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i " r Abbeville Press and Banner - ' 1 - 1 Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. STILL IS TAKEN | NEAR HONEA PATH . GRADE SMITH DISCOVERS A WHITE LIGHTNING ' MACHINE IN FULL OPERATION NEAR KEOWEE CHURCH, IN HONEA PATH SECTION?RANSOM AR-1 RESTED AND NOW IN JAIL.? FOUR OTHER WHITE MEN IM-I PLICATED, TO BE ARRESTED.] V Sheriff Burts and Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann captured a new copper still in^ the section near Keowee church, on the plantation of J. R.! , Prnitt Monday. For several Sundays Grade Smith had been noticing smoke coming from a suspicious quarter, ' and seeing the smoke again last Sun day he decided to make an investiga tion. ^Slipping up unnoticed he dis covered live white men making a run in a new copper still which had jupt been installed. Smith notified Mr. l*roitt, who in turn notified the Sher iff. When the officers reached the spot ' where the still was in Operation Monday morning, they found the apparatus had been removed. How ever, the rain Sunday had made the ground soft and the parties were eas-. iijr vi auvcu. j. uc wiaviui ?vu ?w vuv home of white men residing on the plantation of Mr. Pruitt. There the still, the mash barrels and other ap paratus were discovered, and also the little brown jug full of new juice just extracted from the corn. All of these were seized by the officers. ' N Getting a lead towards Honea Path Lester Cann hurried there where he arrested a man named J. A. Ramsey who was about to take a train for Anderson. This man had in his charge the soldering apparatus and tools with which he had erected the outfit for the other men. He was arrested and is in jail. The other men implicated in the matter have not yet been ar rested but it is expected that they will be in the hands of the officers by toim>rrow night. They are Baylus Evans, Will Evans, Russell Evans and Robert Head. 24 OUNCE BREAD LOAF CUT Tp TWELVE CENTS <- Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 30?The price of a 24-ounce loaf of bread was reduced from 14 to 12 cents to day by a grocery company operating a large number of stores here. The 2-cent reduction is made possible by the decline in the price of fluor, it was announced. $1,000,000,000 AVA1LABLJ Washington, D. C., Nov. 80?-Overj a million dollars is now available fori road building and maintenance in the' United States, of which approximate ly $550,000,000 will probably be ex pended during 1921, according to fig ares compiled by the A. A. A. Good Roads Board. \ State bonds for, hignway improve ment aggregating $538,800,000 have been authorized daring the past three ? years. During 1918, State bonds a . mountingto $60,000,000 were author ixed in. Illinois and $50,000,000 in Pennsylvania. Owing to the shortage and high price of labor and materials, to the lack of open top equipment on the railroads, and to the condition of the bond market, very little of this mon ey as yet has been expended. During 1920 a total of $309,000,-1 000 of State highway bonds have beei. I voted. The constitution of Kansas prohib ited the State from engaging in inter ' nal improvements, butVthis difficult: was removed by the referendum a; | the recent election. That State may now pay one-fourth of the cost of no-, to exceed 100 miles of road in each county and not to exceed $10,000 per mile. J \ j WILL CONSIDER FARM S|TUATI0P I Senate and House Committee* Hold Jojnt Session?Many Suggestions As to Legislation in Favor | of Agricultural Interests. Washington, Nov. 30.?Possible re medial legislation for agricultural interests will be considered at a joint meeting of the original committees of the senate and house next Thurs day. The senate committee went over.the situation today and invited the house committee members to meet with them at that time to see what could be done to alleviate the situation caused by falling prices for farm products. Senate committeemen said tenta i tive suggestions for consideration in cluded: Revival of the War Finance ' corporation and the opening of Eu ropean markets for surplus products, j some plan for extApding credit to foreign nations, apd amendment of the federal reserve act to afford ex tensions of credits on agricultural ' paper. . Senator Norris, Nebraska, said re establishment of trade with Russia would be one means of relief. Sena tor France, Maryland, another mem ber of the committee plans to intro duce a resolution for this purpose. Senator Harrison, Mississippi, also a committee member indicated that members of congress from cotton states were ready to join with those frona wheat and cattle states in push ing relief legislation. The Mississip pi senator said he wanted to see the war finance corporation revived and provision made for government loans to the agricultural interests. "The government encouraged the farmers to make this crop, which was at a very high cost of production and the government ought to apply exceptional treatment to aid them," asserted Senator Harrison, who- said r he had bills to offer dealing with the problem of the joint committee session reached on definite program. The senator Said he would also favor making property in the hands of the alien property' custodian, amounting to about $400,600,000 basis for extending credit to Ger many to purchase surplus American products. The joint committee probably will ask Secretary Houston, members of the federal reserve board and other officials of the government to be present. DR. MARTIN TO PREACH. Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D., will preach in Lokesbury next rnday, Saturday and Sunday. IS NOW E FOR ROADS The amount of' bonds authorized in the state of Virginia was not fixed in the referendum measure, but the legislature may under the law vote bonds to the extent of approximate* ly $50,000,000. A proposal .was approved in Cali fornia increasing the interest on the State highway bonds from 4 1-2 but not to exceed 6 per cent, which will permit th? state to dispose of the $40 000,000 in bonds authorized in 1919. The ($29,000,000) authorized in New Jersey are for the purpose of paying the state's share of the cost of a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson river. During the past year bond issues have been authorized in the various counties in the .United States amount ing to approximately $362,000,000. Officials of the Bureau of Public Roads estimate that there is still available approximately $160,000, 000 of Federal Aid funds for alloca I tion to projects in the various states, j This, together with funds obtained ifrom bond issues, from direct levies I and other sources of state revenue, from county bond issues and appro ! priations will, it is estimated, make ! vailable for expenditure at present between a billion and a billion and a j quarter dollars. ? THE LAST FC GAME OF On Friday last, the good people of Abbeville were treated to a fine game of football on Rosenberg Field. When / "the game*was called, however, there were not five men there, and we saw every one of the five The opponents of the local boys were from Belton, and they came here determined to win at any cost. The local eleven had suf fered defeat after defeat, and the kind lads from Belton thought they were coming to spoil what had other wise been a happy Thanksgiving. But befo'te the whistle blew, the boys of this town had instilled into their . minds that if they did not win this last rwne, they might as well not try very hard to get'an audience next year "at all. The lads from Belton were a mighty host (as far as could be seen) and even misguided coaches from Belton-way thought their boys invin cible. Ala the worm turned as noise lessly as ever worm since the creation of man. The weight of the opponents was about 15 to 20 pounds heavier to the man than the boys of Abbeville; and the weight of the team was 140 pounds if not more. The whistle blew, and from that moment there was no Thanksgiving in the hearts of certain misguided people of the region of Belton. Our boys went into the game with a vim. and from the v?y first, showed the ever increasing crowd that they meant to win. Rushing the ball for long gains around the end?plowing,' through the center of a line of young! giants for consistent gains of 8 to 15 j yards; getting-off kicks which pulled' them out of danger?these were only \ ' " / x I1PCMQC ilNf PADQ UULMUL IfLVT UHIW DECEMBER 13TH The registering of automobiles for 1921 will begin on December 13th, according to announcement made to day by the state highway department say3 the Columbia Record, and ap plication blanks for the license plates will be sent out to the clerks of courts and to automobile dealers of the state about the first of the month. The highway commission has this year ordered 147,600 license plates for'next year's use. In 1920 there nave been 99,00Q distributed. Cars will Hp lirpnspd 'next vpar according to weight, beginning with a $6 li cense fee for cars weighing not over 2,000 pounds, and ranging up to $200 for trucks with solid tires, of more than four tons capacity, C. A. Coward, police officer for the highway department, charged with enforcing the law requiring cars to carry licenses, is in Columbia Fri day. GREENWOOD COUNTY LOSES ONLY $5,000,000 The decline in price of cotton from forty to fifteen cents will mean tns loss to Greenwood County alone of $5,000,000. Estimating the crop this would have meant $200 per bale or $8,000,000. If the price hovers around 15 cents or $75 a bale it will mean a total of $3,000,000 or a loss of $1. 000,000 over last year's price. Those in touch with crop conditions here say this County will pfoduce at least 38,000. According to government gin mng ngures up to JNovemoer ?, ou, 372 bales had been ginned. At the same time lAst year 29,004 bales had been ginned.?Index-Journal. CHAIRMAN WILSON Col. Harry Wilson will attend the meeting of Shriners in Greenville this week. He has been appointed Chair man of the Committee which has charge of the big dance to be given by the shriners. This means that the occasion will be one of enjoyment. IOTBALL THE SEASON some of the things which a delighted people saw from the hands and hearts of eleven and moi'e local high school boys. 'The final score was'31 to 0 in favor of Abbeville High, but as far as we could see the score looked like 300 to 0. There were four touchdowns as cleanly made as ever done of the Big Four (so-called). Aliening, not the early season, made one; Jimmie Harris retorted with another, Billie Long with a third, and Foster Barn-.< well ran away from a broken field 60 yards and with brilliant interfer ence made as fine a run as we wish to see. Not only this, but Billie Long replied in the very last moment of play with a beautiful field-goal from the 25-yaVd line (the first field goal of the season on the local field.) He has been practicing this all season, and certainly the coaches were grati-" fied as well as Billie. We knew the local boys had lots of fine football left in them, and 'our hopes were sat isfied on Friday last. The town is happy with the season?the boys are happier, and last (but not least) the coaches are confident that with all the boys back in mole-skins next year, that Abbeville will yet be a factor in the football championship of South Carolina. (Ask Belton about it, and get an unbiased opinion.) The boys thank each and every one of the people of this town for their support, and promise that ff they come out to see thrm next year, they will have to go to Columbia to witness the championsh'p gatae of the season? so better got ready, you Abbeville supporters. On Board Steamer Pa stores, Nov. 30. (By Wireless to the Associated Press.?-Homeward bound from his T ' vacation trip to the Canal Zone, President-elect Harding today told friends aboard the vessel that he was greatly pleased with the re sults of his visit to the isthmus. The president-elect stated that not only he had enjoyed- his recrea tion and outing but that he had gained much practical knowledge about the problems connected with the operation of the canal and had exchanged courtesies with the offi cials of the republic of Panama which he believed would help to ward the maintenance of friendship, between the two nations. The Past ores, which 4eft Cristobal yesterday encountered rough seas during the nightb ut got into much ' better weather today as she headed norheastward toward Jamaica where a short stop will be made tomorrow. There are 50 passengers aboard the PaStores in addition to the 40 members of the Harding party. BURIAL OF AUGUSTUS MORTON Augustus Morton, son of Mrs. Willie Moore Morton, of Greenville, S. C., and her late husband, Thomas W. Morton, died in Clinton Sunday as a result of taking poison. His body was brought to Abbeville Monday, short funeral services being conduct ed at the residence of Mr. R. M. Hill, after which the burial took place at Long Cane. The young man was but 21 yean of age. All his life he had been ar. invalid and a great sufferer. Onl? ( recently he returned from John Hop kins where he underwent a seriou operation. Coming home he took i position at Clinton, S. C., where h' was employed by the Jacobs Compan: as a cartoonist, having marked tal ent along this line. His death is at tributed to his physical condition ani to worry incident to it. The deecased is survived by hi mother and three brothers. MILITARY RULE IN MINGO COUNTY ^Governor Cornwell Declares Martial Law?Colonel in Command of ; Troops Issues Order For bidding Public Assembly | Williamson, W. Va., Nov. 30?Min-j go county, where a strike of miner's 1 has been in progress since last July, was today declared by Gov. John J. Cornwell to be under military regu lation. Col. Herman Hall, commanding the provisional battalion of federal troops which arrived here Sunday from n m : - J . ~ i^amp onerman, issueu a pruciauiawuu in which he forbade public assem bly, except such meetings as might be held in regularly organized churches. Col. Hall's proclamation prohibited', also, parades or demon strations against the authorities and stipulated that no persons other than officers of the law and military would be permitted to carry fire arms or be in possession of explosives. All places of business, shops and theaters were permitted to remain open, it was stipulated but the peo ple generally were admonished to comply carefully with the military regulation and to preserve good or der. Governor Cornwell's proclamation' stated that Mingo county was in a. state of-insurrection and the citizens! were enjoined and commanded to dis- j perse and retire to their homes, and submit to the law and the regularly constituted authorities. The troops have been distributed throughout the district to guard the mines at strategic points with" Col onel Hall's headquarters in the court house at Williamson. I COTTON STRONG TODAY After an advance of 30 points yesterday, the market continued on' an upward course- today, December fu/tures advancing from 15.45, yes-1 terday's close, to 16.15 at the close today. New York spots were up 25 points to 16.00. The market in Abbeville was up also, (iood cotton sold ior 10 cents today. The telegraphic yt&ws was mare encouraging. ?ome spot de mand was developing. 10,000 SINN FEINERS REPORTED IN SCOTLAND Glasgow, Nov. 30.?-Police authori ties here and at other places in west Scotland are strengthening the guards about public buildings, docks andj harbors, as it is estimated that there are more than 10,000 members of tVio Sinn Fein living there PARTS OF LC SEMBLED A London, Nov. 30.?Public build ings in London and in many of the other large cities of England were closely guarded against Sinn Fein attacks/ by detachments of police and detectives Last night. In this city the patrol was not limited to the streets but armed motor boats mov ed up and down the Thames in front of Parliament buildings. With Down-' * !-L.I I street ana its immediate neigmnjr-1 hood shut off from the rest of the, city by a high fence, which was con- j stantly under the eyes of unifonn ed men and with the Parliament j buildingis sentineled, government j sections of London today assumed j the atmosphere of an armed camp, j There is nothing to connect the 1 Sinn Fein with the explosion of the bomb in a warehouse in Old Swan ! Lane, this city, this morning, but the, people of the city ascribed it to that j organization. The bomb which ap- ! p^rently was carried into the ware-, house in a traveling bag and left there to explode by means of a' time fuse was -heard over a wide j area of the city and blew out the windows of buildings nearby. It started a fire, but police and fire- j man succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they gained headway, j The street where the warehouse i:; situated has been closed by the po PRESIDENT WILSON, IN LETTER TO PAUL HYMANS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. COUN CIL, PROPOSES TO ACT THRU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO END HOSTILITIES IN NEAR ' EAST?HENRY MORGENTHAU MAY BE REPRESENTATIVE. ? Washington, Nov. 30.?President Wilson today proffered his "person ai iiicvuttwuii uuqugu a represent* tive whom I may designate" to end . hostilities in Armenia. 4 The offer was in reply to an invi tation from Paul Hymans, president1' of the council of the league of na tions, transmitting a resolution adopted in belh&lf of Armenia by the assemlbly of the league at Gen eva November 22. It requested that "the horrors of the Armenian trage dy" be brought to the attention of the powers with a view to intrusting some power with the task of taiking the necessary measures to stop the hostilities in Armenia. The United States, although not a member of the league, was included among the nations of the world to whom the broadcast invitation was issued. Adoption of the resolutions was preceded by some discussion of the feaaibilty of organizing an- interna tional force to intervene in Armenia assailed alternately by Turkish Na tionalists, the Bolsheviki and other Tras-Caucasion enemies. In his re ply, however, Mr. Wilson said he was-without authorization to offer or employ the military forces of the United States in any project for the relief 9f Armenia or any material contributions requiring the consent of congTess, "which is not now in session and whose action I could not forecast." The president declared, however, that he wa3 willing, upon assurance of the moral and diplomatic support of the principal powers, to endeavor to bring about peace between the contending parties in Armenia through arbitration. He asked sug gestions as to the avenues through which the proffer should be con veyed and the parties to whom it should be addressed. Text of Letter President Wilson's letter to Mr. Hymans louows: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your cable message setting forth the resolution adopted iby the assembly of the league of na- , (tions, Requesting the council of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) f >NDON RE lRMED CAMP lice. It is a narrow thoroughfare / near London Bridge and contains no dwelling houses. Several men suspected of setting fire to warehouses in Liverpool on Saturday night are under arrest.. It is "gunmen" are in that city, and as sertoin is made that men wanted in Ireland for shootig policemen and soldiers have crossed the Irish sea to Liverpool. The financial loss occa-v sioned by Saturday night's fires in Liverpool Li estimated - at a . million pounds sterling. The killing of 15 police recruits at Macroon, Ireland, yesterday, has % already been followed by reprisals by the "Black and Tans," and it is reported here there is an exodus of frightened people from towns near where the recruits were attacked. Masked men entered and set fire to the building Rousing the Dublin Firemen's Journal last night. Con-* , siderable damage was done to the building. Scores of new arrests have been made in various districts of Ireland, among the places raided by military forces being a lunatic asy lum. near Ennis. Glasgow and the Clyde Shipbuild ing district have been placed under close guard and it is declared by the authorities that many Sinn Feiners are known to be in Scotland.