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: FACIA WET
LEAVES OFFICE
MEMBERS HAND RESIGNATION
TO KING?ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT
ANY DISORDERS BY
PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM BY
THE POLICE.
Rome, Oct. 28.?The Italian cabinet
headed by Premier handed their
resignations to the king today, it
was officially announced this evening.
i The announcement had been expected
and therefore caused no surprise
among the people of Rome.
Xing Victor Emmanuel has requested
Premier Facta and his collegues
iq the ministry to continue their
work until a new government has
beert constituted. Meanwhile the
member of all the political parties
express the hope that no disorder
will result and that the various fac-j
tions will permit the crisis to be sol-l
ved without any undue pressure. j
The king, who arrived in Rome to |
night received Signor Facta, who
gave tie monarch a detailed report
on the siuation both concerning the
cabinet and the frame of mind of
the public. He told the king that all
measures hacj been taken to endeavKoi
n rr fl.
or i/J any ?
gainst the authority of the state and
to report anyj disorder that might arise,
The police and military at Pisa
Siena and other places in Tuscany
have adopted procautionary measure
ers i? view of the mobilization of
the Fascisti in that region.
The opinion prevailing in political
circles t3 that the Fascisti are masters
iof the situation and that a new
cabinet can be formed only by1 them
or with their consent or participation.
i
The ijpost authoritative prediction
eems .to be that the new ministory
will foe formed either by Dr. Benite
N Mussolini, leader of the Fascisti, or
Ux, ^mo.. Prpmipr Salandra with
I the ccila'borotion of the Fascisti.
All observers of the* political situation
agree that the ministerial
crisis came consequennce of Dr.
Mussolini's determined attitude on
Thursday, when he called together
all the --military leaders of his organ
ization and ordered the 800,000
workers now members of the Fasciti
to be ia readiness for cooperation
with tbe military sections. This actio*
by Mussolini was considering
to keep his oath, taken at Naples,
that tho Fascisti would assume the
reina of government either legaly ar
by force.
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ATTENDS MEETING
Of State Officers Held in Columbia
Last Week.
R. 6. Cheatham is just back from
Columbia and says the live stock
exhibit was the best perhaps ever
shown at the State Fair. He attended
a meeting of the Auditors, Treasurers
and Sheriffs, of the State held
in the Masonic Temple Wednesday
r.ight after which a banquet was
served. The meeting was for the
I purpose of seeking improved methods
for the running of these state
offices. Mr. Cheatham says if there
was any politics talked he was such
a novice at the game he didn't know
it.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS MEET
R. S. McComb, R. P Kyle, W E
Wilkerson, Frank Harrison, Kinslei
Beckham. Sanford Howie, Bayarc
CNj-/-?+v,.n knvr ?.Tnn Wnlo T)r. C. A
I Mi!ford, Dr. F. E. Harrison, and E
N T.ddy went to Greenwood todaj
to attend a meeting of the Knighl
Templars to be held at that place tonight.
Tree Planting Week.
<?ojlum:bia, Oct, 26.?Govertnot
Harvey has designed the week oi
October 27 to November 3, <;trer
planting week."
MRS. HENRY GILLIAM
ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY
Of Parent-Teacher Association?Tht
Committees to Be Named This
Week?Meet Nov. 21
A meeting of the nineteen sponsors
of the Parent-Teacher Association
was held in the graded schoo!
building Thursday afternoon to elecl
a president for the association foi
this session. Mrs. C. A. Milford was
chairman of the sponsors' committee.
Seventeen of the members o1
this committee were present.
After the meeting had been callec
to order the chairman asked foi
suggestions as to whom they shoulc
consider for this important .office
After only a brief discussion it was
apparent to all present that, the unanimous
opinion of the sponsors was
that the office be tendered officially
to Mrs. Henry Gilliam for the second
time, every one present speaking
in the most commendatory terms
of the splendid work she had done
for the association last session. Nc
other person was considered and the
sponsors voted unanimously by rising,
to urge Mrs. Gilliam to take the
leadership for the second time.
Mrs. J. A. Smith, Jr., Mrs. G. A.
Neuffer and Mrs. F. B. McLane were
appointed as notification committee,
[These ladies retired to see Mrs. Gilliam
and to urge her to continue the
good work which she has been doing
for the association. Soon they reI
ported back to the-meeting that Mrs
j Gilliam had -taken the matter under
{consideration and would report to
the chairman Saturday whether 01
not she could assume this important
offiee.
I It is with a great deal of satisfaction
that it can now be announced
| that Mrsy Gilliam has agreed to serve
the association as president for this
session. She will meet with the other
j members of the executive committee
this week and announce the personnel
of the standing committees foi
the session. The committees to bt
appointed by the executive commit
4-na aro' finnnpp. membership anc
program.
The next regular meeting of th<
association will be held Tuesday af
ternoon, November 21.
TO ANDERSON FRIDAY.
Abbeville Hi Plays Anderson Friday
t At Anderson.
> The boys of Abbeville high schoo
will journey to Anderson Friday fo:
the annual game between the tw<
football teams. Abbeville has woi
the last two years, but lucked thi
game last season by a score of 2'.
to 20.
Reports from Anderson say tha
the boys there are out for blood thi
nroot. and nnt.hine' can stoi) them
However, they haven't played u
yet and Abbeville will again prov
their 'Jonah. The winning of th
game with Anderson will very pro
bably put Abbeville in the up-stat
finals.
Practice will be held on the ne^
field here beginning this afternoor
The team wants everybody in Abbe
, ville who can go to accompany ther
to Anderson Friday.
McCORMICK ROAD LET.
, ; '
Capt. H. B. Humbert reports fa\
i orable progress being made on th
, highway work. Federal Aid projec
[ No. 181 was awarded to Contracto
- Moffitt of McCormick County. Fee
eral Aid Project No. 181 is the roa
from Abbeville to McCormick ger
erally known as the McCormick roac
Work will begin within about a weel
,
BIG STOCK DIVIDEND
I ? *
Woodruff Cotton Mill in Prosperou
? Stage.
. Greenville, Oct. 28.?At a mee
. ing of directors of the Woodru
Cotton mills, held Thursday, a stoc
dividend of 50 per cent, payable D<
cember 5, and a cash dividend <
10 per cent payable January
, were declared. The cash' dividen
< includes the regular 5 per cent, sen
, annual dividend and a special dv
idcd of 5 per cent.
FORES GIVEN
' BY REPUBLICANS
. MUCH MONEY SPENT IN CAM[
PAIGN?WITH ELECTION ALt
MOST HERE TREASURY STILL
: HAS SEVERAL THOUSAND
5 DOLLARS.
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Washington, Oct. 28.?Three ReI
publican campaign committees?the
national, senatorial and congressionI
al?filed preliminary reports with
the clerk of the house of representa}
tives today, showing that $721,359
had been contributed to help elect
Republican senators and representar
tives, of which amount $645,451 had
been expended.
Each committee will file another
. report i>rior to final ones after the
, general election on November 7. The
, Democratic senatorial committee, the
; Anti-Saloon League of America, the
. association opposed to prohibition
, and similar organizations taking part
in national politics will put in their
financial statements by tomorrow
, night. ^
For the first time the Republican
speakers' bureau also filed its report
i separately today. It showed receipts
' of $17,000 and expenditures of $11,157.
1 Heading the list of all contributors
' was R. B. Mellon of Pittsburgh,
1 brother of the. secretary of the treasury,
who gave $25,000 through the
; Republican national committee. John
D. Rockefeller was second with $15'
000, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
L gave $10,000. The Rockefellers, fa!
ther and son, contributed also $750
1 each through the Republican congres
sional committee.
The Teport of the national committee
was the last of the three to
reach the house clerk's office, coming
by mail tonight. A copy was obtained
by the Associated Press at
I Chicago and sent out, many hours
hofnrp the Hhpument was received
5 here by registered mail.
Records of the house clerk show
that the Republican national committee
in its preliminary reports filed
in 1920, a presidential year, reported
contributions of $2,966,019,
f as compared with $421,444 today. At
the same time the Republican sena*
torial committee reported receipts of
r
: abbevtlletf
1 team vis1
t
S The high school football team had
a wonderful trip to Columbia last
s Thursday which was made possible
e ? - / ii i _ _t
oy tne generosity 01 tne peupie uj
8 Abbeville who contributed the dollars
necessary to finance the trip as
e a reward for defeating Greenwooc
for the first time in three years. The
y
boys who were lucky enough to make
* this trip were: Claude Gambrell
Donald Harris, Bill Bowie, Connie
n Starnes, Spencer May, Ray Swetenburg,
Ashby Galloway, Foster Barn
well, Buster Howie, Joe Crawford
Hugh Bradley, Frank Neuffer, Free
Godfrey, Bill Greene, Tom Howie
Ralph Bauknight, James McComb
' Sumter McCord. Bill Nickles wai
scheduled to go but got left. We heai
j he has bought a new alarm clock ii
^ anticipation of another opportunity.
Major Fulp accompanied the boy:
j and looked after the tickets and de
tails of the trip. Chick Galloway whe
went at the same time assisted hin
in getting the boys out to the Fail
Grounds. The tickets which were sole
the team at half price by the Clem
son-Carolina committee called -foi
j._ very good sQats, and for two hour
and a half the boys enjoyed -th<
j, toughest football struggle they ha<
^ ever before seen.
^ After the game everybody filled uj
^ on red lemonade, weiners and ham
' burger. Some enjoyed the horsi
a #
. races, but most enjoyed the sights a
long the midway of Johnny Jones
shows. Bill Greene and Tom Howii
were decorated with strings of bead:
il. LLOYD GEORGE "
! HAS FULL PROGRAMw
I
I "*
MAY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO lo,
VISIT UNITED STATES?FOR(- Sa
MER BRITISH PREMIER HAS vi,
HIGH REGARD FOR AMERICA. th
EXPECS TO WRITE BOOK. 01
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London, Oct. 29.?'Should Mr. ar
Loyd George fail to obtain a nom- pr
or
mating or even a good political
strategic position in the coming ca
VG
general election there are at least ^
two things which may occupy his
CO
attention?his long hoped for visit
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to America and the writing of his
PE
memoirs.
With receipt of the invitation y
from secretary of Labor Davis on
behalf of tho American Gorsedo, a ov
Welch society, the, question of the ^
former prime minister's visit to the
United States has been revived, and
it is considered! possible that he ^
may realize his cherished desire.
(His high regard for America and .
her people has been emphasesized in ^
almost every speech since he relin<ruished
the helm of State and it is .
known he was deeply impressed by
the favorable editorial conrmant ca- Ql
bled to England following the news jn
of Mr. Davis invitation. ' m
It is considered very possible that w
if he turns from political activities
he will go to the United States b?- m
fore plunging into his memoirs jjj
because it would give him a rest, jn
or at least a change from his ar- w
duous labors, and would enable him s
to look at what he might'want to ^
say from a distance, giving a bet- m
ter perspective. Then too there 0j
would be the opportunity of glean- j ^
ing additional material from the | ft
events oJ^ the immediate future. jw
It may be recalled that wheni0^
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there was considerable, criticism oi w
his accepting $400,000 for his book ^
Loyd George said he intended to ^
give* the proceeds to charity -but
now that he no longer holds an offi- "
cial position, there is some ques- ^
tion as to whether he might not see w
fit to keep the revenue from his pen a
as an insurance against adversity.
w
. . p
$179,485, compared with today's ^
showing of $136,069.
OOTBALL
TS COLUMBIA >
ti
, f:
I by the fat lady. 'Buster was caught
; making love to the lion tamer, and
s Sumter McCord rode the Butterfly so j
: many times the man in charge gave .
a
- him six extra tickets. "Judge" James
5 Mc.Comb spent part of the afternoon
I in the Supreme Court chambers in
i the state house picking out his fu ?
t ?x.? r>
; jture aesx ana cnair. rusi-er uaumcu ^
, .Would have made more progress in
i his venture if it hadn't been that
, I
- one arm was out of commission by
- reason of his broken clavicle. As it
. I was he got along as well with the
1 i fair sex as his Uncle Will ever did p
, in the days of State Balls.
, Fred Godfrey fell in love with a K
e
3 Syrian lass at the fruit stand near ~
r the Union Station and barely made
1 his train back home. He came in the
{coach with two baskets of gTapes, a
VI
3;cocoanut, bunch of bananas and
- smelling of Hoyt's cologne. Some say
) he gat Syrian mixed with Armenian,
l and thought all the while that he was!*r
jcontributing to the Near East Relief.
li "Zip" was mistaken for a police-|c
- . . - IT
-'man and held a pair ot twins tor a *
r woman while she was looking over 3
s the swine and poultry. b
i\ The crowd reached Abbeville at s
1J 12:45 a. m. Friday, sleepy, tired and 11
.hungry, but with that satisfied feel- *
)'ing of the end of a perfect day well
-1 spent. All concerned deeply appre- v
s ciate the generous folk who made
-ithe trip possible and all proclaim
' Misses Jeansie White, Virginia Wil2
son and Judith Hill the finest collec- p
sjtors in the world. b
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JESDAY, OCTOBER 31 ' j
WILL BE HALLOWE'EN I
atch Out for the Ghosts, Goblins
and Witches, The Town Will
Be Alive With Them.
Tuesday, October 31 will be ttalwe'en,
or the evening before All ^
lints day which is November 1. The
Mil yv ? All TT _ 11 11 ! _ i. 3
gii ui x\u nanows is associated in
e popular imagination with variis
superstitions and is celebrated
r the young wj tricks, and games
id rites in which the element of
ophecy has a prominent place. Dec- i
ations of pumpkin heads, black {
its, cornstalks and in fact all harist
fruits prevail in Hallowe'en paris.
From the dim ages of the past !
me customs that we know not of, ^
2 use during our short day here and (
tss on to children who will know
ss than we do about their origin,
et the strongest parts of a race or
iople are the things they do withit
knowing why and the customs
ey wear for a brief spell.
The boys and girls of Abbeville
id other towns in this section will ;
ess up as witches and goblins and (
ive a merry dance of it on Tuesday ]
ght. They will tie up the school
ill or they will let it ring out, just
; the notion strikes them. And they ,
ill unhinge your gate, and my ,
ite, overturn porch 'chairs and turn j
it liehts. and zo in droves and go <
pairs about their nefarious busi- .
;ss. But what would life* be worth j
ithout it'all.
And look back a few years. The j
others and fathers of these same ]
;tle witches and goblins were plac- ;
g apples on window ledges for the (
itches to carry away, and walking \
riously and ' solemnly down the
aircas^ backwards at 12' o'clock,
irror in hand^ waiting for the face (
: the future husband to appear as 1
ie last step was reached, and when ,
le last step was reached the lady
ith the mirror was in such a state
F mind she could have seen anyling
her imagination desired. And
ie looking into the old well in the
?ad of night to see the face of the
eloved in the deeps thereof; and the
lrning up of rocks to find a lock of
air of the future husband. And the
ater trick, or the custom of taking
mouth full of water, and without
vallowing or spilling a single drop,
alk a certain distance, and the first
erson of the opposite sex met was
ie fate of the one trying the trick.
Another source of great fun was
) find a boy calling on his girl in
ie country, and in those days, a
ellow went to see his best girl and
itched his ricr at the post which usu
lly stood at the front gate. Somsimes
the wheels would be changed,
ront wheels placed on the back, and
fie' back wheels placed in front,
rhich makes a very ridiculous lookig
buggy. Others went even farther
nd would take the buggy down and
erhaps caruy into a barn loft and
et up again in the loft; and the boy
rhen leaving would find himstelf j
ompelled to walk many miles to His
ome in the- middle of the night,
luch to the joy of certain imps.
One custom prevailing even today
f placing a tub of water in the
liddle of the room at a Hallowe'en
arty, with nice red apples floating
bout to be taken out with the teeth
j past understanding even by understanding
people. There must be a
?gend back of this custom somewhere,
and it may go back as far as
Ldam and Eve. There is no telling
where an apple story will lead you
y the working back process.
One of the oldest and prettiest
f 4-~n/? lmro ari/^ nmnHeries of
esto ujl uuc iviw -uture
fate is the placing of two
hestnuts sitje by side on the fire,
f one hisses and steams it indicates
fretful temper in the owner; if
oth chestnuts misbehave it augurs
trife. If one cr both pop away it
leans separation; but if both turn
o ashes tranquilly side by side a
Dng life of undisturbed happiness
rill be the lot of the owners.
Breach of Trust.
Lem Jackson, a colored man, was
laced in jail Saturday charged with
reach of trust.
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10 CEAC: PARLEY
EMBASSADORS OF ALLIED COUN^ > ]
TRIES SEE HUGHES.?UNITED j
STATES WILL NOT OFFICIAL- |j
LY PARTICIPATE, SAYS SEC-r ?|
RETARY OF STATE.
Washington, Oct. 29.?Another
equest that the United States ac- iSB
;ively participate with the Allied
governments in the settlement of Eu- ~v>jM
:opean difficulties, this time. involvng
the establishment of peace bat- f|l
;ween Turkey and the Allies and :
;he States of the Dardanelles and- *$i
Bosphorus straits, was received to- ( '.:Jj
Jay by the Washington government,
Its formal (presentation by Sir
Auckland Geddes, the British am- v^i
bassador, Count de Chamburn, ac*- :?i|a
ing for France in the absence of Ambassador
Jusserand^ . and Chaige * -?r|3
Rossi, who appeared for Senator Ria- :.|i
:i the Italian ambassador was f-ol- i
lowed by a statement from the JJtsU i'|j
Department that this government
yesterday had instructed its am&assadors
in London, Paris and Bom* \
to inform those governments that
it could not officially participate in .Ji
the Near East conference at Haua- &
inne, Switzerland. At the same time
it was pointed out that there were
important interests in the Near 5&st
in which this government was keen- >;|g
ly interested and treatment by them ; :;?i
and the Lausanne conferees will "be '
observed by American repreSantat*
Secretary Hughes' instruction *to m
Ambassadors Harvey, Herricjc > and
Child, it was understood, recotnifed ^
the interests of the United States im
subjects to come before the Lausanne
meeting for adjustment. Out- . ;?
afnnHinc amoncr these wen& said to .ffej
be that of protection of racial -and
religious minorities in Turkish territory
and other humanitarian considerations,
including those at the
great missions and educational insti- *j
tutions.
Secretary Hug*hes listened atte*tively
to the reading and received
a copy of the invitation. He informed
his callers then of the steps he
had taken to acquaint their respec- ''
tive home governments with the attitude
of the United States respecting
the settlement of the Near last- - ^
em questions at Lausanne. Mr.
Hughes was understood to have prom
ised the three diplomats, howeyer,
chat he would respond later in writing
toxthe invitation they had
brought.
P ?-.rrow
BY THE LAWS OF FRANCE
Ambassador Jusserand Comfinentis
on Dry Rilling.
New York, Oct. 2?.?M. Jules Ju:sserand,
French ambassador to the
United States, on his arrival today
on the Paris from France, asserted
that in the face of the rccent "bohe
dry" ruling of Attorney General
^augherty, which prohibits the use
or carriage of any liquors on vessels
entering American ports France can
abide only by the laws of France.
He added, however, that no' ira-?
medi?te action would be taken by
TTppn^h embassv in Washington
until the Supreme Court has passed
upon the ruling.
WARE SHOALS MAN ARRESTED.
W. Higgins, of Ware iShoals,
was arrested Saturday night by Deputies
Ferguson and Prince the
Abbeville force and prohibition of- . ,
ficer. Wright for violation of the pro
hibition law. He was placed in the
Abbeville jail and will make application
for bond this afternoon.
COTTON MARKET.
Cotton brought 25 cents on' the local
market today. Futures closed
Oct. 25.20
Dcc. 23.96
Jan. 23.03
March ... 23.91
May 23.68
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