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Established 1841. ai The Press and Banner * ABBEVILLE, S* C. c< Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. lc , , V Published Every Wednesday by R a The Press and Banner Co. f( Telephone No. 10. o: ? It ' Entered as second-class mail mat. r; fter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. d " ' " tl Terms of Subscriptions r 0s? year .......$1.50 Hz months ...... .76 tl Three montki ? .....?. .50 ], Payable invariably in advance. t] ~ . r o Wednesday, March 7, 1917. * g A NOTE OF WARNING. ? Corn is now selling at one dollar and thirty-five cents per bushel. Floor is correspondingly high and so are all other food-stuffs. There is no chance that the prices on these v commodities will go down in the j near future. The continuance of the European War, and the probav bilities of war between the United States and Germany make it prac- t tically certain that the prices on ^ these commodities have only begun to rise. v The' amount of food-staffs now e i being produced in the country are a insufficient to meet the wants of ^ the people according to the state- ^ ments of those'in position fo know. ^ The continued demands on in- y adequate supply mean higbe* prices. Already in New-York and , ?4n the ^ larger cities famine prices have , existed. r All of which should teach the far- ^ , mer, not of the country at large, ^ not the farmers in the West, but / the farmers of Abbeville county, ^ that the only salvation for them ^ against hard times, and extremely u hard times at that, is to produce s< upon the farms sufficient food-stuffs for another year. Corn should be } planted, vegetables should be grown in the gardens, hay and all manner f, of forage produced, and enough . meat should be raised to carry us " * ? ? TT- A t&rougn at least cweive monuu. unless this is done people will be in ' want for the necessities of life 4 in n ' ^Abbeville county within twelve? months. &fj And there need be no scare that too much will be raised. There will' ^ be a market and a good one4J for ? every bushel of corn raised, -and for every bundle of hay and epgrery * fiyV pound of meat not needed by/jthe 1 producers. All of these crops / art*- ? now money crops and they will con- ' tinue to be until the war clouds have passed. F A USELESS EXPENDITURE. .0 Last summer a great deal of work b was done on Main street in order to cut down the grade in front of; T&r. C. D. Brown's residence. This Pi ( \rork. was followed, if we remember j< correctly, by the hauling: of consid- b erable sand and dumping it on this / street. The wet weather has proved that k the expenditure of the money in 0 hauling this sand was entirely useless. The street is now almost im- u . passable. Had the proper sand, or ** top soil, been placed on the street at the time* this sand was, the street u would now no doubt, be in good tl < shape. u Any competent road engineer we ^ imagine could come to Abbeville Cl and show the street committee and n the street foreman the proper kind d of soil to use on clay streets, and r VfiVJLV VV U1U W f? OW|i W WMV VAV* M ? / gant expenditure of public funds 0: in hauling sands upon the streets, t< which does no good. , We are in favor of good streets tj ,and We do not object to a proper ^ . expenditure in order to have them, but hundreds a?d thousands of dollars have been wasted in Abbeville in the last twenty years in hauling n sand which has been of no perma- ai nent help to the streets. It is time, u we think, that we went at the task v intelligently and undertook to fol- jr low out some scientific plan of permanently bettering our streets. 81 s e: THE PICTURES. si There is considerable discussion ^ all the while about the moving pic* - - A A A MO M ? ? AMi] cures. \jiik vuutiuuiuujr ?uu uicu vr another requires a censorship of si the pictures, and this paper con- 11 demns them, and another defends 8, them. Undoubtedly some of the pictures which are shown have a bad influence, especially on the young mind. But no one can offer any objection to the pictures which are being T shown in the Court House every o: Thursday night. The people of the e: town are being given a rare educa- lc tional treat in these pictures, and the thanks of the community should si go out to Mr. Pratt for the great tl amount of labor he is performing tl V v' "V ... . . .. . X -M 1...L1 id tne immense amount, ux uuuui a is going to in order to shoi imething worth while. The pictures carry us through th juntries of which most of us hav tarned only from limited readinj fe have had Scotland, Greece, Rom ussia and some others, and othei re still to come. It is a great thin ?r the children who are studyin f these things to see these picture t gives them so much more acci ate information than the historic o, and it makes realities of tl lings about which they have bee eading. One of these days when we ha\ be talking pictures, we will leat istory from them instead of fro: tie teachers, just as we will listc ? ill/1 C!oKV.otVi in ovorv flllirch I 11 U1C WOVVMIM MA V ? ^ ? be land to the preaching of tl Teat preachers of the country. rill be a bad day then for po< chool teachers and poor preacheri LIVE NEWSPAPERS. ? The newspapers printed in Greei rood, The Index and The Dai ournal, are keeping pace with tl rogressive city in which they w ublished. The Daily Journal now carri< he Associated Press dispatches i ts columns, which greatly improvi s news service and its consequei alue to subscribers and adverti rs. The Journal is the first of tl fternoon dailies received here, ar is columns carry the news of tl ay, printed in succint and readab orm. It continues to grow > in fi or, and with the growth xof Greei rood, it is becoming one of the lea< 1 g dailies of the Piedmont The Index has for sometime bee egarded as the best of the wee! es published in the state, if not i le South, _ Its influence has grow ntil it usually carried some thirt: no pages. This much was necessai \ order to give its readers the nev jrvice they were entitled to and 1 ccommodate its advertisers. Th lanagement of the Index soon sa lat better service to subscribe] ad adversers alike could be give ! he paper were published oftene: accordingly the paper first becam semi-weekly, and it is now a tr reekly. Its columns are full c ews of Greenwood county and il eople, and it continues to be rowing advertising medium. fioth papers have men of thgugl ad standing as editors, and the iay generally be found on the rigl ide of political questions, as ae them, and always on the rigl id* of moral questions. We coi ratulate them on their success an ish for them a continuance thereo ,v OUR SAD WORDS ARE THESE, 'I USED TO B1 A good lesson for men. young an Id, is in the words?"I used \ e." A million men will say "I used 1 e" and tell what they were or whi aey did in other days. And whe tie usual ''hospitable" question fo >W8, the man who says "I used 1 e" says also: "A LITTLE WHISKY, PLEASE. "I used to be" and "A little whii y, please," are brother and siste /here you hear one you hear th ther. And the "I used to be" man, wh "1 1.2.1 _1 > now me "A mue wiuii&y, picture, ian, is of every age, every cond on every kind. You will hear one man say, ' sed to be the biggest depositor i lat bank," and another will say, 4 sed to make twenty dollars reek." They were far apart in their su< ess, the man with millions and th ian happy because he made twent ollars a week. BUT THEY AfcE CLOSE TC rETHER IN THEIR FAILURE. "A little whisky, please," said to ften and drank too often bring >gether men very far apart. In the army or the navy you wi ear it said, "He used to be one c le best officers." And there agai rhisky causes the "Used to be." The "used to be," so often hear ' i- J i.. M?+ mong poio men, is uue wj uie iw lat some of the best polo playen 3 the Englishman truly said, "Di ot see the difference between te id high balls in the afternoon." The difference between tea an A. little whisky, please," is the dii ;rence between success and failur 1 anything. "He used to have everybody's r< 3ect." "He used to be a great ball plaj r." "He used to run everything." It is WHISKY, the poison d< toying will and power, that make le man who CAN into the man wh SED TO BE. The world is coming to knoi hisky for what is really is?a mot %r that always works for ruin an lisery. j/nanK uoa, lis aoom nus Dee ialed in this nation.?The Georgia IRELAND AND THE IRISH. The pictures at the Court Hous hursday night will tell the stor f the Irish people and will be o special interest because all peopl ?ve the Irish. Many beautiful scenes will b lown and the lecture will tell o leir history, their romance an leir struggle. j I Always tl e I Always Excep A4M ? Always $l i?war ie I Always exception* re 1 Always superlative E J STYLEPLl lt I Clothes that demc |r I maintain the polic] I You can't doubt tl teed all wool. Yc it is put there for < well as our mirror C The makers have a manufacturing cei *t I discount market fl ? I the suit of super v id I made a great |? I Young men come I new models we ha j Parker TB My JO ' te PRESIDENT PLANS SPECIAL w SESSION OF CONGRESS TO * MEET SUBMARINE MENAC n r* (Continued from Page 1.) le the new situation into which o commerce has been forced or to i crease the gold reserve of our i a tional banking system to meet t . j unusual circumstances of the exi 1C ing financial situation. y ' "It would not cure the difficutly lt call the Sixty-fifth Congress in e e raordinary session. The paraly ^ of the Senate Would reamin. T l" purpose and the spirit of action a ^ not lacking now. The Congress more definitely united in thoug and purpose at this moment, I vc ture to say, than it has been with ?' the memory of any man now in membership. / d There i? not only the most unit to patriotic purpose, but the obje< member have in view are perfecl ? clear and definite. Its majority powerlers, helpless. In he midst '? a crisis of pxtraordinarv neril. wa jo only onfmite and decided action c make the nation safe 01 shield " from war itself by the aggression 3- others, action is impossible. r' Evil Impression Abroad. ie Although as a matter of fact, t nation and the representatives " the nation stand back of the exec 1_ tive with unprecedented unanimi ij and spirit, the impression ma ix abroad will, of course, be that it 'I not so and that other governmei a may act as they please without fe E_ that this government can do an "e thing at all. We cannot explai y The explanation is incredible. > "The Senate of the United Stat i.v. i_ 4 uic \Jiiiy ic^uiouvc MW'JJ m u l0 world which cannot act when i js majority is ready for action. A 1 tie group of wilful men, represer ^ ing no opinion but their own, ha n rendered the great government the United States helpless and co d temptible. "The remedy? There is but oi (j. remedy. The only remedy is th a the rules of the Senate shall be, altered it can act. The country mi ^ be relied on to draw the moral, g believe that the Senate can be r lied on to supply the means of a J- tion and save the country from di nuter." Dangers Lurking. At the same time the Preside ^ authorized the farther Bt&teme o that what rendered the situati< ever more grave than it had bet v supposed thaV4t was, was the disco <j ery that, while the President und n n f e d MgCWffllXcBHSrSi le Same Price itional Quality and Style or no war ! ' il quality at $17?war or i war ! j style at $17?war or no wa JS $17 CLOTHE ind the attention of men wl / of dressing right at the rig] price. ie fabrics?they are guara >u can't doubt the tailoringiyes to see. Your friends ; will say, "GOOD LO?KIN I OTHF.S !? l stupendous volume and the iters on Styleplus. They ct uctuations?they can produ alue at $17. Styleplus: h tname and maintains it ! See the display, includii ve for you. Plenty of othe >rolder men. & Reesi his general constitutional powers t< could do much of what he had asked c< the Congress to empower him to do, it had been found that there were o: certain old statutes as yet unrepeal- tl ur ed which may raise insuperable _ in_ practical obstacles and may nullify ia_ his power. bl he . The old law referred to by the o: Bt_ President was adopted by Congress d In 1819 and referred to the resist- t< to ance of American merchantmen ti !X_ against the attacks of privateers tl Bis and pirates, but excluded from veshe sels which might be so attacked "a xe public armed vessel of a nation in is amity with the United States." Tech- I) >ht nically Germany is not at war with In- the United States, and submarines tin are "public armed vessels" of Ger- Ii its many. The President's statement follow- T ed ed ft conference at the White House :ts between Mr. Wilson, Secretary McAdoo, Postmaster General Burleson, 114 '8 CoL E. M. House, Vance C. McCor- n of mick, chairman of the Democratic p: en national committee, and Secretary tl vi Tumulty. ft it It will be noted that the President ei of referred to the opposition group as o: containing eleven Senators, whereas p< thirteen who had opportunity to do 1! he so failed to sign the manifesto. Sen- vi of ator Penrose did not sign, bat said it :u- he would have voted for the armed pi [ty neutrality bill had opportunity been p de afforded. It was assumed that the si is President had eliminated also Sena- tl its tor Stone in his list, because Stone m ar announced he opposed the bill, but iy. did not oppose a vote. 'n' Senate Celled. p The Senate has been called by the ke President to meet in special session ? ? - -3 !ll. XL. I^g tomorrow, in accordance wiui uuc custom of having such sessions at ^ the beginning of each administration is- sideratlon of WKm of the land?am kind you can aff t season Dy expcru "n WPf bigger, better crops ? | PLAN I OOI 90 to 95 bushels of corn, for YOU. Use the reliablt | on the bag. Make up yoi H dollars in your pocket. A formation and prices. Dc I Planters Fertili I CHARLESTON dflfeSS 0 lo V.D.tii'i t:.i j M J j 10 ^HhH|| n- | .1 ; :?: ;%'.; iir . Hip 111 BH M ' CCMte*! M||| ||a ^1^^ ( > install the Vice President and infirm nominations. There, has been much discussion f late of continuing the session lis time to consider changing the enate rules. A persistent fight has een waged for years for some form f cloture and opposition to it has swindled in spite of the powerful mdency to resist tampering with editions of the Senate. Debate lere always has been unlimited.' NOTICE TO CREDITORS. istrict Court of the United States, Western District of South Carolina. 1 the matter of E. P. .LATIMER, Lowndesville, S. C.t Bankrupt. 0 the Creditors of the above named Bankrupt: Take notice on the 5th day of [arch, 1917, the above named bankipt filed his petition in said Court raying that he may be decreed by te Court to have a full discharge om all debts provable against his state, and a hearing was thereupon rdered and will be had upon said etition on the 6th day of April, 917, before said Court, at GreenOle, in said District, at 11 o'clock 1 the forenoon, at which time and lace all known creditors and other Brsons in interest may appear and iow cause, if any they have, why le prayer of said petition should ot be granted. J. B. KNIGHT, Clerk. March 5. 1917.?4t. 1 1 OR SALE?Four new upright pianos, never unboxed. Rather than return to factory will accept $250.00 each and arrange terms. Address Fred Black, Mt. CarmeV CH SHALL HE 5perity and all the comforts of bare living and its poverty, sell sappointments? The time t stion is NOW?before you the true answer lies in the pi vlakins the farm pay" calls foi every factor that adds to the pi d THE BEST FERTILIZE &rd to use. Don't risk the p nenting?use the fertilizer t] for farmers of the South TERSJFERTIUZ JVLE5YOUR Y1EU or, 1 to Z bales or cotton to t 5, time-tested "Planters" bra ir mind to use them this year sk our agent or write us direc > it today. zer and Phosphate Com Manufacturers soun , v; ... .... - , ?> T"*" H HOPPER, DECEASED Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. . TAKE NOTICE that on the 10th day of March, 1017, I will render a * final account of my actings and do- . ings as Executor of tike Estate of Rev. P. G. Hopper, deceased,'in the office of Judge of Probate for Ab- beville County at 10 o'clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as such Executor. All persona hiving demands against said estate will present them for payment on or before that -day, proven and authenticated or be forever barred. C. L. HOPPER, 2-28-2. Executor. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ABBEVILLE Probate Court Citation for Latter* of Admimistra _tkm. By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of Probate: ^ WHEREAS, Mrs. Mattie E.Bu- , ford hath mare suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the , Estate and effects of Lemuel 0: Buford, late of Abbeville County, deceased. jThere Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Item-! ' uel O. Buford, deceased, tnat tney -v be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held > at. S, :'Y. Abbeville Court House, on Tfanr?day tiie 8th of March, 1917, after1 publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to snow cause if any ./ they have, why the said Administrs-i tion should not be granted. ,Given under my hand and seal of the Court, this 22nd day of Febru- | ary, in the year .of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen in the 141st yetv of American Independence. Published on the 28th day of Feb* ruary, 1917, in The Abbeville Press r ? J t> ? 1 ? iv. ami uuuuvjc ailu uu uic vuiuv uvihv . .: door for the time required by lav. . J. F. MILLER, ' 2-28-2. Judge of Probate. , [ Judge of Probate/ roductiveness R is the only rofits of an entire bat HAS produced m 1 he acre means prosperity fi nd with the trade-mark fl ?see how they will put^jB t for advice, in- . HI CAROLINA