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Established 1844. The Press and Banner1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. . GREENE, Editor. 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. *" * Terms of Subscription: One year ?$1.50 Six months .75 Tkree months .50 Payable invariably in advance. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1918. - ! K ON GREENVILLE STREET. 1 I Like almost everything else that takes place in Abbeville, the prin-! cipal happenings connected with the great storm of last Friday took place, on Greenville street. The chimney to the residence of' ^ James A. Hill was blown down, fall-; ing on the roof, and breaking its way through, crushed everything in the room. Residence on Greenville .Street. . ?* * i-- 1- ^ ^ The chimney xo me numc v> , j " Hox*ace R. McAllister was also , blown down, causing damages to his residence, which is on Greenville Street. } Col. T. G. White also lost a chim-jr ney in the proceedings, which was } blown from the roof of his house t near the heart of Greenville Street.1? ? . Mrs. McDfll's residence is . also; minus a chimney, while Chief Jus-! tice Gary is looking for a few bricks j j blown from the top of his chimney: < en Greenville Street. j ] The tall chimney at the rear of ] the residence of M. T. Coleman was } also blown down, although firmly \ supported, after it had first deposited a traii| load of real black sut on all the new carpets recently installed in the house, and completely blackened everything and everyDoay , in the house. Greenville Street. One panel of fence at the resi- ( dence of Col. Foster Barnwell, of Greenville Street, was blown down. 1 And. as the wind whistled and moan-1i ed under the residence of Col. J. D. i Kerr, also of Greenville Street, the,; Colonel called his wife and told her; that he had always said the world', was coming to an end during 1918,! and as he expected, it was starting on Greenville Street. J And if a lady gets a new dress,: or a boy a broken arm, or a hus-' band a bunch of bills, or a girl a ; big box of candy, or a. dog a kick, i or a cat a rat, in the city of Abbe-; ville ,take it from us, the event will! take place on this street. ===== NEGLIGENCE PER SE. I The cement sidewalk on the Westj side of the public square, in front; of the stores of Philson & Henry; and The L. W. White Company, and! those intervening, is a constant menace to life and limb not only to, the people of the City of Abbeville, j: but to visitors and others who use! it. The sidewalk is a substantial j piece of work, and but for the ex-; cessive fall which it has frmo the; store fronts to the street would stand perhaps for all time. Nobody should be blamed for its! condition. The sidewalk was built; first of all of those in the city, andi i ii was supposed to be built proper-! ly, but the . slope given it was too J great. It has been all along un-| comfortable to walk on, and un-| sightly to look at, matters which might be overlooked, were it not at | all times, and especially when icej and snow are on it, a dangerous i place to walk. mi i ? - ine siaewaiK snould be rebuilt. We do not know whether another application of cement can be made on that already there, or whether it is necessary that the present sidewalk be removed. Whatever is necessary should be done during the present summer. Juries in the past have been in- j dulgent towards municipalities in the matter of assessing damages for personal injuries suffered by pedestrians on streets and side-walks, but it will not always be so, A lady in Columbia some years ago secured a substantial verdict against that city on account of a hole in the sidewalk, into which she stepped, suffering injuries therefrom. A verdict was rendered sometime ago in m Chester for $850 against that city| on account of a party suffering a fracture of the ankle from slipping! on slippery stones in a sidewalk. It: is only a matter of time until some-'^ body secures a verdict against the;v City of Abbeville for an amount . s sufficient to rebuild the present:a mentioned side-walk. Therefore,! * time should be taken by the fore-ia lock, and the sidewalk rebuilt. To1 v delay matters will be but to invite i v trouble by continuing a structure which is seriously dangerous to the! people who use it, and who must1 use it. | ???j tl * The town bully should have a e' stop put to the kind of weather we have been having. j 'r j P< With cotton selling at three'01 pounds for a dollar, we should wor-jP: rv when we have a bale. I tl We move now that the legislature " pass an Act changing his name to es Ander Jonson Betty. tl | ni We do not know what has become in af her, and we don't care what has'si become of the pretty girl with b; shapely ankles who wore the long skirts. m j oi If there is anybody who owes us; anything whom we have forgotten, j j vill they please step forward and nake themselves known. ^ V? We have heard of men being landicapped by size, by voice, by th nanners, and some men are even . ei landicapped by the names which i ^ ;hey bear?for instance at this sea*!jn son of the year a man named Bill. I C1 I A' We understand that the local ighting system was out of commis-| sion on Friday on account of a few; . : ei live wires being at large. We have! no reference to the Superintendent, jn apr any other person connected with j the system. , . DOES HE WANT LIGHT? tl Representative Moore, of Abbeeille, wants a referendum to the jj people of South Carolina on the question of this state voting for the jg Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for national prohibition. Mr. Moore is more obtuse thani^ he appears to be if he does not al- q ready know the mind of the people v nf Rnntk flnrnlinn nn t.Vlis rmestirm. People who desire liquor sold in j South Carolina, or shipments of liquor form outside sources into the ^ State, had as well cultivate a taste | for coca-cola, root-beer, or pinders ale. The band-wagon of prohibition' will over-run them else. 1 . si Delays are dangerous. Let the; ^ enemies of liquor get in the middle of the road. There should be no side-stepping by the friends of pro-j hibition. \ ! S( i tl i C CLASSIFIED ON DEPENDENCY, j tc it] We were disappointed that we were unable to continue hte publish-'tl intr the lisf. of rptrietrnntj; in Hlass 1 "o v"w ** ? j iv, but on account of the confusion it i seemed to cause we were requested: SJ to wait until the final classification j was made, which we will do. This is! how it is:- When a registrant gets f his Questionnaires he has to fill it 0 out either by himself or with the p assistance of the Legal Advisory Board or the lawyers or those who have kindly offered to assist withj ( the work. Then the Questionnaire J 7 is returned to the Local Board and' I it is examined and classified as to j j dependents. If a man has no one! v dependent on him for support he is j n placed in Class 1, no matter what!j( is wrong with him from a physical 0 standpoint. If he has a family that is dependent he is put in Class 2 orl Class 4 as the case may be. The Dis-! n trier uoara nas to pass on eacn reg-j_ istrant again for their industrial I p and occupational claims. a When the final classification is s made we will then publish the list, j, s MUCH BETTER. a !d The friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gambrell will be glad to learn that they are both improving in health, a Mr. Gambrell has been sick for t about a week while Mrs. Gambrell p has not been well for several days, s Their daughter, Mrs. W. E. Cason, t came down from Anderson Friday t to stay until they get better. c Advertise your wants in The Press and Banner. j NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE. The Governor's Message. Columbia, Jan. 9.?The General issembly of South Carolina conened Tuesday for its first war sesion. In the afternoon it heard the nnual message from Gov. Richard . Manning, in which he urged primrily-full and earliest cooperation! rith the prosecution of the present rar. Until it was won no other aim hould be kept in mind. He praised highly the work of the; tate Council of Defense, saying it: as rated as one of the six bes;t in! le nation. He related how it help-; d the food conservation campaign,^ oating the liberty loan, and cther^ nportant results, and urged the, assing of legislation giving it an1 fficial status, and also the appro-1 nation of $50,000 if needed. Governor Manning recommended le equipment and support of a Home Guard" regiment as a necssary precaution. In order to help le labor situation Governor Man-j ing urged the passage of laws giv-j ig the chief executive power to ispend labor laws, when requested y the national and state councils! " ^o-Porico Sufficient nreeautions ust be provided against the abuse t this power. Vice conditions also received conderation in Governor Manning's essage, and he as"ked that a home >r immoral girls be founded, that igrancy be made more definite and1 iable in the Sessions Courts, that| ie age of consent be raised to; ghteen years, that laws be enacted but owners of property used for( lmoraF purposes, and that the prin-j pies of the Mann White Slave ct be made applicable to intra-! ate tropic. Besides these war measures Gov nor Manning also urged the adopon of the Australian ballot system i all cities, towns, and large voting aces. .rersuua applying ivi icgwation should present themselves in srson. Governor Manning recommended! lat the activities of the Depart-j lent of Agriculture, Commerce andj idustries be defined, and that it I ave only jurisdiction in the regu-| itory matters dealing with the in-l section of oil, commercial feed-! ;uffs, etc. All matters germane to i le production of crops, educational, ork, should be left entirely to lemson College. This would preent duDlication of effort. The appointment of the Chief ame Warden should be taken fromj le Audubon Society, and vested in j le Board of Fisheries, who should len be charged with enjoying the ame laws. The office of Insurance Commisoner should be consolidated with! lat of Bank Examiner, said the ovemor. The Hospital for the Insane, a :hool for the feebleminded, and le State Board of Charities and orrections were all endorsed. Due ) the investigations of the latter! lere were about two and a half mes as many paying students at le state schools than at any prev-j >us itme. Governor Manning urged the pas-: ige of an amendment to the con-! iitution for national prohibition, j ut opposed it for woman's suffrage, j he states should retain their power, ... I f local government in the latter roposition, he said. Election of Speaker. Hon. T# P. Cothran, of Greenville,; a native of Abbeville) received 7 votes for Speaker of House' gainst 17 for his opponent. HonJ . A. Berry of Orangeburg. This ote is a distinct compliment to the ejv speaker, and its decided ma-' ^rity is a striking testimonial of the pinion in which he is held. An Early Adjorunment. Sentiment for an early adjorunlent is very strong. In the House resolution for a 20-day session assed, and the Senate set Februry 2 as the day to quit. Night sesions are being held and the work 3 being rushed, but whether the ession can be materially abbrevited without loss to efficiency is loubted by some. National Prohibition. While the resolution ratifying the .mendment to the federal constituion for nation-wide prohibition aptears likely to pass a spirited oppoition will defend this invasion of he province of state rights. It is oo early to estimate the strength if this opposition. Pay up your subscription before rour name is cut off. 1 Slipper That's the coziest tim< for father. Slipper and and the Perfection Oil drafts away and add an < fort. The Perfection is gi reliable, and inexpensive operate. ! Now used in over 8,000 { Fill it with Aladdin Seci burning fuel. Eight hours o STANDARD OIJ (New Jer? Washington, D. C. BALTIMO Norfolk, Va. MD. Richmond, Va. PERgenc >son^^RS p i NMMM I-5V: "'* riffj""" J S j ! V , ~" f ;/^2*HVH^V;A'H j INCOME TAX RETURNS. Mr. W. W. Bradley, Deputy Income Tax Collector, will be in Abbeville County, at the Court House throughout this, week?ending Saturday, January 19th, for the purpose of taking personal income tax re- . turns. A single person having a gross income of 1000, or married person;-, of $2000, is required to make re-j turns, though after deducting busi-; ness expenses he may not be liable ( ] for the tax. I] Attention of our readers is -called to the fact that failure to make this return prior to March 1, 1918, subjects the individual liable to a fine, 1 in addition to the taxes levied. i 1 . I j SPEAKER COTHRAN. ( Not only Abbeville and Greenville, ( ^ but the entire Piedmont section is < honored in the election of Hon.) i Thomas P. Cothran as Speaker of i the House of Representatives. Mr.! Cothran is a lawyer of great ability, and his long experience as a legis- ! lator admirably fits him for the high position of presiding officer. By the way, his election reminds | us once again that Abbeville county i is still producing men for high office Although Greenville claims Mr. Cothran, he got his sti.rt. as the < saying; is, in Abbeville and no doubt the training he received there laid the foundation for his success as a' lawyer and parliamentarian.?The Greenwood Journal I CALLS TO SEE US. r I Young Augustus W. Smith, of Greenville, called to see the office' while in the citv last week, j He wore his long pants. He is very much interested in the printing business and especially in the machinery. The Linotype attracted his attention, and he inquired of Miss | Carrie Cochran, the effiient opera-1 J tor of the big machine, where he : might be able to get one. He said' ! that he would prefer a small one1 j rather than a full sized machine, j We are always glad to see our i young friend, and we hope he will, j call to see us again. Some day he | will grow to be a big man like his j ! father. We hope that the city in ! which he lives will not be so blind I j to his good qualities as to allow him | to go to another city, but that he I will be appreciated where he is known the best. . g DR. MARTIN TO PREACH. I Dr. J. L. Martin will preach in the ' Presbyterian church Sunday morning in the absence of Mr. Pratt. ; of the whole day E!?jra|B? pipe and a book? Heater to keep the ISf\ extra touch of com>od-looking, sturdy, |M;if' p ; both to buy and to I|; jj ,000 homes. li ^ Lirity Oil, clean, clear- fc$ f comfort from a gallon. 1 FISH AND E FERTILIZ . . v*r We have our old well establish* Pish and Blood Fertilizer to offer iigher in price than it has been, t reason for it being higher. Take bought them for less than 7 l-2c a now. There is a difference of abo takes ten bags to sack a ton of f( Pvnm Snnin Wp hflVft bnilffht it Charleston, it costs $20.00 a ton la liave bought fish for loss than $3.0( ost us $7.00 a unit. In 10-2-2 the phoric Acid, two units of Ammoni That is what is meant by units?it Labor costs us $1.75 a day. A ; $1.00 a clay. While fertilizer is h will pay for more fertilizer now tl 30 years. This means fertilizer hi cotton. Even at these higher pric< fit in it now as there was a couple facturers have kept the price dowi rW to <rpt 'A bio-jrer tonnasre. That v~ n~- ? ~-oo- w their bacon?in getting a bigger t We believe it will pay you to fer while we do not care to go on reco predicting the price of qotton next it looks now like it will bring a go< create a big demand for it and that brought a fine price for several ye; there will probably be a big demai as there was after that. The boll labor combined will probably prev< The weather has not been severe belt to exterminate the boll weevil farm products promises to be goc friend of ours who cleaned up $1C year says he will use 1,000 pound." this year, he thinks the price of it. When you get ready for your have it for you. You can't do better than use 01 there isn't any better. 'We have p need Potash and one per cent of F 1 3 -"ill onot cnmpthlTlST. any ia.iiu. ?i wm o? live prices of cotton, it is well wo Anderson Phosph; W. F. FARMED I. t >LOOD ER ?d and deservedly popular you again tills year. Zt >ut there is a mighty good bags, for instance, vre havopiece, they cost 35c a > at $2.75 a ton r>ht there, it utilizer. We get Pyrites for $3.00 a ton landed at nded at Charleston now. We ) a unit, the last we bought re are ten units of Pliosia and two units of Potash. is the same as per cent. year or so ago we got it for igher now, a bale of cotton ban at any time for the last as not advanced as much as ljs there is not as much pro5 of years ago. The manui as much as possible in oris where they expect to save ;onnage. tilize liberally this year, for rd at the present writing in fall, we will venture to say xl price. The war seems to i means a good price?and it sirs after our Civil War and id for it after this war just weevil and the scarcity of ?nt a bumper crop this year. enough all over the cotton entirely. The price of all ?d for some time. A good >,000 on his cotton crop last 5 of fertilizer to the acre cotton next fall will justify Fish and Blood goods we ? tti;??j r?l aai^ zwaa/^o tr r ibii ctuu iJiuuu ? lenty of Potash?gray lands 'otash will help the crops on but at prseent and prospecrth it. '? n a*i n ate & uu to. l, Secretary