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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE. S. C. fiL P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. J, . i .. m Entered as second-class mail mattv at post office in Abbeville, S. C. f' " Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months .75 Thrpp months .50 & . 1 Payable invariably in advance. ? sfc * f,:v tuesday, august 6, 1918. j-y.-, fwi& wuLiawsmm ] f 19 3 usd XX t#TT u#rrw> stats* t sovgkmmehp I ! Buy Them And [Help Win The War j: ?0R SALE EVERYWHERE _ . _ _ WHO SHALL IT Bt/ Though they will not speak at ? the same meeting, all the candidates for the long term in the United ' ' States Senate will speak in Abbe vifle on next Saturday. The regular meeting will be held in the Opera ? ; House at about 10:30 o'clock, in the morning, and Mr. Blease, according to an advertisement offered this paper, will speak in the Court House ?, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Par-J ties, therefore, who are interested - in hearing all the candidates may do K;po by beir.g in Abbeville on next Saturday. oTo.">Hrsr> fn Vio for ^Vsi" .1 office on August 27th. is one of the L > most important we have held in iomc years. The people will on that . day -select a representative who will -1 ; speak their views not only now on iv .? .the war, but who will be their By:; ' -spokesman for six years to come. | .. He will have one of the deciding votes in the Senate of the . United i States on all questions during that -time, und there has not been a more important day for us since the foundation of the Republic. Tz. i ?? i-i? j?x? i.i ' ir uecouies uie uuiy ui me tinicu, then, to jnform himself as to the candidates who are running; he should" know their views and what they stand for; he should study their records and examine their standing in the political life of the grV state and nation. Most of all he should determine for himself which one Of the three candidates will best represent the views, the correct views, of the people of this state on the questions arising 6ut of the great war; and which is the most competent to speak for this commonwealth in the settlement of the A [ great international questions which ; will follow the war. "" The courage of the men overseas fK.?. v . ... . is being tested by fire and sword on Hie battlefield, and the couTage, ' fconesty and loyalty of all candi-| dates should be able to stand a test not less exacting. P* A LIBEL. \ f r j ; According to one of the GreenTine papers, Sheriff Rector in his introduction of Mr. Blease, who ?noke there last week. said V that in a certain drug store in that city as much as one thousand ibllars changed hands in the election two years ago, ? the inference bong that votes were bought at * <&at time, and advised his hearers that if money were offered them Sbis year for their votes, they should |?;y* accept it and then vote to suit themselves. It seems to us that those people ' who have been charging the followers of Mr. Blease with selling out an him two years ago have a very ; poor opinion of the class of men who 3re supporting him; and Sheriff Rector evidently has a poorer opinion of them than anyone who has . yet spoken. We have always heard ihat there should be honor even tnjong thieves, and we. do not un derstand the views of a men who advises people to first break the law by selling their votes, and then vio-v late the promise by refusing tp deliver the goods. Had Mr. Rector advised any of the followers of Mr. Blease to take a stick and knock down any man who offered to buy their votes, he would still have shown that he has but a poor estimate of the men who are supporting his candidate, but at the same time he might have had the consolation of knowing that he tried to keep them on the straight road. In this connection we believe the records shows that the Sheriff has failed to convict, or even to arrest, any of the men engaged in the illegal traffic in other men's votes. The Sheriff should lost no time in seeing that both the sellers and buyers are put behind the bars where they can no longer kill the votes of honest men. ... rniJNTY COMMITTEE MEETS. The members of the Abbeville j County Democratic Executive Committee met in the office of Wm, P. Greene, county chairman, on Mon: day at 12:30 'o'clock, the following j members being present: Mess. P. B; Carwile, A. F. Carwile, W. C. Shaw, E. W. Harper, J. B. Gibert, A. Fl Calvert, T P. Thomson, J. D. Bowie,! H. J Power, R. 0. Branyon, J. H.j McMahan, M. J. Ashley, B. F. Price,; W. E. Morrison. The county campaign was ordered \ j to begin at .Abbeville on August 15, j i at three o'clock in the afternoon.! 1 ? The next meeting will be held at Lowndesville on lGth., immediately! following the meeting for Congres-| sional candidates. The candidates | I will speak that evening (16th) at' j Calhoun Falls, immediately follow-j ! ing the congressional candidates. I Meetings will be he-Id at Due West ' and Antreville on the 20th. and 21r,t,: 'respectively beginning at 11 o'clock.! The time for filing pledges and paying assessments expires on August 14th, at 12 o'clock, Meridian.J Candidates who fail to file the nec, essary pledges with the County, [Chairman and-Clerk of Court, or, [who fr" to pay assessments by that' time will'be barred from participa-j ! tion in the election. The committee ordered the enrollment books copied, appropriating twenty-five dollars to pay for same. Bliss Blanche Smith was employed to do the work. The committee also j authorized the construction of the, necessary booths for the conduct of; the election in the incorporated towns of the county. Managers of election were appointed, and the morning of the 15th was set for a further meeting of thej executive committee for the purpose of having the rolls purged. "OVER THE TOP" IS SCOOP OF YEAR, SAYS MANAGER KAY j Manager Kay, of the Opera House) has scored the scoop of years in motion pictures by obtaining "Over the Top," the Vitagraph special in which Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey, au thor of the famous book, appears in] the leading role. "Over the Top," will be shown at the opera house on Friday, Aug. 9th. He is planning to make it one of the biggest events.in history of the theatre, and will have special decorations and music during the run of, the picture. More than 7,500 regular U. S. soldiers were used in making trench scenes, which were staged at Camp Wheeler, near Macon, Ga.f by special permit of the War Department. SERVICE FLAG UNFURLED. At Upper Long Cane Church on Friday at 4 P. M., the unfurling of J our service flag will take place. Dr.! Daniel will make the principal ad-j dress of the occasion. All are in-J vited. Rev. H. D. Corbett. NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Summary From Report of Publicity Director to Continental Congress, April 16, 1918. The War Relief Service Commiti(tee during the past year has issued and distributed to the Chapters, 141600 Daughters of the American ; Revolution Bulletins on War-Time l ? - - - - ? - j subjects, has also distributed 30,550 j Pamphlets published by other patriotic organizations on special features of War-Work. The President^ General, Mjfs. Guernsey, and the Chairman, Mrs. Scott, have also sent inspiring letters on War-Time subjects. The Report of the Publicity-Director of the Committee by the State Regents of 44 States, and includes also reports from The Orient, Honolulu and Cuba. For Our Army, Navy and Aviators. Ambulances $ 28,915.38 Barrack Bags 1,001.50 Blarfkets 1,412.00 } Comfort Kits 411,278.00 Field Kitchens 4,825.00 Home Relief 4,168.35 Hospitality Houses and Rooms 24,871.60 Housewives 7,555.50 Jelly 9,106.25 Knitted Garments, 43, 742 sets at $12.00___ 524,904.00 Mending Bureaus 296.58 Mess Fund 2,989.35 Miscellaneous 24,976.37 OverSea Christmas Gifts 2,025.24 Other Organizations 4,417.15 Red Cross and National Surgical Dressings __ 313,876.80 Y. M. C. A.' $ 18,999.00 Y. M. O A. 26,632.00 Total cash gift for above ?. L_ $1,412,250.07 For France. French Orphans $ 39,595.25 Tilloloy _J 14,793.02 Children, Southern France ,540.00 Cafeteria for Women and ( iris. Gworking in Ammunition Plants 4,202.00 Other Relief in France._ 1,325.17 $00,521.44 \ For Our Other Allies. Armenia, Belgium, England, Flanders, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Syria $26,443.35 Total cash for all our . allies $S6,964.79 First and Second Lib- -.j crty Loans $7,868,7-69.00 Third Liberty Loan (Apr. 16, 1918)?_ 11,993.20 Thrift Stamps 35,766.44 Total War Expenditures ___$9,415,743.50 This financial statement does not include hte sums of? $26,672.00 raised by one Daughter for War ^Chest. $5,000.00 raised by one Chapter for British War Loan. $1,400.00 raised by one Daughter for Emergency Fund to Auxiliary of Navy Relief Society. It does not include also miscellaneous gifts not financially listed in State Regents' reports. Among hun-j dreds of other supplies are: 20 more ambulances. 10,400 garments for France. 198,297 hospital garments. 1,801,268 surgical supplies for National Surgical Dressings Committee and Red Cross. 116 regimental flags. 31,132 books for V. M. C. A. 461 binoculars, etc., etc., etc. It does not include the adoption of a Cavalry Company, a Regiment and 2511 individual soldiers and " in sailors, nor me euteiu>uiui?uv *? homes of 11,877 other men from cantonments and ships including 500 men from British ships It does not include the sacrifice and heroism of 73 Daughters of the American Revolution who on foreign soil are bravely serving humanity as Red Cross nurses in France, Egypt and Palestine, as physicians, as canteen, careteria, civilian relief, Y. | M. C. A., Y. W. C. A Workers, Teacher of Stenography to the Blind, Supt of Dairy, Anaesthetizer on the Firing Line, Sec'y to Maj; Murphy, Treasurer-Accountant to Gen. Pershing, etc., etc. In order that the war-activities of the Daughters of the American Revolution may be truthfully known by the public, will you take this Bulletin to your local paper and ask the editor to publish it? Mrs. William Henry Wait, Publicity Director, 1706 Cambridge Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, President-General. frgalSiSfei - - - - ' 4i' fi JLtis i FTJRM For the Parlor, Livin; Library, Dining Ro All the Latest W? Mahogany, Dull, Polished, A( American Walnut, Old Ivory an< " ? i n l T 1 p.ij bnglisn, rumea, jacooean, uoia? All the latest designs, Louis dale, William and Mary, Queen Colonial. , Brass Beds,, Iron f 7 ! Can furnish your home from 1 i . The largest stock of Furmtur< rrnf in f Jnn<ar Smith CaroK: ? trie ? | ' i CALL AN! I H "oUTOFHIS ( I - -" ' (Editorial Columbia 1 On June 20th, 1918, at York, when he made that : (we quote the Charleston American) said: "I have said that at the time the vote was taken on I 1__j xi ^r, +Uof T. I cigcUnSI, It, ailU Limit: JS JIU use IU UC llaijimg <_/ii muv, JL. < He said, also, that he had stated his opposition in for any speech he bad ever made." The liph';- before him,-before us, and before the wi we have before us now. Nothing has changed so far as right on April 6th, 1917, it is right today. If it was w; Colo L. Blease made his speeches at Pomaria and! the lights before him then, he affirmed, as "religiously" i American killed in the war off of American soil would 1 manhood," and that on the final judgment day God woi members of congress who voted for the war. At York, on June 20th, 1918, endeavoring to tone < in the Yorkville Enquirer, he said: "I, at Filbert, was repeating my Pomaria speech in and the members of congress who voted for this war wi it, and if my soul is to be lost I did not care what sort neither does your boy." It was on this cocasion, at York, on June 20th, 1911 apologies to make for any speech he had ever made. Ai sentiments quoted above from the Charleston American. did not withdraw them; he did not qualify them; trivial amendment, and said he had no apology to make I Such were his sentiments at York a month ago. Since then this man has been speaking at his own i gant, outheroding Herod, in the wordiness of his patriol no more ardent patriot on American soil. As they say in the advertisement: "There is a rea: At Pomaria, in July, 1917, Blease said: 'I am not a candidate for any office." At Filbert, in August, 1917, he said: 'I want to make it clear that I am not here as a ca; Coleman Livingston Blease, a free-born American citiz. He wanted it understood on those occasions, to gi in high places, that he had no axe to grind; that he was was, as he said, "speaking the truth as I see it?speaki; will of my God." -- - * ? --J : 1-:~* u. ;? He is seeking omce now, ana uc is a. pan .. would kiss the hand of Woodrow Wilson. In 1917 he sa: a running mate against Senators Tillman and Smith, on tJnited States to advocate a third term for Woodrow W; Here is a part of the record, culled from his speec! Yorkville Enquirer: Extracts from the recent speeches of a candidate for the United States Senate: At Wagner, July 12th, and at Manning, July 15th, 1918: "And I want to say this: That when I am elected to the United States Senate, I am going to President * Wilson and tell him that here is an American senator, and whatever is necessary to win this war, I am with him to the finish." "If it be necessary in order to win the war, to break " - 1 ? * Di-Ai-i/ionf Wnchincf.nn in refer tne preceueiib acu uy ? 0 ? ence to a third term, I shall tell President Wilson that I will support him for a third term, and make speeches for him in any part of the American continent to which he may wish me to go." "I fro yet still further, and will say to him, that I will raise a regiment now, or at any time in the future, if he deem it necessary, of as true South Carolinians as ever went on a field of battle, and resign my seat in the senate and lead that regiment for the American people." * You can pay your money ??> iJdi .. - a ffp ^ I ITURE I ? Room. | om, Hall and Den. I oods and Finishes 1 lam Brown, Circassian and 1 i White Enamel, Oak in Early I ?n and Butler Brown. H XVI, Hepple white, Chippen- B Anne, Sheraton, Adam and H 99 3eds, Wood Beds I 91 Cellar to Garret. /JB 3 and House Furnishings under 18 fl 3 SEE US 1 ;; ; limitiM#- I HOME OUTFITTERS T>S0.Cfl. ^ h| Record, July 19, 191S.) * ^9E famous "reaffirmation" of his loyalty, Cole L. Blease hH the war, with the lights before me, I would have voted dBI idmit it." COB several speeches, and that "he had no apology to make :>rld when the war vate was taken were the same lierhts the merits of the case are concerned. If America was HHfl| ;ong on April 6th. 1917, ti is wrong today. Bj^H Filbert four months after We went into the war. With is he believed that there is a God in heaven that every HH De "an unwarranted sacrifice of fresh young American. aid charge their lives against Woodrow Wilson and the flU| down a part of his Filbert speech as originally printed BHB which I sad said that I believed that President Wilson juld be held responsible for every American life lost in of an American they had after I was dead and gone, and 3, bear in mind, that.Cole L. Blease said that he had no BH nd on this occasion he did not hesitate to reiterate the he did not repudiate them. He repeated theaa, with a HBI For them. meetings, tearing passions to tatters, outdoing Terma-^BH bism. According to his estimation at this time there is ' ' 9 wmga war on Oi /tuieriuiiii &un win uc ^uai^cu agam^ President of the United States and the members congress of the United States who voted for it, as^HH|M unwarranted sacrifice in the sight of Almighty of fresh young American manhood." and take your choice. ? ?.?. _ ndidate or as a spokesman for the Reform party, but ve emphasis to his denunciations of the war and of those^^^K snicere; that he was not trying to get votes; that heBHB ng for my fellow man and for what I believe to be the^HB a candidate for the United States senate now, and heH^HH id he would stump South Carolina in a campaign, with^H^H the issue of the war, and now he wants to stump thtSHH bes as published in the Charleston American and th^J^Bfl Extracts from the speeches of a "free-born Ameri^^HH can," not a candidate: At Pomaria and Filbert, July and August, 1917: HgHK "The former fovernor read extracts from his speec^B^^H at Pomaria last Saturday. 'Now, boys, read me right^D^H Tney crucified Jesus Christ for his religious belief if they want to crucify mc all right. I haven't goHH|H[ many more years left any how. I am not afraid Woodrow Wilson, even if he is President of the Uni^^BH| ed States. Those that don't like it, darn 'em, let 'ei^^^HD lump it.' " "If it hadn't been for money interests in Englah^BHH we wouldn't L>e in war. Today 1 am still of the opii^^^^H ion fyat America should have peace and not war. they want to fight Blease on this issue let Senato^^HBH Tillman and Smith resign and let there be a primai^B^^H in August and a general election in September. let me get a running mate and let them run on^^BB9 platform of advocacy of war and my running and I against it. If I am not elected I will never op^^^^H| my mouth on a public platform again. They say people of South Carolina are clamoring for war. iflHS them acoept my proposition and see in a primary ele^^^^H tion if they are." "And I believe religiously, as firmly as I belie^^^HH that there is a God in heaven that on the final jut^^RHH ment day every American citizen who is killed in tl^HHHH a* - * a : ? - ?:i ??:n i,~ n?omc.f