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PAGE FOUR Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-^ass matter ai tost office in Aobeville, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1921 Teitu of Subscription: One Year ? Six months _ Three months $2.00 j $1,001 ABOUT 5CHUUL uuiLuinua. A few days ago we carried a news item with regard to more and en larged buildings for the accommoda tion of pupils in the city schools. Since that time the situation has been canvassed, and it is found that the school disb t may issue bonds in suf ficient amount to do the work con templated by the trustees. We would urge the trustees in planning for these .buildings to have in mind the constant increase in the number of pupils attending our schools. Buildings which will accom modate the pupils attending the schools this year, in five years will be entirely inadequate for the accom modation of the pupils then attending Such has proved to be our experience in the past, and such will be the ex perience of the future. We should build such school buildings as will take care of the attendance for the J next ten years at least. Thprp is another matter which thei trustees should consider, and that is the kind of buildings to be erected. When the present high school build ing was erected the trustees made an effort to build %a forty thousand dol lar building with twenty thousand] dollars. The result was what might1 have been expected. We got what we paid for. The building has answered in a way the purpose for which it was erected, but it has proved an expen sive investment to the school district. Every year some considerable amount of money must be expended in order! to keep it habitable. We advocate j buildings which are so constructed) as to stand the uses for which they j are intended without having to go toj this yearly expense for repairs. We j need no "ginger-bread work" in i school buildings, but something which is permanent. We may have beauty without adding frills which j are a constant cause of expense. It will cost a little more to build; I larger and better buildings just nowj than to build inferior ones, but labor j is cheap now and materials are get ting cheaper. We can with economy,! considering the future as well as the >' present, build the right kind of struc- j tures. We will make a mistake to do | otherwise r * i 7 ORGANIZED WASTE t Addressing the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Elisha Lee, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Rail road, said that his company lost a ' quarter of a million dollars a day ' during January, and he specified with j* He+nilc ntip nf tVio roasnnt wriv Under the Government-imposed j labor rules still in force, it takes six,c men to repair a locomotive boiler'1 leak, when two men formerly did the ^ same work without the slightest trou- ^ ble. Under the sane working condL J tions existing prior to the McAdood. ! ling of the roads under Governmentp operation, when there was a trifling' leak in a boiler, a couple of men went i1 to work and mended it. Now it invol- ' ves a mobilization of three distinct ' groups of labor forces, each one of j' which is imperatively prohibited from ! 1 encroaching on the operations of the i! other. First, there comes a representative i of the Ancient and Honorable Order | of Sheet-Metal Workers. In his suite j there is a "helper0 whose stern du_ j ties are to hand the Sheet Metal' Worker his tools. t Then come the forces of the Amal-I gamated Locomotive Carpenters. In j their retinue, also, there is a "help-] er" who in his turn hands the Loco-' motive Carpenter his tools. The, Sheet Metal Worker loosens thej "jacket." The Locomotive Carpenter j removes the "lagging." When the forces engaged in these operations have accomplished their objectives and retired from the field, then en ters the Boiler-maker and his suite, of another "helper' to hand him his tools. The Boilermaker caulks thej I leak and retires with his retinue. Then in reverse order the Locomotive Carpenter and his "helper" and^ the Sheet Metal Worker and his helper go back over the job. So here are six men employed to do the work which two men could have done in probably half the time. And this case is only typical, of the the entire system by which the work of operating the railroads is now done. Under such conditions, is it any wonder that with freight and passen ger rates at so high a level that traffic is moribund, the railroads are rush ing head-on towards bankruptcy? The Pennsylvania Railroad had 85,000 idle freight cars on its side tracks at the end of January. Later returns are not yet in, but Mr. Lee affirms that they will show a still larger number of cars standing emp ty with no freight for them to carry. The high freight rates have struck a deadly blow at the very profitable short-haul business. The auto-trucks .;re getting it. At the end of January the total of idle freight cars on all the roads was conservatively estimat ed at 400,000, and the number has been steadily increasing ever since. And, worst of all, thousands of men are out of employment who might be busy to-day if the roads 1 were not crushed under the burden of those war-time labor rules which are killing their business and simul taneously extending the blight to all: the^wide ramifications of industry wim wnicn ranroaa transportation is nterlocked. ' Senator Cummins will press for a Congressional investigation of the1 entire railroad problem, presumably with the intention of applying such remedies as the critical situation de mands. This is all very well. But while the Congressional investigation ] is progressing, the roads will be go- J ing swiftly to smash. The only sane j hing for the salvation of both is for! :mployers and employees of the dif-j ferent railroads to get together mean-' while and formulate such a readjust. < mentf of present impossible conditions | as will enable each to live.?Har_ j vey's Weekly. A WORD OF APPROVAL. Columbia, Mar. 22, '921. j Hon. Wm. P. Greene, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Mr. Greene: I have just read with great pleas ure your editorials in the Press and Banner concerning the school situa tion at Abbeville court house. In these busy times it is most re freshing to hear a voice like yours.' Abbeville used to be called the Ath ens of South Carolina. If the program you are supporting could be carried out it would still have reason to lay claim to this title. Yours respectfully, J. E. Swearingen, State Supt. of Education. rtARbitod WANTS TO AID FARMER FIRST Washington, March 19.?President Warding and his cabinet spent two lours discussing foreign affairs, the plight of farmers and the transporta :on situation. No decision were reach" id, so far as could be learned.. T^he President was understood, how to have expressed the opinion ihat the time had not yet come to frame a definite program in regard to European affairs He expects to hold '*1 rtAW^A?.A?/?nf. /\ n fVlO Mlkinnf I ill tllCX tVJllCXCilLCa U11 LiIV- ouujww .vith senators and representatives be fore coming to any definite decision. The agricultural situation occupied nost of the time of President and his advisers and Mr. Harding is said to riave expressed reluctance to embar go by Presidential order importations af farm products as urged by some congressional leaders. The President made it clear, how ever, that something must be done ?ither by embrago or emergency leg islation to rescue agricultural mar-| kets from their present stagnation and it is understood to have been de cided in a general way that anti dumping legislation must be consid ered first at the special session of con- f ?u:.v v?a 11 gTCSS WHICH uegiua ajim xx. Preaching For Presbyterians. Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D., will i preach in the Presbyterian church' next Sunday at the usual hour Reserved seat sale for High School Play goes on at Opera House Thurs day morning. Get your tickets See big ad in this issue. FOUR NEW MEMBERS OF AGNES SCOTT CLUB K. U. B., the journalistic club of Agnes Scott college, announces the election of four new members to j their ranks:' Miss Mary Greene, Miss | Daisy Frances Smith, Miss Lilburne I Ivey and Miss Mary Barton. i The K. U. B. is one of the strong est organizations at the college, and j membership in it is considered a j >igh honor. One of the phases of j the society's work is the supply | ing of college news to the Atlant^ i newspapers. Members are chosen j for their proficiency in journalistic ;and literary work.?Atlanta Journal. ; ! SITUATION BETTER SAYS JAS. H. CRAIG j State Bank Examiner Says the Worst is Orer; Only Three Failures in the Year. Columbia, March 22.?"There nev ! er was a time in the history of South | Carolina when there was a greater i need for the solid business men of l the State to keep their heads, look a_ head with optimism and help each other than at present," said State Bank Examiner James H. Craig. If folks will only keep their heads level and work together the financial situ ation will readjust itself, is his firm conviction. Other and neighboring States have within the past few months had scores of bank failures, and perhaps no State has had fewer failures than South Carolina. Condi tions in this State have been largely the same as in other cotton growing States, Mr. Craig thinks the worst is now over, as the banks and people have Jan appreciation of real conditions and that prospective borrowers ap preciate that when some banks ad vise that they are not making new loans that does not mean trouble. Mr i Craig thinks the readjustment is in sight and has great hopes of the un dertaking that Governor Cooper andj former Governor Manning have in J mind with Mr. Baruch to bring new money into the State on a strictly business basis. Mr. Craig has been in the bank ex aminer's departemnt for seven years, first in actual charge. Deflation, as it i is called came all of a sudden and I folks got panicky, and his chief un dertaking has been to keep things in good shape. The- record of only three failures in a year's time, in these times, is the highest test of results. The most effective work of Mr. Craig has been in nursing back to real life and usefulness sick chickens. Some times this sickness has been imagin ary?stage fright, so to speak?but after it has been by persuasion or even coercion that he has made some officials realize their obligations and rehabilitate, the banks. In some few instances consolidations or communi ty bank help has been used, but al vtfjys the central idea has been to keep the banks going, serve the com munities and work things oUtk In only one bank in the State durng the past year does Mr. Craig think the depositors will actually lose deposits and with three hundred active and going State banks, in these days of "deflation,' that meahs much. What t means more than anything else,: perhaps, is careful nursing and the j axtension of optimism, because un-j icss there be crookedness the banks of South Carolina, national as well as State, are in good shape. The State banks now have actual resourc 2S of about two hundred million dol lars. This does not include the large viof-Artol ir?cfifnfinwc nai Uiiai uaimuig iiiovuuciuiio. Mr. Craig visits every part of the State and he is satisfied there is a better understanding of real condi tions and that things will move along more normally because of this reali zation that there has got to be a spir it of toleration and cooperation. With fresh money coming into this State -.vith which to finance cotton and close sailing Mr. Craig sees no rea son why conditions should not actu ally improve. COUGHED UP BULLET RECEIVED IN CIVIL WAR Lanett, Ala., Mar. 22.?W. V. Meadows, 78 years old of this place, veteran of the Civil War, and shot in the eye at the battle of Vicksburg, July 1, 1863, today coughed up the j bullet and is in his usual good health despite the fact that he has carried this bullet, weighing approximately i one ounce, in his head for 58 years. I Mr. Meadows was a member of company G, 37th Alabama infantry, j commanded by Col. Dowdell. SEVERE FORM OF "FLU" IN ARMY ON RHINE Goblez, March 22.?Influenza, in epidemic form, has broken out here among the soldiers belonging to the United States occupation army. The second battalion of the Eighth In fantry has been quarantined by the; medi.cal pitfrolrnltiies. Forty-five cases of the disease have been report ed, and it is said, the attack of the malady is very severe. There have been no deaths from it so far. SOUTH WILL SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEM HERE Charlotte, N. C., March 21.?Dr. R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskogee institute, addressing an audience of white people and negroes here today predicted that the race problem is go ing to be worked out here in the South, and that on the basis of un derstanding, co-operation, smypathy and good will. Already a new spirit of good will and sympathy between the races has made its appearanece, said the ne gro leader. "There may be some who believe that the problem can be settled by each of the two races working sep arately and at cross purposes, but I do not believe that it can be done that way," said Dr. Moton, and add ed: "The South is studying itself in the mirror of publice opinon. Espec ially is this true in the matter of race relations. And a just ar.d satis fying settlement of this question is not far distant when the South be gins to find fault with itself and cor rect these faults according to its nnaings. mis seii-cmicism is man ifested in the efforts for co-opera tion between the races and it has given birth to a new spirit of good will and sympathy between them. "There may be a better way to work out this problem than the one: which is founded on mutual trust, | confidence and good will between \ the races, but I have not discovered READ THE -ADVERTISEMENTS ^ IttlOj ahei YOU would not use c i i _ _ i : you can nave eiectric u lung motor car when y a six or a twin six, nor ten years behind the st Be just as particular of a phonograph-it cos buy the phonograph th; ahead! It is just as easy to c phonograph which sust rect comparison test. 1 son lias completely pro^ is nc> difference betwee tion of music and the 1 original performance. Oh e N prns IF YOU DON'T FEEL ING CASH, MAKE 1 TERMS. A GENTLE GREEMENT IS ALL \ ANY MAN OR WOMA LOVE MUSIC, YOUR GOOD WITH US. \ LIKE TO EXPLAIN 01 PLAN TO YOU. The Kerr "The Home of The New h t KILLING IN GREENWOOD [ COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT ?? ' Greenwood, March 22.?Ace D.' Jordan was shot and killed by Joe D. Klugh, Saturday night at 11 o'clock in a row at Blakedale, three miles, above Greenwood. Both men were under indictment for violation of the prohibition laws and were to be tried at the term of the county court which opens Mon day. Thu vprrlipfc rtf thp coroner's; iurv was to the effect that Jordan came to his death by gunshot wounds at the hands of Joe D. Klugh. Klugh is in jail. The men lived '.Tl the same house. Jordan is said to have served a sentence of nine months for celling whiskey. ?Watch the label on your paper and renew your subscription promptly. Get Out Or Look behind the doc some other corner a last summer low sho< ?*nuf sed.' CLINKS SHOE rears ad andles when ghts, or a one ou can drive wear clothes yle. in your choice its no more to at is ten years >wn the only ;ains the di Phe New Edi ted that there n its Re-Crea iving artist's i ON like pay tour own i man's a VE ask of n. if you credit is ve would ;r budget Furniture \iison" "The 1 wwwi i 1 1 ii iraigigiEiEfiiiiuaiitiHraizii THE VICTROLA AND VICTOR RECORDS AN EGG HUNT. 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