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s ... . Abbeville Press and Banner I r ij " ' , ' i ' C ;> *' -lU'.^rr. ?. i c ? >. ' ~ * *** * ' 'J . * ; .vi* ' . ; . . . 1 " '? i,i * Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly ! Abbeville, S. G., Friday, January 27, 1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. J78thYear. FORMER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT MAKES FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE CAMPAIGN OVER?SPEAKS AT JACKSON DAY DINNER. Dayton, Jan. 26.?James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for president in; 1920 and former governor of Ohio tonight told Democrats gathered here at a Jackson day banquet that their , party stands just where it did "when the votes were counted" and is "ready for the next fight." Public opinion, . he declared, has steadily borne the , destiny of America nearer each day to the seat of the league of nations at Genoa. 1 In his first public address since the < campaign of 1920, Mr. Cox assailed the policies of the present adminis- , iration, condemning the work of the , Washington armament conference, declaring that America had refused . to accept world leadership and that financial depression was due to the "treachery of Lodgeism." Thousands < of Republicans, he declared, "now realize that the leaders of their par ty in the making of policy . . have j profaned Republican history by for saking the soul of Abraham Lincoln / ? for the spleen of Henry Cabot . Lodge. } Mr. Cox said in part: , "As I interpret proprieties, the de feated candidate for the presidency should hold to the unspoken word un til time has brought. the unmistak able evidence of payment or default , by those in power on campaign pledges. ... "Almost a full year has elapsed and very properly can we apply an analysis of its developments. The nrns of war still mar the interna tional perspective. Willing industry is without the aid of financial cedits. Countries solvent, if not rich in nat ural resources, are in idleness and misery. The reaction, true to proph ecy, is upon us and every community j is affected. The echoing cry of Am-j erica first is a mockery to human in-1 telligence as unhappy experience tells us that we are a part of the whole world in soul, by the will of Almighty God, and in practicalities! by the logic of nature's laws?Repub-! can dictum to the contrary not<vith- j standing. "Farm products have diminished in pr'ce much below the labor tost of production; vast inventories of shop and mill have followed the downward j trend until thousands of farmers and! business concerns are hopelessly in solvent. Only the resiliency of our banking system has averted the most dstructive panic in all history. In ventories have diminished in vali*e. but; debts remain the same. There can be but one final result to this situation. "And how needless it all has been. When peace came Europe needed re building. America had the supplies. Europe required credit. America had a prosperity upon which credit could have been given. "The distress in Russia is charge able to the terrors of Sovietism; the distress in America to the treachery of Lodgeism. "The first essential thing to our prosperity is the formd^ recognition by our government of the fundamen tal causes of depression. Since this would carry acceptance of the theor ies of Woodrow Wilson, there is hopc| only for the belated relief that will! come from the pressure of public opinion." Aged Woman Found Slain. Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. 26.?An examination of the body of Mrs. Sal lie Wrinkle, aged woman found dead in hw home in Dalton, Ga., this morning, develops the fact that her skull had been crushed and throat cut with a case knife. Mrs. Winkle was reputed to haVe a considerable sum of money. \ HARDING HELPS " IN SHANTUNG TALK CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES URGED TO ACCEPT LATEST COMPROMISE OFFER AND MAKE AGREEMENT AS TO SHANTUNG POSSIBLE Washington, Jan 26?The aid of President Harding has been enlisted by the arms delegates to bring Japan and China into agreement on Shan tung. Taking a direct hand in the .Wash ington negotiations for the first time the president today urged the Chi nese to accept the latest compromise offer and thus remove from the field of controversy a subject which has become a serious barrier to the pro gress of the whole conference. Whether the move is to succeed appears to rest largely with Peking. The Japanese alreday have indicated indirectly their < willingness to make the principal concessions proposed, and the president approached the Chinese only after the Japanese am-j bassador had informed the state de-j partment that his government was' ready to accept a tender of good of fices. The settlement plan sponsored by Mr Harding deals only with the re turn of the Tsingtao Tslnanfu rail road, substantially all other provi sions being agreed upon in the sepa rate exchanges between the Japanese and Chinese. Under the proposal Ja nn wnnld abandon lier proposition for a loan to China, and the latter, would purchase the road with treas ury notes payable at option five to 15 j years hence. China would receive! possession within five years, but | would withdraw her opposition to re tention of a Japanese, tariff manager and chief accountant during the peri od of payment. EUGENE McMILLAN DEAD; ! END CAME THIS MORNING' [ Well Known Citizen Diet After' Short Illness At Home Of Sister Eugene Hamilton McMillan, for 15 years a rural mail carrier, and well known throughout the county,! died at 9:10 o'clock this morning at1 ... I the home of his twin sister, ivirs Laura Faulkner on Vienna street. He had been seriously ill since Wednes day afternoon, and his death had constantly been expected for the last 24 hours. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs Faulkner to morrow morning at 11:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev M. R. i'laxeo, interment following at Long Cane cemetery. Born March 5, 1874, Mr McMillan was in his 48th year. His early life was spent at the McMillan old home place, now owned by W. P. Wham. All his life he had lived in Abbeville county and besides his wide family connection, he leaves hundreds of friends and acquaintances to sorrow at his passing. Engaged for about 15 1 :t ?u _ years as a rurai man tame* nt> !?? formed his work faithfully, sparing no effort to render to his patrons those numerous small services that are the lot of postal employees. He was devoted to his sister, Mrs Faulkner, and since her husband's death, Mr McMillan had done what he could to make life easier for her and her chlidren. Never having married he lived wherever he chose, at the time of his death having rotms with Mr and Mrs Foster McLane. When not out on his route he spent much time at Parker and Reese's store, and it was her? that the first illness came upon him. He was carried from the store to the home of his sister where every attention was given him until the end came this morning. fiuviving him are seven brc'iher? and sisters, his parents, Thomas W McMillan and Nancy Leslie McMillan having died some years ago. His sis "ers and brothers we: Mrs J. C. Mil* DEBATE IN HOUSE BROUGHT TO CLOSE?iDEMOCRATS HOW EVER, ALMOST SOLID IN OP POSITION WITH SOME; REPUB LICAN SUPPORT. Washington, Jan. 26?Debate in the house on the Dyer anti-lynching bill was concluded today1 and the measure was taken up under the five minute; rule which aff<)jrde members an - opportunity to offer amendments. Republican leaders announcing that the bill would be kept before the house until a final vote waa reached, said they were confident it would be sent to the senate late tomorrow or Friday. Roll calls during debate indicated that proponents of the measure were in a majority but it is expected that a number of drastic amendments will be offered in attempt to alter amend ments which call for heavy penalties in the way of fines and imprisonment for persons participating in lynch [ings and for officials who through negligence fail to prevent them. The bill as it stands also provides that counties in which lynchings occur must forfeit $10,000 to the families of the victims. Democrats are said to stand prac tically solid in orroosition although two minority members, Representa tives Cochran and Griffin, both of New York, spoke in favor "of the bill today. Several Republicans have ex pressed opposition to it and a num ber of Republican members are ex pected to vote in the negative on the final roll call. The session today was marked by a verbal clash between Representa tives Sisson (Democrat) of Mississ ippi and Cooper (Republican) of Wisconsin which threw the house in to confusion with several hundred negroes in the galleries joining in a demonstration that was silenced with difficulty. The flare up occurred when I Mr. Cooper declared Mr. Sisson had "openly advocated" mob rule. Mr. Sisson during an attack on the bill I had described conditions in the South I and had contended that mob vio lence could not be stamped out un til "black rascals keep their hands off the throats of white women." DRJOFFAIT BURIED i AT DUE WEST TODAY ! ! ? ! Thp remains of Dr. J. S. Moffatt i jwho died in Columbia Wednesday ! morning, were interred today in the j / j ceretery of the A. R. P. church at Due West, the attendance of sorrow ing friends and relatives being the largest that has witnessed such a {rite there in years. Funeral services were held in the Columbia church of which he was pastor yesterday, the Rev. R. G. Miller, D. D., of Charlotte presiding over the services. The Rev. W. W. Orr of Charlotte, the Rev. Oliver Johnson of Winnsboro, the Rev. W. B. Lindsay of Charlotte, the Rev. J. L. Oates of York, the Rev. E. B. Kennedy of Due West and the Rev. H. A. McCullough of Columbia i were other ministers who took part in the services. I ler and Mrs W. N. Graydon of Co lumbia; Mrs Laura Faulkner of Ab-j beville; J. L. McMillan of Abbeville; lm "r " ' r* ??A n,. "57! A . W . JXlCJUlllilll Ui VIlCCMnuuu, ~ A McMillan of Hendersonville, N. C; and Foster McMillan of Columbia. Relatives here, or expected, for the funeral tomorrow are Mrs J. C Miller, Miss Mary Graydon, W N. Graydon and William Graydon of Columbia, Mrs Claude Wilkinson of Newberry, T. W. McMillan of Green wood and Dr E. A. MeMillan of Hen dttMwrUfo. BE TREATY ARBITRATION OF PRIVA1 DAMAGE CLAIMS OF WA MAKES EARLY ACTIC NECESSARY?MUST BE DEC SION Washington, Jan . 25?A nc treaty between the United States ai Germany to create a .commission f 'arbitration of private damages clai growing out of the World war pro ably will be negotiated unde a de< sion reported to have been reach* tonight at a dinner conference at tl White House by President Hprdii 'Secretary Hughes and Republics leaders of the senate and house. Another new administration' poli< said to have been agreed upon w for a loan of $5,000,000 to Liberia The Genoa economic conferenc the treaties resulting from the arm ment conference, which was report to have ibeen confined to the w claims arbitration and Liberian loi questions. Negotiation of the proposed arl tration treaty was not definitely d cided upon, but President Hardii was said to have indicated that t suggestion of a new treaty probab wnulH hp ftHorvfcpH. Under the treaty of Berlin/ 1 which the United) States conclude peace with Germany^ 1 the Unit States reserved the right to join wi the allies in arbitral commissions 1 ready established abroad for the a judication of war claims. The tion of the United States joining this commission was said to ha been thoroughly canvassed by t president with Secretary Hughes ai the senate and house leaders, mai of whom are members of the coi missions dealing with foreign rel tions. If America was to participa in the established arbitration coi mission under the treaty of saiiles, it was said that action witn three weeks would be necessary. B cause of the recognized hostility many Republican senators to ai sort of the Versailles treaty the co sensus of opinion at tonight's co fere<nce was said to be that acti under the treaty of Berlin would impracticable. BILLY SUNDAY C Billy Sunday, the great evangeli who is now conducting a series meetings in Spartanburg, will be Due West Monday morning, preac ing at 10 o'clock. The Press and Ba ner said in its last issue that the R Mr Sunday was expected to be the Saturday but the date was cfrang I to Monday. The Monday visit is abs [ lutely scheduled and tne people j A'bbeville county will have the opp< tunity of hearing one of the b< known evangelist in the world at D West. MR. SALLEY DEAD Brownlee Man Gets Metsage A nnnncinff Paiiin? of Father. H. P. Salley of Brownlee, ne [Antreviile, this morning received telegraphic message saying that I 'father who lived in Orangeburg h died last night. Mr. Salley left tod for Orangeburg. JACK DEMPSEY PAYS $42,500 FOR A HON Los Angeles, Cal, Jan 26?Ja Dempsey, heavy weight champic has purchased a house here and a nounced he would make it his penr nent residence. He was said to ha paid $4?,800 for OFFICIALS DENY THAT CONFER ENCE WAS HAND PICKED, CLAIMING THEY CONSULTED REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL INTERESTS. / Washington, Jan 25?Proposals looking to development of American agriculture as a self-sustaining in ^noh-rr ttrora Vitr tho national agricultural conference while its committees continued work ing on suggested measures to re lieve the present acute situation and provide for general rehabilitation. The program of addresses which covered marketing problems in many phases was interrupted loug enough to permit Chairman Anderson to de ny the charge voiced in some- quar ters that the delegates to the1 con ference were "hand picked." Mr Anderson said that Secretary Wallace, despite the shortness of time in which to select delegates af ter the conference was called, had consulted farm organization leaders and others in making up his list. Governor Parker of Louisiana, one of the speakers ofifie program who was the first to mention the "whisper ed talk of hand-picked" delegates at today's meeting, also defended the conference. ^ A proposal for establishment of { commodity financing through loans to farmers running from six months j U) ynree .yc^rs w<w muvxocu vuuo; wj d-: a subcommittee working on this ->! phase^of -the rehabilitation program, inj The proposal was said to provide for ve! creation by the government of an he I agency for discounting * farmers', ad notes based on agriculural commodi ty I ties and live stock papers. This was n- j said to be one "of the important steps a-1 necessary to ameliorate' the present te j situation. ,ll"| A number of informal conferences !r" i were held today 'both befbre and in in during the conference session by ie* delegates who were said to be con ?* sidering the proposal of a resolution ny indorsing the "farm bloc" in con n* gress. Considerable discussion of the n" "farm bloc" followed. President Dn j Harding's address Monday, it was be said, and delegates favoring action in I support of it are understood to be j canvassing to determine what recep j tion such a resolution would be like j ly to receive. Reductioh of wages paid railroad j laibor and of freight rates was re commended tonight by a subcommit-J te? on costs, prices and readjust ment The committee declared that prices paid railroad labor and that of other industries was much greater than returns received by agricultural laibor and that a readjustment was i necessary. MOORE INTRODUCES BILL Would Make Railways Pay All Em ployees Semi-Monthly Senator Moore has introduced a bill in the senate to require railway ;st companies to pay an employees iw, ue a month. There is already such a law requiring such payment to shop em ployees but the senator would make this provision applicable to all em ployees. This will affect many local railroad men. Another bill which is of interest locally is that by Senator Moore to prohibit the employment by railroads of engineers with less than three lis years experience. It is not known ad | here to what class of work this bill ay would apply, but it is presumed that it would not affect local freight em ployees and yard men. IE Mrs. Hoover Heads Girl Scouts. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 26.?Mrs. ck Herbert Hoover, of Washington, D. n j \ C., today was elected national presi ia- dent of the Girl Scouts of America, ve at the annual convention in session here. CHANGES FOUND -J wtlmijL ; . ''\j& ? - iNDIA FAR FROM COUNTRY OF YESTERDAY?ANALYSIS GIV EN PRESS ASSOCIATION IN BOMBAY AFTER TEW DAYS' EXAMINATION. .Bombay, Jan. Zb-r-JLora wprthcune t . ;he'British newspaper publisher, gayp Reuters today an analysis of the sit uation in India after an examination lasting ten days, which he says he be lieves approximately represent^ the yrews of the government' aii& the leading newspaper publicfete <n In dia. "Returning to India after 25 years absence," said Lord Nort^diffe in his analysis, "I am shockcri at the change of demeanor, and aete toward the whites by both Hindus jaad Mo hammedans, especially those, of jthem who formerly were most friendly. For the first time in Indian history they pre acting in close combination. I ./ interrogated more than 160,Mqslems of every class and sect, aqd they .'are unanimous." ' Lord Northcliffe enumerated, the various districts he had visited*, and said thdl in all of them, as w$U. as in the Dutch Indies, the attitude of the Moslems was one of sullen si- . lence or outspoken hostility., He said one distinguished loyal Mohammedan j ridge told kin the most dangerous sign was that women were becoming infected with anti British poison adding that all students of Islam know what '-that- Meant. Lord Northcliffe, noting the large number of Indians wearing white ' caps, denoting their adherence to the principles of M. K. Gandhi, the non cooperationist leader, said: "The loyal Mohammedans demand the instant arrest of Gandhi, saying this would prevent extremist out breaks. But peace can not be assured until the Moslem question is adjust ed. The Moslems bitterly Tesent our, attitude, after having caused Mos- ^ lcms to fight Moslems in Mesopota- > mia. The recent loan to Greece is especially resented." Lord Northcliffe said that if the following program were instantly {carried out it would heal the wound ed sentiments and restore peace and tranquility in India: First: The British should again re cognize the Sultan as the kead <>f Islam and the warden of the Holy Palace at Mecca, Medina and Bagdad and grant a cross to them by Moslems Second: Adrianople should be re turned to Turkey. Third. The whole of Asia Minor aiiuuiu uc naiiucu uicx uv * iuav;> excepting Smyrna, for the Turks re gard Asia Minor as the homeland, and while they have no legitimate grievance regarding the loss of the fortunes of war of their empires of Irak and Arabia, they resent the splitting up of the land of their I birth. DEATH OF MRS. WILLIAMS - Former Abbeville Woman Dies In Columbia The following account of the death. of Mrs Cynthia. Williams, a former resident of Abbeville, will be of in terest here. It will be remembered i that her husband, W. ^ . Williams,. an engineer on the Seaboard was - * killed in a wreck, the family then r living on North Main street. The following is from The State: "Funeral services for Mrs Cynthia Williams who died Tuesday will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at t.hp residence. 1129 Brvan street, the Rev Truesdale conducting the ser vices. Interment will be in Elaawood cemetery. Mrs WilHams was the widow of W E Williams and was a staunch mem ber of the Main Street Methodist church. ' .