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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. .Entered as second- Liass matter ai j post office in Aoheville, S. C. Terns of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 Three months .59 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1921 THE GOOD ROABS* BONDS A bi!} has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Moore deferring the sale of the bonds for the building of good roads u??il February 1922,1 $rid further providing that these j bonds may not be sold for less thanj par net to the county Both provisions of the bill, we j think, will meet with the approval f- f . ^ * N of the great majority of the people of the county. If the question of is rm ?ror*A flio ! SUiXig vv/iiuo ww wic. i/w&y&v vmv people today, the vote would be five to one against the issue. The losses sustained by the people of the coun ty, with the already high taxes which 1 \ * * the people are called on to pay, warn! fll of us that it is a time for retrench ment and not for the assuming of Still greater burdens. At the same time when another crop shall have been made we may nind that condi-' tions are so changed that we can do \ the work contemplated by the bond' issue, if the people then are so minded. Whatever may be tne opin:w.i of the people on the foregoing subject, we take it that they are unanimous in requiring that the bonds of the, county bearing five and one-half per cent, interest shall be sold for par | net to the county., The suggestion i that we give some bond broker eight or ten dollars on every one hundred dollars for selling these bonds, wheth- j er you call it a discount, commission, or what not, should not appeal to the i people of the county. We do not, think it does. \ It has not been so many years' since bonds of the city of Abbeville, bearing five per cent, were sold for' v more than par. The bonds of other municipalities bearing even a smaller; rate of interest have been sold in! the years past for more than par. It, is true'that these bonds cannot now be sold for these prices, but the fact, that they cannot should be proof that j now is no time to rush into further debt. Certainly th<e burdens of the government with high taxes every-j ^ where are hard enough to bear with- j * out selling our,dollars, which we are to pay in the years to come, at lessj than a hundred cents. The usual cry will go up about the : rAQ/lc in fVift --* 1-? ? - 1VHUJ 111 V11C IICAl ' J.C w w II'J doubt. The roads will be bad, we may, ( be sure. But the people will do well 1 ) not to use them too much just now. ; If the people are not going to us<ij much fertilizers the present year they will have little use for good roads this spring. They will be able without much difficulty to get to: town to spend what money they have j to spend, and even to pay their taxes' if they have the money for this pur-'; pose. i Besides we have no assurance that the roads, if built with the proposed ! bond money, would be kept always in gooa condition at this season of the year. We have just read an ac count of the bad condition in which the roads from Greenville to Hen dersonville and other points in the mountains now are. These are some of the "good roads" about which we have heard so much. Are we to under-' stand that these "good roads" get in i bad fix in the winter months? If.so}'. W&at is to be gained by spending a million dollars on our own ^ roads? We have good roads, when they are properly worked, for about: V nine or ten months in the year, with mif tho omoriHitiiro Wo Viaxro Kann told that we would have good roado the whole year if the bond money is spent, but it would seem not so, if the mountain roads furnish an index to 1 what we are to have. There is plenty of time to think1 over these matters. Surely we may all agree that bonds should not be issued just now, not even though the banks could use the money in their business to good advantage. . , EWS OF THE CITY SCHOOLS Basketball Game Friday. | TheJirst match game of/ basketball of this* season will be played on the court at the high school Friday after noon at 4 o'clock between Honea Path and Abbeville. From rumors reaching here from the Anderson County town a strong quintet is be ing sent out which has challenged hoth Greenville High and Bailey Mil f jitary Academy. Mr. Daniel and Chic I Galloway, the coaches of our boya' i teams believe that Honea Path will have to fight for every goal they make Friday afternoon. Abbeville's line-up will be probably: Donald Harris and Billy Long, forwards; Austin Roche, center; Bruce Gallo way and Harold Tate, Guards. The substitutes are Thomas Maxwell, Robert Mundy, Robert Link, Rayford McMillan, "Pink" Socrates Bradley and Edwin Barksdale. School Societies Elect Officers. rrid^ was election day in both of the high school literary societies and from the lobbying, electioneering and propagandizing at 'recess time one would have thought some life or death measure was to be decided by the august bodies. In the Lanier So ciety the results of the election were declared to be as follows: Pres ident, George Wood; vice-president, Margaret Dawson; secretary, Frances Rose; monitor, Jeansie White; critic, Robert Link. The Palmetto Society elected for President: John Bradley; vice-presi dent, Grace Miliord; secretary, Ada Faulkner; critic, William Long; mon-l itor, Mary Jones. Proper Gander Staff Next Session. ] .The high school faculty have an- j nounced that the following pupils I will assume charge of editing* and! publishing Proper Gander for next session: Editor-in-chief, Jack Brad ley; business manaer, Billy Long; literary editor, Maria Neuffer; local editor, Deby Owen; Exchange editor, Grace Milford; athletic editor, Bruce Galloway; Art editor, Fred Minshall; subscriptions, Ada Perrin, advertis- j ing, Edwin Barksdale and Louis J. j Bristow. Jr. The 1921-22 staff will work under j the direction of the present staff dur ing the remainder of this session in j order that they may be able to take; up the work at the opening of next session. 4,000 OPERATIVES SHARE IN PROFITS r Durham, N. C, Feb. 1?Despite de-' pression in the cotton nrll industry.j the Erwin Coton Mills company and its auxiliary plants in Durham. C<?cl-: eemee and Duke have distributed, the 1920 profit sharing dividend to' 4,000 operatives. The dividends which amounted to! considerable money for each opera tive came with an announcement that: the mills beginning this week, will operate on a five days to the week ba-| sis instead of two or three days the < basis in force for the past severali months. It is said that some of the Vene tians?those who have never been to tne mainland?nave never seen a horse in all ^heir lives. Beautiful Glass I have just received a shipment of Cut Glass, Bric-a f .17711 IT com nonow ana i The prices are in acc ward trend of the ma vited to come in and i F. E. HAR JEWI Abbeville, FACTS ABOUT COTTON About 60 per cent of the world's supply of cotton is grown in Ameri- j ca. Cotton is indigenous to all tropical \ and semi-tropical countries. Sea Island, grown off the Atlantic | coast of the United States are the. finest cottons in the world. Boll weevil has about destroyed j the Set Island cotton industry. Boll Weevil first appeared in the j Ufiited States at Brownsville, Texas, j in 1892. \ j A single pound of cotton has been ; spun into a single thread more than j 1,000 miles in length. The prospect is that there will be | an unspun supply of American cotton ! 'at August 1, of 9,607,000 bales. Be-J fore the war the*aerage amount of j cotton on hand at that date was about i ; i;200,000 bales. , The "Visible Supply" of cotton, and the total supply on any given date are two entirely different things. Manufacture of cotton goods is the very foundation of British wealth. There is now enough unspun cot Jton in the world to last about two years. The average price of middling cot ton at 10 leading cotton markets in the South Saturday was 14.03 cents. The statistical year for cotton runs from August 1st, to July 31st. U. S. Census Bureau reports 12, 016,000 bales ginned to Jan. 16th. The next ginning report will be pub lished March 20th. URGES FARMERS TO REDUCE THEIR ACREAGE American Cotton Association Sends Letter to Clerk of Court Stating Necessity to Cut. (Jolumbia, Feb. 1.?The American Coton Association has sent a state ment addressed to the cotton growers to the clerk of court in every county in the cotton belt with the request that the latter post this statement on the bulletin board in the county court house. The statement urges the cot ton growers to reduce their acreage this year and gives a brief summary of the reasons which makes this ac tion on their part necessary. Replies have already been received from many of the clerks saying that they have complied with the request and officers of the association ex press the belief that a large majority of the 850 clerks in the cotton belt will do so. The notice which is being posted on the bulletin boards in the county cotrt houses is addressed to the cot ton growers and reads as follows: "Restricted exports of American cotton and limited consumption by American mills has rebulted in great depression in the price oi; cotton*and in the accumulation of large ^sup plies of the staple all over the South. The only solution of the problem js to stop producing cotton on a normal scale until the spindles of the world are able to operate on a normal ba sis. No cotton farmer should plant' more than one-third of his cultivated land in cotton in 1921. Production of cotton this year must be decreased 50 per cent so that not exceeding six million bales will be harvested in 1921. Any other policy will be suici dal and will result in untold suffer ing and continued financial disaster Gut l new and attractive -brae, and Silver, 7latware. iord with the down irket and you are in see this elegant line. * RISON, Jr. SLER S. Carolina to the entire cotton belt, including farmers, merchants and bankers. The purchasing power of the entire civil ized world is lower than it has been during the past one hundred years, as a result of. the present financial cataclysm, following the four years' of enormous expenditures of the | world and sacrifice of human life. j "Large farmers who are holding j their 1920 crop for higher prices: should plant no cotton on ?heir lands, in 1921. Others should not plant to j produce in 1921 more than one-half of their production of cotton- Quit the cotton game for one year and produce abundant supplies af corn, oats, hay, peas, potatoes, peanuts and other food crops. Raise hogs, cattle and poultry. Live at home one year and economize. Such a policy if strictly enforced, will result in putting the price of c<Jlton back to living values and will make Southern farmers independent of western corn cribs and smoke houses. A half crop of cotton in 1921 means financial in dependency. Another large acreage in cotton will mean continued financial disaster, wreck and ruin. Sign the cotton acreage reduction pledge and get in line to protect your home and the entire business future of the South. Don't be a slacker in this hour of peril but prove to the world that Southern manhood can -meet and overcome! every emergency which conironts tnem/ MRS. JONES, SISTER OF GOVERNOR COOPER DEAD Columbia, S. C., Feb. 1.?Gover nor Cooper left yesterday afternoon for Ware Shoals, where his sister, Mrs. Sallie Jones, died yesterday. A telegram .informing him of Mrs. Jones' d&ath was received by him on the golf links at the^Country Club this afternoon, shortly before his; train left. SKATED 163 MILES Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 1.?In an endurance contest at the Ice Palace here, finished late last night, Frank Gallagher of ihis city skated 165 3-8 miles in 24 hours. He was in fairly good condition at the finish. HA1 Saturday Night, we'd like to see y< U1 LllCJSC UllUOUCll and Schloss Broth< of our Boys' Suits all of our winter ^ balance of this we Park 'LETS GO' STANDS OUT AS BEST U. S. SLOGAN Washington, Feb. 1.?"Lets go" was the chief battle slogan of the j American army in the world war. There were other popular and ^effec tive phrases used by the troops?^ "V/here do we go from here?" and ! Two Har tv/ Jl WA1ILV/1 Lisenbee and When you want t< enbee", think c little honey-mal I . When vou wanth ,tometrist", just "opposite "to me When your eyes c be sure to thinl r\n * 17 l L?K. V. J McMurray's Victrola Sh i &m\ j ...c % / Hall-Pi Lots of Peof Ought I\ Men's Clothing ai February 5th, will ei 311 come in before th; bargains. {J Kuppenb *rs* Suits for men at I , Men's and Boys* 0( /eight Underwear at t ek. e r & R "When do we eat?" for instance but in the opinion of Col. Edward L. Munson, chief of morale, general staff, was made public today, "For every day use, in rest, or in battle, the slogan "lets go" stands . fore most. None other seems so typically American, so broad and so satisfy ing." , d Words 1 iioer Optometrist remember "Lis- , ?f listening to the cer. o remember "Op say to yourself, ?? * ire giving trouble : of both words. LISENBEE op Abbeville, S. C. ou Advantage )f this... ice Sale? )/e Haoe and You lot to Miss It. and Boys' id Underwear id this sale, and at time for some leimer, Styleplus, ; i Wi l :in ' lair price; aiso an id Trousers, and lalf Price for the