The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-09-26
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Miss Nettie Russell returned last
Friday from a visit to Asheville, N.
G..
Miss Meta Lythgoe, Of Atlanta, is
spending several days with friends in
Abbeville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Smith, after
a pleasant visit to New York, have
returned to their home here.
Miss Blance Tarrant spent the
weekend in Greenwood with rela-
tives.
Miss Carrie Cochran spent the
weekend in Anderson the guest of
her friend, Miss Cleo Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Stark, Miss
Fannie Stark and Mrs. T. H. Davis
returned last week from a delightful
trip to Hendersonville, N. G.
Mr.. Minis Cason has just returned
to Wofford Fitting School and Louis
R. Lawson has gone to Bowen-Mac-
feat Business College.
Mrs. C. L. Link and Mrs. Lindsey
Link and her three children were in
the city Thursday shopping and look
ing at the pretty new goods.
The stores of D. Poliakoff and The
Rosenberg Mercantile Company will
be closed today, it being the Jewish
day of Atonemert.
Tom Sherard and Charley Armour
of Camp Sewer, spent last week in
the city with home people. They re-
turned Monday morning with Frank
Sherard in his car.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Cason, Miss
Cassandra, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis McMil-
Ian came down Sunday from An
derson and spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Gambrell.
The following young ladies of the
town left last Saturday to enter
Winthrop College: Misses Ruth Cal
vert, Avis Henry, Rebecca Jones,
Kate Haskell, Marion Cason and
Mary Grace Wilson.
The statement of the National
Bank of Abbeville is in this issue,
and shows the condition of the bank
at the close of business Sept. 18th.
Look it over, it is we'll worth your
time.
Today and tomorrow will be busy
days for the different millinery es-
Establishments of Abbeville. Their
fall and winter openings will be held
and good crowds are expected to at
tend these fashion shows. Philson
and Henry, Haddon-W Wilson Co., and
Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran and ]. M. An
derson Co., have all advertised their
openings.
The Starke Vehicle Co., is this
week advertising the famous EMIT
chell" wagons and on and after the
first of October the price of these
wagons will be increased on account
Of the advance in the, price of mater
ial. Better buy that wagon now and
save a few dollars.
Effective last Sunday the Southern
Railway has made the following
changes in the schedule: Train leav-
ing at 6:35 p. M, will leave here at
5:35 p. M, an hour earlier; on re-
turning the train will arrive here at
1902 T. M, instead of SOP.
Miss Wessling, who is an expert
in bread making and the use of
wheat substitutes, etc., from the De-
partment of Agriculture at Wash
ington, will be in Greenville the 26th
and 9th of this month. Miss Wes-
sling will devote one day to quick
breads and one day to light breads
with wheat substitutes. These are
sure to be splendid meetings, and I
hope that some of the Abbeville la
dies will make it convenient to go up
for at least day. Everybody is
urged and invited to attend.
The fall season is now coming on
and the merchants should avail them
selves of the opportunity to adver-
tise. There is a certain amount of
goods that are to be bought and if
one don't sell them the other will, so
why net use The Press and Banner
as a medium through which to reach
tho peop1e A LITTLE money SDent in