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. I "~ | When You \ Phone No. 437 HBETTEft VISION If yon suffer from eye strain?If 1 1* .A. _ e yon nna rauunf, wniiaf or mmi| onplNitnt t>|b Let ni unlock the fetter* that bind yon, by furnishing glasses that will enable yon to see clearly and satis factorily. This is tbe bome of better glasses. DR. L. V. LISENBEE OPTOMETRIST TELEPHONES: . Mice 278 Res. 388 3 1*2 Washington St. Orer McMarray Drag Qo. ABBEVILLE, S. C. (Becoaiing Glanes Cost No Ifort) I HER FATHER , ...E GENE 8TRA1 AUTH "The Harvester," "A < "Freckles," "La( On Sale, Wednead I $1.75 SEND IN YOUR RED g Stationer and < i j QREENWO \r I~1 JU1111 Wanar says: "If the ness on earth i 111 should leave it is advertisin) i Advertising which creates! business. Tt to increase ad' ing what are times. |. In this way' 9 l"\*? unm/w oJ -?uy uomg au ?keep their si to normal / 4 Advert The Press J Sells th i L????? - Vant Bread, As Then you are su: Hot Rolls every< i WILL COLLECT TAXES Government Wants Money Due, A bout a Billion Dollars. Washington, Aug., 13.?Betwee $1,200,000,000 and $1,500,000,00 i back taxes is due the governmen ~ ?J Cnrtr mnntlio un'll CPA' ttllU tUC HCAl XC 7V AAAVAftV***? ?* mvv strenuous effort to get the mone into the treasury. Republican house leaders an treasury department officials toda agreed that the collection machiner should be started immediately. Secretary of the Treasury Mello has estimated $335,000,000 can b obtained from back taxes in th present fiscal year, but house leac era hope to increase this to $500, 000,000. To encourage these payments s as to produce more revenue for th treasury during the current year, Re publican members of the house way and means committee have decide to give the secretary of the treasur power to adjust these cases. Thi will be a new section of the revenu bill. >S DAUGHTER IY... j rTON-PORTER OR OF j 3lrl of the Limberlost," idle," Etc. Etc. ay, August 17th, Net ORDER NOW. FREW Office Outfitter s CD, 8. C. j maker re is one busithat a 'quitter* severely alone, ?? ? is the power sales and builds te natural time rertising is durtermed "dull" wise merchants vertising space ales volume up M using m and Banner e Goods * k for Abbeville 1 re to get it fresh all the afternoon (except Sata' The Abbev i SOUTH AND WEST AGAIN EXHIBITING OPTIMISM Merchants and Farmers See Clear n Road Out?Employment Increasn e> in Detroit District it 1 1 - " ' St. Louis, Aug. 13.?The hum of renewed activity is distinctly heard throughout this section in all lines ^ of business exc|ep? construction. Merchants and farmers of the south y and west again are exhibiting optimism. They declare that the exportation of grain and credit arrangemants g for foreign marketing of cotton have so improved their condition that they j see a clear way out of their difficulties. Bankers are feeling relief from ' the long financial strain and developments promise easier contraction of credits during the remainder of the year. g The operations of the live stock a pool have provided stock growers u y against the necesstty of selling s breeding cattle. Bank loans are e standing still while deposits and reserves are increasing. There are more buyers in the commercial cen~ ters than at any time for many ? years and whole sale establishments are thronged with merchants from jj the rural towns. Merchants are re{' turning to their pre-war habits of (: personally visiting jobbers and inj: specting merchandise and wholesale i business has been greatly stimulated : Retail turn-overs are rapid with ; prices marked down and sales exploited vigorously by more liberal 3 n/lvorfinirny Pig iron has risen in price with increased demand and commodity prices in general have shown an inclination to advance, although there still are many 'commodities where price adjustments have not hit bottom. Electrical Equipment. Pittsburg. ? The Westinghouse Electric International company has received an order for two electric I freight'locomotives for the governerant railways of Japan. Automobiles. Cleveland.?The White Mower company has reduced its bank indebtedness $2,500,000 since March 31. The company recently added one working day to its schedule and now operates nve days a wees. Building Materials. Seattle, Wash.?Building permits issued here in the last month aggregate $2,217,270 in required expenditure, double the amount provided for in July of last year. Hides. New York.?There is a lot of small lot buying going on in the hide market here at present.' Country hides are quiet although 5,009 southern hides recently were sold at prices around 4 cents. Leather. Washington.?An American Sam Browne belt for officers has been apnroved hv thp w*r dftnarf.m?nt whioJi hag not only one strap but two over the shoulders. GIotm. Gloversville, N. Y.?The glove manufacturers here see little prospect of a reduction in prices this season. The shortage , of the leather of which the popular mocha gloves are made is given as one obstacle. Even children's gloves are priced around $24 a dozen, while those for adults run up to $40. Shoes. New York?As evidencing the low state of shoe stocks throughout the country, a Brooklyn manufacturer cites the recent demand for plain sta_ . _ . _ pie high shoes. "These shoes lack style features," he said, "but they are worn by thousands of women who place comfort above fashion. Retailers have allowed their stock of these staples to dwindle until customers cannot be fitted." Fun. The bulk of the Alaska skins for the fall auctions of the New York fur auction sales corporation have reached warehouses here and are northern Canada and foreign furs : are now on the way. The sale com I I Jread?made at : time. urday) at six o'clock. ille Baker) mences September 19. Clothing. Strong demand for men's clothing is anticipated by the manufacturers here in October. They believe that the heavy purchases of extremely lightweight summer goods will bring a strong demand for fall garments as soon as the days turn colder. ChicACft-?.Ona larcA manufactur er reports that shipments of men's clothing for 1921 have exceeded those of 1919 by 25 per cent. There is no over supply of manufactured goods due to caution of buyers in plaoing orders. Manufacturers are complaining of overdue accounts especially in the south and southwest. Shirt* New York.?Shirt manufacturers have shown less inclination to make price concessions to buyers in the last few days. Prices for materials have hardened and the markets are evinemcr a disnosition to cut material only on order. Dry Good*. New Orleans?Clearance sales this month are attracting a lareg number of buyers to dry goods and department stores and the turn-over promises to be fully as good as that of 1920. Cottons. New York.?Activity continues in the cotton goods market here with gray goods strong. Mills are disinclined to take large orders at present prices as it is believed further advances are probable. Chambrays and bleached (roods have been ad vanced slightly by some sellers in keeping with the higher level for gray goods. Wool. Chicago.?The Illinois Agricultural association has asked the aid of the individual banks of Illinois in aiding the financing of the wool pool of the association by making advances to wool growers who are holding their wool for future sale. . - Flak. Sitka, Alaska.?Figures compiled here indicate that the pack of sockeye salmon in western Alaska will reach 1,000,000 cases and central Alaska 500,000 cases. These figures do not include the pack of other grades of salmon. Delaware City, Del.?Hhe expected run of sturgeon has not materialized and fishermen are beginning to doubt if the sturgeon will appear in profitable quantities this year. Fish Oils. New York.?There has been an increased demand for some of the fish oils, reflecting better conditions in the hide tanning industry. Soap dealers are reported more interested in the pressed oils and more sizeable movements are anticipated. "What'a this?" exclaimed Mr. Richard*. | You may j cure a cu&or with a barga but it takes qu ty to hold hir 1 i : home. r H. L. M< MOSQUITO MAN DEAD Doctor Who Advanced Germ Theory ] of Bittera Dies. New Orleans, Aug. 13.?Dr. Henry A. Veazie, sixty-six, said to have \ been the originator of the theory : that yellow fever was transmitted by the bite of the mosauito. is dead here 1 today. Dr. Veazle died yesterday at Tuero infirmary, where he had been j since June. Funeral services were ( held today. According tto friends of the doctor < during the yellow fever epidemic in ] New Orleans in 1878 he conceived j the theory that the fever was transmitted by the mosquito. The United . States public health service, it was said, took up his teory and demonstrated its correctness. Dr. Veazie is survived by two sons John V. Veazie, a ball player in the i Southern league, and Henry A. Veazie, an employe of the local sewerage ( POOR GIRL INHERITS $200,000 Philadelphia, Aug. 13.?After forty ; years' separation from his family, , Horace W. Allison of Philadelphia, has just traced his daughter Deville Caroline, to Birmingham, Ala., where he informed her that he held in truust for her an estate reported to exceed $200,000 left her by her grandfather, Walter Allison in 1889. rne searcn oegan in xaoDeny, mis- ( sotori, where Allison left his daugh- . ter after her mother's death. It took i him to Palestine, Tex., where she had gone after marriage, thence to . Illinois and finally to Alabama. Al- . lison is said to have discovered he | is the grandfather of five children. His daughters marriage name is , withheld. HATPIN IS TAKEN OUT. i Chicago, Aug. 13.-^Three months ago Mrs. Ella Levy swallowed a seven inch hatpin when she became excited as her small son fell off a chair. She told her huaflband but he was skeptical. Yesterday she went to a doctor and the pin, which had punctured the stomach walls in three places was removed. Today she is on the road to recovery. "She should hae been dead in 24 hours/' Dr. Cary iMeyer said, and Dr. H. 0. Wiseman characterized the woman's recovery as "a miracle." W. A. HARRIS FUNERAL 8UPPLIE8 EMBALMING and Auto Hearse Service PHONES Day 395 Night 134 1 wrnmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmiw nmmwmmmmmmmnm Statio sener How s y Lin*> business ali- Now's a n... look it c ready for We can al. i r r1 der jor c/u for every pu The Press / I II . I IIW ? I I II' ! _J * . $10 TAX ON FOUNTAINS : Soft Drink Handlers Must Pay Flat Rate. Wflsllinfftftn A no- 15 Ponnol ?# ?o-w.., *?/ Ui. the express tax of one cent on every 20 cents of value was decided upon today by the ways and means committee. " ' \i < s The committee also voted to levy a Sat license tax of $10 on all retailers of soft drink and to fix the manufacturers tax on cereal beverages at 12 cents a gallon in place of the present manufacturers tax of 15 per cent on the sale price. v a The committee also voted to impose a manufacturers tax of five percent on the following articles, the wnoiesaie price 01 wmcn exceed tne amounts given. Carpets and fugs of $3.60 per square yard. Valises, traveling bags, suitcases, etc., of $15. ' ? "I Purses, pocketbooks, shopping and handbags, $4. Portable lighting fixtures, including lamps of all kinds and lamp shades, in, $10. Umbrellas, parasols and sunshades $2.50. Fans, $1.00 each. This tax would become effective r xi iiuuicuJtai/Cij ujjuu ux tue new bill. The so-called luxury tax on these articles and on wearing apparel, now collected by the retailer, would be repealed as of next January 1. The committee immediately began putting the new measure in shape for presentation to the conference Monday of 'the House Republicans. ORPHANS REMEMBER CARUSO. . - - - * * . New York, Aug. 13.?An eighteen foot candle that can be burned on every All Souls Day for 5,000 years is being made here as a memorial to Enrico Caruso from the inmates of , an orphan home to which the Metropolitan Opera star contributed $10,000 a year for many years. It will be placed in the church of the Madonna of Pompeii at Naples, Italy. Antonio Ajello, maker of the candle has erected a derrick in his shop by means of which the candle is dipped thrice daily into boiling tallow. It will be completed in ten weeks, and 11 ? 1 _1 A- < AAA 'J- ir_ win weign aooux i,uuu pounas. mr. Ajellq' has figured that the candle would hum continuously for thirteen years and seven months. 1 " $500,000 POUR OUT. Chicago, Aug. 13.?Liquor valued by the police at $500,000 ranging from monshine to the rarest champagne, soon will be dumped in the Chicago river. 'Permission to destroy the liquor seized in raids was granted yester* day by Federal Judge Landis. nery , , o our supply or stationery? good time to >ver and get the fall trade. so handle your orgraved stock ryose. II i & Banner Co. I | I, MHIIIIHIII? ?? ? ?I ..... .