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Action Postponed.

"1f these teachers are entitled 10 ad-
vanceinent why punish them" asked
President Marks.
"Why punish the Taxpayers replied
Mr.. Prendergast. The Mayor said he
didn't like the word punishment. He
added Salaries are being reduced not
RS a punishment, but because we must
retrench."
Action on the resolution was post
poned. The Comptroller said he would
vote against the teachers Increases. His
vote Is necessary, as such appropriations
require unanimity.
Cuts in the New York County Registers
Office were considered by the budget sub
committee yesterday. Robert Mcintyre
OF the Comptroller's office read reports
which showed, he said, steadily decreas-
ing activities and revenues in the office
Of the Register. The budget s~ub-commit-
tee recommended that the salary OF
Charles Heymann. chief satisfaction
clerk, be reduced from $4,000 10 s2,s2O.
II earnestly protest" said Register
John J. Hopper, II am financially liable
for any mistakes a man in his position
may make. ] cannot agree to your pro-
posal."
Lik other Office heads. Mr., Hopper
can appeal to the Board OF Estimate
Thus far the subcommittee in examin-
ing thirty-three departments has recon-
mended dropping se~venty-eight positions
and cutting 1863 salaries at a total saving
of 5000, 800 a yea Against this four
teen new positions, at a cost OF S12,ll0
a year, are created. and Increases
amounting TO Sl3,490 are granted for 1875
positions. making the net saving $l74,-
$40. The increases average sll1 a per-
son and the reductions $500.
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Standard OH CanmRkers settle
strike Differences.

one hundred workmen employed in the
a. department of the Standard OIL
Company's plant in Long Island City.
who went on strike Wednesday, COM
polling the company to close Town the
plant and throwing 900 addit onal work.
men out OF jobs. yesterday settled their
differences with the company ana work
will be resumed this morning as usual
Following several meetings the men
finally agreed to turn out 24,30j cans
in the day OF eight hours.
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INN LOSES ITS LICENSE.
RocIiand County Public Com.
mittec Gets Results In Crusndc.

WHITE PLAINS, n, Y, Sept. l7.--Sev-
eral detectives testified before Justice
Morschauser in the Supreme Court at
White Plains to-day in the proceedings
brought by a committee of citizens to re-
yoke the license OF a number of saloons
and hotels in Rockland county.
Detective W testified that in one
mn dons were I without any regis
ter being IN existence, The license of
this place, II IL said, was In the name
of a prominent Democratic politician and
and in years gone by the place ran wide
open, Justice M~orschauser revoked the
license.
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MOHR SUSPECTS FALL OUT.
Two Negroes Claim That Third
'S1ueHicd" To No

PROVIDENCE, Sept, IA disagree
ment among the three negroes accused
Of staying Dr. Mohr has reached such "A
pitch that Brown and Spellman viii
not speak to Heals, whom they accuse
of having been frightened into his first
statement that the shooting resulted
from attempted robbery. Brown claims
that Heal uu! ecessarily "squealed" on
all concerned and that he should have
held ia his OF lginal "holdup" version.
Another story II now looked for from
Heals by the state, Witnesses are be-
Ing summoned to appear before the
Grand Jury Monday next.
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WIFE SEEKS BACK ALIMONY.
ID" or DR.. Madison G.. Peter.
sets Court Order.

Mrs. Dorothy r. Stevens. daughter OF
the Rev. Madison G. Peters. Yesterday
obtained an order from supreme Cour,
Justice Asphalt in Brooklyn directing
her husband. Harry Alexander Stevens.
TO show cause why n should not be pun
lshed Tor contempt OF court for failure
TO pay s55 alimony arrears.
Mrs. Stevens was granted n temrora-v
separation for a year and $40 a week
allmony by Justice Kelly in July. 1914.
but az the close OF the year there was
no generalization
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VERA CRUZ
BRttleship Louisiana Helped 10
Honor Independence Day.

The following official news bulletin
from Vera cruz under date Of yesterday
was received to-day by the constitutions
aliSt consulate in this city.
Independence day was celebrated
with great enthusiasm. with IA grand
military parade reviewed by the FIRST
chief and other exercises. The pro-
hihition decree was enforced strictly
and absolute order prevailed in every
detail.
The American battleship Louisiana
was dress 4 in colors In honor Of the
day and flew n Mexican flag at the
main truck and fired two salutes 10 the
great satisfaction of the peopl. here"
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daughter Of the late Mayor Gaynor. was
l6 years old at the time. When a child
was born last December they left this
city to MAKE their home in Madison,
y. j.
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CHURCHILL, MARKS
AND UNIONS FIGHT
SALARY CUTTING
Borough President Says De.
partmcnt Heads Should APP
praise Workers Worth.
ACTION on TEACHERS
INCREASES DELAYED

The first open protest from within the
Board or Estimate against cutting city
employees salaries according to the
rules OF the Bureau of Standards came
yesterday from Borough President Mar
Gus NJ. Marks. lie insisted hat he
favored economy, but said hat heads OF
departments, rather tina IAN outside
bureau should appraise the value OF
their workers worth.
In other quarters storm signals were
also displayed. James =. Holland,
president of the State Federation OF
Labor, said he was going to interview
zach member of the Board OF Estimate
and added that I'VE are going after the
scalp OF any one in favor of this salary
reduction programme" He thought that
II anybody had to suffer the big fell
lows should come first.
At a meeting of the Board OF Esti-
mate President Churchill of the Board
OF Education said that the defeat OF a
resolution granting increases to 1856
elementary school teachers who have
been promoted would be "a nasty piece
Of reputation"
Mr.. Marks's Statement.
This, in part, is Mr.. Marks's state
ment
II cannot agree, as the Mayor does
to accept as a basis of Standardization
the schedules which have been rspor ed
to u board. To begin with, the" are
simply tentative. and board has not
adopted them. so why should we now
accept them as "A basis? Secondly. the
classification by groups. leaving out OF
consideration the personal equation. Ia
bound to bring many errors and injus-
tees. In the third place the difference
between he standard specifications that
have been submitted and existing condi-
lions I'm various departments is so sub
stantial as to make exception by special
appeal to the Board OF Estimate imprac-
ticable.
THE head of a department should be
better able to judge of the value Of an
employee than an outside bureau which
depends largely upon history cards tor
this information"
Comptroller Prendergsst's opposition TO
Increasing the pay OF elementary school
teachers, although net part OF the so
~Altb ~ hoA ""S ''t' VI
in the interest of budget reduction. He
proposed that the Board of Estimate
deny the Board Of Education's request
for 1916 in special evenu bonds to
increase the salaries of teachers who
have been promoted.
The Comptroller said AT a time
when employees OF almost all city de.
partments are subject to salary educ
tons and loss of positions I cannot vote
for SALARY Increases for teachers How
can this board retrench II one class Is
always TO have Increases"
President Churchill retorted: ''If the
city IL 80 run down financially as TO
want to skimp there is no reason why
this particular obligation should he re-
pudiated. The teachers are entitled 20
the increase and a refusal by the city
would be "A nasty piece of Reputation
These teachers went through the promo
ton tests and the city is legally and NOR
ally bound TO pay them the increased
salaries"
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To California Exposltions-see Jamaica,
Havana. Panama Canal en- route Send FOR
booklet United Fruit Co.. II Battery Place
CITY ricket once. 1854 Broadway, y. 7.
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l. DOMINION LINE.
To all points South and West Every veek
day , p NJ, Pier 25. So-th River. Tel
5000 Franklin.
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GO TO BERMUDA BY "S 6 BERMUDIAN''
BonkletsQrEBECS co. Ltd. 3eR wav.N
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
A WOMAN's BOOK CLUB.

Mrs. Jones F. Miller has called a
number Of the ladies of the city to
meet at her home on Wardlaw street
this morning at eleven o'clock for the
purpose of organizing a Book Club for
Abbeville. 1t is proposed to buy and
read a number of books each year and
to hold social meeting every two
weeks.
Abbeyille has long felt the need OF
such a club and Mrs. Miller has met
with most gratifying response to her
invitation. The ladies asked to meet
this morning are Mrs. F. B. Gary, Mrs.
w. P. Greene, Mrs. Wyatt Aiken, Mrs.
T. G. White, Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Mrs.
J. S. Stark, Mrs. G. A. Neuffer, Miss
Mamie Lou Smith, Mrs. Lewis Perrin.
Mrs. Ringan Thomson, Mrs. E. C. Flor
ton, Mrs. James Chalmers, Mrs. R. L.
Dargan, Mrs. L. C. Parker, Mrs. T. H.
Furman, Mrs. J. F. Bradley, Mrs. J..
C. .Klugh, eMrs R. s. Link, Mrs. C. C.
Cambreu, Mrs. J. c. Ellis, Miss Grace
Smith, Mrs. H. W. Pratt, Mrs. S. o.
Cantey, Mrs. John Harris, Mrs. A. B.
Morse, Mrs. c.. H. McMurray and Mrs.
F. E. Harrison.
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GOVERNOR MANNING AND
CHARLESTON.

Governor Manning demands the
enforcement of the Dispensary law
by the Charleston authorities. For
some twenty-five years Charleston
has been q law unto herself so far as
the dispensary is concerned. The
authority of the State, and; the laws
of the State have received about the
same consideration that Charleston
would give to an order of injunction
from a Georgia magistrate. The time
has come when the laws of the StaR
must be enforced in Charleston, rs
we'll as elsewhere. Governor Man
ming makes it clear to Mayor Grace
that he is expected, as the chief mag
istrate of the city, to enforce these
laws, and abolish the system of high
license by means of fines which has
prevailed in that city for a number
of years, and for which Mayor Grace
is responsible as we'll as his predeces-
sors in Office. Mayor Grace has with
drawn certain rules which he had
promulgated for the enforcement of
the liquor laws in the Charleston
way. "a"
The Governor will have the sup
port of the people of the State in his
endeavor to make Charleston, obey
the law. If the local authorities will
not enforce the laws of the State the
legislature should provide for the en-
forcement thereof by Governor Man.
ming. The fragrant violation of law
which has prevailed in that city in
recent years must not be continued.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Look at the label on your paper.
If you have not paid your subscrip-
ton, it will appear there. We are
trying togive you a good weekly pa
per. We shall continue to do so, but
our subscribers must do their part.
The present management of this pa.
per desires to treat every one justly
and in order to do SO, Ut is expected
that every subscriber will deal justly
with the management. This can be
done only by paying your subscrip-
ton. We are beginning campaign
of collecting. We shall give every
subscriber a chance-two chances
to pay. Avoid annoyance from our
collectors by sending US remittance
at once. The Manager.
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'groes, to make laws, to enforce laws,
or to try offenders. Nobody has
passed on them as fit officers of the
State to try criminals, and there is no
appeal from their ex parte judgment
and conclusion, made oft times with
out sufficient information, and Oft
times for spite and out of revenge.
Nor will the public have any conf
dence in the judgment of any set of
men who, accuse, and then become
prosecutor, judge and executioner.
Even a negro should have chance.
There will be those who will not
agree with this. There will be those
who will think that a sound whip
ping sometimes does a bad negro
some good. This may be so; we do
not say that it is not, but we do say
that it does the law no good, it does
claw and order" no good and it does
the "due enforcement of the law" no
good. Lawlessness breeds lawless-
ness. Only last week, in the Court of
General Sessions we had an example
of what follows the whipping of
negroes. A white man appears upon
the scene with deadly concealed
weapon, he violates the law by pub
licly and unlawfully shooting up the
public highway. A negro makes
some remark, and the white man
draws his pistol and tries to kill the
negro, he is prevented; but the ne
gro is beaten by brother of the
white man the negro escapes; later
the negro returns tor find his hat
which he had lost and the white men
again attack him with the avowed
purpose of giving him whipping.
In the fight which follows one Of the
white men is killed. Who and what
caused the crime? Has the white
man been punished, has he been pro-
secuted? .-.-...
Will the governor of this State, the
solicitor of the eighth circuit, and the
peace officers of Abbeville county in
the face of the case stated, sit silently
by and allow repetition of it. Will
they still allow white men to violate
the law and whip negroes for one ex-
cuse or another, or for no excuse, and
take no action for the enforcement of
the law until some negro, driven to
desperation by such lawlessness, kills
another white man? Will they then
prosecute the negro for his crime and
let the perpetrators of the other
crimes, the instigators of the whole,
go "unwhipped ofjustice."
Gentlemen, this matter is squarely
up to you. The time for talk has
passed, the time for action has ar
rived. .,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
sSEyEN KEYS TO BALPATE.s

After an entrie season at the AS
tor and Gaiety Theatres, New York,
George M. Cohan's new mystery farce,
"Seven Keys to Baldpate," is headed
this way, and is scheduled for Thurs
day, March 18th, at the Grand Opera
House. No story Of the present day has
been read with greater avidity than
this peculiar tale of Earl Dorr Biggers,
and no one who has perused the odd
novel but will want to see the Cohan
dramatization. In writing "Seven Keys
to Baldpate," Mr.. Cohan has violated
every rule of dramatic writing, but
then it must be remembered that
George Cohan has never been bound
by tradition and his greatest successes
have been won in the face of stage ira
ditions.
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EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

Now let them all cry that Able
vile gets everything. We can't
help it, neighbors, that Gen. Jones
and all the other "best. men" are
from Abbevilie.
We believe a man who walks down
town on his neighbors' sidewalk and
who won't give his other neighbors
a sidewalk when they need it, is "a
mean man."
Judging alone by the surroundings
at the rear of the Dixie Cafe Sunday
morning we now state that some
body's hog got out Saturday night.
We had a great many people at
the fire Sunday morning who knew
enough about fighting it to wear
hero medals, not to mention the
"heroesses."
The outfit which Judge Gary wore
to the fire was not his Charleston
"vines."
Atany rate, the manner in which
the fire was fought Sunday morning
gave US all a good excuse to swear a
little.
= -. Es
We believe that the services of the
youlg FplDanEiuss supervisor. Steven:
son,A Sfhie 8, ire Sd Ysllab the
COM the serStte 1 9naesgE sl6lil6Ik slli6
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Editor Horton did not gel to the
fire Sunday morning.

Ed itor Horton did not get to the
fire Sunday morning.
One of Jno. DIS gasoline barrels
erected on Confederate Square at the
point where the cannon is now To-
Gated would look alright-to Jno. d.
None of the members of the last
General Assembly, and none of the
gentlemen who are to give the new
sidewalk "attended" the fire on
Greenville street Sunday morning.
The reason it took the fire depart
ment SO long to put the fire out was
that "See here, By Golly" was not
there to tell them how it should be
done.
The next time we have "six-
shooter" type-setting machine to un-
load on a Saturday afternoon, we will
advertise the fact so that "all persons
having business" of an advisory ma
ture may be there to tell Mr.. Thorn
ton just how it should be done.
II
1t is worth six hundred dollars of
any county's money to have good.
looking young woman like Miss
Platt come and live among us, to say
nothing Of the benefits which will
come from the tomato clubs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
LAW AND ORDER.

z We heard quite good deal of talk
on this interesting subject in the late
State campaign, for governor. We
heard as quite as much about the
due enforcement of. law" The
speakers looked very wise and aw-
fully in earnest, and we thought they
meant what they said. One of the
gentlemen in question is now the
governor of the State, another is the
solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit.
We now. call on these gentlemen to
make good.
Some weeks ago negro man was
taken in the open day from his home
In this county by party Of white
men, whose names are in the posses
sion Of thesolicitor of the eighht cir
. cult, and severely whipped, and
driven from his home and his family.
"A brother of the man who appeared
on the soene and protested against
the injustice was also severely whip
ped. Going "unwhipped ofjustice,"
and, apparently unmolested by the
officers of the law, sworn to enforce
the laws, and paid to prosecute
crime, these men or some others
grow bolder, and now serve written
notice upon other negroes in the COM
munity to leave the country within a
few days. ~. -.
These matters have been duly re-
ported to the claw and order" gov
ernor of the State and to the sslaw en-
forcement" solicitor of the eighth cir
cult. Will they now see that law and
order are enforced in Abbeville coun-
ty, or was all this pretty talkonly
.'molases to catch flies ?n We sup
ported Mr.. Cooper for governor of
the State, and when he was mo longer
in the race we supported governor
. Manning because we believe they
meant what they said. VIE still hope
that they did, but JUSTICE demands
that they prove it according to pro-
mise. sV
a No negro ought tQ cohnit crime,
no criminal negro shds(ld go unpun-
'lshed: have 90 81 Iuse for him,
y for HIM But the courts
] (!:;;; |: &; !; - J; J =
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We thought Messrs Bradley and
Lyon were in close conference with
Parker Cobb Saturday night for some
purpose, as soon as we read the above,
and noticed the reference to the Bos-
phorus, we knew they had hired Park
or to write the piece for them. Buck
Napier says neither of them ever
studied Geography at the Long Cane
Session House. He says Charley Lyon
took the two weeks course in "Sing-
ing Geography" SO popular just after
the war when Charley was growing up.
He does not think Jim Bradley could
tell the difference between the Bos-
phorus and a mud-cat.
, ....... W.'P. G.
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. Aiken Scores.

The Aiken Bill providing for an addi-
tional Federal Judge, Marshall and other
Court officers passed the House in Wash
ington yesterday. In all probability it
will be acted on favorably by the Senate.
This is a great victory for Congressman
Aiken who has been working on the bill
for number Of years. ~ -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
No U.e to Try and Wear Ont You'
COld-It Will Wear You Out
1na1aad

Thousands keep on suffering Coughs
and Colds through neglect and delay.
Why make yourself an easy prey 10
serious ailments and. epidemics as the
result of u neglected Cold? Cough.
and Colds sap your strength and vital.
tty unless checked In the early stages.
DR.. Kings New discovery is what you
need-'he first dose helps. Your head
clears up, you breathe freely and yo'
feel 10 much better. Buy bottle to-
day and start taking at once. '.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
THE TAX COMMISSION.

When Governor Manning named
/, A. w. Jones as chairman of the new
{ tax commission, we believe he NAM
ed the best informed man in The State
in this department of governmental
work. Mr.. Jones has made an ex-
haustive study Of the tax problems Of
the State, and time and again has
urged reforms in the matter of tax
assessments. In fact, we believe the
present law is largely result Of his
exposure of the injustice of former
assessments of property in the State,
with the consequent inequalities in
the burdens of taxation.
With Mr.. Jones will serve two
other men well qualified to perform
) their duties as members of the COM
mission. If they shall earnestly try,
! as we believe they will, we shall have
a proper assessment Of property in
1916: AS Mr.. Jones states there will
be difficulties which must be over
come, but these will be overcome.
Public Office in South Carolina is now
q public trust, and the General As
seDlbly and the people of the State
are behind Governor Manning is his
I determination to give the State a
business administration. If the tax
commission shall show itself entitled
B to the confidence of the people, of the
State, it will have the support of the
people. mr. J..
No man has any right to ask or ex-
pect anything but q just assessment
gof his property for taxation. All
property should be assessed at its
true value. We believe now that
the railroads, cotton mills and other
large corporations are paying more
than their just proportion of the bur-
1 dens of the government. We know
that lands in many counties of the
State are assessed al, five and ten per
cent Of their true value, while in
other counties, the valuation is at a
much greater per cent. of the true
value. In this county lands worth
forty to one hundred dollars per acre
are assessed at little more than lands
Of one-sixth ( their value. It is the
duty Of the tax commission to re-
move sr,cf inennalities. For so do
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03

Abbevilles new white way will have to
be turned of o. nights in case we should
happen to go to war with any. high flying
nation.-CharlesDon Post. ~
We are some high-iyers ourselves when
1t comes to white way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03

Some comic opera chorus girls show COB.
tunes and some costumes show comic op-
era chorus girls.-Anderson Intelligencer.
This is true. We had an editors pass to
this show too.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
DIR. MAHON LEAVES.

DR.. Douglas Mahon has given UP his
position with the McMurly Drug CO.,
and has LETT Abbeyille ior good: Hia
friends regret his departure and swish
bio I'D MS new oli,s sss pr ssisl
/ ssre siu sIllj l isastp
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03
= War is Hell.

King George has reduced the salary Of
the cook at Buckingham Palace from s12,-
500 to $6,25O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03

The feature for Friday night at. the the
Opera House. Aftermath in four reels;
isatorinls owen 1874 / s
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Final Extension OF Taxes.

Pursuant to an act of the last legisla-
ture, the time for paying taxes without
penalty was extended until April 1st.
On that date the treasurer's Office will
be closed and all taxes not paid will be
executed with 8 per cent penalty and
cost, and turned over to the Sheriff for
collection.
j., F. BRADLEY,
ct Treasurer Abbeville County.