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w Established 1844. I The Press and Banner Abbeville, S. C. The Press and Baaner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class matter a -* _ A ;n_ ci n post onice in .ADoevjiie, o. o. Terms of Subscription: One year $2.01 Six months 1.01 Three months .51 Friday, April 16, 1920. BLUE JEANS AND CALICO Birmingham has started something which is apparently sweeping th< country in a more or less spasmodi< fashion. The covenant entered int< by 2,500 men of Pittsburg of th< South that they will wear denin overalls on all occasions seems t< have the ear marks of a solemr league and no doubt can be had ol movement to reduce the high cost oi \ living has even reached Greenwood 1,1 ! of course, ? a email way. The effectiveness of the boycot1 would be certain if all would join ii it. Not to be at all pessimistic abou: the final outcome of the Overal League we doubt, but there willvb< a steady falling off of recruits in i few weeks and nobody will be bene fitted except the overall manufac turer. We have no statistics of th< overall market in Birmingham : a hand but we believe that the figure would show a considerable increas< in the selling price of a pair of Demo cratic pants in that city since thi movement was begun. We all kick at the prices of com modities today, but so strong is th pull of vanity and habit that we ar not willing to live simply for even month. The apparel still doth pro claim the man, at least the degree o his material success, and we wan things often for no better reaso than that our next door neighbo cant get them. Take a peep in one o out millinery shops, if you are not bashful fellow, and see how crowde it is in this year of gres Crumbling. Unless you can't figure out thj communism is stronger than life an get the women to stick to calico to< the Overall League will play 01 sooner than did the Buy-a-Ba] movement a few years ago. Nothing here said , howeve: should be construed to deny thf most of the people in Spartanbur and Greenwood should be perpetua ly dressed in overalls, if only it ] spelled "over-halls." ;rf MOTHERS?READ THIS Under the significant title, "Watc Your Step," Maj. J. C. Hemphil makes this pertinent comment on th Abbeville affair in the Spartanbur Journal: Whatever the result of th criminal trial at Abbeville ,the state ment one of the prisoners is said t have made to the Sheriff of Ander son County when he was arrested? "he thought if the girl would g< riding with him that she Was crook ed"?should impress the mothers o: the State with the necessity of warn ing their daughters against undu< familiarities with young men whos< character they are not fully advised In these intense times when s< many of the old-fashioned mora bars have been let down, when socia conditions are so unsettled and th< younger generations are so forward when society is fed to satiety on se? problems, too great care cannot b( taken to guard against the least ap pearance of evil; for once the flowei is kissed the bloom is shed. ? WILSON WINS V'J 2 ' Col^^SValter W. Wilson, the cbam pion ofciLevel Land, was in the citj last wfcek seeking revenge. -iHe rar against Col. Pat Roche and a few o: the other members of the Hillbillpj Club of Setback in the parlors of tha organization, and made short worK o them. He didn't count this any vie tory, however, as he accomplishe this task about every time he come to Abbeville. What he wanted to d' was to beat Col. Kerr and his partne of the Greenville Street profession els. And Col. Wilson proved that he i o a diplomat as well as a good setbacl playej- He had tried the Greenvill street champions before and found I || that when he relied on a scientific m game only, he had a heavy load to BB carry. So this time he attacked the B ' enemy from a different angle. No HE sooner had Col. Kerr's partner got H his mind on the game, than Col. Wil- K son remarked to the former furniture K dealer that he wanted to buy a five H - burner oil stove, etc., which trappery Kg t Col Kerr still having on hands and H desiring to unload, it is easy to un- K derstand how he completely sold out k| ion his partner, threw the game away, ffl (underwent the disgrace of defeat, K j and a few other things, in order to H gather in some Level Land money. He sold the five burner, but?well IB his partner can't see where he came Eg "FAIR AND WARMER" B > gCtfl ? Spaeth & Company will present H , their newest big success, "Fair and B| ? Warmer," whose fame has spread Rb , all over the country on the strength B , of its year long run of unprecedented H ! prosperity at the Eltinge and Harris ^ f theatres, New York, and six months B f at the Cort Theatre, Chicago, at the B| t Opera House Thursday, April 22nd. B| Avery Hopwood, author of this K t farce classic, is also the author of Kg ! "Seven Days" and "Nobody's Widow' B t and started the long-run-farce on the 1 career ft has nevef since abandoned. B i So Mr. Hopwood is fairly entitled to B i his rank as America's first master of H -j farce wanting. g Spaeth & Company, who present B s "Fair and Warmer" established their E| t reputation as picks of winners by H s 'Within The Law," etc. When they K s followed this success with "Fair and B - Warmer,' the wiseacres said "Trust H e Spaeth and Company." B In "Fair and Warmer," Avery Km " Hopwood uses just the idea ne Knows m eihow to put through its paces?satiric Ej ejand richly humorous complication I* a arising from the fact that two re- Kg I respectable young persons try to be E? ^wicketj without knowing how, and K ''{end by covering themselves with ig- H n nominy, while the pair at whom they H r aimed their wickedness, as retalia ^(tion, so joyously scot free. |H ai "Fair and Warmer" begins in the H ^ early evening, stays up all night and H ^comes to a festive conclusion at noon of the following day, after hav- H lt ing disrupted two households , de- H ^vastated one 'tame robin', reasserted H and finally hailed blessings and bene- H ltJdictions upon righteous and un- H e righteous with an impartial hand. H I Prices .55c., .83c., $1.10, $1.65. I r>'Seats on sale now. fi| * A SHE-DAM H [3 I Col. J. Davis Kerr, the setback Hi artist of Greeville Street, who was ES formerly in the furnitui'e business, H 'but who has now retired from that R| h [business, desiring to get rid of some 6i 11, of the riches which he accumulated H e,in the days when he worked, has Bj| g bought an automobile. It is a Ford Kg She-Dam. The said malefactor of B e great wealth collared the gas buggy H -jwhen a drummer drove it into town lg| 0 the other day, and didnt have enough B - money left to buy gasoline to run it K out oi town. 3ju 3 j The Colonel believes that a man l| - should not hide his light under a B f bushel. Therefore, he has decided to w - drive the She-dam over to Greenwood IK J |early Sunday morning, procure the E|i ; .company of Serg. Kerr, and return to ? . I Abbeville in time for divine services. H >lHe plans in this way- to be able to H l 1 Km I show his recent acquisition to his rich ^ 1 brother-in-law, Dr. J. T. Crymes, of s Greenwood, as well as his lawyer) > nephew, and getting back to Abbe- J ^ville a little late for services he will - stop her in front of the Presbyterian ^ -.Church wfhere the waiting congrega- ^e< r tion will have an opportunity to lay,"1" I their eyes for a little while at least ^n one of things which is not,** above money or price. |^e . | v* ^rs "l Marion Gambrell, who has been Nic! ' seriously ill of flu at Lethe, during: j A 1 th? winter, is in Abbeville recovering clos P and is spending the time with his r grandmother, Mrs. J. M. Gambrell. g ^ He has a position with the street pav,ing force and is making money for r 'himself. Ar,. S| AC Tom Sherard, recently with the L. 24^ 0 W. White and Co., has accepted a r position with a firm in Calhoun Falls. ^ ^ Mr. Frank Wardlaw has taken his place at White's. ^ta s Coi k Engraved Cards and Invitations? I e[The Press and Banner Oe. !ln '< WHEN you purchast n+ili'+TT +Winb-Ci 1TA11 o vt Utility UUl^IVO jJUU U1 * FUEL AND TIRE M vice construction. It i quirements "face to: the most severe use o It is the right size, merchant, retailer-ii 200 kinds of hauling This BIG CALIBRE ines and gives you pre engineering design i tow-line hooks; only 1 , . is not one unit in its en .. makes possible corre strain. It- will delive A a guarantee of quick Can be pneumatic < All pri< Fllie. UlllO We are here The Book Club aforesaid, personally he meeting of the Book Club held p. Greene, who havir inesday afternoon at the home of according to law, de . C. A. Milford was an unusually timt; he is the Editor isant one. There was a good at- vjue press and Bann< lance of members who welcomed 0y^ing js, to the bf return of Wrs. Johnson. iecj^. andj belief, a tr '. A. B. Morse and Mrs. Jw R. th^'3bwnership, mana |<les 'were .present, as] guests, a j^ly papej. the cjr - salad course was served at the of^be aforesaid publ e of the business meeting. date shown in the ab quired by the Act i TATEMENT OF THE OWNER- 1912> embodied in se( IP, MANAGEMENT, liklula- iLaws and Keguiacions >N, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE reverse of this form, T OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST i. That the names 1912, of the publisher, ed >f Abbeville Press and Banner editor, and business ilished Tri-Weekly at Abbeville, I Publisher, The Pre 3., for April 1, 1920. 'Co., Abbeville, S. C. te of South Carolina, j Editor, Wm. P. Gl inty of Abbeville. IS. C. Jefore me came a notary public j Managing Editor, ' and for the State and county j Business Managers gSN saggEm*sr i one, or a fleet of Huffman Bro } buying PERMANENT ECO* MAINTENANCE plus heavy di s the ideal truck to meet your face" and give you unlimited s< r abuse. weight and capacity for the n 1 fact, the Huffman is adaptabl ; problems. trucks shows its quality, adver stige, because it represents a hi] and workmanship from radi the highest grade of material; itire construction but what Is. si ct design to fortify it against : r anthing in its capacity. - The transportation at a minimum . ! fvfdq /:o, equipped with or solid tires. :es F. 0. B. F -Leslie ( : to show you what i appeared Wm., AbbeviHe, S. C. ig duly sworn 2. That the owners are: poses and says names and addresses of inc of the Abbe- owners, or, if a corporation, \ ;r and that the name and the names and addri ?stof his kno\*- stockholders owning orhoidinj ue statement 'of ojr more of the total ami gement (ana* if stock.f * culation), cic., Wm. P. (Jre&h^Sole Stod ication for the Abbeville, S.' C'. ; ove caption, re- 3. That "the known' bondl of August 24, mortgages, and other securit; :tion 443, Postal ers owning or holdings 1 per nrinf.p.d on the morp nf total amount of to wit: mortgages, or ther securities a and addresses there are none, so state.) itor, managing None. managers are: 4. That the two paagraph: :ss and Banner above, giving the names of th ers, stockholders, and securit; eene, Abbeville, ers, if any, contain not only of stockholders and security None. as they appear upon the books i, H. G. Clark, company, but also, in cases I i $1695 I \ Kg west Priced Truck of its acity in the world. H I thers general IOMY, LOW ity hard serhauling re- m *rvice under || lanufacturer, ii e to nearly [I tises your bus- H standard of iator guard to || jsused. There _ iand^rd which If W v.oi., load and road H j ^Huffman is || gal cost. m i\i -X > . H either I awiui y | 1 1 A a t will do. I I the stockholder or security holder ap(Give pears upon the books 0f the company lividual ag trustee 0r in any other fiduciary jive its reiation, the name of the person or jsses of corporation for whom such trustee is I acting, is given; also that the said >unt of two ^paragraphs, contain statements ?H embracing affiant's .full, knowledge .. t.. ftofdfer,* and ^1^ as the circumstances and . . conations under which stockholders iolderS7 security holders who do not apy. hold- pear Up0n the books of the company cent or as trustees,hold 9tock and securities bonds, in a capacity other than that of a ire: (If bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation 5 next has any interest direct or indirect in le own- the said stock, bonds, or other sey hold- cun'ties than as so stated by him. the list Wm. P. Greene holders Sworn to and subscribed before : of the me this 15th day of April 1920, \v3iere' R. E. Cox. N. P. S. C. i