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Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, November 8, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. 5?J| FINALRETURNSSHOW GAIN FOR DEMOCRATS +* REPUBLICAN MAJORITY TO BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN NEXT CONGRESS.?ONLY SOCIALIST OUT WITH DEMOCRATS IN. SMITH GETS BIG VOTE. New York, Nov. 8.?At 2 A. M. Eastern standard time the trend of the returns in th? election for the United /State senate and the house of representatives was in favor of 1 the Democrats. With returns for i nsare than half of the house com- 1 pl^te, the Republicans had not un- < seated a Democratic representative i and Democratic candidates had de- j fitted more than 25 Republicans, i To gain control of the house, how- i ever, the Democrats must .gain i nearly 80 seats. i The senate returns at that hour < V i> showed definitely and Democratic 1 gain by the defeat of Senator Calder ill New York. That, however, was ] offset br a Republican gain of one j in Nebraska, where R. B. Howell < had defeated Senator Hitchcock. j t At 2 o'clock th? congressional re- fc turns were complete from only 11 i 'states. t Miss Alice Robertson, Republican fc of the Second Oklahoma district the n oiuy woman in congress ana tne sw- c on4 of her sex to hold a seat in the house of representative, was beaten a -by her Democratic opponent, W. W. g Hastings, the imale candidate she de- a fdated two years ago. A half dozen t' -other women running in various states on various tickets also ware n beaten. si The house of Representative bow- w ever, despite the defeat of Miss Rob n ertson of Oklahoma will hav& a wo- t< man member. She is Mrs. Winnifred t* M. Suck Republican, danghter of ^ the late William B. Mason, who serv- ^ ed in both senate and house from ji Illinois, elected a representative at e, large from Illinois. In the it same state, Uncle Jo? Cannon's dis- f( trict remains in the Republican v, column with election of Willian P. a; Haladay, a Republican. r, Nenv York, Nov. 7.?Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith rolling up the great ,tj est plurality New York city has ever sj guren any candidate in any election, U; today was swept back into the gubc-rnatorial chair, from which he had & been ejected in 1920 by Gov Nathan ^ L. Miller. Republicans not only admitted c] the defeat of Mr. Miller but conced- gj ed that William M. Calder had lost his seat in the senate to Royal S. ,p7 Copo'and, health commissioner of p( New York City, formerly mayor of gi A*n Arber, Mich., and until today a] an untested factor in New York polities. With the success of their ticket o leaders, Democrats were claiming jraina in congress and the legisilatuire, but the Republicans maintained stoutly that their majorities in to tie senate and assembly had been ec little imparted. , be Gi FOOTBALL POSTERS ce ' . ' cb T*e artistic posters which are be- ging used around town to advertise gr the football game Friday, were made by the young ladies of the tenth and eleventh grades and are of a high order of excellence. The high kicks of the men on the posters will be duplicated by the Abbeville team Friday and even Edgefield will not be able to stand up long under such treatment. Fe To Teach In LowndesviUc g idiss Josie Clinkscales left today _ W< for her home in Willington after a ^ pleasant visit in Abbeville with her sister, Mrs. Boyd. From Willington she expects to go to Lowndesville where she will teach this session. : J French Delegates Named. thr Paris, Nov. 7.?Maurice Bompard, Hi) and Camille Barre -have been nam- tra eil French delegates to the Lausanne ou1 peace conference. jhas ANSWERS READY FAR PRESIDENT many suggestions as to allied debt?man has plan but wishes to know more details of prize?one is holding back. Washington/ Nov. 7*?Suggestions for setting the question of the allied wartime indebtedness to the United Statea have been .pouring into the treasury since President Hard ing recently expressed a willingness K/\ HTO?TV1 ? .TKriTo 4Vwr onv rvrnffioAl concrete suggestion for its collection. The president, it was explained at the White House at the time, considered interesting suggestions by numerous individual^ that the debt should be collected but he had' found i unanimous disinclination to make :oncrete proposalg aa- to how colection was ito bo accomplished. . e*' Evidently, it was considered by ugh officials of the treasury today nany persons and taken the report wr of a prize by the president litrrally and daily suggestion^ as to tow the the various foreign' debts aight be liquidated are reaching the reasury. .One man wrote that he tad a plan but wished to know lore . concerning the prize before te had made known its details. However according to high officials, none of the debt liquidation sug estion &o far received have offered nything of constructive nature for he solution of the problem. The foreign debt funding comlission, it was said, is making a tudy of the economic conditions ithin the varifous foreign debtor ations in the light of their ability j meet their wartime obligations ? +>iTa / nnn.+.r-v Ac n rACTilt. of this tudy, it wag indicated, the commis ion would be in a position to know jst what might be expected from ach debtor nation and determine ;s policy with respect to pressing or payment or waiting for the deelopment of better circumstances s the individual casco might warent. . In the study of economic condions, the commission is giving conderable attention to the gold sitation and the foreign trade posit-1 m of the various nations is having jnside?rable weightin the deterlination of their ability to pay. As yet high treasury officials deared, no consideration has been iven to the suggestion from aroad, that the United States be reresented in some form at the pro \cofJ Rrncenlc , der economic questions and inter- 1 lied indebtedness. i V?R MILLION DOLLARS 1 FOR S. C. TOBACCO GROWERS 1 ] Richmond, Va., Nov. 7,?Checks ; tailing $1,127,672.06 will be mail- { I Monday to South Carolina mem- i !Ts of the Go-operative Tobacco 1 rowers association, it was annound hero today upon receipt of a < leek for that amount for 3,500,- j >0 pounds of redried tobacco j own by the South Carolinians and s Id through the association. The c Zi. - .1.1. J on puve ii, w?s sutuea, was ou z nts a pound. s i WITNESSES U. S. COURT I Sheriff F. B. McLane, Chief Joe S Johnson, J. A. Schroeder, D. T. ci rguson, J. T. Prince, C. J. Bruce, mes Stevenson, Mitchell Wright, i m Cann, J. Howard Moore and allace Harris went to Greenwood | c lay to attend the United States urfc. A Three Feet of Snow in Dakota. j; Deadwood, S. D., Nor. 7.?Nearly ee feet of snow covered the Black F Is today, completely paralyzing flic and communication with tho C aide world for a time. The fall i ceased. R BUSINESS TREND MOM UPWARD CAR LOADINGS DURING WEEK ALMOST REACH HIGHEST PEAK?PRICE OF FARM PRODUCTS MOVES UPWARD?COTTON PASSES 25 CENTS New York, Nov. 7.?'Practically all the available iavpices of business activity point to a continuation, as during the past week of the tendency toward revival. Car leadings for the week ended October 21, totalled 1,004,000 cars, almost equaling the greatest performance in the country's history during the fall of 1921 when t)ie hdgh record of 1,109,060 cars were made> In addition, it ig pointed out -in financial circles that the latest Loading returns sh^xw an unprecedented movement of general merchandise. Coal shipements have contributed to recent gains a pi}>ducti<on of 10,400,000 tong of bdtuminrtll m O Lr Vv ni n r# Nevertheless, the grain in the mpvement of the other kinds of freight has been even greater and has beaten all records. Autiomobil^ ptrj vdixcrtiotls also remain1, remarkably good. October's total exceeded Septembers by approximately 20 per cent. Reports from the .textile districts also are favorable the mills finding that recent advances in price have not had a dive<rse effect on demand. Even the main order houses which are dependent largely on faaro purchasing power show ccicouraging gains during October as q>mpared with, a year ago, the two chief companies reporting increasec of abput 15 and 35 per cent respectively. That farmprs' lrvnrr'hfl<iirnr ruvror.-r should he measurably increased is indicated by recent gains in the prices of farm' products. Decernber wheat nose during the past) week to over $1.17 a bushel, which is approximately 20 poA- cent* above the recent low, and the same delivery of cotton finally amounted to above 25 cents a pound. The latter price is th? best since the great break of 1920, and is well over twice the low price of last year. COMMITTEES NAMED FOR CORN SHOW Which Will Be Held Here Next Week.?Much Interest Being I Shown by Schools. , 1 Committees have been named to sei've in their respective school districts and stir up interest in the coming Corn Show to be held by the Planters Bank in Abbeville, November 16, 17 and 18. These committees will be glad to give any infor- i fnation, or assistthose in their com- ! nunities with preparing or getting ! ;heir exhibits entered and in every vay will work to help make the Ab- i jeville Corn Show a success. ] This will be the first exclusive Corn i Show ever held in Abbeville and is t 'or the purpose of educating the peo~ ~r ?t. -e xi i. : ?1 ;ie ui pari- ui uie country in uie iclection of better seed corn. Many 1 >f the Abbeville city farmers will be ' tmong the exhibitors, and a splendid J how is looked forward to and prom- ^ sed by those in charge of the enter- ? irise. ? Below we give a list of the Com * !how committees and the School * listricts they will serve: Campbell?S. M. Beaty, W. M. j Sell, Ted Campbell. Monterey?W. D. Busby, Jesse J Sutherland, C. L. Rock. Antreville?S. J. Wakefield, Joe A Lnderson, Fred Crowther. Lebanon?C. B. Evans, 0. M. Gil- E am, M. G. Sherard. Calhoun Falls?W. J. Manning, B. IV . Manning, F. B. Milford. Cold Springs?Horace King, R. H J arwile, Alvin Ellis. Central?Leonard Mcllwain, A. B B obinson, H. W. Nickles. % SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS NOV. 21 TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE O] REGULAR SESSION.?M EF CHANT MARINE AND DYE1 ANTI-LYNCHING BILL TO U. Disposed of Washington, Nov. 7.?Presider Harding expects to issue a ca Thursday or Friday for a special se; sion of congress convening Noveir ber 20, it was announced today a the white house. It was said that although th president was not irrevocably conn xnitted to the proposal for the specif session which has generally bee expected by congressional leaden only an eleventh hour change o mind would prevent him from issu ing the call, Thf plan for a special session ha received the endorsement of senat and house leaders. It is understood the president feels by meeting a least two weeks in advance of th regular legislative program can b so advanced as to enable congress t< clean up its slate by the time th< regular session ends next March 4 The feeling > among administratis officials has been that unless an ear lier start is made than would be pos sible with congress meeting the firs Monday in December, an extra ses sion undoubtedly would be necessary after next March 4. Although the program for the spe cial session has not been worked on definitely it briefly provides for con sideration by the house of the mer chant marine bill and work by th< senate on the Dyer anti-lynching bil which has already passed .the house Administration leaders hope thest ^Iwo measures can be disposed of bj the time the regular session convenes, and house leaders have assured the president that by that time commitee work on a number of regular appropriation bills will have 9 ' been finished. ( The house appropriations committee has been called to meet Friday 1 to begin its work. GENERAL ELECTION PASSES OFF QUIETLY In Abbeville?Day Was Wet and Disagreeable and Very Few Voters Were Out. The General Election passed off yesterday without incident. The day was wet and disagreeable and few voters were out. Federal Managers were Messrs. J. S. Cochran. W. D. Wilkinson, and M. E. Hollingsworth, clerk. State Managers were Richard Sondley, F. B. McLane and J. L. Perrin, Jr., clerki Very few .voted on the Constitutional amendments before the people, but one young teacher sent down and requested a copy of the imendments to use in her classroom. The Federal Commissioners for Abbeville are: J. M. Nickles, chairnan; Mrs. Jennie P. White and Joel ; M rtreo ifn pAmrnicclAnflrc aro' -? i'XVlOV.. k/l>au& VVlUllilUi71VllU4 fcj M-A VI r. M. Gambrell, chairman; Mrs. Edith iV. Reese and D. H. Hill. The manigers turn over the returns to the lommissioners who report the result o the Secretary of State W. Banks )ove. ? Due West?S. W. Watt, G. C. )usenberry, C. B. Leonard. Brownlee?H J. Power, A. B. Hill, . W. Bradberry. Blue Hill?J. 0. Pruitt, James McLdams, T. E. Ellis. ( Latimer?C. G. McAllister, R. 0. Iell, C. G. Taylor. Smithvilte?C. D. Cromer, A. H. Tiller, B. L. Haddon. i Udgewood?n. jn. uocnran, win . Reid, T. 0. Price. Warrenton?Jno. A. Wilson, A. I. Bosler, F. W. Wilson, W. C. Baldin. TURKS MUST MEET ALL OBLIGATIONS F ENTENTE WILL NOT LOSE ITS J L- GRIP.?INTERALLIED HIGH R COMMISSIONERS RESOLVED E TO OBSERVE IMPARTIALITY IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS. it Constantinople, Nov. 7.?Though 11 the Nationalist civil power is in con- < 3- trol in Constantinople the entente ( i- does not intend for the present, at , ,t least, to lose its grip on the military' < authority. Great Britain and Franc'e j are in accord on the point that the 0 t Turks must live up to the convention j drawn up at Mudania and. it is not : doubted that the other interested i countries will fall into line with this ? policy. ! There is every desire, however, to meet Turkish aspirations within proper limit and to this end the allied 1 s commissioners today issued the fol- . e lowing statement: - ( ^ "The interallied high commission* ers are firmly resolved to observe ^ e strict impartiality with regard to e events which concern the interna 5 tional policy of Turkey. The allied ^ 8 generals will continue to apply the ( clauses of the Mudania convention j 1 ,and maintain order and security in ^ " the zones occupied- by the allied ar- . " mies. t Replying to the last proclamation " ,from Angora concerning the Laus- r ^ anne conference the commissioners, t while renouncing the wish to inter- j - fere with Turkish policy, . express t the hope there will be only one Turk- t - ish delegation to tha conference. i ConstantinoDle. Nov. 7.?The al- ? i lied commissioners refuse to discuss 1 I \ ' v the demand of the Angora government that only one -warship at a ^ ' I time onter Turkish ports and then r only with the consent of the Turk- 8 J s . I ish authorities. ? c Paris, Nov. 7.?Rafet Pasha, now ^ Nationalist governor of Constantino- & pie, assembled the under secretaries f ! of the various administrations and 1( informed them that the offices of grand vizier, minister of interior and ^ foreign minister would be closed as the result of measures taken by the c Angora government according to dispatches received here from Constantinople. The ministers of war and ? navy will continue under the direction of under secretaries, he said. a ' The troops in the city "vyill be un- c der the command of the garrison 01 commander, according to this new ^ program. To the police would be c' left the execution of the orders of j cl the national assembly and the judges jw will administer the laws of that J ^ body. * ^ Beginning today the messages said Rafet Pasha is proceeding to Collect m Kemalist customs and personal taxes from the inhabitants of Constantinople. ' 111 ____________ t DAILY AIRPLANE SERVICE ^ NEW YORK TO MIAMI .* is " th ? nr? XT n T> : in la ma, r ta, inov. i.?ircsiuciu C. F. Redden of the Aero Marine Airways, Inc., iof New * York, announced here today that his company will soon establish daily airplane passenger service 'between ' New York and Miami, December, he , " IVl ] said, but .the daily service probably ^ will not be started before the yc spring or early neoct fall. I ' m' Memorial Tablet. f ho; Panama, Nov. 7.?The local post bel of the American Legion will dedicate a memorial tablet on armistice day in honor of the Panama canal employes killed in the world war. ) the uAvno'c rmiRT I 1 The Mayor's Court was running i on slow time this morning, only one 1 case, and. that for disorderly ?on- 1 duct was oh the docket. Tb? offender received a fine of $1#. gin UPPER CONFERENCE MEET IN GAFFNEY SESSIONS TO BEGIN THIS MORNING?MUCH . WORK TO RE- ^| CEIVE CONSIDERATION OF * | METHODISTS THIS WEEK. . || DENNY WILL PRESIDE. Gaffney, Nov, 7.?The eSsrtotk Beth \ ifon of the Upper South Carolina :pnfc<rence of the Methodist Epi?:opal church, South with Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond Va., presiding, will open in Gaffney Wednesday. ': The historical society will hold its annual meeting1 Tuesday. It a Rev. M. M. Brabham, one of .the Su- v peraimuate ministers, will deliver the address on that (occasion. Thjs \ 1 ^ meeting, as its name indicates, is for the purpose of recording history as well as rehearsing historic facts about or c oncoming the ihurch. , >. Wednesday rakxrning at 9 o'clock the conference will (open. >./ X Bishop Denny(ig not a stranger. He presided over* the first session of the Upper ?J?uth Carolina . confer*. snce at Bethel church, Spartanburg. fie also presided alt the session of ;he South 'Carolina conference -when U it was divided. * When here before he made an imiresskm that lives in the hearts and ' ninds of all who attended any of he sessions. His rulings wore clear.1 . '% lis exhortations were most timely .y-; ind to the point. All membere of , he conference were rejoiced at tha tews of hig coming. His preaching is f a high type of textuel sermons. ?hose who hear him next Sunday nil be uplifted. Much routine business will be at- 7-3 ended to on Wednesday morning fter the opening with the Lord's upper. As this is the first annual onfexeoce since the meeting of. the eneral conference it will be neces- ? ' "t ary to appoint all committees and lect all /boards to, act at the sees)ns of the annual conferences unil the next general conference, rhich meets four years hence. There are six presiding elders in harge of the six districts, 150 pasyrs 428 churches in the bounds of tie conferences and a lay roll of 5,000 members. During the wee of the conference jv 11 legislation passed at the general cmference. applicable to the annual onference, will be set in, motiion. \ 'ot many changes were made in the hurch laws. Chief among the banges were the lawg in regard to omen who are now eligible to mem prship on all boards and other of- ' rial places. , Doubtless there will be many wopn lav delegates at tho, conference Tw days of the conference will -; ? devoted to planning? ways and eans for collenting missionary cen snary and ' Chrisfcaiff education edges. The laity have done well it both of these causes but there need to plac? special emphasis on te collection of pledges just now. ?????? OFF TO CONFERENCE < : ;'l Rev. C. E. Peele and Judge Jones Miller are attending the Metho;t Conference in GafFney this week. Peele has been pastor of the sthodist church here for three ars and during that time has made tny friends outside of the church well as inside. Kis congregation pe he will be appointed to the Abrille church for the next year. COTTON MARKET Cotton brought 26.85 today on i local market. Futures closed Dec. 26.10 Jan. ? ? ? 25.82 March ___ ___ ___ __ 25.78 VI ay 25.48 (uly 25.16 rhe number of bales of eortoi necl to Nov. 1 was 8,lS9?84t. ill