Abbeville Press and Ban ner| \ Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly _ Abbeville, S. C., Friday, September 29, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year.:||| CONSTANT! QUITS THRONEOF GREECE CAfiiNET HAS RESIGNED, MAR TIAL LAW IN EFFECT?THUS FAR GREEK REVOLUTION HAS BEEN BLOODLESS?WARSHIPS ARE SEIZED. Laudon, Sept. 28.?Greece is ir the Aroes of revolution whid has dfaready caused the downfall oi the jfOTemment and according tc sevent reports from Athens, has forced the unhappy Constantine tc abdicate in favor of the crown prince, thus losing his throne for the second time in five years. revolutionary movemenl whick ie said to be led by* General Gonatas is making headway in all directions, but thus far without report? of bloodshed, .insurrection while not altogether unlooked for, broke out in formidable force with unexpected suddenness, had its inception among the vanquished troops brought from Smyrna to the islands of Mytilene and Chios and among the soldiers at Saloniki. Strangely enough, however,, the two revolts seem to have had different objects? the fa?er aimed at the overthrow fOfernment and King Constantsa and the latter at the defense of Thrace. 15 London, Sept. 28.?Greece is in the grip of a revolutionary movement and King Constantine is reported to have abdicated. At least part of the navy has gone against the government and several wareirips and transports manned by revolutionaries are believed to b? advancing on the capital from the Aegean islands, where the revolt or ? a.J lgnnaveu. IXirect advices from Athens are lacking, indicating that censorship is in effett but the report of Constantino's abdication has persisted since the last dispatches, telling of the cabinet's resignation and the approach of a crisis was received late last night. , The revolutionary movement is headed by an officer named Gonatas who organized the soldiers on the island of Mytilene and Chios, off the Smyrna coast. An order for the de' mobiiL&ation of these troops is said i hare been the immediate cause oJ his ratlny. Official circles here believe former Premier Venizelos has had nc part in the revolt. Because of his importance, however, and his large DCrteaal folio-wine in Greece, it is pointed out, he will hardly be able to avoid figuring in subsequent de velopmenta. frEATH OF MR. JACKSON was received in Abbeville th? morning of the death of Mr J. M. Jackson about 5 o'clock' at hi: hoime in Campobello, Mr. Jacksor had been in poor hea?ch for some tijn?, but the end was unexpected He was an important business mar of -the town of Campobdlo an< prominent in the church and socia life. He is survived by his wife anc a laitre family of children. Mis. Leslie McMillion of Abbe viil? ^ an adopted daughter and sh< and Mr McMillan and young daugh ter, Marie, are in Uampobello. Mrs Jas. L. MeMillian left for thai town this morning, and other Abbe vilie people will probably attend th< funeral which will be held tomor row morning, at Campobello. TO SEE CLEMSON-CENTRE GAME fne IOUOWing' ADUCVUIC i;cupu wHI attend the game of football to morrow at Clemson between tha Colkjge and Center: W. E. Owen Mioses Lydia and Debby Owen Frank Harrison, W. B Wilkerson Mr. and Mrs Floyd Graves, Mis; Louise Edwards, Dr. G. A. Neuffe: H?d family, Miss Nona Barksdale Doylo Ilenricks, Mr. and Mrs. D Town send Smith. 1 V \ BANDITS INVADE : ARKANSAS TO! TWO KILLED AND OTHERS ARE I WOUNDED IN BATTLE?ROB I BERS SELECTED THE WRONC i TOWN AND RAN INTO PITCH ED FIGHT WITH CITIZENS. 1 Eureka Springs, ,Ark., Sept. 28.? i Five bandits heavil^ armed rode int< " this mountain town in two automo > biles at 11 o'clock this morning t< > rob the First National bank. Tonighl > the bodies of two of them are ii i an undertaker's establishment, on? bandit is so badly wounded his deatl !s momentarily expected, and tw< ; other members o? the 'gang, witl 1 less severe wounds, are in wit 1 guarded jail, as the result of a battl< between the bandits and citizens oi i Eureka Springs. ( ' The dead robbers have been iden ' tified as Sid Wilson, 40, and Georgt 1 Price, 40, both of Crookstown, Okla ( Charles Price, brother of Georg< 1 Price, is the man not expected t< ' live and Mark Hendricks, 45, Pari r Hill, Okla., and Sam Cowan, drivei 1 of one of the bandits' automobiles, ,are the men in jail. Cowan is believec ' to be a resident of Joplin, Mo. Char' les Price was operated on tonight. On' entering th6 town the men flrove directly to the bank. Thej made the usual commands, whict were obeyed by the bank employees, The robbers looted the bank vaults securing $95,000 in bonds and $25,000 in cash, which they placed in sacks. While they were at their work E. G. Smith, cashier of the bank, stepped on a button which soundec 1 an alarm simultaneously in five ' business houses. The citizens were ready when tht ;uintet emerged from the bank witf heir sacks of loot. From places oJ ' vantage gunfire was directed at th< robbers, who returned the hail oi ! lead. Due to the fact that the town ii built on a mountainside, the street; are not on a level, steps leading down from one street to another The citizens took advantage of thi: and occupied positions on a street oi higher level than the bank, firing downward at the bandits. I . HELD FOR A KILLING OVER 44 YEARS AGC ) Alleged Slayer Left Just After tb< Tragedy, and Has Just Now , Been Heard From. ( Red Springs, N. C. Sept. 28?Jo< Kemp, who is charged with killing j Dar.iel E. McNeill Iwre 44 years ag< j has been arrested at St. Augustine j Fla., according to advices receivet I here. Kemp, its was understood ; j waived requisition papers, and wil return here with the sheriff ?fo] 3 trial. i The killing of McNeill was sai< - to have taken place while the tw< . men were engaged in cutting dowi l poles. Kemp left immediately aftei 1 the tragedy and nas not Deen near< 1 from until tho report of his arres 1 reached here yesterday. MOVING TO ABBEVILLE i * Mr. H. B. Humbert, County Engi . neer on the Highway work, expect t to move his family to Abbeville soon - They will occupy the small cottag< ? next to the Press and Banner offici - which is being done over for them Mr. Humbert has made his home ii I Laurens County heretofore and Ab ; beville is glad to welcome Mrs. Hum bert and the two young ladies of hii ? family as new citizens. t Negro Farmer Robbed. , Greenwood, Sept. 28.?Tim Fish , er a negro of the Blakedale sec , tion of this county, reported to th 3 police he was held up and robbed o r $25 last night ne>.r his home, W;1 , Taylor and Tim Richley, negroes . are in the city jail charged wit! the robbery. t OFFICERS DIFFER I ON NAVAL BATTLE : AIR SERVICE UPHELD BY AD. MIRAL MOFFETT.?OFFICERS ; ATTACHED TO FLEET CALL AIRPLANE ATTACK FAILURE. VESSEL IS TORPEDOED. Norfolk. Va. Sept. 28.?D.'ame) trically opposite opinions developed - among observing officers as the re> suit of the manueuvers off the b Virgimia Cape this morning when 1 torpedo planes searched out three i ships of the Atlantic fleet and thei oretically destroyed one of them. ' ) Seven hits were registered out i of the seventeen torpedoes disi charged all finding their mark on the Arkansas." ^ In the opinion of Rear / Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of naval air - service, Commandor T. G Ellison, s of the air service, Navy Department and Col. H. C. Danforth, army air J service, commandant of Langley > IK eld, Virginia, the test was sucs1 cessful in all respects, demonstrating they claimed, .that planes equip' ed with torpedoes can succesfully ' attack batttleships from the surface especially if protected by a smoke screen or fog. 1 But naval officers attached to the fleet contend that today's ex1 periments only proved that the ' planes are effective only with a limited radius from their base and that the two equadrons could have | been annihilated before reaching striking distance of the detrad| naught had the battleships been protected by the usual screens of destroyes, They also contend that I the secondary batteries of the war: ships under battle conditions could [ j have blown to atoms every plane before it had an opportunity to dis^ f' charge its destructive cargo. Eighteen planes participated in the miimic battle, but one failed to 1 discharge its missile. The test was 3 staged under ideal w'eather condi' tions. 3 WEATHER AND CROPS l ' Drought Continued and Top Crop Cotton Destroyed. Columbia, Sept, 28..?Drought has become rather severe in th6 in* terior, with sunshine above the average and the week end unusu1 ally hot but good rains fell in sections of Spartanburg and York counties on the?5th. Fall plowing is practically at a standstill in the i germination of fall plant'ngs has ? been verv satisfactory. Late corn is } poor swee?t potatoes continued in ' good condition generally: sweet potato dgiging is making fair pro' gress. Pastures are generally poor4 All streams in the state are unusally r low, and power at dam sites is mat erially curtailed. Cotton is opening * rapidly, and picking and ginning >, are well advanced. The weevil has 1 about taken its toll for th& season, r and the top crop is practically des* troyed. The weather has been est pecially favorable for harvesting all kinds of good forage. Applee and grapes are plentiful. Good vegetables are scarce. Soghum molasses of good quality is bemg made. Winter " cabbage and turnips are being plan5 ted in the lower counties.Generous * rains are needed t? soften the soil e for fall plowing and the geamina2 tion of seeds already planted. MR. AND MRS. GRANT MOVE Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Grant who have 5 had rooms with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kincr on' Pickens street, moved yes terday to the upstairs apartment in the Wilson house on Haigler street. MRS. J. M. MORGAN SICK f Mrs J. M. Morgan is very sick at 1 her home on Pickens street with a , case of fever. She was taken Sun"> day with an epidemic fwer- that seems to be going over the country. ? ?? _ PUN BETTER CARE if FOR DISABLED MEN VETERANS SUFFERING WITH V MENTAL DISEASES CONSIDERED?LEGION WANTS PATIENTS PLACED IN GOVERNMENT OPERATED HOSPITALS. Washington, Sept. 28.?Approval of a program outlined today to s President iHJarding by representa- a tives of the American Legion which a contemplates the removal of former a service men suffering from mental ? diseases from contract hospitals to e government-owned and operated institutions'at the. earliest possible c moment, was expressed tonight by s Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer, chief co- j ordinator of the (Federal Hospitalizatr'on Board. 1 Dr. Sawyer said the president had \ "expressed his desire that any dif- t ference of opinion which might in- i terfere with the best possible care of disabled ex-service men should f be removed." ^ The views of the American Le- r gion in regard to the neu-repsy- \ chicatric patients were outlined to ^ Mr. Harding and Director Forbes of f 4-1* a Va^a?a?(i' Puraoii Vvrr A % A L UUC ICbCKIUO 1/U1MU KTJ mm* ^ Sprangue, chairman of the legion's ( rehabilitation committee, and Doc- r tors W. T. Salmon New York city, ( and W. F. Lorenz Madison, W;s, c this morning, later the legon re- j presentatives conferred with Dr. Sawyer, who recently has been crit- t icized by Mr. Sprangus for "obstructing the hospitalization pro- ? gram. < Dr. Sawyer declaring that as a t result of his conference with the r American Legion delegation an j agreement had been reached for ? close cooperation between the legion and the federal board of hos- ^ pitalization, said that "this arrange- t ment clears up a misunderstanding j relative to the care of exservice men and promises united activity in E seeking the best of service whifch may be given." . 5 POISONED AT SCHOOL Several Hundred Children 111 at Birmingham. Birmingham, Alb. Sept. 28?Several hundred students of the Wood$ lawnhigh school here were stricken with ptomaine poisoning as a result of food eaten at the school's lunch , room at noon today according to authorities. A number are said t6 be seriously ill but no fatalities had been reported early tonight. According to information receive from a number of pupils and their parents the children were stricken immediately after the lunch hour, some during the classes and others on the way home after school. All thd physicians in thesuburb were called upon'to administer first aid treatment. Authorities of the school announced that a thorough investigation of the affair will be made to- \ morrow. GOOD BUSINESS. The Georgia Division of the S. A. L. moved a thousand and eighty-five v loaded freight cars Wednesday. This " looks like business is booming some- where. Fast Express trains numbers , 47 and 48 will be put back on Oct. { 3rd. These are solid through exiress trains from New York to BirninKham, and were cut off during the business depression. I NEW CAFE AND LUNCH ROOM , t The nt-W'Cafe and Lunch Room ] next door to the Planters Bank is ] being put in first class condition. r The old fashioned show windows being replaced by glass swinging doors, and the inside repainted and done t over. It presents a fine appearance, ( and the owners are announcing their \ opening in. this issue. d i?s IEPUBLICANS PLAN INCREASE PENSIONS /ILL COST THE NATION $60,000 000 MORE?CIVIL AND MEXI CAN WAR VETERANS TO OE1 INCREASE OF FROM $50; TC $72 A MONTH. Washington, Sept.^ 28.?A pen ion pay envelop increase of fron ibout $50 to ?72 a month for Civi ,nd Mexican war veterans, possrilbl: is a Christmas gift from unci Jam is planned by republican lead :rs in congress. A bill providing the pension in rease already has passed ?he sen ite and Senator Bursum,republican lew Mexico, its author, says he ha >een promised by house republica eaders that it will be passed by th louse soon after it reconvenes. H ixpects the bill to become a law be ore the holidays. All Civil and Mexican war vetea ins having served nmty days or an vfao have developed disabilities wi eceive the increase of from $50 t 572 a month under the bill and th vidow's (pension will be increase rom $30 to $50 a month. Othe >eneficiariee under the bill includ ]ivil War army nurses, who woul eceive $50 a month, while pensioi rrs of the Indian wars would re :eive $30 and their widows $20 nonth. Th& pension bureau esfrimate hat the increased tost of the Bui ium 'bill during the first year woul tmount to about $60,000,000 bu Jenator Bursum told the senat 'I* ? X ?~ **?? J nf An IMIAAA/I if Q h&l rcyjscu eawiuivco ymvcu ? ? lot over $35,000,000 The preset >ension outlay is about $30,00,00 mnually. The available age of civil wa veterans now is 78, Senator Bursui tdded, with their expectancy o ife of only 5 1-2 years. IARN AND CONTENTS BURN IN Mc?ORMIC1 pontaneous Combustion, Induce By Heating of Peavine Hay, May Be Origin; # iMcCormick, Sept. 28.Fire of a' mdetermined origin, unless* froi spontaneous combustion, cfomplete y destroyed the barn of Mr. Gar r. Palmer about four miles fror tfcCormick tonight. The fire said b ;enants on the place to have origir ited in the loft of the barn an hey say that it was like an exploj on when the whole top of the oar vas enmashed in flames. It is ur ierstood that green peavine ha lad been placed in the upper pai )f the barn and it is thought tha hese vines became heated and caus id the explosion. The entire cor ;ents of the bam, several buggie; nowers and farming implement vere completely destroyed. The los s estimated to be approximate! 54.000 which is partially covere jy insurance. A PATIENT FROM LETHE Miss Louise Wood, a young lad ;bout sixteen years of age, wa irought to the Abbeville Memoris lospital yesterday from the Leth School where she is a student. Sh ias been sick about five days wit yphoid fever. Her condition is fa\ rable this morning. SHOW ON THREE NIGHTS Beginning next weok Manage ferchot will only have three pic ure shows a week, on. Tuesdaj -Viday and Saturday. The Oper louse will bd closed on othe lights. The Carolina Syncopators lef his afternoon for the Laurem Clinton Country Club where the; rill furnish the music for the bi; lanco tonight. s y * * ~ r % ' ' ' " fl I | JJ L AMERICAN SHIPS ; ORDERED TO SAIL I . TWELVE DESTROYERS SENT TO CONSTANTINOPLE. ? AMERI- J CAN HIGH COMMISSIONER 1 > ASKS FOR FORCE TO PROTECT | AMERICAN INTERSTATE. Washington, Sept. 28.?Secretary :v'|| ! Denby today ordered two destroyers 1 divisions, comprising 12 destroyers ' '' < j to proceed "as early as possible from a Norfolk to Constantinople with ex- M . tra supply of provisions," im re- .. I x- J. * T> A J . 3 spuiiae tu a requeau irum rveor .rxu- . ^ miral Mark Bristol, American high v] commissioner at Constantinople that' -yf [ they be sent "for the protection of '\^ ^ American interests." ; gj In addition the supply ship Bridge -sj .will proceed as soon to ConsUnti- Kg nople. "The purpose of sending these \ ships is to protect American inter- ^ ests," it was declared and "furnish .v*|? supplies should they be needed. The m y method of distribution and in gener- v ^ 1 the use to be made of the supplies 0 to be furnished will be determined by Admiral Bristol." r Norfolk, Va., Sept. 28.?Prepara e tions are under way at the Hampton ' ^ d Hoads naval base to outfit the 12 destroyers ordered by the navy de- sja !* partment to proceed to Constant!- J a nople. Admiral Hugh S. Rodman, -'r\^ commander of the fifth naval district | d said tonight. The destroyers to be dispatched d have not been designated, Admiral t Rodman said. It is understood the see lection will be by Admiral John D. J it McDonald, commanding the 'battle' it ship force of the Atlantic fleet, which |j 0 is now off the Virginia capes. New York, Sept. 28.?An appeal ri r to the United States government to n ,-ush the rescue of Thrace, and pre- ^ f vail upon the allies to refrain from 32 turning that country over to the M Turks was issued today by the Thracian Carpedmon society of New ^ York. "The cession of this unhappy land i to Turkey, whether under any guarI antee for the lives of the Thracians or under no guarantee means simply the wholesale'extermination of the n entire Thracian population, with the ; n most cruel death that can be imag1_ ined," said the society's appeal. ^ TOOK SHACKLES ALONG ^ J. T. Worley, the prisoner who ^ escaped from Newell's Camp near Honea Path Wednesday has not been n apprehended. He made his escape between 11 and 3 o'clock by cutting the small chain that joined his shack^ led feet to the general chain that ^ runs along the passage way of the * 1 sleeping quarters. He carried the I ~i ii ?ij.1. ? - -SS snacKies away wiui mm. vmy u?o 1 ,clue has been reported to the au- J|j 3> thorities. A negro living near Don- ' s aids claims a strange man came to 13 his home before daylight Wednesday y morning 'and asked to borrow a J. D. CASON GETS POSITION. J. D. Oason has been appointed y to a position under John T. Jones s of the Interna Revenue DeLi Dartment. H? reported to Columbia * ~ e this afternoon for training after e which he will hav? head reported getting on nicely today. a THE COTTON MARKET. _. Cotton brought 21 cents on the - JV. local market today. Futures closed: t Oct. 20.80 s Dec ' 21.10 y Jan 20.94 Z March 20.92 .. May ai.91' *