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FARMER TO 1AKE F
CENTER OF STAGE
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM DIS- D
CUSSED AT WHITE HOUSE.
SENATOR WATSON OF INDIANA
OUTLINES SITUATION
FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Washington, Nov. 26.?Measures
to relieve the financial plight of the cc
farmers and curb profiteering, par- m
ticularly food and clothing, were dis- ol
cussed with President Harding Sat- n<
urady by Senator Watson (Republi- ci
can) of Indiana. pi
The visit of the Indiana senator to n
al
the White House followed a conference
in his office, at which a number cc
of senators from Western states talk- *"r
ed over a possible legislative pro- *
srram acceptable to the West.
Picturing to the president how the ^
farmers are generally unable to get
enough for their crops to pay for harvesting
and shipping, while consumers
pay high prices, Senator Watson ^
urged the immediate necessity of
some forceful program to put agri- jo
culture on its feet and squeere out ^
the long line of profit taking
tween producer and consumer. |^o
Senator Watson s view is tnat any cis
program of relief for the farmer
must go further than the questions re
of freight rates, interest rates and
tariff raters. While these may have a ca
part in the farmers' dilemma, the
nenator declared that "the man who
produces food and clothing can get p{
very little for it, while the man who ^
needs to- buy it has to pay an unconscionable
high price." Mr. Watson ^
\ told the president that he favored
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the program for agricultural credits.
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but that he feared it would not strike
at the root of the question.
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If producers were compelled to ac Incept
ruinous prices when they finally S te
did come to sell cattle and crops, he j ^
argued, loans would only be a pallia- \ .
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tive, and he urged that while the
finonrtiol A r\ f fV?o form ore I
iitiaiiLiai uioti too vx IMUHVIU I 1T1
being temporarily relieved by libera!
credits, an Exhaustive study be un-j^
dertaken to find some practicable!^
means of bringing producers andjv.
consumers together and eliminating ^
large profits in between.
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Senator Watson told President idj
Harding that he already had under |m
taken a study of the anti-profiteer-] M
i.ng laws of other countries and par- j a
ticularly was examining these, which i nc
appeared to be meeting with somejw
success. So far as bis study had pro- ti<
ceeded, the senator said, he did not
believe price fixing by the government
or any other agency would be '
successful, but he was inclined rather
to a plan which would expose profits
all along the line and depend up- w
on an aroused public opinion to grant
reasonable profits to business and a
at the same time drive out extortions. F
President Harding listened to Sen- C
ator Watson with deep interest as C
the latter pictured potato crops abandoned,
fruit crops compelled to m
rot and grain crops unmoved while oj
farmers faced mortgage foreclos- g:
nres. Some definite plans are to be o:
discussed with the president later F
and meanwhile, Senator Watson A
said, the program of agricultural M
credits and other measures for tem- 2
porary relief would be hastened in F
congress. hi
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FINE RALLY DAY ^
? ' _ .b<
Mrs Harriet Johnson, of Win- .
throp, and Mise Bhmche Tarrant, n
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of Greenwood were in Abbeville
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6aturdsy to attend the Rally Day ^
of the Club Girls of Abbeville Coun
ty. At least two hundred attended
the exhibit in the Planners Bank,
and 1"0 attended tfie meeting ra
the Court House at eleven o'clock
in the morning. The exhibits were vi
line and a credit to Mrs. G:bbons, Tamd
the young girls of the county ir
who to^k part The premium list 1<=
f the winners will be printed in the b
Fress and Bonier Wednesday w
ARIES TO Of"
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
ECEMBER 29.?FARIES GUILTY
OF MURDER, JURY AFTER
PRAYER FINDS ON FIRST BALLOT?NEW
TRIAL DENIED,
APPEAL IS LIKELY.
York, Nov. 25.?William C. Fanes
mvicted by a York jury of the
urder of Newton Taylor, 13 year
d boy, at Clover, was this after>on
sentenced to die in the electric
tair December 29, sentence being
onounced by Judge James E. Peufoy
at 5:35 o'clock this afternoon,
:ter he had overruled a motion by
>unsel for the defense for a new
ial. Counsel for Faries announced
is afternoon that an appeal would
i taken to the supreme court.
At 1:38 o'clock this afternoon the
;se, the trial of which had begun
ssterday morning, went to the jury
?d at 3:19 o'clock, after the dinner
cess the verdict was brought in.
owever, it was learned this after>on,
the jury required only one balt
in the reaching of the verdict and
is ballot, it was announced, was
it taken until the jurors had prayed
r guidance in reaching their derion.
At 3:21 o'clock the verdict was
ad and Faries, sitting handcuffed
side his attorneys, showed practilly
no emotion.
The motion for a new trial was
nied and at 5:21 o'clock Judge
iurifoy ordered Faries to stand upj
hear his sentence. I
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"I have wondered," Judge Peuri-1
y told the aged defendant, "if you
uld retrace your steps if you.
>uld live your life any differently, j
3w, I think, you have come to know |
iiat it means to strike down and
II in anger and possibly you could j
11 the young folk of thjs city some i
ing about the control of the pas3ns.
But your race is run. I do j
>t know what your intentions were |
youth. But if good intentions are
>t translated into good actions,
ey fall short of value. You have
ken the wrong angle. You miffht
ive made friends of these people,
it instead you fed the flames of
lfrer, and as a result you stand toly,
just as the sun is sinking, alost
in the very presence of your
aker. Your attorneys may get you
new trial, but my advice to you is
v*- ?A1.. ii.:.
fL LU ICI.V upun tIJIS IlUJJtr, UUt I1UW,
ithout delay, to make your preparar>ns
to meet your God."
INTERESTING COMPARISONS
The Abbeville High football team
ill 'leave Wednesday afternoon
)rNFort Mill where they will play
Thanksgiving1 game with the fas;
ort Mill team, champions of the
ata^-ba A'ssociation, sin^e the
hester and Rock Hill games werej
irawn out by the football comlittee.
The following instructions
f the two teams who battle Thanks
iving are given Average weight
f Abbeville team. 144 pounds;
art Mill 143; everage age of
bbeville 16 2-3 years; Fort
[ill 17 years; Abbeville has scored
46 points to her oppontxxn 25;
ort Mill has scored 271 points to
er opportunts 9. Colors Abbeville
arnet and old gold; Fort Mill Roy[
blue and white.
News cornea that the Abbeville
oys at Dav:dson College and the
bbeville girls at Winthrop will be
n hand in Fort Mill to help Abbeille
eliminate Fort Mill. May the
est team win.
WILLIAM LATIMER DEAD
New hav0 been received in Abtoeille
of the death of Mr. William
atimer in 'Vuerusta, Ga., this mornig
Miss Ma*rerie Latimer, a niece
ft this afternoon for Augusta to
e present at the funeral which
i1! take *omorrow.
LOAN 10 LIBERIA
STILL IN DOUBT
VOTE COMES IN SENATE TODAY?DEMOCRATS
VIGOROUS
LY OPPOSE ADMINISTRATION
MEASURE TO LEND FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS
Washington, Nov. 25.?Agree*
ment was reached in the senate today
for a final vote on the administration
measuro to loan Liberia
$5,000,000. The senate then adjourned
until Monday.
When the senate quit work a motion
offered by Senator Simmons
(Democrat) of North Carolina, was
pending to send the resolution authorizing
the loan, back to the finance
committee with instructions to
eliminate the loan feature and report
out only the amendments atI
tached in the senate authorizing an
| appropriation of $20,000,000 for reclamation
work anil $170,000 for
employment iby the Interstate commerce
commission of 30 additional
locomotive boiler inspectors.
Attacks upon the proposed loan by j
the Democrats became general today.
They challenged the Republican
claim that a morail obligation ex
isted for the extension of the credit
as the result of the part played by
Liberia in the World War. Admin-1
istration leaders in re?ply declared!
the previous Democratic adminis-!
tration had arranged to extend ' he |
loan but had delayed carrying it i
out until Liberia complied with certain
conditions.
^nator Smoot (Republican) of
Utah, a member of the debt funding
committee, told the senate that
of the loan, $3,500,000 was to be
spent for roads, schools and other
public improvements in Liberia and
about $1,500,000 bo refund loans
from bankers. Denying that foreign
governments in I/beria and about
$1.,500.000 to refund loans from
bankers. Denying that foreign government
would have prior liens.
Senat'or Smoot said the United
States took the position that il was
not going to loan money and let
o'hers have a claim- while we hold a
second mortage.
Anderson A'seised Loss
Ander-ion, S. C. Nov, 24.?In the
re-adjustment of tax assessmrn s
for th'"s county the total a?sess~d
value for this year is $1,000,000:
'ess than in 1921 and the amount of j
'axes to be collected will be< $40,000
ess, according to tho books of Coun
'y Auditor Winston Smith. The fax
value of property in the county forj
1921 was $22,457,190 and $21,-1
448,360 this year.
SOME HOT SUPPER.
Sheriff F. B. McLane has on exhibit
at the Court House this mornng
the result of a negro hot supper
Saturday night at the old Calhoun
^nlace about twelve miles l'rom town,
one automatic 45 army revolver, a
ouble-barrel shot gun, a thin long
left-hand Wheeler, a pocket knife
with a three-inch blade, a worn and
weary deck of cards and two pint
fruit jars with remnants of white
lightning in the bottom. The following
are in jail awaiting the pleasure
of the court: James Davis, Morris
Sanders, Eulas Thomas and Roosevelt
Williams. Sam Aiken is in charge
of the doctor with a bullet wound in
^he back of his head. The bullet
struck the back of Sam's skull, was
turned aside and ripped the skin across
the top coming out at the side
of his forehead. Sam Donaldson is
out on bond.
SICK FOLKS
"Flu" has had the people on North
Ma'n street in its grip for the past
week, there being members of the
family sick in the home of R. C.
Philson, J. C. Thomson, E. R. Thom-i
son, Dr. G. E. Calvert and Rev. M. |
R. Plaxco.
TAX BILL BRINGS
SERIOUS TROUBLE
UNITED STATES PAYS ONESIXTH
OF INCOME?ONLY IN
UNITED KINGDOM IS GREATER
BURDEN FOUND, REPORT
DECLARES
New York, Nov. 2 .?One-sixth
of vac national income of the Unit
ed States went into taxes in lyzz,
according to a report issued today
by the National Industrial Conference
board.
"The tax bill in the United States
is fast making inroads on the surplus
necessary tor economic progress,"
the report declared, "and
threatens materially to hamper our
growth, especially in view of the
uninterrupted rise in local govern>11
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According to the report, the United
Kingdom stands first in the burden
of taxes with the United States
second and other countries in order
Germany, France, Italy and Japan.
Regarding the growth of taxation
the report said;
"In the fiscal year 1912-1914,
taxes paid to national, state and local
governments in the United
States represented 6.4 per cent, of
the national income. By 1912-1920
vatio had grown to 13 per cent,
and by 1: 20 1921 to 14.3 per c^nt
r ' 1 '-i ?j ? 1 no 1 ?
in tne na'enaar yar uuc 'x
h of 'he curr&nt national income
mas diverted into tax channels for
the support of governmental boliee
;n the United States."
Continuing on tiio s tuation in
hr. United States, the report said:
"Rpfore the war, states and local
taxes had been growing faster than
federal taxes, and federal taxation
constituted but three-tenths of total
taxat'on Tn 1910. however, federal
taxation constituted over
e r'f s of total taxation and in
1921 federal taxes amounted to
^'nrht'y more than one-half of the<
national total. State importance
vv" h federal taxtation.
"In 13 states, Arizona, Florida.
T''n^o. Towa Kansas, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hamp h r?. ?'ew M^xio, North Dakota,
South Diko a, Utah. Washing
imrton and W'sccnsin, s'ates and
local tax burdens per capita in 1919
' vceedeJ federal taxation per capita.
"Per capita tax burdens in the
Un:ted States in 1919 w?re hizhost
in New York state, $148.36, followi
' v Massachusetts, 5? 12^>.3o; DeJeware
$124.11; Rhodo Island $315,25,
and Mich'gan, S10.71, the lowest
n-"* capita tax being in Alabama,
$26.47."
UNION SERVICES
Tht regular monthly union services
of the churches of the city were
held Sunday night at the Methodist
church, the Rev. H. L. Weeks of the
Baptist church preached the sermon.
A violin duet by Misses Lila Teal
and Mildred Cochran of Lander College,
accompanied on the organ by
Mrs. Otto Bristow, added very much
to the music program and was enjoyed
by the large congregation present.
SAW A GOOD SHOW.
The children from De La Howe
unable to attend the Bachelor Daddy
show a week ago came to Abbeville
Saturday and took in the
Matinee and saw the trained horses
There were eight o* nine boys present
and they enjoyed the show very
much.
FIRE ALARM.
The fire alarm sounded this
morning about ten o'clock, and a
full company answered. The Vaze
was in the roof of a negTo house
near the shops. A ?mall hoi? burnt
:n the roof was the ?n!y damatr*.
SCHOOLS IN TURKEY
HAVE TO PAY TAXES
NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR
FOREIGNERS.?ALL SCHOOLS
MUST TEACH THE TURKISH
LANGUAGE.? PROBLEMS IN
THRACE.
Lausanne, , [Ntov, 25.?Turkey'e
spokesman at the Lausane conference
hearing of the arrival of Amei
ican missionary representatives,
here expressed the hope tnat American
Philanthnopoc and eaucationa
instructions would not be neec
.essly al-armed in the advent of th<
.new regine in Tui^key. The Keraay
'st agents explained that there wa
no disposition to drive out Amer
cans, especially those engaged h
sducational and charitable under
takings.
It was pointed out, however tha'
Turkey saw no reason why foreigx
institutions, whether, educational oi
;nduatrial should be dealt with d'f
ferentJy than Turkish institution}
and that if Turkey's schools and fa<
ories paid taxes then foreign establishments
should also.
The Angera delegates declarec
thero should 'be no special privilege?
for foreigners in Turkey and insisted
that it should be also understood
hat all schools wheather foreign 01
Turkish should teach the Turkish
language.
The problem of Thrace and the
western boundary of Turkey still
occupied the attention of the confe:
once today. Th? sub-commission ol
the full commission on territorial
military questions, comprising a
I group UJ cA^iio, woo vTicouim
| w;th the boundary question. Establishment
of a demilitarized zone or
j both hanks of the Maritza rivei
j which seems to be the boundarj
j favor by the gTeet ]>owers; is one od
j the topjc^ of discussion in th<
I *ub-m?ssion.
POWER IS RUNNING LOW
Lack of Rain Will Cause Curtail
ment of Operations.
Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 25?Witl
the announcement here today bj
! ffic ?als of the Southern fowe:
Company that, effective Monday
afll users of power will <be< requiret
o cur a 1 operations until win e"
a:ns set m, one-eight of the tota
lr?xt;le spindles of the cohntsy wil
' e id'e one day weekly, it wa;
stated ton'ght by Charles I. Burk
o'd^r, vico president of the com
The territory afFecfed ha
been divided into five districts an(
"h" curfan'lment o<f nomer to thi
mills on a pro-rated basis wil
4 ? ? ? ?- ? ? O /V ^ A ^ O vf 11,
I cause ?t\J POT Vl one
manufacturers to be closed durinj
Ahe T"-?ma;nder of the dry weather.
Official announced that the corn
nany's steam plants have been op
'vrq+ed ^oV and n'ght for th? pas
two months in an effort to suppd;
th? mills, but lack of rainfall ha
<rr<v*tly diminished the wa+er suppl:
;n the company's reservoir.
SLIGHT SNOWFALL
Early risers report a slight fal
of snow in Abbeville Sunday morn
ing. Thp clouds looked threattninf
all day. but this morning broki
clear and cold.
$600,000 EXPANSION OF MILL
AT CALHOUN FALLS SOOr*
Greenville, Nov. 2^.?A contrad
was awarded today for +he first cm
^ruction iob on the $P00 000 expat
s;on proerram of th? Ca'fioun Mill!
Co., a+ Calhonn Falls, S. C. The con.
fract for +l;e eoctens'on of the mil
building was today let to fHe Cto'lf
van BirM'm? Co., for $^0,000. Oth
pt contTac*orc on th-s job ar? e-?-ry?c1
*d to l*?t wiAhm a abort time, J
R. Sirrine and Co., of Greenville
are ?Ti/riiee's nrrh;t.'v>t?s.
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WAR CONTRACTOR |
- SUED FOR FRAUDS i
INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF
SEVERAL CAMPS?CONTRACTI
AT CAMP JACKSON AT COL[
UMB1A SUED FOR LARGEST
AMOUNT, $6,500,000
Washington, Nov. 25.?Legal ae
tion to recover more than $23,000,:
000 alleged to hav? keen obtained
fVondiiloTiHw fnnm (WW/irnmpnt;
in the contraction of four army
1 cantonments daring the war, was
i instituted today 'by Attorney Geo- i
eral Daugherty as the first formal
- step in a far-reaching prosecution
i of those who held contracts for the
- building of war Tamps. .
i In each of the four cases the suit
- was filed against the prime contractor"
responsible for construction of
t the caimp. The four defendant cooj
ceras and the amount the governr
ment seeks to recover from each are
. he Thompson Starrett company,
} builders of Camp Upton, $6,000,000
: the Hardaway Contraition company
. builders of Gamp Jackson $6?500,000
A. Bently and Sons baDders of y
I Camp Sherman 15,000,000; and the
} George A. Puller company, 'builders
of Camp Funston, 11,000,000.
I The four suits begun today were
^ed simultaneously in United
k States districts courts in four statea
and involved charges of fraud in
connection with the construction of
| Camp Upton New York, Camp Jackdon,
South Carolina; Camp Sher'
man, Ohio; and Camp Funston Kan.
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Of.her civil actions and posaoble
germinal prosecutions are to follow
[ ;t was said, at the department of
t justice, involving a total of more
.jthan $75,000,000 and reaching- into
virtually every part of the count*y.
, l he Camp Upton Suit waa filed at
the attorney general's direction at
Brooklyn, N. Y. the Camp Jackson
suit at Columbia, S. C. the Camp
Sherman suit at Columbia, Ohio, ?
and the Oamp Funston suit at Topeka,
Kansas. It was Indicated that
similar actions would 'be brought at
i| the places later against minor conrj
"octnrHf firms who participated in
r the building of campe and should
> any criminal action be sought tbe
1 evidence would be placed before the
f spec'al war frauds grand jury now
1 in session in the District of Colum1
bia.
3 Th0 bills of complaint drawn up
" at the departmeit of justice as a
" j result of more than a year of i it51
vestigation are very identical in the
^ j four suits filed today and allege
e that the defendant contractors and
1 agents were guilty og fraud, gress
6 noorilffonno l'npffipncv and WSSt0 171
j ?*v6..5v..v%..
? i their relations with the government
a'; a time when govermnment offi
WPre unable because of the
" stress <xf war bo fully inspect the
1 joric of constructions.
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3 FO RTHE ORPHANS
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The collection of the Preebyter:an
Sunday School yesterday was
given to the. Thornwell Orphanage
at Clinton. It amounted to $92.69
1 and there was an attendanance for
- the past two months averaged 202.
t i TVip <rrowth of adult classes has
- been peen particular encourageing
pall, and it is the, desire -of the offlers
of the Sunday SchooJ that
every adult member of the churifc
I will soon be enrolled m one of thoae
Bible classes. Mrs. Will Perria
t is tearher of the womans and Rev.
John A. McMurray teachee th?
1 men's class.
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COTTON MARKET
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Cotton brought 26 cents today on
* the local market. Futures closed
t Dec. 25.00
. .Tan. 25 04
, March 25.13
May RS.09
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