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Tpage two 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. Term* of Subscription: Oae Year Six Months Three Months $2.00! $1.00 .50 Foreign Advertising Representative f AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1922 COOPERATION NEEDED The Press and Banner would not be pat a tha position of claiming to know more about the present farm | * * ' ing difficulties than anyone else in the community. The fact is that we all know but little, and we are due to have many sad experiences before we emerge from the difficulties which now beset us. We are going to try one experiment after another per haps with unsatisfactory results. " But there is one thing we believe we do know, and that is this: The man who farms twenty acres in cot ton to the plow next year and works it as he has been accustomed to work it, with little fertilizer and a plow ing about every three weeks, will gather about one bale of cotton. There has been no weather as yet to destroy the boll weevil. Unless se vere weather destroys the weevil in this section, it will cover the county next summer. No man in the county should plant more than six acres of land in cotton to the plow. This he should fertilize well and work wpII. plowing it at least twice each week. This much has been said many times 4 I % before bat it cannot be emphasized . too stroi&Iy.'It is the or.ly way by whieh cotton may be produced i\) boll weevil infested communities. That is the experience other peoples have had, and it will be our experi ence. ; r One farmer says that he will keep on planting cotton until his crop is destroyed. He will not be warned ex cept bf the weevil itself. We cannot blame the farmers here perhaps, for taking this position because they have followed this course in every other community where the boll weevil has ?one. Those of us -who hsvo Koon 1 visited by the weevil the past year however may take warning. We have , done so, and only the amount of cot- : ton indicated will be planted. - < What are we going to plant on the ' other lands? Certainly, as we have 1 said, we will plant enough corn and ^ food crops to support the farm. But i ytQ need other money crofcs. The t Press and Banner from all the infor- * matipn it has been able to gather be- * ' lieves that we must turn to peanuts ^ or sweet potatoes. Of the two crops ^ peanuts will in our judgment be the c surer crop to result in profit to those c who do the planting. But we cannot plant peanuts and have a market for I them unless a sufficient number of g larmers are willing to plant a croph of them to make it profitable forjc buyers to come here and ship awayii what is grown. jt What are the people going to do| about it? Somebody we think should L take the matter up. Capt. Nickles as . the head of the county cotton grow-, ers association might call a meeting to consider the matter. In that way we could ascertain the wishes of the 1 farmers more quickly and more i, thoroughly than in any other way. j The matter deserves consideration, . we (believe. What say the farmers? Unless some organization takes the , lead and makes a canvass of the county to find out how many farmers are willing to plant a certain num ber of acres in peanuts or in pota- , toes we may not expect results from the experiment It is a matter in , whlscb there must (be cooperation else the experiment need not be tried. We j hope that Capt. Nickles and his or- ^ ganization will assume the. leadership in the matter. !< HUSBAND HUNTING Chicago Girl* to Be Invited to Vui Abbeville A former Abbeville girl who mar ried a North Carolina man som< years ago, and who reads the Pres and Banner for information and tht Baltimore Sun for amusement, ha sent us the following clipping fron the latter paper: "TinnnlHji. which has pained nation wide reputation as being a towi without a single marriageable womai due to an epidemic of weddings las summer, is to be invaded by Chica go girls, who announce that the: expect to visit the 'Eveless Eden' ii search of swains. "The postmaster here received i letter from a Chicagoan who style* herself as 'young, pretty and a goo< cook, with money,' saying that sh< and others were planning a motoi trip South and that they wanted th< postmaster to investigate the situa tion at Donalds and give confidentia reports on the boys, who, in the ah sence of girls to go to see, have al most crowded the stove out of th< village drug store." This causes to remark that Th< Greenwood-Index Journal, by its ar tides on the Donalds bachelors ant kindred subjects has not only put th< old town on the map, but it is likelj to bring wives, if not trouble, t< some of the bachelors there. t But that is not what we 6tartec out to say. We are interested in th< motor trip which the pretty Chicag< girls are planning to make to Don aids. It has occurred to \is that per haps each of them may not be abl< to find just what she is looking fo: at Donalds, and that being the case why should we allow our lights t< remain under a bushel? Why shoult a whole motor-trip load of Chicag< g:rls who want to get married, cool for some man, and probably spen< his money, come all the way to Don aids and then return to the wind: city without a husband, when th< very man she is looking for is onlj fifteen miles away? Now you may not have though about it but we have in Abbeville and appurtenant to the city man; bachelors of marriageable age, an] one of whom might be the choice a half'dozen, or even more prett] Chicago girls. There is our old friend Col. Crom er. A good looking woman had a: soon spend his money as the mone] of any other man. He is still young 11 l. _ii t. a. l tnougn oia enougn to nave som< sense about small matters, he hat plenty of money, and could give tc any woman who was not overly hare to please a happy home. "I-golly" w< claim that he would be a "boid" ol a husband. Then there is Uncle Pat McCaslan He has a mortgage on one side oi the county and another one on a part of the other side. About all he does is to clip coupons, rest well at night, play setback in the day time, and go to church on Sunday. He :ould spend his time a great deal more usefully by carrying home the rroceVies, milkine the cow. cuttine ;he stove wood, working the garden, jetting up and getting breakfast and ;hen calling "darling" down to eat t. Cej-tainly he might be relieved of he trpublg of spending all the mon :y he has to spend. If they were not leased with Uncle Pat, we could rot out Nephew Jim Taggart who :an set a pace to please the swiftest >f them. Then there is our young friend Srwin Cleckley. Handsome, rich, jood-looking, easy to please, and al ways in a good humor, what more :ould a girl who calls herself by some :ancy name like Gwendolyn want in he way of a husband? And -what about Lawyer Nickles, Col. Louis Sondley, Victor Lomax and a ho3t of others whom we might mention? And the bachelors are not all, no indeed. Just think of our widowers. There is Col. Roche, Maj. Long_ shore, Capt. Raycroft, and others whose names will come to a man who stops to ithink. By all means the Chamber of Commerce should take this matter up with the Chicago irirls and when they arrive at Donalds on the hus band-hunting expedition the claimf of the marriageable men of this city should be laid (before them and they should be invited to spend a few days in this city looking ovei what we have to offer. There is n< use talking about it, we are willing to make a show_down with Donalds, or any other town, when it comes to HITS BY HAL Motto for poets: Make lays while the sun shines. . Major O.pie seems about to he gobbled up. CJ The new year prophecies have notpK yet begun to come through. That Muscle Shoais deal seems to need a little more muscle behind it. The home fires are even harder to keep burning these days. If there is going to be peace in Ireland there is hope for the world. The legislature could get away with murder this year if it would only set up a plea of lowering taxes. To lower taxes is a good way for politicians to grind their axes. Tax reformation seems to*- mean government amputation. De; Valera has resigned and will start a devil-era, no doubt. The sheriff used to want people to be quiet but now they say don't let us find still in your home. The new Irish cabinet members, Duggan, Duffy and Mulcahy, ought to be some of Jigg3 best friends at a corned beef and cabbage banquet. \ 1 r i There is hope for the bald heads if they will live the natural life, says a news item. But how can a bald head ibe natural? Th* per capita money circulation on January 1 was $53.03, accord. ing to the statisticians. .We pass the news on as an item of interest. ?SEE? "MOTHER O'MINE" OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY and .SATURDAY 15c. ADMISSION r 35c. DEFENDANT CHARGE NOT STRICKEN OUT Judge Gary Refuse* Petition in tlie Case of Courtenay Interests and /Mill. Greenville, Jan. 10?In the circuit court here today Judge Frank B. Gary issued an order in the case of Campbell Courtenay et al. against W. L. Gassaway, involving the pur chase of the Isaqueena mills, refus ing to strike out "as frivolous and irrelevant" certain charges of fraud made in the defendants' answer to the complaint. The complaint sought an order compelling the payment of notes approximating $270,000 alleg ed by the Courtenay interests to be still due under the terms of the sale of the mill in 1920 to W. L. Gas saway. Judge Gary's action merely covers a preliminary phase in the case and has no bearing on the prin cipal points at issue in the suit. MONEY IN CIRCULATION SHOWS HEAVY DECLINE Washington, Jan. 10.?Per capita circulation of money in the United States declined $6.09 during the past year, according to a statement is sued today by the treasury. On January 1, 1922 the per capita circulation was $53.03 based on a to tal of $5,775,400,315 and an estimat ed population of 108,917,000 as compared with a;per capita of $59.12 on January 1, 1921 based on a total of $6,340,436,716 in circulation and an estimated population of 107,249, 000. Diplomats Fate 'Paris.?(Friends of M. Gregoire Valiano, secretary of the Rouma nian legation, have declined to ac_ cept the verdict of accidental death in his case and are pressing for a murder nvestigation. V ?SEE? V V "MOTHER O'MINE" V V OPERA HOUSE V V FRIDAY and .SATURDAY V V 15c. ADMISSION 35c. V marriageable men, because we know that we have the goods.. I A BRAVE DO'.JOft bytician CatdtM Chicken Thief in B??k Yard. Dr. J. R. Power's small physical ;ature is no evidence of his per. >nal courage, as -was evidenced aturday night when he went alone > the rescue of his flock of chick, ris in his back yard and, unaided, aught the would.be thief and gave im justice. Hearing' the alarmed jrraMing of some of his chick ens, >r. Power, thinking rapidly, gxMb. ed his 44 and hopped into his iwer. He drove* it with a quick ash to the back of his house, where e switched the light from the ma. bine's J amps squarely into the he* ouse. Jn the strong light the only un. sual thing that met the doctor's yes was the giow, like a coal of re, of what proved to be a pair of tony eyes. Not knowing whether ae eyes belonged to bird or devil, ie courageous physician. raised his 4 and fired, the reverberations of ie. sound jarring the whole neigh, orhood. Cautious investigation as made after the echoes had died way. The intruder was an opossum and >or. Power had shot his tail off. ater he captured the 'possum and ow he thinks his chickens will re. over from the fright caused by the [ idchai&e of his pistol. Pepper Take* Oath Washngton, Jan. 10.?George Wharton Pepper took the oath of ffica today as a United States Sen tor from Pennsylvania, succeed *g the late Senator Boies Penrose, "he oath was administered by 'ice President Coolidge. f W. A. HARRIS FUNERAL 8UPPLIE8 EMBALMING and Auto Hearse 8ervlce PHONES Day 395 , Night 134 paniannniiiiaBfiiBni With The. Mill [III: 0 JJUlUUlilU u OF \ Safe i You cai none I T I Interest Begi Next Se / i Building ai j G. A. NEUFFER, I President renuaianiamzmanranB ANNO UN( This is to announce Abbeville County t} chased the SHOE j ON TRINITY /' di from Ray Clinkscal tinue to operate a| My prices are rei wnrlf oniflrnnfppH. I terials used. v'j ' '>.V I am also prepare and Curtain repairi tv. W. E THC y;AVbf'. ' . > /vv; . < v * The American Beauty iT Opera House,' Ja ' n j?w:0m oi&rw 4 IM1 ABBEVILl v > '. .1 /.fv ...IT WILL BE 7 * 13: i save from $1.C t a month witf ns With Your Fi ries Opens J 20th, 1922. u1 I/tan A< JU UVMM A m* of Abbeville. < Secre MiMayaizigiEiaiiiiiugigiiSEii! ; EMENT! to the people of i&t I have pur S H 0 P r STREET eft, and will con-; same stand. isonable and all Only the best ma il to do Auto Top Bj; i&i * hi ) MPSON P|| W*W mi, m' M :' ' V & '' I "iW L p."" ' 1 ' L UU( rsl Dollar. anuary - ssociabon j. s. MORSE, tary & Treasurer. iraiiSiniHiiiigfiiiiSiaiEiS!] ..