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1 Vjj? Abbeville Press and Banner - > - ' r 1 ? I " - ~ ' I " " .... I ^ , . . __ ^ Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, July 6, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. 1 GOLD IS IDLE WHILE MANY SUFFER SENATOR SMITH LAYS BARE DISTRESSING CONDITIONS AND MAKES PLANS TO PUT WEALTH TO WORK TO RE' > LI EVE CREDIT. / 6 , Washington, July 5.?While mil lions are oat of employment and business is languishing for want of financial assistance a cool ibillion dollars in Surplus good which might be need to relieve the situation, is lying idle in the vaults of the treasury department, it developed today. it also developed that within, the next few days legislation will be introduced in congress for the purpose of utilizing this vast fund to ease the stringent credit conditions which are held mainly responsible for the present economic distress. At the same time, It was disclosed that, an investigation of the federal reserve board likewise will be Bought to determine the reason for the prevailing high interest rates on loans and to ascertain the truth of reports that foderal reserve banks are compelling manufacturers and farmers, to throw/ their products on the market at sacrifice prices In order to liquidate their loans. Sebater Smith of South Carolina wbto revealed the situation and will sponsor the relief measures, de-, scribed it today as "the most mon strong showing that was ever made in the midst of the most distressing such a contingency as this." merce and production in this country." Continuing the senator declared: . 1 s "We had thought that we had found a solution of at l?ast the acute ^ . and terriffic form of panics that In time past have stayed our progress and blasted the hopes of millions but here we are in the midst of one, the utorst perhaps in our history, while lire have an oversupply of money dying unused in the vaults of the fedoral reserve board which we created for the purpose of meeting just such a cotingency as this." ArflA/VrnlTVtA +A ofrtT* Grv?-?f Vl iltAlPO AVWXUAU5 WV WUAVVi WMV1V is no excuse for the situation and to correct it he has in preparation a bill which- will provide that whenever a surplus exists in excess of legal requirements the federal reserve banks shall lower their interest rate % accordingly. j ' ' BOYS IN COMPETITION IN POOL AND ON TRACK ; Galloway* StalaaJcer, GIma, Walker, Wilton, McNair and Ayor Skow ClaM and Win* * Yesterday afternton at the pool near the Abbeville Cotton Mill a diving and swimming contest was held under the direction of Mr. Thomas, Mr. Roche and , Mr. Ketones. Later a track meet was run off on the baill field. The winners in the swimming contest were: 40 yard dash?Bruce Galloway. * , , 40 yaTd dash, for mill hoys only? Peter Stalnaker. 80 yard dash, for boys under 15? Fancy diving?Francis Glenn. Under water swimming for distance?Robert Walker. i The winners in the trade events weret 100 yard dash, boys under 15? Thnrman Ayers. <100 yard dash for boys over 15? Olin McNair. Quarter mile race?Waldo Wilson. Potato race? Olin McNair. ' AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH j Rev. J. Y. Fair, D. D., will preach in the Presbyterian church Friday night at 8:30 p. m. The public is invited to be present. Dr. Fair will also preach on Sunday morning in the Presbyterian at which time the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be E observed. FOURTH OF JULY PASSES QUIETLY I i FOLKS OF MILL VILLAGE CELEBRATE IN HOLIDAY SPENT WITH MORNING AND AFTERL NOON BALL GAMES AND FIREWORKS AT NIGHT. The "Fourth of July passed off in Abbeville, the holiday spirit being in evidence only in the mill village where two baseball' games were run oiY in the morning and afternoon. A barbecue at noon and a fireworks display in the ball park at night. The Abbeville hopes won both the ball games, sending, Honea Path home with a lower season average than that with which the team met the home boys. The scores Were 10 to 9 and 2 to 1. ' *? After the ball games with Honea Path a large crowd of the operatives of the Abbeville Cotton Mills and their guests gathered in the grove ' opposite the Power House for their Fourth of July barbecue. The mill band played some of its best selections as the dinner of hash which had 1 been prepared by Mr. Will Bowie, was arranged on an improvised table under the trees. The dinner began at 1 o'clock apd was enjoyed by 1 all who were present. Lemonade was served throughout the day, and\ ice cream was sold by the Jolly Workers, who made' $40 for a camping trip which they are . planning to take in August. 1 In the evening a large crowd of Abbevillians and many from out of in +Ko m>an<1 fltn nH JJTlfl Ul/TTU TFC4V m% L vuv WVM?V> ?? ? all over the ball park to see the fireworks display, provided by the mill. For two hours the "bombs bursting j in air and the rocket's red glare" \ provided amusement of a truly holi- ( day character. There was much cheer- . ing and ibanter among the good na- ? tured spectators as pieces of partic- \ ular beauty were set "off, and some < impatiencle when there was too long , delay in repeating. 1 j CENSUS ANNOUNCES i FARM FIGURES \ ' ' ( i S . The Director of the Census an- 1 nounces, subject to correction, the ' following preliminary figures from ! the 1920 Census of Agriculture, for ' Abbeville County: I l_ Number of'farms 4,469. Of these 1,685 are operated by white farmers and 2,784 by colored farmers. 1,028 are operated by owners and managers and 3,441 by tenants. Land in farmB?Total acres 260,265; improved acres 145,126. Value of land and buildings $17,846,180. Farms reporting domestic animals 3,996; animals reported: horses, 1,-314; mules, 4,947; cattle, 9,754; sheep, 156; swine, 8,860. Principal Acres Quantity . Crops harvested harvested Corn 29,206 420,769 bu. Oats ? 5,534 91,021 bu. TT O f OA O AiO nay - - o,iou o,uia tvus Cotton ? ? 69,572 30,096 bales fory peas _ 1,086 8,601 bu. It is not possible to give comparative figures for 1910 for this county,! by reason of changes in county boun-1 danes since mat aaxe, tne census 01ficials say. ON FISHING TRIP I Royal Rosberry, Jr., who has been visiting Louis Bristow, Jr., for the past two weeks will return to his home in Columbia Thursday morning. Louis will accompany him, and they will join a camping party Monday, which expects to do a twoweeks' fishing stunt on one of the big rivers in the lower part of the State. EVERYBODY HERE FOR. Abbeville Merchants ,a Planning to Make N'< Long to Be Reme Value Givir Saturday morning when the merchants of Abbeville open their stores for the day's business they are expecting that all the folks froan all the neair and far corners of the county will be among: those present take advantage of fche ow6ortuni ty that will not be presented again (for some time, These storekeepers are putting their best' feet first in the matter of bargains, and they are taking no chances that the things offered may not be recognized as the genuine article that formerly sold at a much higher price. .Most of them are advertising standard goods at below standard prices and many ^re actually taking a loss on some of the items offered. Not only have the merchants entered into the plan with wholehearted enthusiasm?an enthusiasm that is bound to make the day a sue AMERICAN FLAG FLIES OVER BERLIN FOREIGN OFFICES HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF DECLARATION OF PEACE BUT FLAG GOES UP FOR FIRST TIME SINCE WAR. h r .I . *', Berlin, July 5.?Amencan .flags flew over Berlin today for the first time since the Ameican declaration of war, but the American mission and the German foreign office have not as yet been formally notified v that CongTess has concluded peace, rhe newspapers, in the absence of \ N (he text of the peace resolution, confine their comment to the hope iftat "there will be a speedy resumption of peace-time commercial relations. German official circles are awaiting the text and developments. Mean while opinion in the German foreign office is unofficially summed up as follows: , "An international situation is ended, but we do not know what to expect or what the peace conditions will ibe?whether the United States will subscribe * to the Versailles treaty in toto or at all. We are awaiting to be officially apprised of the terms of the compromise resolutions and what the next move will L_ M oe. # / Some of the newspapers express the hope that the United States will immediately take a hand in having the penalties lifted and the Upper Silesia question decided. Others view the situation a a "formal state of peace, still without meaning." ' The Stars and Stripes floated from the American Chamber of Com merce as well as from private dwellings. FROM ATLANTA. Mrs. J. F. Kirby of Atlanta, has been visiting Mrs. Mary Taggart at the Eureka for a week after spend mg a montn with tier aaugnter iq Spartanburg. Mrs. Kirby lived in Abbeville until about ten years ago when she moved to Atlanta following the death of Mr. Kirby. She is much impressed with the progress made in the city since she lived here. Mrs. Kirby left today for her home. MAY MAKE MOVE London, July 5.?It is reported Vioi-q +V| q+- C!oTnnnii Tick Va<lArii. "nrAsi. dent of the Irish Republic" will make a counter proposition to that made by David Lloyd George relative to a conference in London to bring about peace between Ireland and England. EXPECTED | DOLLAR DA Y ,nd Citizens Generally ext Saturday A Day f mbered as One of lg and Pleasure * / cess?but all the people of the city have shown unusual interest in the event. There will probably be as p many folks swarming, the stores Sat- t urday as out of town bargain seek- J ers, v' ' ' . . n ,Tt. I J. .n ?J it Tee lemonade wui ioe serveu j.hjuu number of booths on the square, c and all comers will find a hearty x I ' F welcome and no limit to the amount of the delicious beverage that will be provided. It has been rumored that there was a dearth of the ^ lemonade so loudly touted at cetr- q tain other events of th'is kind Recently, but the lo/c&l committee have stated that there will be no similar e state of affairs here, as the juice q will be provided in such quantity as . will make the water taste like tfte r i , a real article. Abbeville Welcomes You. > , t HARDING PRESIDES j AS BOAT SAILS : 3 ? o PRESIDENT HARDING BREAKS MINERAL WATER ON BOW AND CHRISTENS NINE YEAR 5 OLD BOY'S CRAFT THE"J "RARITAN." |o 11 Paritan, N; J., July 5.-$Acting as tj sponsor here todayj of a rowfeoat ^ made by'fc\ilne-ear-oId boy, Presi- ? ' P dent Harding delivered a Fourth of ^ July oration of a single Sentence in tribute to the ingenuity and aspira- q tions of American boyhood. The diminutive craft which inspired , ! < / ?t< the President's toast was the "Rari3( tai>" nine feet over all, conceived ( and built /by Joseph S. Ifrelinghuysen Jr., son of the senior Senator from J New Jersey, at whose home Presi- L dent and Mrs. Harding are guests. The bank of an artificial lake form ing a hazard across a golf course of the Raritan Valley Country Club was the scene of the launching and will be the home pert of the "Raritan" as she sails a tramp c 'uise in search of misdirected golf balls. * (Had it been the largest ocean liner s the vessel could i^carcely have taken P the water with a greater show of 0 ceremony. The American flag was f in place afbove her stern and as she ^ was loosed to begin he:- adventurous * career, the President of the United a States broke a berfWbcned bottle 1' of mineral water acro3s her bows, i: and said: a "As a tribute to American boyhood, who build castles in the air, c who build boat? and whose achiev?:v ?-A- 4.v_ M?i .u L?;IJ ?.u:? I e Ill C1113 111 tut? lUllU'C WU1 UU'llU Will o country, I christen this Doat, the handwork of Joe Frclinghuysen, Jr., S the Raritan." n t HOSPITAL GETS CHECK ' * ' g Mr. Irvin Cleckley of Lowndesville gave the Abbeville County Memorial F Hospital t a gnod boost this morning & when he h. n< ied Mrs. Frank Nickles a. check fo. $100.00 as his contribu- 8 tion to the' Hospital's birthday cele- * bration this afternoon. Mr. Cleckley 11 was not able to remain for the cele- v bration, leaving today, with Mr. and e Mrs. James F. Clinkscales of Monte- v rey, for Battle Creek, Mich. Mr. ^ Cleckley takes with him good wishes fc and leaves enthusiasm for "the e cause." BASEBALL SATURDAY There will ibe a baseball game on i: the Abbeville diamond Saturday af- 1 ternoon at 3:30 o'clock between the o Abbeville and Coke^bury Y. M. C. A. ti teams. t< t m IN'FORCE ON FIFTH AVENUE ARADERS .MARCH IN NEW YORK TO PROTEST AGAINST PROHIBITION AND SIGNIFY HOPE FOR WETTER* DAY? TO COME. ' , t New York, July 5.?"Wets" apleared in force on Fifth avenue today march in protest against dry laws ,nd to express their hope for a reurn to moister days. The organizer if the demonstration said that neonle if all ages and sexes who had signed ards pledging themselves to particulate totalled in six figures, but the acual marchers were considerably hort of that. The organizers blamed he heat and legal restrictions on cerain methods of alleviating it that nee were in vogue. Denounced by reformer^ who tried > prevent < a recent international vent in Jersey City as 'nawless" nd "anarchists," the paraders told he world that they were "the'cream nd not the dregs." .The daisy was the official flower for he parad^ and there were all sorts f buttons and banners expressing ostility to the principle that the rord Volstead has, come to typify. >ne contingent announcing, itself ad omposed of doctors had signs des+.V10 morhVinal irirtuea of al ohol and certain coneoction9 theref. A dry counter parade that was to ave been organized by a Wall street vangelist failed to materialize, but andbills were distributed giving the poor benighted wets" the ideas of ne coterie of "drys" as to the mea'nig of personal liberty. And attenon was called to the fact that there rouid be a prohibition enforcement arade on Fifth avenue next Saturay in connection with the world's onventiOn of the United Society of Vim erf? on Rn^povor. Mayor Hylan gave his indorsement j the "wet" demonstration by consnting to review it. HMD FORCES BUT LITTLE KNOWN " > Newport, R. I., July 5.?The atti* ? n- _ TT_:i. J uae 01 xae uuii?u ouaics, n mvu aid, not only had adway neglected to rovide for public critcism by officer f the armed forces 'but has actually orbidden it, was contrasted with hat of some European powers by tear Admiral William S. Sims in an ddress today (before the Rhode Isand Society of the Cincinnati n which he urged public discussion s a safeguard to public interests. In ome continental countries, he delared, critcisam was recognized as so ital to'efficiency that it was awardd when it proves beneficial. The American people, Admiral >ims said, knew less about the elelents of warfare and less about he actual condition of their military / VW./VC tVioTi fho nwvnlc nf anv other ;reat power, adding that "although his has militated against our preiaredness for war in the past and alhough we have nevertheless attaind our object in war without very erious loss, stll it must he evident hat a similar attitude cannot be maintained in the future without ery serious risk. In a country gov-1 rned as ours the efficiency of its arious departments must necessariy depend very largely upon the inerest the people take In this efficincy. _i DR. TAYLOR HfcKfc Dr. Julius H. Taylor, of Columbia 3 visiting1 Dr. G. A. Neuffer. Dr. 'aylor is interested in the progress f the Abbeville hospital and atgnded the "birthday" celeforatioR aday. JAPAN PREPARED 1 FOR DISARMAMENT j ?7 ^ & -'m OZAKI DECLARES THAT IF THE | UNITED STATES SHOULD TAKE INITIATIVE FOR LIMITATION OF ARMAMENT HpS 'i COUNTRY WOULD FOLLOW. \ || Tokio, July 5.?Okio Ozaki, form- '% er minister of justice, on the con- (i elusion of a 10,000-mile campaign ? of the empire in behalf of'limitation ' j of armaments, a campaign unparalleled in Japan's political history, do- J clared his conviction today that if ' the United States government pro posed a conference on limitation ot "M armaments it would meet with an eager response throughout the length and <breadfch of J^apah. , iM. Ozaki, whose achievements have made him the foremost Japa- 'j ? nese Liberal, added: "I should like to convey this mes- :?& sake to the people of t^e United ,'v States. If.the American government Vjj proposes an international conference > to discuss restriction of armaments ; it will surely ie the beginning of a X 'JM solution of all 'the diplomatic ques- -Jl tions between Japan and the United ' States. If we are unaible to prevent the clearly unnecessary wasteful na- i val competition, how can we expect , tcj soive other irritable and more complicated questions between our I two countries? The latter will easily adjust themselves when the former has been settled." M. Oaaki explained that he raoke in almost all the important cities and towns from Kyushu, in the farthest south, to Hokkaido, in ?the farthest north, addressing more than a 100,-" ' a-1 000' persons at >100 meetings, large ? and small, at which post cards were v -J distributed so that his hearers would vote freely on disarmament. The final result on the returns from these ':->j cards, M.% Ozaki asserted, showed - * that 94 per cent, favored limitation. The intense endeavor of M. Ozaki appears to have awakened the'nation to the fact that armament restriction is he supreme problem of the era of Japan. An investigation m the highest official quarters elecited corrfir- v maton of previous ^statements hat the government would welcome a conference on limitation. , . 4 ' V. GEORGE R. KOESTER ' CHAIRMAN OF PUBLICITY - * Greenville Newspaperman Takes Up ' Important Work for Sunday School Association ? < i \ York, July 5.?Announcement was made today of the election of George R. Koester of Greenville as chairman of tne jniDiicity division ox the South Carolina Sunday School as sociation, Mr. Koester who is publisher of the Greenville Daily Piedmont and a newspaper paragrapher of national fame needs no introduc? tion to newspaper readers of South Carolina. ' 4 Mr. Koester has been for some years past a member of the executive committee of the South Carolina Sunday School Association and is generally regarded as one of the most active and influential workers in the association Mr. Koester teach; es a Sunday School class at Poe Mill at Greenville. This class composed largely of textile worKers is noi omy one of the largest Sunday School classes of men in the State; but it :s generally regarded as one of the best from a standpoint of interest tnken and general progress being made. CHILD BREAKS ARM The only accident reported in Abbeville in connection with the celebration of July 4th was that when little Miss Ruby Hughes, while at the miH barbecue, missed her footing in stepping over a rock and fell, breaking her arm. Dr. GanVbrell bound up the arm and Miss Hughes is restiag well. /