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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, July 6, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. 1
GOLD IS IDLE
WHILE MANY SUFFER
SENATOR SMITH LAYS BARE
DISTRESSING CONDITIONS
AND MAKES PLANS TO PUT
WEALTH TO WORK TO RE' >
LI EVE CREDIT. / 6
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Washington, July 5.?While mil
lions are oat of employment and
business is languishing for want of
financial assistance a cool ibillion dollars
in Surplus good which might be
need to relieve the situation, is lying
idle in the vaults of the treasury department,
it developed today.
it also developed that within, the
next few days legislation will be introduced
in congress for the purpose
of utilizing this vast fund to ease
the stringent credit conditions which
are held mainly responsible for the
present economic distress.
At the same time, It was disclosed
that, an investigation of the federal
reserve board likewise will be Bought
to determine the reason for the prevailing
high interest rates on loans
and to ascertain the truth of reports
that foderal reserve banks are compelling
manufacturers and farmers,
to throw/ their products on the market
at sacrifice prices In order to
liquidate their loans.
Sebater Smith of South Carolina
wbto revealed the situation and will
sponsor the relief measures, de-,
scribed it today as "the most mon
strong showing that was ever made
in the midst of the most distressing
such a contingency as this."
merce and production in this country."
Continuing the senator declared:
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s "We had thought that we had
found a solution of at l?ast the acute
^ . and terriffic form of panics that In
time past have stayed our progress
and blasted the hopes of millions but
here we are in the midst of one, the
utorst perhaps in our history, while
lire have an oversupply of money dying
unused in the vaults of the fedoral
reserve board which we created
for the purpose of meeting just
such a cotingency as this."
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is no excuse for the situation and to
correct it he has in preparation a bill
which- will provide that whenever a
surplus exists in excess of legal requirements
the federal reserve
banks shall lower their interest rate
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accordingly.
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' BOYS IN COMPETITION
IN POOL AND ON TRACK
; Galloway* StalaaJcer, GIma, Walker,
Wilton, McNair and Ayor
Skow ClaM and Win*
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Yesterday afternton at the pool
near the Abbeville Cotton Mill a
diving and swimming contest was
held under the direction of Mr.
Thomas, Mr. Roche and , Mr.
Ketones. Later a track meet was run
off on the baill field.
The winners in the swimming
contest were:
40 yard dash?Bruce Galloway.
* , , 40 yaTd dash, for mill hoys only?
Peter Stalnaker.
80 yard dash, for boys under 15?
Fancy diving?Francis Glenn.
Under water swimming for distance?Robert
Walker.
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The winners in the trade events
weret
100 yard dash, boys under 15?
Thnrman Ayers.
<100 yard dash for boys over 15?
Olin McNair.
Quarter mile race?Waldo Wilson.
Potato race? Olin McNair.
' AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH j
Rev. J. Y. Fair, D. D., will preach
in the Presbyterian church Friday
night at 8:30 p. m. The public is invited
to be present. Dr. Fair will also
preach on Sunday morning in the
Presbyterian at which time the sacrament
of the Lord's Supper will be
E observed.
FOURTH OF JULY
PASSES QUIETLY
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FOLKS OF MILL VILLAGE CELEBRATE
IN HOLIDAY SPENT
WITH MORNING AND AFTERL
NOON BALL GAMES AND
FIREWORKS AT NIGHT.
The "Fourth of July passed off in
Abbeville, the holiday spirit being
in evidence only in the mill village
where two baseball' games were run
oiY in the morning and afternoon. A
barbecue at noon and a fireworks
display in the ball park at night.
The Abbeville hopes won both the
ball games, sending, Honea Path home
with a lower season average than
that with which the team met the
home boys. The scores Were 10 to 9
and 2 to 1. '
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After the ball games with Honea
Path a large crowd of the operatives
of the Abbeville Cotton Mills and
their guests gathered in the grove '
opposite the Power House for their
Fourth of July barbecue. The mill
band played some of its best selections
as the dinner of hash which had 1
been prepared by Mr. Will Bowie,
was arranged on an improvised table
under the trees. The dinner began
at 1 o'clock apd was enjoyed by 1
all who were present.
Lemonade was served throughout
the day, and\ ice cream was sold by
the Jolly Workers, who made' $40
for a camping trip which they are .
planning to take in August. 1
In the evening a large crowd of
Abbevillians and many from out of
in +Ko m>an<1 fltn nH JJTlfl
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all over the ball park to see the fireworks
display, provided by the mill.
For two hours the "bombs bursting j
in air and the rocket's red glare" \
provided amusement of a truly holi- (
day character. There was much cheer- .
ing and ibanter among the good na- ?
tured spectators as pieces of partic- \
ular beauty were set "off, and some <
impatiencle when there was too long ,
delay in repeating. 1 j
CENSUS ANNOUNCES i
FARM FIGURES
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. The Director of the Census an- 1
nounces, subject to correction, the '
following preliminary figures from !
the 1920 Census of Agriculture, for '
Abbeville County:
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Number of'farms 4,469. Of these
1,685 are operated by white farmers
and 2,784 by colored farmers. 1,028
are operated by owners and managers
and 3,441 by tenants.
Land in farmB?Total acres 260,265;
improved acres 145,126.
Value of land and buildings $17,846,180.
Farms reporting domestic animals
3,996; animals reported: horses, 1,-314;
mules, 4,947; cattle, 9,754;
sheep, 156; swine, 8,860.
Principal Acres Quantity
. Crops harvested harvested
Corn 29,206 420,769 bu.
Oats ? 5,534 91,021 bu.
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nay - - o,iou o,uia tvus
Cotton ? ? 69,572 30,096 bales
fory peas _ 1,086 8,601 bu.
It is not possible to give comparative
figures for 1910 for this county,!
by reason of changes in county boun-1
danes since mat aaxe, tne census 01ficials
say.
ON FISHING TRIP
I Royal Rosberry, Jr., who has been
visiting Louis Bristow, Jr., for the
past two weeks will return to his
home in Columbia Thursday morning.
Louis will accompany him, and
they will join a camping party Monday,
which expects to do a twoweeks'
fishing stunt on one of the
big rivers in the lower part of the
State.
EVERYBODY
HERE FOR.
Abbeville Merchants ,a
Planning to Make N'<
Long to Be Reme
Value Givir
Saturday morning when the merchants
of Abbeville open their stores
for the day's business they are expecting
that all the folks froan all
the neair and far corners of the
county will be among: those present
take advantage of fche ow6ortuni
ty that will not be presented again
(for some time, These storekeepers
are putting their best' feet first in
the matter of bargains, and they are
taking no chances that the things offered
may not be recognized as the
genuine article that formerly sold at
a much higher price. .Most of them
are advertising standard goods at below
standard prices and many ^re actually
taking a loss on some of the
items offered.
Not only have the merchants entered
into the plan with wholehearted
enthusiasm?an enthusiasm
that is bound to make the day a sue
AMERICAN FLAG
FLIES OVER BERLIN
FOREIGN OFFICES HAVE NOT
BEEN NOTIFIED OF DECLARATION
OF PEACE BUT FLAG
GOES UP FOR FIRST TIME
SINCE WAR.
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Berlin, July 5.?Amencan .flags
flew over Berlin today for the first
time since the Ameican declaration
of war, but the American mission
and the German foreign office have
not as yet been formally notified
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that CongTess has concluded peace,
rhe newspapers, in the absence of
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(he text of the peace resolution, confine
their comment to the hope iftat
"there will be a speedy resumption
of peace-time commercial relations.
German official circles are awaiting
the text and developments. Mean
while opinion in the German foreign
office is unofficially summed up as
follows: ,
"An international situation is
ended, but we do not know what to
expect or what the peace conditions
will ibe?whether the United States
will subscribe * to the Versailles
treaty in toto or at all. We are
awaiting to be officially apprised of
the terms of the compromise resolutions
and what the next move will
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Some of the newspapers express
the hope that the United States will
immediately take a hand in having
the penalties lifted and the Upper
Silesia question decided. Others view
the situation a a "formal state of
peace, still without meaning."
' The Stars and Stripes floated
from the American Chamber of Com
merce as well as from private dwellings.
FROM ATLANTA.
Mrs. J. F. Kirby of Atlanta, has
been visiting Mrs. Mary Taggart at
the Eureka for a week after spend
mg a montn with tier aaugnter iq
Spartanburg. Mrs. Kirby lived in
Abbeville until about ten years ago
when she moved to Atlanta following
the death of Mr. Kirby. She is much
impressed with the progress made in
the city since she lived here. Mrs.
Kirby left today for her home.
MAY MAKE MOVE
London, July 5.?It is reported
Vioi-q +V| q+- C!oTnnnii Tick Va<lArii. "nrAsi.
dent of the Irish Republic" will make
a counter proposition to that made
by David Lloyd George relative to
a conference in London to bring
about peace between Ireland and
England.
EXPECTED |
DOLLAR DA Y
,nd Citizens Generally
ext Saturday A Day f
mbered as One of
lg and Pleasure
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cess?but all the people of the city
have shown unusual interest in the
event. There will probably be as p
many folks swarming, the stores Sat- t
urday as out of town bargain seek- J
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it Tee lemonade wui ioe serveu j.hjuu
number of booths on the square, c
and all comers will find a hearty
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welcome and no limit to the amount
of the delicious beverage that will
be provided. It has been rumored
that there was a dearth of the ^
lemonade so loudly touted at cetr- q
tain other events of th'is kind Recently,
but the lo/c&l committee have
stated that there will be no similar
e
state of affairs here, as the juice q
will be provided in such quantity as .
will make the water taste like tfte
r i , a
real article. Abbeville Welcomes
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HARDING PRESIDES j
AS BOAT SAILS :
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PRESIDENT HARDING BREAKS
MINERAL WATER ON BOW
AND CHRISTENS NINE YEAR 5
OLD BOY'S CRAFT THE"J
"RARITAN."
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Paritan, N; J., July 5.-$Acting as tj
sponsor here todayj of a rowfeoat ^
made by'fc\ilne-ear-oId boy, Presi- ?
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dent Harding delivered a Fourth of ^
July oration of a single Sentence in
tribute to the ingenuity and aspira- q
tions of American boyhood.
The diminutive craft which inspired ,
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the President's toast was the "Rari3(
tai>" nine feet over all, conceived (
and built /by Joseph S. Ifrelinghuysen
Jr., son of the senior Senator from J
New Jersey, at whose home Presi- L
dent and Mrs. Harding are guests.
The bank of an artificial lake form
ing a hazard across a golf course of
the Raritan Valley Country Club
was the scene of the launching and
will be the home pert of the "Raritan"
as she sails a tramp c 'uise in
search of misdirected golf balls. *
(Had it been the largest ocean liner s
the vessel could i^carcely have taken P
the water with a greater show of 0
ceremony. The American flag was f
in place afbove her stern and as she ^
was loosed to begin he:- adventurous *
career, the President of the United a
States broke a berfWbcned bottle 1'
of mineral water acro3s her bows, i:
and said: a
"As a tribute to American boyhood,
who build castles in the air, c
who build boat? and whose achiev?:v
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Ill C1113 111 tut? lUllU'C WU1 UU'llU Will o
country, I christen this Doat, the
handwork of Joe Frclinghuysen, Jr., S
the Raritan." n
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HOSPITAL GETS CHECK ' *
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Mr. Irvin Cleckley of Lowndesville
gave the Abbeville County Memorial F
Hospital t a gnod boost this morning &
when he h. n< ied Mrs. Frank Nickles
a. check fo. $100.00 as his contribu- 8
tion to the' Hospital's birthday cele- *
bration this afternoon. Mr. Cleckley 11
was not able to remain for the cele- v
bration, leaving today, with Mr. and e
Mrs. James F. Clinkscales of Monte- v
rey, for Battle Creek, Mich. Mr. ^
Cleckley takes with him good wishes fc
and leaves enthusiasm for "the e
cause."
BASEBALL SATURDAY
There will ibe a baseball game on i:
the Abbeville diamond Saturday af- 1
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock between the o
Abbeville and Coke^bury Y. M. C. A. ti
teams. t<
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m IN'FORCE
ON FIFTH AVENUE
ARADERS .MARCH IN NEW
YORK TO PROTEST AGAINST
PROHIBITION AND SIGNIFY
HOPE FOR WETTER* DAY?
TO COME. '
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New York, July 5.?"Wets" apleared
in force on Fifth avenue today
march in protest against dry laws
,nd to express their hope for a reurn
to moister days. The organizer
if the demonstration said that neonle
if all ages and sexes who had signed
ards pledging themselves to particulate
totalled in six figures, but the acual
marchers were considerably
hort of that. The organizers blamed
he heat and legal restrictions on cerain
methods of alleviating it that
nee were in vogue.
Denounced by reformer^ who tried
> prevent < a recent international
vent in Jersey City as 'nawless"
nd "anarchists," the paraders told
he world that they were "the'cream
nd not the dregs."
.The daisy was the official flower for
he parad^ and there were all sorts
f buttons and banners expressing
ostility to the principle that the
rord Volstead has, come to typify.
>ne contingent announcing, itself ad
omposed of doctors had signs des+.V10
morhVinal irirtuea of al
ohol and certain coneoction9 theref.
A dry counter parade that was to
ave been organized by a Wall street
vangelist failed to materialize, but
andbills were distributed giving the
poor benighted wets" the ideas of
ne coterie of "drys" as to the mea'nig
of personal liberty. And attenon
was called to the fact that there
rouid be a prohibition enforcement
arade on Fifth avenue next Saturay
in connection with the world's
onventiOn of the United Society of
Vim erf? on Rn^povor.
Mayor Hylan gave his indorsement
j the "wet" demonstration by consnting
to review it.
HMD FORCES
BUT LITTLE KNOWN
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Newport, R. I., July 5.?The atti*
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uae 01 xae uuii?u ouaics, n mvu
aid, not only had adway neglected to
rovide for public critcism by officer
f the armed forces 'but has actually
orbidden it, was contrasted with
hat of some European powers by
tear Admiral William S. Sims in an
ddress today (before the Rhode Isand
Society of the Cincinnati
n which he urged public discussion
s a safeguard to public interests. In
ome continental countries, he delared,
critcisam was recognized as so
ital to'efficiency that it was awardd
when it proves beneficial.
The American people, Admiral
>ims said, knew less about the elelents
of warfare and less about
he actual condition of their military
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;reat power, adding that "although
his has militated against our preiaredness
for war in the past and alhough
we have nevertheless attaind
our object in war without very
erious loss, stll it must he evident
hat a similar attitude cannot be
maintained in the future without
ery serious risk. In a country gov-1
rned as ours the efficiency of its
arious departments must necessariy
depend very largely upon the inerest
the people take In this efficincy.
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DR. TAYLOR HfcKfc
Dr. Julius H. Taylor, of Columbia
3 visiting1 Dr. G. A. Neuffer. Dr.
'aylor is interested in the progress
f the Abbeville hospital and atgnded
the "birthday" celeforatioR
aday.
JAPAN PREPARED 1
FOR DISARMAMENT j
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OZAKI DECLARES THAT IF THE |
UNITED STATES SHOULD
TAKE INITIATIVE FOR LIMITATION
OF ARMAMENT HpS 'i
COUNTRY WOULD FOLLOW. \ ||
Tokio, July 5.?Okio Ozaki, form- '%
er minister of justice, on the con- (i
elusion of a 10,000-mile campaign ?
of the empire in behalf of'limitation ' j
of armaments, a campaign unparalleled
in Japan's political history, do- J
clared his conviction today that if '
the United States government pro
posed a conference on limitation ot "M
armaments it would meet with an
eager response throughout the
length and <breadfch of J^apah. ,
iM. Ozaki, whose achievements
have made him the foremost Japa- 'j ?
nese Liberal, added:
"I should like to convey this mes- :?&
sake to the people of t^e United ,'v
States. If.the American government Vjj
proposes an international conference >
to discuss restriction of armaments ;
it will surely ie the beginning of a X 'JM
solution of all 'the diplomatic ques- -Jl
tions between Japan and the United '
States. If we are unaible to prevent
the clearly unnecessary wasteful na- i
val competition, how can we expect ,
tcj soive other irritable and more
complicated questions between our I
two countries? The latter will easily
adjust themselves when the former
has been settled."
M. Oaaki explained that he raoke
in almost all the important cities and
towns from Kyushu, in the farthest
south, to Hokkaido, in ?the farthest
north, addressing more than a 100,-" ' a-1
000' persons at >100 meetings, large ? and
small, at which post cards were v -J
distributed so that his hearers would
vote freely on disarmament. The
final result on the returns from these ':->j
cards, M.% Ozaki asserted, showed - *
that 94 per cent, favored limitation.
The intense endeavor of M. Ozaki
appears to have awakened the'nation
to the fact that armament restriction
is he supreme problem of the era of
Japan. An investigation m the highest
official quarters elecited corrfir- v maton
of previous ^statements hat
the government would welcome a
conference on limitation.
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GEORGE R. KOESTER '
CHAIRMAN OF PUBLICITY
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Greenville Newspaperman Takes Up
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Important Work for Sunday
School Association
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\ York, July 5.?Announcement
was made today of the election of
George R. Koester of Greenville as
chairman of tne jniDiicity division ox
the South Carolina Sunday School as
sociation, Mr. Koester who is publisher
of the Greenville Daily Piedmont
and a newspaper paragrapher
of national fame needs no introduc?
tion to newspaper readers of South
Carolina.
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Mr. Koester has been for some
years past a member of the executive
committee of the South Carolina
Sunday School Association and
is generally regarded as one of the
most active and influential workers
in the association Mr. Koester teach;
es a Sunday School class at Poe Mill
at Greenville. This class composed
largely of textile worKers is noi omy
one of the largest Sunday School
classes of men in the State; but it
:s generally regarded as one of the
best from a standpoint of interest
tnken and general progress being
made.
CHILD BREAKS ARM
The only accident reported in Abbeville
in connection with the celebration
of July 4th was that when
little Miss Ruby Hughes, while at the
miH barbecue, missed her footing in
stepping over a rock and fell, breaking
her arm. Dr. GanVbrell bound up
the arm and Miss Hughes is restiag
well.
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