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Established 1844. j r I The Press and Bannei 11 AViKovillp S. C. I b j ii The Press and Banner Company j ^ Published Tri-WeeWy * Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone Xo. 10. i It : I Entered as second-class matter at! c post office in Abbeville, S. C. j1 h Terms of Subscription: One year $2.00 j Six months 1.00' Three months .501 JKK1DAX, .VIA I Zl, | _ !i LABOR'S LOVE WON. j ,< h When a youth comes out of school 3 and stands, a free man, in the open ] sunlight, he is immediately aware of ^ two urgent needs. One is the need to express himself by doing some- ^ thing with his brain; the other is the need to make a living. From a thousand different directions there comes the hum of industry to his 1 ears. He has seen men working here 1 and yonder?caught glimpses of ih- ^ tent faces bent over half-finished 1 products. Perhaps he has tried his 1 hand experimentally during summer vacations, but in the main hs i.= ig- ' norant of what takes place at the ^ benches and desks of manuracture ( and commerce. The world is his. he 5 may choose where he piease?. Of ail ' the arts or sciences theiv- is some ' . one particular thing which holds spe- *' % cial attraction for him. To some boys this chief end is the railroad shcp; 1 to another it is the banking hou.-e; '< to another, the print shop; to another, the call of medicine comes iouaesr; i to a few, the foreign fields glisten 1 white ^vith the ungarnered harvest. t Whichever of these it may be the youth enters by one or the swinging doors "and seldom comes out again, ' even to look about him. i Often his job has for him all the 1 glamour of romance, the mastery of ; the midnight vestibule as she races ' i over grades and through towns. In 1 the first flush of his ]^e for his job 1 he pays no attention to other phases of existence. He is likely to despise ( in his heart all men who are not of 1 his own vocation. Even the tools of 1 his trade and its special rules and 1 exigencies take on for him a ritual- 4 istic significance. Watch the carpen- * ter ho\. he tenderly handles his sharp t adze, the painter carerully cleaning T his expensive camel's hair brush. The r Stenographer can find pure joy, c quite apart from her employer or rns * business, in taking dictation infalli- F blv. even the apprentice ' housewife J v finds pleasure in a hot oven, a new f I recipe, v: in her knac* of washing v dishes, ! j' This personal satlg^uvn with a1 : task well done is enough to content1a ffreat many citizens until they have a grown ohj, pr until the task has worr^ them out And Wrted them. The deep-( er we are engrossed in the labor hefore us the quieter we &l'$ totcfeljr to n be and the better c/tlzens we are? ^ nuAiliinHua nrifnmnlaininc. WJC IUVJLC px T w, w..vv...r 0, uncritical. But there are disturbing factors in Mil trades and professions. ^ Many men are compelled to work at 11 trades that have no appeal for them. * These men are restless. Others, many a of them, though working at trades \ they prefer, are underpaid and con- * T sequently dissatisfied. A smaller number of men find it irksome to( stick at one task, no matter how congenial. They regret that t*iey cannot ^ try out all trades and are envious of the expert in trades of which they, themselves, are ignorant. They want w to start ever again in a new trade n every three or four years. t These three classes of men are the c leaders of strikes and their willing ^ followers. Until a majority of the . employees in a certain trade are ills- ^ continued a strike is impossible. p Some few may be discontented for nureiy psychological reasons alone, but a majority will never be. Low, pay, amounting to injustice, is essential to the brewing of serious labor ^ troubles. The will* to work Is more ^ powerful than the will to wanfier or ji the will to loaf. If an industry is to n / un along undisturbed it must re-jil urn to every workman who contri-!t I iutes to its output an adequate liv-J1 ng?hire worthy of his labor?and!r I ? ie will furnish arguments of his own! ' i' or staying on the job. We would recommend to all such c employers as find these classes of dis-' j: urbing elements in their plants the 1 t a i_ i? ...u:l ^ ' i latcn pi an which naj> piuvcn :>u :essful both at Abbeville and at : kVappingers Falls, N. Y., where Mr. ( latch operates a bleachery. * * * * . j' j Industrial Democracy at Abbeville ( and Wappingers Falls. ! } In a recent issue of the Literary ' 0 1 Digest there appears the summary of in article on "Industrial Democracy" i ' ay Ray Stannard Baker, of Standard jil fame, who is now writing for the j Mew York Evening Post. The writerj ^ refers to the fact that "Industrial 1 Democracy" was first tried out at ^ :he Abbeville Cotton Mill upon the j suggestion of Mr. Hatch one of the 1 Northern owners. The fact that "'In-: iustrial Democracy" has proven 1 ;uch a power for good to the em- ' oloyees and increased efficiency for'* ;he employers prophecies that ere'., ong such an economic revolution, it , nay be called, will T>e adopted by lumberless manufacturing concerns.' \ Mr. Baker, however, made a mis- t .ake, we think, in not coming to Ab-j ! Deville for material for his write-up ( )f "Industrial 'Democracy," as h& 1 ;tates himself that the system was.' I ( irst introduced in our cotton mill,1' >ut instead devotes the whole of the * irticle to Wappingers Falls. j Mr. Hatch is likewise an owner of ( \ ;he bleachery and cotton-print works it Wappingers Falls, a town lying jack from the Hudson River, a few niles below Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In :he summer of 1918, a young minis;er named James Myers went to ' Wappingers Falls. He was sent by 1 Mr. Hatch to see what could be done i ;o change the conditions. When the new company had taken the property it had been much run down physic- ; illy; they had built it up, goi it 011 j 1 profitable basis, and they wanted 1 now to attack the problem of a new i relationship with the personnel. A meeting of the five hundred op- J jratives was called and the new rep esentative plan was . explained to ^ ;hem, and they elected by secret balot six representatives (afterward ] ;leven) from the various depart- ( nents. These were organized into a j >oard of operatives and the young { ninister was chosen executive sec- t etary, his salary being paid^by the c ompany. It is to his enthusiasm, vis- ^ rvn and nrtrnnizincr aTiilitv thflt the c ilan ewes much of its success.' " ? cJ I ere in Abbeville, the very success-'j ul operation of the same plan, now^ r orking so admirably for both the! d tockholders and operatives, is due' irgely to the same qualities of J, F.lt! larnwell, the manager th? Vnill, ^ nd of Mr. Langley, the efficient ll 1 P jpcrintendent*. ? ? ? l ? 1^ This system of "Industrial Democ-1 J icy" treats the employee not as a n leans to an end. but as an end in +. I imself. As it began to show indica- b ons of success and permanency, the h oard of operatives, or selectmen, as z' ley are called in Abbeville, coming lto contact with the deeper prob- ? :ms of the mill itself?wages, hours nd real domestic control?saw that s power must be enlarged, and in I lay, 1919, asked for more power, 'he board explained to the companyj tiat the apathy and lack of interestrith which the employees viewed the'^ oard's work were due to the fact' p tiat its duties were hot directly con-'a erned with the questions of hoursj w rages, and conditions. The manage-' ii lent was ready for the next stdl).1 E i "f lours were reduced from fifty-five 1 I C t> forty-eight, and wages were inreased by 15 per cent. But ^e|"j oard of operatives also promised to - - .. I ? how the true spirit of cooperation ( ^ y increasing production, and the g] mployees kept that promise. tl tl CLINTON?COMING CITY. A a Recently we paid a business visit k > Clinton, the Blue Stocking or un-jti iformed town two miles from Dover U anction. People may take their bon c< tots about the town, throw off on L :s home for the feeble minded, but ^ hat the Clinton people have the j ight spirit in them will strike you M ight off the bat as you step off the m >eaboard or the C. N. & L. if fast ?? iding makes you dizzy. Firstly, the Clinton people hearing fg if the wonderful improvement taking f? >lace in Abbeville's beautiful streets % iave gone and done likewise and -H low the square and principal streets ^ ire being given the same treatment )urs have just received under the i skilful hands of the Southern Paving 1!?. =3 Secondly, the working man has a jj hance to live out his three score S /ears and ten in Clinton. All places < if business with the exception of % ;he drug stores, restaurants, and Tt places of amusement lock both front j and back doors at 5 o'clock. This fi *ives the clerks and proprietors throe '% lours of perfectly good daylight to -? oe with their families or to work 1 iheir gardens or do whatever they ^ please. The boss is not paying them 3 for these three hours and they use Jj ;hem as they see fit. Thirdly and lastly, the chautauqua ? vas in full blast both afternoon and I evening, and the big brown tent was ? crowded at both performances. This, | >ve were told, was the situation dur- ? ng the seven days' stay in Clinton, j The attractions were of the highest j arder and the guarantee raised by I ;he business men of Clinton previous j ;o the arrival of the Chautauqua was I $2,000. The recent census gives | Linton a few less than 4,000 people^ j ess than Abbeville's population will'J :>e, yet a chautauqua would' go'j stranded in Abbeville the first day.jj \ musical comedy however, can get I is many people here at a higher ad- f mission price than the same company j :ould get on Broadway. TAKES KICK OUT OF WINE | San Francisco Chronicle. ueaicononzeu wine, a ucvuni^i ivholly different from grape juice, ^ is an invention for which a patent =? has been applied by Edward E. g Cothran and Mrs. Cothran, of ? Wright, Cal. The process for which the patent j c!airne:l is one whereby wine I produced in the ordinary way by | the natural fermentation of grapes, ? is deprived of its alcohol, but rt- 1 iains its natural color, bouquet and ? flavor. Such wine, can be dealcoho-j? lized economically on a large scale, 1 :he extracted alcohol being saved 1 for lawful use?. , Samples of the new product j lave been submitted to and re-. ? reived the commendation of ex- g lerts, and the inventors believe J hat a demand for genuine wine jj hat has been dealcholized will be g i.xtensive, as a result of prohibi- g icn. Such a sample submitted to B ru,. ? . n ...... = LUC V-lUUUItlf IS a ?\J jJCl Lt'ilL. = laret of the vintage of 1918, and M is regards taste and bouquet, it is ?j practically indistinguished from I p imilar wjne that has not beeniji ealcoholized. ; ^ The Inventors further point outijjj but apart front affecting the deal- |j| uholizatlon of wine, thus allowing |g ;s general use for beverage pur-1 j|j oses, the process will economical; apply to every type of wins pYS-lfj nrpfi in the old wnv. and will ner-! ii ... lit of the manufacture of*cream of | g irtar?an essential constituent of i ?g aking powder?in the manner ?1 eretofore in vogue instead of de- ||| Lroying that valuable industry. H PANISH TO BE * j TAUGHT IN FURMAN g l'urman University will have M nurses in the Spanish Language ? nd Latin American History and g| Customs next session. The in- 5 leasing trade relations between M T ; a _ J ^ ,1 T ni,'w = :ic unueu oiaies unu wc uncm ? lepublics of America have created M demand for commercial Spanish M rhich Furman will meet. Dr. Liv- M igston T. Mays, a graduate of M aylor University, in Texas, and H or two years President of the |g luban-American College, at Hava- |J a, Cuba, will be the instructor , in H his department. Dr. Mays learned B panish not only from books but ?1 rom actual contact with the best 1! [>oken Spanish in America. He is, |j ' 11 J 4- * 1, ^ lereiore wen ?quippcu w icatu ss= ie language. He has also been B .nrierican Consul for some years, jji nd is .therefore equipped with g nowjedge of trade relations and g ade needs which eminently fit him g| > prepare students for successful gjg >mmercial work in relation to atin America. |jj r pi* Ts^D,*., lll?IYUdt | ABB | DEPAI | FOUR STORES [ What Shorn When you get really a public se We look at it 1 ''duty to provide 1 tainable at the lc You expect us and we want not So far we hav< treme high prices dise contracted f | our retail prices erably less than If merchandis we will still be in In cases wher< advancing mark* can be*made and the prices we ha1 There's lots to | / prices. In most < dresses, spring si Cotton goods ( mand for cotton cost of products higher. , . We have never sell Hart Schaffn are $37.50 to $6C Our price on t made by Howard | eluding war tax, j Dittman's best gr I Lots of Good S WE ARE NO! We believe th& | to come down, bi We have alwa} this policy will b( A fair price in< our customers th( is a part of our se We know that 1 I that to succeed ai port of the public We want our si stitution m spirit | There's more ii made from it. TIip Rncfi A IIV A O 1 3 5 I 5 I Hiberg Merc. EV1LLE, S. C. ^TMENT STORES MAN' DEPARTM l Id A Retail Store $ down to cases, a retail si jrvice institution. ;hat way. We feel that ii :he very best merchandi west cost to the public. to get a fair profit for doii hing more. 3 not had to buy anything 5, but have been selling m( for in Spring and Fall 191 have been and are now, present factory prices. e should go down 25 p( position to give you valu* b merchants have follow* sts a 20 percent price rec . still prices will be highei ye been asking. read in the papers about < 2ases the cutting is on lad lits and coats. 3an not be cheaper when is more than the producti )n increasing and cotton asked $75.00 for a Suit, ? er & Marx Clothes. The LOO. he best staple Shoes for 1 & Foster has been $12. and $12.75 for Kripp< ade Shoes for women. Ihoes $6.50 to $9.00. r EXTREMISTS? t every thing that goes up it we can not say when. rs believed in moderation 3 continued. eludes a fair profit, but 3 benefit of old contract rvice. :he public is a wise judg< id grow, we must have tY tores to be a valuable put and in service. l * i Dusiness uiau uic uiuucj enberg Merc. Co H Co. | LENTS | ! I _Be? I I IS ;ore is t is our se' ob- * flj ng this, at ex>rchan t9, and considsrcent., jj id the luction . than cutting ies silk the deon, the going md we prices men p ,75, inendorf i is apt j=i , and giving jg prices ! 2 and le sup)lic inr to be J m U *