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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. Entered-as second- ^>ass matter at yost office iD Aobeville, S. C. . . , Tniu of $nb??ription! One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 * Three months L .50 - I FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921 MORE GOOp ROADS. P' ; ? { v. Out in Arkansas the good roads' i / chickens are coming home to roost. > ' The present ijeek the .New York i Times has had several stories telling . of remarkable proceedings in good /roads' building in that state, Inas mnrH as. th?? npoDle of this county and of other counties of the state have voted, or are about to vote bonds for the building of roads, it may be worth while to know the ex 1? _ . perience of the people who have al %: , ready built, the so-called good roads. J jfefc We are carrying an editorial be ; ;ii low taken ^rom Thursday's New York Times, which the people will do well to read. So far as we know there have been no charges of corruption, I ] and no corruption in the handling of . * } the money gotten from bond issues in this state. We hope there will be ' ;; pone. But it is not amiss to call the ?' V;- i attention of the people to the fact that a big effort is being made just ~j. f now to sell the road bonds . of this county, ahd the argument is made i it the obtaining of this money will j?/ ' nWp the banks, and the banks to lend t money to the farmers. That kind of an argument is not worth while. 'We must remember that we will is _> sue these bonds, if ab.all, for the y " r purpose of building roads, and not to f*. help banks or anyone else. If the ; banks'wanted us to issue bonds to "W ' . , get money for them so as to enable v / them to loan money to the farmers, jjl , the banks should have asked for an rV issue of bonds for that purpose. . But aside from this, what are the . people going to get for the money, if | - it is spent on the roads?'The Press and Banner has said that the roads j wilT.be graded some and in 9ome res- . , < pects improved, but that in a few j , years, except for the grading, the ( money spent will prove to havp been? spent for a tyad project. Some cf ^ those who have Ifeen good roads' J( r boosters do not wish to-be quoted but \ i- I they have heard that the top-soil ( & r ro#ds are not all that is claimed for ( i theas, - -, j We ask tfeat the people of the coun ty read the following, 'as we have ^ said, taken from the nW York Tinaes \ v: When it has'been read, we are going to *sk the people, if tt does not begin^ id look Hkfe TKe Sncl Banner x V''' 1 has been giving the people some sound advice. - - ' '? A Needed Investigation. ^ %' "The impressive facts published in ! The Times in regard to the arbitrary, a and in some cases confiscatory, taxa tion of* Arkansas property holders for ! ' S3* a. ' y ' I I . the construction of roads that are to I "benefit them in some cases by "leading nowhere" have been appre J i ciated at their full importance Mn Washington. The Federal Govern ment is directly interested in the sit uation in s* far as money appropriat ed by Congress for the Federal share } in the construction, of Arkansas roads is concerned. Engineers of the Bu ' ' reau of Highways will start for Lit , . tie ; Rock today. A larger inquiry, likely to cover the whole subject, is ' , . proposed, and a resolution for a Con- ^ ' : ; gressional investigation will be in troduced into the Senate at the open f ing of the extra session. TV .i .. ?, | | '.'j, The Federal Bureau Of Highways H and the conditions of road building ' ' * \ in Arkansas and other States will be I taken up. There is no doubt that investigation is greatly needed. Under the present law the States either di rectly or through the counties must equal the Government appropriation . dollar for dollar, and construction taust be 'substantial." These seem to be the only restrictions on the..ex penditure of the great sums appro v?' priated by Congress for roads, sums "/ whose disposition rests with the High way Departments of forty-eight a States ,and in some cases is trans fqr&d by them to County Commis sioners or other, rather absolute au thorities. Senator Townsend of Mich -v igan, Chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Po3t Offices and Post Roads; ,fV! . I which will have charge of the pro posed investigation, is a good friend jf good roads, but he insists on their being good. Opposing last February an amend ment for an additional appropriation of $100,00.0,000 for Federal road projects, a scheme that failed in the Sixty-sixth Congress and will be re newed in the Sixty-seventh, Mr. Townsend said that in many States the Good Roads law was a worse "pork barrel" than the River and Harbor scattering of Federal money had ever been. "The money has been used," he said, "where there evi j ? J.I.. ?1? 4.~vr*4 utriiuy waa one ^icaicob ]/uiuuai ?*? fluence." The Government had ap propriated $275,000,000 since 1916, and part of that suni had been spent transiently and uselessly for gravel roads. Senator Thomas of Colorado denounced?the whole road program as "little short of a crime." Senator Kenyon of Iowa referred to th'e Ar kansas situation, then practically un-i known to the country, to the charge of a Grand Jury that $1,000,000 was wasted on a single highway, i and farms were taxed for almost their full 'value. The Arkansas District Road laws have been sustained by the Supreme Coiirt of the State; vthe decision was erroneously referred to in these columns as declaring them to be unconstitutional. > "According to the American Auto mobile 'Association, Federal aid in al most any State has been scattered over a great mileage of roads not necessarily '.connected or jcarrying much traffic, and with little regard to 'ational needs. The Bureau of Pub lic Roads reported for the year end ed June 30.- 1919. that 60 per cent. I of the mileage approved up to that [late is dirt, sand, gravel or clay con struction; that is, the roads are not permanent and presumably^not in-1 --ended for any- large amount of traffic. The whole matter should be inquired into thoroughly. Let us see if we are spending, millions of money for bad roads instead of good. Pub lic economy, if nothing else, de mands the fullest inquiry." 4 1 .~ 7~""~ ACME j Acme, the newspaper issued by! the; Board ,of Selectmen of the Ab-J bevflle Cotton Mill, is before^ us arid is a creditable sheet. The paper is issued in.; the,interest of the mill and to emphasize the "Partnership" ex isting between the mill and the op eratives. The namf "Acme" is made up of the first letters .of 'the Abbeville Clotton Mills Enterprise and "means ;hat the mill and the people interest id expect to go to the, highest point >f efficiency in all their undertak \ ' l * t ngs. /The paper; gives the news of the Ullage .and will grow in interest as a me passes, ? N IOW TO GET A DEGREE BACI^ k i , - Colonel George Harvey, the most lonspicuous 'Wilson-hater in the Coun ty and who will-be named to the imbaEsadorship to London on the itrength of it, was once honored by he conference of the degrees of L. j. D. upon him by Erskine' College. n view .of the fact that Erskine Col ege is at least 100 per cent Wilson an, the board of trustees would pro >ably welcome some suggestion a? to icw it might xdetach the Colonel from he honor they once bestowed upon i:m. The most feasible plan that oc curs to us by which proper amends ran be made is to "church" Major J. 2. Hemphill who, as a member of the joard, got the degree for his journal stie friend.?:Charlotte News. 1 P ERSKINE DOWNS BAILEY'S TEAM Pitching of Beard Keep* Visitors At Mercy of Seceder Nine. Due West. March 31.^?Beard's delivery proved impossible for Bailey on the local diamond this af ternoon. Bailey was able to secure only >one scratch hit off him, in sixth inning, the only ball they knocked out of the infiield while he was in the box. Thfe home runs of Phillips, FSinrlprKiirk -nrirl Rearrl And fipldirifrs of the whole Erskins team were the features. Bailey 11'5 Erskine - 11 14 2 Ratcliffe, Cox and Cheek. l^eard,| Sherrer and Agnew. Women in Porto Rico are not per mitted to vote, but may hold public office. INJURY PROVES FATAL , TO LIEUTENANT CONEY Georgia Airman Dies in Natchez Hospital at Result of Fall From Plane While Trying To Break Record in Air. Natchez, Miss., March 30.?Lieut. William Devoe Coney, 27, who was seriously injured when his airplane crashed into a tree near Crowville La., last Friday morning, died of his -?*?- ? imva of k .on injuries at a Iiuapiuai wtxt ?v u ,h\j today. The death of the lieutenant, whose back was broken in the fall, resulting in a complete paralysis of his body from his cHest down, was not unexpected as his physicians had announced earlier in the day that he could live only a few hours. Mrs. E. F. Coney, his mother, of Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. W. H. Devoe, an aunt of Jacksonville, Fla., and E. F. Coney a brother of Brunswick, Ga., were with the flier at the time of his death, having been constant attendants at his bedside since their arrival here last Sunday. Lieutenant Coney is a son of the late Edgar F. Coney, a lumberman of Brunswick. He was born in At lanta in November, 1893. His youth was Bpent in Brunswick. At'the outbreak of the Mexican trouble in 1916 he Unlisted with the Brunswick Rifles, an infantry or ganization, and saw service on the border. Returning to Brunswick in 1917 about the time the United States entered the Eutopean war, he entered the officer training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was commissioned at second lieutenant of infantry. Later he was transfered to the air service, receiving his pre liminary training at the ground school at Georgia TwA in Atlanta. IJe was assigned as flying instructor during the war and had no oppor tunity to see service at the front. On the day he was injured the an nouncement was made at Sari Diego/ Cal., of his promotion to a first lieutenancy. , Funeral services have been left to Maj. N. B.# Claggett, of the Fourth aviation corps, who came here to at-' tend the lieutenant. f. Major Claggett announced to night that the body of. Lieutenant Coney would leave Natchez at ^ o' clock tomorrow morning and t?at tha funeral will be held at? Bruns v , i ; , Ga., Satoyday. The ihajor 4- will ac company the party to Brunswick for the funeral. Lieutenant Coney was under the command of Major Clag gett at ifelley Field, Texas, while he served as instructor who tonight paid higt tribute to his qualites. TORNADO KILLS ONE AND INJURES SIXTY " # Property Damage Several Hundred Thousand Dollar*?Many Per sons Homeless. * r # Albany, Ga. March 31-?The north ern part of Albany was swept by a tornado late today that killed one man, injured sixty persons, half a dozen seriously, and caused property damage estimated tonight at several hundred thousand dollars. Jerry Dallas, a negro employe of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany, was reported missing tonight and it was feared he had been killed in the practical wreck of that plant. The single victim of the storm was a negro carpenter, Jphn McCoy, for ty-five, who was helping build a bun galow and most of the injured were negroes. The tornado destroyed or partially wrecked approximately a hundred dwellings, but its greatest material damage was to a dozen or more large industrial plants which were in its path. Hundreds of persons will be thrown out of work and scores were home less tonight, but it was believed that local relief measures vould be suffi cient to care .for. all. \> j The storm swept a stretch of terri tory about a hundred miles wide iind [ a mile and a quarter long, sometimes passing over a building only to de scend with a crushing force a few hundred yards further. Escapes that verged on the miraculous were re counted tonight by survivors and it was regarded as remarkable that only one life was lost. 1 OXFORDS AT PHILSON'S Philson and Henry are advertising this week and telling about the new spring dresses, silks, summer hats and ginghams which they have in stock. Their line of Oxfords is complete and they give the good news that prices are lower. \ THE COMMUNITY HOUSE Material is arriving every day for J the proposed new Community House at the Abbeville Mill and work on the construction will begin soon. The plans submitted by J. C. Hemphill, the Greenwood architect, have been accepted and a handsome structure will b? erected. In connection with the l^quse will be an artistic park to surround the building. This park was iesigned by Mr. Hemphill and car* ries all the artistic features which will go with the handsome building. The house and the- grounds will be a genuine beauty spot in the lower end of town. I SAVE THE BABIES \ i . t... Mr. Lamar, representing the In t^rdenominajtijonal Sunday school campaign to "save the babies" was in Abbeville Thursday in the in terest of his work. The baiby week is to be April 24th to 30th., and an active campaign will be made to "save ^ie babies." i '__ i Major Kavelock iCaves died Thursday at a, hospital in Charlotte inhere he has 'been sick for the past ten days. Major Eaves yi^rried Miss Eva Riley, who once taught in Abbeville and he is well remember ed by veterans 'of the Span ish-Amer ican -war, having served in the Strath Carolina rejtfment. I Ill < Ybu know how d for- either you 01 wished to and fee ....A price that w purchase was mac * SPRING DRES& IN FAVORITE The figure line in th< New Dresses varies straight Sfthouette o? tl to the\fulr skirted an waisted "1830" suggesl sqores of other equally selections to suit every j NEW 0XF0R1 and Summer. Wh a good fit, ju?t the money. They ha combined. The# Jack Tai' Mi Always striving to gn best in value for the lea prices, we have reached limit in.these offerings o est values in new < men quality and service consi We lay great stres - and becomingness fined satisfaction w na^ > .GAY GKNGH In plaids and noveltj suitable for the simple most elaborate Wash E porch dresses. Phi / \ KENNETH CHESHIRE AT- , TACKS MINISTER; FINED $35 Anderson, March 31.?Kenneth, son of the late Victor B. \ Cheshire, publisher of the Daily Tribune, of this city, was fined $35 today in re cordei^s court for assaulting the Rev. D. Witherspoon Dodge, pastor of Pil grim Congregational church of this city with a pair of 4knucks." The minister testified that as he was as sisting a lady into an automobile j yesterday afternoon he was struck in the back of the head from behind by someone unseen /and unknown to him. Cheshire pleaded guilty to the attack. Cheshire ,it is understood, took umbrage at remarks the minis ter made in a recent sermon'concern ing the late editor. ) 1 HOW TO CHECK UP HEN Washington, March 31.?-The hen that did the cackling may not have laid the egg, government farm ex perts assert. They advise farmers to use trfcp nests' in order to pin the cackler down to facts in the way of eggs.. By holding a hen on the nest until released, the announcement said, it was possible to keep tab on the good layer, /regardless of the fuss raised by some hens on false pretenses. / Women held sacred religious offices in the days of the Pharoaha. > the Heart i * 4 i \ * ? Season we. >st Attractr 7. * >' t. I ' ifficult it has been fo ourselves to purcha 1 sure that the price w ould not jump up o ie. Both of these con s late .a modes > new 3se dainty We are display of i from the ie Oriental Milliirery, d shapely inn with different m hoon cVirm.'i becoming jersonality. the most li will be foil )S They are ,shoes and of the new en* you buy shoes it i: same as it is to get ve charm, beauty, fit ; is also a decided lov ddies Piece! re the very .st possible the utmost f the high chandise? dered. And ther tjian me^eb are made t< holding the just as well as when yoi s on this matter of pr i are of the greatest 6 ill be still greater if y ve paid the fairest r>ri< AMS r patterns st to the iresses and LUSl In elabor signs and s eluding all Summer cc 1 O ?I ison oi nei s 19 TRACTORS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA / Columbia March 31.?South Caro lina will get 19 ten ton tractors from the war department within the next few days/and these machiaes will he <used oh the state highways iui jiiaiuicumiKt; wvm, avcuruiug to Charles H. Moorefield, highway engineer, who returned to his office yesterday from Washington! Mr. Moorefield went to th^ nation al capital to see if he could straight en out a number of pending matters between South Sarolina authorities and?the federal government. He was , *' successful in most cases. Under the Reavis acc Squth Caro lina is scheduled to get &0 five and- . ten ton tractors fpom the surplus 'declared from war department ma terial. Mr. Moorefield went to Wash ington with a view of facilitating the1 shipment of South Carolina's I ' I share, but found that the nearest . r point from which the trucks could * be had was Ohio. 6nly 19 tractors are available for this state at this time and they are to be shipped within a short time, Mr. -Moorefiela was told. All of,the tractors are of the ten tori type. More machines may be available later. , Mr. Moorefield also looked into , the matter of securing sonde addi-. tional trucks for the state, but no definite arrangement has as yet 6een made. : 'f; s I ; of . . 'i-.' ' . r some time pa?t ise the things we -' ras the right price. , r down after the are settled. . ' 1 iRRIVALS IN SUMMER HATS showing a most original ill the new models in including many entirely v odes than any} thpt have i so far this'season. All i? \ 7 ked shapes arid effects nd here, " v '' of reliable make, styles for Spring s your right to get full value for your and comfort-all rering in prices...... Goods Galore e is more to these Suits f their good looks. They 3 give excellent service, ir "hang" and made* after many launderings 11 first weai* them. \ ice, for while 3tyle s' onsideration, your" ou know that you, ze. ' rRIOUS SILKS ate patterns, simple de ingle-tone shades, in the favorite Silks for tstumes. I