Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. j 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: *9 no VliC icai ................ Y.,?. Six Months ?1.00 Three Months .50 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922 COOPERATIVE MARKETING. Last fall when the campaign in this state for co-operative marketing of the cotton crop was begun this paper immediately endorsed the movement and advised the farmers of Abbeville County to join it. So far as we were then abft we advised the readers of. the paper of the advant ages of selling their cotton by the j ^ cooperative plan, and we would not'j now, after all that has been said and' j published on the subject, have any-jf thing else to say but for the fact that we believe it of the highest import-1( ance to the farming interests of the!, state that the movement succeed. j Fanning is the biggest business in t this country. The fanning of cotton't is one of the largest of the business j enterprises of the world. The cotton ? farmer so far as we know produces! < for sale a larger amount of his prod-it J ?knf in ncc A n ^ I J ut'b uuin *.iwcs axij umu uuoiu^oo, ^au , yet the small automobile manufac-' turer has his selling force, the boll weevil killer has his plan of market-' ing his product, the Abbeville Cot-, ton Mill has a selling agent, and every well regulated business which produces for sale has at the same time a highly organized plan of dis-' posing of the product?a way to se-1 cure a full and fair price for all that j is offered. But the cotton farmer has no such organization. He makes more than does any other seller, but he makes no effort to dominate the mar- j ket in his own product While the automobile dealer comes on the street' and tells'you that his automobile1 A 1 - * ?-L. x i . cannot De Dougnx except iwr a cer- \ tain price, while the banker tells you! 2 that the interest rate is so much,: j while the seller of farm implements 'j sells out of a catalogue at a fixedj < price which justifies a profit, while j the merchant offers his goods at his < own price, it is left to the cotton far-1 ( mer to haul his goods to town, stand 1 s them up on the street and beg a I cotton buyer to offer him something; for his product. It is to remedy this unjust and! i highly destructive way of doing busi ness that the present plan of coop- j erative marketing and every other plan of cooperative marketing is formed. We do not say that the pres ent plan is complete or without ob- * jections. There are objections which * we might urge. There are some c which we believe must be corrected, c but.they are administrative rather c than fundamental, and they can be * corrected and will be corrected. We c may not always be able to devise e plans which will work out for the e best except by experience, and we ^ will never get experience except * through practice. c It is tTue that this state has been i r over-ridden always by schemes saidjs to be for the benefit of the farmers jv but which were horses on which cer-, ^ tain people tried to ride into office.,r But this is no such scheme, and the ( r farmers of the state and of the r South, because they have already * gone into the movement in most of * the other cotton producing states,If are determined that this shall be no 1t political scheme by which any man.c can get into high office. One of the t first amendments which should be,i proposed to the plan is that no man s who is in office, no man who has held^ office within five years, or who ex- < pects to run for office can be a mem-i c ber of any of the governing boards, t The sooner that is done the better. ! < The scheme may at times work! some hardships. It may not suit everybody. It may not suit your} banker, or he may think it does not i when in fact it does. We believe it 1 to be to the interest of the farming,11 banking and business interests of the | j whole South, mainly because it will, 1 kill speculation by the individual far- ^ i mer, will be a selling rather than < a holding agency. By controlling the 1 entire output of the cotton growers, i or nearly so, a full price may be i ablaine'J for the cotton at all sea sons of the year, dumping may be ivoided, and the business of selling ?otton like the business of selling :>ther products, will be orderly. The regular return of money to every producer means that the merchant will the sooner receive his money, the bank notes will be paid earlier, the farmer will get rid of the disease }f always holding cotton for the top price, and prosperity will knock at ;he door of the country. That cotton will sometimes be ;old at less than it might be other vise sold none will gainsay; that the general result of the business will >e to the interest of all none can vith reason maintain, we believe, rhe average man is a very poor mar keting association, taking one year vith another, we think, all will agree, le is poor because he does not know T l l jl. . 1 J _ ue worm s supply ana trie woria s vants, nor does the amount of crop vhich he holds and controls have any ippreciable influence on the whole, >ut the officers of a cotton association :ontrolling sooner or later from fifty o ninety per cent of the cotton of he United States, with knowledge of (very fact affecting in anyway the >roper selling of our product, can >ut mean that we will greatly bene it by going into the organization. Good men in the past have always >pposed any movement looking to irogress, not because they are op posed to progress, but because they ire born and trained on lines so ui ra conservative as to be without maginative genius and utterly un ible to see any good out of a newly iivised plan. They do not believe hat good can come out of Nazareth. Jut "the world do move," and as a esult we are reaping benefits today rom the Federal Land Bank, from me thing and another which was hought to smell of heresy, and the vorld is better off, and even those vho could not see in advance, from sxperience acknowledge the advant iges of schemes which they formerly ipposed. If the farmers of Abbeville Coun y would throw off the thralldom tfhich the present system of market ng cotton has brought home to them, f they would make a price to the cot <m buyer instead of asking him for t price, if they would take the chair md preside at their own meeting, if hey would dominate the cotton situ ition and get proper prices for the sweat of their brows they should oin their fellows in fighting for the :?operative principle. This paper believes it will kill in lustrial slavery on the farms, and ilevate the farming interests of tlie tate where nothing else is a remedy. COMMON SENSE COMMENT By N. H. Willett in Augusta Chron icle.) loll Weevil and Cattle Ticks and Wire Grats What the boll weevil has done to he cotton industry ticks have done iere in the South to the cattle in lustry and the dairy industry. The oil weevil is no more cruel to a otton plant in robbing it of its ruit than is the tick cruel to the ow. Every hand that has been lift d here in the South against tick radication ha9 been an ignorant and and a cruel hand. Consider he infinite sufferings of a poor ow as bled continuously by these uthless feeders. Her bleared eyes howed her agony and her lessened weight by hundreds of pounds and he fact that she gives practically o milk?all of these things show iot only the suffering but the eco lomic loss as brought on by the ick. The man, too, who cries out or liberty to raise ticks and who iuts dynamite to vats is usually he same man who feeds his cattle n wire grass, a feed that keeps cat le partially alive for three or four nonths but in its dead state can carcely keep the grazing animal in he land of the living. The other lay in the South a bunch of tick attle were sold at five dollars ipiece and in some sections of the ountry they have no value at all. Imported Fine Stock. So long as the tick held high revel n this country there was no impor ation of blooded breeding stock but is fast as tick eradication obtained ust so fast was this inflow of >looded bulls and cows for breed ng purposes and there has follow ;d a wonderful increase in high >red cattle herds and in the dairy ndustry and in butter and cheese ind cream and ice cream facto 'ries. The most interesting exhibit possibly in the South and showing ? the signs of the times has been the great increase in these above indus-, "tries. The two most prosperous, states in the union are Wisconsin: and Michigan and the central indus-j try in them is the dairy industry. I was talking with a dairyman from Northern Pennsylvania only a few days ago and he told me that dairy ing was quite profitable with them, and that they had not felt any ef fects practically at all of deflation. It is a business that goes steadily! on day after day the year around! and with very little changes in any wise. If other people can learn to do this dairy business and make ai profit out of it we can do it too. We have less handicaps here for this business than they have in the North for their winters are ex ceedingly cold and cattle have to be kept up and all feeding must be hand feeding. Our Cut-Over Lands. We have in this country here im mense areas of cut-over lands that can be bought at your own price. It has been definitely proven that these lands can go profitably into such perennials as Paspalum Dila tiitum, Carpet Grass and Japan Clo ver. This seems an ideal and a perfect combination, practically an all the year around matter. The initial cost is something but once it obtains on the land it is there .r i _ ? i.l:. ;ior gucKi. wuujiuc ui wus cuiiiuum Ition, too, we have worlds of Ber-i muda land and we can increase these lands if we care to easy enough for only a few dollars per acre with Bermuda seed. Very many people, too, gTow Burr Clover as a winter grazing crop along and in the same field with Bermuda. In addition to all of these we have our velvet bean fields in which we can turn in cat tle throughout fall and winter and all of the above progress would have been impossible while the tick in this country held sway. Eradication and Control. The South car. practically eradicate the tick and eradicate wire grass and if it cares to it can learn how to control boll weevil. When the government started out on tick con troi it seeraea to oe jusx aoout as I hopeless a job as is its present cam jpaign in weevil controL The prob lem of southern grazing grasses, too, for the cattle industry was a prob lem that itself was not worked I out in a day. All of these matters have cost the government a great deal of money and research work 1 and yet a farmer said to me the | other day that he didn't follow the government because the government | was not practical. This man, of 'course, is in a hopeless minority for j practically all of our intelligent 'agriculture well knows that with out the government the South would [have remained a land, and indefi nitely so, of boll weevil, ticks and wire grass. It is not a comfortable or a pretty picture. It.is a tran scendent thing for agriculture to be emancipated from these three great evils and handicaps. REPORT HOG CHOLERA j On account of the prevalence of j j hog cholera County Agent V. C. I j McGowan announces that he will. : have a vetinary surgeon in Abbe ville Monday morning who will |treat cases reported fre? of charge. 1 except for the cost of the serum which will not be over twenty cents i for the larger hogs. Those having; sick hogs will please report same to I Mr. McGowan as this will be the j last vetinary surgeon to visit Abbe. j ville. i Theo White has bought a new l jFord touring car. .! SCHOOL BOOKS TO BE PURCHASED ON MAY 15 ! Columbia, April 20.?The state's I public school books are to be pur-. chased anew by the state board of i education at a meeting on May 15, and already the state superintendent of education and Governor "Cooper, who is chairman ex-officio of the state board of education are being sought after by school book agents. The state has a five, year contract for its school books, and this expires this year. The state board will meet with <5overnor Cooper the middle of the coming month. Butch painters have always given their women large hands. DONALDS VISITORS Messrs. J. H. McCoy, G. W. Mc Coy, Olin Beasley and Roy Smith from near Donalds were in town s Thursday. They announce plenty of rain in the Donalds section of the county. ' COLD SPRING SEWING CLUB Miss Laura Bailey and Mrs Alma C. Gibbons held a meeting at Cold Springs Thursday which was well at tended and proved an interesting meeting. The members of the sewing club were enthusiastic over the club work. Miss Bailey was impressed by the spirit of the members of this club. h Mr. We<eks will preach Sunday A morning at 11 o'clock on the sub- ^ ject, "He that Hath not the Spirit Ii of Christ is None of His." The union service Sunday even- j ing ' will be in the Presbyterian E /?VinwVi o+ S nVlnrV. ^ FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Mr. Weeks will preach every night next week at 8 o'clock at the school auditorium on South Main street. There will be no Monday night service, however, as the ibuilding is occupied each Monday night. It is the earnest hope that these meetings will appeal especially to all those who live in that section of our town. The Sunday School was consider ably reduced last Sunday on ac count of the rain. We had 167 pres "?4 T m! ?11 A.AM A Ctfwvlof* Al CI1U UCb au tvmc vunuajr onu vui j goal of 300 will be reached. NOTICE OF TAX SALE. . I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, { County of Abbeville. I Notice is hereby given that under *! and by virtue of a warrant issued to (_ me by the Treasurer of Abbeville F ' T County, I have seized the following | described property to satisfy the tax- | es due to the State of South Caro- ? p lina and the County of Abbeville, by j: Jeff Mattieon, and the same will be j sold to the highest bidder for cash ^ on Salesday in May 1922, next, j which is the 1st day of May, 1922, 1 during the legal hours of sale in ^ front of the Court House door, at Ab- ? beville, S. C., and the proceeds of sale will be applied to the payment of said taxes and cost of said seizure and sale. The property to be sold is described as follows, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Donalds Township, Ab beville County, State of South Caro lina, containing Seventeen (17) acres, more or less, and bounded on North by estate Thos. Robinson, Southwest by J. J. Richey, East by J. C. Willis. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. F. B. McLANE, Sheriff 4 4, 10.3t Abbeville County, S. C. NOTICE OF TAX SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville County. Notice is hereby given, that under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treasurer of Ab beviHe County, S. C., I have seized the following described property to satisfy the taxes due the State of Soath Carolina and the County of Abbeville by S. A. Wakefield, and same will be sold to the highest bid der for cash on Salesday in May next which is the 1st day of May, 1922, during the legal hours of sale, in front of the Court House door at Ab beville, S. C., and the proceeds of sale will be applied to the payment of said taxes costs of said seizure and sale. rni__ Ka cnlH ic Hunarrih JL IIC fJI Upti l^jr bV uv?? .w ed as follows, to wit: All thoge two lots situate, lying j and being in the town of Calhoun j Falls, Abbeville County, State of J of South Carolina, bounded North by Savannah Street, East by Mrs. S. A. Wakefield and S. J. Wakefield, Trustee, South by Abbeville County Land Company and West by B. H. Tucker. F. B. McLANE, Sheriff 4, 10.3t Abbeville County, S. C. EYES CAREFULLY EXAMINED and GLASSES Accurately Fitted. DR. L. T. HILL, Abbeville. Sand Bags Shipped Washington, April 20.?Four mil ion sand ibags were shipped bj pecial train from Schenectady, N CITY OF ABBEVILLE Treasurer's Report of Cash For the Fiscal Year E ttEitil toperty Taxes (Including Penalties ommutation Taxes licenses ines lents [iscellaneous Receipts treet Department iremen's Insurance and Inspection ' ire Loss (Received from Insurance harity and Donations ? !. and L. Association of Abbeville tandard B. and L. Association ? aving Assessments iterest on Paving Assessments .bbeville Water and Electric Plant . 'ax Levy Rail'Road Shops Bonds _ nterest on Railroad Shops Bonds _ nterest on Water Works Bonds __ nterest on Sewer Bonds nterest on Electric Light Bonds nterest on 1st Paving Bonds torrowed Money (Notes Payable) talance from March 31, 1921 _ ? TOTAL DISBUR! 'ire Department?Equipment 'ire Department?Salaries Ire Department?Expense 'iremen's Insurance and Inspection 'olice Department?Equipment 'olice Department?Salaries 'olice Department?Expense Itreet Department?Equipment itreet Department?Salaries Itreet Department?Expense lalaries * Jity Hall Expense ? Office Expense - 'ark Expense Repairs to Building liscellaneous Expense ? ? ? nsurance nterest on Borrowed Money nterest on Water Works Bonds __ nterest on Sewer Bonds nterest on Electric Light Bonds - - nterest on Street Paving Bonds, 1st i . m i n T? J. rt . nterest on street raving uonas, zn< 'ire Loss (Repair of Damage) mditing Books Iharity and Donations 'roperty Taxes Refunded licenses Refunded 'ines Refunded - I. and L. Association of Abbeville standard B. and L. Association ? 'aving Certificates Retired ... nterest on Paving Certificates Lailroad Shops Bonds Sinking Fund V&ter works Bonds Sinking Fund . ewer Bonds Sinking Fund ... Ilectric Light Bonds Sinking Fund st Street Paving Bonds Sinldng Fu nd Street Paving Bonds Sinking I fates Payable (Borrowed Money) balance at March 31, 1922 K : TOTAL GEO. uwimtinmiafwiwmumiiflwimKroniimimminwimmmmimnmwmwiewmwwwi ! r V SPARTANBURG Spartanburg, S. ( 1 SOUTHERN RA The Southern Railway equipment to properly tal of Spartanburg account o The Russian Symphony been secured, also the W for the entire occasion. The Converse College 1 300 voices; the famous Ch 500 voices from the Publi For detailed informatio I etc., call on nearest South* R. C. COTNER, I SPA] ASHE Fertilize HIGH rCDTII I\ I II .uilT UP (B4g. V. 8. Pi FOR S R. S J. R. LINK, WINN, SPEER & BON Y., today to pojnts along the .Mii sippi river where the water, reacai an unprecedented high stage 1 caused serious damage to proper !, SOUTH CAROLINA, Receipts and Disbursements nding March 31,1922. ilPTS. ) ? $ 34,840 - 2,006 6,338 4,062 1,787 __ 225 60 Fund 313 Companies) 300 20 2,500 2,500 ? 23,233 9,128 .11 son 1,254 580 747 92 ... 92 202 19,772 2,945 $124,503 3EMENTS. $ 1,493 - 1,429 ai q Fund IIII 314 580 - 5,391 , 290 385 1,320 11,311 2,768 - 876 241 454 302 - - 1,483 1,155 : 2,097 - 1,700 1,000 1,250 ; - ?" 4,500 i 4,950 293 428 538 4 20 - 100 306 306 -_r__ 23,138 9,287 1,834 ' 747 5,842 5,842 ?und __ _"_L 2,000 J'wviw,-. 23,568 ? 2,183 $124,503 C. DOUGLAS, City Treasurer. isit. MUSIC FESTIVAL May 3-4?5, 1922 jlway system ' will provide necessary extra le care of travel into and out f above occasion. r Orchestra 0/ New York has orld's most famous Artists nv> nrol . Q/uiiafr noriciatirior nf UUU1CU hJWlV WJ WAAU4W V* ildren's Chorus consisting of tc Schools. n regarding fares, schedules, irn Railway agent or address District Passenger Agent. RTANBURG, S. C. Hw^mHmmHumrtHinwumiiiiniwwiwMiiHiMWKwtwwwwwwwuwitiHt^HjumwMgiwM? [POO >r Works GRADE lizers to a standard not Down > to a price ALE BY .... Abbeville .. .. Due West D, Lowndesville.