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* \ ; Abbeville Press and Banner EsUUiahccT 18'1/1- $2XK) the Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, September 9, 1921 Single Copies, Five CenU. 77th Year. TIGHTENING UP IN NEW YORK CIT) > DRY OFFICERS IN DRIVI AGAINST BOOTLEGGERS CAP TURE FIFTEEN THOUSAND CASES VALUED AT M1LLJOP DOLLARS, AT NORTH RIVEF New York, Sept. 7.?Roy A Hanes, federal prohibition commis sioner, was here today for a confer ence with local enforcement officials at which plans for 'reorganization oi the New York bUreau and a concerted drive against bootleggers were tc be discussed. Particular attention was to be giv: en, it was understood, to ways and means of breaking up liquor smdggling by water which is declared tc be the greatest source of trouble to the forces operating in and about New York. ? A round up of alleged smugglers heralded with the arrival here recently of a "flying. squaron" from Washington, headed by E. C. Yellowley, was inaugurated last night with the arrest at an uptown hotel of a man who gave the name of John Walton. He is alleged to have contracted to deliver to a federal agent a large quantity of liquor from a vessel off Aabury Park, N. J. Further arrests were promised today. Fifteen thousand cases of whiskey valued at $1,000,000 were seized at North River piers yesetrday. Most of the liquor is allege to have been obtained from Kentucky warehouses and distilleries through use of forged permits. " v CITY SCHOOLS OPEN WITH BIG ENROLLMENT A x Total of Seven Hundred and Twentythree?Eleventh Grade Reaches Total, of Thirty-four. The city schools opened this morn xng wuu a tuuii vnnAciit iuui less than total of last year. Present this morning in all the grades of all the schools were 723 pupils. Of this number 151 were enrolled in the high school, 111 in the mill school and 461 in the graded school. The attendance this morning was less by four than the total enrollment at any time last year. It is always true that new pupils continue to enroll for several weeks after \ school opens, so that the maximum number may not be reached for two months. #The eleventh grade presented a gratifying total, there being 34 pupils enrolled today, against seven last year/ This large attendance speaks well, it is 1-hought, for the opinion held in the city of the quality of work being done In the higher grades. The first grade also assumed mammoth proportions this morning. Swarming over the room, standing in every corner were 127 shiny faced children. They will be divided into sections. Teachers met their classes this morning and assigned lessons for Monday. They also advised about textbooks and heard arguments about "going up." LEGION ELECTS OFFICERS Morri* Lumpkin of Columbia (inula 0realization For Year. Newberry, Sept. 8.?Morris C. Lumpkin was elected commander for the ensuing year over Ben E. Adams of Charleston by a vote of 150 to 143. Holmes B. Springs of Greenville was elected vice commander and Rev. Mr. Gtmn chaplain. Dir. J. B. Setzler and Neal W. Workman from the NeWberry post are chosen as two of the ten delegates to the national convention. Mrs. JTrank Evans will return to her home in Spartanlburg Monday. She will be accompanied by her ^ mother, Mrs. Geoirge White, who will make an extended visit. . r SEEK CONFERENCE ! ON mQUESTION I BRITISH CABINET ASKS DE . VALERA TO SEND DELE) GATES?IRELAND MUST REJ MAIN IN THE EMPIRE, IS ONi LY CONDITION IMPOSED. / - London, Sept. 7.?The British cab inet has invited Mr. De Valera to send delegates to a conference with J the cabinet ministers at Inverness on ? ? r Sptember 20, according to the Daily > Mail's Inverness correspondent who adds: "Only one condition is imposed, ' namely, the understanding that Ireland must remain within the em| pire." ; The communication to Mr. De Valera accoring to fchs dispatch, asks i for an early reply and points out the , apparent uselessness of conducting negotiations by a further exchange of notes, in order to allay any feats ; regarding Ulster that the decision that Northern Ireland must in any circumstances be coerced was reaffirmed by the ministers. Dealing with the cabinet meeting the Daily Mail says: "The premier told the ministers that he regarded the situation as grave and critical and he was convince that a further interchange of notes was useless. One minister, who had been in personal contact with < Sinn Fein opinion, said he was informed that it was the real intention " of its leaders to secure a plebiscite 1 I resulted in a mandate for a confer- ' ence. ! I "After the conflicting^ interpretations placed n Irelaifd and England 1 on the latest Sinn Fein note were re- < I ferred to the premier, he said it was 1 I necessary to impose a time limit and 1 J ascertain beyond doubt whether the s Sinn Fein was prepared to remain > ! within the limits. If so, a perma- { nent settlement was undoubtedly 1 possible. If not, further negotiations 1 were uselss. The cabinet therefore J fehould make further effort to secure 1 an agreement on this point, with all ? the blessings of peace to follow. t mi. _ ?? - - - - 1 i.Hereupon tne ministers quickly 1 made up their minds and the decision 1 I and invitations conveyed In the re- * j ply were unanimous. 1 7 1 PRICES SHOW RISE a I | BracUtreot Index Number* Show In- l ( crease in Commodity Coats. ? New York, Sept. 7.?-Bradstreet's ^ approximate index numlber of com- j modity prices, as of September 1 j was $11.0868, a gain of three-tenths of 1 per cent over August 1 making g the third consecutive rise, shown in g the past three months. Compared 0 with the low point as of June 1, , prices are now 4.4 per cent higher, a but compared with January 1 of this ; year would show a decrease of 12.4 3 per cent, and the decline from Sep a tember 1 last year is 38.3 per cent. t t GET ANOTHER STILL i; a Crude Outfit Captured Thursday Af- <j ternoon Near Town. ? l Sheriff McLane and Chief Johnson made a raid Thursday afternoon in a big gully on the Knox place near town and captured a crude still. The outfit looked as if it had been' de- ^ signed by inexperienced workmen, though the odor that permeated the immediate community was convincing evidence that the still had re- tl centiy Deen in operation and that r the product was of a respectable b quality. tl Deputy Cann says it is growing si more and more difficult to capture f< operators of stills these days. Signals T are always prearranged and upon the p approach of an officer from any di- 1c rection two shots announce to the a: hootch makers that they are in dan- it ger. Of course they disappear be- h fore the sheriff arrives. fa i \ LEGION MEETING GETS UNDER TO I NEWBtRRY HOST TO SERVICE MEN IN SECOND ANNUAL REUNION?(MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DELEGATES PRESENT. Newberry, Sept. 7.?With Vice Commander William C. McGowan, of Columbia, presiding the third annual convention of the South Carolina Department of the American Legion convened in the court house here shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. More than two hundred and fifty delegates, representing forty-eight posts throughout the State, were present for the session. This nuiriber was increased to more than three hundred by night. After the convention was called to order this mornng, Major Heyward Mahon, of Greenville, State commander, took the chair and presided over the exercises for the day. Dr. J. W. Carson offered the invocation. This was followed by the song, "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag," led by Morris C. Lumpkin, of Columbia. Addresses of i i i? i i i j_ _ ? I welcome were aenverea oy neaas 01 1 the followng organizations: John B. Setzler commanded of Newibeiiry post No. 24, American Legion, "The Host" j Mayor Eugene S. Blease, C. P. McDaniel, secretary, Newberry : Chamfber of Commerce; Dr. Sidney ' J. Derrick, pesident Newfberry col-? 1 lege; J B Hunter president Kiwanis 1 Club; Dr. George B. Cromer, presi- ' dent Rotary Club; the Rev. J. W. 1 Carson, D. D., president Pastor's As- ( sociation of Newfberry. ( Dr. George B. Cromer, represerita- ' tive of the Rotary Cluk drew thun- c ierous applause from the Legion- * iires when he declared that the "Ro- 1 ary Clu'b stands for service ahove ;elf without any George Harveyism ? in it all." Vice Commander William 1 2. McGowan, of CohinVbia, in a hap- ' ?y speech, responded to the several id dresses of welcome. J. L. Nichol- 1 >on, of the Federal War Risk Insur- c ince Bureau of Atlanta, made a c )rief address in which he spoke of * ;he efforts of his department in be- ' laif of the disalbled service men and t isked for the support and coopera;ion of the South Carolina depart- * nent. American Legion, he pledged ? limself to take care of those ex-ser- 1 ace men in dire distress. 0 Miss Lucy Chamberlain, district 1 epresentative of the American Red 1 >oss for nine of the Southern s Jtates, addressed the convention ^ briefly. She deplored the fact thfit *1 n many communities in South Cara- t ina there was a lack of local inter- * sst on the part of the American Le- a rion men. She pleaded with the L?rionaires to awake to the possibi'ity h >f the American Red Cross for ser- 2 'ice. She was the recipient of great u ipplause when she declared that the 0 Imrican Red Cross is eager and an- 0 uoua to place or assi9t in placing n >11 disabled service men !n hospitals 1 hroughout the > country. Decidedly v he outstanding feature of the open- b ng season of the convention was an dress by Col. Alvin W. Owsley, of 'exas, chairman of the National Lmericaniam Commission of the E Lmerican Legior. BASEBALL TOMORROW c ~ n ibbeville and Whitmire Play Last 0 C Game of Season. n Whitmi/re will meet Abbeville in ii lie last game of the season tomor- w ow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Besides q eing the last game of the season d liis is the deciding game of the b sries played by the teams. Of the our games played each has one two. oi iic winner uumwruw win nave a it' ercentage of three won and two >st. Since there is not likely to be A nother game here until next spring, in is expected that the local team will ti ave generous support from the G ms. 1 sa MELLON TAX PLAN COMES UP AGAIN ABANDONED BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IT COMES UP BEFORE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WITH SECRETARY ON HAND. Washington, Sept. 8.?Secretary Mellon's suggestions for tax revision, which were abandoned by the House ways and means committee after the intervention of President Harding, will come up again tomorrow before the Senate finance committee. Mr. Mellon will be on hand prepared to ? i.i " uiatuos muse questions, tne estimates ast revised after the White House conference on August 9, and the tax bill as passed by the House; The Senate committee completed preliminary consideration of the House measure today, but decided to postpone any decision on the vari6us changes, made by the House until after the Treasury Secretary had been heard. Mr. Mellon said today he would have no prepared statement for the committee, but the Senators will have before them the treasury tables showing estimated revenue yields and government expenditures. Suggestions originally presented to the House committee by Mr. Mellon were built around an estimated tax yield requirement of approximately 53,700,000,000 next year, or some 5750,000,000 more than provided for J in the House bill. They contemplated new sources of revenue, such as a jne cent increase in first-class postige, a stamp tax of two cents on ;ach bank check and a graduated li:ense tax on automobiles to average ?10 yearly for each machine, and inireased levies on cigarettes and smokng and chewing tobacco to yield an iddr-tional $50,000,000 Annually. ' I The original total tax yield as jiven by Mr. Mellon is approximately, hat which some members of the senate committee believe will be necissary next year. Others and particilarly the Democrats, are of the >pinion that approximately $4,000,>00,000 will have to be raised from nternal taxes unless the government s to face a huge deficit at the end of his fiscal year. In this connection some committee Democrats indicated today that they lesired to question the Treasury Sec etary tomorrow as to the purpose >f the authorization contained in the louse measure for the currency to ssue an additional $500,000,000 in hort-dated securities. They desire to :now, they said, whether this author* ty was requested by the Secretary in I*.* i-L-i. xl- _ " * we uenei mau ine aencit unaer tne louse tax measure would total such sum. After Secretary Mellon has been eard tomorrow the committee will et down to revising the House measre and considering general questions f policy, such as the sales tax and ther new levy suggestions. Chairlan Penrose said it was the purpose a have the bill ready for the Senate rhen Congress reconvenes, Septemer 21. GASOLINE DOWN >rop of Cent a Gallon Noted In Atl&nta. I Atlanta, Sept. 8.?One more, cent)' ame off the price of gasoline Wedlesday morning1, when automobile wners wh filled up their tanks dis- 1 vered that the combustible com- 1 lodity cost wenty-two cents retail lsetad of twenty-three, Including 'ar tax. The wholesale price is now uoted at twenty cents. Gasoline has ropped eleven cents since Decerned. The price of kerosene also dropped 1 ne cent, and the wholesale price is ( ow twelve cents. t The nrice reduction effective in ( tlanta Wednesday went into forces i all the large distributing sta- 1 ons in the city. Many sections' of ( eorgia benefited by the cut at the ( ime time. J COTTON MARKET SHOWS STRENGTH NEAR MONTHS SHOW GAINS OF OVER HUNDRED POINTS SINCE CLOSE YESTERDAY. SPOTS STEADY AT TWENTY AND THREE-FOURTHS." i Opening this morning from 30 to 60 points above yesterday's closing figures, the futures market closed today with all months showing net gains of from *73 to 126 points. The nearer months were the strongest October closing at 18.30 yesterday ' opened 50 points up, 18.80 and closed 1 1-4 cents net higher, at 19.56. Decemfbef made a gain over night of 119 points, January 92 points and Marcch 82. The spot market seemed little influenced by the strong tendency in "futures. -For several days it is said a spot price has been paid that was higher than the futures market justified. Albbeville continues to pay prices that compare favorably with any in the section. The highest paid jup to 2 o'clock today was 20.81 1 cents. Charleston paid yesterday 19.50 i l^ew Orleans 18.00, Savannah 18.50, ' Augusta 15.50, Atlanta 18.25. 1 Greenwood, Sept. 8.?Greenwood spot cotton was quoted today at 20 cents. This is a loss of 2% cents from the highest price of the season paid early yesterday morning. New York, Sept. 8.?Cotton broke 150 points more at the opening to- 1 day due tp overnight selling orders ' and the continued weakness in Liver- 1 pool, October dropped to 18 cents, A but heavy buying advanced prices ? about 60 points' from the opening c levels. The trade and New - Orleans * also bought freely on,the early break. * Liverpool Excited. e Liverpool, Sept.- 8.?The Liver- 8 pool cotton market has for several e days been intensely excited, owing to 1 the violent fluctuations in quotations. * Nothing like it has been experienced c in recent years. Prices advanced by I leaps and bounds as a result of wide- ? 'y speculative buying from all quar ters, plus extensive covering by operators. The market this morning e continued irregular and unsettled. J Prices broke more than a 100 points after which traders seemed to adopt c a waiting policy pending more set- I tied conditions. * /- _ Harrison Talk*. 8 e New York, Sept. 3.?After a meet- 0 ing of the directors of the Southern t Railway today, President Fairfax q Harrison issued the following state- ^ ment in regard to the recent advance in cotton: "As to the situation in the South n there is every indication that the cor- ^ ner has been turned. The advance in :otton was the breath of wind for g) which the Southern States have been . waiting. It has been true in the past a that good cotton prices affect all industries and increases buying power, which means improved business. ^ Goods purchased by the South will ^ mean better earnings for the roads. j Irrmrovement will, of course be ? _...r _ si gradual, but much is gained when ^ sentiment changes." x*" No action was taken by the directors regarding the semi-annual diviiend of 2 1-2 per cent on preferred srdinarily paid June 30. r FEDERAL JURY DRAWN Court Begins in Greenville Tueiday ec October 4th. Drawn to serve on the jolry of the ia federal court which, convenes in th Greenville Tuesday, October 4th, are ;he following citizens of Abbeville th bounty: S. J. Link, Owen Speed, E. W. 'a Harper, W. D. Wilkinson, E. L. Bell, ). Y. Brownlee, W. D. Wilson, H. H. ye 3arwile, 0. S. Cochran, R. H. Smith, pr fames Ferguson, Jr., R. S. Ellis. er CROWD INJURED BY EXPLOSION OF BOMB OVER SCORE OF PERSONS ON COAST OF ITALY INJURED WHEN BOMB IS HURLED INTO PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE WERE GATHERED. ' . " ' . ' Rome, Sept. 7.?Twenty-five persons were injured among them worn- - ; en ^nd children when a bomb was cast nto a bathing station at Verraza near Genoa where hundreds of persons were on summer vacations. It apparently was Intended that the ibomfb should fall in the main hall of the pavilion but was deflected >, by a telegraph wire and fell where but a few persons stood. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the a flair which ' ' is believed to have 'been anarchistic . work. Sporadic encounters continue to / take place between the fascisti and . the communists. At a dance near Pavia communists and fascisti engaged in a gun fight in which two communists were shot dead. A general strike fyas been declared in Pagua after an attack by fascisti in which several workmen were shot. .. '? RETURN FROM ATLANTA SHOOT \bbeville County Men Compete" .With World Champ*. E. F. Arnold, Ford representa;ive in Abbeville, and" George^ M. Collins, of Due West, returned Wedlesday afternoon . from Atlanta vhere they competed with famous * 1 .hooters from every section of the :ountry in the big quadrangular ;rapshooting tournament of the A.tanta Gun Clufb. Mr. Arnold participated in every svent of the tournament, 20 in ill. md failed to get money in only one ivent, the first when he was using an infamijiarr gun. His average for the wo days was about 95 per cent. Monlay Mr. Arnold got 96 clays out of a >ossible 100 in the first event and >5 out of 100 in the second, an avirave for the day of 95 1-2, a otai ot iyi out 01 zuu snow., in ach of the events Tuesday he broke .9 or 20 out of each possible 20. Monday Mr. Collins broke 196 lay birds out of 200 shot at. Paule Sarle of Anderson was leading with 98. . | There was $6,000 to <be divided ,mong the shooters. Shooting in the vent were Paul Troeh, who was one' , f the Amercan team which won at . he Olympic games; Jim Day of Janal Zone; E. F. /Woodward of 'exas; George D. Williams, Florida hampion, and others. In this com-. any of notables- the South Carolina ' len gave an excellent account of hemselves. Mr. Arnold was a memlber of a ' quad of five that broke 20 straight, ach and was given the honor roll lore. , Mir. Arnold relates the remark of member of the club in Atlanta lat he had never seen a South arolinian who could not shoot well, he Aibhevlle county men got their iaTe of the money besides having n enjoyable trip. FIVE tO GANG ecent Occupants of Jail Get A Change of Scenery. As a result of the sentences imposI by the recent sessions court five tfendants were removed from the "1 to the gang. They entered upon ? x. j ml 1 a. eir rerms yesieraay. ine longest, ntence imposed was three years, e shortest six months. Willie Dotson, who has been in il pending admittance to the State aspital, was carried to Columbia isterday. There are now fourteen isoners in jail, with room for seval others.