The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 25, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
Established 1844.
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
The Press and Banner Co. I
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Published Every Tuesday and Friday
Telephone No. 10.
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Entered as second-class mail matter
at Dost office in Abbeville, S. C.
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One year $1.50 J
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Britfay, Jan. 25, 1918.
THE POOR HOUSE.
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The condition of the Abbeville
County Almshouse, commonly called
the Poor House, as revealed by re- \
port of the Board of Charities and|
Corrections, printed in another col-:
umn of this issue, will not commend |
itself to the people of Abbeville j
County. It need hardly be said'
t.hnt. t.hprp is nn pypiisp fnr the cnn. I
ditions, and the authorities shouTd
lose no time in correcting them. It
is true that only a small number of
people are at the poor farm, and we '
do not now recall just what money
the county appropriates for the support
of the farm, and inmates,
but we. believe the farm itself, in j'
capable hands, will furnish enough i
income to support nineteen people in '
a decent manner, give them the ne- 3
eessities of life, furnish them with
elean quarters, and clean beds on
which to rest at night.
It is disgraceful in a civilized community
that a board organized in
the state to look after these matters 1
should find the poor in Abbeville j <
county sleeping on beds infested'
with vermin. The fact that the mat-1(
ter was called to the attention of
the authorities many months ago,
and that nothing has been done to
correct the intolerable conditions
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prevailing there does not speak well1 ^
for the present county management. | j
If the county authorities as now |
constituted cannot look after these
poor people better than they seem to!.
be doing, the legislature should pass
an Act at this session appointing a
County Board on Charitable Insti-j
tutions, which might look after the',
affairs at the poor farm better than
they have been looked after in the!.
past. j
It is squarely up to the Supervisor ,
of Abbeville County and the Sub-! .
Supervisors to say whether the peo-'t
pie who unfortunately are forced to r
live at the poor house shall be fur- j
ther subjected to the present condi
tions. Will they De corrected:
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THEIR PET HOBBIES. . I1
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. ' If somebody were to compile a i
volume oh the avocations of busi- i
ness men, it would be most interesting.
For example, an obscure drug
-gist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, {
is one of 'the world's '- greatest authorities
on Arabic and possesses a!
. - library full of tombs and manuscript i
^ unsurpassed anywhere. In the same!
city a merchant on a small scale has j
. one of the most notable collections ,
of portraits of Napoleon in the Unit- (
kv ed States. It is understood that ,
August Kohn, a business man of (
Columbia, and Ambrose E. Gonza- j
>- lea, publisher of The Columbia ,
State, have remarkable collections i
of South Carolinians, or books and j
pamphlets relating to this State. Mr.
Gonales, by the way, is an authori- (
ty on the Gullah dialect of low- j
country negroes and is contributing ]
a most entertaining and edifying ]
* series of articles about it to The
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^ Slate. Harry L. Watson, editor of ^
The Greenwood Index, is an author'
itv on South Carolina historical lore 1
| and has a large library of rare vol-j
f umes on the subject. The list could!
be multiplied indefinitely. Thoreauj
was a surveyor, Hawthorne a publicj
official, Lanier a teacher, Simms a1,
journalist, Bagby a doctor, and so!,
on. Many men of great wealth, like .
the late J. Pierpont Morgan, spend (
millions on art collections.?The ,
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RUNNING STRONG. ' a
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The reports from Columbia as th:
published in certain newspapers and
repeated by visitors to the capital no
city bring the refreshing news that
the race for Governor will be be- pa
tween Cooper and Bethea (Andrew ^
Jackson) and that Bethea is "runaS
ning strong" and winning more
ground than any of the candidates ?r
in the last few months.
We opine now that if the man ag
responsible for these kind words ^
were hunted down and shot "Pat- . ^
rick Henry of the Pee Dee" would sj.
not be able to fumigate the state
with his peculiar brand of oratorical
vapor during the coming summer j,c
months. m
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A petition asking the merchants; of
of Abbeville to close every day ex- th
cept Saturdays at 6 o'clock, to save, ns
fuel, was signed by every business; w]
house in the city except one. Why tu
may not Newberry do likewise?? ch
Newberry Observer. j th
Abbevile Press and Banner: "O'.iri
son, Bill, tells us that he does notjw*
erre if Mr. Hooker does put a stop j ne
order on soap ar.d water." Bill's po-j en
sition has general endorsement by!^u
the boys of the country.?Green-1
ville News. i
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The Abbe isle Press and Banner
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is informed that the price of wood ,
is $12 a cord in Abbeville and sug- ingests
that the price should be limit- an
ed by the fuel controller?just as
the price of coal is limited. If that wj.
is not a fair suggestion, what would no
be? Every seller of wood in South
Carolina is directly or indirectly th(
benefited by the limitation on the g0
price of coal.?The State. flu
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A TRUE BILL. am
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M. O. McCaslan, Foreman. dei
The Spartanburg Journal * thinks in
that Code Commissioner Rion Mc- an<
Kissick resigned rather than write a i
'bone dry" prohibition law into the na1
:ode.
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An Important Point. foi
(Columbia Record) an<
Lieut. Gov. Andrew Bethea in his ac*
speech yesterday said that the "home | ni*1
ires" ought to be kept burning, but, of
le didn't say. where the coal was! 1
:oming from to keep them burning, wo
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TO THE FARMERS OF be
ABBEVILLE COUNTY. an<
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Notice has been given you through ^
;he press that you are to make apilication
for Nitrate of Soda thru
he County Agent, R. H. Moseley, ra^
L,owndesville, S. C., A. D. Kennedy,!
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Due West, Dr. J. A. Anderson, An-1 _
for
reville, H. W. Lawson, Calhoun
ralls, and W. F. Nickles, Abbeville.a ?
rhese were all supplied with appli;ation
blanks and all you have to do
s to go to one of the above named, .
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gentlemen and fill out your appnca;ion.
Remember that you must.
nake your application for the soda;
>n or before Feb. 4, 1918. I will be j ^
n Abbeville on Saturdays to take* ,
ipplications. Be sure and fill your] g.
ipplications before Feb. 4th. r
W. A. Rowell.
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DPTIMISM AND BUSINESS PROS-, at
PFRITV F51PNTIAI TO WIN. !Mn
NING THE WAR ing
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This nation must throb with activ- bib
ity and prosperity, or else it connot wo
absorb the bond issues which must be i cei
oated as long as the war lasts. Tax- "R
ation must be so adjusted as to entourage
business rather than to ham- yei
per and harass it. It is encumbent doi
upon Congress and the Administra- fe>
tion to regard business prosper- sh(
ity, big business and little business, n<
farmers, merchants, manufacturers, the
transportation interests, all as allies Pr
in the winning of the war. Every, ha'
move made in Congress or by the Ad-| frc
ministration or elsewhere to restrict ^
and hamper by unwise legislaion or Pn
by unjustly laid taxes the broad ^ei
prosperity of the country's business 1
will necessarily restrict the people's
ability to operate business protably,
and invest in new bonds. s*s1
Prosperity, prosperity and more sor
prosperity, can alone enable us to dai
meet our duty as a nation to produce
and keep on producing more coal pat
and iron and steel and ships, more tivi
:otton, more grain, more meat, and
nore of all the things which enter j 1
nto the ability of the nation to wage yov
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vast and successful war, cutting km
t of course, every non-essential fl*
ing. j W
More business than usual, except of |
n-essentials more profit than usual, | HJ
?her wages than usual, more ex- 3]
insion of transportation facilities 13]
an usual, must be the order of the'Hll
,y, and be superior to the "business Jjfi
usual" thought as generally inter- Mp
eted. This latter thought, indeed, Mf
its broader sense, we think, never Dc
eant simply doing the same thing US
i before, but pressing business in- jtf
rests in a spirit of optism as dis-jQi
ict from the pessimistic idea'ofljjj
opping everything because of the-ft
Optism in business, founded ortjR
mndless faith in our country, in its 3
arvelous Heaven-given resources, ! {
id in its ability under the guidance !S
the Almighty to win victory forijf
e world optisism as to our army andj jfj
ivy, optimism, rampart optimismi||f
hich though it sees the full magni-jjf
de of the task goes at it with an e:c,g
aiige, in us l uuiu jluii aw <xy in an; _
e wide ramifications of the nation's
e- \
We shall make mistakes, of course;:!
lat nation does not? We shall 1
ed courage to turn the incompet-j|
ts and mistake-makers out of office: |
t we shall have it. We shall have]?
me heavy disasters ;no war could jf
waged without them. We shall !r
j some days dark enough to satis- j ]
the gloomiest pictures of the ]
nkest pessimist, but these are the jl ]
urs when the optimist must show " j
i faith in the nation, in its cause!" i
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a in me ijroa wno guides us. ? n
Let the nation take up its task I
th the realization of these facta I j
t depressed by temporary difficu!-'S
s or mistakes, but determined that ? j
>s who make great mistakes must | I
, regardless of any political in-! J J
ence, and go straight forward to j J
courage business and prosperity, ? ]
d make it the duty of the people to - J
louble their activities to work har- ! j
r than ever on the farm, in the shop I j
the counting-room, in the pulpit, " 1
i everywhere else. Then let us as ? a
>eople dedicate to the cause of the I
tion and of humanity every dollar E j
it can be spared after the most E j
id personal and family economy,'J j
Liberty bonds, for Red Cross ? *
i Y. M. C. A. work, and all other [ 1
;ivities which make for the win- g i
r\ f fVifl uroF an/4 IVia nwf
10 VA wiv nai uuu | a|
mankind. N
Let the idle, rich or poor, man or ffl
man, the waster of food or of time af|
counted as a slacker, a traitor, and Sh
ostracized socially and in church J
i in business, by every honestirted
man or woman.
:f the Administration and Congress Kj
1 fully recognize this situation, and 5i J
constructive in word and act, 71
her than destructive as in much "fi
islation of the past, we shall have Jfj
people fully employed^ bringing JjCi
th abounding prosperity, which U|
ne can enable us to finance and Q2
It the war adequately, and a well- On
inded national life, free from the Q=
lgers of the socialistic and anarch- QJ
c class hatreds. ijji
MRS. MATTIE WILSON. lj&
Mrs.- Mattie Wilson died Wednes-lyfl
r after an illness of only a week. !aH
a -had . inflammatory rheumatism,! jfi
ich. affected her heart. Her death llfi
ne as a great shock to her friends
i relatives. The funeral was held jfi
her home at Mrs. S. C. Seal's on;M5
rth Main street yesterday morn-!K
: at eleven o'clock. Rev. Mr. Hill-iBj
use read a few passages in thejUj
tie and with a few appropriate; Of
rds concluded the services at the UJ
netery. "Asleep in Jesus," and US
ock of Ages" were sung. ;Hj
Mrs. Wilson was about forty-two :g
ars old and had spent her life in in
Lng good. She was one of the j jj
v people who give a tenth of all,Q
i made to the church. Her God R
d her church were her principal in
>ughts. She was a member of the!51
esbyterian church at this place,.3
ring moved her membership here i 9
>m Lebanon. The interment was 3
Bethia beside her husband who SJ]
ceded her to the grave many!W
irs ago. I ft
She is survived by her parents,
'. and Mrs. Edwards of Cedar
rings, three brothers and three US
f-orc q r>H fAni? nhil/fooii Wni? fnrA IP
is live near Abbevile and her two' U!
aghters are in Clinton. j3j
rhe bereaved ones have the sym- Jfc
;hy of a host of friends and rela- rtj
?ay up your subscription before j!|
ir name is cut off. 3T
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This department is really a
complete shoe store. We have
studied the shoe business and
know it is a proposition to have
"A Shoe for Every Foot," which
we claim, and we do not make
claims which we cannot back
up.
For the tiny infant, quilted moccasins,
in pink, blue and white.
For babies too young to walk,
Soft sole kid and cloth shoes
in all solid and fancy colors.
For the baby learning to walk,
First step shoes.
For the little Qne from eighteen
months to three years, black
kid and patent leather spring
heel shoes with flexible "Can't >
Slip" soles.SHOES
ARE NOT GET!
DON'T TRY to WAJTI
Right now we
some real vai
that are lil
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you while you
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10j Departments K
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For little boys and little girls, (1
any shoe you wish for any oc- i |
casion. IJ
For big boys, dressy, gun metal | j
lace shoes for dress, and Boy IJ
Scouts for school. ! i
For big misses, English walking j j
shoes with neolin and leather jj
soles, tan or black boots in all g I
leathers. I j
For men, Howard & Foster j S
and Chas. A. Eaton's line of j j
Men's Shoes in all shapes and {I
leathers from the newest Eng- [ {
lish to the Munson army last. I!
For ladies, all kinds of boots in [ j
high heel and military heellasts,
in black, tan, white or ?
colored leathers. S
For old folks, plain toe, kid 06
shoes, or soft cap. 83
Work shoes of all kinds at about jfi
any price you wish to pay. ?
1NG ANY CHEAPER. jg
r?v inw nriARTFiK i
IUIIAMT yunillliiw ?
! are offering ;!
lues in shoes ;]
kely to be jj
her later - j!
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let us show j;
i can get a fit ;!
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