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? ~ - - 1 1 I ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banrief f: ABBEVILLE. S. C. EC, - ' M 1 The Press and Banner Co. j Published Every Tuesday and Friday < Telephone No. 10. < Entered as second-claao mail mat- 1 \ *r At port office in Abbeville, S. C. 1 : i Term* of Subscription: s One year $1.50 Six months .76 ? Three months .50 i Payable invariably in advance. \ li ??? i . 1 TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1918. \ i R, REFORM No. 1. r ? ; One of the reforms, we hope, that is coming after the war is a change J : for the better in the management *" ;V<; 4 f of our county affairs. There will be no doubt, as time progresses and 1 t the people get tired of the ever re- 1 I cUrring excitement of politics, that 1 the people will want the business of , the government managed as other e business matters are managed. It is true that in the matter of the s representation of the people in law- , making bodies we shall for a long * i. lame yet elect by one method or anBm; '*' ' i - h ? other, in popular elections, the representatives of the .people. But this ? I \ fi no reason why the purely business ] f affairs of the people in the coiinty 1 : cjfflces, and in the matters of county 8 government, should not be managed F | in a business way, by. men specially c qualified to transact the business of| jv Hie several departments. . i13 u.'* . A county's business should be1 , EK^ " . , r \ - 2 I ; v handled as the business of a large j j.V bank is managed. We say that it,a should be so managed for the rea-1 * $on that these corporations are as a 1 rtilo wrrmprlv majin-trpH and the busi-!11 ??/ ness is carried on with as little ex- i c pense as possible, by men skilled in!* \y < their several lines, and not by men: 0 K? * I G who have the ear of the multitude, ? in matters political. Men who can 3 transact business better than others * f are sought by these institutions,!0 % " while a county selects those men to ? St. handle its business who know how to a shake hands the better, who draw j flip mnat mnnev and vet boast of i\ being poor, who can tell the bestj KS jokes, and who attend the mostj p "gatherings", including funerals. | Now, if the county should adopt I Rtt I t the business methods of a bank, we c p should say that it would be properj c \ to have the tax-payers, who are the I * real stock-holders of the county- ^ c PK. corporation, so to speak, select byiS t\-7i . I election or in mass meeting nine | u J directors or commissioners for the, t' ; county, who like the directors in; ^ | most banks, should serve without j t< ? pay, guaranteeing that those who ac-, ^ I "fcepted the position would do so be-1 yi. " J j (Jause they were sought, and from j p f patriotic motives. They should be j V r retired, three each year, so that we j tl 1 should at all times have experienced n men handling the ship. | p Just as the directors of a bank sc-, k lect the president and vice-president ; ti ? of that institution so these direc-n ) tors or commissioners should select ty a, manager, or president of the b county, a cashier, and such other of-;f ficers as might be necessary. We t< i * think a general manager and a cash- \ ti ier or treasurer to handle the mon-| y ; ey and keep the books would be the a only officers necessary at the seat;\ of government. These officers, the t manager in his department, and the t 1 cashier in his, should employ a num- C Ky.'. ber of experienced stenographers, c f typists, etc., who would perform t p^.most of the duties now performed s I- in a clerical way in the various of- q I fices, the duties in an official way i: of the office of the Clerk of Court, t t Judge of Probate, Superintendent of; 1 I Education, etc., devolving on the b BglC county manager. j a 1- Tn addition to the officers named i p>* for the business of government at It - the seat of the government it would t be ecessary to have a Superintend-! 1 ent of Roads and Bridges, who a R&* * should be an employee of the directors, or commissioners, and who t would be selected on account of the T I fact that he would know the business t I of road-building, road-repairing, 1 I grading, and other like work. It 1 I would not be necessary for this man 1 o be tanning for office all the while ?s his position would defend, a 'oes the position of the cashier o bank, on his fitness for the job :he success with which he met, an< :he results which he produced. In this way many thousand dol ars of money would be saved to tax layers in the average county. Th luties now performed by electivi >fficers would be carried on wit! system and dispatch. The depart nents would be co-ordinated an< ;he machinery of county governmen K'ould be run by one driving forci nstead of having, as it now does so many different heads, none o: *rhich are responsible to any other ind all of which are responsible on y to the people who elect, and thei n only a very indifferent way. We say this, not so much witl espect to our own county officers jecause we but speak the trutl vhen we say that, with sdme excep ;ions, we have as efficient a set o no will he -foiinrl in tfce Av :rage county, and, with no excep ions, as gentlemanly a set of met is could be found anywhere. Wi ;peak rather of what is necessary 'or the orderly dispatch of the busi less of a eounty which should b< nanaged as a business, and in th< nterest of divorcing that busines: Tom the contaminating influence o: Sections, wire-pulling, vote-seeking rote-trading, and the other ills whicl b long have beset us. The people are slow to adopt re orms in cne management 01 puon< >usiness. They are slow, themselves o adopt new methods for carrying m their oWn business. But pi'dsper ty is coming, to the sOutft, arid wit! t an educational awakening, anc m economic awakening. The tfeo ile will not be content always t< arry On business by antiquated me hods any more than {hey will U riake cotton with a home-made plow tock, drawn by a bull; driven by. i We negro. The people will in time iiid very soon, we believe, seek bet er ways of doing things, more sat sfactory ways, more business-like nethods, and with this seeking wil ome a business administration foi he business affairs of a county, city r township, freed from politics ind political factions, criminations tnd re-Criminations?a purely bank ike way of carrying on the affairs f a county, which will result ir :ood for the county and good-wiL mongst the people. For all of which we will be thankul after it has arrived. ATTENTION, SUBSCRIBERS! The paper mills are being overrowded with orders. They neec oal in order to operate. The War ndustries Board has agreed to give oal on condition that they adopt uitable regulations to curtail its se. One of these regulations is that hey shall require those newspapers rhich buy their paper to subscribe o certain requirements to prevent raste. ... The most wasteful habit the newsapers can have, according to the ^ar Industries Board, is to send heir papers to subscribers who do ot pay. They can see no good purose to be served in conducting this ind of business, and are unwilling 3 furnish coal to run plants to lake paper for these patriots. Now a good many people have een taking The Press and Banner or a long time. They commenced o take the paper when people paid heir accounts at the end of the ear, and the plan, so far as they re concerned, has not been changed. Ve have no desire, on our own part, o change it now, but in order not o discriminate against any of the Jeorge Washingtons in the whole ountry, Uncle Sam has decided not o take anybody's word about his ubscription, and therefore he re[uires all subscriptions to be paid n advance, on pain and penalty oi his valuable sheet being stopped. [*he people, or some of them, have een saying for several years that ill the newspapers are liars, and it s evident from this requirement hat Uncle Sam thinks they have aught some of their readers how to ie, especially about the time thej ire to pay for their papers. In compliance with the request oi he War Industries Board, which is Jncle Sam's nickname, and in ordei o keep those people reading whc ike to pay, we are going to a strict y paid in advance basis on Octobei Lst. Therefore, if you have beer - ^' , - -. ? - j, receiving the paper and happen not 1 s | to get it after that date, it \W11 be flj because your subscription has exi, pired ,arid you have forgotten to rei mit. And do not blame us. We are in the draft age and are learning - how to obey orders. That is the - first duty of a soldier. e On the first day of every month e succeeding October 1st, we will mail i a statement to every subscriber - whose subscription expires within 1 the month, giving him a statement t of the amount necessary to bfe paid e in order to secure a continuation of i, such subscription. At the end of f the month the names of those who , have not paid will be dropped. Then, too, we have been giving i the readers of this paper something for nothing. They have been rei ceiving a two dollar paper, and per, haps the rise of it, for one dollar i and a half per year. That is another . evidence of waste, and we do not f want to be guilty of that charge - again. Acordingly, we shall charge - for this paper, on and after Novemi ber 1st, the sum of two dollars for e a year's subscription instead of one j dollar and fifty cents, and it is cheap . at that. "RTTT ?Tf urm want t.n rvrevpnt. 5 * J "** """" "" r - r ? waste, we have decided to give you 3 a chance. We have decided to acf cept new subscriptions until the date. t mentioned, and to allow old subi scribers to renew for not exceeding one year from the date of their . present expirations, at the old price, ; provided they renew before Novemt ber first. r Putting off getting on the band . wagon in this matter will not help \ win the war. Do it now, and then 1 forget it > VVV WW VVVVVV VVVi V V > V BETHIA NEWS. V\ V I wwwvwvwww ' T! 4'l Bethia, Sept. 6.?The dry weather has,sure cut; off the crops but hope J the price will help us in the time to I come. " Bethia is having some fine preach? ing by Mr. Clotfelter of Lowndes-; J ville. | J Mrs. Mary Home of Troy, is * spending a while with her daughter, ? J Mrs. M. E. Beauford. t Julie Bill Beauford has been 1 II spending several days with Miss I Maggie Woodhurst attending t he I preaching. Born?To Mr. and Mrs. Annie Hester, a daughter, the 24th. Mrs. M. E. Beauford and Miss; Addie Woodhurst went to Abbeville . shopping yesterday. [ Some more of our dear boys left . Monday for the camp. Luther Dans, by, David Young, and John Spence. ; Hope them good luck all the way i through and may they return home ; safe and sound. i Mr. Marsh Wilson from Verdery, Jwas in Bethia one day last week on : business. ' " v- j I Sorrv to sav that Mrs. Pettigrewll is sick, but hope how soon she will | be all right. Mr. Bill Beauford and daughter j from above town spent the week-end j with relatives in and around Bethia. i ABUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWANCES Columbia, Sept. 6.?Reports have j reached the State Council of Dej fense from several parts of the , State of abuse of government ali lowances, which in some instances i are being received by persons whoj ; am nnt. pnt.5t.led to such allowances. I (Under the law, allowances are paid1 | only to legal dependents of men in' 'jthe military or naval service. Anyj !! persons receiving such government j 1 aid, under false pretences, are liable! to prosecution. The Defense Council is instruct^ in.tr the county chairmen throughout the State to investigate into this : important matter, and calls upon its! j membership and the public to aid in ! this work. ;; It is urged that all cases of abuse. , j as may be detected be reported j '! promptly to the county chairman of the Council of Defense in the coun1 ty in which the person receiving an r allowance to which he or she is not entitled resides. The county chair: man will then report the case to the ~ ^ - - 1 - -a* f 11 1- - ? State council, ana action win ue| ' taken through proper channels, to! > correct this evil. Engraved Cards and Invitaions?i * The Press and Banner Co, i . ( r-??r ~ " ? , An Unusual Recital to ? t t 11 _ i w w be Held at the Upera House An evening of good music means relaxation and relief from the strain of these wearing times. A delightful program will be presented at OPERA HOUSE Thussday, Sept 19th?8:30 P. M. by two artists whose reputations are a guarantee of the quality of the event. They are MARIE TIFFANY I boprano or the Metropolitan Opera Company, one of the most promising young singers now on 1 the concert stage. ' GRAHAM HARRIS Violinist, who as an artist of considerable repu tation, has toured the country several seasons. They Will be assisted by "The Phonograph with a Soul." 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