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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. Entered as second-class matter a post office in Abbeville, S. C. N Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.0( Six Months $1.0( Three Months .5( Foreign Advertising Representativ< AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATE MONDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1921 k LET THE STRIKE PROCEED. ' If one man is employed by anoth' er andtTie terms of employment arc not satisfactory, the employed should have the right to quit. If the service rendered by the employed is not satisfactory^ the employer should have a right to dispense with such service. Therefore, we are of the opinion that every employee of the railroads in this country should have < the right to quit the epmloyment of the roads if they so elect. We do not believe that they have the right to band together and quit in a body in order to starve the railroad owners and the public into submission, if this can be done, bifr for the pur poses of the present controversy, we shall assume that they have even that right. But when these employees have given up their jobs, and that is what going out on strike means, they 6hould quit the premises of their, former employers, and seek employment elsewhere. They have no right f # to remain on, or about, the property of the railroads for the purpose of intimidation, nor even for the purpose of interfering in any way, bypersuasion or otherwise, with those who take their places. If tho?e who take their places are satisfied with the terms of employment, it should not be the duty nor the privilege ol strikers to make them dissatisfied. We imagine that a farmer in Abbeville County, if all his laborers quit in a body would feel that he had the righl to employ others, and if he did anc those formerly employed should un riertake to hang about his fields foi the purpose of undertaking to persuade the new employees to quit their posts, there would be trouble The farmer should have the right tc have such force employed as woulc protect him against such invasions of his rights. _ The same thing is true of the rail roads. They have a right to run theii business as they see fit. When not bound by contract to others, thej have a legal right to employ whom they please. If those in their employ at a given time see fit to quit, the railroads should have the right to se^ cure other men to carry on* theii work. The former employees hav'ng quit their employment should have -nothing further to do with the matter. If they undertake to interfere with the ri^ht of the railroads to carry on the work for which they are incorporated,vthe strong arm of the law should restrain them, and we believe will restrain them, unless the law officers in this country shall prove to be pussy-footing cowards, which we do not expect. This is a fight as pointed out b> one of the union officials against the Dublie. "The aublic must walk" is the way he puts it. That is but another statement that the strike in reality is directed against the public. The public should realize that. The public must pay the exorbitant wages which is demanded and received by a large percentage of those who are in the employ of the railroads. We paid as freight on coal before the war $2.10 per ton. We pay now S3.10 tj $3.4-1 per ton for the same coal. Every man who buys a ton oi coal contributes his part. The same i' true with other commodities. We cannot continue to' pay these enor mous and unnecessary charges. Bu' we must pay them if wages cannoi be reduced to such a point tha freight rates may also be reduced. We agree with the Columbia State that the public should prepare'for the strike. The public should not allov itself to be held up at the point o! the Distol. The nublic should be pre pared to defend the railroads .if th< strike comes and the roads must op erate with other help. The officers o the law should be prepared to sei ^ that no union man is made to worl if he does not desire to work, an< equally prepared to see that ever; non-union man who wants work b< - allowed to work. We think we cai make a lot of good railroad men ou of the men in this country who an now unemployed. We hope that w< may have the chance, t The fight may be long or it may b< short. Whatever may be expecte< a 4-U a miuVvK/i mnef o v lllUJlg CI let V 11I1C, .C11C puunv muow o *1 pect to put up with some incon * i veniences. Good will come in th< '; long run we think from a test o: ^: strength. The men on the railroad '! who are earning their money wil ) likely in the end get their placet : back; maybe they will be glad t< j get them back. "Many of those whe i are not worth more than seventy | five cents per day but who are draw< ing down from the public about ter " times that amount will be perma^ 1 nently excused we believe and hope, 1 The professional agitator will likelj get his. The man who takes employ; ment from another, and who instead of giving that other his best s^vices, is employed in making trouble all ! the while, will maybe get what is | coming to him. I The country, we think, \yill stand i for no intimidations or violence. It i has been the custom in many labor j conflicts for certain pa-lies to rej ?brt to violence, and tften lay the blame on sympathizers. That thread[ bare story has just been disproved j over on the A. B. & A. in Georgia, i The men there out on strike have | been caught with the goods and must j face justice. We trust that it will be I quick and sure not only in Georgia but i!i South Carolina, if the facts J demand it. The labor chiefs decry I violence, 'but they ought to know j that they cannot succeed without vio! lence. But if they shall prevent vioj lence, nothing will be held against Ithem. If they, or those when they di'rect, or those for whom they should be responsible resort to dynamic >| and murder they should know thai i j the public will hold^ them morallj I j guilty. | . ' FORDS ROAD EXEMPT M ' .. 1; Workers Will Not Go On Strik< October 30. '! Chicago, ^ 111., Oct; 15.?Just on< ': raliroad in the United States will b< rJ exempt from an order of a genera ' j lailroad strike. \ ' 'j This is the Detroit, Toledo am ' j Ironton Railroad, the only road ir > j the country which reduced rate: '; voluntarily. j T. C. Cashen, president ofv th< ! Switrhmpn's Union of North Ameri ca, pointed out that employees or Ford's railroad are not affiliacec " r.*:th the railroad unions. "They are paid and treated wel | and there is no need of organizatior j among them," said Cas'nen. \ WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD RECEIVES MARRIAGE OFFEF New York, Oct. 15.?Mrs. Fran coise Levapriesto, who celebratec her 100th birthday on October 4, ir her home on Staten Island, has re ceived by mail a proposal of mar riage from F. Lindsey, of Baltimore aged 103. "A woman is never too old to ge<1 [ married," said Mrs. Levapriesto, bu1 she has not yet reacnea a decision or the proposal. KILLED BY A BASEBALL OFF HIS OWN BAf i Linton, Ind., Oct. 16.?John Sloan 13, is dead here as a result of being j struck by a baseball fouled off hi; r own bat. The ball struck the youtl > on the head and killed him instantlj ; during a school game. He was the sor ; of Mr. and Mrs. John Sloan of Wes' r Linton. [ BRONZE TABLET IN HONOR OF <! ARMY HORSES AND MULE5 Washington, Oct. 15.?A bronzi 11 ::ablet commemorating the service t' of the 243,135 horses and mules at t i tached to the American forces dur j ing the war, 68,682 of which perish ?'! ed, was unveiled today in the state ?; war and navy building. The tablet v which is placed in the east wall of thi f building, just inside the Pennsylvania - entrance, was presented by Dr. W ? | 0. Stillman, president of the Ameri - j can Humane association and was re f ceived on behalf of the govemmen ? by Major General Willard Holbreoo! i! chief of cavalry. i # - ijy VVS> V V V V W WW DI i ? V e v HITS BY HAL V i v > tVVVVVVV V V VVVVVde e Abbeville won by a punt. un e dii God save the mark. It has slumped of again. wl 31 Some people refuse to live -on the se"< ' level because the world is round. W3 Gardening is now said to be the +w hobby of the ex-Kaiser. Raising cab- f ( ? bages is a tame occupation for a man ? who so recently stopped raisinell. la ?^ F Kaiser Wilhelm has grown tired of I j sawing wood. Now ne's "riding tne ; >j?"-M j J Well, if this latest strike order is I j only talk, nobobdy will ever believe the union again. \ r William, late boss of Germany, has I dismissed his gardener and taken the | I place himself. Two additions to the ranks of the unemployed. 1 , If the railroad employes go on ' ] strike October 30, Washington mai l jcall an armament rather than a disarmament conference. [ The government should now take a j census of the unemployed to find out 'how many men are equ;pped and 'ready tq take railroad jobs." ??? j The Anderson Tribune thinks the Anderson boys were playing against the umpire and the Abbeville ?eam. ,1 It's funny. The Abbeville rooters 1 themselves were about ready once or ' twice to lynch the umpire, i HONEA PATH WINS j ? < i i ~ j "Spies" See Greenville Go Down Injjj|f Defeat. * S .! About a dozen "spies" and fans 1 sojourned to Honea Path Saturday J OS ' afternoon to witness the football Qf ; game between Honea Path and fl" r Greenville high. It was a battle royal from start to finish with Honea S Path the winner by a score of 7 to 0. IS Honea Path, had the heavier team and scored the only touchdown of -J] , the game in the first quarter. Greenville improved as the game progress- 31 j,ed, and played equally as good ball i as Honea Path in the last half, butjjf] j visitors were not jftrong enough to J Jjp score. t UJ j' Greenville high has practically "JR j; the same team as that which licked Uj ,r Abbeville high last fall, but, then, ^ ; Abbeville has a different team from IE the one that was Ifcked by Green- uj ': ville last fall. Greenville plays in Ab- ||j i beville on armistice day, November ? !in- I i ASSOCIATION MEETS J s* LC I Holds Next Session Tuesday After- ^ noof. at 4 o'clock. if> Notices have been mailed to all S ; members of the Parent-teacher assp- 3] k i ciation of the October meeting -Jj j which will be held in the graded III " I school building Tuesday afternoon, .11 ^(October 18, at 4:00 o'clock.' 1 A pleasing program will be carried out, including music by Kay's Okays and a large attendance is anticipated. Lp ' AJ cash prize of $2.50 will be presented the grade in the graded school L building which has the largest repre' sentatiion present at this meeting. A S 1 similar prize will be given the grade 2 in the high school building having 3 1 the largest representation. A balloting box will be placed at | the door and those attending the Si meeting will cast their votes as they I enter. This will eliminate the time Jjp It - -e j ? 11J 4.^11,, I r r I nerewiuie useu III tailing aim 5 ing the votes. Uj r The price of raw cotton has drop-;3 ped 60 per cent in the last eight jjj t months. 3 , Complete Line | ,j ...OF... | s! BLANK BOOKS, j? LOOSE LEAF || LEDGERS. a . BOUND LEDGERS g Tf%^T 1 V CI "S v JUUKINAI^S, in \ CASH BOOKS, |3j DAY BOOKS, 3 MEMORANDUMS ' THE ECHO 1 ft STILLERY FOUND IN CAVE bai WITH COMFORTS OF HOME ver wh Bangor, Me., Oct. 15.?A distillery sco luxe operated underground, was loo earthed in the woods at East Ed- wo: igton today. A thousand gallons the mash, ten gallons of moonshine dai liskey ready for market and a a g /enty-gallon still on a stove that r is warm, were seized. cor The distillery was a chamber era enty-eight feet square and twenty De; it underground dug out near the whNo Am< Sm . Theide "too small the moneyhouse full. Don't tl save out of to amount the amount JTY with \* HRfiiRKEfiiflSyHflfiSlK ! ? V' ?&Ssr| ! "1 i ui I Here and Everywhere. CTVI 17 J1 1 JUJ-4 YOU know Styleplus C stylish, all-wool, guars This week?Styleplus the Styleplus Store in < play of Styleplus mode $25 "America's 1 Particularly now. when your utmost, tlie splendid Styleplu ..i> Vi.m' ciin-udpi'Mfinn. j Ami comma: just when you j flic unusual attractions of St\ j llavo us fit you for I he seas? jPARKI I lk of a stream. The room wa< itilated by hollow logs, one oi ich had been fashioned into a peripe with mirror equipment foi kout purposes. Water to cool tht rm of the still was led in froir stream near by, which was nmed and its flow reerulated b\ ;ate. rhe place was fitted out with the nforts of a home. Those who op> ted it, however, were absent wher puty Sheriffs Farrar and King o made the discovery. >unt of Monej all to Be Sav< a that any sum of mori to count" is an idea t lenders busy and t hink that the surplus ' your income is too s: to anything. It is nol ; you save as the RE rtiich you save it, that: PLANTERS 1 "yko Jriendltj $i ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CA] PLUS -? _ 1-1^* * r-> l 1 iothes as l mil ciouie mteed. Week?is the season ?ach city "outdoes its Is and values. The Pi $30 $35 mown value at mediu tliniitfht confers mi niafcinj s (jiiality at mmlcrato pricc ( i'o on the I?r getlinpr ] ieplus Week oiiiriit to turn hi nlioud- in STVLKPLl'S. iR & 1 3 WIFE DOESN'T CARE HOW : OFTEN HUBBY BEATS HER : Columbus, Oct, 16.?Louis Corr.ai telli got off comparatively easy when i arraigned before Municipal Judge i Osborn on a charge of wife beating. r Louis' wife testified she didn't care how much he beat her. , Placing Louis on Drobation, with a thirty-day suspended workhouse sent tence, the judge informed him that , | he must quit mistreating Mrs. Cornatelli "even if she doesn't object.*' 7 is too ed iey can be hat keeps he pooryou can mall ever b so much 2GULAR- , counts. l> AlTIT' a/um ink" KOLINAV t ? = = = si | jj i I. WfcfcAf :s of medium price? 3j al occasion on which ? elf" in its special dis- jjj ices for Fall are JjfJ $40 I im price." jjj 5 your money buy its very 3 t u i * ,->? ?i m 31 ( SllfJlllU 11 ct v ii 1^11 v-7i ? roup new suit and overcoat, 32 your intentions into action, REESE I -i ririnriwnnnnHFinfl' 1JIJIJIJIJIJIJIJ IJUOTJOn VJ