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FIE DEFICIENCY
TvAVY MAY HAVE TO TIE UP
SHIPS?SUM INCLUDED IN RE
PORT OF HOUSE APPROPRIA
TIONS COMMITTEE FALLS FAR
N SHORT.
Washington, March 2.?Necessity
f tying up every ship in the navy
*AT lack of fuel to permit operation
faced the navy department as an im
mediate possibility tonight due to ac
tiMi of the house appropriations com
mittee in reporting out today a de
|, ficiency item of $6,200,000 for naval
f*el to be used during the remainder
of" the fiscal year. The sum is'about
o*e-half of the original deficiency es
timate submitted by the department.
^ As drawn by the committee the bill
d?es not provide for an additional ap
propriation but merely authorized
the . department to spend what it
might be able to take from other
current appropriations for fuel up to
the limit set.
Naval officials are known to regard
tie situation as serious, although
Secretary Denby refused tonight to
authorize any comment on the action
of the committee. There were indi-1
cations, however, that </rders must j
forward to all parts of the navy al-!
most immediately under which no!
siiip .would be permitted to operate !
UBder steam for the remainder of the
fiscal year, unless administration of-j
ficials were successful in including!
congress to make more liberal fuel.
prevision.
While the navy department has;
authority under existing law to cre-l
ate deficiencies !as an emergency mat- i
ter, it is known that the policy of the j
administration is against that prac-j
ice and that Secretary Denby pro-!
3i?sed to keep expenditures of his j
department within limits of appro-!
priations if it is possible to do so.
In presenting: the fuel deficiency!
situation to the subcommittee on |
.naval appropriations, Secretary Den-1
by. pointed out that the original es-1
rimates for the current year were|
$37,000,000, which was ultimately
reduced by the department to $30,
> 000,000 and cut by congress to $17,
500,000. Of that sum only $14,000,
000 was available for fleet fuel, and j
.Mr. Denby explained that should]
vevery ship now 'in commission re-1
main at anchor throughout th^e year,
the total fuel bill to keep them under
necessary steam in port would a
mount to $12,850,000, which would
]eave the navy only $1,150,000 for
operations'under way as against $18
500,000 requested for the 192&
- Steps taken to save fuel last year
included cancellation of combined
fleet maneuvers, abandonment of the
regular full power trials conducted
aAnually for all ships as a test of
eitgineering personnel and engines
aftd the cancellation of all maneuvers
?)>erations except during target prae
tftc. '
Destroyers on both c*asts are now
reduced tq a maximum of eight hours
steaming per month t# save fuel and
<^tprt&l ships oi Dotn neeis to a max
iiftum of five days' steaming per
ax o nth. To keep within the deficiency
limit indicated by the appropriations
committee today, however, it is said,
to be obvious that even these steam
ing allowances must be suspended
and every ship from battleships and
destroyers to naval transports and
tugs be kept idle at anchor at the
dock with only sufficient steam in
their boilers to provide fire protec
tion, lights, heating and other vital
necessities of ship life. Training the
aavy for service can not be conduct
ed under such circumstances, officers
declared, and the department is un
derstood to be awaiting the final ac
tion of congress on the fuel defici
ency with great anxiety.
Morris Meschine of Lowndesville
^ was a business visitor in the city yes
terday. 1
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NEW BONUS PLAN
GIVEN THOUGHT
CASH FEATURE MAY "BE CHANG
ED?EFFORT BEING MADE TO
WORK OUT SCHEME PROVID
ING ISSUANCE OF CERTIFIC
ATES?COMMITTEE AT WORK
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Washington, Mar. 2.?Elimination
i of the cash feature of the soldiers'
bonus bill, but .under a plan which
would enable former service men to
obtain funds from banks on adjusted
service certificates immediately after
they were issued is under considera
tion by majority members of the
I house ways and means committee as
a possible solution of the bonus prob
lem.
This would' make unneessary any
heavy draft on the federal treasury
during the next two years while the
refunding of the $6,500,000,000
short dated debt is in progress and,
it was said, would remove the funda
mental cause ,of the differences in
congress and between the administra
tion and congress oyer the bonus
question.
The task of working out the plan
w^s assigned today to a special sub
committee which was appointed by
what was described as "unanimous
consent" after the majority mem
bers had failed to agree on any meth
ed of financing the cash payment.
Committee members said it was
not ^proposed to change the vocation
al bill. Some of them thought, how
ever, that the certificate feature
would be so attractive that a
great majority of the men would
elect that option of the bill.
Under the plan now contemplated
the face value of the adjusted service
certificate would be equal to the sum
of the adjusted service pay of the
veteran ($1 a day for domestic ser
vice and $1.25 a da? for foreign ser
vice less the $60 bonus paid at the
time of discharge) increased by 40
per cent, plus interest thereon for 20
years at the rate of 4% per cent, a
year, compounded annually. The to
tal face value thus would be approxi
mately 3.38 times the amount of
cash that a veteran lyould have re
ceived under the cash feature.
Immediately after the certificate
was received the service man could
obtain from a bank an amount equal
to 60 per cent, of the total of the
adjusted service pay. If at the expir
ation of three years the sum thus
obtained plus interest had not been
paid by the service men the bank
could make demand on the federal
treasury for the amount due. The
government thus would take over
and carry tne loan.
ft C. HAMER TALKS
R. . Hamer, one of the organiz
ers of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Association, spoke to a
small audience of farmers and busi
ness men of Abbeville yesterday in
the court house. Mr. Hamer is a
farmer, merchant and banker and a
very interesting talker. He explain
ed in detail th? purpose of the or?
jgani^ation . and answered many
questions asiud him by thjse pres
ent He eocpressed a desire to hav^
Mr. Sapiro, the organizer of the
California Fruit Growers Associa
tion, come to Abbeville to make a
talk provided sufficient enthusiasm
is shown.
DEATH OF MR. DICKSON
Chas. J. Dickson , of Calhoun Falls
died at his home on Wednesday night
and was buried Thursday afternoon
at the Hester burial ground after a
short funeral service at the residence
fnnHiift.pd hv Rev. G. M. Telford oi
Abbeville.
M^. Dickson was about fifty years
of age and is survived by a widow
three sons and two daughters. On<
son, J. T. Dickson resides at home;
one at Hester with his uncle and one
at St. Augustine, Fla. One daughtei
Mrs. Greene resides in Atlanta anc
Mrs. DuPont at Houston, Texasv
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LLOYD GEORGE
MAY QUIT OFFICE
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HINTS HAVE BEEN CURRENT
i IN POLITICAL CIRCLES IN
LONDON FOR . SOME TIME.
NO PUBLIC THREAT TO RE
SIGN YET MADE
London, Mar. 1.?Premier Lloyd
George has thus far made no public
threat to resign, but be has don? so
definitely to Austen Qhamfberlain
and other Unionist leaders. His ac
tion is in the nature of a protest
against the tactics that have been
employed to undermine his power
i in the coalition and in parliament.
If the prime minister presents his
resignation, it will merely be a per
sonal resignation, and not the
resignation of the government.
The prime minister's threat of
resignation has been the political
sensation of the day. Hints of Lloyd
George's' resignatin have been cur
rent ever since Sir George Young
er, head of the Conservative party
organization, engineered a revolt on
som? 50 "die hard" Tories against
the premier during the latter's ab
sence at the Cannes meeting.
On? outcome of the revolt was a
practical split in the coalition, and
public abandonment of the socalled
coupon system under which
candidates, whether Conservative or
Liberal, entered the electoral con
j tests under a united banner.
The attitude of the "die hards" is
that they decline to recognize Lloyd
George's leadership unless they are
allowed to dictate the policy of
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| tneir cuaiiLiua, wmuii wuuiu muuuc
restoration of the legislative veto to
the house of. lords and a protective
tariff.
The prime minister is said to
hav? threatened to resign when he
returned from Cannes, but was dis
suaded "by Austen Chamberlain.
(Since then disintegration in the
coalition has proceeded rapidly, a
large body of the Conservatives
showing a disposition to support the
revolting element. At the same
time, recent bye-elections, in which
th? government candidates were de
feated, tended to show that the
country was completely out of
sympathy with the coalition, while
the Labr party and the Asquithian
Liberals, who opposed the coalition,
a^e constantly gaining strength.
LEGION MEETING "
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Committee Appointed to Secure
Club Room.
At the meeting last evening of the
American Legion, plane were gotte#
under way to secure a suitable club
room for the Abbeville post. The
members also discussed and agreed
to support and promote the Ada
Jones show which will be in Abbe
ville on the night of March 14. A
very favorable contract has been
signed and the proceeds of the en
tertainment will be used to furnish
the proposed club room. Various ad
vertising schemes were discussed and
a. committee, consisting of John Lo
max, G. A~ Neuffer, and D. H. Sul
livan, to be known as the barrage
throwers, was appointed to put them
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into execution.
The committee on club room is
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cpmposed of "Wallace Harris, G. A.
Neuffer and Arthur Rosenberg. This
committee is as instructed to have
a definite proposition to submit next
Thursday night, which is the next
, meeting date. G. C. Swetenburg, W.
T/-.ol QmifVi TJVnnV McNeill were
i appointed by. Commander Cheatham
^ to assist Mr. Verchot in handling va
rious details in connection with the
. Ada Jones show. Miss May Robertson
was prevailed upon to accept the
/chairmanship of a committee of wom
en to aid the Legion in putting the
[ show over.
AT THE A. R. P. CHURCH
President R. C. Grier of Erskine
I College will preach in the A. R. P.
church Sunday morning.
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THE I. C. C. TO MAKE RATES
WHICH WILL ALLOW RAIL
ROADS REASONABLE RE
TURN ON VALUE OF PROPER
TY. ^
Washington, March 1.?Two im
portant changes in government poli
cy towards the nation's railroads
became effective today.
The section of the transportation
act fixing six per cent as the return
on railroad properties which rail
roads are entitled to earn under in
terstate commerceCommission, regu
lations expired toaay. Also with to
day there expired the period during
which railroads which wer? control
led 'by the government during the
war are entitled to ask government
loans to aid them in continuing op
erations after return to private
management.
The six per cent return clause,
generally called the "guarantee pro
vision," Is superceded today by the
transportation act provisions which j
hereafter require the interstate
commerce commission to make rates
that will give railroads a "reason
able return on the value of property
used in transportation." The com
mission is expected therefore to de
fin? for itself what earnings consti
tute reasonable return and to . make
rates accordingly. The subject of
the definition of^ reasonable return
has already been taken up formally
by the commission for the purpose
of securing arguments from rail
roads and interested parties to pro
ceed (before it in relation to' rate
regulation.
Applications from roads desiring
the loans have be^n pouring in on
the commission jn considerable
numbers during the last few days,
in the endeavor to get in before
the limitation begun. Among roads
asking for monetary aid today were
the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis
which sought $1,000,000 for new
equipment and repairs, and the
Memphis, Dallas and Gulf whi^h
asked $246,782, half of which is to
be used for new equipment and the
balance for improvement to its
line. There are also in the files of
the commission, it is understood, a
number of applications which will
be *iade public after being record
ed.
COURT ADJOURNS
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Ward Thompson Found Guilty.
Get* 40 Years
The jury charged with the trial
of the case of The State against
Ward Thompson, indicted for as
sault with intent to ravish, was ont
when our Wednesday's issue came
from the press. The aigumente in
the case were finished Tuesday af
ternoon, and Wednesday morning
at 9 o'clock Judge Wilson delivered
his charge to the jury. Considera
tion of the case began at 10 o'clock,
or shortly afterwards.
After the jury retired no word
came from it until the verdict was
announced Thursday morning. The
on embers of the jury were in con
tinuous deliberation for a period
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aiooui twenty uvura. irvwiug uw
come from the jury directly but it
is generally believed that the whole
debate was over the question of a
recommendation to mercy in the
case. To have found the defendant
guilty without such recommendation
would have meant death by electro
cution, while the recommendation
to mercy saved the life of the de
fendant
Thursday morning at about 6:30
the jury notified the sheriff that an
agreement had been reached in the
case, and as soon as possible the
Judge convened the court to hear
the verdict. When the verdict carry
ing the recommendation to mercy
had been read and the jury dis
charged, Judge Wilson immediately
sentenced the defendant to hard
labor in the penitentiaiy for a peri
OUR-POWER PACIFIC PACT IS
BROUGHT UP?BIITTERLY
FOUGHT DEBATE EXPECTED.
NO AMENDMENTS OR RESER
VATIONS TO TREATY
Washington, Mar. 2.?Taking its
rst ratification roH call on the s^
es of international covenants ne
jtiated during the arms conference
le senate today ratified without
iservation or amendments the
eaty .with Japan confirming Amer
an cable and radio rights on the
land of Yap, the final vote, 67 to
2, representing a maigi^ of seven
the necesary I two-third3. The
2 Democrats present divided, 13
? ratification and ' 19 against,
hile only three Republicans voted
i the negative.
As soon as the result had been
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inounced the four power Pacific
eaty, the pivotal agreement of the
:ms conference series, was brought
jfore the senate for action. The
rolonged and bitterly fought de
ite which is expected to precede a
)te on it will begin tomorrow.
Ratification of the Yap treaty
>llowed an all day battle over re
lations and amendments during
hich dissatisfied senators on the
emooratic side joined by a few
lepu'blicans sought unsuccessfully
> attach qualifications to the rati
:ation resolution. A half dozen
roposals all presented by Demo
ats were voted down successively
j overwhelming majorities.
Leaders of the various senate
ements disagreed as to the signi
;apce of- today's action with re
ird to the four power and > other
eatiee awaiting senate .action. The
inuinistration managers declared,
iat on subsequent ratification roll
ills they expected to lose very few
: ,the votes they commanded to
ly, while the "irreconcilables" pre
cted that at least seven and prob
)ly more who voted for the Yap
eaty or were absent ^rould vote
jainst the four power pact.
By a vote of 2.9 to 54 the senate
ijected an amendment by Senator
ittman (Democrat) o ? Nevada
op o si nig that the United States
lould be "'exclusive judge" of
hether the radio service maintains
/. Japan on Yap island is adequate,
he amendment would have applied
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' a UlVTlOAUil V/A W**C ?
jrmrts establishment of an Ameri
in wireless iplant on the island not
ily in the case an "efficient" ser
ce is not provided by Japan.
iFjour v Republicans, (Senator
orah of Idaho, France of Mary
,nd, Johnson of California, and
orris of Nebraska, voted for the
mendment, and five Democrats,
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enators Underwood of Alabama,
ial of South Carolina, Myers of
[ontana, Pomerene of - Ohio, and
Williams of Mississippi voted
gainst it.
TATE HOME
DEMONSTRATION AGENT
rkJotixa VinfliTAn ffam
eaquartere at Wirtthrop College,
nd .Hiss Bessie Harper, District
f?ent, arrived in Abbeville today
> assist Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, Home
'emonstration Agent, outline the
ears work.
i of forty year3. The Sheriff had
ie prisoner taken to Columbia on
le morning train and has begun
is term of service. No appeal will
e taken.
T-T Will anrf .T Mnore.
[ars represented the defendant by
ppointment of the court and per
jrmed the disagreeable duties
hich fell to them with fidelity and
sal. They were thanked by the
aurt for their services. J. M.
ricklos, Esq., assisted the Solicitor
1 the presentation of the case for
le state.
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LEAVES NEW YORK,?WELL
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KNOWN MAN FEELS URGE
TO ANSWER "CALL ?>F THE
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New York, March 2.?.William
G. McAdoo, secretary of tike tre&s- -
ury under President Wilson, an- - >
nounced tonight, that he aoon will ;
leave New York, his home sinca*'
1892, and fettle in Los Angeles,
Cal.
With Mrs.^MoAdoo ha will leave - ?
for the Pacific coast on Friday. His,
son, Francis H. McAdoo, will sue
ceed him as a memfber of the New ' ^
York firm of McAdoo, Cotton & - '" <
Franklin, of which he was senior
member. .,?^1
Asked whether he meant to re
tire from the practice of law, Mr. vs
McAdoo said:
"No, sir; I intend my new life to
be the beginning of greater activity
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than ever before."
Replying to further questions he
flouted the suggestion that he mighf,
be -going West to .become head of
any part of the fiovie industry, or ^
that he was making a political ' '1%
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"I'm simply going to Los Angeles
to make my home (because Mrs. Mc- \
Adoo and I like the climate and the \
country," he said.
"I expect to hang out my shingle
and practice law, just as I have been ' "v
doing since Heft my office at Wash
ington." :i?
It is in answer to the "call of the
wild" that he will go West, Mf. Mc- *
Adoo confessed?"the great .open -
spaces where one can ride and climb
and swim whenever the heart de?
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sires?and still keep on with the >
business of life. - - * j
"My work in connection with,the^
Hudson tunnel followed by six
strenuous years in the United |
States treasury, with the additional \ . ;$jj
burden of being director general of / rM
raikads, sapped my vitality. When
I left {he treasury Mrs McAdoo and' 0
I took a three weeks' vacation In the
West and my vitality returned. v j
Ever since then I have wanted to
make my home there.
"I want to feel a 'broncho be- . U
tween my knees again and go *ex- ,'r>
plorijig' in the mountains. I believe '
with Admiral Grayson, Mr.
son's physician, that the outside of
a horse is good for the inside of a $
man.' "
iMr. McAdoo became boyishly en- , >
thusiastic about his prospective .
"good times" in the West. He re
called a rondero at Pendleton, Ote.,
where one of the bucking bronchos
was named "Bill McAdoo" in his
honor. (
"I told them that if any cowboy
ever subdued that broncho they'd
have to change his name. . But the
last I heard from Pendleton 'BilL
McAdoo' was still unbroken.
The fonner secretary then
sprang from his desk to demon*
strate to the reporters just how a
steer is overtaken, caught and
thrown the famous Western sport
of "bull dogging."
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TO MEET MARCH 8
Homo Demonstration dobs Called
To Meet in Court Hoaie
Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, County Home
iffont inwi fa a oil
the officers of the Home Demonstfa
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tion clubs to me?et in her office at
the court house Wednesday, March
8, 1922. The purpose of this meet
ing is to discuss (Cooperative -Mar
Kenng. Lome ana lee tnis meeting
ibe a success.
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Dr. J. B. Greene, former pastor
at Greenwood but now of Columbia,
will preach in. the Presbyteriam
church Sunday morning and even
ing.