20 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
1
Washington reports delay in opening sixteen cantonments for the national army. Officials say no fixed date for training camps, with September first previously seen as opening time. First officer corps to be released in August to free space for the next draft batch.
Frances Hamilton Wilson, two months old, died Friday afternoon in Warrenton. The funeral and burial were held at Long Cane cemetery with Rev. H. W. Pratt officiating. Friends extend sympathy to Mr and Mrs Wilson on their loss.
Abbeville County praises Frank A. Carwile of Level Land and J Allen Smith Jr for leading Abbeville to oversubscribe its Liberty Bond allotment. Carwile, a patriotic Red Cross worker with two sons in service, drove community effort and urged a successful Red Cross week in the county.
Citizens urged to donate to the Red Cross Fund to fund hospital care for wounded soldiers in France. The appeal stresses duty and sacrifice, urging immediate action June 19 to 25 and to involve friends and family in generous subscriptions.
The civic club ladies host a demonstration in their club rooms over Philson Henry's store today. Coffee and tea tastings include iced and hot varieties from Maxwell House. City ladies are invited to visit the tea room during the day.
Last Saturday the Red Cross committee visited the soldiers camp at the fair grounds in Columbia. They met Abbeville youths Willie Mahon Willie Tones W D Wilkinson Wardlaw Lyon and Charlie Lyon who appeared healthy and happy. Wardlaw Lyon was on guard duty and observed eight men in a guard house formed by four chairs and two sacks with two games of set back in progress. The visitors concluded Wardlaw was the one punished.
Dr J Bonar White arrived home Saturday from Baltimore where he recently graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical College He will now visit homefolks and friends before moving to Washington DC to practice at the Old Soldiers Home Hospital.
Miss Edna Bradley leaves Abbeville for New York where she will stay with her uncle Mr. Walter D. Tusten for the summer. En route she stops in Charlotte to visit Rev. W. W. Orr's family. The community wishes her a pleasant season.
President Wilson proclaims Red Cross Week to mobilize a $100 million war fund. South Carolina aims at 300000 with Charleston pledging 75000 as public-spirited citizens join Allies aid and tuberculosis fight across France Russia and the home front.
Detachments of the First regiment on duty at trestles and points across South Carolina are being recalled by Col. McCully. The entire unit is to concentrate within a week at Styx as headquarters. They will train before being sent to France, with hopes of European service within three months, though no official confirmation exists.
Rev. Nevin Henry Schaaf departed for Philadelphia on Monday afternoon to visit friends for a week before returning to Fort Wayne Indiana. He preached to the Seceders with eloquence and warmth, winning the admiration of all.
Miss Mary Martin hosted a luncheon in the Superintendent of Education's office in the Court House for City Hall and Court House staff. The menu included chicken salad crackers pickles stuffed eggs and iced tea and was enjoyed by attendees. Mr Ed Calhoun and Miss Eunice Calhoun depart for Waynesville to spend the summer.
The article notes rapid Balkan shifts after Constantine abdication with British withdrawals east of the Struma in Macedonia. It cites Bulgarian capture of towns, suggests an imminent Sarrail offensive in the Vardar corridor, and posits Britain may pull back to reinforce a defensive Entente right flank.
Mr and Mrs W F Bates Mrs L J Welsh and son Mrs Wallace Ratchford and daughter visited from Carlisle and stayed with Mr and Mrs Henry H DuPre from Sunday until Tuesday.
Prof. R. B. Cheatham passed a perfect physical examination last week at Fort Oglethorpe and is making good in every way. The report of his return due to health was in error and he remains well in Abbeville friends’ view.
The ladies of the count appointed by Miss Martin depart for Winthrop Rock Hill to learn and teach home demonstration work their instruction will aid Abbeville county women. Distinguished visitors from across the country will attend and demonstrate home economies. Abbeville girls for the Tomato and Poultry clubs Daisy Lanier Mildred Winn and Ophelia Clinkscales will also go to a similar course next week.
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