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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 Fridaj Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C Terms of Subscription: One year $2.0( Six months 1.0( Three months .5( Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918 THE PUNISHMENT OF THE KAISEF A good deal is being said by the newspapers and in private conversation, just now, with regard to the punishment of the Kaiser for the crimes he has committed againsl civilization and international law, The following editorial from the New 'ork Times, we think, expresses the opinion of most thoughtful personon the subject. Writing under the caption, "The Punishment of Wilhelm," that paper says: "Many ill-considered opinions have b-'en expressed as to the penalty thai ought to be inflicted upon the de throned German Kaiser by a world into which he has brought so much misery. The feeling is almost universal that his crimes transcend the provision of criminal law, for he is the world's greatest criminal and even the most terrible statutory penalties fall miserably short of his desert. The weakest suggestion is that he be extradited to England tc be tried there under the murder int dictment brought against him in the Lusitania case. To begin with, nc extradition writ would be honored, But suppose he were tried, founc guilty, and executed. Would nol that end his sufferings? Retribution would cheat itself if so soon his suf 1 _ J ienngs were enaea. Why should not every civilized human being pray that this man ol altogether unspeakable sin may live forever to under go through the unending years of time those mental tortures, far surpassing any conceivable physical pangs, which we may be sure are afflicting him at this moment? Remorse he may not feel; we cannot well know the mental and spiritual nature of this incomparable malefactor. But he must feel the immeasurable difference between his present despised state and that high position from which he !,ns fallen. Excruciating as that torment must be, it is only the beginning. He knows that earth's millions detest him, loathe him, hate him with a hatred never before vis ilea upon muruti man. ?ucy win shun him, or seek him out for hot reproach and reviling. The guilt of i ten million murders rests upon his aoul, for he is the man, the one man, who might have stopped the war before it began; he was the greatest exemplar, preacher, and practioner of that theory of rule over men out of which the war was born. "Thou art the man" is what the world has ?aid to him from the beginning. Sc- let him live, let him live through such days of angush and nights of sleepless torment that he will rage iuriousiy against any wno, speaking from a sense of pity and belated loyalty, may cry out "Long live Wilhelm!" Lucretia's prayer jfar tke punishment of Tarquin, as Shakespeare has given it form, befits the case of him who was the German Kaiser: Let him have time to tear his curled hair, Let him have time against himself to rave, Let him have time of Time's help to despair. T.ci him have time to live a loathed slave, Let him have time a beggar's sort to crave And time to see one that by aims doth live Disdain to him disdained scraps to give. Tims without limit, unending time spent in torment without any rrrpite, ccaseless, hopeless, th?.t is the punishment appropriate to the crimes | of Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, for. J sins altogether inexpiable, sins that j appall, that outrun experience and J j overpass the powers of imagination.. i Leave him as he is, that is the worst, j the world can wish him. This man j felt himself to be the greatest on | arth, he is now the meanest. He r'has come down from his high place : where he dreamed of extending over,' jail nations the supreme power he^ -j wielded over one. He has come downj . to a condition from which the' wretchedest would flee in horror. Is^ he not in a way of punishment which! ) the most inexorable would hold to: j be fitting and adequate? Yet some ^ men say there is no God!" RESTRICTIONS *NOW MUCH LESS RIGID ' ' I ; J i ~~i .' War Industries Board Modifies Rules?Increase at Once?Indus- ! i tries Whose Activities Have j Been Curtailed by War Have ! Better Chance. i ! Washington, Nov. 13.?As the first s step in national industrial read/ ! < ; justment from a war to , a peace: koeia +Via war in^iic+rHps hnnrH VPS-' r terday announced modifications in > the restrictions against non-war con-'1 i struction and manufacturing. : All industries whose peace time . output has been curtailed in the in-' terest of the nation's war program ! may now increase their output 50 ; per cent, of the amount of restric tion imposed by the board, while all I restrictions are removed against the i building of farm or ranch buildings, structures, roadways or plant facili! ties for railroads and other public i facilities and the construction, main1 tenance, improvement or develop ment of federal, State of municipal 1 ! , ; authorities of highways, roads, ; -roulevards, bridges, streets, parks, > playgrounds, and public utilities, in , eluding water, sewerage, ngnt, pows er and street railways. I , ( Forty-two specific industries, chief 1 among them the pasenger automobile 'i industry, is affected by the modifica' tion of curtailments imposed on 1 manufacturers since the war began. . ' < ' They include: r j ! Agricultural implements and farm ' '.operating equipment including trac-1 i tors. !j Heating and Cooking. - ! 'j Heating and cooking appliances 'jand devices using coal, coke, wood, gas, oil and gasoline and electricity. , !, Boilers and radiators. Family sewing machines, electric ' vacuum cleaners. "i Metal beds, cots and couches, including bunks and metal springs. j ] ; ljinoieum ana rag ien noor cover-, i ings. j ] j Black galvanized ware and tin| i plate household utensils. j Pianos, pianoplayers and automa-j , tic piano players and parts, talking machines, including motors, accesi sories and needles. i I Baby carriages, corsets, bicycles i and sporting goods. Refrigerators washing I machines ; and clothes wringers. ; Ice cream freezers, glass bottles and jars, tin plates, pottery, step ladders. J i Clocks, clock watches and watches j i Safes and vaults, lawn mowers, . electric fans, padlocks, scales, and 1 balances and rat and animal traps, j i Pocket knives and similar prod- 1 UCt3. i s Road machinery, builders' hard-; c ware, and cash registers and pneu-' matic automobile tires. j j More Motor Cars. i Under the new ruling passenger; . automobiles may henceforth be manufactured to the extent of 75 per cent, of the annual output. Last August the automobile industry was " required to manufacture cars on a ( j basis of 50 per cent, of their annual ^ output and were warned to get on,5 , a 100 per cent, war basis by January * 1, 1919. This would have meant de- ' | voting their entire plants to war or J ! essential work. Today's action nul- 1 I lifies such a requirement. SACRED HEART 1 CATHOLIC CHURCH i I' Sunday, November 17th, the third < Sunday of the month, usual services , at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church , j 1 Mass and sermon at 11 a. m. Sun- , 1 day school afterwards. Benediction and sermon, 7:30 p m. Mass Monday morning 7:30 p. m. The public always welcome to all the services. : ; Rev. Father Murphy will officiate. : SOLDIER'S LETTERS. A short letter from Lieut. Ralph Syfan to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Syfan American E. F. France. October 14, 1918. Dear Aunt Mamie and Uncle Brown As we are having a little rest aftei jome very hard fighting, I find a lit tie time now and then to write let ters. An officer in a battery nevei has any time even during rest peri ods that he can really call his own already tonight I have been callec out in the mud about five times t< see about some work with horses wagons or guns. I have been in some of the hard est fighting in the last month that ] - ver seen in my short military life The sights that I have seen make; the hair raise on my head to thin! about them, and I have gone fo: days and nights at a time watching big shells bursting all around, splin ters completely riddling my smal shelter with holes, nerves on edge expecting every minute to be blowr into pieces. The morning after th( night we took up our last position ] went out to the infantry first line ';o look for an observation post froir which to conduct the fire. I kepi poing from one hill to another trying to find a hill from which I coull see my whole sector, I kept going unti I came to a line of machine gunner: and just in front of them saw a liil that I could see was just what ] wanted. I asked the lieutenant ir command if he thought it safe foi me to sneak up to a clump of bushe: on the crest, he said that he didn'l know whether it was safe for me oi not, but that he was going to try tc drive some German machined gun ners out of that clump of bushes that day. Still thinking that he wa: oither joking or didn't know whal he was talking about, I started or uu the hill. Needless for me to saj what happened. I came down at th< rata of about 40 miles an hour in i i ? - * 1?11-1- 1 L nail 01 DUIIClS uriu nuw nicy cvcj missed me I don't know. Will have to stop now as I musl get some sleep. Hope that you are all as well as you were when I left. With love and best wishes, Ralph. PRIVATE CLAUDE E. HUGHES. Mrs. Lizzie Hughes has receivec the following letter concerning the death of her son, Private Claude E Hughes, in France: "Battery D, 316th Field Artillery, "American E. F., France. "Oct. 16, 1918. Mrs. Lizzie Hughes, 126 S. Main St., Abbeville, S. C. Dear Mrs. Hughes: Am writing you a few line3 tc show my respect for your deceased -on, Private Claude E. Hughes, whc Dassed away on October 11, 1918, 12:55 A. M. While a member of this battery, pour son proved to be an honest and .lpright boy, always willing to do .vhatever he was told to do and always helping the other ones whenever they were in distress. He was veil liked and respected by everyjne in the battery including his superior officers. His death came as a surprise to ;he Battery as he had only been sick i few days. He was laid away with ,he very highest of respect that possibly could be shown under the circumstances. Jake A. White, 1st Sergt. Battery "D," 316th F. A. NEWS OF LIEUT. NEUFFER. News was received in Abbeville ruesday that Lieut. Gottlob A. Neuf?er had been wounded. The news :ame in letters to friends and to his ?ather. To Dr. Neuffer the young ;oldier tells that he was wounded on Dct. 18th, in the foot, and that he s now in a base hospital in England. 'Ie hopes to be walking soon with he aid of a crutch or cane and asks : _ .f-ij. J. nab nu uneasiness ue ieib auuut mm. FTe is in an American hospital under he care of American doctors and ->urses and is faring well. Friends in Abbeville will be glad ;o know that he has passed through ;uch thrilling experiences and was ^.ot caiiea on to maice tne supreme sacrifice. NEWS OF THE 30TH DIVISION. Senator Beret has been making strenuous effort to procure the casualty list?, f/om the Thirtieth Divis j Ion. This divison has been fightng ! with the British troops in Flanders 1 and the casualties were first reported : to the British army headquarters, I with whom the division is merged. The lists were then telegraphed to : General Pershing, but the names ^ were so garbled in transmission that General Pershing refused to accept them, which caused the transfer bji : courier. The rechecking was thus much delayed. Senator Benet, how?! ever, was assured that the lists 1! would be procured with utmost dis>, patch. This division is comprised ol ?j former National Guard units from i North Carolina, South .Carolina and - Tennessee and was trained at Camj [ Sevier, Greenville, before the eightyJ ':rst Division was transferred froir 3 Camp Jackson. Thus thousands oi c people in this section of the countrj r are vitally concerned in the publica^ ? tion of the lists. 1 OFFICIAL NOTICE TO ALL REGISTRANTS i _____ * Men Under Thirty-Seven Must Fill I Out Questionnaires and Return Them. l t Washington, Nov. 13.?To cleai ' up confusion regarding the handling ' by draftees of questionnaires Pro vost Marshal General Crowder to j day issued the following statement "Draft registrants who on Sep tember 12, 1918, had reached theli 1 37th birthday must return theii questionnaires to their local boards although it is not necessary thai ^ they fill out the questionnaire. Thi.' : was provided in the following sup '; plemental order issued from the office of the Provost Marshal Genera ' today. Those men between the ages 5 of 19 and 36 inclusive who have re ^ ceived them must fill them out anc lt return them." r, 5, ^ BIRTHS. i' r Born?At Abbeville, Nov. 12th i 1918, to Corp. and Mrs. W. P. Ken t nedy, a son?W. P. Jr. Born?In New London, Conn., or 3 Nov. 14th, 1918, to Mr. and Mrs 1 Robt. H. Coleman, a daughter, Wil helmina. 11 """""" | On Nove J at the St 1 by M'K( I i .1 r a ioaa or MORS ' ^ rv.:: i A rs!W W -W?,v2. - > j Master's Sale. 1 j' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, l < ,j County of Abbeville. , Court of Common Pleas. 1 J COMMERCIAL BANK OF GREENWOOD, S. C., Plaintiff, r against i A/ H. MILLER and SUE E. MORTON, Defendants, i By authority of a Decree of Sale - j by the Court of Common Pleas for ' '.bbeville County, in said State,: > made in the above stated case, Ij I j will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, I ? at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Sales^day in December, A. D. 1918, withi in the legal hours of sale the followf ing described land, to wit: All the r interest of the Defendant, A. H. Mil i ar, to-wit: All his undivided one| third interest in and to all that cer| tain parcel or tract of land in the; j county of Abbeville, State of South j .| Carolina, containing Two Hundred; and Seventy-four and 1-4 (274 1-4) | ' Acres, more or less, and bounded by .lands of Gus Tolbert, Thomas Tol; bert, Miller Estate, Sue E. Morton' and it. Jtt. JLoioert, oeing tne tract | of land conveyed to the said defen-' j dent and to Benjamin F. Miller by 1 Sue E. Morton. '' Terms of Sale: Cash, purchaser to' pay for stamps and papers. \ THOS. P. THOMSON } Nov. 14, 1918. Master A. C., S. C.i Master's Sale. ?, t; ' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 31 Court of Common Pleas, -j Mary Hall, J. F. Hall and Mary Mor-J ; rison, Plaintiffs, 11 against ; Eliza Fleming and Fleming Hall, De-' -! fendants. 1; Bv authority of a decree of sale by^ I the Court of Common Pleas for Ab-: 1 beville County, in said State, made* ' :rf- the above stated case, I will offer ' for sale at public outcry, at Abbe-, ' ville C. H., S. C., on salesday in De"icember, A.D. 1918, within the lega), I hours of sale the following described 11 land, to wit: All that tract or parcel j J of land situate, lying and being ini - Abbeville County, in the State afore-' ! said, containing thirty (30) acres, I I I jmber 12th I v able formerly >nzie & John " ?i? r 11 rine lennes >ES and M I V more or less, and bounded by land of R. W. M. Hall, J. F. Hall and P. A. Crowther and others. Terms of sale, Cash; purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. THOS. P. THOMAS, Nov. 14, 1918. Master A.C., S. CTHOUSANDS OF MEN WANTED FOR SHIPS Recruiting Officers and Traiaing Vessels Will Keep Right om Training Sailors. , Washington, Nov. 13.?Orders to rush recruiting of men for the crews of merchant ships were sent today o agents of the shipping board in all parts of the country. "We shall want tnousanGs of men i* _ ' a _ -i._ ff rii. ^: tt i iur our iieeua, vjiiairuiau nuney said. "Our recruiting officer* and training ships will keep right on preparing men for jobs on merchant ships. The service is training at present 4,000 apprentices a month r.nd we are planning to increase its output and the shipping board will continue until further notice to accept men between 18 and 35, inclusive, for training. We want to build up an all American personnel for the great merchant marine." QUinirov/^c' n1cr\ *im11 /?rtnfinn? uuiyjaiuo CUJU nut wuiiuiii bu^ii work with unabated energy, except for the curtailment of overtime and Sunday work, the chairman said. There now are under construction in the United States for the board 724 ships, aggregating 3,500,000 deadweight tons. Four hundred of these r.re steel or concrete and the others work. In addition practically all the yards have contracts carrying them into the fall of 1918 and the board has under consideration a furrhpr program for constructio? in 1920. HOME ON A VISIT. Mrs. Thomas Marchant is here from Greenville on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Speed.. She is accompanied by her two fine young sons. rnivr uir.uPR VJVriAiv* iia\Miua?* H0 One dollar and twenty-five cents H is being offered over town and fa tke H country for cotton picking. H ??????????????? vill arrive I occupied I son with I ULES I 1 wflB 4