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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. :::== ' I The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-iiass matter at I post office in Aoheville, S. C. - e e? _i I ten a? or jaoicnpuuoi One Year - $2.001 Six months $1.00 j Three months .50; " FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920. THE SCHOOL LAW. . ' ?Ti 'ti' .: ; Tl \ " : J-. ; The decision of judge Frank B.T Gary in the Due West school case, I ( whether it shall finally be sustained!] by the courts or not, is in the inter- < est of the public school system of the'1 state. Any other construction of the1 M law would have spelt disaster. j j We say so for the reason that if J s patrons of the public schools, resid-jl ing in one district, may without pay-j' ing for the teaching of their children,' send the latter to the schools of an'^ adjoining district, the result will be t that many such patrons will do this** very thing. With automobiles andj* good roads it is .easy to see that the! 1 schools in the towns and cities and in ' * the larger communities would soon'. / ; be overrun with children from outside, \ i the district. The people who live in 1 ' ' ' ?-il- 1 1 xne districts wiui guuu sinuvu anu who have levied taxes in order thas I their own children might have good schools to attend, would find that the' places which their own children should have in the schools would be taken by children from the outside; or the result would be that there being so many pupils to each teacher, none, either those from within, or those from without, would be properly taught. As a Yesult the people who are paying the taxes, and not receiving the benefits flowing from the payment of the taxes, would soon tire of the practice and vote the" taxes off. On the other hand the rural schools would suffer by such a construction nn ?tr/vil1/l oIIaw t\q c in I Ui UIC law as wuuiu anun ^?viviiu in cne district to send to the schools in another district. Those sending to schools without the district would < have no interest in the schools of the home district. As a result they would 1 vote and work against any special levy in the district in which they lived, just as was done in the case before Judge Gary. Those patrons re- 1 siding in the rural districts unable to 1 reach school without these districts would thus be unable to vote the 1 special taxes levied in other districts,!' and would be compelled to send their 1 children to schools with poor equip-j^ ment, and maybe in many cases with ' ; poorer teachers. In the end the final result would be that the special taxes in all school ' districts would be voted off, or never 1 ?-i-j ? ii.. _i.. vuieu on, me ui uuc uiatricts, and the public school system of the state would .have a status alike to what it was twenty years ago. i Law should be a declaration of common sense, and such it is in this case as declared by the Judge of the eighth circuit. j We are all in favor of better schools, or we should be. Better schools will be built and better teachers will be employed in all districts, when the patrons of the several districts are forced to send to the schcols in their own districts. They will thus have an interest in seeing rood schools at home, and will spend of their time and money to make them such. THE WRONG CHOICE OF CURRENCY SYSTEMS Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board has denied the request for aid in financing the marketing of tne cotton crop, a lew more mows like this and our people will begin to move for a new banking and currency law patterned after that of France* This country had the choice of two ' currency systems, one that of France and the other that of Germany, and it made the wrong choice.?The Waco-Times Herald. I \ THE LOAN SITUATION IS THE REASON FOR STAGNATION IN BUILDING / Getting down to the rock-bottom reason, the present stagnation in the construction field is not so much due to high material prices, the uncertainty of getting building materials, transportation difficulties, or to unsettled labor conditions, as it is to another cause. It is true that many' people attribute the slump in construction activity to these causes, but; a still larger number of persons as-j cribe another reason. As a matter of. fact, these latter citizens have reason' to know, for they themselves have] had recent personal experiences that' have stumped them. . This is illustrated by a case wlj^h happened in Chicago within the^jast fortnight, and shows a condition' which is undoubtedly similar to that1 existing in most other cities. A business man who owned a lot free of incumbrance, in a very desirable location in the northwest section of the nty, decided, after due consideration! )f the material and labor conditions,' :hat he would build immediately a1 =mall residence. Upon investigation' ;e learned that he could build his' lome at a cost of about $8500 for la-j cor and materials. Taking his plans md estimate in hand, he proceeded :o visit various banks in an attempt' ;o get a loan of $4000. Fully two doz-| ;n and more banks, building and loan issociation^ and mortgage companies' vere applied to, but in every case lie/ *as refused. In an effort to discour-' ige him from building, and as an ;xcuse for refusing him a loan, he ,vas told all kinds 01 stories aDout tne 'isk he was taking in building \ under jresent conditions because of the high :ost of labor and materials. Even some of his friends who were n charge:of loan departments of Danks and mortgage companies were anable to do anything for him. In( )ne instance he was told that thej mortgage company had on hand 3000. applications for building loans, but, ivere unable to issue a single mort-J ?age. TJhis same concern had hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth sf mortgage papers in its vaults that il could not dispose of. In another case a friend connected with a building and loan association told him that if he would secure investors who would buy building montages from his concern, a loan onnitrolnnf f A fVtA QivlAIIMf f\-p rtrt Arf/VO cv^ui vaiciio iu txi^ auivuiiw wx uivj. wgm^u paper purchased "by the investor would be granted. However, 110 pur-( chaser could be found who was satisfied with the security nor with the rate of interest of a building mortal gage. As a result, this business man has been compelled to give up his idea of building a home at the present time. The above story gives the real key be the situation in the present build-( ing slump. Pointedly, it is due to the inability to secure building loans. [ Banks and building and loan associa-J tion have clamped down * tight on building mortgages. This situation,' in turn, is due to the action taken by, the Federal Reserve Board, which has| discouraged all building operations, with the result that banks, building and loan associations and mortgage companies have been unable to lend money on the construction of dwel'.-j ings.?Brick and Clay Record. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IS POUNDING THE LIFE OUT j OF COTTON INDUSTRY * i The Federal Reserve System is wrong in principle, and therefore is bound to be continuously irritating' to lines of business. It was at the very point of collapse in Germany at the time we took it up and sought to make it subserve our interests. It is i>t violation of Gresham's law, and that's one possible explanation of why it has inaugurated its policy of deflation. We will have no peace until we adopt a proper banking and currency system. But even though we io on with this present system, v. rong in principle, few ought at lease :o democratize it. Each zone should choose its own board of directors, : ;ul all the zones should choose the tfiilral board, if a central board is deemed necessary. "Banks," said the Democratic platform of 1912, "exist nwrnYimnrtatinn nf t.hp nuhlic. . >:<l not for the control of business.' The Federal Reserve Board has turned that motto to the wall and is rounding the life out of the cotton industry.?Waco, Tex. Times-Herald. The Old Testament was collected and arranged by Ezra, 450 B. C. / PROPER GANDER OUT. The first number of Proper Gander [the local High School1 publication, came from the press of the Press and Banner this morning and will be de' livered to subscribers today. The ! teachers and pupils of the High I School are getting out a first class ' school paper and' the people of the city should encourage their efforts 1 by subscribing to the paper. The business houses of the city are liberal ad1 vertisers. GUILTY CHARGE Mary Wade and I^mma Jeter were before Magistrate Hollingsworth Thursday morning charged with assault and battery. The statements of the witnesses showed that the two women went to the cotton field where Tom Cannon and his wife were picking cotton and that Mary Wade jumped on the Cannon woman and beat her with a small club. The Jeter woman stood by' 'with a knife. Although the case might have been sent to the higher court, Judge Hollingsworth advised the accused) tVmt. i-f t.hpv would nlead cniltv to i simple assault and battery, he would cacept that plea, this being satisfactory to the prosecutor. They accordingly entered this plea and were fined $25.00 each.x Tom Cannon was the star witness He commenced telling. Judge Hol.lingsworth about the fight two or three days ago, and hasn't finished yet, but the Judge disposed of the case as stated, telling Tom to keep: on xeuing it. PHILLIPS PLAYS GREAT FOOTBALL ' ! Erskine Back One of Game's Greatest Performers.?A. R. P. College May Lose Now and Then But Its Players Never Give Quit. (By Brian Bell.) Without reflecting on the other members of the Erskine eleven a review of the football prospects of the Due West college must be written in one word, "Phillips." The Chester boy who has developed into one of the best football players South Carolina has produced in years and a choice of an all state team for all time would involve serious consideration of this hard driving lad who is not only a player able to gain ground but is one of the most remarkable defensive players in the game in this section of the country. Phillips is playing his fourth year of college football and his star has grown brighter as his college sessions pass. He runs with the ball, throws passes, kicks, backs up the line and breaks up forward passes. Aside from these feeble activities his afternoons spent on the football field are more or less uneventful. Every once and a while there is a play reeled off in which he is not involved. However, these are so few that they are distinctly noticeable. Erskine is being coached this season by D. W. Parrish, former V. P. I., and Georgia Tech player. He is aj member of a family football group, for a brother played at V. P. I. before | he went to the Blacksburg institution and he has another brother now playing end for the Virginia Tech. Dr. "Buck" Pressly is also an important cog in the Erskine scheme of MICKIE SAYS: S QE?VA -Co ^ ^ | HUVViV. Ik kteNUSPAPGC V3 SUPPORTED I I fcv -ru' JE<Br ukje. I I I tVO POSfOFFVS, AN* ACT GttJGVtD' / 1 | -tvf torroE. <2>v;o\?ia akw \ 1 ) \Y4tftsjsx \v* vxovics \ <ac?wtrz.? ! ( *rvV eo^s, uc?s <scrr biu.s -to I / 9*Wt UVX CTOAER. RXKS, ( Vi VP U? ^WESVUS SPACES ^ \ AVJDfcN A.V$ SOSrt GDUJECT W\5 I ?\U-S, UOWS VAC. OJta<aOiK)G L-ro VAN AUN% \ ASK"TVC\JUO?LO I! /T/ I liilL'^^v IKv ? QftRi.ES ^gUSUUMS I |~COUN" *' i fntnn VVAUJi October ; ter, all d< will recei PER CE1 I You depends < self frien you must * with us t( H , * and "put j GET A S I , i Then e H account^ 1" -andagre it growsCounl * Sound m G. A. NEUFFER, Pr ALBERT HENRY, \ n i ?1 4 i things football. Dr. Pressly was a 'star baseball player in South Caro-( lina and then won a name lor himself | ! at the professional end of the game making teams in the Virginia league with great success before he left the1 game to devote his entire time to his' profession. In addition to Phillips four players ! from last year's eleven are playing 'this season. There are Agnew, win! takes care of center, Young at nan W. Hood, a guard ar\d Blakely, tackle, | New. men are Patrick and Thomp-' | son, ends, these wing men being subs' last 2(ear; Brice at tackle and C. Hood' at guard, Harkness, halfback and W.' Kennedy, quarter, Henry, quarter,!, who played some last year, Scoggins,' a lineman who also got in the game , late last year. Erskine fights. Followers of the game at Due West since the A. R. P. college took up the gale boast that there has never been a quitter under! its colors and it is not hard to believe' the statement for after a decisive de-l feat by Furman at Greenville Satur-' day, "Buck" Pressly in bidding good-j bye to Coach Laval of the winning team declared, "We'll be back next year and we'll beat you then.' That' is Erskine football in a few brave' words. The Seceders' next game is with Pailey at Greenwood Saturday. w v v v v v v.v vwvs^i > > V SANTUC V V * * Misses Annie and Louise Kay,. Messrs. Clarence Kay and George Morrison attended Miss Bessie Er-j vin's birthday party Saturday evening. She received many pretty j. and useful presents. Every one rc- j ported a pleasant time. Mr. and Mrs. James Haddon amH children, Mrs. Ermie Haddon and I Miss Lila Morrison spent Sunday af-1 ternoon in Abbeville with Mr. and j Mrs. R. B. Haddon. Mr. E. J. Botts spent the weekend at Darraughs. Mr. Eakin Nickles spent Sunday j afternoon with Mr. George Morri-j son. rY SAVINGS 51 uuuueu yua 1st begins our new Inter* sposits made before Oct< ive interest from Octobei VT. r S u c c on YOU. Don't try to f< d, if you want to succee< start tb SAVE. Open ar )day in the Savings De] up" something each paj iTART TO SUCCESS. very quarter watch youi and it will be quite a ] at satisfaction to see how ?Get the habit now. ty Savings :: Safe :: esident. R. E. ( rice-President. P. E. B Mr. Mason Wright spent Saturday! night in Greenwood with relatives. Miss Ruby Richardson spent Sunday afternoon with Misses Annie and Louise Kay. Mr. Tom Hunter of Abbeville spent Sunday with Mr. Joe Able. Several from this community attended Rally Day at Long Cane Sunday. Rev. Mr. Weathers of Hodges will preach at Central school house Sunday afternoon October 10 at 4 o' Several from this section attended the circus at Abbeville Wednesday. Clarence and Roy Kay spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright. t ' A RATTLESNAKE Mr. W. P. Edwards, of Calhoun Falls, was in town yesterday. On his way to town, while passing through Cabell woods, he ran over a rattlesnake and killed it. He brought it tfi town and exhibited it at the office of the Press and Banner. The snake had four rattles and a button. Mr. Edwards stated that when he . first ran on it, the snake coiled and got in fighting position. He struck it with a rock and it set up a terrible noise with tis rattle. Mrs. Edawrds, Mrs. Lizzie Grant, and Miss Cooley of Calhoun Falls were in the car with Mr. Edwards j and When they saw that was a genu- j ine rattler they took to the high-. way, leaving the car, and got out of the way. DOWN FROM DUE WEST. J I ! Mr. and Mrs. Sam Presslv. Mrs.1 Mary Pressly, Prof, and Mrs. Paul r?v T? R TCrmnedv were VJI1CJ. ci 11 vt . ^ guests at tea Thursday night of Mrs. W W Bradley, afterwards attending services at the Associate Reformed church and heard Rev. Paul Pressly preach. . Mrs. J. F. Barnwell left Friday at midday for Pell City, Ala., where she will spend some time with her parI ents and where she will see the new nephew, Frank Austin Harmon. ?I BANK . I rterly J 5?t Quar- - H )ber 10, . r 1st at 5 * C 5 5 I ool your- - I i in life . l account ? 3artment K ^ B Savings . m . pleasure, & r steadily S uaiiiv ; < ! ? T . Service , : 30X, Cashier. v IELL, Asst. Cashier. a??B ^ BUCKING THE CHIEF , Rosenberg has sold out two big shipments of wild cat whistles and 1 all the little boys in town are mak! ing big noises these days. Some bad boy began the report that ChieJ^ Johnson would allow no whistles on the square but "chief" subsided in a hurry when Sol Rosenbei^g said he would "show him about that." DOING NICELY ^ ' Miss Lydia Owen, who came home last week from Winthrop with an attack of appendicitis, was operated on Thursday morning at the County hospital and at last reports was getting on nicely. Her many friers wish for,her a speedy recovery. A "SLOW" PROHIBITIONIST . I El Paso, Tex., Oct. 6.?While I am a prohibitionist and am earnestly desirous of suppressing the liquor traffic in my country I believe the reform should come gradually in Mexico and not in a drastic manner. This will be the policy of my administration," declared PresidentElect Alvero Obregon at Juarez yesterday. General Obregon came to Jueraz to attend the international exposition and military carnival, row in progress in El Paso. General Obregon expressed himself as extremely grateful for the invitation, which he said, marks the beginning of an era of good feeling between the American people and those of Mexico. Tomorrow General Obregon will be the guest of Brig. Gen. R. L. Howse, and the officers of the garrison at Fort Bliss, where a review will be neiu in nis nonur. General Obregon will be inaugurated as president of Mexico on December 1. Roberto V. Pesqueria, fiscal agent of the Mexican government in the United States, it is privately announced, will be named ambassador to Washington. Mr. Pesqueria accompanied the president elect from Mexico City here. Thirty-two languages not including English, are spoken in New York City. / A