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\ "' ' v ' : Abbeville Press and Banner I EoUbliahcd 1844. $Z00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, September 3, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. MANNING SPEAKS ON COTTON PlAf Th? AMERICAN ASSOCIATIOI HEARS FORMER GOVERNOF APPEALS FOR UNIOy?PROS PERITY OF SOUTH TIED UI WITH GETTING JUSTICE II MARKETS, DECLARES EX GOVERNOR MANNING. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. C.?Ac c'.re.-ing the- sessions of the Amer can Cotton association this aftei noon, Dr. John A. Todd, Englis economist, declared the law of suj ply and demand most ultimatel govern the price of cotton, "but z present this law is. inoperative b< tause of abnormal conditions i Europe/' he said. European countries are unable t buy what they need at the prevai ing rates of exchange, the speakc declared and the situation is fui ther depressed by the shortage ^ coal, industrial troubles and genev, instability of governments. He strongly advised deveiopin the better grades of cotton, whic India does not produce, harvestin and marketing it better in the fi ture as some of the remedies t bring about better prices. Spirited attacks were launched o the federal reserve bank and the di partment of justice by W. C. Cokf an Alabama merchant, who d< clared they were discriminate against the cotton raiser in the ir terest of organized labor. "Labc demands shorter hours, more pa and cheaper food," he said, "an the departments at Washingto (Continued On Page Eight) GRADUATING CLASS These cuts are of the members oi graduating class in the High Schoo' of the present year. Most of thesi young people are leaving in the nex few days for college where they wil undertake to uphold the reputatioi of their school and of their city. Reading from left to right, the; art: ^ n.'.j. _ iL MISS uwen nristow is me yjuea daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Louis J Bristow. She received her training i: t -j ...beville Schools, except for tw yea: \ :vhen she attended the Colum bia City Schools. She will attend An ; Abbeville County j! 1 Missionary Institute! !. . ? i Met With the Ladies Auxiliary of the ! H Abbeville Presbyterian Cburcb J Wednesday?Splendid Din- , ner Was Served. j Wednesday was a great day amongi j the ladies of the Abbeville Presbyte-!. ' jrian church for the Auxiliary at this| ^ j church was hostess to the Countyl Missionary Institute, an organization ' embracing all the Presbyterian 1 N churches in the county. _ ! In the absence of Mrs. J. B. Hill- ( 'house, Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr. acted;1 as chairman and presided over the meeting. A narrative report of their '* work was made by the representa- : tives of each church, all showing an i ^ energetic work for the cause of mis-M h sions. 1 }" Mrs. S. C. Byrd, teacher or Bibla 1 ^ j Study at Chicora College, made the lt principal address, her subject-being 5" the "Benefits of Bible Study." n Mrs. Sam Hodges, of Greenwood, 1 spoke on the four objects of the ' 0 Presbyterian work, which are, 1st I 1" Christian education and ministerial i ir relief; 2nd, Sunday School Extension r" and Young People; 3rd, Home Missions; 4th, Foreign Missions, likering j ^ all to the building of the Temple. A report of the Sunday School i S | Convention at Montreat was made by j -| h Mrs. A. B. Morse and the devotional j 2 exercises of the day were conducted ( by Mrs. Oscar Lanier of Monterey. j 0 There were two sessions of the ( convention and before the adjournn ment in the afternoon Mrs. J. Allen , 2- Smith, Jr. spoke on the need of young jr people in the mission work and asked 5- that the young people of the church g be encouraged to attend these meeti ings. >r The convention regretted very y much the absence of Mrs. J. B. Hilld | house and a note of congratulations n! on the birth of a young daughterTj (Continued on Page Five.) ' ABBEVILLE HIGH SCH< '.' v - v j('m? jPP^B MRM9HflHfi^|. iS Hwtj B|B|pHKlflP?^H|K||Mififl|BKfi ]3 ' derson College, at Anderson, this Tall. o \T;go v;^+^v;o it,v?mQ iR thp spennH n ej J Laughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. u j Howie, of Pinckney Street. Miss ^ ' I Howie made the eleven grades in our s ^j-chools. She is an accomplished musi. 11 ; cian as well as a good student. She 0 ; will enter Agnes Scott College, at t Decatur, Ga., on 15th inst. ^ Miss Mary Hemphill Greene is the t only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. o P. Greene. She also completed th? ? P- entire eleven grades ( in the city c o schools. She will be a student at Ag_ - nes Scott College the present session - j also. t' <4 Smith and Warren Enter Second Race Senator Over Three Thousand Short . Of Majority With Few Small Boxes To Be Counted.? Other Races. Senator E. D. Smith of Lynchburg; ind George Warren of Hampton will i jo into the second primary for a de-j nsion as to which shall gain the nom-|' nation for the office of United States ' h senator. Senator Smith is leading his,' ;hief" opponent by more than 20,000 /otes. Practically complete returns from' ruesday's primary were tabulated iroetorHnv nnH tVip pount leaves Sen-'. itor Smith 3,140 votes behind the to-' :al received by his three opponents. A1 total of 116,980 ballots has been re- . ported, and it is doubtful if there be 1,000 votes yet to be counted in the J 16 outstanding small boxes. The tabulated returns were dis-' tributed as follows: W. C. Irby, 8,-' 729; W. P. Pollock, 15,374; Senator Smith, 57,054; George Warren, 36,091. Smith led in 34 counties and1 Warren in 12. The votes counted yesterday did not change the status in other races' ? ii Licm mat ui uie pieviuuD uay. ti houu G. Harvey of Charleston will go into1 the second primary with Oscar K.' Mauldin of Grfeenville for the office1 jf lieutenant governor, and Frank W Shealy of Lexington and D. L. Smith of Colleton will make a second race for the office of railroad commission-' er. Homer S Blackwell of Laurens and J. Howard Moore of Abbeville make a second race in the Eighth judicial circuit, while R. M. Jeffries and Ran-1 dolph Murdaugh go into the second primary in the Fourteenth. rn n P-llirtrtv. T avinflpfnn Ti/Qa' i. ^aiiibuu ui elected solicitor in the Eleventh cir-' cuit over S. Mouzon Smith of Edgefield. I )OL 1920 AND WHERI JEKMejfin * ABB . IKtWaJ Mk3HMBH&4&A JmhkBBI^H ' 3 wa j 1 wt^^^WSS^^SKi\SI^^SSs Miss Catherine Faulkner is the sec- ] nd daughter of Mrs. Laura Faulk- < er, of Vienna Street. Since her gradation in June she has been taking a i usiness course in a commercial i chool in Columbia, where she is mak rig rapid progress. Upon completionj f this course she will accept a posiion as stenographer, probably in Columbia. Miss Mary Nickles is the daughter if Mrs. Luther Nickles, of Vienna'' street. She too took the entire course) i if eleven grades in our city schools ' ;he goes to Agnes Scott this month. L riV Sophie Reames is the second ; laughter of Mrs. B. S. Reames, of! | I 19 Cotton Graders Named By Clemson Mr. L. W. Tutt For Abbeville ' County?Number of Other Counties Have Made Application For Graders Clemson College, Sept. 3.?The extension service of Clemson Col- c lege, acting for the Bureau of Mar- r kets and the South Carolina Cotton ( association, has appointed nineteen c official cotton graders for as many c counties in South Carolina. These graders are to give disinterested in- 1 formation to*' farmers and cotton!s buyers concerning the grade and {1 ength of staple of cotton presented 1* to the grader for that purpose. The |1 standards of the Bureau of Mar-11 kets will of course be used in this * work. The work is supported largely 1 by the local County Cotton associa- ( tionSj and, in many istances a small 1 fee per bale will be charged to l^lp 1 meet the expenses of the grading work. A point of importance to know is ' that the graders will be of service and value not only to the cotton market at the town in which th% I graders are located, but also to the j other cotton growers of the county and the section. Farmers from other . parts of the county may bring or send samples of their cotton to the official grader, and thus get the 1 benefit of his service. The list of official graders so* far , appointed is given below. It will be noted that two graders are retained in Kershaw county, the grader at ' Kershaw being stationed there pri- 1 marily to serve Lancaster county ^ while the one at Camden is to serve ' Kershaw county, yuite a number ol other counties have applied for graders, and it is possible that a few other apopintments may be made even this late, but it is announced (Continued on Page Eight.) J THEY WILL ATTEND ^PSIBF^SsSt ra39t& , * ^ feQ^SSBK^ ? Magazine Street. She had been a stu- i< lent in the Anderson City Schools v before coming to Abbeville, complet- I ng the work of the ninth, tenth and jleventh grades in our High School.id She will enter Anderson College, at n Anderson, this month. I c M Iss Margaret Swetenburg is the;0 second daughter of Mrs. B. F. Swet-j t enburg, of Chestnut Street. She| completed the eleven grades here and t will be one of the fine new students e to enter Winthrop this fall. t M iss Ethel Perry is the daughter, 1 of Mr. Emory Penney, of Cambridge j 1 road. She completed the eleven | 1 grades in the Abbeville schools. She 1 i Fhe Executive Committee Meel rhe County Democratic Executi' Committee Met in Office of Chairman Mo^re Yesterday and Declared Results. The members of the County Dem :ratic Executive Committee met :oon Thursday in the office of Coun Chairman Moore to canvass the vot :ast in the recent primary and to d :Iare the results. In the race for the House of Re esenitatives the final tabulatio ihowed that Hubert Cox had be< lominated, his vote being 1123. T ;wo next highest in this race are Th Putnam who received 917 vot ind Melvin J. Ashley, who receiv 349. Neither of these gentlemen ha ng received a majority of the vot :ast a second race was ordered f/hich. they will be the candidates f ;he other ^)lace on the ticket. In the race for Clerk of Coi }apt. J. L. Perrin was declared tl nominee. His vote was 1670 wh that of Major Cheatham was 408. Foster B. McLane was declar the nominee for Sheriff, having i leived a majority of the votes ca rhe final figures in this race were follows: McLane 1213. Bruce 47 Blum 406.x Paul H. Mann was declared t -lAmirioa -Prw Qnnatnnfonrlont: nf Ulr] 11UU11U&& XV* klU^V*ti*VViv?vu? v* :ation, his vote being 1146 as agair a vote of 930 for W. J. Evans, t incumbent. In the Supervisor's race no cani 3ate received a majority of the vol and a second race is necessary i this office. The vote stands, Bow 308; Keller 494; Magill 176; Ne ell 200; Stevenson 895. The seco race will, therefore, be between Mi ;rs Keller and Stevenson. Geo. W. Calvert and E. W. Nan were renominated for Sub-suuperv ars, each having received a major .if the votes cast for that office. COLLGE THIS YEA MHBnBSBI^CSRn' fflfl^BSB AjjnKjjy 5 another of the Abbeville girls wl vill be a student at Anderson Cc ege this fall. Miss Pauline Wosmansky is tl aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wo lansky, of East Pinckney Street. SI ompleted her preparatory work ur schools, and will enter Winthrc his fall. Leroy Cox had the distinction ieing the only boy to finish tl leventh grade in the city schoc :his year. He is .the only son of Mi ludie Cox, of Wardlaw Street. I .... 2:'.'./ c.^idc-J' in the matt( nit probably will enter Wofford C< _ j? 1 ege us u licsiiiiiciu una i?u. ?LIVING COST 10 1 " 80 STILL HIGHER '1 ? M ' " NO RELIEF FROM HIGH PRICES ty SEEN UNLESS UNITED STATES es TAKES CONTROL AS IN WAR 6" TIMES. ECONOMIC AUTHORI- d p. TY WARNS OF 'WIDESPREAD j| ns CONFLICT' UNLESS CONDI- C J ^ TIONS ARE AMELIORATED. eg Washington, Sept. 2.?High prices | ej have not yet reach?d their peak and , | v_ the cost of living, instead of declineg ing, will shoot up as winter ap- . . ? rpr'oaches, according to W. J. Lauck, or consulting economist for tke United .il Mine Workers and the railroad un- 'M ir|. ions and one of America's foremost ' authorities on economic problems. jje He sees no relief from high prices ' unless Congress does two" things: e(j Restores wartime control over the re_ railroads, coal, food and clothing | necessities. as Enacts an industrial code to es g. tablish industrial pea>C?. < | Conditions Serioa/ . "Unless living conditions are ^ ameliorated," he warned, "wide- . snrpnrl industrial mow ro_ fl3 ^ suit/' . J ?-||9 The greatest menace with which. Jj the country is confronted today, not { M ^g" only industrially, but politically and V-;| . socially.as well, arises from the /7|f en pressure of living costs, he says. , w. "During the hearing of the wage ':'4 case of the railroad lyiions last es. May I told the railroad labor board that a family of five required a r$8| ce minimum annual income of $2^500 '-|g . to live in any sort of comfort. At the is-1 f>M .. I present scale of prices a family of !five needs more than $2,700 a year 'to maintain itself with minimum R'comfort. , * "The price of coal should be re- % duced at least $1.85 per ton as a re- Jj suit of the wage award of the an- ' -'':M thracite coal commission, but any f J belief that coal prices will drop is deception. We may expect higher i'ji coal prices next winter. Shameless J'|i profiteering can not be stopped ex- V'J| cept by government control of fuel v "3 ?xercised through a strong admini- ?1 stration. Railroads Helpless J "Even with their $1,500,000,000 /'J ate increase the railroads can not estore efficient operation. They are too far, gone for rehabilitation under private ownership. They will ; ;|i not be able to get enough cars either to move coal or the new crop. "Only Congress can give us relief \-;Jl from high prices," continued the econonmist. "Government control , - under its wartime powers is the one and only remedy for the profiteering evil. The housing problem, for 'M instance, can not be solved until the $1 government controls the price of building materials. "There is only one thing to be done?Congress must provide an accepted basis of procedure in industry. It must enact at once an indus<trial code promulgating fundamenal principles to govern relations between capital and labor and create the necessary machinery for the ap- ? -t 'plication of those principles." GO TO UNIVERSITY |J . ' j Maion (Jann, son ot ueputy I i Sheriff Cann, and George Jones, ' m I son of our County Treasurer, leave. ' " 10 ^ | next week for Columbia, where they ' will take a year's course at the University. George will enter the aceie demic department, while Mr. Cann . s" will take the law course. !e i J ?P , COTTON MARKET ol | COTTON FUTURES?CLOSING ic ! October 26.35 December 24.66 r s.' January 23.65 le. March 23.30) sr i May 2&.15 il \Vw York Snots f? 1 .50 - i tr~r{.j.rrr rr j-j-j-j-rj-j-j-.fr jj jjjj j. ^ $5vwWJJJ5SJJ55w?J555?y5?J555{w$w ' |