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fAurj r vj u xv Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-^iass matter ai tost office in Aobeville, S. C. ; FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 Ttnni of Subscription: Six months _ One Year Three months $1.00 $2.00; .50 YOUR BUSY DAY. | Have you ever had a busy dayTJ We hope not, because if you have wej fear you are no longer a Christian. | 1 We have known people to set aside j a certain day to do a particular piece yf work, something which required more than usual care and attention, | and something which required that j ' one be free from interruption and annoyances. ' Well, it is on these busy days that the cow gets out, the water pipe bursts, the house needs painting, the cook wants her money (which you haven't got), a button comes off your pants which you can't get sewed on, the well "ope breaks, the mule runs , away wi h the plow, the plows need sharpening. In fact it is on the busy days that everything in general hap "pens. If vou are runniner a law office, and there is a deed which you have been promising to prepare for some client v and for which he is waiting or a plead ing to be filed and 'the time is almost up, and the thing must be done now , or never, some friend drops in and after talking an hour asks you what you think about the weather. Or it maybe that there is a question about the check law, or the labor contract law, or the school law, or some other v law, which he would like to ask. Your client comes in. They come in and talk over the situation, and then they go over it again. They plow up the row and then turn and plow back, j and then they rest and plow again. And it is the same way if you have a good editorial in your system, which you want to get out. Every time you take the pen in hand some negro from the farm comes in (you know you cannot run a newspaper unless you have a farm or some other en terprise to take up all the profits of the newspaper business) and says that the handle to last year's plow stock is a little loose, . c the point of the gimlet is broken off, or the ground is wet in one place or dry in another and you can't plow, or they need some seed corn or a little cane ed to plant, or something else equal ly as necessary. If these things don't happen then the city ti-easurer comes by to tell you that your next paving assess ment is about due, or you'get a no tice from the bank that the other no tice about your note being past due must have been mislaid, and the next one disregarded, and that the note is still unpaid and so is the "in-t-r-u-s-t" Now a good many people may not have busy days but we have them on Press and Banner block, that is Col. Jenner Link has them, and some oth ers. And we are writing now to say to you that if there is anything you want to know, or anything you want done, or any other old thing, the day to have it attended to on this block is our busy day. COL. GEO. HARVEY \ The Press and Banner,/commenting on adverse estimates of Col. George Harvey's size in connection with the filling of the English ambassadorship notes that Col. Harvey was once made an- L. L. D. by Erskine College and correctly says that no man should re ceive that distinction who is not large enough to be Ambassador to Great Britain. We endorse that position and beg leave to add that his much used -title of "Colonel" was bestowed upon him by Hon. D. Clinch Heyward by virtue of his power and authority as Governor of the State of South Caro lina. We do not see how we South Carolina folks can go back on the pestiferous colonel and the learned doctor of laws of Erskine. It is a re lief to note that the English govern ment has officially notified Washing ton that Col. Harvey will be entirely acceptable as ambassador, persona1 grata in diplomatic terms.?Index-1 Journal. GOING INTO A TENT. South Church Street is putting on its Easter clothes. The little park at the Confederate Monument will soon be blooming in all the fresh ness and glory of the resurrection season, and, mindful always of what it means for those that live uprightly the Bethel Church Methodists want the rest of the churches in this town .all and singular, to understand that they intend to be the pennant-win i ners in religous work this year. They are especially desirous that the Cen tral Methodists shall understand tnat Bethel is the Methodist St. Peter's of | this region, in testimony of which ! they point with pride to the fact that J the Men's Bible Class at Bethel has | outgrown th6 church building and j been compelled to erect a tent to ac commodate :tlie increasing throngs [ flocking to hear Mr. Martin teach the i Bible Sundayv morning. The attend ance on this ;class last Sunday was 130, and more are coming. The Bible Tent will be erected in the garden of Mrs. Sanders, overlooking the church grounds. Dr. Waller and Char ley Hammond, are two of the moving spirits at Bethel and they are both from dear old Abbeville; but so are Dean Mason DuPre and Professor John G. Clinkscales, of the Central crowd, and they are all fine irten. Some of the over-impertinent Abbe ville persons of the present day would I probably say that it tnese ADoeviiie J men had been as active religious I workers before they left home as | they are in Spartanburg it might have | been better on the whole for Abbe . ville.?Spartanburg Juornal. ; SEVEN YOUNG WOMEN , INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK AT YORK Charlotte, N C., March 17.?Seven ! young ladies were injured early to j d'ay^he^ a Carolina and Northwest ern train ^struck the automobile in j which they were riding at York, S iC. Miss Ella Nccly was the most crit ically hurt. Misses Florence and Marj ; Williams, Julia, Ruth, Hazel anc ; Elena Plaxico were all seriously in ijured. The engineer reported thai j the young ladies drove on the trad j immediately in front of the engine , as the train was crossing a street ol the town. | WORKERS REJECT WAGE REDUCTIONS New York, March 15.?Railroat i workers in the East have decided t( I y j reject all proposals of wage reduc | tions and carry their fight to the rail {road labor board, if the cuts are pul [into effect. . j Representatives of the workers whc j have been holding conferences, it was j definitely learned tonight, have de jcided upon this course, taking the position that the present wage stan dai*d must be maintained and econ i omic conditions will not permit of any reduction. There is little danger of any cessa tion of work should the railroads put the reduction in force, union officials said, as the employees will ap'peal to the labor board at Chicago and abide by its decision. The railroad manager ment it is understood also will obey the labor board's edict. The position of the workers was of ficially made cj^ear today, when representatives of the unskilled men j notified the management of the New York Central railroad that they flatly refused to consider proposed wage cuts of from IT1-2 to 21 per cent, "as we find that those employees to day are not receiving suflficienl in come to maintain their families prop erly." WATER ANALYSIS. Sanitary water- analysis No. 2501 of water- eceiyed Mar. 8th, 1921, foom the water supply of Abbeville, S. C. Results in parts t Chlorine ? 9.00 Free Ammonia *_ ? ? 0.03 Albuminoid ammonia ? 0.03 Nitrogen in nitrates ? 0.20 Nitrogen in nitrites ? ? 0.00 Total solids 62.00 ' Bacteral Analysis. Bacterial indications of contamina i: XT. i.* ^ nun?iNUgauve. Remarks?Analysis indicate water to be of giod quality and free from contamination. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D. QUICK ACTION NEC ESSARY OR WE LOSE COUNTY FARM AGENT,? Our legislative delegation saw fit tc have the county appropriation for our Farm Demonstration agent cut just fifty per cent, and now we are reliably informed that our County Agent will be sent to some other county. We cannot afford to go backward, we must strive harder than ever to go i forward, we. must not lose the ser I vices of a county farm agent at just i the time we need him most. However, there is now but one way I - XI : u ? 10 retain ine aei viccs ui such a nwn, i and that is that we who are vitally in-1 terested in agriculture, and that means everyone in the county, must by voluntary subscription raise as much as three hundred and fifty dol lars. This is a small amount and by many of us contributing am sure that no one need give ariy large sum. Sub . scriptions of one, two, three, four or j fiv$ dollars will rapidly make up this : Amount, This must be done at once or we will lose our agent. Let everyone who can and will subscribe to this fund send or bring his subscription to the office of the Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce in Abbeville. With the cotton situation as it is today our farmers will certainly have to very materially reduce their acre age for this crop or stand to lose still more money. / ^hen this acreage is reduced the rest of the land should be planted to r i rni_ :? _i_ i__x ioou crgps. iius is aa ausuiute ncueu sity if we are to live. When this State spends $11,000, 000 on the outside for foodstuff there is something fundamentally wrong with our methods of fanning ?for the reason that we can prgduce 1 at a profit, everything we buy outside " our borders, with probably the excep tion of coffee, tea, etc. We can pro ' duce everything that grows elsewhere in the United States except citrus fruits. 1 Diversified farming will certainly I cause some of our farmers to call to - their aid the services of our County t Demonstration Agent?the increased J interest in livestock of all kinds, the - pig clubs, the bull cltfbs, 'the or f (chards and even your gardens can be 1 made better through the service and advice of this experienced man. We are beginning to appi4eiate the ; services of the Farm Demonstration Agent now that we are about to lose j ours. Get busy and send in your sub } scription at once. * Contributed. t MR. T. A. BOXX Mr. T. A. Boxx died at the home , of his son in North Augusta early . this morning at an advanced age. . Mr. Boxx was well and favorably , known here, having lived here all his . life except the last six or eight years which he spent in Augusta and North Augusta. v Funeral services will be conduct ed at the grave by the Masonic order of which the deceased was a member and interment will be made in Mc Cormick cemetery this afternoon immediately after the train arrives from Augusta.?McCormick Mes senger. In Holland many women find em ployment in the brick yards. MASTER'S SALE ine state ot South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, Court of Common Pleas. ABBEVILLE SAVINGS & INVEST MENT CO, a Corporation, Plaintiff against DAVID MARSHALL, Defendant. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas' for Abbeville County, in said State, made in the above stated-case, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbe ville, C. H., S. C., on Salesday in April, A. D 1921, within the legal J hours of sale the following described 'land, tc wit: All that tract or narr^l of Ia,nd situate, lying: and being in Abbeville County, in the State afore said, containing One (1) Acre, more or less, and bounded by lands of Lula Young on the South, Butler McBride, on the North, and Public Road on the Northwest; being the same lot con veyed to t"he said defendant, by H G. Smith. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Pur chaser to pay for stamps and papers. THOS. P. THOMSON, 3, 18, 21. Master A. C., S. C. V V DONALDS V V V M'sses King and Medlock were Greenville shoppers last Saturday. Mer,dames Ida McDill and J. M. Cambpell Were business visitors in Greenwood last Thursday. Messrs. J. L. and Pet Davis at tended the Teachers; meeting in-Due West last Saturday and report an interesting time. Rev. J. M. and Mrs .Dallas made calls in the Shoals Junction section last Friday afternoon. Messrs. W. H. Iieith and Thomas Johnston represented Greenvale . church at the Layman's Missionary! Convention held in Greenville last' week. Both gentlemen gave interest-! ing reports at the close of the ser vice last Sunday morning. > Little Eliza Highsmith, who was, taken to Abbeville last week forj medical treatment, is improving nicely we are glad to report. Mrs. Preston Smith and Mr. and Mrs. W. Everett iipent last Sunday in Abbeville with the .former's daughter, Mrs. S. Fsnt. A number of our young people at tended, the movies v in Honea Path ! la.>t Friday night. Miss Sallie Anderson, of Hodges, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. C, Sadler, last week. Leon Gordon of Anderson and Clarence Gordon, of Greenwood, were Sunday visitors in their home h^re. I Mrs. Will Sproles and two daugh ters, of Greenwood, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Smith. Mr. Sproles came up Sunday and spent the day, all le turning to Greenwood that night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, of Ware Shoals, spent Sunday with their parents. Misses Thompson and Collins were Greenwood shoppers last Sat urday. ^ I Mr. William Bagwell, of Green l ville Business College, spent the week-end with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kennedy and children, of Due West, and Mr. Hal Sharpe ,of Greenwood, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sharpe, last Sunday. Miss Margaret Dallas came over from Ware Shoals Monday night to attend the Amelian celebration at the Woman's College, Due West. Miss Myrtle: Killingsworth was confined to her home last week with an-attack of grippe. Mr. and Mrs;. Percy Pruitt and family spent Sunday with his bro ther, Mr. M. Pruitt, of the Keowee section. Mr. and Mrs. Jodie vUldrick of the Bethlehem section, and Mr. and Mrs. Uldrick, Sr., and daughter, Alma, spent Sunday with Mr. George Black and family. Mrs. J. M. Dallas and Miss Mar garet Dallas spent last Saturday in Greenwood. Miss Gara Haddon, of Ora, attend SPECIAL SATURM W.A.I innprip0rspr,i?n,n,n,i StliiMUhl u muIImu u iJiI ed the Amelian celebration in Due 1 West last Monday night. s "Messrs. Ray Smith and Rice Hen- ] ry, of Ware Shoals, were Sunday ? visitors in their homes here. < Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bowie are re- ] joicing over the birth of a fine baby ; girl. . Mrs. June Martin and son were , Due West visitors on Wednesday. < The members of the Civic League ; wara antarfaina^ locf Co+nr/lQiT I ?? V4 V bll^lVUiUVU 1UOU (JMVUlUUJf MA? | 4 ternoon by Mesdaities B. H. Carlton ] and E. C. Donnald at the home of _ r Motor T 1 Station i|i f Trucks and passei service at I. ' We Haul j ? Call 414?we B , S a |j E A s EG! Cam l kJ T Flov E Leave R der Hej McMurrai 3 n. ! .Jfi fafiaafitfitfiwifiifiwaifitfiif a ?"M \ 1 = 36x72 T " Axminster | $7J2 f 27x54 Axminster $5;?2 Calvert &! the former. 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