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FOUE *? ?? ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banne ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co Published Every Tuesday and Frids Telephone No. 10. .7' j ? * J - ? :i w,? Entered as secona-ciass man ma r>. ter at post office in Abbeville, S. < . . i s i \ Terms of Subscription: One year $2.C Six months l.C i;-' Three months .5 Payable invariably in advance. BP'-. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919. . THE STORY OF A gft WROUGHT-IRON FENC p-'. ife ? o" Georgetown is the most respects ? blfe part of the city of Washingtoi It is old fashioned and contains number of fine old estates, grez J mansions once the abode of th leaders of society that were shut i from the gaze of passing multitude t?.! >. by high iron fences beautifull wrought in intricate ) patterns in a art that has almost vanished sine the invention of the wire concern that disfigure so many pleasing lane scapes. The old wrought iron fence have long appealed to persons of ai tistic sense and wherever they coul be bought at anything like fai prices they have been purchased fo re-erection at distant points to bear tify and embellish fine estates. Some years ago, as the story'goes .one of these wrought iron fences i vzeurtfcuuwu abVlMKu yuv <u ?>.. eyes of * former member of Cor gress from the State of Texas wh had been overly active in prescribin rales for the control of the railroad4 After the purchase this particula member of Congress called one da on the traffic manager of one of th sSv ,t . i I great railroad systems in Washingto and asked what rate could be mad ? on this fence as scrap iron, the rat for scrap iron being much lower tha the rate on iron that had been mam factored for a special purpose. E !j;/ was asked if the wrought iron fenc could be really considered as sera ' iron, and he did not think it coul ' be. He was then asked if he intern ed to scrap the fence and he vri compelled to admit that such was n< his purpose. Then there followe * some observations from the traff manager that were not meant fc publication but which, it is unde stood, were of a sufficiently streni pug quality to make an impression, ' It is assumed, though exact ii formation on this point is not cleS at this writing, that the wrought iro fence from Georgetown reached ii destination in due course and that has contributed very much to tl beauty of one of the most attracts estates in Texas. Possibly, M Burleson could give some inform* '{I tion on the subject. ' ? S?v, / ^ A GOOD PLACE TO START. , . ?i ', ' * T* w?ll Kft flio 11 Air mu Jivv ut *v?5 w&v4w v**v vestigation mills will begin to grin and the next two years will be tl roopt thrilling of the war perio< There must be an exact accountin of the vast sums of money appropr ated by Congress for the prosecutio of the war. Somebody is to blam and after the President comes bac ' from over there he will have suffi* iemt leisure to direct the inquiry s that no guilty man may escape. E will find doubtless that he has bee * *?11? J 1 J ieanuuy ueceiveu us tu wie emtio ; / cy of a large number of those were unloaded on him for politic; purposes and the wholly unnecessai commissions and bureaus establisht hi aid of the great experiment. One of the first of the commissioi deserving attention, and the easie to get at, is the Creel Committee c Public Information?the authoril I \ \ for it, the necessity of it, the cos the service. At the annual meetir of the Associated Press last week was reported that the expenditui last year for gathering and distribu ing news by that great organizatic amounted to very nearly $4,000,00 Before the war ended half of tl regular staff of the Associated Pre was engaged in active military, na al and governmental aervlce. J part of tya fiald-caiferad by.-,U war was neglected, the ablest, most experienced and trustworthy of news-gatherers were placed on guard under the immediate direction of in stone, the most efficient of news-gatherers in the world"; yet _ with this service in every way competent to deal with whatever situation might present itself the Office of Public Information was created and supported at an expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars and without performing the least service 3.! of advantage to the Government at _ j Washington or to the people. Everj ! dollar expended on this account was | worse than wasted and the President j would be deeply interested if he '0; should make a searching inquiry into i0' the matter just to see how he was j tricked into giving his approval to a _ ; scheme that did not work to his own . advantage in the conduct of the wai | or to . the benefit of the people who i have had to pay the score1. E j GOING TO JOIN MR. MAGINTY. i-1 ?; 1>l Albert Sidney Burleson, Postmasa ter-General, is having a rocky road ^ to travel. He has attempted to do e too much and the little he has done n has been poorly done. His ambitoins ,s have been great but his achievey ments small. He has practically n ruined the mail service of the coune try and employed the larger part of lS his time in converting the post office l_ department into a great political ma,g chine in the interest of his own political party and with the result ^ that he has set the pace for whatr ever party may succeed ,to. the conr trol of the Government. In addition L_! to impairing the efficiency of the postal service he has turned his hand , to the destruction of the telegraph 3f / n 1 and telephone service of the country c on the utterly false plea that he had been forced to do so by war condi_ tions but conditions which arose af! TT L g' ter xne war was over, ne xias m, I creased the cost of these services to 3.1 irj the people, he has stood in with one of the great telegraph companies at _! the expense of its competing com, ! pany and to make his last estate g worse than the first he has lost his j temper even as he lost his head when n he began 4? seek new pastures foi j_;the employment of his very ordinary [e | genius. ,ej But Mr. Burleson's days are prob! ably numbered, the Hon. Samuel l^lGompers having passed sentence upon him by saying that he must "wallt ig the plank," which means that Mr ^'Burleson will shortly find himself in i(j the company of Mr. Maginty $vhc lc went down to the bottom of the sea )r; That's the way it looks, at any rate J just now. Mr. Gompers and Mr | Burleson can hardly be expected tc exist on the same political' territory lr VICTORY LOAN AS BUSINESS. n ' ts \ ^ t_ ; Uncle Sam is asking for anothei war loan, the fifth and last war loan, 164 * the Victory Loan- Both from a pat6 riotic and a business standpoint the r' Victory Liberty Loan is of signifil" cant importance to citizens in all walks of life, whether they be heads of big businesses only units among hundreds of employees. All through the war the governi-i ment has followed the policy ol d spending the Liberty Loan money belelfore it had been obtained. This has 3. j?been necessary since, in order to save g life and money, war preparations i-;had to be rushed to completion as n! rapidly as skilled workers and mae,'chinery could accomplish the work. :k There was,-no time to collect tht c- money before the bills were made? >o had the government taken the tim? [e the war would still be going on, anc instead of finishing the job with this loan we would only be paying ar 10; installment of the cost of a contin. aliued war, at fifty million dollars t ryj day. idi It is for this reason that the gov { ernment had to obtain the funds nec is! essary to meet current expense: st from temporary loans at the banks inj Later the money secured in the Lib ty | erty Loan campaigns was used t( it,' pay the banks. ig | The money from the Fourth Liber it^ty Loan was only sufficient to meei re the needs of the government unti t-[ December 1. Since that time th< >n government has been borrowing. T< 0. | meet the debts the Victory Loai le must be raised to the amount of foui 38 and a half million dollars. v-| This amount must be subscribet ro by the people or by the banks anc \ I ;! latter event, it would mean that the ! 7 'I man who depends upon securing . j money with which to run his business !i would be unable to do so. And this ;'in turn would mean the curtailing * * --- J I i- J ?11 ; Ot ousmess ana suusequem, uuu . times. . It is therefore obvious that it is .[to the best interest not only of the 11 big business man but the wage earn.j er to make the Victory Liberty Loan [1 a success. By subscribing patriotic. i ally they will not only be helping ; the government but themselves as r! well. i "M" ! ABBEVILLE RECOGNIZED ' AS DISTIRBUTING CENTER 1 Local Concern Will Distribute Havo- I l; line Products Throughout Four ? Counties. ; Abbeville, as a railroad center and! H t a convenient point of distribution,! I has been recognized by the Havoline j I Oil Co., one of the biggest concerns!# j of its kind in the South and head- j quarters have been established here;lj with C. D. Brown as wholesale dis-11 tributor. Oil will be distributed I ; from Abbeville to Anderson, Green- I wood and McCormick counties. The H i oil will come in carload lots and j this will mean ' the exchange of thousands of dollars in Abbeville weekly. Mr. Brown's enterprise in securing this agency is to be commended. This will include. the distribution I of all the Havoline products and will mean much for our town. __" ? McADOO IS IMMUNE. ' ' " \ Our son Bill has a fine Collie dog named McAdoo which he loves as a brother. Since some of the dogs in town have died of black tongue our household has been in a great dtir and much money has been spent on , preventatives suggested Nby friends. i' Col. Sam McCuen tells us that three j fifty cents cans of salmon a day for I a week will effect a cure, while Jack >' McLeakey pours oil on the troubled I 11 waters when he tells son Bill that I McAdoo is a dog with "juclaws", I which makes him immune. ] r What is a juclaw, anyway? * ~ r j A KISSEL CAR. , lj j Mr. C. E. Williamson has invested : in a Kissel Car and makes a hand.' some appearance when he dashes i J around town. Mrs. Williamson chris?, tened the car Saturday by having .I two pretty girls, Miss Sarah Byars, ,! of Spartanburg, and Miss Ethel . i Sheridan over from Lander as her > guests and giving them a day of. de. | lightful outing. WEDDING GUESTS. ** w ill J 1 J 1 Mrs. liinma Liitue, ana xier uaugu' ters, Mrs. James R. Copeland, of ' i Clinton, and Mrs. Harvey Brannon, ' of Statesboro, Ga., will arrive in I ! Abbeville today to attend the mari riage of Mr. Joe Little and Miss An| toinette Thomson. They will be enI tertained at the home of Dr. and Mrs. j S. G. Thomson. A'BOY BABY. , |, m Rev. and . Mrs. Plaxco are receiv- r ing the congratulations of their j i' many friends on the arrival of a (' fine baby boy at their home on last .1 Friday. The young man will be a , j called Moffatt Ross, after his father q ? and will soon be suggesting Rouse's d .'Version of the Psalms. 9 . . lj A MAN FROM VERDERY. 4 I 1 Mr. A. H. Miller, of Verdery, was \ in town Monday and will read the 1 ^ Press and Banner for a year. Mr. I Miller says he has reduced his acre".age for the good reason that he e j can't hire any body to work his crops v 5. Mr. Miller says the news in his * ! neighborhood is that everybody has ^ "J colds and whooping cough. d .[ ATTENDING PRESBYTERY. ( ,1 li At the recent meeting of the ;j South Carolina Presbytery at Lau- >, rens the church at Abbeville was P i j honored by the election' of Dr. F. E. ?l TToTriarm na P.lftrlr rff the Presbytery and as a delegate from t a I the ruling elders to the General As-^ <3 1 sembly. Dr. Harmon will wear hi* c ? honors with gne?. t l r > / Cooking for the \ pleasure these days, certain that the moth feet. Perfect, thorough ai ciated by every house! a eras ranca in its nrrw sturdy construction ai DETROH No Wicks A Detroit Vapor Oi the modern city gas i Cal than either gas, co Thfere are no wicks, | Detroit Vapor Oil Stc ing an intensely hot b Call anytime and se Vnn unfl ho inforPflf STOVES ^ RA 20-22-24 N.M Nothing is as disconcert \ Let us tell YOl Abbeville NOTICE TEACHERS' EXAMINA..ON ! i The Regular Spring Teachers' Exmination will be held in the County lourt House at Abbeville, on Saturay, May 3rd, between the hours of a. m., and 4 p. m. W. J. EVANS, -l-3t. *Co. Supt. of Education. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. For County Treasurer. R. C. WILSON is hereby announcd as a candidate for County Treasirer in the democratic primary for hat office. He pledges himself to ?e bound by the rules of the party. I hereby announce myself a can" " ' ? - ? A l_l Mi., ! Iidate for Treasurer 01 auucvuic bounty and will abide the result of he Democratic primary election. E. C. HORTON. j JOTICE OF CITY REGISTRATION The City Books or Registration ,re now open for registration . of [ualified electors, to vote in the speial election to be'held on the 13th t?y of 'end wilT remain I ?^T==C3IHD=^ 3oy who has come bad And the new Detroit er-made pie or cake he ad rapid baking and cooking hold. Although it burns oil, i erful, instantaneously efficienl id their ease of control. I VAPOR OIL ? Lights Instantly ??? * V . &> \ ] y ' t ' -V I Stove gives the same servici ange and at a much lower co al or wood. Burns 19 hours t asbestos rings or wick substr ve.. Heavy durable iron burn lue flame right under the coo] ;e our demonstration of this o ed to see how it works like gs Iain St. '' ' i''*; . , . * A Cook the CLE A ' i : 4 with i HUGHES ing to your wife as cool 1.?L.i l.fiA smeuenng xiul mi^ucu. J all about it. C< ; Water & Elec J> ' 1 ' ' until the 2nd of May, 1919, at ti office of th^ City Clerk. f. G. PERRIN, Apl. 22, 1919. Registrar. ' _ 1. 4-zz-ea. wk. Notice of Election. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN b the City Council of Abbeville thi on election will be held in the Cit of Abbeville, on May l*3th, 191! (same befng Tuesday) between th hours of 8 o'clock in the mornin and 4 o'clock in the evening,' in tb office of the City Council wherei the Mayor holds his Court, in th City Hall of said City of Abbevilli upon the question of issuing coupo bonds of the City of Abbeville t the amount of Ninety Thousand Do lars, said bonds to bear interest t a rate of not more than five and on* 1? 1 A*innm notroW nan per ueutuiu p? aiiuuuit semi-annually, and the principal c said bonds to be paid within thirt years from date, and to be of sue denominations as the City Council ( Abbeville may hereafter determir At said election those favoring th issuing of said bond* shall voU ' ' " ? I ^ i ' ' Vv'[ is mother's biggest /apor Stove makes it ! longs for will be per* " ? i ' l , t make this stove appret is comparable oiily to -h t burners with their 11 \ ' !'. - ' STOVES Work Like Gas b ahd convenience as st. It is more eeonomi;o a gallon. tutes of any kind in the , ^ ers vapofize the oil ffivnn# utensil. il stove without a wick. i ' 18. , ' . tmeCe OUTFITTERS . _ ? Abbeville, S. C. N, COOL WAY 7 ' : J k 1 fhp ? W V 9!9 | ' s . . 1 ' I RANGE :'v . V r if . . r dng in a smelly, sooty, , * i ' - 1 ' !W- ri ?' ' . ' r\ V \mo in TOhAY I /IliV AAA A A A trie Plant i. . . _ ? le ticket, on which shall be written,, or printed the following words, "shall the City of Abbeville, issue.- coupon bonds to the amount of Ninety Thousand Dollars, bearing interest - at not more than the rate of five and one-half,, per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, principal to be payable within thirty years from y by proper ordinance, said .bonds to it' ho icqiiod fnr fAp nupnosfi of imrnrov y ing the streets and sidewalks of the said City of Abbeville, at which elecie tion all qualified registered electors g shall be entitled to vote. i? date, for the purpose of improving n streets and sidewalks in the City of ie Abbeville?" Yes. s> Those opposing the Issue of said n bonds shall vote a similar ticket, exo cept that the answer or wbrd "No'r1 shall take the place of the answer or it word "Yes." J- At sard election the following le TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919. >f named persons shall act as Managers y of Election: to-wit: T. C. Seal, J. ;h L. Clark, C. A. Botts. >f J. Moore Mars, Mayor. ie (Seal) le T. G. Perrin, City Clerk. a April 22n3, 1919. lt. M Wk !