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FOUR ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banne. ABBEVILLE, S. C. H. G. CLARK, Editor. g 9 The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Fridaj Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ? e,.| 1 erma or suDKnimvu. One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919. JAMES M. BAKER. After twenty-six years of faithful service to the national government, eighteen years of which period he was Assistant Librarian of the Senate, and for eight years, Secre tary of the Senate, James M. Baker retires to private life. Mr. Baker passes with the democratic control of the Senate. Mr. Baker is a native of Abbeville County. He has made good through * ' "TL - ? J. 11 i. nis own acuity, ine bimt aitci serving the Senate for eighteen years in a subordinate position, he was taken up by the men who knew him and put in the important position of Secretary shows his standing .with the men among whom he worked. The duties of the office to which he was last elected were so well performed during his first term that he was elected with practically no serious opposition for the second term. No doubt he would have been elected again had the democrats continued to control the Senate, but they did sot. SKOVGAARD COMES TO TOWN V Skovgaard came to town Monday night. Assisting him in presenting a grand concert program were Alice McClung-Skovgaard and Maude Williams-Wiley. It was a splendid performance as, such performances go. Most of the citizens of Abbeville will have to take our word for that statement: they were not there, One could be hopelessly out of tune as Shakespeare's unmusical villian wiiu was ripe IUI ucawn, stiatc^cui and spoils and still have enjoyed the concert of Monday night. It wasn't highbrow stuff" (?9 SO many thought and did not go) but possess* ed an appeal as potent as a merger of all the emotions. Music is one of of the most primitive modes of expression. Savages are acquainted with the aesthetic qualities of harmony, so the people of this city need not think that musical appreciation is for the "highbrow" alone. Whether the word "Classical" furnishes the cue to imposse or whether there is really a majority in Abbe ille that prefers the syncopated *ort,-?or no sort?to the kind of mui sic ithat has received the approval pf| Iihlb-educated musical world, we dom't know. 6ver in Atlanta, with many, it has ~ become a fad, a leaser sort of noblesse oblige, to attend Grand Opera. Others go because they genuinely appreciate the music. The former mo1* 1 Li J iA 1 1 wto is naraiy wonny ana 11 nas oeen said that numbers go to Atlanta from as great a distance as Abbeville with no more well defined motive than to appear among those present. It has one good point. Some come to endure and remain to love. Unless the people of Abbeville do patronize attractions of the class presented by Skovgaard, the local management of the opera house cannot afford to book them for appearance here. And the point we want to make is that there are enough people in this city, sufficiently appreciative of good music, to make it pay and there are others who can afford to gamble on the chances of developing a liking. We have refrained from drawing comparisons because they are too 6brious. We all know t|ie kind^of I shows Abbeville Dgonja^wi^ patroni^:fk^|^E|^fc at the opera house Monday night is sufficient comnentfry. on ?ut$ ' of the public to cause sbrte'tff' us a few pangs of shame. We are loath 1 ? j to believe that Custard-pie comedy ,ihas a greater appeal for the Abbej ville public than the best music, j ^ WORSE AND WORSE. i j One of the worst things about the I war time prohibition bill that has r! come to our attention; yes, worse ! than Wilson coming out for wines I and beer, is the fact that a man named Sabath has introduced a bill in j Congress to repeal the existing law, so as to allow the wine and beer to flow. j It is not true, however, that broth er Sabath will speak at Due West at i the approaching commencement. i; ?????? |VVVVVVVVVVVVV\W ;V DUE WEST. V V (A. R. Presbyterian.) V > v vuvvuuvvvvvvv I T "R MrCntcheon | iui. atiu xtxia* ! and children are the guests for the week of Mrs. R. S. Galloway. Lieutenant David Ross Kennedy ! reached Due West last week on discharge from Camp Gordon, j Mr. Lane Bonner arrived in Due West last week from Trance. He is j looking well and has gained 30 lbs in ' flesh. ! Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Kennedy of Elpaso, Texas, are expected to arrive this week and be the guests for two weeks of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kennedy and Mrs. Jas. Boyce. ! Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Baker and Misses Azilee, Izora and Zuline Calvert have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rampey.' i ' Mr. and Mrs. Eugenia Reid Julihan, of Georgia, passed through 'Due West on Wednesday on their way to Greenville. ?They stopped just a (short while. ' * I . i CLIFF KING REACHES PORT. News reached Abbeville Wednesj day of the arrival in New York of j Cliff King, who has been spending i some time in France helping settle our case against the Huns. Before going he was connected with Parker and Reese. i ; REV. J. L. MARTIN TO PREACH. I ' * " , I The Rev. Joseph L. Martin, for many years pastor of the Abbeville Presbyterian church, will occupy the pulpit of that church Sunday morn I ing. The pastor, Kev. ?1. w. Jtratt, . will go to Columbia, where he will I preach the baccalaureate sermon at I Chicora College. j j RED CROSS SUBSCRIBERS f _ URGED TQ PAY PLEDGES i There are a number of persons j who have not paid the pledge they made to the Red Cross in May of last : year. The Red Cross planned their work on a basis of these pledges, and it is important that these pledges be | paid at the earliest time possible. nr_ 'j.? .-11 T7<ni.?vi. | we urge yuu tu vau iuc x ?iu* j ers Bank and redeem your pledgee? ' that the work of the Red Cross may go on. ,j J. S. Morse, Chairm'an,' Abbeville Chapter, A. B.-C.f THE NEW EDITOR. 1 ' J " Mr. H. G. Clark is the new editor of The Press and Banner. We very much regret to lose Mr. W. P. Greene from the editorial force of J the county and State. He has made | an able and outspoken writer. At j critical timeB his counsel and words ; have been very valuable to the counj ty. Moreover every moral issue has i received his cordial endorsement and i hearty support. We very much rej gret to lose him. Some way we are I inclined to think that he is not "clean gone." Printer's ink has a , wonderful way of sticking to a felI low's hands when once it stains them. I j Dutch cleanser does not entirely take 1 j it off. I Mr. Clark is a newspaper man of ' experience and comcs well endorsed. We extend him the right hand of fellowship and hearty good will.-^A. R. Presbyterian. EXPERT VIEW ON TAX SITUATION i * t5WP**-. A i^i^pe^t.rffcir^on $Ke itui^&atxrt** "I have your letter requesting a , donatida, ^oii ^rKkt v>yott ^oiteider-a veVy'worthy daflie." I flatter myself that I have a spirit of loyalty and JL JLULU X XVXJ^K/ T generosity. I have contributed to'at each and every object that has been 01 presented to me, but I certainly have pi to decline to help this cause along T: for the following reasons: a] I have been held up, held down, p< | every other cross of all colors, and I by the children's Home, the Corcas , Society, the various hospitals, in| eluding the lying-in-hospital, the lying-out hospital, as well as some | lying institutions. My business has decreased in vol-; i ume, owing to the fact that goods i that I am selling have been restrict-j , ed in output by the Government, and i because I will not sell all that I have J and go to beg, borrow and steal. I | have been cussed, and discussed, , boycotted, talked about, lied to ana lied about?held up, robbed and( nearly ruined?and the only reason I am clinging to life is my curiosity to J see what in the H 1 is coming , next." MRS. COLEMAN EN'l F.RTAINS. Mrs. M. T. Coleman entertained .\t tea a mimbe" of yourt?; people oni j last Tuesday evening, following | which there was an informal dance. | ; The guests at tea were: Miss Susiej ; Kortjohp, Miss Frances Stark, Miss ( Victoria Howie, Mrs. W. P. Kennedy; Mr. H. J. Brinson, Greenwood, Louiaj Hoods, H. G. Clark. Attending i.Iie. dance also were: Miss Margaret1 Bradley, Miss Sarah Perrin, Miss| Cornelia Tennant, Miss Etta Logan,! Miss Mary Hill Harris, Miss Susie' , Mabry: Messrs Maxwell Smith, Hu-' ! bert Cox, Gottlob NeufFer, W. D. I Wilkinson, Andrew Hill. : BOND SALE OF ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. The City Council of the City of. Abbeville, South Carolina, will receive bids at the City Hall in said i City of Abbeville, up to the 6th dayj of June, 1919, for the sale of Ninety! ! Thousand Dollars Street Paving j Bonds. Said bonds will be of the I j ? A/ Awa f^AiieonH HnL'l | ueiiuiuiuaiauii ui viiw ^ jlars each, bearing interest at a rate^ j not exceeding five and one half per j centum per annum, payable semi-annually at any Bank in the United States designated by the purchasers. Bonds shall mature at such time within thirty years aB shall be determined'by the City Council when th^Jbidk are "opened. Bids are invit< eti, on- bonds for twenty years and for thirty ryears, bearing interest at fourj and ohe-half per centum, five per> I Mntnm an/4 nn*-hftlf Deri j centum, all payable semi-annually. Each bidder will be required before his bid will be considered, to deposit with T. G. Perrin, Treasurer of the City of Abbeville, a check for five handred dollars, payable to his order, and duly certified by some Bank satisfactory to the said City [ Council. The City Council reserves j the right to reject any and all bids, ; and in case a bid is rejected, such I check will be returned to the bidder, I but if the bid is accepted, the amount of said check will be held by the City for the due performance of the bid. If the bidder fail to comply promptly with his bid, the City Council reserve* the right to offer said bonds for resale at the risk of the bidder or bidders. J. MOORE MARS, Mayor of the City of Abbeville. Abbeville, S. C., May 21, 1919.. 23-19-lt % ,Hd TIC PRIMAJ^^^'jl' * v7l l M i , 7? Notice is hereby given that! by oy-l /. '< 4 V " JC < , #*J' ti der1, of County Democrat's Executive Committee a primary Section )f the Democratic party will be held ! sandbagged, walked on, sat on, spat ic , on, rolled over, flattened out and th i squeezed, first by the United States Government for the Federal War al Tax, the excess profits tax, The ar Liberty Loan Bonds and the bonds of th matrimony; in the State of Missouri di | for the State tax, the highway tax, tr j the income tax, surtax, the auto tax, I school tax, cat tax, dog tax and synj tax. I have been held down to brass bt | tax by every society and organiza-|m j tion that the mind of man can invent | ? i to attract what you have or may or may not have, from the Society of J.ohn the Baptist, the G. A. R., the | Woman's Relief Corps, the Men's Relief, the stomache relief, the wifeless the husbandless, the childrenless, the conscienceless, the Navy League, the Beligan Baby League, the Red Cross, the green cross, the double cross and ; the precincts of Abbeville County i 1 Saturday, May 31, 1919, for the irpose of nominating a County reasurer for Abbeville County for jpointment by the Governor. The )lls will open at 8 o'clock in the >renoon and close at 4 o'clock in ie afternoon as required by law. In all incorporated towns and at 1 precincts in the County having i enrollment of fifty or more votes, ie said primary election will be conlcted in accordance with the Ausalian ballot law, which is now of tree. Parties desiring to vote must have sen duly enrolled prior to the closg of the books of enrollment durGEORGE C Candidate Fi ' * -O.M ' r^' . Malahi Isla The Surgeon General, U. ? Washington, I *r" (Through 1 Sir:?I have the honor t a Certificate of Merit to S G. Douglass, Hospital Corj of meritorious service duri September 26th, 1905. During this terriffic typ hosnital and most of the bl First Glass George G. Doug life, directed and superint patients, two of whom had on, from the hospital thro rain storm to a store housi only were the lives of all wounds were kept dry anc the worse for their experii I further certify that th prompt action of Sergeant ble hospital records were ] t,al nrnnertv saved frofti di I i y his unremitting efforts, af the hospital kitchen was s< the cooks to prepare suppe ed the day of the seorm or At 12:15 A. M., the mo First Glass Douglass was f patients verifying the wor such action had not been not reasonably be expecte work of the previous day. If this deserved certifici be, it will only be a tardy i service rendered the Gove Sergeant First Glass Doug Magallanes, November 5, : quately1 refcogilized by thd *W * : Very.rpspe <? signed) Captain ai 9 ing the summer of 1918, and must take the oath prescribed by the rules of the party. When the votes have been counted it the several boxes, the managers of election will seal up the boxes, closing all apertures, including that by which votes were inserted into j the boxes, and will forward the box I es containing the vqtes to the Chair! man of the Democratic Exeeutive Party. i The managers of the primary elec- ' j tion held in this County at the regu- j 'ar primary last summer will act as j managers of this election. William P. Greene, County Chairman. DOUGLASS 1 i or Treasurer ' -s * : ?y^5>6<:^"ft ? ^BESI*':' ' ^Bs?sB3E^uEu(S936 ;H^: :' HHEHIHHS . V- ; ' : ^j''y &ll\ 'WSKBS^^ cwIKC* vS?v^3K >/' .- .<Wm W^^ nd, Laguna de Bay, P. I. October 1, 1905. >. Army, >. G. Military Channels.) ,0 recommend the Award of ergeant First Glass George >s, U. S. Army, on account ing a typhoon at this station hoon that demolished the lildings of the post Seregant jlass, at great danger to his ended the transfer of seven recently been operated up)Ugh,4fee .violent wind and e in such" a mariner that not concerned saved but the 1 the patients are now none SXItJC. ipough the judgment and First Glass Douglass valuapreserved and much hospi3struction and that through ter the storm had abated, o far repaired as to allow ir and not a meal was miss' thereafter. rning of the 27th, Sergeant j ound by me up among the k of the night nurse when required of him and could d after the experiences and ate is granted, as it should ecognition of the excellent irnment. The conduct of jlass during the battle of 1899, would not. be ade- sward ojf a' C^tfflcjite of:'ak ?.il inr.i ijpu.uujr?. : .,.1/. * vayJJA j j J,sj Ghasf E. JB, ; ' ^. J ? *A Qnrffponvjl- St Armv. 1 V AVA KSK+S. qww?J x ? ? tf I IWoWCftN A"man is I lAwr>0"! eASYSTREPT?! \ -A9K SUTHERLAND ' 5 ' ? How can a man land on Easy street? 'Why man alive, the question answers itself?> easy-?Land I That's the answer. Buy a building lot. On > terms to suit you. When it b DBid for w? will ihow von where to get the money to build a house on it. ' Yesend a house after your owh explicit specifications, too. So much a month?same as rent and it's yours. ( t 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and one-half miles from Abbeville in Sharon neighborhood; close' to school and church. Three-room house and barn. Price per acre $32.60. 82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND? 4 miles south of Abbeville. Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10 acres of fine branch bottoms, 35 acres in cultivation, balance in woods both pine and ash. Rented for this year. Near school house. Price per acre $20.00 LOT?on South aide ot town, 150x150 feet. Price, $180.00 156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 miles Southeast of Abbeville S. C. Six room dwelling, 3room tenant house, barn. About 2-horSe farm rented for this year. Good bottom land, mentv ashe wood and y timber. J>nce $4k40C. TWO GOOD RESIDENCES? on North Main Street, for sale. Ask for prices. TWO STORY DWELLING?6room, hall, electric lights and sewerage, 5 minutes . walk from square. Bargain it _ J1.Z50.00 120 ACRES?Foor miles South East of Abbeville, dwelling, tenant house, well, 500 cords wood, some saw timber. Cheap at f 17.50 per acre. 166 ACRES?6 miles from Abbeville. Good dwelling, barn tenant house, located in (Lebanon section, close to school and church. Price per acre $30.00 FOR QUICK SAL&?120 Acre Tract of Land 2 miles from town, with ' a----*ijr room dwelling, barn, good pasture, enough to pasture 40 head of cattle. Benta for 5 bkles cotton. Prie. $00.00 Par Acm S-ROOM DWELLING? On South Main Street, at Cotton Mill. Prlc*, $1,100.00 5-ROOM COTTAGE? Right at High School, on* Parker St ' Lot 80x198. Price, $1,000.00. 36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2 miles from Hodges, 8 milee from Abbeville, good dwelling, barn and onthonses. Price, $1,680.00 43 ACRE TRACT?2 1-2 miles from town, 1-horse farm open, dwelling, barn, good well, good bottom and pasture lands. Party that bays gets 2 bales cotton rent, Prie?, per Mr*, $38.00 GOOD RESIDENCE?Close in, 4 large rooms, hail and kitchen. Worth $2,000.00, will seU for $1*680.00. -*1