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Mp|/: " ; . ;? : / >: 7' -7 7 ; r1 \ * y ??" '.V u&, . ' A v listen :< * . . x . . 77 7 - ' ' , ' . ( Abbeville Press and Banner j Established.1844. $2.00 the, Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Dec. 13, 1918. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. no FAVORS NSION OF IM Vould Have Railway Control Continue For Fiye Years. > HRECTOR GENERAL CITES ADVANTAGES tciion Would Take Railroad Question Out of Politics (or Present and Gire Time for Carrying Out Active / Program of Im' * provement. Washington, Dec. 12.?Extension f the period of government control t railroads' lor live - years, until anuary 1, 1924, was recommended a congress tonight. by Director Genral JCcAdotk Advantages of this, Jr. McAdoO iiud, are that it would jike the railroad aestion oat of pities for the present, give time ar carrying oat an active program f improvements and, provide oportonity for a fair test of unified rotrol to indicate the permanent Nation of the railroad problem. ^The preaident' has given m? perritiupa toysay that this conclusion icorda with his own view7 of -the i*tter,? Mr. McAdoo concluded. The letter was addiesnd to Senar Smith of* South Carolina, andj jgrtttentative dims, cnamnen,- reaetiraij, of the senate and house instate {commerce committees. Mr. eAdoo explained that to continue >vernment operation for 21 months ?#r formal declaration of peace ider, present conditions would mean Eruption of morale among employIs and officers, and could not jenle the government to go ahead ith- improvements and purchase of juipment. Another-alternative, .die ompt retorn of the railroads to ]Jriite control without legislation to aanit elimination of Hhe old wastev. ? i. " HI competition, would be "hoiitful ike to the public interest and to the Hiir&uta themselves." he said, and KeiSfifflculty of obtaining immediate Station providing a permanent Hhition, is apparent. B "There is one, and to. my mind, one, practicable and wise alterative," Mr. McAdoo continued, Hud that is to extend the period of Hderal control from the one year pine months proVWed by the Hesent law to five years, or until the Bst day of January, 19124. This.exHasion would take the railroad quesBn out of politics for a reasonable riod. It would give comppsure to ^Klroad officers and employees. j I LIEUT. VISANSKA HOME. | HMr. Sol. H.s Rosenbenr received i Wednesday a telegram fromj ^ftut.Ernest L. Visanska sent from' ^Bboken, saying that he had arrived; jBely from overseas, and inquiring' ^Bout other members of the family. ^ Lieut. Visanska, who was a Char-j BBton lawyer before the war, was jHong the first from this section to to France 'to take part in the big ^ r. Several months ago he receivjjOH a machine gun bullet wound in his feet which incapacitated I^Kr for .further work on the battleMjd. He was then assigned to the SHiartment of the Judge Advocate Jj^/^e^e*c$ent; work there. UW4 Upm**' ioa? iiSfcr; fcayck ^ civilian life. For the present he Hbe in an American Hospital un^Hhis wound is fully herfled. After ^Bt he will likely resume his pracmk in Charleston. SLSON DUE IN ROME ? JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS jgHtome, Dec. 11.?President Wilson IH arrive in Rome at 11 a^ m., Dec|BH>er 22, it was announced yesterM. The President will be the guest BHEing Victor Emmanuel for three B,. FRANCE APPROVES WILSON'S PRINCIPLES "Clemenceau's Democracy is Wil. son's" He Says?France Feels Natural Reserves on Freedom of Seat Because of England's Position. Paris, Dec. 12.?France is in en' 7v . tire agreement with President < Wilson's principles, a high French official declared in an interview with the United Press yesterday. He added however that the American, 'executive's interpretation of his fourteen ->oints will make their applicatioh easier. 1 ; 'We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of President Wilson," the official said. "I desire to reiterate to the American people that, despite all recent rumors France entirely agrees with President Wilson's principles. "Clemenceau's democracy is Wilson's. "We must first deal with the material qaestions which are vitally important. It is for President Wilson to interpretate his fourteen points, after which, their application will be rendered easier. We have already decided that Germany must pay in fall for the damage she has wrought the amount is undetermined at present Demands for more than reparation is the only possible subject for difference of opinion. "President Wilson is likely to qsk: the Allies to adopt measures enabling' Germany to maintain her economic, liberty, Which the Allies will accept! But, concerning the league of. nation, Germany should enter a period of probation before 'she is admitted to a full' membership. The changes in Germapy cannot toe' accepted as proof of her good faith. Tune only will telL "We feel a natural reserve regarding freedom of the seas" owing to Great Britain's insularity and the Scope, of her dominions. But this ehould not be hard to .settle. "We shall not try to change any of President Wilson's views some of .which, however, are so phrased as to give various interpretations. They undoubtedly will be cleared up." MEN IN, NAVY MAY GET RELEASE SOON Secretary Daniel* Say* First 100,000 ^hould Be. Out By January 1 /. ^ > :?? Washington, Dec. 11.?The 100,000 navy men designated for discharge should be out of the service by the end of the year, according to the hope Secretary Daniels expressed today. Seventy-four thousand more should be out by July 1 next, he said, leaving the navy then an enlisted strength of 350,000. THINGS BRIGHTENING UP. x [ 1 __ 1 Lowrie Wilson has been mustered: out of the service at the Charleston; ? Navy Yard and is at home again' j.iuu J" mutu tu me ueugui, ux wie yuung\ia-j dies who are in love with him. He; brings the glad'news that Jotih Lo-j max, the other beau of the town is' coming in'a week or two. \ ' "AND THE COLONEL'S * \ WORST OF ALL." In the election which is soon to be held in England the army is making a bold show in the number of Candidates. There are no less than two hundred and fifty-six soldiers seekirig election?nineteen Generals, eighty-two Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels, sixty-nine Majors, sixtyseven Captains, fifteen Lieutenants, two Sergeants, one Corporal and one Private. OUT AFTER THE CASH. The little folks of the city were out in full force Tuesday getting up -noney for the support of a French orphan. A dainty little maid came to our house and told us that "even a penny would help the grade." ; ?.; . *- . ? ; 4 ' * - SENATE CONSIDERS PROBLEM "I OF LABOR OF RETURNING MEN; Senator Kenyon Has Plan Embrac- St ing Wide Scope of Inquiry in Their Behalf. Washington, Dec. 12.?The Senate yesterday took the first step towards pr adoption of a comprehensive govern- de mental policy for,industrial welfare, 61: when it adopted, without a debate a so resolution by Senator Kenyon direct- be ing the committee on education and so labor to investigate the feasibility er of inaugurating such a program. ta The Kenyon resolution empowers the committee to investigate .^nd re- of port on the following: inj 1.?Feasibility of creating a na- to tional tribunal to decide disputes be- th tween workers and employefs con-j jo: cernin^/working conditions. 'J co v 2.?Development of the United! States employment service into a na-1 ar tional labor exchange. n0 3.?Regulation of employment. 4.?Prevention of unemployment! m, by initiation of a program of public j ?r<v works during industrial depression. J 5.?Promotion /on better livingl ne conditions Among workers and pre- ^ paration qf ? plan for centralized con trol of Governmental housing pro- pa jects. / ' 6.?Feasibility of> extending soldiers and sailors , insurance to the civil population giving workers an' ^ opportunityto obtain cheap insur-1 6 ance against injury, sickness and disability. . t* 7.?A national insurance act, pro- ^ viding insurance against old age, on-! employment and disability. 8.?A national minimum wage law.! pe 9?Training for thoje disabled for an industry. j ^ ine committee he announced will "" at once begin its inquiry, and from < timeTto time may recommend legisla- u& tion. ^ ^ y en dii SENATE MEMBERS th APPROVE GLASS 4g a - Of Virginian Has Served 16 Years as * th Member of House From Old / ' jg Dominion. ' ' ke Washington, Dec. 7.?The nomination of Representative Carter Glass of Virginia, to be secretary of the treasury to succeed William G. Mc- i Adoo was confirmed last night by the senate without objection. Mr. Glass immediately will resign i vlJ from congress, in which he has serv-1 ed 16 years, and will take up his new 11 duties on December 16. Mr. McAdoo ^ will continue as director general of an railroads until his successor for that position is appointed. ' _ t Representative Glass said today he had every reason to believe the ye future policies of the treasury would su not be different from those being ve pursued except as varying circum-j stances may suggest. | pe "There is no further statement that I could make at this time which1 m< would either interest or enlighten1 on the public," said Mr|. Mlass. "I would readily wish that I may succeed even 0 approximately as well in administer- 10 ing the affairs of the treasury as has the distinguished ?man whose retire- 'e ment so distresses .the country. It is re my judgment that his retirement is wc ? ??i: i -~p?L I fchi c. uabiuiiui misiunune.' , ' "P FOURTEEN WOMEN SEEK a SEATS IN PARLIAMENT 0f ?' de London, Dec. 6.?Among the candidates for parliament nomina|*d _t Wednesday were fourteen women. They include Miss Christabel. Pank- .* hurst, daughter of Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, the suffrage leader; Mrs. Sa Frederick Pethick Lawrence, joint po editor of Votes for Women; Miss on Mary McArthur, secretary of the tq^ British Women's Trades union; and tic Countess Georgiarta Markleviez, of a Dublin, the Sinn Fein leader. wc as Chester led every county in the ed state in the sale of War Savings Stamps for the week ending Nov. 24, po selling something over seven thou- it sand dollars. Chester has lost eigh- cia ^en young men in the war. wc \ I ' " . * 1 >>'. ' f \ v. . -IBERTY FUEL" IS BOOSTED AGAIN j ibstitiite For Gasoline Said to Be Coming up Soon at Patents of Protection can be Obtained. Washington, Dec. 12.?Quantity oduction of "Liberty fuel" the war ipartment's new substitute for gasine', that can be manufactured and: Id for half the price of "gas" will j1 i begun by private interests as: on as patents protecting the gov- J nment and the inventor can be ob-: ined. (|.J Meanwhile the largest producers gasoline are furiously experimentg and trying in every way pofsible obtain the secret formula from e only two men who know it?Ma- ^ r 0. B. Zimmerman, .engineer 1 rps, and Captain C. Weisberger. , . 1 Major Zimmerman said today that 1 rangements for manufacturing are w pending. The patent* will be ^ med ein the njime of" the Govern- , snt and of Captain Weinberger. ( le conditions permit Captain Weis- ' vrvoF f A mnlra a nrnfi f fliA W ? |/A li VUI bUC ^ wfuel sold commercially but they re the Government the right to ' inufacture or purchase without the ' yment of .royalty to the inventor/ ,, Qne of the chief advantages of.the j iberty fuel" is that it will con- < rve the oil supply. The^ base is < rosene which constitutes 80 peT ] nt of the fuel. Consequently : 80 .j rrels of kerosene with the addi- ] nal chemicals required will pro- j ce 100 parrels of "Liberty fuel.'" \ Mai or Zimmerman, who is an ex- i rt on internal combustion engines ' d who has worked with Captain ] eisberger throughput his experi- < ;nts, says that the gasolint substi- I te will save millions of dollars for j era of ftiotor vehicles throughout . e country in price. Prom ordinary adev oil the percentage of gasoline 1 stilled is about 16 per cent while e percentage of kerosene is about ' .per cent. Consequently the price 1 the new fuel always will be lower 1 an that of gaspline, even if, there an appreciable rise in the cost of! rosene due to the new demand. ^ * f . # MR. THOMAS TO LEAVE. 1 11 Mr. A. S. Thomas has resigned his! sition as Superintendent of Abbe-|, lie Cotton Mills and will leave Ab-J ( ville shortly after the holidays.1lis news will come as a surprise to' e friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, id there will be general regret at] e decision. Mr. Thomas has been in charge off 71' I 1 e Abbeville Mills for four or five ars. He has made a most capable | perintendent. His work has beeni ry satisfactory to his employers,' lile he has been popular with the; ople with whom he worked: < j The heads of the different depart-J ants Wednesday afternoon called;, Mr. Thomas in his office and in [ ken of their esteem and friendship j r him presented bin) with a hand-j ' me masonic ring, expressing the pe that he would meet with suc-j ss in1 his new field and that the lations between him and his co-j >rkers would1 be as pleasant as ' ese relations had been in Abbeville. ' Mr. Thomas goes from here to ' iartanburg, where he has accepted ' position with the Whitney Mills,: 1 which Mr. Winchester is Presi- ' nt. ' !' 1 SOME POTATO 1 Mr. tV. ft. Ellis came in to see us' turday and brought along a sixteen | und sweet potato which he raised his farm about five miles from ?rn. The potato grew in three secins, each weighing about five and half pounds. There is no need to >rry about people starving as'long potatoes of this kind can be rais-1 If anybody thinks he has a larger: tato than Mr. Ellis, he may bring, in and we will announce our delion. With one more this size we >uld be fixed until Christmas. GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES 1918 jl COTTON CROP 11,700,000 BALES I ?- ] | Estimate Issued Shows Higher Estimate Than Last Year's Crop Turned Out?South Carolina Estimated at Million and a Half Bales This Year. , , [I Washington, Dec. 12.?Total cot-j | ton production for this year exclu-i sive of linters was estimated yester-J day by the Department of agricul-| ture as 5,595,529,000 pounds, equal P to 11,700,000 bales of 500 pounds, an, increase of 397,625 bales compared with last year's crop. g The 1917 crop totalled 11,302,375 bales (500 pounds gross.) The average weight per running bale was estimated at 505.8 pounds ?ross, against 502.4 pounds in 1917 and 505.5 pounds the average of the preceding five years. q Price per pound of lint cotton to t( producers December 1, 1918, wag re- a, ported at 27.6 cents, corftpared with ^ December 1, 19.17, price of 19.6 gl :ents. ' p, Estimated production of the prin- q lipal cotton States by bales follows: ^ Actual c( Estimate. Crop. $ 1918. 1917 M Virginia -26,000 ^ ^8,777 w North Carolina 870,000 617,898 ft South Carolinal,500,000 1,236,871 c Georgia 2,100,000 1,883,911 Florida 25,000 37,858 w ilabama t 820,000 517,890 01 Mississippi ...1,210,000 905,554 e( Louisiana .. 5*5,000 638,729 n, rexas 2,590,000' 3,125,378 tl Arkansas 985,000 973,852j * rennessee 830,000 240,525 tf Missouri 70,000 60,931 a] Oklahoma 550,000 919.081 sj California ____ 100,000 57,826 Arizdna 51,000 . 21,737 if All; Otfrer 8,600 , 5,666 o: Production of Sea Island cotton pi ras estimated as follows: ^ Florida, i8,000 bales; Georgia, 22,000; South Carolina, 8,000; To- V( tal Sea\|sland 48,000 bales compared p with 92,618 bales running last year, tl ; . " 1 fl GOOD SHOWS. ; J. f( Attention is called to the adver- a tisements by the Manager of the f< Opera House in this issue, announc- n ing his attractions for Friday and k Saturday. On Friday night the at- f< traction will be "Hit the Trail ^olli- n day," while on Saturday he will show; "The Man Without a Country." ! tl Both of these are high class pic-1 ii tures, and a good crowd should turn f< >ut to see the pictures. , ,u The management also announces ^ the "Tarzan of Anea" wiH hp hpre nn Dec. 20 and 21. On Dec. 26, 27th,' he will show "The Kaiser's Finish." j S Mr. Kay, the manager, is not spar-| ing expense in order to secure the *ary best pictures, and the people of Abbeville can spend an hour'or two at any of these shows and feel amply repaid for the time and expenditure. I . Read his advertisements -in this',\ b issue. si OUR BOYS. | m |bi News has come in the last few s] days from several of the Abbeville i a( boys. Hubert Cox writes on 18th. j n jit that his regiment was back fromi , I ^ ;he lines enjoying a much needed rest. He writes in good spirits and 0] s making plans for the home-com- te ng. He expects to reach America1 jy May. t ' j gl Mrs. W. Joel Smith has received I gj several letters* from W.joel in the! A * ' * I ast few days, the latest ones being.. r( vritten on 16th and' 17th. In these Lj, etters he tells of the last few days Cl )f the war. His company went over ^ ;he top on 9th, 10th and 11th. and ^ vas in the hottest kind of fighting w vhen the courier arrived announcing ^ ;he armistice had been signed. Heja( says in his letter that he had seen! Hart Cheatham, and Ed. Smith since j LI ;he fight was over and that both wore [ veil and happy. He met Arthur Rosenberg on the battlefield on 10th. I is )f November just before the end, | si ind he was then safe and.sound and! si le thinks he is still. i so i / * , .LOYD GEORGE IS GIVING OUT FACTS . . 'j; )eclares English Military Service Act Met Great Emergency. EACE CONFERENCE WILL MAKE HISTOR7 \ ' 'V' ? ritish Prime Minister Says Decision to Be Taken in Next Few Months Will Leave Mark on World? Ages to Come Will Reap Fruit. ; ' ' ' . ' ' London, Dec. 12.?Premier Lloyd eorge, speaking yesterday at Bris >1, said the English'military service ct was passed in order to meet a reat emergency. When that emerency was passed the need wu p assi and the act would lapse. He aclded lere was no intention to renew it. Whether Great Britain would require inscription in the future in any tape or form, Mr. Lloyd Georgsi iid, depended not upon the opinio* hjch he now expressed, but upoa le peace terms which were mad*. ontinumg, tne prime minister eaia: "What ilrove us to conscriptid* as tthe existence of conscript armies i the continent that inevitably rush-, i the world into war. They could >t have great military machines lere without tempting * the men at < ith those machines. The Germans te head of them to try their lack ways felt there was nothing to rest their perfect military machine. :/~ "Ifyou want a permanent peace; you want to prevent the horrors ? this war being repeated you must at an end to conscKpt armies o* .e continent of Europe. "The first thing to do is top*i?ent the repitition of blunders of the ast by making it impossible to ftftYt lose great conscript armies in the iture. "We did not have the machinery 3r an offensive war. Our navy defensive weapon and not an ofjnsive one; and that is why we d? ot mean to give it up. We havt ept these islands free from .invasion sr centuries and we mean to tak* 0 risk in the future." Mr. Lloyd George declared that le decision which would be takes. 1 the few months in the peace conerence was going to leave a mark pon the world. The ages to come, e said, would be able to reap the ruits of it. HIP CONSTRUCTION RETURNS TO NORMAL _ merican Builders May Accept Con* tracts V/ithout Applying for Permit as in Past. . > V. Washington, Dec. 7.?American uilders may accepf contracts for ;eel or wood ships to be built for rivate American interests without taking application to the shipping oard for permit. .Similarly wood lips also may be built for foreign TViic wac a nri minted lna+. ' tfVVUJlW* AUla ?? WW V*??UM'?VVV> ?v*w? ight by Bainbridge Colby for th? lipping board. In anouncing the lifting of the ban i ship construction for private invests, Mr. Colby said: "It will be the endeavor of th? lipping board as rapidly a? is eonstent with, the public interest to nduct the business now subject t* igulation back to unfettered opera* on through normal channels. This ? 1 ? J _11 -x in not oe accompiisneu an at once, it I can say to the shipping men of ie country that this is the objective hich the board is keeping before it i a guide in its day to day transitions." LOYD-GEORGE ALSO FAVORS RETENTION OF GREAT NAVY Bristol, Eng., Dec. 11.?"The navy a defensive weapon, not offenve," Lloyd George declared in a >eech here today. That is the r?ain we don't mean to gire it up." M ' > . * V