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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 second-ciass matter at tost office in Aoheville, S. C. Tenu of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six months $1.00 Three months .50 MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1921 THE ACREAGE QUESTION AGAIN As one of our exchanges remarks, the American Cotton Association addpted the wrong slogan this year. Instead of advising the people to re duce the acreage of cotton one-half, the people shauld have been advised to produce as much crops as possible. They should, of course, have been ad vised to plant food crops first, enough of every kind to satisfy the require ments of the farms. After that they should have been advised to plant, as much cotton as the remaining lands would allow, and should then have been advised to make as much of it' on these remaining lands as possi ble, at as low a price as possible. Tne advice given has sounded too much like a scheme of enforced Idle ness. It has been apparent to those farmers who work and think for themselves llhat this is the year of all years when the farms should be made to produce as much crops as it is possible to produce at a minimum expense. Had the American Cotton Association put its advice in different form (the two plans amounting in the end to the same thing) the people .en the matter more consideration. As it is, so far as we can see and hear, all lands planted are to be planted in cotton. It is reported to us that the whole territory from Dy son to Abbeville is already laid off for planting in cotton. News from other sections brings like reports from thes.e sections. There is no doubt that a good deal of land heretofore planted in cotton will not be planted at all the present year. From all over the county news comes of farms being without labor ers. Later these lands may be sowed in peas, or some of it planted in corn, but as it now appears there will be a reduction in acreage of cotton on ac count of many farms not being cul tivated. Then again there are some people who expect to farm, who are not going to farm. Those people who have not arranged to finance their farms have a problem ahead of them yet. Some of those who have "started may find that they are unable to go on. The amount of fertilizers to be used is being considerably cut. Al together there seems a good chance that the acreage in cotton in this who work the farms would t 1 co.unty tms year win ue less w?a?. last year, and that the yield will be much less due to the failure to use fertilizers in the first place, and due in the second place to the fact that last year the conditions were much more favorable than they are likely to be th:s year. Last year we had what is commonly called a good crop year. We are not likely to have two good crop years together. It is still time we think for the farmers to be advised against the one crop idea. The farmer who does not' plant corn enough to satisfy the re-j quirements of his farm for another] year will make a great mistake. In j addition, he should plant all kinds of i food crops. A patch of white potatoes | and a patch of sweet potatoes, a good garden?these are some of the things which should be planted. Every farmer should be raising at least one or two hogs. Every tenant on farms! should be encouraged to raise a hogj or two. We can do a great deal to -nake ourselves self-supporting if we will th:nk about these things. Afted v*e have planted our food crops, the rest of our labor is surplus labor. We nay invest it in cotton. After plant ing the food crops, we will do well to plant as much cotton as the surplus labor will produce. We do not be Keve that as much fertilizers should be used as heretofore. This is the year of all years when the crop of J . coion should be produced at as little: cost as possible. Labor will be cheap-! fVion fortilizPlV rel.at.ivelV I C* 1/lliO jr VU4 vt<w*i , ? J speaking. We trust that when the figures ate announced two or three months hence, it will not be found that all the talk - _ 1 about reducing acreage by cotton farmers has been just talk. But we have known things like this to hap pen. SOME DIPLOMAT. The Spartanburg Journal thinks we do not understand its position about Col. Harvey. It says that there is no question about the Colonel's mental equipment, but that his ability as a diplomat is doubted. It seems to us that a man who could take as sorry a candidate as| the republicans have been telling usj Woodrow Wilson was and first makej ? O ? XT T J 41, ! Ilim VTWeriiur ui new anu men : start him towards the presidency, and then take as weak a man as the) democrats have been telling us Presi dent Harding is, and make him presi dent is some diplomat. WHY DOES PROHIBITION FAIL TO PROHIBIT? In our honest opinion the reason is very clear. It is because our cir cuit and Federal judges are not do ing their duty in helping to enforce the law by fines imposed and sen tences imposed, but suspended. When a man who makes, transports whiskey for sale, or sells the stuff, knows that if he is caught that the court will, only impose a fine of $50 or $100, that he can pay that in a few daysj after he gets back home, he cares j nothing for taking the risk. As forj the suspended sentence, in the past that has seldom been called up, so I ave been informed, I heard of two men being tried for selling whiskey,; and they were convicted and thej judge imposed a fine on them and j some one said that while the trial i was going on that the wives of these! two men sold enough whiskey to pay! the fines. I do not doubt in the least I but that it was true. Some of the officers tell me: "What is the use 'or us to capture men and bring them to trial when they know that! he punishment will hardly amount! to anything?" The way our courts j are acting today is just about the j same as giving men cheap licenses to make, transport and sell whiskey, i Our judges can stop it if they would. No doubt of that, for it has been tried in this county. A few years ago Judge Purefo^ held court in I 3ickens and he imposed chaingang! sentences on nearly every violator of the prohibition law and the officers have told me that for about a year that they had very little to do in the vay of catching violators of the pro hibition law. Very few men would risk going to the chaingang if they j; s f Columbia Gra Pre-Wai " The price of this E Standard Model Co umbia Grafanola, tl most popular mod* made, and the pric( of our entire line c Columbia Granonok have been readjuste to pre-war levesl. You Sav on this % This is the most radical readjustment ever made in the phonograph industry. And these new prices, below the pre-war level, are for mn^V) imnvnvo/1 mnr^nlc w. A. knew that would be the sentence. I know many of our judges and like them very much and I love to see our officials lean to the side of mercy, but ALL mercy will not do. We have been told that in England the Parliament appointed magistrates to sell out license, but in South Caro lina our judges practically give out license. The prohibition law in South Carolina is in the hands of our courts. They can make it a success or they can let it be a failure.?Pickens Sen tinel. MISS BREAZEALE STILL ILL Miss Gladys Breazeale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Breazelae of Abbeville Cotton Mills, has not yet recovered from the attack of pneumonia which cVtn Vior? cAw^imo iicm TtfT RroQ7oal/3 has just been informed that her con dition is not so favorable as it was a week ago. The young lady i.<5 still under treatment at Charlotte. WILL H. HAYS WILL EXTEND CIVIL SERVICE Chicago, March 20.?The elimina t;on of politics and the extension of the civil service in the Postoffice De partment were pledged by Will H. Hays, postmaster general and chair man of the Republican national com mittee in two speeches here today. "My purposes are to take the pos tal service out of politics, to make such x-ectifications as in all decency and fairness must be made to assure a square deal and to strengthen and broaden the service and to put the en tire postal service on a practical busi ness basis so serviceable that no po litical party will ever dare again at tempt to evade it," he declared in his talk tonight before the Illinois Ath letic Club. MEAT LESS POPULAR Washington, March 20?The Amer ican people ate 10 pounds less meat per capita last year than 19'S, but 11 pounds more than dui'ing the first war year, according to figures made public today by the department of agriculture. The consumption of meat and lard combined last year was 154.3 pounds per capita. Less meat was produced, less exported and less consumed in the United States in 1920 than in either of the two pre ceding years, the announcement said Beef consumption has fallen from 78 pounds ten years ago to not quite 56 1-2 pounds per hea'd of popula tion last year. Veal was said to be gaining steadily in favor and calves marketed last year more than dou bled that of six years previous. __L , , , fonolas at. i* Pn ?n/>np Ill ICCd equipped with the exclusive Non Set Automatic Stop and the other exclusive Colum bia advantages wh'ch make ' the Columbia Grafanola the only modern phonograph. Harris i A BOY BABY News has been received in Abbe ville of the birth of a boy baby to ; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Seal at their home , in Logansville, Ga., on Saturday, March 19th, 1921. Their many friends at the old home are sending the happy parents warmest congratu lations, and good wishes for the little man. A BOY AND A GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Reid Loftis are re ceiving the congratulations of their friends on the birth of twins at the County Hospital, Saturday, Marcft 19th. 1921. The twins are. according to Dr. Jack Pressly "a Jack and a Jill" and are very fine babies. BIRTH. Born at Abbeville on Saturday, March 19th, 1921 to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Osborne, a daughter. FLOWER BEDS The flower bed on the Court House j side of the plaza is being put in good shape for the planting of flowers, the work being done by the county hands for the ladies of the city who have the flower beds in chaxge. Mr. Keller and Mr. Sondley are having the work I done and say they expect to spend | the summer watching the flowers j grow. I- GONE TO NEW ORLEANS . . I Mrs. Lawrence Parker left today lov New Orleans where she expects' | to visit-until after Easter. 1 | NEW ARR1\ Easl The season's newest ;3Snr 'fJ m! Ai >lr ml ftf New You will be greatly si' Spring Hats. Easte: the day and change Gordon Silk Hosi< "R/^i-nrr nriahlp to SPfM iJUHXg UlAWfUA V/ WW PW of this popular hose t' ordered we have be* tunate in securing a : each of the sizes mo demand. These are o at a great reduction ir HAIL DOES DAMAGE Greenville, March 19.?A severe hail storm which covered the ground almost like snow, is believed to have caused considerably damage to fruit trees and early vegetation here late this afternoon. The area of the storm was restricted to the city and a narrow strip of territory to the westward. nri tc ai r\ i 1 niL vyL.iL/ J Willi Ten-Pinn \ . - I have installed two building on North M will be pleased to ha\ occupied by Little & and new one On Wednesday afte 6:00 o'clock we invit in and make use < of ch< J. H. WI L /ALS IN ter App ....FOR T creations are now on disp New Su Dre: ) The last arrivals of n< are garments of beaut of serviceable materia . lored. The styles ar lected as to satisfy the the new waist to comp here just to match the i j i i aay are witnin reacn ( Beautiful C We have a larg of beautiful o: all the new shi orings. ' Thes* just arrived ai are just about last year s one Easter Mill irpri?ed when you see < v is not the same without in season. sry ire all hat we m for few of stly in , ffered i price. Mrs. coc HOME AGAIN. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Campbell ar rived in Abbeville Sunday and are receiving the |jood wishes of their friends at the Eureka hotel. No two persons see the same rain bow, say scientists. j Mrs. Eliabeth Hollaway is the champion chess player in England. RELIABLE am's et Alleys NEW alleys in the 2Lin Street formerly re my old customers : Thomson, where I s call on me rnoon from 3:30 to f e the ladies to come s >f our alleys free urge. LLIAMS arel HE LADIES >lay-being sold daily its and sses ew suits and dresses ;y and pleasing lines tls and carefully tai e varied and so se most exacting. Then )lete your costume is ? suit. Thfc prices to )f every purse. IvironrliAD jm, gaiiutvo ;e assortment rgandies?in ides and col 3 goods have id the prices one-third of rings. inery dui* new arrivals in a new hat to greet jas. S. HRAN < ! g B - wif mwawvu