The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 14, 1921, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
Established 1844.
THE PRESS AND BANNER
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
The Press and Banner Company
Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Entered as second- i/iass matter ai
tost office in Aoheville, S. C.
Tenm of Subscription;
One Year $2.00
Six months $1.00
Three months
.50
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1921
FEELING FOOLISH
There are a good many things
which make us feel that we are fool
( r'sh these days. We rode down with a
good citizen the other morning who
I was finding fault with h'mself for
I having built a house la?t year. He
,! thinks he could build it now for one
! half what it cost him last year, and
) this causes him to have a poor op!n
i Ion of himself. #/
We saw a man on the ?treet the
, other day with a twelve dollar shirt
! on. He was looking in the window of
a store at the same shirt which he
can now buy for one-half the amount.
If you paid sixty dollars for a suit
t last fall, which you might have done
I without, and you see that same suit,
or one just like it, we should* say, dis
? played in the show window (no, we
' didn't s^y advertised ip the county
paper) at thirty dollars, you may not
tell anybody about it, but you know
that you did not buy ^ bargain.
And there is another thing which
is making some of us feel the effects
nf /WJnt.iftTi iust now. In makins: out
the incom* ax of a citizen the other
day, he reported the sale of twenty
one bales of cotton last year at more
than four thousand dollars. He did
not sell the cotton until after Christ
mas, and he is paying income tax th's
year on the profits 6f the'forty cents
cotton, and is having to pay this in
come tax out of the proceeds of cot
ton which he has just sold, or must
soon sell, at eleven cents. That does
make a man feel foolish.
ADVERTISING AND RATES
The Herald and News, of Newberry
announces that the Board of Direc
tors of that paper has voted to make
the rate for display advertising 25
cents per inch instead of 30 cents
as heretofore.
Which causes us to say that the ad
vertising rate by the papers in Abbe
v;ile has never been much higher than
one-half of thirty cents. And at that
rate the merchants in Abbeville have
net patronized the papers to any
great extent, and now are not patron
sing them at all. The merchants lat
Newberry patronize their .papers at
the higher rate, however.
The fact is that if the advertise
ments were to speak foi che mer
chants of Abbeville the decree would
be that there is no need for a news
paper in Abbeville. The merchants
here prefer to do business as they do
in Due West, Calhoun Falls, Donalds
and other small towns which have no
newspapers. *
We presume that the merchants
here think advertising does not pay,
else they wculd advertise.
The merchants .in other places
think that it does pay to advertise,
tnd they advertise. The Greenwood
Index-Journal circulates rather free
ly in Abbeville, and the merchants in
( reenwood advertise. The people in
*1* Ml ?i_ - A_1._ xL:_ i
ADDevuie wno taKe irus paper reau
the advertisements of the Greenwood
merchants, and the result is that a
good many people are trading in
Greenwood.
If you will look ever the personal
column of the Index-Journal almost
any day in the week you will find the
names of Abbeville people who are
in. Greenwood. They are - there to
-)L?:ade. Their, numbers are, growing.
We believe that the merchants, iiy
Abbeville carry as good merchandise
as the merchants in Greenwood. We
believe they sell it as reasonably.
But the people see the advertise
ments of the Greenwood merchants
and they know these merchants have
what they want.
They do not know that the mer
chants in Abbeville have what they
want and quite naturally they go to
Greenwood.
Then, again, there is a feeling on
the part of the public that if a man
in the mercantile business has any
thing worth while to offer these days,
| e will offer it through the advertis-:
j ing columns of his home paper. If j
j the merchant does not do this, the
[ people conclude that they should;
'trade somewhere else. They have a!
j suspicion that something is wrong i
with goods which are not advertised.!
A man should not hide his light |
under a bushel.
! ' !
j BLACKHAND AFTER HIM
The rich young ruler says that he
j has been dethroned, but there is evi
j dently someone around here who
j does not believe him, for Sunday he
j received the following letter, written
i on an advertisement of floor cover
j ings and mailed at Abbeville in an
I envelope with the Clemson College
i letter head:
"Dear- Sir?If you don't leave $5
thousand under trash can in front of
post office'you shall be kill Tues
night. , _
j Please leave it Mon nite at 12 p. m.
From Slim Jim
at Pokes Pasture.
P S. If you tell Chief Johnson you be
sorry. Ha, Ha.
The ruler came down eax-ly Mon
! day morning to consult with his
friend Reese about the matter. The
former has not yet decided whether
he will put the "$5 thousand" under
the trash can, or not, but friend
Reese told us he had decided that if
the money was put there he would
get it before Slim Jim arrived, or
j know the reason why.
The ruier tnmKs 01 staying m ueu
' all day Tuesday so that Slim Jim
I may not get him if he fails to put
I the money at the appointed place.
ANDERSON DAILY TRIBUNE
TO CONTINUE IN FIELD
j Anderson, March 11.?The And
erson Daily Tribune, the local morn
ing paper, printed an announce
; ment yesterday stating that it will
continue publication. The announce
ment is made in response to many
inquiries whether it will continue in
the field since the death last week of
its founder and editor, Victor B.
Cheshire. The announcement in part
is as follows:
l "To the subscribers of this news
paper and the public in general, it
j will be good tidings to learn that
The Tribune will continue as a
.morning newspaper in Anderson.
Since the death of Victor B. Ches
hire, founder and publisher of The
Tribune, many inquiries have been
made about the future of the paper,
i and it has been rumored that The
(Tribune would pass out of exist
I ence. To those who have shown in
terest in the future of The Tribune,
i it is a pleasure to announce that
Mrs. Victor B. Cheshire will be pub
i^lisher of The Daily xriDune, wrnie
iMr. T. F. Pruett, recently of Mont
gomery, Ala., but formerly of An
derson, has accepted the position of
| managingeditor. -Mr. Pruett has al
i ready arrived in And?rson and has
[entered upon his duties, with The
: Tribune.
| Col. McAlily Expresses Opinion
j Mr. W. S. McAlily "dropped in"
j'to the Press and Banner one day last
' week and made a few remarks about
'the old town. He thinks it all a sad
i '
; mistake about Greenville street be
' ing the best street in town and says
; North Main has Greenville "skinned
two blocks." He says every body on
North Main has cleaned up since the
. street paving, having planted grass
between the curbing and the side
walk and that the grass is growing.
That there are fnore preity flowers
and good looking women on his side
of town. That the men folks are hav
ing goose suppers and that a sign of
a high liver now is to have a goose
quacking in your back yard.
CLOSING UP WORK
i
I Mr. Mickle, of the street paving
force* went up to Anderson for Sun
1 day. The wor? <EtfV;the side w^lis will j
: be finished up JEoday and byjftlfe end '
of the week the job will be closed,
up. The street paving force has been.
in Abbeville for two years and have
made an excellent job of their work.1
Our people have found them pleas
ant, agreeable gentleman and wish
them well wh(. ever they go.
i !
MR. DERBYSHIRE SICK
Rev. A. J. Derbyshire has been1
quite sick at Trinity rectory for the
past week and no services were held
in the Episcopal church Sunday. Mr.
Derbyshire is suffering from asthma.
HIS SERMON CAUSED TALK i
I
Gave Setback Thunder, Says One?
Let Down Bart Saya Another
The Rev. Louis J. Bristow
preached a striking sermon in the
Baptist church Sunday morning;
and judging from the amount and
difference of . the comment the ser
mon has elicited from those who
heard it, it must have fairly well
covered the ground. The feature of
the comment, however, is that
everyone says the preacher exactly
expressed his or her sentiments?
according to the point of view of
commentator.
Mr. Bristow spoke of the Christian
life, and presented several principles
for the conduct of a church mem
ber. He said he could not give rules
for the conduct of anyone, as the
Bible 'gave no rules. He could
nriri/>in1oc at: flip .Rihlp
cnuixvmwv ?w w..w ?...v
gave principles; and he gave four, as
follows: Liberty, conviction, con
science, and influence.
Mr. Bristow did not mention by
name any business practice of
amusement, ' but aibout every
conceivable thing under the
sun is supposed to have been in thet
preacher's mind by various ones wh4
were in the congregation. " ;
Qtfve Setback Thunder
As soon as the service was over,
one deacon who himself does not
play setback, hurried to grasp the
jjreacher's hand, saying, "Let me
congratulate you; that sermon was
the best I've heard in a long time.
You certainly gave the setback
players thunder." About the same
time, a gushing young matron whb
is a devotee of bridge, said to the
preacher, "You've let the bars down
for our men to play cards," and so
the comment went.
O.ne young lady says tfie sermon
has "torn me all up; I want to dance
and the preacher said I couldn't."
Further conversation brought out
the fact that the preacher said
everyone should be "fully persuaded
Viio n-a>n minH." and this cirl's
conscience was against her, rather
than the preacher's words.
One young fellow who was 'stung'
in a real estate trade last summer,
says Mr. Bristow was preaching
especially against profiteers. And
thus it goes. Everyone seems agreed
that the principles set forth by the
sermon were correct; but there is
wide divergence of opinion as to the
application of the principles.
At any rate, those who want to
play cards, or dance, or profiteer, or
do anything else against which their
own conscience rebels, were disap
pointed that the preacher did not
tell them to do it, and so relieve
their own responsibility. But alas,
and alack, that is just what he did
not do.
HONOR ROLL OF THE
( WARRENTON SCHOOL
The following is the honor roll for
Warrenton school for the month end
ing March 11th:
Ferrell Ashley i
Virginia Boslefr
Kennesaw Thomas
Refta McNeill.
Wallace (McNeill
Chris Thomas
Aiken McNeill
John Allen Wilson
Herbert Wilson,
Mrs. Gilliam, Miss Herbert,
Teachers
A RETURN SOLDIER
The body of William Brown, a
World War veteran, the son of Han-j
nah Brown, was brought to Abbe-;
ville Sunday and was buried at(
Spring Grove. The remains were ac-1
companied by Sergt. French and
the coffin was wrapped in a United
States flag giving the funeral a mili
tary appearance.
HOME FOR SUNDAY
Hon. I^uljfert Cc6c,<^iis finished his
work as a member of the legislature
from Abbeville County and came
home Sunday for a short rest. He is
studying law at tne university, xie
was accompanied by his sister, Miss
Margaret Cox, a student at Chicora
College.
MISS HALL SICK
Mr. DeWitt Hall received news
Saturday of the serious illness of his
daughter, Miss Beulah Hall, in At
lanta and left at once for her bed
side.
THE DEACON'S SUPPER
I
The Junior Deacons of the Baptist
church are planning to give a supper
in th? social hall of the church, Fri-j
day evening of n^xt week, the 25th
inst. They will have as their guests
the Deacons and the Pastor of the
church. The supper will be served by
Circle number one of the Woman's
auxiliary. It was at first arranged to
have the supper this week, but the
date was postponed on account of the
meetiner which is going on in the
Methodist church.
HERE FROM LLEVEL LAND
Mr. A. F. Carwile was in town
from Level Land Monday. He
brings the news that every body is
hard at work, the farmers have
taken advantage of the fine weather
and are getting ready for a crop. He
says the acreage is to be cut and
that the fertilizer supply will be cut
exactly half.
IS DRAW IN
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prices
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Never before hav
of hats of varied i
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shapes, and new
inspection and se
are pre-war offei
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Spring wear. I)<
come in today. 1
you in-prices??1
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You will find the goo
planning your Eastei
?et our prices before
only one quality here
Mrs.
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New Sprir
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new Spring Suits in th
and materials of serges
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suits are so low you ar
least one of them.
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lephone 414
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