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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly ~AbbeviIIe, S. C., Wednesday, July 26, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. . 78th Year; <i>A m PUG BOARD FACES HARD TASK ARMY OFFICERS MUST BE RE TIRED.?OFFICERS GREATLY CONCERNED OVER PROBABLE EFFECT WHOLESALE "SEPA RATION" MAY HAVE. Washington, July 25.?The board of general officers appointed to under take the most wholesale "plucking" job ever initiated among the regular army organization will enter at once upon the duties to which it has been assigned. The first meeting will be held tomorrow with Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, retired, presiding as president. It was to have begun op erations towards the elimination or demotion of some 2,500 officers today but was held up by the absence of one member. Members of the board, which is rep resentative of all arms of the ser vice, were greatly concerned in their preliminary discussions today over the probable effect upon the morale of the army of the suspended sen tence now hanging over the head of 11? /vflKrtA* in fha GOT pra.cucai.iy eveiy vuiv? w vuv. vice, with the exception of General Pershing and a baker's dozen of sec ond lieutenants now in the array. Congress, in directing that the of ficers' corps be reduced by January 1 to 12,000 did not include the gen eral officers of the army in fixing the number to be retained in each grade. The war department, in preparing in structions for the "plucking board," did include the general officers in so far as retirement of any of the major or brigadier generals for physical disability would create va cancies and permit the appointment of colonels to general officer rank, reducing the number of surplus colo nels to that exten^ There appeared also to be much concern among board members as to the view army officers might take of the board's action in recommending! any officer for honorable discharge. Preliminary investigation indicates that probably more than 1,700 offic ers now on the rolls must be "separa ted" 'from the active service in this way. The board, it is understood, will seek by every means to impress upon the army upon the general public the view that discharge under these con-' ditions in no way reflects upon the character of the service a discharged officer has rendered and that in a majority of the cases at least, the army would much prefer to retain these officers' services. Board members are understood to feel that there is little prespect of finding many officers now on the rolls who merit discharge. The army re cently cleaned house in this regard on its own motion and the sugges tion of General Pershing to congress that the strength of the corps be fix ed at 13,500 was based upon the efforts then in progress to get rid of unsuitable officers in the way con gress previously had provided through efficiency ratings and the "Class B" ratings. B. O. WILLIAMS HERE. Mr. B. 0. Williams of Clemson College who is in charge of the ^ Qntlfll P.Q^aIityO io 1T? UUJTO TT VIA IVi MVWVU VM4 *u |t? the city today assisting Mrs. Gibbons the Home Demonstration Agent, with arrangements for the short course at Due West, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. GEO. GAMBRELL TAKES CHARGE George C. Gambrell of Green ?3 -C ??m i-w.1 tr Artnnn/i fori raifh f V* a \YUUU, JUllUCliJ WUIKV,kk.U II1KU ?uv Internal Revenue Department, took charge of the Adair Department Stores in Abbeville yesterday, and is looking for his old friends to come in and do business with him in his new line. Mr .and Mrs. Gambrell ex pect to move over from Greenwood in a few days and will be at the home of Mr. J. M. Gambrell until they can get located. INTO GALTEE AND KNOCK MEAL 1 DOWN MOUNTAINS?IT IS THOUGHT WILL COMPEL IR REGULARS TO MAKE STAND, PERHAPS THE LAST. London, July 25?Unconfirmed re ports received in London today said i the Irish irregular forces were re- 1 treating with all speed into the 1 Galtee and Knock Meal Down moun- i tains, harassed by free state troops, 1 who are pressing them hard and pre- s venting them from concentrating. 1 A Waterford dispatch to the Daily t News says the irregulars have burned i the barracks at Colmel and Tipper ary, long held as garrison, and it be- ; lieved that the national army forces ^ have occupied both these places. This however, is not claimed in any offic- , ial report. ^ The Express correspondent says it ? is believed the pressure being exert- ( ed by the national troops upon both j flanks of the republicans will compel them to make a stand, perhaps their last, in these mountains, some of the other correspondents, however, doubt C j whether they will be able to make a I stand anywhere, although they do not draw the conclusion that an early end of resistence can be expected. They|v IbeHeve the republicans will continue guerilla operations in the wildest 0 g parts of the mountains. The possi bility that the relating irregulars may ? ? yet reach Cork and make a last . desperate stand there is still enter- . tained in some quarters. The various 1 views, however, obviously and large- ? ly speculative, since none of them 1 can be verified except by the general turn of events. s Gain Fresh Victory. v Dublin, July 25.?National army * troops have gained a fresh victory in 1 west Ireland by Capturing Bally- c heunis, counfyjMayo, from the repub- e lican irrMrulars. it was announced c ! today. a The Free State triumphs in the capture of Limerick was swiftly fol lowed by successes in the surround- ? ing districts. A number of minor po- r sitions in this area have been added t to the list of Free State victories, r according to today's official bulletin. r The total number of casualties in the Limerick fighting has not been accurately estimated, although it is known that at least fifteen of the na tional troops were killed and 87 j wounded. It is generally believed that at least thirty of the irregulars . lost their lives. The total number of casualties suffered by Free State forces during the capture of Water ford was nine killed and nineteen wounded. SENATE REMOVES COTTON BAGGINt FROM FREE LIST Washington, July 25.?By a vote of 31 to 17, the senate today ap proved a committee amendment re moving cotton bagging from the tar iff free list and making it dutiable at rates varying fr&m 6-10 3-10 cents Two democrats Broussard of Louisi ana and Kendrick of Wyoming, vot ed for the amendment, and one re- i publican, Borah of Idaho, voted a- i gainst it. i Previously the senate had rejected 1 35 to 18, an amendment by senator 1 Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, to re- 1 duce the rates to 1-10 to 1-20 res- 1 pectiyely. Senator Borah supported : that amendment and senators Brous- ] sard and Kendrick and Ransden, democrats, Louisiana voted against it. DR. HAYDEN TO LECTURE. Dr. A. H. Hayden, M. D. Epide miologist of the State Board of Health will lecture Thursday after- j noon at Due West on Health and Ty- 1 phoid Fever. The lecture will begin at 5 o'clock and last until 6. The i public is invited to attend this lec- ! ture. . 1 CIVIL SERVICE WITHOUT BIAS | REPORT MADE BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE-MISTAKES MADE ERRORS OF JUDGMENf. AND NOT DUE TO WRONG INTENT. MONTHS OF STUDY. Washington, July 25?After spend ng nearly three months in an inves ;igation of the subject a special com-! nittee submitted a report to the sen-j ite today declaring without founda ;ion charges that the federal civil service commission had been biased )y political influence in its examina ;ion and certification of postmaster ipplicants. The report said that while there vere mistakes made in the certifica ;ion of candidates for the many ilaces, the investigation it made 'would indicate that the mistakes vere surprisingly few and that such is may have been are due to errors >f judgment and not to any wrong ntent. "Judged alone by the cases pre lented," the report went on, "this :ommittee believes that the work of he commission was ably and con cientiously performed and that po itical influences have not been used, >r if sought to be used, had had no effect in examinations conducted un ler the supervision of the commis ion or in the making or altering of .Tades. It believes also that the acts if congress and executive orders giv ng preference to former service men n appointment to office under civil ervice rules have been observed by ts examiners." * Further in absolving the commis-, ion of blame, the report said, it J vas believed that many of the con roversies as to postmaster appoint nents had arisen out of the rule re [uiring the names of the three high :st eligibles for appointment to be ertified by the commission to the ippointing power. It added that there remained a rrae question whether there would lot have been less complaint had hat rule been abrogated and the lame of only the highest eligible sub nitted. DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL. Blanche, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. New of the city, died ibout 4 o'clock Tuesday morning, Tuly 25th, 1922 at the home of her parents on Maple street. She was a ittle over three years old and had seen sick only a short time. Funeral services were held this norning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Wat son Sorrow and interment was at Melrose Cemetery. She is survived >y the following brothers and sisters: M. B. New, Floyd C. New, Albert H Mew, Margie L. New, and Lula May Mew, all of whom live in Abbeville. Blanche was a sweet and attractive :hild and will be greatly missed. CAESAR'S HEAD PARTY. A party of Abbeville folk leave next Monday for a two week's jaunt at Caesar's Head. This is a famous resort and has a peculiar lure for one who has ever watched the shadows fall over the "dark corner", or the Hiin wViifA rihhrm of smoke wind UD from mountain recesses. The party from Abbeville will be composed of Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Smith, Mrs. Bill Speed and little Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wilkinson, Mrs. Otto Bristow, Ralph Syfan, Jim Cole man and Robert H. Coleman. WILLIAM GRAYDON SICK William M. Graydon, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Graydon of Colum bia, is reported very sick at the Bap tist Hospital in Columbia. He had an acute attack of appendicitis last Sunday, but is considered improved ;oday. COIN ACREAGE I AND FERTILIZER I REPORTS GATHERED BY GOV- I ERNMENT?NORTH CAROLINA WELL IN LEAD WITH OTHER STATES FAR BEHIND?FIG URES ARE GIVEN. Washington, July 25.?Commercial fertilizers was used on about 33 per cent, of the cotton acreage this year or on about 11,500,000 acres, ac cording to reports gathered by the United States department of agricul ture. On these acres, 249 pounds of fertilizer were applied per acre on the average and the total fertilizer used was about 1,429,000 tons with an average value of $29.49 per ton, a total value of S42.121.000 and an average value of $$3.69 per ac:re. North Carolina led all states in the application of commercial fertilizer to cotton production, having used 410 pounds per acre. North Carolina was followed closely by Virginia, with 400 pounds per crop acre, but the other states are far below, South Carolina having used 280 pounds pe^ acre, Georgia 218 pounds, Alabama 210 pounds, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee each 200 pounds. Other states used still less. Little com mercial fertilizer is used west of the Mississippi , river. North Carolina also used com moYtniol foffiliror nn tVio hicbest ner ? V centage of cottbn crop acre?95 per p cent. In Virginia, it was used on 95 ^ per cent, of the cotton crop area, in ^ South Carolina on 88 per cent., in & Georgia on 83 per cent., in Florida p on 80 per cent., in Alabama on 78 t .per cent., in Mississippi on 30 per j cent., in Tennessee 25 per cent., in g Louisiana on 20 per cent. Arkansas ? on 15 per cent, and in Texas *nly on r 20 per cent. , e The cost of fertilizer per acre of cotton using it, North Carolina again e led with an average of $6.35. In Virginia tne itveratte yei otic nas $6.19, in South Carolina $4.12, in Georgia $3.23, in Arkansas $3.02, in Mississippi 2.95, in Alabama $2.92 in Louisiana $2.85, in Texas $2.68, in Florida $2.65 and in Tennessee $2.05 'Comparisons can not be made with former years because this was the first year this inquiry has been made in its present form. WASHINGTON BOYS. Andrew White and his friend, Mr. Brown, are here from Washing ton, D. C. and will spend their va cation at the home of Mrs. L. W. White. Andrew White has finished his law course and is employed in the legal t department of the government and j is making his way along the road to c success. c Mr. Brown is from Missouri and ( has come South to be "shown" just }. how hot it is and if it is an actual ^ fact that the prettiest girls in the t world live in Abbeville. v GETS THIRTY DAYS. Abbeville County does not tolerate roughs stuff. Magistrate McComb c sent Curtis Perrin to the chain gang i Tuesday for thirty days for carrying 3 a small revolver fastened to his belt. \ Curtis Perrin is a negro and worked t with the Bowen and Hill road gang 3 on the Hodges road. He came to this c part of the country several years ago z with Hagenback & Wallace's circus, r In thirty days he will realize this is c not Texas, and William S. Hart wouldn't stand a ghost of a chance in t this town. c LEAVING FOR CALIFORNIA. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown leave tomorrow for Los Angeles, Califor nia, to attend a meeting of the^ t s Knights of Pythias. Mr. Brown is tne f Grand Keeper of Records and Seal of 5 j the order and the trip will be a fine I one. They will be gone for over two 1 weeks, and will visit many places of I interest while out West. t JNDERWOOD DENIES I ;M OR COLLUSION N DEFENSE OF CHEMICAL I FOUNDATION?SAYS GERMAN INTERESTS ARE SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATION IN HOPES OF Dr?TlTITTIOW Washington, July 25.?The Chemi al Foundation and its president, r 'rancis P. Garvan, former alien a roperty custodian, who are being ti roceeded against by the government r or the return of German chemical c atents, were defended in the senate t oday by Senator Underwood, of x ilabama, democratic leader, who i riticLzed President Harding and the , dministration for the action taken s gainst them. ^ Denying that there was fraud, col- 1 asion or conspiracy in the acquiai- \ ion of the German patents by the t Jhemical Foundation, Senator Under- t food also commended the record of f L. Mitchell Palmer, former attor- i iey general and former alien prop- j rty custodian, in dealing with ene- s ly alien property. German interests f lenatoi Underwood said, were sup porting the. administration's course gainst the Chemical Foundation in ? he hope, he said, of securing restitu- ; ion of property and also damage l laims for its use. ; ,, c Senator Underwood's Statements i ^ere made during an address in sup- c ort of his recent bill to create an i imerican commission to press Amer- a :an damage claims against Germany j nd Austria, using enemy alien pro erty, Senator Underwood said that * he $250,000 paid by the Chemical I 'oundation in securing rights to the ? ,000 German chemical patents was s adequate" when the government's s ight to use the patents was consid- i red. c "This report said Mr. Underwood," ^ ffectually disposes of the charge that c bere was a fraudulent conspiracy on 8 he part of those in the alien proper y custodian's office who erected the 6 hemical foundation and sold these v atents to it. The charge has been re- c eatedly made that Mr. Garvan as i lien property custodian sold these ^ stents to himself as president of the hemical foundation. The entire plan t levised and perfected before Mr. i Jarvan became alien property custo- i lian or had any thought of being ap- J ointed to that office. The entire plan j v&s devised and perfected while Mr. < 'aimer was alien property custodian.'i < i t rue a tu a M <;r ' 1 VltJun. a ? a, HAS OPERATION ON HAND i Word was received in Abbeville i his morning from Columbia that ilr. J. T. Cheatham, Sr., had been < perated on for some trouble on one .? if his hands, and his son, Robert I Cheatham, has gone down to be with ] iim. His many friends over the coun y will be sorry to hear that he con inues to be bothered with this trou >le. Reap Rich Harvest in Coal. Chicago, July 25.?The price of :oal in large quantities in Chicago ;as jumped from $5.15 a ton to >11.65 and $13 since the miners vent on strike, while in small quan ities the cost has increased from >5.25 and $6 to $15.25 and $18, ac :ording to figures given out today by l large industrial concern which anks among the largest users of :oal in the middle west. It was estimated by the concern nnur orp nnlv 40.000 tons < ,iiav uiciv iiwi if anthracite coal in Chicago. WELL AGAIN. John Klugh, who has been the vic im of a prolonged spell of fever this < ummer, is well again and was about * lis accustomed work at Barksdale's 1 Saturday. Sunday he went over to < Jnion and will spend some time with i lis uncle, J. T. Bradley. Mr. Bradley, > David Bradley and John made the > rip through the country. J' JNLESS SETTLEMENT IS REACH ED?STEEL PLANTS TO CLOSE ON WHOLESALE SCALE.? WASHINGTON MAINTAINS SI LENCE ON RAIL SITUATION. Washington, July 25.?The Rail oad Labor board remains the only gency through which the govern nent can and will deal with the rail oad strike situation, though Presi [ent Harding is continuing to hold timself in contact with all actions vhich the board takes in the matter, t was said today at the white house. The administration in the railroad strike as in the coal controversy, it *ras asserted, intends to proceed in 'airness to the interests involved and vith the determination to maintain he dignity and majesty of the Uni ;ed states government In accord mce with this policy it believes that ill labor controversies should be ilaced before the labor board, the lole authority under the acts of con rress. Chicago, July 25.?The railway rtrike combined with the coal strike, vas being brought home to the pub ic today through the announcement >f leaders in several industries that inless a speedy settlement was reach id closing of the plants with result ng unemployment, rationing of fuel ind food supplies, and a crippling of >ublic utilities service would result. Steel plants, especially in the east vjll be closed on a wholesale scale if >resent conditions continue tmtft'Au rust, according to the head of a large / * iJ. fm ; rS . j i i i xeei corporation, industrial coai was aid to t>e unobtainable at any price n New York. In Chicago increases if from $5.25 to $15.25 in coal prices rere announced. A shortage of coal ars in bituminous fields has caused in appreciable decline in production. Official Washington still maintain id silence on the rail situation but it vas confidently expected that Presi lent Harding would begin action to =nd the shopmens strike during the veek. Hopes for immediate peace were :entered in the meeting today of of icials of the Baltimore and Ohio with representatives of the strikers. Success in settling differences on ;hat road probably would mean that >ther roads would adopt a similar ;ourse, it is understood. Further spread of the walkout was considered unlikely since the an innncpmpnt that the 10.000 members )f the station agents union would re main at work. Existing embargoes on freight hav? caused a shortage of commodities in several cities and lack of transporta tion has reduced the supply in a few lines. COTTON MARKET. Cotton sold on the local market today at 22 cents. Futures closed: Oct. 21.20 Dec 21.08 Jan. _ - -? -- 20.94 March 20.89 Futures closed yesterday: Oct 21.40 Dec. 21.39 Jan. ? 21.23 March 21.18 LANDS IN JAIL FOR STEALING Clarence Prince is in jail f?r stealing a bale of cotton from Asa Sail, Jr. He was captured yesterday ;n Anderson County by Deputies ei ? 1 r ergusun auu it mite. i V VV V V V V S. V VVS BASEBALL Thursday and Friday Abbeville Vs. Greenwood Games start at 4:30 Stores Closed. Prices - - 50 and 25 cents. Akii