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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-'^ass matter as MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1921 THE LEGISLATURE Tomorrow at noon the General Assembly conmmences the 1921 ses sion. We hope that the members meet post office iD Aobeville, S. C. Ten us of Subscription: One Year Six months _ Three months ?2.00| $1.00! .50 j with a due appreciation of tjie bur dens of debt and taxation which the people find themselves carrying. It has not been so many years since the total appropriations by the General Assembly amounted to only one mil-J lion dollars. Now the estimated ap-j propriations amount ?o something like nine million^ of dollars. In ad-1 dition to this there are all kinds of! local taxes and assessments which the j peopl/s must pay. This paper does not ask that anyj ecessary government. agency be crippled. We believe that the mem-1 bers of the General Assembly should! make a full investigation of thej v claims of every department of thej government, however, before provid-j ing for the payment of a single dol-1 lar from state appropriations and that all unnecessary iiems be ?Iimi nated. In most government departments f ' there a multiplicity of clerks, as-i sistants^and other help, much of which might be gotten rid of. There are in addition useless offices whi^ij , have been created in recent years without which the people managed^ to exist for a long time. If there i ever was a time when we needed to! be rid of extravagance it is now. ' j The demand for new appropria-{ tions, or for increased appropriations we imagine, will not meet with much! favor. The largest of these demands j so far as we are advised comes from i the^ office of the Superintendent of Education. We have before opposed ^ the manner of making appropriations for the benefit of a few schools in the state to the exclusion of those more in need of help. We believe that a general law requiring every school district to levy a tax in addition to j the constitutional school tax of five! mills, the money to be spent in the district where levied would be a fair law. If the state desires a few cen- : tral high schools appropriations may 1 be made for them. But until more pupils begin to attend the state high 1 schools, we do not believe pupils should be admitted to these schools without paying scmfe tuition.. The < umber of pupils who commence in i the first grade and who go through \ " the first seven grades is much larger i than the number who finish the ninth ] '.nd tenth grades. The fact is that we o not believe one fifth of those who s start in the first ~rade ever get to i X* * * * * * ^ the tenth grade. The money appro- ; priated for the high schools is thus 11 appropriated for a small percentage 1 of the people, while the idea of the < v public' school system is to assist the : majority. 1 The state is. interested, of course, s in the development of the high < schools and in assisting the one fifth ] of the pupils to finish the high school work so as to be able to attend the colleges. Br4 .he pupils who thus fin-, ish the high school work are for the most part children of those who are ... able to pay tuition. We believe that they should pay some part of the ex penses of g^ng^hem this high school education. Certainly if they are able to secure a college education, they should be able while at home to contribute something to the local schools in addition to the amount of taxes paid. We see no reason why the colleges cVinnlH ask fnr innrpnscH annrnnria tions. The teachers have made a cam paign for two or three years for bet ter pay, and they have deserved and have received better pay. But there no reason why this pay should be now increased. Every dollar which shall be received next year will be worth at least one and a half times as much as each dollar received the past year. There is no reason why they should be dissatisfied if they re ceive the same salaries. All other laboring people and salaried people are having their salaries cut. Cer tainly a man who is able to receive the same, salary should not complain. The expenses of running these insti tutions must be less on account of falling prices, and altogether it ap pears to us th^t instead of increasing appropriations for the colleges, wp might reduce these appropriations somewhat. 5 We -do not favor the building of any new dormitories at any $f the colleges at present. Unless there is a change in the financial situation the present facilities will furnish ac commodations for all those who next year apply for admission to the col leges. We do nbt favor a dormitory for women at the University for the reason that we do not believe in co education. We do not believe that .vomen should be adifiitted to the Uni n-sity or to other colleges built for young men. Besides this, unless we are mistaken in what we hear, the University should be made a better institution -for young men before any provision is made for the admission of 'young women. As to local taxes, where there is a demand for retrenchment, the peo ple may be given the right to vote off such taxes as they think unneces sary. These taxes are put on the tax books by vote of the electors and the electors should have the right to vote these taxes off in all cases. A general provision of the law looking to this end will meet with approval, pvpent in thoSe cases where the tax goes to pay debts already contracted. In Abbeville County, we believe that the tax for the building of good roads should be suspended for a twelve months. Labor is getting cheaper, and with the demoralization in the farming industry just now we not believe it would be well '.,0 begin work even if we had*the money* to begin. On the other hand the bond market is such that no bids worth considering can be had for the bonds which are to be sold. It will not hurt ,to wait at least a twelve month. The same may be said of the state wide two mills tax passed at the last legislature. It should be repealed, and if this cannot be done, then its operation should be suspended for a year. The people generally, we think, do not realize just the condition of the flftllntnr Tkflir ^xrill vnlllTn it wlifln I w Uliti j Jk nil. 1 (,uiiiiW A w niivii the present cotton crop shall have been sold and every man finds him self involved in debt. The unpaid ob ligations of the people will be greater than has ever been knoivn. There is no way to pay these obligations ex cept through work and .the strictest economy. It is not asking too much, we think, to demand that the state government and every other govern mental agency lead the way in econ omy. FINANCE TO THE RESCUE Congress has overruled the Presi dent's War Finance Corporation veto frith so emphatic and sweeping a vote :hat the action speaks for itself. It remains to consider the result of the revival of that body's functions. It seems to be the general impres sion that those who have put the neasure through against the strong objections of Secretary Houston and ;he ineffective resistance of President Wilson have resumed the 'workings >f the War X-Finance Corporation :-h;efly .if not wholly to lend directly :o the American farmers barrels of noney with which to hold back their jrrops from market for much higher prices than they now command. If. this were the only purpose of the measure and if all that the re vived corporation did were to fork over millions of cash or credits to farmers the plan surely would fail. Wadding up the banks with farmers' ans, if such a thing were practical, or wadding up the Finance Corpora on with farmers' loans, if such a thing were contemplated, or wadding ip the United States Treasury itself th farmers' loans, if such a thing were possible, never could sell the farriers' crops at higher prices if mere were no marKet aemanu ioi | ;l.^:n. Creating the necessary market demand for the cro^s is a horse of another color. Enabling general American indus try to finance export sales, on the other hand, does not mean merely i;.o:e exports of wheat or corn or cotton. It means more exports of anything and everything needed abroad. These exports mean Amer ican mills and factories kept busy in stead of being compelled to put up! the shutters. * Busy mills and facto ries, with their wage earners able to j buy what they want out of their current earnings, mean a stronger' I market demand right here at home for agricultural and for all other products. The American farmer might not export a single bushel of wheat and yet get a better market in his own I country because of the increased ex ports of manufacturers. He might not borrow a single dollar more and yet work out his safety, not by hold ing back his crop while interest on his heavy loans piled up against him, but on the contrary by sending it to market to meet the stimulated * ed mand for it. This is why Congress voted to re vive the Finance Cprporation. It is why Congress broke down the Presi dent's veto with sledgehammer force. It is why, if the American farmer has a chance *on earth to get frut of the economic trouble he now is in up I tq his neck, he may be salvaged.? New York Herald. \ TROY AND "TRICK'EM ? (Spartanburg Journal.-. In" Greenwood (formerly Abbe ville) County there is a little hamlet called "Troy" which means nothing. The original name of the place was "Trick'em" and that is probably what the first settlers did aithe set tlement was on one of the much travelled roads to the trading post or market at Hamburg. There are many Troys, thriteen incorporated places, of that name in as many States of the Union, but there was never in any of these States a town or postoffice called "Trick'em," ex cepting in the grand old State of 1 South Carolina and it was a place with t?e history all its own and in I defeasible right to its taame. Many years ago anVeffort was | made to change the name of ''Due West,"-the only town of its kind in the world except in Scotland, to "Selma" and the order had been given by the postal authorities for the change?there were, 'quite a few asses" in the postal service in that al most forgotten generation even as there are?in some parts of the country of course?in our own ad vanced day and time. Some unbe liever had gotten through the lines and wanted "a change," and he lit upon "Selma" and then the rest of that proud-and God-fearing commu nity lit upon him, and that was the end of "Selma." "Due West" means something to people who mean any thing, and so did "Trick'em." FARMERS MAY STOP (V TOBACCO GROWING Lexington, ?y., Jan. 6.?Tobac co belt of Kentucky today were meeting at the various county seats to select 'delegates to a mass meet ing here tomorrow persons inter ested in- the business. The meeting was called with the avowed inten tion of seeking favorable action on a proposal to do away with the crop fn 1921 and to^seek some solution of the problem of marketing the 1920 crop at a price satisfactory to the growers. Most markets in the central Ken tucky district closed Tuesday for at least a week because of low prices offered farmers ?for their leaf. Prices ranged from $1 to $30 per 100 pounds. Sales continued" at Cynthiana, / Richmond and Emi nence, prices of those places having proved more satisfactory to growers than in most of the other parts of the district. "T'OTHER DEAR CHARMER" Col. Pat McCaslan, who is a game sport, in spite of the fact tlfiffc he is a little the rise of fifty years of age, has decided to remain in Abbeville1 this winter. About this time every' year the Colonel goes down to St.; Petersburg, Fla., where he goes all the gates in the way of fishing, boating and looking at the pretty girls in the scanty bathing sui.s. this year, however, he will remain in Abbeville and heh opes to graduate from the set-back college with hon ors, between now and Easter. A SKULL AND CROSS BONES ' ^ The aristocrats on Greenville Street were shocked one morning last week to find that a very ghostly looking skull and cross bones had been painted on several of the white way light globes and that they were grinning at all the passers-by. The junio? Ku Klux Klan on Wardlaw Street is "getting the blame" for this str?et, of course1. FIRST OF CLUB'S DINNERS SPLENDID (Continued from Page One) country and that one of the meas- . urements he always uses to judge the ' type of citizenship desirable in a . community, was attendance at night 1 services irt the churches. He had at- ' tended all of the churches in the city on different Sunday nights and had found splendid congregations every where. 'When you find this to be the case," stated Mr. Telford, "you can rest assured that the people in such a community are all right.' Mr. J. S. Stark was called upon for a few remarks and immediately upon rising took issue with Mr. Telford saying that he believed if any man jn the community knew everything about everybody that it was a preach er. He saicl he had never made a side-step iri his life that there was not some fellow, generally a member of some other church than his own, ready to instantly tell the preacher about it. Mr. Stark was quite opti mistic in his remarks regarding the future business conditions in these parts of the world and said that he was given this advice to his friends and customers. "Everything is com? ig out all right in the near future," n-ot? flifi efo+n/1 nf Mr Rforlr Among others present who respond ed in pleasing manner when called upon were Mr. Culb?rson, a new comer associated with the Abbeville Medium, who proved quite an orator, Mr. M. B. Reese, Dr. C. H. McMur ray, Mr. Otto Bristow, Mr J. S. Coch ranr Mr. E. Cv Horton and Mr. G T.< Barnes, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who gave his hopes of the accomplishments which the body would soon bring about by their co operative "bumble-bee push" as Mr. A. 0. Roche had earlier in the even ing described the force he believed to be needed by the members of the commercial organization. t was decided, as stated, to hold another social get-together meeting in the near future when many other members of the chamber of ,com merce will avail themselves of the good times i^i store. The bo"ard of directors of the Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce expressed tBe fact that the future meetings belong to every citizen of the county and A EVA! / . Every 11:00 ( Y< STATEMENT OF TIJE CONDITION ?OF TH&r . BANK OF ANTREVILLE located at Antreville, S. C., at the close of business Dec. 31, 1920. RESOURCES.' Loans and Discounts $24,278.34 Overdrafts 445.23 Furniture and Fixtures __ *993.42 Banking House 1,299.16 Due from Banks and Bank , err, ______ 3,472.14 Currency 550.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin 292.00 Checks and Cash Items _ 3,879.81 TOTAL ... ___ ___ $35/210.10 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in __ $7,362.50 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid 1,287.25 Ridividual deposits .' subject to^ cheek $13,604.07 Savings deposits 2,700.00 . Time certificates . of deposit- 1,560.00 Cashier's checks 1,196.28 19,060.35 Bills Payable, including \ Certificates for Money Borrowed 7,500.00 ? TOTAL ? $35,210.10 State of South Carolina, , County of Abbeville. Before me came E. A. Patterson Cashier of the above named bank who being dul^ sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. E. A. PATTERSON. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of January 19&1. * ALBERT HENRY, Notary Public. Correct Attest: . W. F. NICKLJJS. I S. J. FISHER S. J. WAKEFIELD . Directors. are to be in no wise a selfish mono poly of a few citizens. The committee in charge of the social meetings are planning to make the next social function a dollar-a plate affair and get together a large number of citizens who are willing to stand a small Dutch treat for the sake of a greater American Abblville. NT G E L I i I in the ist Ch Day This 1 v i. m.-7:3 3ii Are Invit STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION. ' ?OF THE? PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK located at Abbeville, S. C., at the; close of business Dec. 31, 1920. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts __ $419,574.56 Overdrafts 6,340,40 Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Bank 71,258.00 i Furniture and Fixtures _ 1,200.00 Banking House* 3,000.00 Due from Banks and Bank era 9,023.51 Currency , 11,346.00 Silver and other Minor V Coin^, 1.840.2S Checks and cash items _ 8,642.91 TOTAL $532,225.63 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in __ $21,800.00 Surplus Fund : 21,800.00 Undivided Prots, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes D.,'J n nti orr J xraiu i^Ql.Oi Due to Banks and Bank ers ? 3,120.76. Individual deposits subject to check $183,477.76 Savings Deposits 150,000.00 Time Certificates of deposit 20,296.00 Cashier's Checks _ 640.40 354,414.16 Notes and Bills Rediscount ed 26,829.34 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed 97,000.00 TOTAL $532,225.63 State of South Carolina, County-of Abbeville. Before me came W. F. Nickles,. Cashier of the above' named bank* wlfo being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true, condition of said bank, a& shown\by the books of said bank. W. F. NICKLES. Sworn to and subscribed before me this ,8th day of January'1921. ALBERT HENRY, Notary Public. Correct Attest: S. G. THOMSON W. E. OWEN 4 a. iN-CiUr r Ej.k,, jjireciors. THE BOOK CLUB The Book Club will meet with Mrs. C. D. Brown Wednesday after noon at "four o'clock. STIC 0 p.m. ed