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ruun \ = ESTABLISHED 1844 (The Press and Bannei: ABBEVILLE, S. C. i i ! H. G. CLARK, Editor. > The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. j . j Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in" Abbeville, S. C.j Terma of Subscription; naor $2.00 ' VUC jv?* Six months 1.00 j Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. j j I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919. I 1 GOOD ROADS. ? j The citizens of Abbeville County know that in every State, almost in every county in the United States, good roads are being projected or are being built. They realize the need of 200 or more miles of improved roads in this county and we don't believe they are going to see "Ll*~ ?<?niintrv Dass them by UIC 1 COL/ Ui ?..v , and leave Abbeville County isolated t and behind the times. Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens, counties immediately surounding us, have already I begun the construction of good roads. The people, the natural advantages, the land, in fact every-' tliiiv, in this county com at. fa <>?-' ' with any of the ?:oiu;tir: dk:'-; tiM-ed. The county's finance;; :?re ir 1 e- /.'f-nt condition. Th *ro is r>.,! i-vaior. why a bond iss-j for <v:o mili < n dollars for good roads should not '.a passed. There ii every re:i-j son why it should be. From all sections of the county have come intimations that the peo-1 pie are ready to consider the ques^t tion again?and favorably. There I are two methods of obtaining a bond j PTnhnhlv thp hest method is i take the mater directly to the people in a bond issue election. In order to hold an election of this kind the State Legislature must pass an enabling act to that effect. Senator J. Howard Moore has stated that he thinks this is the best method. Another way is to circulate a petition and then get a bill through the legis lature authorizing the issue of the bonds. 5 After all it is up to the people | and if the people desire better roads filoptinn will hp carried for bonds. Of course a few months J could be gained by the circulation of a petition; but, as has been said, most anybody will sign petitions and there is danger of misunderstanding arising, because some would say they did not understand the pur-\ pose of the petition. We believe there is an overwhelming njajority in ' this county for the bond issue and ! that any possible method to get: good roads would be satisfactory.: ^ Yet it is well to play safe even if time i.s lost. * J | The amount of the bond issue is; of greatest importance. Two hun-j dred miles of good roads are needed ! in the county and it will take about j one million dollars to build these j roads as they should be built. ' The question of maintenance also is of utmost importance. Good roads, are only half built unless adequate ! means are provided for maintenance, j This phase should be considered in the act passed by the legislature. The selection of the commission: which will have charge of the build ing of the roads from the letting of | the contract to the acceptance of the completed work, the handling of ! the funds and the determination of all questions that might arise, is a matter to be seriously considered. Nothing is more important than the; selection of able, energetic, fair-i minded and public-spirited men for1 the commission. Quite often the determination of I the roads to be constructed are left] to the judgment of the members of' the commission. The act sometimes! names tne roaas. we Deneve tnat| it would be perhaps wiser to name in j the act the roads to be built, in order that the citizens, when theyj vote on the question, might know1 exactly what they might expect to' get j f THE TREATY AND THE SENATE. | v ? u Ifs not because there are faults in r the peace treaty that the Republi- q cans are fighting the pact. There are ^ no doubt many faults. Human fore- j x I t sight and carininess, whether it be bf the Republican or Democratic j variety, can not obviate mistakes, j Political capital is really what the { Republicans hope to manufacture by 1 ^ their recalcitrant methods. The Republican leaders preach1 ^ mightily of the Constitution and the i "Leadership of Lincoln." But if the League of Nations document contained all the wisdom that is em-' ^ bodied in the great charter of our _ I liberties and Wilson was just a more ? f I finished Lincoln, said facts would be lost on the astigmatic vision of Re-1 publican leadership for two reasons:10 first, none of the G. 0. P. leaders ^ e wants to find anything good in the * League of Nations or in Wilson; sec-'11 ondly, there is not enough honest,' breadth of thought or vision among a the Senate Republicans to ascertain ^ real values. i ^ We have not the slightest doubt that the Peace Treaty and the Lea- I gue of Nations can be improved up- t on. Reservations, amendment or J expurgations might be made, and h when that was done, the process re- h peated ad infinitum and the pact' d would still remain human and falli-' 1 ble. |ii There is just one thing of which t we are certain and that is that little ; b improvement can be made in the s document by the Republican Senate I in its present mood, which is solely; # l mococlastic, petty and selfish?sel- i f* ' < _ l 1 _ J* TTT*t 1 nsnness Dorn or a natrea 01 wnson | and a desire to encompass the defeat of the Democratic Party in i 1920. . jv No thought of statesmanship en- j1 ters the head of these pettifogging * senators. In fact, the word "states- h man" along with that vague some- J thing called "statesmanship" is ob- r solete. The antics of many of the 111 senr.tcrs for the past few months j would put to shame the best efforts i v of the "small town" politician. Few; F men, and it applies to politicians, jt range beyond the limits of their im-1 * agination and the imagination of the j1 average politician-senator is bound- I c ed by ^he mathematical point. And after all it is not so .nuch s that he need brilliant men in the v Senate, but men mov- rl to action by * higher motives than those of getting ' votes for one or the other of the po- j1 litical parties. Bi-* somplieicv, hon- I esty of purpose, a real desire to t benefjt the United States and the t wond ??ould chata t'.erti? ti.j r:? n 1 who c? r pose our s-jrcve. t Two Prominent Men. S (Spartanburg Journal.) I1 Two very distinguished citizens of * Abbeville passed through Spartan- ^ hnro- vesterdav headed for Greer, * o %/ ~ looking for an investnftent of idle a funds. The capitalist of the pair ^ was Mr. J. S. Stark, and the lawyer, he always takes with him when he is a about to conclude a great deal, was I ^ the Hon. W. P. Greene. They did j p not :ay on which side of the County j line the property lies, but, as they'!' are both men of vision, it is assumed c It is situated on the Spartanburg P sick*, in which case it would be en- ? tirely safe for the investors to placc ^ _ _ I .. their money where all of it would >v not go for the buil-Jing: and repairing I; of road.-"- in Greenville County. The gentlemen from Ab' :11c reported that the charge foi vater in that town is 20 cents th^ thousand gallons. which is thirty cents less than i the charge in Spartanburg. Ti?ey | al?o reported that as soon as Mr. j William Barnwell has reached a set- j tlement of the telephone question m k which he is now especially intocoste l 1 hi: \ ould take steps to remove the 1 broken down fenc-j. whl-.h so sadly r mars the beauty of the grounds * about Trinity Church. ! s n A Tribute To The Salaried Man Attorney General Palmer said something the other day when he was r WVAnnDAfl 1 TlTTOOf 1 (Tflf 1 All I ^ uiov;uaouig mc yiv^vovu imvuw^w"w" into the apparently too high cost of * living. He said that while economic ^ conditions were the fundamental c ? c cause of the high prices of necessities, violations of laws designed to T prevent concerted raising of prices also might be partly responsible, and ? then he went on: . "There is no doubt that the ma r jj'irity ,of the. people are mor> pros-] perous than ever before, farmers and J wage-earners especially. The man 1 I /ho has suffered from high prices las been the salaried man I wish we c;i.d do something t> Mm I'm ipcil IV ougfcwwvua. While the ones *ho have suggesions to offer are putti'ig th.^m into iresentable and woi ;%'?'??? shape, it is in appropriate time lo uay a des^rv!d tribute to the qualities of the iverage salaried man who has hotne ;he burden of the high cost of living ncidont to the war an who has suffered perhaps more than the men riio have been in big profitable Dusiiess, more than the farmer who has eaped a harvest of gold from his ields, more than the wage-earner srho has found increase * after inrease awaiting him on demand. The average salaried man has kept n the job; he has fed and clothed' is family somehow; he has done his ul share in buying bonds and stickng away thrift stamps and in giving , o all the war causes he has pinched nd economized, taken on extra tours in the home garden; he has lone his duty in the mam bravely, oyally, patiently, nobly. The biggest thing about this is hat he hasn't kicked and howled; he lasn't threatened and menaced; he lasn't bombed or bolsheviked; he lasn't often complained. He has, inleed, borne the middle of the big oad and been a good citizen about t. He is not a whifc less of a hero han some others whose work has ieen more spectacular and whose uffering has been more sanguine. ^e deserves a tribute. THE COTTON SITUATION. Trading in cotton during tne weeK /as almost entirely professional, 'rice fluctuations were irregular, raders showing a disposition to even ip accounts over the Labor Day adournment and pending the Governncnt condition report which is schediled for publication Tuesday next, t is quite generally believed that leather conditions since the last retort of the Bureau have been better han the average, and the dependa-j ile private advices so far issued have j ndicated an increase In the new rop promise. The report of the Naional Ginners' Association, for intance, makes the condition 62.5, vhich points to a crop of 11,300,000 >ales as compared with 11,016,000 he Government's indication last nonth. Some advices, however, emihasize unfavorable features, paricularly with reference to insect acivity, while one authority places the Texas condition at 59. and claims hat the crop in that State is thirty lays late; so it is not surprising hat trade sentiment as to the actual howing of the Federal data has not ret fully crystalized. Good or bad he Government figures are likely to lave but temporary market influence or, from a broad aspect of the situ.tion, crop prospects are oversha-' r owed by?.more vital factors, notably he question of foreign exchange nd the establishment of European redits, the labor situation and the eace treaty. There is nothing in the statistical losition of cotton that offers much ncouragement to holders. Euroican stocks have now ri-en to 1,12"..- , 00 bales, as compared wit ft 402,0C0 ales on the corresponding date last j ear, while the total visible supply , s 4,;,00,0u0 bales as compared with :,8S0,C00 a year ago, 2,540,000 r.les in 1017. and 2.790.000 bale- in ; 'JIG. With prices approximately at he levci, coni^icd with j 5 cents in 101?, it is quite evident j hat no incentive to Duy cotton can ic found in crop or routine statistics. V..' (., hcov'-, swo > . vmIuncos whi::. -nav br;u; .v..? i: m h? r )rices. First and by far the most mportant is inflation, Which in eality largely responsible fo: the iresent high level and wh'ch n?:.y reiult ultimately in even higher yriccs or all commodities including (jiton. Phe second is the perfection, of some orm of credit arrangements with Germany and Austria which will pcrnit those countries to buy our cotton ?... t n.x xil *-T I reeiy. cut unui Liiere is reason to >elieve that the European demand Till be stimulated by an adequate :redit plan, and until there is evilence that the attitude of labor will lot cause a check to business, it vould appear wise to sell cotton on til the rallies created by temporary ipiuung mnuences./ sTew York, N. Y. Hinry Clews & Co. Subscribe to The Press and Banner Spartanburg Seta Pace. g V s Columbia, S. C., Sept. 9.?Spar- S tanburg county has set a pace in a the membership canvass of the South li Carolina Cotton Association that S other counties of the state ought to h follow, say officials of the associa- b tion. John B. Cannon, chairman for t that county, reports 2,200 members |l< and membership dues totalling $10,- a 000.' e In addition citizens of Spartan- o burg county have subscribed $300,- li 00 for the erection of a chain of y warehouses over the county to be j u operated under the United States j P Federal Warehouse Act. A charter, tl for the warehouse system has al- _ ready been applied for. j Reports from the over the state indicate that good progress is being! made in most of the counties in the! membership campaign. In some few counties difficulty is being experienced in securing solitietors. The report comes from every section that the people are waiting to join. All that is needed is to have solicitors to ask them. Concerning the record made by | Spartanburg, J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the South Carolina1 Cotton Association and also of the; American Cotton Association, has made this statement: "Spartanburg county, South Caro-i lina, has furnished an example for the entire cotton belt. This county has arranged to warehouse and finance their cotton until it reaches a1 price agreeable to the owner, and! for this purpose has raised the sum! of three hundred thousand dollars to; be used for the erection in different: sections of the county standard cotton warehouses, to be operated under the United States Federal Warer house Act. I most, earnestly urge that this plan be pushed throughout the length and breadth of the cotton belt, and that Spartanburg county I Pays to V I The Well-Dressed Gets the Best Att< Whether he be a Bel 1 | or a Railroad Preside rt so we say i .} IT PAYS % i TO WEAR I GOOD CLOTH! I Here are please mei appearane Suits in patterns, Furnishi that appea onr) fn "tnr C411VI fV W j PARK o one step farther and urge the enators and congressmen from loath Carolina to promptly pass an ct stipulating that cotton <can be deivered from the warehouses in Ipartanburg and from similar wareoases throughout the length and readth of the cotton belt on con pacts of the New York and New Organs Cotton Exchanges. This would bsolutely and completely change the xisting conditions in the handling f cotton, and would be worth bilons to the cotton industry. Get qur association behind this, and, rge your Spartanburg friends to ut their warehouses in line with liis suggestion. They will set an ! EXPERT AUK Any Make? Two Machinists of Cha] RADIATOR WOR1 All work guarantee ent with workmanship A. B, C Smather's Garage. > PHONE No. 341. Our .Sr-v'cp Vear Good M a n intion - JR[ f Suits and Furnialiilngc i who are particular rib e. just the right quality, si without being too expensi ngs of the smart, snap 1 to good dressers everj ) off" with Good Hats. er & r . r r . ; " *example that vrill be follened tjtai out the length and breadth of tfce cotton belt" ' ^ , if t 1 A French Taacker. There is a move on foot to secure - i. 1 in 1. S ' n leotuci ui ncuvu xw nwuciiu*, who will give lessons in addition ;?o I teaching in the public school. This young woman is a native of Frrnnee and has naturaly a most correct accent, having lived in America only eight years. Anyone wishing to take these lessons will do weB to notify Capt. Fulp. I ' ) REPAIRING -Any Model. Long Experience in , I C A SPECIALTY I sd at prices consist- 9 ) and materials used. OVAR . I Abbeville. fl . wj Cb' Will Come to Your Aid. TTi-Yxwe%MmczMwmammmmmmmrm 1 Clothes"]! Ill ihat will r HH out their tyles and SH| IB py kind. HH rwhere? HH| E ES EM