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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-liass matter a\ post office iv Aoheville, S. C. Ten as of Subscription: One year $2.0L Six months l.Ui Three months .51 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1, 1920 THE DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE A great marty men who were candidates in yesterday's primary an feeling blue today. The results have not been what they expected, certainly net what they hoped for. Mosl oi these men believed they were the best fitted men in the race for the particular office for which each was a candidate, and the result causes them to look with distrust on the primary. Again, these men feel a keen distrust in their fellow men. A great many men caused them to believe tViov wprp nhoiit, to be elected. A great many men who did not vote foi each candidate talked to that candidate as if they expected to vote foi him. Some openly promised and then failed to keep the faith. In the disappointment at losing out, these men quite naturally feel that they have been deceived. If we would say a word to these . men today, we would advise them tc forget the campaign as soon as possible, forget politics for all time, and get a job of their own and go tc work along other lines. Half the industry which the candidates periodically invest in politics employed ir business would make of us all prosperous citizens. We believe that every man should be a candidate once; if for no othei reasons, to find out how polite he can be. But after he has been a can> didate and has been beaten h< should realize that the country wil run without him, and that he needn'1 worry about it, but had better pu his thoughts on himself, his family and his own business. There is noth ing in politics anyway. A few men peculiarly fitted for office-holding wil always be found who will fill the of fices from well to indifferently well and the country will be better off ii the number of those who want offic< shall not increase. When a good mar is in office and is filling it acceptablj no other man should persuade himseli to run for that particular office. Of fice, you know, is a public trust anc not a private snap to be gobbled uj by anyone who happens to be able tc get it. But speaking of disappointed candidates, our thoughts turn to the deai women. Most men have been able tc take defeat in elections heretofore pretty well. It has come hard at times but they have held their tongues, looked pleasant and gone about . their business. Occasionally we have heard of a poor brother drowning his sorrow in ardent spirits, a privilege now denied all defeated candidates. The question now is, or will be, will the women be able to take defeat like the men? We have no doubt that if a woman candidate in the next election \ shall be defeated by a man she will be able to get over it, though she may think the man rather ungallant for beating her. But what is going to become of the woman who defeats another woman for office? How will they meet each other at the Thursday afternoon's Bridge Club? Will they greet each other pleasantly at the Wednesday night's prayer meeting? Will the defeated female go down town the next day o n aw crrwxj n 5* f tlin ViiiQ band's expense and sfibw out in a few days in "new vines" to let her opponent see what she can do? Will there be a new automobile, or should we say limousine, in the family, or what will happen? These arc questions which cannot be answered until the time comes, but in the meantime the questions are puzzling. We have been told that when the women come to vote they will show as all kinds of reforms and manj ('ther things. There will be a bettei administration of* the laws everywhere, and the old world will b( dressed in brighter colors. But what we want to know is, how are the women going to face defeat by each other? When we have seen this we shall know whether woman suffrage is a good think or not. Election News LATER FIGURES A detailed statement of the vote for ^sub-supervisor in Abbeville^ County prepared by W. F. Jone? :hcws that 898 votes are necessary , to a choice in this race, anJthat Cal-' I | vert has received 905 and Nance 998. It will take the report of the executive committee to determine finally whether Mr. Calvert is nomiI noted, however. -| GRAYDON IN SECOND RACE ! j According to the returns from - Richland County, Hon. Wm. N Gray;j don, formerly of Abbeville, but now s'of Columbia, is in the second race s for the legislature, having run sixth ; in a race in which there were twelve i . . i entries. 1 ' ! t McCORMICK RESULTS ; McCormick, Aug. 31?Complete , returns for county officers show F C Robinson reelcted to the state sen. ate. Dr. R G. Killingsworth was . elected to the house of representa-, . tives. A second race will be between i j J H Lyon, incumbent, and T E Mann' . for Supervisor; T. J| Price is reelect-, ['ed Supt. Education; F F Edmunds, . incumbent, will run a second race ' with Milton L Leroy for sheriff. W 0 /Graves and G. H McCain are elected ' county commissioners. L S Riddlehov-1 1 er was reelected coroner. The elec-^ /t:on passed off quiet with no demonstrations and with little interest tak-j en as a whole. , Judge of the Probate (Jourt ot tnis county, and for many years an attorney at the Abbeville Bar, but for the last twenty years bond clerk in the State Treasurer's office, fell down the stairway of his residence in, the city of Columbia Monday afternoon, sustaining serious injuries. Accord. i::g tj an account of the accident in Columbia State, Judge Lyon in . di.lending the stairway lost his bal! anee, lulling to the floor, striking his ??,i iivcui auu n^iit oiuc. He remained unconscious from the ! blow on the head for several hours r after his injury, and when he regainr j ed consciousness he suffered consider a'oiy from the injuries received. An X-ray picture was made from which > it was found that he had broken his i I GREENWOOD RESULTS < M } Greenwood, Sept. 1?E. M White ( 'was nominated sheriff in Greenwood county over three opponents, his iota! vote being 1,549. The vote received by his opponents were: T. A Williams, 437; R L Lyon, 125; and j R E Hughes, 112. G. Yeldell was elected to the office of clerk of court by the narrow majority of 15 votes, he receiving 1,512 votes and Dr L H ^ Russell 1,497. Sam Sherrad, W. J Moore and T J Beacham were elected | to the house. Joe Lake and J. W Canfield will make a second race for "i the office of auditor, and A J. Bell ^ and T. M Hodges will make a second race for supervisor. l / r' ALL ABOUT COTTON I J The Government report was re I ceived today giving the condition of! , the cotton crop of August 25th., as! ( 67.5, with an estimated crop of 12,-' 783,000 bales. The condition for . South Carolina was stated to be 71 . as against 67 this time last year and , a ten year average of 71. j Futures rose when the report was . first announced but later under pressure cotton lost heavily the. . close being nearly two cents under i , the close of the day before. The , close was as follows: j October 25.50 December 24.17 January J 23.58 March 23.38! May 23.10 1 j Spots in New York (juoted at' 30.??. j JUDGE J. FULLER LYON FALLS Gallant Confederate Veteran, Formei^ Abbeville Man, Suffers Brok- ; en Hip From Fall at Hi? Home in Columbia i ????? Judge J. Fuller Lyon, formerly right hip in the fall. Judge Lyon is in his eightieth year, and is well known throughout the state. He was a gallant Confederate soldier being a first lieutenant in Company H, nineteenth South Carolina regiment. His old war comrades will be sorry to hear of his unfortunate accident. BACK AT THE OLD HOME Fioi. Robert McCaw Ferrin arrived in Abbeville Monday night and will visit for several days with Mrs. T. G. White. Mr. Perrin is making a notable success of his boys preparatory school in New Orleans and of his summer camp for boys near Brevard. Old friends in Abbeville are always glad to know of his success. UNCLE PAT RETURNS. I . Old man Longshore was feeling better Tuesday morning because hist old partner, Uncle Pat, had arrived from Waynesville where he has been enjoying the mountain climate for ;'*e Inst thirty dnys. Uncle Pat says he had a fine time but that the rain was too much for him. A heavy rain fell Friday morn-| !rg gottirrr all the rivers up. He left Saturday and arrived in time to vote S for the men of his choice Tuesday. | DR. BLACK'S CONDITION \ Dr. G. A Neuffer has received a letter from Mrs. Dr Black, of Mt Car-, mel, stating that the doctor was still in the hospital in Augusta and that he would likely be there for two or three months. j It will be remembered that Dr.; Black was severely injured in a col-! lision between a C. & W. C. train = and his automobile one day last w urooV Hp snffprpd an iniurv to his w back which has completely paralyzed his lower limbs. b( lit A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR 'st |a) Frank B. Gary is expected in Ab- st beville Thursday for his annual fi visit to his parents. Frank landed in New York during the past week 'fj from a cruise in the Pacific which carried him to the Hawaiian Islands, to Seattle and through the big canal. The sailors were treated with g marked distinction wherever they ^ touched and Frank had "the time of | his life" for in addition to going'. | the pace with the other boys, he had 1 many letters of introduction from | pretty girls in the East to pretty s girls in the West. In Hononlulu j he was shown special attention | by Sam Hill and Miss Mary Hill and | in Seattle by Mrs. Hill's people. 1 , IN TOWN | Col. H. D. Reese is in the city g this week visiting Mr. and Mrs. I Bradley Reese and Miss Caroline | Reese. The Colonel looks as young | as he did a hundred years ago. He 1 says he is building a bridge to get 1 across the river Styx, he doesn't ? like cold water. Col. Reese told a joke on himself 1 to some of his friends yesterday, f The joke grew out of a clock-fixing | transaction which he had with our j old friend, Mr. Tine Hammond | many years ago when Col. Reese 1 B n . MICKIE SAYS: /^WOMCST "TO <aOODN?SS\ / VttUO \W> A $26,000 \j | SA\JE AMD KAOMEDt* TOVUM,COME | \UrCO "TVV OFF\S 6NO," NOOO- | BE <a\\j*i* KNE A ovsocmntt NOVO , ^ | \wovrr noo a \\je &ecu -tkv.\v\6 \ ft -aV PAPER OMCR -OiiEvrN NEWS | A viovw <\x ua^ta oxyf I ! ? V DCAWVi UV\M<a EYP^SESVV/ 1 Itonttfauk L--^bV\ 5 ' BeoaiuSoyoa. ) .? Khoosall // |pf ? , Aboab a 3-ufireAJ y .'if 91 T^iai: a % xfonrrr / ?/\ I l" j ?I,V jrff ] Doe? h flj& t. - j C^AUL?S ?H>onQ-&r* jj[j 4 |_l Qounh THE TIME, TIME. T it. Don THE PLA in this b things? WAY. T1 hesitate. WE PA / n isoun SOUND I G. A.. NEUFFER, Preside] ALBERT HENRY, Vice-F as an expert at fixing clocks an< atches. Col. Reese told it this way rine had brought the clock up t< j fixed, and I worked on it and go started to running, but it wouli op every few hours. I finally di< ' T aamU if /loll a A in 1 X UUU1U 1U1 lb) vanvu AIUV ?>< arted it up and collected $1.5' om Tine for the Job. Well, I knew the clock was no xed entirely right and that i m 1 = Ani ! The < i 1 PHOt [ THE EDIS m H =5 I Visit Our iriueii f Savings THE PLACE an< he ti mteo save money is \ 't wait. Tomorrow brings CE. ..The place to put yoi ank, where you have the t -Service, Safety and Soun le way to do this is to DO Y 5 PER CENT. ON I DEPOSITS. ity Savings SAFE [it. R. 'resident. ' P. ] i j would stop on Tine, and my con: science hurt me. I went home that o night and kept thinking about the tj clock stopping. Finally I went to 3 jbed and dropped off to sleep when I j had a dream about going to heaven, [f I dreamed I went in, and the first 0 person I saw was Tine, who had 'gone on before me. . tj I said "Hello, Tine," and he said t(to me, "Well you have come up ilHM^ llUUIlt Opening 0 IQGRAPH AIT UT1 HI VN-- ine mono! A Soul." ' Music Parlor at >.et. - w jc,I\? Mi l MR "RSS .: 'f " fetWBWl * 3$ank I J i THE WAY I | vhen you get I s temptation. B M ur money is 9 j hree needful 9 1 i IT. Don't |;SH SAVINGS B 1 II Bank - i SERVICE jj ' Mafl I'Wl E. COX, Cashier. J E. BELL, Asst. Cashier. H have you, how do you like the ^ | place?" Fine I said. : "Would you like to get in, Tine I asKea. 1 saia yes, w oe suib. Then turning around he pointed' ! to one corner, where I saw that old clock. Tine said to me that I could j come in when the clock struck 12. * I looked and the clock was standing at 11:55 and had stopped. 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