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The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
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||s\ Tuesday, April 30, 1918.
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/ ABOLISH IT.
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The county to county speaking
tour has served its purpose, if it
ever had any purpose other than
furnishing an opportunity for politicians
to stir up dissentions among
the people by which dissentions the
^ ^ politicians hoped to profit personally.
Whatever may at one time have
>, been said in defense of tHese joint j
debates between candidates for office.
everyone who acknowledges
S& the truth will say that of late
years they have grown to be meetfoiit
ings where the candidates, or some
of them, engage in all kinds of
[., > personalities and mud-slinging, and
when the last thing thought of, if
T it is ever thought of, id the correct
administration of affairs in the
state.
I It is therefore refreshing to see
that people in different parts of thej
K& v; State are demanding that these!
campaigns be1 discontinued. Al-1
though there has been no agitation
on the subject over the state, we
notice from the papers that here
il|*y "and there the people in the clubl
/<* : ' meetings on Saturday have by pro'
per resolutions demanded that these
campaign meetings be discontinued.
The people no doubt reason that
S ' the old excuse that they are campaigns
of education which the people
may attend and learn of the is^
'1 sues of the day, and be enabled to
vote on election day intelligently,
jfe'. has been shown not to be true. The
^meetings are anything but educa$f
tional.
We infinitely prefer the methods
j&ife followed in Georgia. In that state
' each condidate makes his own campaign,
fixing the day when he is to
gfc*;- appear in the different communiEp&H
**es *o discuss the issues engaging
the attention of the people. Here-*
TTO ^icf>nooo/1
loiure, Lliey iwvc aivraju uiavuouvu
be issues in a dignified way, and the
people have been more enlightened,
PIP we dare think, by the campaign
speeches in Georgia "than by those
jr./ in South Carolina. We are sorry
$ to see that in the Senatorial race:
' in Georgia the candidates are \jnS:.-'t
dertaking to arrange joint meetings:
for the discussion of issues. We
predict now that these meetings
will develop into the mud-slinging
jj^J. contests so common in South CaroIn
this year of the war when the
minds and thoughts of the people
rhould be on the men at the front,
and when men should consider only
gif;-' the needs and demands of the govFv'.
ernment for th? proper\prosecution
fe of the war, it teems to us that it
jfe..- will be most inappropriate to have
I thp npnnlp stirrer! ur> ovor tho (Vjar
IN.... ?nl r. ?V pftftVnif* rs ffi /"? n
IXC15 Ul iau.) occr.ii;^ vna^,
and the animosities which are certain
to be aroused. It would be far
* better we think that each candidate
- for office make his own campaign
according to his own ideas of what
is proper and best for the people at.
this time.
FACTIONAL POLITICS.
In some places over the state it
seems that the politicians were
busy on last Saturday, but for the
most part the people of the state j
seem to have assembled and to have
laid aside factional politics in an(
endeavor to get men true to the
country as delegates to the county
conventions.
As the election season draws near
it becomes more evident that the
old factional lines will be for a
great part forgotten and that men
will be measured this year by the
standards of Loyalty and Efficiency.
No man who has not supported, is
not supporting, and will not support
the government, need take himself
seriously. The people are with
! the government, and it is no day J
for the disloyal.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.
When all the figures are in, it
will be found that subscriptions to
the Third Liberty Loan in Abbeville
County have reached the one
hundred and eighty-five thousand
dollar mark, a result entirely satisfying
to those who have worked so
hard to make the loan a success in
this county. The result should be
gratifying to the people of the county
generally.
Figures will not be completed for
the state and country at large before
the early part of next week,
but it will be found when the final
count is made that more people
have subscribed to this loan than to
any previous loan for that reason.
The fanners and working pepole in
Abbeville county, and elsewhere,
have realized that this is the people's
war, and they are responding
to the country's call for help. In
the West, where the people in the
last Presidential election were so
strong for staying out of the war,
the people have responded more .
freely and more promptly than in
any other part of the country. ^
It takes some time for the people ]
to get a full realization of all that 1
is going on, but the people know
the truth when once they see it, and .
they are to be depended on to ,
support the truth.
Notice of Election, j]
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Whereas, more than one-third of, <
the resident electors and a like pro- J
portion of resident free holders of:
age of twenty-one years of Public'
School District Number 26 of Ab^
beville County, South Carolina, J j
known as Campbell Public School:
District, with the lines hereinafter! I
set forth, have filed their petition!
asking for an election on the ques-j
tion of issuing bonds of the amount! "i
of Four Thousand Dollars, bearing
interest at. the rate of six per cent,
per annum, payable annually, which
bonds are to be payable twenty
years from the date thereof and
are to be of the denomination of <
One Hundred Dollars each, number- <
ed from one to forty, inclusive, and
to be dated December* 1st, 1918; and 1
whereas, the said petition fully com- ]
plies with the provisions of an act <
entitled "An Act to provide for the <
issuing of Bonds of Public School
Districts in South Carolina" and',
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aiiiciiuiiicuus uicictv, aiiu ao piuviu- 1
ed by Sections 1743 to 1749, inclu- i
sive, of the Code of Laws of South 1
Carolina, Vol. 1, 1912, and said a- 1
mount of bonds does not exceed j
four per centum of the assessed val-! <
!
uation of the property of such Pub-!
lie School District for taxation.
Notie is hereby given that on Sat-11
urday, May 11th, 1918, at Camp-i'
bell School House in said Public;'
School District in Abbeville County,,
South Carolina, an election will be 1
held upon the question of authoriz- :
ing the issuing of bonds to the 1
amount of Four Hundred Dollars,
bearing interest at the rate of six,'
per centum per annum, payabie an- :
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rually, with principal due and pay-j
able twentv years from Dec. 1st,
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191S, principal and interest payable
at Lowndesville Banking Company,;
in Lowndesville, South Carolina.:
Should the said election result in,
afvor of the said issue of bonds,'
that trustees of Public School District
No. 26, known as Campbells
Public School District, a corporation
with lines as follows:
"Starting at a point in road to;
Latimers Station S 17 1-2 E from|
the Cook house and about 4.75 S. i
W. of Cross Roads, running N 54
1-2 E for 290.33 chains to a point;
24.66 N. E. of Shanklins Creek,,
then N 35 1-2 W 242.89 chains to'
a White Oak stump S 57 1-2 E from
Poplar, N 81 E about .65 chains
from spring, then N 18 E 123.20!
chains to a point in branch about I
18.00 N. E. of Minnie Hodge's, then!
N 29 >1-2 W 66.44 chains to a point j
in road in front of the Ed Smith
House (E. H. Bell place) then S
68 W 172 chains to a point in road
S 47 1-2 W .49 chains from White
Oak o. m, then N. 47 1-4 W. 73
! chains Old Ford at Dog Shoals on
Rocky River, then down Rocky Riv/
er to a point a few yards abo1
some large rocks in hillside, th<
S 75 1-2 E 115.25 chains to J. '
Young place, at a point N. 81
75 from wel, then S 30 E 105.f
hains to a point 1.00 E of roa
then S 20 3-4 W 73.58 chains r<
oak about twenty yards S. W. <
road at a bridge over a gully, ar
N 44W about 130 yards from Z(
Robinson's at Ed Smith's old plac
then S 58 W 41 chains to a poii
5.00 S. W. of cabin on Ernest A
len place,,hten S 85 1-2 E 221.?
chains to starting point. As is moi
fully indicated by survey made t
William L. Mecthell on April 10-1
1918, a Plat of which is on file i
the office of Clerk of Court of A1
beville County, South Carolina."
Will issue the said bonds of tl
11!. 1 1
pUOUC scnuui U19U ici in uaxn
with the authority given by the A<
of the General Assembly above n
ferred to and amendments theret
section 1743-1749, Code of Law- !
C., Vol. 1, 1912. At such electic
the qualified electors of said Publ
School District, with lines hereinb
fore set forth, will be permitted 1
vote. Those favoring said issue wi
voie a ballot upon which will I
written or printed "For Bonds,
rhose opposing said issue will vol
a ballot upon which will be writte
Dr printed "Against Bonds." Tl
polls will be opened at eight o'cloc
in the forenoon, and close at fot
'clock in the afternoon. The fo
lowing named persons will act i
managers of the election and mal
their return to tne Jtsoara ui iru
tees of said Public School Distfi<
No. 26, known as Campbell Publ:
School District: J. M. Wright, 1
T. Campbell and E. W. Nance.
By order of hte Board of Trui
tees of Public School District N<
26 of Abbeville County, South Car<
ina, known as Campbell Publi
School District.
S. M. Beatty,
J. A. Campbell, .
W. B. Mann,
Board of Trustees.
^pril 29, 1918.
ECLIPSE OF SUN
VISIBLE JUNE
rotal Eclipse of Sun in June WL1
Coyer Greatest Path in the Unite
States Since 1865?85 Per Cen
? MfMi n _
Hclipse Will D? ? mom
It will prow dark twice in on
lay on June 8 in parts of the Unii
;d States.
On that day, in a broad ban
from Seattle, Wash., to Jacksonvill
fla., before sunaet a gigantic shi
low will literally wipe the sun ov
)f the sky for an instant.
The total eclipse of the sun i
June will cover the greatest path i
the United States since 1865, an
svill present the greatest oppo;
tunity for observation of any eclipj
the country has ever seen. Besid(
its popular interest the time of a
jclipse is of deep scientific valu<
Because of the intense light froi
the sun, certain of its outer layei
can only be studied at the tinr
when the disc of the moon hide? a
but the outer layers of the sun.
The full shadow cast by the moo
cominjr between the earth and tl:
sun will strike the United States ;
the mouth of the Columbia river, i
the State of Washington. Thetis
will swing southeast across the Ui
itcd States in a gigantic curve.
FARM TRACTOR NOTES
TO BE REDISCOUNTED BY
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
Fcdorpl reserve banks are to r
discount notes secured by farm tn
tors, according to the Depa'-tme]
of Agriculture. Instructions ha\
been issued to all Federal resen
barks authorizing them to Tedi
nor.of riroconforl V
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any member bank, provided, it hi
maturity not exceeding six montl
and the tractors are purchased f<
agricultural purposes.?War Diges
Twenty-one negroes were sent 1
Camp Jackson yesterday. The
names were published recently
The Press and Banner.
The State Reunion of Conrrede
ate veterans will meet here on ne;
Tuesday and Wednesday. Betwet
three and four hundred veterans a
expected.
Mr. and'Mrs. W. E. Gordon ai
daughter of Santuc, were here ye
terday for a few hours.
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SWEET POTATO
PLANT OUTLOOK I
Replies to a circular letter sent to
about 150 warehousemen, shippers,
^ and plant growers throughout the
e Southern States reveal a general
^ shortage of seed sweet potatoes in
lt that section caused principally by
the severe freeze which damaged
n practically all potatoes that were
n stored in "hills" cr "banks." Large
d quantities of potatoes that appear
r" to be sound are of doubtful quality
;e and unfit for seed, and it is feared
iS that they will rot when bedded for
n plants. '
e.
Plant growers in every section
rg who were prepared to cure and store
their seed potatoes properly will be
jj able to produce a normal supply of
plants; others are making an effort
to conserve the available supply of
seed for bedding, while several are
making preparations to plan]t a
larpre acreage from first drawing of
plants so as to be able to furnish
large quantities of vine cuttings for
fllater
plantings* The demand for:
j plants is reported to be above nor
rnal, and the production of vine cut-||
tings to supplement the supply of <
plants will enable plant growers j
.gimore nearly to meet the require-]
J ments of growers and truckei's.?U. j
S. Dept. of A.
,ci MISS RUTH HOWIE.
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7e\ Miss Ruth Howie came home from
TG Brenau Saturday and spent several i
s" days with her home people.
>y
is Mrs. F. B. Jones and little Celia!
tis; Louise, are in the city visiting rel-j
>r atives for a few days.
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Misses Lily and Mattie Mann of:
to Newberry, were the week-end guests
ir i of Mrs. R. Kirkwood.
in |i
Mr. Roy Gilleland returned Sun-,
dav from Atlanta, where he went to'
r- have Roy Jr.'s tonsils and adenoids |
xt removed. The little boy is getting j
m on nicely.
re . ?
Russell Thomson had the misfortune
to sprain his ankle last Thursid
day. He stepped on a corn cob,
s- which rolled causing his foot to
turn. He is able to be out now.
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Eat Irish Potatc
South Carolina hai
thing like 40,000 sa
Potatoes. The now c
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me marKei.
Mr. Elliott says to
will be wasted. By
will save Flour and s
eating one of the h<
we raise.
50 sacks Irish Pot
per sack.
W. D. B,
BIRTHS.
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Born?At Raleigh, N. C., April
26, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. F. D.j
Southern, a son. F. D.. Jr.
Mr. J. Alston Cabe|l.of Richmond,1
Va., was here this week on business, j
Miss Lily Link of Sharon, was in
the city yesterday shopping.
!
Miss Margaret Fell of Verdery,!
was in the city on last Saturday, j
Mr. Ernest Wardlaw of OklahoJ
I
ma and Kansas City, has returned!
to the city ready for Uncle Sam's
work.
Mrs. Paul Hall has returned to the
city after a visit to her husband inj
Augusta.
Mr. Roy Pittard left for his home
in Lincolnton, Ga. He has been employed
at the Abbeville Bottling
Works for the last year.
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Heat regulated
9 by graduated
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Boils or fries on
all six corers;
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use the whole
top of the ' -V.
range because
'&Z5ZB heat passes
/ under each
IP H N' The heat geas
I ^ all around the
m draft* are Mt " ' J
^ n*ce Tfc?r*
||H^P mometer on .;;.j
oren door in- J
L B dicatM heat
^1 of oren ?howin{
correct 1
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for proper
baking.
The Oven" ,j
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i a surplus of some- y .<
cks of eating Irish
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:rop will soon be on |
eat Potatoes or they
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eating Potatoes you
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it the same time be .
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ealthiest vegetables
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a toes at only $3.21
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HONOR ROLL OF
BETHLEHEM SCHOOL '
95 to 1QU. #
Margaret Gordon, Edna Gordon,
Katie Hagan, Dessie Strawhorn,
Robert Hagan, Willie Moss, Ruby
Mundy, W. C. bordon, Callie Straw
horn.
90 to 95 per cent..
Elizabeth Simpson, Sara Mundy,
Florence Strawhorn, Alma Uldrick,
Frank Simpson, J. C. Milford, Clyde
Uldrick, Mattie Strawhorn, Nannie
Mae Milford, Marie Simpson, Claud
Moss.
FOR SALE.
Two cars Choice Timothy Hay, at
$2.00 per cwt., Cash. No waste in;
this Hay, which makes it a most eco- .
omical Feed.
4-30-2t. J. Allen Smith, Jr.
Mr. C. B. Wosmansky spent a few
days in Augusta and Columbia last
week on business.
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