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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
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; 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,
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* BISHOP CHANGES DATES
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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.
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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,
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"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
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1 R. Q. WILLIAMS HERE J
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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.
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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.
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BUSH PREPARING
' TO MEET ATTACKS |
i- TO BE READY IN CASE TURKS 3
* ATTEMPT TO CROSS STRAITS.
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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
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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
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be played. If St. Louis wins the
^ American League championship the
/ir?t game at St. Louis would be
j played Tuesday October. 7.
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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