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SUPREME COUNCIL CALLED TO MEET j:: t % -?: nn ; WILL DISCUSS QUESTION OF REPARATIONS?RESULT OF CONFERENCES BETWEEN BRI AND AND LLOYD GEORGE HELD IN LONDON London, Dec. 22.?Another meet ing of the allied supreme council, this time at Cannes, on the French rttiera, is the outcome of the parleys between Prime Minister Lloyd George onrf Prpmier Briand of France dur \ ipg the past few days, will be pre ceded by a meeting of the council of ambassadors within a few days ' at Paris for arranging the details of the Cannes meetijij? which is scheduled for early in January. A pledge of secrecy was entered into between the two premiers re garding their London conversations bat the supreme council evidently Juis been called either to revise the reparations provisions of the treaty of Versailles or deliberate on the ad visability of calling a conference with a view to dealing with the whole question of international finances and exchange, which is linked with the question of reparations. That such a conference is in con templation and will possibly include Russia and Germany if not the 1 s+o+m wms to be shown by UU1 WVU K/VMWVW t W ^ ^ the fact that the commission entrust ed with the examination into Rus- ( sian affairs has drafted a report which ; is now under consideration by the " French and British experts. ( The meeting today between M. j Briand and George Harvey, the Am erican ambassador, is believed to|( have been concerned mainly with J, ijaval questions. Its occurrence at ] the present juncture, however, was , the subject of considerable specula f tion as to whether it may not also have been connected with the known ' desire of the entente powers to in- ^ - duce the United States to interest itself in reparations and connected . 'questions. M. Briand this evening made the announcement to^the newspapers that the council of ambassadors would meet in Paris and that it would take up the question of German repara tions as an outcome of the present conversation between Mr. Lloyd George and himself. M. Briand ad ded that real progress had been made in the conversations. Several po'nts had been smoothed out with complete cordiality and "he was very much satisfied," he said. M.' Briand declined to be drawn into a discussion of the subject of secondary naval vessels, dismissing such inquiries by saying that the quest:on still was under discussion, and added, "this is not the Washing ton conierejxtc. The French premier previously had discussed the question of repar ations with the Belgian ambassador, who visited him to press the claims j of the Belgians, and was given as surance that nothing would be decid ed without the representatives of Belgium being -consulted. In this connection M." Briand again remind ed the newspaper men that nothing could be definitely settled by the present conversations, which being purely between the British and French premiers, could in no wise be binding upon the other parties concerned in the question, namely, Belgium and Italy. OIAL FINDS FAULT South Carolina Senator Assails Postoffice Department Methods Washington, Dec. 21. ?Methods employed by the postoffice depart ment in the naming of postmasters in South Carolina were assailed by Senator Dial (Democrat) of that state in a speech today in the sen ate. The senator read a lengthy i list of the appointees in his state and charged that many of them < were not qualified to take the job. SAYS HE IS NOT INTERESTED 1 IN VALUABLES WOMEN MAY CARRY, AS HE RELIEVES MEN OF THEIR POCKETBOOKS AND JEWELRY. Chicago, Dec. 22.?Police today investigated a report that a well 1 dressed bandit with exquisite man- '1 nersy who, singlehanded, held up ob- ^ servation car passengers on the Bal- 1 timore and Ohio night Mier for Wash- < ington in the heart/of Chicago's < south side last night and escaped in an automobile driven by a \v9raan 1 companion. Children skating on a t pond at Sixty-Seventh street say the 1 robber made his getaway in a carj i which had been parked beneath the * railroad viaduct. < The bandit boarded the observa tion car at the Sixty-Third street 1 station and forced "the passengers'* to ( stand in linfr. M. D. Taylor, a Balti- 0 more and Ohio passenger agent, was first in line. He gave up his pocket- 1 book. < : 1 Three oth^r men contributed, then * the robber reached Mr. and Mrs. Her- < bert L. Stansbury of New Mexico aiid their three shiall children. 1 ' c "Madam," he said, "will you please ^ take the children to tfhe other end of ^ the car. I am not interested in any ^ valuables a woman may have, and I r do not want to frighten -children. If j you plesae." ' I? As Mrs. Stansbury and children | T obeyed, he relieved Mr. Stansbury of j j his pock'etbook. "Not muchr but you look as if youi j :ou]d well afford to lose it, else 11 c would not take it," the robber told j a F. W. Williamson, another Baltimore j I and Ohio ticket agent. > j c As he continued the line of-passen-jp ?ers the conductor appeared at the j f front end of the car ready to collect 11 tickets. The bandit regarded him! :oolly. s "It's quite possible," he told his 11 victims, "that the conductor is arm- * i ?d. If he is not he can call men who are. That would mean shooting and e some of you might get hurt. I don't c want that to happen, so I will leave 0 you." Covering the passengers with his I ?un he jerked the bell rope, backed j I through the observation platform j! ioor, and as the train slowed down j leaped over the rail and disappeared i down the embankment. OFFICERS GET STILL Sixty Gallon Outfit and One Opera tor Brought In A sixty gallon copper stilling outfit, complete and in operation, was captured early yesterday morn ing by Deputy Sheriffs C. B. Prince and Dale Ferguson. The still toge ther with Will Haynie, who is now in jail, was located near, or on the Watson farm in the Flatwoods sec tion, adjoining the Mt. Carmel road, near the McCormick line. When Sheriffs Prince and Fer guson and two special deputies ar rived on the scene two negroes were seated on the ground eating breakfast, a trnra negro was ^training liquor into a fruit jar. a When the deputies spoke the ne- ? groes ran. Mr. Ferguson gave chase and outran Will Haynie, the others escaping. Five grMons of liquor, already stilled, was found, jy and between 1,000 and 1,200 gal- ^ Ions of beer was poured out. The ^ still was 'brought into the jail while e Sheriff McLane personally chopped t tp the still. _ , r turamjooiuw mEE.10 Only Routine fatter* Considered At Today'* Session Only routine matters were con sidered at today's meeting of the Highway Commission. Topsoil ,was condemned at a number of places. The body meets again in January. ? t>OSSIBILITY OF RESTORATION * OF UGHT WINES AND BEER TO BE LOOKED INTO?WAYS AND MEANS TO DISCUSS QUESTION. Washington, Dec. 22.?iFeasibftli ;y of raising funds for a soldiers' c >onus by a tax on beer and light v vines will be considered by the t louse ways and means committee, d Chairman Fordney announced to- t lay after the Christmas recess. I The possibility of a tax on \ leverages with^-small' alcoholic con- d ?nt will he looked into Mr.Ford- n ley, said, to detennine whether it vould be advisable an constitution- j il to lift the prohibition ban suffi- r :iently to permit tlieif sale.' ' c Mr. Fordney conferred today t vith Secretary Mellon but said lat- p jr the bonus question had not been c liscussed. Other suggestions put forth by nembers of the house for financing t i bonus include a variety of sales ^ axes on different commodities and p lifferent classes of manufacturers. t In an address in the house, Rep- g esentative A. P. Nelson (Republi lan) of Wisconsin, commenting on ;he proposed payment of a bonus >y a tax on light -wines and beer leclared former service men would lot look with favor on any such >lan to raise revenue "in an outlaw raffle in order to meet their legiti oate demands for adjusted cond ensation." Even if congress attempts to >ermit the manufacture and sale if beer and wine, Mr. Nelson said, ipproximately 40 state prohibition aws would prevent its sale. Friends if prohibition enforcement,^ he iredicted, will present "a united ront against this scheme for nul ifying prohibition." Declaring there <were plenty of ources of revenue open for actual leeds without trying "to legalize rhat the constitution prohibits," ifr. Nelson asserted that "an at :mpt to tie the veterans of our ountry's battles to the dead body if the liquor traffic is an outrage." Replies received by D. T. Smith, r., chairman of the executive com nittee, indicate that there will be .t least 125 men from all parts of he county when mess call iblowe for he supper for ex-service men next Thursday night The supper will be erved in the Masonic hall over Jpeed's Drug Store. iMiss May Robertson, chairman f the women's committee to serve he supper, has five committees working out details of the evening .nd the affair is altogether promis ng as to profit and pleasure. John Andrews, representative of he United States Veterans Bureau, nil be present to give information ,nd assistance in connection with ^ :overnment insurance. b Pluck Ripe Cherriea. q Anderson, Dec. 22.?Rich red ripe lay cherries were picked from the v rees of Anderson county December ^ 8. The cherries were fully develop d and ripe. This is the first time v hat this has ever happened this ite in the season, according to older r esidents. Many times fruit has ~ ormed, but has not gotten ripe. ^ Bandits Get $10,000 Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 22.?Five rmed bandits held up the Steelton si ranch of the Citizen Trust and Sav- u igs Bank toclay and escaped with h 10,000. tl MARSHAL OF FRANCE GREETED ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY HOME PEOPLE AFTER HIS TRIUM PHANT TOUR OF U. S. AS LE GION GUEST. Paris, Dec. 22.?Marshal FocK re eived a typical American welcome /hen he stepped onto the platform of he St. Laz&ire railroad station to- , lay, returning from his tour of the Jnited States. With him was former 'remier Viviani, returning from 1 Vashington where he was a French [elegate to the limitation of arma- ' uents conference. For a few minutes after his arrival Jarshal Foch said he thought he w^s naking a five minutes' stop in t^e ourse of his American tour. Almost he entire membership of the Paris ?ost of the American Legion had as embled at the station to welcome the llied generalissimo home. As he lighted from the train from Havre, here were thunderous cheers of the Lmerican variety, the marshal stop ied suddenly, smiled broadly and urning to a member of his party, j aid: "Paris, Paris, this surely cannot be 'aris. It must be an American city am arriving at." , He thanked the legionaires for 1 heir welcome, saying that since vis ting the United States he had come ' o l;ke the American brand of wel ome. Many persons in the crowd did i ot recognize the French hero. In- ' tead of a marshal's "uniform he wore .business suit and a derbv hat. His < riends who met him remarked that . ^ is trip had apparently done him luch good. < _.A large group of French military jaders as well as a personal repre- : entative of President Millerand and ' ther governmental officials were at ^ lie station. . As he was leaving the station, Mar- i hal Foch said his trip to America 1 v ' . ad been one of the most wonderful vents of his life. In accordance with the usual i ustom when Christmas falls on iunday, all the stores and business ' laces of Abbeville will be closed , ilonady. The telephone exchange /ill also be closed from 8 a. m. to p. m. The Press and Banner will ssug no paper on Monday. 1 With only Saturday remaining i which to do Christmas shopping, he merchants are expecting a busy ay tomorrow. < NO SPECIAL SERVICES >nly Usual Sunday Program In ( Churches of City } The usual Sunday services will , e the order in the churches , Ihristmas day. The Rev. James L. Martin, D. D. s nil preach at the morning hour in < he Presbyterian church. < The union service Sunday night \ nil De in tne uapust cnurcn. < At the A. R. P. church the Rev. 5 r. M. Telford will assist the Rev. i Ir. Plaxco in the baptismal service < or children at 3:30. i Congress Will Rest < Washington, Dec. 22.?A congres- < ional recess from today until Jan- i ary 3 was voted today when the < ouse adopted the sente resolution to 1 lat effect. < BOTH HEARINGS FIND TESTI MONY SCARCE WITH ONLY ONE FORMER SOLDIER ON HAND?WITNESSES FAIL TO AJPPEAR. Washington, Dec. 21.?Because of the .absence of half a dozen wit nesses summoned to appear today the senate committee Investigating charges, by Snator Watson (Demo crat) of Georgia that American sol diers had (been hanged in France without trial, was forced over until after' the Christmas holidays. A new batch of witnesses?nine in all?were ordered to appear January 4 for examination in view A? fViaiv afofaffmanfa w? o/Ja vr* W'VU upiMUUCUlO U&CMJC; UCiCW fore in letters to Senator Watson and others that they had first-hand knowledge of illegal executions. 3f?i. v. A' ;'" Except in one instance there was no explanations as to why today's witnesses failed to appear. One was ready to start but there was some delay in delivery of his rail road ticket and he will come later. With the expectation that the -miss ing witnesses might turn up in the T ' , . afternoon, a second session was ! * held but the roll was called and none answer. Senator Watson him self did not attend the afternoon session. N Chairman Brandegee announced j that in order to make the investiga tion as sweeping as possible, war department officials would be called to take up each alleged case of bru tality or murder. It was again made clear that some of the hangings witnessed by . former service men included the execution of 11 sol diers put to death after trial by courtmartial. The only former snld;er appear ing today?Marion J. Wallis of Athens, Ga.-^- did not serve over seas, his testimony relating entirely to the alleged killing of a private ^ by a corporal at Camp Wheeler,, Ga., in 1918. War department re cords, to determine whether the corporal designated iby Wallis only as "Corporal Crawford," has been tried, were demanded. There was an intimation that the committee would proceed to compel the attendance of George B. Hub bard, who recently declared in a statement here that he saw the bodies of three soldiers which had been disinterred and that there was n wnnn vnntl flia n ^ 01 r1 V) % X V/OiV/UliU l/AAVs <iVVA VA vuvitj I showing the men had been hanged.) Notified that he was wanted as a I witness and asked to come along at! jnce. Hubbard sent a three word! telegram fom New York, saying: "Will not accept." WATTERSON DEAD ^ast of Old School Journalists i Passes. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22.?Col. Henry Watterson, known to the American people as one of the last surviving members of the old school }f journalism and to his friendo is "Marse Henry" died early today it a hotel here. ( Death came peacefully, the ven- : arable editor retaining conscious- , less almost to the end and con versing during the last half hour with his wife, son and daughter. ( Colonel Watterson came to Jack sonville several weeks ago in ac ;ordance with his annual custom of spending the winter in Florida, of TTni-t TVTirorcL TTf? rnntraet-1 i.?uailjr x w* V ? ? ? :d a slight cold Tuesday and while seated in a chair yesterday morn- ( ng soon after breakfast he suffer ed an acute bronchial attack and vas ordered to his bed by his phy sician. His condition grew worse ^ luring the day and night and the : jnd came at 6:15 o'clock this morn- 1 ng. The Immediate cause of his ' le^tfc, his physician said was heart 1 failure superinduced by congestion 1 >f the bronchial tubes. < CROP SMALLER THAN LAST YEAR?NOT SINCE 1900 * SUCH SMALL TOTAL BEEN PRODUCED IN ALL TWENTY YEAR RECORD. Washington, Dec. 22.?World pro duction-of commercial' cotton- for 1921-22 Was placed at bales by the department of: agricul ture in a report made irabHe tifrm?hfc. This is the smallest crop'?nce? 1#CR). the report stated, and compares'wlth 20f650,000..pfroduced' in i$20.'r ~ - Two of the most important cotton producing countries?the''1 Unifced States and Egypt-Buffered "J crop "disasters" during the year, the re port assorted, producing 'only- 61/4 per cent of their total production of last year, .or~ 5,667,000 Bales less than was produced in 1920.' The cot ton crop in China, -South America, Mexico and other countries, While said to be not so importMt Commer cially,-was reported Smaller thanua ual. Russia, which immediately- be fore the war produced around 1, 500,000 bales annually, lias practic ally ceased to grow Cotton/the- re port stated. W'< Price? for cotton in the United States were forced down beloW pro duction costr-last year, the repbrt said, because of the forced shutting down of spinningiand weaving estiib-' lishments in the" principal manufac turing countries. Reduced consump tion, occasioned by the inability "of Russia, Turkey and many other coun tries in Europe and throughout the * world to buy cotton cloth since the war, it was explained, necessitated, the closing of world mills. Americas farmers, confronted with a large carry-over, last spring voluntarily re duced their cotton acreage, it was pointed out and the yield was further reduced because "comparatively lit tle fertilizer was used and because of boll weevil ravages over practically ~ the entire cotton belt." The Ameri can crop also was seriously hamper ed by unfavorable weather conditions over the cotton belt, the report fur ther explained. Egypt was said have been affected by much the same conditions. Th? production in the United Stat es for 1921 was estimated at 3,340, 000 bales of 478 pounds net, as com pared With 13,440,000 in 1920, 11, 421,000 in 1919 and 16,135,000 ia 1914. For Egypt the 1921 production was estimated at 684,000 bales, as compared with 1,251,000 in 1920, 1, 154,000 in 1919 and 1,337,000 ill 1914. For British India the figures were 3,623,000 bales for 1921, as compar ed with 2,845,000 for 1920, 4,637, 000 for 1919 and 4,167,000 for 1914. British Africa estimates for 1921 were 75,000 bales, as compared with 81,000 in 1920, 60,000 for 1919 and 54,000 for 1914. The estimates for Russia, however, were only 50,000 for this year, as compared with' 90, 000 in 1920, 440,000 in 1919 and 1, 309,000 in 1914. The estimated production in 1921 in Japan and Korea was 120,000, as compared with 105,000 in 1920 and 38,000 in 1914, While for China it ivas 1,650,000 in 1921, 1,868,000 in 1920 and 784,000 in 1914. In Mexico the production was es timated for 1921 at 165.000 bales, r is compared with 205,000 last year and 130,000 in 1914. ~ '.i TELEPHONE FOLK REST Dffice Will Be Open Sunday But Closed Monday. Telephone service will not be given Monday between 8 a. in. and 7 p. m. according to the announcement of Miss Essie Lee McCord, assistant manager of the exchange, yesterday. Christmas day "service as usual" will be the order, the force working while athers play.