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FUUtt ESTABLISHED 1844 < The Press and Banner: J ABBEVILLE, S. C. ( H. G. CLARK, Editor. J The Press and Banner Co. i Published Every Tuesday and "f'riday , Telephone No. 10. 1 Entered as second-class mail mat- . ter at post office in Abbeville, S. Uj i i ! i Terms of Subscription: I < i One year $2.00,< Six months 1.00 ' i < Three months .50 , Payable invariably in advance. j ( TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919. 1 < VACATION EARNINGS. 5 . ! The school vacation just about ton begin, is a time of relaxation for ' both teacher and pupil. But relaxa- * tion does not necessarily mean. idle-. < nese. A change in employment, di- ' verting the mind from one subject to s another, often proves more beneficial ' than so-called complete rest. '' The teacher whose pupils find ways < of earning money during the vaca-^l tion period will have the realization < that he or she is discharging well the ' responsibilities of thrift education.'! Knowing the opportunities open to < v boys and girls for spare-time em- i ployment and pointing them out to < pupils is part of the thrift education, i If the teacher helps to make the I , style thrift and industry, instead of | waste and idleness, there will be the co-operation of the instinct imitation. j The pae-erness with which boys take newspaper routes, shows how ^ instinctive it is to be independent. No , amount of effort is too great for the fchijd if he is led sympathetically over the roughest places when he sees the use to which his work is to be put. He wants to be something and to do something. Perhaps he wants to save for a college fund, or for winter clothes, and he will be anxious to earn something during vacation. j In this connection a recent message to school children by Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury, is pertinent. "I summon you to solve one of America's greatest financial problems . How to make permanent among our , people the habits of thrift begun dur-( ing the war. j "Your investments in War Savings t Stamps helped win the war. The, Viptory has been won?let us carry j over into peace time two of the great; lessons of the war?the value of , / thrift and the fact that good citizen-:, shin and interest in vour covern-; ment come from having a part in! financing it. I call upon you to share j in the 1919 National War Savingsj) Campaign by studying means and! methods of thrift, and by investigat-j k ing your Savings in War Savings, Stamps. To you I intrust the re- j ^ sponsibility for making the future j s America a Nation of Thrift." "EXPLOITING THE UNIFORM." I j*Vi *: - - ! While it is felt that iftiposter?; wearing the uniform of the Untied _ ? States army, navy or marine corps I are not so numerous as to constitute1 g a menace, there are enough of them r working on the sympathies of the pa- ' triotic persons to bring a measure of s discredit upon the service. This is < particularly true of the army, chiefly i because an army uniform gan be pur- i chased almost anywhere and no Questions asked. Indeed, prices of : "* " - \ officers' uniforms have fallen to such \ an extent as to lead to the suspicion j that during the war they were sold t at a considerable profit. < The law provides a severe penalty t for the unauthorized wearing of all ' or part fo the prescribed uniform of ] any branch of the service, but im- < posters apparently feel safe because < of the large numbers of uniformed j men seen on the streets. Discharged ] soldiers may lawfully wear their uniform provided they wear the pre- ] scribed red discharge chevron. This I is not only their right, but it is a 1 practice to be encouraged within rea- < sonable limits. No one will question! i the right of a discharged soldier to 1 wear his uniform at work, the suppo- : sition being that it is a matter of his < own business. This public attitude i ;ncourages the imposter, and if im-|< rosters are allowed to exploit the ' miform unmolested, there is danger )f precisely what the Government is i ;rying to discourage?the tramp sol-; Jier. ! The uniform is also being put to. J anseemly uses by soldiers who go ' lbout selling souvenirs, music, etc.,' ;o persons who buy for no other reason than because they feel they are11 lelping some deserving hero keep ! :he wolf from the door. Tne men are lot soldiers, but uniformed peddlers, : icting of course, within their legal rights, but reflecting no credit upon ;hemselves, their employers or their country. The ease with which they :arry on this trade encourages imi;ators, and causes the public to suspect the motives of the peddler. STo doubt, many of these men have ' fallen victims to the persuasive powers of some sharp agent who has realized the appeal their uniform carries and is making hay while the sun shines. j1 If this country were sending a de- 1 feated army home in rags and tat-, ;ers to become a public burden, the1 soldiers would then be a public j :harge. But neither the public nor ;he soldiers can afford to forget that is an army the American army suf-J: fered only a few of the hardships of 3attle and that its victory, as won-i ierful as any in history, was won by 1 ;he superior quality of the manhood snlisted. The survivors are being sent home well clothed, in good loalth anH fit., if men ever were, to ;arn a living as civilians. The liber- i' il provisions for disabled soldiers jliminate the maimed beggar, and it is felt that on the whole there is lit-' tie reason why any man should expliot the uniform for personal gain, j I CONFUSION OVER PROFANITY Sundry unintentional humorists lave been filling space in many journals with laments and speculaJons about the prevalence of pro"anity in the American Army and the irobable influence thereof on the 'utuve of the American language. I ( lold no brief for profaneness, never-', ;hele.-s I am constrained to point out ;hat a preat deal which has been . .vritten is irrevelant and even ab;urd. The widest misconception obtains ^ is to the nature of profanity. One ] vriter whose ideas flow along the, Qmo fronorjil lines as those of manv i ?*, ? - IJ thers, after making the general al- < egation of the prevalence of pro-!| ane language among our soldiers, j [which is a fact), proceeds to speci- , 'y, and in the specifications men- , ions the words "damn" and "hell",^ vhich, he truthfully points out, havej, irept into the public speech of sever-j, il estimable and famous citizens, and lave been blazoned on the bulletin r >oards of movie ads. , Now, the increase in profanity is ] >ne problem and the increase in the ise of the words "damn" and "hell," 'devil" and "blazes," &C., ad infini- ( um, is another problem, but the two , >roblems are not identical. j Profanity is the degradation of loly things. Profane speech is the W111W11 puto I1U1J 11111150 ill ?a 1 'ulgar setting, as when the name of < 3od, or of heaven, is interpreted ir- ] elevehtly, and inappropriately into lomrnon speech. One who ejaculates, 'heavens!" as a merely casual inter- < ection or who misuses the name ofj? Divinity, is definitely profane and' I juilty of whatever may be legiti-! nately denounced against profanity, j The user of damn (which is the 1 itrict equivalent of condemn) or hell s >r blazes, or the name of satanic ! najesty, cannot be accused of defil-; ng holy things. There is a great deal to be said 1 ipainst the overemployment of such < voids, both from aesthetic and lin- ' ruistic points of view. The same 1 hing would be said against the, opious use of "blame" in referring ;o this "blamed thing" and that 1 'blamed thing," or the use of the ex-:' aression "Oh, stinkpot!" on every 1' occasion of exasperation or disgust, ' >r surprise. But this is a large subject which we may dismiss for the 1, present. Perhaps the confusion between'1 profanity, cussing, and swearing is ' ;he real source of misunderstanding, j1 rhese three terms are much used especially by the religious people, as if they were synonymous, which' they are not. One may swear pro-|| fanely, or not profanely. The taking' of oath in court is swearing, but is not profanity. Calling upon Jone or; i Gosh to witness, or even swearing! "by gum" might be profanity to one who considers Jone ot Gosh or gum as sacred. But I suspect that few of us harbor that consideration. NeverJ theless each of these constitutes 11 ? - f J.T swearing in tne strict sense 01 me terms. As for cursing: "Confound you",' and "darn that carburetor" are curses, as much as if "damn" were substituted for "confound" and "darn" (the substitution is, of course really the other way around.) But not much of a case can be made out for the profanity of any of these. Let us war on profanity with all our might; not merely on vulgar profanity, but also on the more shocking profanity of Billy Sunday and others who drag holy things in the dirt. Let us war also on the vulgarization of language, and the deadly monotony of too much "hell" and "damn." But we war more effectual-j ly where we war intelligently, and especially where we do not confuse Bin and vulgarity.?Areopagite Pro Tem. in Cleveland Plain Dealer. QUEUES AND PRESS CLOTH ? Some wise man declared that there' i is a use for everything. Since he was wise, he was correct very probably.! But it is hard to figure ou the uses' of some things like rattlesnakes,! pessimists and swelled heads. There was a time when the Chinaman's queue?hard to spell, isn't it??] might have been included in the list. But it has developed that John Chinaman could serve a good practical pur-j pose by following the seeminglysenseless custom of letting his coarse hair grow long, though he didn't know it. Camel hair was used for years in the manufacture of press cloth. But the time came when camel hair betame harder to secure. Duty on it became so heavy its importation was practically prohibited. It was at this iirr.e t.he Chinese hepMn discarding their queues. Press cloth manufacturers began to experiment with this human hair. It was found to be not only a substitute for camel hair, but superior in this particular manufacture to camel hair. Its importation ivas begun in large quantities. An Augusta, Ga., manufacturer of press cloth has just left for China to place a large contract for human' fiair. There are but a small numoer of press cloth factories in the United' States, this cloth being used in cot-' ;on factories.?Industrial Index. uvvvvvvwvuvvd W V, ^ \ PERSONALS. V ^ V UUVOAVUWWV Mrs. Fannie Thomson is here from; rroy visiting among relatives and to: ittend the marriage of her niece, Miss Mary Klugh Tuesday night. Little Miss Etheline Goss Pope, of Columbia, is the fairy-like little visi;or at the home of Judge and Mrs. ?rank B. Gary on Greenville street. #_ Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morrah of Bellevue, wereihe Saturday and Sunlay visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley. Sergt. Edward H. Smith is expected to return this week from Camp rackson, where he went last Friday ;o receive his discharge. Miss Mary Wood, Latin teacher in :he High School during the past session, left Monday for her home in snartanbure. R. E. Henry has returned to Abbeville to l-esume the duties of manager af the Five and Ten Cent Store af:er service overseas as sergeant in the 81st Divison. Dr. Chalmers Haddon came down from Williamston and spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. W. H. Long. Ihe doctor is succeeding in his new home, which is pleasant news to his friends here. ^vVVVVVVVVVVVVV V BUY YOUR CREAM V from V MRS. D. A. ROGERS. V Phone No. 1. V k. * /* i ^ k. X O-O-tl. "V i V Engraved cards and wedding invi tations at Press and Banner Co. ? the Kitchen i* ?miiiih'i You Need Not the Fortunate of a Hoosier C!ahinf?t I I < ( i J I ] S 5 c : I &K& STOVES a??RANGE! i 20=22=24 N. Main i WOULD MAKE ARMY C< ONLY 400,000 MEN Wa seed 2 Washington, June 21.?Provision] *.?- ? i ten-m in the army appropriation bill for! nQunc maintenance of an army of 400,000 , . , ' reau, officers and men during the next fis- ^ cal year was tentatively agreed on i tons, i today by the Senate military sub. i ago, s committee. The House bill, which ' J compf was before the committee, reduced: the size of the temporary army i 519^, 509,000 officers and men requested; 4Q4 1( by the War Department to 300,000. p0U^ Consideration of the bill was vir- ^ tually completed tonight. Chairman] Wadsworth said he planned to re- g. port it tomorrow to the full commitr _ # comps tee which is expected to consider it at once so that the measure can be I ^ t sent to the Senate without delay and > . an effort made to expedite its passage before July 1, when some ap-! ^jn propriations will be needed. I p0Un(j Chairman Wadsworth said tonight ? that numerous changes were made in ^ the House bill owing to the fact that. the appropriations carrie,d in that p0Un(j measure had been worked out on a basis of an average army of 300,000 p0Uncj for the coming fiscal year, while the ca^e Senate committee increased this to pare(j 400,000. i 945 r Want Half Million. gl In appearing before the Senate committee ,both Secretary Baker and Gen. March were emphatic in their recommendations that the average size of the army should be fixed at' 509,0000 as originally recommended,! 1 pending the determination of a final ernme military policy. ' an a^ The Senate committee increased c^am^ appropriations for the army air ser-! *>re vice and ordnance department, al- re though no estimate was made tonight! net' i hnrJ r of the exact amount. It also allowed $20,000,000 for barracks and quar- ance* ters in place of $23,000,000 request- j ed by Secretary Baker, and $2,000-jvo*e 1 000 provided in the House bill. An | Orlan appropriation of $6,000,000 was al^ agreed on for vocational training re^a^e and welfare work in the army camps. #over The War Deoartment asked 8,000, 000 for this work but the House re- Enj duced it to $150,000. The 1 I / i Cabinet that saves miles of i mn Kitche HOOSIER Prices a ire so low that every h< >wn this scientific kitcl ioy its great convenien< No other cabinet sav 10 other combines all hosier's capacity is e^ truction extra quality. This is the cabinet should have?the one y id. To delay ordering md energy. Come and i 1 ?x. c ilia, pruvc una iati iur places you under no obi S mr HOME OUTI A > 3TTON SEED STATISTICS. , C shington, June 21.?Cotton j ind cotton seed products for the | S1C onth period ending May 31, an-; 1 ed today by the census bu- "*u I ' ^ I vif ton Seed: Crushed, 4,322,499 VM compared with 4,134,701 a year an ind on hand at mills, 91,233, ex 4.1*, ired with 92,171. I "" ide oil: Produced, 1,272,241,- j ^ ounds, compared with 1,271,-; 56, and on hand, 97,029,755 ^ !s, compared with 73,149,235. fie tned oil: Produced, 1,045,791,lounds, compared with 1,093,- tri L8, and on hand, 211,640,260, ired with 347,892,269. ;e and meal: Produced, 2,101,- ^ ^ ons, compared with 2,007,784, ^ n hand, 89,659, compared with; j ' . !f? ters: Produced, 910,541,500 ?01 1 bales, compared with 1,109,-j 0?c ind on hand 284,472, compared' Qn 127,382. IC0; lorts of oil were 15,905,266 ^ s, compared with 13,433,935. j )orts were: Oil, 182,941,252 ^ s, compared with 75,685,355; and meal, 140,299 tons, com-' |t with 19,043, and linters, 65,unning bales, compared with )1. Me IAN CABINET * sis HAS RESIGNED wh 4.U nil ne, June 21.?The Italian gov- sai >nt resigned this evening after 0i( verse vote against it in the Bo )er of deputies. . hu mier Orlando, in announcing th< signation and that of the cabi- ms said King Victor Emmanuel th eservel decision as to acceptUoi ; chamber of deputies had, by a tic of 259 to 78, rejected Premier ha ""nli/vn in favnr nf die/Miss-! T , UV D JJV le question o fthe case which bii d to the foreign policy of the ye nment, in secret session. w] " to graved Cards and Invitaions? th ^ess and Banner Co. steps , n HBBIB . nd Hoo&ier terms ? ousewif e can easily. ten helper and ence. es so many steps?wanted features. ctra large; its coni every housewife ou have long wantmeans wasted time inspect them today yourself. A visit ligation whatever. FITTERS ibbeville, S" C. IVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION The U. S. Civil Service Commissi will hold /m examination for remen-Laborers for men only on ly 18, 1919, at Abbeville, S. C., to vacancies in tne custodian Ser:e in that city. Salary $660.00 per num. Age 20, years or over. The amination is open to all who meet J requirements. Application inks and full information: can be tained from the Secretary, Local ril Service Board at the Post Ofe, Abbeville, S. C., or from the cretary, Fifth Civil Service Disct, Atlanta, Ga. A MORNING PARTY. Mrs. Frank Welsh gave a delightl rook party at her home on Greenle street, in honor of her sister-in.. if v, xuis. vjiumiu wuu u? uctv >m Monroe on a visit. Twentylr friends gathered at eleven lock and rook was enjoyed until e o'clock, when a delightful salad urse with tea, was served as luneon. This party was a most pleasant afir, Mrs. Welsh being a genial hos>s and her guests meeting with :asure the charming horonee. OLDEST TWINS ARE 89 Sea Cliff, L. I., June 18.?Mrs. iria Hawshurst Banks and her ter, Miss Elizabeth Hawshrust, o are twins, yesterday celebrated eir eighty-ninth birthday anniver y here. They are said to be the lost twins in the United States, th are in good health. Miss Hawsrst, who lives in Brooklyn during ; Winter, is an active member of my women's clubs and societies ere. The sisters were bom at Searingvn, near here, and with the excepn of a few months in Virginia they ve spent their lives in this part of >ng Island. Both are ardent prohitionists, and expressed pleasure sterday at living to see th? day hen the entire country was destined be dry. They lived for years on e William Cullen Bryant estate at >slyn.