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TO HOLD WORLD * COTTON MEETING IN LONDON SOON IvUtters ov Great Importance To American Cotton Growing and Textile Plants?Many Ex' pert* to Attend. London, May 31.?The second world cotton conference, which meets in Liverpool, June 13 to 15, and in Manchester, June 16 to 22 is of tremendous importance to American cotton growers and American textile plants. ~ The United States is expected to send 180 delegates and close to thai many will come from. India and it1 ? ftf />Aiirsp_ will have UgJ miWOUlf v* vv ? W-, the largest number. Belgium, Italy, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Poi tugal, Switzerland, Holland, * Brazil and Spain will also be represented. The movement was launched b$ Americans at the first world confer, ence at New Orleans two years ago A third meeting, two years hence, is in prospect with Switzerland bidding for it. Important Report*. "Pt- Kmitiq in Hrit. 1UC wsrv V?V"U4vmi / am iiave - been employed in writing papers and reports for the instruction of delegates. Of intense interesl to the American cotton planters wil] be a report by W. H. Himbury, gen. eral manager of the British Cottor Growing association, whose capital is. $2,000,000, subscribed largely bj ^Lancashire cotton manufacturers. The Himbury organization employed American cotto"n planters and escperts from American agricultural J* x ' colleges to show how to grow cottor *, on the American plantation principle in various British' colonies. Lancashire has already benefittec by l6o,000 bales of colony cotton And the exnectations are to increase this by 50 per cent this year. It is estimated that in time A fries and Mesopotamia can raise three bnc a half million bales. Short Workday. Albert Thomas, a Frenchman, whe is director of the International Laboi s?> office under the League of Nations will present a report on hours ol r work in the textile industry. He wil j?> V show that the 48-hour week is almosl universal in Europe, with the excep. tion of Holland, where it is ^45 hours p.; ' and Austria, where those under li l may work only 44 hours. Britain va ries from 44 to 49 hour*, the Unitec States^from 50 to 57. For Good or Evil. - "The coming conference,"" says Sii Charles Macara the biggest man ir the Urit'sh cotton business, "includes riot only growers and manufacturers. | i -. but the cotton exchange men, majL\ chinery makers and other subsidiary interests, whose prosperity all de. gj . ' pends upon the cotton industry. The power of the conference for r gjood or evil depends upon the manf ^ ner in which it is handled. SL- "My nolicy always has been to live I and let live and to want all interests in the cotton industry to have their remuneration for labor and enter1 prise. Legitimate middlemen are a vital necessity. They perform a tremendous jiervice in financing opera' tiona." THE SPALDING GIFT TO NEW YORK In presenting to the New York Public Iihrary the entire collection of the literature of baseball made 'by the late Albert G. Spalding his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Spalding, Jays before the lovers of America's national game and the students of ? . its history what is undoubtedly the world's greatest treasury of basehall lore. The announcement of the offer of the collection and its acceptance by Director E. H. Anderson in the name of tiie Public Library has just been made at Point Lgma, California, Mrs. Spalding's home, , 1 'AilHosl with the beginning of his interest and activity in baseball Mr. Spalding began the gathering of jc incidents and stories of the game. When he saw H assume tis national f importance asa sport he continued flection with a mind to its completeness and its ^^m'atk preservation, Fron; this mass ol fragmentary history he compiled the authoritative book "America'* National Game," a work more fr^ wently referred to ahd quotfed frofti than any other book on baseball.-? New York Herald. ; 666 cures Bilious FeveK k' W ' T TAX REDUCTION GREATEST NEED SAYS WM. H. TAFT ' Government Economy rs Alio Highj ly Important?Approves Fiscal Reform Budget, But That j In Only A Step. J New Haven, Conn., May 31?The ;> man who in all probability will be I the next chief justice of the United ! States regards governmental econ.' 11 rimy and reduction of taxation as the ;: greatest necessities in the administrajtion of national affairs. 1 1 i I laid before William H. Taft in - j his office room at the Hotel Taft,! I : lj twelve questions dealing with na-i i tional and international problems and j , | asked him to discuss them. He de.! ' clined, saying "It would be improper I i for me to talk upon these matters at ! this time. The president has gone inr | to them very fully in his recent ad .: dress in New York." J "But," I inquired, "do you agree '{fully with all that President Harding said, with all that he suggested A :should be done?" i i . 'I will answer that, and thereby . " touch in a measure on these other ' questions you've presented," he re. * ' plied. He stepped across the room to ' his desk and wrote what follows: I ' "I shared the pleasure which the i 2,000 auditors of the president had | in listening to the strong words he j I used in favor 01 economy in puojic j expenditures >nd the adoption of j methods by which it could be and j would be, promoted." (In this res( pect President Hording said : "There must be a continuing effort to keep expenses down to insure full value for every dollar of the taxpayers' money the government spends.") j "They were especially cheered as [ he was by the frankness with which he faced the tremendous difficulties which the problem of ending national I extravagance presents, especially in the resistance of politicians and lo calities, and by his evidently sincere] and considered determination to > overcome all such resistance in the public interest. ' "Only one who has had personal ^ experience in such matters can value ' to the full the importance of such " a speech. Approve* Fiscal Reform aiid Budget. | "Qf course I cordially and emphatically approve the policy of the presiI dent in his proposed fiscal reform and budget. (Pres:dent Harding said | in this connection; "Establishment of | a budget system is the foundation on which reorganization must be based.' 1 "But, as the president himself 1 pointed out, the adoption of a budget } <s only one step. The main reform must be in cutting down appropria. ' tions in .many fields of expenditure with a ruthless hand. The ilumbing weight of taxation shown in the halt of business, in the spread of unemV ployment, and in the general depression, requires this." While advices from Washington > are that President Harding has de' finitely decided to send Taft's nomi nation for the chief justiceship to the1 senate at an early date, Taft gives j the impression that he will consider. the appointment most seriously be J fore acceptance. Taking this post has been a grave question with him even if, as has been said, it would be the crowning achievement of a life honored in : many ways, including four years in the White House. i ' Rub-My-Tism cure* sorea. ; . i PRESBYTERIANS HAVE I PLEDGED $3,461,795 \ FOR BENEVOLENCES j St. Louis, Mo., May 26.?The re- J ' port of the campaign committee of, | the Presbyterian progressive pro-jl ; gram will show that as the result of (l 1 the "every memJber" canvass for,I j benevolences the church has pledged I J this year $3,461,795 of the $4,500,- (l 000 goal of the canvass. The pledges I for this amount came from 2,277.1 churches, the reports from 1,082 \ churches having yet to be rejeflfeB.jj The committee ha^ directed the j ^tw/terlan progressive program, j t the part year, and also was assigned J I the work of directing a campaign | [ for $125,000,000 and the campaign |j i for $125,000 for the church of the . * ll?l UUO) aw ? oatimg ww*i j . w. ? ?- i report recommends postponement of; J - the campaign for the equipment fund and shows progress ibeing made ) in that for the Church of the Pil- r I grims. ((stmke)) ^CIGARETTE^ Ten for 10 cents. Handy size. Dealers carry both, - 10 for 10c; 20 for 20e. It's toasted. y There are still living on the islan >f St. Helena two turtles and a pai xrt that saw Napoleon wfcen he yn ?liv*. The turtles are 170 years ol ii?d the parrot Is 120 years old. I I . I i i i i i i 1 1 1, 1 I I I ! ! - , ! I * 1 I 1 1 i ! I I i ! I I ! I j i iiiuarafi?igiEn!igii!i?!ii!Jii 1 TO GET RID OF FLEAS. Clemson' College.?The entomology division was asked recently by a correspondent how to rid a place of fleas. The following answer may be of interest to many others, suggests Prof. A. F. Conradi, chief of the division. "We have been successful in treat, ing fleas by the following method. First, if any cats and dogs are about the place they funrsh the best breeding ground to start flea infestation. We make up a 3 percent solution of creolin or chloro naptholium or creso or zenoleum, or any one of the other standard coal tar~ disinfectants. This is easily prepared by adding four tablespoonfuls of the material to a gallon of water or four teaspoonfuls to a quart; of water. Give the dogs and cats a bath in this material, in a wash tub, rubbing their fur well _ with the hands. After washing the ^ animal use the material that remains and fully drench their bedding. Then make a stronger solution At the ? rate 6f about one to 16 parts of d water, and spray thoroughly the (places where fleas abound. This in tNamaatmaaaaattim i 'i / * * Join ffrosperi PUT YOUR AD IN TV Advertising is today partment" of all merch; ers, lawyers, preachers, coal men?every degre A' 11 > n 1 iuny cognizant 01 tne With retail prices at a li< lem confronting the sell public in a convincing t BUT?the medium thr< tising effort^ are invoke* the idea of reaching the sons that are likely to b The PRESS AND E more people in Abbevill newspaper. It reaches ject to argument of the! ey to spend for needed tise your business in Th? ; j |j Abbeville Cadillac Day or Phone := BONDS cludea the pig pens, and around the * stables where the fleas occur, and it t is often necessary to spray under 1 the dwelling houses as this is a * common place.for doge and cats to I stay. For this propose any kind of " a spray pump may be used, ranging from the small hand bucket pump to the barrel pump. It is very desjr- * able th$t tWs material be ' applied with a spray pump, although it v could be done with a sprinkling pot e '' ' ' i* ' * ; . : . _ _ ' == finrauanuiBjagrciMMi H V * \ I ? / '/ \ ' the ty Drive" t ' IE PRESS & BANNER the "Life Saving Deandising efforts. Bankplumbers, merchants, e of selling, is today value of advertising, luidation level the prober is to reacv the buying md forceful manner, )ugh which such adverd should be chosen with greater number of pere interested. tANNER is read by e County than any other a fertile field, one subhigher order; with monl merchandise?^adveri Press and Banner. ' i I Taxi Co. I! I Service i J Night 111 I : 2821 3 I BROS. j laving a rose, but it would be Jfcss- |E borough and would take tao^ , N naterial, and where it is necessary I o apply it under buildings stick- n >laces could not be peached." ; - B R 66 caret Bilious Fever. I The first colors used by artists were : arious colored earths bound togetbr with honey or gum. i! 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