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ESTABLISHED 1844
The Press and Bannei
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
H. G. CLARE, Editor.
The Press and Banner Co.
Rvprv Tuesday and Fridaj
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Telephone No. 10.
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ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C
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One year ?2.0G
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Payable invariably in advance.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919.
I BACK TO OLD TIME.
Time will change Sunday, October
26, which change will be pleasing to
the vast majority in tnis tocuuu. especially
will the moving back of the
clock-hands to "old" time be agreeable
to the farmers. They have never
liked the daylight saving law.
It is very probable that Monday,
the 27th of October, will see the
merchants of Abbeville keeping their
stores open until eight or nine
o'clock at night. This is the busy
season of the year for merchants
and while the longer hours work
some hardship on the clerks and for
that matter, the proprietors, it is
about the only way to meet the deviands
of the buying public. Longer
hours for,the stores will be maintained
until after the Christmr.:: rcr
son, when the busircsr ^ou-cs v."!!1
elf"** ? ?!?ck,
: C.. r.r.d i:;.;-_ay3 t!::
stores "will tc kept e~cn until 11 p. m.
There are many people who will
be accommodated by this change?
people who find it inconvenient to
get to the stores during daylight
hours by reason of other duties.
Many country people also like to do
their buying at night.
"BRINGING UP FATHER."
There is no getting round the facl
.--i < O : TTt* TTofVio-r am
Ulftl O'.l'glllg wy ??
that type of show?draws the crowd
It drew the crowd here Monday nighl
?a crowd that roared with glee al
Fallier, Mother and al! the rest, '.neluding
the chorus girls and thej
couldn't have gone farther and founc
worse-'lookers." But they had nethei
"limbs," which fitted with hose
served the purpose. It was an aver
age interpretation of George McMa
nus's comic pictures. Though drama
tization of the comic strip loses rath
er than gains in the change.
It is not our intention to criticiz<
what the people want in the way oi
?1 mi _ t* j_ _ a \ a ri
snows, ine iaci is iney want rsnng
ing up Father,\ "Mutt and Jeff", am
what Luke McLuke would call "low
brow" comedy. They get it. But i
remains that should we go back sev
eral millions of years, at which timi
. let it be supposed that we all hat
tails and used our upper limbs occa
^ sionally for purposes of locomotion
At that time should we be showi
"Bringing Up Father' there would b<
absolutely nothing in the show t<
curtail a single inch our caudal ap
pendages or add one convolution t<
Air brains.
There was nothing wrong with th<
show as a show here Monday night
The show was a good one of its class
The principals were perhaps abov<
the average. There were severa
song interpolations that were excel
lent. Especially was the change o]
pace in the songs of the Baron-Butlei
unique and worthy of the hearty ap
plause received. Kitty, Dinty Moore
Cossette, Jack McGuire as well as
Maggi.e and Jiggs were well cast anc
handled their parts as well as th(
parts would allow themselves to b<
handled. There is no use mentioning
the members of the chorus. All ol
them evidently took prizes at babj
shows in their infancy and have beer
resting on their laurels ever since.
THE NEGRO NORTH AND SOUTH
(Manufacturers Record, Baltimore.)
In a letter from Atlanta to the
Boston Evening Transcript and othei
papers, Carl W. Ackerman gives z
good distinction between the way the
negro is treated in the South and in n
other parts of the country. In his p
* letter he presented the matter in the a
following ligiit: b
"We were speaking with a mer- ii
chant about the negro problem. The a
race question was not particularly a
acute, but the citizens were vigilant. >c
'We have solved the negro problem I
in the South,' said the merchant, 'be- f
j cause we don't pay any attention to b
f the negro as a race, but we would i d
go to hell for him as an individual. 11!
In the North you champion him as ajfc
race, but hate him as an individual." ; f
" 'The negro is the safeguard of,
' the South,' said a bank president, S
. 'because we understand him and he i S
i ;
understands us.'" 1
The merchant who characterized A
the difference "between the North and
( the South in handling the negro prob(
lem stated the case very accurately. C
In the North the negro race is looked li
at from the long distance point of jC
view of philanthropical interest; but;S
individually the North does not want
the negro around. On the other hand,
the South wants the negro, recog- P
nizes his good qualities as well as his ci
bad qualities, and as an indivdual E
protects him, gives him work, and will s1
defend him to the utmost so long as sj
he behaves himself. A
The race problem, however, is a tl
problem of the entire country. Each k
section must bear with the other in a
studying this problem, for it is a el
problem that rests heavily upon every tl
section. For the good of the country r<
it will be very much better for the 1
negro race to be more widely scatter- ti
ed, in order that the North and the tJ
West may through personal contact
learn more in regard to the difficul- tl
ties under which the South labors in t<
solving so stupendous a problem. P
But the South wants the negro, and A
the North does not. ft.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT C
NARROWLY AVERTED
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McCormick, Oct. 14.?What might ,0
have been a serious accident was j h
narrowly averted by the presence of'
" mind of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lucas n
1 on Saturday night when they wore e
; | crossing the Savannah river on Mid- n
|dleton's Ferry. They were traveling g
1 in a touring car. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas | J
, were on the front seat with their in-1 "V
' fant child in the lap of Mrs. Lucas, j
'just as they had crossed the river
the ferryman, a negro, threw th* n
t' chain holding the flat around a little
I peg and stood holding the er.d of the ^
.'chain told Mr. Lucas to drive out.
i'just as the front wheels of the car
: were off of the flat the flat pushed
. | back when the chain slipped off the
r | peg, leaving the front of the automol!
bile on the bank with the'rear wheels
ron the flat. The flat then began go- *
Jing back in the river and Mr. Lucas 8
.! seeing his predicament undertook to je
. j get off before it could get away from t
. j the bank, but the front wheels of his ?
. car would not go up the hill while "
the rear wheels were pushing the flat *
,'back into the water and at the samel"*
f' time did not get nearer the bank. In | *
'a few seconds the flat had beenjc
I pushed away and the rear end of the |
car had plunged into the river. In the i1
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Phone 5-212. R. C. GILMER, !
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. ;FOR SALE:?Two Ford Cars, Hud
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> j Touring Car, only run 2,000 miles.'
51 Fully equipped. A bargain for anyH
body. Apply C. L. SAULS, Box
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party. Apply to Eureka Hotel
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ext instant the whole car and occuants
were going down into the river
bout 30 feet deep. Mr. Lucas grabbed
the baby and swam to shore and
nmediately plunged into the river
gain and brought Mrs. Lucas safely
shore although she had drifted a
onsiderable distance down the river,
t is remarkable that they escaped
or the top was up on the automoile
and they were almost pinned uner
the water. The machine is still in
he river and it is stated that the waer
at his point is something like 30
eet deep.
TATEMENT OF THE OWNERHIP,
MANAGEMENT CIRCULAlON,
ETC., REQUIRED BY THE
lCT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST
24, 1912,
tf Abbeville Press and Banner, pubshed
Semi-weekly at Abbeville, for
ctober 1, 1919.
tjifp of South Carolina.
County of Abbeville ss.
Before me, Wm. P. Greene, Notary
ublic in and for the State and
cmnty aforesaid, personally appeared
[. G. Clark, who, having been duly
worn according to law, deposes and
lys that he is the Editor of The
.bbeville Press and Banner, and that
ie following is, to the best of his
nowledge and belief, a true statelent
of the ownership, management
tc., of the aforesaid publication for
ie date shown in the above caption,
squired by the Act of August 24,
912, embodied in section 443, Posil
Laws and Regulations, printed on
ie reverse of this form, to wit.
1. That the names and address of
ie publisher, editor, managing edi>r,
and business managers are:
ublisher, The Press and Banner Co.
.bbeville, S. C.; Editor, H. G. Clark;
[anaging Editor, none; Business
[anager, H. G. Clark, Abbeville, S.
2. That the owners are: The Press
nd Banner Company, a corporation
f which Wm, P. Greene is sole stockolder.
3. That the known bondholders,
lortgagees, and other security holdrs
owning or holding 1 per cent or
lore of total amount of bonds, mortages,
or other securities are: the
lergenthaler Linotype Co., New
rork.
H. G. CLARK.
Sworn to and subscribed before
ae this 13th day of October, 1919.
WM. P. GREENE.
My commission expires pleasure of
Governor.)
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CRESWELL ACQUITTED. ,i
McCormick, Oct. 14.?The re^ulai
)ctober term of court of general seslions
for McCormick County adjourn
id Saturday, after a week spent ir
he trial of criminal cases which hac
iccumulated for more than a year
The most important case tried a1
;his term was the State vs. Creswell
vho was charged with the killing ol
lis father in 1917. The jury in this
:ase returned a verdict of not guilty
Judge S. W. G. Shipp presided ir
in able manner and Hon. Georg(
Bell Timmerman, of Lexington, a:
solicitor, was at his best.
Common pleas court is in sessior
;his week and there are a number oj
ases for trial. The case^of J. T. Dil
ishaw and his wife vs. Dr. D. A. J
Bell, for malpractice, will be the mosi
raportant or the most interesting
:ase to be tried.
JOHN A. HOLLAND,
rbe Greenwood Piano Man.
Hi'; largest dealer in rnusieai histrn
nciits in Western Soutn Carol in.?. Pell:
pianos. self-player pianos, organs ani
5C"ivin;.T innHiiiir". Roforoiu'o: The
Bank of Greenrite olrlep- and
strongest Bank in Greenwood County
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