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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
THE SMELLS OF THE CITY

1t takes all kinds of people to make
a world so we judge it takes all kinds
of smells to make a city. Granting
this to be true Abbeville is some city.
If you want to get whifr Of any
thing from pineapples to Limburge-
cheese and worse just make a tour
around the square and block off on
the streets running into the square,
one of these hot days. May we sug-
gest that the board Of health try
out their noses on some Of the places
to be found in the "heart of the
city" and see if they can ten without
looking where 'pineapples are sold
and where COW hides and other such
-cdifeous wares are storec. Some of
the smaller shops have absolutely no
ventilation at the rear and the aromas
have no other exit than the front
door. An ounce of prevention Is
worth a pound of cure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
Europe Take. to chs~iass Gum

The jaws Of Europe are wagging
on American chewing gum. Efforts
were made at different time to
popularize chewing gum lin the
countries cf Europe, but always
without success until the American
soldiers took some over there, after
which the gum chewing habit be-
came a vertiable craze. Chewing
gum to the value Of $2,164,290 was
exported by the United States dur.
ing. the year 1919 and England was
the heaviest purchaser. During the
war. gum chewing became very
popular in the munition factories Of
England, where it took the place Of
tobacco, smoking being barred.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
do 1T FOR SOUTH CAROLINA"

A number of our representative
citizens have gone to considerable
trouble and expense to advertise the
rally to be held by the South Carolina
Development Board both here and at
Due West Friday afternoon. These
citizens are all men whom we know
and inwhom we have ample conf
dence. If the Development Board
were not a good thing for our peo-
pie to be behind with their loyal
support, these men would not be
pushing the movement for all it is
worth.
So it is up to the rest Of US to at
= tend one of these meetings Friday
and find out for ourselves just how
much good there is in the thing. The
slogan "Do it for South Carolina"
aptly tells the whole plan in five
words.
With Mr.. Baker, Major Tillman,
and Mr.. Armes to make the address,
es, even if it were only a lot Of hot
air, the effort put forth to attend the
meeting would be worth while for
these excellent speakers can make
hot air sound refreshing to the tired
citizen. But we believe that a great
good will be accomplished for South
Carolina, and incidentally for Able
vile County, by the Development
Board just as soon as the whole peo-
pie get the spirit in their bones and
push the old Palmetto State tor I'll
she is worth-and she is worth nil
lions in every sense Of the word.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

on the ultimate outcome of this sea
sons crop, but to say the least, the
prospects are exceedingly poor for a
number of other reasons besides the
low conditions of the growing crop.
1t is apparent now from all the
reports so far issued, that the large
increase in acreage expected has not
materialized. A great many people
who imagined that "40-cent" cotton
made millionaires out of cotton
farmers overnight have said that the
farmers would this spring rush in
and increase their acreage in the
hope Of taking advantage Of the high
er prices. But the farmers who are
paying S2.25 for corn, 1.5o for oats,
$45 for hay and from SO to SIS per
day for laborers, frequently with
board thrown in, do not see much
proffit in "40-cent" cotton, fand the
prevailing price has not been. such
an incentive as has been popularly
supposed.
Furthermore the early season was
so unfavorable in most sections OF
the belt that planting was delayed
until it was impossible to put in as
much acreage as many really desir.
ed.
On top of these hindrances the
alarming shortage of farm labor all
over the South, which VIII prevent
crops that are. planted from being
adequately worked, is apt to cause
uneasiness as to how they will be
gathered.
In speaking of the gloomy outlook
for cotton the Houston, Texas Post
concludes its article:
Gin the face of such situation, il
is difficult to see how there can be
any material decline in the prices o1
raw cotton. The world has consumed
much of the excess stock on hanc
at the beginning of the season anG
foreign countries are in better posi-
ton than last year. With an increased
demand and an extremely short croI
almost sure, cotton prices can fal
only in case there is general re-
duction in all other commodity
prices"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

buying coal on the market Of today
to make the ice the price is not ex-
orbitant, though much higher than
heretofore, because steam coal is
quoted as high as $500 per ton as
against $1.10 five years ago, and
wages are out of sight.
But the price is not the bad part
of the situation. The small towns are
without ice. Calls are coming to the
local ice plant every day for ice
Conner, Ca, writes that the people
who have been selling them ice now
refuse to ship it, and that Conner is
without ice even at the high prices
They want help. But they will no
find it. They may guarantee them
selves supply Of ice by building a
plant of their own, or by allowing
some resident of the place to. do it
and then they allowing him to sell at
a reasonable price, and by keeping
other people out, at least so long as
: the local man sells at a reasonable
price. 1t is not that the big ice COM
pany does not want to help Conner
and other places, but because the To-
cal demand for ice on days like MOI
day and Tuesday is about twice as
much at the plant as on ordinary days
and therefore the big plant is unable
to supply the outside trade.
Unfortunately the results obtained
from the manufacture of ice do not
encourage the building of other
plants, but these plants can be made
possible if the people support them
locally as they should be supported.
A business which makes money only
three months in the year, and runs
at loss for nine months is not an
inviting enterprise.
If ice is necessity it were better
to encourage its manufacture To-
cally. 1t is better sometimes to pay a
little more and get ice, than to have
lesser price fixed with no ice at the
fixed price and none at any other
price.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR COTTON

For so years the Government has
been gathering data on crops and
periodically issuing condition reports.
"The worst on record" is the way
this report the first of June summed
up the situation.
1t is true that some goci cotton
crops have been made in years when
the early condition was unfavorable.
1t is too early, of course, 10 prophe-
sy with any degree of reliability up
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
IF FITNESS WERE THE TEST

| Fitness for being President Of al
! the people Of the United States i:
not the first quality sought at Chi
cago and will not be the first sought
at San Francisco, nor the second
nor the third. It comes into the
choice, but it comes in late and
shrinking, poor relation at the
feast. The first requisite is that the
candidate shall be one who can be
elected. The second is. that he shall
one who can hold the party to-
gether, which is almost, but not
quite, the same thing. The third is
that he shall not be too Independent
Of his party associates after he is
elected. This is what the profession
al politicians want. The emphasis
upon these qualities, the slurring of
other and more valuable qualities
is the price we pay for the party
system in return for whatever ad-
vantages there are. in that system.
This is not to say that it might
not be practical wisdom for the
herd leaders at Chicago, in this
year of miracles, to disregard the
political rule of thumb and pick
candidate solely for his ability to
do the work which the next Presi-
dent of the United tates ought to
do. The qualifications which the
next President should possess can
easily be outlined by any one who
will forget partisan political con-
siderations. He should not be COM
mitted to the employers side of the
industrial issue, not to the working
mans side. He should have dealt
with labor successfully by stan.
dards of production as well as of
democracy. He should be acquaint-
c.l with the exigencies of industry,
ta!.h in thes hop and in the office.
He should be able to modify the
teachings of the old political econo-
my to suit the technical and psy-
Geological conditions to modern pro-
duction and distribution. He should
have SO keen an instinct for demo.
cracy as to be able to find it and ap-
ply it where the old formulas do
not run. He should have the type of
mind Of the liberalized engineer,
who not cnly knows how to handle
goods and machines, but under
stands clearly the social purpose of
the economic machinery. He should
think in terms of social purpose
not of the private rights and privi-
leges, which the legitimate only as
they serve the ultimate common
good.
He should have an intimate
knowledge of the social and eco-
nomic conditions of Europe, which,
for good or evil, are bound 20 react
upon our own. He should know >:
personal experience what. forces are
at work abroad. He should be abe
to think of Europe in terms of
human life rather than Of cabals
and governments. Without cutting
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

loose from laws and traditions, he
should see the international prob
lem as human, not a political or
legal problem.
With these qualities our next
President might not be morally or
intellectually better than the candi-
dates now prominent. But his feet
would be on the ground. He would
see what could and should be done
as no political-minded man could
He would be the first great social
engineer.-N. Y. Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
THE DEMAND FOR ICE.

Ice becomes each year, more an
more, necessity, especially in the
towns and cities which look to waite,
plants for the supply Of drinking wa
ter. A few years ago not more than
ton of ice per day was sold, in Alb.
beville. Now the sales run from sew.
en- to twenty-five tons per day, ae-
cording to how active the sun gets in
the early morning.
Those towns which are fortunate
enough to have ice plan.s, even in
weather like this, barring accidents,
may feel safe with regard to the ice
supply. But small towns which have
no plants are often without ice, and
always in a period of hot weather
like that through which we are pass.
ing.
Some years ago two or three big
corporations undertook to take over
the ice business of the whole country.
Their plan was to run big plants at
central points and feed the surplus
ice out to the small cities ant towns
and thus make a killing. One of the
first results of the campaign which
they waged was to kill out al the
small plants in the country, because
they manufactured ice at much less
than the small plants could do. and
undersold them in their own ccmmu-
mites. But this did not keep up. As
soon as the small plants were out of
the way the people began I0 pay and
are still paying for their want Of
foresight. Wednesdays Atlanta Jeu".
nal has the following on the ice bust
ness in Georgia:
"The price of ice in Georgia towns
where no ice factories are located
and in towns of 10000 and less where
factories are located was advanced
Tuesday morning by the state fair
price commission, which held an
hours session in the council cham
ber at the city hall. The price of
ice in cities of more than 10000 re-
mains unchanged.
'In towns of 10000 and less which
have ice plants, price of seventy
five cents per hundred, in lots Of
100 pounds and less, for delivery
by wagons, and a price of fifty
cents. per. 100 in lots of 300
pounds and more for delivery at the
factory was fixed.
"In communities which have no
plants, price of one and one-half
cents, per pound, in lots of fifty
pounds and less, and one cent per
pound in lots of fifty pounds and
more was fixed"
These smaller towns it will be
seen are paying much more for ice
than is being paid in Abbeville, or
even il other towns about here
where the prices are higher than IN
Abbeville. If thej Georgia plants are
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

We imagine that major General
Belser ct al of Columbia who have
lately imagined that they were t..c
whole American Legion in the State
feel since the Spartanburg cpnven.
ton yesterday, like Major General
Wood felt Sunday morning. The
steam roller hit them full tilt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

"Why didn't you buy that bill of
goods from me? / could have saved
you the express, and. besides you
would have been patronizing a
home store, which helps pay the
taxes and builds up this locality"
The farmer. looked at the mer-
chant moment and then said:
"Why don't you patronize your
home paper and advertise? I read it
and didn't know that you had the
stuff I have here"
MORAL-ADVERTISE in The
PRESS AND. BANNER. '',~t.t. =,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

The latest rumor about the Don
: <alds-Due West-Abbeville railway is
that Vic Howie is to be engineer and
Truman Stevens conductor. Joe
Hughes says if they get the jobs the
stockholders may as well give them
the railroad, too, for they will soon
own it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
at Washington received and answer
ed 100000 letters during the first six
months of 1919.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16
ARE YOU GUILTY.

\ farmer carrying an express
package from a big mail-order
house was accosted by local deal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

Wonder if Harding promised thos'
negroes a car load of watermelons?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

Not all the Republicans will b.
found sat the feet of Gamaliel" whel
the actual count is taken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-06-16

Harding used to be a regular news
paper devil in his own home .own.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
KINGS BlJOu PRESENTS
oRiFFiTH'S LATEST PLAY

u. w Criffilh's latest production,
The Greatest Question" Il photo
drama embracing the most important
Kings Bijou today. A drama of plain
human beings-tighting the battles Of
life in their own way. Picturing their
virtues and frailties so graphically
that You will laugh and cry with them
hate and love with them--as your
emotions react to Griffith's mastery
Interpretation OF humanity's greatest
question. Poignant drama-hilariouS
tragedy-love- life. A
play for the soulful. II wonderful
for all.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
GOOD ROADS MEET
Be LARGE AFFAIR
MANY BRUNSWICK BUSINESS
MEN TO ATTEND MEETING IN
JESuP NEXT TUESDAY

Much interest is being manifested
locally in the good roads meeting
which will take place at Jesup next
/ Tuesday The gathering promises &c
be one of the most enthusiastic meet
ings In the interest OF improved high.
ways that has taken place in south-
east Georgia in some time
The meeting has for its object the
building OF u hard-surfaced, upto-d:tte
highway leading from Brunswick tc
Macon, and touching Cochran, East
man, McRae, Lumber City, HazIehursi
Bailey. and Iesup. This route has al
Eready been selected by the State Eign
way Department rs one of the roads;
TO be constructed through State fnan
cial aid, and it is the purpose IF the
people of this section to endeavor IL
have survey made and work begun
with as little delay as possible.
Another matter of Importance f6
come before the meeting is to arrange
! 4 more satisfactory crossing of the
0cmulgee river at Lumber City. AL.
though two splendid ferries are In OPP
Grafton now at that point, traffic =
seriously impeded by high water AM
usually wet weather such as has ex
listed during the past several days
and it is confidently expected that
when a good road is assured from Mac
icon, traversing the southeastern por
ton of the State, arrangements will be
made by the authorities of Telfaii
and JEFF Davis counties for bridging
the stream.
| The meeting at Jesup will be attend
ed largely by representatives from the
Iseveral counties between Macon and
Brunswick. Addresses will be made
by highway experts and good roads al
| vocates from different sections Of the
State A delegation of twenty head
ed by Hon. L.. II. Akin, who will act
as chairman of the meeting, will be on
hand from Brunswick and Glynn
county
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
TEACHERS NOT IN
LOCAL CENSUS
Rb1EER STARTLING SITUATION
DEVELOPED YESTERDAY WHEs.
THIS WAS DISCOVERED. LIT
!LET RULE ON QUESTION

Is g the right thing not to enumef
ate the various school teachers alJae
with other classes of population in
Brunswick?
The people of Brunswick very prop.
crly are anxious to make as good a
showing as possible in the new cen
sus now being taken, and for that rea
s0n considerable surprise was express
ed yesterday in the City Hall, when i
was stated that none of the local
school teachers, except those whose
homes are actually in Brunswick were
counted by the local census takers.
The fact that there are thirty or
Forty of these teachers IN Brunswick
means something, and then again, i,
is apparently unfair not To include
them in the figures. 1t was pointed
out that the enumerators in their OLD
homes will not and as a matter OF
fact. could not count them, and if the
rule holds good all over the State, then
the several thousand teachers in Geor
gia will notbe counted with the other
people Of the State.
Supervisor Little has been asked FOL
a ruling on the question and in Il few
days he will be heard from on the sub
ject.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
THE SEPTIC TANK
LAW ATTACKED
CASE IN POLICE COURT YEsTER
DAY MAY HAVE FAR REACH
ING EFFECT.

IT. NJ. Sellers,l colored, was fined
5000 at 4 special hearing i'll the police
court yesterday morning by Mayor
Hopkins, and on the fine may hang
the entre question Of the city nrdi
nance providing for the septic tanks
In the city. I
Sellers though hailed into police
court several times in the past AMI
though given ample opportunity t.
comply with the terms of the law, has
refused to install the septic talk on
his property. He was. the efore
charged with violating the law fror
the criminal Pc mt Of view, AMI tla;
was the occasion nf the :rarirG y">
teHlay. Judge Max lss.aa appaared
for the defendant and City Al.
torney, j. T. Colson, represented the
city
The feature Of The case was dc
murrer filed by bulge Isaac, stating
the legality of the act and clntend'na
that the city had moi the right to Fro
coed cri!ninary ag1inEt the defendant
but conld merely install the tanks and
force the collection OF the debt by
liens against the proper:|
Many Witnesses wac2 intro dnced
some attack n" and some upholdlnf
the value Of the septic tank as GaE
, itary measure. AT the conclusion o.
the hearing, Mayor Hopkins fined tho
defendant 5000.
1t is stated bySeliers that the case
would be appealed to tic h'2hef
ronrts for final adjudication, and n
;ha :. aantimc. Sellers gave the nece5
cIrc It,nd
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
as influenza

is an eXaeeel ated form of Grip. LAXA-
TIVE BROM0 ,lulNINE (Tablets) should
be taken in Larger ,loses than is prescribed
for ordinary Gfip. A good plan Is not to
wait until you ARK siea. but PREVENT II
by taking LAX A'rivfs BR0Aio QUINlNE
Tablets In time. B N
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
40 Dive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take tb. Old Standard GROVES TASTE
FSS chill TONIC. You know what you
are taking. as the formula is printed or
every label. showing 1t IS Quinine an
d,,ves out the malaria, the Iron builds III
The system. 60 c ants.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
To Fortify the System Against
Colds. Grin and IufIueoga

take GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC. Il Pur,.
hes and Enrches the Blood 1t Builds up and
Strengthens the Whole System II Fortifies the
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-30
Kings Bijou Today

What is the greatest question?
What is the worlds greatest ans oved enigma?
What IS lifes greatest riddle?
What is the greatest question You asked?
Is there one-way street of no returning?
And where does that street lead?
Is it Heaven or EIell-or something, or nothing?
See Griffths THE GREATEST Question: Today.
Douglas Island news., 1920-07-02
RED CROSS RETAINED

Accordingt to an announcement made this week by President P R. Bradley of Che Douglas-Traadwell Chapter Of Che American Red Gross. that organization win be kept intact for Che purpose Of taking care of local charities. 10 Is planned that @ working organization only win bo maintained. Disbursements win be made from Che treasury for local ro- uof but Che treasury win Doc kept intact After disbursements are made. funds win be raised by some means to reimburse the treasury
 The Douglas-Troadwon Chapter of Che American Red Gross made a great record during war days. never hav- ing fallen down on an assignment given to it The retention Of Che or- ganizouon win provide a ready means for local relief that win in many cases be Of great benefit
Douglas Island news., 1920-07-02
RIVER TRAVEL ON
 THE KANTISHNA Reliance Makes Two Trips 0ut But Is Stopped by Low Water
 on the River

Tho light draft steamer Reliance. which was despatched tc tho Kan- .gehna district early ths spring to 'ham mIcuo ore for Tom Aiken re- turned to port tbis morning having beon compelled to abandon Che work after hayus made two round trips between Roosevelt and Che mouth Of Che NauHshna river On Che third trip mp stream thc Reliance reached Che mouth of Che Bearpav rIycr abou. dy miles below Roosevelt bu, could ro mo further on account of low water
 Approximately ss3 tons of ore. which was delivered a, Roosevelt from the NHou mine during Che winter was hauled to tho mouth Of ne Kauusbua by the Reliance on tbc tuo trips made And about as much more Is stun at Roosevelt waiting to be moved The ore was loadeI on Che barge Montana at Che month ol Che Kmushua. and win be shipped to mcicr m Che states. by way ol thc lower rIrer
 AIwutaec was taken of every possible means ol saving time by tao.o u charge of the Reliance. but the work was necessarily s.ow be. .au.e Of mudnars encountered along th. urcr n Was necessary to establish wood camps for Instance. and t was not always possible to hove ml available when required \ H.ady lowering ol tle river level ..s6 causcd some dalay especially on
 Che second trip. and finally stopped steamer navigation altogether above nc umrsv
 Two moo.. u.re aoa along Che river on oue crr. ono m tho vator and Che otbor standing on shore m- afraid of tbo Invading cuft Ducks and geese wore very p.onum. earlier in Che season and quito a number of cranes were sighted Rabbits and grouse appeared 70 hc very scarce rcrr One rncr Nwaua Nens
Douglas Island news., 1920-07-02
AIRsHIPS TO FLY
 LATE THIS MONTH
With Base at Valdez. Win Cau Fast Freight and Passengers
 Co Interior

Nrbir passenger and freight e-g,o in t7c Territory win become n reality next month whom Che Ans ka Arcur Transportation Com- aauy win start business between Valdez and Furbanas ld.urod and Nomo before tHe end Of JuIy ac- .1rdur to James p Holman. socrc- ury ol thc company who said "rhe drst ship. u five passenger craig now being bm. by a company at paa- Ioaa. win bc ro.dy for delivery about July ]. and win loo shipped north on one ol Che following boafs The fare from Valdez to Fairbanks win be abou, SOL"
 Other machuc. under course Of construction. win follow shortly and Immense sheds and hangars win 1e constructed at Valdez.
 Mr. Holman says his company has nm assurance of ample business to mako Che Drono ion a paying one from Che start Valdez Miner