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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Tress and Banner Company I Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-liass matter a post office in Aoheville, S. C. Ten as of Subscription: One Year $2.0 Six months 2. $1.0 Three months .5 - . FRID^, NOVEMBER 19, 1920 FINALLY, BRETHREN. The Abbeville Medium now as sumes lofty ground (by words only in the matter of personalities. W trust that it will improve in fact, be cause we cannot say that the prac tice pays the Medium. Perhaps th Medium will learn that the way t avoir! nprqnnnlit.ip<! is to heflnn bv 110 ? * rw-? ? ? - ?o ? ? resorting to personalities. If the Me dium believes that we have given i enough advertisement, shall o course not impose further advertise ment on it. The whole thing was fre anyway. We charged nothing for i1 and we thought we were about t help the Medium "Come Out Into th Open" editorially, after a long an' somewhat painful silenc^. We trust that nothing we have sail makes matters worse than they wer before for the old lady, and that sh may now get ready for Thanksgivin; without further molestation. In orde to show that we are not grouchy ove the matter, we will join in conclu sion with the Editor and the "force (meaning brother Clark, as James F Rice would explain) in singing tha old laminar reirain nui nuw carnc in the expurgated editions but em bodying as fine a sentiment as evei "Pull for Abbeville or Pull Out." A HOME BUILDING BANK. News comes from Washington tha an effort will be made to organize home building bank, which shall hav for its purpose, as the name impliej the helping of the people of the cil ies to build and own their own home; It is estimated that there are on ' million families in the cities of th United States who do not live in thei own homes. Perhaps there are mor than this, and it is to help these ths the bank is proposed. The home building bank, if it i organized, will be along tne lines o the'Federal Land Bank, which w? organized to assist people in the run sections to own their own farms. Jus now the legality of this legislation i beforp the Supreme Court , of th United States, and should the deci: ion on that question be against th legality of/ the measure, it might b that the proposed bank for enablin residents of the cities and towns t own their homes would go the wa of the Federal Land Bank. HoWevei V* a in /inoa a f r\ v? /I aa!{ it aiaj uc, lit vaoc ui an auvcioc utvu ion, that the way will be pointed ou for making the measure legal. On of the objections, as we recall, to th Federal Land Bank is that it is ir tended only to assik the residents o rural sections to the exclusion of th Residents of <ities and towns. If th measure should be declared illegal o that ground a general law providin for assistance to all the people of th country, whether resident in citie , or towns, would probably be declare legal. At any rate when the decisio comes we shall know just where w stand. Next to education, and the two g along together m a great measure, th most important thing for the peopl of this country to learn is that ever _ man should own his own .home. Ther is something in the ownership of one' own home, and in the ownership c ' < the soil which makes for better cit . zenship. People who own thfeir ow ' homes feel more like fixtures in th places where they live. They tak more interest in the administration o affairs in the communities where the live, and generally speaking they ar more active participants iYi the uj building of their cities, counties an communities. Theil again the interest which man has in his own is greater tha in a home belonging to someone els< He gains an incentive to build, in prove and beautify which he does nc feel so long as he is the tenant of ar other. Places which were wast places before, or which added notl ing to the community, or immediat neighborhood, become places to b A | pointed out. The one owner at- J j tempts to imitate the good work of j I another, and thus the community t I 2 progresses. Whether the enactment of a law j for, the building of homes through ( government assistance shall bo de-j iclared legal or not, every community J may poster a spirit of homs-building.! x | The Building and Loan Associations | are nothing more than home building | banks, and wherever they are found i they/ are helping to build up their 0 communities, helping the people 'to 0 live in their own homes, encouraging 0 thrift and enterprise, making towns 5 ~ ? - ?? knAit^All QM/J KflffoV I ailU Clues XXX U X. c UCOUbUUl UI1U t wv* | j I places in which to live. Every agency J - along this line, whether of the government, or of private enterprise, becomes an agency for good, i- Alofcg with this good work, how- J ) ! ever^should come a desire on the j e I part of the people to live in houses' i_ | of their own. There are too many j 1 people who believe it is cheaper to e' rent than to build or buy, and these ohretard progress along the lines indi,t! cated. Along with their other educa' tion should come the teaching of the t people to appreciate good homes, j f! homes of their own, beautified and .. made better all the while. "There is e ' no place like home." j _ ?! It is noted by the Abbeville Press; e and Banner that the Morning Bridge! ^ Club was entertained last Tuesday by i I one of the loveliest ladies in that' ^ I town "at a very pleasant meeting," j e,rnd that?"delightful refreshments e were served." We have not the least j doubt that the meeting was pleasant,; r whatever the ante, and that the re- [ r freshments were all that appetite | " could have wished. But why was the i " i meeting held Tuesday morning in-1 Jstead of Monday morning? We as-1 * j sume that the Morning Bridge Club is "ja club that meets in the morning of j ! every secular day, in which case Mon-1 j day morning would seem to be utter-! >ly wasted.?Spartanburg Journal. f TWELVE WOMEN VOTED IN i ABBEVILLE 1 % I it J a' (Spartanburg Journal.) o j In spite of the fact that Abbeville, 5, i Court, House has never had any su- j t- j pericr educational advantages and ' 5. j does not appear to care very much ! e J whether it ever have or not, it must ^ c be said that in point of intelligence j ir' and patriotism its leading citizens, j 3 particularly among the women, rare- j it jly fail to measure up to their oppor-! (tunities. It is all the more i-emarkable | Is [ therefore, that anything like the fol-j if lowing, which is taken from The j is Press and Banner, could have hap-1 il' pened in that town: ;t I "The women in Abbeville are tak-J is ing their hgnors calmly, only twelve! e'availing themselves of the privilege 5-1 of voting. . Every woman on the e' street Tuesday was supposed to be e! armed with a ballot with which to g'save the country, though a Greenville o street lady, when asked if she was y going down to vote, replied: "No. r, Don't tell anybody, but I've lost my. 5- registration ticket. I've looked in it my husband's Bible, and the top bue reau drawer, and I can't find it, so, e of course, I can't vote, but I wouldn't i- let husband know it for anything." f So she hurried on to the meeting of e the Merrie Matrons." e Twelve out of a population of somen thing like six hundred, more or less, g is nothing to brag about, fcut; it shows e that the women of the Court House >s are headed in the right direction: d n THE BAPTISTS IN ABBEVILLE e Fifty years ago next January, the I o second Sunday of the month in 1871, e | the Baptist Church at Abbeville was e ! '"constituted," as the saying is, by Dr yjC. H. Toy, one of the most learnedl e; Professors of Furman University, as- J 'slsisted by the Rev. A. W. Lamar, of :f Atlanta, at that time Secretary of i- -.Missions for the Baptists of South, n Carolina. The- original members of ; e the church were Mrs. Stephen A. j e Brazeale and Richard P. Quarles. It i if looked like a hopeless undertaking; j y i but the handful of sincere people who . e responded to the call for service has i- grown into a multitude, and the little J d church on a back street in the village has been 'replaced by a great estaba lishment 011 the main street of the n town, and instead of two members 2. the church now numbers four hun1 dred. ; >t The Press and Banner says that a l- committee has been appointed to pro,e vide for an appropriate observance of l- the semi-centennial of the church, ,e that it will be made the occasion of ie a general home-coming, and that alJ 1 former pastors and members will be C invited to attend. There are few, if any, of the founders living?Jacob Miller, who was one of the first of P the members, and John Robert Wilson, and Milledge Galphin and a host of others who set out on this great adventure have all passed away-; but their work goes on. Dr. Toy is no longer at Furman University; we be- ri lieve he died within the last year; C but there is another great man at v< Furman, the head of that institution, " Dr. McGlothlin, who would make a 1 fine address for the Abbeville Baptists P or> their fiftieth j^irthday.?Spartan- d burg Journal. C T ADVERTISEMENT CORRECTED. A A In an advertisement of the City ^ Market in this paper, by a mistake of! ^ j p the printer, the price of Loin Roast n was quoted at 50 cents per pound ? when the price stated in the copy was ? 30 cents per pound. We make this | ? correction in order that Che people I *may know that the City Market is ^ keeping up with the procession by ^ giving good meats at proper prices. Their place on South .Main street is ^ a model of neatness, and they are *nene the less always accommodating. If you have not tried them, it will be .* worth while to give them an order. ^ E COLBY BEGINS TRIP t * F *r Ar iimr tr in miuutL yjr wtc.iv f G Secretary of State Will Sail From G Hampton Roads for South G America. E -7? . - K - Washington, Noy. 18.?Secretary J Colby of the state department will K sail for South America on the battle- L ship Florida about the middle of L next week and will be away a month L or more. He probably will sail from L Hampton Roads and the first Stop J will be at Rio de Janeiro where on J behalf of President Wilson he will J officially return the visit to the Unit- > ed States of President Pessoa. 1 ' ! C From the Brazilian port he will go C to Montevideo for an official visit to F Uruguay and at its conclusion he E will proceed to Buenos Aires for an S unofficial visit to Argentine. NO|? other countries will be visited and " whether he will go to any inland)I cities in those countries will depend on arrangements made for his recep-j tion by the governments of the South American republics. THREE NEGROES j SHOT TO DEATH ! Douglas, Ga., Nov. 18?This city is quiet tonight following the lynching of three negroes early this morning and no further race trouble is anticipated. ' It was Deputy Sheriff W. F. Wiggins, who was held up by the mob while taking the three negro prisoners to Ocilla, mstead of Fitzgerald as first reported, and forced to turn over the prisoners. Then the negroes were lined up and shot, according to reports brought back .to this city. Sheriff Tanner and ^ relative of g Pearlv Harper. the prominent white r man who was killed by the negroes | Wednesday, addressed the mob that was in front of the Coffee county jail.just as the city's electric lights ? were turned off at 1 o'clock this | morning. It was while they were g holding the attention of the mob that Deputy Sheriff Wiggins spirited the j three negroes out the rear door and started on his trip to Ocilla. . Seven miles away the deputy found Z the road blocked, an automobile hav ing been stopped across the highway. J As he slowed down his car was com- I pietely surrounded and h eis said to | have been forced to deliver the ne- | grces. [ WANTED!]! .! White .Farmers i i TO SETTLE IN BURKE COUN- ! ? 1 m TY, GEORGIA. SPECIAL IN- |l DUCEMENTS OFFERED. FOR II r F U R T H E R INFORMATION jj WRITE THE BURKE COUNTY | J CHAMBER .OF COMMERCE, WAYNESBORO, GA. [1 I OTTON GINNED IN , SOUTH CAROLINA rior to November 1st, Crop* of 1920 And 1919?Abbeville County Has 17,832 Bales Less Than Last Year. Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bueau of the Census, Department of lommerce announces the preliminary eport on cotton ginned by counties, i South Carolina, for the crops of 920 and 1919. The report was made ublic for the state at 10 a. m. Monay, November 2, 1920. :ounty 1920'' 1919 he State 867,840 1,052,628 .bbeville -20,089 38,672 liken 32,296 33,217 illendale 11,594 16,947 inderson 47,265 58,302 lamberg 16,365 20,967 iarnwell __ - 23,544 26/47 leaufort 162 1,553 !erkeley 4,688 6,955 Calhoun I 23,979 26,832 Charleston 191 3,843 Cherokee 9,392 11,401 Chester 18,796 21,819 Chesterfield __ 16,630 23,386 Clarendon 28,744 32,597 Colleton 5,172 10,302 Arlington 24,597 31,591 >illon 18,984 31,725 >orchester 7.087 12.006 !dgeifield 18,875 18,695 airfield 14,417 15,323 'lorence 21,059 30,995 leorgetowh 1,994 2,844 Greenville 23,058 32,707 Ireenwood 23,790 * 26,017 lampton 6,064 9,227 [orry 3,089 5,466 asper ? 707 1,685 [ershaw 20,786 23,801 ,ancaster 10,333 15,215 ,aurens ? 36*082 36,546 ,ee 26,807 33,378 -exingtcn 20,643 20,341 IcCormick T__ 11,073 12,835 larion 9,9600 13,776 larlboro 37,682 54,697 Jewberry 26,950 23,441 )eonee 10,119 15,537 )rangcburg 58,309 70,312 'ickens 8,821 14,953 tichland 22,337 20,440 laluda 19,921 18,490 partanburi; 41,462 49,512 RSifiiftfilfiifiifilfiifiifiifilfi j : i | * ' : ^ ^ ^ ! !\ J 1920. n* Hone olK?iytt!ieoa i are due next s u to every suit D suitr are also ii h We offer you r g $20/ $: fi Boys' Suits jj Finck Pa 1 J I ? Sumter 32,642 36,439 \ Union 13,712 12,400 < Williamsburg 1*7,414 1,293 York 20,169 30,301 1 f 1 , BREAD TO BE LOWER ( 1 Greenville, Nov. 18.?The retail < price of the one pound loaf of bread 11 v A.Pat; I Wedc I IH Mary,a |\ jw beautiful Col II i? s^ver- The fl 11 K ?^ reverse<^ ' II / simplicity anc |1 IH the enduring III IB a sa^e c^?^ce ( > \ I I ^ \JN F.L HARI Jew< rHV, * f"AA1 | iiOOfl f' Lower I v?., f 1UU / / r You've be< \ lower price We are wai 1 Oiiv onfiVA ;l v/ui ^nuiv 1 clothes is ** down to co lower price ipring. This price re( and overcoat in our ncluded / \ow good suits at 25, $30, $35 anc1 $5.50, $7.50, $10.00 p Overalls $3.00 a erai rker & Re< vill be reduced from 15 cents to 12 :ents here tomorrow, according to announcement today by local bakers frho said the wholesale price had jeen reduced to 10 cents. The price )f the pound and a half Pullman oaf will remain at 20 cents on ac:ount of the greater labor involved in its manufacture, it was stated. _ \ N ? I tern tor the ling Chest * nd is ail exceptionally onial design in Sterling owing outline, made up V :urves, is admirable for [ grace. Maryland has beauty which makes it for the large service. . SWMB# \ * *ISON, Jr. iler. taasaaaaasasa i ii | News! !!; I Prices For jj i Now | ? 1 ;n waiting ror - {! s; so have we. |! ting.no longer. j| stock of J good [j now mafked [j nform with the {! ; levels which [ j Auction applies f | . house. Boys' jjj ?I' * 5* 1 on up S ?- j ana on up jjj rment ffi I 5se i|.