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ESTABLISHED 1844 hanc The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. set i ton : L< H. G. CLARK, Editor. j Ken dent kno\ The Press and Banner Go. Stoc Published Every Tuesday and Friday Com Telephone No. 10. jinS* !Pres . 1 "1 Entered as second-class mail matI your ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. j.^ j you 4.^ 4-1 J LU l/l Terms of Subscription: arn\ One year $2.00 (|eai Six months 1.00 run Three months .50 es^ I Payable invariably in advance. I onr jly ti we i FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919. ther< I ??? WOO( MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. bank | Hpnn The Abbeville County Memorial take Hospital is in need of funds to com- pure plete the building and obtain equip- and merit. So much faith has the man-! >sj< agement of the hospital in the public- Co] spiritedness and liberality of the citi- jt w. zens of this city and county that ii(to / is pushing the work of the building jowr although the funds for meeting cur- ettes rent expenses are getting mighty ^jace sJim. . until Just to show, what other towns are wort doing in the way of building hospi- looki tals we are printing below an ac-'rivec count of what happened Jn Green- until ville. Greenville has a population of they 47,000 and $1-16,000 was raised in pour that city for a hospital. Abbeville colla City and County have a population and o: around 10,000. $50,000 could be C< u~rc .ri*h ease. Avc*.it $11,0'' j look* hr..v n ra::cd. At lerx-t whei th:.*. :v..v.h r.tcre is need:;'. We be- ever lieve that the ^co^?c hrro v.-ill re- time spond. seve An account of how Greenville was smo' inspired to build a hospital follows: 1'ke "Greenvile needjed a hospital. The then Salvation Army needs funds to en- w'th large its own hospital work. The unsl South Carolina city then had an in- beer spiration. esta "We have the money; the Salva- A tion Army has demonstrated that it geth knows how to run a hospital?let's pres give them the money and let them side: build and operate our hospital." say . ? And that is what Greenville has was done; for business men of that ra- tatii pidly growing city are not afraid of ann< an idea, because it happens to be new mee or out of the beaten path. jwhe That is why Greenville has become cu 1 afte an important industrial center in the South, with a population recently es- s?er timated at 47,000, with an annual nve payroll of $6,000,000, and the recent expenditure of $900,000 for good roads. Ideas are its generative power.1 * but Will Cost Big Sum. jwha The new Greenville hospital is to perj cost over $150,000. In the home ser- talk vice campaign lur cue oaivaLiuii /iriuy fon". in May $146,000 was raised for the'pre? project; $100,000 of this was contri- iike buted by the cotton mills, the heads Col. ; . of which conceived and put into ex-: out ecution the hospital idea. sale Brig. A. W. Crawford, commander the of the Salvation Army in the depart-1 den ment of the Southeast, considers the',and Ureenville idea the most practical and compliment that has been paid the t Salvation Army. the Edward Young Clarke of Atlanta, COm director of the money-raising cam- post paign, who cooperated it, the plan, for declares it to? be the most unique j enoi tribute ever offered in recognition of | ber the technical efficiency of Salvation war Army workers. I gro1 The original quota for the Green-1 and villle quota for the Greenville zone, be > was set at $20,000. That was before j jaythe hospital idea was put into effect., He The final total, $146,000, exceeded iwat the entire amount raised by the great Tab Atlanta Hisfript Kit i aa .wof ? *sj auiivov iuv per j,,MV cent, the Atlanta total being about ;^? * $76,000." mal ???????? ; thin (Savi NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM. jat t one t \r?t ?vi- ? 1 , Aiw wcmg auit? lu Keep Dusy in the business of selling furniture, wagons, j j ^ buggies, and Edisons, Corpulent Kerr ' socj decided to follow the illustrious ex- ^ . ample of his beloved uncle and go into the real estate sharking business. ^acl Calling in Col. E. C. Horton, who was1 I ^ likewise burdened with unprofitable time left on his hands by the run-' nlng of a newspaper, selling second I i Fords, and throwing in the c< on at the Baptist Church, Corp laid before the house a plan i trap for suckers, and Col. He took the other end. joking to the end sought C< r, who appointed himself pre: of the new company, to 1 V^Y*v?_TTn*mit.nrp-Rollin vn as i/iie acuv k-Talking-and-Medium-Publishii pany, issued on last Friday mor the following commission to Vic ident Horton: deposing full faith in your abi o bid, but with reservations < being able to know how to < hereby commission and empow to hitch up your Ford and trav le Pennell Land Sale, and havii red, to look wise, talk a go< , and when the bidding star down all tracts and buy the hig priced one offered. ' Having pe led this duty you will immediat ravel back to Abbeville, whe .vill issue a check in payme; jfor, sending it around by Gree 1 and Atlanta, and seeing 01 :er upon its return, when havir sited the interest in the intere r, we will draw our note for tl hase money, and let it work dj night." > sooner said than done. In fa Horton was on the ground whi is still damp and had dug a ho ;and in to keep from slippir l. . He smoked nineteen ciga ; before anybody else got to tl ; of sale, and there lingered c Judge Ellis and Judge Holling h, both psalm-singers, the 01 ?innc fVio ntVipr tint, also a P'VUU, ? ? I. He could hardly stand si the fireworks opened but wh( did he was there with the oil on the troubled wator:. I red one of the first tracts offer< joined the bird-gang for home >1. Kerr had been on the anxio out for him for seven hou l he got back. He had stood < y corner of the square sever s during the day, had stepped ral great balls of blue mud, h; ted so many cigars that it look Mt. Calvary was on fire, ai he had also taken a "Co-col, Will Barnwell and every oth ispecting wretch whom he h; i able to follow in to a drinkj] blishment. t length the "buddies" were 1 er, the. report made, and t ident took the matter under co ration. What would Tincte J: when he learned that his neph< also of the landed gentry.* Coj lg and then meditating, he fina junced that he would adjourn t ting until 9:55 the next morni n the officers would go into e? ' 1^ V* ? > 4- li aiih ve aedoiuii. mat uuui JIUCW r a night of wild dreams, int< sed with sleepless moments, i d. Col. Horton was there. ] drawn up a few plans duri night himself, and had thoug jutting them on the typewrit had not done so as he was son t under the domination of his s or officer, and wanted him first. When the minutes of t oer meeting had been read t sident announced that he woi to have a profert of the land, b Horton said he had failed to fi whether they had this at t . Growing mighty wroth at th president ordered the vice-pre t to start the Ford to smokii he would go down to the pl? find one for himself, hey arrived and an inspection terra firma, duly contracted f menced. Corp. Kerr found 8 ; oaks which he said were fi making mahogany furniture, a ugh poplars to make lining lu for his next lot of mahoga drobes. He also saw spol wing in auout ou young nicKon if he had had his net with h vould have caught the song of 1 bird to send to partner Edisi went down and found that \ er in the branch was just li e Springs and Uncle Jim's w er, Col. Horton calling attenti i hole deep enough for a bapt pool, while the Corpulent v king of "going in washing", a ng forty gallons of water whi ;he Abbeville rate would save h -fifth of a cent, and he woi e saved that amount but for t fVio-t- UJ ? O A T r / wmi iic iicxu uii oergeani iver cs, which were a little small a feared that if he got his -feet \ might not be able to get th k on. ittention was then directed ning operations. Being inform : there were more than a pier >1- of rabbits on the farm, Corpulent u- Kerr immediately decided and passed jg to a resolution which he offered hin- 1 ?r-' self to cut off ten acres for a rabbit j| ifarm. He said that cotton was the j| highest priced commodity now offer- ?j _ ed on the market, and as the rab-' g SI- . , I = bits grew cotton on their tails, with-, ? out either work or fertilizer he could j? n see a profit of some nineteen or twen-1M ty dollars without going any further, j 1 Also he said that he was about tojs :e- . . j s give a dinner to Cousin Tom Davis, .. and that he would need something to ^ 1_ make a chicken pie, and he saw I II 5n where the chickens were coming ri Jo 1 s from. He figured out that the large gj er rabbits could be .killed in the fall, j ?jj their cotton picked and enough meatjgj stored away to make salmon balls for p six months. In fact he said this did P i+e ?3 not take in the price of the hides g| k" with which he proposed to go into g r" the fur business, as well as sell the jj e" eyes to the doll baby manufacturers, p re Col. Horton saw some trouble in 1 ?j !lt the figures meeting, but he could not M n" get a chance to talk, nor put forward p jr any of the plans which he expected,1 |j 'K as it was considerably after night ?| st when the first speaker stopped to M ie draw his breath. And he was so ?g iy hoarse from long talking that he g could not hear anything that brother % ct Horton had to offer. Then again a S le good many of the neighbors hearing j? le the disturbance and thinking that the' = lg Hospital authorities had moved the j r- Fire-banders down in that settlement ?j ic had appeared on the scene with their g| >r. tuning forks and were ready for [3 s- business. Seeing which the Ford was J ie cranked, and the rest of the farm g r- will be inspected the next time the, ^ 1! people in the community gather at Bob Bowie's for a barbecue, to . Ic STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, \ County of Abbeville. f }. US TAKE NOTICE that on the 20th ! I T* day of Nov. 1919, I will render a fin-j J )n al account of my actings and doings : al . . i as administrator 01 tnes estate vjl = in = " Claudius Robertson, deceased in the J j office of Judge of Probate for Abbe- I ^ ville County, and on the same day | 1}> will apply for a final discharge from, j my trust as such, er ? ' == ^ All persons having demands jg against said estate will present sam? J for payment on or before that day, ;1 proven and authenticated or be for- .<f ever barred. he E. J. HAMPTON, | i ,n" 10-24-3t- 3w. Administrator. j ? im ? . ; a >w | Give a Party?Go to a Party. 1 * 4 $ %, ~i | :| WANTS I r ? I y' FOR SALE:?Barb wire, four-point ^ Hog wire, $5.00 per roll, while itijj IT.' lasts. . B. T. COCHRAN & CO. ! I "e i < ft -I* ?V-?.*-l I. ng i? ,'ht ' I f WANTED:?You to know that we 3 er sell Goodyear and Fisk Casings and H i Tubes. We have full line all sizes, j| of both. C. D. BROWN, JR. 8 to 11 . i 10-24-lt. 2 he | I he' : I ^ FOR SALE:?Ford Roadster, Hudson I , I Six, Buick Six, Buick Four, Over- I tut , ' ? I land 79. I "d ! MARTIN AND PENNAL, e| 10-14-tf. City Garage, us,, S1"jFOR RENT?Two-horse farm, Old 3^'i Wilson Place at Clatworthy's Cross lcej Roads. Write J. C. WILSON, Greenwood, S. C., Route No. 2. of j 10-21-3t. Pd. or,! 93 j LOST:?Friday afternoon between ? i Mrc T^no'don Wilson's and Mc nd i Murray's Drug Store, one small m- Ladies Wrist Watch. Finder please ny return to Press and Banner Office ces and receive liberal reward. es,j 10-2l-3t. Pd. * | im I :he jFOR SALE:?25-horse power oil on. | engine; No. 1 American Log Beam ;he ' Saw-mill; 24 inch grist mill; power ike j corn sheller ahd feed grinder. Any ell j one interested phone or see. on I Phone 5-212. R.C.GILMER, m in 04. DJ O+o*. jg_ ; 1U"1 J"Ot, X U. kJwn Xbvuwv/* j i ! fas i nd FOR SALE:?Auburn Beauty Six ich ! Touring Car, only run 2,000 miles. iim Fully equipped. A bargain for any- i nld! body. Apply C. L. SAULS, Box ;he 336, Abbeville, S. C. t's 10-7-6t-Pd. | ;nd j POP PFNT r>R f.FASR, tfnroVa! em Hotel Barber Shop, ocmplete withll chairs and all fixtures. Willing to E thoroughly renovate same for re- | iefj liable party. Apply to Eureka Ho- ? lty tel Office. 10-3-tf. j f ?rv? or I 1 1 9 if .......... i ! 1 w V 3] H tl IV li a< Uj I ' 1 | 2 i " I'l .? Ill II iil'il!!'1! HVfltmm!nlBffrni!llllllll!llfin^ \f I T\ ; ac tre ou Cc bi ca thi J // V wmm n MARIE MORRISE' Herself in Abbevi The famous concert cont: rtiose finished artistry has < ated a whole continent, is comi" pecial arrangement to Abbe [er personal appearance make! le musical event of the se&son Thursday Evenin; October, 30 th Assisting Miss Morrisey w Ir. Thomas A. Edison's Three on Dollar Phonograph. FREE TICKETS Call, write or telephone us for free tic Imittance. They will be. issued in or x pplication. [HE KERR FUR. ( 9 . ^ m ^ a m. m m n . 1U-ZZ-Z4 IN. Mam at. Abbeville iiiSI:;: iMMMBMB ' <? ? r__. o_i r or jdi ie Old Bass Place res will be cut in / icts, and sold at i tcry on Sales Day j >urt House to the hi dder. Terms: one sh, balance one, tw< ree years. S. S 1 A 1 HI \M WIT? ?w i i I; / .> .-O.'i1 J : ' :'i ir I lie ^ ralto, opting by ville. s this , or ' '3 . . ^ ill be : Mil' ' J kets of der of . I ' -n . s c , o. : 3 0 I 1 v " ' - -- ' .... - :x ! . r i:! :*..-.I ; : . * ? - $ ,126 1 ::;l three mblic \ ; jj at the ghest third i o and 1 r : * K : i ,.V: