The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-01
Little River Saturday. Hope they
will come again soon.

needing rain, especially crops tnat
are advanced. We will have to put
! u trust in that higher power, the
source from which all blessings come
1t has been too dry with us to plant
the fall crop of Irish potatoes. Hope
it will soon rain so we can plant for
they are a great help in the winter
and spring.
Protracted meeting closed at Lit
tie River Saturday, July 21st. Sew
eral Joined and the meeting may be
continued Friday before the third
Sunday in August.
Protraycted meeting is being held
at Bells this week. Rtv. B. M. Rob-
ertson is assisting the pastor. He is
a former pastor and always hits
square from the shoulder and calls a
spade a spade.
Ralph Crawford left for Tuxedo,
N. c., last week, where he will work
for his uncle, Mr.. Joe Bell. Joe is
an ideal man and so is Ralph. We
wish him much success.
Marion Pratt left for Columbia
last week where he will make his
home in the future.
Protracted meeting begins at First
Creek on the third Sunday in August
The Saluda Association meets with
the First Baptist Church of Ander-
son July 31st. Nothing preventing
we expect to attend its meetings.
L. S. Carwile received a letter
from Mr.. Reit Wilson, a former resi-
dent of this county, but now lives in
Jackson, Ca, in which he said that
they had had no rain in three months
and crop prospects were indeed
gloomy. "Paul may plant and Apol-
los may water, but God alone can
give the increase" is a true saying.
Protracted meeting begins at Shi-
loh the first Sunday in August. Rev.
J. J. Stevenson will assist the pastor,
Rev. W. S. Martin. Go for the good
and not the bad and get all the good
you can. AS I am neither a Presby-
terian nor an A. R. P. I generally
say and write it Sunday. Hard mat
ter to learn an old dog new tricks
and especially if they are good ones.
Some one seems to think that af-
ter the U. S. drafts a soldier he can't
be forced to go across the water un-
less he wants to. Here is my opinion.
You did not want to register but you
did and if you are chosen you will
walk the gang plank the same way.
In time of war no questions are ask
ed and there is very little difference
between the freedom of man and a
dumb brute but / believe the latter
has one on him in its favor.
/ have noticed the marriage of
Miss. Annie Cochran to Thomas F.
Black, which calls to memory an in
cident in which Tom was one of the
parties. We were at school and the
teacher asked the question, whose
time it was to 60 for water when
Tom in a great hurry, said Tommy
McCarter and Tommy McBlack's."
If you have a good crop of melons
tell somebody about it for such kind
ly deeds with others lise them will
add stars to your crown and there is
no danger of your having too many.
Let as know about your Elbertas,
and use your tongue and phone for
what is the use to pay $1,000 per
year to no advantage. Act the part
of the good Samaritan n time in
your life and start at once.
Mrs. julie Sutherland is not so
we'll at this writing. She has been
unwell FIR quite a while and "God
rules inta mysterious way his won
ders to perform and as the heavens
are above the earth so are His ways
above ours"
C. A. Suber went to Anderson on
Monday to have his machine repaired
Joe P. Anderson and B. Bowen
went to Abbeville Thursday. They
have both been drafted and are liable
to be called among the first. The
thing that makes war so cruel is that
tt takes the flower of u country at
the beginning.
George Anderson came by his old
home last week on his way to Aiken.
He has a government position.
Good rains have fallen all around
US, but we have not have a season yet
1t rains on the unjust-now and
then.
Mr.. P. w. Burns of Little River,
was in Il section last week selling
a book leading to the causes of the
present war.
Young man if you are sound and
healthy, go on and volunteer in some
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