The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 04, 1921, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
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SMALL PET DOG
v AWAKES FAMILY
Anderson, Feb. 3.?The barking of
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a small pet aog prouauiy w?r
lives of a family Here last night.
When J. Ban Allen, Jr.,,and his wife
woke upon hearing the little dog
x frantically barking at their bedroom
window they found the roof of the
house in flames, and they had just
barely gotton out when the entire
roof fell in. The flames were practi
cally all over the house, and nothing
was saved in the way of household
furniture. In response to the alarm
the fire company went to the scene of
the fire, although a mile out of the
city iimits, but could do nothing as
' there was no water protection that
far out. The house belonged to J.
Ban Allen, Sr., who had left much of
' his household goods there when he
moved to another farm which he
owns near Lowndesville. The house
was a large two atory building and
was valued at $12,*000. with little in
surance.
Notice to Taxpayers
For the purpose of Accommodating
the Public in the Matter of Mak
ing Their Returns, I Will Visit the
Places Mentioned Below On The
Dates Indicated in Schedule.
ALL RETURNS must be made un
der oath of personal property re
turned at its market value.
Persons not making their returns
between January 1, 1921 and Feb.
ruary 20, 1921, are liable to a penal
ty of 50 per cent. This penalty will
be enforced against delinquents; ft>r
the failure to enforce it heretofore
has put on neglect of the law.
The returns of those who conform
to the law are placed before the
Township and County Boards, while
those who disregard the law come in
after the meeting of the Boards and
return to suit themselves. The en
forcement of this 50 per cent penal
ty will correct this evil.
Returns will not be taken l?y mail
unless they are , sworn to before
some proper officer. All improve
? ments or any transfer of real estate
must be reported to the Auditor.
Employers are- requested to return
all their employees after notifying
them and getting a statement of
their Dronertv.
All tax returns must be made by
school districts. So please look up
your plats and find the number of
acres in each school district, also
amount of personal property.
My Appointment! Are a* Follows:
Calhoun Flails, Tuesday, February
1st.
Lowndesville, Wednesday and
Thursday, 2nd and 3rd.
Donalds Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 4th and 5th.
Due West, Tuesday and Wednes
day, February 8th and 9th.
Dr. Joseph Hicks will represent
me at Calhoun Falls.
R. J. Huchinson will represent me
at Lowndesville.
D. H. Humphries will represent me
at Donalds.
T C T/\rM will ronrospnt'. mp at
ll U* A WUU ?? AAA vw?>a? ? ?<>
Due West.
E. A. Patterson will represent me
at Antreville.
W. W. Wilson will represent me
I at Level Land.
RICHARD SONDLEY,
;r\\\ Auditor Abbe. County.
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HEPOO I
r TDC for all
[lEiKlJ crops?
help you get
re-war costs
and enable
our cotton,
z' and other
at a more
ofit. i
ltural Chemical Co.
Works, Charleston *
a standard
mot
Down
to a price
, R. Winn, Due West, S. C.
Lovrndesville, S. C.
/ ;
. Btit mechanical condition.
WAGE REDUCTIONS
BY STANDARD OIL
IS THE FORECAST
Cuts Already Made in Some Fields,
Including New Jersey and W.
Virginia
New York, Feb. 3.?Employees at
all the refineries of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, have
voluntarily accepted a rediictino of
one-half of their cost of living bonus
effective February 15, It was an
nounced here today at the general
offices of the company. The reduc
tion is equivalent to 10 per cent of
their wages.
Reports circulated in this city
that the Standard Oil company was
planning a 10 per cent wage reduc
tion affecting its employees in all
parts of the United Sta(tes were giv
en added currency today by news of
cuts made by Standard Oil subsidi
ries in widely separated fields?
New Jersey and West Virginia.
Employees of the Bayonee and
Bayway (Elizabeth) plants of this
Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey considered the proposed reduc
tion at meetings last night, while
reports came from Mannington, W.
Va., that employees of the Eureka
Pipe Line company, a Standard Oil
subsidiary has ibeen notified of a
similar reduction. In the West Vir
ginia field a number of employees
of tetfe South Penn Oil company sub
sidiary, have been laid off.
The proposed reduction in pay,
according to employees who have
? ,?;n
oetril IlUtlXICU Ul MIC piaii \y m
the form of suspension of a 10 per
cent wage bonus granted by the
Standard Oil company during the
war to offset the pressure of high j
living costs. At the time the bonus
was made effective, the company;
announced that it reserved the right'
to suspend it when living costs re-|
turned toward normal.
Efforts to reach Standard Oil of
ficials early today wwe made una
vailing. It was reported, however,
that the company would issue a'
statement on the wage question dur
ing the day.
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PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
The Easy Talker is all Warmed Up
and is going So Good that he has for
gotten All About the Speaker of Hie
Evening, whom he is Introducing.
Every town has a Self-Made Orator
who can Go to the Mat with the Dic
tionary c.i short notice and Comes ii
Hnndy when the Regular Speake'
"uu't Get There.
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V. DUE WEST NEWS. V
The Philomathean Celebration at
tracted quite a crowd.
Miss Eugenia Pearson of t Green
ville is visiting friends in Due West.
Mr. Charles Seawrigbt has accept
ed work in the Post Office at Due
West. He took up this work on Tues
day of this week.
Miss Jean Kennedy will leave on
Thursday for Lake Wales, Fla., to be
the guest .of Mrs. S. A. Tinkler, of
^hat place. She expects to be gone
several weeks.,
Mr. R. C. Brownlee went over to
Hickory Grove 6n Saturday and join
ed Mrs. Brownlee who is on a visit
to her sister, Mrs. Grier Pressly of
Hickory Grove.
Miss Willie Virginia Galloway left
on Monday afternoon for Emerson
School of Oratory, Boston, Mass.,
where she will study expression'dur
ing the coming session.^ ^
R&y. H. B. Blakely, president of
Bryson College, spent Monday night
with friends in town. Bro. Blakely
had been to Ora to see his brother-in
law Mr. W. J. Fleming, who is in bad i
health. Bro> BlaVely speaks encour
agingly of the work^of the college.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ellis have mov
ed into the home formerly belonging
to Mr. J. H. Wren and have gone to
housekeeping. Mr. Ellis bought this
property1 a few years ago. The ar
rangement is very convenient. Fath-'
er and son have homes close together.!
Mr. J. H. Wren and his daughter,
Miss Myrtle/left last week in their
car for a visit to Florida. They ex
pect to be gone several weeks. Mr.
Ashley, who married a niece of Mr.
Wren, has moved into the Wren home
This allows Mr. Wren and his daugh-lj
ter, Miss Myrtle, who has been keep- '
ing house since the death of' ,her ,
mother, more freedom. \
The "Womanless Wedding" comes
off next Monday evening.
A'-short recital will be given Sat- i
urday evening at 8 o'clock by stud- i
ents from the Music and Expression <
Departments. The public is invited
to be present.
The annual protracted meeting at
the Woman's College will be held
next week. Services will begin on
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. and continue
morning and evening through the:
Sabbath. Rev. W. A. McAulay of
Greenville will do/the pleaching.
WORLD PER CAPITA
OAvinus 10 910.00
Stock and Postal Banks of U. S. With
$6,536,470,000, Lead , Ail
Other Nations.
If'all the money in the mutual,!
stock and postal savings banks in the
world was equally distributed amdhg
the inhabitants of the globe every
man, woman and child would have;
' 1
$13.58, according to statistics issued |
by the Savings Bank Association of 1
the State of New York yesterday.!
The same authority shows that thej
146,277,394 small savers of the world 1
yi'ould have on deposit $23,123,285,-1
677, a sum greater than the combin-i
ed wealth of Germany, Austria, Hun-i
gary, Turkey and Bulgaria. The av-j
erage deposit account the world overj
is $158.08. j
Of the total amount of world sav
ings, the people of the United States!
possess more than -25 per cent. In j
this country aside from depositors in!
postal savings, there are 11,437,556 i
depositors in mutual and stock sav
ings banks, with total deposits of $6,-!
536,470,000, or 2 per cent of the !
country's wealth. This marks a ga^ni
of approximately $634,000,000 ^n,
mutual and .stock savings banks in
1920, according to the association.
The average deposit account in the
mutual and stock savings banks in
the United States is $571.99 and the!
average deposit per inhabitant $61.85
According to the figures of the Asso
ciation more than one-tenth of the
people in this country have accounts
in either mutual, stock or postal sav
ings banks. In the twenty-three for-j
eign countries repoi'ting with a com-j
bined population of 933,280,000, the:
average deposit account in savings'
banks is $122.34 and the average de
posit per inhabitant $17.60.
Germany leads the world in point
of numbers of savers in any one,
country. There, 27,000,000 or 40 per
cent of the inhabitants have savings
in public or corporate savings banks.
Japan stands second with more than
25,000.000 depositors.
SIZE OF HOUSE
NOT DETERMINED
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Question May Wait For Harding j
Reign?Senate Would Wait ! t
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Washington, Feb. 3.?Sngges
ions that action in the house reap-. ^
lorttoriment bill be deferred until i "
fter the inauguration of President-j
lect Harding were considered to-1?
[ay by Republican members of the | *
nembers of the senate census com- ;!
riittee. Chairman Sutherland said a jj
inference of Republican senators ij
night be called to determine ac- ]j
ion. , ;|
Senator Sutherland declared !j
;here was no disposition in the sen- ;i
ite to change the house membership
is fixed by that body nor was any ' }
iecrease in the representation from !|
southern states contemplated in
:onnection with the bill.
If the^, house measure, which ;i
vould retain the present house ;j
nembership of 435, by decreasing <j
epresentation of some states and I;!
ncreasing that of others goes over ;ji
intil the next session, the redistrict
ng of sates made necessary could !j
lot be considered by state legisla
tures now in session, and it was
jaid that extra sessions might be >
lecessary.
An effort was made in the house j!
to add an amendment giving gover- !;
lors of states authority to reappor- :j
;icn i congressional districts within ;|
their states, and Representatives ;
Langley, Republican, Kentucky, and ;j
Newton, Republican, Missouri, con- j
ferred today with the Republican
members, of the senate committee
regarding passage of this amend- ;j
Representatives Langley and New
ton told the senators that the' house
bill in its present form might result
in solid Democratic delegations
from both Kentucky and Missouri,
rhe house measures provides for re
iuction of Kentucky's representa
tion by one and Missouri's by two.
It is said that Yellowstone Nation- jj
il Park contains more geysers than lj
ire contained in the entire remain-;;;!
ler of the earth's surface. jfj
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WOULD NEED HIS COFFIN
The temperance reformer was
ustly proud of having converted
he biggest drunkard in a Scottish
own' and introduced him?he was
he local grave digger?to get up on
he platform and testify. This is how
e did it:
"My.-friends,M he said, "I never
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or
uaicij aii
-Xo matter how safe m
in which you keep you
ways be the cause of v
your own. yWhy shoul
Safe Deposit Boxes an
v ing. .
A Savings account v
Interest, gives you a r
feeling.
We Pay 5 Pei
on Saving
County Sa
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Abbeville,
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ALL KINDSfOF^
ilding Mater
and SUPPLIES
' Supply C
. H. JACKSON, Mg
thocht to stand upon this platfona
with the provost on one side of me
and toon clerk on the' ither side of
me. I never thocht to tell ye that
for a whole rponth I've not touehe*
a drop of anything. I've saved
enough to buy me a braw oak coffin
wi' brass handles and brass naUst
and if I'm a teetotaller for anitfoer
month I shall be wantin' it."
VINGS BANK
id Worrv
ay be the private pfacc
ip valuables, it must al
vorry ifn is entirely
d you worry? Use our
d let us do the worry
/ith us at Five Per Cent,
nighty safe comfortable
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