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r "uxv l*tablish*d 1844. an BPhe Press and Banner '? tir ABBEVILLE, S. C. gi ' th Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. sp The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday! Telephone No. 10. ' _ i 71w< Entered as secona-ciaas mau mm*- i tor at post office in Abbeville, S. C. i 0 1 ; efl i th Terms of Subscription: i na One year $1-50 | , fix months .75 | Three months .50 l*" Payable invariably m advance, i dr tu Tuesdav, December 4, 1917. ch Be j in/ LET THEM CHOOSE. j G( | po We supposed when the railroads en asked for the discharge of men call-1 jj0 ?r? in +Vio Sp]pr?tivp Draft nn the v..~ - -, nn ground that these men were necessary in order that the railroads ^ might run, and perform their ob-| ligations to the government, that at< the men proposed to run these rail- f?' roads, especially as the employees ies were willing to accept dsicharges on p^ this claim. But evidently the employees do. cUl not believe that the running of the fV< trains, and therefore their services are necessary for the proper carry-1 0 ing on of the war, because these j employees are now asking for an' J increase in pay of forty per cent. and an answer by December 31st, " 1 which means, we presume, a' strike an< if the demands are not granted. j dei If this be true, we are of the s?b opinion that Exemption Boards i *ai should not regard claims for dis- fro charges of these men on the ground ' that they are necessary for the ant proper handling of the war business linj of the government. These empfoy-i int ees should go to the front on the | dri same salaries as men in other call- j vas ings under like conditions. They'stu have no right to say that they will pos quit work if the railroads will not use do their bidding, and at the same bai time ask for discharges from mili- otli tary duty on the ground that they pre cannot quit work without serious be inconvenience to the government. - pia an< LOOKING AHEAD. 'ne( Just now the country seems pros- na^ perous. The farmers are making money, and the merchants are col- ,ec lecting their debts. In so far as ability to pay past obligations is tio concerned most people in this section are better off than they have ma been for years. But the people should not get t10 drunk on prosperity. "In time of S^1 peace we should prepare for war," an< and in time of plenty we should look forward to the day of want, the Because men are paying their cbli- on< gations and have money over is no pin reason why they should not husband ma their resources. The next year will an< be a trying one. The expenses of the living1 are growing daily, and will pla continue to grow. A dollar now the hardly buys what fifty cents did a wit few months ago. It will be expen- J us 1 ~ ~i-1-^%, tTAn*. avnon. ! tra Sive 10 iariii anuuiei 11, w/v^v.4. , sive to merchandise, and the living! nui expenses everywhere will be much | shv greater than in the last few years. ess For that reason men having oul money should lay it aside and pre- all pare for the time when they will i wit need it in their own business.! til There are other reasons, too, whyjwh they should do so. The govern- ths ment, until the end of the war, sal must rely on the people to meet the ess growing war debt. Some of this de< will be paid in taxes, some will be the raised by the purchase of bonds, do1 and some in other ways. Patriotic me calls will be made from time toj th< time and the people must respond, j on Then there will be misery and want j du at home, which the people in every, ca; community must care for. The! ov people who live on salaries, or on: de: day labor are suffering while the! mi producers of food stuffs and cotton.'fin are prosperous. Many of them are' tio in distress now on account of a want of the necessities of life. They;^, will see further want, and the calls will come for this cause. The people should save what they have for this reason. They:th' should avoid every extravagance; which may be avoided. Especially, j be should the people at this season J up abandon the worn-out custom, ?^ltr, giving expensive and useless Christ-j mas gifts. The money spent for.ur these things will go a long way j an towards answering the patriotic j fa I d humanitarian calls which wil me to us. Far better at thi: ne that people who are able t< ve should look around them foj ose in want and help them thai end money for useless things. HOW TO WIN THE WAR. Following: up the editorial in las iek's issue, urging that in orde win the war by increasing th kiency of labor for the farm am e factory and the battlefield, thi ition should as a war measur opt prohibition of the manufac re and the sale of all alcoholii inks, the editor of the Manufac rers Record sent to Judge Lovett airman of the War Industrie! >ard, the foregoing letters, call I upon the board representing th< >vernment to forbid the trans rtation of any materials whicl ter into the production of alco lie drinks or the handling of th< - y 1 3.. isneu juruuutu The adoption by the Governmenl these suggestions would immedi?lv cut out the vast amount oi il which is now used by brewer, at a time when millions of peo! are finding it difficult and manji them finding it impossible to sere coal for domestic use, and in Government industries absoely necessary to produce munins of war are unable to secure ! full supply of coal needed. Every ton of coal that goes into > manufacture of alcoholic drinks thus doubly a curse to the nation, i we do not believe that Presiit Wilson or his advisers can posly in the light of this situation 1 to have the courage to shut off m every brewery the use of coal, rhis would save transportation 1 it would save coal. The hand1 of the raw material which goes o the manufacture of alcoholic nks would be saved, and this ;t amount of foodstuff and feed ff could be used for other purses. The men at the plants now ;d for manufacturing kegs and rels and bottles and all of the ler things which enter into the ?duction of alcoholic drinks would saved, and everyone of these nts is needed for other purposes, i every man engaged in them is ;ded. elsewhere in work for the tion's safety, while now every n thus engaged is working ditly against the nation's safety. Moreover, the use of transportan for such purposes in this time terrbile crisis is a crime, when ny things that are needed for j of the individual and of the nan must be delayed or completely it off because of the lack of cars i locomotives. We are also using railroads for : shipping of race horses from i racetrack to another, and ship ig the materials needed for tne intenance of these race horses, i wasting the transportation of ! gamblers who run from one ce to another. Cut it all out if ! Go,-?rnment wants to be honest ;h the people of the country. Let not talk about cuttin g down nsportation by reducing the tnber of passenger trains and itting out the handling ot nonential things until we have shut ; the handling of race horses and the paraphernalia connected ;h racetrack operations, and unwe have shut out the handling of iskey and beer, and everything it enter into their manufacture, e and distribution. These are not ential industries. They are in2d handicaps to the winning of s war. The complete closing ivn of these interests would trendously increase the efficiency of i army and of the men engaged farms and in factories in procing the things without which w? ^not possibly win the war. Moreer, they would take out of this structive business at least halt z llion inen who could immediatelj d work in constructive opera ns. From all parts of the country th( inufacturers Record has receivec thusiastic commendation of the sition which it took last week or is question. The issue has been squarely pu fore the Government. It is nov i to the people of the whole coun f to actively and aggressively ge the matter upon the Presiden id the War Board.?The Manu cturers Record. 1 EDITOR HORTON LEAVES. ; Editor E. C. Horton of The Ab- |'r beville Medium, left last Friday to, || take up his duties as Secretary to! the Committee on Naval Affairs in the city of Washington, to which position he was appointed by Sena-| (because he has given the people too fj much for their money, and they j 1 jhave not supported the paper as it r deserved. 'j Since our connection with the ' newspaper business we have found ; Mr. Horton a most agreeable con'! temporary. He has been kind and ' accommodating in his dealings with ! us as his neighbor. Though we ,' have not always seen things ,; through the same glasses, we have had no reason to doubt his sincerity , '< in the views he expressed, and he | has not been afraid to express his' j views, though he has done so withj consideration for others and becoming moderation. j The good wishes of the men and women who labor on The Press and (Banner go with him and his estimable wife wherever they may go, and we hope that his removal from 'our midst will prove only tempor-; ]| | ary. /|; 12 I * # * # * # * # * * * i! * * BREVITIES. * * i j , Only EIGHTEEN more shop- ping days until Christmas. State iThe Thanksgiving like the Ides of ^ uTovaU V?oc? nnmft on/1 crr\ n n F.VAVV day is a Thanksgiving day with us. Locate closi It would be a good thing for our jgjmerchants to put in a mail order department in their stores. Overdi Bonds Camp Gordon had 40,000 pounds ^ hy.t of turkey for the soldier boys on Qtjiei.t Thanksgiving Day. Due B; Cu'rer The children had aglorious time 1 skating on the streets Thanksgiving Silver :iDay- I Chocks Libert; !! Bandits got ?35,000 from a Brew-jGold < j ery paymaster in Detroit. They ^ 1-??/K4-r- o linm: ' say LIIC uciimibo i<;iu in c* uuntT ?? ?.. ;.'out leaving any address. j Capita J Surplu i Undivi 1 There is to be a shortage in salt' Cum ! now when it is time to kill and j jjTa.*je: : cure hogs. This shortage is blamed j jn^ivjc 1 on the conjested freight service. posit to CV At the Billy Sunday tabernacle j in Atlanta when they take up the Tine collection they say it sounds like cases , .. posits i hail- Cashie j Checl j Four soldiers tunneled out of i "?ser\ j prison in Atlanta last week. They j savjn were United States soldiers who i I TD I were in there for various charges, 1 u . , I STAT] .1 such as automobile tneit ana ieav-j- ? 11 ing camp without leave. Bef( Cashie Senator Reed wants the United w^10 ^ above s States to build $100,000,000 worth true c of freight cars. He said that it shown should have been done last year gwo j when Senator Smith proposed it. j me th ! What next? ri : Corre< The new German Chancellor was C I F j due to make his maiden speech in I p 5j the reichstag Saturday. It was to; 11 concern peace. They have a way|j^?YV ;! of changing their chancellor's often.; 41 Perhaps they will get one to suit! after a while. No. 5 l! Now Hetty Greene's fortune is ?' t \ to be divided into 45 parts and dis-;^r - jtributed among the heirs of Gideon |iNO* 11 ^ Rowland, creator of the trust fund,! 1 who died in 1823. Her colossal for- No. 31 | tune was built upon the $1,000,000 No. 6 " trust fund which she enjoyed dur- No. 1! I ing her life. No. 1 I i tor Tillman during the summer, j ; This means that Mr. Horton will be! * away from Abbeville for the greater; j* I z E ! part of his time, though he will J e continue as managing editor of The; ^ Medium, at least for the present. I B. During his absence the news de-1 e,partment of the paper will be in! ~j the capable hands of Miss Hannah: u i Cochran, a newspaper woman of " i experience. M Mr. Horton has made his home in B|our city for nearly ten years. He }{ "'bought The Medium from the es2j tate of Gen. R. R. Hemphill, and immediately converted it into a semi11 weekly, which he has published "j since that time. He has given to I the people of Abbeville County as i good a county paper as is published tj in the state. That he has not succeeded with the paper financially is Hooveri: Hoosieri i Get you; G 57Q'ye ? AMt> ft A iiiiiiiMitiiiiiiviiiiiHuiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiHiiiimii 111 iiiiiiiiniiiiifiiirifiiiiiiiiiiriiimiisiiii iiiiiii,iiiini?tiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMimiiiiiiiMMiiiiiiiii HI iiiiiiiniiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiniiii ment of the Condition of j ~ Farmers Bank of'. ibbeville County, | d at Abbeville, S. C., at the 2 of Business November 20, 7. RESOURCES. T and Discounts __$218,333.32 # rafts 4,744.14 j and Stocks owned ! i he Bank 4,100.00 ! ure and Fixtures._ 848.00 f Real Estate Owned 6,659.00 from Banks and inkers 53,921.43 ; icy 10,415.00 I 550.00! J and Other Minor in 1,321.59 '* > and Cash Items. 2,431.00 ~ y Bonds 19,345.001 Certificates 2,000.00 ;li"" II )TAL $324,668.4811? LIABILITIES. 1 Stock Paid in 8 75.000.00Ji s Fund 18,000.00jff ded Profits, less ;nt Expenses and 3 Paid 3,061.95, If nds Unpaid 127.00 II lual De Iff subject ieck__$133,568.27 s De. 75,748.94 Certifiof De- If 16,689.00 r's ? ? 2,252.12 $228,258.33 If e Fund Carried on 5! ral Individual or l| gs Ledger 221.20 |f TAL 15324,668.48 \\ E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Iff ounty of Abbeville, ss: 'if ore me came J. C. THOMSON If r of the above named bank, ft eing duly sworn, says that the |I and foregoing statement is a l] :ondition of said bank, as |f by the books of said bank. 11 J. C. THOMSON, iff ' ? ??i i? m to ana suDscnueu ucimc ;? is 28th day of Nov. 1917. H. G. SMITH, Notary Public. II :t Attest: . C. GAMBRELL, . E. HARRISON, . B. SPEED, Directors. SCHEDULE ON SEABOARD. j|j South - 1:16 P. M.j^f i 3:52 P. M. ~ L 3:04 A. M.' ! 5:00 A. M.i North 3 12:34 P. M. q 5:54 P. M. ^ 2 1:39 A. M. t* 8 10:00 P. 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I Mr: alloway came down from Due and I rest Saturday afternoon to visit Norw leir friend, Mr. Hugh Wilson, in Bellei is sickness. Morn \ / Food Time | i tchen we Co-. ii FITTERS Ii 11 55 5 | iMiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiitiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMMtiritiHtiiiiMiiiimiiiu*. s IIIIIHIINIIIIIIIINIIHIIIIIIIIHillltllinilllllllltlllllinillllRllltlllllHIIIIllllllll? BROS. MARBLE GRANITE CO. )esigners Manufacturers Erectors n Everything for the Cemetery. st and best equipped nental mills in the Carolinas. . d, S. C. Raleigh, N. C. = mSr ' n = ? iUUofc | iber 10th IAT IS DIFFERENT || 5 | mm | Western Islands. The ts kind ever presented arge Company iians ng and Dancing Wizn Islands. Forgotten 55c, 28c j The War Tax j y, Dec. 7th. j> i If miuuuiuiujiaiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii<iiiuiiniuiitiuuiMiMiiiiinMmitMiuiiitin?juMn?( = MKSGIVING IN THE COUNTRY s. W. W. Bradley, Jack, Hugh ilabel Bradley, and Mrs. Henry ood spent Thanksgiving near jue with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. ih. J . fKM