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r" . ( ' ' / - \ Abbeville Press and Banner EnlobliahccT1844. $2^00 Y*?r. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Yeat\ HUNS 10 REFUSE . ALLIES' CUIUS DR. WALTER SIMONS, FORpIGN MINISTER, DECLARES ^REICH STAG GOVERNMENT WILL NOT NEGOTIATE ON BASIS OF RE CENT ENTENTE DECISIONS REGARDING REPARATIONS Berlin, Feb. 1.?Dr. Walter Sim ons, the foreign minister, declared in the reichstag today that the govern ment would rfefuse to negotiate on the basis of the en^^rte decisions re garding reparations and would for mulate counter propositions. His po sition was supported by all the party leaders except the Communists, who heckled and jeered him when he con cluded speaking. Dr. Simons said the German government was unable either to refuse or agree to partici pate in the forthcoming London con ference because it had not yet been invited to send representatives. Paris, Feb. 1.?Herr Bergmann, head of the German expert delega t tion, was summoned ton;ght to Ber lin to report to the government there the atatus of the negotiations his delegation had been carrying on'in Paris., London, Feb. 1.?Dr. Simons, the German foreign minister, defining the attitude of the government on repar ations according to the Berlin corres pondent of the London Times, de"clar- j ed that the question whether dele ' gate's would be sent to London was dependent upon whether the entente regarded their decisions in the lig^ht of proposals and requests to counter proposals in the negotiations at Lon -(!??* or whether the Paris decisions constituted conclusion^ on whicn there d^uld be no discussion. The German government would evade an actual invitation to London requesting whether the delegates would be^ received as negotiators or simply to receive the decision. If the entente decided to admit negotiations the delegates would attend the Lon don conference with definite pro posals. Dr. Simons inveighed against the idea of Reading the reparations period over 42 years, which was 12 more than the treaty allowed. He pointed out that the treaty provided for'reparations only to the civilian population suffering specific damage and that Germany had the right to be heard in the examination of these claims. With reference to the retention by the allies of 12 per cent, duty on her exports, Dr. Simons said this wai I ' made without consideration of Ger-j many's capacity, and "taken together with the other proposals, form a scheme of enslavement of the Ger man people and a schede of compul sory labor." At the request of the foreign min ister there was no debate, adds the correspondent, though this d d not prevent Adolf^ Hoffman, Socialist from mounting the tribune and de claring that the minister s speech showed the bankruptcy oij the capi talistic system. It is generally regarded according to the correspondent that the peo posal that Germany shall not raise foreign loans without the consent of the allies is intended as a warning *3 America not to lend to Germany and to Germany not to borrow from Am erica but from the allies. The situa tion is tense. Dr. Sim )n* 1?;t even Vii.g wrote his letter of resignation, I'ut v-as pacifie 1 by President Ebcrt. I r? _ i.1. i I .rreceaing mis, a caoinet crisis was narrowly aveited. HARRIS BABY BETTER News came yesterday from Colum bia to Dr. J. E. Pressly that the con dition of the little baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harris was greatly improved. It is is hoped that the young lady-will continue to improve and that "she will shortly be out of langer. GRAVE OF DISTINGUISHED SON IS FOUND IN A ABANDONED CEMETERY Stephen Decatur Miiler, Governor Of South Carolina, United States Senator and State Lefislator Anderson, Feb. 1.?Discovery in in an "ancient and abandoned ceme tery in a little Mississippi town of a distinguished son of South Carolina, Stephen Decatur Miller, one who was a member of both branches of the State Legislature, a member of the Congress of the United States, Governor of the State of South Carolina and United States Senator from the Palmetto State?has been made by the Rev. Dr. W. H. Frazier, formerly pastor of the First Presby terian church of Anderson and now president of Belhaven College, at Jackson, Miss. Copying the inscription found on the tomb. Dr. Frazler forwarded a transcript of it to his friend, G. Pierce Browne, publisher of the Anderson Daily Mail. In an accom panying letter, Dr. Frazier talks in terestingly of his discovery of the grave of this illustrious son of South Carolina who has been sleep ing there for eighty-three years. Dr. Frazier's letter reads: "Mr. G. P. Browne, Publisher, "The Anderson Daily Mail, "Anderson, South Carolina. "My Dear Pierce: "Very frequently my duties call , me away from the city for the week end, such was the case this past week-end. I was sojourning in Ray- i mond, Miss., only a few miles below i Jackson and one of the oldest towns in +Va The balmv air and 1 warm sunshine called me out during ~ Sabbath afternoon, and as I strolled 1 along I entered an old cemetery, < and chanced to run upon a tomb- i stone whose inscription revealed < the fact that underneath its cover J lay the mortal remains of a dis- < tinguished South Carolinian. "With my unflagging love for the. old Palmetto State, I paused and < read carefully the inscription, i which I also copied; and I placed i upon the slab a sprig of evergreen, 1 as a tribute of respect to one who ( had figured so conspicuously in the early years of the political history of our dear old State. I did this for J myself and also for the State, which i T am snrp would deiieht to honor its \ distinguished son. \ "The grave is very neatly kept, < although in an old and now unused i cemetery, and the very facit of the cutting away of underbrush and weeds by the pe?ple of Raymond re- 1 veals a love for South Carolina < which is tender and beautiful. I "I am appending hereto the in- i scription, which I copied and one i that may be of interest to you and < your readers. 1 "With all hearty, sincere good 1 wishes, I am, 1 Yours abidingly, ] "W. H. Frazier." "Jackson, Miss., Jan. 21, 1921." The inscription appearing upon the tomb of this native Uaroiinian reads: '< "In memory of Stephen Decatur 1 Miller, who was born in Lancaster 'i District, South Carolina, on the ] tenth day of May, 1788, and died in 1 Raymond, Mississippi, on the eighth 1 day of March, A. D., 1837, aged 50 ] years. 1 "In his native State he had held public positions of the highest trust. 1 He had been a member of both i branches of the State Legislature, i In 1818. a mftmher of the Coneress i of the United States. In 1830, the ] Governor of South Carolina. In J 1831, the United States Senat<y 1 from South Carolina? All his public duties were discharged with signal ability and faithfulness of noble qualities; gifted with an uncommon mind, he was also brave and gener ous, a devoted husband, a tender < and loving father, a good man and ] useful citizen. He died lamented by 1 his country and mourned by his 11 family." i Miss Pamelia Culbreth returned 1 from Greenwood Sunday, after 1 spending a week with her sister. : Mrs. Loy White. c / EXPECT A DECISION SOON ON APPEAL ^ OF RAILROAD BOARD Unless Wage Agreements Are Re pealed Vice President of Penn sylvania Says Roads Face Bankruptcy Chicago, Feb. 1.?A decision is expected before the end of the week on the application to the railroad labor board of the railroad execu tives for repeal of the national wage agreements with the brotherhoods, it was said today. Unless the appli cation is granted at once, it was stated by W. W. Atterbury, Vice President of the Pennsylvania lines so that the roads might proceed to reduce operating expenses by some $300,000,000, the roads face bank ruptcy. Representatives of the brother hoods asked for opportunity to pre sent a reply immediately and B. M. Jewell, president of the railway em ployes of the American Federation of Labor and chief spokesman for the employes, expected to state the employes' arguments against abro gation of the agreemnts today. . What Brotherhoods Say. Pending action by the railroad la bor board, telegrams were sent by the brotherhood representatives to President Wilson and Miles Pom dexter declaring the roads "could save more than $300,000,000 . of waste if management did a better job in operating the lines," and call ing for a congressional investiga hplipve will result in I disclosures that the representations) of the carriers are deceptive." Suggestions by Judge R. M. Bar ton, chairman of the board, and Henry Hunt, another member that the employes and employers should :onfer on the differences were negatived, by Mr. Atterbury, who declared the railroad executives Feel no good could come of such a ;onference. Situation Critical . "The situation is so critcal that ?ven a few days' delay may result n flooding your board with petitions For a reduction of wages," Mr. At ;erbury said. "The board has a mass )f information; it can act if it will." If the national agreements under vhich the employes operated during 1 Federal control were set aside, Mr. atterbury said, no wage reductions ,vould be made for at least 90 days, jntil the rafrroads had tried out jther economies not now permitted i jnder the working agreements. Wilson Considering Message Wocin'Tiorfnrv 'Ffth. 1.?President If VV..J ? ?? Wilson received today and took un ier advisement the telegram sent lim from Chicago last night by rep resentatives of seven big labor un ,ons asking that he investigate claims of railroad spokesmen before the Railroad Labor Board that un less there \ is a readjustment of wages the railroads face bank ruptcy. MR. ROSENBERG ILL Mr. P. Rosenberg is seriously ill at his home in this city. Mr. Rosen berg has not been in good health for several years, and the past few months he has not been well enough to be on the streets except at inter 1 5? t*A lrtff /ah?? /IqttC? vais. nis cuuuiliuu tuc iaoi icn uujj has not been so good, and his friends are apprehensive about him. Mr. Rosenberg has been one of the leading business men of the city for a great number of years. His business dealings have brought him in contact with a great number of people and all these people Nare his friends, and they wil| regret, we know, to hear that he is not well. rENNESSE TO PERMIT , SALE OF CIGARETTES Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1.?Govern or Alf Taylor today returned to* the legislature with his approval of the jill repealing an act of 1901 and per nitting the sale of cigarettes in Ten lessee, but accompanied his approval ivith a special message urging the : egislature to pass the companion jills placing a tax on cigarette saler- i 'nd strictly prohibiting sales to min INDUSTRY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CLOSED FOR PAST 6 WEEKS Within Few Days Operations Would ? Reach About Forty Per Cent.? Some Foreign Orders Have Been Received. P ttsburgh, Feb. 1?Many indepen dent steel manufacturing concerns in the Pittsburgh district today increas ed operations on what executives were united in saying was a "cautir ously conservative bafeis after about i?x weeks in wh'.ch operations iiave been entirely suspended or greatly curtailed. It was predicted that w'th in a few days operation would De about 40 per cent capacity with pros pects of increased activity if condi tions warranted. Of the fifty-five in dependent blast furnaces from which reports were received by steel au thorities here, twentyone were in operation, while mills which increas ed operations today were: Cambria Steel company, Johnstown, Pa. ;JPitts burgh Steel company, Monessen, Pa., Crucible Steel company of America, Pittsburgh, Blawton Steel company, Wierton, W. Va., Label Iron Works of the Wheeling vSteel Corporation, Wheeling, W. Va. Some of the business which brought about resumption was for the export trade one order being for $1,000,000 for steel towers to be used in a wireless installation at Osaka, Japan. From points outside' the immediate Pittsburgh district came similar re ports of increased operation today in cluding the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company at Youngstown, 0.; Berger Manufacturing company and Stark Rolling Milljfe company at Can ton, and Trumbull Steel company at Warren. Many plants resumed operations under changed labor conditions in some instances'wage reductions were accepted by the men, and in others the working time was reduced so as to bring operations within the limit vf of the eight-hour day, and thus avoid time and a half for overtime. CHIEF JUSTICE GARY IN COLUMBIA MONDAY t Chief Justice Gary went down, to Columbia Monday to meet with the other members of the Supreme Court in conference on cases which had i been argued before the court and in j which opinions were to be handed j down. Fifteen opinions were filed! yesterday. The new Associate Justice j Hon. Thomas P. flothran. met. with I the court, but of course he took no' part in any of the decisions and judg ments of the court for the reason that j he had not heard the cases. ^ DEATH OF MR. HIPP'S FATHER New? was received in Abbeville late Sunday night of the sudden death of Mr. Gus Hipp at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. D. Austin in Clin ton. Bflr. Hipp was seventy-two years of age. He was visiting his daughter and both had planned to come to A LI ill- *JT J ? - _ A. T Auuuvixie monaay ior a visit lu nis son Mr. C. B. Hipp on Pinckney street, when he was taken suddenly ill andvbefore anything could be done for him he passed away. He was buried at Hurricane church, below Clinton in which community j he had always lived. Mr. Hipp's friends sympathize j with him in the death of his father. I MAKING RETURNS George C. Gambrell, who was once | a printer with the Press and Banner | r i l . it. 1 I iorce, Li lit wno is now in me empiuy | of Uncle Sam as a Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, is in the city today and tomorrow assisting indi_" viduals in making their income tax returns. THE COTTON MARKET Cotton closed yesterday about 15 points under Monday's closing fig ures. The close today was about the same level as yesterday, March being the same, with some of the later months a few points up. The best offered on the local mar ket today was 15 cents EMERGENCY TARIFF v LOADED DOWN WITH MANY AMENDMENTS 1 And it is About Ready to Sink?Pro posals Made for Duty on Sun flower Seed and Na.ls?Test Comes Wednesday Washington,'Feb. 1.?The Fordney emergency tariff fyill, awaiting action in the senate, has begun to resemble a wooden ship adrift in a barnacle infested sea. Every day s^es encum berances added to it both by its op ponents and its friends and the latter t.nrlAv hecan to see visions of it sink ing beneath the waves from the weight imposed. The latest acquisitions to the bill :n the form of amendments appeared today in proposals to place an im .port duty on sunflower seed and on nails. Senator ,-Spencer, Republican, Missouri, sponsored the sunflower seed tariff and Senator Moses, Repub lican, New Hampshire, presented the amendment which would protect Am erica's nail industry. Neither senator made any statement in presenting I his amendment. The bill as it left the house provided for duties on about a score of products. Even senate clerks were enable today to estimate the number of commodities that ^jvould be subject to additional tariff 'levies Should all the amendments of fered since the measure reached that body be adopted. ? The bill in the meantime faced an other round of debate today?some senators said probably its last full day?for tomorrow the senate will be called upon to vote on the petition for cloyire or limitation debate, pre sented yesterday by Chairman Pen j rose of the finance committee unani- 1 | mous consent for a vote on the bill ' 'February 15 had met with objection. ' I To, close down partially on debate j anc^ proceed to a vote on the bill will | require approval of two-thirds of 1 senate and neither Republicans nor 1 ' Democrats saw any chance of the pe- 1 ! tition ipustering that much support. ! 1 1 I PERSHING ENVOY TO FRANCE? ( Washington Rumor Would Make ' Diplomat of General From the Stars and Stripes Gen. John J. Pershing, United States ambassador to France. That :mav be the inscription on the srener al's cards after President-elect 1 Harding takes office, according to a 1 rumor in circulation in Washington. 1 In this rumor-infested city it is J possible to hear almost anything. However, the report that the former A. E. F., leader will play the role of 1 ambassador carries enough weight ! I to make it worthy of consideration. 1 Men who should know say that General Pershing would not look with disfavor upon the pyst. If that is true the possibility of Pershing : becoming a diplomat is materially : strengthened, for in the opinion of 1 many leading Republicans nothing is too good for the present general 1 of the army. Undoubtedly Pershing is the most J popular living American with the : French. That he would be welcomed 1 as ambassador both officially and 1 unofficially is not to be doubted. General Pershing, according to. a 1 report, is now working on a book 1 giving his version of America^ part ! in the World War. DEBATE ON MOVIE , BILL POSTPONED j < Until Next Thursday By The Lower j \ ' Home. 1 1 Columbia, Feb. 1.?The House of j Representatievs Tuesday postponed to Thursday morning debate on the | ; bill to create a state moving picture censorship introduced by Senator j Rogers and Representative Harris t of Spartanburg. t The bill to supply the deficit in < school districts in 1920 meeting, the ? Requirements of the seven months i school term act, was sent back to the way and means committee. The House of Representatives to- i day adopted resolutions expressing \ sympathy for Governor Cooper in the loss of his sister, Mrs. Sallie c Jones, of Ware Shoals. r NOT WILLING TO REDUCE PAY OF STATE OFFICERS?WELLS WOULD ABOLISH EDUCA TIONAL JOBS?FIRE AT TAX COMMISSION. SOME NEW MEASURES . \ Real action featured the opening session of tHe senate after a week end holiday yesterday afternoon, this body slaughtering Senator // wignimans^ Dili to dcrease the salary of every state employee from \ governor to coroner and doorkeep ers of the senate by 20 pe$ cent., / and passing to third reading the Sa luda senator's measure to abolish the state tax commission. Senator Johnstone's joint resolu- / tion providing that the state loan; Clemson college money to tide the institution over in case the college runs short on funds was passed to a ihird reading. The measure limitod the amount to be loaned to $150, 000. Senator Wells introduced a bill to abolish the offices of state supervi sor of rural schools, mill school in spector, high school inspector, ^dult school supervisor, state supervisor of agricultural instruction and the state supervisor of trade and indus^ fnnl Tl- VIll !J inobi UVUUU. J. I1C UI11 piUVlUCO ^ that the duties of these officers shall devolve upon the several county superintendents of education and fur ther provides for a $300 increase of salary to all county superintendents of education, to be paid by the state. Pearce Has Bill ' Senator Pearce offered a meas ure making the liability of tele graph companies in South Carolina unlimited, when these companies send messages wrong or mak^ mis takes that cost the customer consid erable sums. Senator Pearce ex plained that at present the tele graph companies are only liable for the amount of the message under jrdinary circumstances When an er ror is n^ade and only up to $50 < >vhen the customer has the message repeated. His bill would allow the customer to take^ the matter to courts and let the courts say how much damage the customer is en titled to. ' Senator Wightman's bill to abolish the state tax commission and de volve the duties thereof" on the comptroller general with a commis sion appointed to assist him was passed to third reading by a vote of 15 to 14. Debate on this measure was rather warm on the part of Mr. Wightman, he holding that the com mission had failed to do its duty and pointing out that no equaliza tion had come about from the com mission's work. He said Saluda county now had a much worse tax A-nrl Aniio1if7afirtn -fVion if sy 3LC111 anu C^uaiibuviv/ii ?V before the tax commission was cre ated. Senator Young moved to strike out the enacting' words and this motion was lost by a 15 to 14 vote. The bill was then passed to third reading, but it Is scheduled for \ a hard fight before getting by the senate. The Saluda senator's bill to de crease the salary of every employee Df the state, including everybody of ill classes and colors, met with stiff opposition and upon a roll call vote the only votes cast for tne measure ivere by Mr. Wightman and Senator Subbard. DEATH OF MRS. PRYOR Dr. Neuffer received a message ?rom Chester Tuesday night giving ;he news that Mrs. Pryor, wife of i 1.L T~>_ CI TIT T> 1 1 ;ne late ur, o. vr. nyuL, uau ountt ;d a stroke of apoplexy and was in i serious condition. Dr. Neuffer left it mid-day today for Chester. Just before leaving Abbeville Dr. Jtfeuffer received another message innouncing the death of Mrs. Pryor vhich occurred this morning. Mrs. Pryor is well known to many f the people of the county who will egret to learn of her death.