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_ \ . '. , I ^ s % Abbeville Press and Banner 9 - ? " " ' " , 11 ' ... _ ^ EalnUithcd lS14. $2.00 the Year. Tri-W^kly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. CABLE CONTI FAR FR 0 NEWCOMB CARLTON v MAKES WIDE CLAIM FOR WESTERN jUNION?SAYS HIS COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO LAY CABLES IN ALL NAVIGABLE WATERS IN UNITED STAT ES?NAVY DEPARTMENT HAS INTERFERRED. I New York, Nov. 23?Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union Telegraph company, declared tonight that his company has gener-' a! authority under an act of congress to lay cables in all navigable waters " in the United States, and a specify: permit from the secretary of war. "Mr. Carlton made this assertion in I a formal statement which he issued in connection with the company's ap' plication in the courts of the District of Columbia for an injunction to restrain the secretary of the navy from interfering with its plan to extend its telegraph lines from Miami, Fla., to Miami Beach. "Last April," he said, "the Western L'mon Telegrapn company com-i menced the construction of wires along the causeway over Biscayne bay, which separate^ Miami from Miami Beach. There are two drawbridges in the causeway and following usual procedure and in order to avoid interruption to navigation a cable is laid on the bottom of the bay at each of these drawbridges. "The Western Union has general authority under an act of congress to lay cables in all navigable waters in the United States. . In addition to this authority it holds a specific per^ mit for this work from the secretary of war. The purpose of the construction was to improve the connection from Miami to Key West, the present connection being an unsatisfactory temporary affair to meet the requirements of government dredging operations. "Notwithstanding the unquestioned right of the telegraph company to iapprove its system, further indorsed by the approval of the war department, the navy department has for months arbitrarily interpreted with the progress of the work by force of arms and stated that if the cable was laid they, the navy department, would immediately cut it. We are informed tl^at this action was taken at the request of the state department, although the state department * has no jurisdicion whatever over the extensions of the telegraph syss tem. "We have made diligent inquiry during the last eight months in an endeavor to ascertain what objection there was to our proceeding with' this work and although we have j been met only with the repeated j nrnmiso r>f tVinf Henflrtment that thev I would at once straighten out the | matter, we are as completely in the dark today as we were eight months ago, except that we now know that the power of the armed forces of the United States has been used to prevent the lawful carrying out of work which was authorized by an act of j congress. "It is because of this action' that we are now seeking the protection of the courts in an effort to ascertain whether autocratic methods can be used to prevent the needed extension of telegraph service to meet the demand of the public." I ; New York, Nov. 23.?When informed that Secretary Baker had revoked permission for laying cables at Biscayne bay, Miami, Fla., granted the telegraph company, Newcomb Carlton, president, refused to comment on the action. Asked if his company would make any move in the matter, Mr. Carlton replied: "I have nothing to say tonight.' GOING TO GREENVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. White and Misses Mary and Jensie will go to Greensville tomorrow to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smith. *OVERSY I OM SETTLED l MANY MARINES SICK OF DETAIL IN HAITI Would Like To Co Home Qr Some Other Piece?Caused By Geaerel Barnett Port au Prince, Nov. 23.?There is no doubt that many of the 1,300 marines on occupation duty in Haiti are sick of the job. They want to go home or somewhere else, it is a 'ftard life for youngsters who are sent into mountain regions in the north, along peaks as high as Denver. Often they are away from post forVeeks, and they declare they undergo many hardships, not the least of which is lack of ice in a climate \tfhere i^is absolutely essential. Since the first session of the naval board of inquir^ at Washington the marines have been hearing from home folk, anxious to know if they are taking part in "indiscriminate killings." This charge, first made by Major General Barnett, former commandant of the marine corps, and then corrected by him, has gone everywhere, marines assert declaing that the first statement has never been overtaken by the correction. This week's steamer broughtj hundreds of letters, all seeking the truth about conditions. The marines contend that they are on rough duty, and then are held up at home* as rough men with the gun. Major General Neville, a member of the naval board of inquiry, incrui(ito/l ovoro nort n-f +V>o fierVifirxr ^VVVVU VT plant here and found many things to commend, but declared it was not properly equipped. This he found, was particularly true as to hospital facilitie3. There is not an X-ray machine on the island, and naval doctors in charge assert they cannot J provide adequate service for the sick. Appeals for help are said to have brought the answer that there were nof unds. Haiti is not a health resort and there is much disease. MRS. LOFTIS DIES The friends of Mrs. Courtney B. Wilson will regret to learn of the death of her mother, Mrs. Loftis, which occurred at the family home at Brevard, N. C., yesterday. Mrs. Loftis has been a sufferer from cancer for many months. Mrs. Wilson has been-with her mother for sometime and was there at the end. COTTON TODAY The cotton futures market advanced about 50 points yesterday over the day before and the close today was about the same as yesterday's closing. December futures in New York were 16.80. , The spot market in Abbeville re mainea ai 10 cents ior gooa gTaaes with not & very large amount being offered. Credit conditions in the country at large were reported better, and while the conditions are not what they might be, things look more hopeful. NOT THE WHOLE FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gambrell, Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mr. and Mrs. George Penney will go over to Greenwood tomorrow and have Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Otis McMillan. MOVING IN When Judge Frank B. Gary went up to lunch today, he discovered that his neighbor and friend, Corp. Kerr, was moving in. Just as the Judge drove by the Corp. was crossing the fashionable speedway, sometimes called Greenville street, with an armful of movables, consisting of his pvtra shirt, two new nairs of socks, kis pink night shirt and the panama lid he wore last summer. Tomorrow morning, if you desire to call on him, you will find him with his right foot hanging over the big post at the right hand corner of the Dutch Kolone. Wreck on Seaboard 7 Freight Train Wredted at Coronaca Laat Night, Twenty-Seven Cars Going Th#q^ Bridge?Conductor Carrolltin " > \ Charge Train An extra freight train was wreck_ i i vt 1- ? i. Li ea at ^oronaca creeK last mgni, twenty-seven freight cars going thru the high bridge at that point and landing in the bottom below. The train was in charge of Engineer Bill Payne and Conductor Wilton Carroll. The engine, cab and three cars went across safely, and nine cars with the cab were left on this side of the trestle, the train being North-bound. No one was hurt so far as reported./ This is the sceond time that Conductor Carroll's* train has gone thru this trestle. Some eight or nine years ago the engine of his train went down with the trestle, his engineer, Mr. Hinnant, being injured and the young fireman, Mr. Camp, being killed. Hinnant sued the Seaboard at the time securing a large verdict for damages at the Greenwood court, and he has since been out of the employ of the road. Mr. Carroll was uninjured then as he was last night. BOY SCOUTS TO RESCUE. The Boy Scouts are active this Thanksgiving. At the meeting Tuesday evening it was decided to provide eight dinners for those people who need assistance at this season. Accordingly each patrol was asked to provide a basket to be sent out to such family as may be designated. In order that the people most needy may have a good dinner on this day each of the churches of the city was asked to name a family to which a basket should be sent, and the management of the cotton toill was asked to name three families in that section. The baskets will go to those designated. JUDGE BENET GOES WEST Judge W. C. Benet, of Grimshaws, N. C., is leaving this week for Tacoma, Washington, where he goes to spend the winter with his son, Mr. Sam McGowan Benet. The Judge is .n the best of health and is looking forward to his trip with great pleasure. He has the Press and Banner to follow him in order that he may keep up with his old friends at Abbeville. He also send us a fine sketch of Chief I r _ r>__. justice vjaijr wiiivjii VYC nupc iu icproduce at an early date. SEEING THE PREACHER. Mr. J. Allen Smith and Dr. S. G. Thomson have gone to Quitman, Ga. .0 see Dr. Campbell and to extend to l'm the call of the Presbyterian Church at this place. It is hoped that hey may persuade this distinguished preacher to come to Abbeville. 1 CUBA WANTS A LOAN TO RELIEVE SUGAR i Washington, Nov. 23.?The Cuban government notified the State Department today that it was sending a rep- , resentative to Washington to confer with officials here regarding the appointment of an American financial adviser to discuss the matter of a loan ,c relieve the Cuban sugar situation. Such a loan was proposed at a conference here some' weeks ago, but the negotiations for putting it into effect have thus Yar brought no results. It is believed that the Cuban represen ative now Nenroute to Washington ha? another proposal for submission to American officials and bankers. GIVING THANKS. We have many things for which we must be thankful, notwithstanding the grand old hard times through which we are passing, and one of the things for which we are thankful is mr good subscribers, and one of the best of them is our old friend, Col. C. H. Edmunds, the potato wizard. He brought us a peck of the finest we have seen this year. % Thanksgiving at City School Given At the Graded School Building Tuesday Afternoon was A Splen aia aueeeii?ocbomi i axe Holid?y*Until Monday *? Morning. The Thanksgiving Carnival given in the graded school building yesterday was excellent for those thai could see and hear and "took" so well with the crowd present that the teachers have consented to repeat the carnival with some additions in the Opera House at 4 o'clock Tuesdaj afternoon, November 30. The admission price will be 25c -for groWn ups and 10c for school children. The amount realized at the performance yesterday afternoon was ' over $8C which has been turned over to the Parent-Teacher association to applj on the purchase fund for new window shades for the school buildings. The sum of 44.40 was cleared from the Winthrop ollege picture Mondaj evening which amount likewise is donated to the shade fund. The pupils went home rejoicing this afternoon with two whole holi days staring them in the face and the teachers were not grouchy either with their November checks folded in theii Vionrlc and the nrnsnopf r>f hitr ThnrilfS gfving dinners awaiting them tomor row. Some of the teachers have elected to spend Thanksgiving in Abbeville, some are going home, and some are going to Spartanburg to attenc the State Teachers Association. Among those going to Spartanburg tc are Supt. J. D. Fulp, Principals J. M Daniels and May Lv Robertson; Misses Wilhelmina Riley, Rebecca Jones Niza Kilgore, Esther Todd and Rubj Anderson. Supt. Fulp is to make twc addresses at the Stat^ Teachers As> sociation, one before the School Im provement Organization and th( other before the Department of Prin cipals. Mr. Daniel is also to make ar address before the Principals' meet ing. The last game of football of th< season will be played in Abbeville al 3:30 p. m. Friday when the AbbevilU team meets the strong team froir Belton. A good game is promised al those "who attend. BIG SUPPLY NARCOTICS . FOR HOSPITALS SOOP* New York, Nov. 23.?More than < million dollars worth of narcotics soon will be available for use in hos pitals throughout the country as th< result of seizures by governmen agents here within the past tw< months, -k was announced today bj Frank L. Bod, supervisor of the pro hibition enforcement department. The drugs, principally morphini and cocaine were sent to Washingtor where they were examined and stand ardized for medical use. WHOLESALE PRICES REDUCED IN SHOE* __\ St. Louis, Nov. 23.?Further reduc tion in the wholesale prices of cer tain styles of shoes was announcec by two shoe manufacturers today. A general reduction of 10 per cent, wai made by the McElroy-Sloan Shoe coir pany, officials of that firm said todrfy The Brown Shoe company announcec that men's calfskins were reducec from $7.50 to $5.60, enabling a retail reduction from $11 to $8. Women's * .? 2. .JJ.J caiisKms, tne announcement aaaeu were cut from $6 to $4, enabling th< retail price to decline from $8 to $( tc $6.50. Workmen's shoes were cu1 io $2 from $3.85, which, it was said should allow the retail price to fal from $6 to $4. A DISTINGUISHED MAN \ Captain Phillips, of the Erskim College football team accompaniec by his fellow warriors passed througl Abbeville today on his way to Macor Ga., where they will play Mercer to morrow. Captain Phillips and his mer were looking "fit to fight," and thej will give a good sample of the waj Seceders go at the job when they mee' their opponents tomorrow. \ WOULD INDIC WHO AID T Q - PEACE CONFERENCE Al RIUA ur Soviet Accuses Poland of Not Meeting Aireenenti?May Be Renewed Soon. 1 ' . i . Warsaw, Nov. 23.?Negotiations : looking to a permanent peace be1 tween Soviet Russia and Poland have . been broken off by the former at Riga, where the delegations have ! been in conference. r Great Soviet armies are being gathered to crush General BalakoJ vitch, commander of "irregular'' - forces which have been operating ; east of the, armistice zone ^between Poland and Russia proper, and oth er Bolshevik legions are pursuing r scattered Ukranian armies which are fleeing from the region west and northwest of Kiev. 1 All along the southeastern frontier r cf Poland there is pouring in a perfect rabble of refugees, civilian and military, who are seeking safety be fore the advancing wave of Bolshevik armies. This condition of affairs has caused grave concern in this city, notwithstanding the official optimism over the break in the Riga peace conference. It is stated the Soviet government t refused to go on with the peace ne, gotiations because some Polish troops have not withdrawn to the line fixed j in the preliminary treaty between Mie Bolshfeviki and the Warsaw gov* / ernment. It is stated the demands of the ' Soviet delegation will be met, and that the pourparlers will be re'sumed ? at once. Commissioners sent into Lithuania I by the council of the league of na-! tions have been held up by damag-! ^ ed bridges and apparently have been able to do little toward reaching an adjustment between the Lithuanian government at KovnO and the "cen- j ^ tral Lithuanian republic" established i s at Vilna by General Zellgouski. i 1 WORK ON COMMUNITY BUILDING TO BEGIN SOON | * , ' The first carload of lumber and, I materials for the Community Build"ing at the Abbeville Cotton Mill has t arrived. The Fiske-Carter Company 3 has been engaged to do the work. . Other materials have been bought, ; and sis soon as a site is finally loca-j j. ted work will begin on the building, j i 1 ] HELP FOR FARMERS -j WHEN LAWS COME , I jj Washington, Nov. 23.?Early pas1! sage of Saws legalizing cooperative -1 marketing will be of considerable j help to farmers, it was declared by i the National Boafd of Farmer Or- j ganizations at a meeting today to | > discuss plan9 for a farmers' con-j ference to be held at St. Louis De. cember 16. Reestablishment of the | . war finance corporation would alsoj 1 furnish some relief, in the opinion of k the board. 5 Members of the board discussed j ! among themselves the type of man ^ who, in their opinion, should bej [ named as secretary of agriculture ! I It was asserted, however, that no in-j [ dividuals were mentioned in this j , connection. ; GREER WOMAN IS DEAD i AT AfiE OF 107 YEARS. t j , Greer, Nov. 23.?At the age of 107 ; 1 years, Mrs. Margaret Mason died at! her home two miles from Greer early! Sunday morning. She was one of the oldest women in the entire south, i Mrs. Mason had been confined to | 1 her room for the past five or six i] years. She leaves a large host of relai tives, including children, grandchil -Idren, great grandchildren and great i j great grandchildren. r Funeral services were held this 1 r morning at 11 o'clock from the home t the Rev. 0. M. Abney, pastor of the Greer Methodist church, officiating, j I rr those he farmers BARRETT CLAIMS FEDERAL AGENTS ARE AFTER IN FOR MATION?rISSUES A STATEMENT?CALLS ON FARMERS TO HOLD THEIR PRODUCTS OFF THE MARKET EVEN IF THlhr HAVE TO GO TO JAIL FOR IT Washington, Nov. 23.?Declaring "that he understood federal agents - are already going over Kansas, Iowa and other states trying to get evidence necessary to the indictment of men who are asking farmers to hold their crops," Charles S. Barrett, president of the /National Farmers Union, through a statement issued today, appealed to members of his organization to stand together and not sell their products at present "ruinously low prices." . "Show that you have the moral V courage to go to jail if necessary," Mr. Barrett advised members of the Farmers' Union. "The word seems to have bean passed around that farmers were to be taught a lesson?they were getting troublesome." The farmers' answer to claims of over production, Mr. Barrett said, should be: * V . * 1 "We will simply, lessen, production." This was "no idle threat", he said, adding: "From every part of the country comes the promise that this policy should be adhered to until the country wakes up to the fact that it must either go on short rations or pay you wages high enough to live on." ' Efforts of the fanners toward cooperation, Mr. Barrett said, has met , with strong opposition fr6m the first He charged that "deliberate ef- , forts" had been made to prevent them from buying collectively. "For seven long weary years," the Farmers Union president added, "the farmers of this country had placed over them a secretary of agriculture not in real sympathy with and with little understanding of the ( needs of agriculture and who now as secretary of another department is being used apparently as a willing and eager tool to enforce deflation of farm products." Mr. Barrett's appeal .further stated that the only ' course to the famers was to help one another and by raisihg sufficient money to fi- 1 nance more adequately "our business undertakings so that we can hold and market farm products ourselves in a business Hke, orderly fashion." MILLIONS LOST IN LOOSE PRACTICES ^ Cancellations by Merchants of , The Country Are Heavy? Lack ot Moral fibre 1 New York, Nov. 23.?Loose business practices throughout the country in recent months have led to the loss of $250,000,000 through the cancellation of orders for merchan- ' dise, it was declared here today in a < statement by H. F. Parker, an official of the National Association of Credit Men. Barker, who is chairman of the cooperation and credit methods executive committee of the associate,?, declared that a surprising lack ol moral fibre has been revealed in a survey of the cancellation practice and that of "indefinite'v holding up orders for later instructions. VISITING IN ATLANTA. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Greene and Son Bill went over to Atlanta this afternoon to spend Thanksgiving with Misses Mary Greene and Victoria Howie. Son Bill expects to take in the Tech-Auburn football game to? morrow so as to able to tell Hoodie Bradley and the other boys at Monday's recess how the trick Was turned. ? r _ _ f '-fUl rift.