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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10
ATTACK LAUNCHED
ON PROHIBITION

Washington, March 8.-Rhode Is
lands legal attack on the prohibition
amendment to the federal constitu-
tion was argued in supreme court
today, assailed by the complainant as
revolutionary and an invasion of
state rights and defended by the
government as legitimate addition
to the nations basic law over which
the court held no jurisdiction.
Throngs attended the session of
the court to hear the arguments on
one of the burning questions of the
day. Many persons waited outside
the doors throughout the morning to
obtain admittance.
! Herbert A. Rice, attorney general
of Rhode Island, opened for the op-
position and William L. Frierson, as
sistant attorney general of the Uni
ted States, replied for the govern
ment. Other arguments will be heard
tomorrow as we'll as appeals from
Kentucky and Massachusetts, invol-
wing the same question.
Mr.. Rice charged there was In
progress "a constitutional revolution
Trough amendments.
81 see more danger in the doctrine
urged by the government than any
doctrine urged by the demogogue
during the world war;" he said. "Thc
rights assured the pepole under the
tenth amendment "orr ner," i1tc..'.
ed to be taken away
~. Rec argued that the prohibi-
I:o& amendment resulted from
n;aconccption Of ,hc law T.. c~r-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10

hui; improving 5693 acres; farmers
ilG,lced to terrace lands, 1871, thus
1892 acres; number of
ar.ners induced to plant cover crops
turn under, 6721, thus enriching
1,431 acres, number of new farm
implements bought by agents advice,
1,431, thus enabling farmers to do
,etter work more efficiently.
New pastures to the number of
925, including 1865 acres, were
established through aid of county
agents; and 391 old pastures, in
1928 acres, were renovated.
Road improving demonstrations to
the number of &c were engaged in
by county agents and their coopera-
Ting farmers, and in this way 5OS
miles of roads were improved.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10
COBLENZ is OVERCROWDED

American Headquarters, Cob
cnz, Germanye Feb. 6.-No more
American offers are to be permitted
II bring thc:r wives from America to
the Rhine until living conditions i'm
prove in Coblenz, it was announced
recently in War Department
cable from Washington. Coblenz is
one of the most crowded cities of
Europe, being headquarters of the
Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commits
sion, in addition to the seat of COM
mand of the $1,000 United States
troops stationed in the bridge-head
area.
1t is estimated that there are ap-
proximately 200 American officers
with thei- wives in Coblenz, many
officers having also brought over
heir children Sn1 servants. IL num-
rous cases an American family and
German family in Coblenz which
las not one or more Allied soldiers
members of the Rhineland COM
mission billeted in their home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10
GLASS Of SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
II your Back is aching or Bladder
bothers, drink lots Of water
and eat less meat,

When your kidneys hurt and your back
feels sore, don't get scared and proceed
to load your stomach with lot of drugs
that excite the kidneys and .rritate the
entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys
clean like you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function of the kid.
neys is to filter the blood. In "a hours
they strain from it 500 grains of acid
and waste, 30 we can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the kid
neys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
a tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast each morning for few
days and your kidneys will act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera.
tions to clean and stimulate clogged kid.
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine so it no longer is source of irri-
tation, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes delightful efferyescent
ithia.water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking, and no
doubt you will wonder what became of
your kidney trouble and backache.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10
IMPROVEMENT IN RURAL LIFE

That hundreds of improvements
were made in 1 919in farmstead de-
velopment in South Carolina is
shown by some figures summing up
things done in this line by farmers
with the advice and assistance of
county agents. The improvements
listed rnage from screening homes
to demonstrations of improved roads,
A few of these interesting and sig
nificant facts and figures are given
below.
During the year, agents report,
!511 new farm buildings were erected
under their guidance 723 were i'm
proved, 575 were painted or white
washed, and plans for POI new build
ings were furnished.
The number of home water sys.
TENS installed was 412, the total
number of such systems now num-
bering BIG as opposed to 691 wher
farm demonstration work was be-
gun less than a decade ago. Nine
hundred and thirty-one home light
ing systems were installed, making
the present total 1894. Telephone
systems to the number of 50 were
built and installed.
! Conditions in the immediate farm
homes and premises were improved
by the improvement of 526 home
grounds, the improvement Of sani-
tary conditions in 2O82 homes, and
the screening of 41,71S homes
against flies and mosquitoes.
Better eating and better health
were promoted by the planting of
1868 new home gardens and by the
saving of surplus farm and garden
products for winter use on 1894
farms.
Field and cultiyation methods were
improved as follows: drainage sys-
tens established, At; farmers induc-
ed to drain all or part of tehir farms,
173, thus improving S461 acres; far
merS induced to remove stumps. 5h2,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10
LEADS WORLD
IN II. c. L., SAYS BRITON

Tt !!!.n cost of living is high al
over the world, but ! believe that ir
Washington the highest prices any
where on earth are charged for
food" said Colonel Orville Lee, a
retired British officer, while in that
city recently. "The English people
know better how to curb prices per
l.ars than other peoples. For in
stance. there has been marked de-
cline III the price of beef in Lon
don and other large cities, and con-
sequent congestion on the docks be-
cau,y :::e nepcle have cut down tn
l..2H:igy Of meat eaten.
r.: beef dealers, of course, are
,c.nc ming, but they &re net viii:
the ...g~..;cn that if they ". 80
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10

sian coat of arms, have been omitted.
The bill of the eagle, the tongue and
the talons are in red. Servants of the
government are to wear the device
without the shield so it can be pinned
to their uniforms.
Some of the Pan-German papers
ridicule it, saying, the skinny,
homely eagle with extended tongue"
violates all the rules of good taste.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10

gress and that he federal govern
ment had no authority to make such
a change in the constitution as the
mendment provides. Declaring that
amendment" means CORE ction
said the terms of the prohibition
mendment are clearly outsil lie the
,urview of the constitution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-03-10
NEW GERMAN COURT OF ARMS

Berlin, Jan. 30.-The new Ger
man coat of arms adopted by the
National Assembly consists of a one
headed eagle on yellow gold
shield, and without the old time
crown. The eagle will be displayed in
simple heraldic form, without any ac-
ccssorics.
The Hohenzollern coat of arms
and the chain Of the order Of the aii-
yer eagle. all parts of the old Prlls-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
Foreign Trade as
Balance Wheel.
ATTACKS ON INCOME.
From the RerieM.

While the entire gain realized on q
sale, however long the property ma
have been held, can, so far as the
legal aspect Of the question is con.
cerned, be regarded as income, yet II
is not fair to treat that gain as in.
come f6f the single year in which the
sale is effected. If the income tax
were at horizontal rate this would
be q question of little importance
but with a graded tax it becomes the
cause of obvious and avoidable injus-
tice. A person whose usual income is
$1,000 a year, say, may sell his entire
.possessions-the result perhaps of
many years Of careful management
and saving-for the purpose Of in.
vesting the proceeds in some form de-
sirable as permanent provision for his
family and for his own old age. II
the gain he realizes on the sale is
100000, he has to pay q very heavy
supertax. q supertax designed, OF
course, to be borne only by very
wealthy persons, persons whose an
nual income is something like $780,
600; in his case the 100000 is the ac-
cumulation of perhaps twenty or
thirty years. The tax ought to be
reckoned accordingly; the whole
amount ought to be taxed, but 1t
ought to be taxed not as 100000
acquired in one year, but as $4,000
something of the kind. This, how
ever, is q question of equity, not of
law, and moreover it is but one ex-
ample Of many imperfeetions which
exist IN the law, and which call for
remedy by Congress, acting after
thorough going consideration by the
most competent e10e9A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
The Bankers Convention,
Addresses scheduled to be deliv,

Addresses scheduled to be delivered
at the fofty-sixth annual convention
of the American Bankers Association,
to be held at Washington October
1922, will provide a fund Of high
grade reading matter on financial and
related questions. Set addresses and
carefully prepared papers will be pre-
scented by men familiar with the SUBJ
jects they treat of and whose opinions
are based on facts as observed and
interpreted by them. Then discussion
will follow, probably showing the diff
ferent interpretations which men can
give to the same facts. If ordinary
people would read these papers and
follow the discussions their understand
ing of plain money questions which
touch them at many points in their at
fairs would be broadened. The great
majority Of men will not be inclined
to do this, feeling that too much men
tai effort is required. They seem to
demand secondhand Interpretation
and want to take into their systems
predigested information.
At the bankers convention will be
delivered addresses on Banking and
Agriculture Government Finance -
international Relations 'Underwrit-
ing and Financing Big Business -
Commodity Financing "Transporta-
ton and Credit" 1.-THE Federal Re-
serve System" and Evolution Of
Banking"
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inevitably to the United States, willing

inevitably to the United States, willing
to pay almost any price for fuel.
To say that they shall not have the
coal they will need so desperately may
seem cold-blooded, but the first duty
Of America is to home consumers. The
British government recognizes this
obligation to it's own people and al
ready has decreed an embargo on the
export Of coal from the United King.
dom, effective Immediately. Under
the Lever act, this government has
complete authority to regulate the ex-
port of fuel. If it is not deemed neces-
sary to forbid entirely the shipment
abroad of coal, it should at least he
seen to that what is sent is used for
the prevention of human suffering ana
not for the prospecting of European in
dustry.
And it should be seen to also that
the British strike is not made an eX-
cuse for further increasing the price
of coal to domestic consumers. For
eign buyers already have been in the
field bidding up the price, and with
the British miners idle, unless there
is prompt and effective government
intervention, not only will the supply
for domestic purposes be inadequate,
but the prices will be prohibitive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
Sackcloth and Ashes

After the battle in 1896, ME-. Bryan,
smarting under defeat and Kidding re-
sponsible those democrats who had
refused him support. served notice on
them that if they ever return ed to the
party fold-he assumed that they had
taken themselves eut-they' must pre-
sent themselves in sackcIot1l and ashes.
Not one of them ever nut on such
toggery. Indeed, not O ne of them
ever confessed he had been out of
the fold. Not one of them would ac-
cept the designation of bolter. Mr..
Bryan in 1900 as he had been in 1896.
Henry Watterson, who had refused
support in 1896, yielded 1t in 1900. but
presented himself, jarmtily, in his
everyday clothes, and met with the
heartiest of receptions Mr.. Bryan
had forgotten, or was willing to for
get, the sartorial terms he had laid
down four years befoie.
Now, how about Mr.. Bryan himself?
According to his reasoning of quar-
ter century ago. ne Is q potter. GOV.
Cox is as much the democratic NOM
inee this good year as ne, Bryan, was
in 1896. The Ohioan.. reads his title
clear to party support, and yet Mr..
Bryan is Withholding support. Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Watterson would
not support Mr.. Bryan because of their
belief that he was not democrat, but
a populist- Mr.. Bryan does not ques-
ton Gov. Cox's democracy, but objects
to him because he is not a dry demo-
erat.
But 1t may be that in 1924 nobody
will challenge Mr.. Bryan's return to
the fold. Or it may be that Mr.. Bryan
will take the ground that he has never
Il left the fold. At any rate, it is not
easy to visualize him as, at that time
or at any time, in stopping posture, in
lowly mood, apologetic Of phrase and
arrayed In penitential garb. That sort
of thing would not be becoming to his
style Of beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
LURE OF THE CAPITAL
is TO ALL AMERICANS

tions have frequently been held in
the court of the Pan-American
building. Conventions have been
handicapped by the lack of build
ing in which all the meetings could
be under one roof.
The gift of big convention hall
to the National Capital for public
uses obviates all these difficulties
and means that more conventions
than ever before will come here
Industrial. business, patriotic-na-
tional and international.
x X 4
The lure of Washington as
convention city comes from its
very existence as the capital of
the country, and its history and
natural setting. People from all
parts Of the country co0e here to
see Uncle Sans workshop-the
biggest business in the world
they come here to visit the shrines
of patriotism, to learn more about
their government. The student
can browse in the Congressional
Library and the medical man Wis
it's the Army Medical Museum and
Library and the lover of art visits
the Corcoran Art Gallery and the
National Art Gallery in the Smith
sonian group.
When business sessions of con-
ventions are not being held outings
can be taken on the historic Potomac
river to Mount Vernon, the home
and burial place of George Wash
ington, or UP the river to Great
Falls, where there still exist evil
derces Of engineering work to
make the Potomac river navigable
from tide water to the Allegheny
mountains, a plan which George
Washington conceived and promot-
ed. Standing in front of Arlington
mansion, the former home of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, in Arlington ma
tional cemetery. where the nations
heroes are buried, the visitor can
get a panoramic view of Wash
ington. A similar view can be
had from the military post at Fort
Myer. Side trips out of Washing
ton can be made to Gettysburg,
Bull Run or through the historic
Shenandoah valley. Another inter-
esting trip is to the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis. The greatest
wireless towers in the world are
Just across the river from the cap
ita1 Within Washington is old
Fort Stevens. where Lincoln-the
only President who was ever
under fire in battle-stood on the
ramparts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17

arsenal and penitentiary grounds on
| Greenleaf point have been changed,
extended southwark by filing and con-
the War College. Fort Washington
from a mere water battery and brick
biockhouse grew into a fine stone.wall-
ed fort and then extended itself into
the hills that lie between Piscataway
| creek and that little creek on the
north side sometimes called Swann's
creek, and at other times Hatton's
creek. Then across the river on Sheri-
dan point, and far back across what
were lands of the Washington family,
has grown up Fort Hunt.
The woods of Belvoir, which came
to be the home seat and plantation of
William Fairfax about 1873, far back
from and below what old Washing
ton people called White House land
ing, have become the site Of the great
engineer training post of Camp Hum
phreys. That peninsula between
Dogue creek on the north and Acco-
tink creek and Gunston cove: on the
south. is given over to troops and
military work. At Indian Head and
far back into the country along the
upper side of Mattaweman creek a
proving ground and a powder factory
have been laid out and set up, making
there one of the busy and populous
neighborhoods in southern Maryland.
A little farther down on the Maryland
side between Mattawoman and Chicka-
muxen creeks was established the big
marine rifle range called Winthrop. A
few miles further down, and On the
Virginia side the big marine camp at
Quantico has come into being. Guam
tico, where more than half a century
ago the mail and passenger steamers
from Washington connected with
stages and later with railroad trains
to and from the south, has become
military post with streets and build
ings of a size and capacity equal to
many cities and with a population
larger than many cities have.
Fort Myer has grown from small to
great proportions.
And now the old tract called Belle
vue between the other old tracts, Gis-
borough and Blue Plains. and between
the Anacostia river and Oxon run, is
to be a place Of Importance in mill
tary way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
Bellevue.

The opening Of bids for construct
ing a plant for naval experimental
and research laboratory at Bellevue
indicates that soon another enterprise
of military importance will be in oper-
alton on the Potomac. The old Belle
vue reservation with it's brick powder
house, pretty little cottage Of the Gus
todian and it's broad green fields may
be transformed into a busy place. The
scene will be greatly changed. Rail-
road tracks will cross the grounds, big
and costly buildings will be erected,
the appearance Of the river front will
be changed by the building Of sea-
wall, and perhaps by the making of
new ground, though the water is deep
off Bellevue and the channel runs not
far off shore.
One notes with interest the great
growth Of military works In recent
years on the Potomac at Washington
and in its vicinity. The navy yard
has had a vast development, spread
ing east and west over squares of
built-up lands that for hundred years
jay faz outside tts Old brick NaA Ehe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
POLITICS AT HOME.
Two Popular Orators.

Senator Borah and Senator johnson
are in great request as stumpers. They
are swamped with invitations. The
east, the west and the middle country
are urgently applying for dates. Mr..
Borah is now in the east filling en-
gagements made sometime ago, but
will return to the west if his services
are needed. Mfr. johnson, after filling
Ia few engagements at home, is now in
the middle country. and will arrange
his further activities there.
This interest is ascribed to the atti-
of nations. From the outset they
have led the opposition to the league.
1t would not be acceptable to them in
any form. Hence the popular deduc.
to the senator's point Of view.
1t should not be overlooked, ho'Ra
ever, that these two men are orators
Of superior gifts; that their drawi ng
power is very great; that they are wnll
known throughout the country. MIR
Bryan himself has nothing on eitb er
of them in the matter of fiuency, or
felicity of phrase. They spellbi1H1 a
crowd as easily as he does, and hold
it quite as long.
This is to be taken into account in
this matter. When a political cam.
paign is on. and the campaigning
spirit possesses the people, they lean
to stumpers who thoroughly aEnder
stand and practice the stumpi:he art
They seek entertainment as well as
instruction, and warm to speakers
who supply both. Oratory has still a
great vogue in this country, end will
continue to have while the people
rule.
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HE five million-d dollar me-
mortal building given to
the American Legion by
the Knights of Columbus,

he HVe-ml1llOH-OOlldT NE
mortal building given to
the American Legion by
the Knights of Columbus,
which is to be erected in the Ma
tional Capital, and besides being
a clubhouse for all Organizations
of war veterans is to provide a
+ convention hall for public uses,
emphasizes the fact that Wash
ington is the greatest convention
city in the world without a con-
vention hall.
AS the pride of every American
citizen. the National Capital holds
an attraction for every one in this
country. School children come to
the capital on annual excursions;
it is mecca of the honeymooners.
During the war business leaders,
called into industrial conferences
with the War Industries Board,
the War Trade Board and the Food
Administration, came. TO appreci-
ate that under the changed condi-
tions Washington has become a
great business center for the
country. Establishments concern
ing industrial activity, production
of food supplies and raw materials
for manufacture. no less than re-
garding international commerce,
are bringing great bodies of
American business men into con-
ferences here.
The erection Of a great business
capital here by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States in
dictates that business is looking
more to Washington and concen-
trating here it's councils. This is
partially due to the federal legis-
lation of recent years regulating
business. The demands for re-
vision of the tariff. for repeal OF
certain war taxes, including the
excess profits tax. which face the
incoming Congress- give still
further assurance that large or
CARNATIONS of the nations leaders
must gather here for conferences.
Although from patriotic and
business reasons Washington has
become great convention city.
such gatherings heretofore have
been embarrassed by the fact that
there was no great convention
hall here where large gatherings
could meet under one roof. For
example. the American Bankers
Association and SUCH organiza-
tons have been forced to hold
group meetings in the bathrooms of
local hotels, and the formal recep-