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Abbeville Press and Banner m Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, July 12, 1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. " I - I - . I ~ CROPS PROMISE BETTER HARVEST average of last five YEARS EXCEEDED ?IN SEV ERAL INSTANCES ACRE AGES HAVE BEEN GREAT LY INCREASED. Washington, July 11.?iCrops in general promis# better harvests this year than their average for the last five years, forecasts of the de partment of agriculture based on July 1 condition issued today indi t> nm white and cate. u u-uipci viu^/o - j. _ sweet potatoes and tobacco are forecast and most of the crops are larger than last year's With the exception of wheat, corn and oats acreages this year range from 10 to 22 per cent, larger than those of 1921. Corn acreages are increased this year in most of the corn belt states but *in the cotton states de creases are shown, while in Iowa the largest corn producing state, ~ ? and luei e is a a w?. ? in Missouri a 3 per cent decrease. The crop in general made good progress to July 1, except in the Southeast where it has been neg lected for cotton. "Orowth has ibeen slow east of the Mississippi but stands are good and fields fairly well cultivated. Farther west rapid growth has been made. Winter wheat production fore casts show a decline of 38,000,000 bushels, compared with June fore casts. Severe damage has 'been re ported from heat wave3 and hail storms in Kansas, from drought, high temperatures and winds ft* Nebraska and from shriveling in Oklahoma and black chaff and take all in some sections. Wheat remain ing on farms July 1 is 31,641,000 bushels, or 25,000000 bushels less than stocks a year ago. * - * ?v:?_ The large crop 01 wnue pumwcj forecast is due largely to increased acreages in Western and North western states while all important producing states show increase of from 5 to 10 per cent. This year's total wheat crop was forecast at 817,000,000 bushels and the corn crop at 2,860,000 bu shels by the department of agricul ture in its July crop report issued today. Winter Whea1< production was forecast at 248,000,000 bushels and the condition 83.7 per cent. All wheat condition was 78.9 per cent of a normal. -Corn production was forecast at 2,860,000,000 bushels based on an estimate area of 103,254,000 acres, or 99.4 per cent of last year's acreage and a condition of 85.1 perj cent of a normal on July 1. Production forecasts and details of other crops vtrre announced as iviavwo. Oats, production 1,187,0000&0 bushels; condition tyA. White potatoes, production, 43?,000,0^0 't>ushe!s; condition 87.3; acreage 4,228,000, or 110.8 per cent of last year's. Sweet potatoes, production, 111 000,000 bushels; condition 87.3; acreage 4,228,000 or 110.8 per cent of last year's. Hay prod|uc(tion, 107,000,000 t?ns; condition 88.7. Peaces, production 54,300,000 buahete; condition 74.3. COTTON MARKET Cotton sold on the local market today for 23 cents. closed July 22.26 October 22.31 iDecetmber 22.19 January 21.92 i 01 on Marcn Futures closed yesterday July - i- 21.81 October ? 21.96 December 1 2\1.S2 January 21.51 March ? 21.38 J * FORMAL TRANSFER OF THAI MADE CHARLESTON TAKES OVER PORT FACILITIES?CflTY BY SEA EXPECTS PROSPEROUS ERA WITH WATERFRONT DE. VELOPMENT. Charleston, July 11.?-A telegram sent by Chairman M. Rutledge Rivers early this afternoon from New York City, where the deal was consum mated, announced the formal trans fer of the Charleston Terminal com pany waterfront properties to this city, extensive holdings on the Coop_ o" ?;?*?* fiwnf hor.omine' municipally owned when Mayor John P. Grace re ceived from President J. R. Kenly of the terminal company the title deed, and Chairman Rivers tendered in payment a certified check for $1, 255,953.22, General Manager H. M. Gallagher, elected to this'position by the utilities commission some weeks ago, and who recently arrived in Charleston, on receipt of the an nouncement, assumed active charge of the terminal operation on behalf of the city and now has his desk in -Pn'Rmnw ivf tHe Charleston' bUC xvi litVl vimvvw v* Terminal company. He said there would be for the present no change in the employed personnel of the city terminals and belt line. Ewen Davidson, former general manager for the company, will continue his duties in cooperation with Mr. Galla gher for the rest of this month. Mayor Grace, in commenting on this purchase, characterized this as a red letter day in the history of Char leston, marking as it does the tak ing over by the city of the control of the chief port facilities. For a nf vpsts .he had advocated this step, and formal proceedings of various kinds, including agreement on purchase price, issuing of bonds, legislation for purchasing and oper ating, and many other matters of importance, have been going ahead steadily, culminating today in the ac tual purchase. The city, through its commission of nine members, includ ing A. F. McKissick of Greenville and Bright Williamson of Darlington, will from now on pursue a policy of per maripnt davelcmment and expansion of port utilities and has in hand a bout $1,250,000 in cash for future expenditure. General Manager Galla.! gher, experienced in waterfront ex-' pansion, forecasts a new era of pros perity for this city through munici pal operation of docks and belt line. Chairman Rivers, Mayor Grace and representatives of the terminal com pany and official bond purchasers were at the conference today in New York when the final transaction was completed. . PRINCE IN HOSPITAL Judge Goes to Baltimore For Treatment Anderson, July 11.?Judge G. E. Prince has been taken to Baltimore where he will ibe in the Johns Hop kins hospital for treatment. Judge Prince suffered a collapse two weeks ago and is just now able to go to Baltimore, where it is hoped that the treatment of experts will he of great benefit. HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL There was a very hard rainstorm with some hail yesterday afternoon about the W. E. Leslie place. One old house was blown down on Owen Speed's farm, and Leslie's Creek had to be crossed by way of Santuc. TOWN GETS FEDERAL AID In tihe allotment in federal aid to 6 counties at the monthly meeting c? the ftatO V?iorhwnv r.ommission in Columbia, Abbeville County re ceived $3,000 additional aid for the town of Abbeville. Jim Johnson of Denalds was in toWn today. OFFERS SCHEME 10 OPEN COAL MI! PRESIDENT PROPOSES IMMEDI ATE RETURN TO WORK?HARI ING WOULD FIX PERMANEN: WAGE SCALES BY ARBITRA TION. Washington, July 11.?Presiden Harding today placed before leader of employers and employes of th anthracite and unionized bituminou mine fields a government plan fo settling the coal strike. It called fo immediate resumption of work b; miners now out at wage rates o March 31, last, for fixing of perma nent wage levels by arbitration an< for an investigation to recommeni solutions of permanent problems 1: the coal industry. All representatives of the group concerned had tonight delayed defi nite answers to the proposal, al though union officials informed th President they had no power to giv acceptance \ or refusal, but woul summon the general policy commit tee of the United Mine Workers' o America here Saturday to conside the matter. A day or comerence at tne vyhjp House and at other offices wit Secretaries Hoover, Fall, Davis an Attorney General Daugherty partic ipating, was taken to bring matter to this stage. Alfred M. Ogle, chairman of th bituminous operators' group, indi cated that his associates considerei an arbitration plan they had offeree last week, for district settlements "the best and fairest way" to ge the mines open, but John L. Lewis I president of the union, classed thi ."as obsolete in the light of the Pres ident's proposals." Anthracite opera tors, although their committee wa three times at the White House, main tained silence. I MR. J. H. BARKSDALE Died Monday Evening After Lonj Illness.?'Funeral Today. J. H. Barksdale died at hi home here Monday evening Jul; 10, 1922 about 7;-30 o'clock. Mi Barksdale was 76 years old a fet days ago, and had been in failin; health for many months though hi \ .last illness covered only about te: days. (Funeral services were held thi morning at 10 o'clock at Uppe Long Cane Cemetery the iburu taking place immediately aftei Rev. M. R. Plaxco of the Associat Reformed Presbyterian church cor ducted the services assisted toy Re^ H. L. Weeks of the Baptist churcl At 16 years of age Mr. Barkj dale entered the Confederate Arm as a private, being a member o the 7th., South Carolina Infantry Kfershaw's Brigade, serving tanti discharged in the Army at Norther Virginia. At the conclusion of th war he returned to this county. I 18t>b he was married 10 iuk Amanda Reagen of Troy. She die some years ago. Mr. Barksdale ws engaged in farming near the cit from the time of his marriage ui til failing health caused him t give up the management of h farm and raove to the city. He ha made his home in the city for tfc past three years. He was a man c quiet and unassuming manners, bi he made many friends notwitl standing, and these respected nu for his deep convictions an courageous stand on all questions. The following children smrvrv him: Mrs. J. H. Oulla of Greenrilb Miss 'Sue Barksdale of Greenvilli Mrs. Hugh Bowen of Level Lan and Miss Annie Barksdale and D. Barksdale of Abbeville. He i also survived 'by a sfste*, Mrs. Toi Moseley of Greenwood. The Confederate veterans acte as honorary paltoearers and th following were active pallbearers Messrs. A. J. Ferguson, James Fei ItRRIHC MUKM i IN MIDDLE WEST - STORMS DO HEAVY PROPERTY ) DAMAGE IN MIDDLE WEST. r HAIL, WIND AND RAIN SWEEP - THROUGH WIDE AREA?SOME LOSS OF LIFE t Chicago, July 11.?Middle west s era states were recovering today e from the effects of hail, rain and s windstorms which swept over Iowa, r Illinois, Missouri, South Dakota, Ne braska and Kansas yesterday, caus ing heavy property damage and a small loss of lives. In sections of these states where the precipitation was not excessive report said crops were benefitted in some places, the rain breaking excessive droughts. Heaviest damage according to re. ports, ocoured in South Dakota and Missouri. A tornado at St Charles, S. D., virtually wiped out the town of 100 population. One man was kill er and scores slightly injured. Dam age was estimated at $75,000. In the vicinity of Lake Andes, farm build ings were destroyed and summer _ UL. 4 cottages Dlown aown, Drmging toe property loss to $800,000. e ^ A cloudburst in the Kansas City ^ business district late last night flooded the streets, washed automo, s biles away from the curbing and overburdened storm sewers. Light . ing systems in Kansas City and vi cinity were severely hampered, i Two persons were killed near Sar d geant, Neb., as a result of a heavy wind, rain and hail storm last night, t The storm ended a 43 day drought in Chicago and vicinity. Only slight s damage resulted from the high wind i_ which accompanied the downpour. Relief from the heat wave which s has been sweeping over the middle - west, and local showers are predicted for this district today. FUNERAL OF MRS. BOWIE j Held Tuesday Morning at Her Late Reaidence on Church Street. s The funeral services of Mrs. y Janie Thomson iBowle, who died ' Monday morning, July 10th, were v held yesterday morning at 10 S o'clock at the residence on Church s Street, being conducted by Rev. G. n M. Telford. The burial followed at (Long Cane Cemetery. Mrs. Bowie was (born May 5 th., 1846, and consequently had just passed her 76th year. She was a daughter of the late Judge Thomas Thomson and his Wife Elizabeth Allen Thomson. In early life she was married to Mr. James A. Bowie of this place. He preceded her to the grave about fifteen years ago. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city and had been for many years. The following children survive the deceased: James S. Bowie and Misses Elise and Mamie Bowie, of Abbeville and Alexander Bowie, of Chattanooga, Tenn. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Cleora Chiles, of Troy and the following brothers, Dr. S. G. Thomson, Thomas P. Thomson of Abbevlle and Prpf. J. W. Thomson of Winthrop College. Another sister, Mrs. T. P. Quarles, died some years ago. The following acted as pall bearers: T. G. Whtte, J. Allen j Smith, Jr., E. R. Thomson, J. C. Thomson, J. H. Little and S. G. Thomson, Jr. Thosd attending the funeral ! from a distance were, J. Perrin Quarles of Charlotte, N. C.; J. W. Thomson, Rock Hill; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chiles and J. H. Chiles, Jr., of Troy; Mrs. Frank McGee, Miss Mary Quarles Link, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dargan of Spartanburg and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bowie and ch.il drea of Chattanooga, Tenn. guson, Jr,. J. H. Ferguson, Barl >:J Ferguson, Ralph Ferguson, and 1 Raymond Ferguson. MANY 10 MAKt PLEA FAR RELIEF MAY PROPOSE TO PAY RE (MAjlNING INS TALLMNETS IF MORATORIUM IS GRANTED. (REPRESENTATIVES CONFEJRI j WITH ALLIED LEADER Paris, July 11.?The two repre sentatives of the German Govern ment, Dr. Fischer, chairman of the German War Debts (Commission, and Herr Schroeder, _ Under-Secre tary of Finance, during the course of a three hours' conference this afternoon informed M. Dubois, president of the reparations com mission, that the financial situation of Germany had reached such a condition that the cash payments of the indemniy would soon become impossible. While the Germans did not for mally request a moratorium, they mflrif! it nlain to M. Dubois, and later to each of the members of the commission that Germany felt that such relief would be the only way out of her difficulties. (M. Dubois and the others of the commission, listened to the German representatives and as&ed many questions, (but reserved their deci sion until a later date, after the commission has formally received Germany's request and given it full consideration. The commission will meet tomorrow to discuss the new crisis and it is uroba?>le that Dr. Fischer will have further informal conversations with the members. Herr Schroeder has a9ked Berlin for instructions, "and may retmrn to Germany tomorrow. It is explained that the Germans do not seem to know just what was wanted, but among the tenta tive proposals they had with them was one calling for payment of the remaining cash installments this year iby means of a loan, provided a moratorium of at least two years was gTanted. Without a moratori um a loan would not be raised, the Germans explained. RAINBOW VETERANS MEET IN COLUMBIA NEXT Convention at Greenwood Brought to Close?Watkins of Anderson Elected President. Greenwood, July 11.?With the election of officers and the choice of Columbia as the next meeting place, South Carolina chapter, Rainbow di vision, closed its third annual con vention here today. J. C. Watkins of Anderson was elected president to succeed Maj. A. B. Hooks of Char lotte. Other officers elected were: H. L. Wright, Greenville, vice president, E. A. Keels, Columbia, secretary and treasurer; Joseph L. Murphy, Hick ory, N. C., historian; Col. J. Munroe Johnson, Marion, delegate to the na tional Rainbow division reunion at Indianapolis. Colonel Johnson and Mrs. Johnson left today for the na tional convention. The chapter selected the first Tues day in June for the permanent meet, ing date. Resolutions were passed expressing the appreciation of the men who went overseas for the ser vice of the men who did not have that opportunity. The resolution de clared that some former soldiers who did not see foreign service felt some embarrassment about it and the res olution was passed to reassure them of the regard of their comrades. COUNTY GETS $687.15 From 9ltate Game Warden for School Purposes. TrflQCHTPT R. B. Cheatham has [received a check for $687.15 from Chief Game Warden A. A. Richard son of Columbia. This amount was derived from the state game law over and above the up-keep of the department and is to be used for i school pufposee. ": j ? LEADERS CONFER TODAY IN CHICAGO.?PRESIDENT HARD ING ISSUES PROCLAMATION. CARRYING OF MAILS MUST BE CONTINUED. Chicago, July 11.?With state anu uiiiicu uwica ucpirvjr ? marshals on guard in half a dozen states to avert violence and prevent interference with the movement of - $ the mails or interstate commerce, leaders of the Big Four railroad .j brotherhoods and railway executives were hurrying to Chicago tonight to confer tomorrow on issues growing 1 out of the shopmen's strike. At Bloomington, 111., where state troops have been guarding the Chi cago & Alton railway shops, engi- V >? neers, firemen, trainmen and con ductors, members of the four big brotherhoods voted today . not to enter the shops or yards as long as troops are stationed there. Union officials ordered their men , to keep the mail trains running, . ? however. Clerks employed in the yards and at the Report: walked out last night, refusing to work undef Drotection of the trooos. Another issue to <be discussed will \ ?< be the alleged insistence of the car riers that members of the "Big 5 Four" do work regularly assigned to the crafts now On strike. The United States railroad labor board last week rendered an opinion that \A the members of one craft of work men were not required to do the work of another union whose mem bers were on strike, unless they did so voluntarily. Members of the "Big Four" unions also protested that rolling stock has not been kept in condition since the strike of shopmen, engineers claiming that engines with defective brakes, headlights and air equipment had been turned over to them. Washington, July 11.?President Harding in a proclamation issued at the White House late tonight di rected "all persons to refrain from all interference with the lawful ef forts to maintain Interstate trans portation and the carrying of the United States mails." />! In the proclamation which was issued after a day in which con tinued reports had reached the postoffice department of interfer ence by railroad strikers with mail, -rains, the president invited the | cooperation of all public authori ties, state and municipal, and the "aid of all good citizens" to up hold the laws and to "facilitate those operations in safety which are essential to life and liberty and the security of property and our common public welfare." The peaceful settlement of con i?A/vn cKati Araft em rroversies ucbwc&n auv^ --? ployees and carriers, It was stated, "in accordance wiflh law and due respect for the established agencies for such settlement are essential to the security and well being of oui people." The president took tne position that men willing to maintain fche operation of sailroad trains in or der to transport mail have the "same indisputable right to work that others have to decline to worK." President Harding was occupied throughout the evening with the preparation of the proclamation delaying his dinner one hour in or der to go over the first trattsoript. TT A J /vvAAiifnra ne returned iu tne ? after dinner and remained there until the proclamation was made public about 10:40 p. m. HAD TONSILS REMOVED Mrs. L. M. Creswell had her ton sils removed at the County Hospi al yesterday and is recovering from the operation. J