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Established 1844. The Press and Bannerj ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. <*\ L Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. Telephone No. 10. * i Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. i $ ; Tanas of Subscription: One year $1.5? Six months 1 .75 Three months .59 Payable invariably in advance. % " Wednesday, August 15,1917 ? ABBbVILLb Id uruwiwvj. :5 Some of the brethren tell us that ( since the bond issue failed, the city , (which they say has been going back- . wards /for some months and days) . will now enter upon permanent rest. ( Nothing does more to injure a city and its business than this eternal j fault-finding on the part of thought- ^ less and ill-advised people. ^ The city is not going backwards. ? ^Fhe city is growing, slowly to be ^ sure, but nevertheless, it is growing, j V We call the attention of the unthink- ^ ing to the following facts: There is not within our knowledge r a single vacant house in the city of ^ Abbeville. r C There is not a vacant store-room in the city of Abbeville, (with the j exception of one seldom rented) a t condition which has not existed in ? ~ # o this city in the past twenty years. There have been few failures in Abbeville in the last five years. Nobody in Abbeville who has owned property for five years is willing C to sell it for cost so far as we can learn. ^ n The farming interests of the county are in a healthy condition. The people will pay their debts and have v money to their credit when the pres- g ent crop is disposed of. This means j. ?ure and continued natural growth g for the city. It is true that owing to the war,| and to the depression prevalent all f over the country on account of the 1 uncertainties incident to the war,]8 11 " JfttManrl ffti* nrnnortv! mere is uv uig ucmanu iv? j,?vrv?j ; in Abbeville. But the same is true! in other cities. Anderson is one of;r the progressive cities of the Pied-j? mont section, and conditions there j are like the conditions here. Within s the week we heard a man who owns \ a valuable lot on the Main street of * that city say that it had been impossible to get a bid on the property since the war began. Abbeville must weather the war T storms just as every other place, ( but the man who supposes that' this 1 city has gone backwards or will go ( backwards has not looked around himself nor thought. 1 Abbeville is growing and will continue to grow. 1 It is the best place in the State to ' live. ] We are all happy. i ? i SOME THOUGHTS 1 HERE AND THERE ' . V * It is very unkind of The Abbeville 1 Medium to enumerate our short- ' comings in a business way after ajl i r the free advertisement we have un- 1 dertaken to give it during the late 1 campaign. ( The Medium is very much con- i I.! serried that we did not vote, for an- ' > other Act of confiscation in Abbe- < ! ville, the placing of an extra two i mills school tax on the property of ' the city, when we already had an i extra six mills school tax. We do , not see why The Medium^ should i cry about this as it is neither a pa- i tron nor an appreciable financial sup-1 \ porter of the schools. The Pr ss and i Banner will always stand against | taxes levied as this one wds, by aj mere handful of people, some of j whom pay no appreciable amount of!; the taxes and who want other people' to educate their offspring without any effort on their own part in that( direction. The people will take the, xl_ ? 3 ^ measure 01 me men wnu uiaue suun an outrage possible at the next elec-; tion. The Medium is so much up a tree that for the last two issues it has had to get away down to the ice busi-i ness. It asserted in its issue a week, ago that people were paying fifty j cents per hundred for ice in Abbeville and that in other places having "good roads" the price is fifteen -cents per hundred. We challenge The Medium to name a city or town' in the United States with or without! "srood roads" where ice is retailed at fifteen cents per hundred. The price in "Good Roads" Greenville is the same as in Abbeville. He next complains that we "bamboozled" the City Council into put-; ting a one hundred dollar license on. other ice dealers. If The Medium will have reference to its files at j about the time the city council tookj ; . - 3 I this action it may find that, when we were not running the best newspaper in Abbeville county, it distinctly approved of what the council \ did. i The Abbeville Ice Plant pays into < the city treasury in various forms of ( taxes a little more than ninety dol- , lars per annum; it pays under the x present Act to the public schools in j nf Ahhovillp somethiner more i tUC C1VJ VA 4AW W T ?..* . _ than fifty dollars per annum, besides its share of the State, county and common school taxes. It fur- ^ nishes the people service every day j in the year. Is it the idea of The j Medium now that somebody else < should come into Abbeville on a five < dollar license tax and compete with ] the Abbeville Ice plant during the summer months and withdraw m the j fall and winter, when it should sup- \ ply the city at a loss? Is that the ( reason the progressive editor of The \ Medium wanted two good roads to \ Greenwood? i But this is not the only business j coup we have made in Abbeville, as [ ( we now remember, because we have|j a distinct recollection that we re- \ Eused to take any stock in The Me3ium Publishing Company. The condition of The Medium re- I ninds us very much of the man who * vent to town and imbibed a little too f :reely. When he was well beside him- ? >elf some of the devilish boys around r own dropped a little asafoetida in|? " ' ' 1 J? If 113 poCKet. ne went nome anu uiujr >ed down by the fireside where the ? isafoetida soon got hot and began to F nake its presence felt. The good t rife and the children were up-set n >ver the condition of "paw" but they ould not learn his trouble. Finally ittle Johnnie solved the matter by ' elling "maw" that "paw" was dead md didn't know it. GETTING A WRITE-UP. s t: While the bond issue contest was p t its fullest and all the prominent nen in the'city were getting themelves written up, Col. J. D. Kerr, f the Furniture Emporium, became ery much exercised for fear that? omebody would have his or her feel- ^ ngs hurt by something somebody Ise said. Si One afternoon when we were on ur way home, the colonel called us jj n, took us around behind his man- ^ ion on Greenville street (sidewalk e ide) and told us that he was very nuch afraid that his uncle Jim might a tot like something we might say) ibout good roads, etc. and stated p hat if it was the same thing to us, a ind as he was a member of the same n irm with uncle Jim, he thought it c vould be better to write about him- j. self. He stated that he did not j nind seeing his name in ^he paper; ^ ;hat it nettled uncle Jim when he vas busy collecting to have people irop in and say something about the j vrite-up, but that as for himself he 2 iid not mind a little annoyance of t ;his kind caused by people seeing his j lame in the paper. ( TTp olsn sniH that in writine Deople r ip, we should always mention the i business one is in, and say that the s prices are right, etc. and that such 1 and such an article could be found l in such and such a store (meaning j his), and that after so saying it i would be a* good idea to tell a joke, ^ jay a word or two about the good roads, and then say that all roads ] lead to the Emporium. He also mentioned to us the fact { that he was thinking about buying a 1 truck with which he expected to put I ?A J OTWi t UUL U gUUU ucai Uitux V, Hi HUM around Due West: and .Donalds and way stations, but . suggested that we do not *ay anything,-about this until af\er the election unless WE MtpUGHt. BEST. He then told us a joke or two on Sam McCuen and Roy Power, who work in his 3tore and said that he thought these could be whipped in along with the good roads talk, and make it very interesting reading. His boy, Sun, he said was in Union' visiting his uncle, Tom Estes. who; also runs an emporium in that city, [ and he thought it would surprise the people to spring an account of hisj visit towards the end of what we had | to say, letting the people know that' Sun would be home in time to attend school this fall. I All of this he mentioned only to keep us from saying too much about uncle Jim and not because he wanted himself written up, or anything said; about his business affairs, as he stated that he is a modest man in; business just as in dress and conversation, rarely having anything to say in the presence of other people unless the matter is forced on him, ' and he wouldn't talk then if it was ( anmvhorp nrnnnH mpnl tirriA ! In consideration whereof, as the < judges say, we are going to take a < day off some day and write a short/ article about the modest colonel, and; his business, which article will be found on the last column of the back, page which is not as much read asj our editorial page is the day after j an election, in the hope that tooj many people will not see the article) and pester the colonel. THE RED CROSS. No work is more important now ;han the work undertaken by the American Red Cross Society. The; Chapter which has just been organized in Abbeville has taken hold of the; vork with becoming enthusiasm. \n active canvass is being made for nembers and practically everyone is joining. The work which will be undertaken it first by this chapter is war relief work. This work will be in two departments, so to speak, first: Preparing hospital supplies for the soliiers who go to the front, and sec>nd, succoring the families left at lome by those who are at the front. Both phases of the war work are mportant, one scarcely more sp than ;he other. The ladies will be called >n to do a great deal of the work irst outlined, and all will be asked ;o help with the second. The people vill respond to the call with willing learts and hands. They need only :ompetent leadership in the work, md this has been secured in Abbeville. Judging from the Abbeville pa>ers, both are or were slightly "het ip" over the road bond election before and after. One was for and the ither "agin." Abbeville needs good oads and so does Greenwood. But ;etting good roads is very like buy- | ng an automobile in the early days. ? Some arc not what they were sup- | losed to be. Maybe it will not hurt o wait and see what will happen text.?Greenwood Index. FINANCING THE WAR. The United States is financing itelf in this war by loans and taxes, t obtains funds from the people, ome by taxation and some by the ale of bonds, and then it goes inja he markets and buys from the peo-j le what it needs. The people sup-^ ly the government with money and: he government with this money buys; rom the people what it needs fori he war. There are three sources from rhich the United States can drawj he sinews of war. First is the fixed! roperty of the nation. Thia repre-| ents our farms, factories, mines,] ailways and all other property icluding accumulated savings. From he corpus or body of none of these,! xcept the accumulated savings, will he government obtain war funds, j nd even from the accumulated sav-! rigs it will draw a relatively small! ortion. These accumulated savings " re invested in industries and busi- : iess which are necessary to the ountry's welfare and prosperity and k is nnlv that tiortion of these sav-1 ngs which are seeking investment p hat the government will receive in p sxchange for bonds. IJ The second and the great source t rom whcih the government is to de- c ive its war fund is the wealth pro- t hiced during the war. Part of this I t will obtain by taxation and part in t sxchange for bonds. The annual pro- t luction of the United States, from i ts farms, mines, factories, and other j lources, amounts to fifty billion dol- t ars a year and out of this fifty bil- t ion dollars will come the funds, part i :rom taxes and part from the sale of i jonds, with which the United States 1 vill finance itself during this war. i By taxation this generation will jay its portion of the cost of the * var. By the sale of bonds the next generation is called upon to pay its jortion, and this last portion will be I ja\d from the wealth production af:er the war. By this method the capital of the :ountry, its sources of income and vealth, are unimpaired. It is only 1 ;he yearly increment of this property ;hat is called upon to bear a portion J )f the cost of the war. Thusi despite 1 ;he waste of war and the destruction < )f property involved the country 1 nay emerge from the conflict stron- 3 *er financially, more efficient and J ;ven wealthier than before. What! ;he government receives it receives ^ from the people without impairing t ;he sources of wealth of the country,! 1 1 l. ind 'passes it back to tne peopie in ( ixchange for the productions of the :ountry. It is in a way only a shift- ( ng of credits. c The government collects the cur- i *ent taxes and by means of bonds; 11 anticipated taxes of the years tojg :ome, and all the money thus ac--,l T'.ired passes back into the hands of' ?he tax-payers. This is why govern-It rier.ts which follow sound economic! methods not only are not impover- t ished by wars but sometimes emerge 3 ['nr. stronger as England did after ^ the Napoleonic wars and the UniteJ j States did after our great Civil War. \ W V V V V VV Vvvvvvvv1 < V J SEABOARD TRAIN V \ V 5triLUULC.J "V iVVVVV.VVVVVVVV^VV^1 No. 17, South, leaves 5:00A.M.' No. 5, South, due 2:04 P. M. j] No. 11, South, due 3:04 A. M. |] No. 29, South, due 3:52 P. M. jl No. 6, North, due 6:03 P.M.!] No. 12, North, due 1:42 A. M. ;i No. 18, North, arrives 10:00 P. M.M No. 30, North, due 12:34 P.M. i / f Boss Oil JB I _ J tfi /H^U| ag??ai ^ jg The Boss is npvw lazv. n always read; licious mea them on the SOLD 0 I STOVES ""RANGES ( THE FOURTH PAYMENT. servation of fooc 9. If it is nei The fourth payment, of thirty explanations in < ioi? penfnm. nn T,ihertv Loan Bonds country needs th turchased on installments is due on'during the war August 15th. The payments must'needs the servic< ie made on or before that date ac-j patriotic women ording to the official statement of do whatever the; erms and conditions of the sale of Government, .liberty Loan Bonds issued/by Secre- 10. Enough 1 ary McAdoo of the Treasury at the volunteer to giv ime subscriptions 1;o the bonds were three days time nvited. Whether the bonds were important work, mrchased from the Treasury or from 11. The Stat he Federal Reserve Banks or that you first tr hrough other banks or agencies it towns of 500 am s important that these and succeed- it into the rural ng installments be paid promptly, sufficiently orgar rhe Farmers Bank mil receipt youj 12. Push the for your payment in Abbeville. jas possible when "? r that every one \ NSTRUCTIONS FROM STATE gi and the f COUNCIL OF DEFENSE-Wa3hington not # 21st. 'or Those Wlo Secure Signatures jg Work sh for the 'ConseiTation of ,,0 gnnn Vnnr Foo<J- j organized and re i 14. Have the 1. This is a request from the presence and I President of the \>itet? States. ' Lhnirman rtf thp 2. Be courteous and friendly.; who ^ turn th( \.void controversies. Make it your tary 0f the cou >usiness to reach every woman and fense svery cook who has charge of a{ jg ?phe secr< loust.'hold in the section assigned toicouncjj ^er rou, also every restaurant and hotel i nerbert Hoover ind chef. Jtion, Washingtor 3. The county should be subdi-j jg ' a r rided into smaller units, with cap- ber of cards si&J ains in charge of groups of women; County ind each group should have & certain! f0n0Wjng iefinite number of homes to visit. Chairmen of the 4. The facts asked for in the;AKW,-llo :ards will require a house to house ;ed to appoint ag lanvats. Cities should be dividedj as necessary in 0] nto wards, precincts and blocks, and k with haste; )laced in charge of captains and each ^ue -yyest m jroup of women given a certain num-|, Donaids Mrs )er of blocks. | Diamond Hill5. Women should go out in two's ^ .0 each home. j j,ov/ndesville? 6. Have plenty of women so that; jjagnolia?Mr ;he work may be done quickly. Get L Cane ^ /our women all together and explain j gmithville M: ,vhy we are asked to sign these cards! Cedar Springs ind to what it will lead. Instructions J. ,vill be forwarded each county chair-j Abbeville Mr nan. | - ? - i 1- .*l - _1 1 J in tne country automoones snouiu' FKfcfc. o ie provided and each section defin-i . , _ , . , . , . - . Anv adult suf tely assigned to some group of two co]d or bronchit ,vomen. j;.t the drug store 8. Remember this is a most im-S-t absolutely fr oortant task in which you have the ?*' Botchce s Ger iTcr ire hemng privilege of assisting. South Caro-j doubles, which ina made a good showing in the (.0vc| of A fry yea purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds and'a good night's r< in subscribing to Red Cross. South,free ( Carolina must make a good showing m?Rggu^ar sizes, in pledging its women for the con-!For sale in all \ . . a nt. ft. ? Air Move | never cranky,, |S ever late. It is jr. It cooks dem " '& '^? Is and serves # minute. NLY BY ~ i I -*s ffimnume C& II hf HOME OUTFITTERS ; __ ~^ L ' A PLEASANT RECEPTION. " y lessary, make brief . ;ach case that the Mrs. Gibert Evans entertained / j e services of women Tuesday afternoon at a charming reV just as much as it cepti0n in honor of Mrs. Albert Gi;s of men, and that bert, Mrs. Joe Gibert and Mrs. Jack must be willing to ^rden of Rome> Ga> The hom^M y can to help their was beautiful in its decorations of %'? / yellow and green, sun-flowers and i : j r T _ .... . >. >. usiuess men ammiu brown-eyed Susans and ivy being e at least two or use<j jn profusion. . and a car to this - In the hall were Mrs. H. W. Pratt ;% and Miss Maggie Latimer, who ro;e Council advises cejve(j an(j made welcome the guests. y this plan out in- Jn ^ parlor Migs Sata Evans re_ Cn 6 ceived the guests, while in the re-/ / distric 1 you are cejyjng jjne were; Mrs. Evans, Mrs. 11 . '. Harden, Mrs. Albert Gibert and Mrs. , . signing as rapidly Joe Qibert Jn ^ back h&u Miaa g once it is egun so genje \^ats0n received guests, and v wl , ' maJ:in the dinig room refreshments of inal report ^reac, salad, tomatoes and iced-tea were .1 later than Augus gerve(j by Mrg p ^ Cheatham and .. , , Miss Mamie Hill. . ould begin at once . . county is thoroughly Durl"f 'he ?venln? ?b?ut 1,00 w0; ady to go ahead. men caIled and PlelJM cards signed in your conversation and refreshments .and , tring them to the Victrola which was played Woman's Committee throughout the afternoon by. Mn. ;m over to the secre-1 Corneilly. Delicious punch .. .* ? v nty council of de. served during the afternoon, the - punch bowl being presided over by ;tary of the county Mrs' 'J Moore Mars and Mte Besaie ":'i ? 4.1.x.. ' Lee Cheatham. .-. l express them to i Food Administrfc- * ? SAGE TEA BEAUTIFIES eport to us of num- AND DARKENS HAIR, ^ led and sent in. Chairmen. You can turn gray, faded hair have been appointed beautifully dark and lustrous almost ( various townships of over night if you'll get a 50-cent bot , and are request- tie of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur i many sub-chairmen I Compound," at any drug store. Milrder to prosecute this: lions of bottles of this old famous Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the rs. J. S. Moffatt. addition of other ingredients, are S. S. W. Brown. sold annually, says a well-known ?Mrs. Enoch McCar-1 druggist here, because it darkens the ? hair so naturally and evenly that no -Mrs Henry Moseley one can tell it has been applied. s. Frank Lander. Those whose hair is turning gray liss Sudie Keller. 0r becoming faded have a surprise r>C? TTwoliriO .TnnPls nnrnifivim fU/MYi VvA/iniinA n-f+Al* nriO lu. Uiiiviiiiv vw"ww* ciwaituig nicui, uctauoc aivci vav ?Miss Nellie Press- 0r two applicatiohs the gray hair vanishes and your locks become lux- ( s. Frank B. Gary. uriantly dark and beautiful. p pharpf this is the age of y?uth- Gray haired, unattractive folks aren't feripg from cough, wanted around, so get busy with ' of'k'a Speed, and Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Comee, a sample bottle pound tonight and you'll be delight man byrup, a sootn- | ea with your ciarK nanasome na:r remedy for all lung an(j y0Ur youthful appearance within ^ . . ;st free from cough- j This preparation is a toilet requiixpectoration in the site, and is not intended for the care 25 and 75 cents, i "ligation or prevention of diseace. I U J