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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., rriday, Feb. 4, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. . m ACTION ON TARIFF AT AN EARLY DATE BILL SOME TIME IN FEBRUARY LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES REACH TENTATIVE AGREE MENT OUTSIDE OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO FIX DATE FOR FINAL VOTE ON FORD NEY BILL IN FEBRUARY Washington, Feb. 3.?Although debate on the Fordney emergency tariff bill dragged aimlessly on the senate floor today, real progress was made towards definite action on the measure. Senator McCumber, Republican, of North Dakota ob tained agreement to take up the bill with its amendments for a second reading and, outside of the cham bers, leaders of both sides reached a tentative understanding to fix a date for a final vote. Then tentative program probably will be submitted to the senate to morrow and unanimous consent ask ed for an agreement to vote on the bill February 15 or soon after. Sen ators tonight believed the path was elear for acceptance of the plan. Suggestions and counter-sugges tions from each side came frequent ly d-uring the day. All were based on political maneuvering and the lead ers conferred about them in and out of the chamber, while Senators Capper, Republican, of Kansas, Democrat, of Florida, Mc Keller, Democrat, of Tennessee and Rdbinson, Democrat, of Arkansas occupied the attention of the few ' senators present with speeches. Mr. "Robinson discussed provisions for taking care of invalid veterans but the others spoke on the tariff. I \ 1 I Mr. McKeller during his speech j , had a brief colloquy with Senator I Ransdell, Democrat of Louisana, upon demand of the latter for proof of his statements that a sugar trust existed. \ Before the subject was passed over, four or five senators went to Mr. McKeller's aid, but Mr. ~ -J jAAlinni) tft Kq n HTt 171 rt P I ivaiiducii UCV.UUC.U w k/v w..? concluding his end of the argument by saying he would "neither deny nor affirm the existence of such a | trust." Will Not Aid Farmers The Tennessee senator chal . lenged supporters of the bill to show how it would aid the farmers, as f serting that( little of their products remained on farms. He, declared that the proposed^riff on sugar would mean only that "c<xngress was "legislating money into the pockets of the sugar trust'* and estimated that on three necessities, meats, flour and sugar, the country would be "taxed between $1,500,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 in the ten months the law would foe effective. "Senators haved admitted here that this bill is going to help the speculators and the profiteers more than anybody else. The senators from Kansas knows it, too, yet I suppose he will vote for it. I want to say that if he does, after the speech he has made, he will have to hold his nose." Increase In Price* Senator McLean, Republican, of Connecticut interrupted to say that the intention was to save the agri cultural industry. Mr. McKeller re plied that the life of the law would be too short and suggested that the effective date be made six months hence. Mr. McLean replied that while it might cause an increase in prices, he felt the better course would be for the country to pay them now "nether than to await de struction of the farming business and they high prices permanently." The age-old battle over tariff for protection or tariff for revenue on ly was in sight also. Senator Fletch er accused the Republicans of using the tariff bill to make protectionists out of all the farmers and "sew up their votes on every protective tariff matter in the future.' He said big business, especially the manu facturing establishments were de sirous of high import rates and add-J ed that by giving the farmers a pro-' PROHIBITION ORDER CLOSES WAREHOUSES Ban of Indefinite Period Placed on Withdrawal of Liquor in Every ^ State in Union?Wholesale Dealers Ruled Out Washington, Feb. 3.?Doors of dis tilleries and bonded warehouses in every state in the union, Hawaii and Puerto Rico were ordei-ed inedfinitely closed against liqour withdrawals to day by Prohibition Commissioner Kramer. At the same time wholesale liquor dealers were ruled out of fur ther participation in the sale of in toxicating beverages by Attorney General Palmer. Commissioner Kramer's drastic or der stopping the flow of liquor from storage and the attorney general's interpretation of the Volstead act, prohibition officials said, mean the elimination of the wholesale liquor dealers and make possible the pre vention of "bootlegging" through forged permits and illegal disposal of intoxicants. Stoppage of liquor withdrawals all over the country and in two of the territories was an extension of the order issued last week putting'a ban on removals in New York, Pennsyl vania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Con necticut, Rhode Island and New Jer sey. The order does not apply to withdrawals of industrial alcohol or reasonable quantities of sacramental wine, and makes an exception in the ' case of retail druggists, who are per mitted to make withdrawals up to five cases of liquor at a time. Warning against attempts to oh j tain whiskey despite the nationwide j ban was sent out by Commissioner I Kramer, who directed all owners of distilleries'and warehouses not to honor permits for whiskey withdraw als "purporting to be issued by any | state directors irrespective of the j date such permit is issufed or approv ed by the director." No such applica tions are being approved, he said, ad ding that failure to comply with the notice would deprive owners of their license to hold their stock still in storage. Mr. Palmer's opinion was made nublie bv Internal Revenue Cbmmis sioner Williams and was said by rev enue bureau officials to constitute the authority upon which the sweeping closing orders were issued. Wholesale liquor dealers, the at torney general held, are entitled to dispose of their warehouse receipts for liquor stored in bonded ware houses to manufacturers and whole sale druggists "but the right to with draw said liquors from bonded ware houses is granted to manufacturers and wholesale druggists only." On the question of the authority of the prohib tion commissioner to issue J ->2rm ts to sell liquor in wholesale | quantities the attorney general held wer.was lim.ted to manufac curei's and wholesale druggists. With respect to industrial alcohol, ' Mr. Palmer held the authority to ;ssue permits for its disposal in wholesale quantities was limited to manufacturers and wholesale drug gists if the alcohol was fit for bever age purposes but not if it were de natured. "It is obvious," the attorney gen eral declared, "that the concentration of the liquor business in the hands of a few people is well calculated to render more simple and effective the restraining. of the business within proper and legal channels." Liquor now in commercial ware houses, however, prohibition officials explained, is exempt from the attor ney general's ruling and Commission er Kramer's ban since such liquor is considered to be in the possession of the owner. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Thomson went out to Calhoun Falls Thursday to see the city grow and to look af ter their farming interests. hifbitory rate on their products, strength would be mustered for later revision of the Underwood act, now under consideration by the by the house ways and means com mittee. The senate will meet an hour earlier tomorrow, recessing tonight until 11 o'clock. MR. P. ROSENBERG I' DIEO WEDNESDAY Prominent Business Man and Mer- ! chant Passes at His Home Wed nesday Evening at 6 O'clock Funeral Yesterday, Inter ment in Columbia Mr. Philip Rosenberg, aged 66, for the past forty years, one of the prom- ] inent business men and leading mer- ' chants of the city, passed away at i his home in the city Wednesday eve- 1 ning, February 2nd, 1921, at 6 < o'clock. Mr. Rosenberg had been in i failing health for a number of years, and for the past several months it | was known that he could not recover i from the ills with which he was af- 1 flicted. At the same time, he was not I thought to be in any immediate dan- i ger Wednesday until late in the af- | ternoon when he was stricken with apoplexy, which caused his death in i a few hours. Few people knew that ? Mr. Rosenberg had been stricken when the announcement of his death i was made, and hence the announce- ] rnent came as a shock to his friends . and acquaintances. ' Mr. Rosenberg was a native of Po- 3 land. When he was yet a young man 1 he left his native land and came to ' America where he joined his brother. 1 the late A. Rosenberg, of Greenwood. ( He later came to Abbeville and be- 1 came associated with Mr. G. A. Vi- ^ sanska in the, mercantile business. |J This partnership existed until a few ' fniKyim ViooUli -fn r/lQfl 1 years wncii laiung ncaiwi Mr. Rosenbrg to retire from active ' connection with the firm. The part nership was dissolved and the Rosen bery Mercantile Company, an incor porated company now operated by Mr Rosenberg's sons, took over the busi ness. Since that time Mr. Rosenberg has lived an outdoor life, looking af ter his properties in the city. All his life Mr. Rosenberg proved himself an astute business man. He could look ahead and see possibili ties which others did not see. The result was that he made many in vestments which in later years prov -J x_ U_ TJ? CU LU UC vcijr vaiuauic. 11c uit j untiring worker for the up-building of his community. He contributed lib erally to every call of the city for help. In organizing most of the en terprises of th4 city he was a leader. His time as weft as his money he gave to help in all matters looking to pro gress. In 1886 Mr. Rosenberg was happi ly married to Miss Cecelia Visanska, daughter of his partner in business. To them were born four children Mrs. Louis Levi, and Messrs Sol H. Rosenberg, Albert Rosenberg and Arthur P. Rosenberg. The couple were blessed in their children. The three sons, as already stated, have taken the places of the father and grandfather in managing the mer cantile business which the latter es tablished, and they are carrying it on with the same business judgment and foresight as did their predecessors. Two of the sons, Albert and Arthur < P., were among the first to go out , from Abbeville for ^rvice in the : World War. Arthur saw service in France where he was wounded in ac- : Funeral services were held yester- 1 day; Thursday afternoon, at the resi dence, being conducted by Rabbi Lichtenstein, D. D., of Athens, Ga. 1 friends from a distance were here to ? attend the funeral, and many friends ; and acquaintances from the city turned out to pay a last tribute to the ] good man who had gone before. Af ter the services, the funeral party went over the Southern Railway to , Columbia, where interment will be j made today in the cemetery of the.] Tn?**!nU ! * 4-Ua *\1 a4- Kir I _ tion. number of relatives and the family. ] Messrs M. B. Reese, Albert Henry, i Frank McNeill, Robert H. Greene, I D. Poliakoff, Lewis Ramey, J. S. : Bowie and J. C. Thomson were the 1 active pallbearers. Messrs J. Allen J! Smith, J. S. Stark, R. S. Link, F. E. f Harrison, G. A. Neuffer, J Foster r WELFARE BOARD STILL HAS LIFE Senate Refuses to Pass Wightman Bill, By Vote of Twenty-six to E'even Enacting Words Kill ed?After the Tax Commission Bv a vote of 26 to 11 the senate last night struck out the enacting words of Senator Wightman's bill tc abolish the state board of public welfare,'the vote coming after hours af debate lasting over three days and night sessions. After the welfare bill had been dis posed of Senator Christensen callec up the measure of Senator Wightmar to abolish the state tax commission Senator Yopng moved to postpone in definitely the bill and the debate be ijan on that motion. Senator Moore was the first speak er and he attacked the tax commis sion on a number of grounds, th? ,-hief among these being that it is z useless expenditure of money, that il iias not equalized the taxes and i;3 al lowing the same old system to pre vail, it is discriminating against eve ry class ol people and m iavor oi lone, and other reasons. Mr. Moore aid he was placed in a peculiar posi ;ion in that he was in favor of the tax commissioner, A. W. Jones, but he Aras decidedly against the commission, fle said if some man had to have the job, why he was in favor of "Dolph" lones, an Abbeville man, having the i>lum, but he was in favor of no man laving the job. Mr. Moore said he was in favor of ibolishing every board, commission, office or job created since the second ruesday in January of 1915 and had offered an amendment to the tax com mission bill so as to abolish all these joard:5, commissions, etc. He wanted ;o see the welfare board, the high way commission, the tax commission ;he public service commission and a number of other boards go by the vayside. ine ADDevuie senator aaaea a new board or department to his list lasl night by saying that he wanted to set :he department of agriculture abol ished. Mr. Moore attacked the com missioner of agriculture and criticiz ed him for giving advice to "sil steady in the boat" which advice th< senator said had been costly. After the Abbeville senator had fin ished the senate made Senator John stone's; acreage reduction bill a spe cial order for this morning, imme diately after third reading bills, re called the passage of the bill to im pose a license on tobacco warehouses handling tobacco ungraded and un tied from third reading and ad journed. Senator Goodwin offered a meas ure to regulav.e the speed of automo ones wnen passing eacn otner on tnt highways of the state. THE COTTON MARKET Cotton cbntinued its downwarc course yesterday,' futures closinj about 60 points below the day be fore and spots being off 55 points We had a zig-zag market today, bu1 final figures showed an advanc< over yusterday of 21 to 30 points ir the futures market while spots ir New York were up 25 points. The buyers on the local markel were offering 14 cents today foi the best cotton. . Barnwell, J. F. Miller, Wm P. Greene ind W. D. Wilson were the honorarj pallbearers. The ".following: relatives and friends of Mr. P. Rosenberg were here to at tend the funeral services held at the residence yesterday afternoon: Mr. ind Mrs. Julius M. Visanska and Er nest L. Visanska, of Charleston; Dr. ind Mrs. Samuel A. Visanska, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter W'. Visanska, jf Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rosen berg and Miss Evelyn Rosenberg, Miss Winestock and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rosenberg, of Greenwood ind Mr. J. Van Stratten, of Athens. TEXTILE INDUSTRY PLANS EXTENSION , Number of Plants Placing Equip ment?Machinery Orders and Calls on Engineers Indicate Better Tone 1 Greenville, Feb. 3.?That cotton mills of this section and throughout the South are preparing: for enlarge ments to and improvement of their plants is indicated by th-j fact that contracts are being closed here for ! tho building of extensions to plants ' and the installation of aaditicnai ma I j :i i. i.1 i. cnmery, anu il seems sait* ou say mat ' the textile men anticipate a revival " of good business. John A. McPherson, vice president of J. E. Sirrine & Co., industrial en I gineers of Greenville, said today that his firm has almost, completed plans and expects to start actual work on substantial additions to the plants of a number of textile mills in this sec tion within the next 30 days. He expressed the opinion that the gen eral interest evinced by cotton mill executives in plans for additions and alterations in mills indicates that there is a general feeling of re newed confidence among the men of the industry. Edwin Howard, Southern manager of the Mason Machine works, with , offices here, said today that his firm has completed the installation 01 ma . chinery in six mills within the past , week, and that orders for the deliv ery of machinery are coming in with , satisfactory frequency." ' The installations mentioned by Mr. ? Howard are: Ten thousand spindles i in the Washington mills, Fries, Va., i 5,000 spindles in the Ernaldson Man ufacturing company's plant' at St. , I Paul's N. C.; 22 additional carols in [jthe Griffin Manufacturing company's 11 plant at Griffin, Ga.; five additional .'cards at Easley Cotton mill, No. 3, > I Easley and a number of new draw [ | ing frames in Woodside mills, Green vine. I It is reported in local circles that plans for the building of new mills in this section, particularly in North Carolina, have not been abandoned in many cases, as was generally thought, and that the next few months may see the beginning of work on a number of these projects. No definite announcements in this regard have been heard, however. THE NAME SELECTED "The Echo" is the name given the j new shop opened by the McMurray people on North Main street. The name was suggested by William, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. iTiaitliJ, ui Tf aoinii^iun gucct. aic ? gets the prize offered by the Mc Murray Shop for the name most - suited and finally selected for the business. - ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE * BY PLAYING AS FAT MAN New York, Feb. 3.?A ship's cook who essayed without rehearsal, the role of a fat man in an attempt to I evade customs inspectors, was held > here today charged with violation of * the customs laws. Joseph Venier, the galley lord, wad ^ died with difficulty down the gang I piann, uj. bite x ivaiuvuv 1 Wilson yesterday. Customs men, at 1 tracted by his lumbersome gait, in vestigated. Ten birds of paradise, ^ |their plumage unruffled, were found * neatly arranged within his trousers. SENATE WILL MEET r Washington, Feb. 3.?President Wilson, acting on the recently com municated request of President-elect > Harding, today issued a proclamation calling a special session of the sen i ate to convene March 4. Request that . cue special session oe caneu was made to the president several days ago by Senator Underwood, minority . leader of the senate, who received , the request of the president-elect through Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, the majority leader- The ses sion will act on cabinet and other ap pointments by Mr. Harding and pro bably will last only a short time. CENSUS OF LIQUOR HELD BY DRUGGISTS 1 v3 ORDER ISSUED BY PROHIBITION COMMISSIONER KRAMER TO DETERMINE HOW LONG BAN AGAINST WITHDRAWAL FROM BONDED WAREHOUSES SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE 1 Washington, Feb. 3.?A census of all liquor in the possession of whole sale druggists in various parts of the country has been ordered by Prohibition Commissioner Kramer to determine how long the present ban against withdrawal of intoxicants from bonded warehouses shall remain in force. Orders have gone out to all federal prohibition directors, internal reve nue officials said tonight, to submit to prohibition headquarters here an estimate of the amount of liquor in their districts free from bond. When the result is known, officials explained, they will be able to deter mine how long the stoppage of with drawals can continue without inter fering with stimulants prescribed for sickness. Exception to the general refusal to issue withdrawal permits allowing re tail druggists to obtain five cases of liquor prohibition agents said, applies only to the sale by wholesale drug gists form their "stocks on the floor" in their establishments. When this supply is exhausted,, of ficials declared, provisions will have to be made to enable the wholesalers to replenish their stocks for the bene fit of the retailers and the length of time within which the "stocks on the floor" will last can be estimated when the various directors estimates have been received. Another "step to tighten the screws on the illegal dis tribution, is under consideration by the chiefs of the prohibition enforce ment department officials said, .thru ' the application of the terms of the national prohibition act which per- j mits action to be brought in the name of the commissioner if internal reve nue or his deputies to restrain the manufacture or sale of intoxicants. Under present precedure, they ad ded, such actions are brought by the various district attorneys but thru the crowded conditions of the docket of the courts and the many demands on the services of these attorneys ac tion is frequently delayed. Tur TBICTATF MEDICAL ASSOCIATION The Tri-State Medical association, an organization embracing the Caro linas and Virginia, will meet in Spar tanburg on Feb. 16th and 17th. A program embracing a wide variety of subjects to be discussed by the most eminent physicians of the South has been sent out and it assures the physicians who attend a profitable time. Many pleasures will be offered the visitors by the "City of Success" and all physicians are urged to bring their wives. The physicians of the State are invited to attend whether a member of the organization or not and they are further urged to stay for the en tire meeting. This will be the /twentythird an nual session and it bids fair to be one of the most pleasant in its his tory. MAKING GOOD USE OF THE BABY FUND The people of Abbeville are inter ested in the plans of Miss Keep for the baby fund money. Much good has already been, accomplished. One of the first babies to be treated was a baby from the mill, which was kept at the hospital for four days and re turned to its parents improved and on the road to recovery. The baby was found to be undernourished. Since being sent home the father of the baby has returned to the hospi tal to tell Miss Reep that the baby is still making progress. Miss Reep is still asking for con tributions. Send your dollar.