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Established 1844. n THE PRESS AND BANNER t ABBEVILLE, S. C. t The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ^ Entered as second-class matter at s post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year 1 $2.00 Six Months $1.00 j ^ Afrtn + Vlc .50 I J. Ill Ct 4UVUV1IO t Foreign Advertising Representative j AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION a f MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921 f ? v WATSON 'S CHARGES. p f Senator Watson, of Georgia, is 1 stirring up things in the Senate, or d .more properly speaking he is trying 0 to do so. He charges that numbers b of American soldiers were executed in France without trial, and makes! other serious charges against officers! of the army. 's The evidence which the Senator hasj so far produced to substantiate his charges is not satisfying. At least one man who is said to have been E executed is now said to be alive. n Others who were executed as he c charged without trial are proved to have been tried and convicted of hei- h nous offenses. When the matter is(*( sifted to the bottom it will be found,F we think that there is little in the(sl charges. It seems impossible that sol-(u diers would have been executed by,1' tfhe officers of the army with no re-Js( port of the trials. The reports filed 11 show that only a few men were exe- ^ cuted in the army and these after | s] trial and approval of the judgment P of the court martial. It seems more a impossible that officers-*of the army(^ would execute men withoul trial. d Anrl ac nninfpH nnt. in todav's State S' it is a late day to be discovering u these charges. The war has been over," three years and the last of the sol-j diers discharged more than two years. a Where have the witnesses been all ti i this t:me that they have not before v reported these matters? The excuse t( that they* are afraid to testify is but a a lame excuse it seems to us. They j are not now in the army and havejF no reason to fear punishment for e giving testimony. J a i T While this is all true, nevertheless, 1 we believe that the charges should be (e sifted to the* bottom. Every witness P named should be produced and exa>^ n ined. If any officer executed a manj" without trial, the officer should be r* i put upon trial for his life. If sol-(? diers were mistreated, or if nurses.ri were mistreated by officers the facts,v should come out. Senator Watson has a made the charges and the presumption of regularity must be overcome; ' * by him, but if he produces the evi*.u dence, and he says he will, the guilty J should suffer. If he fails to produce j evidence of his charges he will have | found the place in the senate which. C he deserves. | fl Query for debate: Is there any- j11 thing a man needs less than an au-;? tomobile? 0? " IV Prohibition and the short cotton crop have put an end to the old' time salesday. 2 0 ! j) What has become of the man whose j ^ job it was a few years ago to ad-; t| vise everybody to plant gardens: j 0 If there is as much money as there j ever was, we would like to know j 7 where. j 0 The hard times are now being feltjii by some of the younger aristocrats of .d Greenville Street. |s a U I" For the information of Col. Tomja Watson, we may remark that a few i d negroes have been hanped in this sec- f tion who were not tried by court t martial. v So far as we have been able tola hear the boll weevils have not des-h troyed any of the notes planted with the banks in the early spring. The County Demo^tration agon; i for Richland County sajTs that more : men are standing on the street cor- : ners, talking about the boll weevil ? than are plowing under cotton stalk;- c in the fields. The same here. a 0 The Emporium way may nave as many front feet, and as many square feet of space in its business as for- < / nerly but it appears to us that somelody has taken the cube root of the alk we used to hear. 0 As now is the day of economy we hing Congress should amend the lankruptcy act so that we may go n in job lots instead of going in ingly and each man paying full irice. 0 ELIJAH VISITS CHARLEY. "5 Elijah Fair has gone out on a visit o his friend Charley Gray. Neither Elijah nor Charley left their street nd number when they left, and so ar Elijah has not phoned to his riends, Col. Bob McGowan Hill, /horn he forgot to pay the $7.00 now iast due, nor to Uncle Jim, who, Elijah says, may keep his note, 'here are several other wiser if sader men about Abbeville on account f Elijah's going. Maybe he will come ack some day though. PRODUCER'S ASSOCIATION i" outh Carolin Products in Demand From Distant States. According to Mrs. Frances Y. Kline lome Demonstration Specialist in larketing, the South Carolina Produer's association has just had a letsr from a commercial firm in Oklaoma making inquiries with regard ) their supply of Dixie Burgoo and 'ine Bark Fish Stew. These are two pecial products which are being put p by club women of the state under be direction of the Home Demontration Department. They are being larketed by the Home Producers' .ssociation along with seven other r>ecialized products. Each of these roducts are distinctive of our state nd are prepaied by a special recipe hich has been tested by the home p m r> n ?t. vntvr/n -food conservation pecialist. They ar? to be marketed nder a special label with an origial Palmetto design. The purposes of this associat'on re not only to encourage producion and conservation, but to conex*. the surplus yield of the farm ino money by placing on the market standard product. Branches of the South Carolina 'roducers' Association may be formd in any community where there is n abundance of suitable products, 'hese branch associations are formd of women and girls who desire to ut up such products for market, lembersh'p being restricted to memers of home demonstration clubs or ). the individual demonstrators of the rganization who agree to follow diections explicitly under the superision of the home demonstration gent. This association fills a long ?lt need enabling farm women as does to convert her surplus prodcts into money. FUN AT LEVEL LAND yster Supper and Fortune Teller For Pleasure and Profit. Next Friday night the people of le Level Land community and all thers in the county will be invited ) attend a genuine, old time, honest > goodness oyster supper in the /oodman Hall. All the necessary virnrc fnr n r<>al sunnov w'll be there "" ? " *" esides a fortune teller, prepared to ive a correct reading of the past, resent and future. All the profits rom the entertainment will go for le benefit of Union school. MIMNAUGH STORE FIRE 'hous.ir.ds of Dollars of Damage is Done to Columbia Store. Columbia, Nov. 5.?Fire broke out 1 the third floor ceiling of the large epartment store of John Mimnaugh's tore Friday n'ght about 8 o'clock nil caused damage to tens of thousnds of dollars of high class merchaniise. While the damage from the lames wis meager, yet fire and waer ruined large stocks of \vomen"s vcar. shoes, dry goods and notions. The loss is fully covered by insurnce, Mr. Mimnaugh stated. Mr. Mim>augh stated. Mr. Mimnaugh's father lied several months ago and left the li'sim-ss to iiTs son. who has ju.-t competed re-equipping the store with lew fixtures, making ;t one of the nost attractive establishments of its ciml iii tin. South. Tin- firemen had i hard time reaching the flames because of the heavy pall of , smok? vhich filled every part of the store, rhc origin of the lire is unknown. In taking care of new customers lon't neglect the old ones. wvvvvvvvvvvvvw V V V SCHOOL NOTES. V v v V V ^ V V VV V VV vj: The high school had a fire drill last 11 week and the building was cleared of iH all scholars and teachers in 55 sec-jU onds. A drill will be held at the grad-'S ed school one day this week. jU Mrs. George C. Douglas and Mrs. || Alf Lyon spent one of the rainy days ;1 last week visiting at the graded f| 1 1 m I Mrc Dnncrlsis. wnn is a West X Virginian, says that even her native iQ state has nothing better to offer inljj school work than the work she wit-jgj nessed in the grades here last week. Mrs. Lyon is also Well pleased withig the way things are going on in the [J Abbeville schools. . [ Everybody in school is on tiptoe with excitement, praying and hoping 1 for our football team to "come back" Friday morning and beat Greenville. Greenville beat Greenwood 14 to 0 t and Greenwood defeated us 23 to 7, J but dope doesn't spell anything in g football anymore. Abbeville had pre viously defeated Laurens who had defeated Greenwood, and Abbeville ? also had defeated by a larger score I" every team both Greenwood and jj Abbeville have played this season. E We are looking for a good time j J Armistice Day with only an hour andjjj a half of school then two lootoann games to see the rest of the day, to | ? say nothing of the barbecue dinner jj and exercises given by the hospital i" i auxiliary. j jj [ Miss Rosamonde Dixyn- is away J today, having gone to her home in | Sumter Friday night to spend the g week-end with her brother who has * not been home for several years be- 3 fore. ?he will return this afternoon. 3 Mrs. Maxwell Smith is teaching for her today. L Miss Thelma Ott returned to her I work in the fourth grade today after E an absence of two weeks. Her pupils | were all glad to have her back and | every one in the section was happy J this morning. Dr. A. L. Ott, Miss T Ott's father returned with her and :s.f spending today enjoying looking overjg a real city. p Advertising pays, but a two per cent advertising appropriation won't Z| double the volume of business over J night. 1 r1 f n n n n n n n n n n n J IJIJIJ i j i j i j i j i j i j i j u u L I OP LC m THl I 1 L ?? g i?Bf?*: I ? _ a jjj ? ; ffi | S Grand Spectaci jjj H A R M O f j if; jfi Down Hon< i ffi JAZZ DANC ; Ji tfi ? ! jjj SEAT SALE OPEIN | UJ . T.iJCES: Orchestra 1 A business that is honest, courteus and fair with its customers usual- < / has all the work it can handle. ? i Wheneve I min TIIPI 1 m ] ?sery 2 y . r< i ^ j There is AIwe j for these sh 1 P 2 The broad Foot Conf | tension Soles and Bro j KEN the best little SI j We carry them in ! Boys Shoes have hool ] j We handle BILL! : our confidence. Nun 2 KEN Boosters make i ! NEXT PAIR OF ( 3 3 ! Rosenb< m 1 ^ Exclusive 3 Sieieicicicicicininirininn riJUMIJIJ M W M M M M M M BEinnnnnn nnonni nj ijijijij ijuij ij uuiji3 ERA HOI JRSPAY NIGH THE MINSTR ASSES ilar First Part. J V R A V u rv * dIuIu Way . :e wizards [ AT BOX OFFICE. M $2.20; $1.65. Balcony Unless you know your production :osts you are neither fair to your- P* self nor your customers. ipirinpinp iwwwpiwrtfii UUUUIJUI717131313171317 if rkilflrAn r Feet In lilteitSKoc lys a Little Sqi oes are spscialfj lease little folks; orming Shapes, Soft Dun ad Heels all go toward rr loe for every purpose fo ] Button and Lace, Black cs just like Men's. KENS and advertise then ibers of customers who a: as even more anxious to h CHILDREN'S SHOES BI V ;rg Mercan < e Agency For BILLIKEN MffliSlfiMSiSaSRSfBfiS JSE ABBEVIl T NOVEMBER EL SUPREME WHIT The Blackville Y; POLAR EXF Solo Band and NOON DAY STRI AIL AND TELEPHONE $1.65, $1.10, and 55c. The same qualities that make for :rsonal success also make for busies success. ii Si i SS ' |1 I ij leal of Glee ! ] r made to ij IJ ible Leathers, Ex- jg laking the BILLI- 11 rever yKiddie. [ i and Brown. The {; i i because they have ffi re strong BILLI- j j ave you let the [! L BILLIKENS. S i tile Co. i| [SHOES. gj MPinnnneiLC SftJiU 111 HI ma PUWiai-l? XE 1 ? 3 10 | E J ofi j^y^'w^y-A 3? w'i^ ifl ... 31 acht Club's ijj EDITION jjj y. Orchestra Hi iET PARADE jjj ORDERS NOW. ijj Gallery 55 Cents, jjj I *