Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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-class matter a post office in Abbeville, S. C. Term* of Subscription: One Year $2.0( Six Months $1.0( Three Months .5( ili vj ;? Foreign Advertising Represe"tativ< AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATE 1 w 9 1921 f KlfAI, UllV/UlUWun RATES AND WAGES. / If there is one thing more than an ther that is tying up business, and at the same time contributing to destroy values in one part of ths country and to the high cost of liv ing in another, is the enormous de mand upon the public by the present freight rates. The railroads have been promising for sometime to begin to reduce rates but they declare that this cannot be done until the wages paid their em ployees have been reduced. While the public was pleased that the recent threatened strike of railroad em ployees was averted, the public was at the same time discouraged by the announcement that the Labor Board would not take up the matter of re ^ duced wages for nearly a twelve +V10+ wnrlrinp montn, it uc?ig on??,cv? ,..? rules ?ust be first passed upon, 01 would be passed on, before anything was done towards readjusting wages. . This is was stated would take sever al months. Now, however, the matter of the working rules is settled and the time has arrived when the public should have some real relief from the burdens of high freight rates. In this connection, the following editorial from the New York Herald will be ; I of interest: "The New York Herald would nol be fair to itself and it would not be honest with the United States Rail road Labor Board if it did not agair speak frankly of the shock which the board's attitude gave the public al the time of the recently threatenec tieup of the national transportatior system. At that crucial juncture the board took the position that it coulc not entertain before the middle oi next summer petitions of the carriers for wage reductions intended to per mit rate reductions. The declarec reason for this inexcusable delay was that its docket was filled with thou sands of other cases which first musl be disposed of in order. One of these matters, working rates and condi tlons was of large moment. The oth ers wprg of more or less importance but not one of them possibly compar able with the national problem oi wage adjustments and rate reduc tions. ' ''The American people are essen tially a sensible, practical people given themselves to action and de manding action of those who repre sent them in ordinary affairs, not t< . ^mention crises. For the United States Railroad Labor Board to declare un der such circumstances that it wouk not take up the gravest business con i fronting the nation for more thar eight months, because meanwhile i chose to devote itself to subjects am things largely non-essential if no' trivial, was an astounding disclosur< to the American public of bureau cratic incompetence and paralysis There is scarcely room for doubt tha - *?_ if the board had permitted itself t< remain in such a state of uselessnes at such a time and to such dire pub lie consequences, it would have beei doomed to early amputation from th< body of this Government. "Rut. tho TTn?t.f*d States Rnilrnai Labor Board, arousing itself to th? compelling needs of the situation now announces its decision on th railway labor working rules and con ditions. It is prepared to take up th all important applications for wagi reductions upon which must be de term-'ned transportation charges a gainst the public. "The Board thus seems to. be in i fair way, The New York Herald i glad to say, to redeem itself in pub lie opinion as a Government creatioi capable of functioning when occa sion demands that it act or get oy <?f the way of somebody that cai act." NEW OVEN INSTALLED AT ABBEVILLE BAKERY _ Proprietor of ProgrMiire Concern Spen?U Much Money on Im proving Plant. In conformity with his announced - intention to spare nothing in* his ef t fort to give the people of Abbeville the Ibest service possible, H. L. - Moore, proprietor of the Abbeville Bakery has just completed the instal j lation of a modern ibaking oven, at j an approximate cost of $2,000. j The new oven, which is a Hub bard single decker has a capacity of s 240 loaves of bread every 40 min j utes. It has two fire furnaces and a flue system that insures the uniform ' distribution of the heat to all por tions of the cooking compartment. The modem appliances enable the operator to maintain the heat at a uniform temperature, or at the tem perature required at various stages [ of the baking process. f With this new equipment, which more than doubles the capacity of his plant, as well as insures a 'better quality of bread, Mr. Moore ex pects to be able to give a service ; that will secure the loyal patronage of every Abbeville home. He invites , the people to visit his place and watch the bread making operations. CAN FREEZE WEEVIL AT TWENTY DEGREES ABOVE Anderson, Nov. 30?The Mail says: In connection with the recent ex , periments conducted at Williamsfcon in an effort to freeze the boll weevil which facts were set forth in The Daily Mail last week, it was learned . today from the Anderson Cold Stor | age company that similar experiments , were carried out at that plan? some | time ago. A. S. Farmer states that at his plant efforts were made to | freeze the pest at varying degrees of temperature and it was finally found ( that it was possible to kill the weevil when the temperature reached 20 ' degrees. I Several explanations along this , line both pro and con, have been ad-: vanced, and it has opened an inter ^ esting field for further study and re , search along this line. Notwithstanding all the efforts i that are being put forth to find some ? means by which the boll weevil ^nay t be killed, it appears to be pretty well 1 .recognized by the farmers of Ander i' son county now that .the botf weevil ?| will be in this county in real earn I est next season, and consequently I the farmers of this and adjacent 5 count:es are already making plans - to combat to the best of their ability 1 the ravages of the pest. - ARMED GUARDS PROTECT t MAIL IN CAROLINA NOW Columbia, Dec. 1.?Armed guards are this week placed in various parts j s of South Carolina, to protect the J piail$. In Columbia's case, two arm-J * ed guards arrived yesterday and to - day began their work of guarding the J mail wagons as they drive . through I . fV.o fmm nrwtoffice to railroad I " r , station. The men ass:gned to Colum-I bia are civilians, veterans of the! - world war. They ride the wagons, > heavily armed, with instructions to 5 "shoot to kill." The postal authorities are also 1 placing guards on trains. Today two - guards began service on Atlantic i Coast L;ne trains Nos. 50 and 51, t between Columbia and Wilmington, 1 N. C. t The placing of these mail guards i is being handled by the railway mail . service office at Charleston. t BISHOP TAXES HIS SEAT > s Baltimore Dec. 1.?A throng - which overflowed the Cathedral and i numbered many of the dignitaries rkuMrtl* nPcjomWcri Kic THnr? U1 bU0 VUU1U1 a?X3&atvtvu v**?o ing to witness the installation of the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley former bishop of St. Augustine Fla. as archbishop of Baltimore succeed ing the late Cardinal Gibbons. The conferring of the pallium the1 crowning event in the elevation of a bishop to the achieplscopale will take place in January. Responding to the addresses of welcome and realty made in behalf of the clergy and laity. Archtbishop Curley expressed appreciation of | his reception. He reviewed the I careers of his predecessors eulogiz ing Cardinal Gibbons as the great est of American prelates. To prevent a cold take 666. V K ^ SCHOOL NOTES. V V V The program for the musical en-, tertainment which is to be given in the Opera House Friday evening, December 9 by the Parent-teacher association and graded school is about complete. The entertainment will begin promptly at 8 o'clock and the admission charges will be 25 cents and 50 cents with no re served seats. It will be a case of first come, first served, so "far as seats are concerned. There will be plenty of good music, choruses^ male and female quartettes, solos, duets, octettes, and Professor Ralph Turner will put on 15 minutes of the finest jug gling tricks you have ever seen as sisted by his remarkable son Roland, who will also delight the audience With some fancy roller skating. For the disciples of Terpsichore there will be given several fancy dances, including a special dance given by petite Miss Hughes. Fuller announcement will be made later in the week when the commit ???#] m /\1 ?* tee 111 UlMige UCViUCO UCliilKClJI va ] just what will complete the program. Th^ committee in charge of secur ing entertainment for the visiting teachers of the county who will at tend the three-day institute here next week are anxious to complete their work. There are still about 20! teachers who have not been placed, and if any one wishes to take some of these or to supplement the num ber already asked for, please phone Miss May Rofoertson at 100. So far places have been offered for 45 teachers. m \1 * - At Eig r WHETHER ci traffic or h road, "Stai and burn up comp That is why its sa the increase in tot Experienced drive "Standard" Motoi their way to place But that is not n ideally balanced r of the highway wl for "Standard" M praHes masnuerad If your motor is cylinders and spai your crank case, a sene, mi wun ru car. Then put "! tank and see what STANDS CHARITY DID NOT GET MUCH OUT OF REWARD Chicago, Dec. 1.?Sweet charity failed to come into her own today when Chas. Neuman received his re ward for finding a wallet, containing $6,000 in checks, notes and negotfc i - WHAT'S YC Better a s ed out of $55. The c failure is Youc to cut exp til you ge things yo away on. That; Get oi lit Miles a: rawling along at a snail's pa< itting the high spots on an idard" Motor Gasoline will letely. les are climbing out of all al gasoline consumption. rs who have tried a filling ol Gasoline would cheerfully repeat orders. ecessary. Reliable dealers aotor fuel are to be found lerever you travel. They cl otor Gasoline than others a: ing under fanciful names. sluggish have the carbon rk plugs, empty the <Ad di nd after washing with a pin! LARINE of the grade spec Standard" Motor Gasoline a good car can do* ^RD OIL COM (NEW JERSEY) able securities;. Mr. Neuman found the purse November 1, and advertis ed extensively Toi .the*" owner, stating that if the money was unclaimed he would distribute it to charity and, if claimed, he would %iVe any reward he might receive'to Charity. Mr. Neuman received more than . ?' . >UR NET INC< salary of $10 a week wil it than $50 with expen( lifference betSveen succ just that. '".j!' , an make ten thousan dre >enses and save, but you :t an incentive stronger 1 u have been frittering \ powerful incentive is a b tie NOT next Veek, but 1>T il\TTT?DC 1 n Hour, o * i ' 2e in congested open country fire smoothly i proportion to f the improved go far out handling this nn Kntli sides barge no more sk for inferior cleaned from luted oil from : or so of kero 'ified for your into your fuel PA;. t ... t . - t.. '4r Mat i *? one thousand letters suggesting how he could dispose of the money or the reward, and he also established his ownership of the money. Today Mr. Neuman received a let ter enclosing a check for $15 from the owner of the wallet. ' 666 cures Chills and Fever. 1 DME? ;h $2 sav iitures of ;ess and {solutions won't un than the ' money ankbook NOW at N 5ANK rt/c" IOLINA?