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establish: THE ABBEVILLE PF abbevil1 THE PRESS AND b^ Published ' MONDAY, WEDNES Entered as second-class matter at Term* of Si One Year, $2.00; Six Months, $ WEDNESDAY, Al FACTS AND FIGURE " The editorial in last Fridi j compHshed, one good result. Atedium {o have an editorial ^o,t been accuustomed lately its bright ideas on public qu< thanks of the public, or that si the Medium, for making the; we may be able to keep him "opened his mouth and begui The Medium states that tor of this paper) says is tru especially from the fountain may we ask is untrue in the st 4 ^ J 4k/\ i r> f AnrM o AS tl U1CU1UIU 1U1' UlC liiiui uia dwty of the Press and Banner, dium, to tell the whole truth, The plain implication of the I stated the whole case. Whei fact stated is not true? We a newsprint for the Medium to next Monday if it will point "t in the editorial which is not ' The Medium says that ii board.of trustees showed "ver : The Medium is entitled to its r seek to change it. But we i man sent out one of its agent him to collect them in full ar port that he had sold .the obli dollar, the Medium man woul agent had not shown "very He would likely accuse his a$ ' --j -i u:? 4 lions, anu uimrge nxui wmi t he should do if he is a busine i Now the case cited is en of the board of trustees. T1 ' : board) are the agents of this | sent out to sell bonds of the < l . proceeds. Their instruction: which gives them the right t tions say: "The Trustees sha than par value." What more the board of trustees to ignori agent would have to ignore We answer that by sayir >^to follow the law than he is cause the law incorporating of every trustee that he take by the constitution of this sti discharge of his duties. Tha school trustee the officer will . his duty faithfully. Have th ; which says that they may not about their oath of office? ( before the question of "very We are not in accord w best time to build. The idea i to build now than hereafter, and ours is that it will be ch year. We are of that opinior : terials into which labor entei not yet found the level of mar brick, for instance, before tl ' dollars per thousand. * Now dollars and a half per thousai above the pre-war basis. Tl tta o r? nnmm nn InKnr UlCl I 11113 JCQl fUlUUIUU luuui wages out of proportion to ot \ will be cheaper and brick wil lieve so. Carpenters and bri ing and receiving much mor< war. The wages paid them i prices of. other things. . Unli . them and pay these wages, tt jefcrs and jteck-layers.' The j&lings. SlejBl is just now be piust continue to come down truth is that while there has some building materials, othi ? ' i - J 1-1. _! lU?i .. iacis ieaa us 10 ueueve mat ^ :, labor and many species of m two people will be able to b We know that the bon< their tracks in this matter b> bonds, with a rider to the c< ceive ten thusand dollars as : bonds. We say that this is | evade the law and the trust | should not be parties to it. sought some information on ; for handling municipal bom Spartanburg advises us that ed for selling bonds of this a I l< ... . ED 1844 IESS AND BANNER i,E, S. C. A.NNER COMPANY Tri-Weekly PAY, and FRIDAY. v ; post office in Abbeville, S. C. ibscription: 1.00j Three Months, 50 cents. IGUST 17, 1921 8?AND THE LAW. ay's Press and Banner. acIt caused The Abbeville JVTbrttiay. ' The Medium has to furnish its readers with t i ft V istions, and we claim the rial! part of it which reads Medium man talk. Perhaps talking now that he has 1 to. speak." "Much of what he (the edie."* That is enlightening, head of truth, but what atement which "he" made? tion of the public it is the no less than it is of the Me, and nothing but the truth. Medium is that "he" has not rein has he failed? What ire willing to donate enough get out an eight page paper 0 a single statement of fact sxactly the truth. 1 its judgment it thinks the y good business judgment." QDinion and we would not magine that if the Medium s to collect its bills and told id he returned with the relations for 92 cents on the d 'be of the opinion that the good business judgment." jent of disobeying instruche difference. That is what ss man. tirely parallel with the acts ley (the members of the school district. They are district and to collect the s are written in the law ,o proceed. These instruc11 not sell bonds . for less s right have the members of 3 the law than the Medium's his instructions? ig that they are more bound to follow instructions, bethis school district requires the oath of office required ate before entering on the it Oath provides that as a obey the laws and discharge e trustees obeyed the law sell bonds below par? What Certainly that should come good business judgment." ith the view that now is the s advanced thatit is cheaper That is a matter of opinion, eaper next year than this 1 because labor and the ma's as a part of the cost have ly other things. We bought le war for less than seven they are selling for twelve nd, about eighty per cent, lis price is due to the fact ' has continued to demand her things. Next year labor 1 be cheaper, at least we be-* ick-layers are still demande than they were before the ire out of proportion to the ass we continue to employ lere will be cheaper carpensame is true of,many other , ginning to comedown and to seek its prope&level. The j been a great falling off in ers are still very high. These rices will continue to fall on aterials and that in a year or iuild cheaper than today. i buyers undertake to cover r malting a bid of par for the Dntract that they are to recommissions for selling the but an artful subterfuge to ees of this school district The PreSs and Banner has the subject of commissions Is. A big bond concern in the usual commission charge kind as agent is one-fourth to one-half of one per cent, in Greenville says from onecent. Yet the trustees of this cent, for selling the bonds a they show "very good busin< but maybe not. The reasons assigned in ficient, we think, to induce t fort to dispose of those bondi tainly it is their duty to exha law before consenting to bre* believe to impel the bankers steps to help the people of th hope that something may be < which we are about to susta U?Kn.>n/1 or\/-l nnur holiov'Pa fF JJCI1CVCU auu uv<r vvi>u<uw V. journal, in matters of this kir public. The public knowing evil or wrong, if there is sue public sits down and allows f the public will have only, itse sit still now. and question anj the future. " The Medium thinks thai able to buy as much as a thoi but does not think that "he" would be willing to take the duty of "he" to hunt them, tl to join hands with those wh to the community. The law < any school district in the stat sell (italics mine) coupon be the proceeds may be used on fngs and for equipment. It tees may pay a single dollar bonds, and every implication The amount of money i will pay in this matter is sm loss of this kind makes for h are opposed to higher taxes, which we will lose in this det building to be erected is com be necessary to borrow that will pay eight per cent, disco interest on the amount must pay. If the people through i after their own interests, or matters, prefer to pay the d* loss, the choice is theirs. C urge on them to save thems* have done enough when we And that we have done as we v v V HITS BY HAL V s. V Interdum Vulgus Rectum Videt The "Athens of South Carolina" is going to build a $66,000 high school j building. Wonder how many persons j know what is the "Athens of South Carolina." It is, or was, Abbeville; which some years ago was noted for its proportion of literary men and women. But "Ilium fuit."?Newberry Observer. I. D. Ott Answers Frank dear hal i I seen what Frank Carwile says about the markit day Saterday. I expect Frank was so busie d^inkin free lemonaid that he didnt hav no time to look for no bargins, but from what I red about the day, it was not ment to be a bargin day atall. it was for the farmer and others to bargin amongst themselfs. Of course they couldnt expect nothin if they didnt bring nothin in. trouble with most folks is they all the time want somethin for nothin and they dont ever want to do anything for themself. Frank says it was all a game of bosh to git the people from the country and git there monie. Well, hal, if you can get monie from anie farmer and not give him somethin in return, you I c?n do moren most folks. The farm er trusts in the Lord, only, and looks cut for no. 1?no one else, he works like the duce and earns all he gits and has a good time spendin it. his first axim is to lable as a lie everything any merchant tells him, and skfri him first. An hal, i think they are plenty a^Je^tq, lopk .<vut [for no> one. If it wus only a day _bosh. it wus a suckcess becos Fra'nlc > vwds here. i. d. iott. I I : 204 AUTO DRIVERS ARRESTED IN ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 16.?A police crusade against traffic violations started as a result of deaths and a number of serious accidents during "no accident week" resulted in 204 arrests of drivers of motor vehicles here Saturday and Sunday. Seven of the arrests were on charges of operating a machine while intoxicated. I Every motor vehicle in France is registered for military service. A. good Baptist bond dealer n tenth to one-half of one per 5 district agree to pay ten per nd the Medium thinks that F ;ss judgment." Well, maybe i our other article are sufhe trustees to make an ef3 at home and for par. Ger- e ust every effort to follow,the K ik it. They are sufficient we M 5 in Abbeville to take active ie school district, and we yet ' done to save us from the loss in. The Press and Banner lat it is the duty of a'public n id, to lay the facts before the p f the facts may correct the g h. If on the other hand the n i matter of this kind to pass, d ilf to blame; ' Ie should not; - / r act or motive of anybody in ' f v ; there are one hundred men icotiH rJnllnr?j wnrth of honds I OUHU V?W?AV?? K/ * . v. _ _ could find that number who a m. It is distinctly not the d hough we are willing always " o would do a public service t] says that, "The Trustees of J e are authorized to issue and >nds." It further states that J ily for the erection of build- f nowhere says that the trus' as commissions for selling f, of the law forbids the idea. i vhich the Press and Banner tl tall, we imagine. But every tl igher taxes and some people d , The ten thousand dollars 0 li il will be wanting when the ipleted and furnished. It will money somewhere, and we d unt for its use. Principal and t] be paid and it takes taxes to s< inadvertence, failure to look e general lethargy in public ibt rather than prevent the g ertainly it is' not our duty to o >lves while they may. We * have pointed out the facts. * i see the "facts. c s TAX REVISION J BILL PRESENTED 1 (Continued from page one) p | are completely exempted from in- ( I come taxation iby the new tax bill. | This was one of the complete text of * the ibill was obtained. It is partly in accordance with the supreme court decision that the salaries of ^ the executive and the federal judiI ciary cannot 'be diminished during > I their terms in office toy the payment of income taxes. Other changes, heretofore not anade pufblic were: I Increase of non^beverage distilled spirits tax from $2.20 to $6.40 a A gallon, if the whiskey, alcohol or I other products, is used for ibeverj age purposes. This means increased A i taxes for the makers of the patent medicines, containing alcohol, and I heavier taxes on Ibootleggers when | the latter are caught. j The tax on new insurance policies 1 of 8 cents for each 100 was repealed I and the corporation, which are held | C to ena'Die siocicnomers 10 escape wie surtaxes. A flat tax of 15 per cent is placed I on the sale of capital assets, when the profits obtained exceed 15 per cent. An important change to the business world is that in case a net loss "S is sustained in any year, the amount of the loss may ibe deducted from ( the taxaJble earnings of the following two succeeding years. This is to give some relief to those businesses I which have suffered as the result of| the price slump. 1 Traveling salesmen are allowed to deduct all their traveling expenses wnue in pursuit 01 traae, irom rneir /income; Udder & .:treas6ry ruling < m^t o^JtMs is now .taxable. . . . X1- 'tair- simplification board ' is | created to suggest means of simplifying the tax laws during the next three years. The .bill contains upwards of 16,000 words and is entitled, "A Bill to Reduce and Equalize Taxation, to ( Amend and Simplify the Revenue Act of 1918, and for Other Purposes." Much of the text Is devoted to amendments of the administra\ tive and definite sections of the present law, which were prepared by treasury experts with a view toj clarifying specific portions of the 1 Q1 Q ortf on^? ei'+iiflfirtnt! it/iu awv aiiu liiiv v. uing QivuMvivug i arising from decisions of the supreme court. [R. MAGILL WRITES OF VISIT .TO HOLLYWCK inds Crave of Young Abbevi Soldier, Member Orr's Rifles, Buried at Hollywood. The Press and Banner has rece d the following letter from Hon. [. Magill which will be of interest ;s readers: "On yesterday afternoon, I visil or the first time since my arrival his city, this greatest of cemeter 1 Richmond or elsewhere, Hoi rood, where are buried many of 1 inkers of American history. It robable that nowhere else are th< rouped so many of the nation's i lortal heroes. This cemetery v edicated in 1849. It takes its na: rom the holly wood trees wh Douna nere, ana is one 01 .tne m eautiful spots in the South and 1 iew is magnficent. "Yesterday I stood by the tow lg monuments of President Mom nd President Tyler, who lie a sh istance apart, near Fitzhugh Lee a Jeb" Stuart, on a hill in Hollywc lat looks down upon the histo ames river. "Just a short distance from 1 rave of Governor William Smith i tvo weeping willows which ca; rom the grave of Napoleon. "I went to this cemetery to seal or the grave of an uncle of mi: 'homas Magill, who fell at the b le of Frazier's Farm, and was bur here, but all the Southern sold ead have been moved to Hollywc r Oakwood in the city of Richmoj will go in search of my relat rave next week again. ;'j , "Eighteen thousand Confeder; ead rest in Hollywood, and sixte housand Confederates rest in ?1 eventy-five acres of Oakwood ce tery. "In my search of the Confederj raves in Hollywood I found a gri f an Abbeville soldier boy a rrote down what' appeared there< rhich is as follows: "Frank Wardk !o. B. Orr"s Rifles," South Caroli: on of Robert H. and Elizab Vardlaw, born in Abbeville, S. anuary 25, 1842, died June 862." lN IDYLL OF FRAZIER'S FAR By D. H. Magill, Richmond, Va 'or those who fell at Frazier's Fa Bloom retrospective roses; O'er each brave life that close; 'he robin chants his matin chari lo shadow of dividing years Shall Gray and Blue dissever, But peace and rest forever )ispel bereavement and its tears. Ldown the James to ocean wave Friends wander 'mid the roses, Where bravery reposes, ind sorrow lingers by each grave low bright love shines in tearful e; And fond the love they cherish In fragrance, as they perish, "he lilies bloom their sweetest sig Jreat river! by thy gloomy flow, And sombre shadows dreaming Flow sequels with they streamii n waves of dark and deep echo. Vith Derfumed air and hush of e In fondest hopes appearing, We seek the balm of healing, Vhile o'er their memories we grie )h, gray and blue among the bles Our pensive dreams enshrined ti With Frazier's Farm behind the rorevermore at peace and rest. ^200,000,000 MORE ASKED FOR RAILROA Washington, Aug. 16.?Direcl General Davis, of- the' railroad ninistration, told the, house ci nerce' committee today that an iitiomal $200,000,000 would be j icient for settlement of cla igainst the administration. Sue jum, he said would be needed in iition to the $149,000,000 avails on July 1 for liquidation of railroad administration's debts. Mr. Davis explained that $200,000,000 would not be used settlement with the carriers for ditions and betterments during | ernment control. An additic $500,000,000, he said, would needed for this purpose. The railroad funding bill, i pending, is designed to make latter sum available to the carri i O Child of Conflict. >D Kasper (Stockholm.) "What are you?" * "I am a war child." . "But are you Swedist?" "Yes. But father and mother are ^ always at war." ivD. V V VV V VV* to V * V SHILOAH V ed ^ ^ * inVVVUVV V V vvvw ies Mr. and Mrs. Culp Gamer have rejy_ turned to their home near Pacolet after a two weeks visit to the formjg er's mother, Mrs. A. H. Mundy. ;re Mrs. Mary Bowie, of Abbeville, spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs ?ag J. A. Stevenson. v me Misses Nancy and Barbra Mundy jck are visiting relatives near Mt. Cirmel this week. tke Mr. and Mrs. John McKee and' children were the guests of Mrs. ?er_ W. Mundy Tuesday. ?oe Mr. Wilson Metts of Mt. Carmel, or? spent Sunday with Mr. Orien Mundynd Mr*. Ernest Long and children ^ l0(j visited Mrs. Sam Hodges near Rileys rfc Monday. - . / Miss Jessie Mundy has returned ; he *rom a v'sikto Columbia. lre Mrs. E. L. Botts and children of -1- ???J Ixl <?k/k/VTii?? op^iib tuc WCCR-CIIU WlblJ Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Botts. - ? ch Messrs. W. L. Mundy, G. W. Munne dy and A. H. Mundy went to Abbeat_ ville yesterday. ie(j Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Brown spent jer Sunday with Mrs. Mary Mcllwain. >0(j Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mann and -y n(j Mjss Martha Mann of Abbeville jve spent Sunday afternoon with W. L. Mundy. ?.a J ' There are 261,553 women farm:en. ' the 'erP *n States, sm atel I Z V^ll U5U on, :? lw, THIS GOLDEN THROATED na, TENOR WILL NEVER SING eth AGAIN. 5jj' IN JUSTICE TO .YOURSELF ' YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME OF HIS RECORDS. M COME IN AND HEAR THEM. THE ECHO ,rm "The Really Musical Spot in Abbeville." 3 n. . i : 1 DRIVE AWAY FLIES AND MOSQUITOES yes f ? j *- r~r^ Use 'hs FRIERSON'S FLY DRIVER. > lg Money back if you are not satisfied. < ye, , 50 Cents per Bottle. ive. ' = L The McMurray Drug Co. tor- ?-? . .. 1 I f ad- . " ^ 1 ' u.'A' pon-l NOTICE! jfe ad-| WE WILL HAVE A 'jjfg' Special Matinee h a1 Friday Afternoon ad-; ...AT... ; "Z 3:00 O'clock. ...SHOWING... the' "THE WOMAN 10r UUUtHAINUtU" ad" NOTE: Matinee arranged 'ov" for Benefit of those who )nal wish to see this Picture be before going to the Ball Friday Night. "flT 15c" Admission 35c r * THE OPERA HOUSE ? fi A I