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ESTABLISHED 1844
[The Press and Banner;
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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H. 6. CLARK, Editor.
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The Press ana .Banner v^u.
Published Every Tuesday and Friday
Telephone No. 10.
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?t post office in Abbeville, S. C.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1919. j
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THE WATER SUPPLY.
It was reported to Mayor Mars'
Monday morning that there was not
enough water in the city reservoir to
water the streets and that there was 1
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3, possibility of more serious snoirnge
because of the amount now being
used in the paving of the streets
and other construction work.
The recommendation of Wm. M.
Barnwell of the Water and Electric
Plant at the last meeting of council
to build a concrete dam at the Water
works comes to mind with particular
emphasis. We need more water j
now and the need will increase from
time to time. Mr. Barnwell has had
a competent engineer inspect the
present dam and also go over the
ground with a view to building a new
dam that will gather and hold more
water. This engineer has reported J
|tbat a concrete dam, which will hold \
eighteen days supply of water, car :
be built for approximately $3,000. !
Eighteen days supply seems small
enough reserve supply of water for
a town (he size of Abbeville. The '
present dam holds only a few daysj
supply and if it were not for the'
fact that the small streams r.re con- i
tinually feeding the water in the {
dam it would dry up in a very short
while. A long dry spell would >>ring!
about a serious condition of atfairs. '
In addition the present dam is old, ^
built of wood and mud and is in a!
weakened condition. A few hours!
heavy downpour is likely to wash it1
away.
The city council or the Water and
Light Commission should take action
immediately to insure plenty of water
for ail purposes. For the second
time this summer the streets have
become intolerably dusty because
there was not an adequate supply of (
water.
It is understood that the construction
company which has charge of
the paving of the streets can be em
ployed to build the dam and at a
much smaller cost than under usual
conditions because they have equipment
and men already here.
We believe the matter is of enough
importance to call a special meeting
of City Council if the Water and
Light Commission has not sufficient
vower to act without the sanction of
the council.
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A SOBER SECOND THOUGHT
i* Just a few days ago this country
seemed almost face to face with an
industrial crisis that in some respects
would be unparalleled. The only
bright side was the common realization
system would be so acute that
they could not, of their very nature,
last over a week or so.
But there have been some helpful
developments, and perhaps a surprise
or two. At any rate the prevailing
sentiment is distinctly more moderate
than that of a week or two ago.
National labor leaders appear to
have a sobering sense of responsibility
in the grave crisis that confronts
organized labor. Labor, like capital,
must run me gauntlet 01 puDiic opm- ,
ion. Labor leaders do not wish to;
make any serious mistake at a time '
when labor has an opportunity to do |
itself?and the country as a whole? j
real service, or else by injudicious!
act set back the clocks of the work- j
ing classes as a whole for years. La- j
bor leaders realize that hardships!
brought upon the country as a whole t
affect labor, too, for the great bulk
of us are workers. When an indus
mai price ox any Kind is to be paid,j
labor pays the greater part of the |
price. When an added burden is to
be borne, it is borne principally by
labor. By labor we mean simply
those who work; that part of the na1
??tl?o nnrelv
tion not comprvmiBcu in v?& f ^
capitalistic class.
Labor has an opportunity at this
critical juncture of showing a spirit
of moderation and co-operation; of a
demonstration that it is a part of the
American people, and not a class
apart from them?that will create
generally a kindlier feeling toward
| organized labor and ? respect lor the
| judgment and sense of responsibility
of whose whom labor has chosen to
be its leaders and spokesmen.
There are gratifying evidences, as
this is written, that this sense of responsibility
is having an influence
distinctly for good.?Industrial Index.
SOUTH CAROLINA
MEMORIAL COMMISSION
Organization for the approaching
campaign to raise $400/>00 by public
subscription for the erection -of a fitting
memorial to South Carolina's
soldier dead and as a mark of respect
to those who gave of themselves
to the cause of freedom has
been completed in a majority of the
counties of the State. County Chairmen
have not been secured for a few
counties, but Charles H. Gerald, executive
secretary of the Sonth Carolina
Memorial Commission who organized
the State for the several
Liberty Loan campaigns, is in touch
with men and women who will serve,
and in the next few days the entire
State will have ben organized.
By the time the campaigns opens
on Monday, September 29th, county
chairmen will have their several organizations
complete and the ma- 1
chinery will be ready to start on that
day, the anniversary of the drive
that broke the Hindenburg line last
year, another but a different kind i
of a drive. Instead of being direct-j
ed at an enemy it will be directed
toward honoring those who have won
the everlasting gratitude of the people
in whose service they gave them- i
selves and toward the expression of
the love and affection of South Carolinians
for that legion of crusaders 1
noble in purpose and achievement, 1
who have returned in victory and
triumph.
A ready response on the part of '
the people will be met with everywhere.
It will be considered a privilege
to contribute to a cause so
worthy and a purpose so near the
hearts of South Carolinians. The
quotas of the several counties are
small and will be raised without difficulty.
These aportionments were
recently announced. A spontaneous
free will offering will,,it is believed,
put every county in the State over
the top during the first few days/ of
the campaign.
LACK OF TEACHERS
ruKtuunu acnwLo
County Superintendent of Education
W. J. Evans says that the lack
of teachers may affect the opening of
country schools to some extent. The
1919-20 session in this county will
begin to open about September 22.
But many schools will not be able to
open on time because teachers have
not been secured. Other schools will
open without the full quota of teach
crb,
There is every prospect of a large
enrollment. The compulsory attendance
law wiH have much to do with
increasing the enrollment and maintaining
it throughout the year.
The following communication from
J. P. Anderson, Attendance Officer,
regarding compulsory attendance,
will be of ^interest:
vThe compulsory attendance term
for Abbeville District No. 22 will be
for the entire term of nine months.
Before the State wide compulsory
attendance act was passed Abbeville
had the local option law, and this
act shall not shorten the period of
school attendance in any school district
where a longer school term than
four months is now maintained and
attendance is required under the local
option law. All parents and
^uaruians navmg children between
the ages of 8 anfl 14 are required to
enter them in school immediately and
see that they attend every day unless
sick or a reasonable excuse can be
given.
All other school districts of the
county will have a compulsory attendance
of four months. The County
Board of Education has decided
that the trustees of each district
shall decide when the compulsory at
tendance term will begin, and on that ]
date every <^hild between the ages of
8 and 14 must be in school and at- I
tend four consecutive months. Each I
absence and excuse will be reported I
to me by mail at the end of each I
week by the Superintendents or '
Principals. All violations of the law I
will be prosecuted. I
VOTES IN HORRY 8
TO BE CONTESTED |
The counting of 200 soldier-votes
in Horry County, whereby E. J Sherwood
was given the lead in the Sixth
District Congressional race, will be
contested by P. H. Stoll, of Kingstree,
Mr. Sherwood's oponent, it was
learned last night.
These votes, which are said to have
ben cast under the provisions of the
absentee voters act of 1917, were
kept separate and were not included
in the first returns. They were added
to the count, however, when the Horry
County executive committee met
to canvass the vote and proved
enotgh to place Mr. Sherwood ahead
in the race.
Information from Columbia indicated
also that Mr. Stoll would contest
one box in Dillon County on the
grounds that it was not delivered to
the county committee within the
time prescribed by law. This box,
itis said, gave Mr. Sherwood a majority
of about 200 votes.
A telephone message from Kingstree
stated that supporters of Mr. B
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Stoll Md gone to iiorry aim ujhuu m
counties to inquire into the circam- I
stances attending the 'nittjrs that E
will be at issue.- Mr. Stoll'? claims K
have been brought to the attention of I
the State executive committee", ac- ft
cording to a message front Columbia.
This committee will canvass the re- S
turns Tuesday- r
WILL THE FLU RETURN? j
irro'oably, but by no means cer- ?
tainly, there will be a recurrence of
the influenza epidemic this year.
Indications are, that should it oc- I
cur, it will not be as severe as the M
pandemic of the previous winter. S
an/1 Aifw KnorHclO
t?iiy uuiciaid, auotc ouu jn
of health, should be prepared in the $
pvent of a recurrence. j?
The fact that a previous attack "ggg
brings immunity in a certain per- ?
centage of cases should allay fear jn(jug1
on the part of those afflicted in the
previous epidemic. . ' wjjich
Influenza is spread by direct and inc]u?
indirect contact. pjces
It is not yet certain that the germ ^Qn
has been isolated, or discovered, and
as a consequence there is yet no pos- ery ^
itive preventive, except the enforce- Qr j.
ment of rigid rules of sanitation and gojng
the avoidance of personal contact. hea(j
A close relation between the in- gon q
fluenza pandemic and the constantly T^,
increasing pneumonia mortality rate hbitjB
prior to the Fall of 191& is recog- th d
nized- ' ofthi
It is now believed that the disease
re pre
was pretty widely disseminated . e(j
throughout the country before it was
recognized in its epidemic state. This
failure to recognize the early acses g
appear to have largely been due to ^ da
the fact that every interest was
then centered on the war. ( imple
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NOTICE. JT
produ
By virtue of authority vested in cow 1
us by a commission issued to us by
the Secretary of State, we the under- cu*tui
signed, Board of Corporators, will a11 pI
open Books of Subscription to the mess>
capital stock of the COUNTY SAVINGS
BANK, in the office of D. H. dairy
Hill, on the 17th day of Sept. 1919, A
at 10 A. M. will 1
G. A. Neuffer, whi^
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<J. n. mcmurray,
R. C. Phil son, ment
J. Allen Smith, ?*
R. E. Cox, Agric
D. H. Hill, indus
Albert Henry. clubs
9-16-lt.| ' breed
prodi
NOTICE. home
hi bite
Because of trouble at Water Plant many
water may not be pure. Public is an(* *
warned not to drink water without ^
boiling. a
Wm. M. Barnwell.
6-16-lt. Oh. Board Public Wks. S. ?W'
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THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW. 0wne
It is
Clemson College, September 12.? to ??
If it be true . that every man owes ^^emi
some of his. time to the upbuilding m*tio
of-the business to which he belongs, ,tTip'
then all- South Carolina dairymen ;^ay 1
and other concerned in the dairy
A Hundred Years
the world will still revel in
of Anna Case's voi
Yes, a century from now, whe
eration refers to the primiti
1919, the great diva's super
thrill vase audiences. Thanks
of Thomas A. Edison it has t
ated and preserved in all its g
descendants. The men of tohear,
not a mere imitation,
stand, but the voice itself,-pi
and spontaneous. For it ha
Created on
Hie NEW EDI5
"The Phonograph with i
This means that it has been
with suet} fidelity; so perfect
pletely, that no human ear ca:
artist from instrument. The
son tone tests have proved 1
question. Before audiences t<
than 2,000,000, great artists,,(
ropolitan Opera, have sung in
parison with their own voices
strument. Afid not one listen
able to detect a shade of diff
Come to our store to-morrc
Anna Case on the New Ediso
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try in SOUtn uaronna anuuiu [ aay aiwniuui
i the 13th annual dairy show, ber will go,
is to be held October 6 to 12 acrs wil be c
ive, at Chicago, under the aus- venience of ti
of the National Dairy A&socia- Wednesday
Every producer, dealer, manu- Southern Day
rer, breeder, and dairy machin- body attend
ealer should attend the show, should be th<
lave a strong reason for not day.
, says Prof. W. W Fitzpatrick,
of the Dairy Division of Clem- SAYS BRITA
Jollege. I s\
is dairy show will cover by ex- *
and otherwise, every phase of Spokane, V
airy industry. One thousand ing here toda
5 best dairy cattle in America, Great Britain
Benting the leading dairy derance of v<
8, will be on exhibition. Ex- gue of natioi
of every kind of feed and for- Wilson said a
milk, butter and cheese; meth- that score wt
nd devices in the manufacture that decisions
iry products; cost-lowering and The speech
-saving dairy barn and farm the President
ments; child life and human!He spoke thii
y in relation to milk and milk | Alene, Idaho,
icts; treatment of milk fifom the State rc
to back door, as well as the States Senate
Qfrofoe Danavfmanf nf A flrri- At Couer DV
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re exhibit costing $25,000 on the spoke wt
laaes of up-to-date dairy bus- Here in the i
will be found at the show, taken.
i marks the progress of the The league
industry of the world. the President
special feature of the show 8 debating b<
je the educational department, ac' on import
i will include an extensive ex- ^ ^n:
of the research and develop- v?te would h;
work that the Dairy Division under the rul<
e United States Department of v?te.
ulture is doing for the dairy Must A
try; cow testing; bull and calf There Wfls
; cheese making; feeding and ^he assembly
ing results; manufacture of Question!
icts; utilization of by-products; w^en such a
economics demonstrations; ex- mou?ly refen
i by the dairy departments of The assembly
state agricultural colleges; mously? he a
nstructive charts and; lectures. council or as
>f. Fitzpatrick desires to work United State:
large party of progressive ve^? Power*
i Carolinians to attend the The unanir
and he is working in conjunc- ^>rea^dent, set
r>?k weakness of 1
",v" uaiuuua xjoiiu
rs Association to this purpose. weakness in
suggested that tho.se who want ing a 8afe^ua
write to the Dairy Division of erei*ntyson
College for further info*. Mr* Wilson 1
n and suggestions about the Pr?P?sed res<
By leaving Columbia on Sun- and Mked ,01
norning, October 6?at 7.05 A. ance< He Mke
e party can reach Chicago Mon- ent not '<to th
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singing, in direct comparison ^witfn vl
i?\\T the New Edison and proving that
k| IIW her performance and that of tfc*
)vli instrument are indistingqjshabl^.,;,:-:
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i. If a sufficient nam- ing of the redemption of the world/'
one or more Pullman adding that he himself did not for a
bartered for the con- moment do so. President Witaof
be party. , parted for Tacoma, where be will
, October 8, ' will be speak tomorrow morning. "
' at the fair, and every-J Mu?t Be Unqualified,
ing from this state1 America's acceptance of the peace
?re in time for that | treaty must be unqualified, President
I Wilson declared here today, If it is
: to end promptly the spirit of rarest
IN CAN'T . throughout the \world. Any ohaage
VING LEAGUE VOTE !which would make the ratification
conditional, he said, would 'freopen
raah. ,Sept. 12.?Reply- the negotiations and prolong doubt
y to objections that uncertainty. ; '
would have a prepon- Mr- Wilson Mid he saw no moral
jting power in the lea- objections to interpretations wUeh
>? AMPmhlv. President would not change the meaning of the
my possible danger on document, but added that socfa ft
is removed by the fact steP would be merely to say that the
must be unanimous. United States understands th^t, treaty
here was the second to mean what it aayft v
made during the day. : "-..r?
j morning at Coeur D'-, GENERAL RAID ^ \
making an invasion of I ON SINN FEINERS
presented by United ' Dublin, Sept. 12?Following closer
Borah in the Senate, ly upon a speech delivered by ViaLlene
the tent in which count French, Lord lieutenant and
is not entirely filled, governor general of Ireland, at Belr
irmory every seat was fast Thursday, in which it was declared
that the British Government
of nations assembly, j would, not hesitate to resort to dra?J_
J <11 >-1 o+r\r\a +/* maintain kv anH order
aeciareu, wua largely uv orajn
)dy" and seldom would' in Ireland, the authorities today proant
questions and when j claimed .the suppression of the. Sinn
ited States with its one Fein parliament and Sinn Fein orave
an "absolute veto" ionizations throughout Ireland.
; requiring a unanimous A series of raids and searches for
N arms and documents were made at
ct Unanimously. the local Sinn Fein headqtu^betft ia
only one case in which numerous towns, ir addition to Dubcould
decide on impor- ^n> am?ng them Cork, Belfast, Gal3,
he said, and that was Wfty Londonderry. Two promiquestion
was unani- nen^ Sinn Fein members of the
ed to it by the council. H?use of Commons were arrested
' also must act unani- ^ere the residences of many fljj
dded, so that in either Persons of Sinn Fein leaning in Dob- H
sembly the vote of the Iin and other Places were search.
3 would constitute a ? H
"Mrs. Keach Tells How She Got to
nous rule, added the Know Rat-Snap." fl
jmed to him the only "Have always feared rats. Lately?
;he league, but it was a noticed many on my farm. A neigh- H
the direction of. throw- bo^ said he just got rid of droves H
rd around national sov- HAT-SNAP. This started meH
thinking. Tried RAT-SNAP myself. I
-1? ?j i n. T>. killed 17 and^ scared the rest a-'^R
aiow uiovuoocu at icug bii ? - ? ?|
srvations to the treaty way-" RAT-SNAP comes in'three?
r its unqualified accept- sizes> 25c? 50c' $1-00. Sold and guar-H
d the Republicans pres- anteed by The Rosenberg MercahtfleHj
ink of 1920 wh^n think Co., P. B. Speed.?Adv.'