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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
DEMOCRACY BETRAYED
BY THE SOUTH
1.-THE New York Worldly

.(The New York Worldly
Section 2 of Article XIV, of the
Constitution of the United States
provides that:
Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States ac-
cording to their respective numbers,
counting the whole number of per-
sons in each State, excluding In
dians not taxed. But when the
right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for President and
ce.President of the United States,
Representatives in Congress, the
Executive and Judicial officers of a
State or the members of the Legis-
lature thereof is denied to any of
the male inhabitants of such State,
being twenty-one years of age and
citizens of the United States, or in
any way abridged except for par
ticipation in rebellion or other
crime, the basis of representation
shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male citi-
zens shall bear to the whole number
of male citizens twenty-one years
O fape in such State"
This provision of the Constitution
together with the Fifteenth Amend
ment, declaring that the right of
citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged on
account of trace, color or previous
conditions of servitude," has been
nullifed since the Hayes Admins
tratin withdrew the Federal troops
from the Southern States.
For forty years the right of ne
gro citizens to vote in the South
has been persistently denied and
the penalties provided by the Con-
stitution have never been enforced.
No Southern State has ever suffered
reduction in its representation
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
BOLSHEVIKI MAY
HOLD AMERICANS

London, Jan. 1T is reported
the Bolsheviki have arrested the
members o. the American railway
mission at Irkutsk, Siberia, says a
dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph from Petrograd.
The United States railroad COM
mission to the Russian government
arrived in Petrograd last June and
until the recent Bolsheviki disturb
ances had been busily engaged in
assisting tie Russian railways out
of their operating difficulties.
The personnel of the commission
which was not officially announced
follows:
"John F. Stevens of New York,
former chief engineer of the Pana-
ma Canal, chairman; w. L. Darling
of St. Paul, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific Railway; Henry
Miller of St. Louis, former operat-
ing vice president Of the Wabash
Railroad; George Gibbs of Phila-
delphia, former chief mechanical
engineer OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and j. P. Griner of Baltimore
chief consulting engineer Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
GROWING TOMATOES "
UNDER GLASS

Clemson College, S. c., Jan. l.
The tomatoes in the Green House
at Clemson College are now grow
ing very vigorously and are begin
ming to set fruit. The two varieties
grown this year are the New Glory
and the Bonny Best. It has been
It has been found that polleniza-
ton is best accomplished by shaking
the flower stem about noon each day
when the temperature is not lower
than 70 degrees or above.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
S AND 10 CENT STORE.

The 5 and 10 cent store is making
extensive improvements on theil
place of business. They have rent,
ed the store room formerly occu.
pied by ]. R. Glenn and are cutting
an arch doorway between in order
to have one big department store
The 5 and 10 cent articles will be
in the present store and the S1.0C
articles will be shown in the addi.
ton. They have 8. had a splendid
year and their business guarantees
the extra store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
NOTICE OF DISSOLU-
TION OF CHARTER

A meeting of the Stockholders OF
The Hot Hustler Racket will be held
at their place Of business in Able
vile, S. c., on the End day Of Feb
ruar, 1918, for the purpose of vot-
ing on the liquidation and dissolu-
ton of The Hot Hustler Racket, a
corporation doing business under
the laws of the State of South Caro-
lima. All stockholders take notice.
Geo. C.. Gambrell,
lid E. j. Adair, Directors
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
LAURIE HOLLINGSWORTH.

J. Laurie Hollingsworth spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. E. Hollingsworth. He is
stationed at Newport, R. l., as
Junior Instructor in the Naval
School. He won the distinction as
second class gunner, making 18
shots out of 20. The next promo
tion is chief and he says he is de-
termined to have that. He is high
in his praise of the navy. He is a
fine young man and will make good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

This town has the reputation of
giving more credit than any town
of its size in the State. Some of
our merchants have been "beat out''
of their money by persons either
on purpose or through unfortunate
conditions. 1t won't be many more
years before credit will be a thing
of the past here for the merchants
are gradually putting business on q
Cash Basis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

barrels of lime, and in every other
conceivable way which the genius
of the liquor sellers can imagine.
Are we then managing our own
domestic affairs, or are our domestic
affairs being interferred; with by
people in other states? And is it a
crime that the South joins in a move
ment to make it impossible for the
people in other states to manufac-
ture and import liquor into those
states desiring prohibition?
The threat that the representa-
ton in the South will be reduced
unless the Southern states refuse
to vote for the Constitutional
amendment will have influence with
the people in this section except to
encourage them to vote according
to their independent consciences.
The truth of the business is that it
makes very little difference, prac-
tically speaking, except to the Of
flee holders, office seekers and other
politicians whether we have seven
representatives. in Congress or three.
Far better to have only three rep
resentatives in the Congress of the
United States and let them repre-
sent the free thought Of the South
and vote it's independent wishes
than that the democracy of the
South should be vassal longer to
the democracy of the North, and do
it's bidding. Since the Civil War
there has been little love between
the democracy of the North and
the Democracy of the Souht except
in presidential election years when
the solid electoral vote of the
South was demanded for Northern
democrats. And now that Southern
democrats have, for the first time
in more than half a century, taken
their place in the affairs of the ma
ton, we are warned that Southern
domination on the present Congress
has not been agreeable to anybody
in the North, democrat or republi-
cam" May we not have the inde-
pendence to say that domination
of Congress by the Northern demo-
Gratis will not be tolerated in the
South, if the South is expected to
do the bidding of another section
and eat it's political bread out of
the hands of these alleged masters"
If the South and West, as the
World intimates, should join hands
in depriving the North of its be-
loved liquor and if the North on
that account, should seek to sever
political relations with the Southern
states and should join hands with
those people in the North, who six
ty years ago placed tie Southern
democracy in the hands CT negroes
and carpet-baggers, may we not
look to our new friends in the
West to join hands with US in see-
ing that justice is again enthroned,
an dthat whole sections of the coun-
try shall not be wiped off of the
map, politically speaking, simply
because we believe that the liquor
traffic is a national evil and should
be run out of the country as a
common enemy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
COLD WEATHER TROUBLE.

The cold weather has been very
severe and of long duration. One
lady told us yesterday that she had
not had any clothes washed in four
weeks and that she was distressed
beyond measure for she possessed
only a Hoover limit Of clothes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Building and Loan
Association of Abbeville will be
next Wednesday, Jan. 9th, in the Of
flee of Dr.. G. A.. Neuffer. #
j. s. Morse, Sec. and Treas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

A man said to us yesterday when
he saw the new snow that the, coun-
try people were suffering for wood.
Some Of them only lay in a supply
for few days at a time. It will
be cold job to 60 out in the snow
and get the wood but then think
of the people who live in the cities
and towns who have no wood to 20
out and get. r
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

The governor of North Carolina
and the governor of South Carolina
had something to say several years
ago about the length of time be-
tween drinks. We might say now
that it was a long time between
drinks but a short time between
SHOWS. o..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

Halifax is to be rebuilt. The
Canadian Government has named R.
S. Frazier as commanding agent
with power to fix prices which in
his judgment will be fair and rea-
sonable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

If you noticed any errors in the
last two issues of The Press and
Banner we will explain them by way
of informing our readers that the
Office "devil" made up the forms in
the absence of the foreman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

A man in Greenville discovered q
stick of dynamite in precious
lump of coal. He was distressed
but it is thought some miner had
put it there and forgot to remove
it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04
BREv1T1Es.

* s. * y y 4 4 s; * * 4. E.
Let the blessed sun shine again.
We are tired of this snow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

A train of soldiers passed through
here Tuesday. They got food sup
plies at Greenwood and among the
articles was 200 pounds of liver and
100 pounds of onions.
The first snow that came the
young people had a grand time
snow-balling each other, but the
last two or three SHOWS they have
been noticeable by their absence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-01-04

1t is distre ssing to try to get up
news when there faint none". If
this weather keeps up much longer
there won't be anything to write
about.
Evening star., 1918-05-28
INDEPENDENT NATION IS
AIM OF LITHUANIANS
People Determined to Establish
and Maintain Their Freedom
From German Domination.

NEW YORK. May 2s.-The people
Of Lithuania, notwithstanding years
Of suffering from the war. are deter
mined to establish and maintain them
selves as an independent nation free
from the clutches of Germany, and
lars eagerly awaiting recognition by
the United States and the entente
powers.
This 10 tho word brought from that
country by Dr. John szlupas Of Scran-
ton. Pa. who has just returned from
a visit there as the representative Of
the American branch of the Lithua-
nian relief committee. The country,
he said. is strongly anti-German: the
people are determined they will never
again be part of Russia or Poland,
and an army of more than 100000
men, recruited from the disorganiZed
Russian forces. under tho command
of Gen. Kammaitis. is stationed on the
frontier of German occupancy. ready
to assist in establishing a permanent
government.
1t is also proposed. DR.. Szlupas said.
that there shall be formed a confed-
Grafton Of Lithuania-the Let's.
merly under Russian domination
with the intention of working in har-
mony. with the Scandinavian states
for united resistance against future
German aggression.
He also said that the Lithuanians
were not acceding to the regulations
imposed upon them by Germany.
Schools which the Germans estab-
lisRed are without pupils. industries
are boycotted. and every effort to
make the country a German de-
tendency is resisted. So strong is the
aY,t J,t t,,x
ATTEMPTED to enforce their announced
aims for fear Of an uprising.
Evening star., 1918-05-28
Historic Lotteries.

". ], Hartman, President Of Hartman Ma
tional Bank, in Magazine Of Wall st.set.
II is interesting to recall that tho
American Congress, in 1776. instituted
a national lottery, which was warmly
advocated by Jefferson and other emf
nent statesmen of the day. 1t was de-
signed for public works. The city of
Washington set up a lottery in 1872
for public purposes. and lotteries were
in vogue among the states until 4
comparatively late period. think
that the term lottery carries an oppro-
brium which at once creates a preju-
dice. This will have to be overcome.
1t will be a mistake to confuse q gov
ernment premium drawing bond issue
with the lottery Of the Louisiana type.
In connection with the suggested
United States premium-paying bonds
to glance at the terms of city of
Paris loan-say. for example, that of
1910. for 235.000,000 francs. This is
represented by 602.564 bonds of 400
francs each, issued at $50 francs, re-
deemable in seventy-one years, yield
ing a rate of IL francs per annum.
Its purpose was for public works.
Of bonds Of 100 francs each. affording
the right to one-quarter Of tho bene-
fits attached to the full bond. There
are six drawings annually, at two of
which one bond draws 100000 francs;
two bonds draw 10000 francs each
and flfty-eight Cor hfty-nine) bonds
draw 100 francs each: while tho third
drawing differs only In that one bond
draws 100000 francs.
Evening star., 1918-05-28

broken through the British line IN
the region Of St. Quentin. The four
pfivate0 are cited for hsroio conduct
on the night Of February -. At
great risk they removed . burning
car Of munitions from an ammunition
dump and placed II under . standpipe.
flooding the car and extfnguishing the
flames.
Those cited are Col. J. n. Hodges
who commanded the American en-
gineers with MAJ. Gen. Carey: Capt.
Henry G. Galster. Lieuts. Daniel
Berney. Frank A. Evans, Percy G. E.
aamlfn. William A. Jacques. Cornelius
2: MacCarthy, Roy r. McHenry. John
w. Sherrick. william Augustus Will
liams and William r. Williams; Pri-
Yates Thomas L Arbuckle, Richard
Parkinson, 5r.: Raymond Gibson Rick
etts and Arthur p. Terrell.
Col. Hodges had previously been
decorated with the distinEuished
Iservice order.
Evening star., 1918-05-28

ssn1-trdn,med sport hats Of white milan
ana rough straw and fine leghorn. Sailors
muAhrooma. side rolls and other smart styles
trimmed with plain and fancy bands and bows
and sashes. Black and colors as well as white
Evening star., 1918-05-28
Germans Attempt to Wreck.
Two American Hospitals
In Rear Of Battle Lines

By the Associated PresR.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Monday May 27.-What was
apparently q deliberate attempt to
wreck American hospitals in the rear
Of the American lines in Picardy oc-
Cured Sunday afternoon when the
Germans hurled high explosive and
gas shells within q few hundred
yards Of two hospitals. Fortunately
no damage was done.
BY a coincidence the bombardment
was going on while American funerals
were being held Several shells fell
short distance from one funeral
party. but the ceremony was not dis
turbed.
German attempts to carry the war
fare to American sick and wounded
began about ten days ago when, with
the advent of new moon, enemy air.
planes circled over the little villages
where it has long been known hospi-
tails were located and dropped bombs.
Several civilians were injured in a
recent air raid while not far from
the American hospitals. They were
asleep when the attack began, feel
ing secure in their proximity to the
hospitals.
Much Indignation has been caused
among the soldiers and civilians over
the air raids and Sundays lombard
Germans that those in the hospitals
were not killed and wounded, as were
those in the British hospitals in
Flanders recently.
The only comment Of the sick and
wounded American soldiers is that
doctors Will permit. so as to strike
back atSthe Huns.
Evening star., 1918-05-28
Women in French Villages
Offer to Care for Graves
of the American Soldiers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 27.-Aged French women
in the villages in the rear Of the Amer
lean sector in Picardy have asked and
received permission to take care Of one
or more graves Of American soldiers.
This tribute is all the more impressive
because 1t comes from peasant women.
most Of whom have been robbed Of their
husbands and sors by the war and have
had hard time to sustain themselves.
The affection with which the villagers
at times. The difficulty of languages is
swept aside and the villagers share the
Americans sorrows and Joys. In the
villages whore American troops are bill
leted and which are in constant danger
from enemy shells the Americans share
Evening star., 1918-05-28
Worcester to Celebrate.

Worcester is preparing to celebrate
on June 7 the tooth anniversary Of
the completion of Worcester cathedral
in the reign OF Henry III. Mayor
Carlton wishes to make 1t an Anglo
American festival, and he came to
London to try to arrange for depu-
tation OF American soldiers and
sailors who happen to come from
Worcester. Mass. Worcester is very
proud ofSits own record during the
great war local regiment, the I'd
Worcester is given official credit in
viscount Frenchs account Of the first
battle Of Ypres in October, 1914. for
"having saved civilization" by pre-
venting the Germans from breaking
the British line at the little town Of
Gheluvelt in Flanders.
Another Of the mayors ideas 10 that
Gheluyelt shall one day be rebuilt by
the Joint aid of Worcester. England.
and Worcester. Mass. and be known
in history as acknowledgements
Evening star., 1918-05-28
their gas masks with the peasants and
teach them how to use them.
II Officers, 4 Men
of Pershing's Force
Decorated by British
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMER
IcAN TROOPS WITH THE BRITISH
ARMY IN FRANCE, Saturday. May
25.-The British military cross has
been awarded to eleven American Of
ficers and four men. Most Of the
officers took part in tho defense of
the Luce valley during tho great Ger
man attack In March. being incor-
porated in the improvised army of
MAI. Gen. Carey. which held back the
Germans for six days after they had
Evening star., 1918-05-28

The potato for many ysars past, has
formed one-quartsr Of all the food
eaten by European ana English
speaking peoples.
Evening star., 1918-05-28

the troops. are working quite as hard as
their pupils, and are finding the new
men. the "Yanks," as they generally
call them, as keen as were the earlier
arrivals. They're quite up to it," was
the verdict Of a killed Scotch chief In
structor regarding the Americans In his
class.
Schools Up to the Minute.
Tho field schools, now largely given
over to American pupils. represent the
their class. The trenches. tho targets.
the tactics and the methods of fnstruc-
ton are all the latest developments OF
actual fighting experience.
In every area where the units of the
now army are quartered the men are
and are learning much from the
greater experience Of the British. The
latter. SO prone to give familiar
name to everything. were puzzled as
to how to deal with the newcomers,
but they finally fell back on the ap-
this zone at least. to be fixed on the
Americans whether they like it or
not. Thus far there have been no OBJ
jections.
Begin Training at Once.
AZ fast as new units arrive and get
settled hard training work is taken
up. The program differs little from
that followed by the first divisions
out on the road every day. while large
contingents of the British instructors
have been distributed among the
British field schools. where the latest
points in tactics. trench fighting. grenade
operations. musketry and bayonet prac-
ice and machine gun fire are taken up.
The American Army mans pack in
this zone will be lighter in his sub
sequent training. 1t was found that.
with some articles made necessary by
close cooperation with the British. the
pack had grown beyond practicable di-
mensions for long marches. All super
fiuities have now been removed and
everything else reduced to minimum.
The effect is observable in the lighter
step and greater endurance Of the men.
Evening star., 1918-05-28

Some aeroplane engines run at
], 200 revolutions a minute, and can
be geared up to 1000.
Evening star., 1918-05-28
AMERICANS ROUT ENEMY :.
IN PICARDY AFTER POSI-
TI0NS ARE Penetrated

Continued from First PageJ
Evening star., 1918-05-28
TO make Us. SOLDIERS
AT Home IN ENGLAND
Delightful Project Originates With
Worcester, Beautiful Old ca
thedral Town on Severn.
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

CableEram to The Evening star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
LONDON, May 27.-one Of tho most
delightful projects for making the
American soldier and sailor at homo
in Great Britain originates with wor-
cester. the beautiful old cathedral
town on the banks Of the Severn. The
mayor Of Worcester. Mr.. A., Carlton. in
an interview which / had with him,
said he intended launching a nation
wide scheme by which every town
Kingdom would adopt a town or city
Of commensurate size in the United
States for the specific purpose Of ex-
tending hospitality to boys from that
particular community.
In the case Of New England cities
and towns which bear names reminis-
cent Of old English communities like
Worcester itself and Bath. Exeter.
of others the adoption arrangement
will be carried out between them for
sentimental reasons. Mr.. Carlton
suggests that New York should be
adopted by London. Chicago by Man
chester. Baltimore by Liverpool. Pitts
burgh by Birmingham and Bethlehem
by Sheffield.
"Into Our Home Lives"
"Of all the schemes for taking Uncle
Sans boys to our bosoms thus far
put forth in England the one which
makes the liveliest appeal to our i'm
aginations is the ono which will bring
the American soldiers into our homo
lives. Therefore 1t occurred to me
that this best can be organised by
individual towns and cities taking
over the scheme. We do not know
how far your Army. intends to go in
permitting American soldiers to spend
their leave on British soil, but there
are sure to be many Of tho boys hero
as convalescents or travellers en- route
to the great adventure in France.
There certainly are many American
sailors more or less permanently
domici1ed in Britain already.
Il had the honor of going over the
scheme with Admiral Sims and he
told me he thought it bully think
so too. I sincerely hope 1t may. be
feasible when we have had
time to work 1t out"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-03

Loan show that Kenosha leads the ma
ton in the percentage of its subscrip-
lions for government bonds. John
Wilcox seeks his lost son in Kenosha.
Mrs. Meta Jensen receives official no
tice of the Carnegie award for her hus-
band IS heroism.
30-Miss Juliana LANCER and Joseph
Il. Nelles are married at st. George s.
D. 0. Head is elected president of the
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce,
Women makes progress in second cam
paign for conservation. Madison M.
Murphy dies at Ranney Station.
31-Local board announces exelnp-
ton of thirty-nine Kenoshans. W,
Monahau is badly injured in fall
from the roof of the American Brass
Company new building. Candidates
for commissions in the Provisional
Battalion take written examination at
the Coliseum.