l Abbeville Press and Banner Estnb"?i'?ri844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly ^Abbeville, S. C., Friday, August 25, 1922. SingleCopies, Five Cents. 78th Year. FORMER HIGHEST PAY OF 1920- > 1922 OFFERED IN PENNSYL VANIA?EXPECT THERE WILL BE BIG RUSH OF WORKERS TO MINES TO GO TO WORK Pijttefburg, Pa. Aug, 24.?The scale committee of the Pittsburgh ' Coal Producers' association today s ordered the 1920-22 scale posted at all mines owned and operated by ( its members, but declined to yield 1 to the demands of the United Mine * Workers of America that the check 1 off system provision of the scale be enforced. About 45,000 union * miners are affected. c [Forty thousand bituminous min ers in Westmoreland and Fayette , countries today had before them an offer of increased wages equal to the highest the mining industry has ever paid. In these two counties, generally .known as the non-union field 'be fore the call of the miners strike many of the men are now organi zed and the eyes of the nation to day awaited developments from the heart of the bituminous region. uiiiuji ftxturiv) icpucacuiuxii^ i ^vr, i locals controlling more than 10,000 t miners voted almost unanimously i in Fayette county to pass up the s average increase of nearly $2.50 a f day untill recognition of the union t w?s accorded by the independent c companies making the* offer. c ? Mine operators today were pre pared for a rush of returning * miners and extra deputies were on hand to prevent disorder. ^ I Philadelphia, Aug. 24.?With the hard coal parleys broken up as a result of the inability of miners and operators to agree on the ar titration problem, those anxious for t peace in the anthracite fields to- f day commented upon the fact that the door was left open for the fa ture negotiations in the statement j issued jointly by the negotiators. ^ This statement, laconic as those issued upon the conclusion of the four previous sessions: announced T that the conference was unable to agree and that it had adjourned to meet at the call of the secretary ' ? ?.1*.^ maaiiam' rv-P oif V?nr air]p. ujjuii urt: 1C4UC01- vjl wk&awa w?mv. Washington, Aug". ,'23(.?Alterna tive planes for the maintenance of .fair prices for coal and for its 1 distribution through the post-strike 1 period were presented to President 1 Harding today by Secretary Hoov- 1 er. 5 One plane as presented for the 1 president's approval was understood s to provide for the creation of a fed- 1 eral fuel distribution agency along 1 the lilies of th# voluntary machm- ? ery operating under Federal Fuel Distributor Spering the bill to a vote in the house it this time. 'I am frankly disappointed," the resident stated, "that the circum itances have combined to make a dif icult situation, due on the one hand o the diminished attendance in the louse and chargeable on the other land to the new problems which have iricon. Tt would be follv to ienore he development of the prohibition ssue which came up so unexpectedly ind we must face the fact that the riends of the bill must harmonize heir views, to accord with both the onstitutional amendment and other ipinion on the subject. Moreover the ame friends of the measure must each a concord in the matter of avoring provision carried in the ax exemption section which was de igned to provide an indirect aid to American shipping enterprise. The president expressed the hope hat the administration would "find i way to deal with these new difficul ;ies with the approval of all support ers of an American merchant marine md that we then may have favorable iction before the congress gets too ieeply engaged in the pressing legis ation which must be considered in ;he short session." SOUTH CAROLINA HOME PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION Mri. Gibbons Planning to Hold All Day Demonstration at Planters Bank at Early Date. The farm women of South Caro ina have organized an association cnown as the South Carolina Home Producers' Association. Its object jeing to utilize the products in the State which would otherwise go to vaste, by converting them into standard products which can be put >n the market. 200,000 containers of nsDeeted material from this associ ition will be ready for sale this fall. Ten special products are being prepared for market by this associa tion. Included in this list are: Soup Mixture, Dixie Burgoo, Blackberry; Fam, Plum Jelly and Fig Preserves, arhich are being placed on the shelv es of the leading stores of Abbeville, rhis is a rare opportunity for the louse wives of the town to procure righ class products, which are manu factured in our own State. Mrs. Frances Y. Kline, state agent, From the Home Demonstration De partment of Winthrop College with :he assistance of Mrs. Alma C. jibbons, County Home Demonstra tion Agent is planning to hold an ill-day demonstration at the Plant ers Bank sometime in the near fu ture. The date will be announced ater. BASEBALL LEAGUE BANQUET The baseball league is making ilans to give a grand banquet next! ruesday night, over a hundred plates ilready being engaged. This will be ;he final baseball event of the sea son. COOPERATIVE BODY SENDING ] NOTICE TO MEMBERS?ASSO CIATION TO BE READY WITH IN FEW DAYS FOR NEW COT TON ALSO. Columbia, Aug. 24.?The South Carolina Cotton Growers' Coopera- : tive association is ready to receive all old cotton that its members may j wish to sell through the association, , Harry G. Kaminer, president and j general manager, announced last ( night. Delivery of cotton grown prior ! to 1922 is optional with the members but large numbers of the members 'have written that they wish to turn this cotton over to the association and this they will be permitted to do. The association expects to be ready : by the first of next week to receive ? new cotton and by the end of next week it is expected that much old . and new cotton will have been deliv- ] ered to it. Full instructions regard- 1 ing the delivery of new cotton will be mailed to all members within the i next few days, it was said. Instruc- : tions regarding the delivery of old j cotton will Be forwarded immediate- < ly to all members who have written stating their desire to deliver it, Mr. ] Kaminer said last night. Officials or tne association, it is said, have been working day and night for some time preparing for the handling of the cotton of mem bers. It has been a tremendous task, Mr. Kaminer pointed out last night, this perfecting of the machinery to handle the crop, there was a great deal of rivalry among members as to who will be the first to deliver a bale of cotton. The announcement given to the press last night is the first statement that has been made to the effect that the association ia now ready to receive old cotton. The membership campaign is pro-|( gressing splendidly, according to of ficials of the association. Over 100 new contracts have been received at the office during the past three days, coming from Orangeburg, Union, Dil lon and Anderson counties and re ports from the field indicate that < other farmers are signing up daily. F. R. Shanks of Texas speaks Fri mni-nmni o+ 1 1 at AnHpT uajr ** w v.ww. MV son; Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Honea Path and Saturday at j Greenville, it was announced last i night. SPEAK HERE TOMORROW Candidates for County Offices Will Speak Here Saturday. Candidates for county offices will 1 A1_T ill. M. TU? ispeaK in ADoevine tomorrow. xnc meeting will be held in the Opera House and will begin about 11 o'clock. All citizens should attend and hear the speeches. The Hospital Auxiliary will serve a dinner in the vacan t store room next to Mabry's store for which they will charge a reasonable price. ' MEETING AT BARMORE'S o The county candidates spoke yes terday at Barmore's pasture. The meeting was neia in tne grove cov ering 15 or 20 acres which is an ideal place. There was about 350 present and the meeting was pre sided over by Frank Carwile. AfteT the speeches a barbecue and picnic dinner was served. "COUNTRY STORE" SUCCESS Manager Verchot put on a draw- ] ing card at the picture show last i night in the form of a "country j store" advertising scheme. The dif ] ierent mercnanus in town cunuiuut- . ed various articles which were won by those receiving lucky numbers, i drawn from a tin milk pail by a ; small girl. The house was packed ] and much merriment prevailed. 1 MUST U.S. PAV DEBTS I FLEE! CORPORATION ENORMOUS SUM OF $100,000,000 1 INVOLVED?ASKS SUPREME COURT FOR RE-HEARING AND MEANTIME SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS. Washington, Aug. 24.?Asserting that there is an "apparent irrecon- t cilable conflict between the doc- l trine" announced by the supreme ? court in its recent decisions defin- I ing the usability and statuu of the ^ smergency fleet corporation, as a f government agency and "the settled < rule" established by the court in a c number of prior decisions, the gov- i ernment has filed a petition asking for a rehearing. c "The opinion has introduced a i practical difficulty of far reacting * effect with reference to the adminis- c trative action," of various govern- * ment officials the petition asserts. * It asks whether contracts made by * the fleet corporation are contracts * of the Umited Stated, and what 1 authority the shipping 'board or the ? fleet corporation has to use further * government funds for the payments * >f the debts of the fleet corporation 1 when incurred under contracts k made by it. The government also 1 svarvts to know whether treasury * officials aTe justified in honoring 1 checks drawn by the fleet corpora- c tion for paying debts or satisfying * claims for damages. It is pointed out in (the petition t that "the fleet corporation in its * ywn capacity and not as represent- , I s ng the United States has nor insets bnt it has enormous debts." 11 itfhich the court stated are"its debts ind not the debt of the United 3tates." It is explained that "there ire hundreds of such claims pending against it, for sums aggregating more than $100,000,000," and the K :ourt is asked whether "all pay ments thereon from treasury funds * must be suspended." The government also wants to know whether funds derived from the sale of ships can be applied by the fleet corporation to the pay- j ment of damages clained against it, j sr whether the money Deiongs 10, the United States. " As the opinion will become the ( guide for United (States district courts in dealing with hundreds of ^ suits throughout the country, the government asks for a re-argu ment as a means of preventing 'many t future appeals and much litigation apparently mow inevitable. BURN SHERIFF'S CAR Officer'* Automobile Set Afire Dur- j ing Raid on Still. Greenwood, Aug. 24.?While omc ers were raiding a liquor distillery in this county yesterday, friends of the | distillers, it is alleged, set fire to the sheriff's automobile, which was par- j tially destroyed before the flames were extinguished. Two men were arrested and lodged in jail. They are Joe Klugh and James Edwards. Two copper stills, 45 and 50 gallons each, were captured, in addition to seven ( gallons of liquor and between 2,000 . and 4,000 gallons of mash. The two stills were found about : two and a half miles from the Ab beville county line, west of Green wood. According to Sheriff YV. M. White, four men were found at the still but two escaped. BEECH TREE 150 YEARS OLD Near Trembling ijJioals on inline |, River is a Beech tree over 150 years., old. On the side of the tree is carved 11 a beautiful Indian Head, below the '. head is a bow and arrow- and be neath the bow and arrow a horse. Underneath the entire design is the Jate 1770. The work is well done, and though covered with moss in c places, shows up well after genera- i tions have passed away. t ! iVILL HAVE NO BEARING ON THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES ENGLAND NOT ENDORSER FOR MONEY LOANED ALLIES BY UNITED STATES. Washington, Aug. 24?Funding of he $4,135,000,000 war debt owned >y Great Britain to the United Stat is was declared today by Secretary Hellon to have no relation to the var loans made by the United Stat !ij and Great Britain to other gov ernments or to questions arising in :onnection with reparations pay nents of the former central powers. The treasury secretary made his leclaration with respect to the Brit sh debt in a formal statement issued ?? ATI A-f Y111 ftt ?kl* All Ct 171 [uiries reaching the treasury as to he exac^ status of the obligations ofi ;he various European governments leld by America with respect to the British debt. Reports have been pub ished and statements made in some [uarters. Mr. Mellon said, that the British liability was not incurred for he British government but for the >ther allies, and that the United States, in making the original ar angements. had insisted in substance hat though the other allies were to ise the money borrowed, it was onlyj >n British security that the United States, and the advances by the Jnited States government were for he purpose of covering payments 'or these purchases by the allies. "The statement that the United States government virtually insisted ipon a guarantee by the British gov rrnment of amounts advanced to the ither allies is evidently based upon t misapprehension. Instead of insist ng upon a guarantee, or any trans n*+?nn nf tViat njlflirp. fVl#? United States government took the position hat it would make advances to each government to cover the purchases ide by that government and would iot require any government to give >bligations for advances made to :over the purchases of any other jovernment.