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r.iua i n v Established 1844. ' THE PRESS AND BANNER , ABBEVILLE, S. C. , The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ' Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Foreign Advertising Representative Terms of Subscription: One Year Six Months ? Three Months * $2.00 ,$1.00 ; . .so; AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION i ? WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1922. 1 PROHIBITION PROHIBITS j We hear now and again bitter {j cr.tic'sm of the manner in which the', I prohibition laws are enforced in this ] state, and sometimes in this county, j Not that the.officers are blamed in i all cases, but it is stated that in spite), of what is done liquor flows freely,1, liquor of ai? inferior grade, and that j it were better that we had the legal-', ized sale pf light wines and beer, and ] may be of liquor too. Certainly if'j we had light wines and beer sold le--( gaily, it would be easier to get li-1, quor illegally, and it would be only1. a little time until we had the legal-' ( ized sale of liquor, that is if the pro- ( ponents' of the argument had the'r1, way. jj For the most part these conten- ] tions come from those who would like i to see the legalized sale of liquors |< of all kinds, from persons who are 1 not now and never-were prohibition- i ists. But occasionally a prohibitionist j becomes disgusted and is inclined toj< share the views of others at least in! < part. To all of these we commend the 11 remarks of former Governor John!1 cia*\r Fvnnc in an interview sriven ' I ... w the Columbia State Tuesday. Mr.! I Evans has not been a leader in mat-ji ters affecting prohibition, we believe, p He was the author, we think, of the ] ' i first Dispensary Law. Perhaps we j < might say that he is not in fact a I prohibitionist. But he has lately!; come from Europe where he has wit- ] nessed some of the debasing results i of liquor, wines and beer, and this is 11 what he is quoted as having said toji the State representative: ji <(l C.O?e back to my country more i of a prohibitionist than I ever was," said John Gary Evans, former gov- ( ernor of South Carolina, last night 1 wh:le at the State House where he i was watching with much interest the ( proceedings of the legislature. Mr. Evans returned to America a short 1 time ago after having spent several ; months in Europe and northern Af- ( rica. 1 , 1 "I have seen so much of wine drinking and whiskey drinking and beer drinking; so few persons who i were actually sober, so many evi dences of degeneracy brought about by excess ve use of alcohol, that I feel like commending our country because we took alcohol in hand be * !i. * J i.i _ J-.tL :? lore it nan gotten a ueaiu gup ou our people. ''Not that you see many people in Europe in the gutters dead drunk, yet there are few who are sober at any time. Day and night they are under the influence of alcohol. "Lloyd George is the only man in Europe who has any common sense? and I might say he is almost the only sober one. * ? "Moral conditions in England are at the lowest ebb. All of Europe is steeped in immorality?there is no Christianity over there. The people , go through the forms but they are absolutely ignorant of the teachings j of the Christ. The larger cities on the | continent are worse than Sodom and i Gomorrah, and it is a wonder that j thev have riot hp#>n HestrnvpH. The Arabs of Egypt were the only sober < people I saw." Sensible men everywhere and of ' whatever persuasion, whether prohi- 'i bitionists for themselves or for oth- i ere, temperance men, or advocates of J; legalized sale of l'quor should agree 1 that Mr. Evans makes a strong case for prohibition. The country owes i much to the men who have led the 1 fight in South Carolina and in( the i whole country to banish liquor. Many : men would owe them more if they ! would quit patronizing the illegal < trafficker in the kind of liquor sold i hereabout, because it is still doing i the deadly work which it has accom- : plifihed in Europe. Inebriety, degen eracy, sickness, and many other ills : worse fcan death are its results alike i in America and in Europe. We art thankful that it is not so bad wit! us as with the people of the olc country. We could wish that it wen better. THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE \ The New York Herald, in its issue of Tuesday, fitly summarizes thf wcrk of the Washington Conference just ended, the work of which ha: been widely commended by states men of England, Japan, China and other powers. The Herald says: "The achievements of the Confer ence, now a thing of history, are oi two kinds, those that are concrete and definite and those that are hu man. "The definite achievements are chiefly the abrogation of the Anglo Japanese treaty, the scrapping of bat tleships with the ten year naval holi day, the four Power treaty in the Pacific, the maintenance of the in tegrity of China, the open door in 11? -1: ?:?t:? ?.oc L/iiiiia, nits eiiiiuua tiuu ui puiowu and the restriction of the murderous, unlicensed subhiarine. The human .achievements call f<^r a cordial frank, open discussion in the handling of international problems in conference with the purpose and determination to reach just, fair and unanimous conclusions; the human achievements initiate a new idea in diplomacy?directness, simplicity, earnestness that I are of the essence if American feeling and American methods; the human achievements provide for friendly consideration by 1 conference of nations, in good faith if all irritating international prob ems such as hitherto have led to var. "Much as the vast cut in the cost jf navies means to the world the ;limination of the Anglo-Japanese tieaty means more to the world. With th's treaty out of the way the two great English speaking nations, Great Britain and America, ca? co operate to the advantage of the world in mutual confidence and good feeling as they never could have co operated with this treaty in force. "The situation in the Pacific was ?trained. America could not free herself from the acute appreciation of Far Eastern intr'gues, entangle ments and dangers. And for us the consciousness of Great Britain's com mitments to Japan complicated and intensified the many sided problems z'2 the Far East. No one of the con crete achievements of the Conference will go further in making for peace in the Pacific than the maintenance of Chinese integrity. "The world has a singular senti ment for Ch'na, a singular sentiment for seeing this /vast, ancient nation continue as- a unit and under the direction and control of the Chinese people. This feeling is so strong that nothing else \yill satisfy the peoples of the earth. In respect oi China, therefore, the Conference has achieved largely?enormously more than anybody could have expected. It now rests with China, herself tc make good the opportunities she has for reestablishing herself among the nations of the world as a physica o mnwol nttu utuiai xviv^i "Splendid as are the concrete achievements of the Conference, how ever, it is a question whether in the vOng outreach the human achieve ments of this Washington ( interna tional gathering will not go furthei and mean more to the world thar the definite items of accomplishment It is our belief that they will. "The Washington Conference is epochal. It stands out boldly among all international conferences, great est for its achievements and sanest for its businesslike procedure. II could not have reached so high in human endeavor except for the fine body of men constituting the Con ference. Each nation participating in the Conference was ably repre sented, conscientiously represented by its distinguished delegates. In the main a spirit of cooperation ani mated their purpose and character ized their work, and their govern ments at home splendidly supported them in their work. "The great thing about anything is its conception. The conception is basic, fundamental. President Har ding saw the Washington Conference in fancy?saw it while groping for some way to lessen the war burdens of the world and to bring peace nearer to the world. Without the conception there would have been nothing for genius to work' up and work out. With the conception be fore him Secretary Hughes gave shape and substance to the Presi j'dent's dream which in its perfectio 1 startled the world as its provision [ and purpose fell from the lips o > Mr. Hughes on the opening day o the Conference. Alike in his thoroug preparation for the Conference an . in the handling of the Conferenc throughout as its chairman Secretar , Hughes registered himself a giganti ( figure. ? 1 "In his selection of Secretar ; Hughes to head the American deleg? . t on and in his selection of the thre I other members, Elihu Root and Ser ators Lodge and Underwood, th President showed great wisdoir . There is no more distinguished ma , in inherent ability, in knowledge o world diplomacy and in knowledge o international law than Mr. Roo1 Altogether the American delegate (ranked high with the very distir gu:shed and thoroughly trained dele I gates from the Old World. BONUS COST ABOUT TWO AND HALF BILLION: Washington, Feib. 7.?The so] diers' bonus would cost the federa government approximately $2,500, 000,000 on basis of estimates pre pared for 'the House ways an ; means committee by fiscal officer j of the Army, Navy and Marin I Corps. Washington, Feib. 7.?The prob lem of selecting revenue sources t , I defray the cost of a soldiers' fbonu i measure rested today in the hand ,! of the majority members of th House ways and means c&mmitte and the Senate nnanca committee ' In forming the majority member i of the two committees at a Whit i House conference late yesterdaj | that whatever 'bonus bill was enact i ed should carry a revenue pro Ivision. President Harding joine | in an agreement that they shouli J confer jointly on the question o ' how the revenue should be raised , with the understanding that whei I a decision was reached it should b ! submitted to the President with j view to his concurrence. Discussion at the conference o ( various means of raising th? neces ,! sary money was said to have result I ed in no conclusions. It was belies ,! ed today that the inter-committe /conferences would begin probably | day "or two after the approachin; [ conclusion of the bonus hearing . ' before the HoXise committee. ,1 IN SPARTANBURG J , j Mrs. Nina Chalmers left toda ! for Spartanburg where she wil I spend sometime with Mrs. R. I . | Dargan and enjoy the pleasures o J the Billy Sunday meeting. 18 COTTON MILLS IN RHODE ISLAND CLOSEI Providence R. I., Feb. 7.?Eigh teen cotton mills and bleacheries i Rhode Island were closed todaj five finishing plants were cripple. ( by walkouts of part -of their eir 5( ployees and a/bout 8,000 textil , operatives were out of work as th I result of strikes in proiest agains .wage cuts and increasing workin , hours. In the Pawtuxet Valley, the se< . ond most important cotton mam . facturing center in the state, 1 . plants have been shut down since 20 per cent pay reduction was pi into effect two weeks ago. Every plant that made the cu j has been closed and one that di ; not make it hae been affected. Fi\ 1 thousand operatives are out o ' owrk. Most of these are unorganij ! ed. Some of them belong to th Amalgamated Textile Workers c i America^, which is supporting th k I f?f i?Jlr a I o wl 1/VCt Cotton mill companies in' th Pawtuxet Valley refused to discus with their striking employees th I,' possibility of a resumption of op i erations on the basis of 48 hou .week a/brgation of the pay cut. BIBLE SOCIETY CLOSE PLANT AFTER 100 YEAR! New York, Feb. 7.?After mor than 100 year of manufacturing bi Jble3, the American B ble Society wa announced it would soon close dowi I its plant in the old bible house, ii J Astor Place. The high cost of pro duction was given as the reason fo j discontinuing publication. ^ Th^'society announced it wouli continue distributing bibles manufac tured by other concerns. Watch the label on your paper. n COHEN FINALLY FREE Judge Signs Order Dismitsii Indictment New , York, Fefo. 7.?Suprei Court Justice W&sservogel tonig signed an order dismissing the i dictment against Joseph Cohe charged with the murder Novemb 24, 1914, in West Washington m* ket of Barnet Baff, wealthy poi try dealer. Cohen has ibeen at lib< ty since Thanksgiving eve, when was released from Sing Sing pr on on bail following the granti: of a new trial. He had been co n victed in July, 1917, of first degr f 1 murder and was sent to the dea house. At one time a stay of execute arrived from Governor Smith ji seven minutes before time set f his execution. Subsequently, G< enor Smith commuted his senten to life imprisonment. The ord signed tonight dismissed and ? aside tho indictment, discharg Cohen from custody and dischai ed the bail in which he was held. tlj SFNGER DYED HER CATS TO MATCH THE DRAPERII J New York, Feb. 7.?Miss Margar I e Owen, 22, a singer, has her freedc I today because she has promis ^ Magistrate Hatting that she w never again dye her cats to harmo s?'ize with her house draperies or t vivid-hued clothing she wears. e! Miss Owen was haled before t e'magistrate when agents of the S 'ciecy for the Prevention of Cruelty s 'Animals testified she had dyed e ' valuable pet feline to match drap< i ies in her home. The animal died, t j.' witness testified. . j "If I consent to be lenient," sa d Magistrate Hatting, "I want you A go back to Florida and stop dyeii f jcats." i She consented. l> f n e THREE DEAD IN a RICHMOND FIF ! ? Richmond, Va., Feb. 7.?Thr h persons are known to be de>a . i twenty-ifive injured, several pi 1 bably fatally, as the result of Q fire here early today which c i stroyed the Lexington hotel a g adjoining buildings. Several p< s sons are thought to have be : caught under a wall which colla I sed on the Twelfth street si<jle ; the hotel. Many persons were i |jured,in leaping from windows. 1 Property damage was estimat U at $150,0j>0. ' The flames, starting in the Lc f ington hotel from a cause as j undetermined, quickly destroy 1 the structure and then spread ! the adjoining buildings occupied < > J tjie Savings Bank of Richmond, t Pearl laundry, the Cooperative E [. change, the Anderson-Wilson pap n i Company plant and the Clyde * jt j Saunders Printing plant, whi d I were practically destroyed. e | NEW ENGLAND COTTON MIL Qj OPERATIVES WAGES LOW! g J Boston, Feb. 4.?Further wt reductions in New England cot1 mills were announced today. FitcHburg plants, employing 3,5 3 persons posted notices of a c a the amount of which was not st it e<*' At Bitteford, Me., wage redi lt j tions of about 20 per cent.' effect ^ j February 13, were announced e the Pepperel and York, cott f mills. The Pepperel employs* 3,5 operatives and' the York 2,0 e men >f ? e JOHN McCORMICX HAS THROAT AFFECTIC lTjLiiiuea^uiid, lTiiiiu. a- ov. ?- ? e complication of throat infectic h lasc night caused John McConmi( r tenor, to cancel five engagemen He loft aboard his special car f New York City. Throat specialists diagnosed t 5 ! condition as "acute laryngitis ai inflammation of the trachea." 61 100 YEARS OLD HAS NfcVtK HAD MEDICAL ADVIC Danielson, Conn., Jan. 24.?Da iel Cook Rawson, who observed ? 100th anniversary of his birth toda claims that he never has had profc Jsional med'cal advice as to bis healt I He spent the day in bed because ja recent fall. He likes to read h; j tory, but has never been to t: movies) BILLY SUNDAY ASKS CLEMENCY FOR DUPRE Famous Evangelist Requests Got. Hardwick To Commute Sen tence of Peachtree Bandit Atlanta Georgian. Governor Hardwick' has received a letter from Rev. William A. Sun day, the famous evangelist, urging him to commute the sentence of Frank B. Dupre from death to life imprisonment. Mr. Sunday is engaged at the' /present time in a protracted re vival in Spartanburg, S. C., simi lar to the one he conducted in At lanta in the fall .of 1917. He has been reading accounts of the Dupre case in the newspapers, beyond that, he acknowledges in his letter he knows nothing of the case. His appeal to the governor for' clem ency is based upon the youth of the convicted murderer and Dupre's Uiaiui iiiao uc woo ui'uuiv vru^u uv killed Irby C. Walker and wounded B. Graham West. No petition for cummutdtion, of course, has yet reached Governor, Hardwick. Dupre's motion for a new trial has not yet been present ed to Judge Matthews, who tried him. His case will go through all the processes of judicial appeal be fore it will reach the governor un less his lawyers take it there. Govenor Hardwick acknowledged Mr. Sunday's letter with a brief re ply stating that he would give careful and conscientious consider ation to an appeal for cummutation should one come to him. Mr. Sunday's letter to the gover nor was asi follows: "Spartanburg, S C. Feb. 1, 1922. "Governor T. W. Hardwick, Exe cutive Mansion, Atlanta, Ga. "My Dear Governor: That Du pre case will finally come up, .to'' you, I suppose. "I have heard a good many folks express their views on the case as they have followed accounts in the papers and I don't believe a. single j 'in/livi/iliQl tVAIll/) fool lllflflVd ' had not been done if the boy were given a life sentence instead of hanging. # \ "I hope you "Will exercise that clemency typical ot' the 'big heart and generosity of the south, and give this boy a chance. I have somehow felt that his youth and inexperience and that the fact that he was drunk are all 'mitigating circumstances, and I am sure th^t if I wete placed in a position where you probaibly will be, I would have no hesitation whatever in^comaiut I ing his sentence from hanging to life imprisonment. "I believe, too, that the broken hearted folks who were left behind li We< Whet ! morf sentimental Certainly It is not a mere peddled around to the chei Li' generally disappointing, refack?encl we have corrw don and every purse. \amnin "m LOUISV PRESS & BANI Abbevill Gi OESIl MAN' EREC The 1 HEIRESS TO MARRY . COMMON WOR1 Woman Worth $40,000,000 Says She Will Live in Modest Home In Factory Section. Chicago, Jan.. 31.?Mrs. Marion B. Stephens, daughter of the late Nor man B. Ream, of Chicago, heiress to a fortune estimated as high as 540,000,000, has announced her en gagement to Alexandrovitch Vansi atsky, an employe of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, according to,a story published in the Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Stephens, reports said, reports the wedding would take place in the Russian church in New York. Van siastisky is reported to have said that he would rather remain amoqg the working class and Mrs. Stephens consented to live in his modest home in the factory section. , It was his stirring stories of the w^r that first attracted Mrs. Steph en's attention, friends say,, while the two were in Paris in 1919, where they first became acquainted. He served as an engineer in Kolchak's army. ^ Mrs. Stephens' husband, Redmond D. Stephens, attorney, oDtained a 91 /orce in 1918 on the grounds that "Mrs. Stephens wanted to travel %D. the time; wanted to come and go, she j lid as she pleased, and wanted to be free." To Construct Tubercular Hospital San Francisco, Feb. 7.?The gov ernment today completed the pur chase of 200 acres of land four miles ' from Livermore, near here and -srjllv construct on this property a $2,000, 000 hospital for the treatment of tu beruclar ex-service men, Major LfP.oos r. Grant, director of the United States veterans' bureau in San Fran :isco, announced last night . Budapest, Hungary, embraces the historic town of Ofen, once a Roman :olony. ' 77? T because of the life he took would not feel that injustice had been done if he were sent to the prison for life instead of having ,a rope aibout his neck. ' "I know nothing of the cas$MeXr cept what I have r^ad in Hth$ papers which have come to ( SpartaiSjfljrg during my meetings , here. had a sort of feeling that p^rfcafs the idea of commuting his segteBee would come to you, and I thiak ,1 can speak for a great many fojks when I say that by so doing tkey will agTee that you have done the just and merciful thing. "With kindest regards, "Most cordially yours, (Signed) "W. A. SUNDAY." itions than a \reddingr Invitation? mechanical product to bo ipest bidder. Cheap finer/ Our work is easily within :t samples for every occa ngravers. and ^Stationers ILLE YER COMPANY, le, S. C. /VCII UIUlllClO arble and anite Co. GNE&S LIFACTURERS TORS argot and beat equipped monv > entai milU in the Carolina*. GEENWOOD, S. 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