Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABLISHED 1841 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 mat ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months .75 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918. $ ' . It pays ?o subscribe. ' ' ? The wages of sin is death. Railroading is more profitable. > " ______ You have the consent of the Kaiser to refuse to buy Liberty Bonds. 8' * ??? A good time to whip Germany properly is while we have her down. Talking about the price of cotton, we are against the man who unfixed it last week. People who borrow papers instead of subscribing always find something f&S ** ... wrong in them. SV | Work has not yet commenced on the new sidewalk on P^nckney Street, ? we are informed by a resident. Sfc'-'"' It seems now that some of the politicians are afraid that they will ?- ? be pushed off the cotton platform. ? None of the pro-Germans are buyfing Liberty Bonds, but that is no reason why you should not buy. .Query for debate in High School Society: Which is the more essential industry, the furniture business or "Hot Winies?" The men who were against the r - country in the days of our Revoluv * tion were called Tories. They are still called by that name. When the victorious American legions return, and you meet them, we "y presume that you may say that you prayed for them?in secret. The rich man fared sumptuously every day while Lazarus starved. But that, does not justify you in treating our soldier boys the same way. A man may always know that he j.< is lending comfort to the enemy ? when he does wh?.t the enemy wants. j5V- _ The enemy wants him to refuse to Buy Liberty Bonds. A man who is against his own * country, under whose benign laws he lives in quiet and is in security, may refuse to buy Liberty Bonds, but there is no law forcing you to follow his example. The Press and Banner takes pleas?>' tire in correcting the news report published in this paper sometime ago in which it was stated that Senator " Smith, after consulting with the President, had arrived at the conclusion that the price of cotton must be ^ fixed along with the price of other commcditio and that some arrangement must be made to guarantee a ; just distribution of the crop, it being apparent that there would be a ??*.' shortage of cotton for world needs. We are of the opinion, however, t\ \.' that the people of the South would not object to having the price fixed, if it could be f.:;ed at -$1.89 per pound, about which we heard a good deal some four and ten years ago. NO PEACE YET. The people of this country have K- not taken seriously the question of K peace. There can be no peace until the Hohenzollers are vanquished. The proclamation of the German IS-Er?->ercr to his army and navy in which he stales that he OFFERS ?> peace shows that the German autoj? crats are not yet ready to surrender, v"- Until they are ready to lay dowr f:_ their arms, they may expect no con I I siderafcion from the forces of Demo-, i ,! cracy. , Ti:c ciTci" to negotiate by peoples i who consider treaties nothing more, i than scraps of paper will be dismiss! ed by the President. Peace agree- j ments are no more solemn than sol-; : e'mn treaties between countries al-j i ready at peace. If the Kohenzol' !ers could violate with impunity I these solemn compacts why may, i they not disregard any peace agree-! j 'its which they make? They will ; when the time is ripe. This country and the other allied; countries, we think, will not make: any peace terms with the present) rulers of Germany. They shouldnot, at least. Peace will come when: there" is in Germany a responsible government, whose word is its bond, as commonly understood, and which supports all other first class nations I invthe observance of the solemn! agreements into which it enters. Until then, \ S Forward with the sword! Let cannon dictate peace! Let more men go forward to battle! Buy Liberty'Bonds! VOICELESS MESSAGES. In the interest of the Liberty Loan . | drive" Mrs. Herman Benton, Chair- | man of the Committee on "Voiceless , Messages," has arranged a most , beautiful and elaborate exhibition , of her messengers. Tuesday (tonight , night, at nine o'clock, all of these messengers will pose in the windows 1 of the different merchants on the ] annAolmtv rnoaeatyo 4 i uvjuai c mux an uv | to you. Please be there to hear it. " 1 The following is a partial list of \ the windows to be occupied: Bow- | den-Simpson's decorated by Miss Mae Robertson, Cason & McAllister by Mrs. Mars; Anderson by Mrs. J. D. ] I Miller; Mrs. Cochran by Mrs. Frank < Benton; Philson & Henry by Mrs. 1 McMurray; Rosenberg Mercantile 1 Co., by Miss Lily Clark and Miss ] Ruth McLane; Haddon-Wilson Co., ] by Miss Sarah Perrin and Mrs. J. D. Beeks; Parker & Reese by Mrs. McMillan; L. W. White Co., by Miss 1 Maggie Brooks and Mrs. R. S. Link; | Haskell Co., by Mjss Sarah Haskell; : i Dargan-King Co., by Mrs. Coleman1 | and the teachers with Miss Hart as 1 | chairman, will have charge of the other window of the Parker & Reese i Clothing Co. i Music will be furnished during the evening by the Mill Band and by the Liberty Loan Chorus. ] MASTER'S SALES. 1 . i Monday was salesday and a good | crowd of people "was here to attend j the sales. The Master sold Cochran 1 jland to the following purchasers: Tract No. 1, containing 59 acres, ( to T. M. Cochran at $38.00 per acre. 1 Tract No. 2, containing 61 3-4 1 acres to W. S. Cochran at $46.00 per acre. Tract No. 3, containing 52 3-4 ! acres to O. S. Cochran for $25.00 per j acre. j Tract No. 4, containing 75 acres ' to H. N. Cochran, for $51.00 per acre. ' The Home tract will be assigned to the widow at a price to be fixed ! by the court. 1 The Palm Garden was sold by the 1 Master to J. Moore Mars, attorney, 1 for $235. The tract of land on Long Cane! belonging to Dr. J. S. Moffatt andj containing 98 acres, was sold to Wm. I P. Greene for $1200. i r^L'. r? m u v me cass riace was suiu uy me heirs at law to A. H. Barnett for i * il.00 r-cr acre. IN THE SUPREME COURT. Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary left on Monday for Columbia, where he j goes for the fall sessions of the Su! preme Court. The court convenes J earlier tha nheretofore so that the. Justices may finish the work before the end of the year. MRS. THORNTON BETTER. ; ! Mrs. James R. Thornton has bcc:^ J very sick at her home on Magazine! :l street for the past several days, but [ as we go to press the news is that , she is better. Her young son, Lowi rie, who is serving his country so i well in the navy, has been sent for I and is expected to arrive today from Key West, Fla. Mrs. Thornton has a wide circle i of friends over the county who hope for her early recovery. AMERICAN PAPERS COMMENT ON NOTE Germany Must Accept Terms of Allies or Continue to Fight, Consensus of Opinion. Cieveland Pbin Pcr.ier: There is but one possible termination to the war. The fighters will never pause till Pottsdam is beaten down into the dust, until the Germany that seeks terms is a non-Potsdam Germany. Baltimore Sun: There can be no safe peace but a dictated peace written with the sword. When we reach that objective, we can seriously discuss peace principles and establish the basis for the new order, but until then the word "Peace" is a word of dishonor and deadly danger. Baltimore American: There can be no peace with the central powers as at present organized. This suererestion can not be put too nakedly or bluntly. It is time for shirt sleeve directness. Philadelphia Press: The proposition emanating from Germany with Prince Maximilian acting as the imperial mouthpiece should not be entertained. . . . Only an armistice based upon unconditional surrender should be considered. . . Peace at this time would be a negotiated pact and would be virtually a victory for] Germany. Philadelphia Record: If the central , , , ^ . ?l powers are reaay to stop ngnting, let them stop and ask the allies for terms. If they are not yet ready for that, they had better keep still and ?o on with their fighting. l Philadelphia Public Ledges: The last outspoken refusal of the president to "bargain" or compromise" svith men who are without honor is final and absolute. . . The German peace offensive will fail as the German military offensive has failed. The Toledo Times: Peace, yes, but only that kind of peace dictated by the allies?that kind of peace which is dictated at the sword's, point. For the preservation of posterity there must be no awakening now. Savannah Morning News: Peace? Of'vourse we all want peace, but it must be permanent.' And so the United should see that it can not talk peace with a Hohenzollern. It is better to suffer a littl elonger than to have to do the whole world cleansing over again. America's answer should be another Pershing drive. Charleston News and Courier: Let us go on with our task until the unconditional surrender of the German empire or the collapse of the Germanic power makes certain a safe peace and a just peace, a peace that will endure. MR. McCANTEY. " Mr. Allen McCantey called a few days ago to settle for The Press and Banner from whose columns he keeps up with the country. He is very ihuch interested in the game of setback which Uncle Jim is to play at the Governor's mansion. He has some doubts about the ability of his old friend to beat the Governor. A NEW CLERK. Miss Lucy Brough, of Mt. Carmel, is in the city and has a position with the Bowden-Simpson Drug Co. Women in a drug store is an innovation in Abbeville, but Mias Brough and Miss Kay hold down their jobs like veterans and are an addition to an already attractive place. SAMMIES OCCUPY PALACE. The palace of the Princess Lorraine, in a certain French town, has been made over into an entertainment hall for the American soldiers, who enjoy moving pictures, hot cofr.r.d 'o'^hnuts in the marble halls of royalty. SOLDIERS LIKE CHIPS. The "hot stalls" of the overseas A 1 1 X. 1V1. i_?. a. nave pruveu aiiuusi aa popular with the American soldiers as the coffee counters. The Yanks like Saratoga chips in large quantities and the "Y" is supplying their appetites with this delicacy. | ^ma! I Mane Tiffany singing in d.rect reproduein? comparison with a re-creation of her voice on the New Edison. fany S was p ently Marie the instrume came aware Though the 1 was heard, t 4 7 A ... tion of a voi BUY? from the act TV J ? WAD ^1U you 11 * WW #%I\ the faces of SAYINGS : 'hevoull" ctamdq theNcwEd: O I rt IVI l O astounded tl CONSTANTLY ^ 0 ?n 1 - Perhaps y ent. HoWeve at our store it a privilege /fir .1^2?^ i i |m 1 STOVES ""RANGES ? 20-22-24 N. MAIN STREET. ; This is Exclusive Headquerte PARKER i i A* kes this TEST ! I oil Droves that his nhonoffranli is l-pnrn. $] X - -- X O I * ~ j ect by comparing his Re-Creatious with voice. Last week he sent Marie Tiffany, 10, to Abbeville to make one of,l)is famous 1 which e NF.W FDISON 7*e Phonograph With a Soul" d to the severest test possible for a soundinstrument. A Re-Creation of Marie Tiflaced in position on the New Edison. PresTiffany's rich soprano came forth from ;nt. Seeing her lips move the audience bethat Marie Tiffany also was singing, voice came from two courses but one voice Droving that the New Edison's Re-Creace does not .vary in the slightest degree ual voice itself. * j: otice the expressions of astonishment on ?v the audience when they discovered that ot distinguish Miss Tiffany's voic? from :, ison's Re-Creation of it? They were truly tiat any sound reproducing instrument fipletely baffle their musically cultured ou were not fortunate enough to be pres\ r, you may hear the New Edison any time or in your own home. We will consider 3 to serve you. ABBEVILLE, S. C. } ? M KING STRAIGHT AT CLOTHES QUESTION much shall I pay this fall to get ight quality and the right style j clothes? i i i < ji J nan wno iooks at mis question jht sees a mid-road between exigance and thrift. ort, he looks straight at StyleClothes. They have the right , They give the desired wear. \ always sell at a moderate iplus Clothes are made on the volume plan, in only a few es. This reduces costs to the num and always produces style wearing qualities unique at the s. Styleplus Clothes , $25 and $30 1 grade always the standard of j at the price. ;he new fall styles. Sizes to fit of every build. I rs for Styleylus in Abbeville i & REESE J