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WESTERN FARMERS |\
THINKOF STRIKE
REFUSAL TO PAY ANY TAXES T
IN CONTEMPLATION?WASHINGTON
HEARS OF MOVE CONSIDERED
BY HARD HIT GRAIN
GROWERS.
Washington, Nov. 30.?Information
possessed by ni embers of con
gress makes it appear certain that rr
the farmer of the West and the far- g
mer of the South are creatures of n
vastly different temperaments. F
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Jfc pons I rum tut; r? cat ai c w mv a
effect that farmers, because of un- s
fortunate circumstances, are prepar- L
ing a general strike against the gov- e
ernment to take one of two forms: S
1. A. non-cooperative revolution ir
such as Ghandi led in India to be
followed by a refusal to pay county, h
.state and federal taxes with a for- t(
feiture of property and the throwing ri
of countless helpless farmers on the c]
mercy of the public. d
2. Bankruptcy by which technical 1,
evasion of taxes and debts may be
possible. This scheme is said to have ai
jrained favor particularly in North ft
Dakota, where in one week 143 far- h
mera were declared to be bankrupt. Y
No such reports come to Wash- ci
ington from the South. A discussion bof
this situation with best posted b:
senators from states below the Mason-Dixon
indicates that the Southern ti
farmer has been as hard hit as the p
^ TX7 Uio rt oKfc orp ?
farmer ui uc ncau "10 w>^v?w> ? > g
said to be as large on the average, n
and his disappointment equally as tl
irreat. E
At the same time, from no state is fo
it intimated that farmers of the v
.South will strike against the govern- s<
ment or voluntarily seek release from 5
debts by means of bankruptcy courts. &
If reports are .true, Southern farm- g
ers are preparing to "grin and bear
it,' to fight out this battle just as
ihey have fought out others. s
Regarding the reported revolt in
tke West, it is said in Washington
ifcat their condition within itself does c
?ot drive the farmers to desperate ^
extents, but their desire by some a
dramatic stand to focus the attention
of the world on their comparative e
penury. . n
Politicians are taking cognizance h
of the reports from the West. They h
contend that this mood which would h
drive the farmers to an open refusal
to pay taxes was the same mood \
which wiDed "standnat" Republicans
?at of office November 7.
It is no longer discussed by Wash- p
iigton strategists that farmers have
k?em benefitted by Republican legislation
the socalled emergency tariff i<
?r the permanent tariff act. This con- ]<
tention was uttered during the cam- p
paign, but since has not been heard, o
The president has displayed an
aaxiety to cooperate to the end that ^
farmers might be benefitted. It is ^
said that he is moved through three ?
reasons?sympathy, the lesson taught S(
his party November 7 and by a vis- s)
km of the election results in 1924. ^
The president, at any rate, has had c
recent discussion with leading He- ^
pablicans from agricultural states, ^
and the belief is general that he will j,
cooperate in the enactment of legislation
extending farmers additional
Jong term credit at comparatively
low interest rates.
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THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATON ii
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The Abbeville County Medical as- a
Hociation had a very pleasant meeting
at Lowndesville last Friday. Dr. t<
1. 0. Kirkpatrick i3 president of the d
association and the doctors met aa ti
hie guests. A fine supper was served ir
after which a discussion of medical tl
affairs was indulged in. Many inter-j
e sting talks were made.
Dr. McWhorter, Dr. Harris and
Dr. James Latimer of Anderson, Lr.
Barton of Iva, Dr. J. C. Harper of w
Greenwood, were special guests of h(
tbe association. All the doctors of'b'
tie town and the county, were in at- y
x?*danc? on this pietst&i affair. 'hi
MIME PREMIER .
ON THAU AGAIN
O LAY WREATH ON TOMB OF a
LINCOLN?DID NOT GET UP
AT HIS CUSTOMARY HOUR OF
4 O'CLOCK THANKSGIVING
DAY.?WENT TO THEATER
Chicago ^Nov(. ]30.?Georges
lemencesu, (Frances wartime pre- 3
lier , prepared to atke the road a- i
ain today on his self-imposed i
lisison of winning American for 1
ranee. The next stop on the itiner- ]
ry was Springfield, Ills., where he 1
cheduled to lay a wreath ota
,incoln's tomb and deliver a ibrief ]
uloiy this afternoon. He is due in <
t. Louis' for his next big speech to- I
lorrow. 1
The Tiger arose parciy to board '
ia private car, which was attached
> a 10 o'clock train. He did not 1
se as early as customarily. 4 o'- i
lock, however. For last night he :
is^ipated, staying up until after ,1
I
Making ihis last public appearance 1
t the opera, he disclosed for the 1
rst time in America "mon tube"? '
is top hat. He declared in New
ork. that he would not wear it be- 1
ause his soft one felt and looked
etter. But as he deciaea u> ao up
rown.
Clemenceau was given a long ova
on when he entered the Potter
aimer box alj the end of the proloue
to "The Snow Maiden" A few
linutes later the curtain, rising on
ne act for the first act disclosed
Iduardo Contreuil, French ' basso,
olding a big tri-color and Cyrena
an Gordon draped in the stars and
tripes, with the entire company
ehind them Contrell gang the Mareillaise
and Van Gordon, the Star
pangled Banner;
When they had finished, another
>ng wave of applaus for the Tiger
wept the house, and he arose and
owed again.
Then he settled down and beame
so interested in the opera that
e stayed until the end of the third
ct?nearly half past ten.
Before he went to bed he dictatA
a ThontconvirK* to A
fierica declaring the reception he
ad received and the interest which
is message had .been given, paid
im amply.
rALERA ATTEMPTS
TO LEAVE IRELAND
lepablican Leader Said to Be In
Hiding.
London, Nov. 30.?Eamonn de Va;ra
is reported to be attempting to!
;ave Ireland for America, says a dis-'
atch from the Belfast correspondent
f the Evening News.
The republican leader i* said to
e hiding in the Carlingford mounains,
overlooking Greenore, county
.outh. from which there is daily boat
ervice to Holy Head. It is undertood,
says the correspondent, that a
irge force of rebete has been conentrated
in north county Lomth and
rill shortly attack, thus diverting
lie Free State authorities and allowig
de Valera to slip out of Greenore.
A COSBY TOWN ROW.
Abb Ramey, who is a large part of
Ke population of Cosbytown got
lto trouble Thanksgiving day and
ras fined $50 by Mayor Mars this
lorning.
It seems that Abb's wife wanted
) go horse-back riding, astride, of
ourse, and Abb objected enough
> beat her up with a pistol. Carryig
a pistol seemed the big end of
le crime and a heavy fine was giyen.
ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY.
Miss Grace Davrson paid the Press i
tid Banner a visit today, renewing
er subscription and she says the <
?st news she knows is that the
jung people are enjoying a double
3liday. ( 1
AMERICAN LEGION
HEARS MESSAGE
DWSLEY DELIVERS THANGSGIVING
GOOD WISHES?WORDS
OF WOOD ROW WILSON AND
PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARD.
ING QUOTED.
Washington, Nov. 30.?Messages
from President Harding, Mrs. Harding
and former President Wilson to
members of the American Legion
tvere delivered here tonight by Alvin
M. Owsley, national commander of
;hat organization.
Speaking first into a radio telephone
for broadcasting over the
:ountry and later before a local legion
post, Mr. Owsley described his
visits during the day to the White
House and the S street home of Mr.
Wilson. The national commander
said President Harding in reply to
inquiries had asked him to tell the j
former service men that the execu-j
tive was behind the national program
for hospitals for the disabled
veterans and was determined that it
should be pushed to an early conclusion.
The president also declared,
be said, for a practical administration
of the law giving World war
veterans preference in employment
under the civil service.
As he was preparing to leave the
executive offices, Mr. Owsley said he
was informed that Mrs. Harding
would be glad to receive him.
"She got up out of a bed of sickness,
dressed herself and was wheeled
out in arm chair," the national
commander said. "She told me: 'I
want you to say to the ex-service men
that their friend has been sick, but
is much better now and soon will be
on the job again."
Mr. Owsley said that on his visit
to the Wilson home he had told war
time president he had come to pay
his respects to him as the former
commander-in-chief of the veterans
and to ask for a message to them. He
declared that Mr. Wilson's eyes flashed,
that he sat more erect and his
jaw set.
'Say to them," the former chief executive
was quoted, 'that I am their
comrade; say to them that they were
the crusaders for liberty."
THE CUTTING AND
CURING OF MEAT
Mr. D. T. Harmon, Swine Specialist
of Clemson College will be here
Monday and will conduct several
demonstrations of the cutting and
curing of meats. There will be a demonstration
at Mrs. Lena Dickson's
home at Brownlee on Monday, Dec.
4th at about 3 o'clock. Also one at
Dr. P. B. Carwile's Tusday Dec. 6th
at 3 o'clock. The one for Wednesday
will be announced later.
The public is invited to attend
and members of the Home Demonfrf-rntinris
btp pstmvmaIIv reauested to
be present.
DISASTROUS FIRE
Mr. R. R. Tolbert bad the misfortune
to lose his barn Tuesday
night by fire. The barn was a handsome
two story structure and consumed
with it were 200 bushels of
corn, 57 loads of hay and eleven
heads of mules and horses.
The fire was discovered about 3
o'clock in the morning and it was
impossible to save anything from
the burning building. There was
practically no insurance.
An EvangetUt In Town.
Evangelist W. F. LaRowe of Los
Antvalao P.olif -Jo in flio Vlfllf-,
* ul6V,VO> *0 wv V?v^ *aw*?
ing at the home of Mrs. LaRowe's
father, Mr. J. J. Nash.
Mr. LaRowe will deliver a message
in the Opera House Monday
night December 4th at 7:S0 o'clock
on the subject, "The Great Day of
A.11 Days." The public is invited. Mrs.
LaRowe will sing during the service.
SHIP BILL TO STRIKE f
ROCKS IN SENATE
END OF FILIBUSTER IS NOT IN R
SIGHT?EXTRA SESSION ADJOURNS
SATURDAY.?SHIPPING
MEASURE IN SENATE
; EARLY NEXT WEEK.
Washington, Nov. 30.?Congress
with the house having passed the a
shipping bill and the senate still in
the quandaries of a democratic fili- *
buster on the I>yer anti-lynching bill t
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naa suspenaea acuvities wiwi uni? brandies
of the federal government 1
here today over Thanksgiving day. *
At the white house also, President <3
Harding had planned to do only a a
little work during the day and to f
spend the remainder quietly after
having dinner with Mrs. Harding in ?
her sick room, where her condition t
^iow permits her to spend part of 1
each day in an easy chair. c
The house took an adjournment 1
after the passage of the administra- f
tion shipping bill yesterday, with a ^
vote of 208 to 184, with 69 republi- 1
cans joining the opposition and four
democrats voting for the bill, f
The senate fight over the bill, which i:
faces threats to delay if not pre- c
vent its passage there, is expected <
(to get under way next week, the sen- t
ate committee, getting the treasure j
Monday and planning to report it as 1
passed by the house. '
There was no end of the democra- *
tic filibuster in sight when the sen- 1
ate adjourned yesterday over Thanks
giving and the situation was declared f
by some to point to its continuation s
until the extra session adjourns sine t
jdie Saturday night. Although the i
I motion to adjourn over today after c
- ^ 1?n o m cx I
|S live iiuui be&siiui jcowv,xuojf %??** ?* from
Senator Lodge, who, as repub- <
lican leader, had presided over the t
republican caucus Tuesday at which t
it was revolved to hold the senate in <
session Thursday if necessary to i
break the filibuster it was not taken i
to mean any intention of the repub-'(
lican to drop the fight in behalf of *
the bill. And equally determined last (
night were the democrats to cont'n- ,
ue the filibuster. i
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WOULD-BE BURGLAR SHOT t
BUT MADE HIS ESCAPE ,
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Greenwood, Nov. 30.?After an
unknown marauder bad been ,
frightened away with shots from ^
the home of Mrs. J. F. Entzminger, ^
on Wells 6treet, where be had at- ?
tempted to break in the back door, ,
a second attempt was mare to
break down the door and enter the .
house aibout 1.10 oclu<?k this mora- (
ing. Mr. Entzminger wa3 away, but ,
T. C. Entzminger, hig nephew, who (
was staying with Mrs. Entzminger, j
shot three times through the door ,
and wounded the would-be burglar t
during the second attempt to break K
in. Blood spots were found on the t
I back porch by the police who were c
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SU'IUiiXVllCU <aw VUVCj U/UV ItV W ?
the burglar has been found. (
THE FORT MILL SCORE ,
The Abbeville football team arrived
at home this morning over the
Seaboard at about 5 o'clock. The
game went to the Fort Mill team by ?
a score of 39 to 6 and the Abbeville C
boys are a crestfallen lot today. J
The boys were shown many pleas- 1
ant attentions and they had a line c
| time in every way except for the
game. A full account of the trip will
be given in Monday's issue when
the boys wake up enough to tell
about it. B
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SEES GOOD GAME. tl
A
Carrol Swetenbarg went to Atlanta
Thursday and says he saw the
finest football game ever played in
which Tech beat Auburn 14 to 6. f
Twenty-five thousand people saw the p
I n
jffame. . p
'LAN Wlktu I
10 HELP FARMEF
EPUBLICANS HOLD WH1
HOUSE CONFERENCE?Pf
POSED LEGISLATION TO
PRESSED WITH FULL FOR
OF ADMINISTRATION.
Washington, Nov. 30.?The r
dministration program for imm
ite financial reflief to farmers i
/and m-acticaLlv Deri
ed today at conference betwi
>resident Harding, Secretary V\
ace and 42 Republican senat<
leaded by Senator Watson of
Hana. It will be iput before congi
it once and passed with the
orce of the administration.
Broadley the plan brings to<gi
>r in one administration meas
;he approved portion of various
ief neasurea already pending
congress and contains also pro
ons to make the intended re
ivailable to the small farmer
yell as to the large cattle ra'1:
ind grain growers.
The conference was arranged
Senator Watson, who has been m
ng an active survey of the quest
>f agricultural relief. It was ]
:eded by a series of conference
ween Secretary Wallace and
jarfcment of agriculture expe
roday President Harding kept
'Thanksgiving dinner waiting w
le heard the perfected program
ined and gave his general appro
The plan proposes to utilize
ederal farm loan ooara as t
igency through which relief is
>e given. The details of the fins
ng have been practically wor
>ut. The general purpose is lai
ind more liberal credits and che
;r interest rates. The opinion
;hose participating in the con:
mce was that while the war fina
corporation had been ofl great vi
n alleviating the distressed con
on of agriculture, its loans foeca
>f certain limitations, did not re
lown to the average small farr
vho raises a few cattle or has si
quantities of grain to market,
asing the federal fanm loan be
is the agency to carry out the ]
if financing, the new admin's
;ion plan proposes to make the j
jrament relief available directlj
ihe small farmers who need it.
The whole subject of farm rt
work was discussed exhaustiv
but the marketing problem
touched upon only in a general \
The general opinion at the con
ence that to the extent the
?ram now is to include as com]
md much controverted a subjecl
:ooperative marketing would <
?erve to delay the immediate ob
if relief. The president was
that the pressing need was to ;
ride at once financial aid to tin
ands of farmers who faced m
cage foreclosures because they
mable to dispose of their , cattle
irops without tremendous losses.
AD the senators present g
;heir approval to the program
pledged their support for its
nediate consideration in congre
VISITORS TO AUGUSTA
Mrs. Agnes Pennal, Misses J"
ind Janie Pennal and Miss Syd
Jraves and Ernest Pennal went
Augusta Thursday and enjoyed
Thanksgiving season as the gui
>f Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Maxwell.
DUE WEST VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Edwards i
fiss Virginia Edwards came dc
rom Due West Thursday and sp
he day with Mr. and Mrs. H. R. ]
Lllister on lireenvaue street.
Has Position In Gastonia.
Mr. Wyatt Knox leaves Satur<
or Gastonia, N. C., where he ha.
oeition with the Southern Cot
ill Mill.
FLORIDA SHE
S SHOULD BE TRIED ]
M
TE GOVERNMENT URGES WAR ON
lO- BOLL WEEVIL.?DEPARTMENT
BE OF AGRICULTURE GREATLY
CE INTERESTED IN PLAN WORKED
OUT FOR CONTROL.
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tew Washington, Nov. 30.?Planters
ed- throughout the South, especially
tfas trose growing cotton on low yield1
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uig whu, were urgca waay dj wk?
een department of agriculture to give
tel- during the coming season a wide- *
>rs? spread and thorough trial of the
In- new method of boll weevil control
ess developed by G. D. Smith at the
full Florida state experiment station at
Gainesville, (Fla., and recently anith
nounced by Dr. Wilmen Newell of
aire the Florida state plant board.
re- In the first official announcement
in on the subject the department of
vis- agriculture said it took great interlief
est in the new method as announced
as in the Florida bulletin dealing with . ,3
jers the experiments of Mr. Smith.
In these experiments which were
by conducted in northern Florida, said /
the , departments announcement
ion "the treated field average 439
3re- pounds of seed) Cotton per acre; the
,be_ untreated checks averaged only 164
de- pounds of seed cotton per acre or
r^g an average incresase of pounds of
jjjg seed sotton per acre in all tests The
hile av ra?e cost of trea'ument for the
ou^ entire season was $1.57 per acre.
vaj The new method consistg of the removal
and destruction of all squares
^ on the plants at a time when about
two squares per plant are present?
inc This operation destroys a large perke(j
centage of the weevils and a immediately
followed by a thorough
J?? A- ? J.-L_ j. : i
UUSWllg lu ipwisi/n tun; teiiiiumi i/uuo
where the remaining weevils are
^ forced to feed.
"This announcement is partince
cularly important because it appar- .
... only offers a means of controlling
ditthe
boll weevil on low yielding land
tuse . ,. , . , , ?
ach 0n v <: ^ ?? *ar '>een unprofitable
to use tshe dusting method.
ner,
nail Very ^aT^e Proportion of the
g cotton crop is produced on low
ard yielding land and the bureau of en,
tomology is greatly pleased that
this new method had been develop+ra?
ed, well knowing Professor Newell's
?ov?
standing as a careful and reliable
investigator,. and urged a widespread
and thorough trial of this
method during the coming season
e^y' wherever the conditions appear suit
was able for itg use."
vay.
fer" SERVICES ON THURSDAY.
pro
[>!ex Thanksgiving services held in
' as the Presbyterian church Thursday
>n'y morning were very well attended
ject and an interesting sermon by Rev.
H. L. Weeks was heard.
pro- The collection taken up waa lib)US"
eial and was divided equally aOT^m
mong the orphanages of the differare
ent churches.
and
THANKSGIVING.
;ave
axxi Thanksgiblng was a very quiet day
im- in Abbeville, the grown folks enjoyss.
ing dinners at home, the aien taking
hunting trips and the little boys and
girls making up many merry parties
of skating on the square.
a]ia So far no hunting accidents have
e]] been reported from the county.
to ?
the A WELCOME VISITOR
ssts ,
Mrs. Wasson Harmon of Pell Oity,
Ala., is in the city for a visit of several
days with her sister, Mrs. Foster
Bariwell. Austin Harmon, a man
of two years accompanies his mother.
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ntj COTTON MARKET.
Wc-I
Cotton on t&e local marxec loaaybrought
25.75. Futures closed
Dec 25.09
jay Jan. 25.06
8 a March ? 25.18
ton 207
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