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Established 1M4. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly M?nday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at p?st office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: Oae Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .501 AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION | Foreign Advertising Representative | .?rv?TT> 1 ? /vnmAT>nn n inoo JJlUINiiAI, UVjIUDE/XI <S, IVC.C,. SICK OF A NIGGER We notice a letter in The State! from a Chester County farmer, Mr.: Nunnery, of Edgemore, who wel comes the arrival of the boll weevil, j Mr. Nunnery enumerates with pre-! cision the many discomforts with1 which we are afflicted and predicts! that^the boll weevil will enable us to find a remedy for all these evils. | By the time the boll weevil gets' through with Mr. Nunnery we predict that he will be in the condition of Frank G. Tompkijis' bell boy. The latter went over into New Brooklyn to attend a society gathering of the people of color. He liked the looks , of a rather good-looking mulatto1 woman and asked her to dance with J him. Then, as he told his employer,' "a big black nigger knocked me down, beat me up, kicked me, and J then jumped on me and trampedme. I never wus as sick of a nigger in pijr life." K-*"" WAKEFIELD BATS AGAIN. - I Col. S. J. Wakefield, the inventor 4 / ?f the Do-Dad, which threatened to revolutionize the ginning of cotton in these parts, has eome to the batj again. This time he takes a lick at, the fellow which hit him. It may not; be generally known, but it is a fact i 1 that about the time the Do-Dad came j on the market, the boll weevil arriv-! ed on the scene. The latter immedi-j ately ate up all the extra cotton Col. Wakefield was to gin with his1 invention. I The boll weevil having thus taken a lick at the inventor, the latter now j hits him back. The weapon of offense' is a new boll weevil killer. The Colonel who keeps both his hands and his head busy at all times, has compounded a mixture of calcium arsenate, molasses and one or two other essentials, and the compound, he declarer, will do the work and at ;the same time greatly lessen the expense of putting out the poison. j< Heretofore as - everybody now knows the trouble about poisoning j; the weevil has been thte fact that : every rain and even heavy frosts J washed away the poison deposited i on the plants making it necessary to, < repeat tike dose, but not so with the j Wakefield brand. It is there for,( keeps. The Colonel says that he has,.' onnlia/l nnisnri +n nlnnt.s. ', then caged the weevils with the I; plants, and it has done the work. < Having tested it for its efficiency in j I th.h way, he has then washed the | ( c:s. Vfh'-Ch the poison wjs ap-j plied as thoroughly as a rain would wash them, then caged another supply of weevils with the plant, and thei< same result attended?sudden death. J ' We have been telling the people^ not to grow too despondent. Some- ] body is going to find a remedy for,< the troubles which the boll weevil 1 has brought us. We whipped the! 1 Germans ar.d we will yet whip the j boll weevil. We must be given timeli to get our men in the field, but 1; when we get them there, nothing j will be left but dead weevils. And i there is nobody in Abbeville County { in whom we have more confidence j for leading in the fight, than Col. S. j .T Wnkpfipld of Antreville. KeeD i 'your eye on him. Pushing Work on Abbeville Road. Work on the top soil road to Abbeville from Greenwood is being I pushed as rapidly as possible in order to complete the road before the winter rains set in engineer^ state Practically all of the road is now graded and topsoil will be laid as soon as it rains. Engineers expect that the road will .be completed in the next sixty days. The first mile leading out of[ Greenwood which will be hard surface with concrete, has been {Traded and work of laying concrete will begin in a short time.?Index Journal. ^ - - - ' ' ltoLi*t&:ZaaL\&z&Js PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The Abbeville Presbyterian Church i is flourishing under their new pas-J tor as evidenced by the large Sun-j day morning and evening congregations, and especially by the attendance at the Wednesday evening; .prayer meetings, the numbers run-j ning a hundred and over. At the Rally Day exercises of the j Sunday School last Sunday, the goal j for numbers present being set at' two hundred was far exceeded j reaching 270, and the collection fori the extension of Sunday Schools in j destitute places being very fine. A i splendid program was rendered by! the children. Rev. Mr. McMurray and Elder J. j C. Thomson go to Chester Tuesday evening to attend the sessions of synod, at the same time there will be a called meeting of South Carolina Presbytery to receive Mr. McMurray and arrangements will be made for his installation as pastor on next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. . There will be several visiting breth- ( ren and the public is earnestly invited to be present and take part | with us in the interesting exercises. / * j IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE ( / ' ? < F. E. Ellis of Level Land was in , town this morning. He is the man the Press and Banner wrote up as ( an apple grower. He says he has sold 1 out of Pinson apples and will not have any more for sale until the Yates variety comes in. Mr. Ellis is j convinced that it pays to advertise. He has been beset with orders, peo- , pie even driving over from Georgia J to see his farm and buy apples. i 1 AGNES SCOTT GIRLS' "AGNOSTIC' OFF PRESS The "Agnostic," weekly publication of the young women of Agnes Scott College, made its first appearance on the campus this year Thursday afternoon, edited by Miss Mary 1 Hemphill Greene. The staff of the paper includes Misses Dorothy Keith, Frances Gilliland, Louise Buchanan, Elizabeth * Griffin, Georgia May Little, Fran- i ces Amis, Hall McDougall, Ella ' Smith and Frances Bitzer. Reporters ' include Misses Ellen Walker,. Eugenia Thompson, Janice Brown, Polly Stone, Daisy Frances Smith and Marjory Speake.?Atlanta Georgian. 1 i Sues Grendel Mill*. Greenwood, Sept. 30.?A damage suit for $50,000 against the Grendel ' Cotton Mills her? has been filed by ' Mrs. Annie Bowie, widow of John 1 Bowie, second hand, who was killed it Grendel Mill No. 1. June 12. last when a belt is alleged to have slipped off a pully shaft in the / weave room. The complaint alleges that "the belt ran off the pully on the main shaff wedged against the pully next to it, lapped up and caused a strain on the shaft which broke a hanger by which it was suspended from the :eiling and the shaft or part thereof from which blow he died shortly thereafter. GREENWOOD DRUG STORES BAN DENATURED ALCOHOL ; Greenwood Sept. 30.?The purchase of denatured alcohol at drug stores in this city has .bc?come so s frequent of late that druggists have j placed a ban on sales, where pur-* { chasers are suspected of making illegal use of the concoction. Many of the purchasers are suspected, druggists say, of mixing the poisonous < ronroctinn with water and selling it as moonshine whiskey. Most of the wouldbo purchasers ? the druggists say, assert that they ^ want to use the alcohol "to clean ( clothes with," although the conco c- f tion which usually is denatured by ^ mixing wood alcohol a virulent poi- j son, with grain alcohol is almost } useless for cleaning clothing. MORE JOBS, FORD'S PLAN j ? 1 Say# He Will Provide Employment ^ For Many. ( New York, Sept. SO.?'Henry Ford in an interview published by the Wall 3treet Jpurnal, today declared) ] he intended to empty his vast | wealth in industry to provide jobs | for thousands of additional men and to increase the wealth of the county by a large production. "The Rockefeller and Carnegie distributions are all right," he said but I dont' believe in that method." t r'- r rfiSiftV.T- . .... 1 ?. . .1 . > CHIC GALLOWAY PLAYS GOOD BALL Chic Galloway Improved More Than Any Player in Major League#, Say* Billy Evans. (By Billy Evans in Atlanta Journal) Who is the most valuable ball player in the majors? That is some question .A commission of bassball experts is to decide that perplexing problem as far as the American league is concerned. Much honor and the proverbial laurel wreath will be slipped to the individual chosen. Who is the most improved ball player in the major leagues? Chic Gailovoiay Named If that were the all absorbing T ?J vtAnttnafa nWflt question, 1 WISUIU mm much/ eiathusasm, Chick Calloway, of the Philadelphia Athletics. From a clever player inclined to be erratic Galloway has developed into a great shortstop. He always has possed much ability, but lacked consistency. One day he would perform brillianty, th? next day he Would look just so-so. Last season Galloway was in and sut of the Atheletice line up a doztimes. Just when Manager Mack felt he was the man for shortstop, something would happen to make him change his mind. At the start of this season, Gal lowav was assured that he was the regular shortstop, and that he would [>e in there every day regardless of any slump that might overtake him Possibly that was the very thing he seems to' sense the direction necessary confidence that he seemed to lack. From the start of the season he has played fine ball. His work seems to improve from day to j day. * Galloway is very fast. In addition j Ll-_ V it- If __i#_ _1 uiv xie seems w sence tne direction | the 'ball is going to be hit of the | crack of the bat. He covers a worid Df ground and has a great arm. He seems able to got plenty of stuff an the ball regardless of the position in which he is compelled to make his throw. Galloway from a playec who in the past has heen brilliant but erratic, appears to have found himself and is consistently brilliant. Not only has Galloway developed into a consistent] y classy fiedder, but he has improved his hitting as well. Last year he batted 265, This sea.. 1 1 t ' ' *' *>n ne nas Deen arouna tile 3UU ill year and uusally is from 20 to 10 points better. It is beginning to look very much is if Connie Macic has developed mother shortstop who would rate vith Jack Berry. The fine showing >f Galloway settlesvthe left side of he Athletices infield for Jimmy Dy-, :es is a star performer at third. It's'going to be a tough job to >ick the most valuable ball player in .he American league, but it is an Lasy matter to select the most im>roved player in the Johnsonian wganizatiort?unicK ualioway. It is just possible that Galloway vill receive consideration from the ?ommifsion of' experts when H.hey ire deciding what player in the American league has been most vallable to 'the success of his team. TREASURY OF LEAGUE i Sufficient Funds to Carry on Work To January 1. Geneva, ^'ept. 30.?The secretariat )f the League of Nations announced ;oday that there is at present 3,000,)00 Swiss gold francs in the treasury >r enough to carry on the work of ;he league until January 1, when it s hoped further assessments will lave been made. The assembly . spent the entire ^ay considering the budget which! for 1921 will amount to 25,000 francs including 2,000,006 franca por the International Court of Justice. Flowers for all occasions at W. A. Harr&\ Agent for Fant's Green* house, Anderson, S. C. High class funeral flowers a specialty, A fish found in Brazil has neither a tail fin for propulsion nor a back fin for balancing, It swims at great speed by means of a rippling movement of its lower fin. 4. V SANTUC L0CAL3 * V V VVV\^VVVVVWV \ vv The Rev. C. E. Peele of Abbeville preached at Gilgal Sunday afternoon and will preach again on the second Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mundy and children of Greenwood and the former's father, Mr. Joe Mundy of Hodges motored up and spent Sunday in the home of Mr. W. E. Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright were visitors in town this week, the latter having some dental work done. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Norris of Fonville spent Sunday at Mr. John Stevenson's. Messrs. W. E. Morrison and Joe Mundy visited their friend Mr. Thos P. Thomson for a few days this week. Circle No. 11 met at Miss Mamie Gordon's Friday and quilted for the Thornwell Orphanage. \ Miss Louise Kay was in Abbeville shopping Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wright recently visited relatives at Hodges. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon and children spent the week-end with the latters parents near Donalds.' < Alvih Ethridge spent Saturday night with Clarence Kay. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Able spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Milford. Misses Marie and Janie Belle Boyd were the guests of Misses Annie and Louise Kay Sunday. Clarence Kay spent Sunday with Alvin Ethridge. _ 7 SOUTHERN BUYS RAILS 1 1 I Sufficient to Lay 230 Mile* of Track , In 1923. 1 Charlotte, Sept. 30.?The Southern Railway Company has purchased forty thousand tons of rails, largely of 100-pound sections and sufficient to lay 250 miles of track, for delivery during the first half of 1923, il was announced here today at the office of R. E. Simpson, general manager of lines east. > .. tes DIXIE I We have h s of Dixie Gem while it lasts a I per ton. Prefer 1 I by checks. N< IA11 coal spotc ask-for credit. J Abbeville I ' 1 a ' MORE DORMITORIES NEEDED AT AGNES SCOTT Decatur, Ga., Sept. 30.?Approximately 435 students axe attending Agneo Scott this year, according to Dr. F. H. Gaines, the president which represents an increase of nearly 400 over the number enroll/ ed at the institution when it was founded thirty-five years ago. A| much larger enrollment would be had if the facilities of the college permitted for scores of applicants for admission have turned away, Dr. Gaines stated. Agne? Scott ranks among the leading colleges for young women in America in scholastic standards, and only young women of the highest type in charactor and educational qualifications are admitted by the college officials. Ever since its founding the institution has placed especial emphasis tiot only on "the highest standards of Christian education, but on the) training -of Christian character and Christian womanhood as well. In his statement today Dr. Gaines pointed out the remarkable gTowth of .the institution through the endowment of men and women who believe in Christian education and training, and predicted a yet greater growth of Agnes Scott. He declared that "we have a splendid foundation upon which to. build a GTeator Agnes Scost," and that the ideal would be realized In part upon the erection of a new and modern gymnasium, as well as other new buildings for study and recitation, and new dormitories and of power plant when funds were available. The young women enrolled in the institution come from all states of the South and many day students . from Atlanta as well. All students who do not live near the institution reside in /the college dormitories. i ; John McCo.-mack Recovered New York, Sept. 30.?John McCormick tenor, who has been in ; Europe since last spring when he i suffered a serious throat affection, has recovered. He expects to return October 11. * ' , t ' . I ' ? ; gem \ ? , een so fortunate > IX CAF Block Coal, whi< it * ence given to orde d checks cashed :ash at time of dt lee, Laondry ai PHONE NO. 68. : . ... t .. r f. . . i % X V SMITHVILLE V v, XVXVVXVVV X X X X % vv j Miss Mattie Tolbert left last Saturday for Fairfield county -where she will teach this winter. j Mr. A. H. Miller has- work witi a f construction company and is bidding a' bridge near Martin's Mill. Mr. B. L. Haddon and famfy fisited his parents at Antreville, going I in his car on Sunday and i^kornlig Wednesday. ivfiss S. E. Morton visited Mra. K. P. Jones and family last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. TolbeTt were shopping in Abbeville last Miss Martha Jones who is attending the Abbeville high school spent the week-end with her mother here, y Mr. Joseph Tolbert came from Greenville and spent Sunday wttk | his brother here. ; Friends here are sorry to learft of the illness of Mr. S. F. Cromer. Bte was horn and reared in this e?n- ' < munity and his many friends wish" for him an early recovery. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beau ford visited tkeir daughter in Greenwood last Wednesday. mmmmmmrnmrnm Charleston County Farm Products Charleston, Sept. 28.?An imo?- * ficial estimate of returns from fans . iroducts in this county for the past ' year including crops, livestock and poultry shows that $3,251,500 has been realized by the farmers.. The Irish potato crop was mo-.t valuable, bringing in $1,360,090. Oabbagrs and cucumbers brought in $500,000 . I and corn $450,000. The livestock and poultry industries are increasing. ? ? - ttr i 1 a tdUMtion week uecenmer a u ? w Washington, Sept. 28.?American H education week has been set for Be- B cember 3 to 9 inclusive, it was an- H nounced today by Garlan W. Powell, Hj assistant national director of Ameri- H canism for the American Legion. H Ministers of all denominations will 'fl| be urged to preach sermons on the H benefits of education and moat meet- |H ings will be held throughout Ike . n country. rniill s jfl I > as to secure El IS I I zh we will sell 9' I m BS5 MB m BM V'^HH mm j f' M 1B :rs accompaied 1 I until delivery, i I ilivery. Do not I I II I n 1 n I m 1(1 111 II. I I