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PRIVATE OPERATION OF I ROADS COST MORE THAN GOVERNMENT CONTROL, Chicago, Oct. 14.?Six months of private operation of the railroads cost the taxpayers of the country more than two-thirds as much as the two years and two months of feder-1 al control, Interstate Commerce Commissioner Wooley declared in in address here today before the National Association of Ice Cream , Manufacturers. "The two years and: two months of federal control cost', the taxpayers $902,000,000, accord-, tng to latest returns," said Mr. J, Wooley. Assuming that the inter- ( state commerce commission in the final accounting's will allow all the maintenance charges reported by , the carriers in the period from ( March 1 to September 1, only ; six months of private operation ; ?o6t the' taxpayers $634,000,000. , That is the deficit in operations in round numbers. 1i "Furthermore, befinnrig approxi- 1 ntplv on Seotember, 1 new freight j rates and new passenger fare in-'! creases, estimated to be $1,500,000,-;: 000 annually, went into effect. ] "Now I am not here to advocate a return to federal control or to paint 1 a blue picture. On the contrary, I 1 am very optimistic. I only ask that! you, as business men, be just. Short-' < ly after the return of the railroads 1 l ' ifco private control there was a < stritchmen's strike, which seriously | handicapped thedr operations. Also, i a number of innovations adopted' > I under federal control were aone < away with. You will recall how ^certain great terminals became choked, , kw the car situation became criti-' eal and it was necessary for the in- J terstate commerce commission, un- j 4er the war emergency powers of the new transportation act, to take; rer the movement of all freight equipment in a large part of the j country. , "As a result I am here to report j that not only are the people of New, England and the northwest not go-j mg to Jfreeze to death, as there was ianger of them doing, but the grain' *rop of the great middlewest and i orthwest/ has been moved more ex- j pulitiously than any one on July 1 j fered predict that it would be, and i flat industry has gone forward and, we are approaching a period of ease-; tnt." Mr. Wooley said the transporta- ^ fion problem was headed for a aafartion, but what that would be he; voold not attempt to predict. "What I hope it will be and what j jma hope it will be is going to de- j pend upon more patience by the Am cncan people than they have yet displayed and upon the most intensive and wholehearted co-operation shippers, consumers and passengers." I Legal Blanks for Sale Here.? | 3?e Press and Banner Company. ! i _ t A L. U K O I T< COLUMB1 AGCO STATE OCTOBER v SOUTHERN RAI Excursion Tickets 011 27. 28 and for trains schec before noon of UctoDer original starting point prio , 1920. SPECIAL Will be operated Wed tober 27th and 28th, 011 th< Lv. Honea Path .... Lv. Donalds Lv. Shoals Junction . Lv. Abbeville lv. tionges Lv. Greenwood Lv. Newberry Ar. Columbia Returning, leave (John 27(h?28th. arriving Ande Special train from Hot I on arrival of special from C For further informatic l?lv to Ticket Agent or R. C. COTNER, Dis ; k WHY NOT ALL THE YEAR HAT? | New York Sun. This is hat buying time?the har- J vest season for agriculturists and haberdashers. Now is the time for all good men and true, not as the business school bromide has it, to come to the aid of their party, but to toddle and totter their reluctant j way to the hat shops. By their talk in the shops shall ye know the three classes of male hat purchasers. Class 1 says: "Gimme a hat like I got on." Class 2 says: "So that's the latest eh Well, gimme seven and an Mffhth." Class 3 says nothing at all. These poor creatures stand and listen to something like this: Now dont argue John, I say it is a beauty of a little hat and not expensive either. Yes, clerk, he'll take' that one and wrap up his old one. Come on, John.' ?. Hats are a habit. Most any woman will say that men are careless in their habits. And it follows that men are careless about their hats. Modern man's headgear is a make"" * 1 r\-P Vtofc nro shift, uonsiaer me ijpca vi ik?v0 bare: Derby?Stiff, uncomfortable, burns green as easily as a chameleon. Down with the derby! Felt?Too hot in summer. Too cold in winter. Looks like a towel turban after the first rain. Blows off in the wind. A has felt hat! Straw?Who ever had a straw hat that fit?* Older they get the tighter they get. Expensive and only last a season. Cap?Caps were originally worn at night. They make the hair fall out. Wife won't stand for 'em. Anyhow, when a man is old enough to smoke in public he should foreswear the cap. Banish caps! Silk or Stovepipe?Yeah, fine business. Imagine toting one to a ball game or wearing it on a fishing j trip. Clout the satin bonnet! What men 'want is an all year round hat that will last a lifetime. Just think of buying a hat when you are 16, say, and giving it to your grandson when you rou^d out your appointed three score and ten. Like this: . Material?Aluminum. Trimmings?To taste, platinum, diamonds or semi-precious stones. (Coal is suggested for the rich.) Spdcial advantages?This hat is durable. It will last two lifetimes. It is provided with a ventilating system and can be iced in the summer ? A * _ 1 X i> :U0 A. M. ; 10:00 A. M. mbia 7:30 P. M.. October rson 12:30 M'night. Iges to Abbeville returning lolumbia, on 27th und28th. in and round trip lares apstrict Passenger Agent, ipartanburg, S. C. ? time, it Has an eiectric neater ivi winter use. The gas mask veil is to be used during political campaigns, and the cellarette will contain butter" milk or other stimulant. HER TESTIMONY DOUBTED "What is your age?" "Twenty-two, judge." "I forgot to remind you, madam that you are under oath." ON F AR E S o A, S. C. iUNT , FAIR 25-29?i 1920. IA / LWAY SYSTEM sale October 24, 25, 26, luled to arrive Columbia h. Good returning to reach r to midnight, October 30, ? TRAINS luesday and Thursday, Oce following schedule. 5:47 A. M. 5:57 A. M. 6:03 A. M. 5:50 A. M. 6:25 A. M. 6:40 A, M. ~ r\ ~ a ? r j GOLD STANDARD OF NATION IN DANGER Washington, Oct. 14.?Fear tha the declining gold production in thi: country would make it difficult t< retain the nation on a gold stan dard basis during a popular cam paign for credit restriction, accom panied by declining prices, was ex pressed a formal statement issuec today by Chairman McFadden oj the House Banking Committee. Mr. McFadden is the author of i bill pending before Congress undei which a tax''of $10 an ounce wouk levied on gold used in the industria arts. This tax in turn would b< paid to producers to stimulate theii efforts. In his statement Mr. McFad den declared that unless some relief was furnished the American golc mining industry would be compellec to shut down , soon because the legally fixed price of $20.67 ar ounce for gold was less than cur rent production costs. "The continued depletion of th< gold stock by excess exportatioi and industrial use," Mr. McFadder said, will seriously impair the vpub lie confidence in the nation's fi - J HWIAOO O t^Armo IlfcUlCb ana tuucuvjr uiiicoo a uutuiH. gold output is insured. , "The United States mint sold foi industrial consumption during 191J nearly $22,000,000 more gold thai was produced from the mines of th( United States, while this year th< drain on the monetary stock wil probably be $40,000,000. Since th< industrial consumers of gold are th< only ones in the country receivjnj raw material at the pre-war price. I is evident that they are being heav; subsidized." Failure of the United States t< act, Mr. McFadden asserted, wil permit the British empire to gain ai unquestioned supremacy in thi ?1 j' Q/\nf Vi A f I WUIiU 5 guiu pVAiUV/ViwiJ. uwuwn rican producers, who mine the bull of the British gold, he added, hav been receiving an exchange premi um as high as 50 percent since Jul; 1919, and the French government in addition to imposing an exchang discount on industrial gold, ha levied a sumptuary tax of $3.73 ai ounce for gold used in fabricatioi of articles other than money. "This year the contribution of th United States to the gold productioi -of the world,' Mr. McFadden said will probably be not more than 1 per cent, about half of that whic] j it contributed in 1915, while th j stimulating effect of the British ex J change premium will probably in crease the quota which the Britis j empire will contribute to 75 pei cent." "UNCLE JOE" CANNON IS SUFFERIPfG FROM INJURE Danville, 111., Oct. 12.?Congress man Joseph G. Cannon suffered cor siderable pain tonight from the fra< ture of one of the bone? of his lei wrist last night at his home here. The injury was received when h I stepped on a piece of coal in the base ! ment and fell heavily on his arm. H j did not call a physician until todaj ! who had an X-ray picture taken show ! ing the fracture. | __==?reSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Mrs. Eunice B. Clinkscales, as Ac ministratrix with the will ar nexed of John W. Clinkscale; deceased, j 1 against Reuben W. Clinkscales, Mrs. Corri Simons, Mrs. Cora Clamp, Mn Bessie Parker, Mrs. Belle Ellis Mrs. Essie Davis, Cowan Clinl scales, Laurence Clinkscales -Tr>? P.linlfsPnlAs. Ahner Clinl scales, Johnnie May Clinkscales and W. J. Moorehead, Defendants Pursuant to an order of the pre bate court, I will sell at public oul cry, at Abbeville, C. H., on Salesda ! in November, 1920, next, for the paj ment of debts, the following des cribed read estate belonging to th estate of John W. Clinkscales, de I ceased, to wit: All that lot or ? trac of land lyihg situate in Level Lam Township, in State and County afore said, containing Seventy two and one eighth acres, more or less, boundei 6y lands of Clinkscales, McAdams Burton, Hanks and others. For ful description see plat thereof made b; Wm. L. Mitchell, Surveyor, the 15tl August 1908. TERMS, CASH?Purchaser to pa; for all necessary papers and stamps J. F. MILLER, 10-8. Judge of Probate. I VVVVVVVWWU^ l!> N SANTUC V ? t v \ 3 wwvwuvvvvvvs )' Mr. Clyde Richardson and Miss -, Norman of Greenwood visited rela j tives here Sunday afternoon. ? Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Culbreth and - children spent Sunday with Mr. S. 1 j E. Price. k __ E Mr. A. J. Morrison of Columbia spent Sunday here with home folks. I|""' i Mrs. Mason Wright and baby splnt j] r the week-end with Mr. E. J. Botts. || 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. R.. Haddon and 11] 1 little daughter spent the week-end ||x i with Mr. Richey near Donalds. r Mrs. M. S. Langford spent Sun- If I Jl 1 !i-l- 1 1L nr HI T 11 -i aay nere wim ner iiiutnei, iurs. a. u. I' Botta. I j Mr. T. J. Able and family were I;visitors in Cokesbury Sunday after?r 'j noon. 1 Mr. Roy Kay spent Saturday night ' at Mr. W. F. Kay's. ' Mr. R. B. Haddon spent the week! end with his mother, Mrs. Ermie 1 Haddon. 1 Mr. Sam Beasley of Abbeville " j spent Sunday with Mr; E. J. Botts. r j Misses Lizzie and Willie Able !j; j spent iSunday afternoon with Miss ;j; Lila Morrison. jj> r! Mrs. Mack Wright spent Tuesday : \ afternoon with Mrs. Ermie Haddon/ j: 1 % 2 ;! SCOTTISH DISTILLERS CLAIM BIf TRADE j ' WITH AMERICA | ; r Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 14.? ! ! t; advertisements appearing in Scot- 1 ; ^ j tish newspapers in which distillers ; ; | claim that, their .business with Am- ; ; , j i erica has greatly increased since'; > j' prohibition went into effect will be j ' ^! brought to the attention of the Dee I partment of Justice at Washington. ; ; -J Wililam E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, ; ; [j' prohibition leader, addressing a e ^meeting here last night, discussed j _ these advertisements and asserted j? y he would take this action regarding ! ! i them. * , ; ; > j ^ , a i He charged that, if the advertise- ; : ?? 01 3 1 ments* told the truth, the distillers n | were "violating the laws of a friend- jij a i ly nation." . 2^ I = 'MlilllilM 1 When 1 I . i. r Iuo t o t You'll Be I ? ^ ( .A monthly depos r}m and Loan stock m r I r months. * . 3 If larger amounts [. jj saved, deposits in s |B ceived and returr monthly invested, mately $80.00 is ;,1 $80.00 and $100.1 I TOD A Y is J ' Phone or L | Standard 6u d I OFFICE :i 'J w'H*White'Pre ^MM ?flhero'l , A plant! Cbntaining 300 Acres, on Snake 1 beville; level, productive, with se plenty of wells and outhouses, pi good state of cultivation FOR Si to.a purchaser on acceptable term whole, or divided into tracts of On each. For Price and Terms, apply to Mrs. J. F. Thornton, 1 \mwmnamuunmnm **/ ? PALMETTO I Palmetto College offers thoro raphy, Secretarial, Typewrit counting and kindred branch palmetto uonege gives you e Free Employment Departme ^ calls for trained executives t in the South, We furnish s ' business colleges with tea< struction. New equipment. Day and Night School. Posif can complete the prescribec Palmetto College in less thai ed in any other school. Our sents every state in the Soul Pennsylvania. The reason i known everywhere. Address, Box 65, Varnvilie or Box 173j Orangeburg, 8. Charleston, 8. G. The School That's Kn< We Pay Your Railroad Fan PALMETTO V ~ f " ' ' N. % . " | fou Want I I ? j ollege w? S ' Glad You Saved Your it of $1.00 buys one shar< rorth in cash $100.00 at 11 i than $1.00 a month are < l multiples of $1.00 moni i in cash $100.00 for < , On each share of sto /lAnAoita/] an/1 tko rl 1 UV[/UOiiVU) 141IV4 kiiv DO is the interest which w a Good Time to t xave Your Subscriptior lilding & Loan As: of Abbeville V WITH PLANTERS BA I s. 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' desired to be thly are reiach $1:00 ck approxi- ' ince between e pay you. BEGIN i ~ i With I , sociation I lNK I. Sec.-Treas,