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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 post office in Abbeville, S. C. * m Terms of Subscription: One Year ; $2.00 Six Months $1.00 U Threg Months .50 ft"' : : Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION T* ? ?.??7TF : M4>NUA 1, ;;IN U V^JJlJJ^n , + ***. 11 hwu.V v }."?>* ,l1.1- . CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING HiThe Press and Banner for sometime has advocated a system of cooperative marketing for the farmers r of this section. We'still believe, that by this means only will the farmers be able to sell the products of the farm at fair prices, ^e believe that this is the only means by which we will be able to market our cotton crop year after year at a fair price. ^ - It is true that we have generally had 'f '-- a'good market for cotton in Abbefev ville, that is for certain grades of SPr , cotton. For other grades a great jnany people have believed, and now believe, that there is not such a - f.? - good market A few years ago a merSi-v chant told the editor of the Press and Banner that he bought % a few pvV bales of cotton, of-low grftdes, on g, * the streets of .Abbeville, without knowing much of the market, paying . a better price-than .the-local buyers - were paying; that he shipped the cot!-"* ton to Norfolk to a broker and made 'something more than $15J)0 per hale. ?-* ...... ... f.- ^ Everybody knows that such a marC; : ket for any-product spells- robbery v ?s against the. farmers/ Likely this fq -f was an extreme cage, but a great deal ->; of money has"Beeh made in Abbe;?yille by* cotton buyers, especially in? : low grades of cotton. - Nobody, of j course, blames a cotton buyer for inaking money, so long as he pursues legitimate methods. If he has no com> petition, he, like every buyer of other products, buys as low as he can arid sells as high as he catt. We are riot talking now for the puropse of &v: .. ........ . maKing a case against tne cotton-" i' - buyer, but we are writing to the far iners of Abbeville county in an effort to have them help themselves, jt - . '< And a way is offered. Last Friday evening, Mr. Watkins, of Clemson ; > College, presented the matter Of a co-operative cotton association to a few business men of this city. In the npxWew weeks the matter will he presented to the", people of the county generally. The infctter is going to be diseussed, and it ought to be discussed. Some will favor. the scheme and others will find fault with \ f:" : it. There will be grounds for objecT -;<ion to the scheme, of course, but it must be considered with an open iiiind. Some such scheme must be adopted by the farmers as we have jsaid. Co-operative selling associations Vi5*vo Koon tho molririflp rvf ?* ? V v^vii ?MV W* W?IV VUVIVers of every other crop, where the plan has been adopted, and the plan .will .help the farmers, ft it is a good plan. The thing we must consider is whether the plan now outlined is a good plan. Has it more merit than demerits? Do the advantages which " will flow from it, in the judgment of the farmers, outwe:gh the apparent disadvantages? Will the farmers receive value received, and something , more for the giving up of the con-' trol of their own products? ' *** it is not our purpose in tnis issue to discuss the qaerits of the scheme as outlined by Mr. Watkins. We merely say in advance that a proper co-operative selling association is badly needed by the farmers, especi' ally by those farmers who sell their cotcon where there is a local demand for only certain grades of cotton. That is a demonstrated fact. We should examine the scheme which is I outlined for us, and we expect in; future issues to discuss the plan outlined by Mr. Watkins. Those people | who have heard the speakers over the county discuss the matter, and those, who shall hear them, perhaps1 have; v, ? formed an opinion already. But it, ' * will bear more discussion and a great j deal more thoughtful consideration. We urge now that tne larmers, the cotton producers of Abbeville Counfy, inform themselves as to the plan ? outlined, so that we may in the near future reach some conclusion as .to ' .. the wisdom of adopting it. . / ' - . ** . THE BANTAMS." One of the objections to college / athletics J-is that only a few of the student ilpfly take part in the intercollegiate contests, or even in the in- o ter-class contests. If |ootball and(t baseball furnish proper courses of^ physical training for the students of j I the schools and colleges, it is desir- j I able that as many of these students J as possible take part in the training, j t In the high school games only the, t older and larger boys play. But in t Abbeville we think there are some n thirty-five or forty of the faithful n ' - l.- iL. U_11 I f wno every aiiernoon go 1.0 me uuu| ? park to practice. The smaller boys P who qre. not yet prepared to play in P the major contests are getting .the * rehired training so. that whep they are old enough and large enough to k put on long, pants, they will know * how the gameris played. s It would not be out of place, how- v ever, we'think^ for some provision a to be made for"gaijies of these younger students. A little time back we s suggsted that toys of certain ages ^ and weights should not be allowed & to play in high school games. We ? still think t^ese suggestions wise. We u think now that we might improve on e the suggestions by having h'gh school * students divided into different class- e es. We might have the welter weigths, the middle weights and the bantams s and games might be arranged for s the different classes. This yrould con- 8 tribute to the scheme of giving all a the boys training. And if the heavy c weights at Abbeville could not win, * then we might fall back on Bantam c Bradley, Bantam McMillan, Bantam 0 Bowie, Bantam Howie, Bantam Neuf- e fer, Bantam Greene and others. The subject might be discussed at the 8 next meeting of the Parent-teacher c Association. ' MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION GET MORE FOR COTTON ?? i Columbia, Nov. 19.?That the Oklahoma and Texas cotton growers , who are members of the cooperative \ marketing, association of their re- ; spective states are securing a bene- j fit which ranges from $5 to $15 jper j tbale net to them above what non- t members are securing was the state- s ment made yesterday by C. C. Moser, ( of. Dallas,. Texas, secretary of the American "Cotton <5rowers' Ex- , change, who arrived in Columbia for c a stay of five days. ?' j Mr. Moser said that the War Fi- , nance Corporation was backing the ( Texas and Oklahoma associations which have aready begun, business having furnished them . over $20,000,000 and that the bankers of the- * two states are also cooperating. He declared that the bankers, large and small, and the farmers "are well de- ( 1 lighted thus far with the results. "Since my visit to the Southeast ' which was included principally the ' States of Georgia, Alabama and 1 South Carolina," said Mr. Moser, "I 1 am confident that the movement for ] the cooperative marketing associa- 1 tion will be as popular and will command the interest and respect of merchants and bankers as it has in * the Southwest. It is not necessary, 1 however, to go as far as the South- * west in order to demonstrate the attitude of all classes of our people to- 1 wards the cooperative marketing of cotton. ^ "The neighboring State to the north has just completed its organization with more than 275,000 bales '] pledged for a period of five years, while Mississippi, representing an- '*1 other class of cotton producers,'com- , pleted its organization in the early j stages of the south-wide campaign ] with more than 200,000 bales. "It is now a well known and well j recognized fact that there is no dif- 1 | ference between the cotton growers < | of any portion of the South with re- 1 gard to their attitude towards join- < ing these cooperative marketing as- 1 sociations. They are now signing the 1 tracts in practically all the cot- i ion producing states and satisfac- j 1 tory progress in being made every-1 '< ! where that systematic methods are < being used in the sign-up campaign.] I It now remains, however, for the Southwestern states together with j i Mississippi to demonstrate the a'Ctu-.t al, practical operation of the plan. Jc Texas and Oklahoma together have, t 1,000,000 bales signed, of which Ok- t lahcnia has 400,000 and Texas G00,-.j s 000. They are both receiving cotton 11 now in large quantities and are sell* | ? ing cotton in a business-like intelli- o gent way to the fullest possible ad- (si vantage to their members. ,t Nearly 80,000 cotton growers in a P . j . . ? GARY FAVORS PLAN Uso Urges Treaty to Prevent Future Wax.. , New York, Nov. 19.?Negotiation f a treaty which would prevent fuure wars was urged, in conjunction nth an agreement to limit navies, >y Elibert H. Gary, chairman of the >oard of the United States Steel Cor (oration, in an address today before he American Iron and Steel Iristiute of which he is president. He also teliftled the suggestion that armanent limitation would reduce tfoe nanufacture of steel, saying the hought was unworthy of even a assing notice. Business was imroving, he said, but there must be ' urthet adjustments. >. "With, an agr.eei^ent foy, .the J halation of capital shi^>s," <he said, '-it roufoh not seem to be practical to ' top with less than a final treaty ' rhich will prevent future wars. In ddition to what is contemplated by he limitation of armament there hould, with other things, be an un- ' erstanding that if any internation1 differences "arose, no resort to ailitary force should ibe permitted ntil after there has been a confecnee and full discussion by all nations now participating in the delibrations at Washington. "President Harding and the four elected, able and experienced repreentatives of thi^ country, will ener:etically and persistently strive for - ? WaaK?A .n agreemciiu' ^icjr iconic mic<? onstituents are uncond^onally and ervently supporting them in their ampaign for peace and limitation f armament, and all this is true of ach of the other nations. He asserted that the international irrangement to be concluded must over every kind of armament hereofore or hereafter discovered. "The benefits which would be der ived by reason of all the nations iving under peaceful conditions, as :ompared with military conflicts, ire beyond calculation," he said. "If means for the firm establishnent and maintenance of peace can >e found and generally assented to, t will mark an epoch of the greatest jusinfess prosperity, as well as the argest measure of happiness that ;ho world Has ever witnessed. We ihould be thankful that this conference has been called." Failure of the conference, he saijfl, vas unthinkable. An adverse outome would b? intolerable and those -esponsible for it would would be enudiated and everlastingly con iermned. "DRY ZONE" FOR CHILE 'J government Want* No Liquor Sold . In Industrial Center*. Santiago, Chile, Nov. 20.?Presilent Alessan^ri has announced that le infends to ask Congress to pass egislation prohibiting the sale of *11 intoxicants in the industrial centers in Chile. These include the coal raining district in the south and the litrate fields in the northern provinces. The President's announcement tvas in reply to requests from various cities asking for a "dry zone" !*? +Viq pnol minintr district.. where a ilash occurred recently between workers, alleged to have been intoxicated, and government troops! CNE KILLED IN CRASH ON CHICAGO ELEVATED -9 Chicago, Nov. 19.?One man was killed and several persons were injured early Thursday in a collision between two trains on the Oak Park elevated Iine? at Crawford Avenue Station. Dense fog is believed to have been responsible for the wreck. a _ * _ l- J ? tne two States nave agreeu uu empiuy jxperinced cotton classers and cotton salesmen to handle their product for them under the control of :heir elected Board of Directors and ;hey are reaping a benefit which anges from $5 to $15 per bale net to them ^.bove what non-members ire scuring while dumping their :otton on the market in ungraded* >ulk. "The War Finance Corporation is jacking the movement by way of. urnishing money to make advances ?n the cotton of members to the exent of more than $20,000,000 in he two states, me DanKers 01 mei tates are also cooperating through he lending of added millions in iieeting the financial requirements f the organization. Both large and mall bankers are delighted with heir experience thus far as well as re the farmers themselves. f fe LLOYD GEORGE WINS SUPPORT Unionist Party Delegate* Register C Big Vote London, Nov, 19.?The Uniqpist ^ party delegates of the whole country at Liverpool today registered a vote even more overwhelming than ^ the recent similar vote in the house of commons authorizing the governc ment to continue, its efforts by con- T I; ference to negotiate a settlement of ^ the Irish question. Out of 2,000 delegates not more than 100 at most opposed "the amendment recording continued confidence in the government. 11 The vote followed a statement of the ^ government's position by Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, secretary .of b war, who said that .the minister iad P offered an Ulster gagged and bound 1 as the price of Irish allegiance to the *1 king, and* reiterated previous pledges that he would not consent to any set- b tlement involving coercion of Ul- w ster's assent. Ulster, declared the speaker, ^ should not be put under a Du/blin parliament against her will. The effect of the vote is to confirm e the mandate given to Premier Lloyd George by the house of commons. Sir Laming ' Worthingtan-Evans' * declaration indicated that Ulster has g an effective veto over the whole set * i_ ' ' e tiemeirc. o Ulster's reply to prime minister which was delivered today, is de- ' scribed as uneompromtang. In poli- J tical circles tonight the vieyr taken t is that a deadlock has been reached t for all the Sinii FeiH negotiations with the government preceded on the j basis that the unity of Ireland was fundamental. WAGE ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN THE PACKING INDUSTRY ? 1 Chicago, Nov. 19.?Plant commit- J tees of Armour and Company em- 1 ployes today agreed to accept wage 1 reductions of from three to eight J cents an hour. This the first time in < the meat industry that employers 1 and employes have met in plant con- 1 ference and agreed *on a wage cut. 1 About 26,000 employes are affected The reductions become effective No- > vember 20. < h |j Pay Less jj of ? !; Styleplus a j! Kuppepheim I i Good -Clott I [ 1 Will do it. There's ru ffi ^ tion about these C jfj satisfying any m* every respect. ?j ?ALL. WOOL FAB jjj ?FINE WORKMA1N S ....and the.... jfj ?BEST OF STYL 31 jjj Makes this certain. S IP" <91 ijj And our prices as cor any where?quality < jjf SUITS and OVERCO jPARKI ^CLCL?tCLO?LCt?l?l?ICI?l?l . f ^TI?!!TITI3T3131313131 713171. % * > . GOOD ROADS QUIZ Questions Being Sent Out Over the State. Columbia, Nov. 21.?The South * !arolina Goods Roads Association of rhich L. D. Jennings of Sumter is c residerit is endeavoring to ascertain ^ he sentiment of the people of the tate towards a bond issue for the onstruction of permanent highways, nquiries are being addressed to jading men in every section Of- the tate asking their attitude. A questionnaire is being sent out 1 which the following questions are ' eing asked: 1. Are you in favor of a state ond issue for"'the'construction of ermanent -highways^-*' *2. If so how-much do you think lis issue should be for? 3. If not what program of roaduilding Would "you favor and how rould you finance it? 4. Are you in favor of building ardsurface roads exclusively? 5. Are you satisfied with the oads of the state as they are at presnt? As soon as replies are received rom the inquiries the association rill prepare a symposium of them and ive them to the public.' Considerable interest is being tak- ? n in the agitation for a bond issue ? nd if the referendum whieh. it is R aking leads the association to be- jl ieve that sentiment in the state is E trong enough for it the associa- jj ion Will probaoly launch a campaign ( " f . i), r o put it across.. s f ? "? s | TAINTED SCHOOL GIRL ORDERED TO WASH FACE [ ( Pensacola,. Fla., Nov. 19.?Prof. J Fohn Workman, principal of the Pen- i lacola High School and supervisor of ;he city grammar schools, created a j sensation Thursday when he ordered j :he daughter of a prominent and j wealthy Pensacola man to "wash" j ier face before going into the j :lasses. Two days ago the edict went i forth from principal's office that j ?irls_ who "painted" would not be j welcomed to the schools. Quite a number of matrons called | it the High School and congratulat- j jd the head of the institution. J faigigiHraiajjaisifiu^ Money and ' .asting Satisfac nparison proves, are alw< considered. >ATS . $20, $25, $30, ER & F - * Originality. "Our new minister is just wonderful. He brings things home to you % hat you never eaw before." ~"Huh! I've got a laundryman who loes the very same' thing."?Yorknlle Enquirer. . FOR THAT I , THANKSGIVING .... . Remembrance send her Norris Exquisite, ,, - Candies f. Always acceptable. The ? McMURRAY DRUG CO. - ?- | PLUMBING I | TINWORK I 1 HEATING..... I | pemoline Super tile'I I and porcelain clean- f 1 ser, guaranteed to J | remove rust or any ? I kind of stains frorii | . | enamelware. | | Reasonable Prices. I [RALPH TURNER I Phone 6 1 Be Certain | :tion lj lys the lowest round jjj I $35 and $40.00, jjj ffi tnrnr? CLiLOEi I % m ! ' 3?iS! _ _ v ' " - " ' "w>, - . . rr\y??&U<