Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Feb. 7, 1921. Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. WILSON REJECTS PLEA OF LABOR I . ?-?? CHIEF EXECUTIVE CITES RE CENT STATUTE GRANTING POWERS TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND RAILROAD LABOR BOARD PRESIDENT TURNS DOWN AP PEAL TO INVESTIGATE EXE CUTIVE CLAIMS * \ Washington, Feb. 6.?President Wilson today refbsed the request of railroad labor union representatives that he investigate railroad execu i.: > ko-fnro tVio railrnaH la Lives tlOlUia UVJLVA ?>V ? ? bor board that the carriers must ad just wages or face bankruptcy. He also defined to su^it the matter to 'congress. The president set forth his posi tion on the appeals made to him in a telegram addressed jointly to two v of the railway ^abor unions and to. the Association of Railway Execu tives, who also had sent a communi cation to the White House. Confidence was expressed by the president that all questions dealing with railroad labor and manage ment might be left safely to the two bodies entrusted under "^Hhe trnTisnnr+jiti'on act with such mat ers-^-the railroad labor board with the interstate commerce commis sion. He accordingly informed the labor and carrier representatives that he was submitting copies of telegrams deceived from them to m these two bodies as "the only action deemed necessary." The president's telegram read as follows: N "I have carefully considered the several telegrams addressed to me dealing with the labor questions and railroad management now under consideration by the railroad labor board in Chicaeo. Commission Has Power / "The transportation act approved February 28, 1920, to a greater ex tent than any previous legislation, /places all questions dealing with fi nances and railroad - management and necessary rates under the juris diction of the interstate commerce commission; hence all questions in volving the expense of/operation, the necessities 'of the railroads, and the amount of money necessary to secure the successful operation thereof are now under the jurisdic tion of the commission. At the same time, the act places all questions of dispute Deiween- carriers ana meir employees and subordinate officials under the jurisdiction of the rail road board, now sitting in Chicago. This board is composed of three members constituting ' the labor ^ group, representing the employees and subordinate officials of the car riers; three members constituting the management/group, represent ing the'carriers; and three members constituting the public group, repre senting the public. So far as I am advised the board may be relied on to give careful and intelligent con sideration of all questions within its jurisdiction. To see^c to influence eith^jf of these bodies upon any thing which has been placed within their jurisdiction by congress would be unwise and open to grave objec tion. . Not Deemed Wi?? "It would be manifestly unwise for me, therefore, to take any ac , tion -which would interfere with the procedure of the interstate com i- merce commission or of the railroad' labor board; and all the matters mentioned in your telegram are within the jurisdiction of one or the other of these bodies and in their ' arfion T think we mav renose entire confidence. "In ivew of the foregoing, it does not seem wise to comply with your suggestion that the matter be sub mitted to the congress and the only action deemed necessary is to sub mit eopies of the telegrams re ceived from you and from the rep resentatives of the raliroad execu tives to the interstate commerce (Continued on Page Eight) "S DR. RICHARDS PREACHES Presbyterian Minister Recently Called By Local Congregation Preaches Here Yesterday?Congrega tion Pleased With Him and They Hope He Will Come To Abbeville Rev. C. M. Richards, D. 6., of Davidson, N. C., pastor of the Presby terian church at -that place, * and re cently called by the Presbyterians of ABbeville to the pastorate of the church here, came to Abbeville Sat urday, and yesterday filled the < pulpit of the local church. He preached at both the morning and evening ser vices, and greatly pleased the con gregations which heard him. In the evening Dr. Richards preach ed on character building, basing his remarks-on the text: "Take heed how ye build." He held up the ChriS^ tian character as the only way 1 by which men might live rightly. The foundation was already prepared he said, and it was meet that we build on it,"because men go further with a Christian character than otherwise; they live more ^omfortably with a Christian character; they help others more; and the character is more en during. ' i / In the building of this charcater, the preacher emphasized the neces sity of unity and harmony .in the structure. The materials were select ed he said from the Christian graces. None pf these were tp be neglected,] and each was to have its place. Self control h said was the/rock to be placed next the foundation, and fol lowing this, faithfulness, meekness and the other Christian qualities de manded by Paul. The whole structure, the preacher said, was capped with the rock of love. The building was to progress according to the divine plan. And it was to be complete. The bulid ing could not be, erected with any of i the stones left out. Each must be / placed at its proper place in the building. Dr. Richards has not yet signified J- !? 1! ?iiL _J iV.. ??n i ills 1II l/Cll ViUIL Willi ICgttiU LU L11C Will here. He will likely malce known his decision Shortly. . While in the city fc>r. Richards was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. Gordon White of Greenville Streets THE BABY FUND. The following names have been ad ded to the Hospital Baby Fund and Miss Reep is appreciative of,the co operation being given her in this worthy'enterprise: Grace Smith $1.00 Anne H. Smith _ ? $1.00 Rebecca C. Smith $1.00 L. P. Sondley ? $5.00 P. B. Speed 1-- $5.00 F. C. DuPre - $1.00 Lee Rogers ? ? ? ? $1.00 Ralph J. Syfan ? ? ? $1.00 Mrs. ?1. A. Neuffer ? $1.00 Maria Neuffer $1.00 Miss Georgia Ott ? - $2.00 COOT WATT LEAVES Coot Watt, of the Monterey sec tion, got into a "rucus" with his "woman" Sunday. The woman is Let tie Tate. Coot struck Lettie over the head and the neighbors thought she was dead, or about to die. And so did Coot. Someone telephoned lor the Sheriff and, Coot go wise. He beat the officers to train No. _9 on the Sea board Air Line and is supposed tt> have made his way to Atlanta. The officers hope to have him arrested there today. Lettie was not- as badly hurt as was at first supposed. It seems now that a funeral will not be necessary. THE BENllETTSyiLLE PAVING The Southern Paving Construe tion Company has been awarded the contract for paving the city of Bennettsville. The Southern people were the successful bidders against twelve other firms: The contract calls for about five hundred thou sand dollars worth of work and is to be done in one hundred and sev enty-five ' working days from the time the work is begun. , WE HAVE PASSED THE DANGER POINT, SAYS W. P. G. HARDING Head of Federal Reserve Board Saya He is*Look!ng Forward jto a Pe , riod of Constructive | Development. New York, Feb.1 5.?Discussing credit expansions arising from the participation of the United States in the war, W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Boards in an address before the Lawyers Club here today, minimized the danger of a business collapse or financial crisis. "I say this in aN candor" Mr. Hard ing asserted. . "We are now looking forward to a year of constructive development. I want to say that intrinsically there is no comparison today with conditions a year ago, when there was uneasi ness and apprehension among the besfc informed over the badly expand ed credit. Business is now rapidly reaching a new level and approach ing a sound and sane basis. We have a better banking situation. We have passed the danger point. We have a better understanding of conditions." ATTEMPTED, BURGLARY Someone attempted tvg? Practically every player on Hbnea Path's team is taller than any of the local boys and our team is to be con gratulated on holding down a supenor team as they did. The basketball team in this, their first game showed ex cellent form and just as did the foot ball team in the fall the basketball boys are imbued with that bull dog spirit and fight to the finish. This Friday the Abbeville team goes, to Honea Path for a return game. / Practicing Daily. Miss May's dtamati^ club is hold ing daily practices at the graded school building in the afternoons and the report is that every young actor and actress arie rapidly .learning his part for the spectacular production to be staged to the theatre lovers of the city on February 25. The center ot the Hippodrome production wilL be Bonnybell or Cin derilla's Cousin. This will be flanked on one side by Tom Thumb's wedding and on the other side by Bobbie Shaf toe, Betsy Ross pantomime and flag drills. Altogether a production of over two hours length is to be given and it is hard to predict just what is the best feature, all of them are so ex cellent. Mill ^chool Praised. ' In the annual report of W. A. Shealey, state supervisor of mill schools, the work and the equipment of the Abbeville Cotton Mill school is given an excellent report. The report in part says: "ine DUliaing is moaem anu aue quate. li is well equipped and well kept. A good playground with plenty of nice equipment is under the super vision of the teachers. Two teachers have about one hundred children in three grades. The grades above these go to the town schools^- The town board pays the salaries of the teach ers while the mill owns the building and equipment. It is supervised by the superintendent of the city schools and is doing good work. The school day is longer than that of the city schools, to the great satisfaction of all concerned. All of these statements hold true for the present session witn tne im proved conditions resulting from the transfer of the third grade pupils to the city schools. A two session a day is still in vogue in this school. f THE COTTON MARKET After advancing 35 points Satur day, the opening of the cotton mar ket this morning was at a further j advance* of 20 points. The market was weak, however, and the close was about 40 points under Saturday's closing figures. The best price offered here today was 14 cents. / , LAND SALES TODAY The Judge of Probate sold* 12 acres of land in the case of Cato Rapley vs. Rapley to D. H. Hill and J. Moore Mars for $200.00. This land was sold for the payment of debts. The Master sold 14 acres in the case of Carrie Gary vs Williams et al to K. Hi. UOX tor $D4U.UU. MONEY FOR THE NEAR EAST Mr. Roy Power has been giving away genuine money and he hasn't been getting credit for it. His con tribution to the Near East Fund through the Chamber of Commerce was eight dollars, which is a whole heap of money to give away even to the Near East. BY EXPLOSIONS irish attack lorries with bombs, rifle shots fol low?primate of ireland excoriates reprisal pol ICY AND extremists' crimes ?one Pour year old child is killed IN i THE BAtTLE saturday night Belfast, Feb. 6.?Dublin on Satur day night experienced a sensation when loud explosions and continuous volleys, resembling the sounds of a battle on a small scale, became audi ble from the distant suburbs, ac cording to dispatches received here. It turned ou\ that three ambushes had occurred, one of which resulted in the filling of a four year old child- . i The first ambush was in the neigh borhood of Merrion square shortly 3fore 8 o'clock. Explosions which shook some of the older houses to their foundations were followed by fusillades of rifle and revolver fire. The inhabitants sought refuge in t their cellars while the streets were stampeded by the firing. What had happened was that three bombs were flung at a lorry filled with soldiers. This precipitated an exchange of shots which lasted several minutes without effect except for the wound ing of two civilians by bomb splin ters. The second ambush occurred on the south side of the city where two military lorries were bombed and there was a similar brisk exchange of firing. A child of four years was shot through the head and, a woman was wounded and taken to a hospi tal. , The third ambush occurred at 9 p. m. when two military lorries were attacked at Rathmines in the south suburbs, in the vicinity of the Cath oli cchapel. An office/^)f the mili tary was slightly wounded and sfome civilians, including a boy, received unimportant injuries. N ^ The Castle also reports that near P1a*i / ?! o no fVlfi Dovftll TOCl - ViUliiilCl O VI Wi bllb A/Wf v?t> Avga ment discovered a body of. civilians preparing an ambush. A skirmish which followed resulted in the kill ing of a civilian and the wounding of a military sergeant. Belfast, Feb. 6.?The Lenten pas- ~ toral letters read today by all the Ulster Catholic bishops were devoted to the serious situation existing in Ireland. < That of Cardinal \ Logue primate of all Ireland, declared that ' he never had written under feelings of deeper anxiety or with a more vivid s^nse of his responsibility in the darker prospects for the coun try's future. A \ I ' - ? 9 .t VISITORS FROM DONALDS Mr. J. N. Gordon of the Donalds section was on our streets Monday. Mr. Gordon was the most prosper ous looking man we have seen in many a day. He says he has sold some cotton and is going to sell some more when he gets to needing money. Mr. Jesse Gordorf was here also. He is a South Carolina product, who [is succeeding in life'in Buffalo,. N. Y., and is back in the old home on a visit. i ' ' MISS BREAZEALE ILL The friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Breazeale will be sorry to learn that their daughter, Miss Gladys, who is a student at Belmont College, near Charlotte, is desperately ill with pneumonia. The latest news from the lady is quite alarming. On learning of the illness of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Breazeale went immediately to her bedside and they are still with her. ON THE JURY. Bayard Swetenburg and Grier Sherard have been drawn for the jury in the United States court which con venes in Rock Hill March 8th. /