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ti?t nRTninnn lill tnlfill)Ilu DOLLAR CONGRESS DECREES DOLLARS IN DULGING IN LUXURIES MUST FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG. War Revenue Tax of $105,000,000 Levied?Beer Bears Brunt of Burden. Congress lias levied a war tax of $1U"? .000,000 to offset a similar amount of loss on import revenue due to the European disturbances and of this amount bt*er is the heaviest contributor, having been assessed ap proximately $.">0,000,000; a stamp tax on negotiable instruments, it is estimated, will yield $31,000,000; a tax on the capital stock of banks of $1,300,000 and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder. Congress has decreed that the brewer, the banker and the investor must shoulder the musket and march to the front; that milady who would add to her beauty must first tip Uncle Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure 3iust first salute the Hag; that Pleas ure ana front?me twin uerues ui many wars?shall fight the nation's battles and by an ingeniously ar ranged schedule of taxation congress has shifted the war budget from the shoulders of Necessity to those of Choice and Gain, touching in its various ramifications almost every line of business. All hail the dollar that bleeds for its country; that bares its breast to the fortunes of war and risks its life to preserve the stability and integrity of the nation's credit. The market place has always been a favorite stand for war revenue col lectors. i ne iruuei is a sicai cial patriot. His dollar is the first to rally around the star-spangled banner .and the last to hear the coo of the dove of peace. He is called upon to buy cannon; to feed and clothe the boys in blue and each month cheer their hearts with the coin of the realm. Men can neither be free nor brave without food and ammunition, and money is as important a factor in war as blood Many monuments have been erected in honor of heroes slain in battles, poems have been writ ten eulogizing their noble deeds and the nation honors its soldiers while they live ^nd places a monument upon thei; -^ra ^ when they die, but very little oeen said of the dollar that bears che burdens of war. Honor to the Dollar that Beare the Burdens of War. All bt>nor to the dollar that an swers the call to arms and, when the battle is over, bandages the wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a .wreath upon the graves of fallen heroes and cares for the widows and nrnhnns All honor to the industries that bend their backs under the burdens of war; lift the weight from the shoul ders of the poor and build a bulwark around the nation's credit. All honor to those who contribute to the necessities and administer to the comforts of the boys who are marching; cool the fever of afflicted soldiers and kneel with the cross be side dying heroes. A dollar may fight its competitor in business, industries may struggle for supremacy in trade and occupations may view each other with envy or suspicion, but when the bugle calls they bury strife and rally around the flag, companions and friends, mess mates and chums, all fighting for one flag, one cause and one country. ine luxuries in ure nave always been the great burden-bearers in gov ernment. We will mention a few of them giving the annual contributions to the nation's treasury: Liquor, $250, 000,000: tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar, $">4,000,000; silks, $15,500,000; dia monds, $3,837,000; millinery, $2,479, 000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles. $S70.000. We collect $665,000,000 of internal and custom revenue annually and $150,000,000 of this amount classi fies as luxuries, and to this amount we should add the $100,000,000 war tax now levied. The war tax is immediately effec tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the industries are marching $100,000,000 strong and beneath the starry flag they will fill the treasury again while they snout, "Hurrah for Uncle Sam!" In every field of human activity the demand for more competent men and women is growing every dav. Espe cially so in agriculture. nome jiriue is a migiuy vaiuauie as- , bet, and the farmer who has none is ' carrying a heavy nandicap on the j road to success. Work is the 6alve that neals the wounded heart Way to Warn Us of Thunderstorms. Grimmick began away back in Sep tember to boast to his friends about j the oysters. It was so hot that he ! could scarcely raise a flicker of in- j terest by relating how Albert Mac Shane, who had moved to Texas, was going to ship him some gulf oysters during the winter. "They're oysters that are oysters!" Grimmick always added. "None of i your measly little eastern things, but big, fat ones, the size of a saucer, j And flavor! Say, if you haven't ever eaten a gulf oyster you don't know i uh?t vou're talking about! They?" | "Let's go and get something cold to drink," the person to whom Grimmick was talking would interject about here, taking off his Panama hat to mop his steaming forehead. Later in the fall people began to be tray an interest in Grimmick's oysters. They listened and they heard so much about those glorified bivalves that most of them would have recognized the barrel on sight. No matter how dis guised, it would have been impossible for that barrel to deceive the eyes of Grimmick's friends. Persons of deep > designs brought Grimmick new recipes I for cooking oysters and artfully i showed him their wholehearted disin- j terestedness. Not that they expected , to get any of the oysters, but natural ly they took a neighborly Interest. It might be a big barrel. Even Grimmick when he first gazed upon it was a trifle appalled at the size of the barrel. MacShane must have misunderstood and ^nt him a young hogshead. Or else e crop of gulf oysters was unusually large. "Beauties!" cried Grimmick when he got the barrel open. "I can scarce ly wait to get at them!" The Grimmick family had raw oys ters and oysters grilled that mgni ror dinner and all next day Grimmick made a nuisance of himself telling every one how good they were. He issued no general invitations, how-1 ever, for people to run in and take home a pailful of the gulf treasures. | Consequently, comments were bitter, on his trail. "Selfish brute!" was the universal opinion. "It's as bad as though he owned an automobile and never took any one,out for a ride!" It really Is amazing how far oysters will go. After the Grimmicks had en joyed oysters stewed, scalloped, panned and fried to their hearts' con tent they saw no appreciable shrink ing of the barrel's contents. There were just about as many oysters as before. Grimmick said he thought he'd take | some down to the office for his part ner. Mrs. Grimmick said that as she was going over to Sister Nells' that day she might as well take some along. The next day she carried some j across to the neighbors on either side of them. That evening Grimmick sur veyed the scalloped oysters set before him and frowned slightly. He said; they looked fine, but he believed if Mary would fry him some of the' breakfast bacon he'd rather have it. J The following morning he said he thought it was a mistake not to share their good fortune with their friends . and that he would speak to Reekman and Dundle and Buckle on the train and tell them to stop by that night on their way home and get some. The weather turned warm just then. "It'? a shamp to waste those oysters," i Grimmick said when he saw the mer-1 cury in the outside thermometer standing at 48 degrees. "I should think you would remember some of your friends to whom gulf oysters would be a real treat!" "Why, I have been giving them around," confessed Mrs. Grimmick. j "Somehow, that barrel's terrible hard to empty!" In another week Grimmick was ped dling oysters frantically. The neigh- j. bors' dogs feasted on them and all. the cats for blocks about congregated ( daily on Grimmick's back steps be- j cause the cook fed them freely on oysters. Presently whenever Grim mick hove in sight the men would ( raise protesting hands and say they j were obliged, but they did not want any oysters. Mrs. Grimmick, five minutes after taking a quart or so over to the next door neighbor, saw the maid march out to the garbage can and empty out the gift. It then dawned on her that it was the fifth time in a week she had bestowed oysters on that family. Still, she felt irritated. Further, the mere sight of the barrel irritated her, for a good many oysters remained. Rather fearfully, she served oysters that night at dinner. It was the third time that week. Grimmick exploded and arose from his chair and beat his fist upon the table. He gave orders that if he lived to be one hundred and ten sne was never uaaer any conuiuuuo iu place oysters upon his table again. Then, calling for the spade and an ax, he proceeded to the back yard. After excavating a large hole he buried the rest of the oysters and chopped up the barrel for kindling. "There!" Grimmick said exultingly as he stalked into the house. "Get on your things and we'll go downtown and get an honest beefsteak!" Expected Too Much. kSouth Georgia fiancee broke her jment because her best fellow her presence when kicked presume he should ie!"?Florida Times FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF WAR. Nation Rings With Cries of Stricken j , Industry. t By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union. King Cotton has suffered more from 1 j tne European war iua.ii any umc? a.&- j ricultural product on the American ! , continent. The shells of the beliiger- j ] ents have bursted over his throne, 1 t frightening his subjects and shatter- j ing his markets, and, panic-stricken, I the nation cries out :'God save the i king!" | ? People from every walk of life have ^ contributed their mite toward rescue \ work Society has danced before the < king; milady has decreed that the ? family wardrobe shall contain only ^ cotton goods: the press has plead ? with the public to "buy a bale"; ] bankers have been formulating hold- j ing plans; congress and legislative < bodies have deliberated over relief i measures; statesmen and writers have grown eloquent expounding the ^ Inalienable rights of "His Majesty" j and presenting schemes for preserv- ] ing the financial integrity of the < stricken staple, but the sword of Eu- ] rope aas proved mightier than tne pen c of America in fixing value upon this < product of the sunny south. Prices have been bayoneted, values riddled ] and markets decimatcd by the battling j hosts of the eastern hemisphere until i the American farmer has suffered a i war loss of $400,000,000, and a bale ) of cotton brave enough to enter a < European port must pay a ransom of half its value or go to prison until the ] war is over. < Hope of the Future Lies In Co-opera- 1 tlon. 1 The Farmers' Union, through the 1 columns of the press, wants to thank ] the American people for the friend- ' ship, sympathy and assistance given 1 the cotton farmers in the hour of dis- A tress and to direct attention to co- i OptJIULlve llieiuuua Iictcooai j c*_r - c manently assist the marketing of all farm products. ; The present emergency presents as grave a situation as ever confronted the American farmer and from the viewpoint of the producer, would seem to justify extraordinary relief meas ures, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining business rules in order to lift a portion ot the burden off the backs of the farmer, for unless something is done to check the invasion of the war forces upon the cotton fields, the pathway of the European pestilence on this continent will be strewn with mortgaged homes and famine and poverty will stalk over the southland, filling the highways of industry with refugees and the bank ruptcy court with prisoners. j All calamities teach us lessons and ^ the present crisis serves to illuminate 3 the frailties of our marketing meth- 1 ods and the weakness of our credit * system, and out of the financial an- * guish and travail of the cotton farmer will come a volume of discussion and ( a mass of suggestions and finally a * solution of this, the biggest problem in the economic life of America, if,! 1 indeed, we have not already laid the foundation for at least temporary re- " lief. 11 More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture.1 Farm products have no credit and 1 perhaps can never have on a perma nent and satisfactory basis unless we * build warehouses, cold storage plants, elevators, etc., for without storage and 1 credit facilities, the south is com-1 pelled to dump its crop on the market at harvest time. The Farmers' Unions ^ in the cotton producing states have for the past ten years persistently ad-1 vocated the construction of storage j facilities. We have built during this: period 2,000 warehouses with a ca nnnitvnf nnnrnvfrnntolv 4 flOfl (Iflfl hnlon ' ~ ? . a and looking backward the results would seem encouraging, but looking forward, we are able to house less than one-third of the crop and ware houses without a credit system lose 90 per cent of their usefulness. The problem is a gigantic one?too great for the farmer to solve unaided. He must have the assistance of the bank er, the merchant and the government. In production we have reached the high water mark of perfection in the world's history, but our marketing methods are most primitive. In the dawn of history we find agriculture plowing with a forked stick but with a system of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the Egyptians the marvel of civilization, for who has not admired the vision of Joseph and applauded the wisdom of Pharaoh for storing the surplus until demanded by the consumer, but in this age we have too many Joseph.-: who dream and not enough Pharaohs who build. Athletes Born, Not Made. Athletes are largely born, not made and physique in general is the result of heredity and conditions of earlv life, rather than training. Some of the most vigorous, healthy, and enduring men the world has seen, such as Na poleon, Dickens, Scott, Balzac, John son, Brahms, Beethoven, Titian, Mich elangelo, Turner, Goethe, Bismarck, Washington, took no special exercises, but seemed to develop bodily through mental force. These men took more or less exercise but they made no spe cial effort along these lines. They maintained by temperate use what was theirs through gift of nature, through whose bestowal, save for slight changes from conscious effort, we are what wo are.?New York Medi cal Journal. As to Overwork. Either you are necessary to provi dence. and then you have no right to kill yourself by overwork, or you are not necessary to providence, and then you have no need to kill your Belf by overwork. I put that dllem ?pr!ousness, and ! from it'. If ycn? PLANTING PENNIES By ADA MAY ROWLAND. (Copyright. 1914, by TV. G. Chapman.) "Hello, Hal?anything wrong?" "Nothing but what money can cure." "H'm!" observed the first speaker is he proceeded on his way. "I don't livu mat sen uuicn t, auu k bought that Hal Sturges was the last ' nan in the world to entertain such a ' allacy." 1 The soliloquizer, however, did not * enow that his usually bustling, hope 'ul young friend was under a pretty =evere strain at the present time, .lope, ambition, love, seemed all about .0 wither away because of money and ts urgent need. Many years previous Hal's father lad loaned Da"11 Eastman a large sum of money. Things went wrong vith Eastman. Then they went bet ter. He was honest and he turned jver to his creditor his iittle mort gaged farm at Grayton, with the pro viso that he was to be its tenant at i fixed rental while he lived. Finally Sastman wrote to Hal's father that le would be able to square the whole iebt, some ten thousand dollars, with n a year. Hal's father died before the year vas up. Hal wrote to Mr. Eastman, lsking what the prospects as to the promised money might be. He re ceived a speedy reply, stating that if to ivnnM come down to Grayton the )ld account would be settled in cold ;ash. Hal arrived at Grayton to find that VIr. Eastman had died the day before. search was made for a will. None >vas found. For money. There was ione at bank nor in the house. Only :he old farmhouse was in evidence as tangible property. It was a great disappointment to Hal, all this. He had confidently counted on the money to start in Dusiness. He had already invested in :hat direction. This became a dead ] oss. He had to go back^to a poor paying position in the adjoining town. Then, too, a situation e.olved at the little farm that distressed him. Dur ing the last year of his life Mr. East man had given a home to an orphan ;irl and her little sister?Nellie and Lois Blynn. The young lady had been housekeeper and nurse for her old 1 llmoner. He had given her a cow. some chickens, and the old farm Horse and carryall. Independently Nellie t u.-nrkpri nn auite a clientele for milk and eggs in the neighboring vil lage. Usually, Saturdays he ran down to :he farm. Upon the day that he felt that aioney would cure a great proportion jf his ills, Hal was realizing how ;low was the process in his present snvironment towards attaining a com petence. Unknowingly, the vague :hoilght of being able to ask Nellie to jecome his life partner had a certain | placo in his aspirations. ] He was greeted at the farm ny Nel- ; ie in her usual bright sympathetic | nood. He stayed to supper. As usual ie gave to little big-eyed, wistful Lois, ;he few pennies he never begrudged ' ler. ; "You mustn't do that, Mr. Sturges," I MqIHq Hontlv n <j tho little OQS I ;uiucu iicmc u>.ui-v, icampered away. "Why not?" challenged Hal, pleas intly. "Because she seems to lose them ill. It is strange, but she never asks o go to the village and buy sweet neats, like ordinary children. The jennies always disappear mysteri msly and she never tells where they jo to." "Perhaps she has a secret hoarding )lace?" suggested Hal, with a smile. He left Nellie and strolled through he orchard in quest of the truant :hild. Finally he caught sight of her >lue frock over near a fence corner. "Why, what are you up to, little >ne?" propounded Hal. Lois looked up with a little an swering frown. "Not very nice, being peek-a-boo on k young lady!" she chided, childishly. If you want to know, though, I'm >lanting pennies!" "Planting pennies!" ejaculated the laffled Hal. "Yes, sir. All you give me?in lere," and she patted the ground. When they grows, I'se going to pick vhole baskusfuls off'n the bushes.' "Whatever put that in your head, hild?' demanded Hal. "Gran'pa;" so she had been taught o designate Mr. Eastman. "How is that?" pressed Hal. "Saw him do it, watched him," was he blunt explanation. "Bags?and hey chinked. And Jew'lry, and pa ers. He didn't know I was watching im. Never growed, though. Guesa pot was too shady." "Where was the 6pot, Lois?" pressed lal eagerly. She showed him. A bright light of itelligeiue had flooded Hal Sturges' lind. Ten minutes later he was view lg the gr' jnd under an old oak tree here Lois insisted she had seen Gran'pa"' "planting money." "I've been doing some digging," au. ounced Hal to Nellie somewhat later, nd he told of his discovery. "A small jrtune," he explained. "Dear little ,ois, but for her the hidden store light never have been found. Then." nd he drew nearer to Nellie with a lanner that consciously made her flut jr, "I should not have been able for long time to ask a question I must ow propound." "A question'/' iaitereci rseme, an a emble. "Yes, dear Nellie," was the prorapi espouse, "will you become my wife?" Body Feeds on Sunlight. In reporting to the Academie des ciences the results of some observa/ oils in Southern Algeria on the rela on between diet and sunlight, Major [iramond de la Roquette of the rench army medical corps gave it as is opinion that the tissues of the hu tan body directly utilize the radiant nergy of the sunshine. The normal iet of the natives of hot and sunny limes is far lower both in quantity ad in ni'tritive quality than that of ihgJiitgfots*ones3"favored regions, the seeming to make up the dlf? Julian Street and the Grand Canyon As for the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, It affects those who behold it tvith a kind of literary asthma. They Jpsire to describe it; some try, pas sionately; but they only wheeze and look as though they might explode. Since it is generally admitted that no jne who has seen it can describe it, ;he task would manifestly devolve upon someone who has not seen it, and that requirement is filled by me. I have lot seen it. I am not impressed by it at all. I am able to speak of it with coherence and restraint. But evfen ;hat I shall not do.?Julian Street in Collier's Weekly. Training Men. Many employers make the mistake of never training men themselves, but depend on men hired from their com petitors or from other ouiside sources \'o doubt it may be wise at times to go outside and get an "infusion" of new blood." It is sometimes an ab solute necessity, !or an organization can become hidebound in methods Hut on general principles I have no hesitation whatever in saying if you want good men who will fit into your working organization you must be willing io pay ine price ui uainug your own men. One of the intangib'e assets which cannot be set down in the dollars and cents^olumn and add ed up and" yet which 'determines th( figures which will finally appear iij the profit and loss account, is the asset of loyalty and good will, and an employer has no right to expect loyalty from his men if, when higher positions cf responsibility are to be filled, men from the outside are pro moted over the heads of faithful and loyal men who often are more com petent than the man who has fc?en brought in from "away ever /here" ? Current Opinion. KNOW IT WELL Familiar Features Well Known to Hundreds of Abbeville Citizens. A familiar burden in many homes. The burden of a "bad back." A lame, weak or an aching back Often telIs you of kiilney ill-. Doan'tj Kidney Pills are for weak cidueys. Here is Abbeville testimony. Mrs. John VV. Sinitb. 1^4 Mill House, \bbeville, says: "I am glad to say a good word for Doan's Kidney Pills in return for what they have doue for me. I recommend them to anyone who is suffering from backache. Since I.used Down's Kidney Pills, I have been able to do my house work without having the least sign of backache or kidney trouble." Price 50c, at all dealers Don't aim )ly ask for a kidney remeny?j:ei Doan's Ividuey Pills?the same thai Mrs. Smith bad. Fosler-Milburn Co., t'rope., Buffalo, N. V. WAIT! |~thi WAIT! UNTI] Rahn 1 ailoring c Mr.1 NEW Over five hur You pay no more than you do I'lM 1 PASSENGER SCHKfiflLE Piedmont & Northern Ry. Co Effective .May 24th, 1!M. GREENWOOD, S. C. Arrivals. It" ]>iirlirrr?. N'o. 1 8:oOA.M. ^ No '4 0:00 A. M No. ;i 11!:?ii? A.M. No. li 8:00 A.M No. 5 12:1"? P.M. No. 8 10:00 A. M No. !> P.M. No. 12 1:45 P.M No. 11 r#:l? P.M. No. 14 4:l"i P.M No. 1") 7:2n P.M. No. 1(1 5:40 P.M No. 1!) 11:21) P.M. No. IS i>: 1 u l'.M C. V. PALMER, Gen. Passeneer Agent. nine M'l' mi- neuiunn Mini v.iu wimiw . . ut Spoil's Drug Ston; liciore buying. A fow Silent Knlosriuiii show east's theu|J at (J. A. Hi I ford it Co. AbDevilie-OreeiiwcCi MUTUAL ASSOCIATION. Property Insured, S2,10CBOOO February 1st, 1912 VTv' HIT10 TO OK UAL], o.j i?it. ur:d ?" or li e 1 im'.or of your }| ':r uuy l?f. MftHr.D you it*y deo}j ?.?r pifoj Oi ;?'o-ancp. fteu'fBrt joar p'op^tv l on tiy Ym tiiSi '? KM bWtlhl:: ll'itU. tnii flo t*r>'' n >' n any la Divh'IIps* cotSrnl witl nelal ronls nre ir>?ureil :or 'lb per ceiBt. ciieupt ib'iu in iit-r pruperiy. m K-'lTflllVjfci- iVr a-.; ..t? pHted U> ptMiV* tO Jfi: ,b.v. cmis tiit- naiV?f <*:>d ch^ardRt plan o uwnr.'upe known. |r jr.B.BLAE?, Gen. Agent Abbeville,MS. G. f, f EASES LTOSc, pjrea. Abbeville,! 5. C. S. ii Vnlorn Upwbuti! J. r. Mftbry Co&efbi W. a. Acker Donafl 'J . M. El I- I iut Vif'Wfl W . W. L. Keller Ltfnij C.tme I. A. Kfller I). \. Wardlaw Ctxlar t;,rtBl& W. W. i.rudltfy -UibevM.'e Dr. A. An derma AxitrsvlBile H s CoieH Lov/ntJ?r/IMI,r A O 'Jrant... MaeufMlf. A. 15. Kennedy CRlhoiui MBit* V Mt>rriih H. 1-. f.Hsor.. W'rJuiH Gr?;v? W A Nlrfclea M. a. Rowles CnmiMtoa I). 8. Haiti waDger NinetiWJlx A. 1>? riu)ui**riiibii j\ji^Btfdw lr-i H T??li>p KVlWnjBM** Joseph Laka Ph/Mm x J. W. rtmllh VeHIf y J. h. UhiitJti BqMr U y J. W. Lyon A. vv. Ycungblood vB dull U. E. lioru OHllison II F.. Porn Kliilkscya s H st 7prn jHfr>oks hU<rtile. F, C'., l'eb. J, IW2, z. DAY-LIGIifr CORIN WAIT! L THURSDAY. o.'s man wall be here f Chas. R. Smith, with ldred patterns and co for thesel Merchant for clothe/s sold from IIGHT[HERE let us say that lyou will find the season's tailoring line just a ''bit" above our usual high stanclard; in which point we and time Kahn Tailoring Co. agre un tarn is common ed Cloth dence, y "w*e b; fabrics a coloring! el Though the same hlable tail orship, imly in Kahn Tailor As, is againS in evi ls t the models are a It" smarter and the Ire in more tasteful 3 than heretofore. We Li 've Merchant's Co [he State of South Caroling COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. J'lJOUATE C'OUBT. the Matter of the Estate of W. A. Gc1 I lagher, Deceased. . Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate mu^ kittle without delay, and those holdir laiins against the estate must presejf 3cm propi-rlv attested to W\ A. Calvert, Administrate-. Christmas pp.per and all kinds of C>rist ias goods at C. A. Milford <fc Co. Personally ConcUcted ? a\i) LOW RATES TO Jacksonville st. augustine palm beach MIAMI an) one week C IB A havana matanzas JANUARY 7 - 19 VIA SEABOARD Air Line Railway Write For Rates to GATTIS TOURIST AGENCY Tourist Agency S. A. L. R'y | JRaleigl), N. C. i^| WAIT! WAIT! A.M. rom Indianapolis his LINE i lors to finger T ailored-Clothei the counter