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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1920
RASCALITY COMES OUT.
A year like this brings out all
j kinds of rascality. And the rascality
is not confined to any one race, calling,
or class. You find it everywhere, i;
One of the things which amazes a
person who begins to delve into the
mixed-up transactions of negro tenats
in these times is the number of :
mortgages which the old cow will <
carry and still give milk. <
Negroes are hopeful creatures. In
the Spring of the year when things i
look promising they do not hesitate 1
to make debts. And sometimes they '
take long chances. They give a first.?
mnrttrnirp on the cow. or the calf, and I1
0_0 , .
sometimes on the game rooster, and. 1
then they give several other "first j <
mortgages" on the same chattels. If '
times are good and cotton is high, '
the mortgages are all paid off, and 1
the mortagees are none the wiser. If 1
times are not good and cotton is low,
you will find the mortgagees looking
to see "how many are ahead of me."
It is a case of locking the stable after
Ihe cow has gone down the road. i
Most negroes, under these circum-'1
stances we believe, while knowing'
the law, do not intend to defraud, but
every man must be held to the rea-j1
sonable consequences of his act, and."*
they are, therefore, criminally res- j:
ponsible. |'
But they are not alone responsible j'
in these matters. A good many people.
in these latter days are accustomed to 1
look out for their own tenants, and |
to make to them all reasonable ad- j'
vances. After this has been done,
some merchants, and some people!
who are not merchants, are accus-|
tomed to watch the crop and the pros- j
pects of good picking, then to ad- ^
vance goods of one kind or another(
to these tenants, taking mortgages on j
chattels which the negro may have, or ^
may not have, expecting that the
white man will pay it anyway before I
the negro will be allowed to suffer.
Some even go so far as to say that!
they would prefer that the negroes do j
not own the chattels mortgaged, be-1
cause the threat of prosecution will
bring money when a chattel mortgage
will not.
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Ail ui wins may ncip wic ucgiu 1,\j 5c w
credit sometimes, and the white man'
to collect debts sometimes, but it does
not help business in the long run.j
and it is not fair dealing, man to t
man. It is akin to the practice of!'
renting a patch to a negro who lives'
on the neighbor's land and who is fur-1
nishing the tenant his advances. All1
the cotton on the mortgaged crop is J'
neglected and all the cotton in the'
fall is made on the patch.
We believe that landlords should
refuse to take up such debts. We be- 5
lieve that it is necessary for the protection
of the landloard himself and <
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ior ine proiecuon 01 tne negro, un
der the system of farming as it is :,.;
carried on in this country, we believe1?
that the ends of justice and fair!,
play may be better served by outside
parties refusing to extend credit to I.
negroes without the consent of the!.
landlord. If the landlord does not;
deal fairly iwth his tenants, they
will not stay long with him, and there
is no law to force them to stay against'
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their will. y
We believe that all debs should be
paid, by whites and negroes alike.
But we believe that obligations should'.
be fairly made, and that it is a mis- \
take to extend credit under the cir-1
cumstances stated.
In what we have had to say we
refer of course to the merchant and
landlord who really gives the negro'
a kind of value received for what he
obligates himself to pay. We do not;
refer to the man who sells him bi-1
bles, clocks, and old buggies, wagons,
and such like, for ten times what
such things are worth. These male-]
factors should be driven from the confines
of decent society. There is no
place prepared for them except the
lower story.
1914?1920.
A discussion of more than passing
interest took place on ottcon row
yesterday. It was participated in by
all the down-trodden merchants of
the city, who have been having such
a hard time the last few years. The
subject under discussion was whether
times are worse now than in 1914.
Various members expressed opinions
pro and con, but the matter was settled
when Alderman Henry declared
in no uncertain terms, "Well, I know
it is worse now, because in 1914 we
had liquor."?Abbeville Press and
Banner.
We suspect that Alderman Henry
has the situation down about right
when most of us come to think about
it, and yet we are all the better off
without the liquor, though we may
imagine that it would do some good
in scattering the "blues" which
some of the people are having, and
yet the scattering would be only
temporary, and really there is no
need for any one to get the '"blues,"
but the thing to do is to be cheerful
and bright and learn the lesson of
correct and proper financing of our
own business, a lesson which we
should have learned when times were
a little more flush, and to remember
that even 19 or 20 cents for cotton
is really more than 4 or 5 cents, or
?ven 10 cents the pound. Things
will be better before long. No use
to worry -or fret. These things will
Jo no good. Just sit steady and
keep on working and prepare to
raake something to eat and all things
will come cut right in the end.?Newoerry
Herald and News.
TO BAPTIST CONVENTION
The following notice is of interest
and importnce to the Baptist women
of this city:
"The Baptist Woman's Missionary
Union will hold its annual convention
in the Citadel Square church,
Charleston, November 10-12. The
railroad has issued the certificate
plan for this meeting, that is, full
fare going and one-third returning,
provided 250 certificates can be secured
in time. Certificates will not
be issued for tickets costing less
than 75 cents. Delegates and visitors
are urged to secure such certificates
from local agent upon purchase
of ticket. If this can not be
had, the agent's receipt must be
substituted. Certificates should be
given to the corresponding secretary
at the first sessipn of the meeting.
If rduced rates are secured, tickets
will be good from November 5-16.
WILSON, OF LEVEL LAND,
ELUCIDATES SITUATION
Walter W. Wilson, -of Level Land
Chairman of the Level Land Hillbillies
came down to see President
Stark Monday. He says he has read
all the books on the popular game
written in modern times and that he
find nothing in any of them which is
up to the Level Land knowledge on
the subject. He suspects, however,
that the ancient Greeks and Ro
mans may have gotten out some
works on the subject and if there is
anything in ancient or mediaevil
writings on the subject he is anxious
to peruse what has been written. He
asked Uncle Jim to look through his
library and inform him about the
matter.
He also told us that he had consulted
Col. Patrick Roche, of the
Abbeville HiJlbillies, on the same
matter and that Colonel Roche informed
him that Nero wrote a book
on setback but that it was burned up
in the big fire, and that Nero
wouldn't quit fiddling long enough
to save a copy of the work.
Mr. Wilson brought along with
him another argument against selling
cotton now. He says that from a
general investigation in his country
everybody is in his fix, and he states
his fix as follows: "I am pretty well
off now, I have plenty of' cotton,
plenty of credit and plenty of debts,'
but he added, 'If I sell my cotton,
both the cotton and my credit will
be gone, and nothing but debts- will
be left, so why sell?'
MISS VICTORIA HOWIE SICK
Miss Victoria Howie, one of the
Abbbeville girls at Agnes Scott, and
one of the most popular of the two
hundred freshmen, has been sick for
a few days. She spent a day or two
in the Infirmary taking the castor oil
which the Sophs did not give her, but
was so far recovered as to be out
again Sunday.
|COTTON GINNED
PRIOR TO OCTOBER 18
:i
; Prnn* o f 1920 and 1919 in South Car-'
olina?Abbeville County I
Shows Decrease
Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau
of the Census, Department of
Commerce, announces the preliminary
report on cotton ginned by countiei,
in South Carolina, for the crops of
1920 and 1919. The report was made
public for the state at 10 a. m., Monday,
Ocober 25, 1920.
County 1920 1919
Abbeville 12,076 14,414
Aiken 23,584 28,632
Allendale 9,942 15,121
Anderson 26,548 45,168
Bamberg 13,256 19,173
Barnwell __ __ __ 18,136 24,374
Beaufort 127 1,083
Berkeley __ __ 3,176 5,194
Calhoun 17,424 22,604
Charleson __ __ 115 2,577
Cherokee 4,090 7,838
Chester 9,616 17,087
Chesterfield 11,307 17,702
Clarendon 21,071 27,3386'
Colleon __ __ __ 3,966 8,420
Darlington __ __ 15,172 25,042
Dillon 12,546 26,593'
Dorchester __ 5,594 10,031 J
Edgefield 13,433 15,857
Fairfield __ __ __ 9,086 12,434 j
Florence 13,057 24,5621
Georgetown __ 1,192 1,874
Greenville 10,798 21,985
Greenwood 14,670 20,941
Hampton 5,176 8,173
Horry __ ___ _ 5,176 8,173
Horry __ .. ___ 1,664 3,760
Jasper __568 1,374
Kershaw 13,462 19,795,
Lancaster 4,469 11,422
Laurens __ 22,427 27,043
Lee 18,882 25,511
Lexington 15,005 17,420 j
McCormick 7,000 10,508,
Marion 6,203 10,576,
Marlboro 25,211 43,885,
Qfot__ etain etaoinn dluununu nuu
\Tewberry 16,562 18,933 j
Oconee 4,905 11,207 j
Dra.ngeburg __ __ 43,248 60,019
Pickens __ __ __ 3,831 10,124,
Richland .. ___ 15,780 16,717'
Saluda 13,280 15,848 .
Spartanburg 21,829 34,513
Sumter __ 22,446 32,103;
Jnion __ 7,365 9,096
Williamsburg 12,945 14,036
York 9,790 22,4401
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BOUND OVER
Paul Anderson, son of West An-j
derson, a young negro of the Calhoun
Falls section, was before Judge Hoi-;
lings worth Saturday charged with
assault with a deadly weapon. He
was bound over to the next term of j
the court. He is charged with draw-|
ing a pistol on another negro when
he and the other negro wanted
to accompany a dusky maiden to herj
home after services at a negro church
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ONE BANANNY
i
Two old time farmers sat on one
of the seats on Cotton Row today.
Each sat for awhile, evidently in
deep thought. Then one of them said
to the other:
"This time last year all the cafes:
were full of us old farmers, eating!
all kinds of good things, now all a I
farmer gets when he comes to town'
is one 'bananny,' and then he goes'
home.' I
To which the other down-trodden
replied:
'I went into Charley's cafe just j
now, not to get anything to eat, but j
just for the sake of old times, and j
Charley wasn't in there. I asked the
boy where Charley had gone, and he
replied: j
'Him out on back steps crying .
cause he sell nothing.'
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BABY'S GOT A TOOTH.
Mary Salome, the pretty little!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Har-!
: ris has been sick for the past week, I'
' cutting a tooth which according to her j ^
; parents is a "mighty big tooth for a
Ilittfe^aKy."" -j
MORRISON LANDS SOLD*
!
i The estate lands of the late B. L. |
Morrison were sold at the homestead j
. today. One tract of 62 2-3 acres
(brought $95.00 per acre, being
i bought by J. W. Morrison. A tract
j of 86 1-2 acres was sold to John
Morrison at $69 per acre. A third
'tract of 62 1-2 acres was sold to
j L. J. Davis at $36.00 per acre. I
; The sales were made by Thomas P.
I i
I Thomson, Master, under order of
^ court. j
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return 5 per cen
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IG. A. NEUFFER, Preside
ALBERT HENRY, Vice-I
LUCK BREAKS FOR NEWBERRY J
(Continued from Page One.)
Jan
SUULIUn. XI1C IllgU Dtlivui bCObiicis ^
under the pricipal will study Parker's
"Methods of Teaching in the High States
School." ville j
The teachers of the city schools whle 1
have also each subscribed to a dif- h0]ds
ferent professional magazine and <preag)
these will be exchanged until each . . ^
teacher has had the opportunity of
. over t
reading all twenty-two magazines.
,t morro
The present corps of teachers believe
in keeping up with the times and are
anxious to secure suggestions from |
authorities that may be he helpful to J
them in the good work they are do- I
ing for the children of Abbeville.
ATTENDING THE WEDDING
Mrs. J. M. Morgan and Mrs. Hernia
Benton went to Monroe last week |
and were guests at the marriage of j
Miss Carson Yates, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Yates.
LEAVES AFTER VISIT
Mrs. Fred Cason returned to her'
home in Abbeville yesterday, after
spending the week with her sister,
Mrs. J. F. Bailey, on Maple street.
?The State.
CAPT. NICKLES GETS RIBBONS
Capt. G. N. Nickles, of Due West,
tvho annually takes away most of the
prizes offered at he State Fair for
fine farm products, increased his
batting average this year. He won t
twenty prizes bn the fine line of farrti
products produced on his farm near
Due West.
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AMES M. BAKER HERE. ,
les M. Baker, of Washington,
/
rly Secretary of the United
m
i Senate, passed through Abbeg?
yesterday, stopping off for a ^
;o see his friends. Mr. Baker ?
Ji
a responsible position with the
jry Deparment at present. He
K)wndesville today and will stay
o vote the Democratic ticket tow.
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CRAP SHOOTERS.
The following were before the
ayor this morning charged with
jmbling: Arthur Vance, Johnnie
Washington, Will Jackson, Allen
ickson, Cleveland Hardwick, Lewis
mith, Charlie Smith, and Henry
jhnson.
Each of these parties forfeited a
>nd of $10.00.
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