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1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly ' Abbeville, S. C., Monday, December 18, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year.
cotton famine '
in now
' RECORD - FOR YEARS?CROP
PRODUCED IN 1922 WILJ. BE
SMALLEST SINCE 1903, ACCORDING
TO THE FORECAST.
Waohincr+nn 17 Harvie
Jordon of St. Matthews, S. C., na- <
tional secretary and treasurer of :
the American Cotton association, <
* said today, relative to the present i
and future cotton situation: J
"The recent forecast of the fed- .
eral crop reporting bureau indicates
the smallest cotton crop
grown in the United States since
1903, witl^ the exception of the dis
astrously short crop of 1921. The J
heaviest reduction in production
this year is in the old cotton growing
states east of the Mississippi
river. If better success is not had
/in 1923 a world famine in raw cott
ton supplies is definitely assured. *
The most serious factor develop- t
ing in connection with the cotton j
(boll weevil menace is found in the i
steady and increasing exodus of
thousands of negro and small white \
tenant fanners from the South At- i
lantic and Middle Gulf cotton \
states. The white farmers, with p
their families, are moving to cotton h
mill centers in the Carlinas and v
Georgia, while the negro farmers v
are migrating to large industrial ii
centers in the Middle, Eastern and t
Western states. Due to the extreme t
hazards of growing cotton under b
heavy weevil infestation and in fi
the absence of usual credits from
landlords, supply merchants or local tl
. banks, these people are becoming p
discouraged and forced to secure t;
other employment to obtain a liv- n
ing wage for themselves and fami- a
lies. f ' E
"Numbers of cotton plantations 0
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are being depopulated and this con
dition presents a most serious agri- *
cultural economic situation in the
f
sectins affected. The regro farm
laborers who have gone and wTio ^
are leaving are not likely ever to
return. There have been no young
S'
mules shipped into the oid cotton
states for farm purposes since the
spring of 1920, and this shortage U
in mule power, together with hun- u
d*eds of abandoned farms, gives a .
gloomy outlook for cotton produc- 11
tion in 1923.
"The American Cotton Associa
uun is majung every enort inrougn
the establishments of county dem- e:
onstration fanms and boll weevil h;
meaures, to overcome the disasters b
of the weevil in 1923. L
"1 came here to attend the con- ^
veafckm of the National Cooperative
Marketing Associations, as a 0<
representative of the American
st
Cortton association, which has actively
aideJ in the organization of
cooperative' marketing associations
throughout the cotton belt.
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"For the last three years the
American Cotton association has
waged a persistent fight for federal
legislation for a comprehensive
system of intermediate agriculture at
fatfrifclag credits. Officials of the as- m
gociation have spent time in Wash- te
Kngton and in appearing before the Ai
fcenate agricultural committee in th
Advocacy of this imperatively need- re
ftd legislation. Conditions now &p- o\
K>ear satisfactory, and American so
armers. I feel, can Tws ajwirp/1 of ? K*
olutkm of this matter in the near
uture, as both the present adminitration
and the congress ere defilitely
committed to the speedy enctment
of an agricultural banking Pi
ill that will give necessary credits CI
o farmers. The advocacy of this M:
sffislation is among the principal wl
easons of my presente in Washing- tu
on, together with other officials D<
f the American Cotton aasocia- Ri
o?.." ' I he
FIGHT IN SOUTH
FOR FARM CREDITS
NORRIS BILL URGED?WOULD
CREATE GOVERNMENT CAPITALIZED
CORPORATION TO
BUY AND SELL FARM PRODUCTS
Washington Dec. 17.?Advocates
of immediate action by congress
for the relief of the farmer began
on the senate floor today their
Eight to shoulder the administration
shipping bill out of its position of
advantage and' nut into its nlacp the
Morris bill creating a government
capitalized corporation to buy and
jell farm products.
A motion, to lay aside the shipping
measure and take up the agriculture
corporation proposal was
nade late in the day by Senator
Morris (Republican) of Nebraska,
chairman of the agriculture comnittee,
a membei; of the newly organized
progressive bloc. Action on
he motion went over until Monday
>ut its injection into the senate
>roceedings developed immediate :
ndications of a bitter fight.
Senator Norris' motion was for- '
warded by an announcement from '
lenator Jones (Republican) of 1
Vashington, in charge of the ship- 1
>ing bill, that he intended to press 1
tis measure more vigorously next (
reek and by recess of the senate (
tntil Monday. Considerable debate
3 expected to precede the vote on (
he motion, which will be the first ^
est of strength since the shipping 1
ill was taken up in the seinate the '
i
rst of this week.
Those behind the movel count on '
he support of the Democrats op- 1
osed to the shipping bill and of 1
he Republicans who. have been *
lost insistent on early action on (
gricultural aid legislation. Senator
frookhart (Republican) of Iowa, 1
ne f the leaders in the attempt <
arly in the week, made a poll, 1
fhich he said showed that about
5 senators or more than majority
avored displacement of the ship- 1
ing bill for farm credit legisla- 1
ion. J
Proponents of the shipping meaure
declared today, however, that
his strength could not be counted *
pon to support a motion * to take
p the Norris bill, which is one of
averal farm relief measures pend- /
rMAVr.PQ IN DTTCTMTTCC
v?i ?ii WUinirfiJJ
Messrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., Robt
rt Cheatham and R. L. McCantey
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ave purchased the stock of goods
elonging to the estate of S. J. c
infc and they will continue the
usiness under the name and style
f the Farmer's Merctantile Co., ^
icupying the same store room.
nr. t r? tt ? ?i- ?Ti ? i * ?_
aui. jj. \j. nitsiteii nas soia nis
ock of merchandise to Messrs. T
filler and Evans, and according to ^
mouncement made some time ago ^
? will retire from business Janu- ^
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MR.* COX SICK C
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Mr. J. C. Cox was operated on c
the County Hospital Sunday ?j
orning by Dr R. E. Abell of Ches- e
r, assisted by the physicians of E
bbeville. Mr. Cox has rallied from f
e effects of the operation and is G
istinj? comfortably. His friends Cl
rer the county hop* that he will H
on be in his accustomed good K
salth. L
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LEAVING ABBEVftLE M
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Mrs. Prank B. Gary and Ensign N
ank B. Gary left yesterday for 0
larleston where they will visit 0:
r8. Marie Gary Eason for a short Pi
ifle. Afterwards Frank will re- Ri
rn to his post on the U. S. Ship Sj
ilaware and Mrs. Gary will go to Si
chmond for ail extended visit to Ui
r sister, Mrs. Henry C. Riely. Y<
'TREASURY MEETS
HEAVY PAYMENT
MORE THAN ONE BILLIO
DOLLARS i*A?L> OUT?SiiVt
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAF
TO HOLDERS OF VICTOR
NOTES
Washington, Dec. 16.?The tre
sury completed tonight one of i
greatest post war financial oper
tions, which included a payment
ons day of $1,000,0000,OOfy to hoi
ers of Victory notes called for r
demption and maturing certificate
of indebtedness and in interest c
the pulblic debt.
The day's transaction also inclui
ed the floatation of $300,000,0C
in two and one-half year treasui
notes and $400,000,000 in certii
cates of * indebtedness, part (
which mature in three months an
the remainder in one year and tli
collction of $275,000,000 in incom
and profit taxes.
Preliminary figures received b
the treasury tonight indicated thf
subscriptions to the offerings c
notes and certificates would reac
about $500,000,000. This was th
basis for statements by official
that the two and one-half yea
notes had proved attractive as it
iresments. It was said also that th
jvefsubscription indicated a health
condition in business and finance.
The tax payment proved abou
;qual to expectations, it was saic
[f that amount were added to th
eceipts from the two issues of go\
jmment securities) th{^ treasury'
edger theoretically would carry
arger ibalance tonight than las
light. The outgo for the, day, whic
ncluded $700,000,000 to the hold
;rs of Victory notes, called for rc
lemption, $200,000,000 to pay of
naturing certificates of indebted
less and $100,000,000 in interes
>n the public debt Is set agains
eceipts of approximately $1,075,
)00,000. The treasury, however, i
innouncing the offerings of note
md certificate reserved the right h
eject oversubscription or to refun<
idditional Victory notes in th
imount of the oversiihswrinfinn
:OTTON GINNERS
REPORT TO DEC.
Abbeville County Ha* Ginned 8,39!
Bales Against 16,114 to Same
Time Last Year.
.The Department of Commerce
hrough the Bureau of the Census
nnounces the preliminary report 01
otton ginned by counties, in Soutl
larolina, for the crops of 1922 ant
921. The total for the state wai
lade public at 10 a. m., Fridaj
(ecember 8.
County 1922 ' 1921
"he State 493,001 734,70?
Abbeville ? __ 8,392- 16,114
.iken 13,993 13,65E
.llendale 6,067 4,331
>nderson ? 37,343 0,368
arnwell 8,391 7,79E
herokee 11,659 14,022
hester 17,700 26,228
heeterfidd 17,454 28,223
'arlington 11,423 21,881
illon 13,854 33,311
dgefield 5,586 7,195
lorence 6,228 21,093
reenville 31,338 40,457
re en wood 6,096 13,524
ampton 4,551 2,892
erahaw __ __ __ 11,654 12,400
ancaater __ 11,091 15,020
aurens 17,912 34,101
cCormick __ ? 1,636 4,144
arion __ 3,792 11,469
ewberry 10,029 17,716
conee __ __ ? 14,403 20,890
rangeburg __ __ 13,839 17,475
tokens 16,295 21,024
ichland 5,971 8,194
jartanburg 53,721 65,508
lmter __ __ ? 9,578 18,241
nion __ 10,604 16,325
3rk 24,908 37,898
FARMERS 10 JOIN
S FOR PROTECTION
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>N IN CONNECTION WITH TRIAI
N IN ILLINOIS?LIVES OF MEM
k r? DTn r innr i ntir r* AC HfiTVrc
IO ArrLAiiinu AO nil
:Y SES WILL BE SAFEGUARDED
SAYS REPORT. ,
a- Marion, 111., Dec. 17.?Sworn t<
ts protect the lives of their member:
a- who have testified for the proseicu
in tion at the trial of five men charget
d- with murder in connection with th<
e- Herrin mine riots, a secret organiza
es tion of .farmer today was reported t<
>n have been formed in Williamson an<
Johnson counties, according to in
J. vestigators from the office of Attor
10 ney General Edward Brundage. (
.y "For the life of every farmer tak
5. en as the results of his testimony
jf <we will exact ten lives of his attack
[(j ers," were said to have been th<
ie words spread over the countryside.
ie One of the witnesses heard yester
day ^just before the adjournment ovei
(y Saturday and Sunday was said bj
one of the state's lawyers to havt
* broken down and wept just befon
^ taking the stand and to have pleaded
that he be excused.
I "I don't mind for myself," he was
jquoted as having said, "but I have s
wife and family to consider.
William Goodman, a farmer, whc
6
y took the stand yesterday in overall?
and testified thit he had seen Otis
ni _ 1 l . j.j j a.- 1? xi
^ ,^iarK, one 01 me aeienaants, in int
j crowd coming from the mine with 30
or 40 prisoners, was asked to tell
what he heard Clark say.
'.'Do I have to answer that?" he
asked the judge, and when answered
in the affirmative he stated:
^ "Well," he said "we ought to take
^ these men out and kill them.'
Equal reluctance was experienced
~ with several other farmer witnesses,
who have appeared during the first
three days sessions of the trial and
f
have pointed out several of the de*
fendants as men they had seen with
guns on the morning of the tragedy.
s Both the defense and prosecution
s expressed pleasure today with the
0 course the trial has taken and the
speed with which the witnesses have
e been heard and legal technicalities
been cleared away.
PRICES OF FOOD
1 SHOW AN INCREASE
^ Forty-four Per Cent Highter in
Charleston Than During the
Year 1913.
> Washington, Dec. 17.?Both re>
I tail and wholesale food prices increased
2 per cent or more during
1 November, according to figures
* made public today by the Depart3
menit of Labor. Notwithstanding
f this increase, the department said
there was a decrease of 5 per cent
i for the year ending November 15,
I on the retail food prices, while
^ wholesale food prices increased
. about 2 Vi per cent during the year.
' As compared with 1913, retail
food costs in November were given
, as 56 per c?nt higher in Richmond;
| 54 per cent in Boston, Buffalo, New
' York, Providence a?d Washington;
51 per cent in Scranton; 50 per cent
in Baltimore; 49 per cent in Fall
River and Philadelphia; 45 per cent
in Birmingham: 44 per cent in Charleston,
S. C., Dallas, Milwaukee and
San Francisco; 43 per cent in Atlanta
and St. Louis.
The trend of wholesale prices of
commodities such as farm products,
textiles, metals, building materials,
chemicals and house furnishine
goods, was upward during November
to the extent of 1 1-2 per cent
Farm products led with an increase
of 3% per cent.
THE SHERIFF BETTER
Sheriff MoLane who has been
sick since Friday is beginning to
improve, which1 will be good news to
his many friends over the county.
MARKETING BODIES
I TO BE HELPED
- OFFICIALS PROMISE SPECIAL J
ATTENTION ?DECLARE THE
IFARMERS HAVE RIGHT TO
, DEMAND RELIEF FROM DEPRESSION
) Washington, Dec. 16.? Cooperas
tive marketing of farm crops re- 1
- ceived assurances of special atten1
tion from memlber of administrative
s executive and Congressional ]
- branches of the government today. 1
5 Secretary of Commerce Hoover, ;
1 171 H r ! J! A ?
* EjUgene moore, managing airecior
of the War Finance Corporation
" and Adolph C. Miller, member of
the Federal Reserve Board, told
* delegates to the First- National <
? Council of Farmers' Cooperative
* Marke?ting| Associations that com- '
J modily associations had done more
toward restoring financial stability
in the United States than any
r other factor, and Senator Capper,
7 of Kansas, leader of the Senate
i farm .bloc, declared the prospects
5 were growing better daily for action
on rural credits legislation.
iSecretary Hoover said the farm- i
er had every right to demand re- ?
lief from the depression into which H
his industry had fallen because it 1
had suffered more than any other. <
He expressed the opinion that the ]
' fanners' greatest hape for belief <
J lay in cooperative marketing. s
I Senator Capper declared "the co- :
operative idea offers more encour- <
, agement in pulling the farmer out t
[ of the hole in which he finds him- l
self Hue t.o finnnrinl nnH inrJnsfrifll
, I conditions, than any other factor." i
He said the fact of the farmers' t
[(plight were being brought home 1
| to Representatives and Senators <
;|2nd that more attention was being \
j given by Congress to the farmers' s
. I condition. ' c
[j Mr. Meyer join'ed Mr. Hoover t
and Senator Capper In praising the a
work of the several hundred asso- c
ciations represented by the dele- -j
gates who are here from thirty- 1
six states. Such organizations he \
said had provided an element of
stability of which the financial r
world was greatly in need. Their s
success, he declared, has demon- t
strated the soundness of their t
methods by which funds can be 1.
made available and has shown 1
that loans can be made safely to c
associations that are without capi- I
tal. c
Mr. Miller expressed not only
his individual sympathy with the s
cooperative movement, but that of s
the entire reserve board. He de- r
clared that relatively few farm- v
ers, or cooperative associations 8
had taken full advantage of the 0
facilities of the system available t<
to them.
DEATH OF MRS. NORRIS
Mrs. Lila Norn's, age 34, wife of r'
Mr. Sam Norris, died at her home ^
near town Monday morning after a ^
illnAoo fjAFrin 1C Dill*, fi'
OUUi. U iUHCOO. MAM. 0. A1VAA44? AO UU*"
vived by her husband and four ^
children. Mrs. Norris was Miss Lila k
Sheriff and (moved with her family
from near Liberty to Abbeville
County about two years ago. No
funeral arrangements have been
made so far. M
Mr. and Mrs. Sheriff, the par- F]
ents, were visiting at the Norris w:
home during the illness of their Fi
daughter. w<
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NEW YORK VISITORS en
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Tusten will
leave New York on Christmas Eve
and will come to Abbeville to spend
the holiday season at the home of wf
Chief Justice and Mrs. Eugene B.
Gary. Since their last visit to Abbeville
the Tustens' have made a
tour of the world being away from
New York for a year.
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BIG INCREASE IN 1
VALUE-OF CROPS I
\\ Si
$7,572,890,000 IS THE WORTH
PLACED ON ALL PRODUCTS.
RECORD PRODUCTION IN
RYE, WHITE POTATOES
AND WHEAT.
Washington, Dec. 17.?The nation's
crops| this year are worth) $7,572,890,000,
based on their farm
value as of December 1, the Department
of Agriculture announced
today in its final crop report of the
year. I
Their values is $1,842,980,000
more than last year's crops, reflecting
improvement in prices for
farm products prevailing now as
compared with a year ago, and increased
production in some crops.
This year's farm prodnction is
worth about the same as that of
1916, "but is lower than 1920 -by
$1,500,000,000, and lower than any
year since 1915. except laat year.
It i^ only a little more than half as i
much as the record value year of
1919.i /
Record production was made
f
this year in rye, white potatoes,
sweet potatoes and hay. Other
bumper crops this year were rice,
:he third largest production; tobac
lL. * LL 1 ?- ' -
-u, r.wi tne juurm latest crop in
history; wheat, with, the fifth largest
production, and com, with its
seventh largest crop. Cotton this
/ear is the fourth most valuable
:rop of that staple ever grown, al;hough
a small crop in point of
Jroduction.
1
Corn, as usual, is the country's
nost valuable crop, being worth ,
;his year $700,000,000 more than
ast year, with a total value of $1,)00,287,000.
Cotton stands second,
vith $1,368,517,000, the lint being
valued at $1,190,761,000 and the
:otton seed 1$177,756,000. Hay is
he third most valuable crop with
i total of $1,331,679,000. No other
:rop reached a billion dollars this
rear. Wheat was valued at $864,^39,000,
standing as fuurth most
valuable crop of the country.
In today's estimates, based on
evisions to conform with the Ce'nus
Bureau's decennial crop j-roducion
statistics, the preliminary esimates
of production announced
ast month were somewhat changed.
Phere was a reduction in the corn
rop of about 6,000,000 bushels,
ncreases were shown for other
rops, including:
Winter wheat, 45,000,000 buhels;
spring wheat,' 1,700,000 buhels;.
oats, 14,278,000 bushels;
ye, 15,874,000 bushels; bukc/heat
1,407,000 bushels; rice, 2,06,000
bushels; potatoes 17,280,00
bushels and hay, 4,055,008
ons.
BACK F|ROM A VISIT
Dr. and Mrs, F. E. Harrison have
eturned from a visit to Dr. and
[rs. Randolph of Rahway, N. J.
?r. Harrison has been greatly beneted
by the rest as well, as 'by1 Dr.
andolph's treatment and hopes to
e well' in a short while.
SUNDAY VISITORS
Mr. J. S. Dupre and his sister,
iss Gussie Dupre, were here from
lorence spending over Sunday
rth Miss Mary Dupre and Mr.
rank Dupre. The young people
ere on their way to Walhalla to
end the holidays with their parits.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton on the local market today
ia 26 1-4 cents. Futures closed
December 25.92
January . 25.84
March 26.15
May 26.26
July 26.16 *
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