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ESTABLISHED 1844 t The Press and Banner } ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? 1 Wn. P. GREENE, Editor. < 1 The Press and Banner Co. ? Published Every Tuesday and Friday " Telephone No. 10. \ ^ j Entered as second-class mail mat- ^ tor at post office in Abbeville, S. C. j Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 j Six months .75 j ] Three months .50 ] Payable invariably in advance. _>[, ( Friday, May 24, 1918. TTas anvone seen or heard of our 1 old and trusted friend, William \ j J Jennings Bryan in these latter days?^ Is he still busy turning the sword i into ploughshares? Or is he fond- j *ling the dove? j The remarks of Charles E. Hughes ' with regard to the investigation of aircraft production in this country(, leads us to believe that "there are ] a little difficulty in the way" ofsome people. ] i If a man spends five dollars a t< week rurfning an automobile and j gives less than this to the Red Cross 1 _ .1 we would hate to undertake to ] measure his patriotism and love j for humanity unless we had a mag-'j nifying glass. < If Cole L. Blease is to have a campaign of his own and not ap-i pear on the platform with the other : candidates in order to draw an audience for them, we do not see any reason why Andrew Jackson Bethea , should not do the same thing. I The boys from Abbeville County are landing in France. Before long they will be facing the Hun in the first line trenches. Before they are called on to do this it might be a good idea to publish a list of the MiWrmtinns to both the first and, second Red Cross campaigns in or-J der that these boys may know how much they are appreciated by the people back at home. I, \ "* I ^ We see that in some municipalities the city authorities are dispensing with useless policemen and city i employees. Not so in Abbeville. In campaigns certain reform talk makes good fodder to feed the vot- ' ers, but the people in Abbeville will ! i '. not be content witn campaign urn*.. The people of this city voted for 1 certain reforms and nobody knows ^ what they were better than the (* members of the city council. Why then does the city council defy the J will of the people? Is the creature ( bigger than the creator? We will s find out at the next election. I ^ POOR OLD ABBEVILLE! ij Subscripitons^to the Red Cross in 1 Abbeville are not what they should be. Sandy Grove church, a negro church in the community of Watts,' gave on Sabbath something like four hundred and fifty dollars to this good cause. The business men ! on the Western side of the public j square in Abbeville, where there are i two banks with a combined capital i stock and surplus of nearly two 1 hundred thousand dollars, and 1 with deposits of nearly three-quar- 1 ters of a million of dollars, where 1 there are business houses doing a ? combined business each year run- 1 ning up into the hundreds of thou- < sands of dollars, contributed the 1 pitifully small sum of one thousand j dollars. Men in Abbeville who are i prospering, and have been prosper- 1 ing, arid hoRe to continue to pros- 1 per, gave five, or ten, or fifteen dol- < lars to the cause when they should 1 have given a hundred. 1 Some of these same men will 1 stand on the street next week and < whine through their noses about Ab- J beville being slow, and will wonder i what is the matter with the old < town. Well, brethren, the matter is YOU. We are undertaking to , run a hundred per cent, town with s ten per cent, citizens, with about i one per cent, of patriotism, if in- j X leed they have any. A few men|i jave carried the burdens of the city, i long time. Men. who should doj ?o do not seem to realize that they, lave arrived at the place where hey are, or should be, the main pilars of the edifice. While other towns and cities are subscribing two and three times the allotment for their communities, mless the poor white folks and the poorer negroes come # across. Abbeville will be found far behind the jrocession in this Red Cross work. \nd the reason of it is that the nen in Abbeville who enjoy the conldence of the public, and reap a reward from the patronage of the , jublic, are content to take and teep it all themselves, and are not < billing to do anything in a patriotic i :ause. It looks pretty bad for a < business centre like the Western i side of the public square in Abbe- '< /ille to be outstripped by the cot- i ton mill village in Calhoun Falls, by ? people who win their bread by the 1 sweat of their brows, who arise ' tvhile other people slumber to be- J ?in the daily grind, and know noth- 1 ing but work, work, work. * And what will the men who have ? jone across think when they lie 1 wounded upon the field of action, or 1 lie sick with a fever in a hospital 1 in Europe if they are told what 1 5fOU have contributed for the cause of humanity. If the stricken peo- I pie i:n France and Italy, in Belgium 1 and ftoumania, really knew the con- < iitions in this country and had an 1 accurate account of the money some < men in Abbeville ar^ making, yes, s making by reason of the war itself, i and then saw the pitiful sum placed 1 in the collection plate for the relief 3 of their sufferings, they would laugh i 1 you to scorn. The above remarks are meant for ; the man they hit, not in any per- : sonal or unknid way, but in the i hope that men may sit up and think : of all the' horrors which await the 1 men of South Carolina who are to- i day landing overseas, as well as the stricken of alk lands where the i Hun has made murder and desolation. May we not hope that the people of this city will yet see the light and quit themselves like men. MOFtE CAMOUFLAGE. 4. "I The annual announcement that the people in Germany and Austria . are about to starve to death has been made. Somebody, we suppose, sees a chance to make the people believe that starvation will win the war, and there is no further need ] i. to make war preparations. We have . lost confidence in the bread and butter argument. The war will be won ^ by men and big guns on the Western! front. It will not be won otherwise. Anything said or done to make the people believe otherwise only has the effect of throwing dust in the jyes of the people. We trust that the Germans andj 1 kustrians are getting hungry. We; Jo not care how hungry the Kaiser 1 ind Hindenburg become, but the * food for them should be war, and still war. "Force, force to the ut- 1 nost" is what it will take to pro-j' perly feed the Beast of Berlin. Let * .lim have it. DOTE WRITES THE EDITOR ABOUT DIXIE HIGHWAY ! I1 ji deer edditoral: i heer that the j \ Dicksey Hiway is not cummin ter' \ \bvul. I am sorrit to lern this as1 < i lost a bet on her cummin. Theli reesing i thort she wus a cummin; ] vus the champaign orrators whitch1 ( >ve sint out ter chatternooger to do; ] :he speeking fur ole abvul. I thort j ^ A-hen i remembert how sum of themj. >paik last summer on good rodes, \ -hat when thev cot sum of ther , ;hatternooger frog in ther throte| ] :hat they wood konvert the whoal \ jurisdickshun of the Dicksey Hiwayj { ind the rode wood soon run rite i c :hroutrh the ole town. But it seam ? :hat our hoys fell doun. 1 has talked ] :>n ther long distant telegram to a| Prend of mine out thar ter fine out; :her difnkultie, as dail Bocksdall! ivood say, and he tell me that thej Drrators frum ole abvul whiteh had j furnisht sum of our braivest talkers; n ther past maid a bad bust of theri < jrratorie. i ( Fur ninstance he say that uncle |t lim kummenced the talk by sayinj'i mmpthin bout the Baptiss church. 1 now it happen that the dirrecktory i ire presbyterian and meferdust way { rander and no sooner than the; cnode that uncle Jim wus a Baptus han they throde his hed in the has cit. Well uncle Jim who kin gin lerly lite on his feet in a hoss trad vas sumwhat Komflusticated whe ;he brethrun begins ter pint ou hat this are no Baptiss fnovemenl lur rais in South Kaliner pollei ;icks, and seein the drift of thing le lowed he wus jist joakin an wood interdoos bruther Will stes ringson who wus a presberteria md the Mare, More Mars, who woo five the propar doap. Well the su )er Stevingsun had been looking a :he good lookin stenography wh ffus taikin douri the noats of th neetin, and he drifted his bote into i lucidation of the fine pints o *ood lookin wimmen. They sa ;hat he shode a wunderfull admei rashun for ther ladies, whitch woo i bin a strong pint with the meeti f it had been sodjer boys who ai /-ung and good lookin therselves an ikes the girls, but all derrectai leinp- bout the aiee of Col. Toi Kotherun of Greanvil, s. c. the: took verrie lital noat of what th supervisor wus ?ayin. Of corse the jed that they had no dout that at ?ul had a grate number of goo lookin wimmen but they cood nc ind in ther dickshunnery where thj aad ennything to do with good roac col. Mare Mars havin cleaned u liis throte agin my this time too tiis posish in the middle of th ordinance and said that he was i ' ? ? nuvor Ol lining eilliyiuaii iui a^ccu 1 D.a the Dicksey Hiway cording to h abillerty to pay the fine. Bern ric men moast of them, the Mare ha hardly got their wurds out of h: mouf befoar the Konductar on th meetin sais that the joory will r< tire and kinsoder the Kase. Th joory was col. Winslow, a gral frend of uncle Jim as evrie bodd thort, but he return wiff a verdi< fur Greenwood fur the full ermour liavin maid a map of the whoj cirket wiff Due Went left ofF. now Mr. edditor, it do seam 1 . * j 1 - J il. mee mat we naa me wrung sci i orrertors. we shood at wurust stai a champain for trainen a set c speekers fur this citty who wi know how to handel a case. Th citty kounsel will no doubt be gla ter maik a propriation to help tt cause, if they do not it will be tt fust time they have refused. No it happen that i doo not live rite i the city, but i am a kontributer < the citty finances and I bleeve whe a man pay he shood talk, i wish< tur nommernait for ' the orratoi skool fust and foremost my sel Mr. R. W. Smith, sometimes calle Dote, also Dr. Jax Pressly and Wi Barnwell. Now you will need sui explanashun of theas nommerni tions and why i named myself fus ivell you see in evry crowd of bus noss men, bankers or polltertishur and orrertars you need a leede which furnishes the brains for th jther two to go by. That is why name myself fur the frunt part c ;he job. Now Dr. Jax Pressly is niscelhtnus man, he is a good tall ir to the ladies, a good singer white sumtimes counts and then he ca :alk a good deal among peepul whic jay more tention to the wurds tha ;hev do to what is sed. I wood reel jmmind Dr. Jax as a verrie wurd nan, and reddy to talk to enn ;rowd if you givo him the rigl: dnd of a push. Now Will Barnwe i taiks in on count of his grat popularity. he tias jist Deen iecKte to the Kommish, is a trusty c ;he skools and a alderman in th :hurch and visits round a good de* with the Bishop. A man like the leed not say a word and still he ki 3o a good deal more than some me tin do by talkin too much. Nc with my brains, Will's popularit ind Dr. Jaxes pluck I bleeve we *ki :urn the next trick, if we practic jp on our parts befoar we leav lome. But practice is the mai ;hing and it do not do fur a crow >f speekers to leave hoam withou ;umboddie has heerd they speech an >ean that every thirgs got in at th ight plais. well, so long, ^nd se= the counce yours, Dote. FREE SCHOLARSHIP. Two four-year scholarships ii ^lemson College are reported v? ?ant in Abbeville county. Examine ;ions will be held July 12. A scho] irship student may receive aid fror Jnited States government. The de nand for college trained men i greater than the supply. n | | ? ' e I I ! f Ill The "SPI d g' g B merchand ?t = i J power foi it 5= =2 S= . is HI nations a] P H H H decisive c v see sx jSk g |g ?S ^ .. e || n || Our nati n l!| patriotic is ill' "MADE I d 111 KEEP-K< is g | I'' able "M/ !.e 1 1 i every dol ? ||I favcr of/ ? S? Hi 35 ... ? ' ,y |||/ Wearing :t |? ss ?? pression < it ====== ai 111 pri*e' a 8 ||| of person ? ||| agement rt i|i American >f iS 3e ? jglg g KEEP-K( ie | j | and Youi >e ll| ism, your Ill of thrift. zsss =? SS w S =s S3 in H H || You are i >f |l| in Ameri< ;s |1| Americar gs rss " "f 11 y ?1 || ee iceable, ; ^ | | | "MADE f < |l| THI is ||| THE SI> g 1 1 ij 55 55 ?3 ?f I s s n r> :| 11 g Pa n! v i nj DEATH OF ALFRED ELLISON. [*i yj Alfred Ellison, colored, died at yj his home in the city on Wednesday,] i the 22nd. Alfred had lived all his I ^1 life in and around Abbeville and ,e' was a well known colored man. He ^ i was in the 76th year of his age. lf! During reconstruction times Al-j eifred was a policeman, holding that' j office in this place for some ten I lti years. Two of the older residents! n! of the city told us yesterday that i n he made a good officer, and that he' y I " ! ^-i-notorl wViitp rieonle well con-! I ?- - JT-sidring the times. ni The only prominent man now re-! j siding in Abbeville who was arresti ed by Alfred during his term of n office is Judge M. E. Hollingsworth.1 t! ,l GEORGE CLARENCE REID. | d ej - ! j George Clarence Reid died Sun-i l^day morning, May 19th, at five | o'clock in Pryor's Hospital, where he had been carried for treatment afI ter an illness' of five weeks of anaeI mia. n I Everything in 'human power was t done to give back the life and vigor | ' ' ' l-i. 1?... U?4- i i ! that nau ueen orougru su iuw,. uum I ! all to no avail. In the early morn-; r ing the soul was called away to be ! with God from whence it came. Mr. Reid was genial, quiet, genj tie, making friends easily and hold RIT OF 1918" touches J lise as well as Americ military service. Even re planning the great dr ommerciai supremacy. onal aims wilj be re? Americans will hew tn !N U. S. A." policy. 30L Clothing is .stylish IDE IN U. S. A." Cloth lar you spend for will American business leader; KEEP-KUUL, Clothing af confidence in Americ ymbol of patriotism, anc al taste and economy?a to hundreds of thou: i workers. 30L Summer Clothes 1 g Men appeal to your A critical judgment and y in American; your mone; ca; then be sure to comp lism by buying comforts stylish KEEP-KOOL C ? T C* A 99 in u. o. A. Sold throughout the world I HOUSE OF KEEP-KC IELLENBURG CLOTHING CO] ' Philadelphia * i rker & R? ' 'The >L Greer r . ing them by his affable manner. He bore no malice, and always looked for the good in everyone. We have ; no right to question the over-ruling providence that governs us, but ( how strange these dispensations seem. In the first morn of young man- < hood, steady, straightforward, and upright, he was called away to the; ] upper and better land, where the last day reveals all things, then; "we'll understand." I' The funeral services were eon-1' ducted by the Rev. H. W. Pratt, as- j; sisted by the Rev. H. D. Corbett! and Dr. Swope, at his home in Fonville Monday at twelve o'cloc. The hymns selected were, "Thy Will be Done," "Nearer My God to Thee," . American | | | an man- g j|f? now the j? l'-S ive for a gjj B'.gl alized if ?? j| 4'; te to the M J g| , service- ill ilng?and ?? ~ (fl 4 " >r~* ***~r-' i<5? is/an e%- ?? S HI 3.H cite 7- ? ? ?11 i a tok2n M ?f H? sss ass n enccur- 1 i ?1 sands of | | |B imcrizan- 1 S ll our sense 3= ?= hh '^5 5c U y is made . ?| ?1 11 >lete your M M fi ble, serv- fjj j| ||H lot x^ng m 1 8 11 ese 11* w* H E> BROS. MABBLH M) GRANITE GO. H Designers MB Manufacturesr H Erectors 2rs in Everything for theH|| Cemetery. largest and best equippet^H Lonumental mills in the . Carolinas. iwood, S. C. Raleigh, N. and "Sometime We'll Underst^HB The pallbearers were: Me^^S M. Cheatham, J. L. Wisby, I^H| .Vickies, J. A. Dusenberry, Sherard and Manning Carlisle^JM The interment was in Lon^^^H cemetery. He was born near Abbevill^^H ly twenty-eight years ago, h^^H 3nts being Thomas H. Rei^^H Hannah Dusenberry Reid, w^^HB :etled him to the grave just^^H years ago. He is survived father, two sisters, Miss Reid and Mrs. R. C. Wilkes brother, T. Hoyt Reid, all Abbeville. Conti^^^H I