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Abbeville, S. C? Monday, March 13, 1922
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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
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DEATH OF MRS. CALVERT
Funeral Held Sunday Afternoon at
Residence and Interment Was
at Long Cane Cemetery
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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. /;
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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.
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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 '
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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.
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