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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-08
DEATH OF MRS. SHERARD

Mrs. Tabitha Sherard, the wife OF
Mr.. W. C. Sherard, of this city, died
at II o'clock Saturday night, at her
home on North Main Street after a
long illness. She was SO years OF age.
Mrs. Sherard before her marriage
thrithy-three years ago was Miss Ia
Ibitha Nance, of Due West. She was a
daughter of the late. Drayton Nance
and his wife, who was a Miss Norton.
For the last ten or. twelve years she
has made her home in Abbeville: She
was a member of the Presbyterian
Church and an active worker in her
church.
Funeral services were conducted
at the residence Sunday afternoon at
4 o'clock by Rev. G M Telford, assist
ed by DR.. J. S. Moffatt, of Due West.
Interment was in Long Cane ceme-
terry.
The following of her nephews act
ed as pall-bearers as she had request
ed in her lifetime: M. G. Sherard, S.
F. Sherard, J. H. Sherard, T. A. Sher-
ard, Bannister Sherard, John W.
Sherard, W. S. Sherard, Tom Sher-
ard and Samuel Sherard. . e..
Mrs. Sherard in addition to her
husband is survived by step-daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. R. Thomson, by her aged
mother, Mrs. Drayton Nance, by her
brothers: Hon. Joseph N. Nance, Mr..
Drayton Nance, of Due West, R. D.
Nance, of Cross Hill and F. c. Nance
of Calhoun Falls. These attended the
funeral, with the exception of her
mother, as did the following other rel
atives and friends: Mr.. and Mrs. R.
S. Sherard, w. T. A. Sherard, Joseph
Sherard, Thomas Baskin, j.. F. Will
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Reid, Miss
Annie Beatty and Robert Stevenson,
of Iva, Mrs. R. D. Nance and daugh-
ter of Cross Hill, Miss Nance, of Cal
houn Falls, Mrs. J. N. Nance and Miss
Nance of Due West, and Miss Alma
Nance of Anderson.
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]. FULLER LYON.

When Judge Lyon passed away IN
Columbia last Friday evening, there
passed a man of noble traits, kind
ly friend, gentleman of unimpeach-
able character, a husband and father
without guile. He was gallant SOL
der, he was a man in tht days when
men were tried. He served his coun-
try we'll, and he served his state as
faithfully. n his church he was pill
lar of strength and a worker of un-
tlring zeal. His seventy-eight years
on earth were years of service to his
country and his country-men. He
won the admiration of those who
knew him best. The man of affairs IN
the business houses and in the stores
respected him and the man in rags on
the street knew that he was gentle
man and friend to all. He sleeps the
peaceful sleep which his fruitful
years earned. There are few like him.
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A WEEK OF PRAYER.

This week in the Methodist Church
in Abbeville is being observed as a
week of prayer. Services are held
every evening at 7:30 o'clock Friday
evening the young people of the
church are to have charge of the
meeting and Mrs. w. F. Niekles and
Mrs. A. o. Roche, who are the leaders
in the work among the young people
will have charge and arrange the
program. These ladies ask us to an
nounce the meeting and to ask all the
young people of the church to make
it a point to come out to this Friday
evening meeting. An interesting and
instructive program in connection
with the prayer-service will be ar
ranged.
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has been caused by the holding over
of a part of last years crop and then
on a declining market, attempting to
sell it in competition with this years
crop. With textile conditions far be-
low those of last years the market
simply could not absorb the offerings
inasmuch as two or three bales were
offered to the, trade where only one
was needed.
More cotton is always offered for
sale by the farmers in October and
November than in any other months.
1t therefore, is plainly shown why
that for the past twenty years cotton
can on an average be bought by the
mills during those two months cheap
er than during other months.
The last half of October and the
first half of November generally sees
most of the distress cotton placed on
the market. Statistics show that the
average price for May cotton in
March is two and one-half cents pei
pound higher than for the average
price for that option during Novem,
ber.
We do not look for any permanent
upturn in the cotton market until the
infuencesof more active demand
from the spinning trade is apparent
Should decided breaks occur we would
advise the purchase Of March and May
contracts on a scale down.
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KILL YOUNG MAN
TO ASSAULT GIRLS
Negroes Hold Up Automobile Near
Charlotte-Many Join In Hunt

Charlotte-Many Join In Hunt
Charlotte, N. c., Nov. 1.-Two un-
identified negroes early tonight
held up an automobile party of two
young men and two girls, white, on
the highway three miles from Gas
tonia, N. c., killed one of the young
men, John Ford of Lincolnton N. c.,
dargged the girls from the automo-
bile into the woods and assaulted
them, and made their escape, &C.
cording to telephone messages to the
Charlotte police department.
Late tonight Charlotte police Of
ficers, witha posse of officers and
armed citizens of CASTOR county
were securing the countryside in
search of the negroes, who were be-
lieved, however, to have made their
escape on a passing freight train
Feeling was said to be intense.
The two young women were taken
to a Gastonia hospital, where it was
said late tonight their condition is
serious. Their homes are in Gas
tonia. The two young men, John
Ford and Ransom Killian, both OF
Lincolnton, were said to be unarmed
when attacked by the negroes. Xii,
liam was not injured. Ford was shot
and instantly killed when he offered
resistance to the negroes in their at
tempt to take the girls from the au'
tomobile, according to the report re-
ceived here.
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er Mexican minister at London, who
resigned his post as foreign mini
ster under the present Mexican re-
trust one another, not to attempt to
England on a mission for his gov
ernment.
Since his arrival Senior Covarraba-
rus has had only informal converse
tions with the British foreign office
but he takes the view that the recent
statement by Secretary Colby on
the Mexican question and also the
legalizing by the Mexican congress
last week of General Obregon's
election to the presidency are lead
ing up to full recognition of Mexico
by the United States and Great Bri-
tain.
Senior Covar, a Mexican diplomat
for 40 years, holds credentials from
provisional President De La Huerta
which if not received by the British
authorities by November 80, must
be reauthorized by General Obregon
when he becomes president. The en-
voy is planning to reopen the Mexi'
can legation here. which has been
closed since 1915.
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VICTIM OF FOOTBALL

Emporia, Kan, Nov. Jack
Reeves, %, fullback for the Kansas
State Normal football team and for
mer fullback on the Great Lakes ma
val training station team, died here
today of injuries he received in the
Normal -Washburn game yesterday.
Reeves was paralyzed when his back
was twisted during a play. He never
regained consciousness.
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SPRINGS & COMPANY
COTTON LETTER

For the present we hesitate to feel
bullish on cotton as the opinion con-
tinues to exit among bankers and
manufacturers that the period of
price readjustment is not quite over
and that prevailing trade conditions
do not warrant sustained advances
ir commodities. At the present level
of prices at which cotton has been
selling it had been hoped that reader
and easier money might have found
it's way to holders of spot cotton to
assist them in financing the crop, but
such has not been the case. The pres
ent outlook for cheaper money is rot
encouraging and there does not seem
to be possibility of the banks in gen.
eral being able to make anything
but conservative nominal loans d.
vided amcng the needs of their vari-
Gus customers.
The action of the market follow.
ing the election was disappointing.
The break of almost one hundred
points the first trading day after the
election would indicate that underly-
ing economic conditions are not
healthy. :
We feel that will be some time be-
fore confidence will be restored in
textile circles. Stocks of cloths in the
hands of jobbers are still very large
and although attractive prices are
quoted merchants they do not care to
make purchases of cloth as long as
the jobbers consistently compete for
business by cutting prices in a dull
market.
We do not consider the holding of
cotton by farmers strongly bullish
influence unless it is clearly shown
that there is firm determination to
reduce next years cotton acreage.
One weak point in the cotton market
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THE GINNER's REPORT

The figures for the amount of cot
ton ginned to November first are con-
siderably larger than the figures for
the same period last year, but less
than for the same period two years
ago, when we believe the yield was
less than twelve millions of bales.
We believe the figures should be
construed as bullish. Certainly in this
section there is not as much cotton to
be ginned as there was in 1918, and
far less than last year at the same
date. The crop in this state was cut
off by the August rains and by the
boil weevil, and there is consequent
ly little cotton except the July crop,
and owing to the late fall and the un-
usually good weather picking and gin
ming are greatly advanced over any
year in the last few years.
It is stated that the ten year aver
age shows that sixty-six per cent of
the cotton has been ginned prior to
November 1st. This year is certainly
not below the average, and we believe
that a great deal larger percentage
has been ginned this year than the
average for the ten years. If this
should be true crop of 10,800,000
bales, it would surely mean such
shortage in. spinnable cotton as to
give reason to hope and believe that
prices will advance.
The fact that cotton advanced to-
day on the figures given shows that
our deductions are correct. Unless we
are mistaken the number of bales gin
ned in the next period will begin to
show falling off, and by December
1st, there should be considerable
falling off. By December 18th, if
we are correct, there should be
such a falling off as to greatly in
crease the demand for spot cotton Of
spinnable grades. This should mean
higher prices.
There is another thing which i'm
pels US to the same conclusion, that is.
that prices will 60 higher, and that is
the fact that every influence the pres
ent fall has been for low priced cot
ton. Other commodities have been
falling, there has been no demand for
cotton, the local buyers have been un-
able to buy because there was no
money in the banks with which they
might be accommodated in a buying
campaign. The Federal Reserve
Board and the Treasury Department
have deniea utf credit with
which to finance and hold the crop,
and yet prices have remained for two
or three weeks at practically the same
point, with rising tendency in evil
dence whenever there was favorable
condition revealed.
This indicates to US that under fav-
orable conditions, with more demand,
cotton would at once advance. Such
being the case, we feel bound to ad-
".sc the growers of the staple to hold, |
and keep on holding. There may be
some who are forced to sell some part
of the crop grown this year, but only
such cotton as is imperatively de-
manded by conditions of necessity
should 60 on the market. If the farm :
ers hold until December 18th, we be-
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lieve they will see a rising market,
probably they will see it before that
time.
Sit "stiddy" in the boat, and don't
grow impatient.
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Toledo, Nov. 6.-Announcement
was made here today that the Will
lys-Knight Overland Automobile
plant normally employing around
$4,000 workers, will be shut down
tomorrow for inventory and will re-
main closed for an indefinite period.
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HOLLAND TO REDUCE ARMY

The Hague, Nov. 6.-Reduction Of
Hollands army from 100000 to
100000 was proposed by: the Dutch
government to the parliament today,
and it is believed certain that legis-
lative branch will adopt the pro.
posal.
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GREAT BRITAIN TO .<
RECOGNIZE MEXICO

London, Nov. 6.-British recogni-
ton of Mexico is expected to follow
recognition by the United States, ac-
cording Miguel Covarrusbias, form
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-22

when distorted with rage, she will cul-
tivate a Mona Lisa smile that won't
come off For even the best of women
will jeopardize the happiness of their
families before they will their looks.
II you want to keep your wife
happy and contented. pay her little at
tentions. Send her a bunch of flow
ers by messenger now and then.
Take her home box of candy. Get
her the book she has expressed a de-
sage when you are away from home.
Don't forget her birthday, nor the an
niversary of your marriage. Do these
things and you may beat and starve
your wife, and she'll still thank God
on her knees for having gotten yon.
The thing that most men forget Is
that the key with which they unlock
a Woman's heart is love, and as long
as the woman lives, it works. After
they are married they throw away the
key. and the door slams to, and they
can't remember the combination that
works their wives and makes them
pleasant and agreeable to live with.
The magic formula Is l-o-y-e. a turn
to the right and a kiss between each
letter, and the door will fly open
again, for as long as a wife believes
that her husband loves her, as long
as he shows an interest in her and
she knows that he is trying to make
her happy, nothing else counts.
And the man who doesn't find out
during his honeymoon that the way
to manage a.|wifs is thru her heart de-
serves to be henpecked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-22
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

I had a dime yestiddy and I was
going past a drug store and I saw a
sine in the window saying, Wy waist
your money on tobacco 10 cents will
buy a paekidge of Skeezo, an immedt-
ate cure for the smoking habit.
Taistless If mixed in coffee. Me think
ing of a CRATE ideer to make some
money, thinking, G, Ill buy a packidge
with my dime and put in in pops cof-
fee and keep him frum wasting at lot
of money and wen he finds out who
did it he'll be so glad he'll give me
back the dime and maybe a lot of
more money besides maybe.
And ! went in and bawt a paekidge
and / weent in the kitchin vile Nora
was ringing he suppir bell and I'M
dumped the Skeezo in the bottom of
pops cup, being wife powder wich you
couldent hardly see it in there, and
after a vile Nora gave me and pop
and my sister Gladdis their coffee,
knowing pops cup on account of it
being 0he biggest, and they all put
sugar and GREEN in and took a taist
ma and Gladdis jest acting regular
but pop making a fearse face and say
ing, Ugg, sutch coffee, ugg, that's
awful, that's fearse' that's terrible,
that's the limit.
Proving Skeezo wasent taistless af-
ter all, and ma sed, Why Willyum,
wat ales you? This coffee taists per-
feckly all rite. WITCH here proberly
did, and Gladdis sed, Why eerteny
this coffee is all rite, watts the matter
with it. Nuthing proberly being the
matter with hers, and pap sed, Well
maybe it was my imagination but
ceEteny had a vivid impression that it
tasted klke an injudicious mixture of
shoe polish, coal tar dye, ink and mud,
however, you're 2 to one and I'm will
ing to take your werd for it.
And he drank the rest of his cof-
fee making fearser and fearser faces,
saying, Well I'm glad it was ony my
imagination because Id hate to think
1 ever drank enything that taisted like
that. Me thinking, G, now he'll never
feel like smoaking eny more And
I sed, Do you wunt me to bring you
a segar pop? And pop sed. That's
the most intelligent thing you've sed
this week, a segar mite take that
imag inery taist out of my mouth. Me
thinking, Heck. And 1 went up and
got him one and wot did he do but
smoak it all the way down fast as
enything, saying. o, boy, segaP
never taisted so good sints the Begin
ming of history.
Me thinking, G., good by dime. And
I wondered about IS minnits weather
to tell pop about the Skeezo and try
to get the dime back, and finally I
dident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-22
U. S. HAS PLENTY OF COAL
Fuel Supply Report for December
Shows Adequate Supply.

The United. States is entering the
really cold season of the year with an
adequate supply of fuel, according to
a recent report, dated December 1, of
the car service division of the Ameri-
can Railway association.
The weekly production rate when
the report was issued was 12.750,0 600
tons of bituTlinous coal, which was the
best record of the entire year.
And, altho the supply is regarded as
adequate, the fact that some of the
largest operators were still asking for
cars, indicated that all the possibilities
of the coal production had not been
exhausted, and that with more cars,
there would be even more coal, if me-
cessity arose.
The relief in the coal situation is in
some measure due, the report says,
to the fact that there has been a
Countrywide industrial slump" and
that cars which are ordinarily re-
quired for the transportation of other
commodities than coal have been
automatically released to carry fuel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-22
CHRISTMAS DAY.

The story of Christmas Day. the
Christ Day of the yeer. as written by
Charles Dickens, WHY give alLsome-
thing to thinl. of during the Christ
mas holidays. In part he says:
Il have been looking on, this eve
ming, at merry company of children.
assembled around a Christmas tree.
1t was brilliantly lighted and every
where sparkled and glittered with
bright objects.
what images do associate with
the Christmas music and see them set
forth in the CHRISTMAS tree? An angel
speaking to a group of shepherds in a
field; some travellers with eyes uplift-
ed, following a star; a baby in a man
ger; a child in a spacious temple talk
ing with grave men; a solemn figure
with a yelled and beautiful face rails
ing a dead girl by the hand; again,
near the city. gate, calling back the
son of the widow, on his death bier, to
life; in a tempest walking on the wa
ter to a ship; again on the seashora
leading a great multitude; again re-
storing health to the sick, sight to the
blind, speech to the dumb. strength to
the lame, knowledge TO the ignorant
again dying upon the cross and Only
one voice heard, Forgive them. for
they know net what they do
But far above see the raiser of
the dead girl, and the widows son;
and God is good.
Now the tree is decorated with
bright merriment and. song, and dance
and cheeFfulness. And I hear whis-
per: This in commemoration of the
laws of love and kindness, mercy and
compensation. This is in Pemem-
brance of Me-"
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Dorothy Dix Talks
81 DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid woman wrisez,
There's Always a Way.

IncfCS Always Wdy-&s
A man is indeed stupid who does
not find out within six months after
marriage that the hammer is the most
dangerous weapon you can have about
a house, and. that when a husband
begins to knock his wifes faults, he
simply drives them in, and makes
them a permanent part of her oharac-
ter, while, on the contrary, they can
be permanently removed by a copious
application of salve to the bunptious
places.
For a husband to find fault with
his wife's cooking and her wasteful-
ness simply makes her get her back
up, and say that she hates cooking,
ard she did not marry to be any man s
servant, and if she had known that she
was getting a cheese-paring rniser. she
would have stayed at home with
mother, or stuck to her job, and there
is no use in burning herself to crisp
for a man who makes a god of his
stomach So therei
But when a man praises his wifefs
cooking. and brags before her of what
a wonderful artist in sauces she is,
and when he extolls her thrift. and
advises his friends to get such help
meet as he has. he raises before her
etandard to which she will come up,
or die in the attempt. She's got to
make good. Shes got to live up to
her blue china, and it is a pleasure
to cook and save.for a man who gives
you the glad hand. and appreciates
your every effort.
If q man has a wife who has q high
temper, it is waste of words for him
TO argue with her about controlling it.
No high tempered person admits to
ANYTHING but nerves hut II he will
make a roint of telling her how
beautiful size ~ when she is calm and
serene, and how repuisive her face is
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Q. What is the origin Of the noun tip
meaning a fee for service re. B. ].
A The custom Of tipping originated in
coffee house in London. In this tavern
there was a box into which patrons desir-
ing special service put o certain amount
Of money. On the box were the words ITO
Insure PROMPT Service" The initial letters
q this phrase developed into the noun
9. What are ,,ths. real names of Lenine
A. Lenines name is vladimir Ulyanoff
and Trotskys name Is Leber Bronstein.
Different authorities spell these names with
slight variations.
called soup houses. when We had them,
where, and who was president at the time
A. The so-calIed "soup houses" came
into public notice during the panic Of 1895,
in Cleveland's second administration, when
this method was taken by charitable or
CARNATIONS in New York and elsewhere to
supply the suffering poor with food.
%; Is the gorilla very ferocious an
A The stories told OF the ferocity of
the gorilla are exaggerated; it is. an ex-
tremely dangerous animal only when
brought TO bay. 1t is shy, aud even timid,
usually retreatiHg from man, and Is rarely
OF the forest, except by accident When
surprised, the gorilla will run away scream
Ing with fright, but If wounded or cornered
makes a terrible fight, using much the tao
tics Of bear, rearing up and endeayoring
to seize and pull the enemy. near enough
TO tear II with IFS teeth
Q. How long IS the Panama Canal and
how long Is the Panama railroad T-F. H
A. The length Of the Canal, deep water
Panama railroad from Colon to Panama is
4I.61 miles long. The air distance is about
So miles.
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START CHRISTIAN NEWSPAPER
Christmas Edition Marks Beginning of
New Ideal in American Journalism.

Christmas Edition Marks Beginning of
New Ideal in American Journalism.
Chicago. Dec. 22.-The American
Daily Standard, an evening newspaper
to be conducted sin accordance with
the principles of Christianity" began
publication here today with a special
Christmas edition.
The Standard made an editorial ap-
peal for the support of those who have
been ''clamoring for a clean newspa-
per, unfettered, uncontrolled and
edited for all members of the house
hold"
The publishes stated their first and
sole consideration would be 1.-The truth"
and constructive news will be empha-
sized and anything Hinged with sala-
ciousfess or inimicable to the Ameri-
can home" will be barred.
In addition to leased wire service,
the paper has staff of correspondents
in leading European and American
cities who will contribute special ar
ticles. The Standard gave unprece-
denied space to activities of churches
of all denominations.
Rev. J. Glover Monsma, author, lee
turer, traveller and former newspaper
man, is editor in chief of the new pub
LEGATION