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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE. S. C. ] Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. 1 , The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. ' Entered as second-class mail mat- ' tar at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ? * c-.i 1 1 ermi or ouuavi One year .--$1.50 J Six months .75 : Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. ? . FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918. ] EQUALLY LOYAL (?) j . * 1 We have made inquiry of the 1 Democratic National Committee and | we are advised that the books of the j( Treasurer of the committee for contributions to defray the expenses of President Wilson's last campaign do 4 not show any contribution from 1 candidate Wyatt Aiken ,who was at 1 that time still a member of congress from this district. v , The books do show that Hon. Fred H. Dominick collected in this district, along with his own contriK.-.'Hrtn sum of one thousand ^1/UblVU) VMV ?% ? ?? dollars which helped to re-elect President Wilson. These records are on file with the ] Clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington and are open to , the public. j From this it appears that Mr. Ai- I ken never contributed a cent to the i election of the President whose administration he so fervently endors- ] es. ] K V % Mr. Dominick's loyalty to the President and his cause seems to be, . not the lip-service sort, but the cold 1 cash brand. 1 J.Zlzz ail, are they equally loyal? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. j > T.'c are supporting Mr. Fred H. Dcniniek for Congress. Some of ' cur friends, while voting for Mr. Dcminick on the quiet themselves, ( aro afraid that our public support of 1 Mr.* Dominick will help Mr. Blease. 1 But they overlook the fact that the records of Mr. Blease and Mr, 1 * Dominick are two separate and 1 widely divergent records. Mr. Dominick voted against tne declaration of war, and so did Mr. . Claude Kitchen, the Democratic - . floor leader and many otherB. But ^ Mr. Dominick did not make the Po- ^ maria speech four months after the war. The Greenwood Journal was ^ opposed to war. Mr. Dominick voted against conscription and favored the volunteer , system. So did Champ Clark, the , Democratic speaker of the House. But Mr. Dominick did not make a Filbert speech. The Anderson Daily , Mail endorsed his position. , Mr. Dominick has since the de claration of war voted for every appropriation which the administration asked, and you have not yet heard that Mr. Dominick has been going around abusing the president and the democratic party. No man can quote a disloyal remark he has made. Mr. Dominick did not at York make a speech re-affirming the Blease statements at Pomaria and Filbert. Mr. Blease is opposed by a loyal American of recognized ability, in every way qualified to represent the ? state of South Carolina in the senate with fidelitv. Dainstakiner indus try, and honor to the state. He will measure with any of his predecessors and not suffer by the comparison. .Mr. Dominick is opposed by a man entirely unworthy of the support of people who want to be properly represented in the halls of Congress. Mr. Blease is stated by the President to be no friend of the administration. The President's spokesman in political matters says that Mr. Dominick is equally loyal with Mr. Aiken. v. , \ Therefore, we support Mr. Dominick. We could not support Mr. Blease. -*V; i-_ IN GOOD COMPANY. One of the men away from here' w'fO is watching the outcome of the J present congressional race in this ftrtrict and who wonders whether the voters of Abbeville will vote as; tie would vote, if he could, is Mr. | W. P. Beard, now of the Federal! Prison in Atlanta. Will you vote asj tie would vote, Mr. Voter? Perhaps, if Mr. Beard were herej tie would now be giving you somej reasons why you should vote for Mr. Aiken through his publication, which could not get back into the mails under the name of The Peoples Advocate, but which might stand a better chance under the name of The Sewerpipe. CHALLENGE UNANSWERED. i In our last issue we challenged Mr. T^yatt Aiken and his friends to produce any evidence that Mr. Ai ken was the friend of the adminis-j tration in Washington, and is to be regarded as more loyal than 'Mr. Dominick. They have not sought to do so. They cannot do so. We are offering the Democratic voters of the city and county of Abbeville, in this issue, the Washingion view of the loyalty of Mr. Dominick and Mr. Wyatt Aiken. Postmaster General Burleson is the political spokesman for President Woodrow Wilson. He speaks the view of the administration on public men and public measures, in so far as politics are concerned. Knowing this we have taken the trouble to inquire of him the administration's conclusion as to the loyalty of the two men. The statement is that as between candidates equally loyal, the administration has no choice, and that for this reason the administration has 10 candidate in this district. Does this not mean that Mr J Dominick is loyal if Mr. Aiken is; loyal? Does it not mean that if Mr.; Dominick is disloyal, that the ad-j ministration considers Mr. Aiken equally disloyal? Mr. Dominick has not accused Mr.! A.iken of -being disloyal, but MrJ A.iken has accused Mr. Dominick of being disloyal, and, in the Washing-' ton view, when he accuses Mr.: Dominick he likewise accuses him-' self. ] Mr. Aiken made the issue as to! iisloyalty, but it seems that the administration has settled it. The administration knows its own friends. The administration also knows the men it DOES NOT WANT in Wash-| ington. j Mr. Aiken was a congressman for, fourteen years.* He was in congress' during the first administration of Woodrow Wilson. Can it be possible that Woodrow Wilson believes' that the country can be run without Mr. Aiken? v >-" Even though the administration! believes that Mr. Dominick is loyal,] we are yet of the opinion that, hadj Mr. Aiken been the right kind of a I congressman in Washington, the administration would prefer him to a former law partner of Cole L.! Blease. The president of the Unit-: ed States would likely have taken; some means to let the voters of the1 third district know this. The presi dent and his administration, so farj as we are informed, have indicated no preference for Mr. Wyatt Aiken. They will not indicate any such preference. Does the president and his admin-j istration, therefore, think that Mr. Wyatt Aiken is not a proper man to send to congress, and do they] prefer that he be kept as far away from Washington as possible? The thinking people who read this paper will answer these questions for themselves. They know the truth already. BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY At the Morning Service the Pastor Will Preach on the Vit>l and Divinely Important Subject, "HOW SHOULD A CHRISTIAN VOTE?' Inasmuch as all Christian voters of this State will be called upon to vote next week, the questions "How Should They Vote?" "How Would Christ Vote if He Were Here?" be coiftes significant and vital. At night Union Services toII be held in this church. Rev. M. R. Plaxco will preach. SUGAR ALLOTMENT IS BUI ONE-THIRD Two Pounds Per Person Por Month Is Ration For August? But Is Mad* Necessary By Pressnt Critical 8hortage. Columbia.?Two pounds of sugar per month per person. That is the allotment for the month of August. Because of the present critical situation as regards the sugar supply, the Food Administration has found is necessary to cut down the ration from three pounds per month per person tc two pounds per month per person. In further limiting the sugar supply for home use, the Food Administration calls attention to the fact that already the makers of soft drinks and candy have been cut down to 50 per cent of their normal supply, or 50 per cent of their consumtpion last year. Hotels, restaurants and public eating places are likewise further limited. Public eating places may not buy more than two nounds of miear for every 90 meals served. Sugar bowls, are disappearing from the tables of public eating places, and the sugar furnished guests and cus-. tomers Is carefully measured. It becomes necessary, therefore, for the home consumers to cut down the consumption of sugar. Only a certain amount has been alloted to South Carolina for the month. The merchants cannot buy more than a certain amount. Unless there is the most rigId economy practiced In the use ol sugar in the home, there will be in garless meals before September 1. Two pounds per month per person That is the allotment. That Is twice as much as the people of fighting France or the people of Italy are al lowed?when they can get sugar al all.' The Food Administration makei these suggestions to save sugar: Do not leave sugar in the bottom ol coffee cup. suDstitute molasses or corn syru; for part of sugar used In cooking. (Make cakea without frosting. Use fruits for dessert In the plaei of dishes requiring sugar. Cut down the use of candy and tweet drinks. They are luxuries. Portion the sugar used on the table Sugar is precious. 8AVE PULLET8 FOR 'ALL AND WINTER LAYERS V Columbla.-r-The Food Admlnistra tlon urges that wherever possible th< flock of farm chickens be increased Every farmer, or for that matter every person who raises chlckeni should provide to carry as many pul lets that were hatched in the monthi of March and April as possible T&ese will make fooa layers ror tn< late fall and winter months. What the situation with regards t< food will be during the months t< come none caa say definitely, but th< Foed Administration is always look lng ahead, and the necessity of in creasing the flocks of all who rals< poultry, either for market or for hom< consumption, !s urged as a measur< to assure poultry products in suf flejent quantity to meet the demands at home. Whlfe the temptation of fried chlek en may be strong at this time, (hi March and April pullets should be oar rled over to provide layers for th( Mil and winter. CAN WITHOUT SUSAR Columbia?Can without sugar. ?ay< both fruits and sugar. Let your can nine and preserving be sugarless i: possible, suggests the Food Adminis tration. Then later In the year, nexi winter perhaps, when sugar Is plenti ful, It may be added to suit your taste This year when all food must be pw to use In order that more may be sen to the soldiers and the allies no on< has the right to let sugar go to wasti | or to use sugar when Its use can b< avoided. The Pood Administrate urges that the fruit crop be saved ai far as possible by canning and drying The Food Adminlstratien is Hiatal** a special effort to provide the boom sary sugar to householders for can ning purpose, but there are nufeerotu methods of canning without a?fu 1 and thousands of worneu are p?ttl>| ! ?p fruits sugarless. In this way j more may be canned. When opened I for table use these Jars of fruit Kai ; be aweet?ned. Frulte will keep Jaa ! ia well without augar. I Rich Jelllea aad preoerrea requln lore augar thaa caa be apared at thi present time. Sweet plcklea an* wafarmeloa rind, plcklea and pre aerrw should be atrlotl? omitted thli Teas. Ia Jaaaa no more augar than li nee#** aa a preaarratlre ekould b< uaod. Corn ijrriy and other ajrrupi ahould be uaod to a up plea wit auga for proaonrtag of ?H aorta, rml Juioea ?aa bo atorlllioi aBd bottlei wltbomt auger. linilDI CI NIMI ?) iUfM MU H ttN kr tollowtmf ik?M a!?pl< ?if tiw at tha Faad Adnlalatra Ma*?a*! HM MIW la M?4td bow. hmm tM Mia, Mt iyar? tfc I ?? =? _ . _ _ -.. A B I / ; | ? ! j GERMAN SUPPLY PLENTIFUL . All Nations Permit Use of Sweetening i for Homo Preserving Purposes. America's new sugar ration of tw? ' pounds a month per gsrson Is equitable when compu-ed with the sugar rm- , 1 j til* enforced by rigid governmental i order in England, France and Italy, na! j tlons with which we are sharing sugar. } Each Allied natioa?In the matter of ' sugar consumption?Is sharing on nearest possible equal terms the hardships j Imposed by greatly altered conditions In the world sugar situation. Formerly classed as a luxury, sugar I Is now a war time essential. The fair | and just division of this essential is . In the hands of the various Allied I food controllers. The United States Food Admintstraj tlon has asked this nation to observe ! a voluntary sugar ration of two ' | pounds per person a month. J In the other countries at war with i Germany sugar Js one of the scarce . m I ) ? il 1 20 ; ; In Order to i Goods which ; We Are Oft ; 20 Per Cenl at 25 Per Cent. Dii and Oxford 50 Per Cent. Dii | The Rose : ah p 11 I ?? ? ?- - !0X FROM HC Drawn by Gaar Wl articles on every mrenu?whto/ct ts the households of both rich and poor, i or In the hotels. England today has a' sugar ration of two ponnds per month per person. J In France the ration Is a pound and a I half and In Italy It Is one pound a ! month. And the prices in allied countries are from two to three times as high as In America. If you go to a notei in augutim or France these days and order tea or j coffee they serve absolutely no sugar j with It If you want sugar you must j bring It with you. In England It Is allowable to use one-seventh of an ounce of sugar In the preparation of each luncheon. In France many persons carry little saccharine tablets about with them for I use In hotels and in England rich and poor must take their sugar with them If they wish to have sweetened tea while visiting friends. Before the war started France had 625,000 acres devoted to sugar production. By 1917 the French sugar acre' age had decreased to 180,000 acres. Today the French man or woman with s pA price: Make Room Fc are Arriving Dai ering [ Discount onVoi id Crepe de Chin ;count on Ladies' Paten, Ties.... icount on Men's Straw 1 nberg Merca Seville, : South Carol I ME ' ?cra ffiagasJ Llli&ma, Division of Pictorial Publicity. ua ugiu' ctrd has no assurance whatever H that be or she will be able to actually H buy sugar. To buy It, one must first M find It Italy Has "State Sugar." Especially drastic regulations govern ^9 the use'of sugar In Italy. Its manu- H facture, distribution and sale are close* BH ly controlled, and In part actually taken over by the state. Nfij Saccharine Is permitted to be sold jjj and used as a substitute for sugar and fho government manufactures a mixurc of saccharine and sugar called HQ "Stare Sugar."' which Is largely used. H German Sugar Ration Adejbate. Germany, before tne war, proaucea a great surpius of sugar and exported large quantities. Today the German# MB have virtually gone out of the export business, but have plenty of cheap ^Hj sugar for home use. BH Wholesale prices prevalent in the-^H Allied nations, according to lnforma?^H tion received by the United States^H Food Administration are as follows England, 10 cents a pound; Franct^^H 12^cents;.Italy, 20 cents^ SALE I r New Fall ies, Muslins I t Leather Pumps Hats. utile Co. I j^fl