* v ; ' X / -r PART ONE | | FAIR EPTflON | | SIXTEEN PAGES Abbeville Press and Banner " $i.5o ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 27, 1915. estabushed A YEAR. ' ' ' ' 1844,: ABBEVILLE COUNTY FAIR, NOVEMBER 3rd, 4th and 5th. YOU ARE INVITED. ?. * CARRANZA GAINS I HIS FINAL GOAL IS RECOGNIZED BY UNITED 1 STATES AND SOUTH AMERICAN POWERS. Washington, October 20.?Venustiano Carranza was recognized for- 1 mally today as the Chief Executive ? of the Republic of Mexico by the 1 Governments of the United States, * Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala. 5 Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia and Nic- c . aragua. i Diplomatic representatives of the 1 six first named Latin-American coun- 1 tries, selected in the order of their 1 rank here, were parties to the Pan- k American conference on Mexican af- < fairs, but the action of Colombia and 'c Nicaragua indicate that all other Republics of the Western Hemisphere * will follow the lead of their sister ? nations in extending recognition. 'c Each of the Governments sent a 1 letter to Eliseo Arredondo, personal * representative here of Mr. Carranza. LAll were counched in the same form. * That of the United States added a ^formal expression of an intention 1 . "soon to accredit an ambassador to ( Mexico. 1 Henry Prather Fletcher, American ambassador to Chile, already has been ( decided on as the next ambassador to Mexico. Although a Republican in * politics, he was elevated from the ( rank of minister by President Wil- 1 son,' after a long and successful record in the diplomatic service. He * was educated for the law and prac- ^ ticed in Cha'mbersburg, Pa., for many 1 years. He enlisted with the Rough Riders and later served in the Philip- 1 pines. He began as second secretary \ to the American legation in Cuba in 1 i aao J i * '? - 1 iivvt, ana nas oeen in tne diplomatic * service ever since, in China, Portugal * and Chile. Letter of Recognition. Secretary Lansing's letter of re- jj cognition referred only to the inten- ! tion to accredit an ambassador soon. c Its text was as follows: vf?. October, 19, 1915. "Eliseo Arredondo, Esq., Washington, D. C.?My Dear Mr. Arredondo; It is my pleasure to inform you that t the President of the United States c takes this opportunity of extending s recognition to the de facto Govern- I ment of Mexico, of which Gen. Venustiano Carranza is the Chief Execu>. tive. ' "The Government of'the United f States will be pleased to receive for- t mally in Washington a diplomatic t representative of the de facto Gov- t ernment as soon as it shall please Gen t Carranza to designate and appoint c such representative, and, reciprocally I the Government of the United States r will errrpHif Ha Ti vv miv uv XftVbU UUVCIH- i ment a diplomatic representative as t soon as the President has had oppor- t tunity to designate such represents- f tive. I should appreciate it if you t could find it possible to communicate v this information to Gen. Carranza at your earliest convenience. c "Very sincerely yours, p "Robert Lansing, "Secretary of State." I Without Ceremony. t This document?the goal of Mexi- > can revolutionary elements for near- a ly three years?was delivered without a ceremony by a State department mes- t senger at noon to Mr. Arredondo at the Mexican embassy building. Shortly afterwards, in response to a telephone invitation from Secretary Lan- * Mo " * ?n miwuiiuu caueu at xne State department for a conference. * He was escorted to the ante-room, J where ministers and ambassadors are c received. He spent half an hour with 1 the Secretary, discussing Mexican affairs in general. Mr Arregondo leaves * here Thursday for Sattillo to deliver 1 in person to Gen Carranza the letters * of recognition. Several diplomats called at ( [Mexican embassy during the after- 1 noon and many felicitations came by telegram or messenger. Mr. Arredondo issued tonight a statement, in which he said: ( "Recognition of the Government of I Mr Carranza is a triumph of Pan- i American policy, and without doubt 5 will bring about very soon the re-es- 1 NEW JERSEY DENIES UN THE BALLOT RETURNS WOULD INDICATE SUFFRAGE LOST BY FROM 50,000 TO 60,000 VOTES. I Jersey City, N. J., October 19.? Defeat of woman suffrage in New Jersey was conceded to-night by Mrs 2. E. Feickert, president of the New Jersey Woman's State Suffrage Association. Indications based on unifficial returns shortly before midlight were that suffrage would be defeated by from 50,000 to 60,000. A , najority of 23,671 was recorded on inofficial returns from 804 of the ' state's 1,891 districts, the vote being 1 >6,676 for and 80,347 against ths intendment. ! Four hundred and ninety-four of ;he State's 1,891 voting precincts jave a majority of 12,514 against idoption of the constitutional amendnent to enfranchise women. Tha igures were: For, 34,610; against,! 17,124. These returns were mostly, ?rom the large cities. Hudson and Essex counties, where t big fight centred, apparently gave lecisive majorities against the imendment. I Passaic County apparently was :lose, with the amendment defeated. The city of Trenton and Mercer bounty, early returns indicated, votid against the amendment by a bij 1 najority. , President Wilson's own precinct, j ;he 7th election district of Princeton j Borough, voted for suffrage, 641 igainst 150. The only county In the State which . 4-^v r r ! ip|>cy international law and existing I reaties in accordance with internaional amity. Foreign capital, wiil >e welcomed, and very soon a decree if amnesty which Mr Carranza is pre>aring will be issued, that will perait the Mexicans whose presence in Mexico will not constitute a vital nenace to the peace and consolidaion of the Government to return rom their exile, which has caused hem to suffer on account of the civil var. "Railroad and telegraph communiation is being re-established as'ra>idly as possible." Mr. Arredondo also gave out a dis>atch from Gen. Carranza stating hat no Carranza troops had crossed nto Guatemala, as reported, and that trict orders had been given to avoid iny complications on the Guatemalion 'VI UV1 * A SALE DAY DINNER. The ladies of the Associate Reformed church will serve dinner in he store room recently occupied by 3. J. Link, on saleday in November, rhey will serve a turkey dinner with >ysters. A candy booth will be an)ther attraction. The turkey dinners will be thirtyive cents which will include coffee ind the oysters will be twenty-five i plate. The ladies have always served ex:ellent dinners and the one Monday vill be up to the mark. GOING TO THE CONVENTION TU? Ct-t. n J--*? - * TT -i I x*i^ vuiiveiiuuii ui tne unit- j ;d Daughters of the Confederacy, will < )e held in Aiken on Nov. 17th, 18th ind 19th. Mrs. Lucy Calvert Thom- 1 ;on and Mrs. Ringan Thomson will < epresent the Abbevillle Chapter at i the meeting. ^ ] 4-*** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES * * THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION * * < * Washington, Oct. 21.?President Wilson today, in a proclama- * * tion designating Thursday, November 25, as Thanksgiving Day, * * called attention to the fact that the United States has been at * peace while most of Europe has been at war. * "We have been able to assert our rights and the rights of man* kind without breach of friendship with the great nations with * whom we have had to deal," said the President. * The text follows: * "It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in * the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Al* mighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. * The year that is now drawing to a close since we last observed * our day of national thanksgiving has been, while a year of dis* cipline because of the mighty forces of war and of changes which * have disturbed the world, also a year of special blessing for us. "Another year of peace has been vouchsafed us, another' year * * in which not only to take thought of our duty to ourselves and to * * mankind but also to adjust ourselves to the many responsibilities * * thrust upon us by a war which has involved almost the whole of * * Europe. We have been able to assert cur rights and the rights of * * mankind without breach of friendship with the great nations * * with whom we have had to deal; and while we .have asserted * * these rights we have been able also to perform duties and exer- * ? cise privileges of succor and helpfulness which should serve to * r demonstrate our desire to make the offices of friendship the means * of truly disinterested and unselfish service. * "Our ability to serve all who could avail themselves of our * services in the midst of the crises, has been increased, by a gracious * Providence, by more and more abundant crops; our ample finan- * cial resources have enabled us to steady the markets of the world * and facilitate necessary movements of commerce which the war * might otherwise have rendered impousible; and our people have * come more and more to a sober realization of the part they have * been called upon to play in a time when all the world is shaken * by unparalleled distresses and disasters. * "The extraordinary circumstances of such a time have done * much to quicken our national consciousness, and deepemand con- * firm our confidence in the principles of peace and freedom by * which we have always sought to be guided. Out of darkness and * perplexities have come firmer counsels of policy and clearer per- * ceptions of the essential welfare of the nation. We have pros- * nfVila AfVia* TtaAnla ?TQro of ufur Knf Aiir nrnanotifv Tins pcxcu VTU11V VWIC1 J^W|/iV TT V* V WW T?Mi ) MI?V V*?? ?<rdered an immediate investigation who crossed the Danube near Orsova ;o determine whether there is a by only a few miles in the south, :ombination of cotton buyers of things are not going well for the inSouth Carolina, North Carolina and vaders in the latter region. The Georgia to hold down prices of c ?t- French troops have joined with the ;on. This investigation has been un- Serbs and, according to French aclertaken at the instance of Com- counts, have inflicted a severe denissioner W. J. Harris to whom com- feaf; on the Bulgarians at Krivolak, jlaints have come that such a combi- forty miles north of the point where lation does exist resulting in his sub- we saionmi-iNisn railway crosses tne nission of the matter to the com- Serbo-Greek frontier. nission. This success places the BulgariThis information is to effect that ans who reached Istip, Veles and 'or years past in the three states I Usk up in rather an av/kward posin question and more particularly in j tion, for a further advance of the Al;he two Carolinas there have been; lied army "would seriously threaten varying prices in cotton, often this their flank. In fact, unofficial reports lifference amounting to a half cent state that the advance of the French, - ~-t- i -i 1? j i IL . 5er pound in two points not over Wllu oeing ciuseiy iuuowbu uy wie ;wenty miles distance from each j British, has already caused the rejther. : tirement of the Bulgars toward StruThis difference in price, it is al- mitsa. eged in complaints reaching comnissioner, seems to be the sole re- THE SHOW THURSDAY NIGHT. >ults of workings of this combina- j Marguerite De Von Company in ;ion. For instance, it is cited that!"The Red Rose", was presented at nany cities and towns have practi- ! the Opera House last Thursday night :ally no live market due to fact of they showed their appreciation of the iivisions in territory for buying pur- j representative of Abbeville and the poses are made, one territory belong-1 surrounding towns and in every way ng to one buyer, another to an- j they showed their appreiation of the >tner. ! very excelller t show being given. The These alleged practices are said scenes were bright and animated, the to be confined to certain places in- songs musical, the dancing good and licated in the complaint to a after the long period of quiet the greater extent possibly than to other show was a welcome break in the points within the states specified. ^ J monotone us round of the old town. TWO MILLION BALES IS THE DECREASE THIRD GINNERS REPORT ISSUED THIS MORNIN??TOTAL GINNED IS 5,713,347. Washington, Oct. 25.? The third i cotton ginning rport of the season, 1 compiled from reports of census bu- < reau correspondents and agents < throughout the cotton helt and issued 1 at 10 a. m., today, announced that 5,713,ea island cotton inducted ^umbered 40,257 bales, compared with 30,078 bales to October 18 last year, 31,139 in 1913 and 15,960 bales in 1912 Ginnings prior to Qctober, by states with comparisons for the last three years of the entire crop ginned in those states prior to that date in the same years follow: Year Bales. ALABAMA 1915 556,272 191 4 810,295 1913 839,899 191 2 591,954 ARKANSAS. 191 5 281,190 191 4 379,261 191 3 322,181 1912 300,351 FLORIDA. 1915 _ 32,162 J.&A* 1 4?5,cUt5 * 1913 ? 35,956 * 1912 23,575 GEORGIA. , , 1915 1,178,398 1914 1,307,916 1913 1,296,911 1912 793,143 LOUISIANA. 191 5 273,894 1W4 225,274 1913 104,031 1912 J 203,127 MISSISSIPPI. 1915 421,683 191 4 474.788 J 1913 ? - 435,690 > 191 2 347,130 1 NORTH CAROLINA 1 191 5 264,665 * 191 4 301,108 1 191 3 252,193 ' 1912 356,226 ' OKLAHOMA. 1 1915 65.985 1 1914 451,449 1 191 3 391,258 1 191 2 . 398,345 < SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 191 5 581,978- < 191 4 693,444 1 1913 619,720 1 191 2 540,319 TENNESSEE. J 191 5 79,247 J 191 4 102,177 1 1913 ? 131,933 1 1912 66,719 1 TP.Y A S 1 1915 2,000,211/ 1 191 4 2,715,772 1 1913 2,451,279 1912 3,229,621 s ALL OTHER STATES 1 1915 20,657 5 191 4 36,950 191 3 32,464 j 1912 23,696 1 The next ginnig report of the ^ census bureau will be issued at 10 a. m., Nov. 8, and will show the t quantity of cotton ginned prior to e November 1. ^ 1 AT THE COUNTY FAIR. ? The Merry-Go-Round and the Wild I West Shows, the Old Plantation, and other shows are coming to Abbeville for the County Fair. It will be a J m-imo oilnnv hnv in Ahheville I \ County to miss these shows, because c they were gotten up for the boys. The z girls may see them too, but it is ( necessary that the parents come s along to look after the children. _ t HAN OFFICER ' VIOLATES U. S. LAW MEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIR. ING TO VIOLATE U. S. CRIM- " INAL CODE. New York, Oct. 25.?Details of a slot to hamper the shipment of piuni;ions of war to the Allies by placing :lock worked bombs on the rudders )r DroDellers of sWds. so timed that. :he ships would be disabled on their way across the Atlantic, were disclosed today in the confession of one of Sve men charged in a complaint filed ivith a United States commissioner ivith conspiracy to violate a federal statute. Following upon the confession of Robert Fay, a lieutenant of the 16th saxony infantry who said he came to ,his country last April through an igreement with the German secret service to blow up or delay steamers aden with war supplies for the Allies, tVm. J. Flynn, chief of the secret seri ric6 tonight fiied before United States Commissioner Houehton a complaint n which, not only Fay, but four other nen are charged with promoting the :onspiracy. The hearing on the fedsral charge was set for November 4. Fay confessed that when on the mttlefield he talked with his superior >fficers about a device to blow up ihipts, that later his idea of coming to America and carrying his scheme hrough was well received by the German secret service, that he came veil enough supplied with money to ict on his own responsibility and that le talked with Captr von Papen, miliary attache and Capt. K. Boy-Ed, laval .attache of the German embassy ibout the pl?i but they had refused o have anything to do with it. ine confession of *:ay who said he lad been decorated with the iron :ross for fighting in France, coVers ris arrival in the United States on & A A % _ * %- - ***4' ' 4 i.pru zo laai, nis maiang 01 ciock vorked bombs since and his experi* nenting with explosives along the ludson river. Quantities of acid in ;he room occupied by Fay, and Waller L. Scholz in Weehawken, N. J.,' ind boxes containing chlorate of potish, used in making bombs, in a boat louse on the Hudson, had been found ifter the arrest of these men St*n? lay. Scholtz brother-in-law of Fay, s a mechanic. Two other men were arrested and mother, making the fifth, was named in the complaint, but he had not seen apprehended. The new arrests were: Paul Daeche, Jersey City, who laid he was a graduate of Cologne University and came to the United States in 1912; Dr. Herbert Kienzie, 28 years old, manager of a clock company, charged wiht having aided in irocuring explosive materials used by Fay, committed to the Tombs for examination on November 4; Max Brei;ung, about whose identity no details vere disclosed also was named in the :omplaint as one of the conspirators, [t was stated that Breitung had not seen apprehended. In his complaint to Commissioner Houghton, Chief Flynn stated that Paul Siebs, formerly of the German irmy, naa Decome a government witless. It was set forth that Siebs had received money from Fay and Brei;ung for chlorate of potash, said to iave been part of the material found jy detectives in the boat house. The men are charged with con spiring to violate a section of the i [Jnited States criminal code which 1 >ays: "Whoever upon the high seas or in my other waters within the admiral;y and maritime jurisdiction of the Jnited States by surprise or by open f :orce maliciously attacks or sets upon iny vessels belonging to another with , in intent unlawfully to plunder the ' ;ame or to despoil any owner thereof )f any moneys, goods or merchandise aden on board thereof shall be fin-. ;d." 3RYAN TALKS FOR OHIO PROHIBITION Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 25.?William Tennings Bryan, speaking at Steubenrille this morning began a six days :ampaign for statewide prohibition imendment to Ohio constitution. The 'lection is November 2. He has a ipecial train and will visit 41 C0UUW ies, delivering 46 speeches* jt