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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
THE LEGISLATURES !. I
BEST WORK.

Editor William P. Greene, Of The
Abbeville Press and Banner is q law,
yer of renown who has served as
special Judge. He says that the Cen
eral Assembly Showed its sanity
in electing William q. Townsend c:iirr= III
cult judge for the Fifth circuit, yice'
Mendel L. Smith, resigned. Further,
"Mr. Townsend is one Of the capa-
BILE lawyers of the State. His exten-
sive and accurate legal learning win
make him one Of the best judges w
the State. He will be welcomed ts
the bench by the legal profession. =
The News endorses Judge Greene's
statement. Judge Townsend read
law under Judge James Aldrich, has
been a successful practitioner for.
many years, was partner Of. Con-
gressman William Elliott and Attor-
ney-General G. Duncan Bellinger,
has served as Code Commissioners,
Solicitor, Assistant Attorney GeneT-
al, and Supreme Court Reporter
He edited the Code, Of 1902. he siss
an accurate and learned lawyer, well
qualified for long and efficient Judi
ciaI service. He is in his prime.
sound in mind and body, q most
agreeable gentleman who will not
display irascibilitys from the bench.
He is not. and never has been q mem7S
ber of the legislature.
The General Assembly evidenced
much wisdom and discriminating
judgment in the election OF Judges
McIver and Townsend who constL
tute a notable and valuable addition
to the Judiciary of the State. Thes
legislative body seems to have abansf
doned its unwisef practice of elect
ing it's members to the bench. While
some good judges have been elected t 81
in that way, the principle is undem1oss g, (
cratic. A member of the General
Assembly should be inhibited. by the
State Constitution from election to
the judiciary. Greenville, News
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

the city hall were not in fact a
building erected and kept for it's
tenants to be run and kept in an
orderly way, but municipal back
house fog the use of any and every
wayfarer who happens in town.
We say that the walls in the hall.
ways should be kept painted or cal
somined, and kept in presentable
shape, and that the man who spits
on the floors, against the walls, or
the man who daubs a .wad of chew
ed tobacco against the walls of the
building or on the floor or who
throws cigarette stubs on the floor,
should be hailed before the mayor
and made to assist in making the
police department a paying institu-
tion.
Proper ordinances will protect the
building from incursions by people
who have no business using it, and
the enforcement of these ordinances
will be a public benefit. The city
council itself can then afford to
keep the Railways and other public
offices in proper repair and presenta-
BILE.
If this be treason, we are willing
to be the traitor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
SERGEANT. HAMMOND.

Sergeant Willie Hammond is get
ting on fine is the latest news from
him. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrss
Joe Hammond and win be remem-
bered here as "Bil1 Dad" by many O
his friends. He left this State .
number of years ago and went 70
Alabama, where he was doing wen
and making money but when tho
first call came for volunteers he en-
listed with the Alabama boys and
served on the border. He has many
things to tell of chasing Villa and
the times they had on the border.
When the time came for his Division
to 20 "over there" he was ready and
willing but on account of the condi-
tions of his lungs he was given .
disability discharge and sent to tho.
government hospital at Denver. He
is there now and is getting on fine
although he longs for the sunny
South"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
THE VINDICATION OF MR.. BAKER
From the Springfield Republican, IS

F. 4 r
cally reorganized the whole machin-
cry of the War Department IAN ac-
hievement summarized in another
article on this page. The drive
against him for the purpose of forc=f
ing him out of the position he now
holds is>unjustified by any body, of
facts that can be assembled in the
face OF what he has done. 1t would
be injurious, to the gigantic under
taking in which the nation is engag-S
ed to experiment at this time with
a new Secretary of War, who would
necessarily have very much to.learn3,
before he could give to the country
the. best that was in him. Some of 4
Mr.. Bakers critics are now admit
ting that he has made great ina
provements in our war machine, but
their latest cry is that he is NOT finn
damentally sympathetic with war.
In Heavens name! what civilized
man could be? The signs are many
that the effort to destroy him is coli
lapsing, as it ought. for the good 6f
the army and our cause it cannot
collapse too soon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
A MOST VALUED EXCHANGE.

The following letter was received
by the editor with a page of The
Press and Banner enclosed which
explained the "kind of paper" sent
Naturally the editor had to "cuss
somebody" and that was the folder
feeder. A perfectly good copy was
Immediately addressed, stamped and
mailed to Mr.. Brown.
Dear Colonel:
The Abbeville Press and Banner
is one of our most valued exchanges,
and we think it is up to you to "cuss
somebody" for sending US the kind
of paper that you did this week.
The Anderson Daily Mail,
G. P. Brown.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
HOW HE WILL LOOK.

Irwin S. Cobb, the jovial Kentucky
author, has been made a colonel on
the staff of Governor Stanley of that
State. 1t is said that his uniform
will look like cross between new
parlor stove and a weighing ma
chine. Colonel Cobb is now on his
way to the firing line to do his bit
as a war correspondent, an announ-
cement that should give JOY to the
readers of The Thursday Evening
Post.-Greenville News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
SPAACHLESS!

If the governor of North Carolina
and the governor of South Carolina
should meet now, what would they
have to say about it?-Anderson
Daily Mail.
In the language of Hon. Bill
Graydon, formerly of Abbeville, but
now Of Columbia, "They would be
as dumb as an oysh-ter."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
CLEAN UP! CLEAN UP!

The Press and Banner has no Of
fetal nor employee as target when
it criticises the manner in which the
city hall is kept. Neither does the
editor complain on behalf OF HIM
self. It may be true that as ten
ant he should make his complaint
to his landlord, but as newspaper
complaining on behalf of the public
(and the public is complainlng) we
have a right in proper terms to as
sail the management of the city
hall. We seek no mans enmity but II
it comes to us in calling attention
to conditions which should be cor
rected we can only await the time
when that man will see his duty
clearer.
We are not concerned about
whose duty it is to clean up the
city hall. We do say however, that
the city council, through its proper
officers and employees, should take
care of building (and it employs
sufficient number not only to dc
the work but to see that it is rightly
done) for which this city paic
eighty thousand dollars, and not
have tobacco juice and tobacco it
self smeared and stuck on the wall:
of the lower and upper Railways. L
should see that the halls are swep
out each day, that the cuspidors il
the halls do not stand from day Il
day half-flled with half-smoked ci
gars and two-fors mixed with a plen
tiful supply of dirty tobacco juice
that the wainscoting is cleaned AM
kept cleaned, that the accumulate
dirt for week is not swept into COZ
ners and allowed to stay there fror
day to day, and that the private toi
lets for the use of which the ter
ants pay should not be made tn
public retiring places of every mis-
erly individual in the city.
We protest that the ladies of tn
city as they 60 to the library an
the book clubs, to the Red Cros
rooms and the surgical dressin
rooms should not be compelled t
witness men on every step Of tn
stairway hurrying towards thes
toilets and away from them, as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
ABOLISH THE
ABBEVILLE POLICE

Abolitionists are at work in the
Cradle of Secession, ancient Able
vile. Shades of the immortal CAL
houn and McDuffie! The Press and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
A LONG TIME WE HOPE.

Mr.. VIM. P. Greene:: Enclosed
you will find check for Press and
Banner. I still want it. as long as g
can read it. Respectfully,
t]'.- Statia Wfdeman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

We understand that there is some
dissent from our recent remarks
concerning the police force, though
generally our position is approved
One person suggests that instead OF
doing away with the police force
we should have "two Chiefs" That
person is a suffragette or suffraglst
1--WE cannot now recall which.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05
SEEKING LIGHT.
February I, 1918.
Mr.. VIM. P. Greene,
Abbeville, S. c.

Abbeville, s, c.
Dear SIR
1 am ancl1sing herewith check
to your order, signed by Mr.. B. j..
Pearman, for $500 for subscrip-
ton to The Abbeville Press and
Banner for the length Of time this
amount will carry him. Mr.. B. J.
Pearman's address is Starr, s. c., R.
F. D. No. 1. Mr.. Pearman would
like for you to send him the issue OF
your paper which contained an edi-
torial on the appointment of A. W.
Jones by Gov. Manning. I think
this was in last Tuesdays paper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

The editor of The Greenville News
has been reading up on Caesar re-
Gently and gives us some ancient
"dope" on the Germans. At the
same time he might have quoted with
profit that passage which properly
translated reads, GAIL Gaul is diVld-
ed into three departments-the exc
cutiye, the legislative and the
judicial"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

If the good boys on Greenville
Street would quit playing with the
had bows from Magazine; and Main
Streets they would be more FORUM
ate perhaps in the matter of shooting
rabbits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

Sun objects to being called by MS
pet name anymore. And now thai
he is wearing long pants, and look:
the part, speaking >furniturally, why
not call him the Crown Prince!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

eve are not building for our
selves nor for today"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

There have always been men In
this country who knew more about
how to run the war than the War
Department. They have generally
been discredited.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-02-05

We are in favor of seven foster
cromer-less days in every week.
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bpi1d;np for the British and French
armies by our own regiments of en-
gineers, and to top all a railroad
600 miles long for the use Of our
own army, for which the entire
eouipment has had to be shipped
from this country. These operations
at such a distance, are stupendous;
our people cannot take in their d.
mensions by any exercise of the
IMAGINATION. although it is most
easy for obstreperous faulthnders
and pestilential politicians to fill ou1
ears with outcries against the de,
fects in a training camp site and the
criminal delinquencies of fe"
medical officers on the home front
where the poison gas of politics is
| used to blind the country to the out,
lines of a colossal achievement ir
the making before its very eyes.
Secretary Bakers achievement il
not confined to what has been done
in France or in the creation of 6
new army of a million men nov
ready to sail for the distant theate1
of war. He has in ten months radi
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
DOING GOOD SERVICE.
Salvation Army War Service Commended
By Major Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt, ir, has spoken
from the trenches in France. Like his
distinguished father, he has spoken in no
uncertain terms. He declares, as major
of infantry on duty in France, that the
Salvation Army is doing great work
He has undertaken to speak for officers
as well as members of the rank and file
The following letter has been received by
the Salvation Army:
Headquarters, LIST Battalion, Infantry.
France.
Major John f. Atkins, the Salvation
Army.
Dear Major Atkins: | wish TO thank
you for the great work you have been
doing here among the men of this bat
talon. You have added greatly to the
Happiness and contentment of us all;
giving, as YOU have, an opportunity for
good, clean entertainment and pleasure.
In religious work you have done much.
As you know, this regiment has no chap
lain. and YOU have to large extent tax
en- the place of one here.
For myself. and OF behalf of the off
GERS stationed here. | wish to express my
appreciation of the work that YOU have
been doing here. and hope that YOU can
accompany the battalion wherever the
fortune OF war may lead us.
Wishing You very happy and sue
cessful year, ! am, yours sincerely.
tSi2nedl Theodore Roosevelt. .Ir.
Major a.. 5. r. 10Th Infantry
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove 1t

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi.
tute for calomel. act gently on the bowels
and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar.
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
ty all who know them.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action.
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomei does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty. sickeniny,
gripping cathzrtics are derived from DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets without gripping.
pain or any oisagreeable effects.
DR.. F. NJ. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tioe among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint. with the
attendant bad breath
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
= vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil: you win know them By their olive
color. Take one or tv-o every night for
a week and note the effect. I0c and 25c
per box An druggists.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20

show stocks OF 55,l55,3a7 pounds on Feb.
!, 1918, as compared with 66,06l $50
pounds on Feb, l, 1917, decrease Of 1913
per cent The reports of 800 stornges
show that the stocks increased Ar per
cent during January, l0ls, while the re-
ports OF PA storages show stocks in
creased 10 per cent during January, 1915
Dry Salt Pork,
The total stocks Of dgy salt pork re.
ported by i3i storages ON Feb. |, 1918,
amounted TO 330,s02,776 pounds, while
the total stocks reported by 500 storages
on Jan. !, 1915 amounted 10 213,i70,75s
pounds The reports of $40 storages
show stocks of 3l6,763,23l pounds on
Feb. !, 1918, as compared with 22s.423.-
40 pounds on Feb. |, 1917, an increase
of 3s5 per cent. The reports of 3sS
storaees show that the stocks increased
33.4 per cent during January, l0ls, while
the reports of 800 storagcs show stocks
increased 1916 per cent durihg January.
1917.
Sweet Picked Pork.
The total stocks of sweet picked pork
by 5l5 storages on Feb. ], 1918,
amounted TO 3ll,sGl, $50 pounds, while
the total stocks reported by I7s storages
on Jan. |, 1918, amounted to 256,256,sl3
pounds The reports of 455 storages
show stocks of pos, l74,603 pounds on
Feb. !, 1915 as compared with 34s,269-
l59 pounds on Feb. |, 1917, decrease Of
IA per cent. The reports of AS stor-
lges show that the stocks increased 1919
Ier cent during January, 1918, while the
'cports of 1913 storages show stocks in
'ressed II per cent during January, 1917.
Lard.
The total stocks of lard reported by
25 storages on Feb !, 1918, amounted
o 57,540,222 pounds, while the total
tocks reported by 4SS storages on Jan.
1918. amounted to 81 POI ,040 pounds.
The reports of AS storages show stocks
f 56,227 ,S27 pounds ON Feb. ], 1918, as
omparcd with s6,2O7,7 92 pounds on Feb.
1917, decrease of 34.s per cent. The
eports of asa storages show that tho
tocks increased 81 per cent during jan
airy, 1918, while the reports of 3S4 stor-
ges show stocks increased | per cent
uring January, 1917
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
Roasterx

TIE total stocks 81 Foasters reported
rs lSu storsges on Feb !. 1915. amount
n 10 l7.ad6.o59 pounds. while the total
stoelss reported by les storages on Jan.
J. 1915. amounted &c l6,HGe05 pounds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20

stocks decreased Ill per cent during
~-nuary, 1917.
Frozen Beef.
The total stocks of frozen beef report
ed by $40 storages ON Feb. /, 1918
amounted 10 2S3s 300 pounds, whilt
the total stocks reported by 352 storages
on Jan. |, 1918, amounted TO 30s 61j O2a
pounds, The reports of sos storages
show stocks of 20G $50 pounds on
Feb !, 'l9ls, as compared with l90,00s.,
700 pounds on Feb, J, 1917, an increase
of per cent. The reports of $40 stor.
ages show that the stocks decreased 81
per cent during January l0ls, while the
reports Of 259 storages show stocks de-
creased 10 per cent during January, 1917,
Cured Beef
The total stocks of cured beef reported
by 3G3 storages ON Feb. /, 1918, amount
ed to 1881 ga pounds, while the total
stocks reported by 3il storages on Jan.
/, 1918, amounted to 37,634 $50 pounds.
The reports of 307 storages show stocks
of 35,050,312 pounds on Feb. |. 1918, as
compared with 35.s90.s29 pounds on Feb
l. 1917, an increase of o. per cent, The
reports of 326 storages show that the
stocks decreased ls per cent during Jan
uary, 1918, while the reports of 265 stor-
ages show stocks decreased l0.2 per cent
during January, 1917.
Lamb and Mutton.
The total stocks OF lamb and mutton
by 204 storages on Feb. |. 1918,
to 6.3l7 ,522 pounds. while the
total stocks reported by l9l storages on
Jan. |, 1918, amounted to 1913, l5T
pounds. The report of l57 storages show
stocks of 5,365,3l7 pounds on Feb. |, 1918,
as compared with 5,s95,3l9 pounds on
Feb |. 1917, decrease of 0 per cent.
The reports of ls5 storages show that
The stocks decreased 1877 per cent during
1918, while the reports of 1876
'torages show stocks decreased Is per
,ent during January, 1917.
Frozen Pork.
The total stocks of frozen pork report
ID by 343 storagcs on Feb. !, 1918, !
amounted to 60,3l0.940 pounds, while the
otal stocks reported by 81 storages on /
Ian !, 1918, amounted to 39,64O $50 !
pounds. The reports of 27l storages
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20

The total stock Of broilers reported by
l9I storagcs on Feb. !, 1918, amounted
to s.2lG.0l9 pounds, while the total
locks reported by l69 storages on Jan.
/. 1915. amounted TO s.6ll.7Ol pounds
The reports Of rs storages show stocks
Of 1922. COS pounds on Feb ]. 1918. a.
compared with 1867 .557 pounds on Feb.
/. 1917. a decrease Of 1912 per cent. The
reports Of To- storage show that the
stoeks decreased los per cent during
January. 1918. while the reports Of the
~ siorages show stocks decreased 6.5 per
mi during January. 1917.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20

The reports OF III storages show stock
OF 5,d64,4B3 pounds on Feb. /, 1918, "a
compared with 7,5sl,472 pounds on Feb
!, 1917 a decrease OF 25,3 per cent. Thu
reports of 100 storages show that th'
stocks increased 20 per cent during Jan
uary, 1918, while the reports Of IS stor
ages show stocks decreased III per cent
during January, 1917.
Fowls.
The total stocks of fowls reported by
1856 storages ON Feb. /, 1918, amounted
TO l5,076,3 pounds, while the total
stocks reported by l79 storages on Jan
|, 1918, amounted Co l3036,964 pounds
The reports of 100 storagcs show stocks
of 4,056,706 pounds ON Feb. 1, 1918, as
compared with s,293,253 pounds on Feb.
|, 1917, decrease of Sill per cent. The
reports of 1877 storages show that the
stocks increased "a per cent during Jan.
uary, 1918, while the reports of 30 stor.
ages show stocks increased 1913 per cent
during January, 1917.
Turkeys.
The total stocks of turkeys reported
by 226 storages on Feb. |, 1918, amount.
ed to l0,4I5,4lO pounds while the total
stocks reported by POI storages on Jan.
], 1918, amounted to 4,5l0,0iS pounds.
The reports of l3s storages show stocks
of 2,1s4,92l pounds on Feb !, 1918. as
with 3,52l,l6s pounds on Feb.
!, 1917, a decrease OF 300 per cent. The
reports of 100 storages show that the
stocks increased lOl.6 per cent during
January, 1918, while the reports of los
storages show that the stocks decreased
l,3 per cent during January, 1917
Miscellaneous Poultry.
The total stocks of miscellaneous poul.
Try reported by 2i5 storages on Feb. !.
1918, amounted to l5,660.976 pounds,
while the stocks reported by 24O stor-
.ges on Jan. |, 1918, amounted to 1882
l5I pounds. The reports of l52. storages
'how stocks of 4,s36,047 pounds on Feb. |
!, 1918, as compared with IL ,567 ,943 |
pounds on Feb. !, 1917, decrease of $50 !
Ter cent. The reports of PA storages !
how that the stocks decreased 2l9 per |
ent during January, 1918, while the re.
,orts of l25 storages show that the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
TRY THIS FOR A
COLD-ITS FINE!
"Pape's Cold Compound Ends Severe
Colds or Grippe in Few
Hours

You can end grippe and break up a
severe cold either in head, chest, body or
limbs, by taking dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound every two hours until three
doses are taken.
1t promptly opens cloggedup nostrils
discharge or nose running relieves sick
headache, dullness, feyerishness, sore
throat. sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay tufTed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling. Ease your throbbng head
nothing else in the world gives such
prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Com
pound which costs only few cents at
any drug store. 1t acts without assist
ance, tastes nice, and causes no incon-
venience. BE sure you get the genuine
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
BOMB EXPLODES
Nv COURTHOUSE
At PASSAIC. a. ].
Several Persons Hurt by Falling Glass
Draft Board in Session at
the Time.

Paterson, y. j., Feb. 20 A bomb was
exploded in the rotunda of the Passaic
county courthouse here yesterday. A
number of persons were slightly hurt BY
falling glass and plaster The identity
of the persons who placed the explo-
sive was not known to the authorities.
A draft board was in session at the
time in another part OF the building.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-20
More Congestion.

Montreal, Feb. 20.-Canadian railway
officials yesterday wired to Washington
warning that an increase of freight
congestion at the international border
is resulting from President Wilson'S
proclamation requiring export and i'm
port licenses on shipments valued at
more than 500. They asked whether
some arrangement could not be worked
out whereby the cars already en- route
might not be accepted by American rail
WAYS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-31
BETTER TRAIN
SERVICE SOON
New Schedule on Central Vermont in
Effect Next Sunday-Improved
Connections to the North.

Beginning Sunday, Jan. 3. numerous
changes in the train schedule on the
Central Vermont Railway system will
go into effect, but Ticket Agent David
S. Carey had received no information
regarding any changes in Boston &
Maine service up to this morning The
new Central Vernon schedule will af-
feet Brattleboro only in the matter of
train connections to points in the
northern part of the state 1t will be
possible to leave Brattleboro, north
bound, at 1908 a. M. and connect for
Montpelier, Burlington. and st. Albans.
The ll.33 a. IN. northbound train also
will continue to connect for these
points. The 200 y. m train arriving
from the north will connect with trains
over the Central Vermont road from
the northern part of the state. Other
train service will be the same as at
present.