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Abbeville Press and Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly ' Abbeville, S. C? Wednesday, June 28, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year.j| FORTY AMERICANS HELD IN MEXICO UNTIL A RANSOM OF 15,000 PESOS IS PAID?TIME EX PIRES TODAY?NO MEXJ LAIN rtilLKAL IKWrj ui THE VICINITY Washington, June 27.?The lives of 40 American employes of the CorteE Oil company near Tampico, and destructible property valued at a quarter of a million dollars are being beld by the rebel general un til ransom of 15,000 pesos is paid, according to a message today irom the American consul at Tampico to the state department. The dispatch was dated yesterday and said that the "rebel General Corozabe" had seized the com pany's property and was holding it with 240 well armed men. Prompt instructions were sent by the state department to the embassy in Mex ico City and to the consul at Tam pico to urge the Mexican authori-j ties to take immediate action for the protection of American lives and property. The consul reported that Gor ozabe had demanded payment of the 1-5,000 pesos within 48 hours tfrort* yesterday morning when his, forces seized the property. The message also said that there were) no Mexican federal troops in the vicinity. The consul's message contained few details. As the message was J A - J -J- 1 il.? noir. aattxj uic nme xvi ment of the 15/)00 pesos fixed by the rebel leader probably was due to expire sometime today. The state department sent the following message to the embassy at Mexico City, similar instructions going to the consul at Tampico. "Urge the appropriate* auhori ties to adopt vigorous measures to extend adequate protection to the lives and property of American citizens reported held by the rebel General Gorozabe and to punish the perpetrators of this outrage. Meanwhile the department was still awaiting advices from Mexico as to action taken by the Mexican government to obtain the release of A. Bruce Bielaski, captured by bandits and held for ransom' not far from Mexico City near uerna vaea. The embassy has communica ted no additional details of Mr. Bielaski's 'capture since it received the "departments instruction to press the Mexican authorities for prompt action in the case. Washington, June 28.?Relations between the United States and Mexico are not likely to be affected in any way by the bandit outbreak and the recent kidnapping of A. Bruce Bielaski in the republic to the south it was said today at the White House. MR. THOMAS LEAVES. Mr. A. R. Thomas who has been connected with the Abbeville Cotton Mill for the last year as Executive Secretary of the Board of Operatives, left ioday for Baltimore. Mr. Thomas was accompanied by his sis ter, Miss Agnes Thomas, who has been visiting here for the past ten days. They made the trip through the country by automobile, going by Blue Ridge, N. C. Mr. Thomas made many friends during his stay here who will regret Vino* that Vio Hnpa nnfr dvrwt tf? bU M<MV ?V V* V WO AtVV VA^VWV WW return to Abbeville but will take up his w?rk at Garnersville, N. Y. r XjpTE ADDITIONAL TAX Tfcfe two mills additional school +?v wa* vntpd Tuesday at the elec tion bold in the city hall by a vote f 47 for and 18 against. The vote ast iwaa small because of the gen eral beftef that votere had to hold receipts for taxes paid before the fir*: ei January 1926. GOES TO PRESIDENT?THE MONEY APPROPRIATED CAN NOT BE SPENT BEFORE NEXT OCTOBER. Washington, (Jia'ne )2|7j?Presi dent Harding's signature was all that was required tonight for au thorizing the appropriation of $7, 500,000 for new work* on the Wil son dam at Muscle Shoals. The ar my qui cunuaiuuig autuvn^ w congress to spend the money on that project, effective October 1, next, was passed today .by the sen ate without a change in the language already approved by the house and by conferees of the two legislative 'bodies. Ihiring final senate consideration however, the measure at certain stages was threatened with being sent back to the house for further conference, Senator Norris of Ne braska, chairman of "the agriculture committee, moving that the senate disagree with the house provision delaying expenditure of the money until October. He was finally over ruled by a vote of 28 to 32.' The Nebraska senator led the attack on the house amendment and was joined by Senator Wads worth of New York, chairman of the military committee in charge of the bill, and by Senator Under wood of Alabama, Democratic lenrlor. in riwrlarmc the house ac tion "unfortunate." The latter two senators, however,) differed with Senator Norris on his motion to dis agree, declaring that, if it prevail ed, the 'bill would be returned to the house and the appropriation probably would be jeopardized in this procedure'. Others, including Senator Glass (Democrat) of Virginia, Heflin (Democrat) of Alabama and Smith (Democrat) of South Carolina, supported Senator Underwood in requesting concurrence in the house amendment in order to make the appropriation certain. Senator Underwood recalled past occurrences Where differences be tween the senate and house had re sulted disastrously to Muscle Shoals appropriations and remind ed his colleagues that the army bill has to be on the statute books by July 1, and that they had no time to lose in adjusting differences in Janguage, howefver, Unfortunate they might appear to the senate. DIES AFTER BEING NEARLY DROWNED IN POND J. P. Pressly of Due Wett Rescued From Greenwood Pond Suc cumbs to Hemorrhage* Greenwood, June 27?J. P. Press ly of Due West, member of the Sea board Air Line bridge construction force, died here Monday night after being almost drowned in a bathing pond in four feet of water Sunday afternoon. After being under water seven minutes Mr. Pressly was brought to the surface and respira tion restored. He was taken to a hos pital and, treated but died from hemorrhage just before miJnight. With bathers all around him, in only about four feet of water, Press ly suddenly sank out of sight. Efforts of those around him to bring mm to the surface proved fruitless and he was rescued when two men on the bank of the pond dived in after him. The dead man was 38 years of age. He is survived by his wife, one broth er, R. C. Pressly, Due West; three sisters, Miss Matilda Pressly, Due West; Mrs. H. T. Sharp, Due and Mrs. T. B. Woolriph, Amicus, Ga. The funeral services were held from Bethlehem church near Due West Monday afternoon. L. B. Friday of Newberry spent Tuesday ia Abbeville. NO HEADWAY MADE IN STRIKE AFFAIR LEWIS CONFERS WITH PRESI- I DENT HARDING-LABOR HEAD REFUSES TO DISCUSS SETTLE MENT IN INDIVIDUAL, uio TRICTS. Washington, June 27.?Adminis tration efforts to bring about a set- y tlement of the bituminous coal strike 1 met a preliminary check today. i After conferences with President 1 Harding and Secretary of Labor Da- s vis, John L. Lewis, president of the 1 United Mine Workers of America, j announced that the union policy still < was unaltered and unyielding in its ? insistence that a new wage scale must be set up for the strike-ridden mining districts by national or semi- < national conferences with operators. ? The meeting between Mr. Harding, J Secretary of Labor Davis and Mr. ) Lewis which took place around the 1 White House luncheon taoie, was tne < last of a series of conferences into 1 which Secretary of Labor Davis took < Mr. Lewis after his arrival from Cin- i cinnati Sunday. < Officially, no statement was forth- - coming, though Secretary Hoover i was called to the White House for a i word with the President about the situation immediately after Mr. Lew- 1 is left. Apparently no spokesmen for the mine operators, whose refusal ^ before last April to meet in the semi j national wage scale negotiations of the central competitive field was the j controversial point in the strike, were in the capitol for today's discus sions. , Mr. Lewis was first invited to Washington last Tuesday, and upon! his arrival Sunday was taken to Sec retary Davis' private apartments for ! a protracted discussion, running sev eral hours past midnight, to be re newed later today at the labor de partment. "We talked over the general pro- J blems of the bituminous industry * and the strike," Mr. Lewis declared 1 on leaving the White House, its x "over-development and intermittancy ^ and projects for its stabilization.-No clans affectine the strike were de cided upon. The strike situation is ^ unchanged." < ALONG THE RIGHT LINE Plans Being Formulated for New En- I terprises for Abbeville. Elsewhere in this issue is an ad vertisement of Mr. Lewis Perrin, ] who is representing other parties, \ among them Mr. L. K. Belcher, who , recently visited in Abbeville, which , needs consideration. On his recent , visit here Mr. Belcher became inter- j ested in the opportunities afforded \ men of enterprise in this section, and , in view of the depredations of the j boll weevil, and the work which must ^ be done to overcome losses which j it has brought, he has turned his at tention to plans for the betterment of the people of this section. Mr. Belcher has in mind the forma- . tion of a corporation which will cure , and store potatoes, dry and store ^ onions, the establishment of a cream- , ery and the operation of a cold stor- | age plant for storing eggs, etc. j Like every other business man Mr. i Belcher knows that these enterprises ( will only succeed when there is the ( active cooperation ef the people of i the immediate section. Looking to this Mr. Belcher is running an adver tisemtent in this paper asking for an expression from the farmers of 'Ab beville County on their interest in the matter. Are they willing to join him in establishing these enterprises? If you are interested write or see Mr. Lewis Perrin, at the National Bank of Abbeville. If you want in formation forward your requegfc to him and ke will secure all the neces sary data. Manning: t Black of Anderson spent last night in Abbeville visit ing friends. ENDEAVOR TO END COAL STRIKE DEADLOCK WILL NOT BE ABAT ED BY EITHER PARTY?JUST WHAT FORM THE MOVE WILL TAKE NO OFFICIAL IS PRE PARED TO STATE Washington, June 27.?Indications vere given at the White House today :hat the government soon would be ible to make an announcement in fte coal strike situation and that the rtep contemplated was a move to sring the leaders of the union miners ind representative operators togeth er for a discussion of wage differ ?nces. Washington, June 27.?Business organizations affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce of the United States were called upon today by Ju lius H. BarneB, president of the cham ber, to lend their cooperation in the jffort to prevent a runaway coal mar ket by setting up machinery for co Herniating the distrioution 01 coai imong their local industrial and in iividual consumers. Each of the 1, 100 organizations?^Chambers of com merce and trade associations?was arged to appoint a fuel committee md make an immediate survey of the local coal situation. Proposing the plan as supplemen &1 to the suggestion of Secretary Hoover that the public utilities, rail roads and metallurgical industries, is the largest coal consuming groups, ippoint buyers committees to coordi late their purchases, Mr. Barnes &id: "In view of a possibility of the strike continuing until depletion of itocks becomes serious, I believe that n the general public interest, this j ^n iRuauuu suuuiu uc auutiyatcu ao nuch as possible. In the absence of )ther machinery, I suggest that you ippoint a fuel committee to survey ;he conditions relative to stocks on land and the needs in your commu lity or industry and that this infor nation be compiled so that if the situation does become serious it can je used in any plan for distribution >f available coal." BASEBALL FOR FOURTH Carolina League Game* Transferred From Abbeville to Anderson. The baseball games which were to lave been played in Abbeville by the seams of the Carolina League, July 1th have been transferred to An ierson. The transfer of the games was made for several reasons. In the irst place there is to be a game at the Abbeville Cotton Mills on that lay, and three games in Abbeville in one day would have been more than a town of this si^^vould make profitable. On the other hand thore is to be much excitement in Anderson on that iay and the people there are looking for a considerable gathering of peo ple from other towns. It is thought that the attendance will be a great deal better in Anderson than in Ab beville. The entire proceeds 01 t,*c first game will go to the Abbeville players, and one half of the proceeds of the second game. In addition An derson pays $25.Q(0 to cover expenses of the team. It is hoped that a large number of people who are interested in the lo cal team will attend the games, es pecially fehe morning game when the proceeds go to the ftome team, com teams are being strengthened and good games are promised. GEDDING5 ROCHE OFF Geddings Roche left today for Washington where he will stop over to see his sister, Misa Annie Roche, and g'o on from Washington to West Point in time to report the first of July. RAILROAD UNION OFFICIALS STILL CONSIDER STRIKE. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE ON THURSDAY AS TO PLANS. f!Vnf?n<rr>. .Tunp 27 TLailwav Union officials continued today on the threatened railroad strike. With informal statements by un ion leaders indicating that the refer endum of shopmen, maintenance of way employees and clerks through out the United States discloses a strong sentiment in favor of a strike as a protest against wage reductions J. C. Smock, assistant to the presi nf +ho mainformnne of wav men predicted the walkout would be call ed July 15. Others said conferences with railroad officials probably would delay the call until August 1. Word came out of the secret con ferences that a mooting of union executives within the next few days might Include the "big four" broth erhoods of trainmen, wfoo are unaf fected by the wage cut decisidns of the railroad labor board. _ B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employees department of the Amer can Federation of Labor, said an "important announcement," will be made Thursday as a result of the meetings on strike plans and poli cies. Any proposals from the railroads to prevent the threatened strike will be heard, union officials said, but they advanced little encouragement of developments in that direction. The united states rauruua lauur board resumed its hearings today on contract cases. WHITE MAN KILLS McCORMICK NEGRO Negro Attacked Tw*o White Men, According To Witnesses Mr. Wood Hurt iMtcCormick, June 27.?'Richard Sims, negro, was shoe and killed this morning near Parksville by W. T. Wood, a white man. Mr. Wood, ACCUrUlII^ \AJ l/UC l/CO vuiivnj vi4va v%? at the coroner's inquest this morn ing, shot in self-defense, drawing his pistol only after he had been attacked by the negro. Mr. Wood's left arm was broken :by a blow from a shotgun, wielded, witnesses say, by the negro Sims. :Mr. Wood came to McCormick after having his arm dressed and this morning surrendered to Sheriff Leroy. The coroner's jury, investi gating the killing, brought in a verdict that the negro came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of W. T. Wood. The dead negro was considered a desperate character. - The killing grew out of an at tempt on the part of Mr. Wood and W. T. Self apd W. P. Langford, two other white men to settle a dispute between the negro Sims and John Lee, another negro, liv ing about one and a half miles from Parksville.. The wives of the ham TiftOTOM miarreled yesterday and Sims, according to the negro Lee, threatened yesterday to kill him and this morning, Lee said, carried a gun to the field with the avowed intention of carrying out the threat. COTTON MARKET Cotton brought 21 1-2 cents the local maiket today. Futures doeed July 21.63 October * 21.161 Deo embay ... 21.32J January 21.19 TTufiiTPs clAed Tuesday July , 21.26 October i 21.26 December ; ; ?1.05 January 20.86 L NO FOREIGNERS 1QLLED, SAYS (ADMIRAL}? SEVERE WARFARE ABOUT TO DE VELOP WITH DEFEAT FOR CHEN INDICATED Shanghai June 27.?Rear Ad miral W. H. G. Billiard, command ing the United States naval 'patrol on the Yangtse river, who arrived tonight on his flagship, U. S. S. Isa bel, confirmed reports of the re cent uprising in Kiangsi province and the killing of many natives, but declared that no foreigners had been killed or captured. Sun's forces, now converging on Canton, are declared to outnumber the troops under Chen Chrung Ming, who deposed Son. Chinese observers predict severe warfare between the two factions with the odds in favor of the restoration of sun lax sen ana Tne aexeat ox Chen. Admiral JBullard said that the disturbances resulting from the mutiny of the troops in Kiangsi perhaps had not 'been wholly quell ed south of Nanchang, in which re gion cities have been looted and many persons slaughtered, 'but that elsewhere the Chinese authori ties were restoring order. He be lieved that all danger of damage to the property of foreigners had passed Ibefore he left Kiukiang in northern Kiangsi. The worst phase of the mutiny, said the admiral, continued through out two days, during which looting and killing became general. He was . unable to estimate the number of Chinese slain nor the extent of the damage, but he was certain that the latter would be found to be ex tensive. When Admiral Bullard departed from Kiukiang he left the Ameri can gunboat Monocacy on duty there and Saturday her command er reported that the city Of Nan chang, capital of Kiangsi province, was no longer in danger. Three generals are in command of 30,000 of Sun's iCiangsi army of 50,000, said to be driving south ward. They are Dsu Tsung-Chi, Li Lieh^Chun and 'Huang Ta-Wed. Reports received from Canton assert that General Huang, with 20,000 troops, is holding a iine in the southern Kiangsi province be low Kanchow, while Generals Li and Dsu are commanding the drive against Chen Chiung-Jtfing. Sun's northern forces are not expected to reach the neighborhood of Canton insidp *vf ten WPPlfS. ! SCHOdL trustees elected At the election held Jn the court house yesterday afternoon for School Trustees for the Town of Abbeville, H. R. McAllister was [ elected to succeed himself, wiiile j Dr. G. A. Neuffer and W. P. j Greene were elected to suc ceed Dr. . H. (McMurray and J. D. I Kerr whose terms had exp^d. BONUS FOR star PLAYERS After the home-run of Clark on Monday the base ball fans made a purse of $11.80 and presented it to him. When Reames came acros3 with a home-run Tuesday, making , last tune on a siow ira?*, uiei? was more enthusiasm and be re ceived $20.30. FIRST COTTON BLOOM. P. A. Cheatham brought tke Pruai and Banner the first cotto* blo?m ? the season from his farm in tS? War jrenton section. He has atrotrt thirty I acres on this farna worked by Lewis Brown, who runs three or foar plows. Mr. Cheatham says he hoe never I found a b?ll weevil on this cotfcoi.