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Established 1844. li THE PRESS AND BANNER P' ABBEVILLE, S. C. tl The Press and Banner Company g Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-_iass matter ai 0 1*. post office in Aobeville, S. C. ^ M ' ? V Ill One Year S^.uu i Six months $1.00 j ^ Three months .50: -o d MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1920 a F J. FULLER LYON. h v , When Judge Lyon passed away in C Columbia last Friday evening, there c passed a man of noble traits, a kindly friend, a gentleman of unimpeach- a able character, a husband and father 4 without guile. He was a gallant sol- e dier, he was a man in tht days when I' men were tried. He served his country well, and he served his state as faithfully, n his church he was a pil- e lar of strength and a worker of un- e tiring zeal. His seventy-eight years F on earth were years of service to his a country and his country-men. He S won the admiration of those who a knew him best. The man of affairs in KneJno? tonuses and in the stores h respected him and the man in rags on t< the street knew that he was a gentleman and a friend to all. He sleeps the b peaceful sleep which his fruitful E years earned. There are few like him. N o THE GINNER'S REPORT fl y rr % g The figures for the amount of cotton ginned to November first are considerably larger than the figures for S( the same period last year, but less than for the same period two years ago, when we believe the yield was 0 less than twelve millions of bales. We believe the figures should be construed as bullish. Certainly in this section there is not as much cotton to be ginned as there was in 1918, and far less than last year at the same date. The crop in this state was cut off by the August rains and by the boll weevil, and there is consequent- 11 ly little cotton except the July crop, v and owing to the late fall and the un- c usually good weather picking and gin- e ning are greatly advanced over any c year in the last few years. n It is stated that the ten year average shows that sixty-six per cent of 11 the cotton has been ginned prior to w November 1st. This year is certainly ^ not below the average, and we believe n that a great deal larger percentage y has been ginned this year than the l* average for the ten years. If this 8 should be true a crop of 10,800,000 11 111 bales, it would surely mean such a ri shortage. in. spinnable cotton as to give reason to hope and believe that prices will advance. The fact that cotton advanced today on the figures given shows that our deductions are correct. Unless we , D1 are mistaken the number of bales gin- ^ ned in the next period will begin to show a falling off, and by December 1st, there should be considerable ai f?llin?r nflp Rv Hpcpmhpr IRt.n. if . ? ? " d< we are correct, there should be . such a falling off as to greatly in- ^ crease the demand for spot cotton of ' spinnable grades. This should mean higher prices. ? There is another thing which im- ^ pels us to the same conclusion, that is. Sl that prices will go higher, and that is e, the fact that every influence the pres- 'e, ent fall has been for low priced cot- tc ton. Other commodities have been e) falling, there has been no demand for ^ cotton, the local buyers have been un- j vj able to buy because there was no 10, money in the banks with which they! might be accommodated in a buying jjE campaign. The Federal Reserve t Board and the Treasury Department I have i which to finance and hold the crop, in and yet prices have remained for two h< or inree weeKs at practically the same | point, with a rising tendency in evi-1 fc dence whenever there was a favorable te condition revealed. hz This indicates to us that under fav- ar orable conditions, with more demand, qi cotton would at once advance. Such m being the case, we feel bound to ad- th vise the growers of the staple to hold, bi and keep on holding. There may be m some who are forced to sell some part of the crop grown this year, but only j cc such cotton as is imperatively de- j in manded by conditions of necessity (th should go on the market. If the farm- re ers hold until December 15th, we be- Oi 4 eve they will see a rising market,! robably they will see it before that | me. Sit "stiddy" in the boat, and don't! row impatient. DEATH OF MRS. SHERARD Mrs. Tabitha Sherard, the wife of j ir. W. C. Sherard, of this city, died til o'clock Saturday night, at her ome on North Main Street after a >ng illness. She was 59 years of age. Mrs. Sherard before her marriage hrithy-three years ago was Miss Taitha Nance, of Due West. She was a aughter of the late. Drayton Nance nd his wife, who was a Miss Norton, 'or the last ten or twelve years she as made her home in Abbeville! She ras a member of the Presbyterian Ihurch and an active worker in her hurch.' Funeral services were conducted t the residence Sunday afternoon at o'clock by Rev. G M Telford, assistd by Dr. J. S. Moffatt, of Due West, nterment was in Long Cane cemeery. The following of her nephews actd as pall-bearers as she had requestd in her lifetime: M. G. Sherard, S. Sherard, J. H. Sherard, T. A. Sherrd, Bannister Sherard, John W. hororr? w S. Sherard. Tom Sher rd and Samuel Sherard. Mrs. Sherard in addition to her usband is survived by a step-daughsr, Mrs. E. R. Thomson, by her aged lother, Mrs. Drayton Nance, by her rothers: Hon. Joseph N. Nance, Mr. irayton Nance, of Due' West, R. D. fance, of Cross Hill and F. C. Nance f Calhoun Falls. These attended the iineral, with the exception of her lother, as did the following other reltives and friends: Mr. and Mrs. R. . Sherard, W. T. A. Sherard, Joseph j herard, Thomas Baskin, J. F. Wil-j >n, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Reid, Miss .nnie Beatty and Robert Stevenson, f Iva, Mrs. R. D. Nance and daugh?r of Cross Hill, Miss Nance, of Caloun Falls, Mrs. J. N. Nance and Miss Tance of Due West, and Miss Alma Tance of Anderson. A WEEK OF PRAYER. This week in the Methodist Church l Abbeville is being observed as a reek of prayer. Services are held very evening at 7:30 o'clock Friday vening the young people of the hurch are to have charge of the leeting and Mrs. W. F. Nickles and [rs. A. 0. Roche, who are the leaders i the work among the young people ill have charge and arrange the I rogram. These ladies ask us to anounce the meeting and to ask all the oung people of the church to make' ; a point to come out to this Friday vening meeting. An interesting and istructive program in connection ith the prayer-service will be aringed. PRINGS & COMPANY COTTON "LETTER For the present we hesitate to feel ullish on cotton as the opinion connues to exit among bankers and lanufacturers that the period of rice readjustment is not quite over id that prevailing trade conditions 3 not warrant sustained advances : commodities. At the present level f prices at which cotton has been illing it had been hoped that readier id easier-money might have found s way to holders of spot cotton to ssist them in financing the crop, but ich has not been the case. The preset outlook for cheaper money is r.ot icouraging and there does not seem ? be a possibility of the banks in gen*al being able to make anything j at conservative nominal loans dided among the needs of their varies customers. The action of the market follow... -1 4.; j; I ig i>ue cicctiuu was uisappuinwng. he break of almost one hundred jirjts the first trading day after the ectloh would indicate that underlyg economic conditions are not ;althy. We feel that will be some time be- j >re confidence will be restored in I xtile circles. Stocks of cloths in the J tnds of jobbers are still very large \ id although attractive prices arej loted merchants they do not care to I ake purchases of cloth as long as I e jobbers consistently compete for isiness by cutting prices in a dull arket. We do not consider the holding of itton by farmers a strongly bullish fluence unless it is clearly shown ai tnere is a nrm determination to duce next year's cotton acreage, ne weak point in the cotton market has been caused by the holding over of a part of last year's crop and then on a declining market, attempting to sell it in competition with this year's crop. With textile conditions far be-low those of last year's the market simply could not absorb the offerings inasmuch as two or three bales were j offered to the'trade where only one j was needed. More cotton is always offered for sale by the farmers in October and November than in arty other months. It therefore, is plainly shown why that for the past twenty years cotton mh on art average be bouerht bv the mills during those two months cheaper than during other months. The last half of October and the first half of November generally sees most of the distress cotton placed on the market. Statistics show that the average price for May cotton in March is two and one-half cents per pound higher than for the average price for that option during November. We do not look for any permanent upturn in the cotton market until the influence* of a more active demand from the spinning trade is apparent. Should decided breaks occur we would advise the purchase of March and May contracts on a scale down. VICTIM OF FOOTBALL \ Emporia, Kan., Nov. 7.?Jack Reeves, 23, fullback for the Kansas State Normal football team and former fullback on the Great Lakes naval training station team, died here today of injuries he received in the Normal-Washburn game yesterday. Reeves was paralyzed when his back was twisted during a play. He never regained consciousness. { Chandler it's good n has taken a The Chandler today, at $1895, in the whole au I i The L Most I It has alway Chandler Comp mobile and to p ler plant, the Chandler produ They exist beca the greatest of j Constantly But Neve Other cars of have come and! in its eighthp > . ; -. J season multiple Seven-Passeng Seven Pass< A l*V j mui THE CHA KILL YOUNG MAN TO ASSAULT GIRLS Negroes Hold Up Automobile Near Charlotte?Many Join In Hunt Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 7.?Two unidentified negroes early tonight held up an automobile party of two ? i _ L!l young men ana two giris, wmw, uxi the highway three miles from Gastonia, N. C., killed one of the young [ men, John Ford of Lincolnton N. C., dargged the girls from the automobile into the woods and assaulted them, and made their escape, according to telephone messages to the Charlotte police department. Late tonight Charlotte police officers, witha posse of officers and armed citizens of Gaston county were scouring the countryside in search of the negroes, who were believed, however, to have made their escape on a passing freight train. Feeling was said to ibe intense. The two young women were taken to a Gastonia hospital, where it was said late tonight their condition is serious. Their homes are in Gastonia. The two young men, John Ford and Ranson Killian, both of Lincolnton, were said to be unarmed when attacked by the negroes. Killian was not injured. Ford was shot and instantly killed when he offered resistance to the negroes in their attempt to take the girls from the au tomobile, according to the report received here. GREAT BRITAIN TO RECOGNIZE MEXICO London, Nov. 6.?British recognition of Mexico is expected to follow recognition by the United States, according Miguel Covarrusbias, form14,! Hj. i Chandl? to 2j 's reduction to $1895 it ews to the car-using p mother big stride forwa The Greatest Dol Throug'hot has alyrays been closely priced an<3 it is decidedly the greatest value tomobile industry. \ eader of All Sixes; t Closely Priced s been the basic policy of the any to build a really fine autorice it closely. The great Chand?->-? 11 ir?ric nf mnitn] emnlovet! Ill ction are back of that statement, use of that policy. Chandler is sixes and the most fairly priced. Refined and Improved r Radically Changed many kinds and many, motors gone while the Chah'dler^Six, now 'ear, lives ai^digrojvs* and every ;s its thousand's of friends. v There Let Us Prove Chaxid SIX BEAUTIFU er Touring Car, S1895 Four-Passer znger Sedan, 12995 Four-Pa: (All prices >eville Mot< NDLER MOTOR CAJ er Mexican minister at London, who I resigned his post as foreign minister under the present Mexican retrust one another, not to attempt to England on a mission for his government. Since his arrival Senor Covarraba rus has had only informal conversa-| tions with the British foreign office: but he takes th<? view that the recent j statement by Secretary Colby on; the Mexican question and also the j legalizing by the Mexican congress I last week of General Obregon's election to the presidency are leading up to full recognition of Mexico by the United States and Great Britain. Senor Covar, a Mexican diplomat for 40 years, holds credentials from provisional President De La Huerta which if not received by the British atfthorities by November 30, must be reauthorized by General Obregon when he becomes president. The envoy is planning to reopen the Mexican legation here, which has been AIAPA/1 QimilQ 1 Q1 R V1UOCU UlilVV Al/X VI HOLLAND TO REDUCE ARMY The Hague, Nov. 6.?Reduction of Holland's vArmy from 460,000 to 1 260,000 was proposed toy the Dutch government to the parliament today, and it is believed certain that legis- ! lative branch will adopt the proposal. ' , '] I ^ Toledo, Nov. 6.?Announcement was made here today that the Willys-Knight Overland Automobile plant normally employing around 15,000 workers, will be shut down ! tomorrow for inventory and will remain closed for an indefinite period, j ?r is Ba< |>1895 5 the news on the 8tre< ublic, because it meant ird in the leadership of i ilar-for-Dollar Val it the Industry l is only one Chandler Six, i throughout the years but m There is no other car like i exclusive Chandler motor i other car. No other car, dollars of the Chandler pi * characteristic of the highe construction for which the famous. i Handsome Chand | On One Standar On the one standard Cha for its marvelous motor ar 1 pendable construction tlirc six beautiful styles of bo< \ requirement for your com Beautiful in design, ;exce comfortable, and highfo fini i '% ler models invite yoursmbs __ au Lier VT unil IVJ l v#u m. vrv L STYLES OF BODY iger Dispatch Car, S197S Four-Pass tsenger Coupe, S289S Lit f. a. b. Cleveland, Ohio) w Car Con I COMPANY, (JLEVt ? ?me? v.> ? Whitemaa's Orchestra plays these lively dances "Avalon"?Medley Fox Trot "Bert Ever Medlev"?One-Step Victor Double-faced Record 3570( "Whispering"?Fox Trot The Japanese Sandman"?Fox Trol Victor Doable-faced Record 18690 These are the first records by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra from the1 Ambassador Hotel at Atlantic City; and they'll make a smasher of an opening hit, right off the bat. Dance to 'em! You'll never want to stop! Come in and hear these three fox trots and that electric QQC-Step. They're just a few of the ^ Now Victor Records for November McMurray Drug Co. J/\ 7 y' I ?1 I et today. And | $ that Chandler | ts field. HI lue III refined and ^improved 111 CVCI luuiuiilj uuaii^ut i Oj p it. You will find the III inder the hood of no j xvithin hundreds of III rice, has the features III N st type of design and S| Chandler Six is justly llr ler Body Types |[ d Chassis 8 indler chassis, famous III id for its sturdy, de- Sf >ughout, are mounted j | j dies that meet every fort and satisfaction, iptionally roomy and ished, these six Chandt exacting inspection. lay renger Roadster, $1895 mousine, 13395 / npany iLAND, OHIO mSm ,