Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER j 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 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 ! Foreign Advertising Representative' AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922 i' l' NO TURNING BACK. I' ? Lately we have been reading John-^ son's "Life of General Nathaniel'. Greene." We have been impressed'( with the difficulties under which, as1 ( commander of the Southern army,1] General Greene kept up the fight I. against the British. Oftentimes hisL soldiers went into battle as naked as'( they were born; at no time did they], enter battle- equipped to fight as werp their antagonists. The soldiers of j Greene's army were largely from the , militia, and these came and went al-', most at will. I. 1 And, although General Greene won ; ' ? _it u:_ |, no decisive oatue m an his engage-11 ments as the chief commander in 1 this section, yet he rid the up-country1 < and finally the low country of the!; British and confined its army in!? Charleston. He persevered under dif . ficrrities, and although at times great-!* ly disheartened and dispirited, he' < kept up the fight. j American independence was at; length gained, and although it is j 1 stated by all the historians that in I) o.?iV r> 1:-~ l li ouutil vaiuiuia mc lvjauaia ah <% 51 cav ( many sections outnuniered the whips, lew men in South Carolina today boast that in the great conflict for the liberty of this country their fore* fathers fought with the king. A Parallel. ! There is a kind of parallel to-: Greene's progress in the fight which the farmers are making just now forp the establishment of co-operative 1 marketing. Thev have foueht these i many years under great difficulties.^ They have met many defeats. They." have not won a single decisive vie- (< tory, but somehow they have contin- 1 ued to fight, continued to study their, < problems, and have continued in 1 some measure to improve their con-11 ditions. Greene did not win the bat : tie at Camden, but the British found ] it expedient to move soon afterwards i towards Charleston, and while the 1 Farmers' Alliance, and other farm- 1 y ' 1 er's movements have not brought the i farmers industrial independence, yet ' there has been progress and when the i battle is finally pitched aright defin-,* nite results will be achieved. And 1 that is what is now being done, un- ( I ' less we mistake the signs. We 'havej< tlio nolitifna-nc until xtio are oi/?V 1 of them. Even those who are honest, < and who have tried to help, have < found that the government cannot ? make the people prosperous. The people may only prosper by their own efforts, by their own good hard work, their own good business management, ^ by attention to their own business. From the politician we, therefore, ' turn to the businesslike management 1 of our own affairs. That is what co operative marketing means. It means that we have at last form ed a line of battle where we shall succeed. There may be temporary defeats here and there, but in battle right always prevails in the end, and (rood judgement in business affairs al-j ways pays. We have begun the fight1 to be the masters of our own destiny, J the trustees and administrators of i our own affairs. We are going to suc ceed. There was really nothing un patriotic in a man sticking to his ' king in the Revolutionary War, that is, if he wanted to be the subject of a king, and there is no blame to be attached to those who honestly be- j lieve they will prosper more by being ttfie subjects still of the cotton-buyers and the cotton-users of the country, but if we mistake not it will not be five years until the man who does not go into co-operative marketing will either be ashamed to own it, or willing to admit that he was mis eruided either through ignorance, selfishness, or a general inclination to do nothing but look backwards and claim that what has been, is, and ever will be, in the condition of the farmers. Get in the Middle of the Road. We repeat that the time has come for the farming: interests of this sec tion, and of the entire country for that matter, to throw off the thrali dom which so long has held us. The time has come for the farmers to show the world that they are as in telligent as the men in other callings. The bankers may not form a comoi nation, nor even an association, but they tell you when you go to borrow money what the rate of interest is. Money is their commodity and they fix its price, as they have a right tp do, so long as they keep within the bounds of reason and do not become oppressors of the people. When you po to a merchant in Abbeville to buy a suit of clothes he fixes the price of it, and you either pay the price, or you do not get the clothes. The same is true of men in other lines of busi ness. You pay the doctor his regular calling charge, and the lawyer his fee. They all fix the price of their commodities but when the farmer comes to town, if he has a hundred bales of cotton to sell, he must ask a cotton buyer, with a few tags in his pocket, (adopting somewhat the lan guage of a beggar) what the buyer will GIVE him for his cotton. We have been at that stage so long that some people think it is the nat ural state of the farmers. The poor we have with us always means to most people that we shall have the farmers with us always. And it will be true unless the farmers are willing to become their own masters, culti vate the ability to manage their own affairs, demand a fair price for their commodities, and otherwise act as lords of their own domains instead jf being willing subjects of everybody else in the universe. We Fight None?Help All. We say this without any intention to discredit the business of any other man, or to heap blame on any other calling. There is a place here for the mercnants, ior tne oanicers, ior wie farmers, doctors, and for men in other legitimate callings. If co-opera tive market makes cotton-buyers un necessary it will not mean the star vation of these people. While the farmers will have fewer people to support, the fields of opportunity, especially on the farms, will SO broaden as to make plenty of open ings for the cotton-buyers. The bfank srs will be more prosperous because if the movement, the merchants will 3o business on a sounder basis and by more business-like methods, the ioctor will collect his fees, and may oe some people will think that we will be able to get along with fewer tam pers; at any rate the co-operative plan of marketing means more money for the Southern farmer; more money for the Southern farmer means more business for the banker, more for the nerchant, more money with which to build and expand, and, therefore nore work for the other legitimate railings. It means better homes for ;he people in the country, better :ountry schools, better churches, more :onveniences in the rural sections, a nore intelligent population, and an ^mancipation from debasing toil, Irudgery and loneliness for the wom ;n and children on the farms. BIRTH NOTICE Born to Mr. and Mrs. Otey Miller at Richmond, Va., April 19 1922, a daughter, Elizabeth Perry. r ASHE Fertilize HIGH < FERTII BU.LT UP I (Rtg. U. S. Pat. FOR Si R. S. LINK, WINN, .. SPEER & BONI SOCIETY J THE BOOK CLUB The Book Club will meet with j Mrs. G. T. Barnes at her home on | Wardlaw street, Wednesday after | noon at 4 o'clock. BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Foster Barnwell entertained the bridge club Friday afternoon. The house was decorated in pink i roses ana wnix? pwmcs. * wcivc | tables of players were present and j after the games delightful refresh, ments of chicken salad, macaroon I sandwiche, strawberries and cream and iced tea were served. A DANCE tt:u ?? ~ iVIISS juaiui mil gave a uanvc wu the younger set Saturday night. Six! couples enjoyed themselves until 11:30. Those present were. Misses Grace Milford, Debby Owens, Jean sie White, Howard Hill, Mildred Cochran, and Messrs. Hagooa Amo ler, Bill Cox, Bill Greene, George Smith, Francis Glenn, Jack Bradley, Bruce Galloway, Ashby Galloway and Fred Minshall. ROOK CLUB Miss Frances Jones entertained the rook club at her hom? Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Score cards of Japanese design were used. After the games an appetizing | course of baked crabs, tomatoes and mayonnaise, fruit salad, and {iced tea were served. About 16 guests was present. THE SEWING CLUB The Sewing Club met with Mrs. W. S. Dupre on South Main street Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. , The house was bright with vases of pink roses. Strawberry ice cream and cake were served by Eleanor and Sara Dupre. The followng visitors were pres ent: Misses Ketchin, Phillips, Ott, ! Dixon, Zimmerman, Fannie Dupre, ' Mrs. Joe T. Hughes, Mrs. Frank Jones, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Mrs. Gal loway and Miss Maggie Brooks. MEETING AT S. MAIN STREET SCHOOL HOUSE The Rev. H. L. Weeks will preach each evening, beginning with Tues day evening, at the Soutn Main Street school house. The services begin at 8 o'clock. The public in general is cordially invited to attend. V. V V V vvv vv vvv v s> vi V % V OPERA HOUSE V V THURSDAY and FRIDAY V V "FOREVER" V V With Wallace Reid, Elsie V V Ferguson, Elliott Dexter and V V others. Don't miss th's Beau- V V tiful Picture. V V Matinee Each Day at 3:15 V V NIGHT _ _ - . 8:15 V V Admission 15 and 35c V :poo r Works iRADE izers o a standard Not Down ?s.) to a price LLE BY -Abbeville .. .. Due West ), Lowndesville. .... wn^s Bankers of ....THINK COOPERATIV OF 0 B. C. .Matthews, presidi berry r1 (How any one with join and cooperate with the ciation is more than I can ur one of the first laws of huir tect themselves by joining, cultivate and harvest cotton an unknown quantity until 1 associations. The juries of producers who refuse to joi: reputation in the church. I: P. E. Clinlucales, president < fully into the plan of cooperative i W. C. Beacham, president of "Our farmers have suffered great keting methods of their cotton an to be the only practical method o: J. S. Stark, president of the ganization of the cotton growers movement for the farmer ever un J. Pope Matthewi, president bia: "I wish to state that I pera< of study and investigated it from out the state with the business m< pen at this time would be of great economic situation and putting tl they can do business with the fai The Bank of Kingstree, the Bank of Kingstree: "We will sts ers Cooperative Association. We maximum prosperity through coo; united effort. We know that now t.hp five-vear contract and see in i' C. G. Rowland, president of Sumter: "I am most heartily in cotton for the reason that it helps cerely hope the campaign to orga If the cotton producer has to buj to those who are organized and loser?" National Loan and Exchange the movement for cooperative mi farmrt-s to join the association." Bankers and business men li Goodwyn Rhett, of Charleston ar their power to put the movement The South Carolina Cotton G dreds of letters from bankers all movement. (At least 95 per cent In many of the counties the bank* believing the formation of the as? The executive council of the endorsed it. The bankers of Okl tions are already functioning say everybody concerned. Nathan A< bankers of the South says: "Cc the South." G. S. Weitzenhoffer, curity National Bank of Oklahom fits derived by farmers, bankers i Oklahoma cooperative association, doesn't help the cooperative mar OVer 3,500,000 Bales will be ? The Campaign i Saturday Night. Tho in South Carolina hav tract. Are you going atively with them or a petition with them an SOUTH CAROLINA TO "United We Stick; T THE.... South Carolina OF THE.... rr MtnvrTi\w l inAiuvciinb OTTON Biit of the National Bank of New average intelligence can refuse to cooperative cotton marketing asso iderstand. Self-preservation being lan nature demands that they pro Every one knows how to plant, but how to sell seems to have been the birth of cooperative marketing this country may not convict the a but they will certainly hurt their ntelligence, assert thyself." >f the Bank of Anderson: _"I have gone marketing and most heartily approve of it. the People* National Bank of Greenville: losses in the past on account of the mar d cooperation as suggested appears to me f relief that has been suggested." Planter* Bank of Abbeville: "The or cooperative association is the greatest dertaken." of the Palmetto National Bank of Colura anally hjve given the matter a great deal t every angle both from within and wiih sn and I feel that nothing that could hap ;er benefit to the fanners in adjusting the le banks of the state in a position where rmer in a business-like manner." Bank of Williamsburg adn the Wee Nee ind by the South Carolina Cotton Grcw propose to help Williamsburg realize its peration. We appreciate the power in fs the time to organize. We have studied t a real hope. We endorse its provisions" the National Bank of South Carolina of favor of the cooperative marketing of ; all those living in the cotton belt. I sin n;ze the state may be a decided success. j from those who are organized and sell he himself does not organize who is the Bank of Columbia: "We hereby endorse irketing of cotton and therefore urge all ike Bright Williamson of Darlington, R. id others have been doing everything in across in this state. Growers' Cooperative Association has turn over the state strongly endorsing the . of the banks of the state are behind it.) :rs are going out canvassing for contracts, sociation to be the state's real hope. South Carolina Bankers Association has ahoma and Texas where similar associa fchat they mean much for the fanners and lams of Dallas, Texas, one of the biggest (operative marketing is the salvation of .ri/io nr?iHont nnH active head of the Se a City and who is familiar with the bene ind everybody else in Oklahoma from the , says: "The banker is a damn fool who keting movement along." Sold Cooperatively This Fall. n Abbeville County Closes usands of the best Farmers e already signed the Con to sell your Cotton cooper re you going to sell in com d fight them? IS CALLING HER SONS DUTY. Divided We Are Stucki^*