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1 7 ' '* > v / ? -"V ; - v, y* ; wr^: Abbeville Press and Banner "StaWighed 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, October 22, 1920. Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. . :;}mm BRITISH HEM . BEFORE CABINET: ' a . e STATESMEN DISCUSS THREAT OF WORKMEN?SPECULATION AS TO WHETHER APPEAL TO t '] COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW DISPUTE OF THE MINERS?50,000 ' tirADV TO 100,000 TRANSrOKi wwiuvERS ARE IDLE. , . 1. ' h c London, Oct..21, (By the Associated Press.)?The cabinet discussed to- c i . n night the grave situation arising out of the threat of the railroad ' and transport workers to force the government to negotiate wi&i the min- n ers. Whether any decision was ' reached was not disclosed up to 10.30 a o'clock. , Two grave questions are exercising 0 ' . v + ? . /V /the political an^ndustrial world, tho first,' to what extent the labor leau- ^ ... ers are losing. control of the workers; second, whether a political crisis c and an/appeal to the country will de- p velop out of the miners' dispute. It is stated that James Henry v Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railway Men, has exerted the greatestefforts to get ? the action taken ijy the railway men 1 postponed for a few days but that ^ his influence was overborne. Premier Lloyd George was in in- ' . formaf conversation 'with some of" the labor leaders today but little hope seems to be entertained that the government will Recede froita its position, insisting upon ah increased output or submission of, the dis- j. pute to an independent tribunal as a ^ condition for an increase in wage". p. Even had the government been inclined to recede from this posi- , tion it is felt it could hardly do sol . now in the face of the railway men's J. threat.' /Undoubtedly the solidarity |, . of the workers as shown by the ac-1 i I< tion of the railway ajid transport | f| workers, come somewhat as a sur? j 7 prise to the public ^because the min? j ^ ers' strike unpopular with almost I q the enttre community. The seeming j ^ N inconsistency is explained by some ^ of the labor leaders as 3ue to the j e universal belief among the workers a that the governemnt under pressure of big business interests has ' decided that a halt must be called to the continual increase in wage. .Robert Smillie, the miners' leader 1' Sj speaking in Glasgow tonight, accused the government of desiring to re- ^ move the hindrasces to cheaper and ^ greater production which were found ~ in the present powers of the trade unions. He promised that if increased wages were granted, the miners would cooperate with the owner and J increase th^e output to 20,000,000 tons in four or five months. London, Oct. 21?The.effect of the ? coal strike is appreciably felt by the . various unions affiliated With the na- ^ tional transport workers federation, the members of which are being , * fa thrown out of employment in increasing numbers by the coal stoppage. The reports of the stoppage of work from various branches which ' s were laid before the executive committee on reassembling today were serious. From ?#>0,000 to 100,000 f transport workers are idleS^nd hundreds of thousands of other workers . "in other callings hav? been obliged ^ to remain idle according to Secretary 1 ^ i Williams. The Clyde area was espe- ^ cially affected. At Newcastle, Cardiff ' and other coal ports the work of load-ing,.vessels decreased and it is exr ^ Tpectfcd that unemployment will be in^^n^ified as the supplies of fuel di- ^ M?nv steamers are lvinsr idle I . y?r-Mr-- - ? - - I r ' .for lack of cargoes and the seafaring - community on the northeast coast is already beginning to suffer hardships. In northwest Durham several burglaries hive occurred. CALLED BACK TO SEE FATHER Mr. Dotson, manager of the Davis < Produce Company, in this city, who s , returned to Abbeville this week < from Mountain City, Ga., where his 1 father has been sick, was called i back there today by a message announcing that his father is dying. ' \ V IISHOP RUSSELL PREACHES ft AT SACRED MEART CHURCH / Announcement is made that N Jishop William T. Russell, Catholic Jishpp in South Carolina will preach ,t Sacred - Heart Church Sunday vening at 8 o'clock. Bisllop Russell omes to Greenwood this week-end n nd Sunday morning will dedicate E he new Catholic Church at that n lace and administer confirmation, c In the afternoon the Bishop plans ? o drive through the country to Ab- c eville in order to preach to the 0 ongregation of the loctal Catholic c hurcA. The Bishdp is one of the n lost eminent divines in his church / s is evidenced by the high office he ^ olds. He is a preacher of uncom- e ion power, and those who hear him a nil enjoy a great treat. He will be * ccompanied here by Father N. A. E lurphy, of Spartanburg, who is S1 n"e of the most beloved men in his hurch, and a popular churchman in n is home city. " . ? The members of the Catholic hurch reqilest us Jto say that the * ' ublic generally is invited and Urged t: o attend these services. There is a t( relcome for everybody. It is not ften that'the people *of the 'City 0 ave an opportunity to hear a great 0 reacher like Bishop Russell and 11 /J/\ Tirol 1 n/?r?onf +.ho invi UC J n?l UV TI W1 vw ?*vvvj#w atjon so cordially extended 4hem by s1 he ^Itholics. /Monday morning at 7:30 Mass will v e in the church Conducted by the ^ tishop. , . J ? . n NEW WAREHOUSE. h ^Messrs J. S. Stark and C. ^E. WiK amson have completed arrangements C1 or the operation of the old Furniture 111 'actory buildings as a warehouse nder the State Warehouse Act. The 0 uildings are undergoing some needed t( epairs and will be ready for cotton ^ i the next few days. George, King of Cotton Row, in- ^ orms' us that hereafter he will be Dund* at the new warehouse, where / e will watch all the 'cotton ' stored C aere, put out any fires except the fire n the end of the good cigars given im by the grateful friends from rhom he has bought cotton, and oth- n rwise behave himself as is meet for v cotton man. . e / d COTTON n d ? ' t The cotton market, after receding ixty poirtts yesterday, turned strong ^ nd cotton futures advanced. more (han $5.00 per bale. Spot cotton in 4.1 few York advanced 50 points to 21 u ents. ' 0 On the ocal market there was not ^ luch improvement. The b|st price n iintod tn no /vn enf+nrrAioro ma; 90 '' "" -r -4 cents. 1 There seems to be a feeling in the ^ otton trade, according to the state- 11 lents of. brokers, that the market is a a fair way to show improvement in P he next (week, unless the^e is a gen- tl ral strike of laborers in England. A S ill passed in parliament today giving n he government war powers in case of P general strike indicates the use of f n iron hand against Red and Bol- tl hiviki proceedings, and the end of tl he strike, we think, is at h^nd. e d OSTAL OPERATORS 3 WALK OUT IN BODY p Chicago, Oct^ %1.?Approximately ? 00 operators employed by the Postal t] telegraph company in Chicago re- a igned in a body tonight. They went* v :ut after two fellow workers had s >een discharged. ' j Union officials said no strike had 0 >een called, but it was reported the a nen who.resigned were making a pro- ^ est against intolerable working conIrtions and expected the movement to ipread. " RETURN FROM TEXAS d f Mr. J. S. Gibert, and son, A. E. t jribert, and two granddaughters, Mis- a ;es Margie Guillebeau and Louise c Gribert returned Wednesday from t Houston, Texas, where they went to , attend the Confederate Reunion, i rhey also visited relatives in Brown- i wood, Texas while away. g 4 / x M ' jf ' A.' . .ll'X't * -vj. i. V . . . ' ; 1ILITARY RULE NEEDED IN HAITI lust Be Continued, Says Admiral? Naval Officer Studies Conditions Of Country Washington, Oct. 21.?Achievelents of 'American intervention lin taiti wil have been "lost!' unless lilitary occupation othe country is cntinued "a great many yqars," tear Admiral Harry S. Knapp, reently sent to Haiti at the inquest f the state department to study onditions declared in a x statement lade pubjic here toftight. Replying to a letter from Charles IcKinley of Portland, Ore., forwardd by Secretary Daniels and asking:, mong other questions when the fnited States would withdraw from [aiti, Admiral Knapp's statement lid: - ' "I can not answer "this for the adiinig|ration but in my personal view ^e work of the American intervenon will have be%p practically lost if ae United States withdraws its Iniliiry force fo^ a great many / years /come. "I am not hopeful that the old" idea f graft, or public office as a means f private gain can ever be exterlinated from those who have reachi manhood under the old corrupt ;andards. I personally believe it 'ill take at least a generation to deelop in Haiti sufficient men of a igh enough standard of ethics to rovide personnel for. aiv honest adlinistration and back ground of onest population for its support." Replying to questions regarding iatment of natives by the 'Ameri-> ms Admiral Knapp denied that wot^n and children had been skilled or lat "srtangeation, floggirjg,' or ther cruel practices had been used > extract information from natives. . "full answer" could not be given ) the. latter question, however, until e'rtain allegations had been investiated, he added.'' I I OTTON GINNING MAY &E HALTED . * ' ' ' ' / w New Orleans, Oct. 21.*?A move-, lent was inaugurated here today inolving the closing of every cotton in in the South for a period of 30 aysr beginning November 1, as- a leans to revive confidence in the emoralised cotton market. ,W. B. Thompson, president of the lOuisiana division of the American, lotton association, has forwarded ecommendations to .the president of lie association to begin the work of rganizing the cotton men at once rith this purpose in view. This / love on tfee part of Mr. Thompson s in accordance with the plan set orth by the officials of the Louisiana rinners' association and ohtre promlent ginners of the state. In the event that the movement roves successful, it is estimated hat 25,000 gins throughout the, outh will be affected and would lake it impossible for tfye cotton lanters to market their crop beore December 1. .The promoters of fie movement express their belief L_j. ?4-1. Liau ix an out: tunvu ^uincio TTUI nter into the agreement to close own for 30 days cotton will reach 0 cents a pound by the end of that eriod. \ It is stated that the ginners of iouisiana will proceed at once with he organization and that practically 11 the gin operators in this state nil adopt the proposed plan, irrepective #f whether the other states oin them or not. The Texas division f *V. ? oaonniafintl Kqo VlOOTl J. tUC VsVSWWlA MOOUV-lMl/iVU UUW wvva?, sl^ed\to cooperate with the moveaent. SELLS HOME. V Thomas H. Cobb has sold his resilence in.Fort Pickens to Mr. Stanord Woodhurst. The price agreed to ie paidj is $2,000. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb ind their interesting family of ' chilIren will return to Atlanta to make Vieir tinmp. Mr. and Mrs. Woodhurst will move nto their new residence as soqji as it s vacated by Mr. Cobb and will bejin house-keeping. _ I i MR. A. ROSENBERG DIED THURSDAY MORNING 1 t At Home of His Son in Greewoo^L? Prominent Merchant of' That City?Funeral Today. All Greenwood was shocked this morning to learn of the death o^ Mr. A. Rosenberg at the home of liis son, Mr. S. W. Rosenberg on Blake( Street at 3:_0 a. m. today. Earljr^ in the night, Mr. Rosenberg had an attack and called a physician butv became better it was thought. Early this morning he again suffered an attack of some form of heart disease and died before a physician could reach him. He has bfeen in failing health for several years but his end was not expected. He was "on the street yesterday and semed as well as usual. t r f' \ Mr. Rosenbejg is survived by his widow, who was Miss Weinstock and five children, Dr. H. J-. Rosenberg of Atlanta; Messrs S'. "W. Rosenberg, Greenwood, M. L. Rosenberg, Atlanta, JS. R. Rosenberf, Charleston, and Miss Evelyn Rosenberg of Greenwood. Also surviving him -are two brothers, Mr; M. Rosenberg, of New York and Mr...Pi Rosenberg of Abbeville, and a nephew, Mr. J. H. Rosenberg of Greenwood.. Mr. Rosenberg was. 61 years of age For the past 37 years he had been in business here -and won many friends in all wa^cs of life. He ha3 always Kuan nnta/i fnv ViicofonorAcifv AnH VllS public spirit. The funeral will be conducted- at 9:41 o'clock tomorrow morning at the residence of his son, Mr. ?S. W. Rosenberg at 124 Blake St., v by Dr. Marx of Atlanta. Interment, will be had in the Hebrew Cemetery in Columbia. . 7 - '? * / ' ( Mr. Rosenberg's Career. . : >*v y ' ^v.' Mr. Rosenberg was a native of Prussian Poland. He left his native land at the age of 16, in 1875 and came to America to join .his brother, Mr. P. Rosenberg, at that time in business In Abbeville. ' He stated 'once/in talking of his arrival in New York that he had on his "best clothes" as they were est^med in old country but the first thing his brother, did was to take him to. a clothing store in New York ancf give him an out \ \V and out new suit of clothing. In a short time he came on to Abbeville with his brother and. in a short time was finding out'things in his hew home. He spent ^some time in school at Abbeville and then began work as a clerk for his brother. , In 1884 Mr. Rosenberg came t^ Greenwood to begin business for himself.?Index Journal. I ^ . . DARGAN WINS CUP y v I R. L. Dargan, of Abbevile, but who is stopping in Spartanburg for convenienlce, hlas won the cup among the agents of Equitable Life Assurance Society again this year, having had that honor also la^t year. The cup is warded to the agent who makes the highest score ii> his territory. A certain amount of insurance is allotted to each agent to be written in his territory, and the agent writing the greatest percentage of th allotment wins the cup. Mr. Dargan is making a big success as an insurance writer, and his friends in Abbeville are happy with him in his prosperity. / CANNED BEANS B. E.-Evans, of Route ' 4, Greenwood, S. C., was in the city yesterday with a wagon-load of canned tomatoes, corn-field beans and home-made syrup. The tomatoes and beans were canned on the model farm of Mr. Evpns. They presetted a fine appearance, looking better even than "store, bought." CHILD BETTER. -? - i* j if rne llUie girl 01 iYir. ana Aura. Thomas H. Cobb which has been ill with typhoid fever is considerably improved, and the physician hopes that it will be out again at an early date. ,? I i . . . ' M. . V CHIEF JUSTICE GARY , & HAS PNEUMONIA ATTACK The friends of Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary are greatly concerned about his condition. The physicians in charge of the patient Rave diag- , nosed his case as one of pneumonia. As yet only one lung is involved, ' but his ^temperature has been extreriSely high and on account of the feet that he' is now about, sixty-five vears of acre * and a man- of frail physique it is recognized that lie /is a vlry ill man. ' The Chief Justice went down to Columbia at .the beffining ' off last _ week, and, was engaged in the work . of the court until Thursday, when on advice of a physician he returned to Abbeville. When he arrived home he,thought he would be better in a v' ' J few days, but the cold he had contracted did not yield to the usual simple remedies and in a few clayt. he was confined to his room. * * , 1 Last night his i condition ., was ; thought to be somewhat better . and this morning he was holding " hyr ' owh. ' MRS. REESE BEREAVED 1 m ?' ! The friends of Mta. M. Bradley , r> :ti l ' : i i.? 1 4.Un rveese win ue grieveu tu ueai <vx wc 1 death of her mother, Mrs. Charlotte K. Wardlaw, whose death occurred at 1 . X f ] her home at Oxford, Miss., yesterday morningj, October 21st, in the eighty- J first year of her age. Mrs. Reese received news of ^he ^ serious illness of her mother Tuesday &nd left immediately for her be.dsjdfet J and was ^present when the messenger , of death called.- *" 1 Funeral services will btf held in 1 Oxford today. Mrs. Wardlaw was a , member of the 'Presbyterian church. , Her husband who precgdeA her to the grave was of the Wardlaw family of Abbeville. . Before her marriage Mrs. Wardlaw was a Miss Kilgo, of Camden, S. C. ' j - " < - . ; ' HUTIE A HERO i '"I^. Miss Johnnie May - Lynch, who was English teacher in the local high school for three years, is now at Waynesville, N. C., where she holds a similar positoin. It seems that some of the school children up that way have been practicing letterwriting, and one "dropped a line" to Hutie Bradley, of Abbeville,', football artist and midnight oil burner. In a lettfer from Miss Lynch she states, "The Press and Banner is a great comfort to us. The school girls since getting a nice letter from Hugh Bradley, ai;e very much interested in the accounts of Hutie's progress in the football field." We should not /be surprised if i TTntie receives an invitation / to spend the summer in Waynesyjlle next summer so that he might ?ioW the boys up that way >h6w to grow a muscle, play football, baseball or any other kind of old game,, while , making love to the pretty mountain girls. * . ' . v PLEAS BIBBS AND THE WEEVILS Pleas Biibbs, (colored), a kind of iirst lieutenant for Col. James E. Taggart, Uncle Pat McCaslan, and some of the other natives of the Hopewell settlement was here yesterday. He tells us that the boll weevils have taken entire ' jurisdiction of his country and that the people down that way are going to be ' driven from their homes. Notwithstanding Pleas told us he was making a "putty good" crop, and when we saw him last he was lost in Medir tation (a good , cigar he bought from Co-Ops Mercantile Co.) ' l '' HURT IN hALX w Mrs. J. D. Kerr, the better-half of the propietor of the Main Street Emporium and paymaster of the Dutch Kolone, had the misfortune to i fall a few days ago at her home on ' Greenville street, sustaining a badi ly sprained arm and other injuries. ' She is improving from her hurts, however. % A I L " - ^ ciMAMmikn hr ruminu ur onur - vj PLANS FOR ORGANIZATION OF $12,000,000 COTTON EXPORT CORPORATION ADOPTED AT : ?4 A MEETING Of BANKERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF COT- ; 4/ON INTEREST HELD IN WASHINGTON. __ _ ' . ^ # " Washington, Oct. 2L?Plans fo,r , ; th organization of a' $12,000,000 eotton export and cpxp financing , corporation were adopted at a meeting here late today of bankers . and representatives ol# cotton interests- ' L>"$ s/ttending the conventkm'of the American Bankers' association.. . The mfeeting approved suggestions eontained in a report of a committee leaded by Robert F. MaJdox,. Atlanta banker, to move at once, In the direction of preliminary steps toward organizing the corporation^ ? rentage arrangements provide for the payment of half of the capital 3tdck or an initial working fund of 1 $5,000,000 capital, and $1,000,000 surplus. - a Capital subscriptions, the plan''suggests, will be'based on an assess^ ' : ment qf $1 a bale on cotton raised in the respective states thereby miaking the organization one of farreaching ' influence throughout all territory which has had difficulty in financing the movement-of the cotton crop. T&e decision to call er^the initial payment of only half of the total captiaf meanfc therefore . that the subscriptions will be prorated , among the purchasers . of stock On ' the basis of 5o cents per bale. ' Under. Edge Act. It was made cle^n by speakers at the meeting that the purposes of thev corporation which will.; be organized ' under the Edge act, amending the federal reserve act is not to hold the cotton crop- but to insure the commodity b6 moved /'at ~a when the market is stagnant;'' - / Under provisions <of tlie Edge act, j . the corporation is enabled to handle ' e/tAAn4voikl<lAil .o'rMtAMMAtlf r^4r ' nout outc|;wQuvra VJ, the purchasers to the amount of ten times its capital and surplus or, in the case of the > proposed corpora- i tibn the ability to handle i ac-' .li ceptances of cotton purchasers to the amount of $60,000,000. Although there was no specific' ' mention made .there were indications that formation of the corpora- > tion wpuld immediately open the ?' ' way for the sale of cotton' in Eu- . rrone when the ffemand is/ estimated m at three to four miBjpn. bales. No Br^d Promise* The committee informed those In attendance &t the meeting1 that it would make "no extravagant prom- ^ ises," but that it hoped that the esr . /. tablishment of. such ' a corporation ( would be "of tremendous benefit" . ^ to the >South. The meeting was told ' 3 also that the corporation would hot prove a "remedy for; all ills," although it would make possible the provisions'for market tibie in time' of emergency as the cotton produc- ' ers are now passing through. Although theeorporation may in \:*.the future extend its operations , to other commodities, those in attendance urged that it devote its , re- ( v' r ' sources at first to the handling V of this crop alone. The way was 4ett 9 xf / S open, however, for such enlarge- ^ ments and suggested extensions fcan 1 be made as needed speakers, declared. i .1 * ;.|? r I ! ' Dallas, Oct. 21.?Assurance that the federal reserve board will cooperate withthe farmers to the full- '' est extent by granting banks longer credit on cotton notes was .given ^ this morning by Judge W. H. Ramsey, federal agent for the federal reserve board in the Eleventh dis trict, in addressing a statewide con ference of ginners, bankers and * business men here. . Judge Ramsey asserted that the / ' (Continued on Page 4) . 1 /? ?B * V ' ; * :% y"V. |