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Abbeville Press and Banner 7 Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, Novembei^J# 1921 _ . Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. WORK OUT POLICY FOR CONFERENCE PROGRAM OF AMERICAN DELEGATES GROWING?FAR REACH ING REDUCTION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT PROPOSED AT OUTSET OF MEETING. Washington, Nov. 5.?The policies and program of the American delegation to the armament conference are beginning to assume definite outline and if the expectations of official Washington are' relaized the opening days of the conference will see a sequence of developments it: ^UlliC Ullli? llfwc tlliO . Presentation, at the outset, of a concrete American plan for far reach ing reduction of naval armament. Consideration, along with this plan of such troublesome problems of the Far East as may naturally project themselves into the picture. Meantime an effort by the United States to keep the negotiations in the open that. nnhlir nnininn mav exert its pressure toward practical accomplishment. Salient features of the American naval armaments prdposal already have been established and, although details remain to be fixed, there is reason to believe the reductions suggested will be sweeping enough to convince the whole world that the United States meant busi- j ness when it called the powers into conference. i It would cause no Surprise if the leading naval powers found it necessary to submit the plan of this gov- , ernment to long and careful study before they determine on their course of action. Should the reductions pro- ; posed prove unacceptable, it ,is be- i lieved likely that the American dele- 1 gates naving once taKen tne initiative would invite the other powers ; to presort in their turn soiv.e con- ; crete counter proposal. j All the evidences surrounding the < conference of the American big four i with their naval advisers have pointed to inclusion of a set of maximum reduction - figures in the plan to be laid on the table by this government. No official has^ been willing to reveal any details of these figures, but there has been apparent a desire to lay bare at the very outset of the 1 negotiations the full extent to which . the United States would be willing to go in scaling down the world's naval J armament. ! The impression that such a method may not lead to an immediate . agreement has been given color by the apparent intention of some of the powers to pursue a directly opposite course and enter the conference setting a high figure as the measure of the naval armanlent they consider requisite to their national safety. Japan already has indicated that she would suggest the necessity of maintaining a navy equal to any which might enter her sphere in the - Far East; a proportion which naval experts say is well in excess of her persent power. BACK ON JOB Mrs. Bell Will Meet All Her Clubs This Week. Mrs. Ruth Crowther Bell, home demonstration agent, who has been ill, has returned to her work and announces that she expects to meet all her clubs this week. This an nouncement will be received with pleasure by her friends throughout the county, and especially by club members. POSTMISTRESS WILL BE TRIED FOR MURDER * Orlando, Fla., Nov. 5?The trial of Lena Clark, former postmistress at West Palm Beach, who shot and killed Fred A Miltimore of this city, in a local hotel, several months ago, is expected to begin in criminal court here next week. The court term will begin Monday and the Clarke case w:ll go to the grand jury immediate-1: ly, it is said. 1 GREAT WARRIORS IN DM CITY PERSHING AND FOCH VISIT ST. LOUIS?REGIMENT ON WAY FKUM LAMf JAl,N3UH IV jtr FERSON BARRACKS PARADES. SIXTH GIVES REVIEW. St. Louis, Nov. 5.?Hailed as one of our "old boys" officially honored by two universities, welcomed and feted by the citizens of St. Louis, Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France, now the nation"s guest, today was shown American hospitality as exemplified in the Middle West. Sharing the honor was General Pershing, who was introduced to his fellow "buddies" of the American Legion simply as "Black Jack." From early morning until late tonight the city poured forth its hospitality to two warriors in magnificent manner. Botl^ expressed keen delight at the reception accorded them. The; American warrior, deviating from his usual serious Vein ,indulged in numerous pleasantries as he addressed members of the American Legion in the city hall. Marshal F^ch, called upon to adrtrpss spveral thrones, exnressed de-1 light and appreciation of the honors j bestowed upon him and the cordial) welcome showed him. Visibly affected with the bestowal of the honorary degree of doctor of laws upon him by the St. Louis university in an open quadrangle before the student body and members of other Roman Catholic schools the marshal declared itj difficult to express himself. A fewi minutes previously from the same ' platform Archbishop John J. Glen-1 non had presented him with a com-j memorative medallion on behalf of j the fourth degree Knights of Colum-j bus. Twelve year old Elizabeth Fuez j received a kisso n both cheeks from! 9 Marshal Foch when she presented' him with a large bouquet on behalf | Df the International Federation of Catholic Alumni. TO SERVE ONE YEAR Cross Hill Physician Pleads Guilty Violating Narcotic Law. Grenwood, Nov. 5.?Dr. J. M. flurone PrAcc Will T.ftii"r<?ne ty, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court to violation of the Harrison narcotic law and was sentenced to the federal prison in Atlanta for one year and a day by Judge H. H. Watkins. Assistant District Attorney J. H. Marshall asked permission of the court to speak in the defendant's behalf when Dr. Owens appeared withdut counsel. He asked the court to be lenient with the defendant as possible, declaring that he was his own worst enemy rather than the enemy of society. REDISCOUNT RATES GENERALLY REDUCED Federal Reserve Board Action Ex- j tended to Banks in All Twelve Districts. Washington, Nov. 5.?Completion of the general reduction of rediscount rates in all 12 federal reserve districts was announced today by the federal reserve board with the approval of reductions in the Cleveland rate from 5 1-2 to 5 per cent, and in the Minneapolis rate from 6 to 5 1-2 per cent. The rates in these districts are effective on Monday while reductions in the other districts are ah*eady in effect. The new schedule of rediscount rates, which covers paper of all classses and maturities, is as follows. Four and a half per cent, Boston, New York and Philadelphia; 5 per cent., Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and San Francisco, 5 1-2 per cent., Richmond, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Dallas. In the long run there is neither satisfaction nor profit in making cheap things. play its last game on the home grounds this year, at which time the mighty "Dode" Phillips will make his last appearance as an Erskine player. So many of the Abbeville people, including members of the Hi team, wish to see this last appearance of this great player that the game with Greenvjille was moved to the morning hour. This arrangement also necessitated the postponing of the memorial exercises to the afternoon hour. The detailed program is as fol-j lows: 11 a. m.?Abbeville-Greenville football game. 12:30. p. m.?Barbecued dinner. Music on square by Hatch Band. 3:30 p. m.?Armistice Day (Jelebration in Opera .House. Invocation by the Rev. H. L. j Weeks. Music by Kay's Orchestra and' Band. T Song?"America" by audience, j Address?Hon. George B. Cro-; mer of Newberry. Recitation?"In Flanders Filed" Solo?"Star Spangled Banner," by Miss Fannie Stark. Benediction. All of the proceeds from the footMETHODIST ASSIGNMENTS j Upper Conference Designates Minis-! ters for Church This Year At its concluding session the Methodist conference meeting in Lancaster designated the following ministerial appointments for Cokesbury district: E. S. Jones, presiding .elder; Abbe-j ville, C. E. Peele; Abbeville Circuit, J. B. Kilgore; Butler, A. E. Smith; Cokesbury, J. C. Cunningham; Greenwood, Greenwood mills, W. H. Murray; Main Street, A. N. Brunson; Greenwood circuit, J. M. Meetze; Kinards, L. W. Shealy; McCormick; M. T. Wharton; McKendree, R. M. Tucker; Newberry, Central, J. L. Daniel; Mollohon and Oakland, Paul Kennett, supply; O'Neall Street, W. F. Gault; Newberry circuit, G. F. Clarkson; Ninety Six, 0. A. Jeffcoat; Phoenix, R. L. Doggett; Plum Branch, R. L. Rountree; Pomaria, W. B. Justus: Prosperity, J. D. Griffin; Saluda, J. Li. Singleton; Waterloo, J. F. Lupo; Whitmire, J. P. Simpson; Whitmire circuit, D. C. Gregory, supply; president of Lander College, John 0. Willson, Main Street quarterly conference; professor at Lander college, R. C. Lawton, Main Street quarterly conference; assistant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beaty, Main Street quarterly conference; associate headmaster Carlisle school, W. J. Snider, Main Street quarterly conference. Part of the Anderson district is as follows: A. E. Holler, presiding elder; An-j treville, W. A. Duckworth; Calhoun j Falls, J. T. Lawrence; Honea Path,! J. E. Mahaffey; Clemson College, A. j E. Driggers; Lowndesville, N. G. Bal-! lenger. i Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown went | to Columbia Friday and went to see "Chu Chin Chow" at the Columbia theatre Friday night. PLANS COMP FOR C Hospital Auxiliary Prep For Armistice Day F Speak in Afternoon ing?Barbecu Plans which have been in the making for the past two weeks for the celebration of Armistice Day have finally been completed by the hospital auxiliary. Events of the day will be the Greenville-Abbeville . football game at 11 o'clock, the barbecued dinner from 12 to 3:00, and the address of George B. Cromer of Newberry at 3:30 oc'lock. This schedule of events is entirely different from that first planned, due to the fact that Friday afternoon the Erskine football team will leted :elebration ares Huge Celebration 'riday?Cromer Will , Football in Morn.ed Dinner. ball game and from the barbecued dinner will go to the benefit of the Memorial hospital, which fact is peuliarly appropriate when the fact is considered that the day is set aside as a holiday in honor of the boys ] who died in the service of the nation in the recent world war. Most of the merchants of the city have' signed a petition to close their : stores fronp 11 o'clock for the remainder of the day. Those who were not : seen will probably join with the others in the general celebration. This ' united action is certain to make the : day a success. A number of important committees have been appointed to work on various features of the ' celebrat:on and these women are making every preparation. Those who agreed to close their j places of business are as follows: / ( The Peoples Bank, Rosenberg Mer- ] cantile Co., Philson & Henry, Mrs. ] Jas. S. Cochran, L. C. Haskell, J. S. < Bowie, County Savings Bank, G. A. Harrison, W. A. Lee, Abbeville Mo- i tor Co., A. M. Hill Co., R. M. Hill, J s Wm. H. Cobb Co., Packer & Reese, ] Abbeville Water & Light Plant, A. < B. Morse Co., Arnold's Garage, Hall ' Investment Co., L. Feinstein, W E. j Johnson, The Echo, J. W. Baker, De- ( Witt Hall, Kerr Furniture Co., Stark i Veh:cle Co., Cash Bargain Store, The < McMurray Drug Co., National Bank, F. E. Harrison, Jr., Cason & McAll- ( ister, L. W. Keller, S. J. Link, Co-op- < erative Mercantile Co.,-Planters Bank ; Little & Thomson, D. Poliakoff, Mil- j ler & Evans, Adair's Department j Store, J. A. Smith, Jr., American j Woolen Mills Co., Ramey & Gilliam, B. T. Cochran, W. A. Calvert & Sons W. D. Barksdale. ERSKINE PLAYS NEWBERRY j' * Armistice Day to Witness Battle In Due West. Armistice Day at Due West, New- j berry College and Erskine College meet at football. Newberry is one of the strong college teams of the state and the engagement on Armistice Day promises to be a battle royal. A special effort is being made to induce a large number of the friends of the two colleges to be in Due West on that date. This is the last game of the season at Due West and Coach McLean's backfield promises to be a foe man worthy of the steel of Coach Parrish's backfield machine. It will be a struggle worth witnessing to see Voit Brothers and McPhee pitted against Phillips, Young and Kennedy brothers of Erskine. The records of these two teams show that both have gone down before Furman and Carolina and both have been victorious over Charleston and. Wofford. PERSHING SCOUT IS ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER Greenville, Nov. 5.?C. Marlowe, of Oklahoma, scout for General Pershing; in the' punitive expedition into Mexico in 1916, was arraigned here today, charged with the murder of Thomas F. McCarroll. McCarroll, who for the past several years livrtl in Flint, Mich., was she by Marlowe at the Elks Club her October 13, last, in a difficulty that fr.llrvwn/I nn oi'mimont nvnv 5) fflVfl I rame. Bandits Get $5,900 From Bank Ph'ladelphia, Pa., Nov. 5.?Five men in an automobile held up two < /-i tti? vr,? runners 01 me ?_/orn rjxciiaiiKc national Bank today, robbed them of $5,900 and escaped. BANKERS ENDORSE MARKETING PLAN EFFORT TO AID TOBACCO GROWE?J IN PEE DEE?COMMITTEE yj^OINTED TO SEEK LOANS FOR LIVE STOCK PURCHASES AT FLORENCE MEETING Florence, Nov. 5?Group six of the ouutil v^aiuima xjdiiivcio aa&uuia wun at a special meeting held here tonight gave unanimous indorsement to the tobacco growers cooperative marketing plan. The meeting was attended by 25 representative bankers from the tobacco district and the plan was < favored without a dissenting, vote. At the meeting the general proposition was outlined and before action i was taken there was a full discussion in response to the asking of many questions on all phases of the plan. The bankers in addition to adopting a resolution indorsing the marketing plan, pledged their efforts i fco furthering the cooperative cam- , paign which is now being conducted. ] The bankers also appointed a com- , mittee to seek to procure loans from i the war finance corporation to finance live stock purchases in the Pee Dee. , On this committee were appointed j Bright Williamson, of Darlington, R. ^ K. Rutledge of Darlington, and Dun- j ;an McKenzie of Timmonsville. , S I The campaign for the state was apened at a mass meeting yesterday afternoon in Darlington where iapproximately 500,000 pounds was^ signed under the contract. Only about 70 persons were present at the meeting. E. E. McGill, Darlington county chairman, predicts 75 per cent, oi l the crop will be's'gned up within ten ' Jays. Organization will begin in Florence this week with rallies at Johnsonville and Leo Friday; Lake C|ky, 1 Pamplico and Olanta Saturday. In 1 this campaign the organizers are go- ' ing into the country instead of call- 1 ing the farmers into the city. ABBEVILLE HI LOSES i FIRST GAME OF SEASON i ] Greenwood Backs Best Seen Here ! % This Season?Beat Greenville Is Now the Cry. Starting from the very beginning i of Friday's game Greenwood came back from defeat at the hands of Greenville, Laurens and Honea Path and with the precision and superiority nf a wpII nilprl mnrhine humbled Abbeville high by a score of 23 to 7. This is the first defeat the local team has suffered this season and, while man ywould have preferred being bqaten by another team than [ Greenwood, none can say that it wasj not a game of real football, full of thrills, that was interesting from start to finish. The locals showed j spurts of superiority several times! and once had an opportunity to score when B. Long passed over Greenwood's goal line to Bill Nickles, who could only touch the flying sphere with the tips of his fingers. Another pass, a long one, was completed by XJ nwic OK vorrle flo.ll f\\UO V i^uiiaivi Jtiaiiio xui u yuiuo. uii.v ?t several times gained well through Greenwood's line and once a crisscross netted a score of yards. Green- , wood's backfield was far superior, as a whole, to any so far seen here, and , considerably faster. Crymes and Hartzog, as well as Yeldell and Grier, j played excellent ball. There is only one thing possible for the local team to do to keep in < the championship running and that is to beat Greenville here Friday. The ; jrame will be called at 11 a. m. promptly, in order to allow the * crowd and players attend the barbecue dinner which the Hospital auxiliary is going to serve from 12:30 to 3:00 o'clock and to permit fans to see the Erskino-Newberry game at Due West Friday afternoon. President R. C. Grier of Erskine I College has sent complimentary hcket.s to the players, which generosity < ar.d thouffhtfulness is very much appreciated by the players aw! managers and coaches. 4 COURT DECISION MAY HALT STRIKE " ? PART OF JUDGE ANDERSON'S ORDER SUSPENDED. THE CASE WILL BE CARRIED TO HIGHER TRIBUNAL IN EFFORT TO DE- ' CIDE ISSUE. Chicago, Nov. 3.?Action of the United States court of appeals here today in suspending that part of the mu,. T.,j? A -r, mj uiivstivsii IOSUCU uy u uuge /iiiucisvu of Indianapolis applying to the check off system until further order of the court was acclaimed tonight by officials of the United Mine Workers of America as a decided victory. The court's action allows the holding out of union dues and assessments fromthe coal miners' pay to fe continued by the operators temporarily. An appeal hearing was granted the union for Wednesday, November 16. Union leaders professed to see in the action today a reopening of the ?ntire cas# and attorneys for the mine workers said tonight they would prove that the case had n?t. seen handled thoroughly. The action today, union leaders ;aid, would do much to clear up the abor situation in the mines and .vould help to hold in line men who lad been quitting work without au:hority. t Operators on the other hand, said :hey saw only a delay of. the final jutcome. They said that it would be Detter to nave tne status 01 tne cnecK )ff system decided at once rather ;han delay a decision until cold weather if a cessation of work may esult. The injunction issued by Judge Anderson forbade the operators to withhold from the miners' pay union Jues and assessments as the operators had agreed with the unions to pliance by the operators with the deplance by the operators with the decision of the court would precipitate a strike and in 'the states where the operators; have decided to follow the court's decree there have already been walkouts and mines in* other states have had sporadic strikes. SALESDAY. Only Two Tracts of Land Changed Hands Today Today was salesday, being the first Monday in November. Only two pieces of land were sold by the master. In the case of the County Savings Bank against Eliza Daugherty , et al. a tract of 100 acres of land wassol d to Kyle Norwood, Jr., for $1175. Miss Mamie Hill bought a lot beyond the Seaboard Shops for $475, in the case of W. F. Nickles against Hattie Schumate. A number of sheriff's execution sales were settled before salesday. MR. PEELE RETURNS Methodist Minister Reassigned To Abbeville Church By Conference The announcement from Lancaster >esterday that the Rev. C. E. Peele had been reassigned by the Upper South Carolina Conference to the Abbeville Methodist church was received with general gratification and pleasure. This will make Mr. Peele"s third year with the Abbeville church :ind during his stay here he has made friends of the people of all :!enominat!ons. Mr. Peele telephoned Mrs. Peele yesterday of the reassignment and said that he would return tomorrow ?oming back by way of Rock Hill. WITH THE OLD BOYS. D. Town send Smith attended the reunion of the Thirtieth Division held last week in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Smith saw service in France and it was a groat pleasure to meet his aid comrades and talk over old times. More pleasures had been planned for the division than they could possibly :ake ESfe* .