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\ I I Abbeville Press and Banner :==:-z=i=i==========================i=3====z========zi===z=z===r==r=====r=^:==i=r^? _J Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. ? . ; COOPER WILL URGE LOWERING OF LEVY Smaller Appropriation* to Be Recom mended?No Reduction in School Fund Will Be Advised By * Governor?Studying Budget. Columbia, Dec. 21.?Governor ] Cooper in a formal statement Monday j afternoon said he would recommend to the general assembly in January i that the appropriations for the year ? 1921 be below the figure appropriat- g ed last January, with the exception of Al? r x J tlio nnKliV ^ tne auiuuMi aaivcu iv> un. ^?" ? . schools. ; J. The governor's statement comes * in response to the storm of protest ( which has been sweeping in from a all sections of the state since the to tal amount of nearly ten millions to v be asked by the different departments n .has been published. e The amount appropriated last Jan- 11 uary was $6,077,481.48. The amount asked by the various departments and is institutions in submitting estimates for next year is $9,868,206.59, or an r increase over last year's figures of r $3,771,065.20. In entering protest Major John G. Richards, former rail- tj road commissioner, emphasizes that n the proposed increase is in excess of tl the amount approprisfted for state n purpurea 111 1UUI jcaxo when the total amount levied was only $2,468,110.29. The amounts to be recommended by the governor an^l the budget com mission has not yet been determined, b\?t in his statement the governor says he will ask that all department al appropriations and those for state institutions of learning arid charita ble and penal institutions be held be low this year's figures. - ? The exception the governor makes is that for tlife public schools. . The total amount appropriated this year for the public schools was $931,290. The amount being asked of the com ing session is $2,145,650. Winthrop College is asking $832,000, against $416,000 last vear. In his statement the governor said, "I have not yet completed my study of the 1921 budget in all of its de tails, but I will recommend a reduc tion of appropriations from the year 1920 with the exception of the ap propriation for the public schools. I am satisfied further, that with other recommendation which will be sub mitted to the legislature, the levy for 1921 can and will be, materially re duced. I expect to discuss this whole question in detail in my annua mes sage." WAGES OF 200,000 TEXTILE WORKERS TO BE REDUCED Philadelphia, Dec. 21.?The wages of more than 200,000 workers in the textile industry of this city are to be ^./reduced from teij to 30 per cent, in rietx future^ officers of~_ a num ft1 eluded in the trt.de saicPtodiy. ""'T?* 1 Notices of a ten per cent cut were I posted in the Turkish toweling mills and the manufacturers of Wilton and Brussels rugs announced they would notify the union representa tives today that a 25 per cent reduc tion would be put into effect on Jan uary 17. Hosiery workers are to be reduced from 15 to 25 per cent and coarse yarn spinners, sweater knitters and other knit fabric employes from 10 to 30 pei4 cent. WEALTHY FARMER AND SONS GO TO GANG Union, S. C., Dec. 21.?Joseph Smith, a wealthy farmer of Cherokee county and his two sons, Neb and Abb Smith yrere arrested in a raid con ducted by city police last night on an alleged "blind tiger" and when ar raigned in city and county court on charges of transporting whiskey were fined $50 each by the city and sen tenced to 12 months straight on the chain gang by County Judge Town send. BRYAN SAYS HE IS "LATENT DEMOCRAT" Th?y4 How the Commoner Describes Himself Now?Still Has Influ ence?Made Fin^ Impres sion at Marion Marion, 0., Dec. 21.?William Jen nings Bryan is not nearly so dead, politically, a3 some Democrats think. President-elect Harding doesn't ?flnci^op him HpjiH Of all the "heat minds" who have come to Marion, none, apparently, left a better im pression than the Commoner. Harding got a great deal of inspir ition from the Bryan visit, and will :onsult him frequently on non-parti ;an questions during* the next four rears. The subject nearest Bryan's heart s the entrance of the United States nto the League and this he discussed ,t length with the next president. Linked with this is his plan to pre-j ent wars through international agree lents that nations shall take a refer ndum of their citizens before go ig to war. sta This plan Harding has character ed as a "big idea." Bryan will exert his influence in the iext United States Senate to secure atification of the League covenant. Bryan also will seek ratification of he jfroposed constitutional amend-, lent to permit a bare majority of Ua C/xnnfn wntllAK ^ V? O ?-? f Vlrt f W A_f O lie OCiiatc xa(<Jici man wuc crv u-vimuu ow needed to ratify'a peace treaty. "A bare majority of Congress can eclare war" he points out. "I now refer to nrtyself as a 'latent )emocrat,' says Bryan. "That's a >emocrat who's more active some imes than other times." SUIT AGAINST "JNO. D." New York, Dec. 21.?The govern-' lent today brought suit against Jno. | \1 >. Rockefeller for $292,678, charg-1 ?g that his income tax report was j incorrect, misleading and false." i 1 he compla.nt alleged that in hi3! *an ettfrn filed on Mar^h 28, 1916, Mr. i ^rn It-ckekfeller failed to include in it I ^ue cou nev ( con in sen get | rev j ror ! and s part of his income 50,104 shares jsta' f Illinois Pips Line Company and nd 67,176 shai-es of the Prairie Pipe .ine company. JUDGES FOR NEXT YEAR r.gl al ] wit J tha cit. anc He The supreme court yesterday as igned judges for next year to the arious judicial circuits of South Car- j -inc^ lina,\Anderson and Oconee county, I Jta1 the fol- Grj c.ti -Pe 2d ;en n i . ou ran 10th circuit) being ass gned the fol >wing: Judge George E. Prince, of Lnderson, Judge Thomas S. Sease, nd Judge Ernest Moore. > FLORIDA VISITORS Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Presely and heir pretty little daughter, Mary, rrived in Abbeville Tuesday and rill spend the holidays with Mrs. J. Bradley. \ (QME RULE BILL BECOMES A LAW louse of Lords Agree* to All Amend ments Jby Commons. London, Dec. 21.?The Irish home ule bill now is sa?e - and will be laced on the statute book this week i a form only slightly amended from he shape in which it first left the louse of Commons. The House of ,ords today, after a brief debate greed to all the amendments made o the bill by the commons. The only amendment discussed by he lords today was that adopted by he lower house providing that if ither area in Ireland refused to set p a Parliament the executive could ot make the offer a second time un ess within three years after June 1 lext both houses of the British Par iament adopted a resolution asking or it. i Owing to a slight modification made n the House of Lords today at the uggestion of Lord Kirkenhead, the ord chancellor, the bill again will lave to be submitted to the House of Commons as a formality, and it prob tbly will be tomorrow before the roy il sanctions is given. 1 HE COURT GIVES OPINIONS bert Wilson Must Die in Elecriic Chair?Can't Search Grips, De cision That Officers Must Keep Hands Off. lhe South Carolina supreme court nded down 32 (decisions here yes day^ several of the decisions being important cases. Three opinions ; on murder cases and the 'decis t t of the lower courts are reversed two instances. Albert Wilson, negro, who shot and led Bryan Butler, white, on a >wded street car near the Univer y of South Carolina in April, is lied a new trial by the high tribu and is ordered back to the cir t for resentence. Wilson was con ted at the May term of court and itenced tft be electrocuted July 8. appeal to the supreme court yed the sentence, but the lower irt was affirmed yesterday and lson will again be sentenced to in the chair. ^mos Holmes of Aiken county, who 5 convicted of killing his wife 1903 and sentenced to life im 4. 4-? ? TV.q 3UI11IICI11/, gClO a 11CW mat. xuv her court reverses the lower i^t and remands the case back for k trial. 5eorge Mason, negro, who was victed of murdering Arthur Howe Florence county and who was tended to serve a life sentence, s a new trial. The supreme court erses the lower court on an er of the presiding judge's charge I remands the case for a new il. Can't Search Grips. 'oss^Jy one of the most far reach opinions handed down is the one state, respondent vs. G. W. gstaff and A. C. Hargrove, appel ts, in which the lower court is af led. This case grew out of the stion whether or not state con orttf nnlinn Aflfiparo ViOVd tVlO it to search grips or other person property of a citizen for whiskey hout a search warrant. i'rom accounts obtainable it seems t H. M. Graham, a respectable zen, left a railway train at Flor e carrying a suitcase in his hand, was accosted by G. W. Wagstaff I A. C. Hargrove, two state v con bles, who, it is presumed, thought tham was carrying whiskey. The zen resented being searched in the n before a crowd and remonstrat w.th the officers. They were de mined to search his suitcase and defending his r.ghts Graham was ghly-^reated. He swore out war ts for Wagstaff and Hargrove rging them w.th assault and bat y and they were convicted by the leral sessions court at Florence. iy appealed from the verdict of the er court to the supreme court, but higher-body affirms the lower trt and the two constables will i^e sentences. This case will doubtless have con-| arable effect on cases of this na e in the future.?The State. READY FOR WORK >. Townsend Smith arrived in Ab ille Tuesday and will spend the r?tmas season with his home ks. For the past several months has been in St. | Louis learning ways of a shoe" man and after holidays he will travel in South rolina. 3URANCE PEOPLE gun Missisairri >Iew York, Dec. 21.?One hundred 1 thirty eight fire insurance com ries \are suspending their business Mississippi where their aggregate eriug policies amount to approx itely $1,250,000,000. rhis action is an outgrowth of a t filled against them by the state enue agent of Mississippi charging t in collecting the same rates the npanies have created a combine in traint of trade. M'ADOO'S WORDS PROVE PLEASING tIM'l |{? Former Secretary of Treasury, Takes Issue With Successor In Office?Give Great Satisfac tion to Congress Washington, Dec. 21.?A state ment printed today over the signa ture of W." G. McAdoo in which the former secretary of the treasury takes direct issue with the present secretary, and the governor of the federal reserve system regarding the revival of the war finance cor poration, and the extending of credit to farmers, filled Southern members of congress with calm and rich content. , While treasury officials intimate that Mr. McAdoo would not be so liberal were he charged with the re sponsibility of government congress rejoices that the man with such a hold on the country coincides con clusively with its views. As to whe tner or noi tne posiuon ui iur. mc Adoo will influence the president in approving or vetoing^recent "farm help" legislation, is problematical. The gist of the McAdoo state ment, which so delighted Southern ers in congress, follows: "I think that reserve bank rates could be prudently reduced, that member banks could safely be en couraged to make loans on agricul tural products on reasonable time to [ those with security and that the whole situation would be beneficial ly affeced by such procedure. I am frank to say that I think the policy thus fair pursued in respect to cred-j its has been too drastic. A more lib- j I eral policy should be put into effect I immediately." i. Regarding the statement, Repre- . sentative Byrnes of South Carolina, exclaimed: "He hit the nail on the , head! The policy of the treasury de- , partment has been too drastic. This was our argument when we put the 'farm help' legislation through con- . gress. It can not have any other than a salutory effect that Mr. Mc Adoo has said that we were correct ' and the treasury incorrect." . ! DIAL WANTS ACTION. Washington, Dec. ' 21.?Senator Dial of SSouth Carolina, stated to day he intends to ask the senate com [ mittee on agriculture to take up after I the holidays amendments to the cot-' | ton futures act, which he has intro I duced in the senate. The aemndment provided that cotton delivered1 under contra'ct "shall be of or within three grades for which standards are estab^ lished by the secretary of agriculture 1 1 j ~ ? except grauts fjiuiuuncu num utui6 delivered on a contract. The present law, he said, allows deliverey of cot- , ton in one or more grades at the sole option of the seller." COTTON MARKET- " The cotton market showed extreme weakness today, January futures closing in New York at 14:15, the lowest figure of the saeson. New York spots were down 25 points, futures were down 60 to 65 points. Little cotton was offered on the local market today. The best offers ran from 15 to 16 cents. DR. MARTIN TO PREACH Rev^ James L. Martin, D. D., will preach in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. DRIVE IN PRICES Greenville, Dec. 21.?That Green ville's retail coal and meat prices shall be on a parity with or lower than prices in other cities of the Smit.hp?st. is the determination of a committee appointed by the cham ber of commerce and headed by T. 0. Lawton. An investigation is now being conducted, and the committee expects to announce its plan of work within a few days. COAL RECORDS TO BE INVESTIGATED National Coal Association's Corres pondence and Other Matter Will Be Brought Before Com mittee Tuesday. Washington, Dec. 21.?Records in the headquarters here of the National Coal association have been placed under subponea by the Senate com mittee on reconstruction and will be brought before the committee in open session tomorrow, it was announced today by Senator Calder of New York chairman of the committee. Agents of the Senate organization led by F. P. Miller, descended upon the association headquarters Satur day and began an examination of the records which lasted until last night. The agents placed under subponea a large amount of correspondence and other matter, Senator Calder said, ' bearing on the action taken by the association during the transportation : tie-up and coal shortage last summer. ( Officers'of ;he association, also are expected to be called to testify before J the committee which was authorized ' by a special resolution of the Senate 1 last week to employ counsel and pro- ! ceed with an investigation begun ' last June. The coal industry was ' sharply criticized in a partial' report * submitted to the Senate by the com- < miitee last Tuesday. RECESS QUESTION BRINGS ARGUMENT 1 Members of Congress Not Agreed As fco Proper Course at Christmas. Washington, Dec. 18.?The ques tion of a recess during the Christmas holidays came up today in the senat? but action was deferred until Mon day to await disposition by the house of the resolution to revive the war finance cooperation. In the discussion -today Senator Thomas. Democrat (Colorado) and Townsend, Republican, Michigan, op posed a recess bill the former de claring that the senate should stay here and attend to business." Earlier in the day senate leaders had agreed tentatively to a virtual suspension of activity during the holidays by recesses of three days duration under a "gentleman's" agree merit not to consider important busi ness meanwhile. The house already has decided to curtail its recess to Friday and Sat urday of next week, but it has taken no action as to a recess at New Year's. REVENUE STOPPED Will Revenue, alias Will Rice, I c charged with the killing of Will] Daugherty, at Calhoun Falls, Satur-[ day, was apprehended by Deputy j Sheriff Cann, Tuesday night, at thej Steve Murdock plantation, near thej , Anderson County Hne. .a .Revenue or / Rice, It will be re called, struck Daugherty Saturday c afternoon'la^with a pieoe of wood, i crushing his skull, from the " (Effects ^ of which Daugherty died at the * County Hospital Monday evening, 1 after undregoing an operation. The cause of the trouble, it seems, was ' that Revenue had borrowed the au tomobile of Daugherty to make a * short trip. On the trip the car was broken down, and when Revenue re turned with a bill of about fifty dolars for repairs, Daugherty iiv- : sisted that the former should pay it. This Revenue refused to do, and v the difficulty came from this dis- 1 pute. As soon as he had struck Daugh ertv. Revenue left the scene. It was not thought he had gone far as he was without money and the officers suspected that he would make his pay to some of his relatives. This he did, he being at the home of a brother-in-law on the Murdock place when captured. NO SCOUT MEETINGS Rev. A. J. Derbyshire wishes to announce that there will be no more meetings of the Boy Scouts until January 4th, 1921. Vessel Now Being. Loaded in Charles* ton to go to Germany?American Export Corporation Assemb- < ling Staple for Initial Sale .r Charleston, Dec. 21.?^The arrival. of the S. S. Hawaiian of,the Ameri--:' can-Hawaiian line today marked i an imDortant ev^nt. in ? ?!?!??/. circles, in the resumption of calls of this important service between Char leston and the Pacific coast, hut of greater interest to South Carolina is the fact that when she sr%, she will" " not return to California but will go on to New York and thence to Bremen, Germany, carrying aboard '? ' several hundred bales, amo^ig s her , consignment to be loaded here of \ 1,100, furnished by the American Ex port corporation, this cotton being ;he first movement of staple effected through the workings of the big con :ern recently launched in South Car ina and Southwide scope. Some 300 bales of cotton have been assem )led from various points in South Carolina for the intitial export move nent of the corporation and, having >een graded and compressed at Co umbia, are now on the way to Char eston, to be loaded aboard the Iawaiian and will leave this week or Bremen. ? While the price obtained for the taple is not announced the terms nade.are very satisfactory, accord ng to a member of the corporation it Charleston, and promises future >usiness along lines most signifi ant to . the reviving of cotton ex erting, at a time when every bale old on good terms means much to he grower. This present shipment s small, but it will make a lot of loise in exporting circles. Poland also wants to get some of he corporation's cotton. Likewise he Czecho-Slovaks have been nego iating with this new concern, both >ffering excellent credits and terms hat look good. The cotton will be landlecf from cars to shipholds and /ill be loaded with dispatch. The Hawaiians discharged 1,500 barrels of flour and 3,000 cases of almon at Charleston for distribu ion here and in the interior. She vas to have taken a return cargo for Jalifornia, but the export movement >f cotton and other ^oods turned up , n time to make a trip abroad mo^ rofitable. This initial shipment of otton from about the state is caus ng general satisfaction among the >romoters of the American Export :orporation. MULE KILLED TUESDAY A mule belonging to the Abbeville ce Plant was struck by one of the rucks belonging to the County Tues lay near Irwin Bros.' shop, and so >adly injured that it was necessary 3ar it to be shot in order to relieve ts sufferings. Lewis, the ice man, had ust driven to the shop of the Messrs rwin and was backing up his wagon o deliver ice, when the truck, driven >y one of the convicts, dashed down he street, the driver being unable :or some reason to stop it in time to ivoid a collision. The mule i>ext the truck was badly :ut by a hook on the side of the truck ind after- it had been examined it vas thought best to have it shot. Dep lty Sheriff Cann did the shooting at ne request of the Ice Plant manager. MR. SONDLEY LOSES. Mr Kicnara sonaiey, me pome ana ibliging auditor of the county, had he misfortune to lose a house on his oat farm plantation last Friday night rhe house was a frame dwelling of everal rooms, ceiled throughout, ind could not be replaced for less han $3,000 according to experts. It /as only partially covered by insur nce, the policy being written by the Vbbeville-Greenwocd Mutual Com pany. The loss over the insurance is onsidenible.