The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 16, 1917, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Established 1844.
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor,
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Published Every Wednesday by
The Press and Banner Co.
Telephone No. 10.
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at post office in Abbeville, S. G.
Terms of Subscripticat
Om year $1.50
Six months .76
fkrii months .50
! Payable Invariably in advance.
Wednesday, May 16, 1917.
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* THE NEGROES IN THE NORTH.
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Last week Mr. Geo. L. Flynn received
a letter from a negro who
had formerly fired for him on the
Seaboard, but who is now in Pennsylvania,
urging him to procure pasi
ttge for his return to South Carolina.
We have just read in The
Greenville News that a negro in
that section who left some months
ago f?r the North to make fifteen
dollars per week, had returned to
his ma" but was anxious to get
In old job back at five dollars per
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And all the negroes who are now
going North will have the experience
cf these two. Ir? some respects the
Vio-ca a hard time in the
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Sooth. Occasionally they find themselves
in the hands of hard masters.
Sometimes no doubt their rights are
aot protected as they should be.
Bot on the whole the Southern people
are the friends of the negroes.
Far certain crimes they meet out at
taus swift punishment. Often this
jamshment is not deserved, and
cooler counsel would obtain surer
| jwfcce.
But in going North the negro is
aot escaping this punishment, The
people of the North will no more
tolerate certain crimes than will the
people of this section, and criminal
msroes in the North may not expect
to obtain better treatment there
Am in the South. Lynchings and
etfcei like offenses are as common in
Hieof the Northern states as here.
And the people of the North, the
aegroes will find, will not have the
natience and forbearance with
Aon that the Southern people Mfeve.
Ha Northern people need the negroes
just now to work. The European
war has stopped immigrants to
tikis country and the gaps caused in
the North thereby must be filled, and
ffce negroes from the South are
about the only laborers left to fill
i these. But the war will be over one
f these days, and when the immi(
grants begin to come again; the
Mgroes will begin to find themselves
without jobs. They will find that
cannot go to the back door in
Pennsylvania and ask for help and
work and find the same consideration
fkat they get from the indulgent
white people of the South.
' For our own part as the country
Is filled up with white people,
1J L* ~1"*1 ooo ? orraHiml
we WOUUl UC ginu w >^v- ?. 0
exodus of the negroes. We believe
it would be better for the country.
Nobody is badly hart by their going
maw. But looking to the interests
f the negro alone, any thoughtful
man would advise them to stay in
the land where they have been born,
where they are understood, where
their follies are forgiven and their
good qualities appreciated.
N The negro may find high wages in
the North and plenty of liquor, but
the letter to Mr. Flynn suggests the
thought that he is willing to give up
both to get back "down Souf." '
PROF. R. B. CHEATHAM.
Amo*g those who left on last Sunday
for the front was Prof. R. B.
Cheatham, for the last several years
tile Superintendent of the schools in
this school district. Mr. Cheatham
carries with him the good wishes of
the people of Abbeville. He has been
trained in military affairs at the
Citadel, where he was educated, and
kas kept up his military training.
He is a man of fine executive ability
and will prove a valuable man in the
army. We shall expect to hear of
his receiving a high commission in
the organization of the soldiers into
fighting units and of his steady promotion.
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TOO MUCH COTTON.
We frequently these days hear
the complaint that the price of cotton
is not keeping pace with the prices
f other products, and that the
fanners will not be able to produce
cotton at a profit if corn and flour
and meat continue to go up and cotton
down.
Put thia Hnpq nnt nut. the nripe of
cotton up. We are' impressed with
the letter of Mr. D. R. Coker, in
which he undertakes to advise the
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people against producing too much
cotton. According to his idea on
account of the high prices of food
products, the sales of dry goods and
cotton goods is now being greatly
reduced and will be still further reduced.
The submarines are sinking
so many vessels that all the available
bottoms will be necessary to
carry the necessary supplies to the j
allies as the months go by, and no
cotton can be carried abroad thus j
confining us to the demand produced
I by home consumption.
To these two undeniable state- 1
ments Mr. Coker adds the further
statement that the price of cotton
now is maintined largely through
temporary government war orders
and that we may look for a lessen- 1
ing of the demand for the fleecy
staple while other products continue
to rise in price.
All of this should impress every 1
thoughtful person in the towns, in 1
the cities, on the farms, in industrial
communities and other places 1
that it is profitable to produce at
home as much of food crops as
possible. A failure in this eountry
to have enough meat and bread as
long as these bring present prices
and along with that failure ten cent
cotton would spell disaster for the
South.
TWO LAWYERS TO THE FRONT.
The legal profession has always
furnished its full quota of men when
the call to arms was sounded. It
will prove so in the case of the present
conflict Of the nine men who
Sunday went to the front from this
place at the call of he country, two
were members of the Abbeville Bar.
Robert S. Owens, one of these re-|
ferred to is a native of Clinton, but
for the past several years . he has
been practicing law at Abbeville,
where he has established a reputation
as a young man of high character
and superior talents.
Wallace W. Harris, is a son of the
late John A. Harris, and of Mrs.
Annie Coogler Harris, his widow.
He was educated in the University
Law School and has been practicing
in Columbia for two or three years.
Lately he decided to locate in Abbeville
to continue the practice of his
profession, and he was just settled
when he decided to join the colors.
The friends ofthese young soldiers
wish them "mighty well." \
THE CITY'SCHOOLS.
At a meeting of the trustees of
the schools of this district held on
last Friday afternoon, Prof. ^D. R.
Riser, at present Superintendent of
the Manning schools, was elected as
Superintendent of our schools for the
coming year.
Prof. Riser is a graduate of Newberry
College. He taught three years
at Ninety-Six and then took a year
in graduate work at Yale. Since his
return he has been Superintendent
of the schools at Ridgeway, Aiken
and Manning. He has also taught in
the High School in Columbia.
President Harrison Randolph, of
the College of Charleston, says that
among the best prepared students
who have come to his institution in
recent years are those from the
schools taught by Prof. Riser. In
Manning he has doubled the number
of boys studying in the high school
department.
In addition to the teachers elected
at a recent meeting to teach in the
primary department, the trustees
have decided to put on an extra
grade and to elect three lady teachers
and one man teacher ior the high
school. The male teacherVill be in .
charge of mathematics. Miss Saidee
Magill has been re-elected as teacher
of history. The other teachers in
the high school did not apply and
their places will be filled in the fu
rare.
Among the teachers at present in
the schools, the following have been
re-elected and will remain for an- ;
other year: Misses Lander, Allen
Brock, Epting, Robertson, Richards, |
Edwards, Brice, Dial, Swetenberg ,
and Tennant.
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DEATH OF MRS. CARL MILFORD i
Mrs. Lily Purdy Milford died at
Dr. Pryor's hospital Saturday afternoon,
May 12, and the remains were
brought to Abbeville on Sunday
and the funeral services were held at
Shiloh church near her home and
she was buried in the Shiloh cemetery
in the presence of her loved
ones and friends.
Mrs. Milford had been in bad
health for sometime and was a pa
tient sufferer for many months, and
only last week was it found necessary
for her to go to the hospital for
treatment, where she passed away
soon after her arrival.
She was the daughter of Mr. R. D.
Purdy of our city, and she leaves a
disconsolate husband and three little
daughters, Mary, Margaret and
Willie Belle, and three brothers and
one sister, all of whom have the
sincere sympathy of our community. ]
OUR HEROES
First Abbeville Company to Go to the
Front?Capt. James M. Perrin
Leads Company of Gifted and Gallant
Sons of This County to the
War Between the States.
Now that the young men all over
the country are enlisting for the
groat European war, it becomes interesting
to think of what took place
in this State, and especially in this
r?54-*T in 4-Uo t irlw ^otra flia tfAQi*
cll/jr f iti nuv *j unjtj va vuv / v?m
1861. Referring to the files of the
Abbeville Press of January 11 of this
year, we find the following article:
Abbsrill* Volunteers.
About one hundred gallant volunteers,
under the command of Capt
James M. Perrin left our village on
the morning of the 9th inst, for the
city of Charleston. This is a select
company composed of oar best citizens?men
of intelligence, honor and
spirit. Abbeville District feels proud
of her noble and patriotic representatives,
She presents to 1:he State her
brightest jewels.
Following is a list of the company.
Capt. James M. Perrin
A. U. Smith, 1st Lieut
Jo hn G. Edwards, 2nd Lieut
A. J. Lythgoe, 3rd Lieut
John M. McDonald, 1st Sergt
W. C. Moore, 2nd Sergt
R. J. White, 8rd Sergt.
E. Westfield, 4th Sergt
John W. Lesley, 5th Sergt
B. McLaughlin, 1st Corporal
W. T. Tatom, 2nd Corporal.
S. Henry Jones, 3rd Corporal
A. E. Lesley, 4th. Corporal
Samuel McGill, 5th Corporal
Lewis A. Wardlaw, 6th Corporal.
J. C. Allen <
O. Aichel
W. W. Belcher
L. L. Martin
John M. McBride
Samuel Mabry
W PrTrlonralri
J. G. Baskin
R. E. Bowie
J. T. Boyd
W. P. Belcher.
J. N. Belcher
H. C. Belcher
J. H. Belcher
J. A. Brownlee
C. W. Crews
Jas. E. Cobb
E. Cnthbert
A. B. Cobb
R. W. Crawford
J. B. Cochran
G. A. Douglas
C. Davis "
Joseph M .Davis
J. R. Ellis
W. C. Haskell
Alex Haskell
James M. Hughey
Nimrod Hughey
E. A. Hodges
J. T. Jordon
H. S. Kerr
R. P. Knox
W. A. Lee
H. W. Lawnon
W. B. Lockey
Thomas Lesley
John A. Thomson
Walfof TVinmnn
John H. Ligon
A. H. McGowan
John M. Martin
W. J. Marshall
A. F. McCord
Jas. F. Mabry
G. W. Miller
Geo. McD. Miller
T. B. Means
A. Morrill
A. Mcllwaine
William McCurry
W. A. McCrackin
J. D. McKellar
W. R. Norwood
W. H. Perrin
Edward Parker
J. M. Palmer
D. R. Penny
L. H. Russell
Joseph Roofe
J. T. Robertson
jS. Roche
J. W. Robertson
John Reid
B. Rothschild
W. J. Robertson
L. S. Russell F.
A. Stevenson
Jas. A. Shillito
John Small
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xi. tv. otevensuu
A. Summers
Jas. W. Thomas
. Jas. Taggart, Jr.
J. F; V?*ll
Belton 0. Verell
W. H. White 1
R. H. Wardlaw, Jr.
George White
John B. Wilson
W. C. Wardlaw
James A. Wright
Whitworth
J. J. Winbush 1
In this issue there is an article 1
from Charleston, dated January 8th, 1
7 o'clock A. M., headed, "The War !
Commenced." The article states
that the steamer "Star of the West" :
with 250 troops on board to re-inforce
Fort Sumter tried to enter the
harbor but was fired into by the bat- :
teries on Morris Island, disabled and 1
somnelled to return to sea; that she 1
is in a sinking condition and is transferring
her troops to a ship outside
bhe harbor.
It is stated that Anderson has sent
a Lieutenant to Governor Pickens,
saying that he presumed the act of
firing on the steamer was unauthorized
and, therefore, he had not used
his batteries. He called for a disavowal
within a reasonable time, or
stated that he would consider it war
and fire on any vessel attempting to
?o out. The Governor replied that
the firing was by the Sovereign authority
of the State.
From the paper we also gleaned
the following:
W. A. Lee, Esq., one of the editors
of The Press announces that he
las joined the volunteers and that he
left on the morning of the 9th, and
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l/liao tllC papci ) UUIIII5 ?HW
would be in the hands of the junior ]
partner, Hugh Wilson, Jr.. 1
Hon. A. Burt has been appointed i
Commissioner to the State of Mis- '
iissippi. 1
The paper also contained the fol- '
owing reference from an exchange: 1
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STOVES ""RANGES
"On vesterday a company of the does, a]
Abbeville Minute Men passed down the vim
to Charleston. They number one strong
hundred men, and are as fine a look- left thr
ing body as any that can be raised. The <
For the information of The Tribune coat of
and papers of that ilk we state that emotion
ten members of this company took it ever
the first honors in the South Carolina delivers
college. The company is made up of 1860 r<
eranee
This issue also contains an account tical n
of the presentation of the banner by the dee
the ladies of Abbeville to this com- proves
pany of Minute Men. The presen- lessons
tation was made by Miss Sallie Mar- How
tin at the home of R. A. Fair, Esq. is to b<
Miss Sallie Martin is now Mrs. Gower battle t
of Greenville, S. C. When t
The following is a description of to win
the flag: given u
The flag is of blue silk trimmed this flag
with gold fringe and bears the fol- sustaine
lowing inscription: On one side, "The forfeit
Fair to the Brave," with a lone star 0ur cou
in the center; one the reverse, a pal- honor i
metto tree with a rattle snake coiled never s
around the trunk and the words, the arm
"Nolli Me Tangeri," and also the less, an
dates, 1776 and 1860. sheet o1
The following are the remarks of Lady,
Miss Martin, as reported in this is- j tende
sue of the paper, together with the ladies c
responses of Capt Perrin and Sergt resent,
Lesley: .
" Captain Perrin: Charter
Permit me to present to the company
of Minute Men, which you have
the honor to command, this flag.
Receive it as a testimonial of the
devotion of woman's heart to the * t Abu
cause which you are so nobly es- M
posing?as evidence of the fact that 1
in your triumph we will rejoice, or i a t^,
in your fall weep in anguish o'er h
your bloody form. We feel that our ? Q "
flag is committed to strong arms, g
and brave hearts?that its honoris ^1
3afe?that its folds will never be ? ctJTif
allowed to ingloriously fan the
dust. Long may it float within the p?
borders of a brilliant Southern Confederacv.
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Response of Capt, Perrin. , XT "Ke
Fair Lady:?In the day of chival* . a
ry the brave knight were encour- - q
*ged to deeds of daring by the smiles 3*
Df his lady love. For her honor he 1fi C1H
entered the list and contended I V
against foes visible and invisible? *?c:
for her safety he imperiled his life ?!(' t
upon the battlefield. 20. Lfaw
In time of peace in noble strains 01
lie sang of her beauty and virtue. The Ke
days of chivalry have passed, and T
the voice of the troubadour is hush- A<
ed in silence?but it is still, true
lady, that the highest aiiii of the 23. Capi
3oldier is, by deeds of valor to win 24. Surj
the aDDroviner smile of the fair. For 25. a U:
this he encounters the dangers of b Less
the campaign?the hope of this pMji
iheers him in his bivouac, and jj'r p~!
nerves his arm in deadly conflict ~eiJ
Lady, it has not been my fortune ~ ,
to lead these brave comrades into ote?Q
battle, and you might regard it as 38?
in idle boast if I were to recount _
n advance our deeds of valor. With f j
learts of gratitude and pride we State oi
receive from your fair hands this J
seautiful banner. It bears upon its
izure field emblems we, all love, .belief,
rhe Palmetto reminds us of our Sul
illegiance to our commonwealth. Correct^
rhe lone star reminds us of her
leroic position?standing, as she
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is stove, provide
lie stove of stead
Boss is a blessii
nds of busy hou
ware; of imitations
Boss, on the fro
illy by us.
old only by
wr HOME OUTFITT
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lone among her sisters, in manifes
iication of her rights, with a ness.
government which she has Serge
eatening to crush her. been re<
dates, which I see upon the fairest <
arms', recalls the most lively to you
s. 1776 is as dear to us as that yo
was; it recalls our glorious pledge \
nee from British bondage, of my <
3calls a more glorious deliv- to guar
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xrom toe tyranny ox a mua- Dear ic
lajority. The first recalls pany, ir
ds of* o(ur sires?the last and wh<
we have not forgotten the of it, y
which they taught us. it is th<
soon this beautiful banner brave."
9 unfurled upon the field of R
ind blood, none can tell. *
he time comes we hope, lady, Note:
the title which you have learn tl
i, "The Brave." Be assured compan:
r shall be borne by hands and George
id by hearts that will never Crawfoi
your good opinion. When Mr. Crs
intry is to be defended and W. D. I
at stake shall it wave?and ler of tl
hall it trail in the dust until Ladies
is of my command are nerve- come ar
d it becomes^; the- j winding the bea
P the last survivor. kindly i
, in behalf of my command, thrown
r to your fair self and tne to it ar
if Abbeville; tfhom you rep- Abbevill
my grateful thanks for this it and t
No. 3421, 7
REPORT OF CONDITION
National Bank of Abbei
eville, in the State of South Carolina,
y 1st, 1917.
RESOURCES,
ans and discounts (except those showi
ind c)
drafts, secured, $376.52; unsecured, $
Bonds deposited to secure circulation
ue) L
of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent
? nf hanlrino hoiiflP
I estate owned other than banking horn
3t amount due from approved r e s e r
nts in New York, Chicago, and Si Lou
mount due from approved reserve ag
jther reserve cities
amount due from banks and banker^ i
ded in 12 or 20)
utside checks and other cash items
ional currency, nickels, and cents ?
es of other national banks ful
reserve in vault and net amount'
m Federal Reserve Banks
emption fund with U. S. Treasurer
>tal
LIABILITIES.
ital stock paid in
plus fund
ndivided profits
current expenses, interest, and taxes ]
mlating notes outstanding
vidual deposits subject to check ?
bificates of deposit due in less than 3<
lier's checks outstanding
imand deposits, Items 33, 34, 35, 36,
39, 40, and 41
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: South Carolina, County of Abbeville,
[I. G. Smith, Cashier of the above-nan
hat the above statement is true to the
jscribed and sworn to before me this 3
?Attest: W. H.
3. MORSE,
M. BARNWELL,
. M. SMITH, Directors.
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I feel that it is ?afe, and
II will faithfully redeem the
nrhich I have made on behalf
ommand. Yon are expected
d its honor as your own?to
in the center of your comi
the thickest of the fight? ,
ither on the battlefield or off
on will ever remember that
e gift of the "fair to the
ions* of Sergeant Lesley.
?So far as we are able to
le only survivors of the above
7 are our townsman, Mr.
White, Sr., and Mr. R, W.
d, who lives near Due West,
.wford iti the father of Mrs.
'erguson and Mrs. T. M. Milbis
city.?Editor.
:?When the cry of war shall
id "Greek meet Greek" then v
utiful banner that you so
presented to us will be v
to the breeze. We'll look
id remember that ladies of
e will expect us to defend
hem?and we'll do it.
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at the close of business oil
i on
_ $239,422.77 $239,422.77
81.13 467.65
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$18,750.00 18,750.00
of subscription 3,150.00
$5,000.00 5,000.00
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49,499.88 56.759.27
(other than in
9,396.03
5,096.21
71.61 5,167.82
6,970.00
due
21,787.13
987.50
$374,67611
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30,000.00
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1 18,750.00
210,373.32
3 days 31,176.27
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ned bank, do solemnly
best of my knowledge and
H. G. SMITH, Cashier.
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Lltn aay 01 juay, wn.
WHITE, Notary Public.
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