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f" * ' ' . ' "" " 1 * | Abbeville Press and Banner f ~ ' Established 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEt) NESDAY, DEC. 6,1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Yeab i " BATTLE RAGES BEFORE A GATES OF BUCHAREST AlKe? Land Troops *t Piraeus Pre- p para lory to Seizing Arms and Ammaaition of the Greek Army esperately the Roumanians, probably aided by Russian troops, are de- p fenifing the souhern and western ap- e +/-> Rnoharpst while the Teu- ? tonic advance continue to press more f closely on the Rumanian Capital a fro* the northwest. Unofficially it j is reported in London that Russian r troops have arrived in Bucharest to t aid Hie Rumanian forces. j ' Progress for the advancing German s and Aastro-Hungarian armies in Wal- F ' lackia and south of Bucharest is re- fc poorWd by Berlin, which says the Rumani?M continue to offer resistance. Tht Rumanians apparently are on or n near the line Of the Argeshu, as Pet- c rogaad says the invaders "have occu- c pied two towns south of Bucharest ? and sear that river, Field - Marshal Voa Mackensen, Berlin records, has a throw* an army across the Niaslov c lowlaads; which would be approaching the .Argeshu in the direction of 11 Bucharest. ^ , i Prisoners Taken. * Advancing southward from the 1 Ca*pulung-Piteshti Region, the Teu- J ton invaders have taken other nrison en and cannon and much other ^ equipment from the retiring Ran- g manians. In the fighting reported in v the latest communiques Berlin toys th* Rumanians lost more than' 2,800 ^ prisonew~ and twenty-one cannon. ^ The Russians continue aggressively ^ their offense against the Austro-Ger- 8 turn Bnes-fromtihe Carpathians to ^ Southern Transylvania. Berlin states flie Russian attacks, which are de- f glared to have been along a front of 189 miles, from Jablonitsa td Kedzi Vaearbely, resulted only in small advantages, which are declared not te s tie commensurate with the cost in jhea and ammunition. Petrograd admits a repulse southwest of Vakarka. in the Carpathians, but refolds the daptureof a ridge of feelfkts south of Kirlibaba. " . A IHw Land at Ath*tu. p Admiral du Fournet, the eommandei of the Entene fleet in the Medi- 0 ferranean, is reported to have landed e ifroops at Piraeus, the port of Athens ? French, British and Italian contin- i gents are said to have been included t in the landing pary. Aside from" i f Report that Greek troops are being 8 sent toward Athens from the north 9 iff Greece, there are no indications e as 10 wnat measures tne ureex Lrov- s fcrnment has taken to comply with or ? oppose Admiral da Fournet's deBlands for the turning over of t Greece's arms and ammunition. b An Associated Press dispatch from ? London says that a strong impression a prevails there that Great Britain will s grant the request from Washington a for reconsideration of the refusal of fo a safe conduet to Count Tarnowski Von Tarnow, the recently appointed s Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the e pnited States. ? f t 1>RY' FORCES LINED UP a FOR PROHI CONTEST c V Washington, . Dec. 2.?Former . S??rttarv of State Brvan's move men! to foree the Democratic party t to go on record in favor of national ^ prohibition will have its first test of ^ stnftigth in Congress daring the ^ coming session. ? Representative Webb, of North Carolina, announced today that he ^ will introduce one of the most sweepdig prohibition measures ever proposed immediately after Congress convenes. It will "prohibit the manu- ? facture, sale, transportation by in- ^ n terstate commerce and importation" f( Of alcoholic beverages. ' n * t< A PRETTY VISITOR. n u: r<i.j tv i_ i_ il. " ?uusujrg Auuiuoun is in wic ^ city on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. Poster Barnwell. She spent her y young girlhood in Abbeville and has c many friends who are delighted when ^ she comes back on a visit A PLEASANT DAY AT CLE^ISON. T Mr. and Mrs. Charley Graves, Miss SydeBe Graves, Miss Jarne Belle genual and Ernest Pennal motored q up to Clemson Sunday and spent a e delightful day with Earl Graves, who 81 is a sophomore this year. . 1 a WILL SEND GOODIES e TO EPWORTH ORPHANAGE * ' : " p n? Methodist Sunday School and working society are preparing a box o; of good things to send to the Ep- n worth Orphanage Christmas. ci v ' 1 ? .V 1 , IUCH INTEREST IN PROPOSED COUNTY 'eople of Honea Patk Show Mack Interest ! Project Now Foot. Homea Path, Dec. 4.?Honea Path eople are watching with interest very movement being made by the iromoters of the property accounted or by the fact that the territory ffected extends to he city limits of lonea Path. Quite naturally a great lany of those having interests in his town will be in the new county if t is formed. A readjustment of the chool district will be necessary as a iortion of the local district extends eyond the limits of the town. But the greatest interest in the movement, bo local ciizens stay, is be ause Honea Path hopes to yet beome the couny seat ' of the new ounty if one is to be formed. It will e remembered/that several years ago .n effort was made to secure a new ounty, which, however, failed, to go hru at that time. Since then a lumber of local citizens have been [uietly feeling the sentiment of those esiding in the area it was hoped to ticlude and it is said that many who nee opposed the project now favor, ihould Will&mston succeed in securTTnnod Patti'a Ug m ucn vvuu?/f ? ? ?- hances would be very small as the irea desired by each is practically he same. Hdnea Path is near the lines of ive" counties, Greenville/' Anderson, >aurens, Greenwood and Abbeville. [Tie location is said to be splendid, hbuld the voters even decide to diidfc the present county. 'ARMCRS HAPPY W IN SUNNY SOUTH loll, Climatic Conditions and Labor Offer Mkny Adrkitafeg to the ProfroMrre and Induatrioos Farmer. There is a ready market, with high rices for beef, dairy, and poultry roducts, and grains.1 No part of the country has greater pportunities than the south. The limate is all that can be desired fdr he production of Crops, and pasturog of live stock is possible alm6kt he year around. In the north tfee armer can pasture only from five to even months in the year. In the outh the rainfall is abundant, ahd verywhere there are streams and prings, which are of great benefit to he stockman. At present land is cheap and it akes little capital to' buy a farm. La*>r, too, is cheaper . than in the lorth. The people of the south are wakening to the necessity of diverified fanning?the planting of corn nd leguminous crops, and the raisog of: live stock. ?<"7 The cattle tick, the enemy of live tock farmihg,ris fast being eradicatd. The land that is now selling for 100.00 per acre under a better syseifa of farming Corn and legumiious crops, pastures ' and stock will Hng this abtfatL Wherever you find orn and clover and live stock, you rill find high-priced land and prosperous, growing communities. The south will produce inore corn c^Jhe acre than the most fertile ands of the corn belt in the north. Towhere in the United States are here greater opportunities for the armer than in the cotton belt states. IONEA PATH INCREASES TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY Honea Path, Dec 4.?The city of [oneb Path has recently increased & water supply by th6 addition of 3ur drilled wells. ' These will furish 60,000 g&llons daily in addition > the present source. This step was tade neeessary by the great increase 1 population, the water pressure or some time having been very low. Tl. 5 ? i.1 t-A ? V 1 it ? ib is tnougnt tnai una will now proide water enough for any emergeny that might arise, as well as allow or the natural growth of the e*ty. HE CHIQUOLA MILL WILL ' BE Electrically driven v \ Honea Path, Nov. 29.?The Chiuola mill of this place will soon be lectrically driven, the change from team tu electricity being now made, he steam power will be retained nd will be used in case of any emrgeney such as low water or other s?id?nt that might occur at the over house. The mill increased the pay of all peratives a short time ago. Exclusre of the overseers and other offi[als, this effected nearly 300 persons . .> -L' : . ' fl. - ' Suggests Publii for Animals foi . v' 1 * i" . ' * t Editor Press and Banner:? Every city and town of an; norlrc onA niiWip nlnu OTftlindH 1 laying out a splendid park next 1 park various means for the amus children. A number of swings ' up, and the children are certainl is already quitepopular with a h< grown ups. We are now starti had donations of rabbits, guinea will not only be interesting but The city has spent quite a s it has been suggested that a su sens to get the money to purchai a few monkeys to make the chili We would like to have dont or bird that you may have. Lets all get interested and i the great institutions of the tow J \ ~ LOOK OH THAT PICTURE, * AND THEN ON THIS ONE " ______ Some Fact* That Show How the Price of Cotton Change* From Year to Year. The. Observer & using blank sheets for receiving the reports over telephone Mondays and Thursdays?the same Bheets that were used last November. They show that prices then were ranging from 11 to 11 1-2 for cotton and frm 50 to 55 for cotton seed. This means $40 to $45 more a bale of cotton and from 45 to 50 cents a bushel more for cotton seed. And cotton brought a pretty good price, too, a year ago, as prices go. Here is another comparison that means something: Mr. M. B. Chalmers, who was - in town - Saturday, told the o b man that he had' jfat sold five bales of eotton for $527.70, not counting the seed?the seed, if sold them, must have brought: him $1216 to $150 more. In' iconthut with this, he said, in 1897 he dent four bales of ^eotton to Newberry, with a message to a friend in town to sell the eotton for him, pajr a fifty dollar not in a bank, and send him the balance. The friend sold the cotton at the highest market price, paid the note in the bank ' and aent Mr: Chalmers the balance, which was $ 14.70k?Newberry Observer. SAYS SUBMARINES THREATEN TO CAUSE FAMINE IN ENGLAND nl \'-t :- ' .? T-TiaJ. London, Dee. 5.?"We are in a position of unparalled gravity," "said AdniiraJBeresford in an address today at a meeting to support a stronger naval measurer "We iarfef bordering upon a crucial timfl Thh 'MVimon'na ' tnnnoAA 7?v. <VMV UWWMMMU4V WV^OVV . * Quires new startegy and hew tactics to deal with in but sd far no definite and Systematic methods hare been taken for suppressing the menace. ' "The Germans are now going to send submarined to the Pacific and to wherever British trade routes are." Barop Beresford advocated continued aerial' attacks on the' German base at Zebrugge and the arming of merchantmen and continued: "It is' a mos. unsatisfactory state of affairs. Thousands of tons of food which were waiting to eome to England have been diverted to Germany. The meeting adopted a resolution calling for a more effective blockade and for more efficient measures to deal with the submarine question. Strong denunciations of the government and its naval poliey were made. Besides Baron Beresford, Thomas Gibson Bowles was the principal speaker. Mr. Bowles asserted that "unless the'-submarine menace is dealt with we shall be blockaded as well as Germany and privation and famine prices will ensue." He added that if an overture for an honorable peace should come with sufficient guarantees, it would'be the duty of the goverranentto' examine them, but he said he could "see no glimmer of an j overture for peace." "I have arrived at the conclusion," the speaker Continued, "that this government is no more able to make peace than it is to make war." Mr. Bowles demanded the dissolution of the government and his speech was punctuated with shouts of "turn them out," and similar phrases. NORWEGIAN STEAMSHIP SUNK | London, Dec. 5.?The steamship j Aud, of Bergen, Norway, also has been sunk, according to Lloyds. The Norwegian steamer, Aud, of [Bergen, measured 1,102 gross tons. . . ' V.VU. .v .. . c Subscriptions Cihi Pnrh 7r\n * v*? rv uv/v December 2nd, 1916. p prutusion these days has its or the children. Abbeville is x> the power house?and in the ement and entertainment for the , seew-saws, ete., have been put 7 enjoying them. This resort ast of people, both children and ng a Zoo at the park?we have i pigs, and birds. This feature \ instructive. um in developing the park, and bscription be raised by our citije animals for thfe Zoo. We need Iren laugh. lationa to the Zoo of any animal make 'oar park and Zoo one of v.- i . Respectfully, 6. A. NEUFFER. - i . MAHOGANY LOGS 4 WORTH $800,000.00 Norwegian Steamer Calls With Valuable Cargo of Stick*?1,000,000 " Feet Luaber. Charleston, Dec. 6.?With a cargo of mahogany logs, valued at half a million dollars, the Norwegian steamship, Lysefjord, Nicaragua to New York, came into port this morning to replenish her ceal supply, whieh had ' run dangerously low. Wm. Johnson , & Co., supplied theneeds of the Tea sel, whieh was in port about two months ago for a similar purpose. : She Will continue her voyage this af- j ternoon. f V Nine hundred tons of Stonega coal 1 were supplied the British freighter Niceto de Larrinaga, which arrived : Sunday morning from Galveston, was \ bunkered yesterday by Wm. Johnson < 4 Co., and put to sea for Manchester 1 Ie the afternon. The Ameiean < schooner Charles Davenport, which * ar^jved Saturday afternoon with a cargo of tankage consigned to H. J. BUth * lBSron yesterday began dis-1 charging at the wharf of the Claries- 1 ton Transportation Co., located at i the foot of Columbus stree. James Moldny is agtat.fdrthe schooner. ' < ,' A Swedish steamship, the Kronz- 1 print Gustavus Adolphtts, will arrive j off the harbor tonight, coming'from i New York, Mid will enter the harbor tomorrow morniiig. ' She will load pig i iron heri for a foreign port, the me- ] tal coming from the' Alabama fields. < Wm. Roach ft Son are agents for the i vessel - - ? * Torpedo boat destroyer No. 32, ' which was reported by wireless at 7:30 o'clock this morning a* passing the'Frying Pan lightveasel, made a quick run down the Carolina coast, 1 entering the harbor a little before 1 1 o'clock this afternoon. She proceed- 1 ed Sit once to the navy yard. < Valuable Barge Cargoes. 1 The barges Savannah and Saranac, 1 for which Frederick Bichards is the < agent, and scow No. 4 of Baxter & 1 Co., of Jacksonville, Will be towed 1 out for Morehead City, N. C., this < afternoon by the tug .Virginian, of * the Southern Transportation Co. The J Virginian came in Saturday after- I noon with the barge Brunswick in ' tow, salt laden for the International < Salt Co., and she is now discharging t cargo. About 4,000 cross ties for t New York form the load of the Bax- < ter scow, while the Savannah and the t Saranac have aboard 500,000 feet of 1 lumber each, supplied by the Burton * Lumber Co., and destined for the * same port at Morehead City the two t barges and the scow will be met by another tug, in tow of whieh they will c complete the voyage. A third barge 1 being loaded by the Burton Lumber < Co., the Juniper, is nearly completed < and it may be that the Virginian will 1 wait for her as well. * ? REV. T. S. BLACKMAN HAS MOVED TO REIDVILLE 1 . ' e Honea Path, Nor. 29.?The Rev. ' S. T. BJackman and family have re- ^ moved to Reidville, where Mr. Black man was assigned by recent confer- ^ ence that met in Greenville. Daring j the four yean of his partorate here Mr. Blackman made many friends both in hi* own denomination and also among the people of the town generally. He carries with him the best of wishes of the entire community. 1 The churches of the city united last 1 Sunday with the Methodists in bid- < ding of Mr. Blackman a farewell. '] Rev. T. W. Mummerlyn, the newly i appointed pastor of the Methodist < church arrived today. He comes i from Gray Court. 1 HOSPITAL REPORT SHOWS PROGRE2 Many Improvements to Plant Ha' Been Made?Supt. Bristow PraUed. The third annual report of tl Baptist hospital, recently filed 1 Andrew J. Bethea, lieutenant gore nor, who is president of the board < trusteers, pays high tribute to tl present superinendent, Louis J< Bri tow, as well as to the surgeons ai physicians, and, in addition, sho^ that progressive strides have bet made in the past year. "At the tin Louis J. Bristow assumed charge < the hospital 16 months ago" the r port says, "there was an accumulate debt of over $16,000, and at ti close of the fiscal year the debt only slightly over $2,000. Year's Improvement . Many improvements have b? made in the hospital during the ye and the report enumerates the f< lowing: Entire building painted, modern and extensive X-ray m chine purchased; heating plant ren vated; new dumb waiter installed south building; a cystoscopic roo fitted out; a new, telephone syste installed and many beds added. The extremely low death rate w pointed out in strong terms by tl report, which said that out qf 1,5! persons admitted for treatmez which is an increase of 349 ever la year, only 32, or about 2 per een died. The total volume of busine transacted by the hospital for ti year was over $63,000, of whi< amount about $54,000 was "pai< work and about $7,000 free. "The Baptist hospital is 'Baptu in name only," the'teport said. " is Baptist in management only, ai riot denominational irt benefits ax blessings, for the persons admits for treatment represented 12 d nominations and this does not ificlu< those represented by the some 200 < B00 patients who did not indiea tlui(r"Mlio4nna affiliifinm Tjmb the one-third of the 1,500 patients we: of the Baptist church." B?*M by Church. The report says that the Bapti hospital has been placed oh the.reg: lar benevolence schedule of near! til the Baptist associations in t! 9tate and that the ijlOD Bapti churches in the $tate are" nowcoi tributing regularly io the support < the irifttitution. There are now ! nurses in the training school. Reference is miule to the need < & maternity ward, 'for which pu pose C. 1L Henderson of Aiken hi sontributed $1,000 as a1 ptartir fund. UNCLE SAM'S INVESTIGATION OF FOOD PRICES TO BE BROA ~K t! !.; riy'l i !' i . Boston, Dec. 5.?Investigations < she high cost of living being made t federal officials throughout the cow ;ry will be directed by George W Ai ierson, the United States attorn< tor this district, it was announce lere today. Attorney General Grej \i*xr +A ft ofafamaii^ iaaiic J| MVVVi UUI5 W U UM??VU1VUM UW U*. >y the United States attorney's o: lee, has asked Mr. Anderson to tal :harge of the investigation so "tiu he work may be coordinated an nade as effective and rapid as post >le. "While technically the jurisdictio >f the Department of Justice is on! jo deal with alleged restraints of ii erstate commerce," the statemei iontinues, "the investigation wi ake a rather wide range and all pe: inent facts and information will fc used as effectively as possible i >ring about a coordination betwee government and business forces. "Undoubtedly other department >f the government, like the Depar nAnf f\4 fVA T^Anorfmnr UVI1V Vi * o V| Vtiv HUVL >f Commerce, the Federal Trad Commission and the Interstate Con nerce Commission will have dat ind views which will be of the greai ist assistance in the matter. "Of course the department is ande 10 delusive notion that it can male ihort crops long, or manufacture o epair needed freight ears, but i loes propose to use all power withi he government's control to see tlu nterstate commerce moves uncloj fed and unchecked by an illegal *on irnauuu in fcouAiuk vi uauv. APPRECIATE IT. Those exrcellent Newberry papei ire having sueh a rua of advertiw rtenttthat the oerfloV has to be fe] eh care" of on the front page. Tt Newberry merchants, like oar Lai rena merchants, appreciate the vale if advertising and' do not mind pa: Lag the money'fafr it, ?Laurenb A< WBSfcMK.' "<-V_ ,, GOVERNOR GRANTS < :'i ^ >S PRISONER PAROLE v. "dH '' . re Abbeville Man Get* Liberty Witt ' -'JJ Many Recommended th* if i J Actio*. .. K tie Governor Manning has paroled. Vcj3s >y Ben. J. Ash worth, of Abbeville ceua- |.i'P ty, convicted on the charge of inrol- . untary manslaughter over three yean is- ago. The petition was signed by nine -'I id of the jurors who heard the ease and " yg by a large number of other eitireni " , Bn of Abbieville county, including the :'-j$ ie clerk of court, who stated that ia hit > t ^ 0f opinion the manslaughter was purely e. an accident In addition to thfe paed tition, a letter was presented fro* tie Hill certifying that the prisoacSr ' , ia is unable to do hard manual labor. The parole'was granted ;"dnrinff (ood >|jS behavior ahd on condition that! ' en abstain from the useofalcoholicliar quors or beverages." a WILSON MAKES ANOTHER MOVE FOR BELGIANS Washinftoa Again Informs Berlin m of Deep Concern Pelt in America m Over Dejportatio* of CitSsns. t t'. ?* Washington, pec. 5.?-Acting o* its ^ own belxalf, tie American Govern37 ment has informed Germany anew of ' 't, its deep concern over the deportation , 5 of Belgians from their owncountry by the German military ahoritie* ' J 88 This action h&s been taken as a' re- 'Jm ie Milt of 'information about the deport;b ations gathered from different sour- .;|8 *" Ces and after fruitless informal ef- | "M forts on bbKailfofjthe Belgians made S ;t' by American Charge Grew of Beriiiu ' j| It Germany has been informed that *d the treatement of the Belgians ban . | id made a very bad:impreteion , in tfcfe -v* ** country and that the United State* jJj e- eannot avoid aking notice of the citfc- vIzS ie ation, basing ito itnad on t&e fctbSi jM grounds of humanity. ' ,vr ^ te M*y Deter Relief Werfc. M m The American G<frerniifi^'ft was |fl re learned today, was led to move not 9 only because of thb expressed feeling , 1 that thedeportaions have beee lOdM- :; ?t edupon urith disfavor both by the ^ a- American peepi* and governaent^ ly bet because of fear that Belgian re- ' r ie Heir wo A, which is being, ldmWilrtti J| st ed by Americans may be interfered 'M a-id*. ' ' :% 10 THOMAS 5. WATSON. G^OiCU j| fiPhrOU, ACQUIfTEp ttfv w )f . 1 UNITED STATES COURT ' 1 r- ! u i Augusta, Gil, Dee. 5.?Thomas E. * Watson, author and editof; M m quitted here today by a jury in the federal court Of the charge* of tending 1 obscene matter through the mail. . | - Watson's trial be&ahheze last Moaday and the case was given tot&e 'v|g jury early last night: The verdict ,y was rendered sixteen hours later. It 5' was received without demonstration a" by friends oif the defendant Watsoa ^ shook hands with the jurors, said one of them. J'.' Hi' Koiritr. ? embraced him. ' r ! Watson was charged in an indiet? ment containing four counts with :? haying violated the Federal penal code in' sending obscene matter . through the mails in publications of ^ |j 1_ which he is editor. He was acquitted 1 ! '<? on all four counts. A year ago kk ' n trial on the same charges resulted a y the jury disagreeing. ' , J BUY GREENWOOD LAND. ,e A real estate deal of considerable 0 proportions was consummated several n days ago, when Fleming Brothers, Of this city, purchased two tracts of vg land in Greenwood county near War* ^ Shoals. -The larger tract, consisting of 576 acres, was bought from Means le T. R. Blackwell, of Due West, and - n v. 9. S. Blackwell, of this eity. The a other tract, consisting of 85 acrtfe, was bought from Mr. J. R. Winn; Of Abbeville. The'two tracts adjoin ,r each other and are loeated at Black's e station on the P. & N. railrofcd. It ,r is understood that the ' land ' was It bought for ihvesttrient and will ' be B rented out?Lattt&ns Advertiser. ' it : ' JUDGE GARY HOME. Judge Frank B. Gary came up from'tiie low country last week and spent several days in the city at bl6 home on Greenville street' He rer ports Mrs. Gary as getting better after a recent illness, which is food re news to he? friends at this end. of s- the line. Judge Gary is looking well l and is enjoying life. ' * 1 >i., - - . : ie y. THE BOOK CLUB. ie F. There will be no further meetings 3 of the Book Club until after Christy mas and there will be no exchange of 4 books. * r<I ';/> . ' V-ijji ; - 4 ' *?8