The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 18, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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Established 1844.
, THE PRESS AND BANNER *
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
The Press and Banner Company
Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and. Friday.
Telephone No. 10.
Entered as second- liass matter at
pest office in Aobeville, S. C.
Ten a* of Subscription:
One Year $2.00
Six months $1.00
Three months .50
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1020
FINANCING COTTTON j
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Ju^t now a' corporation is being: or
3 ganized in the state for the purpose of
^ disposing of the cotton -of this secSi
/tion to foreign countries. The
? mills in many European countries are
idle and have been idle for sometime
^ because they have no funds* with
whiih to buy American cotton. The
rtew company being organized will
have for its purpose the selling of
this cotton direct to these mills, and
the receiving in exchange for it the
. products of these other countries,
which over here may be converted in
to cash.
The purpose of the corporation is
not confined to marketing cotton either.
The purpose is to find and keep a
stable market for corn, tobacco,
meat, peanuts and other products of
the South. I
There never was a time when such
an organization was more heeded. If
the new company# shall be able to do^
even a small part of what it might
do it will be worth while. As we have
pointed out before,-there is too much
loss in the transmission o?r products
* from the producer to the consumer.
The charges of everybody who handles
these products are passed back
along the line to the producer, or forward
along the line to buyer. Somebody
pays the freight and it is generally
Jones, and if it is not Jones it is
' Smith, and most of us are either of
the Jones family or of the Simth family.
If this company.when organized
shall be manned by officers of large
business experience and of sound
judgment it will go a long ways to
waras solving some 01 oar irouDies.
v> But there are other things which
- we in the South must, learn. The
principal thing we need to learn and
to do is to finance . ourselves. We
have been through several years of
unprecedented prosperity. It would'
have been easy for the people of the
South to have held a portion of their
money, just as thfey now-"are holding
a portion of their cotton. With plenty*
of money in the banks there would
be no reason now why we should not
hold our cotton. W? oould carry it
ourselves.
But while we have been making we
have been spending. When a farmer,
merchant, lawyer or doctor made two
or three thousand dollars either out
of his business, or in a fortunate
trade, instead of putting the money
in the bank and keeping it there
where it would be of service to the
people here at home, he has generally
invested it in a new automobile
? and sent the money off to Detroit, or
in fine farm machinery without
'which in the past has been able to
farm, or he has bought Grand Rapids
furniture, Texas pil stocks, oriental
rugs, or something else which has
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haa the effect of taking the money
away from the South to some other
section, where it is now eithet out of
circulation, or as good as out of circulation,
so far as we are concerned. 1
There is nothing which takes the
place of ready money when<the pinches
come. Oil .stocks, automobiles, good
, furniture and these other things are
not worth a cent when they are paying
no money and.will produce none.
We suppose it wpuld .be too much
to hope that any of us in this section
would ever have any real foresight,
but a little foresight twelve ' months
. ncm wnnM Vinvo hpon aa
?. -to
i mile of hindsight-just now.
ALL IN A NAME.
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"Twice a week the Abbeville
Press and Banner comes to us , and
every issue contains a brief but glowing
account of an entertainment of
the 'Merrie Matrons' of the city. Is
Abbeville frivolous in fact or frivol
ous by contrast with Due West and
Greenwood? Off with the bridle and
' 'let joy be {lireonfined,' say we.?The
State. *
J Besides calling attention to th^ fact
that it is thrice instead of twice, may
v.e not ask whether the "Merrie Maitrons"
are more frivolous than the
1 newspapers which are trying to prove
1 that Cox will be elected. The State
Imust have its pastime.,
MEETING STATE
| TEACH R SASSOCIATION
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; Rock Hill, Oct. 16.?W. R. Bradford
of Fort Mill, Chairman of the
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Ways and Means Committee of The'
South Carolina Legslature has ac-J
cepted an invitation to address the^
State Teachers' Association on FYi-.j
day evening November 26th, on the
question school finance.' This is
one of the most important questions
the schools are facing. Mr. Bradford .
is eminently fitted to discuss ikis
question in a most intelligent way. j
Interest in the meeting is gfow-,
vafl ^verthe State D. L. Lewis, Coun-!
ty Superintendent of Darlington has
forwarded a check from the County
Board of Education paying the
dues of "all teachers of his County. |
Dillon County has pledged the same (
thing. It is thought that other counties
will follow the same plan.
The officers of the association are
planning for the greatest meeting
ever held. Early indications are that
there will be a record breaking attendence.
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INTEREST TO ABBEVILLE FOLK.
Mrs. George Benet has returned
home after spending a month at the
home or ner iatner-in-iaw. juuge w.
C. Benet in Cashier's Valley, N. C.?
The State. i
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Miss Lucia McGowa:i, who has
been spending the summer in Flat
Rock, is stopping over in Columbia
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Christie Benet
on Pickens street.?-"The State.
DINNER IN HONOR 1
OF JUDGE F. B. GARY
Senator T. Frank Watkins entertained
at his home Thursday evening
in honor of Judge Frank B. Gary, who
has been presiding over court here
this week. The other guests at this
dinner party were: Gen. M. L. Bonham,
Solicitor Leon Harris, T. P.
Dickson, Ernest F. Cochran. The dinner
was an elaborate course dinner,
served amidst beautiful flowers.?
Anderson Daily Mail.
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Over at Agnes Scott College Sat-'
urday we were told a good story.
One of the seniors had invited the
members of the faculty, their fami-j
lies, and their kindred among the ^
college girls to a reception. The
room-mate of the senior was there
of course, but she is not related to
any member of the faculty. The
night watchman^?t the college is.
name Starr. One of the amuisements
at the reception was the calling on
each of the invited students for thename
of the member of the faculty
to whom she is related and the
name by which she called her relative.
All told and then they asked
the room-mate of the host, to whom
she is related. She promptly answered,
"Mr. Starr." And what do
you call him," to which she as
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AUBURN SWAMPS
CLEMSON 21 TO
Clemson College, Oct. 16.?The
Tigers met the Tigers on Riggs field
here this afternoon and the Tigers
from Auburn emerged victors by the
score of 21 to 0. The game was closer
than the score indicates as the
teams were very evenly matched.
Fumbles were frequent for both sides
and only a few forward passes were
completed, although many were tried
by both sides. The entire Auburn
, backfield did stellar work and their
line, known as the heaviest in the
world, held at all times. The individj
<1 stars were Shirling, Stubbs and
0'iriger. The attendance was very
large and the weather was good.
BETTER THAN BURNING
Greenville, Oct. 17.?While cot-1
ton remains unpicked in the surrounding
fields a large negro congregation
at a country church today
/prayed in an all-day meeting for.
higher prices for cotton to save
them from financial ruin and possibly
starvation.
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CHEATHAM-LYNCH.
The following account of the
Cheatham-Lynch wedding is taken
from The State of Sunday:
"An interesting wedding of the
week was that of Miss Norma C.
Cheatham and Raymond C. Lynch,
both of Columbia, which was solemnized
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
at the home of the bride's brother-inlaw
and sister, Mr. and'Mrs. ' Ames
Haltiwanger, on Blanding street. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Andrew Blackwood of the First Presbyterian
church, assisted by the Rev,
H. A. McCollough of St. Paul's Lutheran
church in the presence of members
of the two families and the intimate
friends of the young couple. The
wedding march was piayea Dy jnrs.
Stannard, and Miss Grace Killingsworth
sang very sweetly, "0 Promise
Me."
The living room where the ceremony
was performed was decorated
in white roses, dahlias and ferns and
the fitting room, in which the large
collection of wedding presents was
set forth, was all in pink dahliaes.
The bride wore a smart suit of
brown broad cloth trimmed in seal,
a hat of brown velvet and brown
shoes and gloves. Her only ornament
was a crescent of pearls and sapphires
the bridegroom's wedding gift,' and
she carried a bouquet of bride roses.
Th^ maid of honor, Miss Julia Mabry,
of Abbeville, was attired in a
dark blue charmeuse gown and a
black picture hat and carried pink
roses, and little Frances Haltiwanger,
niece of the bride, wore a frock of accordion
plaited navy taffeta and a
blue velvet hat, and carried the w/sd-J
ding ring in the heart of a long stemmed
pink rose.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father, J. T. Cheatham of Abbeville,
and the bridegroom entered
with his best man, Robert Homsby of
Spartanburg. The bride is originally
from Abbeville but has made her
home in Columbia for the last seven
years and claims a host of friends in
this city who will be gratified that she
is still to reside here. ?
Mr. Lynch is a successful young
business man and is connected with
his br<Jther-in-law, B. D. Hendrix, in
the Hendrix Hardware company on
Assembly street.
The young couple left immediately
for Florida and after visiting several
places in that state will go to the
bride's old home in Abbeville for a
short stay. Returning 'to Columbia
they will reside with Mr. and Mrs. B.
D. Hendrix on Gregg street.
The out of town guests at the wedding
were: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cheatham,
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs
Ben Cheatham, Robert Cheatham,
Earle Cheatham and Dr. G. A. Neuffer,
all of Abbeville; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hornsby of Spartanburg and
Mrs. Henry Pearce of Camden. '
LODGE SPOKEN OF FOR ,
SECRETARY OF STATE
Washington, Oct, 17.?Uossip as
to. the probable cabinet should Senator
Harding be elected brought Senator
Henry C^bot Lodge, of Massachusetts,
to the front as the most likely
select'ron for secertary of state today.
Herbert Hoover was mentioned fo?
secretary of commerce. John W.
Weeks, former Massachusetts senator
and a graduate of the Navdl Academy
for secretary of the navy, and Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood for secretary of
war.
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POSTMASTERSHIP TO
BE FILLED THROUGH
PROMOTION
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Washington, Oct. 16.?Provisic
for filling postmasterships in firs
second and third class offici
through promotion is made in "An e:
ecutive order announced today b
the Civil Service Commission. Th
Postoffice Department, under tfc
J order will be permitted to make
nomination from available employe
for a vacancy, and if the nomint
meets the minimum requiremeni
prescribed for the office, nis nam
will be submitted to the Presidei
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for nnnointment. Previous ordei
provided no preference for postj
service employes over other pe;
sons.
WOULD HAVE COTTON
HELD SIXTY DAY
Commissioner of Agriculture In AL
bam a Issue* Appeal To Farmer*
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 17.?Cal
ing attention to the fact that cotto:
120 days ago was selling at 4
cents per pound, while today on]
120 cents is offered, Miles C. A
I good, state commissioner of agricu
ture and industries, today issued
statement -urging cotton planters 1
stay out of the markets with the
crop for a period of 60 days.
Prwrifyuo+ino' TirPRPTlt TVnVpg at]
| those paid four months ago , in coi
mection with the 12,000,000 ba
cotton crop of 1920, the commi
sioner pointed out a loss in values (
$1,200,000,000, which he asserte
was enough to bankrupt any sectio
of the country. That cotton cost 3
cents per pound - to. :produce, base
on questionnaires sent .broadca:
over Alabama, at least, was an a
sertion of the commissioner, who d<
clared that speculators are askin
the cotton planter to feed and cloth
themselves and work eight montl
for nothing.
With the mills holding the suj
plies sufficient for operation 6
days longer, the statement said,
behooves the farmer to stay out c
the market for that length of tim
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be started by the textile operators
S who wj^l not buy on a falling market.
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Washington, Oct. 14?President
, Wilson intervened today to save from
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y.negress who was under sentence to
ie , be hanged here tomorrow for the
ie | murder of another negro woman. Her
a sentence jyas commuted to life imiS
prisonment. ?
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