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TARIFF MEASURE
IS PRESENTED
TREASURY EXPERTS ESTIMATE
BILL WILL RAISE $300,000,000,
AW INCREASE OF 50 PER CENT
OVER THE PRESENT TARIFF
QIUL?WILL BE LONG FIGHT
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miiristsrationvtariff hill as re-written
by senate finance committee repub
licans on the basis of foreign valua
tion with provisions for flexible <
rates and proclaimed American valu
ation as recommended by President 1
Harding, was presented today to
the senate. It was announced that it
would be taken up on April 21. A
long fight is in prospect with some
estimates that it might continue for ,
three months.
* Taken as a whole the bill, ac- ,
cording to estimates of committee ex
pertff averages sligtly higher than ,
the Payne-Aldrich law, the last re- ,
publican protective tariff act. As :
compared with the house measure,
the specific rates generally are high- .
er, but the ad valorem rates gener- t
ally are lower as such rates in the .]
house bill were ibased on American I
valuation. 1
Treasury experts have estimated j
roughly that the bill will raise from (
$399,960,000 to $350,000,000 oil
reroHie annually, 'but they ihave not I <
yet had tipe to complete accurate
calculations. The house measure was
estimated to raise $300,000,000,
while the Underwood law yielded
between $200,000,000 and $300,
000,000. ~
There is a division of opinion
among the farmers as to the prob
able effect the measure would have
on the cost of living. In the official
report accompanying the bill it is
stated the committee majority had
"endeavored N4o recommend rates
that will afford protection to Ameri
can indusry and permit them to pay
wages sumciem; w enauie our
men to maintain an American stan- <
dard in living." 1
With regard to the agricultural
schedule, one of the longest in the '
bill the report said the "committee 11
adopted the policy of giving to agri- J
culture the measure of protection {
that has been accorded to other ii^-iJ
duatriee, with due consideration to 1
the meedB of all sections and of all
industries." The rates in this sche- i
dale generally average higher than
thofle in the house bill and includes
a large number of items which were
on the free list in the Underwood {
bill, but placed on the dutiable list '
in the emergency tariff act now in !
for?e. j
As a general rule, the rates writ
tea into the agriculture schedule are
at afcout the level demanded by the
senate republican farm tariff bloc.
Committee experts stated, however,
that with few exceptions the rates
in the agricultural schedule would '
not exceed 25 per cent. This schedule J
embraces meats, eggs, vegetables ^
generally, fruits and practically all
other products of the farm. The duty
On wheat was fixed at 85 cents a 1
by&el, the same as under the emer
gency act, 'but five cents above the
figure fixed in the house bill. Under
the democratic tariff act wheat was
free.
MI3S MARY R. MOORE HONORED ,
Bliss Mary Reed Moore has been !
elected a delegate irom wintnropi,
College to attend the Y. W. C. A. J
convention to be at Blue Ridge,
N. C., from May 81 to June the 12th. .
About twenty delegates from Win- ,
throp will attend. All of the southern
states will be represented at the ,
convention, about 2,000 young ladies
being expected to attend.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Tke County Board of Equalization
will meet in the office of Mr. R. C. 1
$o?dley, auditor for Abbeville coun- i
t'y, *ext Tuesday the 18th of April, i
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OVER NIL BILL
MEMBERS INSIST THAT IT DOES
AND DOES NOT CARRY OUT
PROVISIONS?r RATIO OF
TREATY BRINGS DISCUS
SION '
Washington, April 11.?The fight
on the naval appiopriation bill began
in the house today with, members in
sisting that it did and that it did not
actually carry out th^ 5-5-3 ratio, as
fixed by the treaty. All day the dis
cussion centered around this one big
question in dispute.
Chairman Kelly of the sub
committee on appropriations, which
drafted the measure, and others, in
eluding Representative Mondell of
Wyoming Republican leader declared
an enlisted force of 65,000 phis 2,
000 apprentice seamen was ade
quate to maintain the navy in ac
cordance with the arms conference
rating. Others, however, including
Representative Padgett of Tennes
see, ranking Democrat on the naval
committee, which in former times
prepared the navy hills, asserted the
figures were so low "as to destroy
the efficiency of the American navy"
and give it a standing the same as
Dr lower than that of Japan.
In all there were seven speeches
during the day, three for and four
against the measure. Representative
Byrnes of South Carolina supported
the committee proposals, joining
Chairman Kelly and Mr. Mondell in
its defense. On the other side the
jpeakers with Mr. Padgett were
Representatives Pinkham of Massa
:hu setts, Husted of New York and
(Tare of Pennsylvania, all Republi
can members of the appropriations
jommittee who signed a minority re
port uiiging a force of 80.000 olus
>,000 and who declared the commit
tee figures disrupted and ignored
the treaty.
There will be two full days of gen
eral debate with more later when
the personnel section is reached.
The name of the president was
brought into the debate and there
were many verbal clashes as a result.
Mr. Mondell questioned the propriety
3f the incluson in minority views of
a statement that the president had
urged 86,000 men or 10,000 less than
the number requested <by Secretary
Deniby.
Asserting that 65,000 men would
not accomplish the aims of the
treaty, Mr. Padgett suggested to the
committee that if it was unwilling to
accept the solemn judgment of the
secretary of the navy somebody i
ought to be put in his place whose |
advice would be accepted.
CAROLINA SYNCOPATORS
The Carolina Syncopators will go
to Laurens tomorVow to play for a
iance at the country club there to
morrow night. Friday they will go to
Clinton and will furnish music for
the Junior-Senior banquet at the
Presbyterian College. They will also
play for a dance in Clinton Saturday
light.
BACK TO TENNESSEE
iMr. and Mrs. Robert O. Hunter
left this (morning for Greenville,
Tenn., to spend the summer months.
They went through the country and
Franldin Nickles will act as chauf
feur on the trip. Franklin was en
thused over the prospects of the trip
and told the boys in town that he
was to get the trip out, his railroad
fare paid back home and Mr. Hunter
was to pay him ten dollars in addi
tion to this. Franklin left some en
vious boys in Albbevilie.
DISTRICT AGENT HERE
MiBs Blanche Tarrant, District
Agent of the Home Demonstration
Work with headquarters in Green
wood, is in Aibbeville today to con
sult with Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons
about the work in this county.
UPlREME COURT DECIDES <
STANDARD FASHION CASE.
NOT OF AGENCY OR JOINT
VENTURE, SAYS JUSTICE DAY
IN OPINION
Washington, April 11.?Contracts
f sale made 'by (manufacturers, re- t
uirinig retail dealers exclusively to i
andle their products, which may ]
ave the effect to lessen competition t
rbstantiauy were today neia xo oe
ivalid by the supreme court, v
The opinion delivered by Jus
ce Day in a case ibrougfet by the
tandard Fashion company, a New
ork corporation, against the Ma
rane Houston company of Boston,
nd sought to compel the retail
>mpany to observe the terms of a
>ntract that the supreme court de
ared was one of sale and not of
jency or joint venture.
Being a contract of sale, Justice
ay stated, the only question which
nnained for the court to determine
as whether the facts established
tat it would substantially lessen
>mpetition.
Adopting the findings of the clr
lit court of appeals for the first
rcuit of the results obtained
rough the contract, the supreme
wirt reached the conclusion "that
e contract, properly interpreted,
ith its restrictive covenant, brings
fairly within the section of the
layton act under consideration." It
lereiore anxnnoa uie uevituvu c
' the circuit court which held the t
intract invalid. j
Under its contract the Standard' c
ishion Company agreed to sell its 1
andard patterns at^ discount of 50 P
? cent from retail prices and to s
law certain return privileges when 1
itween certain dates semi-annually
would receive in exchange at nine- E
nths cost discarded patterns. In t
ily, 1917, the Magrane Houston c
mpany decided to discontinue the *
,le of the Standard Fashion com- e
my patterns and placed on sale in 1
5 store patterns of a rival pattern t
tmpany. It was to enforce its con- c
act that the fashion company
ought suit.
MODEL FARM.
E. F. Arnold, who sells cars in Ab
jville for Mr. Henry Ford, has set
) a miniature model farm in his
iow window. A shallow box about
< feet long and three .feet wide has
sen filled with rich earth and grass
anted. A good stand of grass makes
e surface green and on this has
sen placed a model farm house with
incy fences made of toothpicks,
trns, chickens and even a pig pen.
In the fields will be SMn the trac
rs and machinery that make a mod
farm practicable in real life. It
an attractive window exhibit.
IN CONSULTATION
Dr. J. E Edwards of Sp&rtarfburg
as called in consultation by Dr. <*. c
. Neuffor, the attending physician, i
rth regard to the condition of Dr. v
. C. Gambrell, who has been quite p
ck 'for several days. Dr. Edwards t
freed with the diagnosis of Dr.
suffer and was pleased with the
'ogress of the case. Dr. Oambrell's
mdition is satisfactory but he will
ive to remain in bed for some days. .
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ATHOUN FAIJjS ABBEVILLE 1
Calhoun Falls' tenon will play the
bbeville Cotton Mill team on the
bbeville mill field Saturday after
)on at 3:30 p. m. All of the base
ill fans are expected to be pxes
it.
VIEDICAL SOCIETY TO MEET
The Abbeville County Medical So
ety will meet Friday night at 8
. m. in the office of Dr. C. C. Gam
ell.
STEAMSHIP TRAFFIC I
TO CHANGE ROUTE
:hange adds forty miles to c
the distance between
america and europe.
move 60 miles south of
present steamship lane
Washington, April 11.?Steamship "
iraffic in the North Atlantic will ibe a
TinVAfl civ+v rmlofl armi+Ji n-f fVio tl
>resent double steamship lane
;hrough the ice danger zone of the
3rand Banks under advisory in
ductions sent out by the hydro
praphic office. The east-bound traffic
;o Europe made the change, effe cl
ave last Saturday. The westbound
ane will move April 15.
Action of'the hydrographic office
vas based upon the desire of the
steamship companies associated in
hgi trans-Atlantic track agreement,
organized in London, which decided
ast Saturday that the shift would
>e desiralble at this time, although
toere has been as yet no menace of
cebergs in the steamship lanes. The
leason when the 'bergs break loose
ind sometimes force their way into
he ordinary lanes of steamship
ravel is near at hand, however, and
he hydrographic office welcomes the
lecision of the London Association
if Steamship companies and prompt
y communicated with all the re
nainder of the 50 line? operating in
he North Atlantic routes.
The coast guard cutter Tampa is
>n international ice patrol duty off
lie Grand Banks at present and has
tot reported the presence of more
han one berg1 in the vicinity of the
fceamship lanes within the last ten
lays. That berg apparently broke
ip and disappeared, although ship
ring was routed around the ob
truction for several days by radio
nessages from the cutter.
The berg which sank the Titanic
aade its appearance *in the ship's
racks on April 12, the disaster oc
curring on the night of that date.
Javy officials generally were pleas
d at the attitude of the steamship
ines this year in deciding to switch
o the safe routes sixty miles south
if the ordinary spring track without
waiting for the ice to compel such
iCtion.
REAMES' NICE CATCH
Another Abbeville boy came into
he limelight when Truman Reames
lade a sensational catch in the game
t Athens, Ga. last Friday between
leorgia Tech and Clemson. Abbeville
3 proud of her baseball celebrities.
The following press notice is by W.
?. Munday, Jr., and is taken from
^he Atlanta Journal:
"From a sensational standpoint
he game was featured by a neat
unning catch of a fly ball by Reames
n right for the South Carolinians. In
he fifth Pearce caught one by the
rademark and drove it on a line
ver the first baseman's head, it
ooKea gooa ior tnree muses, uul
teams came tearing in on it, run
iing sideways and seeing that he
ouldn't flag it by mere running,
ook a long jump, spearing the ball
rhile in apace. It was one of the
irettiest catches seen here so far
his year."
MRS. WRIGHT ARRIVES
Mrs. Parker O. Wrtgfit of Pasa
lena, Cal., arrived In the city today
o visit her father, Dr. James L.
iartin, on Wardlaw street. Mrs.
Vright will be remembered here as
diss Nora Martin. She is the only
Mid of Dr. Martin and will be wel
omed by her girlhood friends.
ILIZA WARD LAW AUSTIN SICK
Little Eliza Wardlaw Austin is
ery sick at the home of her parents,
>r. and Mrs. James Austin on North
Iain street. She was taken ill last
ight, but is considered better to
ay.
GOVERNMENT FORCES IN VERA
CRUZ DEFEATED BY REBELS
SALES OF ARMS AND MUNI
TIONS SUSPENDED?IN OPEN
REBELLION
Washington, April 11.?Official
dvices received here today indicate
ncsreased revolutionary and Ibandit
ctivity in the states of Vera Cruz,
alisco and Nayarit in Mexico. The
^bela in Nayarit were reported to
lumber from 200 to 300 men under
he leadership of Pablo Gonzales. In
nlinen, six setiarate bands were re
crted in the field In open rebellion
gainst the central government, al
though their strength thus far is re
arded as insignificant.
The activity in Vera Cruz was re
orted to have assumed considerable
mportance in view of the defeat j
rhich the rebel leader, General Mi
uel Aleman, with a band estimated
t 800 men, recently administered to
he federal forces. The federal edm-i
lander in Vera Gruz, it was said,
as reported that the-rebels are <bet-|
sr armed and equipped than his
wn forces and requested authority
o suspend the sales of arms and
munitions of all kinds.
Noticeablfe decline in bandit
movements in the northern states of
lexjco as reported in the dispatches,
espite sporadic uprisings in the
tate of Coahuila and in southern
Ihihuahua and Duirango.
The spread of radicalism, it was
eported, continues unabated, with
npetus being given to the mov*.
lent by emissaries from various
oun tries, including the United
tates. Those emissaries, it was said,
re organized and assisted through
be agency, of various radical orga
izations and have the support of
ome Mexican officials.
Control of the federal army, re
arded as loyal to President Obre
on, and development of the gov
rament's finances, however, were
eclared to be the chief factors in
lie present Mexican situation.
FOOD COSTS LOWER
lecreaw Noted in Retail Prices
Of March
Washington, April 11.?A de
rea&e in the retail eost of food to
tie average family in March, as
ompared with February, was re
orted today 'by the bureau of labor
tatistics of the department of labor,
'rices as of 43 food articles in 51
nportant cities were considered,
eyenteen of these articles showed
ecrease ranging from less than five
enths of 1 per cent on (butter ana
ea to 34 per cent on strictly fresh
utter, 21 articles increased from
jss than five-tenths of 1 per cent on
heeee to 11 per cent on oranges and
ix articles remained unchanged.
During the year March 15, 1921 to
larch 15, 1922 the bureau added
he average decrease in the retail
rices of these foods was 11 per
ent, 35 articles decliming and eight
icreasing. In the nine year period
nding March 15, the average of in
rease was placed at 43 per cent.
LUNACY WRITS
Jim McQuerns was taken in charge
nder a writ of lunacy (by Sheriff
[cL&ne yesterday and turned over
3 the county of Greenwood for com
litment.
Wilbur R. Stafford of Lowndes
ille presented himself to Sheriff Mc
>ane April 11th and asked to be
&nt to the asylum. He was lodged in
iil and will be held until his papers
an be completed and returned to
udge of Probate, J. F. Miller, when
0 will be taken to Columbia. The
pplicant has been confined in the
sylujn before.
COTTON MARKET
The best price for cotton on the'.
>cal market today was 17 3-4 cents.
INOFI
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN ELEC
TED, SWORN IN-OFFICERS' F<
NEW YEAR ELECT^D
BER OF POLICEMEN CUT, J.
NASH NEW MAN ON FORCE.
Yesterday was general election daj
for city officers. Mayor Mars was i
elected as Mayor for two years; 1
srs. E. R. Thomson and M. B.
were rt-elected as councilman, )t
Messrs. J. S. Cochran and J.-\
Gambrell were elected as new
cilmen. All these newly elected
ers were sworn in at a meeting last '
night.
The matter of-most importance be^
fore the council last night was the'
matter of electing officers for the city;
All elections were by secret ballot
The results were as follows:
J. L. Johnson, re-elected Chief of]1
Police.
James Schroeder, Clarence Craw-^j
ford and J. J. Naah as policemen. The;?
two former being re-elected while
Mr. Nash is a newly elected officer.
Messrs.'Stevenson and Bonds were-?
not re-elected. Council decided to re-.,
duce the force from five to'four men,
including the chief.
Geo. C. Douglass was re-elected
City Treasurer, an office he has
for the past year with great satis-,
faction. ;
C. P. Townsend, another of the City i
officers making good, was re-elected'
? T I
as manager ui me water anu uguir .
plants. 't \$L
>, J i- /'
M. B. Reese was elected by the
council as mayor pro tern, and in\
the absence of the Mayor will hand :
out a stern brand of justice to un
fortunate law-breakers.
Mr. W. . Haddon was re-el
street foreman and will continue
build good streets.
Col. E. F. Arnold was re-elected
as Chief of the Fire Department at' ^
the same salary, which is glory only,
and G. S. Wilson was re-elected as
engineer, with W. T. Mundy as as- :
sistant.
J. Howard Moore was named as
City attorney. ' '
The following constitute the City
Board of Health: Dr. J. R. Power,
chairman; Dre. J. C. Hill, J. E.
Pressly, Joel S. Morse and C. A.
Haigler.
The committees of council for the
year are as follows:
Streets?Langley, chairman; Evans
Reese, and Thomson.
Finance?Evans, chairman; Syfan,
Miller and Cochran.
Police?Miller, chairman;
Langley, and Gambrell.
Fire Department?Syfan,
man; Thomson. Cochran and
brell.
Light and Water?Reese, chair
man; Evans, Langley and Miller.
J3uildings and Grounds?Thomson, , v
chairman; Syfan, Cochran and Gam
brell. x " . I
SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICES
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In addition to the regular mid
week Lenten service today there trill
be a special service tomorrow even
ing, being Maundy Thursday, at 8
o'clock is Trinity Episcopal church.
This service wHl have especial stem
ficance in the fact that the Holy
Communion will be celebrated at
night?th? only time this is possible
in the Episcopal church at Bach an
hour?and is in commemoration of
the institution of the Lord's Supper
by Our Lord Himself. A special ser
mon relative to this fact will .be ,
preached at the service tomorrow
night, and an invitation is extended
to the memebrs of the other
churches in town to be present.
un master Sunday morning mere
will b? a celebration of the Holy
Communion at 8:30 a. m in Trinity
church in order to leave time for
Rev. Mr. Derbyshire to reach Wil
lington where h? has another similar
service and Baptism at 11:15 a. m.
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