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Established 1844. c iThe Press and Banner t . ABBEVILLE, S. C. j Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. 1 Published Every Wednesday by ( The Press and Banner Co. t Telephone No. 10. * Entered as second-class mail mat- t tor at post office in Abbeville, S. G. 1 * ^ J T?na? ?f Sibwriptitit I On* j?r ?........fliO 1 Six month*-.. .......... .75 a Tkr? months .... ... .60 t Payable invariably in advance. t ? t .Wednesday, March 21, 1917 1 1 i CATCHING CHICKENS.' ! J . r. , i, . J . ? vA book agent5 waiHft'tdwfr Pntiay. 1 H6 was not selling* ?tfok$$?4' -kales- ? m^n will be along hereafter. He had ^ sent out a few cards to prominent young attorneys advising them that c they would receive a book contain- t ing some famoud orations free if f only they would sign the cards. Some e of our young attorneys signed, and e the book-agent to show his regard t *?? " moiwii. annMoiafinn nf fffinH n XVI O |/I V|/V1 Hyjll?VMiWVtl v* V literature just called by to see them, t shake their hands and to tell them s -about the books which were to be B offered for sale by the salesmen who \ are to come. e Incidentally he showed them a t few endorsements of the books they were selling: given out by certain c lawyers in Chicago and elsewhere j and by Wm. Jennings Bryan, if you have ever heard of him. He stated f that the endorsements of the book j + by such men were worth a great deal j to his company, as would be the i endorsement of certain of our young E attorneys, politicians, etc., and they j were willing to pay for the en- f dorsements by fixing the price of the j books at $72.00 and knocking off f about forty per cent. Of course g this offer was not made to everyone, c only those on the inside with in- fc A# tlio uucuuu me tuvi c yivuiuivuv v* wmv members of the bar, whose names would count. The endorsement of each one to whom he spoke, meant / about five sales to his company. The president- of the company he said knew this from the reputation of ? the attorneys.' And the young at- a torneys reached for their pens, and j the hawk had caught some more lit- a tie ehickens. N This reminds us of an experience b which Judpe Frank B. Gary had with a representative of Colliers some 3 years ago. Mind you, we say "rep- v resenative," because he was no ? book agent, he said as much himself. ^ Judge Gary was then a lawyer, and a hawk had caught him sometime be- 8 fore and he had sworn with a mighty t oath that when he got out of Col- c tier's claws he would . never get n caught again. By and by the in- j stallments were all paid, and a little time had elapsed, giving the lawyer f "cooling time." About this time the "representative" put in his ap- y pearance. He was all smiles, and called lawyer Gary, "Counsellor." He was very anxious to know about t the Counsellor's health, and so was , Mr. Collier. Mr. Collier, he stated, T bad been somewhat worried that the counsellor had not sent in any orders for books recently, and, while he did not say so in so many words, ? .jipprpssion was, that Mr..-jollier had sent him all the way to^ Abbe- Villeto1 see vhat :tho * trouble was * with ?be counselor.' The \ couiu$jft| , J^^baated; .to ,"1he. representative.. in * no very complimentary terms ' his opinloU' 61'Mr. Collier and especially ? of the fellows who came around at the wrong time every month making the collections. The representative e exclaimed, "Oh, counsellor, Mr. 3 Collier will be so grieved to hear 61 you speak thusly of him, and espe- 8 cially of the poor young men who b are working so hard! so far away 7 from home, in a vain effort to keep v life going in the brothers and sisters 8 who are in the far west struggling themselves to "keep breath in the e body.' The representative and Mr. t Collier knew that the counsellor had 8 not lost his appreciation of good a books, and if the counsellor did not 8 appreciate certain publications the trouble must be with the books. * Alter awhile the counsellor be- c gan to cave in. He made the mis- 1 - take of arguing with another man * that other man's case. The two got 8 confidential after awhile, and in a 1 little while the representative left? 1 the order was for $49.50 which he carried away with him. r And thus it is that there is noth- * ing which works like appealing to ; a man's vanity, and the show of ap- c nreciation of one's self by another. s ??^^ PLANT FOOD CROPS. ? In a previous issue, we advised ? the farmers of Abbeville county to < plant food crops, and not to make 3 the mistake of planting only a money c :rop. The advice which we gave to | hem has been given to the bankers ill over the country in a letter mail- ?" (d by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, in which the bankers of he south are urged to impress upon ** he farmers of this section the nec- a] sssity of planting enough food crops o at least supply their own demands 'or another twelve months. x 51 In the letter referred to, atten- , fr> tVio fact fknt thA tood crops of the United States for w [916 were a billion and a quarter ei mshels short of the crop of 1916, ind something less than two millions hort of a five year average, alhough the population of the coun- ^ ry has considerably increased in e hat time. The food crops of the " Northern Hemisphere for 1916 were ( tear two and a half billion bushels hort ; jf jhe .previous ysak "l f ' ^ In additiqn to this it is stated that , n Arj^&ftra where nearly hun- a Ired ogigrtns o? bushels c of~%heat r< rere produced in ,191 & the crop is s practically a failure.*"' * The end of the war, if it should ome, will only make the demand in H his country .increase because of the act that it will be easier and less n expensive to make deliveries to for- tl iurn countries then than now. and fi here can be no increase in the ^ rops for a twelve month. The coninuance of the war will also mean u] , continuance of the present de- bl aands for these products, so that ^ whatever happens in Europe we may ^ ixpect unprecedented demands upon g< he United States f<jr all food crops, fi There will be no profit in raising otton at even twenty cents per tound if the farmers of this section ti lo not raise enough corn and other iz ood stuffs to feed the stock on the ilantations. The present prices be ng paid for corn and oats makes it n mpossible to continue to buy the a lecessary amounts for farming pur- c< toses and have prosperity on the J arms. And there will be no overproduction. There is a market now n: or every bushel of corn and other lj Tain in the country and there will a) vuvm?wv ww i/v u iuoia^v xvi c v crjr lushel which can be produced. g f< MAKE A SALAD GARDEN. ? tf Bi flBy Mary Starbuck) r For a woman amateur, a salad arden is a safe experiment. It need V( ot take much room and the results ^ re fairly sure to be satisfactory. _ lesides giving variety to the table Q| nd a wholesome interest to the ardener, it is in itself a thing of r eauty from start to finish. * A plot fifteen . or twenty feet u quare will supply salad through the rhole summer for a large family nd also yield occasional gifts for ^ be neighbors. Ft Of course, lettuce is the great qJ tandby and there should be two or ft bree varieties, one of them russet & olored. This particular kind does ot head up as most of the others, t is, however, tender and of fine lavor, while its color gives it value c? or use with other salads. ' In the ^ arden the great dark heads are In ery effective, glowing in the sun- { bine like burnished copper. |{ Lettuce should be sown at least I vrice during the season?first in 1 ipru or may, ana again tne lan oz S1 une. The second crop mast be arefally watched and thoroughly of watered from the time it first ap- ? ears. If the earth gets dry and ^ iard it must be loosened, aboutr;, the > ender plants until the Ieaves^'noM uffciently to keep it moist. ^ ^ ;*Nfext to Witdce in value is tfcre tifiy Ifre8s/^^cfe; ian be (u?ed!< ettuce or by Itself. It issalso, for _ ertain dishes, ? more delicately ef ective garnish than parsley. _ Cress comes to maturity very ?$ arly, and if let alone, will sow it- ? elf and produce a second crop by he last of August, but better results I re obtained by cutting back the loRfloma an norm as thev annnar and rhen the stems get too tough for ise pull up the plants and make a econd sowing in July. In fact, three crops may be count* d on if one wishes to take the U rouble. One planting of parsley is ufflcient It never fails, grows * abundantly and lasth tender and y Teen until the heavy frosts come. Radishes can be sown every two 0 reeks during the summer. The later ^ rops must be well watered and hould be pulled as soon as they are J] arge enough for a good bite. Late- q Town radishes seem to get wormy kaore readily than those sown in the X noist soil of the early spring. , Cucumbers take a good deal of L oom but are so delicious eaten from he dewy vines, tender and crisp I without the ghastly chill of the ice :hest, that they are well worth the ipace they require and are also ^ vorth the trouble. Sometimes the cucumbers need a jood deal of looking after in the :anjr jliic yuuxig piaiius cvsn before blossoming, often turn rellow and if not attended to soon Iry up and die. The malady is caused by a tiny lsect which attacks the under side f the leaves. The remedy is simple! Sprinkle the leaves thoroughly ith red pepper, taking care to peper well the under side. One or two pplications will be sufficient After the blossoms appear an in*r>f. of nnnnnVi.hiicf vnriphf nr>mo. mes is found on the vines. This, owever, is easily discovered and isposed of. Keep cucumbers well atered and if the earth cakes, loosa it. All these salads except the cucumer should be sown in rows unless^ le garden is very small. Jn that ise make an outside border for ittuce, not forgetting to thin out rientlessly as usual, when there are >ur leaves above the ground. Sow an inside border of cregJT ;> hich steed never be thinned excp?& i it is used. Put the cucumMnPfiu ;> nch corner and sow the rest in ::% )ws as the spaee allows. ALTS IF KIDNEYS 7 OR BLADDER BOTHER f __ tmlati t* Flush Kidneys and Nntnliss Irritating Acids. Kidney and Bladder weakness relit from uric acid, says a noted autority. The kidneys filter this acid , om the blood and pass it on to the ladder, where it often remains to ritate'and inflame, causing a burn. _ 1 J* A? iis, bearning sensation, or serong p an irritation at the neck of the ladder, obliging you to seek relief 70 or three times during the night, he sufferer it in constant dread, le water passes sometimes with a raiding sensation and is very proise; again, there is difficulty in voiding: it. " ' Bladder weakness, most folks call > because they can't control urinaon. While it is extremely annoyig and sometimes very painful, this i really one of the most simple ailleats to ovevcome. Get about four uncee ?f Jad Salts from your pharlacist and take a tablespoonful in glass of water before breakfast, jntinae this for two or three days, his will neuutralize the acids in le urine so it no longer is a source f irritation to the bladder and uriary organs which then act normalr again. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless, nd is made from the acid of grapes nd lemon juice, combined with lilia, and is used by thousands of >lks who are subject to urinary isorders, caused by uric acid irriition. Jad Salts is splendid for kid' By* and causes no bad effects whatrer. Here you have a pleasant, effer- I racent lithia-water drink, which sickly relieves bladder trouble.? dv. ink No. 128. , JStatement of tha Condition of' the 'eoples Savings Bank, xatad it Abbeville, 8. C., it tkt eloee of busineee, March 6th, 1017. BE?0UBCE8t jens and Dlmcounta 1300,983.89 rerdrafU - 4,601.76 irnltura and Fixtures ? 1,300.00 inking Honaa ..... ?? 8,000.00 her Baal Eatata Owned ? 700.00 ae from Banks and Bankers-.. 30,004.85 irraner 8,853.00 )ld ? >40.00 War end Other Minor Coin 1,986.60 tacki and Cash Iteas 6,788.61 TOTAL j. 9358,861.41 T.TaniT.rrrrn ipital Stock Paid in * 81,800.00 irplua Fond ? 21,800.00 b divided Profit*, law Cnmst Expenses And Taxts Paid 5,805.13 dividual Deposits Subject to ch*ck.~.|161,731.96 ivings dspoaits 40,000.00 me Certificate* of >epo*it 8,188.88 ashler's Cheek*. 07.50 304,056.30 TOTAL 1358,861.41 [ ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville, ta: Before me cam* W. 7. NICKLES, Caahiar the above named bank, who, being duly rorn, says that the abore and foregoing atement ia a . true condition of aaid bank, aa own by the books of said bank. W. F. NICKLES. Sworn to subscribed before ma this 0th &cU "^ALBtlRT HENBT, ti izhti : Notary Public, S. 0. >bbxct Attxbt: C. S. JONES, . . . ' , <L A, NEUFFER, . , r. , THOMSON, Directors. .OANS THAT ARE NEVER DUE Until you have built p a fund with which to epay them, provided ou carry out your part f the contract, are the :ind that are proving so lopular. That i s the 1TANDARDS PLAN, ioans of this kind may ie obtained now. fry the Standards Plan itandard Building and Loan Association. W. H. WHITE, President. OTTO BRISTOW, Secretary. . . . r nifiHtiminiinttiitinmniiumflUiniiiiHllllOlfflinilinDllinHlllflllllilllllflininiltllllliilllinillHDy illllillililH j L / p* MB Bl InH H "D1 H I njj jml N yBII H J jpj h|IJBIlilLgBII f ' f\NCE books eJthe ^ yawned and wail new one was purchai was before the Globpshelves come togethei . ? # i ififi the modern way or t IKI Globe-Wernicke Sect* 1^1 more thanjhe ordinal ft <^^4^ STOVES<X<RAN< THE ROSEI DE i ' I We exter our shoe de Thestyle the ordinar; We demi class of wo: The ladi foot-wear. They de we do. Because such a num We are d advance in maron'n nf n of conditioi Let us sh and C widti our business the rnn Cr::. < r overcrow Jed limited shelf s ted for books. When one book ed, and its gaping shelve* were Wemirlcw Deriod m bookcases. r. The bookcase grows apace v raiding a library. This is the jnal Bookcases are built to endi y kind. SES Vr HOME OU1 \ f ^BERG MERC PARTMENT STOI ABBEVILLE, S. C. -ADIES' SHOE id to you a cordial invit partment- '<> ' C.t , ? '.' ! '" > ?. ii' s we are showing are dif y.- 'We'arevery careful ind quality in the stock rkmanship, and exclusiv A All *11 es 01 Aooeviiie are go< They know what is wha imand the same high si of this it makes it easy : ber of fine shoes. ioing our very best to k price, and we are selling rofit than ever before ju: is. ow you some real new 1 is, and fit the shoe to you 3, and assures you of a p IBERG MERCi inLUi\rviu\ i &i/ ? L. r.? ;r.'4y ( fVj "-1;V-: pace or empty shelve* ? rate overflowed, a new B ?gradually fiUbi That ffl Now, books and their & rith die library. This is H i Globe-Wernicke idea. Iffi ire, and do not cost any Iral rFITTERS VsfaClL . 1,1111m I ' . . ;; I IES . . ' ' I . W. ; / .J hhhhhBF ^ ., | ' ' ...;/ y$ S. ' ' I . . , ' .1 ation to visit,,, ; ,\Vv.r{,2 a< ^eijt^qt _ in buying.anlci1 '"'"u *'" :. the hiehest'r ' / W re styles. )d judges of t < tandard that; '' \ . ' \j for us to sell , sep down the % on a closer st on account lasts in A, B r foot; that's lerfect fit \ ) Msmmumm : INTILE CO. ? Y , . t Cvss ....