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t ? Established 1844. ^ 4 1 I THE PRESS A11D BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. . The Press and Banner Company V. Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second- tiass matter a; frost office in Abbeville, S. C. Tenot of Subscription t One Year $2.00 Biz months Three months .59 ? ?? ' Foreign Advertisng Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION r- . - * " ! -- *. 11 1 % ' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921 T^ " TT THE COTTON CROP " Various estimates have been made of the present cotton crop. The last govetameht estimate, we believe, fixed the number of bales to be prodhced at something more than 7,000, * ^ 000. Of the condition of the crop in other places we cannot speak. But if the yield of cotton, in this section is y to be^ taken as an index to the yield! over the cotton belt, we are of the " . - , opinion that the yield will be much less'tlian 7,00Q,000 bales. We do not , believe that the yield in Abbeville , County will be more than one-third j s?, , of the yield of a year ago. We make 1 this estimate from observation and * 4 l> from reliable information received from every section of the county. Inj this immediate vicinity and in certain sections of the county the yield will not be twenty-five per cent, of the j?V i ' * .1 ^ ;i1,. yield of last year. We believe that last year's crop totaled about 13,500,000 . bales. Granting that in other states and is ? other parts of the cotton belt the yield will be better than here, and remembering that in certain sections of our own st^Je, conditions are much worse than with us, we are forced to the conclusion, from thej reports made, that the entire yield ' in -the United States will not be . ' . more than one-half what it was a ' ' '9year ago, and we should, not be surprised if it i? as low as 40 per cent, of last ^year's yield. We say that 5 we* will not be surprised if the lat- c ter statement proves correct, and we ^ say so for the reason that a great many farmers are counting on the oneninc r?f thp tnn crnn nf pftftnn o ? ?tr ? -?' t which will never open. An examina- t tion of the bolls at the top of the t cotton plant will show that practically all have been destroyed by the boll weevil, and. few of them will ever ^ open. We do' ryot think that people a will gatheJEs much cotton fes ' they are expecrag, and their expectations ^ are short enough. . The knowledge that the crop is short has already had its effect on ^ the price of, the staple. When we Q remember that last year - there wis ^ carried over about 'eight and a half ^ . millions of bales of cotton, and that ^ the normal carry-over vis about three n and a half million bales, and when ^ we add to the difference between th?r m two, six or seven millions''of bales (the present crop) it is evident that .j manufacturers and spinners may not expect to get the amount of cotton ^ needed for their purposes without w making a cotton famine. There may i j be enough cotton to go around this year ,and to satisfy the .growing demand of the spinners, but if the . carry-over shall be less than- normal, or even as large as normal, and we 1 do not. produce next year more than eight or nine millions *of bales of ^ cotton, it seems certain that the sup"ply will not meet the demand. Just what further influence these considerations will havA on the price of cotton cannot be foreseen. There re are so many things which enter into|cc --.laii i me price ox cotton mat one zactor 111 alone may not determine the price.1 re But after all the biggest factor in !w fixing the price is supply and de- j th mand, and it seems certain that un-|*h til the boll weevil is successfully! T1 whipped the supply of cotton in the, A country is going to be less than the. Gj demand for it, if the demand remairi* j Ri normal. That should mean as cotton se men everywhere are pointing out a,Tl continued increase in the price of sc * -cotton. That means too higher Driced ev , cotton goods and higher priced lai clothing and wearing apparel gener- th ally. m: I DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED ON BRAZELL MURDERER! Kirby, Fox and Gappins to Die ii Electric Chair Friday, October 21. Lexington, Sept. 14.?C. 0. Fox S. J. Kirby and Jesse ^Gappins, con victed murders ^of William Brazell 19 year old Columbia taxi-driver, a 5:25 o'clock this afternoon wen sentenced by Judge Thoifcas Seasi to die in the electric chair on Friday Octo/ber 21, the electrocution t< take place between the hours of 1( o'clock in the morning and 2 o'clocl in the afternoon. The jury in th< Kirbycase, the trial of which wai begun at 3:30 o'clock yesterday af ternoon, reached a verdict of guiltj at 10:59 o'-clock this morning aftei deliberating 35 minutes, while Fo> and Gappins, who were tried joint ly, were convicted at 5:14 o'clock, tiie jury having beeg, closeted exactly 40 minutes. * . The entire trial of the three men, begun with the swearing of witnesses for the grand jury at 10:05 o'clock Monday morning, occupied only about ten hours of actual time of the court during the two days. The garnd jury returned a true bill against the three men ait 11:45 Monday morning and a few minutes later the prisoners, defended by counsel appointed by the court, were arraigned. At 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon the trial of Kiifoy was begun, the case going to the iury at 10:24 this rooming. Thirtyive nnjiutes later the verdict of juilty had been returned and the ;rial of Fox and Gappins was begun. \.t 12:45 o'clock the state rested its toco. o<voin^f +!%a ? ? J ? r i ?ov ugumoh me mu iiieu ana at 0:11 /clock the second Jury had agreed hat Fox and Gappins were guilty, rhe three men were arraigned to revive their sentences and at 5:25 >'clock each of the three men had leard his doom solemnly pronounced ind each knew that there was then >nly 36 days of life remaining^- for rim. It was early oi) the morning of tfonday, August 8, exactly 37 days tgo, that young Brazell was killed >y the three men near Leesville afer having been lured into Lexingon county on a supposedly bona fide rip to "get some girls." ' The three convfcted and sentenced nen were led from'the court house mmediately after the trial, being eturned via of automobile to the tate penitentiary. where in the leath cell they will be held until the late of their electrocution. The pris>ners have been held in the state ?enitentiary ever since first being irought to Columbia, being carried o Lexington each morning for rial. The transfer to and from the lenitentiary wasv under special uard. These special gunrds, headed y State etective T. A. Berly, were 11 heavily araned. The four trips in utomdbiles and the trial passed, owever, without ai ripple of mob iolence. No notice of appeal, was given by ounsel for any of the three prisners. Mrs. S. J. Kirby, wife of !iri>y, this afternoon after the trial, 6w?ver, conferred with A. D. Marft, appointed by the court as attorney for her husband, announcing iait she believed that- Kirby was lentally unbalanced, due to $n in-J~.il ?x- j 3 M-y w ma skuu anu iu protracted Iness. Kirby, she told the attorney, DW- wears, a silver plate in his skull, 'rs. Kirby also announced that she 1 ould appeal to Gov. R. A. Cooper 1 >r a commutation of. her .husband's sntence on these grounds should r. Martin take no further action : ; ^he case. ? i REPORT NOT RECEIVED ^ i bbeville Superintendent Amoaj ' THoie Who Do Not Respond. Columb'a, Sept. 15.?The State epartment of Education has not yet ceived the annual reports from ' ?unty superintendents of education " eight counties. Under the law, these ' ports were due September 1st. The ' ithholding of such reports delays '' e statistical and tabular work of * e state Superintendent's office. | nese reports are still due from 1 bbeville, Darlington, Florence, ^ reenville, Orangeburg, Lexington, ichland and Spartanburg. The new ssion is beginning in many schools, le organization of the work for the s 1 no 1 oo ~.:ii L nvxaotii; /cai jl will UC III* L itably handicapped both by the t ck of records for last year and by t e crowding together of tasks that \ ight have been completed long ago. s VVVVVVV V V WW s v V HITS BY HAL . n . . . . ^ w ^ ^ Says the undertaker: Biers furn ished at all hours. * Only the c'otton gets next to th< gin these dry days. ? Haven't heard of any kids saying, t "tell us you didn't do it, Fatty." B _____ 5 Christiana Boozer must be one, 7 for a lot of liquor was found in hex 1 1 " i1uu9c, ? .. ) _ f Movie censors in Japan, in six * months, removed 2,330 kisses from ' films. That is oscillatory waste. T "Joffre delays tour to buy plumed r hat," says a headline. He's pluming c himself to please the Japanese. > After all, the reason the old song "Comin" Through the Rye" is so popular is that ttfe rye exhilarates. Seaport Town. , V This country may be dry but there is, plenty of port at Savannah. 4 A news dispatch says R-Buckle , wore a Norfouk packet and golf breeches when he was arrested. We thought the day for packets had passed. \ ' 4 , , Most any paragrapher could fill his j column- with wise -and witty ' things I if he would follow the lead of one or ! two South Carolina papers and '"borI row" the best, sans credit, from all j the exchanges that come in. Quite a Difference. ' A headline says Patty Arbuckle ! was assigned to a cell with "bare" [furnishings. The news stofy that -followed said it w'bs n ppII with "rare" furnishings. No. 2?Why They Hate It. Johnny, throw that gum away. ; Go and rep&rt to the principal. What is the square root of 694862? If Jones plants two acres of corn and the boll weevils get in his cotton, how much corn will he make? Spell "asefetidy." Teacher, Johnny struck me. You can stay in this afternoon,, j Johnny. What's the capital of Hindustan? Bound lake Nyanza. | * Who was Cincinnatus and why? Go to ttoe blackboard. What president of Mexico was assasinated? ' Who won the war? __________________ I NEGROES DRIVEN. OUT Whites of Mining Village Drive Ou{ All Blacks. . \ Chattanooga, T&nn., Sept. 15.? The negro population of Montlake, & mining village on Walden's'Ridge, 20 miles from here, was driven Out \ 9 of that community by infuriated white residents this afternoon an& a number of shots were fired, *according to information received here tonight. No one was injured as far as could be learned as the negroes did 1 not make a defense. The trouble is said to have come 1 after the shooting of Edna Barnett, c 12-year-old white girl, and three younger sisters by a negro girl in a dispute of long standing over the use of a spring. Edna^Barnett, who was brought to a hospital here, is not expected to live. Jewell Clipper, the young negro girl accused of doing ihe shooting, and her father and mother and brother were brought here tonight and placed in jail.' > V NAME RECEIVERS FOR AUTO ACCESSORIES j New York, Sept. 15.?Receivers in' equity were appointed today for Con-' solidated Distributors, Inc., a company which makes automobile acces-l sories here and sells them in 39 itores in various parts of the courf;ry. Liabilities were g'ven as $2,300,000 and assets as $3,500,000, but t was ^claimed the company lacked :unds for current expenses. Schooner Barred Halifax, Sept. 15.?The Boston j ichooner Mayflower was debarred to lay as a contender for the internaional fishing schooner races by the rustees of the Halifax Herald trophy von last year by the Gloucester chooner Esperanto. DRIVE FOR TAXES : NETTED S12,000,00C ! JAIL SENTENCES FOR DELIBER ATE FRAUD TO BE IMPOSED FIELD COLLECTORS COVER ED EVERY LARGE CITY I* ENTIRE COUNTRY. I Washington, Sept. 15.?Collec tion of approximately $12,000,00C in delinquent and additional sales and miscellaneous taxes by the government as a result of the special drive ending September 3 was announced today by Commissioner Blair. The drive in-which .1,735 field collectors were engaged, he said covered practically every large city in the country and special attention was given to the so-called "luxury tax," taxes on soft drinks, theatre admisions and transportation. "The results of the drive were eminently satisfactory," Mr. Blair said. Prior to government invention, hundreds amended returns showing additional taxes due were filed. Few attempts at deliberate fraud were discovered. . "It is recognized that in the making of monthly returns, mistakes are apt to occur and where there is an honest error on the part of the taxpayer, no penalty accrues. , "While, from the preliminary report, it is believed such action be necessary in only isolated cases, evidences of fraud discovered in the final checking up of returns will be followed by prosecution. "In this connection, tax dodgers may take warning by the jail sen lence recently imposed upon Joseph j Schwartz and Harry Sultzer, for manufacturers of New York City. '"Schwartz and Sultzer were indicted for knowingly and willfully refusing to account for and pay over to the collector of internal revenue the excise tax on articles manufactured by them. Investigation' by the bureau showed they had incurred in 1919 a tax liability of $1447 and in 1920 a tax liability of $9,991. Both men pleaded guilty and were fined $100 each and sentenced to 30 days, in the tomibs. '*In similar cases of deliberate fraud, it will be the policy of the bureau to urge the imposition of extreme penalties. This is the only course possible in justice to the man who honestly pays his share of the common levy." . LEAVES LARGE SUM I Woman Begged From Rich and Gave To Poor. Chicago, Sept. 15.?'Trench Sal," 80 years old, who died yesterday in a dreary little attic, was* found tq day to have" $100,000 in stocks hidden in her room. For years she begged from the rich and dispensed philanthropy to the poor. Her identity is not known. , Cancel* Date. London, Sept. 15.r-Lloyd George tonight cancelled arrangements for ' i conference of Sinn Fein delegates vith himself- and members of his :abinet. , ??? ?? 1^???EJ ; \7 A I I T A 1 V ALUm I Should b( well as in a place c? ty Deposi Y ou have to the box them. W y<fls?wi<jgyy / . ' RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION IS SETTLING CLAIMS ' 'ft IWashintgon, Sept. 14.?The railroad administration settled today with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad company all claims growing out of federal control for " $8,000,000. Other settlements announced . were: j The Virginian Railway company, $2,100,000, the Alabama Great Sou ^wuiuuu $J.,D3U,UUU J the Mobile and Ohio Bailroad com" pany $700,000. I ' Argentine Want* Loan. I Buenos Aires, Sept. 15.?Negotiations between the Argentine govem, ment and American banking instituI tiohs for a loan of $50,000,000" have ^ been suspended, it is learned in aup thoritative quarters here. The fact that these negotiations were in pro, gress has given rise during the past few days to many conflicting rumors, and foreign exchange market here have resulted. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE8 SAVING8 BANK located at Abbeville, S. C., a; the close of business September 6, 1921. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $372,121.82 Overdrafts 5,344.20 Bonds and Stocks Owned *by the bank 15,048.00 j Furniture and Fixtures 1,200.00 j Banking House 3,000.001 Due from Banks and Bankers 16,417.47, Currency 8,836.001 IG9M 140.001 Silver and Other Minor Coin 1,082.30 Checks and cash items. 5,391.98! TOTAL $428,581,771 I LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid In __ $21,800.00 J Surplus Fund 21,800.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid !___ 1,292.34 Dividends Unpaid 170.00 Individual Deposits subject to check $142,685.57 Savings deposits 125,000.00 Tim4 certificates of deposit 33,000.00 ~ Cashier's checks 143.29 300,828.86 Notes and Bills Rediscount- . ?d 25,690.57 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed 57,000.00 TOTAL ___ 1 $428,581.77 State of South Carolina, 'County of Abbeville. Before me came F. Nickles, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the I above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. . W. F. NICKLES. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of September 1921. J. C. THOMSON, N. P. S. C. fcorrect Attest: G. A. NEUFFER, JAS. F. CLINKSCALES. S. G THOMSON, Directors j *LE PAPE ? / / 3 placed in a'fire-proof pi a place safe from robbers in be found at this bank in t Box at a cost of only $3 the key. No one can hav< : but yourself. Call and re have fifteen unrented I , PLANTERS R friendly San! AD6EVILLE, SOUTH C\R01 * PIEDMONT MAN TAKES OWN LIFE Construction Foreman of Orr Cotton Mill Fire* Ballet Into Brain. i Anderson, Sept. 15.?Columbus Shelton, construction foreman at Orr cotton mill, took his own life today, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Galloway, in Piedmont. The family had gone to the front of the house, and when they heard the report of a pistol, rushed back to find Mr. Shelton lyng on the floor with his head in a pool of blood. He had fired a 32 caliber ball through his head. No reason for the rash act can be given as Mr. Shelton had not seemed in | the .least depressed. I He was 49 years of age and i? sur- ' vived by his wife and one daughter, Kathlene, age4 19. His sisters are;Mrs. .Tim Turner of this city, Mrs. J. W. Fisher and Mrs. Galloway of Piedmont, and Mrs. Guest of'Greenville. The remains were brought to this city.and the interment will be in Silver Brook cemetery. i / Corn Market Planned. > I Atlanta.?A movement was launched here Thursday to establish a market and facilities for the handling of surplus com produced in Georgia. The Atlanta Commercial Exchange heads the movement. * ??????? Pictures Framed HAVE YOUR PIC- i TURES FRAMED | . AT THE ' . ..E C H O.... Prompt delivery. THE ECHO "The Really Musical Spot in ' , Abbeville." r, rr~ " i Sandwiches ????? I Fine for that "gone" feeling along about the middle of the day. Ham Sandwiches 10c. Cheese and Pimento Sandwiches.. 10c Chicken 15c j. i FRESH EVERY DAY. The McMurray Drug Company RS ~ I ? If ace as | >. Such a Safea year. 3 access | ' inspect )oxes. \NK fc" L1NA: