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'. - -> f . - " ' ' - -ov- >- ' i; > Abbeville Press arid Bannef * Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Nov. 21,1919. Single Copies, Five CenU. 75th Yw. COAL FAMINE ALMOST CERTAIN Negotiations Between Operator* and - -* ?Discussion to Milters mi -? Be Continued?Garfield Takes Firm Stacd and Says Public Not Be Trifled With. Washington, Nov. 20.?Prospects of a coal famine drew nearer tonight with negotiations between operators and miners apparently at a standstill A subcommittee of the joint wage scale committees was in session three hours bot it was announced after the meeting that only the general situation was discussed and that the operaton did not submit counter proposals to the miners demands. The conference will continue tomorrow. J~ TU? nnoro. "No progress W8S UlttUCt X HO tors sudmitted no proposals. We are still in a receptive mood," said John L.* Lewis, acting president of the Mine Workers, as he came out of the hotel room where conference was held. The operators committee remained in session an hour longer. At the end of that time, Thomas F. Brewster, chairman of the operators committee in the central competitive fields, spoke optimistically declaring that this was the first attempt at real negotiations since the miners and operators met at Buffalo. For that reason, he said, only general matters were discussed. The decision of the joint wage scale conference to continue its negotiations through a smaller group, in accordance with tne usuai custvxu in .making the wage agreements came after the owners and workers had heard from Fuel administrator Garfield that as long as the government stands "the people of the United States need, must have, and will have coal, and they will not be prevented . by any thing the operators and miner? may do." The consuming public, the chief ' party in interest in the present controversy, Dr. Garfield said, is not in a - mood to tolerate either excesrivr prices or prolonged stoppage of production. The subcommittee is composed o' two miners and two operators fro*n each of the four states in the central competitive distritt, together with Mr. Brewster and Mr. Lewis. The statement of the fuel administrator which was largely statistical brought out that in 1918 tho aven ge cost of production of coal was $2.15 per ton, leaving to the operators an average margin of 46 cents per ton. This margin, heh said, included interest charges, selling expenses and federal taxes, as well as profit. Seven Killed at Crossing. t - . Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19.?Seven occupants of an automobile, including six nurses returning from a social affair, were killed when the car was struck by a train at a grade crossing on the outskirts of the city early yesterday. The women were nurses at the Homeopathic hospital. DR. G. W. SWOPE HERE TODAY Dr. G. W. Swope, of Richmond, Va., former pastor of the Abbeville Baptist Church, will preach at the Baptist Qhurch tonight.. This will be welcome news to his many friends in this city. He will talk on the 75 million campaign. V N S COTTON MARKET. V \ 7- \. V November 20. V V Spot cotton 39.25 \ V January 35.85 N V March 33.00 S S. May 31.90 V V December 36.48 V v \ VVVVVVWVW V V V \ V LODGE RESOLUTION KILLED IN SENATE BY VOTE OF 39 TO 53 Washington, Nov. 19.?The resolution of ratification of the peace j treaty containing the Lodge reservations was rejected today by the senate. The vote was 39 to 53 against adoption. Four Demorcats, Gore, Shields, Smith (Georgia), and Walsh (Masachusetts), voted with thirty-five Republicans for adoption. The negative vote consisted of 48 Democrats and 13 Republicans. The latter were: Borah, Brandegfe, Fernaid, France, Gr'onna, Johnson, (California), Knox, LaFollette, McC? rimick, Moses, Norris, Poindexter ur.d Sherman. The vote cleared the way for the !consideration of possible compromise 'proposals, acceptable to the majority of the Democrats and the mild reservation group of Republicans. Democratic senators favoring ratification either without reservations or with less drastic interpretations voted against the resolution, which had been described by President Wilson as one of "nullification" rather than ratification. Tho pflPppf. nf f.Vip rpsrtliifinn was merely to bring the committee resolution back to the same status it occupied before the ratification rollcall. i An effort by Democratic Leader Hitchcock to have the senate adjourn at this stage failed, the mild reservationists lining up with the other Republicans against . the adjournment motion. i The vote on the motion to reconsider was 62 to 30. i SPECULATIVE STOCKS ARE AGAIN DEPRESSED . ON N. Y. EXCHANGE 1 New York, Nov. 19.?Speculative stocks again were depressed at the opening of todays market. Losses of 2 to nearly 10 points were registered by steels, oils, motors and specialties of the latter, group. I ^ruciDie bteei, yesterday s most reactionary feature, was again freely .offered at 8 point decline, and Genjeral Motors forfeited 9 points, j Other conspicuously we&k issues indeluded Mexican and Pan-American Petroleums, Studebakers and Chan1 ,dler Motors, Baldwin Locomotive, i Central Leather and several of the ! shippings. j The renewed selling was again attributed in large part to liquidation ifrom interior- points much of the ! selling at the outset coming from j commission/houses with western and j southwestern connections. THE SQUARE OPENED. The Square was opened up for traffic Thursday after several months of being entirely or partially closed. This was welcome not only to the | general public but to the circus with its parade and the concession men who were operating full blast on the upper end of the Square Thursday. 'The necessity for tortuous detours in order to reach destinations is now removed.. Cotton can move onto the Square from any direction and the lady in her limousine can be driven right up to the entrance of any of | Abbeville's department stores and do her shopping with a minimum of walking and her "home James" can I be uttered with proper effect. Cutting corners, jvithout respect to weather, is now the popular pastime in Abbeville, jay-cutting, it's called in large cities?and it's prohibited,? land soon the traffic will be so heavy | on the Square here that it will have jto be prohibited in Abbeville and the ] Press and Banner Corner will not be , the only place where a traffic cop will , be needed. ' Forfeits Bond. W P1. RlvnH lnhnv jiirt.nt fnrfoitoi! ? a bond of $25.00 to the city Wednes. day, having been arrested on ihc , charge of enticing laborers to lei-'' , the street paving job and go to another ]ob in some other town. THE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK READY FOR OCCUPANCY DEC. 5 f ! The County Savings Bank officials expect to be in their handsome new bank building and ready for business by December 5. From an architectural standpoint this building, although small, will be one of the most attractive in the South. It is stately, 1 J uuvugu oiuipiC) ucautuui in ucaign and the very last word in equipment for efficiency. Comment on the front of the building has been most complimentary. The inside, woodwork, marble work and fixtures, will attract even more attention. Neither time nor expense is being spared in making the County Savings bank "finished" in every detail. The George W. Mullet Bank Fixture Co., are in charge of the work. This concern recently- finishhed the Planters Bank, a handsome building, and is working on the remodeling of the National Bank, a piece of work which promises to be every bit as attractive as the County Saving Bank, when finished. The officers of this institution are: Dr. G. A. Neuffer, president; Albert Henry, vice-president;, R. E. Cox, cashier and R. E. Bell, assistant cashier. The latter named is a son of Ed Lee Bell of this county. PRINCE OF WALES UP EARLY TO SEE SIGHTS OF 'LITTLE OLD N'YORK t Maw 1 ft mL. T^J j iivn iviA) iiuv* ine rrince I of Wales wasup bright and early today to "see the sights." His morning program included a trip to the top of the Woolworth building, an automobile ride through famous thoroughfares; visits to the stock exchange, the United States sub-treasury building, historic Trinity church and the chamber om commerce. The afternoon was to be taken up with visits to the academy of music and the annual horse show at JVfadison Square Garden. EXPECT MORE ARRESfS^ FOR WALL STREET THEFTS New York, Nov. 19.?More arrests were expected today in the round-up in New York, Washington and other cities of persons suspected of having been implicated in thefl of $500,000 to $1,000,000 worth ol securities in New York's financial district within the last six months. With the arrest of David W.. Sullivan, a membter of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, charged with larceny^ and criminally receiving twe Crucible Steel certificates valued a1 $45,000, the police expressed confidence they had hit upon a trail whicl would clear up robberies which hac mystified Wall street and in whicl | disappearing messenger boys hac j played a prominent part. i jSPARTANBURG STAGES $2,000,000 CAMPAiC" FOR CONVERSE COLLEGE 'I ! Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 19.? I I j Plans to make Converse college one of the largest institutions of learning for the training of young women ir , the south, and ultimately to make i1 a university, are dependent on th? . j success of a drive for an endowmenl j fund of $2,000,000, which is being j waged in the city and, county this jweeK. With this m hand or piedgea, j$300,000 from other sources will beicome available to the college. The iikive is being conducted by Dr. Guy E. Snavely, who was formally cor> nected with the Red Cross as one of the most prominent officials, and who was located in Atlanta for some tip:e. Death of Mrs. Greene. Mrs. J. B. Greene, wife of the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Greenwood, died Tuesday, after a short illness. Funeral services will be held today conducted by Rev. H. Waddell Pratt, pastor of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church, and interment will be at Greenwood. I ? CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN AND IT'S A BIG DAY HERE Circus Day is always a big day. It [was so Thursday in Abbeville. To the {small boy it was more than a big day; he dates lesser even's as happening before or after the last circuj. The usual eager crowd?a large crowd?was here. During the mornjing hours the concession men held j forth on the Square. The make-a:picjture-while-you-wait men were doing ja land office building with the colored swains y>d. their dusky belles. The negrowsjiist lined up on the edge of the curbing and the- camera man moved from pair to pair. A panoramic camera and a pair of scissors would have been quicker. The fakirs were out in force, selling anything regardless of value, and^uffrg a killing. One man sold bone^Pf..* buttons for 25 cents each and returned' the money. He then sold burnt matches for $1.00 each and returned the money. Having i worked his audience uo to the DroDei pitch he brought out his real wares, razors, and sold them for ?2.00 per, and woe be the man who shaves with those razorfc?(no money was returned for the razors.) The circus-proper was all there with the trimmin's; the usual gawky countryman who pulls the rube stunt; I the elephants, monkeys, dogs and clowns, peanut^, popcorn and pink lemonade. . And what's more everybody had a good time. SAYS HIGH EXCHANGE WILL 'CHOKE OFF' U. S. EXPORTS, TO EUROPE I v New York, Nov. 19.?Rising ratei of exchange will "inevitably chokeoff" American exports to Europear ?ill i- * |wuiiviicii. naiite win not long continue to pay 100 per cent premium . on New York exchange. These were conclusions expressed by George E. Roberts, vice president National City bank, comment I ing on today's quotations on pound; ; sterlings, francs and marks. Sterling demand opened at $4,063-4, off twt jcents; Franc checks at 9.63, ofl | seven centimes, and marks at .0215? new low records. t' "T'lr.re is no influence in the for . eign slluation," said Mr. Roberts | "The t/ade balances are running S( 'j heavily in favor of the United Statei " I that other people can not'find .meani I of making payments. ' "They have little to sell becaust j they first haVe to buy raw material; | and they cannot do that unless wi ijrant them credit. The greater par of Europe is in the position of th? ' i farmer who has lost his crop. He hai his land and equipment, but some i body must carry him through ui\ti 1 he can make a crop. j PLOT TO SEND BOMBS IN CHRISTMAS MAIL IS BARED BY POLICI 1 Philadelphia, Nov. 19.?Dfc , covery of a "red" plot to slay of .1 ficials with explosive Christmas mai ,i packages was announced today b; ' the superintendent of the police. H Information of the plot, which h< considers reliable indicates in nation 5'wide and directed against federal t1 state and city authorities who tool r part in the' national round-up o: ; radicals alleged to have been plannini the overthrow of the government. Visitors From Anderson. Mrs. G. B. Greene and her fin< young son, Ben, and Mrs. Campbel Miller were in Abbeville for severa hours Wednesday. Mr. Greene ant Mr. Miller were in the country hunt intr and thp lnHips rnmo tn fnwn it see what a first class town reallj . ooks like. i Football Game Friday. I Abbeville High will play NinetySix football at the Fair Grounds to day at 4 P. M. This promises to bt an interesting contest and shoulc draw a large crowd. PEOPLE NEED, AND WILL HAVE COAL ASSERTS GARFIELD Washington, Uov. 19.?Speaking-1 with the authority of President Wil son's cabinet, Fuel Administrator Garfield told representees of jthe bituminous coal operators and miners here today that "the people of the United States need, must have, and will have coal, and as long as the 1 J. - J t 1 Ml l I 1 I government sutnus iney will noi De prevented from getting it by any thing the operators or miners may ' do." Dr. Garfield explained that his i purpose was to furnish the confer ence the data, which it would use in i determining what wage advances if any, agreed to by the operators and miners, could be borne properly by i the public. Dr. Garfield said: I represent the people of the United States in a differnt sense i from the secretary of labor. It is part ' of Mr. Wilson's function to effect conciliation. It is my sole function to > exercise those powers conferred on > the fuel.administrator: to see that an 1 adequate supply of coal is furnished flio nannla a# TT? * VUV vi W1C UXlltCU UUU to see that in times of stress such as ! we still are unhappily in the midst of, ' the pnces asked and received for coal ! are not excessive. ' We all realize now that in the great coal industry the public is an important partner. At one time the 1 operators and mine workers, like farmers, considered themselves peculiarly independent. But the public has avparamount interest. The people of the United States will not consent to pay an excessive price for coal. We are all agreed to * that, but the question now is, "what is an excessive price?" Nor will the ' I public agree to go without this com*i modity. li The period of the United States ! need, must hr.ve, and will have coal, I and they will not be prevented by anything the operators and miners j may do unless the government-is dis?I solved into a chaotic condition. fj The people of the United States > j are willing to pay sufficient to main j tain Americam standards, but the -i question is what are American standards? The people want the operators -J to have a just return, but what is a - j just return? >! : 9 Sweetening the Mails.i B | With a sugar famine a persistant e I fact people are wondering where all gthe sugar comes from that is being ! found in the postoffice boxes here. ^ITrue the amount is small, but some ; 'whose correspondence is large have ' i found enough free sugar in their envelopes to sweeten the morning cup , of coffee. That's no small accom-i 1iplishment these days of "long" sweet-1 jening. Evidently somebody's consignment jof sugar, being sent thru the mails, r > was broken in a mail pouch and was i scattered thru letters, papers and packages. "| New Street Commissioner. 7\ Bob McComb has resigned as street j commissioner and has been succeeded B^by Foster McLane, who has been - serving on the police force for many 'years. Mr. McComb has been contemplating this move for several! f months and last Monday handed inj ? his rerignation to Mayor Mars. Mr. j ;McLane was offered the plac? and ac-| opted at once. It is not thought, that it will be necessary to have an other policeman at present. i ;| Making Improvements. l| i i The Spartanburg Journal will be 1 | j glad to know that the fence around the grounds of the Episcopal church ) has been taken down and that a new, r fence will be erected soon, Wm. M.! Barnwell, foreman. Painting Up. J Mrs. V. D. Lee, on Main areet, ana - j'Mrs. Jas. Chalmers on Wardlaw | ; street, are improving their premises . t by giving their houses fresh coats of paints 5SFNATF FFFflffK vaM . ?? ? V1I1V \ IOWFML' The Senate Finally L?jrt Document Aside?Three Attempt* Are Made to Ratify Treaty and' All End In Failure?Republican* Stand Almost Unbroken- ^ L \ Washington, Nov. 19.?Faffing after three attempts to ratify the ' peace treaty the senate late tonight laid it aside, ended the special ses- sion and went heme. ?'* ' '*< All compromsie efforts to bring , ratification failed, the three resolutions of ratification all going down by overwhelming majorities. The Republican leaders apparently despairing of bringing two-thirds' of the senate together for any sort of ratify cation then put in a resolution to declare the war to an end. Two of the three ratification votes ' v were taken on the Republican majority containing reservations which. President Wilson ahd told Democratic senators in a letter earlier in thf? Hoir 1 YTuuxu mean nullification of the treaty. On each of the voters most of the Democratic supporters of the treaty voted against ratification. The first vote on this resolution / ? stood 39 to 55 against. On the second vote was taken after several hours of parliament wrangling in which, the Democrats made vain ef- ( forts to win over some of th^ Re- r publicans group of mild reservation-' ists. 41 senators yoted in the affirmative and 51 in the negative. The third vote was on a straight . out ratification without reservations which got only 38'votes to 53 opposing it. Only one Republican, McCumber, of North Dakota voted with the Democrats in its support. _ < Difference of Opinion. Republican Leader Lodge declared today's voting constituted a final depiRinn A" " ?,1C peace treaty unless President Wilson's circumvented * the senate, rules by withdrawing it ' fnd then submitting it again to the senate in other quarters thgre was some difference of opinion, but the general sentiment seemed to be that there w?2 only a slender chance that ' the treaty would come up at the be- . * \ ginning of the next session of con- ' 1 . gress, beginning next month. One effect of the senate's failure to ratify the treaty will be to continuation of various war time laws and regulations at least until the new ses/ ' '/t sion opens. Among these is the war time prohibition act. The resolution presented tonight to declare a state of peace will come up r.t the beginning of the next session and is expected to start another stubborn fight. The administration is understood to be opposed to such a method of legally ending the war, and in the back ground is a constitutional nnpstinn no w uovuvt Mi/ do so by a resolution not requiring the president's signature. i ' It was suggested tonight among Democratic senators that President Wilson might be asked during the recces to feel out the other powers as to their attitude on reservations with the idea of bringing the treaty to some sort of a ratification after congress : ? assembles. ?% ... AMERICAN DELEGATION ' WILL SAIL IN DECEMBER Paris, Nov. 19.?The American relegation Ifc the peace conference will sail for home on December 5 or C, it was leame<t,"~;today. The British delegation whi probably J'.avc Paris about the same time, alJhough no official announcement has; It on made. Attend Funeral. (? those who attended the funeral of Mrs. Frank Benton 'in ? .-.inter last Monday were Mrs. Jrif> Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Herman . t>n.- > uvmuii. " *Hljl /'.ij yfJZs