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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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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.
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FOff BALL PLAYERS
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Hinted at Hearing Today That Weav
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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
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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
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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
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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. *'
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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
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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.
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