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| The Press and Banner &g W W.it W. K. BRADLEY. Editors I ABBEVILLE, S. C. ?#>PnbIlsbed every Wednesday at 0 a |g|j j In advance. If Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1910. I The Value of a College. The Newberry Observer has a verv In teresting editorial on the value of NewSB berry College to that town. Says the Observer: H "The people of Newberry are mighty proud of Newberry college. They show m it by sending their sons there to be educated; and they show it in various other 29 ways that give proof that they honor the institution and regard It as a high order ofjexcellence. " A 1? ' ? * 4UA aa)1A<VA Do tney realize trie vaiue ui luc w>??v to the business life of the city? To some extent.no doubt, they do; and yet they I)robably do not think enough of the dolars ana cents that it pours into the channels of Newberry's trade and commerce. A college is a splendid asset to any town, not only in the high moral and intellectual tone that it helps to. establish and maintain; it is also a great help to business. Any town or city in South Carolina would be glad to have such an institution in its midst, and would pay well for the privilege. Let Newberry, therefore, cherish its college, and regard it more and more, not only as a center of learning, but as one of its most valuable commercial and business enterprise. Tne Daily Mail comments on the above editorial as follows: "We are sure that what the Observer says is true. We are sure the college Is one of Newberry's most valuable assets from a business standpoint, to say nothing of its value in an intellectual and social way. u Ka o onlanHM f.Mnfp for An. TT UU1UU I Ab WC V o^ivuuiu *v derson If we had a big college here, for either boys or girls? Such an institution would pay big divlf. dends. It would stimulate trade. It would draw desirable people to the community, It would enhance the value of real estate. But, most important of all, it would give a tone and vigor to our social atmosphere that is now sadly lacking." The above comments are true. There is no estimating the value of a college to a town. To figure out such advdantages is a "sum" for the shx-ewdest mathematician. While many of the denominational and smaller colleges are doing more work than they have ever done before and while they are accommodating more young men and women than they have ever accommodated before still the attendance Is not up to what it ought to be by any means. Why Is this so? Why do young men not ?ttend our literary Institutions in larger numbers? In this golden age It would seem that more colleges would have to be b'ullt In order to accommodate those In search for higher education. The reason Is found lo a sentiment, ' which is current and ever increasing, for education for efficiency, education for bread winning. So long as a dry goods clerk can make more money than a man with a literary education can in following literary pursuits, we may expect literary colleges to suffer. So long as four years training behind a counter is worth more per month than four years in classic walls we may expect^ young men to elect the former pursuit. The average young man has not much ^ money to spend on his education and when he elects a course In a literary college he Is usually in debt when he finishes. What can such a young man do when he receives his diploma? What avenues are open to him along the Bialto of life? There are just two things that he is fitted for; one Is to secure a position as teacher the other is to prepare for making of himself a preacher. Now we no not in the least discount these vocations but we do say that it Is very unreasonable to im agine that all the young men wno attend literary institutions are fitted In temperament to fill creditably such vocations. But the young men of today are not following the tradltlans of the fathers. They ask themselves the bare, bald, bold question: "What can we do that will put us in the way of making bread!" And once having proposed the question they push their enquiries to the logical answer; educate fqr efficiency. And so it Is today that the technological and agricultural schools are full to overflowing and even turn off hundreds o* pupils every year, while the literary colleges are only holding their own. They do not turn pupils off for lack of accommodations. In the technological, scientific, and agricultural schools the boy may find scores of pursuits open to him. He may become a vetinary surgeon, a cotton mill man, a railroad engineer, a chemist, a horticulturist?a specialist In scores of things. These vocations are held out, too, at cheaper rates than the-two vocations first mentioned. Is it any wonder that tne Doy selects tne laxterr As soon as be finishes his college career insuch an institution he at once finds a place for the exercise of his t&ler^s. Such men are in demand. The demand is even greater than the supply. Little wonder then that the young men are all looking toward such schools for their mental discipline as as well as manual training. The literary colleges, for the present at least, are doomed. That is a college that is purely literary and offers no opportunities for Education for efficiency otherwise than to train for school teaching or other polite professions. The demand for trained men in industrial pursuits is so great that the youth of the land are turning their faces toward iustutions where special training may be had in the particular branch in which they may wish to develop their talents. The sooner the smaller colleges realize this and turn their attention towar d adopting some practical means of giving the young men what they want the better they will succeed. Of course many will say that this is a mo6t sordid view to take of the Important matter of education, and granting that it is, yet.the fact remains that the demand Is here and so far from diminishing is rather on the increase and that at a rapid rate. The question will be asked; "How is a small college with little or no equipment and no money to buy with, to oompete in this matter?" That is a question, the answer of which has not yet been worked out. There are many ways, though, in which the curricula of our small colleges may be changed advantageously. For instance, tf a young man wished to study medicine why cannot our college give him all the Chemistry, all the Biology, all the Psycology, all the Botany needed for his work and at the same time give him a degree so that when he enters a medical college he will have been prepared In several studies and will thus be able to finish his course S^-1. in less th^n the prescribed time? Why cannot this same literary college offer more inducements U> men who wish to study law? Is not the study of law just as good a disciplinary measure as the study of Old English? If these colleges would only show men that they wiil receive something that will be of worth to them they would soon be tilled to overflowing. When we say "of worth we realize thai any study is of disciplinary worth, but here it is used in the sense of worth for efficiency, worth for bread making. The college that first realizes this anc trims its sails accordingly will be the first to sweep out from under the almost total eclipse In which such colleges are at pres ent shaddowed. EbUCATE FOB EFFICIENCY. It has been said of a certain teachei that while undergoing an examlnatior before a County Board on being askec how she taught geography replied:"] teach either the round or the flat method just as the patrons may wish, It is noth ing to me and I always try to please.' Without having so elastic a curriculum a? had this young school marm, and wlthoul bowing so low to popular whims, the Col leges yet may bend and not break, maj change their curricula for the better bj heeding just a little the call that is no? being made all over the land?the cal for education for efficiency. , Fair! Fair! The grounds, the buildings and en closures are finished and ready for th< Fair. All that remains to be done is tx complete the stalls already begun. The 18,19, and 20, of the present montl are the dates on which Abbeville expecti to put on her best dress and go in for t big frolic. In addition to the Fair there will be t big Carnival Company here toentertaii the visitors, consisting of all kinds o shows, good, better, and best. It is thai they are classified by Mr. Jas. Hill, one o the managers. The premium list has been printed ant distributed. Quite a number of premium! are offered, covering almost; every thin* 'n the animal Industry and farm ant garden products. The Fair Is open to any one wishing t< put on exhibition any thing whatsoevei and all are urged to send in exhibits s< that this feature of the Fair, which is i very Important one, may be as full ant complete as possible. The management are doing their best tt make a Fair which will be entertaining and instructive. You are cordially invited to attend anc bring the family and spend a week. If the beds don't hold out we will mak< down pallets, we are going to kill th< conventional chicken and churn and you] presence is earnestly requested. Guests of Mrs. McLesky. Mr. Dudley Shepherd of Saluda anc Mr. Willington Shepherd of Elberton an guests at the McLesky home. We are going to adopt these tw< gentlemen and make Abbevilliana o them If they are willing. t v Possums are now ripening, possun dogs at a premium, the closed season or yams has opened, and poor mans paradis* is near at hand. \ f *fe Wish I would come Suits, Coats, Shoes, Millii display here. The one way we can you of the advantages i] service and price to be exclusively at this store goods themselves.. Philso: > FARMERS MEETING. F Id * " tl Address by Ool. J. B O'Neal Holloway tt A Campaign of Lducation. Jn The Abbeville County Farmers Union > met last Saturday in the Court House and w i was addressed by Colonel J. B. O'neal Hoi- jj, loway, a prominent Farmers Union mam- f0 ; ber from Newberry. . er Col. Holloway is making a tour of the State doing a sort of mussinary wjrk for the Union, stirring up the Unions to great- j8 I er activity and organizing where there Is al ; need. He made a tour of Marion lost week i where on one occasion he spoke to a body'. of over a thousand men. This week he is (a In Anderson County. During next week he will make a tour , of Abbeville County, beginning at McCor' ralck on Oct. 10, at 5 o'clock P. M. Troy hi j Oct. 11, at 11 a, ra, Lowndesville Oct, 12, T [ at 11 a, m, Donalds Oct. 17, at 4 P. M. and 'a Antrevllle Oct. 18, at 11 a, ra, Sharon Oct. w ' 19, at 11 a. m, and Winona Oct. 20th, at 11 k( , a, m. w . Mr. Holloways appointment as an organ- w t izer came through the executive committee of the State organization, of which Mr. J. tl r A. Perritt of Darlington is President, the ei r executive committee being composed of 7 Messrs A. D. Hudson, of Newberry; Doug- ai j las Mclntyre, of Marion; and L. C. Padgett A of smoak. Colonel Holloway has been much P encouraged by the work he has already done for the Union. He has revived a large 'r number of Unions and has organized many w new ones. ^ He says that he finds former members ^ and many who are not members Interest- 81 in the work and expressing a determina- ni tion to do something for the cause. The 8 farmers seem to be imbued with the idea of organization among the farmers for aI the benefit of the farmers, and that the 11 only way to meet organization is by ^ means of organization. a: Asked as to crop conditions' Colonel ^ Holloway said that the com crop in the upper part of the state where he lias been 8* is the finest that he has ever seen and d that there is more of it than he has ever seen in this section. The cotton crop is spotted, there being few good fields. From Greenville to Newberry the crop is poor, there being a fair * prospect only in exceptional areas. cl The Gunner with his Gun ? Will soon be in evidence. Now, before the open season for birds arrives, let us 11 deal square with the laws sf South Carolina H with the birds, and with one another. (!l This is what the out-of-season hunter does not do. In hunting before the season I opens he puts at defiance the state laws; m In hunting before the season opens he kills ;l 3 birds before they are grown; and in hunt3 ing before the season opens he is not dealr ingfajrly with the hunter who refrains from this breaking the law. ^ No man, be he ever so popular, be he ? ever so anxious, be he ever qo secretive, a has any right what-so-ever to break the j* i law and begin hunting before the closed 3 season is over. , It isf up to the good citizens of any com> munlty to sea to it that the law is obeyed J ' Sentiment makes law. If the hunter know* that the sentiment in any community is severely down on this class of lawlessness j the hunter will not run any risk, he will } bide his time with the rest. What right L has he to enter the field before you do. lj kf 11 1 i and see the ha Skirts, Waists, i nwrr "nvnc?c?ncj 1&JL y) x/i uoouoj We are confident th; - do so, will conclude th; ever keeps pace with tl To every woman whc ter Clothes, we extend i to come, see and try on to buy. WT~ 1r??/\TfT TTT ?X Offl VV C Ji.JJ.UW WW cii Uii est values and the fines class apparel for Ladie? any other store in Ab to know it. The only for yourself. convince Come a a quality, and our U1 obtained f0r hand 01 w is by the comes to one who c a & t * or a hunter to thus go out6nd hunt be?re the closed season is over, knowing lathe is openly and flagrantly breaking le law is little short of arrogance, even suit to.such as do not thus break the w. You have more respect for a community here the citizens will not allow such eecfi of the game laws than you have . r a community that is lax and indifTer- 4 it about such matters, I Let every hunter stand back and possess w raself in patience until the closed season "I passed, thus giving every other hunter 1 even start and also giving the birds me to drop their pin feathens. Look to it fellow citizens, see that this u w is not broken in the fall of 1910. i The Mountain Schooner has arrived , It as taken up its place on the street corner, ho sound of the gin is heanl early and .te. The muffled rumble of the cotton agons is in evidence on every side. Tho ity-did has folded her tent and fled to armer climes. The Inggard butterflies are heeling their flight toward the land of owers. The swallows are hiding away for leir winteis sleep. The red headed peck:woik1 has left us lonely, but the robin is ?aded this way. Sunday Y's of wild geese re honking their war to the Southland, utumns beautiful skirts are taking the Iooq nt Qitmmpr's creen in the grand ansition picture of natures show. The I repressible, glorious, incorrigible boy I inds his slow way to school at morn and ances and fights his way back at eve. oot ball takes the place of the smaller Dhere, and the High School lad has doned his armor plate for the national winter ame. Small change grows scarce at. the inks and the big green and gold bills re coming south with the robins. The ice lau, where is ho? The papers say tha; Mr. ferchant's "fall and winter stock is full ad com plete." The darkey eyes the single arrelled shot gun with a glint that bodes 1 for the welfare of "brer rabbit.,, And lusages will soon take the place of that adblasted glucose pitcher! Aint you glad? Acquitted of Ali Charges. Last week we neglected to note the fact iat the remaining cases held against Mr. , alhoun Harris, in the Orr7 Cotton Mill tiarges have been nol prossed. We have really thought nothing of the ises held back after hearing the trial of le first cause. Mr. Harris's acquittal is > othing more than we had expected and i le discontinuance of the cases does not [)ine as a surprise. Farming lands at $2000.00 per acre ;>unds large. Mr. J. S. Norwood says * iat is what some of it is worth in Oregon. Memorial Day. We take pleasure in calling the attentiqa r f our readers to the article ori "Memorial *< >ay''written by Mr. Hugh Wilson. It is r n excellent piece and is well worth read* k ig. It contains useful knowledge for oth young and old.?Abbeville Medium. E. L. Mabry Co. is the place o get good Shoes for least noney. , The U. D. C. will moot with Mrs. C. J. yon at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Oct. Lth. t Mrs. Eliza Mabryr Sec. , in Abbeville? t ndsome New Furs, Gowns etc., now on at v any woman who wilj at this is the store that le progress of the times. \ ) has an interest in Bet a most cordial invitation . We will not urge you owing by far the greatst assortments of high3 ever shown by this or beville. We .want you way is to come and see nd see what this store aequalled values can do ? - < . 1 We extend tne same el come to the one who look that we do to the omes to buy. -lenry. WE LIKE TO S, Our CLOTI \ | like to sh( WW values?more gooc ||JN^ gracefulness in st; , ness in tailoring, 1 erate prices than ' - That's how M ''''ill *and will cont: \% trade and hold IL i WE EXPECT TO IN by displaying to I My have been so feit Ti such good materi) I m ujwJ'mi'/, H exact- counterpai schloss bmos. a cA (1 :M::ara%sS:3sffi , I ? r? cua- w*w*T, garments as prod' MpT individual tailors. \ Dur wide range of Fall Models in Su t are Ready for Your Choo You have but to call, state your wants, nents as you wish, and we assure you of the Suit or Overcoat that will both fit your pursi / PAPKF.P & P J ) . . " , 1 < . t I WKBmmm I 4V> H ^ t H. c f \ ^nBalflSflft^ '21 ! The Model Girls in "The Newlyweds and their Baby." Land for Sale j 160f Acres Thrpp miles from Due West, known as the S. A. Ashley Place. Also { ' 88 Acres ' is e( Two and a half miles from Antreville, known as 0l the J. B. Ashley Place. al An opportunity to buy good land at reasonable prices. ^ Lands will never be lower. to For particular enquire of pi Earle P. Martin, Donalds, S. C. tiow BNG T' dw you phenomenal Iness in fabrics, more trie lines, more adept a ' A better goods at modyou are accustomed w'& we always have inue to win our it. \ v. ' * K ' I UN YOUR PATRONAGE Vyou garments that hfrilly' tailored and of ? i- - X -i-T- _ ais as xo represent ui? ts of custom - made f need by the high cost ' Y 7" - ' \ - v' v '<53 # # its and Overcoats ' / ' >sing. \ 'if ' " : ' *' try on as many garseiection of either |a a and your ideas. i > * V I '/Z Be sure to attend the Range J )emonstration to be held at i he Dargan-King Co's store v he week of Oct. 17*22. An ixpert lady demonstrator will le in charge. Some valuable ectnres on cooking will be ;iven daily. ' Telegraphy. We are unable to supply the demand for ompetent operators, Three months competes you under our expert management, 'ositions guaranteed or no tuition charged, yrite for catalogue. Charlotte Telegraphy ' ichool, Charlotte, N. C. . 4t Best Tens, Barley. See R. j Mabry Co. Till WAKE UP! Shake off that tired feeling due to sluggish liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels, i J Cleanse ana puriry your system with the j greatest of tonics, OXIDINE > ?a bottle proves. The specific for Malaria, Chilla and Fever, and all diseases due to disorders of liver, 1 bowels, stomach and kidneys. 50c. At Your Drugging For sale by Mt. Carmel Bargain House, Mt. Carmel, 8. C. JAMES CHALMEBS INSURANCE LIFE FIRE Executor's Sale. By virtue of authority given me un?r the will of John N. McDill, de? ?ased, I will sell to the highest bid* ?r, at public outcry on Balesday in ovember, 1910, the following describ1 real estate belonging to the estate ' said deceased, to wit: All that act or parcel of laud, situated in Donds Township, Abbeville County, 3Uth Carolina, containing One tiunand Twenty-seven Acres, more or iS8, ami bounded by lauds of J. J. unn, T. E. McDill and others. Terms?Cash. Purchasers pay for ipef8' John C. McDill, Executor. i I I