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. x . . - ' , ; ; V : , - ) ' Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, October 29, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. MANNING URGES COTION SUPPORT I FORMER GOVERNOR SPEAKS IN i itti r dnric r?n rOTTDN EX- , LI I I Liiu AWvn WAV W - - t PORT CORPORATION?EXPECT , x TO RAISE TEN MILLION DOL- ? LARS FOR USE IN EXPORT? ( DETAILS OF PLAN. . ( Little Rock, Arx. Oct. 28.?Sup- r port of the $10,000,000 cotton export . corporation to function under the di- t rection of the American Cotton asso- j ciation and toward which $912,000 t already has been subscribed was ; urged by Former Gov. R. I. Manning * of South Carolina in an address at the conference of the Arkansas division of the American Cot.on association here this afternoon. / The corporation, Mr. Manning ex- , plained, is expected to export for t manufacture abroad the low grade e cotton, which this year has proved . ' x 1 1 OAufVinvn , almost a totai luss iu ouubitciu v?? ton growers because of the extremely low prices offered fot it. , The corporation, he said, will prac- ( tically eliminate the middleman and i although organized along the same < lines as the corporation proposed j last week by the American Bankers' association will not conflict with it. Stock in the corporation is being sold . at $10 a share, and an effort will be t made to divide this stock between , 1,000,000 persons. * < Nathan Adams, of Dallas, Texas, t president of the Texas division of the r cotton association, said the Southern < farmer must not depend on the feder- i al reserve system to finance him but must depend on his own resources. j Other speakers today included ~ ? -?- m /?i Jta.ncoc t UOV.-eieCt l. Kj. inuivac ui n l i\anouuj | * J. R. Alexander, president of the Ar- I kansas division of the cotton asso- t ciation, and B. F. McLeod, of Columbia, S. C., chairman of the finance committee of the association. All speakrs urged the holding of . the present cotton crop, reduction of , 'acreage and organization for storing cotton so that it may be marketed over a period of 12 months. Night riding and lawlessness in an effort to prevent ginning and market- , ing of cotton were condemned by the , speakers. THE COTTON MARKET. * The futures market in New' York was weak today, there being little trading. December futures closed 45 points below yesterday. The closing yesterday was about 60 up from the day before. Spots in New York were ? down 40 points. The local market was strong all day today. Good cotton sold freely at 22 1-2 to 23 cents. The market appears to be inactive on account of the approaching elec tion and not much trading is expected until the count is made. The hnpres ' * sion prevails among the buyers locally and elsewhere that spot cotton wiL 1 gradually work higher. The time has come when the mills must begin to A buy. In addition to this a great many brokers have s?ld cotton for future 1 delivery. They can only deliver by c buying the cotton. If the farmers stand firm and -demand good prices they will get it. Everything now depends on the spot market, and that depends on the ability and determi- < nation of the farmer to hold at all < hazards and against all demands. < . ] THE SICK. IMPROVE -i I Chief Justice Gary continues to improve from his recent attack of ^ pneumonia. His progress towards re- i covery has been steady the last few days. Mr. P> Rosenberg, who has been quite ill, has improved somewhat and his condition today was encouraging. ] His friends hope to see him out again soon. 1 The condition of Mr. Hiram W. 1 Lawson, who is ill at the County Hos- . pital, continues serious. ] i FARMERS MAY SEEK AID FROM CONGRESS Additional Credits For Marketing of Crops is Desired?Federal Board Statement is Character. ized as "Bunk" Washington, Oct. 28.?Representa;ives of farming interests who met lere today to consider what action should be taken to obtain additional fr?r tVio mnrlfptincr of t.hpir 'ltu,w v"~ * * ?o :rops, said they might decide to ask lid of congress when it met next nonth. The conference received a report from the committee which renamed over in Washington from the ast farmers conference and received he statement of the federal reserve joard's policy with respect to crop inancing. Representing the national board of | arm management, Charles W. Holnun characterized the board's statenent as "the same old bunk, useless ind detrimental." He declared that since September the prices of all essentials, except clothing and farm products, had risen and that these 'had been artificially depressed." . A committee to devise ways and neans of crop financing was appointed and will report later. It is headed >y John Tromble of Kansas. Whethjr the farmers will seek another con Terence with government omciais, | las not been determined. Frank Morrison, secretary of the I American Federation of Labor, said | ;hat the federation was in sympathy j ,vith the efforts of farmers to getj iufficient credits for the marketing of I heir crop and declared "profiteering" | niddlemen should be eliminated. J sterling Hillman, secretary of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, telegraphed that his organization was in ;ympathy with the farmers efforts. The conference sent an invitation o the Russian co-operative society of 'Jew. York to send representatives to he meeting. THE BOY SCOUTS. The Boy Scouts held another meetng Thursday evening at 7:45 lh the 2ity Council Chamber. Nineteen oth;r boys joined the Scouts at tliis neeting. The following were appointed as jatrol leaders: Allen Long, Billy l,ong, Austin Roche, 'George Smith, Foster Barnwell, Harold Tate and Donald Harris. Allen Long was made Publicity Manager for the scouts i md Fred Mikhail, the treasurer. The following are the names of the lew scouts: Fred Minshall, Bruce Galloway, Bernard Roche, Willie Bradley, Renwick Bradley, Ralph 1 * 1 ' ^ TTT 1 T7? jauKnignt, ueorge- wooa, amury 3enney, Thomas Maxwell, Cecil Tate, fohn Klugh, Herbert Whaley, Fred lieslie, Fletcher Johnson, John Lesle, William Nickles, James Cox, Bryin Harrison, Claude Gambrell. CAROLINA DOWNS CLEMSON In the annual game between Caro- ? 1 ni ii.A 1 Hit aiiu Isieuisun at me gtaic rouj 'esterday, Carolina defeated the farner boys by a score of 3 to 0, the one score being made by Gressette vho kicked goal from Clemson's 20 ard line. This is the second time in ecent years when Carolina has won >ver Clemson. TO REORGANIZE CHURCH At the recent meeting of the South Carolina Presbytery at Bennettsville, jvangelistic powers were given Rev. is. L. Martin, D. D., of Abbeville, in >rder that he might reorganize the Presbyterian Church at Cokesbury. Dr. Martin has been preaching for ;he Presbyterians in Cokesbury for sometime and the reorganization of :he church comes as the result of his nmrlr HIPTP REGENT OF GREECE. London, Oct. 28.?The Greek chamber of deputies has elected Admiral P. Coundouriotis as regent of Greece by a vote of 137 to 3, says a dispatch to the London Times from Athens. Admiral Coundourotis is minister of marine in the Venizelos cabinet. I COMMUNIT * JP I * ?' ??' * The Abbeville Cotton Mill is preparing to commence the erection of /a Community Building, a cut of which we show above. The building is to be two stroies high with a basement. The second floor will have a large auditorium and a gymnasium. The first floor will have a Men's Lobby, a Ladies' Lobby, and a lobby for boys. There will also be a libray on this floor, and a dining-room and kitchen. The dining-room will be so built as to be converted into two club roras when occasion demands. In the basement there will be shower baths and toilets for men, ladies and for boys. There will be in POLITICAL Pj SPEND HU Republicans Spend Mor Dollars in Furtheranc Elect Harding and ( Democrats Spend 1 Dollars.?Item; Are An New York, Oct. 28.?Total receipts by the democratic national committee up to October 25 for the conduct of the present campaign amount to $878831.24, according to an announcement today by Wilbur W. Marsh, the party's national treasurer. This figure, Mr. Marsh said, was today submitted to the Kenyon committee investigating campaign contributions and expenditures in Chicago. I The sum collected, the democratic treasurer stated, is constituted almost entirely of contributions to the campaign fund, withxthe exception of $150,000 which was \orrowed. Other sources, which aggregated collections of only a few \hundred dollars, included the sale of the campaign 1?-from a rluortisinP" ICAt UUUI\0 igiUUUO X4VM* MM ? 0 and such small items. The statement itemizes moneys received by the headquarters in New York, Chicago adn San Francisco as well as the woman's bureau. Of the total $665,481.33 was collected in New York, while San Francisco showed an aggregate fund of but $1,763.09. The woman's bureau was responfr\y fVio r?r?llof?+irtn nf SR.544.50. XV* Vitw W?>wv?w.. T ~ , Chicago collected $53,041.51. Disbursement by the entire organizations up to the same date, as shown by the statement, amount to $823,345.09, with the New York bearing by far the heaviest burden. Chicago a sum slightly less than its receipts and San Francisco expense approximately eight times the amount of funds received. Running the women's bureau for the entire campaign to date, cast but $1,339.30, the statement says. The treasurer's office also show | commitments of October 25 as follows: ! Naturalized citizens bureau, $761.19; organization bureau, $2,348.60; "women's bureau, $12,022.60; treasurer's statistical, $1,403.20; general, $210.10; publicity, $121,109.34, total commitments, $139,854.69. In addition to funds already received, Mr. Marsh's statement included a memorandum to the effect that two individuals had pledged $25,003* 4 Y BUILDING 1 ' i '' "'"5 ':4 ! ^^ 1,' ^ . <WEgNWOOft8. C.. J, the basement also a barber-shop, billiard room? and a bowling alley. The building will be ereced at a cost of about fifty thousand dollars. Plans for the building are being drawn by Architect James C. Hemphill, of Greenwood. An experienced builder has been secured ancl some of the building materials have already been purchased. The building is to be erected on the lot next the Community House and now used as a tennis court. When completed it will be a fine addition to the mill village, and will add greatly j to the comfort and enjoyment of the people there. ARTIES ~ GE AMOUNTS e Than Three Million e of the Campaign To 3ther Office-seekers, Nearly One Million s Of Expense nounced. j each to pay the expenses of advertis- J ing books relating to the league of | nations. G. O. P. Campaign Co?t $3,442,892.32 Chicago, Oct. 28?The republican rational committees campaign to elect Senator Warren G. JIarding president will cost $3,442,892.32, Fred W. Upham, national treasurer of the party, notified the senate committee appoint-1 *ed to investigate campaign expendi-j tures in a report filed with the com-! mittee here today. Of this sum $3,042,892.32 has been spent up to the close of business Sunday, October 24, and Mr.'Upham estimate^ the expenditures in the closing week of the campaign at $400?000 additional. The report shows that- ; $301,388.98 was spent between October 18, when a report was filed with the clerk of the house of representatives in Washington and October 24, the date of today's report. The total estimated cost of the ! nomnolrtn ^ Q A AO QQ 9 39 1C | v.nmpi5u VV.W.M . erably in excess of'the republican,! budget of $3,079,037.20, presented to the senate committee at a hearing here last August, but Mr. Upham explained that the disbursements covered the period from June 14 while the i budget included only expenditures from July 1. About $200,000 was spent between June 14 and July 1, Mr. Upham's office estimated, leaving the estimated disbursements from July 1 to November 2, approximately $3,243,000, about $162,000 in ex cess of the estimate budget. Contributions received since' June 14 totals $2,914,706.08 or $128,186.24 less than the amount expended to date, Mr. Upham's report shows. Of the amount collected, $1,293,556.54 was devoted directly to the national campaign under the direction of the national committee. The remaining $1,121,149.54 was returned to the states in which it was raised, in accordance with an agreement whereby the na tional committee solicited all funds for both state and national campaign purposes. Senator Harding and Governor Coolidge, his running mate, each gave $1,000, as did Fred W. Up GOV. COOPER WONT ASK GINS TO CLOS m , Will Not Call Special Session of A sembly, as Requested?Has No Right to Ask Gins to Close ?>^Gives Reasons. Columbia, Oct. 28.?Gov. Coo er today stated that he would n call a special session of the legisl i-j i_ - ' I/Uic, aa icquesieu in a reSOllHN adopted by the American Cotton a sociation here yesterday, and he al indicated that he would not issue proclamation calling on the ginne to close down for a period of thir days. The special session of the legi lature was requested for enactme cf legislation which would allow tl farmers to pay part of their 19! taxes in January and the remaind next July, the postponement beii desired b'ecause of the financial si uation due to the low price of cotto The governor stated that as the le islature meets in regular session January, and as the people will ne: Tuesday vote on the question i changing the fiscal year for the sta government, there would be nothii gained by calling a special session. With regard to the proclamatit for the closing of gins, the goverm is informed that many of the farme are oppuseu to cms, ana ne tanes u position that he has no rrfore right 1 use his influence for a closing of co ton gins than he would have for closing of stores or other lines of ii dustry. The farmers at their meeting ye terday also adopted resolutions cal ing on President Wilson to put Wi lram G. McAdoo in charge of tl treasury. This resolution was intro duced by J. J. McMahan of Columbi In the resolution calling for special session of the legislature, tl farmers also requested that legisl, tion be enacted which would impoi a penalty on farmers who fail to r duce their cotton acreage next yei one-third. \ MORE MUSIC. The McMurray DrJg Company preparing to open a music parlor c North Main Street at the old star of Fred S. Hill. The new place wi be the home of the Victrola, and wi be in charge of Mr. J. F. Hill. M Hill recently returned from Philade phia where he took a course in Vi trola lore, and he is prepared 1 show you and to tell you all aboi the gootf qualities of the Victor m; chine. , The building is undergoing extei sive repairs, and when this work AAmnlftf A/l if iirill Ka lin llfli n win uc ui/vwu ujs nn up-to-date furnishings for a mus parlor, and the McMurray Drug Con pany will bring on the finest exhih tion of Victrolas ever shown in tf South. / PARKER AND REESE WIN t Lawrence C. Parker returned fro: Columbia Thursday, where he hi been attending the State Fair. M Parker was interested .chiefly in ti livestock exhibits, where he was sho\ ing some of he fine cattle belongir to the Parker & Reese farm at E lington. Prince Real, tlie five year old Hen ford Bull of the Ellington farm ca] tured the blue ribbon in bull's of h class, and then again in competitic with all the Hereford bulls exhibite at the Fair. Hoover Fairfax, an eigl months' old bull from the same far also took the blue ribbon every tirr he was exhibited. Mr. A. B. Bosler who is in charf of the Ellington Farm took the tvi fine bulls to the Fair and was just! elated that they won so many blv ribbons. ' ham, the republican national trea urer; John T. Adams, vice chairma of the national committee. A. E. He: T /MtiptfJIln />ATwmiffoomQn frfll UI UUUlOYlllC) UVtaiUivvvvMiM.. ? Kentucky, Myron T. Herrick of Cle\ land, former ambassador to Franc and Charles P. Taft of Cincinnat brother of ex-President Taft. Mr. Upham's office estimated thei were approximately 50,000 contribi tors to the campaign chest. \ THREE SCORE MEN v ' FACE INDICTMENT | SIXTY-FOtjR RAILWAY AND EXP" PRESS EMPLOYEES iNvnt vpn ? ?CHARGES AT MACCttt?CONa SPIRACY TO PURLOIN AND EM)n BEZZLE PROPERTY OF GOVS" ERNMENT ALLEGED. so a Macon, Ga., Oct. 28.^?Indictments charging conspiracy to purloin and ty embezzle property of the * United ls" States, conspiracy to embezzle inter- ~ ' f1* state express shipments and conspirlie acy to defraud the United States were ^ leturned by the federal grand jury er here tdday against 64 express messengers, express agents, railroad con1 " ductors and others. n. The articles alleged to have been jn stolen range from furs, silk shirts, v pocket knives and guns to hogs, chickens, fish and eggs. Of the 64 persons indicted all were jg white and many are prominent. Most of them reside ^between Macon and Montgomery, Ala. , *" i \ * dx- There are five counts each against rs the following indicted: le Mesesngers: F. M. Alsabrook, M. to E. Bowdoin, J. A. Bradshaw, R. C. t- Brineon, W- E. Bruner, C. H. Cona drey, Ernest C. Fields, W. C. Fields, n- W. C. Green', W*. A. Hughes, C. E. Langford, J. C. McArthur, R. S. Mcs. Michael, C. F. McMillan, C.W. Pearce, U- R. E. Stanley, M. F. Stokes, Eugene J- C. Stovall, R. J. Gardner, and H. L. ie Rocker. * ' V >? Conductors and baggagemen ema. ployed by the Central of Georgia: ie C. D. Baker, 0. B.Baldwin, W. W. ie Barber, Walter Crittle, Lee Dix, 0. a- E. Hall, Tpoup Floyd, William Hackse ney, King Hardy, Charley Hunter, e-j Charlie Johnson, J. L. Johnson, W. V. *r,Kimbrell, N. T. McKinnon, Dan McLendon, W. V. Meeks, F. J. Noma, J. N. Smith, 0. L. Smith, and W. W. Woods. / Agents of the American Railway 1S and Express Company: R. C. Chan,n cey, E. E. Dunaway, J. 0. Hood, A. G. lc* Johnson, W. G. Mixon, L. B. Rodgers, M. A. Sheppard, W. Q. Simpson, 0. C. 1 Johnson and J. R. Radney. Others indicted, not employees: W. T. Prestweed, Marvin Pretwood, Ed C~ Redding, Joshua Stewart, K. Ed. 0 Knox, James Kendrick, Carlos Jor- '/ Jt don,/Henry Barlow, Charlie Burgess, a" L. Z. Cason, C. M. Crasson, Will Griggers, W. W. Hodges and W. P. Hosey. The conspiracy is said to have inis ciuded a password, "Will he ride?" -h the answer being, "Yes, he'll ride," ic nnH when criven is said to have in sured the person seeking to enter into a* negotiations for various articles that ie he was all right. The thefts are said to have started with the world war when the bookkeeping department of the express company was unable to keep up with ' m the business. Messengers are alleged 1S to have torn the tags from shipments / r* and put on new tags, addressing the ie shipment to a conspirator, destroying v~ shipping bill at the same. time. A lgl third party, the indictments charge in most of the cases, disposed .of the . goods and then divided the spoils. B* rases are named in the indict ments and specific sums of money are ls named as passing between the alleged ,n conspirators. !t* S. L. Rosser, special agent for the lt: American Railway express Company; 1,1 Superintendent R. H. May and a numie ber of detectives have been at work - n the case for two months, re ro DOTE BUILDS WAREHOUSE ly . .. -Tit 'e Col. R. W. Smith was up on the Square this morning. He says the 1 Woltar ortlllfin't find ? reason uruwici naiv?. -w S- him Wednesday was that he was m building the new warehouse "for Wilft liamson and Jim Stark." m "The new warehouse is a splendid re place to put cotton," Dote informed e> us, 'but if you put it in there I don't know whether you will ever see it norain or not, it will about be Jim "e Stark's cotton." J- Dote was assisted in doing the I building by Rev. Williams.