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Abbeville Press and Banner S^Tm S2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly "Abbeville, S. C? Monday,Novemberl^l Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. 'J FARMERS ME WEDNESD/ W. E. WINTERS AND D. W. WAT- I iriwc TWO EXPERTS, WILL I ? BE SPEAKERS ON BOLL WEEVIL AND COOPERATIVE MARKETING. ^ W. W. Long, director of the extension service of Clemson College, is sending out the following letter to citizens of Afbbeville County: "The Boll Weevil is sweeping the South and Co-operative Marketing of Farm Products is stirring all of Agricultural America. We cannot aford to be without the "best informa- t tion on either of these subjects. v "Please consider this a personal ^ invitation to attend any one of the j five important meetings to ibe held . in Abbeville County co-operating r with the Abbeville CountytJhaimber of Commerce, as follows: "Abbeville, Wednesday, Nov. 16th, at 11:30 a. m. "Antreville, Wednesday, Nov. * 16th, at 3:00 p. m. "Lowndesville, Thursday, Nov. t. 17th, at 10:30 a. m. ' - " " " J XT.... '(Jainoun Jtrans, inursaay, j.\uv. f 17th, at 3:00 p. m. P "Due West, Friday, Nov. 18th, at f 10:30 a. m. The principal subjects are: Eco- a nomic production of cotton and oth-js er crops under boll weevil condi- I tions,. by N. E. Winters, Extenb-on 'r Agronomist. f iGo-operative Marketing of Farm ] Products, by D. W. Watkins, As-'vsistant Director of Extension. These meetings will interest not1^ only farmers but also bankets, mer-.L chants and others whose business is1 c \ largely based on" farming. They are 't " to be conducted by the Extension j-: Service of Clemson Agricultural Col- j lege and the U. S. Department of r Agricultural Co-operating. j( s PROF. GRIER DEAD " ( f( Beloved Teacher Passes Away At Football Game Friday. ^ Many people from Abbeville were ^ present Friday at the football game g when Professor Paul Livingston j* Grier, father of the, Rev. R. C. Grier | ^ ' t died. He' was well known toy many |. Abbeville citizens, beside the/ large |1 number of Erskine Alumni whom he taught. * ^ Funeral services attended by a large number of relatives and ^ friends were held at Due West Saturday afternoon. . J The State of Saturday carried the 1 following account of his death: 2 Due West, Nov. 11.?Prof. Paul 1 1.? ? ?ii i ?:4.: ' JjlVingSbun vrr-ier, wen Miumi kiuacu of this town, died here this iffter- ] noon of heart failure while attending' < the football game between Erskine < . ( college and Newberry. He was1) strickn suddenly while at the field < and expired in a few minutes. Mr. Grier has been in feeble health for I sveral months, and some week? ago i was at the point of death. > Mr. Grier was 58 years old and < for about 32 years was head of the ] department of mathematics in Ers- 1 kine college. He gave up his college < work a/bout two years ago on ac- i count of failing health, and since i that time had not been strong. He ] was widely known in this section of < the state and over the Associate Re- ' formed Presbyterian synod and his sudden death came as a shock to his : friends and relatives. ] I Mr. Grier was a son of the late ) Rev. R. C. Grier and Mrs. Barbara 1 Moffat Grier. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Effie Pressly Grier,1 ion/i +>!(* "fnllcvwinop children: Thp Rev. I - W. P. Grier of Clover, the Rev. R. C. Grier, president of Erskine college and formerly pastor of the Associate, Reformed Presbyterian church of( Columbia: Miss Barbara Moffatt| Grier of Due West, P. L. Grier of: Hendersonville, N. C., F. Ebenezerj Grier of Rock Hill. A brother, the Rev. Boyce Grier of Camden, Ala.J and a sister, Mrs. Latira White, who! lives near Charlotte also survive. 1 -v:> *-' 4 - ' . --"J'}..'; Zt._ y,' E TING \ Y MORNING MAN TREATY NOW RATIFIED :eremony completed in five minutes.?american commissioner dresel and foreign minister wirth complete peace pact. Berfin, Nov. 12.?Ratifications of he German-American peace treaty vere exchanged here tonight at the oreign office between Uiiiis Lioring )resel, the American. commissioner, md Dr. Carl Wirth, chancellor and ninister of foreign affairs. Thtf ceremony which means a' reurn of friendly relations between Jertnany and the United States took ilace at 6:30 o'clock this afternoon, t consumed less than five minutes. The exchange of ratifications was to lave occurred at noon, but, owing to lumerous other appointments of Chancellor Wirth, Mr. Dresel was com lelled to await a Summons to the oreign office. This came by telephone late this ifternoon and the American commision, accompanied by Frederick R. )olbeare, secretary of the American mission, motored to the foreign ofice, where they were received by Dr. Virth and Dr. Haniel von Hainhauen mder secretary for foreign affairs. Both plenipotentiaries signed in luplicate the protocol -certifying that he ratifications had been duly exeuted. The duplicate copy of the reaty containing Germany'^ ratifyng preamble, which will rest in the rchives of the state department at Vashington, is bound in dark red eather and tied with ribbons repreent'ng the Republican colors of Jermany. It bears" the signatures of Rhprtv and 'Wirth." The preamble is considerably iriefer than that of the copy which Ir. Dresel delivered to the- German ;overnment. It merely records the act that the authoritative bodies of Jermany having approved the treaty he president4 of Germany sanctioned ts fullllment. I :ar turns over, two killed Anderson Business Man and Daughi ter Instantly Killed 1 Anderson, Nov. 12.?J. E. Barton, jusiness man of Anderson, and his roung daughter, Jennie, were instanty killed yesterday afternoon wher ;he large touring car in which th? jarty had started to Greenville turnid over on the national highway, seV?nfoon miloo from AnHersnn. neai Piedmont. Miss Nell Barton, anothei laughter of the dead man, is at the Anderson College Infirmary painful y, though not seriously injured. The Misses Daisy Daniels, Lucile Burrisi and Adelen Jones, teachers at th< :ollege, were slightly injured. Th< party had started to Greenville t< witness the presentation of the pag jnat, "The Keowee Trail" and in en Jeavoring to pass another car th< machine of Mr. Barton turned turtle pinning Mr. Barton and his younf daughter beneath the car. Mr. BartOT was well and favorably known an< his scores of relatives in the Pied mont section of the State. He ha( large real estate holdings in Ander 5on County and had been a local lum Der dealer ior many years. . 4 COTTON DOWN The cotton market which has been on its way to the cellar for the past week, showed a slight , firmness this morning, regain^ing at the close all it lost during the day. December closed at 16.67. Spot does not seem to be wanted. Most men who are bull-heads foi lack are also bull-heads for work. ' ' V : ,vt..\ -lr . , , - . WAGE REDUCTION WILL BE mm -?? - k ACTION TO DE TAKEN BY RAIL WAYS?CUTS WILL AFFECj ONE MILLION EMPLOYEES SAYS SPOKESMAN FOR ROADS MANY MEN INVOLVED. New York, Nov. 12.?Immediate action will Be taken to secure reduc tions in the wages of train and yar< service employees, approximately II per cent, on all lines north of thi Ohio and Potomac rivers and east o the Mississippi, it was announced to day after a meeting of the president of the lines involved. Reductions, according to L. F. Lo 1 ree, president of the Delaware ^ Hudson railroad, will be in line wit! the decision reached by the railroai executives in Chicago on October 14 The wage cuts will affect approxi : mately 1,000,000 men. v The executive committee of th Association of Railway Executive 1 will go to Washington Saturday, i 1 was announced to confer with mem bers of the interstate commerce com mission- regarding the best means fo : bringing about a reduction in freigh 1 rates. i The railroad executives announce* that when the 10 per cpdt. additiona wage reduction was first proposei they intended to pass the decrease* cost of operation along to the publi Viir -rata on+.s. Mr. Loree said the posting of wagi reduction notices will be done by th< various roads as individual organiza . tions but: he added it was anticipate! that it would be done by all withii 4 t the week. The action, it was stated, is expect ed to create a. technical dispute o controversy with the employees, th< notices stating the cut will be effec tive 30 days from date of posting. I the men do not accede, the matte: will then be carried to the railro^< labor board with a request for ai early hearing. In preparation for thi anticipated hearing statiticians o the association of railroad executive are now engaged in working out de i tailed statements as to cost of livinj and prevailing wages. / I ARMISTICE PROGRAM 1 ? i ( Many Features of Day Prove High ly Enjoyable. Th6 Armistice Day program a planned and rendered by the Hosp tal Auxiliary was a success, accord . ing to Mrs. W. F. Niokles, president It was successful in the enjoymer t it gave, in the memories it recalle and as a benefit day for the hospita The only speech of the day wa made in the opera house by Georg B. Crotmer, of Newiberry, whose aj propriate address was enjoyed b those present. His remarks, alwaj fitting and appropriate, were rendei ed in a manner at once pleasing an orfltnrirSl. ffe snako of the haDi) 3 ___ _r? - ? , meaning of the day that saw th , ending of a gre&t war, of the retur j of the soldiers to their homes, of th loving sacrifices made that the arm might have the best. He told of th s effects of the war upon civilzatio and the reforms it would cause, $n< ing with a eulogistic tribute t * those who died. 1 A SICK CHILD 1 . Little Mary Louise Benton, daugl ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bentoi is critically ill at her home at th Eureka Hotel. It is thought that sh | is better today. Dr. Neuffer and D I Pressly and Dr. W. P. Cornell of C< lumbia were in consultation in th case yesterday. I A VISITING PREACHER. The Rev. C. B. Williams preache in the Presbyterian church Sunda corning and evening. Mr. William always pleases the Abbeville peopl< r While in the city he was the guej of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Milford. \ . 0 NAVAL HOLIDAY r: IS HUGHES PLAN - PROPOSE THAT ENGLAND, UNIr TED STATES AND JAPAN , SCRAP SIXTY-SIX SHIPS AS . MOVE TOWARDS FINAL DISARMAMENT. e Washington, Nov. 12.?More dras tic and far reaching than the most i ardent advocate of disarmament ) dared to hope, America's proposals e were suddenly laid ibefore the arms f conference today at its first session - by Secretary Hughes. s A ten year naval holiday is the proposal in short, and the United - States, Great Britain and Japan shall i scrap 66 capital ships aggregating h 1,878,043 tons; 3 Within three months after the > conclusion of an agreement, the Uni ted States would have - 18 capital \ : ships; Great Britain, 22, and Japan e 10.-'The tonnage of the three nations, s respectively, would under such a t plan be 500,650, 604,450 and 299, 700. " Ships, when 20 years old, might r be replaced under the plan, and the replacement scheme is 500,000 tons for Great Britain and 300,000 tons ^ for Japan. No' replacement ship 1 could exceed 35,000 tons. * .The United States would scrap 30 ^ capital ships aggregating 843,740 c tons; Great Britain, 19, aggregating 583,375 tons, and Japan, 17, age ILL EX h W 1 fi,fi Ec-VPhm e gregating 448,928 tons. The figures include old ships to be a 1 scrapped, 'ships building or for 1 j which material has .'been assembled. i Characterized by Baron Kato, the ^ i chief Japanese delegate, as "very j drastic," but probably suitable as a " i basis for discussion, and by Mr. Bal I ^ four, head of the British delegation, r as "a statesmanlike utterance, preg2' nant with infinite possiblities and ^! most hopeful of satisfactory rej suits," the American proposal, con-y ^ crete and detailed, fell on the openg ing moments of the great conference like a bomb shell. The foreign delegates were stunned. No other word describes their feelings. The principal features of the American plan proposed: That for not less than ten years i- competitive naval building cease as between Great Britain, the United States and Japan. i_ That all capital ships building or [. planhed be scrapped and a few re^ cently placed in the water be destroyed, within three months after d ratification of the agreement. 1. That the older ships of each fleet 1S Ibe also destroyed, reducing the Brie tish force to 22 battleships, the Amy. erican to 18, and the Japanese to 10, y each ship to be retained being specirg fically named. r- That during the agreement no d capital craft be laid down except uny der a detailed replacement scheme e included in the proposal which would n provide for ultimate equality of the ie British and American fleets and for y & Japanese force at 60 per cent, of ie the strength of either of the other n two. f That all other naval craft be simi0 larly provided for in the same ratio, I specific figures for aggregate tonnage in each class being laid down. DR. LODGE PREACHES l 1> Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of ie Limestone College, Gaffney, preachie "ed in the Baptist church Sunday r- morning, making an appeal in behalf >- of the Seventy-five Million Camie paign. The Baptist pastors throughout the state made addresses on this subject, after an exchange of pulpits. J Never Too Late To Wed. y London, Nov. 13.?During the last is two months more than 200 marriages have been recorded in which the bride it groom was between 60 and 70 and the bride was not over 22. GOODWILL Rl ATARI CHEERING GREETS * WOODROW WILSON SILENCE OF PARADE BROKEN ' BY SPONTANEOUS OUTBURST.' lb PRESIDENT HARDING AND j c rnPMFB PRP<SinPMT TAFT tl ELICIT NO APPLAUSE. 11 "Washington, Nov.- 12.?Woodrow ^ Wilson demonstrated yesterday that ( ^ he rivals George Washington's claim ^ 0 as first in war, first in peace, and first v in the hearts of his countrymen. The ^ former president, judged by the spon- J a taneous cheering of the people, by his J * quick but dignified recognition and 0 appreciation of the honor,'and by the! ^ tears which dimmed many eyes, was j ^ the feature of second importance in | ^ the epochal parade down Pennsylva- j c nia avenue this morning. I The feature of prime importance; of course, was the melancholy casket [ 3 of th^ unknown American dead. Tin-'s j J tik Mr. Wilson's carriage came into; view, the vast thk>ng was characteriz- ? ed by a significant solemnity. , a ! a President Harding's grimness, in-j, dieting the sentiment of his warm, t generous heart, elicited no applause. ^ But when the stricken former chief ^ executive passed, the people could not control their emotion". Their cheers : p rang out sharply and all along the , line. \ g For the first time in the hisotry of a the republic three men who had re-1^ ceived the highest honors within the | gift of the American people partici-! g pated in a Washington parade. For between the president and Mr. Wil- j ^ snn trudced noblv the anrnle fierure . of William Howard Taft, chief jus- j ^ tice of the United States. Like many ^ members of the senate and house, Mr. | ^ Taft might have inwardly groaned beneath the burden of his corpulen-1 ^ cy, but his face reflected nothing ^ save an appreciation of the sacrifice1^ made by the hero just ahead, and a warm anxiety to do him honor. MR. CANN-IMPROVING Still ^\t Home Under Guard, Says f Sheriff. s T. L. Cann, who was shot Thursday night when Policeman Cannon was killed and who was thought to be dangerously wounded, is now improving. He is still at his home, under guard, Sheriff McLane says, it being considered dangerous to move . him. The coroner's jury Friday afternoon rendered a verdict that Policeman Cannon came to his death from . gunshot wounds at the hands of T. L. Cann. No new evidence was brought out at the hearing, Police- ^ man Stevenson being the the only ^ witness heard. He told the same story as that published in The Press j and Banner Friday afternoon. Dr. G. A. Neuffer testified as to the wounds found on Mr. Cannon's body. He said there was evidence that onej bullet entered under the right arm,! one in the left breast, ranging down-j. ward and toward the back at an' angle, one in the left arm entering near the shoulder and coming out | in a glancing manner just above the! ( elbow. The fourth wound was just' above the right groin. According to Dr. Neuffer's testi- . niony in regard to the nature of the j wounds, it appears that at least two 4 shots were fired from above the dead i c policeman or after he had fallen. So ^Tar as is known Mr. Stevenson and . Mr. Crawford were the only wit-! r nesses, though it is rumored that r there are others. Neither Mr. Crawford nor Mr. Cann have yet made a statement except possibly to the attorneys. It is said that J. Howard Moore 5 will make a motion tomorrow before I Judge Mclver in Laurens for Mr. r Cann's freedom under bond. i UGNS MS MEETING I 1EETING IN WASHINGTON M GIVES MUCH PROMISE OF FI- % NAL SUCCESS FOR PURPOSES' | OF CONFERENCE?BALFOUR STRIKES CORDIAL NOTE. Washington, Nov. 12.?Seldom | as a conference of nations assemled in an atmosphere of greater M ordiality than that which enveloped he opening session of the armia- ^ lent conference. From the moment Secretary :'M lughes called the conference to. or- jS er until the last delegate had filed 4 ut of the hall the deference every- ^ rhere apparent was a notable fear 'h ure of the proceeding^. Even the stonishmnt of delegates and specta- :Jj ors at the naval reduction proposal . ,d| f the American government failed $jj 0 halt the exchange of courtesies or ^ evelop any manifestation of doubt -jM hat the negotiations would be 7.? rowned with success. Arthur J. Balfour, head of the % British delegation, wias the first ".rj mong the foreign delegates "to 3jj trike the general note of harmony. \ le stirred the whole body of deleates and spectators to prolonged pplause . when he proposed that as ' n extraordinary tribute to Secre- J ary Hughes and the United States * he secretary of state act as chair-. | lan by common consent and with- ~ ut a formal election. Later, when the conference ap-= arently, had concluded its business, || he galleries helped the spirit of /fa ood feeling along by (Sailing for one "l fter another of the distinguished ' '* M oreign delegates nntil every head i f a visiting delegation had made a v 2 peech. Premier Briand of France wa^the ' | rst to be thus brought to his feet ?' y an impromptu demonstration of x~*| egard from the spectators. Then J ollowed similar demands for Prince ,a "okugawa, head of the Japanese, ; ^ nd for representatives of Italy, ^ ; | "hina, Belgium, the Netherlands and ','k 'ortugal. Members of the senate and louse took a leading part in the pontaneous demonstrations. . ' }} GiyES PASTOR CAR Congregation Presents J. S. Moffatt With Automobile. The State of Sunday had the folowing item about Dr. Moffatt, forner Due West man: The Rev. J. S. Moffatt, D. D., pas- ^ ;or Associate Reformed Presbyteri- "jfrii in church, has been presented by his .; congregation with a touring car and s now rapidly becoming familiar with its intricacies and various noods. The congregation of this church is widely scattered over Columbia and the automdbile will be of much service to the pastor in keeping in ;ouch with the members. Dr. Moffatt las .been pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church since October 1. RAILROAD INCOME SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Jig Washington, Nov., 13.?Net operat- ' 1 ng income of main line railroads in :he United States during September imounted to $87,174,000, according ;o a statement from the Association >f Railway Executives analyzing nonthly reports to the interstate commerce commission. This represented in annual return of 4.6 per cent, on nvestment for the month, but for he ye3r to date the return would be mly 2.9 per cent., owing to deficits ncurred during earlier months. The tatement also emphasized that nornal expenditures on maintenance had lot hpen made un. S. G. Ill SICK S. G. Thomson, III, young son of 5. G. Thomson, Jr., of the Peoples Bank, is a very sick child. Dr. Corlell, the Columbia specialist, came ip to see the lad yesterday.