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Abbeville Press and Banner ! Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Friday, July 28, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. ? ' r~ . i = | = , ==-' ' "3 5REAT BRITAIN WILL PAY DEBTS 1EDDES AND BIRKENHEAD SPEAK IN LONDON?LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR DECLAR t?c orrnon rvr yfars WILL REMAIN CLEAN. London, July 27.?Sir Auckland reddes, British ambassador to the Jiiited States, and Lord Birkenhead, >rd high chancellor, took occasion jday at the dinner of the English peaking union in farewell to the mbassador on his return to Wash lgton, to reiterate and underscore revious ministerial assurances of le inviolability of the obligations of *eat Britain of her debtors. The lord high chancellor's refere * - * AmB?i/>on finsn(>ial af [ICC tU Aii^iu*nmci tvati airs which he termed "a delicate ibject," was the only materialistic ote introduced in what otherwise as a most felicitous exchange of ex ressions of amity and good will be veen "the two greatest English leaking nations." "When we look back upon our mg history we find no occasion here we ever failed to meet a bond > which we had set our hand," Lord irkenhead declared. "Honor and the ability of the finance of this coun y require that we should be ready meet any proper and reasonable | large which can properly and leg lly be laid upon us. "I only touch upon this delicate | ibject because it is proper I should ly plainiy for the understanding of i le citizens of thi3 country and the: nited States that we are today the j lworthy legatees of those who for! merations had charge of the se-j irity and financial hegemony of the ! orld. The lord chancellor's declarations ew more applause than Sir Auck-1 nd's affirmations a few minutes lat-1 that far more Americans had a :omprehensive view of Great Brit In'o riTnWpms ATi/i conditions than! ritons of Americans affairs." This > attributed to the insufficiency of sws of the American continent ca ed to the British press. # j The ambassador, tnroagh his resi ;nce in America or the reading of swspapers, which he praised so high | , displayed an extensive knowledge; : American slang, which he used ap- j opriately and handily throughout j s address. He also illustrated what| ? termed "the unbelievable ignor lce of Americans-existing in Great ritain." by a number of amusing lecdotes. mis ignorance, nowever, i added, was not a one-sided affair, id h? urged a campaign of educa ?n "to throw light into the dark aces in the minds of citizens of the iro countries to remove such colos 1 ignorance." In conclusion the am issador said that at present so far official relations were concerned >thing could be more fortunate or ippy than the relations between ese two governments. MR. JAMES ROCHE ILL Friends of Mr. James Roche will ? sorry to hear that he is very sick the home of his brother, P. A. >die. Mr. Roche has been in frail ^alth for the past year, and has ^en seeking advice and change of (innate for some time. He had in Inded to go to Asheville Wednes |iy but felt unable to make the trip. has a general nervous break |>wn, which is a hard thing to head when it e-ets arood under way. JULIA TELFORD IMPROVES Julia, the young daughter of Rev. d Mrs. G. M. Telford who has en very sick with scarlet fever is nsidered better today. She has a tter pulse and her fever is lower d those near her feel encouraged er her condition. Ernest Hanvey of Troy was in ivn Thursday on business. M'CUMBER MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE BLAMES NEWSPAPERS FOR RE- 1 PUBLICAN D EFEAT?DEMO CRATS CALL FOR PROOF OF REMARKABLE STATEMENT.? DEMAND FOR DETAILS. Washington. July 27.?Defeat of the Republican party in 1912 was at- ( tributed today in the senate by t Chairman McCumber of the finance 1 committee to the refusal of that com i mittee three years previously to c heed the demands of newspaper pub- ( lishers that news print paper be plac- I led on the free list in the Payne^Al- i jdrich tariff act. His declaration ? brought demands from the Demo- i cratic side for full details and was | 'followed by recitals by Senators '< Watson of Indiana, Smoot of Utah ] ' 1 TtrVi i /"?Vl 1 isnu lucv^uiuucr ui iuvmcitvi9 wmavu they said had taken place behind the ] [scenes of congress a decade ago. Senator Robinson (Democrat) of 1 Arkansas declared that if Senator t jMcCumber's statement that the news c (papers of the country, because they t could not "intimidate" the finance * committee into giving free news 1 print, had turned against the Repub- i lican party and defeated it were true it was "a terrible indictment against c the press of the United States, the ( men who own it and the men who < control its policies." Asserting that ^ he "could not accept it without first I having "definite and complete" in formation the Arkansas senator and i later Senator Stanley of Kentucky t demanded that Senator McCumber i give the names of representatives of ( the publishers who had made threats i I to the committee. 1 Stating that he wanted to give the ; senate the "facts," Senator Smoot I said the late John L. Norris, repre senting the Newspaper Publishers' ' association, had appeared before a 1 finance committee of which Mr. * Smoot was a member, had refused to c compromise on the matter of a duty 1 on news print and had stated that if ( a duty were imposed 'the Republican * party would be driven from power." J The Utah senator said he supposed this was the statement from which ( Senator McCumber had drawn his { "conclusions" and added that he did ' not think Mr. Norris had been au- * thorized by the publishers to make * such a statement. 1 Senator Robinson said at the con clusion of the recitals that the Re- * publicans had been holding "an ex- ^ perience meeting?not a revival, ( but a confession," and, he added, 1 had failed to make out their case. 1 fJUNIOR ORDER MECHANICS MEETS HERE AUGUST First Meeting Will be Held Tuesday Afternoon in Court House?150 to 200 Delegates Expected The State Council of the Junior Order of the United Mechanics will meet in Abbeville Tuesday and Wedaesday, August the 8th and 9th at the Court House. The first meet ing to be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Between 150 and 200 delegates will be in attendance, and it is desired to find homes for those nonnnf V>o dccnmmnrfetcfl at the 1 hotels. Those in a position to take any given number of delegates will < notify T. M. Miller or J. S. Cochran ] of the fact. Their entertainment will ] be paid for. The following program will be in ! order: Address of Welcome from the City by Mayor Mars. I Address of Welcome from the Chamber of Commerce by Hon. J. M. , Nickles. AHHress of Welcome from the public by Hon. J. Howard Moore. I1 A Response will be made by Dr. S. F. Killingsworth, State Council- < lor of Columbia. Two addresses will be made on "The Objects and Aims of the Or der" by A. B. Langley of Columbia, and Rev. L. W. Blackwelder, State 1 Vice Councillor, of Union. <! [ DENIES THAT DISABLED VET ERANS ARE NEGLECTED.? PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL PHY SICIAN SAYS HE CAN NOT BE STAMPEDED OR CAJOLED. Washington, July 27?Replying to :harges that as chief coordinator of ;he federal board of hospitalization le had delayed and obstructed the mvernment's Droeram for care of lisabled war veterans, Brigadier General Sawyer, President Harding's jersonal physician, in a formal state nent today declared "facts certainly ihow that the United States govern nent is doing every consistent thing jossible for the disabled veterans; ind for the length of time at its dis josal everything has been achieved vhich human agency could accom >lish." General Sawyer's statement was in eply to the charge made public yes :erday in Chicago by A. A. Sprague ihairman of the national rehabilita ;ion committee of the American Lea jion that the president's physician vas standing in the way of hospital zation work. In his statement General Sawyer leclared that "it is the determination >f the administration to give to th? iisabled World war veterans the rery best of hospital service that can jossibly be provided." "It should be my constant effort tnd my policy," the statement con ;inued, "to proceed with reason, ef iciency and economy in carrying >ut such of its affairs as come to the ittention of the federal board of lospitalization. From this position I vill not be forced, cajoled or stam jeded." Declaring that the American pub ic should know the hospital situation is it really exists at the present time General Sawyer said it could then be letermined whether the government s making efforts to take care of its iisabled war veterans and whether ;he charges by Mr. Sprague were ust. "At present under government :ontrol and operation,' his statement :ontinued, "there are in the United States of America 99 government lospitals with a capacity of 28,413 >eds, 10,191 of which are at the jreeent time unoccupied. "When the hospitalization plan of ;he government for the care of the former service men shall have been :ompleted as now contemplated md which is being hurried to early :ompletion?it will represent in all >f the departments a total expendi :ure of approximately $800,000,000' McCALLA BROS. GET CONTRACT To Build Road from Due West Via Ashley Store to Kay Place. At a meeting of the Highway Com mission held in the Court House $fes ;erday the road from Due Wesfc^by ;vay of Ashley's Store and Keowee :hurch to the Kay place, a distance jf about nine miles, was let to Mc Calla Brothers of Lowndesville for ?22,196.99. The following were the contrac tors bidding on the work: Johnson Construction Co., Sen eca, $26,553.56; M. T. Holder and B. A. Havird, Newberry, $25,463.28; H. W. Garrison, Easley, $27,619.97; I. M. H. Ashley, Honea Path, $22, 289.84; McSalla Brothers, Lowndes ville, $22,196.99; R. P. Kyle, Abbe ville, $23,585.78; C. R. Willard & Son, Spartanburg, $23,332.95. J. M. H. Ashley of Honea Path ivas second lowest bidder and C. R. IVilliard & Son of Spartanburg:, was| V? third lowest bidder. jn The following members of the M commission were present: Messrs. J. Tl R. Lomax, J. A. Gilliam, R. L. Bar- ^ p, more, Joseph Hicks, S. J. Wakefield, ^ Dr. Kirkpatrick, J. Claud Ashley, Dr G. A. Neuffer, L. W. Keller and J. S. ^ Stark. ' Jc \THER IN NEW YORK TO CON- 1 SIDER PLAN FOR SETTLING STRIKE, BUT "NO DEFINITE BASIS" FOR AGREEMENT HAS BEEN FOUND. Washington, July 27.?A meeting executives 01 ine i?o majur tan- ? ads of the United States will be 1 lied in New York next Tuesday to nsider a plan for settling the strike i w in progress, T. DeWitt Cuyler, 1 airman of the Association of Rail- i ty Executives, announced tonight i ter a conference with President i irding. < Mr. Cuyler added, however, that 1 iO definite basis" for a strike set- ( sment was ready to be placed be- < re the meeting. His conference th the president tonight, he said, i d been devoted to a general sur- ] y of the "situation. ' J While Mr. Cuyler was positive in < 3 statement that the basis for the i oposed settlement of the strike 1 d not been definitely drawn up, i rlier reports indicated that at least 1 tentative Dlan had resulted from | - e conferences held daring the day i tween President Harding and lead- ' s of the various railroad's labor < oups. 1 President Harding has made no 1 ecific request to the railroad exe- i tives, Mr. Cuyler said when asked ] the question of seniority rights had < en brought forward at the confer- 1 ce with a view to influencing some 1 ilroads to reconsider their stand i ;ainst returning these rights to riking shopmen. The executives' chairman said he is unable to foretell whether action the strike situation would be held abeyance until the New York eeting. The four day deh.y was ne ssary, he explained, in order that presentatives of railroad manage ents might all get to the meeting J < ace. < Tentative proposals for the settle- 1 ant of the railroad shopmen's strike i ?re drawn up today after a series i conferences between President ' jrding and labor leaders headed by i M. Jewell of the shopmen's union. 1 It was understood that the suggest 1 plan for settlement?details of j lich were withheld by those partic- ' ating in its formulation?would be ' bmitted later to executives of the ilroads. 1 The settlement proposals appar tly had reference to the seniority 1 >ue, which it was generally agreed : is the sole remaining bar to con- i asion of the railroad war?or at ast of an armistice in the struggle. CONDITION OF BANKS iven in Statement by Bank Exam- - iner Bradley. Columbia, July 27.?Total re urces of state banks amounted to .49,048,997.21 at the close of busi iss June 30, according to the called atement of the condition of all mks as of the close of business on i is date. The statement giving the sources and liabilities of the 372 ate banks, 16 branches and pri ite banks was issued yesterday by W. Bradley, state bank examiner. The total capital stock of the inks is $17,299,811.16 and the in vidual deposits subject to check tal $44,650,890.63. The savings sposits amount to $36,399,951.60. OUT IN FULL. FORCE. Abbeville was present with a rong delegation at the meeting of e District Bible Society at Green tie church Wednesday, the follow g being in attendance: Mr. and rs. J. C. Thomson, and Mrs. Lucy tiomson, Mr. and Mrs Alf Lyon, Mrs '. F. Nickles, Richard Sondley, Roy >wer, R. B. Cheatham, Mrs. Joe T. vans, Rev. C. E. Peele, W. M. Barn ell, Mrs E. R Thomson, Fred Cason, . B. Morse, J. L. Hill and Judge ines Fi, Miller. GOOD?TOO WARM AND DR IN WEST AND EXCESSIV RAINS IN SOUTH?SOME FE\ EXCEPTION. Washington, July 27.?Summar )f weather and crop conditions fc ;he week ending July 25: The last week was another rathe favorable one for cotton. Temperi ;ures were normal generally, exce] ibove the seasonal average in tl irocfnrn nnrfiATl ftf fVlP Hplt!. TVlPI was too much rain in some Atlant Soast sections, 'but it was too dry i the western part of the belt. Shoii ;rs were mostly light to moderal ?lsewhere. Cotton made very good progrei n the Carolinas, except in eastei portions where it was too wet Pro] ress continued mostly very good i Georgia and considerable improv ment is reported from Alabama. Co toi made very good progress gene illy in Mississippi, Tennessee, A kansas except fair in northeastei Arkansas where there was rather t( much rain. Dry weather is becomir unfavorable in Texas and Oklahom especially in western Oklahoma ar to late planted cotton in Texas, a though progress in those states wj mostly fair to very good. High ter peratures and dry weather were fa orable in checking weevil in the we tern part of the belt, but cloudy, w weather favored increase in tl more eastern portion. ACCEPTS CALL TO PRESBYTERIAN CHURC Rer. John A. McMurray to Becon Pastor of Presbyterian Chuch Take up Work Sept. 1st. Rev. John A. McMurray has a cepted the call to the Presbyteris church at this place and will raoi to Abbeville with his family in tl near future. Mr. McMurray was boi in Corsicana, Texas, but spent h boyhood days near York, S. C. E is the son of Rev. John A. McMum tvho was for many years pastor < different churches of the Southei Presbyterian Church, and for a lor time was a trustee of Davidson Co lege. Rev. Mr. McMurray was u clas mate of Joel S. Morse of the cit having graduated from Davidsc College in 1909, and afterwari from the Columbia Theological Sem nary. One of his first pastorates wi Bethesda, of which the late Dr. Lowrie Wilson was pastor bef-oi coming to Abbeville From Bet esda Mr. McMurray went to Princ ton and took a post-graduate cours He then accepted a call to the Hig land Memorial church at Fayett ville, N. C., where he has been fi the past five years. MV M/>lWnrrav married Mi Beaufort Brand of Sumter and thi have one little daughter, who is bout eight years old. The Presbyterians are delighted wi the acceptance of Mr. McMurra and feel sure they will have in hi the pastor they hive wanted, esp cially as he comes to Abbeville re ommended by such men as Dr. Ree of Columbia, Dr. Thornton Whalii of Louisvile, Ky., and Dr. F. \ Gregg of Rock Hill. The other churches of the city ar the public at large extend to Re Mr. McMurray and his family a co dial welcome. J. C. MILLER SUFFERS STROK J. Chauncey Miller of Columb suffered a stroke of paralysis ye terday at his home in Columbia ar is in a very serious condition. D and Mrs. J. E. Pressly have goi down to be with him. T. J. Anderson of Greenwood w< in Abbeville yesterday on busine arid to see the ball game. TO BE REPORTED UNFAVORA BLY BY COMMITTEE?SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR WOULD SECURE RECORD VOTE ON SEN ATE FLOOR. Washington, July 27.?The senate committee on agriculture determin ed formally today to report amend ments to the cotton futures act, pro posed by Senator Dial of South Car olina, unfavorably. The committee is composed of sen ators thought to be partial to the cot ton producers of the country. The amendments, according to Senator Dial, were designed further to re strict cotton exchanges in their op portunity to prey upon the produc ers. It was his contention that the amendments would give purchasers of exchanges an even break, whereas now exchanges can deliver to pur chasers any one of ten tenderable grades. The determination of the commit tee was reached by consent but not by a record vote. The remarkable feature connected with the commit tee's action was the granting of the request of Senator Ransdell of Louis iana that he be permitted to prepare the report. Senator Ransdell, in re pect to the Dial amendments, moves openly and admittedly in behalf of the cotton exchanges of New Or leans which, he declares, would be ruinously affected were the Dial amendments to prevail. The Dial amendments greir from similar amendments proposed two years ago by B. B. Comer, then a senator from Alabama. The Comer amendments were put through the senate practically unanimously, the only opponent having been Senator Ransflell. At that time, and since, up to.the present moment, cotton fac tors and cotton exchanges have fought the effort further to control thpir nnprnHnns On the committee on agriculture are some of those Southern senators who repeatedly declare themselves the particular friends of the cotton producer. Among them are Senator Smith of South Carolina, Senator Heflin of Alabama, who has express ed in speeches willingness to "cut off the heads of the exchanges;" Senator Caraway of Arkansas, who has a bill providing for the abolition of the exchanges and Senator Harrison of Mississippi. With the exception of Senator Ransdell no member of the committee has openly declared him self opposed to the Dial amendments As the action of the committee was ordered without record vote, no oth er senator has yet declared opposi tion. Senator Dial said tonight, however that all of them would be put on record. ^ DEATH OF MISS IRENE McCAIN News was received in Abbeville this morning of the death of Miss Irene McCain, daughter of Dr. J. I. McCain and Mrs. McCain of Due. Miss McCain has been, for several years, a Missionary in China. She returned home sometime ago on ac count ?f sickness and since that time has been in a hospital in a northern city. Lately she is under l(* stood to have had more serious trou v' ble which accounts for her death, r THE COTTON MARKET ;? E Cotton brought 22 1-4 cents on the local market today while futures ia closed: s Oct. __ _ __ 21.47 ld Dec. ? _ ? 21.40 r. Jan. __ _ 21.28 le March 21.27 Futures closed yesterday: < Oct. ? 21.2G as Dec. 21.22 as Jan. - 21.08 March 21.05