Abbeville Press and Banner 1 Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Triweekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, May 22,1922 Sintrle Cornea. Fiv? 7?th Yrnr I ' ' - * ' RAILWAY PRESIDENTS MEET AT WHITE HOUSE?EXECU TIVES UNANIMOUSLY IN FA VOR OF PROCEEDING FOR RESTORATION Oh 0US1IYJE.93. Washington, May 20.. Request was made by President Harding at a conference with 19 of the leading : railroad executives of the country at < a White House dinner conference to night for the cooperation of the larger railroads of the country with the interstate commerce commission i in voluntary reductions of railroad rates. An agreement was reached for the creation of a special committee to take up the matter further. The entire matter was gone over during the conference, which was al so participated in by Secretary Hoo ver. and it was declared in a White House statement issued after the meeting had terminated that the railroad executives were unanimous ly in favor of assisting the restora tin of business by such rate action a* mieht find possible to take. "The president invited the rail road presidents and the board chair men to dine with him," the state ment said, "and to confer with him concerning further relief for rail road service along some lines some what similar to voluntary reduc tions granted in some commodities ; 4some months ago, mor? particularly'; ^ A/vmtviArliftOC! qc rmov Hp 1 on such tuiniuv/uiuico ?o found necessary to speed industrial i betterment. The whole railroad j problem was discussed and difficul- < ties of railroad management under "; existing conditions were presented. ] The presidents voiced their unani- : mous desire to make the fullest con- i tributions possible to restore and .< maintain prosperity. "Various aspects of the railroad problem. were discussed, particularly : the necessary preparation in provid- 1 ing new or repaired equipment when normal business is restored. The pres 1 ident made it clear he was attempt ing none of the duties of rate mak- ] ing or rate recommendations, but he felt that much could be accomplished by conference and that helpful re- 1 suits must accompany a full coopera tion between the railroad heads and the government body charged with the regulatioin of rates. The execu tives voted to have a committee ] named from their membership to . take up the problem and recommend what action could be taken." The only statement issued was that from the White House, the rail i road executives departing imimedi ately and declining to discuss the conference which lasted until a late hour. i' PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION TO MEET A kkainlla Poronf_ToQ A UC ni/UCIUiC *. Ml Vitw A vmwuw* ... sociation will meet at the graded ; school building Tuesday afternoon at : 4:30. A debate by representatives of the four high school literary societies will be on the program, after which there wiJl be a report from the nora | inatir.g committee appointed a month ago to suggest names for the officers of the association for the next year. A full attendance of the membership is desired at this last important meeting of the present session. i"?t /\r line 11/ n/ CDDAI TCI? VtLf\ i n vr ituwi ?f. tt iwv^u Mrs. W. W. Sprouse died at her home in Abbeville Friday night af ter an illness of about two hours. Funeral services were held Sunday morning conducted by Rev. John Car ter of the Holiness Church, and in terment was at Long Cane cemetery. Mrs. Sprouse was about sixty ^ ??J - ? - ?? J k?* f lifa l years 01 age ana is suirviveu uy uwu sons, Roland and Son Kirby, and three daughters, Mrs. John Beauford, Mrs. Walter S#ott . and Mrs. Ola Saunders. THOMAS A. EDISON TELLS OF MUSCLE SHOALS?NOTED INVENTOR ASKS TO BE EX CUSED FROM DISCUSSION OF FORD'S OFFER Washington, May 20.?Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wizard, gave members of the senate agriculture committee in executive session today the benefit of his wisdom as applied L~ /vP fVio (y/wornment IU ucvciypmtnv vi. vuv bv properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala bama, -but despite all of his know ledge was said to have been unable to ^'.ve committee members what they most sought?advice on accep tance of the various private offers. The noted inventor, although he visited Muscle Shoals som? weeks ago with Henry Ford, his friend, asked to be excused from answering when members began to ply him with questions as to the merits and ^ demerits of the Ford offer for lease ^ and purchase of the properties. He t referred to the various private offers js as "hard nuts to crack" and the de cision as to acceptance or rejection of them as a task in the performance of which he did not envy the sena tors. Mr. Edison was understood to have told the senators he was con vinced, however, that fertilizer could be manufactured at Muscle Shoals more cheaply than was being done now by any fertilizer companies or could be done by any of the exist ing methods. Committee members al so said the inventor gave them valu able information regarding rich de posits of potash, limestone and other minerals which, he said, existed in the Muscle Shoals territory and had stated that the project should be de veloped beyond question. He also was said to have discussed with inti macy the various processes used in fixing nitrogen from the air and in the manufacture of fertilizer ingre dients. BRADLEY DIRECTS h INCOME TAX WORK n ? o Retiring Acting Collector Will Han dle New State Income Act. Dutiea Familiar. Columbia, May 22.?W. R. Brad ley, who retires as acting collector of internal revenue this morning, will become director of the income tax division of the South Carolina tax commission. Mr. Bradley will turn over the office of internal revenue :ollector to Maj. John F. Jones of Blacksburg, the change taking place prior to the opening of business to nay9 wmwi win uc aiuunu */ u v,iuv?. Following the transfer of the office to Major Jones, Mr. Bradley will be gin his duties as director of the state income tax work during the morning He has been appointed to the new place by the South Carolina tax com mission, Walter G. Query, chairman. The tax commission has held the place of director of the income tax division open for several weeks, real izing that in obtaining the services of Mr. Bradley the commission would have a man thoroughly familiar with the work. Soon after the passage of the state income tax act the commis sion in casting about for a man to take charge of the work offered the place to Mr. Bradley, but he was not able to accept the directorship at that time. However, he gave the com mission assurances that he would take up the work later when he was relieved as acting collector and the commission decided to await his ac ceptance of the directorship, which was given a few days ago. Mr. Bradley is a native of Troy and was for a number of years super intendent of the city schools here, later serving as superintendent oijp education of Abbeville Count.y o JEW GOVERNOR SWORN IN SAT- f I ion A V AT MrtAM AC DDHPRT v/ni/n i n. i tivvn r&k/ ?? A. COOPER RETIRED FROM OFFICE.?PRAISES ADMINIS TRATION OF PREDECESSOR. Columbia, May 21.?Wilson God rey Harvey of Charleston was sworn i as governor of South Carolina Sat rday at noon, Chief Justice Eugene t. Gary, who administered the oath, eclaring Mr. Harvey governor at 2:03 o'clock. The ceremony was imple, consuming about ten minutes deluding the remarks of the new ""'mi'' Wo snrr?pfvHpd Robert A. c Jooper, resigned. 1 a Shortly before the hour for the t aking of the oath friends of the in- c oming and outgoing governor as embled in the executive offices and f the Armen lighthouse. The din te-r gong was about to be sounded >n board the Egypt. Many of the >assengers and most of the crew yere on deck. The shock threw sev ;ral persons into the sea; others umped and a number went down yith the ship, which sank in twenty iiinutes. The Egypt was rammed midship on the port side. The Seine, badly damiaged reached Jrest today with twenty-nine res ued passengers, more than 200 of he crew and the bodies of twenty lead. The captain of the Egypt is ,mong the saved. When the collision occurred there pas a rolling sea. Some of those escued charge that the Indian sail >rs on board the Egypt took to the tfdboats, immediately the vessels rashed, so that a large number of he passengers and crew had to hift for themselves. Those who jumped Into the sea na wno courn not swim scrantLfieu ibout for bits of wreckage to which hey might cling. Many of these /ere rescued. They floated about in he fog after the Egypt went down, ailing for help. The sound of their oices directed mfcm/bers of the rew of the Seine's small boats who rere patroling the sea, picking up oth living and dead. In some instances the rescue rews came upon persons clinging o bits of deforis who let go and ank just as aid for them was at iand. The small boats on numerous ccasions sought vainly in the fog. Lmong the known missing are the I<\a4-aw nnr] Anivitinar iv/tuui axiu viu^x vi vuv feypt. The Egypt was a vessel of 8,000 ons. The Seine was bound for ^avre when the disaster occurred. MR. SIMS A. ALLEN tied at His Home Near the City To day After Long Illness. Mr. Sims A. Allen died this morn ng at his home in th& Fonviile sec ion after a long illness, and will be >uried tomorrow at Long Cane ceme ery. Funeral services will be con lucted by his pastor, Rev. H. C. Fen iaJ. ? iMr. Alien came to Abbeville in ^ S90 from (Prince Edw&rd County, Virginia, and married Miss Alice . one Wilson. Of this union two chil- j Iren were born, one daughter, Lou- c se, who preceded her father in leath, and one son, Prank, who sur- n ives his father. Mr. Allen is surviv- ^ d by his widow, six sisters and four n >rothers, who reside in Virginia and j( tlsewhere. He was 72 years old. TTn to the time of his death Mr. illen was an active member and eld ir of the Warren ton Presbyterian hurch. He wa9 a prominent citizen f Abbeville County, loved and res ected by all who knew him. The time of the funeral service rlrich will be held at the home has ot been announced, awaiting advice rom relatives in Virginia. The sympathy of the people of Lbbeville is extended to the family f the deceased. :OAL CONFERENCE HaO NEXT WEEK rOOVER WOULD PREVENT BULGE IN PRICES?GAR. FIELD SCHEDULE OF PRICES MAY BE OBSERVED TO PRE VENT SPECULATION Washington, May 21.._Admini tration plans for holding down soft oal prices were carried a step furth r today when Secretary Hoover is ued a general call for a conference f all the 1,500 odd operators whose lines are still producing. The con erence. is to he held in Washington lay 31. The operators will be asked to pprove and put into effect the cheme of creating district commit ees to receive and allocate all or ers during the duration of the trike and with cooperation from, a Washington committee to prevent oal from going into the hands of peculators and middlemen Who nay unduly enhance prices. Fifty operators controlling the iulk of present non-union and open hop production last week pledged hemselves to support the plan, us ng the Garfield prices of the war ime fuel administration as a general iasis from which to set up fair price tandards. This would establish mine ."Ui+irmmAiio ?5 rflnffO A"f 'lite VJ AAM, c* i.MUgw VA rom $2 to $3 par ton. "In the meantime, the administra ion expects the coal operators not o sell at coal prices in excess of the rarfield prices with such adjust lents as are necessary," Mr. Hoo er's statement on the general con erence call said. "'Furthermore, halves by wholesalers or retailers f larger companies higher than hose allowed under .the Garfield cale, or the resale of coal for peculative purposes is not fair to he public, and the government rould like to hear from consumers rho have been subjected to higher rices than this basis. 1ETHODJSTS NEAR bNU w cunr mportant Meeting at Hot Spring* About To Pas* Into His tory Hot Springs, Ark., May 20?-The 9th general conference of the lethodist Episcopal Church, South, r? virtually passed into history to right when the 'body wound up the mportant features of its business irograimj and recessed until tomor ow, at which time the five newly lected bishops will be consecrated nd memorial services will be held or deceased bishops. A few odds and ends of business rent over and they will foe disposed f Monday morning, ttie time set for ormal adjournment of the confer nce. At today's sessions the conference efused to change the name of the hurch in the apostolic creed from the holy catholic church" to "the 'hurch of God," and voted against lerging five of the church publica ions, now printed at Nashville, un er a consolidated n^anagement. The onference voted to use a surplus of pproximately $1,500,000 from-its luropean war work fund to build hurches at educational centers. The consecration ceremonies ior iew bishops and the (memorial for eceased bishops will (be held to morrow at noon at one of the Deal churches. FAST TIME OVER NEW ROAD Treasurer R. B. Cheatham and amily went to McCormick to spend le day yesterday with the Britt amily and returning made the rec rd time of five miles an hour over 10 rnnH in McCormick County. Mr. heatham was acquainted with mud 1 France, but claims this was the orst he ever saw. Recent rains and ew top soil toads was the combina on he had to meet. ^ ^ EUROPE HELPED BY CONFERENCEJ ? f * v'l GOOD WILL COME OF GENOA CONFERENCE?THINK THAT, ACHIEVEMENTS WILL LIVE AND CONTRIBOTE TO PACI FICATION Genoa, May 20.?The dominant thought in Genoa tonight as the del- . egations to the economic conference were leaving or preparing to depart, seemingly was that, although the con ference was a thing of the past as far as Genoa is concerned, its achieve ments would live and contribute much to the pacification and reconstruc tion of Europe. . -M The officials of some of the small er states undoubtedly will go home disappointed, perhaps angry, because ! their troubles have not been settled at Genoa. Lithuania, for example, is ; chagrined that Genoa has not chased the Polish troops from Lithuanian 1 territory and the small Russian re publics bordering the Caspian and Black seas are aggrieved because Genoa failed to free them from Bol 1 shevik rule. Bu: as a whole the belief prevails that the Genoa conference, despite ? ? disputes which almost pushed Europe 1 to the edge of a precipice, has result ! ed in the beginning of better under standings between the nations of Eu rope, including Russia. Even official ' France, wtoich came here reluctant- -l ; ly, almost suspiciously, goes away 1 with more confidence. Louis Barthou, ' vice premier in v the French cabinet and France's chief delegate to the conference, in his final words to the press tonight declared it was his con 1 viction that the Genoa conference, which he called the "dhild of Cannes" was today in good health, and that h? saw no reason why the infant could not journey safely to The Hague and meie uiiive anu piuaprx. - ' V . ' The question whether tfhe Russian problem will so develop as to make possible later participation by the United States in its solution was the great subject of discussion tonight. David Lloyd George, who has hur ried back to England, has not accom plished everything he hoped for, bat today found him in rare good humor as the conference held its closing sea-' sion. The conference adjourned after adopting a provisional non-aggressio* pact, approving arrangements for The Hague meeting and adopting the report of the economic commission with its recommendations for the re building of disorganized Europe. Admittedly, everything now de pends on the Russian Communists. If they continue as intransient in Hol land as in Italy, there seems little prospect of an agreement with Rus sia. Meanwhile the desperate straits' of the Russian people are in the minds of all the delegates. As one of ?n?Vi+ nrvaalMft I'll CI 11 aaiu W111511 by WTVI; effort will be made to save the vali 1 ant Russian people from suffering and death. Even the Communists are 1 Russians, and perhaps they will un derstand." i COTTON MARKET Cotton on the local market today brought 20 cents. Futures closed May L__ i21.63 July 20.30 t October 20.06 1 December 19.98 ! January j (Futures closed Saturday May _ 20.21 July ? 19.93 October 19.79 December 19.78 j January 19.66 ! ! REV. MELTON CLARK Rev. Melton Clark, of Cohpnbia, preached in the Presbyterian cfcnrek Sunday morning and evening to n large and interested congregation. During his stay in Abbeville Rev. Mr. Clark stopped at the Eureka Hotels