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f ' 4 / - /. 'V I % . * . ' ' Vi i v \ ' : r :?i i - . * ..' ' ~ ' , Abbeville Press and Banner j ' I Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C. Monday, November 15, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 77th Year. ' * ??? ? . _ _ PRESIDENT H NEW SHIP SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED | UNDER MERCHANT MARINE! ACT?AS FOUR DEMOCRATS ' AND THREE REPUBLICANS ARE FOUND / IN BIST SOME DOUBT IS FELT AS TO CONFIRMATION BY SENATE j WHEN IT MEETS NEXT MONTH l Washington, Nov. 14.?The seven j Members of the new shipping board j created by the merchant marine act j v finally have been appointed by Pres-1 ident Wilson; they are: Rear Admiral William S. Benson,' Frederick L. Thompson, . Alabama, (Democrat) term of five years. 1 Joseph N. Tal, Oregon, (Democrat), -term of four years. John A. Donald^ New York, (Democrat), term of 3 years. Chester H. Rowell, California, (Republican), term of two! years. Guy D. Goff, Wisconsin, (Re-f publican-; term of one yeir. Charles j Sutter, Missouri, (Republican) term of one year. All are recess appointments and fii annrnvfll hv th? senate -rr- S* I v which meets next month. . Since the ] majority of the board are Democrats and are appointed for the long terms some doubt was expressed ,today in congressional and pther official circles whether tfye Republican majority in the senate would confirm' the nominations. Senate May Wait .. It was regarded as possible - that the* senate would fail to act on the appointments during the short session ending on next March 4, thus paring the way for the appointments of an entirely new board after the inauguration of President Harding Should the Senate fail to act the board now appointed wouTifcease W exist with the ending of the present Immediate organization of the new board is looked for. It will elect a vice chairman and other officials and take up a number ,of plans prepared by the present board of carrying out the merchant marine policy as laid down in the merchant ma rine act. Admiral Benson is appointed from Georgia as a Democrat and his term' . is for six years. Admiral Benson and Mr. Donald I are the Atlantic coast representa-j Gives, Mr. Thompson Is the member from the Gulf coast, Mr. Goff the member for the Great Lakes region1 and Mr. Sutter the member from the : interior. This geographical groupingj of the members is required under the merchant marine act. Only Two Hold Over The chairman and Mr. Donald are reappointed from the present board, j< while the selection of Mr. Thompson < and Mr. Teal was made sometime' ago, bnt was not announced because some of the members appointed then declined to senre. They included Theodore Marburg of Baltimore, Gavin McN&b of San Francisco, and j Martin Gillen of Wisconsin. Under the law not more than four ^ members of the board can be of any ^ ine poimcai party, r our Democrats and three Republicans have been appointed, but in some quarters today doubt was expressed whether the Republican senate would approve this political alignment in view of ' -the fact that a Republican administration will come- into power on next March 4. It was regarded- as possible that action on the nominations would be held up until March 4. Admiral Benson and Mr. Donald are the only members of the present board and immediate organization of the new board is looked for, as a number of policies with respect to, the government owned merchant marine laid down in the merchant marine act, can not be carried into effect until the full board has begun to function. Cecil Cromer, of Smithville, was a business visitor in Abbeville today. I ' . AS NAMED 'PING BOARD PETITION FOR BANKS 13 NOW BEING CONSIDERED \ > ^ 1 4. - . ^ ^ ^ North yd South Carolina Keq^iest Under Advisement?Branch is Now Wanted of Federal Reserve. Richmond, Nov. 14.?The fifth federal reserve bank here has under consideration a petition from 300 North and South Carolina bankers for the establishment of a branch bank at some point in either of the two states it was announced today. George J. Seay, governor of the Richmond federal reserve bank, stated this afternooh that action on the matter would be taken in the near future. \ At the joint meeting, held last Friday, of representatives of the state chamber of commerce and of the South Carolina Development board, resolutions were adopted to the effect that these two organizations favored the taking of steps looking to the establishment in South Carolina of a branch of the federal re-a serve bank. ( E O Rlark. president of the state chamber, said last night that s6me time ago the Columbia chamber of commerce had instituted measures looking to the establishment of this branch. He said that the commercial bodies of the state . were in favor of taking vigorous steps in the matte and that they , would exert themselves to the utmost to have the branch established. i v At the meeting in Columbia Friday 14 chambers of commerce were reprsented, these chambers being in some of the most progressive and wealthy *>f the cities of this seate. When two thirds of the chambers of commerce which compos^ the state chamber ratify the plan to amalgamate the development board and the state chamber, the amalgamation will become effective. The actioh of the Richmond fed eral reserve bank in the establishment of a branch bank will be awaited with interest by commercial interests in this section. TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARYf N The Abbeville Baptift Church will fittingly observe the fiftieth anniversary of its organization during the peek of the second Sunday in January. The church was constituted on the second Sunday in January, 1871, by the late Dr. C. H. Toy, who was at that i time a professor in Furman University, and the Rev. A. W. Lamar, now of Atlanta, who wa^ then secretary of missions for the Baptists of South Carolina. ine original church was composed of two numbers Mrs. Stephen A. Breazeale and Riclfard P. Quarles, both of whom are now dead. The church now has more than 400 members. A committee was appointed to take the matter in hand, and it will m&t in the church after. the regular. m'orning service flext Sunday to work out. complete details of an appropriate observance of the semicentennial. It is proposed in general SVSISIA n Vl Q /> ATM { n ff LU maivc tuc ULtasiuu a uumc-vvming, All former pastors and -members of fhe church will be invited to be present: 1 EASTER CALHOUN DIES Easter Calhoun, a negro woman residing on Blue Hill died suddenly on the road from her home to the city Saturday evening, her death occurring near the Seaboard depot. A coroner's jury investigating the cause of her death decided that it was due to heart trouble. ! . *, : CHILDREN PERISH IN THEATRE RUSH SIX TRAMPLED TO DEATH IN FIRE ALARM JAM?TWELVE OTHERS HURT?PAPER CLOG\ GED FURNACE FLUE CAUSES PANIC?MANAGERS DETAINED PENDING INVESTIGATION CHARGES New York, Nov. 14.?A paper clogged furnace flue which caused smoke to fill the Catfierine theater, a motion picture house in the East Side Italian quarter, raised a cry of "Firfe" late today and in the ensuing pknic six tots, between the ages of two and ten years were trampled to death. Twelve others were seriously injured. The little theater was prowded to capacity, children filled ^ most of the 400 seats, for the hero of the picture was an Italian lad who rose from humble surroundings like their's to riches and fame. The youngsters were absorbed in the porgress of the screen hero, Petro, who was protecting his father from thieves, when smoke began to seep through the cracks of the theater floor. "My God its a fire." This shout camef rom an elderly woman, who gathered a little child under her arms and rap for the nearest exit. Immediately Ibud wails arose, children began to cry. They jumped from their seats, jammed the aisled and fought for passage. The lights flickered out < Youthful cries attracted many, residents of the Italian neighborhood. Camillo Bruillo, who sells ba-j nanas from a push cart on the Bowery, rushed to the scene. He dart?jl into the theater and Attempted to shout the cries. Camillo carried tfibre than 15 tots to safety, 'Chen collapsed overcome by smoke. Some one sounded a fire alarm. Many, then were carried from the! theater, ayercome by smoke. They were soon revived. Firemen carried the dead to nearby drug stores. The in hi rer? were sent to hosoitals. Fran tic women and men?hearing of the disaster crowded before the. little theater, at this time guarded by a cordon of police and sought news of their children. A police station neartjy also was crowded with those seeking information of loved ones. The bodies of the victims soon were identified, but the excitement attending the panic kept children from returning to their -homes, and many women fought for admittance to the theater believing their missing children still might be there. Bernard Weinberger and Max Schwartz, oroprietors of the theater, were (taken to the police station and later questioned by the district attorney. They said they purchased the theater last week and had been operating it since Saturday. They were held pending investigation of charges that one of the front exits of the theater was locked. Weinberger and Schwartz, with A.r Tolarid the janitor, who made the fire in the furnace, later were arrested on-a^charge of misdemeanor resulting m mansiaugnxer Dy aamixting children to a theater unaccompanied by; parents or guardians. PLAYING FOR THE METHODISTS Miss Mildred Cochran came over from Lander College, Greenwood. Saturday and stayed until Monday with her parents. Miss Mildred is'an accomplished musician and played the organ at the Methodist church Sunday in the absence of Mrs. Otto Bristow. COLD WEATHER. The first cold weather struck the town Sunday, the thermometer being below freezing. Monday is above freezing but dark and cloudy. \ > B t / . \ ' y VENUS CLAIMS , VICW IN GREECE SUPREME ISSUE BETWEEN ROYAL1STS AND LIBERAL PARTY. nr i />r Ttin/\ktr f/\ n rLALL Ui>l lllKUnb 1U BE. DETERMINED ?DEFEAT OF VENIZELOS WOULD MEAN RE, TURN OF CONSTANTINE TO POWER. Athens, Nov. 15.?Premier^ Venizelos announces that his party has obtained a majority in the election throughout Greece. Athens, Nov. 14.?The results of ( the election wjll not be known until Monday night as the vote in Smyrna and other districts in distant , points is to be taken into considera- | tion. It is expected that the sol- . diers will support Venizel'os. ] Priorv to the balloting the Ven? \ izelistas declares themselves confi- 1 dent of victory. They claimed the^i certain return of 150 deputies, but they need 250 or more to overwhelm j t the Royalists and demonstrate fully t that the country indorses the > past .c four years policy, ' \ The premier's party looks for a big majority in Attica and other t parts of old Greece and also in ^ Thessalay and Grecian isles such as s Crete and assert that there will be \ a close vote in Constantirie's strong- ? hold the Peloponnesssus, pointing out ^ that after the premier's speech at r Patras, Gounaris postponed his trip s to Salonika in order to undo as far r ' ,1 s y is possible Venizelos's work there. Summing up the forecasts brought to him in his modest home next door 3 to the American legation the pr?- j mier said: "^*he vote tViTi show the j definite determination of the people e to realise jfteir destiny hold tHeii place as a civilizing Actor in j the Near East. '; ' ] Athens, "Nov. 14.?General elec- s tions throughout Greece today and t on the outcome is expected to hinge c the question of whether Former King 2 Constantine shall come back to the a htrone again or remain in exile in s Switzerland. ' 5 Demetrios Gounaris, former pre- 1 mier and leader of the opposition, ^ who was the opponent of Premier Venizelos in the balloting, was the 3 candidate the elements desiring ; the return of Constentine. M. VeniZelos on the other hand, is unalter- ^ ably opposed to the return of the fall- j. \en monarch. c The general elections in Greece are ( of, unusual importance as involving a test of strength between Ihe ex- t isting Venizelos regime and that of v Former King Constantine; also in determining the succession to the Greek throne, and possibly fortshadowing j an issue#between a republic and aj monarchy. The elections are the first held in Greece since December, 1915, / prior to the entry of Greece irf^ *he . world war. n \ VISfrlNG IN ANDERSON [ . ?n Mrs. Frank B. Gary leaves Tuesday t morning for Anderson where she will ( spend the week with Judge Gary who is holding court in that city. Mrs. Gary will attend the convention of the D. A. R., being an alternate dele gate, from the| Andrew nam.iton | chapter. She will be the guest of Mrs. } Carrie M, Patrick. a COTTON MARKET w The cotton - market ruled about j f40 points above Saturday's close today for the greater part of the ses- ' sion, but at the close it turned weak barely maintaining the level of Saturday's closing figures. December futures in New York closed at 18.20 against 18.27 Saturday. The local market was weak, 20 cents be- ' ing the best price obtainable for ^ good cotton. Not much cotton was tl being offered today. A TJoir nolTmnn tment-. the week-end ^ n Newberry with home folks. 9 \ solsheviki armies < less cotton is mmtw in UUMUUITILU 111 OCTOBER Curtailment By Mills It Reflected in Census.?Smallest Amount -of Any Month in Past Six Years. Washington, Nov. 13?Curtailment >f cotton manufacturing which has resulted in the complete shutting down ii some mills and the placing of others on part time, was reflected in?the Dctober cotton consumption statistic^ innounced today by the census bureau. The amount of raw cotton ised for manufacturing purposes last nonth was the smallest of any month n the past six years. . The quantity used in Oclober was 599,837 bales or 156,000 bales less han used during October last year ind 57,000 bales less than used durng September this year. Mills in the northern states seen^ ;o have/curtailed production to a rreater extent than those in the iouth. Spindles active during- Octo>er for the entire country numbered :nA oni nA-v*. i??*. 1COO bliail 111 VttVUCI lOSU JCtti vhile in cotton growing states the lumber of active spindles in October howed an increase of 164,940 over )ctober a year ago. / I Washington, $Iov. 13.?Cotton conumed during October amounted t& 199,837 running bales of ljpt and 39.37 bales, of linters, the census burau annourlcfcd today. - -y; Consumption during October last 'ear amounted to 556,041 bales of int and 26,008 of linters. Cotton on hand October 31, in conuming establishments was 943,851 >ales of lint and 234,170 of linters, ompared with 1,365,139 of lint and !45,57(J of linters so held a year ago; ,nd in public storage and at compreses 4,167,992 pounds of lint and 34046 T>f linters compared with 3.687. 41 of lint and 235,361 of linters so ield a year ago. . October exports ^mounted to 13,125 bales compared with 35,821 bales n October last year. v October imports amounts 82,51*4 tales including 1,709 bales of lintrs compared with 352,231 bales inluding 820 bales of linters, during )ctober last year. | Cotton spindles active during Ocober numbers 33,669,804 compared rith 34,344,095 in October last year. SIMPSON GIVES BOND. V Erasmus 0. Simpson, charged by he cororor"s jury with responsibility or the death of J. Ernest Cheatham FVirlav mornino'. was that after-1 oon admitted to bail in the sum of ne thousand five hundred dollars, 'he bond for his appearance at the | ext term of the court was ixnmedi-i tely given, and Mr. Simpson was re?ased from custody. MR. CHEATHAM BURIED The funeral services of the late J. Irnest Cheatham were held at hia ome on North Main Street Saturday > fternoon at 4 o'clock, and interment t is at Melrose cemetery. The services rere conducted by Rev. G. M. Telord. A large number of neighbors,' riends and kindred gathered at the ppointed hour to pay their tribute to he memory of the deceased. ON THE HONOR ROLL. Friends in Abbeville of Misses Vic- j aria Howie and Mary Hemphill Ireene will be pleased to know that "merited" (which means that ti, on places on the honor roll) at Lgnes Scott the fii*st month of theirI rork there. They are put down as dil:gent and earnest" in their work.1 \ ' * 1 \ DESTROY ; I 3F WRANGEL j 0 * , ? si 1 *T! f l*r? r> -? ? iiuivld?.K ur UfcNERALS REPORTED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE?SOVIET FORCES GO FORWARD IN MAS$ FORMATION, SUCCEEDING WAVES REPLACING FALLEN COLUMNS?ARTILLERY ALSO / , "| DAMAGING ^ ^ >" : *x-A \ Constantinople, Nov. 14.?The / "V; tarmy of General Wrangel, the anti^ Bolshevik commander in south Rus- ' sia, has been wiped out and a number of his generals have committed v suicide. ' x 's$|i A mob in Sebastopol has pillaged \ the American Red Cross stocks. , . The American torpedo\ boat, destroyers at Sebastopol are evacuating officers and their, families. The' . V* American destroyer Humphreys has .' gone to Malta to take-, off the Red .. Cross supplies. ^ 1 London, Nov. 14.?neuter's Paris . x ^ correspondent says it is reported ) jv| that the Bolsheviki captued Sebasto- 1 'pol Saturday night. { ; I ' SplKnofnnnl mAirinnc Ch?i1?h j MVVHWWW^V* **u T iwo vi tjunuajr make no mention "bf the capture of ' | the ciyt by the Bolsheviki. Paris, Nov. 14.?General Wran- ^ .<. gel's army, thoroughly beaten, is continuing to retreat southward, according to information received^by the French foreign office today, pur- ? sued by a well commanded Bolsheviki army of 27 divisions. General WTangel has suffered great losses and many of his officers have been y' killed. General Wrangel has gone aboard /jj one of the French warships in Se- . bastapol, but the vessel still is re- r maining in pprt, say the advices. The eva^tia^n is . eontinmngi " but / v fjipw* ia ffti" f>iA I number of ^persons seeking to flee. s . . ? ' W;i| j Constantinople, Nov. 14.?Premier Krivochin of General Wrangel's government arrived here today to arrange for the transporting of women children and wounded from the / Crimea. -He said the possibility of a general evacuation of the Crimea could net be excluded ana that every thing was being Aone to save the remnants of General Wrangel's / army. "Evacuation will be extremely dif- \ ' ficult," Premier Krivochin declared, * r i "butAwe have opened pourparlers to establish conditions /regarding / evacuation." \ ' j The situation is extremely grave. ^ M. Krivochin said General Wranj gel's troops are inferior to the BolIsheviki and his losses have been jenbrmous. Premier Krivochin stated [that General Wrangel's troops are ? exhausted, having repelled 22 at tacks in the past four days. >A The Bolsheviki artillery has been. terriblyVestructhr# he added. The Bolsheviki, aeoording to Premier Krivochin take no heed of loss three of four eolumns attacking ea masse often being annihilated, but fresh, troops constantly are brought up^Nearly all General Wrangel's divisonal or regimental command ere ' have been killed or wwunded, the premier said. / sy Sebastopol, Nov. 14.?Mutinies in General Wrangel's army brought about his sudden defeat, it was learner here -today, xnejre^cn ship, Waldeck Rousseau, is in port " ready to embark General Wrangel who is here. ( Paris, Nov. 14.?The French for- t eign office today confirmed the hopelessness of General Wrangel's military situation. The evacuation of Sebastopol by civlians and foreigners is underway, according to for eign office advices, but the members of General Wrangel's government still were in Sebastopol last night, although the Bolsheviki were reported to be occupying Simeropol and capturing many prisoners and large quantities of materials. I .y