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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27
INCOME TAX INFORMATION

In a communication received by
this paper, Collector of Internal Rev
enue w. H. L. Pepperell announces
that federal income tax officer will
be sent INFO this country on January
20, 1918, and will be here until Feb
ruary a, 1918. He will have his Of
flee in the court house and will be
there every day and willing to help
any persons subject to the income tax
make out their returns without any
cost to them for his services.
How many income-tax payers will
there be in Seward county? If you
can guess how many married persons
living with wife or husband will have
net incomes of $4,000 or over, and
how many unmarried persons will
have net incomes Of $1,000 or over
this year, then you know. The col
lector of Internal revenue estimates
that there will be 1873 taxpayers in
this county.
Returns of income for the year
1917 must be made on forms previd-
ed for the purpose before March l,
1918. Because a good many people
don't understand the law and won't
know how to make out their returns,
the government in sending in this ex-
pert to do it for them. But the duty
is on the taxpayer to make himself
known to the government. If he
doesn't make return as required be-
fore March LIST, he may have to pay
a penalty ranging from $40 to ST.
1000, pay fine or go to Jail. So if
you don't want to take chances on
going to Jail, you better call on the
income tax man. If you are not
sure about being subject to the tax,
better ask him and make sure. Wheth-
er you see the income tax man or not,
you must make return if subject to
tax.
OF course, persons resident in 9TH
er counties may, if they want to-,
come and see the income tax man,
who will be at the place mentioned
The collector suggests that every
body start figuring up now their in
comes and expenses so as to be ready
with the figures when the expert ar
rives. Expenses, however, don't
mean family expenses, money used to
pay off the principal of debt, new
machinery, buildings, or anything like
that. They mean what you spend in
making your money-interest, taxes
paid, hired help, amount paid for
goods sold, seed, stock bought for
feedinp, rent Except for your dwell
ing), etc.
Income includes about every dol
lar you get.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

There were many Christmas edi-
lions published last week which reach
ed our office we'll filled with Christ
mas bargains from the business men
of their towns. The most attractive
edition was the Liberal Democrat.
The Guymon Democrat also publish
ed an attractive edition with special
holiday cover.-Texhoma Argus.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rein left for
Oklahoma City, Sunday. Their son,
VIII, who is in training at Fort Sill,
Joined them there for Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rein are now seeking
a new location.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

Strayed.-From Eh Of 16-33-34,
8 miles north and 5 miles west of
Liberal, between July l and Nov. 1,
red and white yearling marked with
a twelye-guage wad cutter. SIS re.
ward for information leading to re-
covery. Phone 283G.
W. E. COLLETT,
31t2p Liberal, Kansas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

Buina, Virgil and Edward Spald-
ing came from Plains, Saturday to
visit their father, Hal Spalding, a
few days.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

ton is much better, and the railroads
are moving coal faster and more eff
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27
PIANOS FOR SALE

A new lenses, just arrived from
factory in New York, for sale on goot
terms. Call at residence, 521 Yves
Third street.
31t4c MOLTHOP PIANO co.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

No elbow grease with Clean Easy,
it's in the soap. For sale by ]. E.
George Grocery Co.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Printz went to
Kansas City, Sunday, to visit Mrs
Prints mother.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-12-27

MISS Edna King left for Emporia,
Saturday, to visit her mother and
sister. 's- 81
Jay Blake of Tyrone spent Christ
mas with friends in the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
THE FOURTH PAYMENT.

The fourth payment, of thirty
per centum, on Liberty Loan Bonds
purchased on installments is due on
August 18th. The payments must
be made on or before that date &C
cording to the official statement of
terms and conditions of the sale of
Liberty Loan Bonds issued by Score,
tary McAdoo of the Treasury at the
time subscriptions TO the bonds were
invited. Whether the bonds were
purchased from the Treasury or from
the Federal Reserve Banks OF
through other banks or agencies il
is important that these and succeed.
ing installments be paid promptly,
The Farmers Bank will receipt You
for your payment in Abbeville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
THE RED O

No work is more important now
than the work undertaken by the
American Red Cross Society. The
Chapter which has just been organic
ed in Abbeville has taken hold Of the
work with becoming enthusiasm.
An active canvass is being made for
members and practically everyone is
joining.
The work which will be undertaken
at first by this chapter is war relief
work. This work will be in two de-
partments, so to speak, first: Pre-
pairing hospital supplies for the SOL
diers who 60 to the front, and Sec
ond, su~ccoring the families left at
home by those who are at the front,
Both phases of the war work are
important, one scarcely more SO than
the other. The ladies will be called
on to do a great deal of the work
first outlined, and all will be asked
to help with the second. The people
will respond to the call with willing
hearts and hands. They need only
competent leadership in the work,
and this has been secured in Able
vile. ;.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
INSTRUCTIONS FROM STATE
COUNCIL. OF DEFENSE
For Those Who Secure Signatures
for the Conservation Of
Food. ..

1. This is a request from the
President of the United States.
2. Be courteous and friendly.
Avoid controversies. Make it your
business to reach every woman and
every cook who has charge of a
household in the section assigned to
you, also every restaurant and hotel
and chef.
8. The county should be subdi-
vided into smaller units, with cap
tains in charge of groups of women
and each group should have a certain
definite number of homes to visit.
4. The facts asked for in the
cards will require a house to house
canvass. Cities should be divided
into wards, precincts and blocks, and
placed in charge of captains and each
group of women given a certain num-
Der of blocks.
5. Women should 60 out in two's
to each home.
6. Have plenty of women so that
the work may be done quickly. Get
your women all together and explain
why we are asked to sign these cards
and to what it will lead. Instructions
will be forwarded each county chair
man.
In the country automobiles should
be provided and each section dein-
itely assigned to some group of two
women.
g.. Remember this is a most i'm
portant task in which you have the
privilege of assisting. South Caro-
lima made a good showing in the
purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds and
in subscribing to Red Cross. South
Carolina must make a good showing
in pledging it's women for the con-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
SAGE TEA BEAUTIFIES
AND DARKENS HAIR

You can turn gray, faded hair
beautifully dark and lustrous almost
over night if you'll get a 50-cent bot
tie of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" at any drug store. Mil
lions of bottles of this old famous
Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the
addition of other ingredients, are
sold annually, says a well-known
druggist here, because it darkens the
hair so naturally and evenly that no
one can tell it has been applied.
Those whose hair is turning gray
or becoming faded have a surprise
awaiting them, because after n
or two applications the gray hair
vanishes and your locks become lux
uriantly dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Gray
haired, unattractive folks aren't
wanted around, so get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound tonight and you'll be delight
ed with your dark handsome hair
and your youthful appearance within
a few days.
This preparation is a toilet requi-
site, and is.not intended for the care
mitigation or prevention of diseace.
ADV.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
s~ervation of food.

9. If it is necessary, make brief
explanations in each case that the
country needs the services of women
during the var just as much as it
needs the services of men, and that
patriotic women must be willing to
do whatever they can to help their
Government.
10. Enough business men should
volunteer to give at least two or
three days time and a car to this
important work. ~
II. The State Council advises
that you first try this plan out in
towns of 500 and over and then take
it into the rural districts if you are
sufficiently organized.
~. Push the signing as rapidly
as possible when once it is begun so
that every one who wishes to, may
sign and the final report reach
Washington not later than August
21st.
13. Work should begin at once
as soon IS your county is thoroughly
organized and ready to go ahead.
Ia. Have the cards signed in your
presence and bring them to the
chairman of the Woman's Committee
who will turn them over to the secre-
tary of the county council of de-
tense.
IS. The secretary of the county
council will then express. them to
Herbert Hoover Food Administra-
ton, Washington, D. c.
16. Make a report to us of num-
Der of cards signed and sent in.
County Chairmen.
The following have been appointed
chairmen of the various townships of
Abbeville county, and are request
ed to appoint as many sub-chairmen
as necessary in order to prosecute this
work with haste:
Due West-Mrs. j. S. Moffatt.
> Donalds-Mrs. S. S. W. Brown.
Diamond Hill-Mrs. Enoch McCar-
ter.
Lowndesville-Mrs Henry Moseley
Magnolia-Mrs. Frank Lander.
Long Cane-Miss Sudie Keller.
Smithville-Mrs. Emeline Jones.
Cedar Springs-Miss Nellie Press
ley.
Abbeville-Mrs. Frank B. Gary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15

Judging from the Abbeville pa,
pers, both are or were slightly ''het
up" over the road bond election be-
fore and after. One was for and the
other "agin." Abbeville needs good
roads and so does Greenwood. But
getting good roads is very like buy
ing an automobile in the early days.
Some are not what they were sup
posed to be. Maybe it will not hurt
to wait and see what will happen
next.-Greenwood Index.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
Wednesday, August IS, 1917
ABBEVILLE is GROWING.

Some of the brethren tell us that
since the bond issue failed, the city
(which they say has>been going back
wards for some months and days.
will now enter upon permanent rest.
Nothing does more to injure a city
and it's business than this eternal
fault-fnding on the part of thought
less and ill-advised people.
The city is not going backwards.
Fhe city is growing, slowly to be
sure, but nevertheless, it is growing.
We call the attention of the unthink-
ing to the following facts:
There is not within our knowledge
q single vacant house in the city of
Abbeville.
There is not a vacant store-room
in the city of Abbeville, with the
exception of one seldom rented) a
condition which has not existed in
this city in the past twenty years.
There have been few failures in
Abbeville in the last five years.
Nobody in Abbeville who has own
ed property for five years is willing
to sell it for cost so far as we a
learn.
The farming interests of the coun-
ty are in a healthy condition. The
people will pay their debts and have
M to their credit when the pres
emit crop is disposed of. This means
sure and continued natural growth
for the city.
1t is true that owing to the war,
and to the depression prevalent all
over the country on account of the
uncertainties incident to the war,
there is no big demand for property
in Abbeville. But the same is true
in other cities. Anderson is n of
the progressive cities of the Pied
mont section, and conditions there
are like the conditions here. Within
the week we heard a man who owns
a valuable lot on the Main street of
that city say that it had been i'm
possible to get a bid on the property
since the war began.
Abbeville must weather the war
storms just as every other place,
but the man who supposes that this
city has gone backwards or will go
backwards has not looked around
himself nor thought.
Abbeville is growing and will con,
tinue to grow.
It is the best place in the State to
live.
We are all happy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
A PLEASANT RECEPTION.

Mrs. Gilbert Evans entertained
Tuesday afternoon at a charming rex
ception in honor of Mrs. Albert Gil
bert, Mrs. Joe Gilbert and Mrs. Jack
Harden Of Rome, Ga. The home
was beautiful in its decorations of.
yellow and green, sun-fowers and
~brown-eyed Susans and ivy being
used in profusion.
In the hall were Mrs. II. w. Pratt
and Miss Maggie Latimer, who re-
ceived and made welcome the guests:
In the parlor Miss Sara Evans re-
ceived the guests, while in the re,
ceiving line were: Mrs. Evans, Mrs.
Harden, Mrs. Albert Gilbert and Mrs
Joe Gilbert. In the back hall Miss
Benie Watson received guests, and
in the ding room refreshments Of
salad, tomatoes and iced-tea were
served by Mrs. P. A. Cheatham and
Miss Mamie Hill.
During the evening about 100 wo-
men called and enjoyed the pleasant
conversation and refreshments and.
the Victrola which was played
throughout the afternoon by Mrs.
Corneilly. Delicious punch Tas
served during the. afternoon, the
punch bowl being presided yer by
Mrs. j Moore Mars and Miss Bessie
Lee Cheatham. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15

this action it may find that, when we
were not running the best news
paper in Abbeville county, it dis
tinctly approved of what the council
did.
The Abbeville Ice Plant pays into
the city treasury in various forms OF
taxes a little more than ninety dol
lars per annum; it pays under the
present Act to the public schools in
the city of Abbeville something more
than fifty dollars per annum, be-
sides it's share of the State, county
and common school taxes. 1t fur
nishes the people service every day
in the year. Is 1.-THE idea of The
Medium now that somebody else
should come into Abbeville on a five
dollar license tax and compete with
the Abbeville Ice plant during the
summer months and withdraw IN the
fall and winter, when it should sup
ply the city at a loss? Is that the
reason the progressive editor of The
Medium wanted two good roads to
Greenwood?
But this is not the only business
coup we have made in Abbeville, as
we now remember, because we have
a distinct recollection that we re-
fused to take any stock in The Me-
dunn Publishing Company:
The condition of The Medium re-
minds us very much of the man who
went to town and imbibed a little too
freely. When he was we'll beside him
self some of the devilish boys around
town dropped a little asafoetida in
his pocket. He went home and drop
ped down by the freside where the
asafoetida soon got hot and began to
make it's presence felt. The good
wife and the children were upset
over the condition of "paw" but they
could not learn his trouble. Finally
little Johnnie solved the matter by
telling "maw" that "paw" was dead
and didn't know it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
SOME THOUGHTS
HERE AND THERE

It is very unkind of The Abbeville
Medium to enumerate our short
comings in a business way after all
the free advertisement we have un-
dertaken to give it during the late
campaign.
The Medium is very much con-
cerned that we did not vote for an
other Act of confiscation in Able
vile, the placing of an extra two
mills school tax OF the property of
the city, when we already had an
extra six mills school tax. We do
not see why The Medium, should
cry about this as it is neither a pa
tron nor an appreciate financial sup
porter of the schools. The Press and
Banner will always stand against
taxes levied as this n was, by a
mere handful of people, some of
whom pay no appreciate amount of
the taxes and who want other people
to educate their offspring without
any effort on their own part in that
direction. The people will take the
measure of the men who made such
an outrage possible at the next cleo
ton.
The Medium is so much up a tree
that for the last two issues it has had
to get away down to the ice bust
ness. 1t asserted in its issue a week
ago that people were paying fifty
cents per hundred for ice in Able
Vile and that in other places having
"good roads" the price is ffteer
cents per hundred. We challenge
The Medium to name a city or towr
in the United States with or without
"good roads" where ice is retailec
at fifteen cents per hundred. The
price in "Good Roads" G~reenville i:
the same as in Abbeville.
He next complains that we "bam
boozled" the City Council into put
ting a one hundred dollar license OF
other ice dealers. If The Medium
will have reference to its files a
about the time the city council tool
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
FREE OF CHARGE.

Any adult suffering from cough,
cold or bronchitis, is invited to call
1T the drug store of P. B. Speed, and
get absolutely free, a sample bottle
Of Bosckee's German Syrup, a sooth-
ing ard heoling remedy for all lung
troubles. which has a successful re-
cord of fifty years. Gives the patient
a good nights rest free from cough
ing. with free expectoration in the
morning.
Regular sizes, rs and rs cents.
For sale in all civilized countries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
THE WAR.

The United States is financing it.
self in this wal by loans and taxes.
1t obtains funds from the people,
some by taxation and some by the
sale of bonds, and then it goes into
the markets and buys from the peo-
pie what it needs. The people sup
ply the government with money and
the government with this money buys
from the people what it needs for
the war.
There are three sources from
which the United States can draw
the sinews of war. First is the fixed
property of the nation. This repre-
sents our farms, factories, mines,
railways and all other property
including accumulated savings. From
the corpus or body of zone of these,
except the accumulated savings, will
the government obtain wal funds.
and ever from the accumulated saw
ings it will draw a relatively small
portion. These accumulated savings
are invested in industries and bust
ness which are necessary to the
country's welfare and prosperity and
it is only that portion of these saw
ings which are seeking investment
that the government will receive in
avobonno For bonds
The second and the great source
from whcih the government is to de-
rive its war fund is the wealth pro-
duced during the war. Part of this
it will obtain by taxation and part in
exchange for bonds. The annual pro-
duction of the United States, from
it's farms, mines, factories, and other
sources, amounts to fifty billion dol
lars a year and out of this fifty bill
lion dollars will come the funds, part
from taxes and part from the sale of
bonds, with which the United States
will finance itself during this raj
By taxation this generation will
pay its portion of the cost of the
war. By the sale of bonds the next
generation is called upon to pay its
portion, and this last portion will be
paid from the wealth production af-
ter the war.
By this method the capital of the
country, its sources of income and
wealth, are unimpaired. 1t is only
the yearly increment Of this property
that is called upon to bear a portion
of the cost of the war. Thus despite
the waste of war and the destruction
of property involved the country
may emerge from the conflict stron-
ger financially, more efficient and
even weather. than before. What
the government receives it receives
from the people without impairing
the sources of wealth of the country,
and passes it back to the people in
exchange for the productions of the
country. 1t is in a way only a shift.
ing of credits.
The government collects the cur
rent taxes and by means Of bonds
anticipated taxes of the years to
come, and all the money thus ac-
qnired passes back into the hands Of
the Taxpayers. This is why govern"
merts which follow sound economic
methods not only are not impover-
ished by wars but sometimes emerge
the stronger as England did afte-
the Napoleonic wars and the United
States did after our great Civil War.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
GETTING A WRITE UP.

GETTING A WRITE-UP.
While the bond issue contest was
at it's fullest and all the prominent
men in the city were getting them
selves written up, Col. j. D. Kerr,
of the Furniture Emporium, became
very. much exercised for fear that
somebody would have his or her feel
ings hurt by something somebody
else said.
One afternoon when we were on
our way home, the colonel called US
in, took us around behind his man.
sion on Greenville street Sidewalk
side) and told US that he was very
much afraid that his uncle Jim might
not like something we might say
about good roads, etc. and stated
that if it was the same thing to US,
and as he was a member of the same
firm with uncle Jim, he thought it
would be better to write about him
self. He stated that he did not
mind seeing his name in the paper;
that it nettled uncle Jim when he
was busy collecting to have people
drop in and say something about the
write-up, but that as for himself he
did not mind a little annoyance OF
this kind caused by people seeing his
name in the paper.
He also said that in writing people
I'D, we should always mention the
business one is in, and say that the
prices are right, etc. and that such
and such an article could be found
in such and such a store '(meaning
his), and that after so saying. it
would be a. good idea to tell a joke,
say a word or two about the good
roads, and then say that all roads
lead to the Emporium.
He also mentioned to US the fact
that he was thinking about buying a
truck with which he expected to put
out a good deal Of furniture in and
around Due .Westand Donalds and
way stations, but suggested that we
do not say anything about this until
after the election unless WE
THOUGHT. BEST. He then told
US a joke or two on Sam McCuen
and Roy Power, who work in his
store and said that he thought these
could be whipped in along with the
good roads talk, and make it very in
teresting reading.
His boy, Sun, he said was in Union
visiting his uncle, Tom Estes. who
also runs an emporium in that city,
and he thought it would surprise the
. people to spring an account of his
visit towards the end of what we had
to say, letting the people know that
Sun would be home in time to attend
school this fall.
All of this he mentioned only to
keep us from saying too much about
uncle Jim and not because he wanted
himself written up, or anything said
about his business affairs, as he
stated that he is a modest man in
7 business just as in dress and CONVEX
~sation, rarely having anything to say
!, in the presence of other people I'm.
| less the matter is forced on him
: and he wouldn't talk then if it was
anywhere around meal time.
in consideration whereof, as the
l judges say, we are going to take g
: day off some day and write a short
article about the modest colonel, and
his business, which article will be
= found on the last column of the bach
: page which is not as much read a
, our editorial page is the day after
an election, in the hope that toe
t many people will not see the article
< and poster the colonel.