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Abbeville Press and Istablished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C? Monday, March 13, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. ENCE IVING STATIONS NUMBER THOUSANDS? MANY DEVEL OPMENT WIRELESS TELE PHONE WARRANTS SEPARA TION OF 20 WAVE BANDS Washington, March 11,?Alloca ?n of twenty wave lengths among various classes of wireless tele senders and government con establishment of all commer wireicss telephone transmitting ?na ore recommended by the committees of tne govern radio conference, it was an today. The recommendations do not pro fde for government control of re tiring stations, which Secretary yrer has said have increased into hundreds of thousands in the few months. Amateur transmit stations under the committees' apoeals wonld he given exclusive of wave lengths from 150 to meters and share with technical id training schools wave lengths |f from 200 to 275 meters. 0tiler recommendations are that re lengths below 6,000 meters >uld in a general way he reserved radio telephone service but that wave lengths which have be come fixed in service for telegraph ?rrice within this range, such as S. S. signals regx>rt express "the ^ope and expectation that the radio -U.! J..1- 1 ? may ultimately xecp wo from zero to 6,000 committees further urge that periods assigned to the dif transmitting stations for the services Ibe placed under the of commerce departments that the radio telephone be the status of a public recommendations, it was an has been transmitted to in organizations and com for consideration and the full will meet again in two or weeks to formulate its final .respect to legislation the urge that the radio laws 06 &menaea w give vac aevieuaijr ui commerce "adequate legal authority! for the effective control of the es tablishment of all radio transmitting J stations except amateur, experimen tal and government stations" and the operation of non-governmental transmitting stations. The present development of the art of wireless telephony, the com mittees find warrants the separation of 20 wave 'bands. The committees recommend that priority first be giv-l en broadcasting service, 'and that boadcasting be divided into priori ties in ' this rotaton, government, ydocatonal and public, private 'broadeasting fee divided into priori mentse, news, etc., and finally toll broadcasting. In addition to the wave lengths of 150 and 275 meters for th? ama tMyTH additional wave lengths might - be assigned to them for some oppor tunity in experimental work. The amateurs, under the recommenda tions, would arrange between them selves as to the division of their wave bands between different varie ties of amateur work. JUDGE McCOMBS HOLDS COURT Mose Williams, who lives near Long Cane cemetery, was arrested this morning by Deputies iFergu&on and Prince for stealing chicken \ wire from Ben Brown. Mose was TrtoKhefore Judge McCom.be and Affiled $10 or 15 days, and is taking tie aays. MAYOR'S COURT 9am Bradley was up before the Mayors Court this morning for be ing drank and wag fined $7.50. j ' - - ^ . ,1. ., DEATH OF MRS. CALVERT Funeral Held Sunday Afternoon at Residence and Interment Was at Long Cane Cemetery I , Mrs. W. A. Calvert died at her home on North Main Street at 7 o'clock Saturday morning, March 11th, 1922, in the fifty-fourth year of her age. Mrs. Calvert had been in poor health for several years, and desperately sick for some days be fore her death. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock and interment was at Long Cane cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. G. M. Telford of Long Cane Presbyterian church in the presence of many sorrowing rela tives and friends. A large number of these accompanied the family to the cemetery, where the body was laid to rest. A profusion of beautiful flowers covered the grave when the services had been completed. Mrs. Calvert was a daughter of Mr. Charles A. Botts and his wife Lucinda Cannon Botts. As Miss Mamie Botts she attended Lander College. January 28, 1888, she was happily married to Mr. Calvert and for thirty-four years she has brought happiness to his home. She was for many years a member of the Pres byterian Church, and in her life she evidenced all the Christian and wom anly graces. v The deceased in addition to her husband, is survived by the follow ing children: Mrs. J. A. Ramey, Ab beville; Mrs. Arthur Ellis, New Or leans; Miss Ruth Calvert of the Hartsville Graded School; Miss Ger trude Calvert, and Messrs. John W., Charles and William Calvert, all of Abbeville. All were here at the time of her death. Reared in a Christian home and taught by a Christian * mother these children feave grown to ' womanhood and manhood, and she leaves them a heritage which gold and silver cannot buy. in addition toi members of her immediate family Mrs. Calvert ha3 a large number of ] relatives in the county and over the : state. These grieve with the family as \ do her neighbors and friends, all of : whom were greatly attached to her. The following friends of the fam- i ily acted as pall-bearers at the home I and at the cemetery: Messrs. J. C. ; Thomson, D. H. Hill, Prank W. Nick- ] les, W. D. Wilson, E. R. Thomson, < and Dr. H. C. Fennel. 1 Attending the funeral from a dis tance were the following: Mrs. J. B. Doty of Winnsboro; Prof. D. H. I Henry of Clemson; Mrs. G. M. Car- j roll of Greenwood; Mrs. Sallie Shir ley of Honea Path; Mrs. C. B. Haynes of-Inman, Miss Mary Mann of Kinards. COTTON FUTURE ACT i Hoose Fail* to Dispose of Agricul- 1 tural Measure. 1 Washington, March 12.?The < House failed to dispose of the agri- 1 cultural appropriation bill today and : a final vntii nn tV>o moocnro ivont over until next week. During the day amendments were adopted in creasing the amounts for enforce ment of the cotton future act from $146,540 to $175,000 and the ap propriation for protection of rein deer and fur bearing animals in Alaska from $46,000 to $64,000. CONTRACT AWARDED FOR BIG POWER PLANT Charlotte, N. C., March 11.?An nouncement ia made here today by officials of the Southern Power com pany that contract for the building of an 80,000 horespower plant on the Catawba river at Mount Island, ten miles from Charlotte, has been swarded to the RMnehartJ)einnis company, Charleston, W. Va., at a price understood to be $3,000,000. Magician Dead Los Angeles, March 11.?Harry Hellar, -world famous magician, died at his home here today after two xt*vqT?ct rvf ill owrl o aawowa ill . j tajio v/i aaa ti^aiku auu c* 1X1 ness of so:ne weeks. He was 73 j years old. OOMMJSqON SAYS DJSTRIBI TION GERMAN REPARATIC MADE BEFORE AMERICA DEMAND WAS RECEIVE HUGHES SAYS NOTHING. Paris, March 11.?A demai from the United States that $21< 000,000 for its expenses in conne tion with the occupation of t! Rhineland be paid. before ai reparations were ipaid were preset ed to the allied finance ministers their meeting this morning. The distribution of this yea: German payments, It is learned < good authority, already was prac" cally decided upon before tl American note was received. Tl total is not to exceed 800,000,01 gold marks, and the ratio of sharii interests amount is practically t] same as was decided 'upon at t! recent meeting of the supreo council at Canns, which was a slig modification of the percentag worked out at the Spa conference According to this schedule Frap would receive 2 per cent of the pa ment and Great Britain 22 per cei Since the appraised value of tl Saar valley ccal mines, estimated i 300,000,000 gold marks, is chaig< against France's receipts, this sch dule would leave about 35,000,0( gold marks. A high allied authority said th afternotfn that the American clai for the expenses of the Americi forces in Germany was a matter ft the consideration of the reparation commission, which is directly char, ed with the Collection and distrib tion of Germany's payments. Washington, March 11.?Secri tary Hughes today refused to 001 ment on the news from Paris thi representatives of the United Stat government had presented a d mand to the allied finance minister that expenses aggregating $241 000,000 sustained by the Unite States in the occupation of tl Rhineland be paid before any r parations. There was nothing thj could be said on the subject at th time, iMr. Hughes declared. SEVEN LOSE LIVES IN WUIAIKAII Atlanta, March 12.?Seven pe sons were killed and 16 injured th morning when a passenger coach < an Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlant train, en route to Fitzgerald, wi derailed 15 miles from Atlanta ai 9ent crashing into Camp Creek, ? feet below. Approximately 30 persons we: in the coach, the last of the trai when a wheel on the first tru< burst, sending the car ibumping ov< 100 yards of ties before the trest was reached and almost crosse when it suddenly turned over. T] coach tore away from the prece ing car as it fell and was almost d mohshed when it dropped into tl snauow creex. The seven persons killed, six m< and one woman, met instant deat their bodies being badly mutilate All of the injured are expected 1 reoover. From 8 o'clock until no< scores of other passengers and pe sons from nearby towns, spurred 1 the cries of th? injured, worked : the wreckage, releasing those it prisoned and removing the dead. The dead: C. T. Elmore, cashier, loc freight station, A. B. & A. railroa W. E. Mcintosh, Imperial hot* New York City. B. C. Driver, Roanoke, Va. W. E. Johnson, section forema of Birmingham division, A. B. & A Birmingham, Ala. R. W. Lanier, operator, Senoi r';: iflfc' 'v. /; I DISCUSSION OF ADDITI01 FEDERAL JUDGES?PROPO TO HAVE ASSIGNMENTS Mi BY CHIEF JUSTICE BR1 OBJECTIONS. Washington, March 11.?A fight, involving enforcement of hibitlon, opened today in the se during consideration of a bill to thorize 19 additional federal dis judges. Democratic senators op fire on the bill immediately, some posing more judges, others critici the assignments proposed for the I f-po initmio M. MMW v|/ywou?j provision which, it was said, n place "dry" judges in "wet" st or vice versa. The prohibition enforcement c tion was brought up by Sen Brouseard (Democrat) of Louisi one of the leading opponents of Volstead law. He said the bill's vision authorizing the chief ju. of the supreme court to assign trict judges to work in other their own states might result in t by judges who were "not in ac with the ideas of the community. Senator Caraway (Democrat) Arkansas said he had been apprc ed by a man urging support of bill and told that "the only exc for the assignment provision wa meet a situation caused by rei of certain judges to enforce the Senator Cummins (Republican Iowa, in charge of the measure, that never daring its consideratio the committee had he heard any gestion that some organization behind the bill for the purpose < by Senator Caraway, adding tha deplored "any narrow or secti view" 'in dealing with the bill lack of confidence in the chief tice. He could not assume the signment power would be abused "If I believed that I would ^ to abolish all courts," said Sen Cummins. The extra judges proposed, S tor Cummins said, were needed ently to correct present "shame administration of justice, and condition of federal court dockel The bill went over for further sideration. mmr tav mi i lliuUIVlL I HA DILL Colombia, March 12.?Of cot the most important and ontstan piece of legislation enacted at session of the General Assembly u income tax bill. This has been marily a session devoted to an e: towards doing something definite the reduction of tax levy on ble property. The income tax leg tion was never in serious jeopa as both branches of the Legisla were always agreed that this me of devising additional revenue the easiest and, perhaps genei speaking, the most popular, if methods were to be sought. The two legislative branches y at decided variance over what known as the committee bill what has been called the McGhee stitute. Until early yesterday m ing the members of the free cot ence committee were in a dead) but a compromise and agrees was effected evidently along t lines: Those who advocated the c raittee or House bill surrendered text and machinery to the advoc of the McGhee substitute, by t consenting to increase the rate f 25 per cent, to 33 1-3 per cent the State, based upon what is to the federal government. in Ga. Mrs. I. H. Btheridge, Atlanta, W. K. Brooks, Wester* U: a, Telegraph Co., Manchester, Ga. vv .-V.' . ; : , SPARTANBURG MUSIC FESTIVAL List Now Complete For Concert*, in May.~Martinelli Among Artists Engaged. Spartanburg, March 11.?The list of artists for the Spartanburg Music festival of 1922, to be held here May 3, 4 and 5, has been completed and Director Louis Bennett has sent copy for the festival programs and book let to the printers. Artists engaged include Marie Sun delius and Ottilie Schillig, sopranos; Cecil Arden and Ellen Rumsey, mez zo-sopranos; Giovanni Martinelli, Or ville Harold and James Price tenors; William Simmons, Ibaritone; Fred Patton, bass baritone; Erwin Nyire nioniol PqaiiI Vi^QQ1 the Russian Symphony orchestra, Modest Altschuler, conductor. Besides the above, Louis Bennett is on the program among the bari tones; Mrs. Bennett and Miss Mary Hart Law as pianist accompanists. The children's chorus of 500 voices will sing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Pan on a Summer's Day" in the fourth concert Friday afternoon, May 5. The Spartanburg festival?will sing with the support of stars on opera night "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "II Pagliacci.'" The stars for artist night, the grand finale of the festival, will be Helen Stanley, Giovanni Martinelli and Raoul Vidas. The festival guarantors have al ready been lined up, and the finan cial end is assured. However, the fes tival receipts have always, with the exception of one year, taken care of the expenses. CHINA WANTS COTTON Incnuri Damiwi May Be Ex pected Soon. Washington, March 11.?An in creased demand for cotton goods in Chinese markets soon may be ex pected, the department of commerce announced today. American export ers and manufacturers, the depart ment added, should make active pre parations to reenter these markets as soon as possible. Greater optimism was reported in Shanghai piece goods markets, as shown by the more active bidding at auctions. . The Manchurian cotton goods mar kets, cabled reports said, were open ing up for Americans. While Ameri can goods, the advices said, might be unable to compete with the low pieces of Japanese products, "the superi ority in American quality should off set this disadvantage." New Football Rule*. New York, March 12.?Free kick for a goal after a ^touchdown was abolished here this .'afternoon by the ball rules committee and in its place was approved an amendment provid ing that teams will try for an extra point by "a pass, a kick or a run from any point on the field nearer their own goal line than the .five yard line of the team against which the touchdown was made." LIQUOR IS SMUGGLED IVTTk 11M1TF.I) ftTATM VaJlejo, Cal., March 11.?A spe cial board of inquiry of Mare la land today completed an investiga tion into aa alleged conspiracy by which thousands of dollars worth of illicit liquor was smuggled into this country from the Orient aid is land ports. The findings which were kept se cret were forwarded to the naval department STOCKHOLDERS MEET Messrs. J. Foster Barnwell, Sol H. Rosenberg, Arthur Thomas and Wm. P. Greene went to New York Satur day to attend a meeting of the stock holders of the Abbeville Cotton Mill. COTTON MARKET Cotton brought 18 1-4 cents in AbbeviHe today. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I ADJOURNS AT LAST BOTH HOUSES WAIT THROUGH NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORN ING ON CONFERENCE COM* MITTEE?FIGHT IN HOUSE ON APPROPRIATION BILL ' i ?? Columbia, March 12.?Ending perhaps the longest session, the South Carolina 'General Assembly adjourned sine die this afternoon, the Senate at 3:34 o'clock and < the House of Representatives at 3:38 o'clock. , . Just before adjournment, the Governor notified the two houses of his approval Of the general appro priation bill carrying an aggregate of $5,839,106.04 and a levy of seven mills. This is a decrease of 49^8,029.28, or' approximately 15 1|2 per cent of the appropriations for 1921. The levy last year was twelve mills. The General Assembly had been in continuous session sinee early ? yesterday morning and the officers, members and attaches of both (bod ies were thoroughly fatigued when a final adjournment came this af ternoon. The spirit of levity which -v characterized the closing hours of former General Assemblies was en tirely lacking this year. There was too much work piled up to indulge in horse play, except sporadically. . The engrossing department did an Herculean job. The young wo men and the solicitors connected with that branch o< legislative , ac tivity worked from 10 o'clock yes terday morning until th$ Legislature adjourned; the Work was so exact ing and so thoroughly fatiguing that many efforts were made to ad journ both bouses last night, but without avail. The majority of the . members were determined to stay until all the business was completed" and they could go home for good. Throughout the long vigil the ., clerks and attaches of both houses on/1 a hnndfril <\f mpmVrn of Hofh bodies were in constant attendance, keeping company with the half-1 _ . dozen newspaper correspondents who had to continually nurse the General Assembly in its somnolent hours. The conferees on the general ap propriation bill worked incessant ly from 11, o'clock yesterday mom- , ing until albout 10 o'clock this morn- ? ing when the final sheet of the measure was sent to the engrossing department. The act was complet ed just before the report' of the committee was sent to the General Assmbly at 1.30 o'clock. The Sen ate adopted the report with very little debate, but it took the House of Representatives just two hours to concur on the conference re port. A spirited effort, led by Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell was made to adjourn debate, or reject the mea sure in the House, but this proved unavailing. THREE MEN HURT IN PISTOL DUEL Quarrel Over Dime in Greenwood Leads to Shooting Affair.? By stander Hit. Greenwood, March 11.?Following a quarrel over a dime, Robert Lee Moore and Layton James, cotton mill operatives, were seriously wounded in a pistol duel here tonight, Moore be ing shot through the mouth and James in the head. Jesse Wilson, a bystander, suffered a flesh wound in the arm. MR. WARD ILL 1 j ir. t tf nr..j a -4. e a. uui. u. a. naiu, ^ni? xvi yiv Southern Railway, is very ill at his home on Washington street. An infusion of bloed was resorted to on Sunday and Dr. Williams of Co lumbia, a specialist, was present to assist the local physicians with the operation. "Aw^. -...