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PAGE TWO Established 1S44. \ THE PRESS AND BANNER 't AESEVILLE, S. C. '( The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly j* Monday, Wednesday and Friday, i ( : s Entered as second-class matter at c p?st office in Abbeville, S. C. !j ; a Terms of Subscription: j a One Year $2.00 t Six Months 51.00 a Three Months .50 (t ;t Foreign Advertising Representative a AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION a t ,1 MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1922 THE SITUATION. Starvation threatens the country, f Last year everybody was warned that * the time had come to grow the nec essities of life on the farms, other wise trouble would follow. But few people heeded the warning. It had been given so many times before that j people were not afraid. U; But people are beginning to real- j t ize that there was truth in the warn- 's ing. We said several months ago that o not one-ialf of the lands in Abbeville -b County would be cultivated the pres- j L ent year. A great many people who c thought we were exaggerating have 1 b found out that we came near speak- s ing the truth. Just now people feel ^ T that they cannot farm with any hope n of reaping a harvest. Fertilizers can-! n not be had without the cash with tl which to pay for the same; advances cannot be had at the banks; and the merchants are in no position to help those whom they have helped in years past; the farmers, or many of them, and especially the negro ten ants owe the greater part of the ad vances of last year and the year be- h fore. The banks and merchants can not be expected to carry these obli gations and extend further credit. And that is where the trouble begins. Already the negroes are coming to the landlords and to the merchants for the purpose of getting every mouthful of supplies on wh'ch to n raise a crop. Most of them are going nt to be disappointed. The landlords in j many instances are utterly unable to make the advances; in other in stances they prefer to allow the land to rest for a year rather than hazard the necessary money on so flimsy security as a crop to be grown by a negro tenant. Not many white peo ple are in so destitute circumstances, but a white man who cannot finance himself the present year has a thorny path to tread. The negro tenants and laborers had as well learn that they can no longer farm out of the stores. Those who receive supplies this year will r.o: get more than enough to hold body and soul together. If they do not produce enough corn and meat at home to put them through the winter nothing awaits them except starvation. We think it unlikely that merchants and landlords will be dis posed, even if they are able, to make advances to those who do not go to work this year and lay aside some thing lor another year. It *ay be that out of this near starvation will come a better system J of farming. It may be that the negro farmer will be taught that he must go to work on the farm January first and work every day in the year; it may be that the white farmers will find that this is necessary in order to succeed on the farms. If so, the present difficulties will not be ' unprofitable after all. We have hopej for the white man on the farm. But) the negro has worked a little for at. few months in the yearr and has hunt ed rabbits, loafed and killed time for so largo a part of every year, and for so long a time, that there is nothing left for him to do except go North. RELIEF. If you have dreamed that you were falling from the top of the Wash ington monument and then awake J before you hit the ground to find that it was all a dream; if you have! been crossing the busy streets at' night and a heavy automobile has( rushed by you so close as only to have ?issed you and saved you from. instant death; if you have been tied to the railroad track and have heard'' the whistle of the incoming engine and have been released just in time 0 escape front under the wheels ?fj he oncoming iron monster; if the lovernor's reprieve has saved you ur.t when the hangman was adjust-! ng the rope; if you have been in ' and v're?.r' because the South Carolina legislature has been in ses ion and it (has adjourned without confiscating all your property; if! ou have been indebted to everybody ind everybody has been after you.j ,nd some kind friend has stepped ip and settled your obligations for 1 season; if your grocer, plumber, he 1 ght man and all the rest have >een after you for the monthly bills ind you have been able to pay them ill and have enough left to throw a J ittle in the collection the following! Sunday?if all these things have lappened to you, you know scinc hing of the relief which a man feels yhen he has at last completed and iled his this year's income tax re urns. If you haven't filed yours you had letter do so today. COTTON LETTER Cotton prices are again reflecting! he force of the constructive fac ors. Only moderately as yet, but ufficiently to point to the danger us positions of those who may still e committed to the short side, j iverpool and Manchester have die- j overed that the pessimism that had een making some headway on that ide of the water is not justified, 'he statistical position is attracting | lor? attention and the . weather; lap is beginning to receive study | tiough it is somewhat premature fcoj ount upon its effect on farm work.! 'he excessive rains reported from arts of the belt may prove to be a ood thing for the crop if the; round dries out in time to enable | 1nwin?> fn itio nn^Brtotcn flrnimH ! le usual time. Some parts of Texas owever complain that rains have elayed planting from one to two ! reeks. 1 I A much greater danger to thej rop, and one more worthy of' lought than the question of mois-j are, is the lack of' sufficient fer lizer. Fertilizer sales have not been eavy. This is traceable in great leasure zo the poverty of many rowers and unwillingness on the art of banks to finance cotton, par icularly where other crops may be ist as easily grown. The Cotton inference at New Orleans voiced lie sentimen in favor of restriction f acreage and in many sections ankers appear to have taken a tronger stand on the decision to liscourage reversion to the one rop idea. Cotton grown in properly ertilized ground is less liable to toll weevil and other insect ravage han cotton grown in unfertilized r inadequately fertilized ground, ixcessive heat or moisture at the m>ng time also is better withstood iy well-fertilized cotton plants. The extent to which the ground is fer ilzed at this time may prove of far caching effect. Sales of fertilizer his year has been officially estimat >d as 16 per \ cent less than last rear and 70 per cent less than two rears ago. Practically, the trade is now cut ;ing into a carryover. Spinners' tak ngs since August 1 approximately ?qual the Ifc20-I921 crop of 8,200, >00 to 8,300,000 bales, and it will 3e six month3 before the next crop will be available for mill use. That means that in the next six months the carryover will be steadily reduc ed and we shall have an opportunity of learning how much of the accu mulations of recent years?carried in the surplus--are counted as cot ton, yet are not spinnable. We favor purchase of cotton on the breaks and believe that July of fers the greater possibilities at this time. There should be many oppor tunities of taking good trading profits on bulges and of getting back into the market after short re actions. Unless the majority of signs fail 20 cents will look low for ctton long before July becomes the spot month. Profit taking in cotton seed oil brought about a reaction and check ed interest. The trend of the mar ket well illustated the value of our suggestion that profits be taken in view of the improbability that the market would proceed much furth er. A readjustment downward was to be expected in view of the freer offerings of the actual induced by the advancing market, and the fact that a large number of the pur chases at lower levels was hedge [saves millions in building industr' Capital and Labor Getting Closer Tc gether Through Board Say# Rudolph Miller. Chicago, March 11.?Strikes i the national building industry hav reduced and millions of dollars save through the National Board of Juri; dictional Awards, was stated in a r< ! port presented before the executiv | board of the American Engineerin Council of the Federated America Engineering societies here today. The report prepared by Rudolph Miller, of New York, said ths \ through the board, contracts an ! workers were being brought close together and that the past year ha witnessed "accomplishments of gres i significance to the nation in the ac justment of relations between cap tal and labor." Decisions of the jurisdictiont board, the report stated, are recei\ ing recognition at the hands of th federal courts, notably by forme Judge K. M. Landis/ln a Chicago la bor dispute. The report expressed grave cor cern over the attitude of the buildini trades employers association of Ne^ York City, which it said, "is respon sible for the decisions of the boar not being universally obeyed. "One discordant element in the na tional building trades situation ac cording to the report is the hostilit; of the United Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners of Americ; which has refused to submit its owi disputes to the jurisdictional boan except when forced to do so." LENTEN SERVICE Rev. A. J. Derbyshire will con duct services in the Episcopa church every Wednesday afternooi at four o'clock during Lent. SIX HUNDRED MILLIONS SPEN1 ON ROADS DURING PAST YEA! The Bureau of Public Roads of th United States Department of Agri culture estimate the total expendi ture for construction and mainte nance of roads in the country ii 1921 to be $600,000,000. The source of this fund are approximately a follows: Motor-vehicle revenue, 1 per cent; State road bonds, 7 pe cent; local road bonds, 33 per cent State taxes and appropriations, 1 per cent; Federal aid, 14 per cent county, township, and district taxe and assessments, 14 per cent; an miscellaneous 1 per cent. MAN BORROWS $100 AND FORGETS ABOUT I' San Jose, Calif., March 7.?Georg Jones, laborer, is undoubtedly an without argument the world's har luck champion. Twenty-five years ago Jones boi rowed $100 from Mrs. F. N. Stewai and agreed by note to pay 10 pe cent interest per month, compounc ed monthly. Jones later left town and forg< all about the debt. Last month Mrs. Stewart brougl suit to recover the money with inte: est to' date. Jones today appeared i court in answer to the summons an admitted he owed the money. "I'm ready to pay/* Jones tol Judge J. R. Welch. "How much do< it come to?" "Just a minute. I'll work it out f< you," said the judge. He set to work. After an hour 1 sent out for a firm of accountant who worked it out with higner math matics and after two hours an noun ed the sum. The amount Jones owed was $34 840,332,904,685.16. The court is in a dilemma, jud ment for tj?e debt already being e tered. The sum, more than 34 trillion, more than all the gold in the worl ! nil f.ho nA+.innAl Hphts and all the eu rency. Jones earns $200 a month as 1 borer. buying toy trade interests who wou liquidate their holdings when the , requirements were filled throu( I purchases of crude supplies. The r . action in grain and the easier toi i of the cotton market in the pa j week contributed to the ease wi which the advance in cotton oil w; I , checked. On any further recessio however, we suggest repurchases < the near months. SPRINGS & CO. i WANT LITTLE PRINCESS Y OR PRINCE TO ADOPT? m \ Moscow, March 11.?Little prin ces and princcss by the score are 1 available in Russia for adoption by j wealthy foreigners. The parents, I where there are many willing', and n ] even anxious, to let their children go e: because of their own poverty and in j ability properly to care for and edu '"jcate them. 1 j The mother of Little Chaifi Khan, 6 i Prince Kadjar, a near pretender to pp I ' 6 the throne of Persia, is one of the many who are willing to part with their sons. Prince Kadjar's great grandfather was one of two brothers who disputed the Persian throne. When he failed he fled to Russia, where th^family became of some po litical consequence. The correspond ent has been told by many such mothers that, unless they find some means of getting their children a - broad, the careers of the little ones will be ruined. If ever private prop erty is returned to the original own ers, these children will recover vast estates. AMEUAN LITERARY SOCIETY The Amelian literary Society of the Due West Woman's College will hold their annual celebration in .Memorial Hall, Monday, March 13, at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. MANY WOMEN SEE PRINCESS' WEDDING GIFTS London, March 9.?Nearly 20,000 women inspected Princess Mary's inn jj: "i. C+ 1,4UU weuuillg j^HU) a L Ob. ucuiiCii Palace today. Mile long lines gather ed at the palace entrances before - dawn waiting for hours in the wind J and rain before the doors opened, ii Traffic was blocked and special police were called to regulate the impatient women. p The display was certainly the great t est show of wedding presents ever held in England and the crowds dem e onstrated the interest taken by the . women in Princess Mary's marriage. Every strata of society from kitch . en maids to peeresses, full of curi 1 osity and loyalty, with an irres'stible s desire to personally see and inspect s the royal palace salons, had to wait g in line, no favoritism being shown by r the police. In 3pite of the promi . nence of some who drove up in ex 2 pensive automobiles, they were forc . ed to take their place in line and s await their turn. j The greatest interest was shown in Princess Mary's wedding gown, which yas exhibited by orders of Queen Mary. r PREACHER IS WHIPPED e d Negro Charged With Preaching d Catholicism j Atlanta, Ga., March 9.?Rev. P. Henningham, a negro Methodist preacher, who said he was a native of the British West Indies, serving as pastor of a church at Winder, Ga.f today reported to Governor Hardwick that masked white men last Monday night whipped him and drove him out of the county on the charge that he was preaching Catholicism among the negroes. Henningham was accompanied to the Governor's office by a delegation of Atlanta negro Methodist preach ers to whom he had reported his case on arriving in Atlanta yester day. He gave Governor Hardwifck a detailed description of his experience and also gave him a list of the churches he has served since he join ed the conference of his church and race in this State five or six years ago. He presented to Governor Hard wick his credentials as a Methodisl preacher and a member of the con ference. Governor Hardwick informed Hen ningham that he would instruct th( sheriff of Barrow County and th? solicitor general of that circuit tc make an immediate and thorougt investigation and to leave no storn unturned to apprehend the guiltj parties and prosecute them to th< ? fullest extent of the law. Id W. A. HARRIS FUNERAL SUPPLIES EMBALMING and Auto Hearse 8ervlce PHONES Day 395 Night 134 MHMMM The Prints of Peace ' WasUigton Star. "Some men," remarked the %i i mirer of poetry, "go iito politics with the idea of 1 earing footpvnts | on tka sands of time." "Some do," replied Senator S?*g j hum. "And others are lucky if tkey ! get out -without having tkeir bhmfc i prints taken." I FINAL SETTLEMENT | Estate of Mrs. Alma P. McDoaald, Deceased. | Take Notice that on the 10th day j of April, 1922, I will render a final account of my actings and doings &? administrator of the estate of Mrs. Alma P. McDonald, deceased, in the office of judge of probate for Abbe ville County at 10 o'clock a. m. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as such ad ministrator. All persons having demands a gainst said estate will present them for payment on or before that day, proven and authenticated or be for ever barred. r. f. Mcdonald, Mar. 13, 1922 Administrator. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that certi ficate No. 2 for 50 shares of the pre ferred stock of Calhoun Falls Com pany issued to A. P. Calhoun and transferred by him to F. B. Grier and T. P. Cothran who are now the legal owners of same has been lost or des troyed and that the undersigned as | owners of said lost or destroyed cer tificate of stock will apply to the cor poration for a new certificate on the 17th. day of April, 1922. F. B. GKIER T. P. COTHBAN. Mar. 8, 1922.^ ltw. 6wk ADA ; t ^ America's Forem will appear -IN OPERA HOU8E ON 1 Under the Auspices ol The opportunity to hear person ! herad through the VICTROLA COME EN AMD H x AT OUI WE CARRY THEI THE 5? FERTII buILT UP (Rtg. V. S. P* FOR S R. S. LINK, .. J. R. WINN, .. SPEER & BON am Ancient vegtation in the region indicates that its climate wt once mild and froetless. Bananas grown over the.wwM ai of 17G different kinds. PLANTERS FISH MIXTURES Available Phosphoric jfecjkf 3.00 per ASkt Ammonia. 6.00 par Or any Combination ctfjl ed for. Write 'us for I I nnr>Dc nn onti UU CLIAJ Mixed Goods I Also on Fertilizer ; rials such as Acid Phosphate, , Foreign Ground Tankage and Nitrate of 8t>d*. Special Prices on Potash Salts* Kafrfft Salt ! t Planters & Phosphate Co* CHARLESTON, 8. C. i ",ri. r< ci'" ost Phonograph Star PERSON at the 'UtSftAr, MARCH 14th F the American Leg km. ally this artist whom one has only is an experience of a rare kind. EAR ft HER RECORDS 8TORE. .m ibk in ECHO -1 ' '-St sat II I. TTlH wen Brothers larble and iranite Co. SIGNERS NUFACTURERS ECTORS > largest and best equipped monv mental mills in the Carolina*. GEENWOOD, S. C. ^ ' * l i t > . .if. if Works GRADE LIZERS to a ^wndard Not Down t. os.) to a prl< ALE BY .... Abbevill* .. .. Due West D, Lowndesville. y 't/a :W ?/ '.>; jj