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. I I II ? fc. ! \ Established 1844. " THE PRESS AND BANNER ^ ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company [] Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. , ( f-A*"' * ... ' j Entered as second-Ciass matter at poet office in Aobeville, S. C. ' i 4 i Pii Y< < Teiiu of Subscription: One Year $2,0? , Six months $1.00 1 Three months 50 . YN; 1 < V:.; Foreign Advertisng Representative i AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 I ? \ r" V * MONDAY, JULY 18, 1921 ' MISTAKING OUR AILMENT i m,% ? None of u= likes to pay taxes. And ? when the figures begin to climb, all. * mv, . -jv of us begin to object. A few days ago 1 ' ' we talked with a good citizen who was figuring on the way to raise the sinking fund for the new school " . bonds without raising the tax rate. ( He said that taxes were getting to i be enormously high, and he seemed ] afraid that the people would not be ; ' > ; able to pay. * -? y B\it when we make objection to 1 the tax rate: levied by the govern- [ mental agencies we fail to take ac- j / nunt of the enormous taxes we are v _ paying in other ways. For instance, <^ we have in Abbeville about five thousand people. Of these, one thousand are heads of famliies; perhaps there j ' ... are twelve hundred boys and men to- ^ gether between the ages of 18 and ^ 70. It is fair to assume that at least v five hundred of the^e smoke either j cigars, cigarettes or pipes. Whatever j they smoke, the average cost to each j. is not less than twenty-five cunts per j. day. That means that these men are expending for the pleasure of smoking the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per day, or three ^ thousand, seven hundred and fifty j dollars per month, or forty-five jthous- . and dollars per year?an amount ' l?T*w?r thun the entire exnenditure -o ? ?? jc for public schools in the city of Ab- \ ^ beville last year, and larger than the t amount of school taxes to be collect- ? eo/in this school district next year, ^ wen if we pay five thousand dollars j. ' towards retiring the new bonds to ^ be issued. . t ; We notice that there are about thirteen hundred automobiles in the ^ county. These automobiles, we imaginc, cost on an average about sev- j. en hundred dollars each. That means ? V.. 3 nearly a million dollars, an amount ^ greatly in excess of the aggregate value of all the school buildings and 0 ? school propetfy in the county, we ^ i It takes to operate a car and to Jjfeep it in repair a great deal of ^ money. A set of tires for the average * sized car will cost one hundred and ^ >^fty dollars, but if we put the average cost at one hundred dollars, and allow only the sum of one hundred dollars vfor purchasing gasoline and ^ " * snaking repairs on each car for the year, we have an average expendi tore for the operation and up-keep of the thirteen hundred cars in this e county a little more than a quarter t of a million dollars each year, an r amount twice as large, we think, as a the entire expenditures for public s " .schools in the county. t There are in the school district in "v " which this city is located at least i throe VmnHrpH automobiles. Most neo- i. pie around the larger places, or at -least a good percentage of them, boy the larger automobiles. They are owned almost exclusively for pleasure too. These oars cost the owners an average price of one.-thousand; dollars, we should judge. ^ That is. tlpree hundred thousand ^d6lfa^'' invested in automobiles in jjtjiis sjehfool; 4 district, much more than the cost of all our school buildings and equipment. ' People in places like Abbeville use their automobiles a great deal more than do the people in the rural sections. Speaking from experience, we I are of the opinion that the average -cost of operating a car in Abbeville, v including repairs, gas, oil and replacements (and not including^ d^-t * preciation) is about five hundred < dollars. That means an expenidture 3ny< . this school district for operating, au- ^ tomobiles of about one hundred and ? fifty thousand doljars annually t about five-times we believe the 3 amount we are annually expending i ft./- - / : on our public schools. If we calculate j, that the average life of an automobile is five years, and that, therefore, j each of these cars loses in value each j year two- hundred dollars, we shall I add sixty thousand dollars more toj the annual expenditure for this kind j of pleasure. . Yes, when we come to pay taxes! it does look like we are paying ai Si eat Jeal, but the future welfare of j this cotintry depends on the amount^ of these taxes, and especially on the j 1 amount we levy for schools; -civHiza- j tion itself depends on this. As long'] is we spend such large amounts fori ither things which are not necessary, ! j and until these schools dost us more] ] :han our annual chewing gum bill, orj f is much as the salt which goes into J ;he bread which we eat daily, let us je fair with ourselves and acknowl-j I ;dge that it is not the amount of < axes, but the expenditures we are c naking for things that are unneces- t ary ip life and which after all are ? elfish expenditures,' which make upj >ur burdens. j < . if DEATH OF T. G. PERRIN !; i? Thomas Grant Perrin, aged 60, " lied iSaturday morning, July 16th., it tk? Abbeville County Memorial * lospital, after a long illness. T i ? Funeral services -were beld yes-erday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the r ilethodist Church, of which the de- C :eased was for a long time a member, conducted by his pastor, Rev. dr. Feele. After the services his * >ody was laid to rest in Long Cane :emet ery. tv? /i a11 attti r? rr Q^to/1 jjc nollhpar- I ^ A. ll\', xvxiun?iig ^ *s J. C. Thomson, Frank C. Dupre, >r. J. R. Nickles, W. E. Johnson, M. T. Coleman, a>nd C. A. Milford. The 3ity officials .were honorary pall-* eare.rs. The members of the M^son- ^ c fraternity in Abbeville, of which Jr. Perrin was long a faithful mem- ^ er, also attended the funeral in a ody. Mr. Perrin was unmarried. He pas born in the State of Tennessee ^ md spent several years of his life in he Western section of the country. , Jut the greater part of it was spent n Abbeville, where he was engaged ^ is salesman and later as Treasurer ^ <f the City Council. In all positions _ vhich he held, Mr. Perrin performed he obligations which came to him ^ rith fidelity nad care, making riends with those with whom he had lusiness dealings, and impressing ^ limself on his fellows as a man of a he strictest business integrity and ^ if high character. As an official of * he city, Mr. Perrin worked laboriously for the public welfare, his ^ looks always being kept up to date * nd being models of correct book- c :eeping. In his church, and other I elations he was faithful and zeal- 8 us. He gave offense to no man. '. - ? ooinoipn onioinn srdlu shrdl i rhhs Mr. Perrin is survived by his n eohews, Lewis Perrin, of the Na- c ional Bank, and James Perrin, of ' leridian, Miss. The latter came to i Kl>Annll/v +/v f?o*_ ^ LuutT-iii^ i/vr auncxoi acAices. n / :? p GREENVILLE BOYS ARE a KILLED BY LIGHTNING c n Greenville, July 17.?While seatd with the family at the supper I able for the evening meal last light, Thomas ami David Odam, ged 10 and 8 years, respectively, oois of Mr. and Mrs. David Odaon, of h he upper section of the county, F trere instantly killed when a bolt of 1< ighitning struck the house. The fam- h ly lives about eight (miles above o ixear in the Mount Lebanon sec- \ on. None of the other members of he family were injured. The house I y lad recently been equipped with an ;i acetylene gas lighting system and it k s the electricity came down he fixtures and into the dining s ddni. 'A double funeral -for th^'two ii iav# was held, this afternoon: and was a t,>T l.v? . ) : I . ? ! . .. i v/ , f ittended by a large throng. The lit- o ile boys had been inseparable cc:n- 1 >anions throughout their Lfe and n ;he two bodies were buried in the r ;ame casket. J - r FRENCH PEOPLE PRAY I END OF DROUGHT ii Dn-Mir> T111 * r 1 ? f ?i a %\x o ujijt xu?"?voiuniai i/uuuio v ircbjMshop of Paris, today called up- <j >11 the people to pray for rain be- t jause of the prolonged drought, 1 which has caused much damage and a offering. The cardinal instructed t ;he clergy to say special prayers foT ain during masses for the next line days. ' r JAPAN GOMES >N FOR CONFERENCI READY TO ENTER OISARMA MENT DISCUSSION BUT WITH HOLDS ASSENT AS TO FAI EASTERN QUESTIONS?FIRS1 HITCH IN SIGHT. Washington, July ' 15.?Japan i ready to enter the disannament con ference but withholds assent to ai unrestricted djfec^ission i of Fjbfc Eastern questions as a part of it. The viewpoint .of the America! government in that a solution of thi Eastern questions is a necee jary accompaniment to any disarms nent program. Thus develops the first hitch?if i litch it turns out to be?in Presi lent Harding's plan to remove th< :auses for heavy armaments anc hen reduce the armaments them ;elves. American officials, however, ar< optimistic that a way will be fount 'or a satisfactory conference t< vhich Japan will be a party and foi i program of armament reductioi icceptable to ail. The Japanese repfy to such a con 'erence came to the State Depart nent today through the Ainericai embassy at Tokio. Its text was noi nade public and department official: leclined to reveal its content, excepl o say that it expressed approval oj he disarmament discussion but die tot agree to a consideration of th( Jacific problems. During the day lowever, it became known that th? .ttitude of the Japanese governnent was known to the government's epresentative here. This attitude is that the disarmanent question is a vast one in itseli ind that if other questions are introluced into the field of discussion th? onference may be so broadened as o endanger its success. Japanese officials are said to fee! his to be particularly true if th( luestions so introduced are to affed he delicate balance of dipolmatic elatinos in the Orient. There is aairifest in Tokio a belief that sue! i. debate might open up a pandora's ox of troublesome diplomatic inricacies which would set for Presilent Harding's task of readjustmenl iven greater than that attempted bj he peace conference of Versailles/ The alternative, in the belief ol apanese statesman, would be tc gree beforehand on exactly whal [uestions will form the subject mater of the discussion. . To this is opposed the opinion oi Lm eric an officials that if all the naions first agree to come into th onference whatever limitations apteared advisable could be fixed bj eneral assent afterward. I Just what will be the next step oi be President? and his advisers did ot appear tonight. -China having acepted the invitation unconditionaly during the day, however, all of he invited powers were on record as greeing at least to discuss disarmalent, and it was the apparent purose of the State Department to re ard the assembling of the meeting s assured, and to proceed in due ourse to issue notes of invitation in lore formal character. .OST BATTALION HERO GETS LAST HONORS New York, July 16.?Full military onors marked the funeral today of 'rivate John J. Monson, hero of the >st battalion, who died in Bellevue ospital after being taken ill while n leave of absence from his post in he regular army. Monson died last Friday and i: ,Tas three days before his body was ient'fied. As soon as it became nown that he was the man who, on tember 28, 1918, carried the mesage,that reunited the lost battalioij n'ihe Argonne, scores of civic ofl :s|nizat?ons planned that fitting hon| rs might be paid him at his funeral ?oday a column five blocks long larched behind the caisson that caried the body to the Church of the Ascension, where a high requiem nass was said, and thence to Cypress lills cemetery, where military servces were held. J. ecxmicaiiy, monson was aDsem without leave at the time of hi? leath, but military officials declared he charge was dropped when it was earned*that he was ill in a hospital it the time he was supposed to reurn to duty. ?Watch the label on your paper and enew your subscription promptly* SETTLEMENT MADE -' i OF BRITISH CLAIM j _ . UNITED STATES PAYS ENG LAND THIRTY-TWO MILLION I DOLLARS DESPITE DEBT OF r FOUR BILLION DUE THIS NATION. . s Washington, July 16.?Despite - Great Britain's debt of $4,500,000,i 000 to this country payment of $12, 688,352 has been made by the government to the British ministry of i shipping in settlement of a claim B against the War Department, Treas. pry officials said today. The payment .[was made, officials added, pursuant I to an opinion by Attorney General j %! Daugherty. - j The British claim was for transJ portation services arising out of the 1; war with Germany, and the payment - it was explained, constitutes a final | settlement between the War Depart? ment and tie British ministry of 11 shipping of all claims of either party > 'against the other for transportation r services. * i J Secretary Mellon asked Mr Daugh| erty for a ruling as to whether the . act of March 3, 1875, which requires . the secretary to withhold payment of i any judgment against the United 1 t States where the claimant is indebt} ed to this country in any manner, apt plied to such a claim. 11 Mr. Daugherty held the act did not I apply as it was not the practice of i sovereign nations to prosecute their ,! claims against one another in the : courts and obtain judgment but ad just such matters through diplomatic s channels. "If it should be construed to ap ply to a case such as is now present: ed," the attorney general said, then | whenever a claim is allowed by the si United States in favor of a foreign 11 nation it will be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury in making I j payment to withhold the amount of ?' any claim which the United States i may have against such nation. As is . jwell known, this government exer; j cises a broad discretion in determin; ing "What claims it will preaent } against other nations and the optra. tions of the statute in such matters . would seriously interfere with the II government in the conduct of its r foreign relations." The British transportation claims , fj.it was explained, was fo/ what was , regarded daring the war as current . ; expenses would be paid one another . without waiting the settlement of international debts. I In connection with the claim, Mr. . Mellon also inquired whether $12,, 275,711 should be withheld, pending , , adjustment of a claim of the ship- , r ping board against the ministry otf < shipping for shipments of oil. The , ; Attorney 'General suggested that , I such a step might be suggested to , , Great Britain through the usual dip- < . lomatic channels but the Treasury j ; decided officials said, that the Bhip ; ping boards bill was yet to be adjust; ed finally, and that the British j , transportation claim therefore ] , should be paid in full. i LIQUOR MADE HIM LIBERAL 1 Louisville, Ky., July 16.?Promis- ^ cuous distribution of genuine $5, $10 and $20 in bills was stopped yesterday iby a patrolman and as a TeSult Fred Kuhn was lodged in jail. ' He had just drawn $50 from a bank ' and only $270 remains. He gave the 1 ! rest away. J Kuhn was release on bond. He was charged with drunkenness. i LIGHTNING LEFT PHOTO OF TREE ON HIS BACK 1 f 1 Eastman, Ga., July 16.?Struck ' 1 by a bolt of lightning yesterday ai- * ternoon, Travis, young son of J. J. ^ '.iGrimsley, lives sand is carrying on ' jihis. back a photograph of a cedar ' jtre^. r ... '< The boy was sitting on the front r\t Viic Virvmp iu/Vipti n finch stint. ^ tered a cedar tree a few feet from ! the house. The current passed 1 through the boy's ibody, rendering I the youth unconscious. He recovered ' in a few minutes and members of the family found a photographic plate of ! ' a tree on hia back. ! Jakie Bureh, 15, son of C. C. 11 ' Burch, was also struck by lightning. ' ! A round hole was burned in his cap. 1 ' He was unconscious for only a few ! ' minutes. The throne left by the ex-kaiser : II is said to be worth more than $100,-1? . 000. | < i VVVVVVV V V UVVV1 V V ; V CALHOUN FALLS NEWS V ^vuvvv v v\wvv 1 Calhoun Falls and vicinity looks somewhat refreshed since the recent rains. t The Baptist Sunday School has just closed a Red and Blue new mem- 4 ber contest. Mrs. T. V. Farrow was 1 captain of the Reds and Mr. J. B. ? Hall of the Blues. After two months of work and pleasant competition ? the Blue side won the larger num- * ber of scholars, and on Wednesday ? evening the victorious Blues were r entertained at an ice cream supper . by the Reds and although they were * defeated in number, they were * spirited enough to give their oppon ents the most delightful ice cream c and cake they have partaken lately. r The quality and quantity were 100 >' per cent an,d notwithstanding the J approaching storm at the appointed r hour, everybody was there and had a ? delightful time. a iTWVa .T T? fU'Vuvrt- o?+.OY*KoiTH?/l fnc f School Improvement Club at. her ? home Friday afternoon from 5 until ' 7 o'clock. The threatening clouds kept several of the ladies from getting there but for those who were present it was a. pleasant occasion. r The attendance being too small to r transact any business the time was' a spent in pleasant conversation. Mrs. Gibert served' delicious cream and cake. ( ^ Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nunnally are + the happy parents of a new son, who Q arrived Saturday, July 16. Mrs. B. H. Tucker and children. , , D of Whitney, 8. C., are spending this ^ month with 'her parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. Birch. Miss Geoi^gda Byrd, of Lawrence ville, Ga., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W.'J. Blake. 1 Mrs. J. C. Solomon and daughter, s Miss Margaret will leave this week ^ for Asheville, vo spend 'a week or v ten days. z MiSs Jim Solomoii has gane to c Alabama to visit her sister, Mrs. j;j Grice. j| Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sherard spent ; Sun-day with relatives in Lebanon. !jt Mass Katherihe Cox is home from fi Florida to spend her vacation. ;l Dr. J. C. Solomon entertained his Board of Deacons at a watermelon slicing Saturday afternoon. Delight ful music was furnished by Misses $ Laurene and Martha Cook and judg- ?] ing from the peals of laughter thai $ resounded from Dr. Solomon's side ^ piazza, the Deacons had a glorious " time. Sunday was Dr. Solomon's regular appointment in the Baptist church -here and both morning, and evening services were largely attended. The topic of his discourse each service was "Now." The results of doing things "now" both with ilzristan and the sinner were most "kif TV* Clsvlsv uvcrvi lUvu ujf XMt i^yivr tnon and both sermonJs on the subject were most impressive. Mr. Clotfelter filled his regular appointment in the Presbyterian pulpit. Mr. Clotfelter has beefi in this work for a number of years and ?is always appreciated by those who lear him. FORD WOULD BUY MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT Washington, July 16.?Secretary' War Weeks today ordered thor-j )ugh study of Henry Ford's offer to suy the Muscle Shoals nitrate project and power site. Until Mr. Week^ ^ets complete results of the study he will make no e recommendation to congress, and it s not probable either house will act ipfnre Mr. Weeks is heard from. At present officials are undecided about Mr. Ford's offer. They say ;hey would like to get rid of the Muscle Shoals project without absolutely scrapping the .expensive plant. Neither do they want to spend .wore noney to complete it. It is possible that Mr, Ford may ae asked to revise his offer. WISCONSIN STUDENTS DRINK MUCH LIQUOR V ?? Madison, Wis., July 16.?Representatives of thirty University of Wisconsin fraternities were called before-Judge A. C. Hoppmann in su-1 perior court here late yesterday and I idvised that unless carousing among J students was stopped guilty parties, would be vigorously prosecuted. ,'i The conference came after citi-' sens of the university section had . complained that there was a wave of drunkenness among the students. ? JOE JONES COMES JULY TWENTY-SECOND rioted Evangelist Making Tour of | State In Interest of Sunday Schools ; * The Rev. Bob Jones, president 6f . he Interdenominational Evangelistic; Association of America, considered >rie of the foremost evangelists of; he country, will be in Abbeville Fr> lay night, July 22, where he will1 jreach in the Baptist church. Mr. Rr 3. Cheatham is chairman of the aTangements committee. The Rev. Mr. Jones is making a, our of -the state in the interest fit he campaign for evangelism* of the?outh Carolina Sunday School Association. In January of this year he nade a similar tour of the State an<^, - is said that he reached more than .0,000 people. The evangelist is a nan of unusual personal magnetism, md his messages in their inspirationil power, never fail to enlist people or personal work in their Sunday School and community." IN POLICE COURT ?V Charles Greene and Mary Greene, legroes, forfeited $10 bonds this, aoAing when they failed to appear rb yvmvr: cuui u u;i u ciiarge OI D61Sg lisorderly. Ben Sorrel and Clifford, Smith /ere fined $2.50 when witnesses estiiied that they were disorderly ,t the theatre. They admitted that hey had slipped in the opera house iy the side door and did not expect o pay for a ticket. , ' _v . i Dupont Succeeds Wolcott Dover, Dela.?General T. Colenibn )upont was appointed United States' enator trozrf Deleware by Governor )ennev to siirppprl .Tneinli H Wnl^nff rho resigned. . ; . .. * ' "' < f J. L. PERRIN, JR. | ; Public Stenographer 1. . t I Room ^04 ;!;. : >-1i; Municipal Building .. i :II' ' i . - _ _ . | ?? - ascitis] / We take subscrip- , tions to all Maga- , zines at publishers . price. ' . i THE ECHO | "The Really Musical Spot in I ' Abbeville." Turnip Seed Just received new ; crop Turnip Seed Rutabaga,. ?eveit * Top, Piirple Top, ; Cow-Horn. White 9 ( Egg, Yellow Aberdeen at 50c Pound. The I McMurray Drug Co. {