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PIA RANDOM REMARKS BY DOTE. Dear EdditorialBum peepute sals as how this here town is ded. well it nearly is simply becos it is badly pizened by havin them in it. sum of the mens whitch is the best able to put up the munny to buy the Victry lone bonds will cus out the town becos sum poar man dont bay the bonds whitch they shood bay. i bleeves in smoakin a few of the grumblin ritch out of their holes and in maiken them cum acrost or move to Gorgie. i heerd a mufchant talkin bout this hear town gittin another cottan mill or doin sum uther big doins and while he wus talkin the Victry men kum along an^ askt him to buy a bond, and he sed he .wood talk five hundard, when he shood a took 5 thousand, and i wus tellin it to a man in greanwood whitch wishes to build a cotan mill and he sed he Woo^ not "have a mill in a kommunity where the bizness men and folks gives three reciptions to ther soldeers in a weak and then cood ?}t raise a hundard thousand dolars to buy bonds, he sed it Iookt to him Kke a hiDDerkrit set of foaks whitch elamed to keer so mutch fur the sol-J deers and wus not willin to buy the bonds to help the sick git well, and i the boys to get fixed up agin, and to. pay the inshoreance to the, widders and chillens and to bring back our boys whitch is still over in Frants and germunny. he sais if the mu, chants whitch did1 so mutch deckoraiting of theer stoares for the boys ter kum back reeljf keered ennything far the boys whitch did the fitin he bleeves we kood raise a million dolus and lend it to unkle Sam. Enyy/ way he say tite-wads and hipperkrits do not bild cottan mills and - he wish to own no sitch unless he is backed by a gaim v set of fellars whitch will put up ther munny when Mllpri snH nnf omimhlp K?nf if. Tn i fack he seam to think that the pee.pals whitch has maid a good deal of fuss bout how glad they is to sea \ N j'" J boys back and how mutch they; thinks of the boys, and all that, is bout as big a liars as thease here fellars whitch say the cotan krop are ^ reduced to twelve aiker and less, he^ \ sed to mee that he has been to, greanvil, spartanburg, anderson and, ; hodges and watterlu all in the last } weak and he say that he has sean l' I . I J but two small patches of korn in the whoal lay out and that the whoal 1 9 kuntry is now being plastered in eotan. he has kum ter the konklusion that the fellars whitch sais they reducin the akerige is tryin ter fool the bois in the kuntry inter plantin all korn while they their! selves is plantin all cotan, and that ithe bois in the kuntry thinks the uther fellars is plantin korn and ; ? sich like and cuttin doun on the cot| lan so they say to theirselves there 1 j are goin ter be a short krop and i 1 i /will put in a full supply of cottan i | and git a full price fur it and this ] fall it will be ernuff to, pay all I : ; owg, and i will have munny be- j i sides and by out the whole kuntry ( i and town too. in such way my frend < say that each side is thinkin it is < foolin the uther fellar and that both 1 is foolin the uther fellar and hisself ] too, and he sais that if the Lord i ! do not step in and cut off the crop i that Gummany will have all the cottan it has missed in and durin of the ' war and sum to sell to Arkangels 1 J and ticonderoga. he say it are sim | ply redicolous; . ' now this has put Dote Smith to ' j thinkin. i still has bout four akers j whitch i has not planted in cottan J< and it seams to mee that if evrie-| j body else is plantin all cottan it airy a good time to let Dote plant sumj ; corn, i has bin like the uthersj thinkin all the dam fools was bleevinj I what they said bout plantin a short j crop of cottan, and i jumpt in and^ f was to plant all cottan and got the! big price, but i seas frum what my! ; frend sais that there air a few utherj sharp fellars in the whoal kuntry! like myself. So sais I to myself, j dote Smith you has plade the fool 1 neerly, now you plant that, four aikers in corn whitch you has notj planted becoss i sea3 it now that: i corn will be hy and cottan is goner , ^ 1?? in cpnaral anrvnlv tVna foil I that sumboddy may git bit befoar a nother spring have rolled round, i Mr. editoral, i does not kno you wel yit, but Alen mcKanty is afeared i will quit ritin.for the Pressing bani; ner and that he will not be able to keep up with the kuntry, but I say to him No, dote is on-the job. it wood not doo for the Pressing banner % * to loose its two 'best riters at wunst, and as wun has quit, i am with the < boys yit. I hopes you will be able to take the plais of the regular editor and i bleeves you will but it seam to mee that with most of the prisidints cabbinett in Urop there air but a few left which cood taik my plais. So i am with you to the end, and will keep the peepul strait if theiy will roller mee. Yours for bizness, Dote. DAVID WARK GRIFFITH A Brief Biography. ??? * It falls to the lot of few men, in or out of the theatre, to occupy the position held by David Wark Griffith, the dramatic genius who produced "The Birth of a Nation," and other notable works and whose supreme triumph, "Hearts of the World", will j b^ seen here for a brief engagement at the Opera House, Friday and Saturday, May 9-1 Oth. David Wark Griffith, or just plain "D. W." as he is more familiarly known in the worldv of the theatre and the cinema, is a man of many interesting qualities. He is that rare combination of genius and human being. His remarkable insight into the deeper feelings of his fellow men and women, an insight that enables him to register precisely the effects he desires, guided by his own unconscious mind, calling to the minds and hearts of his audience an appeal which they cannot deny, proves him a genius, while his very human side is apparent through his dealings "with his players and with those who come in contact with him in the business world of the theatre. D. W. Griffith may be said to have come into instant prominence thru his "The Sands of Dee," one of his earliest feature motion pictures. But from the days of the old Biografch, when he directed Mary Pickford and other present-day stars then in their. making, he revealed a power that: masterfully stopped at nothing to attain his ends. "D. W." is just thirty-nine years j of age. He was born in La Grange, i Kentucky, the son of Colonel and, Mrs. Jacob W. Griffith. He is one of j five children, three boys and .two girls, and is*the only one of the Grif- j fith family to become interested ac-j tively in the theatre. Following his school days in Louisville, he became an actor and appeared in many Broadway dramatic successes. With the introduction of the motion picture as a separate and distinct feature in theatrical entertainment, he quickly joined the new field of en- , deavor. Not long after Griffith entered the film world he became Its most prominent director. As to the human side of Mr. Griffith, he is, in every sense of the ? term "a good fellow." He is loved , almost to the point of devotion by [lis players and holds each in a rtrong bond of friendship and helpful understanding, hence the splen- j iid "team work" in all Griffith pro- ^ iuctions. He is, too, a man of ex- ( optionally strong likes and dislikes. , He loathes drones and all forms ofi laziness and inactivity, asN might be , imagined from his own remarkably!. IVWYC oiiu uicabivc iviw ?uu guvigjii j Griffith's greatest ambition in life!. was to become a writer. Those who1 j I have seen his "Hearts of the World" j, will credit him with being one ot the world's greatest writers, for he has written, through the medium of: this production, one of the greatest documents of all .time. An idea of the high esteem in which Mr. Griffith is held by those^ interested in the finer writings of the day is gained through a letter from Francis Trevelyn Miller, of the Board of Historians, who wrote: "We feel privileged in greeting you| as the greatest (if war historians." j NEW REVENUE TAX BILL EXPLAINED TO PUBLIC! , ! D. C. Heyward, Collector 6f Internal Revenue, stated that he desired to give to the taxpayers and public the following information just received from the Department with reference to the sctions of the new -evenue bill which became effective May 1st. Section 630. On what is common-: I ly known as soft drinks compounded and mixed at or in close proximity to Soda Fountains or other similar places pf business including Ice Cream, etc. The tax is one cent on! each sale of ten cents or less and if above ten cents one cent on each ten cents or fraction part thereof. The tax is on the whole amount of the I price paid by the purchaser when c the price is paid at one time though c it might be in payment for several ( articles or drinks but which are the I subject of a single transaction pur- i chase or sale. Fer example, if a I sale is made of one glass of Coca y Cola at the price of 6 cents, the tax t thereon is one cent, but if one per- t son purchases 5 Coca Colas at a 1 price if 25 cents the tax thereon is 3 cents. Section 904. Covering the tax upon the following articles sold at retail in excess of the specified prices. The tax is-10 per cent of the amounts in excess of the following amounts: 1 Picture Frame above $10; 2 Trunks above $50; 3 Carpets and Rugs above $5 per sqr yd.; 4 Valises, traveling bags, suit cases, etc., above $25; 5 Purses, pocketbooks, shopping and hand bags above $7.50; 6 Portable lighting fixtures, lamps, etc., above $25; 7 Umbrellas, parasols and sunshades above $4; 6 Fans on amount above $1; 9 House or Smoking coats, louging and bath robes, etc., above $5.70; 10 Men's waistcoats sold separately from suits ; above $5; 11 Women's and Misses hats, bonnets and hoods, above $15; 12 Men's and boys hats above $5; 13 Men's and-boys caps above $2; 14 Men's, womens and boys boots, shoes, pumps, etc., above $10; 15 Men's and boys silk stockings and hose above $2 per pair; 16 Men's and boys neckties ' and neckwear above $2; 17 Women's and Misses silk stockings or hose above $2 per pair; 18 Men's shirts above $3 each 19 Men's, women's, misses and boys pajamas, night gowns and nnderwear on the amount in excess of-$5 each; 1 20 Kimonas, petticoats and waists above $15. Section 907. Effective May 1st, (< a tax of lc. on each 25c. or frac.* ( tional part thereof of the amount paid for any of the following articles ^ when sold to the consumer or user: i (1) Perfumes, toilet essences, ( toilet extracts, toilet waters, cosine- ^ tics, petroleum jellies, hair oils, po~ ( mades, hair dressings, hair restora- x tives, hair dyes, tooth and mouth j washes, dentrifices, tooth pastes, aro~ matic cachous, toilet powders. '* j SALVATION ARMY TO SPEND I $7,00.000 IN SOUTHLAND | Atlanta, Ga., May 3.?Assured of the success of the coming Salvation) Army Home Service Campaign, the National Committee today announced that almost $700,000 in cash has been allotted to the department of the South for the erection of buildings to be sued for Salvation Army purposes. To carry out the plans, A. Ten Eyck Brown, of Atlanta, one of the best known architects in the South, has been employed by the Salvation Army Home Service Fund, Southern Division Headquarters, to prepare plans and specifications for the various buildings'which will be erected in the South within the next pear. j < Almost every large city in the South will receive an appropriation for the erection of a permanent home f6r the Salvatiop Army and to further equip the local corps to carry on their work of uplift and to help the man "who is down but .never out." All of these buildings will be according to Salvation Army regulations, which, although simple in design, will greatly add to the beauty | of the cities in which they are to be erected. The Salvation Army officials in the South have already received options on valuable parcels of land centrally located. These properties will be ta ken up within a very short time and] active plans made for the erection of the Salvation Army buildings. The announcement of the proposed expenditure of more than a million dollars in the erection of buildings will greatly add to the real estate industry in the South. The oroposed plan of the Salvation Army brings with it the announcement that their work in the South will be greatly enlarged. Following is a list of the cities in South Carolina, for which building funds have been allotted and the amount. designated by the general committee in charge of the drive: Anderson, S. C., $8,827.73; Charleston, $6,842.97;' Columbia, $24,474.52; Greenville, $5,292.52; Spartan-, burg, $10,652.92. Farm Work Open for Soldiers. lars According to specialists of the a ra Jnited States Department of Agrilulture identified with placing disharged soldiers in agricultural work sem, ssid Georgia, Michigan, Montana, Iowa, daho, Virginia, Kansas, and Missoui all are in need of skilled farm la>or. Conditions at the Army camps vhere the men are discharged show . joqii i surplus of opportunities for profituhle work and a deficit -of laboers. tlck to a word, there are men to fill them. p"r U Camp Upton little information 6 vas available on farming opportuni- ^on ;ies in the New England" States. Tho at r however, through the activities of ;he State and Federal Departments one )f Agriculture and the county agents jomplete information is now avail- pay tble. The county agents not only lecure information about farm-labor situations but they also assist sol- = \ _ liers in getting started right in new "mm :ommunities. If there1 is any ques;ion about the job being still open, ;he authorities will either telegraph >r telephone for the applicant and >btain definite up^to-the-moment iri"ormation. At this writing farm work s available for all discharged sol- > Iiats PYTierienced in countrv life. JT - " " | J I A FEW BUICKS and DODGES \ Put Your Order V in for One. E. H. LONGSHORE, Agt. Notice of Election. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by ;he City Council of Abbeville that >n election will be held in the City )f Abbeville, on May 13th, 1919, (same being Tuesday) between the lours of 8 o'clock in the morning ind 4 o'clock in the evening, in the )ffice of the City Council wherein ;he Mayor noias nis u>oaix, in me Uity Hall of said City of Abbeville, lpon the question of issuing coupon jonds of the City of Abbeville to ,lio amount of Ninety Thousand Dolf = \ SHOWIM f MID-SU) AN] FOR ' * ? . / V I Early se; mid-summ . straw, sum furnishings formed to i season, and V \ choose whi: are at their now to app without far \ PHILS< I Dependable Mercha , said bonds to bear interest at in ,te of not more than five and one- 81 per centum per annum, payable si i-annually, and the principal of bonds to be paid within thirty rs from date, and to be of such ^ ominations as the City Council of leville may hereafter determine .t said election tnose lavoring tne u ing of said bonds shall vote a c et on which shall be written or ited the following words "shall * City of Abbeville issue coupon ds to the amount of Ninety iusand Dollars, bearing interest n lot more than the rate of five and 0 -half per centum per annum, pay- 1 i semi-annually, principal to be able within thirty years from proper ordinance, said bonds to 1 issued for the purpose of improvi When we say it is good When we tell you a certain Tr/"i? +a no! 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V- > / ate, for the purpose of improving ;reets and sidewalks in the City 61 .bbeville?" Yea.* Thqse opposing the issue of said onds shall vote a similar ticket, ex-' ept that the answer Or word "No" hall take the place of the answer or rord "Yes." At said election the following ) TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1619. I atned persons shall act as Managers f Election: to-wit: 'T. C. Seal, J. ?. Clark, C. A. Botts. J. Moore Mars, Mayor. (Seal) . j G. Perrin, City Clerk. - \ / April 22nd, 1919. / It ea wk . \ . it's good . y -7 | ' ' ' v ... j article of food is gbod for 11 it. 1 ., ' i ' ! ' [ . p as to study them so we \ thority. eries as a doctor knows , ire specialists in our line. invaluable to you, yet it > " '*> N" \ jflects.this knowledge. We d provisions wiicli we p you coming to our store; ZON Baking Powder. Lg powder to you Decease rou will like it better 6mn V purer it is efficient and ind tin. 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