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ESTABLISHED 1811 rk viYt AV i he Kress arm Daimci ABBEVILLE. S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. . \ The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One vear $1.50 Six months / .75 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. __ Friday, March 29, 1918. GOOD MEN AND TRUE. The people have selected as managers of the water and light plants three gentlemen of business ability and integrity. They were opposed by men who had the support of the powers that be in this city. They . * were misrepresented by men holding city jobs, and all manner of charges were urged* against mem. The opposing candidates had the' support of the Gambrell-Neuffer machine. They had the support of personal friend? and kinsmen, no doubt, of the Superintendent. Just how many influences were brought to bear on the voters of a purely personal nature we cannot know.! "Die gentlemen running could urge no such considerations. They were nominated by citizens of the city, and supported for no other reason than that they were good men. They received a clear majority of the votes, and such majority as indicates that the people are not satisfied with the manner in which these plants were sought to be manipulated, and that' they believe that these plants may be operated with more profit to the people and less expense.' The new Commissioners will serve without salary so far as we know. We hope that they 'will. The small salary which they might receive would not pay a man worthy to hold the position for his time or any part of it worth while. They will see that the public interest is served and that private rights are respected and protected. A fair deal may be looked for and we hope that the administration of these de-j partments under their supervision may be of benefit to the city. THE FIGHT STILL ON. , The City Council will soon be re-| organized. The members of the City Council are the representatives * xf.. A rm* OI Uie people 111 auucvuic. iitcjr should not knowingly do anything wrong or against their conscience.) But on questions referring purely to a businesslike administration of the city's affairs, they should respect the wishes of the people who pay the taxes and foot the bills. For that reason we are reproducing today the platform of mayor-elect Mars. We reproduce hisv platform because he is the only candidate who came out openly and boldly for a change in the manner in which the streets have been worked and other Honarfmpnts r?f thp nitv managed. He led the race in the first primary on the issues made. In the second primary he was sought to be handicapped in some quarters by the charge that he was the candidate of the editor of The Press and Banner. He was opposed by all the forces opposed to the things for which this paper contended. Those city employees who felt aggrieved at the position of this paper and the position of Mr. Mars on these questions worked assiduously against him. His election is an endorsement, therefore, of these demands at the hands of the people. For this reason we say that the members of the city council should give attention to his platform. Reforms are therein demanded which * * ?' - l- -- Viim Viova oeV_ tne people D> eiCtiail(S mm na Tt ed for. Will they get them at the hands of the city council? If they will not there will be another election next year, and another, apd still others. We are entitled to a correction of abuses and I the fight Nwill go on until abuses are corrected. STAY OUT OF POLITICS. The United States government j hps a rule that no salaried officer! of the government may take an active part in politics. We do notj know how well the rule is respect-j ed, but it is a wholesome rule. Before the advent of the present j mayor we had the same rule in Ab-! beville with respect to salaried city j employees. It was also a whole-j some rule, and should be re-established by the new council, and suitable penalties provided for those; who break the rule. The people will not have much ! respect for a government that allows the paid representatives of every citizen in the city to "button^ hole" one man in favor of another! man and against a third, nor of anj riflfippr who seeks to retain office! through political methods rather j than a faithful discharge of his du-| ties to the entire public. The city government has not been improved in this respect under the leadership of the present mayor. If Uncle Jim had ridden Cotton Patch instead of a mule he might have given somebody a close race. The Baptist-Seaboard combine failed to get action. One reason why the candidates of the Triumvirate failed to specify! was that Brother Haigler insisted on transportation by rail while Uncle Jim demanded the water'route. We are now in thorough accord ; with both the petitioners and the ' commissioners. ' i A vindication with the "yind" 1 knocked out of it is a sorry looking ! animal. i We all sympathize with nephew i Kerr in the political accident which 1 happened to his dear uncle. < i They will control neither in person nor by proxy. We understood that the Hague jj Conference had forbidden in mod-|> ern warfare the use of any kind of j i poisoned gas, chlorine, mustard, or: ] purely original verse. j Abbeville may need a laundry but the man who is to pay the bills for operating it does not. As to the Ice Plant perhaps a li- ' cense of five hundred dollars would make the new one possible. i Looking over the list of things 1 which we are kinging, we fail to find the names of the Methodist Church Choir, The Federation of Women's Clubs}, and the working ( force of the esteemed Abbeville Medium. -J- , i Speaking of the School Board we are willing to retire, if we could find anybody who could beat us for the office. The last time we were 1 elected we were opposed by an elegant gentleman residing on* Greenville Street, but the people forced the office on us again by a vote of < about two to one. We will admit, however, that the gentleman was somewhat handicapped by having a poor campaign manager. Unless the person who called this paper a "sustenance" in print, immediately makes a disclaimer, we will sue out a "lie-bill." The Good Lord delivered us. BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS. "A Million Books, for a Million Men" is the appeal of the American Library Association to supply each of the defenders of the Nation already or soon to be in uniform with a single book apiece. The free library at Camp Sevier, where many soldiers from this section are in training, is already doing excellent work providing the best and most r .1.1. _ varied sort of ready matter ior me men there, and will receive its full share of the books donated all over the country. It is Abbeville's turn to help. In each camp there is one large central library, a comfortable and inviting building where as many as 2,000 men can spend a quiet hour reading, and where the main collec-j tion of about 10,000 volumes is housed. In addition there are substations of a few hundred books located everywhere about the camp, in the Y. M. C. A. buildings, the K. of C. Halls, the hospitals. Besides books, papers and magazines are distributed to all of these, and es% pecially to the quarantined sections of the camp, of which there are alwys a few. All liie service of the library is free. A book may be taken out for reading by merely registering one's nameand organization and the namj of the book with the attendant at the desk. Thousands of magazines and papers are given away. Every sort of book is provided:) Novels, tales of adventure, detective stories, standard fiction; up-to date books on almost any technical subject; recent text-books on military subjects, mathematics, the sciences, and foreign languages, books of travel, history, biography, poetry j and the present war; dictionaries! and new encyclopedias;^ and even; interesting books in foreign languages. In fact, it is very seldom that a man asks for a book that is not already on the shelves. Onoe the men discover that they can get books which will help them! to get ahead in the army, books; that will keep them up-to-date in their trades and professions in civil life, to which they hope to' return, novels and stores for mental relaxation from the continuous round of military duties, they are not slow to take advantage of the opportunities offered. One serious minded private characteristically expressed it as his j ?? ii-.i ?- 1 I upilliuu Lllclb we irnu lui lieu cue; trick", and then went on to give an ungrammatical but an unusually thoughtful exposition of how library: service helps to keep the mind ofj the private from rusting. "They givei us plenty of exercise for our bodies | and keep us in fine condition butj our minds don't get enough exercise. We can get it at the library1 though, and it's a great thing.'" | It is planned to give each man a| book as he leaves camp to go over] seas: He will be allowed to carry! it in his kit and it will serve to' while away the idle hours at sea.i On the other side these books will1 be assembled at Y. M. C. A. huts or in regimental libraries to carry library service to the men at the front "For all this service MORE BOOKS ?hundreds of thousands of them? are needed at cantonments, training camps, posts, forts, naval stations, on vessels, arid over seas. Half a million bookij are still required to meet the actual need of men in the 34 large camp^. Another half million are needed immediately for the military forts, posts and small camps; for the naval stations and vessels; for the marine corps training staMons and barracks. For the men on transports and overseas there is need for an almost unlimited supply. For every MAN in service there ought to be a BOOK in service. That means at least a million more books at once. And books wear out in use. They must be replaced frequently. Hundreds of thousands will be purchased, but every dollar available for purchase is needed for the sort of books that can not be expected as gifts. Therefore: Hundreds of thousands must be obtained as gifts. What You Can Do. You can pass on to the man in khaki the books you have enjoyed but will not read again. You can give them some of the books you like best?books you would like to keep. THEY will like them too and the best is none too good for them. Don't have any slackers on your book shelves. You know what your boy likes to reaa. Send them. He may not get those particular volumes but he will get them from some one who has the same thought. You have been proud of well filled book shelves. Be proud now of empty shelves just as you are proud of the star on your service flag which signifies an empty place in your home. Every public library in the country is a substation where books are being collected, to be sorted, packed and shipped to the soldiers under Si LR 5, mil .k?,\-.v ' ic5*. , . j^n I ! W7T? A PC TLIC rfcM J TT l_i rvi\L, X X IJU v/ll, I! Park y.ininuTLfZJE rrjuamn tfgfai the direction oi me nsaaquarters ati i Washington. 1 Enlist your books in the service. 1 Let them serve oar men. I A MILLION BOOKS FOR A MIL- i LION MEN. 1 . \ THE REUNION. 1 The time for the meeting of the ' Confederate Veterans in Abbeville is approaching and the city should begin preparation* for their entertainment. There will be many distinguished men and many of the old ' time lighters in town for this occa- < sion and Abbeville should do herself proud in entertaining them. NEW AWNING. Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran is putting a 1 new touch of Spring on her store 1 by having a new awning put up. It 1 is a dark blue and white stripe andl1 I I looks ine. . 1 ARMY WORK, Rev. G. W. Swope will deliver an address on Army v Work at the School Building at the Cotton Mill j Tuesday night at eight o'clock. , Ct 1 Evex-yone is invited to come. , LOST JOINT OF THUMB. Mr. R. S. McCombs had the misfortune to cut his thumb off at the i first joint. He w$s sawing wood 1 and the saw slipped and cut his < thumb. Several years ago he got his left arm caught in a saw mill ? which necessitated its amputation. \ KNITTING. All knitting for the Red Cross 1 must be in by Saturday, in order : that- the box can be packed by the ; first of April. Mrs. E. R. Thomson. WHAT SON BILL THINKS. Since the begipning of the big < battle on the British front, many | wild rumors have been going the j rounds in town. One which seemed i fi niw f?r> ri rn n iri ari r-t t- hi To the man V\ |? f If you have been paying ai past, take a look at Styleplus They have thoroughbred s \ tailoring. They have reliabl Models and patterns for build. By concentration of extern ties on certain definite grad efficiency and lower costs. . in? X1 KJl oyilllg tJLlCIC aic I value at the price. f 2? ani "Each grade the same p America's Only Kno LY STYLEPLUS STOl er & Ree ?j?jiiEJEnLriLnLJHJTiJi!mrarF :o give great pleasure to the little joys was that Pershing had capered 130,000 Germans with the Crown Prince thrown in for good J measure. Son Bill said he did not c jelieve a word of it because "Bus- 2 i?r Howie said it was 130,000 and the Crown Prince, and Richard Hjll c if tx7qc 5(1 nnn anil f!rnwn r Prince and Willis Harrison said it was 132,000 and the Crown Prince." The rumor furnished plenty of ? :onversation for both old and ^ young. J CHURCHILL APPEALS FOR c MORE MUNITIONS AND GUNS London, March 26.?An appeal was made today by the minister of . munitions, Winston Spencer Churchill, to the effect that a special effort ^ must be made to repair promptly ^ the serious loss in guns, machine *uns and ammunition resulting from ^ ihe battle now in progress. SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH ' ON EASTER There will be mass in the Catho- ^ lie church Sunday, March 31, at 9 o'clock. The public is cordially in- j rited. OUR HERO IN THE PAPERS. The New York Times picture supplement for Sunday contained a picture of Lieut. Osce Coleman, the 1 ( Greenwood county boy, who was recently decorated in France for signal bravery. The young soldier is standing in front of- his hut "somewhere in France" in company with Captain John von Holtzendorf, who, however, is not one of the 1 t Germans captured by the lively Lieutenant, but hails from Georgia and is helping Uncle Sam win the war. A WIN THE WAR CONVENTION 1 Gov. Manning has appointed Dr. J. R. Bell, of Due West, a delegate from Abbeville county to the "Win I the War" Convention in Birmingham next month. -vjra who has [i [ j never worn |j | lephis 1 ' i'l in round $21 and $25 in the 11 ' I s before you pay more. [J I tyle. They have genuine I { I e fabrics.' E { men of every age and; I jj; 11 ii 3ive resources and facili- ! J. . es, the makers heighten * |i grades. Each is the big [ ?! Cfefhes ![ , It r w W / M&i TtiNMWIKMTINO I f, ice the nation <>er j | wn Priced Clothes j j' J RE IN TOWN |} J ' | 1 ' [fa it "i se i| aneaiEnuiu^^ ~ " * ???. ? ^ TO CAMP JACKSON. / iFive men will leave for . Camp1 ' fackson, on Tuesday, April 2, 1918, >ver the Seaboard. The following ire their names: H. K. Eakin, Ben 0. Berry, Edlie Yeargen, L. E. Pratt and Lonlie L. Hall. .' f; Mrs. Emma Murray of Kinardf,. ind Mrs. Pierce McNeil of Lebanon, rere in the city shopping Wednea- * lay. Mrs. Murray is visiting at he home of her father for several lays. -LOYD GEO. A* GRANDFATHER H London.?The British prime minster, David Lloyd George, became i grandfather last month with the >irth of a daughter to Major and* Urs. Richard Lloyd George. The ?vent took place at the prime miniser's home in Criocieth, Wales. Ma- ' or Lloyd George is the prime min- flH ster's eldest son. TT P? Vsla H major xienry uuici^, wc irofessor, has been taken to Gcrnany on a transport as a prisoner. le was captured on Aland Islands. MB STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, H| County of Abbeville. At the Regular Session of General BH Assembly of the State of South fl^fl Carolina, 1916, an act was passed re- MB luiring the County Board of Com- ^Mj nissioners of Abbeville County to nsert for three weeks in a county ind state newspaper a notice for he purpose of borrowing money for :ounty expenses. Now, in pursuant Nfl o said act, the County Board of HH Commissioners will receive bids for ^H| he sum of Eighteen Thousand ;$ 18,000) Dollars, payable one year HB Tom date. Bids to be opened Eleven A. M. Vpril 2nd> 1918. W. A. STEVENSON, J Supervisor Abbeville Co. H. L. Evans, Secretary of Board. March 6th, 1918. I