GERMANY MUST PAY
IN FULL, IS DEMAND
MADE BY FRANCE
Paris, Jan. 27.?Paul Doumer,
French minister of finance, opened
the discussion of German repara
tions by the supreme allied council
here this morning. He read a report
on the financial situation, and out
lined the French viewpoint concern
ing a solution of the reparations
question. The conference then heard
Baron Edgar Vincent d'Abernon,
British ambassador to Germany.
M. Doumer's report occupied vir
tually the whole of the morning ses
sion. It was ordered translated and
communicated to the Allied experts
this afternoon. Meanwhile the con
ference plans to discuss the Polish
and near eastern question and to
take up the reparations issue again
tomorrow.
The position adopted by M. Doum
er in his report, it developed as he
proceeded to its conclusion was a re
turn of the terms of Article 233 of
th?? t??atv of Versailles, which
places the duty of determining the
amount of compensation to be paid
by Germany with the reparations
commission. He advocated strict ad
herence to the terms of that article.
At the conclusion of the morning
session Premiers Lloyd George and
Briand took luncheon together for a
private discussion of the repara
tions question.
More than 25,000 persons are em
ployed in the salmon canning in
dustry in the State of Washington.
The cost of a modern battleship of
the United States navy is about $32,
000,000.
LINCOLN STAND USED
Washington, Jan. 25.?The small
stand first used at the inauguration
of Abraham Lincoln and at every
inauguration since, except when
William Howard Taft became presi
dent, will be" used March 4 when
Warren G. Harding takes the oath
of office. The exception in the case
of Mr. Taft was because the cere
^mony occurred in the senate cham
ber because of the weather. The
stand is in the possession of Watson
S. Clark of this city son of the ar
chitect of the capitol building.
Notice to Taxpayers
For the Purpose of Accommodating
the Public in the Matter of Mak
ing Their Returns, I Will Visit the
Places Mentioned Below On The
? i?i:?? i
ALL RETURNS must be made un
der oath of personal property re
turned at its market value.
Persons not making their returns
between January 1, 1921 and Feb.
ruary 20, 1921, are liable to a penal
ty o'f 50 per cent. 'in;s penalty will
be enforced against delinquents: for
the failure to enforce it heretofore
has put on neglect u;' the law.
The returns of tnose who conform
to the law arc placeu before the
Township and County Boards, while
those who disregard the law come in
after the meeting of the Boards and
return to suit themselves. The en
forcement of this 50 per cent penal
ty will correct this evil.
Returns will not bt wtken by mail
unless they are sworn to before
some proper officer. All improve
ments or any transfer of real estate
must be reported to tne Auditor.
Employers are requested to return
all their employees after notifying
them and getting a statement of
their property.
All tax returns must be made by
school districts. So please look up
("your plats and find the number of
acres in each school district, also
amount of personal property.
My Appointments Are as Follows:
Calhoun Falls, Tuesday, February
1st.
and
Lowndesville, Wednesday
Thursday, 2ncf and 3rd.
Donalds Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 4th and 5th.
Due West, Tuesday and Wednes
day, February 8th and 9th.
Dr. Joseph Hicks will represent
me at Calhoun Falls.
R. J. Huchinson will represent mvi
at Lowndesville.
D. H. Humphries will represent me
at Donalds.
J. P. Todd will - -present me at
Due West.
E. A. Pattei'son will represent me
at Autreville.
V.\ W". Wilson Win represent me
I at Levc": Land.
- CHARD SONDLEY,
'I: Auditor Abbe. County.
!? DONALDS x
IN ^
Miss Eva King, of Anderson,
. visited her friend, Mrs. Ida kcDill,
last Sunday.
Mr. Leon Gordon spent Sunday
! with his parents, returning to And
j erson Sunday night.
Miss Wilma Dodson, of Green
(ville, spent the week-end with her
'sister, Mrs. J. R. Dunn.
| Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dunn were
business visitors in Greenwood last
1 Monday.
| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Booker and
1 son, Lowry, of Greenwood, spenl
! urifVi Mr RnrvlroT'c mnthpi
j UUUUajf mvu ma* w ...?
' and sister, Mrs. R. L. Barmore.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sproles anc
' daughters, Elizabeth ana Sarah,
came up from Greenwood Sundaj
and spent the day with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Smith.
Misses Edith Cooper, Nub Sharp(
and little Sara Major, of Green
j wood, were guests Sunday of Mr
1 and Mrs. C. E. Sharpe and family.
| Rev. J. M. Dallas filled his regu
I lar appointment at Griendshij
J church in Laurens County, las1
I Sunday.
Mr. J. C. Mabry, one of our mosi
| enterprising farmers, spent Mondaj
in Abbeville on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Davis visitec
relatives in Honea Path last Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Smith, of Columbia, wife &.
the Baptist minister of this place
spent the week-end with Mr. an<
) Mrs. Maxcy Agnew.
j Miss Margaret C. Dallas, who ii
j teaching in Ware Shoals, spent th<
| week-end at her home here.
A delegation of the Knights o:
Pythias went over to Ware Shoal:
i last Monday night and were royally
entertained by the brethren. Thej
, report a very enjoyable time ant
hope to go again.
Miss Julia Seawright, of Ander
|Son, is spending a short vacatioi
I with her parents, Mr. an'd Mrs. D. H
j Seawright.
'j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drake anc
daughter, Miss Ruth, spent last Sat
j urday with Mr. and Mrs. Andrev
May.
i Mr. Rice Henry, of Ware Shoals
j spent Sunday with his parents.
Mr. Benjamin Carlton, of B. M. I
was a week-end visitor in his honx
. here.
Mrs. J. M. Campbell has returnee
J from a week's visit with her mothei
at her home near Westminister.
I
j Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith wert
i dinner guests Sunday in the hom(
! of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Stone.
! Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Jordon, Mr
! and Mrs. Olin Brownlee and daugh
j ters, Misses Mabel and Frances, o1
Due West, were welcome guests 01
j Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dallas and Mis:
I Margaret Dallas last Friday night.
I Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gordor
: gave a dining at their hospitabh
i home last Thursday. The following
guests were present, Mr. and Mrs
, Franklin Smith, Miss Erin Sharpe
I and Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dallas. A
; sumptuous dinner was served ant
was much enjoyed by those present
' A delightful afternoon was spen
' with the host and hostess. Mrs
Smith assiter her mother in enter
taining. ,
Mr. Frank Smith, son of Mr. anc
Mrs. Callie Smith, was taken t<
I Greenwood hospital last Saturday
! for treatment. The many friends o:
I Mr. Smith hope he will have t
speedy recovery.
Mr. Levi Thomas visited hi:
i mother near Belton last Sunday.
Misse Thompson and Collins speni
1 the week-end at their respectivi
I hump? in Newherrv and Edsremoor.
1 j Miss Collins, one of our teachers
j wnt to her home in Edgemoor las'
j Wednesday in response to a messag<
', saying that her home was destroyec
1 by fire that day. We sympathiz<
with the family in their great loss,
j Mrs. Bagwell, who lives neai
town, had an old fashioned quilting
1""* "'"nV A TTorir Vionnv tima wni
j laob VY ttxv? XI. T VI J v4*t?v ?
spent and a bountiful dinner wai
1 served. A number of our young peo
! pie were invited fro dinner. ,
SNOW IN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles, Jan. 25.?Snow fel
t in the Hollwood and Elysian Pari
sections of Los Angeles today foi
| the first time in several years. Tops
^of street cars returning to th<
downtown districts from Holly
wood were white with it.
i Snow also fell in Long Beach, a
I suburb, for the first time in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
I TRADE WITH RUSSIA
FREELY DISCUSSED
Arguments Pro and Con Presented
Before Foreign Relations Com
mittee?Two Men Monopoly
Washington, Jan. 27.?Arguments
for an against .resumption of trade
' with Soviet Russia were received to
day by the senate foreign relations (
committee which also heard charges ^
that the state department actually
J was maintaining a blockade against
| that country although technically
none was supposed to exist.
Spokesmen for organized workers
I in many lines of industry appeared
; to support the resolution of Senators
France, Republican, Maryland, which
would enable American firms to ac
I cept gold of the' old imperial Russian
, government which is being offered* by
r'the Soviet authorities in payment for
, foreign goods. They said resumption
I of trade would go a long way toward
s J relieving the present industrial de
. pression which has thrown more than
. J 3,000,000 persons out of employment
i John Spargo of New York, who has
-Iwritten extensively on Russian con
), ditions, expressed the opposite opin
t ion. In a formal statement which
was admitted to the record, he de
t clared that renewal of trade "might
J easily prove the means of bringing
about the collapse of our entire eco
i nomic system" as credits would have
r to be extended to carry on the tradet
Declaring that Leriin and Trotzky
f monopolized Russian trade, Senator
?J Erandegee, Republican, Connecticut,
1 asked how it would be possible to
{work out plans for trade with Russia
a x J 15 ii.1. Xl. O?
J I w.moui ueanng wim mem. ocuawi
i France replied that "British states
Imen have worked out a plan for the
^! possession of the whole of Russian
5, trade" and that he believed the Amer
f I ican statesmen had ability equal to
'f | that of the British.
* Charges that the state department
made an actual blockade against
Soviet Russia were presented to the
1 committee by Mrs. Harriet S. Black
and Miss Lucy Branham 'of the
American Woman's Emergency com
mittee. They declared that the de
partment had prevented their organ
ization from sending clothing and
foodstuffs to' needy Russian children,
and that ships actually loaded had
been prevented from going to Russia.
Finally, they said, the committee
had been forced to send its supplies
to the American Friends society in
[ j England for transportation to Rus
* sia.
Representatives of Labor.
> Labor representatives before the
; committee included E. C. Davison,
secretary .of the International Asso
ciation of Machinists; Joseph Schloss
berg, representating the Amalgamat
p ed Clothing Workers of America and
? Timothy Healy, president of the
3 Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers.
Mr. Davison said the Russians need
x ed 15,000 locomotives and that the
, construction of these in this country
f\ would give employment to many rail
road workers who have been laid off.
Mr. Schlossberg declared that 150
L 000,000 Russians were badly in need
j j of clothing, shoes and many other
.: things and that the supplying of
t these from America would cause the
resumption of activity in the textile
. ieather and other industries.
Mr. Healy told the committee that
1. 2,000,000 organized workers had de
) manded resumption of trade with
J Russia and in view of the hardships
f ibor was suffering throughout the
i country, the government's policy
hould be to allow immediate re
3 sumption of that trade.
Information as to the means em
11 p'oyed by other nations to trade
; with Russia walfe given to the com
mittee in executive session by a
' Russian in business in Boston, who
h:
I was presented to the committee by
'[Senator France and whose name was
* withheld. He was said to have told
" the committee that the system in
volved the sending of goods to coun
j tries contiguous to Russia. Upon the
' j arrival of the shipments Soviets
' j agents were notified and after ex
amining the goods and paying for
[them in gold, they accompanied the
, shipments to their destinations in
Russia.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
Hesperian Chapter No. 17 R. A.
,1 will meet Thursday, Jan. 27th,
, at 7:30 p. m. to confer the Royal
Arch degree. Past High Priest Geo.
j T. Bryant will officiate. Desseau
t Council will meet the same evening.
, Companions will please be prompt.
2t. T. G. PERRIN, Sec'ty.
KEEP THE POULTRY
FLOCK HEALTHY
Clemson College, January?Chick
ens will not give adequate returns in
eggs or growth when kept under in
sanitary conditions, says specialists J
of the United States Department of]
Agriculture. The construction of
the poultry house should receive1
first attention. Sufficient aid space, j
lighting and ventilation should be
provided, and the entire house clean-!
ed at frequent intervals.
While these precautions can not
be depended upon to control mites
and lice, they aid the poultryman in
determining when these pests are
nvnearf Trt />Anrl if inn iirV* inV?
piv.ov.iic. Alt r 15VIUUO vvliuiviuii ^ miivii
in itself aids in controlling pests.
Dirty and insanitary houses provide
ideal breeding places for insects and
germs which are detrimental to poul
try. Diseased fowls, or those with
malformed bills feet rati ready
prey to lice, mites and other insect
pests and should ,be removed as soon
as discovered.
CHINA EGGS IN NEW YORK
The price of all grades of eggs
except cold storage dropped 10
cents a dozen in the last three days
due to the arrival of a heavy ship
ment from China and Japan, Hers
chel H. Jones, Director of the New
York office of the State Division of
Foods and Markets, announced yes
terday. The Chinese eggs were only
thirty-thre6 days en route from
Shanghai and the Japanese eggs
were thirty-one days from the port
of shipment. This was said in whole
sale circles yesterday to be record
time.
On Jan. 7, a train of twenty
eight cars of eggs started across the
country from Vancouver, arriving
in tne tiast xen aays jater. ah ox
these ei?gs except four cars, gather
ed on the Pacific Coast, came from
China and Japan. The very best of
Western eggs were selling yester
day at 72 to 73 cents a dozen whole
sale'and State hennery eggs brought
75 to 76 cents a dozen.?New York
Times.
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GASOLINE AND
KEROSENE DROP
I WITH CRUDE OIL
Chicago, Jan. 25.?A reduction j
j of two cents a gallon in the price of
gasoline was announced here today
by the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana as a result of decreases in
the price of crude oil. At service
COUNTY
DECIDl
Upon something you >
hence. Then work towar
Many people daily rea
they have been striving,
to reach goals farther on.
They make this progre
cess in saving and banking
income.
We welcome the acc
people.
We Pay 5 Per
on Saving
County Sa
Sound :: Sal
Abbeville,
rn/im
ALL KINDS/OF
uilding Materi
and SUPPLIES
>' Supply C
H. JACKSON, Mgi
I stations; the price dropped from 29
to 27 cents and from tank wagons
from 27 to 25 cents. Kerosene was
cut from 18 1-2 to 15 1-2 cents a
gallon.
"If crude oil continues to g#,
down, gasoline and kerosene will
naturally go down with it," said W.
M. Burton, president of the com
pany.
1
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I
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vant to do a few years
d that goal.
ch goals toward which
and make new decisions
;ss becauuse of their suc
? regularly a part of their
ounts of all ambitious
Cent. Interest
s Deposits
rings Bank
fe :: Service
S. Carolina
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