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Wednesday, oan. ±i, .

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Mrs. Henry Hagerman has returred to her home in Greenville, aftea pleasant visit of several days ther mother, Mrs. John Harris, oSouth Main street

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Mrs. Lalla Graydon came ovefrom Greenwood last week to visiMrs. John Sutherland, who has beequite sick.

Clifford Pope of Atlanta, camover and spent Sunday with his suter, Mrs. J. Irwin Gilmer.

Ben McKellar and C. E. Klugh oGreenwood, spent last Thursday ithe city on business.

Ernest Hagan and J. R. Winn owoaf here Saturday o'A/UV f« «. «.

< business.

Miss Olive Fuller of Mountville, ithe attractive guest of her sisteiMrs. G. L. Flynn on Magazine stree1

Cheves Sondley came over froiAtlanta Saturday night and specSunday with his parents.

Miss Ruth Crowther and Pro:Ralph Crowther, who are teaching aSharon, were in the'city on Saturdashopping and attending to othebusiness.

Mrs. A. W. Clark returned hornSaturday from Monroe, after an estended stay with her daughter, MrFairley Tiddy, ' Vi

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Mrs. Mabry Cheatham and he\' three interesting, children, are visi

ing Mrs. Ames Haitiwanger in Coumbia this week. ',

Miss Lillian Richey returned horntoday from a pleasant stay with MitCarrie Fuller in Atlanta.

Frank Sherard of Calhoun Fallspent Sunday with his mother nesthe city.

Leonard Whitlock spent Sundawith his home people in Greenwood.

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Misses Janie Belle and Julia Peinal, Misses Sadie Hammond, Juliw.AiKa+an and Mildred Cochran weriUWXXlll0W4 MMV* ..-

to Greenwood last Wednesday aftennoon and attended "The Birth ofNation" on Thursday morning. Thehad a delightful time and enjoyethe picture.

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George P. Cannpn of Andersoi' was in the city for'the week-end.

Miss Eunice Calhoun went ov<to Chester last Saturday afternooto visit her cousin, Mrs. Edwin Cahbufe. iMs Eunice is a favorite iChester and is the recipient of mucpleasant attention while in that cit;

Mrs. Edwin Greene and young soi* James, returned to their -home

Philadelphia last week, after a fedays stay with Mrs. Frank Wilson iWatts.

Miss Mary Grace Wilson of Wattwas shopping in town on Saturday.

Miss Mary E. Hill returned Moiday from a pleasant week's visit 1Mrs. Tabor Hill in Greenwood

Mrs. M. B. Syfan and little Mi. Mary Nance spent several days la

week in Atlanta with Capt. and MiBen Cochran.

Miss Harvey Cochran went over 1Atlanta last week and will stay sontime with her uncle, Capt. Ben Coc;ran, who has been quite sick f<several weeks.

Mrs. Joe V. Elgin and Joe V Jireturned last week from a visit i

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Mrs. Uamer, at cennexxsvuie.

Misses Oney and Caro Morse hareturned from Atlanta, where th<visited relatives for several days.

Mr. and Mrs. William Moss ailittle son of Norway, are here cnvisit to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Barnel

Mrs. J. £. Roche and children rturned to Abbeville this week froa visit to relatives in Fort LawThat Mr. and Mrs. Roche will maltheir home' permanently here will ]good news to their many friends.

BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Little Miss Ovelle Gilliam eelbrated her fifth birthday Saturd;afternoon by entertaining her litlfriends with a party. Merry gamwere played until cake, gypsy aicandies were served at the closethe party. A delightful afternoiwas spent, and her little frienwished for the hostess many mohappy birthdays.MRS. SUTHERLAND IS SICK.

The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jo!Sutherland will be sorry to learnthe latter's serious illness for tpast several weeks. The sympatof many friends is extended to tfamily.

TUP UACDITAVIll inc. nvoritni..

Miss Lizzie Penney has been sifor several weeks at her homeDepot Hill, and it was necessary iher to go to Dr. Pryor's hospitallast Friday. She was accompaniedMiss Gerrtrude Penney and ithoped that after several weeks treiment in the hospital, she willable to return'home much improve

g COL. SONDLEY INVESTIGATES, gistin«

Washington, D. C., Jan. 12, 1917. {VHon. Richard Sondley, *1

Abbeville, S. C.Dear Mr. Sondley:.Your letter of some days ago, ask- 0f

ing me for the truth about the visitof Bill Greene and Sain Wakefiled shto Washington shortly before Christ- tirmas, has been received and I hasten fu

I to reply. I assure, you that there isno truth in the reports which you anmention, and I am reallv distressed tfv

I that such reports should" have beencirculated. heThe boys blew in here on a Tues- en

day, as I remember. They went to m«Mrs. Raleigh's boarding house on ahPennsylvania Avenue, which is a PI<

l~ very respectable place indeed., Mrs. Wi,r Raleigh took a good look at them, th<° and then gave them a room upstairs ann which had a big bath tub in a closetIt was a beautiful porcelain tub and

had hot and cold water attach- th<* ments. As soon as Sam saw it he palt said he wished it were Saturday fir,n night, so he could take a bath. Bill be

explained to himthat up north lots he]of people took a bath every day, and co]

e that he might take one then if he ;'* liked. Sam thereupon took off his fu]

clothes and got in thetub, and he ab,, says he bathed all over, and I sup- goI pose he did. Sam says Bill also took ftII a bath that same day, and two the bynext day and one the third day, and b«

. now, Sam says, Bill won't need any to1 more bathing until next spring. traI went up to see them tliat Af- He

ter talking with them a while I told sta3 them I was on my way to prayer vei. meeting, and asked them if they hej/ would accompany me. Bill said he an:had a cold and couldn't sing, and aQ Sam said he was sleepy, and so I left ho^ them and went on to where I was hegoing. I came back by the hotel to tha

see them after prayer meeting, and ga, found that they were out, ana so I injc: went into the sitting room and talked =:* to Mrs. Raleigh for a while. It was

»almost eleven o'clock when' they gotback, and they told methey had beento a show at the Temple of Torpsichore,on Ninth Street. I asked

; them if it was a good show, andSam replied, "Yes, it was good; butI Was hoping to see a bad one." Andthen he tola me about a tent showthat was at Calhoun Falls not lone

f ago. "They had a lot of girls in-it,I he said, "and their dancing costume7 consisted of a smile and a ruddy >

complexion. The show tonightwasn't anything to compare with x

a that." I started to tell them aboutthe good service we had atthe prayermeeting, but Sam insisted on talkingabout thetent show at Calhoun

' Falls, and so I left and went homeand to bed.The next day they came down to

,y the capitol to see me, and I showedthem over the building. They seemedright well pleased with it. As wewere going along one of the corridors

~ I stopped them and said, "Whenlf Grover Cleveland was president he

was passing along nere one aay una'

his shoulder got to itching and hebacked up against this corner and

j scratched. If you want to' scratchyourself on the same corner thatPresident Cleveland used, now. is

1 your chance. But be in a hurry, for' it won't do to let the police seeyou." Well, you should have seen

;r the look on Sam's facias he backed'up against the comer and scratched

1_ himself. He was just the happiest"man I ever saw. Sam believes that

v Grover Cleveland was the greatestman that ever lived, and he will aly"ways love me for giving him the opportunityto scratch himself on thatcorner. You will appreciate thejoke when I tell you that Mr. Clevetland never in all his life visited thatparticular wing of the capitol building.

After they had finished with the' capitol, I sent them over to the Buonr)PriTl+inOP HI

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where all the paper money is print-a" ed. Before they started I said to I

them: "Over there they always give Ivisitors souvenirs in the shape of Ibrand new $2 bills. Be sure and |

3s ask for the souvenirs, because if you wmst don't the guides will claim them,s. and Docket them. You had just as

well nave them, for the governmentprovides them for you." Late that

to ^fternoon Mr. Ralph, the directorie of the Bureau, called me up and

told me that if I ever again told any,r countrymen that yarn, and made

them believe it, he would do some-thing to me. He said Bill and Sam fiinsisted on getting the $2 bills, and

l1' that it took six policemen to getthem out of the building. Of courseI was sorry to have caused Mr. Ralphso much trouble, but it was a goodjoke on Bill and Sam, don't youLIUII K. :

The next day they came back to1(j me and inquired the way to the livaery stable. I asked them what ont. earth they wanted with a livery

stable, and Bill paid Sam was feelinge- rather poorly, and thought a.dramm would do hii| good, and that they\n. wanted to buy half a pint of liquor.<£e I explained to them that there werebe saloons all over town and that they

could get all the liquor they wantedfrom any of them. "Yes, I know,explained- Bill, "but you know Abbevilleis a dry town, and the only

e_ place we can get anything to drink~ is from the negro at the livery sta-ioble, and as we have got accustomedgg to that we fear that good liquorn(j might not agree with us." I triedQf to argue with them, but it would doon no good, and finally I looked in thejg city direcrtory and got the addressre of a livery stable, and told them howto find it. They left me with hope

written all over their faces. I don'tknow whether they found it or not,but they seemed to be all right next

hndayofIt was not with them all the timehe they were here, but I saw them athy least twice every day, and they werehe all right and in good shape every

time I saw them. I am prepared tomake affidavit, Mr. Sondley, thatfhorp is rm truth in the reDOrtS thatyou mention, and you may so quote

ck me in any company. I am absoluteonly sure about this. I believe I can'or Mrs. Raleigh to make an affidaviton too, if it is necessary.by i As they were leaving I asked themis the object of their visit, Bill exat-plained that Sam has invented a doobedad to go on a cotton gin which, hed. claims, will double the speed of the

n, quadruple the output of lin1rengthen the staple, and greatl;crease the quantity 01 seea xruubale, and that they had come herBee a lawyer about getting a pat

t on it. If the thing will workcl will do just half that they