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_FOUR ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banru ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' H. G. CLARK, Editor. The Press and Banner C Published Every Tuesday and Frid Telephone No. 10. Entered, as second-class mail m ter at post office in Abbeville, S. Terms of Subscription: One year $2. Six months 1. Three months Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919. WOMAN SUFFRAGE PASSES The historic Susan B. Anthony mendment to the Constitution of t United States has passed Dotn nou: of Congress and is now up to t States. Thirteen States opposing t only because of woman suffra measure will insure its defeat. Tht is well defined opposition to the mendment in [Southern States r itself, but because many think tt the matter should be left to the v; ious States to settle in whatever me ner they may think fit. In the N' England States sentiment for t measure is lukewarm. We believe that a large 'major; of the people of this country fa\ s the measure and for that reason hope that the necessary 36 states i ratification of the amendment will immediately forthcoming. We woi prefer that the question be settl by the individual states, but abo all things let it be settled once a for all time, and that quickly. A VISIT TO DUE WEST. We are partial to small colleg and when Colonel Greene asked us accompany him on his annual hegi to the mecca from which cometh t foundation of his present learni and wisdom?Erskine College? gladly accepted the invitation. , There is an atmosphere about small college that is peculiar to su institutions; it is both a blessing a a benediction; imparting knowled and giving inspiration. This distil tive milieu embraces not only the c lege, but the town of Due West, a is thajt something that first impress ipw * ; the visitor as unique and sets t small college apart as somethi favored and for the few. And unfortunately it is for t few; for as soon as a college 1 comes popularized, for whatever r< son, that benevolent spirit, so si 60 elusive, which has pervaded t environs, silently departs, it v have nothing to do with the lar colleges and universiti js. that dr; ' i their numerous student bodies the lure of athletics 01 tlje glitter ? social attractions./ .It is a truth that is borne out statistics that the small ^colleges this country haVe produced a; lar proportion of the big men?men w Vvnil* ?n fVini** A?rn livoc o IIOTX; MVtlAW U|/ VMVii W?t*? vw made them count. You will fi them in the professions, in scien' Jn politics, in business and on .t farm. And wherever you find the to a man, they retain an abiding 1c for their aima mater. Your sm college envelops itself in a colle spirit which has thought only for t good of the college, while the ger institution develops cliques a eocial sets. Not that the larger c leges, do not meet a need that c? not be reached by the smaller ? leges. It is only that they lack collegiate personality, a kindly spi which is ever present. Erskine college is a small instil tion of the A. R. P. Church, situat in an ideal community, a communi that has its life and being in t college and furnishes that intims personal touch that can only found at small colleges. Due W? ' is made up of homes peopled by pi fessors* families or families that ha ' some connection with the colleg directly or indirectly. Each stude becomes as soon as he matriculat an integral part of that communi and his welfare and progress are m? ters of real concern to the old members of the town. They want 4. -ee each student distinguish himself, r. ^(Can the reactions of the students be f other than good in such a beneficent a atmosphere? P In addition there are no distrac- n tions, nothing to tempt the students t from the carefully planned r<>utine t of college work, a ^routine that is li ~ irksome at times, but trains big men v # ! 0. and big women. From an economic v ay Gtandpoint the small colleges offer d opportunities for education that few t of the larger institutions with all r ? their endowments and scholarships c at- can meet. j t C. Such an institutions leaves a last ing impression on its graduates and J ex-students and the influence is al-J 1 QQ ways noble, uplifting, inspiring. ! c QQ Alumni look back on the college daysj 1: with glowing memories. Sometimes r they are slightly irritated because il the old college seems to be lagging; I _ behind the times, still remains old j r fashioned, but the same alumni 11 would be the first to combat any radi-| r cal changes in the firmly fixed in- t stitutions or curriculum; its tradi- f tions are something almost holy; its \ a" achievements are matters of which t hp : they are proud and of its future r 'esJ they are more than confident. I '^e On Tuesday the members of the t he' I graduating class of 1919 at Erskine e college were given their diplomas. \ ire The exercises were simple and dig- c a" nified. The merit of the academic e oratory gave the lie to the oft re- t iat peated canard that the art of public c ar" speaking is dying in our colleges. in" Certainly it is very much alive in our eW| small colleges. ;^e Then came the address by the anniversary speaker, Senator W. P. 'ty | Pollock, of Cheraw, who gave a r?T| brief, interesting and eloquent diswe I course on topics of present day in:orj terest. He especially emphasized the need of a League of Nations. He l^| also said that he confidently believed e^| that woman suffrage would be favor've | ably acted upon by the United States n<* Senate. Now we come to the really interesting part of the trip. Of course it was our dinner at the hospitable ' home of R. S. Galloway, publisher of res the Presbyterian, the official paper to of the A. R. P. Church. The numira ber of guests that Mr. and Mrs. Galhe loway entertained at dinner on Tuesng day was legion, and it was truly a we bountiful dinner, engendered of a j real southern hospitality. a On the return trip Senator Pollock ch was one of the party, coming to Abn(j beville to catch the train for his ge home in Cheraw. ,c.| . ol A TRI-WEEKLY FOR ABBEVILLE. nd i >es In this issue of The Press and be Banner appears a notice which anng nounces that this paper will after I September 1 issue a paper three he times a week. We have arrived at >e- the the determination to give our ;a- readers better newspaper service afiy, ter carefully considering the ques;he tion from every angle. all As we have stated' in our notice ge our patrons have responded to our aw efforts to give them a better paper by in a manner that leads tis'to believe of that they are willing to support an j even better paper. We further beby lieve that the newspaper field here is large enough to'justify an increase ,ge in the number of times that we ap- < ,t,n pear each week. We can thus prom- f n(j ise our readers and our advertisers s n(j a better and more convenient paper * and come nearer the goal of every ' . ... . newspaper niore immediate service, j m | A time will come when Abbeville \ ive will be ready for and demand a daily c ajl'service. When that time comes we t ge hope to be able to give instant re- j cognition to the need. Until that g time comes we expect to give better j? n(j and better service, now in our semi- i 02_ weekly and after September 1 in t our tri-we'ekly. J t ol- * 11 a A JUUKNtY TO UUb WEST | c rit j I j It is an unique old place and the | g iu- people are clever and hospitable. It] I ed is a seat of learning also, the Erskine i p ity College and the Due West Female' C he College and the seminary of the A. j i: tte R- P. church, all being located there, s be It seems to me to be an ideal com- c ;st munity for a college. There is noth- s o- ing to- distract the minds and the e ve pupils can give their entire attention fl ra tn t.heir studies, and then there is1 c nt nothing to tempt them into forbidden 1 J ,es paths. I do not know how long it.n ty has been since the schools have been; v it- here, but during the time some njigh- s er ty fine men and women have been:ti to moulded into the paths of right-living i.! I I nd right-doing and have made names ( is or themselves in the fields of church J a nd State as well as in the walks of | o rivate life. It has always seemed to | E ,ie tnat it is wen 10 nave an euuca- a ional institution in a quiet place like T his, removed as it were from the r; iustle and stir of the commercial Ii irorld, not that the men and women a t*ho live here are not frubal and in- o lustrious, because they are, but s< here is not that strain that one y inds in the busy centres where every ti me is all the time is on a dead strain c o keep up with the procession. a Of course I called on my friend, t rlr. R. S. Galloway, who is the pub- ti isher of the Presbyterian, the paper is if the A. R. P. church, and found t' lim glad to see me. He always re- C ninds you that he is anative of Newlerry and seems proud of the fact, q le has not yet placed a typesetting nachine in his office and uses the oldime hand composition and has three nen at present working in the shop, wo of whom have been with the office 0 or many years. It was press day ^ vith them but they were taking v hings things easy and there was no ush to get the paper on the press. tl le has ordered a machine and it has >een shipped and he is expecting it /lorr (iiicf lilro wo and i ;*CI J V4?*j \JWUW *??v .?~ vhen it comes his son is going to perate it. The son has just returnsd from the factory where he went 0 study the mechanism?of the ma- . hine so that he might handle it. Mr. Galloway is also president of he Due West railroad which runs beween Donalds and Due West, a disance of five miles. This is one raiload that does not operate a train ?n the Sabbath, and the train has lever been known to run on the Sabbath except on one occasion when t was necessary to take a very sick ady to the hospital. Sometimes I tave thought that it would have been tetter not to have had a railroad to he town at all, because that would lave kept it unique. Of course for he hauling of freight it is a great onvenience and a great help in that vay. And makes the hauling of reight much cheaper than by the old vay. Therd are several stores in he town and a very prosperous bank. Vnd many handsome residences and imagine a most delightful atmos?here in which to live. ^ I 1 always enjoy a visit to this good >ld town and the pity is there are = lot more communities in which there | s such fine social surroundings and [ vhere there is such high regard for | he day of rest, the Sabbath day.* f Vnd reverence for the Ruler of the [ Jniverse.?Col. E. H. Aull in the ? dewberry Herald and News. j Why not have an Abbeville County j Society in Spartanburg? A number J >f very desirable citizens of this place J jot their start down there and knew vhere to come when they wanted to ? jrow with the country.?Spartanburg I Tournal. ft c POUND THE GOVERNOR. [ (Greenville Piedmont.) | Leake CarrawAy, writing in the j Charlotte Observer, says that he ac :ompanied <jbvernor Cooper of South ? Jarolina wnen ne visrcea uovernui | 3ickett of North Carolina. He does ? lot record what the governor of j South Carolina said to the governor g >f North Carolina, but it is safe to iay that nothing stronger than but- ermilk was mentioned. He does ? ?? L ? \Taw4-V? POVAIIM. * ><xyf liuwcvctj uitti/ a nv/i in vuivini- m an who joined the party en route lad a package and explained that it ontained a fine ham he was carrying I o the chief executive of the Old I tforth State. Whereupon, the genial E governor of the Palmetto State said, ? 'I should like you to say that appar- ? ?ntly it is a custom in North Carolina ? hat when a gentleman goes to call ? ipon the governor he takes his ra- ? ions along with him. I am of the V pinion that this is a most happy J >ractice and I should like to see it | . -!J. ?Gta.to " ,'iven wiue puuntuj m mj | ^ t is, indeed, a "happy practice" es- a ecially when the governor of South Carolina is compelled by law to live n Columbia where "vittles" are carce, scanty and high. Let every aller upon the governor from out ide the capital pound him as preach- I rs are pounded, and soon he will I burish like a green bay tree, and I ait on a bay window of the Hon. | ohn Deschamps variety. There is D o danger that anything so given .'ill go to waste, for the governor's |i ecretary, a lean and slippered pan- n aloon hailing from these parts, it S 5 alleged on information and belief, CT ; no mean eater. Moreover, just! cross the hall from the governor's; ffice is Secretary of State W. Banks love who looks as if he had not had. square meal in a hundred years. I 'hose who visit Columbia know how are and costly good food is there, n fact, it would be economical for 11 iirVirk rrrv fVinro oarmr rafiAnc nnf 11 >?iiw gv blivi V VW VUA1 J ItttlUllO 41WV , nly for the governor but for them-1 elves as well. So, remember, whenj ou have business with the governor ake along with you for him a fine ountry ham, a basket of vegetables, pound cake, some choice tripe of umip salad, or any other delicacy of he season. If it be true that a man s what he eats, there is no hope for he governor unless he is saved from Columbia rations by loving friends. :OTTON WEATHER 9 STILL UNFAVORABLE Washington, June 4.?There was ontinued unfavorable weather for otton in most districts of the belt luring the week ending Tuesday, the feather bureau's national weather nd crop bulletin today announced. mi i? . 11 i.1. I. ine rainian was ratner neavy in he central and southeastern portions f the belt," says the bulletin, "and lso in some western localities. The emperature for the week as a whole f I GEORG \ He i m j The Ro.' 1 1 ! D ] Abbeville i 1 I I NE | LADIES ! I.A ] i Pumps in Dlac i i < 1 Oxfords in bl< j < J A*?l v v *l j Silk nose m t i i j Let us sh | The Rose ^ipinrinnnpiririririn JIJIJ MIJIJIJ MMIJIJ UIJ I. averaged below the normal except in v the Carolinas and Tennessee the a week being especially cool in Okla- t homa. The crop made satisfactory progress in the Carolinas and Flori- 1: da, elsewhere the continued rainfall a and wet soil were unfavorable for v cultivation and growth. The condition of cotton continues ? satisfactory in Georgia but it is de teriorating from lack of cultivation. Progress was slow in Mississippi and Alabama. g ?: Y A POPULAR DAME LONG AGO. 1 t I Manchester Guardian. Whatever may be said against the jazz, its title compares favorably with that of a dance formerly in vogue. Harriet Beecher Stowe records that she and her school friends used to dance a jig entitled "Go to the ( Devil and Shake Yourself!" This c dance seems to have enjoyed a long i spell of popularity on both sides of s the Atlantic. ( At an assembly ball held at Aires- i ford in 1795 the Duke of Bucking- t ham flew in a rage because his re- i quest jlui <% uaiitC) auuicoocu vv vuv 1 local rector's wife, met with the re- 1 ply, "Go to the devil and shake your- t self!" The rector calmed him down by explaining that the woman, who \ CONSIDER ;e c. dou is still in the R and GAINING DAII mraraiMraiEiaiifiaeggigii senberg M Company epartment Store v w mm ' PUMPS and O) DIES' SILK HO! :k, brown and wl :olonial buckles. _1_ L !J. 11 1CK, wnne ana ore )r medium heels. )lack, white and c ow you these neu nberg Merca mriripiraiiginnnnripiiii Thnin^IIUal^an^SDlaTQu / /as very deaf, thought that he hal sked her the name of the dancfl hen being played. fl In a note to one of his poems, puifl ished 20 years later, Crabbe rebuke bookseller for selling dance musi yith such a profane title. iERGEANT YORK WILL MARRY ON SUNDA Nashville, Tenn., June 4.?Sei jeant Alvin C. York, world hero, an lis sweetheart, Miss Gracie Wi iams, will be married Saturday i he York celebration to be held i Fentress county. Governor R. I Roberts will officiate. ? A LINCOLN ANECDOTE Not long before Mr. "Lincoln b :ame prominent in the nation, he wj me day walking along the sidewa n Springfield, leading two of h ions, one by each hand and both wei :rying loudly. A gentleman wt net them asked Mr. Lincoln whi vas the matter with the boys. I >romptly replied: "Just what is tl natter with the whole world, lave three nuts and each boy wan ;wo."?Exchange. '* v.' Subscribe to The Press and Banne GLASS , lace v.^ -. .Y i .? i .. UMBBBiaiBBiaaj ^an?;io. i VI VCU1U1C j I I I I - > - I s ! So. Carolina ] ===== i * il.'jM. I LS | rnnnnn E iruKva a 5E ] bite with new J >wn with high 9 Ajiuia. n ) arrivals a tntileCo. i I m . i