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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

ACTS SURELY, SAFELY

Just because you are feeling the IA
effects of a torpid liver is no exrEia4
for buying a harmful medicine sGaaI
has brought physical decay to thn,aE-
ands. Calomel is dangerous anc& ~
everyone knows has very d~isagreesa-
BILE and weakening after etferss
Medical science has found a naturai.
vegetable remedy, GRIGSBY'S LfE-
VER-LAX that thoroughly clexc,&-
es the liver and bowels without ca1sy-
ing any bad feeling. Children LEI,
take it with perfect safety. Every
bottle guaranteed. soc ard ST. ~
bottle. None genuine without 1&M
likeness and signature of l.. K. Orig
by. For sale by any druggist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
DEATH OF MRS. MCCLELLAN
Beloved Woman Died at Age of 81
Years Friday Evening.

Mrs. Emily Augustine Mcclellan,
wife CT Mr.. T. P. Mcclellan, 208 Rob-
erts street, and mother of Messrs
John T., ]. Sam and w. P. Mcclellan
of this city, died at the Anderson hos
pital last night at 8 o'clock at the
advanced age of 80 years. The fu-
neral services were held at the late
home at 8 o'clock this afternoon, be-
ing conducted by the Rev. John W.
Speake of st. Johns Methodist
church, and interment was made in
Silver Brook cemetery.
Mrs. Mcclellan was a Miss Bolts
of Abbeville county. She moved to
Anderson county when quite young,
and spent most of her long, useful
life in this city. She married Mr.. T.
P. Mcclellan, and to this union five
sons and three daughters were born.
The sons ire: Messrs j. T., J. S.
and W. P. Mcclellan of this city, Mr..
G. q. Mcclellan of Anderson county,
and Mr.. J. P. Mcclellan of McCor-
mick. The daughters are Mrs.
Oscar Hodges, Mrs. Ed Smith and
Mrs. Lee Slaton, all of Anderson
county. She is also survived by two
brothers-Messrs Charlie and James
Bolts of Abbeville county.
Mrs. Mcclellan was a true and ear
nest and consistent Christian woman,
and reared a family of splendid citi-
zens. She was a member of the
Methodist church, and was always
ready and willing to do what she
could in the church work. She was
a good wife and mother, a splendid
neighbor and was beloved by a large
circle of friends and acquaintance.
The members of her family have the
sincere sympathy of their friends
Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
ROLL OF HONOR

For the Lethe School for the
month Of January.
High School Department.
Bette Morrah
Robert Klugh
Oscar Irwin
Mary Tolen
Willie Talbert
Cecil King
Willie Leslie
Frank Leslie
Henry Klugh
William Parker
Leona Smith
Ola Kelly.
Primary Department.
Mallie Cade
Henry Lewis
Francis Templeton
Jimmie Lewis
Katrina Morrah
George McClelland
Jodie Wiley.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFE.
Age, Health, Ancestry and Eduea-
ton Are Leading Factors.

Six hundred bachelors, some young
and some pretty old, spent their
luncheon hour the other day receiv-
ing "fatherly" advices from Prof.
Winfield S. Hall, of Northwestern
University Medical school, on "Choos-
ing a Wife," says Tit-Eits.
II don't see any bald heads in the
audience" said DR.. Hall, $50 l take
it for granted you all are good candi-
dates for marriage. BY that l mean
you have sound health, are morally
clean and can support a wife if you
can win one.
Imagine the girls Of your &C
quaintance lined up before you. Out
of the possible six to twenty girls you
are to choose a wife. Which n will
you choose?
"Four things must be considered
her health, her hereditary qualities,
her education and her age. Exclude
! from the ranks the girl of poor
health. It's a calamity for a man to
marry such a girl. Some of you may
say the girl might get well. Let her
get better before you marry her.
"Let her go into the woods for a
year or so and develop the ability to
walk fifteen or twenty miles and re-
turn without fatigue and with Dame
Natures priceless rouge upon her
cheeks. Then you may marry her,
knowing she is of good health.
Don't marry a girl just because
she has a pretty figure and large, lus-
trous eyes and is a beautiful dancer,
if at 20 she has only the mind of a
girl of - years DID,"
Among other suggestions he gave
to the man considering choosing, a
wife e
Don't marry an heiress. You may
become unhappy with her and her
money.
Don't marry into a family where
there are traces of insanity OF feeble
mindedness.
Look up the health record of her
parents and grandparents. .
Avoid the daughter of a confirmed
alcoholic.
When he came to that part of his
lecture referring to the ages of mar
riage he turned to the blackboard,
wrote down some figures, and said:
according to the best scientific re-
search the figures on the board show
the relative ages at which men and
women should marry"
Here is the table as he wrote it:
A mar of 81 should marry a girl
n - 90
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taken to Sumter. At Sumter the
body was taken to the home of his
daughter, Mrs. T. M. Clark, thus
giving his friends and neighbors an
opportunity to pay their last respects
to him. A. service was held Friday
morning conducted by the Rev. j. P.
Marion of the Presbyterian church,
after which the interment was in the
Sumter cemetery.
Capt. Holman is we'll known over
the state and in his youth and mid
die life was a man of affairs. In his
declining years he lived among his
children, honored and respected by
them and greatly beloved by his
grandchildren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Smith and Mrs.
w. H. White accompanied the body
to Sumter.
The devoted daughters in Able
Willie have the sympathy of a large
circle of friends and relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
ENTERTAINING THE DOCTORS

The doctors of Abbeville will en-
tertain the doctors of the District
Association in Abebville Friday
night. This district is composed of
Abbeville, Greenwood and Laurens
counties, and in addition to the men,
hers of the association they will
have as their guests distinguished
doctors from Columbia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
ENTERTAINING HIS FRIENDS.

Mr.. w. D. Wilkinson entertained
a party of young friends at a supper
party Tuesday night at the home of
Mrs. Minshall. Miss Sarah Perrin,
Miss Katherine Link, Miss Mary
Smith. Miss Mary Perrin, Miss An
toinette Thomson, Messrs. Gottlob
Neuffer, Herman Greene, Albert
Morse. Joe Little and Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Bristow were the invited guests
and enjoyed a delightful supper and
a game of cards after.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

A. M. Hill & Co., have been NOV
ing things around in their store this
week and are making a great i'm
provement in the looks of things.
They are showing off their fine stock
of goods to the best advantage and
the display is so attractive that one
must buy if one enters the store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

"When a man gets to be SO years
DID," he continued, "he should not ex-
pect to rear a family. I advise such
a man to marry a widow with several
children.
"When a man of 60 or more mar
ries it is only for the purpose of hav-
ing a nurse during his declining years
1t is unfair for him to marry any one
younger than him. He should marry
a chi!dless widow or an old maid"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
MR.. STARK

Mr. J.. S. Stark entertained a dozen
friends at dinner Tuesday evening.
After partaking of the good things
in the dining room, the guests spent
the balance of the evening at set
back and 'eountry-saving."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09
ESTATE OF D. H. BALDWIN,, DesTR
! Notice of Settlement and Applications

for Final Discharge.
TAKE NOTICE that on the -HI
day of March, 1916, I will render u
final account of my actings and as~
ings as Administrator of the ESTATE:
of D. H. Baldwin, deceased, ir. GGS
office of Judge of Probate for AhhN-
vile County at 10 o'clock a. M, @Gf2
on the same day will apply for q IL
discharge from my trust as such xxi
ministrator.
All persons having demands against
said estate will present them Toy
payment on or before that day, pc%aT-
en- and authenticated or be forever
barred.
w. H. BALDWIN,
Administrator
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-09

DR.. G. A. Neuffer is riding in a
new Ford runabout, having just re-
Gently purchased it from F. H. Long
shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02

the offensive, in which they must be
the heaviest losers, while this policy
is also, according to all information,
bringing the Germans nearer to food
and economic exhaustion.
If the fight is to continue on this
basis, no one can tell how long the
war is to run, but it is apparent the
Allies are determined to fight for an
other year, if necessary, and no plead
ing of Germany for peace to be based
on the present status of the struggle
will be considered. 1t is understood
that very pointed information to this
effect is being given the administra-
ton at Washington through several
channels.
Berlin, June 2.-For the first time
since the outbreak Of the war meat is
hard to obtain in the capital and lar
ger cities of the German empire.
"Meat lines" have grown as the
.'butter and milk lines," and those
forming them must sometimes wait
for hours before they can procure the
quota allotted by their cards.
Responsible for this condition are
the heavy demands made upon the
meat supply by the army, an almost
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02

New York, June 2.-The story of
the great struggle at Vefdun, if it is
recited in all it's horrors, will be the
greatest chronicle of butchery in mod
ern history, and yet there is nothing
in sight at this stage of the conflict
to indicate more than drawn battle.
Now we'll in it's fourth month, the
daily record is of first one side and
then the other taking trenches at great
sacrifice of men, with the essential
points as firmly. held by the French
as at the beginning of the battle.
During the last two days it has been
their turn to recover some of the
ground that had been lost just before
to the Teutons. Yet the Germans seem
as determined as ever to capture the
stronghold where they have fought so
long and SO desperately, and no one
can see where the end is to be.
The conviction is gainging ground
among military men that the Allies
ere resting their cause wholly on a
defensive attitude end on the strangle-
hold they have on the Central Powers
through the means of the blockade.
Fighting on this basis necessarily
forces the Teutonic powers to assume
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02
Quiet May Precede Storm
In the Mexican Situation

to carry out his policy as ever, and
that policy implies that the troops
will not be withdrawn from Mexico
until Carranza has demonstrated his
ability to cope with brigandage. AS
he is apparently doing nothing to
solve that problem, but is giving his
whole attention to preparations for g
conflict with the American soldiers
it does not look as though interven-
tion can be avoided.
Efforts to make it appear that Mex
leo has found an active ally in Japan
are not believed here to be well found
ed. 1t is believed Japan is content
with the present status of affairs, OF
at least that she will not consider that
ther is cause for war in the minor
points on which the two countries are
still in disagreement.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02

Washington, June 2.-The quiet
which prevails regarding Mexican af-
fairs is construed generally to be that
which precedes a storm.
Additional information coming to
hand indicates further the disposition
of the Mexican forces w be fully pre-
pared for an assault on the Amrican
lines at any time, while the American
troops in Mexico beyond any question
are prepared for serious conflict if it
is to come.
In spite of the determination of the
administration and the universal wish
to avoid intervention, it is looked upon
now as almost inevitable, and it is
thought but few days at most can
elapse before the struggle comes.
The president is now as determined
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02
{ Commencement Exercises
Beautifully Conducted

The exercises attending the closing
of Central Union High School have
been novel in at least one respect
being conducted out of doors, between
the two wings of the building. Seats
had been provided in abundance, while
the portico served as a stage, with
fine setting.
Here the classes had held their sew
eral stunts, and here Rev. Stevenson
last Sunday delivered the eloquent
graduation sermon.
Last night the seats were occupied
by large assembly to listen to the
graduation services and witness the
delivery of the diplomas.
II was pretty scene that was pre-
sented. The audience was not to be
clearly seen, on account of darkness,
but on the stage the graduation class
was assembled, boys and girls alike
in white, under drapery of green
and gold. They were surrounded by
the faculty and school board.
sa---AA4r:--Randall, the principal, presided,
and music was furnished by the Mer-
rill orchesta of Calexico.
DR.. T. c. Knowles of the University
of Southern California gave the grad
uation address, and, speaking from
biological and spiritual viewpoints,
told the graduates of the places await
ing them in the world. He held that
the position of mankind in the world
above the brute lies in the fact that
the human has will power in addition
to the attributes of the lower animals,
and that through the exercise of the
will power it is possible for the human
to rise above the general level of man.
kind, making his own place in the
world.
| The diplomas were awarded by J
Stewart Ross, president of the board
and the graduation class, faculty
alumni and parents Of the graduates
repaired to the west wing of the build
ing, where Mr.. and Mrs. Randall re-
ceived them informally in honor of The
Class of 1916. 1t was a pleasan,
hour thus spent socially, ice cream
and fruit punch being served.
The Board of Trustees consists of
R. H. Clark, president; Mrs. Viola G
Fawcett, clerk; w. O. Hamilton, C. N
Perry, ]. Stewart Ross.
The faculty includes: William 7
Randall, A. NJ, principal, mathematics
John Lemuel House, A. NJ, biology
physiology and zoology; Angelo L
Lackey, A. B., commercial department
Florena A. Hayler, A. B., mathematics
Dorothea Nath, A. NJ, German an,
Spanish; C. H. Bush, A. B., bookkeep
ing and commercial law; Florence E
Cairns, mechanical and free hant
drawing, Glee Club and Orchestra
Fannie Fern Cochran, A. B., B. S
English and Latin; Bertha Griffin, A
B., commercial subjects and Latin
Leah Wilson, library and physical cul
ture; M. Agnes Watkins, A. B., Eng
!lish and journalism; Margaret AIDE
Higman, music; Frank E. Barrow, A
NJ, history; Frank l. Shepherd, Phi. c.
A. B., M. S., agriculture, chemistr!
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02
Na
E. domestic art science; George and history
Politicians Getting Ready
For the Big Convention

been approved by the sub-conimitteks
of the ssnmittee on arrangements o.
the national committee. The sub-cons-
mittee approved the following pro-
gram for the first two days of the
Wednesday, June 7--Convention
called to order at II a. m. by Charles
D. Hilles of New York, chairman Of
the Republican national committee.
Prayer by Rev. John Timothy Stone
of Chicago. r
Call for convention read by James
B. Reynolds oft Massachusetts, secre-
tary of the Republican national COM
mittee.
Election Of temporary chairman.
Address, Of temporary chairman.
Election of temporary officers.
Selection of committees on creden-
tials, snent organization, rules
and order u business and resolutions.
Miscellaneous business.
Meetingsof committee on credentials
will be held in the national committees
room, Coliseum annex, following the
adjournment of the first session.
Notice of meeting place of other
committees will be announced later.
Thursday, June 8-Convention called
to order by temporary chairman.
Prayer by Right Rev. F.. c. Kelley
of Chicago. 1
/ Report of committee on creden-
tials.
After the convention has acted o.
the report of the committee on CT.
detnials, the report of the commits
on permanent organization will g
called for.
Permanent organization of the crszh
vention.
Address by the permanent cha
man.
Report of committee On rules an.
order of BUSINESS, action upon whic,
by the convention will determine tn.
order Of further proceedings of ths
convention.
Sergeant-at-Arm William F. Stone
of Baltimore announced the appoint
ment of the following:
Chief assistant sergeant-at-arms, E.
P. Thayer of Indiana; second assist
ant chief sergeant-at-arms, Guy v.
j Howard of Minnesota.
New York, Ohio, Illinois, Massachu-
setts, Indiana and Pennsylvania dele
cations agin will occupy seats in the
front rows nearest the platform.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02

81 will not go to Chicago
Chicago, June 2.-All the contests
covering 62 delegates to the Repub-
lican national convention, which opens
June 7, will be heard by the full COM
mittee. -,
This was decided today at the in
itial section of the committee, after
a spirited discussion OF recommen-
dation of Chairman Hilles to have d
subcommittee pay special attention to
each contest, all being heard in the
presence of the whole committee, and
report a summary of the contest to
the full committee.
Senator Smoot, declaring that every
contest is to receive the undivided at
tention of every committeeman, moved
that after each case was decided a
subcommittee should formulate the
opinion of the committee for submis-
sion to the con,nittee on credentials.
His motion prevailed.
There were 48 committeeman pres
ent and six absent. After disposition
of the Virginia and Texas double dele
cations, the committee decided to en-
ter upon temporary roll of delegates
all the states where no contests had
been presented. On the recommends
] tion of the chairman, the committee
decided that when the contests are
reached the national committeeman of
the state presenting the contest shall
refrain from voting.
The six absent committeeman were
from Porto Rico, Alaska, Connecticut,
Nebraska, North Dakota and West
Virginia.
The following proxies were seated
with the committee: Geo,~e W. Nor
ton for Maine; Frederick w. Upham
for New Jersey; Charles II Innes
for Massachusetts,; c. D. Hilles for
, Ohio, and w. B. Mckinley for Ha-
waii.
In the case of Tennessee, which
elected double the rumber of delegates
at large provided for IN the call, il
was decided to seat the four dele.
gates at large who received the high.
est number of votes in the conventions
the four other delegates at large be-
ing seated as alternates.
1t was decided that delegates un-
opposed in the West Virginia pri.
mary be accepted tentatively and that
the committee meet on the morning
of June Z to receive the official rati.
fication of the state.
Final plans for the convention have
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02
Privations of Germans
Do Not Move Enemies


total cessation of imports and the
governments new policy of discour-
aging the slaughtering of meat ami
mails before fattening has given them
their maximum butcher weight. Cat
tie owners recently have shown a
tendency to keep stock from the
market because . the maximum price
arrangement has left them little profit.
The prospects for good pork pro-
.duction are said to be excellent. Last
fall the pork was poor in quality and
quantity. In the winter of 1914-15
the government advised that all pigs
in good condition be slaughtered and
their meat preserved. This was done,
but in many cases the meat was so
poorly cured, owing to lack of COM
petent help, that it spoiled by the thou
sands of tons.
Need Food for Stock.
The question now is whether it will
be possible to obtain the foodstuffs
necessary to bring this years animals
to good weight. A good potato crop
would greatly facilitate this, as would
also more Indian corn from Roumania
which, it is believed, can be obtained
An improvement in the pork mar
ket also would ease the shortage of
fat in the empire, which is felt al
most more than the shortage of meat
The necessity for an ample supply OF
animal fat has never been felt so by
the people as by the Germans at pres
ent, especially since the production OF
butter fell to almost nothing during
the winter months.
There has been a slight improve
ment in the milk end butter situation
but it is considered out of the uues.
tion that these articles will again be
easily obtainable until several months
after the war. Holland, Denmark anc
Switzerland cannot hope to make goot
the excess demand which the war has
placed upon the dairy industry of Ger.
many.
Eggs have been rather plentiful this
season. In many cases they have beer
the principal food item. Fish also is
easily obtained, although a lack Of
fat has robbed many of the dishes
prepared with them of much nutriment
One bright ray in Germany's nation.
al cupboard is the fact that the grain
prospects for the present year ar,
exceedingly good. Rye and winter
wheat are well advanced and the spring
crops have been favored by timely
rains and an early season. Potatoes
have been planted early, and while
as yet little can 5e said on the crol
outlook, there are those who say thai
Germany never has two bad potato
crops two years in succession.
Crop conditions in Austro- Hungary
and in the territory occupied by the
Central Powers troops is also good
so far as the Associated Press cor.
respondent has been able to obtain
information personally. The only dan
ger now is that rain may interfere
with the harvesting, as was the case
last year.
Now, as then, most of the able-bod.
led men are in the field, and while the
Prussian prisoners or war have con.
stantly improved as farm laborers
they still fail to take the place OF
the owners of the land.
With fairly moist season in June
and dry weather in July and August
the Central Empires can count on the
elimination of at least one of THEN
food problems-that of bread, which
in it's turn would help solve the meat
and fat situation by lessening the de-
mand for these foods.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02

Moderate Weatker-Mercury today
gained 3 degrees over yesterday, but
only got to 95, thus continuing the
moderate temperature which has pre-
vailed to date.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02

Final Decree-Elizabeth Hall was
today given final decree of divorce
from Hamilton Hall by Judge Cole.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-02
MRS. COWLES WINS
CLUB FEDERATION

New York, June BY two-thirds
majority the General Federation Of
Women's Clubs voted to affiliate with
the National Council of Women, which
in turn is member of the Interna-
tional Council of Women. Several
women were elected from the meeting
because of their protests when they
were denied vote on this qustion.