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JS?tftblished 1844. The Press and Banner 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 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. __ Friday, February, 22, 1918. ANOTHER QUESTION. This fall we are to vote on an amendment to the constitution of the state which will allow the' city of Abbeville to vote bonds in excess of the regular constitutional limit in order that we may raise money with which to build streets,; and make public improvements 1 in the way of sidewalks. We are also j to vote on a constitutional amend-: ment, as we understand it, to allow, assessments against abutting pro-, perty-holders for the purpose of se-j curing these improvements. Generally speaking, we are in J fovnr r\f thoco imnrnvpmpnts Wp 1 will, of course, want to know that: the improvements are made at the right time, and according to mod-! em methods, and that the rights of| the public are safeguarded. The improvements should be made, too,} . in the interest of all the people, andj , as far as possible the entire pub-j lie should reap the rewards which! will come to the city from the ex-j penditure of money which is to be made. In the light of recent develop-! ments it is worth while, we take it,,1 to inquire whether it is the pur-! pose of the recently authorized. rnmrniccinnAr? nf Public Works to I have charge of this work? Has thisj job been sewed up, and are the' men who are on the slate as it is! said, to have ^charge of expending all the money which may be voted t for this purpose, if any is voted? We do not know that anything of . this kind is contemplated, but while .. one affair of the city is being taken over it might be worth while to know .whether legislation has been had looking to the spending of these several thousands of dollars. Has the triumvirate sat on this case? N ^ * ANSWER THE ISSUES. For a good many years past cau-i didates for office in the town of j Abbeville have not run for office on issues, if any existed, but the races have been mostly a still hunt for votes. On that account, among others, matters have gotten into a rut in Abbeville, and the time has come to pull the wagon out of the rut. We contend that there are matters which should interest thej public. There are matters which j interest us as a tax-payer in this! city which we would like to have light upon. We shall vote in the! election which is to be had, first, for a man we believe to be honest and' capable of serving the city, a$d,[ next, for a man who stands forj those things which we believe the! city needs most. Of course everybody will nott think that the city needs the same i thing and everybody will not think we need reform in the same mat-; ; ters. Some may not think we need1 reform at all. But, speaking for ourselves alone, we would like to hear from the various candidates on ! these issues: Are you in favor of fewer police men in the city of Abbeville? Do you believe that two or three active men are able to do the work of the present force? Are you in favor of refusing to lease the city hall for a moving picture theatre? Are you in favor of Commissioners of Public Works handling the public utilities, or do you believe that matters should be handled by the City Council as in th? last few years? Are you in favor of bonds for j public improvements in streets and 1 sidewalks? If you are, who should s expand this money? \ Should we have a new sidewalk s on Greenville1 street, or should all i the money be spent on a few streets, ] near the homes of city officials? i Are you in favor of electing alj town manager to have charge of all; the business affairs of the city, acting, of course, with the advice of the mayor and council, in which event the mayor should receive no ' salary except such.if any, as is paid councilmen? Should councilmen be paid for their services in attending meet- * ings? Do we get a better class of ' j men to serve in that office since j paying them the small amount now ' j paid than we got before when they * j served only for patriotic purposes? j j Are you in favor of a recorder, I to be selected by council who will M ' i 1 x n _ il. _;j . i n i r try an cases in trie city court: i j Do you believe that the streets' : should be worked under the present s ; plan, or have you a better plan to t I suggest? . 0 I 1 Would you be in favor of em' ploying an experienced street or i' road man to have entire charge of r the street building in the city, or! ^ do you favor the "sand route?" We shall probably have other j questions to ask as the race gets a j t little warmer, but we are interested j h in these just now, and the public is> interested in some of them, to sayj the Jeast? a All candidates should not sneak ie at the same time. j f JONES-McILWAIN. j 1 ? 1? News was received here that Mr. fi Albert Mcllwain and Miss Jones! were married in Roanoke, Va., on; Ic Tuesday. Miss Jones will be pleas- j r< antly remembered by the people of j tl Due West having had charge of the ( millinery department of Mr. W. W. j b Edward's store. Mr. Mcllwain is a j h brother of Mr. J. W. Mcllwain of j p this city. j \V . BACK FROM FLORIDA. a o: Major W. H. Long has returned p to the city from an extended stay! in Florida. He has- been confined to! his home on account of a case of ^ grippe. A NATIONAL DUTY. The Treasury of the United States has a great deal of money to raise and it can not be raised by bankers alone, says Secretary Mc- .in Adoo. The banks, of this country 01 can' not alone sustain America's 01 needs in this war and extend to our ss allies the essentiaj aid which they ^ rc must have to continue the war. 0] The rich of this country can not ' -t? do it alone; the men of this country can not do it alone ;the women of ^ this country can not do it alone; C( but all of us, the people of the Sl United States, disregarding parti- ^ sanship, forgetting selfish interests, 111 thinking only of the supremacy of ^ right and determined to vindicate the majesty of American ideals andjC! oecure the safety of America and j civilization, can do the great and| 1 splendid work which God has called ^ upon us to do. . 0 fl ALL AMERICANS CAN SERVE, j | p Every man, woman, and child in tl this country, who wants to serve the tl country, can serve it and serve it in 4 a very simple and effective way. Sec- j b retary McAdoo says. That service is p to lend your money to the Govern- t: mcnt. Every 25 cents loaned to the, ' i Government is a help at this time b and practically every man, woman, ii and child by making: some triflinr: s sacrifice, some denial of a pleasure, t or giving up some indulgence, can v render the Government that support, s Every 25 cents will do something ] to help a wounded American sol- c ! dior, wounded fighting for the Am- c ; eriean people and American liberty, c Every cent loaned the Government contributes something for the safe- r ! ty and strength and success of our : soldiers and sailors, equipping them,: ] maintaining them, clothing them, ( feeding them, and giving them ar-i; i tillsry and ammunition and alii; j things needed for their efficiency'] and triumph. | < j The Secretary of the Treasury; j Kofrtrn ororv ' i , says tins quesuuii 10 ^ t j American?"Are you willing to help 1 ; the fighting men of our Nation, and! i in helping them to help yourselves? ; I > 1 J ' .'A- ' i ? \re you willing in helping them and < lelping yourselves to make, liberty upreme throughout the world and t o make the atrocities, the infamous < md unspeakable crimes against civilization committed by Germany im- ? possible forever in the future?" ? ] SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN < CHURCH'S $3,000,000.00 1 CAMPAIGN BOTH A PRO- 1 TEST AND A PLEA '< t \ Protest Against the Average Sys- i tem of Finance Becauite: 1 % I 1. It is haphazard. No real sys- \ ;ematic covering of the ground and \ ;horoughly working the resources. 2. It is incomplete. The ground s not covered as to resources nor ;he task rightly done as to the ob ect of-the work. , 1 3. It has a wrong basis. Giving e Viocftrl An 4-Vift l-tfi 11 ft^ ?vin n * ?n+ftft I C o uaocu VII tuc >v tlx ui man iiiotcau >f the will of God. ^ 4. It has the wrong motive. Per- ? onal interest governs the giver raher than the love for the Kingdom c f God. 1 5. It is inadequate. The Church e s always in debt and can never ise to "a statesman like policy. ^ In Earnest Plea for the Bible Sys- ^ tern of Giving Because: It is business-like. It saves he Church from the charge of c andling the Lord's funds in a care- n sss and quentioriable manner. 2. It is complete. No 'o.ie shall ppear before the Lord em;?ty. It v xcuses none and 'expects a gift w rom every one. ? 3. It has the .right emphasis. j_ 'he reason for our giving is based n the will of God, and not on the ancy or caprice of men. 4. It has the right mbtive. "The ^ >ve of God constraineth me." A ? ?al desire to do the will and obey le law of love of our divine Lord. si 5. The response is constant. No orrowing, no debts, but ^ constant ^ icome every week as the Lord has r< rospered, presented as an act -of ^ orship on the Lord's Day. Never before has there been such p united campaign in the interest . f a great cause in the Southern resbyterian Church. . ' Your church and your people will CI a your best to^ bring in God's sys;m of finance. .. d< ia POUND-FOR-POUND W. A The national' Food Administraon has given authority for a modi- a! ? /># tUo TflW JatlUll UJL U1C |/vuim-4.v? t order to give relief to the farm- ^ in South .Carolina who has his 01 vn com ground locally. Much disitisfaction has been caused among o: irmjers, who felt that it was un- ai :asonable to ask them to buy north- tf *n or western meal when they had ai ieir own home ground meal which a! iey could use. There was no protest ti mcerning reduction of the con- fi imption of flour, but simply that F le farmer did not wish to buy ni ieal from his store when he had ti etter meal or grits at home. tl Unfler the new rule the farmer st in have his corn ground by a mil- E ir, who wil| give him a certificate, e his certificate must be filed with 0 le grocer by the farmer, whereup- ii * A. _ .T t ? n he can buy an equal amount ui | ? our, not in excess of half a barrel. This plan was recommended by J ractically the unanimous vote of j ^ ne county food administrators at heir meeting in Columbia on the i th instant, and has been advocated1* y a large number of prominent; e eople having knowledge of condi-ic ions in South Carolina. j a The national administration was >' y wire immediately consulted about v t, and on Saturday gave its con- s ent to the plan. For the informa-,'' ion of county food administrators s nd food representatives over this, o tate, millers, and farmers, the fol- 2 owing is a description of the pro-;'" edure necessary for farmers fto c ibtain flour upon a miller's certifiate. : a The larmer urnes mo nill and has it ground. He signs.!; i certificate which the millers will^ lave, stating number in his family ;l >r tenants for which he buys, thej 'mount of flour he has on hand;} !j ind agreeing to use in his houselold equal weights of flour and sub- 1 ititutes. Thereupon the miller signs i certificate as to the number of 1 pounds of meal ground. This certificate is then filed with the grocer, i and thereupon the farmer can buy < an equal weight of flour, but in no I :ase in excess of one-half barrel. This relieves the only difficulty ,hat has been encountered in South Carolina. There has been no objection whatsoever to the reduction in consumption of flour, and the farmer las been patriotically ready to reluce his consumption of flour, but le very naturally did not desire to juy more of what he already had in abundance in his home. Blanks were mailed to the county iood administrators Tuesday afternoon for distribution to millers. The niller should apply to the county ?ood administrator of his county for ;he blanks. v MILLINERY. The millinery stores are getting eady for their Spring Openings. Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran will do her iwn trimming with the assistance of iliss Bessie Poole, of Elrod, N. md Miss Sadie Hammond. Mrs. J. M.'Anderson will have harge of her millinery department, lisses Lucy White and Lillian Richy will assist her. Miss Williams of Baltimore, will e with Philson and Henry. Miss Jannie Seal and Mrs. C. B. Wilson rill assist her. Miss Ellis of Baltimore is to have harere of HaHrlnn-Wilcnn'o miiu. lery department. Miss Lula Power rill assist her. For the varied tastes of the many /omen of our county these stores rill be able to supply their demands atisfactorily. IOUSING OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN* WASHINGTON Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.? Tie District of Columbia Council f Defense authorizes the statetent that persons appointed to portions in the Government service 1 Washington can> secure rooming nd boarding accommodations at easonable prices if they apply at le Koom registration urnce at| 321 New York. Avenue, N. W., romptly upon arrival. The office i conducted by the District Council f Defense under the auspices of le United'States Government, Fedral funds having been made availble folr the purpose by the Presient at the request of the United tates Civil Service Commission. .11 rooms, are carefully inspected ; y Government agents being listed 3' available. Difficulties which have been met y newcomers, the District Council r Defense states, have largely been ie result of a Tack of organization f the facilities for listing rooms id furnishing information relative lereto. The work is now organized nd is running- smoothly. There"'7is [ways on hand at the Room Regis atfon Office a list of rooms to let om which ' the newly appointed ederal employees may be accomodated. Those who arrive on late ains may find accommodation for le nighf by applying to the reprejntative of the District Council of f efense or the agent of the Travlers' Aid at the District Council f Defense booth in the main wait1 g room of the Union Station, rhere all trains arrive. \ PRrCES ON SEED. 'o the Farmers of Abbeville County For your benefit I will give you he following prices for seed which can order or give you the address s and let you order. Owing to the ongestion of freight and the probbility of the seed beingg sold if ou put your order off, I would a{lise you who desire to purchase ced of any kind to place your or!er as soon as you can. If you de-l ire to buy through mo, write me J ir see me personally, stating what; mount and kind you want. I might! ie able to secuvc bettor prices later in but don't think I can. i These ore the lowest I have been I i ible to obtain so far. Velvet bean, early speckled, at: 11.80 per bu. delivered. Velvot bean, Occcla ,at $2.50 per> ui. not delivered. Soy bean, Mammoth yellow, at! >3.75 per bu. delivered. Mixed Peas, at $3.75 per bu. deivered. . Spanish Peanuts, at 7c. per pound ?. 0. B. station. ^ If we can get up a large order t is possible that the above seed :an be purchased at a lower price. W. A. Rowell, County Agent. Economy Your Purity Your St: Your Uncle Sam wants you to be as of Food, but there is not a citizen of 1 he wanst to go hungry. In the matter of Conservation of fo< the longest way. You cannbt economize ducts obtainable. Highly nourishing fc the cheapest in the long run. Feed your family from our store, out for the best from every viewpoinl and at the same time highly nourishini way to economize. / W. D. Ba / COLUMBIA GR. FROM $18.00 NEW COLUMBL 4 RECEIVED EA THE HALL INVI ' i y ! : * WINS GEORGIAN / <H TRIP TO 'ATLANTA | I . Geo. Chandler Steele, popular Abbeville agent for The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday American, haswon a trip to Atlanta offered by The ; Georgian and American to their cfo leading agents. - ? FJj Each February this newspaper flii brings its "Live Wire' r agents to Atlanta for a big, joyous "Round" ( Up." Thege agents are entertained", \ SLi banqueted, shown the dity from- A faei to Z, and sent home as happy as- a ,etr lark. This year it comes off the 21' TjTT and 22nd. < 8te To win" this trijr iir- a: distinction. Geo. Chandler Steele qxndjffed- easi ly, and The Georgian, in their ihvitation to him, complimented his work highly. Mr. Geo. Chandler Steele will leave for Atlanta the- 20th, return* p( ing the 23rd. During his absence from Abbeville, Mr. John T".. Steele will manage his agency for Mm. MEJHODIST CHURCH NOTES. be The quarantine; having been lift- f0 ed, Providence permitting, regular an services will be Held in the Methodist Church next Sabbath, Feb. 24.. 0I1 Sabbath' School at 10 o'clock. pi; Preaching at' It o'clock. 'Tl The pastor- will preaeh a plain-,' f0 simple pure, gospel sermon andl f0 hopes that all' the members will; jj, make a special effort to be present, i T ot nil nnmp to the house of the! ,J0 Lord and return thanks for His' goodness,, love and mercy to therA. 1 pa Bring your contributions for the two Sabbaths that the church was closed. v j There will be no services at night, jj, but we will all worship at the Pros- g, byteri'an church in the regular monthly service. ; Dr. J. W. Kilgo, the new Presid-! ir.g Elder, will preach for us the' first Sabbath in March. At this 2( time .our first Quarterly Conference,' will be held. Arrangements have been completed for a revival service commencing o. the second Sabbath in Juno. We will '^ave with us at that time an excellent evangelist and hope that every- jf body will attend the services. Next Sabbath the pastor will | have some important suggestions to make. Try to be present and keep q j up with the plans and work of the j I church. Good music, pure gospel preaching! and a comfortable auditorium next' Sabbath. All are invited to come and worship. F' How much owest thou unto thy Lord? Watchword indard ; saving as possible in the matter-. these good o[d United States thai i" (4 AMA AM V\ i-U in r 11 La A. IT * _ a AB ' jxAf icuicuiuci tills. 111? JDC9^ ^UC9 ./ e by using the cheapest food pro- I >od comes higher in price and Is I We are constantly on the watefc j 9 b.- If it is pure and wholesome rfl ?, we have it. 'Tis the verjf 'h^st ly'fl irksdale j APHONOLAS j| TO $200.00. I A RECORDS [J CH WEEK. ifl ^STMENT CO. I II H 'I' H H??? W HEAD STUFFED FROM 1 : ' CATARRH OR A COLD ; :fl Says Cream Applied in Nostrils Opens Air Passages Right Up. <> [nstant relief?bo ' waiting. Toor^H gged nostrils open right up; the.air H aeages- of -your bead ,clear and you jathe freely. No more hawking, enttf-^H ig, blowing,. headache, dryness. No^H nggliag for breath at night; yotbH Id or catarrh disappears. . , Set ? small bottle of Sty's &reamH| Im frem your dTUgglStnow.v lAppIy^H little- of this fragrant, antisepti&^H iling eream in year nostrils. It pe&^H atea through every sir passage -of id, eoothes the infiagted' or eprolta^H icous membrane and relief/comes ixvflH mtiy. Hjj| Lfg jpiit fine. - Doaft stay stoffed-a^H ?- & eoldi or sasty eataxrh. Bl fotice of Deniocratic-fll Primary ElectionH % ' * m MAYOR AND SIX ALDEI^f MEN IN THE CFhr OF AB- I BKVHJLE. ' ' ' ' Notice is hereby'given that HH smocratic Primary Election held Tuesday, March 19th, ldl^^n r the purpose of ^hooaing a d one Alderman from Ward Oo^Hfl rrn A Mormon from Ward ie for foil term and one for i red; two Aldermen from Waj^^H iree, one for full term and o^HJ r unexpired term; one Alderm^BH r Ward Four. As Demoera^^fl Jtnmees to be voted for at tti? elSH| >n to be held on the second! Tu^HH :y in April, 1918. ^ SflB Pledges mast be filed and fl H id to the City Clerk not; later tlfl I arch 14th, 1918. Managers of Election: At L. Clark,. James, Taggart, L. I I jnsby; at Cotton MlBst John ratis, A. H. Barnett, and J. HH mgley; at City Hall, F. ance, T. C. Seal and C. A. Botfl H Should second, primary be ne^^^B ry it will be held Tuesday, 5 th, M. J. ASHLEY, H Chairman Democratic cutive Commi^^^H 15-2t. Feb. 22. HH WANTS* OTTON SEED?Wanamaker proved, Cleveland Big Boll. PHH $1.75 per bushel, under 5 $2.00 per bushel. W. S. Cotj^^flfl or S. J. Link. OR SALE:?I have for rent, several head of mule^^^H Allen Smith, Jr, ~ I I