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sANTUc NEWS.
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Morrison of Columbia, . came up on
Sunday and visited home people.
Mrs. M. S. Langford of Long
Cane, spent Thursday, afternoon
with her mother, Mrs. E. j. Bolts,
and in the afternoon they called to
see Mrs. Joe Ables and daughter,
Miss Lizzie, who has been quite
sick for the past week. We are glad
to say they are some. better.
Mr.. John Stevenson spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with his Sis
ter, Mrs. j. v. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Kay and
pretty little Francis, spent Sunday
with Mr.. M. B. Kay and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Bolts also join
ed them in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. James: Haddon were
the guests Sunday of MI. W. E.
Morrison and famiy.fo b..
Roy Kay was the guest Saturday
night of his brother, w. F. Kay.
Miss Mary Kay was shopping in
the city Saturday. ..s.' .
Mr.. M. D. Wright and mother
were visitors in Abbeville Saturday.
Mr.. Mason Wright spent satur-
day night with his home people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Mundy enter
tanned the young people with a
dance Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Haddon were
the guests Monday Of Mr.. L. c.
Nickles and family.
. Mrs. E. ]. Bolts and Miss Mary
Kay were the guests Monday of
Mrs. Claude Kay.
Mrs. R. B. Haddon has returned
home from a visit to her parents.
Messrs. T. j., H. H. Ables and
W. E. and G. M. Morrison, ]. R.
Haddon and C. H, Kay were visitors
in Abbeville Saturday.
Little Margaret Link. is visiting
her grandparents of Sharon this
week.
MI. Arthur Newell spent the
weekend in Mccormick with his sis
ter, Mrs. Mann.
Mr.. George Morrison was a bust
ness visitor to Greenwood Monday.
Mrs. j. B. Culbreath and little
daughter and Misses Ruby Price
and Louise Kay were the guests
Tuesday of Mrs. W. F. Kay.
Miss Lila Morrison called on the
Misses Ables Tuesday afternoon.
The farmers are all busy prepar-
ing for another crop.
There will be preaching at Gilgal
church Sunday morning, at 11:30
o'clock. Rev. j. W. Shell will
preach. All are invited to attend.
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WAR SAVINGS AND
THRIFT STAMPS

If you have an idea that your
quarters won't help win the war and
do lots of service when invested in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps,
just look over this table. The cit
tie bonds" are translated into terms
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Only the 12-cylinder type of Lib
erty motor for airplanes is now be-
ing built, it having been thought
hest in view of developments abroad
to concentrate on the high-powerec
engine instead of the eight-cylinder.
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OUR FARM ~NoTEBooK

" H#L#.s. lT~ IE'' IaLls ~
Make sure you have good seed
then. 60 ahead!
Now is good time tofstart
permanent pasture.
Make plans now to save enough
rye for next years seed.
If w~atersprouts were not removed
from the fruittrses while pruning,
it should still be done.
Cultivate corn and cotton before
planting by making liberal use
disk and drag harrows. Il 4
A thick paint made of white lead
and linseed oil is good for tree
wounds where large branches HAYES
beeneremoved. 81
When it's too wet to pillow, lets
give more attention to the stumpsa
MANY of tho old fellows that baVsa
heon in tho NOV 90 limo NAV ba "a
moved NTH ntt,e 4ropble.
Dragging the roads occasionaily-
even if farm work is rushing-wiI
do much to keep them in good
shape for summer traffic.
It is we'll to look ove all terraces
after a heavy rain and repair an
broken places abeforeR another rain
doubles the damage. IN 1. RE
Strawberries should have been
mulched VIII straw before now but
it is better to- do Eit late than to have
dirty berries.
Put the heavy turning plows una
der cover as soon as thew have fin
ished their work, But first grease
shares and paint The other parts.
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Massachusetts and Michigan chaI
tiers of the Daughters of the Rev
luton are establishing "mendir|
rooms" in environments. These d
partments are opened for hospital
where hundreds of garments al
mended each week.
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DUE WEST.
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Due West, March 19.-The 37th
semi-annual celebration of the Phil
omathean Literary Society was held
on the evening of March 9th, 1918.
A large crowd was in attendance.
Several visitors from nearby towns
were present. 1t seemed to be
thoroughly enjoyed by. all, and many
expressed their opinion freely in
saying that the program was well up
to, if not surprising, the average.
This was true Notwithstanding the
fact that fourteen of the society's
strong men, who we're within her
walls last term, have answered their
country's call to service. This nee
essitated the election of Juniors and
Sophomores as .debaters. The de-
bate was lively and interesting
throughout revealing much of hon.
est labor and forethought. The
other participants performed their
respective parts admirably. The
decorations were pleasing and at
tractive, being simple, yet, far from
common. The most pleasing and
noticeable feature was a large SER
vice flag, which hung over the stage,
holding fourteen stars. The splen-
did music rendered by the Magill
Orchestra, was welcomed and en-
joyed. The program was as follows:
Erskine Authenticated 8, '18.
Music. Invocation by Rev. A. j.
Ransom.
Presidents Address. C. C. Stroup-
South Carolina.
Music. Freshman Declarations. A.
R. Erwin.-S. c., "The Still
Undiscovered America"
D. H. King, Jr., !Tenn.-The New
- South.
Music. Sophomore Declarations. L
B. Stevenson-S. c., "Death of
Lafayette"
R.. X. Galloway. "Emmet's
Defence"
Music. Debate. Query: Resolved,
That the Elimination of the
Classics would be Detrimental
of u Present Educationl Sys-
tenn"
Afirmative-J. L. Hood, go. North
Carolina.
Negative-L. E. Fundeberge, 10.
North Carolina.
Afirmative-R. o. Nelson, go. Ar
kansas.
Negative-F. L. Woodruff. 10. Fla.
Music. Senior Grafton. L. H. Nc
Daniel-Tenn. The Call for
the Youth.
Rendering of Decision in favor of
the Affirmative.
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Kerr are
spending a few days in Due West.
They leave next week for Otoka,
Tenn, where Brother Kerr will take
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FREEZES AND BOIL WEEVIL.
No Reason to Believe that the Cot
ton Pest Has Been Exterminat-
ed-Caution to Farmers.

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Washington, D. c., March 49,
It is extremely unwise for cotton
farmers to assume that the freezes
of the last few weeks have exter-
minated the cotton boil weevil, says
the Department of Agriculture, in
answer to many inquiries from the
South.
During the past winter the temp
eratures have been lower than at
any time since 1899, and there can
hardly be any doubt that this ex-
IRENE cold has reduced the numbers
of weevils in. many sections of, the
South. The impression has been
gained by many planters that the
weevil has been reduced to negligi-
BILE numbers, if not altogether ex-
terminated. 1t is to much to ex-
pect that the temperatures have
been uniformly cold enough to alb
solutely exterminate the weevil
from large areas. The records Of
the. Department of Agriculture in
dictate that there is at least from 1
to 5 per cent. survival Of the wee
vii in those sections which have been
thoroughly studied as against a nor
NAL of 7.6 per cent survival. This
percentage of surviving weevils is
sufficient to re-stock the cotton fields
of the South before the end of the
growing season.
There is always a possibility that
there may be some specially shelter
ed spots even in the more northerly
infested regions where some weevils
will be able to survive. The instinct
of the weevil leads it to. seek the
warmest shelter available in the vi
| cinity of its breeding ground. 1t
will shelter itself under the bark of
trees, or in thick hanging moss up
on the trees, under the thatch aof
roofs, and in straw stacks, in seed
storehouses and gins, and in other
buildings. It is therefore, quite
easy to. see that no matter how cold
the external temperatures are there
is always a probability that there
will be weevils surviving in each
field sheltered securely. enough to
carry them through the winter.
The experience of 25 years with
the tell weevil in this country has
shown that one or two wesvils sur
viving in "a field can easily produce
enough offspring to destroy all but
the earliest portions Of the crop.
No reliable prediction can be
made on the basis of what happen
ed during the winter. Frequently
seasons in which very few 'weevils
pass the winter have been followed
by great injury to the crop by the
weevil. This has been due to favor
able conditions. brought about by
heavy rains during the early part
of the growing season, which per-
mitted the weevils to overcome their
losses during the winter, or to early
dispersion of the weevils from the
warmer sections of the cotton belt,
and sometimes to sever tropical
storms which frequently sweep over
the Gulf States. 1t is therefore ap-
parent that the conditions of the
.~.u- ,nI will ~1orpo1u do
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

A siren gives warning at Calen's
in France, Of an approaching air
raid. The soldiers have nicknamed
it "Mournful Mary"
Lord Derby, secretary of State
for War, in replying to criticism of
the British army, that efficient men
cannot rise from the ranks, says
that the army is the most Demo-
cratic of all armies and illustrates:
"a cook has become a most efici-
ent staff officer. A regular battal-
ion during the Somme battle was
commanded by a lawyer-brigadier.
general. A former private in the
cavalry now commands a British
infantry brigade, and a man who
was a mess sergeant at Mons is now
colonel of an infantry battalion"
The best illustration of the rise of
a common soldier to a commanding
position is the formerchief of the
imperial staff. Sir William Robert
son who beganlife as a private of a
dragon regiment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

John Dillon, who takes the place
of John Redmond, as chairman of
the Irish Nationalist Party, made
his first public address at Ennis
Killen last Saturday. Mr.. Dillon
thinks that if the Irish Convention
which is now in session, fails, that
Ireland will be con the eve of one
of the most momentous struggles
in all her tragic history" He warns
the young enthusiasts against an
other rising which will give the mill
tary an opportunity to shoot them
down. .s.
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- Over two hundred bushels OF Germ
were deftroyed by fire in Green
vile. This is the second warehouse
that has been burned in the last
three days. The sites of the two
fires are not 200 yards apart.
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filled Sabbath night by Mr.. Kerr.
DR.. L. ]. Bristow, superintendent
of the Baptist hospital in Columbia,
will fill the pulpit in the Due West
Baptist church on Sabbath, March
"a. DR.. Swope left last Monday for
Richmond, Va, to conduct a two
weeks evangelistic meeting.
Rev. A. j. Ransom went to North
Carolina last Wednesday to a num-
Der of the churches.
Miss Mamie Devlin, who is teach
ing in the public school of Green
wood, is spending this week with
kindred of Due West. The schools
of Greenwood closed on account of
a case of meningitis in the town.
Rev. A. j. Ransom filled the pull
pit here last Sabbath morning. He
spoke on mission work. An offer
ing for missions was taken. That
afternoon at 4:30 he spoke at the
Woman's College. That night he
addressed union service in the A. R
P. church at Abbeville.
We regret to say that Mrs. John
R.. MCGEE is quite i'll. Had three
physicians with her last week, Mrs.
McGee's heart is giving her trouble.
Miss Mildred Mccain is spending
a few days in Due West. She re-
turns this week to Fort Myers, Fla,
where she is teaching.
Rev. j. P. Pressly returned from
Florida last Tuesday, after an alb
sence of one month, preaching dur
ing this time at Tampa, Fla.
Lieut.. Henry Brooks left on last
Tuesday morning for the Aviation
Corps at Austin, Texas.
. Mr.. Matthews of Columbia, made
a special visit to Due West the last
few days.
Miss Margaret Pressly of Green
wood, is a guest of Mrs. A. S. Ken
nedy.
Inc Abbeville County Teachers
Association met in Due West on Sat-
urday, March 16. DR.. H. N. Snyder
President of Wofford College, made
an address. Also Mr.. W. A. Bar
ton, District Demonstration agent,
was present and made an address
on food production. After these
addresses was held a round table
discussion of High School work by
the teachers. The meeting took
place at IL o'clock and adjourned
at two o'clock. The hour between
2 and 8 o'clock was given to social
mingling of teachers. The Junior
Red Cross of the Due West High
School entertained the teachers to
an indoor luncheon. A good crowd
was in attendance.
Mrs. Essie Greene, who teaches
the Union school, returned to her
work this week after a weeks abb
sence on account of her mother,
Mrs. Della Davis, being sick.
Mrs. John VIM, who has been
sick several weeks, is improving
very slowly.
The farmers have been quite busy
the past ten days turning over the
soil.
Miss Alberta Montgomery, on ac-
count of the meningitis at Pelzer,
has been in Due West for some
time.
Mrs. ]. H. Bell, one of the Oldest
residents, died at her home on last
Thursday night, after an illness OF
about two weeks. She is survived
by two children, DR.. j. R. Bell and
Miss Lola Bell, both of this place.
Tho f,,norol WAS held at the resi-
dence at three o'clock, Friday af-
ternoon. Rev. Martin of the Shi-
lob section, conducted the services.
The floral designs marked the afec-
ton and respect in which she was
held by her numerous friends.
Mrs. R. S. Galloway and Miss Vir-
ginia visited friends in Greenville
last week.
Mo1,1o~o Inn
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In Cleveland at an industrial plant
1000 girls have been working after
night knitting sweaters for the SOL
diers. It was discovered that some
one has been visiting the girls lock-
ers while they were at work and
destroying the partially knit sweat
ers.
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Secretary McAdoo will speak in
Columbia on April 10th, in the in
terest of the third Liberty Loan.
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Miss Elizabeth Ivy has been elect
ed City Warden. For several years
she has been assistant City Warden.
There were a score of men appli-
cants for the position.
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Abilene churches will begin a Sc
ries of prayer meetings to pray for
rain this week and continue until
the extended drought is broken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The British aviators have carried
out over two hundred raids in Ger
many with a loss of only ten ma
chimes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The annual meeting Of the Sew
enth District K. of P. was held in
Laurens Thursday night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

The Belgians now hold ffteer
miles of the front.
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The police force in Berlin has
been doubled. It is said the food
shortage in that city is keen and
no hope is held out for the next
month but it was stated that there
is little hope of a collapse from pri-
walton yet.
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Fifteen prisoners broke jail in
Washington. Thirty-six. hours after
one of the men voluntarily returned.
He said he did not intend to remain
away that he merely wanted a lit
tie fresh air. He was in for wife
murder. -
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A few bales of cotton brought
IS cents a pound in New York.
Some of the farmers there are
holding their cotton for still higher
price.
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William S. Ellerbee, a second son
of the late Governor Ellerbee, died
Sunday night at his home in Ben
n%ettsville. He was twenty-eight
years old and married.
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Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, says
if it had not been for wheat con-
troll, -four would have been $50 a
barrel.
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Mrs. Helen Converse, age 81
years, died at he: home in Spartan
burg Tuesday. She was the wife
of the late D. E. Converse, founder
of Converse College.
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DR.. Kate s. Carpeles is the first
woman to receive the rank of Lieut.
enant. She has been assigned to
act as assistant surgeon to the emer-
gency ~dispensary of the medical de-
partment now being organized in
Washington. ~"
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Columbia, in her endeavor to
make the Camp Jackson boys COM
Portable, granted the request of
merchants, to place seats and bench
es in front Of their stores on the
sidewalks. Col. Robert of the gen
eral staff at camp has requested that
the council rescind the order as it
will interfere with military \discip-
line.
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William J.. Bryan passed his ff-
ty-eighth birthday on March goth.
He opened the prohibition cam
paign in his home town on that day.
N~ikolayev, a Russian port on
the Black Sea, recently occupied by
the Germans, is the great grain
storing center. An American ex-
pert estimates that five million BUSH
els are in the store houses. The
naval works Of Nikolayev have an
are of two hundred acres and give
employment to one hundred thou
sand men.
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GENERAL NEWS


Abilene churches will begin a Sc
ries of prayer meetings to pray for
rain this week and continue until
the extended drought is broken.
Mrs. Helen Converse, age 81
years, died at he: home in Spartan
burg Tuesday. She was the wife
of the late D. E. Converse, founder
of Converse College.
A few bales of cotton brought
IS cents a pound in New York.
Some of the farmers there are
holding their cotton for still higher
price.
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, says
if it had not been for wheat con-
troll, -four would have been S25 a
) barrel.
Miss Elizabeth Ivy has been elect
ed City Warden. For several years
she has been assistant City Warden.
There were a score of men appli-
cants for the position.
u -
The annual meeting Of the Sew
enth District K. of P. was held in
Laurens Thursday night.
Fifteen prisoners broke jail in
Washington. Thirty-six. hours after
one of the men voluntarily returned.
He said he did not intend to remain
away that he merely wanted a lit
tie fresh air. He was in for wife
murder. 3
The police force in Berlin has
been doubled. It is said the food
shortage in that city is keen and
no hope is held out for the next
month but it was stated that there
is little hope of a collapse from pri-
walton yet. ~:
The British aviators have carried
ont over two hundred raids in Ger
many with a loss of only ten ma
chimes.
Over two hundred bushels OF cern
were ~da(troyed by fire in Green
vile. This is the second warehouse
that has been burned in the last
three days. The sites of the two
fires are not 200 yards apart.
Secretary McAdoo will speak in
Columbia on April 10th, in the in
terest of the third Liberty Loan.
The Belgians now hold fifteen
miles Of the front.
In Cleveland at an industrial plant
1000 girls have been working after
night knitting sweaters for the SOL
diers. It was discovered that some
n has been visiting the girls lock-
ers while they were at work and
destroying the partially knit sweat
ers.
DR.. Kate s. Carpeles is the first
woman to receive the rank of Lieut.
enant. She has been assigned to
act as assistant surgeon to the emer-
gency ~dispensary of the medical de-
partment now being organized in
Washington. 80
Columbia, in her endeavor to
make the Camp Jackson boys COM
Portable, granted the request of
merchants, to place seats and bench
es in front of their stores on the
a;daua1ks Col Rohart of Tho oan-
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held by her numerous frleaos.
Mrs. R. s. Galloway and Miss Vir-
einia visited friends in Greenville
last week.
Messrs. W. A. Markham, Jno.
VIM and Weston Hawthorne have
formed a mercantile copartnership.
They will do business in the two
store buildings formerly occupied
by Mr.. Markham.
Abbu San of Old Japan.
This play was presented by men,
bers of the Sophomore class of the
Woman's College in the Memorial
Hall on last Monday evening. 1t Was
a Japanese production throughout,
except two American characters.
The costumes were of Japanese de-
sign. The play consisted of five acts
and twenty-five persons took part.
The fashion of it was after a new
order for Due West. Song, instru-
mental music, acting and recitation
composed the exercises of the even
ing. The fervor with which these
exercises were greeted throughout
seemed to show that the class exer-
cises met with great favor at the
hands of the large audience. Miss
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-01-01
WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
RECREATION SERVICE
A BOON TO MOTHERS


Los Angeles Cal. Jam tn, war
camp community recreation service
has been the means of creating % new
hond between American mothers. ac-
cordiug to Mrs Josiah Evans Cowlcs.
president of the general federation af
wom"u's clubs ana 70 member of th"
nation ,ummitto" uf the war camp
community recreation fund. whu re-
comfy returned from Cd tour Of the
Gulf states
The way the women OF the COM
muultio~ adjacent to the many camps
bon these states are opening their
homes tu tho soldiers. u- 10 part Of the
war otup community recreation ser
vice. ls wonderful said Mrs tuwles
And the benefit Co th, nation Is
not alone boz the Improvement of the
morale "t the men iu training which
Is the prime object ct the service.
but iu tho sense o.. gratitude nwuk-
'uvd Iu IN" hearts at the mo}h,rs iu
northern states who's, son are tIr
u"n"fioi1ri". cot this southern NOS
UlttiitN. Ii i~ bringing the mu'n,rs
uf the north and south tupcth,r ls
nothing els, has done
Nlrs Cowlos said her yorrcsI,1-
d,u,y u- president of the general
th" club wom,n Of the nation Nr.n
giving tho movement th"tr outhu.,. -
M, support A. uuv example. h'
said u ONE state 70 barge number u
club omo had pledged themselves
To- pay from s. 10 s., q month .,eh.
bon the fund as lnlE as the war LASTS
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FULFILLED \ PROPHECY.

\ deep impression hur been cau-"d
throughout Palestine notes u CORE,
spuudrnt of tho Christian Science
Monitor hN what the inhabitants uf
tho country regard as the tulfillWout
of ancient prophecy o. Will hc re-
mcmbrrcd that the kaiser made 10
Spectacular entry int Jerusalem an
l>H,. riding through % hole bon the
CITY wall A that time the ancient
prophecy was uuctrthcd go ne, effect
that the roll Ioiiyorcr of Jerusalem
would enter th, city ou foot The
Eritish general AllcnhN entered the
CITY ut, foot Nlso the name" of the
dol,cr,r would combine "llln co., god
and "nuhl which means prophet
Gcurrl' Allpu",S name is considered
everywhere boz Palestine 10 bee that
combination and the apparent ful-
rllmcut uf tho old prophecy has
CAUSED general comment