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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, May 4, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. MR. ALBERT 1 AT HOME Was One of Abbev ness Men, Being ai Local Enterprise City Council' Albert Henry died at his home on North Main street Tuesday night at eight twenty-fiv? o'clock May 3rd, 1921. Abbeville people were shocked and grieved Tuesday night and this morning to hear the news of Mr. Henry's sudden death. His friends had begun to hope that* he would soon be well enough to be abo^t his accustomed work and every one felt that the prospects for his permanent recovery were good. ; Six weeks ago Mr. Hejiry was taken with flu which kept him con fined to his home for ten days. He recovered enough to come to his work but after a day or two was attacked with a severe pain in his head and from this grew steadily worse. He was taken to Atlanta three weeks ?J AUa%.a \%\a ailmanf UTQQ nTft. anu L.I1C1C 1UO otuuvov nxu I nounced sleeping sickness, brought on from the effects of flu. While in Atlanta Mr. Henry seemed to make a steady recovery and he was re lieved of all his suffering. He re ceived his friends and members of his family and most of the reports - coming_from his bedside were of an encouraging nature. He returned to his home Sunday and seemed to suf~ fer no ill effects from the trip. Tuesday night he had supper serv ed to him in his room. He insisted that his mother and Frank Leslie go to the dining room and have their supper, remarking that Mr. Philson -who had come in to make him a call, would be sufficient company. In a few moments he put h?s hand to his head saying he did not feel well, then gave a gasp and expired before as sistance could reach him. Mr. lienry was the second son of Mr. Francis Henry and his wife, Sarah Ellen Hill and was bom at the old Henry place four miles from town, forty-one years ago. The fam ily moved to Abbeville thirty-six years ago and since that time have been identified with the progress of the city. Mr. Henry begun work when he was 15 years of age with the P. Rosenberg Co., and received there such training as made him a careful and efficient business man. He was in business for two years with W. D. Wilson and fourteen years ago the firm of Philson and Henry was or ganized and has since been one of the leading firms in Abbeville. Mr. Henry had the unique distinc EXPORT OF ( Adoption of New Policy Announced By War Finance Corporation In Washington. Washington, May 3?Adoptions of the policy of making advances to American exporters of cotton or those financing such exporters r v V BIG SHORTAGE FOUND V BANKER'S ACCOUNTS V V Columbia, May 4.?A short V age of $153,249.70 in the ac V counts of W. T. C. Bates, Jr. V an assistant cashier of the V Liberty National bank of \ South Carolina, was made \ public last night in a state V ment issued by the directors r V of the institution, who at the V same time announced that \. the amount had been made ? V good by the directors the rel V atives of Mr. Bates and by V Mr. Bates himself. HENRY DIES TUES. NIGHT ille s Influential Busi .1 Officer of Severed :S?A member of Twenty Years. tion of being an alderman before he was 21 years of age and he has served on the council continuously since, being most of the time Mayor pro tem. He always had the interest of the town at heart and performed the duties of his office with care and ability. Since the death of his father j twelve years ago Mr. Henry has j taken his place as the head of his family, has made a happy home for ! his mother and has kept an open j house for the sisters and brothers ! and the numerous grandchildren. He has managed the affairs of many of his relatives with a strict integrity and has had cares on his shoulders beyond his years. Mr. Henry was interested in many of the business enterprises of the city, being a member of the firm of Philson and Henry, Vice-president of the County Savings Bank and in terested in the Abbeville Insurance and Investment Co., the Piedmont Land Co., and Cash Bargain Store and in many real estate enter j prised. Mr. Henry has been a notary public for many years. He wa3 a veteran of the Spanish American war. He enlisted in Co. A 1st S. C. Regiment and was in camp at Columbia and at Jacksonville, serving until the war was over and the regiment was mustered out of service. Mr. Henry was 18 years of age when he enlisted in the army. In early life he connected himself with the Presbyterian church and the funeral will be held there in the morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. G. M. Telford assisted bv Rev. Louis J. Bristow conducting the services. Messrs M. B. Reese, W. E. Johnson, W_ F. Nickles, Jordan Ramey, D H. Hill and W. H. White will act as pall bearers. Interment will be at Long Cane cemetery. As a mark of respect to Mr. Hen ry all the business houses of the city will be closed tomorrow from 10:30 until 12:30. The sincere sympathy of the peo ple of the city go out to the be reaved family and especially to the aged mother, who in her declining years has lost two sons. ut off in the noontide of life, Mr. Henry leaves the record of his ^uties well done, of a faithful son and brother and of a man true to his friends. COTTON ! STIMULATED 0 where the cotton is under contract for sale abroad was announced to night by the war finance corpora tion. Heretofore the corporation has , confined its advances to cotton al ready at seaboard. The new policy, Managing Direc tor Meyer explained, was adopted at the request of the recent conference of Southern bankers and cotton ex porters of Atlanta who wished the corporation to make advances to finance the exportation of cotton which was under definite contract oi sale, but which will not move for ward immediately but within a rea sonable time. Another result of th* cnnforonM , I Mr. Meyer said, was the formation . of a joint committee on bankers and , exporters to work out practical meth . ods of dealing with cotton exports, . especially to those countries which could use substantially larger quan ities, if credit were obtainable on a i sound basis. I J. R. Blake, of Greenwood, was a 1 visitor in the city yesterday. 10 URGE COTTON POOL CAMPAIGN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND BALES FOR FIVE YEARS.? OFFICERS ARE NAMED, ALL PLACES FILLED AT MEETING TUESDAY EXCEPT THAT OF PRESIDENT. Columbia, May 4.?A campaigr to form a pool of 400,000 bales oi cotton a year for five years in South Carolina to be sold through th< South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative association was determinec upon at a meeting of the organiza tion committee of the as3ociatior yesterday. Temporary officers of th< association were named with the ex ception of the president. Full details of the plan will be made known to ALLIED COUNCIL PLANS ULTIMATUM DRAFTING COMMITTEE NOW BUSY COMPLETING DOCU MENT TO BE FINALLY PASS ED AT ANOTHER MEETING OF COUNCIL TO BE HELD TO DAY . United States Invited London May 3?The allied sup reme council decided today to invite the United States to send a representative as a member of the supreme council and al so to be represented on the rep arations commission and the council of ambassadors, London, May 3.?The supreme council reached a complete agree ment this afternoon ion the sub stance of the ultimatum to be sent to Germany by he reparations com mission not later than May 6. The ultimatum expires six days later. The drafting committee is busy to night completing the document which will be finally passed at an other meeting of the council tomor row and then handed to the repara tions commission, Which will for ward the last word of the allies to il T* I* Li a J tne x>?rim caorae^ in *ccoraance with the treaty of Versailles. The total sum which Germany will be called upon to pay has been in creased to 6,750,0001000 pounds sterling by the inclusion of the sum due to Belgium on account of her debts to the allies. Under the bonding scheme to guarantee the payment of 100,000, 000 pounds annually, plus 25 per cent., tax on German exports, 600, 000,000 pounds in bonds will be is sued when the ultimatum expires or Germany accepts the term. Bonds to the amount of 1,000,000,000 pounds will be issued in November. The bal ance, 4,250,000,000 pounds will be issued in accordance with Germany capacity to pay. That capacity will be gauged by the product of 25 per cent, on exports. Besides the 5 per cent interests on the bonds an additional 1 per cent will be imposed on them to form a sinking fund. The amount required for service bonds will be thus 2,500,000,000 bonds. Washington, May 5.?In the ab sence of formal notifications, oiB nialc nAmw i\? VIAIO UWiltlfAJ W/iU^UIV l/V ^ViUIUCllV V/ll the decision of the allied supreme council at London to invite the Uni ted Stat?s to send a representative as a member of the supreme council ( Continued on page 8) Thoughts Wc For the Chi paign Ma Banish dust, dirt, disease Our biggest asset?A Spo A good job for everybody Get rid of tne ruDDisn ar Kleen Up and Keep Kleei Make back yards look like Brighten the corner wheri Clean up the back yards i Clean possessions make g Health mfeans wealth. CI It costs too much to stay money. Cleanliness. Thrift and C Homes and Towns Beautiful. The scrub brush, the pair brush are mightier than the s forward. Every boy and girl who h cleaner citizen. For economy and health, for pride's sake, Paint and Wi and continuous enjoyment of ] Following prizes for child] For the cleanest yard ? For the largest number o For J.he prettiest flower b Others to be added. % day at the semi-annual meeting oi the South .Carolina division of th( American Cotton association, whiel will be Laid in Craven hall, at noon The South Carolina Cotton Grow era' Cooperative association -vrill b< a non-profit cooperative assoiiatioi ? ?-i?j - -i? _ i? j w. orgttiuzeu IIIUCI a uin yooKU BK m? recent session of the general as sembly and its purpose w:ill be t< promote, foster and encourage th< business of marketing cotton co operativeily; to reduce speculation, t< stabilize the cotton markets; t< handle cooperatively and collec tively the problems of cotton grow era and ' to otherwise safegua:rd th< interests of the growers. , The contract to be signed by th( growers will not become ufl'ective until signatures of cotton growers covering at least 400,000 bales oi cotton have ' been secured to th< agreement, which covers a period o1 five years. The temporary president oi: the as sociation was not named yosterdaj but authority was given the nom inating committee to select i:hat of ficial. Harry G. Kaminer of Gads den was chosen first vice president Senator A lan Johnstone of Newberrj was chosen second vice presiden' and Thomas G. McLeod of Bishop ville was chosen third vice presi dent. Harold C. Booker of Colum bia was chosen secretary and Juliei C. Rogers of Columbia treasure: William Elliott of Columbia wa named general counsel. VISITING IN CHARLESTON Mrs. J. C. Ellis left this raurninj for Charleston where she will mak an extended visit to Dr. and Mrs W. G. Harper. Mrs. Ellis is a love of flowers and she will enjoy th many beautiful flowers in the ol city. nth While an-Up Cam y 9th to 14th "'"J K??a 1 ak wa tless Town. ?Clean up and paint up. id banish the fire demon. ? front yards. e you are. ind back up the clean yards, ood impressions. ean up for both. dirty. Lets clean up and save )ivic Pride?The essentials of it brush and the Whitewash sword in civilization's struggle elps to clean up will become a tti? 1.1 cieun up. ror uinj.ua aanc, titewash up. Then for a larger life, keep it up! *en not over sixteen years old: $3.00 f tin cans $3.00 ted $3.00 BAD WEATHE "HIKE" PR Bailey Boys' Departui % iv*. vivmvivu vj. uug jlvuv*u* wit mj^i. } practices act, the supreme court held f today that the act was unconstitu ; tional. . [ The court was unanimous in re versing the convictions, but divided - 5 to 4 as to the validity of the law. r Chief * Justice White and Associate - Justices Pitney, Clark and Brandeis' - dissented from the court's finding that congress was without power to ; regulat? state primaries, but con r curred in the reversal which, they t thought, should have been based on - the error of the trial judge's instruc - iion to the jury. - Justice McKenna. while concurring 1 in the majority opinion "as applied t .o the statute under consideration" s reserved the question of the power of :ongress under the 17th amendment -which provides for direct election )f senators?to supervise primaries. Opinion was divided in the senate I as to the effect of the decision upon e future activities of the elections com >. mittee with regard to 'the Michigan r election -of 1918 in which Henry e ?ord, as the Democratic candidate, d opposed Mr. Newberry for the sena torship. Senator Dillingham, chair-j man nf +V10 SfliH t.hflt Sl'nOP I the corrupt practices law had been held unconstitutional it appeared that the committee would have no further jurisdiction. On the other hand, Senator Spencer, chairman of the subcommittee, which has been considering the Ford-Newberry case, announced that despite the decision, the inquiry would be continued to determine, he said, who was elected :s well as Mr. Ford's charge of fraud The subcommittee has completed its recount of votes, which gave Sena tor Newberry a majority. Action, however, has not yet been taken on :he recount. Senator Newberry has taken no part in senate affairs and has not been in his seat in the sen ate since he was convicted and sen tenced ^to serve two years in the Leavenworth federal prison and pay $10,000 fine. Jle was in Detroit to day. The coui*t's decision was that the direct election amendment had not affected Section 4; Article 1 of the constitution which, the majority j opinion said, while it gave congress j the power to regulate the manner of holding elections, did not confer on it authority to control party pri maries are conventions for selection of candidates for federal offices. Domestic affairs of the states j would be interfered with and liber- j (Continued on Pag? Four) Rain of Yesterday Under Way for . Abbeville Ton The weather man put a stop to Abbeville's high expectations of wel coming th? Cadet Corp of Bailey Military Institute to the city this af i v. ternoon. On account of the hard rain v . . in Greenwood Tuesday aften\?on and night no preparations Could be made for the march and the young men will not arrive until Thursday some time in the afternoon. The Gary lot on Magazine street E E BY COURT A U.IJ rcQcrii vorrupi r ncucci nci noia Unconstitutional on Decision.? While Unanimous in Reverting Conviction of Michigan Senator and 16 Others, Justices Divide 5 to 4 as to Validity of Law. Washington, May 3?Setting aside the conviction of Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan and 16 others tn/vlfliiAn a# +Vi a -for} ore 1 /*nrrimf :r stops eparations e Held up by Heavy r?i xt r?nans are l\ow Them to Reach norrow P. M. has been put in good shape for the boys and such pleasures as base ball games and dances are being ar ranged for the visitors. The people of the city are invited to Dress Parade which will be held every afternoon at 5 o'clock. It is hoped that the Bailey boys will come, that nothing further will interfere with the program and that they will have a good time in our city. IE IE " a.- D. V - I ? crrai iu uo impvicu on uorauixij Fixed in London.?Berlin Govern ment Indebted to Allies in Sum of Six Billion, Six Hundred Mil lion Pounds Sterling.?Must Issue Bonds to Meet Obligation London, May 3.?The supreme council yesterday reached a substan tial agreement on the terms to be imposed on Germany. In principle, it agreed that Germany is under ob ligation to pay to the allies 6,600, 000,000 pounds sterling. She will be required to pay 100,000,000 pounds yearly, plus 25 per cent, on her ex ports. This obligation on the part of Ger many shall be acknowledged by the issue by Germany of bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest. Of these, a cer tain amount shall he issued immedi ately, a second lot in November, and thex-eafter as many more as she has ability to pay. How the bonds are to be paid off is still a matter of discussion. These terms will be incorporated in the ultimatum, which expires on May 12 and which will be sent to Germany as soon as the details of the terms, are definitely decided up on, probably at the meeting of the council tomorrow. ? When the German payment a mounts to more than the sum re quired to pay the interest on the bonds already issued, the reparations commission will be entitled to re quire the issue of further bonds. The intention of the plan, according to a British official as to the propor tion obligations, after a certain fig ure, to her ability to pay. The drafting committee is still at work on the details of the terms but hopes to conclude its report in time * for tomorrow's meeting, which will -" be attended by military and naval experts. The protracted meeting to day is understood to have been due to the long discussion over the guar antees to be demanded of Germany for payment of reparations, there be ing at the start a considerable diver (Continued on Page 4.) V V V SENATE PASSES BILL V V TO CHECK ALIENS V V 1 V Washington, May 3.?The V V senate today passed the em- V V. ergency immigration bill fix- V V ing admission of aliens to V V three per cent, of each na- V V tionality resident in the Unit- V V ed States in 1910. The bill is V V effective for fourteen months V V beginning fifteen days after V V enactment. The vote on pass- Vi V age was 78 to 1. Senator V V Paarl Horn f Midcmnri_ V V opposing the measure. V V V