The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 13, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
ESTABLISHED 1844
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
The Press and Banner Co.
Published Every Tuesday and Friday
Telephone No. 10.
Entered as second-class mail mattar
at post office in Abbeville, S. C.
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Payable invariably in advance.
TUESDAY, AUG. 13, 1918.
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TOR SALE EVERYWHERE
MORE TWO DOLLAR WORK.
Word comes to us that the city's
property has again been given away.
Sometime ago, we do not know
^ when, the city council, or the water
and light committee, we "are not inv
formed which, decided that the city
l needed a transit, or surveying instrument
for the purpose of laying
sewerage and other pipes, grading
streets, and perhaps doing work
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, about the power house.
' . The authorities duly took the
money of the taxpayers of this city
and purchased the instrument. We
fcave no doubt that it was absolutely
necessary that the city have this instrument
as without it the superintendent
of the streets would be at
a gTeat disadvantage. In fact it
is impossible for him to lay sewerage
lines properly without the in- ;
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sfcrnment. He 'needs the instru-'
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tent frequently.
. A few days ago the superintendent
again needed the instrument,
fest a still search for it at th council
offices, the water and ligbt plant,
the office of the water and light
^ plant, and other places where" is
might be, failed to locate it. It fin?
ally leaked out that E. M. Anderson,
formerly the superintendent of
< the plant here, packed it up and
carried it away with him. And it
then was stated that certain city officials
gave it to Anderson as a present
when he was leaving. *
Just who gave it to him has not
yet developed. One member of the
water and light plant, when asked
about the matter, as we are informed,
did the Peeples stunt as described
hv Pollock, he swallowed and he
didn't swallow, he turned red and \
then turned pale, his" "Adam's apple ,
jumped up and then jumped down i
and then stood still, and finally he 1
eould not remember anything about
the matter. Another councilman j
stated hat he had a "faint recollec- <
lion" about the matter but was not ]
able to give any saitsfactory infor- !
mation. j
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- _We are not informed who is re- 1
sponsible for this misappropriation . 1
of property, because such it is. We
have warned the present city coun- :
eil before against appropriating
money for political campaigns and
to Lire men to abuse taxpayers who
are forced to foot the bills. It is
the plain duty of the present coun
cil to ferrit out the true state ofj
facts with regard to this matter andj
give it to the1 public. A matter of |
a hundred or two dollars, perhaps:
less, may be involved, we do not
know. But we do know that no
man, not even the> whole council,
has any right to give away a single
dollar of the city's money to any individual
for a present or for a keepsake
or for what-not. They have noj
more right to give away a transit
belonging to this'city than they have(
to give away the city hall or the
water works plant or to write a check
for a present.
The money which buys the city
property is the money of the taxpayers
of the city of> Abbeville, and
1
|ter-'
the members of the city council and
of the committees of that institution
are trustees of the public, and it is
their duty to protect and preserve
public property and they have no
right to squander it.
The members of the city council
and the members of its committees
have a perfect right as individuals
to go down into their pockets and
give anybody they desire a present,
but they have no right, under the
thin guise of taxes, to put their
hands into the pocket of the editor
of this paper and of other citizens
and take their money and give it to
Anderson. Although he had made
a personal canvass of this town toj
save his head, appealing to church)
affiliations and to fraternal orders]
in a manner which seemed to rightthinking
men as utterly unworthy j
of a self-respecting man, the people;
of this city told Anderson in no un-j
certain terms that they were tired
of him. He took his pay and should:
have been satisfied with it.
We do not say that the men who(
gave to Andersan the city's proper-1
ty were dishonest, we do not be-;
lieve that they are. We prefer to'
believe that they were ignorant, but!
with all that when a man is rieht
he js "as bold as a lion" we are J
told, and it is passing strange that;
somebody does not remember just
who it was that gave away city'
property.
For Anderson we must say that he'
took property away from this city:
which was not his, and which he i
knew as any honest man should have!
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known was not his, and which was;
not the property of anybody to give
away. He pretended to be a man|
with enough sense to run a one hun-j
dred and fifty thousand dollar business,
and we take it, that he knew!
when property was not his, and when;
it belonged to somebody else.
It is up to the city council to re-j
cover this property. Anderson has|
no right to keep it, and it should
be recovered if it costs twice the!
amount involved. If the instrument
cannot be recovered the men
who authorized Anderson to carry it
away, from here should as honest
men pay for it. Having made Anderson
a present they should go
down into their own pockets andj
pay the bill and not take it out of I
the public treasury.. If they refuse
to do so then the city of Abbeville
should commence an action against
them for the conversion of property
and we guarantee that there is not
a court of justice in the land which
wiirnot.make them foot the.bill.
Wj have told the people before
that there is nothing to expect from
two-dollar-a-meeting councilmen. The
time has come to abolish salaries
for councilmen and mayor, and perhaps
then we may be able to get
men with enough judgment and
?ood sense not to give away the
lard earned money of the people
ixtortea trom them in the shape ot
axes.
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES
ASSAIL LOYALTY OF BLEASE
(Continued from Page One.)
them back again if it is possible. In
ither words, his platform is the
whole-hearted support of President
Wilson in the war.
Now as to the short term, Senator
Benet had reason to believe that he
lould fill it most satisfactorily at the
present time. He had been City
Solicitor o fColumbia, a member of
the Board of Regents of the Hospi-|
tal for the Insane, Vice-chairman of j
the State Council of National De-!
fense, State Custodian of Enemy
Property. Upon going to Washington,
he went to the White House and
was greeted cordially by President
Wilson as an old friend. He knows j
personally the Secretary of aWr, Mr
Baker ,the Secretary of the Navy,
Mr. Daniels, the head of the Reserve
Board, Mr. Harding, and the head of
the War Industries Board, Mr. Baruch.
In the Senate itself, Senator
Benet was assigned to the commit
tee on appropriations, tne most important
committee in the Senate.
He was made chairman of the committee
on banking and assigned to |
five other committees. In addition,!
he hor been called upon to preside!
over the Senate several times.
However, the question of this!
man or that one is a minor one. I
Loyalty is the main issue. Speaking
of a telegram he had received from J
the Charleston American, protesting |
against his' questioning the loyaltyj
of the editorial staff, he stated that
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M-I- i I. i ;'
he referred only to J. P. Grace, edi- "
tor when the paper was denied the
privilege of the mails for pro-Germanism,
Paul Wierse, now in a federal
prison, and John K. Aull, who -J
tried to seil out the State to the
Republicans'a couple of years ago.
As for the rest, he will not positively
call them disloyal until he has
proof of it. But they are with a
bad bunch. Any paper with editors e
like those mentioned ought not to L
be listened to by decent, Democratic |
South Carolinians. Yet Bleasej |
urges all people to read this "fine" I'
paper.
In casting your vote, think ofj
some one boy over there, a son or'
friend, and think what he is fightingj
for, also how your vote may affect j
him. "Let's make a Loyal Legion inj
South Carolina." And all over the
United States will 'go the message,
"All is well with South Carolina."
J. F. Rice for One Poor Man at Least
James Francis Rice, candidate for
the long term, was the last speaker. J
Due to the hour, many people left'
the room and speaking was rendered,
difficult. The Pomaria and Filbert;
speeches of Blease disqualify that;
candidate, said Mr. Rice. This leaves,
only Dial. The Bible says that it is
harder for a rich man to enter hea-|
ven than for a camel to pass through
the eye of a needle. Our history!
has shown that it is just as hard for
a rich man to go to the U. S. Senate.
Dial is a rich man and is J
therefore debarred. If elected, he;
could never get his mind off "busi-,
ness." long enough to attend tOj
public affairs. The inference was
that Mr. Rice had plenty of leisure1
to devote to the people.
The next meeting takes place today
in McCormick.
ANTREVILLE AND RAY
SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TOARC
I
We want to acknowledge the re-i
ceipt of $57.00 from the Antreville'
Chapter, $20.00 from the Ray District
and $37.00 from - Antreville.
This is the second sum sent us recently
by Antreville. It is fine. Keep
the good work tip. 4
J. S. Morse, Chairman. (
Abbeville Chapter A. R. C.
HE LOVES US STILL. ?Dr.
James H. Austin was in town TH
for a short while this week seeing
his old friends.. He likes the people
of Bennettsville and says the country
down there is full of pretty girls,
but he just has to come to adde- j
ville now and then. Everybody is sai<
glad to see him. erii
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ORR'S REUNION. me
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The reunion of Orr's regiment' urg
will be held on the 14th and 15th of j.0
thsi month at Honea Path. The peo- pog
pie of Abbeville are interested in gaj
Orr's Regiment and no doubt many ??m,
will attend. Mrs. D. A. Rogers will
attend and will have a place on the jan(
program. ed
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COLD SPRING PICNIC. j
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The annual Cold Spring picnic ^
will be held on Thursday, Aug. 15th.
Several speakers will be present.
The public is cordially invited to can
come and bring well filled baskets.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE. stu(
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The illustrated lecture at the Pres- 13 *
byterian Church Wednesday night Pos
by the pastor, will be on "Palestine." resl
lhis is one of the most interesting twc
lectures yet given. " " 1
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NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE. A.
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By virtue of an Order of the ed
Court of Common Pleas in the case enr
of Lee & Blake, Plaintiffs, against pra
J. F. Riley, et al, defendants, I will mei
sell to the highest bidder, at public coa
auction, within the legal hours of mei
sale, at Abbeville Court House, on enr
Monday, the second day of Septem- the
ber, 1918 ,the following described tar;
property, to wit: All that tract or Dej
parcel of land situate, lying, and A. '
being in County of Abbeville, State att<
of South aCrolina, containing One mei
Hundred and Sixty Acres, more or insl
less, bounded by lands of David age
Romans, Mrs. Dora Lomax, Mrs. Sa- stm
vannah McCord, Joseph Lomax and ser
others and being the land devised to emi
J. P. Riley by W. C. Riley. ern
Terms ot sale?uasn ana purcnas- ?ib
er tp. pay for stamps and papers. dra
T. P. THOMSON, par
Aug. 12, 1918. v con
Master for Abbeville County, S. C. dra
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E WAR DEPARTMENT'S
EMPHASIS
ON COLLEGE TRAININ
2arly in the war President Wils<
j, 'It would seriously impair Ar
la's prospects of success in th
r if the supply of highly train*
n were unnecessarily diminishe
lave, therefore, no hesitation
incr colleges and technical schoo
maintain their courses as far i
ible on the usuaul basis." M
four, of the English commissio
ade it clear tha the regretted thi
greatest error on the part of En]
d and France that they had allo\
students of their institutions f<
her education to volunteer in sue
je numbers at the opening of tl
In view of the importance <
se statements the committe o
ication and Special Training <
War Department has started
lpaign for the enlistment in tl
ited States' Army of the ma
dents in our colleges and unive
es. The object of this campaig
;o induce as many young men s
sible to attend the colleges in the
pective states. If eighteen 1
inty-one they are urged to enlis
under eighteen, to enroll, in tl
dents' Army Training Corps (I
T. C.) Enlisted students will ah
members of the army of the Uni
States. Students so enlisted ar
oiled will be provided, as far j
cticable, with uniforms and equi]
it, including hats, shoes and ove
ts?all furnished bythe Goweri
it. Students neither enlisted n<
oiled will not be entitled to ent(
training units or receive the mil
y instruction offered by the Wj
jartment. The members of the !
r. C. will have the opportunity 1
2nd a six weeks camp in the sun
r for rigid and intensive militai
;ruction with privates' pay. Mil
each way will be paid. The:
dents will not be called into activ
vice except in cases of sped;
urgency. The policy of the Go1
ment will be to keep members <
S. A. T. C. in college until the
ft age is reached. The War Di
tment may permit such men <
tinue in eollege even afterthe
ft age is reached whenever the
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nr. i are taking medical, technical, scien~
jrj tific or other courses important to
>h! the prosecution of the war.
iej Competent officers and non-com)f
j missioned officers will be assigned to
n I the various institutions t ocarry on
jf I the work of military instruction
a! Every enlisted student must register
le'with his local board after he has
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lo ! rtan nil a/1 +1* a rl*?o ^ TT?*a? i
1C | icatucu tiic uiait age. upv/u ou~
r- ing in his questionnaaire that he is in
^n|the S. A. T. C., and, therefore, al19
ready in the military service of the
iri United States, he will be placed auto-j
to J matically by the local draft board in i
it,! Class 5-D. The draft board will not:
ie! call him into service as long as he re-J
S.| mains a member of the S. A. T. C. j
so'However ,when he does reach the'
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t-i draft age the president ofthe college !'
id and the commanding officer of the S. j
is1 A. T. C. will report to the committee :
p. I of education-and special training of
r-j the War Department the form of ser-.
n-vice for which the drafted student Is; 1
jr- best qualified. He may be called into J
;r|the service as a private just as he i
li-j would be if he were not in the S. A. ; <
ir T. C., but will be likely be sent to an 1
S. officrrs' training camp or allowed to
:o' continue in the colleg euntil he has
A. ' finished his education. If congress
y should lower the draft age men of the
e- new ages not already enlisted in col- 1
se1 lege training units, will be able to i <
rejentr the mltary service only as pri-j i
il, vates and through the local draft i
ir-j board. It is, therefore, highly im-i
>f. portant for as many young men as,
ir possible to attend college and enlist
B-i or enrol in the S. A. T. C.
;o College education at the present,
ir, crisis has become not only apersonalj
yi privilege, but a patriotic duty. If
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured HM
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they W&M
cannot reach the seat of the disease. IBP
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly ln-H^fl
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and HEE
in order to cure it you must take an RH|
internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medicine
is taken internally and acts thru HH
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was BB
prescribed by one of the best physicians MM
in this country for years. It is com- S0I
posed of some of the best tonics known, HH
combined with some of the best bljod HtlUJ
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Medi- ElflB
cine is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
All Druggists, 75c. HB
Hall's Family Pills for constipation. EHBI
the war closes before a member of the^HH
S. A. T. C. reaches the draft age no^HH
one can accuse him of being a slacker^^Hj
because he will have the status of
United States soldier. Never in the^^^K
history of our country has there beenHH|
such a demand for college trainec^B^H
minds, trained muscles, and foremosflaB
of all, for men trained in instant, im^^HB
plicit and cheerful obedience to
ful constituted authority.
For the solution of the many prob-^HBj
[ems that will arise during the reHHH
construction period following peac^^HS
:he demand for college trained mei^^HJ
will be even more urgent. W^MjjH
therefore, call upon all members
the State Council of National
fense and upon all other organiz^HHH
tions in the State to carry oat the
luest of the War Department and
3ur colleges with young men who
:'ender the most important service
their country within the college wal^^^RS
In this appeal it i snot the intere^RflflB
ef oht colleges, but the Nation th^BHfl
are at stake.
W. S. CURRELL, mHjj
State Director for the CampaiHaHl
of Student Enlistme^B^^B
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