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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year, Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1921 Single Copies,* Five Cents. 77th Year.
FARM AID M
PASSES
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WAR FINANCE CORPORATION
WILL BE REVIVED. RESOLU
TION BECOMES LAW FOL
LOWING REPASSAGE BY
BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE
OVER VETO OF PRESIDENT
Washington, Jan. 4.?The resolu
tion reviving the war finance cor
poration became a law today with
its readoption by the house* over
President Wilson's veto. The sen
ate overrode the veto yesterday.
The vote in the house was 250 to
6, with three voting present, or 37
more than the required two-tniras
majority.
The vote was taken without de
bate, after Representatives Mondell
the republican leader, had stated
that since all members realized that
the president had raised no new
questino it seemed wise to proceed
without discussion.
Officials of the war finance cor
poration said today the corporation
would be revived immediately, but
that necessarily some time must
elapse before the actual making of
new loans would begin. Some of
them thought that time might be
two months. Funds for making the
loans must be raised by a bond is
sue, it was stated, and other pre
liminary matters must be cleaned
up. While the corporation has a
Hnnlr halanre with the treasury of I
about $375,000,000, officials said
the use of this money for' loan pur-1
poses would necessitate the issuance
of treasury certificates for indebt
edness and that an issue of corpora
tion bonds probably would be de
cided upon instead.
Reorganization of the corporation
also will be necessary as there is on
ly a skeleton force which has been
winding up the affairs of the cor
? poration and collecting outstanding
loans. Possible appointment of two
directors to fill existing vacancies
on the board of directors was ex
pected. The present directors are
Secretary Houston, Angus W.
Lean and George R. Cooksey.
Seventeen democrats and forty
nine republicans voted to sustain ,
the veto. Voting to override it were
135 democrats and one prohibi
tionist.
THE COTTON MARKET
The cotton market lost about 50
pr/lr.ts yesterday of the 100 point
gain of Monday. Today the market
' opened strong, and after fluctuating
some advanced about 90 points clos
ing at the highest figures of the day.
The dispatches state that there is a
better feeling in the market, but that
there is little demand for spot cotton
and this is helping to retard the ad
vance Several mills which have been
closed down have commenced opera
tions again, and the statement is
made that the bottom has been reach
ed in the way of concessions on the
price of cotton goods.
The information that President
Wilson had approved the War Fin
ance measure of congress proved to
be incorrect. However, the Senate
and House have each passed the
measure over the president's veto,
and itlws become a law. Just how far
this will function with the president
and Secretary of the Treasury
against it is yet to be seen.
Spot cotton advanced 25 points in
New Orleans today. Little cotton
was offered on the^local market. The
prices for good cotton ranged from
Xo to 16 cents.
WINTERING IN ABBEVILLE
* Mrs. Mamie Lane, of Virginia, is
in Abbeville and will spend the win
ter months at\the Eureka Hotel. Mrs
Lane is a niece of Mr. S. A. Allen
and she comes to renew her acquaint
ance with his family and to meet his
friends in the sunny South. Mrs.
Lane is a widely traveled woman but
she finds Abbeville a good place to
spend the winter. Mrs. M. H. Wilson
entertained at a charming luncheon
last week complimentary to Mrs.
Lane.
V
EASURE
OVER VETO
CLUB DIRECTORS TO
DINE FRIDAY EVENING
Directors Chamber Commerce Com
bine Business With Pleasure at
January Meeting?Interest
ing Program.
The board of directors of the Ab
beville Chamber of Commerce will
combine business with pleasure on
Friday evening when they hold their
January meeting at the Eureka ho
tel at 8 o'clock preceded by a turkey
dinner served by Mrs. Taggart. This
meeting was originally set for the
evening of Dec. 31 but was postpon
ed one week on account of the Ma
sonic banquet having previously been
scheduled for the last evening of
1920.
In addition to the 15 directors sev
eral guests will be "entertained in
cluding the ministers of Abbeville
and others. Each director is privileged
?o bring a guest with him to this
meeting, the price being $2 a plate.
Directors who cannot be present or
who wish to bring guests will kindly
notify Major Fulp, Dr. McMurray or
Mr. Arthur Rosenberg not later than
Thursday afternoon so that arrange
ments can be made for everybody to
have plenty of turkey and fixings.
Major Fulp, chairman of the en
lertamment commiuee 01 me Liiam-1
ber of Commerce, yill be toast mas-|
ter and the following responses will |
be among those given:
Welcome?Pres. J. M. Nickles.
Response?Rev. A. J. Derbyshire.
Hard Times?Rev M. R. Plaxco.
Our Organization?Sec. G. T. Barnes
1920?Rev. C. E. Peele.
1921?Rev. Louis J Bristow
Abbeville?Rev.' G. M. Telford.
Everything?Dr. J. E. Pressly.
Each director and guest is also ex
pected to respond in a two-minutes
talk on any subject he chooses.
Everything will be strictly informal
and a pleasant get-to-gether meeting
is anticipated.
The directorate is composed of A.
0. Roche, M. B. Reese, Otto Bristow,
T. G. White, J. M. Nickles, Albert
Henry, 0. S. Cochran, C. W. Norris,
T D Fulp. C E Williamson, J S Stark,
C H. McMurray, J. S. Cochran, Ar
thur Rosenberg and Albert Morse.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN
AT WARE SHOALS
Burglars Get $125 from Saluda Mer
cantile Company.?Attempt to
Enter Y. M. C. A.
Building.
The second safe robbery in tne
county this year occurred at Ware|
Shoals about five o'clock this morn
ing when the safe of the Saluda Mer
cantile Company was blown open and
$125 in cash was stolen. The rob
bers attempted to enter the Y. M. C
A. Building also but failed in the
attempt, according to reports to Mr
Faul Ellis, one of the owners of the
Saluda Mercantile Company.
Several weeks ago a quantity of
dynamite and nitro-glycerine was
stolen from a ware house in Ware
Shoals. The same thieves are be
lieved to have committed the robbery
this morning but officers have * no
clue to the guilty persons.' A few
weeks ago the combination on the
safe in J. R. Tarrant's store on Cam
bridge street was used to open his
safe and about $80 being taken by
the burglars. No trace of the thieves
has ever been found and officers be
lieve they are professionals who
are making this county headquart
ers.?Index-Journal, 3rd.
NOW FOR A FIVE CENT CIGAR
There was joy unrestrained
among those who take a Candler
Cocktail every day with Tom, Dick
and Harry when notices were posted
over the drug store mirrors and the
confectionary bulletin boads that
"Coca-Cola reduced to 5 cents, tax
1 cent." This is a reduction of 2
cents a drink.
SENATEAGAIN PASSES I
WAR FINANCE
MEASURE
President Wilson Disapproves Of I
Measure On Ground That It Can
Not Prove Effective. But Sen- I
ate Overrides Veto By Vote
Of Fifty-Three to Five
Washington, Jan. 4.?Veto by
President Wilson today of the far- v
mers' relief bill to revive the war (
finance corporation was followed, al- c
most immediately by a vote of 53 to c
5 in the senate to make the bill law f
despite executive disapproval. The
house will take up the measure to- .
morrow, and predictions were gen- ^
eral that it would duplicate the sen- ^
ate's action and thus place the bill
a
on the statute books.
President Wilson in a lengthy ve
to message declared he withheld his
approval of the bill because the war ^
finance corporation was a war ?
credit agency, not desirable or need
ed in peace times. He said that it
"would exert no beneficial influ
z
ence on the situation, would raise
false hopes among the very people
who .would expect most, and would
be hurtful to the natural and order
ly processes of business and finance.
The legislation ,the president also
said, would result in additional
credit burdens, and the government
he continued, should not be "called j
upon further to finance private
business at public expense." Refer
ring to widespread demand for
abolishment of war agencies and re
moval of governmental- influence
from business, the president said he
Vio<4 "cvmnatliv witVl this V1PW." ?nH I t,
added that "the nation should re
sume its usual methods."
Upon reading of the veto message
in the senate, Senator Underwood
Alabama, Democratic leader, urged
its immediate consideration, for
which unanimous consent was se
cured by Chairman Gronna of the
agriculture committee, which re
ported the bill. Senator Uncterwood
followed with the only address made
declaring that financial distress now
was greater than during the war
and that he felt confident of wise
administration of the proposed law
that would cause 'no undue strain
on the treasury." *
On the senate roll call 29 Demo
crats were joined by 24 Republi
cans in overriding the veto.
Supporting the president's oppo
sitions were two Democrats, Sena
tor fierrv. Rhode Island, and Thorn
as, Colorado and three Republicans jl'
Elkins and Sutherland, West Vir-|s
ginia, and Keyes of New HampT j ^
shire. Senators Glass Democrat Vi/- ^
ginia and Edge, Republican, New ^
Jersey, voted aganist overriding the j a
veto, but with drew their votes on j t
account of having pairs. Senator n
Penrose of Pennsylvania, Republi- ^
can, was paired, but announced that f
he would have voted to sustain the a
veto. v t
The president's message also was 1;
read in the house. Representative s
Mondell, Wyoming Republican lead- li
er, announced later that it would be
taken up tomorrow at the " opening f
of the house but without any defi- s
nite arrangements for a vote. Advo- j]
cates of the bill, however, express- t
ed confidence that the house also | j
would vote to enact the bill despite j s
the veto. The house passed the bill
by a vote of 212 to 81, or much
more than the necessary two-thirds
majority. Many of the negative
votes were cast by Republicans.
Before the president's message *
reached the senate today, Senator s
Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi a J
leading advocate of the legislation, *
criticised Secretary Houston, de- ^
claring that the treasury head, ac- e
cording to newspaper reports, had f
advised presidential disapproval of t
the bill without indicating such op- J
position when Mr. Houston was be- i
fore congressional committees. r
E. J. Adair of Clinton, was a busi- t
ne?s visitor in Abbeville Tuesday. v
'icker Said to Gather 6,000 Pounds
Cotton Each Day?Four Men
Assist irf Work?Mr. Pear
son Interested in
Machine
James T. Pearson, of Anderson,
vas here "Monday. Mr. Pearson is in
vested in a cotton picker, which he
laims will solve the cotton picking
[uestion which every fall worries the
>eople who produce the fleecy staple.
A moving picture of the machine
n action was shown by Manager
/erchot Monday evening to a num
ter of people interested in the oper
ation of the picker. The machine is
>ropelled by its own power, and
vorks on the principle of a vacuum
leaner. Four lines of hose, several
eet in length, with nozzles at the
nd go out from the rear of the ma- (C
hine. Each of these nozzles is man
iged by a man who places the noz
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le to the open boll, and draws in the
otton.
The cotton is gathered in a bag at
he side of the machine, the bag held- j
p.g seventy-five pounds of cotton,
'he machine must be equipped with |
ilenty of these bags as the four men j
nd the machine are expected to ^
ather about five thousand to six j
housand pounds of cotton each day. j
The machine was shown in opera- jt
ion in a field of long staple cotton,
jhich is sjiifl to be harder to nick ! n
han ordinary cotton. The cotton j 0
lants were large and the 'field was (g
hick with weeds. Trash kepi; out1 a
f the cotton by the m^n who oper- j s
tes the nozzle. He places the nozzle |t
n the boll pf cotton in such a way r
s to avoid taking up the trash. | s
Mr. Pearson stated to a represen- j a
ative of the Press and Banner that lb
ne of the machines had been shipped !g
o him and he expected to receive it i r
nd have it in operation by the time |
nother crop of cotton is gathered, o
'he machine will be exhibited in op- s
ration in Anderson County cotton 11
elds, he said. The machine may be j s
eceived in time to gather some of jo
lie cotton now in the fields of An- j i:
erson County, and which the farm- j fi
rs are having trouble to get gath-'t
red. i jt
MISS KILGORE SPEAKS.
There was a joint meeting of the ^
ifferent circles of the Missionary!
ocieties of the Presbyterian church
londay afternoon a't the home of
Irs. T. G. White. The meeting was
argely attended, the pleasure of the
fternoon centering in a talk made to ^
he ladies by Miss Carrie Kilgore, a ^
missionary to Brazil. Miss Kilgore r
ias been in the South American field c
or a number of years and she tells c
. vivid story of the work to be done v
here. What she had to say was great- 8
y enjoyed by the ladies. During the
ocial hour fruit cake ana noi. cnoco
ate were served.
Miss Kilgore has been on furlough
or the-past year arfd a half and has
pent the time with her home people
n Newberry. During her visit to Ab
beville she was the guest of Mr. and
Irs. Stuart Miller on Magazine
treet.
A PLEASURE TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Leslies leave j (
'riday for Florida where they will (
pend two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. I
rule Benson. While away they will I
ake automobile trips to Tampa, St. I
Augustine and other points of inter- I
st in the state of sunshine and I
lowers. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie have J
ieen married for over twenty-five (
rears and have reared a large and (
nteresting family of children and I
tow they are going a-pleasuring and i
riends wish for them all the good J
ime that can be condensed into two I
reeks. 1
NO MILITARY
PLANNE
HARDING BACKS
RESERVE BOARD
President-Elect Sustains Governor
Harding?Opinion From Marion
is That Farmer Should
Take Medicine.
Washington, Jan. 4.?President
elect Harding indorses the policy
;vhich the federal reserve board has
pursued and is pursuing, the policy
,vhich certain members of congress
md many farmers have severely
criticized.
'This statement is confirmed to
light by W. P. G. Harding, govern
>r of the federal reserve board, who]
ifter having visited Marion, re
;urned to Washington today. Gov
?rnor Harding was invited to Mar
on by the president-elect, who was
infious to know exactly what the fed
?ral reserve board had done and was
ontemplating doing.
1
"I laid the case before the presi
lent-elect,' Governor Harding said.
'I told him what the situation was
ast year and how we met it. I told
lim of improved conditions which
low exist. In the end he agreed that
he policy which we have pursued
vas one of wisdom. He was of the
?pinion that the farmer, along with
ivery other individual, must take his
nedicine in the process of price re
idjustment. He stressed the fact that
lis sympathies were with the farm
r."
Governor Harding was asked if he
hought the country was destined to
mdergo an era of "hard times." He
ommitted himself only to the extent
if declaring that the "greatest dan
;er had been obviated." He was then :
,sked if there really had been a time
ince the war when danger of na
ional financial collapse was immi
nent. In answering, he cited a chart'
howing the trend of credits in 1920. i
,nd declaring tnat unless a nan nau ,
een called "everything would have j
one to smash, including the federal
eserve banks."
Governor Harding though aware
f the criticism to which he had been
ubjected, is apparently not per
urbed. "I am not in politics,' he
aid, "and can afford to sit rigidly
n this job and administer it just as
f it were an individual bank. I
ardly think that any one doubts but'
hat in a financial sense I could bet
er myself elsewhere."
COTTON GINNERS' REPORT
Cotton Ginned Prior to December 13,
Crops of 1920 and 1919 in This
State?Abbeville Ahead
Of Lait Year.
Director Sam L. Rogers, of the'
bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce, announces the prelimi
lary report on cotton ginned by
nnntips in South Carolina, for the
rops of 1920
and 1919.
The report
vas made public for the state at 10
i. m., Dec. 20, 1920.
County
1920
1919
i'he State
1,364,367
1,366,024
Vbbeville
29,809
25,553
Uken __
41,396
38,975
Anderson
73,958
77,875
Jamberg __ __
20,011
23,986
iarnwell __
28,018
29^650
Calhoun
35,330
32,239
Chester __ __
31,150
29,898
Chesterfield
30,678
32,891
Clarendon
43,483
32,891
Darlington
44,227
40,085
Dillon __ _ _
34,344
39,710
Cdgefield
24,564
23,180
Sreenville __ _
. _ 40,782
48,403
freenwood
36,524
32,986
Cershaw _ _
34,753
28,692
jancaster __ .
.. 20,692
21,000
..aurens __
56,777
46,736
..exington
29,199
26,858
klcCormick ..
__ 15,080
16,373
Cewberry __ .
41,364
32,069
)conee .
19,232
22,511
)rangeburg
.. 84,311
83,944
lichland __
.. 33,285
25,669
Spartanburg __
.. 73,159
72,920
Sumter
51,490
44,270
Jnion __ .
22,102
17,865
fork __ __
37,580
41,512 '
r move
:d for cuba :
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VISIT OF ARMY OFFICER WILL
NOT LEAD TO INTER VEN
" TION, SAYS ACTING SECRE
TARY OF STATE DAVIS IN \
ANSWER TO OFFICIAL IN
QUIRY FROM MINISTER
Washington, Jan. 4.?Assurances
that the United States is not con
templating military intervention in <"
Cuba were given today to the Cuban
minister by Acting Secretary Davis
it was said at the state department.
The minister, Dr. Carlos Manuel
Cespedes, was said to have entered
no protest from his government
against the sending of Maj. Gen. E.
H. Crowder to Cuba to confer with
President Menocal relative to the
situation in the island republic. The
minister after his call, however, ex
pressed somes light objection to the
action of the American government
declaring that neither his attitude
nor that of his government as set
forth in a recent statement by him
had been altered. In that statement
the minister asserted there were no
grounds for the supervision of elec
tions.
Secretary Davis discussed with
President-Wilson the Cuban situa
tion and the mission of General
Crowder just before the minister
called at the department. The sec
retary told Dr. Cespedes there was
little he could add to the presi
dent's statement relative to the
work General Crowder is expected
to accomplish in Cuba, adding that
he had confidence in the ability of
the Cuban authorities and General
Crowder to work out a satisfactory
solution of the present politcal diffi
culties.
Minister Cespedes made it clear
that his purpose in"calling on Sec
retary Davis was to obtain more in
formation regarding the sending of
an American to Cuba on a mission
of the nature of that of General
Crowder but it is understood that
in his discussion of the matter with
Mr. Davis he did not attempt to con
ceal his apprehension that the ac
tion would be construec as a step
preliminary to intervention. He was
assured that neither intervention
nor the supervision of election was
contemplated but it was made plain
to him that the United States con
sidered the economic political and
financial situations had reached the
point in Cuba ! where the United
States regarded the whole situation
as one warranting the friendly offer
of assistance.
President Menocal's term of office *
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expires May. 20. There appears now
a probability that unless special '
steps are taken the official selection
of, his successor will not be deter
mined by that time and it was as
serted in that event a situation
would be created that would prove
exceedingly embarrassing for both
governments. The congestion of
freight on the docks at Habana, the
extension of the moratorium and
the demand for money with which
to finance the sugar crop have re
sulted, it was explained here today,
in making the Cuban situation of
unusual interest for American busi
ness concerns.
Secretary Davis Is understood to
have pointed out to the minister
after citing to hfm the difficulties
that have developed that back of it
all is the political tangle, which the
United States government hopes
General Crowder will be able to un
tangle.
TENDERFOOT SCOUTS
The first meeting of the year for
the Boy Scouts was held Tuesday
afternoon at the City Council office
with Rev. A. J. Derbyshire present
and looking after the boys. Exami
nations were held and Foster Barn
well, Hugh Bradley, Austin Roche
and Edwin Barksdale are now full
fledge "Tenderfoot Scouts." All the
boys ..re working hard to pass the
examinations and are making great
plans for a camp some where in the
mountains this summer.