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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
State Board of Education Makes
Announcement of Successful Ap-
plicants For Scholarship
Prizes

Names of the winners Of scholar
ships to Clemson college, Winthrop
college and the University OF
South Carolina were announced yes
terday at the office of the state
superintendent of education. A
meeting of the state board of edu-
action was scheduled for this week
but owing to the fact that Governor
Cooper had several previous engage
ments for this week, he was unable
to call for meeting of this board
and in order to give the young peo-
pie notice of the successful con-
tesants, it was decided to give out
the names yesterday, according to a
statement made by John E. Swear
ingen of the department of educa-
tion.
The people of Abbeville County
are interested in the successful ap-
plicants from this county who are
the following:
Miss Pauline Clinkscales of Alb
beville, who holds a state scholar.
ship at Winthrop from this county
is awarded that scholarship for an
other year.
Miss Myra Williams of Antreville,
the bright and attractive daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Williams.
wins a state scholarship from this
county on condition that she stand
further examination on certain sub,
jects. She is announced as the win
ner of the vacant scholarship from
this county, conditionally, which we
assume to mean that she wins this
scholarship if she fails to comply
with the requirements for the other.
George Cam, son of Deputy
Sheriff and Mrs. Lester Cam, and a
young man who has made a good
record as a student, wins a scholar
ship at Clemson.
S. A. Williams, of Route 3 Able
vile is also a winner of one of the
Clemson scholarships awarded from
the state at large. Mr.. Williams is a
brother of Miss Ellie Williams of
the Peoples Bank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
(By T. F. Pruett.)

Much interest is being manifested
in the Chamber of Commerce since
the meeting last Tuesday nignt. Num-
erous business men who prior to this
meeting were lukewarm advocates for
a live commercial organization are
now expressing themselves as being
heartily in favor of the move and are
assuring the leaders in the movement
of their hearty support and coopera-
tion.
Secretary Barnes is expected in
the city September 1st, ans lmme-
diately upon his arrival he will be
lnducted into office and enter at
once upon his duties. The citizens as
whole will give to him and family
a hearty welcome, and it is believed
will put their shoulders to the wheel
and help him to push Abbeville on to
the accomplishment of greater
things than ever before.
In this connection it is timely to
say that no town can be permanent
ly prosperous unless it's citizens pull
together. There must be harmony of
interests and concert OF action if
the town or city ever attains to big
things. Each citizen in a measure de-
pends upon the success anc prosper
ity of his neighbor for his or her
prosperity. The term Her is used
here, because of the fact that woman
is now to be full-fedged citizen in
every respect, and in the future she
must be reckoned with in all business
and political affairs, hence it behoov-
es all good vitizens to recognize the
new Innovation at the very beginning.
The presumption is that every citl-
zen of Abbeville wants 20 see the
town grow and prosper, to see it ad-
vance in all the interests that pertain
to a town of thrift ana enterprise.
Again the presumption is that all are
agreed that if the town is to grow
and be built up and placed in a grow
ing condition it will be directly or
indirectly due to the efforts of those
who live in it. If such a condition as
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
All Hands Together in Strong
Pull For A Greater Abbeville
Newly Organized Chamber of Commerce Bids
Fair To Prove Great Factor in the Future
Growth and Prosperity of the City-Citi-
zens Are Waking Up to the Value Of
Such An Organization and the In
dications Are That They Will
Support it in Full Measure

this is to obtain each citizen must
stand by ready at all time to boost
and push forward every move that is
for the good of the town and COM
munity. In short it is duty that de-
wolves upon every citizen to talk up
the town at every opportunity, tell
of its interests, it's facilities and va
,rious adaptibilities to different
branches of industry. Write about it,
its streets and the premises
that line them, invest your money in
it, patronize it's merchants and every
enterprise starts just fast as is pos
sible and. consistent with good busl-
ness judgment, elect good officers to
serve the people, advertise in the To-
cal newspapers, be courteous to
those who come to live among you, at
all times making them feel at home
and that you are glad to have them
with you and never let an opportun-
nifty to speak a good word about it
pass.
Last but not least, remember that
every dollar you invest In the town
makes for it's permanen. improve
ment; is that much money az inter-
est and is that much spent toward
building up your town. There is no
better way to take the life growth,
and energy out ia town than for its
citizens to be constantly holding up
the dark side of the picture to the
gaze of the inquirer. The III" keeps
every one in doubt, and DOUBT keeps
every man from going forward with
improvements he would otherwise
make. There is nothing like conf
dence to make success rH anything,
and if you haven't got It, don't COM
municate the fact to your =e;ghbor,
much less to a stranger. If the bent
of your mind is continuaiiy to go
against the interests Of your town,
the place you call your home, get
out of it and go to some place that
is already dead and lifeless and has
no interests at stake, where you
like the old lady's root beer, II you
don't do any good you won't do any
hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
THE CONDITION OF COTTON
Reports Received At Local Office of
G. E. Williamson This Morning
Indicate Crop 12,50O,000
Bales

At the cotton office of Col.
C. E. Williamson this morn
ing much interest was manifested
in the crop reports being received.
The reports are somewhat wide
apart, but all of them agree that
the crop, as indicated at present,
will be around 12,5O0,000 to 49,
100000 bales.
The National Ginners report was
received last night by telephone
and was posted this morning. This
report attracted more attention
than any of the others perhaps. Ac-
cording to this report, the condi-
tion is SO. with an estimated crop
of 12,700,0O0 bales.
The other reports received are
the following:
Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
which makes the condition 68.4
with an estimated crop of 13,039,.
900 bales;
Fenner & Beane make the condi-
tion 70.2 and estimate the crop at
1855, 900, bales.
The Southern Products, Japa.
nese concern made the condition
of 68.2 with no estimate of the
crop. The report however, indicates
something, like five points deprecia,
ton since the last report.
The reports coming in locally are
that the cotton has deteriorated in
many sections of the county, es-
pecially on sandy lands, where the
top crop is falling off, and the old
crop not as promising as at one
time.
Reports coming in to the city al
so indicate that the, boil weevil is
active in the lower part of the
county. DR.. Thomson exhibited at
the Peoples Bank yesterday bottle
containing about. twenty of these in
sects busy on two or three fresh
squares of cotton, and they are
about the busiest little people we
have seen lately. It has been the
"busy little bee" heretofore but the
bee will now give way to the "busy
little boil weevil" and plenty of
them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
POLES ARE WARNED
BY ALLIED POWERS
TOLD THEY SHOULD MAKE
PEACE AT ONCE-UNITED
STATES, GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE AND ITALY SEND
FOUR EMPHATIC NOTES TO
WARSAW. VERSAILLES TREATY
BASIS OF STAND.

London, Aug. 26.-Four stern
and emphatic notes have been sent
to Poland by the United States,
Great Britain, France and Italy,
warning the new republic against
anti-Russian aggressions and a con-
tinuation of the war, it was learned
Thursday afternoon.
The Washington note is said to
have pointed out that the bloodshed
should be stopped, now that
Poland's military victory is assured.
The poles are warned against break
ing off peace negotiations with
Soviet Russia and are urged to
make peace at the earliest possible
moment, adhering rigidly to the
principles of the treaty of Versailles.
The British, French and Italian
notes are said to be couched in
ieven stronger language than the
communication from the United
States.
1t is understood in semioficial cir,
cles that Poland, will reply imme-
diately to the American note Civ
ing assurances that the Polish gov
!ernment will continue it's efforts
for a peace agreement with Soviet
Russia and pledging itself to COM
ply with the treaty of Versailles.
It is reported that Poland will
suggest the immediate transfer of
peace negotiations to Riga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
STUDENTS VOLUNTEER
MEETING SUNDAY NIGHT
A. the Baptist Church at $3.50
O'clock-Four Young Ladies
Will Make Addresses

A Students Volunteer meeting vii
be held in the Baptist church Sunday
night at half-past eight, at which
there will be addresses by rour young
Abbeville women who expect to be-
come foreign missionaries. The SER
vices will be a union service of all
the churches of the town and the pub
lie generally is invited to be present.
Misses Gladys Wham and Ruth
Howie, members of AbDevtlle Bap-
tist church; Miss Edna Bradley,
member of the Associate Reformed
church; and Miss Katherine O'Neal,
member of the GreenvilIe Presbyte-
lian church, are the young ladies
who have volunteered to their res
pective foreign mission boards to de-
vote their lives to the service Of the
Gross in foreign fields. Miss Bradley
expects to go to India, Miss Wham
to Japan, and Misses Howie and
O'Neal to China. None of them ex-
pect to go right away, as some of
them are yet in college, while all of
them expect to take special training
at Missionary training school be-
fore leaving on their long voyage
for their life-work.
There will be speciar music by a
specially selected choir composed of
mixed voices. The young .~omen's
addresses will define the Student
Volunteer movement, present the call
Of the modern world for Christian
teaching, and indicate the manner in
watch Christian America may meet
this call with a worthy response. A
report will be made of the Des
Moines Student Volunteer meeting.
The service will be unique and
promises to prove interesting, in
forming and inspiring. The young
women who will be in charge are
among the brightest and best of Abb
bevile's young daughters, and all are
deservedly popular.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
COURT WILL BE ASKED
TO GIVE GOSSETT
NEW TRIAL

1t is understood that argument
for new trial in the case of Ken
meth Gossett will be heard by Judge
Ernest Moore at the opening of the
Court of General Sessions in this
city, Monday September 9Th.
Proctor A. Bonham, of Greenville,
will represent the defendant and
will base his argument it is under
stood, on the ground that two of
the jurors expressed opinions and
were therefore prejudiced against
the defendant Gossett before they
were sworn in as jurors. Solicitor
Homer S. Blackwell will represent
the state. The outcome of this case
will be watched with much interest,
not only here where it originated,
but throughout the entire state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
GEORGE MANN AND PARTY
HAVE TRYING EXPERIENCE

George Mann, accompanied by his
three daughters and a sister had a
very trying experience coming from
Columbia to Abbeville by automobile
yesterday. The party was beset on
every hand by mishaps, bad roads
and an abundance of rain. On arrival
here they were covered from head to
foot with mud and dirt, thus showing
the trials through $hien they had
gone.
The most exciting experience was
when they were in the vicinity of
Edgefeld. The rain had been COM
ing down in torrents and the streams
were overfowing the banks. Over
one stream there was a bridge and
upon which they drove w,rnout ap-
prehension, but imagine their sur
prise when after having crossed over
safely they looked back and beheld
the bridge floating placidly down the
stream.
The Good Lord was certainly with
u.s." said Mr.. Mann when relating his
experience upon arrival in the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
BOXES ARE NOW READY IL
FOR ELECTION TUESDAY
County Chairman Urges Secre-
taries of Clubs To Call For Boxes
With Their Equip
ment

All things are in readiness for
the primary election next Tuesday,
August 31st., at which time county,
state and congressional officers will
be voted for. All of this according
to ]. Howard Moore, county chair
man.
The boxes have been made in
readiness for the managers Of the
election and the club roll books
purged. The boxes will be found at
the court house in charge of the
proper authorities. Upon receipt of
the boxes the managers are asked to
check up he contents and see that
none of the papers are missing that
are necessary for the election. The
boxes should contain the following:
1. Oath of managers.
2. Oath of voters.
5. Tally sheet (For county officers
and U. S. Senate and state officers.l
4. Tally sheet (for state and
county officers.)
5. Tabulation sheet (for state and
county officers.)
6. Blank for report on tickets
used under Australian method.
r. Envelopes for contested votes.
8. Legal cap paper to enroll the
names of voters.
9. Tickets (for both state and
county officers.)
Chairman Moore asks that all
club secretaries come to his office at
once and check out the club roll
books. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
WEATHER is UNFAVoRABLE

Washington, Aug. 26.-Continue
unfavorable weather for cotton pre-
vailed during the week ending Tues
day. according to the national weath
er bureau, issued today.
Temperatures averaged modera:
in the central and eastern portions .
the belt, although the advance w:
fair to good in some northeastern !c
calities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
YESTERDAY A BUSY DAY
AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

The little nine year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Reese under
went an operation for the removal of
her tonsils at the AbbevilIe County
Memorial hospital yesterday. The
operation was successful and the
young lady is doing as nicely as could
be expected. The operation was per-
formed by DR.. Narden of Anderson,
who in addition to this, performed a
number of other operations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27

spite news from Washington that
Secretary Colby had signed the
proclamation announcing officially
that the suffrage amendment to the
constitution had been ratified,
leaders of the ants today continued
preparations for mass meetings
throughout the state on Saturday
as protests against ratification.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
IN GREENWOOD

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barnwell and
Mrs. R. E Caldwell spent Wednesday
afternoon in Greenwood sight-see-
ing. Mrs. Frank B. Gary was a
Greenwood visitor today.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27

Anderson city and county is get
ting ready to enforce the law rigid
~ and vigorously against automo-
bile speeders. Also the law against
children under twelve years OF age
driving cars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27

Annual Sunday School conven-
ton of the Saluda Baptist associa-
ton will convene at Williamson
Sunday morning. The program to be
rendered is said to be the best one
in the history of the movement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
SERVICES IN A. r. P. CHURCH

Regular services will begin again
in the Associate Reformed Church
next Sabbath, August 80.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-27
COTTON MARKET

gJEGJG1IEEE!lJENEEIEIEEIEG GEElElElHTGIEIG
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-02

Milk producers who sell their pro-
duct in Great Falls have taken defin-
ite steps to maintain a central sta
ton for delivering their product ito
the distributors in the city and to
employ a manager for that work.
They have named a committee con
sisting of Manfred Lilliefors, E. M.
Green and o. E. Hales to act for the
directors in handling the milk until
their manager can assume his duties
and in the future all milk produced
by the members of the local associa-
ton will be handled by this commit
tee or the manager, when he has
taken up his work.
The producers are claiming the
right to test their own milk and the
Capitalization of the business in the
committee and the manager, it is
felt, will have the force of making
that claim effective. 1t is stated that
good progress is being made in
reaching agreement with the various
distributors and the business situa-
ton from the producers angle is
said to be better than it has ever
been in the Great Falls field.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-02
CROP PROSPECTS IMPROVED

In all sections of Montana harvest
ing of the grain crop is under way,
ana in some sections t%hreshing has
started. While the hot weather of
ten days ago had the effect of cutting
down the yield per acre, according
to the reports from 81 counties, re-
ceived by Commissioner Charles d.
Greenfield of the department of ag-
riculture and publicity, cooler wea-
ther and showers have improved COIL
ditions to such an extent that the
yield will be larger per acre than vas
forecasted in the reports for the
week ending August 7. There is a
shortage of labor reported from
some counties, while in others there
is sufficient help. The hay crop in
every county from which reports are
made is excellent. Pasturage is good
and livestock is in excellent condi-
ton. The corn, sunflower and pota-
to crops are all good. The follow
ing are the reports from the differ
ent counties for the week ending
August IA:
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-02
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK

harvest. T~hreshing to start in ear
nest next week. Labor plentiful.
livestock in excellent condition.
Range is drying up fast but feed
enough to last until winter. No live
stock shipped to market yet, and
probably none will be shipped until
the middle of September.
Stillwater-Showers over entire
county. In some cases stopping work
in the harvest fields. Excellent
growing weather. Dry land grain is
~two-thirds harvested. Early sown ir-
rigated crops being cut. All very
good. Considerable threshing being
done, averaging IL to IS bushels per
acre. Quality good. Second crop of
alfalfa being cut. Quality good. Su-
gar beets and beans doing fine. Corn
excellentS Sunflowers looking very
good. Livestock in good condition,
with plenty of good pasture. Wages
average SIS a day.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS conditions
favorable. Abundant rainfall early
part of the week. Dry land and some
irrigated crops being harvested, with
yields fair to good. Second cutting
of hay is good. Labor situation not
serious but some farms are running
short handed. Livestock in very
good shape.
Blaine-Most of the wheat, rye
and flax cut. Some communities
have threshed' and taken grain to
market. Yield lighter than expected.
Late flax generally in need of rain.
Stockmen in the mountains have an
abundance of hay and livestock is
looking fine. Range is good. Har-
vest hands scarce.
Lewis and CIark-AIl late crops
benefited by rains. Winter wheat is
being harvested. Average yield IL
bushels. Hot weather damaged the
early spring grains. Late spring
grains short but prospects encour
aging. Second crop of alfalfa is be-
ing cut. Corn and potatoes very
good. Livestock in good condition.
Little demand for labor.
HilI-Second cutting of alfalfa
yielding well. Nearly all early
grains harvested. Good rain will re-
vive flax, otherwise the yield will be
light. Corn and sunflowers doing
well.
Sanders-Two-thirds of the winter
wheat cut. Most OF 1t Will yield about
20 bushels to the acre. Livestock is
in good condition, with plenty of
feed. Shortage of labor but not
enough to delay harvest.
a Custer-Growing conditions good.
dry in most parts of the county.
Wheat, oats and rye being harvested.
Started t%hreshing fall grain. Har-
vesting conditions good Livestock
in excellent condition. Gathering
stock for shipment. Labor short.
YelIOwstone-Crops very good.
Harvest continues. NO serious labor
problem.
FIathead - More hay than last
year. Potato crop good. Sunflow-
ers, late oats, wheat and pastures i'm
proved.
PhiIlips-Ear1y sown grain har-
vest In full swing. Prospects of an
average yield of sever to eight bu-
shells. Late grain and corn suffer
ing. Labor situation good.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-02
BUREAU LEADERS STUDY.
co OPERATIVE MARKETING AS
CARRIED OUT DIM CALIFORNIA

week, sitting in at a session of the
executive committee of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation which
was considering a number of import
ant agricultural and economic ques-
lions, among others the attitude OF
the organization toward proposed
national tax legislation.
Professor T. S. Adams of Yale
University, who is also tax adviser to
the United States treasury depart
ment, was the guest Of the executive
committee at Denver and talked on
certain taxation principles on which
the federation hopes to formulate a
farmers policy toward new tax legis-
lation expected during the coming
session of congress.
Following the Denver meeting the
executive committee met at Salt Lake
City with representatives of leading
wool growers interests of the range
states to consider the advisability of
extending the wool pool of the mid
die western states to include the en-
tire United States.
The pooling and storing of wool
has already prevented millions of
dollars of loss to farmers and now
that the wool market is beginning to
show signs of recovery from the vio-
lent slump brought about last May
by cut price clothing sales and the
resulting cancellation of buying or
ders, extraordinary carr must be ex-
ercised in bringing the available wool
supply upon the market only as
needed instead of in one huge wave.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-02

A party of farm bureau officers
from eight of the mid-western AMI
eastern states are now en- route to
California to study the cooperative
marketing system so successfully
used by fruit, nut, and raisin grow
ers of that section, with a view of
adopting some of the principles in
the marketing of staple farm crops
of the grain sections, according to
advices received at. the Washington
headquarters of the American Farm
Bureau Federation.
At a recent meeting held in Chi
cago by the federation more than
500 prominent agricultural leaders
went on record as faVoring some
plan of cooperative marketing of the
farm crops which would cut down
selling expenses and eliminate ruin
Gus fluctuations. A committee of IL,
representing all the grain growing
sections, is being appointed by Presi-
dent J. R. Howard to develop a plan
of cooperative marketing that will
handle the entire grain crop of the
United States.
The delegates now on their way to
California have been commissioned
by their respective states to learn at
first hand Just how the CalifornianS
sell their farm crops so advantage
ously through cooperative effort and
to what extent this system is adapt
able to the staple farm crops of the
rest of the United States.
This delegation was at Denver last