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ESTABLISHED 1844 an The Press and Banner *n , ' ha ABBEVILLE, S. C. un Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. vj] ; ar The Press and Banner Co. bo Published Every Tuesday and Friday 0c Telephone No. 10. j th . : ja Entered as second-class mail mat-j th ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. mi ! ily Terms of Subscription: | w* One year _ \ $2.00jp*' Six months 1.00, i *? Three months .50 Qr Payable invariably in advance. [ mj xs FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919. . j as ; j ti IN THE M<LL VILLAGE. , qc ! as ' I of For a long time it has been sup-igjj posed and generally believed that the ' ^ cotton mills were the places of last , e(j resort in the flight from starvation; for those people who were unable to I make a livelihood at anything else, j But the testimony in the Court of, Common Pleas on yesterday opened ^ the eyes of those people who have1 en been thinking this way. * = I sh It was shown in the testimony th?? sh an uneducated woman, living in the f0 Abbeville Cotton Mill village, who;m, was sickly besides, and who lost con-j be siderable time from her work, during j co the month of December drew, asjeo wages the sum of ninety dollars. Had, fe she made full time her wages would pe * have amounted to ninety-four dol- 0f lars, and with the bonus paid as ad- mi ditional ' compensation, her wages ^ th would have been about one hundred pr and ten dollars. an These facts show that the Cotton th Mill, whatever it may have offered ab in the past, is not a bad place for the a working woman. It was the poor peo- 0g i pie of the Mill village; it is now the he poor people who do not live there. | 0p None of the women in business about! 4-bbeville makes more than does an' ^ ordinary worker of her sex in the cotton mills, in fact, none of them makes as much. The teachers in the m public schools, who work for only|pr nine months in the year, and who ca are paid for only nine months, do not1 ^ make as much by one-third. The >p] stenographers and book-keepers in (j? * ?.? ? **? molrp otr milph. It is TT luc w i 1 XX true that the hours of some of them (j( are not quite so long, but the wages, ^,{ paid in the mills is sufficient remuner-: jj? ation for the extra work. ! w y The conditions in the mills now.j^ are such as to make them inviting gj places for the working woman. The mill buildings are well ventilated, and j in cold weather are-properly heated. ! All kinds of modern conveniences] are found in vthe mill and in the: ci homes. In the mill villages are j0f \ churches, good school houses, trained! th community workers, good school; sij teachers, and everything else which j jn ' the convenience and welfare of the I people living: in these villages de-! fa mand. The surroundings may be V; made by the people of these villages w< what the people want these surroiiud- dc ings to be. If undesirable people; th move into these communities the in ' - i people in the communities have the th same means to get rid of them that( Ti peop'.e have in other communities.! B< Every mill village should make it a pi part of the unwritten law of the vil-i lage that no undesirable can live in th that village. : hi The wages paid, and the work done th for these people suggest two things w to us:? j oi First: It has been said, generally th speaking, that the laboring man can 01 secure nothing in the way of ad- ot vancement and better' living condi- t:i tions from the employer except ">r through organization. .We are not re writing now to discourage legitimate d< organization and co-operation be- or tween* the peopla who labor, any o! more than wo ave writing to discour- in age it in other phices. Organization w and co-operation have well defined t'n fields of work, us weil as limits be- sj yond which they may not go without w ? danger to the commonwealth, and t}i without infringing on the legal rights m of others. We ave not discussing c\ this now. Wo do mean to say, how- be ever, that in the mill communities vr more has been done for the better- wi ment of living conditions, and labor ar l i w, *luo JJccu auvaavvu niuic xa^iuijr in "the last few years in these communi- ar ties, than anywhere else, and the rp better conditions and better wages st' have come because the-law of supply hi; d demand, as well as the enlight- thi ed conscience of the employers, wfr s suggested it, and not from labor sit ions and the strike. it Second: The people in the millj pa lages, with the Wges which they j in? e now receiving, have as large in-|ini mes as the laboring people in other j cupations. Considering the factum at every member of the family ofjUi fixed age may work in the mills,! ha e opportunity to make money is;ce nch greater. The head of the fam- sit r is always at home, rent is cheap, wi iter and sewerage connections are j fa aced in his home for him without j sh arge, and the expenses of living, m* r him are much less than for the; vi] rUnarv laboring: or professional, fr< an. But the man in the mill village | its not taking thought of his children, wl are the people in other callings.! pe le children are not being educated ha the wages and financial condition'mi the parents at this time suggest; th ould be done. Even the schools in ; tic e mill villages are not being attend-) de [ as they should be. Where some! in: the children go at all, they do not' di: i regularly, and when the state 'be rces them to go regularly they.no ill not make the progress which ( no ey should without the interest and ?h couragement of the parents. Thisj ould not be so. These peoplej tri ould know that education makes*011 r efficiency, and that the educated,' be an in their midst now, and it will; ve more so as the years advance, will, mmand the better salaries in the se: tton mills, workshops, in the pro-1 co I p. ssions, and in every calling. JL'nese - ople should wake up in the matter educating thejr children. They ar ay not be educated themselves, and ey may never have felt the want of oper education, but the progress pr id advancement and demands of no is century make the man who is ca le and refuses to educate his child, ot great wrong-doer against his own tu F-spring, which we -are persuaded i would not, be if his eyes might be >ened. ' ' \ There is great work to be donej ire. The people themselves should 0 t taught the advantages of learn- ^ g, literary and technical; and the . f g0 an in the mill should take the same ^ ide in giving his son a college edu.tion that the man up-town, -or on e farm, has^n his educated soq. aere is no reason why he may not ) as much for his boy as another, gl is boy deserves as well of him as! Pi ? the boys of other men. Will hejsii s recreant to the trust which God i wl is committed to his keeping? Hejis ill be, .wittingly or unwittingly if, nc } does not put that boy, and that! w rl of his, in school. , di AT THE UNIVERSITY. / ]e tit The letter of Governor Cooper, as ar lairman of the Board of Trustees, ]a the University, to the Chairman of, th e student body asking for the re-'jn ^nation of President Currell of that! or stitution, states some plain matters'th positive language. We are not in'ze vor of students running any insti- j to tion, and the Board of Trustees do m sll to say so positively as has been! f0 me in this case. The students of. ye e University made a great mistaKe, th one view, in giving publicity to t w] eir action against the president. | _ ley should have gone first to the; i Dsrd of Trustees, and then to the; I iblic, if need be. But this must not obscure the fact zt there was never a time in the p story of Erskine College when ree-fifths of the student body, ould have asked for the resignation, : Dr. W. M. Grier, as president of iat institution, nor a time when; ; le-fifth would have done so, nor1 le twentieth.' There was never a: me when three-fifths, or one-fifth,' ten men, would have asked for the (signation of Dr. Carlisle as presi ;nt of Wofford College. The stud-j its had grievances, as they thought,! 'tentime? r.o dcubt against these en, hut there was n>ver a'time hen the students did not feel that iey might go to them ;nd get a rercifn! 1ic-i ring, and after the facts; ere r.t hand, oht'in justice. For e most pvt the judgments of those' en gave satisfaction to students and'crybet'v ol 'e, because the public dieved in them. They wc-ra men :io commanded respect, a id they ere men fitted by nature to lead id to command. We do not know President Currell E id we are slow to say anything r rainst him. We are glad that the F udents prefer r.o charges against k m as a man. Their only charge is i at he is not fitted to fill the office lich he holds, and that the Univery is not doing under him the wort is designed to do, and that th< st history of the institution is be * obscured in these latter days bj Tenor work and accomplishments. We believe the public will return i le bill so far as the charge that th< liversity is not the institution i' s been, and should now be, is con rned. The students at the Univer y as a whole are not keeping uj th'the standard set by other lesi vored institutions either in scholar ip, or in other vital matters. No any students have gone from Abbe He County to the University, no: am this section, a fpct which ii elf is significant. Some of thosi 10 have gone have justified the ex ctations of their friends, other ve not. and there have been a j?rea any as compared to-the whole, o e latter class. Charges about prac :es and conduct among the stu nts have been such as to bring th stitution and its government infr srepute. A great many* things hav en going on among the student it calculated to elevate characte r to contribute to learning, if th' arges made are true. We do not know just how mud nth there is In these' charges, bu :r information is that there ha en enough to demand that the Uni rsity should be cleaned from cella garret. The information and ob rvation 'of others justify the sAmi nclusion. And now is a good time esident CurreH ' should as wel ow, whether the charges preferrei e true or not, that his day of use 1 -a. 12 i- A _ J mess at (v^aruinm is uvci, nuu < od man, a man .worthy to be thi esident of a great institution, wil t desire to remain when tjhis is th se. With him should go ever; her man connected with the insti tion, unless some may be recalls ter the house-cleaning, but let u ive the house-cleaning first. Th rtunes of no man should be alloi* 1 to conflict with the best interest South Carolina. The University should be a schoc lere any citizen would be glad t nd his son. It is not that now. 1 is not been that for <juite a while. "TUDGETTRTNCE.The people of the State will b j x- i a.i T..J? nr aa to Know uiau uuu^c *. rince is able to be out after hi :kness from influenza. He is some hat run down from the disease bu recuperating. His afflictions do nc >w, and seldom have, interferre ith his discharge of the arduou ities of a circuit judge. His great ability as a lawyer, hi arning acquired as an active -prac iioner for a quarter of a centurj id his clearcut way of stating th w, and his manner x)f driving hom e duty of searching out the trut every controversy, make hir le of the most eminent jurists o e state. His fine qualities as a citi n and his constancy as a friend ad his merits, and all of these thing ake the people love him, and hop r him, and for the State, that man ;ars of usefulness yet await him i e office of honor, if not of profil hich he fills so acceptably. Don't Prod Your Lives' to Action JR Overcomes Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Hsadacho, Quickly. No Griping or Pain. Guaranteed. The organs of digestion, asslmila1 io'i 'and eiiminati<Jn?tho stomach, irvr and LowfcUs?are closely allied, ,n-.l the proper action of any of Ihcso .run.'? Is lurgc'y dependent upon tho i' rect functioning of nil tho others. "Whipping" your liver into action !tUvcalorael or forcing, your bowels . th in it.: ..inff lair-olivca or- strong? ..: Uartics n. great mk irCkc. A bctsafer y!:.n i=? streni'lhmins'an?l .i;.^ ilivi v.hoio tVgcr'wva a:rl illmina . > sy: icm wli.ii future's Remedy . TaWuts). which not only brings Jii' relief, L;:t genuine ard last. i'.t, it acLj on tiio stomach, i;owell? an<l lcklneys, improves ' and asr!nills.Uon, overcomes .* coiTct'.d constipation and ?iy .icwj sl<'c li?jad.;cLc. iy.> r m thovourrhly clcanncrl ' ... -t l.r o:\ce: ijt :..aen, liver ! - j.i x:- to~ci*.i':r in vig1. I y. u will n?.t liavo .' itu eye. y <!.:;*?juat talco t'aVi.t fi -ca^lonaUy to keep i 1.4 p I cM.uiiion mil alI y'.-.'.r ! t. i:or.:onih.-r it is -rpcr to JLcei> well tlua t v: 'i. . : ml try it w!lh iho '7 t'-i i. ii j..'r't fr':vo . ; ; t a,. t Lf-ni-j-c tlian any " j'.'Oi* Jin 'k!::o .Mm. owr Used ' ? Nniare's P::medy (Nit s?5.|. rr>i:iK:ntoo?l iuid . *. ? 1 y your cttiggiat. McMurrsy Drug" Co, mm 1 ! A PLEASANT PARTY. Mrs. James F. Bradley entertained ; a few friends Thursday morning most ? pleasantly at her home on Wardlaw Street complimentary to Mrs. George co r E. Prince, of Anderon. The time was ^ spent in animated conversation and eri i in the enjoyment of the plates of ? ; salads and sandwiches served at noon. t Mrs. Prince delighted the ladies with - her music, her selections and her. - touch being of the old school, a relief ) indeed in this day of ragtime. 3 Mrs. Bradley is a charming hos tess and this morning was enjoyed; t by Mrs. J. C. Klugh, Mrs. E. C. Hor-j - lon, Mrs. L. C. Parker, Mrs. W. S.| r Cothran and Mrs. W. P. Greene 1 e S. C. PRESBYTERIAL TO MEET IN NINETY-SIX1 s Sputh Carolina Presbyterian Auxil-i tj iary will meet in Ninety Six, S. C.,; f j on May 1st. Societies are asked to - sehd in names of delegates to Miss - Annie Blake, Ninety Six. The first, e session will begin at three P. M., so 0 I delegates will please plan to come on j e morning trains. s Miss Louise C. Fleming, rl Sec. S. C. Presbyterial Auxiliary, e The Cabi r Have j 1 M 'I " ? THE first complete n modious, convenient! t\ Has the famous , d a other long wanted f 3 & can be done at the p< 8 I model. i r* i IKITCF "THE PATF I . Here is real time sa | . u Master craft" Model cy. Organizes your kil The most advanced tj | others. Saves every i Has room for 300 tc Holds everything you || famous Automatic Lo" / ! -x-/? ^-1-N /> T\n^*A"nl*A/ iLXufcliiUtJr, Hit: pcvtcnt^v Force] i: on Work Tab" [I lures. Come and see tl if] you bow you can cut i | have ic iov recreation. | XhJ A li WW f ? \f O r.(s A. $ A ^ A "" *" I ! ; ?.J 1^?* ??/ 4 *1 *k.ii^ LONG LENTEN SEASON. e o Col. Patrick Roche came in from ^ e farm Thurday morning to get a j co-cola. He stopped in front of a e court house and while there seval members of the Hillbillies pass- S Do You Want Money ? The Building & Loan Plan has , / * " successfully.. To borrow successfully means t within the time set to avoid loan e 1 ' by you might have to sacrifice yoi We help you to make a success plan whereby you make regular n Try the STANDARD. Standard Building <S OF ABBEVI1 W. H. WHITE, President. I . ? . 1 I ) inet That Always Wi tntZL 7 _! tZ ' )i1 ; i i Hers Mastercraft I service cabinet ever de Beautiful as a piece of Automatic Lowering F1 eatures! 7 5 per cent of} :>rceliron work table of t I E N CAB UtlAN OF THE KI1 ,ving, food 'saving and Sellers is the champion tchen \vork like a mode rpe on the market. Ye? needless move?every v ) 400 articles?all conv need. No overflow for tl werincr Flou * Bin. the A" ;1 ant-proof casters--ck ie?and a dozen other is "Mastexv.rait" model m hour from yoiu' daily f- <3? <c5r*J ?/ M F\ $ tK n fv* 0 % i u , f 4 |] * \i Q P*' t'-i ?L's-j cS.ii ? d by on the way up-stairs. The look f misery on the face of the Colonel nformed us that this is as long a >enten season as he has ever seen, nd as long as he desires it to be. iubscribe to The Press and Banner. ,/ x f to Borrow ? ? ? : i helped thousands to borrow ,o be able to repay your loan xtensions and difficulties where lr security. of your loan by providing a lonthly payments. ? ' ' l Loan Association LLE, S. C. OTTO BRISTOW, Secretary. Women I *; anted / . ' ( ^signed! Big, cornparlor furniture, our Bin and 14 imnr kitchen work :his "Mastercraft | INET fCHEN" I kitchen joy. The 11 of kitchen efficien- | rn business office. lis ahead of all the | wasted moment. eniently arranged. 1 he pantry. Has the | utomatic Base Shelf jj ar white sanitary I long wanted fea- g today. Let us show | kitchen work and 1 1 ncpT I 1 m I I i O -V* 10 *3 bo. Caroiina I Fia^TaaBi I