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[Abbeville Press and'Banner ^pgrA-pT.TRTTRn 1844 $1.50 Per Year in Advance ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27,1916. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Yeab frrs t Charge BernstorfiPs Propada in United States as the Main Cause. don, Dec. 23.?The general had their first news of Presi7ilson's hot from the morning and the matter was the one }piC OX cunvcrsauuu vu nburban trains and throughout the ountry. * The people, like the press, rere rather taken aback, as they ad about arrived at the conclusion lat Premier Lloyd George's speech ad put an end .to all peace talk un&s the central powers in thoir reply > the premier were prepared to done their terms. That the president f any other neutral ruler would tke any action was farthest from leir mind. The evening papers, which did not rint editorials, came out with big eodlines which expressed their views he Evening News , which is . the afirnoon edition of the Daily Mail, eads a reprint with the one word No" in large black type and under : "Our answer to President Wilson," sd again "No,No, No," that is tho oswer Great Britain gives today ithout a moment's hesitation to the lrarisinflr not from President Wil >11." Headlines in other papers such as President Wilson's Strange Peace Bsay," "President Wilson's Peace freler," I "Amazing Note," indicate i slight measure the astonishment. iusea by the communication. Huch speculation ii indulged in as K the motives or causes -which iniired the president to send such a after his assumption of the atIde that he would not mediate unto invited by both groups of bellig ents. One section of the press, utterly sjecting any idea of the possibility - peace negotiations as the outcome ! the recent German note, flatly atibutes the president's taction to the eeem of propaganda conducted by rant Ton Bernstorff in America and hat they describe as the masterly Ipctfaityjof the late British gov eras' that the"'agitatiS^in^ASmca'for* q emborga on food exports had wli to do -with Mr. Wilson's action, b is also suggested that the president may have received special in ormation from the German government and is aware of the extent to inch Germany is prepared to go toBftrd "reparation, restitution and noranfofls " This ill +Ji? vipw a* reased by the Daily Chronicle. Some Hiscussion is also devoted to the Hiances of congress passing food exBo rt measures and possibly an emHargo on cotton and war materials. The Daily News* which is the nearHvt to pacificist among London newB apera, says toaay regarding rjesi ent Wilson's note: "No one can fail to appreciate the pirit in which the proposal is made Hr approve the cautious terms in which it is co,ached. The history of Hhe great struggle in his own country B too recent and too memorable for president Wilson to be, unaware of Bhie perils of too hasty intervention. HiVUi Vlli OIUO AV VTOtf bUC OJt/CVUCI VI Ktzropean intervention that haunted Hincoln especially in these days when m cause of the north was passing Mrough its darkest phase. "Mr. Wilson is far too wise to add Hiat trouble to the enormous burdens Hf the nations engaged in the strugBle for liberty not less vital and far Bmo?? ? The newspaper says there is no offering in America comparable tfth that in Lascaahire during the Hotbon famine brought about by Lincoln's ; blockade and says it does not Belieye the American people will put dtllfthilihr thpv stc mffonnv 'n be scale against victory of human berty over despotism. The Daily 'Chronicle recounts a st of alleged German outrages in ielgram and elsewhere on which it ays President Wilson remained silnt. It adds that he protested against he Lusitania, Ancona and Sussex massacres," not because they were ohumane, but because they were ? 1 ?1 KiiioriuuiB (jeruueu uy weir lnnu lanity. "With thiiT line?that humanity Bid not warrant intervention but American interests did?we have neBer quarreled, "but since he omitted o intervene to stop crime, is it con latent he should intervene now to inder others from punishing the1 riminals?" I The newspaper considers President Wilson's statement that the objects if botii belligerents are virtually the Rme is mose painful for European iberals. IEXT SUNDAY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH CAvrnrtoo l m nlin vnli UCi VIV^O U1 HUC lU^MlVUlOb VUU1VU text Sabbath morning and evening it the usual hours. ; At the morning hour the pastor rill preach an appropriate New Year ermon. At the evening hour he fill begin a series of sermons on The Christian in the World" and 'The World in the Christian." ' Every one is invited to attend ihese services. A cordial welcome iwaits all. 1 ; ' ' - ' i - ; ' > ISUEO PRESIDENT [EST NOTE WE McCaslanHome Totall,oss By Fire Saturday The friends of Mr. Pat H. McCaslan will regret to know that he had the misfortune to lose his home on last Saturday morning, when it was totally destroyed by fire. One end of the building was in flames when a tenant on the place discovered the fire. He hurried to the house and found the room of Mr McCaslan full of smoke and its occupant sound asleep. With a good deal of difficulty he succeeded in getting: Mr. McCaslan out before the building fell in. The entire house and its contents are a complete loss. Mr. McCaslan did not have time to save even a suit of clothes. He borrowed a suit from his friend, Jno. Boggs Kennedy and came to town in the morning and bought a full wardrobe. ,He lost in addition all his Christmas money, which was in his purse in his pants' pockets. It is not known just how the fire originated. v JV7 LJ 1 lvegrues nuu Systematic Plan ' for Big Stealing The Dargan-King Company has been doing a big business as a retail dealer in hardware, cutlery, silverware, aluminum ware and Christmas goods, but the money did not come in in this way fast enough for Horace McKnight, the colored gentleman who has been (leaning up thd* store, he preferring a wholesale business and in that capacity supplied such eminent gentlemen a? Ed Guilliard, Robert ?. Wilson, the blindtiggr, whom we told the authorities some weeks ago should be put on the rock pile, George Pressley,"^Wheeler Th?m?nr ^ho^ iqBMjfar an address before the colored Methodist Conference on the subjcct, "The Carpenter -May Die But' Hjs Work Goes On," Mary Watt and Jim Belcher. Horace was able to sell much cheaper than Mr. Dargan because Mr: Dargan not only paid for what he sold himself but for what Horace was selling also. The result is that Horace is facing a 'good many charges of larceny, while the other culprits have been convicted in the Mayor's court of receiving stolen goods. As stated in another column, Gilliard contributed [ $75.00 to the city treasury. This morning the mayor assessed Robert E. Wilson $75.00 and George Pressjley $50.00, they having demanded a jury trial and having been convicted. Wheeler Thomson, of carpenter fame, took his straight from the Mayor and received a. permit co make a contribution of $25.00, which was also -satisfactory to Mazy Watt r.nd Jiirf Belcher, all of which goes to show that "the way of the traiiDgressor is hard." Annual Trustees Election tHeld in the Court House - The annual election of Trustees for the Abbeville School District, was held in the court house last night at eight o'clock, pursur.nt to advertioino> nntiPA tmhliahed in the city papers. T)he terms of Dr. C. C. Gambrell, Joel S. Morse and William P. Greene having expired, the election was for the purpose of filling the vacancies. The old trustees were nominated for re-election. The following other gentlemen were nominated: Messrs. M. T. Coleman, Meadows Langley, Wm. Blnnchett, Earle Harrelson, and W. P. Wh#an. Mr. Langley declined the nomine tion stating that he did not wish his name to go before the meetn?. - ' About forty-five citizens of tne town participated in the election and the vote for the several candidates r/as ao iviiuwo* W. P. Wham, 17; M. T. Coleman, 13; W. M. Blanchett, 8; Earle Harrelson, 10; J. S. Morse, 33; C. C. Gambrell, 24;'William P. Greene, 31. The old trustees having received a majority of the votes cast were declared re-elected for a term of three years. v After the election, Mr. A. B. Morse made a motion that the delegation in the General Assembly be requested to have the time for the election of the trustees changed from the Christmas Holidays to the last Tuesday in June. Mr. Morse thought that a better attendance of the citizens would be secured at such time, ana after discussion the motion was carried and the Secretary was instructed to lay the matter before the delegation. Mr. Robert S. Link presided as Chairman of the meeting and Mr. R. VL. Dargan as Secretary.' . n i vVf-> ; , ... " i. J..'-. SAYS NOTE IS : THAN A "FEELER" Washington Watches for News as to How Wilson's Note , is Received Abroad. Washington, Dec. 23.?With the purposes of President Wilson's note to* belligerents clarified by official statements on the subject, the attention of the United States as turned to the reception of the notp, in the foreign capitals. Diplomats here are eagerly watching for indications of whether ' the European neutrals will follow the lead of the United States and make a similar appeal the warring powers. There is jjrowing feeling that the United States hopes to become the clearing house for views and possibly for terms of the belligerents. Several of the diplomats have advised their governments to that ef feet in order to guide them in their replies. No Mer^ Feclef. Surprise at the fast growing significance of the president's move was expressed on all sides, where it was pointed outthat at first the opinion prevailed that the note itself was merely a /'feeler" and that the most immediately in issuing it was tin receipt of some sort of definition from the warning nations. That the president shold let it be knowin indirectly to the diplomats, for their guidance, that he went even farther than that and counted on an absolutely frank reply from the belligerents, which would lead to an actual opportunity for negotiations, proved only less surprising than the note itself. Gradual clarification among the entente diplomats were of the president's purpose and indications that they would advise their governments to reply in a friendly spirit proved a source of deep gratification today as it was pointed out both in. the note itself and by -Secretary Lansing that one 6f the dangers was that the allies would consider the step as a pro-German move. the^iurte ai^fcH)eca^e it ss$ the objects or the belligerents were practically the same was not unexpected here,'where attention already has been drawn to the fact that Pre* ident Wilson specifically declared that the published views of the opnnoincp nfnfoamen l?f+. that imnrflR. sion. It is stated ^officially that the presiident would not presume to say that two groups were fighting for the same object, but merely that their official spokesman had outlined much the same general program without going into the actual details which he now seeks. . > i i Will Erect Mom Cane to Ft Dr. G. A. Neuffsr and ' Dr. C. C. Gambrell are members of* committee recenfly appointed .by the South I Oavnlina Ma/tinil QUVMiiftnon to fiTfir.t a monument in Long Cane cemetery to the nienjory of W. C. Norwood, M. D., who died in Abbeville count; July 16, 1884.' < Dr. Norwood, world-famed for hii discovery of Veratrum Veride, was very wealthy at the time of hie death, having derived large royalties from the sale of his discovery. AcJ. E. Lomax Su, Injuries ir TP T li?rAa n4 I mr. ll* JLi. UVUiOA) TTUV i&TV? ?*i Kinards, S. C., was injured last Thursday morning by falling from a high tree. A negro man had attempted several days before to trim up this tpee and fell to the ground, breaking his leg. Then Mr. Loma> attempted to finish up the work and climbed up and the limb broke and Whiskey Trade Many Hundreds of patrons of the gallona-month system were disappointed, when their gallon failed to arrive in time to make the usual Christmas nogg. Many of the orders had been placed as long as two weeks,. ago, while most all of them were placed in "plenty of time." Guillard Found i Ed. Guillard, a negro tailor of the city, was convicted in the Mayor's court on Tuesday morning of re Vv;--.-. SOUTHERN NEGROES HARDSHIPS IN 1 I , Colored Minister of PitUburg Write Richard Carroll of the Sad Plight. /. \ ' - \ In conection with the negro migra tion to the North, a well known col ored Baptist minister of Pittsburg has written to the Rev. Richard Car roll, one of the leaders of the rac in South Carolina, giving,a distress ing account of the plight of its mem bers who have left the South. Richard Carroll, who is well know? in Greenville and well thought o here had addressed a communicatioi to the News in which he says tha since most of his race in South Caro lina have an "emancipation celebra tion" on January 1, he suggests tha the time be taken to discuss the mi , gration of ths negroes to the North He goes on to say, "The unres ' among our people throughout th South, especially in Alabama and i Georgia, is terrible and South Caro lina is now catching the fever. I d ' not blame the colored people froi 1 moving from sections where life an i property are not safe, but they coul I move to other places in the Sout ; where they could get justice an i protection and remain in the./wutl [ The colored preachers who are th proper leaders of the race, shoul i take this matter up and face it an > advise our people to remain in tb r Sbuthland." Tlift 1o44ow KaIawt i n vmn^AM 4>V i v?ivtt ao niivwii vj ui pastor of one of the largest colore churches in Pittsburgh.. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH Cor. Wylie and Devillers Sts. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 16, 1916. Rev. J. C. Austin, B. D., D. D. 2316 Wylie Ave., Rev. Richard Carroll, ' Columbians. C., My dear Co-worker:?Your letter to hand this very hou | and ag to the great exodus of on people, I am ready to answer you i definite words relative to its benefits . I am positive that ifs not the bes thing for our people to do, especisll 1 thisTteason of the year; We have her now hundreds who are suffering ii , tensely, many of whom ,have. monej but cannot get accommodations. Th good ones from the South are mad to suffer with the bad, because o ! many unreasonable things committe . by the thoughtless. I know this wi eventually work against all of us i , the North, thus I am sparing no tim , in trying to meet this issue. I appr< , ciate your Voice being lifted openl against thisj exodus, unless the pec pie know where they are going befor the leave there. Yours for every good work, (Signed) J. C. AUSTIN. merit in Long various Physiciat cording to a news item appearing i The Press and Banner of July 1( 1884, it appears that the famou > doctor spent most of his profession! '' life in Abbeville county, dying a ! his home near Hodges in his 78t r year. He was a graduate of Casth ton University, Castleton, Vt i The matter of erecting a mont ^ ment upon the grave of this usefi i man was brought to the attention c i the South Carolina Medical assoeii 12.1 i t\ xt a j r> l ?ll > | uvu uy urn. ueuuer nuu uotuunuii stains Severe i Fail From Tret ' / ; he fell to the ground, breaking a ri ; and receiving several other sevei i bruises and for several days aft? . wards has been dangerously ill. John and Victor Lomax of 013 city, were called home immediate! > and at the present time he is som< : what better. A speedy recovery : i being entertained for him by man 1 friends in and around the county. Brisk; Orders Delayec The concentration of orders whic formerly went to points in Georgia Virginia, and other states to Jacl sonville, Chattanooga and Baltimoi 1 is given as the cause of delay in ship ment. However more than tw , thousand gallons were delivered b I the local express office Saturday an Monday. Guilty by Mayoi s | ceiving stolen goods. The propert , i alleged to have been stolen was ' j lot of chinaware taken from th I store of the Dargan-King Co. 1 * ' -v.. in COLOREDP I NORTH SOUTH I ' Patent Device to . ' \ . / Double Capacity - of the Cotton Gin Mr. S. J. Wakefield is progressing e with the patent he expects to obtain ' ~ ,:>r. his new cotton gin. device/by which the capacity of .all cotton.gins will be doubled. iHi has been mak^ ing extensive investigations and experiments with the patent and each a day he become more convinced of the great value of his patent. He believes that he will be able to further develop the idea which he has t so as to further develop the capacity [. of cotton gins. L. One Of the principal advantages of t the device is that it can be made to e be attached to any cotton gin now in Q use so that it will not be necessary K to buy new outfits. He will put the p device on the market just as soon as n the patent is obtained, and he can make the necessary models. I Congressman I Aiken:Home ' fo r Holidays d '* '' v Hon. Wyat?\ Aiken returned from ' Washington on Friday and is spend1 ing the holidays with Mrs. Aiken and the children at home. He had quite an interview with Santa Claus Sabbath night when his old friend was caught delivering presents before midnight. Being a strict observer of the Sabbath himself he ser verely rebuked Santa for his nonx observance of the day. The matter ^ was finally settled; however, when j* Santa agreed to take good care' of rt the boys in this district, and to give y them a little more than..he. ligd ,.'J& v first intended, and" wKexTftS' ^feiide* 1- XL _ _1 iL.i. V. 1J uuc pic<i buat nv cuuiu- iivw 7> around unless be commenced early 6 in the night. Mr. Aiken warned % him not to go to. Due West until * early in the morning, however, as fj the people up there think a good u deal as he does on the subject. n -Mr. Aiken advises ua that he heard 6 in Washington that his friend, Col. C. J. Lyon, United States Marshal y fo^ this district, had made a recent visit to the Pre&dent in the intere est of our old and valued' citizen, Col Patrick Roche, whom the Marshal is urging as a suitable man for Postmaster General or Secretary of War. WELL KNOWN TEACHER DIES AT HORRELL HjtLL 1 Benjamin F. Bailey Passes Away After Short Illness. j Benjamin' F. Bailey, well laHwn ia educator, died early yesterday at a Horrell Hill, in Rictyand County. it He was 63 years old. h Prof. Baileys life ha? been one of i- activity in the schools of the State, especially so in Richland county, i- where he had been affiliated with il Prof. G. V. Neuffer in the University if School for Boys of Columbia. After ir the closing of that institution he accepted the principalship of the Hor_ rel Hill school, in which capacity he was serving at the time of nis death' He was at one time superintendent of the Abbeville city schools, but resigned that position to accept the presidency of the Abbeville cotton 9 mills, and after leaving there came " to Columbia. Prof. Bailey is survived by his wife dow, a son, G. Wallace Bailey, a e daughter, Mrs. H. V. Knight, wife of !r Prof. H. V.- Knight, of Chester; a stepson, R. F. Gilliam, and a sister, Mrs. J. D. Davis, of St. Liouis.?rne ? State. 3- " is RESIGNS AS LOCAL COUNSEL. y William P. Greene, of the local ~ bar, who hps represented the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company at Abbeville as Local Counsel for a number of years, has severed his rej lations with the company and will 1 no longer represent it. Some other 4 lawyer of the Abbeville bar will likely be appointed to the position withh in the next few days. i, c- THE CLOSNG OF SCHOOL. >P h o The city schools closed -Vr the y holidays last Thursday and the terchd ers went to their different homes the afternoon or on Friday. Most of the grades had some Christmas exercise for the entertainment of the children and there were sevsral K Christmas trees. Miss Bess Allen, one of the first grade teachers, entertained the parents of her pupils and y served tea and cake to her guests, a At .the High School special exere cises were held in the two societies and Christmas carols were sung.. EOPLE LONG FOR 1 COTTON PATCH \ - s'':; Negroes Who Migrated to Within . Shadow Chicago Tribuack 'Build ing Can't Find Work. . - ' t . *' ' ... ' * " ; Columbia, Dec. 20.?-"Take * me bdpk to de land corn and cotton," is the cry of one South Carolina negro who was lured to the inhospitable clime of Chicago/where Republicans rule and where those who are al- ( ways talking about the "poor negro ,t M not being given .. a chance", hold sway. A Columbia negro migrated to Illinois, whether'to help Well the' ' ;M vote for Hughes and the other G. O. P. nominees or whether .to be accorded those privileges which "they say" he: is not allowed in the Palmetto State is not known. Just how alluring the 'offer which got him to leave Dixie for the land of the Nortfy was he did not 'say but suffice it to state that he lifted up his voice In the State of "Uncle Joe" Cannon and Lawrence Y. Sherman, not to IUCUI4VU WiO /VUIWO^V A?U/UUO| <UIU *' *' *V^5?33 wrote, yeg actually wrote, for monwr > to get a ticket to iome back jto Col- r umbia, South Carolina, on.. And to make it worse this negro is stationed right under the nose of the Chicago Tribune, and can't get work! Thinjt of it! The State of Abraham Lincoln, the home of the Chicago Tribune, is letting a brother in black nearly starve and wont even give him work. So he sits dtfwn and pens a request to Coventor Manning to - , arrange to get him beck to Columbia Shades of tne Abolitionists! William Lloyd4 Garrison, Seward, and the oth- - < er spirits of the late sixties f bend yoUr ears while the governor of '&m South Carolina, the State which first seceded in 1860, the State which was looted by the carpetbaggers, and the State which does not believe / in negroes voting, reads this letter which cam/from a State which' professes great love for the colored race and believes in giving him the vote: "Oak Forest, "Near Chicago, HL "Ward L. 8, Dec. 15,1916 "To the Hon. G&vernor Manning, "South Carolina, "Hon. Sir: . "My name is Sam Moravin, I am a xorortd^ loafi'imd native "JtJiir" * State. T am here at prafent. but cannot work on account of the cold and' would be very grateful to you if you could arrange to get me back to Columbia. "Yours with great respect (Signed) /'SAM MOR&VIN.w men at the*Stafc*^ou?^tto morning that Sam's letter should be referred to the Republican National Executive committee or.at least toUnited :!& States Senator Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, who is at presentmueh ' r . ^ exercised because the negroes Ad not get to vote in the Sftuth to any great extent in the recent election. *3 Sad Death of LMeRose Ellen Hughes Sunday Bose Ellen, the little, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Hughes, died Sunday iporning, December the ^4th, 1916, a lew minutes, of twelve o'clock. The little ^girl was tiken sick on Friday . with membranous , ' croup and " despite the loving and watchful care of her family and of their friends the little soul went back to the Father who gave it The little girl would have been twenty months old on Christmas day and all this time was the idol of her parents' hearts and thfe bright and sweet pet of the neighborhood. Funeral services were conducted \ Christmas morning at 12 O'clock, by Rev.' H. Waddell/Pratt, and the in terment was at Long Cane cemetery, services being held at the grave on account of the illness of Mrs. Hughes . . The hearts of our people go out in loving sympathy to the grief stricken -mother and father. May they tajke. comfort in the knowledge that it is well with the child. t y A. W. Bowden Leaves Soon for Place on Road Mr. A. W. Bowden, who has been >, in Abbeville for the past several months, left this week, having accepted a position as traveling representative of a Northern firm. Mr. Bow/1am V? i *VI o />onoKla Kn tn_ ucu piuvcu uiiuocii a vopauit uuuiness man, while here. The young * . ^ people of the city give him up with sorrow. REV. KENNEDY VISITOR. . iy Rev. E. B. Kennedy came down v from Due West Wednesday rnd is visiting in the city for a day or two. He .has many friends here who are always glad to see him. a - - * ; . 7 ' ..< . .v < h \