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# Abbeville Press and Banner * , . \ Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Wednesday, May 5, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year, RAILWAYS WANT ~ ' . HIGHER RATES ? * MUCH MONEY WILL BE NEEDT/\ r 1 DDV AW WnPIT E.U 1 U vrnvn i wn * vn? FREIGHT MAY GO UP?PROPOSED TO LEA^E PASSENGER TARIFF AT PRESENT LEVEL Washington, May 4.?The nation's, railroads will need an additional $1,017,000,000 to ring their income to I the G per cent, basis provided in the transpcrtaton act. Through the Association of Rail-1 way executives the roads proposed j to the interstate commerce commission today that this sum be realized j through increased freight charges, | leaving the passenger rates at the present level. The advances in freight rates pro- \ posed were: Eastern roads 30.4 per cent to i . yield an advance in all revenues of 21.1 per cent of $544,000,000. aoumern roaas ou.y ptu ma uj provide a 20.7 per cent larger revenue. , ! Western roads 23.9 per cent to ad-j vance all revenues 17 per cent. I Presentation df the figures marked i the formal opening of the railroad rate cases. While detailed statements submitted to the commission today covered only the Eastern lines, j estimates of the needed increase of j the Western and Southern groups accompanied the initial suggestions ^up-! in which the commission is to de-l termine an entire new rate structure, j The rate figures of the Eastern lines embracing 144 systems, terminal and switching companies, were ^laid before the commission by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio and chairman of the executive rate committee for the Eastern territory. Similar statements showing the requirments of the Western and Southern carriers will be supplied the commission in a few days. The analysis of conditions, the t?ol ofmricViin rtf nnoro fin or ovnon cdc AV?WV1V11^1U|/ V* V|/V VA^VllUVU j and revenues and the questions of refinancing are largely the same in each case and the representations of the Eastern lines were said to indicate .the questions with which the commission will deal in establishing the Western and Southern rates. Net income of all of the country's rauroaas ien irom $i,uj>t>,uuu,uuu in 1916 to $510,000,000 last year, the railroads claim, while their investment was increased more than $2,000,000,000. These figures were given to serve as a basis from which the commission could work in de veloping a scale of rates to meet the , government guaranty. An estimated valuation of $20,-1 016,000,000 was placed on the trans-1 ' portation system of the country by Mr. Willard. While there has been an increase in nneratincr pvnonep? nf 99.1 per cent since 1916 the roads' basis of revenues for the same period has been increased only 36.37 per cent, the executive's statement declared and the operating expenses of the lines now are 99 per cent, of the revenues against 68 per cent n 1916. POODLES AND PARROTS GIVEN AT PARIS PARTY n _ >jt a tt i jrans, i?ay 4.?unusual presents, were distriuted at a party given by ' Mrs. Ralph Hickey, just back from Monte Carlo. The gifts included # champion poodles and parrots abfe to "speak" three languages, also rare rugs which Mrs. Hickey herself brought back from the Orient last year. WILL BRING BACK DODGES Eakin McCord and Andrew Mabry of Hodges left this week for Detroit to bring back'Dodge cars for E. H. Longshore. J. L. Mcllwaine and T. A. Putnam of Due West, will leave Saturday for Detroit to bring back cars. JOHNSON DEFEATS HERBERT HOOVEF Wood Holds Lead in Indiana Race? Lowden is Next?Governor of Ohio Third?Hoover Headquarters Concede Loss of California San Francisco, May 4.?Ralph P Merritt, campaign manager of thf Hoover-Republican Club of Califorj nia, tonight conceded the election oi j the Senator Johnson group of Re I uublican delegates to the national | convention. "Lik? good sportsmen,, we concedo the victory and congratulate the winner," he said. San Francisco, May 4.?The group of delegates pledged to support Senator Hiram Johnson for the presidency at the Republican national convention at Chicago led the Herbert Hoover group on the same ballot tonight from 7G2 completed precincts out of 5,729 iin the state. The vote showed: Johnson group, .~>0,99l?j.Hoover group, o4,917. Indianapolis, May 4.?Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has a lead of more 'than 4,000 votes in the contest for the Indiana Republican presidential preference vote when 1,001 out of ii.-'JS" products in the state-wide primary had been tabulated tonight. These returns were gathered from 82 of the 92 counties in the state. enator jonnson was running seconu with Governor Lowden third and Senator tlarding of Ohio fourth. The; vote for the 1,001 precincts was, Wood, 24,671; Johnson, 20,538; Lowden, 11,250; Harding, 3,172; showing Wood's nlurality to be 4,133. Unless one of the candates obtains a majority of votes cast, Indiana's delegation to the Republican national convention in Chicago will go without instruction unless instructed by the state convention. There were no candidates for the Democratic presidential preference. , Herbert Carison, Indianapolis, apparently had a plurality in the race for the Democratic nomination f<^r governor.. Warren T. McCray of Kentland had commanding lead for the Republican nomination for governor. Indianapolis, May 4.?The loturns ? i roo * i._ j. -? o oor? ._ irom l9do& precincts out* ux o,oo< in Indiana for Republican presidential preference give: Wood 37,248; T?>hnson 30,467; Lowden 17,302; Harding 9,225. NINE STOWAWAYS ARE BROUGHT IN BY LINER New York, May 4.?All records for trans-Atlantic stowaways were broken here Tuesday when the French line steamphip Leopoldina arrived from Havre with nine aboard ?two Aremnians, two Maltess, one French, one Polish, one German, one Spanish and one Portuguow. They were sent to Ellis Island. HEAD OF CHESTER SCHOOLS Chester, May 4.?Prof. M. E. Brockman,' at present and for ths past seven years, principal of the Greenville High School, has been elected superintendent of the Chester public schools to succeed Prof. W. H. McNairy, resigned. ATTENDING THE REUNION Mr. R. M. Haddon went down to Sumter Tuesday and will attend the reunion of Confederate veterans now in session. Mrs. J. D. Fulp accompanied Mr. Haddon and will visit her brother during the reunion. THE RICH THEY RIDE Col. T. G. White" and Col. W. M. Barnwell have invested in Buick cars and ordinary people are having to take considerable dust now as they ride by. INTEREST ON PAVING LIENS DUE,MAY S The semi-annual interest on rhe ileferre 1 installment paviny; liens is :!ue Thursday. About $2o00 will be collected by the city at this time. PROGRAM OF MAY D/ 4 : a < ' TO BE HELD FRIDAY AND SATU; ;[ BE ATHLETIC STUNTS, BASE DISPLAY OF HOME TALEN : BjABY CONTEST, MINS 1 , The program for the May Day Fes, tival to be held at the 'Cotton Mill i Friday and Saturday, May 7-8, appears below. The features of the program will be athletic stunts, base1 ball, May Pole Dance, baby contest j display of Home Talent Work, for j I tune telling and animal show. There is a race for queen on, in which fifty of the Abbeville Cotton ' Mill's prettiest girls have entered, i j. The athletic stunts will begin at I (J a. m. Saturday morning and conj tinue until noon. A big parade will I be held at 2 o'clock and will go thru ill the main streets of the city. The Cotton Mill band will furnish i music for all the events, i i j The program follows: Friday Afternoon?2:30. BABY 'CONTEST ; I Inti jduction Miss Gossett 'II Contest Examining Babies j ?By Dr. Hayne and his assisting Nurse. ! Ill Free Picture On "Health" JIV Lecture Dr. Hayne. j V Talk Nurse Friday Night i 7:30 Band Concert 8:00 Exercise. . QUEEN CONTEST j I Crowning of ',May Queen" ?Mr. J. Foster Barnwell i II Announcing the B&by Winner j and awarding of prizes?Mr. J.' Foster Barnwell. I ^ J III Special Program? 1. "Two Very Similar Twins" Hazel Mullen and Dora Campbell. ' 2. "The Wild Rose"?Harold Bell, James Able, LeRoy Goins, Harry, Stalnaker, Arthur McAble.. 3. "Flower Queen Play"?Florence | foweil, L?avis snen, iaa roweu, Edna Boyd, Grace Link, Mazell Taylor. 4. Dance?Davis Shell ? 4 yrs old. 5. Scene from "Uncle Tom's Log Cabin." ! ! 6. Duet "The Quarrel" j Florence Powell and Edgar Clark.| I 7. "Between the Bars"?Austin i I , ! CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEXICO CITY NEXT ! ' Rebels Will Advance to Torreon i And There Launch Drive.?Victory Was Bloodless. Juraz, Mexico, May 4.?Through j the bloodless revolution of Juraz' j and capitulation of General Francisj co Urbalejo and his Yaqui Indians at | Casas Grandes, the Sonora revoluj tionists today claimed virtual con! trol of the state of Chihuahua and 1 that the way was paved for an un1 obstructed advance against Torreon from where a campaign is to be launched against Mexico City. ? j j Events moved rapidly here yester| day. At 2 o'clockk the garrison re| volted and a popular celebration fol-| | lowed. Federal officers unfavorable ijto the revolution were superceded.1 .'Abel S. Rodriguez, former national ['senator, was named provisional govi l . ernor. i I General Urbalejo, commanding the last large body of Carranza | troops in the state, joined the revolt | ana pians were maue ior an imrae* | diate advance through Chihuahua ,'upon the interior strongholds the I Carranza government still holds. , With the capitulation of Juraez,' I the revolutionists obtained control } of the majority of customs houses : through which hundreds of thous-' j ands of dollars in revenue has been : developed for the Mexican govern-1 ! ment. \ j i 1 I (comparatively small Domes 01 j troops remained loyal to Carranza at o'.' er border towns east of here. THE \Y FESTIVAL RDAY?SPECIAL FEATURES TO BALL, FORTUNE TELLING, I r WORK, MAY POLE DANCE, rREL AND ANIMAL SHOW Roche, Lelia Young, Gladys Brazeale, Lillian Grubb, Nellie Grubb. 8. Selections Band. Saturday?10 A. M. ATHLETIC FIELD 200 yard dash Boys Sack Race _ Boys High Jump _ Boys Peanut Race __ Girls T* _ f \X7 ^ ' i uy 01 war Ull'lS Broad Jump ^ Boys. Hammer Throwing __ Men Fat and Lean Race __ Men 100 yard dash Girls Horse Shoe Throwing __ __ __ Menj Saturday?2.00 O'clock PARADE. i I Horseback Riders?Mr. Barnwell and Mr. Langley. ii May Day Festival?White Float. Ill Band?Abbe. Cotton Mill Band. ."V DomefHc Scionce Float ?Club Girls. V. Pink Sunbonnet Babies?Float. VI Chorus Float?Glee Club Girls. VII Tennis Float?Athletic Girls. VIII Minstrel Boys?Boy Scouts. iX Tomato Club?Club Girls. X "Queen's Float" "?" XI Baby Car?Winners in Baby Contest. XIII "ACME'?Mill Newspaper float XIII Surgeon's Float"?Miss Gossett and Dr. Gambrell. XIV Boys Bird Club-Bird Club Boys XV Scene "Uncle Tom's Cabin" / ?Pickaninnies. XVI Prize Wagon?Prizes from the Stoers. XVII Board of Selection ?A. C. M. Representatives. XVHI Bicycle Riders Boys. XIX Mother's Club Mothers. I 4:00 P. M. I Fortune Telling ' "Gypsy" II Band Concert?Abbey Mill Band. TTT M.iv Pr>l^ Tiwl n:-i_ ** ? * Wit AUU u i auc VXI1.10 (Mrs. Shelley.) 8:00 P. M. Big Minstrel Show Boy Scouts 50 MILLIONS FARM LOANS ARE TIED UP | Litigation Over Validity of Act Clogs Macinery?Banks Are Making Time ? ^ i Washington, May 4?Farm loans aggregating more than $50,000,000 have been held up by the litigation over the validity of the farm loan act, it developed today at the conference of farm loan officials here, i i A majority of the applications for government aid had reached the :age where only final approval was needed to complete the transactions when it became necessary for the farm loan banks to suspend loan operations. Other applications had been handled bv the appraisers and ( purchasers of land thereby negotiated, when funds available to the system were exhausted, Commissioner Lodbell said. f I The general situation confronting the loan banks and county associations was described as "exceedingly regretable," but Mr. Lodbell said the boards hands were tied. As a result of the forced inactivity, mos; of the banks are skeletonizing their organizations and marking time until a court decision will permit the flotation of a new issue of bonds, which are "not clouded by litigation" to supply funds. i The conference probably will conclude its session to morrow. A review of the farm labor situation was scheduled to be among the subjects taken up before discussions end. I DRY ENFORCEMENT !l COSTS 88 MILLION _ . j] i Congressman Cites Figures As To Number of Stills Captured? I Every Tree Violates Law In Flow of Sap, f :j He Says. Washington, May 4.?Prohibition^ enforcement will cost $88,000,000 annually Representative Gallivan, I democrat, Massachusetts, declared, today in the house. I There are more illicit stills now than before prohibition became effective, he said, adding that the bulk i of Anti-Saloon League funds are1' used to hire special agents to locate | | stills. ', "There were 2,00ff stills found in Georgia in 1918," he declared. ^ "Blind tigers are now surrounded by romance, if not respectability, t Members cf congress could tell in- i teresting interviews with bootleggers woo nave been respectable citizens t of the communities in which they 1 live. ' i "During the year when prohibi- 1 ^tion w'as young over 6,000 stills were captured by prohibition inspectors t and 300,000 gallons of moonshine, t confiscated." i Besides the stills raided in Geor- 1 *?i*. North. Carolina and Nebraska, * Mr. Galliva^i said, 752 had been c found in Alabama, 488 in SouthCarolina, 380 in Tennessee, 546 in t Virginia, 121 in Kentucky, 191 in l Florida; 40 in Michigan; 41 in Tex- < ns and 40 in West Virginia. t Control of congress and the presidential election may be decided by r the pi-ohibition question, Mr. Ualli- 1 van declared. 1 "You can no more settle the pro- 1 hibition question or keep it out of 1 .politics than you can sweep back the'^ ocean," said he. "Every tea kettle and stew pan is ? placed under suspicion since the Vol- t stead act has become evective. It c prohibits everything with more thanjt e half of one per cent alcohol and'* yet the sap of every tree flows in's violation of that law." ? ! 5 ROYAL ARCH BANQUET If A banquet in honor of the con-! fevring of the Royal Arch degree of j ^ twelve candidates was held Tuesday; night in the Odd Fellows Hall by | Hesperian Chapter No. 17, R. A. M. About 75 Masons attended. There were a number of distinguished visi-: tors present, among whom were: J.j . L. Mickic, of Darlington; Geo. T.!' Bryan, of Greenville; Dr. W. E. Mc-j 1 c Cord, Thomas Cothran, Kenneth j Baker and D. A. G. Outz, of Green-j wood. I e The hannnet. wa? served hv the! Working Society of the Methodist Church) ANOTHER AMERICAN SLAIN 1 r El Paso, May 4.?Ralph Greenlawj ? son of Eben Francis Greenlaw, of;*1 | u Flagstaff, Ariz., who with another;' son was killed by Mexicans near El 1 I Oro, 125 miles from Mexico City,1 Sunday, was murdered Monday at the same place, also by Mexicans, Jr according to advices received here( : tonight. 1 The information was received to- c night by Joe Greenlaw of Flagstaff/ a third son of Eben Greenlaw, in aj^ telegram from his sister in the Ari-j zona town. Further details were' ! lacking. The American consulate* here had received no advices regard- c ing the affair. . . c ABBEVILLE LOSES c I ? I The Due West High School base-j ball team defeated the Abbeville I v High School team Tuesday on the > Due West grounds by the score of, . 12 to 0. Errors on the part of the i local team was partly responsible for| C the one-sided score. ATTEND REUNION. The following veterans left this week for Sumter to attend the State Reunion U. C. V.: J. M. Gam?j brell, C. A. Botts, T. C. Seal, I. ,V Keller, H." W. Gordon and W. H.! Howard. '* ,z t 1S0N WILL 10 KNOX RESOLUTION OFFICIAL WORD FROM WHITE HOUSE SAYS PEACE PLAN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO PRESIDENT?WILL MAKE QUESTION CAMPAIGN ISSUE THIS FALL Washington, May 4.?President Wilson has definitely decided to veto ;he Knox resolution terminating the ,var with Germany and Austria. This was learned officially at the White House Tuesday. The President will probably send he treaty of Versailles back to the Senate with his veto message. Democratic leaders made a sudlen change last night in their plans "or action on the Kilox peace resoution when it is called up in the senate Wednesday, Instead of instituting a filibuster o delay action indefinitely, adminisration supporters will make no seMrtllC. f? -rmc.cr.~~ WTH-U ivuo tv rr 11.11 his change it is believed the resoluion can be passed with very little lelay. ' Senator Underwood intimated it is he President's wish to have the esolution passed. The President is mtirely willing, it is said, to face he responsibility of vetoing. The effect of this will be to pernit the President to make an issue r. the campaign of the peace resbution as against the treaty. It is inderstood he is confident of the esult if the issue is presented to the voters in this form. The President's followers in the Senate believe his attitude will tend ,o simplify the treaty issue in the :ampaign, inasmuch as passage of he resolution by the Republicans vill practically commit the party to traightout opposition to the treaty ind the league of nations and detroy all chance of the Republicans ailing back upon an issue of the reaty with reservations. . :arranza loses CTAlIwru CI IDPADT kJ I n k/VA * A Washington, May 4.?Gen. Pablo ionzales, long regarded by Carranza ,s his staunchest supporter, has clned in the revolution according o advices today through official hannels. He was a few miles east of he Mexican capital yesterday in cmmand of two regiments of fedral troops and had severed both ailitrair linos ov+^nHinO* f.rt Vera Iruz. ( Another report received here thru inofficial channels was that the high nilitary officers whom Carranza ummoned in council a few days ago, lad supplemented their advice to lim to resign, with an ultimatum fixng May 15 as the limit for his tenire of offijjfe. The reported determination of the nilitary group to force htm out of >ffice would far, officials here ber*.A 4-r\ nnnmirt *. fnr the failure that las been met by Carranza in getting inder way any offensive campaign. To date the revolution has aloved orward without a battle and the retort mentioning the ultimatum adled that his military advisers were letermined not to follow a course !>at would inevitably involve the ountry in a long struggle filled with iono-ov nf fnreipn comDlications. Mr. L. C. Parker, of Abbevilie, i-as a guest of Mr. S. R. Parkeff esterday.?Anderson Mail. i COTTON MARKET. Spot 43.00 May 40.75 July __ 38.47 Oct. - - - - - 36.35 Dcc. 35.60 Dec. - 35.60 sum o au. ?