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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
BRITISH LOSE 16
SHIPS PAST WEEK
Weekly Report British Losses Shows
ID Over and 2 Under 1900
Tons Lost.

London, Oct. 1o.-British mer
chant vessels over 1900 tons sunk by
mine or submarine in the last week
number fourteen, according to the
official statement of the British ad'
miralty tonight. Two vessels under
1900 tons and three fishing vessels
also were sunk.
The summary:
Arrivals, 2,519; sailings, 1852.
British merchant vessels over 1900
tons sunk by mine or submarine, in
Guiding one previously, fourteen
under 1000 tons, including one pre-
viously, two.
Fishing vessels sunk; three.
British vessels unsuccessfully at
tackled, including three previously
five.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
FOR CLASS IN FRENCH.
Writer Recalls Jingle He Learned
From "Whims and Oddities"

To the Editor Of The State:
Three score years ago, when in the
French class at school I was plodding
through the time honored textbook,
Telamaque, and committing to mem,
DRY daily doses of La Rochefoncaud,
we youngsters used to sing a merry
jingle entitled, "Never Go to
France" I think we found it in Tom
Hoods "Whims and Oddities" Some
of it I have forgotten, but I remem-
Der the following verses, which, beg.
ging Mr.. de Launay's pardon, I offer
to his "Free French Class" for their
amusement, not for their instruction
"Never go to France,
Unless you know the lingo;
Or if you do, like me,
You will repeat it, by lingo.
"Staring like a fool,
Or silent as a mummy,
There I stood, alone
A nation with a dummy.
"Chaises stand for chairs,
They christen letters billies,
They call their mothers mares,
And all their daughters fllies."
/. W. C. B.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
. B. CANN.

M. B. Cam, who runs the Stark
Vehicle Company, and who is known
in these parts as Kinney Cam, has
been misnamed. His name is Mitchell
Cam. He is the namesake of the
Mitchell wagon which he sells when
ever he gets ready. He started out
this fall to sell two, Mitchells each
day, but rain Tuesday interfered
with his business. The more be
brooded over the matter Tuesday
night the madden he got. He wasn't
in any good humor at all Wednesday
morning. When Sam McCuen asked
him how many wagons he sold Tues
day he exploded. In a little while
two men from Anderson county came
down the street. Mitchell collared
them and took them back to his wa
gon depot, and in about five minutes
he had them hitched to a Mitchell
wagon. He next struck two So
.journers from Georgia, and they now
ride in Mitchells. He kept the good
work going all day, and when night
came he had disposed of ten, and it
was a short day too.
He walked into the Office Wednes-
day night and sat down feeling a bit
"chesty." Sam McCuen hadn't sold
much of the Emporium's furniture
and he was thinking of other things.
Mitchell sat around for awhile wait
ing for Sam to ask something about
the sales for that day, and when it
seemed that he wasn't going to do
it, he said to Sam, "Why in the
don't you have some questions to ask
about the wagon business tonight?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
CASE REVERSED.

The case of Robert Gillian as ad'
ministrator of Whit Mcbride against
Southern Railway has been reversed
by the Supreme Court. Mcbride
was killed on the Southern Railway
while engaged as a section hand. His
administrator sued under the EN-.
ployrs Liability Act, and secured a
judgment for damages on account OF
his death in the sum of $500. The
Railroad appealed, which means Ell
Their that the case is ended in its
favor, or that there will be a new
trial.
j. Howard Moore and VIM. N,
Graydon represented the plaintiff,
and J. Moore Mars the defendant
Railway Company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
may SHIP COTTON
WITHOUT License
Staple Will Be Allowed to Go For-
ward to Allied Countries, In
Guiding Japan.

Washington, Oct. 10.-Stoppage
of cotton shipments to northern Eu-
rope and neutrals has resulted IN
such a surplus of the staple in this
country that the exports administers
tive board today determined to per-
NIT for an indefinite period the ex-
p~ortatidn Of raw cotton to the allies
without license. When the licensing
of exports became effective Septem-
Der z, last, the board permitted the
expectation of cotton to the allies
without permits until October 81,
next.
Z 1t was explained that there now;
is ample cotton in the United States
to supply the nations needs, includ53
ing the increased amount of cotton
needed in the army and navy, and
still leave a great amount for ship
ment to the United Kingdom, France
Italy, Japan and Russia.
The boards statement said:
-HN NV.
"The exports administration board.
has determined to extend Indefinitely
the special licenses issued on Sep
TENDER z, 1917, through the customs
service covering raw cotton shipped
to certain destinations. At that
time shippers were informed that IN
dividual licenses would not be re-
quired for shipments for raw cotton
to allied countries, their colonies,
possessions and protectorates, nor
directly to Russia, provided such
shipments were covered by railroad
and ocean bill of lading dated on or
before October 81, 1917.
"The> board now rules that until
further action no individual licenses
will be required for the expectation
of raw cotton to the United King
dom, France, Italy or Japan, their
colonies, possessions OF protectorates
directly to Russia"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
SAILORS FROM RAIDER
sEEADLER ARE CAPTURED n
NEAR THE FIJI ISLANDS

Melbourne, Oct. s.-A boat load Of
German sailors, members of the crew
of the Seeadler, were captured in the
vicinity of the Fiji Islands, accord
ing to a report received here today.
A steamer which was approaching
Wakaya island was said TO have
sighted a suspicious looking armed
launch. The steamer bore down up.
on the tiny vessel and signalled it
to surrender. The Germans did so.
They were surprised and overcome
with anger when they discovered
their captor was entirely unarmed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
sAsHEs AND WIDE GIRDLES.

Sashes and wide girdles are an i'm.
portant accessory of many of the
newest gowns, says the Dry Goods
Economist. In girdles, the wide
crushed styles made of fabric or of
ribbon are favored, being twisted
twice around the waist and buttoned
at either side. Wide, draped girdles
of handsome brocaded ribbon are al.
so employed, especially across the
front of a gown.
The japanese sash with butterfly
bow frequently adorns the back of a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
TWO AMERICANS DIE.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 10.-Gen,
eral Pershing has advised the War
Department of the death of two
members of the American expedi-
tionary forces in France. They are
Sergeant Patrick Cassidy, infantry,
who died October 1, as the result of
a fall from a railway train, and pri-
vate William ]. Sanders, medical
department., who died October 9Th
from natural causes.
Cassidy's next of kin is a niece,
Miss Margaret Seager, Syracuse, N.
Y, and that of Sanders a cousin,
Miss Grace Rocks, Shaver, Ark.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
ELEVEN SONS IN THE ARMY.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. g.
Thomas Chamberlain, of Kanab,
Utah, who served a term in the State
penitentiary for p~racticing polygamy
has eighteen sons, of whom eleven
are in the army service. One volun-
teered and ten others have been sum-
moned before the district board.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
WHAT MR.. STALLINGS SAYS.

Mr.. Tom Stallings, the Southern
Express Agent here, says that he is
having twice as much work as he
used to have while the gallon-a-
month law was in effect. The whis-
key that came in for awhile in
quarts is now pints and he says he
don't ARE how soon they quit get
ting the pints.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
E-cENT LOAF BREAD.

Washington, Oct. 8.-A new five
cent bread loaf which saves sugar
lard and milk and adopted after long
experiments by the Bureau of Chem
istry will be tried in Philadelphia
under the direction of a member OF
the Bureau. 1t is attractive to bak'
ers as it allows a fair profit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS.

Washington, Oct. 9.-The Senate
yesterday afternoon confirmed the
nominations of Major General Task,
er H. Bliss, chief of staff, and Major
General Pershing, commander-ln'
chief of the American armies in
France, to be full generals, a rank
held only four times in American
history.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
FAIR MANAGEMENT
PLANS BIG SHOW
Resources of tho State to Be Mobil
lied.

of the European war will not retart
preparations for a record attendance
upon the State Fair which opens or
October %. The resources of the
State are being modified from ev:
cry section. W. W. Long, director
of the extension forces of Clemson
College, and county demonstration
agents, are already on the grounds
organizing the county exhibits which
are always a distinct feature of the
State carnival.
Miss Edith Parrot of winthrop
College, State agent for Home De-
monstration work, is also in Column
bia marshaling the resources of this
field. She is being assisted by Mrs
Dora Dee Walker, assistant State
agent, and Miss Gladys Smith, spe'
cial agent.
The State Department of Agricul'
ture is also organizing its array OF
striking exhibits. This is always an
important demonstration of the pro.
gress from year to year achieved In
South Carolina agriculture.
Crops throughout the State are
yielding abundantly this fall and the
agricultural exhibits are expected to
be of an exceptionally high charac'
ter. Preparations to meet the ext
gencies of the war has caused the
farmers of the State to diversity as
never before, and the exhibits this
year should cover an unusually large
scope.
Interest in livestock growing, and
the campaign throughout the state
to boycott Western smokehouses is
expected to bring together an array
of cattle and hogs this year never
excelled at previous fairs. Horse
racing will again be a particular
feature and some large purses are
being offered.
The location of Camp Jackson in
Columbia is to be a distinct factor
in attendance upon the State Fair,
October 22-27. Relatives and friends
throughout the state, of boys at
Camp Jackson, will come to the
State capital at that time for the
dual purpose of getting a view of
the immense military station, and
also of visiting their relatives.
The cantonment will provide at
fractions from other sources. A
game of football between officers
teams will battle for supremacy on
Wednesday of fair week. Saturday
another contest will be staged be-
tween military teams, a strong ag-
gregation of enlisted men having
been lined up for a struggle with
the fighting crew from the Charles.
ton Navy Yard. A troop of cavalry
will also provide daily exhibition
drills on the race track and a mill
tary booth of all parts of equipment
will be seen among other military
displays. 1t is planned to have some
Of the heavy field pieces in the booth
Clemson and Carolina will fight
the usual football battle on Thurs.
day, which is always regarded the
"big" event of the week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
THE DAY OF THE FARMER.

While a number of cotton seller:
were waiting for the buyers to gel
ready to make a bid on some cottor
in the cotton yard, m day thi:
week, a poor professional man, VIII
had no cotton to sell, jokingly re-
marked that he did not see how the
farmers could live with cotton ano
cotton-seed bringing present prices
A gentleman who had cotton to sell
said that the farmers were not get
ting more for their cotton than for
merly for the reason that other
things were equally as high.
The gentleman referred to farms,
but he is not a farmer. A real farmer
does not buy "other things" but
produces them. And a real farmer
knows that in point of labor, and
other expenses it costs him very lit
tie more to produce corn, oats, hay,
small grains and other necessaries
on the farm than heretofore. He
could of course, sell them for more,
but a real farmer produces these
things for the purpose of operating
his farm, and to him the cost is the
labor, fertilizer, mule hire, land rem
tai, etc., necessary to make these
things. While the labor is a little
higher, and the rentals a little high
er, and mule force a little dearer,
the improved methods in farming
which bring greater yields, we i'm
agine, make the cost to the real
farmer about the same it was twenty
years ago.
Let us look at his money crop on
the other hand. On a three horse
farm he produces eighteen bales of
cotton. He pays six bales for rent.
He sells the balance of his cotton for
one hundred and thi~rty-fve dollars
per bale, or a total of sixteen hum
dred and twenty dollars. He has the
seed from the eighteen bales which
will bring six hundred dollars, if
sold; enough to buy all his fertilizers
and pay the necessary expenses of a
family in the country and more, if
people live as they did twenty-five
years ago when we were being
brought up on the farm. The result
is that a farmer operating a three
horse farm can on his cotton crop in
this way, make his homestead of one
thousand dollars in realty and five
hundred dollars in personally in m
year. In five years at present prices
he would be independent. He would
with accumulated interest be worth
ten thousand dollars.
And this is not all. A man in the
country with good pasture lands may
raise hogs for sale, cattle for sale,
poultry for sale as we'll as all man.
ner of farm products which he can
readily dispose of on the markets of
the towns and cities. Eggs just now
are worth forty cents per dozen, and
chickens and turkeys r bringing
unprecedented prices in this section.
The day of the farmer is here. If
he is not prospecting he is either an
unfortunate or he is not a real farm
er. There is no reason why he
should not be climbing the ladder to
wealth. He should be reaping the
harvest while the grain is in plenty,
because it will not always be thus,
though money may always be made
on the farm by farmers-not pre-
tensive farmers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

gown else a single loop with two
long ends is arranged at n side.
Sashes made half in fabric, half
in another, notably in black velvet
and white satin or in silk jersey and
printed crepe de chine, figure to
some extent. These are usually tied
in a knot below the hips at the back.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
CALHOUN FALLS FAIR.

The people of Calhoun Falls are
making big plans and preparations
for a Community Fair to be held on
Nov. End and 3rd. The Premium
List is very attractive and if every
one takes part it will prove a splen-
did success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

ent prices are inviting, and it is no
time to advise any man to hold cot
ton, even if we were disposed to do
so, especially if he owes money for
land or other investments, but we
should not be surprised to see cot
ton go higher than at present. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

Messrs. T. P. Milford and George
w. Milford were in the city Thursday
selling cotton.
J. D. Duncan was here on Mon
day in attendance on court, being q
juryman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

The City Council at it's meeting
Tuesday night passed an ordinance
requesting the owners of houses to
number them. The numbers have
already been ordered and will be
ready for sale as soon rs they arrive
The Free City Delivery of the mails
is an extension of the service and
will be a great help to the people,
particularly those who live a good
distance from the p~ostofice, and
those who haven't a very good way
of getting their mail. Those who
do not want their mail delivered.
need not have their house numbered
but a still walk to the office and
call for it or keep their box.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
MR.. SILVER BETTER.

The friends of Mr.. Sam SILVER
will be glad to know that he is get
ting along nicely. He is at DR..
Pryor's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

Christmas packages for the boys
in France will have to be mailed by
Nov. 18th in order to reach them by
Christmas Day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

The Press and Banner, Pub
Iished Twice-a-Week, Tues
days and Fridays, $3.50 per
year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

A gentleman of good judgment
told us that he liked The Press and
Banner so well that he had two cop
les sent to his family each issue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

The Semi-weekly Press and Ban
ner is an all round good family
newspaper. It will pay you to SUBJ
scribe for it, $3.50 a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

A gentleman told Us that he saw
four negroes with brand new auto
mobiles this week. They had sold
cotton enough to pay out and then
buy a a They were enjoying life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

The Due West community Fair
is getting on fine. The grand pag-
cant will be the chief feature. Din
ners, sandwiches and tea will be sold
on the grounds during the fair. A
large crowd is expected and pre-
parations are being made according
".
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

The Gibson Family Reunion will
be the next home entertainment Civ
Ell in Abbeville. 1t will be under the
direction of the Seceder Ladies for
the benefit of the parsonage. The
date is Nov. 9th.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

You didn't see that man here this
week running a "gimme-stand" did
you?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

Charlie Evans purchased from E.
H. %Longshore a Buick No. 4, last
week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12
OBSERVATIONS.
Local News and Comment
in Short and HeadIess
Paragraphs.

Our pages are display windows.
New subscribers are coming in
every day.
John Whaley is driving the Green
wood laundry wagon.
Abbeville is the best cotton mar
ket in this part of the State.
: There will be communion service
at tn A. R. P. church next Sabbath.
Charlie Euane h from r.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-12

Our pages are display windows.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06
MAKES ECONOMY PLEA
TO WOMEN OF NATION
Continued From Page One.)

the average. is allowed to spoil or be.
thrown away in each of our 90, 900, 900
homes, over 100000 pounds of ma
teral would be wasted each day. 1t
takes the fruit of many acres and the
work of many people to raise, prepare
and distribute AGA, 100000 pounds of
food a year. Every ounce of food
thrown away. therefore, tends also to
waste the labor Of any army Of busy
citizens.
Clothing is largely an agricultural
product and represents the results of
labor on the sheep ranges in cotton
fields, and in mills and factories.
Whenever an useful garment is need :
lessly discarded, material needed to
keep some one warm or dry may be
consumed merely to crafty n passin g
fancy. Women would do well to look
upon clothing at this time more par
ticuarly from the utilizarian point of
view.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-06
PLAN COORDINATION
| FOR WORK Of women
Outline Given by Women's
Council Of National De-
Tense Committee.
APPEAL FOR ECONOMY
Food, Industry, Training and
Moral Questions to Be
Given Attention.
APPEAL FOR ECONOMY

Washington, May 5.-plans for
bringing together women's organiza-
tons that desire to do patriotic work
were announced today by the wom-
ems committee of the council of ma
tional defense. State chairmen will
call conference of representatives OF
the societies to discuss CO. coordination OF
their efforts.
The women's committee was named
to advise the defense council as to how
women may aid in prosecution of the
war. Its members are Anna Howard
Shaw, chairman; Mrs. Phillip N. Moore
of st. Louis; Mrs. Joseph z. Cowles Of
California; Miss Maude Wetmore of
Rhode Island; Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait of New York: Mrs. Antoinette
Funk of Illinois; Mrs. Stanley McCor-
mick of Boston: Mrs. Joseph r. Lamar
of Atlanta and Miss Ida Tarbell Of
New York.
An appeal sent out today to women's
organizations by the committee urged
that all women concentrate on food
production and conservation, and that
cNSlS WHERE NOIlltIl COMBINE TO Keep
life STEADY, normal and sane" 1t sug-
gested that registration of woman
power be postponed until the defense
council completed plans for uniform
registration.
An outline Of the aims of the COM
mittee gave the following as the chief
subjects it will take up as soon as or
ganization is complete:
Registration, food. women industry
training for special service and moral
questions.
A committee on women in industry
named by Samuel Gompers. chairman
of the defense councils labor COM
mittee, issued a statement today call
ing attention to dangers in reducing
wage standards where women replace
men in industry.
The statement deplored the employ
ment of mothers of young children and
advised that efforts be made to check
| it. Mrs. J. Borden Harmon is chair
| man of this committee.