Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1844. a THE PRESS AND BANNER r< ABBEVILLE, S. C. d? *?? i?i The Press and Banner Company C( Published Tri-Weekly tp] Monday, Wednesday and Friday. tl Telephone No. 10. ni Entered as second-iiass matter at E post office in Aobeville, S. C. o: " d Tems of Subscription: ^ One year $2.00 Six months l.uo, ^ Three months .50 q i a: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 1020 y ? b m rirUT AV rnTTON 0 inc. ui^rMII\ Mum v/11 w? vo - L In this week's bulletin issued by T the state department of agriculture Commissioner B. Harris waxes warm t{ on the subject of The Unfair Fight s* On Cotton. The commissioner states that the report that New England Mills are shutting down on account n' y a of having over-sold the retail market is all tommyrot. The real reason tc of the shut-down Mr. Harris says is fcl so that the mill men may have a chance to clean their machinery and ai tighten all the loose bolts and nuts for the long run on the new crop of cotton which they are going to get too cheap if the cotton farmer doesn't "get weather wise and Deat them ^ at their own tricks."" q Here are some of the things the w; ^commissioner says to the men of ar x South Carolina: , "What will the price of cotton be ^ on the 15th of September? That is f the paramount question for the peo- in pie of the South. If the legislature ^ of South Carolina would double all ^ appropriations next February, the total expense would be not more than five million dollars. Yet this would ^ almost produce revolution in South Carolina. Our people have had their , eyes glued to the spigot so rong that they do not watch the intake. If we produce, say, 1,200,000 bales of cotton this year and lose only five dol-# lars a bale the State will be poorer by six million dollars. Is it, then, not 00 worth while to make a flgnt to save W this much to the State? A difference co of one cent a pound would mean fivi m( dollars a bale. And that one cent a ^ pound would pay double all of our ^ State taxes. m( ho "With this statement, J wish to call attention to the fact that a great flr( drive is being made by the bears to mt ? keep down the price of coizon. They ^ are sparing no means. Although the Department of Commerce estimates +Viot 1 n ftflft hnlps n* American . ****** crop will be needed for next year's Qc< consumption, the prospec?s at the most favorable indicates that the 1920 crop will be not more tnan 13,- ^ 000,000 bales. The carry-over from , last year's crop will be ' not more . than 2,500 bales of rear cotton, I don't mean statistical coiton, but . si p spinnable cotton. Before the war period the carry-over was something like five to six million "tales, do, there , you are. The speculators realize that ^ they are short, and what are they coi trying to do? To depress prices be- . fore the new crop comes in. They ^ N realize that upon the action of the law of supply and demand the price 11 must go soaring and they are seeking all sorts of fictitious causes for pull- ^ ing the price down. 1 . rai "Therefore we hear a lot 0/ New England mills shutting down on ac- pQ Count of having over-sold the retail ?e market. That's tommyrot. Every ^ summer at this time the New England mills shut down. The real cause is to give the machinery a complete clean- ajj ( ing and tightening for the long run 0 on the new crop. The truth of the matter is that the mills have no cot- ur ton on hands and don't know what jni to do. Labor will not ma:ce any con- ?0 cessions and demands high wages. The mills are peeking some way to (jj, make the cotton grower trie goat. They wish for him to bear the losses, gj while they and labor and the middle- ^ ?- V?/-? rtynfif c> A'f +V?o Viq vrl In- , JIIC1I trnju^ Hie |/1Uut,o \jx ttiv uuiu ^ bor of the Southern farmers. And su that is the way it will be unless our ur farmers stick together and say that they will not sell one pound of cor- _ ton below the price named at the New Orleans conference early in September. "The 1919 crop started to move at 28 cents a pound. In the spring of 1920 it was bringing 33 cents a A pound. The difference of seven cents S a pound would have meant something '! like $35 a bale or more than $40,000,-' c 000 to the people of South Carolina, ri Thrt would have be?n an average of " million dollars a county for good >ads. It would have paid trie State 2bt seven times over. It would havs uilt every State and denominational )llege in- South Carolina. The peo-' le of this State were cimtieri to lat forty million dollars. The many lillions belonging to middlemen and jeculators in New York and New ngland are by rights the property f the people of the South who were efenseless against being despoiled },* these nonprcducers. "Men of South Carqlina, shall this e permitted for another fifty years? r will you stop right now, today,' nd say that your cotton ts yours,1 ou worked for it and you will get hat it is worth or not let a pound f it" leave you? "Don't be deterred by any present ump in the prices of Gry goods.' hey will have to move sooner or la-' ?r. Commission merchants may be ;agnating the markets for a purDse, and I believe that they are. To ( >se a few hundreds 01 thousands : aw in sales falling oft anc to make 1 few millions later by cotton going * ) th? bottom would be a smooth !ck and 'good business' for the 5 rokers. But let's get weather wise id beat them at their own tricks." Clearing up the situation consider- . )ly, The Press and Banner says: j, + in '\rigeon oireei ia tnc oticcv ??? ^ aynesville which runs parallel to , reenville street in Abbeville. We alked (town it so as to feel at home,' id found the people looking c<m nted and happy just like they do ;re. You could see people from oth streets' walking along Pigeon try- ^ g to see^ how things are cone there, iu how the swells behave, just as ey do on Greenville street in Ab;ville." Greenville street in Abbe-' V 1 I lie, having long ago adopted Pigeon reet in Waynesville as its model, at is why the Green streeiers throw ^ it their chests in the way that they V?The State. & B. BEER'S COTTON LETTER * ' r New Orleans, La., Aug. 10.?The . ntinuance of unfavorable tather in nearly all sections of the j tton region, with prospects for >re rain over the major portion of z belt, influenced values to a ? n *her level today as did the state- B ;nt of Lord George, saying he i$ j. peful of peace. *' Noon press advices from Europe j e not encouraging, Soviet troops iking further progress, and Brih labor threatens revolution if ,r declared against Russia. j General rains mostly moderate ^ t heavy at a number of stations ^ :urred in the South Atlantic ites, Tenn., Ark., and Okla., light heavy showers in Ala., scattered ^ >wers in Miss., La., and Texas. There has been entirely | too much n during the week in the cotton ^ jion, especially east of the Missispi River and "weather remains un;tled with prospects for more tisture in immediate future. u The wet weather has been pro- , 1< ctive of less favorable crop ac- ^ ants numerous complaints com; in from many districts claiming j, mage from insects and rain. j. : is likely therefore that the Goviment weekly tomorrow may be Q favorable on account' of rains'^ ring the last week and further ^ ins. r The first half of the monthly re- j. rt crop reporting period has been nerally unfavorable for progress terioration has set in in many rtions of belt. Dry warm weather is essential in districts of belt to permit favable progress by growing crop and last half monthly period remains ifavorable, the next bureau may dicate at smaller yield than was recasted for July 25th. .t or the time oeing, opinions are vided as to the probable course of e market in immediate future, lould politics improve, pressure cely advance, whereas if Foreign (comes worse, the market may be stained since the weather outlook lfavorable, therefore chances are favor of market working harder. -Furnished by MacDowell & Com \NEW ENTERPRISES The Home Building corporation of .bbeville, with a capital stock ' Ox 50,000, was granted a charter by :e secretary of state yestercay. The orporation will improve and sell jal estate. Officers of the company .e: T. G. White of Abbeville, pres1. dent and treasurer; L. C. Parker of ft Abbeville, vice president and Otto B Bristow of Abbeville, secretary. ; Charter was also granted the Salu- H da Development company or Spar- H tanburg for the conducting of lumber H and real estate business. The capital stock of the company is 51,000. Geo/ B. Tripp of Spartanburg is the president and treasurer of tlie company, while J. B. Lee and A. S. Jolly, both, of Spartanburg are respectively, vice president and, secretary.?The State. Just received another shipment of home-made children's Chairs which we wiil have a Special Sale for Saturday, Aug. 14th only. See our Window, j KERR FURNITURE CO. j KAY?ROBINSON 4 i Miss Grace Kay of Abbeville | :ounty and Mr. Charlie Lee Robin-' >on of Martin township were mar- j ried Sunday afternoon, August 8th,. I it the home of the officiating mini- I ter, Rev. Lewis M. Smith, at Ware I Shoals, S. C.?Daily Mail. I i Hj KINARDS POPULATION fl i H Of course it is all a mistake about H Kinards' marvelous growth in popu- I lation; but it is not known how it H happened?it was so reportec by the H Washington census bureau. jH Kinards hasn't many people; but H they make up in quality what they,? lack in quantity.?Newberry Observ-'H VISITOR TO IRELAND B TAIKS OF CONDITIONS Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10.?Hon. Joe H ^awrei^ce, well known editor and H armer of Ashburn, Ga., passed hroucrh Atlanta yesterday en route |H tome after a three month's trip to j Cnglanl, Scotland and Ireland. I "Ireland is not the same today as I t was in the old days. It is now in I i state of revolution. Except in the H lorth of Ireland, the whole country H s under the menace of the Sinn Miners, and I regret to say that H Cngland is apparently doing nothing H r at least moving too slow, in supiressing this Irish bolshevism. A =a nan not in sympathy with the movenent of the Sinn Feiners takes his | ife in his hands when he goes in erain sections of the country. * I Hi earned that a certain kind of hat? ? , blacq alpine with a small band? gjj za^ a sort of passport, and I wore it B intil after I had visited my friends. I HI was not molested or questioned, Si ut there were times when I almost* g elt the hand of the assassin upon ?jj le. People have been persecuted anl g hot down oh the smallest pretenses. jj| 'he brave boys who volunteered in ggj he British army?those who re- ?j| lained?have come back home to ||| ind a condition of terror and posible persecution that is horrible to ||| ontemplate. Of course in Belfast ?g? nd Ulster conltiions are different, |g ut there are .many portions of Ire- ?g| and where there seems no sem- H lance of law or order. "I made enjoyable trips int^ Eng- |gg| md and Scotland. My trip to Eng-'.!|| ind was particularly enjoyable. I '11; rrived over here too late to see my J Id friend Sir Thomas. Lipton and Mj lis boat race but received a letter ifj rom him on the other side. I recall [|? riany happy hours with Sir Thomas]^ -.1- - i - J ?> n ine iuu tuumi). i ^ MICKEY SAYS:* ' i H| r"so~ NN A*e| [ OH,,WR 0,BRV?N,j I if BRVNOVN' ?N SEP PLEASE Gl\JE N\E ^7 AO AT f?V LAS' JO ST ONE ^OUE |g: KA*NU"tE A<j\N. y CHANCE J 1 |?{ I'RNA? vitl-L 1 -TT M J?S' FERTHAf ) /-^r^ ! [j \ AVNf*. 00\M' ( /^ /' ^ S "tA RUN NER. AO ir ) NO WORE'. La4^ i ^ ^OU^SXPgM J J p ^ ^ I MlCKIE \WOWLO 'g LIKE TO BE m ^ BOSS ABOUT ? . FIFTEEN ?p su3?r^* MINUTES *. j | / , (Bounty Scl WE \ To Call Your Attentioi We Have a COMMEF We Have a SAVINGS W* Have a TRUST DJ We Have LOCK* BOX Fur your present needs, our co your savings, and you can check it ou to you and be a receipt for the monei Our Savings Department will jun save up against a rainy day. Rent a Lock Box from us, and y< from fire and btorglars. A small rental gives you a Priva n n a t n r c r\ r iv w v i 1/ u i v ~\ The universal aim is to amply pr< often spent in accomplishing this, the is frequently dissipated through incoi If you will name this bank asstn questions of such occurance will be i Come in and talk it over with us County Sa SOUND S A G. A. NEUFFER, President. ALBERT HENRY, Vice-President. " / f _ 1 Last Call Foi c Clothing a i Saturday the 14th it j we will offer these spi /t 4- 9Z Ul UtKJ ptl ^ . Copyright 1920. The ! <.' !Iup,":.-.l.cimer I ' | PARKER s i uinqs Mank BEG 11 To The FACT That ' ' tCIAL DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT. EPARTMENT. E5 FOR KENT. i \ . I romercial department will take care of t as necessary, each check will come back / paid. ; you 5 Per Cent. interesLand help you to >ur papers and other valuables wjll be safe te for one year. R THE FUTURE. 5 )vtde for our loved ones. A life time i$ SH ;n after a short period of time the estate H mpetent management. V I istee of your estate. in your will, all amoved. fl , no obligation or cost to you. ,1 ivings Bank I F E SERVICE! IP f ."{4 ~ ~ 1 T"*- '1J1W ' 1-4 Off Sale | / " t nd Oxfords I nil be the last day that lendid Suits and Oxford j ent discount 1 Don't put off buy- I ing any longer you |J can't afford to miss J , fl~no nnnn rfnnifv H ".lllO W W J. L wmtj ^ i Goad dependable | merchandise 1 i k e -S \ this is'nt often of- 1 IS fered at such big | plr reductions come in | Ife- this week and i " E ^ make your purchaser | & REESE | wmmmmmmmmmmmmM ?