliment to Miss Lillian Nelson, who is here for a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. R. Nickles. Miss Nelson, Mrs. Nickles, Mrs. vvuKinson, Mrs. norton, Mrs. ivicMurray, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Greene, | and Miss Jessie Hill enjoyed the games and the lovely luncheon which was served at noon. ACE OF CLUBS. Mrs. "Bill" Speed entertained the Ace of Olubs Thursday afternoon. It was the regular meeting of the club. There are twelve members, and in addition to these Mrs. Speed had four special guests. The flowers used were asters D.elightful refreshments of chicken salad, stuffed tomatoes, sandwiches and ice tea were served. RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS A reception was given Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barksdale at which the Parent-Teacher Association introduced the new school teachers to the many people interested in the schools and j the young women who are here to conduct the schools. The Barksdale home was prettily decorated in pot plants, the diningroom being especially pretty in yellow marigold, yellow tapers and the table being finished off with white and yellow mints and the cream carrying the colors, white and yellow. Mr. and Mrs. Barksdale, Mrs. Henry Gilliam, Maj. and Mrs. Fulp j and the teachers formed the receiving line and made welcome the many who called duuring the evening. The trustees and their wives assisted in entertaining. In the dining room Mrs. C. S. Jones, Mrs. McMurray and Mrs. McLane cut the cream which was served by Misses Julia and Susie Mabry, Margaret Link, Doro thy Syfan, Elizabeth Gambrell, Willie McLane, Florence Neuffeffr, Ada Faulkner and Celia Chalmers. Punch was served on the piazza by Misses Helen Milford and Ifoward Hill, Carlisle Bates and Joe Crawford. An unusually hrge number of people attended th'e reception which proved to be all together one of the most pleasant affairs of the season. TALK OF COAL PRICE Meeting to Be Held in Washington Today. Washington, Sept. 14.?Nearly half a hundred representatives of! business industry, railroad public-' utilities and the government ore to j meet at the commerce deparlmert i tomorrow to frame measures iorj voluntary action to limit coal prices! tnd ecect the most advantageous i I distribution of fuel supplies. Call for the conference was issu- j ed by the president's fuel com-j mittee at the request of the United j States chamber of commerce with i a view to finding means for return- J ing the coal situation to normal as j readily as possible. Among those expected to participate in the conference, which probably will be opened by SecretaryHoover, is G. E. Edgerton, pre-j sident of the National Association of Manufacturers, Nashville, Tenn. Need for lower coal prices was seen today by Secretary Hoover, who declared that ''the present average price of coal is an outrage' on .the public." Intelligent cooperation,' according to Julius Branes, president of the United States chamber of commerce, can so facilitate distribution ;hat both the householders' anxiety and the menace to continued industrial operation may be effectively cmoved. j FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGINS First Game Will Be Played With ; Eiberton Team. Football prat'ce began Monday when about thirty five warriors of the "Red Cyclone," entered hte j high school grid and began falling i on the ball, running down punts etc. j The team th's year will be a light one but Abbeville has never put a | heavy squad on the field. If Abbeville doesn't put out a j winning ;team it wont be because of any lack of coach. First there is' Neil Swetenburg head coach, whoj w'll probably have charge of the j back field and ends. Andrew R. j Ilafner, assistant, is the one whoj furnished the scrub oppos!:ion lastj year. Geo Cann, ex-Clemson tackle] I ' will have charge of the line. Chic; nollnwov i + r\ lirilrv lU'VlQn ! UHU I. c4 Jr IJ3 CAyC'v?tU AAV A ?T*?W he returns from Philadelphia. The team retains from last years varsity, Harris and Gambrell in the baekfield who are manager and cap- j tain. Nickles, Barnwell and Bradley j ends. Starnes guard, and Howie . center. A. Galloway wasn't out last year on account of a broken arm but he is ready to play now1. May a new man looks promising. | Abbeville HI plays her first game here with Elberton, The rest of the! schedule is not known as it is being arranged in Columbia. The crew is J going to be a "cracker jack" and should be given the support Abbeville has given her high school team in the past. LONG CANE CEMETERY SOCIETY TO MEET The Long Cane cemetery society will meet at the home of Mrs. M. H. Wilson, Tuesday, Sept. 19th at 4 j o'clock. A full attendance is urged] as new officers are to be elected atj this time and something must be j done about collecting dues to meet; our 1922 obligations, as well as forj another year. Mrs. W. D. Wilson, President. | Mrs. J L. Evans, Sec. & Treasj It is human nature for buyers, to like fancy packages. That is why j careful selections, grading and packing of farm products pays. j i The cultivation of the silk worm was introduced into Europe'about the sixteenth century, f $ 1 knew hi] J > xuUs,* ?v?fr viii. IJ n K over the outstandi prise ? seemingly sudden, when you ?E United St SsEi gggg the balanced plete unity of reffifSwS wi^ giye way First to coi line of tires?a tire for e standard of quality. First to tell the public a tire-retailing. (You remen a legitimate dealer and get First also to arouse ind minds to the need of an competition. (Competition better values. Greater and lie confidence.) * * ' | "HESE high spots along JL road to leadership ind intent?the will to win by ily route in a price market. Now that so many earn have given their verdict for i tires in general, and U.S.I particular?a number of de and car-owners whose vis has been clouded by "di counts," "sales" and what not, are beginning to remember that they "knew V?im a?Kpn VtAvxraa a hnv'* ^United States Tires M| are Good Tires f<S\S^^<S\S<S<S<S<SAS* Where You H, S. Can Buy SHE U. S. Tires: drfarettgs??S a 1 o ! mm They are *? GOOD! BJ_' CON MALONE FOUND NOT GUILTY BY GREENWOOD JURY Pleads Self-Defense.?Was Charged With Murder of Will McIlwaine. Greenwood, Sept. 13.?A verdict of not guilty was returned just before the noon recess today in the case of Con Malone, white, charged w ith the murder of Will Mcllwaine. a white farmer near Salak, on December 7, 1921. The jury was out only a short time. The trial began early this morning. The defendant w*as represented by Grier and Park, the state iby Solicitor H. S. Blackwell. Counsel for Malone clawed self defense. John Mcllwaine, brother of the dead man admitted on the stand that his brother was high tempered when under the influence of liquor, and he adm'tted that they had been drinking. Con Malone exhibited the scar on the left side of his breast where he claimed Mcllwaine stabbed him before he shot 'Mcllwa'ne. The following jury sat upon the case:: E. R. Fickin?, foreman: G. T. Calhoun, J. 0. Towles, C L Walker, George W. Hughes, R. S. Cothran, T. J. Allen, T. C. Beaudrot, L 0 McNinch, B. T. Scago, M. P. Outz, John Ward. Mcllwaine was almost instantly k illed on the afternoon of December 7, 1921, at his home near Salak. He and (brother John lived there alone. John Mclhvaine now lives near Due West. It was alleged at the time '.hat 'n a row between Con Malone and Will Mcllwaine. Will Mcllwaine m when he was *re of us that has not felt the glow of satisj Ing success of a life'long friend I Often "all of a suddenYet neither surprisi: stop to think back over each step of his pr ates Rubber Company?makers ofU. S. were first to conceive, make and announce tire. A tire in which there is such corn* action in tread and carcass that neither before the other* iceive, make and announce a complete very need of price and use under one bout the good and bad in iber the phrase "Go to : a legitimate tire.") I C D?.?l # W* flUJfCII UUIU Inited States ? Rubber I ftV three The Oldett and Largest f "ac torUs Rubber Organisation in (fit World 0 CAMP, Due West. S. C. RARD BROTHERS, Abbevi A had stabbed* Malone in the ehedt and Malone had then shot Mefiwaine. It was reported alt the tmm -M that Tquor had played a part in tibc row though little was known of tbo actual circusmtances of the I Georgia Convention Oct. 4. Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 14?The Georgia Democratic convention will be held in Macon on October 4, for formal ratification of the nonEHMftticns made in yesterday's itate-'wiio primaiy in which Clifford M. Walker, former state's atorney genertS won a decisive victory over Thomas W. Hard wick for the gub er national honors, according ito incompete unofficial returns complied today fety the Atlanta Journal. Arrested for speeding at 64 mSe? an hour thru Deerfield, a <"* suburb, and haled into court, Lmbt. F. Swift, millionaire packer, ?aM the judge he believed the move to provide the village with a new fins truck was noble idea, and he wmHI donate $100. That was tact. The judge smilled accepted the rhrr% '.' **' and discharged the prisoner.?Clipper's Weekly. .. For Your Garden: Turnips, Beets, Rape, J? g Mustard Onion Sets, v ] % \ Lettuce. For Your Farm:, | Crimson Clover, * Vetch, . 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