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Established 1844. sc THE PRESS AND BANNER b? ABBEVILLE, S. C. s\ The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. w ~ ^ ^ , is Entered as secona-ciass maner <*i post office in Abbeville, S. C. lai Term* of Subscription: ^ One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 a< Three Months* .50 1 w Foreign Advertising Representative w .AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION c to "WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 1921 y< " w HUGHES PROPOSAL GRIPS THE WORLD J" f-- th While half the world was still sf wondering whether such good news I n( as the Hughes programme could be J P( true, wondering whether anything | 41 in international relations nowadays ^ could be so sudden, simple and un- Wi "^selfish. Great Britain reached out to ?* t j;Kt ' I T. -grasp at once this great oj>portuni- 11 ty. Tjxfi announcement that Mr. Balfpur ""will '^accept in principle" w' should end any doubt $ha? may ling- ^ er i"n the mind of a world which has 1-3 been' fooled ^y -mirages so often in ?c the last three years. And, with ^frefrt Britain accepting our solution +? armament' problem, there w' should be no hesitation on $ie part ar V .1 - - ?_ ?.vI a QJl WJjese wuvus yruivu, tu | ing t&e projwaai of' the United B? ip. St&tesi will give up comparatively ? little and gain comparatively much. t *<Tiy ' v. %.* . ? *' : f ^Vhen we spea|c of it as a proposal of tjje Uniteji States we mean that, it c?me frcjm the Biin<J and tie gi lips o| Secretly Hughes as the p' spokesjnan' of ^President' Harding's Administration,' it comes from the m ' . | ; il >, t I] .' Vh 1 heart of thjs country. If there wore so ?in election today upon ttye ^uestiop m of ratifying the Hughes programme be the xmoositlon woulcl not carry a sin-! ]? C$6 '?>?ate; probably not a sipgle si: t> cwantyi ^pr America, wliile ftseif <|i &fertled for a moment at the splen-' ci did audacity of the. programme, im-1 gj |n - aiediaiely realised that" t&eSecre- p< fiary&*State"'Tia44. with .one bold a crystallized "whatThad been In'tr w- "3.J. k. v.- I r?; the American mind and heart. w j.V\. /* ;*?/V r . I* Not since the world heard, three J years ago, that the day and hour of <3 %t?eAarmistice had been fixed has1 m i&ere Been such a sweep of joy. "The m I optimism in "Washington",'* said a'at fcC'.-" ^rtty diplomat on Sunday, "ia terri- co lying.'' He could ^fiaye fouhd&at ,be same optiir.ism in every corner of ibj k merits* TTa 'nnll }fr. f/VO in II every' continent of the world when the people of that continent realize di challenge" of the United S^eamust be taken up by the 0th- ^ er lowers. Why should not the Qf wori^ |be optimistic when it sees Anjerica, through Mr. Hughes, accomplishing more in half'an hour gQ toward the elimination of bloodshed ^ than hf}3 ever been accomplished in of V all the droning hours of the Hague Tribunal or the League of Nations? w. With the raagnanittrity which pro- ^ ceeds only from the great America c~ has offered to sacrifice far more in , V. fji- V.J- - JO the interest of world peace and econSr--5 . I - omy than it asKs the other great sea Powers'to relinquish. With none of , *** ' 4' * fch the preliminaries of barter, none of ^ tfce waiting for offers and counter j proposials, we have laid on the table a magnificent bid for peace. It is a 00 ' * wt hid so high that none, we think, will <isk for more; but it is not a bid so ^ high that our own people will be- " grudge paying it, for they know what its acceptance will mean. 11 Jiingianci s acceptance in pum-ipi'. | fj was to be expected. We who hadiye read of the eagerness of Great Brir-|~ ain to enter the conference coul 1 v __ not doubt what her answer must be. Her people, even more than our own, have tired of the burden of navies that grow costlier each year. Her people know, as we know, that dreadnoughts are paid for not only in the taxes of the rich but in .the price of the poor's bread. Her people know "* > that their statesmen have promised to make every effort to lessen the load which they, in the finest spirit of honor and justice, took on their hacks in 1914 and carried through four red years, iney are nui puti. fists. They would go again with high heads into another justiiiable war. But they must welcome a programme which would instantly reduce the .^cost of national defense without reducing their chances in the event of war. And when ' America says to 1^" England "For every five thousand tons of ships that you scrap we will i HA - *. _-x :rap eight thousand tons" there car ; no doubt about the Briton's an ver. The feelings of Continental Eu >pe, once it comes to realize thai le American offer means exactlj hat it says, may be imagined. Hert the richest of all countries?tk( ition which can afford, better thar ly other, to build dreadnoughts bj le dozen?making an offer which is P nvinnli WM<itor Y-O-lntlTTP APOTIOmif Ivantage to the other Powers thar is to herself. Here is a natior ith thousands of miles of coast and ith territory scattered through the aribbean and the Pacific offering * stop building war vessels for ten jars if other empires of the sea ill follow suit. What must Europe think? She is listened to three years oi leorizing and hairsplitting and ?eeches that meant nothing. And >w, in a few minutes, in a pro>sal so plainly stated that the chilren in the streets understand it merica shows the way. It is a rea] ay, not the way of that diplomacy : which the world has grown tired. is a way that would destroy milirism, but not nationalism. It ould destroy waste but not defense, ' would end for years the jealous ,ce of nations for the gun supremy of the oceans. Perhaps forever; K:ause, while the programme calls r a naval holiday for ten years, ho wili say that in a peaceful 1931 tybody will like to rise and call for return to ,the old game of overatching dreadnoughts??New York erald.' M?tyO$IAL TABLET ronze Marker For Clemsoa's Dead r,t?r.r 7>' tp , rf .' * ~r- i mom Soldiers Cleipson College, Npv. 15.?Aristice day was celebrated at Clemn College in a most impressive anner, the feature of the occasion sing the unveiling ?f a bronze taib\ containing the names of twentyx sons of Clemson college who ed in the ^orld War. "fhe exerses were held at the Memorial ove, which is a group of uarolina >plgrs planned several years ago ir p^OTninent spot on the c^tnpus, eacl ee representing a Clemsop mar [jo lost his life in the service. Dr. ^V. M. ftiggs, president oi lemson college, wasvmaster of cereonies, and addresses yrere made bj ajor Henry C. THJraan, a gradu? and now a trustee of Clemsor liege, who presented the tablet in >half of the board o| trustees; and 7 Major John G. Richards, Libertj ill, S. father of Stephen M. ichards, a Clemson graduate who ed in the service. The 'bronze tablet is set in a huge anrte boulder placed on the edge the Memorial grove, land bears e following inscription: "In proud remembrance of those ns of" Clemson college who gave eir lives in the great cause 1917-1? liberty and justice?1918." Another bronze tablet set in the ill of the porch of the college apel was unveiled without further remonies. This tablet l>ears the llbwihg inscription: "Clemson Agriculture college, in nor and loving remebrance of e 1,545 patriots whose names are own, and othere unknown, sons of 1 --11- L." ...1 1 4-1. einsun cuuege, wnv aiiswcicu uicn untry's call to arms in the World ir, 1917-1918, and those named bew,~ who made the supreme sacri?" . , The United States produced nearly ,000,000 bushels of flaxseed last ar. JUST 4RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF ... RIhp Stniift a %? V r-r m# w Be sure to soak your Wheat before sowing to prevent rust. -The McMURRAY DRUG CO. - ' ? , . PEACE DECLARED f >! WITH OFPMAWV i r! TfIMI ULIllTinMI ; 1 ; [PRESIDENT HARDING ISSUES r I PROCLAMATION SAYING THAT 51 STATE OF WAR NO LONGER EXISTS?PEACE WITH AUS1! TRIA NEXT STEP. Washington, Nov. 15.? Peace be'jtween the United States and Ger'Im'any was formally proclaimed today 1 by President Harding. i Jhe president in a proclamation signed at 3:52 p. m., today declared f the state of war between the UniI ted States and Germany existing [ from April 6, 1917, to have terminated July 2, 1921, when the joint peace resolution of congress was approved by the executive. > . [ Issuance of the proclamation, 1 - which followed an exchange of rati- ^ ncations 01 tne treaty at oeriin ei- . fected Armistice day in the German ; capital, was considered the first of a ? series of three steps which, when 1 , completed, will return the United * . States to a complete peace status. ^ ; The secomj st-ep probably will be j i the promulgation of a proclamation ^ , declaring the war with Austria to ibe at an e^d, and the issuance of a * ' ) | J'lar p ^jclanuation -v^jth respect to Hungary. Until the third and jj final step is taken, the purposes of the formal proclamation will not be achieved, in the opinion of officials. These purposes are stated to be put to an end without dou/bt to certain ? * I laws unaffected by the congressional resolution of repeal approved last March 3. Notable among these # ^ | ( I | ? 4 10 '* i| * * " *. * ' wartime laws are sections of the V.-..* liJv .'A- *? '; : espionage act, the Liberty bond act, agd trading with the enemy act. Portions of the last namecl statute are preserved, however, through the T)l4 i*1! *' ' ' ' ' treaty. disposition of tbe cases of EuI ge^ie V. De^s and others, convicted , of violation of war laws, likewise \ CV'.v x will aiyait the third and final step. 1 Attorney General Paugherty has i prepared an opinion for the president suggesting a njethod of disf posing of the Pebs case and, it is understood, proposing definite ment of the case of others, convicted of similar offenses. This opinion, however, has not yet been presented tp the president, and Mr. Elau^tionf If Uoc< L. ^ m | yiiCiTT H1**^ | last, minute changes before its submission. ' : The proclamation issued today has no bearing on the resumption of diplomatic relations between the Uni*? r - . t s jc- "v . .? * i ted Steves an<} permany, state de- P partment officials asserting that the I exchange of ratifications in itself re- * stored such diplomatic relations. Just when Germany y/ill resume ? her old diplomatic status in Wash1 i ington is not known to officials here, but it is expected that Baron Ther mann, former counsellor of the Ger- I man legation at Budapest, will ar- t rive in Washington shortly to ar- | range % a technical installation of [ a German embassy. ? Press dispatches from Germany |j have indicated that the Ebert gov- j ernment was having difficulty in J finding a suitable appointee to the Washington ambassadorship in view of the expense through difference in exchange rates. It has been suggest ed that Germany might for a time he content with a charge d'affaires, I ihnt ciieh suer^estion has not been of- & ficially communicated to the Ameri- E can state department. | President Harding for some time [ has had under consideration the E names of several possibilities as ambassador to Germany and it is understood that Representative Alanson H. Houghton of New York is first in the president's mind in that connection. C. C. & O. REQUESTS BIG LOAN OF UNCLE SAM i Washington, Nov. 15.?The Caro'na Clinchfield and Ohio railroad asked through the Interstate Commerce Commission today for a rovernment loan of $G,000,000 to refund existing'indebtedness offering to deposit $7,000,000 of its funds .viiji the treasury in security for the loan. The road said it "desired $5,000,000 of the amount to pay off /old notes maturing at an early date and $1,000,000 to take up an indebtedness already incurred to the government. ; I JAIL IS GRANTED TO T. L. CANN - (Continued from page 1.) During the show I heard talking and tn-ici-k rtn/1 oo-trr +V10+ if woe nAmind iwioc anu ijwyr wiuv iv ttuo wvuiuig rrom three or four - men, composed >f Lester Ciann, B. Ferguson and jthers.. They were under the influ>nce of liquor. I canre up behind hem and asked them to be quiet, adIressing my remarks to Mr. Fei"gufon. "When the show was over I came >ut immediately in order to see a liece of mine to an automobile in front of the City Hall. After I had lone this I casually walked around n the crowd that?was still leaving ;he City Hall. After a little while 1 valked up where Policeman Cannon ;hat crowd Was up stairs in the Citj 3all. We watched the crowd for a :ew minutes. About that time Policenan Stevenson came to where Canion and I were, and told me thai /hat crowd Was up stair in the Citj Sail and that Lester Cann was 1 1 iruiuu "I left Cannon and Stevenson anc .tarted in the City Hall for the purjose of seeing if I could get Oanr ;o go home. On my way in I met th< Manager of the Opera House, and le and I walked along up the steps x>gether, until we got neiarly to the ;op of the stairs and then the manager indicated with his hand where Sfr.*Cann was and then" the Managei vent back down stairs. I did not anicipate any trouble. I had jny pistol, as I always do when on duty, >ut it was under fmy uniform coal md my coat was buttoned up. I weiai innnnnnijinijihpf ? ' : . mt>. a mm {This guaranteed Roaster pure aluminum, heavy en< lifetime service?big eiio the average 5 lb. roast 01 inches deep and 10 inch pan' is 3 inches deep?bo I part and cover can be use< I splendid as baking di< | j- No housewife should b< m ?a fortunate Connection' ! numware makes it possib I tow'filg list Of GROCERIES ! 1 can Spanish Pjro?ntc> .. !H 1 can Premier can cprn . 1 can Artnoors canried V< 1 cart Webster's Sirawbei 1 pfcg. Jfffy Jelf . . . . RETAIL VALUE 0 i Without question the j I get your combination as v exceptional price we mus J Limit of two to a fai I SATURD/ S See our attractive W jj OTHER fi ^ i lbs. Plain Flour ... . fi 24 lbs. Sell'-Rising Flour ? II llic <llOill? i n? ju.-i, ? Jl S lbs. hnlil Compound Lar ifl h> lb. bucket Pure Hopr L 3n 15 bars HiOctagon Sun jfi ^ i burs Small (k'tiifiun Si al > j. 5c packages Washing S S pkirs. Ouakei' Oaf Meal IE [fl We have a full line of Fri jfl Your Thanksgiving Di !fl ery, Raisins, i ICO-OPEF ? iririririnnpinrinrini JumuuuIUuuuUIIID | my pistol in front or on the side to oi a belt under my coat. ai "When I got a few yards from the ai top of the steps, in the hall up stairs, 01 I saw Lester Cann and Whit Gilliam. Cann was leaning against the wall. Gilliam immediately walked off and disappeared, so far is I know. As soon as Cann saw me he asked tr in a some-what excited voice if I had oi come to arrest him. I told him 'No,' ti hut that it had been reported to me il i i J J 1- il max ne was aown uruii*. Kjunn xnen said, 'Some one' ^old you I was p( down, down, down.' Just as I said to yj | him, 'Yes,' he threw a pistol in my tc face, at the same time saying, 'get f< , back out of here, ' Crawford* Get , down out of here.' I threw up my gj arm and knocked the pistol out of j| i line, hut in a flash he turned it on Hj r me again and shot me in the face, b t the ball passing through my face {| and going out the back of my neck, {g "I wtas blinded( by the flash and 1 . stunned and I reeled and fell back- jf ' wards. As I was doing so I fell in | , the arms of Mr. Stevenson. Up until i that time I did not know that Stevejv g I son and Cannon had come up the r stairs behind me. J thought I was the | I Anlii nAWBAn nn HVYtOnf E t and Gilliam, and Gilliam had disap- | [ , "When Stevenson got me a lifctlp | ! ways down the steps I heard a num- {| ber of shots, but thought it was ij s Cann shooting off his pistol. I di<J j| not know tfoat he and Cannon were E having pistol encounter. When Stey- 1 enson got me almost to the automo- jg , Ibile I heard some other shotB, and g ; as I was being driven off to the hos- 1 1 pital I saw Mr. Cannon on his back f| DAY, NQl C ... JgU 5 SLIBBIY QJ? STABLE $138 ^ ^ js/- -Jt . is made from puddings, bakii ougli to give a heavily*" five ted Ugh to -roast Raster is sup? chickeh?6 both mset snug ,es Ion?, each durability. th the' ' lower A beautiful ( i separately? ?top and bottc ?h?macaroni, a distinct favor 3 without bne of these guarantee< with One'of'the largest manuf&ctui Ife that we can offer you this exc Retail price . '.. :i<ki. 1 pkg. Quaker 18<51 1 eatfCafopttyl saetables 16c. Retail Price of Tl68~: 26c. ' Groceries .. fOc. TOTAL . . . >F AI+, $3.11?SATURD greatest offer ever made and ask *e predict a greater demand than t ask cash?None Charged. nily?no 'Phone orders?first cor DON'T " FORGET THE DATE. \Y, NOVEMBE indow display?You will never SPECIALS FOR SATUi - " ~ " ' "? ' > l.? . $ I .0(1 ,1 .5 lilt. Cilll-> lirr. . ... $ 1T05 I Siilni.m . . . $1.00 I * IfcikiMs <1 . . . . $1.07 ' (';,IIS *n- - r1' anl . . . | #1.00 I'rcn.iii. .a,, ... $1.00 . H,',n- '*r I. i it n.-i ! M'i'il cans \\ o I'uw.l.-r *1.00 , t |?,.MC bottles : * $1.00 ; :} Hi. Anifrii'iin iits and prices ace right, also rer nner as we#can -supply your want Currants, Figs, QUes and IMuts of 5 \ a/SKKFHisy^ytitiyH 1 HHiMimmmmmmmmhh i the bottom floor of the City Hall ad I saw Cann come' ont and go round the corner of the City Hall i his way home." <* BOX PARTY. ; ^ V-CJ. There will be a box -party^at Aneville Friday night for the benefit t the.. School Improvement associaon. in omna at dinners and tneatricai erformances, it is customary to pro- ide guests or spectators with hot >wels saturated with scented water )r wiping their faces. PLUMBING I TINWORK ' I heating..... | Pemoline Super tile 1 and porcelain dean-1 ser, ^uaranteeid to I remove rust or any 1, kind of stains from | ^amelw^re. J Reasonable Prices. 1 5'*'^ **^7 rrrl'i > t A * raj r RALPH TURNER 1 J. 19th | I If" J ': ' 'IS'' n DflieTED I y wmm ? GROCERIES FOR ! j # ' * * ? ^ ** ry-'^/T * 9 I I ,1 ig beans, etc.?handles - | I : and well rounded. This | J :eme in thai the'rims of s I ly jgivinglt^fr?ngth:~and } lesign?highly polished J ] >m ?atin finish, making it { ite in the finest home/ E j 1 for a lifetime Roasters g1 ers of high grade alumi- a 1 ellent item with the fol- ! | Retail price ? ! Oat Meal 14c. . J 1$ Bean Soup .... 13c. S Roaster . . . ... $2.00 If. 1 AY ONLY, $1.98 ? that you come early to we anticipated. At this jO ne first served. [fi ]R 19TH I regret this buy. q2 RDAY jjj * I Columbia River ZTV $1.00 ffi Momnnut $1.00 JJ5 LC ito'l oi' sliced I'liic- 31 K M mi* Armours Slar 1C iilid 30c. ssoii Oil -SI .00 y? Nl HOI'S Kxll'lK'l ... * 1 .0(1 jjS full cromn Choose -SI.00 . nember us when buying j?j ,s. Cranberries, Cel- jjj all kinds. ^ s - - LR iRC. CO.! itfiifiaififfiffiifiifiifitfiwiM i