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Established lb44. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. One Year Six Months Three Months $2.00 $1.00 .50 AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Foreign Advertising Representative MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1922. GIVE THE FACTS. The South Caroling Cotton Grow ers Cooperative Association is now fully organized and it has begun to function. We were among those re sDonsible for the success of the move ment in this county and we believe we have a right to speak in behalf of those farmers of Abbeville Coun ty who have become members. Having such right, we desire to say that the acts of the governing body of this organization must be open. The organization will not suc ceed without publicity as to all matr ters affecting the welfare of the members. Having this truth in view the officere have announced the se lection of certain employees of the organization, but no announcement has geen made of the salaries to be paid these officers. It is a fact that the men employed by the organization for the selling and handling of cotton must .be men of great experience, men who have been accustomed to receive large re muneration^, and it will take large BOIMIACO W CUI^IUJ WIV iigttv nuiM v? men. We all understand that, but then that is no reason why we should not know what our officers ar& do ing, and it is no reason why the pub lic should not be advised as to these salaries when we are still asking othei^ to join the organization. It is a mistake to have the appearance of trying to conceal anything. We take it that the directors of the or ganization have nothing to conceal, but when they fail to give publicity to mat.t.pr<5_ thpv annpar to conceal. The fact that officers of a kindred organization are now being criticised for taking large salaries should warn the officers of the new organization of the danger. We notice that an attorney has been employed for the organization. He is a man of ability and it is stat ed that he is greatly interested in the farmers' movement. An attorney is necessary in a good many matters pertaining to the organization and the management of the new enter prise, but the public should know what services are to be rendered by the attorney and what salary, if any, is to be paid him. The people ? i. i i: win suppurt an legitimate CApeuui tures for the success of the move ment, but they will not undertake to pay unnecessary salaries and ex ? penses, Publicity is the word, and without jt we will not succeed. , * TEXTILE MILLS FACE PROBLEM OF COAL Clark Thinks Many Plants in Caro linas Will Be Forced to Close Charlptte, N. C., Aug. 19.?Many of the several hundred textile plants in the Carolinas will be closed down within the next ten days or two weeks, on account of the inability to secure coal, in the opinion of David Clark, editor of The Southern Textile Bulletin, who has just com pleted a tour and survey of manu facturing centers in the two states. This does not apply, Mr Clark said in a statement todav. to mills usine beyond the reach of the hydro-elec tric transmission lines and also those within that territory which operate partly by steam. Even with a large number of coal mines resuming operation, said Mr. Clark, the fuel problem of the tex tile mills is by no means solved, be cause of the railroad strike situation which makes it impossible to haul anything like a normal tonnage. Beetles in the East and West In dies are so brilliant in coloring that they are beautiful as gems. Girls born in July are likely to be faithful in love and friendship, ac cording to an old belief. SIZE OF FIELD. There has been considerable dis cussion on the streets the past week of the correct size of a regulation football field. Estimates of the dis tance from goal to goal have been given from 90 yards to 110 yards. ~ i n-.i? 1Q91 Spalding's urnciai rmieo state that a regulation football field is 100 yards from goal line to goal line and the width is 160 feet. End zones behind each goal are provided ifor the completion of forward passes etc. These end zones should be 10 yards each. All of the discussion was brought about by the grading of the athletic field in rear of the new school build ing. The actual grading being done there is 100 yards by 100 yards. But there remains sufficient space for end zones which will be provided before completion of the field. It is also estimated that by plac ing home plate in rear of the corner of the athletic field next the Link ?iL.i . Unr.n.Knl] siiorrmnH nf piupei i,y Uiiat a uadcuan ?? ample dimensions may be provided. Looking from the proposed site of home plate it appears to even so ar dent fans as Col. Jim McMillan and Claude Neuffer that a player who knocked a ball over the embankment behind center field would be entitled to a home run without further dis cussion. MILLION TONS LESS SEED ARE CRUSHED tenini Bureau rigum or vmoa Seed Industry Past Year. Washington, Aug. 19.?Cotton seed crushed during the year, Aug ust 1, 1921 to July 31, 1922, amount ed to 3,001,449 tons, compared with 4,069,166 the previous year and the quantity on hand at mills July 31 was 13,880 tons, compared with 99,821 a year ago, the census bureau an nounced. j Cotton seed products manufactur ed during the year and on hand July ! 31 were: Crude oil Droduced 928.615.566 pounds, compared with 1,309,183,279 and'on hand 6,897,496 pounds, com pared with 18,762,794. Refined oil produced 839,783,005 pounds, compared with 1,170,348,114 and on hand 164,452,709 pounds compared with 228,263,633. Cake and meal produced 1,351, 884 tons, compared with 1,785,986, ar.d on hand 67,388 tons compared with 36,303. Linters (five hundred pound bal es) produced 398,022 bales, com pared with 441,102 and on hand 40, 811 bales, compared with 124,377. Hulls produced 935,074 tons, com pared with 1,256,269 and on hand 25,816 tons compared with 73,280. IJull fiber produced 42,122 bales compared with 87,223 and on hand 34,362 bales, compared with 30,676. Grabbots, metes, etc., 12,079 bales compared with 8,891 and on hand 1,522 bales compared with 6, 620. Exports of linters during the year were 132,295 bales, compared with 51,409. Exports of oil and cake and meal not available. GOOD ROADS BILL . FAILED TO PASS Georgia Legislature Votes Millions For Pensions. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19.?Following an all-night sitting, punctuated with stormy debate the 1922 session of the Georgia state legislature came to a close at 5 o'clock this morning with many bills of more or less im-l portance crowded out. The final session, however, ac counted for the passage of the ap propriation which provided $2,451, 000 for Confederate pensions for the years of 1922-23 and wiped out the present distinction between the old and new pensioners. The good roads bonds issue bill uroo fft nrAtri/ln tQ AAH AAA fa match a federal appropriation after a spirited debate, was killed out by the house, when a substitute propos ed by the senate in the afternoon 'was introduced on the floor. A bill to provide a biennial session of the legislature instead of the present annual session was also killed. Special appropriations for the state university system, were passed in the closing hours of the session, but no provision was made by the legislature to raise the revenue to make the funds available. Only a few members remained on the floor of either house when the resolutions to adjourn sine die were passed. The sessions, whose legal V fc V LOWNDESVILLE > \ Master Lawrence Barksdale cete brated his seventh birthday on Mor day afternoon at the home of hi grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. I Cooley, by inviting ,about twentj fnttr nf Viit- litfla friPTlds to TY1PP with him. The little folks engage in merry games on the pretty law: until they were ushered into th dining-room to partake of cream an cake to their heart's content, serve by Mesdames Cooley, Jackson an Speer. The dining room was brig}] with flowers, foliage plants and th birthday cake with its seven glovi ing candles. The remains of Mr. Frank Hucl abee, who died at his home in Cer + * ?! ti'orn KfOllO-Vlt hprp TlJPSrtav ni ternoon and interred in Smyrn cemetery by the side of his fathei the late Henry Huckabee. The d< ceased was a victim of typhoid feve and was in the 23rd year of his aj:i He was a quiet, industrious youn man and a member of the Methodic church. He is survived by his youn wife, his mother, one brother an several sisters. A short iburial se; vice was held at the grave, conduc ed by Rev. M. Ballenger in tt presence of quite a number < friends and relatives. Miss Christine Kay is spendin several days in town with her state Mrs. Mark Speer before going f Hickory, N. C., where she will tea< this winter. Miss Alpha Barnes has gone i Griffin, Ga., to spend some wee! with her cousin, Mrs. Leland Traylo Miss Barnes will return to Winthrc College in the early fall and ent< the senior class. Misses Mildred and Alva Hodg with their pretty little sister, Car line, of Starr, were pleasant visito in town during the week. Mrs. Russell Garner and two ch dren of Cordova, Ala., have gone Union to visit relatives before r turning home. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Allen and tv daughters of Americus, Ga., are < a visit to his father, Mr. Bolin Alle Dr. Allen took his father to Ande son for a day's outing, the first tin Mr. Allen has been out of his hon for nearly two years. Master Lawrence Barksdale h returned from a several months' vis to his paternal grandparents in A gusta. Misses Bessie and Alice Harpi are attending house parties durir the week, the former in Greenvill the latter in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. McCalla ha^ returned from a weekend visit 1 I relatives at Greenwood. Mrs. Henry Moseley and h< sweet little daughter, Eleanor, ( Anderson, are visiting her siste Mrs. Mark Speer. Mrs. Moseley lu many warm friends here who ai giving her a most cordial welcome. Mr. Jas. H. Bell has returned froi a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Berkele of Spartanburg. Mrs. Ray Hare and children c Augusta are guests of her mothe: Mrs. Woodward at the home of M: A. V. Barnes. Mr. E. J HuckaJbee has returne frnm o nlooaont trin +n mniir tains of North Carolina Mr. Willie Bowman of Chicag< 111., on a visit to relatives. Mi Bowman holds a responsible positio in his adopted home and is a youn man of fine parts. Dr. Kirkpatrick spent the wee! end in Hendersonville with his fan ily. > .? ?? Misses Alice Linder of Andersoi Eleanor Fisher of Anderson an jAlthea McCurry of Atlanta, hav been the pretty guests of Mrs. M< Calla for the past week. Miss Nelle Hill of Easley has r< turned to her home after a pieasar visit to Miss Alice Cooley. Rev. N. G. Ballinger has been quit unwell for several days. Mr. Wallace Cooley spent la! week in Iva. the guest of his siste Mrs. T. C. Jackson. Messrs. Ray and Ralph Clinkscah of Elberton, were business visitoi on the streets during the week. Mr. L. D. Gillespie, Sunday Schoi secretary of the Upper Carolina Coi ference, was a business visitor i period is set at fifty days, is claime by some members to have run fifti one days, and a question is raise as to whether the legislation acte upon yesterday and during the nigl is legal. ? town a few days since. ^ Miss Georgia Harper is the guest i> of her aunts, Mesdames Tate and ^ Martin of Elberton. ^ Mrs. Margaret Ficquet'te and her son, Mr. Charles are visiting rela tives at Toccoa, and Elberton. s Mrs. Camille Lemmon has gone ^ Autrell, Ga., for a short stay before r_ going to Anderson to make her home September 1st. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Otis Jones of Elber ton, are guests of her father, Mr. ? Jno. McMahan. e j Friends of Mrs. Kittie Latimer ^ Kay will be sorry to know that she ^ is quite ill at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ottie Brownlee in Anderson. When she recuperates sufficiently she will go to Byron, Ga., to spend the winter with her son, Dr. James Ben Kay. Messrs. Will Nance, Will Broad well, Bob Grant and Alvin Harper went to Abbeville to see the ball a game this week. r' The farmers geiierally are about to give up the fight on the boll wee vil. The streets have been full oi farmers from different sections foi the past week. Among others were: Messrs. Hugh Bowen of First Creek, Claude Ashley of Honea Path, Macl Beaty of Monterey, Jno. Dickson oi Antreville, Will Bell, Ted Campbell, Will Barnes of Midway, E. M. Lan der of Calhoun Falls, S. H. Findlej of Iva, E. 0. Clinkscalws and Jno iWatkins of the Savannah side ol the iMiint.v ATTENTION MANAGERS Managers of the Democratic Pri mary Election to be held Tuesday 29th of August, are hereby notified that books, tickets and boxes are nov ready for delivery, and to call fo: the same on or before Saturday August 26th. J. HOWARD MOORE, 2tcol. County Chairman. Shipment Seed Barley and Ryi just received. We bare Cummin Clover, Rap< and a full line of Fall 'Seed. ', While they last we offer 1-2 gal Ions jars at $1.25 per dozen. Quart at $1.00 and Pints at 80 cents. AMOS B. MORSE CO. I n i rAPr Last g I I Abbe rs Don't Com' A 300 NEW MEN ENTER CLEMSON THIS FALI Old Students Muat Report Septem ber the 5, Others One Day Later. Clemson College, Aug. 20.?Onl; three more weeks remain before thi opening of the thirtieth session o Clemson College during the firs week in September. All old students according to an announcement mad by the president's office, are requir ed to report back on September 6 and all new students on Septembe 6, except those entering the one year agricultural course, who ar due to arrive on October 2. Student who have made-up work to remov are of course due back sufficient in advance of the opening dates t remove their conditions. Though the entrance requirement have been raised, the prospects fc ; a large freshman class are uhusuall . good, says J, C. Littlejohn, registra wIia atat.pn that armroximatelv 80 , new men will enter this fall, th: . being the maximum number of ne men that can be taken because c . the unusually large percentage c r old men returning. The majority c the applicants, Mr. Littlejohn say . are graduates of four-year hig ri|school courses, a noticeable improvi ment in this resnect over the nai r years. The total ^enrollment is like] to be 1,000 or more, at least as larj as the enrollment last session, whic was 1,007. In view of the present financi situation, an additional redaction i , 'board is effective at the beginning < I the session, the price of board p< r month now being fixed at (16.0 r Slight reductions in other fees a: , also effective with the opening < the session. Clemson College being on the di . jtinguished list of the war depar * ment, students who pass the requi 1 ed examination for the R. 0. T. ? are entitled to certain commutatk 9 for subsistence. This, while sou in the first two years, is considerab " i in the last two years for those ta ing the advanced course of R. 0. ' C. work, and is practically equal 'AT \BBEVILL >LINA LE ;ame of se a kkaviIIp Iednesd Vug. 23i ville vs. Ant 4:30 P. M Forget Th e Out And bbeville ^ S CONTRBUTED BY. THE PRESS J I TO CONTINUE WORK THROUGH SEPTEMBER Final Action Upon Charleston Navy Yards Await* Return of Sec* tary Denby. y Washington, Aug. 19.?Tfce act e ing secretary of the navy in conse* f quence of a request by Repreeenta t tive J. P. Byrnes of South Caroline i. instructed officials ?? t.he. ChaTles ton navy yard this morning that the Lucas in course of construction was not to be movelf ".priorlEo. .October 1. "This means thrift of the 800 men working at Charleston will 're main on the job, and that the re maining 400 will be given employ ment at Newport News." according to Mr. Byrnes. "It will (mean also, that the organization at Charleston will be maintained, and that noth ing in fact ,will be dono to detri ment of the yards untill the return of Secretary Denby September 15. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt made it plane to Mr. Byrnes that his order providing for the phan donment of the yards would not be rescided in any event unless by order of the president or the secre tary. ( Mr. Roosevelt admitted that he himself was standing and would continue to stand pat SMITH-THOMAS. Miss Kathleen Smith, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W Smith, was married Saturday even ing, August 12, 1922 to Balph Thom as, son of John Thomas. The cere-' mony was performed by Rev. Mr Wilson, pastor of the Holiness church at the cotton mill, at his resi dence. J-. a state scholarship. Maj. Madison Pearson, comman dant of cadets, is at his post of duty making preparations for the opening of the session, and President W. M. Riggs, who is now away on a shot vacation in the North Carolina monn tains, will return early next "week.' All members of the faculty will of course be on hand in ample time for " * ?s ?e iL? ? line Deginnmg ui uic jcai o num. 11LIJU ? ahi if "*?r i ason in I ay d lerson L ie Date [ neip fin \.ND BANNER.