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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. " " APTf lTftitnr. li. Vj. V/tinuu, a Tlie Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and "Kridaj Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat Ut at post office in Abbeville, S. G Terms of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.0C Three months .5C Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. THE HAND GRENADES. Grenades were known to have been in use five centuries ago. In 1427, at the siege of JJie Fortress of Casamaggiore on the river Po, the defenders used a primitive grenade, made of a glass bottle filled with powder. Grenades were used at the ^ siege of Rouen in 1562, and at the siege of Vantendonck in the Low Counties in 1588. When the container developed from glass to iron they made a tremendous effect. During the reign of Louis XIV, in 1765, the pocket ufeed for carrying grenades began to be knrwn as the grenadiere, and it was not long unx:i ii.? cniiiiors whn scoured IJ1 II1C yjv-rwtu iiviuiv*? . the country in advance of the line / of march, entrusted with the deadly / \ ' hand bombs, were known as the grenadiers. In English history, as well, the grenadiers are found from the seventeenth century on, and on the Continent, during the wars of the first part of the nineteenth century, grenades played a large part. It was left for the Russo-Japanese war, in 1904, to develop the hand g-.-onsde nearest the ones in the Great War, and the history of this development is extremely interesting Jam tins, tomato cans, any kind ot metal recepticals, were saved?even ct the beginning of the Europear ar?and filled with explosives, bits of shell, shrapnel balls, nails and mud to hurl at the better prepared enemy. The 'hair-brush", the "cricket-ball," etc., were the next steps in the evolution of the modern Mills bomb, which was the final type used by the English and American armies. It is the Mills Defensive Bomb, Mark II, which will be used to equip the school children of the United States in their fight on waste. Enlisted by classes into companies oi Thrift-Grenadiers, they will jam their grenades full of pennies and dimes with which to buy Thrift and War Savings Stamps. With the aid of the grenades, by drilling in ffieady saving, wise buying and safe ^yesfrnent, they will become an independent citizenry assuring prosperity and happiness to their country. ' ' No uniform will characterize this new army of granadiers, but the 4 patriotic fight in which these little soldiers will engage will bear the highest testimony as to the true worth of those who pledge them' selves to be "active and quick ir judgment, intelligent and fearless." THE STATE MEMORIAL. (Newberry Herald and News.) It was proposed to erect in Co lumbia a memorial to our soldiers ii the recent war, the building to b< strictly a memorial building, / ii which could be kept the record o: the soldiers and and relics of the war and it was not to be in any sense ai utilitarian building. The idea is i good one, and we hope there will b< accepted no proposition to make i in any sense an utilitarian building There should at least be one suci i - ii. . ni.i. 1 1.1. memorial in tne ataie, arm wie piu per place for it is at the State capi tal. The State library might b< moved to the building and the library made a real library and visitors wh< visited the memorial would hav< easy access to the library. We notice in one of the Columbij papers that a proposition is made t< turn the memorial into a hospital and increase the amount proposed e for the erection of the building from n $500,000 to one million. So far as q we are concerned we hope that will t not be done. A hospital is a good|b thing, and a great many people go ev-pv ery day from all parts of the State, n to some one or the other of the Co- j t lumbia hospitals, but we would not( like to see the proposed memorial; t to our soldiers in the shape of a hos-j s r pital. A hospital is not a place youj cure to go unless you are sick or n crippled or something is wrong with e the animal. A memorial should be a a place where you would like to go f. ' whenever you visited the city, and l , where you would have pleasant and' v pleasing surroundings all the time,je and where you could have easy ac-j s (jcess to the record of any soldier j u (! who took part in the great worlclj 1 ^ war. The two things, it seems to us,; y do accord with one another. We trust that the commission'^ | charged with the erection of this memorial is to be a county affair, 'and where you could not afford to! erect a purely memorial building on-! ' : ly for use of records and relics, the i ^ ,i proposition is entirely different. We ^ L' could and should, as we see it, com- f bine the utilitarian idea with the.t memorial, because then you would! d ! have the memorial and it would be i s ! used for other things, such as rest 8 /room and a county library, as we!" / have already suggested. ! t . < n 'o MANN FAMILY REUNION. t | , i ' s On August 6, there was a reunion i , of the Mann family in the large oak I , c ; grove in front of the old Mann home, i now owned by George S. Lewis, near ' Antreville, in Abbeville County. 3 l: There were about 200 people presi a ! ent to partake of the bounty of the y r occasion, and to join in the pleasant i associations of the day. The crowd was composed of the Mann family i and the family connections; the Su-,. bers; the Bells; the Belos; the Mc 'Carters; the Southerns; the Fergu; sons; the Princes; the Canns; the J 0 Wrights; and others, who were invited to join in the festivities of the | ^ J-" C1 4-V* rv m/vrnk^rc nf +".VlPil J U <xy. OUI1IC VI lilt w- w?W, [ family who live at a distance could j ! ^ot got 'there. Ed. Mann, of St. Mat-1 I . . ' V i thews, now solicitor, and candidate . for congress, and his cousin, Marvin Mann, clerk of the State senate, also n i of St. Matthews, and his brother, 3 i Clyde Mann, cashier of the Bank of r : Honea Path, were absent. Chris Su- v 1 ber, another member of the family, I cashier of the Williamston Bank, and s his brother, Frank Suber, cashier of ^ A ; the Pelzer Bank, also failed to be i present. n s Dr. James Mann, superintendent of i the schools of the city of Greenville, 1 was present, and added much to the a , enjoyment of the day, mingling with c > the friends and relatives with whom 0 I he was associated in his boyhood. The g _ 1* ' dinner was served in the grove. It 11 ! was the basket dinner, all that heart ' t Could wish, but it was supplemented s [ by a well prepared barbecue. After s I the dinner was served, the crowd was n ['favored with a well timed address, ^ i delivered by Dr. Mann, dwelling on s1 some of the chief characteristics of s . the Mann family, and closing with a .^strong appeal in behalf of education. P . It was unanimously agreed,1 by a ^ vote to hold this family reunion on ^ i this same spot every year, on August c >' 6. ; , . v - - _ - n [\ THE COTTON SITUATION. f t I Columbia, S. C., Aug. 12.?The v I following has been given out by the j I American Cotton Association: a The American Cotton Association, j through confidential representatives, ( has been securing inside information from the cotton consuming centers. ' of the North and from the New c York Exchange for quite some length ^ 1 of time. Much of the information i c ^secured is very valuable. 1 A mammoth mass meeting will be , ? 1 11 xT. . 1 ? i.1 L neia in xne eany xaii lor me purpuavj j > of discussing and recommending a! 1 minimum price for the growing crop t i based on supply and demand and the 1 - comparison in prices of manufacturt ed products and other commodities, s ' also the matter of acreage for the i coming year will be seriously con sidered. The farms will be operated! - upon a business basis and only suchjj i acreage will be planted as, based onj 7 supply and demand, will bring a pro> 'able price. Under no condition * - will the acreage be planted to estab- c !sih surplus to bear down prices. i After this meeting, confidential in-ie ) formation secured as stated above, * , will receive the most careful consid- v I ration and attention of special committees, and in all probability a revest for a special investigation of he flagrant manipulation which has een practiced in the cotton market j nil be made. As a result of this lanipulation the South has suffered he loss of millions. One of the leading bankers from, wyiAAyifltrj H6 weaitny western &ccuuu ic^uiuy i tated: "We would be delighted to loanj noney on your cotton, as money isj xtremely easy with us, but it is an' .bsolute tool for the manipulator,! he prices being flagrantly and vio-j cntly manipulated at his own sweet /ill, so that cotton is really considerd as a gambling product, and in our ection of the West it is considered msafe for hauling by the banks., fou should do something to stabilize] cur prices." VILLIAMS MAKES REPLY TO LODGE Washington, Aug. 12.?Senator Villiams, Democrat, Mississippi, biterly attacked the position of Senator1 -odge, Republican, chairman of the oreign relations committee, as "par* isan and narrow" in the senate toav. "I hesitate very much," he aid, "to undertake to reply to the' reatest presentation of the selfish-j ess of American policy h\ an ex-j emporaneous answer. It is not a e\v presentation of the personality f the senator from Massachusetts.) le has always attempted to make a' how of himself." At this point hisses and "boos" ame from the gallery and drowned ut the Mississippi senat.v's voice. Vice President Marshall, after re-J toring order, warned that if the sen-1 te rules again wer.i violated, he | rould order the gv>!lerie3 cleared. I Senator Williams continued that I lenator Lodge "has always attempt-1 d to make a show of himself as beng non-partisan and fair and impar-l ial." "But the senator refers:," continud Mr. Williams, "to the fact that we iust render our service of our own ree will to the world?service of ur own free will. How can any na-j ion render service of its own free1 rill? I can not render service to j lississippi of my own free will. IJ lust consult the other people who) re my neighbors. Mississippi canj iot render service of its own free nil. Crossing of t'?. j "All the crossing of t's and the otting of i's that the senator from) lassachusetts has recourse to does ot make me forget that he has negscted the weightier matters of the aw. Leave out his crossing of t's nd his dotting of i's and his finally arefully three months' prepared perration intended to appeal to the alleries, has he shown the slightest eart sympathy with the desire of he world to have peace. Has he hown any sympathy with the de L_11 ire of the mother that ner son snau ot die uselessly upon the battleeld? 'It is easy for the senator to corn and cast obliquy upon the senence of the president when the) resident said, 'If you defeat the I ?ague of nations you will break the J L Wifk on nnsolntei can ux uic rw/Ai*a. it?vu old New England synici?m that inites the scorn of every'honest, hulan, loving man, he merely made1 un of the phrase. It is a slightj hing to break the heart of the rorld provided Republican policies n the senate of the United States re not at stake." New Banl^ in Antreville. News has been received in this ity of the establishment in Antre-ille of the Antreville Bank and the irganization of the Antreville Merantile Company. W. F. Nickles will le president of both corporations. C. A. Patterson will be cashier of he bank. The incorporators of the wo new concerns are W. D. Barkslale, S. J. Wakefield, W. F. Nickles, md E. A. Patterson. Capt. Mac L. Baker Now. The Hon. James M. Baker, of AHmrlAetnllfl Viae 4"Vi a infof j\j miutOYmvj uuo i wvi v vu vuv isting news that his son, Lieut. Mac j. Baker, M. T. C., France, was^reently promoted from first lieutenint to captain. Capt. Baker receiv:d a citation from General Pershing, or excepiionally meritorious serices at Verneuil, France.' PERSONALS. Mrs. J. D. Bundy is coming dowi from Monroe Saturday and will visi Mrs. Frank Welsh for a week. Miss Gladys Griffin, of Cross Hill is spending the week with har aunt Mrs. R. S. Quattlebaum. Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Harvin hav returned from a short visit to Man ning. Miss Sarah Welsh is in the cit; for a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. F f M. Welsh. She has been spendinj [ some time in Hendersonville, am i came to Abbeville on her way home ~~-?? Mrs. M. B. Davis and her younj son, Marion, are in Lawrenceville Ga., on a visit Mr. Charlie McNeill and his fam ily of interesting children have beei spending this week in Hartwell, Ga, with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. AndersonBilly Brr.dley is here from Co lumbia to spend a short vacatioi with his home people. i Lieut. J. C. Fair who finds Abbe ville the garden spot of the earth and the nearest way, any where, wa 4*1 Ml ^ mi 1 ? X in .iiroeviiie inursuay on nis way t Camp Gordon to get his discharge. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barksdal leava Monday for the mountains o North Carolina. They will make th trip in their car and will visit man; places of interest.. W. J. Heid, who ha^ been in sei vice in France for the past year, re ! turned hom-j Wednesday, having re | ceived his discharge from Cam; vJackson. k Sam Reid, of St. Matthews, is vis *iting his home people near the city. WAR IN EUROPE BROKE CARNEGIE'S BOUYANT NATUR1 New York, Aug. 12.?The wa ' killed Andrew Carnegie. Hoodwinked by the former Germai ! kaiser into believing German wa sincerely interested in preservinj world peace ,Mr. Carnegie saw hi |ideal3 and beliefs shattered by Gei ; man treachery and the reactioi broke his heart. During the war Mr. Carnegie wen into retirement. He could not b persuaded to make any public state ment about the conflict, although re D. POL Our Fall Lines Ai and We Have Boug] Complete Line of R Have Ever Carried. Our goods were 1 lurt? me reuciic au v< would advise early stocks are depleted. We have a large j now, but we know tl heavy. Among the comp /in-HMTT /invi V\ /\ VM A Iuci 11 y can IUC m^ni/iv Dry Goods Shoes Ladies and Ladies Re Ladies' Trunks an< The above lines a respect and ready f< D. POL . ?i..? I quests from all over the world poured into his New York residence, a His life-long conviction that war t was an international crime had run against the savage attempt of the Hohenzollerns to overthrow civilizaI tion. The result drove him to a [9 i# brooding silence that changed his buoyant cheerful nature. He lived to see the many millions he had expended on the court of international arbitration at The Hague shown to have been useless, so far as averting the great world conflict was concerned. He lived to see the future y , j seat of international arbitration re1 moved from The Hague to be set up aew in Switzerland by the League I of Nations. "j Mr. Carnegie's millions were useful | only in revealing how international arbitration would not work, as dem' onstrated by the war. But he did i not lose faith altogether in his plan ! to establish world peace. i-i ? [i | / j Abbeville Boy Gets Scholarship. I Francis Mabry, of this city, has -1 been apprized of the fact that hs n was a successful applicant for a State scholarship to the School of Pharmacy, Medical College of South i- Cr.ri.ri-.a. There is one appointment I, in eacn congressional uisiriuu xuc s appointment carries an appropriation o of $150 and is good for one year. Mrs. Dickson Moves. A Mrs. J. A. Dickson left this week e for Brownlee, where she will make y her home. Her friends in Abbeville regret very much her leaving. . Her home on Wardlaw street has been rented to C. E. Hix, superintendent of the Water and Electric Plant. The upstairs has been sub-let to Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Thomas. h NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. By order of the4 Board of Directors of the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital sealed bids for remodeling ^ and improvement, lighting and heating of the Abbeville County Memort _ i tt ;j..i j: _i I lai XlospiLai .ouiiuiiig, uiiucr jpiaus and specifications drawn by James C. 11 Hemphill, architect, are asked. Bids 3 will be opened at the City Hall, of? fice of D. H. Hill, attorney, on Aug3 ust 29, 1919. Rights are reserved to reject any and all aids. Plans and n specifications can be seen at said office at any time. t Signed, D. H. HILL, Acting Chairman Building Com. " 8-15-4t. .. y._ ?? IAKOFF re Beginning to Come, it This Ij^ar the Most Merchandise That We * bought right and bemce in prices and we buying before our and varied assortment lat the demand will be = lete lines -which we jj npd: | and Clothing i?Hats Misses Cloaks ady-to-Wear Sweaters 1 Suit Cases. ire complete in every >r your inspection. IAKOFF Private Ferguson Returns. Private J. P. Ferguson, Judge Advocate's Department, District of Paris, has been discharged from the army and has arrived at his home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James I 1 ClgUOUll* I The following recommendation gives evidence of the high esteem in which Private Ferguson was held by his commanding officer: ''As the Headquarters of the District of Paris is about to be discontinued owing to the evacuation of the American Forces from Franca, I wish to express to you my appreciation of your services in this office. You first came to this office as an 3 1.. ~T X AAA A-nr ' urueny auuut sia uiuuiuo o^u. v??ing to your willingness to work, and your intelligence, you were advanced to more important duties. In your present position in charge of the mimeograph work you are giving entire satisfaction. I would like you to know that your superiors think very well of you. H. M. Morrow, Colonel, J. A. G. D., Judge Advocate. ^ i '? A Case of Flu. . "Buddie" McCuen, the young sob of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McCuen, is up and about again after a struggle with the flu. I ' 1 * : ' Ss li^or/ La^>mJSLTY^I Do Vbu WANT TO I I OV/N LAND- ? ? ?| A?K SUTHERLttND ' \ ?"T Now all of the land will be some man's land?why not come into your share? The thrift you've learned to practice will now bring to you the security of property-possession, > the happiness of home-owning. ' We'll show you how to start so ybu can safely finish buying the property you desire. ' I r v - T ! i ; ; I ^ 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and i one-half miles from Abbe- I villa in RVmrrm noichhorhnfMii E close to school and church. Three-room house and {wrn.. Price acre, __$32.50. (Sold) . >-** 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 I ash. Rented for this year. , Near school house. < ; Frice per acre ^zv.oo {zxxaj r h LOT?on South side of town, - IH 150x150 feet. Price, $150.00 f B 156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 11 miles Southeast of Abbeville I Bj S. C. Six room dwelling, 8- | H room' tenant house, barn. I1 About 2-horse farm rented for this, year. Good bottom | H kind, plenty ashe wood and IH timber. Price por i'.cre $30.00 I I 166 ACREC?6 miles from Ab- 9 H beville. Good dwelling, barn IH I tononf hmtse. located in Leb- I HI anon section, close to school Rfl and church. Price per acre $30.00 9 5-ROOM DWELLING? On H South Main Street, at Cotton H| Mill. Price, $1,100.00 H 36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2 ? " 1 f> M miles irom noages, o mues from Abbeville, good dwell- j^H ing, barn and outhouses. Price, $1,650.00 H iriiiniu'N'iiri.i" I imi I immm