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'J Abbeville Press and Banner Sf^STT-,, ?^nv^=1SgSir==^b.ville.S.C..We^Sl4,m2. W Copies, Five OH W.Y?r ,j ribtctuli? ' = t : HF1P GDMPFIR limit UUITII LIU/ CINCINNATI SESSION FACING MUCH WORK? MANY ISSUES PRESENTED FOR CONSIDER ATION OF CONVENTION DUR ING. NEXT TWO WEEKS t Cincinnati, June 13.?Facing a fight that leaders of organized labor regard as one for the existence of unions, the American Federation of Labor here opened its 42nd an nual convention, which was marked by the presentation of many is sues that are to be considered dur ing the next two weeks and a speech by President Samuel Gompers, de claring "we do not fool ourselves into any fancied security." The is sues were brought before the dele gates by the report of the federa tion's executive council. "We are not in a mood," said Mr. I Gompers "to have those rights and privileges guaranteed to us by our I rf?nn<rtitution taken from us by any subtle reasoning or assumption of power, no matter whence it ema nates." This declaration of the veteran labor leader was greeted with ap plause as was also his statement that organized labor would "go onward and forward more determined than ?? ttiara <*hall not be imposed | tVOL imavav upon our brow, upon our backs, the the type of the 'man with the hoe.' " The speech by Mr. Gompera came after a program of welcoming ad dresses by Mayor George P. Carrel, Secretary T. J. Donnelly of the Ohio Federation of Labor and oth ers. The big armory of the Ohio Na tional Guard was filled by delegates and spectators while above their heads were hung a thousand Amer ican flags. Mr. Gompera declared -?1 /vnlv Jinked that orgiinizeu lawi uu.j ? employers to meet with the union leaders in conferences for the set tlement of any disputes, but he said that a genuine conference was im possible unless both side stand on an equal footing. The "open shop," he added is not the result of confer ence. Mr. Gompe<rs concluded with a reference to the disarmament con ference, asserting it made the greatest cntribution toward that purpose." The convention session also was marked by presentation of a report by Santago Iglesias, president of the Free Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico, indorsing the admini stration of E. Mont Reilly as gov ernor of Puerto Rico. Iglesias de clared that Governor Reilly had dealt fairly with organized labor in Puerto Rico. While the executive council's re port centered around many ques tions that will come oeiore tne con vention,it also showed that the totaf membership of the federation is 3, 195,635. Although this is a loss of 710,893 in the last year, members of the committee pointed out that it was a gain of more than 1,100,000 over 1916, Which year was followed by big gains during the war. Furth er the report told of labor's accom plishments of the last year which, it was said was marked by "unusual industrial depression." ANOTHER STILL FOUND. The Deputies Sheriff captured a still Saturday morning of twenty t<^ twenty-five gallon capacity on the old Tillman place about four miles this side of Lowndesville. Joe Wright, a white man, S. F. Tribble and A1 UUloreia, negivcs, ncic auvo^u placed in jail in connection .with the matter. They gave bond and have been released. AT NEWBERRY COURT Judge Frank B. Gary will preside at the criminal court which con venes in Newberry Monday, June tfee 19 th. nniT Tn nuniTAI DtNl IU OArilAL URGES ACTION ON SHIP SUB SIDY BILL?PRESIDENT MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS? FIRST CRITI CISM VOICED Washington, June 13.?Warning by President Harding that he I would feel obligated to call con gress in special session if it failed to take up the ship subsidy ibill prior to adjournment was supple mened today by a White House an nouncement that the administration was determined to press for action now. , The president's view on the question of an extraordinary session was set forth in a letter written May 26 to Chairman Campbell of the house rules committee, express ing the hope that the committee in charge of legislative machinery, would open the way for apeedy consideration of the measure. Copies were obtained meanwhile iby the merchant marine committee framing the bill?which was ready tonight to introduce it tomorrow? and Republican committeemen de clared the notice served by the president would rally many Repub licans to its support. It was disclosed at the White TTmioa +Kof tlia nrocirlpnt COIlld SUf 1JLV/Ut9& bi!U> U w**v w w ? - fer 110 greater disappointment than that which would come through failure to put the shipping bill to a vote. House leaders who have talked with hiim on the subject have stated that he had been most insistent that the mesaure be taken up, if necessary, as a straight party issue believing its enactment of the greatest value to the business wel fare of the country. While the merchant marine com mittee was working rapidly to have the bill in shape for the house to morrow, Representative Davis of Tennessee launched the* first mi nority attack on it, declaring it "vicious" in its provisions, and that it gave more power to the shipping hoard than "good men ought to wat or had men ought to have." DEATH OF MRS GRIER FRESSLY Mrs. 'Barbara Pressly, wife of Prof. Grier Pressly, died at the home of <Kev. James rressiy, iues- 1 day afternoon, June 13 1922 and < was buried today at Due West. Mrs. ! Pressly before her marriage was j Miss Barbara Farmer of Louisville, < Ga., and is survived by her hus band, and three children, James, t Stratford and Miss Barbara. The family moved to Due West recent- < ly from Oklahoma where Prof. Pressly was a teacher in one of the < Government Indians Schools. < MR. HUMBERT BEREAVED Mr. H. B. Humbert has returned J to Abbeville after an absence of sometime, being called to his home by the death of his father, Capt. J. B. Humbert, who has been in declin ing health for about two years. Capt. Humbert was a man of af fairs in his community and friends hear of his death with regret. He was a member of the famous Wal lace House and took a prominent part in the political life of the state in 1876 and after. AT HOME. Miss Victoria Howie arrived at home Tuesday afternoon coming by way of Atlanta. She has been at Blue Ridge attending the Y. W. C. A. conference. MAYOR'S COURT. Only one case came before the Mayor this morning and that was for disorderly conduct- The fine imposed was $10.00. MARCHING INDIANS LAY CLAIM 18 LAND LEADER A DESCENDANT OF TE- 1 CUMSEH.?GOVERNMENT RE FUSES TO RECOGNIZE TREA TY AND SEND POLICE TO PRE VENT ENCROACHMENT. Leamington, Ont., June 13.?A de :ac"hment of Royal Canadian Mounted 1 police was stationed at the National < Park at Point Perlee, seven miles 1 from Leamington, today, prepared to s - ' -i 1 1 ]-n/l 4 lait tne marcn 01 several uuuuicu i [ndians who have laid claim to the 1 park and thousands of acres of the best farming land in this part of t Canada under a treaty with the Brit- < ish government executed in 1749. 1 rhe dominion government, refusing ' to recognize the Indians' claims, in- ? structed the mounted police to pre- 1 .rent any encroachment upon the i lands and to arrest the tribesmen $ i :respassers. \ At the head of the Indian "inva rion" was Archie Dodge, a member i >f the Pottowatomie tribe and a des- i :endant of Tecamseh, leader of Great i Britain's Indian allies in the war of 1 L812. He is recognized as the head 1 >f the tribe, being the great grand- 1 son of the last chieftain. Dodge, who 1 s 23 years of age, declared members ( >f his tribe were the original settlers i >f the Canadian shores of Lake Erie md occupied the lands from the time t >f the British grant until about 1836. 1 vhen they scattered to various parts i >f Ontario. Several years ago a move- t nent was started to reclaim the land t >f their forefathers, but they en- i countered government opposition, t Dodge and a small band were the t irst to arrive yesterday. About 300 t >thers are reported en route. In addition to the lands, Dodge s ;old police officers in disclosing the 1 -1 +Vio Tndiona tVlo OrfWf?mment T Jiauo vx bue Auutuutff vmv Q ? itill owes the various tribes $300,000 c n treaty money. Payment of this i ?um, is to be demanded, he said. 1 So far as the officers could learn j ;he Indians came with no intention 1 >f taking the lands by force, and such s i course was disclaimed by Dodge, t vhose band was encamped last night s >n what is known as alienated land, c lust outside the park preserves. a %fi\nrur cnrrD rf UTTrH An Former Abbeville County Man Elected Mayor of Anderson The second primary for the elec ::on of a mayor for the city of An; ierson was held Tuesday, Andrew 3peer defeating Robert L. Carter by i maioritv of 637 votes, carrying five 5ut of six wards in the city. < Mr. Speer was born in Abbeville ! County and moved to Anderson in ( 1894. He is a member of the firm 1 of Speer & Watkins, automobile : ealers, an elder in the Presbyterian i :hurch, and for many years superin- i fcendent of the Anderson Phosphate i i Oil Co. i There were four candidates in ! the first race, the other two being Foster Fant and John Cromer. I VISITING IN ABBEVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Haskell left - Abbeville this morning for Green- I ville. Mr. Haskell is Consul to 1 Geneva, Switzerland and is home i with Mrs. Haskell on leave visiung relatives in South Carolina. They < spent the time in Abbeville with ' Mr. Haskell's brother, Mr. L. G. Haskell. THIS MAN'S GUINEAS LAY TWICE A DAY Warrenton, Ga., June 12.__The champion egg-laying flock Is claim ed by George B. Lowe, Warren county farmer. IMr. Lowe brought several dozen eggs to town today, guinea eggs predominating. Asked how many guneas he had his answer was: "Only five, but they lay twice a I day." He offered to prove his I claim to all skeptias. '< iVORLD WAR DEBTORS OF AM ERICA SEND STATEMENTS. FRANCE TO SEND SPECIAL MISSION TO TAKE UP THE QUESTION. Washington, June 13.?Foreign lations?World War debtors of this sountry?have begun submitting to ;he Allied debt funding commission itatements of their financial condi ;ions in the light of their obligations ;o the United States. It was said today at the treasury ;hat two nations have presented briefs )f their fiscal conditions in connec tion with the debts to this country. The names were withheld. Their statements were being analyzed by ;he commission, it was explained, ind would be very helpful when the legotiaticn for funding of the obli gations was begun. Statements from the other debtor lations are expected by the commis sion. So far, it was said, nothing of icial on the debt question has been leard from Great Britain since the formation of the commission, al though the belief was expressed at - _* ? ?:? ;he treasury tftar special misaiuu tv liacuss that nation's indebtedness night be expected at any time. Meanwhile, it was indicated at the Teasury, funding negotiations will jegin with France, whose govern nent has announced the early depar ,ure of a special mission to this coun Ty unless earlier activity develop nents on the part of Great Britain, vho owes about $5,000,000,000 of ;he total $11,000,000,000 foreign iebt to the United States. Proceedings of the debt commis lion, when negotiations with the Al ied governments begin, will be ear ned on with the usual diplomatic liscretion as regards publicity, it was nade plain at the treasury. Secretary Mellon was represented as taking the >osition that the funding of the Al ied debts cannot be accomplished luccessfully "in the newspapers" and hat the progress of the proceedings ihould only be made known through >mciai announcemeiiw. WILL ASK NEW TRIAL E. D. Bigham Is Returned to State Penitentiary. Florence, June 13.?Attorneys for 2. D. Bigham, stated this afternoon ;hey would appeal from the ruling >f Judge S. W. G. Shipp refusing iim a new trial on the grounds of af ;er-discovered evidence. Bigham was :arried to Columbia yesterday byj Sheriff Burch and Deputy Sheriff 3onnor to be placed in the peniten :iary to await electrocution on July L4. The appeal to the Supreme Court if made, however, will automatically itay this sentence. In the county jail it 10 o"clock last night Bigham took affectionate leave of his wife. He speaks of her as the widow. REV. AND MRS ELLIS STOP OVER Rev. and Mrs. M. T. Ellis from Fayetteville, Tenn., passed through A.bbeville and spent last night with Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ellis. They have been attending Due West commence ment and are on their way to Dora irille, Ga., where Mr. Ellis will con duct communion services nexit Sab bath. TOURING THE WEST Claud Wilson leaves Sunday for Kansas City, Mo., where he expects to visit friends. tl'Vom there he will u!- T7olnlVi Wilsnn in JUIII Ills UlVl/iiCi, ivaiyi* II ?wV.. Flagler, Colorado, and make a tour of the west. CAMPING. Foster Barnwell. Hugh and David Bradley, Willie Bradley and one or other livelv boys are camping :his week at Martin's Mill. They are ioing their own cooking. rflVUK lAKIrr Dccnnr nnKii 10 DUW DUIiUO PRESIDENT OPPOSES PLAN OF McCUMBER? THE REPUBLI CAN LEADERS AWAIT RE TURN OF LODGE, WHO CAM PAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS. Washington, June 13.?Senate Republican leaders who are oppos ed to the plan of Chairman McCum ber of the finance committee to sidetrack the tariff .bill for the sol diers' bonus have the support of President Harding. The executive, it was stated officially today at the White House, regards tariff legisla tion as most important and worthy -< it-- ?j:?:j?j +V>q ox me unuiviucu ui vuw senate. 4 ? Plana for consideration of the bonus still are very indefinite, ibut they may take shape after the re turn here tomorrow of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican leader, who has been campaigning in his home state. Senator McCumber has given no tice that he will call up tiie bill m the near future but he has not yet fixed upon a definite date. A substitute proposal for the bonus bill was offered today by Senator McCJumber's Icolieague, Senator Ladd, (Republican; 01 North Dakota, providing for a cash bonus to be paid by issue of $2,500 000,000 or less of legal tende<r treasury notes to be retired over a" period of 25 years out of proceeds from special taxes on banks and interest received from the foreign indebtedness. I Senator Ladd's plan contemplates a tax on all banking institutions having a capital stock of $100,000 or more, equal to 50 per cent of the profits in excess of 12 per cent! and all other taxes. Should these! taxes and the interest on the for-! eign debt be insufficient to pay the j annual refunding installments on the legal tender issued to the vet erans the deficiency would be made up out of the federal treasury. HORSE AND CAR COLLIDE Salturdtay afternoon about 7 o'clock Misses iLydia Owen and Eva Reames were driving up Main Street in Abbeville in the Owens' car with Truman Reames when they met Dr. Harkavy, the new Veterina rian, riding horseback. The horse became frightened # and plunged headlong into the fijont of the car, 1*-rr4-n rJoVi iol/1 o T! throwing Dir. iHarkavy on the top of the automobile. The fenders of the car were badly bent and glass parts broken. Dr. Harkavy was bruised up and the occupants of the car received scratches and cuts from the broken glass. The horse also suffered from the wreck. COTTON MARKET The highest level for cotton on the local market today was 22 cents. Futures closed July 21.78 October 2I1J64 IDecember . 21.4(2 January 21.27 The consumption of cotton for May 1922, was 495,674 as against 440,714 for May 1921. Postmaster at Clemson College. Washington, June 13.?President Harding today recalled from the Sen ate the nomination of James E. Pick ett to be postmaster at Clemson Col lege, S. C., and substituted the name of Ida A. Calhoun, the incumbent. The first nominee voluntarily with drew. AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., of the Presbyterian Theological Semi nary of Louisville, Ky., will preach in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening. TAX FIGURES PRESENTED BY GOVERNMENT. ? INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER TO TAKE UP RETURNS FOR 1920 AND PREVIOUS YEAR. In South Carolina. Washington, June 13.?According to a statement today by the commis sioner of internal revenue, South Carolina, for 1920, paid into the treasury as income tax, $3,326,875. The returns numbered 33,044. The income of those making returns- \sas $109,246,657. The per cent of popu lation making returns was 1.96. The average net income was $3,306.09. The average amount of tax per return was $97.96. Since 1916 returns have been as fellows: 1920, 33,044; 1919, 37,296; 1918, 20,239; 1917, 22,321; 1916, 1, 204. Washington, June 13?Net incomes of individuals reported to the govern* ment during 1920 increased by near ly $4,000,000,000 and the number of returns by nearly 2,000,000 over 1919, while the taxes received fell off by about $195,000,000, according to preliminary statistics issued today by Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair. Returns for incomes between $1> 000 and $2,000 increased by more than 500,000 in 1920 as compared with 1919, while those for the larger classes of income dropped heavily? returns for incomes of $1,000,000 and over falling from 65 in 1919 to 33 in 1920. The average net income An returns ' for 1920 was $3,269.40, the average amount of tax $148.08 and the aver age tax rate 4.53 per cent., while as relating to the entire population of il- - x L3--1 J.. XL. J 1 * J j me country suuject to wie leuexai m Icome tax the proportion filing re I turns was 6.85 per cent., the per cap ita net income reported was $223.87 and the per capita income tax was $10.44. For the calendar year 1920 there were 7,259,944 personal income tax returns filed reporting a total net in come of $23,735,629,183 and yield ing a total tax of $1,075,053,686, as compared with 5,332,760 returns for a total income of $19,859,491,448 and a tax yield of $1,269,630,104 in 1919. New York led the states in the number of returns filed, the amount of income report and in the tax yield. Pennsylvania was second and Illinois tnira. ON WAY TO SISTERS GRAVE, MEETS DEATH Greenville, June 13.?Supposedly making a visit to the grave of her little sister who was accidentally kill ed last Monday, Ellen Livingston, 17 year old daughter of B. Livingston ' of Donwood, was run over by a train on the tracks of the Southern Railway a short distance from this city and her mutilated body found early thia morning. The child slipped from the home early last night, it is thought, although she was not missed until the family gathered around the break fast table this morning. A search was at once instituted and the body found at a local undertaking establishment by the father when he learned that an unidentified body had been taken there. VAN BOOTH BREAKS LEG. Van Booth, a 14 year old youth, working with the road gang fell yes terday afternoon and broke his leg. He was brought to the Abbeville Hos pital for attention. AT CAMP McCLELLAN James oleman and J. C. Cheafc ham who have spent the past session at Clemson, leave tonight for Annis ton, Ala., where they will take a six weeks course at Camp McClellan.