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r Established 1S44. THE PRESS AND BANNER ! ABBEVILLE, S. C. ~~ I The Press and Banner Company j Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday, j Entered as second-class matter at! post office in Abbeville, S. C. . 1 Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00! Three Months .50' , AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION; Foreign Advertising Representative j MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1922! THE WAY OUT. j | I You will find here and there sensible men who say there is no good to be had from the use of calcium arsenate in the fight against the boll ___ ? ?%.a mon wVin weevn. jdul tuey ?ic uiv u.vi. have not given the poison a trial, or those who have not given it a proper trial. In some cases people will be j found who think they have poisoned the weevil when in fact they have not. Clemson College authorities advised the farmers in the beginning of the year to buy their poison from designated dealers and manufacturers. It is a fact that a great many peo pie did not do this. When they found they needed the poison they bought from Dick, Tom and Harry. In some cases they bought poison and in oth er cases they did not. in some cases I the poison was properly prepared j for use in dusting, while in other cases it was not. For that reason some people undertook to poison the Weevil, but the substance used either f I was not mixed with the poison at[ all, or improperly ground and mixed. Hence these people, as pbove stated, thought they were poisoning the weevil when in fact they were not. * ** - 1- A- ?T Aside irom people xu wiwm mc above applies you will not find one man in a hundred who has made an intelligent application of the poison to his cotton wb* .will tell you -fnat it has r.ot paid to use the poison. Acres and e^res of lands this year which made practically no cotton last year will yield a half bale to the acre. The men who have made a proper fight against the weevil are more and more convinced each day that the program must be followed if cotton is to be grown here, and that if properly followed up, poZoning will make the raising of cotton profitable. ' For this reason the time is coming when a man who does not poison his cotton will not be allowed to plant cotton. There is no more reason why nonnlo cVmiild hp rnrrmplleH to vacci WUIIV VVCil CllIU UilCIl, i\tu p tiiv; wetvil poisoned and success awaits. Intelligence and industry are going to tell in the next year or two as they have never told before. BUY WOOD. Henry Ford was right we think when he said that the present coal strike was a conspiracy between the coal operators and the coal operatives to boost the price of coal on the one hand, and on the other thereby to boost the price of labor, with the public paying the bills. The' truth of hi3 assertion is shown by I w-v?^ ~ ~ x- ? nate against small-pox, or why houses should be quarantined against diphtheria, than that men should be required to destroy an enemy on their premises which threatens the prosperity of their neighbors. There are people still who do not believe in vaccination, and who are against the quarantine, but they are forced to yield to public judgment in these matters. The public is protected by . virtue of police restrictions, which are intended to guard not only the public health but the public good as well. It is to be hoped that the people in this section will not undertake to stand in the way of progress by continuing to try to make cotton without doing what is necessary to make it. If so, they will to that extent prolong the days when the farms will prove unprofitable. The people of Abbeville County with a year's intelligent labor may come out of the slough of debt in which they are now an duc suomergea, oecause when once a man is enabled to take a step forward, his recovery is assured. If the pepole be wise they will prepare now to make the good fight. Plant cotton, prepare well, use early maturing seed, fertilize well, the fact that coal is now quoted j about three times the price asked i the early spring. The price of lab< has been fixed at the highest poii in the history of the industry ar the coal miners are reaping at tl same time a rich reward for the products. But that is no reason why tl people in this section of the count] .should be held up. There is st: plenty of wood within a radius < five miles from Abbeville Cou House to keep us warm for a fe winters. Those people who do ni desire to pay tribute to the co, profiteers, mine-owners and labore alike, should begin now to lay in supply of wood. There is every pr< bability that the soft coal strike wi be settled about the time it gets co) enough to make fires necessary, bi the settlement will be on such term and the demands of the people f< coal so pressing, that almost ar price must be paid by the man wh cannot do without coal. As far < we are able we should take stej J10W to avoia suen a siiuawun, on the wise man will undoubtedly d so. COTTON The government report issued la; Friday gave the conditio^ of tt crop up to August 25th as 57 p< cent, which indicated a production c 10,575,000 bales of cotton, based c an estimated yield of 145.2 poun< of lint cotton to the acre. The.' figures however, as given by ty government are subject to su< changes as the weather might brir during the balan :e of the growir on/1 rn n cr cpncn.i. M11U ... Since the publication of the repo many of our correspondents throug out different sections of the be have written up, claiming that z average yield of lint of 145.2 poum to the acre is altogether too hij !considering that last years final yie 'was only 124.5 pounds to the acre j Since the 25th of August conditions have not sho\vn impro\ ment. Although there has not be so' much rain reported in the Ea ern and Central sections of the be high temperatures and general di 'ness continue in the Western secti and further deterioration has be 'noted and it is quite likely that u 'favorable weather conditions duri ^the past two weeks will x'educe t acreage yield per acre. There has been home pressure .the market from hedging sales b that is to be expected at this tir of year as naturally the mills can n !take the years crop within a perl (of a few months, and such hedgii I by cotton merchants is necessary the proper functioning of the cott J industry. If it may be said th 'hedge sales are a market weaknc at the present time, is it not corre to say that later on they will J bullish factor when the spot cott< is sold and the hedges bought i I Last years crop carryover amour ed to 17,000,000 bales and durii this past summer cotton was n 'easy to buy. Should this years en as estimated by the government Sej tember 1st- not exceed 10,575,01 bales and coupled with a worl carryover of American Cotton something like 4,800,000 bales, \ may only have a total supply I cause apprehension regarding ?'n a timate cotton shortage as all prese indications point to another ye; ,in which consumption will again 1 larger than production. General trade conditions are ii proving. Fall River sales of elo l have recently shown a noteworthy i crease, and reports from elsewhe ' indicate a fair volume of busuine: | Should cotton prices break sharp from present levels, we would fav [ purchasing the near months for 'turn of Spring months for a pu SPRING & COMPAN i zzi znn HARDWARE!! The. most complete stock | of Quality HARDWARE i in Western South Caro i lina. We buy right and sell right?Complete line ?of? MOWERS and RAKES also full line of parts. Our mail order dept. fills orders promptly. Gambrell Hardware I Company Greenwood, S. C. at 'eSTELL CELEBRATES in IN HONOR OF GIRI )r it "Godbold Day" Observed to Welcom* id ! Olympic Star Back Home jr Estell, Sept. 9.?"Godbold day' was observed in Estell today to wel le come home Miss Lucile Godbold, fa ,y mous girl athlete who broke the re jjl cord for a shot put by a woman ii the recent Olympic games in Paris. rt Miss Godbold was escorted thi w evening to a stage in the center o: the town and decorated in the garne aj|and gold colors of Winthrop college s 'the South Carolina college the younj a!).voman represented when she quali 0_!f:ed for the Olympic team from th< HI United States. [j | With the guests of honor on th< ^'Stage were Governor and Mrs. Har _ jvey, her parents and several othe: )r j relatives. (y Miss Godbold was introduced 10 Mayor Theus and spoke briefly an< ls modestly of how she won two med )S als in the Paris games and set a nev d world's record. |0 She told of secreting two bottles o: French wine in her bag, one for thi governor of South Carolina and othei for the mayor of Estell, but the; were taken from her by custom of , ficerg. st le Governor Wilson G. Harvey als< ;r delivered an address, and a receptioi jf for Miss Godbold and the governo in followed. Is ,e SPEEDY TRIAL SOUGHT le : . I PlnuAr M?n Who Killed Thre Lg and Injured Other*. (g York, Sept. 8.?Magistrate Lov< of Clover went to Chester this after rj. noon to consult with Solicitor Henry relative to trying to secure speed; trial for "Fighting Bill" Farris, wh m|shot and killed three persons an js! wounded three others, at Clove Wednesday afternoon. Session Court begins hexp^-^vionday wit Judge^Ptrrrlioy presiding, and the s< j^jlicitor said the matter would b ,e_ brought up. en Fred Taylor, 22, continued h sj. fight for life in Gastonia hospiti H today, and it was reported thei ... tonight he was doing well as coul y~ . be expected. Misses Gertie Taylc IoticI Tlnllio Taulnr rprinrfed fi( en *"* n_|ing nicely at their father's home < ngICl?ver, and both are expected to t kej fully recovered within a few days. There is a strong sentiment amon on Clover people that Farris should t i tried speedily. It is said by ol ne | Clover residents that no person ha ot;been killed there in forty-two yeai 0(jjby violence until the tragedy of th week. PEOPLE OF PACELOT MILLS TO BURN WOOD INSTEAD OF COA at j !SS I I r* A - - l n /? A 1 ? ~, c^j opanariDurg, oep. o.?At <x iua: ' meeting of th^ people of Pacol< nj Mills, one of the largest mill towr 'of the Piedmont section, it vtz n. i ^ agreed that wood, gasoline or ker< scne would be used for fuel in hom? ng i ot'and places of business until the cos !supply becomes more plentiful, an ^ | the price more reasonabble. j The meeting which took this a< , i tion, was addressed by Victor IV ds? i o?: Montgomery, president of the Pacc ve i let Manufacturing company who sug ^ jgested that if the people would agre ' to use substitutes for coal, it woul n^!help the mill in the present emergei ar cy. The plan was agreed to withou l)e r. dissenting vote. j By being able to use for the mill !the coal that would have othervvis Yl- I ^ j been used by the people of the mi | village during the fall and wintc _ Mr. Montgomery says, the possibilit I of the Pacolet Mills closing down : >s. lylmade very remote indeed. orj In speaking of the matter he r< jferred to the spirit of cooperatio ? Ishown by the people of the mill vi Y lage. "But it is not surprising," h ? said, "people will always deal fail I- ly with you if you wil deal fairl ly with you if you will deal fairl liwth them." ! YE FARME G0SS1PE Weeds are robbers. Treat 'eJ rough. Find out what the insect don like and give 'em lots of it. Strange to say, there are sti some farmers who are opposed t scientific investigations, fbut (thei tribe is growing beautifully less The high cost of careless farmin is greater than the high cost c living.. Every good farmer should begi now to think of fall, and winte cover crops. They build the soil 'A STATE WIDE PLOT TO DESTROY BRIDGES u Four Men Held By Federal Agens For Burning Rock Island Bridge Oklahoma City, Sept 8.?Federal operatives today were investigating what United States Marshal Alva McDonald declared was in his opin1 ion, a state wide plot among certain miltvav cVinnmon to destrov 5! railway bridges and hamper operaP f tion of trains. Within less than a ^ month five bridges have been burned ' in Oklahoma under mysterious cir* cumstances. Other instances of tam pering with railroad equipment, en 2 dangering the lives of train crews and passengers, have been reportJ ed. Four men were held here today by r federal officers in connection with the burning of a Rock Island railroad f bridge near El Reno, Okla., on the * night of August 12, and Marshal Mc Donald declared confessions made by 7 two of the men indicated a well founded plot to destroy bridges and ^ terrorize train service crews to bring 2 about a general walkout of railroad r workers in the state. ^ The men under arrest were Herbert " Lansing and liamuton uari wane said to be former railroad employes, 5 Roy Selly and John Keefe, all oi i El Reno. Lansing and White con r fessed firing the bridge and implicted the other two men, according to Marshal McDonald. Other arrests arc expected. e PLAN ARREST OF CLARK e Indianapolis, Sept 9.?A writ foi " the arrest of Edward Y. Clark, imr? perial wizard pro tem of the Ki y j Klux Klan, was ordered this aftero noon by Federal Judge Francis E d, Baker on information furnished-bJ r j District^A^r.'.TiHu" TTomer Elliott ^pfne information charges Clark h whose home is in Atlanta, Ga., wit! I . > posession or transportation o e liquor. It is charged in the informatioi is that the imperial wizard addressei *l,a meeting at Muncie, Ind., las *e nirrVif r\r> "law onfnwomont " din d ing which it was reported to th >r police that a handbag had beei :)"1 stolen from Mr. Clarke's automobile *t,It is declared, however that the bai >e j fell from the automobile and burs , open, revealing a quart bottle o S liquor and $500 in currency. Th ,ej evidence, it is declared, has bee: d, placed in charge of the prohibitio; d I officers. "3j Judge Baker fixed Mr. Clark' is .bond at $2,000. He had not been at 'rested early this afternoon. 1 I THESE 1 S\ "jj and nothing is left cjP We believe our expe Hi of REAL QUALIT" I DKTIH.ED jj^ I/WAAUUUV 11 K"i ,M Manufacturec I Abbeville if s n H \m T H I i BliHHHHHHHHi ' ' - JSki:. "v * ,/- ^ f '| HAYMAKING WITHOUT SUNSHINE 5 An English farmer, Mr. R. Borlase Matthews, has installed a ' device on his 600 acre farm at Greater Felcourt, East Grimsted?"M fkof Vioo mo/la if nncciVtlo fn crot crr\nA QWPAf UU55CA, JUUgxailU^ ma U uoo iwuuv AW |/vwwiv*v vv 6W Qvvv* BTrvv?*w-tfr in perfect condition without the sun. Photo shows some of the^B > hay made without the aid of sunshine, also part of the electrical ]H equipment used to drive the fans. i J ONE RAILROAD IN U. S. NtTf AFFECTED BY STRIKE H e Cecilwood Vest Pocket Railroad, Fiskill, N. Y., is the only I n complete miniature railroad ever built on a private estate in the I n country. It took W. Cecil Gage five years to complete it, all I by himself. It is two miles in length, running through the estate I s and making it possible to convey anything to the barns, stables B and cellar. Photo shows ashes being taken away from the cellar I to the outskirts of theestate. " J HOT, WELTERING DAYS ?I Would hardly be durable were it not for I DISTILLED WATER ICE, whether at home or at the office. One feels a desire every few minutes to run for the cooler or H seek something cool and refreshing that I will relieve that hot, tired feeling. I What a disappointment it would be to run I to the Cooler and find no Ice, what a des- I ?1 perate feeling it would be in weather like I undone to accomplish our desire. B /?ovofni pflFnrfs have nroduced Ice | ntJiict; a i ii.i ^- ~~ ?..- jl? Y. Try it and you will see. I WATER ICE-LOOKS BETTER I I and Sold in Abbeville Only By ? Ln f minrlnu nnrl fliml iIa i ire, Lauiiuij aiiu mi vv, PHONE NO. 68. I ibhbhhhhhbbumJ