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7 ' ~ p %%%%*% %%* I Beginnin: \ Ha $ liu I STL ? Begii 1 25 pt r Gowns, Pants, F I Had A c% Local Items I fr m A Pleasant Keception. wi The reception given by the Civic Club last Thursday in theH- rooms over Philson *n & Henry's store, was a success in every I way. A large crowd of ladies called dur- bt ing the afternoon and the time was pleas- bi antly spent in conversation. ve Tea was served by Mrs. J. F. Bradley, fu and the hostesses for the afternoon were : e\ Mrs. C. H. McMurray, Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Mrs. Foster McLane, Mrs. J. L. Mc- Wj Mlllan, Miss Jessie Hill, Mrs. A. M. Stone ar and Mrs. D. A. Rogers. w; The cakes exhibited by the young: ladies of the ninth grade of tbe High School who h? make up the cooking class of the Club, were lovely and received the highest praise from the Club and the visiting friends. Mrs. McMillan was Instructor In for the cake lesson. lir The Sturkey Cases. da Referee H. C. Tillman, of Greenwood, was In Abbeville Friday, holding refer- w< ences in the matter of M. L. B. Sturkey 1 and the Sturkey Co.. bankrupts. Claims he were proved and the bankrupt examined. Ti Mr. Robert S. Owens was elected Trustee of the estate of Mr. Sturkey, but thecred- w< itors failed to elect a trustee of the estate lai of the .Company. Mr. Tillman took the I matter under advisement and later named g, D. H. Hill trustee of the Company's af- w fairs. Mr. J. Moore Mars is attorney for or both trustees. Among: those who attend- he ed the references were Mr. Holland, of the 'Chase City Wagon Works, Mr. E. E. ^ Hughes, of the Hughes Buggy Co., Lynchburg, Va., Mr. W. W. Wardlaw, of Troy, representing the Union Guaco Co., and ^ Messrs. J. B. Dawson, J. T. Martin, C. E- UI Rankin, J. E. Britt and Mr. Hardy, of McCormick. in Abbeville People Entertain. w Mrs. J. B. Doty, of Winnsboro. entertained the Cultus Club last Friday afternoon. Her attractive bungalow was taste- a fully decorated in pot plants and japonicas. Late in the afternoon a sumptuous y< course luncheon was served.?WinnBboro It; Herald and News. ia A New Society. h< p< A Junior Missionary 8ociety was organ- 8j Ized in the Methodist church last Sabbath. cl Twelve members were enrolled and the |jj following officers elected : Miss Eugenia in Coleman, President; Miss Clara Harrison, Secretary; and Miss Lucy Syfan, Treasurer. m ^ U in Off to Market. dt ?r- "xtr rv T)?i ilil . nr. JJ. VYij&uLi itribiu&L lUi jl> u.itlmore and New York, where he goes to f CL buy the latest style goods. F) Delayed Valentines. st M Born?At Greenville, S. C., February 15th, to Mr. ond Mrs. Charles A. Balllnger, twin boys. Mrs. Ballenger Is well known here as Miss Grace Mlnshall. th Mrs. T. J. Lyon entertained three tables 5, at Bridge last week complimentary to her jj( sister, Mrs. P. P. Burns. The party was ^ out of the ordinary, in that so many orig- yj inal ideas were introduced. Delightful refreshments were served at the close of jj the games. Mrs. J. B. Doty is here from Winnsboro for a visit to her mother, Mrs. Frank Heu7 ry. She is accompanied by her fine young " son, who looks out on life with the wise in eyes of five months. It is about time for some bright man to w remark that he doesn't plant his potatoes In the moon, but in the ground. W Miss Durden has returned to Abbeville after a pleasant rest and has resumed her vl usual work at the opera house. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Cheatham were in m the city Sunday shaking hands with their & friends and visiting homefolks. Mr. Cheat- t* ham is pleased with his work in Atlanta. Miss Florence Bradford was in town 01 Saturday with her friend Miss Bessie Lee w Cheatham. w ^ * J * rt'iiiMrfin r ? 1 "' v m 1 g February ddoi \ A GREA /i o an ining next MOND^ ?r cen i . ? . \ Winces Slips, Skirt don -VJ muuuu Mrs. L. T. Miller, of Darlington, has sen in the city for the past week staying r Ith relatives and friends. She returned h inday from a visit of several days tp lends in Due West. g Comptroller-General A. W. Jones came -h ) from Columbia Saturday and stopped g Ith his son, F. B. Jones, over Sunday. rt Prof. Haddon, of the Sharon school, was r< town Saturday. Cotton is selling for a good price in Ab- n< iville and our merchants are doing suoh *c isiness as they should have had in Ifoimber and December. The Square was fc 11 of cotton Friday and Saturday and ai erybody was happy. Dr. "R. W. Alnxandftr. of Wllllamston. tl as on our streets last Friday. Dr. Alexider made many friends here last fall 8] ben be preached in the Baptist church. Chief Justice and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary j, ive been in Atlanta for the past week. fs Automobiles from different sections of fr e [county were in town Saturday, showg the roads to be In better shape. Two w jeks of good weather will bring on a fine ie of profanity about the dust. Mr. John B. Tarrant and his charming 8fc .ughter, Miss Gladys Tarrant, of Mt.jjj irmel, were in the city shopping last p< ?ek. id Capt. Bedd, Superintendent of the Caliun Falls Mills, was on our streets last ed lesday. Messrs. E. J. Huckabee and John Phillips So are down from Lowndsville on business W st Wednesday.' Hon. Melvin J. Ashley was down fro n he onea Path Saturday seeing: his friends, e made the trip in his car. He has only le arm, but can run his car and raise his G it to the ladles at the same time. hi Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson of the Level md section were in town Wednesday. ^ Gapt. G. N. Nickles was down from Due ,j{ est for Fertilizer and Economy day, Sat- . rday. le Mr. Walter Andrews, of Wlllington, was town lust week seeing his friends. fr Magistrate A. R. Ellis and Mrs. Ellis a ere in town Saturday. j( Me6sre. J. D. Branyon and L. E. Pratt, of ie Cave section, were in town on business st week. Mr. M. Clarence Pennel, a progressive in Dung man of the Fairs Bridge communy, was looking arter business In town e] st week. About half of the White Way lights p ive been put in up Main street. The jsts are of iron and are of artistic de- u gn. This good work is greatly to the ^ edit of Superintendent Anderson. The ?hts on the Square are the handsomest f-.h? St-.Afft. JJ Col. W. W. Visanska, who (one of his adirers 6aid) wrote the Constitution of the nited States, and who is an [able lawyer ei Atlanta, visited the home people Saturly and Sunday. S1 Eobert Poole, a handsome young man f( om Newberry, spent the week-end in the ty, the guest of his sister, Miss. Mary ranees Poole. ii Mrs. George Pettigru, of Due West, >ent Sunday in the city with her parents, ri r. and Mrs. G. W. Byfan, in Fort Pickens. 11 Miss Mary Grace "Wilson, of Watts, was ? ie guest of Miss Kate Haskell last Fri- A iy and attended the Valentine party at B, ie school house Friday night. ^ Mr. Julius M. Visanska, an Abbeville sy, who is now a leading merchant and lsiness man or unarieston, ana one ol ttl iat city's most progressive citizens, is w siting his father, Mr. G. A. Yisanska. w Mr. W. W. Bradley has returned from ^ t. Carmei, where he went to take tax re- ^ irns for Auditor Sondley. h Messrs. Albert Power and George and j-, ester Ferguson, represented Antreville Abbeville one day last week. " Mrs. Lillian M. Pascal, of Mt. Carmei, as in the city on business last week. Mr. David Haddon was down from Due 'est on business this week. T Mr. B. B. Pace was a visitor from Antrelle this week. u hi According to the new law in Alabama, a an can only order one quart of whiskey ^ month. This will make it a long time >tween drinks for sure. Bread is going up to six cents a loaf all C( rer the country. Beans and corn bread ra ill soon be all the style down here, so fe hy worry ? llson C The friends of Mrs. Henry DuPre will egret to know that she is quite sick at M er home on Main street. The Valentine Party given by the Ninth H rade at the Graded School last Friday cj as a success in every way and reflected reat credit on the young people who aringed the program. Twenty dollars was w jalized. Mrs. James W. White left Monday after- si son for Chester, where she gees for med- w al treatment.1 a Mr. L. C. Martin has moved back to his gj trm in the country and will plant cotton ad corn this year. Mr. Earle Jones spent several days in p< le city last week. te Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shiver and Sam, Jr., jent several days in Atlanta last week. J. Walter Clamp, of Honea Path, and Ni 3sh N. Ashley, of Level Land, two good f0 irmers, discussed the price of cotton in ont or Kellfer's store yesterday. Col. Pottle, of the Brotherhood Wine Co., ^ as in the city Tuesday, to the delight of Cc s many admiring friends. i Mr. Jamieson, of the New Eureka, is of 111 Improving. His friends hope to see In m on the streets in a few days. Col, de >ttle brought him a bottle of good med- Ti Ine. mi Mr. D. P. Hannah, of Long Cane, attend- ^ . the Farmers' meeting Saturday. ^ Bellevue was represented in the city turday by Mr. J. U. Wardlaw and Mr ill Morrow. John G. Carlisle, ef Calhonn Falls, was ire Tuesday. tei j Dr John Lyon came up Sunday from ^ reenwood and spent the day with gp Is mother. Ba Messrs. John U. Wardlaw and W. D. bis T>l| orrah were up from Bellevue Saturtin \y attending the Fertilizer day and ^ arnlng how to farm W. Mrs. J. W.. Wideman cam* down ?r om Due West last week and spent ' day or two with her sister, Mrs. 3hn Lyon. Miss Mary Quarles Link and Miss 1 nry Smith are in Spartanburg visitig friends. gjr Conductor Saip Seal does not get 1 aough riding on his train on the eaboard so he has . invested in a ord automobile and will "burn 'em aj] 0" on the public highways as soon as u, le roads "get good." tu Mrs. Mary Kennedy has returned om a two weeks' stay in the country. = er many friends sympathize with er sincerely in the death of her mothv p, Mrs. Hanvey. Paul Kennedy has returned to his tudies at Clemson, after being out )r some time with a broken collarone. Mr. William Banks, has gone back lto the newspaper business, having jcently assumed editorial managp-. tent of the Columbia Rocord. M^r. anks is well and favorably known in bbeville and his friends wi3h him nccess. Mr. Banks is a brother of :rs. Allen Long. Mrs. Frank W. Wilson, of Watts ad Mrs. L. T. Miller, of Darlington, ere the guests for several days last eek, of Miss Maggie Brooks. Mrs. Liner went to uue west wuue una. Wilson remained over and was the onored guest at the meeting of tho aughters of the Confederacy and at le Civic Club reception. Wells Riley, who is so well rememsred in Abbeville, was here with the ropsy Turvy Honeymoon" show last hursday. J. L. Manning was up from Cal sun Falls Saturday on business. Mr. and A. Lee spent Sunly in Elberton.v; ^, Mrs. W. O. Crpmer came In from the mntry last and attended the eeting of the Daughters of the Conderacy. Capt. Dlbert ftelraou, u prominent :_:v ; ."wt" - . f Isoi iHTER f SLIJS L. n At \4>c ii. will sell without r< s, Taffetas, Crepe d * UNDER ; your opportunity ;o, wyer of Columbia, was in the city onday. Mi. S. J. Hester, of Hester and J. T. ester, of Mt Carmel, were in the ty Monday on business. Mr. Mark W. Speer, of Lowiidesville as a visitor to the city Monday. The "Topsy Turvy HoneyMoon" low at the Opera House Thursday as a pretty good show and deserved better housie. The orchestra was at rlaaa Mrs. Bauknight, from." Irmo, is ex- ! ?cted in the city Friday for an exnded visit to her qon, Mattison Baukght, in Fort Pickens Mr. W. H. White left this week for, ew York and Baltimore to buy goods ( r the Spring trade. [rs. Eugene?. Gary Bereaved. ( >lurabia Record. Chief Justice and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary Abbeville, who have numerous relatives Columbia, have been bereaved in the ath Sunday of Mrs. Gary's father, Hiram isten, aged 36/ Mr. Tusten bad been iking his home with his other daughter, rs. W. W. Bradley, who also has many ends In Columbia. Arrivals at The Eureka. rbe following South Carolinians regis ed at The Eureka during the past week: r. W. Butler, S. C.: C. C. Ceash, Spartanrg; J. P. Lear, 8. C.; M. J. Shoemaker, artmburg; D. J. Welborn, S. C.; J. C. i japey, Columbia; E. J. Jenkins, Cioluml; M. L. B. Siurkey. McCormick; W. A. ley, Greenw>x>d; J. E. Britt, J. T. Mari, V. T. Haidie, J. S. Strom, J. B. Daw- * l, McCormick; A. T. Cox, J.T.Crawford, W. Wardlaw, Troy; H. C. Tillman, eenwood; H. B. Blakeley, Due "West; E. Daniel, Spartanburg. The Benevolent Society. Che Benevolent (Society will meet this { ?rnoon at the Methodist church at half | ?r four o'clock. A full meeting is de- ] ed. Mrs. S. C. Seal, Fres. klrs. T. H. Furraan, Sec. ( See Mary Pickford, the favorite of ! I picture actresses, at the Opera Duse Friday night in a five reel feare picture, "The Eagle's Mate.' I Notice to T For the Purpose of Accomxr Matter of Making thei vigil; the Places Ment: Dates Indicate( ALL RETUJRN8 must be mad ty returned at its market value. Persons not making their retu: February 20, 1915, are liable to a pen wili be enforced against delinquents tofoie has put a premium on neglect mi A. ? _ * Anm f/xl xne reiurua ui iuuec wuu uuuju Township and County Boards, wh come in after the meeting of the Boa Thia enforcement of this 50 per cent. Employers are requested to retui tifyiag them and getting a stutemenl Returns will not be taken by ma some proper officer All improvem must be reported to the Auditor. My Appointments are as I rrMAn/|AVf "c\ UIUUUU1J raiio, xucouajr, x-< Lowndesville, Wednesday Mt. Carmel, Friday, Feb. 5, Willlngton, Tuesday, Feb J Bordeaux, Wednesday, Fel McCormicfe, Thursday and Donalds, Monday and Tuet Due West, Wednesday and E. A. Patterson will takeretui BICHARD SOMJLEY, An 1 ' ^viuunnv Beginn rCoi SALE FO] ViXUJL Sale will clo I eserve our entire sto e Chine, etc. All ne WEAR to get staple goods Abtx A A A A A A AA AA Ail f WWWWWW W W W -w W 1 Notice to the Public i i R. KIRKWOOD j Mrs. Kirkwood | HAVE OPENED UP A JEWELRY and OPTICAL I | Office next door to the Candy Kitchen. | E R. KIRKWOOD 1 of over 20 years experience repairing | Watches, Clocks, Jewelry ???? Spectacles I MRS. KIRKWOOD, Graduate Optometrist, will be in charge of the Optical Department to examine the EYES and FIT GLASSES. [ = All work guaranteed and as low as 1 3rat class work can be done for. We Respectfully Solicit a Share of Your Patronage I Beady to Serve You. With twenty-seven years experience as Magistrate, and a recent appointment as Notary Public, I am now prepared\to do iny kind of civil work. Speelal attention fiven to Collections, Distress Warrants, Deeds, Contracts, Wills, Mortgages, Real Estate and Auctions. No charge unless jollectlons are made. All charges reasonable. No fees for legal advice, or marriige service. Office in rear of Peoples Bank, Phone 186. M. E. HOLLING8WORTH, Vnforrr PiihliA R. fl. ax Payers. iodating the Public in the r Tax Returns, I will ioned Below on the 1 in Schedule. e under oath, of personal properrnp between January 1,1915, and alty of 50 per cent. This penalty ; for the failure to enforce It here- ft of the law. ? rm to the law are placed before the He those who disregard the law irds and return to suit themselves. penalty will correct this evil. rn all of their employees after not of their property. * il uuless they are sworn to before leotn or any transfer of real estate 'ollows: 3b. 2. and Thursday Feb. 3 and 4. ' mo in tbe 3. 10. Friday, Feb. 11 and 12. }day, Feb. 15 and 16. Thursday, Feb. 17 and 18. ;ns at Antreville. iditor, Abbeville Connty ph. mpany i R GASH 1 se on FEBRUARY 28th. ]9j ck of Silks, consisting of Mesa- 9 w goods at 25 per cent, discount 9 at 25 per cent, discount for Ca^h jfl sville, S. C. I Rayo Makes Reading H A Pleasure fw THE full mellow glow of the Rayo Lomprests ||9 your eyes and makes reading: a pleasure. The ' I M absence of glare and harshness will be a distinct relief to you. It is this quality that causes scientists to ' recommend the toft light of the oil lamp. The .tSfl JSayb lamp Si the highest point of per- fjlB fection in oil lamps. No f glare, no flicker, correct Rayo Lamps are easy to light and care for. Inez- 'f|f[ pensive?y?t the best light at any pride. IJfl Your dealer will be glad-to showyou the Rayo. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Wukiafton, D* C. (NEW JERSEY) ttaWfcH-t . \ ~-mKM _ BALTIMORE 9 Cigars Candy ^ Speed's Drug Store. ||| Phone 18. fl Always 'Ready to Serve You. Jl Stationery Toilet Goods} II SAVING YOUR COLLARS | Jfr This ia the machine we have juBt installed to launder your collars. It is tl st modern machine made. We dampen the edge so that it folds e ^ yjaa 1 a i - - - - "* ixi wuatulima steam chest so that it has a round, smoom euge ?uu aui? oe between the outer and inner edges to permit the tie to slip easily. .^9 This saves wear and tear on your collars and gives you that set and ich is desired and admired. Phone us to call for your next bundle. Abbeville Steam Laundry I oaoM-S Phoneme 15th 11-Wl T SLAIJC id MU i\, FEBRUARY I5I t. Off We ''nej MUSLI1 s, etc. This will bt