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rAU? TWU Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year 52.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 10 :*? A Ronrpspnt.ative r urtfign nu<? wmg . ? .? AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 19&2 KILL THE BONUS BILL. , It is undoubtedly true that a great many men made sacrifices in order to enter the army. Many went to the front at the call of the country with out considering the loss financially Some were wounded, maimed for life and some killed. Provision has been made for the relativesjjf those who lost their lives in the service of the country, and provision is being made for those who suffer from wounds and disease as a result of their service. More and more provisions should be made for the latter. To them we would give ungrudgingly. m?Ua fVin car DUt U1C lWCIi nuw tiuvivu w?v, uv* ^ vice, who went across, some of whom c saw actual fighting and some of j. whom did not, were not the only per- j sons who made financial sacrifices r during the war. Those who remained ^ ' at home"'gave of their time and labor j as well as of the accumulations of c years in order to further the contest ^ in which the country was engaged. s Some thought they prospered great- s ly, and some profiteers d:d we sup pose, but within the?few years which have,followed the war, most of those in this section who thought they made money as a result of the war, now ^ find themselves bankrupt, or nearly so. It is a man's job to meet the ^ present demands of the government, ^ to pay debts incurred during the easy days, and to keep the ship headed to wards the sh^re. Again while many men are in a desperate struggle to save something of the labors of a lifetime, being themselves well advanced in the years when men gather a competence, or something for a rainy day, the men who went to the front are still young men, and those who are strong and healthy are but the better ox now for the service they saw, the experiences they had, and the outlook on life which c^me to them. ^ These being the facts it is a hard time to put greater burdens on the people of this country in the way of taxation, and that is what the voting of a bonus means. It means another cent to pay every time you buy a postage stamp, a little more to pay every time you draw a check, or are I forced to make a note, or every time you make a deed or mortgage to your property which is being taken to pay war debts perhaps. It means more and more taxes. t And what does it profit? A good s many men will no doubt make good 1 use of the money which comes* to t them, but for a great many, and that c is especially true in this section where many negroes were enlisted, it only means a short period of idleness, waste, extravagance ar)d a little c higher crime wave. It may be said t for the whites even that most of the men are young, unmarried men. They have nor learned to invest, nor to husband their resources. Many of * them will not be profited by the pay-11 ment of the bonus. Perhaps some of them will be encouraged to become for a brief period spendthrifts pass "'5 vuat ill lUJtiltOO. VCi taiillj I that will be true to a large extent in the larger cities, if it is not true here at home. It has always been the policy of this government to take care of its soldiers. The t;me is coming in the j1 life of every man who gave of his < services to the country when he may be called upon to look to the govern ment for assistance. If that time j] comes to a particular soldier, a time ( of need, the country will be quick to : respond, we feel sure, and nobody 1 will begrudge to the men who wore the uniform enough to make them comfortable. But just now is not the time to burden the country for the soMterS who are not in need, who may find employment, and whose chief concern should be, not to get eome&ing out of the government, # but to get back into civilian life, take up employment which helps to put the country on its feet again, and in general become a working part of the body politic. We agree with Senator Borah that the republican party is not sincere in its desire to help the soldiers. It is impelled to take up the matter of Donus legislation at th:s time out of i desire to get the soldier vote in :he coming elections. It has been )nly a little while, only a few months, ;ince President Harding declared that :he country was in no position to^ indertake the payment of a bonus | ;o soldiers who are able to work. The i :ondition oi tne country nas not :hanged in that regard since that ;;me. The republican party went in- ' ;o power under a pledge to lower j axes and to reduce the public bur- j lens. Senator Borah says that it hasj ust escaped conviction of undertak-11 ng to buy a seat in the senate fori ' senator Newberry, and now it pro-j' >oses by bonus legislation to buy the 1 all elections. If this be the intent of the motion it this time, we feel sure that some- ' >ody is going to be disappointed. The vhole country will not now agree to i mdertake the payment of more tax is for a small minority of people j5 vho suffered and labored no mores | j han the general run of people., Where one man votes for the repub-j^ ican candidates here and there on I iccount of bonus legislation, there ^ vill be two men to vote against the; andidates who thus place further J axes upon the people. Secretary j' Mellon knows that the country can-!' lot now well assume the payment of j1 hese additional taxes, ' President j larding knows it, every member of ^ ' ongress knows likewise. It is all a i jolit'cal play, and if the people may j ;ave the day if only they begin to ;peak their minds. TIGHTENING UP Th& liquoMnakers and the hoot-; leggers had as well take notice of | the fact that the screws are (being tightened. While under the federal law, it seems, the judges are not al- ( lowed to punish by imprisonment! alone, but must impose alternative punishment by fine, yet the punish-! roent grows more severe. This week ' ludge Watkins fined one man $450 j ind another $200 for violation of, ,ne iiquur-un?iung i<tws. These fines, while they do not so 1 nuch deter as imprisonment, are ' sufficient to cause the liquor-maker 1 ;ven to hesitate before he ibreaks 1 :he law. It was not so long: ago that 1 ines were imposed for like offenses 5 >f $25 or $50, or terms of 30 days vere substituted and the man con victed was allowed to go home and rest awhile before he commenced 1 ;o serve his sentence, or before he c vas required to pay his fine. Per- ( laps he was allowed to remain at 3 lome Until lay-by time arrived, so 1 ;hat he might serve his sentence in < ;he vacation period. But that time 1 las passed. The time of small fines i ind short terms of punishment is jassing, and in a little while the 1 aw will provide a punishment for ;he liquor-maker and the liquor ;eller which is commensurate with lis crime, considering the fact that 1 ;hese crimes are but the breeders J )f others mox'e flagrant crimes. 1 Let: tho. time snnn l The South Carolina legislature -eems determined to put a license ax on everything except oratory. The man who is too lazy or too xifli.ng to have an incme is in favor >f an income tax. DR. ABELL MAKES HAY The News would"" consider Dr. Robert E. Abell a good prospect for some one engaged in selling hay presses. From an authentic source ive hear that last year he rented a lay press from Mr. Obe Roberts, igreeing to pay Mr. Roberts five :ents a bale for each bale put'up,; and when the, job was finished he had to pay Mr. Roberts more than a new nress would cost. Such beine his past experience we believe he is( in excellent prospect for a press this year.?Chester News. _____ f <. Liberty Bonds Make * Ris?y New York, Feib. 9.?jjnusUal.* strength and activity wer?" shown! by United States war issues in the Darly stages of today's bond market. Liberty 3 l-2s tax exempt, rose $1.20 per ?100 in the first hour. ENTHUSIASM NOTED FOR COTTON EFFORT Columbia, Feb. 6.?The state is '' aflame with enthusiasm for the co operative marketing of cotton, judging from reports and letters coming into the offices of the South Carolina Qotton Growers' Coperative Association here. Every J i mail brings signed contracts, and : letters telling of enthusiasm for' ] the movement in various sections'j of the state. Darlington county observe^ ] "Sign-up Day" last Tuesday and : contracts representing 4,830 bales j ] were signed, bringing the total |! number of bales signed in thatj county to over 15,000. Chesterfield ] sent in its first report, contracts1 s representing over 2,200 bales. A' - letter from the Abbeville county director, J. F. Hill, reported* en thusiasm in that county. George R. Briggs, county agent for Oconee :ounty, reports fine headway being made in that county. |j Farmer members of the General! Assembly are signing the contract, j j Senators George K. Laney, of j ^ Dhestenfield, P. L. Bethea of Dillon, j md F. C. Robinson have already , signed and in the House of Repre sentatives Clarence J. Jackson, of Sumter, John W. McKay of Dillon, L. R. Windham and Julius S. Mc [nnes of Darlington, F. Gentry,( Harris and J. H. Mabry of Spartan- A jurg have already signed. The campaign for contracts will be pushed with the greatest pos- j sible vigor all over the state during the next three months. I' < ! j TOWN HAS INFLUENZA HALF OF POPULATION Uniontown, Pa.,Feb. 9.?'Ten j thousand persons, about one:half of,' the population of this city, are illN With influenza, accrding to a state-J' ment Thursday by Health Officer W. C. Hall. > The situation, Hall said, is , alarming and he declared that un-J less exceptionally drastic measures are taken to combat the spread of the disease, the whole city will be ^ stricken. CORK STRIKERS MAY j TAKE OVER ROADS I ! Cork, Feb. 9.?The striking rail- I way at a mass meeting last night de- | :ided to postpone until Friday their j announced plan of taking over the j railway lines and operating them j themselves. Last night had been set j is the time for seizing the lines. j : ? i Motorcycles Increase in Germany, j Washington, Feb. 9.?German of- j icial figures for 1921, recently re- j :eived here show pract'cal doubling )f motor vehicle use in Germany that ,'ear as compared to 1920. The num- ! jer of passenger cars rose from 32,- J 150 to 60,966; motor trucks from J ty,/4Z to au,4Z4 ana motorcycles j 'rom 9,369 to 26,792. 10,000 PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS IN CHICAGO Chicago,, Feb. 9'.'-?Chicago is :he home of about 10,000 profes sional criminals, /or abou? one :hird of one per cent of tne city's population, according to estimates >f the Chicago crime commission, nade public today. The reason for such an unprecedented nurnber of awforeakers here is ascribed by the >rimo experts to the slowness with which the wheels of justice are set n motion and the small number of convictions. As proof of their contention mat speeay justice reduces crime, c the commission cites statistics I showing that when an effort was, | made to clear the murder docket, | twelve were sentenced to hang and | twelve given jail sentences. j Th effect produced, it is claimed, j was electrical. The murder rate in g Chicago was almost cut in half. / DENIES MONEY FIND Marion, Feb. 9.?A report was current on Main street here Mon day that Cicero Wise, son of A. G. Wise, who lives about two miles west of Marion, plowed up $40,00l> in gold coins in his field that day but this report has been denied by Mr. Wise. Several neighbors said that they had heard the same report and Monday rumors were flying thick and fast regarding the supposed un earthed fortune. CHARLOTTE SIGNS' ERSKLNE PITCHER "Lefty" Beard, College Star, Ac cording to Announcement From Hornet' Manager Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 9.?'"Lef ty" Beard, star Erskine College southpaw has affixed his John Hen ry to a Hornet contract and will re port to Manager Hoblitzell early in A.pril. This news was brought to Char lotte by Bill Johnson, Hornet scout, who made a special trip to Due West to land the star port sider. Beard finishes school this spring.! He signed the contract, but wilL send it to his father at Pmeville forj ipproval before mailing it to the :lub owners. "You can say," Beard told John son, "that I don't anticipate any >bjection on my father's part. I am ?lad of the chance to play with the Flornets." Beard is a find. He was sought ast ye>ar by both the Athletics and ;he Rochester Internationals. WANDERING AT NIGHT, WOMAN IS DROWNED Augusta, Ga., Feb. 9.?The body >f Mrs. James M. Adams, aged 55^ vas found in a creek near Wrens, 3a., Tuesday morning, a few hours ifter she left her home, in the light, attired in her' night clothes. It is the belief of her husband ind friends that she fell into the :reek> accidentally. Mr. Adams said that about 3 o'clock Tuesday morn ing he heard a noise about ylhe house and thought that burglars were trying to get in. He got up and discovered that his wife had left the house. He began a search, aided by! friends, and some hours later th? body was found in the creek. Mr. Adanjs said that his wife was suffering from a temporary de rangement anc$ had 'been in ill health. It is his belief that she fell in the creek while wandering through the night. The ability to public. tu where lh( read the business. Whe the quest hn hnno'hi I/V wv upn I the sugge I 1 would be I Whence ( ! In U I 1 ] . store that repiitatioi at * i the thing: I ' forget otl attention. ! laws of p ! attention 3 its prices ! (lonseque ! ed'what < ! 1 respond L It is ! vertising it can't k< D lies. Bui V lily in the Adv< big lots w %ures. Tli hv nrlvPi't furn then in# ill a 1< iul opporl values. ' Adv< ('educing article, m pub. Th | low ligun ganmuanniaianfMiiiua \ V V SHILOAH > V V Miss Cynthia Hannah spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hannah. Mr. Joe Mundy Is visiting his brother, Mr. A. S. Mundy. Miss Marzette Anderson spent Saturday with Ther sister, Mrs. Clarence Botts. Mts. Ernest Botts and children of Abbeville spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Saan McQuerns. Mr. Charlie Nickles was a busi ness visitor in Abbeville Monday. Mrs. Janie Stevenson has return^ ed from Columbia. Mrs. J. A. Stevenson and Miss Lidie Mundy spent' Tuesday in Greenwood. Mrs. Genia Young and Mrs. J. A. Mundy spent Friday with Mrs. Janie Stevenson. Mr. George Mundy went to Ab beville Monday. - ^ . Miss Margaret Cannon was in Greenwood shopping one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stevenson and Mrs. Janie Stevenson spent Satur day with Mrs. Allen Hannah. Mrs. Sudie Bullock of Verdery is visiting Mrs. Dave Hannah. 666 curea Bilious Fever. To break a cold take 666. HARCOURT&( incorporated nn PRESS & BAIN IN < Abbevill "EXCLUSIVE LO ' FOR THIS EXC inu^jiinininLgJHiuniJZfZJiLr / DECIDING WHERE TO BUY. success of a business'depends analyze the mental operations id to determine how people deci ;y shall buy goods. The merchc public mind most accurately j \ n one finds that he needs soi ion comes up where that articl ? FYnm source back in t stion comes that such and such a good store to visit for that j ;omes that suggestion? le majority of cases, it is create has made the most effort to im 1 011 the public mind. People re s they hear about constantly, ar ler things that arc rarely called The advertised store conforrr sychology by constantly calling to its enterprises, its goods, its r . and the advantages of trading ntly the inner consciousness, \vl ;>r where a person should buy, >y suggesting certain advertised of course true that while a stor can always draw in a lot of ncs\ ?ep it unless it really does give g advertising helps a store do thi se two ways: ;rtising encourages merchants t hen such are offered them at 1( ey know that by appealing to th ising, they can swing these big 1 into money in a short time. Tt irge way and taking advantages (unities, they are able to offer irtising increases volume of tra the operating and overhead expi laking it possible to cut prices e advertised store buys and ope >s, and can thus make low pric( 'BAD CHECK" BILL GOES TO THIRD READING Columbia, Feb. 9.?The House of Representatives today by a vote of 76 to 23 refused to kill the "bad check" ibill and sent it to third reading Well on its way tot he Sen ate the bill,*introduced by Repre sentative Barrett, of Columbia and Representative Sheppard of Edge field, would make the Issuance of a bad check prima facie evidence of intent to- fraud. The bill was amended so as not to apply to checks given in settlement of old accounts. Representative Barrett opened the debate on the bill by ex plaining it3 purpose and urging its enactment to put a stop to the prevalence of giving bad checks. Representatives Bryson, Sheppard and Sapp spoke in favor of the bill wxiiic xvcpie&t'ntaxjves ixanauan, Buckingham and Hilliard fougfit it hard. TOY FOR HARDING Washington, F^b. 9.^President Harding has a new toy to play with, if he should ever find leisure time to devote to it. A wireless telephone receiving outfit was installed today in the president's study on the sec ond floor of the White House. In stallation was made by Commander Stanford xX. Hooper of the bureau ' of engineering of the navy, at Secretary Denby's request, it is un derstood. iIiatic MAnnAnmualinMrv! inwiHiiHmmmiiwuiin NGRAVED U * MANUFACTURING BKJWVERS LOUISVBJL?,Kr..aSA ER COMPANY, / e, S. C. r CAL^AG ENTS ' LlfSlVB LINE on its of . the Lde as to mts who set the liething, e should he mind a place purpose. DW Ug e public lots and ius buy of spec special tie, thus gnse \ to the irat.es at fii | i 1 i wreraiiUitfzraiirafliiiM