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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22
SUSPENSION RULES.
SOLDIER BONUSB|L.L
REPUBLICANS DETERMINE 10
FORCE BONUS BILL THROUGH.
HOUSE BY GAG RULE UNDER
AGREEMENT OF THEM:
SELVES If

Washington, March 21.-Fhe SOL
dier's bonus bill will be taken up by:
the house Thursday under suspen-Ei
sion of the rules under q paan
agreed upon today at a conferences
between Speaker Gillett and Chair-
man Campbell Of the rules commit
tee. - 4, }$s;%s
The speaker it was said, has,
agreed to entertain a motion to s,is.i
pend the rules. Mr.. Campbell said he3
would call meeting Of his commit,
tee tomorrow morning at which time
he will ask committee members .to5
report a rule designating Thursday
as suspension day with q proviso,
that four hours debate on the bill'
shall be provided. = a;.att.fiFl s..5 81
Under this procedure q two
thirds majority would be necessary
to pass the bill. No amendments
would be permitted nor would it BE-
possible to make a motion to recon-
NIT the measure to the ways and
means committee. Those in charge.
Of the legislation were confident that:
it would receive more than two
- q r G. :
thirds majority. They expected tie
vote to come before adjournmsnts
Thursday after two hours discussion
on each side. ...iiE,isi 81: (.
The rule will have to be- agreed
to by 9 majority Of the rules CONF
naittse and then VIII have to ettta# # iz
majority vote in the house: Pro-
,ponements Of the bonus legislation
were confident that both znajoritiess
could be obtained. .5!s3
Speaker Gillet said the PROPOSE.
ton had narrowed down to whether
the bill should be put on it's passage
without opportunity for amendment
or with opportunity for motion on ]
the democrat side and said that hes !
was inclined to think it would be-,
better not to permit to offer the one
motion. In This connection he callAd
attention to the uajoeity report On
the bill offered by Representative
Kitchen, North Carolina, and some
other members of the ways and
means committee, in which it was
urged that the excess profits and
high ,surtaxes. be restored. .5, ss
Mr. Gillett explained that the,
procedure would be to recognize
Chairman Campbell to present the
rule to make Thursday suspension
day and upon the adoption Of that
rule Chairman Fordney would be
recognized for motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill. Dsmo-,
cratic leaders and opponents Of the
measure were expected to make 9
fight against adoption Of the rules
and as there would be four hours de-
bate on the bill itself the final vote
would be delayed until late Thurs-
day. The speaker said, however,
that it was the plan to "clean the
whole thing up" in one day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22

Belfast, Mdrch 21.-Gunmen were
again active in Belfast today. A
number of csrters started to work
were stopped by a man who point
ed a revolver at him and ordered
them back. In the ensuing alteroa.
ton one Of the carriers was wounded
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22
FORD HAS TO JUMP
Has Narrow Escape on. Atlanta
Street.

Street.
Atlanta, March 21.-Henry Ford,
while visiting here today, had mar
row escape from being run down by
an automobile and although the Of
Tending machine bore his name on the
hood, he exercised the pedestrians
prerogative Of saying what be
thought of the driver.
His contribution was: "If I couldn't
make a car better than that fellow
can drive one my automobiles would
mt be so numerous and there would
mt be any competition for Muscle
Shoals"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22
RULE MEETING

The base ball team had Rule
Meeting at the high school building
Tuesday night The object Of the
meeting was to 60 over new rules
for this season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22
Widely Known Artist Dead

Edinburgh, March 20.-Edward
Arthur Walton, widely known ar
tist, is dead at his home here. He was
81 years old and president Of the
Royal Scottish Society Of Painters in
Water Colors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22

Manufacture of silk from wood
pulp is an important industry in Eng.
land and France.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22

G. A. Harrison spent Tuesday in
Greenwood on business.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22
. COTTON MARKET

Cotton brought 18 cents on the
losal market today. Not much was
sotl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-03-22

=. Ward /
G. G. Swetenburg ------- 43
n. B. Syfan ------------- So
Ward.2
J. II. GambreH -.-------. 81
q. B. Wilson ------------ 35
Ward 4
r. 8. Ellis AZ
E. r. Thomson -------.--. AZ
The general election will be he'll
later.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Probably 1s Miners Killed.

Trinidad, Colo.-Eight miners are
known to have been killed and ten are
missing as the result of an explosion
in Sopris mine number two OF the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company near
here. Officers of the mine said they
did not expect the death list to ex-
ceed 1S. Two Of the bodies have
been identified. The other two were
badly burned.
The explosion occurred just as the
men were changing shifts. 1t is be-
lieved that only about 40 were IN
the mine at the time. All Of these
with the exception of the 16 still miss
ing have been accounted for.
There was no fire in the mine and
rescue workers have been able to go
under ground to a considerable depth.
No theory as to the cause Of the ex-
plosion has been advanced.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
BONUS MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE
BILL is GIVEN AN oVERWHELM.
ING MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE.
OF THE BILL
Members Of Both Parties Divided in
General Debate and on Final
Roll Call.

Washington. - The four billion-dol-
lar soldiers bonus bill was passed by
the house by an overwhelming major
ity. 1t now goes to the senate where
its fate Is regarded as uncertain.
The vote was 333 to 70, or ca more
than the two-thirds majority necessary
for passage of the measure under the
parliamentary procedure selected by
republicans for the expressed purpose
of preventing the democrats from Of
fering a motion to recommit.
Party lines disappeared both in the
general debate and on the final roll
call, 242 republicans and 80 democrats
and one socialist supporting the bill
ind. AZ republicans and .2S democrats
voting against it.
AS passed by the house, the bonus
bill would provide for immediate cash
payments to veterans whose adjusted
service pay would not exceed $50, and
would give the other veterans the op-
ton Of these four plans:
Adjusted service certificates, with
provisions authorizing loans by banks
in the first three years after next
October /, and by the government
thereafter; the certificates to run for
20 years and to have face value at
maturity of the amount Of the ad-
justed service credit at the rate of 81
a day for domestic service and s1.25
a day for foreign service, increased
by rs per cent plus interest at the rate
of 4 IL per cent compounded annual
ly.
Vocational training after January J.,
1923, at the, rate Of $1.75 day, the
total payments not to exceed, how
ever, 14O per cent of the adjusted
service credit.
Farm and home aid under which
veterans who purchase or improve
farms or homes would be paid after
July 1, 1923, a sum equal to their
adjusted service credit increased by
25 per cent.
Land settlements, under which
lands would be reclaimed under the
supervision of a special board and
farm units established for sale to
the veterans at price fixed by the
board. less the amount Of the adjust
ed service credit due the purchasers.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
BEAUFORT STAGES
LETTUCE CARNIVAL
SEVERAL FIELDS OF THOUSAND
ACRE CROP is VIEWED BY
VISITORS.
FEAST At BRAMLETTS FARM
Following Sights of Great Crop In Low
Country Speeches Are Heard; May
Be Annual Event.

Beaufort.-Beaufort's two day let
.uce festival began when the visitors
to the lettuce city" accompanied by
a large crowd Of Beaufort folks motor
ed out to Bramlett's farm where a
bountiful feast consisting Of barbecued
pork, rice, potatoes, lettuce, mayon-
naise, relishes, bread and coffee was
served.
After dinner the cars lined up for
visit to several fields of Beaufort's
thousand acre lettuce crop, stopping
on the way to see an interesting old
fort built before 1900 on Mr.. Bram-
let's place and also at the Home Farm
dairy where Mr.. Kinney served deli
cious sweet milk and buttermilk.
In the evening play party, for
which Beaufort has become famous,
was held at the Community club. The
next morning luncheon was served at
the Community club by the women.
The luncheon consisted OF chicken
salad on lettuce, potato chips, sand
wiches, crackers, olives, xlke and
coffee. After dinner speeches were
called for by the Rev. Mr.. Burns. Fred
Christensen, Judge Memminger and
Harry Calhoun responded. It is SIN
cerely hoped that these festivals will
be an annual event and that every
county of South Carolina may be rep
resented at the second lettuce festival
In 1923,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
NOTES SENT TO- THE ALLIES
UNITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT
TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY
IN RHINELAND.
Troops Were Sent Into Germany Upon
Basis of Right to Be Paid the
"Actual Cost"

Washington. - The American army
of occupation was sent into Germany
and was continued there upon the ba.
sis of the right of the United States
to "be paid its actual cost upon an
equal footing with the allies" and this
government "is unable to conclude
that the justice of its claim is not full
ly recognized" according to identic
communications delivered by diplo'
matte representatives to the govern
ments of Belgium, Great Britain,
France and Japan.
The notes were delivered under in.
structions from Secretary Of State
Hughes and were occasioned by re,
cent information from American OBJ
servers in Europe that the allied gov
ernments apparently contemplated ar
rangements which would ignore Amer
ican army costs, although estimates
both for army and navy costs and re,
parations were being made on the ba'
sis of the entire capacity of the Ger
man government to pay.
The amount of the claims OF the
United States for its army cost, the
notes declared, was understood to be
tree from any substantial dispute, but
It was deemed to be appropriate, in
view of recent developments" to &C,
quaint the allied governments with the
repeatedly reiterated statements that
The government of the United States
was expecting full payment of the
costs of its army in the Rhineland.
Basis for the American claim, the
notes pointed out, was found in the
armistice agreement to which the
United States was signatory and
which provided for military occupa-
ion of Germany by the allied and
American forces jointly. That agree
nent, the notes recited, expressly pro-
Tided that the upkeep Of the troops
If occupation in the Rhine districts
should be charged to the German gov
ernment and it was expressed as the
view of the American government that
the armistice agreement had the
clear import" that the powers asso
ciated in the joint enterprise should
stand upon equal footing as to the
payment of all actual costs Of their
armies of occupation"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Active Spindle Hours Decrease.

Washington. - The New England
textile strike was reflected in the
monthly report made public recently
by the census bureau on the activity
of the cotton spinning industry, which
showed decrease Of more than 6O0,-
900 active spindles for the month of
February as compared with January.
Active spindle hours for February
7119,576,600 as compared with 1929
35S,136, also a decrease Of more than
eight hundred million. The figures
made public were based on an activity
of % 2-3 days, while the figures for
January were based on an activity Of
25 1-2 days.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
FOUR-POWER PACIFIC
TREATY IS RATIFIED
OPPONENTS MAKE SCORE OF UN-
SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO
QUALIFY ACTION.
FINAL VOTE WAS 81 TO 27
On Final Roll Call, Twelve Democrats
Vote For Treaty and Four Repub-
icans Against 1t.

Washington. - The four-power Pa
cific treaty, the center of controversy
over accomplishments Of the Washing
ton arms conference, was ratified by
the senate with no reservation except
the mo alliance" declaration proposed
by the foreign relations committee and
accepted by President Harding.
The final vote of 67 to 27, represent
ing a margin of four over the neces-
sary two-thirds, was recorded after the
opponents of ratification had made
more than 20 unsuccessful attempts
to qualify senate action by reserva-
tions or amendments distasteful to the
administration. On the deciding roll
call II democrats voted for the treaty
and only four republicans opposed it.
Dying hard, the irreconcilable- ele-
ment, which had opposed the treaty on
the ground that it establishes an alli-
ance between the United States, Great
Britain, Japan and France, forced 50
roll calls during a four and half
hours session set aside for final action
on the resolution Of ratification. They
made their best showing on proposed
reservation to invite outside powers
into Pacific conferences affecting
their interests, mastering SO votes for
the proposal to IS in opposition.
The committee reservation was ac-
cepted in the end by a vote of 80 to z,
two attempts to modify 1t failing by
overwhelming majorities. 1t declares
that "the United States understands
that under the statement in the pre-
amble under the terms Of this treaty
there is no commitment to armed
force, no alliance, no obligation to
join in any defense"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Robber Killed at Trenton.

Trenton-J. C. Moore, alleged safe
cracker and escaped convict from the
Georgia penitentiary, where he was
serving a sentence Of 20 years, was
shot and killed by Ernest Crouch
while the former was in the act Of
opening a safe in the store Of Mathis
G. Whitlock here, and L. K. Rawls OF
Columbia, alleged to have been an
accomplice in the robbery, was later
apprehended on the highway to Aiken
and has been lodged in the Edgefield
Jail.
Mr.. Crouch has rooms above tAe
store and was awakened by noise in
the store underneath. Taking his
gun, he went out and Moore emerged
from the store with pistol and
fiashlight. Mr.. Crouch fired twice,
the first load of buckshot taking ef.
feet in the left leg. The second shot
proved fatal, Moore falling dead with
the flashlight gripped in one hand and
a pistol in the other.
The safe in the store was ready for
blowing, the dial having been pried
out, soap spread over the load and the
fuse attached.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Earminu Statistics In N. c.

Misunderstanding statistics for
January /, 1920, show North Carolina
far down the line in farm values. Here
are the facts, according to report
issued by the census bureau:
Value of all farm property, January
l, 1920, s1,25O,167,OOO of the twenty
first of the 4S states; the value Of
all farm crops for 1919 totaled $685.
229,OOO, making it the twelfth state,
and value of all livestock products
s35.S6O 900. the twenty-frst state.
South Carolina is the twenty-sev-
enth, fifteenth and thirty-eighth state
in the foregoing values.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Company Files Bond.

Sumter.-The Sumter Gas and Pow
er company has filed with the clerk
of the United States district court, a
bond of $4,000 as guarantee to the
gas users in Sumter that all sums col
lected from them by the gas company
in excess of the rate fixed by city
council shall be refunded IL the United
States circuit court Of appeals up
holds the decision Of Judge H. A. M.
Smith that the company may not raise
it's rate under the franchise by which
It operates.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
COTTON CROP OF 1921
LESS THAN BUREAU FIGURES

Washington.-Cotton production
for 1921 was 7,976,665 running
bales, or 7,952,539 equivalent ooo-
pound bales, the census bureau an
nounced in it's final ginning report
of the season. The 1920 produc-
tion was 13,27O,97O running bales,
or 13,43s, SOB equivalent 5OO-pouna
bales.
The crop was estimated by the
Department of Agriculture last De-
cember In its final report at S,3Ao'-
900 equivalent 5OO-pound bales.
Round bales included in the crop
for 1921 were 123,791 bales, COM
pared with 2O9, ,534 in 1920; Amerl-
can.Egyptian cotton amounted to
37os4 bales, compared with 92,5S1,
and sea island cotton amounted to
1916 bales compared with 1858.
Cotton remaining to be ginneo
after the March canvass ana
which was included in the total
crop was estimated at 7,435 bales
compared with 211,S93 bales ginned
after the March canvass last year.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
SEVEN BOYS DROWNED IN
LAKE WHEN BOAT SINKS

South Bend, Ind. - Joseph N.
Taylor, executive Of the Boy
Scouts, and six boys, were drown
ed in Magician lake, seven miles
from Dowagiac, Mich. They drove
to the lake from here in automo-
miles to prepare a Scout camp
for the boys this summer. When
they reached the lake they divided
into two groups, eight Of them TAX
ing a steel boat propelled by de-
tachable motor, to cross the lake.
After they had gone a short way
a breeze struck the boat, causing
it to ship water and it sank, throw
ing the occupants into the lake.
The dead:
Joseph N. Taylor, scout execu-
tive.
James Taylor, his son.
William Borough.
William Kingsley.
Verne Murphy.
Judson Taylor.
Clinton Matthews.
1t was late in the day before the
details of the drowning began to
reach the city because Of the con-
fusion among the survivors and
the distance they were from home.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Four Killed by cloudburst.

Burlington, Kas. - Four persons
we're killed and property damage es-
timated at $4,000 done at Burlington
by a cloudburst which flooded Rock
Creek and sent it swooping down
upon the city without warning. The
dead are Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. McGee,
Mrs. Henry Ramsdell and Miss OLE
tha Failing.
Only the body of Miss Failing had
been recovered. Nine persons report
ed missing were found to be unharm-
ed.
For several blocks store fronts
caved in and about % homes were
swept away. Much damage was done
also to stock and crops in this district.
Streets here were piled high with de-
briS.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Fall TO Aaee In Jones Case.

Lancaster.-After being out IL
hours, the jury which had been trying
tho case Of the state against Charles
D. Jones, charged with breach OF trust
and misappropriation Of funds, report
ed that they were unable to agree and
Judge Bowman ordered mistrial.
The jury called for the Judge at 2.SO
O'Clock and announced their inability
to agree, but upon requese of counsel
of defendant, they were ordered to
make one more effort. They ret<S2ed
at 4 o'clock and announced - s-
less disagreement. -
After ordering a mistrial, TIL were
discharged by the court luis said
that the vote stood FIVE for conviction
and seven for acquittal. This trail
is one of the five indictments returned
by the grand jury.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
GROWERS OF MELONS MEET
Questions of Organization and Mar
ketins Discussed by Number
of Specialists.

Denmark.-A very enthusiastic
meeting of truck growers from all
over the watermelon district was held
at Denmark. The meeting was called
by the Bamberg County Truckers as
sociation and all visitors, numbering
a hundred or more, were the guests
of the Denmark chamber of commerce
at dinner prepared by the women Of
the Methodist church.
G. w. Garris Of Denmark presided
over the meeting and the program
consisted Of talks on "The Object Of
the Meeting and the Aim Of the Bam-
berg County Truckers Association"
]. D. Brandon, county agent; Market
ing Statistics and the Present Out
look for Truck Crops" F. L. Harkey,
state marketing agent. A discussion
Of the production of melons was led
by C. H. Mathis, farmer, from Black
vile and H. B. Grimes from Lees. 1t
was the opinion of all that this is a
year for the production Of better mel
ons and that the acreage should not
be increased.
The subject of Organization" was
discussed by Mr.. Garris of Denmark.
It was brought out that to succeed
with truck the farmers will have to
cooperate and meet organization with
organization, putting up a standard
product in an honest pack.
G. A. Cardwell and j. N. Mcbride,
agricultural agents from the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad and Seaboard, re-
spectively, offered their full co-opera-
tion and said the railroads would see
that their cars were disinfected for
loading truck.
Disease and Disease Control" was
the subject of F. C. Meier, specialist
from the bureau Of plant pathology,
at Washington. Mr.. Meier has had
wide experience with melons and has
assisted in working out the control Of
stem end rot and melon anthrac-
nose, which has saved thousands OF
dollars to shippers. He urged the
shippers to carefully paint stems of
melons when loading and convinced all
present of the simple method and its
value. At the close of the meeting
enough corrosive sublimate was dis
tributed to treat 500 pounds Of seed
for anthracnose.
How We Should Market" was the
topic OF H. S. Johnson, district agent.
Mr.. Johnson, in short but forceful
talk, discussed the needs Of a real
organization on tie California plan,
embracing the entire district, and he
predicted that the growers would re-
alize such an organization before an
other 1S months passed and that they
were only marking time and standing
in their own light until such an or
ganization could be brought about.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-06-29
Pilot Of Flyinq Boat Rescued.

Miami Fla.-That broken propel'
Ter compelled the flying boat, Miss
Miami, down and into the sea where
she kept afoat for 4S hours, was the
statement made to rescuers on the
steamship William Greene, by Robert
Moore, pilot of the Inflated machine
before he became delirious. The Will
liam Greene, bound from Bayonne, N
j., to Tampico, picked up the wreck
ed plane and its lone survivor l5o
miles north of this city and Al miles
east of the Indian river inlet.