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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The' Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 1 Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-uass matter ai post office in Aoheville, S. C. One Year Six months - Three months $2.09 $1.00 .50 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920 CLEANING UP. Some of the people who have not cleaned up their own back yards have given notice to some other people who have neglected the same job, that all back yards in town are to be cleaned up by December 15th, so that Santi Claus will have ao trouble in driving nis reinaeers up near ine hous^i. Santa Claus has asked that this be done because he will have so heavy a load this year that he does not wish to carry it far. It is hoped that the Chamber of Commerce will at once clean up its back yard, and as soon as it does, we hope .that it will assist the Civic Club in eleaning up its back yard, and that both of them will then take care that * they keep their back yards cleaned up. The Trash Wagon is also in the conspiracy, and we are requested by it to say that it has no back yard, and that if the people of the city will clean up their yards and have the trash at a point where it can be reached with out turning over the wagon, the trash force will call, on and after December 15th, for the purpose of hauling off^ all the old bottles, opened tin cans, old shoes, brass tacks, last year's1 birds' nests, and any other accumula tions. These will be assigned to the trash pile as its Christmas present. We cheerfully recommend to every person in the city that he or she look at his or her own back yard, if such be the desire of the owner, and if any- j body wishes to comply with the re-! quests made looking to a cleaning up, such person has our permission.1 We insist, however, that the officers; of the Chamber of Commerce and the 1 officers of the Civic Club clean up their own back yards before pester ing other people. When they finish1 they may help anybody else who de sires their assistance. CHIRSTMAS GIFTS. While the business men are wrest-, ling with their problems, and others 1 are having their worries, the people should not forget that want walks in the land. There are hundreds of peo-1 pie who must be assisted through the | winter else suffering and hunger will j be their lot. We think that most peo ple do not really know just how bare some parts of our people are of the comforts and necessities of life. This is especially true of the colored peo ple. This being the case, we are led to suggest that the approaching Christ mas may be made more' of what the Savior of men intended it should be ?not a time to give expensive and useless presents, but a time to make glad the hearts of the poor and needy by giving them some of the things which we can spare and which will do them so much good. The want which stalks in the land warns us that the time is here when all of us can do something to make mankind happier and better. There is nothing about the house which may be spared that js not J needed by some more unfortunate j person, whether it is food, of wearing j apparel, or furniture, or some other thing. There is not a dollar which can .be spent on Christmas presents for ;the grown-ups which is not impera tively needed in some quarter to drive away hunger and want and distress. This is not the time to exchange pres ents with those who have plenty. Itj is the time to go about as Christ would go about through the country - Vialninfr tVic noorlu cilf>r?rtririir fVlP sirlf VUV "VV-J, w..~ and making men happier and better It would be a great crime if the people in Abbeville did not catch the spirit of a real Christmas?a time when Christ would like again to walk the earth and help those who are in distress, and He may walk in Abbe ville this Christmas-tide if those who profess to be his disciples have the Christian, and the real Christmas, spirit in their giving. THE FALL OF VENIZELOS. The proverbial ingratitude of re- i publics might be regarded as striking- j < ly exemplified in the result of the < Greek elections. The paramount feat-11 ure was the overwhelming defeat of the Prime Minister, Eleutherios Veni zelos. His rejection by the electorate was more complete and crushing than that of any other minister in our day. Yet there was nobody in this genera* tion, if indeed in the whole century of Modern Greek history, who had done more for the greatness of Greece and who more deserved the approval, fho cnnfiHpnpp and the support of the Greek people. It was just ten years 1 ago that the Encyclopedia Britannica ; called Charilaos Trikoupes "the only j < great statesman whom Modern Greece has produced." That was then i true, for it was only that very year, 1910, that Venizelos emerged from i provincial obscurity and entered up- ] on the extraordinary career which < has probably Assured him a greater i place in history than the journalist- : statesman who directed Greek affairs 1 : ijcr throughout ilhe^preceding generation, j It was Vehizeios who first made Prince George'^gf Greece High Com- , missioner for Crete, and reorganized ^ Cretan jurisprudence, and then an- j nexed Crete outright to Greece, and , reformed the Greek Constitution. He ^ was the guiding spirit of the Balkan j League which redeemed Macedonia, ] Albania and most of Thrace from ] Turkish rule, and which in a second ( war defeated the ambitious designs ( of Bulgaria. It was he who would have ? - * * ? " r D..1 rallied ttre wnoie cancan j^ea^ue, i>m- ^ garia included, against the Central ( Powers in 1914; and who, when it j was too late for that, at least held ( Greece in line for civilization, and 1 drove the trimmer king, "Tino," from the throne. It was he who led Greece into the war at last, and at its end } won for her greater advantages pro- ^ portionately than any other nation i, secured; restoring to her the ancient J | empire of the Isles and Asia. All these ; ( and other great achievements were! within the compass 01 xen years. Yet now, at the behest and for the j advantage of the unworthy king whom he dethroned and expelled,; Venizelos is repudiated and rejected' by the people,of Greece. We said in | ] these pages only last week that so J ( strong was the antipathy toward the |1 Latin nations that a large part, if j i not a majority of the Greeks, would ; incline toward affiliation with Ger-'; many, rather than yield to French or i Italian influences. Well, a great ma jority of the Greek voters did, the < very day after we said those words,; j incline toward Germany rather than {1 support and follow the patriot-states-1 < man who had cultivated close rela-11 tions with the Latin Powers. (For it i was not so much the puppet "Tino" as < his formidable Prussian wife that di- j rected the antipathy to Venizelos. I There can be no doubt that the fall < of Venizelos means grave complica- s tions. The restoratioh of Constantine, i ' 11 -h A I 1 UT Lilt; ttCUWSiUii Ui any i xmvc nuv i would permit his return to Greece and 1 favor his policies, would naturally be i disliked and might be prohibited by 1 the Great Powers; though how such ' dominance over an independent State i would be-.justified in the League of s Nations, we are at a loss to determine Whatever happens, however, the Unit- 1 ed States is well out of it. We can see t no justification for the pretence that 1 this country is entitled to interpose i its veto against the restoration of 1 Constantine. That is precisely the sort 1 of thing that the Monroe Doctrine < wisely and prudently pledges us not 1 to meddle with, and .the Monroe Doc- < trine is not yet abrogated.?Harper's i Weekly. 1 .COTTON MARKET The New York Cotton Market, dur ing the past two weeks, has been in fluenced by conflicting news which ( has caused rapid advances and de- j clines. The violence of the movements i however, have been less than those J recorded during the summer and fall and indicate a more stable market ^ with greater resisting power. . Although a slightly better ]tone has ] been reported in the Textile markets, , with slight advances in some lines, ; curtailment ofvproduction is still es- , mated by agents of the Federal Re- ] serve Board to be between 40 to 60 , per cent of normal, thereby reducing j the demand for raw cotton, which < will nndnuhtedlv be reflected in the ( monthly consumption figures to be 1 published on December 14th. i On the other hand it is believed i that retail consumption, is now ahead i of mill production. This, will in time ^ leplete stocks in merchants hands' ^.nd necessitate the restarting of idle nills. In this connection it is inter esting to note that the stock of raw :otton held by the mills of this coun try on October 31st, was the smallest :or many years: October 31,^1915 1,345,000 October 31, 1916 1,722,000 October 31, 1917 1,085,000 October 31, 1918 1,497,000 October 31, 1919 1,365,000 October 31, 1920 944,000 Sufficient distress cotton having been sold to relieve some of the dis turbing financial features and with a slightly easier money situation and with exports increasing, our domestic mills may have to advance the price jf raw cotton to increase their de pleted stocks when the time for that necessity occurs. Recent private crop estimates have, n some cases, been smaller than ex pected a few months ago and are un doubtedly due to the abandonment of weather damaged cotton still in fields. The fact tl^t it is unprofitable to pick, gin, and dispose of low grades at present prices is admitted. In examining the elements sur rounding the market we must call at tention to Spinners takings which so far have been unsatisfactory, run ?-1- L .L! ) 1 4. rung ?8u,uuu Dales Deninu msu ycai for the first four months of th9 cot ion year. Should they continue at this ratio an increase in over two million sales in the visible supply could he jxpected on July 31st, the end of the :otton year. Whether or not the real turning point has been reached is difficult to state. Many changed condition have mproved the underlying merits of :otton but many others are still in an ancertain state. Our careful 'consideration of the lews and facts likely to affect the narket leads us to continue to feel ;hat well protected purchases of the Spring and Fall months on sharp oreaks and on a scale down, if neces sary, should prove profitable. springs Oi vuinpawy GREENVILLE STREET Jack Bradley, of Greenville Street, has been advancing a few thoughts if his own on Christmas. The past week the teachers at the High School, ivho always overwork the children about Christmas time, have had the young solomons and Solomonettes writing about Christmas. Jack Bradley was one of those who drew this subject for discussion. Jack ?ot down the Encyclopedia and foupd that there was some doubt about Dec ember 25th. being the exact date of ;he birth of the Savior, of all of Mich he made note Jack also dis covered that one writer on the sub iect had stated that he thought Dhrist was born at a different season >f the year entirely. What he had to ;ay was duly quoted, to which Jack idded that he quite agreed with this vriter. His reasons for agreeing with lim were that had Christ been born it Christmas in a manger, he "would lave froze," as he had never seen 'a stove in any of the pictures of the nanger" which had come under his scrutinizing gaze. Major Fulp is giving Jack's sugges tions some consideration-and the mat ter will likely be referred to the Board of Trustees. In case they agree vith Jack and the writer quoted by lim, it may be that the, holidays which iave been declared will be called off ind Jack and the rest ?f the boys ?211 4-^s + vVUl gU I'lgllt tin tu awiiuuij v,cicuiabiii5 Christmas during August in the sum mer vacation when it is warm enough for a baby to be born in a manger without being "froze." AN ABBEVILLE AUTHOR The New York Herald, in its Sun day Book Review, has the follow ing ?o say of the new book written Dy Thomas F.' Parker, formerly-of \bbeville: Capt. Thomas D. Parker, a re ared naval officer, takes the boys itnwalfice Tnrlione Mexicans and so forth and gives lis a story of war time in "The Air Raider (W. A. Wilde). 1^ is the story of one Hilary Beechers, who, like many young Americans, enlist ed with the spirit of becoming a he ro in the world war and found him self tied up in some obscure place from the sound of guns. But al though the whizz-bang of the guns ivas absent, he found plenty of work to be done on the west coast ind Hilary has many thrilling ad ventures in doing it. SATAN TURNED LOOSE From the number of crimes daily reported it would seem that Satan was abroad in the land, "seeking whom he may devour " Bank robber ies, murders and hold ups are of. daily occurrences. News came from Phila delphia some days ago of a daring robbery and attempt at murder, Mr. Chas. McCain being the person at tacked. Mr. McCain was crossing the Schuylkill River. He was approach ed on the bridge from the rear. His arms pinioned and a chloriform gag! thrust over his mouth and nostrils, j He became unconscious, his watch and money taken, he being thrown j over tne railing 01 me uriue. xnc| contact of the water aroused Mr. Mc Cain to consciousness. The water was shallow just where he fell. He started to wade to the bank. Find ing the river getting deeper he call ed for help A policeman answered the call and threw a line to him and he was rescued and taken to the hos-1 pital. The night was not a cold one and no bad results followed. It was a merciful providence, his escape from drowning. Mr. McCain's friends sympathize with h>m arid rejoice at his safe delivery.?A. R.< Presbyterian (Mr. McCain is a son of Dr. J. I. McCain of Erskine College.?Ed.) STRANGE OPERATIONS IS ATTEMPTED BY SURGEONS ; Chicago, Dec. 9.?Surgeons who grafted the thyroid gland of a mon key into the neck of Mary Zembek, 19 year old "dungeon girl," refused today to predict success for endeav ors to alleviate her arrested de velopment, but said they were strongly hopeful. The girl was hid den by her parents at Joliet, ^linois, in a cellar from babyhood until a few months ago, and had the body and mentality of a child four years,! physicians declared, when she was found. PRICES FALLING. Bread is selling in Abbeville for ten cents a loaf for the first time in several years and Wesson's oil is now selling for seventy-five cent a quart as against a dollar some months ago. The farmers are cornering the mar ket on eggs and they are selling for seventy-five cents a dozen. SE rrsateassssom That is whi a wagoi B that is what vc as a Farm \ for you?? best bu; in it i oul The S AN ALABAMA VISITOR Mrs. C. H. Martin arrived Mon day from Birmingham, Ala., and will spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Edmonds. Mrs. Martin's old friends and school rrfates are glad to have her back. The NEW "The Phonogra Our Bud WILL Come in today and still time to get a N( mas, and make the happy. Our Budge a small Christmas o the balance through that you'll never fee Phonogr; 20 N. MAIN ST. Kvl j. -..L it you warn wn i?and when yo ! A11 >u get. In such an Nagon the best is nc ind that is why the Ba y. The quality you and you will get the s< h nf it. So. when \ are in the market foi the best wagon mony can buy, call on * tark Vehic THE CHEERFUL SEASON A Dublin despatch says that in Macroom a man must keep his hands out of his pockets or be shot. Over here at this season a man who refuses to put his hand in his pocket meets with killing looks from his- family.? New York Herald. f EDISON ph with a Soul" Iget Plan DO IT ask *how. There's 3w Edison for Christ- | . family supremely ^ (t Plan requires only | utlay. It distributes ;|| l 1921, in such a way i|l il the payments. ji| aphs Co. ABBEVILLE, S. C. CE en you buy u buy a N important item )ne too good 111! 125 ^UUl need is *rvice rou le Co.