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T&e Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. ^Publtsbed Every Wednesday by '^SHETBESS AND BANNER CO. TO'H. P. GRKEXE, Editor ^Wednesday. April 21,' 1915 FIELD DAY. 'Hie Field Day exercises held in iSKiwville furnished pleasure to all ^children, and a great many K^rown-ups. Sfctft the coming together of so rmtaiy school teachers and pupils lmesErit more than a good time. It i^priiEes that there is an awakening -s&BEg educational lines in the counSyv sand that every section of the caneniy has joined in the movement 1c? %a.ve better schools, ana an eaucitizenship. "The presence of the patrons, and ?3* interest and co-operation which tist children and teachers received trronn them is a healthy sign. The bearing of the pupils, the evitfeaces of preparation, and the earrwsitiTRss with -which teachers and jjaqiils alike joined in the contests, in ?3* iendeavor to carry off the prizes, sasspirs "well for the future and : speaks well for the present. IT? us the most gratifying thing - of fire meet was the evidence of ".SfBEat progress which has been made She schools in the rural sections. T&a school at Antreville, which is Mate a town, but a rural settlement, jcanried off the general honors of the <!3**asion. The schools at Buffalo, Sfifeiwood, Cold Springs, Fonville, 1 ~aavfl other schools came in for their UssA uf the honors. In the declarsaoitioTi -and reading contests, and in Atfat t&ass-TOom contests, there was -*ratemre of the right kind of work :ee all of these country schools. While i?*jiriai3y of them there is but one ttEaeher, or perhaps two, the schools am-wertheless, are doing quite as good -acuS. quite as effective work as the -adB6*ols in the villages. To the re- j ^BifeDts of the districts, who have TOttx-cl special taxes, a meed of credit go; but the greater part of ( Hat icredit is due to the earnest jgtrsxrg women who are trying and ti&ixtg, working and working, thinkia?: and thinking, in the praisewor desire to bring order out of -idbBBs, and to build up a system of which means something, the teachers of the county . gjeueially, the public is due its thanks :f<E:?he splendid work which is being cieare, and for the creditable showing xwmOs on Friday, as well as for a of pleasure and inspiration. | ' ^Itengh poorly paid enough, and -EiBacnnes without even the support of 34k ;pul>lic, sometimes with its active ojyositaon, these missionaries for the padbiic -welfare, toil on for the State 3w& Sot posterity. Let us hope tftafe Ihe future holds more for them jrrqmise than the present has of -3nbstantial support. A PROTEST. TThe next time Abbeville has the ^ijjfcaEure of having the Field Day j jKatrases, some arrangement should I ** made so that everybody would fexrae a chance to take a look at the | r xunvlsome young men who drive the "Hifr-Tan-Nancys." There was no jfaKt; for them to perform last Fri*&q>~ except the public square, and iia sorder to be sure that they were "-'SEfc-ri"' it was necessary for several "the prettiest boya in the crowd to . nisiwe around seventeen.or eighteen fciaeK. ^ Even at that, they could mfo. drive with any satisfaction to themselves; somebody was /always ;*<wwtfcing in the wey, making ty necesi ?ay to blow the horn, and thus atSarauftmg attention. -SViiother inconvenience which tihey experienced was that they had sit upright in the seat in order to l irctp Irom driving over someone. "iSwor, -a young gentleman who wishes -show the public some "stunts" in gliding in one of these "means of .Transportation" cannot get the "j^ght effect unless he sticks his 1 '.aacets about eighteen inches above i tore ;fetad, and sits on his shoulder f &aide&. He should also have on a \r?3frce acloth hat (silk preferred) ha?aped towards the top like a funnel; ? iQHBf.xomer of his hat should be r id%fatly:tilted over the right eye, and at cigarette "duck" should be in the Western corner of his mouth. Ob"SM.-tisly, all these decorations cannot ?* iooked after, where the gallant ynreng steerer must look out for : fifteen hundred and sixty chil dren, and three or four thousand people who are in town without any excuse except to see the children and attend the exercises. If the Teachers' Association meets with us again, we hope the mayor and chief of police will see that some place is arranged for these important personages, about ten miles from town, where everybody so desiring may go out and take a look at them, or else take some steps to see that the teachers and children of the county stay at home in order to give them a chance. There is no fun in burning up gasoline when somebody is always standing between you and the limelight. ' EDITORIAL BREVITIES. At any rate, Teddy Roosevelt could not accuse us of being in favor of race suicide. And then the children who attended Field Day were such fine children, they were of Abbeville county. Some think that the judges who passed upon the declamation and reading contests1 at the Opera House Friday night, made mistakes. So do we, every boy and girl in the contest should have had the medal. Those taxpayers of Abbeville county who have voted special taxes! in their school districts, read their! vindication Friday, in the bright faces of two thousand school child-1 ren, everyone of whom deserves a | chance in life. They cannot have it without schools. -I I The teachers who worked so hard I to make the little country schools make a creditable showing, and who stood so loyally by their boys and girls on Field Day, are the persons who are erecting monuments to themselves that are worth while. They made us glad that we were raised in the country, and started in the country schools. | i The fact that Abbeville county is the county, and Abbeville people are the people. We may not make as much noise as some of our neighbors, we may not make as much money, nor build as many sky-scrapers; but we have the "folks" you have been talking about. And they are still coming on. There Is Hope Yet. | The editor of the Daily Mail comnloinc nf +V10 Prrvornn TVTill wVnatlp I He says "That whistle is enough to raise the dead, much less the sleeping." J | v The Brogan Mill has the right whistle for Anderson. Abbeville Speakers. The Womans' Missionary Society of the Baptist church at Anderson, will celebrate its fortieth anniversary sometime this week and Miss Nelle Cochran is on the program for one of the addresses of welcome. Miss Cochran belongs to Abbeville and her speech will be one worth hearing. She has many friends and relatives in this county ...l- 1~J i -r 1 wnu urc always giau lu near ui ner success and to see her when she comes back on. a visit. The Graduate Nurses Association of South Carolina will hold their eighth annual' meeting in Greenville the latter part of this month and an elaborate program has been arranged for the occasion. Miss i.ucile Withers will respond to the addresses of welcome. Miss Withers has been making her home in Abbeville for several years and is known to our people as a most capable nurse with the interest of her work at heart. Mrs. M. T. Coleman leaves thh week for Walterboro where she will speak on the openine nieht of the Chautauqua, which the town will hold for a week. "Watch Bel ton." The Belton Journal, which has been published in that town for the past year, has been purchased by the town and will be run in the interest of Belton in the futhre. The editor is Claude C. Graves and he gets out a readable paper. With a paper owned by the town, the thing to do is to "Watch Belton." We wish the town success in her enterprise. CANJIWIENTOS Miss Piatt has given out eight packages of seed in Abbeville County and the following instructions will be valuable: Plant seed in hot bed in rows two inches apart, placing seed one inch apart in rows. When plants are six inches high transplant to plat. Plat should be in a thoroughly pulverized condition having been broadcast with lime before being subsoiled. Lay off rows 2 1-2 feet wide, use 8-4-4 fertilizer at the rate ofv 1,000 pounds per acre. Check with rows 2 1-2 feet apart and plant must be set in the check. Cultivate frequently. When plants are 12 inches high apply nitrate of soda at the rate of one teaspoonful to the plant. They respond readily to this treatment. Keep free of weeds and grass. In July your efforts are awarded with an abundance of lucious pimentos. Sell as many as possible in the market. Then comes the canning season. Gather peppers early in the morning while crisp with dew. Rub all dust off with a towel, being careful not to bruise them. Cut around stem with a sharp paring knife, withdraw seed burr with stem, and cut away the walls or partitions on the inside. You now have the beautiful red hollow pods whioh you place side by side (never overlap) in a biscuit pan. Introduce this into a very hot stove oven. In 10 minutes these pods will blister. Remove from stove and peel immediately. Pack these leathery pulps into No. 1 cans, four pimentos to each can being the commercial pack. Cap?exhaust 3 minutes. Tip?boil 20 minutes. Boiling extracts their natural juices. Never use olive oil with them because with age it becomes rancid. The natural oily juice extracted byboiling in the cans is far better than the introduction of olive oil into the can. Likewise they may be canned in half pint glass jars. i t The Big Sheriff. (The Columbia Record.) One appointment that Mr. Manning has made seems to have brouffht ceneral rnmmpnrlAtirm nnH that is the naming of Robert M. Burts as sheriff of Abbeville county. This is another case of Cincinnatus. Mr. Burts is a farmer. In physique he is about the size of Jesse Willard, and he has a backbone that is all in proportion in size, and in strength. He has never been m politics. He is a brother of Dr. C. E. Burts of Columbia, and of R. Clyde Burts, for a number of years a teacher at Furman University and now superintendent of city schools at Rook Hill. Their father, the venerable R. W. Burts, was for 34 years pastor of old Broadmouth church, and is one of the best loved and most highly respected preachers in the State. In biographical sketches of this sterling Christian saint, the two other sons are named, but "Bob" is not mentioned. Just wait, he may yet be the big man of the family. Wins in the Debatn. Wofford, Clemson and the College of Charleston are holding a series of debates. In the one held at Charleston last Friday night the affirmative side of the query, "Resolved, that the central Government of Great Britian in more truly democratic than the Federal Government of the United States" was taken by Robert Hemphill Coleman, and G. L. Buist Rivers. Th? affirmative side was awarded the decision. The News and Courier says the speeches were of high caliber and the result was pleasing to the friends of the young men. Pat?If Oi'm rot mistaken? which Oi'm sure Oi am?your name is Murphy. Tim?Nope ye're mistaken?ye're not mistaken. Me name is Murphy.? Life. || Wat 1 in ^ 1 ' i || Haddfi ii S \\ s n 3 | J fc ON TO RICHMOND! I . i Attention Veterans. The Seaboard Air Line Railway C will run a special train from Abbe- [ ville to Richmond, Va., on account [ of the REUNION OF CONFEDER- [ * mi? TTt'TPTl A XTO A 0 ixlej V JCj X CilWirNO. | J.IIC UttlU Will [i < V have a fipecial car for Abbeville {; veterans, in charge of Comrade A. [j F.- Calvert, who can give informa- jj tion. The train will ileave Abbeville on jj the afternoon of May 31st., and w,il C ! airive at Bichmond the next mom- [ ing before breakfast. Veterans1 I and others from McCormick and t [j points on the C. & W. C. will join \ the train at Greenwood. ^ The train will pick up special cars from ithe P & N at Greenwood, ' and the Laurens car at Clinton. No stops will be made North of Chester. < The schedule of this train will be 1 announced later. Mr. Calvert can give all information as rates. Th$ trpin ivill carry day coaches, sleepers and baggage cars. This will be a good opportunity for the veterans of the county to i see Richmond again, and to \>isit the, ]. historic battlefields of the War Between The States. Richmond is on the main line of th- Seaboard, and the line parses through other historic points. Stj) over privileges extended. Flower Seed. Last year the Civic Club gave j away many pounds of sun-flower t seed over town, and through its 1 flower exchange distributed many ^ growing plants to be used in beauti- ( fying the town. On account of the e prolonged drouth the seed did very e little good and the town was not a ^ blaze of yellow flowers as it was hoped to make it. This year no sunflower seed will be distributed but the exchange of flowers will be | kept up and any one applying to the G president will be given flowers to g plant. | Congressman Aiken and Hon. Jas. | M". Baker have both sent thp nrpsi- El " " r l? dunt many packages of government | seed and the first applying will re- | ceive them. H G G 2 in 1 polish for sale at Speed's Drug | Store. | If yon want a nice flash light or an ex g tr.i battery go to Speeds Drug Store. g i ggBBflflfflBiiBBBg \ :ch This Sp / lext Issue _ w:l. in- ? t m ' i, pecia til >AL I / ' * [MIL a ~ -HP-' ?^J^.^"di"SfEMSI2MSMSittM3MSM3M3MSrr2 H. S. DELLINGER 1 COURT CRIER ] ?and? j PUBLIC AUCTIONEER | ] All business will have my s ] very careful and piompt [fj 3 attention. a rUSMSJSJSISfSJSMS/SiSl^ I , . . .! ^ I In fact Everything IC. A. Milford a Phone Church?When a barber goes to a ioctor, what is the first thing the physician says, do you suppose? Gotham?Don't know. "Let me see your tongue." ?Ex. Teachers Examination. The regular semi-annual teachers elimination will be held in the Court EJouse at Abbeville, Friday, May 7th, LV15. ' Rev. J. M. Lawson, Co. Supt Education. 1 ' Sheriff's Sale, The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. T. E. Hicks, Plaintiff, against John T. Stokes, Defendant.?Execution. By virtue of an execution to me directed, in the above stated case, I will tell to tbe highest bidder, at public luctiou, within tbe legal hours of sale, it Abbeville Court House, on Monday, be tbird day of May, A. D. 1915, the ollowlng described property, to wit: 3ne buggy, Moyer make, open, end ipring, color?black. Levied on and to be sold as the propirty of John T. Stokes to satisfy the vitbin execution and costs. Terms?Cash. R. M. BURTS, Sheriff Abbeville County. >ace || onto. I 1 I I {I I I a {j _ f * . ** |[ 1 w S ' i / lints, Oils, Stains, 3 'arnishes, Liquid | Veneer, Etc.. 'I : in this Line from |, - ' 5 5 Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. M. B Hipp against Adeline Jones. By authority of a Decree of Pale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe* ville County, in said State, made io tbe above stated case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcrv, at Abbeville C. H., 8. C., on Salesday in May, A. D. 1915, within tne legal boura of sale the follow! ag described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of 'and situate, lying and being in the Cityof Abbeville, in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing OneHalf of One (J) Acre, more or less, and bounded by lands of Jim and Pinker Teal, B. P. Greene, Richard Hagaif and by Hall street. _/ Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. JE. QILL. Master A. C., S. C. Sheriff's Sale. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. J. A. Hicks, Plaintiff, against John T. Stokes, Defendant. By virtue of an execution to me di? rected in the above stated case, I will sell to tbe highest bidder, at pubiic * auction, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, tbe third day of May, A. D. 1915, the the following described property, to wit: One sorrel horse about sixteen hands high, six years old, named Fox. Levied on and to be sold as tbe prop- , erty of John T. Stokes to satisfy the aforesaid execution and costs. Terms?Cash. R. M. BURTS, Sheriff Abbeville County. ? ~ souioeru xv?uw?y wiicuiuv, Effective Dec. 20,1914. A.M. PJI PM Leave Abbeville 9.00 3.55 6.20 Arrive Abbeville 11.20 5.25 8.05 'v.