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PST;, ' | Abbeville Press and Banner Hfw" Established 1844^ $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Dec. 23~ 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. , 75th Year. | ORDER OBEYED PALMER DECLARES Wn* Not a Settlement, "but Clear Cut Victory for Government in In* junction Proceeding*?Brought " - - - - - m, mm A|?inat Union Officer*?Miner# Are New OUyinf Court Says PohHf. Washington, Dec. 20.?Termination of the soft coal strike was not a (settlement bat a vcitory for the gov* eminent, Attorney General Palmex today told the senate subcommittee investigating the strike, fc ;-s "The government has won its fight," Mr. Palmer said. "There was no- settlement, in aetnalzty; the men and the union officers have complied ?ri& our demands, and returned to j: ; . ' Writ" ( r- Mr. Palmer said department ?f s justice action in the coal strike (began with the preparation of an in* k junction proceeding brought against officials of tbe miners' union tinder the L^ver law. ' I _ "We sought to prevent the strike," ne Bajd, "by enjoining the union of!lccrs from, carrying on the strike the* already had .ordered." ' Yda never bve changed your mind that the strike was a breach of law?" Senator Townsend, Repub'!? ? KvMmui. tnonired. , *1 never have." .Mr. Pabner returned. "The injunction was issued and still is in effect." He added that now the miners are obeying thft order of thecourt. y.1 : . ./ . J AMERICAN MENACE RESTS UPON MANY I FREE BOOKSHELVES ' ??. New York, Dec. . 21.?Thomas IMMkanob, the 17-year-old self-confessed schoolboy anarchist, now on Ell$s .Island awaiting deportation to Russia as a dangerous alien, who says he obtained his "education" in radicalism from books obtained at the. K*>w York public library, in an ; interview with a representative of the'Associated Press, indicated that *; real menace to American institutions rests upon many a free hook' ahfeffV. ..... "Some "'rich men have unwittingly aided' the spread 6f revolutoinarv doctrines'', he said, referring to the millions invested in libraries jfll over the English-speaking world. "I had no trouble fn1' Obtaining the radical ' books I desired, printed in Russian, fronl the 96th street and Lexington avenue branch 'of the .New York pubiic library.'^ The youth who, shortly after; graduating from? a New York public school,1 became the secretary of the Union of'Russian Workers' local, ananarchist organization in Brooklyn ! with a membershipAof 150, discussed with perfect frankness' the causes which had led him to his impending banishment from the United States. I The first step, he said, had been socialism, a theory favored by some *) "x i j of the teachers in this school. It was not radical enough, he said, and so he took up anarchy. Buhkanob would prove a study for the psyschologist. He is more than ordinarily intelligent and v quick-witted. A pair of light , blue eyes peer from beneath a shock of very light brown hair, and when he jBttjfles^he shows a fine set of well-! toeyt teeth. Well-dressed and supplied! jith an abundance of cigarettes, he I expressed contentment with his lot SQd hoped lie soon would be sent to Kfonstad or Nini-Novgorod, in Russia, where, he said there were anarchistic communes. The necessity of leaving Ills mother and two sisters, one ol? whom is astudent in a Brooklyn high school, and none of -whom share his views, caused him few regrets, he said, because "one most be willing to sacrifice himself f?* ' MH? " fm Kn. W. L. MeCord i? in Elb?rt*a H her dAOffeter, Nn. R. Okua LUXURY TAXES MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM ONE'S FULL TAXABLE INCOMJ 1 Washington, D. C.?Everybod | should keep account of the taxes h pays on "luxuries." By so doing, on may save homself money when i : comes to paying his income tax t Uncle Sam. The so-called luxur taxes are called excise taxes and ar levied against musical instrument sporting goods, shewing gum, candj and on the finer kinds of clothe; furniture, leather goods and th ' like. Are these luxury taxes deduct ' ible from the income tax one pays? ') Nou emphatically, no! That the 1 are is the belief in many quarters. But they are deductible from th \ amount of income in 'which on i pays. Not only are these taxes de i ductible, but fill taxes paid on cits [ county, state property and to th i nation are, except the income ta: itself and war and excess profit > taxes. j Now for the saving to the tax .'payer. If one buys a $300 pia.no, am he pays $15 additional as taxes, thei the purchaser has a right to deduc this amount from >.the income oi which he pays. One also has the right to deduc , the extra penny or twor he pays on i I soft 'drink and the one cent he pay jon a 10-cent show ticket from th amount of income on which he is tax ed. There are certain taxes that mus be paid by the purchasers, and can not be "abeorbed" by the seller. Thii is 10 per pent on rugs and carpet costing more than $5 a square yard picture frames costing more thai $10; a trunk costing more than $50 women's hats costing more than $15 men's hats posting mole than $5 women's "*nd misses' silk stocking; cost more Than $2, and numeroui other articles not supposed to Ix necessaries, v; It is a gowfrkl?rH?wwry a ledge] in your pocket, and keep account ol the luxury taxes you pay. TEACHERS LEAVE FOR HOLIDAY VACATIOP The Graded Schools of Abbevilh will close for the holidays today t< open again;Monday, January 5. Th< following teachers will leave today oi weanesaay morning tor their homes J. M. Daniel, principal, to visit hii parents the Rev. and -Mrs. J. L. Dan iel, Newberry; Miss Johnnie Maj Lynch, Saluda; Miss Julia Turner Landrum; Miss Mary Burton, Lau rens; Miss Lalie Hart, Darlington Miss Mary Cornwell, Chester; Misj j Georgia Ott," Fort Mill; Miss Anni< Gantt, Winns"boro; Miss Lois Jackson Campobello; .Miss Susie Lowne, Nev Brooklyn; Miss Rachel Whisonant Blacksburg; Miss Ella May Tribble Anderson; Miss Vaughn, Columbia. - ~ !coal operators say they did not agree to strike terms Washington, Dec. 20.?Coincident tonight with President Wilson's appointment of the commission oi three to carry out the government's I plan for settlement of the soft coal strike, the executive committee oi the bituminous Coal Operators Association issued a terse statement flatly denying that the operators had agreed to or ben consulted in regard to the settlement terms. ON RECRUITING DUTY y . \ ?. i H. S. Park and Charles C. Clark, representing Camp Gordon recruiting station, were in Abbeville Monday and Tuesday on recruiting duty. They posted the city with advertising matter and talked to a number of young men about the vocational schools which the fjvernment is conducting at Camp Gordor and other places. Men who are unable to read and write are now being accepted and are sent to the recruit educational center at Camp Upton, N. Y. TKABA fttJA MAH AM il . ? MVW ?T? V MIVII DIC WWI StlMg iruu Recruiting ShabsUtion, P?ctoffte< i BuiWin*. Greeniwtd, 8. C. S THE REV. H. W. PRATT PREACHES LAST TIME E AS PASTOR HERE y The Rev. H. Waddell Pratt e preached his last sermon as pastor of e the Abbeville Presbyterian Church it Sunday night. He and Mrs. Pratt 0 left yesterday for Washington, where y tney win spena tne unristmas none days with Mrs. Pratt's family. 5> . A large crowd attended the serTf vices at the church both morning and 5> night. The subject of the 3eraon e Sunday morning was home influences and the management of a Christian . home. Mr. Pratt pointed out that the atmosphere which prevailed in the y home and the attitude of the parent on all subjects had a profound influe ence on.the child; that impressions e gotten in the home as a child were those that predetermined to a large r> extent the kind of grown person the e child would finally develop into, x After the sermon a congregational s meeting, presided over by Dr. F. E. Harrison, was held and the congrega J tion concurred" hi Mr. Pratt's re^mest rt that Presbytery, desohre the pastoral n relations. Before the congregationt al meeting adjourned a resolution of 11 respect, offered by Amos B, Morse, was passed. Dr. S. G. Thomson was t named as the congregation's reprea sentative to Presbytery. 8 At a meeting of South Carolina B Presbytery held Monday morning in1 - the Abbeville Presbyterian Church the resignation of the Rev. H. Wad-! t dell Pratt was accepted. Mr. Pratt has accepted a position! 8 as field secretary of the Columbia) 8 Seminary of the Presbyterian Church ' and will enter on his new duties Jan-j 1 uary 1. His first work will be the ' raising of $60,000 in the State of ' Georgia to endow the Golding chair ' of church history at the seminary, j 3 Mr. Pratt leaves Abbeville with the sincere good wishes not only of the members of his tongre^tibn bu? of the people' of Abbeville. He and 'Mrs. jj Pratt have always taken a lively interest in the welfare and growth of Abbeville and their places will be hard to fill. i WAR RISH INSURANCE a IS MADE HIGHER , ? Washington, Dec. 20.?Enactment r of the Sweet bill, increasing -prices ; of war risk insurance provisions of 3 the law to extend to classes of . beneficiaries, was completed tonight j by Congress and. sent to the Presit dent for approval. The measure, it . le estimated will, cost the government i j $80,000 a year. ( 3 During the day the differences x between the Senate and the House ^ provisions, were adjusted in conT ference and practically no debate' J developed on adoption of the con-1 Jference report. The measure makes converted in-j surance payable in lump sum or in j 36 equal installments. |DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAUCUS POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 15 'j Washington. P- ** ocratic caucus set for tomorrow ?u ' postponed late today until January 1 15Senators Underwood and Hitch' cock agreed on the postponement ' after Senator Underwood had in' formed Senator Hitchcock he would 1 fight for delay in tomorrow's conference which was to have chosen a i Democratic leader. Senators Underwood and Hitchcock are candidates for the place. Home From Charlotte. Mr. Allen King is home from Charlotte for the holidays much to the 1 delight of his friends. Sunday night ! in the Baptist church h? and Miss Fannie Stark sang a beautiful duet, i Going Heme. t [ The teachers are leaving today for I their different homes where they will spend the holidays. Many pretty coli lege girls are home and moot of us > ean ipeary along on til the two week? are op. CHRISTMAS TREE AT BAPTIST CHURCH AT 6 O'CLOCK TONIGh A new feature has been inti , duced into the Christmas tree bu: ness by the Baptist Sabbath schc of Abbeville. The very novelty of t game caused it to take preceden over the Superintendent's "remark on the lesson; and such regular mei bers as old man Dale Barksda Colonel Jim Stark, "Dad" Longsho 'and old man Jim Cheatham lost i 'interest in the lesson when th found they had "drawn" pretty gii 'or attractive widows in the Chrii 'mas tree, drawing. For the pi; adopted whereby to fill the tree wi I the fruit of Christmas was to a 1 every one present to write his or h name upon a slip of paper, whi slips were then taken up in ha After stirring them up, the hs were passed through the audien and every person drew out one, ai the -drawer is expected to send gift to the tree for the-person who name vu on the hKb dvawn. L The affair starred the Iivelic j interest. Sheriff Burts drew first, he occupied the fttmt seat, and w | pleased to. find- that, he had dra\ a small hoy. Dale Barksdale drew t! beautiful, young organist , and e pects to givefcar a diamond necklac Con Norris drew Uncle Jifn Stai and has bought a toy bank for hii Buster Howie was disgusted wi his "draw", which was the name a member of . his class, and trad< with a Tittle feHow for a slip co taining the name of a dashing youi Miss, giving the little fellow I jack knife to boot. Bob Phils< rlrov Ann nf fho vAnno Iai<? and spent the afternoon lookir over his stock of silks in women wear. There is no telling how lor the , "swapping" of names wou have continued had not Supe intendent Otto Bristol brought^. tl meeting to a close. The Christmas tree will be giv? in the chttrch basement this evenir at six o'clock. Provision was mac whereby those who^ere absent wi receive presents. Parents are askt to bring their children in' tiirie to s< the tree . before its 4!fruit" is ci away. ; . " A Charming Vuifbr. Mies Agnes Kreutzer, of Trinida Colo.i is in the city and is spendii the holiday season with Mrs. W. ! Greene. Miss Kreutzler is a grad ate of the Colorado Agricultural Cc l _ T> o J J 1 lege wiui a jj. o. ucgrcc ?xiu uaa uc* Home Demonstration Agent of I* Ariemas County and is now Domest Science teacher in the public schoo at Trinidad. This is Miss Kreutzlei first visit South and she finds mu< to interest her. She is a bright, \ vacious young woman and mak friends wherever she goes. Debate Tonight. A great deal of interest is beir manifested in the debate of the Hig School students at the Opera Hous tonight. The subject of the deba' will be, resolved that the Unit* States shall own and control the rai roads. The debaters will be Mi: Mary Greene and Leroy Cox on or side and Miss Ada Faulkner and Bill Long on the other side. Three song which will be sang during the evei ing, were written by Miss Gwen Bri tow. PARIS AS WELL AS ABBEVILLE HAS HER BREAKAGE TROUBLE A news dispatch from Paris he the following to say of the shortag of plate glass: "There is a serious shortage i Paris of plate glass as of many oth? things. Big shops whose window are broken have to repair them wit adhesive paper. One tradcsma compensates for the ugly effect c this by a poster, with the words: " hell from Big Bertha Broke ThJ Window in March. 1018." PRESIDENT NAMES x | COMMISSION TO FIX N ' I IT WAGES OF MINERS i o- Washington, Dec. 20.?President si- Wilson today appointed Henry M. iol Robinson, of Pasadena Cal.; John P. he [White and Rembrandt Peale memIt _ xv. ? 4.? ce oers 01 tne cuuiuiu&iuii w m?cou-1 s" gate wages and working conditions 7i- in the coal industry providing for in le, the strike settlement agreement, re . Mr. Robinson will represent the ill public, Mr. White the miners and ey Mr. Peale the operators. s rls During the war all three ap3t pointees were prominent in war an work for the government, Mr. Robth inson with the shipping board and sk Mr. White and Mr. Peale as advisi erlers to Fuel Administrator Garfield, ch! New production records are being ts.! made by soft coal miners, who this its week returned to work in practically ce full force in compliance with orders nd of their leaders, it was shown by a government statistics here today. : 4 : I St V^UUl JO CUUIlIJg iium MAC 1UII1VO OV j fast that the railroad administration l8t is finding it a difficult job to furnish as sufficent cars. as Compared with the daily average m for the week ending December 20, be for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918. x- Wednesday's loading averaged an re. increase of 3,000 cars. According to -k, an announcement 32,989 care were in. loaded with coal Wednesday. Of th this 4,629 cars were loaded in the of eastern region, 9,143 in the Alfea<J gheny region, 4,699 in the Pocahonn tas region, 5664 in the southern relg gion? 1,174 in the northwest region, ,is 5,932 in thece ntral region and>lr )n 748 in th|e southwestern region, rs | Coal production Thursday, the lg railroad administration announced i's today totaled 1,684,550 tt?>s, ^87 ig per cent of norma]. Id r- BERCER WINS FlQtyT le OVER REPUBLICAN^ in, Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 20.?Victor (g | L. Berger, Socialist, today was reje I eleeted to Congress from the Fifth ill | Wisconsin district, having defeated ?d \ Henry H. Bodenstab,. Republican, >e running as a fusion candidate, by it 4,806 votes. Berger's total vote was 24,367 and Bodenstab's 19,561. The returns indicate that approximately 9,000 voters; did ont,go to the polls. The-total reg-j v istration in the district was about 53, d,! 000 votes. *Sj* i" Refute to Seat Berger. P?j Should the House again refuse to u" seat Berger, the Fifth Wisconsin dis-; >1" trict will not be represented in Con-n! gress until after the regular election as in 1920 Governor Phillip announced lC | tonight. Is! j "I do not believe in spending any Sj more of the people's money in that way," he declared. i- ' Not Exactly a Victory. "While my election may undoubtedly be characterized as nothing short | of a revolutionary act, in view of' 'opposition by the entire capitalist j I class, not only of Milwaukee, and; ig Wisconsin, but of the country?yet! ft it cannot exactly be called a victory, 3e\ of the Socialist party. tej "The Socialist party simply took^ :d the lead and furnished the advance il-| guard and foremost champions. i I g?, ? ? ie ABBEVILLE COUNTY [yj DELEGATION TO NtEET HERE MONDAY THE 5TH. | "'I i-i 1 i There will be a meeting of the , B-1 : Abbeville County delegation to the State Legislature her^ at noon ( Monday, January 5, in the Court } j House and among the matters to be j I discussed will be the question of a j S | bond issue for good roads in this { county. All the citizens of the counts ty who are interested in this matter e are urged to attend the meeting. , - i n A ChrirtiMi Entertainment. i ir . |< rs One of the pleasant entertain-] h ments for Christmas will be the tree)' n and exercises held at the Community.1 i House on Christmas Eve. 1 \ Mifts Boyd and Mia? Ella May Trib- 1 ie Me witt 1 carve for their homes oz> < Chrotmae morning. i, RADICALS SEN! BACK TO EUROPE Transport Carrying Cargo of Revohi' S ,r tionists, Sails Under Sealed Orders For Unknown Port?249 Red* Deported?Three Are Women Charged With Conspiracy. New York, Dec. 21.?The United States army transport Buford?Ark of the Soviet?sailed before dawn today with a cargo of anarchists, communists and radicals banished from America for conspiring against the government. The ship's destination w^s hidden in sealed orders, but the 249 passengers it carried expect to be landed at some far northern port giving access to soviet Russia. ' "Long live the revolution in Amer/ a" tvq a /tvonla/) VU ?UO VJHMIVCU UCAIQUH^ UJf Will.' motley crowd on the decks of the x steel gray troop ship as she churned her way past the Statue of Liberty. Now and then they cursed in chorus at the United States and men who v had cut short their propaganda here. Not until the Buford steamed out of the Narrows between the Ports ^Hamilton and Wadsworth did the [din cease. Over their heads whipping in the wind the Stars and Stripes floated from the mast ahead. The autocrats of all the Russians on the transport were Alexandria uerKman and jbmma uoidman, his boon companion for 30 years. With them were 245 men and two women?Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkinus. Nqne knew where they would debark and even Capt G. A. Hitchcock, commander of the transx>rt, was no better off. At daybreak tomorrow Colonel Hilton commanding the troops On board as guards,..wwill hand the . skipper his instructions. Only a few high officials of the war and labor departments know he ship's destination. - ' ? y " ; >. * *** ' BILLION-DOLLAR< CUT IN FEDERAL , EXPENSES URGED " , i Washington, Dec. '18.?A billiondollar cut must be made in government expenditures this , year, ' Republican Leader Mondell warned to day in a speech to congress. Esimates for the fiscal year end- ? . ing June 30,1920, total nearly $5,000,000,000, according to figures recently submitted. These must be slashed to less than $,4,000,000,000, Representative Mondell declared. "Economy must be the watchword fowr the present session,1' he emphasized. ? "In no other way can we perform our duty to our country. When there is a widespread demand for a reduction in taxes, when further bond issue are inadvisable and when estimates are in excess of probably revenues, it presents a situation in which the practice of economy of the severest type becomes absolutely essential if we hope to place our fiscal operations on a sound basis and avoid dangerous financial .situations." As to where reduction? . will be made Representative Mondell said: "Estimates for the nroiv. of ru-".rlv 3 billion dollars should be rt dueled by .it least half. The estimates for civil sundry expenditures should stand a heavy redaction. The estimates may be largely reduced without impairing the efficiency of th? naval establishment. River and harbor estimates also will be cuf, and aeavy reductions will be made all llong the Ene." VWVVVVVWVVVVVV ^ COTTON MARKET. S) V V ^ December 22. V i Spot Cotton 39.25 V \ s \k < January 36.89 V V March 34.84 V V May 32.60 V C July 30.35 V December 38.35 V