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Establis- 11 4. 'tt The Press and Banner Ci \v Abbeville, S. C. P' ' !ti The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly \v Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone rso. iu. jcs ! I \\ Entered as second-class matter at,j\ post office in Abbeville, S. C. iSj Terms of Subscription: One year._ &2.00 J Six months 1.00 c Thiee months .50 ;d QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY. e "Less than 1 per cent of American 3 ; r men are college graduates.Yet this 1 per cent of college graduates has furnished: ' ^ c "55 per cent of our Presidents. "36 per cent of the Members of ; Congress. <<.4^7 CnnoL'o re <? I VCIIv VI VilC Uj/Cttnvio va. ^ the House. L "54* per cent of the Vice-Presi- ^ dents. j "62 per cent of the Secretaries of ^ State. ? ! c "50 per cent of the Secretaries of 1 ? Treasury. j "67 per cent of the Attorney Gen- j erals. "69 per cent of the Justices of js Supreme Court. } "At the present time the Presi- c dent, Vice President, Speaker of the House, all but two of the Cabinet, c 69 out of 96 Senators, 305 out of t 435 Representatives and all the Jus- ^ tices of the Supreme Court are col-! lege trained men." P o \17LIV crurtrtl Tri^nrnP mii jv-iiwvl i r.nv,nr.i\j g GET WRINKLES f e Answers that have been given by pup'ls of various schools. e ! If it were not for the fish in the / lakes the water would often overflow ? and destroy the forests, for fish drink r \ a great deal of water. C . The alimentary canal is located in t the northern part of Indiana. o Typhoid fever can be prevented by b fascination. t Thiee different kinds of teeth iuc false?false teeth, gold teeth, and p silver teeth. Tuberculosis can bq^ caught by sleeping with him. Shad go up the river to spoon. Guerilla warfare is when men ride p on gorillas. * w There were few Christians among p( the early Gauls, they were mostly tc Lawyers. a] Women receive smaller wages than c men because they are fisicil and mpn- to teley inferior. :*?. uj SCHOOL BOY AS A th WAGE-EARNER th frr-^r-T'.Trr- , sa (Theodore H. Price in The Outlook.) tr; I have often thought that if I were the head master of a great school I ev would insist that none of my boys're' should receive allowances from their th parents and that I would set up some tu sort of money-earning organization in< within the school through whose op- pi* eration the boys could be compen- fe< sated for productive labor well per- cu formei), failing which, up to a cer- ca: tain specified minimum, they would be jMSt ps effectively debarred from ica promotion or graduation as if they ler had flunked in algebra or Latin. |Sh( """For I tell you, my friends, that, arj unless I am much mistaken, the eco- mi nomic problems of the future are* going to be more serious than those At of the past, and the men who are lie i not qualified to, deal with them in a pe practical way will be heavily handi- re< capped in the struggle that probably ed .awaits them. . ' re; Doubtless I am old-fashioned? most men become so when they have co reached my age; but if there is any to one thing of which I become more "v certain as I grow older, it is that m< men were made to work rather than be to play, and that any scheme of edu- th cation that assumes the contrary al makes for inefficiency and discontent, and ultimately for utter uselessness ai and unhappiness. ac fc HOUSE ORDERS SOLDIERS' . C? BONUS BILL FRAMED re m Washington, Feb. 26.?By a YOte m of 325 to 1 the House today adopted a rule referring all bills dealing with S soldiers' bonuses to the Ways and Menas Conmittee with instructions to report a comprehensive measure for monetary and land bonuses to sol- ir diers of the World War. s< This action resulted from a threat- c ened revolt, by forty Republicans^whp tl n days ago informed the Republi-J m steering committee that they ould call a caucus of House Re-j iiblieans unless the original plan of j le House leaders to postpone the [ jnsiderations of bonuses to soldiers! as abandoned. It was finally agreed y the forty Republicans that the! aucus would be delayed if the bills ere referred to the Ways and Fnnns Cc littee. with the under Landing that a bonus bill would be eported at this session. Democratic leaders, during the onsideration of the rule today, inisted that the Republican leaders id not intend to enact a bonus bill t this session and that the plan volved was intended to stop the gitation among members of the Anerican Legion. Representative Pou, if North Carolina, ranking minority nember of the Rules Committee, su0 rested that the proposal be referred o a special committee of twenty-one nembers. The chief opposition of the DemoTats was centred on a move by Reiresentative Campbell to prevent a rote on this proposition. He called or the previous question and by a rote of 208 to 127 confined the We:ision to the . adoption of the rule md prevented Representative Pou 'rom getting his plan before the iouse. The agitation for a soldiers' bonus Simulated by the American Legion las become so strong that members ?f Congress now believe that political exigency will force the enactement if such legislation before Congress akes a recess for the national conions. Representative Mondell, the Remblican House leader, who was one if the strongest advocates of bonuss, said recently that the state of inances would not permit such an xpenditure. In case Congress decides on bonus s along the line sugested by the American Legion, the payment of 150 to officers and men for each nonth of service, nearly $2,000,000,>00 will be required. This can bje obained in only one way, the floating f a loan, which the advocates of ionuses say could be easily sold to he American people. ALMER GIVES VIEWS ON GREATEST MENACE Now Yon;, Feb. 27.?"Strengthenof the fedei'al laws" in order to unish the citizen for the offenses of hich the penalty for the alien is de-l artatien, wa^ recommended by At?rney General A. Mitchell Palmer in i address before the New Yorki ounty Lawyers' association here i might. "The condition described as the. tra-radical class war movement in j e United States," he declared, "is! e greatest menace to the peace, i tet7 "nc* gooc' or(*er t^le coun'i f." ' !' "Already,*' he asserted, "there Hi'Cl idences of reorganization of the J *1 yolutionary groups so as to escape e operation of the deportation sta-j tes. Naturalized citizens, who as I lividuals are immume under the J esent laws, are taking the lead, j sling safe by reason of the diffi-j lty of the government's making a ? se under the compulsory statute. |_ These who perhaps lack the phys--1 .1 courage to commit acts of vio- J ice, but incite others to do so,| juld be held equally responsible, hej* ?ueu, with those who actually com- ! t acts of violence. The chief evil of "Red radicals," 1^ torney General Palmer declared,! s in the fact that it will retard the I aceful and orderly settlement ofj* construction problems. He express-!( the opinion that is constituted noj' al danger to the government itself.: Referring to the results of the j" untry wide raids on radicals. At- j rney General Palmer asserted that I i*hat once seemed like a serious! enace of organized revolution ha.1?;1 en successfully met." He expressed j. e opinion that most of the 3,000 , iens arrested would be deported. "We must combat false ideas by; Tjument and make American char-' :tev by education," he said, "but be >re arguments can persuade or edu- j ition reform, there must be instilled ispect for our institutions, the law ust be obeyed and order must be taintained." AYS COTTON MILL OWNERS PROFITEER Washington, Feb, 27.?After hearcharges by Representative Tilan, republican, Connecticut, that otton mill owners are "profiteers of tie worst sort," the house interestate I commerce committee today ordered a favorable report on his resolution1 B directing the federal trade commis- g sion to investigate the necessity 01 a the higher prices in the industry. Representative Tilson told the com- B mittee prices had advanced six hun- g dred per cent since 191 1, although ? 'costs of raw cotton and mill labor B had not advance;! more than 1") per:I 'cont each during that time. r L:o'h New England and southern 'mills had reaped big profits, Mr. Til- i 'son, declared, but the latter had | made the greatest net returns. He: 'sighted prospect uses of financial in-, !stitutions promoting sale of cotton1 'mill stocks, southern press comment! i I on "the fabulous worth of cotton. | mill stock" and a summary of mar- j jket prices for the last several years, jas proof for the need of an investiga-' | Although the cost of the cotton j I yarns had increased several hundredj per cent, Mr. Tilson declaimed that raw cotton and mill labor had each advanced not more than fifteen per cent. One spinner in one month | made a profit of $55,000 on a capitalization of $200,000, he said he was authoritatively advised, and a Richjmond( Virginia) trust company had 'issued a prospectus for sale of stock |of a North Carolina mill, stating thai |the average annual net earnings of the plant were .$287,000, and promised on market conditions to be more jtnan ^i,uuu,uuu ior xyzu. i "That North Carolina mill," declared Tilson, "was organized in 1901 with a capital of $25,000 and today 'its captital is $1,500,000." Under the resolution the investiga ition would be made of prices charg .ed from 1914 to 1919, with special jattention to the advances during th: |last six months. It also would require the commission to ascertain l the difference between the increase | in the price of yarn and that of th.v ;cost of raw material and labor entering into the manufacturer of yarn. Mr. Tilson said he doubted that coi,-, gress could enact legislation to mci' j the situation, but that publication cfJ the results of the commissions ii. -' .vestigation might have a wholesom ! .. . I effect. Officers of P. & N. Announced. j I The executive officers of the Pied-! mont & Northern railway were an-| jnounced yesterday as elected at : y meeting in Greenville, S. C., Febru 1 Jary 7, in preparation for the i*e g |linquishment of the railroad contro; 1 j by the federal government March 1. | | The list of officers follows: Z. V. Taylor, president. J. B. Duke, vice-president. W. S. Lee, vice-president. T. Thomason, vice-persident and 1 general manager. } j N. E. Cocke, secretary-treasurer. jj Announcement was made yester- J day by Mr. Thomason, vice-president ?j ?nrJ t>r>riprnl manaffor n-f + Vio vnilm/i.. s ?f the following appointments, ef- g fectlve on March 1 : J. S. Cureton, general freight and H pasenger agent with headquarters at g Greenville, S. C. Bond Anderson, auditor, Charlotte, jg W. T. Gill, freight claim agent. ^ Charlotte. C. W. Crosby, transportation m superintendent, Greenville, S. C. fj W. L. Hogen, transportation super- S ntendent, Charlotte. T. F. Black, commercial agent. L. F. Crenshaw, soliciting freight; jj iovi?i+ Pliarlhttil. .J,*".* w.. I W. 1. Rankin, agent, Charlotte. D. K. Jackson, commercial agent, J Sastonia. 13. W. Boyd, agent, Gastonia. J. P. King, commercial agent, Spar-jj? anburg, S. C. \W W. B. Tims, agent, Spartanburg,' M 3. c. i -v H. VV. Tuthill. division passenger] agent, Greenville, S. C. A. M. Wells, commercial agent I Greenville, S. C. E. C. Jamison, agent, Greenville,! S. C. j| W. E. Atkinson, commercial agent, g Anderson, S. C.?Index-Journal. : is WELFARE WORK AMONG THE MEN AT THE MILL j M The Abbeville Cotton Mill is con- B sidering the matter of securing the ! jg services of a man to do welfare work J among the men of similar nature to J that now being done for the girls and 1 women by the Community House. To that end J. F Barnwell brought jl back with him from New York last; sg week Mr. Webber, who came to look!! over the situation and to consult with j j Mr. Barnwell about the advisability ii of the move. Definite action will be taken the*I ? |latter part of this week. t Abbev i and Ti i 1 I We have moved Ten Cent Store in G. E. Calvert. A ters remodeled ai It will be a bet to do business. 1 I think so. Our quarters a equipped. All in pansion to meet < You are given< visit us. Abbe1 Tri | We buy and se t in every form. :'3gaaoHWCK i 11 in H?iiiiinii iinni i mi iw ! HADf I I One Lot Of 21 s I < t I I I i We Boughi the Wholesale I to $16.50 ? ; HADD< 1 1 s Lm? ille Insu 'list Con I . * into our new quarters 01 i the rooms formerly oc< it present we are havinj nd refinished. ter, more convenient pl< We feel sure that our ire on the Square, larg< i line with our policy of g developing and varied r i cordial invitation to < yille Insure and ist Compai 11 Real Estate and Write \ A /-\\ T 1^711 C AJ1N-- w il: > Dresses We \ f 15.00 t Them at a Gi Prices Ranging I / 0N-W1 irance ipany rer the Five & | :upied by Dr. a Z these quar: Hki 3 ' ice in which . patrons will .! er and better | Towth and ex- H leeds. ! come in and fi mce iv I : Insurance in I 50N I I Vill S;ll At I I n reat Bargain, I 17rom $ 15.00 g ' LSON |