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Abbeville Press and Banner EoULlial.-d lfiH. $7^"" the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Friday, Dec. 17,1920 , Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADER URGES ECONOMY?HITS AD MINISTRATION. DECLARES DRASTIC SCALING DOWN OF ESTIMATES OF WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS TO BE NECESSARY Washington, Dec. 16.?Uiging "rigid economy" in appropriations for government exDenses during the next fiscal year in order to frighten the tax burden. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, republican leader, declared in the house today that the total estimate of $4,653, 800,000 submitted by the secretary of the treasury should be reduced by approximately $1,400,000,004. This redutcion, he said, must be effected chiefly by a drastic scaling down in estimates for the army and navy and also sundry civil expenses all of which, he pointed out, ex ceeded current appropriations by more than $914,000,000. Criticising the administration for the unfathonable inconsistency in i the estimates submitted to con gress and the "pleas" for economy made by the president and the sec retary of the treasury, Mr. Mon rlAnloro/l WAlllH 1OQVP ft tft others to properly characterize V these estimates." "Two years after the war," the republican leader added, "when the world outside our borders is large ly bankrupt and everybody is pray ing for reduction or armaments, the administraion asks for an appro piation of more than $1,414,000, 000 for the army, navy and fortifi cations, or five and a half times the highest peace time appropria tion of 1916." ? Pointing out that current deficien-1 cies were not included in this total, Mr. Mondell declared "these may be swollen indefinitely," if the war department continued its policy of recruiting the army up to full strength, contrary to. the under standing that it should not be in creased above the total of 178,000 men contemplated by the appropria tions." Declaring this action "was in en tire harmony" with the attitude I which the "war and some other de partments had assumed toward con gress in this administration," Mr. Mondell said it had become the duty of congress to take action that would prevent such squandering of the peoples* money by beating defi ciencies despite of laws." Asserting that if economy in ap propriations advocated by him was carried out the tax burden for the calendar year 1921 might be "sub stantially lightened," Mr. Mondell said he believed-continuation of a tax program designed to a raise a minimum revenue of $4,000,000, ^ 000 for two years, as recommended :z by the secretary of the treasury, was "unjustified." It is not justi fied, ke aded,, "even for oneyear." The republican leader said he was opposed to Secretary Houston's plan for retiring with current reve nues more than $3,600,000,000 of the country's floating and bonded war debt, including a half billion of victory notes, by January 30, 1923, as placing an 'unnecessary burden upon the people and business.' With 44 per cent of the net cost of the war, excluding foreign loans, al ready paid, he said, it was unneces sary to "keep up war rates of taxa tion for the purpose of reducing the public debt at a rate greatly in ex cess of the sinking fund rate ap? plied to the entire debt." "By the end of the fiscal year," Mr. Mondell added, "we shall have reached a point in the reduction of our war debt where further reduc tions, except through the sinking fund operations, should not con tin"0 to impose war time burdens." While he favored repeal of the excess profits tax and reduction of the higher income surtaxes. Mr. Mondell said, he thouht it unneces BONUS QUESTION AGAIN TO FRONT Representatives of General Organi zations of Former Service Men Heard By the Committees.? Demand For Immedi ate Action. Washington, Dec. 16.?The Am erican Legion will defend the tax plan in the house bill granting ad justed compensation to former ser vice men, but it will not defend de lay by congress in passing the mea sure the senate finance committee was told today by Gilbert Bettman a member of the Legion's executive committee. Senator McCumber of North Da kota, acting chairman of the com mittee, had advanced the condition of the treasury as a Teason for sug gesting postponement of action un til 1922 or 1923. He said the trea sury reports indicated a deficit of $1,250,000,000 January 1, $2,500, 000,000 on next June 30 and $1, 500,000,000 at the end of the next fiscal year. k "We all may be for a policy of retrenchment," said Mr. Bettman, "but let's not retrench when the men come back at an economic dis advantage." Carl Calvin, national commander of the World War Veterans, told the committee congress had provid ed the means for conpensating the J railorads and other industries taken over during the war and that the former soldiers felt they should nave Cl|uai i/a cuvuivii V. Maj. Frederick W. Galbraith, Jr., of Cincinnati, national commander of the American Legion, in pr? setning thee laims of the men, said | congress should find the means of meeting these claims. Mr. Bettman expressed a similar view, saying it was not for the Legion to advise,' when, or how the debtor should pay. Some of the senators did not agree with the Legion spokesmen that large numbers of the soldiers would accept homestead or other features of the bill in lieu of the cash bonus proposed as one of the alternative plans of compensation. Major Galbraith thought a cam paign of education would reduce the number who now favored a cash payment by the government. Major Galbraith sharply attacked We administration ior wie ment of disabled service men. He said congress had been liberal with funds for this purpose, but that the federal agencies charged with car rying on the work had not coopera ted and functioned properly. Robert G. Woodside of Pitts burgh, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, urged immediate passage of the house measure, de claring that all the men asked was a square deal. Proposing a substi tue bill for vocational training and some form of government loans for homes, Sol. Lovenbein, chairman of the Rank and File Veterans' associ ation. declared that all the former opposed the pending measure, that all wanted a cash bonus and that they wanted it to come from "the war profiteers." VISITORS FROM THOMASVILLE Mrs. William Elliott and Miss Mamie Foulk, of Thomasville, N. C., xre expected in the city tomorrow for a visit to their niece, Mrs. Fred S. Hill on Pickens Street. TORE DIAMOND EARRINGS FROM A WOMAN'S EARS Cleveland, 0., Dec. 16.?Mrs. Ru dolph Deutsch, wife of a jeweler, was robbed of 47.000 worth of jew els by three armed thugs who enter ed her home on Parkwood Drive this moaning and tore diamond ear rings from her ears and stripped her fingers of jewels. The robbers escaped. sary at his time to consider alter native revenue provisions because "no one cantell what increased re venues may result from the passage of a tariff bill along protective lines." HARDING PLEADS FOfe. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR CHILD TRAINING Urges That Religious Teachings Be Kept Within the Province of the Hearthside.?Mothers And Others Asked to Help Marion, Ohio, Dec. 16.?American mothers were asked by President elect Harding tonight to give to school officials and other public ser vants a full measure of cooperation in the educational, religious and phy sical training of children. Speaking here before a state meet ing of the (Jhild Conservation league, Mr. Harding declared it the duty of motherhood to keep the old time home spirit alive in spite of the growing tendency to entrust the in fluence of the child almost wholly to public institutions. He made a particular plea that religious train ing be kept within the province of the hearth, and voiced a hope for a revival of religious reverence in the trying times ahead. , The president-elect also asked that the public welfare agencies of the nation be kept democratic and ex pressed disapproval of the practice of the rich in withdrawing their children from the public schools and entering them in private institutions. He reaffirmed his hope that great good \yould be accomplished by the new public welfare to be proposed by his administration and said he f* 1 ?4- ~~J ...i ~-C iuunu "sen Lime in. m auu . ui ui cun gress strongly supporting the plan. Address at Church. The address was delivered at the Methodist Episcopal church here at the end of one of Mr. Hardings busi est days since he began his consul tations on an association of nations and other public problems. His call ers included Raymind Robins of Chi cago, a former leader of the Progres sive party: Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico and George Fred Wil liams, a former American minister to Greece, and the conferences are un derstood to have covered many for eign and domestic questions. Mr. Fall, the first member of the senate to visit the president-elect since his return to Marion, came from Washington and is said to have giv en Mr. Harding detailed advices on numerous subjects that have been talked over among Republican sena tors. Mr. Fall is an advocate of im mediate aid to the agricultural in terests of the country and told the president-elect that unless something were done within the next three rAonths serious distortion of food markets would occur. Confidence of an acceptable solu tion of the peace tangle was ex pressed by Senator Fall, who said that he believed the president-elect's consultation here were progressing toward a peace plan that would per mit America to regain world leader ship. He said he personally believed the best solution would be a new peace conference at Washington at which European nations would be eager to be present. Senator Fall, who has been men tioned in some quarters for a cabinet position, has been irreconcilably op posed to the treaty of Versailles, but he said he knew of no irreconcilable senator who wanted no world peace association at all. Conversation With Robins. Mr. Robins' talk with the presi dent-elect was directed toward eco nomic and social conditions abroad, although the financial and labor situ ation in the Unite,d States also was discussed. Mr. Williams presented a carefully prepared association plan which, he said, was favorably re regarded by a number of prominent Americans. In his address here tonight, Sena tor Harding said: "In my address to women voters last October 1, I spoke of my desire that there shall be created in our government a department of public welfare. It is with some satisfac tion that I am now abole to say to you that since the election I have had opportunity to discuss that pro posal with a number of leaders of (Continued on Page Three) COTTON CONSUMED DURING NOVEMBER SHOWED DECREASE Total Was 332,059 Bales Compared With 191,250 Bales In Same Month Last Year, Census Bureau Reports Washintgon, Dec. 15.?Cotton consumption was further curtailed during November and holdings of cotton showed an increase, the cen sus bureau's monthly report showed today. November consumption was about 67,800 bales less than October's 159,000 bales less than in Novem ber last year and almost 400,000 bales less for the four month period as compared with same period a year ago. Active cotton spindles 1 1 _.1 i A rtrtA AAA .1 iL numoerea aoout z,uuu,uuu less inan in October and almost 3,000,000 less than in November last year. Consumption in cotton growing states showed less curtailment than elsewhere, jviht 66,449 bales de crease from a year ago and active spindles showing a falling off of 165,395 as compared with Novem ber last year. Cotton on hand November 30 showed an increase of 489,408 bales Public storage and compresses in cotton growing states presented al most 1,000,000 bales more than a year ago wnue consuming esiawisn ments in that section held about 500,000 bales less than* last year and consuming establishments else where showed a similar decrease in holdings. Washington, Dec. 15.?Cotton consumed during November a mounted to 332,057 bales of lint and 29,256 of linters, compared wiht 491,250 of lint and 25,514 of linters in November last year, the census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand November 30, in consuming establishments amounted to 1,124,259 bales of lint and 223, 935 of linters, compared with 1, 642,425 of lint ,na<d .256425 of lint ers and in public storage and at compresses, 5,070,750 bales of lint and 340,608 of linters, compared with 4,063,176 of lint and 245,078 of linters a year ago. * \ Exports of lint amounted ' to Daies inciuaing z,oui Daies of linters, compared with 924,751 including 3,121 of linters in Novem ber of last year. Imports amounted to 22,513 bales, compared with 52,088 a yeaT ago. Cotton spindles active during No vember numbered 31,654,126 com pared with 34,499,755 in November last year. The statistics for cotton growing states follow: Consumed during November 213, 990 bales, compared wiht 280,439. On hand November 30 in consum ing establishments 557,858 com pared with 1,056,180 and in public storage and at compresses 4,737,641 compared with 3,892,523. Prxt+rvn aniridlaa Active f?tirinc No verober 14,662,898, compared with 14,828,293. THE COTTON MARKET The cotton market was weak to* day. January futures, which closed yesterday at 15.72, closed down to day at 15.43. New York spots were at 16 cents. There was little change in the lo cal market today. The better grades of cotton sold at 15 to 16 1-2 cents. NEW HIGH TEACHER Miss Lucile Hamilton, of Nashville, Tenn., has been elected instructor in Latin' in the High School, succeeding Miss Annie. Radcliff, .who resigned her position sometime ago on account of illness in her family. Miss Hamilton is an experienced teacher. Last year she was at St. Mat thews and her work there was so sat isfactory that she was offered a greatly increased salary in order to induce her to return. This she de clined, preferring to teach in the Piedmont section. Miss Hamilton is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Ramey. THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS MEET Enjoyable Christmas Program Fur* nished by Elementary Grades for December Meeting Parent* Teacher Association Wednesday. The parents who were so fortunate as to be able to attend the holiday meeting of the Parent-Teacher asso ciation Wednesday were loud in their praise of the lively, jingling, Christ mas program rendered by the pupils of the grammar grades. \K."' Mrs. Philson, the president, called the meeting to order promptly at 4 o'clock and asked the Rev. Mr. Bris tow, to conduct the devotional exer cises. Mr. Bristow read the wonder ful Christmas storv from St. Mat thew and offered a beautiful prayer. The following program was then, carried out in splendid spirit: Jingle Bell Chorus?Fouth grade. ... Christmas.. Recitation?Josephine PhilSOOi m", + Hark the Herald .Angels Sing Sixth. Grade. Story of Christmas?Mary-Barks dale. . Rope Drill?Fifth Grade,. "Two Sides'?James McCombs and .Vlarion Poliakoiff. Christmas Acrostic?4th grade. Curious Little Ted?Floride Gantt. "Silent Night" song?6th Grade. ami xr' y ?: t? _ * nL _! ine iNignt jaeiore onnsimas? Margaret Stallings. Christmas Carols?7th grade. At the conclusion of the children's entertainment Miss Harriet Coan, one of our primary teachers, reac. a most delightful and original dissertation on 'Some Patrons I Have Known."' Miss Coan, in her dissertation sized! up quite a few of the vanous types of patrons that every teacher sooner or later meets up with. The good humor in Miss Coan's paper was delightful. Mrs. Win. P. Greene was to have been present to read a contrasting paper on "Some Teachers I Have Known", but was unavoidably de tained at home. The association, how ever, doesn't consider Mrs. Greene released from duty until after she reads her paper at the January meet ing. A business meeting was held fol I . lowing the excellent program outlin ed above. Mrs. Herman Benton made a motion that inasmuch as the associ ation was not financial condition just now to pay spot cash for sufficient window shades to equip both 'build ings that the comm^tee on. shades be nstructed to order enough at once to .-e!ieve the conditions in the rooms most/requiring shades. After discus sion th.s mot.on was carried. The as sociation also voted to bear the small expense resulting from the lighting of the big Cnr.stmas tree to be held j on the graded school grounds at sixj o'clock this evening. Supt. J. D. Fulp, president of the County Teachers association issued a cordial invitation to all members of j the Abbeville Parent-Teachers Asso-i ciation to meet with the former body at noon Saturday, Jan. lotn in tne graded school^building. The association also unanimously carried a motion to extend th^ir sin cere thankfulness to the. jSitjr fathers, and to Mr. Foster McLiTiV for the' splendid work they did on the high 3chool grounds recently*, , Quite a number of new .members were secured this month-and the to tal membership is rapidly increasing. The superintendent of the school recommended that each member of the association hang up*, a stocking Christmas for the benefit of the win dow shade fund. It is hoped to hear of great doing of Santa Claus in the various homes next week for this fund. The association also expressed themselves as delighted with the beau tiful Brascolites which the board of trustees have recently installed in the dark rooms at the graded school. The next meeting of the association will be held at the usual hour, Tues day, January 18, 1921. Mrs. Chas. H. Buist, of Swansea, is expected in the city to spend the Christmas holidays with h?r twin sister, Mrs. A. R. Guyton. RELIEF OF FARMERS ! TO BE CONSIDERED _____________ MEMBERS OF SENATE FINANCE AND HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MEET TODAY TO TAKE UP QUESTION OF LEG-? I SLAT I ON AND TALK OF TAR , IFF?PLAN TO PROTECT WOOL I AINU WMtAT. Washington, Dec. 16?Members of the senate finance and the house ways and means committee will meet in joint conference tomorrow to formulate an emergency program of tariff legislation co act as an em hargo and to g;ive relief to the farm- ': evs irom the decline in prices' '* " * "" = Decision * to hold trc- c:nference ^ . . . .? .1 was reached latfe today by Republl-' Cfin members of the two committees who agreed that speedy ad'on whs necessary. They ;determined alfro to"" " make the program rion-politicfil if ' " ' ' the minority ~ members would 'eft operate. Primary.' consideration will be given on the program to import . ' duties on wheat and wool, the pro ducers of which Chairman F.ordney nf flio u/orc onrl moono nnmmittoo said were now "practically, broke" as the result of falling prices. The por tion of the program relating to the tariff was declared, however, to be more comprehensive and to include consideration of protective levies on scores of other commodities. Possi j bility of the conference deciding , to wipe out the free list of the Under wood tariff act was declared to be within range of action. Reenactment of portions of the Dingley tariff also was being talked of among the more ardent high tarjiff. supporters. Mr. Fordney, however, said he was in favor of rushing jhrough the emergency protection for | wheat and wool and a few other commodities and letting other tariff matters go over for hearings and further consideration. Clamor for relief legislation of a tariff nature with duties so high that they would .serve practically as 'an embargo may oe too strong to be halted, conserva tive supporters of the program con tended. On?i of the forces in the house seeking relief for the farmers so l.dified itself today into a competent jody which, its leaders declared *vould be continued as a congression al organization. Republican and Jemocratic members from agricul tural districts began consideration of 1 definite policy for dealing with pending* relief legislation and a re port ill be prepared by a special committee for presentation to the Jull conference next Monday. . While these two movements deal ing with farmer and business relief .egislation were in progress the .iou'se banking and currency commit ;ee voted to report favorably the senate resolution directing revival of the war finance corporation to assist .n financing the exportation of agri cultural and other products. The . ;iouse committee struck out the clause .. : 1 declaring it the opinion of congress that the federal reserve board take action to permit its member banks to grant liberal extensions of credit to farmers. fAAAiM prscnuQ 1VV)VW * THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT AT CORK Washington, Dec. 16.?The burn ing of Cork resulted in damage of $15,000,000 and threw 100,000 per sons out of employment the State Department was advised in a cable gram received today from the Am erican consul at Queenstown. WILLYS-OVERLAND PASSES DIVIDEND New York, Dec. 16.?Directors of the Willys-Overland Company today announced their regular quarterly dividend of 1 % per cent on pre ferred stock would be passed.