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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1920'
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ABOUT HIGH PRICED LAND.
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What will the people do who have
f bought the high-priced land? This
is a question which is propounded to
us every day, not that we bought
much of it, nor that the people are
1 concerned about how much we
. bought, but because there must be
/ something to talk about, and certain
people are wondering whether the
price of lands will stay up, or. whether
it will come down with a consequent
loss,to those who bought last
year when the boom "was on.
We think the people .who have
bought the high-priced landB, if they
' are high-priced, will keep them. At
least, most of them will keep what
they have bought. They have paid'as
mncti as nn<*.fnnrf.K or one-third of \
the purchase price and the purchased
land is certainly, under any view of
the matter, worth more than the debt
fef. -* Y against it. But will they make money
out of the lands at the prices at
. which the different plantations have
: ' been bought? Not, we answer, if the
P??P^e w^? bought the lands move to
; V . town, sit' around the cotton curb,
whittle sticks, talk hard, times, and
allow negroes to rent the lands at
''standing rent," ahd allow the lands
to wash away.
And just here is where the .highly
' priced lands will prove worth-while.
Instead of lands at ten dollars an
V : .acre which might be rented to ten-'
. ants; Whom the landlord saw but
:v f once of-twice a year, tne lanaiorasi
V. . ." > ' who have their money in the lands at
i/. high prices, will give some attention!
to farming the lands. The lands will
' ,l v ' he improved. The crops will be fertilized.
The tenants will he taught how
v , 1 to farm, and farming will take on a
* j new interest in this section. One
thousand pounds of lint cotton is no
i return for a farm which costs three.
; thousand five hundred dollars. But if'
the owner of the land, works it on
shares, or by wages hands, and can
- make twelvt hales of cotton, he can
pay a large fertilizer bill, keep up
his repairs, pay interest on the'money
V;' invested and /ril other expenses and
have a little left to buy the children
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V will come from high-priced lands will
be the taking of. the lands,out of the
hands of the people-who have not contributed
much to farming in this section
and turning these lands over to
people who know how to farm, are
not afraid to think and work, and
'* i who believe in doing something bev
; . sides sitting around town complaining
about the government and finding
?'*" fault with last Sunday's sermon.
GOOD COMMUNITIES.
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Which of the communities,of Abbeville
County are most desirable for
i tlio odfoWiahmont r\f hnmos? If vfHp
man from the outside were about to
move to this county, into which community
would he go?
Well, a thoughtful man will say
^ fhat he would like to live near Due
West, Donalds, Lowndesville or Abbeville,
if he sought to be near onf
of the towns of,the county. And.if
' he desired to settle in a farming sec
v - tion he would go to .tne Antrevine j
section, or to the Campbell section.'
And why? Because in these corner'1
munities the people'have'voted tatites
sufficient," in" i^meistite;'to -dptfrpfce
j'.;good schools. They have btfilt ihbd^rn:
school housesi and they seek to. employ
good teachers and to run their
'? schools for a period long enough to
, guarantee good work. They have
i caught the spirit of progress. <
' Yes, taxes are high in these com
munities. out cne lanas are iiiguei m
* \ them than anywhere else in the county.
It is harder to get a home in one
of these communities than elsewhere,
because they are all taken. The houses
are of beter construction and have
more modern conveniences. The people
do not mind paying a little more
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taxes (and the taxes do not amoun
to much more than in other districts]
because they work with more intelli
gence, in a better satisfied spirit, ant
they really love to do something t
make the community in which the;
live worth while. You do not hea
the people from these communitie
quarreling about high taxes, it is th
man from a community without j
special tax for schools who quarrel
with the government, quarrels abou
his taxes, quarels about the preach
er's salary, quarrels about the cos
of books for his children and thei
quarrels with his neighbors, if the;
show a disposition to do better b;
the community.
It is ignorance and prejudice wiiicl
is keeping other communities in Ab
beville County from having igoo<
schools in all the districts. We say i
is^ ignorance because the people wh<
refuse to vote special taxes have no
gone into those communities whicl
have good schools and seen there thi
evidences of progress, happiness, re
finement and culture which the goo<
schools are bringing with them
Were they to go and see how mucl
more valuable a good school renderi
the tomes and the lands in the com
miinity where it is erected, we imag
ine that from selfishness, if from noth
ing else, the people in the unfortunat*
communities would be * disposed t<
take a. step lorwara.
We are glad to see that so manj
of the districts iri the county do levj
special taxes for the support of th<
schools. When we rdmember that i
has been only a few years since th<
practice of voting special taxes ii
rural -sections was commenced it ii
gratifying to know that the peopl*
are gradually, if slowly, awakeninj
to the benefits of good schools. Thi
past summer a good many Bchool dis
tricts have voted enough taxes to re
ceive state aid. May we not hope tha
with another yefer the people wil
have awakened still further to thei
own interests, and to the welfare o
the public, to which we are all ? s
much indebted, if we would . onl;
think, and that the work so happil;
begun may proceed in this ebuntj
We are far and away behind othe
counties, remember that, and w
must catch up before we are in th
running. We have won our own plac
of being a backward and unprofitabl
people in matters of education, an
if we would get rid of our reputatioi
we must rid^ ourselves of it.
WHER^ THE BLAME LIES.
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To the members of the America
Bankers' Association, in annual cor
vention at Washington, Secretary c
Agriculture Meredith has taken tt
complaint of farmers that they ai
being denied banking credit to a
unreasonable extent.
That is the proper place to go wit
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such a complaint, and the federal rc
serve board is not the proper plac<
The federal resenje banks do nc
lend money directty to farmers o
other individual borrowers. They de*
only with member banks, throug
which ' alone the reserve systei
reaches farmers and other borrow
If it is then true, as charged b;
Secretary Meredith, that farmer
"have been denied credit for essjen
tial purposes while producers of ex
pensive luxuries have been accom
modated," the-accusation .lies agains
the local or home banks, whethe
members of the reserve system o
npi If, as charged, farmers' co-op
erative associations are meeting wifl
bank opposition and discriminatioi
instead of help, the blame falls upoi
the banks of the neighborhood am
not ppon federal reserve banks or tb
federal reserve board.
TUama AVIANS *\1 A?% f VMAflAtf ntl i
1 IIC1C CAiOVO pcilbj UJ. mvavj am
credit for the use of farmers in th
i gradual marketing of their crops. 1
they are not getting it and canno
get it for this wholly legitimate pur
pcse, the local banks are exactl;
where they should go. to learn th
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WORLD IS GETflNG '):* - "<>
WORSE, SHE THINK!
Lexingtort, Ky., Oct. 26?The worl
is getting worse, says Mrs. Sam I
Jones, widow of the famous evange
list. "Human life is becoming to
cheap," she declared here.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned n<
to trespass upon the lands of the ui
dersigned in any manner whatsoeve:
1 W. S. Martin.
10-18-4tpd. Mrs. R. L. Winn
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) HUNGER STRIKE ON 73RD DAY
1 Began Hit Hunger Strike on Augu?t
0 12th, The Longest Known to the
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London, Oct. 25?(By The Associg
ated Press.)?Terence MacSwiney, j
I lord mayor of Cork, died at Brixt6n
prison this city, at 5:40 o'clock this
I morning. His death followed h hunger
a strike of more than T3 days, eclipsing
P any in the annals of the. medical
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MacSwiney, who had been uncon- 1
l scious for several days, did not recover
his faculties before he died. Father |
j Dominic, his private chaplain, and his
j. brother, John ^lacSwney, were .with
i him when the end came. Father
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t Dominic Was at tne prison all night
, and did not leave until several hours
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a after MacSwiney breathed his last.
John MacSwiney and the chaplain,
1 who had been waiting downstairs in
the prison were told by prison offii
cials at 4:35 o'clock that they should
3 go to the mayors bedside, as they
. thought death was approaching. The
. brother asked for the 'privilege of
. communicating with other relatives
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als1 it is said, refused him the use of
a telephone. '
j After the prisoner's I death, his brof
the*- and the chaplain wei;e.not per- .
2 mitted to leave Brixton prison until
t 6:15 o'clock. John MacSwiney im?
mediately conveyed word to the wid1
ow of the lord mayor, who was stay3
ing at & West/End' hotel with Mr. and
? Mrs. O'Brien, the former being the
^ London executive of the Irish Self2
Determination League. I
Mrs. MacSwiney acompanied by |
- her parents and the Misses Annie, and
t Mary MacSwiney, sisters of the lord
1 mayor arrived at Brixton prison at
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f It Is understood arrangements are
0 being made to take the body to Ire?
land for burial.
^ News of MacSwiney's death had
r* not become known in the?district ar
tound Brixton prisoh until after nine
e o'clock. Tl* usual large contingent of
e police was on duty inside the prison
e grounds to prevent any demonstration,
but outside and along the road
^ leading to the main highway, there
l* were no unusual signs of ' activity.
No civilians were waiting there, as
they usually did in the early jtyys of
the lord mayor's hungef strike.!.
'.v It is probable the- inquest will be
held at the prisoh today, after which
n the body will be turned over to relal-ltiyes.
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* MacSwiney was unconscious for
e thirty-six hours before his death oce
curred it is stated, Father Dominic,
n therefore, was unable to give him the
last sacrament, but he administered
h extreme unction.
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' The cause of MaCSwiney's death
was heart failure, according to a
^ statement issued at the home office.
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rect answer to the criticism of Dr.
h Josiah OJdfield, the physician < and
11 publicist who had declared it was
r" wrong for the lord mayor's doctors to
administer meat juice and brandy.
y He said brandy wps a poison and that
? a man at the point of death was very
i- susceptible to poison. Dr. Oldfield ad>
ded that what he could endure was
i- fruit juice. >?
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today regarding Mrs. MacSwiney's absence
from the bedside when death
occurred he replied by saying the restrictions
which were recently imposed
upon the visits of relatives were
urged .by the attending physiqiana as
tfital to the-prisoner's own interests.
Teirence MacSwiney was forty yiears
old and Fas one of the most prominent
Sinn Feiners. He started life as
a draper's asistant, but became a
poet, author and a playwright before
taking up politics seriously. Later he
became violently anti-English.
'While in Wakefield jail. Yorkshire.
m 1916, he met. Murijel Murphy,
daughter of a wealthy Cork distilled,
who visited the jail -and shortly after
they were irtarried, despite much opposition.
MacSwiney was elected as a
Sinn Fein member from Cork to the
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British parliament in 1918; but never
took his .seat. He was present at the
first sessicm' of the Irish parliament in
1919, when the establishment of the
republic was confirmed, and was
elected lord mayor of Cork in 1920.
For various political offenses,", be
had been in jail, with brief intervals
of liberty, since January 1916 and
in October 1912, secured his release
from jail by hunger striking. <
MacSwiney's grave will be alongside
that of his official predecessor,
Lord Mayor Thomas MacCurtain, who
was shot in his own home in Cork on
March 20. MacSwiney will be the
fourth to be buried in this plat, the
others being MacCurtain; Sheamus
McGuirke who was taken out of bed
in his Galway home and'shot, and
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the Easter rising in Dublin in 1916
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Who ^ccDBap^ied , Mrs. MacSwiflty.
when she visited Brixton prison tfiTs
morning said the lord mayor's telegram
of October 18 to the Cork hunRESCUED
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irom a 4o-ioot weu mtu wmvu ohm
leaped with what, authorities declare,
was intent to commit suicide,
due .to ill health, Mrs. Walter Taylor,
wife of a farmer of Townville,
20 miles from here, is none the worse
for the experience.
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aayoress who presented the same toical
self-possession she has
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