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Sstablished 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-^ass matter ai post office iD Aoheville, S. C. Term of Subscription: One Year $2.00 J Six months $1.00 Three months .50 MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1921. CUT OUT FERTILIZERS. Those men who are urging the farmers of this section to cut the acreage to be planted in cotton this year may, in our judgment, accom plish better results by tackling the fertilizer end of the discussion. Into every bale of cotton in this section produced last year there en tered a charge of some thirty to thir ty-dive dollars for commercial fer tilizers. There is no hope, we think, that anybody is going to reduce the acreage to be planted in cotton to any very great extent. Those who are advocating this program of reduc tion will not themselves reduce the acreage to any such extent. To reduce the acreage to be plant ed in cotton to one-third of the total acreage planted in all crops would be suicidal in our judgment. The larger farmers, if they were so dis posed, might select eight or ten acres of good land, and by fertilizing it highly might make a fairly good crop, perhaps nearly an average crop. On the other hand the farmer who rents, or who owns his own lands and who finds himself embarrassed financially just now and who can not buy fertilizers, would not be able to produce one-third of a crop. Whtle in the one case there would be no great loss, in the other case there would be loss, further financial suf fering and an accumulation of debts. We are in favor of reducing the acreage to Ibe planted in cotton in this section to some extent. We fav or planting more corn and an effort to produce more meat and more of the things to live on. But if there is to be a reduction in the amount of cotton to be produced the present year which shall affect all as nearly alike as possible, it may be brought about by a reduction in the amount of commercial fertilizers to be used on the farms. If this can be limited the present year, and we believe the people are determined in some cases to reduce it, and in other cases nec essity will force the reduction, the amount of cotton produced here will be reduced from twenty to twenty five per cent, which is as large re duction as is necessary to sustain prices and at the same time as large reduction as some people may make and continue to exist. As we said sometime ago different remedies must be applied to different cases. But the reduction in the a mount of fertilizers to be used is as nearly a universal remedy, one that will fit all cases, do good in all cases and incur as little damage in any and all cases, as may be suggested. Instead of having a charge of thir ty dollars per bale on every bale of cotton produced in Abbeville Coun ty the present year, we may reduce the charge to ten dollars, or even less, and by so doing a very consid erable amount of money will be saved to the people of the county, the a mount' of cotton will be so reduced that the price should be boosted, and there will be no ground for a charge of unfairness in the applied remedy, j CUTTING OFF THE DOG'S TAIL ! TOO CLOSE TO HIS HEAD I Commenting on the drop in prices and the demoralization of the iron trade, the Matthey Addy Company of Cincinnati says: r* nen uie tunapse came it sui jjxis- j ed the trade, for there had been a j widespread idea that the decline to a j normal level would be a long, easy' ?nd gradual affair. It has not proved . to be that way. Perhaps it is just as well. If the dog's tail, had to be cut' off, why cut it off by inches? Better j do it With one stroke." No one who has been a reader of the Manufacturers Record during the last twelve months should have been at all surprised at the sudden drop, for not a week passed without our warning the country of an inevitable collapse if the Federal Reserve Board GREENVILLE MAN ILL IN BALTIMORE Physicians Diagnose Case of Sleep- | ing Sickness?Rex Rice Being Treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital Greenville, Jan. 23.?Physicians at j Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore I have diagnosed the puzzling afflic tion of Rex Rice, prominent young resident of Greenville, as sleeping sickness, but it is believed that he has an excellent chance for recov ery. This is the information brought to the city today by Max Rice, a brother. Mr. Rice suffered from undue drowsiness a week or two ago '? 1 fn ana pnysicians nere wae uname diagnose the disease. Upon their ad vice, relatives carried him to Balti more hospital, where he has been sleeping, except at very brief inter vals, when awakened, for almost a week. During examinations by spe cialists at the hospital, Mr. Rice has been unable to remain awake longer than to answer one or two questions. This is the first case of sleeping sickness which has developed in Greenville or in this section of the South, so far as can be learned here. It is believed that the case is a light one, but there seems to be no doubt that it is sleeping sick ness. Physicians have told Mr. Rice's relatives that he will likely have to remain in the hospital for several weeks, but that his complete recovery ;= oinopteri. ;Mr. Rice is president ? and manager of the Judson Mill store here, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Rice, prominent residents of Belton. He is about 30 years old, is unmarried and is a talented arocal ist, singing in church choirs and at numbers of musical concerts here. ) continued its -deflation policy. In at tempting to cut off the dog's bail they cut it off just back of the ears, and there is not much left of the dog. Trimming the dog's tail might have been helpful if it had been confined exclusively to the tail, but it was dis astrous to the dog to have his tail eliminated at his ears. In the same circular letter the Mat thew Addy Company says: "One thing is certain about 1921 and that is the old competitive condi tions will be restored. It will take salesmanship to sell iron. It will take good business ability to conduct business. The careless, easy-go-lucky ways which the war brought are def initely ended. In war times 'every thing went.' Business came so easy that selling was all but a lost art. Profits were so large that a 'danin the-expense' policy was general. A few more years such as we have had, and honest, conservative business methods would have been forgotten. So, now that we know the picnic is over, the iron trade must buckle down again to hard worn, inese are compensating features of great val ue." It is true that very lively hustling will be necessary during the coming , year by every concern which expects to get its shaA of business. The buyers are no longer hunting the seller. Salesmanship will once more be at premium but it must be real sales manship. All the initiative and the energy which the best salesman can develop will be essential during the competitive period which is ahead of us, when every concern that expects to prosper will have to hustle at a livelier pace than for several years. Salesmanship is not only the sales manship of the individual, but sales manship through the right kind of publicity work and service. Never was thare a time when business need ed advertising to a greater extent than it will need it during the coming twelve months. The man who fails to advertise under the impression tnat there is not much business to be had will not even get his share of the les sened business and be badly left, as will be the concern that drops all of its salesmen because it is afraid they cannot win expenses. There may be times when the actual scarcity of money or the inability to make col lections will cause some concerns to reduce their selling force and others to reduce their alvertising, but those who have to do it will be at a disad vantage in the competition which is ahead of us. The creative work of salesmanship and of publicity is the secret of work which will tell in bringing about a revival of activity. ?Manufacturers Record. 4 A CHRISTMAS STORY (Proper Gander) During the winter influenza was raging so, there were many peo ple who died in different communities around Abbeville. In a certain com munity there were several fathers j and mothers who died and left their little ones to be taken care of the best way they could. Among those were Mr. and Mrs. Brown who died leaving 4 children, 2 boys and two girls. They were not wealthy people at all. Instead of these little children be- j ing sent to the orphanage, Mr. and j Mvs Folk, who had no children took! them to feed, clothe and educate. | These people had plenty of money, j When Mr. and Mrs. Brown died,', Christmas was very near. These lit-1 tie children had never known what \ Christmas was. They hardly knew when it came. They had caught on about father amd mother being Santa Claus. Their Christmas had never been any pleasure to them. All the people in the community were very kind to these little children. Mrs. Folk tried to make them believe there was a Santa Claus. When Christmas came, all the peo pie gave money to buy them some oys. There was a large sum gotten up, as the people were so interested in these little girls and boys. The Christmas tree was fixed Christmas ev/fc night in Mrs. Folk's sitting room. It was full of gifts for the little children. Christmas morning a large fire was Built and the children were called. They dressed an<*" came down stairs. They were happier than they had ever been since their father and mother died. The smallest child, who j was about fie years old, seenvd to be j happier than any of them. He got a little wagon and tricycle. This \/as something he had never seen before. After they had taken all the gifts off the tree, they spied the fruits un der the tree. Then they ate fruit un til they got enough. When they had eaten breakfast and , were, sitting by the fire, some one | ang the door-bell and Mrs. Folk went to see who it was. As she opened the door, there stood four little girls with their arms full of things. They came into the room where the little chil dren were and handed each one of them a large box just packed full of toys. They were so happy that they j didn't know how to act. The little j girls that brought the things were ! nflav liirtf* fka li^a tlinxr t juat aa nappjr anci jiwig vnc haw j . had lived. All during the day different' people came in bringing them things.! A lady came and brought them a box The children were very proud of ?-f oranges and apples* them. The next day Mr. and Mrs. Folk and their little adopted children were invited to a church to Christ ,ias exercises. The little children were very happy. Each one was dress in lovely clothes. They would take better care of their clothes than i y other children would do. The little children did not know what it was to go to Christmas exer cises. They ere glad to get to go to ihurch any time. The people were | all glad to see them out at church. The exercises were enjoyed very much by these little children. During all the Christmas holidays the little chidren were invited to dif ferent homes in the community. They were taken to the movies most every night. They were seeing things they had never seen before. The sad part of this story was that an uncle of the childrens' came to see them about the latter part of Christmas and begged Mrs. oik to let him have one of the children. Mrs. Folk told him that r/.e did not want to give any of them up. This uncle was real wealthy. He told Mrs. Folk that he would educate this one and give him whatever he wished. Mrs. r OIK aia not pay any auenuon 10 this. After he begged for so long a time, Mrs. Folk told him he could 1 take one of them and keep it for a while. i The little children hated to part, j but still they were as. happy as they [ could be. Mrs. Folk was very sad af-' ter she had let these two children go,: however, she tried to make these oth-1 er, children happy. On New Year's night, these chil dren were anxious to set up and hear the old year ring ou/ and the new year ring in. Mrs. Folk knew they were anxious to do this, so she asked several of the little children to come to her home and play different games until the old year was rung out and the new year rung in. There were about forty little chil MANY OFFICERS MAY LOSE JOBS Republican! Have Not Decided on Action?Some Big Places Washington, Jan. 22.?Dipping their brushes into the probability that the Republican majority in the senate would refuse to confirm most of the 20,000 nominations made by President Wilson, some ad ministration officials painted today a picture of a creaking government machine, floundering along for some time after March 4 with a lot of important cogs missing. T Failure of the Republican sena tors at secret conierence to reacn any decision as to confirmation, set the canvas. Republican leaders weren't inclined to take the picture seriously, however. The question of the nominations occupied much of the time of the Republican conference. The official announcement said no decision was reached, but some of those attend ing the meeting said privately that there h?.d been a t'acit" agreement for the Republican members of committees to take the nominations coming under their jurisdiction, study conditions in the executive de partments and then determine ?1_ -^1 x. 1 wnexner lauuie vu nccy wjc licuiv cratic. appointees In office after Mareh 4, would result in any em barrassment of those departments. A young regiment of officials now in Washington are holding on by virtue of recess appoinlments. Should the senate fail to airt on their nominations before this con gress quits on March 3, it is ex plained that they will automatically be out of jobs, under the law. These officials include all seven members of the shipping board, two mem bers of the interstate commerce commission, three chief offiic&ls in I the patent office and five assistant secretaries of the treasury. Then too, there are a lot of post- [ masters, federal judges, marshals,! federal attorneys, registers of land offices and the like over the country' who are in the same position. Some j of these are classed as emergency! cases and the Republican leaders have indicated that where there is found to be an emergency action! will he taken. Confirmation of President Wil son's appointments by the senate! would carry some of these officials' over into the Republican admini-l stration for terms ranging from one J year to four years in excess of the[ four for which Mr. Harding has, been elected. Senator Lodge of Mas-1 sachusetts, the Republican leader, has announced that he does not pro-' pose to have the Democratic admini-j stration fill up a lot of bureau! chiefships in the army and navy for. q/Immicfvq + inri a nH in I txxc llivviiiiii5 auiiiiiuaviuvivii mum . this he has the support of his Repub lican colleagues. > dren that came that night. They en joyed being together to play games. After so much pleasure and fun Chrisitmas and new year's, the chil dren that were going to school had to settle down and go to studying. Every Christmas after that, these children have always been made hay py. ?Addie Bower., X. ; I XJ I i COLUMBIA WILL NOT BE DUMPING GROUND FOR CRIMINALS Columbia, S. C., Jan. 20.?A reso lution adopted today at a meeting: of the Minute Men, of Columbia a busi ness men's organization with the chief of police, the county sheriff and the chief of military police at Camp Jackson gives notice that Columbia will not consent to be a dumping ground for criminals driven from other cities in the crime wave now prevalent and that vagrants or per sons without visible means of sup port must either go to work, or to jail or leave the city at once. SOUTHERN ASKS PERMISSION TO ISSUE GOLD BONDS Washington, Jan. 20.?The South ern Railway Company today applied to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion for permission to issue and sell first cDnsolidated mortgage gold bonds amounting to $950,000. The money isi to be used for the redemp tion of t. like amount of serial mort gage bonds of the Virginia Midland Railway Company, due on March 1. The n-- v bonds of the Southern will expire July 1, 1994, if authorized by t' 3 commission. "1 \ 71 1 O A seawn Which? sik now. 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