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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. i Entered as second '_iass matter ai post office in Aobeville, S. C. i Ten *1* of Subscription: One year $2.00, Six months l.uu j Three months .501 ' ' | WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1920 I 1 THE SPARTANBURG JOURNAL \ It wobbled in And it wobbled out. And it left the people still in doubt W ueuiei Hie auanc wab Iiiuitv vuv track was coming in or going out. j That is the wfcy Judge McGowan,' when he was a great adtocate in this rart of the state, sometimes described the testimony of a witness who i.wore in every direction, as witnesses' sometimes do. J And it is a fitting description of the article in Monday's Spartanburg' Journal on the alleged deal between Senator Smith and Ex-Governor Blease. It is true that the Journal does 1- ~ AniniAvi ir\ on uj?iv.e u.ie .>tairinciii v,x v^uuvn ??? uu article of a column's length. It says that it "looks ugly." But it leaves us in doubt about what it is that looks ugly. We do not know \vhether it is the census department's statement of r C^srtanburg's population, the predic-' ament George has gotten himself into first with the prohibitionists, and next with the boys who want to see liquor sold, Magnolia Street,*or the growing subscription list of the Herald.' We take it that the statement does not refer to Senator Smith"s letter to Mr. Blease, nor Mr. Blease's support of the Senator because the Journal says that Mr. Blease, as a regu' lar democrat, if not a good one, has a right to support Senator Smith if he desires. It fails to state any evidence on which to charge that Senator Smith sought his support, or is using it to stir up factional feeling in the state, as in Calhoun George. | What really looks ugly to the Jour-' r.al, we imagine, is George's chances of being elected. Or it may be George's statement that he now stands for prohibition. Or it may be ' that George and the Journal would have liked the looks of things better :f Blease had come out for George. We cannot tell. The Journal finds itself unable to censure Senator Smith for answering a courteous letter from Mr. Blease.1 It would have been less than polite not to have thanked him for the kind expressions in his letter with regard to the Senator's campaign, and ioj , his offer to allow the Senator to use his letter if it was desired to do so.' We imagine that if Mr. Blease had been in SpartJanburg and had said to the Journal man that his paper was a great paper for a small town, the / paper man would have thanked him. Perhaps he would have asked Mr. Blease what he thought about the paper so he could thank him. Another thing is this: If instead of coming out in a letter favoring Smith, Mr. Blease had come out favoring George, would it appear to George and his following that Blease ^ c? n p KorJ or* V> A AM nn urnc 9 WT Alii ^ jo aa uciu as iic uuwc ?ao, v? vuiu George's friends use Blease's letter amongst the former followers of the Governor in the effort to get their votes? Answer that question and then blame Smith accordingly or not as : you answer it. No, gentle readers, George wants to get away from the big amount of :noney he is spending in this race, and he doesn't want to tell who is contributing it. The sum is now so larg* that everybody knows George is not paying it. The advertisements are signed by "friends" of George. Who are the friends? Let us know who it is that is putting up money to get George elected. Certainly it is not the women ior wnom ne wouia prepare a little blackberry wine. Who is it then? THE SNAIL ROUTE. The Southern is the greatest of the railway systems of the South. It employs some fine men, and there are no better men on its payroll than Capt. Brown Syfan, Capt. Poore and Co!s. Klugh and Bauknight, of the t h' ASHLEY CASE CONTINUED i r, n' The case of The State vs. Ernest r Ashley charged wrth murder was s continued in the Anderson court yesterday, the defendant asking foi h' a continuance on the ground that h< g' had not had time to prepare his de fense. The motion was granted. r! The defendant in this case, it is 'understood, then applied for bail, n but so far as we have learned bail e has not been granted. On the motion s for bail it appeared that here will be a battle royal in the case, the defendant being represented by Watkins and Prince and Greene and " rrncv. " rV cf r:*:cr.i rc:-:de wit . ?. They are polite, attentive to thei 'uties to the public, try to run o me, and when at home off thei ;:::s arc cr'mnsnionable fellows a . ell as gcod citizens. Eut there are some things of whic .ve must compiain. There is one thin particular of which we must com ;.Iai:\ The "tome things" consist fo he.- most part of the poor coache which are generally to be found o the "branch." We are told, and w have never heard it denied, that thi piece of road is one of the best paj ing pieces of property owned by th Southern. Certain it is that two-third of the freight which comes into At beville comes over this line. Now, w have never been able tc see or undei staad why there should be chair car on the main line where the road doe ::ot make money, and none on th I ranch lines where the road doe make money. We think that Caj>1 Capi. Syfan and his crew are entitlei to better equipment than they ge and we warn the Southern now tha if it does not improve the presen ccachcs cr if it transfers the coache on the Asheville-Murphy route to tin Abbeville branch, it is our purpose ti yue for damages for tearing our Sun day coat on one of the poor seats ii the "Branch" coach one day last sum mer. * But our particular grievance is tin time it takes the Southern Railway t< get the mail from the depot to th< post office. We hear the Seaboan blow for the station and in five min utes we see the mail on the way t< the post office. But the Southeri comes in and people hang around th< post office waiting for the morninj mail for thirty and sometimes forty five minutes. We understand that th< Seaboard is further from the post of fice than the Southern and for tha reason the mail from the Seaboar< is handled by a negro contractor while the mail from y the Southen miist be delivered by the Southern it self. It seems to us, if this is the case that the Southern should be as abl to deliver mail promptly as the negr contractor. The fact that it does no have so far to haul the mail, and tha it is five, ten, and more times longe in doing so, shows that the Souther: is not mindful of the rights of th people of this town, and, having th whip handle, is disposed to do as i pleases. It employs as trifling a ne gro for the work as can be found i the town of Abbeville. It is said tha he is required to unload trunks, pu them in the trunk house and to d other duties before delivering th mail, but of this we are not suri Whatever the excuse for delaying th mail, the excuse is not a valid on< The people of this town are entitle to have the mail, and especially th morning mail with the daily paper: promptly delivered, and we are nc getting our rights. We should have remedy. Perhaps it would be well fo the Chamber of Commerce to ge busy on this matter. MRS. PATRICK CANDIDATE The women are about to let thei: presence be known according to re ports which come to us from Ander son. Not having participated in th< primary this year, the women ar< not under any obligation^ to sup port the nominees of the democrats party. They may form a demo:rati< party of their own <tnd put out i ticket with candidates for every of fice. It is reported that this is about t< be done in Anderson. The report ii that Mrs. Carrie McLuily Fatrici will announce for Auditor in Ander son County against Winston Smitl nominated in the primary. ' Mrs. Patrick is a woman of fin< sense and plenty of business judg ment. She would make Andersor County a first class official if elect ed. The women in Anderson are mak ing great enorxs xo get ineir nura bers registered and ready for th< fray. There is a steering committe< working among the women lookin; to this end. Mrs. W. E. Cason, for merly of Abbeville, is a member o this committee. By the time th< election comes around it is expecte; that several thousand women will b< registered in Anderson. Up to mid-day Tuesday two hun dred and twenty-eight women h<j? registered in Greenville. Man; brought their babies along. The old est woman to register was seventy eight years old. S Earle, of Anderson, while Proctoi ? A Bonham of Greenville and Bon e ham and Allen of Anderson, will assist the prosecution. i S. A WELFARE MAN e 1 s Mr. Martin, representing the South Carolina Welfare Board, was ^ in the city Tuesday calling on- the t people interested in his work and t Rooking out for members who will t serve with energy on his board. 5 This Welfare Work is a part of the e Associated charities.^ Mr. Martin 3 conferred with Hubert Cox about a - District Almshouse, which is one of 1 the enterprises of his board and - with other prominent men as to the 'conditions of affairs in Abbeville 2 County. j Mr. Martin is a grandson o"f John a R. Harrison, prominent in State i politics during the Tillmanite ex. citement. ! \ > l ERSKINE STUDENTS. I Sl ' r Francis Mabry and William Hill .'will attend Erskine College this ses2!sion and will leave soon to begin .'their work. Herman Wisby was a stu t dent there last year and will return j this session. Francis Mabry was a stu t: dent at Due West when he entered i the army and went abroad to help _ clean up the Germans. JEWISH. NEW YEAR 9 _________ The stores of The Rosenberg Mer0 cantile Company and D. Poliakoff will be closed Monday and Tuesday of next week, September 13th and r 14th., on account of holiday, this n being the Jewish New Year. \ e 6 r*r?r*/\nT All TXT&T f KLruKi uiiKiiinu it : The Ginners' report was announ^ ced this morning at 10 o'clock, the ^ report showing that^ 367,441 bales of cotton had been ginned up t< September 1st., of the present yeai as against 142,000 to the same date " last year, 1,038,000 in 1918, anc 6 615, 000 in 1917. 3. d MILLION ITALIANS ARE READY TO COME HERE 5? >t : New York, Sept. 7.?Fully 1,000,' ? 000 Italians want to come to the ^ United States, it was said by passengers of the Giuseepe Verdi which arrived yesterday from Genof Naples and Palermo. j Every berth on the liner was filled there being seventy-three first anc 251 second cabin passengers. The vessel left 6,000 persons at Palermo clamoring for passage to this land of promise. a j "; Immigration to the United States will continue at least two years, passengers said, because of shipping ^conditions. It is impossible to buy 1 passage to the United States before next February as every berth in every steamship scheduled to sail ' from Italy up to that time has been 1 taken i c! ' ' i " NOTICE OF INTENTION TO INCORPORATE I . ; Take Notice that E. J. Adair ol " | Clinton, South Carolina and C. C 1, Wallace of Abbeville, South Carolim " | intend to form a corporation to be i known as the Adair's Department -. Store which shall have its principal - j place of business at Abbeville, Soutl i, Carolina and shall do a general mer s J cantiie department store business ! with a capital stock of Sixteen Thous-! ;?nii ($10,000.00) Dollars, payable fjall in cash, and the shares to be oi i the par value of One Hundred ($100.1 j 00) Dollars each. That all of saio 5 : capital stock has beer, subscribed. A meeting of the stockholders w: 1 ! be held at the Office of Adair's Dc I - j partmer.t Store, to transact such bufi! incss as may come before it, on thr / j 13th day of September 1920, at tw\ p. m. -.."To;!. 8;jr.. IT*?0. E. T. D.' T*\ C. C. WALLACE A Georgia 'farmer killed a soldier Ji .'in his watermelon patch. The far-| , 1 ~ " 1 " ? IGounty MAKE YOUI ha nm TDI t 1UVJ L/V/UDLC The and And the ] as rr If Y we s lecti A Si / plac they Hon whi( ONI L BH i ! Count I SOUND 9 G. A. NEUFFER, President. | ALBERT HENRY, Vice-Pre m vnMi - m II Wonderful | TheCa 1 ' ; jj I Lot of 5 d?.zen < jg Gingham Dresses. " S , jj years, worth $2.50. 11 Our Price .. * i J About 4 dozen beaut Jj ham Dresses in assor 1 B from 7 to 14 years, va : | to $4.00? Our Price 1 Lot Best Qrade 1^3 T"N * _ 1 1 _ J? ? m uresses m an sizes it jjj Children and Misses m $4.00 to $4.50? , Our Price | WAIST | 5 dozen Voile Wais > jj and $2.50 values? ; m Our Price 1( 6 dozen Georgett* ! Waists very attract 3 U quality worth $5.50 t Our-Price .. $3.4? 31 Conor North f" 1 'jj Mai:: and 1 ; jj Trinity St. VClol , iier was arrested. THe most highly electrified clouds : HBMMBn Savings \ DOLLARS DUTY v way to do that is to open i the County Savings leposits in as large amoui nib niuntjy remain in me earn liberal compound i I Then, When Conditions money you have saved w mch as it would buy toda ou Have Saved Enough .hall be glad to advise an on of a safe, well-paying wings Bank in the Poor I\ e to put his earnings anc amount to a goodly sum le for your family; or m* ;h will take care of you ir : DOLLAR STARTS MAKE YOUK DEPOS ' * \ y Savings SAFE S R. E sident. P. E - 1 . Bargains This sh Bargain Children's About 10 d izes 3 to 6 dy Blouses es from 6 t< $1.98. $2.00 to $2 ? Our Pric iful Ging- : ted sizes 10 dozen B lues $3.50 Blouses for ups; sizes 1 ...$2.98 . to $3.00? ? Our Pric< Gingham >r School One Lot of 5. Values Smock, all < HAP qjq fin uco tpu.v/v tv .. $3.48 Our Pric< S HO ts, $2.00 Special V Values 25 t ?.$1.48 Our Pric< 3 Crepe Best qualify ;ive, best and all colo 0 $6.50? $2.50? \ to $4.48. Our Spec 1 Bargain Sto are the lowest?about 700 yards from the ground. 1/ ||| 4* r i h h . a Savings Account . Bank, make regu- I nts as possible, and 11 bank to accumulate ' nterest. B Become Normal, | ill buy about twice m to Invest Profitably, | d aid you in the se- 9 investment. , , flan's Friend; a Safe 1 let them stay until , then you can buy a ike an investment | i your old age. > THE ACCOUNT. IT TO-DAY. ' .' j* s'&fc ' v ' I Bank p n i; t ri r ' I L 11 Y 1 t L 9fi !. COX, Cashier. B . BELL, Asst. Cashier. 9 1 jSf Week At I i Store I ozen Beautiful Mid r? i i * * Bs tor scnool girls, siz- f| o 20 years, . worth gj e $1.49. ' Jl est Quality Middy j| Misses and Grown- fif 4 to 42, worth ?2.50 fl e $1.98 Kflonfi-Pnl ucciui/ix ui gg colors apd sizes, val- jj ) $4.00? 3.. $2.29 and $2.48. S I E R Y 1 alues in Hosiery, gg o 50c Cotton Hose u g 15 and 25c. ?? / Silk Hose, black ?? ts worth $1.50 to M :ial Price .... $.100. j| is * Telephone Hf re v,,? r \ Eg 4