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' ? ' rjrri" i>nv..?Aatrfii <M??? >^ , 11 Tbe Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, 8.O. Published Every Wednesday by W. W. Bradley, W. E. Bradley, Tresident. Vice-President Wednesday September 9,1914 SUGGESTION AS TO COT TON PROBLEM. - I 4- if /wMtfnin 4I?a ic ft)/i. ? it i.^ tciuuu i licit uic uuiiiu 10 iat ing financial ruin unless some sensi ble and adequate plan for holding up the price of cotton is devised at once. It is certain that funds available from the Aldrich-Vreeland Act will not be a drop in the bucket in so far as meeting immediate demands is concerned. It is certain that unless some decis ive and adequate measure is settled on at once cotton will drop to five cents per pound and the South will lose iu round figures five hundred million dollars, enough to bankrupt two-thirds the farmers and business men of the entire South. The present status of the cotton market then, concerns every man, woman and child, white or colored, in the Southland. It is a question to be handled with hammer and tongs, and will not be solved by a lot of puerile resolutions. In a sense this is not a national question, and yet the nation can well afford to ignore ordinary constitu tional limitations, and use every sur plus dollar in its treasury to save its greatest export from sacrifice. But unfortunately the National treasury v is at low tide, due to depressing war conditions. The burden then must foil on the States, and every dollar of taxable property in the South should be placed in the scale with cotton to hold it to a normal price. It costs ten cents per pound to raise and market cotton. As a business proposition it is safe to invest in any non-perishable product at its cost of production, if the investor can hold until normal conditions obtain. Few individuals unaided can afford to hold their crop products for more than a year, and it looks now as if the European war may last for sev- ( eral years. The State can maintain J present realty and personal values, 1 only by maintaining a normal value for the present crop of cotton, for ( with the decline in cottoiTfill other < values will decline proportionately. 1 This proposition then seems to come 1 within the scope of what the lawyers 1 term "the State's police powers." If this is settled, and some good ' constitutional lawyers say it is, then 1 the legislature should be convened at ' once, and the resolution passed at the 2 cotton convention in Columbia, call- ' ing for the passage of an act prohib- 1 iting the planting of more than fifty per cent, of the present cotton acre age next year, should be made a law. This, alone would help the price of the present crop but it is not suffi cient. People can not hold cotton on sen ti m en t. 11 wou 1 d reo u i re twentv million dollars to tide over the pres ent year in South Carolina alone, and ! the money should be available at once. The legislature then, when convened, should at once submit to the people the proposition to issue , State bonds to the amount of twenty million dollars, bearing five per cent, and running for a period of three | years. The probability is that the entire issue of bonds by the Southern States would be purchased by South ern banks and by insurance compa nies and by Western banks that have no strain on their resources. While it would take 9ome time to mature and put in execution these suggestions, there will be no doubt about the people sustaining them and onee this is evident cotton val ues will become firmer. Of course, whatever plan is adopt ed will have to be uniform through out the cotton belt, and immediate action should be taken. gtffl' When funds have been obtained from this source, the States should gglK lend direct to the farmers, on ware Wm house receipts, at ten cents per pound, making loans in the ordinary ||||[ way through the banks, and allow ||p? ing them one per cent, commission. BBS? The obligation tiiken on the stored cotton should contain a condition that it should not be sold for less than ten cents during the three-year term. - - It would be folly-ft) undertake to fix an arbitrary,price for the stored cotton, if the States did not at the same timellinit future crops by act of the Stnte legislatures during the three-^ar term, but the two provis ififitf'so support each other as practi cally to assure the State from loss. Either, taken apart and alone, would be visionary and worthless. But sum)Ose under the condition laid down Governor Blease will not convene the legislature, which we are not prepared to believe. Then, in that event, all members elect to the legislature should be pledged in advance, and other Southern States should proceed with the plan, as sured that South Carolina will fol low, when the legislature convenes in regular session. No one will deny that the plan herein suggested is possible of accom plishment, and would be effective. No person has suggested any other plan that is effective. Money, in large sums, is needed: jeuch sums as can be raised only by . . . ? < > J? j the ; 'iiti'm'i >ifn"i i->-r r-w v - i' ?i -i??Vj?i ________ j States have protected themselves by, holding the stored cotton as collat-' eral and by limiting future produoj tion, they are in no great danger of id ti mate loss. In the spirit of inquiry we would j like to have our brethren of the press point out the flaws in the bond issue 3UggC9UUll VI Uiuac owiut i/vtivi sjestion. MUTUAL CONFIDENCE. If there hits ever been a time when the people of the State, of all condi tions and classes, should stand to gether for the protection of all, that time is right now. There is not a bank in the State that is not loaded down with crop mortgages. There is not a merchant who has not put out many times his capital either on open account or on lien or mortgage. There is not a far mer who does not owe large sums, jontracted with the prospect of high priced cotton, only to wake to the realization that his paying capacity will likely be reduced by two-thirds. Merchants and bankers entirely understand the situation- They are sympathetic, and are disposed to do 3very thing in their power to aid the farmer, but having already strained to the limit in advancing to farmers, ihev can do little more, consistent with self-preservation, on sound bus iness principles. It behooves the people then, in so far as they are ible without sacrificing their pred icts, to meet their obligations with the merchants and the bankers. When this can not be done fully, it is Dut just that those'who have been heavy borrowers and can not now meet their obligations, place all of their available collateral with the janks or with \he merchants to tvhom they are indebted, in order ;hat they may in turn go elsewhere 'or funds, where the strain is not so jreat. The banks of Abbeville are conser vative. No banks in the State have lone a safer business, and in so far as ;heir ability goes, they will do ev erything in their power to tide over :he farmers' stringency; but we nust help them in every way possi ble. Help them by that economy in >ur own affairs, that will reduce oans asked for to our necessary ivants. We must be entirely honest with ?ach other, and if we believe that )ur neighbor has dealt fairly with us, :o the best of his ability, under ad verse conditions that he could not IttVC lUiCOCCllj OI1UUIU 1I\/C V|/J/IVC0 him. Haif the business of the world is done on confidence. Now, of all times, it is absolutely necessary that we have confidence in each other, ind it is even more necessary that we live up to that degree of confidence that we profess. Question Cleared Up Abbeville Readers Can No Longer Doubt the Evidence. Again and again we have read of strangers in distant towns who have been cured by <bis or that medicine. But Abbeville's pertinent question has always been, "Has anyone here in Abbeville been cured?" The word of a stranger living a hundred miles away may be true, but it cannot have the same weight with us as the word of our own citizens, whom we know and respect, and whose evidence we can so easily prove. 8. A. McC'uen, Abbeville, S.C., says: "I found Doan's Kidney Pills to be a fine kidney medicine and I don't hesitate to recommend them. 4. _ 1? D t> 1 gui a Buppj^ HI X . u, ujjgcu a Drug Store and they relieved me of pains in my back and other symptoms of kidney complaint." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim Ely ask for a kidney remedy?pet oan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. McCuen had. Foster-MilhurnCo., Props., Buffalj, N. Y. MEN CURED FOREVER Byatruespe cialist who' possesses the experience of years. The right kind of experience ? doing the same thing the right way h u n d reds and perhaps thousands of times, with unfailing per manent re sults. Don't you think it time to get the light treatment? If you desire to consult a reliable long-established spe cialist of vast experience, come to mo and learn what can be accomplished with skilful, scientiilc treatment. I nold two medical diplomas and certifi cates by examination and other re quirements from the boards of medical examiners of 14 States in the Union, to gether with over 20 years' experince in specialty practice, I successfully treat Blood Poison, Varicose Veins, Ulcers, Kidney and Bladder Diseases, IMu'ina tism, Gall Stones, Paralysis,Discharges, Piles and Rectal Trouble, Stricture and all Nervous, Chronic and private dis eases of Men and Women. Examination free and strictly confi dential. Hours: 9a.m. to 7 p.m. Sun days, 9 to 2. Call or Write. Dr. Register, Specialtist, 500 In ion Xational Bank Bldg.. Cor. JIain and Kervain Sts . ( OI.IHK1A, N. C. Their Friend In Need. Ford?"Has Suburbs a well-ap pointed house?" Shaw?"He must h^ve. Since he moved out to Lonely Iwifrat his neighbors never think of going anywhere else when they want to borrow anything."?Jndga. " "vr / Treasurer's Report. | i fteport of J. F. Bradley, Treasu rer of Abbeville County for the Year Beginning July 1, 1913, Ending June 30, 1914, ML Williams $ ISO L F Findlcy 1 75 W P Greene 2 75 CJ Lyon 22 no J N Ashley 1 50 J\ .1 M Lawson 12 50 t Postmaster 4 35 ML Douglass 4 00 t Sv A Stevenson 35(>0(K'' J Moore Mars 25 on Abbe W & E Plant 16 27 " ;l 00 W P Green J 2 75 J R Wilson ? 10 25 B C Robinson ' 10 25 F B McClane / 7 95 > r: nil JCAlWttlU 1)1.1 KJ1JCU *j\j H K Burdette . 5 00 K A Clem . 7. 5 00 J L Miner 5 00 JE Blake 5 00 S B McCurry 3 00 J H Gray. 5 00 W W Ed warns 5 00 E G Newby 5 00 XI W Barnes 5 00 M H Winn 5 00 P A Covin 5 00 J F Bradley, Treas 58 34 R Sondley, Auditor 58 34 M L Douglass 33 34 Standard Coal Co 67 30 Crumley-Sharp Hdw Co 6 25 J C Hill 10 00 R S McComb 25 00 W T Magi11 25 00 J W White 20 DO W P Green 2 75 B F Sweetenburg, agt .. 71 06 W D Simpson, M D 10 60 T P Thomson .? 6 60 B F Sweetenburg, agt.. 71 06 W A O'Bryant 12 50 Postmaster 2 00 WP Green 2 75 C J Bruce 10 00 Abbe W <fc E Plant 13 35 C A Milford & Co 16 9u W P Green 2 75 B F Sweetenburg, agt .. 197 42 T P Thomson 6 60 H M Mundy 4 00 G E Putmani 6 00 STEakin 2 42 J F Bradley, Treas 534 20 Abbe W <fc E Plant 2111 J F Bradley, Treae 67 80 STEakin 6 81 C J Bruce 10 00 C J Lyon S 1100 Postmaster .. . 6 00 J M Lawson 12 50 R Sondley 5 10 Abbe W & E Plant 15 56 J F Bradley, Treas 2 00 C J Bruce 10 00 Abbe W & E Plant 24 85 J A Alewine 8 04 J F Bradley, Treas. v. . 950 50 C J Bruce 10 00 STEakin 94 n T 0(1 nil L; uiuuu J A Ale wine 41 57 25 29 S T Eakin 10 10 Abbe W & E Plant 17 95 C J Bruce . 14 00 J A Alewibe 10 00 Standard Oil Co 55 01 (Jrumley-Sharp Hdw Co. 01 10 J A Schroeder 75 00 J A Ale wine 12 *0 " " 8 05 J D Miller, agt 29 1)2 Postmaster 5 55 J F B-adley, Treas 20 50 ? " 28 00 LaBruce "Ward, M D? 9 50 J A Schroeder 450 00 J B Schroeder 280 00 J E Power, M D 5 90 J A Anderson, MB 23 00 E W Ashley 2 00 Farmers Bank 1 00 ? 07 43 it i? 288 32 Abbe Telephone Co 49 00 CJ Lyon 273 05 J C Cox 7 15 A R Ellis and const 160 50 W J Evans 21 00 A F Seawright 3 00 Hunter Brothers 9 03 City of Abbeville 198 33 ' * A F Carwile and const.. 112 50 E "W Ashley l l? P K Black, Ml) 10 00 J E Pressly, M D 22 oo Wm Busbee 75 00 J P Bowen 47 00 Bond & White 35 00 Boweu & Johnson 8 50 J M I.awson 12 50 \V D Barkstlale 3 00 M W Barnes 30 00 J F Burton 100 R 0 Branyon o 13 M F Banks ? 2 00 rr * nn M L Stanton and const. 90 00 J G Huckabee and const 150 00 JMHuckabee. 4 00 W L Bowman 3 00 J K Bell, Ml) 15 00 J W Sign 9 00 Mrs M E Miner 30 00 J M Seawright 6 25 A V Barnes... 13 98 G C Gatnbrell, M D 70 00 > J E Blako 30 00 Geo D Barnard & Co... 21 25 D A J Bell, M D 10 00 , W R Bradley 350 00 J M Brown, MD 5 00 Stark Vehicle Co 20 00 C J Bruce..../ 392 65 B F Morris... / 15 00 H K Burdette ? 5 00 J Moore Mars .' ? 50 00 D H Hill 21 00 Cash Bargain Store ? 6 65 E F White 157 67 JLPerrin 225 00 JOCann... 520 82 Mrs M A Crawford 5 19 O P Campbell 7 88 PA Covin 30 00 HB Cannon 5133 M W Cheatham 20 00 W J Crawford 4 75 S C Cresswell i w M E Hollingsworth 100 00 K E Cox 235 70 " '? 20 35 Peoples Savings Bank .. 350 00 35 0U " .. 1U 00 112 50 200 00 5 00 475 47 12 00 8 00 J II Nelson 00 00 Peoples Savings Bank .. 50 01) W E Ellis 40 01 Peoples Savings Bank.. 50 01 " 404 00 " " .. 15 00 J A YouiGg and const... 70 00 D B Collier 1 'JO AM Smith 4 00 P 11 Cann 1 50 City of Abbeville 10 70 B H Stevenson 12 75 J A Stevenson U 75 Clark Bros 75 National Bank 200 oo " " 50 00 ? " (>52 78 A A Morse 35 oo National Bank <>5 00 " 3 111 GWCade 1*3 05 The Dargan-King Co ... 02 85 Champion Supply Co... 258 33 Cason ?fc McAllister 4 00 Covin & LeRoy 115 08 S T Cade, Ml) 5 oo \I 1 . llnnirlsmK 200 00 Frank Doane 280 00 Dixie Cafe J 00 T L Douglass 1 WJ W C DuPre 2 .10 J B Dawson 12tj 00 J G Dawson 245,00 W W Edwards 10 no The McMurray Dru? Co tw 50 R1I Fuller, MD 13 00 J A Fell 7 *> J F Miller, J of P 1H0 00 It F Vermillion and const 75 00 P B Speed 02 90 .. ; in on J R Glenn l;,(i 2H J M McCun 51 10 .1 C Margin and const... 150 00 T N Mcbre 1 00 rtiiitexi i j ; .V?, i : ...I r ?-i I.',; .I Tt . '-?r?inTW<.i t |7; I ift'tf? It L Mabry 33 7ft j J P Shannon 14 07 i Jos Hicks and const 100 50 j Edward Mitchell 10 00 . Thus Finley 125 00 ! TIk> Good Iloads M Co.. 404 52 I C J Lyon 27 HO j S J Link.... 217 08 PJiilson <fc Henry 51 50 j Happ Brothers Co 248 50 Harris ?fc Calvert 13 50 f S Hays 3 75 i /Hot llustlor Racket 3 74 'West Disinfecting Co... 42 00 / Keystone Supply Co 3 91 J Walker, Evans ?t Cogs / well Co 131 69 ; ?' Webb DuBose 140 00 R W Perrvnian 20 00 The L W White Co 484U 71 GOO 00 10 50 37 41 20 00 10 00 2 00 W A Stevenson 2 25 David Gilliam 12 24 W P Greene 2 75 J H Gray 30 00 A B Hill 2 00 L C Haskell 7 80 UUUUUU-TT IIO'JU WW '*. A L Harvin 1 00 Let! Holloway 83 56 Honea Path t, Co 3 05 F E Harrison, Ml) 5 00 L P Harkness 15 00 S J Hester 7 50 M J Hester 15 00 Inter Harvest Co 43 15 1) S Knox, M D 14 00 Ed Keiser 31 48 T O Kirkpatdck 33 30 P D Klugh 150 L W Keller & liro 38 70 T C Liddell 0 75 H W Larson 7 75 J E Britt 50 00 11 S MeCornb 50 00 SBMcCurry 18 00 D E Newell, Jr 140 00 McCormick Messenger. 5 00 R H McAdams 5 00 G A NeulTer, II D 84 (10 J It Nickles 18 75 D E Newell, Jr 385 00 D E Newell, Sr 4 80 J H Nickles 18 75 Thos Pennal, Ml) 10 00 W W Westfleld 4 60 M L Williams 10 00 L O Beauford 20 65 M J Swink 24 00 1) Poliakoff 5 25 Pressly & Perrin 8 00 T J Price Co 48 G C Pettigrew, MB... 5 00 S C Penitentiary 543 02 J F Palmer 5 64 J F Puckett 19 80 J E Rogers 2 50 Rosenberg Merc Co 28 12 Sou Cotton Oil Co 153 03 S A Speed 2 00 W A Stevenson 711 00 J Allen Smith, Jr 49 60 JFSharpton 5 00 J W Sharpe 3 00 E R Thomson 28 55 J R Tucker 25 00 J M & S H Talbert 8 00 W J Taylor 6 00 J V Tate, M D 17 00 S N Tucker 13 49 W W Wardlaw 55 00 S J Link, acct J R Wilson 2 00 L) E Newell, Jr 40 00 J li Winn 6 25 M H Winn 30 00 J D Wilson, MD 2100 A H Barnett 6 24 Farmers Bank 210 35 Li u iseauu tu, 01 zu uu j A Alewine 39 10 L 0 Beauford 70 00 E G Newby 30 00 National Bank 15 00 " 23 50 ?? 30 00 " 30 00 Henry McNeil 35 00 C J Bruce 19 40 Anna Davis 3 50 Abbe AV & E Plant 14 81 b T Carter, State Treas. 35 00 Win N Graydon 15 00 AV F Perrin 191 11 H A lliehey 11 47 Morrah & Wardiaw 140 00 M E Hollingbworth 8 50 J A Alewine . \ 15 70 J Gam Baskin ' 150 00 Deshazo Brothers 102 00 K E Cox 10000 00 . " 700 00 I ' " 021 02 I " " 10 90 J W Bowtiii 338 18 J A Alewine 17 10 A F Calvert 2 00 U F Swetenburg, agt? 142 56 C J Bruce 10 00 National Bank 759 34 J T stoveusou 22 43 NationalOfflce Supply Co 38 85 J M Lawson, Supt Ed... 3 ?l) W A Stevenson 12 10 j J G Dansby 31 72 Tom Fiuley 20 00 George Lee 1 00 J A Ale wine 32 70 B G Carroll 37 50 B F Swetenburg, agt? 13 54 JCCox 2 00 James Chalmers 2 00 Theo McBride 1 50 It E Cox 300 00 J P Bradley 3 00 j C J Bruce 94 17 J D Miller, agt 107 'JO ? 13 20 R Sondley 58 34 D E Newell, Jr 55 00 Harrison Brown 6 00 J A Schroeder 75 00 J B Schroeder 40 00 Frank l3oane 40 00 J B Dawson 35 00 Dave Davis 80 Early Nance 80 Webb DuBose 20 00 J F Bradley 58 34 C J Lyon 35 10 Jule Sutherland 1 40 | "Win Busbee 33 34 M Li Douglass 33 34 Thos Finley 15 00 H C Fenual 4 00 Andy Brown 12 48 H H Green 6 00 J no Brown 39 15 ^ Abbe W & E Plant 28 07 Gulf & Atlantic Ins (k>.. 84 50 Jno McKee 1 00 Parker & lteese 38 30 J C Hill, 1ID 10 00 D PoliakotI 4 70 L W Keller & Bro 5 10 Cash Bargain Store 2 94 J K Nlckles 1 00 The Daigan-King Co ... 0 09 G A Neuffer, M D 10 00 'PL n .,1 AT /"1~ 1U ()A jl 11*3 vjruuu xvuauo ?jx v^v . . w Harris & Calvert 18 50 E R Thomson 10 25 J 11 Glenn 12 97 L W "White Co 3S2 40 J E Pressly, M D 10 00 II J Power 1 00 \V A Erwin 43 00 Standard Feed Mills 57 80 AV P Williamson .. 5 25 B E Gibert 22 84 J W Young 22 00 G W Calvert 94 12 A I Calvert 2 00 Zion Cilice Supply Co... 100 Hill Johnson 7 50 W H Hardin 11 43 JEMundy 2 00 \v W Edwards 5 (10 H K Burdette 5 00 E P Gray 5 on It A Clem 5 00 .1 il Gray 5 00 T C' B.-audiot 3 90 J E Blake 5 00 JPSharpton 5 00 S B AlcCurrv 3 on \I H Winn r> III) M W Barnes 5 00 Edward Mitchell 5 ikj 1' A Covin 5 00 W FLangley 1 00 Hewley-Darst Coal Co .. 5:1 !?) W M Crawford 27 85 IIII Tatfgart 8 25 The Shunk Plow Co 137 50 Frederick Disinfect'*,' Co 120 00 li It Crawford 2 50 G Dennard 17 0G James Winn 3 50 Claudo Sutherland :s 50 J C Coleman 9 50 Drayton Xauce 3 00 S J Fis-her 2 50 A M Erwin * 21 75 J F Miller, J of P 20 oo DCWrenn 11 ?5 J li & J II Hutchinson .. 7 20 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) t , . ; / . , v v..jrr,Ww^..-.v -v rV v.?Y.-r ?".<iwvi"<in?f Mrs. Jas. S. Coch regarding some of COAT The latest advice is that lengths. We have many values defy competition. THE LONG REDINGOT] One of the big featur< all the new materials . MEDIUM LENGTHS AN Are equally popular a coat is strong this fall, becomingly, a Reding* for short coats. They cut perfect and beauti DRESSES AND SKIRTS Something that you haven't seei before. Don't be afraid of the style: because we always carry the style? that are right. D t uuy? i Boys, begin right and wear one of our Also a big lot of school hats for gi Ne Everything new and r Mrs. Jas. 1914 FALL AN Our line of Dry Goods < I to=wear Goods are now read Clothes for Men, ai ; We have always given high 'values'1 in clothing. This fall we are going to beat our best previous record. Values so uncommon that they are hard to believe will grest you at every turn. Prices $5.00 $0.50 $10.00 $12.50 $15.00 $10.00 Hats / Come in today, you'll enjoy seeing the new Hats we have whether you want to buy or just to look, you'll find a Hat for every face and fancy here. Prices $1.00 $1.50 & $2.50 $3.50 Jno B. Stetson Undei Right now is when yoix1 derware, coal days followed in all sizes 35 cents heavy : wool flannell-shirts. I). Pi SSgSSSSSSSSSSSSSSi! jgg;,f"m><" an's announcement the new Fall Styles! f . > \ \ SUITS there will be a variety of styles to select from and the E COATS ;s for fall. They are here in and colors. D CAPE EFFECTS nd correct. While the long , not every woman can wear, Dte coat, hence the demand are the last word in style, are ifully tailored. 21oth Hats new hats to school?25 cents to $1.25. rls, in a variety of shapes and colors. ckwear . - . -r lobby in the neckwear line S, NOUNCEMENT Clothing Shoes, Ladies Ready= # y for your Inspection. . 'V- : ' ' id Clothes for Boys\ Our boy's clothes are built for the hardest kind of service. We guarantee you satisfaction in every way They have the style and snap that the boys like so well. The boys feel like men when wearing a suit from here. ( Prices $1.50 $2.50 $3.50 $4.00 $5.00 $0.00 Shoes A1 the wanted styles in mens and ladies shoes are here, and cost less here too. Prices $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 & j $4.00 I rwear. want the heavy weight un by coal night. Extra quality fleeced lined to $1.00 in all