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itablished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, March 6, 1922, Single Copies, ffve Cents. 78th Year.
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:noe market reports to be
broadcasted? president
of chicago board of
trade tells of MOVE of
wide IMPORTANCE
Chicago, Mar. 4.? The farmer
be no more than 30 minutes
id his city brother in receiving
of the factors which deter
prices of agricultural pro
Robert McDouglas, president
Chicago board of trade, said
it in a statement outlining the
l's plan to broadcast crop mar
reports by radio telephone be
Monday. The radio system,
will cover a territory within
bs of 500 miles of Chicago, he
rized as "the greatest for
step in 2,000 years" in bring
the fanner in contact with the
>rs that make the price of his
iuct.
ltve statement said:
' "The telephone and the autcxmo
lile moved the farms closer to the
zityea They will be brought still
closer by our radio telephone ser
It is our belief that our half
bulletins giving not only quo
but fundamental news of
crop and maricet situation
|thn?out the world will enable the
grower to buy or sell as con
fidently and almost as quickly as if
|b? were in Chicago.
The .radio syslem will cover the
l^&ritory within a radius of 500
of this city. In this area there
[are, I am informed, thousands of!
rjdio sets in villages and on farms, j
Even on farms where there is no|
apparatus there are telephones and I
th? nearby village will have the
1 radio reports. *\
"In the great war we read that
bed springs and even coat hangers
were made to serve the wireless,;
aad it may not be far fetched to
vision the day when the farmer fol
lowing his furrow may be in in
stantaneous touch not only with the
factors which affect the price of his
, product but with the news of the
werld,"
"In its present stage, however, I
believe that country gram ?levators j
which are scattered everywhere will j
sarve as stations for our reports,
being distributed by them still fur
ther by telephone to such farms as
have not their own radios.
"A day may mean much to the
farmer in marketing hi3 grain.
Prices in an open competitive mar
ket adjust themselves at high speed
to changing conditions. It is impor
tant that the farmer and the coun
try grain dealer should learn of
these changes without delay.
'^he price of grain is not deter
mined by factors in any one coun
try, but by crop and marketing con
ditions of the world. The effect of
ram in Kansas for instance may be
offl&et by drought in Indiana or
Australia. In our radio report,
therefore, we hope more nearly to
equalize the news opportunities be
tween the farmer at tils plow and
the city man at his ticker."
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT
Calls Meeting of Officers Wednesday
at 3 O'clock in Office.
Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, County Home
Demonstration agent invites all the
officers of the home demonstration
clubs to meet in her office at the
Ceurt House on Wednesday after
no#n at 3 o'clock, to discuss co-opera
mo?VoHnff A full nt+PTiHArtPA is
desired.
HONORS EVEN
Sheriff McLane and Clerk of
Court J. L. Perrin divided the
noaors this morning and each emp
tied a barrel of pure corn whiskey
i?f4 tile seir?t grating on the side
veranda at the court house.
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DR. J. W. BAB COCK
DIES IN COLUM
Was For Twenty-Three Year* H
Of the State Insane Asylum.
Burial in Chester.
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Columbia, March 4.?Dr. J.
Babcock, who for 23 years
superintendent of the State Hosj
for the Insane here, died at 5 o'cl
Friday morning. The end came >
suddenly. He had been suffering \
an ailment for several weeks, but
condition was not thought seri
and hfe'death was a shock to
friends and family. He is survived
his wife and three daughters. 1
funeral will be held in; Chester ?
day, Dr. Babcock being a native
Chester. Dr. Babcock was one of
nation's leading experts on pells
and was one of the first experts
the country tp recognize this dise
For several years he has been h
of a private sanitorium here.
James Woods Babcock, aliei
was born at Chester, August 11, 1
He was' the son of Sidney E.
Margaret (Woods) Babock. He
a graduate of Harvard Univen
receiving the degree of A. B.,
1882 and M. D. in 1886. The Sc
Carolina College conferred the 1
orary degree LL. D. upon him at
centennial celebration in 1905.
He married Katherine Guion
Lincolnton, N. C., in 1892.
LAND SALES
Several tracts of land were i
today, all of it being sold thro
VnnlrMtnf stsviiW*
WiC WW* n
In the matter of 3. H. Hill
two tracts containing1 23 acres i
19.9 acres were sold together fc
price of $1315. The gin house
and attached machinery was i
for <|500. J. Allen Smith was
purchaser in each ease.
In the matter of H. M. Hill
Planters Bank bought /the
tracts advertised, the 60 acre t
setting for $1740 and vthe 44 a<
for $1,000.
The W. B. Hill tract of h
which last salesday brought $3,<
was resold bringing $2,600. E.
Williams was the purchaser.
Three small lots were sold in
matter of W. T. Broadwell
were purcnaaea t>y mm ior
There were no sales by the 1
ter nor by the Probate Judge.
FERTILIZER SALES 70 P. C. C
South Carolina the Heaviest I
For Pa?t Two Year?
New Orleans, March 5?Figure!
sales of fertilizers in nine states
the cotton region were issued just
fore the opening of the cotton r
ket today by H. G. Hester, secrel
of the New Orleans Cotton Exchai
They showed a decrease during
seven months ended with Februar;
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during the same period a year j
and a decrease of 70 per cent, c
pared with the sales of two years i
According to the statement, the
tal quantity of fertilizers sold
Georgia, South Carolina, Alaba
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisii
Texas, Tennessee, and Oklah
amounted to 652,326 tons aga
465,722 tons a year ago, and 1,8
777 two years. Heaviest sales v
in South Carolina, where the t
was 185,991 tons against 185,
last year.
MRS. ROBERT DUNLAP
Mrs. Robert Dunlap of Starr <
last Friday night and was bu
Sunday at the Starr' bur:
ground. She is survived by her 1
band and one brother, J. S. Fis
of Talulah, S. C. Mrs. Dunlap
about seventy years of age and
a cousin of Mrs. Sam Eakin of
-beville.
American Firm Fails.
San Salvador R. S., March 4.?
American firm of Belanger's in
porated, at Bluefields Nicaragua,
failed, says a dispatch received h
The liabilities were placed at
000,000.
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PRESIDENT HARDING TAKES
HAND IN DISCUSSION?CHIEF
OF STATE AT WHITE HOUSE
TO TALK OVER PROPOSED
DECREASE.
Washington, March 4.?President
Harding took a hand in the army
strength discussion today, summoning
members of the house army appropri
ation subcommittee into conference,
after a talk with General Pershing
The subcommittee yesterday a
greed tentatively to cut the army en
listed strength for next year from
the authorized 150,000 to 115,000.
After the White House conference it
was disclosed that an administration
policy for a force of not less than
130,000 had been formulated and ex
pressed. The present actual strength
is about 137,000.
General Pershing would not discuss
the nature of his talk with the presi
dent but when the summons to Chair
man Anthony and his associates fol
lowed there was no effort to eonceal
that General Pershing had felt it
necessary to appeal to the president
against the cut in the army the com
mittee had in mind.
At the war department Acting Sec
retary Wainwright said the military
policy of 1920 was passed as an abid
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1J1|? JIVUtJ OUU WOO UVV m |/rau OH?r
ject to the whim or caprice of every
economist."
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"If that policy wis needed in 1920
it also is needed in 1922," he added.
With relation to General Pershing's
call at the White House Mr. Wain
wright said that "no man is better
fitted to speak with authority on this
question than he." He pointed out
that General Pershing alone of the
commanders of the great army that
fought in the World war was still in
active service for his country "and
content to command now an army of
150,000 men."
"We feel," Mr. Wainwright said,
"that he is doing this because he
feels it his natriotic duty to give his
experience and knowledge to the
task of establishing a sound, peace
time, military policy such as the act
of 1920 provides."
Full confidence was expressed in
administration circles after the sub
committee's Conference with the
president that a conservative course
would be followed in army reduction
when congress completes its work on
the appropriation bills.
TO ORGANIZE WOMEN'S
AND GIRLS' CLUBS
Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, who came to
this county on March 1st as Home
Demonstration Agent, is planning
an active campaign for the organi
zation of girls ' and women's clubs
throughout the county. She is plan
ning to visit schools in every sec
tion of the county as fast as pos
sible in the interest of her work. If
she doesn't get to your school in a
very few days it will "be because the
roads were too bad for her to get
there. She will be glad to hear from
the teachers or pupils In any school
and women of any community who
would like to have her come to them
to organize clulbs. Mrs. Gibbons has
opened her office in the court house
with the Superintendent of Educa
tion. She can be found there every
morning from 9 to 10 o'clock and
all day Saturday unless other notice
an
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is given. At other times she will be
in the county doing field wo
When you want help, call on her.
She is here for service.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN
The Southern had a wreck be
tween Abbeville and Hodges Satur
cor-jday night and the last train did not
has
ere.
reach here until ten o'clock at
night. A wheel on the engine was
out of fix.
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ACK10 NORMALCY,
SAYS PRESIDENT
:hievement of year, de
clares harding?anniver
sary OF inauguration as
chief executive celbrat
ed saturday.
Washington, March 5.?A return
normal ways of government, Pres
ent Harding declared in an address
fore members of the National
ess club Saturday night, he consid
9 an achievement of his first year
the White House.
If nothing else had been accom
ished, the president said, "the long
rp toward getting back to normal
lys of government would seem to
? to have been the achievement of
e year."
The address was delivered at an en
rtainment given in honor of his first
fficial" birthday and to mark the
casion a birthday cake surmounted
one candle was presented to him.
"I am not unmindful of the fact,"
esident Harding said, ''that my pre
cessor was ill and that the govern
;nt was in the drift of the reaction
)m the war." "But," he continued,
J
roblems of readjustment are in
itely more difficult than any of pu
n imagine.
Mr. Harding said he likes to throw
ide the eares of official life and
ngle with gatherings like his audi
ce. "If there is one trouble with
is White House job," he said, "it is
being a human being."
A president, he said, can not hold
mself aloof and can not find time
get.all the things done be weald
e to do.
"I never find myself done," he said
never find myself with my work
mpleted. I don't believe there is
human being who can do all the
>rk there is to be done in the presi
nt's office."
"It seems as though I. had been
esident for 20 years," he continued,
ding that "life has been so full" in
e past year "that there's scarcely
y impression of life outstanding he
re I came to Washington except
e, my viewpoint of the senate com
red with what it is today." He en
rasized that he did not mean this
any unkind spirit.
There have been some plans which
,ve not been worked out, Mr. Hard
fj said, in discussing his first year
the White House, and some dreams
lich have not come true.
"Maybe some fault lies with the
ecutive," he added, "but it can't
all for its a divided authority."
MERICAN LEGION'S
ATTRACTIVE WINDOW
Last Saturday morning John Lo
ax ana nis squaa ox .mmej tvau
?gion barrage men fired the open
g gun in their spring offensive fox
?w members for the local post. A
ow window in the old Cash Bar
iin Store building was borrowed
om the bo 11-w?evil-killer and, by
o use of flags, posters, and white
lint, was turned into a very neat
Ivertisement for the Legion and
ia Jones' show. A soldier in uni
rm, with his tin hat and his gas
ask, stands rigidly at attention,
lere is the never-to-be-forgotten
^d Cross nurse, who stands in her
tiite uniform just behind the sol
er. An autographed picture of
arshal Foch, hung in the back
ound, reminds us tiiat once there
is a war over in France and that
ese Legionaires helped to put a
r>n to it.
VISITORS FROM NEW YORK
Or. and Mrs. Joseph Flick of New
ork stopped off in Abbeville foi
veral days last week to visit Mr.
id Mrs. J. D. Kerr. Dr. Flick is in
iai^e of a hospital in New York
>r cripples, and Mr&. (Flick is re
embered by her many friends here
; Miss Mary Wo?d.
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14 YEAR OLD YOUTH
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Resented Hi? Father's Orders That
He Must Continue School Boy
Shoot* Himself.
Detroit, Mich., March 4.?Resent
ing and brooding over his father's
peremptory orders that he must con
tinue to attend school, Arthur Cole
man, 14 years old, shot and killed
himself in his home here this morn
ing. A bitter quarrel is said to have
resulted from the father's order. In
a note the boy left he bade his fa
ther and stepmother farewell and
added:
"I want to see mother."
Youne Coleman joined in family
prayers before retiring last night,
and according to his father, tossed
about in bed until ! o'clock this
morning. He then arose obtained a
rifle, lay back on the bed and shot
himself through the abdomen.
Coleman was a pupil in Case high
school and was noted among his fel
low pupils for his fistic prowess.
CLINKSCALES WILL FILED.
The will of the Late James F.
Clinkscales, one of the largest land
owners in the county, was filed for
probate Saturday, and admitted to
probate in common form. The will
disposes of the entire estate of the
deceased, making division in kind of
the whole estate between the widow
and children, the widow taking one
third of the estate and the other
two-thirds being for division amongst
the children. The children <of the de
ceased son, J. Frank Clinkscales, are
provided for, they receiving the share
their father would have taken in the
estate if living. Mrs. Clinkacales , is
named as sole execatrix.
The division of the estate is to be
made by* three appraisers to be ap
pointed by the executrix and ap
proved by the eourt.
LITTLE GJRL SAVES
TRAIN FROM WRECK
Asheville, N. C., March 4.?Anna
Bellet Dunn, ten years of age, pre
vented what might have been a seri
ous railway accident on the Toxaway
branch of the Southern "railway to
day when she ran for a mile to reach
, the station and advise the conductor
of a landslide.
The little girl was en route from
her home, a mile distant from her'
home, a mile distant from Quebec,
Haywood county, and noticed huge
piles of rock and dirt had covered
the track in a cut, in which the track
curved. She hastened to the station
and arrived just before time for the
train's departure. Runnine up to thei
conductor, whom she knew, the little
girl said:
"Mr. Conductor, there's big rock
on the track, down that way, bigger
than I could move."
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
AT CLINTON GETS $125,000
New York, March 5.?Gifts of
$1,811,666 to schools and colleges of
the nation, made possible by John
D. Rockefeller's decision to permit
distribution of principal as well as
income from its funds, were made
today by the general education board
of the Rockefeller Foundation. The
gifts included:
Hampden Sydney College, Hamp
den Sydney, Va., $100,000; Univer
i sity of Chattanooga, Tenn., $166,000;
Presbyterian College of South Caro
lina, Clinton, S. C., $125,000.
THIEVES ENTER HOME
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f\OD DCry TT line nnaj aw wmm
Brother's Home
Greenville, March 4?While he was
r at the home of his brother, W. L.
' Mauldin, who died this morning, the
res'dence of Oscar K. Mauldin, law
i yev of this city, was tonight broken
;nto and robbed of about $1,000
worth of jewelry. Robberies of two
; other residences in other parts of
the city were also reported last night.
PUBLIC TREATY
TAKEN UP TODAY
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NEW AND KELLOGG SLATED
TO FIRE OPENING GUN WITH
LODGE HELD IN RESERVE.
SPEECHES ..TO BE MADE
EVERY DAY
Washington, March 5.?The four
power Pacific treaty will be 'taken
up Monday by the senate and dis
cussed virtually every day thereaf
ter until a vote on ratification is Ob
tained under a program said to '
have been agreed to in conference
today between President Harding
and Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts, Republican leader. (
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Administration spokesmen, it was
announced, will open the fight for
artificataon of the treaty, with Sena
tor New of Indiana, a close person
al friend of the president and a Re
publican member of the foreign re
lations committee, speaking Mon
day and Senator Ketiogg of Minne
sota, another Republican commit
teeman and confident of the preei
dent, on Tuesday. Senator' Lodgt,
it was stated, also will speak soon \
and present some of the azgumente
of the administration in support Of
ratification.
President Harding was said to fee > v
in complete accord with. Senator
Lodge's plans for proceedings with
the arms conference treaties. Their
conference at the White House to
day was said to have 'been for the
purpose of discussing procedure'
and to keep the president informed
as to the situation, including the ef
fect of legislative matters also be
fore the senate. Administration
leaders plan to give immediate,
technical rights of way to the de
partment of justice bill to create a
number of additional federal iudees
but subject to debate on the four
power treaty. It is not Senator
Lodge's intention to force the
treaties for the next few days but
soon it was announced the admini- \
stration will push them to the fore
front qnd hold them before the v.
senate to the exclusion of all other <
busineBs. ('. \i%$.
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SUSPENDED SENTENCE
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FOR BETTY ANDREWS *
Georgia Giri Placed in Custody of
Her Father After Entering
Plea of Guilty.
Atlanta, March 4?Betty Anderson
for whom Frank DuPre said he stole
the diamond that resulted in his kill
ing one man and wounding another
here last December, entered a plea of
statutory offense today and was put
on urobation after beine sentenced
to serve 11 months at the state farm.
The indictment charging the young
woman with being an accessory after
the fact of the murder was nolle
prossed. Dupre is under death sen
tence, which has been deferred pend
ing an appeal, i*he young woman
who represented herself as Betty
Andrews, a chorus girl, turned out
to be the wife of a local barber nam
ed Anderson. He has entered suit
for divorce and Judge John D. Hum
phries in suspending sentence today
placed the girl in the custody of
her father, J. E. Guest, of Gaines
ville, Ga.
EVANGELINE BOOTH ILL
Salvation Army Head Sick With
Influenza.
Long Beach, Calif., March 4.?
Evangeline Booth, national comman
der of the Salvation Army, was taken
ill with influenza and is confined to
her bed here.
It was announced that the oom
mander's condition was not serious
but she would be confined to . her
room for several days.
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Chester will build a sweet potato
storage house of 7,500 bushel capac
ity. Shares of stock ar^ $50 each.
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