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7 ^ . / ' ; I , ? , Abbeville Press and Banner gutaklUhecT1844. $2^00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Feb. 14, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cento. ' 77th Year. railroads ops. c. can increase rate discrepancy , between 1n "terstate and intrastate fares gives unfair ad vantage?six-tenths of a cent per milej more to be collected on intrastate / lines?uniform charges to be enforced Washington, Feb. 12.?The de cision of the interstate commerce commission announced here today - xl? ?CamfVi pqr*r*lina in xne luattci ui mc uuuta v?iV4*?.M intrastate rates, fares and charges, is of more than ordinary impor tance. It will be remembered that recently the legal authorities of South Carolina appeared here and begged the commission to refuse the demands of the railroads for in creases. in interstate rates. Hereaf ter 15 cents must be paid when no i ticket is purchased. Following is a brief resume of the findings: "Excluding from our finding any respondent whose line is not over 40 1 miles in length and whose intra- ' state fares are on (the basis of four 1 or five cents per mile, we are of the opinion and find that, with the ex ception of the increase made by re- : i>pondc-nt 'Seaboard Air Line railway ! in its fare between Charleston and i Savannah, the increases made by j the respondent steam railroads re- | lating to passenger fares, and now 1 in effect, and the corresponding in creases made by the Piedmont and ] Northern Railway company^ and j now in effect, result in reasonable , passenger fares for interstate j transportation within the group con- ? sidered in this proceeding, and that t the failure of said respondents to t increase the standard intrastate i fares correspondingly within the ^ ? n n 1: 1 J ' Slate 01 OOUM1 \,aruiiii<* ntu> rcauucu v. in intrastate fares lower than the ' corresponding interstate fares, is undue prejudice to persons travel ing in interstate commerce within the state of South Carolina and be tween points in the state of South Carolina,and in' unjust discrimina tion against interstate commerce. Fix Trip Fare "That the reasonable maximum fare for the transportation of pas sengers between Charleston and Sa> vannah by way of- the Seaboard Air Line railway is, and for the future will be $3.42, which is on the basis of 3. 6 cents per mile. "That the failure of respondent Seaboard Air Line railway to in crease its intrastate fares to and j from points m South Carolina on its J line ebtween Charleston and Savan- ^ nah correspondingly with the in- ^ crease made* by said respondents in | their interstate fares as aforesaid J has resulted, and will result, in in trastate fares lower than the corres ponding interstate fares, in undue ^ prejudice to persons traveling in in terstate cbmmerce within the state ' of South Carolina and points in oth- 1 er states in undue prejudice of and ^ advantage to persons traveling in trastate in South Carolina and in 1 unjust discrimination against inter state commerce. J V "That the increases made by the ] respondent steam railroads relating the:teinimum charge "per passen- < ger and th^ corresponding increase ] made by respondent Piedmont & 1 Northern Railway company result 1 in reasonable minimum charges per | passenger and the corresponding in- i crease made by respondent Pied- ] mont & Northern Railway company j result in reasonable minimum 1 charges per passenger for inter state tran%n/vrf?t.ifvn within t>io group considered in this proceeding, and that the failure of respondents to maintain the intrastate minimum i charge per passenger, for transpor- i tation within the state of South i Carolina, and to increase said 1 charge correspondingly has resulted s .(Continued on Page Eight) THE BOYS, MY WIN; THE GIRLS, THE? TIE-UP ' * Splendid Games of Basketball Friday and Saturday Afternoons But Poorly Attended?Teams Not Making Expenses, Need Encouragement Two excellent games of basketball were pulled off on the high school court the past week. One > of these games went for forty minutes and still neither'team had scored?not even a free throw. Friday afternoon the girls' team surprised even themselves more than they surprised anyone else by play ing Greenwood to a tie for forty min utes. This was the first girls' game of the season and the first the Abbeville players had ever participated in as a team. Everybody on the inside of ' course expected Greenwood to have 1 a walk^er. But pluck and grit count or as much as consistent practice it seems, and the Abbeville team play ed just as good as did the Greenwood iriHtors who have not only been prac- 1 ticing but have played match games 1 before, this season. ? To Carrie Hawthorne goes the palm 1 for supsrior playing for Abbeville. She made it impossible for the Greenwood forwards to make a point 1 and when Carrie got her hands on the ball it immediately was passed out of the danger zone. But to_ Greenwood's guards also :elong much credit for their leech ike affection for Abbeville's for- T vards. Those guards stuck closer * ;han brothers and Ada and Deby c laven't yet caught up with the breath * ;hey lost in their efforts Friday to * ;hrow goal. . 1 After playing the scheduled time >f 30 minutes by mutual agreement s ;en minutes more was devoted .to an * " a i- i 1- i-i? j.:- v..*. I uiempi iu uiean. tue ue uut uicic vas nothing doing on either side. The * *ame was then called to permit the * visitors to catch the vestibule back s lome. 1 s Boys Ruin Ninety Six. With a score of 51 well earned points the Abbeville boys permitted C Ninety Six to reverse the figures for ;heir allotment in Saturday after loon's game. The final score was Ab aeville 51; Ninety Six 15. Our boys simply played rings aroundShe visit ors. and had it on them in everything ibout the game but especially in pass ing the ball. Ninety Six has splendid material, larger boys than we have, j but they need practice badly. Bruce Galloway was the king bee ^ for Abbeville in the first half scoring y i field goals and 1 free throw while ^ Billy Long scored 4 field goals. Be- x sides these Donald Harris scored one < leld goal. ? I In the second half Bruce let up and Billy Long took the lead. Billy made 1 1 field goals in this half, Bruce only s J, "Buster" ^owie 1 and "Jimmie" e nade another one. Tate was the only < player that failed to make a goal but I rate did a whole lot to prevent Nine- 1 ty Six making any more. i Ninety Six scored only 5 field goals t and made five free throws on Abbe- ^ rille's fouls. f The only thing disappointing about * either game was the slim attendance. Maybethough, since the team has ? won a game more folk will pay their * respects next week. There are no 1 * ? 1 it - - ? XL!_ 1_ ( ejames scneauiea nere ior mis ween, as the team goes to Newberry and Ninety Six Thursday and Friday. Next week Newberry comes Wednes day and Clinton Friday. A SICK CHILD Frances, the little five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Cann, has been very sick with pneu monia since Friday and has been taken to the hospital today where ^ 3he can be under the constant care 1 :>f a physician. Friends hope the lit- 1 tie girl will soon get better. ? i JUDGE GEOR< DIES OF Chester, Feb. 13.?Associate Jus- < tice George William Gage of the su- i preme court of South Carolina died < at his home in Chester on York street : this afternoon at 6 o'clock, after an illness of four weeks. Judge Gage has ; been seriously ill for several days I but yesterday he appeared brighter 1 And had a good night and his fam- i ily entertained hope for his recovery. 1 However, this afternoon he became 1 desperately ill and expired within * a i short time. t \ The' funeral services will be held s in this city Tuesday morning rfat 11 ' . . ? i r. 1-1 i.L. 1 O'CIOCK, aner wmcn ine remains win - be laid to rest in the family plot in ? Evergreen cemetery. t His four sons and a son-in-law will ? act as the pallbearers. 1 Judge Gage is survived by his 1 widow, four sons and one daughter: 1 Robert Gage and George W. Gage, Jr. 1 of Chester; Gaston Gage, a student |( at Clemson college, and Dr. Lucius j Gage of Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs. i Ladson Fishbourne of Walterboro. < He is survived by two brothers, 1 Edward J. Gage* of Greenville and i Victor S. Gage of Birmingham, Ala.,' 1 and one sister, Miss Grace N. Gage! ( of Union, and a number of grand- i PENDING MEASURES J JAMMING CONGRESS Fifteen Days Yet to Clear Calendars \ ?Passage Contemplated .Ear* ly in wees?/\ppropr?? IIUI1 Bills Delay J Washington, Feb. 13.?Only lB vorking days are left to congress >efore adjournment sine die and not me of 'the regular appropriation >ills has been finally enacted and jractically all important legislation s in the air. Passage early this week by the f enate of the Fordney emergency ariff bill, however, is expected to >reak the jam, at least of the appro bation measures. Leaders believe]0 hat it -still is possible with night essions to get through all of the noney bills with the exception, pos nbly of the army ana navy appro bations. The emergency tariff bill is to be fiven exclusvd righl of way tomor row in the senate after a calendar :all of bills for passage by unani nous consent, and a^vote on it is ex acted by Tuesday or Wednesday. The house pl^ns to pass the last wo appropriation bills, the naval md' fortification budgets, early this veek and clear the way for another egislation and conference reports. k half dozen appropriation bills are vaiting for the senate to consider, >ut protracted discussion of the na ral supply measure is in prospect vith the controversy over reduction >r suspension of the building pro pram imperiling enactment. Miscellaneous measures before the louse include the resolution for a ipecial committee to investigate the iscape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Iraft dodger. The packer control >ill and infancy bill and the Smith rowner measure for a federal bu reau of education are other impor ant measures on the house calendar vhich have been made subjects of preat pressure by supporters and jropoments.-. -j Among important bills before the ienate are the immigration restric ;ion measure and the congressional eapportionment bill. The chance of enactment of either Is declared loubtful. The soldiers' bonus bill VM<\knU1f? w'11 V* A WAWaW'A/] f A 4-V? O PAW _ jl \j vaviy win uc xcyvi i?cu i/v wit ite this week by the finance com- ^ nittee, ptobably with a provision * ieclaring arrangements for increas- a ;d taxes to meet its obligations. Fi- 0 lal disposition of it In the senate * iam is uncertain. FINISHING UP The street paving on the side valks on Pinckney street and from t ;he Square to Cosbytown has t jeen completed and people on these A streets are walking easy. h HE GAGE PNEUMONIA I :hildren. Dr. Lucius Gaston of Bir mingham, brother-in-law of Judge Sage, has been with him during h's llnesis. Judge Gage was born February 4, 1856, near Fairforest, Union county, 3. C. His parents were Robert J. and Martha (Williams) Gage. His father -vas a planter who was noted for his cindness of heart, cleanness of in ;elleci; and sound judgment. He was i member of the general assembly from Union county and in 1383 he served on the board of visitors of the South Carolina Military academy. His mother, though an invalid nearly ill her life, was a woman of fine in tellectual endowments, remarkable social charms and deep piety. She vas a great help to her children in ;heir studies, even after they reached :he higher grades, and was kind and lelpful to all to whom she could ren ler service. /~ On December 21, 1881, Judge Gage vas married to Janie, daughter of 3apt. J. Lucius and Margaret Hemp lill Gaston, v thus becoming allied vith some of the oldest and most l'ghly honoreds families in the South. Df their seven children, five are liv-j ng. AMERICAN FORCES NEEDED IN HAITI Vithdrawal Would Mean Return of Chaos?Says Agitators Limit' ed in Number and For Selfish Motive Washington, Feb. 13.?The Uni ed States having "put its hand to he plow" in Haiti, must not now urn back through withdrawal of the American forces there, Rear Ad liral H. S. Knapp declared today in . report in which he presented in ' inal form tKe results of his investi gations in the island republic for the avy and state departments. Agitation against the American ccu^ation of Haiti, Admiral Khapp sserted, is inspired by a desire on he part of a small group who, he aid, represented at the most less han 5 per cent <Jf agitators, he, add d, are working to gain a hearing nd the sympathy of the people of Jnited States, although their real bject is to obtain abrogation of the reaty between the United States nd Haiti anii to bring about a re urn of the old conditions of govern ment. \ "Could this be attained." Admiral Cnapp in his report continued , "I hink that 999 out of every 1,000 laitians would be glad to see the Lmerican forces remain to enforce ;ood order. In other words, the Hai ians, even the worst agitators here, would be willing to have the Jnited States act the part of po icemen and otherwise leave them to heir own devices. The people of the United States," he admiral's report said, "should iot allow themselves to be deceived iy the words 'republic of Haiti' in o believing'that there exists in laiti or ever has a republic in any rue sense founded upon the ex iressed will of an intelligent and ducated eleotrorate. The socalled epublic of Haiti, left to itself has ieen a tyrannical oligarchy in which hose -in power fastened upon the ast means of'the population, while hose of the governing class out of ower sought every opportunity to ;et into power by fair means or foul pith the same corrupt personal ends n view. Tranquility and security j iow exist in (Haiti practically hroughout the country. From all hat I can gather, persons can move bout the republic on their lawful ccasions without fe-ar of molesta ion. This is the direct result of rmed intervention. TRADING J. J. George, who came here some ime ago to run the pool room has raded this business with F. K. Mc Ldams for The Grab, the eating ouse at the Seaboard shops. ROAD BONDS ARE 10 BE ID AT AN EARLY DAIE The Highway Commissioners Met Saturday and Passed Resolution to Make Sale of\Highway Bonds at Once?Sale to be Made 28th. The Highway Commissioners met Satv^rday on call of the Chairman J. S. Stark to consider the matter of selling the bonds for construction of the highways. After discussing the matter, a motion was made and car ried that the bonds be sold after ad vertisement on 28th of this month. The amount of bonds to be sold is $450,000. The bonds were' voted by the people of the county on the terms of the Act authorizing the issue with an interest rate of five and one-half per cent\ Later an Act was passed applying generally to all bonds of this class, it is claimed in which an interest rate of six per cent, was au thorized. The commissioners will proceed to sell the bonds so drawn as to bear six per cent, instead of five and one-half as authorized by the Act under which the people of the county voted the bonds.. At a previous meeting of the com mission only a portion of the bonds were authorized to be sold, but the bond buyers refuse to bid unless all the bonds are sold at one time, stat ing that if they purchased a portion of the bonds, some other bond house might buy the remainder of the1 bonds at a less figure, which would cause a loss to them. For this and other rea sons the commission has authorized a s^le of the whole authorized issue. The bonds are serial bonds. This means that a certain portion of these bonds must be retired each year. For the first year the amount of bonds to be retired is $15,000. The interest on the whole issue at six per cent, will be $2J,000, which means that the people of the county will be called on next fall to pay, in addition to other taxes, the sum of <549 nnn 'Vhp amount of taxable / property in the county is about six millions according to the assessment. Therefore, every taxpayer in the county will be called on to pay asi much as seven mills more taxes next fall than this fall. THE ECHO r The Echo, the music parlor open ed recently by the McMurray Drug Co., is a most attractive place. An artist has decorated the windows and they make a fine show.. One window is devoted to typewriters and office supplies, white the other holds a victrola and a handsome white dog, which has long been the advertising of the victor people. The dog is listening to "His Mas ter's Voice" and is taking the"" eye of both old and young. BASKETBALL GAME A TIE The ibaskei;balJ game yesterday af ternoon between Magnolia Street School girl's and Abbeville High School girls, played in Abbeville re sulted in a 0-0 tie. The game was exciting from the start and was fea tured by hardplaying on both sides. A number of students from Magno lia Street High School accompanied the team.?Index-Journal. MR. BRUCE APPOINTED. Charles J. Bruce has been appoint ed as Deputy United States Marshal, with headquarters at Abbeville. The appointment was made Saturday and Mr. Bruce expects to receive his com- ^ mission today. As soon as the com- , mission is received he will commence i j 1 the duties of his office. Mr. Bruce formerly held this posi tion, but resigned last summer when he entered the race for sheriff. His ' good record while holding the office i assisted him in securing his reap- i pointment. i COTTON TRADE HAS" REACHED ITS HIGHT - FIFTEEN PER CENT. OF WORLD SUPPLY FROM UNITED STATES THREE TIMES MORE THAN BE I FORE WAR?SOUTH AMERI CAN REPUBLICS INCREASE . PURCHASES BY IMMENSE FIG URE?CANADA AND AUSTRA LIA BUY HEAVILY i i New York, Feb. 13.?Cotton manu facturers' exports of the1 United States made & record durine 1920 and the United States now supplies \ nearly 15 per cent, of the cotton goods entering international .trade, as compared with about 5 per cent, at the beginning of the world war. These facts are the outstanding features of an analysis of the cot- - ton manufacturers exports of the country, announced today by the Na tional City bank. It shows $400,- v ^ 000,000 worth of cotton manufac tures'were sent out of the United States last year, while only( $51,000, 000 worth were exported in the year V. immediately preceding the war. About 850,000,000 yards of cotton cloths were exported as compared with 326,000,000 in 1914 with prices averaging 29 cents a yard as against about seven cents a yard in 1914 Although the United States produces two-thirds of the world's cotton, the country had never been a large ex porter o'f co|tton goods until war con ditions- cut off the cotton goods mar ket of the world from their usual source of supply when these markets naturally turned to the United States. This demand for American cotton goods comes from everywhere and in increasing volume, the analysis states. Argentina took 45,000,000 yards, compared' with 1,500,000 in 1914; Brazil took 9,000,000 compar ad witft\l,000,000, and South Amer ica as a whole took 425,000,000, as compared with 53,000,000 or eight times as much, in quantity, notwith standing prices averaged approxi mately four times as much as in 1914 Canada increased her takings from v 26,000,000 to 76,000,000, while Aus tralia also surprised .her mother country by increasing her consump tion of American cottons. Internat:onal trade in cotton goods averaged about $1,100,000,000 yearly ^ prior to the war of which the United States supplies about $50,000,000 worth. Last year the world's trade aggregated $3,000,000,000, it is esti mated, Great Britain, which buys most of her cotton from the United States, still leads in world cotton goods trade, her total exports last year, at par for sterling, having been about $1,900,000,000. American ex ports totalled $400,000,000; France, $275)000,000; Japan, $250,000,000, and Switzerland, $150,000,000. JACK HARDEN ILL New9 was received in Abbeville Sunday of the serious illness of Jack Hardin at his home in Rome, Ga. The young man is sick with double pneumonia. Mrs. A. B. Morse ? has gone to "Rome to be with him in his illness. , News came Monday that Mr. Har din was slightly better. Mrs. Hardin and Miss NelHe Hatdrn are in Rome from Savannah. Mr. Hardin is a traveling man, be ing employed by the Duck Mills of Rome. He spent many years here as a boy and young man and some years ago was happily married to Miss Margaret Evans of this county. (\ VISITOR FROM HARTSVILLE Mrs. R. E. Caldwell arrived in Ab beville Friday from Hartsville and she will visit for several weeks with tier sister, Mrs. W. M. Barnwell. THE COTTON MARKET S^ot cotton in Abbeville today 3old at 14 1-2 cents for the best, vith lower prices for the off grad ng.