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> Food Will Win The War; Buy Liberty Bonds Abbeville Press and Banner ^ * ~^^?? A????????????????^ _? _^ Established 1844. $1.50 the Year ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, .bCTiOBER 16, 1917. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year i TOBE INSURED1 GOVERNMENT INSURANCE< TO GO INTO EFFECT AT ONCE. No Policy to Be for Lest Than One! Thausand Dollars?Monthly Payments for Disabled. Washington, Oct 14.?Samples of the insurance policy which the government will write for its soldiers and sailors were made public tonight by the war risk insurance bureau of the treasury department Plans for placing the policies into effect immediacy will be outlined here next Tuesday at the conference of temporary officials with representatives of the navy and officers and enlisted men at the 32 cantonments. Details of the policy disclose that risks will be written upon the lives of men and women between the age of 15 and 65 in all branches of the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, naval reserve, naval volunteers, nurses, "and any other branches of the United States service with the army and navy/' Announcement was also made that "rates at ages higher or lower will be given upon request." Premiums, computed on a monthly basis, vary between 63 cents per $1,000 at the age of 15 to $3..25 per $1,000 at the age of 65. Between 21 and ?1 years the following! monthly premiums will be charged i per $1,000 of insurance, the limit: ?in nnn? Twpntvone to 231 , Y-.v,vvv , - ^ __ - - , inclusive, 65 cents; 24 and 25, 66 j cents; 26 and 27, 67 cents; 28, 68 cents; 29 and 30, 69 cents; 31, 70 cents. During the periods of total disability, the insurance will be paid, not in one lump sum, but monthly for 20 years, should the disability : continue for that period. Should death occur before 20 years the remainder of the policy will be paid i at once to the beneficiary. At the, age of 25 the monthly installment' for the 20 years period would be! $5.75 per $1,000 for insurance. Provision is made for family al-1 lowances, for reduction of wounded, and cripples, for compensation in jcase of death or injury without costj ana tor tne aaaiuonai protection ui insurance at very small cost. In cases of partial disablity the amount of compensation is determined by a schedule to be based upon; the extent of the impairment of earn i ing capacity. Total disability pay-j ments are to be increased above the figures named in the policy where j the insured has dependents. "Where the injury or disease is caused by the wilful misconduct of th man," the policy reads, "compen-.; Ration will not be naid." !; No policy will be less than $1,000. ji ? j I FOOD CAMPAIGN. | Last Saturday at eleven o'clock accordnig to schedule the first meeting of the Food Campaign movement was held in the city council chamber.'] A number of ladies were present, i' Mr. Allen Smith, Sr., the county^ chairman, presided. After discuss-J ng plans and so forth it was decided < to organize and plan for a big meet-;' ing next week. .< Mrs. C. H. McMurray was ap- < pointed chairman of the committee 1 on organization, rue committee to J arrange the program is as follows: Mrs. McMurray, Chairman, Mrs. G. A. Neuffer and Mrs. D. H. Hill. j The committee on Publicity is Mrs.' M. T. Coleman, chairman, Mrs.' Thomas and Mrs. Plaxco. , Speakers will be invited and quire an attractive program will be ar-' ranged. MANY GONE CRAZY. ur. ?iim nni says ne ^ot a letter <i from his uncle, R. G. Johnson, who1, I lives in Toledo, Ohio, who says that ^ it is remarkable how many negroes have ?one crazy since going north.! It is a puzzle to the doctors up there < The only cause put forth so far is'? the climatic conditions. c OFF TO PRESBYTERY. Rev. H. Waddell Pratt and Mr. W. ?1. Long leave today ior iNinety * Six to attend Presbytery. < BIG COMMERCIAL BODY 10 CONVENE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAI CONGRESS IN SESSION IN NEW YORK. Dintinguished Men From All Walk in Life Will Be in Attendance at This Meeting. New York, Oct. 14.?Represents tives of the press of America, Franc and Japan will exchange ideas at luncheon of the Southern Commei cial Congress, which opens here to morrow. Welcome will be extende to the congress by Governor Whil man and Mayor Mitchel. Ambassadors, State Governors an distinguished men from all walks o life will address the congress durin its three-day session. The finvernors of South Carolins Maryland, Maine, New Jersey an Massachusetts, and John Barrett, di rector general of the Pan-America: Union, are to speak tomorow night. rnmm BUYS MM BOND! CAMP SEVIER NEAR THE TO) Stands Third in the Army Cam Subscriptons for the Liberty Bonds. Greenville, Oct. 13.?Camp Sevie stands third in the amount subscrip ed to the first day's campaign fo Liberty bonds, according to a tele gram from the war department Camp Sever's total went up to nearl; $800,000. South Carolina's total at Cam] Sevier follows: One Hundred am Eighteenth Infantry, formerly th First Infantry, $95,100; headquar ters troop, formerly Troop A, caval ry, $1,850; One Hundred and Fiftl A Twnim fr\r?w\ /** ! \r f V?< riXillllUllll/lUli JL X anif AV11IIV11J vir First and Second Batteries, Secom Infantry, $16,650; Sixtieth Trainini Battery, $1,500 (incomplete); On< Hundred and Thirteenth Machine Gun Batallion, $25,850. LITTLE SOL ROSENBERG. Sol. Herbert Rosenberg, the fou year old young son of Mr. and Mrs Sol H. Ros=nberg, died Monda: morning, October 15th, 1917, at fiv< o'clock, at the Pryor Hospital ii Chester. The little boy was taken sick tw< weeks ago with appendicitis and wa taken to Chester for an operation From this he rallied and hopes wen entertained for his recovery unti pneumonia set in a day or two ago Ihe little boy had the constant at tention of his uncle, Dr. Sam Visans ka, who is an authority on the dis jascs of children, his parents wen with him through his illness am everything of which human skill wai capable was done for him, but with aut avail for tlie time of his de parture had come. The body was brought to Abbe rille Monday at 2 o'clock and wa: taken to the home of his parents ant throughout the afternoon a vas :hrong of sympathizing friends pass 2d in and out of the home, empha sizing their sympathy for the young parents and seeing for the last time the child, who by his bright ani vinning ways, has made so manj friends. Tuesday morning the body was taien to Sumter for interment, ac:ompanied by the parents and relates and friends. Sol, Jr., as he was called by everyone, was a bright little boy, oi * - * ? x - -T Jul sunny asposiuon, a pet ui me uoyt iround town, beloved of his little )laymates and the pride and joy of lis mother's and father's heart. The sincere sympathy of the peo)le of Abbeville goes out to the dis:onsolate young parents. A GLANCE OVER i THE COUNTRY . SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST TUn Mauio In HnnrloncoH Pnrm IIV7 IVU TV O III wiiwiiwvw wi to Be Read Easily By the Busy Reader. j Railroads want increase in rates, The interstate commerce commission will hear their complaint at a public conference. e In their "War on Vice" in Columa bia, the city council is going to pass - a very rigid ordinance at its nexl i_ meeting. d The women of Russia do everyr thing that men do, such as firing locomotives, building houses and fightj ing in the trenches. f Postmaster Owen of Lancaster, ha: S four sons in the army. His oldest jwho is married, has a dependenl t j family, while the youngest is undei djage' Orangeburg has just put in op njeration a $75,000 water and lighi I plant. The city on the Edisto is fas' i coming into her own as one of the lleading cities of South Carolina. Von Tirpitz in an interview say: that the submarine warfare will con I quer in the end. Germany supply! k four-fifths of her productions while I England imports four-fifths of hers ? Helen Gould has taken two more little children into her home on pro> bation. If they prove satisfactory P they will be adopted as eejual heirt with the little boy who was adoptee two years ago. r At the trial of three officers of the r Live Oak Citizens Bank in Florida _ an armed guard of one hundred anc n fifty men will guard the court house, y Fifty extra deputies will be on duty, Threats had been made against the lives of these men who had misap^ propriated the funds of the bank. e A large waterfront fire in New - York city on Saturday caused the h loss of 700,000 bushels of grain. The e'buildings were $1,200,000 loss. It i . is the largest fire that has been in * that city since the burning of the a [Equitable Life Insurance building e in 1912. | More troops are to be moved to i the Camps in the South on account j of the approaching winter ' and the r coal shortage. Camps Gordon, Jackal son and Sevier will be crowded. The f\present indications are that the bulk e.jof the training will be done in these ij camps and elsewhere in the South. 1 l sj Many of the cafes and restaurants .! in Alabama will be ruined as a result of an official order that prohibits the soldiers from entering places where women are employed as waitresses. It is said that the women j distract the soldiers minds from their work. The proprietors can't afford to hire men. DID HER RED CROSS "BIT" AT RIPE AGE OF -j 87 THEN PASSES AWAY 3 _? 1 _ t-rie, fa., Utc, 14.?Soon after she returned home, follownig the for-! warding to the Red Cross of sixty? four knitted squares for navy couchj es, of her own make, Mrs. Anna Bar^ bara Miller, eighty-seven, fell over land died. J Mrs. Miller was the mother of . eleven children, all of whom are .i working in the military, naval and Red Cross services of Uncle Sam. I J She was born in Wurtemburg, Ger. many, but came to America when a .1 child. AVVUVV^VVVVVVSAV \ V V rnTTrtV MADVUT k. | ? w * a v/n A X . V Cotton 27 13-16 V V Seed $1.05 V > > I KEEP AN EYE i CREATES BODY TO El FORCE TRADING Wm ENEMY ACT. New Law Forbid* Trading W Kn6mjr Company or A;gent at Hon or Abroacil. Washington, Oct. 14.?Broad v powers conferred upon the enei act were put into operation un< > an executive order issued tonii t delegating the authority under 1 law to various government depa ments and to a newly created v - trade boaxd. Thfl trade board is composed " the thetyburs of the exports admii trative board which it will repla with, the addition of a representat 5 of tfre treasury deparlanent. It t ? continue to license exports and ( t exercise a similar control over i ' nnrfa tin annn oa nreoi^pnf. r* claim# under authority of the tr ing with the enemy act the artic - to be^resfaicted. Trading or cc t raercial dealings of any nature w t an enemy company or agent in t ; country or abroad is forbidden, cept under license of the war tn board, which also is authorized , license enemy or "ally of enen ' companies doing business in ^ United States excepting insurai companies, whose supervision is '; trussed to the treasury. j Al^NT CLARA RICHEY DEAD ; 'r Ajjnt Clara Richey, wife of ^ 7 liait} Richey, died at her home ' Secession Avenue, on last Saturc morning, about nine o'clock, af r.n fttifess ot Jure weeks of he trouble. She was in her seventii > year. , For the last twenty-five years I in ore she has been a maternity nur . She numbered by the score the ' . tie fellows whom she received ii ! the world and gave the proper st in life. She held a warm place the hearts of every one and all ? grieved that they will know her r more. J Funeral services were held Sun<3 ,'afternoon at the colored Presbyt ; ian church, Rev. Kennedy condu ling the services. The interment v at the burying grounds near H&r . son college. One of the larg crowds that has gathered at a fun al recently was present. The flo: designs were many. Both white a 'colored lament her death. ;| She is survived by seven childn who are doing well in life. SONS OF CABINET OFFICERS TO FIGI Patriotic Example Set for Ott American Parents. ' J Washington, Oct. 11.?Americ parents are set a patriotic exam] jby members of the cabinet, nine | whose sons have enlisted in war si iVic.e Josephus Daniels, Jr., son of t secretary of the iavy, is; a private the first-to-fight branch of the 11a ?the United States marine corps. Two of the sons of the secreta 'of the treasury are preparing to their bit. William G. McAdoo, J is training in the aviation section the naval reserve. Robert H. has e listed in the naval reserve. i I Secretary Lane's son, Franklin Jr., probably will accompany t (first large contingent of Americ; aviators to go abroad. He is now , first lieutenant in the signal corps. D;ivifl Frnnklin Houston. Jr.. si of the secretary of agriculture, ai Humphrey F. Redfield, son of ti secretary of commerce, are ensiig ; in the navy. j Secretary Wilson of the depai nient of labor surpasses the oth cabinet members in his contributio He has one son, William B., Jr., an officers' graining camp; ano';he Joseph B., m the national army ; second lieutenant, and a third, Je H., in the field artillery with tl rank of corporal. GERMANY'S HOPE S LIES IN POTATOES V- FOOD CROPS IN GERMANY MVIMAVm BP A1AI 1 COIimHICU I U DC bUVVER THAN USUAL. Situaton in Austria is Even Worsi Than They Are in Germany ' It Is Stated. London, Oct. 14.?The Press As T&T sociation from a reliable source my publishes an economic review o: ler the conditions of the Central Powers in the course of which it says that a the a result of a special investigation or dered by the German chancellor o 'ar the 1917 harvest, it is estimate* that the yield will be 40 per cen of lower than in normal years fo: lis- wheat, and 45 per cent lower for rye ce, oats, and barley. The total harves ive of wheat and rye amounts of 7,500, rill 000 tons, compared to 132,000,00' vill tons in 1913. The shortage will b im- partly compensated from the Ru ro- mani&n granaries. ad- The reviewer consider^ that th< :les food situation in Germany durini ,m- the coming winter, will depend mam ith ly <>n the results of the potato har his vest. ex- The situation in Austria-Hungary l(le it is declared, is worse than in Ger to many. IforIheTefht OF THE Ml ,u- FIRST WOODEN SHIPS on lay 250 Hulls Are Now Rushing t ter Completion Along Gulf and ai>t Atlantic Coasts. eth f New Orlans, La., Oct. 13.?Thirty or thousand men at 40 ship yards alonj se. the gulf and Atlantic coasts are nov lit- rushing to completion 250 hulls foi ito ships which will compose the initia art unit of Uncle Sam's great woodei in;fleet to "bridge the ocean." So ra ire pidly has tlje work gone forwar< no j that it is expected the first hulls wil i be launched irt October, lay. Within seven to eight months afte; er_' construction was begun,, many o] ct- these ships will be ready for sea fag'and from that time on the Americar bi- government will be able to add to th< est allies' ocean tonnage, as long as neec er_ ed. A new wooden ship of 3,00( ral 3,500 tons capacity for every worked ing day in the year.. This is in ad i dition to almost as many othei | wooden ships being built for privat< '| interests. | New Yards are sprnging up a1 !many points to meet the require !ments of the United States shipping " board, which has announced its de ; termination to build all the ships oi ier both wood and steel that can be pro' duced during the period of the war. ' V/. J. CARWILE IN FRANCE. an j jle' 0f! News from William J. Carwile son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carwile; ir~ states that he arrived in France safejly on September 15th. He is well, he His letter was over a month coming, m. J. C. McLANE PROMOTED. vy! j J. C. McLane has been promoted ry from driving the express wagon here do to run between Hamlet and Atlanr> -ta. He is a fine boy and deserves a . promotion. n- WANTS TO CORRESPOND. j If there is a girl or anyone that cares to write to a soldier boy, I would be glad for her to do so, so I an j could have something to do. Writing a is about all 1 can do to keep my 1 min/1 (IIUXJU bl/gcuici Claud Cromer, Co. L. 8th Infantry, Minlo Park, Calif. he ns' MRS. McNEILL VERY ILL. The many friends of Mrs. Charlie McNeill will regret to learn of her er. serious illness. Dr. Pryor came down n.; yesterday for consultation. in;MRS. BONNER STILL VERY ILL. 'I The condition of Mrs. Lila Moss ) Bonner, who is critically ill at the nome 01 Mr. k. u. Jtsrowniee s in 116 Due West is unchanged. She is just alive. ANOTHER CALL ; FOR SELECTMEN ' MOVEMENT O F NEQRO TROOPS TO BEGIN NEXT SATURDAY. ' Ten Per Cent, of State's Full Quota' to Be Made Up of Blacks. FourFifts Mobilized. PAlitwiki'n Hnf 1 A y uuiuiiiuia, vuu it. v/iucia ncio f received in Columbia yesterday from i, Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder calls ing for the mobilization of 10 per - cent of South Carolina's full quota f at Camp Jackson, the movement to 3 begin Octobr 27 and to continue for t five days. The entire personnel of r this increment will be composed of i, negroes. The number of men in the t call is slightly in excess of 1,000. - With this deduction, 19 per cent of 0 South Carolina's quota is yet to be e mobilized. The percentages in each i- previous call were: First 5 per / cent, white; second, 40 per cent e white; third, 26 per cent, negroes. g The order reads: - "During the five days' period beginning October 27 complete the entrainment of 10 per cent, of your r, entire net quota. This movement is to be made up exclusively of colored men. All these men wll be sent to Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolna. The American Railway Association will furnish you with schedules showing the specific dates for the movements from each local board. Except for local adjustments made after consultation with I the passenger representative these ? schedules should control. "Have each local board notify you as soon as possible of the approxi9 mate number of colored men. it will ijj have ready to. send. . TTri* infmwv - ? ition is for the railroad representative. In some instances these men f may be sent on ordinary trains, in ?I which event you will be notified by ^jyour railroad representative." r ]! j NOTICE, TEACHERS. -| . 1 All the teachers of Abbeville 1 county are requested to meet at the Abbeville County Court House on r Sautrday, Oct. 27, at tl2 o'clock, f for the purpose of organizing a ?[County Teachers Association. lj An address will be given by Prof. JiS. J. Derrick, of Newberry College, *!who is a member of the State Board ' | of Education. "i We urge all teachers to attend. D. R. Riser, Supt. of City Schools,. ; W. J. Evans, Co. Supt. of Ed. t A GENUINE FARMER. j J. M. Bell, of Monterey,. was .in 'itown Saturday. He intends to hold ^ I his cotton for a better price as he " has just dispcrc-J of his last, year's 'crop. He is a genuine farmer. He j raises all his supplies and his cotiton is clear profit. , I rt VITA!. STATISTirS For the month of September in Long Cane Township there were ten births, two whites and eight colored, and four deaths, one white and three colored. | E. R. Miller, Reg. FREE DELIVERY. .! Washington, D. Cj Oct. 12, 1917. Hon. Fred H. Dominick, Newberry, S. C. ' Mir jla.il' Mi. rinminir-lf TJpfprvinar to your interest in the matter of establishing city delivery service at Abbeville, South Carolina, I beg to | advise you that the report of the InI spector detailed to invstigate the | feasibility of estatblishing such serjvice at that place has been received, land the Department has decided to 'authorize the establishment of service, with two regular city letter carriers, effective January 1, 1918. This authority is granted contingent upon the municipal authorities of Abbeville providing street signs and the prospective patrons providing house numbers and private mail re- ^ ceptacles. Very truly yours, (Signed) J. C. Koons, First Asst. Postmaster General. . w .. jj