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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company 1 Published Tri-Weekly < Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. i Entered as second- iiass matter ax ( post office in Aoheville, S. C. j ??-< ? Tenai of Subscription: One Year $2.00!1 Six months $1.00 M Three months .50 J i Wednesday, September 29, 1920. * THE HIGH SCHOOL. ( ? I! The meeting at the Court House last night was not as well attended ? as it might have been, but this did , not abate the interest and enthusiasm of those present in the enterprise. There seemed to be a unonimity of feling that Abbevill; needs thi? . school and that it is our duty to get ^ it, and get it we may if we make the proper effort. li We have talked about many things in Abbeville in recent years, we have ^ made some kind of efforts to obtain c first this enterprise, and then an- g other, 'tmt something has always happened to prevent the accomplishmont nf what xxia cnilfrVlt tn accnm. - n plish. d But that need n<^ discourage us. ^ On the other hand wffshould be warn- y ed that it takes further effort and a 0 longer and a stronger pull to get this school than the efforts we have 0 heretofore employed. If we want the g school, we should not undertake to S1 calculate just how much it will take to get it and then try to raise just that amount. Whatever amount, andjjj however large the amount, which this t] town may give for this school will be! c repaid to us an hundred fold if we'j. get it, so that the people should not s1 * be* miserly in their gifts, nor indeed t] exacting to save as much as possible 0 in making the subscriptions. We had t] mucti ratner otter tne Baptists a very ^ large amount and pay it and have the ^ school than to offer them ten thous-'w and dollars less than it would take to e get the school and as a consequence1^ lose it. e We should not be calculating in the f matter. We expect the Baptists, if (a the school comes here, to give us the n very best kind of a high school and't: we may best show our appreciation'si of such a school by giving all that'w we are able to give. | h For this reason we counsel every i man in Abbeville who is able to give J c a dollar to this enterprise to do so. | a Let every man in Abbeville takejg Vitc? oKilifv fn ^ f\ OAT?ofl>inor ObVVIV UX X1IO UU111 i/JT KV uw uvmyvitu*^ p worth while in the drive which is to'w be started in the next day or two.'ij and having determined his ability to11< give, let him give according to his ability and to the utmost of his abil ity. This is no time to count dollars, and undertake to economized It is a1 time for all to put forth the last dol- * lar. J( It has not been so many years ago1 F that Winthrop College was moved e] fmm PnlnmKia tn Will A a T)r i hi Moffatt said last night nobody real-j a ized when the school was begun just ro what it meant for a' town. Not even the people in Rock Hill ever dreamed that Winthrop would be one tenth tl the force it now is in South aCrolina. And so it may be with this high! school. We all ought to know if we J have any interest in matters of this i kind that the demand for schools of / this kind is growing, and that the de- 1 mand will continue to grow from year ] to year. It will not be ten years be-' / fore there are five times the number * of boys in Boys' High Schools in / South Carolina that there are today, j that is if they are able to nnd schools ,1 to enter. The South is emancipated : from the bonds of poverty by which we have so long been, bound,.a.nd.thej-: cause of education is dear to the ' people. The people in this section do': not count the cost of the best, but they demand the best in the way of ; preparation for their children. We ] shall have made that preparation and j we shall have made, a long step for-j! ward in the matter if we can have ; this school established here. \ Then let every man do his duty. We, all have obligations and some of them are large and some pressing,' i tut as trustees of that money and | of the goods committed to our trust,1:' let us do something for the public good as well as for our selfish selves.'i Subscribe today! || MR. DERBYSHIRE WRITER. To the people of Abbeville? Having had an opportunity of at:ending the mass-meeting last night Arhich was called for the consideration >f the further plans for securing a r.ilitary high school, I was greatly mpressed by a number of things. Opportunity, in the form of greater means for obtaining educational facilities, knocks at your doors. You iave it within your powers to take idvantage of an offer which will >rcvc of inestimable benefit to your own, your community, and youi state. A group of men have been wiling to advance a large sum of money n order that your town may round >ut an already well-developed spirit >f progress. If the spirit of the citi:ens of this town is enthusiastic snough; if the gifts of sites for such l proposed Baptist Military High School are of such nature as will ulimately convince the builders to ome here, we shall soon see in our nidst a force for good and for eduational uplift that will surpass the udgment of most of us. The present high school by its eficiency has attracted to its doors a arge number of young men from ridely scattered districts. This means hat when the present scholastic term loses, there will go out from our chool a group of wide-awake young - ?Ml 1-- 1 1J~ A KKo ltizens wno win ue neitnuo ui numille's progress?they will carry into lany homes a story of what we are oing for them, that cannot but reound to our credit. If these same oung men take home the good news f the establishment of a Baptist lilitary High School, try to conceive f the effect that they will produce! uch good news cannot help but reult to our advantage. More young men will come to ourj igh school in order that they might etter prepare themselves to enter I le Military High school or to enter allege. The mere convenience , of aving these two good educational intitutions in our town will make, the ransition between the one and the ? * i _ J ther more gradual, rarents woo sent, tieir boys' here to the high school rould then be enabled to send them ere again to a more advanced school 'ithout additional inconvenience or xpense. Boys who have liked our jwn as high school students, will be ager to return for another year or wo and to renew pleasant acquaintnces already made. Those who do ot return to continue %eir educaion, will have already told other deirable young men of our town, and rill have made them eager to come ere and be with us. v We have a chance?and a good hance?to obtain this Military school nd I sincerely trust that we will et behind this wheel of educational rogress with such inducements as 'ill force it to roll steadily and sure to the wide-awake and progressive )Wn of Abbeville. Alfrfed James Derbyshire. ! A, DAY IN ANDERSON Mrs. W. D. BarksdaLe, Mrs. C. S. ones, Mrs. J. D. Fulp and Mrs. J. . Barnwell spent Tuesday in Andrson. They tried on all the pretty ats, priced all the suits, had dinner t the tea room and spent enuogh loney to come home happy, but busted." Reese Hall drove the ladies irough the country. MlfKIE SAYS; ? VOOW6 tOOVOVXiX Ft* VET TVC CAE VXA\U) 1 OBDER. CATALOG UE \) P\CK. OP \ 1\V UOVAE PAPtR. M VOOK OWt?.fUj , A6? OP OOtt. WOVAE KAERCUWJT&. <v -TUO^BJE MER. WttUUOSV* VltVfcUQORSA ? "tUSHSE -OAt ^ON6 VOUO UtVP C7 KAAVCE TWS tv<aooo -CO*JV\ M COVJ-) -CB.\ovjtE c^ikn -r\vx\i -ruv vurf \9> ( ft>M*aro >Ki <2AtU3X \A A\?*? \0UCV4l *AW> OP "VUCNUE fieMX^ L EVL^ESS 'M-fUC^RS / ffro&c> TO n,^s uwvL \^y suoxeos t ? r That "Due Wejst groveled in. the dust at defeat by the Abbeville High football team Saturday afternoon," as the Abbeville Press and Banner ; says, we do not doubt, but in any i contest involving more head work i than foot work between Abbeville and r Dut West, we expect to lay our mon-: ey on Due West, though on account of the objections to betting that are 1 rampant in Due West, we shall make i no blowing horn of it.?The State. i *, * * * 1 An effort is in progress in Abbe' ville, according to the Press and ' Banner "to secure the location of the military school of the Baptist denomination." The Episcopalians have a military school in South Carolina and another in Tennessee. Without offering the least objection to it, is if nnt. rather stranee that the church es so often adopt the military feature in the educational institutions which they support? At the same time, opposition tol universal military training does not seem to diminish among the people:?The State. ? MARTIN SEAL MARRIES Friends in Abbeville are interested in the announcement of the marriage of Col. Martin Seal to Mrs. Jones at Union Point, near Augusta, about a month ago. The Colonel spent all of his youth in Abbeville and he has many friends | here who wish him much happij ness. TUU MATDANQ The Merrie Matrons met with ( Mrs. J. M. Morgan Tuesday afternoon and had a good time playing 1 cards and enjoying the cream and ' cake served as refreshments. WOMAN STUDYING COTTON I - I ___ Americus, Ga., Sept. 28.?Here to study cotton growing methods, Miss Hattie Cribbs, one of the largest agricultural land owners in Arkansas, will spend some time in Sumter I County. [MOVIE STAR COMMITS SUICIDE ! New York, Sept. 28.?His day as a1 ! movie star done, deserted by his wife 1 and child, broke and despondent, Ned : Finley committed suicide today by taking cyanide and strychnine. ' "AKniit a onH a half af?0. | when the film first took the imagina-|! tion of the theater-going public, Nedi | Finley was the "Bill Hart," of his day' I For 17 years he lived on an income j that ranged between $1,000 and $2,' 000 a week. i NEW YORK WILL TURN CLOCKS BACK OCT. 31 I I Albany. N. Y., Sept. 28.?New I York State will turn rbs clocks back : I to standard time at 2 a. m. on the j last Sunday in October. 1 IS\ 7T ?W i: ?;> / ' ' y T"T itH^i ' CARLO FERRETTI, Baritone, ii -? . v^SKSB^ <> J .Mam$fl& SB$ !;l' IHHHHi > mm l|: ANTONIA VOCCOLI, Pianist tUwSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^^^ I 1 COUNT 9 r\i Ilomp October " ter, all d< / will recei PER CE1 You depends < self frien you must with us t( and "put GET AS Then e account; and a gre it grows. Counl Sound IG. A. NEUFFER, Pr ALBERT HENRY, \ i WOULD HAVE M* UJOO AT HEAD OF RESERVE Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 28.? Former Representative John G. Shaw of Fayetteville, recently defeated Democratic candidate for re nomination to congress, today telegraphed President Wilson asking him to place William G. McAdoo at I t rMETROOI idkMUSjCALS PRES jmm Famous Opera Hon i ONE NIGHT?C Celebrated Artists Fi Opera Organizatio jji Ame It will be a privilege to h tion which includes such c< Morrill, Colorature Sopranc the Boston English Opera I Italian Baritone of the La S< ?. V 1 <-*/- 4- r? a r? fi a n ttfllK 4 (.H iVlllttll, lusi scawii wim b Opera Company; Celeste Se can violinist, and Antonio V ist., Management?F. V. | Metropolitan 0 J PRICES: 55c, 83c, ?tr10, Included. Seats on FY SAVINGS 57. , I minrlprl Oiia VU1IMVU ^UU 1st begins our new Inter< ^posits made before Oct< ive interest from Octobei MT. n r o u c c on YOU. Don't try to f d, if you want1 to succee* start to SAVE. Open ar )day in the Savings De] up" something each paj TART TO SUCCESS. very quarter watch youi and it will be quite a ] at satisfaction to see how -Opt. t>iP hflhit. now. ty Savings :: Safe :: \ esident. ft. E. ( ice-President. ' P. E. B the head of the federal reserve board "in order to save the country." BA\t,K AIXU LUU) I WILL TAKE STUMP New York, Sept. 28.?Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, and Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state, *ERATI^^^| YNDICATE4-I i???wm E IN X ^ | se OCT. 1 J ? 1 IURTAIN 8:30. I? om The Principal * | ns of Europe and | rica. I ear this superb organiza- , 1 jlebrated artists as Helena >, late Prima Donna with i Company; Carlo Ferretti, jale Grand Opera Company he Creatore Grand Opera ymour, renowned Anieri'occoli, noted Italian pian- | Peterson & T. I. Skeoch, TT AT V pera noustj, i. i $1.55, $2.20?War Tax L Sale at Theater NOW. ~ r I BANK 1 I | | / * M ; '^51 rterly jst Quariber 10, r 1st at 5 V - mm ' V '.y : e S S V- |H ool youri in life 1 account v Dartment V r day- ' :'-:0 Savings rkloQcnicQ f ' steadily I Bank I ? ' 8 Service v B SOX, Cashier.I !ELL, Asst. Cashier. K v'^l H 1 ? ' conferred here today with GeorgeWhite, chairman of Jtjie Democratic national committee. Alter a consultation of more than an hoar, Mr. > White announced that their discussion concerning campaign matters. Both secretaries are to makespeeches, advocating the election it Cox and Roosevelt, he said. , HELENA MORRILL, Soprano ' :?v i|: v CELESTE SEYMOUR, Violinist.