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Abbeville Press and Banner m r < Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, June 21, 1922. Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. f fiiimai- amip-fn Inri t? . tft nnniir im frtl IIMRI \ WITH FORMER GOVERNOR BLEASE THE FIRST SPEAKER?SAYS HE KNOWS NO FACTIONALISM.?McLEOD PRAISES THE FARMER. Columbia, June 20.?The state campaign got under way here today with a large audience hearing the two women candidates and the host of male aspirants for state offices. The candidates for Governor spoke first, each allowed twenty minutes. Cole L Blease spoke first. He read a state ment, declaring that he would deliv er a public address in Columbia at a later date. He stated that he was in favor of reduced taxes, the aboli tion of useless offices and liberal ap propriations for state institutions, but that he was against extravagance. He favored building up the public school system, paying school teachers more, laws to further protect labor, liberal and even extravagant support Confederate Veterans, and strict enforcement of the laws. Mr. Blease said he would know no factionalism and would not inject personalities into the campaign, un less others injected them first. He said he favored abolition of the tax commission, which he described as a useless office. He would reduce the tax levy to the lowest possible limit, without crippling state governmental agencies. He favored a one mill levy for state schools, a board to make'all purchases for the state, a water pow er tax, biennial sessions of the legis latures, and federal care of the Ca tawba Indians. J. J. Cantey of Summerton and William Coleman of Whitmire, can didates for Governor, were absent. George K. Laney, of Chesterfield, stated that he was tied to nobody's apron strings, that he would repre sent every citizen of the State if elect ed. He said he believed ail business interests should rise to the assistance of the agricultural interests, the far mer being the basis of all welfare of the state. He favored rigid economy in government, without injuring effic iency; he wanted to relieve real es tate of the heavy burden of taxa tion; he favored reclassification of property for taxation; he would seek other means of raising state revenue; he favored continuation of the tax fofft-rmc erf-nrfeH hv the last legislature he plead for support of education; he wanted liberal support of veterans and the State hospital; he stood for law enforcement. Thomas G. McLeod of Bishopville, former Lieutenant Governor, charac terized the farmer as the backbone of the State's Progress; he favored equalization of the tax burden; he stated that he thought the best ef forts of his life had been those in be half of the schools of his community, he said that he stood squarely be hind law enforcement, for upholding the verdicts of juries and for the punishment of criminals. William Coleman of Union, stated that his ambition was to serve his State. He announced that he would speak again to the people of Colum bia from the capitol steps, this even ing. John- T. Duncan attacked the "sys tem" and wanted natural resources conserved. Both Mrs. Martha Wallace of Co-| lumbia and Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake of Bennettsville, candidates for State Superintendent of Education, were given ovations, flowers were brought to the stage. JOHN KLUGH ILL. John Klugh continues sick at his home in the city. He was taken sick just before the closing exercises 01 the school and was not able to at tend the graduating exercises of hisi class. Supt. Fulp presented his diplo-j ma personally the next morning. His i coatinued illness is a matter of re gret to his many friends, < BRITISH WELUUMb . [ CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED 1 STATES APPEARS AT BAN QUET?GREAT LtUAL minuj OF ENGLAND JOIN WITH FIVE MEMBERS OF CABINET. London, June 20.?Britain's fore most statesmen, jurists and lawyers i and a jfreat body of American friends < joined in an impressive reception to -t William Howard Taft, chief justice of the United States, upon his first pub- ] lie appearance in England tonight. , He was the guest of honor at the Pil- ] grims' banquet at which five members , of the eabinet, many former cabinet t ministers and the greatest legal minds ( in the country lent their presence. ] Rarely before has a visiting Am erican received such a spontaneous welcome. The king, the Prince of Wales and Duke of Connaught sent messages of greeting and the Earl of Balfour and the Very Rev. William Ralph Luge, dean of St. Paul's, testi fied to the affection and admiration in which Mr. Taft is held by the English people. Those who sat at the principal ta bles with Lord Desborough, Chief Jus. tice Taft and Ambassador Harvey in cluded the Archbishop of Canterbury the Earl of Balfour, the Earl of Der by, the Earl of Devonshire, Viscount Cave, Lord Lee of Fareham, Lord Carson, Lord Buckmaster, Lord Sum ner and James M. Beck, solictor gen eral of the United States. The other guests included Viscount Astor, the American consul general, Robert P. Skinner, and the staff of the American embassy. Mr. Taft proceeded briefly to re view the history of the relations be tween Great Britain and America, in the course of which he said: "No trouble arises between the two coun tries that we of America do not look forward to its settlement either by negotiation or by arbitration. Any other event is not considered for a moment. This American state of mind is a constant factor in our relations; it sometimes produces an apparent indifference or lack of excitement on the part of our people over irritating issues that is misleading to the Brit ish observer." TOM HOWIE HAS FEVfcK Tom Howie, the fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Howie, is sick at the home of his parents with typhoid fever. Tom is one of the fine boys of the high school contingent and his school mates, as well as friends of the family, will regret to know that he is sick. Tom is also the "devil" at the Press and Banner office, where he is a consistent and faith ful worker and the "force" will greatly miss him while he is whip ping the fever. TO LEAVE ABBEVILLE J. L. Anderson expects to leave Abbeville about the first of August , for Laurinburg, N. where he will ( go into the furniture business. He , was engaged in that business in Col- , umbia three years before moving to , Abbeville. Mr. Anderson will move his family to Laurinburg the first of , August also. VISITING THE OU> HOME. Mrs. B. A. Maultsby and two chil- , dren of Bennettsville, Mrs. Maurice Garner and her young daughter of Union are in the city for a summer ( visit to their mother, Mrs. J. C. Klugh. Miss Margaret Klagh, who has taught successfully in Columbia is also at home tor tne vacation. ENROLLMENT SLIM The enrollment, on the Democratic club books is slim. The last day to , enroll for the primary election in August will be July the 2fth. , \Wt M'lVtK DIES SUDDENLY MONDAY AFTERNOON IN DAR LINGTON WHERE HE WAS HOLDING COURT?-BODY CAR RIED TO CHERAW AND FUN ERAL HELD YESTERDAY. Darlington, June 19.?Judge Ed ;vard Mclver of the Fourth judicial circuit died at the Hotel McFall here it 3:45 o'clock Monday afternoon. Judge Mclver had come to Dar ington for the summer term of court vhich he opened this morning. He lad not been well, but his condition aras such that he opened the court ind continued business until 12 j'clock when he was forced to adjourn because of his illness. Judge Mclver showed signs of im provement after being taken to the lOtel and the ill man advised against ;aJling his family. He had suffered similar attacks previously, and he thought it unnecessary to alarm his "amily. Within a short time he be ;ame worse and died at 3:45 o'clock, rhe body was taken to Che raw Mon lay night for interment. Judge Mclver was the son of the ate Chief Justice Henry Mclver and vould have been 64 years old next Dctober. He was bom in Cheraw and lad lived here practically his entire ife, his early education being re vived in the Cheraw schools. He re vived the degree of bachelor of laws from the University of Maryland and n 1878 was admitted to the practice >f law. Mr. Mclver served as secre ;ary to Representative Hemphill in Washington and then returning to Cheraw took up the practice of his >rofession. For years he was a leader >f the Cheraw bar, nls knowledge of ;he law being given official recogni ;ion in 1918 when he was named udge of the Fourth judicial circuit, lis first term expired in 1922 and at he last session of the general assem >ly he was again elected to the bench. WILL HIVE VOTE ON SHIP SUBSIDY Washington, June 20.?President larding tonight gave formal approv il to plans of Republican leaders in ;he house to bring the administra ;ion ship subsidy bill to a vote at this session immediately after the tariff >ill has been sent to conference by ;he house. The president's position was stated n a letter to Representative Mon iell of Wyoming, the Republican eader, which embodies also detailed arguments advanced by Mr. Harding n favor of enactment of the mea& jre at the present session. Public interest will not admit of a postponement of decision on the pol icy to the next congress or the ap proaching short session, the president said, but advantage will result in a ielay of a short time while house members particularly, many of whom are now away from Washington, con sult their constituents. The subsidy bill, he declared, is needed to g?t the government's ship holdings into private hands and into economic us age, if for nothing else, and this question, he held, is "not to be pre judiced by the old and wornout cry against subsidy." The exact time fixed for voting on the measure, the president said in describing his agreement with house leaders, is "approximately such time as house members will be called in active attendance to send the tariff bill to conference." CHILDREN'S DAY AT GILGAL. Children's day service will be held at Gilgal church Saturday, June 24th. Also third quarterly conference. Dim ner on tllfe grrouids. UtLAT IU UOIVIt MADE SPECIAL ORDER AFTER TARIFF?MOVES TO UPSET PLANS OF REPUBLICAN MA JORITY FAIL?MUCH TIME IS CONSUMED. Washington, June 20.?The sol diers' bonus bill was made today by a vote of 52 to 8' the special order of business of the senate immediate ly after the final vote on the tariff iKill unless i+. is disnosed of before that time. Adoption of a motion to this effect came after an all day fight at the out set of which an effort to get the bon us before the senate failed. Several senators gave formal notice that they would continue to press for action on the bonus ahead of the tariff. A move to upset the program of the Republican majority calling for action first on the tariff was launched by Senator Walsh (Democrat) of Massachusetts, who made a formal motion that the tariff bill be displac ed by the bonus. Senator Watson (Republican) of Indiana moved to lay this motion on the table and bis motion prevailed 51 to 22. Eight Democrats supported the Watson mo tion and two Republicans voted a gainst it. With the announcement of the re sult of this vote the bonus row began in earnest and waged continuously for five hours. In the midst of it, Sen ator Watson of Indiana offered a mo tion that the bonus be made a spe cial order of business immediately after the final vote on the tariff and that thereafter it be held continuous 1v before the senate unless two-thirds of the senate voted to displace it. Senator Underwood of Alabama, the Democratic leader, and an oppo nent of the bonus, made a point of order against the two-thirds vote pro vision, pointing out that this was In the nature of an amendment to an amendment to the senate rules. The point of order was sustained and that provision was withdrawn. IS VERY SERIOUS San Antonio, Texas., June 2G.? Twenty-one thousand acres of Rio Grande Valley land with crops valued at $2,500,000 flooded in Hidalgo county, a fresh rise in the lower stretches of the Rio Gjrande as the it a 1 j. Aowla| result UI 11UUU WttlCia wmm v.aui& down late yesterday from the San Juan river in Mexico, while the cloud burst flood of the upper river is near ing its crest at Laredo, 150 miles up stream, summarized the border flood situation early today. Meanwhile the fate of 18,000 in habitants of Piedraas Negras Mexico across the river from Eagle Pass, iso lated since railroad and highway bridges were swept out Sunday night /Wft tfA /lATIflflrn Id tauDUig giavc VVUW&14* The city, is surrounded by water and the food supply is thought to be short. The flood stage at Laredo this morni?g was 27 feet and rising. Late last night a stage of 40 feet was re ported at Palafox, 62 miles upstream and that border village was threaten ed with inundation. Apparently the flood is traveling at the rate of 13 miles an hour. Its crest probably will not reach the swollen stretches of the lower Rio Grande before late Wed nesday. The section, situated in the Hil dago and Cameron counties, contains nearly twenty prosperous towns and is a highly developed agricultural section settled largely by farmers from the middle western states. The total population exceeds 190,000. J. H. Hall of Bethla was ia town today. WAY UNIUN5 r IE ^GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP S" 1SJOT Tft HP ice v tp t a nrwn I BODY AGREES TO WITH HOLD REAFFIRMATION OF STAND IN FAVOR OF POLICY Cincinnati, June 20.?Govern ment ownership and operation of the railroads will not be an issue in the threatened strike of 1,000,000 shop workers and others, spokes men for the rail unions told the American Federation of Labor convention today Which responded to their request by withholding a reaffirmation of the federation's stand in favor of the adoption of sucn a policy. "The rail unions have not aban doned the program of public own ership, or grown lukewarm or in different," declared William El Johnston, president df the ma chinists' union, in explaining the request "We ask no declaration, however, because we iave a most unfriendly and unsympatlhetic ad ministration at this time. Our ene mies Would say if the strike occurs in the very near future that the fight was for government owner ship. I believe the strike is inevi table for there is no other way out and we want the issue clear out. The issue is the amelioration of the wrongs committed by the rail road labor board/' Similar pleas by others, who are the prospective leaders in the threateed walk out, led Max Qayes of Cleveland to withdraw his mo tion for a redeclaration of the government ownership policy. The question was injected into the con vention's work when it, for a sec ond time during the day, went on record as favoring repeal of the transportation act, In which con nection it denounced the railroad board for its order, especially those reducing wages and changing Working conditions. . In addition to its big program of work, the convention was marked by the beginning of a movement to run Mr. Lewis as a. candidate for president of the federation in ,op postion to the reelection of Samuel Gompers. TPIP TO THIMNFY ROCK sr Walter Sherard drove Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, Mrs. D. M.Gib bons and Miss Clarice Gibbons to Chimney Rock Sunday. They left Abbeville about 7 o'clock in the morning, and reached Chimney Rock at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, making stops at Greenville and various places enroute. They came home after the heat of the day, without mishap. In fact the nearest they came to an accident was when a courting couple, drivng on the Greenville highway, rolled off the side of the highway into a ditch. COTTON REPORT The best price for cotton on the local market today was 23 5-16 cents. Futures closed July 2/2.81 (October 22.81 December 22.61 January _ 22.49 (Futures closed Tuesday July 22,48 October ? 22.42 December , 22J26 January ?j 22.18 COMMISSARY BROKEN INTO The commissary of Hill and Fri day was broken into this morning. Hill and Friday are contractors buildng the Oalhoun Falls road and their commissary Is on the War renton road just beyond the Coun ty Farm. Sheriff McLane was call ed about 12 o'clock and went to the scene but had not returned at the time of going to press. ^ AVUKABLt floftlil ? FOR BIG BUSINESS rEEL PRODUCTION AT RECORD FIGURE FOR YEAR?MORE COKE PLANTS IN OPERATION AND MORE BLAST FURNACES V BEING BLOWN IN. New Yofrk, June 20.?Industrial id financial conditions in the last eek presented a generally favorable spect, notwithstanding the reaction y tendency in the securities market, hich apparently was connected with le technical speculative position. Steel production exceeded the beat ?te previously attained this year, [ore coke plants were started and lore Diast furnaces blown m. Uoai reduction was greater and some ob jrvers believe that plants were in reparation for reopening anion min 3 in the Pittsburgh district. Detroit employment figures show i another increase, thus confirming atements of automobile manufac irers as to the continuation of sat factory business. xiauroaa car loaamg ugiires tuu nue good, although the absolute . amber reported, during the week id, June 3, was smaller than in the revious week, the rate was higher, ' allowance be made for the Memo- .1 al day holiday. A similar calculation showed that le gain in the absolute amount of )tton consumed by mills during May ? compared with April was not ac rnnted for merely by the greater amber of working days in the later onth. May's takings correspond al- | ost exactly to the average for the st ten months, which in turn were * y 3 per cent, greater than those in ' ie corresponding period of a year jo. If the present rate c>f consump on is continued during June and ily the total for the crop year will nount to nearly 6,000,000 bales. Ex >rts during the same interval will . | ive drawn slightly more than an- ? :her 6.000.000 bales from our sup y. As the actual yield of the last op totaled 8,300,000 bales, it was jlieved that the carryover will have ;en reduced by approximately 4, )0,000 bales. It will be, in fact, ? mewhat less than normal. Prospect9 V ?r a full crop in the coming year eanwhile remained doubtful and peratives in the New Hampshire ixtile mills were . reported to be lowing a greater disposition to re irn to work. . a The week which brought unusually rge financial transactions by the easury passed without creating any isturbances in the money market. hese transactions, which centered on line 15, included the collection of 300,000,000 in income taxes, the pay tent of $125,000,000 in interest on iberty bonds, the paying off of $380 00,000 in maturing certificates of idebtedness, the redemption of $250 00,000 in Victory notes and the flo ition of ?2t>u,uuu,uuu in new certm ates. The rate on call money, the most# jnsitive index of the market's con ition, ruled at close to 3 per cent, iroughout the week and at 2 3-4 per ent., touched what was virtually a ew low since October, 1917. VISITORS FROM KERSHAW Mrs, Alma 0. Gibbons returned rom Rock Hill Friday where she as been attending the short ourse. She and Mr. Gibbons made tie trip home through the country oming by way of Camden, and , ringing home with them as guests Irs. D. M. Gibbons of Kershaw nd Miss Clarice Gibbons of Moun* lion for a visit of a week or more. LAW GOVERNING SE,INING The present law makes it unlawf ul to seine on Monday, or Tue? ay, but Wednesday, Thursday, 'riday and Saturday are perfe?tly iwful days to use a sei*e in Soutk laroldna.