The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 10, 1920, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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