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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
ROADS SHOULD: CUT
RATES HARRIS
SAYS
Opinion Given That Income of Rail.
roads Would be Increased by
Lowering Passenger and
Freight Rates.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 3O-U. S. Sena-
tor VIM. ]. Harris of Georgia who is
spending the holidays with home
folks, has written the following let
ter to Chairman Clark of the Inter
state Commerce Commission re-
questing bis attention to the very
high freight and passenger rates:
'It has been brought to my atten-
ton by many people in Georgia and
those whom l have seen here, that
the present high passenger and
freight rates are doing more to de-
crease the amount of income receiv-
ed by the railroads, than if lower
rate was in effect which would cause
more freight to move and more peo-
pie to travel. In other words, the
railroads are not carrying an aver
age maximum Of freight and pas
sengers since the increase in rates.
Of course, the commission doubtless
has figures on this question which
throws more light than I can by gen.
eral observations.
''It is needless for me to point out
to you and the commission that the
railroad situation is a problem which
has not been solved to any degree by
the Transportation act of 1920 The
thing which I am greatly interested
in is the matter of freight and pas
senger rates to be placed within
reach of the average person, and at
the same time give the railroads a
reasonable income for their invest
ment. Both the public and the roads
deserve an honest living, but 1 fear
that both are suffering. Because of
high freight rates there are products
in my state which are now being ship
ped in such small quantities in COM
parison with production and demand.
II hope that an adjustment can
soon be made which will bring down
the rates, and I would thank you to
let me have any information on the
matter at your convenience, which
may have been gathered or publish.
ed by the commission"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
A VISITING SOLDIER

Earle Daniel came down from An
derson this week and spent a night
with his friend and comrade, W. D.
Wilkinson. Mr.. Daniel, as a seven
teen year old boy escaped the vigil
lance of his home folks and served
with the boys on the Border. Then
when the great call came he volun'
teered and served with conspicuous
bravery with the 3Oth Division ir
France. He was severely wounded
along in October when the 30th went
into the fight and was the first
wounded soldier to return to the
States.
The young man is now a student
at Georgia Tech and is preparing him
self to break the Hindenburg Line
of Life and in this fight he wants 6
"buddie" Of the feminine gender. HI
likes the looks of the Abbeville girls
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
CHOICE OF BASIS
FOR VALUATIONS
REGULATIONS FROM INTER-
NAL REVENUE BUREAU. DIF-
FERENCE CAUSED BY FALL
OF PRICES DURING YEAR
MAY BE DEDUCTED

Washington, Dec. 30.-Merchants
and manufacturers may adopt
"cost or market which ever is low
err" as basis for .valuing their in
ventories for 1920 income tax re-
turns under regulations issued TO-
day by the bureau of internal reve-
nue.. The regulations caused by the
fall of prices during the year d, may
be deducted in arriving at the value
of stock.
Secretary Houston and officials of
the revenue bureau were without
estimates tonight of the difference
in revenues which may result from
valuation at market rather than
cost. The belief was expressed in
some quarters that the difference
would run into many millions OF
dollars. Internal revenue bureau Of
ficals explained that the law permits
of a choice of basis and under pres
ent conditions market" reflects
more accurately the state of busi-
ness conditions. To require inven-
tories at cost higher than market
it was added, would be to put tax
on investment rather than on in
come.
Under ordinary circumstances
"market" is defined by the, regula-
tions as meaning the current bid
price prevailing at the date of the
inventory for the particular mer-
chandise in volume in which ordi-
narily purchased by the tax payer.
Inventories of tax payers on
whatever basis taken will be subject
to investigation, the revenue bu-
reau announced and tax payers
must satisfy the bureau of their
correctness of the prices adopted.
Tax payers are permitted under
the regulations to value their inven-
tories at cost or market, whichever
is lower, regardless of past prac-
tices but in the future change will
only be permitted with the consent
of the bureau.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
MARSHALL FIELD 3RD WILL
GO INTO BANKING BUSINESS

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Mashall Field
3rd announced today he had decided
to take an investment banking as his
life business and had formed a part
nership with a Chicago investment
banking firm. Mr.. Field who was the
principal heir to the estate '"of his
grandfather, Marshall Field, which
made him the wealthiest young man
in the world, will continue his asso-
Citations with the various New York
and Chicago interests left by his
grandfather. "His principal per-
sonal business" however, would be
investment: banking he said. -. =: ::
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO
MAKE TROUBLE SECRETARY
LABOR EXPLAINS POSITION
TO UNITED STATES-LETTER
FROM WILSON

Washington, Dec. $3.50 long as
the Russian Soviet government seeks
to stir up insurrection against the
government of the United States it's
members resident here will be sub
ject to deportation, Secretary Wilson
said in letter made public today to
Charles Recht, counsel for. Ludwig
c. A. K. Martens, soviet agent in the
United States now under sentence Of
deportation. "+.
While the secretary in his letter
expressed. the friendship of the Unit
ed States government for the Russian
people, he said that the evidence
cumulative and conclusive that the
military dictatorship of Russia call
ing itself the soviet government was
appropriating large sums of money
to stir up insurrection by force Of
arms against the United States gov
ernment." 1t was this which made
Martens, a member of the soviet
government, liable to deportation, he
added.
The letter was in reply to one from
Reicht on December 26 relative to
the deportation of Martens to Rus
sia and for which it had been pre-
vicusly been announced that the So
Wet agent would on January 8 for
mally surrender himself to the Unit
ed States authorities. In his answer
Mr.. Wilson said that he had author
lied the completion of arrangements
for the departure of Martens land
the other persons he desired to 60
with him"
Secretary Wilson in his letter
branded as "insulting'' and as re-
hecting "the brutal materialistic
conceptions of the dominant group
in Russia" intimations said to have
been contained in Reicht's communi-
cation to the effect that profitable
trade with Russia was so important
in the American mind. as to permit
"our institutions to be undermined
and destroyed and our liberties sub
merged if we can have but access to
that trade"
In dealing with the question of
the deportations of aliens the secre-
ary of the department of labor was
not concerned with the form of gov
ernment adopted by or imposed upon
the people of Russia, Except insofar
as our sympathies 80 out to those
who are oppressed"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
WARNS BUYERS NOT
TO WAIT ToQ LONG
President Philadelphia Chamber Of
Commerce Thinks Imitation is
:. Ne.riy Oyer and BuyissS;:: 3
:: :: -: .,rs r hquIa Stsst-ss =: Sc =:

Boston, Dec. 30.-The belief that
business readjustment and defation
is more than half completed" and
that the worst is over" was express
ed by Alba B. Johnson, president OF
the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
Chamber of Commerce, in an ad-
dress before the Boston Chamber of
Commerce today.
"Is it not good business as well as
GOOD patriotism to start buying now,
to set the wheels of industry once
mere into motion, to relieve unem-
ployment and to spread the improve
ment of conditions over longer pc
riod? Let me warn you not to wait
too long," he said.
Mr.. johnson asked the cooperation
cf business men in making the pri-
vate operation of railroads under the
transportation act success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
MOVE ON RADICALS.
TO BE CONTINUED
A BELATED CHRISTMAS

Christmas is a week late at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Wilkin-
SON and the reason is that the sons
of the family, DR.. Alvin Wilkinson
and Walter Wilkinson, both of Flor
ence, are just now getting their va
cations and are expected in the city
tonight. The fatted calf, the big tur-
key gobbler, the Dominique rooster
and Various hens have been slaugh-
tered for their coming and a warm
welcome awaits them. These young
men are prospering in their new
homes which gives pleasure to their
friends here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
WILSON REFUSES s1so,ooo

Washington, Dec. 3O.-President
Wilson has refused an offer of $780,
900 from syndicate to write an ar
ticle on topic of his own selection,
on the ground that no article was
worth such an amount, it was learn
ed today at the White House. Details
of the offer, which was one of the
many the president has received late
ly, were not made public.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
RAILROAD BILL VETOED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
KEEPING UP A GOOD CUSTOM

Misses Onie and Caro- Morse and
Mrs. E. R. Thomson visited the
County Home Thursday and carried
the inmates many good things to
make their Christmas and New Year
happy. The visit of the young Ia
dies gives the inmates much pleas
ure and they enjoy for many days
the fruits, candies, tobacco and 9TH
er good things carried to them.
This custom was originated many
years ago by Miss Mamie Lou Smith
and the Misses Morse keep it up in
gracious remembrance of their aunt
and for the love of doing good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
THE COTTON MARKET.

The cotton market has been ir-
regular for several days. Day before
yesterday cotton advanced about
fifty points. Yesterday the market
lost the entire gain Of the day before.
The market closed today at IL
o'clock with an average gain Of about
Is points. January futures closed lat
ia:s4 against 14:1o yesterday. Spots
New York were quoted at 14:7s:
.ssT6e local market WAS nqt astsgs:
little cotton keipEa sssa T6s. ss
grades brought from is to Is ~
cents per pound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31

date of the American people OF
back-track on his speeches delivered
during the campaign.
After talking with him l am more
than ever confident that he will dc
no such thing. am assured that he
has no set idea in mind and am
convinced that he is going to work
out something that will be entirely
satisfactory not only to the senate,
but to the country"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
BIG HOTEL MAN.

Thomson Hollingsworth and Mrs.
Hollingsworth are in the city for q
few days visit to Judge and Mrs. N.
E. Hollingsworth. Thomas is the pro
prietor of a big hotel at Greenville,
N. c., and has just taken over Sec
ond hotel in that place. He is sue
ceeding in the hotel business, and
his friends are glad to hear of his
success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
MR.. AND MRS. KING MOVE

Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff King who have
been occupying rooms at the home of
Mr.. S. J. Link on Vienna street for
several years, moved Thursday to
apartments at the home of Mrs. Hen
nv Hill on South Main street.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
PRESIDENT WILSON DECIDES
AGAINST EXTENSION-MAY
NOT BUY EQUIPMENT FROM
COMPANIES IN WHICH oFFIC-
ERS ARE INTERESTED-LA"
SHOULD PREVAIL '

Washington, Dec. 30-Rshroads OF
the country after tomorrow will be
prohibited from buying equipment
from companies, in which they or
their officerss:are interested as the
result of theveto today by President
Wilson zof a hill to delay further the
operation ef.such'a prohibitiry pro-
vision in the Clayton antitrust act.
The last of: three separate two-year
suspensions of the prohibitory Sec
ton. expires tomorrow at midnight
The president in announcing his
veto through "a message to the SEN
ate, declared che railroads had been
given several extensions of time to
prepare for observance of the law and
that no adequate reasons had been
presented for further postponements
of its operation.
Railroad representatives on learn
ing of the veto which overrode D
to 4 recommendation of the interstate
commerce committee that the bill be
approved, declared failure to suspend
further the operation of the Clayton
act provision would mean a drastic
and immediate revision of the car
riers system of buying equipment.
The contention also was made by the
railroads representatives that the
required change would add hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the cost OF
abroad operation.
The presidents veto message on
receipt by the senate was read and
left. on the vice presidents desk for
further action. Senate leaders. SAID
they could not determine immediate
ly what would be done or when fur.
ther action would come. Senator La
Follette, Republican, Wisconsin, an
opponent of the bill, secured unanl-
nous consent for postponement pro-
baby until next week.
President Wilson in his veto mes
sage said that the prohibition of the
prohibiting railroads from being
both buyers and sellers of their rail-
road supplies was sound and that
with the interstate commerce COM
mission prepared to enforce the law,
by preparation of regulations, ne
could not consent to further delay.
The vetoed bill was opposed by
railroad labor and President johnson
of the International Machinists urg-
ed the president to reject it, declar-
ing ct will simply legislate a great
steal from the American people"
The bill was passed on the same
day and under the same circum-
stances as the Poindexter anti-strike
bill with few senators present and
virtually without debate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
QUEBEC, eoIFaa sak,e! =
. eEosE.vNfif: 3ANbARY 10

Three Rivers, Quebec, Dec. o.
The plants of the Wabasno Cotton
Company and the Tidewater Ship
ping company, closed today until
January 10. The Canada Iron
Foundry Company also shut down
one Of its departments indefinitely.
Hundreds of workers are affected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
ANDROSCOGGIN WILL
DECLARE 100 PER CT.
STOCK DIVIDEND

Lewiston, Me-, Dec. 30.-NSaek
dividend of 100 per cent was au-
thorized by the stockholders of the
Androscoggin Cotton Mills at a
meeting here today. The action in
creases the capitalization to ST.
100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
VISITING IN TROY

Mrs. Ellen P. Norwood spent the
Christmas holidays in Troy with Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Parker, returning to
the city on Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
JURORS. !:
.SSJ~

Jurors for the February term ett
court at Greenwood have been drawn
and the following are in the list:
John A. Ballentine, Honea Path; w.
o. Bowie, Starr; R. L. Barmore, Don
aids; F. A. Carwile, Antreville; w.
J. Clatworthy, Honea Path
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
FROM PELL CITY

Mrs. E. A. Thomson is here from
Pell City, Ala, spending some time
with Mrs. J. F. Barnwell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
DIR. MARTIN TO PREACH.

Rev. James L. Martin, D. D: will
preach in Cokesbury Presbyterian
church at II a. m. next Sunday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-12-31
TAKE HOLIDAY.

The post5ofics. .yilSSsabEe esessd TO-
messeH: H:ssSEB Ssssae
eeE ;seaeasiaa II: deliveries VIM s&bs
made in the city or on the rural
routes.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

sEfil-BUNGALOW. rooms and bath
gas gas. eieftrle nd light, hot water heat: large
plpI ,pn ana garagT: & Price $4,000. REM
Rochelle. '''' Ne"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
CHAPPAQUA
Frontage on State Road

80 acres. all under cultivation. Ia
miles from station Attractive rc
modelled farm house. contains is
rooms, baths. all improvements. Ga
rage and stable. Apply R-G5O For
appointment Sunday phone Briarcliff g.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
MASSACHUSETTS

Farm, S5 acres healthful Berkshire Coun-
ty; level fertile fields, brook -watered
pastures; house. barns. COW stable large
chicken house; good condition; stock and
implements If desired; paying proposition.
Particulars of owner Wesley r. Taylor
Sheffield, Mass
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
WESTPORT WATERFRONT

heat hreplaces, electricity city water:
gardeners cottage; stable. boat house big
trees, beautiful lawns everything in ex,
cellent condition; about S acres: S35 900
John Crawford. E. 42d st. New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Among Connecticut Hills
S5 rniles frou, Navy Vorl,

Productive farm of 5s acres on state
road with trolley between New Haven
and Hartford gas. electricity and pubic, pubic
and milk house fully equipped; q 500 hen
poultry plant. $4,000 incubator capacity !:
acres apple and pear orchard, Ia acres
alfalfa field. balance rich tillable and pas
sure: ll-room farm house: also Ideal eIe-
waited site for country home fine business
farm for stock breeding. poultry and fruit
JAMES a. MUNRO,
So Church St. New Haven. Conn.
Phone Liberty 3374-2
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
OVERLOOKING HUDSON
Exceptional Opportunity

hour from New York, express serv.
Ice: ~ acres large brook. orchard
Brck residence. recently rc,nodeled
contains II rooms. baths, all improve
inents. II Numerous outbuildings. Apply
X. i2s. For appointment Sunday phone
Briarcliff 6.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
PELHAM MANOR

NEW ARTISTIC BRICK HOUSE IN
large plot; Z rooms. baths; finest am on
Polnt;ments PI,;n, Price $4,000; terms arranged,
IL az ttc culars from owner. HERKIMER Ok
w 43d st. Tel. 79o Murray Hill. N0
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
NEAR MOUNT KISCO

e Miles from Country Club
Attractive stucco residences Of Eng
nsh design; contains | ! rooms, 3 baths
sleeping porch. Garage with quarters
il acres of attractive grounds com.
manding an extensive view. For rent
Iurhished Tor summer season or for
sale lmmediate' possession. Apply
h-2lb For appointment Sunday phone
BriarCiiff G.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Sound Beach

Attractively located home, 9
rooms. bath, steam heat, cleo
tricity; plot 66x22o; Garden.
shade trees, shrubbery; easy
walk to water and depot. (No.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
NEW ROCHELLE

rodm! nRIck sida HOUSE. $500. easy terms 7
rooms tlled bath. hot water heat. gas
electricity 2-car garage; enciosad norrb
two minutes to beach iNiA
. DOERING & KISTINGER.
10 Noreh ave. Tel. 46S, New Rochelle
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

u of an acre. with numerous
fruit and shade trees. White ella apboard,
Colonial house, beautifully DECORATED.
years old contains Z rooms, tiled
bath steam heat. gas and electric light
Immediate possession. Price S145OO
Apply Y-2GS. Phone Yonkers 2236
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
SALAMANDERS OF GREAT SIZE
Proof That Species Long Extinct,
Sometimes Attained a Length Of
Five Feet.

In Europe, some time ago, bones
were dug up Of some nevis which in
life had been about five feet long.
Every boy is familiar with nevis,
which he calls "Salamanders," COM
monty found in brooks and ponds. A
specimen five inches long is a big one.
But five feet-they must have been
monsters.
OF course these giant nevis were of
long-eXtinct species. It would have
been interesting to live in those days,
when so many queer monsters (mostly
of aquatic habits) swarmed the earth.
They seem to have been among ma
lures earliest experiments, abandoned
later.
There were no mammals then; and
n suppOSitiOn is that all mammals
OF today, including man, were origin
ally derived from a reptilian ancestry.
We cannot IA for certain that this
queer reptile (Which lived about 7,OOO,-
OOO years ago) was not actually an an
cestor of our own.
1t was dug up in Texas, and has
been named D~imetrodon. About eight
feet long, h most curious thing about
1T was the enormous fin it carried on
Its back-the ribs of the fin being q
series of bones extending from the YER
tebrae.
or what use was this fin? Perhaps
1t was merely ornamental. Or it may
be that it was a means of defense.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20
MISTAKES ABOUT SEA WAVES
Really They Are Not Nearly as High
as Some Voyagers Have
Asserted,

Voyagers on stormy seas come safe
~ ashore and tell their friends of
waves that rose mountains high and
at times threatened to overwhelm the
vessel on which they braved the deep.
The unframed eyes of the amateur
seafarer generally exaggerate the
height Of the waves, and when the
statement is made that the water rose
at least 100 feet above the vessel it is
seldom that n Of the auditors can
disprove it.
Exhaustive observations made by
scientists give the maximum height
attained by waves at not more than
sixty feet, and then only when the
wind has been of hurricane force. The
average height of waves in a strong
gale is about thirty feet, in a whole
gale about th~irty-seven feet, and in a
storm about forty-five feet. The scien-
lists further state that if waves travel
as fast as the average velocity of the
strongest winds and If there be swift
er waves produced directly or Indirect
~ by action of the wind upon the sea
they do not attain sufficient height to
form noticeable breakers.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-20

desert than to support the family that
he thinks is too eXacting. There is
the woman who feels that the river or
the open gas Jet is less terrifying than
the hardships of life. For all these and
many others the Salvation Army is con-
Quoting a vigilant, unceasing search.
And the methods used in finding tho
delinquents are as varied as the causes
of their disappearance. Sometimes an
overlooked clue, an old letter or the
address of a friend leads to the end
Of the search. Sometimes a para
graph inserted In he War Cry-the
Salvation Army publication, which is
circulated in every country in the
world-or in other mediums calculated
to catch the eye, will bring the missing
one home. Sometimes the man or wo-
man hunt goes on for years, only in the
end to become one of those ~unsolved
mysteries that the world ]speculates
upon for Il month or two and then
promptly forgets.