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"MORE PAY FOR LESS WORK." Addressing the American Federation of Labor convention at Atlantic City, S. M. Walsh, delegate from \ Canada, told the convention that "the , eigiht-hour day is the first step tow- j ard the six-<hour day." The suges- ( tion would be a fine specimen of hu- . mor except for the important fact i ] that it is no jest. There is not a par tide of doubt but that many leaders , of organized labor entertain the same j idea and are in accord with the Canadian delegate's assertion that "the 3 eight-hour days is the first step tow- ; ard the six-hour day." Where are we headed for, with , such notions pervading the minds of : the workers? Many of the captains j of finance, the capitalists whom or- ] ganized labor affects to hold in such \ distrust and suspicion, toil at their j desks more than twelve hours a day, ( striving to keep in motion the wheels , that make it possible for labor to ] pull down the big wages it now re- j cerres. These men know no holidays. ( An eight-hour day to them would be a nnvoltw on emenaivA lllTUrV that t they would not feel able to afford, j in the knowledge that the happiness ( and welfare of millions depend upon { the manner in which they acquit c themselves of the weighty responsi- B bilities resting upon them. As for a t six-hour day, the suggestion only q causes them to smije wearily. c Labor mast be responsible if it is c to continue to prosper. All of us a would like to be required to work r only six hours a day, to be sure? a very many of us would be well con* j, tent if we could perform our duties ? within the space of eight hours that is now accepted as the standard working day. But what we would a like to do and what we have to do f, are two very different things The 0 world must earn its bread by the tl sweat of its brow. And it cannot tl produce enough in six hours' toil to tl enable it to spend the other eighteen e: as it pleases. n Both capital and labor must reeo- ^ lately rid themselves of false and b * if' n l xi XOOlIfln notions. oucn nouvns. nave p brought Russia, once a mighty Na- t} tion, to the brink of ruin. The Rus- c< sian world ngraan now realizes, hav- jf ing learned through sad experience, that arbitrary legislation will not make him prosperous. It is only by 01 yneans of work that men achieve remilts which enable them to live com- ^ fortably and support their families. 0j The slogan of "more pay for less w work", parried too far, will ruin any ej poifntry on earth.?Jtoaspfc# Times, WfW ?*m Washington, June 17.?The farm loan board today announced a forth :? ;-??? <Rl 000 000 in I 1-2 UOUV V* Yv a)v* - per bonds of the federal laad banks. The present issue will be sold at 100 aj 1-2 direct to investors by the 12 fed- g eral land banks and by a nation wide a Croup of investment banking houses, li The last general offering of these p bonds a year ago was absorbed quick- o ly and the securities went to a con- ii siderable premium. The forthcom- a ing issue anticipates the needs of ti the land banks for some months and no further offering is expected be- & fore December. The new bonds, r h* virtually tny exemot. e will be issued in denominations as a low as $25 to make them attractive s to small investors. They will be pay- b able in five years and due in 20 years p Up to May 31 ,the federal land banks I had issued $207,500,000 in bonds. e a ?jflBHHBra|K .' -ty^yaMcx^t ^?BMHBhH|^ \ JOHN A. HOLLAND, ^ I tte largest dealer in musical instru- ] menta in western South Carolina. Sells I pianos, self-player pianos, organs and tewing machines. Reference: The! Bank of Greenwood, the oldest and Strongest Bank in Greenwood County. ' COTTON PRODUCTION. I (Manufacturers Record, Baltimore) The charge of certain Northern interests that Southern farmers in reducing their cotton acreage are profiteering and trying to make money out of the necessities of the world, seems to me ill-chosen. Cotton has been and is now selling at a loss to J those who raise it, and they must get; t a loss, but must diversify or bell uined. By remaining on the land (I nd raising other crops they will bell i position to produce more cotton II rhen the present stock is used and II be market will pay a fair price. II There has been some foolish talk II bout the Government fixing a price [I ?r cotton, both by speakers at vari-ll as conventions and editorially, at II le time when it seemed probableII mt this might be done and since but I ie simple fact is that production has I weeded the amount which could be JI tanufactured and sold. Many fae-ffl >ries and much machinery have II een destroyed and the purchasing!! ower of Europe greatly reduced byffl \e war. There is a large surplus of II ?tton to be carried over, and a l irge crop this years spells ruin ferll lose who raise it flj It is not a desire to make a profit JI at of the necessities of the worldjl iat induees the reduction of cotton I :reage and additional production of I ther crops. The urgent need toll take a living until better times!! m fanners to make this change, [I >me in cotton prices compels South-II ppeal time [i VOICED BY KNOX 11 " - "H-wwf | Washington, June 17.?A plea II gainst hasty acceptance of the le**!! ue of nations was made to the sen-iH te today by Senaotr Knox, Repub- II can, of Pennsylvania, in a carefully I repared address analyzing features I f the league covenant and caution- I lg that its ratification would mean I departure from American tradi-ll ions. The league, declared the former I ecretary of state, would inevitably I esult in a super-government empow- II red to act even upon the domestic I ffairs of member nations and to pre- I erve for all time the territorial I oundaries shortly to be fixed by the I ?ace treaty. He asserted the new I lonroe doctrine provision would 1 fface that policy from international I iffairs and argued that the amend- I nent adopted to cover withdrawel of I ? nrnulri make such I et&gUC IIICIUUVA vvvw. withdrawal "absolutely impossible." rhe speech which held closer atten,ion in the senate chamber than any previous utterance of the treaty con;roversy, marked the beginning of iebate on Mr. Knox's resolution ue:laring the termB of peace should he ratified without delay and the league of nations proposal left for later consideration. "I ask for time," said the Senator in explaining his feasure, "merely to consider whether or not under the covenant as drawn, the power to put us at war will still rest with us or be placed in a body outside our own government and if placed outside, whether or not such lodging of the sovereign power is desirable. "I ask only for time to deliberate whether or not we shall put it beyond our power to increase the size of our army and our navy in times of dire emergency without first consulting the wish or desires of other countries." \ out of the business, get a higher I AW l*A Krftl/O 1 Ui 5U WAunv. The writer lived some hundred miles south of Chicago during the middle '70's, when corn sold there at 15 cents a bushel and hogs at $2.90 per hundred live weight. Some farmers went broke and others diversified, but no cry of profiteering was heard. Broomcorn later fell to $40 to $50 a ton when it cost about $100 to raise it, and produition stopped. Castor oil was made in considerable quantities in Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma, but the price of this also fell below cost and production ceassd. The fact is that in all lines of >usiness, manufacturing, mining and .'arming along with the rest, the cost >f doing business is sometimes greatsr than the price obtainable in some lepartments, and unless the owners ire financially able to stand a loss, hat department or business must be liscontinued until better times. The otton farmers are without the finin5?1 RtrAne*h to continue indefinitely 1^ ^ We Have Alwayi "NOTHING 1 I and to prove to the public lie the highest grade of er brands of pictures that yoi . v. ' ?r' yt B H^H 1 k m m^Lz - i ft il^JftHMi SriiZZ^Mw "I 1 r2N ( Bl I\XJ I Vi^g'" I I .M^tewert Jf? SB JACKPicktsbs Cfiauwuni II We have installed se\ I show. II A lot of good people in II of the improvements that II spent a lot of money and i H standard. We don't wan ' r* 1 H " 1 he JSest or uooanwiun I THE 5 Said: [00 GOOD F( that the mana firement of the itertainment that money can a can tee daily at yourthea FIRST i We wish to call j tion. Our booth is e Motor-driven machi our estimation the n grade machines on t PLEX projector is < UNITED STATES SE The Class of Pict We wish to call, that we are running CRAFT Pictures. ' in The Saturday Ev Superbly directed ii Paramount-Artcrafl lowing famous stars MARY FICKFORD VIVIAN MARTIN WM. S. HART PAULINE FREDERICK WALLACE RE IB JOHN BARRYMORE SELECT PICT Name Implies." Ui - see the following sta CONSTANCE TALMAOGE M CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG A GOLDWYN PIC lowing stars appear MADGE KENNEDY W WILLIAM FOX banner you will see < GEORGE WALSH Wl TUFDi R1RA TC . METRO PICTU the following stars: FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN Af ETHEL BAMtYMORE HJ BEVERLY BAYNE EE In addition to t tures listed above 1 leading producing c ture industry today, specials that are bei worth while to our p OUR COMEDI] TRAVELOGUES ? that we give in selec reral big fans to keep our pc Abbeville do not attend our have been made under the j ill our time in bringing your 1 t you to take our word for il js", interpreted by good mus OPERA r\ uirectior ^ssssss ]?=?I ? ?i???? i ?????SB ? m )R ABBEVILLE" \ % ';;?a t I Opera House is giving the pub- . 1 1_ -1 il? i ouy we are luong ueiow me h Ire. B OF ALL I 'our attention to our. projec- 9 quipped with two SIMPLEX ines. These machines are in lost satisfactory and highest B he market today. The SIM endorsed and used by the War Department S ;COND: . I urea We Are Showing. Byour attention to the feet 8 PARAMOUNT and ART- 8 f he kind you see advertised H ening Post "Foremost Stars, B l Clean Pictures. Under the n ; banner you will see the fol MARGUERITE CLARK ' flj CERALDINE FARRAR H JACK PICKFORD , A DUST1N FARNUM . GEORGE M. COHEN S VICTOR MOORE. URES, "All That the ider this trademark you will trs: ITCHEL LEWIS. NORMA TALMADCE LICE BRADY MARION DAVIES 3TURES, in which thefolv' l ' > * . /? *.?' '. IE MARSH MABEL NORMAND PICTURES. Under this 1 k our old favorites: m M. FARNUM GLADYS BROCK WELL B >MMIX THE LEE KIDDIES. B RES, in which you will see 9 INA Q. NIELSON BERT LYTELL B iLE HAMILTON. VIOLA DA*fA B >ITH STOREY MAY ALLISON s B he Five (5) brands of pic-, B which are recognized as the B ompanies in the moving pic- B we are running- all the his 3 ng released that we consider H I latrons. D B 3S, NEW REELS, and | | ire picked with the same care 9 H ;ting our feature pictures. B I itrons cool while they enjoy the I shows because they do not know I I iresent management. We have I I theatre up to its present high I I t, come out and see for yourself I I ic in a clean, cool house. I I HOUSE II i of R GLENN KAY |l