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vPAGE TWO the Press and standard Wednesday, March 14, 1^17. tQie Plreas and Standiri WaMertate, a C itrr. oom nr AXD STAimARD, 1SB W. W. SMOAK.. ... KdHor Aad Mgr. _ At the pwtofflc* at Wal- 8. C. as Mcoad daas aall Snbeeriptioa Rates Tear? ✓ • flUM .78 MIGHT HAVK TOO MANY The Gaffney Ledger says: • '*A schoolhouse o n every hill and a good road to every svhoolhouse. is our motto.” j •‘That would dot the landscape, thick with achoolhouses In the Tied- mont, but would make them few and far between in the low country— where schoolhouses are most need, ed ”—New berry Observer. Perhaps our esteemed contepipm ary would not mind infoiniinir \i ’ why it is that schoolhouses are mo** needed iu the tow rountry. We are doing pretty well. you. an i if we are not mistaken Tne low eoun try 1s ab,mt ss w^ll up ©n matters relating to schools as son. > of the up-country* counties. amon^ them being the esteemed county of N*. w- berry. Judging from happenings in the Piedmont of recent date it might not be too much for that section to “dot the landscape thick with m h 'o| houses." *■ ' . THKKK TIMKS A WKKK • The Greenwood Index is now be ing issued three times a week in stead of only once as formerly. This showa growth for that newspap’ but the support given newspapers by the advertisers Greenwood warrants any kind of paper the nub- lishers decide upon getting out. We have never seen more loyal advei tisers than those Greenwood iner. charts and hanks. Good luck to The Index and its new venture. This makes only two tri weeklies In the State: The Times and Democrat, at Orangeburg, being the other. Mr. Ackerman's Arguments (?) We are giving space Ibis issue io an aiticle from the pen of P. B. A<k erman. of Cottage*Me. in opposi- sitic>n to the proposed bond issue for good roads for Colleton We ar» a bit surprised that Mt Ackerman I should take the position he does in legat'd to this mattei. and we ar suie he Ita* not thought the matu : out taiefully. ,and his "aitiiTe pro. claims that he ha^ not. posted 1 him -elf on the pioposed bond issue and that he does not “reason w*li or wisely on the matter. That old hackneyed and worn oui argument about a “mortgage” on the property of every man ‘foi i period of 40. year*” should not frighten anyone. There will be no more mortgage on the property of any man than there is now for taxes If Mr. Ackerman or any other man falls to pay his (Axes his property will be sold, and there is absolutely no more danger of the bond issu-* selling any man's property than there is now of selling it foi taxes So this is not a matter to be feared and we tried to show dearly, though not clear enough for Mr. Ackerman, it seems, that the amount of a man's taxe s would be increased only uere trifle. Pid Mr. Ackerman read our editorial in the issue of March ;’S. on this \ery point? If not w»* commend it to his careful perusal. « The statement that the count' would pay hack 12.000,Oort foi th us*' of I&OO.O0O is absurd. Sup posing that the sinking fund shoul 1 draw no interest, the interest on $500,000 for 4 0 y-«-ars at 4 per cen» would be $900,000 and add this to the principal to the total would be $1,300,000. a mere difference c I'Oe.ooti. according to Mr Acker man But this would "not b,* the true state of affairs. The sinkint fund whick would be started would begin to draw the <ame rate of in teresf the first vear. and this would offset the interest on an equal amount of the principal, so instead of paying hack *o much th-* ac ourt would be materially reduce |. a n<i we would have to pay ba V the prin cipal sum of whatever the amount of the bond i««ue would h» and the amount of Interest les* (ne Interest drawn hv the sinkint fnnd. It could not be more than $'50.000 If the full amount of $50i..O0O were issued Now l In reference to raising the erman to show us where they art. We are geltiag nowhere in road bufldlag.-ead we are every y<ar wasting enough moaey to pay the Interest and create a sinking fend and getting nothing permanent or tangible for iL Now. is this not true? Has Mr. Ackerman tried to come from CottagevlUe to Wsltcr- boro for the past three months? If so. what is his opinion ss to the need for a better road between these points? What is true as to the road between t'ottageville , and Walter, boro ig true of almost every mile of road in Colieon county, and we con tend. that ss business men. we owe It to ourselves to better conditions. Walterboro was struggling along a few years ago with a miserable old wooden school building. Finally af- Ter "~many r T£Yri» of urging“ttre^citi- zens bonded the tow D and erected a $30,000.00 school building. The sinking fund is now almost enough to pay the bonded debt, and it will be paid in two more years. The town has prospered as never before, and this school building has done more for the town than any on*" oth- •r agency. There is not a citizen if Walterooro today who would* go i< k to the miserable pld wooden building, and no one has been hut:. The**lnorlgage” upon the property of the town has not impoverished the citizens? but on tlijj, contrary it has been the biggest investment th • town has evel made, and any i it zen will tell you so. .Again, the tow n was flounderine along in the dark with inadequate water and no sewerage. The re course was another bond issue. The people had tasted the benefits of th* previous Issue and If there was op position. It was not recorded when the election came off. Walterboro now has an up-to-the.minute elec trie iighing plant agd sewerage out fit. the equal of any in the State. Bonds did it. Will Mr. Ackerman please tell us how many railroads were ever built with money accummulated as he cuggests. little by liMle* The At (antic Toast Line Railroad Tom pany is bonded up to the limit, and stays so. The Seaboard Railway, which i* doing so much develop rent work, could not have built : mile of Its splendid line of new road but for a bond issue. Look at the 'evelqpment of the cotton null in dustry. All the big mills are bon i ed, before they are built. Then as to roads. Kloi ida is plac« ing bonds on nearly every couRtv for toads. Not a pitiable $JibCoOO as we propose, but issues of million and a half, and Uigei aiiKumt* North farolina i» doiny> the s-^ni whether or not the ctfanti y. should take these steps which will in all probability-result in on.- bec>tnlns involved In this great and cruel war. But bow according to his re cently announced decision, the nets will be done and tlc'n Tongresa-will be called into session to “aeo what I have done;” when R will doubtless be too late to recel flora the po- o * sition taken. k The Press and A‘*ndaid is not lacking in patriotism, and doubt less we are loo far away from where things are happening to be in.press ed with-the war cry of the moneyed interests of the North. And ve would not now be raising our voice in protest against arming our shipa and sending them on their mission of war. if this rule were to be en- TbrCetf"agalnsr Vtl •oiTenthr.nr have been correctlv informed we • have had no commerce with the Ger man nation except the two cargoes brought over " by the Dutehland. while we have bet’ir uninterrupted < qur commerce wijh the allied. If President Wilson had desired to b* strictly neutral and had opened th,' seas to all nations at war. then there would hare been no t»et-essB v for a blockade by the (’.boats, an 1 we would have been unapt to haw b*en dragged into the war. But England and the allies ace now to> le« ply i u debt to this country, and they must, therefore, win. Much as we hate tp arrive at this conclu sion it seefas the only reasonable pne we can reach. We desire to call attention to the * -w, a . following editorial appearing in th Greenville Piedmont: • The bridge that carries you over deserves praise. There was a tim* in the not distant past when only the right of'unlimited debate in the Tnite<$ States senate saved the South from having its elections con trolled through agents of a Repub lican administration. The "force biU" would have become law had it not been talked to death by South ern senators. And yet there are editors of Southern newspapers who have such short memories or are such truckling sycophants that the) yelp in the chorus of denunciation of the right of unlimited debate in the senate, the last refuge of liberty in this country against any partisan program of a tyrannical majority. The Piedmont can well understand how those who believe any wish of President Wilson sholud imme diately be made law can denounce a resoil to that right of unlimited debate to defeat his desires. It will even go turtber and concede that t few senators ought not to have made use of that right to defeat what was clearly the will of a rna- joVity of both houses . of congress. But. The Piedmont cannot !>e <o short-sighted as to wish that right destidyed because a questionable or unwi-e use was made of it if tha* thing Green* Me count* lias . nght t>e destroyed, there m.^> come Vi; lust Arrived, Our New REGAL OXFORDS" The Famous Shoe For HEN AND WOMEN We Have Them In AU STYLES-LEATHERS-SIZES * - ’ • ^ f _ ’ ■ The H. W Cohen Store A. S. KARESH, Mgr. or is spending a million dollais TV delegation from Spaitatfhutg at th* last session of th* legislature passe.* a bond issue foi fl.ono.tioo.oo. S> Tolleton must wake up Beaufr rt tounl\ will \oto a bum! issue . thi- year, as will That lesion, and Toll*-, ton must not lag behind. Even Mr Ackerman should hide hts little ham. met and get in the procession for •tier roads while he is yet/ill* •* and able to drive over then*. H»- sons will bond the count* for real* if he does not a TIARTTKK IN THK *Sl SENATE The Tnited States government seems to ha*e gone mad reeenilv and to he bent upon doing thos things which will finally plunge thpr nation into the maelstrom of war along with the desperate and un it time in the near future .'hen man' who tlamcrr for it-- <!*-'• uc- tuy* will be/Ditterly sort* that ’hn: lain O'! was effective. Lodg* am! others Hi hi- ilk are stM in th* s,*n ate and thy whirligig of politics ilia* again put them in. conttol of that bod* with kindled souls in a majority in tbv house and a p * si- dent of a like stripe in the W^iite House What would then prevent passage of a '•force hill" that would suit their sectional soul* if a senate minority be made t- ineffective as a house minority is toda* * That right to talk a measure to death In the senate is a right that ought not to be exercised except in case of-su preme necessity but it is too \alu- able a right to be abrogated because it was uged in a lesser emergency. You refnember the Arab who felt sorry fur his camel exposed to the better cold of the desert night wind. The Arab raised the flap of his tent so the camel could get his head under shelter. Ip a short while, the camel had shoved the Arab out and had the tent to himself tine* break the unvaried rule of the sen ate and introduce the niild«''» form •f cloture m the senate and it will be but a short time before cloture a« rigid as prevails tp the hou-* will ENDORSED IT HOME Such Proof aw This Should Convince Any Walterboro Titlaen. The public endorsement of a lo cal citizen Is the best proof that can be produced. Sone better, none stronger can be had./Ah’hen a man come 8 forward and testifies to hia fellow-citizens, address his friends and neighbors, you may be sure he is thoroughly convinced or he would not do so. Telling one’s experience w hen it is for the public good is an act of kindness that should be ap preciated. The following statement given by a resident of Walterboro adds one more to the many cases of Home4>Endorsement which are be ing published about Doan's Kidney Pills. Read it. J. R. Lawrence, lumber dealer, Walterboro. says: “I keep Doan's Kidney Pills on hand all the time and I And them a mighty good tned- k me to have in the house. I have used them myself for. w**ak kidneys and pain in my bac’k and have al ways found them very satisfactory” Price 5*ic, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— g*-t lioan's Kidney Pills- the same that Mr. Lawrence had. Foster.Mil^ bum To . Props . Buffalo. X. Y. COLLETON’S BANK DIRECTORY fortunate nations of the Old Wot Id Th!* determination was shown in the closing da** of Congress, when an effort was made to rush through a measure giving the President pow er to arm merchant ship*, and send , obtain in the senate and then on them out on then mission of in- gres* will have lost the la»! Y* -tige volving thu nation in war The °' right to be regarded as a !*• be* ... / . i ,. alive legislative body and v ;i be rules of the senate pievented this * nothing more than a ma< hme -to trom being done. a« the tight of un reg.ster the will of a presides; vho limited debate is one of the right, man by one means or unoth. r»ni- • ven in the Senate, and a few sen- niand a majority in both it- ators banded together and talked’’ br^che* the Bill to its death For tK’.s thev TH\\ks PEOPLE KOIS KINDNESS Dear Readers of The Press and Standai>1 1 wish to thank the many friends in_ this town for the good attention they gave me. while I held service* n this place 1 held nj* last service on Wednesday night. Match T. and closed w,th perfect victory. God bles* every one 1 met especially the homes 1 prayed in— they were a bleksing to me. If I should never have the privilege to meet all you leader*. I trust to meet you In that City above. 1 want to ask all the Christians that read this to pray for me as £ missionary •o live true, and do that God leads me to do. (MISSI MARIE PROSSER. Johnsonville. S. C. Ut« “Bits-ttr Lift ^ tori Bight Oft •Must like taking the lid off—that's how easy you cast lift a corn off your toe after It has been treated with the wonderful discovery. SGets-lt. , “ Hunt the wide world over and you'll And nothing so magic, simple and easy as Aiets-It." You tolas was THE FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK ^ • * OF WALTERBORO, S. C. Resources "...$310,000.00 All Bank lag Business Solicited. Special Attention to Serines Accounts, Large or Small. R. H. WYCHMAN, I. M. FISHBURNE, A. H. W1CHMAN President. Cashier. Yice-Presidenr. BANK OF SMOAKS SMOAKS, S. C. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $13,7«4.:i SAFE* PROGRESSIVE, ACTXDMODATIXG W. H. YARN. A. EUGENE YARN, S. P. J. GARRIS. J» President. Caahier. Vice-President FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK OF COTTAGEVILLE. S. C. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ni 2 30 00 EVERY BANKING NEED FOR BUSINESS PEOPIE H. H. WILLIS, W. E. WILLIS, g q WILLIS. M. D. President. Cashier. Vice-President. ■IX . . “The right to talk in the -chate is probably even more v.iluxbl* /' have b** n branded a* traitor^ an i ^ t urb than a* a preventive oT - lation It* u*c an a curb .* rot a* *pecta*olar a* it* u*e as .* pre\en-j cnlltv of treason, etc, by new-pa- per* ard''peak*: r « over the coun’rv Our repre*emattve» tn Congro«« In the opinion of The Pre** . cl Standard. loM then bead* and d.j that for which the* w*U be sorr* »he n they decided te amend T* rules of the Senate and permit t majority vote H» t:unt debate P appear* that President Wilson ha ! ti*e and 'herefore d-'e-* not much attention Vo<* - of political economy agtv* i be*! legislation u*uall> !e> .* i a « , oinpromi*e of the view- a'tra* t .i:!*-nr. ai the » f’O'll *>f ex treme- That rich* of unlimited d* bate in the senate cuib* the ••v'!* iii ism of n* majoritv That niajoritv cannot run iougb*ho<l ovei . nn. nortty It mu«t make .one*.. ,>r. power to arm these roerclyint ships to the ruinontv in order u> *,>»'* anywaVy but wished to have Ton- legislation and usuall* the oun try is benefit ted'’by th «»**** v u sions." . - by a dtrec* tax. this ha* been ttied ever since before Mr. Arkermsn wa* born, and if Colleton has bet- gress behind him when it was done In other words, he desired to show __ the world that he could snap his when to Take t hanthrilaiu - Tablet- finger and the Tongtesa of the Uni. When you feel dull and •* ipid ted States would perform according *fte! rating to his instructions. j ' vh ‘* n ‘'nM.pat.d or bilious ... . . When *oii haw a *u k headache With < on gres* rest* the powrer to amount of money to build ■vw road* . declare w ar. President Wilson • ould have called Tongress i n extre c*sion immediately upon the ad journment of the expiring Congee*-. ter roads now than she had at that j nnd he could have allowed 'he rep time, we would be glad for Mr. Acfc ! r esentatieea of the people to -a* Whejy voj have a *our stomach When you tjeb h after eating When you have Indigestion When nervous or despondent When you have no relish for your meal* Whe n xou r Bver I* totpid «Ltj*nable everywhere Don’t Delay Guard Your Eyesight Protect it in time by wearing Correct Glasses. We can fit you with glasses correct as low as $1.00 in Aluminum frames, and for a couple of dollars addi* ' . /a' tional we will furnish them in gold filled frames war- * * / * , A v . ’ ex ranted for 5 or 10 years. Our guarantee is right and was proved for the last 15 years in the business. •. * " " X Finn Jewelry Store WAJ.TERBORO. S. C. have wrapped veur toe a in bandages tr> K#ok like bundlea who have used srvhre* that tu-ued vour toes raw and sore, und used plastera that would shift from their place and never -geCvltae corn, and who have dug and picked at veur corns With knives and v* iesors and perhapu made them bleed—Just quit thee* ora and painful wa\» and trv “G*ta-1t“ fu*t epee You put I or J drops »*n. and it drtes at on e There’a noth ing to sti, k You can put your shoe and stocking right on again Th% pain la all gone Then th* corn d:ee a paint***, shriveling death, it looeena from your toe. and off it ome* -*lets-!t“ is the biggest sell ing corn remedy in the world today. There'* none other as good. # ■tlete-lt” t» sold by druggist* ereryv*here. JSc a bottle, or sent on receipt of price by C Law re nee 4 Co Chicago, ill. E A L HIGH GRADE MEAL CONTAINS PtDTAMi. IK) YOU WANT IT? & UJOuD WANTkP C ARD OE TRANKS I want to thank the people of William* and community fot their kindness to me during my hu-band'* illneso EFF1K FENDER H U L L S THE BEST CHEAPEST FEED. MONUMENTS! 1 have secured the agency for th» celebrated Cherokee Marble Work* and am prepared to furnish estimates cn n’j stone and monument work Sha!! he pleaded to flgur# with any one ;n need of anything in this line No ord« r too small and none too l*rge for this company to fill. C C MOTT WlkeHwrO Oil M9 I Round, s.C.