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I \ 9 Abbeville Press and Banner ? b]. . d 1844 $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly ~ Abbeville, S. C? Monday, November 28,1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. '78th Year. AUGUSTA FIRE CAUSE BIG LOSS MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED?HALF A BLOCK WIPED OUT?FIRE BEGAN SATURDYA MORNING. -Augusta, Ga., Nov. 26.?Loss from the fire which early this morning threatened the entire business section of Augusta and finally razed half of the block bounded by Broad, Eighth and Ellis streets will not exceed $1,500,000, according to estimates of business men and local underwriters. Fire chief Frank G. Reynolds, however, believes that the loss will not exceed the million mark. Chief Reynolds tonight also stated that but for the sprinkler system of the J. B. White and Co., department store and the timely assistance of the Aiken fire department the White bnilding and the Genesta hotel would have been totally destroyed. Lack of sufficient hose handicapped the local fire fighters and the arrival of the Aiken volunteer department with 1,000 feet of additional hose 'saved the day in the opinion of the Augusta chief. No lives were lost in the fire. Police and hotel officials today checked up lists of hotel guests and no missing persons have been reported to +)iq rvnliro Onlv fwn pasnaltips re sultd from the fire, according to hospital reports, Fire Captain B. F. Crouch of Augusta and Fireman A. B. E. Smith of the Aiken department receiving minor injuries. The loss is confined to the following buildings: Johnson building, total loss. Harrison building, total loss. Albion hotel, total loss. Genesta hotel, partly burned. J. B. White and Co., partly burned. The Augusta Chronicle, total loss, j Sparks also ignited three stores i > two blocks from the big blaze, all three stores being gutted. The origin of the fires are not know. The first fire was discovered in the Harrison building shortly at , 1:30 o'clock and fanned by a stiff breeze soon spread to adjoining structures. The Johnson building was sooi>*enveloped and within about ten minutes the Albion hotel was in j flames. At the sounding of the first alarm, however, guests at the hotel were aroused and rushed into the street with the few personal belongings they could gather. All, officials . think, escaped uninjured. At this time another alarm was sounded for the fire in the 400 block of Jackson street and so fast were the flames of the Broad street spreading that Fire Chief Fsank G. Reynolds telephoned for assistance from Aiken, Waynesboro, Columbia and Atlanta. The Aiken fire department responded within the hour and shortly afterward help arrived from WAynedboro. The flames had spread to the Ge nesta hotel iby this time the firemen from Aiken were put to work on this blaze. They were able to confine the blaze in this block, across the street from the Harriso.n and Johnson buildings, to the Genesta hotel. Meantime the local firemen succeeded in checking the spread of the original blaze and shortly before 5 o'clock had it under control. It was extinguished about 8 o'clock, after! burning almost seven hours. The blaze on Jackson street was confined to the three stores and office buildings that were completely guttd. Death in Accident. ( Asheville, N. C., Nov. 25.?The only Thanksgiving day tragedy re ported early tonight from this section of the state was the death of James Turt>yville of Waynesville, cbaused instantly when a shotgun in his hands was accidenally discharged. ; jvi LIVE STOCK LOAN WILL BE SOUGH PEE DEE FARMERS HOLD COf FERENCE IN FLORENCE?DI LAY IN PROCURING LOAN If CIDENT TO LACK OF INFOF MATION ON SUBJECT. 9 Florence, Nor. 25.?Farmers c the Pee Dee district of South Car< lina took definite steps today 1 avail themselves of the federal go1 ernment live stock loan through tt War Finance corporation. Fifty ( the biggest and most progressh farmers of the district convened i Florence, upon invitation of W. V Long, director of state extensic iservice, to discuss this matter. Four specific resolutions wei adopted and are being forwarded 1 J. Pope Matthews in Columbia, i chairman of the state board, whic represents the War Finance corpori tion. The first of these requsts thi the board add a representative ban! er, who is recognized as an authoril on live stock in this section, to r membership, inasmuch as none < the committee now profess sue qualifications. Bright Williamson c Darlington is suggested for such a] pointment since group six of tl South Carolina Bankers' associatio in creating a commitee for this spi cific purpose designated him chai man of it. The board is urged t frame as definite a plan as possibl a sort of standard paper on whic mon^y may be borrowed on liv stock. The fourth resolution r< quests'Mr. Long to appoint commi tees of such number of persons as h deems advisable, in every county i the Pee Dee, to cooperate with tli war finance board and local banks i fixing the values and collateral fc live stock loans and to aid in inforn ing the farmers how they may aj ply for and procure aid from th; fund. TRY TO CONVINCE ULSTER PREMIE! LLOYD GEORGE AND BIRKEf HEAD MEET CRAIG?PRIM MINISTER AND LORD CHAI* CELLOR SEEK TO BRING HI1 INTO LINE. London, Nov. 26.?Prime Ministe Lloyd George, who probably will b accompanied by Lord Chancellc Birkenhead, is to meet Sir Jam< Craig tomorrow morning in what ma be the last effort to induce him a premier of Ulster to discuss altei native plans devised to protect U ster interests in the proposed al Irish parliaments, which the norther delegates thus far have refused eve to consider formally. Meanwhile, Arthur Griffith, chief < the Sinn Fein delegation, for tt first time since the Irish conferenc opened in October, went to Dubli 4-Ar?in'l>+ 4- r\ urifVi m nnrt l*V/UA?lllr IV tunouiv JUUHlUUll -*-> Valera, the Irish Republican leade Mr. Griffith was accompanied by M chael Collins, George Gavin, Duff and Robert C. Barton, his delegatio colleagues. This- visit to Dublin is understoo to be a result qf a discussion durin the last few days between Sinn Feii ers and members of the British cab net at which Mr. Griffith and his co leagues are said to have made clet that they could not agree to swes allegiance to the British crown, the" idea of association with the states c the British empire being by treat as would be the case with foreig powers. It has been assumed by tl: British newspapers that Mr. Lloy George has had some as^irance froi the Sinn Fein delegates that, as price of Ulster aisent to an all-Ir< land parliament, Sinn Fein woul agree to swear allegiance to th crown. * . WARNING VOICED r BY LOW WON I- SPEAKS PLAINLY IN REFER - ENCE TO FRANCE?NO ONE I- POWER CAN CONCLUDE ARl RANGEMENT ON OWN ACCOUNT WITH SUCCESS. >f London, Nov. 25.?One of the j- most outspoken warnings ever ad;o dressed by the foreign minister of /- one nation to another friendly naie tion was delivered publicly today at )f a luncheon by Marquis Curzon of re Kedleston to France. The British n foreign minister declared that if J. France pursued an isolated and in,n dividual policy she would not- in the long run injure Germany and would <0 fail to protect herself. :o It was a warning couched, if anyis thing, in plainer terms than a similar :h speech delivered by Premier Lloyd a- George last May, at the time when it France was proceeding to occupaf tion of Germany's Ruhr towns, ;y which created such a tremendous ts sensation. ^ Lord Curzon's address was direct^ ed primarily to the Washington conference on limitation of armament and Far Eastern questions, but it ie was clearly an intimation to France n of the effect of that country's attiB* tude toward disarmament. It also apr" plied with equal force to the French ,0 policy in the Near East. Ie ^ "Peace will never be achieved," rfi said Lord Curzon, "if any one power tries to steal a march on another and ~ conclude an arrangement on its own account." ie . n The foreign minister bluntly reie minded France that her safety lay n not in her own strength, ibut in the >r conference of the world and he caui tioned France that she could not suenaoA h\r a rovoncrA-fn 1 nnlirv fnwarrl J WWWVA ~ J AV.V.bVXUi Jf J is Germany or be permitted by isolated action to frustrate the work of the nations at Washington. FflCH MAY PASS ~ 1 THROUGH ABBEVILLE \ E Despite the fact that it is not yet J- definitely known by what route MarMi shal Foch of France will leave Atlanta December 9 Greenwood has already made plans to entertain the >r great Frenchman in that city. It ,e was orginally announced that the ,r marshal would make his only stop ;s in South Carolina in Spartanburg, y ibut a later message said the stop 3 ~ ? 4- n TU ^ IS vvuuiu ue niaue at vjieeuvvuvu. jliic f- Atlanta Journal this morning says 1- that Foch will leave Atlanta at 1- 11:30 for Washington, by way of n Spartanburg and Charlotte, n If the marshal travels over the Seaiboard, he will pass through Ab>f I beville before reaching Greenwood, j * ie where the South Carolina welcome :e would be extended the-general. If n the party goes over the Southern >e Railway, the marshal will stop for a r. short time in Spartanburg. Should it i- Ibe learned that Foch will pass 'y through Abbeville an effort will be n made to have him stop for a short time in order that his many admirers id! may have an opportunity to see him. g It is customary that passenger i- trains passing over the Seaboard i- stop at the shop yard for a few min1 lutes, and even though a scheduled ir stop is not planned, it is possible ir that the special will stop there for ir a short time. During that time a )f short reception will be given, it is ;y expected, and other formalities ar;n ranged. The Chamber of Commerce le and interested citizens are at work rd on the proposition. rt , ?? a Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 28.?Gilbert Cox, father of former Gov. James d M. Cox, died tonight at his home in ie Camden, Ohio, after a protracted illness. He was 88 years of age. AGREEMENT MADE I "IN PRINCIPLE" GRADUAL ABOLITION OF EXTRA- I TERRITORIAL RIGHTS?JUDICIAL SYSTEM WILL BE SUBJECTED tC\ INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE TIME Washington, Nov. 26.?Gradual abolition of extraterritorial rights in s China was agreed to "in principle" J today by the arms conference, and t an exhaustive examination of the r Chinese judicial system was decided i on to determine how rapidly the i change can be accomplished. i Sitting as a committee of the i whole, the delegates virtually decid- < ed in executive session to put the in- ? vestigation hands into an interna- i tional commission of jurists, who '1 would visit China next year and re- i port direct to the government con- is cerned as to the ability of the Chinese authorities to take over the full ^ administration of justice now exer- * cised in large part by foreign tribu- ( nals under the extraterritorial privil- j cgc. / J j The step to be consummated to- , morrow by the adoption of a formal ( declaration of policy and an authorization for the investigating commission, was regarded as virtually completing the work of the conference * relating to extraterritoriality. The ^ framing of the resolution was left to4! , I " a subcommittee headed by Senator ^ Lodge of the American delegation, with instructions to report at tomor- ^ row's meeting. ^ During today's session the commit- r tee also gave some consideration to j the question of postal autonomy for , China, but no decision had been T k reached at adjournment. j The argument of China on the sub- r ject was presented by Dr. Z. Sze, the t Chinese minister here, who declared t the existence of foreign postal sys- s terns in China was wholly without sanction in international law. INSTITUTE PLANS J NEAR COMPLETION, i ( The plans for holding a three-day teachers' institute in Ajbbeville are rapidly being perfected and announcement of the work for the three days, December 8, 9, and 10 TIM 11 Krt i A r\ +Vmc? uroal' T Vi ^ /vhc QTMr a _ c tion will be in the Abbeville schools, 'c and the general sessions will be 1 held in the court house in the after- c noons and evenings. Supt. J. E. r Swearingen of Columbia is expected f j to be present the first day of the v meeting; D. L. Lewis, state super- \ visor of rural schools, is expected c for the second day;' Miss Mattie E. 3 Thomas, school community organiz- i er, is expected for the third day. 1 Professor Patterson Wardlaw, a na- r I tive of Abbeville, now head of the i department of education at the Uni- j versity of South Carolina, has been c invited to attend the meeting the s first day and make an address to the h teachers of his old county. c The county board of education has granted holiday to each rural school c in the county also to the schools at 1 Calhoun Falls, Lowndesville, Due a West, and Donalds so that the teachers may attend the institute. A committee composed of Misses May Robertson, Sadie Magill, Rebecca Jones, Annie Hill, Mrs. J. D. Wilson and Mrs. Henry Gilliam is in charge of the entertainment of the visiting teachers while In Abbeville. 2,500 Herrings An Hour. Lowestoft, Nov. 25.?A "kipper" machine has been introduced to herring industry here by which 2,500 herring can be prepared in one hour. It takes an expert hand kip- h perer eight hours. . . f AMERICAN VIEWS YET UNCHANGED >ESPJTE SUPPLEMENTAL ESTI MATES OF JAPAN?DETAIL* OF PLAN FINDING FAVOR If "TOKYO BEING C LOS ELI STUDIED. Washington, Nov. 25.?Despib iupplemental estimates to suppor fapanese claims for higher nava ;onnage ratio than proposed in Sec etary Hughes' naval limitatioi )lan, American naval experts, it wa isserted today on authority, find n< eason to revise their original esti nate of the relative naval strengtl )f the three powers. That estimat ;o far as Japan is concerned, is re leoted in the "5-5-3 ratio" propose* )y the United States, while Japan i inderstood to claim -that the rati should approximate 10-10-7. Details of the Japanese navaV ar juments have been turned over t ;he naval experts of the five power lonsidering such questions for th nformation of the delegations. Th laval men will not get togethe igain in general conference, how :ver, until next week: The Tokyo data follows closel; ;he line of argument already pre ;ented by the Japanese officrs her n challenging the accuracy of th \merican estimate 01 existinj Tapanese naval strength. In statin] lis proposal, Secretary Hughes nam id as one of the general principle inder which it was worked out th lecessity of general adherence t< elative strength of existing nava 'orces in providing for the immedi ite reducton proposed. It is on thi joint that the experts are compar ng data-and seeking to reach agree nent. Most of their work is doni hrough exchange of documentar; ahulations and expositions of thi lituation. URY RECOMMENDS MERCY FOR YOUTE CONFLICT IN LAW CAUSES DE LAY IN SENTENCING FIFTEEr YEAR OLD ROY HENDERSOP CONVICTED OF MURDER H GAFFNEY. Gaffney, Nov. 26.?The case of th tate against Roy Henderson, th >oy who was tried for Jylling the tw ittle sons of Wofford Kirby, wa :ompleted Wednesday night, the jur; emaining out only a short time be ore returning a verdict of guilt; nth recommendation to mercy. Judg Vilson has not as yet sentenced th lefendant, as there is considerabl imbiguity in the law which provide n one place that persons guilty o nurder with a recommendation t nercy shall be sentenced to the pen tentiary for life, and in anothe >lace saying that boys under 18 year >f age, who are convicted of crime hall be sent to the reformatory am :ept there until they reach the ag ?f 21 years. Butler & Hall, who represented th lefendant, made a very strong figh 'or their client, bringing Dr. Boon i specialist from Columbia, who ha lad the boy under observation. Di Joone testified that the killing migh lave taken place by the boy, ant vhile he knew it was wrong, he couli lot realize the consequences of th1 :rime, as his intelligence was onl; ;qual to that of a boy seven or eigh 'ears of age. The boy's father testi ied that he is 15 years of age, bu hat he had always been peculiar an< ery backward in most respects. Nu nerous witnesses testified to the far hat there .had. been insanity in tlv Cirby family, and there were vvit lesses who testified that then lad been insanity in Mrs. Kirby': amily. . NEW PASTOR CALLED I BY PRESBYTERIANS - JOHN R. CUNNINGHAM OF GREN5 ADA, MISS., IS UNANIMOUS i CHOICE OF CONGREGATION. f INDORSED BY SLOAN, CLARK AND GRIER. ? e 'At a congregational meeting Sunt day morning the members of the 1 Presbyterian church unanimously - adopted a resolution of the Session a to extend a pastoral call to the Rev. s John R. Cunningham of Grenada, o Miss. This action was taken follow ing the warm endorsement of the h Rev. T. W. Sloan of Greenville, give en in a letter addressed to J. C. Thomson, clerk of the sessoin, and d upon the personal recommendation s of the Rev. Melton Clark of the o Presbyterian Seminary in Columbia, who preached at the morning hour and presided at the congregational meeting. Both Dr. Sloan and the Rev. Mr. s Clark kno^r the Rev. Mr. Cunningham personally, having been associated with him while he was religious r work secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Camp Sevier, Greenville, and 1 while he was assistant pastor of Dr. * y Sloan's church, the First Presbyte" rian, in Greenville. Both speak of e him as being a man of many admir6 able qualities. s The Rev. Mr. Cunningham is at 3! present pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Grenada, Miss. Recently 5 he declined a call to the University 6 church of Austin, Texas. He is a ^ graduate of Westminster CoJJgge, located in Missouri, and of the Presbyterian Seminary at Louisville, S Ky. The Rev. R. C. Grier, president of Erskine College, was a classmate of Mr. Cunningham and he sent a ? letter of indorsement to Mr. Thom^ son, upon hearing that his friend B was being considered in connection f with the Abbeville church. At the meeting Sunday, following the morning service A. B. Morse was delegated as the elder to prosecute the church's cause before Presbytery. If necessary he will go before the I Mississippi Presbytery and urge that the Rev. Mr. Cunningham be allowed to accept the charge here. It was " also decided that the. call would be - signed by the session and that the * manner of extending the call should * be determined by that body. The < call was extended unanimously. COTTON MARKET e e| Spot, 17 to 18 cents. 0 j All future months closed sj three to 25 points net higher, yi after opening weak and dropping off on early trading. The y close was steady. j Close Gain ei January 17.70 .13 e March 17.62 .03 s May 17.36 .07 f July 16.85 .12 0 December 17.90 ^.25 r LANIER FREED s , John Lanier, negro man who has j .been held in jail for more than a e week on the charge of assaulting a negro woman, was today freed of the charge, when a preliminary heart ing was held before Magistrate Mc? Comb. Thre was no evidence on . e which the negro could be held, j HOSPITAL NEWS * Nick Schram, young son of Mr. ^ | and Mrs. Charley Schram, underwent ' an operation for appendicitis this .. v' morning. His condition is favorable. * Esther Hillhouse, daughter of the Rev. J. B. Hillhouse, who has been t ill at the hospital for a week, was able to reiturn home yesterday. t Mayor and Aldermen All Women e Brewton, Ga., Nov. 26.?Mrs. H. - H. Beall was elected mayor of this e town of 250 people today, and five s women were elected to the board of aldermen. . - * j