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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
VISITS ATLANTA.

Rev. W. F. Rice, colored, decided
a few days ago that he would go
over to Atlanta and spend a few
days with some friends. These
friends resided at Howell's, as he
was told, and he thought to get off
at this station, but as he was riding
on the vestibule, and it did not stop
there, he went on into the city.
When he got off at the Terminal
Station, he looked around but he
was so bewildered by the number of
houses that he could not tell just
which direction Howell's was. So
he asked "a colored gentleman" as
he states, to tell him how to get out
to Howell's. The gentleman"
kindly agreed, telling him to 60 with
him to a certain corner where he
would take a car going in that di-
rection. The preacher was taken
about two blocks, and then told that
he would get car at that point. AS
the car was coming he was told
that it was a "pay as you enter"
variety, and that he should have his
money ready.
The preacher had made the mis-
take of owning a pocket-book. In
this he had all his money, $27.15,
and he was forced to take the pock-
et-book out in order to get the
necessary nickel. When his friend,
"the colored gentleman" saw the
amount of money in the pocket
book he grabbed it and was gone
before the preacher could think of
a text for his next Sundays dis
course. He hadn't even gotten out
the nickel for the car fare. So, as
he tells it, '"This put me on the beg"
He finally wandered around IN
the night, as it was dark by this
time, and landed in a place where
he wasn't "allowed." He stayed
there until morning, however, and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
A PUBLIC APOLOGY.
Roche's Farm, Feb, 12. 1911

Roche's Farm, Feb. IL, 1917.
Dear Editor.-I desire to make a
public apology to Will Magill, W.
d Wilson and old man Sondley. At
various times l have accused these
gentlemen of being the poorest set
back players in town, but I have
und my mistake. Wide Bradley
and j. Davis Kerr have the world
beat when it comes to poor playing.
l took old man Sondley last Friday
evening and gave them a Sitting"
expecting that they would give me
a pretty fair game. And it seems
that they expected to beat us.
hear from President Stark that they
always expect to win. Anyway,
they had both Mrs. Kerr and Mrs.
Bradley present to witness the game
and Wide went so far as to bring
along Little Mabel and the pup.
Well, I never hated to humiliate
two men as badly in my life and
threw away several games and tried
to make it draw, but old man
Sondley had not won a game in so
long that could not hold him down
md he gave them the worst drub-
bing I have witnessed since we used
to haul cotton to Hamburg and play
at night in camp.
Very truly,
Patrick Roche.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
Wednesday, Feb. IA, 1917.
THE INTEREST RATE.

The last people in the state who
should object to a lower interest
rate are the Building and Loan
Associations and their officers. For
years a rather exorbitant rate of in
terest, indirectly collected, has been
charged by these Associations and
justified on the ground that by so
doing the 'spoor man" was assisted
in buying a home.
These people have never said
that they were running Building
and Loan Associations for the pur-
pose of making money for the
stockholders. They have held them
selves up as quasi-eleemosynary in
stitutions, operated by certain charit-
ably inclined people for the public
benefit. But it would seem that
the proposed six per cent. law is
about to make them show their
hands, and the Building and Loan
Association owners are now crying
that they cannot MAKE MONEY if
the interest rate is lowered.
We are in favor of an amend
ment to the proposed interest law
not allowing these associations to
charge over six per cent on any
loan. These associations should in
fact be what their officers have al
ways claimed that they are-insti-
tutions run mostly for the public
good, by people who do not care so
much for profit as for charity to-
wards their neighbors. A six per
cent. law would continue those
which do consider the public good,
and it would no doubt run out of
business those who are money
grabbers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
INCREASING TAXES.

1t seems now that about the only
result of the meeting of the General
Assembly will be an increase in
taxes for the present year. If we
are not mistaken, the state govern
ment was run for something like a
million dollars per year twenty
years ago. 1t now takes nearly two
and three-quarter millions for this
purpose. In the days of good
stealing, when the Radicals were in
charge of the government, the taxes
for all purposes, state, county and
municipal in Abbeville, we think,
never went over twelve or fifteen
mills, but we are now paying near
ly four per cent. on the assessed
valuation of our property, which
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got out and hearing that there was
a place where q little charity was
handed out, he went up to see about
his chances Of getting something.
He was closely questioned as to his
place of residence, his occupation,
and the people whom he knew in
Abbeville. He was fortunate enough
to be acquainted with Mr.. Sol. Il.
Rosenberg, of Abbeville. So he was
told to drop back in two or three
hours. Not having any better place
to spend the time, and the weather
being cold, he went to the Terminal
Station and took a seat. He stayed
there d good while until policeman
asked him if he had his ticket. He
told him he did not and undertook
to tell his experiences in Atlanta,
but the policeman didn't have time
to listen, so grabbed him by the
collar and kicked him out the door.
When he got back to the Charity
Works he found that Mr.. Rosenberg
had wired him enough money to
buy a ticket home, and he came.
He is through with Atlanta, he
tells US, but he hopes in view of
his treatment in that city that the
collection in his church next Sunday
will be good. He hasn't made up
his mind yet whether he will in
clude the "colored gentleman" who
stole his money, and the policeman
at the Terminal Station in his morn
ing prayer at that time. He thinks
it will take him sometime to get
grace enough to recommend them
to the Lord.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
PROHIBITION LECTURE.

The people of Abbeville have
something to look forward to in the
lecture of George R. Stuart, to be
given in the Court House on next
Monday evening at eight o'clock.
Mr.. Stuart has a national reputation
as a humorist and an orator. He
comes to Abbeville in the interest
of "a Dry America" speaking for
the Anti-Saloon League of America.
The lecture is without charge
and everybody is invited. Persons
living in the country and in nearby
towns, who can reach Abbeville,
will be repaid for the trouble, if
they will make the effort to attend.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Antreville, S. c., Feb. 8, 1917

Antrevllle, >. u, fep. o, lS1''
Mr.. Editor:
Probably if one should ask an
other to specify one thing in which
all our people are most interested,
nine out of ten would say good
roads. This is especially so since
automobiles have become so common
and so many owners live in town
who never give good roads thought
until they come in possession of
the auto. So it's coming has welded
the desire for good roads by town
and country.
Now, as a matter of fact under
our present system of working roads
is it not fact that when you have
one foot of mud and build up on
this mud road by putting another
foot of mud you have two feet of
mud? I am aware that roads can't
be made permanent without a large
outlay Of money in some form, and
as far. as I know our present Super
visor is doing as we'll as any other
man could do under similar circum-
stances; hence, I have no fight to
make on him.
Bonds? Yes, I am in favor of
bonds if money SO raised has the
proper safeguards for it's being
spent, but we haven't even had a
chance to vote on bonds and if we
do it is not certain we could come
such an election. So let's go back
to our mud roads, and here is my
idea-to tax each automobile in
county, say $1,000 per touring car
and $500 for runabout, to be col
lected by the Treasurer and set
aside as a special fund for road
work. This tax would raise say
s5,OOO.OO. Now, my idea would be
to use so much, or all of this amount
for using the drag, dragging all
main roads in county, including R.
F. D. Routes, as often as necessary.
I estimate that there would be not
exceeding 300 miles in the county
to be so dragged. On a 80 foot
road it will require two round trips
to put road in good shape, while on
a 16 foot road, one round trip would
answer. Four mules and one hand
will scrape 6 miles of 80 feet road
or IL miles 16 feet roads in a day.
Some should beable to let all roads
out at not over one dollar per mile
for 80 feet roads and SOC. for 16
feet roads. So you see, Mr.. Editor,
this 300 miles can be worked IL
times per year, if necessary, and
still leave $1400.00. Have you ever
seen the work done by one of these
drags? 1t will beat a road scrape
TO death when used at the proper
time. You see that by this system
we will have special fund to work
roads 16 times in one year, if nee
essary.
Of course I know that there will
be those who object claiming that
the farmers in each neighborhood
should do this work. Some neigh
borhoods may be patriotic enough
to do SO, and probably all neighbor-
hoods ought to do so, but tell you
all neighborhoods will not do it, but
when the roads arelet out all over
the county as stated above then we
will have as good roads as mud will
make and at low cost. Then the
automobiles can 60 almost any day
in the year.
Yours very truly,
S. j. Wakefield.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
THE D. A. r. PARTY.

The Abbeville chapter of the D.
A. RS will give a Bridge party at
the home of Mrs. Frank B. Gary this
afternoon at four o'clock. There
will be many tables of players and
the money realized will go to some
of the many worthy enterprises of
the chapter. An admission of twen-
ty five cents will be charged. After
the games light refreshments will
be served.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-02-14
GETTING RATIoNS.

One of the big county wagons
kept at the convict camp was in the
city Friday. It had hitched to it
four three hundred dollar mules
when we saw it, and it was loaded
with rations for the camp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05

of sailors or ravels them out and re-
knits them at workrooms in Wash
| ington. The Red Cross similarly di-
verts poor work, but sends correct in
structions to the donor so the mistake
will not occur again.
Standards! There lies the secret
of effective aid. They eliminate waste,
prevent the use of military uniform
ity. Granting that sweaters, mufflers,
caps, and socks are needed, general
orders, exactly filled, are the only way
Of preventing chaos. The Red Cross
bulletin says truly, at is essential
that misdirectcd effort and waste shall
beminimizcd *** and that all needed
material from civilian organizations
shall be sufficiently supplied in the
right quantities and Of the right kind
in the right place and time"
Everywhere one meets the person
who says, not stopping to examine a
topsyturvy world: Everything should
be knit in factories. Let governments
pay for what they need."
How shall we answer these common
critics? What are the facts? Is it
any use to knit?
The facilities for knitting articles
abroad were totally insufficient to
meet the tremendous increase in the
amount used. Some countries, Italy
for example, never did knit for them
selves. Italy bought Austrian and
German goods. In England and here
all the textile factories are now at
capacity production. Recent war Or
dcrs have caused twenty per cent of
civilian business to be refused. A
"giant of the knitting trade" reports
that practically every machine was
contracted for last fall up to a year
| ahead. Faster than the industry can
be extended, demanding new machines
and labor, the plea for knitting par
ments increases. In a mechanical era
it is hard to realize it, but to keep
the soldiers Of the Allied armies
warm, the fingers of the world are
needed.
In the armies that are fighting for
the freedom of the world, every wo-
man must enrol herself for the sort
Of work she is best able to do. If
her talent is for knitting, let her knit
or if she can do other things and knit
well and good.
Then, for whom shall she knit? The
main need now is for the Allies. Our
own men on destroyers and subma.
rines have to be kept supplied. The
navy Department has accepted sew
eral articles for the battleships as
we'll, especially sleeveless sweaters
and scarfs. For all these the Navy
League, whose headquarters are in
the Southern Building, Washington
D. c., sends out directions, and ~
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it is not so good for as cheap ma
terial. The first need of war is to
eliminate waste.
"Those terrible wool socks!" disap-
proved third type of person, gowned
up to the minute. "Whcn think that
every morning of my life / put on
my own machine made, wcll-woven
silk stockings seven times before l
get them comfortable, know all knit
ting females should be restrained.
They are putting handicap on
marching soldiers"
Yet in Russia, lacking socks, some
soldiers are wearing bandages upon
their feet. Luckily My Lady's fas-
tidiousness and leisure do not prevail
in the trenches. Well-knit, proper
sized marching socks arc one of the
great demands of efficient armies. OF
course they arc the hardsct of all
things to knit They require four
needles, and if they are so badly done,
for instance, that a knotty heel is
minded to twist round and cause a
blister, we are not intclligcntly aiding
the army.
Ellis Parker Butler tells a case in
point. A nice, fussy old lady brought
a parcel to a war-relief organization.
"l'vc knit pair Of socks for the
soldiers" she confessed with a pleas
ed smile. "It's the very first pair I
ever knit" she added, "my very first
pair! So I thought maybe you would
let me put little note inside so that
the soldier who gets them will know
| did them"
The attendants mind reverted to
the story of the soldier who, at the
end of day, had terrible blister
on his foot, and removing his woolen
sock found the cause to be wadded-
up paper bearing the message, "From
-. For your poor blistered feet"
But the woman before her was very
old and very kindly, an dthe attend
ant permitted the message to be put
inside.
Three months later the knitter came
in again. 81 had letter from the
soldier in the trenches who got my
socks" she reported.
"What did he say?"
Her face fell. "Who in blazes taught
you to knit?"
Standards Are Essential!
Shipping bad stuff to Europe is, OF
course, justifiably criticised. At first
War-relief organizations were so glad
to get ny donations that no standards
for work were set. What was turn
ed in was scarceley even examined
Most organizations now have printed
directions for making the articles to
be sent out under their label. The
Red Cross and the Navy League sends
unsatisfactory pieces to the families
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05
Tell Them to Knit
(By Gertrude S. Mathcws)

Afervor Of pity for the Belgians set
America knitting, and gradually a de-
votion to utilitarian needles and
hanks of gray yarn has possessed us,
Old women in San Francisco knit at
funerals. Matrons in st. Louis have
made it etiquette to work at concerts
and weddings. Needles project from
shopping bags on State Street in Chi
cago. On top of joggly Fifth Avenue
busseS women triumphantly GO
through the motions automatically for
miles without dropping stitches. Half
America counts, "Cast on sixty, knit
two, purI two." The other half SCOTS
or honestly doubts, demanding, often
rancorously, as it any usc?"
The controversy is hot. "Tcl
Americans to stop Knitting" urged a
Canadian nurse returning from Eng
land. "Thcy are using the things sent
over to rub down the horses!" This
i!tmation that everywhere the work
Of marry thousand patient, comras-
siouatc fingers is being misuscd makes
women cry out.
"Tell that woman for me, "Aamed
al ardent worshipcr Of the Allies
disregarding the fact that, although
in some spot it may have bceen true
no person could substantiate so sweep
ing general claim.-"if what l knit
served only TO wipe the animals, ]
should be glad to have done that"
This valiant scntimcntalist did not
count the cost Of using a scarf or
sweater, made at great expense of
labor, with wool retailing at nearly
three dollars a pound, for purpose
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05

decided to try bottle Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so I took q second
and third, also bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
just as well as any other woman. ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who Is troubled with any of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and l am sure they will help her to get
rid Of her troubles as they did me-" =
Mrs. .LsIE j. VAN DER SANDE, SO No.
York ST., Paterson, N. j.
Wri te the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co.,, (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05

western timber, it has been necessary
for the Forest Service to suspend some
of it's operations in order to 5concen-
trate all available forces in fighting
the forest fires. y rs
Reports received from the North
west indicate that The situation is;
more dangerous than at any time this
year. In Montana and northern Idaho
two thousand men are fighting the
flames under the direction Of the For
est rangers. In these two States
alone approximately $17O,O00 has al
ready been spent this season, and that
figure is increasing by approximately
$4,000 day.
In Oregon and Washington valuable
timber intended to furnish airplane
stock for the fighting forces Of the
United States and it's allies is being
threatened by the flames. Logging
operations are so badly interfered
with that several large mills now sup,
plying the Government with this class
of material may be forced to discon-
tinue operations. Numerous fires are
reported as the result of inceudiarism.
The reports state that in many
places little or no rain has fallen for
weeks. The forests are now so dry
that any fire which occurs is apt to
become a dangerous confiagation,
while high winds made it difficult to
control even the smallest blaze. With
such conditions, it is pointed out,
there is need to keep all persons out
Of the woods. In order to accomplish
this the Governor Of Oregon has post
poned the opening Of the hunting sea-
son in that State.
In spite of the unusually dangerous
season, it is stated that until last
week there has been comparatively
small loss of timber on the National
Forests, private owners having suf-
fered most Of the damage done. This
is largely explained as due to the in
creased efficiency Of the fire-fghting
force which has profted by the les
sons of the past year. In many cases,
too, luck has been on the side of the
rangers in handling particularly dan
gerous fires. The outbreak of fires in
the past few days is taken by officialsl
to indicate that the situation is grow
ing more serious.
The whole organization Of the For
est Service, in the affected Districts.
is devoting itself exclusively to fire
lighting. In accordance with a pre-
arranged plan, men from Forests
where there are no fires are relieving
the rangers who have been worn out
by their long exertions.
While it may be possible to hold
the damage to a minimum by these
and other methods, officials say that
not until the fall rains come will the
danger cease
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take (trOve'a,

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic 10 equally valuable as a
eia noe osa eeeapse Il e9G19s the
and IRON. 1t ects on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builde up the Whole System. 60 cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05

have made me we'll
and healthy. Some-
time ago I felt 80
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. I read your
advertisement in
&h n - =
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05
CONTIN UED FIRES SWEEP
NORTHWESTERN FORESTS

Washington, Aug. 31.--With the
most serious situation in a number Of
years threatening millions Of feet Of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-05
Piles Cured In 6 to ID Days

Your druggist will refund money II PAZO
OINTMENT falls to cure any case OF itching q
Blind Bleeding Protr,Iding Piles In $40 II days
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WOMAN NOW IN
perfect HEAL H
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver-
~.tisement.

Paterson, N. j. -"I thank you for
the Lydia e. Pinkham remedies as they
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-20

Calling cards at the Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-20
CAMP POST OFFICE IS !
SWAMPED WITH MAIL

Camp Lewis, American Lake
Wash, Sept. 90. Everybody on The
Pacflc coast must have written u
couple OF Uncle Sans soldiers
Camp Lewis postodce ls showed un-
der Soldier clerks are helping ex-
perienced mail clerks sent from the
Tacoma p0stoilIcc The work Is
much complicated by the freak ad-
dresses many correspondents use and
by the fact that many men have not
yet been assigned TO their companies
and II Is difficult to locate n soldier.
One correspondent addressed n
letter TO Arthur Cecil Jones, who Is
declared to be zone OF Seattles 93."
Another foe OF kaIserlsm is declared
10 be member OF "The Twenty
Firth Regimental Signal Corpse" OF
the "tI. g. Draft Army"
The clerks are working IL TO ID
hours n day TO handle the mail. The
york " being systematized, how
ever, and card index system made
of the soldiers no the work will not
be 80 complicated week or two
from now.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-20
French SOCIALISTS
WANT PEACE Terms

Paris. Sept 90 Although Pre-
mier PaJnleye announced before the
house OF deputies Tuesday that
France would continue the war un.
Ill Alsace-Lorralne is restored and
the Germans have made payment for
the damages caused by their occn-
patton OF France and Belgium, a
radical socialist leader yesterday de-
manded with the fervent applause
OF the extreme left. that the govern
ment should definitely make known
the peace aims OF France 50 thar no
misunderstanding should remain.
He added that no negotiations we're
possible before the Germans eyaeu-
ated the invaded district OF France.