Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EstablUhed 1844. | The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. ! Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. I 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 : JThree months .50 Payable invariably in advance. __ 1 Tuesday, Jan. 22. 191S. , SAVING FUEL. 1 The order from the United States Fuel Administrator that all industrial enterprises close down for five days, and that, after that time, they * close each Monday for a period of J ten weeks, and that business houses, J and other places of business using ^ fuel, do likewise, was, at first, on ( account of its suddeness a "paraly-j zer" as a distinguished lawyer in j1 an adjoining county is accustomed ? to describe his arguments in court. [ But when the people had time to con-' rider, and think the matter over, j1 the order had the approval of peo- J * pie everywhere. I ^ The effect of the order will! Be to make hardships in some cases, no doubt, but this country is at war, * and the war must be won. The or- c der will loosen up the coal situation * which has been acute for sometime, c and it will tend to solve the conges1 tion in freight. The government likely has other things in mind in * making the order. At any rate it is * the order of those in command, and^ ' It is for every loyal man to obey; t without question, whatever may be his private opinion as to the neces-j I ?ity for the order. j1 I In Abbeville, we are of the opin- * ion that nothing better could have 1 happened. The order has had the i effect of closing the stores in the i ' city at six o'clock, something which should have been the practice here ( for a good many years. It will give the salesmen and salesladies time at home to which they are richly en-1 titled. The merchants themselves j will profit by the change. They will i have time to spend at home, on their farms, and in looking after other! "business which they do not nowh have. Nor will any business be lost. ^ ' Instead of the salesmen working forj, ? a few hours and then standing', ' around for another few hours until , j J some other crowd gets ready to , trade, they will come down in the' morning refreshed from the previ-l . ous afternoon's rest, and will gc about their work more cheerfully,!* and will do better and more efficient work. The people who have shop-: ' ping to do will do it and go home, i * The plan for the stores to close jJ for one day in the week, too, should j be made permanent from Jany. 1st, j] to Sept. 1st., only the stores might easily close for two or even three 1 days in the week. In this way the i merchants-comld. give better atten- 1 ! tion to business. The goods could i enM nn fV)o> throo nv "fnnr Havs / when the.stores are open, and on|? the other days the merchants, all of |. whom are interested in farming and farms, either directly or indirectly, with the assistance of the clerks could visit every farm in which they are interested, see that the crops are being properly worked, the stock on the farms properly cared for, the ditches properly, cleaned, and that the premises generally; were in proper shape. In this way better crops would be grrown, more corn and food stuffs would . be grown, . accounts would be kept more in line with the promised results..of the. crops, and ' much more money., made and much ! less lost on bad accounts.. There are mjrtliops.. of dollars . worth of good time. thrown away all over the country , fyy inerchants J sitting around stores, professional ( men around offices, and others whit tling goods boxes, which if properly 1 employed "Would ririake'^tidugh bread ' and meat to feed the arfny in-France. 1 The immediate call however is to i help the country Win the war. It is a call to the patriotism of the peo- < pie, and the people will mark those s who fail to heed the call. ' 'J i THE PRICE OF WOOD. TO Someone told us a few days ago that the price of wood was around i Le> twelve dollars per cord on the Ab-j beville market. The fuel adminis-j tration has seen fit to limit the pro-' fits on coal. The profits now being p made on coal are not alt that the bor law allows but they are reasonable, the If the price of coal is to be fixed ton by the fuel administrator and coaljStai dealers are to be indicted for ex-1 ster tortion, we do not see why the or-1 't der should not extend to those sell- Par I ing wood. i on A great many people burn wood Sr-V1 entirely and are dependent on the am< . . T amount brought to the market by those who make a business of sell-'?03 ing it. These people should not be ^ allowed to rob these needy people because the supply of wood and coal t0U are so low that the people are compelled to buy from them. ratr The fuel administration should the set in behind these wood-sellers and '-ow make them toe the mark. to 1 ; size Administrator Garfield should ^irc iave required all men, except law- one ^rers, to spend the day at home each bev< VIonday and get out the week's vashing. ! *urr mm Our son Bill tells us that he does boas lot care if Mr. Hoover does put a *? 1 ;top order on soap and water. ma8 | P: Some paop'es' political principles beve nay be known from the breed of i deli* logs with which, they are willing to that vallow for the sake of office. this Tilli In Antreville, S. C., an ordinance whe las been passed allowing two cut- quai >uts on automobiles and limiting Soul he speed to not less than one hun- MiSJ Ired miles an hour. the supj For the information of real es- rea(j ate and insurance agents we beg x> advise that the fuel order in- j WQrj :ludes every place of business which aCCl tses gas. Dote Smith says he was always j ucky. If he had opened the Na-j ^ ^ ;ional Peoples and Farmers Bank of j 5Vatts, S. C., he would have been; forced to come to town and loaf! iround one day in every week. r001 new SENIOR SENATOR j r( WILL NOT RETIRE. palg _ i up, rillman Moves Into Magnificent gooi Quarters With Bevel Edge Mirror j an(j and Shining Chandelier. ^ i acti Washington, Jan. 19.?Benjamin jeav Rvan Tillman, the "pitchfork" sena-! own tor from South Carolina, is not to .. tion retire from the senate. He has been .. reti ere for more than 20 years and is 0 Sou likelv to be here many more years, reac from present indications, despite :hat the woods of the Palmetto 5,tate are full of candidates chewing >n their political bits. In many respects there has never jcen a more unique member in ei;her house or congress than the afore I said Benjamin Ryan Tillman of Trenton, S. C., and last year when'. 1 is 6 t became noised around and about. he halls of the capitol in Washing- IT6'1 , , i , Rob -on that, having already served his , State both as governor and as sena-Jter(] ;or, in the latter place for almost ^ i quarter o fa century, he might w^e jquiet the hurly-buruly of politics c ind retire to his big arces of cotton, ind his asparagus fields at home,, few ;here were many who were specu- Sou ating who would succeed him. They ing eckoned that this big South Caro- the ine senator would have a big hole moi :o fill and that it would take aj Coo nighty big man to do it. . Byt they!the selieved he had seen enough of pub-:Pro' ic life and would be satisfied with j s vhat he had already done since | { ;aking up the governorship of South; Carolina many years ago. J ^ From present indications the sen-1 0 ? ior senator from South Carolina is'^na ^ i..- ! esp< nut going- to retire any tnuo suuu.| . The best indication that there will . not be none of this retirement business ^ ftath Senator Tillman during the ^ present year, at which time he . .must ene; lome again before the. p^ORle,;; of; p()vv South Carolina for reelection, is?0f that no man,with such ideas in ..his cam iiead would be enlarging .his . politl- pro] :al workshop as Senator Tillpian-..is k the now "doing in Washington. j thoi For the last two or three years, inv( ar since he became chairman of the the senate committee on naval affairs, | mus Senator Tillman, has occupied two wor f. ! !: * 'J: ? ' ! -t KrW-A'afS.. I GIVE ONE DOLLAR TO EACH BOY BABY cington Bank will Deposit Sum for Every Male Child Born in Davidson County i 'or every white male baby boy! n in Davidson County during 1918. First National Bank of Lexing-1 will make a deposit of $1 to! t a bank account for the young*. The purpose of the movement,' > explained, is to impress upon the ents now and the children later the real need and importance of ing money, particularly in small >unts. 'he bank has requested the State' .rd of Health to furnish it monthwith a complete record of the hs and deaths occuring in the nty during the previous month, i ler small rooms at one corner of senate end of the capitol. Now, ever, he has secured, in addition :nese, two rooms, one of large , which would easily swallow e or four of the others, this new beinp handsolemly equipped with ?1 adge mirrors, chandeliers that ly sparkle with brilliance, and! liturue, the equal of which noj mittee room in congress can >t. In a word, the new addition' the senator's quarters is most' nificent in appointment. roud as he is, however, of the ;1 mirrors, the sparkling chanjrs or the magnificent furniture go to make up the equipment of ( new committee room, Senator nan's real new pleasure comes n he makes his visitors ac-j nted with two young ladies from th Carolina. Miss Rembert and > Weikert. These young ladies, senator explained today, will not >lant the man power force al-j ly in his office, but they will fill, uch needed want in helping to k off the big daily mail that imulates on the senator's desk. \A Yes, sir," Senator Tillman said ty with all of his old time fire,! ?se young ladies just insisted ; they had to have all these new( gs if they were to work for me,' cnowing they would get them in end I set about to have more^ n and now you see all these finej ' things, the girls have put in. j ;ckon it will be a small sized ice when they get done fixing it, and then it would be none too d for them. They are fine girls need fine things." .11 of these evidences of renewed vity on Senator Tillman's part e no room to doubt that in his i mind he has settled the ques__ Ur. ,?J11 clS IU WUCLHCl Ui iiw lie ??*!* | re from the political arena of th Carolina. He who runs may !- i DPER ON THE SITUATION. Middle Ground Says the Next Governor. i l There is no middle ground for^ American citizen in this war; he ither for or against the governit," is the emphatic way in which! ert A. Cooper, of Laurens, can-| ite for governor, described yes-j lay the attitude of every citizen ard the government in this war: n discussing political conditions' 3UULH [r. Cooper, who is spending aj days in Columbia, said that! th Carolina should not, even dur-: the period of the war, submerge' cause of education, as it is para-] mt above all other issues. Mr. j per at this time did not discuss' political phases of any other' jlem confronting the State, mere! aying that these problems would j developed during the course of | political campaign next summer. /hen asked if he had any views | five to the people of South Caro, Mr. Cooper said that he had 110! e jcial statement to make at this: s ?. "The one paramount issue J v only in South Carolina but in! c erica until the end of the war is p undeviating direction of our rgies, our resources and our man v rer to the successful termination c the war. Even in a political t paign, we should keep this matter e minently before our people to c end that we may have a more / ough dnuerstanding of the issues g >lved, and while we are making world safe for democracy,' we c it make democracy safe for the Id." n Slipper That's the coziest tin for father. Slipper anc and the Perfection OiJ drafts away and add an fort. The Perfection is $ reliable, and inexpensiv operate. 1 Now used in over 8,0(N Fill it with Aladdin Se< burning fuel. Eight hours STANDARD 01 (New Jer Washington, D. C. BALTIM' Norfolk, Va. MD. Richmond, Va. I PERrtCTK ^^^/MEAXERS OP WEDNE< Special Scenic Production of . . With Its Famous Powferful, Impres: Bright Co RESERVED SEATf _ FREE : ' " r Mr. Cooper said tha the consider-j d it unnecessary for him to make a' tatement as to his attitude in this! rar, but he reiterated his position1 f undivided and unswerving suplort of the government in the pros;cution of the war. He said that it; /as the first duty of every patriotic itien to lend his entire energies to he government that victory to Amrican arms may be the conclusion f the momentous conflict in which i? -n_-? ? ? i imerica ana ner ames are nuw en-> ;aged. Mr. Cooper was emphatic in his ondemnation of those sinister forc!s which are making for the underlining of the American people's Time &f ie of the whole day BM8BB 1 pipe and a book? Hs99 I Heater to keep the BjMIS extra touch of com- Kfyfjood-looking, sturdy, Kl8fe% e both to buy and to Kf$ " 3,000 homes. Wll& :urity Oil, dean, clearof comfort from a gallon. COMP^N^ j J ERA HOI 3DAY, JA> flUMANl wmBSsBm^m^^^S Characters A PL sive and Amusing. Splei medy and Great Heart I 5 ON SALE, PRICES 2! and War Tax - ?? ? : BAINU LUNL confidence in the government and ' are endeavoring to foster premature peace ideas, which, he said, is an in-, sidious species of German propogan-. da, which should be condemned by the American people as an effort to j bolster kaiserism. "In my opinion," said Mr. Cooper "there is no middle ground for an American citizen in this war; he is either for or against the government If he is against the government, he is just as truly stabbing our boys in the back, who are now on the battle line in France, as if he were behind the lines, weapon in hand, fighting for the kaiser whom he represents. Every such un-American Xfigz? M j%XM^B;;!^{1 JSE I I 23, *18 I 0k<- jj ; >^v ? >:? 1 , '***< '*'- - 'K - r -t| gI ^ I ay iui uvcryuiic gj idid Company. m nterst II ; 5,50,75 and $1.00 I ERT ~ person should receive the severe con demnation of every patriotic citizen, ' and either should be placed in an ' internment camp or sent to Germany ' where he belongs." Mr. Cooper said that he would en- '" ' deavor, during the political campaign, to urge upon the people the vl: adoption of an educational program ' which would enlarge the field of operations and usefulness of all of the " State's institutions of learning. K'~ "We can not afford while using all of our energies for a military victory," continued Mr. Cooper, "to i overlook the inevitable situation which will confront us when the war shall end and readjustment begins."