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1 \ and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, December 13, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. OVER NINE MILLION i ASKED OF SLATE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS MAJV.H RECORD DEMAND*: FOR AP PROPRIATIONS?r- HARD TASK AWAITS NEXT LEGISLATURE GOVERNOR WILL.. PUT MAT TER SQUARELY UP, TO HOUSE AND SENATE?MUCH MONEY NEEDED TO CARRY . ON WORK ADEQUATELY. The cost of running the state government and its allied work for 1921 will reach over $9,000,000 if the next general assembly compiles with the requests of the various state deparments for" appropria tions. Theb udget commission had just completed its WDrk on i?s re commendations to the general as sembly and the figures given out vesterdav show that"- the total re > ? V quests are $9,868^206.59. This total is the request for the 1921 appropriations and not the recommendations of the budget commission. The commission's re commendations will not be made public "until the convening of the legislature in January. Members of the general assembly are already discussing the requests and they admit that a hard task awaits them. The various depart ments are asking an ^increase of $3,771,065.20 over the. 1920 appro priation. Although no ^ announce ment will be made as to the budget commission's recommendations un til January. it is known that the recommendations will be the largest in the history of the state. Gover nor Cooper made this known at a pu'blic meeting here last week. It is said that the recommendations will reach around $9,000,000. Much For Education Of the requests for $9,868,206. 50 the executive department is ask ing for $9,604,731.73. This depart ment embraces all the state offices, the educational institutions, public schools and other branches of the state work, such < as the cnaritaJble and correctional institutions, the regulative work and 'miscellaneous activities. The legislative department is ask ing for $104,676.20 and the judicial department for $158,798. A discussion that is old wasi brought up by several state omciais i several days ago and at least two of | these officers made the point thatj South Carolina grumbles about such a high cost of running the state gov ernment, when in reality, it is con tended, most of the money appro priated is for other purposes and not for the government. It is claim ed that the constitution says that the general assembly shall levy taxes and make such appropriations as are necessary "for running the state government." The point at is sue, these two officials say, is that all the educational appropriations for public schools, colleges and oth er institutions are not an expense of i running the government and should not be so designated. It is further contended that a good case could be made out before the supreme court on this point and sufficient grounds are said to exist to prevent the gen eral assembly from levying taxes for the various other purposes other than "running the state govern ment." Co?t Ke?pi Ruing An examination of several years shows that the cost of keeping the grand old state moving is continual ly risng. It might be interesting to the average tax payer to know that in 1916 the general assembly ap propriated $2,486,140.29 for all state purposes and to raise this sum a levy of six and one-half mills was sufficient. In 1917 the appropriation reached $3,336,875.23 and a levy of eight and one-fourth mills was nec essary to raised the figure. In 1919 the appropriation jumped to $3, 874,522.78 and a nine mill levy. In 1920 the appropriation went to $6, 077,381.43 and 12 mills. Governor Cooper has said that he sees no way to cut the expense and CLOTHING TRADE . EXPECTS LOOKOUT I Break Between the. Manufacturers And Workers?Would Establish Sovietism in Industry, Man ufacturers Charge.? Statement Issued By Bandler ] New York, Dec. 12.?Manufactur- v ers in the clothing trade do not in tend to "lend themselves to the estab lishment of sovietism in their ndus rrv," declared William Bandler, pres ident of the Clothing Manufacturers association, in a statement issued here tonight. He characterized as "humbug, sham and false pretense" the union's charge that the manufac turers have inaugurated a "lookout" and plan to return to "sweat shop conditions." "This will be evidenced," the state ment added, "by the fact that the employers are about to put into oper ation a plan of work, whereby em ployment will be given to thousands of workers who for a long time have been idle because of the inability of the manufacturers to compete and se cure business. And the workers will be invited to work, but it is feared that they will be prevented from so doing by the union's direction that thev strike. Sweat shop conditions today are a matter of the past $nd are inconceivable and , impossible through the safeguards and protec tion afforded workers by our present labor laws." New Order Needed. Mr. Bandler asserted a complete change in the fundamentals control ling the local labor market is imper ative to restore the industry to a be sis of business efficiency and eradi cate the evil practices in which "the industry is steeped and the perils which threaten it." This is neces sary, he declared, in order to meetj^ the public's demand for a reduction of clothing prices, to save to New 1 York city the clothing market with * its annual output of $200,000,000 and give employment to about 60,000 workers. Mr. Bandler cited numerous confer- j ences with t&eanipn which he saidj led to nothing and the union's posi tion that "irrespective of merit and of existing economic conditions" it would not recede from what it had secured during war times. After the union rejected the' proposal that workers be held individually respon sible for a daily standard of produc tion to be agreed upon and manu facturers be permitted to discharge incompetent help Mr. Bandler said: "There remained no other course open to the manufacturers than to publicly announce the severance of relations between the association and the union and to proceed to put into s effect a plan of work whereby each worker would be paid for what he produces and on a basis whioh would permit the New York manufacturers to secure business in competition with fViA Afkai* morVafa 1 ( Ul/UVl ViVVIIlt*5 U?Ml.ikVW Tf MWAV the wages are very substantially lower.' Mrs. J. T. Blanchett, of Calhoun _ 1 Falls, and daughter, Mrs. Will Boyd of Martins Mill, spent today in the city on business. ' if the legislature could see its way clear to do so, it would be up to the general assembly to do the cutting. Figures in the announcement of the budget commission show that to "cut" items from any of the de partments would seribusly cripple the work and as Governor Cooper * said there seems to 'be no place to * do the cutting. An earnest effort k is to be made to strengthen the * work of all the institutions this year ? and to do this it is pointed out that * the money must be appropriated. * nrvvomrwr fVmrvAr nlwami iri favor 1 of advancement and progress, is 4 planning to put the question square- ^ ly up to the citizens and the legis- 1 lature. He hopes for an increased a appropriation and will lend his ef forts to this end. ^ Among the large items being ask ed is the total for the educational division with $4,944,587.76. The correctional and charitable institu- ' tions are asking for $1,765,159.96. 3 COUNTY SAVIN RE-OPENS Bank Closed Friday Re row?Bank Examinei amination and Pror lutely Solvent an Resume ! ti? r* c d l ill i nc county savings cann win re-open its doors tomorrow morning. The bank was closed Friday by the officers after con sultation with stockholders and friends of the institution. It was announced then that the bank was absolutely solvent, but that its notes to other banks were maturing and its collections were slow and it was thus unable to meet its obligations as they matured. There was never any any doubt but that the bank was able to pay all its obligations. At the suggestion .of the bank officials Bank Examiner Craig and Assistant Bank Examiner Bradley have made a thorough investigation into the affairs of .1 1 _ t_ . J ? H 1 a.1 I t. ine oanK ana taey nna me dsuk absolutely solvent, and the Bank Examiner advises it to open itj doors. It will open Tuesday morn ing for business as usual. The bank has been able while closed to make arrangements to meet its obligations as they mature and there it no reason now why the bank fthould not continue to do business. After the meeting today Bank ERNEST M'KE IN ALT Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon is three sons of Mt. W. 'J. McKee, )f Donalds section, along with four >ther young people were returning !rom a meeting of the Young Peo >le's Christian Endeavor society, vhich had met at Greenvale church, ;he automobile in- which they were iding was struck at a crossing near ;he church by a car on Piedmont & Northern Railway Company. The lutomobile was completely de nolished. All of the young people vere thrown out of the automobile, md all were more or less shaken up, >ut none were badly hurt except Srnest McKee, the fifteen year old ;on of Mr. W. J. McKee. COTTON GOES DOWN The Government estimate of the :otton crop for this year came out ;oday at 3 o'clock, the figures being 12,987,000 bales. Cotton, which had >een weak all day broke at the :lose, the figures at the end being n E siswtm a?a*V> Soflll* VUUUU t %J pvtlivo UVTTH j.i. Vil? lay's close. Spots in New York were lown 75 points also. The local market was not much iffected by the New York market. 3ood cotton continued to sell at Tom 16 to 17 cenls. W. R. BRADLEY APPOINTED W. R. Bradley, of Abbeville, lias >een appointed Acting Collector of internal Revenue in the District of South Carolina, succeeding D. C. leyawrd, who resigned a few days igo to take effect January 1st. Mr. Cradlev has been the chief clerk in he office of Collector Heyward, and s familiar with all the affairs of he office and for that reason he vas appointed. He will hold office intil MaTch 4th., and until a succes sor is appointed. VISITORS FROM CALHOUN FALLS Mrs. C. F. Gilliam and Miss Helen lerbert, teachers of the Warrenton ichool, were in the city Saturday hopping1. GS BANK FOR BUSINESS opens Its Doors Tomor Makes Thorough Ex lounces Bank Abso d Directs That it Business. Examiner Craig gave out the following statement: "I am surprised that the County Savings Bank closed its doors, and must attribute the ac tion of its Directors to a misun derstanding of its condition. As a matter of fact, the Bank has made a good showing consid ering the time of its operation. It is unfortunate that the Bank was closed, for in these trying times that touch the homes of our entire citizenship, confi dence in our Bankine system should be sustained by all hon est and honorable means. I have made a most careful examination of the Bank. I find that its Cleri cal work has been honestly and faithfully done and all loans have been placed with more than usual caution. The Bank is sol vent and at no time has there been a chance for the depositors to lose a dollar. With this assur ance I feel that it is not asking too much of this community to insist that patrons of this Bank continue to give the same hearty cooperation that they have in the past." "JAS. H. CRAIG, 1 "State Bank Examiner." i n t it TnT jl nui\i ro ACCIDENT The young man was taken imme diately to the Greenwood Hospital. His injuries consisted for the most . part of a lick on the head and an other in the back. It was feajed at first that his condition might be very serious, but in response to a call over the long distance by the Press and Banner the news comes this afternoon that the young man is not seriously hurt and that he is doing as well as could be expected. The other young people in the car with Ernest McKee were his broth William and Pr4hpr+.; Rris sey and Misses Connie Winn, Janie Milford and Gussie Mabry. PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO MEET WEDNESDAY Owing to the fact ihat the schools close Friday for the Christmas holi days the regular December meeting of the Parent-Teacher association will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the graded school build ing. The pupils of the elementary grades are to furnish a Christmas I program for the parents and teachers for this meeting. This being the last meeting of the present year the officers of the asso ciation hope that every member will be present. NEW LIGHTS IN SCHOOL The new 4UU-watt orasconies re cently purchased by the board of trus tees to light up the dark rooms in the graded school have been installed to the delight of the pupils and es pecially the teachers who have had a hard time teaching these cloudy days. REV. MANN TO PREACH Rev. J. T. Mann, the blind evange list, will preach at the Baptist ehurcfc of Hodges next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and at Ware Shoals fcaptisl church that night at the usual hour. DR. CAMPBELL PREACHES IN ABBEVILLE SUNDAY Distinguished Presbyterian Minister of Quitman, Ga., Comes to Abbe ville and Preaches to Pres byterians?Call Ex tended by Local Church Ehr. Chas. A. Campbell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Quitman, Ga., to wh^m the Presbyterians in Abbeville extended a call sometime ago, and who is considering the call, came to Abbeville Saturday and yes terday occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian CJiurch, preaching two sermons which greatly pleased those ...U ~ -f ~ ~ 4-sv wiiu wuic luituuait; euuugn tu ucai him. Dr. Campbell is a Scotchman, and like most men who co'me from his country, he is a man of deep learn ing. His preaching reminds one of the preaching of Rev. John Robertson, who was at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church some little while ago. 1 In the evening Dr. Campbell preached from Matthew 5:41. "Whosoever shall compel thee to go with him a mile, go with him twain." Prefacing his sermon with an ex planation that at the time Jesus spoke the words of the text (the peo ple to whom he spoke were under the dominion of the Roman Empire, and | that under the law the people were required to accompany the Heralds of the Empire for a mile when this ser vice^ as demanded, the preacher ex-, nlained how eralline it was to the I Jews to be thus required to serve the i Roman Emperor. Therefore, they sought advise from Jesus as to whether they should comply with this law of the ruler of the land at that time. To this Jesus answered in the l language of the text. There is in this text, under the ser face, it is true, the speaker explained, a lesson for the Christian and for the man of every day life. Most things, he said, which are worth-while are un der the surface and they may be ac quired only by digging. The first mile which the person who'accompanied the Heralds went represented a service under compul sion, which everyone knew to be slavery; the second mile which the person went was voluntary service, performed through love, and was typi cal of the Christian service. It is only the man who goes the second mile, the speaker said, who succeeds. There are three classes of | people the speaker said, quoting from Mr. Carnegie: First: Those who fall short of doing their duty; Second: Those who do their duty; and Third: Those who do their duty and a little more. The athlete does not win the race I the speaker said t by keeping pace with his opponent, and going around I the circle; he must do that and a lit-j tie more. The workman does not be-! come a partner in the undertaking ] who watches the clock, and drops his tools when the clock strikes. Suchj person is a time server. The man who becomes the partner is he who does his duty and a little more. And it is the same way in the Christian life, the preacher said. Those who go less than the mile fail in their duty, and sin; those who go the mile and stop are legalists, and while they are a great deal better than the other class, they-add little to the church; the real joy and help to the pastor and to the Master as well, comes from the third class who do their duty and a little more. They go two miles with the Herald of Jesus Christ. Dr. Campbell is a gifted speaker. He has just enough of the Scotch brogue to make his speech attractive. He shows himself a man of learning and of deep piety. It is hoped that he will come to Abbeville. The Presbyterian Church is a strong church, amply able to se cure the best talent in the denomina tion, and if it wilf go the mile and a little more, a preacher of Dr. Camp bell's attainments mfty be secured. BOY SCQUT MEETING There will be an important meeting of the boy scouts Tuesday evening at 7:30 itl the council roow. All mem be fa are urged to (his opting. [ IMPORTANT BILLS IN BOTH HOUSES WAR FINANCE CORPORATION MAY BE REVIVED TODAY HOUSE TO CONSIDER IMMI-' ORATION BILL?SENATE TO VOTE ON PROPOSED RELIEF FOR FARMERS BY THREE O' CLOCK?REPEAL OF WAR TIME LAWS UP IN HOUSE AFTER IMMIGRATION ' Washington, Dec. 12.?The sen ate and house will convene tomor row with leaders hopeful of passage before adjournment of the first ma jor legislation to be voted on at this session. The senate will resume its con sideration of the agriculture com mittee resolution directing revival of the war finance corporation and the extension by the federal re serve system of liberal credits to farmers. An informal understand ing has been reached to bring the resolution to a vote before 3 p.. m., tomorrow. The roll call on the mea sure is expected to be pressed by an attempt to strike out the provision relating to credit extension by the* federal reserve system on' the ground that it is unnecessary and useless. The house under arrangements ompleted today is expected to pr# Ceed rapidly t<ya final vote on the Johnson bil to prohibit immigration. The measure by the ho..se* in the committee of the whole would stop immigration for .one year instead of for two years as originally drafted. Advocates of the longer period or ganized and conferences were held today to eliminate the one year amendment when the measure comes before the house sitting in regular session: Representative Raker, Democart, California, assist ing Chairman Johnson of the Immi gration committee in urging enact ment of the bill, said, tonight, that he was confident the measure's sup porters would have sufficient strength to vote down the amend ment. Ultimate passage of the bill is regairded as assured. Packing Up Que-tion The senate, after disposing of the farmer relief legislation will take up the Gronna bill to regulate the packing industry, one of the meas ures left over from the last session. A long period wof debate is con-" sidered in prospect on this measure. Several senators were said todaysto be preparing formal speeches on other subjects, including interna tional affairs, which may cause the senate debate between now and the Christmas recess to be turned into > channels other than that relating to regulation of the packers. The Volstead resolution to irepeal most of the war time laws has the right of way in the house after dis position of the immigration bill. General debate on the Volstead res olution by decision of the rules com mittee is to be limited to two hours 1 1 1"" Javtva/vK -fVn* 1*AOA? ana nuusc icauuo ca^wi>i lution to be added to the list of adopted legislation before the end of the week. Disposition of the resolution de signed to grant financial relief to farmers will not end consideration by the senate of means of helping farmers confronted by falling prices The senate agriculture committee will continue its hearings with a view to recommending further re lief measures. , Hearings For yfionua Several other senate committees will begin work this week, the fi nance committee having announced it would hear representatives of the American Legion Wednesday on bo nus legislation. A sub-committee of the interstate commerce committee, headed by Senator Kellogg of Min nesota, will begin Wednesday an in quiry into cable landings, which is a subject of controversy between sev eral government departments and the Western Union Telegrph com pany.