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Abbeville Press m fi? ' A W Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, April 3, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. vfgg ' * * * - m '"I 1 1 1 ' I.. i i i . I ! PROPOSALS FROM PARSONS TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS BY SECRETARY WEEKS WITH. OUT COMMENT? NITROGEN FIXATION Wastungton, Apr. 1.?use of ni trate plant No. 1 at Musde Shoals, Ala., to establish by congressional assent "an important profitable in dyatry" in Alabama and Tennessee for the fixation of nitrogen, was pro posed today by Charles L. Parsons, a chemical engineer of this city, and former adviser to the government ott 'nitrogen production in time of war. The proposal was transmitted to congress by Secretary Weeks without comment And was referred t* the house military committee for examination in connection with the three other private offers for various units of the Muscle Shoals property. In a letter to Secretary Weeks, Which accompanied the proposal, Mr. Parsons reiterated statements con tained in his recent testimony on ni trogen fixation before the house rfilitarr committee and declared the cyanatnid process was becoming ab solete. For that reason, he added, he did not propose to operate plant No. 2, designed to the cyanamid process, bat agreed to furnish the calcium carbide it might reqaihe in the efent the government leased it to other interests or decided to operate it itself for the production of cyana mid or fertilizer products. Chairman Xahn of the military committee made public the offer af ter the committee decided to begin executive sessions April 10 to define just what was offered by the four proposals now, before it and later, to recall their proponents for final examination and possible modiftea ton of the offers. After that has been done, Mr. Kahn said, the committee would begin preparation of its re port to the house covering the vari ous offers and probably containing a resolution for adoption which would determine what disposition could be made of the properties by authority of congress. Both the military committee members and those of the agricul tural committee in the senate hav ing jurisdicition over the four pro posals were agreed today that actual development of the Muscle Shoals projects should he started at the earliest possible time. House mem bers, however, were inclined to take the position that a decision on the proposals should be made at the (Nfesent session of congress while some senators believe greater pro grass could ibe made by appropriat iag for construction work to begin i? July and withholding the offers ftfr more deliberate consideration, probaibly until- the December con *** TtfC REV. H. T. SUDAN PLACE Prof. E. L. Reid passed through A-frterville today with Mrs. Redd and fafcnily going down to Long Cane to 09 over the Sloan Place that was left several years ago by Rev. H. T. 5loea to the trustees of the Semi wary of Erekine College. Until t* ceQtljr the late Rev. J. S. Moffiatt fcad thie U&d in ebaifce, but aince liia death it haa been placed la clause of Prof. Reid. KRS.MAHOM LEAVES Ura. Douglas Mabon and children left yesterday for Williamston for a a visit to Dr. M&bon's mother, after vHfcich they will go to Calhoun Falls' ttf make their home. MAYOR'S COURT fciah Calhoun -was before the Maryor's court this morning for dis erierly conduct and fined $7.50. iScott Burton, for being 4ruak, ?n fined $5.00. Fi only incident causing un easiness. comes IN levee at old town, ark.?rivers EXPECTED to begin fall ing Today Memphis, Apr. 1.?The Mississippi will begin falling by tomorrow night or early Monday morning at this point and the rate of fall will gradually increase during the week, according to a bulletin of the wea ther bureau here today. The crest of the flood waters is now flowing past the city with river stationary at 42.6 feet on the gauge. With the exception of the trouble at Old Town, Ark., where the front levee has sotoghed og for a distance of 175 feet along the shore line caua ing a situation which is giving con siderafole apprehension, no serious conditions have been reported from any point along the levee line in this river district. The creat is ex pected to reach Helena Tuesday or Wednesday with a stage of 62.5. The St. Francis levee board in charge of the levees on the Arkan sas side from the Missouri state line to the mouth of the St Francis just above Helena, issued an official bul letin tonight in which it is stated that guards on the entire length of the. levee had reported this evening that the levee was solid at every point and that there was no indies no phi bul the ter Oh Ioti tion of trouble at Osceola or Mound City, where trouble had been fear ed. Jfaj. L. Y. Kerr, United States en gineer is charge of the leveee of the White river district in Arkansas in which the threatened Old Town levee is located, late today received detailed reports from the engineers in charge of the repair work there. "The situation at Old Town is se rious," Major Kerr said, "but with good weather for the next few days and no further rise in the river here in sight for some time, I believe the levee there can be held safely. The engineers at Old Town are doing everything possible and report that the e&viitf haa been stonned. If the current does not eat further under neath the embankment the levee should hold." TO AID VETE Washington Apr. 1.?An appro priation of $17,000,000 to be used in providing additional hospital facilities for war veterans would be authorized fry a 'bill passed late to day by the house without a record vote. The message now goes to the senate. The bill wouli place the director of the veterans' bureau in charge of all activities which would grow out of the passage of the measure, in c hi ding selections of sites, plans for sew buildings and for the remodel ling of existing structures designat ed to be converted into hospitals a&d construction work. A ftoek of amendments were offer ed but for the most part they watt rejected. Debate on the MU was marked by an attack on Director Forbee of the veterans' bureau by Representative Bland (Republican) of Indiana, who no1 fro an; wo the an; of gai wa the Su< 4 Bo da: me poi the to tra we J Ba in Ke at am afl declared that tfc* bureau ud no responsible head and very little ef ficiency in organization. "That fellow, the director, over there is like a gander in a hail storm and does not know what it is all about," Mr. Bland shouted. "He has men underneath him who are giving him bad advice and he takes it. And as a remit the boys are to suffer for compensation and for hos pitalization." Mr. Foibes was defended by Chairman Lanjgey of the public ALL SUSPENSION IN COAL MINING HON ESTIMATES SIX HUN rHOUSANO MEN OUT?EXACT EXTENT OF STRIKE WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL TODAY SAY OFFICIALS. Indianapolis, Ind., April 2.? Com te suspension of coal fltining by 1 ion workers marks the beginning 1 lay of the national walkout order the United Mine Workers of Am- . ca. Union leaders estimated 600,- 1 } miners, including 100,000 non- ' ton men, uaa ennsiea in tae move nt, and predicted no change was ?ected soon. The exact effectiveness of the sus ision, especially in non-union and rtly organised fields, was difficult guage, however, because today also ,rked the anniversary of the intro ction of the eight hour day in the U industry and is an annual holi er in the coal fields. Nevertheless ion officials were confident that no ion men, except those authorized stay at work, would return to the ties on Monday. Union headquarters here prepared tabulation showing the geogra cal distribution of the idle men, J reports from field leaders showed ! great bulk of the suspension een ed in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, io, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, ra, Kansas and nearby Squthwest i states. Reports from other fields ale did not expect an exact show for the entire country would be , lilable before the middle of this ' ek. i i President John L. Lewie estimated it 6,000 of the 7,500 mines in the , in try that have been operating re itly had closed and in addition it 3 pointed out that 2,500 mines , re been idle for eome time. Chang- | in the suspension were expected to , relatively slow in becoming ap ent, but indications of possible ead of its effect developed at nte where railroads laid off many we operating coal trains. CJnion i leaders declared they were ; expecting any early defection m the miners' ranks on account of y operators attempting to resume rk on an open shop basis. However ! union men declined to express y opinion on the probable action organized workers in partly or nized fields, where the situation s regarded as hinging .largely on > attitude of non-union employees. SON TO GET OFFICE cceed* Hia Father as City Ma{p? ?? trate of Greenville Greenville, April 2.?State Senator nham of Greenville county yester f announced that he has recom nded to Governor Cooper the ap intment of George Bateon, son of s late magistrate, Eugene Bataon, succeed his father as city magis te, his father having died this ek. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Messrs Da via Kerr and Charley rlow of Dillon spent the week-end Abbeville with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. rr. These young men are students the University of Booth Carolina, d returned to Columbia Sunday ;ernoon. MtS9 CANN BACK. Miss Mary Gann has returned to r post At the Western Union Tele iph office here after a restful visit Atlanta. ildings and grounds committee, to reminded the house that the ector had been under shell fire in ance. No man who has gone ough what he has with men in i army, Mr. Langley declared, a ibe unsympathetic with disabled r veterans. I TRADI AMERICAN EXCHANGE INDICT ED IN NEW YORK?SIX HELD IN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO APPEAR MONDAY FOR PLEADING. ^ 1 New York, April 1.?On evidence given at a recent "John Doe" investi gation before Chief Magistrate Mc Adoo and presented to the grand jury by the district attorney, the Am erican Cotton exchange, largest of its kind in membership in the country, and six of the directors were indict ed today, charged with violating the penal code by "bucketing" orders. Aire lllUi T lUUAlO UOUiCU ill k*UC UUly Randolph Rose, Sr., of Rose & Son vice president of the exchange; G. W Pratt, secretary; Angelo T. Jennings Martin Goulko, Edwin L. Patton and Raymond Palmer, each were held in $1,000 for pleading before Judge Roe alaky in general sessions court on Monday. Two indictments were returned, one of which, Benjamin F. Shreiber, assistant district attorney, tonight revealed jointly charges the exchange as a corporation and the six directors with having, since January 1, "cross ed sales by making contracts on the basis of the market quotation without intending to buy any cotton." The other indictment, Mr. Schrieb er said, accused Patton and Jennings "with permitting and inducing the bucketing of orders in that on Octo ber 3, 1921, they made a contract be* tween themselves to purchase 390 bftles of cotton at the market quota* tion without any intention of making a purchase or delivery." The John Doe inquiry, which led to tL _ 5_ Ji . trie inaictmenia, was an ouv^rvwu 01 District Attorney Benton's investi gation into bucket shop operations in the financial 'district and"the snares jet for the investing public by get rich-quick promoters. Testimony given before Magistrate McAdoo concerning the alleged ir regularities practiced by certain mem ben of the indicted exchange caused him publicly to express his amaze ment and upon his recommendations the evidence was carried to the grand jury. The American Cotton exchange was originally known as the Ameri can Cotton and Grain exchange. It was organized by Joseph C. Cooper a Southern promoter, who is said now to have a claim of $300,000 again* the exchange. It was incorporated in New York state August 24, 1916. PLEDGES IN GEORGIA Much Cotton in Grower* Cooperative Association. Atlanta, April 2.?The Georgia Cotton Growers' Cooperative associa tion has obtained pledges for 240,000 bales of eotton in this state to be marketed by pooling arrangements, it was announced here late yesterday. Georgia is the seventh state to com plete its minimum quota of 200,000 bales and will be federated with the other states into the American Cot ton Growers' exchange. LAND SALE In the ease of D. L. Barnes Mfginet R. T. Martin the 498 6-10 acre tract, lying partly within and partly without the town of Lown desvQle, was sold by the Master Thos. P. Thomson at public sal* this morning la front of the court bouse. This tract was bought in by D. L. Barnes, the plaintiff in the ease for $1,000. This was the only sale made this morning by the Master, all others be ing postponed. MRS. VOSE JUL Mrs. L. M. Vose is very ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leila McDonald on Magazine street. Mrs. Vose has many friends who will be sorry te know of her condition. :iSK>N MAY WAIT UNTIL ECEMBER? NQRRIS WILL NTROOUCE MEASURE IN ENATE TO PROVIDE MONEY OR ENGINEERS /aahington, April 1.?Poatpone it until congress convenes in De fber of a decision respecting the jptance or rejection of Henry d's and other offers for private ration lease, purchase and com ion of the government's war iated projects at Muscle Shoals, appeared probable today with j return of the congressional dele- j. on from an inspection of the ^ perties in Alabama. < enator Korris of Nebraska, irman of the agriculture commit announced he would introduce leasure for appropriating money t> which the army engineers could in work of completing the Wil dam this summer and for the struction of dam No. 3 on the er Tennessee river. He declared dams should be (brought to com mon as soon as possible, and on point other senators and mem s of the house military committee > visited the projects, have ex* ssed their approval. 'he agricultural chairman said he i very doubtful that the senate ild be able to decide upon the ac- 1 tance or rejection of the private 1 pools at this session of con- 1 ? because of the heavily loaded : alative calendar. It was his plan explained- to give the offers a 1 rough study while the construc- i i work was in progress and de- 1 > later, probably in the next con- 1 & whether the government itself i aid complete the work and pot projects in condition for opera i under its supervision. fcairman Xahn of the house mili r committee issued a call for the aaittee to meet tomorrow to dis ) the often it has been investigate for more than a month and de nine at the same time upon a pram of future proceedings, a tor Norris prepared to present plan to the agriculture commit at its regular meeting on Tues 10 BE MADE SAFE Washington, April 2.?Naval avia t regulations governing naval air ft in flight are devised to cut the ; to machines and fliers to the eet point possible, it was asserted ay in an explanation of naval ctices made public by Secretary i by. The regulations include pro- ] ons for enabling the planes to p constantly in touch by radio i ships or shore stations along the be insuring prompt assistance in t of disaster and minimizing the get of losing a plans and its crew 1 ea. f to naval plane is dispatched over ^ >ute where it will be at any time . pj?t?iy oat of touch with the to stations at one end or the oth- f if the route, the explanation said. * power of the radio equipment in plane selected for "such a flight it be sufficient, under the regula a, - to span a little more than \ the total distance of the flight sred. If a thousand miles is to :o*ered, the radio plant in the te must be sufficient to comma- v ite more than 500 miles." c 7here there is any possibility of a]}, ed landing between the start and c end of the flight, two planes must lent together. In case one is forc lown it is assumed that the other be able to hover above and re ; and then make a landing itself t id the disabled machine. c ' /*v;. -> " '.V.'a IflODY REPRISALS SHAKE UP BELFAST x *>UR MEN DIE AND THREE | CHILDREN SERIOUSLY KURT. jjS SHARP DEFECTION REPORT. ED IN (REPUBLICAN ARMY WHEN OATH IS RENEWED Belfast, April 2.?Four men were hot and killed and three children vere wounded last night in the SilkA . i'ein area near the Old Lodge Road v>| listrict. The ages of the men nagd rom 40 to 3. The children are two,' even and 13 years old. . 41 It was another grim week-end for Belfast. The shooting of the men is >elieved to have been the reprisal 'or the killing Saturday of .Constable Jeorge Turner. The assassin fired it Turner from a vacant house and - nade his escape. The news of the > jhooting of the policeman spread rapidly, despite the curfew hour ast night, there were sfcenee of ex citement in the streets. Later heavy rifle and revolver firing punctuated with the shrieks of women and chil- , iren was heard and shortly after-, wards the bodies of the four men were taken to a hospital, where the three wounded children ; al- ,$|j| so were conveyed. The father of the , children, Joseph Walsh, was one of V the men who was killed. All the tili ng took place in the homes of the victims. Walsh was lying in bed with, the two younger children and the jullet, which killed him, wounded; :hem. Two year old Bridget was ihot through the head. Prank Walsh, son Of Joseph < \;.j% SValsh, was stopping with hi* grand* Bother a few doors distant from the ;' " % IKalsh home. The grandmother's tdose also was raided. The intrudes* -ushed upstairs, seised Frank, who ?as trying to escape through a win iow, and pitched him downstairs, lis injuries are not serious. The grandmother said after the raid that foseph Walsh had served five yean. in the war on the Western front. She had 13 sons and nephews in the war, only two of whom returned, "And this is my reward on their ,' j|g return," the old lady soM>ed. ' ;'|jj In the home of a relative of the ' ^ Walsh family this morning a ballet o.'' * _ \vSPGh passed through the arm of a neigh bor holding a 'baby and pierced its stomach, wounding it fatally. * The body of a young man aamed ' Garvey was found lying in tfee road it midnight last night, three miles from Newry. There were two bul let wounds in his head. Orange Hall, near Newry and t :lose to the scene of the tieeent burning, was destroyed early this morning. Armed * men ordered out :he woman caretaker and her four children, threw out the furnitare and set lire to the building. The iromaa ind her children were left' ia the darkness on the 'bleak mountainside until they were befriended by neighbon. FEDERAL COURT JURORS The following Abbeville County nen have been drawn to serve the irst two weeks of Federal Court vhkh convenes in Greenville en ^pril 11th: C. H. Taylor, Calhoun .. '"alls; S. Goode Thomson, Jr., Abbe ille; Pieree Bowen, Abbeville; W. M {peer, Lowndeeville, and Prank 5herard, Calhoun Falls. McMURRAVS NEW FOUNTAIN The McMurray Drug Company Is nstalling a new and up-to-date foan ain in their store. When finished It viii uc un? ui ilie uiuai* obvrMuvo 111 he state, and with the clean and ttc ommodating service they always lave had, they expect to treat their r ustomers better than ever. COTTON MARKET Cotton brought 17 3-4 eemfci ?a he local market today with rnj tit offered for sale. ' - * ' x' . ..