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Established 1844. ' b THE PRESS AND BANNER 1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. v The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly . i Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Entered as second- liass matter a; tost office in .Voheville, S. C. ^ ? ' " '-??? c lane* or a?DKripi>ui>^ v One Year - $2.01 Six months $1.00 Three months .69 ; fi Foreign Advertisng Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 i: 1 . FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921 s > ; A BETTER COURSE. . J \| - ' . 'The representatives in congress from Southern states have been- having a good deal to say lately with re- * ?r?J -a?A?+o oKnnf fVl<* rjpll A gara im toe. icj>v*? <????... j gta situation in the South. It is claimed that the reports have greatly exaggerated the real facts in the F case,/md that pellagra is not now so prevalent with us, nor in other Southf :''a ern states, as to make the situation ^ alarming. Perhaps some wrong may have been done the South by these reports. We are persuaded, however, that there f <r bM been no intentional wrong done os by the United States Public U Health Department^ nor by any other n agency* of the administration. It is c permissible to protest against re- ii ports which do not show the true sit- A u^tion. But w? are persuaded, at 0 ilia tame fr'me, that it were well that p We make a survey of. the situation in ourselves and ascertain whether or 9 not, even if the facts have been ex- t aggerated as claimed, there is not B bas's for the reports, ' J The best advised medical authori- v t es are not yet fully informed as to causes off pellagra, we oeneve, dui the consensus of opinion is that it is due in large measure to an improper diet. The truth of this is indicated ^ / the localities where it has been ^ prevalent. In localities and sections; c and in cases where there has been no f tjalanced diet for the laboring peo- c pie, the disease has been most preva- j lent. During the war when everybody x at home was making money, and when s people had thtf luxuries of life as * wfll as all the necessities, the disease j s ' disappeared. This indicates to us that ^ the doctors have been on the 'right r track in seeking the causes of the dis- c ' ease. Perhaps in a few years ..they xq?y be able to make more specific; v ' statements with regard to causes, hot even then we think it will be found that thev have not heretofore , tiefen far wrong. L If that be the case, we say there t is cause for alarm in this section, and , the representatives of the people f would <fc> well,-while they are cor- j recting reports which are m'sleading, g to: join with the health authorities in | f preventing a spread of this disease j. again. We say there is cause for j alarm. We say so for the reason that people in the industrial communities c are not now receiving the salaries ? and wages which they did receive c during the war. They are almost back' e ft, a pre-war basis. If we take into ^ Consideration the fact that it is hard ^ 1 -U- 1 J ?***?> lor peopie wno nave eujvyvu cms ?uu j the other luxury to give it up and to j' ' go, back to doing without it, then we i may safely say that the people are ( not receiving more of the necessities T of| life than in the pre-war period. If j that be the case the danger is that { popple again will begin to subsist on1 things which arc..ghe^r; they \yijl { ttte, each of which is a good food, but ( thf combination of which does notj give the people who eat nothing' else a well balanced ration. The result of eating only these things is that pel-' lagra is likely to follow, and in aj ^ittle while the alarming conditions, which once prevailed with people in industrial communities and in other I places will be again present. ;' For the reason that we believe the 1 above statements to be facts we think the people should join in asking the 1 representatives in congress to furth- < er in every way any efforts any agency looking to a prevention of a . recurrence of this disease < amongst our people. It is no disgrace to be poor when the people cannot 1 help themselves. The past year^ has brought many trials to the people in this section, and many privations have ' , -a" /c" . .... . i\ een endured. If greater ills threaten he people and these ills may be preented by timely undertakings, we ay that it is the part of wisdom to oin hands with those who would elp us rather than abuse them. ._THEY SAY?AND SAY ' ' ? \ ' fdii^an't stop folks from talking No matter how you try . lome folks will talk and talk and talk, And talk until they die. lay something good about same one And it will never come out. Jut just say something evil, And how soon it spreads about! kwnebody said somebody said - Somebody told me so? Lw/i +Viq+ snmebodv heard it from y" ' somebody f Who really ought to know. t' sthe things folks say, And not what they do, 'hat" cause all the trouble? Just believe me, true. 'or there's somebody who knows somebody Who knows your business better than you. * Jalhoun Falls Alfred Bryan. i? TO BID ON ABBEVILLE JOB ~ V>rt Mill Times. The Pont Mill Lumber company } preparing a bid which it will sublit within the next week for the onstruction of high schood#building i Abibeville. The trustees of the Lbibeville schools have about $100,W, It Is Baki, .will te exended within the next three or four tonths for the erection of the high chool building and improvements to he central graded school (building, laj. J. D. Pulp, formerly of Fort fill, is superintendent of the Ablbe. ille schools. BOLL WEEVIL POISONING Olemson College, Aug. 3.?"We lo not advise the use of sweetened oison for the cotton boll weevil 'beam se experimental work has so far ailed to show any profit from this peration at this time," says Prof. i. F. Conradi, entomologist who is eceiving many inquiries asking if weetened poison is recommended. 'Where the weevil Is sufficiently ibundant on high yielding land and phere conditions for poisoning are ight, we recommend the use of calium arsenate dusted properly." As stated in previous articles, the ise of sweetened poison is not new, rnt is a very old recommendation ind little used by farmers in the lder weevil territory. It has long >een known, and literature is full * thfl effect that veevils can be killed wlh poison beore the cotton squares. Among othjt poisons, various comlbinations of iweetened poisons were used twenty ive years ago, but have generally >een abandoned when no d-efiinrte ncrease in yield was obtained. If conditions are proper, the use >f calcium- arsenate is recommended is more effective and more economical. But farmers are again cautionid to inform themselves thoroughly n regard to the methods and proper lime of application, because unless hese directions are carefully followid It is a very easy matter to go to I considerable expense without se :umng any proms. roiauumg ?*m lot be profitable on low yielding and and is not ilkely to be profitjlble in 1921 on land not capable of iroducing three-fourths of a bale per Xe jnjweeyil absence, - 4 tvi JL dii Os /\ ^niKAuio rv/R / HIGHWAY WORK i rwo Sections In Anderson and Greenville Counties to Be Built Soon. Anderson Daily Mail. Two sections of the national high way in Anderson county -will be Ie1 to contract this month, the bids be^ ing called up until August 25. On* section of eight and eight-tenth: miles is on the road towards Alford's bridge while the other of the thre< and eight-tenths miles is neai Saluda river on the other side o1 the county. Both sections are to b< built at the same time and wher they are completed the nationa highway in Anderson county will b< in fine condition. ? , RAILROAD COMMISSION DENIES RATES ON COTTON Colurn/hi a, Aug. 4.?The S outh Carolina Railroad Commission will not allow the proposed new rate on cotton shipments. This is apparent, following the hearing before the com mission Tuesday afternoon, though no decision ha6 as yet been reached by the commission. The matter is yet under advisement. The hearing was largely attended. The significant fact aibout the important gathering was that many of the officials of railroads, in whose favor the new rates would in effect operate, have taken a stand against them. Officials of the Atlantic Coast Line opposed the proposed schedule, and officials of several short lines also opposed it. The new cotton rates appears to be a reduction on short hauls. They would be lower on hauls of less than 130 miles 'but for nauis greater than 130 miles the rates would be increased, and as most of the cotton shipments in the state are for more than 130 miles, the effect of the new schedule would be to increase the freight rate burden on the cotton interests. TWO INDIAN CHIEFS BURY THE HATCHET "Now We Will Kill Moose Together" Said Huron After Puffing At The Pipe. ' A-i?An/. A irenetaug, uuutnv, aug. *.? Friendliness existed today between hereditary Indian foes, the Hurons and Iroquois, whose chieftains buried the hatohet yesterday and smoked the pipe of peace in the presence of a great multitude "feathered on the shores of Penetang Bay for the .celebration of the coming of the pioneer chaplain. /: I,*-#1#";'!"**!*?'? This cfel-emny ended a feud that began 271 years ago when the fury of the Iroquois fighters vanquished te Huron from the land that is now -Ontario. Warfare, raged among them Jfcr more than two centuries, but in recent years they were but nominal foes. v Rpfcumini? to the domain where once his ancestors ruled, the big canoe of Chief Ovide Skrui of the Hurons slid upon the sands of Penetang Bay yesterday and a raAjfient later Big Chief Andrew Staads, leader of the Mohawk tribe of the six nations, stepped ashore. The chieftains in full regalia with great feathers in an arc above their straight black locks met in the shadow of a birch bark tepee. # "Now we go kill moose together," said the Huron to the Iroquois when they had puffed at the pipe of peace and buried the.war hatchet beneath a huge boulder. TRINKiLE ELECTED ' MBMM "'.V Wytliwille Mas El*ctml Governor Of Virginia. Richmond,Va., Aug. 3.?'While more complete ^returns from the Democrati8 primary Tuesday com piled by The Times.Diapatch indicate that Harry St. George Tucker, defeated candidate for the nomination for governor of Virginia has captured the Second district by a small majority, territory given his successful, opponent, State Senator E. Lee Tinkler, on the night of the primary late figures in no wise minimize the victory otf the Wytheville 1 man. Seven of the ten congressional districts, at least, will be found to have been carried by Senator Trink1 le when the ballots were finally : counted according to The Times-Dis_ patch, and he will on the face of re_ turns now in hand and incomplete, '! but showing clearly the trend of the voting, jcpme out,a winner by some^hih^liki 20,60J m^jopty. jf State iSenator"'Junius E. ^Vest, ' the face of incompete- returns copiI pield by The' Times.Dispatcih, is far in the lead in the four cornered race for the nomination for lieutenant governor, with State Senator JuJien Gurin and Delegate Kenneth N. Gilpin, running a close race for second , * place. ; Wi A. HARRIS FUNERAL SUPPLIE8 EMBALMING and Auto Hearse Service i 1 PHONES ' Day 395 Night 134 LASKER SEES BILLIONS IN AMERICAN MARINE Wahsington, Aug. 4.?If Congress and the American people will be patient, the American merchant marine in a few years can be turned into a national asset worth $26,000,000,000 or the total cost of the war, it was I stated Thursday by A. D. Lasker, chairman of the Shipping Board, in appealing to Congress for funds. "The freights, to use a poker term, are the kitty of the international poker game of trade. Great Britain, which was only one vast raw material from overseas, fabricate cost of labor pnd coal, they are glad to take their proiits in xneir freights," he said. "While we are filled with prob-' lems and running at heights of in-' efficiency, and while it is going to take the most competent people aj Why the Far i Have a I Because I would be v lutely ne ests of - therefore \ ty by ke< Bank, th( possible. Your . \ f I I " This is is Stanc on Manufacturers additional price 1 the users of theii Ac mod Caae , Chevrolet Advance-Rumely Citroen Ahrena-Foi ClydtA't All-American Cole AUii-Chalmeri. Collier Amerkm Colon.al American Beauty ' Comet American- . Commerce La France Commodore American- Consolidated LaFrance Corliaa A of Crawford CunniM^am iZ * Daniel AtterbufT V D*Tt Auburn ' Auitin D*y EU1?r Avery Dearborn Bacon Denby Bell . _, Dependable ~ Belmont " Diamond T m.:. vt.M# t A/IAK 0tthkhc? podge BeU Dorris Biddle Crane D^go? BolUtrom I Buffalo p," . Canadian Briacoe W Cannpnball F W D Capitol '"1? Carroll ; (HiiHnB BBHBWK|BB| pBWiiIPWWBP TBBBI / - - lEBtlkn^ . ..?. . ..! ?., ;.-\-\itA&Ji *.. .. ,. 4J-. - year show <anythng, two years to * show any efficiency, if Congress and the country are patient and helpful this wreck can foe turned into an asset so great that from a money value it will be worth the whole cost of the war to us."" BEATS NEWBERRY Americus, iGa., Aug. 4.?M. W. Bryant, Jiving in the Rift neighborhood, in Lee County, 20 miles from Americus, has just hatched nine rattlesnakes from eggs found upon th> Usry plantation, the owner of which is his father-in-law. The young rattlers measure aibout 12 inches in length, and will (be kepti Under observation until disposed of. Bryant recently killed a rattler mea-j suring six feet and having nine rat-'r: tiers and a button, in his front yard, tl soon afterward finding the eggs, d; These he took to his home, placed, vi . iW????P^?n? ?1 mer Should Bank Account if there were no deposito] i no Banks, and Banks are cessary to the best businefc any community. The : 3, helps himself and his co miner his money in the I sreby helping to make its t x?' 4! ' " Account Will Be Apprecii v PLANTERS Bi J *jhejriendlxf 3anl ' AOftEVILLE, SOUTH CAROI I -> 1 ;1 the Batter lard Equip these Cai of these cars and trucks h for Threaded Rubber Insulai - ? ?A i? i.i : product tne wwesj. ^ Lexiojtv* *, Franklio , *, Pa>?e Fulton. . "JJJ Parker GMC ^on ^ ?? zz ^irv McFarla* . Q,ant McLaughlin ' Gri<li Merigc* Meno?nee . {?* Gr?-it <Wc?ten? pe,nK ?<==> ?? ? Haho Meteor (PUjaa) Ram e Hall*d*V C Renau Hatfield Miller 1160 ? H.-""- S?.tt Hayne* H.ooleoo Rldd H.anev ^ Ro#m' Htfbwa^ ? ste Fobi Holme* Roc"11 Holt 5e,S * R0WC Huffman UMoon S*Jr\?, S2ST ?? SSL** *"*" loiiw* SWlb; Kf Ss? s^' sr rr ^ . Oncids LanJa Oihkcafc , W Leate Gred a threj fe II 1 rubi Jl 1 ell" - ' * Announcement! We wish to announce ^. j. r the arrival of the NEW VICTOR RECORDS for AUGUST. * 1 You are invited to come in and hear them. THE ECHO "The Really Musical Spot in Abbeville." t -r iern in a box of dry sand, and a feW' ays later found nine young rattlers iggling in the box. i '' ' : ." * .V * t V : V 1 rs there t ' j i abso- ; , ss inter- 1 [ , farmer. mmuni'lanters i )usiness < ' . i ited. ; I' \NK f . C i JNA: | " - , .) i \% ' ? y that >ment re . < .v.' , V / ave paid the lion to assure :ost per mile: - ? -d Staowooa rd Stewart 1 F Stewart ^ Stoughtoo W t Studc baker .-f on 8Uitr *. is Sunbeam V 3t Tarkingtoa - . la \ Thomart . , u Arrow T'flin it ' Titan Knight Towmotor r Trantport h ' Traylor Twin City * e Ultimate Uraus ? Velie * ion Vim Fall* Volean Ward LaFranc* ! ?ada> ' . Werner I W Werttott White I Will. Saint* r Claire Wilton . . u4 Winther a ird Wntoo 7 WolvwW i V rts Battery t .. *" J' ' / > Serviced iwood, - S. C. X.DE JD J BER if r?T) V ES * ? * X ' - ' ' ^