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UNEMPLOYMENT IN ENGLAND SERIOUS t London, Dec. 23.?Extreme anxi *ty is felt by the British people over conditions of^unemployment, and in some quarters the opinion is ^ held that the crisis 'is more serious than any of its predecessors. This pessimism is reflect'd in edi torial comment relative to govern ment proposals to relieve distress, ami there is a fretful tone in some , comment which further emphasizes forebodings over the prospects of the coming winter. It is predicted that) "in spite of all said that may be , devised; the next felv months may bring privations to many thou sands. Premier Lloyd George out fined his *plan for relieving the un employed in the house of commons j yesterday, and newspapers give him credit for doing whatever is possible by resorting to make, shifts which J are admitted by palliatives. Some newspapers apologize for the gov- { ernment s pian, contending tnav iv i is better than the efforts of all pre vious governments to meet critical conditions in the labor , world. On the other hand, many newspapers attack the cabipet for doing too li-t tie, too mcch, or the wrong thing. - DECLARES HUNDREDS OF BABIES ARE BEING SOLD Salt. Lake City, Dec. 22.?Declar ing that hundreds of babies are be ing literally sold in Salt Lake iCty every year, Judge Hugo B. ^ Ander son of the local juvenile court in his biennial report to the governor re commends that legislation be intro duced to prevent the continuance of the traffic. He condemns the adoption pro ceedings as at present carried out in the courts, stating that they were ??ji-j _r 11.. ?i j Hauuiea liiivrixiaiiy aui* ucticco cu tered as a matter of course, the courts having no means whereby to "make investigations. SANTA CLAUS LETTERS i Millport, Ala., Dec. 20, 1920. My dear Santa: I am a little girl four years old and of course I am my mama's pet and when my auntie comes I am her 1 .pet. I am not going to as? for much I bat I want you to be kind enough i to bring me a doll, a necklace, can-' ?y, apples and a few oranges if | s they are sweet for I don't want any-1 thing that is sour as I am the sweet- (c est lady so my mama says. I Dear Santa, please doji't forget L J 1 my two sisters ana my uruwier. Your lovely friend, Alma Savage. t)ear Santa Clalis: James is writing for you to bring him a gun and I want one too, but papa and mama says I am not old enough so reckon I will have to ask for something else. If you can find a buggy for my pony please bring ne but if you cannot bring a good goat wagon and anything else you think nice for a little boy seven years old. I study hard and my tea cher said the only reason I didn't get on the honor roll was that I laughed too much but laughing makes one grow fat and I want to be fat like you. Don't forget about my little friends around here. Your little firend, John Allen Wilson. Dear Santa Claus: y ma cAq aaxv tmii in maaia wtu iuv umv ?? *? ^ | town yesterday and told you I want ed a big doll and that you said you thought a medium size doll with a j kid body would be better fer me to ^ play with and I think that will suit ^ better too* so please bring me the ene you told her about also a doll ( carriage, ring, scissors, thimble and 1 fruit, candy and fireworks. Don't forget about my little friend, Ella' Brooks, and all the little folks in Warren ton, for I don't think you will find a better set of children anywhere. Your little friend, Lillian Wilson. nrnPPOiCCVKTr (IU | IVC<Orrt J |/uiovao oiv forbidden to hunt or trespass on my lands in any way. Mrs. W. G. Chapman. 12, 22.2tpd. FOR SALE?One Liberty Six Road ster with Red Seal Continental mo tor 1918 model in good condition, five good tires. A bargain for someone. Apply Jas. J. RocAe, Abbeville. S. C. 12-22-3tc. N J V DONALDS V \ * > X xxnwnxxxxxx We wish Editor Greene and his efficient and faithful staff a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We give them our sin cere thanks for the splendid paper they have given their readers the past* year aiid we hope that 1921 will be the best year in the history of the Press and Banner. Our school closed Wednesday and j the teachers left that day for their homes to spend the holiday season. An entertainment was given Tues day night by the school children which proved a great success. A splendid program was well rendered by the children. There was a large :rowd present who thoroughly en-i ioyed the fun. Mrs. Walter Drake and two chil dren left Monday for Spartanburg, where they will -spehd the Christ inas season with relatives. Misses Wil Lou and Katherine Pitts, of the Woman's College, Due West, were the week-end visitors of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dallas and Miss Margaret. ^ v * Miss Margaret Dallas, of Ware Shoals, is spending the holiday sea ton at her home here. Mrs. D. H. Dean, and baby, of Salisbury, N. C., are spending the Jhristmas season witn ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of the Drake district. / . f Miss Mary Jordon, of Campobello s' spend the Christmas holidays with her parents * ."r. arid Mrs. W. S. rordon, of Due West. D*. B. H. Carlton and Mr. Ben H. Smith were 'business visitors in Jijeenwood Tuesday afternoon. Miss Cara Haddon, of Ora, is hom^ "or the Christmas holidays. Dr. and Mrs. Carlton were shop >ing in Anderson Wednesday. Mrs. J. J. Dunn, and daughter, Kiss Elma, were Greenwood shop >ers on Monday. Mr. Leo McLane was in Abbe ville on business last Saturday. The many friends of Mr. Steve Brownlee will be glad to know that le is improving in health and soon lopes to be able to be on the streets! igain. ] Mr. Ha| Sharpe, of Greenwood, ipent/kret Sunday with his parents. The most delightful social event >f the season was the party given >y Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Donald at heir beautiful home last Friday light. About ten couples enjoyed this 'unction. The time was merrily pent in games of various kinds, ap >ropriate for the festive season, 'unch was served throughout the svening by Mrs. Harvey Drake and >ther ladies The home was artistical y decorated with holly and other Christmas decorations. A delicious alad and sweet course with hot hocolate and whipped cream was erved the guests. Everyone present lad a most enjoyable time, and all roted Mr. and Mrs. Donald ideal intertainers. / % Mr. and Mrs. Andrew May are re oicing over the arrival of a fine >aby T>f>y. Mrs. Henry Booker, of Green vood, spent several days witn mr. Booker's mother, who was quite/ill, >ut we are glad to learn that she is mproving. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dallas spent ast Thursday at. the hospitable lome of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nickles tear Hodges, where an elaborate ;urkey dinner was given in honor of Vfr. and Mrs. Oscar Nickles.' About ;wenty of the relatives and friends )f this popular young couple were present The dinner was a real ban quet, consisting of all the good things of the Christmas season. A lay of real pleasure was enjoyed by jveryone presnt. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. tfickles did everything in their power to make the day a happy one. 2,000 WEEVILS CAGED Florence, Dec. 23.?A batch of 2,000 bofl weevils in hibernation were put into a huge cage today on the Pee Dee Experiment Station to test out the percentage of survivals of the winter cold under the direc tion of C. B. Nichols, assistant enty mologist of Clemson College,i who arrived in Florence this mohiing. These weevils are hibernated in various types of materials, includ-j ing straws, of various kinds, moss, pine straw, grass and other stuff which affords winter harvest for the boll weevil. GERMANY'S WOMEN PROTEST YIELDING OF 800,000 COWS Send Strong Letter Protesting To French Women?Claim it Will Mean DeatfTs of Thousands Of Children. Berlin, Dec. 21.?Surrender to the allies of 800,000 milch cows, which , have been demanded under the terms of the Versailles treaty, would have disasterous results in Germany, says a letter to the women of France from a committee of German women. Con tinued deprivation of the German peo ple pf the milk supply represented by , these cows would result in weakening ( public stamina* and individual resist- ; ance and therefore, operate to reduce j the ability of Germany to fulfill ( trpfltv nhlications thru necessarv t>ro-1 duction, it is said. "As women are defenders of the rights of children," the letter declares "we embrace with equal sympathy suffering children of all nations. Our sympathy goes out m fullest meas ure to children in the devastated re-i gions in France, where it appears to us to be urgent that help should be granted as speedily as possible. "On the other hand we see the need of every part of Germany is so great that further reduction in the milk supply would be equivalent to the the death sentence for hundreds of thousands of children. Instead of the twenty billion liters of milk which Germany produced annually in peace times, the country is now producing only 8,800,000,000." SOMBER SIGHS THE SAVANNAH! (By D. Magill, Atlanta, Ga.) Last Easter day, April 4th, 1920, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon,-'- a mournful event bereaved the people of Abbeville County and especially the residents of Lowndesville and vi cinity. In crossing Savannah river while the stream was raging in flood, the boat on which they were crossing, went down with eleven young people an? all drowned except one young man, Thomas Bradshaw, who swam ashore with his life. The fated young people were: Inez Manning, Annie Manning, Robert Manning, sisters and brother, Albert Sutherland, Lucy Bradshaw, Allie Mae Bradshaw, sis ters; Alice Mechine, Charlie Mechine, sister and brother; Lester Masters and his wife, of recent marriage. ureat river 01 pameuc gioom: * Oh rushing waves of frightful surge! Thy sorrow chants its tearful dirge For all these illstarred victims' doom. Great river of historic waves, From mountain rill of tender flow ; To rushing, angry torrents grow, And speed its victims to their graves. Sad stream of sorrow whose fell flow, In tearful, melancholy days, We sing our sad and grievous lays o calm our cruel, raging woe. i Savannah, in dark mem'ries clad, Has often brought us grief and fears, But none exceeding these in tears, un wrecK 01 raging waves so inau: Sad river- flow gentle and calm As Seaward you passJ>y their graves, Molest not, with turbulant waves, Our sorrowing chant of a psalm. . The birds of song will pass away, Like sweet wild flowers on the hills, Or blossoms by the rythmic rills, But these dear souls will last for aye. Oh, torn away in youthful bloom, The rose droops sadly by each grave, And violets, in fragrant wave, Perfume the air in tender gloom. Fly, angels, hither from the sky! There is ho sadder spot of ground, In deep Savannah's valley found Than where these Easter victims lie. Fond mothers! be this solace thine; That healing hope will Heav'n impart, And anguish of a mother's heart Be soothed with melody divine. How sadly do the lilies weep, For Charlie, where his life was spent; The flow'rs will bloom his monument Where all his fated comrades sleep. Heartbroken parents, dismal, sore, Oh home, sweet home, where they did dwell! We send the rose, the immortelle, And Heaven, joy, forevermore. The death rate for adults is at its lowest in June, under normal con ditions. CHICKENS NEED PLENTY OF GREEN FEED Clemson College, December?If the best results are to be obtained with poultry, they must be furnished with a plentiful supply of green feed. Where fowls have unlimited range on a farm they will secure ^reen feed during the spring and summer, but during the winter it must be supplied for them, say the poultry specialists. The question of how to supply the best feed at the least cost is one that each poultry keeper must decide largely for himself. It will probably make but little difference what kind of green feed is supplied provided it is relished by the fowls. Cabbages, turnins. beets. Dot?ito)?s. etc.. are suit able for this purpose. The larger roots and the cabbages, may be suspended by means of a wire or string or they nay be placed on the floor, in which :ase it would be well to split the tur lips or beets lengthwise with a large cnife. Potatoes anjl. turnips should be fed cooked. The mangel is an excel ent root for feeding raw. Cut clover, soaked in boiling wa ;er fed alone or with mash, is good. Clover meal and ground alfalfa make rery good feeds for this purpose. tVhere the fowls are yarded and not jnough green feed is furnished by ;he yards, a small patch of clovcr, ilfalfa, or rape may je sown. Any >ne of these, if frequently -mowed, vill furnish a great quantity of jreen feed in a form relished -toy :he fowls. Canada field peas may ilso be sown for. this purpose and vhen fed in a tender, crisp concli ;ion are eaten . readily. Rye is a food crop for late fall and earty spring, for it will germinate and jrow in very cold weather. As a reneral thing, fowls should have )nce a day all the green feed they vill eat. A sneeze means a great impend-' ng calamity to the Hindu mind.! Whatever' happens on the day that jne hears a sneeze is sure to turn. >ut ill, they say, and the Indian will ;nter upon no undertaking of im portance. iftfTD i UUi\ i I Permit u py Holic ronage a year am CKristmc It has be . l i the pub merit, se as far a; and we better pc advantaj We hop Seeson c 11 i . ^ Will De ? to the la L R, C "Good y RESTRICTIONS TAKEN OFF. j Washington, Dec. 21.?Restrictions ] on exportation of coin, bullion and i currency to Soviet Russia, on dealings 1 or exchange transactions in Russian < rubles and on credit or exchange transactions with Soviet Russia were removed today by the treasury and , federal reserve board, acting with \ the approval of the state depart ment. The treasury and federal reserve board, in announcing removal of the restrictions, said the action was tak en "to give forte and effect to the decision of the state department as announced several months ago to re move all barriers in the way of trade and communication with Soviet Rus sia. N , j Removal of the final restrictions j on trade with Soviet Russia, treasury | officials explained, in no way means GREE1 FRIENDS AND The Holiday Season nifty to express again derive from our busi you, and on behalf oi land we wish for a "i and devotion and a j together "spirits" th* out the coming year ; us Happiness and Pi1 C. H. BC i nnnn ai MTKLU i , 0 s to thank you all at tl lay Season j for your k nd indulgence during J to wish for you -a is and Prosperous Ne :en our policy to"*try ti lie, by giving fcourteoi rvice and good worki 3 it is in our power t hope in the future to' >sition to serve the pub jeously as to price and e you will enjoy the* ind that the New Yea food" to you from the 1 St. UNKSC rear Electric ShoeJRep government sanction of commercial relation^ with that country, but mere ly give full effect to the state depart ment's announcement of July 7 that trade would be permitted at the trad er's risk. Industrial depression in Japan has caused Souvenir dealers to take up the sale of more necessary articles. SCALED TINS ONLY AT YOUR GROCERS MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE fINGS I CUSTOMESS affords an opportu i the pleasure we iness relations with F this entire South >lague" of true love ' : v % iug full of stick it will last through and bring to all of osperity. lis Hap ind pat the pa?t Happy w Year. a please is]|treat iianship? o do so, .bejin a lie more quality. Holiday r,]1921, first day :ales "I 7-9 >ainng jj y B