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PAGE TWO Established 1844. THK PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-YVeekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter a post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.0i Six Months $1.0' T'Urpp Months .5* Foreign Advertising Repress tativi AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATIO> MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1922 LIGHT WANTED. The grand juiy in its presentmen requested the publication of the ex penditures of the county quarterly There is no doubt that it is wortl while to make public all expenditure! by public authorities. It is only ii this way that the people who pay th< money are able to know to whon their money is being ^paid, the a mount of the different payments, anc what the payments are for. We think it would be wise to have the expenditures classified. For in ctanpp the school claims are now kepi separate from the claims for ordi nary county expenses. We would like to see an officers' account, a chair gang account, a county farm account a jail account, and such other ac counts as would give the people prop er information, as to the cost of the different institutions and depart ments in our county government. W< believe the people would be inter ested especially in knowing just ho\\ much money it takes to maintain the chaia ga*& in this county, including officers' salaries, food and clothing for the convicts, feed for stock, etc It may be the Supervisor keeps these matters separate in his office. If he does, it would be of interest to have him publish the expenditures sepa rately. The chain gang we have always believed is a very costly institution Now that so many new additions are being made to the force, some oi them for only a few months, it is im portant to know whether the ex penses of the institution are nol many times its worth, especially a1 this period when free labor may b< obtained at very low prices. THERE WERE 50,043 BIRTHS IN THE STATE IN 1921 Columbia, March 4.?The storl was a friendly and consistent visitoi in South Carolina during the entir< year of 1921, as shown by a repor of the vital statistical section of th< state board of health, given out to day. There were 50,023 births in th'< state during the entire twelve monthi of 1921, or at the rate of 29.1 pel thousand population, as compared t( 20,3t8 deaths or at the rate of 11.$ per thousand. The increase of birtl proportion to deaths for the periot was very marked, being well over 5( per cent. UNDER BOND OF $10,000 Charged With Conspiracy to Violati Dry Law. Bridgeport, Conn., March 4.? Frederick L. Kirk, local agent o the Fleishman Company, is at liber ty on bonds of $10,000 on charge of ctnspiracy to violate the federa prohibition law. He was arrestei with several others, after a raid b; federal agents here on January 9 Avhen 100 barrels of alcohol wer seteed In the local railroad yards. Th< alcohol was consigned to Kirk an< Was shipped from the Fleishman; Company's plant at Peekskill, N. Y. Bank ef McCormick Re-Opens MdCormick, March 4.?After suspension of business for the pas tw? weeks following the death o Mr. James E. Britt, its presidenl The Bank of McCormick was agai niu>na/4 fnr Ktiqi'tioec Tliiire/Jov TTrtl V)/VtlVVI A VA L/UUillVOU A ??W* UV(WJ A VI lowing the policy of the State Ban Examiner's office to allow every ler iency to the banks of the State ur able to realize operating cash, fo the time being, Mr. W. W. Bradlej assistant state bank exam#ier ha been untiring in his efforts to plac the Bank of McCormick back on firm basis. His efforts were rewarde yesterday wfeen tha bank . resume DOTE ATTENDS COURT I i , I Meets Old Friends and Compares Jurors with Other Panels. Asks Questions About Guano. Sattidy nite. ^ Deer edditoral, i had sitch a hard time jrttinj: any flu medasin while i had the fluenzer that i decided i wood attind kort this week and git quaint ed with the leedin licker maikers of the kounty so i wood kno where to! ^ fro when i grot it agin, well, it' seam i frum the wuns what wus called upj that moast of the licker maikers is j j niggers while a good part of the i iicker drinkars air white, ernutherj .thing is that moast of the maikers is) now on the chane gang helpin eet j ,up the county rashuns and rase tax-: es. this will maik it still harder fur, t a feller to git the contents of a! _ J dram when he is struck down with! i the flfluenzer. but i gess sum of the j ^ maikers will soon be out, if not there , will be a nue crop may bee. 1 # 11 I struck up with my ole fren jon ; Mergill frum due west on the joory. j i it useter be that they got sitch prom-: . ernent men on the joory as myself, 1 but i seed no sitch lookin men as ithat on the joory this time, in fact J judge Wilson and myself was bout the only prommernint men in the! . i kort house durin the whoal kort. Jon J _. was bout good lookin as enny of the 1 Juther joorers and i gess he has boutj ,: as much sents bekos he sed that of i t, I , all the writin in the prest Banner he; ! reeds what i has to say fust, i tolej him that wus wun of the things; ^whitch i wus ritin fur, to enliten the! mines of the peepul frum due West, |l , that^they is bout the greenest set i has ewer ran against. Jon sed he! r didnt think so as they has 2 kol-j , lidges at Due west but i sed that I! , dindt think shorely that menny pee-j pul went to them frum the looks of| . . . /things wnen 1 moovea torn puimau | up there a fue yeers ago and fromj the way they all acked. Cording to) my noshun arch Kennedy and Jon j Wurdlaw is the britest men up there t land they- dont live fur from the , i ! sylum. torn putman live there too . but frum the little whut i heer fruni j .him in the leggilatur he may bee al-j ready in the sylum, if not and he j . keep foolin with reel estate it and taxes will put him there. : ole sam Milfurd wus down tendin j kcrt. sam had a good gob as a wit- j , ness whitch kept him hear the whoal | kort. you kno sam and i wus boys! |tirgether tho sam looks bout fiftean yeers oledr than i doo now. wun rea {son is that sam fur a long time didnt I hev no better sents than to work hard but he has lumt better now. a' c man kin maik as mutch out of a wit r ness gob as anything else and it is 1 mutch eesier than haulin wood or t kuttin hay. well sam ask me how is 2 you gittin long and i tole him that - you got down purty low wunst, but j i let you hev a little munny and you i J wus up agin but it seam to me that j ? you air sinkin agin, and i wus tryin r to git where i wood not go down wiff > you, but it look like i wus goner have I a gob to scape, i tole sam that it i helped a feller's looks a lot to lone i him sum money, but i sed to sam | ) that he is so ugly now that it wood i not do him no good to let him h^v ^ny. mind you sam didnt ast me fur jno lone of munny but i didnt kno but whut he mite, so i thort i wood s say this at wunst and not hafter re jfuse him like i has dun sum uther - fellers. whut is the law on this hear thing " of Joanner bein bout ten dollars a | s. tun hier on kredit then kash. how is l,a feller goner pay kash fur his Joan 1 ^ner when the joanner kumpeny dun y i come through the kuntry last yeer ' and colleck all he kan and then soo e;gvryboddy fur what is left, sum of e j theas fellers who sit round the Kote %. Hous and think they kno a little law n 5 say. thet the Joanner kumpnies air jtaiken vantage of the poar man and | is gittin yousury on the kredit prises, jit may bee yousury that they is a chargin but it seam to me moar like: it J dam raskallity. thay say that you ! f! kant maik no cotton now less you has j t?(the Joanner and you kant git no, ?(joanner less you got munny or Kreait l- .whitch noboddy got, so i want to k kno what the poor man goner doo i-jless he go to maiken licker or steel-J i-1 in? frum the number of nue licents r taxes what is now bein got up by the ; r,Jeggilatur if a man got a dollar he; s bettur spend it or the tax koleckter! e will cum along and say, let me sea a that dollar, and when he look at it | d he will say that he sea i tbolong to j d him and away it will go. i reed in the i paipers that it say the thing fur ,11 * : '.- -.r - evry boddy to doo is to put there; % munny in the banks but what i think ^ evryboddy want to do is git a little V out. and if sum man is smarte ernuff ^ to show the peppul how to do it, thay. V will voat fur him this summer furj evry oflfis frum guvnar to skool trus-! W tee. | S, well, it is bout time to milk and ij will santer up to gorfries store until m the milkin is oaver, then i will drap j back and taik my scat at the hedi?. I *** of the table and ask lizzie how she J ^ like my last letter in the prest Ban- J p ner. yours fur low taxes, Dote. ;M Philippines Want 60 Teachers j Washington, March 3-.?The bu-jv reau of insular affairs in the war de-iV partment is seeking sixty high school j V teachers qualified to take positions in | V. the English departments of the Phil-1V ippine schools. Transportation willjV be furnished by the government to|V Manila and entrance salaries of fromjv. 3,000 to 3,200 pesos?nominally $1,- J V 500 to $1,600?will be paid success- jV. ful applicants. ^ s / bJI i\ Better We are ] 30 A fine line of Spring Haberdashery at moderate prices. See us for you gj you. Get our f prices. 1 i Bkajannuiiran^^ ?? : WARRENTON LOCALS Mrs. John A. Wilson and M [cNinch spent Saturday with M . A. Able. Mrs. J. n,. .Palmer is in McC< lick visiting her daughter. Misses Elizaibeth Wilson, A nd Kennesaw Thomas spent Sati ay at Riverside with Miss Dc aimer. Raymond Ferguson is visiti [r. Hugh Bowen near Level Lam W. A. Crawford and Alvin * lain spent Monday and Tuesday VVVVVS.VVVWVVV OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY and FRIDAY CECIL B. DeMILLE'S Production "SATURDAY NIGHT" Matinee Each Day at 3:30 15c. ADMISSION 35c. 7 NIGHT 8:20 Admission: 25c and 50c LfiUiUifiUZfiUZIEIEfiMI Clothes ready xiow to 5 Models Men's and Young Me Single and Double Breasted Sport Model r new Spring c iner quality anc ser < laiannniaianfitntran ? Augusta. They went to see Mr. lie-1 i Clain's father, who is in a hospital; there. s Mr. G. S. Wiison went to Middle* ton, Ga., on business Monday. Don McNeill of Clemson College spent the week-end with his parents here. 11 igM5f9f5J9i9J9J5jBJ3i3fSJ9J5l5J5M5J5f5JBJ5J3SJ5IBJ FREE! FREE! 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