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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1922
PREVENTING ACCIDENTS.
Just now the newspapers are having
a good deal to say about automobile
accidents. Everyday the papers
carry stories of fatal, or serious
accidents due to the operation
of this modern means of transportation,
and the question is how to prevent
these accidents.
It is undoubtedly true that a good
many of these accidents are due to
careless or reckless driving. This is
the cause generally where a car is
ditched or where it turns over, and
these accidents are attended with
serious consequences to the occupants
of the car. In cases of collisions
it is also true that the driver of
the automobile is frequently at fault.
Careless driving, driving without
keeping a proper lookout, is As dan..X
gerous to otners as is speeding, in
cities it appears that a large percentage
of the accidents are due to
the operation of automobiles by persons
intoxicated. Every reasonable
means should be taken to relieve
traffic of the dangers incident to the
handling of motor vehicles by those
persons not qualified to do the driving.
Some kind of license law would
appear to be necessary to get rid of
drivers who do not use proper care
in handling their vehicles.
But when this is said all has not
been said, The Index-Journal of
Greenwood, a few days ago, offered
some sensible suggestions to people
residing in congested sections and
to pedestrians. Too many people
cross streets without looking where
they are going, and too many people
walk in the streets themselves instead
of on the sidewalks. Then too
the streetrseems to be the chief playground
for children in many places.
It is horrifying to think of injuring
a child by running over it with an
automobile, but accidents are occurring
daily from this cause due to
the fact that children are allowed to
play in the streets. On account of
their tender years they do not realize
the dangers to which they are thus
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exposea. iney run mier me uaseba.ll,
or after some companion without
ever stopping to look for the ap'pf&aohing
car, which in many cases
is so close upon them that accidents
cannot be prevented.
The constantly increasing number
of motor driven vehicles should warn
all of us that there must be more
care exercised to prevent accidents,!
more care on the part of the drivers,!
and more care on the part of pedestrians,
and more on the part of par-!
ents. The sorrow which follows onj
the part of the relatives of the in- j
jured and that which follows on the j
part of the driver of the automobile,:
after the accident is over, will not!
prevent accidents.
GERMAN MARKS REACH
A NEW LOW RECORD
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, - New York. Oct, 5.?Heavy offer-)
ings of German marks in the Paris,
and London markets caused the lo-|
cal rate to drop today to 1 34 cemts!
a pound, a new law record.
There was a divergence of view'
in iocal financial circle as to thej
'cause for the decline. In samej
quarters the activity of the Ger-j
man printing presses which are;
now turning out paper marks at'
the rate of more than 1,000,000,000 j
a dav was held responsible. Sell I
iiig for purely speculative purposes
also was blamed for the reaction.
Other foreign exchanges were
firm, indicating that tho fall of the
mark was essentally a German
problem.
Make your land comfortable this'
vrmtet by wrapping it up in a blanket
of green and it will make you
camfopfcaWe next season by increasproduction.
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DECLINE IN COTTON
NOT TO BE EXPECTED
In View of Wages and Shortage
of the Crop
Atlantic City, Oct. 5.?A decline
of cotton prices is not -to be expected
in the immediate future in view
of wages conditions and short supplies
of raw materials said Professor
Melvin T. Copeland of the Harvard
University bureau of business research,
in an address today before
the semi-annual meeting of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers.
He declared ithe industry appar- j
ently was entering a period in which
a shortage of labor must be faced
and that waste caused by strikers
must be eliminated.
"In the south," he said "it is uncertain
how many more families of
the cotton mill type can be discovered
in the mountains or lured from
the farms. This means keen competition
for labor and .the necessity
of using labor saving methods even
more generally than heretofore."
Professor Copeland expressed the
conviction that business men and
their employes would develop some
method which would perhaps have
to be put into force through legislative
action to eliminate strikes and
yet protect adequately the rights
and welfare of the workers as well
as the interests of the employers.
"So far can be judged now"
he said "the potential demand seems
likely to increase faster than the
crop will increase."
Xls* nvrwn rvo a /-I Ti anr
V nv CApi utc uunever
that high prices for raw cotton
would stimulate production.
WEATHER IS GOOD
FOR COTTON CROP
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General Condition in South Carolina
Continues Poor.
Washington,. Oct. ' 5.?Weather
conditions exceptionally favorable
to the picking and ginnig of cotton
prevailed throughout the cot-,
ton growing sections the last week,'
f Ko TirfiO+Ufit* knvann'r ^
ncairiici tyuicau o iCj^/vx w ouii.gnu
to its weekly review of weather and
crop conditions Continuation qf
warm weather together with virtually
no rainfall hastened the opening
of bolls, the Review said, but reported
that otherwise the crop condition
wad practically unchanged.
"The week was generally warm
in the cotton growing states" the
review said, and sunshine was abun
dant. Very little rain fall, except for
moderate showers in a few local
areas The general condition of cotton
was. practically unchanged at '
the close of ths week and the warmj
weather caused a continued rapid!
opening of bolls. The crop developed '
fairly well in North Carolina despite
the recent unfavorable growing '
conditions in that State and while '
the general condition of the crop
continued poor in South Carolina it
was yielding better than expected ^
in the Piedmont section, The top|
crop was unusally poor in Oklahoma
and but little additional growth was
reported from Texas. , j
"The week was exceptionally fa- ,
vorable for nickinsr and frinninerk
and this week made rapid progress, }
The bolls were nearly all open in ?
Arkansas and were opening fast in j
Oklahoma, where picking w^s well ]
advanced. The crop" had been nearly c
all gathered in Southern Texas and ]
picking had been nearly completed
in Georgia except in the Northern j]
division of the State where prema <
ture opening because of the drought ji
was reported. ' i
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Laying Cement On Highway j
Work of laying cement on theji
hard surface road loading out ofji
Greenwood on the Abbeville-Green-J:
wood highway was begun yesterday.;'
The first mile of this road will be|paved.
Engineers hope to push the j
work to completion as rapidly as pos- j,
sible. Work began on the end where;
the hard surface road will meet the!
top soil road and the road will be'
paved toward town.?Index-Journal,
Oct. 5th. j:
On Abbeville Circuit Sunday.
Preaching-at Bethel 11 o'clock, at
Sharon 3:45. and at Grace at 7:30.
The fourth and final quarterly con'
ference will meet at Grace ChurchSaturday
Oct, 14. at 5 o'clock, Rev.
E. S. Jones, presiding elder, presiding.
J. B. Kilgore.
It takes the best part of a year to
turn out a first-class tennis racquet.
TEACHER SHORTAGE
IN STATE NO MORE
About 20,000 Persons Now Hold The
Necessary Certificates?Examinations
November 3 and 4
Columbia. Oct. 5.?A shortage
of teachers which has been experienced
in this state since the armistice
has been fully relieved, the state debarment
of education declared today,
approximately 20,000 persons;
in South Carolina now hold the neI
cessary teachers certificates, giving
an equivalent of two teachers for
i every school room It was stated.
At the May examinations for
teachers' certificates, held in every
/>minfv nf tV?A ?f,n+p whit.p aD- i
plicants passed the required tests,
while 919 failed, according to a
statement by the department. Of the
negro applicants 315 were successful
and 582 failed.
The figures show tl)a: 61 per cent
of white applicants could not meet
the tests, while the percentage of
negro applicants was 62.
It was announced that 1,000
young men and women had been
granted certificates upon the showing
that they held A. B. or B. S. diplomas.
The fall examinations will be held
in each c;ounty November 3 and 4
it was stated.
DEATH OF MR. GRIBBLE.
I Mr. W. A. Gribble died at his
(home in Franklin, N. C., Sept. 24th,
I in the sixty-fifth year of his age. He
was buried at Union cemetery, the
funeral services being conducted by
his pastor, R^v. W. I. Hughes, assisted
by Rev. J. Q. Wallace and Rev.
H. G. Allen.
Mr. Gribble was the father of Mrs.
James Shelley of Abbeville, who
has spent the summer in Franklin
iwith the family. A son, James, attended
school here last session.
LARGE BLEACHING PLANT
200 Acres Purchased at Taylors,
Near Greenville.
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Greenville, Oct. 5.?The purchase
today of a 200-acre tract of land
near Taylors, between Greenville
and Greer, is to be followed by
the erection on this site of a large
plant for the bleaching and finishing
of cotton goods, according to
definite information here today.
The tract of land which has been
held under option for several weeks
was bought by the Alester G. Furman
Company of this city, acting
as agents for the estate of Alfred
Taylor and for other indi
viauaaa m mat section ior a. consideration
of approximately $40,000.
The land lies along the P. & N. and
Southern railways and is located
eight miles from Greenville.
URGED TO PLANT CORN
riarrif Requests Farmers to Get
Feed Crops.
Columbia, Oct. 3.?Every farmer
n South Carolina is urged to sow
vithout delay at least one acre oats,
.vheat and vetch fpr each two
lorses and mules on his farm in
1 letter from Commissioner of
Agriculture B. Harris, published
lere today. He says thit the corn
ron is short and Drices will be
ligh for the next year.
"The corn crop is short and j
Drices will be high next year," he j
;ays. I want to urge every farmer!
:o sow at least one acre 'to every!
two horses or mules he has on his
farm in oats, wheat and vetch and
:o sow at once. Sow two bushels of
oats, one-half bushel of wheat and
sight pounds of hairy vetch to the
acre. Sow this on good land and by
May 15 it will be ready to cut. It
will be in the dough stage and at
that time, take your mowing machine
and mow it down and rake
it up and put in your barn. Horses
and mules can furnish a crop without
any corn and at that season of
the year corn and feedstuffs are
going to be high. Also sow a good
wheat crop and more oats than you
liQt.a ounr cnwn Viofnrp and if thpv
do not sell for much you can feed
them to your stock and chickens.
Be sure to prepare to live at home
next year and remember to keep
out of debt."
In one year the population of one
of the important watch-<making
towns of Switzerland has decreased
by nearly 1.600 on account of the'
depression m the Industry.
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preacher had a wee c
BIT OF "MOONSHINE"
Held Up In the Road by Officer#
On His Way Home From \
Church. 1
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Greenville, Oct. 5.?What local <
police describe as a mixing of the j
word of "God and the spirit of the J s
devil" was brought to light Sunday! \
in the mountains that skirt the nor-! (
thern edge of Greenville ocunty, i
Rev. W. P. Step, a Baptist preacher
was on his way home after having '
preached at a service of a revival ^
meeting he was conducting at Dur- ji
ham's schoolhouse. State Constable ij
J. R. Howard and another * officer |[
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iwere out after a "still" but sioppeciji
long enough in their quest after the f
| "moonshine factory"" to detain the }
Rev. Step, whom they met in the {
road. A search of the paper handbag j
which he carried revealed two Bibles J
and a quart of Blue Ridge "moon- J
shine whiskey in a i!ruit jar.
Yesterday the officers cpe to
Greehville and swore out a federal
warrant against the preacher charging
violation of the national prohibition
law.
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i?t am Tft unrn totton
Men Want Price to Reach 30 1-2 !
Cent*.
Columbia, Oct. 3.?'Plans for a I
movement to hold spot cotton off i
the marked until the price reaches J
30 1-2 cents a pound will be dis- J
cussed a/t a convention of farmers, j
bankers and business men of South
Carolina to be held here October
11, it was announced here today. I
The meeting was called by the ;
South Carolina division of the
Amccican Cotton Association.
The 30 1-2-cent price was de
cided upon at a recent meeting of
:the executive committee of the
! South Carolinal division.
The price is based it was stated,
on estimates of the cost of pro- I
duction of this year's crop.
The committee also passed a res- |
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UiULlU II UtUJillg upuil Luc vuiiuu t*vj- >
sociation to immediately begin an j
active and persistent campaign for j
greater crop diversification.
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GERALD NAMED CLERK (
ENGROSSING DEPARTMENT
Columbia, Oct. 5.?Charles H. [
Gerald of Columbia, hias been ap- {!
pointed chief clerk of the engrossing jj
utrparumenb vj. vne suttee icgiawbuic c
Attorney General Sam M. Wolfe n
has announced, Mrs. C. M. Patrick g
cf Anderson, has been named gener- g
al desk clerk to succeed Miss Ida |
Groves. |
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TOOK CENSUS OF VEHICLES
OVER SPARTANBURG ROAD |
Spartanburg, Oct. 5.?R. C. |
White, superintendent of maintenan |
ce of the state highways in Spartan- ]@
burg county, having under his direc- |
tion over 100 miles or roads, has re- |
cently taken a census of vehicles |
traveling on the stale highways |
leading in and out of Spartanburg, |
which shows that on the date the in- E
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formation was gathered, Oct 1 and ?
2, on five highways there was total s
of 10,825 aatos travelling 1,019 1
trucks, and 1,-58(9 wagons and bug- {?
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New York. Oct. 5.?About 600 ^
persons stood in the thin, crooked ?>
lines leading up to the ticket booth |
after breakfast.
The Manhantian office boy whose |
grandmother gave up the ghost for |
the tenth time yesterday was first |
in ono of the lines, In the line was [i
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a middle aged negro woman.
"I done all de washin' and ironin' |
F.se a goin' to do tiis week rfnd heah |
I iss." She laughed, she said she had |
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bet !j>oU tne lannee wouuu wm wig |
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If you have any doubt that the G
livestock industry in South Carolina 1
is growing you may be surprised ?
to know that the value of the state's |
livestock is now $84,000,000.00,? |
greater by $6,000,000.00 than the |
cotton crop. Get in the procession. |
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CURES MALARIA, CHILLS AND |
FEVER, DENGUE OR BILIOUS g
FEVER. IT KILLS THE GERMS. |
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CUSTOMERS TO TASTE
FOOD BEFORE BUYING
Greenwood, Oct. 5.?Under a
jniquc plan adopted by the co-opera;ive
produce market of the home
iemonstration department here, cus;omers
and patrons will be allowed
;o tas';e food products offered for
sale. Producers who sell prepared
*ood at. the mai'kei have been notified
to bring samples of their wores to
;he market Saturday. The co-operah
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career, and Is looked upon
as a'ni established institution by local
producers an consumers.
Products handled in (the co-operative
produce market range anywhere
from human hair switches to doughnuts.
One producer regularly brings
hair switches to the market.
"Have a cow and a garden and
add twenty-five years to your life""
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