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- Abbeville Press and Banners T^+ahiished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, September 20, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. s|j A~JmJ WMN/ -ww- , i PRESIDENT VETOES SOLDIER BONUS BILL SPECIAL MESSAGE SENT TO CONGRESS-FAILURE OF BILL TO PROVIDE REVENUE AND ESTABLISHES A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. Washington, Sept. 19.?The soldiers' bopus bill was vetoed today by President Harding. In returning the measure to congress without his approval, the executive, in a message to the house declared that he was in accord with the avowed purposes of the bill, but r that he could not subscribe to its provisions. He said the proposed loans on the service certificates, substituted for the original cash payment, would constitute borrowing "a nation's cred it.just as truly as though the loans were made by direct government borrowing." He added that this "involves a dangerous abuse of public credit" Outlining the reasons for his veto, the president said that congress had failed, first of all, to provide the revenue from which the bestowal was I to be paid. He added that the ultimate cost could not be estimated definitely, but that the treasury figured the total at $750,000,000 for the first four years with a final charge in excess of $4,000,000,000. The executive declared it was essential to "remember that a more fnnr Hillion dollar pledge" to the able bodied service men would not diminish the latter obligation which the veterans contributed to the "rolls of the aged, independent." This obligation, he said, "would cost more billions than I venture to suggest." President Harding's bonus veto messure in part follows: To the House of Representatives: "Herewith is returned, without approval H. R. 10874, a bill 'to provide adjusted compensation for the 2 vaferona of the world war and foi other purposes.' "With the avowed purpose of th< bill to give expression of a nation's gratitude to those who served in it: defense in the world war, I am ir accord, but to its provisions I do no1 subscribe. The United States nevei vill cease to be grateful, it cannoJ and never will /be given expressior to that gratitude. "Ia legislating for what is callec adjusted compensation congres! failed, first of all, to provide th< revenue from which the bestowal ii to be paid. Moreover, it establishe; the very dangerous precedent oi creating a treasury covenant to pa] which puts a burden variously esti mated between four and five billions upon the American people not to dis Icnarge aa vungauiun, nnau w*c ernment always must pay, but to be stow a bonus which the soldier themselves, while serving them ii the world war did not expect." DEATH OF JOHN YOUNG. John Young died Tuesday nigh Sept. 19, 1922 at his home in Tro; and will be buried Thursday after noon at 4 o'clock. His friends are in vited to attend his funeral. Mr. Young was about 55 years o age. He was the oldest son of Mi Sam Young and his wife, who wa thp daughter of Mr. Fed Robinson I He married Miss Margaret Craw I ford of Bradley's Mill who survive him with a large family of children He is also survived by the followinj brothers and sisters: S. T. Young, ( 60 E. Young, J. F. Young and Jo B| Young and Mrs. Andrew Young, wh j| married a relative, and Mrs. Jame ? Long, all of the Long Cane section, raj Mr. Young was a Rural Mail Car |3 vier for years, as well as a planter The family has been identified wit! the Long Cane section for genera tions, having come to this sectioi from Ireland. PREFERRED LIST TO BE INCREASED Coal Production it on Increase But Demand Must Be Curtailed, Commission Thinks. , Washington, Sept. 19,?The interstate commerce commission today issued a new service order covorifng preferential shipments east' ward from the Mississippi and nuding mine supplies, medicines fertilizers, seeds newsprint paper and pet roleum to the list of commod to be given priority movement The order effective at midnight September L'O also permits use of opeoi top cars after the discharge of coal carried in thecn for transportation of load i and building constitution material, ; ore, and mine supplies. i The new order cancels nnd supercedes service Order 23, and puts all i coal shipments imto the priority class use of open top cars for com[ modities other than fuel is permit[ ted under the ruling only when their j destination is in the direction in ? ???? nwo ilorttno/J fnr r>nn 1 ; WIllVU tllC VU9 mi. ?" - . loading. The order was issued the commission explained as a result commodoties which in the public interest should be handled correctly and promptly have not been so handled by reason of certain embargoes is, sued by railroads during the rail and coal strikes. "The production of fituminous coal," the commission said in announcing its action, "has increased to approximately 900,000 tons a week and should with reasonable i use, take care of current needs in tonnage and now storage if wants of fuel and equipment are carefully avoided. The commission therefore feels that it can now re lax its previous order by omitting general privirities by classes of consumers reserving, however the right in special cases of great emergency i to d;irect carries to furnish cars as may in the public interest from time to time, be designated by it or - its agents. "By virture of the general priori: ty which is given both to the move ment and use of open top cars for coal, the effect of the change no*w ? made is to advance all coal into a . wi/vnifw nf OTllv thOSe 5 ?V4*VJ ? 0 ; classes of consumers formerly emi braced in priority designation, t * BISHOP CHANGES DATES t ' 1 Upper Carolina Conference Openi Nov. 8 Instead of Nov 1. * Columbia, Sept. 20.?Last nighl 3 it was announced that the session ol i the Upper South Carolina conference 3 scheduled to open at Gaffney or 3 November 1 had been postponed tc p November 8, one week later. Bishoj ^ Denny made the announcement following a consultation with presiding ' elders at Greenwood yesterday. Bishop Denny is anxious for no. /tVinnrvA fn ha onvcm nrnTYli. Live v/i vaaagv wv wv v*? x'" nence in the district so delegates 3 may govern themselves accordingly. 1 YOUNG GIRL KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDEN1 McCormiek, Sept. 19.?Miss Jan t ette Towers, 20 years of age, wa; f in&tanitly killed) near ^lodtoc, " this county when a touring car, - driven by V. H. Wright, of 212< Flordia avenue. Tampa. Fla. over f turned Miss Tower in company witl ' her mother, Mrs. Dell Towers, anc s an older sister, Miss B Towers, hat t. been spending some time at No 10( South French Board avenue, Ashe s ville N. C. and had advertised foi ' some one to accompany them oi ? their return trip, to St. Petersburg > Fla.. who would furnish a car a: e they wanted to drive through in ai 0 automobile instead of by train, s "23 HAIR STRAIGHTENER" Mr. and Mrs. Sol Rosenberg, Ar ti thur Rosenberg and Louis Lyons at .Glided the home talent play ii n Greenwood Tuesday night called "21 .Hair Straightener." Jf-' .*S'. EFFORTS ATtSCUE S MEET WITH DEFEAT BODIES OF FORTY-SEVEN HERO- M IC DEAD GREET MEN AFTER DAYS AND NIGHTS OF DESPERATE TUNNELING INTO GOLD MINE. Jackson, Calif., Sept. 19.?All 47 of the miners entombed in the Argo- \>i naut mine August 27 are dead, it ei i was announced officially shortly be- oi fore 9 o'clock last night. e< A note found on one of the bodies af indicated that all the men had died within five hours of the beginning of th the fire August 27, officials said. ct All the miners were found be- w hind the second of two bulkheads w they had built in a cross cut 4,350 ei feet down in the mine, tfyron u. tr Pickard, chief of the federal bureau 01 of mines for this district, was the to first man to go behind the bulkhead pt and discovered the bodies. Pickard, on an earlier exploration sh behind the bulkhead, had counted 42 or bodies and expressed the belief then ui that there were others there. The st note found read as follows: at "3 a. m., gas bad." 01 The same note bore a scrawled ^ figure "4," apparently indicating the ^ same man had attempted to leave word for those who might come after of the condition of the mine at ^ that hour. ** A Mine officials declared that the condition of the cross cut behind m the bulkhead was such that life could ^ not' have been sustained there by ^ the entombed men for more than 01 five hours. The bodies were piled one on top of another and decomposition had ^ so progressed so far that identifica- . tion would be impossible, Pickard . reported. The officials declared the mute ^ evidence of the men's struggles show . ed they were 47 of the most cool ^ 1 headed men imaginable. ^ mi i_i i ; i nen anotner uamcr w?3 uuul ui S{ rock, earth and debris. However, the p gas and fumes from the fire appar- ^ 1 ently seeped through the first bulk jr 1 and the men fled from the site where " they were building the second one, ^ to start a third farther on. Mine officials said that death had c] come to the entombed men painless- g ly. The gases, they said, would pro- y 1 duce first a lethargy, then a coma ^ and finally death. C > FOOTBALL IN THE AIR , First Game on Local Gridiron Will p i Be Played October 6. ' Football is in the air. That is what is causing the cool, crisp morn- ^ ' ings we have been having of late, q The Abbeville High School boys arej T at it every afternoon and by the y ' time the whistle blows for the first jy 5 game they believe they will be able q to trot out a team which will do c] credit to the school. Notwithstanding p a number of stars were lost in the Ia r graduating class last year, there are S( still several Varsity men on the j . team, and with the recruits, the 5 team begins to look formidable. , The first game on the local gridiron will be played October 6. with 1 Ninety Six as the victims. Clinton . will be here on October 13. and An- n x derson will be here November 3. Due n j West has been asked to come down 1 for September 29, but nothing def) inite has been done. Other games . will be arranged and a full schedule ? announced shortly. b L * -I 1 R. Q. WILLIAMS HERE J * 3 R. Q. Williams of Antreville was r< i in Abbeville yesterday on business. a While here he had the Press and ^ banner sent to his daughter, Miss Myra Williams who is a junior at j '.Vinthrop college this year and who -j's making a fine record there. He furthermore says that his son, tl <i Thomas Q. Williams will go to Due ? I West tomorrow to enter Erskine ci College. iOUTHERN SIGNS PEACE AGREEMENT EN INSTRUCTED TO RETURN WORK?MOBILE & OHIO, CONTROLLED BY SOUTHERN, ALSO AFFECTED?IN SESSION THREE HOURS. ? Wasljirjgton, Sept. 19.?Officials the Southern railway and repre> itatives of the union shop crafts : that system 'late yesterday signi (the Warfield-WJlfferdfJ'ewell ?reement. The strike among the workers of ie Mobile & Ohio railroad which is >ntrolled by the Southern, also as settled on the same basis. The orkers of the two roads and those nployed on all other lines conolled by the Southern who went 1 strike, are to return immediately . *r*7V\-rlr TtrifVi aAninrifs? liniTtl lired. Orders were telegraphed by the top leaders tonight to the divisilal chairmen of the various labor lions throughout the South to inruct their men to return to work ; once.- Similar orders were sent it 'by the Southern's officials to ieir superentendents to put all of ,e former workmen back at their d jobs as soon as they applied The congress had been in session ree hours whtn William H. John ' 1 - ? x J-1 AtM n l^Avi nl on, president ox wit* mtciuawviioi ssociation of Machinists as spokes an of the union chiefs, announced at a settlement had been reached, enry W. Miller, vice president of jerations, exhibited a copy of the jreement bearing signatures of ie union leaders and representaves of the Southern, remarking iat he expected most of the strikg workers to be .back at work with . a week. The refusal of the shop leaders ) sign last Saturday, led to doubt i some quarters as to the outcome ir today's meeting. It was under-1 ood that the decision in favor of :ttlement was influenced largely b resident Johnson, who was said to ave urged an amicable agreement t the interest of "industrial peace" News of the settlement of the :rike reached Columbia yesterday fternoon, J. H. Fetner, master matianic at the Southern shops on landing street, was advised from Washington that the strike (had een settled on the basis of the hicago agreement. SEABOARD MAKES CHANGES Rnvri>r\(f Will to Hamlet?Other Changes. General promotions in the Seaoard Air Line shop service on the eorgia Division ie announced. T. . Raycroft, foreman of the Abbeille shops has been made Master [echanic of the Hamlet, N. C. shops, uy Gilleland, present Master Metianic at Hamlet has been sent to [owell's near Atlanta. G. G. Wood i made day foreman here and his )n, David Wood, night foreman. J. . Hanlan of Atlanta goe3 to Portslouth, Va. Mr. Raycroft is in Norfolk today nd will return Friday. He will then o immediately to Hamlet. He has lade no definite plans about moving is family to Hamlet. TO CHARLESTON BY AUTO Mrs. Frank B. Gary, accompanied y Francis Glenn and Edwin Barksale went to Charleston Tuesday in [rs. Gary's car. Mrs. Gary will visit Natives in Charleston while Francis nd Edwin will be students at the itadel. MAYOR'S COURT. The only cases before the Mayor lis week was one for keeping a ambling house fined -40, and eight ises charged with gambling, fined 10 each. i ' ASHLEY TO SERVE TERM IN PRISOP Sentence of 12 Years Imposed. Plei For Leniency Denied by Judge Smith. Anderson, Sept. 19.?Ernest Ash ley who was found guilty of man slaughter by a jury Saturday nigh for the killing of Arthur Hughes deputy sheriff and policemen o Honea Path, August 24, 1920, to day at 3 o'clock was sentanced b Judge Mendel L. 'Smith to serv 12 years in the state peniitentiar at hard labor. Barron Grier, one of the a1 torneys for the defense, did not ai rive until 3 o'clock, toeing tied up i the Underwood case in Greenwoo this Week Mr. Grier arrived in tim to make an appeal for legniency t Judge Smith and asked that th judge not give a more severe ser tence than the resident judge di the first trial Judge Smith was fin in his stand and held that the fact in the case warranted a sentence o 12 years. About a year and a half ago Ast ley received the same verdict an was sentenced to 11 yeara in th penitentiary. Upon appeal for ler iency to Judge George E. Princ the sentence was changed to te years. Ashley was released on boo pending an appeal to the suprexn court, which granted him a ne1 trial. This has "been a .hard fought caf Ashley was 7epresented gy T. Fran Watkrns, G. B Green and Claude Earle, Solicitor Harris was assiste by Gen. M. L. Bonham and Senate Prootor Bonham of Greenville. It wis said that Judge Smit would impose sentence at 10 o'cloc this (morning and numbers of peop] filled tho court room] before th: hour. Then it w'as found that th 1 sentence would be pronounced at o'clock. It was also thought thi Judge Smith would sentence B. I Holly, who was also convicted las [FViday of Manslaughter* withoi recommendation to m?rcy, but th sentence has not been pronounces TT^11.. ?J 'm 4-l^rv An cm / TlUIiy was CUUVlttCU III mc moi V the killing of A. B. Evans at h home at Orr mill. Holly is also deputy sheriff. TO REMAIN IN JAIL. R. Clayton Underwood to Appeal I Supreme Court Greenwood, Sept. 19.?R. Cla; ton Unde<rwood convicted yesterdf and sentenced to life imprisonmei for the .murder of Oscar Mitch? Greenwood ball player, will be ke; in the county jail, pending actic of the supreme court on an appet Under the law 'he has ten day ' nprfect an aoDeal. Barry B. Hugh< also charged with the murder < Mitchell, in whose case a mistri resulted, was released from ji this morning on hail in the sum < $5,000. RETURN TO CHARLESTON V Miss Mary J. Powers and hi three nieces, Misses Mary, Anna ar Martha Powers, returned to the home in Charleston today. Th< spent the summer in Abbeville wil Mrs. W. P. Wham at Brooksi< Farm, and were so delighted wii this part of the up-country they e: pect to spend next summer here. WINTHROP GIRLS Misses Janie Vance Bowie, Lyd Owen, Margaret and Annie Wilso: Mary Stevenson, and Virginia Lesl left yesterday for Winthrop Colleg Rock Hill. Girls entering the fir class reported several days a g These young ladies having attendf college before were not required 1 report with the first year students MAKE TRIP TO COLUMBIA Messrs. E. W. Gregory, Lewis Pe rin, Ladd Perrin, Albert Rosenbei and John Tolbert went to Columb Monday in Mr. Gregory's car ar returned to Abbeville Tuesday. ? -m BUSH PREPARING ' TO MEET ATTACKS | i- TO BE READY IN CASE TURKS 3 * ATTEMPT TO CROSS STRAITS. t NOT EXPECTED MUSTAPHA \ KAMAL WILL RISK MOVE IN FACE OF ENGLAND'S STAND. _ London, Sept. 19.?The declara- f y tion that Great Britain does not ii> . tend to engage in any new war, ob- ^ ^ tained from an authoritative source 1 today coupled with other state- i n ments of a unedified policy is taken to mean that the services of cabinet e meeting and ministerial coi^feren* c ces in the last few days have been V.; A partly is preparation for possible attacks in the British forces by the d Kemalists and partly as political n preparation for the contemplated ;3 general conference for the eettlej ment of the Turkish question. While it is not seriously expected in military quarters that iMustapha d Kemal, head of the Turkish Nation- " % e alists, will make an attempt either ; t. to capture Constantinople or cross e the trial's the British wish to be' n ready in case of emergency and ngt vi d sacrifice the merger contingent of e troops, long stationed in Constance tinople. The many statements issued with ie tho permission of number 10 Down- r jj ing street after each conference are g interpreted as emphasying the inten j tion of the cabinet to carry out tho ir policy which it has faithfully adhered to for more than three years re?,.y. h gardmg Turkey and tfte straits, ana jj Btraits and despite much critciam at [e home and abroad, that policy, whibh k is coupled with the Greek defeats, ie will still be vigorously followed. 3 The first task of Premier Lloyd ^ George is to win the Frencih to his I point of view. Great Britain is laying her cards oni the table, and it is not her ntention it is said' to jg attempt to make a,' new Gibraltar , j of Gallipoli; she merely wishes not jf to give the Turks another opportunjg ity in case of a general war to wast* ; a so many European lives by Turriciah control of the straits. TVip raWnpt is thoroucrhlv con vinced that French public opinion is with the Turkes but Lord Curzon ? ? lo British secretary for foreign affairs who is proceeding .to Paris, will y. point out to Premier Poitoare that ty bigger than Turkey are at stake the rat whale peace of the Balkans fu11, ture .relations of Russia and the en* pt tire Near East are involved, that if >n Great Britain can risk disturbing ll> her Mohammedan connections by to forcing the Turks to accept a Eures pean settlement of the straits then 5f France can afford to yeild and coopal erate with the British in a Turkish til j peace. . j of WORLD SERIES WILL OPEN IN NEW YORK OCTOBER 4 Chicago, Sept. 19.?The 1922 ? worici series oaseoau ciuwuj/iuiiDuip id will open October fourth in New York City, it was decided at a meetJy ing of National and American th league representatives here. Last ie year's price will prevail. The arrangements for the openx" ing game in New York was made on the assumption that the New York < Giants will win the National League pennant. Both New York clubs were . represented at the meeting and the I National League club won the toss .' to decide where the first game should 16 be played. If St. Louis wins the ^ American League championship the /ir?t game at St. Louis would be j played Tuesday October. 7. ;u to THE COTTON MARKET. Cotton brought 21 cents on the local market today. Futures closed: r- Oct. 21.03 g Dec. --- 21.23 ia Jan. 21.03 td March . ? 21.02 May 21.00