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' 'v W^vv":' " % . r ; ' .-' . : . ' . y; ' ; r;-:y/--fp H ^ jE. tt. ^ n B *% % ' in^' Abbeville Press and Banner l^rlyTH44 j^soP^TredTiridco^ ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29,1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76ih Ybab AUSTRIA'S RULER C MEETS 1 END - V # Hal Knled For 68 Years. Reign One So ?f Succession of Tragedies and Disasters. London, Nov. 22.?Emperor Francis Joseph died last night at 9 o'clock re at Schoenbrun castle, according to tic a Beuter dispatch from Vienna, by on way of Amsterdam. ^ Arckdake Charles Francis, grand- ve liSniuM* TSVoncin .Tnspnh. f*n AVyUVW VI JUUA|fV? VA * kWMww became heir to the throne of Austria f0 Hungary by the assassination of Arch 0f dnlce Francis Ferdinand prior to the . outbreak of the war. He has been ia; command of the Austrian armies E, on. varieus fronts during the past two id* yean. & Archduke Charles Francis was born or oa August 17, 1887. His wife was be Priacess Zita of the Bourbon house m< of Parma. His father was the Archduke Otto, who was the younger soi brother of Francis Ferdinand. ah in Ti Resorts of IllneM. to: Loadon, Nov. 21.i?The first inti- Pa matfca received here that Emperor in Francis Joseph's health" was again the subject of solicitation was con- p tain*} in a dispatch dated November ~c 12, wiiiiiiHiiji, from the Vienna news du ageacjy which reports that the em- H per^ had been suffering some days fnwp. <k slight catarrhal affection. r~ Snbsaqoently reports from various J? - sou***, more or less conflicting, rep- se: Ao+ 1?ia onn^itinn Txraa Ko. confer worse bat none of them indicataefc that his illness threatened to P reacht a critical state, and from View? came assurances that he still wast able to give audience to one or rr man* ministers daily. What gave some credence to the ~z , soMutiom that his condition was much gray than the official bulletin in- ]"j dicated was the report, which still tP lacks official confirmation, that it -'ixad been decided to associate the I" heir to the throne, Archduke Charles "T Francis, in the government of the r; country and that he was to assume the position on December 2 on the r~ 6fr anniversary of the emperor's as censtaa. to the throne. So far as is known here Archduke CBiHes Francis still is at the front i? eommand of the army. Ttr, ^ T__? , WJ V v of yi Climax to Tragedies. no , With, Francis Joseph's death in the th midst of this great conflict there is a jt remarkable climax to a long list of th tragedies in the Hapsburg family?a f0 ... list unparalled in any other reigning ar house in Europe?including the as- e(] fmasaation or violent death of seven to near relatives. 'da The fortitude with which' the em- pu peror bore each blow and in later ia years withstood the inroads of ill in health himself was the wonder of his m, people. Fears that the shock of the er assassination of his heir, the Arch- be duke Francis Ferdinand, and his consort while on a state visit to ?( Bosnia on June 28, 1914, would kill 0f the emperor were answered in char- ^ acteristic manner. co ' Francis Joseph, then nearing his th 84th birthday, recuperating at Ischl cj( from a catarrhal affliction which each spring had borne heavily upon him, gt mustered strength to return to Vien- ai na immediately and take a firm grip pr on the confused state of affairs. th ' With the royal funeral rites ob- Co served and the new heir, the young ar Archduke Carl Francis Joseph, rec- th ognized, the venerable emperor and st his advisers turned to Servia with demands which startled all Europe, of From the ultimatum of July 23, de- co v nouncing the anti-Austrian propagan- nj da and demanding Dromot Dunish- co ment of the assassins of Archduke Ni Ferdinand, according to items sup- Di posedly dictated sby Francis Joseph tfa himself, practically 4ates the war cl now ravaging Europe. [th \-j; ' w' Old: Custom Discarded at Monach'a f1 Funeral. ? London, Nov. 23.?Vienna will not parade her sorrow nor her welcome " in formal observation at the funeral of the deceased Emperor or the assumption of the throne Nof his successor, Francis Joseph. Vienna dispatches indicate a departure from the r; ricridlv formal and richlv ceremonial . custom which hitherto has marked ,, the passing of a monarch. 1 M The pall of war will be a cloud cc even in a pall of sorrow. Vienna is fr literally shrouded in black. The body of the late Emperor will lie in state in the Imperial Palace- ' P< CAR-BREAKERS CAUGHT. lr fi W. S. DuPre, night-watchman at ^ the Seaboard Air Line Railway, canffht two car-breakers a the Shops u. on last Saturday morning, and landed pj them in jail. The parties arrested were in the car at the time of the arrest, it is alleged, and had pro' perty on their persons stated to have been stolen from the car. A warrant has been sworn out before the United States Commissioner Cox charging b a breaking into an interstate car hi and stealing freight from an inter- sj state shipment, and a preliminary f] wiD be held on Dec. 5th. g - - OTTON QUESTION , TO BE DISCUSSED \ otk Carolinian Calk Body Together to Consider Emergency Born of War. Norfolk, iVa., Nov. 28.?Cotton's lation to international reconstruct >n after the European war will be ; e of the serious questions to be icussed at the eighth annual conation of the Southern Commercial Tigress, which will be held in Nor- ; lk December 11 to 14. Thp future j cotton, particularly its status 1 fcer the war, is of such moment that ! J. Watson of South Carolina, pres- t ?nt of the Southern Cotton con- < ess, has issued a call for an extradinary session of that body to be Id in conjunction with the com- . jrcial congress. The Southern Cotton Growers' as- , ciation, President Harvie Jordan, , so will hold its annual convention . connection with the congress. i tesday, December 12, will be "cota day" and in addition to partici- ; tion by their officers and members the Southern Commercial congress ' ssions of that day the Southern . >tton congress and the Southern j iffnn firnwflrs' association will con ict separate programmes. The relation of cotton to interna- ' >nal reconstruction is intelligently j ttlined by ?. J. Watson in the folding call for the extraordinary , ssion of the Cotton congress: "The eighth annual convention of 1 e Southern Commercial congress ' to be iheld in Norfolk, Va., Decern- 1 r 11-14, 1916, and the series of ] ssions will be devoted, not only to e most practical consideration of 1 e vital questions relating to agriIture education, to the industries id to commerce, but to an interetation of the relation of the UnitStates to international rQconstruc- ; >n following the close of the world ir, which has in so many ways af- . cted American commerce and. inistry. It is the purpose during these ssions to review conditions as they ist today, and looking to the fure, to build a programme that will 1 eet the exigencies of tremendously aiiged economic conditions at the ; jse of the world war. "Nothing that America possesses is more affected by the outbreak the European war than cotton: thing will be of more concern to e future prosperity of the nation an the future of American cotton, has therefore been suggested to me at it will be the part of wisdom r the cotton growers of the South id for men interested and concern[ in the present and future of cotn, to come together on the second iy of these general sessions, for the irpose of taking up all questions re- 1 ting to the cotton problem and takg such action looking td the enactent of national legislation or coopative effort as may be deemed !St. "The last session of the Southern >tton congress was held in the city Washington, commencing on Au ist 13, 1914. The Southern Cotton ngress never meets i except when ere is an emergency call for de- , ?ve action. "Another session of the United ates congress is soon to convene id I believe that it is not only oper and timely, but necessary at the representative men of the tton belt States should assemble id discuss all these problems in eir relation to international reconruction. "Accepting the suggestion of the Rrora nf th? Southern Commercial ngress, I hereby call an extraordi?y session of the Southern Cotton gress to be held in the city of orfolk, Va., beginning at 3 p. m.,on ecember 12, 1916. All members of e Southern Cotton congress, inuding business men and bankers of e South and all individual growers ho may be sufficiently interested, e hereby invited to attend this exaordinary session of the congress." R. AND MRS. SHERARD HAVE ARRIVED HOME Mr. and Mrs. James Sherard arAn /In*r an/) orA ; home to their friends at Mr. and rs. J. D. Miller's, and are receiving mgratulations from a host of lends. Mrs. Sherard is a young woman of lusual beauty and charm and is >pular with our people, having ired most of her life here and her iends are delighted that her marage will not take her away from bbeville. Mr. Sherard is a promising young jsiness man and holds a responsible jsition with the L. W. White Co. PENDING THANKSGIVING DAY IN ATLANTA. Mrs. Jim Woodhurst, Miss Elizaeth Edmunds, Miss Lucia Woodiirst and Miss Helen Edwards will jend Thankskgiving Day with riends in Atlanta and will enjoy the aities of a big city. I..U'.*) ' v."!' ''t 'X''V--'*' REVEREND BISHOP PASSES 10 REST la Episcopacy Since 1882 and Wall Known Besides for His Biblical Learning. / ?^ Baltimore, Md., Nov. 21.?Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, died at his home here today. He was 82 years of age. Bishop Wilson returned home last night from a monht's tour of the South. He was ill when he arrived, having come from Richmond in an automobile. He took to his bed at once. He uank into unconsciousness this morning. He had been bishop 3ince 1882 and was a Biblical scholar of national note. Bishop Wilson, who died yesterday iii Baltimore, preached Sunday before last in the Methodist church at Green wood, where he was the guest for a week of the Rev. J. 0. Wilson, D. D., president of Lander College. Bishop Wilson delivered a most forceful ser mon, one of peculiar strength;. while weak of body there was no evidence of mental decay. - <. Bishop Wilson had many strong friends in South Carolina and it had been said that he was peculiarly fond of coming to this State. He presided over more of the recent conferences, before the division, than any other bishop. He was at Rock in 1914, shortly before he was superannuated, and in 1910 presided at the conference held at the Washington street church, Columbia. He was recognized as one of the Methodist church's greatest men, his fame extending far beyond the bounds of the Southern division. "No other man has been so signally honored by the Southern Methodist church as was Bishop.Wilson," said B. Rhett Turnipseed, pastor of the Main Street church, last night. "He had many warm friends in South Carolina and his.death will cause sorrow throughout the Methodist membership." Bishop Wilson was for many years prior to his superannuation in 1914 senior bishop. He was born in Baltimore, February 6, 1834, the son of "the Rev. Normal Wilson and Cornelia "Laurence Bowland Wilson. He was educated at Columbia University, now George Washington university, and was received on trial by the Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church, in 1853. Later he joined the Southern branch of . this church when the Baltimore conference, Methodist Epis copal church, South, war organized. He became secretary of the board of missions in 1878 and in May, 1882, was elected bishop. Had he lived a few months longer he would have completed 35 years of continuous service in this high office. He gave more than half a century to the Methodist ministry. Bishop Wilson took episcopal tours around the world in 1886, 1888 and 1890, and to Japan, Korea and China in 1898, 1900 and 1907. y He was a delegate to Ecumenical Methodist conferences at Londan in 1881 and 1901, and visited Brazil on missionary inspection in 1892 and 1903. He was the author of "Missions" and also of "Witnesses to Christ." SOUTHERN PLACES A LARGE ORDER FOR EQUIPMENT Atlanta, Ga., November 28.?In addition to 1,449 f-eight cars which the Southern' Raliway has placed in service since July 1st and 1,891 ordered in the spring, which have not yet been delivered by the builders, the Southern has just placed orders for 2,963 freight cars and 45 locomotives for the earliest possible delivery. 1 . The Pressed Steel 'Car Co., will build 1,313 steel flat bottom 50-ton gondola coal cars and the Lenoir Car Works of Lenoir City, Term., 1,350 steel center sill 30-ton plain box cars, 200 steel underframe stock cars, and 100 steel center sill caboose cars. THE STUDY CLUB. The last meeting of the study club until after Christmas was held Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. G. A. Neuffer. Six meetings have been held and they have been most pleasant and profitable ot the members. This club is a part of the Civic Club being conducted by Mrs. E. C. Horton, chairman of the Literary committee. Miss Helen Smith has conducted the study of Shakespeare, the study of Hamlet being taken up first. ine ciud win resume its activities after Christmas. ILLUSTRATED SERMON. The third of the illustarted sermons to be delivered by the pastor of the Presbyterian church, will be given tonight, at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. The subject will be "Joshua." iliw Each of Giant Ships' of Lin* Will Be Equipped With On* Dozen Monster Cannon. Washington, Nov. 27.?Naval designers are planning battleships whicl will have a length of 700 feet?10C feet longer than ships already provided for?and ordnance experts arc working on a new 16-inch, 50 calibrc rifle for new battleships which will be the most powerful naval gun in the world, according to statements made today'at the hearing by the house naval subcommittee on the ne^t naval appropriation bill. Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of ordinance, told the committee that itwas the purpose to arm the ships to be contracted for this year with 12 oH the new guns. That the department is proposing a far greater size in future dreadnoughts developed during the testa mony 01 wear Admiral rreaencK n. Harris, chief of the bureau of yards and docks; His testimony dealt largely with the increased coBt of equipping1 government yards for the building of capital ships and during its course he expressed doubt that it would %e possible to construct at the Philadelphia yard within the estimate the 1,000 foot dry dock ' for . which congress has appropriated $3,000,000. A similar dock at Norfolk, he said, apparently could be finished at that price. iBids for building / the Philadelphia dock will be asked next January. Explaining his estimates for the fiscal year 1912, Admiral Harris said increased prices of material and labor were rendering the huge navy building programme on which the country has embarked doubly expensive. . Submitting an* estimate of $2,000,000 for shore station maintenance as against $1,800,000 last year, he warned, the committee that the actual sum needed , would be nearer $3,000,000, which wpuld buy no more ithan the $1,800,000 did1 last year. He explained that structural steel had gone up from $55 to $102, and that last quotations on locomotive cranes ran as high as $24,000 for machines that cost $10,000 last year. The admiral said Secretary Daniels had not yet decided which of the four yards?Norfolk, Boston, Philadelphia and Bremerton?designated for capital ship construction^ wore to be equipped out of the $6,000,000 fund appropriated last year. Admiral-Strauss said rapid progress was being made in completing the navy's supply of anchored mines along the lines mapped, out by the general board. When the appropriation asked for this year had been expended, he said, there will be enough mines on \ hand to provide against any Emergency. SIGN PROTOCOL FOR TROOPS TO LEAVE MEXICO Border Commissioners Reach Agreement? Take Recess. ' i Atlantic City, N. Jm Nov. 24.? Withdrawal of the Anftrican troops, wlio went into Mexico in pursuit of Francisco Villa, after the Columbus raid, and the patrolling of the bordez by1 the respective armies of the United States and Mexico was agreed to in a protocol signed here late today by\?he members of the American-Mexican Joint Commission seeking to adjust differences between the two countries. Adjournment of -the conference sessions was taken immediately to allow Alberto J. Pani, one of the Mexican commissioners, to go to Mexico to place the proposals, before First Chief Carranza foi approval. HONORED GUESTS. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. C.. M. Clinkscales, of Lowndesville, were glad to see them in Abbeville las1 Friday. They were visitors at various business houses and found il pleasant and profitable to be here, Mr. and Mrs. Clinkscales have nc children of their own, but they have generously cared for and educatec two orphan srirls, who have grown ui to be a pride to their benefactors. Mrs. Clinkscales is well and healthj looking as well as she did many years ago. Rev. T. A. Campbell, the mucl respected pastor of the Baptisl church at Lowndesville, come to Ab beville with Mr. and Mrs. Clinkscales MR. GARRY HALL IMPROVING. Mr. Garry Hall was slightly in jured on his engine at Athens on< day last week, the driving whee broke causing the accident. Friends are glad to know that the injuriei received are not serious and that h< will be able to resume his worl shortly. Mr. Harry Wilson has his run dur 'ing his absence. I 4 fi BBfid; ... V* : . J. v.; - ...' WILSON TO VISIT ! GREAT GATHERING i / I Smral Thousand DdtfatM Expect.. ed at' Meeting Daring Second' Weok in December. ) * /. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 27;?President 1 Wilson's coming to Norfolk Decem' ber 11 to participate in the opening ' programme of the eighth annual ' conventions of the Southern Commer , cial congress, following closely upon 1 his reelection, will give an impetus to | the Southern invasion of Norfolk t that is expected to assemble here r that day the largest throng that has. ever gathered for an event in Vir~ | ginia. The day will be literally alive with features of the type calculated ' to draw crowds from distant as well as nearby cities andithe lowest estimate that has been placed upon the expected multitude . of visitors, oh Woodrow Wilson day is 50,000. Henry G. Barbee, chairman of the citizens' executive committee, estimates that the four days of the convention will draw to this city between 100,000 and. 125,000 visitors. The 16 State executives of the house of: Southern governors have each ap-' pointed upwards of 100 oiBcial delegates. Gov. . Stuart, of Virginia, is completing his list, which will include the names: of probably 1,000 prominent Virginians* The Southern municipalities, boards \ of trade, chambers of commerce and other commercial bodies will' name up; wards of 5,000 delegates. , Dr; Clar! ence J. Owens of Washington, managing director of. the South edn. Com| mercial congress, estimates that the number of official delegates will run. between 8,000 and 10,000. i Aside from the stellar programme ; features announced for Wilson day eacn oi tne subsequent days win ot, fer attractions for visitors and when , the final count is made it wilt not be surprising if Chairman Barbee'a prediction is realized. In addition to the convention of the congress- there will be no less . than eight other Southern and national bodiese simultaneously in annual conference. President Wilson will arrive from Washington witn his party on the presidential yacht Mayflower, probably Sunday, December .10, revfeiwng in Hampton Roads and Norfolk har-1 bor .the entire Atlantic fleet, which1 will ^constitute the largest armada I ever assemble dat one time under the American flag. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels .has Included I in the 'fleets winter programme . a stay of five days in Hampton Boadsas a compliment to the Southern Commercial congress. The secretary will deliver an address December 13 at the morning session of the congress. The fleet is expected to put to sea on the morning df December 14 for taget practice off Cape Henry. The president , will make the closing address at the opening, session December *11, after which he will review th'e imposing naval, military, industrial, commercial, civic and social parade. He will be the guest of Norfolk at a diner at the Monticello hotel an dmay go to Cape Henry, where the new $8,000,000 Fort Storey, first defense of the entrance to the Chesapeake, will be built, to . attend a public oyster roast The Mayflower with the presidential par: ty is expected to leave here for . Washington the same night, although , it* is possible the president's stay may be lengthened another day. In the ' latter event he will review the colossal night water carnival, which will be the most spectacular feature of the convention. , SOUTH OFFERS ATTRACTIONS FOR GOLFERS < ?! Washington, D. C., November 28.That the facilities offered by the South for lovers of golf is now one of the strong attractions inducing winter tourist travel to thic section .? i j J o of tne country is muitatcu m a ivi;| ; der just issued by the Passenger de partment of the Southern Railway, i which shows a list of 114 golf links . on or reached by the lines of' the ? Southern. The directory gives the links in the different Southern I states according to each state, the ? number of holes and length in yards of each. r The golf directory is but one of s the features of the folder which is i entitled "Where to go this Winter", t and which is issued for the purpose - of calling attention w wic ouum a place for the tourist and visitor to spend a pleasant winter and find enjoyable winter sports. The folder has ninety-one illustrations besides those displayed on the " cover and contains information in i regard to the various cities and 1 points of interest in the territory 3 reached by the Southern, and de, scribes the splendid through train 3. service provided for the winter i tourist season of 1916-17. There is c also shown a complete hotel dircci tory giving the names of resorts, ac' commodations and rates, which will " make the folder of especial interest and value to the Southern visitor. Exhorts South Carolinians to Relieve Distresses of Others Lass Fortunate. Gov. M&iining last Thursday Signed the folowing Thanksgiving day proclamation : "While other nations and peoples : 1 ^ have suffered horrifying destruction of life and property, ana have endured the stupendous catastrophes of war, our people have! enjoyed health, . ' peace and prosperity. - ^ "Our unbroken' custom has been to a'-.J acknowledge by public act our gratitude to Almighty God for mercies vouchsafed us. . / / '<1 "Thanksgiving and prayers should be accompanied by generous gifts for "sv'Sa the relief of those who are in distress and of those in want. "Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Manning, governor of the J?tate of South Carolina, do appoint Thursday : .... November 30, 1916, as a day of thanksgiving and, prajrer, Qn tint day I urge our people to Iby aside business and labor; repair \to /j their ; : v5 Slace3 of worship, lift up tneir C earts in fervent, prayer to God and express our gratitude by contribut;ing to the relief of the suffering and ; want of those who are in need of our sympathy and aid.' v IN HONOR OF MISS MABR1V ' A pleasant affair of last Friday was the bridge party given by Mrs. J. R. Dye in compliment to her guest, Miss Eliza Mabry of Abbeville, Mr?. R. E. Abell, an October bride, and '"VMiss Hazel Killian of North Carolina. Mesdames JS. H. Hall and W. J. Simpson welcomed the guests at the door and introduced them to the honor guests, after which they found their places at the appointed tables where bridge was enjoyed fdr a while. As a pleasant interruption to the games a tempting, menu was served by Misses Marguerite Tolbert, Annie Gantj, Gertrude Davis, Elizabeth Coleman, Emma Salley, Elizabeth and Sarah Glenn.?Chester correspondent to Stated ?. v J!? HONOR'OF THE BRIDES; |3j Mr., and Mrs. Frank Nickles eater- , tained Mnday night at their home o? , Main street complimentary to the v charming young married couple* oithe city. Mrs. Nickles always gives : ^ enjoyable entertainments and this was no exception to tie role. The boose was pretty in its-decoration of '' wjnte narcissus ana cnrynaninrniuiii?. The ^uegts were Mr. and Mr*4). H. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore Mars, Mr ' and Mrs. W. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson and Misses Dial, Lan* der and Epting and Mr. Albert Henry. Cards were played daring, tile: ' evening and a delightful tea of five , courses was served. IN THE CHURCHES. The regular union services were held in the Baptist church last Sun-* day night and were attended by a large concourse of people, who heard a fine sermon preached by Rev. H. Waddell Pratt on "The Coming of Christ" Union Thanksgiving services will i ' be held in the Methodist church, TVin T-cu?nir mnrninf ftt eleven o'clock. ?- o * The third illustrated sermon in the series being preached in the Presbyterian church will be given tonight These lecture sermons hav* been greatly enjoyed by all and have , been entertaining and instructive. AN ARGUMENT. Sunday night after returning from union services at the Baptist church, our meditations on the fine sertnom of Mr. Pratt were suddenly ended 1 numimAnir QTtnfhoi* U/ CL VlUlVlib OlgUtUVMV ill % room paritcipated in mostly by our son, Bill. So many illments and ailments of Bill's have been cured by a nickel, that he has grown to believe that a sufficient amount of coin will cure any disease, and when his sister, Mary, told him that John D. Rockefeller had more than a million dollars and also had indigestion so badly that he could not "eat chicken" it precipitated a row which, but for timely intervention, might have reI an It or) in hlnnHshpH ERSKINE PLAYS CLEMSON Erskine will play Clemson Freshman foot ball team, on Thanksgiving Day. Game will be called at 3:30 P. M. ' v ' *'