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PLENTY OF WORK ,!
FOR WINTER MONTHS
SHORTAGE OF LABOR IS SEEN
BY EXPERTS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE?MUCH
BUILDING IN PROGRESS?DEMAND
UNSKILLED LABOR.
?* *? vr.~... 1C TTnom
fiasamgum, iiu?. xw.?~? ,
ployment this winter will be at its
, lowest ebb since the war days, exports
at the department of commerce
and ithe labor department
stated today on the basis of a national
srarvey.
Few people ^yho want work need
go without a job, they stated. They
foresee an acute labor shortage
particularly in the unskilled labor
in<histrieg early in the spring.
This probable labor shortage and
the lack of railroad equipment may
put a brake on the expected business
boom, it was held.
Little unemployment exists today
tha department claimed. Last year
at this time, when the acute situation
caused Fredidente Harcfcng to
convene his famous unemployment
conferetnce.^more than 13,000,000
workers were jobless.
The tremendous building program
of the past year, particularly
during the spring and summer months
provided places for hundreds of
thousands of skilled and common
laborers. The hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of new equipment
ordered by the railroads was ah
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other lactor in tne situation i^abor
activity has been increasing in
constantly widlranng' Ripples until
now many cities mainly Pittsburgh
and Philodelphia, are suffering for
latk of workers in the basis industries.
Clerical workers alono report a
dearth of jobs. These men and
waanen could find places in industry
if they were willing to acccpt
inferior jobs, the commerce department
stated.
Fear of a labor shortage, with
its consequent reaction on prosperty,
has resulted in a demand
for lifting of the immigration restrictions.
An effort may ^>e made
at this session of congress to amend
or throw out entirely the three per
c-ant in. migration law which re-j
rifcrifcts ti?* entrance of foreigners
to three per cent of the nationals.
STATE HAS SPACE TO
CURE NEARLY MILLION
BUSHELS OF POTATOES
Spartanburg. , <Nov. 16.?Soutth
Carolina has curing space for 780,-1
000 bushels of sweet potatoes at
tbe present time according to F.
. L. Harkey, chief of the division of
markets in South Carolina whose
headquarters are in Spartanburg
who will issue an official report]
shortly, 'Florence loads 'the individual
counties in the normal ammount
of curing space with 70,500
bushels capacity. York county has
th? largest number of curing houses
with 22: Orangeburg is second
with 20 and Spartanburg i3 third
with 18.
The fii^t storage and * cuif.ng
house in South Carolina was built
is 1915. There are nearly 300 in
the stato at the present time, 110
h*ring been built in 1922.
r.ETS IT HONEST.
Harris Patton, a young colored
boy, keeps the floors of the Court
Hfruse clean and in good condition.
gets the habit of doing his work
well honest. He says Harriet and
John Patton were his "kin folks."
long ago when Harriet Patton ironed
a white lawn dress it was a work
f art, and any of the old timers
oan tell you when John Patton put
his white apron and went behind
McGettigaus bar and mix a drink,
-wfoy the mnmovy it mnk'-s one
l??k wi stful.
NATIONAL LEADER I
DELIVERS ADDRESS
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Uaugntert or nevoiuuuu ~w?
pens Battlefield?Meeting Ended
Wednesday.
Spartanbcrg, Nov. 16.?A strong
address by Mrs. George Maynard
Minor, president general of the national
Daughters of the American
Revolution organization, featured
tonight's session of the state confer
ence being heJd here. Mrs. Miner
declared that woman's primary
place is in her home. Second to the
homo, is the school, she said, in
which a woman's influence is essential
"if the 'best results in the education
of boys and girls are obtained.
The state conference will come to
a close tomorrw night with a recaption
at1 the home of Mrs. W. E.
Burnett. The most interesting thing
on the morning program will be the
discussion of the silver service from
the ( (battleship Blouth Carolina
which is now in the hands of the
state D. A. R. and disposition of
this if^iven to tho organization by
the state legislature, will likely 'be
decided. The election of officers will
take place at the afternoon session,
which will be tlie last business ses#
1
sion.
Visiting officials and delegates to
the state conference of the Daughters
of the American Revelution, as
the guests of the Spartanburg United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
this afternoon were taken to the
Cowpen3 battleground, in the edge
of Cherokee county, about 15 miles
from Spartanburg, where ceremonies
incident to a move to secure fed
eral aid for a monument and suitable
markers on th? battleground,
were held. Dr. D. D. Wallace, professor
-.of history and (political
science at Wofford colflege made
the principal address which included
a realistic description of the battle
of Cowpems on January. 17,
1721.
McCALLA BROS. GET CONTRACT
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To Build the Cherokee Road, Seven
Miles in Length.
The Abbeville County Highway
Commission met Wednesday and let
the Cherokee Road which is seven
miles and a fraction over of road between
Lowndesville and Cherokee.
The contract Was awarded to McCalla
Brothers of Lowndesville for
$15,704.38.
Eight contractors submitted bids
as follows:
W. C. Hill, Abbeville, $17,442.15.
H. W. Garrison, Easley, $17,199.78
J. M. H. Ashley, Honea Path,
$18,162.30. *
McCalla Brothers, Lowndesville?
$15,704.38.
Newell Construction Co., Anderson?$18,227.07.
C. C . Jordan, Anderson?$17,347.45.
Oglesby & Starke, Elberton, Ga.,
?$16,780.94.
B. A. Havird & Company, Newberry?$16,539.62.
LAST WORD IN STILLS.
Necessity is the mother of invention
as Constable Moseley Huckabee,
of Lowndesville, can certify
He brought to Abbeville this morning
the last word in the way of
home made stills captured on a
small branch above ' Lowndesville.
The still consisted of one three gallon
oil can with a hole cut in the
top, joined by two elbows and three
feet of iron pipe to a one gallon
syrup bucket. In this bucket was a
p"nlvnni7;pr1 r>nnr1r>n?:r>r TIip r?r>r>friv-I
ance was wiped with white rags and
the whole affair soldered together
with ordinary bread dough. The
furnace wa?s several rocks placed
under the oil can to hold it high
enough from the ground to permit
a ^fire being b'1'1* ui^mnnth. No
arrests have b'-"*'
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SEES HARD FIGHT
FOR PROHIBITION
"MORE BITTER AND RELENT
i rcc? tuan r\/rd ?t n<
***rtil JU, T falV A
NOT SEE ANY WET TRIUMPH!
DECLARES METHODIST LEAD
ER IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, Nov. 16.?"A more bil
ter and relentless" wet and dr
fighit is on than was waged whe
prohibition was adopted, Dr. 'Clai
ence True Wilson, of Washingtor
D. C. secretary of the board o
temperance, prohibition and publi
morals of the Methodist Episcopj
Church declared today in a siu
vey of the result of the Novembe
7 elections issued from the Chicag
office of the board.
'Prohibition has been weakley le
betrayed in the house of its friend:
sidetracked by those who ougl
t.o haw piven it the main line, an
the figh that we ought to hav
avoided is now on and it will 'b
imore bitter and relentless tha
was the fighlting wheoi prohibitio
was won," Dr. Wilson declared, H
added, however in his opinion pre
hibition would stand. After asserl
ing that in Illinois where the wel
won a referendum, prohibition wa
"betrayed by the officers of th
law," Dr. Wilson said.
"Then wheti the wets had the in
tiative petition scured an adverser
vote by all the people instead o
the leaders seeing in that a grea
opportunity for a sweeping educs
tional campaign that would carr
the State of Illinois and but to s
ence the false accusation9 of evil
minded people, they spent thei
time in fighting the taking of a
expression of the people and whe
over-ruled in the courts advise
the dry not to vote at all on th
subject and under that leadershi
Methodist conference i have vote
to advise their people not to vot
Dr. Wilson said that the defes
of Congressman A. J. Volstea<
chairman of the ' House judiciar
committee although defeated by
"bone dry preacher" was a grez
loss.
93,000 DEATHS FROM
CANCER LAST YEA!
Death Rate Higher in Northern Tha
In Southern States.?South
Carolina Lowest.
Washington, Nov. 16.?Death
due to cancer in the "United State
during 1921 totalled 93,000 th
census bureau estimated today, con
posed with an estimate of 89,00
in 1920. The calculation for bot
years was based on xeturns froi
the bureau's death registration are
which includes 34 states and th
District of Columbia.
The bureau's announcement, sai
the. 1921 rate was higher than tha
for any proceding year in 24 of th
34 states making reports. The rate
for the registration area wa9 86 pe
100,000 in 1921, compared wit
83.4 for 1920.
After adjusting the rates in v?
rious states to make allowance fo
differences in tho age and sex1 dis
tribution of the population the br
reau found that for 1921, Massach
setts had tha highest rate?99.6 pe
1000,000?while South Carolina
with 47.6 had the lowest.
Summarizing its *compilation th
bureau made this observation.
"The adjusted rates show tha
t-Vifk nn**fV?nm cf if ap VllVO PA1TIT19TJ1
WilC 1IU1 l/JIt J. II OliabVO UUIb ?*' VI
tively high and the Southern state
comparatively low cancer mortalit;
while there is little difference be
tween the adjusted cancer ratcs o
the white and colored races of thi
same states, in other words, th
white* and colored raccs seem equal
ly susceptible to cancer, but hot!
-ncr,-? seem lers cUscptP-V Ah<
s-u'h than in the north.
CONSERVATIVES WIN 1
I OVERALL PARTIES
- RESULTS OF BRITISH ELEC- O
3 TIONS YESTERDAY?LADY AS5
TOR AND JOHN JACOB ASTOR
- BOTH ELECTED?VOTE NOT
COMPLETE.
. b<
> London, Nov. 16.?With only 28
y constituences missing at 6:30 o'- ei
n clock tonight the returns showed s<
- the conservatives had elected 340 0
i, members of the house of commons c<
>f or 33 more than a majority of the ^
c voting members. The Asquithian a
il liberals had elected 59 members, ^
- labor 130, the Georgiete Liberate
r 43\ others 15.
o London, Nov. 16.?Prime Minister
Bonaj Law had secured a major\
C)
^ 'ity of twelve over all the othe<r par?
ties in the house of commons when .
5? .A
_ the returns for 545 of the 615 diit
, . . c
vioi/inc Via/4 IKppti ruffplvcH late this
d ? ? : if
? afternoon. There are three 1 none
e
e voting members including the speak ^
n er, thereby making the hundreds for c]
a bare majority 307. The conservatives
up to late this afternoon had
e tl
captured 319 teats.
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This did not mean, however that a
the prime minister already had ob- .
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tained a so-called working majority ^
as the support of some of the con- ?
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servativea will 'be limited on many
questions, but the conservatives p
i- wero looking to the remaining 70 q
y seats to swell their numbers and ^
f j increase their lead over the combin- q
it i ed opposition. Thus far three mem- p
l- bers of Mr. Bonar Law's governy
j ment have been defeated, namely c
i-1 Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawenr min- c
Mfeter of health; W. A. Watson, c
r, lord advocate and Lieutenant Col- ti
n I onel George F. Stanley, under sec- ^
n I rotary of the home office. ii
d | A feature of the election was the b
e | number of seats gained by the la- si
pibor party which enters the house
d j with far the largest number of mem 1
embers in the party's history. With 70 h
4. seats yet to be heard from the lab- t
orities had rolled up the big total of C
' 120 members as against the 76 they \
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J had in the last house. Their gams v
3 I
were manly at the expense of the n
conservatives and the Georgian liberals.
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DAN MURJPHY FOUND n
R DEAD IN HIS CELL "
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One of Most Unique Figures of the
State Prison?Had Served I
25 Years.
is Columbia, Nov. 16.?Dan Mur;s
lphy one of the most unique figures t
ie ever sentenced to prison in South n
i- Carolina, was found de?ad in his cell
0 at the penitentiary here, ending 25 p
h years incarceration. Apoplexy is be>- I
n ieved to have been the cause. A
<a year ago the state pardon board off- I
ie ered him a pardon but he refused h
to leave the prison.
d Murphy was sentenced, from
Lt Orangeburg county in 18^7 for the a
e killing of County Treasurer Cope, z
:g To the end he protested his inno
* _i_ _ a r
x cence claiming ne was in Augusm, h
at the time of the killing. He is sur- C
vived by his widow and a son who F
live in Millen, Ga.
Up to a year ago Murphy had nev- F
er ridden in an automobile or seen
a motion picture. A newspaper reporter
discovered his history and ^
through special arrangements with b
the prison officials the old man was
' j taken for a tour of Columbia and to L
| a picture show. Shortly afterwards
6 Murphy was offered a pardon but|
he sa'd that he was "too far behind
^ the times" and that he wanted to
l" end his days in prison. n
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y FINE CORN SHOW. P
b
f or Toffnyrlc nf SnartanburET. a
2 passed through Abbeville yesterday
e and stopped in to look the corn show
* over. He expressed the opinion that
^ the corn show here will rank with
^ ?nv corn show erer put on in the ^
state. ' *
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HE CORN SHOW
A SPLENDID ONE
vor 2,000 Eara of Corn on Exhibit
at Planters Bank.?Be*t Show
Ever Held in State.
> ?
me Abbeville County Uorn Show
eing held in the Planters Bank toay
and tomorrow is one of the fin3t
corn exhibits ever held in the
;ate of South Carolina. There are
eer 2,000 ears of corn on exhibit,
imprising 207 exhibit numbers. Of
lis lot 87 exhibits are by the boys
rid girls of the County. The outanding
fact of the show is that the
oys and girls have cleaned, up the
arth with their parents in the section
of good seed corn.
The purpose of the show is to eduate
the people of the county in the
election of better seed corn. County
gent C. Lee Gowan, Supt. of Eduation
P. H. Mann, often accompansd
by Mr. Otto Bristow of the Plantrs
Bank, visited everv school in the
district and made talks to the school
fiildTen. * I
The lobby of the Planters Bank
lis morning is packed and jammed
ith exhibits. The exhibit boards
re covered with green felt, and exsnd
some eight or ten feet; in
eight, showing off the corn to adantage.
Judging will be done today by
rof. C. P. Blackwell, of Clemson
College, and Henry S. Johnson' of
.iken. Dr. W. W. Long of Clemson
lollege is also in the city lending his
resence to the occasion.
Many people from all parts of the
lounty are attending and a large
rowd is expected from adjoining
ounties Saturday. It is a real educaion
in corn and would be worth the
rhile of the farmers of the surroundlg
counties to make the trip to Abeville
Saturday and take in this
fiow.
Saturday will be children's day.
'he whole of Lethe School has been
ivited to town to see the "show, and
ake in the "Bachelor Daddy" at the
Ipera House as the guests of Mr.
rerchot, and they will accept this initation
if arrangements cpi be
lade to get them to town.
'The Planters Bank is giving a free
icket to all boys and girls having
xhibits at the corn show to the matiee
at the Opera House showing
The Bachelor Daddy" Saturday afernoon.
iONOR ROLL OF
CAMPBELL SCHOOL
The following is the honor roll of
he Campbell school for the past
icnth:
1st grade?James Hodge, Mahlon
'erguson, Mack Beatty, Jr., Mary
'ranees Simpson, Lilys Banister.
2nd grade?Glenn McCollough,
Winn-no TVf pTVT
/VHIO vv
an.
4th grade?Margaret Campbell,
Collie Mae Suber, Wilma Hill, Elizbeth
Hill, Mack Voyles, Ethel Braeale.
5th grade?Gladys Beaty, Robert
Campbell, Kistler Campbell, Lois
Jann, Mildred McMahan, Katie Mae
'erguson, Mary Simpson.
6th grade?Annie Kate Campbell,
'auline Campbell, Sarah Simpson.
7th grade?Arlena McCollough.
8th grade?Mary Frances Beaty,
innie Ruth Voyles, Bertha Camp-!
ell.
9th grade?Parker Campbell, Vera
ewis, Edna Mann, Mary Nance.
FREE PICTURE SHOW
Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons will give a
; ?: Cw Onora TTnnup
loving" piULUlC III tilV vy ? |
ere Nov. 25th to which all of the|
eople of Abbeville are invited to
e her guests. Club girls and boys
re especially invited.
BURLEY SMITH.
Burley Smith is in jail charged)
:t.h d;sw>sing of j*"?Perty underj
:orfgage.
EUGENE MEYER, JR., TALKS
WITH PRESIDENT.?L1KEL Y i. gg
THAT HARDING WILL TAKE ^
UP MATTER IN MESSAGE IN
CONGRESS. )f
Washington, Nov. lfy?Eugiem*
Meyer, Jr., managing director ?f
the War Finances Corporation,
ferred with President Harding to- -4?M
day and was understood to hav# ;>>nB
discussed the situation.
It Is believed xhat in his |sm^. .v^|
sage to the regular session of Con- 9
gress in December, \Mr. Harding
wow /li'oAtiefa 4-VIA wAcsaikiliffV
iuajf uictuin iauc va wvvw?
for legislation to provide perm*- : ^
nent financing in chioery for
agricultural and live stock indua- ' ;v|
tries of the country. ^
According to some of the Prein- '-'.rl
dent'a advertises additional cogs i*
the federal farm financing machint
are .needed to plajce j agricultural
credits on a firm 'basis, particular- ; ? ^
ly with respect libd cooperative
marketing associations and furnish
a permanently of aperation> denied :] -<S
under the limited authority extend" ^|!
ed to the war finance corporation
the War Finance Corporation is l'\%
| essentiary a tmeporary a?ency designed
to meet an emergancy. %lf|j
Propegid machinery advocated 5>y -|j|
Mr. Meyer would take care of ' the i . ^
financingj of cooperation marked ^
ing association's through existing ,|?M
financial machinery iby modify-*/^
the laws and regulation govern- ^M
ing the eligibilty requirements, of
the federal serve system and the ,>|gg
financing of the live stock ?indus- ['jrji
try iby amending tho national' '0
banking act so as to authorize the . *l'M
creat:on of federal chartered loan
companies operating with private' *'$1
capital, under the supervision of. ,V$|
fKo /*Amntr^llnr nf fll* PITTTATl <*V
the federal reserved system. ' !
"BOB" CLARK SICK ;M||
"Bob" Clark is very sick with a
case of pneumonia at his home a- |jj
bout two miles from Due Wetft.
This will be sad news to his
many friends over the state. "Bob"
is an old-timer when it comee to gal
baseball. He t was the Manager of
the Abbeville team in the Carolina |j|j
League last year; 'burt oeiore znat
he was a star on the Carolina, team
years ago, being a graduate from
the University of South Carolina.
Ho was at o.ie -time a member of .',Jl
the Million Dollar League in Georgia,
and is well known in the base ^jf
ball world. Here ig- hoping he, will J?
win out in his fight.
OFFERS PRIZE.
Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons ig offering . :'Jj
a prize to the club that sends in the
largest number of records of the
years work done in the different J
clubs. These reports should be in ;'i
by the 20th, the very latest date -1
they will be eccepted by the County
Agent is Nov. 25th.
BABY OF 29 MONTHS JTO
CAST BALLOT AT BARROW j|
Londony'Nov. 16.?A baby 29 ^
months 'old will be carried to the .
polls at Barrow today to cast a 1
! vote in the. parliamentary elec- J
tions. The infant was on? of many -j
whose names appeared through error
in the list of registered voters. j
The baby will be taken to the poll- j
ing place by its mother. j
COTTON MARKET |j
nl-- nnflu n n M -fnl* I
JL IIU Jii^ncau ww? . __
on the local market today was 2
cents. Futures closed
Dec. 26.61
Jan. 25.70
March 25.6X '/ |
May ' 25.44 i
July 25.14"
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