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ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. a , H.G. CLARK, Editor. The Press and Banner Go. .Paktisbed Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. .Entered as second-class mall /matter at post office in Abbeville, S. 6. , Terms of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months i 1 .50 i* Payable invariably in advance. gr '?? ?jg5..?. , v " TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 ? *' v ' . -4? ? 1' , .'.1 'J: \ COAL STRIKE ENDS. -J %/ ? The public heaved a sigh of relief i Tuesday afternoon, when it was an- i nounced that the coal strike had been called off. The public was as much , concerned in the outcome of the ] strike as any other body of people? , and the least consulted. And it is a , fact that he public had little or no t sympathy for the strikers. It was . the consensus of opinion that the coal miners had broken their contract with the operators; that they were talcing an unfair advantage of * ,the public by striking at a time of ' year when lack of coal would cause / v . . ".?* t trraat cnfftfrintrr tliflt. IhpV Were Well 1 paid ? and that the few grievances * they had could be arbitrated. The strikers tried to gain sympathy by stressing the hard lot of the miners. They couldn't explain away the fact, however, that many miners made from $200 to $500 per month after house rent, doctor's bill, coal J. * ? bill and even grocery'bill had been subtracted. ; No one denies the fact that mine labor is hard and dangerous, though not one-third as dangerous as it was a few years back, and not any riiore l ' dangerous now than a brakeman's v job on the railroad and the work is not as hard as the latter position. The miners never suffer from cold, their hours of work are short and in ap- ^ pearance they are as hearty, robust rav,. lot of men as can be found any-|_ where. It is not the healthiest occupation, but it is not as unhealthy as F v t many other jobs by many counts. As we lived 13 years in the coal ^ mining district of southern West Vir ginia we know something of condi- a tions under which coal miners live, j Those were the days when accidents t were far more frequent than they are now and hours of labor were shorter and wages less than half, t The coal miners made then enough to support themselves and tjieir families in comfort flnd we do r.ov believe that conditions uow are relatively any worse; frori ail the information \ that we can gc1 conditions are far better. t The fact Jiai. there U unemploy- ^ ment at the mines, which was claimed^ . t by the strikers. point ~ rather ^5 thep fact that \V6ges wc-re to remunerative * at the r.unes as U attract workers ( from 0 he I- ittu-stries, rather than it 1 was fufcevl unemployment. There * has Wfen too much demand for coal ? . fcll over the world, and at good * prices, for this argument to hold. * The number of hours in a week * that a miner should work is a question that should be settled. If 30 1 hours is as long as a man should < work in a mine and retain his health ' and strength, then thirty hours should I be the limit, but the public should < not be made to pay just to give two ' miners work with two miners pay and the output of coal the same. ' i ' i "Set Back" is the favorite game in high social circles in Abbeville, and is generally confined to the intellectuals of the community, the most of whom know little or nothing about I it. They are not influenced by their ignorance of the science of the game and really do not care for that, the members of what they call the "Set Po/ilr ViQTrinfv fVi? "?*v? U?fl?5 lUUltUVU vliv institution for the purpose of feeding at the expense of any victim who might be easy enough to invite them to "spend the evening." The invitation carries with it, of course, the promise of something to eat and is invariably accepted with thanks, though it has been found on occasion that some of the members do not see much difference between the delicious MARKETING A Our remark* on the cotton market t utunimoui j^ppraval by the butineii with whom we have talked. The co i We hope their action* will 4peak louche But the approval of the .remarks o 1cm they axe williag to Oct ior the cor 1st. What we need in Abbeville is a n cotton and other products. One of tl farmer, and the manager of a wareko :??? t? ?l. SVC A BClIUtf ?V1UUIH?VC tw ?MV M-MVX narket. Nobody need join the uiocuti but.it should be . open to Meiy bu wh trader should be employed to trade e this committee of three for nle, and market iccordiag to grades. 'Mills Si of cotton buyers and the fsurmers wou a host of professional buyers who pa; The farmers need such an associati need it, too, for the protection *f the; who works hard t^ make, a crop la as i things he produce* as aStf^ite msa^ im fortunate people, (he bustglMs mem in J fit by thefr labor should that they ment should be launched now to pit tl feet, i?to operation. Mostf of the cott is true, and not nfet?h wiljf be saved ju ready for the next crop, and will be ea cotton in all cases. ' 1 And we should remember our old ea fears. The boll weevil has arrived. H< Next year we shall almost surely see s means that farmers must turn their at :otton. One of the things and the cb 10 it the want of proper market* and ol rhetf mutt be provided. If they are 10 ti those attending the early growing of It hac not been so many years ago t! >ther;side of the Savannah, and some o shards. Some of those who planted he leighbor#, acros? the river. A .carload he news would come back that, there * 0 be spiral a sacrifice. The result . V* ?rofit, while in some cases there we^e I< he formation of an association for th< narketing association of some kind ? yere stationed in every market in th < hipped. It was found profitable and tl aved. Fortunes are now being made fi We must have some such arrangeBM oes, pindars, truck, grain, and other cr? ention when the time comes for these 1 tr' ?. > .1 r *.? nan a year on. it win not do ror tn las . arrived. The farmers of Abbev ll< y in this section, should be busy. A I er will urge that a large delegation o listrict and ascertain how other crop: feu iow these crops may be most easily coi ire'pared for these other crops for 19 'ation if we are to make these preparati We urge again that the people get be aarket their cotton without paying th ] ind other like expenses, but they shoo if products vrfiich may be grown in th tense, and m market should be found a: It is a wise ^ian who looks ahead, an Abbeville County to take thought of tl ? i lalads that are served and the corned n >eef and cabbage Mr. Jiggs preferred 0 ? the exquisite refreshments the c (ver-faithful Maggie would provide c or her distinguished guests.?Spar- e anburg Journal. . ' ?????? t .OW-GRADE. COTTON IN ABBE; r-r'.Vr, VILLE. n . .. ? jt One day last week a farmer hauled t 'our bales of low-grade cotton to Ab- y >eville and refused to sell at the I >rice offered for it. The next day he ) ook the same cotton to Due knd ?01 j it for $?6 more ilian lie A >ffered at -Abbeville. Another farmer o vas'offered ^ cents for one bale he s ook .to . Abbeville;: and the next day a old the same bale at Due West- for h 58 cents. Which would seem to prove * Hua u/flef ie q Koffor morlrof fftv n >uav i^uc. IT tow *o ? wwww* ??v? ?j :otton than Abbeville. I The Hon. William P. Greene thinks v ;here is something wrong with the * :otton buyers at Abbeville and that c 'by depressing the market on these ? grades" the buyers "are doing this 1 jity incalculable harm." He calls c jpon the merchants of the town who j "are making fine profits these daysjC by selling the farmers in this com-il munity their goods and wares" to see i to it that 'cotton is no longer taken ? in Abbeville for less than it is worth. I "But," says Judg$ Greene: c "But the relief which is to come 1 L. J-J 1 1L. -f S iiiusi> uc vuuiiiutnueu uy me xurrner:*. Let the farmers in this community f call a public meeting and elect three * men to handle the cotton offered on this market. When two or three hun- '< dred bales are ready to be offered ( this cotton could be sold to outside 1 U M _ J 1 ? uuyvia. ii. iw.is ueemea wise,,a -com- 1 petent cotton grader copld be em- { ployed here to tell those who have ( cotton to offer what it is worth, ac- ' cording to market quotations, to the T end that men might not part with the * results of their toil without adequate 1 compensation. And no former should ( sell a pound of cotton to a buyer * ASSOCIATIONS. t Abbeville seem to have met with men of Abbeville and Ike farmers on-buyers have not been heard from, r than their words, however. lade will net the people nothing unrection of any abases which may exlarketinf association for the sale of be .merchants, one representative 1 L! use woyia mane a gooa comDiniuia B| of the cotton offered on this ion \who dee* not desire to do so, 0 doe* wiib to join. .A . competent very bale of cotton turned over to the cotton should be offered ou the 1 this way would save tbe expense Id no longer contribute to keep up f less for cotton than it is worth. on for their own protection. They ir tenants and laborers. A negro nuch entitled to a full price for the id Jul quasi-trustees,) for those less tbbcvHle and the farmers who probeo Secure a square deal. A moreits plsn, -or some plan of like efan gsown this year has been sold, it ist now'by the plan but we will be tabled to get proper prices for our lemy who has been coming all these e as' on Abbeville County farms, ome of bis destructive work. This tention to other money crops than sf thing to deter them from doing F selling facilities for other crops. 1, the result will be much the same peaches in this section., hat a great many planters on tbe n this side, planted large peach or? L - J iL_i ju rc n? u lucir c*pcncuwc, u Uiu iucn of peaches would be shipped end res no merket end the peaches had fr that in mbtt case* there was no uses. This resulted in Georgia in e handling of the peach crop. A res formed and its representatives country to which peaches were , lie peach g rowing , industry was rom peach-growing. mt for the marketing of the pota>ps to which we shall give our at* crops. And the time is not more farmers to sit still until this time i County, and of every other counthe proper time next year this paf farmers go Into the boll weevil iy be grown, what other crops, and a averted into money. , We must be m 21, and today is the day of our sal- I Ml. I sy. Not only should the farmers ] profits of cotton-buyers, brokers, Id be prepared to market all kinds F< is section at the least possible exnd nreoared for these orodactt. d it is wisdom for the farmers of ^ lie morrow. > iow, or in the future, who now offers, <t* t who has in the past offered, six SI ents per pound less than a bale of otton is worth. Such a buyer is an nemy of the city's progress, a profieer of the worst kind and a trader o be avoided." \ That is putting the case very clcary and the remedy suggested would ^ elp to achieve the end desired?fair reatment for the cotton grower and < , ? he last of the cotton buyers who fould make money at their expense. ' Int. vjp mh imftin'nfl flint micht I e a legitimate difference in the priee I l9W--fMde cbtibn at Due West and Lbbeville, not ias a tegtitalf thing, but ccasionally. tfett tbtton buyer, preumably, is hot buying on his own ccount, b'ut to fill orders he may ^ ave received from manufacturers. Lll the mills do not use the same [uality of staple?the long staple of _ )arlineton could not be used with ad- F4 antage, probably, by the mill in Lbbeville, and the low-grade , cotton f the Savannah side might be worth ? riore to the buyer at Due West buyng on order than the better grade if the Groggy Spring section. But it is inconceivable that there ould be a difference of six cents the y >ound in the price of the same cotton n two markets in the same county ?nly ten miles apart If the buyer in Abbeville is buying on speculative ac:ount for himself, he should pay as nuch, and a little more if he has any porting blood at all, than the buyer it Due West, who may be plunging >n his own account also. The cpmplaint^' made by Judge jTeene -will work its own cure, howiver it may hurt the town. Cotton vill go where it can be marketed to ;he best advantage. There have been >ther cases in this State where the rurrents of trade have been diverted ?y precisely the same cause as that which has inspired the present oro :est; and, once the damage is done, t will take years to repair it, if, inieed, it can ever be repaired.?Spartanburg Journal. ; ....--I ?. r f : ' *' C ' WearTh Hjis h ml . ? 1 H . l liis snapely r R foot, and shoul I blessed peace tl | ing out over t I nice curve. . Il I .* . its price is mosi iiii I jj ' - I WANTS 1' * ' OR SALE:?One six-cylinder Buick _ car, in. good condition, a bargain. ll-18-2t. J. S. MORSE OST:?Auburn gas tank cap, on or near the square. Finder please return to Press and Banner office. ' rRAYED or STOLEN:?White setter Dog with light yellow ears and small yellow spots on nose, front legs and body. Had on collar with large copper ring on it. Liberal reward if returned to L. C. PARKER Abbeville, S. C. . 11-18-lt Pd. DR SALE:?Maxwell car, in good shape, run little over 1,000 miles, ? ?' J ! "TT1 casing uiiu inner tuuc. jc ur further information apply to J. E. Haroldson, Chief Fire Department. ll-18-tf, '7* 5R SALE:?Whole sweet milk, at 20 cents quart. / 11-4-tf. MRS. D. A. ROGERS. I rHEN IN NEED?of a good plumber, Phone 349. J. E. NORRIS. 10-31-3t.Pd. 3R SALE:?Several use Cars. MARTIN AND PENNAL, . 11-7-tf. * City Garage. I VANTED:?A man tljat will avail himself of ail opportunity. Calhoun Falls is sure to be one of the biggest manufacturing towns i n western South Carolina. With all of the water power of the Savannah in its backdoor it can't do else but develop and grow. We have seventy acres of uand in this town for immediate sale Write or wire for particulars. bicniiAMT i Aim nn riKvmvii kniiw wi Abbeville, 8. 0. i * '-' &** r \ ' j I 1 Fhe S0LA< MX eser^Foreet Y 01 i?vj& Q IT;? a Sensitive Join r ' . ' 7' nod el provide g room for d you have c.;. enlarged joi] hat's here! Note the graci he joint*?no unsightly bi t's made of soft, pliable 1< t reasonable. V % 'I u?4(-(DiJei ,v .:;1r? L Anderson ? ',.' "" vv/ i- % -1 *> ,j ' * -OST?Friday afternoon, somewhere LOST on the Square, a medituh-size gold hoc brooch, -with two gold leaves and a am coral in center. Notify MRS. RICH- if : ARD HILL. 11-11-tf. 11VAN TED?To bay seed cotton at market prices. . _ -, En ll-ll-3t Pd, J. F. SUTHERLAND. The 1 .. 1-11 x .' , .. / ? /, , / . , ? . 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