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fAVia rvun Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-iiass matter at tost office in Aobeville, S. C. Teroi of Subscription: ' One Year $2.09 Six months $1.00 Three months .50 Foreign Advertisng Representative AMERfCAN PRESS ASSOCIATION t i . * / ? MONDAY, MAY 9, 1921 IT PAYS. When asked how it happeris that Ms Alabama and Georgia boys are at < ' Bailey the reply was, "They put an, ' advertisement in the papers." THE REASON WHY. ? ; A good deal is being said and written these days concerning the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Newberry case. Newberry was nominated for Senator r 1 ^ Mhi i in the State of Michigan in the re publican primaries and later defeated Henry Ford in the general election. He and his campaign managers were then indicted for violation of the corrupt practices act of Congress, it being alleged that- large sums of money were expended in violation of law in order to secure the nomina tion of Newberry. We do not know how much money P* < w *, f was-spent,nor how it was spent, me court was unanimous in reversing ttie judgment against Newberry and v. -his co-defendants, and we take it that the judgment reversed was er v roneous. That does not say that New p; v herry did not make a wrongful use of the money from the standpoint of right and good morals, and he will continue to be criticised for gaining . the nomination by the use of money. '[ ' Of course it is wrong to use money to secure either a nomination for of ? . y. fice or election to that office. But r there is no need to go to Michigan to; find examples of their wrong doing., : People spend money in South Caro-1 IV lina to secure nominations for office just as they do in Michigan. As much money m&y not be used, but in many , cases the money is used for corrupt }.< purpose*. And most of those who are! u ,, condemning Newberry are the spon-j j:' sors for the systein which makes gt. the^e corrupt practices possible? the primary. When we get rid of the f:r practice of nominating men for po-j lltlWil /iflflPO Kir rw\niilo* I ~"J uiui tvw wc wxu ; ; have gone a long way towards get ting rid of the unlawful or corrupt use of money in elections. We believe that it should be a mis f \ , demeanor to run for office. The run-| ning of the government should be a! v business matter. If we organized a ?* nqw bank in Abbeville today,, the stockholders would meet and elect a > board of directors from amongst the best men of the stockholders. These Sv - ' directors as representatives of the ' , stockholders would in turn elect men for president and cashier and for the other offices of the bank because of their fitness. Favoritism would/ cut ff:' little figure in the matter, and the ? mail who went around button-holing iv^ the directors for an office would not get it, and the man who tried to use money to get an office would be kick ed out. Why cannot we use the same busi ness methods in matters of govern ment? The state and county arid I -4.1 ? - every umer political division 13 or Wt-' i . , , v > . ; gamzed for business purposes. We could come together in the Court House on any day in the year and elect eleven men or some other num ber to "serve as a Board of Directors 'for Abbeville County who by virtue of their office and without ; pay or favoritism wouid elect all the Reeded help for running the business affairs of the county. We would obtain good men, and men who would be kept in office as long as they performed the r duties of the offices efficiently. There would hp no crrenf linVioovnl ( J - - ? ^ end excitement every two years over t-. A elections and the people would think . of better things than of elections. Bi^t it will be said that we have good officers in Abbeville County. We are willing to pdmit it. But we, have not always had such officers,' and certainly the primary system of! selecting officers, however it may I have resulted in the selection of lo |j^> , ' ' . ' mi - & m - : cal officers, has not proved a success in the selection of officers who serve the state at large. I The primary system has been re sponsible for enough wrong, ineffici ently, bad feeling and general de-, moralization in this state. It is time to go back to the old ways thought out by the founders of the govern ment who had no such selfish ends to serve'.as the modern statesmen. Un til we do we will continue to elect men like Newberry, by the methods by which he secured office, and we will continue to have money spent in South Carolina for the procuring of political preferment. We will con t'nue to elect inefficient men, and men who do not in fact reresent the intelligence and the best thought of the state?not all of them will be men of this kind perhaps?but the batting average as to good men will be low. We would like to see men who stand for principles, rather than men who know how to tickle the populace, in public office in this state. The primary will continue to be the fertile field for the demagogue and the corrupt politician. ENTERTAINING TALKERS <Son Bill enjoyed the encampment to the extent of having four young cadets to dinner with him Sunday. His guests were Cadets Clarence Satcher of Augusta, Ga., Allen Hol mes, of Birmingham, Ala., Jack Ham ilton of Columbia and Reginald Woodruff of Savannah, Ga.- They were fine set of young gentlemen and were entertaining talkers. Jack Hamilton remarked that his mothei told h'm he had "some kin folks in Abbeville," he believed their names wei-e Perrin a!nd Cothran and Ward law, that Chancellor Wardlaw, oi Edgefield was his grandfather. Cadel Satcher said that it seemed to him "most everybody" was kin to Poca hontas, that two people in Washing ton said he was kin to her which pui I the young gentleman along with -the late Presidents wife. Cadet Holmes thinks we "coulc not possibly give up the island oi Yap," while Cadet Woodruff had ar uncle in California who knew al! about the Japs?and if we "had p war, it would be out tnere. ! TH^ BOND MONEY , __ The money for the . Abbeville 'County good road bond issue is available and work on the roads Will in all -probability commence at a very early date. The First National Bank of Cin cinnati has sent to its correspondent bank in New York, the sum of $459 700 which amount"Is being sent to county treasurer, J. E. Jones, who will deposit it in all the banks of the count^ in sums proportionate to this capital stock and surplus. This money will be deposited by the trea surer to the credit of the Highway Commission on whose warrants it will be paid out. The total amount of $459,700 represents' $450,000, the par value of the bonds and premium of $350 in additon to accured interest of $9,350. ' > ' Just how soon actual work will commence cannot be definitely stated, but it will certainly com mence in the very near future. Mr. T^oole, government engineer, has been here and inspected the road from Honea Path to Abbeville via Due -West and Donalds,' and very likely this will be the first road to be taken up. The road from here to the Anderson County line via of Antreville will also receive immedi ate attention. The commissioners expect very little trouble in the granting of the right-away. It is thought little, if any, condemnation proceeding will be necessary. DICK SWETENBU^C STARS Abbeville has come to the front in base ball at Clemson, the State of TVmrcrln \T ^amrirur fko -f/vHsvnrims* v??V"6 awmw "?"6 news about "Dick" Swetenburg: Clemson College, May 4.?Swet enburg of Clemson college conquer ed Murray of North Carolina State in a fast 12 inning pitchers' duel here this afternoon by the count 1 to 0. The game was by far the best Kppn nn Riow flelH tWa oiioonn "Dick" Swetenburg pitched great ball for the Tigers, allowing only three hits and striking out nine men. He wa9 given errorless support by his teammates. The features of the game were Swetenburg's hurling and the smooth fielding of the Tigers. [ABBEVILLE HIGH LICK GREENWOOD Superior Playing Coupled witl "HenryV Aerial Ascent in the Third Inning Help Abbeville Make it 2 out of 3. A little World's Series crowd sav the huskies from egotistical Green wood lose the odd game of a serie; of 3 to the Champions of AbbevilL high school FFriday afternoon Greenwood came over to Rosenberj Field with blood in their eyes an< chips on . their shoulders. Be fore they left Rosenberg fiel< they had black eyes, those who eoul< see at all, and not only were thei shoulders left bare but they wer well picked all over. The final scori 1 ? K WKa o?jxtq 12 ic nnlll/>kv W03 ACJ IV %J TIUV A.V .W Greenwood of course. i "Monk" Roche was the outstand ing star for Abbeville. Just as every bocjy was bemoaning the fact that fellow with a better batting t'ecor than "Monk" could come to the plat ; "Monk" slapped a fast offering froi Handsome Henry ri?ht in the fac and the left fielder finally found th leather pill in Mr. Bill Owen's pile o stove wood. "Monk" made the circui with seconds to spare. Rip Buster was at his best, too. H allowed Greenwood only four seal , tered hits and was never in a holt Abbeville secured- 14 hits off Henr who went way up in the air in v th I third inning allowing nine tallies t r be made in that frame. The local t worked the bunt 'and run play jus . as oiten as awetie gave tne sign* . j and Henry never did field one proi i erly. 5 J No other game is scheduled fo . j this week as yet, but the Abbevil] r I boys would like to have a challeng .' from some good team for a gam t Friday. . I The Bailey Boys soon saw Frida . j afternoon which team to holler fc . | to get their money's worth and Abb< s viUe appreciates their loyal rootinj i The score by innings ttas: / ,r.h.: . Greenwood _ 201 020000? 3 4 Abbeville ? 009 111 Olx?13 14 j Batteries: Hartzog, Bowles an Canfield and Hinton. Howie an . Tate. Umpire: Norman (Roanoli ! College) Time 1.57. , i PRESBYTERIANS END SYNODIC A& MEETING > i' .i ' l Number of Addmiei by South Car | j lina Minister* at Lilt Day's , [ ' . Session Rosemark, Tenn., May g.?The a nual synodical meeting of the Ass< ! ci^ted Reformed Presbyteria ! church, ended here tonight after I series of services lasting throughou ! tKp Hnv at. which addresses wer made by prominent pastors of .th denomination from a number o states. i The early morning services wer devoted to work among ?thd j/oun people, addresses being made by th Rev. S. W. Rped, Atlanta, Ga.; th Rev. J. W. Carson Newberry, S. C. Dr. J. P. Pressley of the Theologic? school of Due West, S. C.; the Re\ W. S. Patterson, Lancaster, S. C. the Rev. 0. W. Carmichael, Roc Hill, S* C. The sermon was delivered by th ' * fraternal delegates from the Unitei Presbyterian church, the Rev. W. F McGrary, Sterling Kan. This was followed by the memori *al service for the pastors of the de nomination who have died durinf the year, at which Dr. E. D. Parker soil, of the Erskine Theologica seminary and ,Dr. Oliver Johnson Winnsboro, S. C., made addresses At the closing service tonight, th( Rev. B. G. Pressley, Hickory Grove S. C., arid the Rev. R. C. Grier, Co lumbia, S. C., made addresses. Th< closing sermon was delivered J>y Dr Parkerson 1 of Erskine Theologica seminary. The next meeting will b< at Old Providence, Va. LOCAL COTTON MARKET The local cotton market has beei very quiet during the day, only t few bales being offered. The bes price paid was 11:75. A prominent local buyer statec that Abbeville was maintaining hei record as the best cotton market oJ the state. The farmers, however are inclined to hold a stiff upper lij and are turning loose their holding! rather slowly. It is thought that the nerve cells ir : human brain number about 200,' 000,000. j \ . # ' t J. W. BOYD DIES IN MISSOURI. ..I , 1 > f ?: A St. Joseph, (Mo.) Gazette has 1 been received in Abbe^lle giving the news of the death of Mr. J. W. Boyd.The Gazette says: Mr. Boyd came to St. Joseph in ; 1874, when he began the practice of . law. He was born in Abbeville, S. 5 C. At 16 he enlisted in the Con , federate army and became a mem fVio forwniK Tlrttr hrimdp ?n , Gen. Ambrose Wright's division of ] Johnston's army. This brigade gain . ed considerable notoriety during the j war. Mr. Boyd was graduated i'rom .j Wofford colle in 1871 and then be r gan the study of law, coming to St. g Joseph four years later. ; 4 ?^ i / or q : ALUM h SA I ? We are very fortun opportunity and at you want. All popv needs, tj There is i =and we are placi low price . Every Piec< Vah Nothing reserved a or as many piece j dat< CASH 1 j CHIC BATTING WELL ; In the compilation of the batting averages for the Major Leagues ap pearing in yesterday's kew York Tribune Chic Galloway is credited with having played in 16 games, at bat oo times, one run, 10 mis mak ing a batting average of .236. Babe Ruth's average so :far is .388 and Ty Cobb has a percentage of .403. These averages include all games through last Thursday. CHEAP SALE A top buggy an good condition and a heifer nearly grown were sold on the public square today at noon under the hammer, the two brought only $32. ' . 1 ?L Big I N il M UE \ Set aPlhee Sauce Jh f Basting Roaster . 1'1>/x ~2 & ate in arranging for th tend this unusual e\ liar priced=ju?t what 10 better ware made tl ng these articles on s< 3 Guaranteed F< lies From $2.50 to $ nd all sold for cash 01 ;s as you like. Remen ; and be on hand ear. ERSKINE DEFEATS B. M. I. ' I In the base ball garnethere Satur day aftehioon Erefline defeated Bailey by a score1 of 14 to 4. The features of the game were the many !long hits by Erskine and' the enthu siastic footing" of the B. V. I. cadets. At the conclusion of, the game each team gave a "yell" for the other. > , PLENTY OF TEACHERS. From the number of young women 4a?aIiam Avominfl^iAnfi SMUUlilg W1C KOVUEIO held over the state Saturday, the "sh'prtage of teachers" is about over. In York 115 white persons stood the examination and in Greenwood. 52 stood the test. SPECIAL SALE PRICE OZtEB, id saic> ^jj v-iiaop tut rent. ?[ Seledl what every housekeeper ;j , lan "Quality Brand" ; ale at an unheard of >r 20 Years 4.50 ily. Buy any piece iker the time and ly STORE 4