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X ''V V./ lietablished 1844. The Press and Banner! ABBEVILLE, S. C. ' ; Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. ' Published Every, Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. ?? Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.60 Six months _ .76 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. Friday, October 12, 1917. THE DAY OF THE FARMER. i? While a number of cotton sellers were waiting for the buyers to get ready to make a bid on some cotton in the cotton yard, one day this week, a poor professional man, who had no cotton to sell, jokingly re marked that he did not see how the farmers could live with cotton and cotton-seed bringing present prices. A gentleman who had cotton to sell said that the farmers were nor getting more for their cotton than for-1 merly for the reason that other things were equally as high. The gentleman referred to farms, but he is not a farmer. A real farmer does not buy "other things," but 1 produces them. And a real farmer ?' knows that in point of labor, and other expenses it costs him very little more to produce corn, oats, hay, small grains and other necessaries on the farm than heretofore. He could of course, sell them for more, but a real farmer produces these things for the purpose of operating his farm, and to him the cost is the labor, fertilizer, mule hire, land ren& tal, etc., necessary to make these things. While the labor is a little > i higher, and the rentals a little higher, and mule force a little dearer, the improved methods in farming which bring greater yields, we imagine, make the cost to the real farmer about the same it was twenty ' years ago. Let us look at his money crop on; the other hand. On . a three horse; farm he produces eighteen bales ofi cotton. He pays six bales for rent. | He sells the balance of his cotton for j one hundred and thirty-five dollars! per bale, or a total of sixteen hun-| dred and twenty dollars. He has the seed from the eighteen bales which will bring six hundred dollars, if sold; enough to buy all his fertilizers and pay the necessary expenses of a family in the country and more, if people live as they did twenty-five years ago when we were being brought up on the farm. The result is that a farmer operating a three horse* farm can on his cotton crop in thie way, make his homestead of one thousand dollars in realty and five hundred dollars in personalty in one vear. In five vears at present prices he would be independent. He would with accumulated interest be worth ten thousand dollars. And this is not all. A man in the country with good pasture lands may raise hogs for sale, cattle for sale, i poultry for sale as well as all manner of farm products which he can readily dispose of on the markets of the towns and cities. Eggs just now are worth forty cents per dozen, and chickens and turkeys are bringing unprecedented prices in this section. The day of the farmer is here. If he is not prospering he is either an unfortunate or he is not a real farmer. There is no reason why he should not be climbing the ladder to * wealth. He should be reaping the! harvest while the grain is in plenty, because it will not always be thus, though money may always be made; on the farm by farmers?not pre-1 tensive farmers. COTTON. The cotton crop for the present j year will be short, it is admitted. That it will be much shorter than is now thought we are forced to belive. The crop everywhere is late and late cotton never gives as good! yield as early cotton. In addition to; this the farmers have not been able; to obtain the necessary fertilizers j for making this crop. The result is that rust has attacked the crop in j almost every locality. In the Flat-j woods in this county the crop^, which! was at one time very promising, has. been cut off considerably. . j This is accountng in some measure for the present price. The cot-: ton is not coming on the market asj fast as has been expected, and after thirty days from today, the amount comine forward will be greatly re-. duced. To the short crop must be added the fact that farmers are paying out their indebtedness for making the crops on one and two bales, of cotton, and they are not forced to | sell on any kind of a market. Pres-j / ) ent prices are inviting, and it is no time to advise any man to hold cotton, even if we were disposed to do so, especially if he owes money for land or other investments, but we should not be surprised to see cotton go higher than at present. , SHIPPING BOARD'S NEW OFFICIAL FLAG In a few weeks there will begin to \ appear on the seven seas a new nag,] (symbolizing the return of the United} [States to all its fellowship with the; leading maritime nations of the; earth. The new standard is the re-[cently adopted official flag of the, [United States shipping board, which is creating a national merchant fleet.' j On a white ground is. shown the national shield in full colors of red, white and blue, supported by a blue anchor, and flanked on the left by; |the letters "U. S." and on the right, |"S. B." The proportions of the flag,) 'in the size to be flown by a ship of 8,000 tons, are 6 feet hoist to 9 feet length. The flag was designed by Charles Collens, a Boston architect and designer. Mr. Collens made several sketches, showing different design, and with them enlisted the interest of Henry Howard, the shipping board's director of recruiting, whose headquarters are at the Boston custom house. Mr. Howard took the designs to Washington and placed them before the board, which adopted the one shown here. FAIR MANAGEMENT PLANS BIG SHOW Resources of the State to Be Mobilized. Columbia, Oct 10.?Prosecution of the European war will not retard preparations for a record attendance upon the State Fair which opens on October 22. The resources of the State are being mobilized from every section. W. W. Long, director of the extension forces of Clemson College, and county demonstration agents, are already on the grounds organizing the county exhibits which are always a distinct feature of the State carnival. Miss Edith Parrott of Winthrop : College, Stat^ agent for Home Demonstration work, is also in Columbia marshaling the resources of this field. She is being assisted by Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, assistant State agent, and Miss Gladys Smith, special agent. The State Department of Agriculture is also organizing its array of striking exhibits. This is always an important demonstration of the progress from year to year achieved in South Carolina agriculture. Crops throughout the State are yielding abundantly this fall and the J agricultural exhibits are expected to be of an exceptionally high character. Preparations to meet the exi- , gencies of the war has caused the farmers of the State to diversify as ! nevier before, and the exhibits this year should cover an unusually large . scupe. Interest in livestock growing, and the campaign throughout the state to boycott Western smokehouses is expected to bring together an array of cattle and hogs this year never ] excelled at previous fairs. Horse racing will again be a particular feature and some large purses are being offered. The location of Camp Jackson in Columbia is to be a distinct factor in attendance upon the State Fair, October 22-27. Relatives and friends ( throughout the state, of boys at ] Camp Jackson, will come to the , State capital at that time for the , dual purpose of getting a view of j the immense military station, and also of visiting their relatives. , The cantonment will provide attractions from other sources. A game of football between officers teams will battle for supremacy on 1 Wednesday of fair week. Saturday ( another contest will be staged be- , tween military teams, a strong ag- , gregation of enlisted men having been lined up for a struggle with the fighting crew from the Charles- . ton JNavy xard. a troop 01 cavairy , will also provide daily exhibiton drills on the race track and a military booth of all parts of equipment: will be seen among other military! displays. It is planned to have some! of the heavy field pieces in the booth. I Clemson and Carolina will fight] the usual football battle on Thurs-i day, which is always regarded the "big" event of the week. ( SASHES AND WIDE GIRDLES. Sashes and wide girdles are an im portant accessory of many of the J newest gowns, says the Dry Goods j Economist. In girdles, the wide[ crushed styles made of fabric or of! ribbon are favored, being twisted) twice around the waist and buttoned, at either side. Wide, draped girdles | of handsome brocaded ribbon are also employed, especially across the!; front of a gown. The Japanese sash with butterfly bov. frequently adorns the back of a gown else a single loop with two long ends is arranged at one side. Sashes made half in fabric, half in another, notably in black velvet and white satin or in silk jersuy and printed crepe de chine, figure to some extent. These are usuaully tied in a knot below the hips at the back. Mitchell b. cann. M. B. Cann, who runs the Stark! Vehicle Company, and who is kr own in these parts as Kinney Cann, has been misnamed. His name is Mitchell Cann. He is the namesake of the Mitchell wagon which he sells whenevet he gets ready. He started out this fall to sell two, Mitchells each day, but rain Tuesday interfered with his business. The more be brooded over the matter Tuesday night the madder he got. He wasn't in any good humor at all Wednesday morning. When Sam McCuen asked' him how many wagons he sold. Tuesday he exploded. In a little while two men from Anderson county came down the street. Mitchell collared them and took them back to his wagon depot, and in about five minutes he had them hitched to a Mitchell wagon. He next struck two, sojourners from Georgia, and they now n'Hp in Mitchells. He keDt the eood work going all day, and when night came be had disposed of ten, and it was a short day too. He walked into the office Wednesday night and sat down feeling a bit "chesty." Sam McCuen hadn't sold much of the Emporium's furniture and he waS thinking of other things. Mitchell sat around for awhihi waiting for Sam to ask something about the sales for that day, and when it seemed that he wasn't going to do it, he said to Sam, "Why in the don't you have some questions to ask about the wagon business tonight?" CASE REVERSED. The case of Robert Gilliam as ad ministrator of Whit McBride against Southern Railway has been reversed by the Supreme Court. McBride was killed on the Southern Railway while engaged as a section hand. His administrator sued under the Employrs Liability Act, and secured a judgment for damages on account of his death in the sum of $800. The Railroad appealed, which means either that the case is ended in its favor, or that there will be a new trial. J. Howard Moore and Wm. N. Graydon represented the plaintiff, and J. Moore Mars the defendant Railway Company. TWO AMERICANS DIE. Washington, D. C., Oct. 10.?General Pershing has advised the War Department of the death of two members of the American expeditionary forces in France. They *re Sergeant Patrick Cassidy, infantry, who died October 1, as the result of a fall from a railway train, and private William J. Sanders, medical department, who died October 6th from natural causes. ' ( Cassidy's next of kin is a niece, Miss Margaret Seager, Syracuse, N. Y., and that of Sanders a cousin, Miss Grace Rooks, Shaver, Ark. BRITISH LOSE 16 SHIPS PAST WEEK Weekly Report British Losses Shows . 14 Over and 2 Under 1,600 Tons Lost. 1 I London, / Oct. 10.?British merchant vessels over 1600 tons sunk by , mine or submarine in the last week ; niimKnr fmirfppn flrrnrHincr to t.he official statement of the British ad- i miralty tonight. Two vessels under 1 1600 tons and three fishing vessels j also were sunk. The summary: i Arrivals, 2,519; sailings, 2,622. 1 British merchant vessels over 1600 tons sunk by mine or submarine,, in- i eluding one previously, fourteen; under 1600 tons, nicludng one previously, two. Fishing vessels sunk, three. British vessels unsuccessfully at- 1 tacked, including three previously, five. WHAT MR. STALLINGS SAYS. Mr. Tom Stallings, the Southern Express Agent here, says that he is having twice as much work as he used to have while the gallon-amonth law was in effect. The whiskey that came in for awhile in i quarts is now pints and he says he J don't care how soon they quit get- ( ting the pints. MR. SHIVER BETTER. The friends of Mr. Sam Shiver will be glad to know that he is getting along nicely. He is at Dr. Pryor's. Messrs. T. P. Milford and George VV. Milford were in the city Thursday selling cotton. J. D. Duncan was here on Monday in attendance on court, being a < juryman. ji OBSERVATIONS. Local News and Comment in Short and Headless Paragraphs. { "" j Our pages are display windows. Npw are rnminf in1 every day. John Whaley is driving the Greenwood laundry wagon. Abbeville is the best cotton market in this part of the State. ' There will be communion service at th A. R. P. church next Sabbatl^. ' Charlie Evans purchased from E. H. Longshore a Buick No. 4, last week. You didn't see that man here this week running a "gimme-stand" did you? The Semi-weekly Press and Banner is an all round good family newspaper. It will pay you to subscribe for it, $1.50 a year. | Christmas packages for the boys 1 in France will have to be mailed by Nov. 15th in order to reach them by Christmas Day. 1 A gentleman of good judgment told us that he liked The Press and Banner so well that he had two copies sent to his family each issue. ^ A gentleman told uii that he saw 1 four negroes with brand new auto- ^ mobiles this week. They had sold 1 cotton enough to pay out and then j buy a car. They were enjoying life. \ < The Gibson Family Reunion will ] be the next home entertainment giv- j en in Abbeville. It will be under the direction of the Seceder Ladies for the benefit of the parsonage. The date is Nov. 9th. The Due West community Fair is getting on fine. The grand pageant will be the chief feature. Dinners, sandwiches and tea will be sold on the grounds during the fair. A large crowd is expected and preparations are being made accordingly. The City Council at it's meeting Tuesday night passed an ordinance requesting the owners of houses to number them. The numbers have already been ordered and will be ready for 3ale as soon as they arrive, j The Free Citv Delivery of the mails c is an extension of the service and I will be a great help to the people, particularly those who live a good distance from the postoffice, and those who haven't a, very good way of getting their m^il. Those who do not want their m;ul delivered, need not have their house numbered but can still walk to the office and call for it or keep their box. FOR CLASS IN FRENCH. Writer Recalls Jingle He Learned rj From "Whims and Oddities." j To the Editor of The State: Three score years ago, when in the fl French class at school I was plodding ^ through the time honored textbook, T Telamaque, and committing to memory daily doses of La Rochefoncaud, we youngsters used to sing a merry jingle entitled, "Never Go to France." I think we found it in Tom Hood's "Whims and Oddities." Some j of it I have forgotten, but I remem- r ber the following verses, which, beg- e ging Mr. de Launay's pardon, I offer ( to his "Free French Class" for their c amusement, not for their instruction: I "Never go to France, h Unless you know the lingo; h Or if you do, like me, You will repeat it, by jingo. "Staring like a fool, J Or silent as a mummy, . There I stood, alone? A nation with a dummy. "Chaises stand for chairs, They christen letters billies, They call their mothers mares, And all their daughters fillies." W. C. B. FIVE-CENT LOAF BREAD. 1 < Washington, Oct. 8.?A new fivecent bread loaf which saves sugar, lard and milk and adopted after long experiments by the Bureau of Chemistry will be tried in Philadelphia under the direction of a member of the Bureau. It is attractive to bakers as it allows a fair profit. r CALHOUN FALLS FAIR. !< The people of Calhoun Falls arei* making: big plans and preparations L for a Community Fair to be held on!' Nov. 2nd and 3rd. The Premium I List is very attractive and if every- < one takes part it will prove a splen- k did success. "IT FITS 1 TO PERF1 "Columl Dear Mr. Shepard: My suit reached i am entirely pleased ME TO PERFECTI people at home will tunity of establishir tailor." The above is a pa recently. Don't yo "fit to perfection?" that kind if you place a i on HOI j BAKER FOR PURCHASE OF JEFFERSON HOME Puts Influence of War Department Back of Project to Buy Monticello. ) . ______ Washington, Oct. 8.?Secretary Baker has put the war department influence back of a movement for the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's birthplace, Monticello, with a view to its :onversion into an army and navy lospital during the war and creation >f a national park there after the var is over. Chairman Dent of the louse military committee said today le will press for action at the next iession of congress a bill to author ze tne purcnase, at nut eAiecuiug ialf a million dollars, of the Monti:ello property,,which is on a' pronontory near Charlottesville and L25 miles south of Washington. Secretary Baker, who called Representative Dent to the war departnent to urge the matter, told him hat it is obvious that if the war lasts onga hospital for wounded soldiers md sailors is imperative, that Monti:ello would be a satisfactory site and hat in response to patriotic sentinent it would be ideal to provide, afer the war, for making Jefferson's >ld home a show place like Mount /ernon. The project for the purchase of tlonticello has been pending oeiore :ongress for some years and without iction and this is the first time it is irged for war purposes. The prop:rty is owned by Jecerosn Levy of | ^ew York, a former representative n congress. Mr. Dent, now sponsor or the project, became familiar with Honticello, while a student at the Jniversity of Virginia. ELEVEN SONS IN THE ARMY. Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 8.? rhomas Chamberlain, of Kanab, Jtah, who served a term in the State - lenitentiary for practicing polygamy tas eighteen sons, of whom eleven ire in the army service. One voluneered and ten others have been sumnoned before the district board. AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS. Washington, Oct. 8.?The Senate resterday afternoon confirmed the lominations of Major General Taskr H. Bliss, chief of staff, and Major ieneral Pershing, commander-inhief of the American armies in France, to be full generals, a rank leld only four times in American listory. The Press and Banner, Pubished Twice-a-Week, Tuesiays and Fridays, $1.50 per rear. SEA B < Air Line Railv 'THE PROGRESSIVE SOU' Steel Equipment Observation-Par] Thru Coaches anc fo principal points Nortl For rates, schedules 01 >n nearest Seaboard Ticl 2. S. COMPTON, rraveling PassV. Agt. 3. A. L. RWY., Atlanta, Ga. J:.J ME ECTION" . iia fi r. in.a_i7 vi#& w" v-w- m . ; . v ^ H JH me last Saturday and >' with it for IT FITS ON. Sure hope the give you the opporig your ability as a j: ; / . i'. , Jr ./ ;r rt of a letter received u want Clothes that You will always have , l;ii ) your order with * i EPARD'S ME OF GOOD CLOTHES. ; - ?| , m - 1? MAY SHIP COTTON WITHOUT LICENSE :p^m ,v .-ra Staple WiU Be Allowed to Go For- %% ward to Allied Countries, Including Japan. Washington, Oct. 10.?Stoppage of cotton shipments to northern Eu- ' rope and neutrals has resulted In ;/'$ such a surplus of the staple in this country that the exports administrative board today determined to per- j mit for an indefinite period the ex- , ; portatidn of raw cotton to the allies without license. When the licensing of exports became effective Septem- ' ber 7, last, the board permitted the exportation of cotton to the allies nnfliAnf v\Avmifo ??fil ?I1 v WltUVUU pcilillbo Ulll/ll VUWWft VJb'f ' > Jf next. It was explained that there now is ample cotton in the United States to supply the nation's needs, includ- t' ing the increased amount of cottoa- .'ft needed in the army and navy, and still leave a great amount for ship- "jfo ment to the United Kingdom, France Italy, Japan and Russia. The board's statement said: "The exports administration board has determined to extend ndefinitely < 11 _ _ 1 15 : j d me special licenses issueu uu ocj?tember 7, 1917, through the customs service covering raw cotton shipped to certain destinations. At that . time shippers were informed that in- i dividual licenses would not be re- \V; quired for shipments for raw cotto*,',;v.'; to allied countries, their colonies, ' ' ^ possessions and protectorates, ?or ' directly to Russia, provided such ^ shipments were covered by railroad ' r and ocean bill of lading dated on or before October 31, 1917. 1 "The board now rules that until ."5 further action no individual licenses will bp required for the exportation of raw cotton to the United King-. 1 dom, France, Italy or Japan, their % colonies, possessions or protectorates or directly to Russia." SAILORS FROM RAIDER SEEADLER ARE CAPTURED NEAR THE FIJI ISLANDS Melbourne, Oct. 8.?A boat load of German sailors, members of the crew :.J|i of the Seeadler, were captured in the vicinity of the Fiji Islands, accord- r ing to a report received here today. A steamer which was approaching Wakaya island was said tjo haVe sighted a suspicious looking armed launch. The steamer bore down opon the tiny vessel and signalled it , ~ ja*. tu/v n/mworie oa |jj LU SUi iCIlUCl i jl1ic uti uiaiiu u?m wv. i They were surprised and overcome f with anger when they discovered their captor was entirely unarmed. 3ARD I ' ^ vay Company RAILWAY OF THE ' rH" ? or-Cafe Cars. 1 Sleepers. t ; i, South, East and West. . * other information, call A i tei ngeiu ur wmc FRED GEISSLER, w i . Asst. Gen. Pass'r Agt. S. A. L. RWY., Atlanta, Ga. .