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/ > 4 Abbeville Press and Banner _ * Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Jan. 14, 1921. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. SENATOR JOHNSTONE INTRO DUCES BILL IN SENATE?A NUMBER OF PROPOSED ACTS OF STATEWyjE IMPORTANCE. ?WOULD AMEND COAfl?UL SORY EDUCATION LAW, ALSO SALE OF FIREARMS Yesterday's session of the senate was marked by the introduction of several proposed acts of statewide * ?- J importance ana a spimeu ucuaic vm the state highway commission, its functions and the federal aid in building roads. ' Senator Johnstone of Newberry?in troduced a bill to regulate the acre age to be planted in cotton in South Carolina, this being a companion bill to the one offered in the house by Representative Mower. The proposed act would limit the acreage of cot ton to one-third of the total of all other crops planted by any farmer and provides for a severe punish ment for any violation. The bill was referred to the agriculture commit tee, of which Senator Johnstone is l r?mn Senator Wightman also .offered a bjll to amend the compulsory attend ance law so as to abolish the duties of attendance officers-and place these duties on school trustees. Mr. Wight man said yesterday he was in favor of -the local trustees enforcing the law and if this was done the state would save a neat sum of money. The proposed act was referred to the committee on education. A bill that would impose jail sen tences with no alternative of a fine i for violation of the prohibition law was introduced by Senator John stone of Newberry. The bill would j J prevent the manufacture of and en gaging in the manufacture of spiritu ous or alcoholic liquors in this state and provides for a sentence of from six months' to two years' imprison ment for a violation thereof. W.ood j alcohol and denatured alcohol are i not inrlndpH in the list. Senator Johnstone also introduced a bill that will probably meet with j favor all over the state, one in refer-1 ence to the salp of firearnfs, The | bill provides that no person, firm or | corporation shall exchange, rent, j barter or sell to any person, firm or j corporation any pistol, rifle, shot-j gun or other firearms unless the said j person, firm or corporation has a per mit from the sheriff of the county to .so purchase a firearm piece. Another provision of* the bill is that the per: mits are to be filed back with the sheriff by the person, firm or corpora tion selling the firearms. Can Petition Sheriff. The bill further provides that upon petition of a person, which petition u signed by three qualified electorsI of the county, a permit shall be is-J sued by the sheriff, provided the per son wishing the permit is shown to be cf good character. A fine of not over $1,000 nor less than $200 is pro vided for a violation of the terms. Senator Moore of Abbeville intro duced a bill to carry * into effect the 18th amendment to the consti tution of the United States and the provision^ thereof by prohibiting the manufacture, sale and traffic in alcoholic liquors for beverage pur poses in this state and by providing for the enforcement of such prohibi tion. The bill was referred to the committee on judiciary. The debate of the day was devoted i to a resolution of Senator Pearce, in troduced Monday. The resolution of the Richland senator provided that the senate a$d house favor the con tinuance of federal aid for the con struction of roads and congress was urged to appropriate money for this .purpose. After debating the question for some time the vote was taken and the resolution passed. A number of bills relating to locd! matters were introduced during the day. STILL MAKING LIQUOR ON LITTLE RIVER Deputy Sheriff Cann and Federal Of' ficers Discover Distilling Appara tus on Little River?Still Booze Gone, ^Some Property Left. Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann in com-* pany with Federal officers Scott and Kellett made a raid in the Little Riv er country yesterday. Information had come that liquor was being made near Little River churcl^ and the of ficers went there to undertake the capture of the culprits. They were not successful, but they came near being so, for the fire was still burning where the still had been in operation when they arrived. They found the furnace built to hold the still, the fermenter and the cooling apparatus. They undertook tb locate the liquor but were not successful. Deputy Cann explained to the Press and Banner this morning some of the difficulties encountered in catching the liquor makers. He says they make only one run at a given place. That everything is gotten ready for the run and then the still is quickly >put in place and the li quor made. As soon as this is done the property is moved tp a place of safe-keeping arid the next run is made at a different locality. He thinls the parties in the instant enterprise :? ?u? Tiimi vvure muviiig Wiien nicy amvcu. jluvj i had hauled away the still and the li quor and expected to return for the other apparatus, but were frightened away by the presence of the officers. There seems to be a good deal of complaint of liquor making in the j Little River section as well as in oth er sections of the-county. NEWS OF ADJUTANT FLEURY News has jusf^come to Abbeville from Adjutant P. Fleury of France, and th^ people here will be glad to know -that he is well and safe. Adjutant Fleury was a member of the French Commission to America, and was stationed at Camp Sevier, where he instructed the boys of the 30th Divisiion in the use of a certain make of French fire arms. He re turned to France with the 30th Div ision and took part in the last days of the conflict for victory. I While in \ Abbeville Adjutant Fleury' made an address to the public on Saturdayv night, and informally to the students of Erskine College on Sabbath day, all of which ad Jbd greatly to the information rela tive to the real situation in France and to the enthusiasm as to America's coming part. Before the war Adjutant Fleury was a teacher in the public schools of St. Nazaire,and is now connected with the Ecel? d'Application at Sav onay in Loire France. Adjutant Fleury made many | friends while in Abbeville, and it is gratifying to them to know that at 1--i- - Attrn lon/1 onH 1 last ne is aoic in mo uTTn iuuu, v...-i is happily reunited with his lovely wife and little son, Yvonne. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SOUTHERN General Superintendent Hudson came in to Abbeville Thursday in his private car over the Southern, and made a visit of inspection over the Southern property. Mr. Hudson sees the needs of Abbeville and work on, improvements at the freight and pas senger stations will begin at an ear ly date. The depot flat will be well drained, the roads' worked and the passenger depot cleaned u^ and re paired. Mr. Bishop, who will have charge of this work, was with Mr. Hudson and both left the city Friday morn This work will fill "a long felt want." SLOWING DOWN. A steady rain fell all Thursday night which froze on the trees, fenc es and wires, giving the city a gen ] ?ine bad day on Friday. The weather put a stop to people coming to town id h.o- plowed down things at the big redaction Mies. PLAN FOR SII PROVES T Marion, Ohio, Jan. 13?Upsetting for the second time plpns for his in auguration President-elect Harding suggested to officials in charge of the' arrangements at Washington today that they had gone further than necessary towards simplicity by de ciding to hold the ceremony in the ;enate chamber. Observance of the usual custom of taking the oath on the east portico oi the capitol building, Mr. Harding telegraphed to Washington would be j quite agreeable to him and would per mit a much greater number of spec tators to be present. If no money were spent in the erection of special stands there need be no objection from the viewpoint of economy. In his previous telegram asking for a simple ceremony the president elect had suggested that the oath be administered either within the ^api tol or on the east portico. The con gressional committee's decision to adopt the former, course, however, resulted in vigorous protests from many who had arranged to go to Washington for the event and Mr. Harding; said today that he consider ed a popular desire to hear the inau-^ gural Idress "natuaral and becom ing-" v On the other hand, a sheaf of tele grams ^ommending the decision for a curtailment of the usual inaugural pomp were made public today at Harding headquarters and Mr. Hard ing expressed the opinion that his course had the approval of the peo ple generally. At the "same time that the presi dent-elect is shaping details of his inauguration he also is continuing his work on the cabinet problems and I is consummating plans for his vaca tion trip to Florida. No announce ment on either of these subjects was forthcoming today but it was indi :ed that there might be some defi nite news regarding both in the very near future. Washington, Jan.'13.?Ceremonies ncident to the inauguration of Pres ident-elect Harding may not quite re urn to the simplicity of Jefferson and | THE SPECIAL MEETINGS AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH A Special Service To Be Held Sat urday Morning for Boys And I Girls?Mr. Martin Will Illus trate His Address The services being conducted in the Baptist Church are attracting large audiences despite the bad weather. Dr. Bailey's preaching is said by many to be of an unusually higih order, while the music, which, is under the*direction of Mr. Martin is well above the average. There will b / only one service Saturday. At ten ten o'clock in the morning, there will be a special ser vice for boys and girls. Of course, older folk will be welcomed, and they will find the service profitable. Mr. Martin will be in charge of the service and will give chemical dem onstrations in , illustration of his talk. The time for this service is one hour earlier than the hour dur ing the past week, the public should take notice of thi* fact. Sunday the Sunday school hour will be turned over to Dr. Bailey and Mr. Martin. There will be preaching at 11 o'clock Sunday morning and again at 7:30 in the evening. W ft ft vn A V/fc/rk ? On account of the ice on the wires the cotton exchange had trouble to day in getting news about the cotton market. The closing figures were re ceived over the Western Union wires, January closing at 17:05, which was 10 points down from the day before and about 60 points down from Wed nesday's close. No cotton was sold today on the local market. The figures offered re main about the same, 16 1-2 being the highest price offered. MPLIGTY 00 RETIRING ! Jackson even though the historic pa rade and ball.be abandoned as now seems assured. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, chairman of the joint congressional inaugural committee, today received from Mr. Harding a telegram sug gesting that the actual inaugural ceremonies be held on the east por tico of the capitol, where American presidents for yuafs have taken the oath of office and delivered their in augural addresses. Mr. Knox's com mittee had submitted for the presi dent-elect's approval a plan for holding these ceremonies in the sen ate chamber. Without calling together his com mittee, Chairman Knox, on receiv ing Mr. Harding's suggestion, ad vised the president-elect that the transfer of the ceremonies to the historic scene would undoubtedly be satisfactory. The committee later was called to meeting tomorrow to take formal action on the suggestion. QnKionf' Pnr,*hVi<ar r>nmmnnif*At.inn J"" ? I with the president-elect and sugges tions by the committee, Senator Knox said that plans for a great review ing stand on the capitol plaza would j not be revived. The committee chair- j man said his own opinion was that | the expense of a large stand should! not be incurred, in compliance with j Senator Harding's wish to avoid ex- j nense.. If the weather should be incle- J ment, Senator Knox said the cere-j monies will be ti'ansferred to the senate chamber. Local committees appointed to ar range for celebx*ations incident to the inaugural, such as the parade j and ball, were instructed today to j ?h>v?ayi>J oil opfitrifir?c WftlllH I SUSjSVJilU Ctll ovi/uuiwo * **?* .. ? _ | call for the expenditure of money. | The ceremonies, simple -as they j promise to be, are expected to bring j a number of people to the capital j and committees are instructed to make such arrangements as will be necessary. About ten of thei 32 committees will be maintained.! The other committees have been dis-1 banded. ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE LEADING ISSUE Many Resolutionu Already F'ut On j Calendar Calling for Reduction of Taxes and Reforms in Taxation. Columbia, Jan. 13.?The financial situation appears to be uppermost in the minds of members of the South Carolina legislature and many reso lutions have already been put on the calendars calling for reduction of taxes and consideration of tax re forms. Representative Wade of Aiken, of fered a resolution calling for a meet ng of all farmers in the legislature to be held this evening to consider the question of taxation, especially n view of the depressed financial con ditions of the farmers. Representative Mower of Newberry offered a resolution to instruct the ways and means committee of the house to limit the appropriations this year to the total of appropriations made in 1918, and to limit the tax levy to nine mills. This resolution will be considered by the house Thursday. A resolution calling for Friday, Monday night and early morning ses sions was introduced by Representa tive Toole of Aiken, with reference to the financial condition and the need for economy in every direction. The resolution was not passed, the desire of the house being to take ac tion on this question later in the week. In delivering his annual message to the joint assembly Governor Coop er urged that the' state levy this year be held down to nine mills. Both branches of the assembly received the resolution of the tax payers con vention" for a reduction of taxation. VOTES IN HOUSE ON PROHIBITION Increase in Money for Enforcement. ?Rejected Amendment Propos ed Appropriation of One Hundred Million Dol lars for Work Washington, Jan. 1I>.?The house went up and down the ladder in voting today on appropriations for enforcement of the prohibition laws. First rejecting an amendment to the pending appropriation measure under which the bureau of internal revenue would be given $100,000,000 to break up outlaw liquor traffic, the house adopted, 86 to 48, an amend ment by Representative Volstead, Minnesota, father of the law, increas ing the total from $6,500,000 to $7, 100,000. Before the vote was taken the house, jumping from one extreme to the other, defeated without count an amendment limiting the amount to $100,000,000. There was a tinge of >ld time prohibition bitterness in the half houy'debate preceding the final clearing away of the whole question \ as to how far congress should go in faking the country "bone dry." Pleading for a larger sum than had been fixed by the committee in framing the legislative, executive and judicial bill, Mr. Volstead gave warning that the country would be i i t* -A. il\. i: -r i neara irom 11 n was uie puncy oij, congress to cut appropriations down and make the job of enforcement a joke. Mr. Volstead said he merely proposed a figure nearer that which j the attorney general had requested. I Representative Gallivant, Demo-j crat, Massachusetts, gave the house its first indication that a fight was | brewing by proposing to make the \ appropriation $100,000,000. Taking | up the statement of Mr. Volstead j that a good part of the money spent j i would come back in fines, he said: | "What's this mite? Let's go the limit. Let's help the new adminis tration by bringing back a hundred million." Referring by name to Wayne Wheeler, general counsel of the An ti-Saloon league, as "Mr. Volstead's legislative adviser." Mr. Gallivant j declared Mr. Wheeler had said he would make it so dry in Massacnu-i setts "its people would spit cotton.": "They are doing that now," he de clared. "I want to say to the Anti Saloon league that Massachusetts to-j day is the only state in the union I that is enorcing the prohibition law. I contend that the sum I suggest is a drop in the bucket when you con- ' sider how much is needed to en-' force thg law in the rest of the country." ABBEVILLE MEN GET APPOINTMENTS Speaker- Cothran has appointed the following Abbeville men to positions about the General Assem bly. James S. Cothran, of Abbeville, bill cleric; William Clinkscales, of Honea Path, a page; J. N. Mitchell, of Honea Path, a door-keeper; C. B. Prince, tff Abbeville, a dootvkeeper. Mrs. Willie C. Barnet, of Colum bia is Journal Clerk. x MOVING TO ABBEVILLE Rev. J W. Busshart paid the Press and Banner a visit Friday morning and put his name on the subscription list for^ a year. Mr. Busshart i? moving to Abbeville from Grenewood and he starts out in the right way by buying a house anS lot on South Main street from Mr. John Green, also two vacant lots adjoining. Mr. Busshart has a t*_? ?t- - Ml ALU son,, cen, wno win move w auuc ville shortly. . Mr. Busshart is a Baptist preach er and he is much interested in the recent history of the churcn publish ed' in the Press and Banner. LITTLE & THOMSON MOVE X Messrs Little and Thomson, who have run an up-to-date grocery on North Main sti'eet in the store room built by the . Piedmont Investment Co., will move Monday to the store recently vacated by the J. M. Ander ! .son Company. japanese regret actum ma messages from TOICVO gov ernment express deep regret at death of lieu tenant langdon. instruc tions given at vladivos tok that americans must not be challenged Washington, Janu. 13.?Notifica tion that Japanese commanding offi cer at Vladivostok has given orders uiat nereaiter sentries jnusv noi challenge Americans and the formal expression of regret by 'the Japa nese government went far today to wards adjusting the situation which has arisen 'over the fatal shooting by a Japanese soldier at that port of Lieut. W. H. Langdoq of the cruis er Albany. The action of the Vladivostok commander, General Oi, was re ported to the jiavy department by Admiral Cleaves, commander of the Asiatic fleet, who was on his way to Vladivostok to conduct a personal investigation. The admiral added * the report had been sent to him by radio, and thatin view of develop ments he had abandoned! his trip of inquiry. Ambassador ShideTiara of Japan called upon Acting Secretary Davis late today and expressed the deep / r?-T V. if i?n rv-? ont fViof cunllv ICgiCt Vi IJIO 5UVCIIIIUCIIV t/<ftC?b OUCH an incident should have occurred. Earlier he had received from the Japanese foreign office a version of the shooting which differed from an earlier and equally official version issued in - Tokyo in that embassy's account agreed with Lieutenant iLangdon's ante-mortum statement that the sentry was the first to fire. The attitude of the Japanese gov ernment was also indicated in the v ; communication to Admiral Gleaves, which said that high officials of the Japanese force had expressed their sorrow and regret. , Secretary of the Navy Daniels who had called / upon Admiral Gleaves for a report, conferred _ with Secretary Davis today in an ef fort to expedite as far as possible the gathering of the facts in the case. The latter immediately in structed Consul MacGowan from whom the first official news of the incident had come, to supplement his report, and declared that if the facts warranted an Immediate1-, and energetic protest would be made to Japan Later developments, how ever, are understood to have in clined official to believe that the situation is in prospect of final ad justment. Following is the dispatch re ceived by the navy department from Admiral Gleaves: "Strict instructions have been is sued by General Oi that all com mands instruct sentries not to halt Americans. All Japanese officials of high rank have been aboard. They expressed sorrow and regret and state that sentry, who shot Lieuten ant Langdon was *ery ignorant. , General Oi has sent a large wreath. "Vice Admiral Kawahara has sent a telegram from Tokyo as fol lows | "I am deeply shocked at the news of iLieutenant Langdon's death by unlooked for accident. Please ac cept my sincere condolences, al although no word of mine can help. I feel for this most lamentable oc ccurrence most deeply sorry." A RAINBOW AND SLEET Yesterday was the coldest day we have had this winter. The thermome ter ranged around 32.and 34 and from four o'clock in the morning un til up in the day the first sleet of the winter fell. The morning sun came over the horizon beautifully clear \nd reflected a lovely rainbow in the northwest which lasted for a short .vhile and was the wonder of all vho were up early enough to see it. V morning rainbow in the winter is most unusual thing. The rainbow lisapjeared and the sky was over ,.:t for the balance of the day.