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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. Entered as secondliass matter ax post office in Aoheville, S. C. Ttnu of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00! Three months .50 MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 21, 1921 WHAT WE ARE DOING There is nothing better for a city like Abbeville than first class schools. , Everyone thinks he knows when the schools are being managed success fully and when they are doing good work. Nearly everybody has an idea that in certain emergencies he could do better than the constituted au thorities. in the running of the schools. All of us are wont to criticise and to point out this and the other thing which should be done. Notwithstanding all these things, ( we believe that the best test of what V t- \ a school is doing is the work which its students do when they go away to x college. If the graduates of a high ^ school enter upon the work in the N . colleges with enthusiasm and as the months pass take their places at the head of their classes, you may rest > assured that it is because these stu dents are properly prepared for col lege and have received the proper inspiration at the home schools. This being true, it is a matter for Congratulation to our people that the boys and girls who have^ left the high school at this place in the last two years'" are taking advanced pISces in their classes in the colleges which they are attending. It means that the lbcal school is doing a good work and j that the teachers are competent and | faithful. It mepns that the schools of! the city are under good management' and tHat results, and we are all Jook ing for results, are satisfactory. Sometime^ we think that school taxes are high and that it is expen sive to operate the schools. But if we ^ stop to think that we are educating; some six hundred children in Abbe-1 ville at an annual outlay of less than | it takes to send fifty away from home to school, we will come to a different conclusion. The truth is that, consid enng the importance of giving the' children of the land proper, training in their early school life, we are pay- j ing very little. The different school organizations' in the cityf we hope, will be encourag- i ed by the success of the schools here | to do more and better work for them, to lend the superintendent and teach ers more encouragement in what they are doing, and to keep alive in the people a determination to make of v our local schools the very best in the land. FACTS ABOUT COTTON Marlboro County, South Carolina, nlaifMP fVia /linfAr* a'T otrnriir r? T via:u 10 uiouiivMvu vi production of more cotton to the aere than any other county in the Un.tea States. Ellis County, Texas, in total num ber of bales produced is the banner v 'cotton growing county of the United \ States. I The per acre yield, average for the United States, has varied from 145 pounds of-iint in 1871 to 224 pounds in 1914. The 10 year aver-j age is 182 pounds. Egyptian yield of cotton average^ 390 pounds, about to the acre. Cot ton production in Egypt is limitecTto i ' irrigated acres along the Nile. The " area under cotton in India?about - :> in ' 25,000,000 acres?^covers such a wide cnnjatic range that at many seasons of the year planting and picking are going on in different parts of the country at the same time. Cotton is grown in Asia as far north as the latitude of Chicago. There is now enough cotton in-the world, unspun, to last nearly two years. - The Civil War was fought in the coton fields of the South, destroy ing, temporarily, the means of sup ply. The recent World War was fought in the great factory districts of the ^orld. There is now more cotton in the stocks of any one of half a dozen cotton markets in the South than was produced in all of the United States a hundred years ago. More than three bales of cotton, averaging 500 pounds in weight, have been grown on a single acre in South Carolina. The estimated number of working cotton spindles in the United States is about 35,000,000 of which lSyOOO 000 are in cotton growing states. The largest cotton crop ever plant ed jn the United States was 37,458, i 000 acres in 1913, w) ch yielded 14, ! 156,486 bales, 500 pound equivalents of lint. > America's greatest crop of ^cotton ?16,134,930 bales was grown on 36,832,000 acres. ^he knowledge of cotton growing wild in islands of the West Jndes is as old as the history of their discov ery by the Spaniards in 1492. Arkwright, Hargreaves and Cromp ton, are the great names connected with invention of cotton spinning machinery. They were Englishmen. Eli Whitney, an American, invent ed the saw-gin. The original paterlt was March 14, 1794. On Account < of the labor involved in separating the lint from the seed ; by haifd, cotton was of unknown commerc'al importaWBfe prior to the invention of Whitney"s. THE VICTORY THAT COUNTS. Does victory amount to anything worthwhile when we do not make wise use of it? Or is it a f^ct that victory is not victory until we per petuate it indefinitely. There are many so-called triumphs in this life that seem to fill so wide a place and yet are so short-lived, so many hard won races the glory of which depart so soon, so many big ruinnments tnat do not yield the satisfaction antici pated. Through some process of more or less unconscious reasoning we take' it for granted that when we score a triumph it is ours forever and ttoere :'s no reason to concern ourselves further about it. We are. content to reach the goal we sought and think to rest upon our laurels regardless of ever changing conditions It may be that some such action was possible in other days, when competition was not so keen and the urge of accom plishment was not so general, but under present conditions a man is forced to hald f^st to what he has won fairly in competition with oth ers. Unless he does this his laurels j ?:ii v- _i?l?i r u:? Will UC piULftCU JL 1 UII1 ' 11 id UiWV* au\l others will win new triumphs that will overshadow his. The fact is we cannot afford to be content simply with the knowledge that we have won a victory; we must perpetuate it in such a way that we shall leave no doubt as to our having merited it. This We can only do by making ourselves worthy so far a? we can of the opportunity that has come to us and by not wasting our time in'the vain hope that ones so called triumph will carry us for the rest of our lives. This is especially true of those victories that we win over ourselves, those silent achieve ments that count for more than all the brilliant feats the world has at its disposal. Self-conquest is not an easy task, j^et it is one that must be entered upon if we hope to taste the real glory of*life. There are few per sons who take a conscientious view of duty who do not know Something of the hardships involved*"in the act of mastering ourselves; few who do not shrink from the staggering blows that sometimes seem almost to ex haust our strength; few who have not experienced therugly passions that rise ^within us when we are ken off our guard, so to speak, and forced to bend under intolerable hurts that leave their mark forever. But if these hardships do not break us, if they only bend us, even to the earth, we have at least the chance of . ising again and ^f resuming the struggle for self-mastery if we are so willed. If we are able to exerc^ej self-control on a number of occa-, sions, when such control is absolute-. j essential, we have made a great! orward step, out we cannot count it a triumph until we feel that we have ourselves always well in hand, j It is the ability to meet the big sur-j prises, those unexpected moves by others that completely disarrange our plans; that is the real test. Impati ence is an unknown factor in the life of the man of steady self-control as is intolerance of the opinion of others, inconsideration and other qualities that often prove stumblii>g blocks to the majority of men. But unless we are able to control our selves at will we are not in position to develop strong and dependable characters which are in turn th^ < foundation stones of our future tri umphs. The victory that counts is the vie- 1 tory of which the best use is made whatever nature may be. Its imme diate^ results naturally speak for j themselves and leave unmistakable trace upon our actions, but affer a while we grow a little careless and are not so ready to continue the good effects of the triumph we once wore so proudly. The victory is not worth while, Wter all, we argue, if to per petuate it means more hard effort and more fighting spirit. But there is j nothing really worthwhile in this life unless we work for it first, lpst and all the time. There is too much -at stake, too many loopholes through which foe and tempter ma^ enter at will for us to leave unguarded for a moment the triumphs we h^e so proudly won by our own efforts. We must, of course, be willing that others should equal our victories, but we must have a care lest they ac complish more than we have done, and in this way make our efforts fu tile. At the same time we mukt not forget that we can make those efforts null ajid void by our own course ,of action and our own lack of interest in seeing the job through. If we are able to get good results from a task in which we are engaged it should be our joy, as it is our privilege, to wring it dry before we pass on to other fields of endeavor. That is why after our earnest efforts in a good cause that means triumph for us, we cannot afford not to make the best and the wisest use of that triumph. We can make such triumphs worth more to us as life goes on if we make them live with us, and by fill ing a large\part of life for us bring ;he satisfactions and the rewards we ' hope for.?Exchange. x, . j CHURCH NEWS. Miss BaglyJ a missionary from the mountain school in which the Abbe ville church is interested, ,spoke Sat urday afternoon to a representative crowd of ladies and told them of the great good being accomplished in the mountain schools. This school at 1 Crossmore has often been termed the I "o'ld clothes school," and Miss Bag ley told what could be done with ] such contributions. - . -- . ( The Missionary prayer service held j on Friday afternoon at the Metho- i dist church was well attended and . the program as funwished was car- ! ried out. Ladies from the different J church societies in town /took part, ' the entire meeting being devoted to 1 prayer for the missionaries. I : - - i Rev. Kirkman G. Finlay, th'e new j Bishop Coadjutori of this Diocese { p&id his first visit to this church Sun- j day, and yesterday morning preached f for the Episcopalians. .Bishop Fin- j lay while here was the guest of Mr. < and Mrs. Wm. M. Barnwell The new Bishotris weil known in . / ! | Abbeville having conducted services I in the local church on several occa- J sions and the members were glad f;o J have him with them again I Dr. T. W. Sloan preached for the E Presbyterians yesterday morning | and even:ng. Large congregations at- J tended the two services. ? THE ORANGE KING j j ii Col.. Williamson, who is getting to;J be known as the Orange King has another car load of fruit for 'sale. The oranges which he is offering by the bushel come from Citrus County and are supposed to be among the sweetest grown. ! FOOD PRICES DECLINE Washington, Feb. 19.?Decline of 3 per cent, in retail food prices in January as compared with December on n f Arlnt? Ktr +V?A vvua icpuiicu iuuaj uj mic uuicau ui labor statistics of the department of labor. Of the 44 articles on which prices were reported, 27 showed decreases of which the following were the most pronounced: Fresh eggs, 14"per cent, nrd, 13 per cent, rice 10 per cent; j and sugar, a per cent. Articles which | i increased in price included pork chops and cabbage, 9 per cent, hei\s, 6 per r;er.t.; lamb, 4 per cent.; rib roast, 3 per cent., and sirloin and round steak, chuch roast, plate beef and , flour, 2 per cent. * THE BRIDGE CLUB. \ The Bridge Club will meet with J j Mrs. W. H. White Friday afternoon J | at 4 o'clock. :f j GREER ATTORNEY v FIRES UPON SELF Bullet Pastes Entirely Through His Body, Wound May Be Fata]? physicians Entertain Little Hope for Recovery Greer, Feb. 20?A. H Miller, prom inent" attorney of this place, shot himself probably fataily this after noon at 1 o'clock at his home here. The bullet entered the breast just above the heart, piercing the left lung The bullet passed clear through the body, went through the window of the room and lodged in the wall of the house next door to- the Miller heme. Immediately after the shooting Mr. Miller, was rushed to the sanato rium at Chick Springs, but physici ans entertain little hope for his re covery. / % Mr. Miller i? 42 years old and has been closely identified with the busi ness and political activities of this section. For a time he was connect ed with the Planters' Bank. In the special election of 1915 he was a candidate for congress7 from the Fourth district and again in thejreg ular election of 1916. He is a brother of L. G. Miller, treasurer of Spartan burg county. "* 111 health is supposed to have been the cause of the tragedy. Mr. Miller was alone .in his room at the time sitting on his bed, while Mrs. Miller was in the adjoining room. He has several children. A 32 calibre pistol was used. OUT OF THE ORDINARY ? \ , Sabbath morning <?very church had its doors open and services were held EJkch church had its share of wor shippers and the day was a good one from the view point of the church goer^. , . NEWBERRY HERE WEDNESDAY. The splendid Newberry high team will pay us a visit Wednesday Nand we hope to get back all we lost in Newberry Friday past. Clinton fol lows Newberry on Friday afternoon^ and this promises to be the closest ?ame of the season. READ T^E ADVERTISEMENTS r= !| l/LVU i i j Suits For I Fifteen $30.00 Suits, this 3 Twenty $35.00 Suits, this Twenty-five $40.00 Suits, 3 Tweifty-five $50.00 Suits, I ] i n /-> ? Suits 101 Fifteen $10.00 Suits, this Twenty $12.50 Suits, this ' Twenty-five $15.00 S^uits, an | Boys' Kne j- Blue Serges, Worsteds a sizes from six to eighteen j Parker & BILL OF PARTICULARS FOff BALL PLAYERS ) Hinted at Hearing Today That Weav er, Jackson and Williams May Have Perjjired Them selves. $ i , Chicago, Feb. 17.?Indicted White Sox baseball players who are to be tried March 16 in connection with the alleged throwing of thfe 1919 world's series today were granted a bill of particulars by Judge William E, De * v. ver. ^ The bill, which covers four of five points in the indictment against the players, will be filed in Judge Dev er's court March 1. A motion which sought to have the state designate on which count of the indictments the state^ould pro f a friol woe rlnni^rJ Ktr Tn/1/va vttu WW *T?o uvaivu ujr u uug^ Dever. Attorneys for the players were given 90 days to file a bill of exceptions in connection with the de nial of the motion. "* Three of the players, Joe Jackson, Claude Williams and George Wea ver, were in court and heard Assist ant State's Attorney Gorman read ex tracts, from a confession Jackson dnd Williams were alleged to have made to the grand jury. The reading of a statement by Jackson in which he was alleged to have said that he was pormijjed $25,000 but only received 5,000, aroused the defendant's attor neys, one of whom as$ked: "Why J ? ia iU??. UUI1 L JTUU .lliuiut UiCllA 1V1 pcijUij Are yolh arguing to a jury?" Mr. Gorman replied:- "I want to tell you that they are running dan gerously close to the border line of par jury." Counts in the indictments against the players alleged that they received $_50 from Charles K. Nims, "by means and use yof the confidence game," that they'conspire(Mo injure the business of the Chicago /Ameri can League Baseball Club and breach of contract. *' / Counsel for the defendants argued that the motions and procedure mad? in behalf of Weaver, Williams an-J Jackson would apply to other play orc invnlvoH "Legal blanks-for salt!?Press and] Banner o. mZJiJZJMiJififiiBfiif HlNf.5 11111VI i jni M, en week. . . . . $15.00 week $>1^r.50 this week. . $20.00 ) - this week. .$25.00 : Boys week week, / $5.00 $6.50 this week. .$7.50 V/ JL UlltU nd Cassimers?all fears at Half Price. Reese nrinnnnnnnrinnr'f n?* ij i j I j i j I j i j lj i j I j i j !iri-2r SLEEPING SICKNESS DUE TO POISONING ' Battle Creek, Milih., Feb. 18.? Belief that many if not all the cases recently diagnosed as sleeping sick ness throughout the country may have been botulinus poisoning was expressed today by Dr. J. H. Kel logg ,of this city. Dr. Kellogg stated th?\t he initiat ed a research based on this theory shortly after three deaths occurred, in Grand Rapids from botulinus poi- ' soning which laboratory testa- traced to preserved spinach. Four cases di agnosed yits sleeping sickness, occur red here Dr. Kellogg said, and two of them resulted fatally. T'hey were promptly reported to the govern ment, he said. Laboratory tests s are now-being made at Ann Harbor with t^he brain of one of the recent victims Dr. Kel logg added. I 1 CONKEY'S BUTTERMILK STARTING FOOD FO* Young Chicks - i' 1 Ducks Turkeys ^ ? 1 ? ueese uumeas .? . i . => = Prevents Bowel Trouble x in all Younf Fowl......*. 2 1-2 lb. Package $ .38 5 lb. Package .. .65 10 lb. Package .. 1=26 26 lb. Package ... 3.00 100 lb. Sack 7.50 McMURRAY 1 DRUG CO. ' ' v I CIALS FOR l! ? Styleplus Clothes iSSffiffi!