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Established 1844. i p The Press and Banner |t] ABBEVILLE, S. C. ir Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. a . j t< The Press and Banner Co. r Published Every Tuesday and Friday ^ Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat- i S imr at post office in Abbeville, S. C. : o . ? | r( Terms of Subscription: | tl One year $1.60 ^ Six months .75 i S Three months .50 g Payable invariably in advance. ! p ? jo Friday. January 11, 191S. |tt ' ; Ji : ai MARKETING BOARD. j ' Pi At this season, we would call the;!" attention of our readers, and espeJ*( eially of those residing in the farmn< ing sections, to something which must come in the next few years. J ^ We refer to a marketing board for, farm products. Every person who! crj has had experience in such matters ^ knows that certain farm products ^ cannot be marketed profitable exTWovlfnf fliaco ^ AM?%AC*WV Mi?ov | products, themselves. The state- j01 4fferif is illustrated by the fruit in- a* ' dustry in the South. Several years a ago large numbers of our people embarked on the - fruit-growing in- a dnstry and planted acres of orchards ^ in fclberta peaches. When the sea- ** mni came to market the peaches, J t&ere was no market. Of course 30 the wholesaler would take the neaches and sell them but when the ar reports came in the balance was on ? W| ~ the wrong side of the ledger. The feaifc-growers then got together and fr formed the Fruit-Growers Associa- !n Con, and since then they have been ^ marketing their peaches through ^ this Association managed by a selling board and they have found that there is a market for their fruit, with ever increasing prices. The same would be true of the , ~ tfi marketing of cotton in the South if fiie farmers would quit listening to ' liroken-Iegged and braying politicians and get down to real business for the protection of their own in- fs terests. With the cotton sold In fit South Carolina in the hands of a, ol competent selling board which it is. at easy to have, the prices received b( may be easily increased. The same tli iking is true of the cotton seed. But, most of all, we need such a! selling board to take care of our w other products. The cry has been' li< these many months that we should re raise other crops than cotton for the h* market. But the answer has been bi all the while that there is no market w in the South except for cotton. But sc there could be'a market for these es crops if the farmers went at the: 01 matter in a right way. Take for.th -?1 ?. ?A- J- T171?i. hf instance sweet puiaLues. vyiiut i?| ? there to keep the farmers of Abbe- Pc ille county from producing a mil-!C Eon bushels of sweet potatoes, and j s^: Belling them at a good profit? Noth- \ C!1 ing in the world except that they J P? need to prepare a place to house j 1 them when they are gathered until jin the price justifies a sale, and in; Pr fiie meantime having these potatoes j ^ sorted, classified and made ready j for shipment. This can be done by j ac kaving a selling board at the county 1 seat or some other convenient ac point or points, having power to ( ^ act for the farmers jointly in all! matters. And we are beginning to | P( raise beef cattle. No man will like-; P1 fy have a carload of cattle to offer, at any one time,. But a number of *ien might be able by combining j hi their interests to offer a carload j ei sach month. Does anybody believe; pi that they, would not get better | a1 jrices by. so.doing, and by having; u * selling board for all farm pro- tl ducts which keeps up with the marlets, knows where they- are, how to 1c ship and the-best means of market- v> ing these: things? J11 The South ia on the eve of aj c< great wave of prosperity. The pa-1 s< pers in the North are complaining j tl Hurt Southern statesmen are in thejf saddle and "riding like hell". But; the riding we are doing in politics I n m but a small matter as compare'd G with the riding the farmers of the a South can do in the markets if they c will' look after their own affairs, n latndle their business on the same j t! business methods that other busi- j h ess men handle theirs, take charge j tl mt the selling and marketing of their I 1 ?vn products, and cut out the enor- s fsous profits made by those who a |. 1 rey upon their tabor by not payin lem what their farm products ar orth. The farmer should knock out th tiddleman by being both produce nd middleman himself. The la :r he can only do by co-operatio rith the other farmers. iRATORY-AS SHE ARE SPAKI Not since the immortal John "3 loan delivered that grand charg f "Live On, Senators" to the re] ssentatives in the upper house i le South Carolina General Assen ly, have the walls of the histori tate House accustomed to hous reat men echoed back to thos resent words of fine oratory, lik emosthenes used to speak, unt lat silver-tongued orator Andre' ackson Bethea, on Tuesday aros nd separated himself from thes ?w lines, which will adorn th ages of the world's best orator] id be declaimed by every schoc jy in the land, in every cros: >ads school-house, until time i 5 more: "I saw something of German bai irity, German cruelty, Germa ;rfidy, German treachery, Germa eed and German lust for powei thought then, as I know now, tha lis was is not a war against Eng nd or France or Russia of Italj even the United States as sepai e or organized states, but this i />Uo11at\ ryr\ 4-r\ +V? a nwAn irv\ Vvl r\ /\^ 4-1^ v,uaiicugc IU tiic picaiiiuic ui LII eclaration of Independence. It i challenge to the Stars and Stripes e emblem of liberty and lighl is a challenge to the spirit o ashington and Jefferson and Madi n and Marshall and Rutledge an lurens and Marion and Surate id Jasper and that host of immoi 1 men?those matchless men ho founded this republic in trut! id justice and established the fre stitutions under which we live. ] a challenge to Woodrow Wilsor ie great exemplar and exponen : democracy in the world toda id the chief spokesman for th ghts of man." What we would like to know i here John T. Duncan and the Sys ;m come in on this challenge. rO INCREASE TAXATION. ( ?) \ The Greenwood Journal find lult with the Tax Commission fc 3 recent order that real estate an ;her property be assessed for ta> ;ion at one-half the real value. W ;lieve we are correct when we sa lat the order refers to persons roperty as well as real estate. This paper has not always agree ith the Tax Commission. We b( 2ve that it would have had a bette sception in South Carolina if i id fewer -politicians and mor jsiness men as its members. Bu e welcome, from whatever leg? iurce, every effort to equalize taj ; in the State, and we believe th der referred to is conducive t e end sought. The property o inks, cotton mills, and other coi rations is assessed at fifty pe nt. of its value already. A a ted by the Journal most of th ty real estate is assessed at fift; ;r cent, of its value. The orde en will not have the effect of rais g cut; uaco uii tiiid jjiupeii/y. j. operly carried out it will hav e effect of requiring the ownen o nds .worth one hundred dollars pe :re to returne the same at fift; >llars instead of six dollars pe :re as it is now returned. It wil ive the effect of requiring th irm lands, and the personal pre irty on the farms to bear thei roper proportion of the burden I the government. A few corpoi ;ions in the state and city propert ive been paying all the taxes Ion lough. It is time for those pec le who demand so much considei tion in election years to marc p to the captain's office and" pa leir part to the fiddler. The Press and Banner therefoi >oks with favor on the order, an rishes that the Tax Commissio lay rigidly enforce it. Should an ounty auditor or board of asse; ?rs undertake to evade the la !iey should be promptly remove rom office. And in order that the pla lay be effective, we hope that tl fovernor may name business mc nd men of affairs as well as < haracter and determination i lembers of the boards which mal he assessments, and that we nu ave a more equal dsitribution < he burdens of taxation next yea 'he members of the delegatioi hould not name these assessor nd hand the jobs out to politic g favorites, but the Governor should e name them on the advice of the Commission a free hand and if it can / e Commission a free hand and it can(r not do the work we will get rid of it. If it does the work properly n we are for it. Speaking of the "What Has Become Ofs", Dote Smith wishes tc know what has become of the mar [\ who used to blow up the bladders -e when he killed hogs, and who hung them-.up in the dining room in front n of the chair where the "company' 1.1 sat, in order to save them for the ic little boy to burst on Christmas Ie morning. le ;e And what has become of the litil tie country boy who used to weai w 1 boots to school with red tops, label;e ed Peerless, and who wiped his nose ;e I on his coat sleeve. l6 ' | The legislature should get down | to business at once and put geese j and ducks, as well as ducklings, un* i der the law now applicable to live lSj stock. J "j We hope that the office force will ninot feel called upon on next publin j cation, day to state its war aims. V ^ If the legislature intends to adjourn as soon as it finishes all its r, important business, why did it ever - meet at all? s ^ e We hope that Col. Thos. P. Coths ran, w'?o has just been elected Speaker of the House of Represen? tatives, will not be "Hell on formuf la", but that he may prove to post sess the "general curiosity" of the d j job. r To the Members of General Assembly from Abbevilie County: The k gentleman whom we endorsed foi e the job in your gift was present * when we wrote the letter, i, i ' ?? it HONOR ROLL y e Of the Abbeville Presbyterian Sunday School for the Month of 's December. 3 BEGINNERS. Minnie Swetenburg, Harold King, John Graves. |g Primaries?1st, 2nd and 3rd? James Chalmers, Sarah Smith, Edna White, Sarah Thomson, James Graves, Grace Smith, Helen Stames Minnie Swetenburg, Juniors?1st and 2nd.?Mary Bruce, Mary Swetenburg, Jeanie White, Foster Barnwell, Willie ^ Haigler, Willie Bowie, Gus Smith, Emmie Haigler, Caroline Chalmers, r Grace Milford. J Intermediate?Janie Vance Bowe: ie, Mary L. Dargan, Mary White, ^! Margaret Swetenburg, Francis 1 Glenn, George Smith. ._! Seniors?Alpha Graves, Davis e I Kerr, Richard Swetenburg. 0i Adults?Herman Wisby, C. D. f | Brown, Jr., Helen Haigler, Virginia . ! Aiken, Mrs. George White, Miss rj Hannah Cochran, Miss Carrie Cochs'ran. J ? J RED CROSS UNITS. r! Nearly every section in the counfjty has organized' Red Cross Units. e j The newest ones are Monterey unfider the leadership of Mrs. J. F. r Clinkscales, Long Cane, under Mrs. y W. T. King, Brownlee under Mrs. r J. E. Brownlee, Mt. Carmel under II Mrs. Walton Boyd and Cold Springs e under Miss Bessie Uldrick. , I Those already working are Anrjtreville, under Miss Valeria CrowlS!ther, Lebanon and Sharon, under . I Mrs. Nannie Harkness and Miss > y! Maggie Evans, Watts, . under Mrs. g i Frank Wilson. Special mention should be mad r_ of Cold Springs as it is under the k management of Miss Bessie Uldricl* who is quite a young girl. Thej are very enthused and are doing .. fine work. i j I The need of new Units in the n | county is great because those aly' ready working are carrying a prefc | ty heavy load and more help woulc w j come in fine. Each section that has !(j no Unit should get busy and organize one. Information will be gladlj n given to get them started. le >n THE WEATHER. )f ls The weather prophet is on th< ce job and is predicting eight snowi iy between now and spring. jf This Christmas has been most un r> usual in that it is the first Christ mas in years wo have had snow, an< s> a moon-light Christmas is most un al usual. pysaiHaiMEfflfflami ? | I DEPAR i 31 Three | Sfi Stores j| Hardwa: II UADHUf ^ i im\i/ vv j ? We have just re jfj large shipments oi S that should have c< 3j eral weeks ago, s< S is much moire con ? it usually is after jnj trade. 3j The prices are Ee and it will be a p ,!rtj !j[ 3 show you. | Rosenbi i j "iiiwfimpipinnnwnpi . iJuulIu IZiilTu uulb uiOl ' I CIVIC CLUB, i i Tl>? PliiVi nn'l] linlH its rponi-: | XUC V1T1V ViUV vv*4t Mvavft .. vw .vo. | lar monthly meeting at the home of. Mrs. Wm. P. Greene on next Thurs-' j days, Jan. 17th at 4 o'clock. All the' i members are requested to be present to start out the New Y<i!ar with; : a full attendance. | HORNER OPENS JAN. 15. j On account of the shortage of fuel and the wisdom of exercising; | the saving spirit the Horner Mill-] j tary School, Charlotte, N. C., has, : postponed the opening of the: Spring Term until Jan. 15th. SMITH-ABLES. | Mr. Thos. Abies and Miss; Lillian , | Smith were married in Atlanta We<J-j j nesday. Mr. Abies is a Dry Goods ^ traveling salesman and his wife was! employed in the millinery depart-, ment of one of the big stores in: Atlanta. Their friends are glad to j ! know of their marriage and are wishing f them much happiness. FOR FORT OGLETHORPE. ? ? 3 n r*\ i j James N. .Bonner ana a. v?.; 'j Brownlee, Abbeville county boys, have been recommended for training at Fort Oglethorpe. They are ! both members of Capt. Tillman's ! Coast Guard Artillery company and : are doing well. rj. AFTER MANY YEARS. m The Christmas season was made j bright at. the home of Mr. J. L. i McMillan and among the sisters I j and brothers by a telegram from j John McMillan, a brother, who has been absent from home . for many r yeare, saying he was still in the land of the living. The telegram came from Oklahoma saying that he i was ill. Better news has b<5en. received since and Mr. McMillan is - t.o recovery and it is 5 Uil vi iv. ? 3 hoped he will come to Abbeville for a visit. Mr. McMillan is well remembered - by many people around Abbeville i who rejoice with the family that he - is alive and has a fond thought for the people at home. ? THE erg Mercai TMENT S Abbeville, S. C. re & Grocei /VRE GR< ceived two Canned : hardware sardines, fi ome in sev- tunny fisl 3 our stock and vegeta lplete than fine flour, Christmas sugar, anc in the groc attractive . __ "honeu measure to Get our ..THE erg Mercai inuiiziaiEranuiui^^ ? ILLUSTRATED LECTURE Rev. H. W. Pratt gave a splendid illustrated lecture on "Japan" in the Presbyterian church on last * Sunday night. It was unusually , good and all who were present enjoyed his remarks. This is a fine ( way in which to get the people familiar with the religious life of the various countries. NEGRO CHILD BURNED. 1 The four year old daughter of, Jessie Taggart was burned to death ( on Monday. It seems that the mo- < ther had to go on some errand and 1 left the child in- the house by itself. 1 It attempted to put coal on the fire i and the blaze caught her dress. J i When her mother returned home 1 the child was dead. Funeral services were held on Tuesday. 1 iviiaa Ruin nutviL. ]. '! i Miss Ruth Howie has returned to!] Brenau College. She enjoyed aj, fine vacation during the holidays. I ^ She wants to keep up with the hap- , penings at home so she subscribed ] to The Press and Banner. A DANCE. Mrs. G. W. Moore entertained 2 . number of her friends at a dance ( last night. The little cottage nexi door is vacant and the dance waf . held there. Quite a pleasant time . was enjoyed by all present. Music was furnished by Tommie Gray's orchestra. ( NOTICE. Until further notice, there will be services at the churches' as follows: Second Sabbath,. Bethel A1 A. M. Second Sabbath, Sharon 3 P. M. Scond Sabbath, Grace, 7:30 P. M. Third Sabbath, Sharon, 11 A. M. Third Sabbath, Bethel, 3 P. M. Third Sabbath, Grace, 7:30 P. M. Fourth Sabbath, Bethel, 11 A. M. Fourth Sabbath. Sharon, 3 P. M. Fourth Sabbath, Grace, 7:30 P.M First Sabbath, Bethel, 11 A. M. First Sabbath," Sharon, 3 P. M. First Sabbath, Grace, 7:30 P. M. J; N. Isom. P. C. Jan. 8, 1918. ?? E? itileCoJj ITORES |t s Many *J| Departments J j ry Stores | 3CERIES I ? ji I salmon, canned [ j ish roe, fish (lakes, I j 1, canned fruits, j | ibles of all kinds, S j white and brown r I 1 almost anything- j j :ery linev ' | j s your orders? J j prices. ! 1 utile Co. jj * *****?*???? , y, i ' ' s * BREVITIES." '? * w J* ? * * * # * * * ^ Life now seems to be - just one snow after another. \ / Some people are already doing just what Hoover wants them to do by necessity. If the legislature doss nothing else, this session but raise the age of consent of young girls to eighteen years it will havp done a good thing. It would be better to do away with the double standard of morals and have only one and raise the age limit to 21. Another case of a "awful" mother. She left her two little child1 ren sitting on the street curbing until she returned. She never came back and the Salvation Army took the little tots in charge. . Now a a i n mr nonrl T*Vi n iiumc id wuqv tucjr iivcu* a mv vuuuren are all right only they have not ^ been" sufficiently nourished., V Little children do not make-, good fuel for the fire even in these^hafd times. Several instances have, been fiven in the papers of little children being left at home while the mother goes on some errand ; and when she returns- her child, ia burned to death having attempted i .to keep the fire going in thfi absence nf lfn mnt.hflT. MR. AND MRS. YOUNGBLOOD. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Youngblood of York, will make their home., m our town. They have. rented the upstairs of Mrs. Frank B. Gary's house and will live there., Mr. YoungJjlood will be with the J. M!. Anderson* Company during the year He comes here highly recommended and we are sure that he will, make a fine addition to the store as well as the town. A warm welcome is theirs. Rub-My-Tism?Antiseptic, Relieves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc "