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ESTABLISHED 18 !l The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. . Wra. 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 Abbaville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year i.__$1.50 Six months .75 jv ka rnree monins ? .w Payable invariably in advance. __ Friday, March 29, 1918. GOOD MEN AND TRUE. The people have selected as managers of the water and light plants three gentlemen of business ability and integrity. They were opposed! by men who had the support of the v powers that be in this city. They were misrepresented by men holding city jobs, and all manner of charges were urged against them. The opposing candidates had the support of the Gambrell-Neuffer machine. They had the support of personal friends and kinsmen, no! doubt, of the Superintendent. Just how many influences were brought to bear on the voters of a purely personal nature we cannot know.: The gentlemen running could urge no such considerations. They were nominated by citizens of the city,' and supported ^or no other reason ( than that they were good men. They| received a clear majority of the votes, and such majority as indi-! cates that the people are not satis-j fled with the manner in which these ( plants were sought to be manipulated, and that they believe that these plants may De operated witn more profit to the people and less expense. ( The new Commissioners will serve without salary so far as we know. We hope that they will. The small salary which they might receive would not pay a man worthy to hold the position for his time or any part of it worth while. They will see that, the public interest is( served and that private rights are respected and protected. A fair deal may be looked for and we hope that the administration of these departments under their supervision may be of benefit to the city. THE FIGHT STILL ON. ttl - r<:i_ n IOC 'Vslby vuuiwu mil ouvn ut it-, ; organized. The members of the! City Council are the representatives of the people in Abbeville. They, should not knowingly do anything wrong or against their conscience, j But on questions referring purely, to a businesslike administration of the city's affairs, they should respect the wishes of the people who pay the taxes and foot the bills.: For that reason we are reproducing today the platform of mayor-elect Mars. We reproduce his platform because he is the only candidate who came out openly and boldly for a change in the manner in* which the streets have been worked and other departments of the city managed. He led the race in the first primary on the issues made. In the second primary he was sought to be handicapped in some quarters by the charge that he was the candidate of the editor of The Press and Banner. He was opposed by all the forces opposed to the things for which this paper contended. Those city employees wuu j.eii, aggucvcu at the position of this paper and the position of Mr. Mars on these questions worked assiduously against him. His election is an endorsement, therefore, of these demands at the hands of the people. For this reason we say that the members of the city council should give attention to his platform. Reforms are therein demanded which the people by electing him have asked for. Will they get them at the hands of the city council? If they will not there will be another election next year, and another, and still others. We are entitled to a correction of abuses and J the fight will go on until abuses re< nrc corrected. tio . ho STAY OUT OF POLITICS. sta j ca The United Stntes eovernment; in h^s r rule that no salaried officer of of the government may take an ac- bo tive part in politics. We do not dis know how well the rule is respect- pei ed, but it is a wholesome rule. of Before the advent of the present j wy mayor we had the same rule in Ab-! beville with respect to salaried city j ^ employees. It was also a wholeres some rule, and should be re-estabna: lished by the new council, and suit- , I Ol able Denalties provided for those!,, , , , i tm who break the rule. an' The people will not have much j respect for a government that al- ^ lows the paid representatives of every citizen in the city to "button- ^ hole" one man in favor of another i"" J sul man and against a third, nor of an officer who seeks to retain office! en< through political methods rather ^ than a faithful discharge of his duEH' ties to the entire public. The city government has not been jn^. improved in this respect under the leadership of the present mayor. " noi If Uncle Jim had ridden Cotton Patch instead of a mule he might e car have given somebody a close race. . " fcho The Baptist-Seaboard combine ^ failed to get action. i / life One reason why the candidates n<" of the Triumvirate failed to specify atl< was that Brother Haigler insisted on transportation by. rail while Un- ^ cle Jim demanded the water route. tie? ( We are now in thorough accord ac^ with both the petitioners and the ?Pr commissioners. *ric S ung A vindication with the "vind" t^10 knocked out of it is a sorry looking ser animal. the . us We <all sympathize with nephew anc Kerr in the political accident which j out happened to his dear uncle. cis( * ; th0 They will control neither in per- I son nor by proxy. boo ' sea We understood that the Hague it j Conference had forbidden in mod- whj ern warfare the use of any kind of Qn poisoned gas, chlorine, mustard, or purely original verse. jn Abbeville may need a laundry but the man who is to pay the bills _ F< for operating it does not. / r . x. AV_ T? t?i i 1; are AS 10 Hie ice nani jjciiiajyo a cense of five hundred dollars would can make the new one possible. n mil Looking over the list of things me' which we are kinging, we fail to find the names of the Methodist ^0T Church Choir, The Federation of Women's Clubs, and the working can force of the esteemed Abbeville vea Medium. *nS me: ' Speaking of the School Board we the are willing to retire, if we could od find anybody who could beat us for 1 the~office. The last time we were oug elected we were opposed by an ele- Thi gant gentleman residing on Green- boc ville Street, but the people forced in the office on us again by a vote of qu< about two to one.- We will admit, 1 however, that the gentleman was pui somewhat handicapped by having a abl poor campaign manager. sor pec Unless the person who called this r paper a "sustenance" in print, im- ] mediately makes a disclaimer, we obt will sue out a "lie-bill." I < The Good Lord delivered us. ~~ bu1 BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS. bo< "A Million Books for a Million wo Men" is the appeal of the American the Library Association to supply each go< of the defenders of the Nation al- sla ready or soon to be in uniform with 'kn< a single book apiece. The free li- Sei brary at Camp Sevier, where many pai soldiers from this section are in the training, is already doing excellent sar work providing the best and most varied sort of ready matter for the ed men there, and will receive its full em share of the books donated all over of the country. It is Abbeville's turn wh to help. yoi In each camp there is one large central library, a comfortable and trj inviting building where as many as bei 2,000 men can spend a quiet hour an ' v;.**" v * " ''/v*'. ? iding, and where the main collecn of about 10,000 volumes is 4^" used. In addition there are sub- lj| itions of a few hundred books lo- Uj ted everywhere about the camp, ^ the Y. M. C. A. buildings, the K. ip C. Halls, the hospitals. Besides ypj oks, papers find magazines are |j" itributed to all of these, and es- yj cially to the quarantined sections S2 the camp, of which there are als a few. M All liie service of the library is ^ >e. A book may be taken out for |E iding by merely registering one's ||" meand organization and the name |?j the book with the attendant atljB ; desk. Thousands of magazines ffP d papers are given away. 3 Every sort of book is provided: jQ ivels, tales of adventure,, detec- 5Q e stories, standard fiction; up-to- Sfj ho Knnlrc nn nlmnof nnv ~ ? rja sject; recent text-bocks on mili- S 1 y subjects, mathematics, the sci- j| J :es, and foreign languages, books j j travel, history, biography, poetry |S i d the- present war; dictionaries!I j d new encyclopedias; and even j I eresting books in foxeign langu- I ?s. In ff'.ct, it is very seldom | f it a man asks for a book that is E ? ; already on the shelves. | Dnce the men discover that they [ i get boolcs which will help them [ * get, ahead in the army, books | ? ,t will keep them up-to-date in j 1 ir trades and professions in civil f J i, to which they hope to return, ? I rels and stores for mental relax- i J jn from the continuous round of | itary duties, they are not slow to | e advantage of the opportuni- | j > offered. , ! I )ne serious minded private char- l eristically expressed it as his v nion that we had "turned the J ? :k", and then went on to give an 1 grammatical but an unusually 1 ughtful exposition of how library IE vice helps to keep the /hind of { " private from rusting. "They give [ plenty of exercise for our bodies:[ I keepvus in fine condition but [ minds don't get enough exer- J I i. We can get it at the library'! 2 ugh, and it's a great thing." jf 1 t is planned to give each man a|| J ik as he leaves camp to go overjj ] s. He will be allowed to carry jg ] n his kit and it will serve to|? ] tie away the idle hours at :sea. i? ] the other side these books will ^f^J assembled at Y. M. C. A. hutsi or regimental libraries to carry liry service to the men at the the nt. ^a? )r all this service MORE BOOKS ? lundreds of thousands of them? ljei needed at cantonments, training A J ips, posts, forts, naval stations, vessels, and ever seas. Half a lion books are still required to et the actual need of men in the ,p large camp:. Another half mil1 are needed immediately for the is i itary forts, posts and small ips; for the naval stations and tejn sels; for the marine corps train- tjng stations and barracks.t For the n on transports and overseas . sion re is need for an almost unlimit proi supply. <"or every MAN in service there ?ht to be a BOOK in service. *. ~~ of l.ioaf a millinn more . 11 IllCOUd ow AVWWW M --- >ks at once. And books wear out new use. They must be replaced fre- by >ntly. is a hundreds of thousands will be look .'chased, but every dollar availe for purchase is needed for the t of books that can not be exT> ted as gifts. Therefore: add: iundreds of thousands must be 0 Tug ained as gifts. What You Can Do. Eve ifou can pass on to the man in iki the books you have enjoyed i will not read again. j/ ifou can give them some of the )ks you like best?books you fjrsj uld like to keep. THEY will like an(j im too and the best is none too tjjU, >d for them. Don't have any jjjs ckers on your book shelves. You wj,j ?1? Knti lilroa tn I 3W wimt yvux u\jj am*?* vw ? id them. He may not get those rticular volumes but he will get :m from some one who has the ^ ne thought. muJ You have been proud of well fill- ^a, book shelves. Be proud now of ^Ts, pty shelves just as you are proud the star on your service flag ich signifies an empty place in ur home. Every public library in the counr is a substation where books are batl ing collected, to be sorted, packed wil: d shipped to the soldiers under rou I' .!&. I H ^H*? llH^^HHMp^^^ H Park s \ fiifEBraaiifiuaiiiriiiirn direction of the headquarters at ihington. nlist your books in the service, them serve ouj men. 1ILLION BOOKS FOR A MILLION MEN. THE REUNION., he time for the meeting of the federate Veterans in Abbeville approaching and the city should in preparations for their enterment There will be many dis uished men and many of the old! i fighters in town for this occaand Abbeville should do herself id in entertaining them. NEW AWNING. [rs. Jas. S. Cochran is putting a touch of Spring on her store having a new awning put up. It dark blue and white stripe and :s fine. ARMY WORK. ev. G. W. Swope will deliver an ress on- Army Work at the ool Building at the Cotton Mill sday night at eight o'clock, ryone is invited to come. LOST JOINT OF THUMB. [r. R. S. McCombs had the misune to cut his thumb off at the ; joint. He was sawing wood the saw slipped and cut his nb. Several years ago he got left arm caught in a saw mill eh necessitated its amputation. KNITTING. .11 knitting for the Red Cross >t be in by .Saturday, in order t the box can be packed by the ; of April. Mrs. E. R. Thomson, j WHAT SON BILL THINKS. ince the beginning of the big tie on the British front, many 1 rumors have been going the nds in town.^ One which seemed F'urifa i-i i-? r-i pin fn nririri TUJIZJO jjisfnisiiij s!JniuiznJri! / * ? mar Is If you have been paying j past, take a look at Stylep They have thoroughbrec 1 tailoring. They have relu Models and patterns fo build. By concentration of ext< ties on certain definite gr; efficiency and lower costs. For spring there are tw valu^at the price. HMIMW 121 m "Each grade the same America's Only Kn ILY STYLEPLUS ST< pr iv RP< kVi %% itv^ f to give great pleasure to the little boys was that Pershing had cap tured 130,000 Germans with th< Crown Prince thrown in for gooc measure. Son Bill said he did noi believe 'a word of it because "Bus ter Howie said it was 130,000 anc the Crown Prince, and Richard Hil said it was 30,000 and the Crowi Prince and Willis Harrison said ii was 132,000 and the Crown Prince.' The rumor furnished plenty o: conversation for both old ant young. v CHURCHILL APPEALS FOR MORE MUNITIONS'* AND GUN! London, March 26.?An appea was made today by the minister o: munitions, Winston Spencer Church ill, to tne enect mat a special enur must be made to repair promptlj the serious loss in guns, machin< guns and ammunition resulting fron the battle now in progress. SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH ON. EASTEF There will be mass in the Catho lie - church Sunday, March 31, at J o'clock. The public' is cordially in vited. OUR HERO IN THE PAPERS. The New York Times picture sup plement for Sunday contained a pic ture of Lieut. Osce Coleman, th< Greenwood""county boy, who wa: recently decorated in France foi signal bravery. The young soldiei is standing in front of his hui "somewhere in France" in companj wJfVi Pantjiin JnVm vnn Holtzendorf who, however, is not one of the Germans captured by the livelj Lieutenant, but hails from Georgte and is helping Uncle Sam win the war. A WIN THE WAR CONVENTION Gov. Manning has appointed Dr J. R. Bell, of Due West, a delegate from Abbeville county to the "Wir the War" Convention in Birming ham next month. i who has ' |jv never worn |? I i};: j fleplus 11 \ I! n s: j - ; 11 arcfund $21 and ^25 in the ( Is \ lus before you pay more. . [ ? , -i I style. They have genuine { J tble fabrics. K i ) i r men of every age and ; jnsive resources and facili- |p< ades, the makers heighten | |j o grades. Each is the big | j I tCMiu ![ ?*25 if;l TtlHMlMIUltnKD | J' pricethe nation over 4 * I I lown Priced Clothes J | 3RE IN TOWN j\ j ise \ 11 fflfZRRIZiZIZIZfZIZfiyS^ ? 9 *f ' , __? ,. . ~ H TO CAMP JACKSON. H ? Five men will leave for Camp- H I Jackson, on Tuesday, April 2, 1918, H t over the Seaboard. The following. are their pames: IB 1 H. K. Eakin, Ben 0. Berry, Ed 1 die Yeargen, L. E. Pratt and Loni nie L. Hall. Bfl \ Mrs. Emma Murray of Kinard*, ^flj f and Mrs. Pierce McNeil of Lebanon, BH j were in the city shopping Wednesday. Mrs. Murray is visiting at the home of her father for Several days. ' LLOYD GEO. A* GRANDFATHER ^ London.?The British prime mmister, David Lloyd George, became ^Hj t a grandfather last month with the birth of a daughter to Major and 7 Mrs. Richard Lloyd George. The event took place at the prime minister's home in Criocieth, Wales. Ma- HH jor Lloyd George is the prime min-^H| ister's eldest son.' Major Henry Emery, the YaleHH professor, has been tatcen to many on a transport as a prisoner.^^H He was captured on Aland Islands. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |M County of Abbeville. At the Regular Session of General^HB i Assembly of the State of South^^^H } Carolina, 1916, an act was passed re^^^H f quiring the County Board of Coni^^H missioners of Abbeville County t<^^H t insert for three Weeks in a count^^^H r and state newspaper a notice fo^^^H the purpose of borrowing money fo^^^H county expenses. Now, in pursuan^^^H ^ to said act, the County Board o^^^B Commissioners will receive bids fo^^^H the sum of Eighteen Thousan^^^H ($18,000) Dollars, payable one yes^^^H from date. f Bids to be opened Eleven A. April 2nd, 1918. W. A. STEVENSON, Supervisor Abbeville i M. L. Evans, Secretary of Board. March 6th, 1918.