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'' '' Abbeville Press and Banner| - -. ^==TJ-?h i922 Single Copies, Five Gents. 78th Year. -3m 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. RUMORS DENIED BY PROHIBITION BOSS CALLS . ON PATRIOTIC CITIZENS TO SET AN EXAMPLE F LAW ENFORCEMENT?NO CHANGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA FORCE CONTEMPLATE Oolumbia, Dec 9?iSpecificial denial of rumors that changes had beern made or are contemplated in Soatfc Carolina prohibition enforcement forces was mad? here afternoon by Major Koy a.j Hayaes, federal prohibition commissioner, after he had delivered an address to the people of Columbia in the First Baptist Church, the crux of Which -was, that there stytald ibe strict enforcement ?f all/ laWrs, otherwise thero would be weakening in the .powers of the government. Major Haynes told neiwspaper men that he invariably took the advice and recommendation of his di- 1 visional chiefs, and no advocacy of changeg in the enforcement person- ' nel in South Carolina had been made, and ho contemplated no such changes in the future. The prohibition corrrmission <r, 1 accompanied by Judge James G. Britit, chief counsel; Sherman A. Cu?eo, assistant director and Col. L. G. Neutt, acting chief of general 1 prohibition agents, who are making a tour of the South rn tightening up prohibition forces arrived at Colunrfbria this morning. After a conference with .prohibition agents, a lurwbeon at the Jefferson Hotel tendered by the South Carolina anti-saloon league and the address ' this afternoon, the party loft over the Seaboard for 'Washington. While hero Major Hayncs had conferences with State, county and municipal peaco and enforcement oftcere. In his address Major Haynes was outspoken in his appreciation of tho cooperation 'given federal authorities *in the enforcement of the Volstead act (in South Carolina and ke spoke feelingly of the entire Swxth as tho pioneer in the "dry" rorement. He went into a detailed description of the machinery of enforcement and said that wonderful success had been achieved in a short wtoile. (Major Haynes pleaded with the men in the higher stratum of society to lead at example in respect for the law, asked that they not patronize bootleggers and abjured them to hold aloft their patriotic "'observance of all laws. He proclaimed that obedience to the law is the fundamental of which the stability of the government must rest, othersewise there wjll (be chaos. IN UFARrH OF HTAI.TH Emory Penney, who has gone west in search of health arrived in Prescott, Arizona, on a Sunday morning to find the men busy cutting wood and the* women washing and hanging out clothes, although the ground was covered with snow. Mr. Penney stopped long enough in San Antania to ''have dinner and take a flivver rdo with Bofo Hemphill." MONEY FOR STAMPS About $50,000 is being paid out bj the Abbeville post office in War Savings Stamps. These are to be redeemed before January 1st and post offiee authoritiee are busy cashing . in the stamps. MR. MARTIN SICK Mr. T. W. Martin, who runs an enterprising grocery store on South ifafn efrppt. has gv>na to the Ches ter Hospital for treatment. He was' accompanied on th^ trip by hisj friend Dr. Calvert. CONDITIONS GOOD IN TRADE CIRCLE GRAIN RATHER QUIET, BUT PRICES CONTINUE TO HOLD UP WELL?RAILROAD TRAF FIC AT EXTRAORDINARY HIGH LEVEL VavIT rior> 1 A Pan/^rfc concerning the fundamental conditions underlying the financial markets continued to be satisfactory the past week. Railroad traffic is holding at an extraordinary high levol considering the season.. Car loadings during the week endeid November 25, / totalled 955,000 cars, which represents an increase of 282,000 over the corresponding week a year ago, and 152,000 over the same week in 1920. No cessation is apparent, meanwhile, in the steel industry's high rate of output, operations still approximating 80 per cent of war expanded capacity. Pig iron pricee have declined further, but trade reports state that both buyers and sellers are now feeding for the bottom of this market. Steel prices for the present remain firm and consumers are showing slow disposition to carry I reasonable stocks, feeling that another coal strike ?a?4. i ~ j ucjit ycax is juvt wyvuu vuc bounds of possibility. Although the total amount of coal produced was cut into by the recent' holiday, it appears that the bituminous output is continuing at daily rate corresponding to 11,000,000 tons a w?ek. Final figures for the earnings of class one railroads during October show the total net for the month amounted to $85,000,000, which while some $25,000,000 below the total in the same month' a year ago, when earnings were unusually good is still $27,000,000 better than the showing in September. A recession of about 2 per cent in . the ratio of reserve of the combined federal reserve system ibringsi that figure down to 74.3 per cent. This ig slightly lower than any other figure recorded this year, but is still high enough to demonstrate very amplef supplies of commercial credit. The -decline in ratio is very largely a reflection of a further increase in rediscounts which in turn measures the sustained industrial movement and the preparations for the holiday trade. Money rates remained steady and no material disturbance is expected to attend the large government transaction centering around the tax date. With the census reporting cotton ginnings to December 1, at 9,318,000 bales, the trade is more than etver inclined to view that the crop will amount to slightly less than 10,000,000 bales, instead of the 9,000,000 bales which werei discussed a fe/w weeks ago. VISITING AT THE SHOALS Miss Eugenia Swetenberg and Miss Marnicj Reese spent Saturday and Sunday at Ware Shoals with Miss Margart and Dick Swetengorg. They enjoyed the sights of the city. "MISS MAY" SICK Miss May Robertson has succumbed to the prevailing fin and has been confined to her homes since Friday. Misg May is a general i favorite in town and everyone wishes for her a speedy, recovery. i VISITING MISS BRADLEY \ Mrs. B. I. Childs and son, Mr. James Childs, visited over Sunday with Miss Irene Bradlev at the home of Mrs. Tutt. v Roman custom forced a son of a dead man to conduct the funeTal service. DRYSIN COMPLETE CONTROL OF HOUSE WETS ARE ABLE TO MUSTER ONLY SEVEN VOTES TO CRIPPLE ENFORCEMENT ACT FRIENDS OF PROHIBITION MAKE CLEAN SWEEP Washmo-bon. Dec. 9.?Friends of prohibition, in complete control in the House, made a clean sweep today in knocking out amendments to the prohibition section of the j treasury supply bill which they claimed were designed to weaken enforcement of the Volstead law.. i Standing alone at times, Representative Hjill, Republican,. Maryland, sought to limit the money spending actiyfltiea of the prohibition unit, but his proposals were thrown out ibodfily after thirty minutes of bitter debate, in which the manner of the law's enforcement wag commended and condemned. Numeroue references were made to the annual address to Congress delivered earlier in the day by President Harding, and there was vigorous applause when m amber* recalled that the President had said the eighteenth amendment was her^ to stay. The bill stood Hke a stone wallj against attacks by Mr. Hills group,! which often included only himself. It had not reached the point of passage tonight because of an agreement to defer until tomorrow action on a provision for substituting fast power presses for hand presses which the government's money long has been printed at the Bureau of Engraving. The biggest vote against the prohibition group was seven, that number of members supporting an 'amendment! by Representative Tinkham, Republican, Massachusetts, providing that men employed in enforcement work should be appointed from the civil service, against fifty-six in opposition. GOVERNOR IN ABBEVILLE Abbeville was honored (Friday afternoon by a visit from Governor and Mrs. Wilson G. Harvey. They came as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown and while hetre were shown many of the sights of the city. Mrs. Harvey as Miss Waring visited in Abbeville and 'one of the chief points of interest to her was the Ancrum house where in days gone by she had attended many pleasant dances. ' Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson were charmed to have them call and Governor Harvey and hig wife enjoyed seeing thei handsome residence. Mrs. Harvey, while on the square, renewed many pleasant acquaintances. Abbevillei was glad to have the Governor for even so short a visit. BOARD MEETING Dr. C. C. G&mbrell leayes tonight for Columbia where he goes to attend the last meeting of the State Board of Health for this year. WITH THE DOCTORS Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Neaiffer le{ft today for Pinehurst, N. C., where they will attend the meeting of the Seaboard SJurgeona. They will enjoy several trips visiting Norfolk, Lynchburg and Richmond. CALLED AWAY Miss Reejp was called to Cheraw last week to attend the funeral of her friofnd, Miss M>y. Sho returned to the city today. In the sale of the effects of Col. James T. Roberts of Anderson, who died from thej effects of an automobile injury, are listed forty | well trained fox dogs. STERN CAMPAIGN I ON BOLL WEEVIL LARGER SCALE FOR NEXT SEA- , SON?PRICES OF CALCIUM ARSENATE AND SUPPLY ENGAGING ATTENTION OF GOV ERNMEWT. Washington, Dec. 10.?Next season's campaign against the boll wee- , vil promises to be on a larger scale I than in any season heretofore. Plans < i of the department of agriculture as : j outlined /by its cotton' council, are < being widely developed. Among ,the i methods for control of the boll wee- 1 vil which will be used next season < is that recently announced by the < Florida state plant Vard which the ] cotton council has recommended be given a thorough trial throughout the cotton belt. ] The present price of calcium arsenate is engaging the attention of the government, an attempt will be made to increase the supply for next season's fight on the boll weevil. A meeting for this purpose will be held in New York next Wednesday. It will be attended by givernment ' experts, including Dr. J. K. Haywood, chairman of the insecticide and fun gicide board of the \<lepartment 01 agriculture, and other officials of that department; C. R. Delong, formerly of the chemical division of the department of commerce and now 1 head of the dye and chemical division of the tariff commission, and by officials of the departments of interior and commerce. The meeting will be held after a two day session of insecticide manufacturers and a large number of experts in the in- j dustry will attend the calcium ar-J senate conference. The main topic] for discussion at the conference will j be the amount of white arsenate| available for the manufacture ofj calcium arsenate and whether by any j means the production of this essen-| tial in fighting th-; boll weevil can be stimulated and enlarged. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS An+nmnihilA accidents ^ were the order of the day Saturday, about one o'clock a Ford driven (by D. Ferguson run into a tree in front of the Baptist church and Mr. Ferguson had his face cut on the windshield. Mr. Bob Simmons ran into a negro's buggy Saturday night and scattered the pieces around the (marker square and Sunday Mrs. Gulledge struck an electric light pole near the Baptist church and broke it off. Mrs. Gulledge wag not| nuri,. Saturday afternoon a car full of boys had a smash! up near the Seaboard shops and lotft a turned over car in the road. STILL LEAVING The whole sale immigration among the negroes continues, twelye men and women leaving on Saturday for Chicago and twenty leaving Sunday for the same destination. IN GREENVILLE Miss Mary Milford and Gottlob Neuffer went uip to Greenville Saturday and saw the "show" at the Opera House. Mrs. Minshall and Misses Rachel and Susan Minshall went with them. The home trip furnished all the troubles usual when driving a car. RESPECT FOR JUDGE GARY Among other marks of respect shown Judge Frank B. Gary, was that of the Abbeville Telephone!, Co., which close|d down for five minutes while the funeral sefvice wa^ in ppogrqss at the Methodist , church. i COTTON BELT SHOWS t THE BEST RECOVERY AGRICULTURAL SITUATION IS E SLIGHTLY IMPROVEJD.?ABNORMAL MOVEMENT FROM , FARMS TO TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Washington, Dec. 10?The general agricultural situation in the United c States has improved slightly as indi- d cated by the monthly agricultural t review of the department of agri- r culture.* Cotton and live stock prod- US ucta prices, as well as prices of r things fanners have to buy, have ris- <r en slowly, the October price index on ten farm products being 110 com- 1 pared with 100 for 1913. "This has put a little money into g the pockets of some faraers, put c heart into many more, and has done t both for those who cany farm pro- a ducts through the channels of trade.' a the erview says. ^ t The price farmers pay for other J than food products, according to the > wholesale price index, has risen to t 169 compared with 100 to 1915. Thus j a unit of farm products will purchase fi 35 per cent less of other commodi- ( ties as it would in 1919. i November figures indicate an ab- f normal movement of population from i farm? to towns. a J Agricultural conditions in the east| are in relatively poor shape. Potato, >1 apple, hay and truck growers are } thoroughly discouraged, the report t says. Some poultrymen are doing ^ fairly well, but most dairymen are < having all they can do to break even. 1 The cotton belt shows the best J general recovery of any region as a t whole. Cotton is very poor in many i areas, but those having cotton to < sell fairly good at present prices. General business has been much stim- ^ ulated. j .Farmers in the corn belt are some ,j what encouraged a t the rise in grain ^ prices. A heavy fall run of hogs to . market, as well as heavy movements < of feeder cattle and sheep to farms, r is reported. Wheat belt shippers have , been hampered by an almost unpTe- , cedented shortage of freight cars. > Winter wheat stands are reported \ generally fairly good. Sheep men in { the range country feel fairly good 1 at sheep, lamb and wool prices and ] the outlook for next year is geneif- , ally considered favorable. j MISSIONARY TO MEXICO. < 1 Rev. Henry E. Pressly is .giving up his work in Tampa, Florida, as a minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and will leave j shortly after Christmas for Mexico, where he will enter the Missionary field. A Mr. Pressly is the youngest son of Rev. Neil E. Pressly, and he was ' J J. Dorn aim spent uic gicaiici yau i his youth in Tampico. Dr. Neill Pressly served the church in the Mexican field for nearly forty years, and it has long been the ambition of his son to follow in his footsteps. Rev. Henry Pressly knows the Mexican, he knows his language and his home life and he has a sympathy and an understanding of hie short- ^ comings. Returning to Mexico is like going . home again and his friend# all over the state wish him success and his family happiness in their new home. Rev. and Mrs. Pressly will come c to Abbeville for a visit before leav- J ing the states. f a greenwood doctors c Y Dr. Neal and Dr. Scurry were * over from Greenwood Monday operating at the hospital on a .patient brought over on Friday. u r? c 1 ' v. ncrc trur i uuctM* u Hon. and Mrs. Melvin J. Ashley came down from Honea Path Saturday and attended the funeral of Judge Frank B. Gary at the Methodist church. IOAL COMMISSION 10 CALL MEETING BEGINNING OF ENDEAVOR TO PROCURE MUTUAL CONCESSIONS IN INTEREST OF COMMON GOOD -*-WOULD REACH BASIS Washington, Dec, 9.?Taking ognizance of conditionB which inflirt, nACGiWIl'fv A-f OTIAfV^I* WQ ional coal strike in the ibstusmnous aineg after April 1, the United > M States 'Coal commfission today an?' ?jj louneed that mine operators and ' $ rimers' union officials concerned vould be invited to meet TVfffeb . it in ffaskingfeon next week. , ? 1 :*| The session would mark the be- ( . ^ ginning of an endeavor to "proure mutual concessions in the in- . erests of the common gofdf," the c: announcement said, and wafc aeces- :'i ary (because of "grave danger hat another paralysis of the busiie% of the country" is tanpendmg. Action by the commission followed . he adjournment this Week of a odnt committee of ratine operators md union officials, which net at )hicago but faiiled to achieve a Satsfactory preliminary arrangement or wage negotiations which would ( is3ure continuance of operations . iftexj April. (Representatives of the United nine w oncers 01 America in Washington ware later informed . ,'r^ hat John L. Lewis its president, vould not "be able to respond to the :ommisstion's dnvita/tion /before Thursday. It is expected that. con"erencea on the sulbject will be aken up then, and that the coannission will proceed to executive :onsideration of the situation. Wage agreements, which now fix :jj| >ay scales and working conditions n the unionized coal fields, were nade^at Cleveland last summer ind Tun only to April 1, ibut contain i paragraph prpviding for joint committee meetings of the bitumiious employers and the union to consider terms of a wage contract which might run after that date. The committee created insluded for ihe employers Phil iPenna, representing Indiana operators; T. H. ' !ij Watking for central "Pennsylvania; S. N. Taylor for Southwestern operators and others, while Mr. L?ewis, Philip Murray, vice presilent of the union, and William 3-reen, its secretary, represented ihe men. * ? ' vj MARY PARROTT INJURED x ;j| -lad Both Legs Cut Off by Seaboard Train No. 6 Today at Athens Mary Parrott, colored, of Abbeville, was run over and both legs leut >ff in Athens . today at about 11 ? >'clock as the Seaboard train No. 6 vas passing south of Barrow street. Engineer Snipes and Fireman Filler attempted to warn the woman ind Engineer Howie stopped his rain with his driving wheels still >inning the woman to the track. She ras conscious and was hurried to a iospital for treatment. The accident is greatly regretted ?y the Seaboard people. ?-?- ? ' A SICK CHILD Everett Rosier, the five year old rhild of Mr. and Mrs. Prescott 3osier of Watte is very sick of >neumonia. The child has been lick for a month and has been unler the care of a nurse. Pneumonia las developed in both iungs and he child is seriously ill. COTTON MARKET. Cotton on the local market today irought 25%. Futures closed -> ? a a e * Dec. __ z*.oo Jan. 24.90 March 25.07 May 25.07 __ July ' 24.72 "i :.K