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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 matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months .75 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. A FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918. COME ACROSS, GENTLEMEN! The Liberty Loan situation in Abbeville is discouraging indeed. With ' something like three hundred thousand dollars to be raised in Abbeville and vicinity only the sum of fifty thousand dollars has been sub scribed. Where the other money is po come from is a question. In other towns we notice the names of bankers, and cashiers of banks, and leading business men, who are giving five and ten times the amounts subscribed by the leading bankers and business men in Abbeville. A banker in Abbeville worth seventyfive thousand dollars who subscribes one thousand dollars, and then talks about people doubling their subscriptions, need expect no response. He is plainly* not doing his part. When he has done his duty, and then doubles, people will listen to him. A corporation in Abbeville and its stockholders, worth a million dollars, need not expect people to take it seriously when it subscribes for both the corporation and its stocki holders the paltry sum of five thousand dollars. They should subscribe twenty-five thousand dollars, can do so, and pay the whole sum without borrowing a dollar. The Abbeville Cotton Mills has not yet subscribed to Liberty Loans anything like it should have subscribed. For that reason it should subscribe fifty thousand dollars in this drive in order to make up for its failure to do its duty in the past. Let its officers speak, and tell where they stand. The men in Abbeville who have .. money are responsible for the assessment against this town. It is their money and assets which.makes the - charge against us and they shall not escape their plain duty by making people already in debt assume the burden by borrowing their money at seven and eight per cent, and then loaning it to the government at four -and a quarter per cent. The men in Abbeville who have money are not doing their duty. We can call their names if necessary. We will Mall them if they do not come across. We have seen the burden of the public cast on people of small means long 1. ith-_ j.; 1 ? 4.u ? C'.uugn. A ne unie lias cuiuc xvi i/iiu money-lender and the money-maker to come across. He must corne across. TYPHOID AND HOGS. Typhoid fever is still rampant in' the city and so are sanitary hogpens, an invention of the present city council. All old residents know when we had an epidemic of typhoid in this town with every recurring summer. k All recent residents know that the city has been comparatively free from typhoid for all the years we were free of the hog pest. Everybody knows that, while there t i * j-i, oas ueeu nu i nitieaae in liic typhoid rate in other cities which have been kept free from hogs, there . have been more cases of this dread disease in Abbeville this year than in the last ten years. These facts, it seems to us, should^ / \ " .V. not had typhoid. Men are being shot at on the war fronts in France every day who are not killed, but that does not prove that the German bullets are not deadly things. Some people ! are immune from disease, as others | live charmed lives, but hogs are j breeders of typhoid according to the i best medical advice we have, and we * | follow the doctors in their line. ORIGIN AND USE OF SERVICE FLAG For Whom.Stars May Be Put On Dinner?Army Captain Invertor. The Official Bulletin is published i daily under order of President Wil son by the committee on public information, George Creel, chairman. | The article on the service flag, in | The Bulletin was prepared by Bri' gadier General N. William McChes; ney, formerly of the Illinois National Guard, who has been assigned as a lieutenant colonel, judge advocate, ; National army. He wrote thus of i the orogin of the service flag. "The service flag idea, so far as I learned, is an entirely novel one, the | credit for the conception of which appears to be due to R. L. Queisser, of Cleveland, Ohio, who designed and patented the present flag. Mr. Queisser was formerly captain of the ma; chine gun company, Fifth Ohio in: fantrv (now the 14th U. S. Infantrv) I from which he was retired because of an accident. He thus states the ! origin of the flag: "Shortly after ' April 6, 1917, when war with Germany was declared, the thought came to me that both of my sons, who were still officers in the guard, would again be called out, and I wondered if I could note some sign ' or symbol by which it might be j known that they were away in their ! country's service and one which ! would be to their mother a visible ] sign of the sacrifice her sons were making. The inspiration of the service flag came to me in that manner. "He then designed the flag. The ' city council of East Cleveland adqpt! e dan ordinance providing that one ! be presented to the family of every | soldier and sailor entering the serj vice and it soon received favorable j recognition elsewhere, so that it was suggested to him that he patent it, which he did, design patent No. I 51464 being issued to him, November 6, 1917. "The propriety of a former army officer patenting the flag and profiting by it fro m sales has been the subject of some discussion in the press and in Congress, resulting in an agitation in favor of the adoption j by the Government, of an official ser! vice flag not subject to private coni trol. wViirh linwpvor Vino nKoon done. In answer to the criticism,! Captain Quisser states that his origi-j nnl thought was to present the flag to the government and that he en-| I deavored to do so, and only entered! | upon its private manufacture and j poDularization when it became ap-i I i ! parent that there was no chance of i its being made official, and then did ^ so for the sake of personal pride rather than with any idea of profit-j ing from it. He further states that lie was led to take out a patent inj ! order that the distribution and qual-j ity of the flag might be prpoerly; - - - i controlled and to keep it out of the; hands of irresponsible parties, and, I that one-half of his royalties from j j the sale of the textile flags is given j j to the Red Cross. "The basic idea of the service flag^ ; is that there shall be a star to rep- j resent each person serving with the! colors. Congress has recognized asj entitled to representation on the flag,1 'persons in military service.' The v\ V \ ? I ell something for any reasonable | man. If the members of the city, council are reasonable men, as they are supposed to be, may we not hope that they will do the only reasonable "hing and get rid of hogs before anther year comes around. It is true that the city council has ttempted to throw certain restric-J tions around the raising of hogs, but hese restrictions have been made less and less stringent, and if reports which come to us are true, there are hog pens in a quarter of a mile of the police headquarters, which in no way comply with the even lenient restrictions of the city council. It all goes to show that it will not do to play with fire. | It is useless to argue the question j with those men who say they have , raised hogs all these years and have war risk insurance act state (Art. 1, Sec. 22) the terms 'man,' and 'enlisted man' mean a person, whether male or female and whether enlister. enrolled, or drafted into active service in the military or naval forces of the United States and include noncommissioned and petty officers, and members of training camps authorized by law. The term military or naval forces, means army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, naval reserves, national naval volunteers and any other, branch of the United States service, while serviug pnrsu| ant to law with the army and navy. | "The soldiers and sailors' civil re: lief act provides (Sec. 101.) 'The I term "persons in military service," ! as used in this act, shall include all officers and enlisted men of the regu; lar army, the regular army reserves, j officers of the reserve corps, and the enlisted reserve corps; all officers and enlisted men of the National I guard and National guard reserve, recognized by the military bureau of the war department; all forces raised under the act entitled, "An act to authorize the President to increase. temporarily military establishments of the United States approved May 18, 1917,, the selective service act, all officers and enlisted men of the navy, marine corps, and coast guard, | all officers and enlisted men of' the 1 naval militia, naval reserve force, marine corps, reserve, and national naval volunteers recognized by the Navy Department; all officers of the public health service detailed by the secretary of the treasury for duty either with army or the navy of the personnel of the lighthouse service and of the coast and geodetic survey, transferred by the President to the service and jurisdiction of the war department or navy; members of : the nurses' corps, army field clerks, nem cierns 01 quartermaster corps, civilian clerks, and employes on duty with military forces detailed for service abroad, in accordance with the provisions of the existing law; the members of any other body who have heretofore or may hereafter be: come part of the military or naval | forces of the United States. " 'The term military service' shall ! signify active service in any branch | of the seiyice heretofore mentioned j or referred to but reserves, or perj sons on the retired list shall not be I included. The term "active service" shall include the period during which a person in military service is absent from duty on account of sickness, wounds and leave, or other lawful causes.' "As to the recognition of women: All persons included in the several military forces enumerated are without regard to sex deemed to be persons in "military service" and no good reason is perceived why a woman performing active service in any of the branches named should not be accorded the honor of representation on the service flag.' I Huns Robbing Belgium Of Wire Lines To Coast Amsterdam, Oct. 9.?The evacuation by the Germans of the Belgian coast by region is continuing, the frontier correspondent of the Telegraaf reports. The telephone lines between the frontier and the coast were being taken down yesterday and today. The stores of material at Knokke, near the coast, live miles from the Dutch border, have been set on fire, the reports state, and many factories have been undermined in preparation for their quick destruction. Sow Wocd's High-Grade Seed Wheat! For Best and Most Productive Crops. Our Virginia-Grown Seed j Wheats are superior for the ; South?make larger yields j and better quality of grain. Write for "WOOD'S CROP SPECIAL" giving prices and Information . about SEED WHEAT, SEED OATS, ! SEED RYE, BARLEY and all other J Seeds for FsH Sowing*, j T. W. Wood & Seas j Seedsmen. Richmond, Va. Sow WOOD'S EVERGREEN LAWN QRASS for beautiful, velvety green lawns. Fall is the best time for seeding. Special Lawn Grass Circular mailed free upon request. LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIBERS (Continued from Page 1.) Eugene B. Gary lu0.0( A. H. Barnett 100.0( Mrs. Jennie Purdy 100.0( Airs. J. L. McMillan 100.01 " Irs. W. D. Barksdale 100.0< V. D." Hood 100.01 Mrs. M. J. Andrews 100.01 'Irs. M. B. Syfan 100.01 Miss Mamie L. Morse 100.01 P. B. Speed 1,000.01 Dr. S. G. Thomson 2,000.01 J. M. Nickles 200.01 D. H. Hill 400.0! R. M. Burts 50.0i | T. J. Douthart 100.0 i R. L. McCanty 100.0 R. Y. Simmons 100.0 Hal Taggart 100.0 E. M. Farris 100.0 J. L. Hill 200.0 J. F. Barnwell 1,000.0 W. M. Barnwell 1,000.0 Estate Hugh Wilson 1,000.0' J. M. Anderson 100.0 i T. P. Thomson 500.0' 1 Mrs. Rosa M. Morse 100.0' i Miss Janie Morse 100.0i I Miss Caro Morse 100.0 ' Miss Oney Morse 100.0' I Mrs. Jennie Purdy 100.0 Mrs. M. H. Wilson 50.0i A. E. Gibert 50.0i Mrs. George Wood 50.0' FTZ Marie Tiffany singing in di] jfl comparison with a re-creation her voice on the New Edison I BUYWAR SAVINGS CTA IUIDC 1w i mvMi CONSTANTLY [I STOVES aho 20-22-24 N. MAIN ST] w. Jti. wnite ouu.ui T. G. White l,000.0i i J. L. McMillan 1,000.0* J. A. Gilliam 500.0 Mrs. Mary J. Pratt 100.0 , S. A. L. Employees 5,000.0 J Mrs. P. Rosenberg 500.0 S. J. Link 500.0 H. G. Smith 1,000.0 I Miss Helen Edwards 100.0 | Fred Hill 100.0 : Charlie Calvert 100.0 J. H. Seal 1 100.0 1 Mrs. Wm. C. Sherard 100.0 j Mrs. W. G. Stephens 50.0 | Miss Helen Gambrell 50.0 G. E. Mann _! 50.0 | Mrs. M. T. Coleman 50.0 G. W. Milford 7 50.0 I Mrs. W. A. Harris 50.0 j Miss Janie B. Pennal 50.0 ' Miss Julia Pennal 50.0 | Mrs. H. B. Cannon 50.0 i W. L. Peebles 100.0 j S. A. Graves -100.0 Mrs. E. M. Clinkscales 50.00 Mrs. Jno. T. Evans 50.00 . John T. Evans 50.00 j ! Mrs. S. H. Rosenberg 50.00 I Miss Lillian Swetenburg 50.00 : A. M. Smith 1,000.00 | Mrs. A. H. Barnett 50.00 Miss Johnnie May Lynch 50.00 Mrs. Lena B. Dickson 50.00 ' J. W. Hinson 50.00 j Richard Sondley 1,000.00 }'j. S. Bowie Co. 1,000.00 3 A. B. Morse 500.00 }!j. S. Morse 500.00 pj R. L. Mabry 100.00 )!j. L. Daniel 100.00 OjJ. F. Miller A._ 300.00 0 J. G. Evans 200.00 0| r. Allen Smith, Jr. 1,000.00 n! D. PolialcnflF - .100 00 " I ? " - / 0 S. C. Cason 100.00 o' Cason & McAllister 1,000.00 q!F. E. Harrison 1,000.00 o|e. R. Thomson 1,000.00 0;W. E. Johnson 200.00 01 R. L. Dargan z iOO.OO OjJ. L. Perrin 100.00 01 T. G. Perrin 300.00 o! Parker & Reese 1,000.00 0 W. C. Sherard 100.00 0 j F. B. McLane 50.00 0 T. M. Miller 200.00 0 P. Rosenberg 400.00 0|M. B. Cann 50.00 0 J. S. Cochran 100.00 0 W. J. Latimer 1,000.00 01 M. A. Gann 300.00 o' G. A. Harrison 50.00 01 L. P. Sondley 400.00 OlH. W. Pratt 50.00 0 A. S. Thomas 50.00 0 Stanford Thomas 50.00 0 Mrs. A. S. Thomas 50.00 0 0 ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? 0 q ?Buy Liberty Bonds, 4th Series? 0 0 f, i i r =r> : buy: war : savings : stamps f AAIIOTAIITIV " UUIiOIAItlLY 0 " 1 s Only E makes tl I Only Edison proves that dustion-perfect by compar the original voice. Last "w noted soprano, to Abbeville tone tests, in which The NEW jg|^ '' The fhonogray was subjected to the severe / :ect reproducing instrument. A fany's was placed in positic ently Marie Tiffany's rich the instrument. Seeing her came aware that Marie 1 Though the voice came froi was heard, proving that t] tion of a voice does not va: from the actual voic6 itself Did you notice the exprc the faces of the audience > <1 1 I i 1 A* ' _V j tney couia not cusimguisn p the New Edison's Re-Crea' I astounded that any sounc , could so completely baffle ears. Perhaps you were not foi cut. However, you may hea at our store or in your owi it a nrivilp.o-o to sorve vou. RANGES HOME 1 iEET. 5 Women 9 U Cardui, the woman's MB j2rj| liara Eversole, of Hazel WtjP Patch, Ky. Head Svhat wmm she writes: "I had a |[mQ general breaking-down mmr of my health. I was in !bed for weeks, unable to MSBB get up. I had such a H^Bj weakness and dizziness, ^^^0 ... and the pains were very severe. A friend toid me I had tried everything else, why not Cardui ?... I did, and e|3H soon saw it was helping M9 me... After 12 bottles, I am strong and well." TAKE "fl CAR DM | The Woman's Tonicl ; mm Do you feel weak, dizmW zy, worn-out? Is your IHB B M lack of good health caused VKH !lv from any of the com- ffiHB plaints so common to JM women? Then why not BflH Kft give Cardui a trial? It l should surely do for you I ^klj what it has done for so ' JGC many thousands of other ^RH| women who suffered?;it fflflH should help you back to health. Ask some lady friend ftwrt mjm who has taken Cardui. U She will tell you how it fljgjH helped her. TryCardoL |H K All Druggists ' DISON I lis TEST H ; his phonograph is repro-^BB ing his Re-Creations withHB reek he sent Marie Tiffany,BB 5 to make one of his famousHH r EDISON I h With a Soul" W st test possible for a sound-WH Re-Creation of Marie TifflB| >n on the New Edison. Pres^^H soprano came forth fronWiM lips move frhe audience beHjOK ?iffany also was singing^^H 11 two courses but one voicflSN lie New Edison's Re-CreaHEffl ry in the slightest degreBBK ^ssions of astonishment ofl^w vhen they discovered tbgMSB Miss Tiffany's voice frorjffljj r ri. j) mi nun 01 iii xiiey ui'ic UU1|^H| I reproducing instrume'BHgB their musically cultureHHN , [ LUIlclli: L'llUUgli LU uc r the New Edison any tinflffiH 1 home. We will considtHHB itub& Ccm OUTFITTERS 8BM ABBEVILLE, S. C.HHH