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ECONOMIC STATUS OF GREECE IS BAD | Financial Situation Described as Desperate?Food Grows Scarce j Athens, Feb. 12.?Economic con-! F # j ditons in Greece are becoming seri-j ous. The exportation of tobacco and other products is at a standstill, the I army in Smyrna is costing 3,000,-1 000 drachmas per day and treasury! receipts ae dwindlng daily. T.ie new Greek premier has informed Edward Capps, American minister co Greece, that the financial situation I is "desperate," and has declared i that only action by the United; States in advancing some $33,000, 000,000 on credits created in 1918 | can bring relief. Importations at the present time are more than three times as sreat as exportations and hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping are idle. It is recognized that an inter nal or private loan is impossible and the government faces the necessity of increasing its floating debt by is suing more bank notes, 'but it hesi tates to do so without receiving per mission from the international .fi nancial commission. Food prices are mounting in pro portion to the-decline of the ex change rate ?n the drachma which at present stands at 15 to the dollar. It is almost impossible for the gov ernment to issue ibread tickets. In addition, labor troubles appear threatening. The strike of electri cians, which was called this week, may become general unless xnei If j v ' # men's demands for wage increases are granted. fe j Naval engineers have occupied the electric power station as a re ^ suit of the electricians strike, but the current was suddenly cut off at seven o'clock last evening. The city was plunged into darkness and par liament was forced to adjourn its sitting. A meeting of the labor party dispersed by troopers. I';1--, * I TONS OF DYESTUFFS ARE DUMPED INTO ENGLAND I'- i London, Jan. 12.?Many thou l . sands of tons of German dyestuffs 1- were poured into the United King ly dam in anticipation of the coming into force on January 15th of the r dyestuffs act, which placed an em i . * bargo upon the importation of for eign dyes, except under a strict li censing system. This German dump ing will now be stopped. The embaigo does not apply in the case of dyes entering this coun try for re-expoftation or in transit. The importation Of single consign ments may be authorized by the board fif trade, which issues a spec ial license for this purpose, in each case subject to the approval of a committee of 11, consisting of three dyestuffs (manufacturers, five con sumers and three persons not con nected with the dye industry. Shipments of German dyes under the reparations act will not be af fected by the new law, and the pre scribed deliveries will colntinue to be made for distribution to the trade here. The productive capacity of British dye manufacturers already exceeds 25,000 tons a year, as compared with only 1,000 tons in 1913. During the next decade British chemists will Ibe nut on their mett.lp to secure for Great Britain a com plete independence from foreign producers, for the life of the pres ent act is limted to ten years. GERMANS SAID TO HAVE FIXED 150 BILLION AS UTMOST THEY CAN PAY Berlin Paper Publishes Interesting Report as to Reparations Berlin, Feb. 12.?The ministry of finance has reached the conclusion J that the utmost sum Germany can! pay in reparations is 150,000,000,-! 000 marks this including all she ha?f so far paid in cash and goods, ac-i cording to information which the Deutsche Zeitung says it has re ceived from a "special" source. This j kn ' 10U,UUV,VUU,UUU mains wuuju uc paid off in thirty years under the plan outlined by the newspaper's in formant, who also quoted as declar-i ing that the proposal to pay it would be submitted to the authori-J ties at Paris for the purpose of learning whether the coming Lon don conference on reparations will permit of its consideration along with the allied proposals adopted at the recent Paris conference. Refusal to allow consideration of the Ger I SMOKE HOUSES NEED ATTENTION Corn Cribs in South Worth While? Speech of Harding Richmond, Va., Feb. 12.?South ern farmers must pay more atten tion to corn cribs and smoke houses and reduce overproduction of cotton and tobocco this year, Gov. W. P. G. Harding of the federal reserve board, speaking before probably the largest and most brilliant financial gathering which has met in Rich mond in years, declared in an ad dress tonight n the Commonwealth club, which fairly radiated optimism as to the future. Governor Harding, who is here as the guest of John Skelton Williams, comptroller -of the currency, told a gathering which represented every financial institution in the city and included with two exceptions, the federal reserve board, that the peak of inflation was past and that there; was no reason to look to the future with any other view than optmism. "I have great faith in the Amer ican people when they assert them selves," Governor Harding declared, after telling his audience that the "mental intoxication which the pub lic has been suffering is wearing off. Price fluctuations must be stabi lized, declared the speaker, and this is one of the many probelms which still face the bankers of the coun try. j He told the bankers that each should make up his mind that it was * i a - ^ i. -1 _ i nis individual Dusness w neip uh"& conditions back to normal. He ad vsed all to pull together and restore the equilibrium of the country. At present a "buyers' market" exists, Governor Harding told his audience, the reverse of what has existed in the past few months. He told the bankers what the policy of the federal reserve has been and took issue with those who have criti cised the recent deflations of cur rency. PRESENT APPEAL FOR BRANCH BANK i i Rnchmond, Va., Feb. 12.?A dele gation from the Piedmont section of the two Carolinas met today with officers and drectors of federal re serve board of Richmond, urging that favorable action be taken on a petition filed last November request ing that a branch bank of that sys tem be established at some undesig nated place in one, of the two states. The visitors were Wormed that the enactment of a law in North Caro lina which was designed to put a crimp in the par clearance system of the reserve board presented an insurmountable obstacle in the way of establishing the proposed branch institution. As to whether the pro ject might be put over if such a law was repealed, Governor Seay of the reserve board, who acted as spoksman for the directors and other officers, was not prepared to say. In pressing their case, the delega tion stressed the fact that 78 out of 98 member banks in South Carolina had signed the petition and that a large majority of the member banks in the Piedmont section of North Carolina had done so. Before leav ing for home tonight some of the delegation indicated that they would continue to press their case until they won, whatever reverses they might encounter In the mean time. They talked as if they would y i * ? i a!_ Dring a mucn larger contingent witn them next time. There were only nine in the party today. man counter proposal would result in Germany absenting herself from the London conference, set for March 1, the newspaper declares it has learned. It adds that Germany would then suggest that the United States he called in as an arbitrator for the purpose of preventing the entente from adopting measures such as an invasion of the Ruhr dis trict, which, it declares, would be looked upon by Germany as an act of war which would positively de stroy the treaty of Versailles. The suggestion that the United j States be invited to mediate fails to | arouse enthusiasm in the conserva-j tive industrialist organ Diepost, j which expresses fear that the Amer- j ican verdict in such a case while de-. ciding on a sum between that sub mitted by Germany and the En tente figures would be more likely to incline toward the sum the En tente is demanding. > COMBINE ART WITH "MOVIES" j How City of Toledo, O., Attracts Children to Its Museum, for Educational Purposes. I . j In order to attract the children of I Toledo to that city's museum of art i the museum management offers Its llt i tie visitors "story hours," gallery . talks, music hours, classes In' pure and ! applied design and the educational j motion picture. Interest In visits to j the museum was first stimulated i through the medium of an organized/ bird cluh. Thousands of children j have also been brought to the | museum during the last four years | by means of the annual vegetable and flower" shows in which the children 1 have participated. ! "The Toledo museum was the first I to Include motion pictures In Its edu ! catlonal plan when, In the autumn of j 1915, the necessary equipment waa j presented through the efforts of H. Y. I Barnes, then assistant to the di rector," writes Eula Lee Anderson of Toledo. "This proved not only a fur j ther magnet to attract boys and girls 1 to the museum but a further means ! nf tpnfhlnc art. Durlne the first few I years films dealing with travel, crafts and art were difficult to secure, yet by diligent search many fine things were made available, including the life ol J Palissy, the famous potter, and a j beautiful hand-colored film showing 1 the making of silk. "The policy of the museum Is not : to amuse by means of the film, but I to educate the child along artistic lines, using only such productions at are of a distinctly cultural quality." PLAGUE OF OLD EGYPT BACK Crops of Argentine Province De stroyed by Locusts That Swarm In llneount*'* Millions. Shades of the plagues of ancient Egypt! Santa Fe province of the Argentine now has complete faith In the biblical account of the scourge of locusts, for at times millions of these Insects "cover the face of the earth." They come suddenly and without warning, In great clouds, and settle down on the country. Then the ground resem bles a great moving carpet Little I damage is done at first, though the I Argentinians find It inconvenient to have locusts throughout their houses, Dut as tne insects move mrougn me country, they dipr small holes and lay their eggs. Soon the larvae are hatched, and at that time, before they can fly, they are destructive. By the time they are ready to leave, every living thing Id their path Is destroyed. Eventually they fly away to parts un known, and the farmers have to start their crops over again. Squads of lo cust destroyers, lltye flre-flghtlng units, are maintained by the government to combat the pest, and ranchers are also responsible for fighting them. Their efforts are almost unavailing, how ever, because of the myriads of the Insects. Dodged Seven Years' Bad Luck "Traffic gets held up In queor ways," said a patrolman at Forty-second sireei anu nun avenue. 11 was ouiy just the other day that we had a block ade that tied things up for half an hour. I noticed a young woman pound ing something against the curb. Look ed funny to nie and I couldn't fig ure out what it was. People passing by started to run, looked again, and crowded around hT. I headed for the middle of the bunch and saw she had busted open her package and was breaking a lot of mirrors en the side walk. one by one. "What's all this about?" I asks. "Oh, mister officer," she says, "I broke a mirror a while ago, and if I don't break seven more right quick I'll have seven years' bad luck. By rights they should be broken all at once, but I could only do one at a time. And now, please, won't you help me get out of the crowd?'*?From a New York Letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Improving Indian Pottery. The Hopi Indians of the Southwest have always been famous for their pot tery, in the manufacture of which (though unacquainted with the pot ter's wheel) they were skilled even In prehistoric times. There is a considerable market for their pots, which are quaintly and at tractively decorated In black and colors. The United States bureau of standards Is trying to help them by suggesting improved processes, and re cently it has shown them how to make from cheap material a black stain much superior to the one at present used by the Indians. They have shown themselves glad enough to accept the help offered and it may be that we shall yet learn of useful suggestions to the Navajos in the line of blanket making and the production of silver ornaments. Fire-Proofing Cotton. A process has been devised for treating baled cotton with a chemical compound which renders it flame and spark proof and at the same time ap parently provides an Inch or two of cotton in condition to aid in rapid drying without deterioration in case a bale is exposed to weather. On an average, 20,000 bales of cotton are de stroyed by fire before the crop is mar keted and most'of this loss can be traced to flash or spark fire. Cotton stored In suitable warehouses would -e evidence of a progressive step, for here is - obably no crop of so great! ilnc ..at Is treated with so little: oui-'liiful consideration.?Scientific, ..uicTican. RETAIL BUSINESS IMPROVES AND IS CLOSE TO NORMAL New York, Feb. 10.?Business conditions in the retail trade are rapidly approaching normal and are daily improving, Salmon P. Halle, of Cleveland, Ohio, president of the National Retail Dry Goods Associa tion told members of that organiza tion assembled here today in its tenth and annual convention. Business will be normal when we begin to think and act normally, he added. 'That lies within yourselves.' "During the past six years the world has been going through an era of increasing wastefulness and extravagance which has been sud denly checked and it is difficult for the human mind to immediately ad just itself to present day condi tions. "We have all prided ourselves on our wonderful abiity to manage business during this period, but the test is here and it will be the survi val of 1;he fittest.from now on." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Probate Court Citation for Letters of AdminUtra* tion. By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of Probate: Whereas, W. F. Radcliff hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration with will annexed of the estate and effects Of Mrs. Mary C. Radcliff, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These Are meretore, to cite ana admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Mrs. Mary C. Radclaff, deceased, that they j be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Ab beville Court House, on Monday the | 28th of Feb. 1921, after publication hereof, at 11 o"clock in the forenoon to show cause, if dny they have, why the said Administration should not ; be granted. Given under my hand and seal of jthe Court this 14th day of Feb. in | the year of our Lord one thousand j nine hundred and twenty one and in ! the 145t.h year of American Inde pendence. h Published on the 14th day of Feb. i 1921 in the Press and Banner and on the Court ouse door for the time | required by law. x J. F. MILLER, ! 2, 14. Judge of Probate NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS AND CREDITORS Pursuant to an order of the Court made in the case of William P. Greene versus Abbeville County Fair Association, all parties holding claims against the said denfendant and all stockholders of said Corpora tion, who have not heretofore proved their claims against, and the amount of stock held by them in the said defendant Corporation, are hereby required to prove the same! on or before February 28th, 1921 when an order will be made disburs-J ing all funds now in the hands of the receivers. (Signed) Thomas P. Thomson, Master of Abbeville County. February 12th, 1921. 1 ti. wk. 2 wks I BOND SALE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($450, 000.00) DOLLARS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BONDS OF AB BEVILLE COUNTY. The Highway Commission of Ab beville County, South Carolina, will 'receive sealed bids at the office of the Highway Commission, in said City of Abbeville, up to noon of the 28th day of February, 1921 for the sale of Four Hundred and Fifty Thous and ($450,000.00) Dollars of High way Improvement Bonds. I mese are coupon bonds of One Thousand Dollars denomination, ma turing serially, that is, Fifteen Thou sand ($15,000.00) Dollars shall ma ture on the first of January 1922, and Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars additional on January 1st, each year thereafter until 1951 in clusive, bearing interest from Janu ary 1st, 1921, (the date of issue) at 'six per cent. (6%) per annum pay J able semi-annually, January 1st, and July 1st; principal and interest pay able at Guaranty Trust Company of New York, New York. Each bidder will be required be fore' his bid will be considered to deposit with L. W. Keller, Secretary of the Hichwav flnmmiaaiftn a payable to his order, for two per cent, of the bid and duly certified by some bank satisfactory to the said Highway Commission. The Highway Commission reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. In case a bid is rejected, such check will be returned to the bidder, but if the bid is ac cepted, the amount of said check will be held by the Highway Com mission for the due performance of r Our Lo> are based strict! Thirty : Any cuts of Steak, per lb Beef Roast, per lb. .... . Stew Beef, per lb. . j. Pork Chops and Pork Roa Pork Steak, per lb Pork Sausage, per lb. . . Mixed Sausage, per lb. . . Cured Ham. ner lb 7 J .... Boiled Ham, per lb. ... Sliced Bacon Strips, per 11 Boxed Breakfast Bacon . We have reduced the price a very low margin of profit; to ly necessary that our accounts I However, we are willing to alio must have a remittance by the purchase. All accounts not in be charged at the old prices or prices quoted above. Bosdell's Call Phone 102 for Anything i Taste For. Pr SAFETY. is a watchword of the Pla permanence receive first A sound, conservative, ye times maintained and the ons service constantly av( A cordial invitation is ext Planters "The Friem ABBEVILLE, - - The Home of Over 1C the bid within ten days after the bonds are ready for delivery, and if the bidder fails to comply within the time above stated, the Highway Com m-'ssion reserves the right to offe? said bonds for re-sale at the risks of the bidder or bidders. The County has a population of about Thirty Thousand. The estimat ed actual value of property of^ the County is p5,000,000. ' For more detailed statement of the resources of the County and au thority for the issue apply to the undersigned. J. S. STARK, Chairman, L. W. KELLER, Secretary, Highway Com. of Abbeville Co., S. C. reD .iz, \.vzi. ztw until Z8tn. NOTICE TO CITY TAX PAYERS By order of the City Council a Penalty of 2 per cent, will be ad ded to all City Taze* from March 1st, 1921 to March 15th, 1921. and after the 15th a penalty of S per cent, additional will be added. T. G. PERRIN, City Clerk and Treaaurer. Feb. 9th, 1921. 2, 9-4tc. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville. Probate Court. Notice To Debtors and Creditors. In the Matter of the Estate of P. Rosenberg, Deceased. All persons indebted to said estate must settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested to Sol H., A. H. and A. P. Rosenberg, 4t. ltw-2-14. Executors. v Prices y upon terms of ' Days 35c. 25c and 30c. ' 20c. st, per lb 35c. 40c. 40 c. x 30c. 50c. 70c. b 65c. 70c. ;s on our meats and produce to protect ourselves it is absolute le in by the first of each month, w a margin of a few days, but / 10th of the month following by the tenth of the month will 20 per cent higher than the i Market n the Meat Line you Have A ompt Delivery. ! nters Bank. Stability and consideration. t helpful policy is at all i most interested, courte lilable. ended to new depositors. s Bank dly Bank" SOUTH CAROLINA 100 Bank Accounts.