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Established 1544. 0 The Press and Banner a ABBEVILLE, S. C. 1; e Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. a t r Published Every Wednesday by ^ a The Press and Banner Co. c Telephone No. 10. r s Entered as second-class mail mat- ? t?r at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ^ I Terms of Subscription: j One year $1.50 t Six months ... .75 j Three months.- .50 r Payable invariably in advance. a Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1917. \ t CONCERNING PROHIBITION. J a If the "air-tight" prohibition law 0 is to be "liquor-tight," which is the leal intention of the prohibition- ? ists interested in its rr>?sage, the t legislature should make adequate c provisions for handling people guilty e of running small distilleries contrary i; to law. In out-of-the-way places, as n on the Savannah river, in the Long b Cane bottoms, and down on Wilson's a creek, near Dyson, S. C., you may b hear of people undertaking to make e liquor not only for themselves, but for public consumption. We call no n names, but there are people who will o undertake the enterprise. o The punishment now provided by t law is not adequate to prevent the 1< running of these distilleries. A man c may make enough money in a fort- o night, in a real dry community, from the operation of a small plant to re- 1) pay him for the few days now allot- \ ted to those people who are found b .guilty of breaking the law. And be- t fore an offender is punished, it is ne- p cessary to catch him, as the saying t trnoc W0 nil lennw hnw hard it is c ?vvw> " - ? ? ? ? ? ? for the police authorities in the v cities to catch a white man or even a e negro, selling liquor. It will be t more difficult for a community with- t out police protection to catch the P whiskey manufacturers. c And because of the difficulties in a convicting persons of such violations n of the law, we are of the opinion b that the punishment should be made t measurably greater when the offender is finally landed. \ f ^ii t THE INTEREST RATE. a t? ti The House of Representatives h passed the six per cent, interest bill a last week with an amendment allow- d ing seven per cent, interest on con- ? tract. This of course means a seven per cent. bill. We will not quarrel with the House. We believe it has r< done well under the circumstances. *1 The members, at least, know that f] Ai? i lixl. J x _ ic me Dorrowers are enuuea to surne relief. *s We stated in our last issue that a: all this cry about the farmers not P< being able to borrow money at the ol banks was a scare-crow. We have a no better proof of that _ statement P' than an advertisement in this issue te in which that conservative institu- 0 tion, The Farmers Bank of Abbeville, K is asking for more farmers as cus- ti tomers. The truth is that while the h loans to farmers are small, and 01 sometimes a source of annoyance, as c< a rule they are the best loans a s< bank makes, because it is a rare ti thing that money is lost on these oi loans. 11 Of course there are people who T will tell you that money is a commo- a dity on the market which should b regulate its own rental value, but as far back as the days when the Bible was written we had usurers as all are told, and we will continue to have them until the end of timtf. If tl we did not have an eight per cent, v. law now a great many people would p be paying twelvef per cent, and all a of us would be paying ten. a The bankers and the money lend- T ers feel, honestly we know, that they are being ruined when the interest p rate is lowered, but they are mis- o taken. The banking business will tl adjust itself to the rate fixed by law, tl whatever it is, and the banks will go v on doing business as before. The a wise banker will read the signs of a the times ahead and be prepared to tl meet conditions as they arise. ii _ g w THE TORRENS SYSTEM. 0 !?T a We think the people are being mis- b led as to the benefits to be derived from the adoption of the Torrens A System of Land Registration. The p provisions of the Act as adopted by tl the last General Assembly are too p long to have a place here. The Sys- a tem in brief, is that a person claim- p ing to be the owner of a freehold estate in real property may have his title thereto assured by complying with the provisions of the act. The provisions are that an action Pj shall be commenced in the Court of ^ Common Pleas, for which purpose, w f course, a lawyer must be emloyed. A petition must be filed, nd along with it a plat of th? ands in question, marked as direct d by the Act. All parties having ,ny interest in the lands are to be riade parties, as are all adjoining and owners. These several parties Ko eo-riroH hv the sheriff as if kX C UV uw. avi *v? ~ J ? ? ? ?? irdinary actions. In case of non esidents, the summons must b< erved by publication as in ordinary ictions. In addition to this an ad 'ertisement must be run in a loca >aper for four weeks in which thi >ublic is advised of the nature o: he action. When the parties ar< ill before the court, the matter, ii eferred to one of three examiners ippointed by the clerk of court, tx nake an examination of the title rtio shall report to the court withir hirty days.' If there is a contest b] tny of the parties the matter i/ rjed before one of these examiners md the case may be appealed a: ither actions are appealed. When the examiner has made his inal report and the matter if th< itle is settled by him, or by th( ourt on appeal, the title is register d, and all persons including tifants, lunatics, etc. whethei amed in the petition or not, ar? arred of any interest in the lands ,nd the petitioner is adjudged tc ie the owner thereof, if his title is stablished. To take care of the interests oJ ainors, lunatics, etc. an annual taa r fee is collected from the ownei f the land, which goes into a func o which the interested party musl Dok if his property has been confis ated by a designing petitioner, 01 therwise. There are other provisions in tht aw which need not be here noticed Ve call attention to these provisions ecause it at once becomes evident o any reasonable man that the exlenses incident to a proceeding oJ he kind provided are necessarily sc ?eat that the law provides no ad antages commensurate with these ixpenses. And to divest third par ies of their property, or of an inerest in property, in favor of t ietitioner, without some such proeedings as those incorporated in th< ,ct whereby all adverse claimant: aight have their day in court, woulc e too unjust to be considered bj houghtful legislators. The truth of the matter is thai he title to property in this state 5 not now the subject of speculaion. It is less expensive to have ar bstract made than it is to have s itle registered under the presenl iw, and if the abstract is made bj capable lawyer and kept up-toate it will answer all the purposes f a registered title with the moneyinding institutions. The great trouble with the borjwing public in this section is not le security. Money may be had rom several life insurance companis now at six per cent, and there little trouble in convincing them 3 to the title to the property, but eople in this section have trouble in staining loans because as stated by northern man recently, "The peole of the South are slow to pay invest, and never pay the principal." f course, this is a humorous statelent of what we all know to be our ouble?we are not prompt; we ave not been schooled in meeting ur obligations on the day they beDme due. When we learn this les)n, farmers and others in this seeon will be able to borrow money n their real estate at six per cent, iterest. Until they do learn it, the orrens Land Registration System nd the Farm Loan Banks will not e a remedy for our malady. A CHAIN-GANG. York County has a chain-gang; here is no doubt about that. It rould appear that there are some eople in York who think, which is nother matter to be considered. In recent news item from York to 'he State, it is stated:. "Strong dissatisfaction with the resent system of working the roads f York county and a firm conviction tiat the roads now being built by tie chaingang are far too expensive, rere expressed by all the speakers t a citizens' meeting held Saturday fternoon in the directors' room oi tie First National bank. The meetlg was held for the purpose of a eneral discussion of good roads, rith particular reference to the cost f highways built by convict labor s compared with roads constructed y the contract system." One of these days the people of ibbeville county will learn, as the eople in York have learned, that le roads will never be properly or rofitably worked with a chain-gang, nd that the chain-gang is not the roper place to send convicts. CAPT. H. H. WATKINS. ________ Capt. H. H. Watkins, one of the rominent members of the Anderson ar, and a representative citizen of lat progressive city, was here last eek on legal business. ' Had Lost Interest In Life, She Tells CONDITION WAS SO BAD SHE BEGAN TO FEAR SHE "WOULD NOT LIVE LONG." i "From an invalid to a neaitny ana . well and strong woman was the i change Tanlac made in my health," j declared Mrs. Genie McGrady, of 921 Ninth St., Olympia, a suburb of Columbia, in a statement she gave 1 in indorsement of Tanlac. i "For a year or more before I took f Tanlac I had not been able to work s any. I had been keeping a boarding ' house, but my health became so bad 3 I had to stop that, and I even got to , where I could not sweep the floor of , a room without being completely exhausted when it was done. My sys' tem was badly run <}own and weak1 ened, and 1 had wasted away- until r I was hardly more than skin and 3 bones. "I had no appetite at all and I had ' to force down what I did eat, and 3 after I would eat a few bites I would feet puffed up as tight as a drum. I 3 suffered a lot with stomach trouble, > and I had the headache almost all [ the time. Many a time I have had a ' headache so badly that I would not know anything for three or four ; hours. I could not do my housework, . nor anything else, and I had began | to fear I would not live long. I was so very miserable and sick and had > sn manv troubles that I really did > not care whether I lived or died. 5 "The endorsement a friend gave of Tanlac, in which he told of what . Tanlac did for his wife, influenced me to take Tanlac, too, and about > the time I finished taking the first bottle my husband became all with [ typhoid fever and I nursed him day ' t and night for over four weeks and . held up well under the strain. I " could not have done this, though, had " it not been that Tanlac had helped 1 me so much in every way, and by ; being able to do that hard work 1 shows just how much the first bottle ! ' of Tanlac helped me. ? "J took another bottle after my 1 t husband got well. I am now work. ing and I am doing all my house- ' . work, too, and I feel well and strong, and I could not even sweep > a floor before I took Tanlac, I was - so weak. 5 "Tanlac is a wonderful medicine 'm and it proved that by what it did for me. It gave me a good appetite, re* lieved those headaches, and made me i take the interest in life that I used ' . to. I want to live now, fpr I find > pleasure in life. I am happy and 1 ^ strong and well now and am enjoys ing life. 1 "I had been sick about three r years before I began taking Tanlac, and I hlad been very weak and sickl ly the year before I took it, and I had taken ever so many medicines, ! but Tanlac did me by far more good than any other medicine I ever t took." t Tanlac, the master medicine, is , sold exclusively by P. B. Speed, Ab' beville; A. S. Cade, Bordeaux; J. T. 7 Black, Calhoun Falls; J. H. Bell & Sons, Due West; Cooley & Speer, i Lowndesville; R. M. Fuller & Co., McCormick; J. W. Morrah & Son, Mount Carmel; Covin & LeRoy, Wil lington. Price, $1 per bottle straight. ?Adv. m ?2/ Wan MORE FARMER 1 / 7 We are amply pr< ? ped to handle the I Ikfjm r al hundred additioi tomeri. The farm* (if J his business to this at all times courteo M ficient services, and QUI modations when n iT A _ find our officers ii welfare and well HMBlliy hit requirements. We cordially inv ^ Handle your fina \j| tions in a businei |gQ ?through this B DHU your money and INK v by check. A can ( Qr\ a receipt for mo often saves a dou BANKING BY ] venient and satisl SBipSIBKr F. D. carriers tra i Sm8 Br rain or shine, j > bad. A two-cen HBP saves a trip to to R TRY THIS PLAh ; h^> Farmer: H v ABBEVILL HP > DR. P. E. HARRISO Pf J. C. THOMSON, C OTTO BRISTOW, A U A A HD /^^BB SPj MHTl I OPERA =^= NIGHT C WEDNE A Dancing Beauty WATS 75 PEOPLE?TWO CARLOAD OF SCENERY AND ELECTR CAL EFFECTS. 1 YEAR AT THI MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. (Jourt ot Uommon fleas. BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION of Abbeville, against AUGUSTUS REDD. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, in said x State, made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in March, A. D. 1917, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing threefourths of an Acre, more or less and bounded by lands of Lewis McCombs, Annette Wideman, Harry Young and Bill Adams, being the same lot conveyed to Augustus Redd by Annette Wideman, the same being near or within the corporate limits of the city of Abbeville. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. - R. E. HILL, Feb. 1, 1917. Master A. C., S. C. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you mu3t take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and Is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. ooia uy uruRgiBie, price ioc. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation, iSS W i j NJ ted! Kj CUSTOMERS Jg BS^ spared and equip- ? Y^flj nitinitii of sever aal farmer cu?- ^ BBBft sr who entrusts MM Bank will receive I 1 us treatment, ef- LAgjd I liberal accom- . ceded. He will T HH iterested in his I J 1 acquainted with ite YOUR busi^ 4 /Fil ncial transac- II f ss-like manner mU. IANK. Deposit mm0j. pay your bills Kgy* celled check is a TSa ney paid, and f/% ble payment. MAIL is con'actory. The R. vel every day, ^(r"fe5,> arood roads or anno t stamp often ^ wn. w iBank *?Sj >N, President. 'ashier isst. Cashier. A wmm If BK. 1 BlSr. HOUSE r >NLY == I sday! ' Show?Irving Berlin's R HVOUR PARKLING WITH GIR1 S i OWNED BT THE SAME FIRM j T 1- ! THAT GAVE US "FLORA ; S BELLA." S NEW AMSTERDAM T EigiiiiEfiiiaraiafiiifaiaiaiaii crc pupil IifiirdiariiTiimfiUi The Greatest Of All War Pictures | On the Fir With the ij 1 j MONDAY, FEBRl [ J 8,500 Feet of Authent j i of the European War irtPCDA 1 ^ UNDER DIRECTI |i Abbeville Press | j MONDAY, FEBRl E J 11 Great seven-day battle I j an aeroplane, Kaiser [ j front, murderous mac] j 3 Hindenburg's smashii {j raids and other impre; E j gigantic conflict, in | ] graphed by Wilbur H S thick of battles. Sane ized as the only authei II tive film to leave Berli ] stamp of the German [ I ment. 8ADEDA I VI LIUl || Monday, IL- f-,-t-lLpl^Lr.p pK 7 UMt V i. ! agtime Masterpiece . ? STEP j HE FASTEST DANCING \ HOW ON TOUR THIS SEASON SPECIAL ORCHESTRA. >' HEATRE, N. Y. -= ira j ' ! ing line || | Germans l| -' !{ JARY 12, 1917. l! ; ? ;ic Motion Pictures [ Will Be Shown at I HOUSE Ij j ON OF THE | ; and Banner]| JARY 12, 1917. jl ' i! 5, battlefields from 2 j Wilhelm at the 11 liine gun fire, Von | 8 ig drive, Zeppelin E J r ssive scenes of the j j nine reels, photo- {! [. Durbough in the (J 1 tioned and author- Z j itic and authorita- j n under the official [ Imperial Govern- jfi i HUlMii FpIi 17li *vw# 1 'rices, 10c. and 20c. I j ' jMnjiiaraniaramzm .. xa3