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PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR LOYAL SUPPORT (Continued from Page 1.) "I need not tell you my fellowcountrymen, that I am asking your( support not for my own sake nor for, the sake of a political party but for( the sake of the Nation itself, in order| that its inward unity of purpose may be evident to all the world. In ordinary times I would not feel at liberty to make such an appeal to you. In ordinary times divided, counsels' can be endured without permanent! hurt to the country. But these are' not ordinary times. If in these crit, leal times, it is your wish to sustain, me with undivided minds, I beg that you wll say so in a way which will not be possible to misunderstand either here at home or among our associates on the other side of the sea. I submit my difficulties and my hopes to you. "(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON" Republicans in Defense. The statement issued by KepubBcan leaders in congress follows: "Some time ago the president said 'politics is adjourned.' Now in the closing days of the campaign? delayed by the united efforts of all parties for the Liberty Loan now, when all public meetings have been given up owing to the influenza epi-j demic, the president sends out a di-j rect party appeal calling upon his ^ countrymen to vote for Democrats j ^ecause they are Democrats without any reference to whether such Dem-j ocrats have been or are in favor of war measures and have a war record which deserves support. "The voters of Michigan to take a single example, are called upon to' support Mr. Henry Ford?notorious ] for his advocacy of peace at any J price, for his contemptious allusions to the flag, for the exemption of hisj son from military service?on the sole ground that he will blindly sup-j port the president. The president is quite ready to admit that Republi-' cans are loy$l enough to fight and die, as they are doing by the thousands, loyal enough to take up great loans and pay enormous taxes; loyal enough to furnish important men at no salary on some of the great war boards in Washington. But they are not loyal enough, in the President's pinion to be trusted with any share in the government of the country or legislation for it. "If the Republican party controls fhe house we can point out some of the things they will do. They will replace Mr. Dent of Alabama at th'e head of the military affairs committee with Mr| Julius Kahn, to whom ' the administration was obliged to | turn for assistance to take charge of and carry the first draft bill against : Mr. Dent's opposition. They will ; put a Republican at the head of the 1 ways and means committee as leader ' of the house instead of Mr. Kitchin 1 of North Carolina, who voted against the war. They will give the country 1 a speaker who did not oppose and ' would not oppose a draft bill and 1 would never say, as Speaker Clark did that "there is nrecious little dif- ' ference between a conscript and a 1 Convict." 1 Votes on War Bills. ' * Although the Republicans of the 1 WAN' To buy Liberty Bond Thrift Stamps on the piano, self player pia: able credit on balanc ment. Fourteen diffe and five makes of pig Reference the Bank est and Strongest ] Cou k JOHN A. I . The Greenwoo r , _ "tit* more actual votes on seven great 1 war measures than the Democratic < majority was able to do. What is ; the record of the senate? On 51 < roll calls on war measures between April 6, 1917, and the 29?h of May, < 1918, the votes cast by Republicans 1 in favor of such measures were 72 i per cent, while only 67 per cent, of the votes cast on the Democratic side were in favor of such measures. ( Those were the president's own measures. Did that record look as if we had hampered him? The Republican party in congress has support- ' ed the administration policies since the war with an unanimity and an absence of criticism unprecedented in the party history. ^ "There are some domestic questions where we should undoubtedly differ from the course pursued by the administration. We should not, for example, fix a price on the farmer's wheat and leave the planter's ^ cotton untouched. Another domestic c question in which the Republican * party believes thoroughly is econom- * ic preparation for the coming of: c peace and they are clearly of the!t opinion that the congress of the Un- j ^ ited States should not be excluded 1 from that great task. * "This is not the president's per- 2 sonal war. This is not the war of j v congress. It is not the war of the t Democratic or the Republican par- c ties. It is the war of the American ^ ^ people. It is more. It is the war of; the United States, of the allied pow- * ers, of the civilized world against s the barbarism of Germany. In this "v great burden and responsibility the t Republican party representing more 1 than half the citizenship of the coun- c try demands its rightful share. "If the Republican party is en- 1 trusted with power in either or both houses they will do everything pos- ? sible to drive forward the war and i1 hasten the day of victory. The pres- c ident speaks of the necessity of tell- ' ing the plain truth. That the ReDublican party in control of congress ? ,, , ? , t. wouiq ao ior iney nave no inenas to shield. And they will do more. They will give all the money to the last dollar necessary to sustain our| armies and our fleets, but the^ will j check the waste now going on ofi the money given by the most gener-; ous people on the face of the earth. Meaning of Elections. "The president speaks of the effect of the election abroad. He says that there they understood the meaning of elections. They do and they ^ will know that if the Republicans have a majority in congress the war!^ will be pressed with greater vigor j ^ than ever before. Thev are nuite aware that the power of the senate. ^ is equal to that of the president in ^ the consummation of peace by treaty.1 They will know that the Republican j'^ party stands for a victorious peace j. and the overthrow of Prussian mili-J J tarism. That knowledge will not ^ depress the spirit of our allies or entourage the government of Germany. "The Republican party believes that the question of surrender should be left to Marshal Foch, to the gensrals and to the armies in the field, j. When they report that Germany has . laid down her arms the United States P ind the allies should then impose ^ ;heir terms. 'Will that knowledge . . . 10 :ause dejection to those who are lighting with us?' All the world ** - ~ g ? A b TED!! it t: i a 1 d s, War Savings, or4 i: purchase price of a a no or organ. Reason ~ Irtn /-\-p 1 V? cH""Vm_ UJL JJIIUC Ui mow w- | rent makes of pianos tyers to select from. \ of Greenwood, Old- h 3ank in Greenwood cc nty. i e t ? s TOLLAND |: d Piano Man. |j ( "...?_ __ . _. v knows that the Republican party is, apposed to negotiations and discus-J sion carried on in diplomatic notes addressed to German government. The Republican party stands for un- ( :onditional surrender. There is no , Republican creed so short that there , s not room in it for those two words. ( "Henry Cabot Lodge, ] "Reed Smoot, ? < Chairman Republican Senatorial i committee. . "Frederick H. Gillett, 9 ( "Simon D. Fess, ' 3 'Chairman Republican Congressional Committee." ^ SAILOR'S VISIT TO I ABBEVILLE AND COUNTY Cditor Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. Recently I was in Abbeville on o9vp nnH urns sn well treated, not inly by my friends, but all those vhom I came in contact with, that o a regular service man as I am, it ertainly is gratifying to know that he Service Man is now appreciated, rhe obvious reason is, of course, ^TRIOTISM. So it behooves me o express my appreciation of the tforementioned "glad-handedness", vhich the populace of Abbeville exended to me, through the medium >f your valuable paper, where all vho read, may see it. It certainly does one good to see he manifestations of patriotism, inipired by that glorious tradition for vhich South. Carolina is famous, and o realize that as far as the civilian j >opulation is concerned, the sacrifi-^ :es of the men who are dying forj hem in France and on the sea is not r? voir* Abbeville is one of those progreslive towns, though small in size. It j s deemed safe to say that it is a :oming city and will lead by far in J ;ime to come other smaller cities of South Carolina; I base my concluiions on the following: (a) The enerprising truck farmers with that are spirit of progressiveness. (b) rhe return of the men after the var, who are now in the Army and tfavy. It is readily seen that the najority of those men, had it not >een for the war, would-never have snlisted, or have been inducted into he service. Those men will rub ilbows with men from all parts of he country, they will travel a good leal in the course of time, and will ee things that will be a great beneit to their own little county. They nil gain experience and their views rill be greatly broadened while in France and in the Navy. They will >e put to the acid test of manhood, nd as the South Carolinians have one in the past wars, they will not >nly stand up to the acid test, but /rite the fair name of South Carona in colors that won't fade. The len of the Ex-National Guard are oing it now "Over There." They re the men in the Division which is ow helping to drive the Huns back cross the Rhine. At present they re fighting around Le Cateau. War, rhile it is horrible and everything ke that, in a way it has its redeemig features, among the most imortant is manhood, ideal manhood, 'he do or die spirit. This spirit nee gotten, will always remain. | 'he return of these ftien will addj reatly to the progressiveness ofi Lbbeville. The other towns will be enefited by this, as well as Abbe-J ille; it can readily be seen that rithout that spirit mentioned in (a) here will not be much foundation o work on, and the men from those slow" places, will leave to go where [ hey can gratify their new ambitions nd ideas, for instance?Abbeville. ^ 'his war, has not only sounded thej leath knell of the Kaiser and hi3 1 Ik, but the famous "County Sage" is well. Very truly yours, L. V. Martin. SERVICE FLAGS. The Abbeville Chapter U. D. C. j las ordered two service flags to :ang in the Court House, in honor! >f the brave soldiers of Abbeville, :ounty, and Mrs. P. A. Cheatham,1 'resident of the Chapter, asks that >ach one who wishes a star put on, he flag for some loved soldier, will end his name and 5 cents to Mr. I. S. Cochran, or to her. It is asked ;hat this be done as soon as possible, \ is the chapter is desirous of un-j furling these flags, one for the vhite soldiers, and one for the colorid a? soon as possible. REPORT GIVEN IN DEATH OF LIEUTENANT HORTON Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Horton of 1414 j Gervais Street, Columbia, received j yesterday the following*account of the death of their son, Lieut. Harry C. Horton, the report being made by Lieut. Col. Herbert Parsons, assistant chief of staff: "Your son was killed on SeptemDer 12 in the battle of the St. Mihiel salient. It was the result of a direct hit by an artillery shell and his ieath was instantaneous. At the :ime he was with the advancing bat Styleplus CIi $25.00 and $ Each Grade the Same Price the i BUYING WHE Over and a chant to delh must be the a In the line we are associ prestige. STYLEPLUS CLOT are names ttu splendid styk prices are sue exceptional v JL VU1 I These Wilson Brothers' Shirts 4SrTu'. $ will be the center of attra the Men's Store this week are well made; they come looking- colored striped the colors are fast. Andant in these days?there's to the wear of these shirts All sizes from 14 t PAR! The Only Store \ talion. "He was then acting and for some time he had been a battalion scout officer, and as I am the head of the intelligence section of the general staff of the division I had come . to know him. "He had rendered most splendid service as an intelligence officer and had proved of great assistance to his superiors who have told me how deeply they have lamented his death. "Hard as it is to bear the loss of him, you have the satisfaction of knowing that he was doing all that he could for his country's cause. It IRE YOUR DOL : :-f >.* : : . . :: ;; v ibove the good intentioi rer merchandise of hig ability to do so. of men's and young m ated with manufacturer; HES SCHI it men have learned to 1 good fabrics and goo< h as to make the wearei alue. Suit and Overcoat are h ti'moc fn cnpnfl W1KP CAM V iAIUVW ?* -w ? 1.50 M Another c^on *11 lent Cotl Tliev * and nav m goodjatterns; triple to< -import- ability, no end 1 Per o 18. 3 P CER & R. in Town That Sells S / is the conscientious devotion of such men as he that is winning this war. I mourn with you. in his loss j and I share with you in pride of his ! career and his courageous ending." j ?The State, Oct. 22. 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