The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 24, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
Established 1844.
THE PRESS AND BANNER
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
The Press and Banner Company
Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Telephone No. 10.
Entered as second-iiass matter a
post office iD Aoheville, S. C.
Tertos of Subscription:
One Year $2.0
Six months $1.0
Three months .5
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1920
( RESERVE BOARD SHOULD
LOWER DISCOUNT RATE!
(Manufacturers Record, Baltimore '
As the Federal Reserve Board ha
been largely responsible for creatinj
the present condition in business, i
is now the supreme duty of tha
Eoard to act quickly in order to sav<
the situation and restore business t<
prosperous conditions again. It cai
make a quick turn for the better b:
lowering its discount rate. This woul<
enable banks to lower their rates t<
customers. Because of the high rate:
which the banks are compelled to paj
to the Federal Reserve Banks th&j
are forced to charge their customer
a high rate of interest, and make theii
% customers leave on deposit anywhen
from 25 per cent to 30 per cent oi
40 per cent of the amount they bor
row, and then the banks relend thi:
to some on^ else in order io try t<
- catch up with the high rate chargec
by the Federal Reserve Board. If th<
Board would promptly reduce it:
rate it would enable the banks to re
duce the rates to customers, whicl
would ease up the I money situatioi
and restore confidence?and confi
dence is what the country needs mori
than anything else just now. Havinj
spent 12 months in beating dowi
confidence and destroying prosperity
Pocoruo RnnrH rmilf
atone for some of its sins of omissioi
and commission by actively and ag
gressively working to save the coun
try from further depression.
The time to act is now!
\SUPPORT FOR
THE ADMINISTRATE
(Manufacturers Record.)
"The Observer feels that it cai
speak assuredly for the South an<
the Southern people. They have nev
er, even at times when there was ai
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administrative enemy in tne winu
House, regarded the President as oth
er than their President, and as sucl
accorded him due respect. Mr^Hard
ing will have no reason to anticipati
a more critical attitude on part o
the South than on part of any othe:
section of the country. In all its en
deavors in betterment of the condi
tion of the nation the new Govern
ment will have the hearty support o:
the people in this part of the coun
try."?Charlotte, (N. C.) Observer.
The South's best interests can b<
served by the heartiest cooperation o:
its people with the new Administra
tion. It behooves the South to follov
the Observer's suggestion to the lim
it. Its business has been halted an<
its farmers impoverished by the Dem
ocratically-controlled Federal Re
serve Board. Secretary Houston, ?
cabinet member, the most siniste:
figure of modern tlme^, has already
cost the South billions of dollars o
loss. *fhe race issue has been revive<
by forcing the negro vote upon thi
South through the Woman Suffragi
Amendment, driven by the President'
power through the Tennessee Legis
lature. Surely no party could do mucl
mere than this, even if malevolentl;
inclined to injure the South. For vis
lonary internationalism, on me ciaw
that America was-willing to make th
; -. "supreme sacrifice" in such a cause
' *3 I
t our own affairs have been permittei
, to reach the present dangerous condi
tion.
, On the other hand, the Republican
have much to gain by creating pros
perity in the South. Moreover, \v
have President-elect Harding's statt
ment, reiterated over and over agair
that he will know no North, n
South no East no West but one cou
try, America, and as a sincere Chris
tian he will,, we feel sure, do his ul
most to keep that promise. He i
therefore entitled to the South's clos
est and most cordial co-operation i
solving the mighty problems whic
we face. If viewed from a selfis
standpoint, pure and simple, or fror
a broader standpoint of national wei
fare and patriotism, the South ca
)
I
best serve itself and the country by CI
a full recognition of the meaning of j
the overwhelming vote for Harding
; and Coolidge and join with every A<
other State in giving the heartiest
co-operation to the new Administration.
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THE ORIGIN OF THE $ m
1 . 21
. The dollar sign is the lineal des- fa
cendant of the Spanish abbreviation
| for 'pesos.' The change from 'ps' to ^
0'$ was about 1775 by English Am0!ericans
who came into business re- .
0' lations with Spanish-Americans.
J The earliest printed dollar sign dates ^
back to 1497. It was used in all Am- .
V]
erican arithmetic, Chauncey Lee's
"American Accomptant" published
j I at Lansingburgh in that year. About M
1800 the symbol came into general ^
J use", both in printing and writing P*
William A. Washington, on Septem- ei
S ber 29, 1802, wrote a letter having
^! to do with the disposal of certain oi
* j lands above the Potomac, belonging oi
* to George Washington. In this letter te
e there is mention of '$20', '$30' and th
5 '$40' per acre. - pr
1 Since then the dollar has been the w
f American standard coin. Some of dl*
the coinages, or what few are left, ec
> are worth small fortunes. So far as th
5 known not a single dollar of the fr
'' mintage of 1868 is in existence. In j}
? fact only six were minted. That was w
5 the year congress failed to provide es
r for a dollar coinage. Dies were made. ar
- and six "proofs" impressed, but it is ^
r believed these six 'proofs' were
- thrown back info the crucibles and
I re
s | melted up. So if you find a dollar of
) i 1868, you will not need to worry ^
1 j about your old age.
?j Next in rarity is the dollar of 01
sjl804. Eighteen thousand 1804 dol- w
-liars were minted, bift the entire
11 number was sent over to the pay- *
i j master of the United States fleet of c
. three men-of-war lying off Tripoli.
; The sailors took them ashore and
r traded them to the natives for vari- ^
> "fr
, ous things. Coins were highly prized IC
by the Beudonisn of Sahara, but up
j to that time they had seen * nothing
a but English pieces of silver. They P<
eagerly bargained for these silver in
dollars using them as a basis for
silver jewelry. Perhaps a dozen ui
I came home in the ditty bags of the w
! sailors on those men-of-war. One le
| was found at New Haven, Conn., te
and valued at $3,500. This was dis- m
4 covered by a workman excavating th
! for a rink. A second one was found al
j in New Haven by an old lady, in an oi
ij antique sugar bowl. It had been w
i i brought home by her father, a sea
- j captain and had been given to him ?
11 by a sailor who had been with Come
modore Perry, r
Other United States coifis are _
i very rare. There are only three of ~
. the gold eagle of 1798 in existence.
e The government owns one of these*
f They were made in the first United
r States mint, in Philadelphia. In
. 179/2 a copper cent Kvith a tiny sil- ?
_ ver spot was issued. Perhaps none of F<
these are in existence. A. D. Millp
j house, who lived near Murphysboro,
111., at one time owned the first five
dollar bill issued by the United p<
_ States treasury. It was No. 1 srrips I
ljA,*ssued in March 1862.
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" A BLYTHEWOOD MAN j
IN QUEER EPISODE Li
" j
Disappeared and Left Blood-stained
Car Near Columbia?Alive
In Jacksonville
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j Columbia, Nov. 23.?Marion Ha|
good the Blythewood farmer whose _
j; car with blood spots was found near U
J Colonial Heights Saturday night,
" ! with a note indicating flint Vin Vio/71
^ o ?
.been killed ^nd robbed, is not dead, i;
s { but is alive. He has wired his father _
*.J. A. Hagood, at Blythewood, ac- j
^ i cording to a telephone message re- j' 1
' j ceived here from Blythawood today, j
' j that he is alive a^nd wilK return to !
1 j Columbia Monday afternoon. The i
e; telegram came from Jacksonville''jand
stated that he would return!
d j here by Seaboard Air Line train
Monady afternoon. ^
| When this message was received
s! by the press the police were still
>-' searching the woods for clues as to 1
|
p j the mans whereabouts and an ex- j
Hplanation for the mysterious disap-J
i.jpearance of Mr.^Hagood's car which
o j was found ina ditch on the roadside ^
n, witn Diood on it and a loaded pistol j
>- in the car. Financial trouble is bet
believed to be the cause,
s Later?Hagood returned to Co- .
;- lumbia yesterday claiming to have 1
n been taken captive by robbers and 1 "
h! carried to Jacksonville where he was T
h released. j
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I- Legal Blanks for Sale Here.?
n ?he Press and Banner Company. '
UINA SUFFERS es
FROM CHOLERA di
ddi To Distress In Famine Di?- ty
trict "\ CC
th
Peking, Nov. 23.?Cholera is add- st
g to the general distress in the faine
stricken district where from S1
j.000.000 to 30,000,000 people are ^
icing death by starvation.
The Associated Press Correspon;nt,
who recently__traveled through w
le heart of the territory most se- SJ
ously denuded of food, found con- sc
tons even more desperate than had
?en indicated by information preously
received here:
w
In the town of Hwai-an where m
lere were 100 families, 30 persons (.j.
id died of cholera and. similiar re>rts
are common from various oth- ^
' districts.
ni
The picture presented to the eye w
: the correspondent was a dismal, a]
le. The soil barren as in midwinr,
prices soaring, migration of js
ose having more money or enter- sa
ise, the people living on a diet of
eeds, chaff, thistles and leaves; _
lildren, especially little girls, offer- I
for sale at the average price of
e small Chinese mule; cholera
om under-feeding, suicides of inviduals
in extreme despair, old
?J ?v:iJ?_ _i :?
men ana cnuureu gleaning yai^uof
weeds, men with no work to do i
id clusters of refugees living in the
lelter of temples in market towns.
Information obtained by the corspondent
indicated that the ppeslt
suffering is only a forecast of
at to come in the course of eight
ten weeks when the real crisis
ill arrive. Conditions in the belt
> traversed in a journey by cart
:tween two railway lines near Teiow
are believed to be typical of j ,
ose generally existing* throughout
rge.areas in the provinces of Chili,
lantung, Honan and Shansi. He
lund indescribable misery and
oical facing of starvation by miljns
of people who already had disced
of everything salable and saw
i the future nothing but death. j
When the frost will have killed the
iconsumed leaves and weeds there
ill 'be literally nothing to eat for at |
ast half the population. One out of i 1
in has already migrated without
oney and without destination. In j
ie worst spots half the people are |
ready subsisting on the proceeds j
: the sale of furpiture and clothing i
hich means that those temporaily S
WANTS, ||
OR SALE?Red Cross Hut at S. A. I
L. Shops, also1 Chevrolet 4-90 |
touring car at a bargain. Apply to
J. E. ROCHE. 3t. pd.
OR SALE?Milk, Cream, Pecans,
Turnip Salad. Call Mrs. R. S. McCcmbs,
20 S. Main St., City. ltc.
I
DR SALE?One Range Eternal.
Call at 137 North Main St. Phone
Number 289. W. C. SHERARD,
Abbeville. ll-24-2t-pd.
DST?Brown Cameo brooch, encircled
with pearls, Tuesday rffter
neon between front door Graded
school building and car at curbing
at corner Rosenberg yard. Reward
if returned to Mrs. C. C. Gambrell.
lt-pd.
OST?A bunch of keys. Finder!
please return to The Dixie Land
Company and receive reward.
l-22-3t-col.
RESPASS NOTieE^No hunting
, or trespassing of any kind is allowed
on land of Taggart Estate,
L-nnwn ac Pnttori Mill ar?H TaoKrarf- '
Home Place. C. D. JACKSON,
Agent. ll-22-4t-pd.
WANTED?To do your housemoving,
two outfits. Experienced hands.
Work done promptly. Reference
furnished. Satisfaction guaranteed, i
Address Box 415, Hendersonville, |
N. C. ll-22-4tpd. i
.? i
OST?White female Setter dog, |
brown spots; had collar and chain'
__ ...i 1-? a ?v ? i
Uil wiJtrii iddi seen. rLiiy imui uicition
appreciated. J. NW. Martin,
68 Washington St. Abbeville. S. C.
l-22-3tcol.
RESPASS NOTICE?No hunting
or trespassing of any kind is al-J
lowed on my land known as the Al-j
len Hagan place. Mrs. Lily M. Wil-'
son. 11, 19-3tpd.
caping starvation will ultimately see
e from cold and exposure. ed
In the town if Chi Chow, which is rea
pical, the magistrate informed the istf
rrespondent that out of eVery of
iree families two are quite' sure to a f
arve before the end of the year, cal
irring effective relief from out- ou1
de. There are 390,000 people in
ie administrative district in ques- ^
on.
Tn PVin r? fwrn KonVore wViA
Ail iiiiig viiiug irrw nnv
ere engaged in raising relief funds
tid that the crop had been an ab- Ro
(lute failure following two or three
revious and serious shortages. Of
0,000 families they estimated that
ght out of ten were practically,
ithout means. One of the "infor- soi
tants said that he was the owner of he]
ie largest pawnshop in the vicinity, dei
"There are constant streams of a&
irmers coming with clothing, furiture,
implements, anything upon *h<
hich to realize a few coppers. They me
re selling their children where pos- an
ble, or leaving them where there y?
hope that they may be fed," he th<
iiH
Chaff and the residue from cotton
MAM
All New. Bet
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01X Dig IV11
Prices:--55c-83c-$ I. I
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i nat is wnai
a wagonB
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that is what you
a? a Farm ,W
for you?an'
best buy.
in it an
. out (
an
The St
id after the oil has been extracthave
become valuable beyond the
,ch of the average person who ex3
on a watery concoction chiefly
leaves and weeds, with perhaps
ew kernels of grain, and a sort of
ce, if he is affluent enough, made
t of the cotton seed waste.
>UTH DENIES HE
IS GUILTY OF A
BRUTAL MURDER
y Henderson Protests His Inno*
cence of Slaying Two Boys In
Cherokee County
Gaffney, Nov. 23.?Roy Henderl,
16 year old white boy, who is
Id 'by the coroner's jury for the
ath of Frank and Floyd Kirby,
ed six and eight yfears, respeetivetoday
protested his innocence of
s crim# and clang to his statesnt
he made to officers upon his
rest late last night that he left the
ung boys at a certain point after
;y went out hunting with him.
According to the story given by
icers, Henderson is alleged to have
4
TAn ABBEVILLE, S. C. <
IV ftj One Night Only P
JOL FRIDAY, 1
ter Than Ever
IRLEYGAf
nstrel Vaudevi
0-$ 1.65 Tax include
rvT
you want voln
?and when uoi
All
/
get. In such an i
agon the best is no
d that is why the Ba;
rT"?l 1 .
Ihe quality you
d you will get the se
af it. So, when y
s in the market for
the best wagon
mony can
buy, call
r?n
V/AA
ark Vehic.
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enticed Frank and Floyd Kirby SE
away from home Saturday after- B
n-oon to go hunting. When near the M
creek, it is alleged, he. shot the H
smaller boy blowing off the right ' H
hand top of the head,, then caught g
the older boy and beat him over the I
head, after which he took the ibodies
and threw into a deep hole in
Branch Creek, six miles from here.
Henderson, who was captured at
the home of a farmer at Butler as he
was preparing to retire, was quoted
by officers as having told them that
he was fired upon by a negro, after
parting with the Kirby boys. When
asked how his gun, which was found
in two pieces near the scene of the
killing was broken, he is . said to
have claimed that when th6 negro
fired at?him, he fell, breaking the
gun as he went to the ground.
The father of the dead boys, arriving
home from work and learning
that he children had gone off with
Henderson, became uneasy and in
searching for them found the mutilated
bodies of the boys in the creek
where they had been thrown.
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