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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
Colored Men to Go
To Camp Jackson
TWENTY-FOUR TO LEAVE FRI.
DAY, AUGUST 23RD FOR
COLUMBIA.

List of colored men to report tt
Local Board for entrainment fol
Camp jackson, Columbia, S. c., OF
August 23, 1918. They are to re
port at 10 o'clock.
Adams, Joseph
Allen, Alexander
Bobo, Clarence
Bowls, David
Buchanan, Timothy
Davis, Clinton
Devlin, William
Dahley, Jim
Donley, Joseph Simon
Fair, Tom
Glover, Nose
Harris, Allen
Hunter, Johnnie
Jackson, Eugene
Jenkins, Isaac
Jones, Willie M.
Martin, Dave
McAdams, Thomas
Postell, Robert
Reid, Pleasant
Simpkins, Willie
Tenant, ELLIOTT
): Wanix, Henry
Watt, Henry
SUBSTITUTES
Jesse Ely
Aaron Tate
Lewis Underwood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
GET ROLLS AND TICKETS.

County Chairman VIM. p Greene
announced Monday that the rolls
had been copied and corrected as
required by law and the instruc-
tions of the County Executive Com
.mittee and the managers of election
should call during the present week
for the books as we'll as the tickets
which have been prepared and are
ready for distribution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
CALLS ON THE PEOPLE
TO MAKE SACRIFICES
Governor Manning Talks of the War
Situation.

Governor Manning Talks of the War
Situation.
"The call for men on the Western
battle front is imperative and cannot
be ignored by our people,, said Gov
ernor Manning yesterday in speaking
of the war. Governor Manning has
just returned to the city from North
ern points and has had opportunity
during his absence to confer with Of
ficials who are intimately acquainted
with the situation in Europe.
,"Our people should be prepared;
no regard should be taken of person
al conveniences; we must subordinate
our own ambitions and desires and
hopes to the call of our government.
Men are needed not only on the
Western front but in Russia, and the
Russian situation will be dealt with
before Germany will be in mood to
discuss peace. All the resources in
the shape of men and munitions and
guns that can be gotten together are
needed.
"Our people will be patient. This
State knows what it is to sacrifice ;
we have done so before; we can do so
again." continued the Governor
Some of the local boards report that
if men are called now from the farms
and other industries, it means loss.
That is regrettable; the government
realizes it; the war department feels
it keenly. But the first hing to do
is to win this war.
eve must recognize that the call
is for men, and men, and more men
and when our people realize what
is expected of them, they will not
disappoint our government and our
sister states"
Governor Manning has been mott
fed that the government can furnish
the State reserve militia with go
modern army rifles. The old Spring
fields will be returned and will pro-
badly be reissued to colleges and mill
tary schools.
He has also received a letter from
Lieut.. Col. J. M. Johnson ofthis State,
who is with the rainbow division of
,giners. The division has had con-
troll for 10 days of a front line Sec
tor independent of any other forces.
The controlling Of this sector for so
long a time justifes the high expecta
tions the people had of this famous
division.
o. K. LaRoqae in Y.M.CA. work
A letter to the Governor from Col.
Rogue has been assigned to the Rain
bow Division and will be with the
boys up at the front. He has been
working as stretcher bearer, and
writes that he loves the work. The
morale of the men is high, he says,
and the only complaint that the
wounded make is that their injuries
will keep them out of the fight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
KEEPING FRIENDS.

Col. J.. D. Kerr, of the Furniture
Emporium, Kerr & Edison, and nUn-
Gle Jim's' Buggy business, informs as
that Mrs. Kerr will be very much Of
Tended unless she sees in this issue
a statement. that her. handsome
young son, J. D.. Kerr, Jr., went
over to Greenwood Saturday and
was admitted into the Bailey Mill
tary Academy as a cadet during the
approaching session, We have stated
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
IN CLINTON.

On last Sunday evening the Rev.
Mofatt Ross Plaxeo, pastor of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church of Abbeville, preached to a
large congregation at the union SER
vices in the First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Plaxco is a son of the Rev.
W. A. N. P1axco, who for several
years was pastor of the A. R. P.
Church here, and he is we'll known
here.-Clinton correspondent News
and Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
HOME FROM A VACATION.

Miss Lizzie Penney, young EMORY
Penney, Margaret Penney and Miss
Ethel Perry are home from TIVE
weeks vacation spent at Lake Juna-
luska. They had delightful time
and found it cool enough to sleep
under blankets every night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
POLITICAL NOTES.

The campaign meetings sched-
uled to be had at Due West and
Antreville during the. present week
have been called off on request of
the people in those communities
and no further meetings will be held.
Everything awaits the event OF the
2Tth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
MR.. BOSDELL IN HOSPITAL.

Mr.. C. H. Bosdell is in Pryor's
Hospital, Chester suffering with,
serious complication of the liver. His
many friends, who remember him
as the former manager Of the City
Market, regret that he is so serious
~ i'll and wish for his speedy con
""i,2acance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
MR.. SAM NANCE SICK.

The friends of Mr.. Sam Nance
will regret to know that he is quite
sick at his home in Fort Pickens.
He suffered a prostration from tho
heat last week and has been confined
to his bed since.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
MISS LYNCH is BACK.

Miss Johnnie May Lynch is ex-
pected in the city today. She will
be the guest of Mrs. W. P. Greene
until the opening of schools. Her
friends are glad to see her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20
LATEST WAR NEWS.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Eighty
divisions of American J troops in
France under the new man-power
bill can end the war successfully in
1919, Chief-of-Staff March told the
House Military Committee today.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20

~. -! Mrs. Andrew Ferguson
and George McCantey are spening
"a; few days in the mountains of
North Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20

London, Aug. 19.-(4.20 p. N.Y.
French, troops have advanced two
kilometers Ca mile and a quarter)
between Lasigny and the Disc, ac-
cording to: rerorts received here
this afternoon
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20

Paris, Aug. 19.-The French are
in the suburbs of Roye. The British
are carrying out a Hanking move.
ment north of the town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-08-20

Sheriff Burts went to Belton Fri
dav on business.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-16
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The Sim Fem yourselves alone)
began some years ago and although it
was not considered particularly dan
gerous, Great Britain passed what
was known as the Arms Act, which
placed restrictions on the importation
and traffic in dangerous weapons in
Ireland. Then came the Home Rule
trouble in Ulster, when Sir Edward
Carson and his band of volunteers
openly defied Home Rule in the north
of Ireland.
In 1913, Jim Larkin, a well known
labor agitator, was able to foment
trouble among the laboring classes
and endeavored to paralyze business
by strike. This was scarcely put
down when the great war came on
and Sir Roger Easement became the
catspaw of Germany in an effort to
embarrass Great Britain by creating
a war situation at home. Guns were
smuggled in from Germany and an
uprising in Dublin took place-an up
rising in which several hundred peo-
pie lost their lives and millions of
dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed.
The revolution, however, was short
and the ringleaders were executed.
During the revolution there was much
looting and the hoodlums saw an
opportunity for riotings. This was
blamed on the Sim Feiners, but they
were innocent and did all they could
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to put down the disorder. While
there are many people in ireland to-
day who still believe that the Sim
Feiners were right in their, demands
for the freedom of Ireland and they
are none the less loyal to England as
against Germany and thousands of
Irishmen have died in EngIand's de-
Tense. Dublin, Ireland's most charm
ing city, lost many of its beauties
during the battle which ragged through
buildings were ruined. To those who
visited the Irish capital before the
rebellion it now presents a sad sight
To be sure, many of the houses have
been repaired or rebuilt, but some of
the fascinating old landmarks have
gone forever. Sackville street suffered
severely. Faith, and it looks as if
the Germans had been here" said a
young Irish officer, who arrived from
the front just after the rebellion had
been put down. Sure, our men are
giving the Huns taste of this just
now on the western front"
The traveller is no longer permitted
to wander over Ireland with a cam
era, unless he has permit from the
Government. Even bits of scenery
must not be pictured without the
permit The ways of the spy are nu-
merous and Great Britain is taking no
chances. All the pictures published
showing ruins in Dublin were CEN
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she is performing her duties as a
mother, and to make it possible for
her to give her time to those duties
when through extreme poverty or
widowhood, or other causes, she
would otherwise be compelled to go
out to be the breadwinner or break
up the home and scatter the children
in homes of various kinds.
THE mothers pension, then, is for
the benefit of the children and the
State, and not the mother. 1t is an
allowance given until the child is four
teen on condition that the mother
keep the home, and that she does not
go out of the home to work. In 9TH
er words, the State places to the cred
it of the mother herself and allows
her to use it, part of the money that
heretofore has been expended in aims
houses, reform schools, truant schceIa
orphan asyluns and prisons. More
and more than ever must the nation
guard the physical, moral and mental
welfare of its children, for upon them
depend the future of the nation"
Comforts For The Boys In France.
The National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations has
stretched out its hand to give active
relief at home and abroad. All of its
Organizations are performing definite
] war work in the many lines laid down
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drama, and lastly very small pro-
portion confessed to a liking for pic
lures depicting crime"
The deductions made from this sur
vey have been found valuable in deal
ing with the question of moving pic
lures and their effect upon the minds
of children. The Mothers Congress
recognizes the motion picture as a
distinct force for good or evil in the
life of the people of today. and also
that it has come to stay, and they be-
lieve that there is no more direct way
to educate and uplift millions of peo-
pie than by putting an educating and
uplifting influence in the movies"
Pensions For Widowed Mothers.
The Mothers Congress has been &C.
tive in securing pensions for widowed
mothers in several states. In speak
ing of this phase of the work of the
society Mrs. Schoff said: 1.-The value
of mothers as factors in keeping the
body polite clean and pure and
wholesome is the underlying reason
for the rapidly-growing sentiment in
favor of mothers pensions. not for
service rendered, but for service being
rendered to the State. The mothers
pension is not being given after her
duties as a mother are finished, and
as reward and payment for what She
has done The pension is given while
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Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois.
have personally visited all those in
Texas, Des Moines, Louisville, Camp
Meade and the camps in New Jersey
and in that way have learned the con-
ditions and needs. The personal in
terest of good women in the boys has
marked influence for good"
The National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations, be-
side its efforts for the boys, Is doing
splendid war work for their mothers.
in many cases accomplishing work
in Americanization of great value. 1t
is organizing the mothers and wives
of soldiers all over the country, en-
deavoring to enlist their services in
the interest of the boys.
In speaking of this phase of the
work Mrs. Schoff said: Every week
we invite over a thousand Philadel-
phia mothers of enlisted men to meet
our committee at the United Service
club house, I tell them the reasons
for the war, what it means, and give
them the messages that have come
to me from the various Government
officials as to the duties of the women.
/ Inc WOMEN d1 OlLS1 Oh1IlAOA AAOo IA
these matters, and are ready and ea8-
er to ask questions.
The National Congress of Mothers
was founded in Washington twenty
one years ago by the late Mrs. Theo-
dore W. Birney, woman whose heart
overlooked with tenderness for all the
children in Christendom. She was
ably supported by Mrs. Phoebe A.
Hearst, who carried the financial bur-
den of the organization for the first
three years of it's existence and is hon
ored as one of it's founders.
Mrs. Birney was first president of
the National Congress of Mothers and
guided its affairs for three years, when
she was succeeded by Mrs. Frederic
Schoff, of Philadelphia, who has stood
at the helm for the past eighteen
years, directing its course with ability
and discretion. Other national officers
| include Mrs Arthur A. Birney, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs. Hubert
N RoweI, treasurer. Among its ma
tionaI vice-presidents are Mrs. David
Wears, of New York; Mrs. Fred.
- ~, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Phil
/ ander p. Claxton, of Washington, D..
C. Among its honorary vice-presi-i
dents are Mrs. William T. Carter. Mrs.
Joseph P. Mumford and Mrs Robast
lR. Cotton.
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plucked sprays from the tree to sell
to tourists and both were buried six
months later. No amount of money
will, tempt the residents to pluck even
SO much as leaf from the tree.
The Gap of DunIoe, pass through
the mountains, is a favorite horse
back journey for it leads past the
famous Serpent Lake, where st. Pat
rick had the last snake in Ireland
placed inside an iron chest. After St.
Patrick had persuaded the serpent
to enter the chest he told the reptile
that he would release him on the
morrow, but each day it was tomorrow
and the serpent finally died in the
lake.
The Vale OF Avoca.
The Vale of Avoca, which has been
described by Tom Moore in his pretty
ballad, 1.-THE Meeting of the Waters
the Rivers Avonbeg and Avonmore
is one of the beauty spots of Ireland
and a favorite haunt of Americans
who love to picnic in the shady groves
along the river. In ancient times it
was a meeting place of the Druids.
Their affairs and seats of Judgment
remain and you can see the hurting
stone of the great Finn McCool,
which is fourteen feet long, ten feet
wide and seven feet thick, but this
giant was so strong, according to the
legend, that he tossed it about as one
might baseball.
Nearby are the Woods of Shillelagh,
which gave their name to the tradi-
tional weapon. of offense and defense
at one time carried by every Irish
man. You may purchase these from
curio shops-a black thorn stick
about eighteen inches long, from an
inch to an inch and half in thick
ness with a knot on the end of it.
The Irish peasant is a particularly
happy individual and if you happen
to visit one of the fairs you will find
both young and old enjoying the
Kerry dancing. The people of Ire
land, as well as the land, are a real
joy to the traveller, so wherever you
go, whether among the thrift and
hustle of the industries or among the
care free and easy going less for
tunate inhabitants or whether YOU
wander through the valleys or sail
on the bosom of the lakes or walk
along its rocky coast, there is some
thing out of the ordinary to be seen
and one has just that experience
which makes Ireland unique in many
respects and a land to which one is
always glad to return
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-16

Around the top of the tower is a
series of openings through which, in
the old days. the besieged dropped
stones and poured molten lead and
red hot ashes on their assailants and
it is in the sill of one of these open
ings that the famous Barney stone is
fixed. Legend has it that once upon
time when the waters were running
high, Cormac Mccarthy was returning
home through the darkness of the
night and when his horse reached the
last ford he thought he would be swept
away by the current. His horse man
aged to keep it's feet and just as it
was scrambling out upon the farther
bank, Mccarthy heard a scream from
the darkness behind him, and then
womans voice crying for help, so he
dashed back into the stream and
dragged the woman to safety at the
risk of his life. In the dim light Nc
Carthy saw that she was old and bag
gard, but her eyes cleaned through
the darkness like those of a cat. She
called down blessings upon him for
his noble act and then babe him go
home and kiss a certain stone on the
battlement, the location of which she
described. After this speech she van
ished and Mccarthy knew that he had
rescued witch. Next morning he
went out upon the battlement, found
the stone and kissed it, and thereafter
was endowed with an eloquence so
sweet and persuasive that no man or
woman could resist it. And ever since
then troops of pilgrims have sought
Barney Castle to kiss the magic stone.
The Shamrock Legend.
No write up of Ireland would be
complete without some mention of ST.
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are made for it's privileges and COM
forts. The place is crowded continu-
ally, nearly ten thousand men enjoy
ing it's hospitality each month. This
club can accommodate as many as 400
men night. A bed, a shower, the use
of reading and writing rooms and
cafeteria cost 35 cents a night.
The Philadelphia Club.
In speaking of this club house, Mrs.
Schoff said: There are $4,000 men
in the Philadelphia Navy Yard and
the enlisted men have shore leave.
which is sometimes "a and at other
times 4S hours. The club keeps them
from a desire for unwholesome pleas
ures. Admiral Wood told me that it
was the best work that was being
done anywhere for the Navy boys. A
general rule in our service clubs is,
BE a gentleman, and to be that one
must be courteous and considerate of
others. We place the club under your
direction. Use it and enjoy it as if
it were your home.'" A splendid fea-
ture of this club house is the provi-
sion it makes for visiting mothers.
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places for mothers and sons, and even
sleeping quarters for relatives are pro-
vided at a nominal sum.
The Washington United Service
club house is a new acquisition of the
National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations. The
house is handsome one situated on
Lafayette Square within a hundred
yards of the White House. Mrs.
Arthur A. Birney, Corresponding Sec
rotary of the Congress, is chairman
of the committee having this club
house in charge. A Washington
woman, with three sons of her own
serving in the Army, Mrs. Birney will
make every effort to make this club
house for the enlisted men of the
Army and Navy a true home.
Great Need For Clubs.
''The need for clubs in the vicinity
of camps, where the men are off duty
at night is great" said Mrs. Schoff
LAS the Congress of Mothers only be.
gan its work in May it has not yet
been able to cover the entire fel9
but the work is proceeding satisfac
torily. Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, ma,
tional chairman of camp activities
has visited and carefully investigated
the conditions in camps between
Washington and Alabama. taking II
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sored by the Government.
Labor Conditions.


The one blot on ireland are the
labor conditions They are far from
ideal especially in Belfast, where man
ufacturers have amassed great wealth
The results of small wages, bad hous-
ing and undertaking can be seen in
the factory districts. Yet even under
these unhappy conditions the Irish
girl has a smile and a bit of b1arney
for the traveller who greets her. To
be sure she has none of the rosy
healthy beauty of the Irish peasant,
but her tired wan face takes on a
smile at a kindly word
Every ruin has its own particular
legend and even in wartime the
traveller will find some Irishman near
at hand to relate it in true Irish
fashion.
BIarney Stone.
Of course, no visitor to Ireland fails
to visit Blarney Castle, although few
succeed in kissing the famous stone,
which is so set in the wall that only
one accomplished in acrobatics can
conveniently reach the stone with his
lips. 1t is, however, a beautiful old
ruin with picturesque setting of
trees, massive dungeon tower set on
a cliff, its walls rising more than one
hundred feet. The lower and more
ornamental fragment of the castle
was at one time the strongest in all
Munster. The legend of the castle as
told by a man who lives nearby is
that it was erected by Cormac Nc
Carthy in the fifteenth century to be
used as defense against the English,
and was held by the Irish until Crom-
wells army besieged and captured it
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Patrick, the grand good man, who
drove the snakes out of ireland, and
who was also responsible for the
shamrock. No person can be long
among the Irish before he is i'm
pressed with the veneration of the
people for everything which pertains
to the life of the saint, for they have
shrines, towns, cathedrals, wells
streets, bridges and even hotels
named in his honor. Relics of all
kinds concerning his life are preserved
and his day is celebrated with great
pomp throughout the land. The
legend of st. Patrick and the sham
rock is dear to the heart of every
Irishman. 1t seems that St. Patrick
reached the Rock of Cashel about
$50, A. D., and was trying to convert
Aengus MacNatfraich, the ruling king
who lived in the great castle there,
One day while he was preaching to
the king he started to explain the
idea of the Trinity and found it diff
cult to make his meaning clear. Sud
denly his eyes fell upon a trefoiI
growing at his feet. He stopped and
plucked it and used its three petals
growing on one stem as symbol of
the Three in One. This simple il
lustration served its purpose and
thereafter he always used it to Illus
trate the Trinity. The Irish word
"seamrog" means trefoil and has since
been converted into shamrock, the
most sacred plant to the Irish heart.
The grave of st. Patrick, the most
venerated shrine in Ireland, is at
Downpatrick. 1t is a curious mound
of earth surrounded by ditch and
has to be continually repIenished with
earth due to the fact that pilgrims
carry it away believing the ground to
be sacred. A Cathedral, named in
honor of the saint, rises nearby and
is one of the most imposing in the
country.
Naturally the most beautiful seen
lakes of Killarney nestled amid the
flower covered hills. Muckross Abbey,
dating back to the fifteenth century,
stands on it's shores, a wonderful old
ruin with graceful arches and a fine
cloister. In the middle of the court is
an old yew tree which spreads its
branches from wall to wall. It is en-
circled by a barbed wire railing "to
protect the visitor" SO the story goes
for there is a legend that whosoever
plucks a spray of this tree dies within
twelve months. The old keeper tells
story of how two Irish women