The Abbeville Press and Banner, 1923-05-30

MRS. L. H. RUSSELL DIED THIS MORNING At Her Home on North Main Street After a Short Illness - Funeral Thursday Morning. - I Mrs. L. H. Russell died at her home on North Main Street this morning, May 30th, 1923. She was taken sick last Friday and was ser seriously - iously seriously sick from the beginning, Dr. Russell, her son, and Mrs. Jodie Lawson, came from Columbia and were with her at the end. Funeral services will be held at the house Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, and will be conducted by Rev. John A. MoMurray. The inter interment - ment interment will be at long Cane cemetery, beside her husband who preceded her some years ago. Mrs. Russell was the daughter of Judge Lemuel Boozer, of Lexington, and his wife, Virginia Caroline Su Suber. - ber. Suber. of Newberry. She was born at Lexington, April 4th, 1842 and was named Maria, Antionette. She at attended - tended attended Limestone College, when it was one of the most famous insti institutions - tutions institutions of learning in the state, and graduated with the class at the be beginning - ginning beginning of the Civil War. On March 4th, 1365. she was hap. pily married to Mr. Louis H; Russell, of this county, and since this time she, has made her home among us. To them five children were born; four of whom survive, Miss Antio Antionette. - nette. Antionette. Russell, Mrs. J. M. Lawson. Mrs. S. G. Thomson and Dr. Louis Russell of Columbia. The youngest child died in infancy. Mrs. Russell is also survived by one brother, A. M. Boozer, of Columbia. She was a member of the Presby Presbyterian - terian Presbyterian Church at Abbeville for fifty two years and was strict in her at attendance - tendance attendance and in her allegiance, to church affairs. The active years of her life were spent in the care of her family and home and in later years the young grand-children who came back and forth and the great grand-children have made up the pleasure of life for. her. She filled a large part in the affairs of her family and she will be missed by her friends. Mrs. John McCiw, Lemuel and Russell Lawson, of Greenville. Louis Lawson of Greenville and Mrs. Loiiis Russell, of Columbia, are in the city for the funeral.

/' REGARDING REGULATIONS FOF COTTON STANDARDS ACT. - PUBLIC HEARINGS CONDUCT CONDUCTED - ED CONDUCTED DURING THE LAS1 MONTH. Washington, May 29. - In an en endeavor - deavor endeavor to find' a satisfactory basis for the regulations to carry out the , new cotton standards act which be becomes - comes becomes effective August 1, Secretary Wallace oi*the Department of Argi Argii - i Argii culture, conferred today with a | group ef 'cottori men. Public hearings conducted dur during - ing during the last month in the South have developed widespread ap approval - proval approval of the new act, n was re reported - ported reported but opposition /has tfevel tfevel'- - '- tfevel'- oped in some cotton exporting cen cen. - . cen. ters to the prevision in the law re requiring - quiring requiring the United States official : statements 'be issued in foreign trading. Department of Agriculture officials hold it would be illegal i under the new law for an Ameri American - can American merchant to accept a foreign ,'j offer for sale of cotton based on - grades other than the United States Official standards. {? . . A /delegation of Liverpool and ' ^ Manchester, England/ cotton iper. | chants are now en route to this . country and have been granted a hearing by Secretary Wallace at which the exporting provisions will be discussed. Representatives were present at today's conference from New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Texas Cotton Association, the American Cotton Growers' Ex Exchange - change Exchange and firms of1 New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Houston, Memphis and Dallas. > During the recent foreign trip' of Charles J. Brank. consulting mar marketing - keting marketing specialist of , the Department of Agriculture, the international in in1 - 1 in1 atitute of agriculture at Rome, passed a resolution recommending the adoption of' Universal standards for American cotton based on the new cotton standards act of the tJnited States. Mr. Brand conferred with Italian cotton spinners and with Liverpool and Manchester spinners during his trip, explaining the work of the new act.

TREASURY'S PROBLEM NOT YET SOLVED. - AMBASSA- ^ DOR JUSSERAND * CONFERS WITH SECRETARY MELLON AT TREASURY DURING DAY. Washington, May 29. - The treas treasury's - ury's treasury's problem of applying the Su Supreme - preme Supreme Court's recent ship liquor de- . cision appeared today to be growing more involved as deeper study was given the views expressed to the ' state' department by the diplomatic representatives of England, France, Spain, Italy and The Netherlands. In connection with the represents. > tions of France, Ambassador Jus Jusserand - serand Jusserand conferred during the day with Secretary Mellon hut there . was nothing to indicate their con conversations - versations conversations had eased the situation. While the officials who have been pondering over the regulations to be, } promulgated under the court deci decision - sion decision continued to examine laws and legal precedents, some treasury of officials - ficials officials were giving attention to what , was described as "the disadvan disadvantages" - tages" disadvantages" that may accrue to Ameri America's - ca's America's international .trade if a literal application of the decision is neces necessary. - sary. necessary. There were many informal ' discussions between treasury offi- '1 . cials and representatives of other departments regarding this phase of the problejp bqt .nothing tahgible ap. peared to "have'resulted from them. Meanwhile, renewed consideration was being given to tha elasticity of the provisions in the dry law giv_ - ing exemption to medicinal liquor. / The treasury has not decided to employ those provisions as a way out of the maze but, in this connec connection. - tion. connection. it was hinted that the French t ambassador had directed attention to the laws of his own country which repuired Frencn ships to carry liquor as crew raisons. While M. Jusserand's suggestions to the treasury were reported to have been largely of a general na nature - ture nature it was indicated they had made clear the attitude of. the French government, which previously had been supplied the staiie department, v

NO MORE FUNDS NEEDED FOR CAMDEN SUFFERERS ' A -A * According to Statement Issued By Governor McLeod - Expresses ' Thanks to People. Columbia, May 29. - iPresent and permanent needs of the Cleveland school house fire sufferers, have been provided for and no further contributions from the public are necessary, according to statement issued here today by Governor Thos. G. McLeod, following a long distance telephone conversation with Mayor H. C. Garrison, Jr. of Camden, of the advisory relief committee. The governor expressed the thanks of the people of Kershaw county for the ready response the appeal for re relief - lief relief for those made dependent by the school house fire which took sev seventy-seven - enty-seven seventy-seven lives on the night of May 17. i, , Governor's Statement.'' The governor's statement follows: At the request of Mayor Garrison, chairman of the reliefs committee at Camden, I desire to state that the relief committee feels' that it has received sufficient funds to care .for the present and future needs of the stricken people of tie Cleveland School Community. y "In this connection, I desire to ex express - press express my deep gratification at the magnificient response given by the people of our state and other states to the calls for aid. Many thousands have been collected for relief work. The local committee at Camden has outlined an admirable program of relief work and every cent of money contributed will be expended judiciously. "On behalf-of the sticken citizens | of the community, the relief commit committee - tee committee and the citizens of Kershaw county, I wish to express the thanks and appreciation of a grateful peo people - ple people for the numerous and substantial j contributions that were made. The noble response was a tribute to the sympathetic heart of South Carolina and her sister states." - _ Hera from Due West. Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Ellis came down' from Due West Tuesday af afternoon - ternoon afternoon and took Miss Miriam Betts 'home with them for a 'visit of sev several - eral several days. -V-.

DE VALERA QUITS DECISION SHOWN BY CAPTUR CAPTURED - ED CAPTURED DOCUMENTS. - FOLLOW FOLLOWERS - ERS FOLLOWERS TOLD THAT ^REPUBLIC CAN NO LONGER''BE SUCCESS SUCCESSFULLY - FULLY SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED." Dublin, May 29. - Captured docu documents - ments documents made public' today by the (Free State government show1 that Eamcn de Valera and his chief of staff, Frank Aitken, have definitely ordered a cessation of active hosti hostilities - lities hostilities ' by the Republicans, adding that "the republic can no longer be defended _ successfully by , your anus." The statement emenating from de Valera comes as a quick change of attitude on the part of the' Republi Republican - can Republican leader and is regarded in Free State quarters as, proving the effec effectiveness - tiveness effectiveness of the government's cam campaign. - paign. campaign. Scarcely more than a week ago in a communication to the As Associated - sociated Associated Press he declared that the "one sided truce" could not contin continue - ue continue indefinitely, but this brought no response from the government and the document now made public shows he has brought the fighting to a definite end. There will be no formal surren surrender - der surrender of arms> but the order by Aitken that they shall be dumped is al almost - most almost the equivalent, for arms dumps are easily discovered by the Free State patrols. It is believed. - the Republicans now are likely to con concentrate - centrate concentrate their efforts upon the elec election - tion election campaign, believing that their chances of influencing the voters are greater with the cessation of the armed campaign and attacks! on property. Definite abandonment, of the state of war is expected to prove embar embaririassing - iriassing embaririassing to the government, whose imprisonment and military measures have up to this time been legally justified by the decision of the courts that they were necessary to the campaign against theirs. No immediate large releases of prisoners, however, are probable.

.AMERICAN COMPANY KEPT OUT OF COUNTRY. - GENER GENERAL - AL GENERAL HARBORD HOLDS CONFER ENCE WITH STATE DEPART DEPARTMENT - MENT DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. - ; ' f Washington, May 29. - Mai. Gen. Jaipes G. Harbord, retired presi president - dent president of the Radio Corporation of America, was in conference with state department officials today, and while no statement as to the nature of the conversation wa3 forthcom forthcoming, - ing, forthcoming, it was understood to have had to do with efforts of the Federal Telegraph company to obtain from the Chinese government authority to complete and put in operation its radio stations in China. The only authoritative statement made at the department relative to the radio situation in China was that there had' been no recent develop development. - ment. development. It was understood that the Washington government has as yet been unable to induce the Chinese government to grant equality of opportunity and land rights to the Federal Telegraph Company, al although - though although the latter has invested more< than $15,000,000 in its Chinese en enterprise. - terprise. enterprise. A Japanese radio company ' is also at work in China, has- not yet established communication- across the Pacific, owing to mechanical 1 difficulties with its equipment. Pres Pressure - sure Pressure from this source via Tokyo is generally credited with having caus caused - ed caused the Peking authorities to defer action on- the request of the radio corporation for the granting of privileges necessary to the comple completion- - tion- completion- of its projects in China. The consistent attitude of the state department has been to. de demand - mand demand equal opportunity for Ameri American - can American enterprise in \ China or else-, where. Representations at Peking by Minister Jacob Gould :Schurman in connection with the, radio situa situation - tion situation have been based on that princi principle. - ple. principle. 1

"MR. BOB" A SUCCESS Senior Class Play at Opera House Monday Well Attended. The school play "Mr: Bob" given at the Opera House Monday, night was a success and placed to a full and appreciative audience. The fol following - lowing following young people took part: Rob Robert - ert Robert Link, Spencer May, "Pink" Brad Bradley, - ley, Bradley, Mary Shaw Gilliam, 'Elizabeth Lyon, Grace Milford... and Deby Owen. "Pink" as the butler made a fine actor and looked splendid in his dress suit. Bob Link, as the sport about town, carried ofF his part with ease, while Spencer May came up to the high expectations of his friends. The young ladies were each perfect in their parts, Mary Shaw Gilliam, as the mistress of the house, Eliza Elizabeth - beth Elizabeth Lyon, as the niece, Grace Mil Milford, - ford, Milford, as the young lady visitor and Deby Owen as the maid. The cast was trained by Miss Ra Rachel - chel Rachel McMaster and to her is due much of the success of the entertain entertainment. - ment. entertainment. Miss McMaster is. a graduate of Brenau and took the degree of bachelor of oratory. Over a hundred dollars was real realized - ized realized as the proceeds of the enter entertainment. - tainment. entertainment. The music for the entertainment was furnished by the' High School orchestra. HOME ON A VISIT. i Miss Marion Mabry, who has beep 1 teaching in Darlington for the past , season, is at home on a visit. This summer in company with a party of teachers Miss Mabry w'ill go to New York and will attend Columbia Uni Uni, - , Uni, versity. Miss Mabry anther friends ! will have an apartment and are ; anticipating a (pleasant and profit, able time.

Geneva, May 29. - The Japanese island of Formosa as an internation international - al international center for the trans-shipment of drugs in the Far East occupied much of today's session of the 'opium ad advisory - visory advisory committee of the .league of nations. Mr. Campbell of India call called - ed called attention to the fact that 88,000 kilograms of raw opium were ex exported - ported exported in 1920 from America to Formosa. This meant that more than half the Formosan supply came from America, probably as a trans-ship trans-shipping - ping trans-shipping point from a producing coun country. - try. country. The committee was somewhat ex excited - cited excited over these figures until the' Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent, formerly Pro Protestant - testant Protestant Episcopal bishop of the Phil Philippines, - ippines, Philippines, explained the effect of the Jones-Miller act in preventing unli unlicensed - censed unlicensed narcotics from going through in transit. Sir John Jordon of Great Britain pointed out that Formosa's continued huge importation raised the question of whether that place was not becom becoming - ing becoming a central trans-shipping point. He believed this might entirely neg-: ative the work of the committee and asked the Japanese representative if he could not make a statement in ex explanation. - planation. explanation. Shamifon Wright of Washington said that 48 per cent, of the revenue of the Straits Settlement was obtain obtained - ed obtained from opium. The Chinese repre representative - sentative representative declared China would nev nevIer - Ier nevIer protest against measures to stop opium smoking.