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Abbeville Press and Banner \ Established 1844. $2^00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. A.bbeville, S; C. Friday, Nov. 19, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. MORE THAN EIGHT! PER CENT OUT OE SCHOOL INSPECTOR PARKINSON GIVE! STATITICS OF SCHOOL ATTEN DANCE IN ABBEVILLE SHOW 1NG THAT 12% OF PUPILS ARE ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOLS ?SPLENDID MEETING PAREN1 TEACHER ASSOCIATION HELE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. In spite of the very disagreeable weather of Tuesday afternoon then ' was a splendid attendance at the meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association held that afternoon in th? graded school building. In addition t< the half hundred mothers present four members of the board of tniS tees for Abbeville city district hon ored 4fle association with their pres'ence. These were W. M. Barnwell chairman, J. C. Thomson, secretary R. S. Link and H. R. McAllister. The first part of the program, fol lowing devotional exercises conduct* ed by Rev. G. M. Telford, pastor oi Long Cane church, was given over tc Thanksgiving entertainment, this be ing^provided oy tne pupus 01 xne mgr school grades. The program as rendered was: The Observance of Thanksgiving, by Miss Mary White of the 11th grade; The Turkey and the Pilgrim, a recitation by Roberl Link, Jr. of the 8th grade; A Thanksgiving Seng by young ladies of the 10th and 11th grades; Hiram Foster's Thanksgiving Turkey, a recitation bj Miss Mary Shaw Gilliam of the 9th grade. following this delightful program, Mrs. Philson, president of the association, introduced Mr. B. L. Parkinson, state high school inspector, who had been asked by the association to make an address before them at this meeting. Mr. Parkinson stated that Sunt FuId had reauested him to speak on "An Ideal Course of Stud? 'for the Abbeville High School." The speaker, after a few introductory remarks, warmed up to his subject and delivered an excellent address covering the subject from every angle and maintaining the closest interest on the part of his audience. Many of those who heard Mr. Parkinson stated later that his address was equal to any t which has been made before the association. The speaker did not attempt to define just what would be an ideal course of study foi any high school, stating that if he was able to say what constituted the ideal course of study, he would be seated somewhere on a throne and people from all parts of the eatth would be coming to him for his advice and to secure courses of study which would be ideal for the conditions izi tneir communities. Mr. Parkinson by his pertinent remarks showed that he had studied the conditions in Abbeville and Abbeville County and one instance of his'familiarity with educational conditions in the county was furnished when he stated that only about 12% of the ^children in the county between the ages of 14 and 18 years of age are enrolled in 'either of the two state high schools in Abbeville County. He also said that if any more than were enrolled at present applied for ad mission to eitner trie nign scnooi nert t or in Due West they could not be received due to already crowded conditions in both high schools. Ladies After Councilmen. Following Mr. Parkinson's excellent address, the Parent-Teacher as sociation entered into a business session. A report was requested from tht committee to purchase shades for the high and graded school buildings Supt. Fulp, chairman of this commit tee, reported that the bids for fur nishing the shades had been receivec from local dealers but owing to tm absence of the two members of th< committee he did not feel that th< matter should be definitely decidec at that meeting. The committee was ' Textile ouipui is cut in half Number of Operatives Involved It Three Hundred Thousand.?Cur* tailment Runs 80 P. C. in Some Instances > Boston, Nov. 18.?Curtailment oj production which began some month: ago in New England textile industries employing 300,000 operatives now hai reached a point where the total out ' put is less than one half that of on( year ago, according to estimates madt from a canvass to^ay of the grea( mill centers. In some instances th< curtailment runs as high as 80 pel cent. A few mills have shut dowr entirely. The majority have adoptee a working schedule of three or foui days a week. Mills that continue ir operation on full time -with ful crfews are exceptional. Thus far only isolated announce ments of wage reductions have ap 1 peared and these have been for the ' most part in small mills where oper atives have been presented the choice of a permanent wage cut or a shut ' down, the manufacturers contending : that they had found themselves un' able to continue business under the former wage expense. 1 In only one of the big textile mills ' now operating, that of the Lawrence Manufacturing Co. in Lowell is the 1 largest hosiery plant in the world, 1 has there been a wage cut. The mill ' recently resumed production after a shut down with a wage reduction of 1 from 20 to 33 per cent. Protests have ; been voiced by a section of the employees anti a union has been formed 1 there, but the mills operated on a short time schedule has not been ini terrupted. TO CALL PASTOR. ' The1 Presbyterians of the City will i hold a meeting at the church at 11 ; o'clock Sunday morning for the pur' pose of considering the calling of \a ' pastor. The officers of the church re^ quest a full meeting of the member. ship in order that there may be a free . and full expression of the people on . the matter. Rev. Geo. M. Telford will preach . for the Presbterians Sunday evening , at the usual hour. i AN OLD FRIEND. / * Mr^. H. Waddell Pratt is in the city i for several days visit to her friend, ' Mrs. J; D. Kerr, on Greenville street. Mrs. Pratt is looking fine and her many friends in Abbeville are always ' glad to see her. 1| Just now the Pratts are making i! headquarters m Spartanburg. They i will be there until after the Christma: i holidays when they will move on to i Atlanta to take up the work in which Mr. Pratt i3 engaged in that section. . Mr. Pratt is maKi.g a success of the ? work in spite of the hard times. continued and author.zed to let the contract as soon as possible. The que... * . ..ic unsightlinet>i of the scho .. ic was brought up and after much interesting discuss.o. two commi.wcc. .. .^U.es were ap ' pointed to gu , .numbers of th?. city eounc . ^uor, the mayor, to request ~ t^rce of streei hands be ei. a sufficie^ ? \ time upon . grounds to puJ them in iii.?. . .pe. Much of the unsighthneti .0 the natura condition u* - us and some .i due to con.. ... .'.ou^ht about bi I the paving o adjacent to thi grounds. Next i*Le. nj Dec. 21st. ! The next meel ng of the associa ! tion is set for Tuesday afternoon . December 21. The program for thi: - meeting will be furnished by the pu - pils of the elementary grades will 1 furnish the program. Mrs. William P. i Greene has been asked to read a pa5 per on "Some Teachers I Have i Known," ana Miss Harriet <^oan nas 1 been asked to read a similar paper or 3 "Some Patrons I Have Known." HARDING UR( RETURN' LIVIN President-Elect Delivers I leans Before Leaving I to Canal Zone.?C 3 Thrift, Honor an* j ^ ?Great Cr( i t New Orleans, Nov. 18.?Plain liv-j > ing and square dealing were invoked r by President-elect Harding, in a i speech here today, as the nation's i strongest reliances during the coming r period of after-war readjustment, i "sanity, clear-thinking, common sensq 1 honesty, and co-operation" were among the qualities he named as . prime necessities in meeting the de . mands of the new world order, and > he declared material interests and na. tional happiness both would benefit s if the United States became "a sim; pie-living people once again." What; ever discouragement and reverses . there have been, he declared, would > be only temporary in character. He predicted that a "confident i America" would solve its problems i on the simple basis of the old time i virtues and Vvould come through the , reconstruction period stronger and [ more dependable than ever before. Senator Harding's speech, deliver' ed at a luncheon of the New Orleans Association of Commerce,' also contain pH a Tnpsentrp of assurance for the J industrial development of the south , and expression of hope that the ties of the commercial co-operation with Latin-America would be strengthened by every possible means. Five Hour*' Visit. The address was a part of a five hour visit to New Orleans by the president-elect, who came from his vacation in Texas to take ship for a voyage to the Panama Canal zone. - %He said in part: "I believe the American people have come to realize that we must face momentous problems and must face them with resolute courage and practical wisdom and patriotic determination. There must be no reason for >ause nor excuse for despair, nor place for pessimism. If we are effec,iVe in solving our problems at home, we shall be the better able to help solve those of the world as befits our % art m modern civilization. "The big thing for all 'America to eal ze now and always is the digni( y of productive labor. No matter how tumble, the producers are the mak.rs of the essentials of civilization md we must, each and all of us, ac jft and discharge our duty of producing for the world or of ministferto the needs of comfort or process of mankind. 'There are certain fundamentals .which are everlasting. JNeitner our w;. nor the world's salvation is to be worked out through any patent ( lostrum, through any miracle of csmanship, through any government panacea. Government is but the igency to adminster the collective mzed public service. The greater task is that of the American peoie themselves. It is for them, under vernmental leadership, to meet the "'Ours are millions of broad acres *iger to respond to man's cultivation uch. We have an empire and milons are awaiting reclamation. We ave not half revealed our 1 nos or developed our wa>?r power. We are unmatchJ in genius and unexcelled in indus y. We are progressive in educa on. We are free in religion and nean to stay free; and mean ever to free in press, especially. We have nore than the beginning of an ade uate transport system. We are niirol-onod tho nfttSRlhilitipS of in and waterways and tardily alert to the imperative need of a merchant > marine to widen commerce, world i influence and national safety. "We have been talking about the ;esa ro plain g by people Address in New Or for Vacation Voyage alls for Support of . d Common Sense )wds Cheer new south for a score of years and more. It is new in spirit, new in development. I would like to see it new ia-realization. I would like to acclaim a southland with added good fortune and greater self reliance thru diversified agriculture and I would like to see a southland aflame with industry, with transportation ever a "growing problem. No Jealousy. 'This land of(raw materials ought to manufacture and locate its factory by mine, farm and orchard. There will be no jealousy in the north ibecause your greater glory will be glorious victory. 'Here we are today at one of the great gateways of Latin-America Some how I feel that the western hemisphere is our special field of influence and trade. Commerce markjj the highways of friendship^ as well as rivalry. Our trade routes by sea to the south ought to be as dependable as our railway routes at home and there ought to .be sufficient and reassuring comity and concord among Americans?Central and Nortl^ Bind our friendship with the ties of trade and we shall make it indissoluble. 'We, have ships now, we have thp commercial foundations, our future lies in policies and practices. We must buy as well as sell, to be sure, but we need the expanding trade of policy, its efficient agents in salesmen and credits and the simple, practical understanding that commerce is the life blood of material existence. Great assurance at home lies in a virile, intelligent, resolute people in a land unravaged by war, at enmity with no people, envy none,'coveting nothing, seeking no territory striving for no glories which do not become a righteous nation. This republic cannot, will^pt, fail if each of us does his part. If we but work and use thrifitly and seek that understanding which reveals mutuality o'f interest no difficulties can long abide. Such a solution can not come out of the p-reedv thoughts df the Drofiteer of the revolutionary agitation of those who would destroy. These are but surface disturbances. We choose the deep and ever onward currents of normal America for the course of the republic." 'There has been a wild contemplation of earnings, whether in wage3 or dividends, in terms of dollars rather than in terms of purchasing power. We must be more concerned with the substance of reward for activity in this coin measurement. And our concern must be in a dependable prosperity wihch is righteously shared. 'No law can alter nature or change varying moods. We haven't yet learned to combat destructive weather, and the law of suddIv and demand is eternal. But we may soften their, rigors and minimize their penalties. We want fortune a common possession in America. We want the cotton grower of the south to have his becoming reward with tue. wool grower and the wheat farmer of the north, j We want southern factories to be tuned to the music of mills of the LI. TTT i. norm, we warn, yuui puiw tu their cargoes under the American flag, to bear messages of peace and good will to all the marts of the earth. There is no sectionalism in righteous American ambition. It is this wonderful. and incomparable United States of America which sets nur hearts aerlow with becoming as pirations and patriotic love?the America of the constitution, free and confident of the morrow." FOOD PIES ARE SHOWING DECLINE Greatest Decrease Shown Was in Sugar and Potatoes?TwentyA .t.'.l.. i i i i niiivics IUWIUUCU in Decrease. Washington, Nov. 18.?A decrease of 3 per cent in retail food prices in October throughout the United States was noted in statistic on the cost of 22 articles of food, made public today by the. department of labor. Greatest decreases were in prices of sugar, 2 per cent, and potatoes, 15 per cent. The price of eggs increased 14 per cent. The average family expenditure for the 22 articles of food decreased in all of the 51 cities from which monthly prices were tabulated, except Houston, Texas, where there was an increase of approximately 5-10 of one per cent. . The greatest decrease, 6 per cent, was in Omaha, and St. Paul. In Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Portland, Oregon *nd Seattle, the decrease was 5 per cent; in Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Portland, Maine, St. t _ n w - 3 ? 1 i mollis, oan rrancisco ana apnngneia Illinois 4 per cent; in Atlanta, Cleveland, Columbus, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Manchester, Mobile, Newark, New Haven, Peoria, Rochester and Washington, 3 per cent; in Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Butte, Dallas, Fall River, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Providence, Salt Lake City, Scanton, 2 per cent and in Charleston, New( York and Richmond 1 per cent. GREENWOOD DEFEATS ABBEVILLE FRIDAY Expecting easy pickings in Greenwood yesterday the local high school foot 'ball squad were give^u the sur pri9e of their lives when Greenwood! made two touch downs before Abbe-| ville scored. It was purely a matter' of luck that Abbeville ever did score. With only 30 seconds to play in the fourth quarter George Smith intercepted a forward pass and ran 45 yards for the only score made by Billy Long's erstwhile invincibles. Galloway failed to kick goal, the final score being Greenwood 14, Abbeville 6. . Greenwood deserved to win. They played better football, did not move as if breath had left their bodies and were full of pep and ginger. Abbeville's playing for the most part reminded one of a fellow being sent for who couldn't come. On the whole it was rotten. Billy Lon^ and Harold Tate wete the only two Abbeville players who played hard enough to get up a?perspiration. MR. DERBYSHIRE TO BE ORDAINED* AS DEACON We are asked to remind the readers of this paper again, which we gladly do, that the ordination ser-j vices of Rev. A. J. Derbyshire as aj Deacon in the Episcopal CharcK, will be held in the local Episcopal church at 10 o'clock Sunday morn* ing. The pastors and members of the other churches are invited to attend the services. The Boy Scouts, of wihch Mr. Derbyshire is Scout Master, have .ieen invited and space is reserved so that they may attend the services. In addition to preaching the seri n ??,:n 1IIU11 l/IIC Uioill/p VJUdijr nrui vvujiAim ! new members. ' It is hoped that large numbers ot the people in Abbeville will turn out to give Mr. Derbyshire the encouragement of their presence as he starts out on the work to which he has consecrated his life. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nickles accompanied by Miss Mamie Hill motored up from Abbeville Sunday af ternoon and spent a few nours witn their cousin, Miss McMurtry, of Belfast, Ireland, who is visiting Mrs. R. M. Shirley.?Honea Path Chronicle. INCOME TAX FIGURES x NOW SHOW AN \ . INCREASE ALTHOUGH FEWER IN MILLION \ A VP A n Of A r> O ?? *?*# * M n ft ' A 1 tAAS LtAL)5 SOUTHERN STATES IN NUM- i BER OF RETURNS WITH VIRGINIA SECOND?LARGEST TAX COLLECTED ON INCOMES \ FROM FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND \ Washington, Nov. 18.?Despite the loss of 74 members of the coun- * try's million a year class, the taxable income of the_United States increased in 1918 by over $2,27 ,0'00,000, according to a statement by the bureau ?of internal revenue. In- . comes for 1919 amounteiTto $16,924,639,355 against about. $13,700,- y 000,000 in 1917, though 141 personsfiled returns for incomes of $1,000,000 are filed by 178 persons, while 1,516,938 persons filed returns for incomes from $1,000 to $2,000. Incomes from $2,000 to $3,000 were ' ? shown on 1,496',878 returns and from $3,000 to $4,000 in 610,095 * returns. For income from $5,000 to $10,000 to $15,000, 69,992 returns. '/ Over 30,000 persons made re- ' turns on incomes frdm $15,000 to $20,000 and 6,000 on incomes from $20,000 to $25,000, while 9,996 persons reported incomes from $50,000 to $100,000, nd 2,158 made returns for incomes between $160,000 and $150,000. * \ ( From Fifty Thousand The largest tax, amounting to $147,428,655, was collected on incomes from $50,000 to $100,000, while $142,448,679 collected on incomes from $10)000 to $25,000 was next. Incomes between $1,000 and $2,000 paid $24,481,000. The number of wives filng separate returns from their husbands was 15,942, the income represented being $33,218,- \ 749. Of the' industrial groups from which income was derived, agricultural and related industries led, with 372,336 returns reporting a total net income of $1,122,532,163. . Income derived from investments +ViQ noor woe S4.fi47.914.000. 1U1 wit J VM* ft y , - _ Rents and royalties paid $97(?,679r? 666; interest on bonds, notes, etc., including fiduciaries and foreign sources, $1,402,485,691 and dividends $2,468,749,244. The 12 Southern states, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia had a total of 463^890 personal Income tax re turns, or 10.48 per eent of the country's total for the calendar year of 1018. They reported a total net income of $1,649,774,194 . or 10.36 per cent of the country's total and an increase of $200,868,770 over 1917. The total tax paid by4 these Southern States was $82,224,400, or 7.26 per cent of the total paid by the whole country and an increase of $35,730,545 over 1917. Texas Shows Way Texas led Southern states in the number of returns with Virginia * ? j r* second, Oklahoma, tmra, ana gia, fourth. They ranked in the same order in total net income while Alabama showed the largest increase in total net income of any of the Southern States. In amount of incomd tax paid Texas ranked first, Louisinnan, second, Virginia third and Oklahoma fourth of the Southern States. . THE COTTON MARKET. Cotton sought new low ground to1 - ?1 in Maw VnrV a ay. ueccmuci iaiun.o ... old down to 16:55 against 17:00 at 'esterday's closing. New York spott were quoted at 17:55. The best price paid for good cotton n Abbeville today was 16 cents per pound. .w,. .?