Census updates Abbeville population figures show shifts
The Bureau of the Census reports revised counts for Abbeville City and Abbeville County. City population is 4,570, up from 4,459 in 1910, while the county totals 27,139, down from 34,804 ten years earlier due to territory changes with McCormick County. Township changes include increases for Abbeville, Donalds, Due West, Long Cane, and Calhoun Falls, with declines for Cedar Springs and Magnolia and other shifts across the region.
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Abbeville
Calhoun Falls
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Press and Banner
McCormick
Cedar Springs
McCormick County
Donalds
West
Long Cane
Lowndesville Township
Magnolia
Smithville
Lowrdesville
Judge Lyon Improves After Fall, Confederate Veteran News
The State reports Judge J. Fuller Lyon is recovering in a local hospital after a recent fall that left him in serious condition. Friends of Judge Lyon note his status as a well known Confederate veteran in South Carolina.
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J. Fuller Lyon
Judge Lyon
South Carolina
Cotton Falls as Government Credit Cut Shocks Market
The cotton market declined with October futures in New York closing 200 points lower than Saturday. New York and New Orleans spot prices slipped from 28 1/4 to 26 1/2 cents as producers rush crops to market amid government credit curbs. The Texas panic pushed local bids to 26 cents as the best price offered.
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New York
New Orlean
Texas
Crowley resigns from National Bank to return to Carrollton
E. Crowley, long time National Bank employee and former J. M. Anderson Company associate, resigns to join his father in mercantile business in Carrollton Georgia. His brother J. C. Crowley will replace him as bank book- keeper during the transition.
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E. 2. Crowley
The
National Bank
J. M. Anderson Company
Carrollton
J. C. Crowley
Abbeville
E. 2
Crowley
Wilson Rejects Ending Trade Treaties Policy
President Wilson refused to terminate sections of existing commercial treaties as directed by Congress under the merchant marine act. He argued such action would breach long standing U S respect for international engagement and exceed congressional authority. State Department release cites precedent from 1879 and notes termination would violate treaties covering mutual relations between friendly states.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
State Department
Colby
Hays
China
Rev Mr Smith Visits Abbeville On Homeward Route
Presbyterian evangelist Rev John Andrew Smith who led the Lebanon summer meeting passed through Abbeville today en route to Statesville NC. He had conducted services at Lowndesville and closed his meeting last night. Mr and Mrs Charles Evans and the Evans girls travelled to Lowndesville yesterday to hear the closing sermon and urged him to stop in Abbeville on his return.
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John Andrew Smith
Lebanon
Abbeville
Statesville
Smith
Lowndesville
Charles Evans
Evans
Mr. Smith
Columbia Visitors Spend Day With Local Family
Mr and Mrs Chas Todd visited from Columbia on Saturday and stayed with Mr and Mrs Foster McLane. Mrs Todd holds a role in the Columbia schools and is achieving success in her work.
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Chas. Todd
Columbia
Foster McLane
Todd
Visiting in City Mrs Wilson Guest of Niece
Mrs W D Wilson of Abbeville visits her niece Mrs Joseph Everett in the city as a house guest reported by the Spartanburg Journal with brief social note on the county paper society.
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W. D. Wilson
Abbeville
Joseph Everett
Spartanburg
Journal
Sunday Visitors Return Home After City Call
Mrs A M Bailey Mrs W C Bailey Herman and Tom Bailey from Anderson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Arthur Link on Chestnut street. Edward Clinkscales youngest son of Jas F Clinkscales Monterey left for Bamberg to enter Carlisle Fitting School and will keep up with The Press and Banner at home.
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A. M. Bailey
W. C. Bailey
Messrs
Herman and
Tom Bailey
Anderson
City
Arthur Link
Chestnut Street
Edward Clinkscales
Jas. F. Clinkscales
Monterey
Bamberg
Carlisle
Edward
Missing Seventh Grade Boy Held By Malaria Attack
Dick Parker, youngest son of Mr and Mrs L C Parker, is absent from school as he recovers at home from malaria. The report notes the illness has kept him from class.
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L. C. Parker
Long Cane Church Visit Traced by Calvert and Slain Ancestors
Col W A Calvert leads a small party from Abbeville to Lower Long Cane church for Rev R Foster Bradley's series on Peace Joy and Happiness. The trek documents a landscape of family histories as the party visits cemeteries and homes of McCaslan and Wardlaw lineages before reaching the iconic Long Cane church.
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Lower Long Cane
Abbeville
Old Cemetery
Hemphill
R. Foster Bradley
Col. W. A. Calvert
Davis
Col. Calvert
Col
Patrick Roche
Capt
Perrin
Rock Buffalo
Capt. Perrin
Livingston
David Wardlaw
Col Roche
Jackson
Lewis A. Jackson
Brown Syfan
Southern Railway
Syfane
Thornton Place
Watson Lands
Mountain Church
John Neel
Norman Caton
Col. Roche
Lites
Samuel Jordan
Wilson Place
Jane Patterson
Wilson
Col. W. W. Bradley
Hunter Place
W. K. Bradley
McCaslan
James E. Taggart
Long Cane Church
McCaslans
Bradleys
Wardlaws
Morrahs
Widemans
Watkins
Youngs
Dansbys
Clemson College Creates Department of Student Affairs
Clemson College announces a new department of student affairs led by Prof. D H Henry. The unit will oversee student life excluding military discipline, mess, hospital, activities, and publications, with J C D Harcomb managing mess and college hotel duties. The cadet hospital passes to Dr George Dawson Heath and a general student activity fee funds athletic associations and Y M C A participation.
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Clemson College
D. H. Henry
Chemistry
Henry
J. C D. Harcomb
College Hotel
Mr. Harcomb
Clemson
New York
United States General Hospitals
Staten Island
George Dawson Heath
A. M. Redfern
Board of Trustees
The
Athletic Association
the Tiger
the Chronicle
Perrin Receives Attorney General Note on Jury Duty
Capt. J. L. Perrin shares a letter from Attorney General Wolfe clarifying that women are not eligible for jury duty. The AG cites Section 22, Article V of the state constitution which requires a 12 man petit jury in circuit courts, and notes the 19th amendment does not change this.
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J. L. Perrin
Wolfe
Mr. Perrin
Circuit Courts
Mrs Norwood Returns to Library Post
Ellen Norwood resumes her duties at the library after a summer in Hendersonville North Carolina. In her absence Miss Mary DuPre has efficiently managed library operations.
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Ellen Norwood
Hendersonville
N. C
Mrs. Norwood
Mary DuPre
Prohibition Boosts Nation’s Welfare Says Governor Milliken
Governor Milliken of Maine told the 15th International Congress Against Alcoholism that prohibition saved about 2 billion dollars for the nation in the past year and improved business. He cited reduced waste, higher labor efficiency, and lower crime, plus a generation growing up untainted by liquor. He noted the drink bill fell to normal trade channels and workers stayed longer on jobs, with a typical agency report showing tripled job longevity after prohibition began.
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Washington
Milliken
Maine
America
Freshman Historian Chosen At Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee University freshman class elects John Davis Kerr Jr of Abbeville South Carolina as historian of the class. Kerr, a Bailey Military Institute graduate, entered school last week as about three hundred newcomers enroll for the session. Francis Mabry from Erekine visited home over the weekend.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
John Davis Kerr
Abbeville
S. C
Young Kerr
Washington and Lee
Bailey Military Institute
Greenwood
S.C
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Bureau OF Census
Dick Parker
Watson Place
R. R. Hemphill
Lindo
Charles Dansby
John Dansby
David McClane
Foster B.b McClane
Abbettville
SAPT
Davis Kerr
Francis Mabry
Erekine
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