Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1S44. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday, j Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. i Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION i WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 , STILL LOOKING FORWARD ' i1 P The result of the election on the ; ' question of levying two mills addi- 1 tional for the support of the schools of this district shows that the people : are not looking backwards. It was in- ' evrtable that there would be opposi- . tion to the increased levy, because' ! for the past two years taxes have : been greatly increased in this town, due both to the building of streets t] and roads and to the erection of the | new school building. But it would i have been lamentable, if after voting | one hundred thousand dollars for a new school building, the people were - * Mtf X _ ? ? -J - ?m(4wia^AW(! ^AT? 1101 Willing to pruviue niauuvwia iwi the children. The vote of nearly three to one, even in the small vote cast, is grati-, fying to those, who while demanding economy in the management of the schools, demand at the same time that the schools must be run with efficiency. We have been at no little, pains and at a good deal of expense in this district to get the standard of* our schools in the Class "A" column,! s -* ??..1J ???? ^ n nropfa rtf arm it WUUIU Iivw uc a noon; 6wv. assets to allow them to be less ef-| ficient. The Press and Banner never! for an instant believed that the ma-' jority of the people of the city would vote against efficient schools, certain-! ly not if the question was presented 1 to them in a proper way. $30,000,000 MEMORIAL TO BE BUILT IN NEW YORK | Mour Vn-clr Tnno 97 T.nnrl -frvr flip $30,000,000 war memorial will be condemned and taken over by the^ city as soon as the building funds are arranged for according to the an-' nouncement yesterday by City Cham berlain Philip Berolzheimer. The site will have a depth of 600 feet and will include the last two blocks of Sev enth Avenue, which will then end at Fifty-seventh Street. The three build-' ki??s of the memorial will include a' magnificent opera house, with the ] buildings on either side housing the musical and dramatic arts, a conser-j vatory of music and the fine and plastic arts. It is estimated that the buildings alone will cost more than $15,000,000 and this great establish-i ment emphasizes the fact that the Columbus Circle district is rapidly becoming the center of the city. A BIG DAY FOR ALL. Thursday Afternoon, July the 6thJ At Abbeville. In celebration of the second birth-1 day of the Memorial Hospital, the I program will open at 6 o'clock with a parade. Over a hundred children and grown-ups will take part and in complete array of colors it will equal any ever held in Abbeville. The Hatch Concert Band will furnish music. The hospital will be represented as a two-year old baby and he will be a1 real, live, funny one, the funniest, one you've ever seen. Cardboard receptacles, one foot in length, will be distributed for en closing the birthday gifts. As they are contributed Cupids will build a mile of them around the plaza. The beautiful birthdav cake will be exhibited and sold. It can be seen next week in one of the store win dows. At the close of street program, the Hospital Auxiliary will sell sand wiches of all kinds, ice tea, ice cream and cake. At 8:30 there will be a vaudeville in the Opera House. This rvi-nmicoc mucVl amiKPmpnt:- Mr. Vpt* chot will then throw in for goocT measure, two moving pictures. In this j one evening you will be sure to get your money's worth and at the same time help the Hospital. Everybody in- j vited. CHARGED WITH BIGAMY Columbian Alleged to Have Married 16-Year-Old Girl. Columbia, June 27.?Arthur Perry, a Columbia man was placed in the county jail Monday morning on two serious charges, bigamy and marry ing a girl under the age of consent,! sixteen years. The girl disappeared | from home about two weeks ago and the police officers in many States ivere requested to keep a sharp look out for her. Investigation led to the arrest of Perry, who, it is alleged, was living with the girl, under the iame of Anderson, in Sumter and Darlington. Deputy W. A. Davis was ;cnt to Darlington Sunday for Perry ind the alleged young wife. The cou ple were married in Sumter soon af ;er their arrival from Columbia the ?irl said. They lived in Sumter for i week and then proceeded to Dar ington. Mrs. Perry, as she declares her lew name to be, said the marriage ;ci CUIUIIJf VTOO ^W1XVA<?*VM ? ;y official in the court house at Sum mer two weeks ago, the day after :heir arrival from Columbia. The girl ;aid Perry told her his marriage to ;he wife with whom he was living sere was illegal, as he had another iving wife elsewhere. WILLING TO GO TO JAIL 'Might Improve My Health," Sayi Carolinian. Concord, N. C., June 27.?Frank A.. Smith, arrested here, charged with jsing the mails to defraud JNortnern mail order houses, was arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Kesler today and held in $1,200 bail, [t was alleged he operated in a num ber of .cities in both Carolinas, re ceiving packages under numerous aliases. Smith waived examination, declaring that his health was bad and "several months in jail" might im-! prove it. i TO TOP OF MITCHELL Newspaper and Railroad Men Inspect New Motor Road. * 111? T..MM O H A frt ASneYlIie, U UI1C L* I . nacciiuiiig i<v the top of "Eastern America," Mount Mitchell, 6,711 feet above sea level, a party of newspaper men and rail road officials were highly impressed with the magnificent motor road winding for a distance of 16 miles around the Western North Carolina mountain peaks. Among the "notables" present ivere: Wade Harris, dean of North Carolina newspaper men; J C. Hemp hill. dean of South Carolina editors; H. F. Cary and E. N. Aiken, gen eral passenger agents of the South ern, and others from all parts of the Southland. Arriving at Camp Alice the party went to the top of the tower. PROBING THE PRICE OF GASOLINE Washington, June 27.?A ques tionnaire calling upon all oil com panies in the United States to fur nish information regarding the a mount of gasoline stock on hand, rate of production and other facts tending to explain the reas?n for recent advances in prices is to be is 9ued by the subcommittee of the [Sjanjate manuflaetlurers' ,committee, which has been directed by the Sen ate to investigate prevailing gaso line prices. This was decided today at the initial meeting of the sub committee. Gilbert H. Roe of New York was chosen council of the committee and will assist in the investigation. Information must be in the hands of the committee not later than July 15th after which actual work of the committee will begin. Public hearings also will be held. The federal Trade Commission Bu reau of Mines and Geological Sur vey will furnish statistical materi al. Confederate* Call on President Washington, JHine 24.?Presi dent Harding received today 801 Confederate soldiers from Beau voir, Miss., en route home from the Confederate veterans reunion1 at Richmond, Va. Weekly Cotton Statistics Liverpool, June 24.?Weekly cotton statistics: Total forwarded to mills 68,000 bales of which Am erican 44,000. Stock $99,000; Ame-1 rican 540,000. Imports 74,000; American 63,000. Exports 4,000; American 2,000. E OPINION AS TO LIKELIHOOD OF RAILROAD STRIKE RE MAINS DIVIDED AS VOTING GOES ON?STEEL PRICES FIRM < New York, June 27.?Notwith- ^ standing the uncertainties com prised in the several labor disputes ' and the impending reductions in railroad freight rates,, industry maintained its gains during the ( past week. ? Steel mills continued to operate! * at nearly 75 per cent of capacity and the prices of steel products re mained firm. Buying for prompt shipment was stronger than that ( for future delivery, but this was t considered natural by the trade, ? since the future course of prices is rendered uncertain by such factors as the change in railroad rates, the coal strike, the possibility of higher ] labor costs, and the character of the autumn demand for steel. Im pressive gains were shown by the i latest railroad carloading figures; those for the week ending June 10. Although coal shipments which have been gaining, still amounted |j to only 95,000 cars, as compared j with 205,000 cars in the week be- \ fore the strike started, the volume ? of other freight increased suffi- j ciently to bring total loadings up to ( 846,000 cars. This figure equals ^ that recorded in the week before ] the Strike began, which is, inci dentally the high record for the year. i j A number of well posted observ- j ers inclined to the view that a 1 crisis in the soft coal strike is ap- ^ i I proaching. Stocks are being drawn J ( I down and the lower freight rates ; j .on July 1 are expected to stimulate'1!' J demand. In any event the pres- 1 sure for added production which ; favors the view that the decisive ! point in the struggle is impending. Reports from New England said that more of the striking textile! workers were returning to the mills. The mills appear, however,! to be still operating at a com paratively low rate. ?pinion as to the likelihood of a railroad strike continue to be J divided. The roads still profess to regard such an event as unlikely and it is pointed out that there has been slowness in the balloting. Union officals insist, however, tha^ the vote will favor a walkout and i! that one will be ordered. Nothing r definite has developed to indicate whether the train service em ployees would declare a sympa thetic strike if the staff employees who are concerned in the present series of wage cuts should go out. Crop prospects remained some what uncertain but a good yield of wheat and a subnormal cotton crop are still probabilities. Some claims of winter wheat deteriora tion on account of foot dry weather in the Northwest have been made rallied about five cents above the recent low, but the gTeater firmness is attributed to the technical posi tion of the market rather than to any material change in crop pros pects. Persistent wet weather in the South led to higher cotton prospects early in the week. After the weather cleared, however, the fresh advance was cancelled. Reduction of the rediscounlt -1- X.T. _ 1 svwtrs-k -knnlrc rates ui me itruaai j?a?c uanrw i at New York to a 4 per cent basis offered fresh support for the viewj that no early hardening in .money j rates is likely. Rates for the various forms of credit are now at their low point of the year. With reserves at a high level, with the demand for accommodation slight, and with a moderate trade revival rather than a boom in prospect the reserve bank authorities evidently antici pate no real strain on credit facili ties during the next lew montns. VETERINARIAN Graduate Ohio State University DR. M. HARKAVY ; FERGUSON'S STABLE Phone 387 Abbeville. S. C. I 1IIII1 MIHNTS FOR CONGRESS. I am a candidate for re-election tc Congress from the Third Congression il District, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. FRED H. DOMINICK. Subject to the rules of the Demo cratic Primary. I hereby announce nyself a candidate for Congress rom the Third District. SAM HODGES SHERARD. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself as a .andidate for the House of Repre icntatives subject to the action of he Democratic Primary. THOMAS A. PUTNAM. FOR AUDITOR. I hereby announce myself a candi late for the position of Auditor oi Abbeville County, subject to the * - t\ li. iction 01 we veniuciaiiv riuuai^. BEN E. EVANS. We are unloading a car of be?1 ump coal at $8.00 per ton. A. B. Morse Company. ATLANTA WOMAN IS SEIZED BY VILLIANS Atlanta, Ga., June 24.?Mrs. W J. Wood is in a critical condition as he result of injuries sustained earlj oday when two men seized her a: ihe stepped from the door of hei lome at Buckhead, a suburb, fasten - -'?^ 1? ?1- J of !<3 a rope aouui ner uecn anu empted to force her to drink from i >ottle of poison. In the struggle the poison was ipilled on Mrs. Wood and she is suf Jering severe bums on the neck, arm: md shoulders from the rope that wa: :ied about her neck, and then sh< vas dragged in front of an adjoininf :hurch. She was bound and gagget md left near the church, where sh< ,vas later found by a son. No clew ha: seen found as to the identity of th( assailants. Few.yrons Of SODA Left R. E. 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