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B ESTABLISHED 1844 B The Press and Banner Bj ABBEVILLE, 8. C. IRj'':A Wm. Pi GREENE, Editor. fcjThe Press and Banner Co. I^R^Boblished ^very Tuesday and Friday 9j . ^ Telephone No. 10. BBp?* Entered as second-class mail mattor at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Hi Terms of Subscription: Three months .50 ^H|j I Payable invariably in advance. \ Tuesday, June 11, 1918. iTHE LABOR QUESTION. J le complaint is that there is a' t^gte of labor, that machinery's il^ . are not turning, that the s are not being worked, and generally , business is stagnant he want of men to do the work, complaint is without merit, e are men to do the work, but refuse to do it. , mday is the day for work. A who,plays oh Monday may be nded on t6 do no work during remaining days of the week, "willing worker" who is to be oned by the government when idle, if labor has its say, is, or d be, up and about his busion Mondays of all other days. fci.'. But not so. Monday morning K ^.fdien we passed one of the busy (Kgfr corners in the city we saw seven Hjg^'^Bb&e-bodied men sitting down in raj , the shade talking about a fishing H^fcrip, if we should make a guess Hj&y^bout the subject of conversation. CTgfc'Perhaps they, were considering Weightier questions for the welfare the country, but it appeared to R ^ that fishing was on the brain, fbench along the plaza sat ^^Hptree other laborers "watchfully I'M/-waiting" for something to turn up, suppose. Ahd around the square, ^^R$f one had made the trip might have jfijlPybeen found, we dare say, twentyMMve' awn' doing notWng.- On' Satur^Bbtys wen come to town not to atHKjwnd to business, or if &> fittend to do notattendto it and reFijpJppfr1 to their places of business, but Htpfrftitand around and talk for hours. I One of the good books we read ?r when a child told of the great loss ^^BjNfee' community suffers on account WffHf the wealth which-is carried out iP'fto th? sea by the sewer pipes in the pv,' great city of Paris. We stand V sometimes and look at the streams Hk;'v of idPfeand aimless people who walk [ ^ "Vthe streets of this and other places Ik' : on: Saturdays and other public days, wo'nder how much wealth, much pf the comforts of life, MK; fcf*? much even of the necessities of fH '?* Bfe, flows down the stream of idleHfey,>. Ucsfi, on the way to the ocean of t l?t opportunities. fe>Unless there is a change in the Ks Way labor is taking advantage of ip?''. its opportunities, it will become r,;'- necessary very soon for the governmen to conscript labor for the farms industries. Because with the ?$:''> .high' wages now prevalent a man may make enough in two days for his subsistence for a week is no jSfr;: reason why he should be idle for four days when the life of the naPy -"tion demands 4that he labor every . day. ' The man sitting on the curbs ||vv need not think that the government puv will' not have its eye on him. The |? government will not allow him to , sit there long when the men in the army must have the product of ?P?, the labor which he is capable of KV performing. p A census of the men in this coun|f ' try able to labor who are not doing gS' so should be made. Every man jf ' who does not work should be listed, K' and every man not at work should be taken in charge by the government and put * work. The world ?? must be made safe for democracy, . and this can be done only by mak-j ing the trenches safe for the solgf ARE WE TO BE GERMANY'S ACCOMPLICES? Ipfeg '."It is time to act in Russia," says W&? ex-President Taft, writing in The |&?v Philadelphia Public Ledger. It is rather more than time. It was time ! to act in Russia long ago. The question is whether there is still time to ac in Russia, and, if there is, how long there will continue to be time to act in Russia. Germany is eatI ing the country up in great mouthi fuls. To Germany it was "time to, j act in Russia" the moment the Czar I was overthrown, and Germany began! | acting then with immense skill and energy and has not lost a minute or; a second since. "For want of a definite policy," says a writer in The j London Times, "we day by day are [ "losing the chance even to rebuild I "upon the ashes of Russia." This! writer foresees the re-establishment; j of order in Russia by Germany after j | the present German-planned con-: j fusion has reduced the country to | I the lowest point, and in the future, I "a Russian-German alliance again I "menacing the peace of the world at j "a dozen points." And he says: The first steps have already been taken by the Germans, and while the Allies puzzle over their on policies, the Germans have policies which the offensive on the western front on an unprecedented scale has not diverted them a hair's breadth from carrying on. "While the Allies puzzle over their own policies." That is the very core of it. When shall we have unity of counsel, if not unity of command, in the political field? Is there anything to show that the Allies even j consult with each other about the question of having a policy? They consult each other, we know, but it i always appears that they do their consulting only over some immediate question of the moment, as when France submitted to England Kaiser, Karl's letter to Sextus. The ideaj of planning out a policy, such as Germany plans out, has never occurred to them, so far as any evi- ' dence goes to show. When shall we have a political board of strategy and a political Foch? Here the world is confronted with ' the mnst, frightful menace ' conceiv able; a menace even more frightful than the menace of the present German Empire. For we can beat the present German Empire, we believe; but the whole world could not beat a German-Russian Empire with its muscles in Russia and its brain in Berlin. Napoleon said that in^a century Europe would be either republican or Cossack. He did not allow for Russian incompetence; life was ' aware only of the vast Russian strength. But his prediction is being fulfilled as the century he spoke of nears its end; for what Russia lacked in order to dominate the world was efficiency, and a Russia ruled by Germany will have efficiency in plenty. It will not be a Russia ruled by a Czar that will dominate the world, but a Russia ruled by a Kaiser; and the only alternative to that, as Napoleon foresaw, is the worldwide triumph of democracy. Which will win, the GermanyRussia that Germany is striving with might and main to create?and is creating?or democracy? Upon that issue hangs the fate of everything that mankind has built up from the time when Langton and Fitz-Walter extorted the Great Charter from King John to the time when the Parliament of England extorted its rights from the Stuarts, to the time when the American people unfurled their Declaration of Independence on these shores and the time when the French people stormed the Bastille. Shall all these centuries go for nothing, and shall we return to despotism forever? Here we are confronted with this, " ? i.:_j tne mignuest issue wiuuu mauMnu was ever called upon to face; and we find that the despot has his plans all made and matured, and the moment the opportunity comes he moves swiftly and intelligently to j carry them into effect. But whatj do the democrats do? They do not) even arrive at a realization that a single plan or policy is necessary. They leave all that to their intellas?fual cunorinrc ir> Rorlin anrl PrtTl l^VVUU* OU|/VllV^M ill A7V4 itit) tentedly put forth all their | strength to hold back a German advance on the Aisne. When they stop that advance they feel that the world is saved. It is being destroyed behind them, destroyed in Russia, destroyed by men who have a single plan, a single policy, who work as if they had a single brain. "We must intervene nofa," says Mr. Taft. "We should at once con-' "fer with our allies, including Japan, * "and agree upon a plan." The | Bolsheviki will disapprove, no doubt, I but are we to murder Russia to avoid offending the Bolsheviki? Are' we to give up the future of the' world?and its past, the democratic \ past it has slowly created out of the centuries?to protect the sacred Bolsheviki from annoyance? Is his-! tory to say that the democratic hope of the ages was slain by Ger-^ many and the Allies; by Germany with a sword in her hand, and by j ! the Allies with a fat, Micawberesque: complacency that eternally hoped; something would turn up and thereto kill democracy with the sword fore did nothing at all? Is Germany and the Allies to kill with watchful waiting??The New York Times. GETTING READY. The elections are a long way off | and the people are busy with other matters. Unless there is a change in the way people are looking at things the people are going to give elections less thought this year than they have in years past. That does not mean that people should be unmindful of their duties, however. The people owe it to the country to vote as well as to fight. The one duty is as imperative as the other if the country is tox be kept safe for the people. The Democratic Party has provided for the enrollment of all voters. Indeed, the State of South Carolina has provided that no man may vote in the primary elections of his party unless he is duly enrolled. The enrollment books are now open. The officers of the club to which each voter belongs will be able to direct him to the piace for registration. Unless a voter is registered by the last Tuesday m July be cannot vote. Those persons who are interestedin matters should register now and have others do so. There is never a doubt but that unworthy men will be registered. Our task is to see that every patriot, be he rich or poor, is regarded and entitled to I vote, in order that the men who | have the interest of the country at heart may rule. So register today. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS The Democratic Executive Coip- ^ mittee met in the office of the hers County Chairman, on Monday 10th, loc inst, to make preparations for the ma approaching primary elections. En- Thi rolling committees were appointed Cai for all the clubs in the different tioi precincts. Voters under the law mo will enroll with these committees or unl they will not be allowed to vote. A Oh notice will appear shortly fully out- col lining the duties of the committee Oh and of those people who hope to , participate in the elections. Mo Ti * <? ViaM Komnnitm i It was ucviucu w, uviu r?c- . meetings at the following points, the ter dates o be fixed later: Due "West, I ^ Lowndesville, Antreville, Calhoun! Falls and Abbeville. ! *er . 1 The assessments against candi- ^ dates were fixed as follows: ser For state senator, $10.00. , For House of Representatives, (-,g $7.50. . . * , am For Judge of Probate, Auditor jand Treasurer, each, $15.00. mg For Magistrates, when salary is ^ less than $100.00, assessment is $1.00, when salary $100.00 and , * 8xl? not more than $200, the assessment I i Bei *9 nn Wh*>n the aalArv is more i than $200, the assessment is $5.00. The committee will meet on sales- nal day in July next and again on salesday in August for the transaction an^ of business. Members of the exe- *01 cutive committee will take notice of j the meetings. !no* j Ma CANTEEN EXCHANGE. Ire Th The "Help the War .Committee" 0f of the Canteen Service, Mrs. Frank Pr< Nickles, Captain, will conduct an the Exchange in front of the old Mov- jn ing Picture Theatre on Saturday, ire June 15th. Open at ten o'clock ! nai THE FOSTER FAMILY. ' Ca: To the Editor of The Press and Ban-!, , ha^ ner: / I w I send you a short Genealogy of i the Foster family published in The j State several years ago. | _ Queries. Foster?A few years before the Revolutionary war five or six brothers of the Foster family came to ( the United States from Ireland. All wa excepting one (John) settled in Ab- gr? % Let Music Br After all, it's not tl IV>A1/1O flm /iVii" 1 r? WHICH I/XX^ V/U11U. tray that fact during 1 A home with any c is enjoyed and underst will become a man or i for lasting happiness. The I "The Phor You want to give 3 That is just one reason This wonderful instrumf home; Re-Created by the i No matter where you liv musical advantages that you New York for the opera seas The New Edison does n< ear can distinguish artist fit tests have proved this, not o Call at our store^for a dei enjoy it too. .v . ^ ^ \*s STOVES?RAW 4 ' rille district, South Carolina. Johrj ated in Arsryle, N. Y., where | ning tne "garaen spot 01 auub-i [e County, must bow their heads 1 yield this honor to the "Old untry." F. J. M. SIGN THE PLEDGE. " Charleston, June 7.?The state r savings committee is intensely itified at the vigor with which the j x' v* f "n * - ny of his descendants still live, e brothers who came to South rolirta all married and th$ relaflship became numerous. They stly remained in South Carolina til 1814, when some went to io. Between 1830 and 1840 large onies of Fosters went north ?o io, Indi na and Illinois. Fames C. Foster married Jane rrow in 1780 in Abbevile county, was known as "Old Master Fos." His children were six boys and j .girls, namely James, Samuel, m, Isabel, Alexander, Mary Fos, Thomas afld William. Desired, any information of this nily, especially Revolutionary vice of any of the Foster names." rhese young men settled around j dar Springs Church, some of them j ong the founders of that church. ,ny of their descendants are Hv in the families of McCaslans, Lanes, McMillans, McKissicks, idleys, Morrows, Widemans, Marills, Morris, McCombs, Presslys, rnwella and manv others. Tradition tells us the first settlers med this part of the county Long ne on account of the tall luxurit growth of the long canes to be ind on the streams nearby. This is a mistake, I read a letter : long ago?mitten by John and ry Foster frcm their home in land to their sons in America, is letter was directed to the care Maj. Andrew Hamilton, Geanville jvince, in which they requested tir sons to name their new home America for thvj old home in land, where they were born, the ne was Lo-u-nge Keine, which s for years drifted into Long ne. 4nd now the stately canes that re so long claimed the honor of " * Aft A LV. - j|f | M' fa r *" ighten the Lives of \ ie school training but th Children brought up in their entire lives. It leav laim to culture is a hom< ood. A child whose intere ^oman who possesses a r MEW EDISON wgraph With a Soul." rour children every ac i ? * jJi : 1 i wny you want ?nt brings the best music right world's greatest artists. e you ayour children can hav would possess if you could tal ion. 3t merely imitate. It Re-Creates om instrument The famous E nee, but^iye than 1500 times, iionsljal&dn. And bring the chik MfrfflUbniti SES HOME OUT ? < f i' county war savings committees are being prepared to conduct the forthcoming intensive campaign during the two weeks from. June 14 to ' 1 June 28. As the official proclamations of President Wilson and the Governor have served to bring before the peoples the grave importance of the war savings movement, it is believed that the men and women will respond in a way that will justify the most sangUine expecta tions of the state officials. |' Throug^i curtailing needless pur-| chases, and lending the money in- { stead' to the government, the _ nation's purchasing powers are transferred to the government, who will ' thus be able to buy whatever is needed for the army and navy; and! it is believed that the people of the) state will sign the war savings pledge cheerfully, . "willingly?and gratefully. Littleftfe^College TTae in at rinsed one of the most su/cjifful years in its I history. Thdj37th annual ses-i sion will begin Sept. 25th. J. Write for new illustrated 1 catalogue, also and quickly for particulars concerning our special offer to a few girls who cannot pay our catalogue rate. Address J. M. Rhodes, * Littleton, N. C. 6-11-Oct. 1 1 A PLACE OF DELIGHT. 1 The Sunday News has been publishing letters from the soldiers who have gone overseas from the State . and much that is interesting is being enjoyed by the people. In last Sunday's paper was a readable let-) ter from Miss Jennie E. White, withp the American nurses corps, written j * to her brother, J. W. White of j* Louisville, Ga., and published in the I * *? ??V* nUa cove j Chester Keporcer in wmvu , "I also saw Buck Wideman, of Troy, I ^ S. C., a splendid fellow. He saysj^ South Carolina will be a land of delight if he ever returns." People all over Abbeville county remember "Bill" Wideman and will be glad to hear of the success of his ] young son Buck. a * c ? 'our Children / \ ' ' V ie home atmosphere a cultured home bees a lasting imprint. 3 in which good music ist in music is fostered esource which makes I! lto the . | | i e the same < ie them to ' ? ? ' v' ' ? . No human iren; they'll HHMBl : - FITTERS ^SftCft. 'I ' ? ' * " * ' ' .< \ WANTS [ -T? * \/ L. NELSON, Abbeville, S. C W Wanted Wanted ! Junk of all kiad ' Rags, . Rubber, Bag* \ and Iron. 5-7-tf. ' : .. *' TOR RENT:?Two nice furnished upstairs rooms, with all conveniences. Apply to Mrs. R. C. Wilson. 4-26-tf. \-l SAW MILL MAN?with good engine, and teams to do logging, to saw several hundred thousand feet lumber in Lowndesville Township. I will furnish saw mill and cut timber. M. P. McCALLA, Lownde8ViUe? S. C. 5-31-2wks rUK OALL;??r urtu xvivt/f l^B Hall and Triumph potato slips, jgH $8.50 per thousand, five thousand Hj and over $3.25. F. O. 0. Ander- jflS son. Casl/ with order. J. K. Manos, uBj 5-28-lmo. Anderson, S. C. fl9j WANT?TO SELL?One five-year H old mare colt, well broke, $146, ajfil one good mule $100. D. T. BLACKWELL, Due West, S. C H H FOR SALE?200 bushels of corn in HQ the shuck, at $2.00 per bushel. jnjjj J. H. CHEATHAM. 6-4-lw-4t H FOR SALE:?Two good milk cows _ H| with young calves. 6-7- PARKER & REESE. FOR SALE. BS Ribbon and Orange Cane Seed. Ninety Days Velvet Beans. All rinds of Peas at lowest market price* 5-7-tf. P. ROSENBERG. 'Prof. Victor E. Rector is sending mB >ut his announcement as candidate ' bsBm 'or State Superintendent ot Jtduca- 9H ion. Born?At Abbeville, June 10th, L918, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Power, inHB son, William LeRoy. < H