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X AUU I 1? V Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company PuUfc&od 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 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1922 * TOUjC*W-UP CAMPAIGN If you follow the styles, th^ tall collectors will-follow you. RENT CONTRACTS A contributor to th^ Atlanta Jour nal, in its Sunday issue, jnakea some suggestions about the renting of -farm lands which are of more than passing value. After -calling attention to the fact - that farm lands have been rented these many years for one thousand pounds of lint cotton to each itwenty five acres,-or one horsefarm and the . fact that we have grown into the one-crap habit; and after calling at tention to the farther fact, because !i- ? tW: wo. no loneer plant only cotton in this section, the writer suggests that a new rent con*, -tract'be prepared which shall provide ' for ithe payment of rent in . other owmraodities than' cotton alone. In stead of the one thousand pounds of aatton ha.suggests that,the :new con .tract provide for the payment of Jive, hundred pounds of cotton, fifty v -towfcfljs of corn; five 'bushels of wheat, and .a certain jnumjbsr of bu - v. theisaf qaU,:poiatQes, and .of others - ...commodities to suit the individual -The proposed contract he main ' .tains is di a'ifreat deal more advan to bOtfrfaffiiin -than the plan of roartiiig the -cotton and. a jfchird iodLAfee .grain .and other crops. it. prori4ea for .diversification .and by requiring the payment of ~aent in Qiharthing8tlu?n cotton, .not ?oiy provides :tor the producing, .of JtMeae crop#, but forces the planting f.them, aa otherwise the tenant .will not.be abl* .to. pay his.rent. There are other-tilings to commend this'form of rent-contract, but the dhief among the arguments for it is the fact-that it relieves both the land lord and tke tenant of the unsatial factodivision of many and small tfcftfrfof <4iflferent .commodities at-' fending a share division of the crops,! aad fixes a rental to be paid asdefi.j ' ~ $te and certain ' aa if the whole1 vental were payable in Co^on. j most of the made, we pre.' : * f : * and tba suggestions will^ not any benefit to fanners,, with the coming of another when Wq shall have in prea_ tho farm us that be adopted their adop. to most GROWING PEANUTS - 'Some little time ago we had an article on the growing of peanut*. A good manyrpeotple have spoken to na about 4thia industry and many are interested in the subject. We have - taken the matter up with the local | representative of the Southern Cot. ton OH Company, and he assures us that if thefarmers in this county desire to ;go into the ^business of ^Towing peanuts his company will provide, a market for all that we are able to .produce. Th? cuowstion cotms. however. .ijjpa fche officers of his company that i? tihe j>ecj>le seriously contemplate $*MC growing busi ness, th^y jihotjld inform themselves ofthe A>est methods of cultivation, and looking to this end a suggestion j0* those interested appoint a day for a meet, ing at Allendale, at which time place representatives of the thern Cp]tton Oil Company and f! farm demonstration agent of that ~will attend and give such in aad advice .as ye may A need and desire. This suggestion seems wise and if the people here de sire to take advantage of the offer made in this reBpect it would be well to let the fact be known $t once. The jieqple about Alleq^ale Vhave found that the peanut fgrnish^s a good substitute money c^fjp. JRrom each acre of average land the farm ers have been enabled to gather about one half ton of peanuts and a ton of peanut vine hay, the whole of an average value of fifty dollars. The hay may be used to ,gr?at advantage on the farms in reducing the annual purchases from Western hay growers while the peanuts and the surplus crop of hay may be sold. The Press and Banner believes it wise to follow the advice of the men 0 who have had experience in thsee ntoHom Wo h?li?VA It. wi<?P tf? fldout the suggestion that each farmer plant .about six acres of cotton to each plow and that this cotton be worked well and frequently. Put the tenant cannot subsist and the farm-; er cannot prosper nor maUe ends meet on what will be produced on these six acres. We should plant some other crops. We may plant sufficient corn to provide for the wants of -the farm, but further than this we can not go with profit. Why not get two or three hundred farmers to agree-to plant three, four or five acres of pea nuts to each #ow as an additional money crop? If five nacres make two tons of peanuts the income from this source will pay the tenant's account. iThe hay would be on the farm for feeding the live-stock. If the peanuts paid buthalf of this 'amount just that' much of, the -farm; expenses would b? provided for. If the experiment did not prove of great value little would be lost. A great deal will have been gained *if ^he experiment proves of value. H But as stated above no one should go into the growing of peanuts upon proper information as to planting and cultivation. -We suggest to our readers that if they are interested in the matter and would like to take the trip to AJlendale 'for 'the purpose of getting information they commu nicate with Mr. Mabry Cheatham, of ^Southern Cotton. Oil Company, at ihis. place.ilf a sufficient number of people -are interested a trip will -he arranged by which', those interested nay go through the country one -day ortrf T#tn?n nttL nr*hv uail. as they prefer. The matter is not urged upon any individual, but an opportu nity is offered. FOOD FOR THE RUSSIANS * % More TJban >.3;000,000 "Bushel of Cora Boujht. # ' i Washington, Jan. 3?More than 3,000,000 bushels of corn has been bought by the purchasing commission for Russian relief and one ship ioad of 240,000 bushels, left N?w Orleans December. 31, the American Farm. Bureau Federation today eaid it had been informed ; by Don Liy^nfston, commissioner of agriculture of South Dakota..The corn has been bought, it was said, for, delivery on shipboard at New Orleans, Baltimore and New York. The corn is .being purchased on _ <ie i i i* a iree-un-uwiru?iiip uaaia, iw explained, to eliminate the neces sity of organizing, a forge buying or ganization and to expedite its move ment to Russia, where it is needed within sixty days. It is being shipped unground, and will arrive in prime condition, it is said, as long as the weather continues cold. The Soviet authorities have agreed to transport the corn from the ports to the famine areas. j FOOTBALL REFEREES TRAVEL MANY THOUSAND MILES Spokane, Wash. Jan. 3.?Approxi. I mately 17,320 miles will be covered I'by the four officials at today's foot, ball game at Pasadena, between Cali fornia and Washington and Jeffer son, in getting from , their homes to j th& southern California city and back j again, it has been estimated here. Tom Thorpe, New York, one of the officials, will-cover the great*** i distance, journeying approximately j 3,696 miles to reach Paswd^na. Wal ter oEckersall of Chicago, another official, will cover about 2,774 miles. George Varnell, Spokane, the referee, -will ride,1,700 mil$s, and |H. >H. ftuebel, San Francisco, "fill li.tntfrel afcapt r $00 miles, to reach 4th* .Afterjibe they . 'will *e kturn oyer ,th& same distance. LEFT FORTUNE TO ALLEGED SLAYER! Italian Woman and Adopted Daugh tar Found Mnrdvred In j Their Hone. London, Jan. S.?Mme. Cogo, th wealthy -Italian woman who?? ^ui dered body and that of her adopte* daughter were found recently in thei home by the Borne police, left th bulk of .her large fortune to .he three nephew, now . under arrea charged with ,the murders, ss&a i i Rome dispatch to the Central .((ew ; today. The will left only a small sue to tne aqoptea aaugnier. i. i. 4-. The arrest of the nephews, accord ing to the Rome advices, resulte* from testimony of Mme. Cogo's set vant girl, who charged the threi brothers, the police stated, wit] breaking into the Cogo apartments stifling the two women in thei beds and then dressing the bodie and placing them in chairs in thi dining room, which was then se ablaze to make it appear they hat been suffocated. -The witness attri buted the alleged act of the brother; to the fear that their aunt wouh leave her xfortune to the adopteu daughter. CASHIER OF BANK RELEASED ON BAH Former Army Officer Charged Will Relieving BaiUc of Large Sum Of Money. Bristol, Vafi-Xenn., Jan. .1?Bas .cpm -C. .qaahjer of ?the ,Ban3 of -Cli^ch^^ .ftv Xtindtoyy, . :Ya. who . esrty .to.njomini on a charge of having appropriate 42a,400 gJ&k's 'Jfcnds, ???,?? Jeased-this $f?ernoon on J2Q,00( bond furnished by relatives. f^as held a few houra in the jail a Abin^on before his release was se curjd.' Officials of the Bqnk of Clinch -in' .to Jocajte some of the 36 iyjtoniobife! .JM*!8 ?>W J-hein&eJpA#^4 5^"Sy( .be had five^c^rs, ,all of which. bav< D^en ceKen oy^r qy we oaoK. .ne^tu ol ^he bank declaxe fliat tiiey ^doufct ed Akera'honest^ so W. time tffo an* that (hey fluesfcioned him conSerninj the ^arge number of automobiles h< owned! Me is, ?aid to fiave c^plaine< .that He .had made a number,pf pro Stable buying and 'aeUinj cars, ami that.his onginal mvestoien1 ifas a comparative tow :figure.' ~(.A3pps'3a^ a. member oi ?rpromi nent family, a College graduate t^< foimerly an'o$cer in t^e armj^ Theft of the bank f^nds w^s reveal ed by voluntary confession. BANK' CONDITION CALL IS COMING this Week Washington, Jan. 1.?Call for tljic condition of National Banks as oi the latter.jpajrt of this month will be issued early next week by comptroll er of the currency Crissinger, it wai indicated today at the treasur. Un ''. i * t: ^ * r< ' der the law, officials explained, five such calls are made annually and *, ' x, *LJ*l Z*i * ,l Qnly four, have been made this year, The CQmp^rpller.hqwever, is allow ed five days of the New Year in which to issue^the final call. BUSINESS GETS BETTER IN '1922 SAYS HARDING Omaha, Dec. 31.?Belief that the national business situation is going to improve in 1922 was expressed bj President Harding in a message made public today 'by the Omahf chamber of commerce in connectior with an entertainment in honor oi traveling salesmen who work out ol Omaha. President Harding said it was hi! earnest hope that traveling met "will continue in the coming yeai 4-ho -onlftndirl work for AmericAT business and national confident which they have always conducted in the past. 'It has long been a con viction with me that no group o: men do more to spread the spirit 9: optimism than do these ambassador) of business, as I like to call them. "I hope and firmly 'believe that th* ecorts which they and many other; are putting forward are going U, bring about a vast improvement ii the national business situation in tju coming year." Twiai Ctlfbrate ,71st ,Birthday. 3partanburg, Jan. 3.?Z. W. Wal and Jilrs- rB. 'F. Dodd, twins .of ..tliii city, c^brated iheir 71st .Virthd^j birthday dinner , together. STATE SANATORIUM A3 GOING CONCEJU More TUa Fhre Hundred TuWes lar P?U?Hki TrtRtMi Say* pS CooQr % Coluanlbia, Dec. ?p.?The Sout jCjiarblina and the Pcjijnetto sanatori operated at State Park, seven mile north of this city, .by.the .State o South Carolna for its citizens mil -faring from tuberculosis ia a "gc ing" concern, accofdj^g Cooper,; $d. 1)., -the a ' The &>pth Carolina ^M^otnnx a unit of five buildings, for whit M$$|? tip*c? it received its firs jatient on jta opening day.jMay 22 1915, has treated to date 492 me; and women, and jthe Palmetto Sans fcorium, .the negro s hospital, recent): jjec^ived its $5*Ji sj^ce it opening in December, 1921. It ia ideally situated in the roll s ing sandhills of Richland county an< e its climate, according to authbritie t cannot be surpassed for tubercu j lftus .persons. ItJ?s .a minimum o - jrfinfall, -its temp^ature is Jiot fey 3 hot in ,the jBimaner snd .ia delighttu 1 in the ^t^--TiKxmi?tiQ?r of jplcgatE 1 of Jtcsh air, one ?fth<. .requisites? the ,tcoatme$t 4f itfee disease. The average gain of the -patient daring their /stay in the -Sanatoria if their .eases are not too ffcr ad anced, is about twelve pounds. Very encauxagGng Jetfcsjw dail^ are ueceived -by .Dr. ^Cooper, :h< ?ays, uf the rehabilitation of pa tienta treated 'at'the .hospital, j . large number of *rhofci hare jfcaife i able to take back their places. in !ih< t commercial field and coq^mandt ?ub j stantial salaries. . | The South Carolina Sanatorium was authorised in 1914 by an fie ) of the General Assembly. ^ .. .v' fJj* ,,i t AN OPEN SHOP BASIS *- - I u Job Plants and Newspaper* Ii *: . >?-. >J- ..5--'!^ ?hrt' .T^ [' ImP* ?*?.<&? I? I 9$*e ?n ;#ja cifr, jjx r-i and all of the large ^b o^jE^ ^bfgii "!5tPei HrlteP" u*W? .their .comjxteinj grooms. The proprietors .declined i< i-cal; union {or ,an increase . jn *jrag? ! *> * | agree to ,&e ,cpDiiB\iatiqn oj $e ^ 1 STREET CAR EMPLOYEES XO ESTABLISH JITNEY LINi ^ Ricbmond, Va.f Jan. 3.?Coinciden * (with the imnouncemerit that loca " members of l;he .afreet ear men's un ion will hold a meeting today aqx tonight to.consider a proposed reduc tion in wages of its employee to be ' come effective January 15, as an nounced by the Virginia Railway anc 1 Power Company, George L. Wilcox | secretary of the Central Trades anc [ Labor Council, today declared a cor ( poratlon will be. formed by the met with a view to establishing TOO jit neys on the streets of Richmond . at | an answer to the company's wag< cut. / . - ^ FmoMleu Year. Albany, .Ga., Dec. 31.?.Thia mora ing, then a minimum temperature 01 35 degrees was recorded, Aftanj ; completed the first "freezelessyear' on record, according to the govern ? ment observer. The laat freeze occur / red on December 31, 1920. r , IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THF t UNITED STATES THE WEST i ERN DISTRICT OF SOUTfc I CAROLINA. I IN THE . MATTER OF W. B. HILL Bankrupt , IN BANKRUPTCY. ' i Pursuant to an order of sale mad< r in this cause in bankruptcy by D. H i Hill, Esquire, Referee in Bankrupt , cy, and dated Dec. .29th, 1921, I, C 1 H. Pennell, as trustee in bankruptcy . of the said W. B. Hill, will offer foi f sale at. public auction to the highee I bidder if or cash at the home .of sa:< 3 bankrupt near AntreviUe, S. C. County of Abbeville, State of Souti , Carolina and said district aforesaid 8 on January 10th, 1922 at 10 o'cloel ) A.. M., the following goods of sai< j bankrupt. 3 Consisting or one Dale ox cotton milled wagon,bygjjy and fannuty .products .and jnjplements. Dated at Abbeville, 3. C. this th? 1 2$tfc, day oiMJec. 1921." } V - ^.g.T^NJSfSLL, I Dec/lO^. ' ' " STATEMENT OF THE CONDITIO* OP THE FARMERS BANK OP ABBEVILLf COUNTY located at Abbeville, S. C., at thi close of business, December 31, 1921 KESQUBCE91 " Loans and Discounts f297,374,01 Overdrafts - 1 Bonds and Stocks Owned - by. the Bank 60,202^0( Furniture and. Fixtures _ 1,300,G( Other Real JEatate owned 3,840.0( Due from Banks and Bank 81,668^ Ctpraency Gold 1 it; Silver and other Minor j;j (Join I????i? 1,404.3' n Checks and Cash Itetos -2,446.6' :-j , TOTAL I.. $488,945.91 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 75,000.01 Surplus Fund *... 25,000.0( -Undivided profits, less cur rent^ expenses and.taxes vPaid rJl.'l." 2,315.6: .Dijj^njfs Wnpai() .... .ifipM !' i s^bj^to check $159,985.82 deposits' i 18,311.^9 dlfPpfit ? li?5,4j9949 Cashier's .checks . - mmsi 4am .WW Jmv W>f m&z-.-- -4-- mm? .State of South Carolina, i vti *L -lu . , . >*77 Before me ,?ame J. C. Thomson - ft* " i?k Kjl&sMtjbr above and foregoing statement is I ftpie condition of said bank, u shown,by the books of said tank. " 5Jj.. c.;^0M^bN. .Sworn to and subscribed befpn j me itiis ,4^& Hay .of January, i92ii' * Correct Attest: ~%V *** ' i':'87^zH^rapp,| a ?. B. S^EjED, ^Directors - > EraAftB1?^ ' FINAL SETTLEMENT 3 The State of South -Qjkrolma, i County of? Abberitte. 7 * In Probate Court. 5 i In Re: Estate of Mrs. Eugenia N Young, .deceased. i** a :_f ,\r ?i oirs.-qugie/jn. wuiuciuoa, i -TAKE NOTIGE that on the .Utl day of January, 1922*1 will -render i final account erf jay Actings jrefd .do Jogs as executrix of.the estate of Mrs , .Eugenia,N. TZoxuig, .deceased, ' office of the judge ofynobate^for ?!>. tj {^yiye.ppjinty M j ;#nd;*t the ^07$V jj All J^rfone laying, g^Ja^ri wtdfafete . m*at *n^orJfefpteJfyt .4ay, Md authenticated ?jr ,lp , forevei ,. jarred. ."*: | " ' ' Mrs. lijusie ,M. Clinkacales, LI LLIAN GISM QABTMELMESS in WANT LOST?Tuesday afternoon, string of ! pearl beads, \>n or near ,tbei|9?sare \ - or -between square. and -Martial WANTED?To do your M prices reasonable. Also , hare i r.fta.f JJXvpfc.. rooms to rent J.unasked ? 9 zineSfc, Mrs. Stuart Miller. Stpd, JLLi . *, EAfWITti fii ! themeil of by the week, Phone 1. v" -ihi' ?."*. : : " ' > <' WAJiTKD?you to jfgfc*?! cotton rope, back. bands, "MM J * 5s?wr- - on *ran.^t Co ?-r? DnlATww'lir The 2tagne, JDee. JfB. goverament'a bill anthc ^ cnti nfinn nf ? ln?n i the .United .States to be jaa?J . in cbe ' half df the Dutch Ea*t Iodita jfts 1 i. . ' ft? J ' - . Many grown people have defective sight becauie We Advise ail ommU 1a &,?!CHAipD D.W. GRIFFITHS /isj 4fii$Tjf vX-Ar'.* ... . .. ?apfe