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The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
The Press and Banner Co.
Published Every Tuesday and Frida;
Telephone No. 10.
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tar at post office in Abbeville, S. C
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lip. Friday, June 14, 191S.
It becomes more apparent ever;
day that labor must be drafted in 01
Sp-v der to keep the crops growing an
K* the industries necessary to the win
Ijp ning of the war in operation.
t'-.. There are other things beside
L' jpoker chips which may safely b
classed as non-essentials. No mai
in this day should waste his labo
in producing non-essentials.
According to latest accounts i
seems that the government ha
; some doubt as to the advisability
<V of allowing men to stay in deferred
classes who work one or two day
|y?>. in the week, and play the balano
of the week. It seems doubtfu
[$, ; whether the families of such mei
. ?et as much from their labor a
they would receive if these mei
p7,!were in the army.
% Ii appears to us that we have i
'> few , more hack drivers and dra:
ft drivers than are necessary for th<
convenience of the community. Ii
fact we should not wonder if on<
Stf man said that he could do ail th<
[ ; transfer and dray business in thi
?- city. Why may not the able-bodie<
cfN Man \r\ii\ ?tp meetiner the trains b?
(assigned to gome occupation essen
tial to crop production or the wel
fare of the country. Men who maki
less than the necessities of l^fe a
any occupation are a menace to so
-ciety.
THE GOVERNMENT CALLS.
The campaign for the sale of Wa:
Savings Stamps begins today. Thi
government must have money U
wage war. The government is of
fering to the people the best secur
ity on earth for the loan of th<
necessary money. The governmen
does not desire to be forced t<
raise the enormous sums of monei
necessary to carry on the war bj
direct taxation at a time when th?
1 ><>?? ohona 4-n ocsnmi
I?*m p?opie me m pwi ou?i>v ?v ?
| the burdens. . ?
But we are going to win the war
?nd it takes money to win. Th<
"government has the power of tax
ation, it can raise the money other
f." wise than by means which will leas1
; ? offend the welfare of the people
but the government prefers to rais<
the money, as we have already
said, by borrowing the money fron
its citizens and by giving them th<
best obligations to be had in th<
world today?obligations . bearinj
interest too at a reasonable rate.
And of all the securities so fai
offered by the government lor tn<
purpose of raising money none an
so good as the War Savings Stamps
? They have many points of advantag*
, in their favor. In the first place
they may be bought by every persoi
jtiti who has as much as four dollars an<
v?. seventeen cents to save. This ihucl
money invested in a War Saving
Stamp brings to the investor ii
January, 1923 the sum of five dol
lars. The Stamps, in order to amoun
to this sum, bear interest at th<
K#1'- -fftiiT" nor ner annum
lore VI r~- J.?
compounded quarterly. The whol
'amount of interest is kept by th
government, reinvested and pai<
back to the investor in one sum
, There is no chance therefore to re
* ceive the income in small amount
? *
,.vv and waste it because it is small. Th
whole amount of principal and in
terest beingN paid at once, it ma;
'> be reinvested at maturity in othe
Nj. securities or in other ways, am
thus in fact, as well as in name
v' V - -
these stamps are a means of saving
They help a man, or a woman, or
i a child, to lay aside something, and
to learn the lesson of thrift from
seeing a smaller amount grow into;
a larger amount, without effort oni
the part of the investor.
These stamps have another fea-i
ture which the Liberty bonds do not
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I possess. The government will retire
them at the end of any month,
or at any time, paying the full
, amount of money invested with thei
interest accumulated to the date of i
retirement. The stamps are therefore
worh above par from the day
0 they are purchased. The promise
5 i of the government to keep them
0 above par is as binding as the
_ promise to pay them at maturity.
Of course, the government does notj
expect to be called on to so retire
these stamps. The government ex.
pects every man to do his duty and
that duty is to carry the stamps as
^ long as h^ is able. But the fact
that the denomination of the stamps
. is small, and, therefore, an invita~
| tion to people in poor circumstances
to become creditors makes it the
duty of the government to keep
s these people in mind, and doing
e this, and knowing that times come
n when the poorer people are in want
r and must have assistance, the government
has provided means for
them to receive the money invested
whenever it becomes necessary for
* them to do so.
s The call which has come to us
^ will be met. The call for subscrip*
tions to the Liberty Bonds has been
8 met, and the call of mercy from the
e battlefields of France has been met,
1 and this call will be met. The peo1
pie of Abbeville County will not be
8 slackers. They will not live under
the protection of this great government
and refuse to give it support. The
time may not come when, as
i Mr. Sparks suggested, men will be
7 called on and told what their duty
e is and told in no uncertain terms
i to do it. We do not advocate such
5 measures, mainly because we believe ,
e most of the people patriotic and .
e I ready to help. But a man who does ,
1 not answer the calls of his governB
ment is a marked man. No man is
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- so big that he may defy the state.
- No really big man wants to defy the.
B state. He desires to assist and do
t his full measure, knowing that what
- he does not do, another must do.
No brave man asks another man to
carry the guns for both of them.
Our people are united as never
before to win this great war. The
r world will be a poor place in which
e to live unless we win. That is the
> opinion of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Taft,
-1 Mr. Wilson and of all the great ,
- thinkers whose opinions we may ,
i safely follow. The war has been 1
t forced upon us. No man sought ,
> more faithfully, more earnestly, ,
T more sincerely, to let , the cup pass t
j than did Mr. Wilson. But Germany
i would have none of it. Mr. Lansing ^
i has just told us that at the very 1
time Germany promised to quit ,
, sinking our ships, the records show
' that it was never intended by the ^
- German government that the prom- (
- ise would be kept, and that the
t German ambassador asked his gov- .
i e^nment to warn him when the
i sinkings were to begin again in or-1 (
J der that he might destroy all Ger- j (
I mow in A rriorigan I
i something which was in fact done.
i It is needless now to recount the j
J murder of women and children and ^
babes, whose innocent graves are
f today at the bottom of the deep, .
i and the insults heaped upon our
i people.
Being in a war thus forced upon
s us, the question comes, first, to ev?
ery man, "What have I done to win .
i the war? and next, What can I do
1 to win the war? and lastly, Will
i I do what I can to win the war?
s or will I play the part of a slacker,
"I J iviMM ltASklp liriAn + Via. ffAVAm.
* cwiu i/Ui ll my uavn. uyvu wuv 5U* ?? i
- merit which protects me and myj
t household and my worldly goods,
? which guarantees to every man lib>
erty and a fair chance? Do the
e people of Abbeville County appree
ciate thjs kind of a government?
3 Will they support it?
America expects every man to do
- his duty. The duty today is to buy
s War Savings Stamps.
- GOOD CROWDS ATTENDING
y REVIVAL SERVICES
r
d The revival services in the Metho- j
i, dist church are being well attended.
Brother Danner is preaching strong!
gospel sermons and the people ar<
delighted with him. Let every bodj
come and get a blessing.
Next Tuesday morning at elever
o'clock there will be special service.'
for the children and we want ever}
child in town to come.
Thursday morning at elever
o'clock, we are going to have af
old folks service and we want everj
old person in the community to b<
present. We want you who hav<
cars to be sure and bring those wh(
have no cars and we would be glac
if some who have cars would go t(
the County Home and bring any oi
those people who would like t(
come. If you have a car and wil
go to the County Home and brinj
those people in to the services
please let Rev. Mr. Daniel know tha
you will go.
Be sure to come to the children'!
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service and let every old person ii
frtTno trt tViA old folks service
We hope every one will come t<
these services. We want you; w<
need you. So come! and help t<
save the peopjp.
MAGNA CUM LAUDE.
Dr. Geo. W. Swope left Abbevill*
Wednesday afternoon for Boston
where he goes to attend the com
mencement exercises in Harvard
The mission is a pleasant one foi
the doctor, as he is to witness th<
graduation of his son, Leslie Mille:
Swope, who is one of the leading
members of his class, being a magm
cum laude graduate. The record o:
tmirner Leslie Swone is a remarka
J w %.?0 ?
ble one.
Born on the other side of th<
continent, in Oregon City, Ore., 01
July 10, 1898, he received his gram
mar school education at Elliot
Street School in the City of Nash
ville, Tenn., and at Benj. Franklii
School, in Norfolk, Va. In thesi
schools he completed the sever
grades in five years.
At the age of 12 years he en
tered Mathew Fontaine Maury Higl
School, in the city of Norfolk. H<
held various positions of honor ir
the high school, being vice-presidenl
of the Language Society and president
of the Hope Literary Society
He won the Y. M. C. A. prize essay
sras in thts senior play, a member o 1
the 1914 debating team, and gradu
ated front the High School at th<
age of 15.
He entered Harvard when he wai
16 years of age, holdnig the Rum
rill Scholarship in 1914-15, th(
Bright Scholarship in 1915-16, th<
Addison Brown Scholarship in 1916
17, and the Bowditch Scholarshii
during this year. He was a member
of the Freshman Class Debating
Team in 1914 and vice-president oi
the Debating Club. He obtainec
honorable mention in the contesl
for the Bowdoin prize in 1918, and
was one of the four to be chosen as
a Sheldon Fellowship scholar. This
honor ordinarily would have entitled
him to a year's travel abroad
with traveling expenses paid, but
an account of the war, this feature
has been discontinued for the present.
We noticed sometime ago that
Mr. Swope was elected as a membei
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a
distinction which comes to very few
of the students, the award being
made for highly distinguished scholarship.
Mr. Swope is also a member
of the Sigma Alpha Psilon Fra
ternity.
Abbeville will feel proud to greel
the young student when he returns
here in a fwe days full of honors
Mr. Swope will spend the summei
in Abbeville. In the fall he will
likely return to Harvard where h?
will complete his law course.
A FIRST-CLASS BAND.
A first class Band has recentlj
ben organized at the Cotton Mil
and they made their first public ap
pearance last Friday at the suppei
onvpri hv the Sunday school. Thej
b" w~~ ~ *
make excellent music and in a shorl
while will be giving a concert or
the public square.
Abbeville has long needed a gooc
band and our people will rejoice ir
the success of this enterprise.
The men composing the Band art
as follows:
Albert Patterson,?Solo Cornet.
H. L. Irvin?Solo Comet.
W. M. Langley?1st Cornet.
C. C. Page?2nd Cornet.
Oliver Blum?1st Clarinet.
John Carter?1st Clarinet.
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Jim Cox?Slide Trombone.
Alex Owens?Slide, Trombone.
5 J. N. Blum?Solo Alto.
A. B. Hollingsworth?1st Alto.
5 Paul Williams?2nd Alto.
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G. B. Hamby?Baritone,
s Walter Clark?Tuba.
{ Geo. Beauford?Snare Drum.
J. C. Owens?Bass Drum.
> Mack Lawton?Cymbals.
The officers are as follows:
f A. S. Thomas, President.
: G. B. Hamby, Vice President.
II C. C. Page, Secretary.
; H. L. Irvin, Custodian.
I Albert Patterson, Director,
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i MRS. SARAH ELLEN JORDAN
DIES IN COLUMBIA
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' Mrs. Sarah Ellen Jordan of Green1
wood County, died at the Baptist
TToanitfll Sundav nicht and the body
was taken to her former home for
' burial Monday. Mrs. Jordan was
the widow of the Rev. J. S. Jordan,
1 who for a generation was a popular
r preacher in Greenwood and Abbe'
ville Counties. She was 72 years
old, and had been ill for a long
time. She is survived by an invalid
daughter.
The life of Mrs. Jordan was an
fVo enl'f ca/irifininff Ha
' lllUSliatlVll VX bUV OV11. uuv*?<iv...b
J votion of one who was devoted to
. her duty. She and her husband toil
ed together for the benefit of others
I never once thinking of accumulating
s I gain as a reward for their labors.
Through many decades her husband
preached the gospel of love and
helpfulness and lived it. As his
companion, Mrs. Jordan shared the
1 privations of a country preacher's
' poverty, and rejoiced with him in
" the glories of service rendered. Then
came a day when he fell, and she J
r was left to fight the battle alone.
^ This she bravely did, occupying the
1 little country home they had built
together. An invalid daughter was
' Mrs. Jordan's constant care, and she
1 bore the burden with a love un
| quenched and a devotion tnat was
51 beautifulFriends
directed the attention of
Dr. ,C. C. Brown to her, and the
Baptist Board of Ministerial Relief |
took her up, and for more than 15 I
years, Dr. Brown, as treasurer of his i
board, has sent her a monthly sum
to help her in her struggle. Then
inberg Mercs
Department Stores
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the infirmities of age came upon her
and she broke completely down. Another
Christian institution was open
to her and to the Baptist Hospital
i she was brought, where she was
cared for through weary weeks of
suffering.
The general public, busy with the
affairs of the world, does not know
^ ?? ?? Uama?% J klnolr
now many uvea aic uaucu ouu Uit.iv>
nor how many such lives are relieved
of dull monotony and grim want by
such institutions as these two Christian
agencies named above. And the
fact that there are agencies of relief
for those in need of help is an
inspiration to all who desire to
serve their fellows.?The State.
NAMES WANTED OF
MEN UNREGISTERED
Anderson Daily Mail. i
I Gen. M. L. Bonham, chairman of
the local exemption board has received
several notices from "friends'
of other friends that the young men
that were supposed to register on
June 5th just past have failed to do
so.
This information is gladly accepted
and it is followed up, if the persons
giving the information are willing
to make an affidavit to this effect.
Also the government considers it
the citizens duty to give this information.
The local board wishes to
state that if these young men who
have not registered, will do so in
the next few days they will not be
prosecuted of a misdemeanor or pun
ished. However, if they wait with
the expectation of getting out of
registering, when apprehended they
will be dealt with to the extent of
the law.
Littleton College
Has just closed one of the
most successful years in its
history. The 37th annual session
will begin Sept. 25th.
Write for new illustrated
catalogue, also and quickly
for particulars concerning our
1 special offer to a few girls
who cannot pay our catalogue
rate. Address J. M. Rhodes,
Littleton, N. C. 6-ll-0ct. 1
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VITAL STATISTICS. |
May, 1918. ?
BIRTHS? I
Whites 5 M
Colored 3 9
DEATHS? 9
Whites 1 H
Colored 8 fl
A. L. MILLS DROWNED H
NEAR HENDERSONVILLE fl
Prominent GrNnville Banker Wu j?j
Trying to Save a Man He Did H
Not Know. jm
Greenville, June 10.?Arthur L. R
Mills, one of Greenville's foremost Hr
business men, was drowned yester- . H
day shortly after noon in Laurel 89
Park Lake at Hendersonville, when 9b
he attempted to rescue a man who- XBj
was sinking and calling for help. 31
nni? /s A** i* 4?? A 4- A n it A tirflu QIQA
J. lie man lie uicu w save nao aiav n_r
drowned. The full name- of the SK
man could not be learned last night, 9h
but it is known that his name was 88j88
Johnson, that his home was in Asheville,
and that by trade he was a
linotype operator. Eye witnessesJMH
stated that Johnson, when Mr.
attempted to take him to shore
fcis perilous situation, caught
Mills around the neck and they both gffl|
went down together, never to rise
again. A fifteen-year-old Hender- HS
sonville boy, whose name is not SB
known, dived and brought to shore jfllffl
the lifeless body of Mr. Mills about
15 minutes after he sank. A pul- raj
motor was brought to Hendersonville
from Asheville and used in an
A ? Ka/1w Vint Hi
en on LU iciuatuavc lus uuuj,
without success. Several physicians
of Hendersonville worked for a OS
long time trying to bring life back, HHK
but they were also unsuccessful. (891
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. |^B
The annual meeting of the citizens JmmH
of Abbeville School District will be HB
held in the Court House at 7:15,
Tmoc^qv ovpnincr. .Tune 25. At this
meeting one trustee is to be elected
for one year; one (1) for two
years, and three (3) for three years. HkH
The trustees whose terms ex- E9HH
pire are, Messrs. T. V. Howie, Wm. HHH
Barnwell, J. D. Kerr and C. A. ESjfij
Haigler. jSHB
J. S. MORSE,
6-14-2t. 14-21. Sec. of Board.