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Established 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C? Friday, November 17, 1922 Single Copies, Five Cents. 78th Year. PLENTY OF WORK FOR WINTER MONTHS \ SHORTAGE OF LABOR IS SEEN I BY EXPERTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE?MUCH BUILDING IN PROGRESS?DEMAND UNSKILLED LABOR. Washington, Nov. 16.?Unemployment this winter will be at its , lowest ebb since the war days, exports at the department of commerce and ithe laibor department stated today on the basis of a national survey. Pew people vfho want work need go without a job, they stated. They foresee an acute labor shortage particularly in the unskilled tabor in<histries <arly 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 th? department claimed. Last year at this time, when the acute situation caused Predidenlc Harding to convene his famous unemployment conference,^more than 13,000,000 work era 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 la!>orers. The hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new equipment ordered by the railroads was another factor in the situation Labor activity has been increasing in constantly widjMiinjg Ripples until now many cities mainly Pittsburgh and Philodelphia, are suffering for lack of workers in the basis industries. Clerical worKera aiouo report, a dearth of jobs. These men and waanen could find places in industry if they we're willing to accept inferior jobs, the commerce department stated. Fear of a labor shortage, with itg consequent reaction on prosperty, has resulted In a demand for lifting of the immigration restrictions. An effort may made at this session of congress to amend oa? throw out entirely the three per c-ant in.migration law which reritcrifcts ti.** entrance of foreigners to three per cent of th& nationals. STATE HAS bfACt TU CURE NEARLY MILLION BUSHELS OF POTATOES I Spartanburg. . (Nov. 16.?Soutth Carolina has curing spac0 for 780,000 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 Spaitanburg who will issue an official report shortly, Florence loads 'the individual counties in the normal aramount of curing space with 70,500 bushels capacity. York county has th? largest number of curing houses witli 99- flranioraKnro' is swnrifl ^3 mm mm # ~ w >, -w w . . ~ with 20 and Spartanburg i9 third with 18. The fii^t storag? ?and * cuif.ng House in South Carolina was built ia 1915. There are nearly 300 in the stato at the present time, 110 haying been built in 1922. r.ETS IT HONEST. Harris Patton, a young colored boy, keeps the floors of the Couri Heuse clean and in good condition. He gets the habit of doing his work WAII Vmncicf TT a covc TTarriot ami John Pattern 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 c*n tell you when John Patton put his white apron and went behind IfcGettigaus bar and mix a drink, Why the mnmo"y r,r it mnk* s one kpk wistful. .1 ': *i. Ai'.-iL: V Vflttiht'i ^.'>1 NATIONAL LEADER DELIVERS ADDRESS Daughter* of Revolution Visit Cowpens 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 ses&km of the state confer ence bedng heJd here. Mrs. Miner declared mai wuiuan a piuucmj place is in her home. Second to the home, 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 reception at' 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 South Carolina which is now in the hands of the state D. A. R. and disposition of this if^iven to tha 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 businees sesI 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, +T>io nff o-rnrwnn wptp ralfpii tn t.Tift Cowpens 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 the 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 Cowpecis on January. 17, 1721. McCALLA BROS. GET CONTRACT * 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 .T- M. TT AsViIott TTnnpn PnfTi $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 gaivamzea concienser. ine contrivance was wiped with white rags and the whole affair soldered together with ordinary bread dough. The furnace was several rocks placed under the oil can to hold it high enough from the groxind to permit a ,fire being h1''11 No arrests have b'"*1 / 1 - t if "/ r ' K ^ r.l * x i ' ' ? t * v 1 ^ .5. . " ^ Vvr'-v.' ' *'* . r?r.T' ;U SEES HARO FIGHT C FOR PROHIBITION "MORE BITTER AND RELENT- R] LESS" THAN EVER?"I DO NOT SEE ANY WET TRIUMPHS DECLARES METHODIST LEADER IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Nov. 16.?"A more bitter and relentless" wet and dry co fighit is on than was waged when cl prohibition was adopted, Dr. 'Clar- tli ence True Wilson, of Washington, xn D. C. secretary of the board of oi temperance, .prohibition and public v< morals of th? Methodist Episcopal li; Church declared todav in a sur- la vey of the result of the November 41 7 elections issued from the Chicago office of the board. tt ^ it 'Prohibition has been weakley led betrayed in the house of its friends, sidetracked by those who ought to have given it the main line, and ^ the figh that w& ought vo have v< avoided is now on and it will 'be GT more bitter and relentless than was the fighting when prohibition was won," Dr. Wilson declared, He added, howerver in his opinion prohibition would stand. After assert- . ing that in Illinois where the wets won a referendum, prohibition was "betrayed by the officers of the " law," Dr. Wilson said. q "Then wheti the wets had the ini- w tiative petition scured an adversery st vote by all the people instead of j ir 4-1%^ ivy 4-V*a + o ?rro,of I <%/ wit* icaucio 9cciJi5 xit www " t\ opportunity for a sweeping educa- b< tional campaign that would carry J ni the State of Illinois and. but to si-1 S ence the false accusation9 of ?vil-! is minded people, theiy spent their. lo time in fighting the talcing of an I oi expression of the people and when' rc oveT-ruled in the -courts advised | the dry not to vote at all on the j n subject and under that leadership i be Methodist conference >' have voted j w to advise their people not to vote;b< Dr. Wilson said that the defeat ^ O' of Congressman A. J. Volstead, / , 1 chairman of the ' House judiciary , committee although defeated by aiw "bone dry preacher" was a great '?? __ 93,000 DEATHS FROM D CANCER LAST YEAR Death Rate Higher in Northern Than O In Southern States.?South Carolina Lowest. Washington, Nov. 16.?Deaths due to cancer in the "United States lj during 1921 totalled 93,000 the e^ census bureau estimated today, com- C posed with an estimate of 89,000 a in 1920. The calculation for both y years was based on returns from i the bureau's death registration are<a y which includes 34 states and the e: District of Columbia. t< The bureau's announcement, said I the . 1921 rate was higher than that 0 for any proceding year in 24 of the 34 states making reports. The rates T for the registration area wa9 86 per C? 100,000 in 1921, compared with a1 83.4 for 1920. vi After adjusting the rates in va- * rious states to make allowance for G1 differences in th? age and sex1 distribution of the population the bu- a reau found that for 1921, Massachu setts had th? highest rate?>99.6 per ^ 1000,000?while South Carolina, tz with 47.6 had the lowest. a Summarizing its .compilation the ^ bureau made this observation. ^ "The adjusted rates show that tj. tne norxnern states nave comparatively high and the Southern states comparatively low cancer mortality while there is little difference 'between the adjusted cancer rates of the white and colored races of the pS same states, in other words, the nr whito and colored raccs seem equal- nv. ly susceptible to cancer, but both -acr"? seem lecs cUsc^pti^V ^h*1- ^ s-u'h than'in the north. st; IMAMS WIN I OVER ALL PARTIES ESULTS OF BRITISH ELEC- O TIONS YESTERDAY?LADY ASTOR AND JOHN JACOB ASTOR BOTH ELECTED?VOTE NOT COMPLETE. . b< London, Nov. 16.?With only 28 ^ nstituences missing at 6:30 oe{ ock tonight the returns showed s* ie conservatives had elected 340 01 embers of the house of commons C( : 33 more than a majority of the ^ )ting members. The Asquithian 31 berals had elected 59 members, ^ ibor 130, <the Georgiete Liberate 1 Mothers 15. London, Nov. 16.?Prime Minis- *e t Bonay Law had secured a major\ CI y of twelve over all the other pares in the house of commons when ^ le re/turns for 545 of the 615 dii CI sions had <been received late this . 1 Fternoon. There are three ' non61 >ting members including the speak ^ , thereby making the hundreds for j bare majority 307. The conservaves up to late this afternoon had ^ ipturetd 319 beats. This did not mean, however that le prime minister already had ob- ^ Lined a so-called working majority ^ j the support of some of the con;rvativea will 'be limited on many uestions, but the conservatives p ero looking to the remaining 70 q >ats to swell their numbers aT1d ^ icrease their lead over the combin- q i opposition. Thus far three mem- p. srs of Mr. Bonar Law's governlent have Ibeeei defeated, 'namely q ir Arthur Griffith Boscawenr min- c; ter of health; W. A. Watson, C( >rd advocate and Lieutenant Col- ti nel George F. Stanley, under sec- ^ :?tary of the home office. ii A feature of the election was the b umber of seats gained by the la- si >r party which enters the house ith far the largost number of mem T ;rs in the party's history. With 70 ii jats yet to be heard from the lab- ti rities had rolled up the big total of 0 20 members as against the 76 they "V id in the last house. Their gains v ere manly at the expense of the n snservatives and the Georgian librals. 1 ti e AN MURPHY FOUND n DEAD IN HIS CELL " f, ne of Most Unique Figures of the State Prison?Had Served F 25 Years. Columbia, Nov. 16.?Dan Mur)hy one of the most unique figures t fer sentenced to prison in South n arolina, was found doad in hiss cell t the penitentiary here, ending 25 F ears incarceration. Apoplexy is be?- F eved to have been the cause. A| ear ago the state pardon board off- I red him a pardon but he refused h ) leave the prison. Murphy was sentenced from \ rangeburg county in 18?7 for the a illincr of County Treasurer Cope, z o the end he protested his inno>nce claiming he vtas in Augusta, C t the time of the killing. He is sur- C ived by his widow and a son who F ve in Millen, Ga. Up to a year ago Murphy had nev- P r ridden in an automobile or seen motion picture. A newspaper re_ arter djscovered his history and -A irough special arrangements with b le prison officials the old man was iken for a tour of Columbia and to L picture show. Shortly afterwards urphy was offered a pardon but| ? sa'd that he was "too far behind I * '*--1. 4-^1 le times ' ana xnac ne waiacu w id his days in prison. n h FINE CORN SHOW. P b S. L. Jeffords, of Spartanburg, a" issed through Abbeville yesterday id stopped in to look the corn show er. He expressed the opinion that e com show here will rank with iv corn show ever put on in the w at*. ' rc ' : HE CORN SHOW f A SPLENDID ONE ver 2,000 Ears of Corn on Exhibit E at Planters Bank.?Best Show Ever Held in State. i v The Abbeville County Corn Show ?ing held in the Planters Bank toiv and tomorrow is one of the fin it corn exhibits ever held in the j ate of South Carolina. There are ^ 7er 2,000 ears of corn on exhibit, ^ )mprising 207 exhibit numbers. Of ^ lis lot 87 exhibits are by the boys c nd girls of the County. The out;anding fact of the show is that the g ays and girls have cleaned- up the , irth with their parents in the se- r ction of good seed corn. ^ The purpose of the show is to edu- ^ ite the people of the county in the ;lection of better seed corn. County ^ gent C. Lee Gowan, Supt. of Eduition P. H. Mann, often accompanid by Mr. Otto Bristow of the Plant- ( rs Bank, visited every school in the istrict and made talks to the school 1 lildren. * I * The lobby of the Planters Bank ' lis morning is packed and jammed 1 ith exhibits. The exhibit boards i re covered with green felt, and ex- 1 md some eight or ten feet1 in eight, showing off the corn to ad- * antage. ( Judging will be done today by s rof. C. P. Blackwell, of Clemson ollege, and Henry S. Johnson' of * iken. Dr. W. W. Long of Clemson ^ ollege is also in the city lending his i resence to the occasion. t Many people from all parts of the t ounty are attending and a large i rowd is expected from adjoining * Dunties Saturday. It is a real educa- 1 1 11 1 11 _ A on in corn ana wouia De worm xne i rhile of the farmers of the surround- 1 lg counties to make the trip to Ab- c eville Saturday and take in this < iow. .. ( Saturday will be children's day. t 'he whole of Lethe School has been t ivited to town to see the "show, and ike 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 mati- ; ee at the Opera House showing , The Bachelor Daddy" Saturday af- j ernoon. IONOR ROLL OF CAMPBELL SCHOOL ; The following is the honor roll of he Campbell school for the past lcnth: ' 1st gradt?James Hodge, Mahlon 'erguson, Mack Beatty, Jr., Mary 'ranees Simpson, Lilys Banister. 2nd grade?Glenn McCollough, )orris McCollough^ Winona McMaan. 4th grade?Margaret Campbell, ^ rollie Mae Suber, Wilma Hill, JEliz- ' beth Hill, Mack Voyles, Ethel Braeale. 5th grade?Gladys Beaty, Robert Jampbell., Kistler Campbell, Lois ' !ann, Mildred McMahan, Katie Mae J erguson, Mary Simpson. 6th grade?Annie Kate Campbell, 1 auline Campbell, Sarah Simpson. 7th grade?Arlena McCollough. j 8th grade?Mary Frances Beaty, .nnie Ruth Voyles, Bertha Camp- ' ell. 1 9th grade?Parker Campbell, Vera 1 ewis, Edna Mann, Mary Nance. 1 FREE PICTURE SHOW i . f Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons will give a i loving picture in tne upera nousei ere Nov. 25th to which all of tlie | eople of Abbeville are invited to e her guests. Club girls and boys re especially invited. o BURLEY SMITH. Burley Smith is in jail charged] "t.h d:s'>o?iner of y*poperty underj :orfgage. Sr.-? ? . . .. , i : ARM SITUATION nini ATTCMTinm i UlVLIl HI ILIVIIUI^J UGENE MEYER, JR., TALKS WITH PRESIDENT.?LIKEL Y - ^ THAT HARDING WILL TAKE M UP MATTER IN MESSAGE IN CONGRESS. Washington, Nov. 1 (y?Engan* leyer, Jr., managing director <xf he War Finances Corporation, <&* ^ erred with President Harding to- ^ lay and was understood to hav# liacussed the situation. It is believed that in his me* age to the regular session of Con- M rress in December,^nay discuss the possibility of need. .; 'ox legislation to provide perma- ' j lent financing in chioery for th* J-f. agricultural and live stock indus- ?8 ries of the country. 4 According to some <xf the Pre?- 'tM ient'a advertises additional cogs im >v|| ;he federal farm financing macrnnt ,'^i ire .needed to <pla)ce ( agricultural Tedita on a finm 'basis, particular- . ^1 y with respect ltd coopera?OT% narketing associations and furnish |||j i permanentcy of aperation< denied mder the limited authority extendid to the war finance corporation ;he War Finance Corporation is .>> issentiary a tmeporary a?ency de^ \vrji tigned to meet an emergancy. ; Propegid (machinery advocated by ; % Hr. Meyer would take care of '' the *||| inancingj of cooperation marked ^ ng association's through existing inancial machinery by ;he laws and regulation9 governng the eligibilty requirements, of ;he federal serve system and the inancing of the live stock * indus- 'gj xy iby amending the national innlrinop ruVf". crt an t.n HU^hoTlM the ">fi :reat;on of federal chartered loan. M :omp?iiies operating1 with private" V$j| :apital- under the supervision of. .v:?| ;he comptroller of the currency of ;he federal reserved system. $ "BOB" CLARK SICK "Bob" Clark is very sick with a :ase of pneumonia at his home about two miles from Due Werft. v; This will be sad news to"1 his many friends over the state. "Bob" 3 an old-timer when it comes to baseball. He iwas the Manager of the Abbeville team in the Carolina ': J| League last year; but before that fie 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 ; the Million Dollar League in Georgia, and is well known in the base V* ball world. Here ig- hoping h^ will M win out in his fight. OFFERS PRIZE. Mrs. Alma C. Gibbons i$ offering . 'J a prize to the club that sends in the ' largest number of records of the years work done in the different clubs. These reports should be in by the 20th, the very latest date they will be eccepted by the County \gent is Nov. 25th. BABY OF 29 MONTHS ^X) CAST BALLOT AT BARROW | London/ 'Nov. 16.?A baby 29 ^ a nonths old will be carried to the soils at Barrow today to cast a .rote in the. parliamentary elec;ions. The infant was on? of many vhose names appeared tnrougn er or in the list of registered voters. The baby will be taken to the poll ng place by its mother. , ? COTTON MARKET The highest price paid for cotton n the local market today was 2C ^ ents. Futures closed Dec. 26.61 Jan. 25.70 March 25.61 May ' 25.44 July 25.14'