The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
FRANK CARWILE WRITES.

rainy. l had an uncle porn on tnlS
day in 1924. His name was Charles
Felix Pratt. He espoused the cause
of the C%onfederacy and enlisted in
the early part of the war and was
taken sick. NV grandfather went to
see him and fell into a pond of wa
ter and took pneumonia and died IN
1862. He was born in 1913. After
the war nv uncle moved to Iowa,
where he died from the effects of a
cancer. He had a brother whose
name was Joseph and he moved to
California and died when I was a
child. They married sisters of Ba-
sill Callahan, one of the pioneer set
tiers of Level Land, and their names
were Nancy and Gabrilla. They are
all dead and there is not one of them
left to tell the tale. I have been
told that you could hear uncle Basil
and Mr.. Lyle Young, who lived near
him, laugh and sneeze for a mile.
My grandfather had a brother
whose name was "red-headed john,
and he was a music teacher and mar
ried Nancy Hardness, an aunt OF
Mr.. Luther Hardness. l think ne
died in 1S49 at the age of 80. Aunt
Nancy had a son who went to the
war and his name was Langdon, a
comrade of Gen. Femphill. Fe died
and his mother went for his body,
and brought it and buried it in the
Lindsey grave yard near Due West
She took charge of the slaves after
the death of her husband and a
the farm and was without fear. !
recollect her white slender form and
white head though I was a small!
child. She died in 1872.
The following is from The Baptist
Courier. Christianity has no finer
field of operation than the home. II
a man lives a Christian life in his
home the likelihood is that his walk
and conversation among his fellow
men will be blameless. The strength
of a nation is in proportion to the
number of its v~irtuous homes. Ma
lions will not always fight for a prin-
ciple, but they will always fight for
their homes. The home tie is the
strongest tie that can bind a people
together. Every word is true. -
The brutal whipping of that soldier
at Camp Wadsworth reminds US OF
"Kaiserism"'tha has crossed the At
lantic. He had staked his life for his
Country and deserved to be treated
as a human and not a brute. We are
proud to know that a court martial is
to be held in regard to it and trust the
guilty ones may get that which they
richly deserve.
The Antreville Fair wa a success
in every department.. We believe the
displays were an improvement on last
year and those who strove to make it
q success deserve the honors. The
motto 1--WE do things" was very ap-
plicable on the occasion.
The "Big Sheriff" will have a
"iailer" but he will have to give him
time to grow and if he grows to be
as large as his father, won't he be a
"whopper'?
Fifteen applications for Coroner of
Richland county. Gee Whiz! But
it pays IL hundred dollars and no
wonder they hunt the job.
Tis said that the Coroner of the
above county was killed over soft
drinks and a quart of liquor. And
yet we live in a country supposed to
civilized. Germany is too.
Received a card from an artist in
Toronto, Canada. He is a fine scribe
and can put more on a card then we
can put on a page of foolscap. IT'S
said of Mr.. W~osmansky, who once
lived in Abbeville that he could
write the Lords prayer on a ten-cent
piece. Well, very few mortals can
follow suit.
Noticed several ladies from Able
vile at the Fair but very few men.
Easily explained, not election year.
W. Fred Crowther and Eugene Kay
were ordained as deacons at First
Creek on the 18th. A deacon's road
is not easily travelled and we speak
from experience. You r not criti-
cised by the world but by the church
When we were a boy it took all
day to get a bale of cotton ginned
and it does yet-sometimes.
We admire the platform of John
Madison DesChamps, for it has the
ring of the patriot. However do
not expect to see him elected COVER