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M ^3 4 Abbeville Press Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Wjeekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, December 9,1921 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. S||f ? ~ ? ATTEMPT TO KEEP IN UNMOLESTED1 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS BEGUN BY PACKING HOUSES?MANY PERSONS SHOT OR SLUGGED IN CLASHES IN CHICAGO with urncbiu. Chicago Dec. 8.?Legal proceed ings to restrain the striking packing house workers from interfering with the operation of packing plants by picketing or molesting employes were either pending or in effect in five.cities in the Middle West tonight. As the third day of the strike came to a close quiet prevailed at most packing house centers but in Chicago the first serious disorders] in connection with the strike oc curred tonight when several persons were shot and slugged in clashes be tween strike sympathizers, stock yard workers and police patrolling the stock yards. Seven men are known to have been shot and a score of men and one wo man injured in the clashes. T(fre trou ble started when strike sympathizers accosted the workmen as they left the packing plants. Missiles were thrown and policemen used their clubs and guns in an effort to dis perse the crowds. Police reserves were called out before the 'troubl I ended. Three of those shot were reported to be union workmen two were strike sympathizers another was employed in a packing plant and the seventh was said to be a strike sympathizer and a member of another union. All will recover it was thought by doc tors tonight. Four policemen were among those injured. The woman whoi was hurt was struck by a brick.? Officials of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butcher Workmen of North America which called the strike after a wage decrease averag-1 ing ten per cent had been in effect, tonight agreed with spokesmen that there was litte change in the situa tion. Union officials asserted that work ers in allied crafts in "ttie packing plants had walked out while the packers said new workmen were be ing employed, that strikers were asking to be reinstated and that plants here were operating from 85 to 100 per cent normal. It was admitted by the packers that their plants in other cities were harder hit and a number of inde pendent plants here were either vir n f + o n ill /\%% ' ouaujf a <i M/aiiu^iui vi by the walkout. The independent plants and Swift and Co. today requested an injunc tion restraining the butcher work men's union and its officers and offi cials from interfering with the oper ation of twenty-two plants through picketing. -- At South St. Paul 500 national guardsmen patrolled the packing plant today after the unions refused to discontinue picketing. At Fort Worth an injunction re straining picketing of the packing plants was granted today while at Omaha an opinion was rendered by the city attorney that th^ anti-pick, eting law passed by the last Nebraska Legislature was as yet imperative. At Kansas City strike sympathiz ers were restrained 'from picketing plants by the threat that troops would be calle out if the practice continued. STORE WILL CLOSE Cash Bargain Store Now Disposing Of Goods. According to an announcement of J. L. Anderson, manager of the con cern, the Cash Bargain Store will he closed as soon as the stock of goods or the greater portion of the stock has been sold. Mr. Anderson has not yet decided what he will do when he leaves his present place, though he thinks it likely that he will leave Abbeville. IRISH PEACE SANTA'S GIF! TO HUMANITY FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK WHO HAD HAND IN STARTING PRESENT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS DECLARES LLOYD GEORGE WINS. Albany N. Y. Dec. 8.?Former Gov ernor Martin H. Glynn of Albany through whom Prime Minister Lloyd George invited Eamonn De Valera to the negotiations'that finally let to the agreement for settlement of the Irish question said today -that the 'world owed Llyod George a debt of gratitude. "Lloyd <ieorge has settled a pro/b lem that has baffled statesmen for 700 years, said Mr. Glynn. And in all justice to the Irish leaders it must be admitted that De Valera, Collins and Griffith have placed themselves among the clever statesmen of the world. The settlement of the Irish qustion is a great Christmas gift to humanity "In my conference with Lloyd George I found him intensely nterest* ed in the human side of the Irish question the political hue it wore in the United States and its economic aspects. A Celt himself Lloyd George had a -warm spot in his heart for the Irish that made him friendly disposed. He believed that the warm friendship (between England and the United States and asked me a hun dred questions on this point. He was willing to concede Ireland almost I every thing but the^ privilege of go ing out of the empire. He was wor ried about the possibility of working out a system of financial autonomy for Ireland but believed that confer ence would show a way out. But he was determined that there should be no possibility of tariff barriers that would work to the disadvantage of England. "He convinced me of his earnest, ness and sincerity and his determina tion to go the limit to settle the I problem. He kept every promise he sent to De Valera through me and the world owes Llyod George a debt of gratitude for what he lias done." DEATH OF MRS. FERGUSON i Beloved Woman Dies After Illness Of Ten Weeks. . Mrs. Ella Brooks Ferguson, wife i of J. B. Ferguson of Warrenton died I yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the Abbeville County Memorial Hos | pital after an illness of ten weeks. She was nearly 44 years old. Funer al services were conducted at Long Cane Presbyterian church at 1 o'clock today, the exercises being in charge of the Rev. H. C. Fenne*ll, pas tor of .the Warrenton Presbyterian church and the Rev. G. M. Telford of i Long Cane. Interment followed in Long Cane cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Ferguson are her husband and nine sons and a daugh I ter, several brothers and sisters and her aged father, George S. Wilson of Warrenton. Mrs. 1 Ferguson's nine sons are James; Andrew, Speed, Emmet, Raymond, Frank, G. S., Tommy and Austin Ferguson. Ella Brooks Ferguson, five years' old, is the only daughter. Sisters of Mrs. Ferguson are Mrs. Mike Beaufort of Graniteville and Mrs. John Dees of Fikesville, N. C. Her brothers are Miles Wilson of Augusta, Henry Wil son of Springfield, Walter Wilson of Spartanburg, Lowrie Wilson of Ab beville, and Curtis and George Wil son of Warrenton. Paul Wilson, an I A# Mw T?aVflmftATl ID nil UWllCjL UlUl'llVri. VI iUXO* X tigUJUH 10 111 in a hospital in Columbia. All of the above relatives, with the single.ex ception of Paul Wilson, were here with Mrs. Ferguson at the time of her death. Mrs. Ferguson, the daughter of George S. Wilson, was born Decem ber 28, 1878, and wouild, therefore, have been 44 years of age this monrtih. The mother of a large family of children, she nevertheless found time to be a sincere friend, a good BIG CROWD SI DURING ABB MAKES ADDRESS IN FRENCH AN] TORICAL SKETCH OF ABBE1 FRENCH?STOPS FP OF 3*000 "I come to express my gratitude i for what you did for France," said ] Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander < of the French armies on a tour of the i United States as a guest of the i American Legion, from the observa- < tion platform of his special train ] which arrived in AbbeviHe at 4 1 o'dloirk to da v. The marshal was httro-1 duce^d by Col. O&fcacNider, commander i of thg American Legion and he re- ] sponded in a feeling manner, his French ibeing translated to the crowd. ? In paraphrase his remarks as trans- <1 lated were: I come to express my 3 gratitude for what you did for i France. Not only do I express grati- j tude for the help youj won_ d derful soldiers gave us but also for i the bountiful supplies you sent us i and for your example of assurance of a final victory. And now that i we have peace, I feel sure that it will < be a lasting peace and that the s world will have time to recover its 1 poise. 1 There were tears in the great t warrior's eyes as he took from the J trembling hands of Mrs. Fannie B. i Marshall the bouqueit of white .< chrysanthemums tied with tri-color .3 ribbon bearing the inscription; "To I Marshal Foch; From the American ] Legion, Abbeville, S. C., 'December 9, 1921." The marshail expressed 1 simple thanks for the tribute paid l him almost as the train pulled out. 1 Major J. D. Fulp, wearing his uni form, boarded the train at the shops: ( COTTt>N GINNINGS 1 TO DECEMBER FIRST Total Only Three Million Short of 1 Figures to Same Date One Year Ago. Washington, Dec. 8.?Cotton gin ned prior to December 1 amounted to j 7,640,870 running bales, including i 121,859 round bales, counted as half i bales; 22,058 bales of American- i Egypt'an, and 2,915 bales of sea is- i land, the census bureau announced < today. 1 Ginnings to December 1 last year ] were 10,141,293 bales, including 191- ? 539 round bales, 46,160 bales of < American-Egyptian and 965 bales of <1 Sea Island. < Ginnings by state to December 1, this year were: < ' Alabama 575,310; Arizona 25,- 1 715; Arkansas 756,008; California : lo,0S0; Florida 11,724; Georgia < 803,815; Louisiana 275,197; M;ssis- .< sippi 790,326; Missouri 66,130; North 1 Carolina 739,035; Oklahoma 470,532; < South Carolina 734,665; Tennessee < 281,251; Texas 2,073,572; Virginia i 14,952; all other states 6,608. ] Revised total of the ginnings prior to November 14, was announced as j 7,276,364 bales. j FEDERAL AID MONEY $10,000 To Be Used on Due West ] Road Received The treasurer of the highway com- 1 mission, R. B. Cheatham, has receiv- < ed through the state highway depart- ] merit $10,000 of federal aid money t to be credited on the Abbevillc-Due- ] West road .now under constiuction. t This is the first federal a d money re- ] ceived to be credited on this road. neighbor and a worker in the cause i of her church and her religion. Since I girlhood she was a member of the t Warrenton Presbyterian church, and s throughout the years she was con sistent in t,he performance of any task for the betterment of her com munity or for the comfort or pdeas ure of her neighbors. I Pallbearers at the funeral tihis af- i ternoon were Henry Wilson, Curtis s Wilson, Lowrie Wilson, Frank Allen, c Ralph Ferguson and Earle Ferguson, t EES EOCH i EVILLE STOP K .V ' v D RECEIVES FL<fWERS AND HI? f / /ILLE COUNTY WRITTEN IN t VE MINUTES?CROWD PEOPLE. and as the special pulded up at the passenger station at exactly 4 o'clock, Mr. Fulp introduced Colonel MaoNiider, national commander of I hhp Arniftrirjin T-e^nnrn. who intro- i duced Marshal Foch in a most infor_ mal manner, ending with "wait a minute and I'll bring him out." The marshal, short and stout, appeared on the small observation platform at the rear of the train. As MacNider producW Foch from within the car, Jim Kapitanakos, Greek res bauranteur, ibroke inito a "Vive La France" and other voluabie expres sions of his pleasure at seeing the general, ending up with the declara tion of his own identity. The mar shal appeared astounded by so much 'French and made no response. The Rev. A. J. Derbyshire, pastor >f the Episcopal church, and teacher of French in the high school, pre sented the marshal with a historical sketch of Abbeville county particu larly a^ influenced by the French j ipfcf.lprc pnrkihv T)r. .Tr?hfn Hp la Howe # founder of the de la Howe industrial sahool. The Rev. Mr. Derbyshire ;poke a few words in French as he lianded the carefully prepared parcel x>gfcher with a letter to Fodh. His re ply was, "Merci, Monsieur, Merci." Several members of the American Legion were present at the train in jraiform, among them being two men ;viho received decoratfions. The train departed at 4:05 for Greenwood, wihere it was due at 4:15. 9 INTEREST RUNS HIGH IN TEACHERS NSTITUTE Vlany In Attendance With Busy Pro* gram For Each D*y?Clo*es Tomorrow Upwards of a hundred teachers ire in attendance upon the teachers nstitute which began Thursday norning, and all of them are enthusi istic in their praise of the work be_ -n?* /Inno TVio nrncrrnm vesterdav r consisted of the welcoming address jy Supt. Paul Mann, symposium on primary work conducted by Miss Jeanette McKenzie of the Greenville :ity schools and a discussion of the teaching of algebra by C. V. Wilkes af the Donalds school. Superintendent Mann in his wel coming address told the teachers 'that there were far too many one teacher | >chools in the county, all poorly equipped and without financial re sources to improve. He hoped tip see the day when every school shall have j i: special levies, the small schools con-:: solidated into bigger and better jnits and every child given the op portunity of a high school education. John E. Swearingen, State super intendent of education, addressed a general meeting of teachrs and inter ested citizens in the court house last light, his presentation of statistics md conditions in South Carolina proving enjoyable to the audience. Tr>/4^ir fViQ rr\aAp ohserva ;ions of practices and methods in the schools of Abbeville, attended the Foch reception in the afternoon and ;onight will ibe the guests of the >arent teacher association at an en ;ertainment to be given at the Opera rlouse. Miss Mattig Thomas of Columbia vill speak to the teachers tomorrow norning at 10 o'clock, after which Urs. B. P. Boyer will give an illus rated lecture on the use of the itereopticon in teaching. ANOTHER FRENCHMAN E. C. Mesohine of Lowndesville, >ropnetor of the Hermitage r argi, i c s in Abbeville today to greet Mar- tl ihia.1 Foch. Mr. Meschine is a native d f France and desires to see his dis- b inguised fellow countryman. si I 'ROPOSED PACT BETWEEN UNI TED ^STATES, JAPAN, FRANCE AND ENGLAND AGREES TO ACT SLOWLY .IN REGARD TO WAR Washington Dec. 8.?A mutual pledge not to go to war over disputes n the Pacific without a "cooling >ff period" of discussion is the basis >f the new four.power treaty pro. >osed as a substitute for the Anglo. Japanese alliance, Discussions of the proposal among ;he arms delegates have reached a veil advanced stasre although none )f the government's concerned?the Jnited States, Great Britain, Japan md France?'has given its final ap_ jroval. A suggestion that the Anglo _ rapanese pact be revoked has gone 0 London and Tokyo. Possible con xoversies over the Pacific Islands ilone exclusive of the Hawaiian jroup and Yap would come under he provisions of the new agreement, ifap is to be the subject of a'separate reaty negotiations for which are 1 earing completion and BTawaii is to >e considered for purposes of the igreement as part of the American nainland. The problems of China or other' >ortions of the Asiatic mainland are lot to be touched by the proposed reaty nor will it contain provisions elating to Pacific fortifications or he naval reduction program. "It is >ossible however that all of these mestions mav come simultaneously it the point of a decision. By the American delegates the project as re_ :arded as establishing neither an al_ iance nor an entente tout merely as ipplying to the Pacific islands the )rinciple of the thirty.odd Bryan >eace treaties to which the United states already is a party. A state ncnt setting forth that position trobably will be made in the near uture by Secretary Hughes. For the present the authorized American spokesmen prefer to say lothing about their conversations on he subject which have been pro. :eeding entirely behind the curtain >f "executive sessions." Apparently he negotiations so far have been :ept within a very narrow circle cen_ ering in the <J|big three"?Hughes, Jalfour and Kato. JAMES DEWEY WATERS .owndesville Man Dies at Age Twenty Four. tc James Dewey Waters, 24 years of ge, died Tuesday morning about 7 ' 1 I'clock at his "home near Lowndes- pi ille, funeral and interment follow ng Wednesday at Ridge church, the xercises being conducted by the Rev Ir. Ballenger, the pastor. Surviv'ng Mr. Waters are his wife, ormerly Miss Lizzie Hill, and a oung son; DeWitt Waters of Abbe ille, a brother; two sisters, Mrs. mnie Bell Lawton of Little Moun ain and Mrs. Reba Crittendon of ;Owndesville. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Waters of Lowndesville, Mr. Waters' arents also survive. >ECLARES COTTON SCHEDULE IS REVOLUTIONARY TARIFF Washington Dec. 9.?The cotton ;oods schedule of the permj^ent ariff bill as it passed .the house is he "most revolutionary piece of ariff legislation that has been pro >osed since Abraham Lincoln signed he first tariff act in 1864" former lenator Henry F. Pippett of Provi en-ce Rhode Island declared today efore the senate committee holding earings on the tariff measure. S i Stove Cau?e? Fire 1 i. Hazard Ky.?Dec. 8.?Fire which aused damage of about $200,000 in fie business section here late yester ay was said today to Ibe believed to e due from the explosion of an oil bove. IRE LANS PUT UNDER WAY AT MEETING LAST NIGHT CALL FOR MEETING DECEMBER 29 TO GET TOGETHER?SUPPER AND DANCE LATER. * v (Meeting last might in the court 3use to discuss the! part the ex-eoi iers would take in the reception of 'arahal Poch, plans were discussed >r the reorganization at an early r rvj': ate of the American Legion. Com littees were appointed to make vaii as arrangments in connection <witir le proposal to hold the reorganize* on meeting on the afternoon of De Mn<ber 29, a dinner and dance to fot >w. W. D. Wilkinson, who presided st night, explained tihait the charter ranted by the state department had een forfeited because of the failure f the legion to pay into the state easury its quota of state and na onal dues. This was made necessary y the failure ofthe body kt its or, animation meeting to make the per ipita dues large enough to cover ?th purposes. Mr. Wilkinson also icpteuned the large place that the gion always heW in the community ' nd the need of such a body to look fter the numerous- interests of irvice men. The opinion of those resent was unanimous in the v M M x. J--L ^ __i 1 j j? Luiwun uiuvo uue men pavuxu ^ tv ither both for their own good and leasure and in order to be of service ) the community in the numerous ndertakings of a public nature hich are constantly coming trp. In the discussion it was brought at that the new defunct legion has sum of money on hand sufficient to jfray all expenses of a dinner for all le ex-soldiers in the county. It was ecided that such a dinner be given > folow the 'business meeting to be eld Thursday following Christmas. . committee consisting of Townaend . mith, ft. B. Cheatham and Carrol wetenburg was appointed to make LI arrangements for the supper and > get in touch with the men in all arts of thg county, extending per mal invitations so far as possible. program commttee, consisting of . A. Neuffer, chairman, Arthur oseniburg and ?H. L. Johnson, was Iso appointed to secure speakers and rrange the details of ihe -business leeting. Morris Lumpkin, state ] -c V- ?.?i. JillIIMIIUtil", Ul (juiuiuum win n#c tton i to be present and make an ad ress. F. E. Harrison, Jr., J. M. i'ckles and J. P. Anderson of An eville were named as a committee > look over the personnel of the 3dy and make recommendations of srmanent officers. EXTENSION MONEY COMES wenty Schools Get $100 Each To Aid Finance*. R. B. Cheatham, county treasurer, sceived this morning from th^ state easurer $20,000, extension money r the schools of Abbeville county, wenty school districts are credited ith $100 each which will be applied the lengthening of the school rms. Districts receiving this money are: rvrnAr Rn/rkv River. .Santuc. War nton, Reid, Brownlee, Cold Spring, 3ng Cane, Central, Parks Creek, inevalle, Vermillion, Fonville, Eure i, Ray, Hall, Canaan and Lebanon. FOCH TRAIN >ecial Run By Seaboard From At lanta to Washington. The special train, bearing Marshal >ch and his party which, passed rough Abbeville this afternoon was ie rated by the Seaboard free of large, the officials placing their itire resources at the disposal of e Marshall as a mark of their ad oration for the Frenchman and as courtesy in behalf of the nation, xt for this courtesy it is doubtful the party would have come this *y.