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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, Jan. 3, 1921. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. CABINET PL STILI ' c PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS SOME POSTS TO FILL?BELIEVED THAT NEW YORK MAN IS CER TAIN TO HEAD STATE DE PARTMENT. Marion, Ohio, Jan. 2.?Although Presilent-elect Harding has about made ud his mind on several of the most important appointments to hisl cabinet, it was indicated today that he had not yet committed himself to a definite decision in regard to any of the ten places in his official fam ily. During the past few days he has reviewed the entire field of avail ables in. conference with his closest political .advisers and although the discussions have led to further shift ing about of tentatively arranged cabinet sets, no development of a positive character has been reevaled. In circles close to the president elect Charles E. Hughes of New York continues the most talked of man for secretary of state, and G. E. Dawes of Illinois still is a favorite for sec retary of the treasury, although for the latter post Charles D. Hilles of New York and John W. Weeks of Massachusetts still are mentioned as possibilities. Mr. Weeks, homever, is ?n.nr,Qwiiiv rocrnrHpr] as a likelv 111U1C - v0- ? r , 'secretary of the navy. ' v Others mho keep to the front vin cabinet speculation are Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio, most frequently mentioned for attorney general;; Will H. Hays' of Indiana, discussed for f " postmaster general or secretary of the interior; Henry Wallace of Iowa, put forward for secretary of agricul ' ture and Herbert Hoover of Califor- j nia, .whose name frequently has been coupled with the portfolio of labor, but who has been regarded in the light of recent developments as more likely choice for secretary of com merce. Regarding the secretaryship of war speculation has taken a less definite ~ ' i- * J A trend. During tne past iew uays n.. T. Hert of Kentucky has been men tioned conspicuously for the place, but everything hps indicated that Mr. Harding is far from a decision on the point. Like Mr. Weeks, however, Mr. Hert is considered by many as certain to have some position in the cabinet. The president-elect is said to be entirely undecided in regard to sec retaryship of the interior and com merce, which may be filled at the last moment by men prominently considered for other cabinet posts, but displaced in the final allotment the portfolios of higher rank. There has been some talk of George Sutherland of Utah for secretary of interior, but some of his close friends say he is more likely to receive a f place on we supreme oencn. > It is understood that no positive action has been taken in regard to the appointment ^>f a secretary to the president, but the general belief is that the position will go to George B. Christian, who has been Mr. Har ding's secretary since he entered the senate. Various others have been mentioned, but all the indications pointed to Mr. Christian!? . J \ *,v: *. The prteiden^&lact spent most- ?f New Year*sday it his desk; buf-dur | ing the afternoon he took a long l walk and called on some intimate 1 friends. f Alex P. Moore of Pittsburg and ' Mrs. Moore, who 'formerly was Lil lian Russell, were guests at noonday dinner at the Harding home, and in the evening Mr. Harding went to an other New Year's feast at the home of George B. Christian. CALLED TO SEE HER SISTER Mts. Fouche left Monday for Concord, N. C., where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Walter Graham, who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Julius Fisher. Mrs. Graham had the misfortune to fall last week breaking her hip and her sister was called to her bedside. ACES . IN DOUBT i ABBEVILLE BAPTISTS TO OBESRVE SEMI-CENTENNIAL Of Its Organization Next Sunday? Three Services During Day? Ten Days' Meetings Be gins on Monday. Abbeville Baptist church will ob serve the semi-centennial of its or ganization next Sunday. There will be three services during the day. At eleven o'clock in the morning there will be addresses by three former pas tors of the church; at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon there will be greetings from other denomina tions of the city; and at half-past seven o'clock in the evening there will be an address by Dr. W. J. Mc Glothlin, president of Furman Uni versity, on "Fifty Years of Baptist History." Following these services, beginning the next day, there will be j a ten-days' series of evangelistic meetings, at which Dr. B. B. Bailey of Shelbyville, Kentucky, will preach. The music for all the services will be under the direction of Mr. W. P. Martin of Lynchburg, Virginia. The former pastors who are expect ed to be present at the services next Sunday are Dr. R. N. Pratt, who ^as the first pastor of the Baptist church here, and who served the church un- j til September, 1884, the Rev. Myron W. Gordon, who was pastor from March, 1901, until June, 1903;; and the Rev. H. C. Bucholtz, who served the remainder of the year 1903. Doc tor Pratt is now retired from the ac tive ministry and is residing in Hen dersonville, N. C. Mr. Gordon is pastor of the Baptist church at Con way, S. C; and Mr. Bucholtz is an i evangelist with the Baptist State j Board. It is a matter of regret to the | congregation and to many others that the other living former pastors can not be here. They are the Rev. J. T. j B. Anderson, now pastor at Jeffer-i sonville, Ga., the Rev. T. H. Plem-I mons, now pastor at Camden, Ark. ;j and Dr. Geo. W. Swope, now a pas tor in Philadelphia, Pa. Special Prayesmeetings. . Special prayermeetings are to be held in several homes during the present week, preparatory to the services of next week. This afternoon such prayermeetings will be held in I the homes of Mrs. S. A. McCuen, on Vienna street; Mrs. J. A. Alewine, on Pinckney street; Mrs. A. B. Gallo way, on South Main street; and Mrs. F. M. Welsh, on Greenville street. Tuesday afternoon prayermeetings will be held at the homes of Mrs. E. C. Horton, on Wardlaw street; Mrs. J. F. Edmonds, on Parker street; Mrs B. D. Carter, on North Main street; and Mrs. Paul Link, on Chestnut street. Wednesday evening at half-past seven o'clock the regular mid-week prayermeeting will be held at the church. On thursday afternoon pray ermeetings will be held in the homes of Mrs. W. J. Duncan, on Ferry street; Mrs. T. V. Howie, on Pinck ney street; Mrs. W. E. Johnson, on North Main street; and Mrs. Louis J. Bristow, on Ellis street. Friday afternoon. th? society wjllrm&et this. c^ui*eh> and-, hold tf spectol pyayermeeting. AH the afternoon meetings of the week will begin at half-past three o'clock. tine cr i 1 eiTrprnc ivuw. jvrrw FROM A BROKEN HIP The friends of Mr. and Mrs. T. C.' Seal will regret to know that Mrs. Seal 13 suffering from a broken hip bone, resulting from a fall late Fri day afternoon. Mrs. Seal was walk in o? n/?rr?s<? fche rr>r?m anrl either from an attack of something like vertigo or from weakness she stumbled and fell, with the result stated. Since the injury Mrs. Sea#11 has been confined to her room, and the injury is causing her a great deal of suffering. She is nearly eighty wars of age and lately has not beafr^ in good health, with the result that the injury goes hard with her. <L. DEPRESSION BRINGS j UNEMPLOYMENT PRICE RECESSION ENLARGES ARMY OF WORKMEN WITHOUT JOBS?BOARD GIVES REVIEW OF BUSINESS?COMMODITY PRICES DECLINED EIGHT AND ONE-HALF PER CENT LAST MONTH?FEDERAL RESERVE ISSUE STATEMENT. / Washington, Jan. 2.?Further de cline in price coupled with increased unemployment accompanied the coun try's continued progress in readjust ment during December, according to the monthly review of general bus iness ^tnd financial conditions issued tonight by the federal reserve board. The price decline during the month was placed at 8 1-2 per cent, by the board which added the observation that the decrease in prices was main ly confined to comodities which had shown a decline previously rather than an extension of price cutting to other industries. ' The decline was reported as most marked in agricultux*al products, tex- j tiloc hiHes; lpnhhpr and iron and I steel products, while coal petroleum gasoline, paper, bx-ick and cement re mained largely unaffected. Some re ductions were reported in the open ^market in the latter group of com modities,, the board said, but con tract prices appeared to be at the same level as in earlier months. Business Slackens. Reduced business activity, the board stated, cut operations in many lines from 40 per cent, to 75 per cent, of normal and Wbught accom panying unemployment. The shrink age of demand, the board reported, | also was responsible for wage cuts running as high as 25 per cent, in some lines. ; Banking power, on the other hand, was well maintained, the board as sertea, normal credit accommodation j extended to legitimate business, the reserve ration growing stronger and inter-reserve borrowing in part liquidated. With liquidation of loans at the member banks beginning, the board forecast better conditions. Business in wholesale and manu facturing lines was reported inac j tive in the Richmond district build ing operations at a minimum and unemployment prevalent, but signs of improvement are noted. Most of the cotton crop has been harvested in the Atlantic district, but is being largely held, while farmers generally feel the effect of low prices. Other markets in the districts are quiet, coal production has increased and lower prices of pig iron have not produced any great amount. Rains Hurt Staple. Throughout the cotton belt rains have delayed picking to some extent, while in some sections farmers are reported to be abandoning because of the decline in price and the rela tive scarcity of pickers, together with , the high wages demanded. There has been considerable dete rioration in the quality of the lint djie to the wet weath?Cr ..and^ the bulk.ofrtlie ginnnar is ,b?. grading below1 middling.' Movement of cottop has been rela tively slow, receipts showing a sharp and unseasonable falling afF. In some sections it is reported that sellers have complained that they were unable to sell their cotton at any price unless it was of superior grade. However, cotton fanners in many sections show a tendency to hold as much as possible of their crop off the market in the hope of an advance. Considerable thought * J.L. nas Deen given 10 me reuucuun ut next year's acreage. Purchase* Below Normal Although a slight increase in the baying of cotton by New England mills has occurred during the last month, purchases have been below normal, while mills in the Carolinas are said "to have been out of the market for some time." F D VON BETUJMANN HOLLWEG PASSES AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS?FORCED> OUT OF OFFICE BY ADMISSION THAT INVASION #S BELGIUM WAS UNJUST. WANTED TO BE TRIED BY ALLIES IN PLACE OF FORMER KAISER Berlin. .Tan. 2.?Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, former German imperial chancellor-, died last night after a brief illness on his estate at Hohenfinow, tnear Berlin. Dr. Von 6ethmann-Hollweg was apparenty in good health until Wed nesday. He spent Christmas as usual with his family, but contracted a cold which developed into acute pneumonia. His condition became steadiy worse and his private physi cian was summoned from Berlin, but the former chancellor had al ready become unconscious and nev er regained consciousness, dying late Saturday night. His wife died in 1914 and he lost his eldest son in the war. He is sur vived by a daughter, Countess Zech, wife of the secretary of the Prus sian legation at Munich, and a son, Felix, a student at Berlin. On the last of his frequent visits to Berlin, in mid-November, Dr. v on DKnmann-noiiweg was seen walking in Unter den Linden, but the once stalwart figure was no longer upright; few pedestrians re- -' cognized in the stooped figure and careworn face the former imperial chancellor. Von; Bethmann-Hjollweg Recently concluded the revision of the final, proofs of the second volume of his war diary, which is announced for early publication. V I Among the latest prominent activ ities of Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollwqg, in international affairs and German national life, was his testimony last year as a witness before the nation al assembly committee, which in vestigated responsibility for the< war. His testimony brought out that! he had originally opposed the sub marine warfare and had issued , warnings not to underestimate Am erica's strength in the conflict. One of the ihost famous utter ances during the war was that con cerning a "scrap of paper" as re garded the treaty guaranteeing the . neutality of Belgium. This treaty was sd characterized , by Von Bethmann-Hollweg during uii uiceiview which mc uucu viwir | cellor had with Sir Edward Goschen the British ambassador to Germany. Speaking with great irritation the chancellor expressed his inaibility to ( understand Great Britain's attitude wiht regard to Germany's attack on Belgium. Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg was chancellor of Germany from July 14, 1909, to July 14, 1017. He was succeeded in the office by Dr. George Michaelis, an appointee of the former kaiser. It was said that Von Bethmann-iHollweg was forced out of office through, the efforts of the h?a<Jed by Hindert- - Cause"of his "scrap of paper" stsite ment and his admission that the German invasion of Belgium was un just. The former chancellor had on several occasions issued statements blaming the militarists fqr the war, these appearing in 1916 and 1917 ??' - ? nnws nVAtnAIIO Willie 111 UI1C ll?u Jrcaia picnvua ii\.j had frequently declared that Eng and alone was responsible. Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg re ceived prominent attention through out the world in June, 1919, when he formally asked the allies and as sociated powers to place him on trial instead of the former kaiser. Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg was born in 1856, the son of Matthias A. von Bethmann-Hollweg, professor of civil law at Bonn, a grandson of a member of the Jewish banking family of Von Bethmann of Prank fort. COLBY VOIC FRIEI C FARMERS MET TODAY IN COURT HOUSE Pass Resolution to Reduce Acreage One-half?Not Over Ten Acres To Be Planted in Cotton? Pledges Requested. The Abbeville County branch of the American Cotton Association met in the Cpurt House today at 12 o'clock with President G. N. Nickles in the chair. After the preliminaries had been gone through with, the meeting took up the matter in hand ?the reduction of the acreage to be planted in cotton. Several persons present advanced their views on the situation, all agree ing in the main that it was necessary to reduce the acreage. Finally a res-^ olution was passed by the meeting asking all farmers to reduce the acre age planted in cotton to one-half of last year's crop, and in no event was the umount\>f cotton to each horse to exceed ten acres. Pledges are to be asked of all farmers. Another reso lution was passed requesting the banks and merchants to refuse to ad-1 vance to any farmer who was un-' willing to sign the pledge. The general view was expressed j that a considerable surplus would be] carried over from this year's crop J and that there was no way by which] low prices for next year's crop may: be avoided except by making a crop of considerably less than ten millions of bales. THE COTTON MARKET President Reported to Have Approv ed War Finance Measure Re- ] cently Passed By Congress The cotton market was better to- j day. It helped somewhat to dispel the | case of blues now rampant in the country, as well as enabling a few! I people to smile notwithstanding they j are still holding cotton. January futures in New York clos- j ed today at 15:48, which was 114 points above Friday's close. Spots in j New Orleans advanced 50 points. I The rise in the market was at tributed to the fact that the Presi dent is stated to have approved the War Finance resolution recently passed by Congress in which the Sec retary of the Treasury is instructed j ;o put this measure into operation, j r Secretary Houston, although the | measure was already law and should have been in operation, suspended it sometime ago, and financiers in many part.? of the country have attributed falling prices in all kinds of commo dities to his acts along with the j measures taken by the Federal Re-j serve Board looking to a curtailment of. credits. ROSENBERG CHILDREN SICK Mr. and Mrs. Sol H. Rosenberg have the sympathy of their many friends in Abbeville on account of the sickness of their two children, j Both have been sick with colds for) several days, and these colds have now devglpjfted into pneumonia. 8 _ Gearg^/the young son, was taken sick first and it is thought.that he is somewhat better, ?is. lungs having cleared during the day. Both children rested well last night, and their con dition, while serious as the condition | of every person with pneumonia al-j ways is, is not alarming. The chil dren are in charge of trained nurses and with the good attention th<;y are . eceiving, everybody hopes for them a speedy recovery. BREAKS ARM. Miss Sydelle Graves, the prett^' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Graves, who has been assisting Frank E. Harrison, Jr. in his jewelry store is at home suffeffring with a broken arm. The arm was broken Sunday afternoon while Miss Graves was attempting to crank her car. Her friends hope that she will soon be out again. ;es a ^dly word 5 _____ THIS COUNTRY PROPOSES TO ALLAY FEELING OF DIS TRICT FOUND IN SOUTH AM ERICA?SPEAKS AT LUN CHEON Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan. l.:? Bainibridge Colby, United States secretary of state, told the people of Uruguay yesterday that the Uni ed States proposed to find a way to anay tne leenngs or distrust oi North America which, he . ;aid, he had been told frankly- by leadmg men existed on the part of many South Americans who did not com- ?^ prehpnd the true motives and pur- " vljj poses of his country in its dealings with the South American nations.. Mr. Colby spoke at farewell lun cheon that he gave to some of Uru guay's most prominent citizens. ^ "I have been told propoganda is at work in South America against the i cordial relations and understanding ., ,-. ; between North and SouthAtteri ca," the secretary said. "It i^ our duty to find a way to allay this dis trustful feeling and to exert every effort to wipe away any misunder stahdings and merit your confi- ;i dence. We ask to be judged by our merits, and not by our defects. Mr. Colby spoke of the activities and competition of the English, French and Italians in South Amer- " ica and said he would be the last to begrudge them success. He declared the American policy was filled with the greatest friendship and that it was the duty of public men of all countries to allay all feelings of dis trust that might be engendered '<1 "and lead the way into broader and cleaner fields of generous rivalry." J Buenos Aires, Jan. 1.?Bain [ bridge Colby, the American secre tary of r>tate, arrived in Buenos Aires today. The Argentina coast guard cruis er K. Libertad bearing Secretary Colby and his paty entered port this morning accompanied by a charter ed steamer carrying a committee of welcome sent out by the American Society of the River- Platte and an other steamer with representatives of the Argentina commission No- - cional de la Juventul and other offi- - cial parties. Arrivng at the wharf Mr. Colby was officially welcomed by the rep resentatives of the president, the ministry ot ioreign anairs, umtea States Ambassador Stimson, and a crowd of Americans and Argentin ians. He was escorted to his quart ers in the Plaza hotel by, a naval guard. DEATHS IN ACCIDENT Charlotte, N. C.,?Jan. 1?Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Deal, E M Deal, 36, and Miss Lena Belle Deal, 13, son and daughter of E M. Deal, of Newton were killed outright and Beona Deal 11 year old sister of the two latter, was critically injured when the car in which,/they were riding was struck by an incoming freight at 6.46 o'clock this morning at a grade crossing near the city limits.' The party Was en route to their home in Newton after having attend-: ed here^Fridtfy' tVe fa&eral of Ifet X'H. Detfl, wTf6 6f i:local contractor and builder and son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Deal, who were killed in the accident. Thpro were no evewitnesses. The watchman, who is kept on duty at the crossing, reports that he was not on duty at the time. TEACHING IN CLINTON Miss Margaret Bradley left Mon day for Clinton wheTes she has "a position as teacher of the first OUT AGAIN Col. Bob Mabry is out again af ter several days sickness which kept him off the Christmas "goodies" at home and the set-back games down town. H