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SUPREME COUNCIL
CALLED TO MEET
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WILL DISCUSS QUESTION OF
REPARATIONS?RESULT OF
CONFERENCES BETWEEN BRI
AND AND LLOYD GEORGE
HELD IN LONDON
London, Dec. 22.?Another meet
ing of the allied supreme council,
this time at Cannes, on the French
rttiera, is the outcome of the parleys
between Prime Minister Lloyd George
onrf Prpmier Briand of France dur
\
ipg the past few days, will be pre
ceded by a meeting of the council of
ambassadors within a few days ' at
Paris for arranging the details of the
Cannes meetijij? which is scheduled
for early in January.
A pledge of secrecy was entered
into between the two premiers re
garding their London conversations
bat the supreme council evidently
Juis been called either to revise the
reparations provisions of the treaty
of Versailles or deliberate on the ad
visability of calling a conference
with a view to dealing with the whole
question of international finances and
exchange, which is linked with the
question of reparations.
That such a conference is in con
templation and will possibly include
Russia and Germany if not the 1
s+o+m wms to be shown by
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^ the fact that the commission entrust
ed with the examination into Rus- (
sian affairs has drafted a report which ;
is now under consideration by the
" French and British experts. (
The meeting today between M. j
Briand and George Harvey, the Am
erican ambassador, is believed to|(
have been concerned mainly with J,
ijaval questions. Its occurrence at ]
the present juncture, however, was ,
the subject of considerable specula
f tion as to whether it may not also
have been connected with the known '
desire of the entente powers to in- ^
- duce the United States to interest
itself in reparations and connected
. 'questions.
M. Briand this evening made the
announcement to^the newspapers that
the council of ambassadors would
meet in Paris and that it would take
up the question of German repara
tions as an outcome of the present
conversation between Mr. Lloyd
George and himself. M. Briand ad
ded that real progress had been
made in the conversations. Several
po'nts had been smoothed out with
complete cordiality and "he was very
much satisfied," he said.
M.' Briand declined to be drawn
into a discussion of the subject of
secondary naval vessels, dismissing
such inquiries by saying that the
quest:on still was under discussion,
and added, "this is not the Washing
ton conierejxtc.
The French premier previously
had discussed the question of repar
ations with the Belgian ambassador,
who visited him to press the claims j
of the Belgians, and was given as
surance that nothing would be decid
ed without the representatives of
Belgium being -consulted. In this
connection M." Briand again remind
ed the newspaper men that nothing
could be definitely settled by the
present conversations, which being
purely between the British and
French premiers, could in no wise
be binding upon the other parties
concerned in the question, namely,
Belgium and Italy.
OIAL FINDS FAULT
South Carolina Senator Assails
Postoffice Department Methods
Washington, Dec. 21. ?Methods
employed by the postoffice depart
ment in the naming of postmasters
in South Carolina were assailed by
Senator Dial (Democrat) of that
state in a speech today in the sen
ate. The senator read a lengthy i
list of the appointees in his state
and charged that many of them <
were not qualified to take the job.
SAYS HE IS NOT INTERESTED 1
IN VALUABLES WOMEN MAY
CARRY, AS HE RELIEVES MEN
OF THEIR POCKETBOOKS AND
JEWELRY.
Chicago, Dec. 22.?Police today
investigated a report that a well 1
dressed bandit with exquisite man- '1
nersy who, singlehanded, held up ob- ^
servation car passengers on the Bal- 1
timore and Ohio night Mier for Wash- <
ington in the heart/of Chicago's <
south side last night and escaped in
an automobile driven by a \v9raan 1
companion. Children skating on a t
pond at Sixty-Seventh street say the 1
robber made his getaway in a carj i
which had been parked beneath the *
railroad viaduct. <
The bandit boarded the observa
tion car at the Sixty-Third street 1
station and forced "the passengers'* to (
stand in linfr. M. D. Taylor, a Balti- 0
more and Ohio passenger agent, was
first in line. He gave up his pocket- 1
book. < : 1
Three oth^r men contributed, then *
the robber reached Mr. and Mrs. Her- <
bert L. Stansbury of New Mexico aiid
their three shiall children. 1
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"Madam," he said, "will you please ^
take the children to tfhe other end of ^
the car. I am not interested in any ^
valuables a woman may have, and I r
do not want to frighten -children. If j
you plesae." ' I?
As Mrs. Stansbury and children | T
obeyed, he relieved Mr. Stansbury of j j
his pock'etbook.
"Not muchr but you look as if youi j
:ou]d well afford to lose it, else 11 c
would not take it," the robber told j a
F. W. Williamson, another Baltimore j I
and Ohio ticket agent. > j c
As he continued the line of-passen-jp
?ers the conductor appeared at the j f
front end of the car ready to collect 11
tickets. The bandit regarded him!
:oolly. s
"It's quite possible," he told his 11
victims, "that the conductor is arm- *
i
?d. If he is not he can call men who
are. That would mean shooting and e
some of you might get hurt. I don't c
want that to happen, so I will leave 0
you."
Covering the passengers with his I
?un he jerked the bell rope, backed j I
through the observation platform j!
ioor, and as the train slowed down j
leaped over the rail and disappeared i
down the embankment.
OFFICERS GET STILL
Sixty Gallon Outfit and One Opera
tor Brought In
A sixty gallon copper stilling
outfit, complete and in operation,
was captured early yesterday morn
ing by Deputy Sheriffs C. B. Prince
and Dale Ferguson. The still toge
ther with Will Haynie, who is now
in jail, was located near, or on the
Watson farm in the Flatwoods sec
tion, adjoining the Mt. Carmel
road, near the McCormick line.
When Sheriffs Prince and Fer
guson and two special deputies ar
rived on the scene two negroes
were seated on the ground eating
breakfast, a trnra negro was
^training liquor into a fruit jar. a
When the deputies spoke the ne- ?
groes ran. Mr. Ferguson gave
chase and outran Will Haynie, the
others escaping. Five grMons of
liquor, already stilled, was found, jy
and between 1,000 and 1,200 gal- ^
Ions of beer was poured out. The ^
still was 'brought into the jail while e
Sheriff McLane personally chopped t
tp the still. _ ,
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Only Routine fatter* Considered
At Today'* Session
Only routine matters were con
sidered at today's meeting of the
Highway Commission. Topsoil ,was
condemned at a number of places.
The body meets again in January.
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t>OSSIBILITY OF RESTORATION *
OF UGHT WINES AND BEER
TO BE LOOKED INTO?WAYS
AND MEANS TO DISCUSS
QUESTION.
Washington, Dec. 22.?iFeasibftli
;y of raising funds for a soldiers' c
>onus by a tax on beer and light v
vines will be considered by the t
louse ways and means committee, d
Chairman Fordney announced to- t
lay after the Christmas recess. I
The possibility of a tax on \
leverages with^-small' alcoholic con- d
?nt will he looked into Mr.Ford- n
ley, said, to detennine whether it
vould be advisable an constitution- j
il to lift the prohibition ban suffi- r
:iently to permit tlieif sale.' ' c
Mr. Fordney conferred today t
vith Secretary Mellon but said lat- p
jr the bonus question had not been c
liscussed.
Other suggestions put forth by
nembers of the house for financing t
i bonus include a variety of sales ^
axes on different commodities and p
lifferent classes of manufacturers. t
In an address in the house, Rep- g
esentative A. P. Nelson (Republi
lan) of Wisconsin, commenting on
;he proposed payment of a bonus
>y a tax on light -wines and beer
leclared former service men would
lot look with favor on any such
>lan to raise revenue "in an outlaw
raffle in order to meet their legiti
oate demands for adjusted cond
ensation."
Even if congress attempts to
>ermit the manufacture and sale
if beer and wine, Mr. Nelson said,
ipproximately 40 state prohibition
aws would prevent its sale. Friends
if prohibition enforcement,^ he
iredicted, will present "a united
ront against this scheme for nul
ifying prohibition."
Declaring there <were plenty of
ources of revenue open for actual
leeds without trying "to legalize
rhat the constitution prohibits,"
ifr. Nelson asserted that "an at
:mpt to tie the veterans of our
ountry's battles to the dead body
if the liquor traffic is an outrage."
Replies received by D. T. Smith,
r., chairman of the executive com
nittee, indicate that there will be
.t least 125 men from all parts of
he county when mess call iblowe for
he supper for ex-service men next
Thursday night The supper will be
erved in the Masonic hall over
Jpeed's Drug Store.
iMiss May Robertson, chairman
f the women's committee to serve
he supper, has five committees
working out details of the evening
.nd the affair is altogether promis
ng as to profit and pleasure.
John Andrews, representative of
he United States Veterans Bureau,
nil be present to give information
,nd assistance in connection with ^
:overnment insurance.
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Pluck Ripe Cherriea. q
Anderson, Dec. 22.?Rich red ripe
lay cherries were picked from the v
rees of Anderson county December ^
8. The cherries were fully develop
d and ripe. This is the first time v
hat this has ever happened this
ite in the season, according to older r
esidents. Many times fruit has ~
ormed, but has not gotten ripe. ^
Bandits Get $10,000
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 22.?Five
rmed bandits held up the Steelton si
ranch of the Citizen Trust and Sav- u
igs Bank toclay and escaped with h
10,000. tl
MARSHAL OF FRANCE GREETED
ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY HOME
PEOPLE AFTER HIS TRIUM
PHANT TOUR OF U. S. AS LE
GION GUEST.
Paris, Dec. 22.?Marshal FocK re
eived a typical American welcome
/hen he stepped onto the platform of
he St. Laz&ire railroad station to- ,
lay, returning from his tour of the
Jnited States. With him was former
'remier Viviani, returning from 1
Vashington where he was a French
[elegate to the limitation of arma- '
uents conference.
For a few minutes after his arrival
Jarshal Foch said he thought he w^s
naking a five minutes' stop in t^e
ourse of his American tour. Almost
he entire membership of the Paris
?ost of the American Legion had as
embled at the station to welcome the
llied generalissimo home. As he
lighted from the train from Havre,
here were thunderous cheers of the
Lmerican variety, the marshal stop
ied suddenly, smiled broadly and
urning to a member of his party, j
aid:
"Paris, Paris, this surely cannot be
'aris. It must be an American city
am arriving at." ,
He thanked the legionaires for 1
heir welcome, saying that since vis
ting the United States he had come '
o l;ke the American brand of wel
ome. Many persons in the crowd did i
ot recognize the French hero. In- '
tead of a marshal's "uniform he wore
.business suit and a derbv hat. His <
riends who met him remarked that
. ^
is trip had apparently done him
luch good.
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_.A large group of French military
jaders as well as a personal repre- :
entative of President Millerand and '
ther governmental officials were at ^
lie station. .
As he was leaving the station, Mar- i
hal Foch said his trip to America 1
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ad been one of the most wonderful
vents of his life.
In accordance with the usual i
ustom when Christmas falls on
iunday, all the stores and business '
laces of Abbeville will be closed ,
ilonady. The telephone exchange
/ill also be closed from 8 a. m. to
p. m. The Press and Banner will
ssug no paper on Monday. 1
With only Saturday remaining
i which to do Christmas shopping,
he merchants are expecting a busy
ay tomorrow. <
NO SPECIAL SERVICES
>nly Usual Sunday Program In (
Churches of City }
The usual Sunday services will ,
e the order in the churches ,
Ihristmas day.
The Rev. James L. Martin, D. D. s
nil preach at the morning hour in <
he Presbyterian church. <
The union service Sunday night \
nil De in tne uapust cnurcn. <
At the A. R. P. church the Rev. 5
r. M. Telford will assist the Rev. i
Ir. Plaxco in the baptismal service <
or children at 3:30. i
Congress Will Rest <
Washington, Dec. 22.?A congres- <
ional recess from today until Jan- i
ary 3 was voted today when the <
ouse adopted the sente resolution to 1
lat effect. <
BOTH HEARINGS FIND TESTI
MONY SCARCE WITH ONLY
ONE FORMER SOLDIER ON
HAND?WITNESSES FAIL TO
AJPPEAR.
Washington, Dec. 21.?Because
of the .absence of half a dozen wit
nesses summoned to appear today
the senate committee Investigating
charges, by Snator Watson (Demo
crat) of Georgia that American sol
diers had (been hanged in France
without trial, was forced over until
after' the Christmas holidays.
A new batch of witnesses?nine
in all?were ordered to appear
January 4 for examination in view
A? fViaiv afofaffmanfa w? o/Ja
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fore in letters to Senator Watson
and others that they had first-hand
knowledge of illegal executions.
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Except in one instance there was
no explanations as to why today's
witnesses failed to appear. One
was ready to start but there was
some delay in delivery of his rail
road ticket and he will come later.
With the expectation that the -miss
ing witnesses might turn up in the
T ' , .
afternoon, a second session was
! *
held but the roll was called and
none answer. Senator Watson him
self did not attend the afternoon
session. N
Chairman Brandegee announced j
that in order to make the investiga
tion as sweeping as possible, war
department officials would be called
to take up each alleged case of bru
tality or murder. It was again made
clear that some of the hangings
witnessed by . former service men
included the execution of 11 sol
diers put to death after trial by
courtmartial.
The only former snld;er appear
ing today?Marion J. Wallis of
Athens, Ga.-^- did not serve over
seas, his testimony relating entirely
to the alleged killing of a private ^
by a corporal at Camp Wheeler,,
Ga., in 1918. War department re
cords, to determine whether the
corporal designated iby Wallis only
as "Corporal Crawford," has been
tried, were demanded.
There was an intimation that the
committee would proceed to compel
the attendance of George B. Hub
bard, who recently declared in a
statement here that he saw the
bodies of three soldiers which had
been disinterred and that there was
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showing the men had been hanged.)
Notified that he was wanted as a I
witness and asked to come along at!
jnce. Hubbard sent a three word!
telegram fom New York, saying:
"Will not accept."
WATTERSON DEAD
^ast of Old School Journalists i
Passes.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22.?Col.
Henry Watterson, known to the
American people as one of the last
surviving members of the old school
}f journalism and to his friendo
is "Marse Henry" died early today
it a hotel here. (
Death came peacefully, the ven- :
arable editor retaining conscious- ,
less almost to the end and con
versing during the last half hour
with his wife, son and daughter. (
Colonel Watterson came to Jack
sonville several weeks ago in ac
;ordance with his annual custom of
spending the winter in Florida,
of TTni-t TVTirorcL TTf? rnntraet-1
i.?uailjr x w* V ? ? ?
:d a slight cold Tuesday and while
seated in a chair yesterday morn- (
ng soon after breakfast he suffer
ed an acute bronchial attack and
vas ordered to his bed by his phy
sician. His condition grew worse ^
luring the day and night and the :
jnd came at 6:15 o'clock this morn- 1
ng. The Immediate cause of his '
le^tfc, his physician said was heart 1
failure superinduced by congestion 1
>f the bronchial tubes. <
CROP SMALLER THAN LAST
YEAR?NOT SINCE 1900
* SUCH SMALL TOTAL BEEN
PRODUCED IN ALL
TWENTY YEAR RECORD.
Washington, Dec. 22.?World pro
duction-of commercial' cotton- for
1921-22 Was placed at
bales by the department of: agricul
ture in a report made irabHe tifrm?hfc.
This is the smallest crop'?nce? 1#CR).
the report stated, and compares'wlth
20f650,000..pfroduced' in i$20.'r ~ -
Two of the most important cotton
producing countries?the''1 Unifced
States and Egypt-Buffered "J crop
"disasters" during the year, the re
port assorted, producing 'only- 61/4
per cent of their total production
of last year, .or~ 5,667,000 Bales less
than was produced in 1920.' The cot
ton crop in China, -South America,
Mexico and other countries, While
said to be not so importMt Commer
cially,-was reported Smaller thanua
ual. Russia, which immediately- be
fore the war produced around 1,
500,000 bales annually, lias practic
ally ceased to grow Cotton/the- re
port stated. W'<
Price? for cotton in the United
States were forced down beloW pro
duction costr-last year, the repbrt
said, because of the forced shutting
down of spinningiand weaving estiib-'
lishments in the" principal manufac
turing countries. Reduced consump
tion, occasioned by the inability "of
Russia, Turkey and many other coun
tries in Europe and throughout the *
world to buy cotton cloth since the
war, it was explained, necessitated,
the closing of world mills. Americas
farmers, confronted with a large
carry-over, last spring voluntarily re
duced their cotton acreage, it was
pointed out and the yield was further
reduced because "comparatively lit
tle fertilizer was used and because of
boll weevil ravages over practically ~
the entire cotton belt." The Ameri
can crop also was seriously hamper
ed by unfavorable weather conditions
over the cotton belt, the report fur
ther explained. Egypt was said
have been affected by much the same
conditions.
Th? production in the United Stat
es for 1921 was estimated at 3,340,
000 bales of 478 pounds net, as com
pared With 13,440,000 in 1920, 11,
421,000 in 1919 and 16,135,000 ia
1914. For Egypt the 1921 production
was estimated at 684,000 bales, as
compared with 1,251,000 in 1920, 1,
154,000 in 1919 and 1,337,000 ill
1914.
For British India the figures were
3,623,000 bales for 1921, as compar
ed with 2,845,000 for 1920, 4,637,
000 for 1919 and 4,167,000 for 1914.
British Africa estimates for 1921
were 75,000 bales, as compared with
81,000 in 1920, 60,000 for 1919 and
54,000 for 1914. The estimates for
Russia, however, were only 50,000
for this year, as compared with' 90,
000 in 1920, 440,000 in 1919 and 1,
309,000 in 1914.
The estimated production in 1921
in Japan and Korea was 120,000, as
compared with 105,000 in 1920 and
38,000 in 1914, While for China it
ivas 1,650,000 in 1921, 1,868,000 in
1920 and 784,000 in 1914.
In Mexico the production was es
timated for 1921 at 165.000 bales,
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is compared with 205,000 last year
and 130,000 in 1914. ~ '.i
TELEPHONE FOLK REST
Dffice Will Be Open Sunday But
Closed Monday.
Telephone service will not be given
Monday between 8 a. in. and 7 p. m.
according to the announcement of
Miss Essie Lee McCord, assistant
manager of the exchange, yesterday.
Christmas day "service as usual" will
be the order, the force working while
athers play.