The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 21, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
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Established 1844.
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C. .
Wm. F. GREENE, Editor.
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The Press and Banner Co.
Published Every Tuesday and Friday
Telephone No. 10.
Entered as second-class mail matter
at post office in Abbeville, S. C. j
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Friday, December 21, 1917. j
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Under the head, "Further Delay!
Inexcusable," The Greenville Piedmont
in it-, issue of last Wednesday !
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evening r'iscusses the uooa noausj
situation in the following language:;
"That was an important meeting!
of the Greenville legislative delegation
and the Greenville highway
commission yesterday, provided ]
anything more than talk comes outj
of it. This county has put what is
for it a large sum of money into
road improvements. Where roads
have been straightened or grades
reduced or cement culverts put in,
the improvement will last. But,
where topsoil has been put on roadways,
it will take continuing work
to give any permanence to the improvement.
Some of the Greenville
roads that were first topsoiled are
already beginning to show signs of
wear. They are nothing like as
smooth as when first completed. The
rain running off has cut little ridges
from the crown to the side ditches.
He who rides over those roads is
quickly convinced that unless some
thing practical -and effective is done
to conserve them it will not be
long until they are just about such
roads as they were before any topL
, soil was put upon them.
"They say that a blunder is worse
than a crime. It will be a serious
blunder if things are so mismanaged
that in two or three years more
there will be nothing to show for
Greenville's good roads bond issue:
except the taxes to pay interest
, thereon, a few miles of cement road
a straightened stretch here and I
there, a few reduced grades and an
occasional culvert.
"The members of both the delega-j
lion and the highway commission
should put their best thought uponthis
problem. They have already de-j
layed too long and much harm has
resulted from that delay. Their plan
for conserving the highway im-j
provements ought long ago to have,
been worked out. In fact, the con-1
serving of each improvement ought!
to have started soon as the improve-J
ment was made.
"Valuable time has been lost. Im-|
provements have deteriorated and i
any further delay will be inexcusa-j
ble. There is little use in locking!
the stable after the horse has been!
oro will fio 1 i ++1 p vaIiip !
to work to save our improved high-j
ways delayed until but little is left j
of the improvement to be saved."
During the past summer we are
reminded that we had considerable
agitation in this County on the subject
of issuing three hundred thousand
dollars worth of bohds for the
purpose of building the so-called
good roads. While admitting the
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crying iICCU iui ucticx xuaua, AIIC
Press and Banner led a movement
in this County to defeat the expenditure
of this enormous sum of
money, among other grounds, be-1
cause the top-soil roads were merej
experiments and because we were|
unable to spend any such sum ofj
money upon an experiment.
The article quoted above clearly j
shows that the calculations of thej
friends of topsoil roads in Green-1
ville County have gone awry in so!
far at least as the durability of J
these roads are concerned and thej
amount necessary to keep them in j
good condition. ;
We predicted, when the so-called
good roads campaign was on in Abbeville
County, that if the bonds:
voted to be issued were issued in'
fact that the money would be ex-!
pended and within five years there
would be nothing to recall the ex-j
penditure except an enormous pub-1
lie debt, annual interest to be paid
thereon, and high taxes to raise the
money with which to pay the interest.
As the days go by the people of
Abbeville County will Isarn thai
The Press and Banner, and those
few citizens who took the fielc
against the bond issue in this County,
and who were thought to be unpatriotic
if not disloyal, have reallj
saved the County from a calamity
Other communities which hav<
voted bonds for the so-called gooc
1 3 ?UnvrA nnt xrof cn If
roaas anu wmui ua?c nuv j v,?,
the bonds, or which have not ye
spent the money, would do well t<
take a lesson from Greenville Coun
ty before it is too late..
DEATH OF MR. HUGH WILSON
Mr. Hugh Wilson died at hi!
apartments in this city on Mondaj
evening, December 17th, at 10:3(
o'clock. He had been ill for abou
two weeks.
At the time of his death Mr. Wil
son was in the 80th year of his age
He was a son of Hugh Wilson, Sr.
a millwright, who resided in this
county for a great many years prioi
to his death. His youth was spenl
in the county and in his young manhood
he learned the printers trade
at Due West. He moved to Abbeville
nearly fifty years ago and purchased
an interest in The Abbeville
Banner, along with Hon. W. A. Lee.
Later he became the sole ownei
and editor of The Abbeville Press
and Banner, which he conducted
until about ten years ago when the
paper and plant were sold to Messrs
W. W. and W. R. Bradlev.
As an editor, Mi*. Wilson was an
independent thinker. His views
were expressed with clearness, and
opposition did not deter him from
making known his views. He never
sought popularity. The Press and
Banner, under his management, was
one of the best county papers in
the State and met with success financially.
When he retired from its
management he. had accumulated a
modest fortune, all of which was
made out of his paper.
Mr. Wilson was a patriotic citizen
and a friend of the town in which
he lived. He subscribed to the
capital stock of most of the enterprises
which had been inaugurated
in Abbeville in the last quarter of
x. i?j- i? i.?i.
a century, uut nc iuun iiv pan m
the management of any of these
except in the Abbeville Cotton
Mills, of which he was a large
stockholder and a director for a
number of years. *
He was never married. At one
time he was connected with the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian
Church at Due West and later with
the Episcopal Church at Abbeville,
but at the time of his death he did
not hold membership in any church.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church in Abbeville on Wednesday
morning at eleven o'clock
by Rev. M. R. Plaxco. The services
were simnle. consisting of the read
ing of the scriptures and the singing
of Psalms. The interment was
in the Episcopal cemetery.
Mr. Wilson is survived by the
following relatives: His half brothers,
J. A. Wilson and R. S. Wilson
of Greenwood, and P. E. Wilson oi
Chester, his half sisters, Mrs. Rosa
King of Greenwood, and Mrs. Nettie
Campbell of Lancaster, and by the
following nephews and nieces, H. M.
Bigby, of Greenville, R. W. Bigbj
of Honea Path, J. F. Bigby of Williamston,
Miss Mattie Bigby oi
Fort Worth, Texas, Miss Oro Bigby,
of Ridgeville, S. C., Mrs. J. M. King
and Mrs. S. B. Seawright of Fori
Worth, Texas, Mrs. Mrs. Azalie Wilson
of this county, Hugh Howarc
and Kenneth Wilson also of this
county. Mr. D. H. Howard marriec
a sister of Mr. Wilson who pre-deceased
him.
Prof, and Mrs. Henry Simpsor
are here to spend the holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson.
James Pittard left this week foi
his home in Washington, Ga. H<
has been working at the Abbevill*
Bottling Works for the past year.
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V FOR CHRISTMAS >
V A THRIFT STAMP IN EV- >
V ERY STOCKING N
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V A WAR SAVINGS STAMP
V - IN EVERY HOME
V. Farmers Bank and the PostV
Office Sell Them.
V The Chairman of War SavV
ings fcr Abbeville County
V gratefully acknowledges the
V donation of this space by
V The Press and Banner.
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1 * BREVITIES. "
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Tuesday the weather began t<
2 moderate and the crowd came int<
^ the stores like it was Christma
1 Eve. There was a regular rush. f
t number of people who do their shop
> ping early were delayed last wee]
- by the bad weather.
Foster Cromer bought a pair o
socks and found attached to one i
paper with these words: "I am i
7 your.g lady of 20 and would like t
j correspond with a bachelor with i
j. view to matrimony." The name am
address were given. Foster wrote
and in a few days got this reply
"Mamma was married twenty year
ago. Evidently the mercnant o
whom you bought those socks die
not advertise or he would have sol<
them long ago. My mother handec
me your letter, and said possibly 1
might suit. I am 18."?New Yorl
Times.
LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am 7 years old, and want yoi
to please bring me a little automobile
that will sure enough run bj
itself, and a wagon and lots oi
oranges and candy. I wish you
would bring me a diamond ring tc
give to Annie Bell Little that wil
be finer than any that any of hei
old big sweethearts can get her.
Billie Fant.
Dec. 18, 1917. - Star Route
Lowndesville, S. C., Dec. 16.
Dear Santa:
I am a little boy about six years
old, and I want you to bring m
some candy, oranges, apples, and
Santa I want you to bring ine a
good warm cap to wear to school.
As ever,' David Manning,
Lowndesville, S. C., Dec. 16,1^17
My Dear Santa Claus:
It is nearly Christmas and I thinlf
I will write and tell you what 1
want so you will be sure and nol
make a mistake, so now Santa bring
j me some candy, some oranges,, ap
. pies, raisins and a pair of gloves tt
wear to school this winter, and don'1
forget to bring little sister a doll.
, Yours truly,
Cornelia Manning.
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i Lowndesville, S. C., Dec. 16, 1911
, My Dear Santa:
| It's nearly Christmas and I an
, going to write and tell you what ]
[ want. I am a little girl eleven year:
. old.. I want some candy, oranges
. apples, and bring me a yard and i
: half af red ribbon, and a pair o:
, I cloves for this cold winter.
.j Your friend;
Lucile Manning.
U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
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Columbia, S. C., Dec. 17.?Thi
' Legal Division of the United State;
Food Administration has issued th<
11 following ruling:
(! "Planters who buy yearly be
1'tween August 31st and Septembei
1st, 150 tons or more of cottoi
r seed, whether from their tenants oi
others, are subject to license an<
: must conform to the laws and regu
> lations of the Food Administration.'
; NOTICE.
A nnmhor of nnns. howls and iar,
I and a casserole were left at th<
I hall the day of the Red Cross din
! ner. These articles can be founi
I at the home of Mrs. T. G. White.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
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The annual meeting of polic;
holders of the Abbeville-Greenwooi
j Mutual Insurance Association wil
i be held in Greenwood, S. C., a
j 11 o'clock A. M., Jany. 1st, 1918.
J. R. BLAKE,
(j It. Secretary.
! NEW SCHEDULE ON SEABOARD
South
No. 5 1:16 P. M
No. 29 3:52 P. M
No. 11 3:04 A. M
No. 17 5:00 A. M
| North
. No. 30 12:34 P. M
w No. 6 L 5:54 P. M
k No. 12 1:39 A. 11
1 No. 18 10:00 P. IA
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_l her his respects. Sine told him to
^ take back track. Good. She had
the most level head of the two.
Don't give up but try again brother.
^ Billy Sunday says that Herod said
? to Salome after she danced before
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him, "Sissy you're a peach." All
Salome's are not dead and we have
a soipe "peaches" left unto this day.
^|And some of them in high life.
Recently we noticed how Cuffy
' I spelled Commodore Cowan. Co-modo
Cowns. And he had been to
s
f college. He was not very well acj
quainted with Websters blue-back,
j This is our last letter for 1917.
j Some of us have had our trials and
j sorrows and they will multiply durc
ing the year 1918, but let each one
of us put our trust in God and
hope for the best and bow to His
will. We wish each reader of The
Press and Banner a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year,
i Instead of crying over spilled
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- iuiiiv lb wuuiu nave uccn muuu ueir
r ter if you had never spilled it.
I Christ said on one occasion that
i a prophet was not ivithout honor
save in his own ountry. This apl
plies to preachers, elders, deacons
and stihool teachers. And now and
then a teacher has very little honor
ill a strange country when every
. one is doing his or her very best
and bending every energy possible
to kick them down Mil. Do you
ever sympathize with one who meets
i with this sad fate? We certainly
- do. And tT.ie day of judginent is
I surely coming.
Fair Warning. Look dut you old
Clerks of Court, Sheriffs, Auditors,
Judges of Probate, Masters, Supervisors,
Magistrates and Coroners,
who have been holding office for lo
these many years. You have the
: idea the offices belong to you but
^ wait until the war is over and you j
will see some of the soldiers take!
' your places. Then lay up some-}
' thing for a rainy day and old age. j
> War has its good as well as its evil'
^ results.
Don't be one of those things thatj
are bom every minute. '
T|ie place for your money is
! where the principal is safe. The inf
i t'erest is secondary.
Do not be afraid to grow big
1 crops for some one will want them
t before the war is ovtx.
5 Brother did it ever occur to you
> that but for your wife's good cook-!
i ing you might be filling a dyspeptic's
f grave?
Mary is always getting up some-|
thing, and here is her latest.
Beneath this stone a lump of clay.
Lies Uncle Peter Dannels,
. Who early in the month of may,
Took off his winter flannels.
a i it is neuer to waiK tnan to nae a
borrowed horse if it isn't too far.
, Duns are pleasant to no one?
Sender or receiver, save your threecents
stamps, if we should die you
? will get your money.
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,: Don't fret, but take the world
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_ | easy for your life will be short at
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i Is there a dark corner in your
home? If so put a window in it.
? We recommend the following officers
for the John Mullins Mule Co.
j S. J. Link, President; W. D. Bark|
sdale, Treasurer; John Mullins,
General Salesman. jHeadquarters:
s Public square, any time day or night
s we'll treat you right.
vvoras Kinaiy spoKen are lute
* "apples of gold in pitchers of silver."
and they are never forgotten.
Did'nt Old "Dote" have a time
feeding mules, milking cows and
going to preaching that Sunday
y morning. And your boys to stay at
i home, Uncle Dote, if you can let lis
[1 knoW about it.
t It seems that Editor Horton has
gone into the automobile business in
j Washington. He might have done
j in Abbeville after he sold his tin
Why not declare war on Turkey
>. and Bulgaria? They are lined up
with Germanyar.d are our bitter
enemies. Who is more brutal than
the unspeakable Turk.
If you think you are pure and
faultless as the divine snow, read
i. what the Master said to the pharisees
when they brought the woman taken
in adultery before him. Cast the
^ bean from your own eye first.
After the snow some old time
scouring and some mother will say,
^ I wish I never had had so many
i childrer.. But she will not give you
, INTERESTING LETTER
FROM FRANK CARWILE
Mr. C. E. Williamson has been
going to the town of pansies and
we see he is going to pluck one.
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3 A widower with about a half dozg
en "chillun" asked a widow with
^ several of the brats if he might pay
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Every Christmas
are spent in making
only TEMPORARY
sons receiving them,
class of mercHand
I manyt years, of en jo
, Jewelry wilL
Wtiat other gifts <
at GREATER cost
fondrecolleetibns'di
watch, or a pfece of
We are prepared
useful and attractr
member of the fattii
appreciated and ch<
I examine our comph
Diamonds, Watches
Etc.
OUR PRICES WU
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11 Umbrellas
|| Suspenders
|! Watch Chain ,
l! Cuff Buttons
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jj Kats and Caps
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one if she happens to have 13 of t
brats.
For some reason unknown to ti
scriber the mail facilities have r
been near so good since the war 1
gan. The very idea of it taki
three days to get a letter fr<
Camp Jackson. Who doesn't pi
the poor R. F. D. these cold daj
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thousands of dollars
r gifts that can afford
7 pleasure to die per,
Yet there is no other ,
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yment and service as
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that will bring back as j
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ste and varied line of
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Silk Shirts
Auto Gloves
Hand Bags
Card Cases
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Cuff* Button and Chain
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Suits and Overcoats
Raincoats
Garter and Arm Band Set ;
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he We had our tough time in the sum- ^
racr and his has arrived for no telling
his how long. Heard of one who didn't
10t read piost cards. His patrons should
jq. keep him on his route for indeed he
ng is an exception to the rule,
sm Note:?It is a "rose" that " Mr.
ty Williamson is going to pluck from
rs? J the Pansy garden.
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