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established 1844. The Press and Banne: ABBEVILLE, S. C. fm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Frid* '?i XT- m xeiepnone iiu. aw. Entered as second-class mail ca tar at post office in Abbeville, S. ( Ttm of Subscription: One year 1 $1.6 be months-. .7 Tkree months .F Payable invariably in advance. Friday, December 7, 1917 THE RAILROADS. In his message to Congress Pres dent Wilson states that, should tl occasion arise, later in the sessit lie will take up the matter of tl transportation facilities of the cou: trv and make recommendatioi with regard thereto. The Greenville Piedmont coi rectlv states that upon proper tran portation facilities not only hingi the continued prosperity of t! country but the conduct of the wj itself, it being impossible to ha; die men, war material, food stuf and supplies for the army unle the railroads perform their fu duty to the public. The Piedmoi further correctly blames the Dem gogues of the country, especial in the South, for the crippling < the railroads by their insistent d mands in past years that the rev nue of these corporations be ci and by refusing to extend to the that aid and comfort which they d serve. But the whole inability of tl railroads to perform their duti< to the public should not be charg< to the demagogues of the countr The railroads themselves have 11 been altogether blameless. It is ir possible to handle large corpor tions like the great carriers of tl eountry unless they are proper manned and unless the business these corporations in the local coi munities is diligently looked aft by men with sufficient busine ideas to comprehend their tasks, is impossible to run "railways wi boys as agents at all stations e ccpi in the larger towns. The National Government its< should not be unmindful of its hai in crippling these institutions 1 the enactment of legislation e rmpting railway employees fro the provisions of the Anti-trust A and other like enactments, by leg lation fixing the hours of labor ai demanding ten hours pay for eig hours work, by fostering a syste wnicn takes the management ot ti railroads out of the hands of i managers and turns the manag ment over to persons having no nancial responsibility in the co porations. By this legislation, tl National Government has done i full share to discourage the buil ing, equipment, betterment ai general success of the railroac and with it the full development i the country. People will not inve their money in corporations ov which the Government claims tl right to have exclusive jurisdicti< when these corporations are ma aged and manned by men who a: not responsible to the stock-holde and bond-holders but who are a la unto themselves. If the Government is to exter any further its domination of tl transportation facilities of the cou try it should, without more ad take over the railways and opera tiiem itself. If it is by legislatic to fix the wages and hours of lab< for employees it should be the wa{ payer. News comes from Washingtc that an announcement will short be made which will clarify the p< litical situation in the state in s far as the senatorial race next sun mer is concerned. Is John T. Dui can about to announce for the sei ate? The United States has accon plished one thing in the war a ready. Old Hindenburg has begu to talk, and when a man who knov how to fight like Hindenburg begir to talk, he has seen the finish. President Wilson deals kindl with the critics of the administn tion, and the pacifists. He says c them, only this,?"They may saf< I ????????? i ly be left to strut their uneasy | hour and be forgotten." He has taken their measure. - Germany may not think much of the ability of Uncle Sam to wage war, but it now looks as if Germany - was anxious to reach a decision in the conflict before the Sammies are heard from next Spring. 1>I ? ? There seems to be no doubt - about one thing?President Wilsor t- i has it in for Bill Hohenzollern, and *" j Bill knows it. The New York Times announces j that there is a million pounds of expg cess fat in men and women in that 0 state and they are advised to diet ! themselves so some of the surplus _ may be given to the soldiers. The Jacksonville Times-Union says, _ "next thing we know somebody will be proposing to kill the fat men and make lard of them." Secretary Joe Sparks, of the South Carolina Food A~ | Conservation forces, would supply ie enough for this State.?Greenville m News. 10 We have two fat furniture dealn~ ers in Abbeville who would make is i a tierce. : SNAP SHOTS FROM : Ml IF Mill IIUULVILLL UUIIUVb ss ill iit Abbeville, S. C., Nov. 28, 1917. a-1 The ninth and tenth grades were ly told that they were to write theii examinations in ink that this was a e- special compliment to their abilities e- Divis Kerr said he considered jt that the worst compliment he evei m received. e-! * * * When the fourth grade was askie; ed why the earth appeared so small es to us, Cecil Tate answered, "Be id cause our eyes are so very smal y.. that we see only a part of it at om ot time." n- * * a_. Misses Elizabeth Faulkner, Wino he|na Barksdale and Lois Little attend jyjed the B. M. 1. and Erskine foot 0f ball game at Due West on Thanks ' ?1 T\ giving udy. * * $ er ss A number of the high school pu pils spent Thanh-giving out of towi Miss Virginia Aiken was in Clinton x Misses Alyce and Edna McKelve; in Lawrenceville, Ga., and INIiss Ly dia Owen in Atlanta. V * * nd ^ Miss Mary Adams will spend thi week-end in Seneca with her sister * sp * m ct The members of the fourth gradi I are exchanging letters with th< members of another fourth gradi in New Jersey. The lust letter: were written abuut plants which ar< m y ^ found here ai.?l not usually founc , in a northern climate. Two of then its I are printed beiow. t Dear Alma, >r-: ^ j I received your letter some day: {ago, and I am writing to tell yoi , I about t?ie weather and a few othei .) things here. js | We've had ice only one morning ' houo hopr ?] 1I1C IWt \JX (/UC uajro UUIV MW* ox . , warm and beautiful. st j We have roses and chrysanthe i mums in bloom now. Have yoi 16 | f seen chrysanthemums larger thar i saucers? They sell for fifty cents I each. re i rgj The only fruit ripe now is th( j pomegranite. It looks something j like an orange and when you. breat ,|it open you do not see anything but little red seeds that we eat. le n_ Have you ever seen sugar-cane 1 0> It grows about as tall as a man, te | gets ripe in the fall, then it is cut, m j sent to a mill where the juice is 5rj pressed out of it and boiled intc re j syrup. My letter is getting rather long so I will stop. Your friend, >n' Lavinia McCuen. ly! * * * 0-j Dear Charles, so j We are having warm weather (i-jnow and it is clear most of the 1-jtime. We have had a good deal of i-j frost too. j We still have roses, agaraturns, | chrysanthemums, scarlet sage, and 1- ' ' marigolds in bloom. | Our magnolia trees are green all "'the time. The leaf is a long,, thick, rTS green, shiny one and is brown on IS I the bottom. The blossom is cup shape and is a cream color. The v1 tree is about sixty feet high, i- The tea jlive has a short chubby if! leaf and is rough and dark green. ;-'The blossom is yellow and grows i in a little prove. It smells sweeter I than a rose or a violet and any| body that passes our gate can smell f it. The pomegranite is a large redj ,1 fruit. It's as big or larger than| ! an orange. It is a light red and has j J a thousand seeds.. When the frost i ! has fallen on it, it is good and | ! riDe. We eat the seeds. I 1 Sugar cane grows about four1 11 feet in height. It looks like a. corn J ' stalk. We peel the outside olf and! j eat the inside which has a sweet i juice. It is made into molasses, j We are playing foot-ball andj marbles now. What are you play-1 ;j ing? Your friend, i| Bill Greene, Jr. j * 'I [j# *j f 'I* BREVITIES. *j 1 i * *! f !i ! Everyone can buy a Thrift Bond, j Only twenty-five cents is required j i j at a time until you have saved ! $5.00. Now the Turks are weary of Ger-| I man rule. Soon every one of Ger-i i many's allies will be tired of her [ way of doing things. I Merchants are liable to prosecu-j ' if fViDv vinlato t.hp fnod laws: by-charging 12 cents or more a' pound for sugar. , THE BAPTIST REVIVAL !| CLOSED LAST NIGHT i I 11 . The very successful Baptist re[ j vival came to a close Thursday . night. Dr. Wicker proved himself to be a speaker of ability. His fiery 1 denunciation of evil, his melting appeal for good, his fine logic in' i statement made him many friends and admirers in Abbeville. I Mrs. Wicker proved to be a fine , help in the services, assisting Dr. Wicker in numerous specials that ' were highly enjoyed. There were . 22 additions to the church before .('last night, the results of which have . not been reported to this paper. Dr. J Swope stated that that number has i brought the additions to the church, during his pastorate of less than IS months, up to 148 making it one of 1 the strongest churches numerically , in Abbeville county. The rapid in/ crease of this church is probably - not excelled by any church in the state, or by very few at most. The pastor will preach next Suns day morning on the subject, '"The . Lii^ht that Shines From the Throne" and again at the evening service on 2 "The Battle of the Swords." The 5 ordinance of Baptism will be admin2 iscered at the close of the evening s service. Public cordially welcomed i j FRANK GARY, JR. WINS APPOINTMENT The following taken from The ! News and Courier will be of inter- J 3! est to our readers. Frank Gary is l 'the son of .Judge and Mrs. Frank B.: [ I Gary and is a young man of fine I qualities. We are glad that he is { . I advancing so rapidly in his school ! I life. Washington, Dec. 5.?Two stu-i - dents now at the Citadel, Frank B.' j i Gary, of Abbeville, and Harry! | t Cleveland Garrison, of Anderson,! - V? mm. Koon o r*r\ni n f h\7 Sonflfrtr 7^1 ! j Iia W UtVil Hy[/uiuvvu -? j ?? > ?? ?. j D. Smith, to the United States J 5 Naval Academy, subject to their! r passing the entrance examinations! ; at Annapolis. These two young; ; South Carolinians stood highest in! the State-wide competitive examin-j i i ation held for Sen. Smith October, 24, and the Senator has, accordingly, named them for the appoint, ments concerned. ) ) # HELP NEEDED. More workers are needed at the I Red Cross for the cutting of gar-j j ments. Every lady in Abbeville is j j asked to help and any afternoon j j you can come please phone your ; name to Mrs. T. G. White, Mrs. C. i ,i D. Brown or Mrs. J. C. King. ! The rooms are open Tuesday,' ! Wednesday, Thursday and Friday | afternoons from 3 o'clock until dark. The need of the soldier is I great, even if the season is a busy p one. I | U. D. C. MEETING. | I The U. D. C.'s will meet next' | j Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 11th, at1 ' | j four o'clock, at the home of Mrs. | W. C. Sherard. Hi The Holidays HI many days you 1 Sal well as we do, IJIr scarce toys an ^E1 is now complete fill replenished. Ie| Come today a = Christmas gooc There were r S bought (In the H any price, and tl H much in price th | S We have th ? rens handkerc = Abbeville. Th; ?1 snow you. ^ We have just P! Ladies Neekweg {*? pg for a gift. l j. CO A' = Just a few o: = sacrifice to clos( j|? on. Come and h==d 3 Make your pi jH and we will put' e|? for them. Sho; H apointment in | Mrs. J 1 "Th< ?mg viii j 0 Anounc are almost here, No use t( lave to shop for Christmas but maybe you don't d novelties are this seaso 3, and when it is broken ind get your pick, we hav Is as fast as we have this s M A ?A i.1* ^ J /-wt 4-X-v /\ w\ rv -wl r a nany unrigs un uie nicmu Summer) that cannot b< lose that we can get have at we could not afford to VNDKERCHIEF! te largetst stock of Ladi< hiefs ever shown in a ci1 at is Some Statement, NECKWEAR received hv express the c - xJ -i. ir you have ever seen., I rs, DRESSES It SUITS I these left and we will 3 them out before the Hoi get yours. NOTICE irchase now while the sto them away for you until; p today and avoid the r not getting what you wa fas. S. C0C1 i Christmas Stor istmas | if ^ :ement]I m ) tell you how ~ 5-you know as s realize how H1 n. Our stock S it cannot be EE: e never sold = season. .. = st when we i=j 3 had_now_at || ) advanced so = handle them. g 5 | o *n cliiva V^IIUVA- j ;y the size of j|| but we can 1^3J{ * H 1=5 fc== ? ? ni laintiest lot of HI Nothing better | J lND g sell them at a = iday Rush is H ? I Si ck is complete |?j you are ready |?| ush and dis- |gj ? Kgy IRAN I e." :|| rr_- i