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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
A WEEK OF PRAYER.

The usual week of prayer is being
held in the Presbyterian church this
week. This is a custom the Presby-
terians have long observed, to de-
vote the first week in the year to
prayer. The services are conducted
b ythe different members of the
by the different members of the
were led by DR.. F. E. Harrison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
ENTERTAINED AT DINNER.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Morrah and
Mr.. John U. Wardlaw were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Brad
ley at dinner last Monday night.
They came in from Bellevue for the
occasion. Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Mil
Ter, of New York, and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. D. Kerr, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Stark were also guests at this pleas
ant affair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
BIRTHDAYS AND SWEETHEARTS

Messrs John and Victor Lomax
and Arthur Link went up to Ander-
son last week as the guests of Miss
Bessie Cochran, who entertained at
a delightful dinner party in honor of
her friend, Miss Cleo Bailey's birth
day. The day was a delightful one
and the young men from Abbeville
think that Anderson is the place to
60 for birthday dinners and sweet
hearts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
A NEW PAPER.

Rumor has it that Mccormick will
have another newspaper very short
ly. Parties interested in the enter
prise have applied to the Secretary
of State for a charter. 1t is ex-
pected that the new company will
commence the publication of their
paper about the time the new coun-
ty begins operations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
BACK WITH PHILSON & HENRY.

The many people whom she has
served so pleasantly and competent
ly, will be pleased to know that Mrs.
George Penney is back with Philson
& Henry for the Spring season. She
is being greeted with many cheering
remarks and every n is glad to
have her back up street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

FtYday by the news
of the Serious fitness of his brother,
Mr.. Jeff Coleman. He returned to
Abbeville Monday leaving the sick
man better.
Prof. R. B. CheathaEa went down
to Columbia last Friday to attend
the meeting of the State Superin-
tendents of Public Schools. He was
back in time for the opening of
school Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Wier, of Athens,
were in Abbeville last as the guests
of Mr.. Joel Morse. Mr.. Wier's
father lived in Abbeville many years
ago and many people here are glad
to know and greet the son.
Miss Lillian ~Swetenberg spent a
part of the holidays with friends at
Peaks. She returned to Abbeville
in time for the opening of school,
being one of the competent young
teachers in the Graded School.
DR.. G. A. Neuffer went up to
Greenville last Sabbath to see Mrs.
Goldsmith, who is quite sick. MI.
Goldsmith is we'll known in Abbeville
and his friends hope that his wife
will soon be restored to health.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Stack and Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Miller, of Monroe,
who have been in Abbeville for the
Christmas holidays, have returned to
their homes. These young people
had a pleasant time and their many
friends were glad to have them home.
The Misses McLane, who have
been in the city visiting Miss Ruth
McLane, have returned to Agnes
Scott College and resumed their stu
dies. They are attractive young
ladies and have had a delightful
time in Abbeville.
Mrs. C. A. Creech, of Four Oaks,
N. c., is in the city for a visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hollingsworth.
Mrs. Creech is well known here as
Miss Corrie Hollingsworth, and her
many friends are glad to have her
come back to Abbeville. Mrs. Creech
is accompanied by a handsome young
baby.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
A VISITOR.

Prof. l.. w. Dick came up from
Huntsville last week and visited
among his friends for several days.
He left Saturday for Columbia,
where he went to attend the meeting
of the State superintendent of Pub
lie Schools.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
II BRIDGE CLUB,

The regular meeting of the bridge
club will be held Friday afternoon,
at half past three o'clock, Mrs. G..
A. Neuffer entertaining at her home
on North Main Street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

The arrivals at the Ottaray Hotel
in Greenville last week contained the
names of Messrs. w. M. Sherard, j.
w. Homer and j. M. Nickles, all of
Abbeyille.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
GOING TO WASHINGTON.

Congressman and Mrs. Wyatt
Aiken and their family of interesting
children are leaving this week for
Washington, where they will make
their home during the present session
of Congress. Mrs. Aiken's friends
see her 90 with regret.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
D. A. r. MEETING.

The Andrew Hamilton Chapter of
D. A. R., will hold the first meeting
of the New Year with Miss Antoi-
nette Russell, Wednesday, January
the 5th, at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. J. R. Lawson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
u. D. C.. MEETING.

The Abbeville Chapter U. D. c.,
will meet Saturday afternoon, Jan.
g., at 4 o'clock, with Miss Mae Rob-
ertson. Notice change in date.
Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Pres.
Mrs. J. Howard Moore, Rec. Sec.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Hall, of Cal
houn Falls, were in the city this week
shopping.
The young people who came home
for the holidays are getting back to
their different schools and colleges
and the old town is taking on its &C
custimed quiet look. Misses Sarah
Haskell and Marion Mabry are two
of the bright young ladies who re-
turned to Winthrop Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tillman and
their two interesting children were
in the city from Greenwood, Sunday
afternoon spending a while with Mr.,
and Mrs. J. S. Stark, and seeing Miss
Annie Rogers, who is in the city from
Chicago, and who was a school friend
of Mrs. Tillman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hagermar
came to Abbeville last Friday from
Philadelphia, where they have been
on their honeymoon, and spent the
New Year with the family of Mrs
John Harris. Mr.. Hagerman left
Sunday for Wilmington, where he
had business, and Mrs. Hagerman re
manned in Abbeville until today. Hel
friends were delighted to have hel
back for a little visit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

Miss Gertrude Bell is in the city
from L~owndesville and is Vlsltlng
Miss Helen Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Jones have
moved into the cottage belonging to
Mr.. W. H. Long, on Ellis Street.
MI. Wardlaw Lyon is here from
Greenville and is shaking hands with
all his old friends and school mates.
Miss Annie Cochran returned to
Atlanta Sunday, after a weeks vlslt
with her mother, Mrs. R. H. Cochran.
Misses Mary Aiken and Margaret
Perrin have returned to Anderson,
where they are attending Anderson
college.
Mr. Tom Evans has returned to his
home in Philadelphia, after spending
the holidays with his sister, Mrs. r.
B. Gary.
Mrs. F. M. Welsh and children, OF
Monroe, N. c., spent a few days last
week her with MI. and Mrs. w. u.
,Barksdale.
Miss Sarah Haskell went over to
Greenwood last Thursday and spent
the day with her friend, Miss Lucia
FeatherStone.
Mrs. George Gambrell returned
Tuesday form Cussara, Ala, where
she went to spend the holidays with
her home people.
Miss Withers has returned from
Chester and is nursing the little
Reilly child who is quite sick at the
home of Mrs. Gary.
Mrs. DR.. Pope has returned to her
home Kinards, after a pleasant visit
to her parents, Chief Justice and
Mrs. Eugene B. Gary.
Mr.. Percy Miller left Tuesday for
his home in New York. Mrs. Miller
and young Marston Miller, will re-
main in Abbeville for a month.
The friends of Mrs. John M. Gam
brell will regret to know that she IS
quite sick with grip at her home on
Lower Main street, and hope soon to
see her out.
Miss Crowther and Miss Gladys
Norris, of Antreville, passed through
Abbeville last Monday taking the
train for Rock Hill, where they are
attending Winthrop.
Miss Georgia Edwards returned to
Winthrop College Tuesday night, af-
ter a pleasant vacation spent at
home. Miss Georgia is secretary to
President Johnson.
Miss Mae Welborn went up to An
deron and spent Sunday with friends.
Miss Welborn is the pretty and ac-
commodating young lady who serves
the people in the post office.
Miss Mary Greene and Miss Rachel
Minshall went over to Greenwood
last Thursday and spent until Satur-
day with Miss Annie Laurie Andrews
kER B~allRngsr.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

Mrs. F. M. Welsh and children, of
Monroe, N. c., spent a few days last
week her with Mr.. and Mrs. w. u.
Barksdale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

Mr. Tom Evans has returned to his
home in Philadelphia, after spending
the holidays with his sister, Mrs. F.
3. Gary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Hall, of Cal
houn Falls, were in the city this week
shopping.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

Miss Sarah Haskell went over to
Greenwood last Thursday and spent
the day with her friend, Miss Lucia
FeatherStone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

Mrs. George Gambrell returned
Tuesday form Cussara, Ala, where
she went to spend the holidays with
her home people.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
PLANTS HAVE CRITICAL
STAGES EARLY IN LIFE
Need Available Food Then to
Mature High Quality Product.

There are certain stages during tho
growth of crops which may be called
critical periods. Adverse conditions at
such times seriously tnjure the plants,
cut down yields and impair the quality
Of the product. For the small grains
the time from a few days before the
flowers open until the kernels are fully
filled and begin to solidify is the criti
cal period. The tiny grain kernels
have just been started at this period
and require careful nourishing with
proper plant food if they are to mature
into first class grain.
The critical period for corn occurs at
the time when the pollen begins to
drop upon the silks. For potatoes the
period between the time when the tiny
tubers first begin to set until they are
fully grown is the critical period Few
potatoes are well started, and inferior
quality results when there is a short.
age of plant food to nourish them. If
proper variety has been chosen and
if good seed is planted after the ground
has been well prepared, the quality and
quantity Of the crop will depend upon
the supply Of plant food and the wealth
er conditions which prevail
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
DEAN VIVIAN EXPLAINS
HOW TO BUILD UP SOIL
Dairying, Mixed Farming and Garden
ing Require Fertilizer.

"There is no style of farming which
we can hope to carry ON indefinitely
without the use Of some kind of fer
tilizer"
SIN dairy farming, when large
quantity Of concentrates are purchased,
1t seems possible to return all the plant
food removed from the soil through
the manure. But in so doing we over
stock the soil with nitrogen and need
acid phosphate to balance it to get
best results in grain production.
SIN mixed farming, whore about half
of the grain is sold and the other half
of the grain, with the hay and fodder,
is fed on the farm, it might be posi-
BILE to maintain fair yield by the pur-
chase of acid phosphate alone, but the
highest returns from the farm demand
the use Of complete fertilizer on the
wheat at least"
"Any type of farming or gardening
where the entire product is sold off
the farm demands liberal use of COM
mercial fertilizer"
Dean Alfred Vivian Of the College of
Agriculture, Ohio State university,
brought out the above points in lee
ture to the institute speakers of Ohio
recently. He explained that he was
not advocating any new doctrines, but
that his statements were old truths
dressed up in new clothes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
GIVE FOUNTAIN PEN ITS DUE
Writer Is of Opinion That Old Joke
Should Be RELOCATED to Conn.,
mon Dust Heap.

A great many very funny folks have
written disparaging things about foun.
tain pens. Many of these things were
humorous as all get-out. In the olden
days when fountain pens and automo-
biles could not be depended upon to
get you there and back, perhaps there
was much more truth in the stories
If told today of the present model,
self-starting, streamline fountain pen.
l am the proud possessor of foun-
tain pen (name of make supplied for
a selfaddressed stamped envelope)
that has seen yeoman service for
years. l have used in it everything
thinner than cold asphalt, and it still
writes whenever it is possessed of the
slightest particle of discolored mois-
ture.
1 have even filled the poor thing
from the open inkstands on hotel writ
ing tables. post Office shelves, tele-
graph office desks and hotel counters.
Yet even with this sort of lava in its
bunkers it produces the stuff that is
as nearly legible as my non-Spencerian
handwriting will permit.
No, the fountain pen must no longer
be condemned. 1t has evoluted from
the joke column, along with the
mother-in-law, the hard-cranking auto
mobile, the putting up of stovepipes
and the winter-chilled hornets nest
Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
Nero and His TEMPERAMENT.

1T is said that Nero fiddled while
Rome burned" Greensboro Watch
man. That's the least harmful thing
old rip-snorting Nero ever did. Out
side of numbering several people,
among them his mother, the worst
practice he had was to write poetry
and make his helpless subjects ap-
plaud its reading. Petronius got along
better with Nero than some others
because he was tactful enough to APP
preciate the kings verse. However,
after Nero turned on Petronius and
decided to have him sliced up, Pete,
after slashing his veins while in the
bathtub, sent a cruel message to the
king. He said he was dying, but for
that he was compensated in the knowl-
edge that he would not have to listen
to any more of the emperor's bum
poetry.-Montgomery Advertiser.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
FACTS ON FERTILITY.
Basis of All Agriculture Is Proper Use
of Plant Food,

The basis of all agriculture is fertil.
ity, and the experience of farmers in
general in the New England, eastern,
southern and middle western states
proves that the judicious use of COM
mercial fertilizers is the key to ration
al, businesslike, profitable farming.
The gigantic feats in producing food
from the soil accomplished by the en-
embattled nations of Europe becomes
possible solely because they have ap-
preciated and understood the value
and use of available plant food. His
tory confirms the statement that avail
able plant food along with proper soil
tillage is fundamental and brings the
largest farm profits.-Professor Henry
G. Bell, Agronomist, Soil Improvement
Committee of National Fertilizer AS
ISOLATION, in Facts on Fertility"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
SALOON AND LABOR PROBLEM.

We make no claim that a closed
saloon will settle the labor problem !;
we do not believe it will. We do affirm
that there never will be found solu-
ton for the labor problem that ignores
the saloon and allows it to continue,
whether run by the individual or by
the brewer for profit or run by the gov
eminent without profit. Labor cannot
carry 100000 rum shops on it's back
and prosper under any system.
The kingdom Of labor will not have
come when the door of the saloon is
shut; there will still be industrial
wrongs to right and other economic
problems to solve; but the largest sim
gle immediate contribution toward
that consummation, The swiftest relief
that can be applied, is the abolition of
the liquor traffic in the United States.
1t is the one thing that as the barrier
to all other reform must be removed.
To every son of toll who is ground
beneath the millstones of low wages
and high cost of living, we have but
one message. "In the name of God and
home and native land, rise up and vote
for prohibition. Clinton Howard.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05

his sorrows. She would never come
back to him, he decided, and he los
courage and ambition, wandering aim
lessly all over the country in his the
atrical vocation.
Here he was back again in the city
where his great misery had come
upon him. He went about his duties
in a gloomy, perfunctory va, obligins
and faithful, but not saying much
to anyone and having little heart fol
his tasks.
He spurred up nightly that special
morning as keen-eyed, dapper young
man appeared at the stage door and
beckoned him out in the court be-
yond.
Well" he reported, seeing we'll to
it that no eavesdroppers were within
hearing, I've located the boy
"Oh, thank you! thank you!" cried
Gabriel fervently. "And his mother?''
The man, a secret inquiry opera
tor, shook his head negatively.
Nothing definite about her." he
said. Last sure trace she was in
New Orleans with theatrical COM
pany, playing the Two Orphans and
East Lynne She sends pay for the
care of the boy, though, every month
regularly. 1t seems she had him with
relatives, but they broke up and the
little fellow is in a private home for
children"
Here in the city," questioned Ca
briel eagerly.
within a mile of this very spot"
''And comfortable and happy"
pressed Gabriel anxiously.
Immensely so, only not very strong
He's weak, sickly lad, not six years
old, but all sunshine with his COM
panions and nurses"
Poor little fellow! Poor little fell
low!" sobbed Gabriel, the tears com.
ing down his troubled face. Tell me
all about him"
There was not much to tell. The
mother evidently loved the child, and
out of her earnings provided regu-
larly not only necessities, but luxu-
ries.
Il have no right to claim the child"
said Gabriel. "Oh, l should so like to
see him! Can't you arrange it,"
Il have arranged it," explained the
investigator. "The little fellow can't
stand much exertion. An attendant
takes him out for an airing every day.
He will carry him to you tomorrow
and leave him with you from nine I'M
til noon. Where shall it be?"
''Here-early as he can. Three pre-
cious hours / am so grateful to youl"
and Gabriel neither slept nor ate dur
ing the intervening hours.
Gabriel was off duty, in a way, that
morning. A road company was hav-
ing a rehearsal of the time-hnnored
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
WITHOUT WHICH THERE
IS NOTHING DOING.
Plants Must Feed, Just az Animals
Feed, to Grow.

A rich soil is the first essential to
good farming. Too often we forget
that and try to skimp along, hoping to
make crops grow without any plant
food to do it on. If plants are to grow
they must feed, just as animals feed.
, If we could only see the plants mouths
in the roots among the soil particles
we would better understand the crying
need of soil fertility and we would be
more prompt always to have it sup.
piled. Now is the time to plan for
making the soil of every field a rich
soil. Animal manures carefully con.
served, commercial fertilizers rational.
ly and literally applied and green ma.
nures plowed under in a proper envi.
ronment, each or all. will turn the
trick. But plant food you must get.
AS the lawyers would say, it is the
sine qua non-without which nothing
doing-of good farming.-Glenn G.
Hayes, Editor American Farming.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05

mend your Compound to other ladies. I"
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts, Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. "My troubles
were from my age, and 1 felt awfully
sick for three years. I had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. took Lydia E. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WE'LL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
ALCOHOL AND TUBERCULOSIS.

The following resolution was passed
by the International Congress on Tu-
berculosis, held in Paris, at which
some 1000 medical scientists were
present: THAT in view of the close
connection between alcoholism and
tuberculosis, this congress strongly
emphasizes the importance of combin-
ing the fight against tuberculosis with
the struggle against alcoholism"
At the International Alcohol Con-
gress at Bremen, Professor Segran, a
distinguished Frenchman, said that
the use of alcohol predisposes the
system to tuberculosis and also pre-
vents cures. The real individual and
social treatment for tuberculosis con-
sists IN the strictest total abstinence
from alcoholic liquors.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-05
OBJECTS TO LIQUOR DEALER.

My objection to the liquor dealer is
the same rs my objection to the bed
bug. For all know, the bedbug may
be entirely above reproach, so far as
his social relations are concerned. He
may be regular in his religious duties,
gentle in his home and prompt in pay
ing his bills. He may be frugal and in
dustrious and blameless in every civic
duty and domestic obligation. He may
be kind to his wife and children,
obliging to his neighbors, generous to
the outcast and worthy of the vote of
his congressional district. But my OBJ
lection to him is the way he gets his
living.-T. Alexander Cairns.