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JL A\l? *.V V. Established 1S44. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company j Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday, j i 1 ?j Entered as second-class matter at; post office in Abbeville, S. C. 1 ' Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.00: Six Months $1.00' ? 1 * 50 i'nree aiomns ... _ AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION J Foreign Advertising Representative WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1922 FOR DOUBTING THOMASES ' Those farmers of Abbeville, County who still think that it doeSj not pay to use calcium arsenate for J the poisoning of the boll weevil need not go to Anderson County for proof that they are wrong. The " farm of Mr. W. A. Calvert three miles South of the city, or his other! farm within the corporate limits, j will furnish proof of the efficiency of i the poison, and that beyond a reasonable doubt. On the Hagan place, South of the city, Mr. Calvert has a large field i of cotton. Some of it is on highly improved land, and some on lands which are not so well improved. The cotton on the improved part of the . field is large and flourishing, well fruited and with the fruit matured. ( Bolls will be found all the way to the top of the stalks, showing that , the prison did its worn to tne ena of the fight. The cotton on the poorer lands is as good in proportion. On the lands within the city limits, which by the way are more fertile, the cotton is in keeping with the soil. It bears the same evidence, as j does the other cotton, that calcium J arsenate is the salvation of the cot-1 ton growing farmer. Some other things are brought out' by an inspection of Mr. Calvert's! various fields of cotton. One of these ' things is that cotton may be produced under boll weevil conditions, as well on fine fertile lands as on1 the . thinner lands. Except in very low lands, there does not seem to be any advantage in the one kind of land over the other kinds, so far as the weevil is concerned. But the principal thing which must J, be learned is that the fight against j the boll weevil is a fight which can;; be waged only by the thoughtful and : the industrious. The weevil can bej( whipped only by proper application j, and by intelligent cultivation. The', man in town who never visits his!, farm and who has been getting hisj, two bales to the plow every year is:? now no longer a farmer. He must', look elsewhere for an income. Eith-1, er he will go back to the farm him-!, self, or his lands will prove an in-'_ vestment on which he will pay taxes,1' and if he undertakes to farm, pay , losses every year. j But, as indicated, there is hope 1 for those who think and those who i work. We are at the threshold of i another day of prosperity, but it is > not going to be the prosperity of the! - * - 4-1**. 4- 11'Viif)Vi ! , past^ H IS IIUU uiai piuoytiiwj Hmviin comes now and then to him who waits., but that move logical pros-' perity which comes to him who} works. It is the hire of which the laborer is worthy; he will collect no; other. SWEARINGEN'S DEFEAT The defeat of John E. Swearingen . for Superintendent of Education was expected. Mr. Swearingen's in-1 ability to give consideration to the j opinions of others, and his dictate-1 rial manner in handling the affairs j pertaining to his office, made many j people unfriendly to him. But it must be said in fairness to | ti,?i v>/> ,i;,i i Clit: uacoicu Luuuiuubu uua nv; uau a good part for the public schools of < the state. The very qualities which; made him unpopular and which c-aus- j ed his defeat made for the better-j ment of the schools of the state, j Without a man of determination such as he was and is the schools [ would not be what they are today. Of course there is much yet to be done. From what we hear of Mr. Swearingen's successor he is interested in the upbuilding of the schools. We only hope that he may be able to do as much for the schools [ as has his predecessor. If he does, j the state will not lose by the defeat of his opponent. SMITH SEEKS IDEAS j' ! i Senator Wants Expressions From Cotton Growers. Washington, Sept. 12.?Expressions from cotton growers and others interested in the cotton industry j on plans for fighting the cotton boll, weevil by abandoning cotton acreage in prescribed areas were asked to- [ night by Senator Smith (Democrat) of South Carolina, following his receipt from Dr. E. D. Ball, chief of j the scientific work of the depart- j ment of argiculture, of a memorandum on the subject. i Declaring that it would not be j feasible to stop all cotton production i for a time to drive out the weevil j Dr. Ball's report stated that success j might be achieved through abandon-j ins production in certain districts throughout the cotton belt. This isj the plan favored by Senator Smith and he proposes to bring the question before the senate. Legislation to ratify agreements between the cotton growing states j for limiting a certain amount of j cotton acreage in each state was riifreested by Dr. Ball. J EIGHTEEN NEGROES DROWNED IN RIVER I On Way to Ball Game, Truck Crash- , ed Through Bridge. Homerville, Ga., Sept. 12.?Up to , noon today sixteen bodies of eigh- j teen negroes, drowned or killed yesterday at noon, when a heavy truck carrying them to a baseball game at . Nichols, crashed through a bridge over the Saltilla river, near Axson had been recovered. More than two hundred persons are assisting today in dragging the river for the two remaining bodies. ^ ? _? ( DEATH Uh MK5. IUM WLVtKl.l !1 Mrs. Tom Calvert died this morn-,' ing, Sept, 13, 1922, at her home in^ Ware Shoals after a lingering ill-;1 ness. She was about fifty years of s age and is survived by her husband and two young sons, Mack and J. T. ; Calvert. She was a sister of Mrs. H. i i B. Eakin, who has gone to Ware; 11 Shoals today to attend the funeral. I | NOTICE < School Election 'l Whereas, a petition has been,'] properly signed by the resident electors and resident freeholders, and ^ approved by the County Board of ( Education. An election is hereby called in School DistrictNo. 45, for the purpose of voting a special taxi af ten mills on all taxable property :>f said district. In this election only ( such electors as return real or per- , onal property for taxation and who ?xhibit tax receipts and registration certificates, as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote. A.t the said election the Board of rrustees shall act as managers, and ,he election shall be conducted as is provided by law, those favoring j levy shall cast a ballott with the ^ word "Yes" printed or written there an, and each elector opposed to the j * * * n ' - l. ~.ii 4-"U ~ said levy snau ease a oauou wim 17 word "No" printed or written there!, jn. This election will be held at L the school house on September 19, j 1922. By order of the County Board of Education. notice School Election Whereas a petition has been ' proposed signed by resident electors ' and resident free holders and approv ed. by County Board of Education. An election is hereby called in school district No. 2 for the purpose of voting special tax of four (4) mills. ! on all of the taxable property in J the said district to be used for gen oral school purposes in the said distric-t. } In this .'election only such electors as return real or persona] property for taxation and who ex-j hi bits tax receipts, and registration j certificates as reqquired in general i election shall be allowed to vote, j At the said election the Board of j Trustees shall act as Managers and the election shall be conducted as is provided Dy Jaw, tnose iavonngi the said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" printed or written there on and each elector opposed to the said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" printed or written there on. This election will be held at the school house on September 19, 1922. By order of County Board of Education. . ...t'j.- Ji'jvzxL-..ii'-.-Ji.- / vv vv vvvvvvvv' w %\ V FAIRFIELD V V V v V S. V <v V V ^ V UVVi Mrs. A. R. Walker and little children also Miss Willie Young spv,nt I Thursday with Mrs. W. D. Wiley at Lethe. Little Claire Young spent oai'uiday night with little Dorothy Bowen. Miss Kate Greswell from near McCormirk is spending a few days with Miss Lyndell Young. Mrs. E. C. Young called Monday to see Mr. J. W. Young who has been sick for a week. We wish for him \ speedy recovery. Mrs. M. E. Beauford and little children of Bethia visited relatives near Troy Monday. Master Thomas Spence spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Zellie Langley. Miss Alma Young dined with Mr and Mrs. R. A. Crawford Saturday. Miss Sallie Creswell called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Crawford Friday. Mr. Cowan Young of Pucketts ;pent Saturday night with Mr. ; Reese Young. Mr. and Mr3. D. A. Young, Mr. 1 Joel Young of Greenwood spent the tveek-end in the home of Mr. Joe JToung. j Mrs. Fannie McCaslan and son, Mr. Furman also Alma, Irene, Nora ; L?ee and Floyd Young were the spend Vio Aav oupsts in Greenwood Friday :j vith Mrs. D. A. Young. Little J. A. Fr. returned with them to spend a ] few days. Miss May Bell Young is spending i few days this week with Miss Ruth ] loung. Mrs. Fannie McCaslan, Misses STannie Bell Talbert and Irene Young i :alled one afternoon last week in j ;he home of Mrs. Marshal Hall to i see Mr. Charlie Beauford. We are 1 jlad to report him getting along fine j low. Hope he will soon be at him- 1 ;elf in a few days. ] Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Crawford ] spent Sunday in the home of Mr. Joe ] Sfoung. Other callers in Mr. Youngs^ ?? a ? mr rr n I :iome aunaay were: messrs. j.. ir.j "reswell of Harrisburg, A. W. Young 1 ind son, Moffatt, also little Elisej] Redden, Mr. E. C. Young and chil- 1 Iren, Furman McCaslan, Tom Lang- 1 ley, Mark Dansby, Charlie Young, Luther Bowick and Misses Katie Mae 1 i1 ?inley and Kate Creswell. l Little Nora Lee spent part of last ,veek with her aunt, Mrs. Fannie Mc- ] ^aslan. Mrs. C. E. Brown and little son uso Miss Sara Brown spent Wednes- i ay in the home of Mr. Joe Young. ' Misses Gladys and Dorothy Bow- ] ;n were the spend the day guests of i vlisses Lyndelle and Claire Young '$ n last Thursday. -v r Ti x/r "\T ! misses Hiva, may oene iuun^, n rah and Lola Brown were visitors i it Miss Lyndelle Young's home on Thursday afternoon. I Misses Alma and Irene Young and i s Zellie Langley spent one day < ast week very pleasantly in the lome of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Young. Visitors in the home of Mrs. Fanlie McCaslan Thursday night were: Mrs. Fannie Still and two children, i Marshal and Eula Mae, Misses Alma 1 rene, Nora Lee Young and brother, i 'loyd. " j Mr. W. P. Long spent Thursday light and Friday in Greenwood with Mr. D. A. Young and family. Miss Minnie Belle Talbert spent he week-end in Harrisburg with her lunt, Mrs. T. P. Creswell and family Miss Ruth Young of Lones Valley spent the week-end with Misses i May Bell and Lyndell Young. When a community gives a fa r it advertises itself. Every person in the community should help to make the advertisement a good one. HARDWARE!! j; The most complete stock of Quality HARDWARE in Western South Caro- I lina. We buy rig-lit and sell right?Complete line ?of? MOWERS and RAKES also full line of parts. Our mail order dept. fills orders promptly. Gambrell Hardware J Company Greenwood, S. C. Vvvvvvvvvvv IV V SMITHV1LLE ' V ' vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv The series of meetings at Eber czer came to a close Saturday morr ing. Prof. Lever of Carlisle Fittin School did the preaching. His sei mons were forceful and to the poin The attendance was full and muc nterest was aroused. May the Loi bless every effort to the good of H cause. Rev. S. L. Wilson, missionary t Brazil from the Baptist Foreig mission board, with Mrs. Watso md two boys are visiting relative and friends in Abbeville and su rounding country, before leaving ft New York where they will sail fc Rio de Janerio the last of Septen ber. Many good wishes and prayei follow them. Mrs. Alma Gibbons, with three o her club girls, had a demonstrate in canning chicken and biscuit mal ing at the home of Mrs. A. M. To! bert Thursday, Sept. 8. Mrs. B. L. Haddon, who has bee: suffering from tonsilitis is convalesc ing. Little Mildred Tolbert is sick a the home of her grandparents here. Regular services may be expecte* at Beulah Sunday morning at 1 j'clock. Mr. M. L. Tolbert spent Monda; night with Mr. C. B. Tolbert. After weeks of drouth rain is fall ing to the great relief of all. ore/?i tcoc u a iriwr [\Ui/VU?<i\g JTI/VJVIilV* SLOW PROGRESS Mo Possible Chance of Reaching th the Men Before Friday. Jackson, Calif., Sept. 12.?Tei feet more was gained in the 3,60! foot drift in the Kennedy mine las light by rescuers who are digginj through from that mine to the Ar jonaut mine where 47 men are en tombed. The men on the 3600 foo evel had 89 feet to go before the; reached the rocks which form th ast barrier between diggers an< /ictims. Five additional feet were gained ii the rock on the 3900 foot level leaving a balance of 132 feet to g< aefore the workers on this leve each the Argonaut. It was announced there was m ole chance of reaching th< nc-n Deiore i-riciay on eitner?ievei. MEETING AT CALHOUN FALLS The Abbeville Baptist Associatioi neets at the Calhoun Falls Churcl Thursday the 14th and lasts througl Friday the 15th. There will be a pic lie dinner and barbecue on th< p?ounds. Rev. H. L. Gardner of McCormicl s to pi-each the associational sermoi it 10:15 Thursday morning. Rev. j. C. Solomon, as pastor o: ;he Calhoun Falls Baptist churcl vill be in charge of the meeting, am i large attendance is expected. GALVANIZED ROOFING Car of 29 guage Galvanized Cor rugatcd Roofing arrived today. A1 ensrths, 6 to 12 foot. If you wil leed any roofing this fall, it will paj ^ou to aee ui now. The Rosenberg Merc. Co. FOR SUMMER AFTERNOONS This attractive gown of argen gray silk crepe is petaled with loop of the self-same material, charminj for summer afternoons. ?ilJ, , ( , " 11 Ml II 111,1 III. | limn, I % ' ' ' -w l Jtk a ffl n ^ ': j I-J IT TAKES A YEAR'S PRACTICE ! TO DO THIS?SOME STUNT i- For thrills and then some, Carl Fromhagen, national acquaplane t champion of trick and fancy riding, supplied the onlookers at Coronado ^ Tent City, Cal., with his datest stunt ! ?standing on his head on a chair while a launch pulled the board thru y the water at 30 miles an hour. I 1IU31 in cv-uperawvt? marneun^ and keep your cotton dry. MASTER'S SALE > The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE e Court of Common Pleas. National Bank of Abbeville,i g Plaintiff t against ^ T. E. Cromer, W. L. Gable and others, Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sale t by the Court of Common Pleas for y Abbeville County, in said State, e made in the above stated case, I will J offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., /S. C., on Salesday i in October, A. D. 1922, within the 1, legal hours of sale the following 0 ascribed land, to wit: All that tract 1 or parcel of land situate, lyine and 3 J ^%||| || ^ If! j StVleplus^^ (3 Clothes \. 1 |=jj R^^v''Wyy5 y>;;: 1 NEW FALI 1 | We're Ready With 7 | * Once again Fall is w =n - . || the Clothing problem of suit do I want? to pay for them? IJ | the questions uppern N Don't worry about tl~ I clone it for you. We' (market picking out the best in quality t most in value. How Suits?$20, 22.50, $ ilParker . ? ,_ being in Diamond Hill Township, Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing One Hundred and Thirty-two (132) Acres, more pr less, and bounded on the North by ._\ctate lands of Dr. J. H. Bell, on the East by lands of John Bradbury, and on the West by lands of James H. Ferguson, being the same tract of :h! formerly belonging to H. P. ialley and sold at foreclosure sale at the suit of Max Below against thfesaid H. P. Salley. Terms of Sale?One-half (%)' Cash. Balance on a credit of twelve months with interest at seven per "ent. the credit portion to be evidenced by the bond of the purchaser secured by a mortgage of the premises, with the privilege to the purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. THOS. P. THOMSON, Master A. C., S. C. Sept. 13, 1922 3wks. MASTER'S SALE The State of South Carolina, riATTXTrpV AD AHTJmrtTT?t WU1U1 vr ABDJCi V LLlUCJ. MB Court of Common Pleas. ? The Bank of Donalds, a Corporation,? Plaintiff fl against Jefferson Mattison, alias Jeff Matti-H son and others, Defendants^* By authority of a Decree of Sal^B by the Court of Common Pleas foiH \bbeville County, in said State^J nade in the above stated case, I wilHj ffer for sale, at Publif Outcfy, a^B I AhhAvillp C.. H-. 55- C... on I iii October, A. D., 1922, within tb^B legal hours of sale the following des^H cribed land, to wit: All that tract 0]^f iprcel of land situate, lying and be^B ing in Abbeville County, in the Stat^B aforesaid, containing Seventeen azfJH three-fourths (17 3-4) Acres, mor^fl r less and bounded by lands of estate of Tom Robertson, E M. Shar^H J. Richie and Affie Jackson, beinjJH -act of land bought by the mortaHj gor from J. J. Richie, the same beHI :g more fully described on a pla^H hereof made by Wm. L. Mitchel^H nd dated October 24, 1907. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchase^H > pay for papers and stamps. THOS. P. THOMSON, -H Master A. C., S. C. ,fl| -ept. 13, 1922. 3wks. 9B 5i5J5MSI5J5M5f5EJKi5J5J5ISlSJBJS15JS12f5$Sf3H^U -.--vrgsj - CLOTHES I hem Are You? MB ith us and once again H i crops up. What kind WM How much do I have II ndoubtedly these are T'AllT Wl 1 I^S^B iUOl in jum Iiniiu. bm iem, we have already ve been searching the the newest in style, md above all?the does this strike you? 25, $27.50, $30, $35. & Reese! irS/SJ?MSMSJtMSMS/SfSf2M2JSI5!JSi3SJSISI^^^B ? - ?- nir