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SENATE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PRICES Fordney Emergency Tariff Bill Sidetracked For Moment Washingon, Jan. 8.?Considera tion of the Fordney emergency tar iff bill was sidetracked for a time today by the senate finance com mittee while its members defended efforts of the government to force <!own living costs. The departure from the program came when a wit-, ness charged the government with responsibility for economic condi-j tions confronting the country through encouragement of a buyers' J strike. For an hour decorum was; cast off and pointed exchanges took! > - place*. Notwithstanding warnings by Act ing Chairman McCumber and Sena tor Smoot, Republican, of Utah thatj the committee must obtain speedy | action on the bill to prevent further j losses for the farmers; Senators Thomas of Colorado and Jones of Muxu Mpvinn. Democarts indulged in I spirited argument with John P. Wood of Philadelphia, who appear f ed in behalf of the wool manufac turers. Colonel Wood's assertion that the government, and particu larly the department of justice had been' "unwise" in promulgating a campaign against high prices met with the rejoinder by Senator Thomas that present conditions were simply those of "one man be ing willing to see another lose mon ey but'very anxious not to lose any himself." ? Senator Jones asked the witness whether his charges of unwisdom could not also be applied to the r*l/?pr committee investigating housing and to the senate itself. : "For many members have been ac tive in'agitating for a price de-j cline." Mr. Wood replied that he j ^ was unfamiliar with the Calder j 1 committee's work, but he knew the < 1 accusations of senators many times;' ^had materially affected prices. Jj ( "My objections," continued the ,' ft When yoi gain. Oi I You can't iir poor in mak of pi I When a mere whole reputal being sent ou employees an So when yoi be as advert goods advert witness, "are principally against the methods used by the government^ I and particularly by Attorney Gen eral Palmer. Mr Palmer and his staff, instead of seeking out and prosecuting specific cases of profit eering, have dealt in generalities. It has resulted in discredit attaching' td all of business." Senator Thomas declared that Mr. PaJmer's course was the only way ^ to uncover specific cases, and added that business should have purged its own ranks. He expressed the be-' i lief that the consumer had some rights after all, and that the govern-j ment had functioned in the' interests., of a "vast majority of the people" j when it sought to bring down the price of commodities. To this declaration Colonel Wood' replied that there had been a "war-0 ranted resentment against the high prices" and said that the govern-; ment campaign had been successful to the point that all prices have, gone down and to the extent that j hundreds of thousands of men have been thrown out of work." The committee also heard Repre sentative Walsh, .Republican, Mas sachusetts; John Astergren of Portsmouth, Va, representing vege table oil producers and D. Lawrence Groner of Norfolk, Va., represent ing peanut producers Mr. Astergren, as well as Mr. Gro- i her, supported the bill, but request ed the committee to ccfrrect the pro posed methods of assessing tariff on , vegetable oils. The bill fixes the . rate on a per gallop basis, while Mr. Astergren sought to have it levied j on the unit nf a nound. Representative Walsh appeared < for manufacturers using Egyptian ] long staple cotton, on which the bill levied a duty of seven cents a pound ] with a compensatory duty on manu- ( Facturers of the product. He pro- } tested that the duty had been bought by none of the industrial concerts j j ind that its inclusion was "absolute- , y unnecessary." k Roc li buy adverti ily goods fan lagine a metcha 3; aud will not g lblic condemnat Jiant signs his na :ion of his busine: t to all the people id most of his frie i buy advertised ised. That is V :ised. Advertisi \ V V SAtfTUC > \ V Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cochran, Misses Mamie and Vera Milford and Ruby McCord spent Friday with Mr. W. E. Morrison and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon and children spent Friday night and Saturday near Donalds with Mr. and Mrs. Furman Martin. Mr. Arthur Jackson and sisters,. Misses Minnie and Annie, spent one day last week with Mr. Joe Able and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Kay and Chil dren spent last Saturday in Due West with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sharp.: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Culbreth and j children spent Friday night with] Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Blum. Mr^ W. H. Sharp and Mr. M. B. Kay spent New Year's day with Mr. W. E. Morrison. -The Misses Beauford entertained a number, of their friends Saturday; night. Splendid music was furnish ed on the violins by MeSsrs., Beau-, f.ords of Troy and on the ( piano by I Miss Lojs Morrison, of Columbia and Miss Clora Beauford. Several from this community at tended the Finley?Brown marriage Sunday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Mack Wright spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mts. W. F. Kay. The young folks enjoyed a dance at the home of Mr. Thompson Beau ford Monday night. Mr. and Mrs James Haddon and Mrs. Ermie Haddon, Mr. W. E. Mor rison and daughter, Miss Lila, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas tickles, of Hodges. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Botts and Mrs. Mason Wright "and baby, spent Mon lay with Mr. and Mrs. Mack i iVright. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley, of Abbeville spent Sunday afternoon vith Miss Lizzie Sharp. Messrs. J. R. Haddon and M. D. I ;t of seel goods y< ly priced ca nt advertising a ive reasonable t ion. That is w g : ime to a stateme 3S is at stake, he i, so that anythin inds; then you rr goods you geti ^hy it payis yoi ng protects you Wright were visitors In Donalds Wednesday. George Morrison and Clarence Kay spent Monday with J. C. Nick-1 les. i Miss Lizzie Sharpe recently vjsit !ed her brother, Mr. John Sharp and family. Mr. W. H. Sharp was a business ' visitor in the city Friday. Miss Louise Kay spent Saturday ! with her sister, Mrs. M. D. Wright. Miss Willie- Able nad Mr. Tom ! Hunter were happily married Tues ; day afternoon January 4, at the ! Baptist parsonage by Rev. L. J.! Bristow in the presence of a few' ' relatives and friends. The bride is j | the youngest daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. J. A. Able of the Santuc sec tion and has many friends who wish her much happiness. The erroom is a / - A prominent young man of Abbeville. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom left to begin house keeping at the County .Farm, where/1 Mt. Hunter holds a position. Their i many friends wish them a long prosperous and happy life. THE FLY HUNT IN NEW YORK \ George R. Diamond of Philadel phia has?won,th<2 metal effigy of a' fly mounted in platinum which is. awarded each year by the Merchant's Association to < the person who kills the fiTst housefly of the new year. Mr. Diamond beat a fly to death af ter a terrific struggle in a restaur ant' in East Twentieth street early New Year's morning, and the trophy was presented to him yesterday by Edward Hatch, representing the as sociation. On New Year's Eve, sharply at m I ni CrVl f TWl ( THor?Ani4 on/1 I * ???.. ?vj aia* ? A/iHiuviiu unu friends who had volunteered to act as retrievers, gripped their trusty swatters and set forth to kill a fly. They couldn't find any on Broadway So they went to East Twentieth street. There, at exactly fifty-sev en minutes after the new Year, Mr. Diamond slew his fly.?N. Y. Her ald. t. 1 IIIU J )U are gettinj in stand the lot: of articles t \ wear. Such gc hy it pays to bu; nt he is careful is doubly caref tg in it is not true lay be sure he the best of the I u to read adve . Read it and U. S. NEVER BE LITERALLY DRY But Prohibition is Here To Stay, Says Prohibition Commission ' er Kramer j I Washington, Jan. 8.?The United States will never (be literally dry,! Prohibition Commissioner Kramer ( declared today though he expressed j the opinion prohibition is here to j stay. Sentiment throughout the country, he said is continually grow ing stronger for prohibition and, practical prohibition will come after the present generation which is fa miliar with liquor gone, he continu ed, though there probably always will be some fe\^ individuals who will make intoxicants in their homes. The sons and daughters of f NOT After January 1 i AT A SMAI Please do not a anything, as it wil t L .iL _? iiieiu lur Duui or E. F. AI Barg nr Kpcf r*f ZL 111V VI D strain of ad hat are poor in tods can t stand y advertised goc what he says, ul. When that ; will be known is ten times dou >argain, because rtisements, and get the best oi | themen of today, will grow up with | out a taste for liquor, he asserted. The commissioner declared that despite evidence of law-breaking in < some sections, the country as a whole is behind the amendment to the constitution. New York and the east, he asserted, cannot be consid ered as reflecting the attitude of the country at large and in general west of Pittsburgh the country is dry. Difficulties experienced with pro hibition agents were to be expected, he declared, but as a body they were doing their duty. Most of the enforcement agents Mr. Kramer . described as men who could "take a drink in order to carry out their / orders," but his best agent, he said, was a Methodist minister. ICE! itjwe will|sell for nmv VI 1JU 1 -L PROFIT % sk usjto charge II save embarass us I ?noi n ll* 1 ain the bar^ Ivertising. quality, or I the strain ids. \ When the statement is to all of his ibly careful. they must to .buy the f bargaing.