ESTABLISHED 1814:
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* ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wm. P. GREENE, Editor.
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'The Press and Banner Co.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919.
DYING HARD.
Some of the liquor drinkers are
f ' dying hard. We notice that in Vermont
and Massachusetts a number
of towns are voting on the liquor
^ question now and that they are vot-.
ine "wet." Of course the country
has gone dry, and the votes amount
to nothing. The constitutional
amendment has been adopted, and lirf'.
I
v quor has been forever banished from
* the country, unless, perhaps, this
amendment may be gotten rid of. ,
And it is this that the liquor ele.
i
? ment is after. They know that those
~t f f~
. 7 : opposed tc?traffic in liquor have won |
the fight, and that they-will take litSp
tie interest in liquor elections now. j
B The plan, therefore, is to hold elec-j
tions in dry territory, have the liquor
r element vote solidly, carry the elec-1^
W tion, and then proclaim that the
election is a protest against making' F
the whole country dry by constittf-?i F
tional amendment. , jti
, J^?s? peppl? who have been earn-! b
ing a livelihood by making and sell-1
. -tog liquor had as well hunt otherJ
jobs. The country has taken a step
*m 1 ~*7or^rX~~It'will not look backward.!*
liquor is constantly getting higher j
. be<Jattse sensible men know that it(
| ' Will not fee sold lawfully in the fu-j p
- " tare for IseVgrage purposes, and.*
therefore the amatirifc being manu- ?
factured is on the decrease.
The trouble'with the extreme li-j^
L * quor-dr in king-element is that they
are dead but don't know it.
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r SEEING PARIS. tj
We notice that the democrats in a
congress have discovered that the n
republicans were about to steal a; j,
march on them. The republicans had! n
Dlanned to send a number of the
m * " I
r members of that party to Paris for j(
f \ the purpose of keeping up with the!(j
L Peace Conference, and with military j n
matters generally, so that they would j -u
^ know what they were talking about e
'when congress was re-convened. The
|L democrats found this out, and they;
have commissioned a number of con-j
HBHBI^feessmen' from their side of the!
IMHr fl
to go over and see what the
|HB9B^B>licans are u? to. ^
^^^^^^^ nong the prominent democrats ^
B^HHE^^Bwill go over on this mission is
Sam. J. Nicholls, of Spartan- 3
|M^Pburg. We predict that, even though e
HnV the Colonel may not see all the things ^
the republicans do while there, he ?
Will of IaobI ^OAA Dnw'n " I A
tr?M uv ivuDb ott x OX IS.
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THE INCOME TAX.
J
Saturday will be the last day for
iling income tax returns. All indi- .
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i duals must have their returns in by e
Saturday night, or they will be sub- t
ect to the penalties of the law. Ev-i j
:ry unmarried man who makes as!.
: c
nu<;h as one thousand dollars, and1 e
svery married man who makes as c
nuch as two thousand dollars must
nake a return. This does not mean _
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5hat he must make that much clear ^
money. It means that if he sells ^
farm products to the amount of two
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thousand dollars, receives a salary, ^
ar otherwise earns as much as two x
thousand dollars, he must make a j
return. j
It may be that he will still not be
liable to the payment of any income
tax, but this does not relieve him
from the penalties of the law applicable
to those who must make re
I. ' *~'ur reaucrs siiwuia give trie
Batter attention, ^d-.not be caught
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[ LET THE PEOPLE RULE. (
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I We notice that the shop employees t
ft the railroads are now asking for F
an increase in wages from 68 cents
per hour to 85 cents per hour, on an
eight hour basis. For overtime they
would, of course, receive pay at overtime
prices.
Heretofore when the railway emiloyees
have demanded increases in
pay, and when the increases have
been denied, it has been the policy
to enforce the demands by the strike.
And it has been stated at these times
by some of these employees that the
public, meaning of course the everyday
man, would attend to the fight
for them.
Granting that this was a correct
statement of facts, it seems to us
that the present proposed increasej
should be submitted to the people,? |
the public which has been the friend:
of labor in the past. It should be
submitted to the public mainly for
the reason that the public must pay
the bilk for this proposed increase.;
These employees are servants of the
everyday man. The people who are'
at the heads of the railroads are not(
paying them. They are being paid'
from the high passenger and freight i
rates now of force, as far as these j
will go, and the balance is being'
made good by taxation.
Just now we have found that the
public has lost three-quarters of a
billion dollars in operating the rail
:oads during last year. This loss
nust be made up by the payment of
;axes. Every man will contribute
something towards paying that loss,
le will pay income taxes, or taxes
n the way of revenue, or charges in
:he way of higher and still higher
>assenger and freight rates, by duies
on the goods he buys or in some
>ther way. The people will pay the
>ills. If the wages of these em lojrees
are to be increased the people
will pay for the increase. It is
iicir fight now. For that reason, we
elieve, that some Irind of a refer-J'
Buvniu ?ad to ?et the serf--!
ment of the public.
If the public wants to pay these J
age-earners the amount which they
sk, we contend that the wage-earn- ]
rs are their employees, and the (
eople have * rteht to tax themselves 1
ad pay them. The government ]
nould not attempt to decide for j
lem, as the government only handles
tie money, and is not the paymaster. (
'he public should have a right to in- J
rease the pay of any man it emloys
if the public is not satisfied I
hat he is receiving full compensa- 1
ion. On the other 'hand, if the peo
le who pay these men think they
re being paid enough, the governlent
should not now undertake to <
icrease the wages which the public '
lust pay.
This country must be made safe
or democracy and this cannot be j
one" if- a few high-salaried governient
employees are to fix the salar;s
which we are to pay our employes.
Let the people rule.
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THE ACREAGE REDUCTION.
Chairman J. S. Stark has mailed
he letter below to State Chairman ]
Vannamaker, and he asks us to pubish
the same. As stated in the.let- *
er Congressman Lever and Commisioner
Harris will address the farm- M
rs of Abbeville County an the reaction
program today. You are-**- i
[uested to attend the meeting. The '
ollowing is Mr.'Stark's letter:
March 12, 1919. 1
t o nr i
nr. o. O. YT aiiiiaiiiaxvci y \juau man,
Columbia, S. C.
ly Dear Sir:
We have appointed committees in (
very school district to secure signers
to the pledge to reduce the coton
acreage and good reports are be- ?t
ng received from them. In some
ommunities practically every farmr
has signed, and there is very little
pposition to the plan. Most of our
leople realize it is our only salvation,
ind I believe will reduce even where
hey don't sign a pledge to do so. I
elieve you can count on Abbeville
loing her share to keep the producion
down and the price of cotton
ip. We are expecting a good meetng
on Friday when we expect Messrs
iarris and Lever here to a'ddress our
>eople.
Keep up the good work, "don't
rrow weary in well doing."
Yours sincerely,
J. S. Stark, Chairman.
TEACHING THE FIRST.
' Mrs. C. C. . Garobrell has' been
te^^-/t-each the first grade at the
traded School anils' aS '^ofk' with
he youngsters. The Board of Trusees
are fortunate in securing so exlerienced
and capable a teacher.
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Statement of the Condition of
The Lowndesville Banking
Company, .
Located at Lowndesville, S. C., at the
Close of Business March 4, 1919.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts $108,996.44
Overdrafts 523.10
Bonds and Stocks Owned
by the Bank 9,630.00
Furniture and Fixtures._ 1,400.00
Banking House 1,350.00
Other Real Estate owned 400.00
Due from Banks and
Bankers, 21,071.17
Currency 4,178.00
Gold 35.00
SHver and other Minor
Coin 688.00
Checks and Cash Items__ 1,644.05
TOTAL $149,915.76
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid in $ 12,500.00
Surplus Fund 5,000.00
Undivided Profits, less
Current Expenses and
Taxes Paid 4,218.82
Due to Banks and Bankers
404.25
Individual Deposits
subject
to check 55,679.27
Savings dep 27,589.29
Time Certificates
of Dep._ 8,296.42
Cashier's Chk. 227.71
91,792.69
Notes and Bills Rediscounted
10,000.00
Bills Payable, including
Certificates for Money
Borrowed ^ 26,000.00(
TOTAL $149,915.76!
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville. ss.
Before me came A. V. BARNES,
Cashier of the above named bankj
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
A. V. BARNES.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 11th day of March, 1919,
W. N. BONDS
Notary Public.
Correct Atteat:
B. F. MAULDIN,
W. FRANK McGEE,
D. L. BARNES, Directors.
Statement of the Condition of
Ihe Farmers Bank of
Abbeville County,
Located at Abbeville, S. C., at the^
Close of Business, March 4, 1919.
RESOURCES.
^9an? and Discounts $230,664.52,
Overdrafts ' 4,227.2L
Bonds and Stocks owned
by the Bask 4,100.00.
furniture and Fixtures. 1,300.00,
>ther real estate owned- 6,189.00.
[)ue from Banks and
Bankers 41,743.25
Currency 7,670.00,
jold ?- 475.00
Silver and Other Minor
Coin 2,326.37,
Checks and Cash Items. 2,874.75.
Dther Resources, viz.:
W. S. St. 840.00
U. S. L. Bonds 78,000.00
TOTAL $380,300.10
LIABILITIES.
orvifo 1 QfPoM in 7K AHH OH
^Uyil'Ul kJ vvvn. JL utu IU---y I UjWWW.VV,
Surplus Fund 19,000.00,
Undivided Profits, less
Current Expenses nnd
Taxes Paid 3,066.44
Dividends Unpaid 224.00
[ndividual Deposits
subject
to check 156,888.79
Savings dep. _ 82,635.98
rime Certificates
of deposit 29,537.00
Cashier's Chk. 3,225.89
- 272,287.66
Bills Payable, including
Certificates for money
Borrowed 10,000.00
Reserve Fund Carried on
General Individua 1 or
Savings Ledger 722.00
TOTAL _$380,300.10
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
'V" County of Abbeville, ss.
Before me came J. C. THOMSON
Cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
L i.L? 1 1 * J 1 1.
oy me uooks ox saia uann..
J. C. THOMSON.
Sworn to and. subscribed ' before
me this 13th day of March, 1919.
^ ALBERT HENRY,
, Notary Public, S. C.
Correct Attest:
W. H. WHITE,
F. E. HARRISON,
? P. B. SPEED, Directors.
^Brnwrn^atmrnem^
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Fair for best ten ears of white *
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Wood's Virginia Ensilage *ll
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d to announce
full line of ||||||8
Oxfords
js arrived. We
of this year's
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nd a look at 1
ooks, then at j j
0 will convince _ r
1 bbeville is not "
0 York". " '
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igure; in Patterns that
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