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Abbeville Press and Banner J Pushed lian^O Year. Tri-WeeMy Abbeville, S. C., Monday, May 8, 1922~~ ^Sl^leCopleg, Five Cente. 78th Year. j BANK EXAMINERS i SEE IMPROVEMENT BELIEF EXPRESSED THAT PRO- < GRE&S TOWARDS NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL BE GRAD UAL?OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE Washington, Mav 6.?General , ] strengthening of the economic ma-j chinery of th? nation was reported today to Comptroller of the Cur rency Crissinger by the 12 national ' bank examiners representing the 12 | federal reserve districts at their meeting here. In the main the examiners said . c there has been a notable improve- , J ment in business conditions through out the country, together with re stored confidence and a favorable C outlook for the future. The belief was expressed, however, that pro Q gress towards normal conditions . would be gradual and not an over night accomplishment. ^ In the New York district business generally shows a wholesome trend, although still dopresed in all lines, ^ according to L. C. Borden. s "This depressed condition," he v said, "is believed to be Still due to c our Western and Southern agricul- * tural situation, to taxation, to the still too high living coszs and to la- * bor costs." n In the New York district, he con- a tinued, it is hoped that the Genoa conference will be the first step to- P waixis future beneficial conferences P which will prove more economical t than professional. 3 Tihe proposed soldier bonus legis- ^ lation, he said, "while strongly con- * demned, is not having much effect because of firm fait! in President Harding." R Philadelphia is well on the way to recovery as well as Cleveland and New England, it was reported. Less favorable reports from the Richmond district were presented * by W. J. Schechter. c 1 ... . . .. I "Industrially conditions are fair" c he said. "There is probably less un- ^ employment than is found in the 3 large cities. The agricultural sitma- 1 tio is serious, but the farmer will be * able to combat th? boll weevil well. ^ The commercial situation in general * is fair but nothing to enthuse over. * Financially conditions are probably 1 poor but not so much due to cotton r as to bad loans in years gone toy." s Florida conditions are better than any state in the union, according to * J. W. Pole of the Atlanta district. c "There is little reason to doubt but ] that real prosperity in this district 1 as well as the entire country," he 1 said, "depends largely on a restora- s -l:-- - *" > t-.j ric-f v ffYrpicrn dp HUH Ui U oanoi?vvv?j - ^ | mand, but even under the most fa-^ t vorable conditions several years of ( thrift and hard work will b? neces- ( sary before this section can hope for 11 complete recovery. "Farmers are generally giving at j tention to diversification of crops < and cost of cotton production will be less than last year. The citrus ( 1 * 5*? PlnniHa have j &n u wruuv uiv^/o hi ?. ? _ ( been splendid with satisfactory , prices 3nd therefore the situation in that state is probably the best of any state in the union/' COTTON MARKET ?? ? Spot cotton in Abbeville sold at | 19 1-8 cents today. Futures closed , as follows: ( May 19.88 j July 19.42 j October 19.54 ( December 19.63 , January 19.44 , This represented an advance over ( Saturday's close of from 70 to 75 j points. , DR. ABEL HERE Dr. R. E. Abel of Chester was in Abbt-ville Saturday having made the trip over to be present at an op era tion at the. hospital. APPEAL 10 PUBLIC FOR FLOOD RELIEF COMMITTEE ADOPTS RESOLU TION AT VICKSBURG?TWEN TY THOUSAND TO BE FED AND FUND AVAILABLE FOUND IN ADEQUATE. Vicksburg, Miss., May 7.?The Mississippi flood relief committee at t meeting here today adopted a res >lution to request President Harding o issue to request President Harding o issue an appeal for public contri rntions to the fund for the relief of lood sufferers in the Yazoo basin, vhere 20,000 men, women and chil Iren, marooned or driven from their tomes by the Mississippi river flood, vere declared to be in absolute need >f help. The call for additional aid was ak'en after it had been found by the ommittee that available funds were _. i nadcquate to take care of the rapid y increasing number of destitute lood victims. Reports submitted by a score of ield Red Cross secretaries today howed that the number to be pro ided for this week would be 20,000 ompared with 17,000 last week when! he issuing of rations was started. The board of health, basing its es imate for a balanced ration, recom lended a per capita ration of $1.05 week, but members of the commit ee said that funds on hand would ermit the allowance of but 70 cents! ier week. The board of health's es-l imate, it was said, included medical upplies for preventing? diseases. SOARD ACTIVITIES BEFORE CONFERENCE 4? mo rial Introduced at Methodist Ijwkkin* To Protrim Of Consolidation Hot Spring, Ark., May 6.?Acti vities of various boards of the hurch were discussed today at the feneral conference of the Metho list Episcopal church, South, in ses ion hero. Dr. E. L. Morgan of Ok ahoma precipitated the discussion >y introducing a memorial from the vest Oklahoma conference asking hat a special committee of 15 nembers be constituted to aevise vays and means of reducing the lumber of general boards by con iolidation. At the present time the general ictivities of the church are carried >n under the direction of boards of missions, Sunday schools, Epworth eagues, education, church extension! md finance. The Morgan memorial! ;eeks to reduce this number to four. | It was claimed by those opposed] ;o the memorial that consolidation j :ould not bo accomplished because! >f legal difficulties involving chart ers and the control of trust funds, rhe memorial was adopted, however ind the college 01 Disnops was asu ?d to appoint the committee. The bishops today appointed as a :ommittee on introductions and fra :ernal relations, J. M. Rogers of Sa vannah, Ga., and Plato Durham of Atlanta. FOR HOSPITAL WORK Washington, May 7.?Through pas sage by the senate, congressional ac ::on was completed today on the bill naking immediately available $12, )00,000 for construction of hospitals tor former service men as a part of i program calling eventually for the expenditure which was passed yester iay by the house was put through without a record vote and without debate within a few hours after it nad been reported out by the appro priation committee. NEW HOTEL CLERK Roy McComb of the Cold Spring pection came to Abbeville Saturday to take the position as desk clerk at the Eureka Hotel. ' WEEK OF ADVANCE MADE DY COITON HEAVY REALIZING DOES NOT BRING DECLINE-WEEK'S TAK ING FAR ABOVE LAST YEAR AND GENERAL TRADE IS IM PROVED. New Orleans, May 7.?Through out the week just ended the cotton market stood at the advance., rising to its highest levels at about the middle of the week and holding its gain fairly well thereafter in the face of considerable realizing from the long side. At its best the active positions were 141 to 161 points higher than the. close of the preced ing week with July up to 18.70. The close was at net gains of 98 to 126 points with July at 1823. In the spot department middling gained 112 nmn+c: f?lr>cincr af 1S 19 ppnt.S a pound against 11.88 on the close of the same week last yeai*. The? demand was encouraged mainly by the unfavorable weather conditions over the greater part of the belt during the- early days of j the week^ the heavy rains in Texas being regarded as the most im portant weather developments, al though low temperatures and conse* quent failure of germination of seed were also features that made an unfavorable impression regard ing the crop outlook. Some sections of Oklahoma wired local cotton concerns that cotton seed was rot ting in the ground as the result of the combination of too much mois ture and too cool weather. Toward the end of the week the weather took a turn for the better and this stimulated considerable realizing on the long side. More or less liquidation of long contracts was inevitable at the close but this sort of selling was hardly as much as generally expected would be the case after the bull markets of the early part of the week. One reason for this was the better tone of trade reports, signs for better de mand for the actuJal cotton and the large mill takings for the week, 180 000 bales againat 149,000 this week last year and 155,000 this week two years ago. Reports from some sec fift-ns <tf the Carolinas was that some mills were running full time with a few mills even working nights. Liverpool messages to local brokers noted more inquiry for cloth and claimed trading was be ing done in a moderate way by Manchester with all parts of the world, which was accepted as mean ing that confidence gradually was being restored. DAIRY MEETING Held in Court House Saturday Was Well Attended. The dairy meeting held in the Court House Saturday afternoon was well attended and a representative meeting, about seventy-five being present. The object of the meeting was to secure a cream station for Ab beville. Mr. Duckett, representing the Greenwood Station made an interest ing talk. After a general discussion, :t was decided to defer action ai!fi call another meeting in about two weeks, in the hope of securing the promise of more support. MAYOR'S COURT The following cases were bo fore the Mayor this morning and| disposed of as follows: Marion Jones, transporting whis key, fined $100. Charley Norman, larceny, fined S5.00. MRS. JAMES DARRACOfT Mrs. James Darracott was taken I to the Memorial Hospital this morn ing for treatment. She has been sick for several days at her home on Xicklee street, and it is hoped she will recover at once at the hospital. FRANCE AND BELGIUM TO STAND TOGETHER LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES ' THAT NEW FORMULA AT THIS STAGE IS OUT OF THE QUESTION, LEAVING FINAL SOLUTION MUCH IN DOUBT Genoa, May 6.?'France will stand with Belgium in opposing that ] part of the allies' memorandum to 1 Russia dealing with the property in ] Russia of foreign owners. In conse- i quence of this decision, which was ; communicated to Premier Lloyd ' George by M. Barthou, head of the . French dedegation, this evening, a another crisis has arisen which en- ] dangers the conference and may or ] may not be settled before the Brit- < ish prime minister returns to Lon dof. , If the views of Belgium with re- 1 spect to this article can be .met, and it is considered possible that the Belgians may modify their demands to some degree. trance win piace 1 no obstacle in the way of a settle- 1 ment. The Russians, -however, are 1 still to be heard from. Their reply will probably be delivered within 1 two or three days, and it is known ; definitely that they will present nu- ( merous objections to the conditions set forth by the allied powers. I M. Barthou first saw the Italian foreign minister, Slgnor Schanzer, ' and found him busy trying to frame a formula on the question of prop- ' erty rights in Russia which would 1 satisfy everybody and avoid a ' rupture of the cinference*. i "Even if a "break comes," Scihanz- , er is quoted by the French as say- ( ing, "there will toe no reason for re- , laxing the ibonds of friendship which , hav? already bound and must bind the allies together." M. Barfhou then saw Premier Lloyd George and gave him a de tailed account of the circumstances j which forced France to adopt her present position side by side with Belgium. "Public opinion In France," said M. Barthou, "was deeply moved by the announcement of a separate Russo-German treaty and had even gone so far as to consider it pos sible that a new war with Germany and it might be, also with Russia, was imminent. This excitement was calmed down, but the incident made (Frenchmen remember with all the more gratitude the help extended to France by Belgium during the war. It made France less willing than ever to part company with Belgium. VETERANS MET SATURDAY Elect Officer* for Year Also Delegates to State Reunioa Camp No. 1857 held its annual meeting in the Court House Saturday afternoon. The following veterans were elected officers for the coming year: J. M. Gambrell, Commander of the Camp, and J. L. Hill, Adjutant. I A. Keller and T. C. Seal were elected delegates to attend the re union of "nnrlino+nn whirVl will meet on May the 17th and 18th. S. T. Eakin and H. W. Gordon were elect ed alternates. J. M. Gambrell will attend the annual meeting at Darlington as ex officio member of the State reunion. MISS CAROLINE MILFORD Mrs. A. M. Milford and daughter, Caroline, of the Bethlehem section were in Abbeville shopping Satur day. Miss Caroline is a bright young lady of three or four summers and expects to put this notice away to show her grandchildren. DUE WEST VISITORS Prof. J. C. Reid, Miss Bertha Ash worth, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of York, and party spent several hours in Ab beville Friday. rURKS AT THEIR OLD TRICKS IN ARMENIA?BOYS DISAP PEAR AND GIRLS ARE' DIS TRIBUTED AMONG MOHAM MED FAMILIES. Boston, May 6.?Armenian or phanages both those supported by native charity and by the Near East Relief, are being broken up, their inmates of both sexes spirited away and their'directors exiled by the furkish nationalist government at A.ngora, it was declared in a letter from Aleppo, Syria, to the Armenian National Union of America, made public today by the union's secretary S. H. Papazian. The letter mentioned a specific lase at Harpoot, where the Turkish nationalists ordered the Near East; workers to close their orphanage, j Miss Hurley, the head worker, and j Dr. Parmalee, the physician, protest-1 ed. Thereupon, said the letter, these Lwo American women were oi*dei*ed sxiled but they were hurried out on j Sunday afternoon despite protesta-i tions. The superintendent, Mr. uurd | and his assistant, Mr. Yaoul, werej exiled shortly thereafter. Girls and boys of 15 years of age, the letter declared, $re being taken out of orphanages supposedly "for service of the government." Boys dis appear on the road and the girls are distributed among Mohammedan fam ilies. "It is the declared policy of the government," the letter asserted, "to break up these orphanages, the only refugee of the Armenian children whose parents have been murdered! >r tortured to death. An actual per-j iecution has been inaugurated I mvainaf +Vi<vao Am*ril<?n I HARTSVILLE MAN DROWNS IN LAKE S*m Do Witt Loses Life By Falling In Water While Fishing From Boat Hartsvflle, May 6.?This after noon about 6 o'clock Sam B. DeWifct a young man between 35 and 40 years of age, fell from a boat on Black Crook lake near Brestwood Country Club and was drowned. Hej was very fond of fishing and fr&-j quently went on these expeditions.: The lake adjoins the town limits and is very popular with the 'busi ness men for this sport. He often had a companion but this afternoon went alone. The only eyewitnees, it appears, was a negro fisherman, who was a little distance from De-; Witt's boat. A crowd of people were at the club and the divers were as sisted by the electric lights, but the body has not yet been recovered. He leaves a wife, who before marriage was Miss Lizzie Rhodes, and four children. Man Wore Armor Plate Los Angeles, May 0.?A man wearing 32 pounds of armor plate a quarter of an inch beneath his shirt was arrested here today. He ? 1 ? ? 1? o4 l?n/vf 1/\T1 o illSU IldU IjryUVTAII/b^li lik7M UVVlVUd from a "burglars correspondence school" and was armed. The armor was found whem a policeman tapped the man inadvertently and heard the ring of metal. NORTH CAROLINA VISITOR. Mr. Brantley Wamble of Raleigh, N. C., spent Saturday and Sunday in Abbeville looking up old friends and making new ones. Mr. Wamble is a member of the North Carolina legal fraternity. MOVE TO ANDERSON. Mr .and Mrs. W. M. LaBoone and William LaBoone are leaving today for Anderson where Mr. LaBoone has been transferred by the Sandard Oil Company. They will make their home in Anderson for the present. DDMiio nnnnnoM dunuo rnuruoML b HARDI PRESJDENT TAKES MODIFIED PLAN UNDER ADVISEMENT. UTAH SENATOR WILL PRE SENT HIS CASE AT .WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK Washington, May 6.?President Harding took under advisement to day the modified house soliders' bonus plan presented to him by a committee of senate Republican leaders. He told the senators ha would study the proposal and the one to be presented early next week by Senator Smoot of Utah, ranking Republican on the senate finance ' . : committee, and would renew the dis cussion with them laten Those calling at the White House were. Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, Republican leader; Chairman / McCumber and Senators Curtis of Kansas and Watson of Indiana, iiiemueid ujl me uuaucu cuiiiiiutuee. The senators said the president had given no intimation as to his opin- . "*jj ion of the amended house bill, but asked many questions concerning its provisions. The president was told, senators said, that it was the desire, of con gressional leaders that no additional taxes be enacted in connection with the bonus and that it would be im possible to put a sales tax through congress. . While no specific plan of fmanc- ? . ing the bonus was presented to the ' executive it is thought by bonus advocates that the legislation can be financed out of the refunded British foonda. Neither the commonly known Mc umbeT plan nor the Smoot plan called for any considerable outlay of money within the next few years and some senators said that what- \ ever cost would be entailed could ho taiken care of out of the $200,000, 000 annual interest on the debt owed by Great Britain which that country is expected to begin pay ing this year. ' The McCumber plan, like the ?? house bill, would call for no lAano frt TTof orQ n Q 1\v +"VlP CAVPTH ivailt9 bU T VVVAWMW l/J WMV Qw ? -- ? ment for a period of three years, but banks would be authorized to advance to the soldiers sums equiva lent to oneJialf of the adjusted ser vice credit of the veterans. At the expiration of the three years the treasury would make loans direct to the men. > The Smoot plan contemplates the / issuing of 20 year lif? insurance en Jnumionf nnH^?io? frt fJiA veterans in lieu of all other options heretofore proposed, including the vocational training, home and farm aid and land settlement and it would make no specific provision for loans on the policies. The policies would have a face value equivalent to slightly more than three timee the amount of the adjusted compensation, and the face value would be paid at the end of the 20 years, or sooner, upon the death of the veteran. ACRES IN MELONS Report* Show Increase Over Last Yemr. Washington, May 7.?The acreage planted to watermelons in early pro ducing states this year totals 161,000 acres in nine states as compared with 109,800 harvested acres in 1921, ac cording to estimates made public by the United States department of ag r'culture. This is an increase of 47 per cent. Georgia has 57,800 acres this year, a gain of 52 per cent over the har vested acreage last year. Texas has < AA ft A ? o/,*uu acres, or sv per cent. ?.U?? :? 1 001 T?1 rl? V?ocr A(\C\ anva a unaii in 1w i i iunua ncio ^w? uv*. a gain of 89 per cent. Acreages have also increased in South Carolina, Alabama, New Mexico, Arizona and outhern California. A small de cease was shown in North Carolina.