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LOWNDESVILLE IN
TALK GOOD ROADS
1 ?
GOOD ROADS FOR THE FARMER
AND LOTS OF THEM?MAKES
LEGISLATIVE ^CANDIDATES
TO TASK FOR NOT DISCUSSING
THIS SUBJECT IN THEIR
SPEECHES
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Editor Press and Banner:?
The meeting of the candidates at
Lowndesville, yesterday, has been a
pleasant one, so far as friendly intercourse
is concerned. But the talk
on the good roads subject has been
wanting. This is due, no doubt, to
the Jack of a basis for discussion. I
will try, through the columns of the
Press and Banner, to present to our
candidates for the legislature a
more definite ground for their talk.
The advent of the automobile and
of the motor truck has brought a
revolution in the mode of living of
the farmers. The wealthiest, as well
as the humblest qf us, need good
roads and this need is immediate/
Now what we farmers mean' bygood
roads is not expensive roads
built of concrete, asphalt or other
materials, we mean simply tevel and |
well drained roads. We mean roads
that we can rely upon, roads that
we trust, upon which we can easily
travel in any direction all over the
county without fear of being exposed
to be stuck in mud holes or to
be stranded helplessly at the foot of j
our hills; this is what we mean byj
good roads. Above all we need thesei
good roads for every body and not
only for a few.
We are not able now to be mon-|
keying our neighboring counties by
spending fabulous sums of money
for a few miles of socalled improved
roads for the benefit of only
a few, while the rest of us will have
to be contented to pay taxes, to continue
to do the best we can with our
impassable roads, and to remain
shut from the rest of the world.
There is no exaggeration in what
I say. Only recently many of our
friends have come to see us but
, have had to stop at the foot of the
Allen hill and go back home, not being
able to go farther.
The scheme which has obtained
the vote of the 450,000 dollars bond
issue by describing the many roads
which were to be improved, wasl
perfectly engineered to catch votes,
but it has a fundamental defect; its
execution is an impossibility as the
money voted is sufficient for the
construction and maintenance of
only a few of the roads named.
But another point which seems
to us very important is this:
Is the vote of the bond issue j
valid?
In our layman n\ind we think it is j
N not.
The vote has been carried by an
insignificant number of voters
(which number could have been still
smaller).
It is our humble opinion that if
the number of votes obtained answers
the letter of the law it certainly
does not answer is spirit.
For the above reasons and speaking
for many of us, I suggest that
the project of the improvement of
good roads should be abandoned,
for the present, and that we use the
450,000 dollars of the bond issue
for the building of the "farmers
good roads" will have been copi,
pleted, then we will take over the
construction of the improved roads.
We need the views of our candidates
for the legislature because we
must Know n we can uepeuu upuu
them to help us to carry out our
plan, that is the immediate building
of the "farmers good roads."
E. C. Meschine, Hermitage Farm
Lowndesville, S. C., August 20,
1920.
Rev. Clotfelter Says People Want
Better Roads
Editor Press and Banner:?
The time has come when all right
^Continued on Page Eight.)
COTTON MARKET BREAKS
AFTER OPENING AT RISE
Decline Caused It Is Said Because
Of Increased Offerings Of Spots |
And Futures And Increased
Demand
The New York Cotton market today,
after opening about thirty
points up from Saturday's close,
broke sharply during the day closing
nearly a cent and a half below
the closing figures of Saturday. The
cause of he decline is stated to be
the increased offerings of spots and
futures, with an absence of urgent
trade demand. The unfavorable
financial situation at home and
abroad also contributes to the - decline,
as the larger crop ideas and
uneasiness over. the European political
and labor situation, there being
a threat of a coal strike in Eng
land.
The Liverpool market is stated to
have closed today in almost a state
of demoralization.
Money is reported tight all over
the South, especially in Texas where
the farmers are being offered only
$20.00 to $25.00 per ton for cotton
seed as against $60.00 to $80.00
last season. As a result the cotton
seed are not being sold but the farmers
in Texas in order to raise
ready cash are selling their cotton,
greatly increasing receipts over
last year. The County of Neuces is
reported to have marketed already
25,000 bales this far as against 21,000
for the entire season next
year.
The cotton letter of H. & B. Beer
o^vieoe -fa Vm arc fVinf
there is nothing to do to combat the
present tendency of the market except
to refuse to sell at present
figures. This course, it is suggested,
shoull be adopted in every cotton
raising section of the South, or disaster
will be the results.
REV. L. J. BRISTOW
RETURNS FROM VACATION
V V
Spent in Minneapolis and Other
Placet of Interest.?-Attended
Big K. of P. Convention
While Away.
Rev. L. J. Bristow returned Friday
night from Minneapolis, where
he had been a delegate in attendance
upon the supreme lodge
Knights of Pythias in annual session
in that city. Mr. Bristow tells
of a most interesting and enjoyable
trip but reutrned " some ten days
ahead of his contemplated stay,
having intended a trip to Yellowstone
Park and other points in the
west. He gives as a reason for his
early return that he was homesick
for the old town and his many
friends here. Mrs. Bristow, who had
been spending some time at Hen
dersonville, preceded him home several
days, she having grown homesick
also. Miss Gwen, who has been
with her mother at Hendersonville,
remained for a stay of a few days
longer at this popular summering
place in the old North State.
It is needless to say that Mr. and
Mrs. Bristow's many friends and
parishioners are glad to have them
home again and to know they have
enjoyed their brief vacation.
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Mr. Williams of Erskine colege,
Ehie West, was the preacher
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning. He delivered a very strong
and forceful sermon to a large and
appreciative congregation. In the
evening union services were held at
this church, Rev. Mr. Williams again
being the minister, assisted by Revs.
Bristow, Derbyshire and Plaxco. As
at the morning service a large
crowd was present and thoroughly
enjoyed the splendid sermon.
IMPROVING NORTH MAIN
Charlie Haigler, Jr., has returned
to Atlanta, after spending his vacation
with his father and sisters in
Abbeville. He spent his time while
here in improving the looks of
North Main street by beautifying
his father's yaru.
Candidates For
Addressed Vol
Court House Filled To It
Hear Speeches.?Cand
ernor, Adjutant Gen
missioner Only On
Meeting?Respec
, Given Each
i
The candidates for state offices
spoke in the Court House this morning
to an audience of abou: rive hundred
voters, the building being filled
to capacity. County Chairman Moore
was called out of the city and at his
request Wm. P. Greene presided and
introduced the speakers.
Candidates for Lieut. Governor.
Hon. Octavus Cohen, of Charleston,
was slated as the fii'st speaker
for this office. Mr. Cohen was not
present, and did not arrive in Abbeville
in time to address the voters. 1
Capt. 0. K. Mauldin, or Greenville,
was introduced to the voters
and spoke for twenty m:nu:es setting
forth his claims to the suffrages
of the voters. In vbtginnlng the
speaker recalled the fact tnat when
he was a young man he spent a great
deal of his boyhood in this city. He
was glad, he said, to be with the people
of Abbeville County, many of
whom were his friends or former
days and a good many of whom were
related to him. He was always glad
he said to speak to the people in the
Piedmont section where he spoke the
same language as the people whom he
addressed, and that in the early
stages of the campaign he had felt a
little embarrassed in the lower part
of the state where he was not so well
known. \i
The affairs of the state, the speaker
declared, had been in the hands of
the people of this section for the most
part for the last twenty-five years,
and they had been well managed. The
speaker stated that he was a graduate
of Furman University, was in the
Spanish-American War, had Deen engaged
in farming and practicing law
up to the outbreak of the World War,
when $e went to Camp Ogelthorpe
and was commissioned as a Captain,
serving in France until the end of the
war. In 1914, the speaker reminded
his audience that he was elected to
the House of Representatives from
Greenville County by the largest vote
ever given a candidate for that office
in his county. !
Calling-attention to .the fact that
his father once held the oifice of
Lieut. Governor, and as such cast the
deciding vote in favor of the estabi:-i
J. -r /"n
iisnmeiit ui ^icuisun vuucgc, iiuc
speaker stated that he like his father
stood for education. A school for|
every child and every child In school,
was his slogan. He was tot goftd
roads, saying however that ne op-!
posed the bond issue in Greenville
County for roads because the people
were not allowed to vote on the1
subject. He favors prohibition.
He looked upon the office as an important
one and stated that the people
should elect a man of capacity,!
character and dignity to the office.
The man elected, he said, in view of
the fact that he might succeec to the
office of Governor, should be such a
man a? the people would select for!
that office.
He concluded with a joke on the!
two negro soldiers, which pleased the,
audience.
Hon. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston,
followed in an earnest ad-;
I dress to tne voters, tie am not waiui
the office because his father had filled J
it, he said, but because Tie reit quail-'
fied to fill it on his own account.
He read the endorsement of the agricultural
interests in his section and'
of the labor organizations, the latter
declaring that as an officer of the!
city government in Charleston he hadj
been fair in all his dealings to all interests.
He stated that he was the j
president of a bank but that his bank
had been accustomed to serve the ag-'
ricultural interests in his section, J
and that he was in touch through It;
Jfafe Offices
lers Here Today
s Capacity By'Voters To
lidates For Lieut. Gov- (
eral and R. R. Comes
Present At The
stable Hearing . |
Candidate.
with the needs of the people. It 1
was not necessary he said ror the of- '
fice to be filled by a lawyer. The At- 1
torney General would attend to the I
legal department of the state, but the 1
office should be filled by a man of 1
business and good practical sense, 1
acquainted with parliamentary law
and procedure, and this he claimed to '
be. ''
Every letter in his name, he said 1
stood for something. The '"H" he said 1
tsood for, Harmony' amongst the people
of the state. The "A" tor an
Available school house in the state
for every child. The "R" ror Road
Improvement. The "V" for the development
of the Villages Into cities;
the "E" for Enforcement of Law and
Order; the "Y" for Yearly earnings
to labor commensurate with the work
done.
He recalled that Charleston pays
ten per cent, of the taxes of the
state, but that for twenty-five years
no candidate from that city had held j
a state office. On this account he felt
that if Charleston presented a worthy
man, he should 1>e favorec.
At the conclusion of his speech the J
applause was generous.
For Railroad Commissioner. a
Hon. D. L. Smith, of Colleton, was s
the first speaker. He outlined his t
claims to this office, and told of thek
men in Abbeville County who knew.g
him, and referred, the audience .to'ii
them. He thanked the voters for the a
handsome vote received ' two years e
ago, and asked for the votes of those'a
who then voted against him. j<3
He criticised the administration ofj
Mr. Shealy. Said the office affectedj?
the interests of every man, womanjv
and child in ,the state and that their
interests had been neglected. The
people of the state did not nave he
said what they were entitled to in
the way of depots and public cross- c
ings. 0
He called attention^ to the fact that
two years ago he received seventysix
per cent, of the votes in his
county, and ran ahead in twenty-nine
cbunties in the state. This he declar- :
ed was an endorsement of him by
the people who knew him.
Frank W. Shealy, tne present
Chairman of the Railroas Commisc
sion, who is a candidate ror re-elecs
tion, was the next on the program, j
He wired the chairman tnat he was
s
PTiP'sceH in f!nlnmhia in an effnrt .
settle express rates, and for that reason
could not be present. He thanked j
the people for the vote given aim In
His former race and selected their
votes again. <
Mr. R. L. Moss, of Richland, spoke
next. He was a practical railroad man
he told his hearers and as such was
qualified to fill the office Intelligent 1
ly. He has come from the bottom up <
in railroading and feels that he is i
able to serve the people better than i
the other candidates, who know noth j
ing about the matter, as ?e sees it.
He said he loved his country and ]
was in favor of good roads and edu- i
cation, but was not a prohibitionist, j
He wanted good barrooms again he
said, fitted up like parlors, where the i
working man after the day's labor <
could drop in on his way home, take '
a drink, go home, eat supper, wash (
his leet and go to bed. j
Mr. D. RI. McCaskill the other can- ,
didate was not present. 1
Adj. and Inspector Genera! <
Col. A. H. Marchant, of Orangeburg,
was introduced as the first
speaker for this office. He opened his
speech by saying thr/. V.oed to
make his speech along the lines of ^
women's modern apparel?short *
j
(Continued on Page Eight.) s
PUBLIC MEETING AT , j
THE COURT HOUSE I
Tomorrow at 8:30 O'clock Under the
Auspices of Local Chamber of
Commerce.?Mr. Royster,
To Address Meeting.
"How to organize and maintain a ^
Chamber of Commerce." This will be
the subject of an address by William
R. Royster, secretary of the Griffin
and Spaulding County, Ga., Chamber
of Commerce, to be delivered at the
court house in this city, tomorrow
evening at 8:30 o'clock.
Mr. Royster comes to the city upon
the invitation of the local Chamber,
and it is earnestly desired that all
members of that body as well as the ,j
public generally be 0^1 hand to hear g
what he has to say about the chamber c
of commerce work and what it means g
to a community. Mr.
Royster is one of the best
known secretaries in our sister state, ^
ind he is coming here with a message
to the organization in this place that
it will be well for all to hear.
The recently organized commer-^
:ial body in this city has a vast field J ^
IS
looves every member, and this should,^
comprise every citizen, to be on hand
tomorrow night and hear what the ?
speaker will have to say pertaining p
co the importance and value of the
organization to the town, county andj"
section. 1?
President J. M. Nickles of the lo-j^
:al Chamber asks the Press and. Ban-|
ier to urge all citizens to be present:
it this meeting tomorrow night at R
S:30 o'clock. ' [n
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DR. KILGO TO PREACH t;
tl
Rev. C. E. Peele, the pastor of the n
lethodist church, requests' us to Ci
nnounce that Dr. J. W. Kilgo, pre- U
iding elder of the Cokesburg dis-,
rict will preach in the Methodist'
Jhurch next Sunday morning, Au- *
;ust 29th., at 11 o'clock. Dr. Kilgo a
3 one of the most eloquent as well
J*
,s earnest preachers in the Confernee,
and his coming should assure ^
, large congregation of the Metholists
next Sunday. ^
Rev. Mr. Peele is in Gibson, N. C., j
rhere he is spending a few days e
rith his mother. s.
HERE FROM HARTSVILLE t]
v si
Mr. R. E. Caldwell is in the city *
in a visit to his wife, who is visiting ^
(t the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. s1
C1
Jarnwell. Mr. Caldwell is a success ill
business man in his entemrisini? 1
own and is just home from an ex- (
ended trip to New York and the 11
Sastern markets. ^
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A VISITOR
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hemphill
:ame over from Greenwood Sunday
md spent the day with Mrs. E. C.
lemphill. They brought their young v
ion, James Calvin with them, who
ike most famous men at the age of ^
>ne month is strong on voice* but is ?
a
acking in such essentials as teeth ^
md hair. ^
OIL MILLS CANNOT J11
GET COAL SUPPLY "
^ S
Columbia, Aug. 21.?Oil Mills over 1
the state are still facing a serious
loal shortage and the situation be- ^
:omes graver at the approach of the *
tiew season, according to well in-jr
formed seed crushers. The precious!
fuel is being quoted at high prices, {
but this is not the main trouble with v
the mills for they can't get the coal
at any price.
Of the twenty-four mills in South
Carolina very few are suplied for the ^
season and indications are that thev
' " V
will not be able to run any length
time on the amount in hand. The
South Carolina Cotton Seed Crush
si's Association has been working on
the problem for several months, but
30 far has secured no relief. n
VISITORS FROM FLORIDA
J
Misses Adele and Amy Boyd of 3
Facksonville, Fla., are the very at- 3
ractive guests of their aunt, Mrs. ?C
[. M. Wilkinson on North Main I
itreet.
PREDICTED DELAY :
VOTES FOR WOMEN
CONSTITUTIONAL LEAGUE
SENDS OUT WARNING TO . ;J
GOVERNORS. TENNESSEE :
GOVERNOR SAYS WILL OF
MAJORITY SHALL NOT BE 1
NULLIFIED.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22.?From Y'l
he snarl of legal and legislative
echnicalities that have enmeshed
Tennessee's ratification of the fed- ral
suffrage amendment tonight 'j|3
ame the prediction of the Tennetlee
Consitutional league that the in
unction against certification of the ^
rould prevent enfranchisement of ' M
he women of the nation for at least J
year and a half.
The Constitutional league, which ^
as been fighting ratification in J
'ennessee. on the ground that the ; %
tate constitution prohibited the
resent legislature from acting on
he suffrage amendment and which J
laims to include both suffrage op- "j
onents and advocates in its mem- 3
ership, made its prediction in a -S
xessage addressed to the governors
f Vermont, Connecticut, Florida,
tlabama, Louisiana, Delaware, and
outh Carolina. The league's mes- VS
age declared that Tennessee had
ot ratified suffrage and served
otice that any state official who afcjmpted
certification would be at- X
icked for contempt of court under - ft
lie injunction which the league anounced
would if necessary, k be /'.
arried to the supreme court of t)ie fjj
United States. , '
Adlocatet Satisfied
Suffrage advocates, however, connued
oday to characterize the station
as satisfactory. They reiterted
their contention that the action . ,'^k
f the house yesterday in calling up f w
le Walker reconsideration , motion ; ' $&
nd defeating it, and in ordering
ie senate joint resolution of ratifiation
transmitted to the senate for ' -i
i
ngrossing to be justified and* unavailable
despite the lack of legislate
quorum. The 30 or more antiuffrage
members of the house who
rent to uecatur, Aia., eany yeateray
in order to prevent the quorum,
till were in Alabama today and acording
to reports received here, rere
determined to remain there at
?ast during the next few days. Beig
outside the state they can not
e airested and compelled to attend^ ' i
essions of the house.
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Will Stick It Out
Decatur, Ala., Aug. 22.?The 31
aembers of the Tennessee house of
epresentatives opposed to suffrage
fho came here in order to break a
uorum and prevented further acion
on ratification of the 19th
mendment, staged an impromptu v V
emonstration at the railway sta
ion here today when a train bearag
Mrs. James S. Piackard of
lontgomery, Ala., president of the
k>uthern Women's Rejection .)
;ague, passed through the city.
Tonight found the legislators still
etermined to fight to the last litch
o prevent ratification of the suffage
amendment, by their state.
ntil the finish," said Representaive
Hall leader of the party. "There
rill be no break in our Tanks."
A NEW MILLINER
Miss Frances Thomas of Baltimore
as arrived in the city to begin
rork as milliner for Haddon-WilTU/\?v?oe
n tramr
Uiii 1U133 x numao to a j ui.ui.uv.ive
young lady and will be welomed
by the young people of the
ity.
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