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l i _ :' : ' * ' . / V? t - Abbeville Press and Banner ? Jl 1 - ? Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, April 13, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. REPUBLICANS AND "IRRECON 'CCASLES'* VOICE APPROVAL DEMOCRATS GENER EXPRESS DISAPfpOfT. -LODGE "EXTREMELY PLEASED," AS ARE KNOX JOHNSON AND BORAH. K, . * n ' Washington, April 12.?General approval of President Harding's dec- y * iarations in his first message to; con- ^ gress today that the United States | could have no part in the present r league of nations and that the state ( of war should be ended by congres- ( sionai resolution was expressed by < 'Republican senate leaders, both of ^ the "irreconcilabJes" and "reserva- ^ tionist" groups. * Senator- Lodge of Massachusetts, j Republican leader who led, the long ( fight for reservations to the treaty t of Versailles, said he was "extreme- < ly pleased" by the message which he a declared "separates us from the league and approves passage of the j Knox resolution." . I Senators Johnson, California, and : Borah, Iddfco, leaders of the "irr6- r v concilables," expressed gratification ( that the president had definitely re- c jected the present league and had g .declared for restoration of peace by j congressional action. They express ed doubt, however, that the treaty of { Versailles with the league covenant j excluded could be put into shape for ? ratification?a nossibillty suwrested , by Mr. Harding. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, acting Dedpcratic leader, who led the Wilson.forces in the senate for ratification of the treaty and league, expreeed disappointment at the president's message. He declared, that by refusing to enter the league the United States has refused to take part'in the effort to stabilize the social, business and government al conditions of the world, without which, he said, there could be nei ther a' revival of business nor pros perity. "I am wondering," Senator Har rison,' Democrat, Mississippi, said in a statement tonight, "what the thou sands of independent voters, pro league Republicans and Republican leaders, who were assured or insist , ed that the best way to have Ameri ca get into the league of nations a&d have the treaty of Versailles ratified was through the election of Harding as president, now think." "What the president said about the legaue suited me," was the com ment of Senator Reed, Missouri, a (Democratic treaty "irreconcilable." Senator Poindexter, Republican, , Washington, said the plan for an as < sociation "still was in nebulous ... state." 3 Senator Kellogg, Minnesota, a Re publican-"mild reservationist," de clared the president would "be able >. to work out an association of na tions and a peace program that will be satisfactory to all." c Senator Knox, Pennsylvania, au- ^ thor of the peace resolution adopted 8 by the last congress and vetoed by e President Wilson, issued a statement today saying that President Hard- a ing's "suggestion that a declaration c ^ : of jwiicy as to. our attitude toward ^ ^ rajruckscence.~ jpf . threatening " militarism. shoul<?.b* ^ensporaril^- o postponed," was entirely agreeable . to him. ' a There had been some discussion * of the incorporation of such a dec- 3 laration in a peace resolution to be 1 'adopted'by the present congress. 3 *Such a declaration," said Sena tar Knox, "relates to the future and may well be deferred until there is some stabilization of present world confusion." Senator Knox indicated that he would reintroduce his peace resoln tion a few days for reference tr i the senate foreien relations commit tee. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barnwell an^ children went over to Greenwood to day and spent the afternoon. I LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ASSEMBLES Over One TkooMni Delegates Ave Attending Cleveland Meeting Today. Cleveland, Ohio, April 12.?The second annual convention of the Na tional League- of Women Voters formally opened here this morning with more than one thousand dele* fa tee and alternates from all parts >f the country in attendance. The invention will close Saturday alter ioon. - Conferences on child welfare, iniform laws concerning women and food supply and demand reported ;heir recommendations last night. Those -to report today are American citizenship, election laws and meth >ds; social hygiene and women in in lustry. The conference on child wel fare recommended the immediate jassage of a congressional bill giv ng federal aid for maternity and nfant care,* endorsed the principle >f physical education in schools, :hrough state action and urged enforcement of all child labor .. and ?hool attendance laws. The food supply and demand con ference recommended legislation for he acquisition of stock . yards by 'aliroada; federal regulation of the neat packing industry; prevention >f unfair trade practices and co iperation with federal agencies to ecure the proper production, distri bution and use of food. The uniform laws concerning wo nen conference recommended uni ofto state legislation on marriage ind divorce; abolition of - "common aw" marriages; with their hus winds; laws prohibiting the evasion if marriage laws; legislation making rife and child abandonment a crimi al offense; exemption from Jury uty of mothers of young children, nd mothers' pensions. A NEW DORMITORY. The Womans College at Due West i going to build a new dormitory. Ir. James C. Hemphill and James A. alter of Kaleigh, N. C. will be asso ated architects for the building. The : roposed building will accommodate ne hundred students and will have 11 modern conveniences. The bath nd building arrangements will be atterned after the most . modern lans. The huild:ng committee has \ isited most of the best equipped dor mitories over the two Carolinas and hey hope to embody the best ideas f all in this one building. Plans will be submitted to Synod n-May and it is hoped to make the iew dormitory one of the first fruits f the Forward Movement. The Womans College finds a new [ormitory necessary on account of he crowded condition of vthe present [ormitory, many pupils being turned way last fall. THE CONCERT The concert given by the Or hestra and Glee Club of the Due Vest Colleges Monday night was a uccess and pleased the large audi nce present. The young ladies played and sang ill the selections well and showed a areful training. Miss Crofut and diss Milliard have a very creditable 'show"-and are to be congratulated a\. tljp su?ess of their enterprise. The Due Westers came, down by utomobile and a large party of riends came along to hear the mu ic. Col "Tommie" Long, Mr. Sam ^roQpltr QTirl fVia Pvnrmil t U11U Mtv O. X \J TT lllvv ame along as chaperones. ILING CLERKS HAVE WEARY TIME OF IT Washington, April 12.?Weary louse filing clerks were still at work )day trying to catalogue 2,504 b'lls ntroduced yesterday. It was record reaking first day flood of new meas rpa_ Tn t.Vip Inf. wpw rlnsp t.n a lousand bills allotting cannons cap- ( ired by Americans during the wat i towns and cities in all sections of 1 le country. \ ELECT TEACHERS FOR CITY SCHOOLS . * For the 1921*22 Tesm at Meeting of < Trustee* Held Monday After* n.on?Plans for the New School Building Were Discussed. The election of teachers in the city schools for the next session was held l m the omce ox tne cnairman oz wit board of trustees Monday afternoon. The trustees present at this meeting were W.M. Barnwell, J. C. Thomson, W. A. Cahrert, J. D Kerr, E R Thom son, H. R McAllister, R. S Link and Dr C H McMurray. Mr. Henry was absent on account of illness. The teachers elected for next ses sion are Misses Alberta Montgomery, Clara Adams, Gladys Norris, Georgie Ott, Harriett Coan, Rebecca Jones, ( Niza Kilgore, Esther Todd; Rosa- 1 monde Dixon, Sara Perrin, Ruby An- < derson, Lucille Matthews, Susie* 1 Lown arid Annie M. "Hill. . / , In the high school Misses Sadie i Magill, Eva West and Lucille Ham- j ilton were reelected and Mrs. J. D. , Wilson was reelected principal of the ] mill school. j At a previous meeting Supt J. D. ] Fulp and principals Miss May L. -y Robertson and J. M. Daniel had been y reelected and they have accepted work for another session. I All of the present corps of teachers ( in Poplar Grove and Harrisbuig col- f, ored schools were reelected. No j teacher was elected for Grace Mis- ^ sion school as none had applied for } this work. 1 The teachers are given ten days in ] which to either accept or decline the j offer made th^m and at the expira tion of this time such successors as . are necessary to complete the corps will be elected as the superintendent * has dozens of applications for vacan cies. , ... Bids Requested. The trustees also voted unanimous- 3 ly to ask for bids oft suitable sites of 1 not less than four aeres on which the I new hjgh school building may be erected to be sent in to the chairman ^ by April 20. The person or persons ^ offering sites should accompany their bids with lowest prices asked for the sites. As soon as these bids are all in the b<^ard will begin considerat:on of each of the offers and will attempt to " arrive at a definite conclusion as to the most logical site for the new building. . e The building committee composed * of W. M. Barnwell, C. H. McMurray * and W. A. Calvert was authorized to s proceed with the circulation of a peti- c tion call'ng for a bond election for 1 bonds not to exceed $100,000 for the * building of the high school and pur- 9 chase of the lot. 1 The trustees are extremely anxious * to secure just as many offers of loca- 1 tions as there are suitable locations 1 in the c'ty of ^.bbev;lle for there is to. * be no snap judgment used in the se- ? lection of the site for the new build ng but each proposed site,, will be carefully considered from all angles before a final decision is made. I FRIENDLY WITH FORD 1 I Mr. J. J. Grant, of Lowndesville, ; was a business visitor in the city yes- c terday. Mr. Grant has just been shaking hands with a Ford when he * saw him and as a result was carrying * his right arm in a sl:ng. He was for- * tunate as the Ford did not kick hard, 1 only one bone his oarm beinp-brok- j. en. - * * . ? V DR. WHALING TO PREACH Rev. Thornton Whal'ng, D. D., of Columbia, will preach in the Presby terian church next Sunday. A Baptismal service will be held in the Presbyterian Church 3:30 P. M. next Sunday. ORATORICAL CONTEST FRIDAY Fridav is the bie dav with the colleges of the state in Greenwood : when their representatives meet for n 'he annual oratorical contest. Pre *. ceeding the contest a baseball game >, s to be played in the afternoon be- ; tween Clemson and Newberry on v the fair grounds. y BRITAIN WANTS TO GROW COTTON Commercial Attache Warns Washing* tea?-World Supply at End of ' July To Be Eleven and a Half Million?Record Carry-orer. I Washington, April 1?..?Great Bri tain is bending every effort to escape from dependency upon ' the * United States for raw cotton, according to a report to the department of com merce today from Commercial At tache Dennis at London;. To this end. Mr. Dennis said,* England is encour aging the production oi cotton in the former German possesions in Eas; Africa, obtained under mandates and in h<?r own colonial possessions. "While our own people have been considerably aroused by the socalled British domination of the world's pe troleum resources," Mr Dennft said, "little attention has be en paid to'the ?bvious fact that as a result of the war increased opportunities for the porduction of raw cotton have devel aped within the British empire. The British have seized upon that fact ?nd (systematic efforts are be ng made by the empire cotton growing com mittee to stimulate cotton growing within the empire/' / Cotton growing, he continued-, is jeing urgecf by the Bri tish in all the ;olonies where conditions are favor ible to the crop. India Egypt and Mesopotamia are to be utilized, as are ;he former German colonies in Af - rica he said, adding that the British joard of trade plans to irrigate seven nillion acres of cotton land \near Shartoum. ' Commenting on the preuent inter lational cotton situation Mr. Den lis declared that by the end of July he world's supply "of unconsumed :otton would amounl; to 41,599,008' >ale* of 500 poundu eaclj. This, he aid, would be the largest carry-over n the world's history. Collapse of he European market as well as the aarkets of Poland and Finland, he aid, had brought on the over supply. Efforts of the public to bring down he price of cotton fabrics, he as erted had done much to weaken the aarekt. J. C. SHOCKED AGAIN. J. C. McLane suffered a severe ilectrical shock Monday night at the losp'tal. The young-man is still in the lospital under treatment for the hock received some weeks ago. Mon lay night he' went into his room and n order to turn on the light, caught ;old of the electric bulb which was tat'onary in the wainscoating. He eceived a severe shock which threw rim across the room and for a while endered him unconscious). He was mder the care of a physician during he night but is out and around town igain. ' A SOLDIER RETURNS Mr. P. M. Davis, the postmaster at )onalds has been notified that the >ody of his brother, Private Lewis R tfattox has arrived in New York and vill be sent to Donalds the latter part ?f the week. Private Mattox belonged to the Machine Gun Company of the 118th nfantry and was killed in action on )ct. 17th, 1918 during the engage nent at La Hail Menerris.se, France Funeral services will -be.h^d ,. on rtnvai or toe Doay ana>-mterniejw. rill be at Broadmouth church. . The young soldier was known - to " nany of our boys and friends and omrades from Abbeville will attend he last sad rites. >ALMER EXPERT VISITS SCHOOLS Miss Lillie Johnson of New York "ity, one of the expert instructors ent out by the Palmer Penmanship ompany spent Tuesday visit'ng thi ifw eoVinrklo in flip inherest of hei aethod which is so popular over the ountry. Miss Johnson taught a thirc rade sect'on in the New York Citj chools for a number of years anc /as an interesting visitor to thi chools. JAPAN ALARMED AT HUGHES NOTE Pirn* ImmediatooActiofe,' Will Send Sptcial Diplomat To Washington In Effort To Settle JVUtter. . lV'.. Tokio, April 12.?Plans for send- . ing to Washington a distinguished Japanese, who would take up the en tire range of the so-called Pacific problems, including mandates) Call foinia, China, Siberia/ immigration and armaments are understood, tp be in the process of formultion. by the Japanese government. Official an nouneement of the intention of the country to send such a delegate who arould act in a capacity, similar to that of Former Premier Viviani of 5 France, who is at present in the Uni ted States, 'has not as yet been made but it is said that the subject is re ceiving serious attention. The note from Chtarles ?. Hughes American secretary of state to the Allies declaring America does not abandon her rights in the peace set tlement especially concerning Ger man overseas possessions, not only created a profound impression in Japan, but has served, in addition to crystalize tjie s conviction that, the time has arrived to bring about a solution of all problems involving Japanese and America before the relations of those countries reach a critical stace. Authorities at the Japanese for- ' eign office confine N themselves to a ' statement to the Associated Press that the Hughes note is "so irapor- ' taut that it is receiving the most 1 serious consideration from the Japa- j nese government, which is anxious J to do everything possible to esta- 1 blish friendly co-operation with the 1 new administration at Washington." ! It is learned from othqr influen- 1 tial sources that the opinion pre- ( vails among prominent Japanese, ' especially those familiar with the United States, that the general 1 situation haa gone so far that it re- ' quires heroic treatment to prevent the two nations from further ^rift ing apart. There is, therefore an in clination to permit the problem in- ( volved in the disposition of the Is- ' land of Yap before a discussion of : all the questions centering about the ^ Pacific regarding which Japan and ' America have serious differences. ' The plan to send a representative J of Japanese government to Wash ington is not unconnected with the internal situation in this eountryr:Jt 1 is unedrstood an influential group |s ( insisting that Japanese foreign poll- ' cies be remodelled with the particu- ' lar view to securing a settlement of 1 Pacific problems and a general un- 1 Jerstanding permanent in nature, i with America. The basis of this/un- 1 derstanding, would be friendly co operation. . 1 Attainment of this program may j1 involve a change in the Japanese 1 ministry. Major General Giluchi- 1 Tariaka, minister of war, has already 1 plced his resignation in the hands of Premier Hara. It is apparent the politica 1 situa- 1 tion in Japan is complicated by dif ferences over purely internal ques- J tions including the one relative to the betrothal of the crown prince, ' which came to light recently and which seems not to have been set- ^ tied-, in some important aspects. 1 Everything here, however tends to ; show that the highest circles of the smpire are concentrating their at tentifl^. on relations with America, <' W^ch Responsible Japanese'" openly declare-/'ipajst be improved." ' 1 Leading; newspapers, in their com ment on the Hughes note, declare it is liable tnr nlace Jatian in an em ba.rrassing position, as the allies may find difficulty in supporting Japan's claims in the face of insistance upon s \merican demands from Washing- r ton. 3 REAL ESTATE MOVES i The first sale cf real estate re-, a sorted in a good while is that of the 3 L. M. Tolbert house on Wardlaw treet. The house was sold yesterday i :o W. H. Dugan the transaction be ngr handled by E. W. Gregory, real i 3state dealer. The price paid was $,000. PRESIDENT TURNS BACK ON* LEAGUE WOULD FAVOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION DECLARING WAR WITH CENTRAL POWERS ENDx ED?SEPARATE TREATIES OF PEACE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH, HOWEVER, SAYS PRESIDENT HARDING Washington; April 12.?President Harding, in his first address to con gress today, announced that he would approve a "declaratory resolution'' by congress "vjrith qualifications essen tial to protect all our rights" which 1 A'ould end the 'technical state of war .gainst'the Central powers of Eu rope." The President added, however, that 'it would be idle to declare for sepa :ate treat'es of peace with the Cen tral powers on the assumption alone hat these would be adequate because he situation is so involved that our jeace engagements cannot ignore the old world relationships and the set- \ tlements already effected, nor is it ies'rable to do so in preserving our ' own rights and contractingo ur fu ture relationships." Although declaring unreservedly against "the existing League of Nations," the President said: "The wiser course would seem to be the acceptance of the confirmation of our rights and interests, as already r , provided and to engage un4er the ex isting treaty, assuming, of course, that th:s can be satisfactorily accom olished by such explicit reservations md modifications as will secure our ibsolute freedom from inadvisable :ommitments and safeguard all our issential interests." An Association of Nations, the President said, could .not i>e~ founded ' ; antil the world was at peace. . j i A .Principal Points' in - the Mcmf?. Wash ngton, April 12.?Republi- - :an members of the Senate foreign relations committee were called into :onference this morning by President Warding while he was reading the inal proof on h's first message which le was to read to congress in person it one p. m. The call for the senators to visit the CVhite House went out unexpectedly. :t was understood that the President iesired to present to the Senators his statement in his message regarding :ore gn relations. The Senators began arriving at me w nue nouse soon ui ;er 10 o'clock and the conference be jan half an hour later. "The proof of :he address, as corrected by the Presi- ? lent, was given to the public printer it that time. If any corrections were ;o be. made after the conference, it svas assumed they were to be tele phoned to the government printing jffice." After the decision to summon the Republican members of the foreign relations committee to the White House, the President cancelled the reguliar Tuesday meeting of the cabi net, wh'ch had been scheduled for ;leven a. m. Washington, April 12.?President Harding's principal recommendations to congress, in his first annual ad iress delivered today, included the .'ollowing: Foreign relations: No separate )eace with the Central Powers 'on the tssomption alone that this would be v tdequate." The wiser course would eem to be * * to engage under he existing treaty assum'ng of course hat this can be satisfactorily accom >lished by such explicit reservations tnd modificat'ons as will secure our ibsolute freedom of inadvisable com nitments and safeguard all our es ential interests. * * * No helpful ociety of nations can be founded on ustice and committed to peace until he covenants re-establishing peace ? Vvtt tiofi/ins nrhich wpra ,1 c DCUiC\J UJ l/uwr UHVIVUW rw ?? ..v.. ,t war." Taxation: Readjustments of inter ial taxes and revision or repeal "of hose taxes wh;ch have been unpro uctive and are so artificial and bur (Continued on Pago Eight) /