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FOUK Established 1844. No The Press and Banner ha ABBEVILLE, S. C. ; , ve: Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. pr< Published Every Wednesday by The Press and Banner Co. Telephone No. 10. mi """ 1 nil Entered as second-class mail mat- Ej t ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. mi T?rm? of Subacriptica: One year?: $1.60 * Six months - .75 K Three months .50 ? ou Payable invariably in advance. th r . oil WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1916. eq ? : th afe;A. i t '.V COTtON AND GOOBERS. k er / ar The coming of the boll-weevil is ca . ' scaring some people to the point of th death, but we have an abiding faith ^ in the ability of the South to extri- ac cate itself from the troubles Which ca are to come with the boll-weevil. We ^ I;.: are all slaves to cotton when we need not be. There are other crops 0E than cotton which may be grown 80 here just as profitable as cotton. mi mv. 1 12 ? ? iV'i. Id1< xne leauing xariuers ui uui? setb tion have already turned their at- ar tention to stock-raising, and with nl the growth of the cities in the South mi there will be more and more reason, c.? i why we should raise our own cattle, ^ and not depend on other sections. If stock-raising is .profitable in more ^ northern climates, it should be pro; j ?. fitable in the' Sduth with its long fr j summers and jmld winters. be At Hodges, the people are being ne fe-':' . encouraged to plant potatoes. The e(J ? Piedmont and Northern Railway, owned by a malefactor of great se wealth, is so unmindful of the interest of the people as to show them Pa that they may /grow potatoes in that section and sell them at such prices Pe that it matters little whether they ever see cotton growing again. m! And then there is the peanut in- ^ dustry. The following communica- w' tion taken from the Manufacturer? va V.' Record, will be of interest to our fP K . readers. It is written from Austin, *s p/'w Texas, and is as'follows: "A general movement has been So encouraged by the commercial 88 i boards and some of the industrial in- W( gC terests of the State to bring about a w< El. great expansion in the growing of w< peanuts in Texas. It was not until season that the full possibilities j of the peanut industry were impress- ^ pr. < upon many of the farmers of Texas, er ?^E~? p i|| ^ ?-?I' flra ?0mm ! ; . You will this year, as i above all (especially i 6^% i t ^ r ill Christmas shopping. 1 ; ;l; our mutual advantage, i h ' I in your purchases, whe desire and always wit! * A , to give A Hundreds of sensible a Sweaters, Gloves, Silk Silk Neckwear, Light? ?' -I; All CoatS <* f 33 % ' H ? > w that the cottonseed-oil mills ?e interested themselves in the ishing of the peanuts and conrting them into oil and cake, the oduct is coming into great demand d prices have reached an unpredented figure. The new era in peanut growing iv ha said to have had its becin ng about three years ago, when mo Coleman, manager of an oil 31 at Comanche, Tex., decided to ike experiments with peanuts as possible producer of oil and cake, le cotton-oil mill owners throughit the State became interested in e experiment, and a few of the I mills installed the necessary uipment for peanut crushing. As e prices of oil and cake continued mount upward the interest of evy cottonseed oil man was aroused id in many localities systematic mpalgns were conducted samong e farmers with a view to having em place under cultivation enough reage in peanuts to supply the lo1 cottonseed-oil mill. The industry is season increased to such an exnt that it may now be considered le of the established and large urces of revenue, both to the farer and the cottonseed-oil millpeoe and various allied interests. The ea devoted to the growing of. peaits in Texas this year was approxiately 300,000 acres. . About 50 ttonseed-oil mills have'been handig the crop, and the demand f6r e goobers is so great that some of e mills have bought many cars of em as far distant as 400 mQes om the plants where they were to i utilized. . It is predicted that sarly every oil mill in Texas will be uipped with peanut-crushing main ery with which to handle next aspn's crop. The present price which is being iid for goobers ranges from $1.10 per Dusnei, ana as tne yieia x acre ranges from 40 to 60 bush3, the profitableness of the crop ay be seen at a glance. Besides e peanuts themselves, the hay lich is produced now has a. selling lue of $12 to $14 per ton, and proximately three-fourths of a ton obtained on each acre.!" . All of this goes to show that the uth is not dead and will not die a result of the coming of the boll jevil. But we cannot deny that 5 have been "sleeping." For years 5 have been told that we had to fht this pestilence in the land, but w few have ever given it a serious ought, and how few have consided the morrow? Now that it is L.r Ug|| SSTfo I n the years gone by, fii q this season of univer Polite, attentive salesp * ' \ , meaning, of course, tl ther large or small. T 1 the distinct understan LBSOLUTE SATISFA nd serviceable gifts ar< : Hoisery, Silk Petticoi Jewelry and thousands \ 3, Coats i 1 -3 Per Ann abroad in the land it behooves th< people to take thought how they maj be saved from its coming. And the3 may only save themselves by taking thought beforehaid as to what thej will do when they can- no longei grow cotton. But intelligent though will save us. Only let us begin t< think, and cease sleeping. THE ALLIES AND FUNSTON. , i. It is true that the allies art Saioni ka are threatened with an attacl from the North by the Teutons whil the Greeks are threatening on th South, but we cannot see that the; have anything on General Fre< Funston. The Mexicans aire "exei cising" on his South, while'the Bap tists are bombarding him from th North. ROY NASH?LAND SPECULATOl t Some excitement was cause about town Monday when a nurabe of marKea copies 01 xne inueperi dent was received in which was write-up of the recent lynching i Abbeville. The article was by Ro; Nash, who came here from Broadwa as a land-buyer just after the oc currence. The article is readable, if not er tirely accurate as to facts. As i said in the editorial reproduced froi The State in this issue, Mr. Nas makes the mistake of assuming tha there are two classes of people i this section. There is only one clasi though some are richer than others some have had more advantages tha; others, and some look at thiiig from a different angl'e than d others. The people of this sectio: are all one people. He makes th further mistake in assuming that i is always the poorer classes as h calls them, that take part in lynct ings. Sometimes it is and sometime it is not. Generally speaking, lynct ing parties are composed of me from both the rich and the poor. The fatal error into which Mi Nash falls, and the reason his artich and others like it, written abou these occurrences, will do no good, i that he undertakes to make th lynching of Crawford wrong becaus as he alleges, Crawford was a seli respecting and wealthy negro, an guilty of no wrong. He thereby raises an issue whic should not enter into the discussio of the cage. By asserting that Cra\* ford was a hero, as he sees him, h allows the other party to justif lynching when he proves that Craw ^raEL id the HADDON-WILS< sal high prices) a PRO] eople in all department liat it is especially to ou: hey will assist you in m J: J.I?m. il: 1 Luiu g umi miyuuii{j you i CTION in EVERY PO! ?: I 5 here for you. Among th its, Towels, Handkerch \ of other useful things 1 Suits and ^enr uis ?UJN - V i ford was not a hero. As a matter r of fact lynching never occurs either r against negroes or whites unless ; they are guilty of some crime T or serious disorder. And this wai r true in Crawford's case. He was a t vicious negro. He was a tyranl ) among his own people and he wen1 out of the way to be offensive to those people who were not so wealthy as he was. Of course there wa? prejudice, we will not deny that: . but Crawford had not been lynchec [j before. And he would not have beer e lynched when he was if he had noi B been too eager to curse and abuse s 5T white man, and . "assert hja. man& hood." No man who \ treats bit .. neighbors right and keeps the peacc K is ever lynched. e But this no more excuses lynching than does the fact that a man lynch ed was a good citizen make it ipirong ? Lynching is wrong because it u contrary to the law. .When we gei away from the individual lynche< d and get down to the gist of the of r fense, we will learn, that we cai neither justify nor Condemn lynch a ing on the standing of the particu q lar victim. And we will make pro y gress when we get away from thi y by-paths and get in the middle o: the road. We most consider thi broken law, and not the individua K involved in an alleged crime, or w< B had as well qiiit. a < ? MASTER'S SALE. I i The State of South Carolina, }' County of Abbeville. '? Court of Common Pleas, n f? s R. A. Richey, and others,. Plaintiff, 0 Against n Claude Richey, and others, Defend e ants. it p By authority of a Decree of Salt e by the Court of Common Pleas fo: t- Abbeville County, in said State lg made in the above stated case,! wil offer for sale, at Public Outcay, a l" Abbeville, C. H., S. C., on Salesda: n in January A. D., 1917, within thi legal hours of sale tie following de scribed land, to. wit: All that trac or parcel of land Bituate, lying an< being in Abbeville County, in th< t State aforesaid, containing, Threi Is Hundred and Twenty-eight (328] e Acres, more or less, and boundec by A. J. Ferguson, Estate Thomai . F. Ferguson, J. H. DuPre, Jr., Johi r- D Wilann onrl TS!b+a?a of r. e. clot d said land being about three mile; West of Abbeville Court House an< . known as the Barksdale place. The above described land will b< n sold in two tracts, if deemed ad r- visable. e TERMS OP SALE?CASH. Pur chaser to pay for papers. . K. E. HILL,. r- 3-13-12. Master A. C., S. C. ADltS U ' ON STORE a pleasant, 9 FIT ABLE place to do y< .. // * are ready to serve you r advantage in pleasing 3 aking your selections if : buy here is GUARANTE 5SIBLE WAY7 iem: Bath Robes, T^aincoi iefs, Mufflers, Silk Wai to make Christmas presei Dresses i count ITTT a i IJLLiSI WE'LL TAKE YOUR CORN ?IF ITS SHELLED i " , [ 1 The expense incident to conduct> ing a business in Abbeville is very > moderate when compared with other > towns of the same size, and certainly ' considerably less than in Greenwood, 1 A?3 HAlnmKia Aiiuenuu, UICCIIVUIO UUU wr* .ot This is particularly true of the mercantile business. The Press and Banner is 6f the opinion that Abbeville merchants are in position to sell their goods cheaper than can the merchants of other cities in the State, and we know that some of them are doing this very thing now. Notwithstanding the fact that Abbeville merchants, by reason of > cheaper rents, low city taxes, fair * freight rates and numerous other ad- , * vantages, are able to offer the same j 3 goods at a smaller figure than can < t merchants in ipost other cities and * towns, many ^bbeville people buy , " their wares elsewhere, mostly through 1 false impression in one way or an other. ; - Most any week day you can see " Abbeville people in Columbia, Greena ville, Greenwood, and Anderson, and f quite ofte^ in Atlanta making pur- j 3 chases in the stores of these cities. ; J That is bad enougn, bat to watcn tne i ? parcels post window of the post office for an hour or two seeing the hundreds of dollars worth of * mens clothing, shoes, hats?and forthe ladies, everything from a handkerchief to a coat tait and hat, passed oat to Abbeville people in exchange for Abbeville dollars by the fiorthern and eastern mail- order houses is sore enough BAD. * We would guess that 90 per cent - of goo<ls bought by Abbeville people in n+Jior firvama rnnld he honcrht in 9 Abbeville for less money and the r other 10 per cent for the same j?oni ey. .; * Another guess of The Press and j Banner is that 99 per cent of this 3 "buy away from Abbeville" trade - could be kept here in Abbeville. | It is useless to say that Abbeville 9 merchants, want this trade. The a thing that puzzles us is why they )| don't go after it and get it. s Have yoi^ a horse or cow to sell? i A 25c. want-ad in The , Press and, - Banner will sell it for you. 1 Malaria or Ghills & Fever a r , rrctcnpoon ino?cod n pceptreo Mpccxtiiy for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. - Five oc six do#e? will break toy case, ?n<J^ If ttkeotben m a tonic the Fever will ao< mimm* v# iuk iila amaau acaa return, u w&b on to nry pener * pm . C A D D r . " % ' < . . I '-Ml '? V& ' . RH L tO fou WE BOUGH! irou ED BLANKETS! j I ) N that we have ftt8' TURN THE sts, ?ta. / So, HERE TH 15 p< it F DISCOUNT F JAN! DNCI Abbeville-Greenwood llftML ASSOCIATION Property Inaui*?J, *1,MO,000. 1 1118. ( V; V' - V i?3 s . ,.A -...'is-. ;:.i Write to or call on tfaejmdanlgnid >r ths Director of your Township for any information you may desire ibout on* plan of Insurance. Ai v, We insure your property against destruction by : . -> . FIRE, WINDSTORM Oft LIGHTNING, : : and do so cheapfr than any insnrafcca yM Company in existence. Dwclliofa covered with metal roof* are infafct# r ? Remember we are prepared t? provfe to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insarane# known. / ' J. R. BLAKE, Gaa. XtfSinrS: C. ?? . 1 J. G. Majors .-GWWWWl ?---*-?&? T! i? -7"."bn? W*t: ?r^j^S W. W. BTOOiey aducyuiw An erSOn LowodSSi t' L: Raaor _IIIIIirWi5iititJ3wr? . A. Nickles ............ HodfM: 8:i'Ss:3^ D. S. Haltiwanger FeU<rwt??- w. Jomfh Lake ?~ ----- ? Fho?ix J. TV. rtmith ? Verderj J. H- Chiles BrfcBg T. ZJjkSeley ??--w-Jl-- YrfdS Abbeville, S. C., Jon* 1, 1918. Mgg VILLE VKETSI ' T O O M A N Y ii "HIS YEAR. Now ' : V them WE MUST M INTO CASH. IEY GO. at I ? . i ; ' . ' : - 1 : #, j er cent | ROM NOW Until ' \ I UARY1. ..." 0. ? ?*Jk