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Pushed lian^O Year. Tri-WeeMy Abbeville, S. C., Monday, May 8, 1922~~ ^Sl^leCopleg, Five Cente. 78th Year. j
BANK EXAMINERS i
SEE IMPROVEMENT
BELIEF EXPRESSED THAT PRO- <
GRE&S TOWARDS NORMAL
CONDITIONS WILL BE GRAD
UAL?OUTLOOK FOR THE
FUTURE
Washington, Mav 6.?General ,
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strengthening of the economic ma-j
chinery of th? nation was reported
today to Comptroller of the Cur
rency Crissinger by the 12 national '
bank examiners representing the 12 |
federal reserve districts at their
meeting here.
In the main the examiners said .
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there has been a notable improve- ,
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ment in business conditions through
out the country, together with re
stored confidence and a favorable C
outlook for the future. The belief
was expressed, however, that pro
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gress towards normal conditions .
would be gradual and not an over
night accomplishment. ^
In the New York district business
generally shows a wholesome trend,
although still dopresed in all lines, ^
according to L. C. Borden. s
"This depressed condition," he v
said, "is believed to be Still due to c
our Western and Southern agricul- *
tural situation, to taxation, to the
still too high living coszs and to la- *
bor costs." n
In the New York district, he con- a
tinued, it is hoped that the Genoa
conference will be the first step to- P
waixis future beneficial conferences P
which will prove more economical t
than professional. 3
Tihe proposed soldier bonus legis- ^
lation, he said, "while strongly con- *
demned, is not having much effect
because of firm fait! in President
Harding." R
Philadelphia is well on the way
to recovery as well as Cleveland
and New England, it was reported.
Less favorable reports from the
Richmond district were presented *
by W. J. Schechter. c
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"Industrially conditions are fair" c
he said. "There is probably less un- ^
employment than is found in the 3
large cities. The agricultural sitma- 1
tio is serious, but the farmer will be *
able to combat th? boll weevil well. ^
The commercial situation in general *
is fair but nothing to enthuse over. *
Financially conditions are probably 1
poor but not so much due to cotton r
as to bad loans in years gone toy." s
Florida conditions are better than
any state in the union, according to *
J. W. Pole of the Atlanta district. c
"There is little reason to doubt but ]
that real prosperity in this district 1
as well as the entire country," he 1
said, "depends largely on a restora- s
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mand, but even under the most fa-^ t
vorable conditions several years of (
thrift and hard work will b? neces- (
sary before this section can hope for 11
complete recovery.
"Farmers are generally giving at j
tention to diversification of crops <
and cost of cotton production will
be less than last year. The citrus (
1 * 5*? PlnniHa have j
&n u wruuv uiv^/o hi ?. ? _ (
been splendid with satisfactory ,
prices 3nd therefore the situation
in that state is probably the best of
any state in the union/'
COTTON MARKET
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Spot cotton in Abbeville sold at |
19 1-8 cents today. Futures closed ,
as follows: (
May 19.88 j
July 19.42 j
October 19.54 (
December 19.63 ,
January 19.44 ,
This represented an advance over (
Saturday's close of from 70 to 75 j
points. ,
DR. ABEL HERE
Dr. R. E. Abel of Chester was in
Abbt-ville Saturday having made
the trip over to be present at an op
era tion at the. hospital.
APPEAL 10 PUBLIC
FOR FLOOD RELIEF
COMMITTEE ADOPTS RESOLU
TION AT VICKSBURG?TWEN
TY THOUSAND TO BE FED AND
FUND AVAILABLE FOUND IN
ADEQUATE.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 7.?The
Mississippi flood relief committee at
t meeting here today adopted a res
>lution to request President Harding
o issue to request President Harding
o issue an appeal for public contri
rntions to the fund for the relief of
lood sufferers in the Yazoo basin,
vhere 20,000 men, women and chil
Iren, marooned or driven from their
tomes by the Mississippi river flood,
vere declared to be in absolute need
>f help.
The call for additional aid was
ak'en after it had been found by the
ommittee that available funds were
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nadcquate to take care of the rapid
y increasing number of destitute
lood victims.
Reports submitted by a score of
ield Red Cross secretaries today
howed that the number to be pro
ided for this week would be 20,000
ompared with 17,000 last week when!
he issuing of rations was started.
The board of health, basing its es
imate for a balanced ration, recom
lended a per capita ration of $1.05
week, but members of the commit
ee said that funds on hand would
ermit the allowance of but 70 cents!
ier week. The board of health's es-l
imate, it was said, included medical
upplies for preventing? diseases.
SOARD ACTIVITIES
BEFORE CONFERENCE
4? mo rial Introduced at Methodist
Ijwkkin* To Protrim
Of Consolidation
Hot Spring, Ark., May 6.?Acti
vities of various boards of the
hurch were discussed today at the
feneral conference of the Metho
list Episcopal church, South, in ses
ion hero. Dr. E. L. Morgan of Ok
ahoma precipitated the discussion
>y introducing a memorial from the
vest Oklahoma conference asking
hat a special committee of 15
nembers be constituted to aevise
vays and means of reducing the
lumber of general boards by con
iolidation.
At the present time the general
ictivities of the church are carried
>n under the direction of boards of
missions, Sunday schools, Epworth
eagues, education, church extension!
md finance. The Morgan memorial!
;eeks to reduce this number to four. |
It was claimed by those opposed]
;o the memorial that consolidation j
:ould not bo accomplished because!
>f legal difficulties involving chart
ers and the control of trust funds,
rhe memorial was adopted, however
ind the college 01 Disnops was asu
?d to appoint the committee.
The bishops today appointed as a
:ommittee on introductions and fra
:ernal relations, J. M. Rogers of Sa
vannah, Ga., and Plato Durham of
Atlanta.
FOR HOSPITAL WORK
Washington, May 7.?Through pas
sage by the senate, congressional ac
::on was completed today on the bill
naking immediately available $12,
)00,000 for construction of hospitals
tor former service men as a part of
i program calling eventually for the
expenditure which was passed yester
iay by the house was put through
without a record vote and without
debate within a few hours after it
nad been reported out by the appro
priation committee.
NEW HOTEL CLERK
Roy McComb of the Cold Spring
pection came to Abbeville Saturday
to take the position as desk clerk at
the Eureka Hotel. '
WEEK OF ADVANCE
MADE DY COITON
HEAVY REALIZING DOES NOT
BRING DECLINE-WEEK'S TAK
ING FAR ABOVE LAST YEAR
AND GENERAL TRADE IS IM
PROVED.
New Orleans, May 7.?Through
out the week just ended the cotton
market stood at the advance., rising
to its highest levels at about the
middle of the week and holding its
gain fairly well thereafter in the
face of considerable realizing from
the long side. At its best the active
positions were 141 to 161 points
higher than the. close of the preced
ing week with July up to 18.70. The
close was at net gains of 98 to 126
points with July at 1823. In the spot
department middling gained 112
nmn+c: f?lr>cincr af 1S 19 ppnt.S a
pound against 11.88 on the close of
the same week last yeai*.
The? demand was encouraged
mainly by the unfavorable weather
conditions over the greater part of
the belt during the- early days of j
the week^ the heavy rains in Texas
being regarded as the most im
portant weather developments, al
though low temperatures and conse*
quent failure of germination of
seed were also features that made
an unfavorable impression regard
ing the crop outlook. Some sections
of Oklahoma wired local cotton
concerns that cotton seed was rot
ting in the ground as the result of
the combination of too much mois
ture and too cool weather.
Toward the end of the week the
weather took a turn for the better
and this stimulated considerable
realizing on the long side. More or
less liquidation of long contracts
was inevitable at the close but this
sort of selling was hardly as much
as generally expected would be the
case after the bull markets of the
early part of the week. One reason
for this was the better tone of
trade reports, signs for better de
mand for the actuJal cotton and the
large mill takings for the week, 180
000 bales againat 149,000 this week
last year and 155,000 this week two
years ago. Reports from some sec
fift-ns <tf the Carolinas was that
some mills were running full time
with a few mills even working
nights. Liverpool messages to local
brokers noted more inquiry for
cloth and claimed trading was be
ing done in a moderate way by
Manchester with all parts of the
world, which was accepted as mean
ing that confidence gradually was
being restored.
DAIRY MEETING
Held in Court House Saturday Was
Well Attended.
The dairy meeting held in the
Court House Saturday afternoon was
well attended and a representative
meeting, about seventy-five being
present. The object of the meeting
was to secure a cream station for Ab
beville. Mr. Duckett, representing the
Greenwood Station made an interest
ing talk. After a general discussion,
:t was decided to defer action ai!fi
call another meeting in about two
weeks, in the hope of securing the
promise of more support.
MAYOR'S COURT
The following cases were bo
fore the Mayor this morning and|
disposed of as follows:
Marion Jones, transporting whis
key, fined $100.
Charley Norman, larceny, fined
S5.00.
MRS. JAMES DARRACOfT
Mrs. James Darracott was taken
I to the Memorial Hospital this morn
ing for treatment. She has been
sick for several days at her home on
Xicklee street, and it is hoped she
will recover at once at the hospital.
FRANCE AND BELGIUM
TO STAND TOGETHER
LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES '
THAT NEW FORMULA AT
THIS STAGE IS OUT OF THE
QUESTION, LEAVING FINAL
SOLUTION MUCH IN DOUBT
Genoa, May 6.?'France will
stand with Belgium in opposing that ]
part of the allies' memorandum to 1
Russia dealing with the property in ]
Russia of foreign owners. In conse- i
quence of this decision, which was ;
communicated to Premier Lloyd '
George by M. Barthou, head of the .
French dedegation, this evening, a
another crisis has arisen which en- ]
dangers the conference and may or ]
may not be settled before the Brit- <
ish prime minister returns to Lon
dof. ,
If the views of Belgium with re- 1
spect to this article can be .met, and
it is considered possible that the
Belgians may modify their demands
to some degree. trance win piace 1
no obstacle in the way of a settle- 1
ment. The Russians, -however, are 1
still to be heard from. Their reply
will probably be delivered within 1
two or three days, and it is known ;
definitely that they will present nu- (
merous objections to the conditions
set forth by the allied powers. I
M. Barthou first saw the Italian
foreign minister, Slgnor Schanzer, '
and found him busy trying to frame
a formula on the question of prop- '
erty rights in Russia which would 1
satisfy everybody and avoid a '
rupture of the cinference*.
i
"Even if a "break comes," Scihanz- ,
er is quoted by the French as say- (
ing, "there will toe no reason for re- ,
laxing the ibonds of friendship which ,
hav? already bound and must bind
the allies together."
M. Barfhou then saw Premier
Lloyd George and gave him a de
tailed account of the circumstances j
which forced France to adopt her
present position side by side with
Belgium.
"Public opinion In France," said
M. Barthou, "was deeply moved by
the announcement of a separate
Russo-German treaty and had even
gone so far as to consider it pos
sible that a new war with Germany
and it might be, also with Russia,
was imminent. This excitement was
calmed down, but the incident made
(Frenchmen remember with all the
more gratitude the help extended to
France by Belgium during the war.
It made France less willing than
ever to part company with Belgium.
VETERANS MET SATURDAY
Elect Officer* for Year Also Delegates
to State Reunioa
Camp No. 1857 held its annual
meeting in the Court House Saturday
afternoon. The following veterans
were elected officers for the coming
year: J. M. Gambrell, Commander of
the Camp, and J. L. Hill, Adjutant.
I A. Keller and T. C. Seal were
elected delegates to attend the re
union of "nnrlino+nn whirVl will meet
on May the 17th and 18th. S. T.
Eakin and H. W. Gordon were elect
ed alternates.
J. M. Gambrell will attend the
annual meeting at Darlington as ex
officio member of the State reunion.
MISS CAROLINE MILFORD
Mrs. A. M. Milford and daughter,
Caroline, of the Bethlehem section
were in Abbeville shopping Satur
day. Miss Caroline is a bright young
lady of three or four summers and
expects to put this notice away to
show her grandchildren.
DUE WEST VISITORS
Prof. J. C. Reid, Miss Bertha Ash
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of York,
and party spent several hours in Ab
beville Friday.
rURKS AT THEIR OLD TRICKS
IN ARMENIA?BOYS DISAP
PEAR AND GIRLS ARE' DIS
TRIBUTED AMONG MOHAM
MED FAMILIES.
Boston, May 6.?Armenian or
phanages both those supported by
native charity and by the Near East
Relief, are being broken up, their
inmates of both sexes spirited away
and their'directors exiled by the
furkish nationalist government at
A.ngora, it was declared in a letter
from Aleppo, Syria, to the Armenian
National Union of America, made
public today by the union's secretary
S. H. Papazian.
The letter mentioned a specific
lase at Harpoot, where the Turkish
nationalists ordered the Near East;
workers to close their orphanage, j
Miss Hurley, the head worker, and j
Dr. Parmalee, the physician, protest-1
ed. Thereupon, said the letter, these
Lwo American women were oi*dei*ed
sxiled but they were hurried out on j
Sunday afternoon despite protesta-i
tions. The superintendent, Mr. uurd |
and his assistant, Mr. Yaoul, werej
exiled shortly thereafter.
Girls and boys of 15 years of age,
the letter declared, $re being taken
out of orphanages supposedly "for
service of the government." Boys dis
appear on the road and the girls are
distributed among Mohammedan fam
ilies. "It is the declared policy of the
government," the letter asserted, "to
break up these orphanages, the only
refugee of the Armenian children
whose parents have been murdered!
>r tortured to death. An actual per-j
iecution has been inaugurated I
mvainaf +Vi<vao Am*ril<?n I
HARTSVILLE MAN
DROWNS IN LAKE
S*m Do Witt Loses Life By Falling
In Water While Fishing
From Boat
Hartsvflle, May 6.?This after
noon about 6 o'clock Sam B. DeWifct
a young man between 35 and 40
years of age, fell from a boat on
Black Crook lake near Brestwood
Country Club and was drowned. Hej
was very fond of fishing and fr&-j
quently went on these expeditions.:
The lake adjoins the town limits
and is very popular with the 'busi
ness men for this sport. He often
had a companion but this afternoon
went alone. The only eyewitnees, it
appears, was a negro fisherman,
who was a little distance from De-;
Witt's boat. A crowd of people were
at the club and the divers were as
sisted by the electric lights, but the
body has not yet been recovered. He
leaves a wife, who before marriage
was Miss Lizzie Rhodes, and four
children.
Man Wore Armor Plate
Los Angeles, May 0.?A man
wearing 32 pounds of armor plate
a quarter of an inch beneath his
shirt was arrested here today. He
? 1 ? ? 1? o4 l?n/vf 1/\T1 o
illSU IldU IjryUVTAII/b^li lik7M UVVlVUd
from a "burglars correspondence
school" and was armed. The armor
was found whem a policeman tapped
the man inadvertently and heard
the ring of metal.
NORTH CAROLINA VISITOR.
Mr. Brantley Wamble of Raleigh,
N. C., spent Saturday and Sunday in
Abbeville looking up old friends and
making new ones. Mr. Wamble is a
member of the North Carolina legal
fraternity.
MOVE TO ANDERSON.
Mr .and Mrs. W. M. LaBoone and
William LaBoone are leaving today
for Anderson where Mr. LaBoone
has been transferred by the Sandard
Oil Company. They will make their
home in Anderson for the present.
DDMiio nnnnnoM
dunuo rnuruoML
b HARDI
PRESJDENT TAKES MODIFIED
PLAN UNDER ADVISEMENT.
UTAH SENATOR WILL PRE
SENT HIS CASE AT .WHITE
HOUSE THIS WEEK
Washington, May 6.?President
Harding took under advisement to
day the modified house soliders'
bonus plan presented to him by a
committee of senate Republican
leaders. He told the senators ha
would study the proposal and the
one to be presented early next week
by Senator Smoot of Utah, ranking
Republican on the senate finance ' . :
committee, and would renew the dis
cussion with them laten
Those calling at the White House
were. Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts, Republican leader; Chairman /
McCumber and Senators Curtis of
Kansas and Watson of Indiana,
iiiemueid ujl me uuaucu cuiiiiiutuee.
The senators said the president had
given no intimation as to his opin- . "*jj
ion of the amended house bill, but
asked many questions concerning its
provisions.
The president was told, senators
said, that it was the desire, of con
gressional leaders that no additional
taxes be enacted in connection with
the bonus and that it would be im
possible to put a sales tax through
congress. .
While no specific plan of fmanc- ? .
ing the bonus was presented to the '
executive it is thought by bonus
advocates that the legislation can
be financed out of the refunded
British foonda.
Neither the commonly known Mc
umbeT plan nor the Smoot plan
called for any considerable outlay of
money within the next few years
and some senators said that what- \
ever cost would be entailed could ho
taiken care of out of the $200,000,
000 annual interest on the debt
owed by Great Britain which that
country is expected to begin pay
ing this year. '
The McCumber plan, like the ??
house bill, would call for no
lAano frt TTof orQ n Q 1\v +"VlP CAVPTH
ivailt9 bU T VVVAWMW l/J WMV Qw ? -- ?
ment for a period of three years,
but banks would be authorized to
advance to the soldiers sums equiva
lent to oneJialf of the adjusted ser
vice credit of the veterans. At the
expiration of the three years the
treasury would make loans direct to
the men. >
The Smoot plan contemplates the /
issuing of 20 year lif? insurance en
Jnumionf nnH^?io? frt fJiA veterans in
lieu of all other options heretofore
proposed, including the vocational
training, home and farm aid and
land settlement and it would make
no specific provision for loans on
the policies.
The policies would have a face
value equivalent to slightly more
than three timee the amount of the
adjusted compensation, and the
face value would be paid at the end
of the 20 years, or sooner, upon the
death of the veteran.
ACRES IN MELONS
Report* Show Increase Over Last
Yemr.
Washington, May 7.?The acreage
planted to watermelons in early pro
ducing states this year totals 161,000
acres in nine states as compared with
109,800 harvested acres in 1921, ac
cording to estimates made public by
the United States department of ag
r'culture. This is an increase of 47
per cent.
Georgia has 57,800 acres this year,
a gain of 52 per cent over the har
vested acreage last year. Texas has
< AA ft A ?
o/,*uu acres, or sv per cent.
?.U?? :? 1 001 T?1 rl? V?ocr A(\C\ anva a
unaii in 1w i i iunua ncio ^w? uv*.
a gain of 89 per cent. Acreages have
also increased in South Carolina,
Alabama, New Mexico, Arizona and
outhern California. A small de
cease was shown in North Carolina.