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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. Terms of Subscription: ' One Year $2.00 j * Six Months ?1.0011 Three Months .50 1 1 fS&v Foreign Advertising Representative ( AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION i ipv \ WEDNESDAY, -NOV. 30, 1921 \ |? MORE SMALL GRAIN. \ J Lately we have had occasion to c pay visits to McCormick and Ander- t son. The trips through the country * have shown field after field on eve- i ry farm between Abbeville and the * other two county seats planted in '* small grain, for the most part in c oats. The merchants tell us that it c 8 has been hard to keep in seed oats s and that there has been a big de- 1 itfand for wheat for planting pur- s poses. Every farmer knows that the t negroes on the farms have been com- c ing in for several weeks seeking seed t grain for the farms. ' a All of this shows that the old * horses and mules on the farms are ' groin ? to have better times, and right t - _ well do they deserve better treatment t than they have had in many cases, a It shows too that we are learning our j lesson. The fight against the boll wee- s 5 , vil has commenced as has the fight h against the one crop system. Hereto- t fore the big drawback against plant- t ing oth^er crops than cotton has been I that the negro' tenahts would not s work corn nor plant grain. But the average negro is learning this year that but for the little -corn he raised on his farm, and the hill of potatoes ( and the barrel of molasses, that he would be hungry just now. In many places he has learned that cotton fc h now a delusion 'so far as getting j; : something to .eat is concerned, and ^ while the process may be slow, every t negro fanner is going to learn that p SEE?" . he must plant and grow food crops. ,n ? We hope that we may continue to be ^ able to make cotton under boll wee- ^ vil conditions, but if the conditions 81 ? \ t are such that only a small amount 0 may be planted on each farm and that food crops must be grown and e gathered it may be after all that am great calamity has not come to us. f, At any rate the acres of oats, rye H and wheat we see planted warns us, and it should warn the merchants, tl ts? that people will gradually quit farm- o: ing with the store in town as the base tj of supplies, and that in the fullness s< of time, (just how that will be we .do not know,) the farms are going a: j - to be self-supporting. tl THE MARKETING ASSOCIATION dl I? &&. ' * In a few weeks the work of organizing the marketing association for - cotton will be commenced in this county. People are already discuss- M iog the matter, and the manner of! doing business is being investigated. The chief objection to the.w scheme as we have neard it is that a' the cotton grower must sign up for <>' . fiVe years and that he has no control st over the marketing of his cotton, B cannot say when to sell nor when to J' hold. Now that objection is not an ob- ti jection, if you stop to think, to the scheme now outlined, it is an objec- a; tion to co-operative marketing under, tc any scheme. Because, there can be 1111 v no co-operation if every man claims the right to handle his own business u< as he sees fit; to sell when he sees fit and hold when he sees fit. That is 0: a self-evident fact. The question j & then is does cooperative marketing S1 1 X o ml I a uiiuer ??y aysiem pay; ine answer cis that it has always paid. The fruit- 01 growers in Georgia raised peaches *1 , and shipped them North for years, d' only to pay the freight and then! c< stand the loss. After so long thej fruit-growers organized a marketing jw association and peach-growing in ( Georgia is now?one of the best-pay- ( ^ ing industries in the state. The same J ^ is true of the melon^growers, of the. a' truck growers, and of the growers w of other things. All these' associa-J tions had members to sign up for ionger terms than five years. ;w Of course the system will have its P< ' ' - ' : ~ ' ; - *. .':*? \ - lefects which must be remedied my system will have tliat. Of cours< ;oo there will be men put at the hea< >f the enterprise who may make mis lakes. All men make mistakes. W< io not think that many dishonesnen will be placed at the head of th< narketing association for cotton lor of any other product, because ii hese men are selected by the cottoi growers, or their representative mei ;here is no reason why dishones* nen should be selected. If such s,r< telected they will be turned out. Bu 10 such men, so far as we have hear< iave been employed by other mar ceting associations, and' they may a: jasily be- employed by these as b: he.cotton marketing association. iHf cnnwp thAv will have larer* imounts of money to handle an< here will be times when they cai ell out, or use their position foi heir own advantage. That is true o: he head of the cotton mill, the heac >f the bank, and of the heads of t rreat many other enterprises, bu ew men in these positions prove un 'aithful to*the great trust committee o them. These are, as we say, some of th< Abjections to the whole scheme o] :o-operative marketing, whether th< cheme now outlined or some other The oibjections have their force an< ihould be considered when men ar< teing named to handle the selling ?f the cotton grown by the member! o the end that no dishonest men b( illowed to have places on the selling >oards. The only thing we know whicl aight really make the scheme ? ailure is to allow a politician her< ind there to use it to help him ir tolitical matters. The constitutor hould provide that no man wh< ias ever held office, or wno expects o run for office shall hold any posi ion of trust with the organization f we can keep the politicians out w< hall succeed, we think. DAVIDSON FIRE Chambers Dormitory Ue?troye< Monday Morning By Fire. 'Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 28.?Th< istoric Cham/bera building al )avidson College, used as a dormi ory in which one hundred and thiry pup^s are living during the pres nt college term, was burned this lorning, the being discovered ii tie cupola at 5 Vclock. The strucare was a total losiJf but students ucceeded in saving the ??eater pari f their personal effects. The Chambers building was ere^d in 1837. It was the dormitory in which ormer President Woodrow Wilson ved while a student at Davidson. College authorities announced lat there would be no interruption f class duties, the students (being iken care of in the town of David>n. The loss is fullv covered bv insur ace. Authorities at the eollege estimate vat it will require $250,000 to relace the bulding. Insurance on the estroyed dormitory was given at 100,000. AUGUSTA PLANS [ay Build New Hotel At An Early Date. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 28.?Augusta ent to work gfrimly today to clear way the fire ruins that are spread vet the sidewalk and part of the :reet on half of the 700 block of road and-the entire 200 block of ackson street.The city's busiest comer is parally buried beneath a mountain of rick, but a large gang of workmen re alreday on the scene in an effort ) make the street tidy for Christtas. A board wall will probably be uilt around the ruins to hide the ?ly scar. The estimate of property owners f a total loss in Saturday morning's re of $1,831,000 is regarded by inarance and business men as slightly icaggerated. The conservative estiiatp of the loss is $1,500,000, al lough Chief Fireman Reynolds oes not believe the damage will ex2ed one million dollars. A prominent Augusta capitalist, ho asked that his name not he used, iates that he has made the owner of le property on the corner of Jackin and Broad an offer, and if it is ccepted a modern commercial hotel ill be erected there at once. More than 2,000,000,000 packages ere handled by the United States arcel post service last year. : . J,-: ; QUARANTINE ON COTTON 3 ?MM 1 Louisiana Putt Up Bars Against Boll Worm. i Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 28.?A t quarantine against the shipment of ? cotton from Texas, Oklahoma and , New Mexico has been put in effect f by the shipment of Agriculture, efi by department of Agriculture, efi and cotton seed into Louisville. 1-- J t mutton can ue iuu*cu uuvu^n i Louisiana on a througn bill of ladt ing, and it can be shipped through 1 New Orleans on an export bill of - lading, but cannot be shipped on a 3 local 'bill of lading. This quarantine / was made effective because of the appearance "of the boll worm in Ellis i and Grey Counties, Texas, accordi ing to W. E Anderson, entomologist i of the Department of Agriculture, r. and the appearance of the worm in f New Mexico. 1 , i DEATH OF P. C. TEMPLE t ' ' . . - The Press and Banner has receiv1 ed the following account of the death Tuesday, November 22, of P. C. Tem? pie: - | f The entire section of the county,) ; near Level Land was shocked Tuesday to learn of the sudden death of j P. C. Temple, .a well known farm; er. Mr. Temple arose early in the r morning as usual, apparently feeling 5 good, and was on his way to Due ; West when he was stricken. , He was a son of the late Benjamin Temple, born May 18, 1851 in Hart ^ County, Ga., where he spent most of ^ his liffe. He was married in 1879 to Miss Alice Palmira Dellinger of Donj aids. A good husband and father, he will be greatly missed not only by } his family but by the entire community. He delighted in doing acts of kindness for others, especially lor | the sick and distressed. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sisters Mrs. Amos Walters, Mrs. Bob Craft of Lavonia, Ga., and the following children: Messrs. D. ' B., J. K., J. B. and B. S. Temple, of ' Level Land; Mrs. Riley Cordell of Elberton, Ga.f Mrs. R. H. Carwfle of ! Abbeville; Mrs. G. C. Young, Misses| * Lora, Nell and Dewey Temple |f Level Land. The funeral was conducted "Wednesday afternoon by Rev. G. li. Tel; ford assisted by Rev. J. P. Pressly, 1J after which the remains were quietly ' laid away in Little River cemetery ' beneath a mound of lovely flowers. Twice as much postal business is \ldone in New York City as in the j entire dominion of Canada. STATE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Tnurt. of fiener^ Sessions." THE STATE, against E. D. McKINNEY. Car Breaking and Larceny. The defendant above named, E. D. McKinney, was at the September term of court, 1921 put on trial for the offense of car breaking and larceny, and plead guilty to the charge, and was sentenced by the Presiding Judge Edward Mclver to serve a period of twelve months upon .the public works of Abbeville County or ia. the State Penitentiary at hard labor. The defendant has begun the ser[vice of his sentence in the State 1 I Penitentiary. A petition asking the I Governor of South Carolina to grant to the defendant a parole, pardon or commutation of his sentence will be presented to the Pardon Board at its Jaunary meeting 1922. T. S. CALHOUN. I Nov. 29, 1921. 2t. | ... SPECIAL... | I CANDY SALE j 1 Pound Packages SOPHIE MAE Peanut Brittle. 39 CENTS. Take a package I * nome. The i McMURRAY | DRUG CO. | 1 BIG FIRE DAMAGE Fitzgerald, Ga., Suffers Lo?? of $300,000. Fitzgerald, Ga., Nov. 29.?Onehalf of the one hundred block in the main business section of Fitzgerald was practically wiped out by fire early this morning entailing a loss of about $300,000 with small insurance. At 8:30 firemen were still fighting the fiaines but had them well under control. In response to calls for assistance companies had arrived from Douglas, Ocilla, Tiftori and Cordele. For several hours both telephone and telegragh communication was destroyed. The telegraph communication has been restored, but the telephones are still out of commission. Thg (broke out in a building occupied by H. A. Burkhart as a garage and automobile sales room and spread rapidly. Thirteen new- auto mobiles were destroyed in the building. The second building to go was that adjoining and used also by Mr. Burkhart in connection with his automobile business. The building occupied by the John son Hardware Company was the third to go. This was used as a storage warehouse. The fourth building to be consumed was that owned i>y Mrs. H. K. Sligh. The lower floor was used as a garage and for the storage of automobiles while the upper floor was an apartment house and well tenanted. Many of the tenants were forced to flee to safety in their night clothes. PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN WIN Majority of Presbyterians Favor Their Ordination at Deacons. Philadelphia, Nov. 29.?Women may be ordained as deacons under a decision of the Presbyterian General Assembly announced at Presbyterian headquarters. 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