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VY BILL PASSED
1Y SEVERAL VOLES
I
SE APPROVES ENLISTED
RSONNEL OF 86,000, DE
RT1NG REPUBLICAN LEAD
SHIP AND SUPPORTING
SITION BY PRESIDENT
shington, April 20.?By the
n n* 71 votes the house to
broke away from its own I
rship, stood behind the presi
and passed the 1923 naval ap
iation bill with an amendment
the enlisted personnel of 86,
; vote on the Mc-Arthur-Vare
iment, the big point in dispute
increased the man farce from
) as provided in the bill, was
o 148, with two members an
ng present. Ninety Republicans
against the 86,000 amend
with 43 Democrats supporting
>are hand clap or two greeted
anouncement by the speaker.
;allerie?s, half deserted, madej
empt at a demonstration. I
h the fighting section out of
ay the bill was put on its pas
ind went through, 279 to 78.
amended, the measure carried
tl of $251,269,000, or about
>0,000 more than the total
by the approprations commit
hich framed it. It goes now to
enate, with the charge by
nan Kelley of the naval ap
ations subcommittee that
millions will be added and
the house will be asked to
had not the big navy men
ed front at the last."
compared with the 90 RepuWi
who voted against the* amend
173 Republicans voted for it,
18 others were paired for it
against the 48 Democrats who
for the amendment, 57 Demo
voted against it while 14 oth
ere paired against it.
ept on two occasions today
11 sailed along through an
ted seas. Once, however,
nan Kelley broke loose in |
members characterized as a|
s attack on the "navy yard
nation," charging that despite I
??- fK?ra VAra bHII
ids from navy yard and naval
:t districts for mora money
eras carried in the bill.
rting in the Massachusetts vil
>f Squantum, where destroyers
built during the war, Mr. Kel
1 a picture of "the plea for
" jumped across West Vir
with its armor plate factory
> South Atlantic coast across
w Orleans, and then to Cali
and up the West coast. The
was in a tumult as he de
that everywhere the feeling
to be that the purpose of the
conference was to .build up
rovide more work for the gov
nt plants.
f a dozen members were
into the fight. Representative
i (Democrat) of Louisiana de
g Chairman Kelley had proved
If "a naval wrecker." The bat
fced for ten minutes.
i other clash developed when
!elley presented a letter re
boday from Secretary Deolby
dy to one for information, in
if was stated that the added
o the bill through increasing
jJisted force by 19,000 men
be around $40,000,OpO.
Denby explained that increas
es <iy pot into the bill provided
iy and subsistence of the larg
sonnel. that no addition for
would be needed and that
?m for transportation and re
ought to be increased by
&,000.
Carolina Syncopators went to
rille Thursday and played fori
|nce at the Greenville Country
'hey will go to Greenwood to
to play for a dance at the J
hotel tomorrow night.
WILL BE NECESSARY SAYS SEC
RETARY MELLON?CONGRESS
MAKING A PPROPRIATIONS
WITH LAVISH HAND?DEFIC
I IT OF 1-2 BILLION DOLLARS
Washington, April 20.?Levying of
additional taxes probably will be nec- r
essary to meet the deficit of more *
than $350,000,000 forecast for the
fiscal year of 1923 by Secreary Mel- e
Ion, it was said today at the treasury, t
High officials of the treasury de- d
partment discussing the expected de- v
ficit said that no consideration had c
yet been given to means of meeting
of the lack of funds but that it was b
apparent that the deficit would prob- e
ably have to be raised by taxation as t
the government "did not have any d
thing to sell." p
Whether the deficit would run as
high as half a billion dollars as es
timated by some treasury officials,
could not be accurately determined
at this time, it was said, as the va
j rious contingent items of revenue
and expenditures taken into consid
eration into figuring the finances for
the coming fiscal year made an ac
curate determination of the expected
deficit impossible. Officials asserted
however, a considerable deficit was
certain.
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
At Court Hoiue in the Interest of
Club Market.
Monday night at 8 o'clock at the
Court House a meeting will be held
m the interest of the Home Demon
stration Club Market. This meeting
is for the purpose of marketing of
local farm and home products. The
success of such an enterprise de
pends on the cooperation of the peo
ple who raise the products and the
consumers. The following will be the
program:
Purpose of. the meeting?Mrs. Alma
C. Gibbons, Co. Home Dem. Agt
How the Town Women can Help the
Club Market?Mrs. F. B. McLane,
Pres. Civic Club.
Greenwood's Successful Market?
Miss Janie Robert, Greenwood
County Dem. Agent
What the Market Means to the Town
?Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Pres. Lea
gue of Women Voters.
Rug Cleaning Demonstration?Mrs.
Alma C. Gibbons.
S. C. Home Producers Association?
Mrs. Frances Y. Kline, State Mar
keting Agent from Winthrop.
Everybody Pull Together?Mr. W.
C. McGogan, County Farm Agent.
All who are interested in the suc
cess of the market are cordially in
vited to attend this meeting.
VISITING CHARLESTON
Mrs. T. C. Carroll and Mrs. S. A.
Fant left today for Charleston to
visit Miss Fay Smith. Miss Smith
has 'been teaching in the Mount
Pleasant school near Charleston for
three years. Mrs. Carroll and Mrs.
Fant expect to visit all of the
points of interest near Charleston,
especially Magnolia Garden and the
Isle of Palms.
BASEBALL
The Abbeviile Cotton Mill team
will play the second game against
Calhoun Falls at the mill park at
3:30 p. m. Saturday, April 22. The
first game was a close contest result
ing in victory for Abbeville by a
score of 4 to 3. Another close game
is expected Saturday afternoon.
Big Seizure of Opium.
San Francisco, April 20.?A con
traband shipment of 14,000 tins of
opium, and other drugs valued at
$200,000 was seized today on the
China Mail company liner Nanking.
The Nanking arrived from the Far b<
East April 16. The seizure was one ol
! of the biggest in the history of the f<
port of San Francisco. ri
a FAMINE I
UNDER CONTROL
TATEMENT BY GOODRICH OF
INDIANA? FORMER COVER
NOR TELLS PRESIDENT AND
SECRETARY HOOVER OF IN
VESTIGATION
Washington April 20.?The Ame
ican relief administration now has
lussian famine under control in all
he accessible districts, former Gov
rnor Goodrich of Indiana declared
oday after conferring1 with Prosi
lent Harding and Secretary Hoo
er upon his recent investigation of
onditions in Russia.
Mortality among children has
een reduced to normal, he report
d, and deaths from acute starva.
ion among adults are- rapidly
iminishing, while the morale of the
ponlp in the famine districts has
hown an extraordinary change for
h? better.
Control of the Russian famine
intil the next harvest, Governor
roodrich asserted, was purely a
uestion of railway transportation,
he "degenerated administration
nd equipment of the railways"
iving no certainty as to the con
inued movement of supplies. He de
lared there were enough supplies
n the way to Russia or stored in
orts to control the situation until
arvest if they could be delivered
d the famine regions, but added
hat congestion at junction points,
rhere as many as 50 trains have
afjtllMi for weeks, threatened
ie continued movements from the
orts.
The former governor said there
r&a every indication that the seed
rovided by the American relief ad*
linistration would be sufficient to
rovido for the next harvest. He
poke in glowing terms of the work
f the American staff in the famine
istricts and declared the members
ad organized thousands of commit
ses in the various communities to a
igh point of efficiency.
"The gratitude of the Russian
eople towards America is unbound
d," Mr. Goodrich said. "The word'
Ara,' -initials, of the American r&
ief administration, which is the
rotective sign on the whole distri
butive machinery from cars to ware
ou ses and kitchens, nas (been em
raced as a word in the Russian
anguage expressing the generous
ction of America.
"No doubt, poverty will continue
n Russia, more particularly in the
ities and larger towns, for a long
ime to come, but this great disas
er of famine from drought will
ave been overcome after the new
arvest in August. Except for the
melioration of inherent poverty
rom economic demoralization the
/ork of the Americans will have
een accomplished."
URAL CARRIERS TO
GATHER CROP DATA
lUthorized By the Postmaster Gen
eral?Take But Little Time and
Will be of Great Value
Washington, April 20.?Utilization
f the services of rural letter car
ters for gathering crop data and oth
r agricultural statistics was author
ed today by Postmaster General
fork.
"The postofflce department redliz
3," the postmaster general said,
that the services of rural carriers
Duld render would be of tremendous
alue to agricultural interests of the
auntry and we would be heartily
lad to have them co-operate with the
gricultural department by serving
s crop reporters.
"It is understood that the filling
ut of the blanks requires but a few
loments each month so that work of
reat importance and interest could
e performed with the expenditure
f but little time, and without inter
;rence with postal duties of the car
ers."
ANOTHER ANGLE
IN PROHIBITION
SPOKESMAN FOR GOVERN
MENT SAYS TRANSIT IN
BOND WILL BE STOPPED BY
AUTHORITIES? TO PREVENT
PASSAGE
Washington, April 20.?The fed
eral government in enforcing prohi
bition would close its port to th? ex
tent of prohibiting the transit in
bond through the country or even
the transfer from one ship to anoth
ther in any of its harbors of liquor
intended for consumption as a bev
erage in a foreign country, Judge
Goff, assistant to the attorney gen
eral, declared today in arguing
cases in the supreme court.
The cases involve a shipment
from Canada to Mexico by Hiram
Walker & Son of intoxicating liquor
to be transshipped in bond from De
x. :x a- xt n_i _'_j - -1--?
truii. iu .ntew v/ritsans, auu u ainy
ment of liquor by the Anchor line
from Scotland to Bermuda iby trans
fer from one British vessel to an
other in New York harbor.
Judge Goff explained that in the
former case the United States dis
trict court at Detroit had held that
both the treaty with Great Britain
and the revised statutes, notwith
standing the 18th amendment and
the Volstead act, bad authorized
such shipments, but the United
States district court at New York in
the matter of the transfer had held
that 'both the revised statutes and
the treaty with Great Britain which
authorized the transit of intoxicat
I in# liquor had been repealed and
j abrogated, respectively.
It is the purpose of the govern
ment In pressing the cases to pre
vent both the transshipments and
transfer of liquor. Judge Goff stated
because of the large amount which
while in transit is either pilfered or
diverted.
"The United States exerted its'
sovereign power and withdrew its
protection and its recognition of
liquor as a commodity of com
merce," Judge Goff said, adding
that the government insisted the
language of the 18th amendment in
cluded the transit of liquor bond in
the United States.
All transportation within the
jurisdiction of the United States of
liquor for beverage purposes is pro
hibited, he continued, emphasizing
that the exportation of liquor had
been prohibited. Congress had re
fused the protection of the govern
ment to liquor intended for bever
age purposes, he added, no matter
whether destined to citizens of this
country or to persons in other coun
tries. A commodity must be capable
of being imported (before it can be
admitted, Judge Goff argued; even
to the extent of being transferred
from one ship to another.
TYPHUS HAS BROKEN
OUT IN ENGLAND
Thirteen Case* and Three Deaths
Reported at Birkenhead Near
Liverpool.
London, April 20.?Typhus has
broken out in Birkenhead near Liv
erpool, thirteen cases being reported
there and three deaths having occur
red, according to information receiv
ed at the American consul today. If
[the disease shows indications of
j spreading, stringent inspection of
British emigrants to America will be
undertaken by the American health
authorities in London.
The American eonsul in Liverpool!
has been ordered thoroughly to in
vestigate the epidemic.
TO GIVE PLAY
Miss Ixladys wnson is training,
the girls of the Sunshine Club at the:
Community House in a pTay to be
given in the auditorium of the new;
Community building during the i
opening week in May. . 1
CALL IN DUBLIN
FOR BRIEF STRIKE
DEMONSTRATION OF ONE DAY
MAY BE MADE?LABOR PARTY
AND TRADES UNION CON
GRESS WANT DAIL EIREANN
TO MOVE
Dublin, April 20.?A manifesto
issued this evening by the Labor par
ty and the trades' union congress
calls for a one day strike and de
mands that the Dail Eireann assert
its authority, reunite the army under
a single command and accept the re
sponsibility of government or con
fess its impotence and make way for
the people to decide the issues.
The manifesto says the lord mayox
and the archbishop of Dublin have
been requested to invite the repre
sentatives of the executive council
of the dissident section of the army
(that Headed oy nouencK noy u Con
ner) to the adjourned session of the
peace conference between represen
tatives of the Free State and the
Republicans next Wednesday. It as
serts that the Labor party and the
trades union congress have
consulted the leaders of the contend
ing parties and forces and have been
assured on all sides that many deeds
of aggression and violence were com
mitted by groups or individuals whc
are without authority. Every efforl
was being made to reduce to a mini
mum military intervention in civil af
fairs.
It is declared by the manifesto
that it is for the Dan tire an n wnen
it meets next Tuesday to reunite the
army and bring: it under a single
command so that it may defend the
nation and its liberties against for
eign intervention.
"The country demands .that the
Dail should assert its authority and
accept the responsibilities of govern
ment or confess its impotence and
make way for the people," it de
clares. The manifesto eays the de
mand is made on behalf of 300,000
organized trade unionists And tens ,of
thousands of other persons outside
their ranks.
STILL POUND NEAR
PROMISE LAND YESTERDAY
T. D. Ferguson and C. B. Prince
deputies for Sheriff tMcLane, fount
a still in a vacant house on the ole
Lites Place near the Promise Lane
yesterday. The place is rented ib]
Jim Tullds. Sixty gallons of masl
was ready to make into whiskey
Jim Tullis was arrested and he im
plicated Will Self, of Georgia, wti<
lives with the Tullis', in the running
of the still.
The still was an interesting affair
'being a plain old-fashioned blacl
iron wash-pot with a wooden home
made cover. In the center of th?
cover was an ordinary inch pip*
such as is found in kitchen plumb
ing. A red mud mortar was placec
over the wooden cover to make il
air tight. The pipe extending out oi
the middle ran straight up for alboul
twelve inches when an elbow turn
W3 made, a straight eight foot pipe
line running out through a trough of
cold water. A fire 1>uilt under the
pot would start the white lightning
trickling through the pipe line.
TulHs has been released on bond
but Self is stall confined in jail.
MISS LAURA BAILEY
Miss Laura Bailey, of Winthrop
College, State Agent in charge of the
Sewing Clubs for South Carolina,
was in Abbeville yesterday and today
helping Mrs. Gibbons with her sewing
club. work. Miss Bailey is charmed
with girls in general and with South
Carolina girls in particular, ttUU
that one of her clubs last year was
entirely broken up by matrimony. So
it seems Miss Bailey's opinion is
booked up by the masculine gender.
Cotton on the local market today
brought 17 1-2.
GENOA CONFERENCE
BLOCKED FOR IE'
~ ,i r"
NO BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE
CAN BE DISPOSED OF UNTIL
DECISION IS REACHED AS TO
STATUS OF GERMANY FOLLOW
ING TREATY WITH RUSSIA
Genoa, April 20.?The German
delegates and experts have not yet
been able to find a formula whereby
to compromise with the entente
powers iwthout sacrificing the Russo
German treaty although they were
in session to a very late hour to
night. Efforts are being made to
have the conference fornjulate a
Russian policy in which the. Russo
' German treaty can 'be absorbed,
! thus giving it the stamp of confer
ence approval and removing the
I pqiida rt-f harH foolinflp
The plain language of Premier
Lloyd George to the German states
men today over the treaty incident,
which at one time threatened to dis
rupt the economic conference, was
believed to have cleared the political
atmosphere, but as neither the Ger
man reply to the allies nor the Rus
sian reply regarding acceptance of
the conditions for the restoration of
Russia was forhcomlng, the situa
tion is still considered critical.
Some of the neutrals described
the Germans as embarrassed as to
how to find a way out of the difficul
ty. Meantime the work of the con
ference is blocked. The neotral
' states have officially insisted that
1 die agenda of the conference be '
1 discussed in the commissions and not
j m prCUUf CiOa UVIIVS 9UJVU? vwv
chief delegates. To this the leaders
rejoin that preliminary meetings
are advisable in order to expedite -
! the labors of the conference.
1 It is expected that once th? Bos- '
| so-German controversy is disponed
of the machinery of the conference
will resume operations. The an*
nouncement that J. P. Morgan will
, join the group of bankers to dis
' cuss the possibility of floating an
internatinal loan for Germany has
created an optimistic feeling for the
future finances of Europe.
M. Barthou of the French delega
tion tonight declared that Premier
Lloyd George had adopted a strong
, attitude at today's meeting with the
I German foreign minister, Dr.
I Rathenau. M. Barthou, who is kept
I closely informed as to what Mr.
j Lloyd George is doing, said there
i was no room for equivocation on
. the part of Germany, there was no
- middle course. If the Germans in
, I sisted on maintaining the treaty,
t J the French could not deal with them
on any of the commissions concern
t ing Russia. *
i '"The most complete accord exists
between France and England on the
s question involved," he added.
i The opinion was expressed in
- French circles tonight that the Ger
l mans are anxious to find a way of
I settlement which will keep them ac
UIVC IHCUJAA/^iO Vi MiC
BASEBALL FANS
iFurman and Alabama played ball
( in Greenwood yesterday, the game
' resulting in a score of 1-0 in favor
of Alabama. Mr. A. B. Galloway,
' Bayard Swetenlburg, Leslie McMil
lan and Walter Winn attended the
game from here.
In the game at Dae West between
Wofford and Erskine the score was
5 to 1 in favor of Wofford. The fol?
j
lowing fans went to Due West from
Abbeville to see the game: Dr. J. E.
Pressly, Arthur M. Klugh, Bill
Jones, Carroll Swetenburg, W. D.
Wilkinson and Sanford Howie.
MAYOR'S COURT
The following cases were before
the Mayor's Court this morning:
Hattie Siebert, disorderly kouse.
fined $12;50. George Henderson
visiting disorderly house, fined
$12.50.