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Abbeville Press and Banner Jan-26,1921 Sin8le Copie8'Five Cenu- 77thYeai SENATE ADOPTS TAX MOTION EXTENDS TIME FOR THE PAY MENT UNTIL APRIL FIRST ONLY SMALL PENALTY MAY BE NECESSARY FOR FREE CONFERENCE TO SETTLE THE QUESTION?NO NIGHT SES SIONS WILL BE HELD The senate's passage of Senator Well's resolution extending the time for paying taxes until April 1 with ? ovnoni tVio 1 npr cent i:u pciiaitico v..v - c? for January and its decided refusal to begin night sessions las; night were actions showing the sentiment of the upper bir.nch of the general assembly yesterday. The resolution of the Edgefield senator again brought forth consid erable discussion, but when the meas ure came to a >ce it was passed and sent to the house by an over whelming majority. The senators present took the position th?t the measure had passed second reading Friday by a vote of 17 to 14 and should be sent to the house. The vote on final passage of the reso lution was 32 for and 5 against. The measure as finally passed calls for the extension of the time for pay ing taxes until April 1 with 1 per cent penalty and 7 per cent penalty after April 1. Senator Young's a mendment exempting municipalities from the provision of the resolution, j but allowing any city or municipals j ty to use its discretion in the matter was carried in the finial resolutioji. The house resolution has been passed with a sliding scale of penal ties for January, February and March and it is likely that a free conference will be necessary before the two houses can agree on me resoiuuon. This was one reason for the big "yea" vote in the senate yesterday. Not Quite Ready. Just before adjournment, shortly before 2 o'clock Senator Laney mov ed that the senate meet Wednesdav at 11 o'clock. Senator WightmL.i moved to amend this by setting the date for 8 o"clock last night, holding that a large number of pending mat ters could be threshed out during the night. His amendment was lost by a vote of 32 to 5 and the original motion of Senator Laney that the senate meet Wednesday at 11 o'clock was carried. Senators Duncan and Marion in troduced a bill changing the mem bership of the board of commission ers for the Confederate home from five to seven and placing four of i these members from the United i I Daughters of the Confederacy. Oth er slight modifications of the existing act were also offered. Senator Pearce offered a measure establishing a minimum wage for girls over 14 years of age at $12 a week. The bill affects mills, shops, department stores, five and ten cent stores, telephone exchanges and other establishments. Some Other Measure*. An invitation to attend the meet ? ing of the State Bar association Thursday and Friday afternoons was accepted. \ A resolution from the house set ting forth that the low price of cot k ton and general financial depression should warrant the reduction of the cotton acreage and the planting of more food crops and carrying the view of the general assembly that it was the sense of that body that the acreage in cotton should be reduced i was concurred in by the senate. NEW SHADES ARE UP The new green .shades ordered by the Parent-Teacher association for the graded school have come and have j been installed. It was a pity that yes terday was such a cloudy day as the 5, teachers and pupils couldn't tell whether they worked well or not. y DEP'Y SHERIFF CANN GETS MOONSHINERS Accompanied by Constable R P. Mar tin, of Calhoun* Falls, Cann Visits Rocky River Section Destroys 400 Gallon Beer, and Gets Two White Men. The way of the transgressor :.s hard, it has been said, and we repcat el it a few days ago, when five yorng white men were caught transporting linlinr Anrl it is so. as three VOUnST white men of the county, in addition to those already caught, are able to testify today, were they placed on the stand. This time the officers turned up near Price's Mill, on Rocky River, just above Lowndesv^lle. Complaints had been coming in that liquor was being made in that section, and the officers got busy. Monday afternoon Deputy Sheriff Cann accompanied by Constable R. P. Martin, of Calhoun Falls, specially deputized for the purpose of assisting Mr. Cann, paid a visit to the Rockv River section. Ar riving at the location where the li quor was supposed to be made, the officers found evidence of much ac tivity. The liquor-makers had under taken to give things the appearance of woodland recently cut over by men who were saw-milling. Several large trees had been cut and the brush carefully piled. The officers knew there was no saw-mill in the sec tion, and they were- suspicious. So they confmenced to look. In one of brush piles they soon discovered the furnace. The still had not been brought into operation, because as previously stated, the distillers are < "oru norfiotilar wifrVi Q rilPPP 0"f flimi ture like a good stilf. It is never brought from its hiding place until the run is ready to to be made, and as soon as the run is over, the still goes into the hands of a runner and goes back to its hiding place, to be safely kept until the next run is ready to be made. It would never do for a valuable animal like a still to be at large. 'Neither could the beer, or mash,! be located in any of the brush piles. But the officers were smart enough to know that it was around there some where. So they kept looking. Finally thoy got down on their hands and i knees and began to scrape up the j leaves. In a little while they discover- j ed the corner of a piece of rubber-J roofing. Uncovering this and remov ing it, they discovered planks and when these were moved, the officers found eight barrels of beer, about four hundred gallons. Hoping to catch the offenders these things were carefully placed back as before and the officers hid in the un dergrowth to await the coming of the . liquor-makers. They didn't wait long. In a little while Thompson Simpson, Leo Minor and B. Grant came on the scene. They went to inspect the beer. One of them opened a barrel, and another asked: "How is it?" to which the first replied, "It's all right . and ready to run." At this time the , officers came out from their hiding places, having recognized the offend- , ers. But they were far enough away that Minor and Grant made their get-a-way. Simpson was caught and ; brought to the Abbeville jail. ,, Yesterday about 10 o'clock Grant < made his way to Calhoun Falls and ] knowing that Mr. Martin nad seen j him and recognized him, he decided , to give up. He surrendered to officer Grant at Calhoun Falls who wired the sheriff that Grant would be 3 brought over on the first train. He - came in at iz:3U and is now stopping |; for a while with Sheriff McLane. ; The still has not yet been discover- < ed. The officers have made every ef- ] fort to locate it, but as yet they have j not been successful. They are fol- i lowing every clue they can get' and i they hope to have Minor under ar- < rest in the next few days. i Mr. Calhoun Harris, a live insur- i ance man in Anderson was a business i visitor in Abbeville Tuesday. : OF Lloyd George and Briand Have Op posing Views?Conditions in Austria Are Described As Critical With Bolshevism Threatening Paris, Jan. 25.?An unsuccessful attempt was made at today's session of the Allied Supreme Council here to turn the critical and complicated Austrian financial problem over to the League of Nations. The Allied conferees, when they met this afternoon, took up at once the Austrian situation. They gave a hearjng to the Allied financial ex perts who had attended the Brus sels financial conferences, but no Austrian experts were called in. It was understood this morning that the French and British mili tary experts had reached a com plete agreement on the report to be made by them on the disarma ment of Germany. They were asked to prepare such a report after yes terday's discussion in which wide aivex^gencicrj vx upnuuu h.iujjvu , among the allied conferees. At this afternoon's session the question of Greece, in her relation to the Near Eastern settlement, was on the program for the Supreme Council's consideration. Paris, Jan. 25.?Conditions in Austria, which are described as "critical," were considered by the supreme allied council, in session here today. The possibility of an ut ter collapse of the Austrian-govern ment, with the attendant danger of anarchy and Bolshevism, has been before heads of allied cabinets for seevral weeks, and the necessity of stabilizing affairs and giving Aus tria a chance to work out her des tiny was appreciated when this morning sitting began. While the representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Bel gium and Japan examined reports on the situation centering about Vienna, allied military experts were engaged in formulating a report on the disarmament of Germany and studying recommendations for the execution of German engagements in this particular. It was expected yesterday that a settlement of the disarmament question would be quickly realized, but French news papers assert that wide divergen cies of opinion developed between Premier Lloyd George, Premier Briand and the allied experts. Decision had been reached by the experts that May 1 must be the limit of time given Germany in which to disband her military or ganizations and surrender to the al lies the arms which the Versailles treaty provided should be given up. Mr. Lloyd George, it is asserted, however, declared yesterday that Germany had already done so much that there was in the situation no danger to the allies. He is said to have asserted the allies should also consider the danger, internal and external to Germany from Bolshe vism, and that May 1 was a particu lar time when the Russian soviet ar mies were most to be feared. He ad vised, therefore, that it would be better to follow the plan adopted at Spa, and hear the Germans before deciding this questino. Briand Takes Opposite View M. Briand is said to have flatly refused to entertain this suggestion whereupon Count Sforza, Italian foreign minister, tried to bring about a compromise between the views of the two premiers. He pro posed the conference should come to a general agreement in principal, decide on a program ana men asK Germany to make any observation she desired. Neither Mr. Lloyd George nor M. Briand would agree to this plan, and as a way out of the deadlock it was decided to ask the military experts to make another report on the subject. OFFICIALS HOPE 10 DISPUTE Eleven Presidents Meet in Washing ington?Eight Hours of Confer ences Failed to Bring Unan- , imous Decision From The Men. Washington, Jan. 25.?Presidents! of 11 of the largest railroads of the East met in conference here today at the request of Chairman Clark of the interstate commerce commission to settle, as it were, out of court the controversy arising from the request of New England carriers for a greater division of freight rates in terchanged with trunk lines west of the Hudson river. Eight hours of conferences con tinuing throughout the day and .into the night brought no unanimous de cision from the 11 presidents and B. M. Robinson, president of the Amer ican Short Line Railroad association,' who met wfth them but it was said that the executives with two excep tions were agreed that the New Eng land roads must obtain additional revenues or be forced into "bank-1 runtcv. The executives are expected to con tinue their conferences tomorrow, and tonight it was indicated that there were prospects that the large Eastern roads through their exec utives would reach an agreement that would relieve the interstate com-j merce commission of the task of | settling the controversy which isI now before it and on which hearings, were resumed today. The executives were said to repre sent not only their own lines but all railroads holding membership in the Association of Railway Exec utives. The decision in the controv ersy as to the division of freight rates; at the Hudson river, it also was said, will affect practically every j road of any size in the country. At the conferences! today attention was said to have been given to the recent statement of Howard Elliott, lormer president ot the JNew iiaven, that should the New Haven carriers fail to obtain additional revenues and be forced into bankruptcy the entire j railroad structure of the country J might fall. None of those attending the con ferences would name the two exec utives who had held out against a promise with the New England roads but it was reported that President Loree of the Delaware & Hudson was adverse to granting any conces sions to the New England carriers. Mr. Loree was said to have held that his road occupied a position different from that of the larger Eastern lines. EYE DOCTOR ARRIIVES I>r. Lisenbee has arrived in Abbe ville and is makng preparations to open an Optemetrest office in the music parlor run by the McMurray npnnlp Thp T)(vt/?r is s>. thp hnt.pl but will move his family here as soon as suitable quarters can be se cured. THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ' Dr. Gambrell went to Columbia last week and attended a meeting of the State Board of Health, of which body he is a member. The Board was engaged in going over their budget and cutting it down to meet the hard times. The Doctor re ports that there is considerable small pox in the State in the mill uillflO'Pc: rkrin/??rvflll\r THE COTTON MARKET The cotton market lost about 50 points yesterday and about 10 points today. No cotton was sold here today. Mr. Wister Harmon of McCormick spent Sunday in the city with friends. L Georgia City Loses Largest Dry Goods Store and Many Business Houses?Michael Bros. Es tablishment, Bank and Many Smaller Build ings Burn. Athens, Ga., Jan. 25.?Fire that tor a time threatened tne entire busi ness section of Athens early today destroyed one city block and caused heavy damage to buildings on ad joining squares. The property loss was estimated at approximately $2, 000,000 by Selig Bernstein, president of the People's (Bank >and himself owner of a number of the buildings destroyed. The losses are said to be well covered by insurance. Chief George McGorman, of the Athens fire department was -the only casualty reported. McGorman fell from a ladder in fighting the blaze and is in a local hospital today in a serious condition. The blaze centered between Clay ton and Broad streets, two of the main business streets of Athens. It wiped out the block bounded by these streets, Wall and Jackson streets, jumping both Wall and Jackson streets for a short distance in ad joining blocks. Fronting on Clayton street, be tween Wall and Jackson, is the de partment store of Max and Simon Michael. They own the entire prop erty bounded by Clayton, Wall, Broad and Jackson streets, except for the corner at Broad and Jackson. Their department store including both wholesale and retail stores is one of the biggest in the south. Directly across Wall street from them, on Clayton street, is the Max Joseph building, a three story struc ture, with a basement and it was in this building the fire broke out. This building is occupied by the Denny Motor Company, a small res taurant fronting on Wall street and several secret orders which used a hall in the upper story, these includ ing the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. The origin of the fire has not been accurately determined but it is be lieved to have started in the restau rant, reaching quickly to the plant of the motor company and igniting the gasoline. The Athens fire department, which numbers about 18 men was soon on the job but the fire raged too fast for them to control. Ln response to an appeal for aid Chief W. F. Cody of the Atlanta de partment, with some apparatus ar ried here this morning but he found die fire practically out. \ Hundreds of persons struggled to save their property from buildings threatened by the flames and the streets adjoining the fire area were soon jammed with wagons, trucks and even wheelbarrows loaded with merchandise and furniture taken from stores and offices. Adding to the confusion and diffi culties was a weakened water pres sure at the fire plugs but this soon was overcome when extra facilities at the reservoirs were brought into use Finally, after more than five hours of battling the firemen managed to check the flames and hold them to the buildings already practically de stroyed. It was daylight, however, before the conflagration was safely under control. VISITING AT HOME Dr. and Mrs. Chalmers Haddon arrived in Abbeville Tuesday and are visiting at he home of Maj. and Mrs. W. H. Long. Dr. and Mrs. Had don are just home from their honey moon trip through Florida and are visiting here before settling down Williamston. Mr. James F. Clinkscales was here from Monterey Tuesday looking af ter buying a new mule and planting a big crop of cotton as soon as the weather "gets good." FIGHT IN SENATE Oft TARIFF M -:j FORDNEY EMERGENCY MEAS URE RUNS INTO SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE FILIBUSTER, THE SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT BE ING LAUNCHED BY SENATOR HARRISON, DEMOCRAT OF MISSISSIPPI Washington, Jan. 25.?The Ford ney emergency tariff 'bill was brought into the senate for consid ? eration today but immediately ran into a small but effective filibuster. Merits of the bill and reasons for its early enactment by the senate had scarcely been outlined by Sena tor McCumber, Republican, North Dakota, before Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, launched an attack which continued until ad journment. The tactics in forcing delay in consideration at this time were con sidered sound by opponents of the Kill inacmu/>li ac tV?o r?r?c+r?ffi^>o nn propriation bill is scheduled for to morrow and several other money supply bills are expected to be , ready when that measure is out of the way. Senator McCumber appealed lor action on the measure on the ground that it would affect more than 30, 000,000 pepole. The government, he said, owed to those people imme diate action, which will protect them and save from 'absolute bankruptcy' some of the producers of farm com modities.... "You want to make the farm at tractive," he said. "You know how as well as I do. It is to make farm-; ing worthwhile. It's the glow of the J-? ntl/1 j aougn tllil b 13 tt^tiavuvc ? anu wuav u why this measure should be passed quickly." Many Pay Bill Senator Harrison in his address charged that the North Dakota sen ator wanted "to save a few people by making the rest of the country pay the bill." Such a tariff as was asked on wheat, he said, "could do nothing but increase the price of bread." , , The Mississippi senator inquired whether-in the recent campaign it had not been one of the chief argu ments of the Republican party that the cost of living should be lowered, and referred again to what he said the tariff would mean in living costs. The bill, he said, was being used to "hoodwink" the farmers, and he asked the Republican side where then only two senators were esated, if it were not wrong "to fool | your constituents so soon after election." "Why," Senator Harrison said, "possibly the senators who want this passed are sponsoring blue law reforms. They ask a tariff on tobac co." Not From South Senator McQumbqr informed j Senator Harrison. the tobacco amendment had come from a Demo crat, but Senator Simmons, Demo crat, North Carolina, interrupted to say it was intended only to cover the kind of tobacco grown in Con necticut. He added that he knew of no grower of tobacco in the South who ever had asked for a tariff. "Well, that places the thing now I .V.?wrt mn/ nno wants to T0 sponsibility for some of the items," said Senator Harrison. Senator McCumber then asked that adjournment be taken and Mr. I Harrison walked out of the cham ber with a broad grin. BACK TO NEW YORK Mrs. Thos. L. Davis left Tuesday afternoon for New York where she goes to join her husband who is tak ing a special course in medicine. Mrs. Davis came down before Christmas and her visit has given * i j- _? pleasure to a nusb 01 ineuus. Mr. G. T. McAllister Was in town Tuesday buying some fancy clothes from Parker and Reese.