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v.SWB . . . > . ' ?< * -1 ' ' ,-.4i .. ? ,) a 1.1._uiiijj p Frielav November 10, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tn-Weekly Abbeville, b. v_., f riaay, __ FIGHT MAY COME ON PROHIBITION LOOMS AS BIG QUESTION IN NEXT CONGRESS.? GRAHAM, OF PENNSYLVANIA WILL SUCCEED VOLSTEAD IN CHAIRMANSHIP. Washington, Nov. 9.?Th? poiiti* 1??* ? ? TiAvf /7nn? cai ctuupiejuim rvj. we itvAv gi^ees haying been definitely established, interest turned today on the probable line-up on the question of modification of the prohibition enforcement laws. Both the "drys" and "wets" were claiming a victory as a result of Tuesday's election. For the Anti-Saloon League " Wayne B. Wheeder, general counsel, said the "wets" would not have as many votes, by three at least, < in the senate as heretfore and that at thedr strength in the House would not exceed 140, or 78 less than a ^majority. On the other hand the Associa- : tion Against the Prohibition Amendwon+ Wimncrh C. -C. Hinckley its gen Ieral secretary, claimed a gain of 80 "liberal" votes ih the House which it ; is asserted, would give, actual con- i trol of that body to the modificat- ' ionists. "The pronounced increase in the 'wet' membership," said Mr. Hinck- ' ley*ri statement, "renders highly pro!babie the passage of liberal legislation in the neoct session of Congress than will strike the first blow at the stringent provisions of the Volstead act. Involved in this view, is a consideration of the change in headships of the powerful committees ' in the Congress. The defeat of An.T Volstead, of Minnesota, 4 I removes the author of the prohibition enforcement act from the chairmanship of the House judiciary committee giving the placo over to Representative Graham, of Pennesylvan.'a, an avowed 'wet' The passing cf Mondell leaves the majority leadership on the floor either M) Representative Longworth of Dhio of Representatnve Mann of tllinoise, both reelected and both laving been endorsed by the association .because of their attitude >n the prohibition." Mr. Hinckle-v said the House leadr |>rship would be in the hands of a 'liberal" and that this might be exacted to influence materially the ote on any future "liberal" legislaion. Also he was of the opinion that hat the result in Tuesday's election rould have its effect on members rom voting on the enforcement uestion. MEETING AT CAMPBELL A very interesting meeting was! old at the Campbrell School House ist night ati which about 150 were resent, fifty of this number being hildren. Good talks were made by k>unty Agent C. Lee Gowan, on the - - - - * a ? j ir? t~i Isiecuon 01 seea corn auu mi. ovi-j y of thg, Campbrell section mads a ,1k on the get togather spirit in the mmunity. Mr. Otto Bristow re<esented th& Planters Bank at t.he eeting. "LASSES WHITE" "Lasses White" arrived in AbbeHe thi? morning on time and gave I street paTade and several good sel-! :tions by the fine band they carry ong. The parade dress of the mcmjts of a confederate and looked tod to a South Carolinian. They ?re fifty strong, and the delight of [ the young boys in town, and licliened the steps of som6 of the ier bovs with that marshal airs. I I OFF TO AUGUSTA. rs. W. W. Bradley, Miss Edna | |3?Hadley, Miss Rosa Belle Brown, Miss Rachel McMaster left this wS^Bcrnoon for an automobile trip to * REVENUE MOVE UP UNDER NEW TARIFF IMPORT TAXES MAY REACH $445,000,000 THIS YEAR?THE TREASURY OFFICIALS VIEW SITUATION WITH A GREAT DEAL OF SATISFACTION. Washington, Nov. 9.?A federal revenue of approximately $445,000,000 this fiscal year from import taxes, or about $100,000,000 more than ever before in the nation's history, was forecast today by customs officials on the basis of returns under the new tariff act for a month and a half of its operation and the almost unprecedented income which immediately preceded enactment of the measure, when there were heavy with drawals from bonded warehouses and a rush of imports to avoid the higher duties carried in the new law. The actual revenue for the first month was $40,868,266, or at the rate of nearly $500,000,000 a year. Officials said this was the first time that customs receipts had reached $40,000,000 in the month after enactment of a new tariff. They expected some recession from this monthly total, but said there was littlo or no indication of the slump in imports which usually has occurred during the first six months or year of protective rates. j Two explanations are offered; One is the abnormal foreign exchange and world economic condition and the other the recovery of the country before passage of the Fordney-McCumber act from the afterthe-war industrial depression and attendant buyers' strike. Were there to be any great depression in import trade it would be manifesting itself by this time, according to these officials. Instead of any such manifestation, they declare that foreign goods are reaching the country in increasing quantities as evidenced by the congestion in the appraisers' stores at the port of New York. Treasury officers view the import situation with much satisfaction. As it now is developing the government is getting a greater revenue even than was estimated would be yielded and at the same time the country in absorbing foreign goods in such volume as in their judgement should assist foreign nations to liquidate their debt to the United States. DR. J. O. WILLSON IMPROVING His Friends Are Still Uneasy As To Outcome of Attack. Gaffney, Nov. 9.?The condition of Dr. John 0. Willson, president of Lander College, who suffered an attack of acute indigestion at the residence of F. E. Wilson Monday night, was reported yesterday morning as being slightly improved. Mr. Willson is advanced in age, being 78 years of age and, as in such cases, his relations and friends are rather uneasy as to the outcome of his attack. Dr. Willson was stricken while engaged in reading his report. before the trustees of Lander College, said meeting being held at the residence of Mr. F. E. Wilson, 103 Limestone street. He was removed to the city hospital last nicrht. EXHIBITS COMING IN Exhibits arc coming in for the Rally Day to be heid here on the 25th! It is the hope of Mrs Gibbons, the County Agent, that everybody will make an exhibit and get them in as soon a^ possible. MRS. GALLMAN ILL. mi.. a* a t_t :n_ _ r i.ne ii"Jt!iius hi .luuevmu ui juw.'os Ray and B. V. Gallman will rcorret to hear that their mother. Mrs. Gallman suffered a stroke of paralysis at their home in Ne'.vbc^ry this week and it becomes Tiecessary for them to extcrnd their -' ?ome. V *? "NOT TO PURCHASE PEACE WITH TURKS AT COST OF HUMILIATION ANE DISGRACE?ATTITUDE OF KE MALISTS AS REFLECTED If RECENT DEMAND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Berlin, Nov. 9.?The report of th< experts wnu jutve uecu economic conditions in Germany Profs, Keyrtes, Brand, Jeaiks an< Cassel, advocated a two years' mo ratoruim from reparations payment: on cash or any kind and stabiliza tion of the mark on the basis o: 3,000 to 3,500 marks to the dollar by utilizing the Reichbank's golf reserve. The report contends tha the financial problem cannot b( solved unless the mark is stabilize* and that stabilization would be im possible without a moratorium. The moratorium might need to b< extended and payments -should no: be resumed until Gea-many is abl< to discharge them from a real bud get surplus, which the reports tinnl may be attainable in two years Thus stabilization would depent for succeses not on a foreign loai but on developemenx of the condi tions of production and ?nal set tlement of the reparations prob lem. They consider their plans woult be facilitated if in the meantim< negotiations were started with i consortium of bankers to suppor stabilization by modest credits, an< aliso that a foreign loan cannot to expected until the reparations prop lem in finally settled. Should Have Equal Rights The experts state that German; should have equal rights with othe nations Do impose duties in luxil ries and the right to demand th< most favored nation treatment a regards exports. The signatorie believe it is neither necessary no practicable to prohibit absolutely ai increase in the floating debt, bu that with the mark stabilized i would be possible to allow ju.: enough further increase to tid over immediate difficulties. They point out that on the basi of 3,500 marks to the dollar th Redchsbank's gold would be abou twice the value of the note issu and that this is an unprecedented situation as no other currency ha ~ * ' * * - - !i.U ? fi.Hen into sucn a state, ;wiui a great a potential support unutilizex LIKELY TO MODIFY THE VOLSTEAD AC I 1 Result of Outcome of Tuesday Elections?Strict Enforcement Will Be Continued Washington, Nov. 9.?Proposal for legislation modifying the Vol: tead act with respect xo the sale c beer and light wines wer?yegarde today at the treasury at extremel like<ly as a result <of the outcome c the Tuesday election. In the meanwhile, however, Se< retary Mellon was reported as hole ing that the treasury's policy of strict enforcement of the prohib 1 tion laws would continue unchange* despite the expression of public oj inion in diffierent states until cor gress acts. Unless the question actually com up in congress, high treasury off cials indicated litrie consideratio will be given to the possible sourc of revenue which might be develope from taxes on 'beer and wine. EDGEFIELD HERE. The Edgefield football team read ed Abbeville today in good trim, j close same is expected this aftei noon. Dinner was served by the Pai ent-Teacher Association at the vt cant store room next to Mabry'i Many of the mothers and sweel j hearts of the Edgefield boys are i | town to see the game. All of th j stores closed for the afternoon. o MUSI ATTITUDE I IS MORE ARROGATE k ' > DEMAND THE ALLIES GET OUT OF CONSTANTINOPLE^?TWO I BRITISH SOLDIERS ASSASSIr NATED?THE SITUATION IS GRAVE. I i Paris, Nov. 9.?The troubled state t of affairs in Constantinople may nol , be getting any worse, but there cer 1 tainly seems to be no improvemenl - in good feeling between the Kemal 3 ists and the allied commissioners. Two British soldiers were assassi I nated last night at Kassimpasha, ac r cording to the Constantinople cor 1 respondent of the Petit Parisenne. t Colonel Charpy, commander of th? ? French troops in the Constantinople 1 area, told the correspondent he con . sidered the situation one of the grav est nature. The allied generals anc ? commissioners have informed Rafei / t Pasha, the governor of Constantino a pie and Hamid Bey, Turkish envos . therte, of the deep dissatisfaction oJ c the allies over the Kemalist attitude Despite allied protests, however ] Rafet has maintained all of the meas j urB recently taken by the national . ists except the higher customs dutie.' . on foodstuffs. The attitude of the Kemalists be comes stiffer every day and the ex I tremists seem to be in. power a 5 Angora. An indication of this wai j the reiteration yesterday of the de t mand that the allies evacuate botl j their military and naval forces fr?n 3 Constantinople and surrounding dis tricts. Ismet Pasha, foreign minister ii the Turkish nationalist governmen P is in Constantinople to receive a de r cision on the British application fo In nnst.nonement of the peace confer e|ence at Lausanne before proceedinj slto that city. s Both the eager public and the gev ernment were in the dark today re garding grave situation in Constan t tinople, the lack of information beinj t the result of the cuttings of the ca . ble near Chanak by the Turks wh are refusing to allow the cable com pany to repair its lines. Governmen officials today were asking newspa per correspondents for news. It was said at the foreign offic that the only thing that could b 6 done was to await a report a martial law had been declared in Co ls stantinople. Complete discretiojjar 0 powers in this regard are in th hands of the allied authorities here. TWO ACQUITTALS T ON MURDER CHARGE 3 i r m arlowe and Tom Harriso Go Free?Both Were Previously Convicted. Is! ' Gree-nville. Nov, 9.?J. C. Ma: ^ ]o\ve charged wi\h murder in conne< tion with the killing of Tom M< ^ Carroll, October, 13, 1921, wz ^ found not guilty late this afternoo at tho conclusion of hi^ second trii on this charge Marlows was previov ly convicted of manslaughter an sentenced to serve 11 years, A ne" trial was granted by the suprem J" court. The second trial was commei A' ced this morning and tne case wei }" to the jury about 5:30 o'clock. Th 1_ jury deliberated only about 20 mir utes before returning its verdic f Martlows pleaded sefl defense. 1_ A verdidt of not guilty was r< n | turned by the jury in the case c e j Tom Harrison, charged with the mu der of his wife. Mrs. Gertrude, Ha: rison, the veTdict being returned i bout noon, after deliberation sine the previous afternoon. I Pcay Plead Guilty. \ Greenwood, Niov. 9.?J. V. Pea - of Rock Hill, pleaded eruilty in Uni1 i- ed State district court hero today t 3. violation of the Harrison narcoti t- act, and was sentenced *hy Judf? n Watkins to one year and a day i e the Atlanta federal penitentiary an fined one dollar. G. 0. P. LEADS IN : CONGRESS SMALL ' REPUBLICANS RETAIN CONTROL I OF CONGRESS, WITH SENATE MAJORITY CUT IN TWO AND i HOUSE SLASHED TO MERE HANDFUL. > New York, Nov. 9.?Whether the t republicans will have six or seven - votes over the necessary majority of t 218 for control of the house proba bly will not be known until tomorrow. One district, the third Kansas, - is delayed. With this district missing - the republican strength is 224; - democratic 207; socialist 1; farmer labor 1 and independent 1. j Latest figures today show the next i senate will have 52 republican and - 41 democrats, and one farmer-labor - representative^ with results of two I senatorial contests?one in Washingt ton and the other in North Dakota? still undecided. \ j New York, Nov. 9.?Continued rel publican control of congress but with . a senate majority cut in two and a , house majority of 160 slashed to a - scant handful, appeared today as the - net result of last Tuesday's congresj sibnal elections with returns almost complete. Tight races in the few un decided districts threatened to post pone the final figures until tomorrow, t The general picture of Tuesday's s storm of ballots was virtually finish (ed early today when belated Montana i returns sent the republicans over the i top in the house contest. Election of - R. Scott Leavitt, republican, in Montana, gave the republicans the 218 i votes necessary to control the next t house, but even these republican . tidings were coupled with news of der feat of Representative McCormick, - republican, Montana by his democral tic opponent,. John M. Evans. In the returns to date 76 places - new held by republicans had been i- captured without a single counter - balancing democratic loss. *1 "TZZTZI ABBLWLLt. wina o i- Misses Lucia Vandiver and Eunict t Fischer, of Abbeville, carried ofl t- first and second prizes in canning al the Anderson County Fair Wednes^ e day. These girls have been trainee e by the County Home Demonstratior ,s Agent Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons, anc n .have won the blue ribbon severa y times this fall at the different fairs. e ? TRAFFIC VERY HEAVY t 1 Freight Movement Is Nearing Its S Highest Peak. n Washington, Nov. 9.?Volume o: traffic on the country's railroads a gain assumed record-breaking pro portions with the end of October, th< r_ American Railway Association, thr. its car service division, reporting to -i.-J.-l nt%-, , day tnai tne iuuw numuci ux <.?!. IS loaded with revenue freight by Am erican roads in the week pnding Oc j tober 28, was 1,014,000. On 'onlj one other week in railroad history IS ^ during October 1920, has mor< freight been carried, and the load ings this year resulted after severa ' successive weeks of heavy freigh it business. The association reported furthei flint- Womotive and car repairs wer< * being turned out at -a more rapic rate on most of the roads. 3"| KEEP HER HERE. I ?? Miss Blanch Reep Superintended of the Memorial Hospital at Abbe l" villo has resigned her position tc e take effect the first of January. Mis: Reep is a woman of ability and ha: won the love and friendship of th( people of Abbeville during her siaj y in the! city. It is hoped she may b( > persuaded to remain. 0 At a meeting of the Hospita' c Rn.ird Thursday night the resigna t - ? e tion of Miss Reep was not accepted n and she was asked to reconsider d which she has taken under advisement. FAVOR PLAN TO J AID GERMANY I ' i STABILIZATION OF GERMAN , MONEY IS VIEW OF THE COMMITTEE-INVESTIGATORS SAY REICHSTAG BANK SHOULD HOLD GOLD RESERVE. '; > i -" London Nov 0.?Great Britain, re. " _ ' ' ; fuses to-purchase with the Turks at the cost ofi "Humiliation and difl- '' "'v igrace," Marquig Curson British sec- ' . retary for foreign affairs, declared today in an address at the Cannon Street hotel. * The attitude of the Kemalists reflected in their recent demand that the allied troops leave Constantinople will not be tolerated, he added and he gave flat warning to the Nationalists that they will come to sure disaster if they venture ta oppose their military power "to the strength of Great Britain and the might of Europe." The gravity of the situation in the Near EaBt was emphasized by Lord Gurzon when he termed it "the most definite menace to the pe&Ce of the world." Replying to what he described as gibes made at himseflf by former Prime Minister Loyd "George and Winston Spencer Churchill, he de.1 J T J n J - J -J- r ' crarea Jjoyu vreurgt: uiu. mucii to win the war and that his record would be inscribed in lasting letters 'on the pages of history, but that some of 1 his actions as prime minister had not be*n helpful to Curzorfs department The foreign secretary referred to the issuance of the. British manifesto September 16, in which it was declared the empire was pre^aren to fight to maintain the freedom of the >* Dardanelles. This, h? added, wag not only issued without hig knowledge i but was "unfortunate in its character and tone." ' NiVhen the<re Was a premier with 1 the peculiar gifts of Loyd George such a man mus\ exercise unusual 1. v i 1 * influence on foreign agairs, General opinion, however, he thought, tras ! with the new premier, Bonar Law, in his declaration that the work of ' the foreign office, which is largely expert, must be done by the depart' ment itself subject to the control? j | of thei cabinet and the pei*sonal sup j erviskm of the premier. "All thatx the foreign office a%ks," he added, "is th& foreign policy of the British empire. I lay the card- ^ inal principal that peace can' only he recovered by the common action of the principal allies who achieved the victory in the war." f X MRS. PERRIN HURT. a News was received in Abbeville i Thursday that Mrs. , L. W. Perrin, who is in Spartanburg for a visit to her son, L. W. Perrin, Jr., had had a serious fall and was in a hospital recovering from the effects. The fall was down the stairs and rendered , ' Mrs. Perrin unconscious for a few minutes. No bones were broken and j friends in Abbeville are glad that f . she is recovering from tie shaking L \UP. r " v r 5 COMMERCE IS PARALYZED 1 THROUGHOUT ASIA MINOR Smyrna, Nov. 9.?Commerce is completely paralyzed throughout Asia Minor. One by one the banks r ~ e nvn nlAsincp TVia nnlv " UI Kjmy ina a&g w?v American firm which is continuing > to do business is the Standard Oil 3 company, whose products are paid 3 for by the Turks in Bolshevik gold. > ' COTTON MARKET.. Cotton brought 26cent? on the ['local market today. Futures closed. . Dec. 26.21 , Jan. 26.01 , March 25.9? May 25.61 's July 25.2S * - - - ?- r