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rAUBi IKU ? ' ? Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNEF ABBEVILLE, S. C. , The Press and Banner Compan; Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday Entered as second-class matter post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: Three Months Foreign Advertising Represp^tati' AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATIO - One Year . Six Months $2.1 $1.1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1925 TRANSPORTATION. We stated in our last issue mai ti Tailroads were losing business < short hauls of freight and passenge on account of the fact that travele: and shippers were finding it cheapi and more satisfactory to use mot< driven vehicles instead of the rai ( oads. The following editorial fro the New York Herald will furnis information that the railroads a: losing business in other ways, tl loiss in every case tending to redu( the revenues of the carriers, leavir -them with fixed burdens, and to th; extent undermining the whole sy tern of transportation in this countr The suggestion made in the editori; we believe to be wise, to be the r suit of a proper inventoryN of tl "X? 4-1* A OA' iaiTUx, HDU LU ut YVV/I Viijr VI vw sideration of the people of tl whole country, and especially < / those who own the railroads ai those who k look to those roads f< continued .employment. The conclusions of the Herald a: not different from the conclusioi reached. by thoughtful men els where. But the facts stated may 1 new tJo many. This is what the He aid has to say: "All last year excessive railwi traffic rates were driving transconl nental business out of the freigl trains and into ships using the Pan ma Canal route. They were drivir Europe bound shipments from tl transcontinental rail and Atlant water routes into the canal ships. "The greater part of 1920 was fat year for general traffic and 192 was a lean year. Yet in the lean y& ei 1921 the American coastwise ca goes passing through the Panan C$?Lal went up to 1,050,722 tons fro 669,096 tons in 1920?to the loss < \ the railroads. Panama Canal cargo from the western part of the Unit* State.to Europe in 1920 were on 749,447 tons; in 1921 they went i to 1,501,859 tons?again to the la of the railroads.' "These figures mean that trail Jpad alt^r ^rainload of freight forn erty going by rail from coast to coa! or from points near one coast t points near another coast were 'shif ' ed into ships because it was tli - cheaper way to deliver the goods. ] means that trainload after trainloa of freight formerly hauled ' froi < Western States to the Atlantic sei ' board and put into bottoms for 'straight run across the ocean to Ei rope found a more desirable way i wvii*5 uauicu vv i avmv pvibd CU1U pi aboard ships for the longer bi cheaper trip down the Pacific coas through the Panama Canal, aero: the Gulf of Mexico and then up an across the Atlantic Ocean. "Oil these two items of coastwi< traffic and United States-Euroj traffic the Panama Canal increai in one year was more than 1,100 000 tins. was soon after the close < the war that The New York Hera] begin to warn iboth railroad man; gers and railroad workers that U abnormal rail transportation rat< would inevitably drive more an more business away from the lar carriers to the water carriers as tl falling ship rates made the maritirr competition more and more of a appeal (to shippers. And The Ne Yorft Herald now reminds the ra carriers that the only way they ca iwnn 4- 1 5v^ wiav gicoi ivoo with traffic rates that will win ba< the business because it will pay tl: fctasiness to go fcack to the (railroad the railroads cannot mat low eW?Ugh rates to win back ti lost business so long as their opera ting expenses are kept as high as they are. To get these inordinate JV operating expenses down to levels' which will permit the roads to bid i for business they cannot now get it ii at is necessary for labor costs to come down, coal cosWto come down and the costs of other material and sup plies to come down. The traffic of ** J?Jo AM fllAOA VO tne rauroaos ucjiciiuo wn ww ductions, the jots of the railroad C I workers depend on these reductions,' ti DO . because the business of the rail- J C 30 1 roads cannot be lost without the e 50 jobs of the workers in a correspond- ' 1? ? ing degree being lost. ' c vej "Rail wages and rail rates mustj N be cut." * I p GOVERNOR VETOES TAX EXTENSION ACT Columbia, Feb. 28.?Contending ^e'that the resolution extending the mj time for the payment of taxes would re injure the credit of the State and that the section providing that the payment of taxes a^ any time would ^ allow him to vote in the general elec tion of 1922 is unconstitutional, il-! Governor^Cooper, in a special mes m sage to the Senate tonight returned I the measure without his signature. I The resolution was introduced by | e; fej Senator Wells of Edgefield, and was, h ie passed by both houses, the extension :e being until June 1. Because of the ig lack of a quorum the Senate passed | the resolution over until tomorrow's session for consideration. , The Executive states that notes of the State aggregating $1,600,000 for 1921 extension are outstanding and that there is pnly $300,200 in the State treasury. The great cred it of the State is due to its being able to meet its obligations, he stat ed, and should the resolution become a law it will impair this credit on the verge of another necessary loan. i Wednesday?The senate today ovenrode the governor's veto. Subscribe to Bank. Anderson, Feb. 28.?Practically e jail of the $200,000 of the new na ^ j tional bank stock has been subscribed J ^ r-lthe figures reaching $198,000 today j with several of the committeemen yet to report. Many of the subscrip tions to the new bank were unsolicit ed, the committees also stating that they failed to get subscriptions very few times. PROPOSE TO FORM BASEBALL LEAGUE Anderson Takes Steps For Semi Pro-Organization With Green wood As a Member 1 A proposal to incorporate Green wood in a semi-professional base ball league ahs been set in motion in Anderson. The Anderson fans propose to form a league with Hart well, ELberton, Greenwood, Ander son and probaibly Newberry. Green wood fans are interested but have taken no definite action. A further proposal to form a league is being considered by Rock ?iill, Chester ana iors. Concerning the proposed league a< The Anderson Tribune says: Anderson will have a baseball team of the "semi-pro" sort this summer if plans now under" way bear their expected fruit. A group of fans and players have been call ed to meet at th? Chamber of Com merce Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock when definite plans for th organization of a team will be dis-^Si cussed. It is proposed to organize a ^ team for games with Hartwell, El berton, Greenwood, probably New [berry, and other nearby towns. 6| Secretary A. P. Fant of the le | chamber said yesterday that there1 jg j had become manifested much inter- j ^lest here recently for a baseball j team. Charter Field will necessari- j i ly have to be improved for the big | ai sc H league exhibition game her& March jjn 20 'between Detroit and Rochester, j le Thus with a good field it is urged j jg'that the baseball feature be con-jjn 1 tinued through the summer. id' T. E. Stevenson, J. T. Phillips,! ie McDuffie Irvin and S. J. Scarboro, he ie local devotees of the game and'of in players as well and others have de-;C. ni co w clared that a local semi-pro team ,il would be a success here. .1 m1 iMr. Fant said that ha had been pi: is informed that Greenwood and sev- to :k eral other towns in the section th ie will have good teams this summer s. | and be glad to stage games at regu :e lar intervals with Anderson.?In ie dex-Journal. Ft MARLBORO BREAKS RECORD 1 loch Cotton Signed Up la Pee,1 Dee County I Columbia, Feb. 28.?All records 1 i the cotton cooperative market tg campaign were smashed last ' *eek by Marlboro county when 12,- 1 32 bales were signed up in six ays, according to a statement giv- i n out by officials of the South 1 larolina Cotton Growers' Coopera te assciation. This puts Marlboro kmnty in second place, Darlington ! ounty having held its place in the ;ad of the procession, Sumter ounty is third and Dillon fourth. Enthusiasm in Marlboro for the lan is declared to be running high -JO in 4-1.^ + I, UU Oi D. ?ivail9) wrc wuavj agvuvy f nd E. Wallace Evans, the county irector, expect to sign 25,000 bales l that county within the next few reeks. They have written head uarters that they hope to overtake arlington this week. Darlington, hich now has approximately 18,- . 00 bales signed, has been leading ie state in the number of bales' gned practically since the begin-'] ing of the campaign. . 4] iH. G. Kaminer, president of the. ssociation, said that last week the , l1 anks in Greenwood, York, Flor-.i nee, Barnwell and Aiken counties'] ad issued statements indorsing thej ssociation and urging the farmers : F their respective counties to sign, j1 1 each county the action on the'] art of the banks was unanimous he' , lid. j "The campaign is gaining great 1 lomentum all over the state," jj lid (President Kaminer, "and the: gned contracts are now pouring j ?i i m. . I ito me omces aertr, various i junties are beginning to show a een interest in the campaign to ] :e which will sign up the greatest ] roportion of its crop.' . ; A three day campaign' will begin i Unfon county Thursday at Car-j( sle. D. Bui9t Anderson of Spartan-1 org will speak at the meetings on 'i hursday and Alfred Scarborough.< t Eastover at the meetings Friday i nd Saturday. i Harold Jeter, district director for le counties in the Pee Dee section [ f the state, arrived in Columbia ( ist night "The Pee Dee section is n fire with enthusiasm for cooper tive marketing," said Mr. Jeter. I It is the principl topic of conver iton and the farmers are putting ] leir names to the dotted line of le cotton contracts as fast as the anvassers get to them." CONVENTION IN JUNE ?! outh Carolina Sunday School As sociation Meets York, Feb. 26.-?Although the', ate for the Convention is more' tan three months off, officials of ', le South Carolina Sunday School ssciation are already making lans and .preparations for the hold ig of the ahnual South Carolina J] unday School Convention in Co-:' unbia, June 20-^1-22. The Con-j ration this year -will be held at the ] niversity of South Carolina, the! ivitataon of that instituton to hold < ie ConVentiw there having ibeen J { :cepted some time ago. "We hope-to have the largest >nvention of Sunday School work 's ait Columbia this year that South arolina has ever known," said; eon C. Palmer of Spartanburg, j 1 iperintendent of the South Caro- J ra Sunday School Association in a 1 atement issued today. "Some of j ie most noted Bible teachers and (' mday School Workers in America 1 ill be present for the Convention. J "Every County Association willj 5 represented at the convention! id we hope that every Sunday1 hool will be represented." The Convention last June was jld at Winthrop College in Rock ill. LEGAL SALE. the District Court of the United States, Western District ?f South Carolina. re J. H. HILL, Bankrupt, and H. M. HILL, Bankrupt Under Order of D. H. Hill, Referee srein, I will sell at the home place J. H. Hill, in Abbeville County, S. on February 23rd, 1922, begin ng at 10 A. M. personal property nsisting of mules, cows, farm sup ies, farm implements, engines, trac rs, etc., amounting to around ree thousand dollars. Terms of Sale, CASH. J. S. STARK, Trustee of H. M. Hill and J. H. Hill, sb. 16. ei. % > V FAIRFIELD LOCALS \ % y" . > Messrs. J. A. and - E. C. Young were business visitors to McCormick Friday. Mrs. JVC. Leard and children spent Tuesday with Mrs. Mary . T. Creswell and Mrs. T. A. Talbert. Misses May Belle and Lyndelle Young spent Wednesday night with Ruth Young. Misses Minnie Belle Talbert and Elizabeth Creswell spent Tuesday night with Mrs. Fannie''McCaslan. ( Misses Alma, Lyndelle and May Belle Young spent Tuesday with Mrs S. L. Long. Mrs. John Spence went to Au gusta Tuesday on business. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Talbert spent Wednesday with Mr. and ^Irs. Char lie Franklin of Beulah. v Miss Zellie ^angley spent one af ternoon last week with Miss Eva Young. Mrs. R. A. Crawford visited in the home oi; Mr. and Mrs. C.? E. Brown n Friday. Mrs. E. C. Young and little Bertha spent Wednesday with Mrs. Mary F. Creswell and Miss Minnie Belle Tal t)ert. ' ? Quite a number of young people from this section attended the party ruesday night given by Mr. and Mrs Neel Walker at Pucketts. All report a nice time. The music was especially fine furnfthed by Messrs. Luther Wiley and Mr. Butler on violin and guitar. i Miss Lola Brown is spending a few days with relatives in Green* wood. { Messrs. J. A., R. C. Young, T. F. Langley, R. A. Crawford and Fur- , man McCaslan went to Greenwood Saturday on business. M :ss Lena Spebce spent Wednes:^ day night with Mrs. C. E. Brown. Master Edmond Young and sister, Claire, spent Wednesday night with Samuel and F. T. Young, Jr. Miss Mary Spence spent onei1 after noon last week with Mrs. Lewis I Beauford. Mrs. J. P. Creswell, Mrs. E. N. I Creswell and children also Mrs. Fos I ter Creswell spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Crawford. " Missee Eva, Alma, Irene and Nora Young spent Wednesday with Mrs. Fannie McCaslan. G. D. Mims of Clarks Hill spent the week-end with Mr. J. A. Young. Mr. Mims expects to put in Messrs. J. A. and E. C. Young roller mill at i rroy in the near future. They hope i to be in operation by Che time the j wheat is harvested. Misses Ruth, Lyndelle, May Belle j and Charlie Young also Mr. E. P. ] Dansby spent a while Wednesday j night with Misses Lillie and Pearl j Beanford. j Mrs. E. C. Young and little Bertha \ visited in the home of Mrs. M. A. I Bowen and the Misses Creswell onjj rhursday. Mr. T. F. Langley visited M*. W. | ft. Bowen Sunday. Mrs. R. A. Crawford spent Satur- ] lay with Mrs. A. W. Young at Puck- j ?tts. j HELD ON .MURDER CHARGE COMMITTED 46 YEARS AGO \ Tuscaloosa, Ala. Feb 27.?George { Nichols, a well known citizen, was J irrested here today on a charge of j murder in connection with the kill- j ing of Peter .Mooney at Rome, Ga., I (8 years ago. He was immediately i placed in the county jaiL VtEN UNDER BOND FOR 1 MANSLAUGHTER DISAPPEAR j Andersn, Fob. 26.?Steps were j laken today by Solicitor Leon W. j Karris of Anderson county to appre I lend Walter L. Hayes, well to do!j farmer and planter of Starr, this i :ounty, and Ed Wilson, his brother- j n-law, who were released on $10,- [ )00 and $6,000 bond respectively jj ast September after their convic-jj ion of manshiaghter in connection jj with the murder of T. F. Ramey, 'jj who was dabbed and shot to death c n his own yard near Carawell In- | ruvuve uy nvc ariucw aicu. 14 Hays and Wilson disappeared jj wo weeks ago and authorities be-jjj ieve they have left the United J States. Solicitor Harris has asked jj he state deprtmemt to co-operate^ rith officers here in search for the | >air and has offered $1,000 reward | or the apprehension of Hayes and 1 J500 for Wilson's arrest, both of | vhom were on bond pending an ap?'I >eal before the supreme court. ,? MASONS TO BUILD GREAT MEMOR1A1 Final Approval Given Pl?n? for Mac nificent Structure in Honor of Washington. Washington, Feb. 25.?Approval oj final plans for a magnificent buildinf in honor to Washington to be erect' ed by the Masons of the United Stat es at Arlington, Va., seven miles front here on a ridge commanding a vieia of the capital, was given tonight a1 the 12th annual meeting, of th< George Washington National Memo rial association. The structure and surroundin* grounds will cost approximately $2) 000,000. Rising 200 feet above th< ground the memorial building will b< in plain view of the national capital and will be passed by all who maki the pilgrimage from Washington t< the Mount Vernon home of "the Fa ther of His Country." The proposed memorial,-with it collection of Washington heirlooms is to be the result of a movement be gun more than 12 years ago by th< Masonic lodge at Alexandria o: which Washington at one time was master. The lodge now known as A1 exandria-Washington lodge No. 22 A. F. and A. M.f was lodge No. 31 in Washington'^ days. Among its sou venirs of the first president is a 'let ter in his own hand written at Moun Vernon. Primarily the building is to be i memorial to George, Washington, th< man and the Mason. The plan of it \ ' form was inspired by the great memo rial monuments built in the ancien days of Greece and Rome at harboi entrances and some whose summits burning flares pointed the way to in coming mariners. ^VVVVVVVVVVVVV^ S. ' ?SPECIAL? * V OPERA HOUSE * V FRIDAY and SATURDAY * V "DON'T TELL EVERY- * ^ .THING" N V With Wallace Reid, Gloria * V Swanson and Elliott Dexter. - ^ V Adde<??Snooky Comedy. * V "FCUR TIMES FOILED" v 15 Cents 35 penU * vwvwvvvvvvuy i k OXF NEW SHAPES, N ' VALUE Bion F. Reynolds, L. Dougla Tliflofl owfl .QWOT gl X ll^OV HIV uxAvyA | with the assurance 1 | your money's worth !find the style you lil ? at a fair price here. i a DADITCD J B*ck From New York At the beginning of every m- ^ son Mr. I* ,CU Parker goes to Haw York to buy goods for Paifcar Wad , Reese's store, 'of which he is the senior member. He has just return ed from there and he reports that I H is the opinion of wholesalers and ; most everyoMy else that the prieea - have about reached rock bottom. - Esneciallv is this said to be true of men's clothing and furnishings. which are the specialties of Ar. Parker's firm- He seys it is the general opinion in New York and Baltimore thht business is now at a taming point and that it may be expected gradually to improve. , Headline?"More Poison in News paper Offices." The recent treaty provides for the abolishment of poi- x son gas in war.' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Probate Court Citation, for Letters of Admiaiitra* V.\ By J. F. MILLER, ? ?., JoJ,. of Probate: , Whereas B. F McDonald hath made suit to me, to grant him Letters 'of Administration of the estate and ef fects of W. L. MeDonald, late of Abbeville'County, deceased, 'V These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred ajid creditors of the said W. I* McDonald', -' deceased, that tkdy be and appear befoTe me, in the Court; of- Probate, to be held at Ab I / * beville Court Housse on March Ibe, 4th. 1S22\after nublication hereof. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to? show Cause, .if, any they have, why the said administration should not be grantedi, t. Given under my hand and seal of | the court this ,14th day of February, in the year. tyf. our Lord one tfcotfsand ! nine hundred ^nd twenty-two and in 1 the 14Wh,year of American tnde pendence. Published on the 20th day of Febru-J ary, 1922 m the Press hud Bttme and on the Court House door far tbe| time required by la#. 3t. J. F. MILLER, Judge of Probate. Watch titt Jlib?! on your paper. -L'.W EW SHADES, NEW S in those Walk-Over, and W. it Oxford*. SS that you can buy Jiat you are getting in every pair. You'll ke in the right quality urn Dcrcc