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ESTABLISHED 1844
The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE,. Editor.
The Press and Banner Co.
i Published Every Tuesday and'Friday
Telephone No. 10.
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TUESDAY, APRIL' 15, 1919.
STREET BUILDING.
Concerning street building, there
will always be those who claim that
streets are to be built at one place |
and not at another. It will be stat-{
ed that streets will be*built in the)
sections where the people with thel
! ^ most money reside and.lhat streets
will not be built in sections where
the poorer people reside. There is
^ uth in the statement, at least in a
measure, but this does not forbid
the commencement of work for several
reasons." "*
In the first place; in "every public
improvement there must be a beginning
and a starting point. When
we were about to build the electric
light system fop the city this charge
was made, and it was made again
when we sought io construct a sewerage
system. But the lighting
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plant has grown , and practically every
street in the city (in sections
where colored people live as well as
- in section where th| whites reside,)
is now well lighted. From time to
time there bave b#en extensions of
, the sewerage syst^n, and extensions
of the water mains into other
streets. In time every section of the
city will be reached by these enterDiit
fKooq oAAfiAno vAiiIri nnf.
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have been reached if the beginning
ha4 not been made iq other sections. |
But the inequality, if we may call
it that, which will be brought about
by the building of the streets willj
* not be so great as might at first ap|>4br.
For the city will provide that
streets may only be built where a
certain number of the residents pe
tition the city council to do so, and
when built, the -adjoining property
owners must share the expense of so
building. If the people with money
v happen to be the first to ask for the
_. streets, as thpy will be, and the first,
therefore, to have the permanent
streets, they will be called on to
pay a portion of the expense. And
then when the streets are built the
man living on another street, and
not paying the special assessment,
will be eptiitled to use_the streets in
carrying on his business^ as well as
v the man who has paid the special assessment.
So that when it is said
that the latter receives a benefit in
the enhancement of ,his property
which the other does not, it must be
remembered that he pays for this in
the special assessment.
4 Another consideration which must
Vi not be lost sight of is ttfat the peo\
pie who live on the streets which
may not be paved are mostly work'
% ing people. They are interested in 1
1 employment for themselves as well
as others. The building of the
streets will give employment to a
great many people. It will have a
tendency to keep up wages while the
work is going on. It will draw laborers
from other employment, and
even though a man may not do-the
work which is reauired bv the build
ers, nevertheless it 'will make the
number of men in other kinds of
employment fewer, and will thus
make a better demand for his labor,
. with a consequent regularity of
work, and better wages. If the taxpayer
happens to be a merchant he
will still be benefitted for the reason
that the people who labor must
live, and the mon^y expended for
labor by the city will find its way
into every channel of trade. Even
the hackmen will prosper, because
there will be the more people who
desire to ride.
There is every reason, as we see
it, why we should all obtain benefits,
of one kind or another, from the
work which is to be done. And with
it all we must not lose sight of the
fact that tha ctiy,4g sadly in need!
of good streets if we may hope toj
continue to be a city. ? (
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"YOU FELLOWS." . I
Now it's up to us to lick the e?e- I
my at home. Nothing can stop the
Victory Liberty Loan, but no one
must be permitted to block the gangway.
The professional pessimist Is
the fellow to watch. He is the archconspirator
against progress. It's I
up to us to put him out of business.
He is not the fellow who says: "It|
looks hard, but it's got to be done
and we'll do our best." Not that
fellow. But the real Blue Monday,,1
clown in the dumps pessimist whoj
s&ys: "You fellows are going to'
have a hard time with that loan."
"You fellows ?" "Where!
does he get that 'You fellows' stuff?"j
Whose war was it anyway? Whose
ideals were vindicated when we
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smashed the suffian crew that directed
the Lusitania murders? Who's
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is this government and whose gov-!
erament is it?
"You fellows ?. "Whose Vic-j e
tory Liberty Loan is this going to be? i
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Whose life and lands have been sav-; j
ed by the boys who went overseas t
to end the menace of autocracy? c
Whose big war bill is now going to f
be paid? The nation never has fal- }
len down on a big job yet and it p
never will.
So where does he get that You r
fellows" stuff? d
Now if anyone in America is dis- e
appointed because"we won the war, i'
if anyone is dissatisfied because we t
broke the Hindenburg lin'e; if any-jt
one is sorry that Germany had to c
quit to save its hide, let him say so.! (
Let him hold up his hand* in plain j
view. That's all. e
But he won't do it. He isn't that p
kind. He sidles up with that "Yoij
fellows" stuff and talks about hard u
times when there are no hard times. S
He's the fellow to watch. It was^
his war; it was his victory; .it is hisj il
peace, and it's up to him to pull off/t
his coat and get to work to make this! u
Viptory Liberty Loan, a whale of a|,
success?the very (biggest thing of j A
its kind in the world. Everybody ig
else is getting ready. What is he' ii
talking about? > g
And when this loan is launched if u
the man with that "Yoa. fellows"
stuff is not doing his sham, the public
wants to know about it; the publirJ
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man .who. lies down on the job has|p
something coming to him?a swift C
kick and a tin can. e
Look out for him. "M" ?
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A GOOD JUDGE.
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Leslie Britt was in town Sunday tl
night calling on some of our pretty E
girls. Mr. Britt has much to say
that is interesting about "the situ- p
ation." He thinks the landlords and a
bankers are responsible for much of > v
the labor troubles for they will lend i S
too much money on a mule. He'ij
thinks a mulq which a negro plows a
all day and rides all night is not
wnrfli fori /Inllovo q4- 4-1*** Al.- j
?. WW** <4Vt*?*lO MV blic Cliu VI tilC Q
season. He has reduced his acreage a'
for he expects to make plenty of ci
money, off of last years cotton crop.
, Mr. Britt is a good judge >of good
looking women also.
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LEAVING FOR CHARI#STO$ , ?
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Mrs. Robert H. Coleman and her( r'
two interesting children, Bob and r:
Wilhehnina, left Sunday for Charleston,
where they will make their
home until the close of the College j
of Charleston. Prof. Coleman came
up from Charleston and accompan- p
ied them back to the city. ? C
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NEWS FROM SERGT. CHEATHAM [T
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The friends of Sergeant Mart.j
Cheatham will be glad to hear that! Q
he -has been selected as one of four ^
out of his company to attend the
great school at Grenable.^ He will
take a four months course. j
This sohool was established in the
13th Century and our boys are being
accorded a rare opportunity to
attend this University. ^
BACK TO NORMAL.
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Francis Mabry, who has just re- o
turned from many months of hard 4
service-abroad, is rapidly getting o
back to normal for he was in at- p
tendance on the Y. P. C. U. Conven-j n
tion at the Seceder church last^ C
Thurday with one of the pretty delegates.
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rail 10 PEOPLE
FOR MEN'S RETURN
*eace Commissioners Urge Bond Pur
chase. Great Financial Burden I
Facing Government in Land- I
ing Soldiers on Home x |
Shore. |
Washington, April 12.?In a' Vic- 8
ory Liberty Loan appeal made pub-|B
ic here today by the treasury, Secre-||
ary Lancing, Henry White, Colonel.B
louse and Major General Bliss, Am-jS
:rican peace commisioners at Paris,'a
leaded that the people of America g
lot relax their efforts until "every
oldier of the republic is landed on g
he soil of America." * jffi
The appeal, addressed to the Amirican
people, follows: t
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"We have the opportunity here in,
'Vance to see and realize the magniude
of the accomplishments of ourj
:ountry in this war and the magniicent
spirit with which the great task11
mc hppn Mirfad through to a trium-ll
>hant issue.
"What has been done and what rer!
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nains to be done before normal con-j
[itions are restored demand cor.tinu-,
id united support with the same spir-,
t of self-sacrifice and of determina-1
ion that was manifested by the naion
while the German armies faced
?ur men at the Marne and ifl the
Champagne, at St. Mihiel and in the
Lrgonne. We must not relax our
fForts until every soldier of the re-:
>ublic is landed on American soil, i
"To finish this mighty task imposes (
ipon the government of the United j
States a great financial burden. The
Victory Liberty Loan must thrive. If.
t should fail it would indicate that
he nation is willing to leave its task
incompleted. ,
[ "To secure the ideals for which
Lmericans fought and died, this
Teat demand on American patrtiot3m
and united effort should, meet a
enerous and universal response. Let
is all do our duty to the endl' !
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BIG AUCTION SALE.
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The South Atlantic Realty Comiany
is advertising in thsi issuri'the ,
)'Neill property, consisting of sev-l
ral stores on the public square as:
irell as the old law range, ai/d the!
acant lots next to the Court House.1
In addition to this property this
ompany will also pell the Russell
tore next to the Court House and,
he store now occupied by the Hot
lustier Racket Store.
This property is to be offered at'
ublic auction to the highest bidder;
t a date to be announced next
reek. The representative of the;
outh Atlantic Realty Company was
i Abbeville on yesterday perfecting'
rrangements for the sale..
Watch next week's paper for the;
ate of the big sale, and make; your
rrangement3 to be here for the oc-|
asion.
MRS. COX SICK.
Mrs. A. E. Cox is very sick at the j
ome '6^\her daughter, Mrs. R. E.j
I ox on fjlain street. M-rs. Co* has!
c^^iir/failing health for somej
Ime^ti'rra mends of the family will |
egret to know that she does not:
ally from this last attasck.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.
Ia A /if A ooavwKlv
r UlSUaiik IV nvb ux moowmuiji
assed at regular Session, 19JL6, the
lounty Board of Commissioners will
eceive bids for the sum of Twenty'housand
($26,000) Dollars, payable
ne year from date.
Bids to be opened or heard, as|
toard may decide to have them openj
r sealed at next meeting, at Eleven!
l. M., April 15th, 1919.
W. A. STEVENSON,
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Supervisor Abbeville Co
I. L. EVANS,
Secretary of Board.
3-21-3t. 3 wks.l
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1EETING DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The County Democratic Executive
lommittee is called to meet at the,
ffice of the County Chairman in the.
ibbeville Realty Company Building,:
n Wednesday, April 16th, for, the,
urpose of ordering a primary to,
ame a successor to the late James;
!halmers as County Treasurer.
WM. P. GREENE, .
-ll-2t. County Chairman.!
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has been so fully esta'
that any attempt to fu
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sary.
Conscious of the u:
Kerr Furniture Co., f
claims made for "tal
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have we shown a fii
Spring Clothes.
Such a display of ft
an array of styles, su
choice for quick buy*
Kprp is a foact rkf nlon
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this season have fair
ly met all competitior
anrl-higher standard
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cles.
[ Stetson Hats and 1
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all the Spring shapei
Soft Shirts, silk Co
"Bostonias" Famous I
in English and Bluch
and oxfords. Let us fit
in these up-to-date go<
or\r\ aawina qvp inct
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looking for.
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Calory Hats in . jf
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'liars and Ties.
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