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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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MONDAY, JULY 17. 1922.
THE COST OF CITY GOVERN
MENT.
Mr. J. Moore Mars, Mayor of the
city, calls to our attention the fact'
that a report of the city finances for
the past year, ending in April we be- j
lieve, was made by him and publish
ed in the local papers. This we had
overlooked when we wrote the edi. |
torial of last issue, else we would
have been able to give our readers
facts and figures on the matter con
sidered.
As soon as we can do so it is our
purpose to take up this report as
published and to call the attention of
the readers of this paper to its items.
Mr. Mars kindly offers to make
explanations of any matters in the
report which are not clear to us, and
to furnish additional information as
to any matters not set out in detail
in the report. We shall likely have
occasion to ask for additional infor
mation if we find the report in only
general terms as it has been in years
past.
It is to the interest and welfare of
every citizen and taxpayer of the
city to know just how much money
is being spent in the city, lor wnat
purposes and to whom. It is this in
formation which the Press and Ban
ner desires and which it promises to
give to the readers of this paper. The
people will have a livelier interest in
the city government when they are
able to keep np with the acts and do
ings of the ?ity Council. It is their
duty to know what money is collect
ed and how it is administered. We
want to help them.
THE CLINCHFIELD
Concerning the taking over of the
Clinchfield railroad, The State has
the following to say:
"In the event of the sale of the
Clinchfield railroad, the Southern
Railway company should not be the
purchaser. The Interstate Commerce
Comnrssion, having under considera
tion the allocation of the road,
should protect the public from .the
monopoly that it would enjoy of the
the lines crossing the mountains
south of the Virginian railway. With
the Clinchfield in the hands of tKe
'Southern, competition in the move
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western Virginia and eastern Ken
tucky would disappear, indeed, the
healthy competition contemplated
by the Transportation act, instead of
"being promoted, would be placed in
extreme jeopardy.
Already transportation in the
Piedmont region of the Carolinas is
dominated by the Southern and, so
far as South Carolina is considered,1
its acquisition of the ClinchfieldJ
would leave the towns and cities of'
the northwestern and northern!
counties nearly hopeless of benefits!
derived from the service of railroad'
.tnes under separate ownerships.
"Whether the Clinchfield should be |
allocated to tne ooumern, Auanut
Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line or
to the Seaboard Air Line and Illinois
Central (the four suggestions have
been offered, so The State is in
formed, to the Interstate Commerce
Commission by its investigators in the
furtherance of its plans to group
the railroads)?it is enough to say
that the people of the Piedmont dis
trict believe that they have a right
to look to the commission to save'
them from domination by a single
ti-ansportation company.
"This opinion, The State believes,
is generally held in South Carolina, |
and, whether or not there be likeli
i
hood of the early sale of the Clinch
field, it is not too early for the press
to make itself heard, in order that
the Interstate Commission may have
all of the information possible bear
ing on the subject."
The facts stated and conclusions
drawn by The State are true and cor
rect in every way. It would be a cal.
amity to this section for the Clinch. (
field to fall into the hands of the
Southern Railway. The last named
railroad has dominated the business I
of the Piedmont, as so well stated by
the State, for many years. In the
section between Greenville and Col
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umDia it- nas iwpcu ,
if such a harvest is to be reaped by a
a railroad. The people out of neces- t
sity have given them the business r
of this section to a very large ex- c
tent. Even whore there has been a
competition in the carrying business q
the Southern Railway, on account of r
its connections, or from preference j
on the part of shippers, has received c
by far the greater part of the busi. c
ness in its line. ^
And the Southern Railway has t
made but a poor return lor tnis dusi
ness. It has done nothing to develop
the towns into which it goes. It has
run as few trains and as poor trains
as it could dare to run. The equip
ment of the Abbeville Branch is not
much worse than that of the trains
on the Columbia and Greenville line.
No modern accommodations have
been offered the people hereabout al
though the Southern Railway has re
ceived much more patronage from
passengers than have the other
railroads. v
We therefore hope, if there is to
be a readjustment of things in rail
road circles, and if the Clinchfield is c
to become a part of some other sys- I
tern, that it will be taken over by the f
Atlantic Coast Line or by the Sea- |
board Air Line, or by some other <j
railroad system which will be inter- j
ested in giving the people some ac- f
commodations both as to travel and c
freight movement. With only one f
railroad coming out of the coal fields %
into this section, the business would j,
be handled at all times to suit the t
one carrier and nqt with due regard -y
to efficient service, we fear. Two f
railroads hauling coal from the samel
section into this section, who re
ceived the same compensation for the
service rendered, could secure busi
ness as against each other only the
measure of service which each ren
dered the public.
I Then again, were the Clinchfield
to be turned over to the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad we might hope'
that more and better trains would be
put into operation over the whole
system. The Charleston and Western
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the Coast Line in Augusta and with
the Clinchfield in Spartanburg might
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become a part of a great trunk line ?
for carrying both passengers and
freight between points on the Clinch- 1
field and Southern points. At any
rate such a disposition of the Clinch
field, in our judgment, would mean '
much more to this section than the C
disposal of that road to the Southern s
?
Railway. The same may be said with
regard to the acquisition of the
s
Clinchfield by the Seaboard Air Line.
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THE ABBEVILLE BIBLE SOCIETY ii
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Meets at Greenvale Church Wednes- 0
day, July 26th.
The ninety-ninth anniversary of ^
the County Bible Society occurs on g
26th of July, the last Wednesday of c
the month. The meeting is to be held r
this year at Greenvale Church, near j
Shoals Junction, at the cordial invita. T
tion of the good people of this church a
Professor John G. Clinkscales is the ^
speaker and of course everyone will g
wish to hear him. The public meeting ^
will bp at 11 o'clock: the directors a.
will meet at 10. Come out and hear
a fine address and show your interest
in a society that for nearly a hun
dred years has been one of the chief
glories of Abbeville County.
J. I. McCain, President.
"MAYOR" FULP
Mayor and Mrs. J. D. Fulp and
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Mrs. Amos r>. iviorsc m Aooevme
visited Dr. J. L. Daniel and family c
Monday.?Newberry Herald and c
News. ?
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BUYS MARS BUNGALOW 1
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J. A. Wilson has bought the Mars t
bungalow on Greenville street, and e
will move his family and make his r
home in Abbeville in the future. \
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Opponents of Democracy in China u
Peking, July 15.?Military govern,
ors of the provinces who oppose the
present movement in China towards t
democracy and reform are plunging d
the country into civil war to serve 1 d
their selfish ends, according to a p
declaration made to the provisional t
cabinet today by President Li Yuan n
Hung. d
:OTTON AWAITS
NEW IMPETUS
European Situation, Domestic
Strikes and Woatnef Conditions
Cause Temporary Confusion
The trend in cotton prices still
ippears to be upward, although the
rading element is confused by the
nany factors properly pressing for
onsideration. There is the German
ind Austrian inability to Ibuy ade
[uate quantities of the cotton they
leed? the uncertainties surround
ng the rail and coal strikes in this
:ountry?and contradictory tone
if weather advices, though the prc
lominant tone is of encouragement
o the crop. The influence of these
actors of the moment is all bear
sh, yet they do not prevail. A sud
len turn in the situation might
asily cause a sharo advance to set
n, but on the other hand the ab
ence of any change will cause
hese factors to increase in weight I
,nd the list would work lower. On |
~i.tioi?> /loolina tlio InfnV TYinnfJ".c I
mjr auax^ uwv&?uv v??w ? ??# ?? .
f this year would appear to be pur-!
hases on technical market reasons
.lone quite apart from the statisti
al and other considerations that
ioint to the early advance of the
narket into a higher trading zone.:
The government condition figure
if 71.2 per cent of normal was be
ow expectations tout the acreage
igures were about In accord with
yreliminary estimates from indivi
lual sources, the increase being 10
>er cent over last year's corrected
inal figures. The indicated outturn
>f 11,065,000 bales is not com
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oruilg IU U1USC VTiiU ax.c vvuim?bivu
o the ibear side of the cotton mar
Let, for unless July and August
ire unusally hot and dry the boll
weevil, whioh has appeared in
greater numbers than ever, will ac-j
:omplish some very destructive
vork, and if too hot and dry there
vill be danger of drought damage.
Phe deterioration that can set in
luring two or three weeks of bad
veather along late in July or in
August is not to b?# overlooked. It
:an slash whole millions of bales
>ut of the crop prospect. We have
>een having, on the whole, good
veather reports over the past few
veeks, but the weather is a fickle
ade and not to be trusted over
nuch.
Since June 25, the date of the
government survey, the crop in
Texas and the Southwest has im
jroved but there has been deterior
ation in Georgia, Alabama and
louth Carolina. Possibly the im
>rovement offsets the decrease in
ondition but there is already a
uggestion that the weather is not
ontinuing -so ide?* in Texas and
he Southwest. There have been
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f more extensive precipitation. In
he Middle South and East the crop
? probably under fertilized and
his will further add to the danger
f boll weevil depredation.
Another thing, the crop is late
his year and it is nard to find solid
;round for the hope that by any
hance- the crop will exceed the cur
ent indication of 11,000,000 bales,
jast year the June 25 condition
ras just under that of this June 25,
nd in the following 30 days it de
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enurateu uniy w u<*.i?uul uy au
;ust 25 the condition was down to
9.3 per cent. The drop didn't go
o pieces last year until after Au
;ust 1?but it went fast when it
lid slide. It may be borrowing
rouble to expect the same rate of
leterioration this year as last, but
t is well to remember that June 25
eports are usually the best of the
eason. All the argument is in fa
ror of an easing off in condition to
ay the least.
Then there is th? prospect of the
rop being insufficient, with the
arryover of probably less than 1?
00,000 bales of spinnable cotton,
o last through to the crop of
923. This is a very real danger.
Vith the dwindling of supplies as
he remaining months of this cal
ndar year pass by, cotton prices
nay be looked to for an advance to
whatever level, in tne then general
ituation, will operate as a check |
pon conromption and the forcing
f mills to part time. No one can
ay today what the price will 'be
hat will operate as ? check. It will
epend upon too many as yet un
determinable factors ?the Euro
ean situation, the situation here
he persistence of consuming de
land and the buying insistence of
istributors in reaction to the de
mands of their trade. We believe it
will be considerably above 25
cents.
Exports of cotton continue. Thus
far this cotton year they have
reached 5,900,000 bales which is
675,000 bales above the same peri
od of last year. Stocks abroad are
below those of a year ago?Great
Britain with 932,000 bales against
1^212,000; Bremen with 203,000
bales against 693,000 ibalus, and so
mt-_ u>_ ?-5a A -
on. .me worms viaiuie ouyyv >,
450,000 bales of which 2,400,000
are Americans, against 6,419,000
bales a year ago Including 4,360,
000 Americans. Our port stocks are
at 625,000 bales against 1,500,000
bales a year ago while interior
stocks of 500,000 bales contrast
with 1,240,000 last year.
The statistics, however they may
be analyzed, contribute to the bol
stering of bullish sentiment to
wards the price of cotton. The
trade outlook,, while it may be
somewhat confusing to the view if
the eye's turned only to today's
conditions, is like-wise encouraging
to constructive price forecasting,
the crop outlook is poor from a
crop standpoint, which means .bull
ish as to the pric$ likelihood. To
day, tomorrow, next week, the
price may hesitate, may sag from
day to day may show irregularity.
But on the easy points the late
year months may Oe taken on in
comfortable wsurance that over
the next few weeks the commit
ments should show sizable profits,
with occasional opportunities for
taking the gains and repurchasing
at moderate recessions.
SPRINGS & CO.
Prof. McTyeire Daniel, son of
Dr. J. L. Daniel, has been elected
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! superintendent of the Comray
! schools and has accepted. Mr.
Daniel is a young man and has
been principal of the Abbeville high
[school for the past four years. He
gave universal satisfaction there
and was reelected for the coming
' year, but he resigned his position
I there and accepted the superin
, tendency of the Conway schools
j which is a much better position.?
Newberry Herald and News.
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arriving daily, the
duction in all lines
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All guv r auuy v unts, ociie
Organdies, in all colors, pe
from
75c 36 inch Serge, sale pric
Curtain Scrim, per yd. froi
Dress Ginghams per yd. frc
$3.00 full size white and cc
Spreads, sale price
$2.00 Bed Spreads, sale pri
SHOES AND O
For The Whole
$3.50 Men's Dress Shoes at
$3 Men's Dress Shoes at
$4.50 Men's Oxfords at .
$4 Men's Oxfords at
$5.50 Men's Oxfords at ..
Men's Work Shoes from
Ladies' and Misses White
fords, ranging in price froi
I Sale price
Ladies' Oxfords from
Men's $2 Overalls, best m?
$1.00 Suit Cases at
I $1.25 Suit Cases at
$5.00 Suit Cases at
Trunks from
5-4 Fancy Table Oil Cloth,
Nothing O
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iMniMiaainnnnm
One of the young wags about town
remarked that the "Queen of Sheba"
at the Opera House Friday night had
on seven beads and six of them were <
perspiration. ]
Watch the label on your paper
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25c to 39.
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tl... 10c to 25c.
mi .. 15c to 25c.
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$1.98
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MEN'S
$5 Men's and Y
$4.50 Men's an
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$3.50 Men's an
Men's Work Pi
Men's and Boyi
XFORDS
Family
$3.00
$2.45
$3.75
$3.50
*.... ?4-50
. $1.98 to $3.00
Canvass Ox
n.... $2 to $2.50
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Men's and Boy
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Men'f Hats fro
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MEN'S Ar>
Men's $35.00 S
Men's $25.00 S
$1.7 0
. $2.50 to $3.50
ike $1.50
79c.
$1.00
$3.50
... $4.00 to $10
per yd. 25o.
Men's $15.00 fc
Men's $15 Pain
Men's $12 Moh
Boys' Suits, frc
from
Boys' Knee Pa
1 lot of Men's $
mrged at The Al
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EXTRA COMMUNICATION
There will be an Extra Communi
:ation of Clinton Lodge No. 3" A. F.
M. Thursday night, July 20, at 8:3#
p. m. Work in the First Degree.
2tc. H. S. Howie, Secretary.
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>b'? Milk of Magnesia
and grit. Preserves the
ds to preserve a normal
the mouth. Pleasantly
pyorrhea and other dis
?ums.
; of Magnesia
jedby a special Squibb
palatable and effica
uable for neutralizing
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in miant leedmg lor
mach.
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best of everything.
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largest and be?t equipped moo*
icntal mills in tho Carolina*.
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ay July 29th
rchases, which are
ng tremendous re
ODD PANTS
oung Men's Pants at $4.00
d Young Men's .Pants
.. $3.75
d Young Men's Pants
$2.98
ints from $1.25 to $2.50
3' Dress Shirts
75c to $1.50
s' Work Shirts
65c to $1.00
m .... $1.50 to $3.50
s' Summer Under
50c to $1 per garment. |
JD YOUNG MEN'S I
SUITS
uits at $25.00
uits at $19.00
>uits at $12.50
a Beach Suits at .... $11.00
air Suits at $8.98
C. Ia 1 O Y*C1
nil u lu J.if jcaio,
$4.00 to $10.00
nts from 75c to $2.50
57.50 Add Coats at.... $5.50
)ove Prices
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