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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Frees and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abfeiyille, S. C. Term* of Ascription: fl A A One Year ? *>-.ijv Six Months j? $1.00 Three Months .50 /AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Foreign Advertising Representative FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922. ELECT FEATHERSTONE. The matter of a successor to the late Judge Frank B. Gary, of the eighth circuit, is being generally discussed. A number of lawyers have been mentioned as his successor, but no formal action has been taken with regard to the candidacy of any of them so far as we know except of Judge C. C. Featherstone, of Greenwood. The Greenwood Bar has I put him forward as a candidate and, he will accept the position if he is elected. The Press and Banner believes that Judge Featherstone is well I qualified for the position for which; he has been named. He was a suc-j cessful lawyer for a number of I years before he became Judge oi'j the County Court of Greenwood County. His practice was large, and' like all country lawyers it brought1 him an acquaintance with all kinds' of legal subjects. Besides this he has' often presided as special judge in the; state courts, and for two years he has been the Judge of the County Court of his county. His record as a lawyer justifies the belief that he has the necessary le-j gal training and his record as a judge shows him possessed of the qualifications which the bench de-| mands. He is a man of character and standing in his home, and there is every reason to believe and say that he would serve the state acceptably.1 There is another consideration which while not controlling, should not be overlooked. The eighth cir-j cuit is composed of the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens and| Newberry. Greenwood is easily ac-| cessible from the court house towns; of the other counties and it follows that the convenience of the barj would be greatly promoted by hav-1 ing the judge live in Greenwood. j We trust that Judge Featherstone ^ may be elected to the position without opposition. Any number of lawyers may seek the place, if they desire and their friends may seek the' place for them; at the same time it would be unseemly to have a scramble for the position. in a LtAda nuw Abbeville High School Gets Highest Rating Possible. Notice was received by Supt. J.| D. Fulp this week that the Abbeville \ High School and Bailey Military In-| stitute of Greenwood were admitted! to membership in the Southern Asso-| ciation of Secondary Schools and Colleges at the recent meeting in J New Orleans. This gives the Abbe-j ville High school the highest rating j have, and is the culmination of en-j have, and i sthe culmination of en-j deavors which have been put forth to raise the standard of the Abbeville High school to the highest possible i graae. The school was accredited by thej Southern Association last year, butj accredition lasts for one term only,! and acceptable proofs have to be submitted each year to retain accredition, while admission into membership offers many additional advantages which accredition alone did k not carry. The school now has the right to send a representative to the annual meetings of the association which representative has the same rights and privileges on the floor as are accorded the president of the biggest university in the South. Any graduate of the Abbeville high school may now enter any educational institution in the South without even the mention of entrance examinations. The colleges in this state which have membership in the same association are: University of S. C., Wofford, Converse and Charleston College. CORP. KERR RUNS INTO BIG TROUBLE In the third year of the reign of the boll weevil, Corp. Kerr, of Greenville Street, got in bad with his wife. It happened this way: About seven years ago, when Christmas was approaching and when the Corp. had a little more money than he has made in the furniture business this I year, and when the people were still "buying now and paying later," he decided to give Big Sister a Christmas present. Not being able to find anything for ten dollars which looked as good as the ten dollar gold piece he held in his hand, he finally j decided to give her the coin itself, which he accordingly did. After the gift had been properly admired and Corp. had been told how handsome he was, how much more hair he had on his head than i last Christmas, and how much better setback player he Was than Uncle Jim, and how some day he might be I' as rich as Uncle Jim and Johnnie Ij j McKee, Big Sister turned the coin j1 back to the Corp. with instructions to put it in the bank and keep it for i her. The Corp. dutifully carried the < coin down to the office of the Em- ] porium, but he thought over the mat- j ter of putting such nice money in i tfie bank and at length an idea ? struck him. He would just keep the i coin himself and give it to Big Sister for a Christmas present the next j year. And so he did and again it was sent down to be put in the bank. , Ar.J thus the ten dollar gold coin 1 has served the purpose of making a < good woman happy for these seven j1 years, and the Corp. who all these, years has thought that if caught, he could <?et the goods elsewhere, waS J i contemplating making another hap- ; py season this year with the same ( gold coin. But not so. Saturday night Big Sister informed him that she wouldn't want a Christmas present ; this year. She had decided- to take her seven ten dollar gold pieces she : said and buy a silver pitcher for her- ; self for a Christmas present, being : as it is impossible lately for the Corp. to look pleasant when money . matters are mentioned. This announcement somewhat staggered the < Corp. He looked into the fire for a$vhile but he could find no solution i of his difficulties there. Suddenly he . felt himseli getting hot, so he went j out to get some ice water, but this j did not cool him off. He sat down ( but didn't sit long as he said sitting did not rest him much. He then went ] out on the front porch of the Kolone 5 and "swang" himself from one end to the other. But all the time he was thinking how he would raise that seven pieces of gold, which wasn't, but which Big Sister thought was. Having come to the conclusion that , there was no way to get the money and specify, he decided that he would try making a joke out of the whole thing. Carrying out this bright idea he went into the sitting room again j and all at once he broke into hilari ous laughter. He hadn't been in as ; good humor in a long time, and Big Sister was anxious to know some'thing of the fun, but the Corp. was so tonvulsed that it was a long time before he could tell her. Finally he said he had never intended to give her any money. He said he handed her the ten in gold, knowing she would give it back to him just as she did, and he had been giving her the same coin every year, and just warted to find out how long the trick would work. He said it was a common trick out West and up in New York, and he was surprised that Big Sister had not caught on that the whole thing was a joke. In fact he said that the ten dollars never had belonged to him, that he had just borrowed it from the surplus of I the Emporium in order to work the | trick. Big Sister gave him a look and then some language and soon the j uront VipH Alt.hftiifrh he has 11 sold furniture for twenty years his conscience hurt him a little, but he I couldn't let Big Sister know it. He couldn't sleep, but in order not to {seem restless all during the night he j 1 il/l lrronlr f firth with neals of i (laughter. He said that everytime he got to sleep he dreamed about the joke and it woke him up. j But Mrs. Kerr didn't think it was j much of a joke, and she was still j demanding her money when Cousin j Campbell Miller, attorney and coun- j sellor, of Anderson drove in SunI day afternoon. The Corp. hailed him ^ ^ . il^, -A, ^ t . . ^ INTERESTING PAPERS \ It is always interesting to look over foreign papers and we have read with pleasure recently copies j of The Press published at Christ- ? church, New Zealand, and The Guar- i dian, published at Ashburton, New , Zealand and mailed to Miss Hannah ] Cochran by her relatives. Both are < iavoro riowrc the Press being eight| '"*6^ i~t"?> columns, sixteen pages and publish- i ed Daily. The first page has no scare i head news but is devoted to adver- ] tisements and announcements. There , is no display type used but if a no- j tice is to be emphasized the lines j are repeated several times. In the j Liberty Theater advertisement the , name Constance Talmadge is put into ten lines and the name of the j picture in five lines each in five dif- , ferent positions in the notice. The ] world is pretty small after all for t Mary Pickford is at 'The Grand" and t Wallace Reid is at "Everybody's." j "The Sheik" and "If Winter Comes' ( are the new books advertised. "Rugby Football" is to be played at the Lancaster Park. A "Paying Guest" is advertised for. j In the news from "Home" the gossip of London is given while the , news of "the country" tells how j ( much sheep shearers are making for i" their work which is from fifty to sixty dollars a week for a 44-hour ^ week. At one shed 23 shearers shore 14,725 sheep in the one week, making an average of 640 per man. The Prime Minister has sanctioned the establishment of a post of ] the American Legion in New Zeal and uncter the name of "Aotea-roa Tangatahaere." < One advertisement tells the men i where to get their "sport clothes" ] while a communication urges the 1 Prime Minister to hold the general 1 election early so as not to interfere ] with Christmas shopping. 1 Fletcher Bros, is advertising that * he has sold "five tons' of tea in six 1 months." 1 On another page a hot argument'* is in progress as to whether the 1 East Street reserves shall be used j j for the parking of cars. The articles J i are from "Improvement," "Retailer' h and "Nuff Sed.' The Tennis season has opened and | the Jockey clubs are in full swing.:. The outrage and murder of a; woman is disposed of in twenty lines . and while we see Fords advertised it is evident from this that Willie Hearst has not found his way to kshburton. These are the first papers we have read in some years where there is no mention of the boll weevil. AT CALHOUN FALLS Rev. J. C. Solomon will preach at Calhoun Falls Sunday in the morning on the subject "Casting Care on Cod" and in the evening on "My Farewell." EXIDE FORD BATTERIES $18 \T CIT Y GARAGE. THE GIFT SHOP We are receiving new 1 goods every day in addi- j tion to the fine line of gifts we now have on display. Long Gloves for weddings Gauntlets in Brown, Grey and Black for Street Wear. Tapestry Tabte Runners, Curtain Cloth with fringe to match, Handkerchiefs & Hose in good style and variety. After Monday we will sell home-made Candy. MISS GRACE LINK I I s^VsS/N/S^VNAVNT>^>AVS/S/S>VsS/S/SA>V^/s/^/^/vVN/NAVS/S/>^/S<S/>/>^>^ on his arrival with a feeling of relief, inquiring if it wasn't bad to have a wife who can't take a joke."' To which the attorney and counsel' ior replied, "Yes, or one who thinks you are drunk everytime you taste w. ??k. JUDGE GARY IN HlIS OWN BACK YARD i v I notice that much is being said ? in different papet throughout the ^ state as to Judge F. B. Gary's tj ivorth as a Statesman and Jurist, ind to all of this I want to take off p -ny hat and with uncovered head [| say Amen. ! But I want to say this just here j| ve all know that it is not hard to j| ind a man that seems to be al- E H right in ipublic but this man was E ny neighbor as well as friend and e for fifteen years I have been per- |? nitted to know him as such and the [| nore you knew of ( him the more [| pou could appreciate his worth. I knew him in hisj own back yard j| ind have seen him under all kinds E if conditions and I want to say that | [ have always found him to ibe just e is good and kind in his private life ? is he was in public, fair in his busi- g less dealings down to the smallest j| transaction. Oh how we wild miss him! We can j| lever hear that cheerful and happy {| t'oice on earth again saying, "How j| ire you today?" He was my friend and advisor. I i - - - . ... SI loved to talk with him on religious j| subjects which was his delight. E ludge Gary was not only a gentle- 1 nan and scholar but better than e :hat he was a Christian. He is not e lead but sleepeth. fo A Friend and Neighbor. ? DONALDS COMMUNITY HALL < The members of the civic league at Donalds are making an effort to raise funds for (building a community hall in that progressive little town. A bazaar was given last week and a nice sum was realized, [t will be recalled that a report ivas sent out last year that there were no marriageable women in the town of Donalds, and the movement by the fair sex to build a community hall may put at rest this charge, as there are some few interested in the work who are yet in their 'teens.?flonea Path Chronicle. EXIDE ;FORD BATTERIES >18.00 AT CITY GARAGE. I r I from. I I BUY THEM WHERI I CHRISTMAS; I THE BEST T I Suits and Overcoats .. I Bath Robes for Men a I UNDERWEAR?76c, to $4. B ment. I PAJAMAS, NIGHT SHIRT I SHIRTS for men and Boys . 3 $1.00 t I HOSIERY?Cotton, Wools. Plain and Fancy Colors . iWOj /9C? ^ 1 W aim y i ?> HANDKERCHIEFS?10c, 11 30c, 50c. Bion F. Reynolds, Suit Cases and BUY NOW. PARK * PLENTY OF WEATHER Instead of the predicted cold rave which has 'been on the way or a week or two Abbeville wa? reated to a regular summer storm fiis morning between ten and RARfiAINS II I/IUIUIIIAIM M JUST RECEIVED BIG SH 600 pairs of Overalls and ago when cotton was mucl we are going to sell them <i $1.50 A P/ which is below the wholes: Full Line Christma Oranges per dozen Sauers Extract, large size Special prices on Flour, B. T. COCH HMMBHi PLANTERS FERT1 PHATE C< CHARLESTl We manufacture our Fertil capacity and can provide ; of plant food you desire. 1 railroads and the water an ment. Write for prices or also on FERTILIZER MA ACID PHOSPHATE, FORE TRATE OF SODA POTASH 2-7-0 a Specialty. Do not purchase any i our prices. > jr?a Jlit! a mari? k-mm a -***% 3k 1 Ft U 1UHJ i MEN HAVE PREPAI BUY THEM WHERE HAT'S HERE. nd Boys 00 a gar- INITIAL BELTS, BE. SUSPE.N ? $3.50 NE,CK T1Ef fnnn.i n - n J VU& - AAA AM Silks, $1.25, $ 25c. 40c. fc9 1 NEW STET $3.0< Sc. 25 c, ' ' CAPS Walk-Over and Doug Hand Bags. ER & F ' v . eleven o'clock. The clouds hung low, the rain fell in sheets and there was enough thunder and lightning to scare the timid. The weather knocked the Christmas spirit in to a "cocked hat." N OVERALLS) IIPMENT OF OVERALLS. ! Coats, bought sometime |j i cheaper than it is now? ?i UR CASH | ale cost today. ! is Fruits and Nuts. . 35 to 55 Cents. 25c. 15c size 2 for 25c. I' Sugar and all Groceries. { RAN & CO. ILIZER & PHOS- I OMPANY I lizers in a plant of large I you with any combination B lA/e are located on three H id can provide quick ship- 9 i any mixed goods needed, 9 TERLALS, SPECIALTIES K IGN GROUND FISH, Nl- I SALTS. FISH TANKAGE R materials before you get H ,n Store^ 11 I tED FOR A MAN'S I YOU CAN GET | $18.00 to $30.00. < $5,00 to $10.00 I lN'DKERCHIEFS . .. 25c. I LT BUCKLES, GLOVES, I JDERS, SWEATERS. S ?Cut Silks and Knitted S ands . . 50c, 75c, $1.00, fl 1.50. H SON HATS, SPORT HATS B $3.50 and $5.00 H . . 50c, 7Kc, $1.00, $1.50 H las Shoes. I m Hr :hbbc |