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Established 1844. i b, The Press and Banner JT ABBEVILLE, S. C. f( Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. u ' tc i. ' lr The'Press and Banner Co. ,3, Published Every Tuesday and Friday, a; Telephone No. 10. u: t\ Entered as second-class mail mattor at post office in Abbeville, S. C. _ I Pi ! n< Terms of Subscription: ? f One year $1.50, as Six months .75 el Three months .50 p( tr Payable invariably in advance. --jei . | fit Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1918. st VVVVVVVVVVVVVVw'si v ^ th V NOTICE OF OWNERSHIP. V in ^ ^ w; V The interest formerly held v se V by W. W. Bradley and W. R. V yc V. Bradley in The Abbeville V V Press and Banner, as stock- V pa V holders in The Press and j)j V Banner Company, has been V se purchased by Wm. P. Greene V: en V who is now the sole stock- V Qn V holder in the corporation. V Qn V The paper and business of V the company will be conduct- V -pj. V ed as heretofore. vl. V V vvuuvvuvuv vvlof( i est ? i i th( \ THE SHIPYARD VOLUNTEERS. J C01 : - -1 j th< Secretary Baker , told the Senate \ \ , wo Military Affairs "Committee that ^ "ships are the crux of our problem." j Qn) One and a half million of men would, ma ^ ~~~ 1 ? La I ^6 In r riincc in i i7x O) jic i r - ?.. .... ? . 'I spa if the transportation facilities are i ' is available." For each soldier and, , , . . , , Isho his equiplnent five tons of transport;^ capacity must be found. If each . . jou transport carried 5,000 men without , , . i vol other equipment than a rifle, 300, ^ ships would be required to convey j 1,500,000 soldiers to France. But it; ^ is only the largest liners that have1 . size deck and cabin space for 5,000 sol-1. diers; the average number carried ? TS much iess. Add the guns, horses,J ^ motors, shells, explosives, cartridges,f ^ airplanes, stores, rations, hospital jmej supplies, and the thousand and oneJ_u< things a great modern army requires _ before it can take the field and wage ., war an offensive war, and it will be seen ; the; that on the eastward passage there i per must be many times 300 voyages oe-j fore the troops and all their equip-j ment can be landed, ships going and; coming as rapidly as they can be, 0G6 loaded at an American port and unloaded in France. i "But this is not all the demand ^ made upon shipping in the conduct i. * so? of the war. An immense cargo space ^ is required for foodstuffs, without ^ which the allied peoples and their, armies anc} navies cannot subsist. ^ It will be futile to send over great' ty~1 armies if the breath of life cannot; be kept in the bodies of the civilian j ^ populations, if the vigor of the al-i . I of lied soldiery cannot be maintained. j No one has calculated the number of j . ships that must be employed; the"!^ sum can't be worked out as long as j ^ the enemy submarines continue theirL* campaign of "frightfulness." But we j do know that many of the ships the needed are not in existence, and | try we do know that to build them is a j aft perplexing and complicated problem,! aft a fight against time with all the resources of men and material that can be assembled. Great Britain, a shipbuilding nation, is breaking her record of 1913, when she put more , merchant vessels into the water _ Ta: than ever before in her history. ^ America is not doing her share yet, , pia , has not got fairly under way. Lord ( . Northcliffe was right when he was asked at the new year what would . tWi win the war and replied: "Ships, ships, ships." To say more he con- , sidered a waste of words. It was his 1M often reiterated cry. mg "Now, America will never be able to do her share, that is to say the sQj war will never be won, unless the men to build America's quota of ships can be mobilized to fill the ? e , an yards. Man power is the ever-recurring and always haunting problem of the war, and, in the case of ng shipbuilding, the supply of men, of mechanics and artisans, is the most difficult of all to obtain. They must us e found, they must be put to work, he American people will have toj ake up and understand this. "The Council of National De;nse asks for 250,000 shipyard vol-! nteers. Instructions have been sent1 > the County Chairmen of Councils! i all the States .of whom there are, ,500. Enrollments will be reported, 5 fast as they can be obtained. Vol-j nteers will be expected to hold lemselves in readiness for calls to le shipyards, but they will not be, cpected to leave their present em-j oyment until they are individually-, seded. Unskilled laborers can be. sed, but the pressing demand is for| sbestos workers, acetylene work- j s, blacksmiths, boilermakers, ship irs and calkers, coppersmiths, elec-j icians, loftmen, machinists, paint-! s, plumbers, ship carpenters, ship ;ters, sheet metal workers, and ructural iron workers. "Men who join the United States; lipyard Volunteers with proof of eir usefulness and of their will-1 gness to report at the yards when! anted will be exempt from military! rvice. "When you get back to ( >ur States and start this work,"j ssistant Secretary Post of the De-j irtment of Labor said to the State : rectors of the Pubic Service Re- ' rve who will have charge of the irollments, "tell your people that i these ships depend this war, and i the full, efficient work of the sn in the yards depend the ships."; ie urgent need could not be stated i fewer and better words. i "It should be added that in the unsential industries there are many I jusands of men for whom uses i aid be found in the shipyards, al- j v il.m nduor Hrttip a dav's JUgll UlCJf IIOVC JAWW. ? rk on a ship or on any material | i it enters iirto the construction of ] 2. Moreover, there are many t nufactures and trades that can j ire workers. The place for them ? a shipyard. Patriotic employers uld be glad to encourage men? ^ Dm they do not really need to j. 1 the United States Shipyard g unteers." ^ The foregoing, taken from The j, v York Times, one of the great- a papers of the country, empha:s the call which is coming today the skilled men of the country. t( ,i everywhere who are capable of. jj ag the work are needed in the; )-building program. Before our! ^ i can win the war in France, they g first he safely transported to!j nee, and there must be then no1 g it of transportation in order that! 0 y may be properly armed, pro-! 0 !y equipped, and properly sus- n led. a 'he announcement in another i tl irnn that a successful device hasj n constructed whereby transport^ js cannot be sunk by torpedoes, J o emphasizes the need of the Navyjt< ship-builders at t his time. The i c ner skilled laborers can be j e ught together to build ships, j n Ke them seaworthy, make them j c inkable, build torpedo boats, ij 1 every other device for the safe-1 r of the men who are to go over-J b s and do the fighting, the sooner ! i| war will end, the less the amount blood which must be shed, the b > the expense to the country, and f hardships which must come to h people at home. . j h nation-wide call is now extend- i to the men who can be of service e this ship-buiding program. Will p y respond to the call of the coun- a as their forefathers responded er the battle of Lexington '. and er the siege of Fort Sumter? TES FOR MAKING 0 INCOME TAX RETURNS W. W. Bradley, Deputy Income j x Collector, will take income tax urns on the folowing dates at the ces scheduled below: Calhoun Falls, Monday, Feb. 11. Lowndesville, Tuesday, Feb. 12, o men on duty. nr /l TViiit-o. Lricv^urmic, Vl cuucouoj onu *?** *?y, Feb. 13th and 14th, two men. tcCormick, Wednesday and Thursin on duty. Troy, Friday, Feb. 15th. In peri. Abbeville, Saturday, Feb. 16th. Greenwood, Monday, Tuesday, d Wednesday,, 18-19-20. Two in. Abbeville, Monday, Tuesday, Wedsday and Thursday, 25-26-27-28. Save all clean fat, clarify it and ? it for frying and pastry. p A SHORT SKETCH OF THE OF GANIZATION OF "THE UPPER LONG CANE SOCIETY OF ABBEVILLE DISTRICT." (By R. E. Hill.) The Upper Long Cane Society o Abbeville District has existed i this community for more than on hundred years, but of its acts an doings very little is known by th average citizen of the county. It had its origin about the begir nincr nf the nineteenth centur O among the citizens living in the vi< inity of the Upper Long Cane Pres byterian Church, composed chiefl of the Bowie's, Leslies, Watts, Hall and Reids, together with a num ber of the citizens of this town. Th bounds of the Society extended fo a distance of ten miles from said church. While the originators of the So ciety were all well-to-do prosperou citizens there were, at the sam time within the bounds of the So ciety, a good many very poor peo pie, some of whom being real ob jects of charity. s It was with a view to being pre pared to systematically help such o the later class as might be in neei thereof, that the idea of such ai organization had its conception. The plan of organization, as v have understood it, was as follows each one of the original member contributed from seventy five tc one hundred dollars and as mucl more as he saw fit. , As there were some sixty mem bers when the Society was organ ii ed, it had on hands, to begin with i considerable sum of money. A charter was obtained and i full set of officers, consisting of t President, Vice-President, Secre;ary and a Treasurer were elected md a constitution and by-law? idopted. '' Among the by-laws it was pro'ided that each member should pay nto the treasury one dollar at each .nnual meeting, and in addition hereto, he should be fined two dolars if he failed to attend the annu1 meeting?unless he had a mighty ood excuse. The amount to be paid in order 3 become a member of the Society as been gradually reduced until it > now fixed at two dollars for each (lousand dollars belonging to the ocicty, so that it would cost one 22 to become a member, as the ociety now has $11,000 of funds n hand?but a son or son-in-law f a member may be admitted to lembership by paying one dollar as n initiation fee and complying with tie 'rules and by-laws thereafter. For several years after the oranization of the Society the funds n hand were loaned out and only 3 the very needy were there any harities donated; later on, howver, when the interest and the anual dues amounted to something onsiderable, the Society began uslg the whole of such toward the elief of needy persons and other enevolent purposes, and have kept t up ever since. The writer of this sketch has een the Treasurer of the Society or the past twenty years arid to is certain knowledge the Society as .during that time, contributed housands of dollars to such puxposs, but of which very few of our ieoDle have ever heard or know nything about. As a matter of some interest, I /ould give, as far as I have been ble to ascertain, the following list f officers of the Society since its rganization, viz: PRESIDENTS. Major John Bowie Hon. Alex. P.i.'vi* Hon. Patrick NnMe Hon. D. L. Wu'c; ?w Hon. Th<'s. 0. Perrin T. V/ariil;iw Pe.riM Judijo J. C. Coth1 en J Allen Smith. Fr. * VICE-PPESIIENTS. William Leslie, Sr. William Leslie, Jr. Dr. Jno. F. Livingston John H. Wilson Thos. Thomson J. Wardlaw Perrin J. Allen Smith, Sr. L. W: White Dr. F. E. Harrison * SECRETARIES. James Wardlaw Robt. H. Wardlaw J. W. Thomson J. L.Perrin t- TREASURERS. Hugh Morrah Jas. S. Bowie John R. Wilson William Bowie Robt. A. Fair 'f i Benjamin P. Hughes nj G. McDuffie Miller ei Andrew B. Wardlaw dj Thos. P. Thomson e! R. E. Hill J. Calvert Thomson * i-j Those marked * are the present y | officers. 3-! NOTICE OF THANKS. i yj s I wish to thank the people of Abl_ beville for their kindness and llbere | ality to me and my family while I r1 was at the hospital. ei J. C. Cox. ? * | LARGE AUSTRALIAN ESTATES J S TO BE CUT INTO SMALL c FARMS FOR. SOLDIERS.! -j A recent reRort made by the Un-i : ited States consul in Tasmania, an j island State of Australia, includes - j the following : fj f'The general scheme for the re3; patriation of returned soldiers con11 templates placing them upon the' ! land. At a recent conference be- j I tween the Commonwealth and the, . .i ... * stare autnorities, it was aeciaea s: that each State would have to find! > | the land, while th; Commonwealth' 1 i Government would advance .up to: : $2,433 to improve the holding of -jeach returned soldier and to pro"jcure the necessary stock and imple>jments. In this State it was deemed; | that the Crown lards would prove; ^ j too difficult to improve to attract | l, returned soldiers, ?.nd it was decid-,1 "j ed to purchase large estates and di' j vide them up into s nail farms and 5 to use the money advanced by the j | Commonwealth Government for .'buildings, fences, and tools. The ! money expended b:r the State in! ! purchasing the land, as well as the ' money advanced b;/ the Common-! wealth for improvements, is a lien upon the property and must be repaid in small annual' payments. It j was also decided by the Common-' c wealth to advance .money to return-; . ' I cd soldiers who may desire to rent ^ land. Bills will be introduced into j j the various Parliaments at once so , 1 that this scheme can be put into; r operation throughout Australia." I ^ i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j* County of Abeville.. - I , j ? Probate Court. Citatfon for Letters of Adnrinisfration. ' By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge ofi I r Probate: I \ j ' Whereas, Johnston & Agnew hath| made suit to me, to grant theni Letters of Administration of the Es! tate and effects of Mrs. Mollie A.! ^ I Brownlee, late of Abbeville County,! * I deceased. ic ( ! i These are therefore, to cite and; | admonish all and singular the kin- ^ I dred and creditors of the said Mrs. * I Mollie A. Brownlee, deceased; that * j they be and appear before me, in i the Court o? Probate, to be held at j J Abbeville Court House, on Thurs-j day the 21st, of Feb. 1918, afterji J publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in j ! the forenoon, to show cause, if any j i thev have, why the said Adminis-j j tration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal ofj j the Court, this 7th day of Feb. inj | the year of our Lord one thousand! ! nine hundred and eighteen, and inj the 142nd year of American Inde-Jc pendence. ! < Published on the 12th day of Feb.j 1918, in The Press and Banner and L on the Court House door for the 11 time required by Law. I J. F. MILLER, , Judge of Probate. * i j Do not limit the milk, butter, j cream and cheese. Use all that is 1 j needed, but do not waste or use where there is no need. For inrj stance, in choosing canned fruit orji pie choose theformer because it j 5 ; saves fat and is more easily digested. r The entire wheat crop in France | has been requisitioned by the s Trench Government. ? ?- s THE COLORED j AMERICAN CITIZENS]] Americans of every section, of every class, and of every race have ' answered the call of their country. Columbia ( from $18.00 to New Golur received each 1 Hall Investr t r ' .V UAAMA?M?* V AflU LtHJlIUUiy IUUI Purity Your Sta \ Your Uncle.Sam wants you to be as of Food, but there is not a citizen of t he wanst to go hungry. In the matter of Conservation of foo the longest way. You cannot economize *VV ducts obtainable. Highly nourishing fo< the-cheapest in the long run. Feed your family from our store, out for the best from every viewpoint and at the same time highly nourishing way to economize. W. D. Ba * w * "Twelve million colored people Fel rave rallied to the defense of tfteir ' :ountry in this crisis, and will do ^e' heir full share in helping to win " ^ his- world war for democracy," Dr. lobert R. Moton, principal of Tuscegee Institute, successor to Booker; r. Washington, in that office, said"! ecentTy frr an address at the Twen- [3 "2 y-seventh Tuskegee Conference., / The colored American citizens will lo their part in . producing food-1 tuffs on tFre farm, in conserving! Se? ood m the home, and in fighting in he trenches in Europe, said Dr.: j Hotoir, and in addition the colored ^ ninistry and the colored teachers ^ vill preach 'and teach thrift among ren heir race. . | i?U( It has been impossible to obtain ley igures on the amount of Liberty- wil 3ond"s purchased by colored Ameri- j tur :ans in the first and second loans, epi >ut it is known that according to cas heir race were very loyal and ac-' onl ;ive> and most liberal subscribers to pro he- I6ansr. " * 1 inji ' > . x pre NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS me ; ern | spe r?r the Purpose of Accommodating- c^a the Public in the Matter of Mak- | ing Their Returns, I Will Visit j the Places Mentioned Below ; neg on the Dates Indicated in. -| an. Schedule. ! j . j no* ALL-RETURNS must be made an-! ^ ! Se? ler oath of real and personal propI :rty returned at its market value. i Persons not making their returns i >etween January 1, 1918, and-Feb-j nary 20, ^1918, are liable ta a penal- T y of 50 per cent. This penalty will )e enforced against delinquents. per Employers are requested to return j I til of their employers after notify-' ?aE . 100 ng them and getting a statement of j BUF ;heir property. j mo l pro Returns will not be taken by mail pri< mless they are sworn to before I iome proper officer. All improve-: saf , gra nents or any transfer of real estate acr nust be reported to the Auditor. A All tax returns must be made by ^ school districts. So please look up ma< four plats and find the number of will icres in each school district, also amount of personal property. j My Appointments Are at Follows: abo Calhoun Falls, Tuesday, Feb. 5. Lowndesville, Wednesday, and wej rhursday, Feb. 6 and 7th. real Donalds, Tuesday and Wednesday, / ; ^? ' ; jraphonalas $200.00 ' " nbia records ll kveek. . nent Co. 1 ???? mmmmmmmm?J Jffi " Watchword indard ' saving as possible in the matter * + J *T _?._* - Jf.-xitisi nese gooaoia uniiea s>iaxe3 mat - , A , d, remember this: The Best.goes >>'?? ? by using the cheapest food proDd comes higher in price" stud-far t We are constarftly on the wateh ' j . If it is pure and wholesome -|jjg ; we have it.\ 'Tes the very. b4st . I i ivouaiu a b. 12th and 13th. I Hue West, Thursday and Friday,. B b. 14th and 15th. B 3. A. Patterson will take'retqj^ MB Antrcville, and W. W. Wilsqn, irt' f ' I 7el Land. RICHARD SONDLEY, H Auditor Abbeville Cbun^r.i' 9-3wk?. 2 issues: RUPTURE EXPERT HERE' : I :ley, World Famoui' in This Spe?cialty, Called to Greenwood.' <IB 7. H. Seeley of Chicago and PhiP" ;lphi'a, the noted truss expert, ,^^B 1 be at the Oregon Hotel and will ^B lain fn Greenwood this coming esday only, Feb. 19th. Mr. See- :^B says: "The Spermatic Shield 1 not only retain any case of rup- " '^B e perfectly, but contracts the op- B| ng in 10 days on the average H e. This instrument received the y award in England and in Spam ducing results without surgery, _^H| ections, medical treatments or BB scripti'on#. Mr. Seeley has do^ants from the United States Gov- ^B| ment, Washington, D. C., for in- ^H| ction. All charity cases without i-i* j. J-' jA. ii n irge, or 11 any interested can* ne I be glad to show same without ;rge or fit them if desired. Blisi;s demands prevent stopping at r other place in this section... BK| *. S.?Every statement in t?Jx H H ice has been verified before tke ieral and State Courts.?F.. tt. ^ Half Your Living H Without Money Cost IB Ve are all at a danger pomt. uu BO| use of good common sense in our 8 farm and garden operations de- H ids prosperity or our "going broke.* HB Iven at present high prices 20 one 1 plant all or nearly all cotton, buy d and grain at present prices from HI iply merchant on credit and make ney. Food, and grain is higher la HH portion than are present cotton t's a time above all others to play^JHj e; to produce all possible food,^HH in and forage supplies on your own^^^H es; to cut down the store bill. l good piece of garden ground, itly planted, rightly tended and^^^B it planted the year round, can beH|^H ie to pay nearly half your living. [ save you more money than you^^HB 3e on the best three acres of cottonH^H ever grew! Tastings' 1918 Seed Book tells ut the right kind of a money garden and the vegetables to t It tells aboat the farm crops 1 and shows 70a the clear road I and regular farm prosperity. e. Send for It today to H. STING8 CO, Atlanta, Qs.-^rAtfTt ''V Jjc^'"^L'