The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 11, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
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\ 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 $5.00.
The committee will meet on sales- nal
day in July next and again on salesday
in August for the transaction an^
of business. Members of the exe- *01
cutive committee will take notice of j
the meetings. !no*
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CANTEEN EXCHANGE. Ire
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The "Help the War .Committee" 0f
of the Canteen Service, Mrs. Frank Pr<
Nickles, Captain, will conduct an the
Exchange in front of the old Mov- jn
ing Picture Theatre on Saturday, ire
June 15th. Open at ten o'clock ! nai
THE FOSTER FAMILY. '
Ca:
To the Editor of The Press and Ban-!,
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ner: / I w
I send you a short Genealogy of i
the Foster family published in The j
State several years ago. | _
Queries.
Foster?A few years before the
Revolutionary war five or six brothers
of the Foster family came to (
the United States from Ireland. All wa
excepting one (John) settled in Ab- gr?
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will become a man or i
for lasting happiness.
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That is just one reason
This wonderful instrumf
home; Re-Created by the i
No matter where you liv
musical advantages that you
New York for the opera seas
The New Edison does n<
ear can distinguish artist fit
tests have proved this, not o
Call at our store^for a dei
enjoy it too. .v
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rille district, South Carolina. Johrj
ated in Arsryle, N. Y., where |
ning tne "garaen spot 01 auub-i
[e County, must bow their heads
1 yield this honor to the "Old
untry." F. J. M.
SIGN THE PLEDGE.
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Charleston, June 7.?The state
r savings committee is intensely
itified at the vigor with which the
j x' v* f "n * -
ny of his descendants still live,
e brothers who came to South
rolirta all married and th$ 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
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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
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rour children every ac
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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
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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.
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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
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'our Children
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a cultured home bees
a lasting imprint.
3 in which good music
ist in music is fostered
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WANTS [
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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
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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.
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