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-01 PART ONE | | FAIR EDITION | | SIXTEEN PAGES Abbeville Press and Banner 1 *? $i-5o ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1915. established a year. < ' ' ' 1 18 4 4 ABBEVILLE COUNTY FAIR, NOVEMBER 3rd, 4th and 5th. YOU ARE INVITED. 'NATIONAL EXPENSE LARGER THAN EVER ESTIMATES FOR DEPARTMENTS < WILL RUN TO SOMETHING OVER $1,200,000,000. Washington, Oct. 14.?The largest estimates of government expenditures ever submitted to the secretary of the treasury of the United States , in time of peace will be presented for 1 the next fiscal year tomorrow for dis- t . cussion by congressional committees \ in advance of the regular session. 1 They will be examined in detail by President Wilson and his cabinet 1 1 next week. With an estimated increase for national defense of about $150,000,000 * over last year, together with the cost of new duties imposed on the state j department and other branches of the government by reason of the war, ^ it is possible the amount of the proposed appropriation will be augmentt ed to a total of about $1,240,000,000. } If congress agrees to the administra- y tion programme for strengthening the ^ 0 army and navy it will be obliged to t provide for additional revenue legislation or the executive branch of the j government must lsue bonds. Although no estimate of receipts c , for the fiscal year beginning July 1, ( 1916, in which the increased expendi- a tures will take effect has been made p by Secretary McAdoo, officials now ( are convinced they can not count t upon more than $750,000,000 for the b twelve months, and some believe the tota! income will not go over $700,- v 000,000. ? Two Revenue Measure*. p Congress is to be asked to pass two a revenue measures early in the coming P session, one extending the emergency t war tax which expires December 31, and the other providing for retention a t * df the present duty on sugar. Passage 9 of these measures, however, would i not increase the present revenues. { "With both in effect at present there F V has been a deficit of $35,000,000. n Estimates for government depart- * ments, except state, war and navy, c are Virtually the same as last year. 0 Additional forces in the diplomatic c and consular service and at the stafe * department and extraordinary expenses abroad in the work being done " by American embassies sand legations will require an increase of aboutr $1,300,000 for the state department. The $2,000,000 appropriated by con- I] gress as an emergency war fund for 1 use of that department has almost j b^en spent, but much of it already has been or will be reimbursed, so that the reappropriation will not represent any real expense. Deficit in Sight. g The ordinary disbursements of the a government last year were about a $732,000,000. If the receipts are as h much as $750,000,000 in the coming year and the appropriations of all b government department but the state, f iwar and navy remain the same, there n still would be, with the added budget 3 for national defense, an estimated S 1 deficit of more than $135,000,000. 1 The secretary of tti? treasury now s has authority to issue Panama canal I bond to the amount of $240,000,000. r That would be a temporary remedy, j however, and may not be resorted to if the administration proceeds on the theory that the government will maintain the same rate of expenditures j for national defense during coming c years as now is being proposed for ^ the next session of congress. * Estimates for the department of ] commerce will show an increase over last year's total?$16,774,000?if t they are agreed upon in the form now ? before Secretary Redfield. The prir.- | -cipal request for more money will ] come from the bureau of foreign and ]< domestic commerce, which desires to ^ take advantage of the opportunity i afforded by the war to extend its for- j eign trade organization. The coast ( and geodetic survey wants an appro- ] priation for a thorough survey of the ] Alaskan coast. s The department of labor contem- ' plates few changes in estimates, t which last year amounted to $4,- i . 443 000. l( CHARLESTON ROW PROVES FATAl >NE MAN IS DEAD AND FOUF MORE ARE INJURED AS . RESULT OF RIOT. Charleston, Oct. 15.? (Special) ? Animosities arising out of the muni :ipal campaign which ended in a pri nary election last Tuesday with th< tpparent nomination for Mayor oi rnstram T. Hyde, over the incum >ent John P. Grace, by a majority oJ 19 votes flamed into bloodshed wher he city democratic executive commit ;ee met at noon today to canvass th( eturns. Hardly had the Chairmar roscph A. Black, a Hyde man, declar d the meeting open before a shol )resumably aimed at him struct lown Sidney J. Cohen, a young re ?orter of the Charleston Eveninjy ?*f'St and in the more or less genera ixchange of shots which followed our men, all of the Grace faction yere wounded, two of them seriously. During the affray two or three bal ot boxes and several club books were iurled out through windows and in he ensuing scramble in the , street wo men were clubbed. W. A. Turler has a bullet in his right lung, W. 5. Wingate a Grace supporter, is mounded in the hip and has a scalp ontusion, Harry L. Wilensky, a trace supporter, is shot in the arm nd Jeremiah O'Brien, a Grace supiorter, is shot in the ankle. Max JolHma-n. a HvHe snnnorter anrl Tis. ram T. Hyde, Jr., suffered minor ruises. Ten men were arrested and afterward released on bail, but of these lone is charged with actual participation in the affray. Some of them re held for "carrying concealed wea tone" the others b&ing merely "deained." Stories of the clash differ widely ,nd no dependable account in detail s to just how or by whom the shootpgr was done is procurable tonight I jury of inquest which surveyed the >ody of young Cohen, this afternoon las been indefinitely adjourned. 'Orty naval militiamen guard the ommittee headquarters and 250 ither men are beld in armories undei ommand of Col.. E. M. Blythe, of he First Infantry. Troops will police the meeting to lorrow of the executive committee. 'here is no immediate danger, it if aid, of., deaths. aaaougy the wounded Charleston is tensely quiet and few ersons were on the streets this evenrig. 73 CONGRESSMEN FOR BETTER U. S. DEFENSE Chicago, Oct. 12.?One hundred md seventy-three members of ConTess favor the increasing of the rmy and navy of the United States, ccording to an afternoon newspaper ere to-day. The tabulation of answers received y the paper to the query, "Do you avor an increase in the army and avy for defense ?reDaredness?" hows 141 Representatives and 32 Senators answered in the affirmative. Explanation was made that the an wers were sent to the paper before resident Wilson made his public an louncement that he stood for pre aredness. "THE RED ROSE." The sale of seats for the coming of fohn C. Fisher's musical comedy sue:ess, "The Red Rose," coming tc he Grand Opera House here nexl rhursday night, Oct. 21, opened al VIcMurray's on Tuesday morning. "The Red Rose" comes here with he original cast and company exictly as presented at the Globe Thea;re, New York, for over a year Prominent in the cast are such wel mown musical comedy artists as Marguerite De Von, Nellie Wagner, Eve yn Stewart, Polly Merrill, Edna Fay Haurice Darcy, Donald Archer, Geo Z. Hall, Robert LaLonda, Huberl L^uyic, .mucu axiu ricv rlarden, together with the origina linging and dancing chorus that made 'The Red Rose" one of the mosi ;alked of Broadway musical comedie? iroduced in this country since "Floro lora." . ? > i .j J e. - COURT COMil ADJOURNE J The Court of Common Pleas con^ vened on Monday of last week, with Hon. F. L. Willcox, special judge presiding. On account of the illness of Capt. J. L. Perrin, he was not able to be at his post but his place was taken by Judge M. E. Hollingsworth, who has handled matters with the { precision and smoothness of a veteran. The other officers of the court ' were present. The court got down to business from the first hour of the day, as is 4 usual at Abbeville, and the business ' of the court has been handled with great rapidity. When one case has ? been finished, the next has" been : ready for trial. The following cases have been dis, posed of: ! Dyson Brick Co., vs. Southern [ Railway Company, resulted in a ver, diet for the plaintiff for one hundred | . and seventy-five dollars. In this . case damages were sought on account > of the killing of a mule at Dyson, S. ' i C., some months ago, the plaintiff , . contending that the mule had been . carelessly driven into a trestle by J , agents of the defendant. The case j h.<d been tried twice before, jesulti ing the first time in a verdict for the i j plaintiff for sixty-five dollars, and in i the second in a mistrial. Graydon &: . Graydon represented plaintiff and : J. Moore Mars the defendant. G. B. Perryman sued the Charles' ton and Western Carolina Railway for the loss of a horse at Bordeaux, asking damages in the sum of seven s hundred dollars. The horse was killed on the railroad track, but the i defendant claimed that his death was i _ x. n< . ? aue to rerryman s own negligence. The jury found for the defendant, jj. M. Nickles represented the plain' tiff, and Wm. P. Gfeene, the defend! ant. The case of R. L. Young against I the Amos B. Morse Company, result! ed in a non-suit. The plaintiff al1 ieged that he was employed by the ' defendant for a year, and that he 1 was wrongfully discharged. The ' defendant pleaded the statute of * frauds providing that no action shall be n^aintained on a verbal contract [not to be performed within a year. *IJ. Howard Moore was plaintiff's I counsel and Graydon & Graydon ' were for defendant. 'y" 'The case of J; M'. Lawton against tne Seaboard Air Line was nonsuited on motion of plaintiffs' counsel, J. M. Nickles. J. Frank Clinksca'les sued John : Strother for the sum of fiftv dollffM. the amount of a fee it was alleged I Strother had agreed to pay him for . defending a brother of Strother. Strother denied the contract. The jury returned a verdict for twentyfive dollars for the plaintiff. Mr. Clmkscales presented his own case and the defendant was represented by Wm. P. Greene. Gibson Gooding sued the Seaboard Air Line for two hundred dollars for killing his Nancy Hanks near the cotton mill this year. A verdict was rendered for the defendant. J. Howard Moore was for the plaintiff. and J. Lyles Glenn and Wm. P. Greene for the defendant. In the case of Anderson Phosphate and Oil Co., vs. C. J. Britt, the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff | ABBEVILLE C ONLY TWC I Two weks from today the Abbe ville County Fair will be in full swing See the Premium List in our and note ' the preparations which have been I made toward making the Fair this i year an interesting one. I A big parade has been planned for i every day of the Fair, as follows: b Wednesday, Nov. the 3rd, the Fair ? will open with a big Merchant's Pa rade. Thursday is Ford Day, when all the Fords in this section may be i AON PLEAS D THIS WEEK I for nineteen hundred and odd dollars. The action was on notes given for fertilizer. Greene & Earle, of Anderson, and Wm. P. Greene, represented the plaintiff and J. Frank Clinkscales the defendant. On the trial the defendant did not contest; i the claim. T. J. Price secured a verdict | against Mrs. Bessie Marsh for the j possession of two mules and a horse,! which he was claiming, or for thd value of three hundred dollars, and for the sum of one hundred dollars as damages. Wm. P. Greene represent- , ed the plaintiff, but no counsel ap-1 peared for the defendant at the trial. 1 The case of M. B. Syfan and Har-1 1 rie Cochran, as administrators, ' I vs. Abbeville Cotton Mills, for dam I ages on account of the alleged wrong- , ful death of Geo. W. Cochran, wjiich j I happened some months ago, was set- ' I tied for the sume of three thousand dollrrs. J. M. Nickles was attorney ; for the administrators aiul/Wm. P. Greene was counsel for the defend-; ant. j Mrs. Ella M. Thornton us administiatrix of J. F. Thornton, against the Seaboard Air Line was a case growing out of the death of Mr. J. F. Thornton which occurred in the . yards of the defendant in ,JI 912^. He was employed as car inspector in the yards and was killed at night while , at work. There were no eye wit- ] nesses, but it was alleged that the death was due to negligence. The i jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for nine thousand dollars. On . a previous trial a verdict was rendered for eighty-five hmndred dollars, , but. this verdict was reversed and set 1 asiac Dy tne supreme uourt of vhe United States. Graydon & Graydon were attorneys for Mrs. Thornton, and. the defendant was represented by J. Lyles Glenn of Chester, and Wm. P. Greene. I). S. Edwards, of Due West, sued the Southern Ralway for the, loss of fifty-six bales of cotton while in its possession and while being trans- ( ported from Due West to Norfolk, Va. The cotton was on the . sidetrack at Donalds, having- been -carried that far by the Due West. Riil- j way on a Saturday evening; The cotton was burned Sunday morning at about six o'clock. The defendant claimed that.fire had been paeked in | the cotton and that it destroyed it self, and that the defendant was thuu relieved of liability. The jury 1 returned a verdict for the plaintiff for seventeen hundred thirty-three and 36-100 dollars, the amount claim >d. Wm. P. Greene was attorney for the plaintiff, and J. Moore Mars for defendant. / Court adjourned on Friday until Monday morning last when the trial of jury cases was continued. The first case tried on .Monday morning was that of A. V. Barnes vs. N. 13. Sutherland, for a balance due on account of forty and 75-100 dollars, The defendant pleaded a counter-claim on account of an alleged balance due on a cotton transaction. The jury charged with the trial of the case rendered a verdict for the fall amount of the account, disallowing the counter-claim of Mr. Sutherland. The plaintiff was rep(Continued on Page Eight) OUNTY FAIR > WEEKS OFF seen in one great parade. Friday? Education Day?will probably see the best attendance at the Fair. All the school children, teachers and parents will be here. N'jw entrees are being made on the rj.ce track and sme of the best racing will be seen here. Races every day. See the race program. Good music is also promised by the best band obtainable. . Ji .. . ~-*i 1 SERVIANS HOLDING THE GERMANS BAM LltTLE ARMY PUTTING UP A BRAVE FIGHT IN MOUNTAINS ALLIES COMING TO RESCU^ Maj. Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton ha? been relieved of the command of the British forces in the Dardanelles anr called home to report on the Galli poli situation. The Servians and Montenegrins ir northern and western Servia ar< strenuously contesting the march oJ Austrians and Germans and on -thf east the Servians are fighting har: against Bulgarian attacks. The Anglo-French forces to the south ar* declared to be making progress ii tlleir efforts to bring relief to theii harassed allies. Report has it that the allies have occupied the important strategic town of Strumitza, in the extreme southwestern part of Bulgaria, just across the Greek border, and that a landing has been made by them at Enos, in the mouth of the Maritza river, a short distance southeast of the Bulgarian port of Dedeagatch. Both Berlin and Vienna assert th*it their troops and those of Bulgaria are making progress in their cam paign in Servia but as trace 1 on the maps this progress is slow. Artillery fighting and fighting by hand grenades have been the sole methods of warfare along the French line. On the Russian front von Findenburg's attempt to push through to Dvinisk has brought out the hardest fighting. Berlin aserts that good progress has been made by von Rtndent'urg south of Riga and that near Illouks Russian positions extending over a front of nearly two miles have been captured. Stubborn fighting is going on in the Austro-Italian zone with the Italians oh the offensive. On the plateau of Doberdo, Italians reached the Austrian entanglements at some places but Viehna says they were finally irivn off. e McCOkKi icK coUNty loses I - ; , , Fight for .New. Politick! Division Fail* by Court Decision. C . I , i. . Columbia, Oct. 15.?The fight for HeCormick county was. lost today <lilv?raa. (Wtainn .was ed by the supreme court. The county aboard of canvassers decided that the election had not been legally held. This decision was reversed by the State board of canvassers. The ease waa thrown into the court and the State board was overruled. The circuit court is airirmed by the decision today. The county, was to be formed out of parts of Edgefield, Greenwood and Abbeville counties. MR. C. S. SULLIVAN DIES SUDDENLY Mr. C. S. Sullivan, president of the Sullivan Hardware Co., and one of the most prominent business men of Anderson, died very suddenly in Columbia Tuesday with appoplexy. Mr. Sullivan was apparently in good health when he went to Columbia witn itev. jonn wnite, pastor 01 the First Baptist Church at Anderson and Dr. J. P. Kinard, president oi Anderson College, to appear before the Baptist Board of State Missions, Mr. Sullivan was stricken on thf street and died in a few hours after being taken to a hotel. Mr. Sullivan's remains were broughl to Anderson for burial Thursdaj afternoon at 4 o'clock AWAITS OUR ACTION. .London, uct. 10.?ureat; untair will await final action by the United States in reference to recognition of Gen. Carranza before deciding upon its r.ttitude. Lord Robert Cecil, par hamentary under-secretary for foreign affairs, told the house of commons that the government would defer consideration of this question for the present at the American government had not yet granted the expected recognition. ; . t i DUE* WEST COLLEGE ; ELECTS OFFICERS l MEETING OF CASTALIAN LITER. ARY SOCIETY?OTHER LOCAL NEWS. 5 Due West, Oct 18?The following 1 officers have been elected at thi Woman's College: STUDENT BODY: i President, Miss Louise Funder5 burk; vice-president, Miss May Moff fatt; secretary and treasurer, Mis.: Clara Agnew. Senior Class: President, Miss , Hassie Betts; vice president, Miss , Mabel Kennedy; secretary and treas. urer, Miss Margie Bradley. Junior Class: President, Miss , Frances Pressly; vice-president, Miss ( Susie Stevenson. Sophomore Class: President, Miss , Isabel Grier; vice president, Misj . Florence Grier; secretary and treasurer, Miss Mae Robertson. Freshman Class: President, Miss Eloise Phillies: vice president. Miss Florrie McGill; secretary and treas* urer, Miss Sallie Reese. Special Students: President, Miss Mary Henry Walker; vice president. Miss Eddie Mae Parr; secretary and treasurer, Miss Heeliain Busby. Open Meeting of the Castalian Literary Society.?It was a glorious afternoon, Saturday, October 9, when the Castalian Literary Society at Due West Woman's College entertained in honor of their new mem; bers. The hall was appropriately decorated with red carnations, yellow dahlias and ferns*, and presents a prettyscene, and was filled with happy guests and enthusiastic members. An attractive literary program was given consisting of original compositions interspersed wjtk bright and pleasing musical numbers and clever readings. The following was the 1 program: ; , ? .vj' Original Essay?Miss Mittie Cath cart. t <yt : Vocal Duet-r-Misses Rachel Boyco and Thehna Lightsfey. > > > -<~ Reading?Miss Mayy Gtihr. Original Poem?Mfes Fay~M(>ffatt. v Piano Dtte??Mfeaes Georgia Had- * don and Evely^ Dallis. t A a s i cll' unginai acory?*misa myruc xxciuy Part-'Song Mfas ~Tfffife*Ct3y> At the conclusion of the program, it was voted that thebusitfess session ' be done away with and the society 1 was thrown open for the social hour. ' Friends and members alike availed themselves of the opportunity to chat 1 and make merry the time, and this ' feature was "most thoroughly enjoy1 ed by all present, embracing,' as it ' did, an elaborate five-course luncheon The presiding genius who planned and served this bountiful repast was Miss Louise Funderburk, who was ably assisted by Misses Thelma and Eileen Lightsey, May Moffatt, Mary | Stevenson, Mary Grier and Janie ; Belle Curry. MENU. 1. Salpicon of fruit; chicken a la I King. Baked rice. 2. Hot rolls. Currant Jelly, Olives. i Orange Marmalade, Celery curls. 3. Aspic Salad, mayanaise dress> ir.g, Cheese straws. , 4. Yellow ice cream, garnished with crystalized rose petals. Gold , cake. 5. Nuts. Coffee. Throughout each course Castaliaa ^yellow and red predominated, and it r was a subject of wonderment that so many delicious edibles were to be found to lend their color to the scheme. This attested to the skill and ingenuity of the very capable [ committe in charge. When the visitors had recovered sufficient breath, * 1 /IAmiTA1TA/l +A V>AO+A?3PAP 4*V% f\ j UICJ wuuvvjrw tv vnvii uvoi^Q^vo vit?; parting appreciation, that this ds. lightful occasion would always be a ,: happy memory to all fortunate . enough to be present. Locals and Personals. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith of Ver dery, spent a day the past week with I f (Continued on page 8.)