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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company i Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ' Telephone No. 10. 1 Entered as second-Liass matter at 5 ' post office iD Aoheville, S. C. i 5 Ten tit of Subscription: i( One Year $2.001 < Six months $1.00 j I T^ree months .50; \ 1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1920 r r COL. JAMES EDWARD ; CALHOUN OF MILLWOOD 's (By R. S. B. Martin, in McCormick J^. Mexenger.) j ^ We will continue on the French; Trail and tell you about the country' w and the neighbors to the French in | the Savannah Valley. We left off atl0 Millwood. Here I will finish telling j you of this place and its owner, Col. r'oiVi/Mir, * wVin Vmrl n wav all his own. , He used to say that others had ^ changed, but he had not. He lived out his last days in a room that was; built on to the side of his kitchen.' He had several rooms like this one.1 There was a first room with steps ( up and then down to the floor. The w fc 4-1 door would tand wide open, and in winter a cheerful fire would burn all w day, and visitors that came to see him would be seated here. His bed! room was next, with a door into it ^ that would stand open. His bed was,ls the old style with four high posts ^ with curtains around it to the floor, and all around it, and the top was w ' 1 te closde with curtains. Some times < tone would go to see him and he1 would talk to you and you would , Ci talk to him and then leave and not f< see him at all. Then some of the t coldest days in winter he would have ^ little Bob, his saddle horse,, made ' w teady and have his agent, a white ^ man, and five or six of the colored Ci boys around the yard all on horse j w Sack and he would lead out for a S gallop of ten miles or more. He tl would hot ride slow. Some cold day. o orte would see him out with a suit of p linen clothes and a palemtto hat on li his head and a pair of wooden .sohes f( on his feet. The little colored boys d would find an old rusty nail or a . f' chain link and take it to him and a say, here master is some mail I. C fotch you. He would take it and, s< place it in a turtle shell and give the boy a fish hook. In the days after freedom he was , . , ?? . i good to ms people, ae rented nis * lands to them. If they made it, it e; was o. k,; if they did not, he would t( ' draw a note on them and that was p; the last of it. Some of his people ^ would come to see old master and o; they would say I be sharper Brown, d, master, and he would inquire about f( about their welfare,' and then say, ci go to "the kitchen and tell Caroline i0 to give you a lick of lasses. She car- 5, ried the keys. That was his old ser- jr vant, He owned one old black wo-' man in slavery days that he had fi educated for a doctor, Dr. Moriah.: She had a pretty good deucation. tc She spent all of her days in master's b, yard. When freedom came all of his o1 pepole took names to suit them; none had master's name. . tx 1 !? PREDICTS COTTON WILL GO HIGHER VERY SOON m Macon, Ga., Oct. 9.?Selling of fu-! tures by almost every one connected with cotton in anticipation of a ger,-| cral decline of prices in all lines is responsible for the present low price of cotton, according to M. E. Goode, one of the most prominent cotton factors ^ in the South who addressed a meeting of the Macon chapter of the Ameri-1 can Institute" of Banking, here last * night. A sharp reaction in the. price *; of3fcotton in the near future was fore- ^ caj|t by Mr. Goode. t j f That for the United States to man-/ ufacture her own cotton products and r i-xport them instead of exporting raw s cotton will not only eliminate at least s tight middlemen between the producer and the consumer, but will ma- ^ terially increase the returns on cot-. Ion to the farmer, was another state-' ment which featured Mr. Goode's ad-| ores?. i Judge Frank B. Gary returned to t Anderson today, after spending the 3 week-end at home, and will finish ] the term of the Court of Common i Pleas which he is holding there. 1 THIRTY-FOUR WOMEN IN STATE PRISON Columbia, Oct. 10.?The incarceration of Lucile Allen and Pauline White, two white women of Charleston, who have just been placed in the state penitentiary, brings the total of female inmates of the state prison up to thirty-four. The avo Charleston women have been sut in the pen to serve a three-year sentence each, for complicity in an ixpress robbery in Charleston /re:ently. They were brought to Colum | )ia yesterday. The robbery for ( vhich they were convicted occurred, n Charleston some weeks ago, a nan named Hite being one" of the, hief figures. The two Charleston women were ( entenced to serve three years at uch labor as the penitentiary au- j horities would determine upon, not o be detrimental to their health. It has not been determined what rork will be set for the two latest dditions to the female population j f the penitentiary though they will robably be put to work in the chair, actory within the prison. Most of ie othe women in the prison . do rork in this part of the institution, i' No Stripes Worn. !. The women, as well as the men in ] ie state prison, are given good , eatment. There are no stripes ] orn in the penitentiary these days, 1 j lis garb having been done '-away ith bv Col. A. K. Sanders when he 4 J ecame superintendent. The law of , j ' >ve and humanity is the law of the ^ enitentiary now, gnd Col- Sanders c doing a fine W0*k In preparing ^ le men and women under his care 1 j >r better living, either within ^the^ j alls of the prison or in society af- j ;r they serve their time. ! Superintendent Sanders stated re?' 4 | intly that he had been criticized . >r some of the phases of the peni?ntiary management, for example, j le stores conducted within the | alls by some of the prisoners. At { lese little "stores" the prisoners j in buy soft drinks, cheese and ( -ackers and such other things, and, upt. Sanders says the "stores" and ( le privilege of purchasing is devel-' ping a community life among the' risoners and an interest in their j ttle business affanrs that makes < or better living among them. The 1 ejected, hopeless expression o? the ! aces of prisoners of a generation go is not to be seen in the South < Carolina jSenitentiary under its pre- ] ?nt management. i j COL. SMITH COMPLAINS j< V 1 ' Col. R. W. Smith was up-town ' arly Monday morning. He came in > register a complaint about the ' aving company's tearing up so < lany streets and not finishing any f them. He tells us that the street ^ own in his section has been torn up 5 i, )r many days and that the people innot get into the business part of1 ^ wer main to do any trading, nor to I( ay fish. The merchants are losing '( i not selling their goods, he says, * ad the people are suffering for Ic S sh. i r He thinks that it wovuld be well j > n^ve me pavmg cumpauy , jsy'and finish the job or get an-! ;her paving company to do so. He ' ills us further thaJk there are about j venty men on lower main and that le whole crowd does less work than e could do if he was a working ian. MEETING CLOSES The evangelical services at the A.' P. Church closed Sunday night,1 lev. Paul A. Pressly preaching to a irge an dinterested congregation at . lie Presbyterian Church. Th? people of the town have great-1 Y enjoyed Mr. Pressly's preaching.' le is a young man of great ability' oth 'as'a Student' of the Bible and4 s an expounder of its teachings. ! Daringj the :serVitres there were a''/ lumber of additions to the members : hips of the A. R. P. Church and ' ome to that of other churches. Mr. Pressly left Monday for his1 tome in Louisville, Ga. i PROF. DICK HERE Prof. L. W. Dick, of Hartsville is n the city having come up Saturday ;o attend the funeral of Mrs. L. T.' Miller which was held today. Prof. j Dick is looking well, and his friends! n Abbeville are always glad to see' lim. DEATH OF MR. CRAWFORD ?? Robert Wesley Crawford died al the home of. his daughter, Mrs. T, M. Miller on North Main, street, at 9 o'clock this morning, October 11th., 1920, after a long illness. Mr, Crawford was in his eighty-eighth year, having been born November 30 th., 1832. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) mbrning at 11 o'clock at Long Cane " church conducted by Rev. Geo. M. Telford. Mr. Crawford was boom in the Fair's Bridge section of the county, and lived here all his life. For many years he was a prosperous farmer in the section in which he was born. He married first, Miss Eugenia,, Winn, and of this'union there, were three children, Mrs. W. D. Ferguson, Mrs# T. M. Miller and Mr. Cla?ence Crawford of McCormick. After the death . ! _ -Bl A. ,1 ! - J A. - oi ms iirst wne ne was married to Miss Elizabeth Winn, a sister of his first wife, and of this union there were eight children, John R. Crawford, of McCormick, Cajvin W. Crawford, of this county, Wesley M. Crawford, of this county, William T. Crawford of Rockmont, Ga., Mrs. J. R. Mcllwaine, of Hodges, Mrs. J. R. Nickles, of this county, and Miss Rebecca Crawford, of Washington, D. C, Another daughter died several years ago. His last wife preceded him to the grave. Since then he has iived with his daughter, Mrs. Miller. Mr. Crawford was one of the f>ysl 41 n>v imllivif Anl* A ^ Ll'XOU OV/1U1CIO l/U WlUIllA^Ci 111 MIC War Between the States. He was a :irst Lieutenant in Capt. Clinic- j scales Company, serving in the ar-j ;illery. He served througout the war( >eing wounded in Atlanta, Ga., and n the fightnig in Tennessee. The ast wound disabled him until the j rlose of the conflict. Mr. Crawford was for many years in elder in Long Cane Presbyterian ihurch, and was always present at ,he services when his health permit-! ;ed. He was a man of fine character md always stood for the right in all natters in his community and :hurch. v jREAT CORN CROP TO MAKE RECORD Washington,. Oct. 9?The 1920 corn :rop promises to be the largest, in the. history cf the conutry by more than 30,000,000 bushels. A yield of 3,216,192,000 bushel3, compared with the previous record production of 3,124,746,000 bushels in 1912, was forecast today by the department of agriculture from a condition of 89.1- on October 1. The yield would exceed that of last year by practically 300,000,000 bushels. Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri will :cntribute practically all the increase. I Warm and dry September weather free froni widespread killing frosts, lided the maturing of the late crop md during the month the prospects "or this year were increased by $5,)00,000 bushels. Frosts near the end >f the month did little damage and he great bulk of the crop is now safe >n that Score, government experts >aid. | Spring wheat is threshing out poor-j :r than had been forecast because lamage, principally from rust tiad iroved greater than anticipated. The field was estimated at 19,000,000 >ushels less than was forecast a MICKIE SAYS: r^ess\?A Eutcrf*\c | f (K ENKaWVt YV.&ON TVV oC I Ktwvtvvt' vc.o.?\f J > T&.VCES * COUPLE O' GOOD 0\_t < \A?.OV4 OOU>AS GENttfcO 1*<St"W\fc*0 VmWvW UOKK'? /siisifcjwiff f *nu. swap \ I soascjfc\tn\o>?\ i Ftfc&ovusrcs J <0?An. ut9 rftZbrtifloS [M I I cow I I Com] m * Uctobe - ter, all will rec PER C Yoi . depend self frit von mil! with us ' and "pi GET A Then accounl and a g] it grdw Com I I Sound G. A. NEUFFER, ALBERT HENRY, 'I ' I 1 month ago, this loss reducing tl . combined winter and spring whe; yield to 750,648,000 bushels, aboi , 180,000,000 bushels below the b crop of last year. Threshing_of oats cbnfirm the ea I lier * forecasts, the indicated yield b jing 1,444,362,000 bushels, almost 2( ; 000,000 bushels more than last year I yield. ! Although the tobacco crop showt I a loss of 75,000,000 pounds in the e: pected yield the forecast of 1,478 , 788,000 pounds is 89,000,000 poum | larger than last year's production. I A bountiful crop of ^potatoes ah was forecast, the yield being estims ted at 414,986,000 bushels, an ii crease of 2.053.000 bushels since Sej tember 1. EXPECT DROP IN PRICES Chicago, Oct. 10.?That there wil be a falling off in prices amountin in some instances to as much as 5 per cent within the next six or seve ! months was the opinion expresse today by delegates in the conver tion of the Purchasing Agents' Aj sociation, which opens tomorrow. "We do not believe there is goin to be any crash or panic," said th vice chairman of the conventio [committee. I have talked with som who believe that the peak in price | has been readhed." MISS CANNON ILL Miss Lizzie Cannon is seriously i Mtjthe home of her brother Lieutei Sill H. B. Cannon, of the local p< Tice force. Miss Cannon had an a tack of Influenza in the wint< from which she has never entirel recovered. A recent cold has intei sified her suffering. LARRY FERGUSON SITS UP Larry Ferguson, who has been t the -County Hospital for thri weeks with an attack of typho fever, has so far recovered as to 1 able to sit on the piazza these pret days. His friends will be glad know- that he improves. f 1ty saving; - 51 pounded Qui r 1st begins our new Int< deposits made before 0< :eive interest from Octol ENT. i r Sue s on YOU. Don't try to >nd, if you want to succe st start to SAVE. Open, fnrlnv in fVna ftaviricrc* "D it up" something each p START TO SUCCESS. every quarter watch yo ;; and it will be quite a reat'satisfaction to see he s?Get the habit now. ity Savings :: Safe :: President. R. E "\7i aa Dnnni/Irtnl D 1? nuc-ncBiuciii. ? . ju, iej FRANK BRADLEY LECTURE: at . it Prof. Frank W. Bradley of t ig university faculty, will deliver a i j ries of seven lectures before the r-: P. C. U., of the Associate Reform e-: Presbyterian church, the first bei; '0' scheduled for Sunday night at 7 < 's(clock. The series will; have to < | with the Near East, the countries !d Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Mesoj s_j tamia and Persia being includf His general theme will be "What t War has Brought to the Near Easl 10 ~ I Misrepre ;11 Never Make d i 1 We might indi I i j Candy once, bi i j satisfactory yo s 5 j ?Send her a 1 :|1 Nur jj Fin. [\ They-are sure 1 njl and you are su i-j2 mora^A/ >- 5 ?? ' S ;r ? We have also just r * S ment of VELVET>9 taffy?This will del j? than anything else. ..? Austin-Perr ^ S Toilet Articles. Pres< ? ffi Phone 107 . s:bank 1 . i Hr-'-r'w arterly I ;rest Quar- x R :tober 10, ? >er Ut at 5 H ^ u o o fool yoursed in life an account department ay day? ur Savings pleasure, >w steadily / . \ Bank - H Service ; \ __ / . COX, Cashier. ty - BELL, Asst. Cashier. H mj Have you renewed ytfur subscription? fln TINS ONLY of Wp^ ArMDOBCOOCCttS, 5: maxwell house ,; h: coffee ? i & nnnnnrinnnnnnniff I | mentation;! ===== ij ;s Friends i j ice you to buy inferior 11 it if the taste was not I; u ^ould not come back { 30t of ' ^ [j moiu ! maiijr u yj ; Candies {I to prove satisfactory? j I ire to come back for r i 1. ' ] j eceived a fresh ship- ]? -That fine molasses |j light the children more K j in Drue Co. !l ... 9 KC jriptionists. Rubber Goods, flj Abbeville, S. C. | J liUiUiifSfilfSIZfilfSfiSfSISfZI^R