Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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 _iass matter ax post office in Aobeville, S. C. Ter.os of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months l.oo Three months .50 MONDAY, AUGUST 1C, 1920. ONE THING WE DON'T UNDERSTAND C/imntimoc wo wnririfir jf the. ill creased passenger rates which go into effect August 26th will aid the local office of the Southern Railway in keeping a few dollars in wr.ull change at the passenger station. Friday we saw several people turned away from the ticket window without their tickets because the agent couldn't make change. One of these people offered a dollar bill in payment or a ticket to Greenwood. Another, an old lady, wished to purchase a ticket to Columbia with a five dollar bill. The agent refused to sell the ticket be cause he couldn't make tne cnange. With only a few minutes ai Hodges it is right inconvenient for an aged person, especially, to have to bother with buying a ticket at mat place besides the uncomfortable feeling an old person experiences in not having a regular ticket when boarding the train. We hope that the increased fares will provide sufficient "chicken feed" to enable the Southern's agent to change a dollar bill. GOING-TO THE MOUNTAINS. "This is the season when most people who do not have enougn sense lo remain at home go to the mountains" says Judge William PinKney Greene in the last number of The Press and Banner. He left his happy home on \ Spartanburg Street at Abbeville and vwent to Waynesville and does not appear tt> have enjoyed himself that any one could discover from \?hat he line written ahout his exDeriences and observations. He stood up "in crowded trains from Waterloo, Lauirens County, S. C. to Waynesville, Haywood County, N. C., a distance of about two hundred miles" and when he got tired standing on one foot he changed feet, and when ne got there he found that there was nothing to do "but sit around," although he admits that 'the mountains about Wayntsville are comfortable to look upon after you get there." Among other things, he found: 'Vvaynesvillc 11 so striking as a business place, did not see many South Carolinians there, attended services a; the Methodist Church on Sunday and apparently forgot the text, found little at the hotels "for the people to amuse themselves at except dancing and playjng cards, except, of course, eating ai d sleeping and sleeping and eat< * ? . 1" * _ . j | in ' never saw so many well-ft J. women in one lot in my life," "walked down Pigeon Street so as to feel at home to see how the swells behave just as they do on Greenville Street in Abbeville"?he might have added "or 0:1 South Church Street in Spai-tanburg." But this was not all that Judge Greene saw and sensed at Waynesville, as this choice oit from the story of his wanderings will show "The mountaineers have learned of the high cost of living and they are taking care of themselves. The people who did the buying told us that they were able to order apples from Virginia for less Llian tney could be bought for from the orchards about their own low h. They sell chickens by the pound up liierc, \feathers and all. and feed tiiem on heavy diet at that, and a man won"t work for less than about forty dollars a day with time and a half for overtime. We saw a wagon selling peaches at 75 cents per pecx and he was doing a killing business. The blackberries are just now getting ripe and the mountains are covered with huckleberries, but the hotels get none of these, but prefer to buj things from elsewhere because the prices are cheaper, we suppose." v But that is the way with summei hotels, speaking generally. The sea son is short, tne expenses ui iuun.u? resorts are heavy and the people whc flock to these places are "easy." Whj shouldn't the people in the moun tains sell their chickens by the pounc and stuff their craws with sand >i :hey can fin J any one to buy them? t That is what is done in so-called civilized communities outfitted with col- > leges and high schools ancr commititees on prices, and why shouldn't ths j j hotels in Wavnesville buy apples in I Virginia if they can get them cheapj er than they can in Waynesville and j pay 40 cents the dozen for them in j Abbeville? Why go away from home J ' with the hope and expectation of get- 1 j ;ing "resh vegetables when canned J :e.o~ds acn 02 bought in Abbeville or 1 ' Or.? Wi?t or Ho lges at le^s than the ' igueits pay ior them at the hotels in i ! Waynesville? J | Why go to the mountains about '< ! Waynesville when South Carolinians, i j even the people living m Abbeville, 1 i can go t? the very top of the moun- < 'tains at Saiuda over the steep??.t 1 grade east of the Rockies'" and in 1 comfortable cars without standing r up. To Saluda, where there is some- J thing to see and good things to eat 1 and nice people to meet and all the < green stuff that a canned goods ap- > petite could ask and where rue rates > a;-e getting back to 'normalcy?"? a Spartanburg Journal. < : i THIS IS TODAY 1 It is to laugh! The printer goes c into the cigar store lays down 15 i ctnts for a five cents cigap and t smiles; he goes to the boot shup c and gives up fifteen simoleons for \ a paip of five-buck kicks and re- I joices with the store man over his c prosperity; to the druggist he \ hands a dollar for a bottle of c psychic that he formerly bought for t 35 cents and makes good by adding t 50 cents to the outlay as payment f of 25 cents worth of chocolates to s make the physic a necessity, nc pays the grocer and the butcher two ' prices and registers approbation; he gives the banker 8 per cent for 4 per cent money and recognizes that in unnatural times one must expect [ unantural charges; he pays the garage man, the picture show man, the drayman, and the railroad their increased prices without a. kick, but when any of these intelligent and progressive business men desire a handful of letterheads they are shocked at the* continual upward trend in the prices of printing. We might offer these gentlemen a number of valid reasons for higher printing costs in addition to the ones that they already know to be legitimate, but do not think it necessary to go into business details to them any more than we expect them to do this for us. Howeer, we wjll to them that tthe day when the country printer owe 1 everyone in the community an! was dependent upon their charity j for his support?the day when he , walked in fear of his banker and ] approached his grocer in confusion ?is with all offices of any consequence a thing of the past. To be a ] successful newspaper man requires j nearly as much talent as it takes to j successfully manage a soda fountain ! and should be worthy of as much re-J muneratlon as is expected by the 3 proprietor of a pool palace. In ad-j dition to this a sucessful newspaper ^ man must have sufficient literal'/j ability to correct the copy of men who wish commercial printing so as: to make it intelligent in its construction. He must work more hours b than any other man in the business s in the village and he must p:*y iris E employees higher wages I hup. r.:n | other commercial enterprise i.i the j < place and these are but few of the j reasons why it costs more to have; printing done in these days of aJ-j vanced costs of everything than it > did when shoes were ' selling for, $3.50, wheat for GO cents and' "Horseshoe" at 45 cents per pound. The fact that we dare write and j publish these truths is procf po?r-i' tive that in some offices at least;' an,i fv.mihlino' have been sunov-,' seded by that knowledge of actual |' value which makes for commercial |1 ard intellectual independence.? I1 ' Clay County Sun. FAMOUS GIRLS !, J ; I Annie Mosity Ruth Less ' | Vera Similitude Grace Church', i ; Polly Gamous Olive Drab j, r , THE FEUD I I : "I hear there was a lot of rivalry - between soldiers and sailors." ; "Rivalry? Say, listen. I know ex-j > doughboys who to this day won't I r touch a navel orange." j j Have you renewed your subscripE tion? HERO OF FAMINE OF 1845 iVilliam Davie, One of The Saviours I Of South Carolina in Famine I Just Before Mexican War, For- 3 gotten By Historians. An Ac- H count of His GooJness B Off the road between Harmony ind the town of Fort Lawn, lies the lome of the late General William Richardson Davie, noted figure of Revolutionary war times, who served his country and state along vith Thomas Sumter and Frances Vlarion. The general died in 1?U4 md lies buried near the home. An nteresting story is told of his son, :he late William Davie, in his day )ne of the wealthiest and most influential citizens in South ' Caroina. In 1845 or at the time the Texas war was in full swing, and shortly before the outbreak of the Mexican war, North and South Carolina faced a famine. The crops vere a failure, in the barns there I vas room to spare and many a hard I vorking father was filled with I inxious care lest his children want 9 "or bread. William Davie, however, lad plenty, possessed of broad ands which were always tilled with :are, he had for years been laying lp thousands and thousands of >ushels of corn. In fact, he was the >nly farmer in all the country-side vho did have enough and to spare. 'eople flocked to him from scores >f miles around to buy corn. Some vho came had no money but wanted :orn anyway. It made no difference o William Davie. To all who came o him for bread that bread was 'reely given. If they had money he old them corn at a fair price. If hey had none it was all the same. The story is that there was an at- ? empt on the part of some to try to S ipeculate in Davie's corn. That is, 9 :ertain Shylocks undertook to buy S Davie's corn a( Davie's price and 2 hen sell it at their starving fellow nen at a great profit. Upon being I idvised of their procedure Davie I jromptly cut off their supply. Thus I his man kept hundreds of his fel- I ows from starving to death. No I ligh and mighty granite shaft I movL-c +Vio Inst Tpstinr* nlaee of this B ;oble man who until the day of his 41 leath was held in the highest respect and esteem by hundreds of q Jeople. In the history books of >outh Carolina there is no photo- ffl fraph and mention of William 9 Davie, one of the Saviours of South 1 Carolina in 1845. His descendants p ive in Texas.?Yorkville Enquirer. J KEEP AT IT f you toot your little tooter And then lay away your horn, g Vithin a week there's not a soul Will know that you were born. ? ?he man who tries to advertise, By short and sudden jerks s the man who's always kicking Because it never works. 'he fellow who is on the job A-nunipin every aay, md keeps forever at it, He's the one who makes it pay. J -The Moebius Spear. * |g What untold suffering is caused 1 y the outrageous price of silk j| hirts and cord tires!?Newark Star M ]agle. j w OPERA HOUSE V j PROGRAM. V | TODAY?TUESDAY V | CHARLES RAY v IN V I v " THE GIRL DODGER" V | AND V! 1 V JkUUlllj rULiU V g ^ IN Vj | V "THE VANISHING DAGGER" v' j ^ 1Gc. 20c. V'| < V I v WEDNESDAY V ? CONSTANCE TALAMDGE V IN V J V "HAPPINESS A LA MODE" V j V AND V j V TWO REEL WESTERN V j VI Oc. 20c.V J V V I v THURSDAY V | V GEO. WALSH V g V IN V | V "THE DEAD LINE" V | V AND V 8 V "DAREDEVIL JACK NO. 6" V J V 10c. 20c. V I I?MM Gounty Saa WE To Call Your Attention r We Have a COMMERC " We Have a SAVINGS D We Have a TRUST DEF We Have LOCK BOXE! For your present needs, our cotun your savings, and you can check it out a to you and be a receipt for the money j I Our Saving's Department will pay y save up against a rainy day. Rent a Lock Box from us, and your 5 irom lire ana ourgiars. A small rental gives you a Private PROVIDE FOR The universal aim is to amply provi often spent in accomplishing this, then is Frequently dissipated through incomf It' you will name this bank as trust questions of such occurence will be r'er Come in and talk it over with us, ri County Sai SOUND S A F (j.' A. NEUFFER, President. ALBERT HENRY, Vice-President. I 11 IIBlMMWWnMMMWWMMMMIMWM???? m =i 1 Your fe III' ! Home pgay ( Furniture Bp! J = | All the l~;id is echoing the call for j everywF ere. Heed the call and ba | His Cas:Ie." Make yours worthy | more properly speaking. | Let your Home reflect your cui | more important, your wife's good i and children, the HOME is the gr | Womankind. Make your Home the most cha | earth for your wife and family. I Call In And Let Us Help You. J nish or Beautify Your HOME. | PRICES RIGHT. GOODS ] Kerr Furnitui m THE ONE PRICED I ? 20-22-24 NORTH MAIN ST. I IB inqs ^Sank I > 9 BEG I ro The FACT That I IAL DEPARTMENT. I EPARTMENT. I >ARTMENT. I 5 FOR RENT. | Mi nercial department will take care of H .s necessary, each check will- conic back H on 5 Per Cent, interest and help you to H papers and other valuables will be safe H Hox for one year. m T H E FUTURE. ? de for our loved.ones. A life time is H- v after a short period of time the estate 9| ictent management. S ee of your estate, in your will, all Bfi noved. 9 to obligation or cost to you. S vines Bank I E SERVICE I1 R. E. COX, s Cashier. / S P. E. BELL, Asst. Cashier. B /"Better Homes." You hear it gj happier. "A Man's House is m of its King?or -its Queen? jj y W bare and refinement, and still j| 1 taste. After love for husband B ? i . .1 * g eatest and grandest tmng 10 p , irming and delightful place on jjj T WILL PAY YOU WELL. I Wp Have Every Thing to Fur- * 1 ; DELIVERED ANYWHERE. I _ f re ixUiiijjaiiy URNITURE STORE. I . ABBEVILLE, S. C. I *\ wammmmmmmmmmk