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The Press and Banner W. W. ?* W. R. BRADLEY. Erillorit. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? arorr WAHnfiaHou at 82 fi year In advanoe. Wednesday, Nov 3, 1909. Ship Subsidy to Put up Cotton Goods' Among other things advanced as likely to help in raising the price of cotton cloth at a recent meeting of manufactures was ship subsidy. Ship subsidy was recommended as a method or a means to that end. We would not vote for ship subsidy down here if we knew it would put cotton up to twenty-live cents a pound tomorrow. No good can come to us out of Nazareth, if Nazareth is north of Mason and Dixon's Line. Would not a market, a better market be built up if we had more traders, more ships, more interest manifested in the staple? What happens in a little town when two or three live real estate agents get busy in it? Why land goes up, houses go up, trading increases, men buy homes, there is something doing. We are not foolish enough to .think that the price of cloth has nothing to do with the price of cotton. We know that the two must go hand in hand. Then why do the farmers of the South refuse to look at this side of the question? Anything that would tend to enhance the value of cotton products should be welcomed by then). Unless there are traders there will be no markets. The teeming millions of Asia and Polynesia are not going to come after our cotton cloth. They will use it if some one brings it to them, but go after it they won't. Ship subsidy is expected to do just this very thing. Establish lines of trade that, at present, are unprofitable. If we had a great merchant marine today the price of cotton would be five cents per pound higher than it is. We do not market our own cotton. When Spain first discovered Cuba her merchants immediately came over to the Island; her ships were there immediately Whatever tobacco and fruits etc, was raised In Cuba, was taken to Spain and whatever Spain had to sell was carried back in exchange, nor did she have to pass any navigation acts to get the trade. She holds that trade today, and she holds it through her merchant marine. Not long since we bought the Philippine Island, and it is like owning land across the river when you have no boat to get to v it. Spain today is making more money out of the Philippine Islands than she ever did {or the simple reason that she still has the trade without any expense of government. Why? The answer is patent, she has the navy. The United States is too big a country to be lagging behind in this Important matter. Sometime we will wake up and then?business. . i Bank of Greenwood Goes Into Million Dollar Class. The total resources of the baiik of Greenwood are now one million. At last report, the deposits of this bank amounted to $650,000,00. This splendid showing must be a source of gratification to the president, Mr. Durst and stock holders, and something for the town to be proud of. ^ i MPtll WAhir ftllUAft ncn ivra mHmm. Babies ?ad Waters Conspicuous by Their Absence. Horuell, N. Y., Oct. 26?Infants are conspicuoas by their absence at the thirteenth annual meeting of the New York State Assembly of Mothers, leading to the presumption that the babies are at home with their fathers. The mothers held preliminary pow-wow6 today and the opening session will be entitled "The Father s Responsibility for the Child." There will also be addresses and papers on the preservation of trees, co-education, forestry, hats and gowns, birds and insects and other topics of interest to mothers. There is a congress for you. There is a conglomeration "worthy of your steel"? pen. The Father's Responsibility for the Child" discussed by the dear long-haired things. The mother's responsibility was discussed year before last. And forestry, it is to be discussed, too, and very properly so. That division of forestry which is to be discussed pertains to the young, wiry, and succulent withes that grow around the roots of peach trees, and which are cut at a tender age to fill a tender mission. And, Oh, ctear mothers, hats and gowns are to be discussed. This is the drawibg card, this is the magnet, this makes the dear things leave the children in charge of the pater for a season. Pope said that the proper study of mankind is man, he didn't say what the proper study of womankind is. If it is not hats and gowns we give the riddle up. Eating For Religious Purposes. The A. E. P. ladies, in their dining hall had more enquiring men to dinner and to lunch than they could accomodate on sale day. They are abundantly satisfied with their success. We heard one man say that he just couldn't eat all that was set before him. He ran off in self defenseafter he had filled his bread basket. The A. E. P. ladies intend to do some needed work on their church and in this way can dispose of their ready cash nearly all of which was clear profit. Each householder contributed a liberal gift in eatables. Dr. J- A. Anderson III. Dr. J. A. Anderson of Antreville went to Anderson some time ago and underwent an operation on his hand. After the operation was performed gangrene set in and now the doctors arm is in a very serious wriaiuun il> is putKSiuie tuat ue may lust? n in order to save his life. He is at present under treatment in a hospitable at Augusta, Ga. The operation to which Dr. Anderson subjected himself was very slight, and it is surprising that it became infected. Hon. W. P. Widoman, orator, singer and prince among good fellows, lent his presence to Abbeville last Sale Day. Mr. J. W. Penney is a good man, a got d judge of newspspers and a good friend to the cause of righteousness. President J. S. Moffat of Erskine College was on our streets last Monday. n . ah si ' - , . 18 Years Experien fflf It | If The ] , Plion Death of A. C Kennedy A. C. Kennedy died at his home between Troy and McCormick on last Saturday, the 30th, of hemorage. He was next to the youngest son of Mr A. Boggs Kennedy and was living at his fathers old home at he time of his death, He was one of a large family, having brothers, Messrs Jno. L. Kennedy, William Kennedy, James Kennedy, U. S. A., .Dr. C. L. Kennedy and two other brothers deceased. There are two sisters, Mrs. Will Britt and Miss Onie Kennedy. , The deceased had been ill only a very short time and his friends were not at all apprehensive that he was in any, danger. Arch Kennedy received his education in the common schools, and while he did not have the advantage of a college training, he had a better mind than hundreds who posess diplomas. He was a man of fine judgment and unquestioned ability, and by his energy and I thrift was making fot himself a handsome fortune. He was just in his prime when he was stricken, being about 38 years old. Several from here attended his funeral which was held at Troy on last Sunday. Model Husband Prize. r\f mnnctrnsif.innt out VillUO^U, iiviiiv VI MVMWVkWwv., t a new one last week, in the shape of a model husband prize. Imagine yourself with all the likely husbands in town up on a box on a long counter being viewed and criticised and judged as to your qualities and qualifications for making an ideal mate. Imagine madam "so and so" squinting at you through a lorgnette and whispering to some other madam fwho looks at you and frowns. Imagine the mesdames of the entire city passing you in review, remarking on your ability Jto bring in stove wood or? ye gods and little fishes!? milk a cow. Then imagine the prize to go to some sunof-a-gun who calls his wife "olo 'oman,' "makes her do the washing and ironing> and won't let his kids hang up their stockings Christmas because they have ound out who Santa Claus is. Imagine all these things, 'and if you would not wish rather that you were a british bull dog instead of a biped so that you could oat the whole show raw, then you are no man. There are no model husbands, there are plenty of model wives but the supbly of model husbands has been short since the j beginning of time. It might do very well to have a mode wife show. There are many to be found in Abbeville who would win a prize, or rather are worthy of a prize?but mode' husbands?no! Cruel And Unusual Punishment(Contributed.) The Constitution of South Carolina provides that "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted". The Anderson Mail of last Saturday, in reporting the proceedings of the city council says: * / "Bossy Smith, colored was the chief offender of the throng assembled to answer to varied charges. He had been arrested for selling a half pint of whiskey, and on being convicted, was given the limit, $100 or 30 days." "Ira Bigby, Will Simpson, Remus Harris Robert Bowie, Will Teasley and Charley Kay all colored, and convicted of gambling, were given their choice between the payment of tines of $50 and serving 30 days. "There were three cases for carrying concealed weapons, all of the offenders being white men. The first had both a gun and a pair of knucks, and was taxed $30. The others had pistols and were assessed $20." For selling a half pint of liquor a negro gets line limit 01 tne oar. For gambling, possibly for playing craps, other negroes were fined $50. White men for carrying concealed weapons were fined $30, If the white men had suffered in proportion to the crime committed as did the negroes we do not see how they would have escaped hanging. The good peeple of Anderson may approve of their mayors crucl and unusual punishment of negroes for selling a half pint of liquor, but we do not believe that a cruel and unjust course can last, these negroes in our opinion were more sinned against than sinning. We trust that no such record' may ever be made against Abbeville's good name. If there is a way of appeal open for the selling of half pint of liquor we do not believe that there is a court on earth which would sustain the sentente of $100 or 30 days. Two statements have recently reached 4Ua ?9 AH..Ar.|r. {.. K n/lnt.P/?n uo kaj uiu iiumuci ui auroio 111 xxnuciaun on the day of the big sho^r. One was to the effect that there were 45 arrests on that day, and auother that the arrests mounted up to something like 6G. There was a circus in Abbeville recently, where as is generally known, the dispensary is still doing business. There was not a single arresst in the city that da>\ It is simply a question between a system that can be controled and a system that cannot bo controlled. Wouldn't Give up Rat'sAssistant Principal of the Erasmus High School of Brooklyn, issued an edict that no girl attending the school should wear "rats" in her hair. Bet you that principal is'ent married. If he is the Alienists should look him over. Nobody but a bachelor or a crazy man would try to promulgate any such order on 2000 women. Kev. J. S. Mills of Due West, was in town Sale Day. S ice in the Furnitui K e r r SHOW AN ATLAN' NOVEMBER 8th ti GREATLY REDUt /nti a n/\ m nv\ SUAiSUiUlU Tickets on Sale Nov. 1 Good for return uutil November 1 extended until November 301 h by pa You can't afford to misB these e Drivers in the world will participate bile Race Track of the World. Races eyery day from November est Automobile Show and Exhibit and Chicago. Ask your Ticket Agent for comp ules, etc., or Cbas. B. Ryan, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va. ENFORCED IDLENESS. t m c Mistaken Opposition to Cotton Mill t Operatives ? Contributed. F Some or our enterprising t-uiimuisw v. ought to build a mill in Laurens that will c buy and use the kind of cotton generally raised in this county. There is not a mill in Laurens county, nearer than Clinton, ? l.hat usfs short staple cotton. So far as it compeii i >n is concerned, our mills ax-e ofJ r very little advantage to Laurens county farmers, as practically all the cotton our 13 mills use is produced in Mississippi.?Lad- t rensville Herald. j Our good friend across the Saluda is a c little off of his base ip this matter. It matters little whose cotton the mills spin and i weave. The profit to Laurens lies in this, c The money that is paid to operatives comes from abroad and is paid out to people in t Laurens. Nearly all the business in small towns like Laurens, Greenville, Anderson e and Abbeville is done with the money which t is distributed by the manufocturers of cot- ( ton goods. The business thrift in these ] towns has increased the value of every foot of land in their corporate limits, and there < is-not a farm in Laurens, or any other of i the towns named, which we assume could < lie bought for less than double the selling < price before the mills wore built. Cotton mills are the farmers' best friends. ] Some ten or fifteen years ago, when we ( had no mills, cotton brought from -11-2, 5, i /* ~ ? -1 rt rw-viirwl T/vlov fhp OflTYlA U U11U I UUUIO a. J^V/UAJV*, J.V/V*W,J W.*v/ , staple brings double price. The Press and Banner however, agrees with the Herald in saying that Laurens needs another cotton mill. And a town like Abbeville or Laurens can build as many as may bo wanted. With two or three exceptions, the cotton mill at Abbeville was built by poor folks and extremely cautious rich folk. The stock is not at premium, but since the mill was put in operation the town has grown more than it did for a hundred years before, We have more people. We do more business and our lands have increased in money value from one hundred to five hundred per cent. With but v'ory few exceptions the stock in the mill was sold to out-of-towu people Our people have tht-'ir money now and the mill, too. The property pays taxes into the treasuries of the city, the county and the Statespveral thousand dollars, so that every man is saved his pro rata share. About one hundred thousand dollars of v foreign money is yearly brought, here and 1 paid to laboring people, and these la- ' boring people turn their money loose. c Whon the mill was first started some families quit the lien business and went in- s to the mill where they made good wages * and had the ready money to buy for cash 1 whatever they needed. One family that had lived from hand to mouth, with very scanty supplies, soon after coming to the rr.il! Ytnrran 1 n Hrnw nTOI' $100 nfir innnt.ll. They paid old debts, bought furniture and 1: carpets for their homes and wore good clothes. And the last that we heard of r them: they were enquiring the price of an f: organ. I While many good men have in ignorance s sought to prejudice the people against cotton mills, yet we think when they are better informed they will change their mind,.60 jis to believe in the future that the enemy of cotton mills is also a public \ enemy. t This opposition to cotton mills gained t such popularity with the unthinking politicians that they passed a law causing en. forced idleness of the poor man's child until he was about ready to leave the roof ? tree. That law, by good men who have gone to the trouble of informing themselves, must be regarded as the most iniquitous law that disgraces our statute books. Of course it is all right for the Legisla- ^ ture to protect children from engaging in ? dangerous work. It is right for instance \ - * \ : vr.,-^Vv-v-r..- v; I re Business has ts ^_J Furn: D RACES j TA,GA. i 1 c ) 13th Inclusive. 1 ED RATES VIA ? AIR LINE i rth to 12th inclusive, f t 6, 1909. Limit of tickets may be yment of $1.00. vents.'The Greatest Automobile j in Races on the Fastest Automo- v a I 9th to 13th, inclusive. , The Larg- r , ever given outtide of New York ? I lete information as'to rates, fched' V V I C. D. Wayne, A. G. P. A.f p Atlanta, Ga. C . i 5 o guard children from the elevator. No * hild should be allowed to attend one. The enforced idleness of children, when hey can get healthful, safe and profitable J cork, is an insult to eve^y intelligent ' loor man in the state, and may do an in- j alculable wrong to the morals and the haracter of the rising generation. The enforced idleness act is class legisltion of the most offensive kind, and it i believed that when the mill people t ealize the enomity of the trick that has eon palmed off upon them ihey will rise in heir mfght and kick every man out of the legislature who would dare to further uaintain the grevious wrong. While we all admit that it is inconvenent to bo poor, it remains for politiians to stigmatise it as a crime. Is the State or the parents of children iheir proper guardians?' If a poor man's children are to remain in snforced idleness, how is he to support ind educate six or seven? No reasonable onscientious, or sensible mpn outside the Legislature can answer this question. A lunatic may talk of compulsory edu:ation under an enforced idleness la without showing the source from whence jomes bread, meat, clothes and other necessary supplies. If idleness is the devil's workshop, what nay be said of a mill village with, say 200 )rt300 children in enforced idleness to omp and run wild? , Is such a condition conducive to morally or to the development of habits of iniustry? Where are all these children to get their "ood and clothing? Can any one conceive of a more cruel or anconscionable act than the denial of la >or to sucn as may neeu money ana wuu nay need to work for it? If the Legislature was either honest or jonsistent in its enforced idleness of ihildren, where is the consistency of the ict against vagrancy? Is the enforced idleness of children to ;rain up men and women to bo vagrants. Some unthinking people may hold up ;heir hands in holy horror of the idea of ihild labor. But have you ever heard a vord about child study? Special Train Last Monday. On account of the play "Beau Brummel" vhich was played in the Opera House on as Monday night a special train was run rom Greenwood to Abbeville to accom>dute theatre goers. Manager Cheatham is making for himielf an enviable reputation as a theatre ilanager. His plays thus far have been lumber 1. Cotton Burned at Hodges. Seventeen bale of cotton went up in lames at Hodges on last Friday. The cotton was burned on the depot ilatforni, which was also damaered by the ire. Simmons and Graham wore the osers. A heavy loss just now when the taple is \\-orth 15 cents. 55 Cents For Cotton Seed. Mr. Frank "Wilson of Watts was in town resterday. He is said to have said that hey are paying 55 cents out there for coton seed?55cets for a bushel and a half. * ] Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Huffman of this ilace left last night for Atlanta and MaconJa., where they will spend some timo vitli relatives. ? r The Rosenberg Mercantile , 3o. are showing a fine line of shoes this season. See them jefore y ou buy. - - - lught us what to Lture ABE Money Comet* in HnnrheH ) A. A. t^bisholra, of Treadwell, N. Y., ow. His reason is well worth readig : "For a long time I suffered from ^digestion, torpid liver, constipation, ervout-nesa, and general debility," be 'rites. "I couldn't sleep, hadnoap etite, nor ambition, grew weaker evry day in spite of all medical treatlent. Then used Electric Bitters, 'welve bottles restored all my old-time ealth and vigor. Now I can attend 5 business every day. It's a wonderj1 medicine." Infallible for Stomach, Jver, Kldueys, Blood and Nervee. Oc. at Speed's drug store. Toil get your money's worth >r your money back at the losenbprg Mercantile Go. For Sale. One of nicest cottages on Wardlaw treet. Large roomy lot, conveniently aranged house, electric lights, large garlen. For particulars see J. S. Stark, or J. L McDavia. Buy your bagging and ties rom the Rosenberg Mercantile Co.' and save money. Forced Into Exile. Wm. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla., vas an exile from home. Mountain ,ir, he thought, would cure a frightful uug-racking cough that had defied all emedies for two years. After six nonths he returned, death dogging lis step*. "Then I began to use Dr. tings's New Discovery," he writes, 'and after taking six bottles I am a* veil as ever." It saves thousands 'parly from desperate lung diseases, ' fallible for Coughs and Oldn, it dis>els Hoarseness and Sore Throat, "urea Grip. Bronchitis, Hemorrhage?, Lstbma, Croup, Whooping Cough. Oe. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guarnteed by P. B. Speed. There Is nothing hetfer that we known1 >r all kidney nilooeDtR than Plneuie0. The; e Ills are reallv excellent Id any cxt-e of slo -v ironhle. For weak l>?ck or barfcach'-, tie ima''c troubles. etc., they areuuequa l> d. ol 1 by C. A. Mi!ford <fc Co. TheT 1 Clothing Clothi FOR I Bring your bo show you the ever shown in absolutely the Baltimore, M( stand at the h have won a m that fit and w BOYS' OVERCI $2.50 It $10. BOYS' SUil $1.50 to $10. UU1 Otu^/A UI J Dlete. Give us a c rhe L. \ I 1 H 'w' - buy, when to buy and where to buy. * ^ I i Only Dependable Furniture sold, by us. '5 j \_"';r '* . H(-, oumpttii y, I tEVILLE, 8. O. ' ..Jg Up to the Hour! J J' ' .-*3 E aim to keep this store stocked with ^ ' everything that you can want as well . as with everything that you need What is old and passe we get rid of, what is old and good ye retain. Again, what is new ana trashy we reject, and what is new and good we take up. v' ;||j T ii i-ii J i j_ 1 ; a. in tms lauer aepanmeni we nave jusi put into stock the latest thing, in the shape of a new 7-Jewel Watch with a price sensationally low. It is called the Ingersoll-Trenton ana is guaranteed miiy ana uz gr i strongly. Size 10, Men's Models %P v Same movement in 10 and 20 year gold filled cases, $7 and $9. It Is worth a call, It only to Inspect. ' : . . ' ?3 1 g TWh n a rm The IpwpIIpi U UiillUUJJL^ ? , CThiteCo.1 . ' . -A Overcoats, ng! Overcoats! iIEN AND BOYS. ' / * ys and come to see us. We will biggest and best variety of styles l this market. We will give you 3 best values. Strouse & Bros., 1., makers of High Art Clothing, ead. They are master tailors and ost enviable reputation for goods tJttr. JATS MEN'S OVERCOATS $5 la $25. S MEN'S SUITS {5 to $25. iten's and Boys' Furnishings is cornall before buying. V. White Co. . -