The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 15, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
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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.
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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1918.
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ON GREENVILLE STREET. 1
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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. .
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The chimney xo me numc v> ,
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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.
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NEGLIGENCE PER SE.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. |
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The town bully should have a e'
stop put to the kind of weather we
have been having. j 'r
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With cotton selling at three'01
pounds for a dollar, we should wor-jP:
rv when we have a bale.
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We move now that the legislature "
pass an Act changing his name to es
Ander Jonson Betty. tl
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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
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If there is anybody who owes us;
anything whom we have forgotten, j j
vill they please step forward and
nake themselves known. ^
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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.
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We understand that the local
ighting system was out of commis-|
sion on Friday on account of a few; .
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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?
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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 .
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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(
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CLASSIFIED ON DEPENDENCY, j tc
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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'
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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,
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MUCH BETTER. a
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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DR. MARTIN TO PREACH.
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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
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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;
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?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. '?
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