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/ ESTABLISHED 1844. The Press and Banner ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months .50 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1920. JOHN DRINKWATER'S "LINCOLN." t j The great story of Abraham Lincoln's life has been presented for the past year at the Lyric theatre, Hammersmith, London. The play it may hard- I ly be called a play?was arranged by John Drink- j water, head of the Birmingham, England, Reper- j toire Company. This production has recently been brought to the American stage and is now showing in New York at the Cort theatre. The various Metropolitan newspapers seem to be unable to agree upon just what criticism should be made of Drinkwater's production, whether it is a failure as a perfect portrayal of the Rail-splitter, who became president at one of the most critical times in the history of our country, or whether it is true to history and to J . the real facts in the life of Lincoln. One of the most surprising facts in the reports reaching America regarding the presentation in Mammersmith is that recently in December it was given for the 350th time, a remarkable run for even t a pure British play to make, much less for one wholly American in theme and setting. The drama consists of six episodes from the life of Lincoln; first, Lincolin in his own home re- : I ceiving the nomination and giving us the back-, j ground of his homely life. Secondly, the day when decision must be made, even in the face of a com[ - I 'promising Cabinet, to hold Fort Sumter; deny secession, and bring on civil war. Thirdly, war as it grows, spreading sorrow and hate, and bringing a resolution in Lincoln toward abolition. Fourthly, the signing of the emancipation proclamation, once more against the Cabinet. Fifthly, the merciful end of war, with Lee's surrender. Finally, the assassination. I* In some places Drinkwater deviates widely from j history, even to the extent of inventing a fictitious j character for the Cabinet, Burnet Hook, typifying I the South, yet he has exercised a wise dramatic prerogative in almost every case. Probably it p would have been even more dramatic to stick to ! | THIS, THAT AND p ? V * H. r ' uWe note that he calendar for the ing this week th; month of February has five Sun-J of goods will be days listed thereon. It crowds at both J. M. Anderson a ends to get five Sundays in 29 days, putting on a sale A week has 7 days and once in 7ter. days there is a Sunday; five times 7j is 35. So you can figure for your-1 self how Chronos had to manipulate ? ? e as 18?' ; , ,. , .. Banner there ap] tempus through higher mathematics ? , ? ,. a , , . _. of a show at the to get all his Sundays placed. Ofi^ A i i * i ^ i uaJ ailu *vic*jr y ti course it wouldn t have happened!. ... ... ' mg something lit had this year not been leap year.; Man" the i- . February is the month of expiation^,6 a"\ 6 ' , j, , the soul in seven and in 1920 is also one of the months , ,, , . of expectation. Maybe that's the rea-j" shou dtake ? the soul is not di days the soul co fore the reeling The Kerr Furniture Co., of which'refer the above t Corp. Kerr ^ is the personal ex-"stewards, presbyt ponent, feels agrieved that the Press ;sideration. and Banner has not been able to see1 the "prettier furniture" in their! . , r Among the cha storeroom, the carpets, the rugs andi. . . ,, , ' . , ' , ? . iken place in the other furnishings also. The Corp. is ... ... _ afraid that the columns of the free ^ 6 .""f VI- u u J / u- U u iwas the election publicity he has received (which he . .. , . . , . ; as vice-presideni thinks is of doubtful value) by vir- , , _ ... .. . ^ vestment Compj tue of his membership in the Set-1 Back College itfill tend to make the j ?en c01*"ec ? i ui- r i. xl ? i. 11. 'merchandise firm general public forget the fact that ^ he is in furniture business. He wants * to be considered the biggest furni- C.en m , , . ., . . . line of the best 1 ture dealer in these parts and also , . , ,. - . , A ? and otherwise en as the special representative of .. Thomas A. Edison, Edison being in a class with Zeus, Buddha and the! The Parent-Te . Great Thor. He also deals in mops,;of Abbeville, o: furniture oils and polishes and willjthrough the effor start an advertising campaign along puj ^as becom( this line in the npnr fnt.nrp?wn ' hope. . ! the local civic lii ition at present i We notice that a number of the '$800 to equip a merchants in Abbeville are putting Graded and Hig on a "Flo-Flo" show, all their own,'should be no dov in their display windows. J. S: Coch-iNext Tuesday at ran, Haddon-Wilson and Philson & organization Sup Henry are in this class. In fact the the Columbia Scl apparel worn by the chorus girls of address. The lo Flo-Flo in one of the scenes were U. D. C.f has beei Flo" apparel should be much in de-jent at the meeti mand this Leap Year. jLee program wil The last named firm is putting onj.school children, I a bip dis?eonnt sale and is advertis- being Lee's birthi j history in the scene when Lincoln announces to hi i Cabinet his intention of signing the emancipatio proclamation. Ir stead he makes Lincoln puzzl and shock his Cabinet members by reading to thei extracts from Artemus Ward, and immediatel completely surprises them by reading the proclams I tion, which he pulls, out of his high hat. Frank Mclilynn, wlio impersonates Lincoln i i said by the majority of the better dramatic critic to have been born to the part, so real is his acting and we would advise those who visit little old Nei York this spring to pay a visit to the Cort. "WE WERE INVITED." The Baptists of the Abbeville Baptist church ha a supper the other night to celebrate the the paj ing off of the last note of indebtedness on tl) handsome church edifice which they have erected i that good town. That was right and proper, an we mention it to call attention to a statement mad by Editor Greene in the Abbeville Press and Bar ner in making note of the event. He says the Bap tist brethren invited a few prominent members o the other town churches, but restricted the invita tions to those who were out of debt themselves, an then Editor Greene adds, "We were invited." Pos sibly if he were not also a very successful lawye as well as a fine editor he would have been unabl to add that statement, and would therefore hav beer, debarred from-the supper. We are glad Edi tor Greene was eligible to an admission to the sup per. This editor can remember when the Baptis church at Abbeville was very weak in number an; wealth, and there was a very small church buildinj there, and at that time the congregation was serve: by the Rev. Mr. Pratt, a very fine gentleman and : good* preacher. We srj glad to learn that tfti church has grown so muoh in the years that havi passed since those days.?Newberry Herald an< News. The^Press and Burner of Abbeville is enterinj the tri-weekly field. We congratulate it and th< editor and proprietor upon this evidence of success and both deserve the success which they have at tained.?Newberry Herald and New.?. A FORWARD STEP. . , The Abbeville Press and Banner changed from i semi-weekly edition to a three times a week editior this week. Congratulations and best wishes. Th< 9 Press and Banner is an ably edited and well pub lished newspaper. It gives the news of the fin< old town of Abbeville and the county generally ii a most attractive way. Abbeville should heartib support the Press and Banner in-its efforts to mee' the needs of the community for a live, progressiv< newspaper. The change means additional cost am additional work, of course, and it is incumbent 01 the business men of Abbeville to meet the mov< with additional support.?Index-Journal. THE OTHER THINC G. C. at a dollar's worth j Lack of dwellings, scarcity sold for 80 cents. r0ontR for rent and the crowdec nd Co., are likewise jte) faci,ities in Abbeville at pl. of similar charac-l . , , ? , jare distressing and nave called : i 'various suggestions as a ren 1 First and foremost it should ae of the Px-ess and; , at ? i made the business of someone t< seared a Movie Ad. Opera House Thurs- that more houses ar(i built in A fanuary 22-23, read- ville despite the high cost of m :e this?"The Mira- ials and the assertion that bui picture that reaches houses js considered a poor in reels. Just \\h> men^ Another sugestion is tha ven reels to reach isclosed. In the old aPartmOTt house be built, an a uld be reached be- ment where single rooms or suit< stage arrived. We rooms could be obtained at o the clergy, elders, prices?a place for roomers, onl ,ers, etc., for con- fQr housekeeping. If the ] facilities are inadequate somet should be done about it at < nges which iiave ta- XT . , < . Nothing will stifle a town s gr : personnel of the about January 1st, "ukker' or do more in the of Maxwell Smith unfavorable advertising, than lac t of the Hall In- housing to take care of the nal any. Maxwell has population and the transient p tvith the general lation. of J. Allen Smith, lvestment Co., re- The Hot Hustler Racket i: stock a complete more, but has become Adair's lines of furniture partment Store an'd signs to thii larged their stock. fect are now being placed genei I ly in the numerous wind lacher Association !"Adair's" being emphasized and rganized last fall jbellished by beautiful ampl ? ^ 'lines. "Adair's" also expect tc ,s 0 up . . |paint the store inside and rearr j quite a factor in j the stock, giving the store the fe. The organiza- and systematic appearance < is canvassing for genuine department store. playground at the ? :h Schools. There Suggestions have been made t lbt of the result, that the City Council be urge ; a meeting of the take action in regard to the pis t. W. H. Hand, of of fencing along Main street, w Finnic will mal'd nn navinfr now is in nrnrrrpss cn "" I O 1 O - "V cal chapter of the all the fencing or property bour n invited to be pres- ies line up. This is important J ng, as a Robt.- E. a practical standpoint and the 1 be given by the should have its engineer lay off Monday, January 19 lines for the . boundaries of day. home along this street. 11 ' l e ?> n z< 7 1 x is r ^ 7/ ' Just to Ma' r I Year's E e P s> 11 8 d s> e I' We will make some e l- I fers, to-wit: tf | One of the very best ho d 1 S. A. L. Shops, now owne | going at $5,500.00. r ? * I One acre of land imm? 9 above, at a very low figu I We have 108 Acres of 1 I ville cheap, for immediat i I . . . s if 122 Acres m good con a | churches, R. R. Station, ; ? !> / c j | We also have some ch< 1 ! 1 districts. r J i| If your Wants are "R] ^ if and sell Real Estate. 9 i,S if ? j i IciUikOw LSI 1 1 5 X > 4 Z 1 ; ' ! 1 ' ; ** Hearty Pr: h;tel Cleveland S :hing 3HCG. Qwth The Cleveland Six will dominal of so much better. It will lead because 0 flowing power, in ease of riding, in si ^ ? cars. Thousands of Cleveland Sixe: forming in every sense and in the las Dealers demanding much have driven Clevelands thousands of miles s no across country, over every kind of De- roads, putting the car to every con3 ef- ceivable test. And they say there is no rous- other light car like it. No other that lows, will do so much and do it so well and em- so economically. 10ral Cleveland owners are enthusiastic ? re- about its ease of driving. "It handles ange like a feather." "You can drive it with air one fineer." "It iust almost steers it >f a self." These and hundreds' of other Come In and See th 0 us Touring Car (Five Passengers) $1385 (1 to Sedan (Five Passengers) $2195 icing (All Price. P. O. ABBEVILLE MOT( that Abbeville, i idar- r from CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE f?itv 1 V1VJ m ' rt the New flusiness specially attractive of- $ uses in the city, near the $ id by Mr. Aleck Graves, ediately in front of the i I re. ; Ill land right in Lowndese sale. | imunity, near school, ij: it $30.00 Per Acre. Dice property in colored ijl ill 3AL" see us. We buy | id Company |1 ^ 'tl aise from ix Owners :e the light car field because it is it gives so much more in smoothtyle and quality, than other light s are on the road right now, pert degree right up to expectations. phrases of praise come from enthusiastic Cleveland owners. "If ctnn<5 nut- as fast as anv car that was ever built." "The speedometer slips around to forty or fifty before you know it." "There's practically no vi- -i bration." "It fairly glides over long mountain climbs." Cleveland owners tell us all these things and they will tell you if you ask them. To really know and appreciate the Cleveland, to understand all that we mean when we say it is so much better, you must ride in it and drive it. a C.loiiolntofl A' V> Vri/A ? Roadster (Three Passengers) $1385 Coupe (Four Passengers) $2195 B. Factory) 3R COMPANY, S. C. CO.; CLEVELAND, OHIO j \ /