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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company ; Published Tri-Weekly Ij Monday, Wednesday and Friday, i, 1: Entered as second-class matter at', post office in Abbeville, S. C. , !, Terms of Subscription: |i One Year $2.00^ Six Months $1.00 j j Three Months .50; AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION j1 Foreign Advertising Representative!1 it WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6. 1922 Ij |< BETTER SCHOOLS i? ! j Union school district No. 28 and:, Rock Soring1 district No. 45 are alive; to the netds of their children. j Durng the past week petitions for extra special school tax have been(1 circulated and freely signed by free holders and electors in these two districts. K .* . > r Union district is asking for 4 mills special whjjfc Rock {Spring/ is ! i. > asking for 10 mills. The County , .< Board of Education today ordered j elections held in these districts, and [ j it is the opinion of the residents that ( both elections will carry by large ^ majorities. I A movement is on foot in Rock j Spring district to consolidate schools ^ nri+K Hnnoo Path. In case this is i n 1 U1 AiVHV*. ? ? ? done a primary school will be still ; maintained in Rock Spring district for the smaller pupils. < FIRE DESTROYS SEED HOUSE , Augusta, Ga., Sept 5.? Damage j estimated by fire officials and busi | ness men at $50,000 was suffered by j N. L. Willett Seed company here ] tonight when fire starting just be- j < fore midnight completely gutted the < store and warehouse in the heart of ( Augusta's business district. ;] The chief loss is in the destruc- < tion of valuable seed stored and a ' quantity of calcium arsenate, used 1 in fighting the boll weevil, which isj said to have been stored in the 1 warehouse. [i The Townjbridge Hardware com-j pany next door was damaged by water. I r !' ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS - j, It is the fault of none save the railroads that the books needed for the opening of the city schools are j not on hand. Supt. J. D. Fulp gave Speed Drug Co., the names of the | books to be used, early in July The books were ordered in July and. practically all of the adopted books! had been shipped by August 15 as'i the bill of lading shows. The readers,] the most generally used of any one1 text were shipped from Philadelphia |j August 14, and in normal times!would have reached Abbeville the fol- < lowing week. School will open in spite of no 1 books and emergency arrangements : will be made to take care of the work until the books do come. 1 No child should feel embarassed 1 by coming to school without the books impossible to get in the city. PROF. DANIEL GOES TO CONWAY . . Prof. J. M. Daniel, son of Dr. and: Mrt. J? "L. Daniel, left Saturday for! Conway to assume his duties as sup-' erintendent of the Conway city schools T-his gifted son Is strongly fortified, not only by inheritance j' but also by natural possession, to quickly and conclusively show the Conwayites that he is well qualified for the position, as he was reelected i the fifth time principal in Abbeville. J As he had already served four years in Abbeville he declined acceptance the fifth term, desiring to change for Conway, which would be beneficial?Newberry Herald and News. PRESIDENT TO BE INITIATED ( Cleveland, 0., Sept. 4.?President Harding will be admitted to member ship in the thirty third aegree, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, at the 110th annual meeting of the supreme council for the Northern jurisdiction | of the United States, to be held in i Cleveland September 16, it has been! announced. London has a total electrical sup-J ply of 500,000 kilowats from all sources. | 'MOTHER" MARY JONES IS NOW CRITICALLY ILL Washifnc.^on,. Scr't. '5.?"Motheir" Mary Jones, unofficial labor leader es-j pecially in time of industrial strife is j critically ill at the home of friends here. The frailities of her 92 years | many of which were spent in stre-: nous activities in behalf of men and ! A-omen engaged in strikes, recently; were augmented as a result of labor j ivork in Colorado, according to at j rending physicians. Inquiries instituted by those who: niss the mention in reports of the j railroad shopmen's strike of 'Mother' j lones' activities in her usual capac-' ty brought the information of her :ondition and the statement that: =he was not aware of the transpor-l ration walkout. It will be the first j strike Mother Jones' friends de-j ;lared, she has not had an active j Dart in since she began taking in-j rerest in labor troubles as a school | reacher in Chicago many years ago. :ORDELL SENTENCED TO SERVE ON ROADS Spencer, N. C., Aug. 31.?A. J. ^ordell of Columbia, was sentenced ;o serve four months on the roads Following his conviction on a charge )f forcing his^ way through the *uard lines at Camp Morrison, near :own Monday. The case was heard n Rowan superior court. A negro vas fined $50 and the costs for callng the soldiers on duty in the strike sone "boy scouts." 2LEMSON SESSION OPEN TUESDAY \!l in Readiness for Beginning of Another Year's Work?Large Enrollment Expected Clemson (Colljege, \Sept 4.? Every thing is in readiness for the opening of the next session of Clemson college September 5 and 6. All aid students are required to report back September 5 and all new students, except the one year agricultural men, September 6. Students ivith make up work are of course already on hand removing their conditions in order to be ready for the beginning of the new session. The registrar. J. C. Littleiohn, says Mr. McCravy made an active campaign and came very near to being in a second race with Congressman Dominick. ' that the maximum numoer of new men has already been accepted and that this number is around 300. All departments of the college are ready for the work of the new session, most of them with somewhat increased facilities and sufficient teaching force to take care of the thousand or more students who will enter next week. In the. agricultural department new teachers and new courses are ready. In the engineering department increased facilities have been provided, especially in the division of woodwork, mechanical laboratory and civil engineering. In the textile department the work with an increasing number of students will go on as here tofore. In the academic department the experienced .teaching force of last session has been held intact. Maj. Madison Pearson, commandant of cadets, has all arrangements: made for handling the military phase I of the work, and Prof. D. H. Henry, head of the department of student affairs, is prepared to look after the various matters concerning the life and conduct of the students other than teaching and discipline. President Riggs and the faculty expect that on the whole there will be a j record attendance and a successful year of college work. WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS IN 1924. Senator McCravy Gives Out Announcement. Easley, S. C., Sept. 1.?Senator Ed P. McCravy, of Easley, S. C., stated today that he expected to be a candidate for Congress in 1924 and gave uui. Liic iuuuwii^, unci view . i "I am very happy over the magnificent vote that I received in the recent primary election for Congress in the Third District. I enjoyed j the campaign greatly, having receiv-j ed very courteous and kindly treat ment from the people at large over| the district. I am not in the least discouraged, but very much gratified over my very splendid vote which j I so much appreciate, and it is my \ intention to continue the fight, and it goes without saying that I will be a candidate for Congress in 1924." PREPARE TO RESUME WORK ON WILSON DAM Seven Millions Will Be Available on October 1. Washington, Aug. 29.?Funds totaling $600,000 have been authorized by President Harding to enable army engineers to begin construction work on the Wilson dam, a{ Muscle Shoals, Ala., on an extensive scale, pending use of the $7,500,000 appropriated by congress which becomes available Oct. 1, it was officially announced today. Brigadier General Taylor, assistant chief of engineers, explained that the $600,000 was authorized from an old appropriation of which an unexpended balance of about $900,000 remained subject to presidential disposal. Engineers here said Colonel William Barden, commanding the Muscle Shoals district, probably would employ additional laborers and put machinery in use to the maximum extent possible under the funds now at his disposal. FALSE RUMOR ABROAD Southern Cotton Oil Mill Backs Use of Calcium Arsenate. The impression is abroad that the oil mill will not purchase seed from farmers who poisoned their cotton. Whoever started this rumor has absolutely no basis for such a statement. The Southern Cotton Oil Company is of the opinion that the farmers of Abbeville County must use calcium arsenate if they are to produce cotton successfully under boll weevil conditions and they are spending thousands of dollars to demonstrate this to the farmers of [the Southern Cotton States. The use of calcium arsenate on a cotton crop has no injurious effect I Shall ! m For generations Democrat M lina. Born in days that t< MB the fires of war, and puril h fering under the heel of 1 -that every true son and c 0G jealous of as honor itself. Kg us in the wombs of our moi 85 fed our infancy It was the Kg Tillman and the hosts of ra their struggles. Shall this ||j Cole L. Blease is again nor of the State. It is the honor that should not be ggj State is as a light set on I seeing in him the spirit 01 This spirit is necessary 1 ing white race. To uphold hold for the honor and safe it should be betrayed? Car our office should have staim ries our very political free Has Cole L. Blease kept I out which no man is held w he stained it by dealing wi weaken the firmness of th Do we not recall his Alle he told the assembled audit demand their rights, which not all men remember his 1917 and 1918? Did he not as an Independent?an indi" a= worse that a Republican out of the primary." There are few Democra know Joseph W. Tolbert. F , I publican patronage, on wnoi have been laid in approval all power, the rule of "Th that a Democrat who has i people would have any rela Cole L. Blease wrote To] approval of Tolbert's lead South Carolina; a letter st TO BE GUESTS OF HONOR 1 State Fair Association Planning to i Be Host to Confederate Vets. The South Carolina Fair Association is planning to be the host to the Confederate veterans during ' the state fair in October. The old boys j who wore the gray will be entertain- j ed by a special committee and noth-i : ing will be left undone toward making them have a good time. R. M. Cooper, Jr., president of the state fair has announced that plans ' were being perfected to honor thej Confederate veterans at the fair. He j j stated that arrangements would be( ' made to admit these veterans with-! ! out charge that they may view the | .progress of the state they love >-j well. "This is a duty that the state! owes her valiant heroes," said Mr. > !Cooper, "and it will be a distinct!; I honor to the state fair to have these' i I Imen as its guests. The exhibits this 'year will be of such magnitude and! j merit as to truly depict the growth, I progress and resourcefulness of our state and none take greater pride in our advancement than the beloved igray haired veterans. All honor to jthem and may their visit to the state I fair scatter sunshine and lighten their burdens. I sincerely trust that ? ^~ a. will every iivmg Mmcuciaic vci/cian honor us with his presence. The gates will swing wide open to him. 'Welcome' in capital letters will blazon forth over our gateways and with hearts flushed with pride we shall meet and greet our heroes." Japan has one big union of seamen with a membership of more than 30,. 000. , on the cotton or its products and its use is the only present salvation of the cotton farmers and the oil mills i which are dependent on them for ; their supply of cotton seed. I South Carol Faith of H :y has been the faith of South Carojsted the hearts of men baptized in lied through shameful years of sufXepublican negro rule, It is a faith laughter of our soil should bbe as ibert, on May 21, 1921, a letter of ership if the Republican party in ;rongly commending Tolbert's years It is our birthright, breathed Into tilers and mingled with the milk that birthright of Hampton, Butler, Gary, lesser men who supported them in generation sell it for a mess of pota candidate for the office of gover( highest honor in our gift; it is an given lightly. The governor of a a high hill, on whom all men look, the people who put him there. to our very being as a self-govern and keep it pure is a trust that we tv of our women. Can we bear that i we submit that any man who seeks ;d or trifled with this faith that cardom at its core? this faith of pure Democracy with'orthy of our public offices? Or has ith our political enemies who would e white man's government of this :n University negro speech, in which mce of negroes men and women, to he explained in detail to them? Do bitter abuse of Mr. Wilson during attempt to run for Congress, in -919, vidual denounced by Wade Hampton ? He said: "Let my friends stay ts in South Carolina who do not le is the "boss," the overlord of Ren the hands of Warren G. Harding and blessing. He is the giver of e Black and Tan." Is it thinkable tt heart the good of the party and itions with this man in politics? TO THE VOTERS OF ABBEVILLE COUNTY Allow mp to express to you my j, keen appreciation for the splendid vote given me on the twenty-ninth of August. I shall make every endeavor to give satisfaction in the office to which you have so kindly elected me. For those who saw fit to vote for the other candidates, against me, I have the highest regards and kindest feelings and shall continue to be the servant of all the citizens J of the county. . _ R. B. Cheatham. I _ CARD OF THANKS f We desire in this way, because it :s impossible otherwise, to thank our| friends in Abbeville for the kindness shown us in our recent bereavement.; We shall always hold in grateful rememberance those who came to ex-! press their sympathy for us, those who showed their sympathy in other ways, and those who were friends in the hour of-need. It is only by the assistance of friends that people are able to bear the burdens which come to them, and we felt our dependence on these friends as it is rarely the lot of people to so feel. Frank A. DuPre, Joe DuPre, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox and family. SCHOOL School Books (are small margin of pr fore necessary that strictly CASH. Please do not as] P. B. 5 _ / iinians Betraj leir Fathers] of service and devotion to his p strengthen Tolbert's position as Re seemed to be in danger. There y private about the letter. Followir bert, Cole L. Blease wrote: ' "You are at liberty to read this or publish it.if you wish, as I pre I speak what I thinik, regardless written you freely as you requestec crat; not a Wilson so-called Democr crat. who rejoiced at Harding's el idealism.' Why this interest of < bert? Can you point to any ot same interest? No word of that letter has eve Blease. He can not deny it; he m body knows that I speak what I t tures say? "As a man thinketh in the thinking of Cole L. Blease whi thinking of a sound and true De: type, the most complete indictment cracy of Cole L. Blease?and wrote Are the white people of South of Hampton and Tillman, prepared to a man who is the confessed appr of Joe Tolbert, the political heir of baggers? Shall a man sit in the governo answer the direct, simple question 1920 for the nominees of the Dem Shall we lift to our highest offii his heart to rejoice with Joe Tolbei rade of the "Black and Tan' politic election of Warren G. Harding and 1 The Governor of South Carolina i of the State's Democratic forces. Do want to set up a Democracy that is < These are questions that every is for his State should answer hom science before he votes in the comir Proof is held of every statement h Contributed by De and GLASSES Accurateiy Fitted. DR. L. T. HILL, Abbeville. HARDWARE!! The most complete stock of Quality HARDWARE in Western South Carolina. We buy right and sell right?Complete line ?of? MOWERS and RAKES also full line of parts. Our mail order dept. fills orders promptly. Gambrell Hardware Company Greenwood, S. C. BOOKS sold on a very ofit. It is thereour terms be c us for credit. IPEED 1 ?? i the | arty; a letter intended to H publican leader, which then W vas nothing secret, nothing H lg his indorsement of Tol- H. letter to whom you please, sume everybody Knows that H of consequences. I hav<e ? 1 me to do. I am a Demo H at, but a Jeffersonlan Demo- W ection and the downfall of ffiR Cole L. Blease in Joe To' m gj her Democrat showing the II ir been denied by Cole L. HI eant it. "I presume every- 9S hink." What do the Scrip- HI i hi sheart, so is he.' Was Hfi en he wrote tftat letter the Kb mocrat? It stands in cold HI ever written of the Demo- BbM > it himself! Carolina, the political heirs HSR to entrust their government over, adviser and comforter gjgjH the Scalawags and Carpet r's seat who dares not to whether or not he voted in bHC ocratic party? :e a man who found it in rt, leader and political com:ians of the State, over the HH the downfall of Democracy? s presumed to be the leader the people of South Carolina f^H :orrupted at its source? j^H loyal Democrat wTiose love 9HB ;stly at the t>ar of his con- M| ie nrimarv. (SB M erein made eHM mocrats of '76 H