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x AUCi l HVf Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNEI ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Compan Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Fridaj Entered as second-class matter post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2. Six Months $1. Three Moaths Foreign Advertising Represe^tati AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATIC FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922 EXTENDING THE TIME. It is hard just now to pay debts i any kind. Money is scarce for this < any other purpose. It is harder to pi taxes than anything else because seems an awful hardship to pay tl enormous amounts now demanded order to make people be good wlu they should be born that way. But with all this we do not st that any great gpod is to be accoi plished by extending the time f< ?? ?' ? "VAP loof Vpa Lne payiucuv wi waeo aw* ? -? j -- It is no more difficult to get tl money for that purpose now than will be in June. The taxes must i paid and unless some advantage to be secured, unless the burden to be lightened or made easier 1 bear, we confess to an inability 1 see any good reason why the tin should be extended for meeting tl government's demands. There are serious objections, to< to the extension. The State of Thuri day points out one of the most ser ous objections, and that is that moi ey has been borrowed by the stal for the payment of which the. tax< to be collected have been pledge actually or in effect. This money J- ?.11 ^,ia y,a9 OOW UUU, Ul wui unvuic uuv >V> shortly. It canhot be paid withoi the taxes are paid because the moi ey cannot, be bad otherwise. Th state govenMBorct- is run on borrowe money, and heretofore we have bee borrowing from Northern banks ? low rates of interest. We have s< eured favorable terms because th banks from which we borrowed r< garded the notes of the state as gilc edged paper. If, however, these note are not to be paid at maturity, tb credit of the state will be impaire< and the ability to borrow in the fi ture on favorable terms will be lik< wise impaired. That is a consider* tion of serious moment for the taj payers, because they pay the intei est charged aa well as the principj and if interest rates are to be raii ed, the taxpayers must do the paj fog, The* again most of the mone feorrOWfKi &oes to pay bills in th fttetc. Thaw the ?t?te governraen and officers eannot pay unless th money is procured, and it is doubtfi .whether the State officers may b 'Ale to borrow from year to year i previous obligations are not paid a maturity. If we cannot borrow some body must wait, and that mean state officials and other persons wh look to the state for compensatio for work done. It means that th state's institutions will suffer becaus if it is attempted to run them o credit all kinds of difficulties will h encountered. The same may be said of the coui ties. Abbeville County, for instanc borrows each year the money 1 pay current bills, pledging the tax* which are paid in the fall and ear part of the year for payment. If v do not pay what we borrowed la year we may not expect the ban) to loan us for the present year. Oi credit will be impaired and at tl same time the county will not be ab to pay its current bills. There is another consideration i great importance. Most of the mom borrowed by the county is borrow* from Northern hs?nlt?:. A a nlronriv i dicated these banks expect collectio to be made when notes become du and it is a serious matter to defav in meeting these obligations. For th reason Abbeville County and eve other county is forced to call on 1 local banks to help out when the notes become due and payable aj there is no money in the coun treasury to meet them. The reeult that when local banks are able help the surplus money of the ban iB thus absorbed and taken out the county, and these banks are 1 that amount less able to take ea of the wants of the people at home. This is going to be a year in which all of us mast look almost solely to the banks for help in agricultural matters, and it is a mistake to bring about a state of affairs which neces sitates the carrying of money away , from our own locality. at Then again the people here are borrowers. They borrow largely on lands for the purchase of other 00 lands, or to pay the purchase money 00 of particular lands. The money bor 50 rowed is secured by mortgages. The ve integrity of these mortgages ' de pends on the taxes being paid. If the people do not pay their taxes this year, and if next August a man disposed to make loans in this state comes here and finds one year's tax es in default and another year's tax es about due, he will conclude that this is no state in which to make loans. Capital will be driven away from the state and the farmers and others who desire to borrow on lands, or otherwise, will find themselves in handicapped. Low interest rates can >n be commaflded only by prompt set tlement of obligations. We believe therefore that it would be wise to demand the payment of taxes under the existing law, and that it will be unwise to extend the time for payment of taxes. Last year's experience taught us that this is true. SHOALS AT CALHOUN FALLS The Daily Mail notes with interest that the Greenwood chamber of com merce is trying to interest Henry Ford in the 9hoals on Savannah river near Calhoun Falls. The announce ment is made that secretary of the chamber has written Mr Ford calling his attention to these falls accompani ed by the statement that as much u t_ _ j power couia oe ueveiupeu yicic <u> av Muscle Shoals, and expressing the hope that he would look into the matter, pledging him all the co-oper ation possible, in the event that the proposition appealed to him. . The statement is made that ac cording to engineera who have look ed over the situation, the possibili ties are immense, that there are seventy-five feet falls on that part of the river between Abbeville county in South Carolina and Elbert county in Georgia with shoals that run for miles up the river, bordered by high hills on either side which make it possible to build dams with compara tive ease that would turn the river in to a great lake, and in this way bring into use immense power which is go ing to waste and which only needs to be developed. We are glad that Greenwood has called Mr Ford's attention to this matter, and we are sure that not on ly are Abbeville and Anaerson ready to do thedr parts toward interesting Mr Pord, but that calls for the co operation pf the whole state, as there is no estimating the benefits to South Carolina that would <be derived from e the development of these shoals. But why stop with Henry Ford? If he cannot be interested, then efforts should be made in other directions, and continued until same definite ac tion is taken. The indications, at present, seem to be favorable for Mr Ford to secure the lease of Muscle Shoals, but this may encourage rather than cause him not to consid er this proposition, as he is a man of unlimited vison who is constantly on the lookout for big things. This matter appeals especially to our agricultural interests as we un derstand that the primary purpose in the development of places of this kind, (by Henry Ford is for the es st i tablshment of nitrate plants. But it is I does not end here. The benefits to Jr | be derived from them according to ! ir>fQ-nvi<kiira (riven r\llf Viv PnrH him le self are almost beyond comprehen . sion. He states that the development of of the Muscle Shoals, should he sue ?y ceed in securing the lease, would re ed s*lt in the building up of communi n-1 ties all around which would be won ns i derful acquisition to that part of le, the country, and that electricity for lit all kinds of power, and for lighting at and heating purposes would <be avail rv able, and that it would be largely he used. Of course, the development of se the shoals at Calhoun Falls would be [id followed by similar results, ty Anderson people have been inter is ested in Calhoun Falls for a number to of years, and for this as well as for ks the reasons stated above, we are of sure that this announcement will ap by peal very strongeJy to them.?And re erson Daily Mail. f DR.J.S. MOFFATT The death of the Rev.. J. S. fatt, D. D., removes from the st vice of the Associate Reformed Pr( byterian church and of his fell< men a gifted and consecrated ma As the president of Erskine fourte years he maintained the standards high thinking and Bound scholars!: for which that "small, college" h foe en justly famed for nearly a ce tury. He was a preacher of no coj monplace attainments, deeply vera in the Scriptures, vigorous of mir a believer in training, firm and cle in his faith with no thought of s< in his striving for the Kingdom God. He had not (many months a^ come to Columbia to begin a pastor work that promised to be. great fruitful in the improvement of t whole community. Taken at a tin when many years of exertion ai achievement were seemingly befo him, his life was full of usefulne and goodness and long enough f his contribution to the bettering mankind to be noteworthy a id pe jmanent?The State. CLAIMS RAILROADS MADE . $600,000,000 IN 1?; Washington, Jan. 26.?Reducti< of freight .rates on farm products ar products of allied industries ar sharing by both railroad corporation and labor of "deflation of charg now affecting all industries was re ommended in the rfijway transport tion sub-committee report prepart early today for submission to tl transportation committee* of the N tional Agricultural Conference. Tl committee declared labor should n< carry the whole reduction but tl railroads should take their ehar saying the railroads made $600,00i 000 profit last year when farmers lo $7,000,000,000. The committee ah recommended withdrawal by Co: gress of authority to the interests commerce commission to fix valuatic of real estate held by railroads i more than its actual cost or moi than the value of aimilar adjoinir lands in making up the capital a count of the railroads. 666cure? Chilli and Fever. Watch the label on foar paper. EfiiliUiSliUEIiiJZraiiiliUHJ ! Buy I mi. a _ i nese /\n Men's $20 and $22 Men's $25 Styleph Men's $27.50, $30 & Co. and Style HERE ARE THJ GAINS WE'Vl IN BO Boys $15, $16.50 and $ Boys' $10, $12.50 and Boys $7.50, $8.50 and J m ? * s\ r\ c rsoys $>o.ou ana $/.uu J MEN'S ODi Men's $10 and $12.50 Men's $6.50, $7.50 and Men's $4.50, $5 arid $6 Men's $3.50 and $4.00 BOYS ( Boys $7.50- Overcoats Boys $10.00 Overcoats BOYS' KNICKEF Bovs $3, $3.50 and $4 Bovs $2, $2.50 and $2.' Boys $1.25 and $1.50 I Boys $1.00 Knickers nc Boys 65c and 75c Knicl Prices Quoted Al> PA mmannnBiarannji . WILL JIEOPEN SANK Depositor* Asked to Allow Honey To fUaala i Anderson, Jan 25?The plan of Jaraeq Craig, bank examiner, to re open the People's bank was that aH depositors sign and return a card stating that they will allow their de posits to remain in the hank for one year, the ibank to pay 5 per cent. Cards to this effect were sent to all depositors and they are being re turned. The first day there were amounts to $477,000, and today Mr Craig says the cards have been re turned in excess of $700,000. The hank has a denost of 1.000.000 and it is believed that Almost to a mas the cards will be returned with the full promise, and Mr Craig says that he hopes to reopen the back in leas than 15 days after it closed. NEGRO CRAP SHOOTERS SENTENCE THEMSELVES Newbern, N. C., Jan. 26. A practi cal application of the proverbial joke told on the late Judge Crutchfield, of Richmond, Va., in regard to his meth od of sentencing "crap shooters" was made by Judge Edward L. Stewart, recorder of Beaufort county eourt, when he let five negroes charged with gambling sentence themselves with their own dice. When the negroes pleaded guilty to the charge, Judge Stewart asked one of them for the cubes which were quickly produced. He told them he would let each defendant roll the bones one time and would sentence them to serve as many months on the road as the dice indicated. The ne groes began to roll and talk to the dice, and they received sentences ranging from three to twelve months on the chain gang. Judge Stewart later changed the sentences to fines. FRANK DuPRE TRIAL BEGINS IN ATLANTA Atlanta,. Ga., Jan. 26.?The jurj was completed and first evidence in troduced in the opening session here today of the trial of Frank B. DuPre, alleged slayer of detective Irby Walker, iq connection with the rob bery of a jewelry store here shortly before Christmas. Counsel for Da- ] Pre entered a plea of not guilty. niniJiiJiLniJiiraraninijzjzniran Clothing and z the Greatest B This Sea 1.50 Suits now.... $17.50 as Suits now $20.00 ' and $82.50 Schloss Bros plus Suits now.. $25.00. 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