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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
WAR SECRETARY
TO ANSWER FORD
ENGINEERS SUBMIT ESTIMATE
SHOWING DIFFERENCE OF
BETWEEN FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS I'm FIGURES-NO
PROGRESS MADE.

Washington,I Dec. 19.-An ans
wer to Henry Ford's letter deliver
I'd today to Secretary Weeks by en-
gineers representing the Detroit
manufacturer in his negotiations
for the purchase and lease Of the
governments nitrate and wafer
power projects at Muscle Shoals,
Ala., will be written by the war Sec
retary tomorrow.
The meeting between the govern
ment officials and those represent
ing Mr.. Ford today was said to
have accomplished little toward
bringing the negotiations to a
close: Mr.. Ford's letter was describ-
ed as being merely an opinion as to
what the cost Of construction of
dams No. and No. 2 would be.
The figure fixed by MT. Ford at
$S0,OOO,OO0 exclusive Of cost of
improvements necessary to naviga-
ton in the upper Tennessee river,
was said to be $15,O0O,O00 under
that estimated by army engineers
as the minimum required for the
work.
Neither J. W, Worthington nor
W. B. Mayo, acting for Mr.. Ford,
today were authorized to speak for
him, it was said, further than to ex-
plain the purport Of his letter. They
lacked authority, it was added to
continue the negotiations in an ef-
fort to remove the distractions in
the way to a final agreement with
the government officers. 1t was for
this reason that Secretary Weeks
decided to reply personally to Mr..
Ford. 80. ..-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
PREM|ERS MEET
IN CONFERENCE
LLOYD GEORGE AND BRAND
DISCUSS REPARArIoEs---LoNc
SESSION HELD AT RESIDENCE
OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
IN LONDON.

London, Dec. 20.-David Lloyd
George, the British prime minister
and Aristide BRAND, the French pre-
mier, today had a conference lasting
several hours in the official residence
of Lloyd George. The conversation
was concerned almost exclusively
with German reparations and Ger
many's plea that she will be unable
to pay in full the January and Feb
ruary instalments.
No official information is !obtaina-
BILE as yet as to the attitude Of France
and Great Britain toward Germany's
plea. An official communique issued
after the conference asserted the con-
versation was on general economic
questions. These questions were Civ,
en- over to French and British ex-
perts who will submit report on
them tomorrow.
AS far as can be seen at present
there is no prospect that meeting
of the supreme council will follow the
informal conversations between the
premiers but possibly one outcome
will be an economic conference on
the stabilization Of European ex-
changes to which German and Rus
sian representatives presumably
would be invited. The belief is ex-
pressed that DR.. Walter Rathenau,
the German financial expert, may be
called in at the close of the present
conversations.
M. BRAND declared today his con-
with Lloyd George had been
extremely cordial. The conversations
will continue in full detail tomorrow
between the two premiers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
NAVY MAN HERE.

Lieutenant Commander R. E. Bell
who went from Abbeville county to
Annapolis some years ago, is on a
visit to relatives and old friends here
For nearly four years Lieut.. Com.
mander Bell has been on duty in
France, part of the time at seaports
in connection with the transport SER
vice, and more recently as naval at
tache in Paris. He left Paris Novem-
ber 80, coming to New York. He is
now waiting for reassignment, hop
ing that he will be sent to the west
coast.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
LEGION SUPPER.
NEXT THURSDAY
LUMPKIN CAN NOT BE PRESENT
ERNEST ! ROSENBERG OF
GREENWOOD TO BE HERE.
MUCH INTEREST IN THE BIG
EVENT. '"..

l. G.. A. Neuffer, Jr., has received a
letter from Morris Lumpkin Of Col
umbia, commander of the South Car
olina American Legion, expressing
regret that he will not be abble to
be pesent due. to previous plans.
While it is regretted that Mr.. Lump
kin can not come, his absence will
not decrease the fun the ex-soldierss
expect to have. Plans are being
worked out that insures the thorough
enjoyment of all who come.
Ernest Rosenberg Of Greenwood
commander of his post, has indicated
his intention to be present and it is
possible that other speakers from out
of town will be present. Committees
have. been appointed from among
the women of the city, interested in
the forming of an auxiliary, to make
all arrangement for the supper. An
other committee will look after the
decorations for the dancing hall,
while still others are already busy
preparing programs and sending out
personal invitations to all men whom
they know to be ex-service men. The
invitations are meant to be general
but it is possible names were omitted,
due to the incomplete lists.
The reorganization of the Ameri-
can Legion is the main object of the
meeting. It is said that there are a
number Of men in the county badly
in need of the services of the Legion
or some other organized body. This
work in other communities is usu-
ally looked after through the legion
and it is felt that such a course
should be followed here.
From reports coming to D. T.
Smith, Jr., it seems that there will
be large attendance in the court
house Thursday afternoon at 6
O'Clock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
BILL
TO BRING FIGHT
TEN SOLID HOURS OF DEBATE
BEGUN TODAY AND THEN 1T
WILL BE UP FOR ACTUAL CON.
SHERATON WITH CHANCE
OF PASSAGE

Washington, Dec. 20.-A hot fight
will begin in the house, probably to-
morrow, on the Dyer anti-lynching
BILL, which will be brought up under
a rule calling for ten solid hours of
general debate before the measure is
taken up, line by line, for actual con-
sideration. ':~
Almost the entire Democratic mi
nority was reported today to have
lined up squarely against the bill,
largely on the ground that it was un-
constitutional and an invasion Of the
police rights Of states. Some Repub-
leans also were reported against the
measure, although leaders predicted
it would be passed by a vote which
would adhere closely in-the main to
party lines. ,..
Some doubt was expressed, how
ever, as to whether the house would
be able to vote on final passage prior
to the contemplated recess set for
/ December %. A number of members
now are absent from the city and
many others are planning to leave
Washington before the recess. More
over, a party of about 40 are on a
trip to Panama and expect to be
away two weeks.
Some Democrats have served no
tice on Representative Mondell, the
Republican leader, that if an attempt
is made to rush the bill through dur
ing the week they will demand the
constant attendance Of quorum.
Proposed by Representative Dyer,
Republican member of the judiciary
from st. Louis, the bill would seek to
put down the crime of lynching by
turning over the trial of mob law cas-
es to the federal court and by impos-
ing heavy penalties on those partici-
pating and fines on the county in
which lynchings occur. The county
fines when collected would be paid to
the family of the victim.
In recent discussion before the
rules committee opponents of, the bill
asserted that if congress should step
in to deal with lynchings it might
Just as we'll undertake to handle 9TH
er crimes, which properly belong in
the sphere of the state courts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
CHILDREN PERISH
IN COTTON FIRE
Eleyen Year Old Girl Burns in Ef'
fort to Rescue Little Boy.
Mother in Hospital.

Florence, Dec. 20.-Locked in
each others arms and charred be.
yond recognition, the bodies OF
Louise Oliver, aged IL years and
Alcese Oliver, aged three, were re-
moved from the embers after a
stubborn cotton fire had burned it.
self out on the farm of Ed Sellers
last Wednesday. The details Of the
tragedy became known here today
where the mother of the II year old
girl, Louise Oliver, is confined to
the hospital, following an opera
tion.
News of the tragedy was convey
ed to her by DR.. Mcleod in the
presence of DR.. F. H. Martin, pastor
Of the First Baptist church.
From what could be learned here
a number of children were playing
in the shelter of a packhouse. Sud-
denly the cotton blazed up, ignited,
it is said, from the butt of a cigar
ette dropped by farm hand. The
children ran but little Alcese Oliver
cousin of Louise Oliver, was block
ed by the flames and the little girl
went back through the fire to res
cue him. Neither of them was able
to escape so quickly did the flames
spread and the little boy and girl
died with their arms intertwined.
They were buried at Marietta, N.
c., Thursday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
ROYAL ARCH MASONS ELECT
Officers for Ensuing Year Chose,
Monday Night.

At a stated convocation Monday
night Of Hesperian Chapter No. IT.
Royal Arch Masons, the following Of
ficers were elected to serve the lodge
for the ensuing year:
F. E. Harrison, Jr., high priest; W,
E. Hill, king; J. L. Schroeder, scribe
Otto Bristow, treasurer and n. S
Howie, secretary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
WINTER SOLSTICE
Today, Wednesday, is Shortest Day
80 Of Year.

Today is the shortest day of the
year, according to the astronomers,
an almanac. Today the sun is far
thest south Of the equator, and
therefore, shines the fewest hours
here. June FL is the longest day of
the year when the sun is farthest
north of the equator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
TARIFF TRAINERS
DISCUSS SUGAR
CUBAN RAW. PRODUCT TOPIC.
OF DAY-sPoKEsMEN FOR
BOTH SIDES GIVE VIEWS TO
COMMITTEE OF SENATE. PROS
AND CONS HEARD.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Extended
arguments for and against retention
of the present temporary duty Of 1.6
cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar
were presented today to senate tariff
trainers.
Spokesmen for American sugar
companies operating in Cuba deelar-
ed the existing rate would prevent
rehabilitation of the industry in the.
island republic, while representatives
Of The beet sugar industry in this
country asserted that return 10 tn
Underwood law rate Of one cent a
pound would prevent the develop
ment of that industry, if it did not
destroy it.
The senators were told by those
representing American companies in
Cuba that more than mere tariff
question was involved; that the re-
habilitation of Suba depended upon
the sugar industry, and that the Uni
ted States was morally bound TO aid
that country. They also argued that
here was $1,O0O,0o0,o0o of Ameri-
can capital invested in the Cuban in
dustry as against $500, 600, ,000- in
the industry in this country.
It also was argued that the duty
proposed to be made permanent"
by the Fordney bill was the highest
imposed in 80 years and that it rep
resented direct tax Of $182, ,000, 900
annually on the American people,
$81, 100000 of which would go to
American sugar producers. Attention
also was called by witnesses that
Cuba imported last year $515, 1000, -
900 worth of American products and
that since the economic life Of the
island depended upon its sugar crop,
much of this trade would be lost un-
less the United States helped to re-
habilitate the island sugar industry.
Finally it was argued that the
clause in the Fordney bill permitting
American refneries to import at
three-fourths of the normal duty two
pounds of sugar for each pound Of
domestic sugar refined from beets or
cane was violation Of the spirit if
,ot the letter of the reciprocity trea-
ty with Cuba giving a preferential
rate of 20 per cent. below the full
rate on imports from that country.
1t also was contended that this was
discrimination in favor of certain
American interests and injurious to
others.
Senator Smoot (Republican) Of
Utah took exception to mayn Of the
statements of the witnesses present
ing the case for the American COM
panies. He declared that conditions
in the sugar industry in Cuba were
no worse than those in the sugar in
dustry in this country and announced
that he favored the protection of
American capital invested in. this
country as against American capital
invested in other countries because
it helped to build up the United
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
FORFEITS BOND.

F. H. Simpson, arrested yesterday
for having liquor in his possession
and carrying concealed weapons, for
feited his bond of $75 when he fail
ed to appear in city court this
morning for a trial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
AGRICULTURE IS At
VERY LOWEST EBB
THIS COUNTRY is PASSING
THROUGH SAME EXPERIENCE
OF ENGLAND FOLLOWING MA.
POLEONIC WARS SAYS SECRE.
TARY WALLACE

Boston, ass, Dec. 20.-The United
States is passing through the mos
severe agricultural depression of it,
history Secretary Wallace Of the ag
ricultural department, declared in ar
address today before the Boston
Chamber of Commerce. Asserting
that prices of major farm crops were
lower than at any time in the ma,
tion's experience, Secretary Wallace
predicted that decreased production
would result in prices $50 high that
city consumers will complain bitter,
", for the farmer cannot continue to
produce at a loss"
This condition is undermining ag,
riculture the base Of the pyramid
which represents our national life"
Mr.. Wallace said, adding that the
first task of the country was to
"bring agriculture out of this critical
period with the least possible dam
age"
The industrial east, Secretary Wal
lace declared, may feel the need OF
sympathetic and thoroughly effici,
ent agriculture sooner than is realiz-
ed since the billions of dollars which
were loaned to Europe must be paid,
not in gold but in goods which COM
pete with our own manufacturers and
which are produced at cost far be-
low our own and to meet such COM
petition our own people must have
the cheapest possible food.
Outstanding requirements or the
relief of agriculture, the secretary
said, are better credit conditions for
the farmer reduction Of freight rates
on agricultural products to the low
est possible level and federal super
vision of such institutions as public
stock yards, market agencies and
grain exchanges.
This country now, Mr.. Wallace
said, is passing through very much
the same experience that England
had following the Napoleonic wars" "
although the transit on in England
from an agricultural to manufac-
turing country had set in at the be-
ginning of these wars, the secretary
recalled, it was the severe depression
in agricultural products that follow
ed and continued for many years that
finally brought the change to an in
dustrial nation, he said.
eve are approaching that period
which comes in the life of every ma
tion," Mr.. Wallace said, "when we
must determine whether we shall
strive for a well-rounded, self-sus-
tanning natural life in which there
shall be fair balance between in
dustry and agriculture, or whether
as have so many nations in the
past, we shall sacrifice our agricul-
ture for the building of cities and
expect our food to be produced not
by independent farmers, but by men
and women of the peasant type"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
NEGROES IN JAIL

Ed Miller, negro, was lodged IN
jail Saturday on a charge Of lar
ceny of cotton seed from Norris
Wakefield.
Gussie Lanier, a negrees, Is In
jail on a charge Of obtaining goods
under false pretense:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
MOVING ON

The bridge builders who have
been working near town and board
ing with Mrs. Tate, have moved on
and are now stationed At Due West:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21
SCHOOLS QUALIFY
State Aid for Abbeville and Due
West,

According to information given
out by the office of the State super
intendent of education the high
schools of Abbeville and Due West
have qualified for state aid. Able
vile will get s2,320 and Due West
1920. The same schools received
substantial aid from this source last
year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21

Madrid is planning to get a supply
Of fresh fish daily by airplane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-21

First income tax vas passed by the
United States Congress in 1892.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-11-18
MONTH END SALE PET7ICOATS

$3.50 Values Month End Sale 1895
$3.50 Values, Month End Sale-S.95
$3.50 Values, Month End Sale -S6.75
$3.50 Values, Month End Sale-S6.25
$3.50 Values, Month End le$5.95
$500 Values, Month End Sale -S4.95
One lot fine Silk Jersey Petticoats
at ---------------------Sz.Soo
One special lot Black Sateen Petit
coats, special at -79c
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17
CONFESSIONS
OF A NOVELIST
(Continued from page sir)


hind clump of bushes and bounded for tho
tree
1t was Cheyenne Charlie
knife flashed in the morning sun and
the cord was severed
'Whoopee" shouted the scout, and he
began firing right and left at the astonished
villains.
"Crack-crack!
The shots rang out from the bushes and
down went two more
Two had dropped under the fire of Char
lie, so that only one remained to fight it out,
But he did not fight it out.
"Uttering a cry of dismay, he darted
through the woods.
"It was no other than Buck Bangs who
had escaped
Charlie and Jim were so intent upon cut
ting Wild loose that the villain actually got
out of their sight before they could bring
him down with bullet"
Try this on your friends some evening-not
the shooting, but the plot. Having supplied
each with pencil and paper, describe the stu
alton and let them exercise their cIeverness at
rescue work
1t may be of interest to mention the re-
strictions:
No pistols or guns to be pointed by one per-
SON at another. Please observe that in the
scene just described the revolver is tied to a
tree.
No hanging by the neck. A rope around
the shoulders, waist or knees is permissible
No knives used in fights All right for cut
ting cords or ropes or in scrap with an
animal.
If you are a movie fan you will recall the
application of these restrictions. One strip o%
film shows the revolver being fred The nex
few feet show the staggering, clutching victim
Your imagination puts them together.
Surely there are boys living to-day, boys Of
my boyhood days who have grown steadily
younger, who recall the thrilling adventures
Of Dick Slater, captain of the band of Liberty
Boys who fought SO bravely for our freedom in
1916. Heaven knows what George Washington
would have done without them, And Fred
Fearnot, the invincible, witty lad, who could
beat everybody at everything; Frank Merri-
well, Buffalo Bill and host of others Which
Of you lays his downward trail to their indu-
ence?
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17
AUCTION

This from the clerk in the foreground. No.
oo4 had already been the round of the men on
the platform, each of whom had examined it
carefully with jewelers. nlagnifying glass
until 1T was snatched by the next man.
Ihe auctloneer repeated the formula: "No
664. Gold ring, weighing two and a half"
linen ne spread his arms out and hurried into
the business: "Dolar-dollar and a shillnp-
nVe-elghts-Mr. Cohan-dollar andsa shilling"
The foreground clerk picked Iup here without
waiting for a breathing spell. No. 664 had
gone to the attendant and been deposited in
the drawer marked &C.
"No. 665. Ladys gold chain, weighing five
pennyweights.'
Again the man in his shirtsreeves mumbled
the preliminary details and dove into: "Two
-flfty-seventy- -fve--J. S-two-ffty.''
ANY transaction that consumed more than
ten seconds was frowned on by the auctioneer.
hurry 1t along. there, you pack of dogs!" he
would groWl. Occasionally one of the aristo
Gratis would protest, only to be squelched
promptly by the presiding genius. The "pub
hcN continued to stare silently.
When the auctioneer spread out his arms tho
bidding began. Each one of the aristocrats ON
the platform grabbed him in different SPOT
one took his wrist, another the elbow, with
man on each angle and another behind poking
him in the back. Technically, it was a pinch.
squeeze and poke auction The auctioneer an
parently identified each mans individual move
ment, for there never seemed to be any discus
sion over who had bought the article.
All of the spectacular features of the old
fashioned auction were sacrificed to speed
There was none of the "Sixty-sixty- sixty!
Are you all done, gentlemen? Sold to the little
lady in the pink hat for $3.50. That's nice
bargain you have, madam"
why don't they try to get more for each
rlng?" we asked the man next to us. yeah
he said Why don't they?" Which was inter
estlng comment, but not very helpful.
Trailing back to the office and puzzling over
the personnel of that little group of pinching-~
poking bidders, we began to get the idea. The
surplus? AS the youngster told his little sis
ter about the apple core:
There amt going to be any,
Anyway, as some people may have suspected.
in the backwash of Mr.. volstead's prohibition
many thriving industry has been left high
and dry on the shoal Of discoutent And MANY
another has gone bounding along the way.
obivious Of the deep-dyed plot to crupble it's
foundation.
There is, for instance, the pawnshop.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-17
THE LOST ART
OF DRIVING
Continued from page tavo)

were 5,492. More than nine hundred thou
sand carriages were built in America in 1899.
and in 1909 the number was about one hun
dred thousand less.
The years 1909 and 1910 mark the time
when the motor car began to show rise in
favor and the horse and carriage began to
give way. The last parade Of the New York
Coaching Club was held in 1910. The Ladies'
Coaching Club went on for two years longer
In 1914 the Ladies' Four-in- Hand Driving Club
aisnanoed. Its members came together again
IN the interests of the Liberty Loan, and drove
ABOUT ehrough the state in the "Lbertv
~ Goach" selling bonds. But that was all.
n Many Of the women are still fond of driv
ing, said Mr.. Hewlett, "but it hasn't been
practical for them to keep their horses. And
the younger women haven't had a chance to
see whether they would be fond of driving or
not, because most Of their families had sold
their horses by the time they might have
learned Miss Harriet Alexander and Miss
Ruth Twombly rode in their vctorias till
The last, you might say"
Among New Workers, who still keep their
horses and carriages are Mr. and Mrs
Charles B. Alexander, the parents of the
Miss Alexander to whom Mr.. Hewlett re-
ferred. Last fall when their daughter. Mary
c., was married to Sheldon Whitehouse. Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander drove ito the church in
as fine turnout as might have been seen in
New York twenty years ago.
Harness horses are still an important part
of the horse shows, according to j. w. War
ing, the editor of the Official Horse Show Blue
Book. AT the Devon horse show there were
some splendid examples of this type of horse,
but few of them had ever seen city streets.
There is talk of driving ring to be laid
tut in Van Cortlanot Park This may re-
i've some interest in the subject and again
t may not. After all, as Mr.. Hewlett says:
"Where will they get the carriages and
he horses? And if they have these where
'ill they find the men to take care of them?
md harness is not as readily found as it
nee was and feed is very expensive"
Even as a sport driving is passing. And
! the mean time the people who use the
orse and carriage for their recreation are
nding everything more conducive to motor
g and harder ON their driving every day.