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, Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, April 29,1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. HOUSE HAS PASSED THE BILL FOR NAVY / t ALL DISARMAMENT RESOLU TIONS THROWN OUT?FINAL VOTE TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO?BILL CAR RIES TOTAL OF $396,000,000. Washington, April 28?With every amendment relating to disarmament thrown out, the naval appropriation bill Ctfrrying'a total of $896,000,006 wus passed today by the house, 212 to 152. There was not enough op " position to demand & record vote. Immediately after the measure was made ready for the senate the army appropriation bill, carrying $831,000 000 passed last session hut vetoed, was taken up. The navy bill went through the house in the same form as originally passed,' but there were indications of a fight on the army tradget over an increase from 156, 000 to 168,000. A parliamentary trick and quick move by Representative Walsh, Massachusetts, in the chair, cut off i two ^hours of debate on an amend ment by Representative Connolly, Democrat, Texas, providing that no part of the appropriation for war ship building should be expended hntil the president had called an in ternational disarmament conference. Seeing the tangle over time for de bate, the amendment was put to a vote and defeated in a veritable ' shout of noes. '', \ fiat it f did not stop, the friends of armament limitation who presented the same question in a different tex tual dress and almost as fast as presented they wererilled out on points of order. The clash of the day was precipi tated by Representative Byrnes, Democrat, South. Caroline/ who SOOglll 10 ascertain uuc nu v?u? w postponing hearings bj the foreign affairs committee on the disarmament resolution ,and at which Secretary Hughes had been invited to outline the views of the Harding administra tion. Mr. Byrnes difi not get very far with his inquiry. The subject was brought up again however, by Representative Flood, Virginia, ranking Democrat on the committee, who took exception to the statement of Representative Mon dell, Wyoming, Republican leader, that the house was willing to trust the committee in all matters affecting ISTOlgB puuvjr. JUi'? I'lUVU the Republican leadership did not trust it last session when it failed to permit consideration of the Brooks disarmament resolution, reported out by the committee. The hope was expressed by Mr. Mondel that a conference of the na tions would be called , before the the present searion of con WM * . -v* T < : : : Y>. > t. WM. P. GREENE SITS LONGER Judge of Spartanburg Court For An other Week. William P. vireene of Abbeville, re cently appointed special judge over the court of general sessions now sitting at Spartanburg, will con tinue for another week, from May 2 to May 7. The appointment for the second week was made yesterday by the governor upon recommendation of Chief Justice Gary. Judge Mc Iver is sick and Judge Greene is* holding the Spartanburg court.? The State, 28th. DR. GARDNER NO BETTER The following is taken from The Index-Journal of Thursday: Friends of Dr. G. W. Gardner who has been critically ill for several days will regret to know that his con dition shows no improvement this afternoon. At 2.30 o'clock his phy sicians still regared him vrey ill with no change since last night. o NEXT MOVE AS TO ' GERMAN PROBLEM COMES IN LONDON i Allied Supreme Council to Meet on Saturday?Likely That Invitation Will Be Extended the United Stat w To Have Representative At 1 London. > L Paris, April 28?The next develop ment regarding the German proposi tions on the reparations questoh is expected to occur in London, as, ac-; cording to the be9t informaten ob_ tainable here today, no further steps will be taken in this situation until the Allied supreme council, which is to me&t in London on Saturday, has acted. * Amercan participation in the Lon don deliberations is hoped for in French circles, where, it is stated, an invitation will be sent to Washington to have a representative of the Unit ed States present. The discussion in the supreme council it is indicated, will be opened by presentation^ of the French case with the details of Germany's dfif faults in the execution of the treaty of Versailles. Her failure to pay the balance of 12,000,000,000 marks on her 20,000,000,000 inarks debt due May 1, her refusal to disarm, h6r failure to bring to trial officers ae-i Cased of war crimes, and her resist ance to the proposed methods for payment of indemnities, will be! set forth as justifying further penalties and the taking of further pledges. After tins tne uerman proposi tions, just transmitted to Washing ton, will be taken up. France will in sist that nothing short of a begnning on the actual fulfillment of Ger many's obligations should arrest 1;he pressure of the Allies. The first ac tual beginning, it-is suggested, might be the delivery of , 1^00,000,000 marks in gold from the Reichs bank reserve, as demanded by the repara tions commission. This would be con sidered as tangible evidence of in tention to execute the treaty, in de fault of which the French delegation will resist the consideration of mere promises as justificaton for further delay in the applicaton of new penal ties. Other Penalties. I \ Prais, April 28.?Application of further penalties to Germany and the tropin or r>f now honndarv lines be "C3 ? ? tween Poland and German Upper Si lesia will be discussed by the Su preme Ailed Council at London Sat. urday it was learned here today. The (Continued on Page Eight) Washington, April 28.?The first nominations of postmasters to be i? t> :j?4 IllttUt; uy JL 1 coiuciib juoiuuig ncic sent to the senate today, leading to reports that the administrations pol icy in regard to appointment of post masters generally would probably be announced soon. The list contained the names of 84, all of whom, ac cording to a statement issued at the White House had made the highest mark in the competitive civil service examination, together where the veterans' prefernce statute oper ated. Congressional leaders said their understanding was that the nomi nees had not only qualified under the civil service requirements, but were acceptable to party leaders in their respectable districts and that ^ A /lolow two in in 4-V? ni v j aw r?ao aubiuipawcu iu uicii confirmation. TRAGEDY OA COST LI i 1 CAR RUNS INTO NEGRO CARRY ING STEEL ^RILL?MAN IN CAR KILLED?NEGRO IS RUN DOWN AND ALSO DIES OF IN JURIEfe IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR NEWBERRY. *! Newberry, April 8.?Jno. A. Payne white, and John GHder, negro, were killed at Gum Spring, three miles northwest of Newberry, on the Pied mont highway in an automobile ac cident this afternoon. Mr. Payne was formerly of Whitmire, but for the last two years has lived in Green wood. He was 26 years old and wait recently taiarried to Miss Johnson, otf Lanford Sftatvon?\ Laurens ;county. He and his brother-in-law, M. H. Cash ion, were in a Ford Soupe on theiir way toward Greenwood from a base ball game at Newberry. At Gum Spring the Newell Construction Com pany had just knocked off work fox the day. Gilder, a negro laborer, was coming toward Newberry with a steel' drill rod about ten feet long On'his shoulder. Getting out of the way of a track, he stepped right in frost of the coupe. The rod went end-Wise through the coupe's windshield and niawoH ltf?" Pounp'o PIP and his brain, killing him instantly. The coupe ran against the .negro and knocked him down qnd the injuries he received fr^m the car and frox^ the rod he was carrying caused his death n hoar or so later. The negro was 46 years old. Mr. Cashion, whose wife is Mr. Payne's sister, was not seriously in jured, but was badly shaken up and the shock to his nerves rendered him I unable to testify this evening. The | inquest was postponed until morn ing. The families of Messrs. Payne and Cashion were notified of tfye tragedy and their wives and same Greenwood friends came to Newberry tonight Mr. Fajme's body, by direc tion of Sheriff Blease after being viewed by the toroner's jury, wiis immediately carred to an undertak ing establishment and cared for. The time of the funeral has not been fixed.' , I NEWS OF THE SICK News has come from Columbia that Mrs. Raymond Lynch has un dergone a tonsil operation at the Columbia Hospital and is recovering satisfactorily from the ordeal. As Miss Norma Cheatham, Mrs. Lynch left many well wishes in heir old home who are glad that she will soon be restored to health. FATE OF PUTNAM DETERMINED TODAY Spartanburg April 28?All the tes timony in the trial of George W. Put nam, charged with murder in con nection with the killing of B. A. Backheister, was completed this af* iernoon and two argumehts,one for the state and one for the. defense, were made. The court house was packed during the entire day, and every word was listened to with in terest. The test:mony conflicted somewhat between that of the state's " ?tj. e | witnesses ana xne witnesses iv#i j defense about the position of the de ceased and the defendant when the 'shooting occurred. The case will go to the jury tomor trow morning. A BROKEN BONE. Guy Blanchett, is off his base ball game for the next few days. While playing at the Graded school this week the young man had the misfor tune to break his collar bone. This puts him out of the game but makes him much of a hero among the lit tle boys. , Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hodges are in +Vi?> r?itTr firnm Savannah. Ga.. and are visiting relatives. Mrs. Hodges is well remembered as Miss Lillian Clinkscales and old friends are glad to see her again and to take a look at her fine boy. I ROAD VES -OF TWO TARIFF AND TAXES ARE DISCUSSED BY MEN OF BUSINESS ff 1 Vnr S|>edal Legislation to Secure Com mercial As Well As Agricultu ral Prosperity is Under Consideration Atlantic City, N. J., April 28.? The problems of taxation and tariff fiicing American business were dis cussed today by the leading business men and financiers in the annual convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce. iSnecial tariff leonftlatinn aosnrp the United States "commercial pros perity" was urged by Judge Marion E evries otf the United . States - cus toms conrt of appeals. ""The government .most arm and equip its administrative forces," he aiid, 'Vith every possible ' instru mentality of commercial defense and exchange. We should not be misled by sentiments of brotherly love and international liberality." Condemning the present tariff val uation basis, Judge D.evries urged a special duty to meet our trade re quirements. Tariff protection for agriculture was demanded by Harirey J. Scome, egricutlurist, of Sidell, 111. Mut Aid Agriculture "As agriculture has a direct or in direct bearing," he s&id, "on practi cally every other industry, it there fore, ia the Tcey industry' otf the na tion and for thi:i rea&on should have protection at all times, in order to insure proper industrial conditions. we demand that a clause be in cluded in the tariff act providing a Ifainst dumping of foreign products on our markets at a price that is ower than they are sold on their home markets." Alba B. Johnson, president of the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce, urgod theit tariff laws be framed with the view of protecting the farmer, the railroad, the work man in the field, mine and factory. Solution of the government's fi nancial, situation was offered by having congress authorize at once a "consolidated, or refunding loan to an amount approximately equal to the existing outstanding land and short time indebtedness." ABBEVILLE PEOPLE ' IN McCORMICK Mr. and Mrs. F. K. McAdams and little daughter Myrtle and Mr. and Mrs. .J B Tims and little son, J B., Jr., of Abbeville spent Wednesday withMrsahd Mrs. P. V Cohjon of McCormlck. . 1 HOURS CHANGE AT LONG CANE With the coining of the long sum mer days the hours of service at Long Cane have beeiV changed and beginning Sunday, the Sunday school will be held at ten o'clock and the church service at eleven which is a change of half and hour earlier. The congregation will please take notice. MR. SAYRE IN TOWN Mr. C. G. Sayre was in Abbeville Thursday in consultation with the school board as to plans for the new school building. Mr. Sayre is well remembered in Abbeville, having put in the lighting system now in use in the city. A VISITING PHYSICIAN Dr. F. C. toward came up irom Columbia Thursday and spent the day at the County Hospital. As State Chemist he was making tests along that line. J 3 SURVEY OF CREDIT I SITUATION ON THE HltyE ORDERED' Governor of Federal Reserve Board Will ^Ixt?<Bo?rd Has No Specific mi ir? _ _ n _l*_f ' w* tL nan jror ivcucr ur numcn? Can no ft Make Direct Loan* To 'I ' ' FarnuTi?Crnx of Problem. ' _ k * l s Wasbintgon, April 28.?-Ctyvternor Handing of the federal reeerve ^ board announced today, that he * r : , -i yfe. % < / would begin next week a rj^rsonal survey of the farm credit situation * in the middlewest and sdatfeyrest. ^ The board, the governor said, had thought it advisable that he make a * tour of the farm ar$a so as to learn ^ at first hand the problems of the } country bankers and trade oirganiza- { tione. j - The real crux of the farmer prob- , lem, in the View of Mr. Harding, is the foreign situation. The farmers, he said, most have a market for their commodities, as they cannot go on indefinitely on credit without selling their crops. He thought the 1 redutcion of rediscount rate by the Bank of England might aid Ameri can farmers by making possible a more liberal market for .grain and cotton, not only in Great Britain but in other European countries. Inequalities in price readjustment as between the wholesalers and re tailers, and the transportation situa tion also were described' by B(Tr. Harding as contributing causes to the present agricultural situation. Cessation of building also has been felt and it was the governor's view that a resumption of building would result in a general easing of ex penses, including high rents, which would react to the benefit of the farmeira. The-federal reserve board, Gover nor Harding said, has no specific plan for the relief of farmers. He explained that the reserve banks could not make direct loans to far mers, but could noly rediscount the loans of member banks. , Rpports to the board, Mr. Harding continued, indicate that next year's American cotton crop will be with in 75 per cent of this year's total, al though at the end of the present cot ton year, on July 1, there will prob ably be a surplus of 8,000,000 bales, or nearly a world's supply under present conditions. In the face of this situation, he added, bankers j naturally are cautious in increasing their loans on farm papers. He ex-' j pressed the belief, however, that ? there would be sufficient advances to ^ care for the immediate needs of the { farmer's in planting their crops. h n num K.K. KAItS i l ' t Washintgon, April 28.?The inter <; state commerce commission refused f today to order a reduction in rail- ( road rates from points of origin s east of the Rocky mountains to t points in intermountain territory, j Complaints of business organiza- j tions and others in that section were t dismissed the commission holding j that existing tariffs which are on a f parity with those to Pacfic coast t point*; were not unduly prejudicial, s The complainants had contended ( for a graded reduction based on the s mfes tr? Paoifir mast which T were fixed so that the ste*vm car riers could compete with water com- ? merco passing through the Panama f canal. The case at i;3sue was one of d general interest over the country, 1 as any change in rates would affect e manufacturers in the Eastern sec- - tions. * MN LEARNS POSITION OF ALLIES 10 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT STATE DEPART- ; MENT BUT GOOD GUESS MAY BE MADE AS TO CONVERSA TION RESULTING FROM COM MUNICATION Washington, April 28.?Diplo-. natic representatives of three of the illied powers?Great Britain* France and Belgium?-transmitted loday to Secretary Hughes the views yt their governments with respect a) Germany's reparations proposals. Official announcement was with ield, but it' was understood that the secretary of state was informed that the German offer in its present form was unacceptable. Whether ;? iny suggestions were made that Germany be asked to put forward lew and more liberal terms was not * iisclosed '''v ^ It was emphasized officially, how- < ;ver, that the chief question at issue ppas not whether the proposals as #| tuch Were acceptable to the allied / * government, but whether they could / -j ye regarded as the basis for renew- ' id discussions from which satisfac tory terms might eventuate. Administration officers still main lined silence as to the form of re- 1 \ )ly that would be made to the Ger man communication. x Since the German offer is to be , ronsidered at the meeting of the al- % ied supreme' council on Saturday here were suggestions in ." some ' .'V; [uarters that the American reply night be held up pending some fur her decision by the premiers.: Statements today by Premiers ' j Joyd George of Great Britain and Jr^and of France that the German y ?ffer was unacceptable: were re eived by officials here with manifest . ' nterest, but apparently no surprise. M President Harding is to return to Washington early tomorrow from tis trip to Hampton Boads and it is sxpected that Secretary Hughes will , )l icquaint him early in the day with /' he nature of the messages received vj rom the allied diplomats. . Great Britain was the first of the illied powers to communicate its riews to the American government. Sir Auckland Geddes, the British imksMiiflr. railed on Mr. Hushes in A' aid-afternoon and was closted with he secretary for nearly half an ;Jj lour. *:'j Tt ' r;:., ? . Before Sir Aucklahd left, Baron 3e Marchianpe, the Belgian ambas :ador, reached the state department l<ater in the day Priiice de Chalais, :ounselk>r in the absence from Washington of Ambassador Juseer md, called on Mr. Hughes. London, April 28.?Allied diplo nats are gathering in London for ;he "fall dress" meeting of^the al- . ied supreme council Saturday at c? vhich will be decided what steps v ihall be taken for exacting the rep trations from Germany. It was ex jected and even hoped, in some juarters that the German coanter jronosals forwarded through Wash- v ngton would make it unnecessary o bring further pressure to war. ["he court manner in which France ind Belgium rejected them, how ever, and the decision of England, ifter certain points had been eluci lated by the Berlin government by equest, that in the word of Prime Minister Lloyd George they "are horoughly unsatisfactory," "make t certain that the French proposals 'or occupation of the Ruhr will be he only subject of discussion by the upreme council unless, of course, 3ermany in the meantime sends omething closely approximately the 'aria terms. The possibility of the United ?uacca vciiig icpiwcjiic-u ah unc cvu 'erence is exciting much interest in liplomatic circles here for it is be ieved it would have a greater influ ence than any other move. Failing, (Continued on Page Eight.)