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SUilf COURT '
GETS SHIP CAS
EAi^LY DECISION; EXPECTE1
FROM HIGH TRIBUNAL.?TW<
BRITISH BOATS TAKEN B
DRY NAVY OUTSIDE 3 MIL
ZONE BRINGS ACTION.
Ckicago, Sept. 30.?Early decisio
by the United States supreme coui
upon the question of federal joirisdic
firm n-TAv fnrpifm vessels eneasred i
illegal activities outside the thre
mile limit, was forecast in goverr
ment circles today after informatio
Jtad been received that Federj
Judge James M. Morton at Bosto
had "certified" that question to th
highest tribunal in the case of th
schooner Grace and Ruby.
With the October term of the su
preme court opening next , Monda
the government is prepared to as
for expeditious consideration of th
question as constituting the crux o
the prohibition enforcement . cam
paign along the coast lines of th
United States. It is the custom o
the court to grant such requests ani
government officials expressed hop
today that a basic ruling soon woul
be had from which they could pro
ceed in Jealing with matters now i:
controversy with foreign govern
meats as a result of effort of prohi
bition_, agents to stop the flow o
smuggled liquors.
Necessity for early action was in
creased today by information tha
the British government was about t
request the release ^f' all vessels o
British or dominion registry, whicl
have been seized beyond the thre
mile limit, uffless they were capture
While engaged in traffic with th
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sfcore tarougn tne medium 01 uici
owe boats. The British decision wa
based, it was said, on recent instruc
tiona from President Harding to Pre
hibition Commissioner Haynes and t
officials of the customs serviee tha
they must confine their operation
against foreign shipping to the mj
rine limit fixed by international lav
Judge Morton, in sending th
Grace and Ruby cases to the suprem
court,, set forth that the questioi
which he desired to have ruled upor
was whether his court "had jurisdi<
tion of libels for forfeiture and fo
penalties against a British vess<
seized by a coast guard cutter on th
high seas," under the circumstancc
which obtained in the case of th
fZvanc*. on Ruhv.
I The case has been selected by th
department of justice as a test fc
the several cases which have arise
'since Commissioner Haynes began t
pay social attention to the rum rui
ners of the sea. Officials here sai
tlie selection was deliberately mad
because the facts as stipulated b
the government and the defense i
the trial at Boston were specificall
4 in line with the argument on whic
the government must rest its claii
to jurisdiction.
GERMAN MILLS NEED COTTON
Low Buying Power of the Mar
V
Blamed for the Crisis.
Washington, Oct. 1. German co
ton mills are facing a shut-dow
through inability to buy raw m<
texiaLs, said a report to the con
merce department today from E<
wazxi T. Pickard, chicf of the te:
tile division, who is in Euroj
making a survey of the textile si
uation.
Heavy depreciation of the buyir
poorer of the German mark abros
he declared, has made it almo
?:U1^ nonrnon /?/vffnn mil
I LLl lUl vw?v/?. .....
to expand their working capit
sufficiently to cover their raw m:
te^ial obligations.
TO INSTALL AB. ALLEN CAMF
Orlin K. Fletcher of Augusta, Gs
.is expected in Abbeville tomorro
to install Camp Ab. Allen. M
Fletcher will be accompanied by s:
comrades from Camp Archie Butt <
Arrr-i-ta, Ga.
ZAIMIS WILL HEAR
E NEW GREEK CABINET
D FORMER MINISTER WHO HEAD0
ED GOVERNMENT WHEN CONY
STANTINE WAS EXPELLED IS
E CALLED BACK TO^AUTHORITY
BY REVOLUTIONISTS.
n Athens, Sept. 30.?Alexandre Zai:t
mis, who was premier when Constantine
was expelled from Greece
n. in 1917 and whose father headed the
e Greek cabinet when King Otho I
was dethroned by the revolution
n 1862, has been selected to head the
tl new ministry, which is composed of
n independents, Venizdists and milie
tary officers.
e It is now stated that Constantine
plans to reside in Palermo, Italy,
i- A favorable impression was creattr
nA V?ir fViQ nrnolflmatinn of the revo
J VU VJ V?tW
k lution committee that the arrested
e political and military leaders shall
f remain in prison, but that the mant
ner of their trial shall be left to the
e future national assembly.
f The French and English ministers
d emphasized to the committee that
e trial of these persons before a revert
lutionary tribunal would create a
- bad impression throughout Europe
11 and suggested they be given a trial
- such as was accorded former Premier
- Gaillaux of France.
The revolutionary committee's determination
to sit in supervision over
- the acts of the cabinet until a govt
ernment founded on the will of the
0 people, as expressed by elections, can
f come into being seems to be based
h on the idea that the vital interests of
0 the nation demand such procedure.
^ The army backed by the navy,
e stands ready to push on the war efr
fectively in Thrace, but its leaders
s believe that their past experiences
justify prudent control in Athens by
military representatives until a geno
uine people's government comes into
t power.
s The arrest of a number of former
l" government leaders is described as
r' being due to a desire to impose juse
tice as an example to future possible
e offenders. One allegation put forward
is that, while in power, the
l? leaders refused to listen to the advice
of England that so long as Con'r
stantine was allowed to remain on
^ the throne, the cause of Greece was
e hopeless. <
!S ^ . , ? . , , ,
uoionei sonatas, neaa 01 tne rev6
olutionary committee, has announced
that the national assembly is ree
girded as dissolved and that new
,r elections probably will be held in
n November.
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H DEATH OF S. F. CROMER
di
Lei
y S. Foster Cromer died this mornnj
ing, Oct. 2, 1922 at 9:30 o'clock at
yjthe residence of his niece, Mrs. W.
, Frank Nicklps with whnm Vip madp
? his home. He had been sick about
T1
three weeks and was in the 74th
year of his age and was the son of
Philip and Dorothy Ann Cromer. He
was born near Abbeville and has
n.
^ lived in this county all of his life.
Mr. Cromer never married. He
was identified with the business and
^ farming interests of the county and
had accumulated considerable propi
erty*
Funeral services will be conducted
Tuesday morning at the residence by
)e Rev. C. E. Peele, the pastor of the
Methodist church of which he was a
member. Interment will be at Long
lg Cane cemetery.
Mr. Cromer is survived by twc
st J brothers, Lindsay Cromer of Clinton
js and T. T. Cromer of Greenwood
a! county, and one sister, Mrs. Jane
a_ Boyd of Emmet, Ark.
McCORD BARN BURNS
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The barn of W. F. McCord near
i., iown on the Greenwood road burnw
ed to the ground Thursday night. He
r. lost one bale of ginned cotton, sevix
cral hundred bundles of fodder ami
)f ;ther farm produce. The loss was
i-omplcte no insurance being carried
COIN REPORTS
NO!FAVORABLE
AVERAGE CONDITION PLACED
AT ONLY 52.5 PER CENT?DESPITE
INCREASE IN ACREAGE,
YIELD W' L NOT BE MUCH
GREATER.?-THIS STATE LOW.
New York, Oct. 1.?Reports of the
cotton crop for the month of September
are not favorable and indications
point to still another cut in
yield. According to the latest returns,
gathered under an average
date of September 24, estimates of
percentage condition have been lowered
7.5 to 52.5 per cent.
This figure, which represents the
opinion of more than 1,600 competent
correspondents of the Journal
of Commerce, compares with 44.7
the low record figure estaolished a
year ago, and a ten-year average of
62.4 per cent. The Septemoer, 1920,
I npr oonf n/Utirtn was estimated at
63.9; 56.8 the year before and 58.1
in 1918. It is, in fact, the lowest level,
with the exception of last year,
in more than twenty years,, although
not the largest drop.
At this time in 1921 the ?er cent
condition had fallen 10.4; the year
before there was a decline of 8.7
per cent and in 1919 8.1 per cent. In
view of the above it has again
been necessary to revise estimates
of production and a condition of 52.5
folowing the government's method
of calculation and using the government
acreage of 34,*852,000 indicates
a possible yield under normal conditions
of approximately 10,583,600
bales. This compares with last year's
actual yield of 7,953,641 bales, 13,439,603
bales in 1920, and 16,134,930
bales in the banner year 1916,
|Uther private estimates 01 cotton
j condition range from 49.0 per cent
I to 52.4 per cent.
j An examination of the foregoing
| shows losses were far less drastic
I than last month. For instance, the
Oklahoma condition declined 12 per
cent, against a previous loss of 20.4,
Mississippi, 6.3 against 15.7 and
Texas only 6.8 against 15.3. Next to
Oklahoma the largest reduction was
Tennessee which fell 11.1 with Arkansas
a close second at 10.3. The
smallest loss was reported in Alabama,
namely, 5.1. South Carolina with
a decline of 7.4 shows the lowest
mama % +- >41 A TTT"K I 1 n 4* Vt a
j UUIiUlHUIi -ZA.V| vav
highest is Missouri at 10.0.
MEETING HELD SATURDAY
In Court House to Discuss Tobacco
Raising Well Attended
About seventy-five farmers and
business men met in the Court House
Saturday to discuss tobacco growing
in Abbeville County as a money
crop. County Agent C. Lee Gowan,
presided and introduced J. N. McBride,
Assistant General Development
Agent, of Florence; E. L. King,
Tobacco Specialist of the Southern
j Railway and A. D. Robertson of
( Hamlet, N. u., JUeveiopment Agent
for the S. A. L. who made short
talks. These men think that Abbei
ville has some fairly good tobacco
, soils; but the farmers would need
a man trained in the growing of to
bacco to instruct them.
Another meeting will be held next
I Friday at 2 o'clock at the farm of
W. J. Quick on Little River. Mr.
Quick is interested in the growing
i of tobacco in this section as a money
; crop; having cleared over a thousand
dollars on six acres in tobacco
> this yeai\
i A good many Abbeville County
1 farmers will plant an acre or two in
( tobacco next year to try it out.
Working along this line are such farmers
as S. J. Wakefield of Antreville
and S. G. Thomson of Abbeville.
Calhoun Falls Visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bosler, Aleene
> and Edgar Bosler and Miss Add;e
Lathan, accompanied by ITenry
I Manning of Spartanburg, were in
\ Abbeville from Calhoun Falls Sat1
urday.
SUGGESTS CHANGE
. IN PRESENT LAW
HIGGJNS WOULD RECLASSIFY
RAIL EMPLOYEES?EXECUTIVES
OPPOSE CLAIMS OF
UNIONS AS TO STATUS OF
CHIEF DIPATCHERS.
Chicago, Sept. 30.?Enactment of
an amendment to the transportation
act to reclassify employees of carriers
entitled to its benefits was suggested
today by John Higgins, president
of the' Western Association of
Railway Executives. He made the
statement near the close of a hearing
by the United States railroad labor
board of rules disputes involving
39 darriers and subsidiaries and the
America^ Train (Dispatchers' association.
Two main issues were involved?
two weeks' vacation with pay and
the status of chief dispatchers, J. G.
Luhrsen, president of the urtion argued
that chief dispatchers are subordinate
officials anil as such work
under* rules applicable to trick dispatchers?namely,
the eight hour
day, relief and overtime agreements.
Mr. Higgins, supported by Dr. C.
P. Neal, representative of Southeastern
roads and John C. Walber,
heading the Eastern group, opposed
the union's claim declaring \that
chief dispatchers have been delegated
the power of division superintendents
and therefore, under rulings
of the interstate commerce com
mission should not be included in
the scope of tho transportation act.
The transportation act provides
that subordinate officials and employees
shall come within its scope,
o oro rwr?1 TVw>
njiiit viiivioio o& w VAVtuuvviy A >IU
term subordinate officials interpreted
one way by the union and in
another manner by the. carriers
caused the dispute between the carriers
and the train dispatchers over
the status of chief cispatchers. In
order to eliminate dissension in tha
future, Mr. Higgins stated the transportation
act should be amended to
clearly define officials and employees.
Minor rules at dispute were taken
up by orders of the labor board mem
bers and the hearing partly finished.
They will be resumed next week.
LAND SALES TODAY
Master Sells Several Tracts of Land
This Morning.
Sales were made in the following
cases this morning by the Master of
Abbeville County:
Bank of Donalds vs. Jefferson
Mattison, et al, 17 3-4 acre tract.
Bought by E. C. Donald for $300.00
Reynolds Meschine and others vs.
Xouise M. Clinkscales and others,
660 acres, sold to J. M. Nickles as
attorney for Mrs. Louvania W. Shelor,
for $2350.00.
Tn Mm nf Frank Fetzer vs. O.
E. devlin, et, al, 183 were sold
to R. F. Davis, attorney for $1100.00
and the 136 acre tract was also sold
to R. F. Davis, attorney, for $1300.
VALENTINE GOES BACK
Jessci Valentine, has been taken;
in custody on the order of Governor
Wilson G. Harvey,* and will be re-!
turned to the Abbeville County
chain gang and will have to serve
the remainder of his life sentence.
SEEING FLORIDA VISITORS
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. McMurray,
John and Otis McMurray, Mr. and
Mrs. Alf Lyon, Elizabeth, Estellc
jnnd Branny Lyon, Leon and Julian
(Ellis motored to Bollcvuc Sunday to1
see Mr. and Mrs. Bates of High
Springs, Florida, who are in Abbe-J
ville County renewing1 old friends, j
Mrs. Bates was Miss Fanny Lites be-l
fore her marriage to Mr. Bates.
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FEDERALS BATTLE I
REBELS IN JUAREZ
TEN PERSONS KILLED IN BRIEF I
CRASH.?ONE BATTALION RE:
BELS, IMPRISONING OFFICERS
AND RELEASING PRISONERS
IN JAILS.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 30?Ten persons
were kill and more than a score <
wounded in a clash between rebels <
and federals in Juares today, follow- 1
ihg the revolt of the Forty-third <
battalion, a part of the Juares gar- :
rison. The clash between the loyal ]
federal troops and the rebela was a
surprise and lasted but a few minutes,
ending when the rebels exahust- #
ted their supply of ammunition.
In a public exhibition this afternoon
Gen. J. J. Mendea took away
the colors of the battalion. Army
officials declared this to ;be the great
est disgrace possible for a body of
troops, Loyal members of the rogi- (
ment will be transformed to other
units. General Mendea declared. i
Army officials said the uprising
was purely local in character and
that while the men sympathize with
General Murguia, they expect no
further outbreaks.
The revolting soldiers of the One '
Hundred and Forty-third battalion
about the prisoners stationed
at the Meocican city released all 1
prisoners from the city jail, impris- i
oned their officers'and took possession
of the town looting starting
shortly v after 3 o'clock in
the morning. Police and custom ,
guards were stunned 'by the sudden ,
rebellion and offered but little re- t
distance. <
A number of American men and
women were among those released
from the jail. Other prisoners in- ;
eluded those sentenced on charges ,
of murder. <
American troops wero posted at 1
the international tbridge and along i
the border of the city. Upon the re- <
tirement of the rebels they gave
Americans permission to cross the 1
bridge. '
FARMS UNWEILDY
Farms Should Be Made Smaller in
Many Places.
Large tracts of land in Abbeville
County should be cut up and sold to
dirt farmers. We have too many
large and unweildy farms. Abbeville
has 79 farms with over > 500 acres;;
il9 with over a 1,000 acres and one
farm with over 2,000 acres.
. Greenwood has 103 farms containing
over 500 acres; 23 of the
| Greenwood farms have over 1,000
acres and two have over 2,00 acres.
Laurens has 111 farms with over 500
acres to the farm; 29 of these have
over 1;000 acres and four farms in
Laurens county have over 2,000
acres to the farm.
About five good dirt farmers on
one of these five hundred or a thousand
acre tracts now owned by one
man would make business hum.
TO WINNSBORO BY AUTO
Mrs. T. J. Raycroft, Mrs. Henry
Pressly and the two Pressly children
left today for Winnsboro. They
went through the country, Mrs.
Pressly driving, and will stop over
tonight in Columbia and spend the
night there with Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Bradley, and make the trip to Winnsboro
tomorrow morning. They expect
to return to Abbeville about
Thursday.
COTTON MARKET.
Cotton brought 21 cents on the
local market today. Futures closed:
Oct. ___ 20.18
Dec. ___ 20.51
Jan. 20.35
March . ... 20.42
May 20.37
D. H. Hill and J. M. Nickles spentl
Friday in Lawrens on business.
JAIL EXECUTIVES Jl
HEARD BY BOARD
>ISCUSS STATUS OF CHIEF DISPATCHERS?SCOTT
ANNOUNC- 4g
ES EVER GROWING LIST OF
LINES TO AGREE TO PEACE
PLAN.
Chicago, Sept. .30.?Arguments y'r
an the status of chief train dispatch5rs?whether
they are officials pr
their right to inclusion in the wage
and rule agreements between carriers
and the American Train Disaatchers'
association, occupied the
United States railroad labor board
today.
While the board was hearing ar*
guments by the roads' eocecutives, ;v
John Higgins of tile' Western roads
John G. Walber of the Eastern carriers
and Dr. C. P. iNeal of the v I *
'
Southeastern group. Ben W. Hoop- M
er chairman of the board, was closeted
with D. B. Robertson, 'head of \ ;
it. M J ^ *l v
tne rauroaa nremen 3 organiwuoii*
President Robertson asked for. tha
conference with Chairman Hooper
to discuss pending rules disputes
with all the 202 clitss one carriers, of "+ %,_
the United States. They have been
before the board for several months.
The two main issues in dispute are
the union's request for'two firemen
or automatic stokers on all engines
of over 200,000 pounds and expen- ,'v
ses while away from the home.
At the same time John Scott secretary
of the federal shop crafts announced
that 3. M, Jewell had signed
agreements with additional road
conferences arranged by Mr Jewell,
assisted by Daniel Willard, president
of the 'Baltimore and Ohio, were '
pending, Mr. Scott said.
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All representatives of tne rail.
roads before the board today oppos-. - ^
Somali /4a fVio
organization for two weeks' vaca- tion
a year with pay and the classification
of chief dispatchers as subsrdinates.
Under the terms of the
transportation act subordinate officials
are governed by its provisions,
while officials are not
The question" of vacation was over
shadowed in importance by the controversy
oyer the status of chief dispatchers.
Most of tae day was given
td arguing the duties and powers
and whether they are sufficient to
class them as officials.
Presiden/t Robertson's visit w^th _ t
Chairman Hooper today was regarded
as an effectual sincerity of any
rumors that the Big Four brotherhoods
are attempting to dodge the ~
labor board. The rules he discussed
with Chairman Hooper were first
placed before the carriers in 1919
later taken up by a mediation board
during federal control ana suosequentlv
carried to the labor board in
1920.
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SEE CLEMSON-CENTRE GAME
Abbeville was well represented
at the Clemson-Centre game Saturday.
Among those who attended
were: %
W. M. Langley, R. E. Cox, George
Cann, Joe Hale, L. W. Keller, Willie
Keller, Earl Graves, Allen Haskell,
Clinton Link, Walter Winn, Marshall
Leach, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Barnes,
Misses Gladys and Sara Barnes, Mr.
and Mrs. D. T. Smith, Dr. and Mrs.
G. A. Neuffer, Frank, Happoldt, and
Claude Neuffer and Willie Bowie, E.
W fl-rpornrv. Prank Harrison. Gott
lob Neuffer, Wm. P. Greene, Bill
Greene, Tom Howie. Frank Thornton
COAL DIGGING ON
BIG SCALE NOW
Washington, Sept. 30.?Coal
snined during the past week was estimated
at about 11,000,000 tons today
by tho Geographical Survey.
The week's hard coal productions
will amount to between 1,800,000
and 1,000,000, the report said and
the softcoal output will ibe fro?m 9,600,000
to 9,900,000 tons.
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