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ywewwi- .v.?, ...... ' " i . - ' i . i 4 \ . CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING DAY NEXT SATURDAY, AUGUST THE 13TH i Abbeville Press and Banner j Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Aug. 8, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year.' .1 * ' i ^ . J HARDING SCORES ' FARMERS'ADVISERS TELLS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS AND NOT FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD WERE RESPON. SIBLE FOR PRICE OF COTTON " $ ' Washington, Aug. 6.?W. P. G. Harding, governor Qf the fede al reserve board, appeared today before the joint legislative commission in. < quiring mw agntiui>uiiu vvum>.v..w against hi^ senatorial critics. He held them rather than any policy, of the board responsible for the fact that the farmers did not sell their cotton in 1920 when market value was high and when they could have disposed of their crop, at least without loss. ''Everybody aware of the condition of the world when the foreign market was dosed against the exportation of cotton a crop 50 per ! cent, of'which is dependent on exportation. knew that the price of cot ton must fall," he said. "And yet i those (who have seriously criticised the board urged (the farmers to hy.d their cotton when there was absolutely no chance of them doing so with hope of profit." Governor Harding had reference to Senator Heflin oi Alabama, Senator Smith of South Carolina and other members of the agricultural committee, who after urging the *farmers to hold and predicting higher 'prices, criticised the reserve board and its governor. No names were called ibut the witness, when asked after his testimony, did not deny that he had theseI senators in mind. v i ' - ' \ \ The witness declared that in 1920 he believed that the farmers should 1 sell their best gTade cotton in order , -to be able to hold their low grade for which there was no market.'" He read extensive correspondence exchanged by him and J. S. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, in which he suggested that the farmers be urged to ,sell. There is no evidence, he added, that Mr. Wannaimaker took his ad?vice. The witness referred to recommendation by the board 'that con- i gress change the national banking iaws so as to give more elasticity to the lending poorer of banks, which "AiflArwTviQnr?o4-irvr? moo . onr] x cvvuuu^iiua uivu if unu which, he declared, would result in ; much good. "But none of our critics," he explained in a loud voice, "have had the decency to refer to that service which we rendered." Senator Harrison of Mississippi, in endeavorng to indicate that certain statements by the board had depressed the value of cotton, caused the witness to discuss national politics. It seems that Harrison, last fall, spoke to the witness of the good effeet which a lowering of discount rates would have on the demand situation. "We could not follow the suggestion," said Governor Harding. "In January of this year, I encountered Governor Cox at a reception. He told me that he had 'been of the opinion that the 'board's policy was wrong (but that he was convinced ' that we would have been very foolish had we made a change." Senators Heflin and Smith sat for only a few minutes in the chamlber, \ neither questioning the witness. A " AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. J. P. Robertson to Conduct Prayer Service. The Rev. J. P. Robertson of Galveston, Texas, who preached Sunday morning and evening at the Presbyterian church will conduct praj/er service at the same church Wednes* day night at 8:30. He has announced that his subject will be "The Higher Critics and the Bible." The Rev. Mr. Robertson will preach again next Sunday morning and evening. s * CONFERENCE,DATE REMAINS AS FIXED TALK OF DISARMAMENT BEGINS IN NOVEMBER?GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN SATISF-IED WITH ARMISTICE DAY AS SUGGESTED. Washington, Aug. 6.?Unless unexpected opposition develops the international conference on disarma_ ment and Far Eastern subjects proposed by iPresident Harding will be gin on November 11. Great Britain's formally expressed 'willingness to accept any date that would Ibe agreeable to the United States led today to the extension of the definite suggestion to all the invited powers that they convene on that date. It is understood unofficially that Japan will offer no objection to the suggestion although the government at Tokyo would prefer a slight delay merely for the purpose of facilitating the compilation of material that will ibe required by its representatives at the conference. France and Italy, it is under stood, will join tne unrisn government in prompt acquiescence. Press dispatches indicating Great Britain's willingness to leave to the United States the determination of the subjepts that -frill be discussed, were said to ibe indicative of the spirit of accord which 'has been manifested. The foneign representatives here are in consultation with their home offices/and are expected to continue the interchange of communications with the state department concerning the subjects ithat will be brought before the conference. A final draft of the agenda prior to the convening of the conferees appears improbable, although it is expected that by that time a very definite idea of the progam will be had at the capital of every nation represented. It is possible that the question of Yap may be solved before the conference. It is understood that Japanese ambassador has indicated to Secretary Hughes that he is prepared to proceed with the discussion of that subject and intimations have been made at the state department that Yap imight be eliminated by prior adjustment. GEORGE C. DOUGLAS TO CITY CLERK PLACE / Gallman Declines Offer?New Man Takes Charge August 15. I Other Things. At the meeting Saturday night City Council elected Mr. George C. Douglas city clerk and treasurer. Mr. T. R. Gallman, who has been doing the work since the death of Mr. Perrin, was first elected but he declined to serve. Mr. Douglas will take charge of the office August 15. He will resign his position with McMurray Drug Company, where he has been druggist since 1917. Previous tb that time he was for 30 years with the army and has seen' service in various parts of the world. The councilmen also decided Saturday to buy a high_geared Ford for use in rounding up speeders. At a previous meeting it had been decided to buy a motorcycle ibut council agreed that the Ford could do as valiant service besides feeing useful for various other purposes. The traffic cop wagon will have a 3 and 1 gearing arrangement and will make a rate of 65 miles an hour. Council also decreed that hereafter the fine to be imposed on convicted speeders shall be $10 per each time caught. PICNIC AT CENTRAL. There will be a picnic and hash dinner at Central sphool house next Saturday, August 13th, to which the public is invited and requested to bring well filled baskets. BARBECUE AND L FEATURE FOB & ... \ ; Civic League to Serve G Chamber of Commei Drinks-Interest in Promises Ar< The newest development in the ' Cooperative -Marketing Day, planned for the coming Saturday, is the announement of the Civic League that the ladies of that organization will serve a barbecue diimer, a la Gilliam, in the empty store room next, to the Arnold- Garage. This alone should insure the success of the day and it will certainly be one of the most enjoyable features provided. The lemonade will be provided, free . of charge, on the square and it is certain to be in great demand. The barbecue voll.not be quite free but so nearly so ihat the fifty certts will scarcely be missed. Besides, the proceeds will be devoted .to a good purpose, to apply on the purchase of the Confederate marker that is soon to be erected. v jIt is not often these days that a fellow can get all he can eat for half a dollar, especially something that is good to eat. Most of the people have heard of the Gilliam barbecues and those that have not may learn Saturday for this one is to be prepared by the same, that is it will be a Gilliam style bart>ecue, trade marke registered. Interest in the big event grows apace. The promise is that everybody and his neighbor will be here with bells ad that a lot of noise is sure to result. It is rumored that a* certain well known man who used to be the most famous horse trader \ pMceeoing SLOW WITH SCHOONER VECSEL SEIZED OUTSIDE THREE MILE LIMIT AS SMUGGLER, CAUSES OFFICIALS TO THINK l SLOWLY AND TO ACT VERY CAREFULY .. ' ' -C Washington, Aug. 6.?Liberal proceedings in New York to obtain for* feiture of the British schooner Henry L. Marshall seized as a liquor smuggler, are contemplated by the justice department Acting Attorney General \ Goff announced today. New York, Aug. 6.?Colonel Hey-| ward United States district attorney, issued a statement today saying he ( was awaiting instructions from the attorney general at Washington before proceeding further in the case of seizure as a liquor smuggler of the British schooner Henry L. Marshall , outside the three mile limit off the Jersey Coast. He denied that he had made anV # nouncement that all ships of foreign registry attempting to smuggle liquor outside the three mile limit would be seized. "I did not advise the seizure of | the schooner Marshall," he said. "I first learned of it when the ship was i at quarantine. As to the forfeiture of the ship and cargo, I have taken __ _ _ _ A* I* YT _1 V _ 1 J ! J no action/' ne saia ne naa receiveu no summons to go to Washington to discuss the matter. Colonel Hayward, who is in Atlantic City for a week-end vacation issued his settlment through his local office by long distance telephone. MEETING AT SHILOH i Revival services at Shiloh church ; will begin next Sunday morning and i run through the following week, with ' sendees at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend. EMONADE TODAY AUG. 13TH ^ ?T? * illiam Style Dinner And ce Furnishes Cold Event Grows and 3 For Crowd. hereabouts, but has taken up the fascinating and profitable business of 'auctioneering and general trader will l>e in Abbeville Saturday. So you want to be ion the lookout and see that he doesn't get the best of you in that trade you are expecting to make. / There's no use an talking, you are certain to find a lot of bargains. The farmers and their families have nothing much to do now but eat fried chicken and go to revival services, fish and watch their crop grow, cut watermelons and come to town r?r?r*n<2in.n olltr An/1 if miaa f.Viic opportunity to come in it will prove that they are not looking out for their interest. It is planned that everybody shall ' help everybody else. That is why the name Co-Operative was adopted, to carry the idea of mutual benefit. If you sit back and wait for George to do it, you will find that it is not likely ever to be done. Likewise if you stay at )iome Saturday George is likely to come back and tell you what a great day he had and the fun you missed. It is always wise to be on hand in case anything turns up that might be to your interest. Abbeville wants you to come and pni'nv vrmr<apl"f A.Khoinlp rnn v"jwj j j via to get in the habit of coming here' often, whether you have any money j to spend or not. Abbeville wants you to profit along with her. Think it over and hitch up your Ford. BUSINESS IN SEE OPEN IAD AHEAD CONSPICUOUS FEATURE OF COMMERCE IN GENERAL IS cidmud ddnanrd a wn i ivr v I LJER OPTIMISM, DUE TO EASIER FINANCIAL CONDITIONS St. Louis, Aug. 6.?The conspicuous ieature of commerce in general throughout this district is a firmer, livelier and broader optimism. Business men are sure they see an open road ahead. This optimism has its source in condition deemed both material and permanent, such as easier financial conditions in agricultural cV^ricts and Jrog^'essi^e readjustment of business in the cities and I towns. There are signs of a vigorous liquidation of retail stocks at lower prices following the example set by the larger department stores, although the smaller shops beyond the sphere of strong competition have not joined this movement. Much of the buying is done by women and follows aggressive advertising of real bargains. Unsettled and fluctuating prices are impeding the progress of wholesale business in this territory although retail stocks are very low. The financial strain in the grain and cotton districts has slackened be~ -C /vrnin r\li POO Ofl^ cause ui luici^u gxaiti j^uitaoco | arrangements for credit to financg cotton marketing for export. DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Branch of Lethe, have the sympathy of their I - ? 4-l%w jJ/va-f-l* /vf liff.lo melius 111 W1C u trawi UA uivu ntwv daughter, which occurred last Friday. The little girl was six years old. She was taken sick Tuesday and passed away on Friday. The body was taken to Kentucky, the home of Mrs. Branch, for burial. Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., went down to Lethe to be with her friend. PROBLEM MS IN IMMMMi 1?-r-^ NEW RULES MAY BE FOUNI NECESSARY?EFFORT MAD! TO DO AWAY WITH FRANTH MIDNIGHT RACING OF VES SELS AT NEW YORK. New iorK, Aug. 7.?Frantic mid night racing of immigrant ladei steamers into American harbors to land monthly quotas in the firs minute of the first day of new month may be done away with here Mon day when ship line officers and im migration officials cpfc tnopfher h formulate a new agreement. Commissioner General Husband o the immigration bureau in announce ing the conference today said he wa willing to "wipe the slate clean,' admit under bond the 400 or so Au gust quota excess now in harbor and begin all over again if the com panies would reach a binding agree ment among themselves not to ex ceed quotas hereafter. Due to such a race July 31, th< Greek, Turkish and other small quo tas for August were exceeded in th< first two minutes of August 1. Oni ship lost out because of a lighte: crossing her bow, and risked carry ing back her load of immigrant at the company's expense rather thai take a chance on running down th< barge. She was a British steame: cringing a smaii part 01 tne montn quota of Greeks, and had refused Commissioner General Husband said to take others. A Greek ship wit! the whole month's quota of Greek; left after the British vessel but woi by two minutes in docking August : and will be permitted to land ' he: entire cargo under existing rulings The conference next Monday i planned to devise ways anfl- means o meeting this situation. Commissioner Husband saaijl h had been warned when the presen law was enacted that there woul< probably be efforts to make a gam< of it in order to prevent further ef forts to limit immigration when th emergency measure expired. Com pnies however, that tyring the ma jority of immigrants are adherinj st.ripf-.lv tfn acrrppmprits amnnfr fchpm selves, however, he added, that the; would not bring more aliens of an; nationality than could be admittei under each month's quota. The dif ficulty is with smaller lines and com paratively small numbers ;of immi grants, he said. / TRUSTEES RECEIVE BIDS FOR BONDS AND BUILDINC Hear Proposals Wednesday for Hand ling Securities and Constructing New High School The trustees of the Abbeville Hig] school will meet at the office o Chairman Barnwell Wednesdaay ti open bids for the sale of of $100,OOi of bonds recently issued for the con struction of the new school buildinj on Chestnut street. They will als< receive proposals from contractor; fr?r t/Vio pnnsH'npHon of the building G. Floyd Preacher, the architect from Augusta, will be present. Th< bonds were originally advertised foi sale on July 28>but at that time n< satisfactory bid was received and thi bonds wETe readvertised. The highes offer received was 90. It is un derstood that this offer is yet opei and that if the trustees get an offe: from the contractors that is consid ered sufficiently low the bonds ma: be sold at that price. Several contracting firms, it ii said, have indicated their purpose t< submit bids. Dealers in bonds an< other securities say that the marke for municipal and school bonds is ii a very bad way due to the flood o: foreign securities that have been of fered recently at such ilow prices Several other school districts in thi: state have refused offers for bond: because they were too low. It wa: announced in The State of Sunda: SOLDIERS' HOME j I IN BAD STATE - . j--J ?. ) SO DEPLORABLE IS SITUATION I THAT UNLESS CONGRESS : ACTS QUICKLY CASUALTIES $ . WILL BE AT &GHER RATE | THAN IN WAR. -(rl1 ' - i Washington, Aug. 6.?Conditions a at the Johnson City, Tenn., Old SoJr 5 diers' home where former service me^rj;. i are rpPAivirir hrwm+?1 ? -* ^ ? . "VUM4vt*A uxvawuicUb iUC i'j s so deplorable that unless congress . acts immediately the casualties there . will be proportionately higher than J occurred in the world war, Director Forbes of the bureau of war risk * f insurance declared today before a _ senate committee. , 'J s Agents of the bureau hare just > completed a secret investigation of J . the institution in which are quars tered nearly 850 former service men _ who, Colonel Forbes declared, J . were living under astounding condi- / J . tions of vice, corruption and immorality. B The war risk head brough^. as a ] . witness M. P. Mclnerny," the agent A 2 who made the investigation and who e lived for a week as a "patient" at the r home. The latter told the commit. tee of having bought morphine, 3 moonshine whiskey and extract of j ginger containing 95 per cent alco- , $ 3 hoi on the home reservation, de_ r clared that intoxication was com- M s mon among the former service men j and asserted that immoral women t overrun the grounds on which the a nstitution is located. s | The witness said he had encount- . \ i ered many patients who carried guns L and defied guards 'to take the firer arms away. There was absolutely i. no discipline, he- added, and the pa- *8 s uents "ran tne place to the extent f of forcing'the executive officers to withdraw the guards from the dine ing rooms." Loaded dice and markt ed cards, he declared, were supplied -jj i by "parasites" from the outside and e the patients "drained" of the money _ given them by the government. e Colonel Forbes again explained - that his bureau was unable to cor- j - rect the evils because of lack of ' * ? jurisdiction over the Soldiers' home, - which is administered by the federal y board controlling all sucfi instituy tions. He declared that he felt it i his duty to make public his findings, - however,- in order that public sen- j - timent might wipe out the "curse" - which he said his investigation had showed to exist. Bristol Tenn., Aug. 6.?Dr. Walter C. Klotz, resident physician and j director of the Old Soldiers' home 7| at Johnson City, Tenn., since August - 1, tonight declined to make a statement on conditions as he had found them at the home. He said that he would withhold comment on the h charges presented by Chairman f Forbes in the senate hearing until VJ 3 he had made a complete investigaD tion. , || Dr. Koltz was transferred to the I Johnson City home from another gov0 ernment hospital but would not say s whether he was sent there to cor* ' rect bad conditions. 1i e THREE OPERATIONS 3 Mrs. Fulp, MUs Mil ford and Mrs. e Abies Doing Well. t Three operations were performed _ nfr. +.Vip Ahhpvillp flnnnt.v Memorial i hospital today. Mrs. J. D. Fulp, wife , r of. superintendent of the Abbeville - City schools, was operated on for / j appendicitis and is resting easily. Miss Grace Milford, daughter of 5 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Milford, also unj derwent an appendicitis operation. j She also is doing well. t Mrs. Walter Abies of Santuc was i 'he third patient, she, too, having ap- { f appendicitis. \ - that Newberry school trustees had i. sold an issue of $60,000, 5 per cent. s bonds, at 82 1-4. Abbeville's bonds s are dated July 1 and bear interest at s the rate of 6 per cent., payable semif annually. -i I