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^ T The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Published Every Wednesday by THE PRESS AND BANKER CO 1V.1I. P. (wREEXE. Editor WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915 COLLEGE ATHLETICS. It would seem that the colleges in the West are having trouble with professionals in inter-collegiate baseball, with the result that several of the larger institutions in that section have adopted resolutions to abolish the games, and to confine the activities of the atnietes to games between classes. While there is good to come from these inter-collegiate games, if properly safe-guarded, we are of the opinion that it is next to impossible to keep away from professionalism, and that the institutions named have acted wisely. Because these sports are commendable, they should be kept clean; because they are productive of development, mentally and physically, they should be participated in by the entire student ooay, ana this will come nearer accomplishment when the games are between classes than when the games are between institutions. HIGH FINANCE. The man who stored his cotton at twelve and a half cents has now lost two and one-half dollars per bale. He has paid forty cents storage. He has lost eighty-five cents in interest, if his cotton has been in the warehouse sixty days,! a total of three and three-quarter dollars, and still we are advised to store cotton and borrow money. When our friends the storers have received thirteen and a half cents for their cotton, they will not be ahead of the game. T? *v?nor>fimo monv nf "f.llATn. XII U1C luvaxtviutv V* J perhaps, are owing money which is past due, and the people they are owing need the money to pay pressing obligations. When you store cotton and refuse to pay your obligations, you may not know it, but you abuse your own credit and you hurt the financial standing of the man you owe, which is an indirect and serious loss to both of you. If cotton were under the cost of production, we believe it would pay the farmer to hold, and the merchant and banker to help him hold, but there is a profit in cotton, a good profit, at present prices, and there is no excuse for a man to hold cotton as long as he owes money. That is one of the troubles with the South today. We Will not pay our obligations at maturity. And when you ask for a loan for a farmer in the South at a low rate of interest, the first statement which is made is that the people of the Souch will not meet their obligations at maturity; that they will not pay interest, much less principal, because they "are holding their cotton." TWO HUNDRED MILES BEHIND. We are informed by the Anderson Intelligencer that Mr. Glenn Evans, of the Owl Drug Store, of that city, thinks the City of Abbeville two hundred miles behind Pendleton. That is some indictment, but the Owls: are very wise looking birds, even when they are hatched in Pendleton. And a man from Elberton, who has been trying to interest the people cn this side of the Savannah in the building of a bridge across the river is of a like opinion. The truth is, as we have remarked before, that local traffic within a very short time will be carried on by motor cars and motor trucks. Already the railroads are complaining that the automobile is making a Serious cut in the income from passenger traffic. And it will be only a little time until the same will be true of the local hauls in freight traffic. The ten and twenty ton trucks now being operated in the cities will carry to points twenty miles from the centers of commercial activity all local freight,' within the next ten or fifteen years. This being the case, it behooves the people of such cities as expect to live, to see that their towns are on the map when it comes to building good roads. A former corresnnnfltnt nf this nnner states that a first class highway has already been constructed from Atlanta to Athens. He advocates the building of this highway through Elberton into Abbeville county, and through the columns of this paper we have given to the people of the county his plans for consideration. But we have *ot heard of anybody being interested. With the road open, we woulu be on a first class highway from Spartanburg, through Laurens and Greenwood to Atlanta, but not t even the Supervisor of the county r says anything1 about the proposed en- p terprise. If he thinks well of it g nobody knows it. If he disapproves, s nobody has been informed of it. t In the meantime we hear of the I people of Anderson County advo- fc eating the bridging of the river be- a tween Anderson County and the r Georgia side, and in a little time we r will hear that the bridge has been ] built, and that the traveling public, s on the National Highway, has* put ^ Anderson on the map, and that Ab- s beville and Pendleton are still in the j back-ground. r Some radical measures must be t taken by our legislators on this sub- 2 ject of good roads. The delega- y tion should not put this matter of n roads under the supervision of one man, and allow it to stay there, no . matter how good a man he is. The law should declare what are and . what are not public highways. And when these have been determined, * 5 provision should be made for an engineer to lay out and plan improvemente* for these highways, and provision should be made for the . construction and maintenance of J. the same by contract. The present methods are wasteful of the people's ( money and two hundred miles behind the times. BULBS FOR WINTER 1 AND SPRING BLOOMING Make Your Home Beautiful With ' -- ... ti :_tL i i: Narcissus, jonquil, nyaciniu nuu Freesia. a The Progressive Farmer. 1 The culture of even a few winterflowering bulbs will be a great source 1 of pleasure to the flower lover. They ( are easy to grow, and require so lit- ^ tie care that one might, say, with ' truth, that no home is complete with- ' out them. The first thing to remember with all ] forms of bulbs is that the greatest op- 1 portunity must be given to the bulbs to form a mass of fibrous roots before ' growth at the top starts. TJhose who ' refuse to learn this lesson wonder : why the flowers are weak and spin- 1 dling. Soil.?Good potting soil for bulbs 1 must not be too rich in fertilizer, nor ' 9 | must it be a clay soil. The best soil J the average Southern farm wife can obtain is a soil composed of one part sharp sand, one part leaf mold, or other black loam, and two parts of very well rotted barnyard manure, free from straw. How4 to Pot Bulbs.?Put a few | pices of broken flat stones in tne bottom of the pot for drainage, fill about half full of the soil, press it down- firmly. Add a little sand under : each bulb to help the root development. The bulbs should be placed so : that the top of the bulb is about an inch below the top of the pot or box. ; Fill in level with soil, press the soil ' down carefully around the bulbs until the surface of the soil is half an inch 1 below the top of the pot. This is necessary for watering. The top of the < bulbs should be iust below the sur- 1 face of the soil when finished potting. Care of the Bulbs.?Water the pots well to settle the soil about them, i Then set away in a cool, dark place to store while the roots are forming. ; A good cellar is the ideal place for j No. 3421. REPORT OF C The National Bank ol at Abbeville, in the State of s. C., at the clos kesou: 1. a Loans and discounts (except those sho' Total loans 2. Overdrafts,secured,$832.13; unsecured,: 3. I'. S. Itoiids: a U. S. bonds deposited to secure cireula Total U. S. bonds 5. Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Banli 6. Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve a Less amount unpaid 7. a Value of banking house (if unenuumbe | 9. Real estate owned other than banking ix 10. Net amount due from Federal Reserve B . 11. a Net amount due from approved reserve Chicago, and St. Louis b Net amount due from approved reser serve cities 12. Net amount due from banks and banker in Id or 111 15. n Outside checks and other cash items .. I> Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 1C. Notes of other national banks 18. Coin and certificates... IT r , . lit. Legal-tender notes.... ? L'^ ful ,n(" ! 2o. Redemption fund with I*. S. Treasurer circulation?and due from U. S. Tr< Total LIAML1 ' 24. Capital slock paid in 23. Surplus fund 20. Undivided profits Loss current expenses. interest, and 27. Circulating notes outstanding mum! deposit*: .52. Individual deposits subject to check 33. Certificates of deposit due in less than 3d 3.>. Cashier's checks outstanding Total demand deposits. Items 32.33,34. 47. Bills payable, including obligations repri Total State of South Carolina. County of Abbevilh I, H. G. Smith, Cashier of the above-m above statement is true to the best of my ki Subscribed and sworn to before me this Correct?Attest: W. M. RAliNWELL, A. 11. SMITH. AllOS B. 31 (JliSE, Directors. his, as it is cool and dark. A dark oom will do, but if you have no other I OTtf >lace you can dig a trench in the :round, sink the pots in it, draw the oil around them and cover with 3 loards or leaves to exclude the light. J t will take one month with some I lulbs, but most of them will require I ibout two months to develop the best ? oot growth. Where one has but a J nonth between the obtaining of the >ulbs and Christmas, or some other pecial time, she can force them into doom but it is at the expense of a 1 trong bulb to plant again next year. I n growing bulbs the soil should J lever be allowed to become dry from | he time they are potted until they J .re out of flower, neither should they ? ie kept so wet that the soil sours. . ?he roots of bulbs should never be ? listurbed after they have started. Af- L er bulbs have been in damp, dark, ? old place about a month, turn the y >all of earth out of one of the pots H ind if the roots have reached the out- -J ;ide it is safe to bring them to the 3 vindow. Do not bring them all to ?j he light at the same time, that you y nay have a succession of blooms. It U s well to pot the bulbs at intervals |i ?or by doing this you can have flow- H >rs during the ereater oart of the ri vinter. After the flowers appear keep M ;hem out of the direct sunlight. It! gj jurns them and they will not last as 3 ong if exposed to it. 3 A few of the best flowers to grow 3 ire freesias, which are about the easest of all bulbs to grow indoors; nar- lj :issus which are like sunshine; jon- L juils, which because of their fra-j y jrance and profusion are great favor- j S tes, and last but not least hyacinths. ? Growing Bulbs in Water.?The Chi- 3 ieco T.ilv anrl fVio Tlii'f/'fi :inth bloom very well in water. I Jj Place the bulbs at the top of a glass U 3r on stones or very coarse gravel in j D i deep dish. Place them so that the r water comes up and barely touches 5 the base of the bulb. Put them away 3 in a dark cupboard or cellar for a few 5 weeks until a good root system has developed. When the roots reach the Ij bottom of the glass bring the bulbs |j into the window to flower. Growing f these bulbs in water is especially in- 3 teresting and enlightening to young children. It is very nice to give each child in the family a bulb for which he or she is entirely responsible. fc [ POINTED PARAGRAPHS. L It takes a smart woman to listen when she can't talk. If a man does not seek wisdom he will never be verv wise. When cuteness develops into insolence it's time to borrow a gun. A woman and her maid acting in accord can outwit half a dozen men. 2 It's an easy matter to take a cheer- > ? ful view of other people's troubles. I * Give any man half a chance and || he'll say something he will regret [a later. j ? Money talks?and the chap who [| possesses it usually is a man of few ? words. I j| When an enemy smites us on [| tha cheek few of us have the cheek E to turn the other. ij| Beware of the man whose dog g. crawls under the house when his || master enters the gate. People don't seem to care how you [h| ?et your money; they are more in- % terested in how you are going to || spend it. iE Of course,, no bachelor likes being 5 roasted, yet it is no more uncomfort- [a able than being married and kept in || hot water. ; s . !i ONDITION OF | F Abbeville, S. C., i ? e of business on Nov. 10th, 1915. RCES. vvn on by. *254,929.12 254,929 12 ?24.G9 : 8uC 82 tion (par value) *18,750.00 18,750 00 : stock 500 00 i i Bank 0.300.00 3,150.00 3,150.00 (red) 5,000.00 5,000 00 ^use O.S77 H4: auk 3,800 oo b agents in New York, $10,321.27 l'P u in ntlipr rn. I ? T. 8.009.01 18,WO 28 1 s (other than included _ 1,443 CO i 5,535.08 113.07 5.1140 3.j | j| 3.735 00 j {? ley reserve in bank ^ 11 i O.llj 00 1 (not more limn 5 per cent on E sasurer 937 50 j| ?337,703 57 [| mis. | $ 75,000 00 [| 30,0(10 00 g * 7.030.4s g $ 7.?30.4S ? taxes paid 3.514.30 4.125 00 j| ; 1H.750 00 g 105.000 50 I i days 23.241 02 n 050 30 E 35, 30. 37, 38, and 30. $189,888.42 E ssvnting money borrowed. ... 20,0ii0 00 j| C'fiT "CM 57 ra >. PS: | inioil bank, do solemnly swear that the ql lowledfre and belief. E H. G. SMITH, Cashier. | 22nd davof Nov., 1915. E W. H. WHITE. E Notary Public. s $ * I i M Get A Suit, Raincoat For CHRISTMAJ / BanMMBBaaMBMBBagaaMiapMm^M w 1 ^ nc<vPi I r2 ~ ^ I PARKER f! ^iWSifi!fiffiS!fiffi!fi!fiSffia!filfiai!fii R??^<5fSJS?cf5JSMSM3l3MSMS/clM3M3J5J3MS?SJSJSJSMSMSMi M1D-WINTEI 1 At 20 Per C [pj|] 3JgfgMBjgMgMgj5MgjBIBM5Jl5J5M3M5f5M5M5J5M5M5J5Ji :ng {fig I n face of the fact t\ lfi| rapidly advancing, jfij to convert a large jjjl stock into Cash. 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