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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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* 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
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