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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. Tfye 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. Term* of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918. THE LIVE-STOCK BUSINESS. We have live stock dealers In Ab-j beville, who not only pay license to. do business here as such dealers, but who pay heavy city and county taxes besides on the property which they have invested in this business.' In addition to this they'live in Abbe-| ville, spend the porfits they make in^ their business in this city* assist it in solving its problems, bear their part of the public demands, and in every other way assume the respon-: sibility of citizens. We do not believe they are undertaking to rob people in the sale of. live stock. The fact that there are more than one in the business pre-' eludes the idea that they are doing this. Such being the case, we believe that, those people who come here from time to time to auction horse and mules or live stock of any kind, should be called on to pay a heavy j license tax. They should pay an J amount 'in this way equal to the amount of all taxes paid by the resident dealers. . This wojild not only be just to. the resident dealers, but it would be. entirely legal. The Supreme Court ( has held that a city has a right to levy higher license taxes against people who do business of this kind,! who are in town today and out to-^ .1 morrow, than the license taxes charged against resident dealers in :he, sa$ie Kina. ox www. Not only is this true in the stock business but it is true with regard to e,ye;ry. other lipe of. business in i^ch the occasional visitor comes in competition with the resident' dealer, And the people who . do, the buying need riot, tj\ink t&at they, will suffer by reason of, such a license law. Frequently adjustments, must be made om sales of. any. kind, more' frequently in the live stock business than in any other kind- of business. It must be more satisfactory to the person who buys to. know that he has a local man to deal with in making, adjustments of this kind, rather ' than a person who is . not a resident, j We say this without reference to., the men who have been in Abbeville | lately selling stock at auction. We know some of these men are relia-[ ble, but speaking generally with re-J gard.to those people who come here, fnHnir to make a sale and who are' gone tomorrow, one will be able to . secure settlements of claims growing.out of these transactions only with great difficulty, and sometimes not at all. THE FRENCHMAN'S LECTURE. Lieut Ricaud, who is in the State lecturing in the interest of the War Works Campaign, came to Abbeville Monday at the invitation of : the campaign manager here and delivered a most inspiring lecture. The lieutenant is a young man and until six months ago saw heavy service in the French trenches. He spoke with' a first hand knowledge of the deso-' lation the war had brought and de-j scribed with vividness the pleasure experienced by tne irencn soidiers on their return from three weeks in LVe trenches, when they found a Y. C. A. hut with books, papers and pen and ink and a canteen which served hot tea. Lieut. Ricaud was introduced by Hon. Frank B. Gary and he was listened to with interest by the good crowd present. The occasion was further enlivened by the Band from the mill, which discoursed lively music. i?:' . . : j[, s? ... ' "/ski*. .-V-i- ."ir..: .. ... EXCHANGE. J | j With the homeward movement of, i :he troops particularly those who | nave been wounded, the Canteen Service of the Red Cross will be <ept pretty busy looking out for the * 1 :>oys and serving them as they, pass through our town. The command-' ant, Mrs. J. D. Miller, is receiving letters every day stressing the necesj sity for the service to our wounded j boys. Everyone is invited to help furnish things to serve. In order to, meet the demand Mrs. Link's Team { I : | will hold an exchange on Wednes^ day before Thanksgiving Day. If you j have something that you can give to I this exchange, it will be gladly re-j ceived. It is hoped that the people who live in tne cuuuu^ plenty of farm produce will contri-J t bute anything from hickory nuts to 0 hOg meat. j d Mrs. Links Team is composed of S -.he following very able workers:' c Mrs. C.- A. Milford, Mrs. D. A. Rog-' e ers, Mrs. Sol Rosenberg, Mrs. A M.' c Smith, Mrs. Henry Blount, Mrs. J. ^ R. Glenn, Miss Mary Quarles Link, tl Miss Sarah Perrin and Miss Delia e Wilson. Remember the date and place? 11 Wednesday, Nov. 27th, and at the e >ld picture show stand. j? "AS YOU WERE.' 6 , 1 8 Abbeville theatre-goers are certain to take an unusual amount of c interest in the big Camp Jackson 2 Soldier Show, "As You Were", which ? plays at the Opera House Saturday, Nov. 30th. j rr"? ?" ?/ * Vnoi/iol rnmerlv 1I1C twv-acu Muaiv(*? . ; which was arranged, produced and played by a cast of fifty professionals now wearing Khaki, has scored 1 uch a pronounced success that it is J ?eing sent on tour of the principal / cities of the. United States with an f engagement at a New York theatre " as a gravid finale. ^ LOWRIE BLAKE, A CAPTAIN. h p Mr. John R. Blake received this j morning the commission as captain ^ of his son, Dr. Lowrie Wilson Blake, ^ who is in the medical service of the d united States. At the beginning of o he war with Germany Dr. Blake was on the sanitary board of New York c City. He volunteered and was given j - * - 1 ,351 .1 commission as first lieutenant. Some months ago he was sent to ^ France and on August the first he u was nromoted to a captaincy. The' * " >7 * ri >1 T'. f i r:. ' r I commission has gust arrived here. ? His wife, is now visiting relatives in J ^ Massachusetts. She was Miss PerriB & Weaver, of Berlin, N. H.?Green- r wood Index. - ri il METHODIST CHURCH " E 1; The pastor will preach his last sermon in this conference year next*" ? i .. I r Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. Inj g view of the fact that the pastor willj t] not.be here no Thanksgiving day, the ? services next Sunday will be Thanks- n giving services. Let every one tl cojne up to the house of the Lord and I * render thanks unto our heavenly Father for His goodness and mercy. 0 Are you thankful? If so come to w this service. | e The regular monthly union service| e will. be held on Sunday night at ^ ?:30 o'clock. j * The offering of the Sunday Schoo c 'ill be for missions. Let every pu ! n oil present a noble offering. 1 The pastor will be out of town next j week in attendance upon the Annual i n Conference at Chester. ( J. L. Daniels. Pastor. u Patrons of the Columbia Theatre | Columbia, where the show played to! capacity audiences last week, werej unanimous in pronouncing the at- j traction, "As You Were" the best ? that had ever been staged in their | city. - i t That Abbeville will give the sol-' * ' fi i dier actors a royal welcome here, n j goes without saying and the S. R. 0., 1; I sign will probably be out at every' i performance at the Abbeville Opera * . House during the engagement of! "As You Were," Saturday, Nov. j j i 30th. ! t j | t ; o Engraved Cards and Invitations at t The Press and Banner. ' b The subscription rate to The Press i and Banner is now $2 per year. t 1, r UNCLE SUM'S ADViCEJON FLU J. S. Public Health Service Issues Official Health Bulletin on Influenza. .ATEST WORD ON SUBJECT. ipldemlc Probably Not 8panlsh In Origin?Germ Still Unknown?People 6hould Guard Against "Droplet Infection"?Surgeon General Blue Make* Authoritative Statement ' -; / , Washington, D. 0.?(Special.)?Al hough King Alfonso of Spain was ne of the victims of the influenza epl* lemlc In 1893 and again this summer, >panish authorities repudiate any lalm to influenza as a "Spanish" dlsase. If the people of this country do ot take care the epidemic will beorae so widespread throughout the Inlted States that soon we shall bear lie disease called "American" lnflunza. In response to a request for definite ^formation concerning Spanish lnflu-* Dza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue of be U. S. Public Health Service has utborized the following official Interlew : What 'is Spanish Influenza? Is K omething new? Does it come from pain? S "The disease now occurring In this K qnH on 11 or! 'Snnnlsh Tnflnen- E a' resembles a very contagious kind I f 'cold,' accompanied by fever, pains I Coughs and Sneezes g Spread Diseases | As Dangerous as Noon 6w Sheila i the head, eyes, ears, back or other arts of the body and a feeling of se* ere sickness. In most of the cases the vmptoms disappear after three or four ays, the patient then rapidly recoverag. Some of the patients, however, evelop pneumonia, or inflammation f the ear, or meningitis, and many of tieae complicated cases die. Wh.plh.er bis so-called 'Spanish' influenza is lentlcal with the epidemics of lnfluen& of earlier years is not yet known. "Epidemics of influenza bave visited tils country since 1647. It Is InterestJg to know that this first ep4demi< ras, brought here from Valencia, pain. Since that time there have een numerous epidemics of the dl? ase. Ib 1889 and 1890 an epidemic I Influenza, starting somewhere In th? Orient, spread first to Russia and ticnce ever practically the entire dvIzed world. Three years later there rat another flare-up of the disease, loth tlmff the epidemic spread wid? f oyer the United .Statec "Although the present epidemic la ailed 'Spanish influenza,' there is ne eason to believe that It originated in pain. Some writers who have studied tie question believe that the epidemic ame from the Orient and they call atonMnn' to the fact that the Germana I mention the disease as occurring along I be eastern front In the summer and all of 1917." How can "Spanish Influenza" be roognlzed? "There Is as yet no certain way In rhlch a single case of 'Spanish lnflu-, nza' can be recognized. On the othr hand* recognition is easy where bere, is a group of case?. In contrast o the outbreaks of ordinary coughs nd colds, which usually occur in the old months, epidemics of influenza aiay occur at any season of the year. Thus the present epidemic raced most tensely in Europe in May, June and uly. Moreover, la the case of ordlisry colds, the general symptoms, fever, pals, depression) art by no oeans as serere or as suddea in their nset as.they are to Influenza. Finalf, ordinary colds do not spread brough the community so rapidly or o extenstrely.ac doea Influent "la meet eaaea a peraoc takea sick rltk Influenza f*?U sick. rmtber kadenly. Be feeU vok, bat paloe la the yea, can, bead ar back, and nay ba, ora ajl ?far. Many patlenta fad lazy, so** rmxtkL Meat of the palenta complain of feeling chilly, and. rltk thla eomaa a fever Is which the emperatnre rlaaa to 100 to 104. In wat eaaea the pnlee remains relative- ' f iJoic. ! "In appearance one 1b struck by the ?*+ n?Hont InnVa lick TTU yet and the inner Bide of hfe eyelid* aay be slightly "bloodshot,' or 'conested,' as the doctors say. There cray be running from the nose, or here may be some cough. These slgne f a "cold may not be marked; nevertheless the patient looks and feels yj Ick. ??? % 666 cures Headaches, Biliousness, ?oss of Appetite, foul breath, or 9 hat tired aching feeling due to Ma aria or Colds. Ik ROSENBERt ULTHn I IVI C. I Three Stores ; Each [ofi our three st mention, butjour hare right-of-way in this issi r.n j The man. who shoots v r over. l Qne of the goc I tracted no little attentic barrelled jbreaeh-loade] beauty in balance and TK w^ll-Vnnwn Rpmi X 11V T V** f ? AUT01V are here for the man \ best to be had. R . Guns are in great dem vens and Winchester n your admiration. I* Air Guns for the little fellow? the gun's all right. Good reliable hammer guns in prices from $8.50 to $25.00. 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