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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
H. G. CLARK, Editor.
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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."
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I THE AMERICAN LEGION.
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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!!
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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.
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K ALL-METAL AIRPLANE
e BUILT BY THE HUNS
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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."
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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.
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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
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speeches and public matters generally.
He was then asked to state why
he approved the characterization of \.
the manufacturer as "an anarchist."!
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''Because," said the witness, "at a ,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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!" '
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by getting that light- t:
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