The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-09-05
NEWS LETTER FROM
FRANK A. CARWILE

will burn uD. How dependent and
how ungrateful we are to the Giver
of everything which we possess, No
wonder we have to be taught a les
SON now and then.
Elizabeth and Martha Killings
worth of Columbia, are. on e visit to
friends and relatives.
E. j. Huckabee of Lowndesville,
was here last week. He is with the
Anderson Real Estate Co., and will
he glad to serve you.
The Saluda Association meets with
Little River church next year. 1t
will have ben 81 years since its last
meeting there. Next year will he the
one to raise chickens for they will
surely be in demand about the time
it meets, for Baptist preachers and
deacons are death on them. A word
to the wise is sufficient, therefore,
take warning.
Judge Speer of Georgia, has de-
clared the draft law valid. In the
language of Gen. Hemphill, "I told
you So" Between a and 500 slnart
men they knew what they were do
ing when they enacted the law. And
kicking against it is all nonsense. for
you are going to do what Uncle Sam
tells you and be very glad to do 80.
Those anti-conscription meetings
are nothing short of gas and hot air
and the most of them have endorsed
the draft law. The military power
is supreme and all have to submit to
it or bear the penalty.
IT'S said after the war is over
there will be six women to n man
in England and then the great rush
will take place. Anybody Lord. How
we do pity the poor men.
Mrs. J. C.. Knox of Birmingham,
Ala, is on a visit to friends and
relatives. D.
j. Lon Anderson of Jefferson, Ca,
passed through our "burg" last
week. We had not seen him in 80
years, yet we recognized him at
once. He had been to the Pruitt re-
union at Mt. Bethel. The crowd was
estimated to have been between 1000
and 1900 people. The Pruitt family
with it's connections is n of the
largest in Abbeville and Anderson
counties.
I'VE notice the price Of cotton is
declining. IT'S no new thing for there
are always rascals who rob the far
mer of the honest sweat of his brow.
And some of them r going to that
land where good society and water
are going to be fearfully scarce.
"Dey Say" meat is % cents per
pound. In 1895 we bought it for Z
cents and good flour for $500 per
barrel. Such a world of people.
Next STORYTELLING fodder, and
then making old time Classes" And
Mack can eat 'em.
A woman is a great bulwark when
a man wants an exemption. And
some of them have W been worth
a nickle to their wives, yet they will
help to get their exemptions. Queer
critters they are.
They are talking about making the
left over "booze" into munitions. 1t
will not kill any more than it did
when in it's natural state. ..,
It will take Sd of a million pounds
of beef to supply the soldiers at
Camp Gordon near Atlanta. The
horses and mules will eat 2 thousand
tons of hay and $500 pounds of oats
a month. The pay of the officers and
soldiers will be more than q million
dollars each pay day. There are 81
environments and an average of men
at each is $4,000. Surely we are a
great country and tits no wonder we
have war. Too much prosperity.
Two things hamper the anti-war
meetings-lack of attendance and
places to meet.
A fellow said his auto was always
getting him into trouble, for when
it ran he was arrested for speeding,
and when it didn't he was arrested
for profanity.
Joe Sullivan has been pardoned
for the murder of John NJ, Cannon.
If you have plenty of "rocks" and
influence behind you, you will not
look through a prison cell very long
if you belong to the upper "tens"
but if a poor white man or negro
steals a chicken he serves out his
full time. Where is your justice?
A point for Ex-Gov. Blease. HUI
man life in South Carolina is cheap
er than it's poorest dirt. The day will
come when we will all appear before