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TROOPS IN SIBERIA
WILL BE WITHDRAWN
JAPAN AGREES TO HAVE LAST
SOLDIER OUT BY OCTOBER
30, ACTION BEING TAKEN
AT TOKYO BY DIPLOMATIC
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Tokyo, June 2a.?Japan today
sealed her pledge to promote world
peace, taken at the limitation of
armaments conference at Washing
ton, by declaring her final decision
to withdraw her troops from Si
beria and announcing to the world
a policy of non-aggression.
The diplomatic advisory council
at Tokyo fixed October 30 as the
day when the last Japanese soldiers
must be out of the maritime
provinces of Siberia, while a for
eign official declared that the de
cision was intended to place Japan
on record as a "non-aggressive na
tion, striving to maintain the peace
of the world."
The diplomatic advisory coun
cil's approval of yesterday's cabi
net decision is said to have been
the logical outcome of Admiral
Baron Eato's accession to the pre
miership.
K Kato, who led the Japanese dele
gation to the Washington arms
conference returned to Tokyo thor
oughly imbued with the spirit of
that gathering and strongly in fa
vor of his country adopting a non
aggressive policy.
The official announcement of Si
beria evacuation says:
"The Japanese government has
decided to withdraw all troops i
from the maritime provinces of
Siberia by Uctober su. suitaoie
"measures will be taken for the pro
tection of Japanese residents."
An official of the foreign office,
commenting on the decision to quit
Siberia, said:
"It has been a matter of regret
that various circumstances prevent
ed Japan from carrying out her de
sire to withdraw her troops from
Siberia.
"It can not be said that political
conditions there have attained full
stability, but a change has occurred
in the general conditions of the
whole of Russia. Communistic
measures seem to have been mod
fied. The powers have altered their
attitude towards Russia as attested
by the invitations to the Soviet
government to attend the Genoa
and Hague conferences and con
/vf nAn.Qfforocenrfl onrl nnn
WIUOIVIJ Vi v?wi V Mttvi *tv?*
propaganda agreements with Mos
cow. These letters promise to im
prove -relations between the powers
and the Soviet government.
"In view of the decision, Japan
has decided to carry out her origi
nal idea to evacuate Siberia.
"Japan believes that with this
removal of the Chinese govern
ment's cause for suspicion, the Far
Eastern republic of Siberia will
strive to reach a commercail agree
ment with Tokyo."
Ir conclusion the foreign office
uiuuiai ucviai^vu
"Japan also believes that this
withdrawal, together with Japan's
conciliatory attitude at the Wash
ington conference will be under
stood by the world as evidence
that Japan is a non-aggressive na
tion, striving to maintain the peace
of the world."
Amendment To Bonus Bill
Washington, June $4.?An
amendment to the soldiers' bonus
bill under which no person having
an income of $2,000 a year or
more could become a beneficiary
under the operation of the meas
ure was offered today by Senator
Williams, democrat, Mississippi. It
will lie over until the bonus
bill is brought up in the senate.
Senator Williams, who is an oppo
nent of the bonus legislation, of
fered the amendment without com
ment. ?.
OFFICIAL EXPRESSION FROM
WHITE HOUSE? ADMINISTRA
TION WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING COAL STRIKE TO A
CLOSE
Washington, June 24.i?Along
with official expressions of regret
for the mine strike outbeak in Illi
nois, it was made known today that
the administration still was press
ing efforts to bring about a settle
ment of the bituminous coal strike
through a conference between the
two parties and has some hope of
success. There were White House
intimations that publicity for the
details of the attempt might not be
helpful and that details conse
quently would ibe .withheld.
President Harding was said to
deplore the Herrin events and to
realize in them evidence of the bit
ter hostility arising out of the
strike while Secretary Davis who
was twice in conference with the
president during the day issued a
statement declaring tnat uiose re
sponsible for the outrages in the
Illinois mining town should 'be
punished to the fullest extent of
the law.
The president is awaiting anoth
er official report on the events in
the Herrin field which he Is said to
expect shortly. Labor department
agents have been in constant touch
with strike developmtents isince
April 1 when the miners walked out
in all union fields.
Herrin, 111., June 24.?Scores of
men employed at Williamson coun
ty coal mines to guard and keep
the mines in shape during the
strike quit work tonight under
threats from certain union miners,
but shortly after midnight they re
turned to work when Hugh Willis
mine union district board member
personally promised them protec
tion and placed union miners to
guard them from any fresh out
ureaiva. n,uotnct vj. w**vuv
ers on the job through agreement
of operators and miner officials
would have meant ruin for millions
of dollars worth of mines through
flooding.
COTTON EXPORT INCREASED
DURING MAY $115,000,000
Washington, June 24.?Exports
of cotton increased in value by
$115,000,000 during May as com
pared with the same month last
year, according to reports issued
today by the commerce department.
Raw cotton exports during May
aggregated 469,000 bales valued at;
546,000,000 compared witn 411,
000 bales worth $31,000,000 in
May 1921, while for the 11 months
ending with May raw cotton on ship
ments aggregated six million hales
worth $544,000,000 against 5,
000,000 worth $570,000,000 daring
the corresponding period of 1921. .
Exports of cotton cloths during
the month aggregated 60,000,000
square yards valued at $8,000,000
compared with 40,000,000 square
yards valued at $5,000,000 in May
1921, while for the 11 months
period the total was 550,000,000 j
square yards worth $68,000,000 as
against 508,000,000 square yards
worth $136,000,000 during the 11
months ended May 1921.
ON THE GEORGIA SIDE
Messrs J. S. Stark, L. W. Keller,
t *r ? t\- n a t
J. IVI * IMC ivlCb, UL\ u* n.. iicuutij w
A. Gillam, W. A. Calvert, of this
city and R. L. Barmore and C. B.
Leonard o*f Donalds, attended a
barbecue and fish fry on the Geor
gia side of the river at Cherokee'
Ferry Saturday. The meeting was|
in the interest of good roads and
was grealy enjoyed by the mem
bers of the Abbeville commission
who attended.
TALK OF C WE
ON TARIFF BILL
REPUBLICANS WILL SOON ;
(MAKE MOVE? IF TWO
THIRDS VOTE CAN NOT BE
HAD FIGHT WILL FOL
LOW
Washington, June 24.?Slow
progress in the senate of the tariff <
bill today resulted in a new clot- -1
ure movement. Republcan leaders 1
j in private conferences planned to 1
invoke the existing cloture rule 1
[ limiting debate by a two-thirds
| vote, and if unsuccessful they said j
they were considering the drastic t
steps of laying aside the tariff bill <
to fight for their pending majority
cloture rule. 1
Senator Watson (Republican) of :
Indiana, was said to have made the <
suggestion for an attempt to apply j
the two-thirds rule now in the rule ]
book. He said he was planning 1
within a day or two to begin circu- j
lating a petition, requiring only <
16 senators' signatures, for pre- ]
sentation to the senate. i
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts 1
Republican leader, said he believed i
the cloture move would be made. If <
this effort to get an early vote on
the bill should fail, Senator Lodge i
a"dded, the .Republican leadership :
was considering seriously the plan 1
to lay aside the tariff bill and make J
a fight for the new rule to invoke 1
cloture by majority vote and "fight 4
it out all summer" if necessary. <
Committee amendments in only 1
two paragraphs of the bill were dis- <
posed of today and the votes on i
woi?a fVta ifiref canoto lvnH C
had since the consideration of the
measure was resumed last Tuesday ]
following passage of the naval ap- i
ipropriation bill. Rates approved t
were on chains and spades, scythes <
etc. The rates on chains ranged (
from 7-8 cent a pound to 35 per 1
cent ad valorem and represented a i
material reduction from the duties 5
originally proposed by the commit- ^
tee majority. Amendments offered x
by Senator Simmons (Democrat) s
of North Carolina, calling for s
even greater reductions, were re- t
jected by large majorities. The
duty on spades, etc., approved was
35 per cent, ad valorem as original
ly recommended.
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TAX RECEIPTS OFF
Government Revenues Decline in I
Fiscal Year.
Washington, June 24.?Govern
ment tax receipts fell off by more *
than $1,000,000,000 during the 11 s
months of the current fiscal year, as *
compared with a year ago, according v
to the classified collections for May, r
issued tonight by the internal reven- *
ue bureau.
For the 11 months ended with 1
May, revenues from taxes, according e
to the bureau's statement, aggregat-|S
ed $2,732,000,00, as against $3,806,- ;
000,000 for the corresponding ;
mrm+hc nf 1921. while for the month 1
of May the total was $102,515,000,
compared with $217,560,000 during
the same month a year ago.
Tobacco taxes collected for the
peripd amounting ito \$244,000,000
showed an increase of $12,000,000
over the previous year.
MAC r.RPAT TRIP t
Mr. Irwin Cleckley of Lowndes- j
ville was in town today, and re- 1
.ports the trip of his life when he
went traveling for his health sev- 1
eral weeks ago. He went to Atlanta 1
and was joined there hy a beauti- 1
ful trained nurse who took charge I
of him on a trip to Washington, <
New York, Niagara Falls and on to 1
Canada; over to Boston and water r
trip from Boston to Savannah, Ga. <
Mr. Cleckley expects to go to Cali- :
fornia this fall, and is considering
ap/plijcaftions from good-looking s
nurses. <
FORCES OF LABOR I
END com
ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR RUS-|
S.IAN SfkVlF.T ?AMERICAN
FEDERATION WILL MAKE
NONPARTISAN CAMPAIGN
TO ELEOT FRIENDS
Cincinnati, June 25,.?Adoption
of a program calling for a nonpar- j
tisan political campaign this fall to s
elect th6 friends of organized la- j
bor and an overwhelming defeat of t
the radical forces that favored ?
recognition of the Russian Sovidt j
Efoverrment marked the closing 2
session today of the American Fed- j
eration of Labor convention.
Labor's political stand was adopt <
ed without discussion, .including a
resolution calling on all union
men and women to enter more
actively into politics with the pur
pose of "ultimately controlling the
machinery of our national govern
ment" by capturing the Republi
can and Democratic parties, but the
Russian question stirred up spirited
debate that was ended only on ac
count of the parliamentary ma
WAiMTAWMrt /V# traafar^Qtf llOVlWff fllinf ?
uuutui.ui^ vi jr wyvi uuj w??v i
off the flood of orators'. (
The declaration against the j
Soviet was the third 4aken :by the i
federation and was a victory for i
the administration forces led by <
President Gompers,, who in a for- j
mal statement tonight declared the 1
action on the Russian question was t
3f "especial significance because 1
lot a single local union has been j
overlooked by the propagandist* f
for Soviet brutality and auto- <
:racy."
The federation's political cam- (
jaign was favored by a committee j
eport and was adopted, providing {
;hat the general conduct of the p
campaign gnoum De leu to une exp
rutive committee of the federation.
\.s a supplement of the report was
i resolution introduced by the
Shawnee (Okla.^ trades assembly,
vhich was adopted, calling for all
mion men and women to become
ictive in the precinct, county,
itate and national conventions of
he two big political parties.
Aside from th^politcal and the
Russian question, the convention
lisposed of a mass of miscellaneous
jusiness in a hurried fashion.
ORGANIZE CREAM STATIONS t
n the County and a Regular Sched
ule Was Adopted. j
The meeting src. the Opera House
Saturday afternoon for the picture
how on pure bred jersey cattle and
he organization of cream stations .]
fras well attended, about seventy-five |
nen and women interested in dairy- ?
ng being present. <
After the picture was shown an .
nteresting address was made by Don- j
ild Badger, dairy specialist of Clem
;on College. Following this address
?r. Schroeder of the Green
vood Creamerv Company had some
emarks to make about the organiza- j
ion and details in connection with
he working out of the cream stations
Stations were established at Due (
West, Ashley's Store, Level Land, (
^.ntreville and Abbeville. A Cream ^
.chedule was adopted as follows:
Leave Due West 10 a. m. arriving
it Claud Ashley's store at 11 o'clock;
;hence to Level Land at 12 and An
:reville at 1:30; reaching Abbeville
it 3:30 in the afternoon, and from
\hheville to Greenwood, Tuesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays of each week. (
Any one living on this route can ^
lave their cream picked up, but those
iving off of the route will have to
;ake the cream to any one of
:hese stations. Those bringing
:ream to tne ADoeviue stutiuu maj
eave it at the Co-operative store. .
This opens up a market for cream :
jqual to the market of Wisconsin or 1
iny of the great dairying states. I
Messrs. Lipscomb, Sherard and
>ales manager Barksdale of the j
areenwood Creamery Company were t
FORE NEXT OCTOBER.?AP
PROPRIATION OF $7,500,000
WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE.
Washington, June 25.?An appro
bation of $7,500,000 for new con
itruction work on the Wilson dam at
Huscie Shoals, Ala, was authorized
:oday by the house and sent to the
senate for concurrence. Under a lim
tation fixed by the house, however,
lone of the money can be expected
irior to next October.
As authorized originally by the
senate when it attached a provision
;o the army bill providing for renew
al of work on the dam the $7,500,000
vas made available ror tnar use as
toon as the bill was signed by the
president. House Republican leaders
mdeavored to obtain straight out ac
:eptance of the appropriation as ap
proved by the senate but were defeat
;d by a combination of Democrats
tnd farm bloc Republicans.
Final action was taken after Rep
resentative Huddleston (Democrat)1
)f Alabama had offered an amend- j
nent preventing any expenditure on
:he dam before January 1, 1923, and
lot then if the Ford proposal to pur
:hase and lease the Muscle Shoals
jroperties should have been accepted
>y congress. His motion was lost 119
;o 132. The vote on the substitute of- j
'ered by Representative James (Re
jublican) of Michigan fixing the ef
'ective date as October 1 was adopt1
id 145 to 105.
Washington, June 25.?The South
Carolina delegation voted today to
>ostpone the availability of $7,500,
100, voted by the senate for the com
detion of Wilson dam, until Octobeer
It was moving in the probably fu
ile hope that by its action it could
orce congress to accept the Henry
i'ord offer for Mustfle Shoals this ses
ion. While it is improbable that the
enate could act even were the house
o act, Senator E. D. Smith of South
Carolina, ranking Democratic mem
>er of the committee on agriculture,
leclared today that he would insist
in an immediate "showdown" in the
ommittee between the advocates of
he Ford offer and the advocates of
jovernment ownership and operation,
leaded by the chairman of the com
a 4? XT Wn'kToeVa
rattee, ocj
POTATO CURING HOUSE
FOR CALHOUN FALLS
A meeting will be held at Cal-j
loun Falls July 1st at 2 o'clock dn
;he afternoon for the purpose of
securing information regarding the |
erection of a potato curing house
it that point. The iprospects are
jood tor tne project.
HOME COMING SERVICE
Home coming service will be
leld at Ebenezer Church Saturday,
July 1st. All members, both old
and new, are requested to be pres
ent by Presiding Elder E. S. Jones
the Greenwood Circuit who will
preside over the meeting.
J. H. BARKSDALE ILL
Mr. J. H. Barksdale was taken
sick last Thursday at his home on
Haigler street and is in a serious I
condition. His daughter, Mrs. j
Oullar, is down, from Greenville to j
be with him. - ;
Charges Without Foundation
Washington, June 24.?Charges
of misconduct in office filed against
Judge C. S. Lobinger, of the con
sular eourt of China were said at
rtio White House today to have
been found without foundation.
)resent assisting Mr. Schroeder with
he organizations.
SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIA
TION MAY BE LARGEST IN
ENTIRE COTTON BELT
Columbia, June 27.?With ap
proximately 440,000 bales of cot
ton already signed up, a vigorous
campaign to sign up 100,000 addi
tional bales will shortly be launch
ed by the South Carolina Cotton
Growers' Cooperative association,
officials announced yesterday. The
campaign will be conducted during
the months of July and August
and every effort will be made to se- -,r|
cure the signatures of several thou
sand more farmers to the contract.
The report of the auditing com
mittee of the association shows . "jj
that up to May 15, a total of 433,
524 ibalea had ibeen signed. Since
that date approximately 7,000
bales have been signed.
The number of bales signed up
by counties up to May 15 follows:
Abbeville, 6,139; Anderson, M,
619; Edgefield, 4,985; Greenville,
12,719; Greenwood, 10,416; Lau
rens, 17,446; McCormick, 4,297;
Newberry, 9,070; Spartanburg, 14,
197.
South Carolina now has the see
the belt. The sign-up of an addition
al 150,000 bales would maka this
association the largest in the belt,
H. C. Booker, secretary of the as
sociation, said yesterday.
Plans for handling the 1922 crop '
are being perfected now, 'Mr. Book
er said. The board of directors ifl
weighing carefully each step taken
realizing the importance of the
board's duties.
In announcing the campaign to
sign up more cotton, it was said
that quite a number of farmers
over the state had indicated a de
sire to join the association now
that the directors had been named
and that the board had decided to
give them this opportunity. The
more cotton sold through the as
oncio+inn +V10 -more effective will
be the results obtained by the as
sociation, it was said.
ARMY WORM INVASION
Entomologists in Anderson to Mak?
Study of Pest.
Anderson, June 24.?Two repre
sentatives of the United States de
partment of agriculture, P. E Lugin
bill and S. Blum, are here to investi
gate the army worm infestation which
has been found in some sections of
the county. While the worms are al
most gone now, these experts say
they will reappear in corn worms,
apple worms and other fruit pests.
The worm is not the regular army
worm, according to these entomolo
gists, for it does not travel in ar
mies, but a worm that looks like the
army worm.
DEATH OF MRS. HUGHES
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Mrs. Mary Hughes died at her
home in Donalds, Sunday, June 25,
1922, in the 85th year of her age,
and will be buried tomorrow at
Turkey Creek church. She leaves
J three children, one by her first hus
band, J. W. Pratt, and two by her
I second marriage, Richard and
Mamie Hughes. Mrs. Hughes was a
sister of the late G. W. Johnson of
Donalds.
COTTON MARKET
No cotton was sold on the local
market today. Futures closed:
July ?
October
iDecember
January
Futures closed Saturday
July 1 j
October ,
20,97
21.11
2(b93
20.79
<21.41
21.40
December 21.24
January ; 21.10