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ruun ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banne ABBEVILLE, S. C. H. G. CLARK, Editor. The Press and Banner Co Published Every Tuesday and Frida Telephone No. 10. ? ?' Entered as second-class mail ma ter at post office in Abbeville, S. ( 7^ \ Term of Subscription: One year $2.C Six months 1.0 Three months .5 Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1919. THE EVILS OF MOONSHINE. Up in York county the people ha\ organized to better combat the ev of moon shining. The organization known as Broad River Township Jn provement Association. Already e fective work has been done in breal ing up stills. The greatest good th? will be accomplished will be the d< velopment and crystallization ( public opinion. There is not county in the state where a large m; jority of the citizens are not oppose to liquor, not to mention the mooi shine form; but the people are qui< acent. There is no co-ordinatic between their opinions and the ?cte. There is need to arouse tt people. Moonshine whiskey is being mac sd Abbeville County. A great dei more is being made somewhere eh and is being transported into th county. There was a time whe moonshine could claim the doubtfi virtue of being pure. But now mooi shine and "rotgut" are synonym ou It is vicious, mean stuff that wi craze a man, ruin his stomach an vitiate his morals. Such stuff is being sold here i Abbeville. We have no more dire< nroof than observing the effect which are convincing enough. 1 prohibition is to mean anything, i our last state is not to be worse tha our first the making .and sale c moonshine must be stopped. That da will come only when public opinion : moved to action. We have need c en improvement association in thi city and county. MIDDLE AGE METHODS. >. A MAN is never whipped. Th same can be said of a nation. We ar thoroughly convinced of the unwk dom of attempting to beat into th Getnnan intelligence the belief tha they were solely to blame for th war; that they are wholly a base an unworthy people. The inclusion i the terms of the treaty of the para graph relating to German's guill which Germany was forced to sub #qribe to smacked of littleness, child wh spite. There Is no question o Germany's guilt, but forcing her t sign a paper admitting that goes far toward making that docu meat "4 scrap of paper." The Jply kind of change of heai that is*l|reting is one which is arrive at through a change in the person' or nation's conscience. It cannot b forced. Nothing will do more t ? crystallize the German people's b< lief that they are martyrs than thi effort on the part of the Allie! Prance chiefly, to make them ben the knee as conquered and bow th bead in shame as the perpetrators c a cruel war. The realization of guilt will b more universal, will come in a moi real and fuller sense if the Germar are left severely alone?ignore< There must be penitence in German] but it must be evolved out of the ii uer conscientiousness of the nai^oi The Teutons must comprehend thei responsibility for the war; the must understand how universall they are condemned by the civilize world; it must be brought home t them how utterly they are deteste for their atrocities, their lust fc power and for their aggressive, ir human war. But penitence will n< come by ramming the facts dow their throts. Let them alone, an if there is .any manhood left in tti German people they will work . otj -their own salvation. Nothing is t Jt. | gained by a reversion to methods of j, the middle ages. 1 Maximilian Harden strikes the keynote, when he says: "What avails our signature, if it is not born of realization that it is a! necessary sacrifice on the altar of, humanity?" "Eighty per cent, of " Germany's bourgeoisie is still con. vinced that Germany fought in de 7 fense against an attack treacherously prepared by envy and lust for revenge, and that Germany's arms, unconquerable by arms, lost oui v? t- final victory by a nose because it j,- was poisoned by a plot paid for with Russian money. Where this convic-j tion has become shaky, a German form of Nihilism has arisen which no ? longer beTieves in anything." 0 "For the question of signing," he 0 says, "isn't half so vital for Germany^ and humanity as the equally important question: Will 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 industrious and mostly per-^ sonaBy worthy human beings reach ~ the conviction that not only certain methods "but the entirety of their thinking and willing?their political re religion?has been condemned by the genius of the age, and that humanity | is will not rest until this religion has ben rendered wholly impotent? f- "On the answer to this question < hangs a big part of Europe's fate,1 it and not .on the fact that the treaty s- ifrill be signed by teeth-gnashing and groaning over the misuse of force." a . : I THE AMERICAN LEGION. ;d ie. We don't have to ge back to the, ,nj notions about the Order of the Cin-j iTj cinnati, that prevailed at the end of ,e the War of the Revolution, to unit!! ? ! jderstand how far-reaching, politicalle'ly potent, and socially and economi-l al'cally how active a society of soldiers 5e returned to civil life and acting to-; igjgether may be. n A non-partisan and non-political. II association is to be formed, says, l- Lieut. Col. Roosevelt, "an associas. tion which will kkeep alive the prin11 ciples of justice, freedom, and dem-j d ocracy for which these veterans j fought." Justice, freedom and dem-i n ocracy, without partisanship! The rt idea is noble. It should prevail. Who s,! can lo as much for justice, freedom [f|and democracy as these men who if fought for them? May they keep J n pacred, these lofty objects, defend if them always! The fatal germ of y partisanship njust never be allowed is, to enter that society of soldiers and! >f sailors. The influence of these men! is; Will be great. Used in the honorable, straightforward, large national way advocated by Lieut. Col. Roosevelt and Lieut. Col. Clark it will be a help and a strength to the United] States.?New York Times. :l ' K ALL-METAL AIRPLANE e BUILT BY THE HUNS it ejNew York World. d' The Germans never had a chance n to use their latest aero creation on' J the front against the Entente air-j t,' men?the entirely metal plane. Fire >-j from the tanks burning the light, in-j I- flammable material, of which planes f'are usually ?aus?4 the deaths1 o (of a large percentage of aviators. j The metal plane was made of alum-J i. inum, body, wing, struts atnd all. The( ! most recent development iaclude^ t 'metal wingSi <e*cept the edge?, .vtych, d: have to be flexible Ifor guiding' thd ( s | plane. The metal plane Was almost e! bullet proof, except direct hits, and| 0 came as near being &h armored plane! as anyone could develop. is The aluminum plane was develop-. ed by engineers connected with the! d Zeppelin works. In the Zeppelin fac-j e tory at Staalen are almost a hundred! ,f of these planes, nearly finished, most] of them without wings. They are1 e brihgt and shiny aluminum, and are^ e the most deathly looking machines ls imaginable. 1. The aluminum plane was never jy used on the front, though it had been i- tested carefully in the rear and at i, the factory, and was found entirely \T satisfactory. It was as fast and aly most as high as the planes made of y wood. d "The arimstice came along and o prevented us from using the alumid num plane," said the Zeppelin mana,r ger. "It was the same with our giant t_ bombers. Another year and we'd have >t ad enough of both to have complete ri supremacy. Then the Entente would d have come along with something e' better. That's the way it went, nip it . tuck-^and the infantry. settled: x) the war after all." VVWVVVWVVVVVVN p V \ V COTTON MARKET. V V Cotton sold on local mar- V ket yesterday for 34 cents. V ir V July futures closed in New V o V York at 33.20. V tl V St vvvvvvvwvvv V p fi TELLS OF APPROVAL p OF FORD EDITORIAL a Mount Clemen, Mich., July 2.? n Tiffany Blake, testifying today in the Henry Ford-Chicago Tribune libel w suit recited reasons why he, as head ^ of the editorial department, of the " Tribune, gave approval to the edi- ^ torial headed "Ford is an Anarchist", n on which the SI.000.000 litigation is ^ founded. Mr. Blake's testimony'0 will be continued next Monday, to] which day adjourment was taken. Before Mr. Blake was called by a Weymouth Kirkland of counsel for 31 the Tribune, the time was taken up with the testimony of Col. Henry J. Reilly, who commanded the armyjS regiment known as "Reill/s Bucks" n in the Rainbow Division in France, and by a long deposition from James ^ JV- Gerard former United States ^ ambassador to Germany. When Mr. Blake was sworn, Mr. g Kirkland asked him a number of j ^ questions to show that he was familiar with Mr. Ford's pacifist and other utterances, with President Wilson's i a speeches and public matters generally. He was then asked to state why he approved the characterization of \. the manufacturer as "an anarchist."! I P ''Because," said the witness, "at a , D time when the United States was in I ^ grave danger, he advocated the de-l nf our nrmv nnH n?w. he-1 cause he said he did not} believe in patriotism, because with the world in C flames, he opposed preparedness,because he said the flag should be; pulled down, and because he said that soldiers were murderers." n a NEWSPAPER MEN o END CONTENTION p I Greenville, July 2.?The forty-1 6 fifth annual convention of the South a Carolina Press Association ended: here tonight with a banquet, at which p an address was delivered by Dr. W. I _ J. McGlothlin, president of Furman ^ University. At a business session this after-j noon officers were elected for the coming year as follows: President, A. B. Jordan, of the Dillon Herald; first vice president, H. G. Osteen, of the Sumter Item; second vice-president' J. Ryon McKissick, of the Greenville! Piedmont; secretary, Mason Brunson of the Florence Times; treasurer,! August Kohn, of the News and Cou-| rier Columbia Bureau. Executive ^ committee: B. H. Peace, of the, Greenville News; S. J. Leaphart, of the Lexington Dispatch, and 0. K. Williams, of the Rock Hill Record. Three cities, Columbia, Rock Hill and Anderson, put in bids today for the next convention. The matter will be left to the decision of the executive committee. The social feature of the program today was an automobile trip from Greenville to Hendersonvrlle, jvhere the hundred newspaper men and their families had dinner at the Kentucky Home, arid then motored back to this city for the closing session. r fc:n?Tn; 1 . .0 German leaders to BLAME, PAPER DECLARES Berne, June 30.?^hose German leaders who are protesting so violently against the rigors of the peace terms are not representing what the real sentiment of the German people will come to be when it knows the whole truth, the Munch Post, a majority Socialist newspaper, declares for the losses of territory caused herl by the peace terms, the newspaper! admits and her resopnsible statement know this to be so. . "When the German people are acquainted with the facts," the Post declares, "they will understand why the victors are so strict and so lacking in mercy toward us. The German people will then silence those who are surprised at the rigor of rto tuari tttrma TVipv will Pomn?] them to adopt a more moderate tone and this will bring back the good feeling which existed before the reign of the policy of violence, now ended. The civilized world will then, with; confidences asfcist *' us in our misery -and in our efforts to obtain a just and humane modificqtipn iof the terms of the victohj to wtach we are bound to submit today." RESIDENTS SHIP MAY ARRIVE MONDAY On Board the U. S. George Washlgton, June 30.?It was at 11:15 'clock this morning (Chip's time) lat President Wilson, en route home, rom Europe, signed the Indian ap ropriation bill and the railroad deciency bill. At the present rate of rogress the George Washington will; rrive at Hoboken at noon Monday ] ext. The transport Great Northern, rith mail pouches direct from the Phite House in Washington contain-lg the Indian and the railroad bills,! ove in sight early this morning. The' leeting at sea between her and George Washington had been previ-j usly arranged by wireless. The Great Northern approached on tie port side of the presidential fleet nd then came to a stop, and a detroyer transferred the mail bags to lie President's ship. The bills awaiting the President's ignature and documents relating to 111/1)1 /vfliivr Viitonn 0001 rere soon spread on the President's esk for his attention. In addition o idie two important supply bills here were a number of army and avy co\irt-martial reports and sevral reports from the Department ofj ustice. The last day of the fiscal year thus ound the President handling current ffairs in mid-Atlantic. This is the first time in history that uch operations of receiving and sign tig bills in mid-ocean had taken lace and was commented upon on oard, as marking another recordreaking advance in modern methods f communication. ^ f? tOTHAM ENJOYS LAST OF BOOZE New York, June 30.?After midight tonight New Yorkers will have 11 evidence of "hardness" removed mm lirmnr <?<vnaumpd tlipir wn homes, according to a decision eached this afternoon'by more than ,000 hotel proprietors, restaurants nd saloon keepers. After meetings held in various arts of the city the ''wets" anounc-J / I t \ Ifm Foresigl The time is drawing nea tion that the day is going t weight suit NOW. You'll be down-right pi stylish, mid-summer suit i day will be minus heat dii Hki tu This label on a hot wea It's a guarantee that the g the tailoring and material Come in today and sele this proved trade-mark in Silks. * f A t An ed they would obey the war-time pro* hibition act "in letter and spirit"? but would keep their bars open. Gilding across these mahogany barriers, however, would be only 2.7 per cent beer and light wines, they said. If 1 the alcoholic content of these wines proved too high it would be "modified with seltzer," they added. It was! a day of conferences in New York. On the eve of the most "arid" spell ! Broadway has known, dispensers of liquor held council as to what their ' course should be, while a parley held at police headquarters indicated that custodians of the city s peace were no less anxious to chart their course. But while these conferences were in progress, New Yorker showed their determination not to be cheated of what might prove their last "deluge." Not a seat was to be had this evening in cabaret or hotel and it was perhaps this avowed determine tion of New York to celebrate. that caused orders to be issued from police headquarters that all readiness from midnight tonight until noon tomorrow. Many .thirsty New Yorkers, however, had an eye to the future and "stocked up" in an eleventh hour rush on wholesale and retail liquor I establishments. The police received orders tonight j to enforce the ban on "hard" liquor I after midnight, and precinct chiefs i were notified that saloon keepers in i the various districts were to be ini formed that "anyone offering whiskey or spirituous liquor for sale after midnight will be placed under arrest and arraigned before United States \ /*AmTViiooiAnm?o Intimations that there would be no , "indiscriminate arrests" for the sale of 2.75 per cent beers and wines, were made at the offices of William |N. Offley, agent of the Department of Justice, and United States Dis-' ; trict Attorney Francis G. Caffey. Evidence of violation however, it was stated might be taken and accumulated for prosecution some time J within the three-year statute of limitations, if a federal court decided 1 2.75 per cent beer is "intoxicating." Mr. T. Mabry Cheatham went down to Augusta yesterday to spend' the Fourth. iI ' /Jl1 ft m i(/ lit and Rea p when you will awaken in the 1 o be hot. Better be ready for tl eased with your foresight if, on n the closet, waiting to be put 01 scomforts and annoyances. wAstrCion} ,d? by 8trous1 k brothers, inc.. baltufom, m ther suit is an excellent thing t< ;arment will always retain its ft s are strictly honest. ct that mid-summer suit. Our tcludes Palm Beach, Mohairs, G . ."'.if * iderson Co. Qotl DOGS IN THE WORLD WAR. Our Dumb Animals. : Unnumbered dogs have now given proof of their loyalty^to man in.timi of war as well as peace. A few have been cited and decorated for service . : on the battlefields that was nothing short of heroic. There is the record of Fend J'Air, a setter, who went "into the trenches with a French zouave, and, when an exploding shell had buried hie soldier master under a great mass of earth and stones, dug frantically until he had gained light and air for his beloved hero. And there is Verdun Belle, another trench-broken setter, who adopted ayouhg marine; followed him into the thick of .the fray at Chateau-Thierry lost him as well as her ownpuppap, and yet was awaiting at 41 field hcapfr-. tal the ambulance that brought fcer shell-shocked comrade, to welcome, encourage, and sustain him. Loulou was another dog of heroic mould, only a mongrel, homeleee and starving, when found, but intelligent. courageous ana wren a neart or gOMScenting a surprise attack by the enemy, he was given the place of., honor at the head of the advance. What happened thereafter is related os follows by G. C: Harvey in "Hsok ous Four-Footed Friends": "On account of Loulou's alertness, the attack was a failure, and Loukra* * chased the retreating troops glee. Unfortunately he caught up with the enemy officers and set Us teeth in the fleeing one's leg, when* - upon the officer shot him. ,r:*. "The heartbroken French soldiers carried the dog's body back to their trench, and there dug a grave Loulou as if he had been one of the&k p Then the quartermaster, with a voice full of emotion, said, "Good-by, dear' little comrade. Yon were only a-v plain soldier in the dogs' fegimenjt**? but we have all taken an oath that your name shall live as long as that- / of our distinguished regiment. We/: " shall never forget you, faithful and' ?- E tender little friend, who has gone to 9 the Great Unknown wrtJmtrt wafrtino^ 9 for us. Deeply de shall miss . your gambols and joyous barking that" " brought sunshine to our darkest day* Goodby, Loulou; we salute you!" ' 5 I i" * - j&i. -h lization morning witlf the realizatiis by getting that light- t: : ; a. .< v i that morning you have a ... a. You will know that the - h* . I.; lis * \B. 3 back up your foresight. ishionable lines and that . ' * 'i*" ? ! variety of models bearing off Cloth, Tropiques and i > i ?. >1 . ' * * ling Store I *