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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. I ? - ' 1 ! 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 year $2.00 Six months ' 1.00 Three months 1 .50 Payable invariably in advance. 1 Tuesday, November 12, 1918 j ? - 1 KEEP UP THE WORK. The fact that Germany has signed the terms of the armistice will have i - a tendency to cause people to relax ' . their efforts in all war work. People are apt to think that the war is over, and that there is nothing for' the soldiers to do but come home, and return to the places which they ' occupied before they left. But we should remember that the' war is not oved in one sense. True it is that the terms of the armistice have made it impossible for Ge:*-' many to renew the actual fighting,' if these terms are enforced. But there is no power to enforce the terms except the army and navy. If we disband our forces at this time, " ' and if the allies ao tne same, u?many might renew the conflict at ^ will so far as our ability to prevent it is concerned. Therefore, our soldiers must re-; main under arms until the terms of peace are settled. In the meantime some of them will be called on to occupy strategic points in Germany to make a renewal of hostilities impossible. Others will remain under arms in France and in the other al-' lied countries. France must be rehabilitated. Order must be established in Germany and maintained there. The same is true In Russia and perhaps in other countries. Howj manv of our men will be needed for this work nobody knows. And when the terms of peace have been settled, and when there _is nothing more for the soldiers to do; in a military way we must remem-1 ber that they cannot be brought; home in a day. It will take weeks! and months, perhaps, for all of them to reach America. They will bej gradually returned to the camps inj this country and mustered "out. Toj handle two millions of men in this; way is no small undertaking. During all the time this is going; on the work of the Y. M. C. A., Thej Jewish Welfare Work, the work of J the Knights of Columbus, and of; the other organizations represented; in the campaign of the United War! Work, must go on. To come to the, assistance of the soldiers is as im-j portant now as it is when they are if" IS!, OVOUCWiJ -- ? more important, because with the cessation of hostilities the men will, be more and more dependent on the; things these organizations do forj them. All of the money asked will j J be needed, and all of it can be spent* wi+h nrofit and good results. We hope, there, that the people I in this city and county will respond J to the call made upon them forj these organizations as they have re-i sponded in the past to other patri-j /? Aollo j vtxc vaiio* i We must not let up in our efforts,1 until the war is ended by the sign-| ing of peace terms, nor until every j I man is returned to his home. CONSERVING LIVE STOCK. ; Looking to the "conservation of. live stock, meats, and leather," the' State Council of Defense has inau-. guratcd a movement to prevent the^ killing" of so many live stock on the; railroads of this state. In a letter sent out, it is stated that the annual drain in South Carolina from this cause is abotit sixty thousand dol-' lars, and that the losses from this! cause in the South are excessive, being double per mile the losses in the West, which is a stock country, and treble the losses in the Northeast. \ It is suggested that in those towns which have no ordinance on the sub-' ject an ordinance be passed prohibit-; ing stock from running at large, and; i in those towns which have an ord nance of this kind already, that th same be enforced. We are of the opinion that bel ter results would be obtained b going to the legislature and havin a different rule of liability on th part of the railroads established i those cases where live stock is kille outside of an enclosure. The la1 on the subject now, with its appl cation by the courts and juries, pra< tically makes the railroads insure! of the life of every cow, calf, horsi mule, or hog, which is running a large contrary to law, and which a a given time is tresspassing on th right of way of a railroad company The law as now declared and er forced in this state is in line wit justice when stock is killed on man's premises and within an er closure where the railroad compan is chargable with notice to its when abouts. We would not say that th present law should not be applies ble where stock is at large withoi the consent or fault of the owne: But when stock is turned at larg contrary to law, or when such stoc is running at large through th carelessness of the owner, the rai road should not be presumed guilt of negligence in the first instanc when it is killed. If the law d< clared that there should be no reco\ ery for the killing of live stock ur der the circumstances last state< there would be less stock running t large, and consequently fewer a< ? J A ! J_ _ J* J.1 1.i? ciaenis on rauoraas 01 tne Kin sought to be prevented. Ther would also lie fewer jersey cows'i the country and fewer valuabl mules. DEATH OF MRS. BLOUNT. Mrs. Louis Blount died at he home in Johnston, S. C., Saturda: November 9th. Mrs. Bluont ha been ill with pneumonia for sever: days. Her body was hrci-^ht to A1 beville on Sunddy afternoon an taken to the home of Mr. J. D. Mi ler. Services were held there Moi day morning at 11 o'clock, conduc ed by Rev. J. L. Daniel, of the Metl odist Church, after which the intei merit took place at Melrose. Mrs. Blount's death, following s ri'ffav 4Vio A "f OUVX1 CIjL ICl KJusz Utwiu VI iivi. 1IM< band, is very distressing. She wj desperately sick last week when h died, but it was hoped that sli would recover. She grew worse o Friday, however, and the end cami She and Mr. Blount were both ver young and apparently had man years of enjoyment here, but in little while both are taken. Tw small children are left without eithc father or mother. BACK TO NORMAL. The quarantine was lifted Satui day night in Abbeville and thing are getting back to normal agair School opened Monday with a goo attendance and on Sunday the pec pie attended the.first service of^th churches with unusual pleasure. mm isr^MtMk^rnnMmrMum ^ iii ^ ?fit ft n a.. in ~ wruie aeaufj n 4*?tW bt (Mrftot ~t* 1 (% | STOVES A,"> ROD FLAG WAVING 5 i: IN GERMAN CAPITAL r e . the n _ In d Workmen Commence fus * General Strike in j Great Industrial ?"e s Center. ; 5, jjor it MILITARY GO WITH PEOPLE est it | out j. Soldiers and Workmen Show Spirit! I- of Fraternization. New Govern- l|| h ment Takes Possession of Ma- ^ a jority of Public Buildings? 1_ Processions Enter Berlin y From Suburbs?Revo- E >. XUllUll jprtauiu^. l" Revolution Spreads Rapidly. 4 lt London, Nov. 10.?According to,K r- dispatches from Amsterdam and Co-8 e penhagen the revolution in Ger- I k many is extending rapidly, but in I most places the desired effect is be-,E l-'ir.g achieved without violence or y serious disorders. jg e In some places notably in Anhalt, Eg i-j Hesse-Darmstadt and Mecklenburg- ! f-.'Schwerin, the princely houses are n 1-, cooperating with the reforming par-:H 1 ties in establishing a new order of ? it things. ; Up to the present the most serious 1 d conflict has taken place in Kiel. The | 'e soldiers' and workmen's councils in K n most oi tne large cmes appear lu n '^be devoting their first efforts to or-B t ganizing the food supplies, foresee- E ing that any lack of provision in this ; respect will prove a fruitful source fj of disorder. ^ >r Complaints already have been g jt heard in Berlin that the press <;en- H d sorship is being exercised as arbi-.B j] tvarily by the new as by the old re- 0 >. gime. j_ Berlin, Saturday, Nov. 9. (Ger-:B j_ man Wireless to London, Nov. 10?!B 1:10 P. M.)?With regard to the in- j E cidents of November 9 in Berlin the 5 semi-official telegraph bureau, work^S ing under the control or me jvork-|l ^ men's and soldiers' council, issued ^2 the following report: . S "This morr.ln^ at 0 o'clock the g 18 workmen of the greatest industrial a ie undertakings commenced a general S ie strike. n "Processions hastened from all | . the suburbs to the center of the city. 0 y Red flags were carried at the head ? ^ of the processions in which marched W a armed soldiers and all classes. "The first procession arrived from g " the AicUerstrasse and lirunnestrasse. gj ' As a preliminary the soldiers and S ! officers were urged to remove their 9 cockades and epaulettes. In the ma-^S I jority of cases this took place volun- 0 r- tarily. ;s "There was a general fraterniza-'S 1. tion of soldiers and workmen. The B d workmen penetrated the barracks H >- where they received an enthusiastic B e reception from the soldiers. ^ | "The military occupants of fac c RANGES Vr HOME OU ? ies mingled in common with the'the military kers, left the works and treated people." h them in common. j Industrial 'So far as known the only clash tablished in ween the masses and armed fore-1 the same ph took place on the occupation of j so-called 'cockshafer' barracks.' Copenhag< these barracks was a guard of, Berlin gove iliers, but only two officers fired..Wolff Burea 'Three persons were killed and' ing proclam ! was injured. This is to be re^ "Fellow c tted. I people's del 'The taking possession of a ma- \ filled. The ity of the public buildings and j has underta ablishrnents was completed wlth-jment. It h; difficulty once it was clear that ent Socialist I THANKSG I FOOTWEi wm \/UCCAl V Style is the k jM|H Women's Fii gjy| backed by qua Ml/W will find in th( h/pSi ity Shoe. To I buy a pair an< fhnd them ail ^ We are eac large stock w find just the s HADDON-W 0 OSIER KITCHEN ABINETS I I save miles OF STEPS iLD ONLY BY I I i TFITTERS 7/SftlA. j I I BBHMHnBBI had gone over to the ernment with equal rights." Amsterdam, Nov. 10.?A message districts have been es-j from Cracow announces the formathe various cities under, tion of a Polish republic under the in. | presidency of Deputy Daszynski. :n, Nov. 10.?The newj rnment, according to a Berlin, Nov. 9 (British Wireless u, has issued the follow- to London, Nov. 10, 12:56 P. M.) ? ation: j The German people's government litizens: This day the has been instituted in the greater iverance has been ful- part of Berlin. 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