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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 matter at post office id Aobeville, S. C. Ten a* of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 Three months .50 . Wednesday, September 22, 1920 THE BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL. This paper has called attention before to the necessity of having better preparatory schools, both to enable pupils from this state to enter the the colleges in other states, and to enable the colleges of this state to maintain entrance requirements I: which will give them like standing h w^th the colleges in other states. For j some years all of the colleges in the ; state have been doing more or less'] work which should have been done in J < the preparatory schools. Some of ] these colleges have done more of this 1 work than others. The result has been ] that the standard of the colleges in < South Carolina has suffered. With i f the possible exception of the College J of Charleston none of them has been J j ranked as a Class "A" college. i < The people are awaking to the fact,! t we hope, that it is necessary that ourjl own institutions take rank with those !i in other states.-But in order for themj \ to do so it is necessary not only that J t a standard be announced but that it c be lived up to. It is necessary that| students be required to offer a cer-j tain amount of completed work be-{? fore they will be admitted into the' ? colleges, else our colleges will con- t tinue to be in a measure, not colleges,' t but, high schools. j ( The Baptists are a forward-look-j ? ing people, and they have seen these' ( facts, and they are determined that Furman University shall be a class j "A" college. In order that it may be } / this, the Baptist denomination in'? South Carolina has made plans for ? the establishment of five preparatory t schools in the state which schools, it ( is expected, will give students work'( equivalent to the,#ork done in schools' j of twelve grades, thus fitting them to ( enter any of the schools of the coun-' ? try. ! ] The/ schools proposed to be estab-1 ( lished, while under the jurisdiction ^ of the Baptist denomination, are to'., be open to students of all denomina-'-, tions, and no effort will be made to' i have students enter one college'rath- i er than another. The object is to pre-^ pare students for good college work,'} and to promote the cause of Christian ^ education in Soutn uaronna Dy so ? doing. Abbeville's Opportunity. j \ One of the schools to be establish-jr ed is to have the military feature, and t Abbeville has a chance to have this ? v school located here. That we should' bend every effort towards securing it goes without saying. j j In the first place the school will be^. open to boys only. It was stated by^ Rev. Mr. Jones who was here a few;| days ago that the boys do not sue-' ceed in the high schools of the coun-| ? try along with the girls because the' \ f I minds of the girls develop more rap-j ( idly, and they are enabled to do bet-,! ter and more satisfactory work. ForJ this reason the boys get behind and , become discouraged and finally drop . out of the high schAls without ob-! ( taining the benefits there offered. j. We all know from observation that < it is a fact that more girls are finish- , ing in the, high schools than boys.; Whether the reason assigned by Mr.1, , Jon^s is the correct one or not, we do', not know. |We rather suspect that'the'* Veal reason why the boys drop out' of the hi?h schools is that the teach-' w ? ers in these schools for the most part are women, and a boy from the age1 of 13 to 18 feels humiliated from be-1 ing taught by a woman, whatever her. accomplishments as a teacher. The women teachers are not able to se-' cure the interest of the male stu\ dents, nor are they as successful as men in the matter of discipline. Our observaton in Abbeville has been that when we had male teachers in the high school here, the boys took more interest in their studies and accomplished the work as well as girls. But whatever the cause, it has developed that in order to train boys for college it is necessary to have * first class male teachers. They demand a part in athletics and other manly sports which are not offered to the fullest in the high schools. And there is nothing which adds so much to a boy's education as a little (and we say a little advisedly) military training. That at least is our observation. Now, Abbeville has no school where the boys can procure the preparation and the advantages here outlined. We need such a school. Every county in the state needs such a school. The demands of the time will make more than one in each county a necessity as the next few years pass. But we do not want to wait. We want to be leaders in educational matters, and to offer to our boys the best preparation to be had. And it were well if it'could be offered at our very door. A Financial Investment. The -establishment of the school here, outside of the other advantages which far outweigh financial considerations, would be a good investment from the latter standpoint. Large numbers of students could attend the school without going away from home and thus considerable amounts of money wouKi be saved to their parents. In case of sickness they would t>e at home where the best of attention could be given them by their lome people without the enormous expenses incident to their parents roing away from home. But the bene5t to the town in the way of trade inu Utlicr cuiiaiuci auuuo v.l ? Iinuu-. :ial nature would be much more than ;his. A goodly number of new famiies would be brought into the comnunity, and the many students who vould come here would greatly add o the business done by local mer-' ihants. Bailey No Objection. It has been suggested that ? the' >roximity to Bailey Military Institute' tt Greenwood would militate against1 he usefulness of the school here. But' here is nothing in this objection.J 3ur information is that Bailey could iccommodate a great many more stulents than it now accommodates. But. vhether this is true or not, we all enow that the location of a school las little to do with the number of students it receives. The work done,1 md the results, are what count* And i school, or two schools, in Abbeville,' >r two in Greenwood would be full )f students if the work done com-j nended it to the parents in South Carolina as the best place in the state to prepare their boys for colege. Col". Bailey, the head of the' jreenwood institution knows this bet-' ;er than anyone, we imagine, and ,vhat we have said agree6 with his' riew of the matter. The fact is that the two schools jeing located so near together, on J tccount of the rivalry which would )e engendered, would each do better' vork than if they were in widely sepirated communities. This is in addition to the observaion we have already made as to the lecessity of establishing schools of his grade in every county of the' itate. Time To Get BusV. - j Perhaps we should remark that we lave had a lot of hot air in Abbeville ind a lot of negotiations looking to' ;he building of cotton mills, railroads,' ;rolley lines and other enterprises.' Ml of these are good things, but it seems that we are not able to do the' iob alone. We must seek help for ;hese enterprises in other communities. But we can build a boys' high school either with, or without, the' assistance of any other community,' ir anybody else whatever. And it will be a self-supporting institution.' On account of the large financial as-J jistance which will come from the i Baptist educational fund, we favor i-aising enough .money ito. land this school, if it can. bp JaiJded. .If , we tail, then we should j>uild the school anyway.: r '" The Associate Reformed Presbyterians need and must have a first class preparatory school for boys. If we offered to give one hundred thousand dollars for the establishment of such a school, in Abbeville, on condition that the Synod invest a like amount either in buildings or endowment, we imagine it would be accepted. And we need not leave the Baptists out even at that. The Seceders owe it to themselves to erect a monument to the best Baptist of all time, and there could be nothing more fitting than the establishment of the "J. J. Darlington School for Boys" in Abbeville. This was his birthplace, and he has added as many honors to Abm beville county as any man ever born J in the village or in the county, j And if none of these will build a : boys' high school in Abbeville andj I take it over, we can build it ourselves. | But let the people remember that 'money talks. It will take money to[ establish this school. A meeting of the citizens of the town is to be called when the matter will be consider' ed. Let every man in the city take counsel of himself and a reckoning of his ability to help, and then come toj the meeting prepared to do the right: thing. We must have the school. HURRICANE SWEEPS GULF Continued From Page One at ninety miles an hour. Details were meager and communication was brok' en before the name of the vessel could be ascertained. New Orleans Hit by Steady Gale New Orleans, Sept. 21.?With the wind blowing a steady gale of twenty-five miles an hour and coming in gusts from fifty to sixty, merchants' on/1 +Vl?S TlOnnlG in fillT- I anu huv ^/wv^.v ... lying districts began preparations to I meet the hurricane fast approaching from the Gulf. Plate glass windows throughout the business section were reenforced and wherever available metal shutters were placed over the windows. In one section a couple of .-houses were unroofed. All trains scheduled to leave New j Orleans since 9 o'clock tonight have . been annulled. The superintendent of , transportation of the Louisville and Nashville reported at 11 o'clock to- ( night that the water was over the- ] railroad bridge at Bay, St. Louis, Rigoletes and Chief Menteur. A train ] loaded with Gulf coast refugeesbound for New Orleans was stalled at Chef Menteur and attempts to take passengers ov?r the bride on motorj cars failed. The wind Bay St. Louis and Chef Menteur was reported to^ be sixty miles an hour. | i All the hotels of the city are filled i to overflowing, and refugees are 1 camping in the postoffice, custom i house and other public buildings. ! I ' WATER ANALYSIS. Sanitary Water analysis No. 2396 \ of water received Sept. 17, 1920 from ] the water supply of Abbevijle: : Part per( Million'. Color 0.00 Chlorine ? -- 9.00 Free Ammonia 0.01 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.20 ? ? A AA Nitrogen as .Nitrites __ " u.w Nitrogen as Nitrates 0.00 Total Solids 105.00 Bacterial Analysis. Bacterial Indications of Contamination: Negative. Remarks?Analysis indicates water to be of good quality and free from1 contamination. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D. AMERICAN BANK IN LA PAZ Valparaiso, Sept. 21?Adivices from La Paz, Bolivia, announce the organization there of the Pan-American bank, an American institution backed largely by New Orleans capitalists. The initial capital is given as $250,000, some shares being allotted to Bolivian shareholders. MICKIE SAYS: 1 wopc \ ~rc wm s / -<* VUU-rft; A. \JETTEft) ) ??.V\\Tf\vi PER. MOOR. X g I eO^SCRAPTVDKJ T* TVVS UCttE \ / GttGW tfelAMX OOOOMfcV-? 1 S OCST CUV> OV4C O1 VAV PrCCWCRS j \ chjta tvc vpkvz*. tw? WM tr -co I V TU* GHCCVC AV4X "tW bOas\X, / OVACit^SXtVVit), AU- J r^*!y * ,xr j - Tg>--to^aii / -' i' fJ-IancGK* / TVS (??- Printed o QtJUJES , s&ovua?c V' : c ., COL. MARSTON ARRIVES Uncle Jim had been down to his farm Monday afternoon, but notwithstanding that we thought he was seeing a great many boll weevils. He told us that he never saw as many in his life; they were just as thick as gnats, he said, and plenty of them. In fact the longer he talked about them, the more boll weevils there were. We understood why there were so many a little while after. The reason was Marston. He had landed in Abbeville and brought a whole bottle full of them, and they got Uncle Jim skittish on the Boll Weevil subject. In fact he was so afraid of Marston and the weevils that he didn't want him to come around. He was out showing Col. Gordon White some "off the whitest cotton he had ever seen" in his life, and was about to land a bale on him when he.looked around and saw Marston coming. So he jumped in his car, in which Col. Pat McCaslan was sitting, occupying the back seat,, and as he saw no "other probable means of escape" from Marston and the weevils, he drove the new Kissel straight across the plaza in the square and lit a rag for home. Col. McCaslan didn't Iftiow what it was all about but he knew he was riding. It was an eye-opener to Col. Bob Hill, he sai^, but he didn't get his eye opened. There are more men in town seeking an introduction to that fellow Marston than any boll weevil which has lit around here in a good while. He may destroy the cotton :rop, but he can get all the company he wants. We called at the Emporium a little J later to see Col. Marston ourselves. " - 1 "AUNT HESTER" DIES IN I GEORGIA AT AGE OF 121 1 . ( Douglas, Ga., Sept. 21.?Having i lived for 121 years without acquir- ] ing a surname, "Aunt Hester," a s rcegress, believed to be the oldest j living person in the United States, ] ie Jdead near Nicholls, in this coun- < ty. < The aged woman had incontro- < vertible proof that she was born near Dublin, Ga., in the spring of 1 1799. She was a grandmother, she i said, when the civil war broke out. i So far as she knew, she never had a 1 surname, being known always as 1 "Aunt Hester." ] I Coun h/ When Yc Your INe> t briii BA1 here acci efw two like evei j; i I Couni H TODA I SOUND ? G. A. NEUFFER, President H ALBERT HENRY, Vice-Pri bhhhhhhbhh JURORS, OCTOBER COURT The following jurors have been drawn for the October term court of common pleas which convenes Octo- o ber 11, 1920 (2nd Monday) n J. H. Caldwell 5 v C. A. Suber 12 c B. D. Edwards 7 q C. C. Clinkscales 5 > T. S. Culbreth 11 v R. F. McGee 5 v Edward Milford 6 f R. R. Price 11 p N. R. Davis 5 tl C. L. Drennan 11 S Carl McCurry tl 0. C. Bigby F R. R. Martin 14 it J. T. ParneU 13 S Stewart Miller 11 v, R. W. Carlisle 13 t< 0. C. Williamson 4 tl R. S. Gordon 6 o T. E. Woodhurst 10 t< L. T. Uldrick 6 G. H. Mcllwaine 6 w J. L. Hollingsworth ? 11 tl J. H. Ferguson ___ 12 tl H. W. Nickles 6 tl J. B. Bell 13 d Li. M. Ayers 14 b H. M. Fe% 10 gJ R. E. Clinkscales 5 _ G. W. Price 14 J. M. Seawright _12 J. W. Able 6 Monroe Burriss 14 E. W.-Hagen 5 C. E. Burton Jas. A. Cooper 14 C.VW. Norris 10' Pierce Bowen, of Santuc , w\js looking over things >on the cotton market today. 5Ve found him in the rear office of Corp. Kerr, of the Emporium, the atter being busily engaged in telling) Dol. Marston about a '"recession" he j ivas about to give as soon as Col.' Huke Prince finishes the Dutch Man-I sion which is to adorn Greenville street. Col. Marston is not sure that :e will be able to get here, but if he :an't the Corp. promises to give anjther one as.soon as Col. Marston Joes arrive. Col. Marston was both happy and talkative on this visit?the reason be ing that at an early date he is to go Into captivity where somebody else will do the talking and all he will have to do is pay the bills and look pleasant. f / Savings ? >u Draw rt Salary4 'ake out what money you g the balance to the C( k. TTT A j_ v Njft. Account. I our spare 5 regularly and earning lil emulate with surprising r; years one dollar will buy dollars will buy today, w] getting back two dollars, ry dollar you save. >o not put it off, the sooner Will accumulate a nice su ft *' ' ':'u ' ' f! - ' :.*A y Savings Y AND BEGIN SAV1 SAFE S R. E. ssident. P. E. / ??? A MAD COW. i Roger Simpson and Lieut. Cannon, f the force, had a large time with a lad cow yesterday. Mr. Simpson, rho is the champion cow man in the ity had purchased 'the animal in uestion from Banker Perrin, of the lational Bank. The cow left home ,'illingly, when Roger and his men ,'ent for it, and came on down to the ork'in front of Col. Stark's in a , roper frame of mind, because it bought it was moving to Greenville treet. But when the fact dawned on fie cow that it was being taken to Ft. 'ickens, or some other foreign port, ; put up a fight which routed Col. impson and the merry men whorere assisting him in conducting it . 3 the new abode. Finally it whipped ;ie whole crowd, ran all the mules ff that were about the oil mill, and )ok refuge in the-bottoms beyond. At this juncture Lieut. Cannon 'as called in, and after looking over le case he and Col. Simpson decided lat the proper thing to do was slftiot I ie cow and not get too close to it to o the shooting. After firing three ullets into its body the cow finally ave up the fight. y' RE-TIRE GET THEM AT Ellis-Leslie Co. ' . BQ 3$anJt | B. B actually need and | )UNTY SAVINGS i money deposited beral interest, will apidity. And in a r about as much as hichwillbe almost with interest for you begin the soon- 1 * m of money?goto * Bank I [NG. 3 ERVICE I , COX, Cashier. B BELL, Asst. Cashier. n