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' ' ' ' - . ; v if . * Abbeville Press and Banner! Established 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. ' 76th Yeab COMPLICATE, IN INTERN AT FACES PRESIl i THE SUBMARINE PKUBLtn* MOST STUPENDOUS OF ALL Trad* Restriction* Imposed by the Allied Blockade is Another Troublesome Matter to Handle. Washington, Nov. 21.?A portentioos and complicated international situation now faces President Wilson and for the next few weeks will engage his attention and that of his adrisers to the practical fexclusion of all but the most urgent of domestic subjects. In the last days of the campaign Secretary of State Lansing frequently spoke of the necessity of postponing action on the more delicate international questions because the un certainty of the outcome of the political contest had a direct bearing on the success or failure of some of some of the administration policies. Oatitudiai Issues. From now or. the President expects to deal with all foreign questions with out embarrassment and he is receiving from his advisers a summary of the outstanding issues so essential taking stock of the basic situation which must be met now that international relations have returned to their place of prime importance. But it is not evident that there will be any fundamental change in policy, freedom from fear that any move at all would' be misinterpreted as inspired by an' internal political struggle has been' removed. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing feel themselves able' to act with a single eye to the inter-! national situation and their immediate conferences on the President's return to Washington indicate how pressing they feel the situation to be. Between. Two Fires. The President must decide how the United States shall meet the German submarine question on the one hand ?the Entente Allied trade restrictions on the other, whether the retaliatory legislation shall be enforced, whether the traditional tneory- 01 iso\ lation shall be abandoned for concerted neutral action and whether the1 N country shall have an aggressive or a passive policy toward the peace con ference, the war, after the war, and the permanent league to enforce peace which he presiednt his accepted in theory. And, during the rest of the war, shall America's attitude be governed by a decided benevolence in the interpretation of international law according to its own best, interests or shall it be strictly legislative, regardless of whom it affects. \ \ Spect-r.ular Problem. Most spectacular and disquieting of the problems it, the submarine situation with Germany. Five critical cases are pending, one involving a! loss of six American lives, two others involving American ships. Increasingly serious is the fast growing conviction that any kind of gen-| eral submarine warfare, even if com-1 plying* with the adequate rules as to J giving warning, and affording some measure of safety of passengers, is intolerable. Germany is known to be building submarines rapidly and there is the possibility of a starvation: campaign against England. Its ef-j fects would concern all nations. The United States might find it difficult to avoid complications. NEGRO MURDERER ESCAPES. PWIlin Ave. colored, was killed 1 with a small piece of steel by Ossie ' > Henderson, another negro, at Ware Shoals last Sunday afternoon about 2 o'clock. Henderson made his escape, going, it was thought to Greenwood, and has not yet been captured, although the officers have made a diligent search for him. LOOKING OVER FARM LANDS IN ABBEVILLE! Roy Nash, of New York City, spent several days in Abbeville recently looking over Abbeville county farm lands with a view to making exteni sive investments. So far no sales have been reported, but Mr. Nash proves that he is really interested in AVI Ml- I _.l ;u: TO. ? TD AUUCVUiC vy BUUOVilUlUK Ml XUU X X coo and Banner immediately after his return to New York. TWO BUY NEW CARS. Calhoun Falls, Nov. 21.?Dr. J. V. Tate and J. S. Howard have each purchased new automobiles. Automobiles are getting so plentiful in tills locality that one has to be very careful in crossing the streets. ' -V--.il *. .... D SITUATION IONAL CASES OENT WILSON i SHOT AT DOOR OF CHURCH. ^ **? < a ttt?j ureenviue inov. i?.?nwu uu*ib, formerly connected with the raiding forces of the United States Revenue Department, and brother of Superintendent of Education, J. 8. Davis, was shot in the back and seriously wounded as he was entering Berea Church, about seven miles from Greenville this morning. Troy Burdine, aged eighteen, is accused of doing the shooting. Burdine fled to his home two miles away, where he was arrested by Sheriff Rector. No words were exchanged between Burdine and Davis just previous to the shooting, and the small crowd on the outside of the church could offer no explanation as to the cause of the trouble. Mild excitement prevailed. A the jail tonight Burdine evaded all questions, saying: "I'm like Roose velt, who told the reporters after it developed that Wilson was the winner, instead of Hughes, 'excuse me, please'" SAD DEATH OF MR. McMURRAY. The friends of Dr. C. H. McMurray'sympathize with him in the death of his cousin, Mr. J. P. McMurray, of York, which sad event occurred Sab- j bath night in Rock Hill. Mr. McMurray had been to Fort Mill to( spend the day with his parents and was returning to York at night in his automobile when he struck a buggy at a sharp curve in the road. The collision caused him to fall against the steering wheel and this! earned his death. Mr. McMurray was a banker at York. ' On the recent visit of the Press Association to that place he was on the committee of entertainment and; was most gracious to the visitors. He was a young man of great promise and his death comes all too un-. timely. OYSTERS ON SATURDAY. The Ladies Society of the A. R. P. church are going to serve oysters? fried, stewed or nw?every Saturday until Christmas in the vacant ! store room next to Steve's Candy! Kitchen. Everyone is cordially invited to come. Oysters 25 cents and ! coffee 5 cents. Hot rolls and potato chips will also be for sale. i NEWS FROM OUR YOUNG SOLDIERi Elsewhere in this issue will be found a poem in reference to the change in the name of the battleship Memphis to the Tennesee. It will be read with interest in as much as Lowrie Thornton, an Abbeville boy, . is on the ship. Since Lowrie has been on the Memphis she has made a tour around South America and has been at Santo Domingo for eleven ; weeks keeping the little Republic in . order. It was here that the Mem-' phis was wrecked. The middies had gone on board after being on land for some time, when there was some disturbance, a volcona at the bottom of the ocean, which threw the ship on aa large rock and wrecked her. The crew was landed by means of chair boats, taking about five hours. Only sixty-five of the nine hundred and thirty of the crew being lost. It was a thrilling experience for the young Abbeville boy and his friends are glad to know that he is back in the navy yard at Norfolk waiting to be assigned to another ship. He hopes to be assigned to the Olympia and be sta uoneu at ^naneston. Lowrie Thornton is a fine looking young sailor boy and his friends in Abbeville are glad to know that he is succeeding and that he is well and happy. MAKE YOURSELF SOLID. If you have frequent fainting spells, accompanied by chills, cramps, corns, bunions, chilblains, epilepsy and jaundice, it is a pretty good sign that you are not well but liable to croak most any minute. So quit borrowing your neighbor's Press and Banner every Wednesday morning and send in a dollar and a half and get it in your own name and thus make yourself solid for a good obituary notice. NINETY SIX PLAYS ABBEVILLE. Quite an excitine football rame was played on Friday afternoon between Abbeville and Ninety Six, resulting in Abbeville's defeat, scoring 6 to 0 in favor of Ninety Six. The Abbeville boys will play Greenwood on next Friday. i ; ti iS&ii&tffJ i' . - F&. BANDITS SLAY AN AMERICAN; BODY BURNED Refugees Tell of Outrages by Villa's Followers at Parral. El Paso, Nov. 21.?An unidentified American was killed when a Villa band took Jiminez and four Americans were seen under a guard of bandits at Parral during Villa's occupation of that town, according to reports believed by federal agents to be authentic, brought to the border by refugees. Refugees also state that the district between Parral and Jiminez has been between Parral and Jiminez has been cleared by Villa's followers of more than two hundred Chinese. The American killed at Jiminez was described as about 60 years old and known to be from Torreon on his way to Chihuahua City. He was murdered, said the refugees, in the Jiminez Hotel and his body lay for some time in front of the building, where, after being robbed of clothing and ?i?i-ifi. i J _ i n vaiuaoiea, i<> was piaceu on u uunure. The same refugees who claim to have been witnesses of the outrages, also say that two Mexican women who had married Chinese and their five half-caste children were bound and thrown alive into the fire and cremated in sight of the crowd. The bodies of seven murdered Chinese, according to the same authority, were seen in the streets of the town. Americans Under Guard. Two Mexicans who escaped from Parral affirm that they saw four Americans there under a Villa guard They said these men had lived in the town, adding that they heard the Americans working at the Alvaro mines got away. Another report brought to the border was that the bodies of thirty-five Gypsies were seen on the roadside near Parral, murdered by Villa bandits. All for eigners that Villa has caught except the Japanese and Germans have been put to death, the reports agree, and even the Germans are said to have suffered at least in the instance of Theodore Hoemuller, of Parral. Various reports of Hoemuller's death have been received here during the past week. , The Chinese are called the heaviest Bufferers. The fact that none are to be seen in the district in which they formerly did a large mercantile business is taken by the refugees as proof that all, numbering over 200, met the fate of the Chinese caught at Parral and Jiminez. Americans Left Parral. Chihuahua City, Nov. 19.?According to a report received here the Americans in the Parral district left that place on the advance of General Luis Herrera two days before the evacuation of the town by the Carranza garrison. The Americans are said to have left for the mountains. From a source believed to be reliable it was learned that Edgar Kock, n fierman smhiprf whose fate has caused anxiety to his friends, arrived in Santa Rosalia from Parral, October 26 with 57 bars of silver. Both Eock and his silver fell into the hands of the bandit leader, Julio Acosta when the town was seized the next day. Eock, however, was set free after being robbed of his treasure, the report says. Four days later he is said to have left for Jiminez Nothing more has been heard here regarding him. ISAAC BONDS FATALLY SHOT WHILE HUNTING Accident Occurred Near First Creek i Church Friday?Died in the Anderson Hospital. The first fatality of the hunting season for this section occurred when Isaac Bonds, son of Mr. J. J. Bonds, of the First Creek church neighborhood, near Antreville, died in the Anderson hospital Friday morning as a result of wounds received while out hunting. The body was taken to the Bonds home Saturday morning and services were held in First Creek church Sunday. Isaac Bonds and several friends were out hunting Friday. They were crossing a ditch and in some way the hammer of the gun being carried by Young Bonds got caught and the gun fired. The load of shot took effect in youjjg Bonds' stomach. He was hurried to the hospital but died from the wounds. COTTON GINNED ' ppirip to unv i I I1IUI1 fU MUf. I Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census, department of commerce, announces the preliminary report of cotton ginned by counties in South Carolina, for the crops of 1916 and 1915. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Lintera are not included) County 1916 1915. Abbeville 17,440 18,161 Aiken 28,656 27,679 Anderson 35,813 34,058 Bamberg 18,496 12,828 Barnwell 36,078 28,871 Beaufort 4,010 2,123 Berkeley 3,366 5,918 Calhoun 16,577 13,332 Charleston 1,730 3,661 Cherokee 3,933 \ 8,154 Chester 11,777 21,208 Chesterfield 12,757 20,076 Clarendon 13,371 19,034 Colleton 10,731 9,426 Darlington 11,308 24,974 Dillon 16,774 21,468 Dorchester ' 6,647 8,535 \ Edgefield 22,941 20,014 Fairfield 8,559 15,899 Florence 11,557 21,723 Georgetown 649 1,611 Greenville 18,500 23,407 Greenwood 20,324 18,197 Hampton 14,209 9,561 Horry 2,586 4,780 Jasper 4,308 2,240 Kershaw 6.532 18,248 Lancaster 7,168 14,223 Laurens 20,507 24,255 Lee 11,889 23,167 Lexington 17,622 16,900 Marion 8,110 10,027 Marlboro 23,591 34,808 Newberry 21,136 24,325 Oconee 9,937 9,128 Orangeburg 45,207 46,813 Pickens 8,656 8,257 Richland 11,793 14,402 Saluda 20,043 17,266 Spartanburg 29,875 41,262 Sumter 18,680 22,454 Union 7,020 10,732 Williamsburg 7,699 15,978 York 11,286 21,891 ___ * Total 639,848 771,074 1 ____________ * t REJOICING AMONG ( THE METHODISTS { g There was general rejoicing among the Methodist of Abbeville Monday I afternoon when it became known that Rev. J. L. Daniel would be re- j turned to the pastorate here. Mr. | Daniel has spent one year in Abbe- , ville and in that time he has endear- 1 ed himself to the people of his 1 church and to the people of the city, t He is an excellent preacher and a 1 man of broad culture. Our people t are glad to have Mr. Daniel back. ? J SERVING OYSTERS. ? c The ladies of -the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church will serve oysters Saturday in the store room next door to Steve's Candy Kitchen. Saturday is always a busy s day and the people of the city, the e merchants and clerks and those who ( are in the city from the country are j cordially invited to eat with the s ladies. f BOYS EXPECTED IN TEN ,>AYS f i ] Columbia, Nov. 20.?W. W. Moore i adjutant-general, began to prepare t fo rthe return of the First Regiment, \ National Guard of South' Carolina, to Camo Moore at Styx in Lexington > county. The regiment has been ordered back by the war department f and is expected to reach Camp Moore in about ten days. The adjutantgeneral was considering plans yester- c day for flooring the tents at Camp j Moore. ? Opinion was decided in military e circles as to whether an order for ^ the return of the Sceond Regiment will be issued in a few days. The opinion was expressed that Troop A. cavalry, Charleston Light Dragoons, will be kept on the border for several months, because of the great ef- j ficiency of the unit. It is probable that Capt. J. M. Gra- , ham, U. S. A., who has been on duty j at mobilization camps in the north, will be ordered back to Columbia to muster out the South Carolina troops He is in the inspector-instructor of the South Carolina National guard, 1 J . J x :i? it.M i ana was aetaueu usnipuraruy tu mc i work in the north. ] THE ILLUSTRATED SERMONS. Last Sabbath Rev. H. W. Pratt preached the second in the series of illustrated sermons which he has begun for the winter. This sermon was on the life of Moses and was a treat both in the subject matter and in the beautiful pictures shown. The church was packed for the service and the series bids fair to be of much religious and educational value to I1 the town. + ' ]?$$ ' , --f v'. -A ' CONFER WITH PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY GEN. Brtoherhoods to Make Working Agreement With A. F. of L. Washington, Nov. 21.?Heads of the railroad employes' brotherhoods, determined that the Adamson eighttour law shall not be broken down, conferred here today with President Wilson, Attorney General Gregory md their legislative representatives; declared their purpose to aid the government in every way in fighting injunction suit against the law, and made further plans for perfecting a working agreement with their allies, the raliroad men of the American federation of Labor. When the government attorneys, G Carroll Todd, assistant to the attorney general, Assistant Attorney General Underwood and Frank Hagerman, appeared in the Federal court it Kansas City, next Thursday, to >ppose the Union Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe suits against he Adamson law, they will be flankid by representatives of the brotherloods. It is probable that the four motherhood heads themselves will be ftere. Messrs. Todd and Underwood eft tonight for Kansas City. Great significance-is attached to he announcement today thatthe brotherhood headr will address the American Federation of Labor convenion in Baltimore tomorrow. Never >efore in the history of the organizaions have any of their members met n joint session, bat tehir meeting at Baltimore will be the result of a :arefully worked out agreement that he two forces shall join hands in land in working for the general beterment of the organized railway anployes. / After receiving the brotherhood leads and Chairman A damson, author of the eight hour law, Presilent Wilson virtually finished his nessage to congress, in which he rill recommend completion of the ail way legislation program outlined >y him at the last session.. These relommendations include nrovisions for he enlargement of the Interstate Commerce commission and for compulsory investigation of proposed trikes. The latter is bitterly oprosed by the brotherhood leaders. , Railroad executives figured only aconspicuously in today's activities lere. Their representatives appeared refore the senate interstate comnerce committee and learned that heir spokesman would be heard [Thursday. Brotherhood representaives may appear before the c6mnittee later, but so far have not inlicated formally their intention to lo so. , NEW STUDENTS. \ Messrs. R. L. Mabry, H. L. Allen md Dr. G. A. Neuffer are the latest pplicants for admission to the jreenville Street Set-back College. I member of the faculty gave them m examination Friday night, and 'ound that Mr. Mabry had made inough progress to know to lead an tee when he has the bid. Dr. Neuffer s also making some progress. Col. toche thinks that the man who can mpart any knowledge of the game o Herbert Ailen should De decorated vith the iron cross. VEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST ?or South Atlantic and East Gulf States. Generally fair until near the close >f the week, when local rains are >robable. Temperatures will be modsrately low with fronts, except in louthern Florida, first half of the veek. Probably warmer after Wedlesday. BUYS LAND. Calhoun Falls, Nov. 21.?L. M. 5arker recently bought 16 acres of and from the Calhoun Falls com>any. The land adjoins the home of ilr. Parker. WORK ON DAM BEGINS SOON. Calhoun Falls, Nov. 21.?Pat Calloun, who has been in town for the past several days, states that in all Probability work on the dam across ;he Savannah river will be commenced during the early part of next rear. ^wvvwvvvvvvvvvv t V t THE MARKET. V t V k The prevailing prices yeater- V k. day were: V i Cotton, 20 % cents. V t Cotton seed, $1.00. V V V MAKE PROGRAM FOR CONGRESS Washington, Nov. 21.?Speaker _|| (Thamn (llnrlr nnrl nAmnmtir * >?<? '>ai Leader Claude Kitchin have sent out calls to the chairmen and ranking '1 Democratic members of the most fanportant committees of the kouse, and to all the Democratic members of the ways and means committee, . for a conference here previous to the meeting of Congress with regard :M to the formulation of a legislative v programme for the session, which will ' |1 last only three months. When the leaders in this conference have come to their conclusions, they will submit their tentative program to President Wilson for ratification. It maw be taken for granted ^118 that they will make pretty much any changes in it he may suggest, in view flfl of what happened November 7. The program of the coming short . session is of added importance in view of the doubt existing as to the political control of the House during v(|| the Sixty-fifth Congress. IL F. M THE NEWS IN 1866. ^Jjl "Flour is seventeen dollars a bar- K'-m rel in this city. It will rise, say the \ dealers, to twenty-five dollars this winter. A mercantile writer in New York says it will rise to forte dol lars a barrel. Laborers at the North -. 'm are discouraged. Their wages do not, . 'M with the aid of strikes and combina- :yM tions, keep pace with the depreciation of currency and the advancing cost of living, consequent upon monopoly .'j% and speculation." ADDRESS ON HOME MISSIONS. ' /M ' Rev. S. L. Morris, D. D., Secretary* <1 of Home Missions of the Southern Presbyterian church, will make an address on Home Missions, Wednes- -\s$m day, Nov. 22, at 8 P. M., in Presby- . A terian church. This week is being observed throughout the country as Home Mis* sion Week, and all are invited to hear this son of Abbeville county. BUYS A HOME. .M Mr. and Mrs. Tom Klugh recently/ '4 purchased the Milford place in Fort Pickens and are moving in this \ week. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Botts will occupy part of the house *ith them. Mrs. Milford wfll do light house-keeping at Mrs. San} Eakin's for the present ENTERTAINS FOR THE MILL OVERSEERS AND THEIR WIVES Miss Belle Thompson delightfully ^ entertained at the Community House on Saturday evening at a delightful turkey supper for the mill oyerseers and their wives. A delightful evening was spent and a tempting dinner, with all the good things that make up a good turkey dinner was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Meadows Langley, Mrs. J. Little, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Durham Mr. and Mrs. Stone and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Slaqchett. ARRANGING NEW AUTO SHOW ROOM ' { % ^ W. A. Calvert is having the build . i __ x? *_ _ M Tl ing next aoor to ms iurnuure bwn completely remodeled and will arrange it into an attractive show room for his Chevrolet cars. Mr. Calvert will carry a large stock of these cars which are said to be an interesting rival of the Ford in value. The cars are very attractive in appearance and carry all of the modern improvements of the expensive models, speedometer, self-starter and complete elecric equipment The price is $545.00. 1 S BUILDING A BUNGALO. ~ , Calhoun Falls, Nov. 21.?Pat Calhoun is having a six room bungalo K.iJH rrrVli/>Vl Vi a hifl fniMllv Will occupy when in "this locality. * ?????????? iPM MISS TEE PASCHAL. vl- ' Miss Tee Paschal, the bright correspondent of this paper at Mt. Carmel, is one of the fine students at the Mt. Carmel Graded School. She showed us her marks for last month, Her average was nearly 99. On two subjects she made 100. SUFFERS BROKEN ARM. Calhoun Falls, Nov. 21.?Dr. Geo. C. Pruitt had the misfortune of breaking his arm last week while cranking his automobile. While very painful, the injured member* one of the smaller bones of the right arm, is healing nicely. CALHOUN FALLS ELECTION. Calhoun Falls, Nov. 21.?The municipal election for town officers 1 , on the 14th inst. resulted in the choice of L. M. Parker for Intendant, H. H. Hester, C. H. Taylor, B. C. Wilson and A. S. Cox for Wardens. - ' ' ' ' .V .V . ? -J: r?