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C v/ KJ AJl Betablished 1841. The Press and Bannei ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. Publiehed Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. Telephone No. 10. * Entered as second-clug mail ma1 tar mt oort office in Abbeville, S. C Tarns ?f Subscription: Oll? J9MT $1.6i Six month* ?. .71 Tkrea months .5i Payable invariably in advanca. Wednesday, June 27, 1917. NOTICE AND "WARNING. After reading the remarks of Co J. Rion McKissick, of The Greer ville News, on Due West and th fine discourse delivered by us on th old town, we have decided to nom nate him for anniversary orator a the next commencement of the Wc man's College of that place. If Dr. Robinson will be kin enough to see that the Colonel i selected, and if the girls who gradu ate from that institution next yeai and who will be on the platform t be addressed by the orator, are u to the averace standard of the Du West girls in style and good looks the Colonel will have a vision whic will cause him to forget the ol days, old friends - - - and even ol wine, if such a thing is possible wit a Colonel. SERVICE FOR ALL. As one of the ministers said o Sabbath in his pulpit, there are thre lines of service in this great war i which we are taking a part just now First. There is service at th front where the brave young mar hood of the nation will bare it breast in the battles of freedon Only brave men go there, but ther are brave men in every hamlet o this great country, and they cour it but little to die, if only they di in a righteous cause. They sprin frnm mor? wVin ViflH t.V>P POlirACP. t; die in the wars gone before, an they are not untrue to their father and grandfathers. They had rathe die than be slackers. Second. There is the great arm of surgeons, physicians, nurses an Red Cross workers, who are going t France to offer their services to hel the bleeding and wounded soldier of our country, to succor the strict en people of the great repubh across the waters, to teach the blin to see and to read, to give homes t the homeless, and a chance to liv to those who are all but forsaken. Lastly. There is a fighting fore at home, which must bvand behin the other two classes. It is but poor service which we render, bu it is what is required of us. An compared with what others are oi Bering the country, we are offerin fcut little, if we give to the countr all that we have been entrusted witl A few dollars given to get rid o those who ask in the name of th government, humanity and mercy, i not service of course.. We onl serve by giving when we deny oui selves of what otherwise would b necessities, when we give cheerfull when it hurts us to give, not whe it hurts our miserly hearts, bu when it takes from us some of th things which we ourselves need. We shoulchbe thankful that w live in a day when we may be c some service, real service, to tb country. The American spirit mu: be purified in the fire of giving an of service. The selfish spirit whic we have nursed so long must be sul dued and conquered. . Get behind the government. Thei la service for all. THE RED CROSS CAMPAIGN. The campaign to raise five thoi sand dollars in Abbeville County b voluntary subscriptions within week, ended Monday afternoon i six o'clock. We reached the goa with a little more than three hur /iwd flftllarB f/i stwirp The campaign in the Unite States was little advertised, and i rural sections, like our own, ther was not sufficient time to properl organize the campaign and carry o the work. Only the fact that th hearts of the people of the count were in the work made it possibl for us to cross the mark set for ui The people everywhere responde nobly to the cause. If we were t mention one community rather tha another which worked better tha * ? i j l J. xl any otner we wouia say mat me pei pie of Donalds fairly led in the cor teat, but the people of Due Wej and Antreville did so well that ther is no room for boasting. And in th city of Abbeville the people paid th sum of thirty-five hundred dollai in round numbers. At Calhoun Fall and Lowndesville, and in Long Can township, the campaign did not| start so early but they did their ai ^ part well too. ^ We feel today that everybody is ti - glad that Abbeville county is not a fi slacker. Even thosti who might have 11 - done more take pride in what the sl others did, and there is satisfaction enough to go around to all. it The happy conclusion is due to tt the unselfish and untiring work done * - -f xi .* n " by the men ana women ox wue vanj ous teams who raised the money. 0j ' They made it possible to win, and tt to them should go the great credit ^ for our success. _ a] _ ?.? r< ?????? 5 THE KAISER AND HIS FRIENDS. 0 tt g There are a good many things in tc ~ America just now which do not h please the Kaiser. He does not like fc President Wilson, nor Congress, nor 82 does he look with favor on the men jj of the army and navy, because in jz them he sees trouble for himself, n, 1 But the most contemptible things T the Kaiser sees in America are a few e people of small calibre who try to jj, e distinguish themselves by talking j. against the government under which _ they live, and what gives them pro>_ tection and for which they contribute so little. These the Kaiser loves d the least in his own heart, because ^ js the Kaiser is first of all a patriot. e< i- S r, RUSSIA ADOPTS U. S. IDEAL $ o f\ P __ - - .. T e Ambassador to America formally * ;f Pledget War Until German Auh tocracy is Overthrown, d ?? ai d Petrograd, June 26.?There was not ? h a dissenting voice when the All-Rus- J* sian congress of workman's and sol- P( dlers' voted yesterday for immediate Russian offensive. ^ The congress represents the mass- z! ; es of the whole country. The Petro- Z* jgrad council of workmen's and sol- ^ n! dlers' delegates is only an infinites!- ?: ;? mal part of it. The days of arbitrary xj. n "rule" and wilful interference with r: the provisional government by the ^ ' Petrograd council are over. In the V thunder of "fight to the finish" let c< l" loose by the enthusiastic representas tives of the bulk of 180,000,000 people ? i. the shriekers for peace by the hande ful of ambitious demagogues were . lost like the piping of mice in a rosfr1 ing hurricane. When it came to voting ^ it they were so thoroughly convinced of >p e what the verdict of all Russia would S( g be, should they dissent, that they assented. di Throughout the country the spirit je d of aggression is returning. Optimists a) 'S | predict a new Russian drive before bi >r autumn. Pessimists concede tnai u ja the change from the country's mood a] is permanent nothing can stop the re- ti y turn of the Muscovite member of the d entente as a full-fledged active ally, ti o Immediately after its vote for an m p offensive, which was coupled with an C1 undivided expression of confidence in ei s the coalition government, the All-Rus- di sian congress formed a war cabinet, c among its members being army and d navy leaders. This body is to assist the government in effecting a thorough reorganization of the army so e as to make possible a powerful offensive. e f( j Washington, June 26.?Russia will T fight to the last ditch. There will be w a no separate peace between the new yj it republic and the kaiser. Only a last- u, d ing universal peace without annexations or contributions will be recog- jj, nized by the Russian government. . w g These promises were made to the ^ y United States and to the other allies 01 1. of Russia today by Boris. Bahkemetieff a] f ambassador of the new Russian government in the first interview he has given since the arrival of the Russian w 13 mission in this country. y The ambassador announced this as hi > the policy of his government: ^ e "The provisional government, re- T jecting in accordance with the whole u y people of Russia, all thought of sep- in n arate peace but it openly avows as its p, it deliberate purpose the promptest b< e achievement of universal peace; such peace to presume no dominion over w other nations, no seizure of their nae tjonal property nor any'forced usurif pation of fQreig^i territory, peace with e no vuvexation or .Contributions, based upon the free determination by each A nation of its destinies. " "Bemg luny convincea mai tue coll tabliBhment of democratic principles ? )- in its internal and external policy has ? created a new factor, in the striving {J of allied democracies for durable t e peaoe and fraternity of all nations, ii the provisional government will take 8 preparatory steps for an agreement ^ with her allies founded upon its de- * claration of March 27. The provisional q government is conscious that the de- r *- feat of Russia and her allies would be t y the source of the greatest misery and 0 a would not only postpone but even ^ t make impossible the establishment of c j universal peace on a firm basis. ' "The provisional government is conl" vinced that the revolutionary army of Russia will not allow the German ? d troops to destroy our allies on the C n western front and then fall upon us with the whole might of their weape ons. The chief aim of the provisional y government will be to fortify the n democratic foundations of the army e and to organize and consolidate the armies' fighting power for its defeny sive as well as offensive purposes. e After outlining this program, Ams. bassador Bahkmetieff stated: ( d 'The last decision o f the Russian 0 convention of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates the decision of the all n Russian nenRant roneress. the deci- l n sion of the duma; the voice of the >- country as expressed from day today * i. by almost the entire Russian press in resolutions adopted at different con- m ' ferences and congresses?all these a e confirm their full support to this na- " e. tional program and leave not the e slightest doubt that Russia is decided ^ as to the necessity to fight the Gerl man autocracy, until the conditions . for a general and stable peace in Eu* rope are established. I "Such decision is becoming more ad more evident each day by practiil work and results and shows itself 1 the pressing and rapid reorganizaon of the army, which is now being ilfilled under the firm and efficient leasures adopted by Minister Keren*y. 'The Russian people thoroughly unerstand and are fully convinced that is absolutely necessary to root out 1C <nu LUCI cili^ ynuv/ipico rr uiv^u uuuvi e and are represented by German lilitarism and which threatens the eace, the freedom and the happiness E the world. The Russian people feel lat no stable peace can be secured ntil the German autocratic principles re destroyed and that otherwise the jvolution will have been in vain and s achievements will perish. "New Russia is in full accord with le motives which impelled the United tates to enter the war, in striving > destroy German tyranny to estabsh peace on a secure and permanent mndation and to make the world ife for democracy. "We are representing here the potical unity which has been crystaled in Russia and around which a ational program has been developed o our host of friendu in the United tates we appeal and without distincon of party or class we will work and in hand for the common cause.'' ATTENDING COMMENCEMENT Miss Ruth McLane, in company ith a pleasant party of young folks om Due West, went up to Clemson [onday and attended the closing icercises of the big military school, he saw the boys in all the glory of leir fine uniforms and admired lem as the country savers of the iture. HE JOLLY JUVENILE MINSTREL TO BE REPEATED The Jolly Juvenile Minstrel, an mateur performance, which was iven with such marked success in reenwood last Friday night, for the snefit of new Methodist, church, will 2 repeated under the auspices and >r the benefit of Red Cross, Thursly evening, June 28th at Qreenood. All those who attended last eek are loud in their praise and ive the young people great credit >r the splendid manner in which ley acquitted themselves. The play was written and coached y Mrs. Joel S. Aiken of Greenwood. Ithough the play is new, its suc;ss is already assumed. A number I directors who are coaching for ed Cross benefits, speak very highr of it. "The Possum Hunting Drill," A.ces Spades trip to Philadelphia," pantomime by the "Gold Dust wins," and "The Panther" are >me of the specialties. A new feature entitled "The Sol lers Dream, a succession of tabaux and Pantomimes, has been ided for Thursday night. This will e presented by a number of young idies and gentlemen of the town, id promises to be quite an attracon in itself. ' 1 The Jolly Juvenile Minstrel has le distinction of beinj* the only | instrel written exclusively for lildren. It is hoped a large audiice will be present to help the chilren "Do their bit."?Adv. THEY ALL WANT IT. Ragland, Ala., June 23, 1917. [r. W. P. Greene, Abbeville. S. C. Dear Sir:?Inclosed find check >r $1.00 for which please send me he Press and Banner, for I sure ant to hear the news of old Abbeille. This is a good country here, ut no place like home. This is a mining town, also they ave a large Cement Plant here and e are doing very good business. Tq have so very many bad storms at here until everybody is scared 11 the time. Crops are bad in this section and F course they are scared of the boll eevil too. We have several Abbeville people ere and near here at fen uity, Aia. Walter McDonald is here and Mr. hompson, who used to be superinsndent of the mill there, is superitendent of mill and also Mayor of ell City. You can not keep an Abiville man down. Please start the paper out this ay right away. Thanking you in advance, Yours truly, W. D. Lomax, Mgr. Ala. Coca Cola Bot Co. :r1 Reglan, Ala. 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