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PROHIBITION OFFICER SAYS IF HAD A SUBMARINE HE ' v<tft \).n . f.vr COULD CAPTURE OCEANS OF LIQUOR?-LJQUOR SHIP BEING HELD .^.Washington,. Jan 20?Federal Pro Ji R hibition Director Kohlose of North Carolina* conferred here today with ), Prohibition Commisioner Haynes in ^connection -with the British schooner Message of Peace held, at Wilming ton, N C, as a rum smuggler. Dsip^sition of the vessel, Mr . \i Xohloss $aid, would await the April ,tersn of t?e federal court in North Carolina. Ordinarily, he said, the prohibition authorities could ha^e disposed of the ship within 30 days from itg seizure as a liquor smug gler, but because of the internation al aspect of the case it was deter , tained to await -the decision of the federal court. l ; (Meanwhile, he said, the boat is j? ' ieing held under guard iby prohibit . lion officers and ,the liquor which was found aboard amounting to, 999 m. 1 J iKrtiic M9B1ZX? uau uwu wu ?M S; / He turn of the ship to ita owner ^ vnear bond was offered, Mr KoWoss said, but as the law requires a bond in doulWe the amount of the value a? the vessels which would have been $10,000 the offer was declined. Prohilbiton enforcement condi tions in North Carolina are improv ing rapidly, Mr Koixloas declared, adding that oyer 900 stills, were seixetl in the state during the past month. Stating that the chief en forcement difficulty along the North Carolina and South Carolina coasts Were thp, rum runners operating from Nassau in the Bahamas, the di rector said. "If I had a couple of dbraarine phaeere, I would capture so much liquor that they wouldn't teow what to do with It." W: my V ?SEE?. \ ^EXPERIENCE" V HOUSE V c ATI ton A V w jBSkf-V;y'i OfBRA CDIVMV 1 % rAIVAl auu v?wr?* ? J V Matinee Each Day at 3:30 V V IS Cent* 35 Cent* V AV<VV\WVVVVVVVV agf?A WANTED-? Experienced book keeper at once. State experience t' and salary expected. The Rosen berg Mercantile Company. It c mi FOR SALE?One milk cow, giving twp and half gallons milk daily. Will sell Cheap. -Apply to OSCAR ASHLEY, R. 5, Abbeville. ltpd H. " NOTICE?Effective February 1st I ^ will cut the price for laundering collars to 2 1-2 cents each and other'things in proportion. JOE & / v WING. 1, 18-6tcol. EAT-WITH ME?-Table board by the meal or by the week. Phone 1. Mrs. D. A. Rogers, if. \ *? Have Your EYES ti Examined FREE for * 10 DAYS. t] Glasess Fitted From v $3.00 Up. DR. L. V. LISENBEE OPTOMETRIST I ? i - TELEPHONES: Offic* 278 R??. 381 3 1-2 Waihlngton St. Orer MeMarrmy^ D^c Co. i? 1 DPI u ?>? ' ; l : y " * rORMER HEAD .M OF ASSOC TED PRESS DEPLORES SI1 ATiON HE FINDS IN tX GRESS?SAYS COUNTRY WITHOUT LEADER Chicago, Jan 21?Melville ftone, formerly genera! mane; if the Associated Press, in an Iress tonight criticised parts of onstitution of the, United Sta 3 leaving this country without rva/la* on A (inn/famnoH +iVu? k?rvn5rr s lacking men of high caliber. Mr Stone was gueet of honor . banquet given iby the Commeit luib. He prefaced his talk Some of Our Problems" with 1 tatement that this was the fi ime he had ever felt free in ddress to say exactly what liought. "During the years I was gene lanager of the Associated Presj ould not express myself on pa) an matters, for fear same c rould hink I was representing 1 ttitude of the Associated Pr rhich necessarily has . to rem: on-partisan and impartial in t matters," said Mr Stone. "Now tl no longer head that oiganizati can say what I please." 'Declaring that Germany, throe le war,, "had 'left us a world rhich it <was plmoat impossible ve, because of the many proble rhich were resulting in chao [r Stone suggested changes in i onatitution as remedies, paying ras unworkable because 'it prov d three equally coordiaai ranches of government?the jo ial, the executive and the legie ive. The judicial dominated, aid. V , I Mr Stone 'said the relation of i resident to congress had ne1 een settled and consequently " ace <many complications." * " "I think every' student of < ystem must agre? that our nati< I congress is not properly coanp d .nor its authority property i ned," he said. ''The 17th amei lent providing for. popular el ion ,of senators certainly has i nproved tae personal* . ui u ody.. It is almost as difficult ame the conspicuous members ae senate .as;te>repeat the wo: f the national anthem. "There is srafcehaig iwrong w le house. Its members all seem ave district minds. There is ?dership in either house; instc aere is something weUnigh akin ha os. "Out of the confusion impoi y a chaotic congress, party n as > nearly disappeared, at Wa lgton and a system of bloc c< ol is developing.'* EACE MAY COME IN IRISH STA' I. lichael Collin*. and Sir Jan Craig Already In Agreemeat On Some Things London, Jan 21?The Irish siti on took a surprising and un< ected turn today with the i loundement that Michael CjojTli#: ead of the Irish provisional g< rnment, and Sir James Craig, p? tier of Ulster, had arrived at rutual agreement which holds c le promise of a peaceable sett tent 'between the north and 1 >uth.' In addition to the arrangemei lade to settle the boundary qu on, it was decided to cease for ith mutuaf boycotts. What is c< iered of vast importance is the < ision to devise a better syst lan the council of Ireland, as p ided in the 1920 act, to deal w robems affecting the whole of I ind. > Belfast, v Jan 21?John Mi tarbour, who is Sir James Crai 9 [eputy finance mtnistflfr, describ he news of the agreement I ween Michael Collins and , ames Craig "ag the best we hi iad yet and the most cheerin le thought it eminently desira hat the north and south comb a the interest of the common eoi if sa lon# V the autonomy JUtfr k if****. RAILl'B PROPOSAL OF j ji'Toi ~v. HOODS ACCEPTED?NO R : .-.L ?> - ii0. STRICTION TO BE PLACED C CONSIDERATION OF ANY Ah ALL QUESTIONS., Chicago, Jan. 22?Members of tl Association of Railway Executives t day accepted the proposal by the foi brotherhoods of train service ei ployees that their wages and workii conditions be negotiated on a ten torial basis. Paonltifinna ao/xmtf nor 'flip nmnrtS favored the appointment of region committees to meet with the foi train and engine service brotherhooi in "a fair effort to compass and a just all points now at issue, no r strictions to be impose^ upon tl consideration of any and all questioi of wages and rules governing wor ing conditions.^' ^ If a mutual understanding is m reached at regional conferences, tl matter is to be referred to the rai road labor board as has been doi in the past The resolutions' provided that te ritories in addition tp the Easter Southeastern and Western, may 1 established if roads in such terfitori* so desire, or the railroads may da directly with their employees. "This action dees not involve ar abandonment by the railways of the previously pledged policy to seek reduction in the labor cost of railws operation, the benefit of which is 1 be turned over to the public in redu ed rates'" Thomas Dewitt Cuyle chairman of the association, said t night 'It sihiply represents ah attempt 1 direct negotiation and discussion wit the leaders of these four organiz tions to arrive at a fair and ami cab pftfflnf flio nrooonl hiimHai OCVUVUA^IIV VTA l/av |/1 ?OVUW \|I4V0MV| affecting these employees." THE PARIS PRESS , b; PRAISES POINCAR Chamber of Depoti<( Give# Vote < Cofidenee 472 to 107 Night Paris, Jan 20?The Paris press nearly unanimous in its praise Premier Po in care after his sfcat ment of policy in the chamber < deputies last night which resulted a vote of Icopfidence of 472 to 107 The Pigaro says: "Finally, one has the feeling th IVance has found a governmei worthy of her," and U?e other new paper echo this sentiment. It hard to discover pessimism or eve reservation in the chorus of prais Gustave Tery alone indulges in little irony. t M Poincare, he remarks, stigm tires tie treaty of Versailles ar claims to have.no share of respona ibility for it ibut his first observatic on taking office was: "This treal of Versailles is worthless and meai ingless and from it never can notl ing be gotten. We demand its rigo ous integral application and we wi go to war if necessary to assur That is our whole policy. CONVICT MARRIES TO OBTAIN FREEOOJ Jefferson City, Mo, Jan 20 Frank Jandro of Brooklyn, N Y, convict, married to obtain his fre dom and not for love, he said toda following the announcement that h wife, formerly Mrs Maytme Wadl< had applied for an annulment of tl marriage when she learned her hu band was serving a two year sei tonce in the state prison for breaking. Jandro, prison authority said must serve his full term. He said he had told prison a' thorities he was a married man ar as he was intending to apply for parole, thought it would be well f him to be able to produce a wife. Jandro, a chauffer for prison o? rials, and permitted to wear civilu clothing, met Mrs Wadley in the fe eral building where she is a clerk. The irfarriage is the first of i kind on record here' prison officii said, as no marriages were ever pe formed before while a convict w serving a sentence, ',j Watch the label oa yewr payer, * . r->Tirfr"-" THIRTY BILLIONS , iwPT BONDS I' E From Width the CertrMtttrt Be-. e?m\Mo Rnnui, Smja >n < Washington, Jan. 21,?An estimate that there, is: outstanding a totol of $30,000,000,000 of bonds, entirely \>r partially ;tax exempt, from, which the government receives no revenue wast made by Dr. Edwin R. A. Seligman^ professor 6f political economy at. Co*, lumbia University, today before the. house Ways and means committee, which is considering proposals for a; constitutional amendment prohibiting further issuance of tax exempt secu-.. rities. Dr. Seligman asserted that the gov-j; ernment, even during the war, should never have .issued tax exempt bonds* The reputation, of former Secretary of the Treasury- McAtfoo, he added, Js "tarnished" because he decided* either to entirely or-partially exempfe liberty bond issues from taxation. . "The sooner the government Te-r funds its tax exempt bonds ;into tax-i able securities, the better .it will be* for everyone/7 declared Dr. S^igmanj adding that if tax exemption of fed-; eral bonds were abolished, the gov ernment would receive.additional an nual revenue of approximately $800, 000,000. Dr. Seligman estimated the amount of outstandingstate, county and nicipal tax-free bonds at approximate ly $10,000,000,000. In 1 addition the government, he said, receives no rev-< enuc from7 $20,000,000,000 worth of federal bondsl He 'asserted that the. tax-exempt securities comprise a bo tit one-tenth of the country's wealth. j.Jf T- ' vv vv vv VVA? v VV V V\l ^ ' .- "r-SEE? V "EXPERIENCE" !s| V FRIDAY ??d SATURDAY i V V OPERA B&OUSE M ?1 V Matinee Each Day at. 3:30 V V 15 Cents 35 Cent* \ ? ? ..; i BLIND TIGER JN COURT HOUSE Evwjr&inf rfocMMry for Ti?or Joint Found in Biuement. , Spartanburg, Jan. 21.?Rural Po, licemen today located a bootleg jgint in the basement of tile court house, capturing one gallon of whiskey,-two empty jugs, one emptyikeg, a quan tity of empty bottles, corks and a funnel and everything necessary for a blind tiger, No arrests were made. A' police? man put in hiding to. catch the guil ty parties located Charlie Foster,. % trusty convict who works about the court house. Poster went into the basement and struck a light appear ing to be looking for kindling. Six gallons of whisky were captured re cently by the rural police in the oburt house yard in a Ford car.. It has been common talk in the city for months that a blind tiger was located under the court house. But it was n6t located until today. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. I % ' Sealed bids will be received by the Abbeville County Highway Commis sioners, at the Supervisor's office, until 12 o'clock M. on Saturday, February 4 th, 1922 for the construc tion of approximately^ fifteen 25-100 miles of top soil road from the city i: :i. -1 nil ? A 1.1 :11 _ :? il. limits ox \ji\>y ui ziuueviuc via me Poor House and the Jim Clinkscales place to Calhoun Falls, known as the Calhoun Falls Road, as per the survey of the county engineer. The work will consist of the nec essary clearing" and grubbing, exca vation, culvert pipe, head walls, and top* soil surfacing, and such other work^as may be necessary to com plete the work according to the plans and specifificatidns. Detailed informa tion will be furnished by H. Hum bert, Engineer. Each bid must be on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check, or corporate surety bond, in1 the sum of One Thousand 00-100 Dollars payable to J. S. Stark, Chair manias guarantee that the bidder will, if awarded the contract, within ten days after notice enter into a written contract and give bond in one half the amount of the contract price. Bidders must satisfy the Com mission of their experience and abil ity to perform the work. The right is hereby reserved to reject any or all bids. Done at Abbeville, S. C., by order of the Commission January 7th, 1922 J. S. STARK, Chairman. ; L. W. KELLER, Secretary. Jan. 18, 1922. ltwSt r "t Colombia, Jan. 13.?Judgt MUct l! H. Marion of Chdster, elected week to-fill aii" ttcr^cpl#c4^tetm ? *? '^iaWr^6,v of {'%e Conri ' an^ eieciedf Wednesday to ?1<J ,v- oiiuv ais 37* * - . , 5e?? Departme FohfStofies m \\ It's Great To S ffi Merchandise Straight From New V ' and Expl-ess?S Arriving .''.A Thi< merckandisewai S'y^-V ' sV. the < _ wm AMONG THE NEW r\' ' ;a?jP? 'I Men's hard finished \ SihW*** vuuiura, \, . \\ . - v , Men's work pants, da - : : v-' ed, all sizes/ $2. Men's Caps, Roys' Ca Men's white handfoert 25c,) 15c (2 for Men's cotton merceri black aiiid greens : ' / y .'if pair an extreme Barker Collars receiv $2.25 per dozen. qi Neckwear of quality, 11 the newest 50c j! LADIES' GOTH; (j HOSIERY, full fwhi Si We are now exclusive | ' ,1 i J ery in Abbeville. Pri 1} ll ; ? J A _ T. i T?l'i. An inspection is mviu ' ' I ' ' /:\> :,V ' t tti Obligatioi MAIL ORDERS FIU ? 1J Four Stores M I Phone 38. Proi ^aiaraziziiuaraaMuznj f f : -.er..< (,i > 'v-rfr-' in Janutixy Ffsissl 11 'ARRIVALS ARE Worsted Suits;* rk gray, 50. 'hiefs, 5e, 10c (3 for zed Sox, navy Mu% First Quality. Eyfcry, value at 25c." , ed today 20e eacl^ colors and ?* si-no ' VM GOLD STRIPE | onedf just received. l agents for this host'] j ces $2.00 up. m I id at All Times. Np . . . ^ i : ta1 n To Buy. > / LED PROMPTLY. 5 :nt Stores f ... . i any Ljcparimems "ji y mpt Delivery. . r amaniaraiaMniamc i "V-/ f ven Brpthers irble and anite Co. % ;ners v - JFACTURERS ) " TORS . , ?E rgeat and b??t equipped aonv> intal milU is the Cerolinet. j GEENWOOD, S. C. . u V - ' ' > > - . - I.' i'