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Established 1844. I ' THE PRESS AND BANNER ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company t Published Tri-Weekly ' Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-Uasa matter ai feet office io Abbeville, S. C. ToilM of Svbacrfptfoai . Die Year ? ... $2.0# Ax months $1.0# {Three months ..... ..5? Foreign Advertisng Representative' :l AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION! MONDAY, MAY 30, 1921 >j . . : BRIDGING THE SAVANNAH I A week or two ago a delegation from Abbeville attended a meeting in Clinton looking to the construction f a road from Raleigh to Athens, ?<|nnecting at each end with other xqads, one leading North and the .ether to Southern points. The build t ing of this road contemplates the spanning of'the Savannah with a / concrete and steel' bridge which would tend to bring us into closer .touch with the good people who re side across the Savannah, in the Em .? V - i ' ? Tpire State of the South, 'and with whom we would gladly ba neighbors. If the building of good roads in Ab. beville County shall result in the construction of this bridge, we shall he willing to say that the good roads' mdvement has accomplished much. And this is not all that the move ment may accomplish along this line. The people in Augusta, and at points ' in South Georgia, are anxious that aj road be built from Augusta xsiortn-j ward towards the mountains of North and South Caroliha. The road ' has been talked of these ttiany years, and just now there is a chance that it may speedily be opened. Already r McCormick County has constructed a system of top soil roads, though they have not yet been topsoiled. . Ttlse roads are to be continued to 6av$nnah River, touching the river at: Fleury's Ferry. Across the river at this point is a fine road leading directly into Augusta. The McCor mick road from Fleury's Ferry,, lead ing through the town of McCormick > connects with the road to Abbeville at Clatworthy's Cross Roads, and from Abbeville the road will lead through Due West, Donalds and Honea Path, and on by way of the Anderson and Greenville roads to , I x the fine mountain roads of North Carolina. These roads are already built or will be built the present summer. And there is nothing lack, ing therefore to the completion of this important highway from Augusta to the mountains except the bridging of, the Savannah at Fluery's Ferry. The building of a bridge across the river at this point will make Abbe r ' ville ten miles nearer to the city of < Augusta and will make Augusta ten miles nearer Abbeville, each of which , results is as pleasing to contemplate as the other. It will move Augusta ten mile's nearer the mountains of 'a North Carolina and ten miles nearer the towns of the Piedmont section of this state, with which towns there has always been a most friendly feeling on the part-of the people of Augusta as well as a like feeling on the -part of our people. We know of no road the building of which woiild mean more to this section of the state. We have been cut off from the people of Georgia almost as if by a Chinese wall. There hap bee^ no way to reach -jtHe 'coun try across the Savannah by private conveyance except by flatboats, and one may who crossed this way, in ad dition to complaining of being de layed for an hour or two at each crossing, was wont to say that he had crossed the Atlantic Ocean many times, but that he preferred the dan. gers?incident to three trips across the Atlantic to those of one trip across the Savannah in a flatboat. There is no reason why we should not be con nected more intimately with the peo ple of Georgia, and why the peoples who live in stone's throw of each other should not be neighbors and friends instead of strano-^rs. To Abbeville the construction of this bridge and the opening of this road would mean a great deal. It would mean the opening of the Au gusta markets to the people of Abbe ville. With good roads leading to Augusta, trucks might in two or three hours land our produce in Augusta, where it might be offered in a market With many buyers for every kind of product offered. The farmers here "Would find it profitable to produce many things for market which now cannot be sold at home. The people in Abbeville would be brought ten miles and several hours nearer the fine stores in Augusta, and there ia no place in the whole section where there are better stores in which to trade-than there. The people from Augusta and to the Southward on their tri^s to the mountains and to other points North of us would pass Aic firtA /?ifv TKflV WJliO MUV *?vw?v would Atop here to learn of our his. M - , . t$ey^df'the~ great men who hive hv e& herey to visit the places of histori cal interest about the city, and to nie^fi the people of Greenville Street. Souife of them no doubt finding here a fih'e climate, a good community in which to live, a good people with whom to associate, a town with fine systems of lights, sewerage and wat er, : and with miles of paved streets would thereafter be content to call no other place their home. Perhaps a few merchants who advertise might in time be induced to come here and open stores. , 1 , TV?<?r<? aro ntVior nrlvnntaoea HThirh readily suggest themselves to every person who thinks of the construc tion of this road from Augusta to the mountains, and incidentally of the building of the bridge across the riven It appears to us that the build, ing of this bridge offers more of de velopment to the people along the Savannah side of the state, from Calhoun Falls to Augusta, than any enterprise of which we could think. We trust that the people of McCor. mick and Edgefield and the people of Georgia may be successful in see ing the work accomplished. To this enterprise the road commissioners of this county should and will, we feel sure, lend every encouragement and assistance in their power. That they will properly construct the necessary link in this county in order to com plete the undertaking our neighbors may feel assured. Plans to that end have already been made, and in a few months our part of the road will be an accomplished fact. ~ THE NEW PASTOR. The people of this city will be glad that the congregation of the Presby terian church has called a pastor. If he* is the proper man for the place, and we assume that he is, we shall all hope that he will accept the call and come *to Abbeville. With the internal affairs of the church nobody but Presbyterians has anything to do. But a church like an individual in a way may live to it self, while fn a still larger way it may not live to itself alone. As a part of the public it must play its part, and the Presbyterian church in Abbeville should play a very large part in elevating leadership in this community. We say so for the rea son that nearly all the bankers in Abbeville are members of that church, nearly all the merchants of financial means are members of that church, and generally speaking the moneyed men and' women of the town are its members. The educated people and the favored people gener ally are of that church. There is nothing which adds so much to a church inwardly as a good preacher and a good pastor, and most of all a big, broad, good man. There is noth ing which helps the town outside of the church more than such a man, and there is nothing which advertises the town beyond its own corporate lirfiits as much as a minister of this kind. On the Sabbath day the people go up to hear him; on the week days they discuss him, and when away t&qnt honjS jithey ftear tols praisissr,' and the town is discussed of everybody because of such a preacher. It belongs to the Presbyterians in Abbeville to give to this town such a preacher. They have been blessed with the worldly goods which makes this possible. They may do it by be ing willing to pay the salary paid to preachers of this kind by other i churches. It is a reflection alike on them and on this community if they fail to have such a preacher. We all regret, therefore, that the congrega tion y^Bterday decided to offer to the preacher who has just been call ed a salary which is only a frac tion of that which the congregation is abundantly able to pay. If the . preacher shall live up only to the j salary offered him, he will add but 3 little to the Presbyterian church and to the town of Abbeville. If he shall go beyond what his salary bespeaks and fill the place which the Presbyte rian minister in Abbeville shoulcl fill, he will be but poorly treated by the people for whom and among whom he labors. Let us hope-' that at the next meeting of the congrega tion, the good Presbyterians may set themselves right -with themselves first, with the church next, and then with the town and state. They owe no less. Of course t^iere are preachers who may be had for the salary offered; yiany of them are preaching for less now. But good preachers who are preaching for less are serving poor churches and are working for noth ing of necessity. There are others who are not worth the salary offered. They do not know how to preach. They prefer to make up by> ritual what they lack of reality. They bow and scrape, and march and parade, and are heard in prayer for their much speaking. They try to make up j in the tone of their voice; what they . lack of mental equipment The Pres byterians may be able to get a man of this kind for even less than they have offered, but we do not believe they will get and keep a preacher J who ranks with the best in their own church in South Carolina for the I .amount offered. And the abundant I financial ability of the members of , the Presbyterian church here, as -we | have said, and say again, demands of .them that they give us the very beet preacher of their denomination in the State. A QUESTION FOR EDISON The questionairre for college grad uates submitted sometime ago by Thomas A. Edison, which must be answered before a position could be secured in his laboratory, has brought forth a volley of questions for Edison to answer. The Newberry Observer wants to know if the elec trical wizard can tell "which end of a cow gets up first?" and whether a sheep has teeth in its upper jaw?" All of which brings to mind the old story of a teacher's examination held long years ago in Abbeville. This examination was held in the days of school commissioners and not the new fangled superintendents of Education. Matthew McDonald was . ? ! the school commissioner and on the day of examination after indulging in several drinks of heroic size, he pro J 3 iL. Ll (IT/ . A puunueu wie question n a quart vj. turnip seed will plant an acre of ground, how many teeth in a buzz. saw?" announcing that no teacher would be given a first grade certifi ' cate without a correct answer to the ' question. PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTORS WANT SOFT SHORE JOBS Washington, May 28.?Conditions at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis are described as "worse than the Spanish inquisition" in a let ter written by a midshipman which was read in the Senate today by Senator Pomerene, of Ohio. The lat ter also termed the teaching method at the Academy a joke. Senator Pomerene produced the letter in connection with his speech in behalf of an amendment to the naval bill which would allow the re instatement of students at the Acad, emy who had been deficient in their studies. The identity of the writer was not revealed, the Senator ex plaining that it would mean "his death as a midshipman." Complaining of the inefficiency of the instructors, the letter declared:1 "We are not fools and we know they don't know the subjects and can't explain them. They are appoint ed not because of their knowledge^) but because they want soft shore? 'billets." In commenting on the letter, Sen* ator Pomerene asserted that he had received information from other sources which fully substantiated its charges. FIND 'KIDNAPPED* GIRL ASLEEP IN THEATER Chicago, May 28.?The gTeat kid napping mystery of Evanston was solved when pretty little Margaret Dorband was found asleep in the i Hoyburn Theater by the manager. I Thp imluve had been notified and be-' | gan a frantic search, aided iby her' ' frenzied parents and scores of play-) mates. Margaret yawned nonchal antly as Capt. Dennis McHenry car ried her home. HARDING TO CONSULT MANY FIANACIERS j Washington, May 28.?A group j of tankers and financiers fromj every section of the country are to be consulted by President Harding before he concludes the series of financial conferences be*run Wed I J. _ TTT1_ 11 TT-. J1 nesaay nignt ai; a n qicc nous*: ain-j ner -when the Eastern banking inter ests were chiefly represented. No apfp ointments d'or further confer ences have beer, made but it is prob able a group i>f financial leaders from the Middle West will be next to be summoned by the president It was indicaflied today in adminis tration circles that so far ae aeatf-* ment has been canvassed the finan cial men are virtually unanimous in believing that the federal reserve board holds the key to a proper re adjustment of general financial con ditions. Those consulted are under stood to have told the president that in their opinion the board could go a long way towards i:estoration of normal conditions by exerting its influence to ikeep loans at a reas onable rate on u sound basis. Would Remove Restrictions Removal of restrictive measures placed by the board on credit exten sion, under the federal reserve act was said to have been advocated by the bankers as> a means of solving the problem facing; the fanners of the country. Progressive rediscount rates which the board continues in the St. Louis and Tfnnafltt fKfcv di?1rrriets?. it. xmis contended, work a hardship on the agricultural interest because banks which are charged mow for money merely pass the increased cost along to the borrowers. The reserve (banJcs chaise mem ber banks up to a maximum of 7 per cent in St. Louis and 12 per cent in Kansas 'City for loans in ex cess of the base line figure fixed by the board, the rates processing 1-2 per ceriv. on each 25 percent of loans in excess of the base.. IygrWation to permit longer cred its to the farmers through extension oif the limits fixed by the reserve act on agricultural papers eligible for rediscount at reserve banks was said to have been favored. The opinion was expressed that restriction of eligible agricultural paper to six months 'vras too early a maturity in the case of many farmers. Extension ol' the maturity limits, it was argued would enable the member banks to extend correspondingly longer terms to the farmer. Question of Guarantee A phase of the export problem which it is understood, was discuss eel was 'the question of a possible guarantee of the stability of the gov ernments of countries into which American goods might be shipped. The bankers were said to have been disposed to the view that the Edge act corporations for financing ex ports might have more support and the operations of the war finance corporation be given a wide field if means could be devised by which the exporter could be insured against the loss of his commodity through change of government in which they were to be marketed. The administration is understood however, to have taken the position that the government could not un dertake any guarantees on behalf of exporters but should confine its aid to cooperation between govern mental agencies and the various fac tors working together in the country for world rehabilitation. The bankers also are said to have expressed a belief that the move ment of gold into this country could IIU 0 vrz ?MLa\*\,l\*cu\xxy uiv^ix^wu niwi, holding that this development -was an inevitable part of the reconstruc tion under way. Ways and means jrilibe cwundered by the admini Btr?tio?i't?-ke?p-:'tfee 'infltisc- "froia Sg'adiftjj' "to: Any serious consequences. ?' _ Typewriters We Sell, Rent and Repair Typewriters mi ancL hi Adding Machines. THE ECHO "The Really Musical Spoil In Abbeville." STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION SpartnabuTg, May 29.?Reports received from all over the State, it is said,, point to a record breaking attendance at the State Sunday School Association Convention at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, June 8-9il0. ' . It is said that the program is the strongest and most attractive in the history of the organization, and with the, added attractiveness of Wintfrrop College as the place of meeting, the attendance is expcctei to go beyond all previous record?. A thorough organization has been p<?rfected (by the Convention Prom op tion Committee, in nearly every Ccmnty in the State and hundreds of men and women are busy., working up a large delegation from their re spectivevcommunities. EspeciaJ at tentio is called to the fact that the special railroad rates of one and half fare for the round trip are on the certificate plan, con ditional upon 350 certificates being presented for signature at the co>n venton; consequently everyone com ing to the convention is urged to g^t his certificate when he buys his, ticket as he cannot' otherwise get the benefit of half fare returning. Wj *j?l" JRAY GL1NKSCALES coi. MrtJ.ONLV .V pv. QOOOAU >l In Sizzling a man wants to be ?but cool. And well dressed. Th< Palm Is the Summer Ti entire Its special porous 1 lightness and com que construction body for good tailc There is nothing t< Palm Beach?noth sure solution to coi a hot day. In ligh * T% rARKER i THE PALM BEACH MILLS Seliing Agts. A. Robaut, 229 2,500 STRIKERS IN CAIRO, EGYPT, IS SUMMARILY DISMISSED Cairo, Egypt, May 28.?Twenty- ' five hundred strikers "who have quit work in railroad shops, here hav? been summarily dismissed. 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