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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. Term* of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months : .50 Payable invariably in advance. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1919, It seems to us that old Wall Street has been on the cotton market the last few days, and that he has formed a combine against the farmers. * ___ ' Col. Sully, who some years ago / cornered the cotton market, called a ' ^ meeting for Atlanta last week to do so again, but the course of the mar-1 ket gave him the influenza, and the ) meeting was not held. I : We see that representative Heflin, of Alabama, now favors fixing a price for cotton, below which it can^ > s not go. We have been in favor of this ? all along. Our figure is still one K eighty-nine. . We knew when cotton went down ' ' last week that Cotton Ed was out . .. ;% / of commission somewhere. It appears now that he has been ill with p the prevailing epidemic for several days. As soon as he gets out he will things. ! ... fcjjji L' ' =* ' t All of the teachers in the public schools having spent last month's sal ary in going home, it is now the duty of the Local Board of Health to or'' . der the schools opened so that they may spend next month's salary coming back to the city. - :<-t w .We continue to believe that a man j.; <; who raises cotton, and who can sell ' it. ~A _ ? __ >1 _ ?1L V V jv at a icasuimuic pruiit as xu is guuiered, makes no mistake in doing so, . especially if he owns money which is drawing interest at the rate of per c?nt ; ; i r . *'" ?* ''U: : Ve would like to knoVr wh$t$ Qov? ernor Cooper stands on the price of 1 cotton. And as he is ^ farmer it , might be worth while to inquire whether he is still holding, or wheth- : er he has sold. If he is still holding he will need the increase in salary oted by the legislature. " The legislature raised the salaries , of the state officers because of the ' s high cost of living, it is said. Under t t the constitution these salaries may not be lowered during their term of office, now that these officers have taken the oath of office. But as things, including cotton and the cost vi living are gecuuig cncapci, luac , is nothing to keep the members of \ the legislautre from lowering th$ salaries of all county officers and . magistrates. t.l-h.r , / , ! | One of the arguments to be pre: iented ia favor of the good roads is - that these roads will make cotton go ; up. With good roads all the farmers who own "tin pan nancies" will be riding all the time when they should be plowing. The crop will be thus reduced and the price will be better. The argument appeals to us about as forcefully as some others advanced. A The newspapers continue to obtain propaganda from the offi<;e of the Highway Engineer which they are supposed to publish for the purpose of interesting the people in good roads, and we suppose, the big bond issue lately proposed. We would like to know whether it is a part of the duties of the Highway Commissioner to spend this propaganda, and who is paying for it? If we are paying ' \ several thousand dollars each year for this purpose, the people should know it. vi It is estimated that the income from the automobile tax proposed ( for the purpose of building good roads, and to Qay off the twenty-five | millions of dollars itt bonds proposed! ' to be issued will amount very short-, ly to about one million eight hun-J died tiou?M.d doUsr. 'PMS^j^ggj : '/ *\ suggest that instead of issuing the bonds, we take the annual tax and "build the roads. The tax itself will build the roads in ten years. We have been living around here forty-five years ourselves, to say nothing of those who lived before us, and we are of the opinion that the people can stand the present roads for another ten years, if things look promising after that time. MARSTON OF BALTIMORE. . Col. Marston, of Baltimore, lit in the city Saturday afternoon. He has had a strenuous time since last we saw him. Reading an account in the Press and Banner of the "flu" medicine which he brought his friends on his last visit, he has had a time keeping on good terms with those who look after transportation matters for beverage purposes only. This time he only brought grape! juice, as he has found a variety of this which is as good for the "flu" as his 'former prescription. And then there were some persons who did not like to take the other remedy, even for sacramehtal purposes. We are not-talking now about friends Kerr and Stark. ^ Not many people knew of his arri*** nntinrlrr lrriAitr n-f . iltifil vai) iii xavw iivuvuj AUCTT vx iv ? uutu they saw the two friends above-named, as the lawyers say, -walking towards the hotel at a much faster gait than they commdnly employ on a trip to the post office, or when going to prayer-meeting. Mr. Jamie-, son, at the hotel, had hardly assigned the Colonel to Room. 13 when these gentlemen called to know whether the man with the medicine had gotten in. Obtaining the number, they called, stayed awhile, after which all appeared on the street, feeling some, bettej". As president of the Greenville j Street Sethflrlc Cnlletre. tTnrle .Tim i immediately called a faculty meeting! for eight o'clock announcing that he, j in his own proper person, would be present to make a few remarks on the relation existing between setback and "flu." He and friend Kterr then left for home to dress for the j meeting. Mrs. Kfcrr was standing on the front piazza as Furniture Kerr ambled up the street in that * direction, and when he got in speaking distance she asked whether Col. Marston was in the city. And it May Been a-] Strange coincidence, but aa Uncte Jini iiiffied tile corner and started down the lane to his home, a member of the family saw him coming, and Baid, "Here comes pa, and I think Mr. Marstpn must be in town." When Uncle Jimf got home it was decided that the weather was too bad for hiitt to get out for the night, but he did not think.so. ,He didn't! . ' i ; say so though, but sat quietly forj awhile, and complained of being worse with the flu, saying that he did not believe he could leave the flre long enough to go to supper. While the others were gone, he suddenly improved, however, and putting on the gown and his beaver hat, and getting his speech out of his everyday coat pocket, he lit a rag for the faculty meeting, where having called the meeting to order he delivered his speech, which will be published in full in a future issue. MEMORIAL EXERCISES TO SENATOR B. R. TILLMAN On Sunday, Decejnber 15th, 1918, memorial exercises were held in the United States Senate and in the national House of Representatives out of respect to the late Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman. Among those who spoke on this occasion in the senate was Senator Lodge of Massa-j chusetts, one of the closest friends j of Senator Tillman, the leader of the] republicans in the Senate, and onej of the most scholarly men in the. whole country, The following is tne speech which he delivered on that occasion: Mr. President, Senator Tillman did not come to the Senate in 1895, as many do, a man unknown beyond the limits of his own State. His reputation preceded his coming. The country had heard about him. The general pulblic knowledge of him was not, perhaps, extensive, but it was distinct and emphatic. To those who looked below the surface it was apparent that here was a man who had wrested control of a famous State | from a body of men who, from gen' eration to generation, for 200 years politics and . its f social and economic life. Both home and in Washington they h brought forth distinguished lead< in public life, who had impress themselves and their opinions deei upon the history of the country a made South Carolina a power to reckoned with throughout the eij teenth and nineteenth centuri Whatever their mistakes may ha been, however extreme their vie^ they had been remarkable for abili courage, and force displayed not c ly by individuals but by famili whose names and achievements we familiar to all the pepole of the U: ted States. They had retained tfy power after the Civil War as it h existed before the great confl whiqh they had done so much to le and provoke, "^hen, as the centu closed, they were suddenly ov< whelmed and defeated by the fore which rallied behind Senator Ti man. To the mass of the American p< pie who did not fully realize t deeper significance of Senator Ti man's victory he was known as t author of the dispensary laws, a his methods of discussion, his "pitc fork," and his reckless frankness the use of language of which he h ample command, had made him picturesque figure and greatly t cited public curiosity as to his acti ties vttie^i he reached the. Senate, was for the most part by no mea either a friendly or a sympathe curiosity, but it was both vivid a strong, for it was understood that intended to revolutionize the Sena as he had already revolutioniz South Carolina. Senator Tillman was neither t first nor the last who has come the Senate with such a purpose that attributed to him, and anyo who has studied the history or watc ed the movements of the Senate f a number of years knows what h happened to those who have come from another field determined change the Senate and overrun ways and methods. The first fa they discover is that the Senate tak a local or State reputation very call ly and is apt to remain undazzled : its beams. Power and reputation the Senate must be acquired in t Senate itself. The Senate as a bo< is very tolerant and generous. The is more personal good feeling, le personal animosity, a more comple desire to be considered with 68 oth^fj a greater loyalty to t! Senate itself and its traditions thi in any other legislative body in t world. But on one point the Sena is firm. It declines to be bored. 1 method of declination may not obvious but it is highly effective. T men,who have come here proclaii ing their intention of revolutionizii and reforming the Senate have fall in practice, into two classes?tho who insisted on continuing to atta the Senate and all its habits and m thods and those who sooner or lat( generally sooner than later, accej ed the Senate traditions and wa of life. The former, very few number, became 'bores and foui themselves unheard and without i fluence and have been forgotten. T latter have been successful and oft distinguished Senators, influent: and effective. It is needless to s that'Senator Tillman belonged pi eminently to the second class. ] never bored anyone. However wid? one might disagree with him he w always and unfailingly* interestir He came not only to accept the Se ate but to be one of its most arde defenders, supporting its rules, hs its, and traditions, and very proud its history and of its power and i: portance. This came about through no sac fice of principle, but simply becat he was a man naturally of stro good sense and open to convicti< He startled the country and the S< ate at the very outset by an unbr led attack upon President Clevelai and I think he even then began see that in the Senate at least t was not the best method to advai the policies or the principles he h at heart. He came to the Senate a with bitter and deep-seated dislil I will not say prejudice, against Republicans and all northern m< Nevertheless, among Republicans a northern men he found before ma years had passed some of his war est personal friends. In these 1 years he one day made a -slippt ^spfef in the Senate in which he admitl that he had been mistaken in th early opinions and that he had these respects change^ hia mind. at seemed, I am sure, to.those who ad heard or read what he said an avowjrs al at once manly and touching. But . ;ed it was something more than this. It i )ly showed willingness and ability to 1 nd learn, admirably and essential capa- : be cities throughout life, and especially 1 fh- to be cherished in old age. It also ' es. showed the courage to admit that he : ,ve had been wrong, and this, is a loftier 1 vs, and rarer attribute and a very fine J ty, quality indeed. )n" But if Senator Tillman learned to es? know the Senate and his fellow Sena!re tors better and to like them better : ni" as the years passed, the Senate also 1 BU* learned much about him. Everyone j was aware that he was able, forcelct ful, and possessed of unbounded ena(* ergy. But Senators found also that *7 the blunt words and the stormy man2r* ner when he was roused were far 1 :es more in evidence in public than in private life. Behind all this was a kindly nature, plenty of humor, a ' J0" serious outlook on life, and real sinhe cerity of purpose. One at least of those who came in the process of ' 1 _ _ _ _ ne time to know him well discovered n<* that Senator Tillman had knowledge of and genuine fondness for litera- . in ture and poetry?good literature and ad goo'd poetry be it said?and above ' a all- that he was a lover of Shakes!X_ peare, a phase of his character not generally appreciated. 'He was a It conspicuous and active Senator for , 113 many years and worked hard and tic faithfully until he was striflcen by nd illness some years ago. After his be partial recovery he went on with an uncomplaining and an unfailing ed courage which commanded every one's admiration until the end came. ^ he Never did he appear better than in ] to his attitude toward the war. He never as1 had any doubts. He recognized what ne | Germany meant, and he was for the :h-[ right and for the war with all his 'or! strength. During these years of phy-j ias! sical trial and endurance he turned i tuaxi cvct wwaru uie inenus ^ to j with whom he had been long in serits vile, and grew ever gentler and more tot! kindly. The affection and sympathy es j which I think he craved, for he had j m-! an emotional nature, were freely by! given. After a long day of many in conflicts the evening was calm and < he peaceful. As I talked with him and dy watched him amid the lengthening ] re shadows when the sun of life was !SS slowly setting I often thought qf Dr. te Holmes's lines written for his own s seventieth birthday: i he ' K an Still as the silver cord gets worn and ( he slender, te Its lightened task-worn tugs with i !ts lessening strain. be Hands get more helpful, voices grown he more tender, n- Soothe with their softened tones ng the slumberous brain. en se So when the iron pprtal shuts behind ck us, ie_ And life forgets us in its noise and Jr> whirl, )t_' Visions that shunned the glaring ys , noonday find us, in And glimmering starlight shows the gates of p'earl. n he en ENTERTAINS AT DINNER. . _ I ial ? ay Mr. J. S. Stark entertained at a i .e. course dinner on Saturday evening I in honor of his friend, Col. Marston, ,]y of Baltimore, the medicine man. as: ?? ' *? ! QBHnHHnMi 1 in-1 i TY7E H. : Wil >n. it Spring Sev his ice ? Co, all Tk en. nd ujJI ny mast 5 Haddo "'i SENATOR MOORE SICK. J. Howard Moore, Senator from Abbeville County, is sick at hia home Dn Upper Main street, suffering from the effects of the "flu." Reports from his home on yesterday were to the effect that he is improving. It will be several days, however, before he is alble to return to Columbia to take up his duties in the Senate. OUR CANNON. Mrs. W. A. Harris has received from .Congressman Fred H. Dominick the following letter: Mrs. W. A. Harris, Registrar, bear Mrs. Harris:? Replying to your letter in regard to obtaining one of the German canoons for Abbeville, I will say that on yesterday I introduced a Bill in the House'authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the city of Abbeville one German cannon or field piece and carriage, and this Bill is now pending before the Committee on Military Affairs. I am enclosing you copy of the Bill as introduced, cmi ammn ytsj that I will be glad to do everytning [ can to see that your request is granted. With best wishes, I am, Sincerely yotars, > Fred H. Dominick. , ( The following is a copy of the Bill introduced:1 ' " A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate to the city of Abbeville, Sou. Carolina, one German cannon or fieldpiece and carriage. Be it anacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of- the LJnited States of America in Cong-, ress assembled, That the Secretary jf War be, and he is. hereby, authorized and directed to donate to the :ity of Abbeville, South Carolina, mo nannn-n nr fiolrlniepo PanHirarl Ku ;he American Army from the forces >f the Imperial German Government luring the present war. i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville. Probate Court. t Citation for Letters of Administration. By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge ?t Probate: Whereas, H. C. Klugh hath made rait to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and jffkcts of Mrs. Sarah E. Klugh, late >f Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and idmonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Sarah E. Klugh, deceased, that they :t and appear before mp, in the Sourt of Probate, to be held at Abjeville Court House, on Saturday, :he 8th of February, 1919, after aubUcat'on hereof, at 11 o'clock in ;he forenoon, to show cause, if any ;hey have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of ;he Court, this 25th day of Jan. in the year of our Lord one thousand line hundred and nineteen, and in Lhe 143rd year of American Independence. Published on the 28th day of Jan. 1919, in the Press and Banner and on the Court House door for the Kw 1QT17 M1IIC IC4UUCU ?; mfir J. F. MILLER, ? l-2$-3t ' Judge of Probate. AVE Ever} I Need For ^ina ?? ne and Let Us Show 1 rough Our New Stocl ing Goods n-Wilson dc "STOP! LOOK! LISTEN" How about yon* subscription to The Atlanta Georgian today? Decide today. See J. R. WILSON, or pfcon# No. 22, and he will begin immediate' ly to deliver your paper early im th? mornings, promptly. Dailies and Sunday?, 20c. per week. J. R. WILSON, Gen. Agt. Atlanta Georgian, 59 Church Street. ? >. i l-22-3t.Pd. 1 ' ? t WANTS I . WANTED SALESMAN:?Experienced in Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes. Reference required. Address "D", care Press and Banner. 1-28-ltC. . ... : . '.?> STRAYF.n TTrnm noifnro ,*n T.if+1* Mountain section, about a week ago, one dark ash-colored mar* ? ^ mnltv small ia size. Notify ALBERT BELCHER, Abbeville, R. P. D. 4. v * l-28-3t.Pd. ; ; v ; * FOR SALE:?Dodge Touring Car, unusual bargain. See E. F. AR~ v NOLD, at J.L.Chipley's, Greenwood, S. C. 1-24 4t. Pd. vf. ? i-v: y'i'J NOTICE TO ALL MASONS:?I am agent for Masonic ProtectiveAssn. Health and Accident Insurance. Have something nice to offer- , Masons in good standing. Call meup, will be glad to call and explain. Phone'258 or 57. C. E. YODER. h-24-at..PH FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE:?Sli' acres in McConnick county, 12 miles from Abbeville. This farm . can be divided into three tracts- ' >. 1 j of about 100 acres. Will sell all. or part.- $15.00 per acres for the , whole tract or $17.50 if divided. ' J S. H. ROSENBERG. 1-24-tf. ' , ^ __ . 4 i ? FOR SALE:?Cottage on Magazine street, now occupied by C. J Bruce Large level lot. 'Wide frontage. Fine garden spot. Price $2100.00..; . . .f This is cheaper than renting. - x ''M S. H. ROSENBERG, 1-24-tf. ; ;~l ; . .ft FOR SALE:?Vacant lot on Ifaga- 3 zine street, opposite Richard Sondr J ley, between Flynn's and McDonald's. This lot is a beauty. lOOby * f . '1 250 feet. Price, $1000.00. S. H. ROSENBERG. 1-84-tf ' . ? * FOR SALE:?Millions hardy frostproof Cabbage Plants, now till May any variety, $2.00 per 1,000;' 10,? 000 and over $1.50.- Prompt de-' livery. Enterprise Truck Farm. Georgetown. S. C. 1-21-till April 1. / , . % , ? FOR SALE?Two good young mules7 and 8 years old, also 1 good' young horse, all good workers. Apply to J. M. Wilkinson, at J. Allen Smith, Jr., Store. . l-2I-3t.Pd FOR RENT:?Three unfurnished upstairs rooms. Apply to 'No. 35 Magazine street. j it.C ^ ,, ' ' * V - ' * i FOR SALE:?House and lot near th?square. Apply to T. G. or W. H:. ^ WHITE. 12-31-t|t, ^ ST. /thing You Your / ? ' 'rou e of t >mpany j V