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Established 1844. th The Press and Banner ita 1 P1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. sti v Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. ^ * 8t Published Every Wednesday by n""> ""J "D nilTiai? Pa J.I XI1C 1 J. COO aiiu jjniiuvi vvi Telephone No. 10. 1 is ' 1 * ~ ~~ fa Entered as second-class mail mat* ?< tor at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ^ Terms of Subscription: f One year J_$1.50 Six months .75 Three months .50 th Payable invariably in advance. ej ' w Wednesday, Dec. 27,1916. E v< B A HAPPY NEW YEAR. u r'i /> ?? Along with the other business in- ^ \ ; * terests in Abbeville, The Press and a) Banner has enjoyed a good year in ^ business. The results have , been ^ ;V . even better than we expected. For g( the good things which have come to ja " us we thank our subscribers and the ; i?: - * .11 UUSinetK? U1CU UI AUUCTWC, an vi whom we have sought to serve to cthe best of our ability. The Press and Banner undertakes to be of service to the city of its residence, and the people of the county we all love. No one connected with this paper wants any pre- ol ferment other than what comes, to. h< those who undertake to do their best, ti even though the effort be a feeble n< one?we only want to giveour read- y< ers a newspaper worth while?that hi is our sole ambition in running this P< paper. We have n<\ friends to reward and se no enemies to punish. We are called al on sometimes to disagree with the " views of others, but we have no quar- P] rel with any individual; we wish them all well. al Therefore, it is the pleasure of th i the management of this paper to w wish for every legitimate enterprise h< in the city of Abbeville and in Ab- P( beville county, and for every man ^ in the county, whether he be minister, lawyer, doctor, dentist, farmer, railroad man, artisan, or what not, Pi a happy new year, with peace and ^ prosperity. i? th th A VF A D Ar DDACDUD TTV a b/uv vi * nvm tani ma* m The merchant of Abbeville have had the best year in the history of m the business in Abbeville, especi- mi CO . ally daring the fall and early winter months!. Looking forward to an *e immense trade owing to the good e price of cotton and the prospects of 00 a fair crop, oar merchants boaght . large stocks of goods for this trade. a The new year will find them with ^ these goods sold, with money in the , banks, withj satisfied customers, be- ^ cause the merchants of 'Abbeville as one man sell the right kind of goods, for the right kind of prices, and ^ with every prospect of further increases in business in the spring seay son. 7 We wish them all well. They have patronized the columns of The Press and Banner and they have reached ne' the people. On the other hand the buyers have read of the wares of these good merchants and they have come to Abbeville to buy. We un -1-J i.L.1 iLk?/i??nA ma E. are giuu U1UI> UlCjr tauio ucvouav TT V know that they are. With the best people on the globe, ^ with fine business conditions in the in city and county, with men of responsdbility at . the head of business a11in all lines, we may well be con- eve tented to live in the best city in the in state. It is worth something to tell ma: the people abroad that you live in yea Abbeville. . car _____________ sho PROHIBITION. had in J The Christmas season has come and gone, and there has been little I drinking and no disorder in Abbeville so far as we have heard, and gj there must have been little, if any, 0fg else we would have heard it All of nig which shows the good which prohibi- an< tion is bringing to the people of the United States and to South Carolina. to And the time has come- for * the the Southern Express Company to be ter stopped from the business of run- ^ ning a liquor shop in every commun- ^a) ity of South Carolina. tin The people of South Carolina have lar closed the doors of the barrooms in d? this state, decreeing that liquor is off not an article of commerce in which wa the individual is entitled to deal, sta The government itself as a police measure understood to sell liquor ** only to have the good name of the tei state brought into disrepute, and a tr3 question mark put behind the name ^e of every man who put his hand into ^ the affairs of the State's rum mill. an Then the people rose in their might Pe and declared that liquor is an out- id< law in South Carolina. And it would b? outlawed and the fin Southern Express Company's bar- fr< room would be closed, except for the 80 President of the United States and ^ a Congress which does not regard ci, > -' .? 1 y, i e wishes of the people who elect to i members. Only by virtue of the ovisions of the United States Con- ^ itution with regard to' interstate mmerce, may the Southern Express so >mpany haul liquor into this ^ ate where the people do not want And the people had as well know m at the Southern Express Company a& doing this thing because of the X ,ct that our representatives in ingress have not been ipiridful of w ,e rights of the people in those H stricts which have sought to banish in luor* el Such being the case we are of c( le opinion that no man should be p] ected to Congress in the future f< ho does not stand for National rohibition. We are prepared to * >te for our old friend Wm. Jennings ^ ryan for the next president of these b< nited States because he seems to t< s the only man in the nation with 1X1 le moral courage to lead a fight gainst the rum shops of the coun- ^ y. - And we are prepared to make p le fight along the whol? front to p ;e that no man is sent to the legis- C ture, to congress, to the governor- ^ lip, or to any other office who does ot stand for prohibition from prin- g pie and not^or office. ? n b LET US PAVE. r n The time has come when the city b P Abbeville should begin to pave sr streets. The public square and ^ le two streets to the depots have jc seueu puvui& lur a j^uuu Aiuuijr sars, and the other streets now P ive reached the place where more e: jrmanent ways are imperative. The delegation in the General Asirnbly should secure a constitutional n< nendment which would allow the ki ty authorities to assess abutting ^ operty holders to pay in part for ? ie construction of paved sidewalks, n< id provision should be made for pi ie construction of these walks * henever a majority of the property jjj >lders residing on a certain street tf itition the council asking for paved ni iewalks on ihat street. The paved streets proper should hj > constructed by an engineer emoyed by the city, and the cost of jr e work must be paid by a bond m me. We will undertake to advise ? e people of the city shortly as to ^ e amount of bonds Which the city ^ ay now issue for this purpose. b; In the meanwhile the proper com- tj ittee of the city council might m ake certain investigations as to the , st of paved streets and the most asonable means of obtaining the b< st which can be had considering te ir means. ,; As -the new year begins, let us ^ 1 get busy and make Abbeville w ow. Of course it means taxes, he ;t the men who pay the taxes will & t lament the expenditure if only ^ e money is properly and economilly spent, and this the city coun- Pi will guarantee. Today is the fa y to begin. I ROBERT E. GONZALES. ( Pneumonia has taken from the srspaper readers of South Carolina i most gifted writer in the state, has claimed many a shining mark, t nownere nas its nana iaiien more timely than when it called Robert Gonzales to rest rhe Press and Banner joins with i newspaper men in this state and the country at large in deploring great loss which has come to us There should be comfort howr, in knowing that he lived longer the few years that were his than ny men live in J the three score irs and ten. He began a great eer, and though his life was cut rt his work had been done. He 1 * - ' il%A A nf AM 1 tflKGIl 1115 pittUC W1UX MIC lliftouciu bis line. MEETING OF THE FACULTY. I rhe Faculty of the Greenville eet Set-back College met in the ce of the President Saturday ht President Kerr took the chair 1 undertook to call the meeting to ler. As the President wore no C sm, the meeting refused to come ? order. Prof. McMillan then took I floor, and after gaining the atition of the members, stated that had learned from reading The ess and Banner that the President i lost his gown, and the charter o? * institution as well. Mr. McMil- T i said that the College authorities J[ manded to know what the Presint was doing wearing the gown of _ ice around at night, and what he X a doing with the charter. He Jl ited that certain parties to wit: 1. Patrick Roche and Col. Thomas Thomson, claiming to be the owni of both the gown and the char\ had been down on Long Cane ring to trade them for the old Bill vlin plantation, and he was of the inion that the President should be ? ntenced to give a turkey supper, P d get out of office, even if Col. J rcy Miller, the cousin of the Pres- "" jnt, who has been on Broadway at ?ht, was not here for Christmas. Just then some one rode up on a e black mule and hitched it in >nt of the institution. The perd riding it was strangely dressed, d the members crowded to the adow to see whether it was "Sandy ?rs," or a clown who t had come to wn. It was seen in a moment; < >wever, that it was Prof. Stark, 1 earing the gown, and that he had , e charter hung to his belt much te an Indian carriee a scalp. As ' on as this was observed by the irmer President he vacated the , tair and stated that he had eaten irtain pecans, which made him a " ;tle under the weather, and that 1 i his rich brother-in-law from New ork was in the city he would re crn, ratner man give a nu^ci, ouu in in the College of Will Barnell, Herbert Allen and Bob Mabry. e said he would offer for no office i that institution, but that he would :t as teller when the President was ected, Will Barnwell having ao sded to this arrangement on the romise of Col. Kerr to support him >r the Presidency. Col. Stark then took the chair, rof. McMillan observed that the Dwn was a little short for the Presient and he moved that ninety cents e appropriated to buy some tatting ) put a frill on it, which was unanilously carried. The President stated that Hon. R. !. Hill of Upper Main street had ought a turkey and applied for a lace as Professor of the Stunt Deartment in the Greenville Street Allege, and that without any moion at all, he declared that one had een carried electing him. He also bated that he would make his inau urai aaaress at uie ucai uccuug nd that he wanted it printed in fiill 1 The Press and Banner, as it would e a matter of considerable importance. He wishes to lay down some ales and regulations which will fix latters so that a President cannot e put oat of office until- he gets red holding it, and he also thought lat as mules had gone up, the term f the President snould be' made >nger. Prof. McMillan^stated that as the resident was only serving an unexpired term he thought that he lould not assume too much authorij, and that it would1 be well to" ave an election pretty soon for the ew President. He' stated that "he new one of the old professors who ould, in his opinion, make a fine Beer, and that he was trying to rrange with some of his friends to ominate him. He thought that a rofessor should not be elected to regular term as President unless 3 had already given a supper, and : stated that his candidate had done lis, though he said he wpuld call no unes at this time. One of the members of the faculty &ving announced that Mr. T. G. rhite had purchased a thirty-three >und turkey, the faculty by a risig vote asked that Mr. White be ade a professor in the institution id given any two chairs of instrucon which he desired. It was also ;cided to send a written invitation > Mr. White which was to be signed f all members of the faculty in Rewriting so that he would not isread any of the names. About this time, the former Presimt knocked on the door and upon vestigation it was found that Her3ft Allen and Bob Mabry had gotn on to the trade between him id WD1 Barnwell, and that they retsed to allow the former President act as teller, or to be connected ith their institution at all unless t would contribute something to e endowment fund. He therefore ?J VA LAJ /IA?M A UAAV +A ^alrA aveu UlOt UC uau tUUiU uowa w M?av 8 place in the Greenville Street >llege, but President Stark and 'of. McMillan objected until satisctory arrangements could be made le former President brought Presi'AT THE OPERj OFFICI. EPOCH 1 Actui r aken On Fields W1 ee The Fight Betw The Soldiers I ?ronounced b Cxperts and A of all MATINEE * ADM s lent Stark partly around 'when h< threatened to demand more salary ii the baggy and furniture business un less he was reinstated. Just then some body on the out side1 shouted that there was a danc ing bear down town, and all member eft with a rush. The inaugural address of President ' / f /1 RESOl The MclV Company i body all tl happy and 1 1V/VY JL V/t heartily its customers stinted pat ing the y and solicit* clnce of sai renewed r< . i serve you during thee Hie McMon FRONT V k umiqp SATI II ~m AIVWMM) m+m. m m v< AL PICTC MAKING PICTURE si J3ai tere Belligerents H< in The Wo een Two Airships;1 "ighting in the Trei v Arm v an< lewspaper W Photograph! 3:00 P. M ISSK :? . i Stark will be in this column next 1 week. . . vi'-" HERE FROM ANDERSON . Henry Caion-and Judge Nicholson, of Anderson came to Abbeville on 9 Tuesday and spent the day with Mr. Cason's hbmepeople. They were dnb route-for a business trip to Atlanta. ??????????????i??? JUTION Iurray Drug wishes every le joys of a I prosperous ar; thanks 1 \ friends and for their unmnanp rinr 1 VilUgV UU1 ear, 1916, > a continu/ * me upon a esolution to even better rj- ? ihsuingyear. i ray Drug Co. 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Bradley Abbevflls Dr.^J.^A^Anderson Anteevffle W. D. (Morrah"rrrri"Caihoim Mills 8. P. Morrsh Bordeaux H. L. Basor .Walnut Qmi W. A. Nickles ? .... HtffM M. 6. Bowles Coronaca D. S. Halttwucar MhelarJB. D. 3. HaJtiwaj^er .^Klnard* M I T. k! Moseley Y?ldln /fl AbWviH* S. a, Jut Sf IMS. |^HM2V999^B B HJ^V^^B MA ^pB ^JES I :ORDS I iRTS. : lenes I Horrific Tragedy I lips By Submarines; I ins in Action I als, Military! lost Amazing I lents I 7:30 P. M. J $ 2Qc 1