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FARMERS FACING |
A HEAVY LOSS1
PLAN TO TAKE CASE DIRECTLY
TO WHITE HOUSE AND PLACE
IT BEFORE PRESIDENT WIL-j
SON. DELEGATIONS FROM j
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TEST AGAINST COURSE OF
SECRETARY HOUSTON.
Washington, Oct. 12.?Steps to
appeal directly to President Wilson
against the currency deflation poli-j
cy of the treasury department on
the ground that farmers generally
faced heavy losses unless the downward
trend of prices of farm products
was checked were taken here
today by a special meeting of agricultural
interests called by the American
Cotton association.
Senators Overman of North Caro-I
v? 1 rionTorin wTift are I
una miu ncnno vi 5***^ ...... _ ,
connected with the movement, called
at the White House to prefer a
request for thk conference with Mr.
Wilson and his cabinet and were
told by Secretary Tumulty that they
would receive an answer from the
pesident tomorrow morning.
The senators laid stress upon the
necessity of prompt action as the |
regular full conference of the feder-j
a! reserve board and governors of
the various reserve banks also is
scheduled for tomorrow. The ques-j
tion of interest rates, it was said, j
would be considered at tnat cwuexence
and the agricultural fepresentatives,
gathered here declared they
wished to present their views on the
whole question of crop financing
before action was taken by the fed-1
eral authorities.
Speakers at the meeting before
adoption of the resolution proposing
to take the problem to the president
personally, repeatedly denounced
the deflation policy of Secretary
Houston. Farmers stood to lose billions
unless the government acted to!
check the fall of prices, they declared,
adding that in many cases
market prices were now below the
actual cost of growing. The result
would be greatly decreased production
next year, they said, if means
to remove the situation was not
/found.
McSwain Takes Hand.
A charge by Farmer Senator
Marion Butler of North Carolina
that there was a "conspiracy" of officials
to force down the price of
agricultural products brought a
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prOt-C5L HUH I O \Jilu *J iuvk^n c*iu VA
South Carolina. "I can not believe
one of them capable of conspiring
to rob his fellowman" said Mr. McSwain.
"I believe, however, they
made an error of judgment. Let's
reason with them and see where
they have made a mistake."
J. J. Brown, agricultural commissioner
of Georgia, and Senator E. D.
* Smith of South Carolina also protested
against a statement by Mr.
Butler that the country was about
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to face a panic as a resuu 01 vne
deflation policy, Senator Smith said
there was "crisis but no panic."
A general committee composed of
representatives of each agricultural
organization attending was. named
to draw up a statement to the public
presenting the plight of the
growers in a declaration of principles
to be adopted by the convention.
A resolution calling for the
pooling of low grade cotton under a
selling commission to handle exports
sales went to a special committee on
cotton.
Senator Smith suggested ?hat the
farmers find ous their legal rights
under the reserve system and demand
them.
"If 40. cents cotton is profiteering,
if $3 wheat is speculating, who
says it is?" he demanded. "Who in
America gives any iine the legal
right to fix the price of anything."
Th^ senator said he did not see
any authority in the federal reserve
act for contraction of credits.
"I don't believe the law gives any
vV. N. FOREACRE WAS C
FOUND DEAD ON TRAIN
Southern Railway Official Died Tues F
day in Car at Hendersonville?
Acute Indigestion Cause
Of His Death.
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 12?W. N.
Poreacre, vicc- president and genera t!
manager of the lines east for the P.
Southern railway, was found dead in c
his private car at Hendersonville at a
6:50 o'clock this morning by his por- v
ter. AcuteN indigestion was assigned A
by physicians as the cause. He had p
been dead about 2 hours, it is said, a
when the porter, who went to his o
room on the car to call him. He was t!
sitting in a chair in his night clothes
with a light burning. s
Mr. Foreacre, accompanied by 0. o
B. Keister, general superintendent $
and S. J. Mulvaney, division superin- p
tendent, was on a tour of inspection S
The party arrived in Asheville yester- 1
day and went to Hendersonville and s
Brevard, returning to Hendersonville t
last night. Mr. Foreacre, who is-1!
about 60 years old, retired apparent-J a
ly in good health. j h
He has been in the employ of the' s
Southern Railway since 1887 when he v
became a telegraph operator with the c
company. He rose rapidly and before a
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the world war was appointed to tne | position
he held at the time of his: n
death, headquarters being maintained
at Charlotte. ! P
A special train has been made up r
{lereand the body will be sent to At- *
lanta, his native home, for burial. 1!
Mr. Foreacre was one of the best s
railroad men in this sect'ion, and had s
a comprehensive view of things, both 11
big and little, within his jurisdiction. ^
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CAROLINE DeLORNE
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There is a new young lady at thfe, a
'home of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney.Eason,i c
of Wyoming, N. J. The new young! g
lady arrived Tuesday, October 12th, j t<
irifi oha ic Tarolinp DeLorne Eason. I f
H*r mother was before her marriagejt.
Miss Caroline Gary,jof Abbeville, thejP
youngest daughterN>f Chief Justicel t.
and Mrs. Eugene B. Gary. I c
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administrative officer the right to
say what kind of business shall
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have ^credit and what shall not," he
asserted.
Smith and Wannamaker
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Declaring that the. New York re- t
gional bank had made 200 per cent., Q
profit when the law allowed it only
6 per cent., Senator Smith said ^
"they are robbing us in interest to c
pay taxes." a
"Just let this situation continue," d
said the senator, "and let the wheat r
t r
men, the cotton men and the cattle
men say "here is our price." We de- p
mand our rights and we will not j
loosen up one pound of meat, wheat a
or cotton until we get them." t
A suggestion by J. S. Wanna- a
maker, that a committee be ap- o
pointed to work for federal revolv- a
ing fund of $1,000,000,000 to be s
used for the economic handling and
maketing of crops was not acted b
upon. s
Ben L. March of the Farmer Na- 5
tional council protested aganist the *
motion^, saying no one body could a
be said to represent all the Ameri- s
can farmers. *'
Mr. Marsh also opposed a strike ^
of farmers, which he said, was suggested
by Senator Smith, adding:
"Everybody knows there is no panic.
Let us not be Bolsheviks."
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jur. w. j. opiuman, iormer cniei
of the bureau of farm marketing of
the department of agriculture, ^
charged that Secretary Houston and
the reserve board were engaged in a n
drive to force down the price of
wheat. (
"Those gentlemen are using authority
placed in their hands for the p
purpose of manipulating the market"
he asserted. ^
Alfred Tumlin of Cave Springs,
Ga., said not a half crop of cotton
would be raised in his section next
year. "The whole trouble," he said,
'is in Washington. There are night
riders in Georgia and day riders in
Washington." R
:OTTON MEN MEET S
IN COURT HOUSE
armers, Merchants, Business Men, I
and Others Interested in Better
Prices for Cotton to Meet
Here Saturday
Capt. G. N. Nickles, Chairman for
his County,.of the branch of the c
imerican Cotton Association, has I
ailed a meeting for Saturday, 16th 1
t 11 o'clock at the Court House, r
,-hen the plans and purposes of the c
imerican Products Export and Im- i
ort Association will be outlined, s
nd an effort made to get the peoplfe s
f this county to take an interest- in s
he organization of this association, r
Briefly stated, the plan of this asociation
as outlined is the formaffon ^
f a cnrmianv with a ranital stock of ^
10,000,000 for the purpose of dis-, ^
csing of the cotton raised in the i
louth? directly to European/buyers,
'he American Cotton Association ha3ls
een the economic waste suffered by I
he farmers of the South in selling *
heir cotton on the" streets to buyers *
t the buyers' prices, and then of, I
aving it go through the hands of j *
everal middle-men, all of wh^mi*
.rant a profit, before it gets vto the *
onsumers. There is in fact no more,J
ntiquated and out-of-date machine: i
i existence these days than the
leans of getting either raw or manu- t
actuued products from the man who I
roduces to the man who consumes, t
'he people are finding this out and i
he cotton farmers of the South, it s
5 to be hoped, have reached that
tate pf mind when they will give I
ome attention to matters of business s
i connection with the tnarketing of
heir crops, , and less to political
oppycock^ ,
It is believed that a company or '
ssociafion such as that proposed,
cting as the representative of the
otton producers of the South, as a
reat selling company, will be* able
o'save the expense attendant on the j
ormer method of getting cotton to t
he manufacturers, thqs helping the \
rice, and that by marketing cotton t
hrough an association of this kind a
omposed of business men, the cotton ^
an be marketed in a manner and at t
imes which will guaranteg us against \
asses which attend sales made at )
ap-hazard as in the past.
The association it is believed, once 1
t is started, will eventually be the J
elling agent of all the farmers of t
he country, and that cotton instead (
{ being sold on the streets to buy- *
rs who are often indifferent, will <
ie sold in large quantities to the
onsumers of the cottpn who want it, '
nd on terms which the sellers will *
ictate rather than the buyers as at
present. '<
It is evident that there are great *
lossibilities for such a company and j
[ is hoped that the people will take 1
n interest in it, at> least to the ex- ^
ent of seeing that business men are 1
t the head of the enterprise and its
fficers, and that it do not drift into c
political spring board froih which >
omebody expects to get into office. 1
One of the things to be done will
e the appointment of committees to
olicit subscriptions to the capital)
tock of this company. In order that!
ull committees may be appointed,!1
nd that they may understand the 1
cheme and their duties, Capt. Nick
es has already announced their
tames, and he urges the following to
e here Saturday for this meeting, c
s they have been selected for com- *
litteemen:
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Abbeville?J. S. Stark, Jim Gilliam
nd C. W. Norris. x
^ue West?-G. N. Nickles, J. R.
Vmn.
Donalds?L. J. Davis, R. L. Bar-1
riore, J. F. Agnew. 1
Level Land?W. W. Wilson, A. F <
'arwile, J. K. Temple.
Antreville?S. ?J. Wakefield, A. M.
Irwin. Rice Crowther.
Lowndesville?E. W. Harper, J. G.
luckabee. W. E. Ellis.
Calhoun Falls?Judge Hicks, C. H.
faylor, Henry Hester.
Cedar Springs?J. B. Gibert, W.
3. McNeill, T. A. Sherard.
Long Cane?A. B. Robinson, E. R.
liller, John R. Lomax.
SYNOD HOLDING
ANNUAL SESSION
n Bennettsville This Week.?Dr. S.
C. Byrd, President of Chicora
College is Elected Moderator
of Meeting
Bennettsville, Oct. 12.?The Synod
>f South Carolina met today in the
5resbyterian church here for its
,08th annual session. The retiring ,
noderator, the Rev. Hugh R. Murhison
of Columbia seminary, accordng
to custom preached the opening
ermon from Galatians 1:11-12. His
ubject toas, 'Paul and His Message,"
ind was presented in a discourse of
are clearness and force rising at
imes to eloquence. The music was led
>y the Columbia* seminary quartet,
Messrs. Berryhill, Spencer, Pratt, and
tandell. with B. F. Whitner. nresid
ng at the organ.
At the conclusion of the preaching
ervice synod was constituted with
>rayer by the moderator. .The synod
vas then organizeM for the session by
he election of the Rev. S. C. Byrd,
). D., president of Chicora College,
or Women, as moderator. The stat:d
clerk announced the death during
he year of Dr. W. S. Bean, the Rev.
r. G. Henderson, the Rev. R. N. Maron
and the Rev. James A. Wilson.
The Rev. J. R. Bridges, D. D. of
he Synod of North Carolina, the
lev. Dr. Miley, the Rev. Dr. Adams,
he Rev. Alex Martin, D. D? and Dr.:
V. E. Spencer, were appointed a!
iteering committee for this session."
The Rev. Mr. Wilcox, pastor of the
Sennettsville church, delivered aj
ihort address of welcome. I
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COURT ADJOURNED TUESDAY I
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doming, No ,Caiel Being Ready For
Trial.?Only Two Casea Tried
Yesterday.
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The Court of Common Pleas adourned
Tuesday morning, no cases
>eing ready for trial. No jury cases
vere tried after those of yesterday
xcept two cases of John R. Tolbert
'S. R. A. Vance - of Honea Path, in
vhich Mr. Tolbert had judgment for
;he possession of certaiii property
valued at about $400. Mr. Tolbert
vas represented by J. Moore Mars.
In the Hamlin case the court ap)roved
a claim in favor of Wade H.
iamlin against the estate of his fa
her, the late A. B. Hamlin, for $1517
iredring the same paid out of the es;ate.
The claim was for money loan;d
and for services rendered.
In the case of Rebecca Belcher vs.
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T. W. McCord the judge gave judgr.ent
against Mr. McCord for $100.70
The complaint was for a settlement of
i year's farming transaction in which
;he plaintiff claimed Mr. McCord
;ook the crop and refused a division
n accordance with the contract. J.|
VI. &ickles represented the plaintiff>.nd
J. Howard Moore, the defendant.!
The court sustained the judgment
>f Magistrate Huckabee of Lowndes-j
rille in the case of Cooley vs. Dren-j
^an involving the title to a bull calf.
H. L. MILLER VISITS FATHER
H. LeRoy Miller, Mrs. Miller and
heir young son left Abbeville today
o spend a few days in Hartsville with
tfr. Miller's father, Mr. L. T. Miller.
Mr. H. LeRoy Miller holds a re?
urifk Mofift iol "Rl'c.
ijjuilsluie puaiblvil vyiuii i^uwiy iim
:uit Company, at Houston, Texas. His
'riends in Abbeville, will be glad to
:now that he has succeeded in his new
lome and that he upholds the tradiions
of his old county and the repu;ation
of his people.
HELPS ELECT BISHOP.
M*. Wm M Ravntxroll Vin<! returned
:romV the meeting of the Diocean!
Council of the Episcopal Church held!
n Columbia yesterday for the elec;ion
of a Bishop Coadjutor for the
Diocese of South Carolina.
Mr. Barnwell is very greatly
jleased at the selection of Rev.
rCLrkman G. F. Finlay for this office.
Rev. Mr. Finlay is well known in Abjeville,
having been here ?b preach
n the local Episcopal church on
several occasions. His friends in Abjeville,
like Mr. Barnewll, believe
lis selection a most admirable one.
CLEVELAND INDIANS /
WIN WORLD SERIES
This Speaker is a Bigger Man Today
Than President* Wilson-^?His
Team Wins Baseball
_ Championship
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League Park Cleveland, Oct. 12. *
..The American League pennant
winners are the world's champitins
of 1920. The defeated the Brooklyns
by a score of 3 to 0 today and
won the big championship .in baseball.
The big pole, Covelskie winning
his third game of the series
held the Brooklyn helpless. The series
ended with five victories for
the Clevelands and two for the National
league champions.
^Brooklyn 000 000 000-0'
Cleveland 000 110 10x-3
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League PaTk,Cleveland, Oct. 12.
?On the sunburnt, dusty field of
League Park, this afternoon &ie
Cleveland Indians closed in with a
rush on the hopeless Brooklyn Dodgers
for what the Cleveland home
folks declare will be the final contest
with the National League
Champions for the world's series
championship. Easily f26,000 cheer- j
ing Clevelanders, sensing that the <
end of the world's series wafc at '
hand, journeyed out here to watch ]
the Indians clash with the Brooklynites,
who?e three straight defeats ,
here have dealt their championship \
aspirations a seeming mortal blow, j
John Heydler, president of the <
National Leaugue, talked with the I
members of tWe Brooklyn club be- 1
fore the: game to smooth down the J
ruffled feathers of the Robins.
"Just play the game that yQU did 1
in winning the championship," Hey- <
aier 101a z>acK wneax, captain 01 tneji
Brooklyns. "Remember the strain of ]
today's game is on the Indians. Get i
the jump on them tpday and then
you can go back home and win the 1
series. This is Cleveland's hardest 1
game." 1
'We have the Better team,' said the
Cleveland manager, "and I think
four straight victories in League
Park will prove it to the most biased
National League partisan.
There was another jam of Clev^lands
cheering fans here today to
miake a Roman holiday. All seats
were taken and there were bids of
$50 apiece for grandstand chairs.
MISS VICTORIA HOWIE. ' |
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Talented Abbeville Girl, Graduate j
High School lyzu, Elected President
Freshman Class At
Agnes Scott.
The friends of Miss Victoria Howie
of Abbeville, the pretty daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Howie, will be
pleased to know that at the -election
of officers of the Freshman Class at
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.
where Miss Howie is a student this
year, she was chosen president of her (
class.
Miss Victoria is _a talented musi- ;
cian and was an honor graduate of ;
^he high school the past session. She ]
is very popular with the students a. ]
her college as is attested by her se- lection,
for this honor.
DEATH OF MISS LIZZIE CANNON
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Another Christian woman passed ,
from amongst us when Miss Lizzie Cannon
was claimed by death Tues- (
day morning, 12th inst. Miss Can ,
non had been sick for three weeks j
her illness being the result of an at- |
tack of influenza earlier in the year. ,
She suffered terribly and when the < ]
death messenger came at 3:3.0 Tues- ,
clay morning, he came as a relief mes- ]
senger. . y
Miss Cannon was a sister of Mr. H.
r? l i~i?cv,q '
oabL'UIHU V^ailJlUU, Ul tllld ^iigr. fcjitv;
was 71 years of age at the time of
her death. She is survived by her
brother and one sister, Mrs. Sarah i<
Culbertson, of Laurens, S. C. !
The funeral services were held to <
day at 12 o'clock being conducted by !
Rev. C. E. Peele, pastor of the dec
eased. Interment was at Gilgal ceme <
tery in the Cannon plot. ]
OPERA HOUSE IS
LEASED FOR 5 YRS.
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-EASE FOR ABBEVILLE OPERA
HOUSE GRANTED TO J. A. VERCHOT
FOR TERM OF 5 YEARS
AT A MONTHLY RENTAL OF
$110?PAYS YEAR'S RENT IN
ADVANCE?CHIEF OF POLICE
MAKES REPORT. ^ *
The City Council met last night for
;he regular monthly meeting. Outside
of attending to matters of rou;ine,
the chief-thing to engage the
ittention of 'the members was the
easing of the Opera House. Advertisements
for the lease of the Opera
Souse for a term of five years
aroueht three bidders for the lease.
Mr. J. A. Verchot put in a bid for
?110.00 per month; Mr. James- A.
Hill a bid at $100.00 per month; and
Messrs H. L. Paschal and J. W. Mar,in
a bid at $77.50 per month. The ^
ease was awarded to Mr. Verchot, he
being the highest bidder.
In order to show his appreciation
ind at the same time help out the '
City Council's "sunken ship" Mr.
Verchot immediately paid in a year's
rental in advance.
The City Council sometime ago increased
the rentals of the offices in
the Municipal Building to $112.50 ,
per year each. The offices are all* occupied.
But even at this rate and at
the new rental for the Opera House
the Municipal Building will not be
i.1 If Li
more man sen-supporting.
The new lease of the Opera House
will safe-guard the interests of the
:ity to a much greater extent than
the previous lease. Thgrtf is to be aj
provision in the leasts that the city
authorities are to ha#e the Opera
House twelve nights in the year free
of charge for public entertainments,
etc., on seven days notice of tfyeir desire
to have an entertainment of this
kind. This will provide for the school
exhibitions, commencements and
meetings of this kind.
Chief of Police Reports.
Chief of Police Jos. L. Johnson
submitted his monthly report to the
City Council at this meeting. The
report was full and indicated that the
police force have been on the job. It
showed that during the month of September
the force made 89 cases for
violations of ordinances of the city.
In 79 cases there were convictions by
the Mayor, and 10 cases were dismissed.
The amount of fines collected
was $475.50.
The following is a statement of
the number of cases of the law's infractions:
Larceny ?? 1
Disorderly ? ? 21
Disorderly and concealed weapons 1
Gambling ? ? ? --- 16,
Violation San. Ord. ? ? ? 13
Keeping Disorderly house ? 1
Visiting same ? ? 1
Cheating and swindling 1 ^
Violation auto, law 19
Reckless driving ? 1
Drunk and disorderly ? 5
Fighting 4
Loafing and loitering ? 1
Violating Hog ord. 1
Reckless riding ? 2
Walnut Street To Front.
A TiPtition was presented bv the
property owners on Walnut Street requesting
that this street be r paved,
rhe City Council took the matter unler
advisement and will decide the
natter later. Walnut street just now
s a ditch by which all the water from
;he South side of the .city finds its
,vay to the property of the Ice' Plant.
It should either be paved or the
iitch should be dug deeper so that the
joys may sail boats in it when the
.vater is high.
THfc tUi lUN MAKML1
Cotton was still far from king tolay.
December futures closed about
LO points down from yesterday's
:lose. The best spot cotton, sold for
23.50 on the local market today.
The forecast by the local cotton
affice was for better prices in the
next few days.