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\r-M- iiffSiJIQBw.... The Press and Banner ABBKVILLE, S.O. Published Every Wednesday by I W. W. Bradley, W. R. Bradley, I President Vice-President - Wednesday Dec. 2, 1914 1 PROHIBITION DOPE. j Easy enough to understend why the Russians have fought so vigor- { ously iu last fortnight. The Czar ' cut ott' their liquor and made tlieni 1 mad. 1 DON'T GET PANICY. If the man who is holding his cot- ( ton will reflect for a moment that \ November and December are the ? hardest months in the year, even un- i der normal conditions to hold up | the price of cotton, since it is in 5 these months that distress cotton is i forced upon the market, he must j conclude that things will look more j hopeful in the early part of next year. Practically the entire continental demand for cotton will be on Ameri can cotton and prices must necessar / ily be better unless the producer sur ' renders without further struggle. NON - SEGREGATION HYPO CRITES. Certain New England papers, and even the old Democratic paper, the New York World, are having spasms over President Wilson's concurrence in the action of Secretary McAdoo, and Postmaster General Burleson in segregating the races in department al work. About the only serious criticism that has been passed on President Wilson's administration in this part of the country has been that he was a little dilatory in this respect. Men who understand the tempera ment of the more intelligent of fii-mfhom nporrnps know that the.V do not object to Jim Crow methods 1 either on trains or in government . departments. They recognize the < social difference between the races, ? and so long as they are given com- i fortable accommodations, they would I prefer segregation to indiscriminate I intermingling in public places that < in times past was so productive of I racial troubles. i This fight against segregation is I being made by Northern and not 1 Southern negroes, and it is nothing I more nor less than a contention for a s measure of social equality. If only 1 white and colored men were em ployed in the departments in Wash- > ington the necessity for segregation ( would be minimized to a trifle. < White and colored men work side by I side all over the South without fric- c tion, for the reason that the social i standing of the white man is not i jeopardized so long as he is self-re- ( specting. Southern negroes recog- < nize the white man's greater capacity f for superintendence and they work > willingly under his direction. 1 Northern papers and Northern i people raise a great cry against seg- I regation in the departments, and yet, J there is not a State North ol Mason { and Dixon's line in which the negro 1 is given an equal showing with the 1 white man in any vocation. The - fact is, a negro simply can not get employment in the North, even in 1 the humbler channels of labor. The I very papers that are raising this ] hypocritical cry against segregation 1 would not employ and can not em- i ploy a negro because of union regu lations, and further, because of a s deep-seated antipathy which at heart < the Northern man always shows t when actually put to the test. It has < long been recognized by thinking t people of -both races, North and < South, that the negroes have better opportunities for earning an honest 1 living in the South than in the * North. < One of the most blatant advocates 1 of the Negro's socalled rights in Congress within the last ten years < was Congressman Keifer once Speak er of the National House. His t last blow aimed at the South was to offer a bill to cut down her represen- 1 tation to the basis of the actual votes cast in the general election, thinking < that Southern people rather than give up their representation would permit even the ignorant negro to < vote. While his bill was pending, and just shortly after one of his sec- i tional speeches, a race riot broke out in his own town over some trivial < matter, and the white people burned 1 every home in the negro section and i hunted them like they were wild < beasts in a jungle. ] The real bone and sinew of the 1 Democratic party is in the South. For the first time since the war of ] Secession, Southern influence is dom- < inant in "Washington. It is hoped that President Wilson will continue to respect Southern sentiment, espe- ; eially when he is so clearly in the right, as in this instance. If the Democrats must in a short while ] turn Over the affairs of government i to the Republicans, and they wish to s work white girls and negro boys side i by side, let the responsibility rest t with them. The Democrats are en titled to have their way at least for four years out of fifty. ( School books and school supplies at < Speed's Drug Store. You can get window-glass and putty at ' Speed's Drug Store. ,n jwfowli > ? , TIME Jj Y SUGGESTION TO SAVE COTTON FARMER. In this issue of the Press and Ban ner will be found an interview had with Congressman Aiken which ap peared last week in the Anderson Daily Mail, touching the attitude of Congress as to the cotton situation. It contains some interesting facts *bout cotton and the attitude of the N'ational government in the present crisis. The interview speaks for it self, however, and it is our purpose to comment on only one important suggestion, which in so far as we have noted is entirely new, and which seems to offer something more substantial for the improvement of ,'otton prices than any suggestion [hat has been made public yet. The suggestion is that the Bureau of Sta Distics require us smLisiicai iigcuu m ;he various countries, already on sal \ry, to furnish a statement of the lumber of acres now planted and proposed to be planted to grain, corn \nd other crops than cotton. Once :his data is officially obtained and of icially announced by the National government, cotton prices would :nost surely advance. English spinners openly announce lhat they will not enter the cotton market until they feel sure prices have hit bottom. American spin ners are buying what cotton they . an, only for immediate demand, in the efi'ort to break the farmers hold an the staple. Neither English or American spinners believe that the cotton farmer will cut his cotton ;rop forty to fifty per cent in 1915, incl nothing but the actual facts of ficially stated by the government will convince them. Once they are convinced, there will be a scramble for the very cotton that today seems to weight down the market. It is all nonsense to suppose that England will not spin more than two-thirds her normal supply of cot ton in 1915. There is absolutely nothing to keep her from it. Cotton ?rv4- /t/v??4M.tknn/1 Af iiTaw n n/1 if ifr I? uut ii<iuuuit ui nai auu ** were, England has full control of the Atlantic. England has a population }f about forty-five million people, ikelusive of her possessions. This represents between nine and ten mil ion heads of families and perhaps twelve million males including boys capable of labor. And then again :he eotton industry in England, as n America, is carried on largely by 'emale labor; so that England can veep every cotton mill within her )odnds running on full time, and supply even three million men to ;he war and never miss them. England has sixty million spindles ,vhich is nearly twice as much as all )ther foreign countries possess. Ger iiany comes second, with something ike ten million spindles, and since :otton is not contraband, even Ger nany may not entirely suspend the nanufacture of cotton. England, Sermany and America then should, iven under present conditions, con sume fully two-thirds of the world's supply of cotton, and other cotton producing countries are so hemmed n by war conditions as to supply practically none of it. Indian and Egyptian cotton can not run the gauntlet of the Mediterranean sea A'hich is being patrolled by hostile leets. It must then in the main be American cotton or no cotton.. These are self evident facts. Then et the cotton manufacturing indus ,ry learn as a certainty that the sup ply of cotton for 1915 will be cut in lalf and cotton prices are bound to each new high levels. Now, let us see how Mr. Aiken's suggestion can be put into effect. In 3very county in the South there is in office that corresponds with the i... * ? rru^ ^UUIILy iJ.UUUUl 3 U11HJC. Hie VUU1I ;y Auditoi's books contain the name >f every land owner in every county. The Bureau of Statistics could pre pare blanks to be mailed by its tgents to each land owner in each :ounty, designed to obtain the fol owing information: Total land now in condition for sultivation. Number of acres already planted o oats. Number of acres already planted to other grain. Number of acres to be later plant ed to grain. Number of acres reserved for corn. Number of acres planted 1914 to ;otton. Number of acres proposed to be planted to cotton 1915. Since the government has free use the mails, this data could be ob tained through its agents in the va i-iniio nonntiot! M/J-iri Irnow thp fflmi. ers personally, with little or no ex pense ; say $25.00 extra to each agent for the two or three days work nec essary to send out the blanks for re ply. Some such convincing evidence of the cotton farmers determination to cut his luture cotton production seems to be absolutely necessary; and if the cotton farmer is to be saved from cotton sharks and the mills, especially foreign, that are hoping to take their crop at their awn price by the slow method of starvation, it must be done at once if the farmer is benefitted. Yonr ("old 1m OaiifferonM Break it Fp-Xow A Cold is readily catching. A run iown -system is susceptible to Germs. You owe it to yourself and to others of pour household to tight the Germs at >nce. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey is fine for Colds and Coughs. It looseus the Mucous, stops the Cough and soothes the Lungs. It's guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Druggist. ir'iwrtp!^ 'ti Ww* ??j The State of South Carolina* COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. PROBATE COURT. In the Matter of the Estate of Mrs. Vir ginia Hagan Mcllwain, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate most present them properly attested to Geo. A. Mcllwain. Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. Miss Theresa Giles, Mary Giles and Miss Sue Giles, under tbe firm nam? and style of tbe Misses Giles, Plaintiff*, against Moffatt Dreu nan, as Executor et al, Defend ants. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Commou P;eas for Abbe ville County, in said State, uiade in the above stated cane, I will offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abteviile C. R., S. C., on SaleBday In December, A. D. 1914, within the legal hours of sale the followi'g described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Three Hundred and Two (302) Acres, more or less, and bounded by Hunter Brothers, Mrs. J. L. Drennan, James H. Dren?:an, Mrs. H. Drennan and the Cede Estate. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, Master A. C.. 8. C. The State of South Carolina, AkKanUlo VAIUllby U1 AUUCTIUO. Probate Court. In the matter of the Estate of R. E. Cos, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to Mrs. Jennie M. Cox, or W. F. Nickles, Administrators. Master's Sale. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Commou Pleas. W. A. Calvert, Plaintiff, against James A. Wharton, Defeudant. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe ville County, in said State, made in the above stated cafe, I will offer for aalp. at Public Outcrv. at Abbeville C. H., S. C., od Salesday in December, A. D., 1914, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tractor parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Abbeville, Abbevi-le County, in the State aforesaid, containing about One-Eighth (1-8) of One Acre, more or less, and bounded by M. E Hol lingsworth, Samuel Miller, Harris burg street and Stand Pipe street, hav ing a frontage of Thirty-One and One Half (31 1-2) Feet on Harrishurg street and Thirty-Four and One-Half (34 1-2) Feet on Stand Pipe street. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. R; E. Hill, Master A. U., H. U. Christn Had( Offer unusual adv the least money. Every department you will need. Special prices to c; Quilts, Table Linen, Coats, Sweaters, Co< For Christmas pn Kid Gloves 16 Bu Hose, Hand Bags, I Stamped Linen, Sas Just Received beautiful style, not Rhine Stone iair pi: ment of wide fancy r Special prices on < If you want a ham terial, Trimmings an Don't forget to asl chase or payment on flag for your public i children. ?u:jlipg!jjjffljj?"^i"" State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. IN PROBATE COURT. B. L. Clinkscaies, Administrator of the estate of June Hunter, deceas ed, Plaintiff, against Hannah Hunter, John W. Hunter, Thomas Hunter, Lem Hunter, Lula Hunter, Martha Hunter, James Wansiey, Oza Wanwley, Onie Wansiey, Cheser Moore, Lii lie Goores, Joel Cunningham, and J. B. LeRoy, Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the Probate ~~ - ... n n..n:? 01 Court, 1 will sen ai> ruunu v/utui J au Abbeville Court House, on Salesday In December, 1914, oext, for tbe payment of'debts, the following described real estate belonging to tbe estate of June Hunter, deceased, situate in paid State and County, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, known as the June Hunter place, con taining One Hundred and Sixty Acres, more or lesH, and bounded by the lands of 0. L. Cann and others on tbe North, by the estate of W. E. Daniels | ou tbe South, by J. M. Young on the East, and by the Rocky River on the' West, being tbe same tract of land! conveyed to June on the 2nd day of September, 1885, by Alice S. Boyd and the deed to same being recorded in Boob 3, page 463, in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Abbeville County, State aforesaid. ^ Terms ? Cash. Purchaser to pay. for papers. J. F. MILLER, Judge Probate Court. * r-i i JYlasters csaie. The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Court of Common Pleas. Acker Building and Repair Co., Plain tiff, against Eliza Walker, Lula Green, W. D. Barksdale and G. T. Hagan, Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe ville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, T will offer for sale, at public outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in December, A. D., 1914, within the legal hours of sale the following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Abbeville, Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of W. O. Moore, Theodore and Jim White, Greenwood road and oth ers, same being the dwelling houee oc cupied by Eliza Walker and Lula ureen. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL, Master A. C., 8. C. Estate of Lude Fuller, Dec'd. Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. Take notice that on the 10th day of De cember, 1914,1 will render a final account of my acting& and doings as Administra tor of the Estate of Lude Fuller, de ceased, in the office of Judge of Probate for Abbeville County at 10 o'clock a. mi and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as such Adminis trator. All persons having demands against said estate will present them for payment on or before that day, proven and authen ticated, or he forever barred. Calvin Fuller, Admr. 1 las Almost lon-Wi antages to those seeking is, well stocked with j ish buyers will be made c Table Napkins, Towels, it Suits, Long Coats and isents we have a Variety ( tton long, 2 Button sho yClU.JLiU.iy Ud^dj -L/QU1CO WW h and Hair ribbons. | 150 dozen Ladies and I hing more useful for a ns, Belts and Belt Buck ibbons, Silk Scarfs, etc. 2oat suits, cloaks and Tai Isome wool or silk dress, id Linings to matck ? for '"flag coupons" wit account* it will help to school, or tne small mat ION s # Master's Sale* The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court ot Common Pleas, T. P. Baskin, Plaintiff, against Robt. Hunter and tbe National .3ank of Abbeville, Defendants. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe ville County, in said State, made in tbe above stated case, I wiil offer for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Salesdaj- in December, A. D., 1914, within tbe legal hours of sale tbe following described land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Magnolia Township, Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing One Hun dred (100) Aces, more or less, and bounded by lands now or formerly owned by E. R. Speer, Mary A. Poore, E. R. Horton, and others. This land was conveyed to Robert Hunter by L. P. Gable. Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. R. E. HILL. Master A. C., 8. C. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. The Perkins Manufacturing Company, Plaintiff, against S. J. Hester, as Trustee of the Bank of Calhoun Falls, and' the Bank of Cal houn Falls, Defendants. In pursuance of ad order of Court in the above stated case, notice .is hereby given to the creditors of W.J. Tucker, or such of them as desire to come in and prove their claims and contribute to the expenses of this action within thirty days from this the 16th day of November, 1914, to come in and prove their claims before me with leave to any creditor or any other inter ested party to object to any claim so proved within ten days after the expira tion of the said thirty days. R. E. HILL, Nov. 16,1914. Master. The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. In the Probate Court.?Ex Parte A. J. Woodhrret, Executor, In Re Estate of John Vance, Deceased. Petition for a Final Settlement and Discharge. ORDER. A. J. Woodhurst, as Executor of the estate of John Vance, deceased, having filed bis petition in this Court praying that a day be fixed for a final settlement of said estate, and it appear* ing tbat there are probably certain heirs and legatees of said estate whose whereabouts are unknown: Now, in order that the law in such cases made and provided may be fully complied with, It is ordered and de creed, that Monday, the first day of March, 1915; at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, be an1 the same is hereby fixed as the day and date of said settlement. All persons interested in said estate as legatees, and especially Savannah Merkison or her tegal representatives, whose whereabouts are unknown, are notified to be and appear before the Probate Court for Abbeville County, on the day and date above mentioned, to intervene for their respective inter ests in said estate. Given under my band and official seal this the 23rd day of November, A. D. 1914. J. F. MILLER, [seal] Judge of Probate. 11-25 6t . 11CI c ilson the best goods for ust such goods as I >n Blankets, Down Bath Robes, Rain Tailored Skirts. )f useful articles, rt, Silk and Lisle liars Boudoir Caps, Sents handkerchief Christmas present les, elegant assort lored Skirts, we have the ma ;h every cash pur get a large U. S. ching flag for the m / i .. I Opportuni ingatyi A geunine mor nity?a real chai clothing and furn .1- _ . oi tne gooas real at a cut price. $i8.00 i5.00 12.5O iO.OO 7.00 Ladies and Misses Red $10.00 ladies pi styles at aa rlnairc af Mens' 44 44 44 44 ?j/v?uu vivun^ ui / 4.25 & 4.5o cloa MISSES $4.oo Misses cloa 3.oo Cloaks at Attend this cut be dollars aheac cash only. D. Po Lessons < TF the child has study by. T1 saves eye "strain, its best?clear, mi The RAYO doa is easy to light, e; rewick. Tne R^ n r\ rvf rrif <1 LdllllUl gLl a uvui. STANDARD Wuhington, D. C. (NE Norfolk. V?- q ? Richmond, V?* DA 5 :!IIViM;IIIHIlll^llM|IJlhlll,,,!!lll!ll.l!l!l|ll,ll:l,!1ll!lll Cigars Speed's ] Pho Always Read Stationery >> -2- > i- ?-; ? nni AI I ne KJiympia Has just recei1 Fresh Candy-Tc of all kinds, you will buyoui Colas here and operative Conte N. Q. ME Ity isKnock our Door. v-- ' ley saving opportu lce to buy high class lishing at a fraction value is offered you| Suits at $i5.00 " " 12.4$ " " iO.0O " " 8.00 " " ?.00 /s 4\ /'~ > I Long Qoaks at a big uction. lush cloaks, latest , (7M 4.75 ks at 2.98 CLOAKS I ks at $2.85 2.25 price and you will I. These prices for llllllllllllllKllllllllllllinilllllllllllilllllllltllllltllillllillillllllllllllllllllli!^ ? - Come Easier le a big:, generous light to jteyb lamp It is kerosene light at ellow, and unflickering. ? not smoke or smell. It isy to clean, and easy to 4YO costs little, but you ;r lamp at any price. ) OIL COMPANY W JERSEY) Charlotte, N. C, I TIUHPr Charleston, W. V?, L111V1UKL Charleston, 3. C, ?r%: * -;.v' = - i lllllllllllllllIIIIHllllIllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllilllHniMlilllllllllllllfr? Candy "Wn nn Ug M UVA V? ne 18. ly to Serve You. Toilet Goods Candu Kitchen f ved a nice lot of >ys and Fancy Fruits See our window and r goods. Buy Coca get Merchants Co st Votes. ;ROS & CO. I