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fAUCj I W U Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER , ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company i Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday, j i Entered as second-class matter at1 post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.001 Six Months $1.00i Three Months .501 , j MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1922. j I CORN AND HOGS. The Atlanta Constitution gives us the information that the people in 11 the Western section of the country', who have large amounts of corn for , ? sale, and which corn has not been bringing them a proper return when sold, have had purchasers in Georgia ] buying up all the hogs possible. These . hogs are shipped by the purchasers ^ to tbe West and there fattened on ^ , the cheap corn, and next spring the meat will be reshipped South and j sold to those farmers here who are j either too short-sighted or too trifling as farmers to produce their own meat ^ on the farms. ( This information should cause the s thinking farmers to go to thinking. II the Western farmer can buy hogs j in Georgia, ship them many hundreds < of miles, fatten them and reship the hogs, converted into meat, and make money by so doing, why may not the farmers in Georgia and South Caro lina make money out of hog raising and the sale of meat? It will be said of course that the Western farmer makes his corn at' lees cost than does the Southern far-| mer. If he does, is it not a fact that' he makes it at less cost because he goes at it in a proper way, farms ac-! cording to modern methods, usesj brains and energy along with the1 plow, and thus makes a big yield? It is true too that the Western farmers \ have fine grain lands, but are these' lands better for grain than are the lands in the Western section of Ab beville County? Will not the Flat woods lands of Abbeville County J make as good corn as the lands in; anv of thp Wpst(?m shatM? Wp I i ; - inclined to think so, that is if our \ lands receive the same intensive, j thoughtful cultivation. Certainly the ] matter of freight on the hogs from ] this section to the West and the re- \ turn freight on the meat should be < sufficient to take care of the differ- ( ence in yield as well as the difference { in expense of producing, if indeed we cannot make corn cheaper than . the farmer of the West. c ? 5 TO EXPERIMENT WITH I THE BOLL WEEVIL s r The Southern Cotton Oil company i; and The Viiginia-Carolina Chemical t Company have decided to establish y "eight* experiment stations in South t Carolina for combatting the boll t weevil. One of the stations will be at Abbeville. r The plan to be carried out is to procure four farmers near town who for the purpose of experiments, -^11 be willing to plant and cultivate ten acres of cotton, five acres of which the two companies will poison with calcium arsenate and thei other five acres of which will not be so poison ed. The two sections of five acres each are to be on lands as nearly the same in soil and fertility as pos sible, and the methods of cultivation are to be exactly the same, except that in the ?ne case the poison is to be applied and ttie other it is not! t< In this way, it will be determined,: o just what is to be gained by poison-! o ing, the yield from the two sections', c to be kept separate for this purpose, j o The plan should mean a great jl deal to the farmers here. These cor- (li porations will have improved ma- tl chinexy for applying the poison and' will themselves furnish the calcium s I arsenate, keeping a strict account of i e - 1 wie raavver Of xaoor, ine amount Of tl poison, the wear and tear on ma-j chinery and other costs, so that defi-' nite information may he given to jj those who desire to plant cotton in' f the future. j h In addition the farmers who have e not had experience will leam by ob-! c servation the proper methods of g fanning in boll weevil infested areas fi as well as the practical way of doing E the work of poisoning. The establishment of the station fess staid a great deal to o the farmers of Abbeville County. ^ir V * V SCHOOL NOTES. > S. > V V UVV\ The Parent-Teacher associatioi will hold their regular month1..; meeting in the graded school tomor row, Tuesday, afternoon at t o'clock. There will be a short enter taining program giren by th< pupils of the fourth and. fiftl grades preceding the business ses sion. The cash prizes will be award ed the grades having the largest at tendance of mothers at this meeting and a plan for securing obaervatioi of the work of the pupils in th? various schools by the parents dur ing the next month. A discussion oj affiliation with the National Parent Teacher association will also be had So a 100 per cent Attendance ol members is desired for this meeting All reports of the mill school had not been received at the time the 5ther honor roll was published so ;he honor roll of the mill school is ?iven now: (First grade: -Curtis Hammond, Myrtle Meece, Olin Jathan, Mary Busby. Second grade : Robert Cox, Cur ;ia Scott, Nannie Meece, Dorothy Dwens, Jennie Whkten, Annie John son, Jessie Wilson, Lavonia Wilson. Third grade: Dale Fleming, Grace tfartin. Geneva Martin* Helen Mar* ;in, Ruby Robinson. College Pi'ewdenU ud Superintend ent* Organize A permanent organization of col lege presidents and superintendents Df public schools in South Carolina tvas perfected the last day of the State Teachers Association in Co lumbia. The meeting of the college men and public school heads was field in Washington Street Metho dist church and was presided ovei by Dr. S. C. Byrd, president of Chi zora College. The organization has been only a temporary one for the past two years but a motion prevail ed to make it a permanent associa tion as a department of the State reachers Association. A nominating committee composed of Dr. Riggt af Clemson, Supt. MoCants of And &*son, Supt. Taylor of Gaffney, anc Dr. Lodge of Gaffney, reported thai ;he following names were presented For election: president, Major J. D. Pulp,. Abbeville; vice president, Dr, [>. M. Douglass, Clinton; secretary xeasurer, Dean L. T. Baker, Umver ;ity of S. C. These were elected as )fficers of the new association for he ensuing year. . A coordinating committee com >osed of Dr. S. H. Edmunds, Sumter ihairman, Dr. McGlothlin, Furman, >upt. J. P. Coates, Seneca, Dr. }<roglass, P. C., High School In pector B. L. ^arkinson, was elected o make a report at the next meet ng of the association on coordina ion of high school and college irork. This committee will meet for he first timo in Columbia March 31 o begin their task. Dean L. T. Baker reported as sec etary of the Association of South Carolina Colleges that the minimum ntrance requirements for Freshmen lasses in th^ colleges of the state 922-1923 session would "be 15 units rith an allowanec of two conditions, 'his means a maintaining of the igh standard of the colleges and a aising of the minimum require mnts rmo >mi+ Thia to. ort was received as information by tie association. It was a pleasure to all Wofford len and to the people of Abbeville o hear that Dean A. Mason DoPre f the Wofford faculty and a native f this city had been selected by the ouncil of delegates for president f the State Teachers Association, lean Dupre is one of the most popu ir teachers in the state and merits tie honor thrust upon him. Supt. J. D. Fulp of the Abbeville chools was elected a member of the xecutive committee of the associa ion from the third district. When an Edgefield lady gathered i her clothes a few afternoons figo rom the line in the yard where they ad been spread all day she observ d several boll weevils upon the lothes. The pest is here already in Teat numbers watching to see what elds will be planted in cotton.? Idgefield Advertiser. Certain area near the western coast f Cuba grows the costliest tobacco 1 the world. 2 . .. - i - k VETERANS BUREAU * 1! TRAINING CENTER i 1 . ' k|To Be Opened At Chick Springs > J May First?To Accommodate ij Two Hundred f\ . 2 , Washing-ton, March 17.?Facili t tics for two hundred forme<r service -; men will be provided at the new vet ? eran's bureau training center to be * i opened ajbout May 1 at Chick -1 Springs, 'hear Greenville, S. C., ac - j cording to plans made public today c ! v., r>^i u t tJok assistant director ^ -1 uy wi. iv> a* r of the rehabilitation division, i ' "This .school," he said, "is estab lished for the purpose of giving vo ?bationaJ training to men who have F received maximum benefit from medical training to men who have received maximum benefit from medical treatment but who are not as yet capable of entering in to full time training. They will 'be given highly specialized vocational train ing and the best of medical treat ment. The installations of the school give the" oest of living accommoda tions to our trainees in a large sanitarium which has all modern conveniences located in ideal sur roundings and the best of climatic conditions. 'The shops for the training of our men will * provide practical courses in the various phases of the automotive industries, possibly five or six in nvmiber, the building trades, Ihoj'je construction, plumb ing, sheet metal work, tailoring, shoe repairing and electrical trades, as weil as several phases of agricul ture, probably including the growing I ^ of small fruits, some farming andi truck gardening with poultry. There j j also will be excellent commercial courses given. T I s NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS * Sealed bids will be received by the Abbeville County' Highway Commis sioners, at the office of County Sup ervisor, until 12 o'clock noon on Sat urday, April 8th, 1922 for the con struction of approximately seven 1-10 miles of top 3oil road from the city limits of Abbeville via J. R. Lomax residence to the line of ,Greenwood County, known as the Hodges road, as peT the survey of the County En gineer. The work will consist of the neces sary clearing and grubbing^.' excava tion, culverts, headwalls, and top soil surfacing, and such other work is may be necessary to complete the work according to the plans and spec ifications. Detail information-will be furnished by H. B. Humbert, County Each bid must be on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check, of* corporate surety bond, in the sum of Five Hundred-?-00-100 Dollars, payable to J. S. Starts, chair man, as guarantee that the bidder will if awarded the contract, within ten days after notice thereof enter into written contract and give satis factory bond in one half (1-2) the amount of the contract price, said bond to be furnished through an agency resident in Abbeville County. Bidders must satisfy the Com mission of their experience and abil ity to perform the work. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. Done at Abbeville, S. C., by order of the Commission* March 11th, 1922. J. S. STARK, Chairman. , L. W. KELLER, Secretary. Mar. 20,3wks lte. HAS ELUDED POSSE OF 1,000 OR WAS OULETLY LYNCHED Wrightsville, Ga., March 16.?Be lief was expressed here today that the negro, said by officers to be Tebe Snell, who Ttffesday threw gasoline over the clothing of Mrs. Ida May Fortner, a young widow near Kite, Ga., and then set fire to her, has successfully eluded a posse of 1,000 men. "Clocks" on socks or stockings were originally designed to cover a natural defect in the weave. ~ V OPERA HOUSE V V THURSDAY and FRIDAY V V March 23rd and 24th V V RUDOLPH VALTINO and V V AGNES AYRES in V "THE SHEIK" V. V Matinee Each Day at 3:15 V V 15c. ADMISSION . 35c. V V NIGHT 8:20 V V Admission: 25c and 50c V . MONTEREY LOCALS V V s \ \ > > > \ Mrs. E. E. Campbell spent sever il days this -week near Abbeville vith Mrs. W. W. Campbell. Bruce Clinkscales and Monie Na >ier spent last Sunday afternoon in Vbbeville. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gibert and :hildren spent the week-end in Ab >eville with relatives. Mr. ana .Mrs. w. u. simpson 01 Varrenton spent th? week-end with TJ ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. D Sutherland. ^ Glenn and J. B. Sutherland spent 0 Thursday near Abbeville with their >rother, Arthur Sutherland. c< N. B. and J. B. Napier and C. S. 81 Ji/bert were business visitors in Ab >eville Thursday. Monie Napier spent the week- ^ nd with Bradley Campbell. Paul Clinkscales of, near Due Vest spe?nt a few days this week nth his aunt, Mrs. J. M. Bell. Mrs. James P. Clinkscales and ons, J. T. ,and Edward, spent Tues [ay in Abbeville. Mrs. A. M. Hill fend little son lave returned to their home in Dar ington after a visit to her mother, its. ?i. r . viuniacuiva. Mrs. Ebber Campbell is in Sharon i siting Mrs. Prue Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gibert spent he week-end in Lebanon with rela ives. Mrs. J. F. Clinkscales and son, . T., were business visitors in Ab beville Wednesday. Miss Helen Lanier of Calhoun 'alls spent the week-end with her arents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lanier. ?Bra<fley Campbell of Sharon spent everal days this week with his irother, Ebber Campbell. Mass TheJma Napier spent Mon ay night with Miss Lucile Suther md. Monie Napier spent the week nd with Bradley Campbell of rharon. Mrs. J. A. Sutherland and son, J. {. Sutherland, were visitors in Ab ieville Tuesday. The L vs. Le It has always been ea the latter. We are m easy to get the former Merely because n pricfed clothes are in we are not willing to < ' 'moderate-priced merely. It is in harm this store's policy to o: the greatest value posi moderate price. Or are we satisfied?bee; know then that you a] In the superb style and all-wool quality of Styleplu $25.00, $30.00, $35.00, this of value is realized. Get thi value clothes. We've your i pattern, your size, at your p your eye over the new Sprii una you >*m agic,c mm juu ably cast your lot with Style] store. $25 $30 THE GUARANTE1 "Every Styleplus suit and over the official Styleplus label is gui be all wool. Should any Stylepl fail to give reasonable wear and the retail merchant from whom chased is authorized to replace it and satisfactory Styleplus garrrn PARKI an JF OPERA HOUSE V f3 THURSDAY and FRIDAY it March 23rd and 24th RUDOLPH VALTINO and AGNES AYRES in "THE SHEIK" Matinee Each Djiy at 3:15 15 Cents 35 Cent* NIGHT 8:20 Admission: 25c and 50c VVVVVVVVS WW CALL CONVOCATION. There will be a Call Convocation of [esperian Chapter No. 17 R. A. M. 'hursday night, March 23rd at 7:30 'clock p. m. The most excelleat laster and Royal Areh Degrees to be onferred. Light refreshments to be jrved after meeting. F. E. Harrison, Jr. E. H. P. H. S. Howie, Secretary, [ar. 20-2tc. Watch the label on yoor ptpcf. ASHE Fertilizer HIOH on FERTIL buILT UP I i (Eta. V. S. fin. 01 * FOR SAL R. S LINK, .. J. R. WINN, .. * ' V < eading Va sser Value sy to get . aking it loderate- - i demand, offer you * Clothes" ony with, ffer you tiklp at A ily then ause we re. guaranteed s Clothes, i high point gse known nodel, your >rice. Cast ag models can proflt plus, at this $35 E coat bearing aranteed to us garment satisfaction it was pur , with a new int." LR & R A ( ....SPECIAL.... \ OPERA HOUSE j Tuesday and Wednesday j March 21 and 22nd ] "CREATION" 3 I 'I As it was the beginning? j First of the Series ?f Old j / I Testament Narratives | ' / ' i See the Bible.in Pictures, j Special Matinee Tuesday ] . afternoon 3:15 for all. I ? ' .J * nilxnoTAM '