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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 at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Term* of Sabacriptien: One Year $2.00 , Six Months $1.00 j Three Months .50 j ? j j Foreign Advertising Representative! AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION\l < WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922 1 i1 SUCCESS SUCCEEDS. We happened to pick up a little ad ATrtising magazine sent out by a ma- * chine manufacturer. It has >a number of good stories and it makes some good suggestions. Among the arti cles in the magazine is the following: "A lot of people have the idea that { a big corporation possesses something akin to occult power. *'Even the employees frequently get this idea into their heads. ".The Texas agent of a big com- ] pany, with executive offices in New j York, suspects there is some myste- i rious force that keeps the business ] going, and that it doesn't make the , least difference whether he works j hard or not. \ "Now the fact is that the Texas ] agent is just as important to the sue- i cess of the corporation as any other < agent, and the only reason why the < corporation is big is because it has J? agents scattered through the towns - of the country, who mail in hun- : dreds of small orders each day. "Individually these orders do not ' amount to much, but collectively they mean a tremendous volume of busi ness. ' "A big corporation gets business ' in exactly the same way as any other company or individual gets business. "I had this brought home forcibly , to me one day when a.young man : ? came into my office and presented a card of the Sante Fe Railroad. I hap pened to be a member of a fraterni <ty that was about to hold a conven tion in one of the cities on the Santa 1 Fe line. "The young man wanted me to go to the convention, and travel over ' the Santa Fe. I suppose the round i trip ticket would have amounted to about $100. "The visit of that young man im-il pressed' me more on that particular 1 doming than would a visit from the 1 President of the United States. "I have traveled on the Santa Fe only on a few occasions and never for , more than an overnight ride, but I ( have always heard it referred to as j a fine railroad. I don't know what its annual volume of business is but I am sure it is so large that my $100 would not be missed. "Yet the fact that the Santa Fe singled me out as a prospect and 1 took the trouble to call on me, was < proof positive that it was out for all ] the business it could get, and that it < was using a direct and elemental way 1 of stirring up trade. 1 "Too many men with small busi nesses sit around envying men with big businesses, wishing they could sit at a mahogany desk and rest their i feet on an inch-thick rug, forgetting that the prosperity of every business, 1 large or small, rests on the activity ; of individual salesmen who are out j turning the door-knobs of prospective customers. "In business there is no under- : ground passage to success. "All have to travel over the same , highway. And anyone who sneaks off to the sideline and lies under a shade tree has to eat the dust of those who keep going." Perhaps it would be worth while for the young man and the young woman in Abbeville engaged in busi- . ness as an assistant to another, or to some large or small corporation, to read this over again and think about all that is said. The true worth - ** v\l ATTAOP t\ "P O OI tiie wuiftcis vi v/a n i corporation, or natural person, de-j pends on the amount of the orders! sent in. The worth of the individual employee depends on the number he sends in, whether the number ex pected, a smaller number or a larger number. If each individual sends in just enough to make the business a go, the business succeeds in a way; if all, or some, send too few orders, j and the others only the number ex pected, the business fails; if a few, send in too few orders and a few send in enough more than expected f-n m?kp ud for the shortcomings of the others, the business may run. If some send in only what is expected and others more than their allotment the business is a success; if all do more than is expected and all assist in piling the orders higher and high er, the business becomes a marvel in its nne. The same is true of laborers every where, in the workshops, on the farm, in the great lines of transportation, n the mines and in the stores. The nan who merely completes his task ind goes home, or quits, has done a iay's work, but he has added nothing :o the success of the company of which he is a part. He will get the promotion which comes with age and from circumstances, maybe, but he need not expect to become an out standing figure with his corporation, ior with his employer. He does the work assigned him like a pitchfork >r some other inanimate tool. The man who does not watch the :lock, but who is wining 10 suiy al ter six to dust off the counter, to sweep out the store, to put away the tools which others have left, to see that the shipment goes off, to see that the car is loaded, to see that business goes on and that by the first ;rain out; and the man who gets up i little earlier, who works a little harder, who thinks a good deal more 5f the success of the enterprise than le does of his own "priority" and the increase in salary, which all ap preciate; these men Will get increases in salaries without asking when in ireases are justified; and one day, when there is a place open for a new executive, a new partner, or perhaps when the business is for sale, one or more of these men will be called in. No man can force himself to the top by doing a little less work at a little more pay. The world is so big that it will run without any single man or any set of men. It is believ ed that this is also true of Abbeville. One reason why a good talker does not succeed is that 'he talks too much. 0 Well, April is a good deal like life after all?the sun shines and then it rains. I 0 Some men behave themselves as long as they can and then they break sver?or loose. o The Board of Directors meet, eat lunch, tell a few funny stories, and then direct?that the directors' fees 3e paid. v 0 The principal cause of the fail are of the rabbit farm to pay a iividend is that the rabbits carried iway the cotton?tails. 0 IN ANDERSON COUNTY. As the first automobile passed :hrough Varennes township in An lerson County it is said that two far ners who were sitting on the fence )n the road-side fell backwards, and ;hen immediately jumped up, one of ;hem asking: "Whut wus that?" To which the other replied: "I dont' know, but I know it wusn't no d dog." The squirrels in Anderson say that thev do not know what kind of a nut an Anderson man is, but he aint no cocoa-nut. In speaking of the school situation in the town of Abbeville and endea voring to tell the people the great need of a better school, or of raising some money to continue the school term, among other good things said by the Abbeville Press and Banner, we find this sentence, and it is so true that we can not refrain from quoting it: "We all know too much law, talk too much politics, talk to much generally, and do too little for the public good. Now, that's the truth, even if we can't prove it to you." mat is wen put ana is very true even if it can not be proven, as the Press and Banner says.?Herald and News, Newberry. Japanese Premier Wants to Resign To-kio, May 2.?Premier Tak hashi is reported to have requested the resignation of his cabinet with a view to forming new government in sympathy wth his views, a break in the Seyukai, or government party is possible in consequence. SWETENBURG SWEET. REAMES BATTING STAR Dick Swetenburg 01 ADDevuie out [ who stays at Clemson during the col lege season and who is some baseball pitcher, they do say, attached anoth | er scalp to his belt yesterday when Clemson beat Woffprd by the score of 7 to 1. He struck out 11 men. His success was due in no small part to the batting eye of Truman Reames, also of Abbeville. Of Reames' hitting and playing, the Greenville News says: "Jack Reames, Clemson's right fielder, was the batting and fielding star of the day. He got a single in the fifth and in the seventh he knocked one to deep left which net ted three bases and appeared to the spectators to be good for a home run, though Jack, was held at third. The fielding feature came in the ninth, when Jack accepted an almost impos sible chance and after a long run stabbed and held a hard foul fly." MR. CHIPLEY DEMONSTRATES. Tom Chipley of Greenwood, Dis trict distributor for the radio ma chines was over from Greenwood last night and has the machine at the Austin-Perrin Drug store in first class order. Mr. Chipley has a radio outfit rig ged up that he takes along 'with him in his Ford car, and demonstrates the machine to people through the country by attaching to some high tree in the vicinity. This is not the kind of demonstration most of the older generation got out of the tops of trees. Mr. Chipley can get the mu sic, but the oldtime operators pro duced both the music and the dance. BOLL WEEVIL ASLEEP ON JOB An empty special passed Abbe ville over the Seaboard Airline last night enroute to Michigan and will return next Sunday to Charlotte, N. C., with over three hundred lAaick cars. What has become of Chauffer Boll Weevil in North Carolina? J. M. McCALN DIES AT HOME IN McCORMICK McCormick, May 2.?After a lingering illness of several months Mr. J. M. McCain died at his liome here Sunday afternoon and his re mains were laid to rest yesterday afternoon at iJethany Baptist church. Mr. McCain was in his sev enty-fourth year and was a Confed erate Veteran, being a member of Camp No. 1064 of McCormick of which Camp he was Commander at j the time of his death. Mr. McCain was twice married. Rls first wife was Miss Mary Stone who died some years ago and by this marriage he is survived by one son, Mr. H. M. McCain of McCormick, and sev eral grandchildren. He is also sur vived by his widow, who was Miss Mamie Henderson. Mr McCain was a lifelong member of the McCor mick Methodist church and tho funeral services were conducted in that church by its pastor, Rev. M. T. Wharton, assisted toy Rev. L. H. Gardner of the Baptist church. ' GOOD ROADS BILL ALMOST UNANIMOUS IN THE HOUSE Washington, May 2.?By a vote of 239 to 31 the hpuse today passed the Dunn bill authorizing an appro priation of $65,000,000 for road | building for th? year beginning July 1, next, and $75,000,000 for the year thereafter. Under the provisions of the bill, which now goes to the senate the fund would be used Jn connection with state aid appropriation. Repre sentative Dunn, Republican, of New York, in charge of the measure, ex plained that since th& cost of road building had decreased since the war the federal shar& rvas limited to $12,000, a mile for the year ending June 30, 1923 and thereafter $10, 000 a mile. iPOUR 15,000 GALLONS OF BEER INTO THE SEWER Portsfield. Mass.. Mav 2.?Fif teen thousand gallons of beer valu ed at between $15,000 and $20,000 will be turned into the sewer at the Berskshire Brewing Association plant here today by federal officers. The company decided recently to suspend business. It is said no man is able to stand blindfolded for five minutes without moving. FLATWOODS NEWS .Mrs. Bula Mae Hill spent last week with her sister, Mrs. C. L. Manning. Miss Belle Crocker spent the ixi. y\ii' weeK-ena wixn v/uie oue vvwters. Mr. and Mrs. John Watkins and children spent (Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Waters. Miss Lucile Watkins spent a lew days last week with Miss Allie Sue Waters. Mrs. Porter Hill spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. C. L. Manning. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hill and , Miss Ollie Sue Waters were the guests of Miss Rosa Lee and Lucile i Watkins Wednesday afternoon. I Mrs. Lila Shaw of Abbeville I spent last week with her sister, i Mrs. Rosa Waters. -Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nelson spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Manning. Mr. Jim Waters spent Saturday night with his Ibrother, Horace "Waters. Mrs. Frank Rumbsy of near Wal halla is on an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Crocker. Mr. Thomas Bradshaw spent the we&k-end with Mr. John W. Waters and family. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Waters and family spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chambers. I. D. Hill of Calhoun Falls is visiting his sister, Mrs. Otto Nel son. Miss Ollie Sue Waters was the guest of Misses Lucile and Rosa Lee Watkins Saturday. Mrs. Nancy Watkins was the pleasant guest of Mrs. Mary Sue Manning recently. Misses Lucile Watkins and Belle Crocker were recent visitors with Miss Eloise Manning. Paul Waters spent last we>ek with his parents. Willie Watikins spent Friday. night with Hamp Crocker. John Waters spent last Sunday I afternoon -with Fierce Aiexanoer. Mrs. J. W. Waters spent Monday 'afternoon with Mrs. C. L. Manning. Mr. and Mrs. Eunice Loftis spent the week-end with home folks. Mr. Charlie Wright spent one af ternoon last week with Mr. Andrew Hill. Mr. J. H. Hutchison visited Charlie Manning Sunday. Misses Mittie and Ethel Waters and Raymond Waters spent Sunday with Misses Eloise, Hazel and Rosa Bell Manning. Mrs. S. B. Crocker spent one af ternoon last week with Mrs. Charlie Manning. I. D. Hill spent Sunday after, noon with Hamp Crocker. Miss Rosa Lee Watkins spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Fan nie Mae Crocker. We are sorry to say that Mrs. i John Waters is on the sick list and ! nn'n cnnn Ihe well aerain. | IlUpC OA IV. *T AAA MV?.. ?w Charlie Manning spe.nt Sunday with J. H. Hutchison. Horace Waters and Clifton Crit tondon spent Sunday night with Jim Waters. Mr. and Mrs. George Sanders spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Alexander. Jim Waters spent Sunday night with C. L. Manning. Miss Lucile Watkins is visiting Mrs. Thomas. BIG SNAKE IN PIANO MAKES WEIRD MUSIC Atlanta, Ga., May 2.?A country Virmse nartv near here was disturbed on two successive nights by a mys-| Iterious wailing music that proceeded I (from the sitting room shortly after midnight. Nothing happened so long as the lights were on, but immedi ately after they were extinguished the music begun. It was finally discovered that a j snake had made its home in the piano, and was wriggling across the strings, playing ghostly scales. Unemployed Demonstration Vancouver, B. <C., May 3.?Four hundred unemployed Invaded the whole sale district yesterday and demanded food from the big pro duce companies operating there. There was no violence. The police stood firm that beg ging would not foe permitted and I the crowd eventually 'broke up. A number of women took part in the demonstration. JEWEL CASE STOLEN ON RAILWAY TRAIN Mrs. Mitchell Harrison loiei Gens Valued At One Hundred Thousand Dollars New York May 2.?Jewelry valu ed at $100,000 was stolen from Mrs Mitchell Harrison of Philadelphia by a band of crooks believed to have followed (her to this city on a train, it became known today when the theft was reported to local au thorities. 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