Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TALr-Ej rUUIV Established 1844. THE PRESStAND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. / ' * The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. f' : * Telephone No. 10. . Entered as second-:/?ass matter at t i' ' post office iD Aobeville, S, C. i i i m Tonti of Subscription: One Year $2.00 ( Six months' _ $1.00 j Three months .50 * . % s ?* _ r, ?T"r- MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1920 THE PRICE OF COTTON. fctv'.' . k, .; There is one way which will cer' tainly force a better price for cotton. TV.ot io friv tVio fnrmpr t.n hoM it and *?? " ? ? ' refuse to sell for a cent less than a fair price. So long as cotton may be forced on the market at whatever price it will bring, so long as the man who buys the cotton dictates the price cotton will not bring what it is worth. When the farmer is able to finance himself and to carry his cotton for a year, when he is willing to carry "it ^ v i for a year and to plant none Jgjtil a certain price is paid, he will, be master of the situation. It is the duty of the farmer to put himself in that position. It is the duty of the Southern ; v, .1 banker to help him to get in that condition. To that end we should begin 4fi to look. But the question is about the pres* - ent crop. We say the same about this crop. But a great deal more depends : on the banker than on the farmer - I just now. The question now is, how long will the banker carry the far' mer, because the farmer has not the money to carry himself. He has invested the money he has made in re? * . cent years in riotous living, and finds' himself now without ready money, | L- -* y- the thing essential to fight the people who would buy his cotton for less1 -. than it' is worth. " . ? If the banker is willing to suffer! rt" i with the farmer, and if the banker can arrange to carry the accounts of' the farmer -into next spring, and the j , farmer will curtail in reality, and not j by word of mouth, the price of this I gp"1 t 4. I , year's cotton crop may be forced to a Ci .. value which will not mean industrial1 ; slavery to the women and children of the South. CottonTcjinnot be produced at J-',: twenty cents per pound except by -?'<. working Children in the fields who ought to be at school and by working women in the field^who ought to be: in the homes. The people who fought to free the negroes, many of them, .> are content to see both the negroes -/ and the whites slaves to the cotton buying world. They are unwilling - . that the Southern farmer and the ". Southern farm hand should receive' reasonable wages. They talk about ^reducing the price of this and the other article, but they are always careful to say that wages are not to be reduced. That is, the wages of organized labor is not to be reduced\ because organized labor votes ac-l cording to its interest in the coming I elections. But the cotton farmers have performed their labor. They are unorganized, cotton buyers, believe, they do not vote in a body, they are ' ' in a section where they are of no practical force in elections anyway, and therefore after they, have performed their labor, they are denied the just wages to which they are en-i titled. But we do not acquit the farmer of his contribution to his own condition. If he were wise like other men and prepared against the day of trou ble, he might have money in the: . ' banks, and money with which to fin-j ance his own crop. But he hasn't; done these things, and for that rea* son he finds himself now in the hands < * of the banker. The banker, if he can, * will probably carry him for awhile at . least. He will be disposed to help all he can but the banker is without the t necessary, capital to.carry tjie, whole crop because the farmer, instead o*3p putting his money in tlie bank, has spent it for things he might have done without. But so far the people are showing a better sDirit and a more determined spirit than ever before. Not more! than one-third, probably not morej than one-fourth of the cotton raised ; * in this immediate vicinity has been sold. Less and less is being sold every day. At nearby towns the same thing Hjf is true. The news comes to us from . Troy that only eleven bales of cotton have been sold out of about fifteen hundred bales already ginned which should sold on that t market. All along the roads in the country sections, you see cotton piled in the yards, under trees, in houses and other places. The negro tenants, who usually desire to sell, this year want to hold, and altogether the disposition is to hold the cotton off the market for better prices. Secretary Hester says that the price of cotton has been forced down by the fact that the people of Texas forced their cotton cn the market and the people everywhere grew panicky, putting a million bales of cotton on the market regardless of "price. But this has passed. The people have returned to reason. We advise every farmer to gin his cotton, warehouse it, obtain- warehouse receipts, turn them over to his banker, or to the merchant or individual to whom he is indebted, and to appeal to those who thus receive the receipts to do all in their power to carry the cotton until the price is better. When the price is at a figure which guarantees a living wage to the cotton farmer, he should market it gradually. Only in this way may we expect to force a better price for the cotton. Hold what has been made,, and reduce the acreage for the next crop. Plant corn, peas, pinders, potatoes and other crops. Build warehouses-next summer to keep these other crops and to market them. Quit buying the things you can do without. Put your money in the bank and let it stay there to help the banker carry the cotton. - We believe that the worst has come and gone if the people will only stand firm. TOM WATSON'S NAME ON G. O. P. TICKET Atlanta, Oct. - 23.?Despite . the written protest of Thomas E. Watson, Democratic nominee for United States senator from Georgia, that he "could not accept the nomination, or official support of any other party," the official Republican ballot for the November national election now being circulated over the state has the name of Mr. Watson listed with that of Harry S. Edwards, as - candidate for the United States senate. G. H. Williams, of Dublin, the regular Republican nominee, recently withdrew from the contest and urged the Republican state committee to place the name of Mr. Watson in the Republican ticket claiming Mr. Watson's attitude on leading issues is similar to that -of the Republican party. Mr. Edwards was nominated by the Progressive Republicans, but since being nominated has severed his connectioh with the progressive element and is making the race as an independent. " V HARDING NEAR r END OF CAMPAIGN Marion, Ohio, Oct. 23?The lastvof his campaign swings outside Ohio completed, Senator Harding took a real holiday today before starting work on the series of speeches he will deliver next week in principal cities of his own state. After his arrival here late in the morning on the special train which carried him into New York state, he stopped at his office for only a short while and then left for a 40 mile motor ride to Mansfield and a game of golf. Tomorrow the nominee will begin preparations of his final campaign uti - "v- j-i: j lerances, tw oe ueuvtsreu vii t?c iaoi four nights of next week meetings in Cleveland, Akron, Cincinnati and Columbus. No more front porch dates have been booked and these four addresses are the only ones he will deliver before election day. CHIEF JUSTICE BETTER The condition of Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary is greatly improved, and he is now believed to be well on the .catT tV. ; <> or;o.: way to recovery. [?. : -*** -joc.-'l THE: BOOK CLUB. The Book Club win meet witn mrs, C. S. Jones, Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned nol I to trespass upon the lands of the un dersigned in any manner whatsoever W. S. Martin. 10-18-4tpd. Mrs. R. L. Winn I \. < - AT THE CATHOLIC' CHURCH SUNDAY (Continued from Page One.) Alabama, Misissippi, New Mexico and Louisiana, than in any of the othei states of the union. He also stated that in these states the percentage of Catholics is smaller. He did not draw the deduction that therefore this was AnnnA A11t? illifoCQPTT Q11 | tUC V>OUi3C V4. UUl tl?4VVl?VJ ) WVVMWW% the Bishop knew that would not be a correct conclusion from the premises stated.- He is too good a logician foi that, we take it. Because he might as well have concluded that the illiteracy. was due to the fact that we raise cotton, have a hot climate, that we raise chickens and hogs, or that the mountains are in the Northern part of the state. Nevertheless, he made a good case for the Catholic chtfrch, though he did not tell us about the illiteracy in Mexico where the Cathoic church is predominant, nor of Italy. At the conclusion of his sermon he administered confirmation. Here again the Bishop was a good preacher. A Christian he told his hearers must be a good soldier. And a soldier is expected to fight, not march around in a uniform in times of peace. He must fight, first: The evil passions within his own bosom; secondly, the enemies from without, and' among those the people who in all ages have sought to embrarass and cripple the church, but the fight muBt be by persuasion, he said. A man must give "a reason for the faith that is within him." There must be no angry argumentation, because if the church represents Christ that is not necessary; if it does not, the disputes between people and churches will, not put Christ in the phurch. Thirdly: He adminished his hearers that they must fight the devil in all his phases. Re-ferrmg again to the persecution oi the 'church and to enemies without and to traitors who at times had beer within the chureh, he recited "tht promise given to Peter that hell shali not prevail against the church. The promise had been fulfilled, he said, ir that although there had bee.n bac men in the church at times, and per secutions from without, the truth had nevertheless always been preachec just as it was in the beginning. Th< Word of God and His teachings ha< not been contaminated by associatioi with sinful men: .. . In the course of his remarks he tolc his hewers something of the Vatican a huge building with some four thous and rooms. In- these are the record of the cliurch from the earliest time , tie spoke of the historical value o these, referring in his discourse t< recent statements that America ha< been visited before its discovery b; Columbus. In the Vatican, he stated there are reports from the' Bishop o: Greenland which report a Westen trip where a strange land had . beei touched, the preacher judged abou the city of Providence, Rhode Island or in that neighborhood. From thi: he illustrated the great historica truths which are to be preserved b] the system of reports of the Bishopi to the Church. . - / \ The Bishop is a man of perhap fifty-five. He is rather stout, of pleas ant countenance and with a pleasan voice. He speaks well,'using the did actic style, with wonderful powers o: description. He is pleasant to mee and has a kindly good word for al and a goodly smile. His coming t< Abbeville has been greatly enjoye< /"MSU . f we^SHVirt ?"T, 5Uf Ohitt OF j < NOU6B hAOft' VALUED AO*- / ftCttVfcfcWft HAft FtftQOt AU, \ i '?<hjt Nt* v*? VAXVTE TK fifOP It *M <KV.tfHW, fcOf OAVNfcONrT If- >NC QOffA V IP N A OOffT Oft AP\CC? f ?vmtv MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVI! I COUN nb I rs\ * i ? mmmmmammm 3 - "Make rea B yoilrself fo knock at y< | INGS ACC j return 5 pe I The ti - with the G. ^ make mom I * ahead, anc B Follo\ I another mi I...., Open V ! * ' arid let yoi until you ?< ' 1 v ' t ? ? r Coun Sound G. A. NEUFFER, I ALBERT HENRY, >!H I | 1 SflHHHHHHHHHHI J ii ' 'nil. by the Catholics and his se'rmon wai s greatly enjoyed by, and most jnter * esting to, those \yho heard him, evei to those who had wandered away in to other-pastures. "Father Murphy did the singing a 7 the service and his fine voice adde< ' greatly to the service, f * MAY FORM COTTON 1 EXPORTING CORPORATION t ? Preliminary Steps Diacuaaed at Con s vention of Bankera?A $12,000,' 000 Concern. 1 Washington, Oct. 23.?Preliminary steps towards the formation of $12, 000,000 cotton export . and crop fin 5 ancing corporation were discussed to day by bankers and representative of cotton interests attending the con " vention of the American Bankers'as f . . sociation. Leaders in th'e movement to brinj about the organization of^uch a cor j poration announced that they had re ceived assurances of support fron , a number of southern bankers, wh< had read the report as adopted yes terday by a committee headed bj Robert F. Maddox, Atlanta* banker. Discussion of means of putting thi proposal into concrete form disclose* that it is expected to bring abou organization under ^the Edge la? with an initial working fund of $5, ' 000,000 capital and' $i,000,000 sur plus. ?i , .. ELECTION NEWS. The local Cotton Office of C. E Williamson is preparing to furnisl election news Tuesday night of nex x week.iThfe plan' isK to ? s^lf fifty jeat ' at tnvevdpUfir^fli.' This will entitl< each person purchasing a seat to ad mission to the cotton office where thi ? ---ill am 4-V* /-* 1 ov?r*. returns Will UC uiopiajtu <ju wic ia>5' board. This manner of receiving thi returns should be pleasing to thos< interested in the results of the. elec tion. t A good many tickets had been soli this morning, and tht fifty will sooi be taken up. When they are taken n< further tickets will be sold. Thosi who are interested in securing a plac at the show should see the operato L at once and secure reservations. wmmrnm?m TY SAVINGS 4 1: ; EPA y .. . . ( : y?> if V' ' *4 ' \i ' l' dy," follow our advice aj r the time when, oppor 3ur door. Be READY w "OUNT in our Bank and r cent, interest. ; x me is near at hand, tvh< ASH will find many opp< gy, while the. man who d: I "make ready" will be 1 v the above advice, do nol nute. _ "A V a Savings Account'Todi >UNTY SAVINGS'A ir money earn 5 Per Cei) ee a good investment, the V; . ' - , f # l * % . . v" ' ,1 ty Savings :: Safe :: * * ^ 3re9idei^t. R. E. Vice-President.- < P. E. 1 s ANDERSON NEGROES PEDDLING WATEF 1 1 ' ^ - Unique Device to Deceive Patroni j. , Thirsty For Liquor. i _ Anderson, Oct. 23.?'The most ingenious device for "trickling the trade" was j>icked up by two officers when they arrested a negro carrying ' some can abo^p North Anderson.' The officers got beside the negro about " 20 gallons of water and a small quantity of booze. The other negro who was with the one'captured made his irJ ~ ' get away. The cans had a spout something ~ like a kerosene can, and each spot 4 was a small bottle of whiskey ar3 ranged so that when the tap was " taken off and the contents of the " cans sampled that only whiskey came out, while in reality the cane ? were filled with water. From exami' nation of the cans it seemed that a " hole had been cut in the bottom of 1 the can through which the small bot5 tie of whiskey was placed into the " spout. .This was soldered; -And 7 through the center hole the can was .filled with water. The man arrested -1 gave his name as Joe Mack and 1 i claimed that he was only helping ' carry the cans to a house in North 7 Anderson. \ " DETROIT HAS 100,000 IDLE MEN AT PRESENT Detroit, Oct.- 23.?For years De. troit has been a mecca for labor and l J now, for the first time in yean, t there is unemployment here. The uns | employment fignree-^ajtge all the 3 Way from twentyrfjye. thousand} to - one hundred thousand". 'A fair gtfess e at the approximate number of una omnlnwH nnw in the eitv would be 8 thirty thousand. That certainly is e conservative. Laborers for the firsi - time in years are leaving the city to seek work elsewhere. There is nothd ing here for the newcomers seeking i work. Recently a delegation from J Detroit, visited Commissioner Wale lis. the immigration commissioner al I e | Ellis Island and asked hhn to hell r I them in diverting immigrants ticket j ed to Detroit. 1 ' 1 -v .-^afc2 BANK. I" ' ' j ' J ; RE ^ . id prepare tunity will itha SAV- ; receive in ^ sn the man ortunities to / id not look eft ,otu. T I tput it off ? iy in the kNK * V - " ( it. Interest, 1 i * Z"' ' n make it Bank .kJCIVIUC; . |* , *'=% COX, Cashier. v ^ BELL, Asst. Cashier. Hr' ." - _ STATE OF SOUfH CAROLINA, L GOUNTY OF ABBEVILLEIn The Probate Court.; ' ' 'J8 V J f Copy Summons For Relief. * (Complaint Served.) ^ Cato. Rapley, individually, and ^ as ! Administrator of the Estate of } Nellie Green, deceased. " ; against v. I Fleming Rapley, Columbus Rapley, Ben Rapley, Mary Rapley, Eulus r. / Rapley, George Rapley, and Flori ence Rapley,' Defendants. ; To the Defendant* above, named: ;: >. ? You Are Hereby Summoned and | required to answer the complaint in > : this action, of which a copy is here. with served upon you, and t<r serve ? i a copy of your answer to the said r complaint on the subscriber at his. ; office at Abbeville Court House, S. C.* .. i within twenty days after the-service . hereof, exclusive of the day of such. l service;; and if yo.u fail to answer ? ' the complaint within the time afore. said, the plantiff in this action will api ply to the Court for the relief de-. I manded in the complaint. . v , ' D. H. H|LL, ; [ Plaintiff's Attorney. [ Dated,Oct.25th,1920. 1 | , : -> NOTICE . I To the absent defendants, Ben Bap* ley, Mary Rapley.^Eulus Rapley, George Rapley, and Florence Rap ley: . Take notice, that the summona in this action of which the above-to a > copy, .together with the complaint herein, was filed in the office of the 1 Probate Court in and for AbbaviQe ' County, South Carolina, on the 25th day of October, 1920. * J ? 2* fi *??: H D. H. HILL, KfwuisO t:c V - Plaintiff's Attorney. ' ? rifi . ; ^I t i jV> TMTlAtr I murmr aw* I ' SCALED TK5 UTO.Y l AryooscooceRS rMAXWEU HOUSE COFFEE