The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 18, 1919, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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The Press and Banner
ABBEVILLE, S. a ,
H.G. CLARK, Editor.
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\ COAL STRIKE ENDS. -J
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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
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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
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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^
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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. '
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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.OW-GRADE. COTTON IN ABBE;
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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."
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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 <
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Abbeville, 8. 0.
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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.
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TED?To bay seed cotton at
market prices. . _ -, En
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