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Abbeville Press and Banner 1814. y?T00 tha Year, Tri-W^'y- Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Jan. 24, 1921 . Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. TO EXTEND TIME FOR PAYING TAXES FOR GENERAL GOOD Columbia, Jan. 22.?The time for the payment of taxes in South Caro lina will be extended this year be yond the usual time. The Hotlse has one trill sent to third reading today and the Senate has another bill for the same purpose also sent to third reading today but in a free confer ence it would not be hard to harmon ize the two ideas for extending time so that it may be put-down as reason ably certain that the time will be extended. Governor Cooper may be veto such a bill but this it not likely. The House Din nxes ine xax-paym^ schedule as follows: one per cent pen alty for January; two per cent for February; three/'per cent for March; four per cent for April and then be tween the first of May and the 15th of May, seven per cent penalty with executions after May the 15th. The Senate bill provides for one per cent penalty for each month to April the first and then seven per cent penalty with executions after May the first. Both bills are now on the way to third reading and passage seems assured. v The Rogers bill for board of re view for motion pictures received a favorable report from the Senate committee on education with an a mpnrimpnt that two members of the board of three censors be women. The Senate adjourned Friday after noon to meet again Tuesday at noon. The House ajourned until next Mon day night all eight o'clock. Several of the members of the House took the body to task this morning for the practice of week-end adjournments ? and then talking about economy. They charged a wilful waste of the people's money. Both bodies voted overwhelmingly to go honie. Speaker Cothran called attention to the fact that House calendar was ^ practically clear and that the House 1 ' -1 ...Jtu 4-Vi Ueillg iUJIIUSl up WIUI lis wuin. tucic was little to do. He said he hoped the ways and means committee would be able report the general appro priation bill at an early date. Chair man Hughes said they were meeting every day beginning at nine o'c.ock and that also he had a meeting every afternoon at three o'clock with the Senate finance committee and he hop ed the appropriation bill would be re ported very soon. Senator Wightman's resolution calling for the name of every state employee was adopted by the House today. LYNCH TWO NEGROES IN NORTH CAROLINA Norlina, N. C., Jan. 24.?Alfred Williams and Plummer Bullock, two negroes, were taken from the War renton jail by a masked mob early this morning and shot to death. No effort was made to molest the other 11 negroes who were confined in jail in connection with the i-ace clash early Sunday. Bullock was said to have been the instigator and Williams one of the leaders of the clash. About 150 men were in the mob that entered the jail'. The two negroes were taken into the woods about a mile outside of town and their bodies ridled with bullets. VISITORS FROM GREENWOOD Mrs. A. Rosenberg and Miss Eve D AflAVlik A.T*r* AdtlMA Atrav fv/vm lyiL 5 VCUII^ U f VI Greenwood Sunday and sepnt the day with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rosen berg* A SICK BABY Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harris left Monday morning for Columbia where they took their little daugh er for treatment. The little girl has been quite sick for the past week and she goes to Columbia for special attention. A DAY IN McCORMICK. 4. Miss Mary Quarles Link, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Mary LaWson Link and [Maxwell Smith spent the day Sun day in McCormick the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owen. aDie 10 pay any casn ior some time to come. The experts will recommend that Germany be allowed to retain 300, 000 tons of shipping which remains to be turned over to the allies and that the expenses of the occupation of the Rhineland be reduced. They FRANCE OPTOMISTIC AS COUNCIL BEGINS TONE OF CONFIDENCE PRE VAILS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF FIVE POWERS GATHER IN PARIS TO CONSIDER DISARM AMENT AND REPARATIONS? TO DETERMINE FATE OF NEW CABINET Paris, Jan. 23.?The meeting of the supreme council, wfiich will be gin tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the famous clock room of the for eign office where the plenary ses sions of the peace conference were held, is regarded in France as second in importance only to the de ?AOtVlA UDerauons irum wuivu vau^ w?t treaty of .Versailles. The duration of the new ministry of Aristide Briand, it is generally understood, will depend upon this meeting and the results the premier will be able to^,bring from the council to the chamber of deputies. The general feeling over the situation is opti mistic. The French people have been greatly reassured during the past few days by the tones of the British press and seem confident that the ^allies will beable to agree fully, not only upon the measures to secure ' the disarmament of Germany, but upon the, general lines of repara tion. There was a cordial conference of half an hour tonight in a private J room at the North station immedi ' | ately upon the arrival of the British delegation Between juavia L.ioya George, the British prime minister, and Earl Curzon of Kedleston, the British foreign secretary, and Aris tide Briand, the new French pre mier. The conference strengthened the impression that the work of the council would begin under the most favorable of conditions. Two Major Questions Disarmament will be the first subject to occupy the conferees. Then, it is expected, reparations | will follow and that the Turkish, j Greek, Russian, Austrian and other I questions will be discussed. The questions between the allies and the United States will likewise be gone over. It is expected that the con ference will last about a week. The representatives of the five powers at the council will be: Great Britain, Premier Lloyd George, j Earl ?urzon of Kedleston, Field ] Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson j of the imperial staff; Baron Edgar j yincent d'Abernon, ambassador to Germany; General Bingham, presi ! dent of the inter-allied subcommis jsion on armament; Admiral Sin ! clair and Major Growes. France: Premier Briand, M. Ber thelot, M. Toucheur, M. Doumer, M. Seydoux and Colonel de St. Aulare, j ambassador to Great Britain. Italy:' Count Sforza, foreign min I ister, and Marquis Delia Porella. Bf?te?iiim: .T&sner Theunvus. minis ter of finance, and M. Van de Vy vere, former minister of finance. Japan:. Viscount Ishii, ambassa dor to France. To Meet in Secrecy Meetings will be held in the fam ous cloak room in the foreign office in the strictest secrecy. The reparations question will come up on the report of the allied . experts who met the " Germans at Brussels in which they recommend that, pending final determination 'of the total of Germany's debt, Ger many shall pay five annual install ments of 3,000,000, frncs in gold of . which the minimum in cash is to be fixed by the allies. The council also probably will consider the answer > which it will make to the declara tion of the German ambassador, ' Wilhelm Mayer von Kaufbeuren, to M. Briand that Germany will not be \ .li- ?._ i ? .. ALL ABOUT COTTON After the slump of last week, the market today had the coton experts in better humor. The market opened at a slight adance, and kept advanc ing all day. January futures closed at 16.60 against 15.95 last Saturday. March futures were up at the close 43 points over Saturday's closing fig ures. Spot cotton in New York ad vanced 70 points. The news from the spinning cen ters and from other markets was en couraging, more so than for a week, and with developments at Paris where the Reparations Commission is at ? ? ?1- " UnffAM onAf rloWflriH wuriV) anu a vcucx oput uvw.^.? which. Js-.now looked for, there may be better news in the market. The ginning figures came out today showing the amount of cotton ginned to Jan. 16th. The figures were 12, 016,000 bales.'Texas has ginned 3, 862,254 bales to that date which .is nearly a million and a half more than the ginnings to the same period last year. South Carolina definitely takes its place as the second to the largest cotton growing state in the union, having passed'Georgia, and standing now next to Texas. DOWN FROM DONALDS Mr. J. C. Mabry, who gets his mail at Donalds was in town bright > and early Monday morning. He says the farmers in his neighborhood have not signed an acreage reduc tion yet but he thinks they are will ing. Mr Mabry says the Press and Banner is the best paper he has ever taken and he has made it cer tain that he get it without the loss ot a copy. GET LESS- LIQUOR Washington, Jan. 23.?Whiskey consumption in the United States decreased from 89,641,985 gallons in 1917 to 5,581,553 gallons in 1920, the first year of prohibition under the constitutional amendment, ac cording to figures announced today by the Anti-Saloon League of Amer ica. Consumption of alcohol, in the same years, decreased from 71,081, 121 gallons to 22,639,355 gallons, the figures showed, while beer cor.sump j tion dropped from 60,817,379 barrels | j 9,231,280 barrels. "nvonfinff 4-Vi o f monir w ill i/"\n or a 1 _ lorrs-of alcohol and whiskey with drawn for non-beverage use have been diverted to beverage use," said an accompanying statement by the league, "and granting that many mil lion gallons of beer have been made and consumed illegally, a conserva tive estimate shows that the people of the United States have saved over one billion dollars previously spent for beverage intoxicants." AT THE HOSPITAL v Miss Doretta Smith, one of the competent young women, who is in training at the County Memorial Hos pital was operated on about ten days ago and has made such a rapid i-ecovery that she is up and about the. hospital, learning more every day to be a gentle and capable nurse. DEATH OF MR. WELLS RILEY Mr. Wells A. Riley died at the Greenwood hospital Friday after a brief illness and was buried at Green wood at 12 o'clock today. Mr. Riley was a son of Mr. T. F. Riley and has been a familiar figure around Green wood since the town was a small vil lage. if_ t>:i_ ....11 1 a v. lur. xvuey was wen ituuwii in au beville. will reject the demands of the Ger man experts for the suppression of the plebiscite in upper Silesia for an indefinite period; the postpone ment of payments in cash; the resti tution of sequestrated German property abroad which has not yet been liquidated in order that Ger many may use it as security for credits, and a reduction in Ger many's coal deliveries. They also will propose the suppression of cash advances by thfe allies on the price of coal delivered. THE PRESBYTERIAN PREACHER Mr. Calvert Thomson and Mr, Joel Morse have returned from Davidson, N. C., and they bring the news that Rev. C. M. Richards, D. D., has taken the call of the Presbyterian church at Abbeville under favorable consid eration and will come to Abbeville oru-February 1st and visit and preach to the congregation. Dr. Richards is pastor at Davidson and is professor of Greek Bible at Davidson college. He is a man about fifty years of age, has one daughter who is teaching, a son, a junior at Davidson and two other children, the youngest being eight years of age. The visitors from Abbeville were delighted with Dr. and Mrs. Richards and he will meet with x^warm wel come from the conerreeration when he pays his visit to them. HOME FROM FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Leslie are at home again after their trip to Flori da where they were the guests for two weeks of Mr. and Mrs. Jule Ben son. While away they^went to all the big points of interest in the lower part of the State, making many pleasant trips in a car. Mr. Leslie was interested in the farms in Flori da and says everybody is making money in fruit and garden truck. Mr. Leslie says he can't be fooled again about a land of "sunshine and flow ers" being found in Florida for he wore his overcoat all the time and felt mighty comfortable in it. He brings the news that Jule Ben {son who has many boyhood friends Ill UUi tuuutj, AO ?S i ~ the sincere esteem of people in his new home. j DR. NARDIN CALLED IN Dr. Nardin was down from Ander son Sunday on professional business. He paid a visit to little Mary Sa lome Harris who is sick with pneu monia and is suffering much with her ears. The Doctor also operated on Mrs. Lamar Gilliam at the County Hos pital. SECRETARY'S OFFICE BURNS Marion, Ohio, Jan. 23.?The res idence 01 beorge is. Christian, jr., next door to the home of President-j elect Harding, and used- by him as | his headquarters, was destroyed by! fire this morning1. All campaign I documents stored in the building,! althouhg somewhat damaged by] water, are thought to have been saved. The desk at which the presi dent-elect met in conference with the "best, minds" of the country al so was removed from the burning building but slightly marred by the flames. The fire started from an overheated furnace. The house was unoccupied. '< SIX LOSE LIVES WHEN HOMES BURN Washington Court House, Ohio, Jan. 23.?Six numbers of the fami ly of James Adkins, living 14 mile? north of here, was burned to death early this morning' when fire de stroyed their home. Adkins was fatally burned. The fire followed the explosion of a coal stove into which Adkins pour ed kerosene onto coals in an effort to start it quickly. The dead are: Mrs. James Adkins, 30; Grace Adkins, 14; Leona Adkins 11; Naomi IRuth Adkins, 4; Freeda, three weeks: Walter Bennett. 70. uncle of Mrs. Adkins. Shortly after two o'clock this morning Mr. Adkins afose to heat* water for his three weelcs old daugh ter, who was ill. Immediately on pouring kerosene into the stove from a two-gallon can, the burning oil was thrown to all parts of the I; room by the explosion. Mrs. Adkins and her baby who occupied a bed in one corner of the room were imme diately enveloped in flames. HOME FROM PORTSMOUTH Mrs. Mary I. Kennedy is at home again after an extended visit to rel atives in Portsmouth. NOTE FROM WHITE HOUSE SAYS ENGAGEMENT MUST BE ENTERED INTO AMONG NATIONS NOT TO VIOLATE OR PERMIT VIOLATION OF TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ONCE GREAT EMPIRE Washington, Jan. 23.?A "public and snlsmn" ene-acement amoncr the great powers "not to violate or to permit the violation of the terri | torial integrity of Russia" is re garded by President Wilson as the sine qua non of an attempt at the pacification of Armenia and tjie other states bordering the once great empire. The president's views are set forth in a note transmitted to Paul Hymans, president of the league of nations assembly, by Acting Secre tary Davis, under date of January 18, and made public tonight at the state department. "The distressful situation" of Armenia which has been invaded by both the Turkish Nationalists and the Soviets, is only one detail of I the vast Russian problem, the pres j ident says and he "most earnestly I urged" his' conviction that it is only by a general and ' comprehensive treatment of the whole problem, "only by full and generous coopera i.; i.i :~~: l ? Lion 01 nit? priiivijjui mat u | hopeful approach to the pacification j and independence of Armenia can ! be found." The president says he has never [ believed that the problems raised by I the Bolsheviki coup de'etat could be | solved b? military actions' from the i outside and he expresses the hope j "that the recent tragical events on | the Polish front and in the Crimea I have convinced all the world that j armed invasion is not the way to j bring peace to the people of Rus sia." Mr. Wilson adds that these | events have only strengthened his : conviction that the Russian revolu tion, "benificient in its main pur | poses" must be developed to a satfs factory eonclusion by the Russians i themselves, with such help from the | outside as may be "voluntarily re j ceived." President Wilson's note to Paul Hymans, president of the assembly ; of the league of nations, on media | tion in Armenia, as transmitted by Acting Secretary Davis, of the state department, follows: "Your telegram of December 26, 1920, transmitted a message re ceived by the council i/om the Bri tish government, concerning Ar menia, stating that Armenia is re ported to be under control of soviet Russia, and suggesting that the president instruct the American high commission at Constantinople to take up the matter with the al lied high comimisisoners, has been received and read with interest by the president, who instructs me to reply as follows: "The president does not deem it practicable to instruct the Ameri can high commisisoner at Constanti nople to act for him in this matter. As was stated in my telegram of December 16, 1920, he has chosen the Hon. Henry Morgenthau, who has been prepared to act for him in such steps as may be taken. Before instructing him to proceed, however, the president has been waiting the definite assurances and information from all the principal powers inter ested, as requested in his cable of November 20, 1920, defining the conditions under which he would en deavor to mediate. "The message from the British prime ministers transmitted by you on December 26 would seem to in dicate the impracticability or futili ty of the president's addressing him self, at least in the first instance, to the Armenians and Kemalists. The president is inclined to share this view and to feel that no solution can be had without getting at the source of the trouble. "Pending receipt of information BOARD OF REVIEW IS SUGGESTED FOR MOTION PICTURES Columbia, Jan. 22.?A bill provid ing for the establishment of a "South Carolina Board of Review" for the censorship of motion pictures before they can be shown in this State and setting of its machinery was introduc ed in the General Assembly today, by Mr. Harris of Spartanburg, in the House, by Senator Rogers, of Spar tanburg, in the Senate. It was referred to the committees on educa tion. The measure provides for a board of three members to be appointed by the governor for terms of two, fopr and six years, respectively, the chairman to be designated by the exe cutive. He will receive a salary of $3,000 yearly and the other two mem bers 2,500 each. No-motion picture reel can be shown in the State unless censored by the board, and its ap proval must be stamped on it before it can be exhibited. The action of the board is reviewable by the courts. The bill appropriates $15,000 for the expense by inspectin and license fees. Each reel inspected pyill cost $2 in inspection fees and each motion picture house in the State will have to pay a license tax of five cents a seat annually. There is a penalty of 10- to 30 days' imprisonment or a fine of $10 to $100 for conviction of violation of the provisions of the measure. The beard may revoke an operator's li cense for the second offence. Mr. Ray Gallman went down to \TowiKom?ir o?/J I aivtt auu oyciiU b'lic OclUJJUUl with his home people, and assurance requesed by the pres i ident in his telegram by November 30, 1920, it is deemed wise to state the problem as the president views it, its causes and possible remedies. It would appear that the immediate cause of trouble in Armenia and Turkey has been the treaty of Sevres. Admittedly this was a diffi cult questino with which to contend, but the treaty was drafted by the allied powers and the trouble . has arisen over the failure of certain factions to accept this treaty and of the allies to enforce It. This is a 'question over which the president has no contuol; ana any measures which he might take or recommend in this direction would be depend ent upon the hearty cooperation and support of the allied powers. ] "The British prime minister j calls attenion to the report that ! Armenia is under the control of Moscow, from which it appears that another complication has developed The dependence of Armenia on the Soviet Russia is another situation over which the president has no con trol, and he sees no action he can take to free Armenia without the moral and diplomatic support of the principal powers which holds promise of bringing peace and ac 3 a_ i.i~~ f curu i/U cue ^truteiiuiiig panics. "There is bitter distrust and fear of war along all the v Russian bor ders. It seems futile to attempt to | bring peace to the Caucasus, if the result is merely to free the forces engaged for new campaigns on oth e sectors of the long front. The dis tressful situation of Armenia is but one detail of this Russian problem and the president most earnestly urges his conviction that it is only by a general and comprehensive treatment of the whole problem, on ly by full and generous cooperation I ? *1 1 XT i. _ 1 oi uie principal powers uiau a nupc ful approach to the pacification of Armenia can be found. ,"The attitude of the president to-" wards these new powers in Russia has been frequently and clearly ex pressed. He regards the Bolsheviki as 'violent and tyrranical minority,' by no means representing the real desires and purposes of the Russian people. But he has never believed that the problems raised by the coup d'etat could be solved by military action from outside. He now hopes that the recent tragical events on the Polish front and in the Crimea have convinced all the world that armed invasion is not the way to bring peace to the people of Russia.