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Those of us who are called on to pay the charges made by the colleges of the country can sympathise with Mr., Hodges in 41s desire to see tne expenses of educating our children lessened, but we think that a fair consideration of the question will convince most of us that the statement1 made by the college president is based on facts, and that the public, under present conditions, cannot look y i fo? lower expenses in our institutions of higher learning. It is a fact, as stated, that only in f recent years have members of the teaching profession^ evert those in'thd j colleges, received sufficient salaries r f to keep body and soul together. A X man who held a professorship in one of our colleges, on the salary paid a few years ago, if he had a medium sized family, had little with which to offer his own children the benefits of an education. Even today, his posiA tion is little better. There is little in the teaching profession to attract good men to it at present salaries,; \ and a man who turns to it must do so J either from a love of the calling or from some kind of necessity. Certainly he may not expect to build a fortune or even to lay away some. thing for the comforts of old age from the meagre salary paid. There is something else which should be said too. We have had occasion to investigate the expenses charged in the colleges in South Carolina as compared with the expenses of colleges and universities in other states. We ha^e found that the expenses in our own institutions are xnpch lower than in many of the outside institutions. In some of the colleges and universities in other states enough is charged in one year to pay the whole four year's expenses in some of the colleges in South Carolina. On the whole, according to our investigation, a youhg man or a "Aiitirr m/irnan matt ceitii's n pnllpcrp V; j education in South, Carolina for less than in any other state of which we have any knowledge. . This does riot mean that expenses should not be lowered wherever it, is possible to lower them. But the student these days must have many things. He must have good.fare; he must have a comfortable room, well heated and well lighted; he must have / a good bed, and the convenience which go with comfortable living. He wants all kinds of service; and all of these things must be paid for. When it is all counted in the cost, it Vill be found, we believe, that the colleges are run on as economical a basis as it is possible to employ. : PROBLEM OF THE SPINNERS. The State. The fact that the cotton crop in the United States will this year be around 7,000,000 bales, which is much less than one-half the maximum crop, is staggering to the world. But for the circumstance that the poverty Of Europe ha3 reduced consumption temporarily and that the surplus brought over from last year is large, sp'nners would be in panic. Had the consumption of the Lancashire district been normal the last 24 months, all England would be excited about the cotton question. Now it is perfectly clear that the ' reduction of the Southern cotton crop is not an incident that will pass with 1921. More cotton will be raised perhaps in 1922 and in other years but there is no reason to look forward in many years to a cotton crop of 16,000,000 bales. Probably for a long time 12,000,000 bale3 will be considered a "bumper crop" and, meantime, the demand for the commodity will steadily increase. Perhaps by 1930 a Southern output of 20,000,000 bales would not be too great for the' world's need. Where is the cotton to come from? It must be had. and it will be had. The so called monopoly tnat tne ooutn nas enjoyed is not explained by climate and soil. It is conceivable that cotton production may be immensely increased in other regions. Further, it is perfectly clear that cotton can be produced in the South under boll weevil conditions. There is no doubt about that. The continuing diminution in the output will be for,the most part caused by the abandonment in despair of their farms by the po;orer and more ignorant farmers. If they can be encouraged and supported in this crisis, the Southern states as an organized cotton producing community supplying the world 'With the commodity with the maxim of economy in production will survive. The spinning world, of Europe, America and the Orient, ean obtain its cotton from the South in the future as in the past at cost far lower ? *? ?HAW AytffAM uian uy creating o new wn/uu givning industry irf another region. Besides, the day will come when every cotton area will be invested by boll weevils or other pests. ^ "It occurs to The State-that it would be to the interest of the cotton spinners everywhere to address themselves to the preservation and enlargement of the Southern cotton growing industry. The one thing required to meet and dispose of the boll weevil evil is intelligent and trained labor. ' A wealthy New England cotton mill company could purchase 50,000 or 100,000 acres in South Carolina and raise the cotton for its spinners and looms, despite the weevils. This it would do by employing expert managers to guide the labor that is already here, though it would be advisable to send a considerable number of white laborers to its plantations or ctoud of Dlantations. The crux of the matter is that the small farmers, especially the blacks, are without capital and without credit, as well as without the training and initiative to grapple a problem utterly foreign to their experience. THE WORK CURE. !' V, ' Voices all around us tell us that the tide has turned, that we are on the upward trend in business, that liquidation is at ai> end, that a new period of prosperity is about to break upon us with unequaled splendor. This is true under certain conditions. v We can have prosperity if we will to have it, but we shall not have it merely by exclaiming that it is on the way and will be with us soon. It will be w.'th us that soon, and no sooner, that we brace ourselves to make the effort which can alone bring it to us. # It is time for us to take off our coats and 'go to work in dead earnest. Work! Yes, that is the secret talisman that will induce prosperity. The United States has every natural resource that a country can need? coal, iron, oil, copper, textile soil tor every agricultural product?and the best, climate in the world. It is rich enough to be self-sustaining and self.sufficient. But the riches that must be worked, not taken from a treasure chest. In order to prosper we must produce and produce and produce. But producing means work, and .we are not so very much in love with work. [' Our ancestors who settled this [country and built it up were workers. Few of them were philosophers or gentlemen of leisure; mostly they were men who had not become sufficiently educated to hate work. Why, on on/ioctni> -amnM fViinlr nni'.lnrifr of ?*? MilVVOVW* ?fVM?W " - O plowing a few. acres, beating out a few bushels of grain with a flail, cutling down sundry trees, quartering a cow, doing a little biacksmithing, whipping a dozen of his children, and then going out and killing an .Indian or a deer by way of amuseIment. It was all in the day's work. Many of us, however, have come to believe that work is a habit indulged in only by the unintelligent. \ 1 V |V SCHOOL NOTES. V : Parent-Teacher Meeting The first regular meeting of the Abbeville Parent-Teacher association will be held Tuesday afternoon,1 September 21 in the graded school buildings at 4:30 o'clock. Notices have been mailed to all of last I year's members of the association announcing the meeting and re-' questing their presence at this first meeting. No set program has been' arranged for tomorrow's meeting j but the election of a treasurer will! come up, as will plans for the future1 work of the association. An opportunity will also be afforded the paraijts.tp. meetr,the new teachers as ^ome; parents .were forced to be aib[Sent from the. recent reception given the association to the teacfiers. An important factor tn tomorrow's meeting will be the payntent of dues for this session. The yearly dues for women are 50 cents and for men $1.00. /" Visitor* At School Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mre. T. G. . White were distinguished visitors to the high school Monday. They visited all the grades during recitations , and were quite complimentary in their remarks concerning the work observed as well as "Hafner's Army" doing setting-up exercises at recess. We wish every parent would visit our schools and give us full benefit of their constructive criticism. Criticism which doesn't carry with it logical suggestions as how secure better results than you are now getting is wasted breath. t j MARSHAL FOCH WILL TOUR U. S. IN OCTOBER Washington, Sept. 26.?Elaborate plans are being made by the American Legion for the reception' and entertainment of Marshal . Foch, of France, who will arrive in America [late in October to be the guest of the Legion. A committee will meet, he marshal at New York, accompanying him to Washington, where he will remain a few days, and to .1 Kansas City, Mo., where the organization will open its third annual convention October 31. Marshal Foch will return to Washington Armistice day to attend the ceremonial at the burial at Arlington of the unknown American soldier killed in France during the World war. During his stay the distinguished Frenchman will make a tour of the United States, but plans for this have not beeri" completed. * Our occupation too often is the game of securing the maximum of pay for the minimum of effort. This is not a thing that leads to national prosperity. ? Only work does that. Let us take off our coats and go to it.?Richmond News-Leader. i it full in a jiffy! The Dunn-Pen cleans itself while you are .. filling it n fit It has no rubber sac | * ^ 0 to rot, crack, and leak I * A * ?nothing to break or | JOJ to get out of order. i t/S* Itholds several timet \ t a* much ink at any * other telf-filler, * ? 1 m*7KaaambuB . < il Dunn-pen 4 The PtmutaluiPe* with ike S4 Llttl* Rtd Pump-Haudl* J ?It's the final iHl j) fountain pen ? ! sold under an ab- ! i \ solute guarantee. I- j ! jG j) Come in and get your j jAll y Dunn-Pen today. ^h|m I E. Harrison, Jr. B jeweler; 1 ' 4 Major Part* 4 Standard Style* 4 Popular Pen-Point* 4 Dollar* i S ' REFUSES TO RESIGN President Harding's Request Ignored By Land Surveyor. Salt Lake City, Sept. 23.?President Harding's attempt to force the resignation of I. C. Thoreson as surveyor General of the Land Office for the Utah District has precipitated a policital row which threatens to occupy the attention of the United States Senate, Senator King, Democrat, having announced his intention to fight the nomiation of E. D. Sorenson, sent to the Senate by the (President yesterday. Mr. Thoreson has twice refused to resign. Early in September he received a personal letter from Presi.1 nr J-i. J o a .1 o aeni naruing uaieu oepiemuer o, reading as follows: "My dear Sir: Those of us who are responsible for the activities of the new Administration never like 'to do anything in an Inconsiderate1 way. We are anxious to have men in positions of responsibility who are in full sympathy with the purposes and plans of the Administration. I need not tell you of the current demand for the recognition of aspirants within your party for consideration in t?e matter of patronage. I take you to be a practical man who knows of these d6velopments with a sweeping change in national administration. Under all these circumstances I would very much like to have a new appointment in the office which you occupy.. In all courtesy I would infinitely prefer to have you recognize the situation and make your resignation availabe. I am writing this letter in a kindly spirit to express a request that you recognize the situation and let me deal with the situation as you would probably wish to do if our positions were reversed." FRANCE ALARMED OVER REMOVAL OF U. S., TROOPS Paris, Sept. 25.?French official circles are greaty disturbed over report received here from Washington that the American troops on the Rhine may" be withdrawn when the treaty with Germany has been rati| OurF || $3- &50. j I I ! j Many differ E; snappy smal II , large shapes S Velours are I g- THEY'RE ALL BIG 1 | PARKI fled; The French Ifcreign office has received no official information thai such action is intended, but M. Jusserand, the French ambassador ir Washington, has been instructed tc watch developments closely and tc point out at the opportune momenl I IBHH8SHH If Your I And Kicks ' ... U>"' V 1 -It'spK ahd ne crack; et, w< So bri: isn't ve tie me: under PARTS? Old and N If you' where won't i part, v givetis WEI Abbeville |:gf Chevrolet C; ine Fall $4 $5 * ' * | \ ? .1 r: ; % ent shapes, any color 11 shapes as well asn it i. Some are silk lined r. . : beauties. VALUES?YOU OUG ER & ] inririn ripirrtn >-? f?i pi pip jiJ UIJUULumuuuijui that France would regret deeply the departure of the American forces. t The French government regards the American soldiers on the Kline i as the keystone of the arch and allied i solidarity there, and thedr presence a > great help in enforcing the treaty t of Versailles. / i loat Balks I Up the Mud I ohably out of whack. -I ieds us to give it * a I with our little hatch 3 can surely patch it. I ng in your car; it ? jry far, to the best lit- a riders that ever went 8 fenders. ^ H ew I ve lost a nut some- g in a rut, or your car J K start for want of a m 7e have one to fit? - i your "mit." W B .IKE TO FIX'EM. I Motor Co. I t HS V ars and Parts . a i : ' , iiiiiznn^ I Hats |l || $6 $7.501 $ 1 I |j imaginable, [ tedium and 2 - . The new Si HTTO SEE THEM. S ? 1 nrccrI [\LLJL | imnirujpjinuiifaflijiiranim i