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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-iiass matter at tost office in Aobeville, S. C. \ Tan OS of Subscription: , One Year S2.0? Biz .months $1.0? Three' months .59 / Foreign Advertisng Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1921 -p :r i GETTING RESULTS. Sometime ago this paper advanced' the opinion that the prohibition law would not be enforced until the i judges, state and federal, who tried cs&es and before whom parties were convicted, sentence the lawbreakers 0 to the chain gang. In so far as our suggestions applied to the federal courts, it seems, we were in error in supposing that the District Judge had the authority to so sentence lawbreakers. Under the Volstead Act, the judges of the federal courts are? limited to a fine, certainly for the first offense against the prohibition law. We are glad to make this correc , tion, but at the same time, we are of the opinion that the judges in the federal courts should allow no influence to prevail against heavy fines I for the violation of a law whose proper, enforcement means so much to the peace and good order of the state. t In the state courts theje is no! such limitation on the authority of j the judges. The truth is that the legislature intended, we think, by the last enactment on this subject to make it mandatory on the circuit ' judges to send violators of the prohibition law to the chain gang. Whether this is true or not, it ; is evident that the judges are coming to the conclusion that the law will not be enforced until those who are i convicted of its violation are made, to pay a more serious penalty than a small fine. It has been stated that , violators of the law have boasted of making enough money out of the un t lawful sale of * liquor while attending a term of court to pay the fine assessed against them at such term. It must be evident "from this that it , is a mockery of justice to undertake to enforce the law by fining violators. And no opportunity should be lost . either in congress or in the legislature to increase the penalties incurred by those who break the law. , A term of imprisonment will help ? '' ? * tne law's enforcement when nothing ? \ else will. The tern should be long enough to get results. , i\ ' s FIGHTING THE WEEVIL. i Those people who have been think- 1 ing that fhe boll weevil wauld not i come to this section have had their < . eyes opened. Those who told us that at worst not more than one-fourth or i one-third of the crop would be des- ; troyed by these pests have evidently < been misinformed. The truth is that the boll 'weevil is here, and is here 1 in full force. In some sections the 1 damage done by him to the cotton J has not been more than one-fourth i or one-half, but when farmers like < W. D. Morrah and Joe J. Link re- : port that they will make only one "bale of cotton to the farm, it be- ] comes evident that the weevil is a j serious obstacle in the way of profitable farming. i But people in other boll weevil i sections are still producing cotton. They have adopted certain methods ' .of fighting the boll weevil which must be adopted here. The people here must learn that farming may not be j carried on in the hap-hazard-way in i: which it has been carried on in years' past. If people are to live and pros- j . per on the farms they must revise their methods. A body of business men has taken this matter under its charge for the j benefit of the state at large. Meetings have been held and committees have been appointed. Information as to. how to combat the weevil will be' sought and from time to time this > information will be given the public. ( Jt will be the business of the landowner, of the merchant and of the I i / banker to get this information t< those who till the soil and to insis that the-remedies suggested be ap plied. , K,-Just now the committee having th matter, in charge advises that th cotton stalks in the cotton field should be turned under as soon a the cotton is picked. Every farme should give this matter attention. I is stated that the sooner this is done the better will be the results. Th Press and Banner passes this infoi mation on to its readers with th suggestion that unless the land-owr ers and the bankers, and merchant insist on this being done it will no be done. Those people who obtai supplies in the stores and from th bajiks and from the land owner V?A 4-i-vlrl f V? Q + nnt.V SI1UU1U UC V/Viu ill ?u??uvv V4.V.V ing Js to be expected unless thi matter is.given attention. From time to time other necessar things will be outlined. It will be th policy of this paper to keep the sug gestions before the public and t insist always that the people con form as nearly as maybe to th letter of these suggestions. We Jna; still make cotton here, we believe, i we obey the instructions of thos who study weevil conditions, but m man 9hould expect to disregard thesi instructions and succeed. No mai should want to disregard these in stpictions and thus bring want t< himself and at the same time prov< a menace to his farmer neighbors. Educational Movement Irremtibh Reports from colleges and univer sities forecast the largest attendant of students this fall in the history ol the country. The better knowr insti tutions are overwhelmed with appli cations in advance of opening, whih many-of the smaller and more ob scure colleges will find it necessar} to reject hundreds of students, foi lack of room. The depression in the busines: world does not appear to be having appreciable effect upon attendance Parents who have sonsVand daughters in the schools are not permitting theii less favorable financial circumstance* to interfere with the education of the children. Great numbers of students unable to attend any other way, wil! support themselves by part time em ployment. Most students will have less money to spend this year while in college but they will not be deprived of theii year's school work. ' What is the occasion f<?r the tremendous increase in college attendance? The return of students, whose courses were interrupted by the war, is not the answer now. The crest oi the wave of returning war veterans to the schools has passed. The only reasonable answer is tc be found in the j^reatly awakened interest in education among the masses [>f the people. The college has become r? nAniil o mof ifitfl am T4- i'o ?/> 1 Artrreiir a jjv/jjutai uiawbuuvji* xt is uu lungci considered a place exclusively foi the children of the rich, or the professional classes. Perhaps, the majority of the students in the colleges, especially in the West and South, are from the homes of people of moderate means, while thousands of the stuJents are self-supporting. The value of the college education in contributing to the success of the Sroung man or young woman today is :learly recognized. It is unnecessary Lo present statistics, interesting though they be, showing how the large majority of the successful people have had college training. The fact stands' out so prominently in every day life, that it escapes the notice of few. The growing tendency of the college to make education utilitarian has something to do with the demand i'oi their advantages. Business, as well as the professions, today lcok'i to the college for trained minds and fit bodies for service and for eventful leadership. In veiw of the unprecedented interest in higher education throughout the country and the nationwide movement for enlarging facilities and increasing endowments, the attitude of the'enemies of the State institutions of higher and technical learning in Texas appears all the more strange, and out of harmony with the time. Cr.'.y ignorance of the trend of national life,* of vicious prejudice against the higher things of life, could prompt a State legislator or a citizen to seek to destroy the State iimvorcitv The progress of education will not be stayed by reactionary obstructionists. Instead of curtailing the support i * o SECOND WEEK JURORS t - Common . Pleat Court Convene \ Tuesday, October 11, 10 A. M. e Following are the jurors drawn b; e Clerk of Court J. L. Perrin to serv< s the second week of court of commoi s pleas, which convenes Tuesday, Oc r tober 11 at 10 o'cjock: t Donalds Township?C. E. Smith lf E. L. Cox, J. W. Lollis. e Due West?M. 0. Smith, R. H .. McAdams, Jr., Erskine Agnew, J. 5 e Smith, R. A. Ware, L. 0. Ashley. Long Cane?J. A. Hagsn, R. S. U1 ;s di'ick, P. W. Anderson, J. R. UldricP J. A Mcllwaine. n Cedar Spring??J. D. McGaw, S e T. Ramey, S. F. Hammond. s Abbeville?I. C. Brown, M. E t. Link, C. W. Ellis, E. 0. McLane, J j3 B. Hinton, Hezzie Dudley, Stewarl Miller, J. Allen Smith, Jr. y Diamond Hill?L. R. Campbell, J L. Alewine, Eris Wilson. Low.idesville?R. E. Hall, T. C 0 Banister, L. J. Bell, G. W. McNaii E. W. Nance, Jr., J. L. Ellis. el Magnolia?L. B. Speer, J. J Y George. f INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING e o . . e Gape May, N. J., Sept. 19.?Rob t ert Emmet Woodland was indictei . today for the kidnapping of his two j year-old son, Jack, and his three. ;! year.old daugther, Margaret, wh< were taken from their home her< last July. His brother, Rcfljert Wood land, and his siater-in.law, Beulal Woodland, also were indicted. The two children were traced t< - Lewes, DeL, and after a two-roontl ' search the boy was recovered ii f Richmond, Va., and the girl in At * i lanta, Ga. The search was carrie< - out by John Wilbraham, a retiret Philadelphia manufacturer living a - Cape May. J i Woodland had ibeen separate< * from his wife for more than tw< years. He has been employed by th< 3 Terminal Railroad in Atlanta, Ga. ' FRESHIES TOO FRESH > | , Refute to Go Barefoot on Sundaj To Please Sophs. J Athens, Ga., Sept. 27.?Much tc I the disappointment of the anxious l'| Athens people and the members o1 the vigilance committee of the soph omore class at the University 1 oi Georgia, the freshmen .in the college refused to obey the orders issuec ' last week, and not a single barefooted freshman was seen on the streets of Athens Sunday. It will be recalled' that an ordei was issued by the sophomore class last week instructing all freshmen I both male and female, to go bare' footed from dawn of day to set oi sun Sunday. It is not known whal action will be taken by the sopho' more class in view of the failure oi the freshmen to follow the orders, i ( of the State university, of A. & M. ' I college and the other State schools, ' there must be more adequate support and provision for expanding their facilities. Texas ranks high among the States in progress. It may necessitate ' a hard fight by the friends of education in this State, but they will win. The educational movement has national momentum, and no element in the country will be able to retard it long.?Houston Post. dHBHnMHBHHi Opera 1 ' rr A "A ? TT j 1 "VT_ 1- ' 1 Heal me iNauve j ing and Playing tl . Melodies. Rema i and lighting effect Meritorious cast o cers and Players. Pric WAR TAX II CAMPAIGN PROGRESSES. j ( Columbia, Sept. 28.?Splendid j progress is reported from various sections of the state in the cotton cooperative marketing campaign, according to officials of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. Canvass for signa_ { tures to the contract will soon be ' j o . uiiuci way 11 j a. iiumuci ui auuinuii[ al counties. I R. C. Hamer, president of the South Carolina Division of the [. American Cotton Association, will Cf speak at a meeting to be )ield in Lancaster Thursday to launch the 5. campaign in that county. D. B. Anderson, of Spartanburg, member of the organization committee of the f. cooperative association, spoke at lt Laurens Saturday, and Alfred Scarborough at Camden on Friday. ? Not only are the farmers of the state, vitally interested in the movement but the bankers and business . men of jthe state generally are displaying great interest in it. The [. tankers in many of the counties in which the campaign lias beeri ^ launched have already indorsed its most heartily and have urged the farmers of their counties to sign the contract. j The 'bankers of Oklahoma, Geor. gia, North Carolina, Mississippi and other states where the minimum 31 number of bales to put the plan ine I to operation has~been secured, were . j also warm in their endorsement of ! the plan. J Signed contracts continue to come j, into headquarters here, it was ani1 nounced, -from large and small i' planters. The movement, it is de clared, is equally advantageous to i cne large and tne small planters. *i ' t ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE PULLMAN COMPANY 1 ) Chicago, Sept. 27.?The annual | i statement of the Pullman Company J j for the fiscal year ending July -31, j j 1921 made public today shows rev-j ienue of $67,242,066.31 including $60,315,717.76 from the earnings of' r * ? > ???????? 5 | Before tl l i 5 Rent a S ! that you] ables of -j them. Y i1 -no one cj jj , open you ; cost is or unrented Call \J One Ni House WEDNl I HAWAIIAN I Night Ir Hawaiian Sing- Miss Ui leir fascinating penter rkable Scenic positive 'S noai> ir* f Singers, Dan- Jjg^c Creatioi :es: 55c, 83' MCLUDED. SEAT SAJ S I cars for eleven months ending July 131. Total expenses including declared dividends of $9,599,820.00 were $70,720,902,233, an excess of Hoo At L TIN: j; Beginning Octobc ||| Plumbing and Sheet As I brought yoy II; also bring you relief i|: bles. Does that gutter, r ;t If so, see me. I specie | impossible. <h - * Turner and Pluml i|! separable as the Siai ij: sible to think of one v 1 I HANDLE KEMOl ij ANTEED ' ENAM] For anything in 1 ;|: Metal work, of coui RALPH' * te Fire afety Deposit Box at this ? valuables will be safe different kinds may be si rou carry the key to your in open it but yourself, ir box as often as you li! lly $3.00 a yearr We ha I boxes. I and inspect them today k PLANTERS I J "yke Jriendlif Sat ' ABBEVILLE, SOUTH C4R< ESDAY, OdO MUSICAL PLA i Honok ?aCar- NOTICE?Thi will same that playe ly ap- It was highly p her ar- saw it and thei Dance that the annour turn will be gla n. c, $1.10, $1 LE STARTS THURSI expenses over revenue, chargeable to the surplus account of $3,478,835.92. Total assets are given as 8163,248,989.03. ray! . :!:' ast a SHOP i ' 1 > sr 1 I will combine Metal Work. sanitary plumbing, I i from your roof trou-. ij[ i ! oof or radiator leak? \ \ ilize in the seemingly i; bing are just as in- j mese Twins?impos- i |; /ithout the other. LINE, THE GUAR- | 3L CLEANER, v l|l i|i Dlumbiner or Sheet il: ^e, see ? rURNER * \ . . ' h i ; DanK so 3. Valu;ored in j box and > ?oumay ke. The > Ve a few j r iANK tk" " ; DLINAt J ber 5th | llll" s attraction is the id here last spring. v*0 to a/l V\tt r\ 1 1 tttVi /~\ xaiocu uy ail wnu *e is no doubt but icement of its reidly received. 1.65 )AY.