The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 25, 1921, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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MONDAY, JULY 25, 1921=
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r A DAY THAT IS COMING ,
/ In everything there is an accounting
or a day of reckoning. It is so.
in business, and it is so with everybody;
For the past year we have been
going back from the war-time pe
/iod to a period of "normalcy." in
that time everybody who did business
was caught one way or another. Many
people lost qioney. Everybody was in <
debt, and few were able to meet
.their obligations. ,
. During this period the creditors ,
have been more than lenient with the
debtors. Notes have been carried past ,
maturity on which no interest has ,
been paid; accounts have been car- .
ried forward with never so much as 1
a demand for payment; the bank ^
notes for advances and the fertilizer i
notes remain unpaid; everybody has
overdrawn at the banks, and people
in general have been allowed to do
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pretty much as they pleased. While
the people generally have been doing
this, those who were forced to carry 3
them have been going through the .1
most trying times of their existence !
planning ways and means of carry- i
ing the load for themselves and for i
others. i
But this cannot continue. The man '
who owes a note must pay it. Interest
must be paid. The man who traded.
on open account last year and who :
did not pay his account had as well
make up his mind that, there is a
limit beyond which the merchants 1
cannot go. The man who owes the
banks and the fertilizer companies i
needs to learn that there is a? limit
there too. The fact is that the banks, 1
. > the merchants, and the fertilizer <
L _ _ t t. 1.1 j . t l 1 ,
companies nave oeen aoie to noia on j
this long only because, those to '
whom they were indebted were in- J
clined to hold off. That time has pass- 1
ed however, and when the bank's 1
creditors and the merchant's creditors,
and the fertilizer companies' 1
creditors begin to demand payment, 1
you may expect the merchant and j
the bank and the fertilizer company <
to demand payment of you. They are 1
M sure to do it as the sun is to rise i
tomorrow. It is not a matter of ]
choice with them, it i? a matter of }
'hicessity. You must not expect these J
people to be willing to sit down and 1
allow themselves to be used and to ]
lose their credit because you owe 1
them and do not pay, when by your 1
paying they would be enabled to 1
meet their demands. They are not <
going to do it; they should not be
expected to carry the accounts of ]
their customers any longer. The day 1
of accounting; or the day of reckon- ]
ing is here.
This being the case every man <
should take stock of his goods and
of his prospects and learn of his
ability to pay. Ha should prepare to '
market his crops, or collect his accounts,
and get ready for the day
that is coming. The present fall will
see the fulfillment of the warning we i
are giving the people and those who
; are wise will heed the warning.
; We think that the people have lived
the present season, well s within
;j cohomicj Bounds, feiey'^fll no* doubt
. make money this year. i ,b'flieve
they will. Tliey still have their losses
of a year ago. These are losses now
and the people had as well look on
fKowj qc lnccoc on/1 cft I
MO U14U OV WA\*J?Ay
they should prepare to meet the inevitable.
These losses, mostly in the
shape of debts, must be arranged.
It were well if those who must meet
such debts arranged to do so at as
early a date as possible. It is time
to begin now. Every man can tell
pretty well what he owes and what
he will be able to pay the present
fall. Having determined that, it is the
part of wisdom to arrange in some J
way for carrying the balance, iff
there is a balance. It will not longer
carry itself. Remember that.
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Southerner* Tbemelvei Acted.
An unreconstructed rebel in Troy,
Alabama, who for years has maintained
on the lawn of his home a
monument erected in honor of Lincoln's
assassin, has been forced by
public opinion, operating through the
local officials, to remove it to his
barn, where only those who seek it
can see it.
The movement which resulted in
the removal of the monument is extremely
important in one aspect
which should not be overlooked. So
far as The New York Herald is informed
no Northerner had important
part in the agitation which put the
structure under cover. It was started
maintained and brought to a successful
conclusion by Southerners,
conspicuous among whom was a na
daughter of Alabama, Mrs. Cal
Brooks, president of the Woman's
Republican League of that State. The
elimination of this bit of stone work
from the town of Troy was definitely
the work of Southern good judgment
and good taste. The monument represented
the feelings of the irreconcilable
element, which time hasi
shown to have been comparatively I
small in number. It was removed in j
response to the sentiment of the
overwhelming majority of the people
of the community.
This development of sentiment is
an enlightening incident of the progress
of solidarity in the United States
the national recovery of which from
the ravages of civil war is one of
f-Vi o omo7inry ain/lon/ioc! n-P T + O
Liuv auiiMiiag v. vx jlwo uai'ivii"
al vitality.?N. Y. Herald.
A LONG WAIT, BUT?
We have been waiting a long time
for something to happen up at the
Bradley's, on Greenville Street.
Somehow or other Jackie got by for
a whole twelve months without falling
out of the window, shooting the
calf of his leg off, or driving the
"Buck" into one of the city's tr'ies.
But we knew that things would not
stay this way always, Had so it haposiled.
This time it happened to "Hoodie
Hoodie is a kind of prize athlete on
Gjeenville Street, He is the finest
football player to his inches in the
state. He is a baseball player.* a
coming prize iignter, and, following
ths illustrious example of hit* fati:
sr, he is something of a' wrestler.
Hugh has been throwing everything
which came his way, and consequently
his greeting to every new comer
was a challenge for a wrestling
natch. ? )
Well, this went along pretty well
antil Friday afternoon when Cousin
Mike Wardlaw drove up from Troy.
A.nd it started off all right then be:ause
Hoodie won the first fail, but
Mike had noticed that Hoodie always
wanted to wrestle in a clean
place, so he judged that Hoodie
wasn't mucjj of a wrestler in plowed
ground and in rough places. So. on
;he second go, Mike kept backing
Hoodie about until he got him among
;he roots of a tree, then he "snaked"
lim, causing Hoodie to hang one
ioot under a root, and the rest Mike
iid. *
When the smoke cleared away
Hoodie found he couldn't walk so all
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plank, and with that into Miss Sarah
Barnes' car, and then he was tenderly
carried home. As soon as he arrived
there, Brother Billy hitched
up the "Buck" and carried Hoodie
to the hospital, but they wouldn't take
him there, they said, because he
hadn't washed his face that morning,
and then they didht think he was
sicfc-jenough to be in a hospital, sol
back home and up-stairs Hoodie
^vent. And there he lingers. He is
jetting a good many things to eat,
such as; plejifiy of ice creajn, iced
w^terrpelon, pound cake, etc.,. }ai}d
so on, iut Hoodie wants to get out
to Martin's Mill again, he says, but
he "aint goner" wrestle anymore
with "no old country boys," he
says."
Lancaster on Trial
W?T?i.icl+nn lAln .Tiiltr 9.1 Sprff1
Robert L. Lancaster, who with oijcht
other members of Company M, Alabama
national guard, is under indictment
charged with murder in connection
with the lynching of William
Baird a miner near Jasper, Ala,
on January 11, was arraigned here
today before Judge Curtis. He will
be placed on trial next Monday. A
mistrial resulted in a previous trial.
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V HITS BY HAL V
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Cornelius Vanderbilt says he
works because he wants to. But when
he gets tired he doesn't have to worry
about how long his vacation lasts, t
v
To work or not to work is not open t
to debate with most folks. To starve ?
or not starve is the question. n
There's a job for every man, they ?
say. But the trouble is a lot of men ,
think they ought to have four men ^
to do their share.
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What to wear is woman's only ^
care.
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When your wife asks you what she j]
shall wear you'll hit it right if you v
answer, "Oh, nothing to speak of."
h
When Mrs. Jones says of Mrs. a
Smith, "She is a charming woman, c
but?" it's a bet Mrs. Smith has *1
something Mrs. Jones wishes she ^
had. j tl
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That Illinois governor may be ^
Small, but he certainly doesn't act
that way when he goes after money, t]
F
Two rooms and a bath are better j(
than one room and a fire escape. tl
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If it weren't for the -usual bills, b
many folks would have no use for a ^
postoflke box. Cj
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Girls may be divided into two j
classes, peaches and dried peaches. a]
HaiT used to be woman's "crown- q
ing glory." It might ie now, though
nobody ever notices it.
The bath in bathing sui? is a fal- g
lacy. Out of it, it is a delinquency. ^
"It seems to <me fair to presume ^
that if I had $5,000 in. 1917 I might j ^
have it in 1920," said Major Camp-1
bell in his Bergdoll testimony. Now,, ^
children, do you see anything '
wrong with that logic? E
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Editor hits by hal: E
I have gave you and the folks L
who skips your col. a rest for sev- 1
ral days but now i hev got sumthin C
on my mine thet must be sed. you S
know hat, in the ole days when the E
hoss and Contrary was in fashun C
folks thet wanted to bye sumthin: S
useter cum up to a store tftey was F
thinkin of patronizin and hold their F
animule whilst the pore clerk runs F
out to take him his plug o broun
mule or pice o chewin goom or a
side of bacon or whatevr it wus
they was after havin charged. That
wasnt so downrite fulish eithr, hal,
as eny body what has hoss sense
knows thet a animule will run away
if you leave him by hisself, thow
you couldnt git him to strack a trot
vlnlc you was drivin him.
But, hal, them was when nitehood u
an the horse Was in flour, as the bj
poit says, are gone away, beat it, ij
vamused an i spect they aint nevr w
comin back, in there stead we hev tl
with us the moterized aristokrasy tl
which drives their autos up before a]
yr. store an honks and hoots till 01
sum pore fish comes out and gits a]
there order for a dope or a cighar jc
or poastag stamp. They acts as if
they was afrade there cars wuld act jr
like a mule an run off as soone as f,
it sees its boss goin away which anybody
noes no lizz ever does without t<
no provocashion for they is hard p
enuff to git to start of when you tl
are redy to "go. f,
Course, hal, i dont run no store y
nor no ford neithar so i am jest a ij
intrested onlooker what might pro- jj
fet by the situashion if i was a min 0
to. fer inst. i culd wait, in the store) ft
til 'the cleark gos out 'to sell tlie honk-l
'era sigar an then swipe hafe of his '
one hox uv broun muie, they dont I
hardly ever hev moren a box, hal,
as they say folks thet ride in cars e
dont chew except when theys sum
one on the back seat you doapt like
which gives them plenty of chancts
to send mesages to garkia thet will c
most put there eys out. But thank c
goodnes i am onest to say nothin of r
pore, an i wont take nothin without e
it be sumthin more valuable than s
broun mule, but lots of folks is not i
so partikler about what they lets c
stick to there fingers an there pock- g
its is alwase as big as there fingers t
jis sticky.
Hal, i think sumthin oughta be i
1 don to releav the pore, harrissed
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:harleston building
modern new hote
Vork to Begin in Few Week* c
Twele Story Francis Marion
Hotel.
Charleston, July 23.?It is hope
hat it will only be a matter of a fe
reeks now until work is begun c
he foundations of the new Franc
larion Hotel at the northwest co
er of King and Calhoun streets.
Bids for the piling and the coi
rete foundation, that is up to tl
svel of the street and including tl
oiler room and basement of tl
otel, were Opened at the architect
ffice in New York a few days af
nd while no awards have been mat
t is stated that the bids were vei
atisfactory so far as the cost of tl
fork was concerned. They are wit!
i the estimates for this specif
;ork.
Mr. W. L. Stoddart, the architec
as the bids under consideration no
nd it is expected that after he hi
oncluded certain conferences wi1
he financial interests in New Yoi
rhich are being looked to for part <
he construction money the bids wi
e sent here and that action will I
aken soon thereafter.
Mr. William Foor, president of tl
yiAwnoww rain/tit ie Anai*fl^a +Vi
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rancis Marion under lease, and tB
issee now of such other hotels i
le 0. Henry at Greensboro, N. C
nd the Cleveland at Spartanburg ha
een in New York and spent seven
ays there before going on po Ch
ago to attend a hotel exhibition i
lat citv. The Hotel Review of Jul
6 had quite an extended articl
bout Mr. Foor.i
[UESTIONNAIRE TO GET NEW
I
Plymouth, Wis.?'It is difficult t
et folks in imost communities t
ass the news along to the editor c
le home paper, so S. A. Mellon c
ie Plymouth Reporter tried an in
sual scheme recently to stimulat
contribs." Here is a questionnaii
e printed:
HAS ANYONE
ied; Had a fire
Hoped Had a baby
ivorced ?Had a party _
reft town ? Sold a farm.
Embezzled Been arrested
/VTW A ,4"A 4"ATTTTl
old a cow or lost an auto
tad twins or colic
immitted suicide?or murder
tolen a dog?or ihis friend's wife.
'alien from an airplane
'alien into a well __ '
'alien into a legacy
Well then,
THAT'S NEWS
So, phone or mail it to
THE REPORTER
We make your troubles known.
EVER THINK OF THIS?
(Exchange, unidentified)
There are fancier towns than on
ttle town, there are tonws that ar
igger than this, and the people wh
ve in the smaller towns don't kno^
hat excitement they miss. There ar
lings you see in the wealthier town
lat you can't in a town that's smal
nd yet, up and down, there is n
Lher town like our little town afte
11. It may be that the street3 aren
ing, they're not wide nor mayh
;raight, but the neighbors you kno1
1 your own little town all welcome
allow?it's great.
In the glittering streets of the glr
jring towns, with its palace an
avement and thrall, in the midst c
lie throng you will frequently Ion
or your own little town after all. ]
ou live and you work in your ovi
ttle town, in spite of the fact thj
i's small, vou'll find it a fact thj
ur own little town is the .best li
le town after all!
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A Park Deed.
jfe.v '* '' '
Alysse?It told him he mustn't s<
lie any more.
Edythe?What did he do then?
"Switched off the lights."
learks who hafto run their legs c
:ause the tin lizzy age is too lazy
list thereselfs out of there seats loi
muff to go in an bye there own sti
in git it chargd. if i was you id ri
i letter to the solos an sea if thi
:ant pass a law so thet nobudy ca:
?o shoppin cept with a hoss or Co
rary.
Yrs. in leage aganst the tin liz:
ige of motorised demokrasy.
i. d. iott.
'GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION. 31
L j GETS STRONG ENDORSEMENT A
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>n | PreM Throughout State Making Ap- ^
peals For Generous Support for ^
Building Campaign.. ^
Columbia, July 23.?Strong en- C
dorsement of the South Carolina
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Good Roads Association is being giv.
en by the press of the state arid an fc
appeal is being made by the newspa- ?p
pers to the people to lend* it their <;
full support.
11 The Spartanburg Herald declared a
ie in an editorial Wednesday morning \
16 in soeakine of the association that i<
ie "its appeal. for membership should p
'3 meet with the response the organiza- J
'? tion should deserve when its task is
'e considered as perhaps the most im- J
portant the state must perform."
ie The Greenville News declares edi- L
' torially that no more important move- r
1C ment has been launched in the state ;!
in many years and urges that the ]\
^ people of the state stand solidly be- <j
w hind the new organization.
13 The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer
declares that the state is planning ;j
wisely for the future in the forma- ;j:
tion of good roads association and an '\
11 *{
educational association and says the j
,e people of North Carolina will follow !
the efforts of the people of this state \\
ie with interest.
l? At the offices of the South Caro- _
ie lina Good Roads Association it was
13 said yesterday that good progress
? was being made in the campaign for
ls membership, the appeal to the people
^ of the state, affiliated with the organ1_
ization having met with hearty ren
sponse.
y Among those who have enrolled as
e members this week are Gustaf Sylvan,
B. 0. Brooker, W. S. Weston,
P. A. Hodges, A. Mason Gibbes, T. I.
S Weston, Jos. Norwood, Columbia]
Supply Co., M. Goode Homes, S. B.
0 McMaster, Francis H. Weston, of
0 Columbia; C. G. Rowland, H. L.
Scarborough, Sumter; E. W. Dabbs,
Mayesville; W. R. Drake, Bennettsi_
ville; Jenkins W. Robertson, R.
a Goodwyn Rhett, Wilson G. Harvey,
e A. D. Willis, James W. Martin Charleston;
J. F. Jacobs, Clinton; A. R.
aummer, \*eo. a. xjromer, .Newberry; I
B. H. Heyward, Rion; S. I. Sulz- I
backer, Florence; R. T. Gaston, Che- I
: A Prescript
Weather
A few of our new Wi
Snmp of nur paitv fit. I
ting Union Suits.
r Get a few pairs of
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0 ous Silk Socks and
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1 some Soft Collars
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c and don't forget a
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1 nice Belt with an
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a initial buckle. j
t- Two or three of |
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these narrow knitg
ti ted Ties or if you _
it
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it line mem oeuer we it
' Wash Ties,
A nice Tot of " Pi
Shirts will be shown 3
materially to your Su
iff You can avoid ton
t? discomfort, by investi
if things.
: Parker I
aw; J. E. McDonald, Winnsbore; j
ilfred Scarborough; Bright William- ?
on, Darlington; W J. Roddey, Rode
[ill; W. D. Morgan, Georgetown; IL
!. Ligon,-Anderson; W. M. Gunter,
raffney.
Ihief Justice Taft Name* Secretary'
Washington, Juyl 21.?Chief Joeice
Taft, announced today the alpointment
of Wendel W. Mischier,
Mncinnati, as his -secretary, continuig
an associaton begun 17 yeaiv r
go when Mr. Taft was Secretary ef
Var. John J. Byrne was appointed
a TIT naufwAH 4-A 4>llA A
^(*1 W1CI vv U1XJJ V/IX1CJ. JUDUVC ?
ost he held under the late' Chief
uatice White.
LEAD THE ADVERTISEMENT?
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J. L. PERRIN, JR. i
Public Stenographer "
Room 204 iji
Municipal Building :j:
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(Tou also, they'll add
mmer comfort.
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