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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. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.0( Six Months $1.0( Three Months .5C Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1922. a ctabt RUT SI OW The appointment of Wm. H. Bar rett as United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia deservedly meets with unanimous approval. Notwithstanding the ap pointing power is republican the new judge is a life-long democrat. It is stated by Senator Harris, of Georgia that the appointment is non-partisan Mr. Barrett, we believe, was ap pointed to the federal bench by Pre& ident Harding because he was th< best fitted man for the office amongsl the persons proposed. And this reminds us that sonu jrears ago there was a vacancy or the federal bench in this state. Mr Taft, now Chief Justice Taft, was President and had the appointinf power. Mr. Taft was a republicar and there were lawyers in South Car olina who were republicans who wer< admittedly competent to fill the posi tion. A good many people expectec him to appoint one of these, but Mr Taft said in effect that in the matte: of appointments to the bench poli tics was not considered, and the ques tion alone "before the court" wa: one of fitness. Mr. Taft appointed on< of the most distinguished, if not th< most distinguished lawyer at the bai of the state to the position. We are not informed whether Mr Wilson during the eight years h< was president ever appointed a re publican to the bench. Perhaps th< democrats were so well qualified al ways that they secured the appoint merits. But however that may b( President Taft and President Hard ing have set an example which other presidents may follow with profit tc the country and with credit to theii own good sense. The bench cannol Jbe made the target of criticism more easily in any other way than by the appointment of partisans to positions which should be held by men who are above partisanship, and who do nol seek office as partisans. But why may we ask should Presi dent Taft and President Harding seek the best men for the positions when they come to make appoint ? ments to the bench and not do the came thing with regard to the ap pointment of distinct attorneys, Uni ted States marshals, postmasters, etc? It is true that the federal judge holds his position for life and the wrong man on the bench is a terrible in fliction on the people, but is it worse than a district attorney, if such there be, who is not competent to prosecute cases properly and who cannot fill the office properly to whicli he is appointed? Is a poor judge anj worse than a United States Marshal who does not do his d?ty, and who is not. interested in doing his duty? The postmaster of the village comes in contact with everybody who lives there. Why should worthy men oi the village whose people are to b( served be passed by in order that the office may be given to a partisan whether the appointment be of i democrat or a republican. We speak impersonally in thes< matters and without criticising 01 finding fault with present officers Some of them are excellent men, en tirely capable of filling the position: to which they are appointed. But i is a fact that they owe their appoint ments to their politics rather thai to their fitness, we believe. The sam< would be true if Mr. "Jimmie" Coi had been elected president instead o: Mr. Harding'. It is all a rotten gam< of helping the man who helps you. I runs something like this: APO KvfiQ/) T flol f? auoc x va c His song I sing." But it is at least encouraging tha a first step has been made toward the selection of fit men for office be cause they are fit. Perhaps we shal make progress as the ages pass an< by the time another hundred year have passed we may select anothe; officer or two because they know how J to run the offices to which they are j appointed, and will probably do the ( work properly: JUDGE ERNEST MOORE. The passing of Judge Ernest Moore our old preceptor, takes from the bench of South Carolina one of the most learned of the circuit judges of the state. Judge Moore succeeded to the large practice of his father, who a fine lawver. and earlv became I la leader at the Lancaster Bar. He en joyed a large practice in his county from the time he was admitted to the bar until he became a circuit judge. His ability was recognized at home, where he was a man of standing as well, and over the state at large, as was evidenced by his being often called upon to preside as special judge. When Judge Gage was elected to the Supreme Court, Judge Moore was made the judge of the sixth circuit. He carried to the bench his great learning as & lawyer, his habits of in dustry, and these with his unblem ished character, his judicial bearing, his manly courage and gentlemanly attitude towards the bar and the public combined to make him one of the best of the circuit judges. Abbeville Road Approved. Approval of the entire proposed highway as surveyed from Green wood to the Abbeville county line to. connect "with the Abbeville end of the Gfrjeenwood-lAbbeville Ihigfhway was given yesterday by E. V. Towles, Federal inspector who went over the proposed route with County Engi neer B. R. Cowherd. This means that the authorities will advertise for bids on construction of the road at once and that actual work on the road will begin in a few weeks.?In dex-Journal. I RETURN FROM SPARTANBURG Misses Maria Neuffer, Celia Chalmers and Elizaibeth Thomson returned Thursday from a pleasant visit to their friend, Miss Mary Lou ise Dargan of Spartanburg. They went up to attend the graduation exercises of the high school at that place, Miss Dargan being a member of the graduating class. HOUSE PARTY. Misses Clara Dial and Daisy Aus tin of Laurens, and Misses Blanche Austin, Margaret Razor and Min j nette Hanna of Cross Hill are ex pected in Abbeville tomorrow to at tend a house party given by their friend Miss Elizabeth Beeks. LEAVES HOSPITAL Forrest Cann, who has been in the Abbeville Hospital for. treat ment left today for his home in the 'Fonville section. HEAVY DAMAGE BY HAIL AND WIND IN CHESTER Chester, June 15.?Between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a ter rific wind and hail storm swept the northeastern and southeastern sec tion of Chester county in the Evans section. Reports from there tonight stated that had it not been for the wind the hail would not have been so ruinous. Until tomorrow the full damage cannot be ascertained. How ever, from tonight's reports much damage has been wrought, it seems. Reports state that the hail was heavy in the Lewis and Smith sections? north of Chester. ORDER TO RAILROADS Must Install Automatic Train Con trol Devices Before 1925. Washington, June 15.?Final ord ers were issued today by the inter state commerce commission to 49 of the principal railroads of the coun try to establish automatic train con trol devices on 5,000 miles of their lines before January 1, 1925. The commission declared the ' art of au tomatically controlling trains has long since passed the experimental stages." rn;rc diotu ta rt\rr U1 V JLJ DIAin IV riVL. Monroe, La., June 14.?Five chil dren were born to Mrs. William Pre 6tage wife of a farmer of the Old Floyd section, 60 miles north of here, according to word received here to jday. Five years ago she became the 4 mother of triplets. CAROLINA BASE BALL LEAGUE Met Thursday, Elect Officers and Fix The Schedule. T At a meeting of the Carolina Base t Ball League comprised of teams v ? * 1 "*- 11 * A y? /Iawp/vm T n iixanc T" irom ADOevmc, niiuwoun, LiauiEii? - and Greenwood counties, held in s Greenwood, Dr. W. L. (Buck) * Pressly, of Due West was elected c president, A. P. Fant, of Anderson, vice-president and Allison Lee of f Laurens, secretary and treasurer. "Carolina League"1 was the name decided on. The teams will play four games a week. Two J away from home, and two at home. * Games will be played on Mondays, c Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. * Abbeville is to play her first game a m Anaerson inursaay an<x rmaay, June 22 and 23. Greenwood will c play in Laurens on the same dates. *= The Abbeville team has been 1 practicing every afternoon this ^ week, and the prospects are good. ' About twenty players are trying out for the team. They are: Bob Gallo way, Scoggins, Young and Kennedy of Erskine; Clark, a Carolina man, Swetenburg and Reames, of Clem- 1 son fame, Gene Galloway of the Presbyterian College of Clinton, | and Erwin, who is an ex-Erskine man, but is now studying law at 1 Carolina. The following town boys * are out for the team: Amos Morse, 1 Rabbit Thornton, Bruce Galloway, * Billy Long, Allen Long, Sanford Howie, Buster Howie, Kinard and ' Green and others. * , A subscription list was carried around town among the business men and a sum collected that will j equip the team and start them play ing ball, but some of the men have not been seen, and it is hoped that j all will contribute what they can to help make the Abbeville team a success. If you can't help financially i give them your moral support, and go to see them play ball. MOVE INTO NEW HOME. 1 v . 1 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson j have moved into their new home on ^ Church street. It is a comfortable < pretty bungalow. The house formerly j occupied by them on Parker street ^ will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. j Lewis Starnes when they return to i Abbeville from their wedding trip. j HEARST SUDDENLY ENDS . HIS TOUR OF EUROPE j I. ?? \ Paris, June 15.?Saddened by ( AT- - J iL 4- r.n\T uie uc<tuii ui nio gicai inruu^ j Brinton Barham, publisher of the ] Los Angeles Herald, Willam Ran- t dolph Hearst today cut short his 1 visit to Europe and departed for | New York on the Olympic. . <He -will go straight to California to attend the Iburial.^ Mrs. Hearst and the remainder of the family are staying in Paris until after the grand prix. JUSSERAND ASKS FRENCH DEBT ENVOYS TO U. S. Paris, June 15.?M. Jusserand, French Ambassador to the United States, has sent a communication to his government urging it to send a debt commission to the United States immediately without waiting for the so-called Parmentier commission, which was originally designated as the French body to deal with the American debt funding commission, it was learned Tuesday afternoon. The foregoing cablegram is the first to have begun to feel the press n rif AmoTirn'R Hpmanri f.hat the European allied nations make arrange ments for the payment of the $10, 000,000,000 owing to the United States. Strikes Gallows. Macon, June 15.?Word reached here today from Wilkinson county that a storm has wrecked the gal lows built for public hanging of Jim Denson, negro who escaped from' a mob on May 23. The structure is be ing rebuilt. Ull mill uperaion ju^ei Atlanta, June 15.?Oil mill superintendents from several south em states were today here to attend the annual convention of the oil Mill Superintendents' and Exhibit ors' Association, which met for a three day session. (Governor HaTd wick and Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta were on the first day's pro gram for speeches. In 1921 there were two divorces to every five marriages in Oregon. LODGED IN JAIL I Wilkes Tate, who lives in McCor nick county, was placed in jail yes erday by Sheriff McLane charged vith disposing of property under 1 nortgage. The property, which con isted ot stocK and farming impie nents was mortgaged to J. S. Stark if Abbeville. IRST COTTON BOLL BROUGHT TO DUBLIN Dublin, Ga., June 15.?John W. 'age, of Laurens county, has just wrought in the first fully developed otton boll of the season. It is about lalf grown and he states he has 25 icres of cotton that is putting on boll Cotton crop conditions in Laurens ounty are rather spotty, but the general condition may be summoned ip as backward because of the rain, rith heavy weevil infestation. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Probate Court n the Matter of the Estate of E. C. Meschine, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate nugt settle without delay, and those tolding claims against the estate t nust present them properly attested o ! A. V. BARNES, Admr. j Hay 19, 3wks.-pd. < NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF AP- j PLICATION FOR DISCHARGE 3 . < N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE j United States for the Western 1 District of South Carolina. in the Matter of G. 0. Hall, Calhoun 1 Falls, S. ., - - Bankrupt, j T_ TJ in uaiiMuyiwji To the Creditors of the above named Bankrupt: ! Take notice that on June 7, 1922, Jhe above named bankrupt filed his petition in said Court praying that le may be decreed by the Court to lave a full discharge from all debts , provable against his estate, except such debts as are excepted by law from such discharge, and a hearing ivas thereupon ordered and -will be lad upon said petition on July 8, 1922 before said Court, at Greenville n said District, at 11 o'clock in the torenoon at which time and place ill known creditors and other persons n interest may appear and show :ause, if any they have, why the pray ;r of said petition should not be granted. D. C. DURHAM, Dated at Greenville, S. C., Clerk. fune 7, 1922. ltw-4wks. FALSI IW ijiiTutiHllBl You can also make ai COUPON BOOKS, ask our driver or call that best answers you DISTILLED W Manufactured aitiIIa I HUUCVIIIBl >ISTRICT COURT OF THE UNIT ED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CARO LINA. In the Matter of G. O. Hall, Bankrupt In Bankruptcy. Pursuant to an order to me direct id by D. H. Hill, Referee in Bank ruptcy, I will *>ffer for sale to the lighes# bidder, for cash in front of he Court House door at Abbeville, South Carolina on salesday in July lext, to wit, July 3rd, 1922, during ;he legal hours of sale the following lescribed property, to wit: "All that tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Abbe ville County in the State aforesaid, :ontaining Thirty-eight and one-half (38 Vz) Acres, more or less, the same being Tract No. 3, having Tietes, bounds, courses and distances is follows: Beginning at stake on [sland Ford Road, running thence tforth 64 East to a stake on Tract No. 3; running thence along boundary ol :ract No. 9 Northwest direction to a stake and line separating Tracts Nos. 2 and 3, running: thence Southwest ;o stake on said Island Ford Road ind running thence along said Island Ford Road in Southwest direction to aeginning point. Said metes and sounds being more fully shown bs plat made by R. B. Cheatham, D. S. jn Sept. 16th, 1919, which said plat is recorded in office of the Clerk oi Court of Abbeville County, in Plat Sook 1 at page 44. And being the same tract of land this day conveyed :o me by the said Abbeville Insur ance & Trust Company." And, also, "All that certain piece jr lot of land situated lying ana be ing in the town of Calhoun. Falls, in the County of Abbeville, and State jf South Carolina containing one icre more or leas and bounded by the lands of Lowndesville Public Road, and all other sides by lands of 01 formerly owned by Calhoun Falls Company. Said premises being th< same conveyed to the said G. 0. Hall by the Anderson Real Estate and In vestment Company, by deed datec September 26, 1919, and recorded ir the office of the. Clerk of Court foi Abbeville County in Volume 37 a1 page 536." And, also, "All that certain lot piece or parcel of real estate lying and being in Calhoun Falls, Abbe ville County, South Carolina mon accurately described by reference t< a map of the property of the Calhour Falls Investment Company, made bj D. E. De Camps and Cunningham September 1909; same beginning a the northeast corner of the lot sole to Mrs. J. B. Campbell and T. W Campbell, along Semac Street, 25 feet, thence at right angles to Semac< Street to the right-of-way of the C & W. C. Railway, thence along sai< right of way to lot previously sol< to the said Campbells, thence alonj the line of the Campbell lots to th< beginning point." . Said property will be sold free o: liens. Purchaser to pay for stamp; and papers. Terms of sale, Cash. H. W. LAWSON, Trustee in Bankruptcy Dated June 12, 1922. In Russia sunflower seeds have al ways been eaten in large quantities. 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