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FRENCH POLICY
PREVENTED WAR
SPECIAL ENVOY FROM PARIS
ADMITS IT?^BRITISH DISPLAY
OF FORCE NOT ENOUGH, DECLARES
FRANKLIN-BOUILLON
IN STATEMENT.
Paris, Oct. 17.?It was the pacific
/?/vmMneH with the
tonight to heaT the French delegate
tell about his mission.
"It has been said in England that
the British fleet and British troops
alone halted the victorious Kemalists,"
said 1M.1 Franklin-JBourillon,
"The truth ig that every time force
was used and the British troops
ware reinforced negotiations with
Mustapha Keomal Pasha became increasing
more difficult.
"The peaceful efforts of France
always intervenced just in time to
prevent open warfare, and had it
not been for (France, peace would
not have been realized. In this connection
I wish to pay tribute to the
consistent struggle the Turkish com
mancber waged to maintain peaceful
relations fwith the allies. Hp accom- j
ylished this in the face ot a vigor- (
ous army, which was within but 40 c
kilometers of their capital, Constan- 2
tinople." ' f
Mr. FranvlinBouillon charged the \
British general staff at Constantinople
had issued false communi- '
que -telling of the breakdown of the c
Mudania conference because of the 1
Turkish demand for immediate occupation
of Thrace. t
"This was all the news that the i
world had of the Mudania conferen- ?
c? for 48 hours and essentially war (
existed during: that period," said the t
French envoy. "When General Har- r
ington head of this communique he c
was astonished and said he had au- ]
thorized no such communication. It ?
was such things as this we had to t
contend with an trying to make
peace. r
"The breakdown of all forms of <
communication, including the wireleas,
left the Mudania conference *
in suspense for nearly three days.
Why this (break occured I do not "
know especially at a time when the
danger was so great if not greater
than in th? fateful days of 1914. f
during that period 150,000 Turks T
sincere desire of Mustapha Kemal
Paaha to avoid war, and not the
British display of ,forco prevented
war in the Near East, a war which
would have soon assumed the proportion
of the great world conflict, i
. M. Franklin Bouilion, the special
iFrench envoy at the recent Mud- <
anra conference, told nearly a hun- t
dred newspapermen of 15 nations, 1
who gathered at the foreign office <
perfectly equipped and flushed withlc
victory, were within march of a day r
or two of (Constantinople, while
150,000 more esually and ready
were in the second line of defense
The arrival of the British reinforce
orient only served to make them
mere restless.
GOES TO MISSISSIPPI
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Mr. J. Frank Hill is leaving today
for Jackson, Mississippi, where he
will work with the Co-operative
Marketing Associaton under the
direction of the Mississippi Farm
Bureau. He will have headquarters
at Jackson. Mr. Hill has been in
Abbeville several years and ho and
his family have made many friends 1
among the people here. Mrs. Hill
and the children have moved into
the residence with Mr. and Mrs. (
Cliff King for the present until Mr. '
Hill can get settled in his new home
Mr. Hill's place with the Echo 1
wild be "filled by Mrs. Courtney Wilson,
who assumed charge this morning.
Mrs. Wilson is a capable and
popular woman and no doubt will i
ma!ke a success of the Echo. Plans 1
are under way to open up a Wo- t
man's Exchange in connection with I
the Echo business which should 1
jrove a drawing card. <
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BIN CUBA
PASSES SAFELY
ERA OF REFORM NOW UNDER
WAY.?DR. CARLOS MANUEL
De CESPEDES REACHES WASH
INGTON IN A CHEERFUL HUMOR.
Washington, Oct. 17.?The crisis
in Cuba is over and an era of reform
is under way, Dr. Carlos Manuel de
Cespedes, Cuban minister of foreign
affairs and for several years
minister to this country, declared today
in a statement to the Associated
Press. Dr. de Cespedes has come to
Washington to arrange for transfer
of the legation here to his successor
and at tne same time avail nimseu
of the opportunity to cohfer with
Secretary Hughes.
"The dangerous period of the Cuban
situation is over," said Dr. de
Cespedes, "and, although as everywhere
in the world today, there are
jrave problems pending, I am optinistic
that we have entered a new
favorable period. The crisis has had
;he result of unifying the Cuban,
jeople as never before and the goy-J
irnment is being supported by the
jublic opinion in its task of refornation."
"Four months of good government
iave rierhted the affairs of Cuba,"
.he minister declared, adding that
nany of the serious dangers, with
vhich the situation was fraught when
;he present cabinet came into office
xave been removed.
The cabinet took the people into
ts confidence, he said, and began
smploying efficient methods, economy
and open diplomacy "with the
?suit that Cuba is now on her feet
tgain and faces the future in the
>est of spirits and full of confidence"
"I believe,' the minister added,
that we are on the eve of a revival
>f prosperity in the commercial reations
with this great nation."
T ** nao/>a on/1 Krtwnr raiorn
n a few days.
ENGROSSING CLERKS '
Attoney General Wolf has announced
his appointment of clerks
'or the engrossing1 department of
he general assembly for this year,
VIrs. C. D. Brown Jr. and Miss Ethel
Perry were named from Abbeville
3ounty.
iJIUCll'J, ^/tOVS.^ Uiiu * W.G.. j
;hroughout Cuba, Dr. de Cespedes
isserted. The government is meeting
ill its exterior and interior financial
jbligations, according to the minis;er,
and the congress has provided |
ne^ns with which to pay the floating
lebt as well as carry out some imjortant
public works. The sanitary
iituation was described as good
hroughout the islands.
Dr. de Cespedes- declined to comnent
on the effect of tariff on the
2uban sugar industry.
X>CTORS MEET IN NEWBERRY
rhird District Medical Association
Meets Thursday.
Dr. C. C. Gambrell, Dr G. A. Neufer
and Dr. F. E, Harrison leave tonorrow
to attend the Medical Assonation
of the Third District composed
of the counties of Newberry,
Jreenwood, McCormick and Abberille
which meets this year in Newterry.
iNewDerry win entertain xne jjocors
at their fine new $100,000 counry
club on the 19th, at which eight
ir nine highly scientific medical pa>ers
will be read. Dr. C. C. Gambrell
>f Abbeville is secretary of the asiociation
and has been busy arrangng
the program for the meeting to
>e held tomorrow. Dr. R. M. Fuller
?f Greenwood is president.
CHIEF JUSTICE ON BENCH
Chief Justice Eugeme B. Gary,
vho has been detained at home on
iccount of the illness of Mrs. Gary
Arent down to Columbia Monday
evening and yesterday was at his
post on the bench. Mrs. Gary con;inues
to improve and should be out
FIRST PAREN'
MEETING HE
The first regular meeting of the 1
Abbeville Parent-Teacher Associa- <
tion was held yesterday afternoon 1
in the graded school building. In ^
spite of the rainy afternoon 45 of 1
the members were present and evinc- 1
ed lively interest in the welfare of <
the association.
In the absence of a president, s
Supt. J. D. Fulp, presided. The first t
part of the program was devoted to 1
recitations by little Miss Mildred Mc- i
Comb, who recited very effectively }
James Whitcomb Riley's selection, v
"Elmer Brown," and Miss Mabel
Bradley was extremely good in her t
recitation of "What Somebody Did." g
The business session of the meet- ^
jng was then begun. The acting j
president stated that Mrs. F. B. Mc- j
I Lane, who was elected president last ,
spring had found it impossible to j
assume the duties of the office, and ^
recommended that the 19 sponsors
of the different sections of grades in
the city schools meet this week and ^
secure a head for the association. 11
This recommendation was unani- *
.mously adopted and with Mrs. C. A. t
Gilford as chairman of the spon- *
sors committee, the following la\dies
are called to meet in the grad- ^
ed school Thursday afternoon at 4 t
o'clock: Mrs. C. A. Milford, Mrs. F. *
B. McLane, Mrs. J. E. Pressly, Mrs ?
W. H. White, Mrs. F B. Jones, Mrs. *
R. C. Philson, Mrs. J. A. Smith, Jr;, e
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JUDGE GARY ILL. P
Taken Suddenly 111 Monday at Al- '
i lendale
News comes from Allendale tliat
Judge Frank B. Gary is ill. Judge I
Gary went to Allendale Monday to *
conduct a week's term of court. He a
was taken suddenly ill yesterday in a
the court room with something like *
nervous indigestion, to which he is a
at times subject. The attack recurr- ^
ed several times during the day. n
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Dispatches from Allendale say v
that Judge Gary is at a local hotel
and that he is receiving careful attention.
It is planned to take him to ^
Charleston as soon as he is able to +
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make the trip, Mrs. Gary being there j
for a few weeks. f
Judge Gary is one of the ablest of a
the circuit judges. His absence from
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the bench will be sorely felt at this .
ii
time when there are two vacancies ^
and when two of the other judges s
are so ill as to be unable to attend
upon their courts.
AMERICA WILL ACCEPT
Invitations When Its Interests Are q
Concerned
Washington Oct, 17.?The administration
is following a policy of c
accepting invitations to unoffici
al membership on commissions of j
the League of Nations when these e
commissions are charged with du- j
ties in which the United Statee is t
interested it was said at the White n
House .today in connection with the ^
recent appointment of an unofficial s
America representative to a league
committee to study anthrax. n
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DEATH OF MR. CARTLEDGE ii
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The friends of Mrs. Claude Vandi- ^
ver will regret to learn of the death a
of her father, Mr. Henry N. Cartledge,
of College Park Ga., Friday
Oct. 13th, 1922 of pneumonia. Mr.
Gartledge had been sick only a few
days when the end came. He had h
visited in Abbeville frequently and v
was well known and liked here. Mr. r
and Mrs. Claude Vandiver attended ^
the funeral from Abbeville. S
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Peaches and Apples Suggested.
Mr. C. A. Owen of Aiken was in
Abbeville today and assisted R. S.
McCom'b and W. F. Jones with
planting a home orchard. Mr. Owens (o
is enthusiastic over the growing of j si
apples and peaches In this county on 1(
a commercial basis. . ' o
t-teacher
:ld tuesda y
Mrs. Frank Welsh, Mrs. B. F. Swet;nburg,
Mrs. J. D. Fulp, Mrs. W. F.
tickles, Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mrs.
iV. S. DuPre, Mrs. E. R. Thomson,
Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Mrs. C. H. McVlurray,
Mrs. E. W. Gregory, Mrs.
3. A. Neuffer, and Mrs. T. G. White.
As Miss Thelma Ott, elected last
ipring as vice president did not reurn
to Abbeville, Miss Edna Bradey
was the unanimous choice of the
issociation as vice president. Mrs.
N. H. White was also elected trcasirer.
Mrs. Henry Gilliam presented to
he association a project to make
iome money, which project was referred
to a committee of Misses
losabel Brown, Rachel McMaster,
Mildred McMillan, and Edna Brad
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ey irom me iacuity ana jnesaames
lenry Gilliam, R. C. Philson, W. P
Jreene.
It was voted to take over the
Landling of the Armistice Day footiall
game which will be played on
Friday, Nov. 10, and to arrange for
he sale of refreshments either on
he grounds or down town. The folbwing
members were selected to
iave charge of all arrangements of
his occasion: Mrs. Henry Gilliam,
IrB. C. H. McMurray. Mrs. Fi B.
fcLane, Mrs. J. A. Smith, Jr., Mrs.
3. R. Thomson and Miss May Robrtson.
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'IEDMONT FAIR OPENED TODAY
n Greenwood?Will Continue Thru
Friday.
Greenwood, Oct. 18.?The 1922
'iedmont fair opened this morning
rith what officials of the fair assocition
claim will be the most complete
nd interesting exhibits since the
air was established. In spite of rain
,nd mud for the past three days, exlibits
from all sections of the Piedlont
have been coming in and the
howing of live stock and poultry
rill be above the average for fairs
n this section, it is claimed.
Today is known as ".Live stocK
lay," and Thursday will be devoted
o judging agripultural products,
'hursday morning at 11 o'clock, the
ootball teams of Erskine college'
nd Presbyterian college will clash.
Friday will be "Educational day,"
11 of the schools of the county taktig
part. A football game between
Greenwood and Abbeville, high
chools will be staged that afternoon.
Horse races will be held each afernoon
during the fair.
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RECEIVERS APPOINTED
'o Have Charge of American Cotton
Exchange Affairs. 1
New York, Oct. 17.?Supreme
ourt Justice Wagnec has appoint- :
>d the Hudson Trust Company and
lenry Schulder as receivers iniquity
for the American Cotton
ixchango, upon applications by Atorneys
representir(g exchange
nembers, it was announced today
?y Albert Massey, exchange counel.
The exchange according, to testimony
heard by Justic Wagner, is
olved, but because of its conviction '<
ti June on bucketing charges, the
rading of its brokers has fallen
rom $200,000,000 to -150,000,000
month.
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AUGUSTA VISITORS 1
Mrs. C. P. Kharr of Augusta, Ga. (
as been Abbeville for several days 1
rith her sister, Mrs Ton Klugh. She t
eturned to Augusta yesterday and 1
Irs. Klugh's mother Mrs. J. 0. '
Icott, also of Augusta, is still in
ibbeville. ! t
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HEAD OF EXTENSION
Henry S. Johnson, of Aiken, he?ad
f the Extension Service of Clemen
College, was in Abbeville today i
joking ovec the field covered by 1
ur County Agent C. Lee Gowan. ?i
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M'ADOO SPEAKS !
FOR DEMOCRATS
ASSAILS PRACTICES OF HARD- 1
ING'S ADMINISTRATION?FOR- .
MER CABINET MEMBER APPEALS
TO VOTERS TO ELECT
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.
Denver, Oct. 17.?In an address
to the Denver Municipal auditorium e
this afternoon Williaih iG. McAdoo, r
former secretary of the treasury n
and war time director of the rail-Hi
road administration, assailed the 1'
Harding policy of deflation and the *
Republican tariff bill and concluded
with an appeal for the election of a ^
Democratic congress and for the el- . *
ection of the Democratic tickets in 1
all states.
_ "The Republicans have passed *
the most extortionate and indefen- I
sivo tariff bill ever enacted in our *
history," Mr. iMcAdoo said. "The '
PaynenAldrich bill, which destroyed J
Mr. Taft politically and brought the 2
Republican party to defeat in 1912 fi
ig outclassed by the 'Fordney-Mc- j ?
Cumber bill.
"It is estimated the cost of living t
to the American people will be in- *
creased by the Fordney^McCumber c
bill $4,000,000,000 per annum, of *
which only $400,000,000 will go in- ^
to the American treasury. The re- e
mairring 63,000,000 will be collected c
by monopolies, trusts and greedy ^
comlbinationa for the special 'profit e
of these favors interests" T
Discussing the Harding policy of s
deflation, Mr. McAdoo declared "no T
more fatuous policy wag ever pur- s
sued in American History than the
attack by one great political party r
upon prosperity. ?
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"It was treated as though it was
a national evil instead of a national c
t
Diessing,' ne saia.
"At the same time prosperity was s
being destroyed taxation which is 0
bearing down w*ith crushing force *
upon the people has not been re dyeed
ag solemnly promised in the Re- a
publican platform. The new inter- ^
national revenue bill gave no re- 3
lief to taxpayers except to loss than 0
1,000 persons and those persons en- r
joyed the largest incomes in America.
' "When asked if he is a candidate
for the presidency, Mr. 'McAdoo: 0
"Nothing appeals to me less than C
a presidential suit or a presidential
suite." F
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JUDGE GEORGE NEXT SENATOR !
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Vienna Man Named in Georgia Primary
Over Three. (
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 18.?Walter F. $
George of Vienna, Ga., received 304 0
county units votes out of Georgia's
total of 400 in yesterday's special ii
senatorial primary, held to nomi- f
nate a successor to the late United c
States Senator Thomas E. Watson, T
according to complete unofficial re- r
turns compiled this morning by the t
Atlanta Constitution. , $
... Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, t:
Mr. George's nearest opponent, received
74 unit votes and Seaborn
Wright 22, while John R. Cooper of
Macon failed to carry a county, acjording
to the returns. p
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VISITORS FROM DENVER |r
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Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gribble of|a
Denver, Cola., have been in the city ti
for several days on a visit to Mr. ii
ind Mrs. James Shelly. Mr. and Mrs.
dribble came from Denver to Frankin,
N. C., several weeks ago, making
;he trip in their car, accompanied
jy their two sons, Wan and Virgil, e
The journey was made in nine days, y
They came to Abbeville through
;he country and brought along Jack
dribble and Miss Beatrice Gribble.
CARLISLE BATES PROMOTED, d;
Carlisle Bates has been called to
1 position in Hamlet N. C. and willj
eave Monday to take up his newi
vork. '
WEEKS SUBMITS
ARMY ESTIMATES
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.ARGER, FORCE NEEDED, SECRETARY
THINKS?SECRETARY
OF WAR ACCOMPANIED BY
GENERAL PERSHING ON VIS- IT
TO WHITE HOUSE;
Washington, Oct. 17?The unshakn
opinion of Secretary Weeks and
nilitary advisers that the nation's
niliinan A X. . - -1 -
umtoij pv/ixu^ can ilul yt auequaxey
sustained with a regular army of
ess than 13,000 officers and 150,000
nen was again laid before President
larding today by the war secretary,
yho was accompanied' on a visit to
he White House by General. Pershng.
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The conference had to do with es;imates
submitted by the war dejartment
for the coming year calling
'or total appropriations of $329,287,-.
>80 as compared with current apiropriations
of $240,884,122. The
irmy budget, however, still must be
ipproved by the director of the bud;et.
The war secretary made it plain
hat he had not changed in his beief
that the present army of 12,000
>fficers and 125,000 men could not
ulfill all of the missions prescribed
y the national defense act. The new
istimates do not provide for an inrease
in the regular above figures,
mt Mr. Weeks has officially expressid
the judgment of the war depattnent
that only the most urgent reaons
for national economy would war
ant continuing the army at reduced
ize.
The principal item in the esti
nates submitted com&s under "suplort
of the regular army" at $212,r07,379,
as compared with $223,411>12
for the current year. Included in
hat item, however> is' ^he pay, subistence
and clothing for all branches ; '
if the army, including "the National
Juard, organized reserves, reserve
ifficers' training corps and other
irms of the service, and the overlead
expense of all posts, camps,
ichools, hospitals, and other portions
if the military plant used jointly by
egulars, guardsmen aiy} reservists.
The estimates provided for main- ,
enance of the National Guard and
'arious training corps at the expense
?i me regular estaDiisnment in orler
with in the budget figures. For
he guard, a total of $33,910,022 is
iroposed against $25,815,000 this
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ear; for the organized reserves,
12,628,109 with no exact comparable
igures; for the reserve officers'
raining corps, $4,401,000 as com- / \ 'lared
to $3,100,100 this year; for
:ivilian military training camps,
2,972,150 as compared with $1,80000.
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These figures with the smaller
terns make up a military budget
or next year of $259,428,175 as
ompared to $257,3^6,681 this year.
?he non-military items, including
iver and harbor work, reaches a toal
of $65,890,375 as compared to
79,736,406 in current appropriaions.
ROADS IN FINE SHAPE.
The Highway Commissioners are
utting the top soil roads in Abbe- '
ille county, in fine shape during the
ainy weather the highways Were
ut up, but after the rains last week
scraps was run over them and the
op soil thrown up which put them
i excellent shape.
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MRS. DANSBY SICK.
Mrs. Melissa Dansby was operatd
on at the Memorial Hospital
esterday.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton sold on the local market toly
at 23cents. Futures closed:
Oct. __L __22.72
Dec. 23.15
Jan. ' 22.92
March 23.08
May 22.99
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