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' Established 1844. The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. i Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. Telenhone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ? \ Term* of Subscription: One year $1.50 , Six months . .75 Three months > .50 Payable invariably in advance. J All checks, money orders, drafts, etc., should be drawn in favor of The ' Press and Banner Co. Obituaries, cards of thanks, and other announcements of a purely personal character will be charged for. Wednesday, June 28,1916. i:.. m. MEN OF ABBEVILLE. At the first call to arrha three sons of Abbeville \ offered their services to their couhtry. Gottlob Neuffer, Paul B. Kennedy and W. D. Wilkinson have shouldered their gnns and gone to the front These young gentlemen are but boys. Two of them occupied a few days ago responsible positions, the other was a school boy, at home on his vacation. But when duty called they answered, because they are made of the mettle of which soldiers are made. GOTTLOB NEUFFER is a son of Dr. G. A. Neuffer, of this city. His mother was Miss Annie Hemphill. His grand-father was Gen. Robert R. Hemphill, a soldier of the Southern cause, who, when at the age of his grandson offered his life for Southern rights and who was in the thick of the fight until Lee surrendered. PAUL B. KENNEDY is a son of *the late J. R. Kennedy, who as sheriff of Abbeville county, lost his life doing his duty. His paternal grandfather was John Kennedy, a soldier, too, of the Southern cause. His grand-father on his nlother's side of the house was the late George A. Hanvey, of this county, who also worthily wore the gray. W. D. WILKINSON come3 of true men too. His father was too young for the war, but his grand-father, John Wilkinson, saw service in Mexi, co in 46-48. He was a member of the Palmetto regiment, and fought for his country in all the big battles around Mexico City. His grandfather on his mother's side of the house, was Capt. W. D. Mann, a confederate soldier, as cool as the coolest and as brave as the bravest. snerman spoKe tne trutn wnen ne said that War is Hell, but when the country calls, the citizens must, respond. Abbevlle has always responded, and her men have always, been where the bullets were the thickest and the fighting the hardest. And if it becomes necessary that these boys see service, Capt. Gossett will I find the Abbeville members of his Machine Gun Company animated witn tne spirit 01 tne men irom whom they come, and ready to do ^their duty. We take off our hats to them! They were boys yesterday. They are men today. SOME THOUGHTS IN PASSING If there are any candidates "hurting for a fight" we would remind them that war is on in Mexico. c There is consolation is knowing that the City Council has not passed an ordinance forbidding our brave boys from wearing these new striped shirts. We hope that all the Cooper 'men in Abbeville county will not be here today. We dislike anything like a love feast at a campaign meeting. We want to see the other candidates have a good time, and we ask the Cooper boys who arer here, to give them the glad hand. Sinpp it has hpen Hefinifplv asppr. tained that Hughes is a Baptist, we predict that the republicans will greatly increase the vote for their candidate in South Carolina, especially in the Sweet Water section of Aiken county. Dale Barksdale and Uncle Jim did not attend services any where on Sunday. They are looking for their new pastor this week, and from now on they will look solemn every day. They therefore concluded to take a day off before the pastor got here. Being ur.able to otherwise de- 1 ' / scribe the "prominent farmer from Newberry." who went down to Columbia full of "Dibble's figures," the 1 Record siiys he was a large bay with blazed face, 1 . : ATTENTION DEM t . f The democratic party has dates for office shall be nomi aries. It has decreed that ca offices shall tour the State ir they shall have the opportun people of each county as the ed; and that the people of have the opportunity to meet to face. Such being t^ie decre matter of the best way to rui tied for the time. The purpose of these cam cVtall PYnnsp their VUIIUIVIMWU UiiMiA as well as their own proper p< the people may see and hear 1 their minds as to the fitness o office he seeks to fill For t candidates are with us today The people of the county i / them. It is the duty of the pe lect these offices to learn of t done in many ways. No one sight into the character and s candidate. It is necessary to the candidate from the peopl is necessary to read the news sary to hear the partisans of press their views on the fitnef for the different offices. But the object of the whol( proceedings is to enlighten 1 best man for the particular o to say for himself after full after seeing the candidates, v for the office. You have youi have ours. But is is your dut these men who would serve y make up your estimate of ev oil linpVif r-vz-vooiVvlr\ Trnn aii|iigiii pvooiuit wtivit j vu. finally, it is the duty of every all these matters for himself. Therefore, we urere unon t / ville county to turn out and who are to address us today, sans, but as citizens seeking lect for yourself the man wh( State. Hear what all have tc in the book of memory, and as you talk with your wife 2 who would best serve the re* loved ones; as you go aboui quire of yourself who best r< need and should have in this 1 stands your "situation, and w< % * to serve your welfare; thinl bors and decide who would I ests of the county, and the St TTT^ /\ TTT/Mll 1 1 1 ^ V\A /%n4- n/%/\ wiiu wuuiu ime must tu State one great and satisfied this, the day will not have be And most of all, remember are our guests today, and treated with the greatest cot go away from Abbeville feel of Abbeville were not glad tc WE KNOW IT. , TI "It begins to look as though the ~ 4 1%, 1 T> * M G?v< ocf antvin/l Uvftcc r?v>/l Knnnai? at A r> x x coo atiu ux beville 'considers one Robert A. a sent( Cooper the one candidate who promin should be elected governor of South by stri Carolina." the wc We predict now that the esteemed . j. Lancaster News will be of a like opinion before the latter days of ^ August. Gentlemen, victory is in lows, the air. the tin / IOCRATS! / / / 01 decreed that candi- e VI inatedin the prim- c r< ndidates for State [ *. b?dy' a?d ^ i ity tcf address the ir ai counties are reach- ? each county shall ?( the candidate^ face " >es of the party, the ? i campaigns is set- H p' si ipaigns is that the ? views to the public ? arsons, in order that p ;hem, and make up n f each man for the a ;hese purposes the c g hj will see and hear * iople who are to se- * hem. This may be ai way gives a full in- b tanding-etf anyone ti know something of ? e where he lives. It ? ipapers. Itisneces- jj; the candidates ex- * 3S of their favorites ti b tl si 3 performance and h the voter as to the ti ffice; to enable him ft investigation, and * yho is the best man 18 O1 r preferences, as we t ;y to see and hear u ou, and you should ery candidate with Most of all and democrat to decide he people of Abbehear the speakers Come not as partilight. Come to se>will best serve the > say. Write it down then go home, and ind children, think il interest of these tyour business inspres^nts what yo\l if e, who best underould be most likely c about your neigh- I >est serve the inter- I s ate as a whole, and | the people of the \ people. If you do :en spent in vain. 1 that the gentlemen | as such should be 1 irtesy. Let no man I ing that the people i ) have him here, | NOUGHTS ON POLITICS. srnor Blease moves to amend | 1 inco in the description of "the | ient farmer from Newberry" * kin?: out the letters "cr" in 5; >rd "crying," and inserting ? thereof the letter "1," so j g le sentence shall read as fol- 1 "He seemed to be lying all 6 ie.'? J COOPER STOCK RISING. io to Some days before the campaign n< jened The Anderson Intelligencer ^ xpressed the view that Cooper stock ^ -as on the decline, and that Mr. ooper's friends thought he should ?tire from the race. The editor aj f the Intelligencer was no doubt . illy convinced that he was right in JL mt op.nion. The trouble with ?im. owever, was tfcat nenaci Deen reaa- _ ig the Manning newspaper bois;-irs. { id had ? ot been sounding the great asses j* thir' ing people f nis -1 >unty. ; G< The Intelligencer has #een fair to le candidates since the campaign pened, and has given, in our judgient, the best and most accurate re- th arts of any of the papers we have Ik ;ad. It is evident from reading se le reports as contained in . that pa- an er, as well as in others, that Cooper ft ?ck is rising. It seems to be con- nc eded, that Cooper was the favorite hi l Spartanburg and in Greenville. ft x-Governor Blease seems to have al ad the better of the argument in ft ickens so far as the crowd was m oncerned. We are able to express o opinion on the Oconee meeting, fa at when the candidates reached be nderson it became apparent that pi ooper stock was still rising. a It should be remembered that p* overnor Manning and Mr. Blease d< ave every advantage of Mr. Cooper ai t this section so far as getting their sc iends to these meetings. A ai reater percentage of Governor si< tanning's friends live in the towns ec ad cities than in the rural districts; tli ad the greater proportion of Mr. ut lease's friends are in the industrial immunities and in the towns, while b< lie Cooper strength in this section w largely in the country. Just now "W te Cooper men are busy with their hi rops and cannot attend the meet- w tgs generally. Therefore, we should ot have been surprised had Gover- pi or Manning and Mr. Blciase made pi much better showing as regards us le crowds attending the meetings be lan they have made, and we have A: een more than agreeably surprised su tat Cooper has developed so much sb length among those who might to ave been favorable x to the other of indidates. It all goes to show that ro le people want a man of sound and is iscriminating judgment, a man who m not a partisan, one who will treat ec rery man in the state as a true son w< f South Carolina, and a man who be t willing to make the fight on his pu wrn merits. th he Spartanburg Journal, which had sc [ready expressed the opinion that li| tr. Cooper would be in the second gi ice is now confirmed in that opin- co H Hot We gj I PALM BE Summer Dr Crepe Cloth, $8.50. Also s big reduction Best value i market. \ A few wool will need one1 p can buy one h< I This depart Hats coming i: we will appre I "The Store of St; V SSSSSSSSSl nr _ The Journal .does not attempt tell the people that Cooper will >t get fifteen thousand votes in e State; it undertakes to express l opinion founded upon reliable ,cts in its possession and it sees e tide turning towards Cooper. And it will be a land-slide unless ? n x ii. . * _ ??n_ i signs xaii at tne iasi. xne peoe are doing their own flifakfag. ley know a man when they see le, and they know that Robert A. )oper will serve them faithfully id fearlessly, and that he will lend gnity and honor to the office of >vernor, if elected. GOOD ROADS. One da? this week we passed over ree or four miles of so-called pub: road in this county. The road rves the people of a neighborhood/ id the public has no interest in it irther than its interest in the sighborhood. But the neighbored is a good one. Good people ire along the road, and the lands ong the road are valuable. The irmera in that section are good farers. We believe, therefore, that these raters and these rood neonle would i s. willing for the county to approiate enough of their lands to build road on which two vehicles could 188 safely, which cannot now be me/ We believe that people who e prospering themselves like to e the county affairs in good shape, id most all of the people who re* de in the country and are compell1 to use these roads should desire tat they be built so as to mpke them teful to the neighborhood. But we found that the county has sen spending money on this road, hich is not ten feet wide in places. rith every rain, whatever of work is been done just before, is labor asted. The legislative delegation should is3 some legislation which would ohibit the county authorities from ing public money on such roads, scause it is nothing short of waste, ad until they do this the county ipervisor and sub-supervisors ould pass a rule that no roads are be worked connecting the people-' ' a neighborhood with a public ad unless twenty-five feet of land appropriated for the purpose of aking a road which may be travelL We are opposed to the public irking neighborhood roads at all, it if they are to be worked by the iblic, which is now the policy of e county authorities, (at least to >me'extent), some degree of inteljence should bey employed with reu-d thereto in order to save the unty from loss. ather Sp ? V # ACH SUITS, $5.00 TO esses in Muslin, Lawn, white and colors. Price lome Silk Dresses to clos in price. SHIRT WAISTS. in .50c. waists ever sho\ COAT SUITS. Coat Suits for Spring 1< when you go to the moun sre at one-third off for th MILLINERY. ment is still in full bla 11 every week. Give us y ciate it and guarantee sa I ours for more business, S le and Quality" 1 v. ' - * .Vjv? ^.i,>i. - . .r '. h^iisvrt: Norri* ExqnUit. Gmwilm K Watennu's Fovataln Ptu S Hadnat'a Toilet Article# JK Knoxrille Ice Crews McMurrejr't Fount Driaks Dj (Kodak Dept) 1 SUMMER I TIME? S KODAK 1 TIME 1 Nothing tells the story S of a vacation trip better S tk^ri the pietares of the m people yon meet and B places yon #ot ' ? The cost is very ^mall, 9 Kodaks in stock from .Bp $1.00 I io m $20.00 I Films from 15c to 400 j per half dozen >4Xpo0- < nres. | Cost to develop and il I print one dozen. pie- j 1 tures, J | 30c i , to ?j | 85c J! Come and let ns tell j yon more abont them. ! | McMurry j! Drug Co. ]j JUUUUUUUUUUUHt, ' ^ ^-l ecials! I / H ''HI * M ; $8.50. I .. Bp Voile and 5 $1.50 to ;e out at .a , I vn in this 'I I m 8 | / ibbeville. S. C. ^ V. .