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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919.
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GOOD ROADS.
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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
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and leave Abbeville County isolated
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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
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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.
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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
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THE TREATY AND THE SENATE. | v
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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
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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 _
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liberties and Wilson was just a more ?
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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 ^
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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;
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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.
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(Spartanburg Journal.) I1
Two very distinguished citizens of *
Abbeville passed through Spartan- ^
hnro- vesterdav headed for Greer, *
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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 ^
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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
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A Tribute To The Salaried Man
Attorney General Palmer said
something the other day when he was r
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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
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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
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/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-'
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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
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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.
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Spartanburg Seta Pace. g
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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
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Gets the Best Att<
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so we say
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GOOD CLOTH!
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please mei
appearane
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patterns,
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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
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EXPERT AUK
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Suits and Furnialiilngc
i who are particular rib
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just the right quality, si
without being too expensi
ngs of the smart, snap
1 to good dressers everj
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that vrill be follened tjtai
out the length and breadth of tfce
cotton belt" ' ^ , if
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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
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