Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Abbeville Press and Banner 1 ? ' ?i. p.atnWished 1844. $2.00 lear. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, February 27, 1922 ' Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. J COOPERATIVE PLAN MEETS APPROVAL ANOTHER MEETING THURSDAY IN OPERA HOUSE, ADDRESS BY R. C. HAMER?THOUSAND BALES ALREADY SIGNED UP, SAYS DIRECTOR. The campaign last week to secure signers to the Cooperative Marketing contract met with a hearty response ~^ oAimfv np. in every section ui mc w? cording to J. F .Hill, the county di rector. The ten meetings held in va rious sections were well attended, approximately 1,000 bales being rep resented in the signatures received. J One other meeting will be held' in the county Thursday, which Mr. Hill hopes to make a general one, at tended by interested farmers from all scetions of the county. This meet ing will be held in the opera house in Abbeville next Thursday and R. C. Hamer will be the speaker. Mr. Hamer is said to.be an excel lent speaker and those who hear him pi ay feel assured that they will get the best advice on the subject. Mr. Hamer is a farmer and a well in formed fanner who believes in the cooperative marketing of cotton. "If the farmers <bf South Caro lina do not enthusiastically support the movement now oil foot to organ ize and put in successful operation thfe South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative- Association, they need never start another farmers'.move ment because it will be a failure.", says J. H. B. Jenkios?.vicei president of the Peoples Bank arid trust Co., of York in a letter to W. B. Wilker son, a York county farmer, a copy of the letter having been made public by the officers of the cooperative as sociation in this city. Mr. Jenkins' letter was in reply to one from Mr. Wilkerson asking the attitude of the bank towards the -movement. Mr. Wilkerson had writ .. ten Mr. Jenkins that the banks in many counties of the state were strongly backing the movement and asked if Mr. Jenkins' bank would fa * vor it. / "In our opinion the proposed co operative marketing movement" con tinued Mr. Jenkins "is tKeonly move ment that has ever been started by the farmers that has ever had 'teeth' ' to it. A cooperative association with the proper enthusiastic support, un oer horvest and capable management, organized in ?Jouth Carolina and in the .other cotton states will do more to bring about and regulate orderly marketing of cotton at a fair profit than anything else that can be done. Therefore the Peoples Bank and Trust Co. strongly recommends the organization of properly managed cooperative marketing associations, and we unhesitatingly offer our facilities to this end. "We have quite a number of far mers among our stockholders; we number hundreds of farmers as pa trons and we are and will be just as willing, if not more so, to assist fin ancially farmers who are members of the association as those who are not. The fact that the government through the great war finance corpor ation and the large financial institu r tions in the money centers have en dorsed cooperative marketing associ ations and have expressed a willing ness to extend and are ajready ex Tending financial assistance in large amounts is in itself extending finan cial assistance in large amounts is in v itself evidence of the soundness of the proposition. It is a great pity that the farmers of South Carolina have wot long before organized such an as sociation. They would now be enjoy ing the great benefits that are being enjoyed through associations already organized in Texas, Oklahoma and MlSSISbippi. "The farmer who does not join in tiiis movement is not only standing in his own light but is retarding the future development of the South." Finger nails are affected by cer-^ tain bodily diseases. Ti T REJECTED IN SUBCOMMITTEE BY BIG MAJORITY?PLAN ON FOOT TO REPORT ADJUSTED COMPENSATION BILL WITH uamcvPDOVimON V/U 1 1UV/11A A V >wa W Washington, Feb. 25.?Rejecting 7 to 2, a proposition to pay the sol diers' bonus by means of a sales tax, the special subcommittee of Repub lican members of the house w&ys and means committee was understood to have gone on record today, 8 t6 4, in favor of reporting out an adjusted compensation bill without any provi sion for raising the revenue. The subcommittee reported to the entire majority membership of tie committee later in the day but a de cision was deferred, adjournment be ing taken until next Tuesday so as to give committeemen not members of the subcommittee time to study the whole matter. Some of those pro fessing to Have sounded sentiment among the majority members were of the opinion that unless there we*e un foreseen developments between now and Tuesday the action of the sub committee probably would be ratified. P( Aside from the ballots oh the sales m A*" J o Tflvflnna ?Trt_ til R r< & 01 a ti F m fen J*1 01 jl U! 01 P? te ti b] V, UlA ailU a 1/111 TTlbUVUb ? AWT?<kMV vision there were said to have been several other votes> in the subcom mittee. It was learned that a mo tion to report a bill carrying only an insurance provision ^was defeated, 6 to 2. - ' Both proponents and opponents of a sales tax appeared to be surprised by the vote on that proposition. Both sides had been claiming a1 victory with each seemingly expecting a fair ly close vote. Four members ojf the subcommittee were reported tt> have favored a fur ther postponement of bonus legisla tion in the belief that* in time the problem of finance would solve it self. Postponement is opposed, how ever, by a big majority of the com mittee and also by many members of the house. Chairman Fordney reiter ated that a bonus bill would be pass ed at this session and other commit teemen expressed tfte same view. Some supporters of a sales tax ex pressed the view.today that President Harding might again take a hand in the borfus controversy. It became known that Representa tives Frear and Dickinson of Iowa and Woodruff of Michigan called on Chairman Fordney yesterday and laid before him the whole situation plac ing emphasis on its political aspects. They were understood to have con tended that a sales tax would cause general dissatisfaction throughout the country, would, make the soldiers' bonus extremely unpopular with the people and might result in political upheavals in many normally solid Re publican districts. Those favoring the passage of a bonus bill without any . provision for raising the revenue said such legis lating / rm'M Vip fnllnwerJ hv another bill giving the secretary of the treas ury authority to use pror'eds from the refunded forej^n bonds in pay ing the bonus. # MRS. GILLELAND BETTER The condition of Mrs. Roy Gille land, who has been desperately ill with pneumonia, was reported to be much more favorable this, morn ing. At her ibedside yesterday were Mrs. W. D. Addie and Sarah Hol comb Addie of Savannah; M. E. Hollingsworth, Jr., of Greenville, N. C., and J. Laurie Hollingsworth of Columbia. I ASSISTING BAKERY Knoble Moore, younger 'brother of H. L. Moore, proprietor of the Abbeville Bakery, has arrived in the city to assist his brother in the bakery business. Mr. Moore comes here from Fort Smith, Ark., where he has been working with another brother. OREIGN BONOS MAY BE ANSWER HIRTY REPUBLICANS OFFER BONUS PLAN?OPEN LETTER SENT TO FORDNEY BY FREAR OF WISCONSIN AND TWENTY NINE OTHERS. Washington, Feb. 26.?Some 30 epublican members of the house of jpresentatives, prominent in the roup opposing the sales tax, came at formally today in favor of using le refunded foreign bonds to finance te soldiers' bonus. In a joint open letter to Chairman ordney of the ways and means com littee ?they said the use of these Dnds would "remove a grossly un ist proposal, prevent the political /erturning of congress and will be ist to the exsoldiers wllo saved for 3 these foreign debts." "The bonus should be passed with it any obnoxious tax and should be issed wtihout delay," added the let r, which was framed by Representa ve Frear of Wisconsin and signed j 29 other members, mostly from restern states. "Your action, on yesterday, sup >rted by members of the subcom ittee, in discarding any sales .tax on ie bonus bill," the letter said, "will sc'eive the hearty support of mem ;rs of congress generally] We be jve the subcommittee vote of seven > two against such a tax is a close dex of house sentiment on the sub ct. "A sales tax would penalize every c-soldier and compel him to pay to ard his own meager bonus. Nine mdred thousand jobless ex-soldiers ?* - i ' ?j i ouia De ODiigea linmeuiaLeiy tu msumption taxes under any sales "No sales tax law could get thru te house and senate in less than 90 lys?if passed at all. Ninety (jays ore would be required to secure a erical force to put the law in oper ;ion, thus taking until September ? October of this year. "Congressman Longworth is ail lority for the statement that when ritish bonds are received in June : July, next, these can be used with le approval of the president to fin ice the bonus, or several months jfore any sales tax funds would be mailable. "Semi-annual interest on this debt mounting to $125,000,000 has been Jted in the British budget and is un erstood to be collectible by June 1, ext." With tfiis letter , sales tax oppo ents gave notice that their campaign ould be vigorously waged despite le rejection of the tax proposal by le subcommittee. The entire Repub can membership of the ways and .eans committee will meet next Tues ay to consider th^ Subcommittee ae on and the-fight of consumption tax aponents will go on, at least up to lat time. MUST BE COLLEGE MEN ar Association* Tighten Reins Over Legal World Washington, Feb. 25.?The na onal conference of bar association t its closing session today adopted ractically unanimously the recom iendation of the American Bar As jciation that future . members of le bar be required to have at sast two years college education 1 addition to their regular law ;hool work. The action of the onference was on a resolution rhich, it had been explained would lace the association under the ifvral rtHlicnfinn n-f strivinc tn have lis educational standard set up in le States and universities. HOME AGAIN Jack Bradley arrived in the city [onday from Annapolis. Jack re jived an appointment rece-ntly to cadetship but he could not stand p under the physical examination nd is back at home determined to it fat. AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIA TION SAYS THAT IS ONLY . SURE WAY TO AVERT DISAS TER AND WOULD MEAN CHEAPER DISASTER. Columbia, Feb. 26.?Convinced they say, that any increase in coiton acreage this year would be absolutely ruinous to the state, officials of. the South Carolina Division of the Am erican Cotton association today, is sued a statement setting forth the facts in the situation, as they see i.1.??. ??J /vtnv**r inforhfaf in lIJtTill, ailU mvvAvov South Carolina to utiite in an effort to hold the acreage down at least to that of 1921. A fnirther /^eduction would be strongly advisable the as sociation says, four major reasons are given by the association why the acreage should not be increased and it says there fire numerous minor .reasons, the four principal ones are: "First, An increase in cotton acre age wotild cheapen all collateral held by Southern banks. "Second. Under boll weevil condi tions an increase in acreage means an increase in ' possible disaster by the boll weevil. "Third. An increase in cotton acre age means a decrease in food and feed crops. Let's make the Southern farm self sustaining before we again undertake to raise a surplus of cot: ton. y "Fourth. After bearing the brunt of deflation neither our bankers, merchants nor farmers are in a po sition to flnance a large crop. "Under existing conditions we ought not to run the risk of a crop failure and thus embarrass banks, merchants and farmers. Plant only such crop as can be financed with comparative ease." ine association iii iu> suactintiii, takes the view that while "a large acreage this year would not by any means insure a large crop, it would certainly very greatly depress the price for the next eight, or nine months any way. If we overproduce prices will be ruinous, if we over plant and the boll weevil repeats its 1921 performance, ruin.is certain, either way you look at it. Our only salvation is in a very small acreage." The association says that it feels it to be its duty to sound this note of warning to the farmers of the state and it reminds them that "it is bet ter to be safe than sorry." Dr. J. B. Johnson of Roclc Hill, president, Louis I. Guion of Lugoff, vice president and manager of the association, said yesterday that they had received letters from bankers, merchants and farmers in ^very sec tion of the state urging that every step be taken to prevent an increas 4!no f V r% 4" if cu aucagc witu wic ulooovvi mui iv would almost certainly bring. KILLED IN LONG FALL Drops 3,000 Feet; Parachutes Fail To Open. Arcadia, Fla., Feb. 25.?Sergt. Robert C. Washburn, of Lansing, Mich., attached to the Carlstrom Aviation Field here, fell 3,000 feet to his death today while attempt ing a parachute drop from a plane. Sergt. Washburn's attempted feat was in connection with a two days' field program being carried out by fliers of the army base. The acci dent was witnessed by several thousand spectators. Sergt. Washburn .was equipped with two parachutes, both of which failed to open when he dropped from the plane. The tail of the machine struck the first parachute, ripping it ? -a ----..1J A^ltr tvo vf i all Tr qtiH SU 11 WUUJU UJJCIl VIllJT JJUIIIUIIJ, ?"? the second became entangled in the first, likewise failing to function. Spectators said he seemed to be struggling with the tangled cords, as his body approached the ground. The two days' program of aero nautical and athletic exhibitions was immediately cancelled. Wash NAVY SITUATION I GIVEN IHOIflt SIZE AND COST FOR NEXT FIS- 1 CAL YEAR PROVOKES DIS CUSSION IN OFFICIAL CIR. CJLES?ATTEMPTS TO REC ONCILE DIFFERENCES . 'Washington, Feb. 26.?President Harding inaugurated an effort to- e day to reconcile wide differences of } opinion between the navy depart- r ment atid congress as to the size t and cost of the navy for Khe next r fiscal. year. t I AX a V? nue nuuse uimiereiite i with Republican members' of the r house naval committee and Repre- r sentaitive Mondell of Wyoming, the ? Republican leader, the president, i seeking to compromise what some c members have described as "the ex- 1 freme view,"' is said to have de clared that .with the size of the s navy fixed by the arms conference t the total enlisted personnel ought t not to be less than 80,000. J Secretary Denby is outlining de- J partmeftt needs to the committee 1 has insited on an enlisted .strength "i of 90,000 and the present officer I personnel including 540 members of the first cldss at Annapolis to be I graduated in June. Chairman But- I ler and other members of the com- ( .mittee have insisted, however, that ^ Mr. Denlby's 'figures for an appro- J priation bill, carrying k total of ? $350,000,000 wee too high, and re- I ports have reached the president i that a considerable number of house members were demanding a 1 cut so sweeping that there might be 1 j funds enough in the new navy bill < for only 60,0UU men. _ ' In the face of determined op- i position to his estimate, Mr. Denby 1 and Admiral Coontz. chief of naval < / operations, announced that they 1 stood pat on their figures. It was i1 because of this situation that the 1 president calied in the Republican ] committeemen, with whom he con- 1 fexrred for an hour and a half in a ] general exchange of views. The feeling prevailed in some 3 quarters tonight that the president ( had hit upon an easy basis of com- < promise and that he had let it be known he would not approve a bill 1 that might effectuaally "scrap" the navy beiow the arms conference ' point through failure to . provide sufficient men to man the 18 battle- ! ships and other craft allotted the ' United States by the international ' agreement. The status of the first class at 1 Annapolis was not touched on in de tail at today's conference, although it was said the/ president advocated a sharp cut in the numfoer of men to be admitted each year during the naval holiday. The house sub- ' committee on appropriations, in 1 Annai/forinc infnrmallv some means ' of reducig the naval appropriation has in mind a plan by which 135 of 1 the 540 members of the first class 1 will be commissioned, the others be ing turned back to civil lifeu D. T. Kinard Succumbs to Injuries. Greenwood, Feb. 26.?D. T. Kin-^ ard, president, of the Cambridge Bank of Ninety Six, formerly superintend ent of the school at Dillon, who had both legs broken and was otherwise injured by a falling wall while fight ing a lire which destroyed three store buildings at Ninety Six Wednesday night, died at a local hospital yester day. . SEEING THE SICK Dr. Fred Williams of Columbia came to Abbeville Sunday to see ' Mr. Ward who continues quite sick. ( While, in the city Dr. Williams 1 was the guest of Dr. G. A. Neuffer. ^ j, ( D. L. Barnes of Lowndesville was in Abbeville Monday attending to 1 business. ] burn's body will be sent to his home t today. f T I rHE GOSSETT CASE CONTINUED. FOUR MURDER BILLS PRE SENTED TO GRAND JURY-rJ. A. TRIBBLE GUILTY. DECLARED NOT Court of general sessions conven id this morning with Judge John S., Wilson of Manning presiding. A nong the thirty-one cases presented ;o the grand jury, four were for nurder, and two for rape, the others h . >eing 01 minor lrapprxance, pnnci >ally violation of the prohibition law. The case of the state against. Ken leth Gossett was continued without irgument. J. A. Tribble was found lot guilty, a consent verdict being lirected after part of the testimony lad been heard. The records of the clerk of court ihow the following court organiza ion: Present H. S. Blackwell, solici ;or; Ralph Syfaii, stenographer; Sheriff McLane, Deputies Ferguwm md Prince, and constables Archie Jrown and J: W. Bovne; court criers Thomas Finley, W. E. Morrison and E. Hollingsworth. prand jurors present were: Ji N. ishley, J. F. Sutherland, G. W. Jrice, F. & Hutchison, J. W. Able, 3. L. Pressly, H. F. Bonds, T. S Ellis, N E. McNeill, Eugene Barmore, W. f. Milford, R. T. Wilson, D. K. Cool iy, E. S. Martin, T. J. Able and M I. Simpson. T. S. Ellis was appointed foreman. Judgk , in his charge to ;he grand jury, reminded tiem of ;heir responsibility aS a part of the :ounty government, saying that" it vas their duty to look into and nake recommendations about any ;hdng that was for the good of the :ounty. He also spoke at length of , ;he large number of cases k before :he court for violating the prohfbi ;ion law. Judge Wilson -said the people of the state -Were determined to enforce these laws and that people had as well realize that it was dangerous (to handle liqubr. He ?ave examples of how the violation of this law has led to many serious crimes, involving the loss of life. The following cases were pre sented to the grand jury: The state against John Coleman, obtaining goods under false pre tense; Sam Sherard, violating the prohibition law, J. P. Brooks, house breaking; J. B. Jones, assault and battery; Tinie Belcher, rape; Will Hanley, violating prohibition law; John Roberts and Dewey Brown, violating prohibition law; George Harmon, disposing of crop under lien; Mose Willdatas, violating pro hibition law; Richard McAllister, murder. Cora iFisher, assault and battery; Love Booth and Ed Morse, violating prohibition Jaw; Jim Allen house breaking and larceny; Dlvie Thomas,. violating prohibition law. Georgianna Quarlee, violating pro - ~ 1 *??? *\ Ar\ T low/Jie an/) J .11LHLIUil law , uan vaut, uouuid rimms, Grady Dubose, Roy Barrett, Will Redd, violating prohibition iaw; Sam Walker and Henry Profit burglay; Vernon Smith, larceny; 5V. A. O'Bryant, disposal of crop inder.lien; Tom Gray, disposing of *ods unedr Jien; Cato Rapley, dis posal of property under lien; Ed Miller, larceny; J. T. and Pete Brooks, burglary; Ithama Maddox, aousbeaking and larceny; Bo Mas }e>y, murder. The grand jury returned true Dills against Richard McAllister, Bo Massey and J. A. Triable. John Fackson was arraigned and his case set for Wednesday; J. B. Gordon '{ jlead guilty and was sentenced to JO days or pay a fine of $100. When :ourt adjourned it was engaged on Drought over .from the preceding :ourt. The case of 0. Z. Campbell, jreach of trust, was nol prossed. rlalston Miles plead guilty to violat ng prohibition law and was sen enced to serve 30 days or pay a ine of $100.