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Abbeville Press and Banneritablished 1844. $2.00 Year. Tri-Weekly Abbeville, S. C., Monday, March 6, 1922, Single Copies, ffve Cents. 78th Year.

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:noe market reports to bebroadcasted. presidentof chicago board of

trade tells of MOVE of

wide IMPORTANCE

Chicago, Mar. 4.. The farmer

be no more than 30 minutesid his city brother in receivingof the factors which deterprices of agricultural pro-Robert McDouglas, presidentChicago board of trade, said

it in a statement outlining thel's plan to broadcast crop mar-

reports by radio telephone be-Monday. The radio system,

will cover a territory withinbs of 500 miles of Chicago, he

rized as "the greatest for-

step in 2,000 years" in bring-the fanner in contact with the>rs that make the price of hisiuct.

ltve statement said:' "The telephone and the autcxmo-

lile moved the farms closer to thezityea They will be brought stillcloser by our radio telephone ser-

It is our belief that our halfbulletins giving not only quo-

but fundamental news ofcrop and maricet situation

|thn»out the world will enable thegrower to buy or sell as con-

fidently and almost as quickly as if|b» were in Chicago.

The .radio syslem will cover the

l^&ritory within a radius of 500of this city. In this area there

[are, I am informed, thousands of!rjdio sets in villages and on farms, jEven on farms where there is no|apparatus there are telephones and Ith» nearby village will have theradio reports. *\

"In the great war we read thatbed springs and even coat hangerswere made to serve the wireless,;aad it may not be far fetched tovision the day when the farmer fol-

lowing his furrow may be in in-stantaneous touch not only with thefactors which affect the price of hisproduct but with the news of thewerld,"

"In its present stage, however, Ibelieve that country gram ©levators jwhich are scattered everywhere willsarve as stations for our reports,being distributed by them still fur-ther by telephone to such farms as

have not their own radios."A day may mean much to the

farmer in marketing hi3 grain.Prices in an open competitive mar-

ket adjust themselves at high speedto changing conditions. It is impor-tant that the farmer and the coun-

try grain dealer should learn ofthese changes without delay.'^he price of grain is not deter-

mined by factors in any one coun-

try, but by crop and marketing con-

ditions of the world. The effect ofram in Kansas for instance may beoffl&et by drought in Indiana or

Australia. In our radio report,therefore, we hope more nearly toequalize the news opportunities be-tween the farmer at tils plow andthe city man at his ticker."

HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT

Calls Meeting of Officers Wednesdayat 3 O'clock in Office.

Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, County HomeDemonstration agent invites all theofficers of the home demonstrationclubs to meet in her office at theCeurt House on Wednesday after-no#n at 3 o'clock, to discuss co-opera-

mo»VoHnff A full nt+PTiHArtPA is

desired.

HONORS EVEN

Sheriff McLane and Clerk ofCourt J. L. Perrin divided thenoaors this morning and each emp-tied a barrel of pure corn whiskeyi»f4 tile seir«t grating on the sideveranda at the court house.

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DR. J. W. BABCOCKDIES IN COLUM

Was For Twenty-Three Year* H

Of the State Insane Asylum.Burial in Chester.

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Columbia, March 4..Dr. J.Babcock, who for 23 yearssuperintendent of the State Hosjfor the Insane here, died at 5 o'clFriday morning. The end came >

suddenly. He had been suffering \

an ailment for several weeks, butcondition was not thought seriand hfe'death was a shock tofriends and family. He is survivedhis wife and three daughters.funeral will be held in; Chester £day, Dr. Babcock being a nativeChester. Dr. Babcock was one ofnation's leading experts on pellsand was one of the first expertsthe country tp recognize this diseFor several years he has been hof a private sanitorium here.James Woods Babcock, aliei

was born at Chester, August 11, 1He was' the son of Sidney E.

Margaret (Woods) Babock. Hea graduate of Harvard Univenreceiving the degree of A. B.,1882 and M. D. in 1886. The ScCarolina College conferred the 1orary degree LL. D. upon him atcentennial celebration in 1905.

He married Katherine GuionLincolnton, N. C., in 1892.

LAND SALES

Several tracts of land were i

today, all of it being sold throVnnlrMtnf stsviiW*

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In the matter of 3. H. Hilltwo tracts containing1 23 acres

19.9 acres were sold together fcprice of $1315. The gin houseand attached machinery was i

for <|500. J. Allen Smith was

purchaser in each ease.

In the matter of H. M. HillPlanters Bank bought /thetracts advertised, the 60 acre tsetting for $1740 and vthe 44 a<

for $1,000.The W. B. Hill tract of h

which last salesday brought $3,<was resold bringing $2,600. E.Williams was the purchaser.

Three small lots were sold inmatter of W. T. Broadwellwere purcnaaea t>y mm ior

There were no sales by the 1ter nor by the Probate Judge.

FERTILIZER SALES 70 P. C. C

South Carolina the Heaviest IFor Pa»t Two Year®

New Orleans, March 5.Figure!sales of fertilizers in nine statesthe cotton region were issued justfore the opening of the cotton r

ket today by H. G. Hester, secrelof the New Orleans Cotton ExchaiThey showed a decrease duringseven months ended with Februar;X \J Jj/ti v;cnw tv/uipflicu TT1WU VUV a

during the same period a year j

and a decrease of 70 per cent, c

pared with the sales of two years i

According to the statement, thetal quantity of fertilizers soldGeorgia, South Carolina, AlabaMississippi, Arkansas, LouisiiTexas, Tennessee, and Oklahamounted to 652,326 tons aga465,722 tons a year ago, and 1,8777 two years. Heaviest sales v

in South Carolina, where the twas 185,991 tons against 185,last year.

MRS. ROBERT DUNLAP

Mrs. Robert Dunlap of Starr <

last Friday night and was buSunday at the Starr' bur:ground. She is survived by herband and one brother, J. S. Fisof Talulah, S. C. Mrs. Dunlapabout seventy years of age anda cousin of Mrs. Sam Eakin of-beville.

American Firm Fails.San Salvador R. S., March 4..

American firm of Belanger's inporated, at Bluefields Nicaragua,failed, says a dispatch received hThe liabilities were placed at

000,000.fX

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PRESIDENT HARDING TAKESHAND IN DISCUSSION.CHIEFOF STATE AT WHITE HOUSETO TALK OVER PROPOSEDDECREASE.

Washington, March 4..PresidentHarding took a hand in the armystrength discussion today, summoningmembers of the house army appropri-ation subcommittee into conference,after a talk with General PershingThe subcommittee yesterday a

greed tentatively to cut the army en-

listed strength for next year fromthe authorized 150,000 to 115,000.After the White House conference itwas disclosed that an administrationpolicy for a force of not less than130,000 had been formulated and ex-

pressed. The present actual strengthis about 137,000.

General Pershing would not discussthe nature of his talk with the presi-dent but when the summons to Chair-man Anthony and his associates fol-lowed there was no effort to eoncealthat General Pershing had felt itnecessary to appeal to the presidentagainst the cut in the army the com-

mittee had in mind.At the war department Acting Sec-

retary Wainwright said the militarypolicy of 1920 was passed as an abid-

. .*«kj mmh a ttlati *'ertVK_1J1|£ JIVUtJ OUU WOO UVV m |/rau OH«r-

ject to the whim or caprice of everyeconomist."

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"If that policy wis needed in 1920it also is needed in 1922," he added.With relation to General Pershing's

call at the White House Mr. Wain-wright said that "no man is betterfitted to speak with authority on thisquestion than he." He pointed outthat General Pershing alone of thecommanders of the great army thatfought in the World war was still inactive service for his country "andcontent to command now an army of150,000 men.""We feel," Mr. Wainwright said,

"that he is doing this because hefeels it his natriotic duty to give hisexperience and knowledge to thetask of establishing a sound, peacetime, military policy such as the actof 1920 provides."

Full confidence was expressed inadministration circles after the sub-committee's Conference with thepresident that a conservative course

would be followed in army reductionwhen congress completes its work on

the appropriation bills.

TO ORGANIZE WOMEN'SAND GIRLS' CLUBS

Mrs. R. T. Gibbons, who came tothis county on March 1st as HomeDemonstration Agent, is planningan active campaign for the organi-zation of girls ' and women's clubsthroughout the county. She is plan-ning to visit schools in every sec-

tion of the county as fast as pos-sible in the interest of her work. Ifshe doesn't get to your school in a

very few days it will "be because theroads were too bad for her to getthere. She will be glad to hear fromthe teachers or pupils In any schooland women of any community whowould like to have her come to themto organize clulbs. Mrs. Gibbons hasopened her office in the court housewith the Superintendent of Educa-tion. She can be found there everymorning from 9 to 10 o'clock andall day Saturday unless other notice

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is given. At other times she will bein the county doing field wo-

When you want help, call on her.She is here for service.

WRECK ON SOUTHERN

The Southern had a wreck be-

tween Abbeville and Hodges Satur-

cor-jday night and the last train did not

hasere.

reach here until ten o'clock at

night. A wheel on the engine was

out of fix.

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ACK10 NORMALCY,SAYS PRESIDENT

:hievement of year, de-clares harding.anniver-sary OF inauguration aschief executive celbrat-ed saturday.

Washington, March 5..A returnnormal ways of government, Pres-ent Harding declared in an addressfore members of the Nationaless club Saturday night, he consid-9 an achievement of his first yearthe White House.If nothing else had been accom-

ished, the president said, "the longrp toward getting back to normallys of government would seem to» to have been the achievement ofe year."The address was delivered at an en-

rtainment given in honor of his firstfficial" birthday and to mark thecasion a birthday cake surmountedone candle was presented to him."I am not unmindful of the fact,"esident Harding said, ''that my pre-cessor was ill and that the govern-;nt was in the drift of the reaction)m the war." "But," he continued,roblems of readjustment are in-itely more difficult than any of pun imagine.Mr. Harding said he likes to throwide the eares of official life andngle with gatherings like his audi-ce. "If there is one trouble withis White House job," he said, "it isbeing a human being."A president, he said, can not holdmself aloof and can not find timeget.all the things done be wealde to do."I never find myself done," he saidnever find myself with my work

mpleted. I don't believe there ishuman being who can do all the>rk there is to be done in the presi-nt's office.""It seems as though I. had beenesident for 20 years," he continued,ding that "life has been so full" ine past year "that there's scarcelyy impression of life outstanding he-re I came to Washington excepte, my viewpoint of the senate com-

red with what it is today." He en-

rasized that he did not mean thisany unkind spirit.There have been some plans which,ve not been worked out, Mr. Hard-fj said, in discussing his first yearthe White House, and some dreamslich have not come true.

"Maybe some fault lies with theecutive," he added, "but it can'tall for its a divided authority."

MERICAN LEGION'SATTRACTIVE WINDOW

Last Saturday morning John Lo-ax ana nis squaa ox .mmej tvau

?gion barrage men fired the open-g gun in their spring offensive fox«w members for the local post. Aow window in the old Cash Bar-iin Store building was borrowedom the bo11-w©evil-killer and, byo use of flags, posters, and whitelint, was turned into a very neatIvertisement for the Legion andia Jones' show. A soldier in uni-rm, with his tin hat and his gasask, stands rigidly at attention,lere is the never-to-be-forgotten^d Cross nurse, who stands in hertiite uniform just behind the sol-er. An autographed picture ofarshal Foch, hung in the back-ound, reminds us tiiat once thereis a war over in France and thatese Legionaires helped to put a

r>n to it.

VISITORS FROM NEW YORK

Or. and Mrs. Joseph Flick of Nework stopped off in Abbeville foiveral days last week to visit Mr.id Mrs. J. D. Kerr. Dr. Flick is in

iai^e of a hospital in New York>r cripples, and Mr&. (Flick is re-

embered by her many friends hereMiss Mary Wo«d.

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14 YEAR OLD YOUTHTAKES HIS OWN LIFE

Resented Hi» Father's Orders ThatHe Must Continue School Boy

Shoot* Himself.

Detroit, Mich., March 4..Resent-ing and brooding over his father'speremptory orders that he must con-

tinue to attend school, Arthur Cole-man, 14 years old, shot and killedhimself in his home here this morn-

ing. A bitter quarrel is said to haveresulted from the father's order. Ina note the boy left he bade his fa-ther and stepmother farewell andadded:

"I want to see mother."Youne Coleman joined in family

prayers before retiring last night,and according to his father, tossedabout in bed until ! o'clock thismorning. He then arose obtained a

rifle, lay back on the bed and shothimself through the abdomen.

Coleman was a pupil in Case highschool and was noted among his fel-low pupils for his fistic prowess.

CLINKSCALES WILL FILED.

The will of the Late James F.Clinkscales, one of the largest landowners in the county, was filed forprobate Saturday, and admitted to

probate in common form. The willdisposes of the entire estate of the

deceased, making division in kind ofthe whole estate between the widowand children, the widow taking one-

third of the estate and the othertwo-thirds being for division amongstthe children. The children <of the de-ceased son, J. Frank Clinkscales, are

provided for, they receiving the sharetheir father would have taken in theestate if living. Mrs. Clinkacales

,is

named as sole execatrix.The division of the estate is to be

made by* three appraisers to be ap-pointed by the executrix and ap-proved by the eourt.

LITTLE GJRL SAVESTRAIN FROM WRECK

Asheville, N. C., March 4..AnnaBellet Dunn, ten years of age, pre-vented what might have been a seri-ous railway accident on the Toxawaybranch of the Southern "railway to-day when she ran for a mile to reachthe station and advise the conductorof a landslide.

The little girl was en route fromher home, a mile distant from her'home, a mile distant from Quebec,Haywood county, and noticed hugepiles of rock and dirt had coveredthe track in a cut, in which the trackcurved. She hastened to the stationand arrived just before time for thetrain's departure. Runnine up to theiconductor, whom she knew, the littlegirl said:

"Mr. Conductor, there's big rockon the track, down that way, biggerthan I could move."-

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGEAT CLINTON GETS $125,000

New York, March 5..Gifts of$1,811,666 to schools and colleges ofthe nation, made possible by JohnD. Rockefeller's decision to permitdistribution of principal as well as

income from its funds, were madetoday by the general education boardof the Rockefeller Foundation. Thegifts included:Hampden Sydney College, Hamp-

den Sydney, Va., $100,000; Univer-sity of Chattanooga, Tenn., $166,000;Presbyterian College of South Caro-lina, Clinton, S. C., $125,000.

THIEVES ENTER HOME

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Brother's Home

Greenville, March 4.While he was

at the home of his brother, W. L.' Mauldin, who died this morning, theres'dence of Oscar K. Mauldin, law-yev of this city, was tonight broken;nto and robbed of about $1,000worth of jewelry. Robberies of two

other residences in other parts ofthe city were also reported last night.

PUBLIC TREATYTAKEN UP TODAY

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NEW AND KELLOGG SLATEDTO FIRE OPENING GUN WITHLODGE HELD IN RESERVE.SPEECHES ..TO BE MADEEVERY DAY

Washington, March 5..The fourpower Pacific treaty will be 'takenup Monday by the senate and dis-cussed virtually every day thereaf-ter until a vote on ratification is Ob-tained under a program said to '

have been agreed to in conferencetoday between President Hardingand Senator Lodge of Massachu-setts, Republican leader. ( f

Administration spokesmen, it was

announced, will open the fight forartificataon of the treaty, with Sena-tor New of Indiana, a close person-al friend of the president and a Re-publican member of the foreign re-

lations committee, speaking Mon-day and Senator Ketiogg of Minne-sota, another Republican commit-teeman and confident of the preei-dent, on Tuesday. Senator' Lodgt,it was stated, also will speak soon \and present some of the azgumenteof the administration in support Ofratification.

President Harding was said to fee >v

in complete accord with. SenatorLodge's plans for proceedings withthe arms conference treaties. Theirconference at the White House to-day was said to have 'been for thepurpose of discussing procedure'and to keep the president informedas to the situation, including the ef-fect of legislative matters also be-fore the senate. Administrationleaders plan to give immediate,technical rights of way to the de-partment of justice bill to create anumber of additional federal iudeesbut subject to debate on the fourpower treaty. It is not SenatorLodge's intention to force thetreaties for the next few days butsoon it was announced the admini- \stration will push them to the fore-front qnd hold them before the v.senate to the exclusion of all other <

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SUSPENDED SENTENCEf

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Georgia Giri Placed in Custody ofHer Father After Entering

Plea of Guilty.

Atlanta, March 4.Betty Andersonfor whom Frank DuPre said he stolethe diamond that resulted in his kill-ing one man and wounding anotherhere last December, entered a plea ofstatutory offense today and was puton urobation after beine sentencedto serve 11 months at the state farm.

The indictment charging the youngwoman with being an accessory afterthe fact of the murder was nolleprossed. Dupre is under death sen-

tence, which has been deferred pend-ing an appeal, i*he young woman

who represented herself as BettyAndrews, a chorus girl, turned outto be the wife of a local barber nam-

ed Anderson. He has entered suitfor divorce and Judge John D. Hum-phries in suspending sentence todayplaced the girl in the custody ofher father, J. E. Guest, of Gaines-ville, Ga.

EVANGELINE BOOTH ILL

Salvation Army Head Sick WithInfluenza.

Long Beach, Calif., March 4..

Evangeline Booth, national comman-

der of the Salvation Army, was takenill with influenza and is confined toher bed here.

It was announced that the oom-

mander's condition was not seriousbut she would be confined to . herroom for several days.

Chester will build a sweet potatostorage house of 7,500 bushel capac-ity. Shares of stock ar^ $50 each.

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