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Office No. 61. M Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, April 12 L0CA.L AND PERSONAL. Mrs. H. C. Kenney of Johnston is visiting her niece. M?-8. J. N. Schenk. Mrs. W. 0. Cain of Sumter is here visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. S. Rives. Mr. Norwood Cleveland crime down from Greenville in Iiis car and spent the early part of the week in Edgefield. .Mrs. W. H. Harling's mother and sister. Mrs. J. T. Ouzts and Miss Flora Ouzts, of Elmwood, are visiting her. 36-inch deep black taffetta silk, pnre dye and a quality that will give good wear, at 81.25 the yard. Mukashy Bargain House. The regular monthly meeting of the D. A. R.'s will be held at the home of of Mrs. D. B. Hollings worth on Tuesday afternoon April 18, at 4 o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Gunter and Mr. J. T. McManus attended the Sunday school conference of the Co lumbia dictrict which was held at Graniteville Thursday and Friday. Just received a shipment of La dies' Palm Beach suits in all sizes and colors. Weare also expecting another shipment of Wash Skirts this week. Rubenstein. Attention is directed to the fol lowing new advertisements this week: The Corner Store. George L Wriirht, Rubenstein, Mrs. Georgia McKie, Bright & Hughes, .1. 0. Herin. Mr. Stephen D. Miller of Moul trie, Ga., is here spending some time with his sister, Mrs. E. E. Adams, and niece, Mrs. J. L. Mims. This is his first visit to Edgefield since 1876. Hon. B. E. Nicholson. James 0. Sheppard, Esq., and A. S. Tomp kins, Esq., will go to Char leston to-morrow to attend the an nual meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association. Mr. J. T. Harling has purchased the fire insurance business of Har ling :md Byrd. For sometime he has been actively engaged in the insurance business, therefore he is j not without experience. Rev. and Mr?. A. L. Gunter will go to Columbia to-morrow to at tend tin- district conference of the Epworth League. Mr. Gunter will deliver an address before the con f?rence Friday morning. The subject for the coming Sun day in the Presbyterian church is: The use and the abuse of Easter. The text is: "I am the resurrection and the life," showing that Chris tianity is a life and not a form. Mrs. Lucia Latimer, a member of the high school faculty of John ston, came over Friday to Field day exercises and remained with Mrs. M. E. Carwile and Miss Sallie Carwile until Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. T. Littlejohn informed us Friday that the Red Hill school will close Friday, May 12, and that suitable public exercises will be he'd. One or more prominent pub lic men will be invited to make ad dresses. Mr. W. G. Wells was in town Monday ana told us that he will be harvesting a field of fine Ful ghum oats within the next 30 days. He fertilized them well which has hastened maturity of this very early variety. Mrs. J. R. Atkinson- and her charming daughter, Miss Ollie Vir ginia, of Augusta, spent Field day very pleasantly as guests of Mrs. A. A. Edmunds. Mrs. Atkinson left tor Virginia Monday where she will make her home for the present. Millinery. We -?re receiving new goods al jmost daily. We have a complete stock for ladies, misses aud chil dren. We also carry a full line of ladies' genuine Panamas at 81.00 and ?1.5C. Rubenstein. Come in and let us fit you in a pair of Walk-Over Oxfords. Nothing better on the market. Mukashy Bargain House. Full line of Men's and Boys' Spring Hats, both straw and felt, very st.\ tish. Mukashy Bargain House. This morning at 10:30 o'clock, it the Baptist church, Miss Maud Rives and Mr. Bentley Douglas Ward will be united in marriage, ihe Rev. E. Pendieton Jones, D. D. , officiating. Last evening Mrs. J, H. Nicholson, a sister of the bride, entertained the bridal party with a beautiful tea at her home in north Edgefield. Among those who attended the missionary institute of the western division of the South Carolina W. M. U. in Aiken this week were Dr. and Mrs. E. Pendleton Jones, Mrs. Fannie Tompkins, Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman, Mrs. J. W. Peak, Mrs. Abner B. Broadwater, Mrs. A. E. Padgett, Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs. C. E. May, Mrs. C. J. Dennis, Miss Ruth Strom, Miss Ethel Logan, Miss Lallie Peak Miss Frances Jones, Miss Lila Logan, Miss Ruth Lyon, Miss Helen Dorn and Miss Edith Ouzts, Misses Marion and Grace Dobson, Miss Kellah Fair, Miss Julia Folk, Miss Mae Tomp kins, Miss Ruth Timmerman, Miss Natalie Padgett, Miss Ruth Tomp kins. ? ? ? ?_ Off For Market. Mr. E. S. Rives left yesterday for northern markets to purchase a stock of spring dry goods. He has been to market many times and is a buyer of \arge experience. He will make his purchases from the lead ing manufacturers, jobbers and im porters. Within a few days the new goods will begin to arrive. Watch for the announcement from this popular store. Engagement Announced. An approaching marriage in which much genuine interest is be ing taken bv Edgefield people was formally announced a few days ago. We refer to the announcement by Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Tomp kins of the engagement of their sister, Miss Petnla Elethia LaGrone, to .Mr. Frank Stanford Bland, the wedding to take place May 9 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins. Missionary Rally. There will be a rally of the mis sionary societies in the tirst division of the Edgefield association at Beth any church Sunday next, commenc ing at ten o'clock. Every society in the tirst division is requested lo send as large representation as pos sible. An interesting programme bas been arranged for the morning. All societies represented will make reports. The pastor of the church will preach a sermon on the subject of missions in the afternoon. Baptist Revival Services. The revival services to be con ducted by Dr/E. Pendleton Jones in the Baptist church will begin next Sunday morning. During the first week of ihe meeting only one service will be held a day, ihe hour being at 8:15 in the evening. Dr. Jones has requested that no mem ber ot the church let social engage ments conflict with the meeting, and we feel confident that his re quest will be heeded. It is probable that the ladies of the church will hold afternoon prayer meetings in the afternoons during the meeting. Automobile Notes. Dr. J. S. Byrd is the happy pos sessor of a 1010 model Overland. Mr. Abner Broadwater has pur chased a new Case machine. Hon. B. E. Nicholson will soon be rolling down to bis office every morning, having placed au order for a new Ford. Mr. S. E. Morgan is now driving a handsome new Overland car. Dr. W. B. Penn purchased an Overland yesterday. Trenton Young Ladies Graduate In Music. The Advertiser acknowledges re ceipt of the following invitation: Cwker College Carl Jean Tolman, director of music presents Helen Elizabeth Clarke and Martha Moss Harrison in a Senior Piano Recital Thursday evening, April eighteenth nineteen hundred and sixteen at eight thirty O'CIOCK Hartsville, South Caro ' ^a. FOR SALE: Early prolific long staple seed. No wilt in it. Lint sold last fall at 'JOcts. Price 81.5U bushel. R. G. Shannonhouse. 4-2-pd. FOR SALE: Ten Duroc Jersey pigs, eight weeks old -s5.(J0. If 10 weeks old *(>.(J0, subject to regis tration. J. O. Herin. 4-12--J-pd. Judge William Henry Abney of Kentucky. The announcement ofthedeaih of Judge William Henry Abney in Kentucky on December 7, 1915. has brought to The Advertiser re gret at his passing away, but it has also brought back to this journal pleasing recollections of the past. For a year or two prior to the war ?nd during the war he was one of Us most valued contributors. While Arthur Simkins was its editor, he enjoyed publ^hing poetry and prose from young Abney, who like him self, was an accomplished scholar and writer; and when James T. Ba con became the editor in 1863 he too was delighted at anything com ing from his pen. William Henry Abney was born on Saluda river in Edgefield dis trict on June 21, 1837. His father was William Thomas Abney, who was first lieutenant in Capt. Denny's company in the Florida war, and bad been elected senator for Edge field district in the state legislature but he bad not taken his seat when he died in the latter part of the year 1836. His mother waa also an Ab ney. She, Charlotte Madison Abney, was one of the three daughters of William Abney and his wife Bathsheba Pope; and William Ab ney was the third and youngest son of Capt. William Abney of the Revolution and his wife, Mary Clark, who came down from Hali fax county, Virginia, and settled on lands about four miles south of Chappel s ferry on the Saluda granted to him prior to that war. A part of those lands were handed down to their son William and by him to his daughter Charlotte. In the old Abney graveyard there lie the remains of Capt. William, his son William, and their wives and William Thomas. That resting place of the old patriot and hero is just west of the juncture of the road leading from Charleston to Ninety Six fort and the road lead ing from Coleman's Cross roads tj the ferry. William Thomas Abney left two sons, George Henderson and Lu cien Buonaparte and one or two daughters. William Henry was a posthumous son, as we have seen. The yoang -widow, when William Henry was about four years old, was met, admired and won by Col. David Patten of Kentucky, who took her and her children to his home in Fleming county in that slate. William A. Strother bought their lands on the Saluda, and the money going to her children re mained in the hands of guardians there, he becoming the guardian of Willigm Henry. When the war with Mexico was declared, George Henderson, then only nineteen years old, joined a company in Kentucky, but his step father and mother, on account of bis youth, would not consent to his going and his name was taken off the rolls. He came back to South Carolina and joined Capt. Preston S. Brook's company. Again, how ever, the youth's military ardor was nipped in the bud. This time, his guardian. Richard Coleman, inter vened and objected. Not to be out done, the embryonic soldier passed over to Newberry district and join ed its company commanded by Capt, James B. Williams and went on to the war as a corporal. In sev eral of the battles, he was dis tinguished for gallantry. He came back to Saluda at the end of the war bearing the wounds he had re ceived. That endeared him to his people, and not lougj afterwards he was married to Ann Griffith, the daughter of William Griffith, one of the substantial citizens and plant ers on that side of the district. A few years more passed, and then he and his young wife went to Ala bama, where he planted and accu mulated a goodly fortune, when the civil war came on. He fought through that again to the end. In the cavalry sent by that state, of which he was an officer, none bore himself more valiently; and he did not escape the marks that dis tinguished the hero. After the smoke of battle had cleared away, and he returned to his desolate home, he could not bear the scene, and went with his devoted wife to lands near Clay, Miss., to begin life anew. There his wife died in 191U, but he still lives at the ripe age of 88 or 89, one of the two or three surviv ing members of the Palmetto regi ment. The last survivor will receive the Andrew Jackson cup. Lucien Buonaparte became a physician and married in Kentucky. ? He died only a few years ago and sleeps in the beautiful cemetery at Elizaville, of which he was one of the founders. William Henry was a precocious youth. After he had studied in the academy of his new home, his ruolhei cast about to lind a good place for him to begin his collegi ate course. Her mind turned back to South Carolina. Chief Justice / .lohn IK- i-m U*N?'.al l):nl marrit Helen P M?", lb* *i>ter of her moll er; ?nd who i" l??*r native stale be ter th ni h?! io nonsuit? The resu was, lb'1 yniilli was sent back lo th slate and ptaifri in an institution ( learning Ihi-n bloated at Lexingtoi which was afterwards removed t Newberry and became New bor r college. The idea seemed to hav been, that after a course of pre pan lion at Lexington, the boy woul lie entered in the South Carolin college at Columbia, of which ih Chief Justice was a graduate. Bu after a year or two's successfi study at Lexington, he went ban] to Kentucky to see his mother. Fo some reason, the plan as to hi education was changed and he wa entered in Centre college at Dar ville, Ky., where he studied fo some years; ami next he was enter ed in the college at. Greencastle Ind., now known as De Pauw uni versity. After his college course wa finished, he attended law lecture for awhile, and then returned ti South Carolina io study in thi office of his kinsman Joseph Abney at Edgefield, and to be admitted tc the bar of this state. That was ii 1S57 or 1858. After diligent study he ?as admitted to the bar of th< common law courts at Columbia it 1859 and to the bar of the equity courts a little later. While a stu dent here, he participated in tl? gaities of youth. He was an excel lent player of the guitar. He wa? amiable and made many friends With it all, he was a member ol the literary club and an omniverout reader, and remembered to advan tage what he read. By many ht was considered a genius. Soon the war came on; and in January 1861, he enlisted in '*Thi Edgetield Riflemen," a company ol which his friend Cicero Adams wai Captain. The ladies presented thc company ?vith a flag of heavy blue silk. On one side was the large lone star of the state; and on the reverse side was the palmetto tree with the shields of the state at the base and the coiled rattlesnake. The call then was for troops to serve six months. The brave young men hied away to Charleston. Our editor, 0?1. Sim kins, then wrote them: "The very noblest company of young men we have ever seen organized, left this village on Sunday for Charleston." Once there, the company was in corporaied in the first regiment of Sou'!. Carolina volunteers, cora majnded by Col. Mazcy Gregg. They witnessed the fall of Fort Sumter. That being accomplished, the regi ment went on to Virginia. William Henry Abney with it; and he par ticipated in the battle of Vienna, the first one of the war. It was said at the time tiiat he bore himself with great coolness and gallant^'. At the end of the term of service his company was bisbanded; and he returned to Edgetield, ill with fe ver. He afterwards attached him self to Capt. Ira Crom ley's compa ny of the Saluda side of the dis trict and accompanied it to Colum bia; but his strength was not re stored and he had to return. On the formation of a battalion of Sharp shooters, of which Joseph Abney was made major, he was tendered the position of ordinance sergeant of the battalion and accepted it and went again to the war with it. Afterwards he was transferred to the position of ordinance sergeant of forces known as the 2nd regi ment of South Carolina artillery. He was with the regiment at Se cession vii le, James Island. Artillery duels with the enemy there lasted many months. After the evacuation of Charleston, he accompanied the the 2nd artillery, in Elliott's brig ade, into North Carolina and was in the battles of Avervsboro and Bentonville, and served until the surrender at Guilford court house. In all this he had been distinguish ed for his courage and bravery; and then he did not feel that he could formally surrender. Some of his comrades in company K felt the same way. They chose him to lead them back to South Carolina; and he did it. lu hts words, they "fully accepted the conditions;" but they "preferred to go home, as they were." Old soldiers will understand j thal feeling. While he was away in the army he wrote back communications for this journal and some for the Ham- ! burg Republican, The Lexington Telegraph, the Charlesten Mercury, the Charleston Cornier, the Colum bia Courant, the Mobile Register and the Richmond Examiner. He wielded a facile pen. At the close of the war, Edge field district and the state were overrun by northern soldiery. There was nothing to detain our friend or induce him to settle here for the practice of his profession of the law. All here was gloom. So, he re turned to Kentucky. In 1870 he was elected judge of the county and quarter sessions court; but he work ed too much, and in 1872 his health Practical Baking powders i phosphate may be bo than Royal Baking Po from cream of tartar, Alum powders are they differ greatly in le If a cheap baking ] fine cake and the cak there is a waste of co more than a whole cs ing powder. Royal Baking Po finest food, and its use an actual saving. rave way, and he retired from the >encb. It was never restored; but he inhered all these years. He was all he while interested in literature, ^.s long as life lasted he was able o indulge in reading; and that he njoyed to the end. He was par icularly fond of the French lan gage; and he became a fine French cholar as some of his letters in hat language attest. Although some >f his writings were published in ?Jen. D. H. Hill's magazine, "Thu and we love," and in some other ournals and magazines like the literary Eclectic. He never publish id a book. It is a fact that some of he most brilliant writers do not eave their productions in book orin. We often regret that Arthur Minkins and James T. Bacon left io book. Had they done so what a reat it, would be fer us to read hem! We are glad to know that Judge \bney lived to a ripe old age and ;ould enjoy some things in it des lite his ailments. Peace bc unto his ;shes. GO NO FARTHER. The Evidence is at Your Door. Edgefield proof is what you want md the statement of th's highly re jected resident will banish all lonbt. T J Paul, proprietor of garage, Teter street, Edgefield, says: "?My ;rouble was brought on by being on my feet continu illy. I had a dull pain in my back and I tired easily. When I was on my feet for any ength of time, my back got sore md stiff. My rest was broken at light, as the kidney secretions were oo frequent in passage, causing rae .o get up a number of times. Three boxes of Doan'fl kidney pills, pro mred at Penn tfc Holstein's drug store, cured the backache and other symptoms of kidney trouble." Price ?Oc, at all dealerr. Don't limply ask for a kidney remedy ret Doan's kidney pill-the same hat Mr. Paul had. FosterMilburn :o.. Props, Buffalo, N. Y. An Ideal Spring Laxative. A good and time tried remedy is Jr. King's New Life Pills. Thc hst dose will move the sluggish jowels, stimulate the liver and clear he system of waste and blood im mrities. You owe it to yourself o clear the system cf body poisons, ccumulat?d during the winter. Dr. Cing's New Life Pills do it. 25c. t your Druggist. 1 1916--SPR: Winter is now behind us i time is upon us. We must ter garments and don thos season. We have anticipate by purchasing, while in XCA beau ti lui stock Spring Dry C thing new; nothing has bet season. By going to market in pe to the best advantage, gettir lowest possible price. Goo advanced since ours arrived, need for the spring in wash the late fabrics and newest c stock of Notions is filled wit We are also showing all Spring Footwear. The new hand for tile men, women ar ROYAL BAKING New \ J. R. A. Tiade from alum or ught for a trifle less wder, which is made derived from grapes. ! not only cheap, but avening power. powder is used for a e turns out a failure stly materials worth tn of the cheap bak wder produces the therefore, results in Negro Fair Movement Started. The promoters of the county col ored fair, J. S. Karney and J. H. Cbeatham, held a meeting as ap pointed at Trinity A. M. E. church, April 8, with quite a large attend ance of representative and progres sive farmers from all parts of the county. Tbe association was temporarily organized with J. S. Raruey as chairman and B. B. Yeldell as sec retary. There were addresses from sev eral, among them being the Rev. Richard Carroll who spoke along lines advising the members to seek the advice and co operation of their white friends and neighbors in this movement. After enrollment of membership the following commit tee was appointed on by-laws and constitution: Revs. M A Adams, F A Weaver, C Dobey, M G Mobley, E Z Boyce, Prof. ? W Nicholson, .1 l-l Cbeatham. J Q Bouhan, Wm. H Holloway, Prince Adams, Sher man bim ki ns, B B Yeldell, Wm. Andrews, Zack Simmons, Col. West Oliphant, J S Ramey. The committee will report at the next meeting which will be held in Edgeiield Saturday, May t?, at Trinity A. M. E. church at 2 p. m. for permanent organization. The books will open at this meeting to all who desire to take stock. We ad vise all who desire to take shares to attend this meeting. No time to lose. Fair will be held next fall. Every body is invited. J. S. Ramey, Chairman. B. B. Yeldell, Secretary. Dangers of Draft. Drafts feel best when we are hot and perspiring, just when they are most dangerous and the result is Neuralgia, Stiff Neck, Sore Muscles or sometimes an attack of Rheuma tism. In such cases apply Sloan's Liniment. It stimulates circulation to the sore and painful part. The blood Hows freely and in a short time the stiffness and pain leaves. Those suffering from Neuralgia or Neuralgic Headache will find one or two applications of Sloan's Lini ment will give grateful relief. The agonizing pain gives way to a ting ling sensation of comfort and warmth and quiet rest and sleep is possible. Good for Neuritis too. Price 25c. at your Dru<r{rist. 1 FOR SALE: A number of pigs and shoats, ranging in size from small pigs to 60 pound each; also White Leghorn eggs for hatching, pure strain, 75 cents for 15 eggs. M. C. Parker, Edgetield, S. C. 4-5-3t. ?NG-1916 ind the glad, happy spring now lay aside heavy win e suited to the change of ;d the needs of our patrons v York some weeks ago, a ioods and Notions-every 3n brought over from last :rson we were able to buy ig the best offerings at the ds along many lines have It matters not what you goods of ali kinds, in all olors we have them Our h the newest novelties. of the popular things in r lasts and leathers are on id children. POWDER CO. rork