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Established 1844. ! a The Press and Banner |a ABBEVILLE, S. C. " ^ . t' t Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. t r I The Press and Banner Co. ; Published Every Tuesday and Friday ^ Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat-1 Z l? at post office in Abbeville, S. C. I ? > jfc Terms of Subscription: j Jj One year $1.60 Six months .75 | Three months .50 j j Payable invariably in advance. I n / "ZT6I 'fl JoqraaoaQ '^puj[ t ' t HELPING THE GOVERNMENT. J t A little while ago we had a campaign for the sale of Liberty Bonds by which we loaned our money to the Government for the prosecution ^ of the wr.r. The people who could invest fifty dollars, or more, made the investment in order to assist ' xv. P tne army 3I1C1 H3vy in tuc 1 in which they are engaged. There are a great many people as patriotic as those who subscribed to the Liberty Bonds who would be glad to do their bit to assist the ? Government but who were not able to advance the necessary money to buy even a fifty dollar bond. The ^ Government recognizes < this fact lc and in order to give these people a c< ehance to become copart-ners with It in the war has inaugurated another plan by which persons having as little as twenty-five cents at a w time to invest may become creditors C of the Government, contribute their n; part to uphold it in its undertak- M ings and at the same time be as oJ loyal as others who have done more, w The plan to which we refer is the tl plan of selling War Savings Stamps. T These stamps are in two denomina- hj tions, the one is a twenty-five cent y< stamp, known as the Thrift Stamp, cl one or more of these stamps may D be purchased at a time. ' When one ' ' is purchased a Thrift card is given ci upon which the stamp is pasted. B On these cards are spaces for six- h< teen stamps in all^ making four al dollars. If a person invests * only sc 9K<? Tier week, in sixteen weeks four C dollars will have been saved in this way. tl When the Thrift card is full you lo may exchange it for a War Savings Stamp in the manner below stated. N I A War Savings Stamp is the <, promise of the Government to pay to the bearer or owner $5.00 on ' January 1st, 1923. These stamps' will sell for from $4.12 now to $4.23 at the end of the year 1918. The Thrift card with the sixteen stamps may be exchanged for one f these War Savings Stamps by fc paying the difference between fourj dollars and the price of the War J g< Savings Stamp in the particular j st month in which the transaction is; tli had. If the exchange is made dur-ju ing the present month the Thrift j fc Card, with its sixteen stamps, and! n< twelve cents more would purchase i in a five dollar War Savings Stamp u: payable on the date stated. The o' difference between $4.12, or the j amount which may be paid, and the ce $5.00 payable by the Government ai January 1st,' 1923, represents in- tt terest compounded quarterly at the bi rate of four per cent per annum. e? The War Savings Stamps is a I a promise of the Government to pay th the amount represented by it at the i la date stated. It has behind it the! ts entire resources of the Government j ti and people of the United States | b< with its enormous taxing power, the al greatest security in the world. It b is a better investment than the Lib- i hi ert Bond for the reason that the j interest is not paid out in small; sc amounts and spent but accumu- b lates and comes back to the inves- e: tor in one sum. By investing $82.- S 40 in these stamps between Dec- 1 ember 3, 1917 and January 31st, 0 1918, ihe purchaser or investor has I 0: * profit of $17.60 and receives the I a principal and interest at the date' i of maturity. j d Of course these stamps have k been provided by the Government | T for the purpose of raising money e: for the conduct of the war. They|tj are not intended primarily to fur-1 v* nish the people a saving investment I n nor to encourage thrift among the j s< people of the United States. ButI do better scheme has been yetjfi thought out to so encourage the a people. The scheme is better than o the Savings Bank because as little k I s twenty-five cents may be invested > ( t one time. It is safer than any avings bank because the promise o repay is by the greatest pay-maser on earth. It is a great chance o teach the children to begin to < ave the money which comes into f heir hands. And there is no better ime, and will be no better time, or them to begin than now. We 1 re in the throes of a great war ] nd the Government needs every j lollar which the people are able to nvest. The people themselves need 0 save every dollar which they can. ['here are small amounts of money verywhere at this season of the ear. All of the children have some ^ noney to spend for the holidays. ' 1 'i- 4-ci ( i great uppurtumt^ pxcscuio IUSCH o bring a lesson of thrift home to hem and to teach them that money 3 not to be spent solely for selfish lurposes and pleasures but somehing at least of what they have hould be so invested and so taken are of as to help mankind and suport the Government under which bey are living. These stamps may be purchased t Post Offices, banks, trust comanies and other financial instituions. Every person should begin jday to save something. No better Christmas present can e offered the children than a War avings Certificate with a Five dol- 3 ir stamp attached, or even a = hrift card with a 25c. stamp at>- i iched. With the gift they get the ; lea of persevering in the effort to jmplete the investment. REDCROSS STAMP S. ' Last week in the list of merchants ho are going to handle the Red ross Stamps on the packages the a nmoa nf W T) "Rnrlrsrlnlft the V [cMurray Drug Co., were left out t f the list unintentionally. They ill put a stamp on each package lat you will carry home yourself, s he McMurray Drug Store will also c indie these stamps for sale. Should I 3U not get your stamps from the lildren you can get them at the rug store. c Saturday the school children will o mvass the town with the stamps, t uy what you need from them and sip a good cause. The stamps will so be sold in the Post Office by * ime of the young ladies of the Red a ross. C The fund thus raised will go to ^ le maintenance of the Tubercusis Camp at Columbia. tl EGRO SOLDIERS DIE C FOR PART IN RIOTING t< hirteen Members of Twenty fourth Infantry Executed at Fort Sam r Houston One Minute Before g Sunrise. I t; ti San Antonio, Dec. 11.?Except | >r the ashes from two huge bon- j g res, an isolated thicket on the big o >vernment reservation, near here, o lowed no signs tonight that it was ^ ie execution place early today of J negro soldiers of the Twenty>urth United States Infantry. The) i, 1 sgroes convicted of participating^ the riots at Houston, Texas, Aug-J^ ? i j a a _ j. rr rr \ 51 za last, were nangea at i ;a i ; p clock, one minute before sunrise. j1 \fter dark last night motor trucks <? irried the lumber for the scaffolds id a company of the engineers to le clearing. The scaffolds ' were ^ lilt by fire light. Motor trucks -y lortly after 5 o'clock this morning w irried the condemned negroes from j p ie barracks where they spent their, j, st night, and the officers and mili-1 a iry guard to the place of execu-i on. The trucks later carried the! sdies to a place as indistinguish- j f ale as the execution, where the; c urial took place an^ then they; v auled back to Fort Sam Houston j b /ery piece of timber used in' the! c :affold so that the site was clear | a efore formal announcement of the j t icecution had been issued by the j c outnern jjepartment neaaquariers.; The condemned negroes had known j f their fate since Sunday. Twelve j s f them sought spiritual counsel of] v rmy Y. M. C. A., workers. The.b 3th whose name has .not yet been! t isclosed, gave no inkling that he t new. Outwardly all were stoical. C hey did not know the date of the g xecution but last night they were iken from the cavalry guard house rhere the yhave been prisoners for e lore than a month and placed in \ sparate barracks. jr Aside from less than a dozen of-ja cers of the- Southern Department a nd the sheriff of Bexar County, no a ne in the city or the army camps c new of the execution date or place, s GOVERNMENT'S FN 1917 COTTO Washington, Dec. 11.?Reduction :otton crop from the last estimate r inal estimate of production issued t Cotton "production this year is es pound bales, the department of agri port. The average weight per rum *ross. Production by States: j iyi7. / Virginia 16,00 tforth Carolina 570,00 South Carolina 1,235,00 Georgia 1,820,00 Florida 40,00 Alabama 505,00 Mississippi 895,00 Louisiana 615,00 Texas 3,115,00 Arkansas 895,00 Tennessee 206,00 Missouri 51,00 Oklahoma 890,00' California 67,00' )ther states 29,00* Total, United States 10,949,01 Last year, 11,511,000; two years 166,000; total ginned last year, 11,' rears ago, 16,135,000. f. # # # * # * # # * t> * f BREVITIES. ' f. 3 \ Although the days were disagree ible there was a pretty good num ier of early Christmas shoppero ii he stores. Some hogs are better off :no\ ince they are laying in the pantr: >r smoke house instead of the pen likewise some families. To have snow and no sugar o: ream is a dreadful thing. That wa: ur fix this week. Molasses doesn' aste the same. Russia and Mexico are similar ii hat they have one revolution afte; nother. A new one has started ii Joahuila with Luis Gutierrez a: jader. We have to remember so man] hings and so many people foi Ihristmas that we are just as likeb 0 forget ourselves as not. The numerous hunters had th( abbits on the run Wednesday. A. ood old time stew or pie is a migh y good way to save the meat oJ tie country. Think how lucky we are. We live o near the country that we can gc ut and get firewood if we are ou1 f coal and there isn't any in town ut the city folks can't do that. A carrier pigeon thoroughly ex austed flew in the broken windov t the home of Mrs. McColl in Haliax. It had been hurt by the exlosion for its feet were bleeding t bore a celluloid band bearing No. 29-29." It was worth a great deal for peestrians to be out on the street* Wednesday for the school childrer re re running wild. They were noi articular who they hit with snow alls. But they had a grand time nd they are young but once. In Athens there was only two cars ull of coal and the people hat ome to the Fuel Plant with draj wagons, buggies, wheel barrows askets and anything that could b< arried or hauled. Not only mer nd the drivers but the women an< he children. They were out o] oal and they were cold. A sailor of the Jacob Jones th.< hip that was destroyed by a U-boa /hen hailed by the crew on th< oat answered in German. Thej ook him aboard the submarine anc hen submerged. He knows th< iermans now as well as their lan ;uage. Two of our young ladies assist id a neighbor lady skin a calf thii veek. It seems that the lady had i icgro to knock the calf in the hcac ind then the women folks skinnec ,nd dressed it. They say they ha< i grand time and had just plentj >f nice meat to eat. We guess wt hould call this a "Skinning Party.' 1AL ESTIMATE OF N CROP IS 10,949,000 of more than a million bales in the nade of the country, was shown in the rt/lmr Kv fVio rl?r?!?rtmen+. of acriculture. i timated at 10,949,000 equivalent 500culture announced today in its final reling bale is estimated at 501.5 pounds I Total gin- 5-year I ning, 1916. averages 0 27,127 23,762 0 654,603 872,830 0 931,830 1,375,277 0 1,820,939 2,297,697 0 41,449 64,787 0 533,402 1,465,301 0 ' 811,794 1,152,041 0 443,182 399,007 0 3,725,700 4,180,240 0 1,134,033 927,273 0 382,422 358,538 0 52,699 69,871 0 823,526 957,106 0 43,620 23,846 0 13,604 8,296 D 11,449,930 14,175,872 = MtltlfllM latuttNi ago, 11,161,000; three years ago, 15,- I 150,000; year before, 11,192,000; three \ To take corn and use it in the H still seems to cause little talk, but . ? / _ai_ 1 to taKe penecuy guuu augoi am* r use it then there is much said. Over j one hundred thousand pounds were stored away by moonshiners in Dawsonville and Greenville in Georgia to be used in the distilling of contrabrand whiskey. The Food a Administration Representatives discovered ten thousand pounds in one lot. 7 OUR FIRST SNOW. 7 Usually our cold spells come afi ter Christmas but this year the weather man decided to let us have r a little all along and to give us a || 3 taste of what the boys in France || ^ and in the trenches will have tojjl | stand all winter. Tliisi is mereiy a * |? "mild little snow." Three inches!if 1 'sE fell Tuesday night and lay all day Iff r Wednesday and Thursday. 1 Clouds were hanging low threat- || 3 ening another snow or worse wea- || ther. There was a mist yesterday UIKUMUI morning. 5=5 The young people had a grand time snow-balling each other and , every body that passed. The snow was dry and was not so disagreea4 ble. The older people who had busi^ ness out on the streets kept pretty close to the stores so in case the f youngsters got too rough they could dodge in the first door that was handy. There was no snow and su; gar and cream eaten because of the ) shortage of sugar. The people who h were fortunate enough $o have a I good supply of coal burnt it with care for they didn't know how long this spell would last and those who : didn't have much coal or wood were r even more careful of what they had. . All the men who could get Iway . went rabbit hunting and quite a . number of rabbits were killed, j We enjoy snows but they must be of short duration! W. J. BRYSON. j W. J. Bryson, one of our subt scribers came into the office this . week to renew his subscription. He ? says that he wouldn't know any of the news if he didn't take The Press : and Banner. He has to work so I "? J t- - *1 1 J_1- _ x l tO 31 regular now on i;ne ranroau mat nei i doesn't have time to loaf around t and hear the news and gossip. As , he doesn't care about the gossip he i is well informed of the things hap- ce11 i pening by The Press and Banner. nal 1 He knows a good newspaper when [m f he sees it. I 115t COAL 5HUTE BKOK.fc. * ; . (7) l The coal shute at the Seaboard sen I j shops broke down arid the engines j que 7 had to be coaled up with th^ scoops | wit j or by hand. It was a long job and j to ; quite a number of freight trains Ad1 were delayed. boa Ma The Southern engine was froze ancj up and they didn't get out until wa< late Wednesday and were real late ed 3 coming back from Hodges. will i!the questionnaire ij for registrants j 1| ? A Cant. Jack Perrin of the Local ' ; | Board, informs us that beginning An 'J Saturday, Dec. 1{?, they will start Jac i , Discriminatir Made-to-Mea BECAUSE Made to signed fo suit their BECAUSE the mar who can clothes tfc , ments of BECAUSE made to more tha Linings, ] and real ed. " Ql U1 Clothing DISCR cuimuinmnmttt?muiuimmartmumuuiinui?riEuiim*hiiiuiumiem?msiMifl | Seasons L G. Blacksmith Whe< . . . * ? \ When you need Se< SHOP ON WAS ABBEV1 Look Oi Watki a Have Y< Re mailing out the Questionnaire Registrants of Abbeville Cou Five per cent will go out ea r until the full number have i /ed their copy of the Questio re. If your order number com the five hundred lot yours w mailed on the fifth day from t h and so on. Cach Registrant will have sev days in which to fill it out a] d it back. If there are ai istions that cannot be answer hout assistance it would oe wi get the help of the new Leg visory Board to- assist. T1 ird was recently named by Go nning and is, Wm. P. Gree: I D. H. Hill. Robert S. Owe 5 named but since he has remo to McCormick County his pla [ have to be filled. ACK STARTED TO FRANCE. 'Jack," the playmate of liti nie Hemphill Rogers, is at Car kson with the boys. Dr. C. ' M ig Men Wear I ? m MB sure Clothing measure clothing is de- I'M r them and tailored to ^ own individuality. lufacturer doesn't live make a line of stock iat will meet the requirethe discriminating men. ) measure clothes cost no n others when Fabrics, , f TTrtrtl WT rtnlryvi <-1 rtViirv 1 ' H L' II/, 1' CClj TY Uiiviliaxioiup Durability are consider3 ' lEPARD'S Will Mark You as a IMINATING MAN. ureetmgs , ; If vf ?. Botts / ' > AVvfjw ; v i* .'IbSA ' , :>:< i.. : - ' ' . I slwright * * . . Horseshoeing your shoes put on e me. v HINGTON STREET ; ' , . * ^ v;' [LLE s r LLL^> O. V*. , . : v : ? ' %;'ls ... l?T?{n?rnin?T^?!!S??!nSMM!rJ!S!rSJlJlJ!lI!^??i!wSSMSSS!55SB5SSSSf^3, ' ' y. , . . ' ;; Lit for the ... . ; - ; >. ^r.Vj ins Man . ilU : .7, h . )ur Order ' :<? / I ' .> ' m v . A-j sady to Gambrell gave him to Leslie Mcn Millan saying that he didn't know whose dog it was but that he could have him. So Leslie took the dog . n es to Columbia to the Camp. When ill the advertisement appeared .in the he papers Mrs. McMillan knew immediately who the dog belonged to, en and she wrote to her son. Leslie is going to bring him back as soon e(l as he can come home for a few days se Annie doesn't think very much al of a man that would give her dog lis , away without first asking her about no it. Anyway she is glad that she ns is going to get "Jack" back. She . ,' v- thinks that Dr. Gambrell should give ce her a year's free license on her dog for causing her so much grief. TrtrtV niii+rt o nnmKor n f IU1CTT M UUM1MV4 V* tricks as all smart dogs know but chief among them was that he had np learned to stand up on his hind legs 1 C. and lap ice cream out of a saucer. A