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jr.iuij I'UUM ' Established 1844. 'm THE PRESS AND BANNER jar ABBEVILLE, S. C. !sa - ! W The Press and Banner Company j Published Tri-Weekly '> ^ I p j Monday, Wednesday and Friday. | ' Telephone No. lft,. ?r Entered as second-iiass matter at post office iD .xDheville, S. C. " - j CI Ter,?> of Subscription: I d< One Year $2.00 th Six months $1.00 J in Three months .50 le as WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17 1920 h< ANOTHER SUGGESTION to th ' After Texas has produced almost a ai record cotton crop and rushed it on hi the market, assisting the powers that be in breaking the . price of the e: South's chief commodity, we believe fc that the authorities in that state O might allow^sornebody else to *sug- h< gest that the acreage to be planted in aj cotton next year be reduced. The ? Texans evidently wish to grow an- f< other big crop and rush it on the mar- w ket. _ b< si A SUBSCRIPTION LIST. ai m Some three, or four, or was it five, ^ years age there was an election in j this county on the question of issuing \ m bonds for roads. In that election, .the . g] Press and Banner opposed the issuing of bonds for such purpose. It announced in one of its issues that it , h( was sending some five hundred copies j, of the papei\ to those Who were not ^ subscribers to the paper. The Abbe- jg ville Medium replied to this by say- ^ ing that if we had sent about two w hundred more copies to non-subscrib- y ers we would have sent out as many papers as the Medium then was senuai ing to its regular subscribers. ^ Whi^h causes us n<Xw to ask the 0j question, What has become of this w subscription list? We are now send- 0, ing this paper to more than nine hun- j dred regular readers, who pay lor the paper either in advance or who ,l( buy the paper for cash on delivery. ^ To how many subscribers of like . does the Medium go? ^ Any statement about the circulation of this paper we are prepared to prove to the satisfaction of our ad- ^ vertisers by exhibiting our subscription lists. We are even prepared to j prove these statements by exhibiting our lists to the Medium where (if in g? no other way it may meet large numbers of old friends. TO OUR AMIABLE NEIGHBOR. n< fl. With all its faults the Abbeville Medium sometimes carries us back to the land of pleasant memories. Com- th menting on the imaginary misfor- pi tunes of the editor of the Press and m Banner, and replying to some of our' n ' remarks which the Medium thinks hi uncalled for (but which it provoked fr by its evident personal references to m us, and to which we shall never ob- w ject) the Medium reminds us that the editor of this paper once was a candi- 31 date for Mayor in the city of Abbe- w vile and was defeated. Passing over sj the fact that in the first race in tMt c* election we led four candidates with u: a considerable plurality of the votes tfc which the Medium forgets and in the second race we were again ahead in the up-town box where the people w who knew us cast their ballots arid ol that we received in the first race m against four men 184 votes, we think tl it was, while the editor of the Medium ni received in the city of Abbeville in tl his race last year, (running also i tc against four men) 24 votes, we de-1 sire to say, and it is the first oppov-j tunity that we have had to say it pub-; licly: \ .t That we have always been appreciative of the men who voted for us j e( in that election. We do not say that b< all the good men in town voted for w us in that race, because that would c'.< not be correct, but we did not receive ni * \J ico \J A nic ovivjitauo, uui vi | those who sit on the street corners <i< and complain, nor of those whose in subsistence depends on seeking pub- he lie office. We received rather the votes st of the men who have made Abbeville tr and who will continue to make it a fit w place to live in; of the men who have wi built the enterprises of the city; who ti< have contributed to all the good caus- ar e.? of the city at least seventy-five perjeo cent of all the good which has been | done, of the men who build banks, he cotton mills, churches, schools, and sh such like institutions. We know the th ? en who supported us in that race \ id why they supported us. We are t .tisfied with them and their motives, r re take pleasure in them. t We also have the "number" of s icse who pretended to be our friends t id who we knew were not. We are lankful to those who were our iends, and we have never held it jainst those who were honestly rainst us. We have only made a oss-mark after those who sought to ;ceive. The successful candidate in le race against us many times durig his administration when the invests of the town were to be served iked and received our assistance, id some of those who opposed us ive \ji times of dy*e need not failed > ask our good offices to pull them irough trouble and disappointments, id what we have been able to do we *ve done ungrudgingly. 1 We, therefore, think from our own cperiences that it is a good thing ,r a man to run for office once nind you, we say once) in order that 2 may ascertain, (whether they be jainst you or for you) who are the ial men in a community, who work >r the community unselfishly, and j ho are not two-faced, pretending to j s friends to all parties but only jiteful towards all parties. There is nother thing which a thoughtful' an learns by running for office, and j lat is that office is not the place forj ic man who desires to be of service, j ? fa kn n-f o 1 carviVo Q. TYIOTl I 1 U1 UC1 WW WC Wi. iV?* WV* ? *VV ? | ? ust be free from political entan-1 j ements, under political obligations j i i no man, and under no other obli-11 itions except those which come from j jnorable association with all men.: : a man can run for office and learn j lese things, as we hope we have arned them, and we hope the Editor:. I the Medium has now learned them, ] ( e can settle down to the business to; i hich we have been called in some j ay or other, and can then speak, ; j id will speak our honest convictions.it Jq will at least be in position to be | ? I service to the people among whom i \ e live, and to whom after all we all j < A'e the greater part of what we are. i. % i It is true that there are people in < :ery community who undertake to i despitefully use" the man who tries' < ; b?"of service. He is accused wrong- j ( illy and\ he is oftentimes misunder-ji ood, but so long as a man has the ( mimendation of hfs own conscience s nd, speaks the truth as it is given Jl im to see it, he should be satisfied. 11 And that is another lessen we J1 arned in our brief experience in | < Dlitics, and that is the reason we | J ly that a newspaper man should not -1 ?ek office, because humanity is weak ! i id politics and office-seeking make {( trimmers" of men, dam up the chan-M els through which the truth should < ow, and sometimes make cowards t f the best <jf men. < We thapk the Medium for bringing '< lis matter to our attention and for .1 iving us this opportunity to say this I uch of the men who in the twenty- > ye years we have lived in Abbeville * ive always been our friends, whose t iendship we have always tried to t erit, and whose friendship .it is c orth while to have. t We grant the Medium that there 1 re some people in this community J ho despise us, and as Col. Roosevelt tid, "the longer we live the \nore 1 iuse we shall give them to dislike \ 3," because we are not here to be e le partisan of any bad man nor of ? ny bad cause, if we know it. ? In the meantime we may say that i e believe* that we have the support if f the thinking people of this com- c unity and of this county, whether c ley agree with us in all things or 11 ot, and our reason for saying so is I f lat our subscription list continues | r i grow. \ We thank you, again. I r A WARNING. j* ?- i The City Council has just contract1 to sell $90,000 worth of bonds! .'nring; 5 1-2 per cent interest at 92 J hich means that we are selling theq >llars which we are yet to make at j nety-twe cents each, and that we lall be compelled to buy these same, )llars back at par. No criticism is J tended towards the city fathers, j nvever, for this condition. The reets have been paved under conact, and the money is due, and there as nothing to do except to do as ell as possible. All kinds of securi?s are down, and are still falling, id our securities were on that acunt hard to sell. While the above facts are true, >wever, it does not follow that we ould make other bad trades where ey may be avoided. This county has > oted for a large bond issue for the | uilding of roads. If these bonds canlot be sold at par^e should take noice that conditions are such that we hculd stay out of the road building jusiness until times are better. A liscount of eight per cent, on the iond issue authorized would mean a oss of about $36,000 to the taxpay>rs of the county. It is hard enough o pay high taxes in these difficult imes even when you get full value 'or the money spent, but we imagine he people who pay taxes in the couny will not want to contribute to aising $36,00?_which somebody else vill get for nothing in return. It is a jooa lime to waicn your seep ana gu ilow. This does not mean that the roads '.uthorized are not to be built. If the >eople still want to build roads they .r.ve the right t.? do so, but tho fact hat labor is getting cheaper and :heaper as the months pass, and that ;ecurities will likely improve in sellng value, at least, suggest that we night wait awhile and do better. There has been a suggestion that he next legislature authorize the ;ale of the road bonds at less than ;ar. We think the suggestion unwise. iVe will have plenty of time to trav>1 over the present roads, as the momentum of things generally is slowng dow?^, and we can well afford to vait awhile and do better. Certainly ve cannct do worse than to rush ino b:g indebtedness' just now. Taxes ire new heavy enough and in the next 'ew weeks the people will find that hey are as certain as death itself. WHEN LIQUOR WAS CHEAP ' J A man by the name of John Martin ?probably kin to some folks in jreenvrlle?lived in Abbeville coun;y mere than a hundred years ago. Lhe Abbeville Press and Banner has ately published some interesting data ;aken from his private papers. He was in Irishman who settled in Newberry jut moved to Abbeville, possibly seeking more excitement, i'rom his iccounts it is learned that in 1845 criinary shoes sold at eighi. seven and i half cents per pair. The doctor ;harged him only one dollar and sav;nty-five cents a visit, including medcines. There are s? many entr?es for ;mi^itfs on the doctor's bills that the slogan of .the medical profession in :hose day::, instead of "operate," nust have been "nauseate." The King's Creek church of Newberry :ounty certified in a paper still preserved that Brother Martin "always jehaved in a Christian, becoming nanner." although he did buy^i little iram now and then. One hundred and "ive yeaTs ago he bought a half pint )f rum for eighteen and three-quarer cents. Somewhat later he acquii*;d a half pint of whiskey at twelve ind a half cents. Ten days later he jought the same amount at the same >rice. In November^ he took on a vhole gallon at a dollar and a half ind, evidently believing thlvt "a lit-. :le of tjie hajr of the dog is good for he bite," got another gallon three lays afterward. He never dreamed hat a hundred years later . thirsty lordes would pay twenty dollars for i quart of commingled shoe polish, vood alcohol and embalming fluid, rhe man who sold Martin the liquor vas aJso a school teacher who chargd him thirty-six dollars and fortyiix cents for teaching seven hundred tnd ninety days. How about that for. i low teacher's salary? Martin Napjears to have been a tailor, but he ;harged only three dollars for an orlinary coat and six for an overcoat. Nowhere does it appear that he complained of hard times, as now do so nany^of the prominent Abbevillians vho whittle by day and setback by light when net engaged in fishing, lunting and practicing law.?Green ille Piedmont. WANTED! White Farmers i TO SETTLE IN BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SPECIAL IN DUCEMENTS OFFERED. FOR I i FURTHER INFORMATION j WRITE THE BURKE COUNTY | CHAMBER .OF COMMERCE, j WAYNESBORO, GA. s. A We print today an editorial from the Abbeville Press and Banner on "Watch Your Step," and we "ask that you read it, and we desire to suggest to the city authorities of Newberry that they appoint just su<^h an officer for this good town, and we hope that the appointment of such an of- , ficer will make it necessary for you to "watch your step." When that automobile blazed up a little the/ other afternoon from back fire and the alarm went in, they say that the street was filled with cars just as if there had been races on, and all wanting to see who could get to the fire first, surely not for the good they may do because every one who knows anything about efforts to control a fire knows that the crowds are | always in the way rather than a help Every alarm of fire is the signal for all the cars in town to hit the street, and see who can go the fastest. Marvelous that some one is not run over at every time the fire bell is sounded. -?Newberry Herald and News. EXTRA COMMUNICATION. There will be an extra communication of Clinton Lodge No. 3, A. F. M. Thursday evneing at 7:30 o'clock*. Work in the second degree. H. S. HOWIE, Secretary. MEN LAID OFF FROM WORK Philadelphia, Nov. 16.?The Penn-| sylvania Railroad will lay off 2,500 more men, 1,000 of them on the Philadelphia division, within the next five days, according to announcement today by the company. Since the end of October there has j I EDISON W I R,G !(: -HE Rrices of Edison Phcr.ogra] 1914, and a substantial pa: \vh\-h the Ed'so:: Laboratories p |s|! rlhe F.Jipcn Phonograph of t |||! ;> belter valui* than the Edison PI hf.nd. the dollar of today is wor i$;> littie more than half as much a; !;<! * if you buy an Edison Phonograi buying a before-the-war value, |j; ^ Why was it that Edison did ;j; did he avoid the necessity of do ij| and practically any investment t . the Edison Phonograph Laborat !j: 1914, on a narrower margin of I !|! other established phonograph, oi !j! How, then, did Edison manage t prices? !j[ The<story is dramatically ij ;jjj following is only the essence H When the united states 01 !;i; ed the Great War, Mr. Edisoi :|: work at the Edison Laboratoi ;i| in the army of American men !j: pitted themselves so successf ;i; world-famed German scientist !j! cier, on his recent visit to A ;i; Mr. Edson with a 'large share war for the Alles. The New Y September 5th describes, at 1 the inventions, which Mr. E if} >/ and placed at the disposal of I i;|: In this article, the New York j); that Mr. Edison appears to 1 !(: moving spirit of the Naval C of the United States. ? When Mr. Edison gave up ] ;i; for the business of the Natioi :j: situation existed in his Manu stores, due to their inability t ! ' materials, and the necessity factory substitutes for such ;;<! . there was ever a time in Mr. when his personal attention was required, it was when he , TThomas A. Edison had reaso :j: he was risking enormous loss ;i; his business, at the particula !|! tion, but he did not hesitate, , had a remarkable influence o !;<! women, who remained behi; ;>!; humbl^st^wcrkman to the higl tive in the Edison organizs ; !; seemed determined 'to make sj! Old Man was away." Vacatic up and doctors' orders were i ous employees, and, as a resu Manufacturing Laboratories few manufacturing concerns ; !; States, where there was no lc ? flm-inrr thf> war nrul wliprp tVif i;j: an increase in efficiency. I;); ' During the war, Mr. Edisoi Come in and PHONO | 20 N. Main Street $ * - . been a total net reduction of more than 10,000 employes of the Pennsylvania system, most of them east of Pittsburg. * ? - ^ ' ' WBk designs'we t S-mKm Silver,TheLc WSb- y?u wiU 'mmm simple strc GeOrgeWash V F. E. HARRIS ^ ^IPlllli Jewel* f-wmw : abbevilli i twill _ i^MHI ; Silver | Melon*!,.mm W///;/-''wW-:"'y. 'v^J/ &>/>* :. ' ' . ^.vs^ys#s<y A^S/N/S/S/S/S/S/S/S/NAVW^VV/>/N/ ^/VyVs/>/>^/^A^VVVs/*/yyV ' v , 'AS '! ' j HT AGAIN ihs have increased less than 15# rt of this increase is the 5# tax. lay to the Government. oday is a better phonograph and lonograph cf 1914. On the other th, in purchasing power, enly . a s the dollar of 1914. Therefore, 3h at this time, you are firtually with an afteivthe-war dollar, not increase his prices and how ng so? Any commercal agency >anker can ascertain for you that / ories were doing business, in / >rofit than was true of any of the talking machine manufacturers, o avoid an increase in his selling nterestinff. The hi* time nn' t.lm < of it: rare occasions, v America enter- Laboratories, it 1 dropped all hi/ tention, for mor ries and enlisted reference to bus of scienee, who ever, state that 1 ully against the his pet invention s. Cardinal Mer- ness associates i merica, credited or other, to avoi< ? in winning the that, if there mu ork American of such increase to ength, some of polsibly be mad< dison developed willing to stand t :he Government- ant thing. Let i American states for the people to aave been the these nerve-racki onsulting Board What was the ism of the New E his own business a Soul," made it 1, a very critical ographs, and its facturng Labor- fact that the inci ,o obtain variou# The demand sooi of finding satis- Overhead and sa materials. If the minimum an< Ediscn's career, willingness to ab; to his business creased cost of i went to war. for the Edison L n to believe that merely nominal p es, by deserting increase in the s .r time in ques- Phonograph, and his example It will be man n the men and level of commod nd. From the present price of best paid execu-"\ Leading bankers ition, everyone as willing to len good, whije the graphs, because i >ns were passed of Edison Phono gnored by zeal- reduced. It, the Edison Let us reiterat vere one of the v son Phonograph 1 in the United . war value with iss of efficiency, you have any fej ?re was, in fact, duction in the pr we are prepared I l spent most of that point. IT rT^ IV7 1 near i nis w onaerru GRAPHS COIV There are about 175 parts in a watch and in the course of assembling a timepiece it is estimated that 2,400 operations are performed. > I eatitiful silver-1| ^jj|; : v/ttlicat tiic Wfci:,.:. \ x that ncccm- Em$ terlhirr, it \v2! i jPfe: J 2 the attractive j Iljlp I j 4 lave in Alv.n ; |?p f )rig-Life>Plate, I si particularly >ng lines of the ington pattern ||f|Jp | ?ON, JR. j| | I ? II 4 ? ' *' . " ^ 3$$$$^^ J sea coast or at sea. On those |; irhen he visited the Edison > was difficult to gain his ate than a few minutes, with | \ ^ iness matters. He did. how- ft the Edison Phonograph was _ ;!>_ and he hoped that his bu?i.vould be able, in some way j|' i any increase in price, and !|r :st be an increase, he wanted :j; be "just as small as it could 2. Mr. Edison said: "I am ;he gaff.,. Music is an import- \\\ is make it as easy as possible have music in their homes in ;!; ng days." * result? The wonderful real- ;|f v dison, "The*Phonograph with desired above all other phon- ;? sale was stimulated by the !|t [ ease in price was negligible. ;$ i far outstripped the supply. Is expense were reduced to 3, thanks to Mr. Edison's 8 sorb a large share of the in- ;> manufacture, it was possible aboratories, by accepting a ;j> rofit, to avoid any substantial N' elling price of the Edison y years before the general. * ;> ity prices is as low as the , the Edison Phonograph. have expressed themselves id money on Edison Phonothey know the selling prices o-rn-Mis arp not. crninc to he 7Z ?"1' # e that when you buy an Edi- [il today you buy a before-the- \\[ an after-the-war dollar. If ar that there may be a reices of Edison Phonographs, !|l :o give you full assurance on ;j- " il Instrument . | /TP ANY 1 Abbeville, S. C. |' i ?a