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V KJ VJ ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner; ABBEVILLE, S. C. . | H. G. CLARK, Editor. I . The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. j ^ ^ I Entered as second-class mail mattor at post office in Abbeville, S. G, Terms of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 j Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919. | I WILSON AND THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS Evidently the President is going to try a little moral suasion on the intrasigent Republican s enators who have been opposing the League of Nations. The announced program is to call them in presidential conference a few at a time until all of them have been talked to by Wilson. ~ TVAlifipol XX seems XO ue <x diucvru yy**viv%w| move on the part of the President. There is no doubt that most of the Republican senators, who have been so vocally opposed to the League of Nations, have been looking for a graceful way out of a situation, which becomes an uncomfortable predicament when public sentiment is so strongly aligned against them. If these same senators are persuaded by the convincing logic of the President and flop with a shamefaced] sight of relief they wilt be put in the position of following after?for , fhem?a false god. And the amusing thing is that; there is not a doubt in the world! but that opposition to the League ofi Nations will ostensibly vanish intoj fVJn sit as far as the Republican] Senators are concerned. There may be one or two stubborn G. 0. P. leaders who will fight on to the end, but the majority with a wary eye to the political vane will vote for ratification of the Peace Treaty, League of Nations and all. There is a democratic senator in this category, but he is already a broken reed, a pitiful caricature of what he once was. Really, the President is "too good" to the Republicans. COTTON AND THE SALARIED MAN I / 4 It has about seeped through the genera! understanding that money has little value per se, but is a medium of exchange, the valtfe of which is determined by that old bugbear, supply and demand. In most sections' of this country foodstuffs, such as{ wheat and com, establish the basis j of value. In the Southland the basis: of value is cotton. As cotton advances or declines in price, the sellx ing price of other commodities/ advance or decline. It is a law that is as unalterable as the dictum 01 ine Medes and the Persians. Seven years ago, when cotton was selling around 12 cents salaried men were receiving a certain monthly wage, the dry goods clerk about $60 per month, the bank clerk about the same, the school teacher about $f>0 per month and so on up and down the line. In July, 1919, with cotton selling around 35 cents, about three times what is was selling for in 1?12, is the salaried man of the same grade receiving three times as mu'h in wages as he did seven years ago? HE IS NOT. In this day of cheap money the farmer and the capitalist?the man who meets trie weemy payrvn??c receiving a commensurate return; the laborer is getting his, while the salaried man must be content with a wage that is on the average about 25 percent more than he received seven years ago for the same class of work. Why not put all wage-earners, s? laried men and those who labor for a daily stipend?on an automatically adjusted basis of pay In this section the basis would be cotton. Establish a wage scale based cm cotton. If a mac was getting a salary of $60 for doing certain work seven years ego, the same work should command a wage of $180 now. If by next month cotton should decline to 24 cents, the pay should be $120. Let the market value of cotton on the day the salary is due be the basis. Or if there are those who would be more meticulously exact, an average of the daily value of cotton during the month can be taken as the basis. Think it over. THE ABOUNDING PROSPERITY UPON WHICH THE COUNTRY HAS ENTERED. ' For months the United States Gov-,' ! ertiment urged all business men to realize that they could "sell" prosperity to the country by big, bold advertising. It urged everybody to advertise heavily; if they were alalready advertising, to increase their expenditures and broaden their publicity campaign; and if they were not advertising, to begin an aggressive campaign. Never was better business advice given, never was it more fully accepted. and never was there a greater demonstration of the wisdom of such advice. Business men everywhere commenced to advertise more freely atod on broader lines. Many men who had never done much advertising saw a new light and began to advertise, while old-time advertisers made larger appropriations and gave greater heed to the almost limitless power of publicity. The result is everywhere in evidence. The confidence displayed by heavy advertising begat confidence. The optimism of advertsers created optimism, and the pessimists slunk back into their holes and pulled the holes in after them?permanently buried face downward, as is the just desert of every man who becomes a pessimist in America ? Many men who at first did not see just how advertising could help their individual business, nevertheless they, j too, if broad in vision and patriotic! in spirit, began to advertise, following the Government's advice, andj soon they felt a pride in being num-j bered among the business leaders,' who were doing their part toward ^ prosperity to the country and thus helping* to destroy the seeds of Bolshevism, which fructify in poverty soils and which die in soils where prosperity is flourishing. Largely as an outcome of this splendid work, vigorously conducted by the Secretary of Labor and to whom great credit is due, everyone now realizes that the country has taken the right road at the forks, and instead of traveling toward the land of poverty and anarchy, is headed straight on the road to the land of abounding national prosperity, and this glorious change is largely due to the power of advertising, which created an air of optimism, and as a nation thinketh in its heart, so is it. The nation is now thinking in terms of publicity, created prosperity, and it realizes as never be- ] fore that advertising is the great power which has saved us from stagnation and unemployment, and that advertising, big, broad and intelligent advertising, will keep the nation traveling safely on the road of prosperity. j Advertising is, therefore, as so I efrftnopiw nrpta>ntw) hv the Federal ^v*v..bV X? Government, a work of patriotism as well as of enlightened selfish business interest. SUMMER SCHOOL IN PROGRESS Clemson College, July 19.?The Summer School for fanners, club boys, agricultural teachers, cotton graders, etc., began on Monday, I June 30, and will run thru July. The attendance is considerably better than ever before and there is every indication of a successful session. Seveal ladies are taking courses this year, especially in tgri cultural teaching; and there are also a good jmany married ladies and children | present as visitors to be with their i hiisVinn^ti arid fathers who are at tending the Summer School. The Club Boys came in on Monday, July 7, for two weeks, each county being represented by the two prize winners, who receive the course of training free. A few other dub members are attending by paying the small fee of $1.00 per day for all expenses. The big Farmers' Week will be held July 21 to 26 inclusive, when a large crowd of South Carolina farmers will be present to enjoy and profit by the instructional lectures, discussions, and demonstrations which have been arranged by the agricultural authorities. ZACHARY-COCHRAN. Miss Lucy Zachary, of Sylva, N. C., and J. Robert Cochran, now of Waynesville, W. U., were married on last Wednesday. News of the marriage came as a surprise to the relatives of Mr. Cochran in Abbeville, though the bride and groom had long been sweethearts. Miss Zachary was spending a while in Waynesville when the happy idea of getting married occurred to her and Mr. Cochran. Accompanied by a sister and two nieces of the brideto-be, Mr. Cochran and Miss Zachary drove to Asheville, procured the necessary license and a minister ^nd then drove to Sunset Mountain, where they were married just at sundown. Mrs. Cochran is well remembered i in Abbeville. She made her home in this city for two years, and here met Mr. Cochran. She is a young woman beloved and admired by those who know her best. Mr. Cochran is in the motion picture business, being the manager of a large concern in Waynesville. He is an Abbeville boy who is succeeding in his new home. The bride and groom will make their home in Waynesville. Capt. Hemphill Arrive#. Mrs. Eugenia C. Hemphill has received news of the safe arrival of her son, Capt. W. L. Hemphill, in New York, and word that he will come to Abbeville shortly for a visit. Capt. Hemphill has been in overseas I service for the oast vear and a half J serving with the Ninth Army Corps. He was divisional adjutant for htiany months and was one of the t'oung officers sent to the Sorbonne for a special course in science. Auto Breaks Horse's Leg. A horse belonging to Alec Harris, negro, was run into by an automobile Saturday afternoon near Melrose cemetery and the left leg was broken. The machine was driven by Albert McLane. A young son of Harris was riding the horse at the time of the accident. In an attempt t.n save the horse Harris has set the leg and has turned the horse into a pasture, on the A. J. Ferguson place, where he lives. It is seldom that a horse can be saved after a leg is broken. ! Mr. P. H. McCaslan, of McCormick County, was in the city several days last week visiting his nephews, Wm. M. and J. Foster Barnwell. He raises the finest watermelons and canta-! ? TTT1_ *1 _ I loupes we nave seen tms year, wiuie here he called at the Hillbilly Setback College and showed the boys some of the new leads invented by Col. Jim Taggart, who is a champion in Mr. McCaslan's neighborhood. JUDGE SLAUGHTER OF SPRING HILL, ALA., IN ASIGNED STATEMENT, SAYS HE OBTAINED WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM . DRECO "In relieving kidney, liver trouble and constipation, I have obtained wonderful relief in a very snort tune by taking the new root and herb medicine?Dreco. "Before taking Dreco, my back at times felt like it would break, and I often had to get up four or five times during the night to relieve my bladder. My liver was sluggish, and I frequently had dizzy spells, headaches and a vile taste in my mouth. Constipation was a daily annoyance. My nerves were shaky and my sleep broken. ^ "I am happy to say that there is a marked improvement in my troubles since taking Dreco. My kidneys are very much better. I sleep sound and VT~ tne cvnstipai'ivu ? icucvcu. xiv uw?ww my liver is acting well, for the dizziness and headaches have ceased. I heartily endorse Dreco to those who suffer as I did. Dreco is made from juices and extracts of many medicinal herb plants which act on the vital organs in a pieasa.nu iuiu vivuijjl uiaunvi. Dreco is highly recommended in Abbeville by P. B. Speed. HO< the Kitchen < You Need Not I die Fortunate C of a Hoosier Cabinet ar o\ jo / nc H sfc ? Sfl ed ar ar pi STOVES ?* RANGES 20-22=24 N. Main I< The war is < points to a f perity ii After the Full yec VJ /</; I UU I LULL UCUCf gc now by taking sto beging July 20 th. BUILDING & oil G. A, NEUFFER, President mvmvr nnnipr INLW WILSON STEMS TIDE | circums AGAINST WORLD LEAGUE I concede Washington, July 19.?President Peac Wilson has temporarily stemmed Suppi the tide of opposition which was ents M running high against the League of an<* Lo< Nations prior to his return from ference i France. But he has by no means set en first I at rest the currents in the United quest o States senate which insist upon res- heart ti liATOowor innA/>iinns in Who ha uvauvuo, uvnv f VA) MM.VVMW... phraseology, as the price of their 1??^ acquiescence. judicial Thus far Mr. Wilson has sought Senat out FRepublican senators known to eota, al be friendly to the idea of the league can, ha senators, too, withou any particular with th personal feeling against the presi- reserve dent over domestic politics With measure those men he has discussed every league, phase of the Paris negotiations, giv- ly said ing them the atmosphere and hack- sota thj ground of Paris and Versatile?, the league. DSIE maiBr \fESBSr 4mm Cabinet that saves miles of ' 1 L&Mmr *S_i Kmer | Kitche HOOSIER Prices e so low that every h vn this scientific kite] y its great convenien No other cabinet sa? > other combines all oosier's capacity is e: ruction extra quality. This is the cabinet ould have?the one j [. To delay ordering id energy. Come and id prove this fact foi aces you under no ob mf HOME OUT over and ( )eriod of gr n this cour irs come the L th 'I I &UU(^ f VI ill ck in our new, LOAN ASS ABBEVILLE j.i > BEGIN JU tances under which it was M in order to bring a treaty so e to an impatient world. in :>sedly irrecoiynliable oppon- w :e Senators Borah, Johnson to Ige are to be called into conlater. Mr.' Wilson has chos- fo to pave the way tor con- n< f the opposition by heart-to- ra ilks with those Republicans to ve shown a disposition to pi the peace question from a ei and not a patty attitude. to or Knute Nelson, of Minne- le though a staunch Republi- ch ,s again and again voted al e Democrats on the federal tr act and other progressive co >s. Senator Kellogg, his col- fr also a Republican, has open- Bi after a trip through Minne- pc it the people favored the sh It will be remembered that} W1 slept w [j gUJM ah ^ r M HBiB i w - ; ; ' -; v.lv - .!>*** in HUB \ r - ? * i-XM ) 1 r - * md Hoosier terms ouse wif e can easily hen helper and eff> .-.M?.( ce. es so many steps-1? 1 wanted features* xtra large; its con* .* * . every housewife rou have long wantmeans wasted time inspect them today yourself. A visit ligation whatever. ^ . FITTERS ibbeville, S. C. -*A?r ' I iverything eat pros itry. I EnH ean years. I e lean years I service which I fffl fipfl 10CIA T10N I 5. MORSE, Sec.-Treas. jIH fLY 20th I ? r. Wilson almost carried MinneSfl ita in 1916 by his appeal to tense peace desire at tne miauuMH est and sentiment is not beheve^M have since changed substantially^? Senator McCumber, who come^H rm North Dakota, citadel <xf th^Hj )n-partisan league and hotbed oflH dicalism ,is a conservative sena^H r with an ear however, to th^H icific sentiment of his constituHfl icy. He was one of the earllesBH announce that he favored th^H ague covenant with or withou^H langes but with some internation^H concert to execute the peac^H eaty and start the process of re^H nstruction. It needed no argttmen^B am Mr. Wilson to convert hia^B it it was an evidence of changeflD >licy on the president's part t^H ow appreciation to RepubKcanHB io openly co-operated with I