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ruim ESTABLISHED 1844 ? The Press and Bannei;! ABBEVILLE, S. C. 1 m-sr - ' i H. ,G. CLARK, Editor. , : i The Press and Banner Co. j Published Every Tuesday and Friday 1 i Telephone No. 10. i i Entered as second-class mail mat* ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ( . M Terms of Subscription: i( One year $2.00 1 Six months ___ 1.00 ! Three months .50 : Payable invariably in advance. :1 i 1 ' I M TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1919. , h THRIFT WOULD SOLVE OUR|: DIFFICULTIES. i? I1 The question as to the reason for, < the high cost of living in the country' 1 is causing a lot of acrimonious de- j < bate and the answers given are con-;] flicting. The truth is that most of 1 us are out for all the dollars we can'1 get in all the ways we can get 'em. J < The Anglo-Saxon race is naturally^ piratical. Everybody and everything i are intuitively conspiring to rob ev-j erybody and everything. 1 We don't mind charging outrage-j: ous profits, but we put up an awful squawk if the crime is perpetrated | en us. And after all who is suffering from j dire want Few there are who can't manage to live on what they are able: to earn. There is plenty of money, to be earned and plenty of ways to spend it. And it is a great day for the man who has a strain of the canny Scotch." The thrifty man can fare well if he has the moral courage to face the storm of snobbery that "counting the cost" will inevitably raise. It is the g&heral opinion in this country that so well are railroad men paid that they are almost capitalists.: A clerk, or a minister of the gospel,! or a college professor and other sal-' aried men, struggling to cope with the high cost of living on a wage of | less than $100 per month, wonder where the railway men "get that' stuff" when they declare that they! can't make both ends meet on a wage $200 per month?or more. Jus: the other day here in Abbeville a neirro emnloved on the railway| walked into a store and said hej wanted to buy a suit of clothes. The clerk showed him a number of suits ranging in price from $20 to $40, but the negro was not satisfied. He ( wanted something better and it happened that a representative of a well known tailoring concern was in the store "taking orders" and the negro was shown samples of goods and the1 latest thing in "styles." He finally, bught a tailor-made suit for $65. j The same negro was not satisfied, with cotton socks at 25 cents per ? pair, but bought silk hose at $1.50 j per;I?wr.(j , J i Thi'a ic nnf an <?v<?Ant.innal rase.. Most anyjsrtore in Abbeville or in the Stateia^n' cite similar examples, of. the tendency of the people to indulge' in wild extravagance. Is it any won-j der that the germ of profiteering! finds a fertile medium in which to grow and spread? The Manufacturers Record prints' the follownig: "Study the market baskets in the j great markets of the big cities of the; country, and one will be astonished; to find how heavily those that are! carried by the working classes are; loaded with the costliest cuts of meats and with every other delicacy which the markets afford. "These things are facts, and the workinc neoDle are trvine to con tirrae this extravagance. "On the other hand, there are millions of teachers and preachers and; clerks and others of moderate fixed income whose salaries or whose in-( come from investments have not in-( creased in proportion to the cost of' living. They are the ones who are^ suffering most, but they are the onesj wh* are doing the least kicking and complaining. They are not going on: strikes, they are not threatening to; overturn the Government; they are doing the best they can, often pinching to the extreme in order to make I ends meet, and even then the ends do not always come together. These are the people for whom there should ( be the greatest sympathy and for| whose welfare the greatest effort ( should be made. They are the un^ complaining sufferers, they are the! men and women wno are wurn.iug | faithfully and honestly in every ave-, nue of employment from that of the^ preacher of the Gospel to that of the teacher of the young, the bookkeep-^ ers and the cl&rks and others who. are not united in labor organizations i and are not trying the bulldoze eitlAer1 their employers or the nation. "On the other hand, the moving-, picture theaters, especially those frequented by the working people, are | irowded night *nd day with men, women and children. The drug stores' and other dispensers of soft drinks ire reaping a mighty harvest from1 the inflow of nickels and dimes, which add to the wealth of the makers ofi :hess soft drinks and add to the sickness of those who are constantly j julping them down. The dry goods stores and shops, for men and women j alike, are crowded until it is difficult' ' I to be waited on. The resort places if the country are packed as never1 ijefore, and to a large extent by a1 :lass of people who in the past rare-' ly, if ever, visited summer resorts,! but who this year, with the increased j wages of working people and the in- j creased income of . farmers, are spending money freely at every sum-j mer resort." It is our honest belief that the av-j erage laborer can live on what he receives in this day of high wages?j not only live in comfort but save. | Furthermore the practice of a little economy will do more than all < the governmental schemes to t>ut to rout the profiteer. '? I BEAUTIFYING THE SQUARE. j There is no .gainsaying the fact that the Square looks better now that the trees in the street have been cut down. It gives the impression of largeness and better business conditions?as though the town were emerging a chrysalis stage and putting on the aspect of a city. There have been many suggestions as to the advisability and feasibility of getting rid of the telephone. and power poles, putting all wires on the square under ground. Beyond question the telephone cables and power wires are unsightly and if the town authorities can devise some way to have them placed underground, thus getting rid of the poles, they will be doing the city a great service. W. M. Barnwell of the Telephone Company, however, says that it will cost from $7,000 to $12,000 to place his cables under ground. The assessed valuation of the telephone property is around $20,000. A further investment of only $7,000 with no increased returns probable for the additional money spent he thinks would not be feasible. The city could put its power lines under ground for less money but little would be gained unless the telephone lines were under ground also. iNU 1 lUIi l M . . # I ; : Owing to delay in shipment, parts to our new linotype have npt arrived and we are therefore unable to begin publishing the Press and Banner three times a week as we had planned and as was scheduled to commence this week. We hope to be ready to begin by fche middle o-f the month. Attend Party. The following young peoole of Abbeville attended a party given by Miss Glendale Bowen at Antreville ast week: Misses Winona Barksdale, Sydelle Graves, Annabelle Little; Messrs. Bubber Bates, Ellis Mabry an 1 Mr. Cogburn. School Boolu. Owing to the very small percent of profit on school books we will be forced to sell for cash in the future. P. B. Speed Drug Store. 9-2-2t. Sale of Fair Ground*. A meeting of the directors of the Fair Association was scheduled for Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock to consider the question of the sale of the Fair Grounds. V McLIN-HARDEN WEDDING. | i A beautiful home wedding of yesterday afternoon was that of Miss Helen McLin and Mr. William Harden which occurred at the home of ihe bride's parents in East Rome. A profusion of white clematis L 3 r? OVl/3 comuineu wim gmuiuu, ?uu ferns adorned the attractive rooms and reception hall of the lower floor and the ceremony was performed before an improvised altar of palms ferns, and clematis in the front drawing room . Beautiful selections were rendered on the piano, violin and cello by Mrs. Will Tarpley, Mrs. John McCay and Mr. Arthur West until Ave o'clock when, to the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march the bridal party descended the broad stairway. Misses Julia Pope Smith and Helen McLin wearing fluffy frocks of pink organdy with flowerladen hats and carrying arm bouquets of purple asters entered first. Miss Eva Simpson, as maid of honr, came next. Her frock was of orchid georgette with which she wore a pink georgette hat flower-laden, and her flowers were pink asters. Attractive Burnette | Norton Hull, ring bearer, in a white suit preceded the bride, who entered alone and was met by the groom and the best man, Mr. J. M. Harden, his brother, at the altar. The bride never looked so handsome as in her elegant wedding | gown of heavy duchess satm cut on simple lines. The neck of the gown was cut low and finished with a bertha of handsome real lace. The wedding veil which was worn back from the face was caught with a wreath of orange blossoms to the hair in cap fefFect. Her flowers were brides roses and swansonia showered and her only jewels a handsome circle of diamonds set in platinum. The ceremony was impressively performed by tor. R. C. Reed of CoI lumbia, S. C., and was followed by an informal reception. A delicious salad course was served during the reception hour. In the dining room the catting of the wedding cake, beautifully embossed and ei.eircled with clematis took place; ! the ring was cut by Miss Penelope Stiles, the dime by Mrs. J. M. Harden, the button by Miss Julia Pope - * " V- _ Smith, tne tmmDie oy mis. ?u6m . Best. ' ti 1 At six o'clock the bride and v groom left for Savannah, where they c i will visit the family of the groom. S j The bride wore for traveling an ex- i< 1 tremely handsome tailored suit of J j dark blue material. A smart feathj ered toque of black completed the I stunning costume. j | Mrs. William Harden is the only j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mcj Lin and is a girl of rarely charming personality and one whose lovely naaure and sincerity of disposition (I have endeared her to a wide circle of friends. j Mr. Harden, during his several ^ years residence in Rome, has won many friends. He is now connected ^ j in business with the Anchor Duck ' i Mills. He and his bride will upon (their return make their home with | Mr. and Mrs. McLin.?Rome, (Ga.) 6 j fribune-Herald. v ?? Mr. Harden is a son of the late a Mr. and'Mrs. J. M. Harden,: and is n ~ tt. n a nephew of Mrs. A. ts. Morse. n? has manjy, relatives and friends in ^ this city'who will be interested in ^ the above account of his marriage. Is" ' ;ti This Man Preferred Mud Roads. I Si i Silas jammed the crisp $5 bill deep v j in his breeches pocket and sagely rej marked that this brought his yearly a j revenue for pulling motorists out of | the mud in front of his farm to $150. v ' Would he vote a tax to make this a ? i hard road? Not he. And then Silas a 1 started his team to town with half a * I load of wheat, broke a singletree, n | stalled his team at the foot of the si ; long hill, and after an all day pull got b | ;o market and found the price of tl j wheat soaring. He grumbed over u | his hard luck in missing an extra pro- "V j fit of $20 which a full load would G j have given him, and painfully pulled c j back home through the mud with half c I a load of fertilizer and gave the team g I a double feed because of the hard ti j pull. Next day he cleaned out the e , potato cellar and threw away ^iuu worth of potatoes which had rotted ii while the road was too bad to get to ' love, and then he turned the hogs into the orchard to clean up the ap- s; pies which were rotting for want of a ti na.-ke;. In the afternoon he patched n A Hundred \ the world will still r of Anna Ca Yes, a century from n< eration refers to the 1919,1 the great diva's thrill vase audiences.r of Thomas A. Edison ated and preserved in descendants. The me hear, not'' a mere imi stand, but the voice it and spontaneous. Fo Created on Hie NEW "The Phonograp This means that it h with such fidelity; so pletely, that no humai artist from instrumen son tone tests have p question. Before audi than 2,000,000, great ropolitan Opera, have parison with their ow strument. And not 01 able to detect a shad( Come to our store 1 / Anna Case on the Ne STOVES ? RAN* 20=22=24 N. Ma \ he fences on the 20-acre pasture I irhich he couldn't put in crops beause market was too hard to reach, j !ilas was $150 wise and $1,000 fool-' sh. Yet there are many Silases.?| American Motorist. :nox suggests separate peace with germany Washington, Aug. 29.?Declaring hat the peace treaty cannot be enorced, but will lay the foundation 'for centuries of blood-letting/' Sentor Knox, of Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the foreign reations committee and former secreaijy of State, told the senate today hat the United States should decline o become a party to the settlement, ffected at Versailles and should neotiate a separate peace with Ger.lany. In its "hard and cruel" terms, he sserted, the treaty imposed on Gerlany penalties which violate interational law and engender strife. He eclared there was no reason wny he United States should project itelf into the dangers of such a situaion. "The more I consider this treaty," aid Mr. Knox, "fffe more I am con- _ inced that the only safe way for us D deal with it is to decline to be party to it at all. u "I think we should renounce in faor of Germany any and all claims or indemnity because of the warj a nd see that she gets credit for, rhat we renounce. We ought to re-| ounce all participation or membertup in commissions, committees, oards or otherwise provided for in le treaty in aid of its execution to rhich, by its terms, we are parties. C( Fe ought not to accept sessions of 1 German territory. We ought to delare a general policy to regard with ^ oncern any threat of disturbance of j eneral world peace, but at the same' me we should reserve complete lib- j rty of action, either independently) r in conjunction with other powers' 1 taking such steps as we determine' ? ? nao/ta j 8 rise IVf JUCOClflug wiv jrvwv.. "We ought then to carry out thef? pirit of the act of 1916, which au- w lorized the, president to convene the H ations of the world together to es- G ears Hfence jj|j|g evel in the beauty [ 'mm ise's voice )w, wften a new gen- -*,'\m primitive days ofv* 5 supfcrb voice will r 5i rhanks to the genius LIJL it has been Re-Cre- li jr all its glory for our p i in of to-morrow will ffcS tation, you under- Wmm self-pure, bubbling I|! r it has been Resingir EDISON s! h with a Soul" ias been Re-Created ' perfectly and comi ear can distinguish t. The famous Ediroved this beyond ? i ii? tences totaling more artists, stars of Mets sung in direct comn voices on the inle listener has been 3 of difference. ;o-morrow and hear w Edison. EES HOME OUTI in A I mm DAVAT D. RU1AL IYC NOW OPEN FO When you are in A1 Royal Restaurant-?Th ity, service, comfort ai ment. Prices Re< Regular Dinner TABLES RESERVE! The coolest, cleanest up-to-date restaurant ir ROYAL RES' Next to McMurray'i Mike H. Kustas, Mgr. iblish a code of international law J educe armaments, to establish an I iternotional tribune and go as far ' s possible in the direction of ae- oie uring peace through justice, through bo league to which all the world are Ra arties in its formation. Ch att Notice to Pensioners. All pensioners who have been reeiving a pension prior to the act of d. " - n- :? yiy win meet tne pensiun uuaiu m ^qc ie office of the Probate Judge Mon- 0'c ay September 8, for re-enrollment. By order of Chairman of Board, J. S. Gibert. Dance Here Tonight. a ] Scl A subscription dance will be given an< t the Eureka Hotel tonight at 9:30 0n 'clock. Many visitors from Green- gtf J 1 AV.TViiMorl ! VLTZ oou aim vum puiuvo wv ,,, [oughey's Orchestra from Athens,} tio a? will furnish th^ rtniaic !* I sch _ ? ; !j 5 j | I ' 71. I' I ANNA CASE I ig in direct comparison with H few Edison and proving that . - 9 terformance and that of the ' I iment are indistinguishable. 1 H 'If B I H >\H I'M i H > ne Cc I FITTERS B Ml bbeville, S C. hhhhhmmI H staurant.. I R BUSINESS I . ? ... Urn* - ^ffT*(T> r obeville, visit the H ere you'll get qua}- H nd courteous tr?at- H| isonable H .?. 50c. ufl > FOR LADIES. H|j ; and most sanitary, HH i the city. Ha ? 'i" i mi . . rAURANT i Drug Store. HHfl Abbeville* Medical Society to Moot. ^Ha The Abbeville County Medical tv will meet here Friday, Septe^HBH 3, at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. ' C. k jstraw and Dr. W. F. McFadd^BH ester, will make addresses. A larfl^Bfl endance is urged. j B^H^S ? i i D. A. R. MEETING. BB rhe Andrew Hamilton Chapter A. R.'s will meet in the chap^^^Hfl >ms Wednesday afternoon at lock. Mrs. J. Allen Long, Teaching In Ch?r?w> 9EH9 Miss Rebecca Jones has accep^^^H| position in the Cheraw 100I as teacher of the third gr^^^H i will leave Abbeville in time tc^HRfl ? 3 j? al. nana ior uie opening- wi Miss Jones is a gradnaate nthrop and will fill her high n with credit to herself and tojHH^H HM