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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Bannei ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Frida; Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat tar at post office in Abbeville, S. C Terms of Subscription: One year $1.5' Six months .7 Three months .5' Payable invariably in advance. _ Friday, June 28, 1918. HIGH TAXES. We are among those who believ in lower taxes. But those peopl who believe in lower taxes shouli be able to show us how we ma; have lower taxes, and they shoul * , not seek to make capital out of th *' fact that it now takes a great dea of money to run the state and it affairs without offering a remed for the state of things. It is evi dent that in order to reduce taxe we must do away with some of th offices which we now have and tha some of the appropriations no^ made by the legislature must be dis continued. We have in the past ad vocated certain measures which w ' V ' # believe would help in some respect along this line. , Some of the candidates for Go\ Jf ernor are making spread-eagl speeches on lower taxes. What w would like to hear from these lowe .tax advocates, at this time, is th measures which they propose in 01 der to accomplish the desired re suit. Do they propose to discon v tinue appropriations for Clemso: College, or for Winthrop, or fo the University? Do they propos ' to discontinue the High School ap propriations, or the appropriation for the country schools? They d not propose to discontinue the ap propriations for 1;he old soldiers they say that themselves, rathe they propose to increase the appro priations for this purpose (and wh; may they not, do the old soldier not vote?) Do they propose to pa; themselves, if elected to office, smaller salary than the salary no\ provided by law? Where will the; apply the pruning knife? They do not propose to lowe taxes at all. A man who complain . ? i i , i oi taxes, ana is una Die to say wner< he expects to remedy conditions and what taxes he proposes to / dis continue, and at the same time ad ; vocates an increase in pensions an< higher salaries for school teachers and money for other things h< thinks pleases the people, is no really in favor of lowering taxes He takes the people to be fools, ani hopes to deceive them by speciou: talk. He does not believe what h< t | himself says. There are many thing! which might be done to lowei taxes. The legislature is making appropriations year after year foi this and the other purpose whicl might be discontinued in our judg ment, but what the people woulc like to know is which of these ap propriations these lower tax candi dates are in favor of discontinuing Unless they can specify, the peo Die mav be sure that thev are no1 ' in favor of lower taxes. What thej are after is office. When they gel in they will blame the legislature for not lowering the taxes. And \ taxes will not be lowered. We have lived long enough to know thai taxes never get any lower. They will get higher from year to year, if the people still demand that the government provide all the things for the public it has been providing, You must either be against some oi the things the government is providing, or you are in favor of highei taxes. SI:.-. Let them specify. m THE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD Sfc,.'. The campaign for the sale of War Savings Stamps has taken on new r|;" life in Abbeville in the last few daya^^S meeting in the Court Heim' oD Tuesday morning the situation was fully gone over, and as m' , I a result of the meeting a campaign j has been made in the city for members of the Limit Club. A goodly number have been added to those) ' who had already subscribed for the; full amount allowed one subscriber,! and a considerable sum has been added to the sales already made. The present campaign comes to a ^ close on 28th. There is still time i1 for some of those who have not done what they should to come for- ! . ward and do their full duty. Five : hundred and eighty thousand dol. lars is a considerable sum of money i to be raised in Abbeville County, but the amount can be raised if ev? ery man and every women who is 1 ^ able to invest in the government!1 ? securities does what he is able. Will 11 - you do your auty: ARE THEY SINCERE? There are some people in all the counties who are against war, they: say. They shed copious tears in c their talk about the men who are e to lose their lives overseas. It is [j the lament of their lives that so y many men must go never to return. The fact is that there is but one e way to cut down the casualty list, tl and that is to subscribe to the govs ernment loans. The sooner the y government has the money to prosei_ cute the war, the more vigorously s it will be prosecuted, the sooner it e wil'. end, and the smaller will be the t casualty list. y But the men who cry about the blood that is to be shed have sub- ' [_ scribed but little to the government ] e loans. The fact that they do so 1 s little to cut down the number of 1 - a. _ iL . ' < men wno must maite me supreme sacrifice causes us to suspect that 1 e they are not sincere. _______ e ' ( r USELESS OFFICES, e Candidate Richards is one of the men who is making a great cry in l" this campaign about high taxes. He a thmks that taxes may be reduced by 1 r cutting out some of the useless of- : e fices. What about the office of Rail- < K road Commissioner? In our judg- 1 8 ment it has done as little for the 0 public as any office ever created by k the legislature considering the < '? money which the railroads have : r contributed to ito maintenance, ( which money, in the end, the people ( y have paid. 1 s . i Y HOW MUCH DID HE WANT? ' a 1 V | ] Speaking f. again about cutting j down taxes, we note that candidate j . r McLaurin is in favor of lower taxes. But in order to have lower taxes s it is necessary that some of the offices now existing be abolished, and that some of the appropriations nowmade be discontinued. Our recollection is that Mr. McLaurin held one of the newest of the created offices, ^ and that the amount of appropria-1 ^ j. tions which he asked from the legis-! t ! lature to run his office, had they j I nrronforl txrmilH Vl?*VO 5*HHPH ' ! something like another mil] to state!s 3 I i taxes. 1 :i ' - j. p ACT OF LEGISLATURE. L i1 t| ? , _ e r:An Act to Require AH Mercantile!]) and Industrial Establishments,'t "j Other Than Corporations, Having; s a Place of Business in This State,' I \ to Disclose the Names and Ad- J P "j dresses of the Proprietors There-1? of, and,To Provide a Penalty for ' I Failure To Do So. li ' (By request we publish in full an5 * act of the Legislature of South! o * I Oov/nlino m oil Klicinocc VlQC T? ' an interest.) j f : Section 1.?Be it enacted by the j C ' General Assembly of the State of i 5 South Carolina, That from and after' J ' the passage of this act all mercan-j ! | tile and industrial establishments,; S Mother than lawfully chartered in- li corporations, having a place or | ri places of business in this State shall | C file with the Clerk of Court of the 11 i _ County in which the principal place | f of business of each mercantile and' \ industrial establishment is located,' the name or names of the owner or| t > owners, proprietor or proprietors j t thereof, and in case of copartner-1 f ' ships the name of each and every! ( r partner having any interest therein, i ' and shall exhibit on a sign over or; ; alongside the entrance of each place r of business of each mercantile or h i industrial establishment the name or t names of the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors thereof, ineluding the name to be printed in ? Roman letters of such size as to be j read easily. B No. 2.?In case there be anyi 3 change in the owner or owners,! I proprietor or proprietors, of anyi I such mercantile or industrial estab-j lishment, any person retiring from, such ownership or proprietorship shall file in the office of the Clerk! of Court of the county in which the; principal place of business of such: mercantile or industrial establish-j ment is located a notice of such! ! change, and shall have the sign or1 signs herein provided for changed,] and until both such notice shall be filed and such change made on such! signs, such person shall be liable for, all debts and contracts of such mer-! :antile or industrial establishment according to the interest he or she Formerly had therein. No. 3.?Record of Statements? Clerk's Fee?Fhe Clerk of Court shall keep all such statements of Dwnership or proprietorship on file! and shall record the same in a book! to be provided for that purpose, and shall receive as a fee for filing any such statement or notice of ^ charge the sum of $1. No. 4?Violation ol a Misaemean; 3r?Penalty?Any person violating any of the provisions of this act Bhall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined $10 or be imprisoned for five days for each day such mercantile establishment shall do j 'i business. In case of a fine beinj ' * paid one-half of the amount shall; > be paid to the person . serving out ' the warrant. In case of* a copartner- j i ship each partner shall be severally > liable. No. 5?When Act Effective?That (< this act shall take effect on the first day of July, 1918. DEATH OF ALBERT McCALLA. |j ' I ?__ ' Albert McCalla, M. A., Ph. D., F. R. M. S., died suddenly of heart failure at 9:15 P. M. on Thursday, June 6th, at his late residence, 2316 Calumet Avenue, Chicago. He was 72 years of age and was born in j Bloomingon, Ind., in 1846. His j demise came ^fter more than a year of ill health. He was the son Df Thomas ("Honest Tom") Calla, one of the first bankers of ? Chicago, who was born at Hazle- WA1 wood Plantation, Chester, S. C. Albert McCalla was the brother of <p^j the late Mary Ella McCalla, and his mee^ mother'was Marianne Davisson.. raise Mr. McCalla was much interested didn't in scientific research and received a t lumber of degrees. He was pos- mons sessed of unusual expert ability with ;he microscope and was the inven- Then ;or of an attachment widely used in she v lays gone by. and ^ He graduated from the old Chica- run ^ jo High School and was the winner stopp( >f the Foster Medal; graduated hig fe :rom Monmouth College; was one ?f; take he founders of the Beta Theta Pi, ^ g( Chapter at the old Chicalo Univer-; resp01 iity. He was a member of the fol-J owing organizations: i STIL1 Fellow Royal Microscopic Society,' jondon; Past-President American! Hicroscopical Society; Past-Presi- South lent Illinois Microscopical Society;! D? Jember American Association for1 he Advancement of Science, Smith-; onian, Washington, D. C.; Member, The Mrst Presbyterian Church, Chicago;, Roane ember Sons of the Revolution;'deed < ilember Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.' Mellic le taught at Parsons College and Orang ater at take Forest College. j "W! He leaves a wife, Elearfor Hamill|Son?' IcCalla, daughter of the late Hon-1 the ni a-able and Mrs. Smith Hamill, of month Ceokuk, Iowa, and four children,! other lelen Wayne McCalla, Thomas1 bulanc Clarendon McCalla, Major Lee A.; newsp IcCalla, U. S. A., and Paul Hamill good dcCalla. I in tin: The funeral was held at 2 P. M., j others Saturday, June 8, 1918, from thejoccasi' ate residence, 2316 Calumet Ave- Word lue, Chicago. The pallbearers were:! son, \ 'harles H. Hamill, Smith Hamill, 2d,icommi >aul LeMoyne Dysart, Robert W. I the It lamill, Manley B. Widener, Johnjed by V. Eroe. j conspi Dr. Covert of the First Presby-| specifi erian Church, and Dr. Wishart of; his de he Second Presbyterian Church of-' under iciated. Interment private at i safely Jraceland. | news, | from Everyone knows best how he can friend educe his expenses so that he may Bruns lave more savings with which to kodak >uy War Savings Stamps. ence. -> -. u South C cludin Ha^ -,M Get these fac them there: ] said in his spe Hampton, th not promise c JOl says that he ( doing away w ernment, and business una to give South system. i Get youi >11 rf*i i 1 J I . R. STAMPS AT BAMBERG. :s town held a War Savings ng Sunday in an effort to four thousand dollars. Things! ; move fast at the beginning^ i negro named G. S. Nim-'1 stood up and said he would: a thousuand dollars' worth, j: his wife stood up and said rould take the same amount, 11 vhen the other citizens had!1 he amount up to $3600 and) jd there, the old negro got to ] set again and said he would the other four thousand fori >n.?Greenville Campaign Cor-' ident to the Piedmont. j i IS M. BRUNSON L WINS DECORATION ' j; Carolina. Bdy Does Daring ' :ed on Italian Front and is I , Honored. ] I < i following taken from the i ike, Va., Times tells of the,; Df a South Carolina boy, Stiles |] hamp Brunson, a native of i :eburg: j j hen Stiles Mellichamp Brun"Slim," as we called him?quit! ] ews desk of The Times 13' s ago and departed for thfc side to drive a Red Cross am- i :e at the Western front this!' aper editorially predicted that j things would be heard of him! le. The prediction, like some; that this newspaper has had j on to make, has been verified, j j has been received that Brun-j < vho is now a lieutenant and I? inds a Red Cross section on 1 alian front, has been decorat-' the Italian government for 1 cuous eallantrv in action. The1 ( c achievement which won him ] . i coration was that of going in ] heavy fire and bringing back. 1 25 wounded soldiers. The;g by the way, did not come t Brunson, but from a mutual: i "over there." A letter from j j on himself contains a small i picture with only his refer- ! "Inclosed picture shows the i Political Advertisem* Carolina Ta g Floating re Doublec Five Years :ts in in your mil R. A. COOPEF sech at Barnwell, at he could not i reduction in taj UN L. McLAUF :an and will rech ath useless mach using the same t erstanding that Carolina the sta / r name on thg c mi' li-'" run. < irii i - T i' ii Italian decoration whcih was given me several weeks ago for work done on the front. Am very proud of it." He has a right to be. His Roanoke friends are very proud of it? and him?also. When the war is over there'll be a place waiting for Brunson on The Times staff and a place in the life of this community for which he had formed, and frequently expressed a sincere, attachment. He has earned it." I FIVE YOUNG NEWBERRIANS ENLIST IN THE U. S. NAVY George Earhardt, Walter Lindsay, Olin Cousins, Edgar Paysinger and, William Sample of Newberry, have ^_ j _1 xl TT? li 3 i. ^ ..... Bnnstea in tne umteu ouues navy.; These young men are all eighteen; years of age, except one, who is 21. They have all been accepted. The four first named will go to! Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr Sample, because; 3f being two pounds under weight, i was assigned to the naval reserves it Charleston. They are ordered to lold themselves in readiness, and vill probably be called into service in two weeks.?The Observer. BREACH OF TRUST WARRANT j OUT FOR JOHN T. DUNCAN j )uncan Charged With Fraudulent | Use of $800 Held in Cash and | $270 Note Held in Trust. A warrant has been sworn outj for Jno. T. Duncan, candidate for, jovernor, for breach of trust. The lomplaint was made by J. W. Wesiinger. The warrant reads as folows: "Whereas, complaint has been nade by J. W. Wessinger that at Columbia court house on or about May the 20th, 1918, one John T. j Duncan did commit breach of trust j jy converting to his own use the greater part of $800 in cash inrusted to him by this deponent, igainst the form of the statute in j such case made and provided and igainst the peace and dignity of the j State. These are, therefore, to com-j nand you to apprehend the said de- j '. ixes, In- I Debt, I 7 M 1 In I * f-.i \HH &fl S, nd and keep H IH and would |fl ces. jl UN I ice taxes, by H inery of gov- H >road-gauged f| J L' < H inspired him w te warehouse || mi mm " 9^1 mm :lub roll |9 > fendant. and to bring the defendai before me to be dealt with accorc I ing to law." The warrant was sigi J ed by Magistrate Busby. . ' Mr. Wessinger, in the affidavi accompanying the warrant, said tha i "on information and belief at Co I lumbia court house, Richland conn ' ty, S. C., on or about May 20ti : 1918, one John T. Duncan did, afte ! having received of deponent $800 i : cash and a note of J. R. Summer ! for $270 in trust, convert most o the money to his own use fraudu lently and has upon demand of de ponent failed and refused to returj the money to him." As Mr. Duncan is out on th i campaign the warrant has * not ye been served.?Columbia Record. 100 SHIPS WILL BE LAUNCHED JULY FOURTH Washington, June 25.?"Wil Launch on July Fourth." This, in effect, was the text o messages pouring in upon Chairmai TTnrlev nf thp Shinninc Board, to day. With twenty ships added to thfl original list of those that will takfl the water Independence Day, a toH tal of 100 is now assured with thfl probability that there may be severH ? ^ ? ^ f U*tt*1n?T nTinnlin/iorl 9 ill IIIU1C, -Til. ixuncjr auiiuuuvvu. KERENSKY COMING H TO AMERICZI s London, June 26.?AlexandQ? Kerensky, former Russian premieiM who arrived in London several dayfl ago, was reported today to have lefB for America. I Officials denied there was an>B political signicance in his visit hereH or in his proposed trip to the UnitH ed States. I V Remember that the soldier's Nl V chance of life depends upon V the support given him by the V folks back home. Help! Save V and buy War Savings V Stamps. 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