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T \ i ' ' - '' % i/ ' . :-/ '?. * i ' * * \ ' . . ...; . . ot X* Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, May 23, 1919^ Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year, JRKISH PROBLEM BECOMES ACUTE hammedans Don't Want Sultai emoved From Constantinople? American Government Might I! Take Mandatory if He Were Removed. Paris, May 21.?The Turkish prob i has become most acute in th< ice conference. Various delega is are striving to find some solu i for the dismemberment of thi pire which will not provoke a re ous war. The United States is being lookec by the other powers as the onlj inn trhinh can hecome the manda Y for Constantinople without th< iger of precipitating another Eu ean war, but the American dele es to the peace conference ex as doubt of the willingness of th( ted States to accept the man e, especially under the condition: ch the powers have outlined. Bone of Contention. Vith the Sultan removed froir A A morinon rlolo. HldUtllblllVyiCf WUV ^Jkutviivuu vtviv Hes expressed the belief that it Hht be possible for the Americar lie to become reconciled to the Hidate. However, the Indian deleHon which has appeared before the Hncil of four to plead for special Hsideration for the feelings of the Hammedan world, as well as othei Hiammedans who have made stateHits, assert that the Sultan must H be forced out of Constantinople, Haring that such action would Htly affect his standing in the Hch. Consequently Great Britain peeking to have the Sultan remain I Constantinople as head of the lem faith, but with purely spiritpowers. kNDARD BUILDING AND ^ LOAN ASSOCIATION MEETS he Annual meeting of the board the directors of the Standard ding and Loan Association was , Tuejday and the following offiand directors were re-elected: H. White, president; C. C. GamI, vice-president; Otto Bristow, etary and treasurer; C. H. McTay ,W. M. Barnwell, Albert ry, T. V. Howie and D. H. Hill report of the treasurer showed the resources, the loans, the mv ded profits, the members and the iber of shareholders had doublec he past year. There are nov< it 1,000 shares of stock outding. There are 556 sharehol 1 CENTENARY DRIVE. ae Centenary drive in Abbeville met with success from the beginOn the first day the quota of 240 was oversubscribed and to $15 000 has heen raised. T ? ? 7 ~ " ~ of the drive here state that $18,will be gotten before the close, n effort is being made to see evmember of the church before the day and it is thought that this be accomplished. The response 11 who have been approached ac has been hearty and a large perof the subscriptions has beer in. Some have paid in full. SEEING ITALY. ictor Lomax, who has been aervhis country in the big-foreigr y, has been mustered out and is ie a trip over Italy before com back to Abbeville. He hopes t< in London and a few other suet is after which he will be readj ;ttle down. His friends are glac now that he is well and enjoying HAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT? essrs. Will Wilson and S. J< Linl i J .? s ^ Abbeville, were in" town foi le Sunday?Iva Correspondenl nderson Daily Mail. \ \ I V J V READ TO START TODAY. Vj v ? s , 'V XT until UCi vjaua, iixay hj. ?. ? Lieut. Comndr. A/C. Read V i V announced tonight that the V V engine trouble which caused V * V a postponement of the flight V. I V of the NC-4 for Lisbon this | A morning had been remedied. V. The plane will start at day- V' 'v break tomorrow, weather per- V mitting, he said. V - V The wrecked plane NC-3 has V. 2 V been brought into the beach, V. - ^ where it is being dismantled V - V preparatory to shipment to V ! V the United States on the V - \ steamer Melville. V I* H T\ ' FORD VEHEMENTLY nfmniimrfn in court -I BY TRIBUNE LAWYER J J Mount Clemens, May 21.?A vei'hement denunciation in which Henry! J Ford was characterized not only as 5' an anarchist, but a dangerous one,' startled spectators in Judge Tucker's court here today. The assertion came [ from Elliott G. Stevenson, of De.1 troit, one of counsel for the Chicago Tribune, which is being sued for one t' million dollars damages by Mr.' Ford ,! on a charge of libel. The pivot of thej alleged libel published June 23, 1916 j! was the heading of an editorial read-| [j ing: i1 "Ford is an anarchist." i ?J ! VACANT JUDGESHIP CAUSES ACTIVITYi _ / [j Washington, May 20.?The South J t Carolina federal judgeship vacancy 11 took an interesting turn here today .! with the arrival of J. Lyles Glenn of j I Chester, and E. Wylie of Lancaster,] ' the latter coming in the interest of j g I candidacy of Judge Ernest Moore of i the latter place. A conference waa Q j held with the attorney general of the r? ij United States regarding the situation ^ I and while it can not be said at this ^ l| time that there is an indication [ pointing toward the recommendation g( i of any special candidate, the fact g( . that some of the aspirants and their : friends are in Washington as fore. cast in these dispatches several days, ^ , ago lends interest to the general sit. uation. Senator Dial, it is under- . ri ; stood, has informed some of the can-K tt , didates that he can not consistently ^ I recommend any man who lives out- ^ . aide the Western district, and Sena- ^ > tor E. D. Smith has made no an- ^ L nouncement in the matter. It is ' r known that important developments ^ . I arp nenriinc which mav nrnve a fea-i . ture of the race when they become, known but which for certain reasons j I can not be made public at this time.,1 ^ I It is also learned that an invitation j I has come from Secretary Tumulty, j !| indicating what line the president j ' j may follow when he returns to the t :j United States with respect to ^e 'ja nomination, but this, for private rea-i "(sons, can not be announced now. ".There was some talk here today of I the president making a nomination ^ "'by cable, but it is not believed this ! will be done. } b< i w nciTu nr md c nonufiMi cc , -j[| Las$ Monday morning the wire ce I brought the news of the death of Mr. si j S. D. Brownlee of Anderson, S. C. 6! j Mr. Brownlee has been suffering for ___ j several months with Brights disease. .|He was on the streets of Anderson i last Friday. He died rather suddenly 5 Monday morning. The family were ^ .1 looking every day for the arrival j )' from overseas of Lieutenant Brown- , b i lee, his son. The burial may be de- ^ rj layed on this account. Mr. Brown- ^ L icc wad an atuvc aiiu unuiicau uur r! iness man of Anderson and an elder! , i sd j in the Presbyterian church. All of j ^ the Brownlee family from Due West and Mrs. R. M. Stevenson went up A to Anderson Tuesday morning. c He was a brother of Mr. R. C. j 4 : Brownlee and Rev. J. L. Brownlee, a t the latter the only surviving brother, h j ?A. R. Presbyterian. a I 9 ENDS LONC ames M. Baker, Lown Senate, Steps out w Come Into Washington, May 20.?James M. Se aker, of South Carolina, ended his tii rm of service as Secretary of the th ;nate today when that body was co organized by the Republicans. He co id been connected with the Senate ag ?r 26 years. Senator Lodge, leader ge the majority, is now the only th snator who was a member of the na snate when Mr. Baker became its'-en distant librarian. bt At the close of the civil war the ac enate seemed to prefer to choose lei stinguished editors for its secreto- of es. Then after a decade or so it w] irned to ex-Congressmen. When the m emocrats won the Senate in 1913 Mi* RoVpr -from t.he brary to the secretaryship. He knew OC le senatorial habit of mind and con- th )rmed to its preferences. His office ^ OC scame less a place of social gather- in ig and more a consultation cham- in sr. Senators of either party freely th ime there to read papers or ex-' ar lange views. , I til Kept Harmony. i m; As Secretary Mr. Baker kept har-; at ony in his office, where the legis- si< tion of the Senate was collated and crv scorded. He showed himself mind- le; il of the convenience of the press th id made ampler provision for it R< lan had ever been made bfore, and to as solicitous that the public should a ? treated courteously m its dealings ( mi ith every branch of his official or- re inization. - ha In his capacity as disbursing offi- tii ;r of the Senate, Mr. Baker in the in x year of his term paid out $11,- J in 35,709.97. This includes salaries of^a J. CHESSLEY DOM1NICK. News of the death of J. Chessley ominick, 65 years old, at Newberry ist Sunday was learned with regTet zj y his friends in Abbeville. He was di uried Monday in Rosemont ceme- 0i ;ry, Newberry. th One son, A. F. Dominick, and one auerhter. Mrs. W. D. Lomax, live in .bbeville. l VISITOR FROM ORANGEBURG. . h( Mrs. George H. Cornelson, of Or- vi ngeburg, is in the city on a visit to PI er nieces, Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr., ci nd Mrs. W. H. White. w I VSERVICE | Icdesvillc,' Secretary of hen Republicans Control. inatqrs and employeers, the conlgent funds necessary to defray e extra costs of Senate business nducted through investigating mmittees and other authorized ;encies, provision for the Senate's neral and regular operations, and e expense of the care and mainte-j ince of its property. The moneys [trusted to the secretary as disirsing officer have been properly i counted for and there has been the ast possible friction between his Bee and the Treasury Department, Wch scrutinizes the legality of payents with the utmost particularity. Orer 75,000 Nominations. During the past six years over 75,- ; j 10 nominations were received from e President, as compared with 26,)0 received during the next precedg six years. Of these 75,000 nom-jj ations, 33,000 were handled in the ( ird session of the 65th Congress?; < id all of them handled to the en- ( a r* ? Ca?i of a i t c Mtisiatuun ui uuc uciiauci { The retiring secretary has been re-; arkably punctual in his attendance! the Senate and has shown a con-j stent reverence for its dignity as aj ont representative institution. He j aves his position in the Senate with \ e regret of that body as a whole.; j jgardless of party alignment, Sena- \ rs generally agree that he has made < highly successful secretary. "If you ^ ^ ake the Republicans as good a sec- { tary of the Senate as Mr. Baker; is made the Democrats," said a dis-j iguished Republican Senator to the' coming secretary a few days to the \ -private conversation, "you will be, t big success." j ] 11| MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. jJ J. L. McMillan is making some im-J ^ ovements on his house on Maga-| ne Street. He is putting a commo-l j ous porch in front and to the side f the house and will paint up when ie building is finished. EXPECTED HOME. Mrs. Frank B. Gary is expected >me this week after an extended^ sit to Washington, New York andji hiladelphia. She has been the re- i pient of much pleasant attention 1 hile away. i v V SALVATION ARMY DRIVE V ^ V! V The response to the SalvaW tion Army request for funds V ^ is half-hearted in Abbeville V V and the county. Only $263.10 S.1 has been reported so far. The W quota is $2,000. This is a V. small sum and should be V! W raised with little effort. V' W There are two more days to V ^ the drive and the people of V < this county still have time to V.; V show their' appreciation of Vj ^ the work done by the Salva- V! ^ tion Army for American sol- Vj w diers in France. V ? V V V VV VVV VVUU vl GERMANY IS GIVEN MC <E TIME TO i CONSIDER TERMS Paris, May : 1?The German peace < ielegates has t. on granted an exten- I sion of seven days or until May 29, 1 n which to reply in full "to the peace 1 :erms, according to an official an- 1 louncement. i / J Paris, May 21.?Count von Brock- < lorff-Rantzau, head of the German | jeace delegation has asked an ex-j ;ension of time for Germany to pre-j] ;ent her-reply regarding the peace jj erms. ' I < V. A. SANDERS SELECTED j TO SUPERVISE PAVING j 11 The Abbeville Council met in,spe-j] :ial session Wednesday afternoon at | j 2:30 o'clock and selected W. A. San-| i lers, of Anderson, to supervise thej] vork of paving the streets of Abbe-ji rille. . 11 Mr. Sander will arrive here about j < fune 1 to consult with the street : :ommittee and make drawings and: jstimates of the work. He is at pre-j i lent at Gainesville, Fla., where he;1 las just completed a $600,000 job of ] oad building. 1 An ordinance was also passed 1 vhich authorized the issuing, of 90^1 :oupon bonds, each valued at $1,000 1 3 earing interest at the rate of not 1 nore than 5 1-2 percent, this being 1 i matter of legal routine following! ] ;he carrying of the bond issue elec- ( ;ion May 12. The question of the lumber of years the bonds are toi run was "left open, but are not toj run for more than 30 year. K I METHODIST DRIVE i SHOWS RESULTS < Nashville, May 21.?Official re- I jorts received from 35 conferences i )f the Methodist Episcopal Church, South-, show subscripfRons for thei :entenary fund amounting to $20,-' 322,144. i C. A. HAIGLER, JR., RETURNS. ; j ] C. A. Haigler, Jr., has returned j "rom doing his bit in France. He re-j j ;urns in the best ot neaitn ana was1? greeting his many friends in Abbe-|< rille Thursday. Mr.% Haigler enlist- j j jd in the early days of the war and1 vas in the 485th Aero Construction j Squadron. In SPEAKING TO MOTHERS. I ] Mrs. M. T?i Coleman is going over} I to Calhoun Falls today to speak to! i :he Mother's Club on the subject of \ Home Service. This club was organ-'] ized some time ago by Miss Ruth, i McLane, and has a large membership : ind is in a flourishing condition. ENTERTAIN FOR BRIDE-ELECT.! Mrs. M. B. Reese will entertain Friday afternoon in honor of Miss' Eliza Mabry, whose engagement to' Dr. James Austin, was recently an-] nounced. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McGee are down1 from Belton on a visit to Mr.' M. B. Kay and his family in Santuc. .' Mrs. McGee was in the city on Thurs- j day with Miss Mary Kay admiring the fine line of women's goods and the beautiful hats in Abbeville's stores. i. I GERMANY REFUSES TO SIGN TREATY 3n.11. Prnn ^ H-.t 1 D. -I'--? w?MUVblWU auu A W- ' I litical Dishonor Says Leaders? Sticking Out For "Fourteen Points"?The Outcome is Uncertain. * Berlin, Tuesday, May 20.?"Germany declines to sign the peace terms laid before it because they spell the economic destruction, political dishoner and moral degradation of the entire German nation, not only for the present but also for still unborn generations," was a statement authorized by the cabinet this morning. 1 t That these consequences must logically follow acceptance of peace conditions the American press itself has recognized without question,'* the statement continues. "Toward them Germany took the standpoint that acceptance of such conditions could not be demanded and. that the ' Entente was unjustified in imposing such demand. Germany's Claim*. "Germany has not only a moral right to compliance with the general ~ promises made it but a firmly grounded, definite, clearly defined :laim, according to the basic rules of nternational law, on all the Entente sowers and especially on the United States. A specific recognition of the 'ight of Germany and of the German people to a peace of right, justice ind reconciliation, instead _ jof the saragraphed song of hate which was written at Versailles, is contained in ;he note of the American Secretary )f State, Lansing, of November 5, 1918. "In it the Secretary of State notified the Swiss minister in Washington unconditionally that the established basis of President Wilson's fourteen points should be authorita- . iive for the peace conditions. Secre- ' :ary Lansing announced further that the Entente governments after careful consideration also were prepared to recognize the conditions set up by * President Wilson as the basis for the conclusion of peace." ABBEVILLE HOSPITAL. The Abbeville Hospital seems to be an assured fact. The necessary funds have been raised and it is hop2d that the hospital will open June 1. The civic club is giving it hearty endorsement.?A. R. Presbyterian. SERGT. MORSE RE-ENLISTS. Ser^t. Amos B. Morse, Jr., has recently re-enlisted for a term of one year in the regular army. Sergt. Morse enlisted in the regular army ' nr 1 r?i n 1 a._ l in may, i?i(, nupiti^ lu ue amung the 'first to go to France. He vraa sent to the Mexican border and was Dne of those who hoped agaipst time md lost. '. HAROLD NANCE HOME. Harold Nance, who has been ia. France several months in the service, being in' the medical department of th? army, has received his discharge and is at home visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nance of Monterey. Mr. Nance is pleasantly rem emtjerea in AD'Devnie uy a largv number of friends who are glad that he came through in good shape, after serving his country most acceptably. Mrs. Mamie Pressly, of Due West, was in the city Thursday shopping. v v V COTTON MARKET. V V V V Cotton sold on local mar- V V ket yesterday for 31 cents. V. V July futures closed in New V. V York at 30.07. V VVAUV wvVVv WW 1 I