The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-01-10
FIRST OF CLUBS
DINNERS SPLENDID

cover their origin. Mr.. Plaxco very
kindly gave the assembly the results
of his researches. He stated that all
the Hard Times family are children
of Old Father Time by the five FoSl-
ish Virgins, old Father Time being
Mormon. He assigned logical rea-
sons for his deductions which were
sufficiently plausible as to be adopt
ed by the entire board. Mr.. Plaxco
stated that the reason the cotton
stored by Ring Thomson, Uncle Jim
Stark, Dals Barksdale, etc. in the
Farmers Warehouse dropped from
"A to 16 cents was that some of the
Hard Times children coming to Able
Vile by the Hodges road slept in the
warehouse and wallowed all over the
cotton reducing it from Middling to
Poor Stain. All together Mr.. .Plaxco's
talk was full of excellent wit and
sound philosophy.
The next speaker was onSof the
extemporaneous variety, no 'notite
having been given Mr.. A. o. Roche,
previously, of being called upon. But
Mr.. Roche was fully equal to the
occasion and responded splendidly,
praising the efforts of the Chamber
CT Commerce and Abbeville in gen.
eral. He deplored the fact that the
city council had taken down the large
electric. sign, "Welcome" on the
Square and wants it put back and
lighted every night.
Mr.. C. E. Williamson, being next
called upon gave some wonderfully
pleasing words regarding the higher
price for cotton which he firmly be-
lieves will come by summer. He was
generously applauded by all the city
farmers present as well as by\ the
other guests.
Rev. C.E. Peele, pastor of the Alb
beyille Methodist church next res
ponded to the toast, 1920" in a
happy manner. Earlier in the evening
during Mr.. Plaxco's speech, it was
decided to have the speaker bury
Hard Times before he concluded his
speech and no reference was to be
permitted to be made by the guests
to the dead" Mr.. Peele stated that
this put him out of joint as he nat
urally supposed when assigned the
subject 1920 that he was expected to
deliver himself of an obituary Of the
year which ended so disastrously for
the people in the cotton belt. Anyway
he was glad that the subject Hard
Times was forbidden and he certainly
proved to all present that 1920 was
a year of the greatest progress Alb
beyille has ever known.
Rev. Louis J. Bristow, pastor of
the Abbeville Baptist church was the
L'Allegro speaker of the evening in
contrast with the II Penserose speech
which Bro. Peele first thought was
expected of him. Mr.. Bristow res
ponded to the toast 1921 and so well
did he handle the subject that much
genuine meat was found in his re-
marks. He presented three subjects
which he hopes the members of the
Abbeville County Chamber of Com
merce will adopt, along with others,
as their goal for 1921. They were
Enforcement of the Laws, A Sense
of Civic Beauty, and The Upholding
of the Christian Churches by support
and influence. Mr.. Bristow was at his
best Friday evening and created a
deep impression upon the minds of
his hearers by his mastery address.
Rev. George M. Telford, pastor of
the Long Cane Presbyterian church
and a. new conner to Abbeville, was
the last regular speaker. Mr.. Telford
was asked to give his impressions of
Abbeville from the viewpoint Of
new resident. He stated that he did
not believe that a preacher of any
denomination ever saw the whole of
a city and a city's makeup due to
his isolation from commercial affairs
by reason of his ministerial profess
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