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Abbeville Press and Bannerf| I EstablishedJ.844^ $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly __Abb^i!I^S. C., Fridgrbctober is7l922_ Single Copies, FiveC^DteT~^W .ffl COAL PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREASE WEEK'S WORK STARTS WITH VJM?EFFECTIVE RAILROAD COOPERATION ATTAINED FOR INDUSTRY, SAYS FEDERAL FUEL DISTRIBUTOR. Washington, Oct.' 12.?Coal production started off this week at a marked and almost record breaking rate, which Fuel Distributor Spens, declared in a statement today was an index to the effective railroad cooperation obtained for the industry i? the attempt to make up deficiencies in the country's fuel supply due to the miners' strike. At the same time the chamber of commerce of the United States gave oat the results of a survey it has made in cooperation with the government, indicating that stocks of coal intended for domestic consumption in most parts of the country are practically non-existent, and that there is still a critical necessity for more coal to be moved into certain areas for this purpose. According to reports to the American Railway company Monday1 40,596 cars of bituminous, 14,101 I .more than on Saturday of last week, ' ' mt !_ _ i_t_. -vvcre proaucea. mis is me day's output since December, 1920, and, amounted to more than 2,000000 tons; There also was produced 6,446 cars of anthracite, 296 more than on Saturday. Mr. Spens declared that railroads were being urged to maintain a movement of at least 11,000,000 tons of bituminous per week, and that the records of the present week were illustrating the effect of methods adonted bv the committee of rail I executives, headed by Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio, which has been set up to assist the office.' If the movement can be maintained,, he said, it will be unnecessary for the interstate commerce commission or the fuel office to adopt restrictive regulations or priority orders to enforce rationing. The chamber of commerce survey though indicating that domestic supTrlies were low, found public utility companies with an average supply <jf 45 days each and steel works . and coke plants and industries generally also well stocked. The bituminous situation in general, the survey said, was "becoming easier," but the critical points in states bordering the Great Lakes, in New England, in populous places in New York and the central Atlantic area still needed supplies. In general, the survey said,, heads of large industries were restricting purchases for the present, in order to let the domestic consumers have the output. I greenwood boosters. The Greenwood boosters passed through Abbeville yesterday morning about 10 o'clock on a tour adver tising the Greenwood Fair to be held in that town next week. They were in charge of W. A. Friday Secret -xy of the Chamber of Commerce, and accompanied by a brass band. After gathering in the square and playing, a number of boosters circulated and distributed copies of the Index Journal which gave a list of the prizes offered, and contained a general write up of the city of Greenwood, and of the fair next week. > I FROM ATLANTA BY AUTO Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Cromer of Atlanta, accompanied by their son, "Billy," are visitinp: Mr. and llrs. Frank Nickles. They made the trip through the country in theii car. Good Crowd Sees "The Bat." A good crowd was in Abbeville laflt night to see "The Bat." Parties f?om Ware Shoals, Due West, Greenwood, Mt. Carmel and all the surrounding towns attended. 4 \ LAST BONO ISSUE I i OVERSUBSCRIBED f t . NOT FAR FROM ONE BILLION c DOLLARS. ? SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT RESTRICTED TO ANY ONE SECTION OF COUNTRY, SAYS ECRETARY MELLON. , Washington, Oct. 12.?The gov. ernment's new 'bond issue*?the first i since the war?has been oversub- ^ 1 scribed Secretary Mellon announced w ! tonight. The total subscription it is 5 understood, (aggregate something , near $1,000,000,000 on an offering g, limited to about $500,000,000. Sl Preliminary reports received > from the. federal reserve banks ^ show, Mr. Mellon said, that the sub ABBEVILLE COUNTY ; GINNED 1,526 BALE PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 25 A GAINST 5,190 BALES IN 1921 FEW COUNTIES HAVE GIN NED MORE THAN SAME DATE LAST YEAR. The Department of Commerce through the Bureau of Census, announces the preliminary report or cotton ginned by counties, in Soutt Carolina, for the crops of 1922 anc 1921. The total for the state was made public at 10 a. m., Tuesday October 3. County 1922 1921 The State 148,174 . 215,24* Abbeville ? - 1,526 5,19C Aiken ___ ___ 7,174 7,296 Allendale 4,083 2,94E Anderson ? 8,984 20,51? Bamberg ? 3,431 1,95$ Barnwell ? 4,813 4,726 Calhoun 1,120 2,242 Cherokee 2,779 2,26C Chester 5,620 5,83C Chesterfield 6,012 6,182 Clarendon ? 1,583 3,887 Darlington 2,864 6,138 ^Dillon 6,230 11,881 Edgefield /?(' 1,537 , 2,764 Fairfield 1,573 2,745 Florence 1,047 6,077 Greenville 5,842 8.049 Greenwood 862 4,043 Hampton 3,088 1,469 (Kershaw 4,172 3,969 Lancaster ? 1,976 2,222 Laurens 4,029 10,102 Lee 5,617 6,967 Lexington ? ? 1,718 2,986 McCormick 169 1,404 Marion 965 3,688 Marlboro lb,443 14,886 Newberry ? 2,443 5,559 Oconee 2,131 5,131 Orangeburg 5,631 8,269 Pickens 2,094 4,645 Richmond 2,460 3,217 Saluda 1,435 * 2,886 Spartanburg __ ? 11,301 11,628 Sumter 4,050 8,003 Union 2,424 2,913 Williamsburg __ __ 829 2,268 York 5,716 6,552 All other * 2,203 1,753 MR. EVANS TO SPEAK (To Farmer# of County on How Tc Destroy Boll Weevil Homes. j Mr. J. A. Evans of Washington ID. C., will be in Abbeville Countj Monday and Tuesday of next weei assisting County Agent C. Lee Gowon in a campaign for plowing undei ^otton stalks and destroying othei hibernating place for the bpll wee vil. Mr. Evans will speak to tht farmers Monday morning, Octobei 16, at 11 o'clock in Abbeville, at 2 o'clock in Antreville and Tuesdaj j morning at 10 o'clock at Due Wesl :n directors room of the Farmer': and Merchants Bank. [ FORMING NEW INSURANCE COMPANY IN GREENWOOE Greenwood, Oct. 12.?The propo; e>d formation of a life, accident anc health insurance company with i capital stock of $50,000 to b? ' known as the Piedmont Insurance . company, was announced today b] ! H. M. Graham, local banker. Th< I company proposes to conduct it: . principal business in the Piedmon section,, having offices in Green wood, Greenville, Anderson ant Spartanburg. The board of incor porators is given as H. M. Graham J. B. White, Jr., O. R. Rudisill anc , F. K. Graham. N I FEDERAL TAXES ON WORLD SERIES HEAVY New York, Oct. 12.?Federal tax 1 es lor the nve world s series game; amounted to $60,547,50, it was aft i nounccd today by. the collector oi i internal revenue. The sum represeni . ed 10 per eent of the total of $605. . 475 paid by 185,947 persons to se< the game. ! j scriptions for the new 41-4 per cent. ^ ?j bonds of _947-52 are well distribut! j ed over all sections of the country. g 11 Notwithstanding the oversubscrip > tion of the issue, the secretary anI nounced investors who subscribe for amounts of $10,000 or less, or who ^ desire to exchange their 43-4 per ! cent. Victorynotes of December 15 certificates for the new bonds, may > still get an allotment in full upon ^ their application if tended promptly ^ i to the federal reserve banks. f3] "It is the treasury's intemtion," g Mellon said, "to hold down allot- SI 9 1. 1 ments on the Drimarv offering1 to j $500,000,000 or thereabouts and * I VQ with this in view the subscription I books for this part of the offering ] will close at noon Saturday, October j 14, 1922 Subscription banks on the :tl ; exchange offering will not close un- lr (till Saturday, October 21, 1922, and F i such subscriptions will continue to 2 be allowed up to a limited amount, ri j thus giving inventors who desire to n 1 turn in their Victory notes or Dec- A ' ember 15 treasury certificates a fur- n 1 ther opportunity to invest in the 1 new bonds. .S( Mr. Mellon expressed the opinion o ' that the volume of subscriptions al- v, ^ | ready received to the new issue a (| snows tnat tne Donas are proving v, | j exceptionally attractive to investors, e ! FRANCE IS UNABLE R t R TO MEET ANY PART Of Her Debts for Next Four Years p j on Account of Reconstruction Devasted Regions. ' Paris Oct. 12.?France will be unable receipt for that period must a for the next four years as all avail- v able receipt s for that period must ;be devoted to re-construclion of the ? devastated regions, according to the J 3 Paris Herald, which quotes <;one of p the highest authorities of the French 7 ' ministry of finance." The government adds the newspa- ^ ^ per, is doing its utmost to find a g new formula for the settlement of the European debts and reparations ^ tangle, and will probably submit a j, scheme drawn up by M. Poincare when the inter-allied financial con> grces meets at Brussels. ^ This plan calls for a revision of ^ the total of bermanys indebtedness ^ on a basis of actual reparations only ^ the charges for pensions, war allow- ^ aness and the like being wiped from the state. This would reduce the q French claim by nearly 25 per cent, j ,p VALUATION NOT CUT MUCH. \ Contrary to expectations on tho * 0 part of many, the auditors state J d ment given out yesterday showed that the decrease in the assessed Q valuation of property in the Abbeville School District was not as much as has been expected. The valuation for next year appears to b e C ' fihont -l.fiRS.SD9 a pa i net. -1 RS7.00D ' - ? 7 - I for last year. s UNPAID TAXES $14,000 I , F f The taxes of this district unpaid t t ^ince October 1st are a little over t - S14,000, which is more than two- I 2 Vhirds of the total county executions t for last year or 1920. 'h 'ASSENGERS ESCAPE M BURNING SHIP 9 FFICERS AND CREW OF STEAMER CITY OF HONOLULU ALSO LEAVE VESSEL AFTER ABANDON1NG HOPE.?TAKE TO * f SMALL BOATS. San Francisco, Oct. 12.?All the assengers, officers and crew of the urning steamer City of Honolulu, rhich was abandoned at 10:10 a. m. 3day, are safe, according to wireless dvices received by the Federal Teleraph company from the freight learner West Faralon. Fire broke out aboard the City of [cmolnlu this momincr and srvreaH so apidly that all those aboard had to ike to small boats. The sea was mooth when the ship was abandond. The ship was homeward bound to ian Pedro, Cal., from Honolulu and ras 1,405 miles east of Honolulu and 70 miles southwest of San Pedro rhen the fire started. Although three other vessels, the lateson Liner Enterprise, the amy ransporc i nomas ana tne yacnx v^aiana of'Edward L. Doheny, Los Andes oil magnate, heard the distress ignals from the City of Honolulu efore the West Faralon did, the reighter was only 50 miles awayi rhen it started to the rescue shortly efore noon. Conditions were favorable both for he small boats of the City of Honoilu to ride .safe and for the West 'ftvnlAW +A TM nlrrt li'w ft nn/1 1 aiaxun uu iitaxvc xaoi* auu kjj i :45 p. ra., the rescuing steamer had eached the scene and was begin-; j ing to take the passengers aboard .11 had reached ?the deck by 3:40 p. i., passengers stated. Less than a half dozen of the pasengers were from the eastern part f the country. A large number re re from Honolulu, Los Angeles, nd other southern California points, rhile the remainder came from othr parts of the Pacific coast. IEDPATH LYCEUM FOR ABBEVILLE 'irst Attraction Grosjean MarimboXylophone Co. Here Friday, October 20. Everywhere "Redpath" is a 'standrd of excellence. This winter Abbeille is to have six splendid attracions. The first is a company of five lusicians, the Grosjean Marimbo[ylophone Company, which is to apear on the evening of Oct. 20 at :30 at the Community Building. The Woman's Auxiliary of the lethodist church have charge of the ale of tickets in the town while the lenior Camp Girls are selling seaon tickets in the mill village. The n's Auxiliary. :harlotte pastor goes to greenwood Greenwood, Oct. 12.?Rev. W. B. jindsay, formerly pastor of the 'irst Associate Reformed Presbyerian church of Charlotte, N. C. has >een appointed pastor of the local A I. P. church by the Home Mission ioard of the synod. He will move lis family to Greenwood Nov. 1st. m \ adies of the First Church have aranged to sell in town season tickts for all the numbers at the reuced rate of $4.00 per adult ticket, ^ey receive a generous commission or their work. Children, and in act, all those in school may get ickets at the reduced rate of $2.00 ach. At the High School three 'amp Fire Girls: Misses Lillian ;anerley, Edith Grubb and Grace ioche have tickets for the students here. Those interested in getting tickts before the first attraction may !o so by communicating with Mrs. '. A. Harris, Jr. or with any of the anvassprs seleetpd from the Worn ISSUE OF MONEY AI CONFERENCE TURKS WILL OBJECT TO BRIT ISH CLAIMS?OCCUPATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND OTH ER AREAS HAS COST MIL .LlONS OF POUNDS. London, Oct. _2.?One of tin questions on which it is expectei there will be important difference between the Turks and British is th cost of tho British occupation o Constantinople aad other areas ii Asia Minor since 1918. The Britis' have kept careful accounts of the ex penditures, which are regarded a an ultimate charge against Turkej it is 'believed tne Dili wiu run mx 100,000,009 pounds sterling withou regard to what claims might he ac vanced. by France, which maintaine 20,000 troops in these regions for year and a half. The Kemalists long have contenc od that the charges are unjust claii ing it was possible to give the? peace three years ago* When the first conference assembles this financial question will b introduced in connection with th Ottoman public debt in whic France is a large sharer. Thus fa the arguments of the 'Kemalist have been that Turkey has paid he debts by the loss of two-thirds of he territories and therefore should no be asked to pay more. Likewise th Kemalists have consistently refuse to print their own money, in orde to preserve the stability of the Tui kish pound. The total outstanding Turkish pa per is 250,000,000 Turkish pound: At the present exchange one dolla is worth approximately one and tw thirds Turkish pounds. Three year ago Turkey had approximately $50 000,000 gold pounds. NEW GROUND ABOUT READY In all probability the new athleti field on Chestnut street will be use for Clinton-Abbeville gam? Fridaj October 27, Mr Kyle who is doin the extra work on this splendid fiel states that he will have it ready fo playing Saturday week. The gradin being done now will cover the er tire property belonging to the schoc in rear of the new ibuilding and i just big enough for two regulatio football, gridirons. The size of th field when completed will be 32 feet wide by 400 feet long. POULTRY ASSOCIATION Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons organize a poultry association at Due We: Thursday afternoon with a membei ! ship of sixteen. The association d< cided to use the Rhode Island Re stock. About thirty women wer present at the meeting.' HON. C. P. PRESSLY HERE. Hon. C. P. Pressley of August Ga. was in Abbeville Thursday vi; iting relatives. Mr. Pressly was foi merly consul at Marsailles Franc< and spent several years in that cou try. He is now practicing law i Augusta. FREE TRIP TO DUE WEST The boys 0f the high school teai appreciate the generosity of Ersl ine Collage in sending tHem fre j tickets for the Wofford-Erskin | game being played this afternoon i j,Due West, Sixteen of the< boys too I advantage of the free tickets. Session Resumed Columbia. Oct. 12.?Sessions o the Institute of the Upper Dioces j of South Carolina of the Episcopz church were resumed here toda with Reverend B. T. Kemerer, d( i monstrating to the ministers and de! sgates the use of printed materiz n church work. The meeting wi close tonight. t. i < r * COAL STRIKE COS! i MOREMBILLION' : - COST EVERY FAMILY IN AMER? 1CA $45 EACH?RESPONSIBIL- J - ITY FOR THE OUTCOME HAS . - AT LAST BEfEN LEARNED BY A tup Pimirr ??? e Cleveland, Oct. 12.?Tibe recent i strike in the coal industry caused a s total loss of $1,190,000,000 J. G. e Bradley, of Dundon, W. Va. former f president of the National Coal asso- ; ; n cation, declared here today in an adh dress before the convention of the > American Mining congress. s According to Mr. Bradley the loss ^ r. in wages by the United Mine Worko >ers of America as estimated by the it American. Educational association I- was $450,000,000 the loss ^to rkild roads over $300,000,000, Hie loss to ' a the public in the coat of fuel $400,000,000 and the loss to- the mine op- jj t- csators $40,000,000. n "If every family in America were n to pay $45, it would bareJy cover this loss," Mr. Bradley said. t- ded that it was to toe hoped that e both sides would profit by.the lesson e and that "above all thing's the pubh lie has learned that it, too, has a x responsibility for the outcome of the . ^ :s conflict. r - "At any time throughout the , -? ' r strike there were enough men will >t ing to work at the rate of wages f | e paid at thoso mines which continued d operation to have replaced those r who threw down then* shovels and - would have kept the wheels of industry turning and saved this 'billion, t- dollar loss. But because the other i. 110,000,000 people of the country ' j* r wero not sufficiently aroused to deo mand that public officials enforce s the law and protect the men who wanted to work, the inconsiderable minority of 500,000 miners hold up the great majority as a highway man does a train and the massacre at Herrin, instead of being the '> c spaj-k which was to light the flame d of public indigination, me<rely called forth mild protections from the g highest public officias tnd tempted d the strikers to try the perpetration r of a simlar horror in Cliftonville ? Brook county, West Virginia. "Thore unfortunately for them, )] they were met by a courageous offijs cer of the law in the person of Sher n iff Duvail, who sacrificed hia life in e doing his duty and maintained the 0 law, so that today 250 of the wouldbe murderers are facing trial for 'y their lives in that state. CHEAPER GAS GRANTED d SPARTANBURG PEOPLE it . -r:?. r- Spartanburg, Oct. 12.?Cheaper J- gas for Spartanburg was promised d today when Frank W. Shealy, e chairman of the South Carolina Railway Commission signed an order granting the petition of the South Carolina Gas and Electric Company i for a reduction in the rates for gas a service from $2 per thousand cubic 3- feet to $1.85. r * 50,464 CHILDREN BORN IN 71 THE STATE DURING 1921 n Columbia, Oct. 12.?There were 50,464 children born in South Carolina during the year 1921, census bu- y n reau returns show, says a Washingr_ ton dispatch to the Columbia Rec e ord from its special correspondent. e The births were about evenly divided n between white and blaclc. says the k dispatch. This was 2,387 more than during 1920. THE COTTON MARKET if Cotton brought 23 cents in A'obe. ville today. Futures closed this afternoon: y !- Oct. - 22.00 I- Dec 22.33 tli Jan. 22.20 11 March ___ 22.30 May 22.27 > St ? . . . "V "t i