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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-class matter at K post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: 'One Year $2.00 Six Months -j $1.00 Three Months .50 h Fdreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921 .J I TOE PRICE OF COTTON. ' Many opinions are being heard these days about the price of cotton, \y not only in the immediate future, bat in the next few years. Cotton has I always been produced in such abundance, and with such cheap labor, and ' at prices which enabled the producf*. ers to exist, if not live, that* it is hard for people generally to think of j j cotton selling at three or four times the price at which it has heretofore sold. j But we do not think'that it is out . i of the question for cotton to sell at j. T fifty cents per pound, or a dollar a pound, nor even at "one eighty-nine" ^ per pound. It must be remembered that the world must be clothed. The.1 hi ' ' law forbids that we go without cloth- , ing, and the human race, in its pride, if for no other reason, would object i to going without good wearing ap-j: par el, even at seasons when fig leaves j might answer. So long as cotton was! ^ I 1 ?? produced in this state and in other! states in great abundance, the price I of producing it was so low that cotv \ ton sold at low prices, as we have al. ready stated. But if the boll weevil is here to stay, and we think he is, at least to some extent, and perhaps to a great extent in the next few years, p1 cotton will not be produced in great) abundance. Instead of making in this state one and a half millions of bales, we will do well to make each year a half or three-quarters of a million' bales. And we will make this amount i g \ ' > of cotton with greater difficulty, at ' . greater expense, and consequently cotton must sell higher. No commodity can be produced year in and year out at less than the cost of such production. The bottom will fall out sooner or later. Then again the de- J mand will be such that the price must inevitably soar. " * --xj.? ?:n a ? u;?V, v/l course cunun win uuw gv 1x15*1er than some other article which will take its place. There are only two things though which may take the place of cotton and these are wool and silk. Wool is now in large deV. mand, and any further extension1 of V. t the uses to which it is to be put would but raise its price. Besides wool cannot be used for the things which are made of cotton, certainly not toj ' any great extent. Turning to silk, ' we noticed only a night or two ago that complaint was being made that silk was selling at a very low price, namely s:x dollars per pouijd. We ' do not believe that silk will be found as serviceable, nor as satisfactory for ordinary clothing as cotton, but if it should be it is evident that peo-j nle mav much better afford to t>av i one dollar per pound for cotton than j six dollars per pound for silk. Any | competition between buyers of the two articles, in an effort to substitute the:, one for the other, would but have the effect of advancing both, and as silk advanced, the price for -cotton would increase, and in a little while it would more nearly approach the price of silk. If the world shall see a cotton famine for the next five years, which 'most people expect, we shall not be surprised to see cotton at much higher prices than have yat been dreamed of by the general run of people. ' Perhaps the figures of the Press and > Banner, "one eighty-nine" may yet look cheap for. cotton. If so every j ' body except Dale Barksdale will be cnmricoH We shall all see what we shall see. | We are not writing this to advise anybody to hold cotton, nor do we advise them to sell. Every man must be his own judge about selling or holding, and his decision will depend on many facts and circumstances peculiar to his own case, principally on whether or not he owes money "which he. should pay in order to save some other man from loss. But at the same time it looks like higher cotton to j CAROLINA VS. NEWBERRY Gamecocks Meet Lutherans in Col umbia Tomorrow.! Columbia, Oct. 6.?When Carolin; tackles Newberry here Saturday a 3:30 P. M. a different GamecocI eleven will take the field than th one which made such a sorry show ing against Erskine last Saturday, i team which will enter this contes with determination to wipe out thi record of a week ago and prove t< its supporters that the 1921 Univer sity team is by no means such i weak member as might be judgei by its first effort. But just how th loss of Captain Gressette is to b< overcome is a- problem no one cai answer at this writing, for as yet th< coaches have been unable to groon a man to fill the bill at fullback a: did the leader of the team. Gressetti broke the small bone in his right lej near the close of the Esrkine con test and there is no hope held ou that he will be in uniform again th;i year. Changes have been made in th< eleven. Lightsey, who passed s< poorly as a center Saturday, ha; been moved to guard and Bartelle i: now at the pivot position. Should h< fail to show Joe Wheeler is sure t< hpve next call on this berth. Waite 9tar left tackle, is likely not to b< in the match with Newberry as h< suffered an extremely painful blov on his leg which has kept him in be< part of this week. It is doubtful il he will get in the game with New berry. In that case Blake Edmunds o; Edwards will have the call for thi: place. Ambs, a freshman, seems t< have the call right now for Gressett old place at full, with Snipes an< Belk running him a close race. Size more the little speed marvel of las season, has not yet struck his stride He has been more or less incapacitat ed by a bad cold. ' During the week, Woodson, thi old P. C. end, has shown up well a the pivot position, and he will hi given his first test in a Garnet am Black uniform in the Newberry con test. Another man the coaches an grooming is Moseley Jeffords the di minutive quarterback from Orange burg. Jeffords is ^gritty and head; little player but has been handicap ped by an old leg injury so far thi season. He is thought highly of am should get his second try out, alonj with "Kid" Baker, against. Newber / ry. ' A good deal of attention was giv en in the practice yesterday and to day to breaking up forward passing A weakness cropped out here tha just had to be eradicated. Improve ment has already been shown. CONDITION REPORT B. B. Hare Makes Condition State ment for September 25. According ' to report of B. B Hare, Agricultural Statistician ii South Carolina for the Bureau o; Markets and Crop Estimates, Undtec States Department of Agriculture condition of cotton In the State or September 25 was 40 per cent oJ normal, against 50 per cent on Au gust 25 and 63 per cent July 25, th< indicated production being 644,00( bales. The total production for th< State last year approximated 1,640, U nro rl 1 uuu Daies, wime in io x, 422,000 bales and 1,570,000 bale! 1918. Condition for the entire Unite< States on September 25 was 42.' per cent of normal, against 49.3 pei cent August 25 and 64.7 on July 25 The forecast of production for th< entire United States Is 6,537, bales the production for 1920 being 13, 305,000 .bales. AbbevilleJ county\ condition is 45 per cent '-of norpfa against 58 per cent. August 25. Pi Must Tell Ages. Pittsburgh, Oct. 5.?Women mus not quibble about their age if thej wish to vote, according to a decisioi given in Common Pleas court her< yesterday when an appeal of Mis: Elizabeth Warnock from action o: registration officials was dismissed Court held the exact age is necessarj for identification and that the word: "approximate age" will not suffice. Girl Had Four Tonsils. Rangoon, Oct. 5.?Operating 01 Ruth Bertran at the General hospi tal, the surgeon found the girl ha< four tonsils instead Of two. This i the first case of the kind in medica annals. vvvvvvvvvvvvvv V * V I- \ HITS BY HAL V wvvvvv V V vvvvv a Those darn Yankees are at it t ^ again. B Wood has resigned from the army. " i He might make better political tim* ber out of the army than in it. * B "Need of the times is public opin3 ion," reads a headline. There's plenty of that. The need is the operation * of public opinion. 5 Waiters in Berlin have suddenly 0 gone insane. That, at least, is the 1 only explanation possible of their rea - % . .. ported refusal to take tips, i ' 8 President Harding sent regrets B that he could not attend ithe world 5 series game yesterday, owing to public business. That's bunk. The public was at the game, s 1 President Harding's tribute to J Dante reads in part, . . the fire of * his genius was beyond quenching." 3 The Bible also says that the fires of 5 hell shall rage fotfever. J } Aristotle, who was authority for > a number of things, maintained that : the right use of leisure is the chief i end of education. But he'd probably J say today the chief end is football. f Some "Prewinf Need?." r One presser. 3 One iron. 5 One ironing board. s One ton coal. 1 One bucket water. One spongy. t One delivery boy. One pair baggy pants. Hno nrlco awI caw \ v/iib tw AOv w TT* wjrai e "We licked the Germans, t "We licked the English, e "We licked the Spanish. 3 "We licked the Barbarians. "We licked the Indians, e "We licked dicker. "And- now by golly a miserable in! sect?the boll weevil?is about to V lick us." " r~ ' s WORK DAY FOR THE i ' EPWORTH ORPHANAGE It has come to my attention that some of our people are questioning the need of having Work Day for Epworth Orphanage. They seem to ^ think the institution has sufficient income from endowment u> take care of its needs. To set this matter straight in the minds of those who are interested in the Orphanage I wish to make the following statement : While the Gill estate sold, for a good sum, remember in most cases only one-fifth was paid cash. Under recent conditions not only have 1 there been no further payments, but ^ even the interest on deferred pay* ments has not 'been melt. I suppose it ? is generally known that only the 1 interest from this fund can be used. ^ And now the Orphanage is not get" ting that in many instances. ; The total income from all funds ) invested ' (including the Adminii straltion Fund) for the year just ending amounts to only $15,423.30. To " run the Orphanage for a year re5 quires from $50,000 to $60,000. So it is seen that the Endowment fur* nishes only about one-fourth of the ' necessary money. The monthly conr tributions fall short of the other three-fourths. Unless we receive a - j lijberal Work Day contribution the j children at Epworth are going to " I suffer. Are you "willing to permit J this? The Methodists of the State * will answer this question on Saturday, Ootoflber 8th. W. D. Roberts, Superintendent. t MOTHER CAT BRAVES f FLAMES FOR KITTENS 1 a ^ iMaryville, Cal., Oct. 5.?This ^ town has a cat heroine. 'Fire recently destroyed the John ' Carstenbrook farm. Knowing her kittens were in the barn a fine Mals tese cat rushed madly into the burning building and succeeded in rescuing two of her litter. In trying to save the lives of her little ones she . had an evp and an *ar hurned and . the claws on her feet were burned ] off and her fur badly singed. s She was a sorry looking spectacle ( 1. running around while the firemen | were fighting the blaze. ABANDONS APPEAL Kirby Found To Be Sane, Lawyer Will Not Press Case. Oolum/bia, Oct. 5.?The appeal to the supreme court of S. J. Kirby, one of the murder trio in the state penitentiary, under sentence of death for the murder of William BrazeJl, will not be completed, according to announcement today by A. B. Martin, of Lexington, attorney i for the condemned man, and Kirby win die on tne twenty_nm, aiong with C. 0. Fox# The appeal will not be completed because of the fact j that Mr. Martin has received a report j to the effect that Kiriby is not insane, j the point on which he proposed to base the appeal. -The appeal of Gappins, it is un- derstood, will be completed, this postponing his execution until supreme court can pass on his case,I which will probahly give him six ' months or a year more of life. FOUR CALVES IN ONE YEAR, IS COWS RECORD Imported Scotch Short Horn, Owned By W. N. Henderson, Recently Gave Birth To Triplets. t Index-Journal. The moat prolific cow on record in this county, is owned by W. N. Henderson, a prominent breeder of thoroughbred cattle in the lower section of the county. The cow recently gave birth to three well developed i calves which later died. She had already given birth to one calf in the past year, making a total of four calves in 12 months. The first calf is living and flourishing. The mother of the calves is an imported Scotch Short Horn, 'for which iMr. Henderson paid $300. Mr. Henderson, who about two years ago, purchased the Dan Tompkins place between Ninety-Six and Phoenix, makes a speciality of breeding thor V U5 u l/l t U . Can't Fool Him. Overheard by Major Jack Allen at the ballgamf: "Oh, Paul, isn't our pitcher grand? He hits their bats no matter where they hold them. I [OUR SI jj We're | Showing jj Splendic I lot of Rrtuc' Qiiil Sfi 1/UJO L/Ull I Serge, Cas 1 ah: S NInf hirrV? nrii il 1 tllgn'^/ti lr materials th< S looks. ? | Bring in youi [! Winter Suits I PARK! Perhapf, He's Safe! Iowa Frivol. I "They tell me that the player at the bat married for money." t "Yes; and its the best home he ever stole, believe me." % " tlZliUlUHI?JiUiil?J?JZJilfi!liiI 1 Which Class A a? ... IOne class hai all trying to with the Jom E j ing what th S[ j good time, j ] them comp] * . hard luck. ' class placed i j mounts in th' each month h soon have a JJ coming to 1 j 1 which they [ J 1 themselves a 1J make an inv [ i saved dolla [] them. It will [! Start Now. j j NEW SERII <! Standard Buili !; Associ [3 w. H. WHITE, Preaiclent [ J OFFICE AT PLA Fgraanuiim^ x ? ? JITS FOR / a 1N==S >ltmni*A nnJ tiiiuci c auu Sizes, from 4 to ced, but good honest, at will wear and keep r boys and let us fit th at a moderate cost. ER & F IfiUiUiUiUilli! I' Short Stop Writer. 'ortland Or ego man. Teacher?"Paul, write a short, heme on the subject of baseball." Paul handed in the following: 'Rain, no game." re Yon In? ij ??? ! J f s spent it I j keep up I j ) is or in hav- j j ey call a jl You hear |i lain about 11 The other l| ' small a- I; e Standard j v and will jl nice sum 11 ;hem with l\ can buy I j i home or I j estment. A h r started / v | { 1 start you. ? |1 5S OPEN... jl | ling & Loan;! iation I; Si OTTO BRISTOW, Secretary. 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