Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.4 ' :r< m Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri.Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, April 1,1921 Single Copies, Five Cent*. 77th Year. i' \* '*' 'M HANI TAKES UP PROBLEMS OF DAY TALKS WITH AMERICAN OFF I. 1 CIALS OF FRANCE?WILL PAY ALL DEBTS?FORMER PREMIER DECLARES HIS COUNTRY SEEKS MORAL AND NOT NATIONAL AID. V-' Washington, March! 31.?Prob v lems involved in the collection by "'Prance of reparations from Ger many were, discussed by Rene Vivir anl, envoy extraordinary' from the French republic, -with Senator Loffe#, chairman of the foreign relar > ttans1 committee, and other Ameri ' can officials at dinner tendered the . , former French premier tonight*by Ambassador Jusserand. II, Viviani in conference with Sen , ator Lodge nad George W. Wicker aham, former attorney general , of the United States, after the dinner reviewed at some length results of the Tecent London conference in which the allied reparation demands were refused by Germany. Those close to M. Viviani were emphatic in disclaiming any request > by-him for material aid to France stating that he suggested ' only the extension of "moral support" fcy'the United States in what was repre sented to be a grave international situation confronting France. The former premier, it -was said, endeavored to set at rest all reports that . France interims to ask fos any remission of its debt to- the United States. In asserting1 that France wowf discharge all financial obliga tion* tbb this country, he took occa sion, it rnts said to i(A ^ rest iujy resumption that the official view x point of France was represented in any wayin the recent contention in due France by tha United States .in v dui Srance by the United States in an 'unpaid loan' existing: since the ' Revolution. While not desiring to present any alarmist view of the situation con fronting the French republic, M. Viviani, it was said, pointed out in conversation with certain of those present at the dinner the depression under which the French people were laboring in the face of many un solved problems affecting the rela tion of France with Germany. M. Vmam was saiu m uo>t pointed out the barrier which . France offers to " the westward spread oi Bolshevism and in envis aging the possible renewal of a? Bol shevik offensive this year, to have emphasized the hearty approval with which the recent reply of Sec retary Hughes to the Bussian Sovi et government's invitation toL enter upon formal trade arrangements had been received in France. ^ Officials present at the dinner em phasized that in his conversation M. Viviani made no suggestion or con crete proposal for American aid, it was said that he , had endeavored merely to present the situation in which France fonnd herself at the moment without offering any sug gestion as to the form of moral as - - Qtafao ' astance wnicn uie uuikm u??vU might render. , He was understood to. have stated merely that France could. not .pro ceed to the task confronting her without the 'moral support of the Unttde States as well as the allied powers. No attempt was made by the former French premier, it was said, to enter into a discussion of the pre cise part the United States might take in the future European af fairs. i > So far as disclosed the question of the withdrawal of American troops iron) tne luuuc wi wu chision of a separate peace "between the United States and Germany did not enter into the conversation. Washington, March 31.?Rene Viviani, former premier of France, 'now on 'a mission of courtesy as .en Toy extraordinary of the French re poblic to President Harding, ad REV. M. T. ELLIS HERE i Rev. M. T. Ellis is in the city for a short visit to his brother Mr R. S. Ellis' Froiri Abbeville he will go to Due West to visit other kindred. Rev. Mr. Ellis is a native of this county, being a son of the late W Turner Ellis, of Long Cane tovpiship. For a good many years he has been pastor A P p PVinrvVi n+_ Dnraville. Ui tu^ XX IV. * WaaMA^M ? W , Ga. He has recently been called to the pastorate of the church at Fay etteville, Tenn., -which call he has ac cept^. He comes here to visit his kintlred before going to his new charge. * I v ' ' . - q j PLEA FOR FARMER | MADE BY WALLACE ?hMld IIare Protection With Manu ? facturer?-Secretary of AgrK culture ' Issues Statement Taking Up Position of * . y Planters. " I f* Washington, March 31.?Protec tion for the farmers on equality with manufacturers- and industrial interests in any tariff policy which is to be decided upon, and adding to any rates which may be levied "an amount equal to the extra freight Charges in getting products to the consuming centers" was urged to* nisrht in a statement by Secretary Wallace. The heavy additional bur dens" imposed on the producers by increased freight rates, the secre tary declared, "are a differential imposed upon our , own producers and to the benefit of our foreign competitors." v / 'Manufacturers "are naturally and properly" laying plans to meet for eign competition in the world mar kets and desire a tariff to protect them -against' cheap foreign "goo^e, Mr. Wallace asserted, but hq insist ed that tiie situation facing <^he pro ducers "must be considered" in any tariff legislation, whether emergen cy or permanent. Producers, he said, are getting prices .below cost of pro duction "not alone because of inac tive business conditions at home, but because of the importations of com peting foreign markets." The nation "can hot afford to per mit the breaking down of its own agriculture,' the secretary continued "even if for a time we can buy food and other farpi products cheaper from some one else." At present, he said, there is a large surplus of agricultural products, but this "win not continue," because the popula tion is growing and consumption will catch up with production.^ "We can not under any circum stances afford to permit the present discouraging-conditions to continue and result in seriously decreased production,3' the secretary asserted "because that decreased production may mean exorbitantly high prices within a few years." dressed a message of greeting here tonight to th# American people in his first public statement since ar riving in the United States. "I have accepted the 'mission with which the government of my country has honored me,' M. Viviani said, "with a deeper joy, as by en trusting me with the4 mandate of kMnmni* TT or^inop Lfl VV JL WI4V wishes yhich friendly France forms for ljira and for his administration 11 could have the opportunity through you> to hail America, whole America?never America, whole A m erica, will know the gratitude of my country for her. "Nothing will ever break the ties of the heart which unite to your re public France, France who has suf fered so much for right, who asks only for justice, and who hopes for the salvation of humanity through a better world." The statement was regarded as clearing up for the first time official ly of the precise status under wmcn the French official was received by the American governiitent. State department officials have said the former French premier pre sented no formal credentials upon his reception by the state depart ment, but was content with the ver bal introduction of M. Jusserand. COURT ADJO THURSD Several Cases Tried Leaves For Hon t The Court of Common Pleas finish ed the work for the Spring term Thursday morning, the jurors were discharged, and Judge Townsend re turned to his home in Columba. The court worked steadily from the time it'convened and several cases were tried and disposed of. 1 In the case of Cary FuHer vs. Bu rial Aid Society, which case was on trial when the Wednesday's pafcer was issued, the jury returned a ver dict for the defendant. W. M. Broadwell was given a ver dict for $143.00 on an account a gainst J.- R. Presher. The action was on an open account, partly for goods alleged to have been sold to Presher and partly for goods sold to his ten ants on his order. Presher did not VERDICT OF $25,250^00 AGAINST STATE OF S- C. For Death of A Child from Aati* Typhoid Serum, Furnished by State Was Fatal. 1 . / ' Columbia, March 31?A verdict of $25,250.00 was found by the jury in the case of J. Q'Neal Sandel against the state! of South Carolina in which the Calhoun counly man sued for i $50,000*100 for the death of his daugh ter following the use of typhoid se rum furnished by the state board of health. . * . / The jury found its verdict last night but it was sealed and handed to the court this morning. j . / There fe tfnqther case for the death of another of the Sfcridel children, in which the state is sued for a like amount. It is not known yet when this will be tried. Attorney General Wolfe will appeal! th^ decision of the court in the first | case to the supreme court. This is the second time the case has been tried. The first verdict was for the defendant, but the supreme court granted a new trial on the ground of error in the judge's charge to the jury. INJURED ON RAILROAD \ * i %' Mr. H. E. Staples, of Wilder, Ga., an employee oi^fche A Seaboard Air Line Railway, was painfully ^injured Wednesday evening at the shops of the company in tms city. mr. aiapies had just, come in from a trip, and was [ on his way from his train to the of-> fices at the shops. Another train, a long string of box cars, was between him and the offices and it was neces sary to cross this string of cars. In attempting to do so, Mr. Staples put his foot on the coupling of the cars, and just as he did so the cars moved, with the result that one foot was caught by the couplers. It was thougkt at first that he was seriously injured, but when he had been taken to the hospital, and Dr. j Gambrell examined his foot it was found that the instep of the foot had been badly pinched and three or four small bones broken, but that the in jury while painful was not, serious.* Mr. Staples will be. on crotches for a whil^ according to the doctors, but should soon recover. I ? AN ABBEVILLE BEAUTY I Miss Eleanor Schroeder, who rep resented Abbevile at the Palmafesta week in Columbia, has come out fifth in the beauty contest, and took a prominent part in the festivities jf the occasion. The "movie" people made a film of the South Carolina beauties and they will be shown in all the Pathe picture houses. HOUSEKEEPING Me. and Mrs. C. P. Townaend are noving this week into their home and are starting on their adventure of housekeeping. URNED AY MORNING I I and Ended?Judge ne in Columbia. . . _____ i appear for the trial although he had filed an answer denying the account. In the caBe of W. W. Smith vs. West A. Ar derson, the jury found a verdict for file defendant. Smith st^ed on- a note which he alleged had been eivin him by- Anderson for rent for the year 193.7 which he stated had not been paid. Anderson contended that he did not sign such a paper, but that the paper he signed was for rent for 1?'18, which rent he said,he had paid. The last case tried was the case of Jesse Bibbs vs. Amy Paul. The action was for the recovery of a piece of land on' Blue Hill which Bibbs alleged belonged to him, and which the de fendant had fenced in. The jury found for the plaintiff. ALLIES MAY NOT PUSH ' GERMANY UNTIL MAY 1ST Foraivn OflitM Unlilcotv Tn !Pan>* Payment of Indemnity Until '' $20,000,COO Is Due ,] \ Paris, March 31.?The allied for eign offices, which deferred until af ter Easter negotiations regarding Germany's refusal to pay the install ment of one billion golcl mark? for the reparations account on March 23 at the *ehe*rt of the reparations com mission, no\f are exchanging views on the whole situation with refe rence tto Germany, it was apnourice^ here tjday. < . }[ : the exchange of views, it wasi in dicated, "probably will culminate in another allied conference toward the end of April or the beginning of May. It is unlikely any important measures will be put into effect in the meantime. j In view of the maturity of the al lied claim for the full amount of 20,000,000 gold marks undei? article 235 of the Versailles treaty of May 1, it is anticipated in well informed quarters that the allies will apply no further penalties until then. The. plan for collection of cuiitoma on the line of the Rhine now has been approved by the different gov ernments and their ambassadors will meet in the near future to adpot it formally. * 1 REV. DERBYSHIRE ( TO GIVE LECTURES j Gn WedmBtoy afterr.oons at four | o'clock there will be given a series I of historical sermons at Trinity Episcopal church. The general sub ject is "The History and Develop ment of the American Episcopal Church," and an endeavor will be made to depict a continuous ac count of th<; growth of the Episcopal Church in the ,United States from the erliest colonial times. There will I | be no controversal matter, whatso ever, in the:ve historical sermons, and the general public is cordially in vited to attend. Rev. A. J. Derby shire is using only the most modern text bpoks in obtaining material for these historical sermons, with a view j to presenting only ithe accepted' I facts as borne out by the best mod ern scholarship. There will be ten of these historical sermons, and the whole field from early 1600 to 1920 will be parcelled out as evenly among these ten. Wednesday's as is consistent with "the varying impor tance of the periods. Mr. Derby shire feels that such a aeries of ser mons will elucidate many hazy con ceptions in the minds of people, and that nothing but a more cordial un derstanding can result from such an open sliudy of this particular p>hase of American Church history. The first historical sermon will be given on Wednesday, April 6 at 4 p. m. Charley Darracot went to Augus " 1_ J A. 1 t3 tns weeK ana spern, seveiai uay* or business. \ I MRS. NICKLES HURT. Mrs. J. R Nickles is suffering from a fall. Yesterday she drove down ;own to see the doctor., After alight ner from the ear in whiph she wa<t aiding she started to go to the office if her husband, ^hen she undertook ;o step up on the sidewalk jn front of the office, she hung her foot on the curb. Her learing position, in at tempting to make the step caused her hands, her face struck the sdewalk, id before she could catch with her hands. Her face struck the sidewalk, and she suffered considerable bruis es. She suffered a good deal from the wounds yesterday, but her . friends will be glad to know that the wounds are only bruises. . < t HIGH SCHOOL BOY DIES FROM HURT JCirke White, TAth Grade Pupil, Hit By Ball Thrown By Pitcher. Hit Jn Head With Baseball in Timmontrille?Death Cause* Grief. ^ - . y t Timmonsville, March 31.?As the result of a distressing accident in a ball game played here yesterday af ternoon betweeri Timmonsville and Florence. J. Kirke White, the 17 year old son of Gapt and Mrs. Law rence B. White, formerly of Flor ence, passed away at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in an- automobile while being carried to the Florence infirmary. In the last inning of the ball game yesterday, 'Kirke White, who was batting for the home team, received 'with full force near his temple a ball thrown by Manning Brurison, pitcher of the Florence team and devoted friend to young White. Al though tfoi blow caused unconscious ness, the physician did not anitci pate serious results until today when the patient's condition grew alarm ingly worse. Kirke White was a popular boy with sterling qualities and brilliant prospects, and his untimely death has caused general sorrow here and in Florence. He was a tenth grade student of the Timmonsville high school which tomorrow will" attend .the funeral in a body. The ball team has requested that they serve as pallbearers. No definite plans for the funeral will be made until Cap tain White arrives tonight. DR. WILLSON HAS ?. SLIGHT STROKE WEDNESDAY i . ; # iDr. John 0. Willson, president of Lander College, suffered a slight stroke of paralysis in Laurens early this morning. Friends will be en couraged by the statement of the at tending physician that only the voice and right arm are affected. Dr. Willson was subject to a test of great endurance yesterday in Lau rens beijig in a gathering of minis ters from early Tuesday morning un til two o'clock this morning and it was at the close of this conference that the stroke came. Mrs. Willson went over on the early train and lat er reports are that Dr. Willson is showing improvement*?Index-Jour nal. B12N HILL STILLS. Ben Hill has entered his name amongst the gdod Vstillers" of the county. Ben lives on the plantation of Calvert & Henry in the Little Mountain section. The mountain air .iown that way made Ben long for some of the dew which goes with mountains, so he learned to make the dew from one of his last year's neigh bors, he says, and has been trying to keep his stomach right with it since hat time. Everything* would have been all right if it hadA't been for Ltio "revnnns" nosiner into Ben's bus ness. Now Ben must face the judge it the next term of the county jcourt, ?nd also attenj Uncle Sam's court at Greenwood. x / 1 Mr. J. H. Sherard and his little laughter, Nannette, were in from Calhoun Falls Thursday spending the day. HARD TASK AHEAD FORDRY OFFICERS i i ,i.. - i ' jJ-S ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION FAR FROM EASY- FEDERAL COMMISSIONER TELLS SENA TOR CAPPER OF WORK AC- ] ; J COMPLISHED AND TO BE DONE ' ?LETTER FROM KRAMER Washington, March 31.?Difficul ties in enforcing nationals prohibi tion include hostile public sentiment, lack, of cooperaton by the states, bootleggng on < the borders and is suance of too many dealers' permits, , according to John P. Kramer, federal prohibition commissioner. What he terms as his "honest views" on pro hibition^ere given by Mr. Kramer in a letter to Senator Capper of Kan sas and made public (oday by the latter. * - . i , Cdmmenting on) charges that li- 4 > , quor was being sold openly by 393 , New ^York saloons, Mr. Kranrer de , iailed the problems of the "dry" en- ' , I forcement ^authorities. . >" 1 . "In view of all. these conditions and circumstances,*" said Mr. Kram er, "I believe we have made remark / ' v t-\ : able progress1 during the year or y i more in which the national prohibi ! tion act tos been in Existence. -We. still have much to do and will have i for years to. come. You can't turn i fVio rnrrpnt nf Viiafnrtr nvara)o1ti> Anything that has fastened itself upon political, economic and personal history of our country as has the * liquor;traffic can not be removed in $ ; a day or a year." No Radical Revision. ' I ' J .? *# . ' -' /<yg / Mr. Kramer said the Volstead law itself was sound, that he was not ad vocating any radical revision the law by congress and that enforce ment problems largely were adminis- ' j / tratiye. * . V' m Too many permits for medicinal preparations containing alcohol were '/ issued originally, Mr. Kramer said. ' These have been reduced. Permits for manufacturing industrial alcohol also are being curtailed and refused to those selling illegitimately. ^ J Summing up, Mr. Kramer said he believed failures of enforcement dur ing the past year were "due to 'the administration of the law more than they were to the law itself." Among recommendations made by the prohibition director to tighten up enforcement was; "Removal of whis ;ey to a few large and* well guarded f storehouses; increase of prohibition s, agents on the Canadian and Mexican borders and enactment of prohibition i codes by all the states. , > To the specific chaise that 393. saloftns in New York are violating the law openly, Mr. Kramer wrote Sena tor Capper that "there are places in. New York city where liquor-'is sold ; more or less openly but in none as 1 it was sold prior to prohibition." The bulk of the people, Mr. Kra mer explained must favor enforce 1 ment before substantial headway can be made and this sentiment he said as largely absent in New York and some other communities. . - Many Men Discharged. Mr. Kramer said that while con gress had been criticised for provid t. r" :ng inadequate prohibition enforce ment funds, he was "disappointed" in the reduction of deficiency appropri ations, which necessitated discharge ? of about 150 men. "But I believe" Mr. Kramer con tinued, "that the appropriation made ? for the next fiscal year, of $7,500,000 I '~ o rilfl fha suilltiuaw IV wi*c*v?v; vuv Ayv*v*?* government to cany on the work vhich it is possible to do." Mr. Kramer said the government 'ad "to a considerable extent lack. d help upon the part of etate. and ;cal officials." This condition he nid, was improving and with new tate codes being adopted much pro ibition litigation would be divert :1 from federal to state or police I*/* a?/1 V>a eoi/] flio Knllr juris* 1U LUC CHUj 11^ V11V ?/ **" f enforcement work must be done y the states themselves. * $