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" THE PRESS AND BANNER \
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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WEDNESDAY, JUINH. au, iyzu ,
FOR BETTER SCHOOLS. , ' '
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The people in Abbeville County
may not take the question of bette j
schools seriously. We do not believ#
they do in fact. Perhaps the fellow-'
kn Af info??ncf \ r. :
ilig 1IA1?111/ Vt VX u>Vvi vov vv j
"Folks of Howry Wilson !
school way believe in education
and employ the best teachers ;
and have the best school house !
that the York county department
of education can suggest. They
k held an election at Lowry Wilson j
on the question of increasing the
school levy to 15 mills the other
day. Only one vote was cast. ;
That one was for it. Citizens in i
that country favored it unanimously
and they didn't see any
use in turning out in force to J
vote for it. So they just in_
structed Mr. Sam C. Byers, one
of the leading: citizens of the dis
trict to cast the ballot of the
community. They pull together
?those people do.1"
This clipping is from the Yorkvilte
Enquirer and it shows that in som j
sections of the state at least the peo
pie are taking the school question se !
riously. These people planned to
have built a school building of
modern design, and with modern
equipment. They propose to give the
school children in their community
the best to be had in the way of
schools. The children in this commu I
nity will be prepared for college.
The interest manifested In this community
will induce more and more of
young men and women there to seek
college education. And it will result
in making an educated community. '
The boys and girls, of Abbeville
County must cope with tne boys and
girls of York County. Can we afford
to offer less in the wav of education
al advantages than York County offers?
Do we think less of our chil
dren, -or of their opportunities in life
than do the people of York County?
( Are we willing that the school children
of Abbeville County shall be
half taught or not taught at all,
while the children cf York County
are obtaining the very best that is to
be had in the way of common school
education, and when they are being
prepared for college anu Tor entering
life's fields of endeavor in a way
in which do not prepare ours?
We have said that Prof. Edgat!
Long and Superintendent Fulp would ,
lead a great educational campaign in'
t this
county the present summer if ,
the people wanted-them to do so. We
have said that these gentlemen would
give their services to Abbeville County
in an endeavor to awaken an in-1,
terest in educational matters here at
home if the people want them to do
so. Do the people want them? Do ,
the people of Abbeville County want
better school houses, better teachers i
and better schools thaii. those wnich in
. 3me sect'ons at least are a repro u-h ,
" i us? Do the peop!e of the court; ,
think more of a dollar m their pocs-.]
ets than they dc of the children !n ,
their homes? j.
It is time for Abbeville County t> ,
wake up. We are far and away be,
hind ther times, and still we sleep.
A WITNESS FROM RUSSIA j
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Exact information about acturl i
conditions in Russia has been notori i
cusly hard to get. The Bolshevik! may '
have established a paradise o:i earth, '
l-ut they are exceedingly cautious :
about letting visitors from the world 1
that still lieth in wickedness come i
and inspect its joys. Some people ask, 1
Why don't the newspapers send trust- <
worthy correspondents to Moscow to t
report the truth? The answer is that i
the Bolsheviki would not permit an i
honest and Impartial writer to enter 1
that city, if they knew him as such. <
They have declined, as Mr. Millerand i
has just reminded the French Chamber,
to allow the League of Nations ?
o send a competent commission into
Russia to ascertain the facts. The
only correspondents and observers
thus far admitted by the Bolshevist
authorities are individuals whose credentials
come under one of three
heads. They must either (1) be
avowed sympathizers with Bolshevism;
(2) be absolutely ignorant of
the Russian language and of Russian
life; or (3) submit to being isolated
and put in close charge of a Bolshevist
Commissar. It was under such
conditions that Mr. Goode and "Lord'
Lansbury made their favorable but
blindfold studies of the L>ov;et rc-,
gime.
A witness of a different sort. re-,
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cently came out of Russia. He is the
Rev. F. W. North, British Chaplain
at Moscow during the revolution and
the terror. Having lived in Russia'
for ten years, he is in a position to
understand as well as to interpret the {
events which have passed before hisj
eyes. In The Monhing PosL or London j
he has been writing a series of articles,
in which, without heat or prejudice,
he makes recital of what he has
seen and heard, and traces intelli.
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gently the developments in Russia
since the downfall of the C/.ar Or.e
striking fact for which he vouches is
that the power really in control in
Russia today is an }nner circle of the
All-Russia Extraordinary Committee.
T>? nrii'f itolKf O
JL>y tins UUUJ y V AAl-WMi.J V rlice,
made up in good part of Letts'
and Poles is exercised the power of(
confiscation of property and, in effect,
the power of life and death over
individuals. Its nature and activities
recall those of the Tribunals in
France of the Revolution, which of '
ten were more powerful and deadly
than the nominal leaders of the National
assembly. J
Mr. North asserts that this Russian
"Collegia" frequently asserts itself
against both Lenin and Trotzky.
Its head is a man named Derjinsky.
"He and his satellites," affirms Mr.
North, "can arrest any one, condemn
"any cne, execute any one without
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inai; anu in cue ixuuot vi wv
al chaos "and destitution it is this
power which "governs."
The Rev. Mr. North confirms the
accounts which others have given of i
the extreme of misery which the Bel- <
sheviki have brought upon Rossi?.
Millions of the population lie prostrate
and despairing. The peasants
on the land manage better than tiiost
to keep soul and body together, but
they, too, live" in dread 6f confiscatory
decrees from Moscow. For a time
the peasants were allowed to keep
for their own use forty pounds of
grain a month per capita. The rest
had to be "sold" to the Soviet Government
at a fixed price in paper
money?which had no fixed value. :
The inevitable result was that the
peasants raised no more grain than '
they themselves consumed, or hid the :
surplus. To meet this strange un- ]
willingness to share in the blessings !
of the Bolshevist millennium, Lenin
recently issued a decree stating that '
whereas the peasants had made no !
sacrifices f(j-r the Revolution, and the 1
time had come for them to do so ^
their allowance of grain would here- '
pfter be cut from forty to eighteen
pounds* a month, Th<? effect of this((
as a stimulus to grow a large crop <
may easily be imagined. { jl
On the whole question of possible (
trade with Russia, Mr. North has some 1
suggestive statements. Passing by the
articles of gold and platinum and,'
possibly, flax, he doubts ir tiie Rus- i
sians have at present any surplus
with which-to pay for tne Imports
they so greatly need and aeslre. He
is positive that those vast stores of 1
grain, ready to be shipped out of Rus- <
sia, exist only in the fancy of credu- ^
lous outsiders. "There can - be no <
eui, grain uApurt iruiii xvus&ia until *
after the Soviet madness has been i
cured." 1
There is no doubt that the Bolshe- I
viki desperately want to start up for- I
:?ign trade. But they desire it mainly I
for their own prestige and self-pres- <
swation. They protest that they must *>
nave foreign-built locomotives and s
railway supplies in order to restore 1
the ruined transportation systems of S
Russia, and so make possible again t
;he movement of goods. But it may
ivell be suspected that the use they C
not:t want to make of the railways is 1*
Fr,r the traveling of their tyrannical,t
:cmmissars and the dispatch of 1'
;roops. One Commissar of Mr North's a
icquaintance was delightfully frank g
n the matter of trade negotiations, t
3is idea of the things to be exchang- c
;d was given in the following con- j
fersation: 1 o
Yes, .Pastor worth, you just wait n
i little. Soon we shall have ail your
* 'ill.,
delightful delicacies and all your ele- I
gant and well-made footwear and !
clothes over here in Soviet Russia." |
' "And what will?what can you give \
us in return?' :
"Surely you ' know? Bolshevist
ideas, of course!"?New York Times. |
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J. J. DARLINGTON
Washington mourns the loss of
such a man as J. J. Darlington,:!
whose funeral will be held today. He
was one of the foremost of the Capital's
citizens in ability and character,'
although not always as prominently
in the public eye as his ability de-'
served. His modesty forbade Mm from
seeking the limelight, either for van-j j
ity or for the purpose of disclosing
his charitable side. He loved to live
quietly, holding his friencs, doing
good by stealth, working long and j
faithfully and enjoying simplicity ofi |
habits and thoughts. In His profession J:
Mr. Darlington was admrred by his I
colleagues, Iby the bench and by lay- j
men, not only for superior capacity, i
but for the unswerving integrity that j
made his life worth while. He was an j
ornament to the bar of the District j
of Columbia, and was held in the i
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highest esteem by all classe^ of men. j
Men like him are few, maeed, and i
when they die their places are never j
filled.?Washington Post.
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THE OLD HOME PAPER
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When the old home' weekly paper,
ccmes the city man who is sorting i
his mail is pretty apt to "call ai,
halt," reach for it, and lean back to
its leisurely perusal. . u . |.
It isn't altogether because, as fre- j
quently happens, he does business ^
with the town where it is published,
but it is to him, in many instances,
like a letter from home, wherein is,
the gossip of a family gathering, j
The names in its columns are fa-,*
miliar, old times, old friends, old 1
loves and ambitions are brought '
back to him and business always has 4
time to give place to them! *
Great changes have been made of : 1
late years in the make-up and gen-!
erai appearance of old home papers; '
many country weeklies have become
dailies; but the news from the
neighboring country towns and settlements,
sent in by letter* still retains
its heartful, "homey" quality,
and it's like shaking hands all
around to read it!
Another feature of the worth of
the country paper, an(l the general
interest in it, was pointed out recently
by The Review of Reviews: '
"Country weeklies are pre-emiinently
the home papers of news,
paperdom. They are not hurriedly
scannel while men travel to business
then left to brakemen to gather up.
They go directly to homes; their
reading is a duty as well as a
pleasure. Hence their peculiar value
as an advertising medium."
And their advertising columns
hold not only the immediate homeinterest,
but as an index to the
business prosperity of their ,towns,
;hey attract business from the
lities.
Standing by the home paper in its
jvery efort to advance home-interjsts
is what makes towns grow. And
;hat is what every public-spirited
ntizen, in every community that
las a newspaper, does at all times.
?Atlanta Constitution.
5EARLS AND
PADGETT ACQUITTED
Clarence Searls, who was convicted
of violation of the city liquor
ordinance last week and fined $100,
vas arrested and tried again yesterlay
on a similar charge. Searls'
ast arrest was upon evidence furlished
by a "detecative" employed
)y city council who has been
pussyfooting about the city for the
>ast month under the guise of a
dumber J:or the Abbeville Water
tnd Electric Plant. Others upon
vhcm warrants were served at the |
tame time are Jim Padgett, Joe
3rown, both colored, and Dewey
Simpson, a white farmer of the j S
cwnship. I g
The evidence in the case of the
Jity vs. Searls was a little am>iguou?
concerning the. nlace whero
he sale of liquor was alleged to
lave been made. The jury evidently
igreed that while Searls might be
ruilty of selling liquor, in' this case
he liquor was not sold within the H
ity limits, thereby removing any I
urisdiction of the mayor's court I
ivi r " i ' transaction. A verdict of I
lot guilty was therefore rendered. 'I
This morning at ten o'clock Jim II
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forever, an<
I must necesf
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an account
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Padgett was tried for violation of,
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;he liquor ordinance but Jim
nanaged to prove an alibi upon the \
:estimony of both Gus Richey and '
Tom Gray which was that at the
;ime the sale of two coca-cola bottles
of Pride of the Swamp was al_
eged to have been made by Jim
ie was reclining in a chair in,
Cray's tonsorial parlor on Washing;on
street.
The evidence was so weak against
fim that City Attorney D. H. Hill
isked his honor, the mayor, to nol (
iross the case. Instead the mayor.
Jirected the jury of which J. S. |
>tark was chairman, to render a|
verdict .of not guilty.
The case against Dewey Simpson
las not been called yet.
A GENTLEMAN .
An elevator girl at Hotel Jb'ort Dee '
Moines is quoted in The Register as
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ing comfort of our SI
and break right.
They have the kinc
to wrinkle. And
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SUMMER SUITS
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TERDAY G<
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i TOMORROW yet to ,
sarily be our time for i
urge, it's all the time we !
today while you have the
7 5 PERCENT. ON i
DEPOSITS
ty Savings
SAFE
saying that a male who takes off
his hat when alone in the elevator
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with the girl operator is a gentleman,
that if he leaves his hat on re
gardless of all feminine occupants j
he is just a man, but that if he
takes his hat off for other women
but leaves it on in the presence of
the elevator girl he is neither a man
nor a gentleman.
That there is a certain keen
analysis in this nobody will deny. It
emphasizes the importance of democracy,
and shows up snobbishness,
which is disgusting.
But it is just as important to understand
that all supposed ^tests' of
gentlemanliness are fallible as it is
to have a few tests in mind.
Judging another human by a few
signs of appearance or behavior is
the most hazardous thing on earth.
There' never has been a ' "perfect
gentleman" any more than there
has been a "perfect lady" or a*per-1
se Summer t
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JMMER SUITS. ..Thes<
1 of style you want, hold 1
D.f w^ar and satisfaction.
$10.00, $12.50, $15.00,
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feet anythng, except n poetry.
% 'A man who ignored all the implied
rules of hat tipping that the
elevator girl listed might be closer ' . "i
to gentlemanliness in a real crisis
that brought out real stuff than
anybody we know. And a man who
fastidiously kept the rule of hat
tipping might be a cad from tip to ' :;
toe. i
Mark Twain long ago learned
that you can't tell by the looks of a
frog how far he can hop, nor which <
way, nor whether he will do it
gracefully or otherwise.?Des
Moines Register/ >
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: JUSTICE AND MERCY. / :A;$
"Mrs. Binks is a wonderful1 hos- ?
tess."
"Yes, but why do you say so?"
"She's paired Bjones, who has a.
week eld car, with Mrs. Smythe, who
has a six-months-old baby."?Lif?.K '
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