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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1920. '
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h AFTER THE PROFITEER.
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; The New York Times states that '
fifteen operators and brokers have 1
been indicted in the Federal Courts 1
i under the Lever Act for profiteering
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in coal. It is stated in the article that
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coal which is produced at $2.00 per
ton has been sold by these operators
l and brokers at profits ?f $7.00 to *
$8.00 per ton. At least two of those *
indicted handle coal in this, section
of the country, and it is well that '
|u . the people know how they are being
held up by these peopie.
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And the government will do well
if the indictments are followed up '
by convictions and jail sentences. ^
The necessities of the people should 1
not be made the excuse for exacting J
k. 'j such unconscionable profits. Coal '
enters into so many things that the '
people must hav.e that when such 1
profits are demanded the wrong (
reaches into the homes of even the 1
humblest citizen. The Department of 1
Justice has been criticised in the 1
1 ' past -for getting after a few bakers *
and other little fellows who cannot 1
make much at most, and it is well
now that the strong arm of the law 1
f is reaching out to gather in the larger
malefactors.
We warned the people sometime
ago that the pricey of coal now prevalent
are due in large part to the
E speculations of the brokers, who are
taking the cars, which might go back
to the mines and haul other loads of
coal, and reconsigning these cars to
first one point and then another in
an attempt to secure larger and larger
prpifits from the people, and especially
from the industries which
must have coal in order to run and
keep the wage earners in employ-'
ment. .
, " The warning needs to be heeded
by the people still. There should be
no encouragement to these people,
and the Department of Justice, co-i
operating with the Interstate Commerce
Commission, it appears to us j
should be able to put a stop to the't
practices of these criminals. jr
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GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS ,,
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This is the season when most peo'
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pie who do not have enough sense to
' remain at home go to the mountains.
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You at ieast get a good deal of exercise
making the trip to ana from the
resorts, even though you do nothing %
but sit around after you get there. *
Saturday morning we had the pleas- ?
ure of standing up in crowded trains *
from Waterloo, Laurens county, S. *
C., to Waynesville, Haywooc County, "
N. C. When we got tired standing on '
one foot we had the pleasure of !
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standing on the other. People of all
classes, kinds and conditions, are on J
the roads these days. And the men
who are being laid off by the rail- 1
roads need not feel discouraged, be- (
cause if the travel continues when '
rates are increased, the railroads <
will! need most of them :o count the 1
money before very long.
^ But the mountains at>out Waynes- [
ville are comfortable to look uport 1
after you get there. The little moun- t
tain town of three thousand people 1
is full of strangers now. The hotels 1
which stand on a ridge between two
ranges of high mountains are reap-' I
ing a harvest, if there is sucn a thin& 1
in the hotel business, and we belifeve j
11 Woirnocvillp is not SO Strik- 1
IIICIC to. ft UJ
ing as a business place. Son Bill walk- '
ed up the street Saturday night, and '
'"the street"' in Waynesv.-ile is one 1
long street, prehaps a half mile in 1
length, with storehouses and shops ;
( n each side in which all kinds of 1
goods and wares from watermelons I
two weeks old to Indian baskets are
displayed. Bill didn't think much of
the town, and remarked that he ;
thought it was about as big as At--'
lanta, but "Abbeville can put it in 1
its hip pocket and have room for
Due West and Donalds."
You see few South Carolinians in
SVaynesville. Most of the people from
his state stop in Hendersonville or i
Ysheville. But in Wayncsviile you
neet people from Florica, Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and
)ther states. Sunday morning at the
Methodist Church where we attended
services the preacher announced that
he wanted to get acquainted with the
Deople, and called on the people by
states to stand up. More people from
;ach of the states mentioned stood
ip than the number of those from
,his state. But there are more people
;here now from this state than there
.vas Sunday because Cor. Pat McCas-'
an has since landed and Daddy Longshore
is on the way. When tney get
;ogether it will be a real representation
frcm the real estate. j
We met at the Gordon wnere we
stopped Mrs. Gaston Mears and her
two pretty daughters. Many of our
people will remember Mrs. Mears,
A'ho came to Abbeville a beautiful
bride some few years ego, not so
many to, be sure, and they will be
;urDriseti > to know that she has a
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jrcwn darter. The mother is pTetJy
still and the young lady Is almost
is pretty as her mother, and is equally
as attractive. That is the reason,
sve suppose, why Gaston runs so regalarly
and wins so often at setback. |
Miss Johnnie May Lynch is now
:>ne of the natives of Waynesville.
Miss Lynch's mother has purchased
i home in the - mountain town, and
Miss Lynch is to teach in the High
School next session, of which her
brother Prof. Aaron Lyncn, is the
principal. Mrs. Lynch has a pretty
:ottage on the side of a high hill
which Miss Lynch will climb each
norning in a race to beat the bell
ind save the dollar which the North
Carolina people charge a teachpr
vho is late to school. ^
At the hotels there is little for the ^
jeople to amuse themselves at ex- (
:ept dancing and playing cards, ex- ,
sept of course eating and sleeping ,
md sleeping and eating. I never saw j
>o many well fed women In one lot
n my life, and judging by appear-<
inces they have no excuse for their j
>resence there except to get rested t
ind cool, and it is cool, at Waynesrille,
because you need blankets at,
light, though the sun shines hot on ^
t Greenville Street inhabitant in the
niddle of the day.
Col. Joe Elgin, who used to be an
Abbeville man is a real estate profit-1
jer in Waynesville now. He pulled I
>if a sale of town lots on a mountain1
tide one afternoon while we were*
here. The mountain was so steep
hat you had to stand at the bottom1
ind get Joe to point out the lots, but
le put the sale across anyway. The
ots snlrl at from r?n\vr> to SfiO
)cr lot. Joe said he did not get as
nuch as he wanted but he would let
he sale stand, as it brought In about f
;2,000. per acre. He has a beautiful
;ungalow about three doors from the
Jordon Hotel, and he and Mrs. Eljin
are looking as well ancf prosper>us
as most people in the millionaire
lass. I
Uncle Jim should go to Waynes ille.
There is a good sized and beauiful
brick church of the Uaptist peruasion
there, and we are satisfied i
hat if he could get to take up a colection
there he would get as much
.s he made off Alf Lyon when he
old his cotton two weeks ago. The
nountains are a little high up for the
baptists but they go down *o Tigeon
liver and keep things swimming. '
Pigeon Street is tlie street in
tVaynesville which runs parallel to
ji-eenvuie street in ADDeviiie. we
valked down it sc as to feel at home,'
md found the peopl^ looking cone.ited
and happy ju'st like they do
:ere. You could see people rrom othu*
streets walking along Pigeon tryng
to see how things are done'
here, and how the swells behave, just
is they do on Greenville street in
\bbeville. . '
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l fie mountaineers nave learrieu ui
,he high cost of living and they are
:aking care of themselves. The people
who did the buying tola us that
:hey were able to order apples from
Virginia for less than they could be
nought for from the orchards about
Iheir own town. They sell chickens
by the pound up there, feathers and
all, and feed them on heavy diet at
that, and a man won't work for less
than about forty dollars a day,
with time amf a half for overtime.
We saw a wagon selling peaches at
seventy-five cents per peck and he
was doing a killing business. The
blackberries are just now getting ripe
find the mountains are covered with
huckleberries, but the hotels get none'
>f these, but prefer to buy things
from elsewhere because the prices
are cheaper we suppose. {
After looking over the ground we
have reached the conclusion that
Waynesville has little that we could
pot have at Parson's Mount (Little
Mountain we call it,) if some of the
capitalists would build a big summer
hotel down there, and charge five or
six dollars per day, advertise in the
Atlanta Journal, and put on a lot
sale on the side of the mountain
about every other day.t The guests
wculd be about as comfortable, the
water would be as good, and the people
would save a shopping trip to the
cities when they went home Because
they could buy all the nne clothes
and other needed things for the fall
in the stores at Abbeville wnile they
were summering in this vicinity. We
are wasting a good opportunity we
fear.
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ments up that way, but we forgot
about the strike while we were there.
One of the waiters had been looking
after the wants of a fat man about
the build, size and complexion of
Corp. Kerr for two weeks, he said
"and he aint give me nuthin ylt," so
he swore a mighty oath that he
would carry him no more "vittles"
and none of the other wasters would
do so, hence the strike. It was settled
some how and things were running
again- the next morning but the
fat man had gone back to his furniture
store to begin making up for
his losses while away from home.
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PET CANARY ACCORDED
AN EXPENSIVE FUNERAL
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Newark N. J., Aug. 3.?The scrip- |
;ural assurance that sparrows shall,
lot fall unnoticed was given' tangible
application to a pet canary bird
;oday. Jimmie, the little , songster,
:hoked to death yesterday on a |
ivatermelon se^d, and so grief |
stricken was his owner, Emidio I
Russomanno ,a sixty-five year old
:obbler, that friends contributed i
?200 for a funeral, including a I
learse, five mourners, coaches and i
i f&teen-piece band.
"He sang so sweet?like Caruso,"
lobbed the cobbler as the ' little
jlush lined casket, probably 12
Lift off Corns?
Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezone-'
coarts only a few cents. '
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With y~ur fingers! You can lift off |
any hard corn, soft corn, or com be-;
twoen the toes, and the hard skin
calluses from of bottom feet.
A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs j
litrle at any drug store; apply a *ew j
Irons uoon the corn or callus. In- 1
^tantly it stops hurting, then shortly
vou lift that bothersome corn' or \
i-allus riffht off, root and all, without
one bit of pain or soreness. Truly!
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KNOW HO\N T* SPE-UV-'hi COr"*T>OS?
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MOO'VE RUN AVA. OVER. "TOWN j j
AFTER. NEWS 'N VMtUTTEN COL- !
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SERVICE
THE COUNTY SAV
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inches long, was lowered in the'i
?rave. He plans to erect a monu- 1
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rAKES A VACATION
WILSON'S SUGGESTION j
Washington, Aug 3.'?Rear Ad-('
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SALE
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I BUYING KUPPENf
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H All of our Men's and 1
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Savings
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VEIN PENNY PIN<
A man is certainly en
forts of life and the plea
_ money he earns.
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man when his. earning p
it is that SAVED MONE
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KS YOU KNOW AND
In fact, the earning p
VESTEf) MONEY is oftti:
ing power of a man him
you spend. Assure youi
PLEASURE, but don't o
THING FROM YOUR EA
SYSTEMATICALLY.
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rINGS BANK IS A SA1
And a friendly one. i
that considers your intei
invites your account on t
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itiral Carey T. Grayson,'' President
Wilson's physician started on his
vacation today, explaining that he
vas. going by direction of the Presilent.
Dr. Grayson said the Presilent
had shown such marked ' improvement
of late that it was not
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Boys* Suits are included
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self. Keep this in mind as
[ self of COMFORT and of . ;
verdo it. SAVE SOME- ;'V/
lRnings, a;nd save it
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rests as its interests and
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necessaary to put him in the care of
another physician. ,'
Rub-My-Tism is a great pain luller.
It relieves pain and toreness r
caused by Rheumatism, Neur?igJe,v .??? ;
Sprain*, . ^y<f^
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tROS. & COS. AND 1
ving that interests ?g?
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in this Sale at 1-4 |
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