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Established 1844. ' THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and^Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second _?ass matter at post office iD .'xDheville, S. C. Tern* of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 ?- .? rA TJiree mo runs .ov WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1920 ONLY A SUGGESTION. It is not true that the men in Abbeville who believed and still be' Nlieve that the election of Harding for president was more. advisable and better for the country than the election of Cox are men whose political ambitions have ended Nin disappointment. Most of the men who have expressed such an opinion in our hearing are business men who are interested in the welfare of the country, who do not desire and would not accept office. To say otherwise does them an injustice. If the republican party in the future is to house those whose political ambitions have not been gratified, we suggest that Col. E. C. Horton, of the Abbeville Medium, Woodrow Wilson, of the White House, and most of the democrats who sought office in the late election are entitled to accommodations. A YEAR'S RECORD. The building of a subscription list, that is in reality a subscription list, by a country newspaper ig no mean job for any man. It is true that in recent years some newspapers have obtained a large number of names on their lists by running contests -and in other ways, but we do not call ftiese bona fide x subscription lists, mainly for the reason that large numnf npnnlp in such contests, in order to. help some candidate, pay the subscription price for a paper for one or two years when they have never done so for the paper Itself. Another reason why we have never favored the contest route to a subscription list is that it takes all the money which comes in to pay for the contest and the newspaper is to that extent crippled (and country newspapers are easily crippled, especially in hard times) and the newspaper running a contest is by the amount paid for the contest management just ihat much less able to give its readers a good paper. In other words the money which should go into the paper to make jt a real newspaper goes to the contest managers, and there is that much less to spend for the readers of the paper. When the present owners of The Press and Banner took charge of the plant we found ourselves burdened with a great many subscribers many years behind in their payments on subscription. The Press and Banner with a little experience soon knew that these were not in fact subscribers worth while either to it, or to the people who advertised in our columns. We began pruning them down, and by the time the wfcr came on and the government required that 'all subscriptions be put on a cash-in-advance basis, we had no subscriber more than a year in arrears. We were even then contemplating the very step which the government required of all newspapers?going on a cash-in-advance basis. We welcomed the change. v When that requirement came to us, the Press and Banner had something j more than 825 subscribers. In going; on a cash-in-advance basis, we lost some of our subscribers, and our list i went below the 700 mark. However, j ?he numbers began to grow slowly j but gradually and by May 1919, ' had a subscription list of 735. At that time on account of the , ornAiinf rvf wnrlr ontoiloH Art fKo ^ tor of the paper, he deemed it necessary to employ an editor for the paper, and to turn the editorial management of the paper over to someone else. Due to the views of the new editor which were at variance with the views of the former and present editor and to other causes for which ntJvdy is blamed, the subscription list of the paper by November 1919 when purged of those names in arrears at the end of the month had gone down to 660. The present editor of the paper believed then that it was advisable for him to again .. as? v ' sume the editorial management of the , paper, which he did. The paper was ' changed from a semi-weekly to a tri1 weekly paper which increased its ' value to the readers, and which en| a bled us to give better service to the people who patronized us. And the people have not been slow to show their appreciation of a betj ter paper. The subscription list which i as stated, stood at 660 twelve months | ago, since that time ' has shown a I steady growth and after purging the 1 lists of the names of those in arrears at the end of the past month, we find now that we are sending the pa{per and delivering it to more than 900 persons who are paying for it in advance or on delivery. Each month in that time our lists have shown a larger number of subscribers. Even the month of October, when money has been unprecedently scarce, added new names to our lists and enabled us to show an increase over ' September. ' The Press and Banner now has the largest subscription list df the papers published in Abbeville. Whereas, the ' other paper, when we took over the ! Press and Banner had according to ' the statement of the editor a list of 'around 1100, which was later increased by a voting contest to sever| al hundred more, and we then had less than half the subscribers we now have, we have gained enough to put us in the lead, while ^he other paper has lost enough subscribers to put it . in the rear. ! These facts we believe to be of inj terest to the supporters of this paper : and to the people who pay their money to us for advertising space. It is due them to know that the Press and Banner is read by more people in Abj beville County than any other general advertising medium which is pub lished or circulated in the county, i and they may judge whether it is to i % , * | their interest to continue to patronj ize a paper Which every month shows : a growing subscription list and which ' carries their messages to more and 'more people as the months pass. There is another consideration I which should be noticed. A paper 'which has a growing subscription list I is evidently more eagerly and thoroughly read by the people who take it than one with a list which either does not grow, or which is falling off. J A paper which is read is worth much mere to advertisers than one which is not read, we take it. The fact that The Press and Banner is read by more and more people in the county each month indicates, or should indicate to advertisers, that it is the proper medium through which to reach the ! people of this county who trade with the advertisei's.WATCH YOUR STEP. j Col. R. W. Smith is now Number Seven, commencing with a big "S" 1 and ending with a big "N". This means that he has been appointed one of the city's "foinest," and he is out tc iatch speeders. The truth is that the present force fir.ds it hard to keep up with the ; speeders. Mr. Johnson is slightly cripI pled, Mr. Eakin is a little old, and it ' takes Mr. McLane a good while to I Inr.lf QTAiin/1 en cnoa^arc coir iv v a ai wuiiuy ow owj ? ' ".nd they have had difficulty in arresting the speed fiends. It is true that Mr. Eakin has done good service for the city in seeing that everybody has proper lights on their cars, and that he stops speeders down-town, when he discovers them, as do the other members of the police force?that is Mr. Eakin has stopped all of them but one, and that was a pretty young lady at whom he waved his walking j stick, and who not knowing tne meaning waved her pretty hand back at him, telling a companion, "That policeman is too old a man to be flirting with me, he ought to be ashamed of himself." . Taking cognizance of the fact that j , too big a job is placed on the small j | force here to handle^ these speeders j on the side streets and far out in town, the City Council has been look-1 ing for a motor-cycle officer forj sometime who would be willing to try < to outrun the speeders and arrest ; them. They did not find one, no mo-1 torcyclist around here being willing! to ruin his reputation by being outrun by some of our swiftest young' men and ladies. ; But a man who could outrun any ! kind of a car, either a Packard, Lymousine, Tin-pan Nancy, or other! , "best mule," has been found and-' he j was found in this way. Col. Smith i has just opened his barrel of fish last j Friday when Georgg Godfrey's big dog gapped one of them and started' down the road to give it to one of his lady friends. He had a start of about a hundred yards on Dote when the fish merchant discovered him, but o forgetting the ninety and nine other L ; fine fishes, Dote went, after the . one e ; which the dog had. And the dog a I didn't get far until Dote ran past f ! him grabbed the fish and handed it c j fafely back in the Jaarrel. A A member of the City Council who ^ ! witnessed this burst of speed saw I tVinn tVmf tVifv rlnvs of thp cnpprlpr L I ? ? ~r I were over in Abbeville. Reporting it t! | to the Mayor a meeting of Council IV j was called, and in less time than it s, , takes to tell it, Dote was made Serg. e Smith, No. 7, and that he now is. Dote v would not take the oath of office the IV day he was elected because no pre- w parations had been made for the oc- I oasion, so he was not inaugurated a until the following morning, the in- v auguration ceremonies being short s but impressive. Number SeveN was e in waiting in the office of the Mayor, e and at the special request of the hon- ti ored one, he was escorted before the , j full Council by Alderman Henry, a I who looks so much like Dote, the . ii Council acknowledging his presence a by rising. When Dote had been seated a jthe members were likewise seated, v, I Mayor Mars then arose and in a few e well chosen and wise sounding words j p announced the unanimous selection ; si of Col. Smith as official speeder ii catcher for the city, pinned on his fi many "chist," the badge of office, o gave him a bottle of buzzard grease o to keep him supple, and told him to b go after them. Dote in acknowledge! ment of the honor conferred upon J ]V | him, replied as follows: "I will ketch jn i evry dam one of them." . E Watch your step, and keep your' & eye peeled for Number SeveN. j G * jli THE SMITHS * v The Smiths had bad luck Tuesday, j Governor Smith of New York was i r defeated for reelection, though he ran 100,000 ahead of the pyesidential ticket. SeSiator John Walter Smith of a I Maryland, one of the leaders of the t party, was defeated for reelection. I Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, c I was defeated for reelection; but j I there are not so many tears shed for c i that. i4 And we believe there was another . I ; Senator Smith defeated?Marcus t ! Aurelius, of the state of Afizoha,' _ whose home is at Tuscon?which, i | some say, is the lodest town in Am- J] i erica. 1 ! ; ? \ Our own Smith?Ellison "DuRant? * ' was elected an overwhelming ma-! j jority and he was the only Smith in ths senate that escaped shipwreck. ?Newberry Observer. " V I m ^ LOWEST PRICES IN FOUR YEARS I Chicago, Nov. 10?Lowest prices in 1 four years prevailed today for all op- I ticns of wheat, corn and oats on the I Chicago board of trade. The new|| prices represented declines of six to ( seven cents for wheat and two or J three for corn and oats under yes terday's prices. Wheat was 33 to 39 f cents lower today than it was a week P ago and corn quotations were less than one-half what they were six ? months ago. The December option in wheat closed today at 1.77 to 1.78; Z December corn, 78 cents and Decern ber oats, 49 cents. Coincident with the low prices in;" wheat came announcement from Min neapolis millers of declines in fam- J ily patents to new low points, the i price dropping below, $10 a barrel for I tVlO firef timo in IMlOrlw fntlf v??w wwiiv in iiwwiij ivui jcaio. ||| Lower corn prices were followed by IJ declines in ^pork?"finished corn." J heavy receipts, aggregating 106,000 | J animals in ten markets, were declar-1J ed to be one of the causes of the'g decline in pork. Weakness of the wheat prices was ascribed by some brokers to reports ? that Kansas bankers were consider- J ing the question of curtailing cred- ^ its, which, if done, might force Kan- I sas wheat on the market, it wasil said. Later reports quoted the Kan- K ras bank commissioner as saying I that, while some banks were over-L| loaned, there would be no blanket [ order for curtailment of loans, but J nmt eacn uaim a aimatiuii wuuiu uc || considered on its merits. The bank H commissioner joined J. C. Mohler, sec- 3 retary of the state board of agricul- 3 ture in declaring there was no a 'strike" of Kansas farmers to hold jj wheat for higher prices. Legal Blanks for Sale Here.? Lj 'he Press and Banner Company. ? x \ DEATH OF MRS. LATIMER. 1 Mrs. Emma Cozby Latimer, widow f the late James T. Latimer, of ! owndesvme, died in this city Monday vening, November 8th, at 10 o'clock fter eighteen months' intense sufering from a fatal malady. Death ame to her at the home of her sister, 1 Irs. J. H. Latimer, where she made . er home in recent years. j Before her first marriage, Mrs. ' .atimer was Miss Emma Cozby of 1 his county. She was first married to ? Ir. Eugene Moore, who died while he was still a young woman. After ight years of widowhood, during : ;hich time she lived with her sister, ( Irs. J. H. Latimer, she became the 1 rife of Mr. James T. Latimer, of ,owndesville. After her last marri- 1 ge she made her home at Lowndesille, and it was a hospitable home he had, a place where friends gath-1' red and were entertained and^where : verybody felt better for having gone > _ * a. 1 ? T ! EJ iv anu lur Having miuwii iier. Mrs. Latimer was for many years member of the Methodist Church ' i Lowndesville. She was an enthusi- j stic worker for the church, a.'wom n of a high Christian character," ' rhose good sense and interest in othrs made for her usefulness to her 1 astor and the congregation of which 1 he was a member. She was a mother ideed to the boys of Mr. Latimer's rst marriage, so much so that many f the people who went to her home ' n different occasions did not know ut that they were her own. Since the death of her husband Irs. Latimer for the most part has lade her home here with her sister, tesides this sister, she is survived by Irs. A. B. C. Dorsey, of Gainesville, la., and Mrs. V. R. TJhornton, of At-, inta. Mrs. Thornton and a niece, liss Leone" McG^lighey, of Atlanta, rere with her when the end came. Funeral services were conducted Dday at 12 o'clock in the Methodist 1 !hurch at Lowndesville by her pasor, assisted by Rev. C. E. Peele, of lie Abbeville Methodist Church. A j irge concourse of sorrowing friends nd relatives accompanied the family o Lc wndesville to attend the funeral! nd to see the body of their friend onsigned to its last resting place. J 'he interment was in old Smyrna emetery, near LoWndesville. I Have you renewed your subscript ion? > | Co-Open \ i i We have just rece ! FOR 1 2 t | Corby's Fruit 1 Gardner s Plai 5 Layer Cak \ Celery :: 2 Cranberrii j Olives :: P j Salad Dressi 1 Peanut But ! Co-Operal AMERICAN NUDE, ] ZERO WEATHER Stripped of All Clothing, Captain 1 Kilpatrick Faces Terrible Ordeal in Russia, Reports Say London, Nov. 10.?Capt. Emmet Kilpatrick, representative of the American Red Cross in South Russia, ; and two nurses, were brutally killed < during a Bolsheviki cavalry raid on i erican Red Cross are missing and are i dispatch to Reuters limited, tonight. 1 I Washington, Nov. 10?0. Atechny, j founder of the Monnoite Society, and ; Capt. Emmett Kilpatrick of the Am- 1 erican ed Cross are missing and are < believed to have been captured by i the Bolsheviki, according to reports i received by the State Department ( Tuesday. Atechny, the reports say, had charge of relief work of the Mennoite Society in Russia. He arrived : at Helberstadt Crimea, on Oct. 25 1 from New York. j The situation of Kilpatrick, the < State Department announcement says, is a '"matter of, grave concern" 1 He was last seen near Novo Aleivesk < on Oct. 30, stripped of his jjndercloth- < ing in zero weather and being led i away by Aed cavalry raiders. Kil- < Patrick's home is jn Alabama. ^ The State Department's inquiry was instituted as a /esult of a Bolshevik report emanating from Moscow on Nov. 6 to the effect that the Reds had captured the "American mission headed by General Morrell." There is no American officer of that t % name in Russia, the State Department ( ahnouncement says, and the supposed capture of Atechny and Kil- . Patrick is believed to be the basis of the Moscow report. SELLS LOT. John H. Mundy has sold the rear of his lot on Walnut street to Henry McClaren. The lot wal purchased sometime ago from Neuffer and Mc-; Murray aqd Mr. Mundy makes a good' profit on the part sold to McLaren. : AFTER MANY DAYS The big post in the middle of the i triangle at the Baptist Church used for the support of the telephone wires has been taken down, making, a vast improvement in the appear- j ance of the street. ytfiifiiffijayyyzfiK ttive Merca ;ived fresh shipments mavl-pf affnrrlc lllVy 111U1 1WI> VIU HANKSG! Cake * Butter n and Fre es Seed Lettuce Citron ickles Lemon ings ter Mince Mi :ive Mercantile ( PRfF.Nns RFMFVF ! McLAURIN ALIVE. 56 Not Think He Committed Suicide ' . ?Conviction in Bennettsville He is Suffering From Mental Aberration. Bennettsville, Nov. 9.?The family and friends of T B. McLaurin are satisfied that he did not commit suiidce as was suspected last night but is suffering under a mental aberration and will return home soon. C. 3. Adams, cashier of the Mutual Savings bank of which Mr. McLaurin is. president, says the affairs of the bank are all right but he and the directors will not open the doors of tne oanK until tne state DanK ex aminer conies and makes a complete examination. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 9.?Twentyfour hours' vigilance on the part of the local police department, including inquiry at all the hotels in thecity, failed to reveal any trace of TV B. McLaurin, Bennettsville, S. C., banker, who was reported to have come to Charlotte after having left clothing and a note on the river bank near Rockingtfam, N. C., indicating suicide. BALTIMORE WORKERS DECLINE INCREASE Twelve Thousand Vote for Scale Of Pay To Remain AS Fixed. Baltimore, Nov. 10?Twelve thousand workmen, members of building trades in Baltimore have declined to accept an increase in wages. At & meeting of representatives ?f the workers a motion to accept a wage advance from 90 cents to $1 an hour was tabled by an overwhelming vote. One year ago the union rate for carpenters was fixed at 90 cents with' the understanding November 1 this year the increase would be effective. The agreement was signed by contractors, builders and representatives of the trades. Employers made no attempt to recede f#om the agreement. BOY SCOUT MEETING. There will be a meeting of the ' Boy Scouts Thursday night at 7:4J in the Council Chamber. All members + ) are urged to be present. mtile Co. || - 11 W' , I ij of the very best j j $ IVING I "1 ! Eggs i I :sh Fruits [! eel Raisins J ] :: Currants 11 Nuts { I and Orange [ Peel I! ^>1 r! eat Lhernes i! ; || Company ;j rwnnnniuwmm /