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Established 1844. , !t THE PRESS AND BANNER ,1 ABBEVILLE, S. C. _ c The Press and Banner Company 1 Published Tri-Weekly c Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. \ Entered as second- i,iass matter ai " post office in Aoheville, S. C. I ? ; r Ten as of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00,( Three months .50;* r MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1920. jf U GEORGE FORSAKES CALHOUN \ I ' ? It had been our understanding that ^ Col. George Warren, candidate for ^ the United States senate to succeed I Cotton Ed, was a Calhoun statesman. 1 Kis advertisements have so stated, * * a and a great many people have voted for George with the understanding r that ne recommended himself as the' g I I successor to Calhoun and as the only r real champion of the things for which t Calhoun stood. j r But not so. Everybody, who knows. i even a little about Calhoun, could e tell you that South Carolina's most r noted statesman would never have v consented -to the adoption of the c eignceenin ^or prumuiuuii; umenu- ~ merit. The framers' of the United C v States Constitution had been able to ( reach an agreement on the provis-'l' ions of that instrument only by giving to the Federal Government v L":h power; as were necessary to the1 management of the affairs of the gov-'" ernment at large, while all other powers weres reserved to the several * states, and among these powers was the right of every state to manage its own internal affairs without inter-' ference from either the Federal Gov-'v i. nment or any other state. And e :tatesman of the school of Mr. Cal-' I i:oun were strict constructionists, y .already, too much had been conced-' ? < .1 to the general government* and:^ ;hey were jealous of the rights of the .vtites. They were strict constructionand opposed tc any encroachi .-nt on states' rights either by too * :>ee a construction of the constitu-'* . :k>n itself or by amendment thereto.' And nobody doubts that Mr. Calhoun * had he been at the time in the Senate would have voted against the * i-'frhteenth amendment, nor does any- a - J-- J...V1 -Li J. 1 ... u uy uuuuu i/iiai, nv wuuiu, wcic uc v. living, vote to.repeal this amendment were he to have the chance. i i For the reasons stated, when Mr.'v Warren came out for the Senate as I a Calhoun democrat the people be-; ii lieved and assumed that he was in fact that. But according to Mr. War-j" ren they are mistaken. Mr. Warren 1 6eems to have so announced himself, as a Calhoun democrat either through | d ignorance of what Mr. Calhoun real-|t ly stood for, or his announcement b was merely to catch votes. He has repudiated Mr. Calhoun's doctrines S of a lifetime. He announces now in a. letter to The State that he stands for, the eighteenth amendment, and as we | understand him, would have voted for it. j He, therefore, is no longer a states t rights candidate, no longer a Calhoun ii democrat, but puts himself along 11 with those who believe in usurping h the rights originally reserved to the S states by the constitution. | h But after saying he is for the i< eighteenth amendment, Mr. Warren comes out with the unfortunate o statement that, notwithstanding, he t would now favor a modification of c the Volstead enforcement Act. In s other words, Mr. Warren is perfectly 1: , willing to allow national prohibition' to remain as adopted if he can take'a away the power to enforce the'f amendment. He is perfectly c willing for the law to stand <1 if it is to be a dead letter. In other t words. Mr. Warren has learned by 1 this time that no man who is against 1 prohibition can win in South Caro- i lir.a, and he therefore, forsakes Mr.': Calhoun and his doctrines, which he c has so boldly proclaimed heretofore,1! nnr] nntc Jvmsolf in flip rlnss nf c SQUIRMERS and STRADDLERS for j votes. ; i Mr. Warren knows as well as knows his name that the eighteenth \ amendment without an enforcement ; law with teeth in it would be a farce < and a reproach to the people. He < Knows that the law would be violated : and the people impotent to protect ; them?elve=. But he must placate the v ^ ' rohit.'troristr. R"t he cr.nnot do i >y straddling. Neither can Mr. Warren longe :laim to be a Calhoun democral iVhen Mr. Calhoun believed a thin le said so. He stuck to his side of th :ontrcversy. He made no comprc nises to win votes. He may not a. vays have been right, but he was cor ;istent. He spoke from principle an '.cted from principle. We are sorry for Mr. Warren. H nade love to the wrong lady. * t- * * Well, the boys are to be disappoint ;d again. They thought that all thi alk of George's about states' right neant the right to get liquor, and t jet it by the legal sale of at least a rood brands as light Tyines and beei vhich of coufse meant that the ligh vines would constantly get heaviei md sooner or<Jater, we would agai] lave the legalized sale of liquor i: his state. That is what they thought Jut George does not stand for th egalized sale of even light wines an* >eer, he now announces. He ' wou! illow the eighteenth amendment t? tand, but take away the enforce nent Act, which would mean mor Savannah River "white lightning" bu 10 real liquor. He says that all hi alk about states' rights has been fo 10 purpose except to allow the ladie o make blackberry wine for the dys ntery. Well, what a fuss George ha aised for a little sweet blackberr; .*ine, and that too when the boy; ould see the real stuff "bottled ii ond." It is nothing now boys, unde: JeoiVe's latest declaration of hi Calhoun democracy, except a dea< etter law and more "moonshine" il ?gally sold, and blackberry wine a ^ne at home. Well, give us Cotton Ed and i kag" of 'simmon beer, and don' doI us any mors. COTTON MILL TALK. The Board of Selectmen of Abbe ille Cotton Mills is sending to al mployes of the mill a card each wee] rith a message intended to be o lelp to these employees. The follow the message this week: four Success Does Not Depend Oi "Luck!" v "When a man or a woman SUC }EEDS, when he or she is promote! o take a Job Higher up? "Someone always says, 'Gosh, he' iUCKY!" "That's NOT the truth! "He DESERVED his Promotion nd because he DESERVED it, hi JOT it! # LUCK did NOT enter in! Many, many nights, this Fellov vho got the promotion, was Horn* 'REPARING for it, STUDYING fo When the Chap who believes ii LUCK" was out-having-a-Good 'ime! Would it not be wise to put you ependence in PREPARATION fo: he Job you WANT?and forget a out LUCK?" OUTH FACES BATTLE OF THE YEARS IN COTTON PRICES THIS FALI (Manufacturers Record.) A director of one of the large cot on mills cf New England was talk rig recently to a Southern friend IV e are getting a little bit anxious,' e said, "because it looks as if th< louth now had enough money t< old her cotton until we pay what i 3 worth." Th^ gentlemen in question did no bject to the fact. He himself fel hat it would be a good thing foi otton to bring a fair price. He wa: peaking rather for men with whon ia is associated. The persistent effort of the Feder .1 Reserve Board to drive down th? >rice of all commdities, which mean if all products of the farm, has beei is successful as might have been an icipated. The pawnbrokers, who hav< >ad rather lean years, declare tha msiness is picking up. Men engagei n legitimate production have beei cporting that business is slackini Sown. The Department of Justice ha j2011 investigating the closing dow: >f woolen mills in New England. I :e' d not have wasted money sendin: is agents so far north. It had only t hop down to the Treasury to fin Kit that "quit buying" was a sloga an imporant "quit buying" was logan of an important branch of th Government. The fight against th vgh cost of living becomes strenuou ivory year just as the crops are corr rg tfj market. The f-peculator is thu t ab'n tc buy at a low price. By .the :'me he gets through with the public \ r thereafter it is another summer and t. time for another anti-highprice cam. g paign. It must fill the hearts of cer_ I e tain officials in Washington with joy to see the cotton quotations and the l-'wcol quotations and realize that they i-'have been able to force prices down j d :c!:w cost of production. j r.\.t the South has received at least e tj-.are of her earned profit on 1 the last few cotton crops. Had she j r.ct been robbed for 50 years, she would long ago have had ample capis tal. Now she has some. She has s enough, unless the Federal Reserve o Board begins a direct attack on the s commodity, to hold tne present crop until the price is fair. The New t Z.iglind director has visualized the , fact. There is enough money in the n South to prevent the usual exploitan tlon. I Not only that but the American e Cotton Association is fully convers3 ant with the commodity situation, 1 and in it the producers have a ready o source of information to which they - can turn for instruction. They need ? not sell for 30 cents or for any other t number of cents unless the price reps resents <iost of production with profit r, added. s It has been, the statistics seem to "show, the most expensive cotton crop 3 ever produced. Every factor of cost f has been higher than before. Some s may, under unusually favorable circumstances, have made big yields,! r and so have reduced their unit cost, s but the average cost has certainly been far up. A low estimate would be 30 cents the pound. It would be t a world disaster if cotton sold at I near that figure. * It would mean *1 that what labor there has been in the fields would be even further curtaili cd. It would mean the abandon- . I ment cf additional acreage, not for i one season, but forever. The Britj ish know this, and that is why they r . were advised last year to forsake the i j j policy of driving down prices, to in- j ^ l cist that prices be kept at attractive f.figures, if for no other than the selfJ ish reason of increasing production. j But such motives make no appeal to ?;ihe speculators. They want to cash in quick, and all they care about is t j driving down prices until they have t " the actual cotton ir: their hands. t Then they will be reaiy enough to i bull the market. \ r ' - J s, If the American Qotton Association states what is a fair price for , C*V? AllM Vinl/1 llTl I tULLUIl, CVClJf laiiilVi Mivutw **y?v?, ?... ^ i, til he gets that price. It is with liim 1 e mere than the money from one crop; , C jit is his fight for independence; his t p.;.'.t!: for freedom. When he sells ^ v for less, he does not merely dispose ? bjoi his cotton; he barters away,too, a j, r| part of his self-respect. This is the critical year. As the ij New Englander said, the South now -j has enough money to compel decent ; treatment. The time has passed e rwhen distress cotton can be the ba- ^ r rometer of prices. ' Jg COTTON ~ ;s i I I e Uncertainty dominated the cot-.1 ton market during the past week. * ? Daily fluctuations of over a hun- '. dred points, day after day, are not' normal and can only be explained ^ - by a feeling of semi-panic on the - part of those interested in the^com- . . modity. Those who were holders of ' cotton contracts were sellers be- j g t MICKIE SAYS: n 71 XTRAENDS,A LOT OP SOc\ \UUO APE READtN* ~\U\S PAPEP SUUO| t APE LOOKAM' KAE. \>A T\V EME PUaWf ( f vio-w vouo ape doe -0 sup us-iuy, , S CUSTOVAfcP* <o\VAOLEOM5 TVUS <y ! t I NUCEV1 FES AHOIUOZ. MEMifc SO?-) ; < < SGPAP-nOK>, OMUN NOO'O VAWOC <s , j f FCPGOT AQOUT k fcOT PER KAE ,'K) 1 FS WOW \\IE PEKMN&ED MOU, 1 -odu- AU. \<\e^.\N SOOKW i Dvort <&? \vi ^wmAy/ i FR.\eKi? eossy?-? ? - " * A/* t jv*** is " i Qountij THE TIME,' TIME. T] it. Don' THE PLA in this b; I things? WAY. Tt hesitate'. WE PA ICoun (SOUND G. A. NEUFFER, Presidei ALBERT HENRY, Vice-P :ause of declining spot markets anc msettled financial conditions Those who wished to enter the mar :et at the lowest possible point wer< myers on the davances, believinj )ossibly, that the deterioration re )orted during the past week or s< vould stimulate mill and export de nand. The futility of reports estimatinf he crop in percentage of a fluctua ing 100 per cent was shown agaii ;his week when a condition of 67.{ )er cent was issued on Wednesday rhis condition was lower than ex jected but its influence was sjior ived as the growth was mathemati :al)y figured to be 12,783,000 bale! (indicated on August 25th). Thi: imount, with the carry-over is con iidered more than sufficient to mee he needs of the world even shoulc lemand increase later. At present lowever, the tendency is toward re luced production of manufacturec joods and retail trade is falling apidly behind last year. Mill and export buyers are nol ihowing any anxiety to buy, and un il the demand is on a far largei ;cale than now exists lower price; ippear probable. It must not be overlooked, how iver, that cotton is now selling at i >rice, generally admitted to be low. ;r than the cost of production, causng many who can, to hold at leasl l part of their crop, and damage rom storms or frost might be the ignal that would cause heavy buyng by consuming interests. We consider tne maricex unusuaiy dangerous at present, and sug est care in making fresh committlents until the market resufnes a nore normal course. Springs and Company. HE WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF [ HE GREAT AGRICULTURAI COMMITTEE. Senator Smith wil 3C the chairman of the great agrrcul iral committee of the next congresi f re-clectcd. Can South Carolina af Ford to miss this chance to head thii mportant committee? The answer ii -VOTE FOR SMITH.?adv. JNCLE SAM NEEDS MORE EFFICIENCY Franklin Roosevelt Urges Govern ment Policy?Will Save Money Augusta. Maine Sept. 4.?A defin ite progr. i for government ompioy ses to deve.o^ an efficient and wel paid personnel in all department: was advocated here tonight by Frank lin D. Roosev. it, Democratic nomine* for vice president. "The government service'" he sai( "can be i/.cveased in efficiency b; riving adequate salaries and at thi -ame time demanding vastly bette vvoil:. In doing this the total cost o ' Savings < THE PLACE and ie ti mteo save money is w' rt wait. Tomorrow brings CE. ..The place to put youi ank, where you have the th -Service, Safety and Sounc ie way to do this is to DO Y 5 PER CENT. ON S. DEPOSITS. ty Savings SAFE S it. r ^ R. E resident. . P. E. 1 the government can be very material ly reduced." Mr. Roosevelt charged that the last Republican congress had been dere- v * lict in its duty in failing to take ac- * tion on a report of a congressional a ) committee providing for the reclas- * sification of government service and r reitei'ated instances of his own ex- e r i ' perience as a department executive 1 with congress in an effort to improve ? ) the service,. , * "I had for over a year" Mr. Roose- J velt said "'a standing offer with the . committee on appropriations of cone * " - - ? - - _ - - t j gress that I could save 7 1-2 per cent * ? of the total of all navy salaries if 5 ( ..they would give me authority to fix | the pay of these employees. I would e t! have done this by discharging many j of the least efficient employees and f taking part of the pay to increase the efficiency of those who were left. If j this same purpose is carried out it: ^ will save the tax payers several hun-j^ dred millions of dollars in the course n t of every succeeding year. However, 'in line with its well and long estab-'^ r lished custom congress paid no atten-'d j tion to my request." jC( ' -n J Austin-Perrii I THE P | FC | DRUGS an if ARTK ;| NUNN^ - ffi That means the b< V ffi shipment received * y; week. A shipment I CIGARS and C r H ^ ^ne . Sj constantly LSj <5 0 W* :i Aiisiiii-fern ; jjj The only exclus i'S in tc sS Phone 107 J r I -? t SBank I ? [ THE WAY I I hen you get ^ n temptation. ^ * .-* ' \,v r money is H ' ^ ree needful 9 h Iness. I n tt n^n'f m AX# X/VH U ICvj v ' ' AVINGS * ' Wm '4 Bank _? ER VICE i H . COX, Cashier. . BELL, Asst. Cashier. ffl - Hr H ========= . ^ .0 INVENTION A SUCCESS We trust that Capt. P. M. Feltham rill be made a multimillionaire ' by lis recent invention. He has patented i" signal for railrobd crossing which ie installed at a prominent crossing v tear Atlanta last week by way of ixperiment and it made good from' v he first signal. Ittis a very simple levice and meets* every expectation. Uready it has been adopted by the state Highway Engineer of Georgia. lere's hoping that Capt. Feltham be (laced in the Rockefeller class by his >ractical and muchneeded deirise that / 1 rill prove to be a wonderful life sav-7 : - J A :l ur preserver, uug^neiu auvcuw >r. ' ' ' ? v -- \ ?.,, ?. ROMINENT RICHMOND MAN TAKES OWN LIFE Richmond, Va., Sept. 4.?John T. i mderson, 61, prominent business lan, clubman, horse man and direc)r of the Virginia State Fair Assoiation, shot and killed himself toay at his home here. He had reently been in ill health. I n Drug Co. |; LACE 1 I >R I d TOILET I /LiU J Qj iLLY'S H sst c&ndies. Fresh ffi several time each jjj t t.oday." ^ CIGARETTES | | the best brands Ifi on hands. jjp i n Drag Co. 1 . ive Drug Siore jfi wn !fi Abbeville, S. C. jfi \ \