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FAUJS f'UUK Established 1844. . THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and UTiaay. Telephone No. 10. ' Entered as second-iiass matter ai post office in Aoheville, S. C. Tenvi of Sub?cription: One Year L ' $2.01 Six months $1.0( Three months .5( FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920 _____________________________ ' / WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO! ' t ( # t, Everyday somebody tells us thai ther^ is plenty of money in the country, and in the next breath they ask * us, "Where has it all gone," In oui article a few days ago we gave { ^ general statement of just how it had J taken its departure, from "here1 * ?? T?i.:? n 4-i?A * aDOUl, as uupuce viage ui mc uupreme Court, would put it The truths we sought to elucidate are so , clearly^ and succinctly and conyinci ingly stated in an article in the Spartanburg Journal of Wednesday that . I we are reproducing it The article \??ys: "According 4:o/statistics compiled by the State Highway Commission $115,400,250 has been invested in automobiles and motor vehicles ,/in South Carolina. By way of contrast, it is stated that "the combined investv ( ments in all theVbanks of the State" aggregatei $42,000,000; that the cap< ital invested in the textile mills of the ! State is about $117,000,000, and that . v % the total amount of capital invested in all industries in South Carolina last year was slightly more than $201i 000,000. * n "This'year, counting only nin-: months, there were 94,511 cars in South Carolina of the average value - of $1,275. This was an increase, compared with 1919, of 20,212 cars; compared with 1918, ai^increase of 35,708 cars; compared with 1917 an in , crease of 54,337 cars. Last year the consumption of gasoline in South Gar.. ' , ' olina was more than 32,000,000 gallons; the consumption in the first nine ' . - months of 1920 has reached 31,758, 830 gallons, an average monthly consumption of 3,539,750 gallort^. II was reckoned yesterday by the ownei jH of a car that the average price of gas' pline for easy figuring could be giver * at 30 cents the gallon, which woulc mean that the average monthly expenditure for gasoline in this State is $1,0*61,925, or $12,735,900-the year. "The figures, which are taken from ''the. Columbia State, are staggering they probably explain irt some measure the dislSress among certain of the t fanners, which has been emphasized recently, and possibly they may have had some bearing on the advice recently given to the banks on the subject of loans. It is iiard to believe , that the value of the automobiles in Smith Pnrnlinn is within ahout . $2. 000,000 of the capital stock of all, the cotton mills in the State; that tKe investn^ent in automobiles is greater by j j $100,640,250 than the investment iq horses, $99,566,250 greater than the total investment in milch cows, and $93,224,250 greater than the invests, ment in hogs. It would be 'mighty interestin' ceadin'' if the Highway Association would go a step fuxfcher and find out the aggregate amount of loans made by the banks of the State -- _..J. i~:i? I 1 uii aubuiuvi/itco, nuv* iitaxij ui uic are used for pleasure and how many for business." N \ And yet we know a good many people who are planning now to get rid of the old car and get a new one next ' year. A car is bad enough' in ha*il times, but one without new paint-is a calamity. Why do people think that a car is worthless after the pjripl ii comes off anyway? < ^ And then again may we not sugjjk? gest that John D. must have a fine |fl time these a^ternoo^^w ing in the "juice" causing John D'i mill to grind out the shining sheckeli t, each happy hour. Somewhere we reat a prayer by a drunkard, we think i was, where> he besought the Goo( Man to give him a barrel full, with i little leak in the bung, and that hi might be allowed to lie on his bad and let the liquors drop into his opei mouth. We have forgotten just hov tha matter ran, but we know now tha John D. would have the drunkan "beaten a city block" in real enjoy ment, even if his prayer might b< / / ) answered?yes, even in these dry times. Even the old darkey who. prayed | for flitters and "New Orleans 'lasses \ to sop my flitters een," as told by the story books of years ago, is a back number in the land of happiness. - ' THE LORD MAYOR EATS. c The hunger-striking Lordj Mayor of | Corl has been given food. The Irish Self-Determination League, according I to dispatches, announces the food was ) forcibly administered by prison phy). sicians during a lapse of conscious) hess on the part of MacSwiney. . I In the House of Commons today Edward Shortt, the hojjhe secretary, speaking of the incident, said the for? cible feeding consisted "in holding the cup to his lips the swallowing bei ing voluntary." At any rate, the point is this: Lord ; Mayor Terence MacSwiney of Cork has at last had something to eat. i (And doubtless it tasted good.) , ^ I Perhaps now the disjointed Uni verse will get right, the price of cot ton go up, false teeth be invented ! which will not fly out of the mouth > wh%;a fellow is boxed under the jaw, jb|bieb quit being fretful when teeth ing, and conditions in the Kingdom of ; the Hedjaz swing back to the normal. If.^ver there has been a more^bor^some, disgusting and ridiculous ,perl, formance by intelligent people than i this hullabaloo about the starving i Lord Mayor of Cork, we never heard i of it..?Anderson Daily Mail. WASTED SWEETNESS. It has just now leaked out. We re1 fer to the news and not to the wine, because the wine was leaking' when ' the Seaboard Air Line through freight reached Abbeville last Saturday^ afternoon. Some wine seller was ship, \ ^ pingf a carload to New Orleans. He 1 'kad built ten tanks inside a freight 1 car and all of them were filled with ! the joyful liquid. Just bfefore reach ing Abbeville one of the tanks began to leak, and everybody got busy on the arrival of the car at the shops. It is strange how fa^t bad news 1 spreads, but it had nothing on good news Saturday. The car had not been in the shops five minutes before dry ! men from up town were hurrying ' i hither. Each carried some kind "of "B " | utensil to hold liquid refreshments. ^ I One had a dipper, another a dish pan, "'some carried water-buckets, ^nd'oth' i ers caught it in their hats. One man 1 ran so fast that he lost his hat, and , ' he immediately took off a shoe in " order to get his part. Standing room ^was at a^ premium around the car, ' | ?nd a free circus would not have been 1 half as well attended. Judge Hollings j worth arrested the broken barrel and' accompanied it to Calhoun Falls. !i A great marty people who saw the ^ i men hurrying towards the shops 1; thought it was a firef but it was only ' fire-water. WILL WITHHOLD PUBLICATION OF DRAFT DESERTERS ! I * 4 ' ' : . Washington, Oct. 21.?The war department wiH withhold from pubj lication its list or draft deserters until every precaution has been taken to eliminate the names that appear on it erroneously* Secretary Baker . staged today. + ^ J he number of ^deserters originalported to the provost marshal , general was 498,033. Examinations , of the records . prior to July 15, '1919, revealed, however, that 151,35^jBither .had enlisted in the army, navy or marine corps or had been | erroneously inducted. During the . t\oc+ voor +>?a nnmhor Kppti /nr. [^thet'Teduced by 10,000. At last reimports the list contained 317,649, ; names. Of these 163,738 cases hftve t&een disposed of, leaving 17$9il still outstanding. Whatever delay has occurred in : publishing the names is due to the added: ?[ "To publish the name of an indi1 (vjdual who actually served his oount try honorably during the world war 1 would do him an irreparable injury, i (as no subsequent announcement by pi the war department or by the indif V*irv?onI# nAmrvTofolw IV I i} moVe the blemish upon his name or v mend his his damaged reputation, t The task of eliminating these names 1 is a tedious one, but the wiork is be-, - ing pushed as fast as the limited * clerical force will permit." I i ? BANKER PROPOSES ' THRIFT CAMPAIGN Would Last Three Years And Reach Every Family Without Bank Ac' count?Would A?k Government To Economize Washintgon, Oct. 21.?A. three year thrift campaign to reach every family in the country that has no (bank account was proposed to the American jankers' Association today by its committee on public and private thrift. As a part of the campaign?, government officials would be called upon to. practice utmost economy so as to reduce the expenditures of the Federal government. . ,Y. "The recent orgy of extravagance," declared the committee's report, "has indicated very. clearly the need for more popular realization of the need for saving when, and as the opportunity presents itself. The time is at hand when thrift axiu saving win uc xc^axjcu ao uvw only possibilites, but actual necessities." . Small savers are to be the chief source in financing the, normal growth of commerce and industry, the report said, adding that present tax policies offer a serious check to increased investment by holders' of large wealth. ' "Not only must the lesson be taught to the individual citizen and especially to the wage earner who has not yet found a place to begin," said the report . "hut our government officials piust also be impressed with a similiar idea because of their. example to the citizens and also be cause of its demand upon the people saving for purposes which too often are neither wise nor economically handled. "The tax burden upon industry and commerce and upon the billions of savings which would otherwise be used to finance new industry and new commerce is beyond all1 reason and in excess of the public need." 1 , .'V , - BIG BUSINESS < W. Joel Smith said it. .He says that 7 ^ ' they are doing a rushing business at the store of A. M. Smith & Son. "We , come down every morning, open up, and at night, we herd the catsjclose ap, and go home." That is what low cotton will do for a merchant It is worse than the boll weevil.' LIEUTENANT WILLIAMS j .* Mr. B. .H. Williams was yesterday elected policeman for Abbeville Cotton Mill village. The selection is by the Board of Selectmen; of the village, and is confirmed by the City Council. . , . V, v * \ 5,300,000 . r A rumor was . posted Thursday that the number of bales of cbtton ginned to October 18th., as reported to the National Ginners, was 5,300,000 bales. 1 ' . > > N V Y . . ' * trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upon the lands of the .undersigned, in any manner whatsoever. W. S. Martin. m 10 ii-J 1Lfi*o P T. Winn * lU-XO-llpU. iUAO. AVl M* *? .Ma. ] v\ . I MICK IE SAYS: ^ w NCfeWfioedM' OM AfcrtH'OOf WAKtV?WG,?W6tr \ ) ACMM49TX CWejCnW 10 ?GVJU / / ^OOOMMMtmOfQOOOa VHWU Ik \ 1 *\*T\J QJBVTC JkO V? uvec UNIN? f1 I I wu, t\xrwA>rts vxirru Awncu., y i V Ott */0?D? -to -CWCVA *2F*tCf r~^f f I | (j^T ' dhiif*t 1 ., ^ ..... i CHANGES MAY FOLLOW IN CROP FINANCING (Continued From Page 1) financial conditfbn of the nation is as good as it had ever been. "The federal reserve bank will function properly in giving member fcanKS longer rime on coxxon paper. Credit has been available for cotton as in other industries and I see no reason that credit should be discontinued," he said. Savannah, Oct. 21.?The Savannah Cotton Exchange and Savannah Clearing association today indorsed the proposal of the American, Bankers' association for the Organization of a S12.000.000 corporation to fi nance foreign trade. ? Oklahoma City, Okla.^ Oct 21.? Gov. J. B. A. Robertson this afternoon sent a telegram to President Wilson offered "to, join irt a con? ertructive or helpful . movement to husband the interest the cotton grower." He also seni a message to Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia expressing approval of a plan to organize an export finance corporation to take cotton off the hands of the growers. ' ' s i * r. / . v" . , ' n'A POTATO VINE f Mr. J. A. Shands, the real estate man, cajled to see us yesterday and brought us a potato vane. He did not know the ^ttriety, but we think it is the Spreading Adder variety. At. any rate the vine where it came^rat of the, ground was an ordinary vine but it began--to spread and at the other end ,a distance of about four feet, it *ras five inches wide^ and as flat as : the price of cotton just now. The end of the vine -terminated in a number of small leaves, much like potato plants. ' * * 1 1 1 * 1 THE MERRIE MATRONS. .v Notwithstanding the State newspaper, the Merrie Matrpns were a little more merrier than usual Tuesday when they met with Mrs. W. Joel Smith, and played cards, talked and enjoyed the refreshments serve<J. |' I 1 CPUS". .v 'mM . WM0 DD r K nUEHBUB / ..' : - ' ' / ' r / .'.v.-, ' , * v . ?V fTV'Tr\Tr/-v M/^n r * ivacijvc icau > yourself for knock at yoi INGS ACC( :'return 5 per The tin with the CA make mone; ' ahead, and Follow v another min jv Open a COl I and let youi , ,' until you se< i il .. . . -i Ki j\ ' ' Couril Sound G. A. NEUFFEE, Pr ALBERT HENRY, \ \ # % i- r SffeovS^CSKO INMHv ^Dance to these ne "BEAUTIFUL H ' V" : PlayiSd f>y Frank Ferera ^ Slow, romantic and thoroughly. ] alike for dancing or the pare; pleasur r "HAWAIIAN TWI1 Played by Frank Ferera A topping good fox trot played1 of the dance world. * Victor Doobto-Tai "Z1EGFELD FOLLIES 01 Pl^ed by Joseph < Introduces some of, the molt p potpourri. It's rhythmical, snappy i 'CUBAN MOC Played by Joseph ( < . ~ '.i) , z .-j , A dance tune that simply defies Victor DwlM.Fl Ask us to play for yon The New Victor R \ ^ J' | bRUG COMPi \ ! . ^ 1 . :' . . ?tv- V.. . 400 CHINAMEN DIE; 1 N IN EXPLOSION | -Joking, Oct; 21.-?An explosion 1 and fire in the Tong Chan coal ra\ne i in Chi,Li province killed upwards of ] 400 men Chinese laborers on Thurs- 1 day last, buit news of the accident reached here only today. There were 119 survivors. ^ ; At{ official report by the mining : company places the dead at 422. The ' explosion occurred in' next to-the ' - ' ' * ... ' '9t v r - J < . / ' ' * w -V . . '."* - rv SAVINGS i r'tFY k I r r A Lil il.. , , v .? :?: ' \ ' .. . . .. > p - ;; . y," follow our advice^an the time when opport ir door. Be READY wil DUNT in our Bank ?tnd cent, interest. fie is near at hand, whei lSH will find many oppo y, while the man who die "make ready" will be le the above advice, do not . Wt VVl l Savings Account Todaj JNTY SAVINGS BA1 t ' / v, r money earn 5 Per Cent 5 a good investment, then N v 1 n> r ( :: Sate , esident. R. E. G ice-President. P. E. B1 . j H. w Victor Records^ ; AWAII" (Waltz) And Anthony Franchini Hawaiian, this lovely number U ideal "v v; e of its concert quality. ' JGHT*'<Fax Trot) , and Anthony Jranchiui with a self-sure energy by real artists r.:' bed Record 18689 , ' >. r 1920" (Medley Fox Trot) \" ~ Smith's Orchestra , > opular number* of this cver-popultr md chock full of lify and ^ )N" (Fox Trot) 2, Smith's Orchestra your feet to keep still, ecd Record 35698 v ecords for October v o^est level, smoke causing most of ;he deaths. . / fGrief-stricken crowds surrounded the1 mine, carrying off the victims is they were (brought to ttie s&rface. ft is reported pat 180 mules were | taken out Sunday. . ' , . , ? " The Kedmoirt league, which enjoyed a successful iekson this year, is expected to go *to bat next springs # ; ?vih practically the same roster qf r managers as closed this season. > ? - ; ... x m'A ' I flB' "j| - . I v. Mt. D AiMF ? 1 ur\n iv | - "Bp KJt I u prepare . unity /will ,v , ;h a SAV- I receive in M i the . man 1 rtunitie^to 1 pot look ft otu. w$ put it " o ff % MK . Interest, t make it. Service 1 l OX, Cashier. B SLL, Asst. 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