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Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, January 17, 1919 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Yean UNITED STATES IS f VOTED BONE-DRY ' j Thirty-five Legislatures Ratified Federal Pro- \ hibition Amendment : ? h NECESSARY ACTION * WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY * __ N Law Provides That Provisions Shall ^ Go Into Effect One Year From 1 * Date of Ratification But Pro- ' * ? ? ?/:ii r i ^ niDinon nm --July. ! UNITED STATES BONE-DRY j Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 16.?The Nei braska state legislature at 10:30 a. s., today completed ratification of the federal prohibition amendment! when the senate voted to concur in i a house amendment to a senate joint s resolution providing for ratification, j * Chicago, Jan. 16.?The United^ ^ States today completed the legislative ' process of voting itself dry. When j J word was flashed o^er. the wires that c j the thirty-sixth state, Nebraska, had1 ' ? * J '> ratibed tbe proniDition imenamem, prohibition leaders declared that the, accomplishment was the greatest piece of moral legislation in the his-1 tory of the world. Washington, Jan. 15.?Legislature of 35 States?one less than the re-J quired three-fourths?have ratified the prohibition constitutional amend ! ment. Several State assemblies now, in session are expected to take ac j tion tomorrow with a probable race between Nebraska, Missouri and Minmeeota as to which will be the 36th: fcC- oa the list. Ratification was completed today & ? AI? i :_I.J -* di.i.. oj wie legislatures ui live owates? Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, New Hampshire and Utah?making a total of, 12 in two days. Of the 35 States that have taken action, only 14 have certified their action to the federal state department. They are Virginia,' Kentucky, North Dakota, South Caro- { lina, Maryland, South Dakota, Tex-j as, Montana, Delaware, Massachu-' setts, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana,' and Michigan. j The amendment under its provis-! ians becomes effective one year from the date of the final ratification. Additional legislation by congress is accessary to make it operative and ground work for this already has been laid. This legislation will pre-j scribe penalties for violation of the amendment, determine how and by!j what agencies the law shall be en- \ forced. May Be Dry After July. ' j If ratification is completed this , month, many officials here believe < the country will become permanent- j( ly "dry" next July 1, the date on'i which the special war time prohibi-: tion recently enacted by congress j goes into effect. This law prevents the manufacture and sale of intoxicants for beverage purposes and remains in force until the demobilizaj tion of the nation's war armies is; ( completed. j * Court action to prevent the amend,c ment becoming operative already has ' been started in California, where an ' order temporarily restraining Gov- 1 ? emor Stephens from signing ratifi-; cation of the amendment has been;? obtained. It has been intimated that; r similar, action may be taken in other s States in which, it is said, State laws 1 require that federal constitutional! ' amendments must be submitted to a, raforfln Aiirrx : k j The prohibition amendment resolution passed by congress provides:0 that ratification shall be by "the I T legislatures of th? several States as provided by the constitution." I h Troy has called on the State au- r. tkorities for a nurse to help combat the flu which is epidemic at that place. , t; MR. A. MAC. HENRY j ( SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA! I 'rominent Young Abbeville Man Dies ITuesday Afternoon at His Home in Jackson, Mississippi?Held Responsible Position With Buckeye Oil Co. .vvvvvvTrrvvvvvvO v In a . telegram received V ? k from Prof. David Henry, on V k Thursday afternoon, ,it is V ^ k stated that he is leaving V w for Abbeville with the body V, k of his brother, and that V! I V k he will arrive at Abbeville V k this (Friday) afternoon at V| k 5:30 o'clock. Mr. Albert vl" k Henry will remain in Jacki S k son with Mrs. Henry and the V1 t' k child until they have recover- V! i C k ed. No funeral arrange- V' k ments have been announced. V k V AVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 6 | r I e The people of Abbeville were ? ;hocked and saddened Tuesday when; 0 ;he news went around town that Mac t ,, I ienry was aeaa. in me aneraoon i telegram came from his home in j q Tackson, Miss., saying that he wasa :ritically ill with pneumonia which h j vas tse first news his home people lad of his sickness. In about two' c lours another message came saying j, ;hat he was dead. I 1 Mcllwain Henry, known to all our ij jeople as Mac, was the fifth child of: he late Francis Henry and his wife,| ], Sarah Hill Henry, and was born and] t 'eared in Abbeville, and lived all his c ;ime here until the choice of an oc-! fi :upation in life took him to Misgiss-jo ppi. He was a graduate of Clemson t College and was a young man of b nany sterling qualities. He held a s esponsible position with the Buckjye Oil Company, and seemingly had c nany long and useful years ahead o >f him. ? I i( About three years ago he was a lappily married to Mis? Viola Haber- j a sr of Ozark, Ark., and she with a< a ittle daughter eleven months old,! c lUrvivfe him. Mr. Henry is survived by his mo- * her, and the following sisters and 3 mothers: Mrs. W. E. Leslie, Mrs. G. Neuffer, and Mrs. J. C. Hill, of 'ibeville, and Mrs. J. C. Doty, of n SVinnsboro, and Prof. David H. Hen- * y of Clemson, Albert Henry and a p lalf brother, Mr. W. A. Calvert, of * Abbeville. Prof. Henrv and Mr. Albert Henrv C eft at once for Mississippi, but so ?ar no definite news has been receiv;d as to the funeral arrangements. F Vlrs. Henry, the young wife, and 3aby, are both seriously ill with inluenza, and this may prevent the jringing of the remains to his child- s lood home. 1 1 A young man of affairs, cut down o n the morning of life, this death is a e )eculiarly sad one and the sympa- t: hies of our people go out to the J c lesolate wife and to the bereaved h i nother and family. | i: WORE OVERSEAS MEN ARE I f PICKED TO RETURN SOON|a ' , r. Washington, Jan. 14.?Three ad- 5 litional transports carrying nearly e I 5,000 officers and men of the Ameri-! :an expeditionary forces sailed from! <. I ranee January 10 for the United; j States, General March, chief of staff, ;a linmirco/l tn/lntr - ?WUWJ i Additional units of the American j v expeditionary forces, comprising 158. 3 ifficers and 4,304 men, have been as-! ;igned to early convoy to the United; j States, General March announced j, oday. , j 1 TVipv nro? Tlirno v ? ^ niv-i. liuiiu^cu aim i sixty-seventh Infantry, second bat-' 3 alion and machine gun company, 35 , sfficers and 1,062 men. r Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth nfantry, first and third battalions, -dical detachment and machino un company, 60 officers and 1,77-1 nen. Three Hundred and Seventh In- f> antry, supply company and first bat- vi alion, 63 officers and 1,46S men. . is CONFEREES FIX TAX ON LUXURIE,' louse Accepts Practically All Senat Figures?Rite for Amusements? One Cent on Each Ten Cents Paid up to Thirty Cents Was Amount Fixed. Washington, Jan. 14.?Tax rate n luxuries, semi-luxuries, amuse lent admissions and club dues wen greed upon today by the senate an< ouse conferees on the war revenui ill. Practically all of the senate' ates on luxuries and semi-luxurie /ere accepted by the house conferee Chairman Simmons, of the senati lanagers, said. Under the agree lene reached the amusement admis ion tax will be one cent on eacl en cents paid up to 30 cents and tw< ents on each dime paid in excess o 0 cents. The house rate of two cents oi ach ten cents paid for admission t< oof gardens, cabarets and simila stahlishmpnts. was adoDted as wa he house rate of 25 per cent, insteai f the senate rate of 10 per cent. 01 heater boxes. It is estimated that about $75,000 00 in revenue will be secured annu lly from amusement admissions un er the conference agreement. The house rate of 20 per cent, oi lub dues, double the tax under ex sting law and estimated to raisi bout $9,000,000 also was adoptei y the conferees. In disposing of the excise of semi axury taxes, the conferees agreed t< he senate assessment of 10 pe ent. of the amount paid in excess o ,xed standard prices by purchaser ^ ilnviininn on rtls db /?o i?r\afa X OCHUIUAUIICO) C*0 yk\+ re frames, traveling bags, pocke ooks, umbrellas, fans, hats, shoes tocinkgs and other articles. The luxury rate provides 5 pe ent. taxes on manufacturers' sale: f motor vehicles, tires and accessor ss, pianos, talking machines, cand] nd similar artciles, 10 per cent. 01 thletic goods, liveries, furs, yachts nd motor .boats, and 3 per cent oi hewing gum, and toilet soaps. Decisions on a few of the luxur; axes were tentative and those oi ome others were left open for fur her consideration. To dispose of miscellaneous am ainor taxes in the bill the conferee emporarily passed the war exces rofits and other important and con roverted sections. ' - :OTTON CONSUMED FOR THE PAST YEAI 'igurei Show 43,000 Bales Lea Than For 1918 Period. Washington, Jan. 14.?The con umption of cotton during Deecmbe 918 was 472,941 bales, a dccreas f 43,557 bales compared with Dec mber 1917. Of the total consump ion, according to the department o ommerce's announcement 255.121 ales were consumed in cotton g W n?- states. Linters consumed during Decembe staled onlv 10,984 hales iirhiph if bout 12 per cent, of the linter; or.sumed in December 1917. The department shows that 1,751 >32 bales were held?in consuminj stablishments on December 31, 1911 "his is about 200,000 bales mori han was held on the same date ii 917. Cotton held at compresse: nd in public storage on Decembe] 1 was 4,668,907 bales as comparet rith 3,810,681 bales on Decembe: 1. 1917. Imports of cotton for December 918, including linters, were 588,48' ales, an increase of 11,000 ove: n n VI i. Tho report shows that 33,G52,00( pir.d'es were active during De 'ruber 1918. The number active ii iecember 1917 was 3.3,644,690. SICK WITH FLU. >Tr-- Snidee Magill has been abf"o mher worl: at the High cbool for the past several days a ictim of the prevailing epidemic. It hoped Fhc will soon be out again. j THIRTIETH COMES 5 TO CHARLESTON I e South Carolina Soldiers Land at Home?Date Not Yet Fixed?Secretary Baker Tells Senator Pollock Port of This State Has Been Selected. s. Washington, Jan. 14.?Despite re ports recently sent out from Washe: ington to papers in the South that 3' the men of the Thirtieth Division e; would not embark at Charleston, sj the matter was definitely settled here sj today when Secretary Baker inform3! ed Senator Pollock that Charleston e had been designated for this purpose. - This puts all doubt aside. No date has yet been set for the ^return of the men, but this will also 5 be made known to Senator Pollock f in a few days. I The Tennessee troops will go to i! Fort Oglethorpe for demobilization, 3 those from South Carolina to Sevier r and those from North Carolina most s | likely to Camp Greene at Charlotte, ij This information should be good nnc in .QnnfVi Porn. tno \j\j i/tivgv iii uuunu wu* v I lina who have relatives and friends - in the Thirtieth Division and there - j will doubtless be many happy rela-Jtives of the men in< the State when j the information given Senator Polf^lock today becomes known. *! It is understood here that just as e oon as the sailing date of the ship d upon which the South Carolina men j leave is learned, preparations will be -: made for their formal welcome home, 0 ither in Charleston or Columbia, and r i that they will also be given some orm of recognition when they reach 3 j Greenville. *! Senator Pollock announced today that he will address the senate during '?j the present week regarding a league | of nations and a little later on he P will nri\ro liio vioma An WATTifln flllf. B frage. Representative Byrneq has taken f i up with Secretary Baker the matter 11 of, immediately releasing from the 'tja^fviee farm laborers of the South. a j Mr. Byrnes cohtends that farmers are j now making arrangements for the 7, making of another crop and that unless laborers are now released it will "; be difficult for them to secure em! ployment after the farmers have ^ j made their arrangements. B o I PROHIBITION ACT IN J SEVEN STATES | Only One Now Needed for AmendI ment?Two Partial Moves?Ne^ i braska Senate ahd Utah House Take Action?Legal Protest in California. 8 . | Chicago, Jan. 14.?Seven States 1 today completed ratification of the ! prohibition constitutional amendment r and brought the number taking such e action to 30. The number necessary j Tor ratification is 36. Arkansas, Cali fornia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina and Alabama were 'rn States going in the "dry" column. I" : d.lition the Nebraska senate ""1 the Utah house voted for ratification. In California, however, attorneys I for the Grape Growers' Protective I League filed suit for an injunction ^ to restrain the governor from certii fying the ratification. In support of | the suit, it was argued that all acts i of the California legislature must be ! submitted to a referendum. q tl? i_: -i_ r? i ? jie cwies wiucn uius lar nave r ,i ratified thfe amendment are: Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, r | South Carolina, North Dakota, Mary! land, Montana, Arizona, Delaware, I Texas, South Dakota, Massachusetts Maine, West Virginia, Washington, California. Indiana. Georgia. Louisi j ~na, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Idaho, Arkansas, J'llinois, North Carolina, Kansas and Alabama. Total 30. TEACHING. ; During the absence of Miss Magill . i at the High School her place is being i j taken by Rev. J. L. Daniel. The i; children are enjoying Mr. Daniel and ;; v-c absorbing his god Ftcrics and his i interesting talks on history. i M'CORMICK QUITS . j| IMPORTANT POST Resigns as Chairman of Democratic, Committee?May Be Ambassador. I Understood to Be Under Consid- ! eration for Appointment to France. 1 Washington, Jan. 14.?Vance C. j f McCormick has resigned as chairman j | of the Democratic national commit-j j tee and it is understood that he is; e under consideration for appointment as ambassador to France, succeeding J William G. Sharp. j Mr. Sharp's resignation, it is said, ' ! is now in the hands of the president j but no announcement of the fact has been made. The fact that Mr. McConpick had resigned became known here tonight' ! although there had 'been no suggestion of it when he sailed for France / two weeks ago to assist with work in o 1 connection with the peace confer-' n ence. He went to Paris in the ca- I ' pacity of chairman of the war trade board, a position to which he was c j appointed last year. 't Officials at the White House de- F 1 clined to discuss the report that Mr.j c I en ?v..u j. i i._ t.? ' ; oiictrp wuuiu return iiume tu uc auc- * I ceeded by Mr. McCormick, but it' v I seemed to have credence in other f | official circles. Mr. Sharp was un-| t i derstood to have desired for some t I time to return to this country for a| c rest after his arduous duties as the a ! American representative at the t j French capital during the long years : , of war. ' j t Mr. Sharp, whose home is a Elyria, g ' Ohio, was appointed ambassador to I France June 12, 1914, pnd resigned f trom congress to accept tne post.11 Recently he was called home by the t illness of His brother and is now in the United States, although it is un-! h derstood tliat he expects to return t to France soon. ( Mr. McCfrmick, who is a newspa- t per publisher of Harrirtmrg, Pa., was t ! Democrat .candidate fftr; -governor, r o^Vp^nsy mPftia 14! and 'was t lecteu as chairman of the Democratic national committee in 1916, con-! r ducting President Wilson's campaign, t n the fall of that year. Upon being f appointed chairman of the war trade 1 board, after the United States enter-! s ed the war, he devoted all his time!c to that work. 11 It was said here tonight that Horn-' s 1 er S. Cummings, vice chairman of j. the Democratic national committee,' > very probably would - succeed Mr.J< McCormick as the committee chair-, ; man. He is an intimate friend of ] President Wilson. Before departing for prance, Mr. | I McCormick left his letter of resigna- j (tion with the committee here but this < J fact was not made public at the time t because Mr. McCormick desired to ] I personally inform the president of 1 j his decision. He reached Paris last { Snnriav. I I " ! | On sailing Mr. McCormick expect-.; i ed that his work in' connection with ( the peace conference would require i ' his presence in France for six months < I His friends here said tonight that the ^ reason for his resignation was that j "> did not care for the committee chairmanship to be inactive, for that t length of time. 1 j 1 i1 I AFTER THE GUNS. ! t | i | Washington, Jan. 14.?Congress- 1 i man Stevenson today introduced a;' , '>i'l providing for the donation of a Gorman field pioce to the following ' :ov.TiS in his district: Lancaster, York. I Camden. Cheraw, Gaffney, Chester , field, Chester. Fort Mill, Kershaw,.' Hill and Winnsboro. I ! THE HEROES COMING HOME I L i* * Raymond Stilhvell has been in : | Abbeville for the past several days j isiting among his friends. He is. , I in the Hospital Department of the , ! Navy, and has had many interesting j i experiences both in England and in I v* 1 I France He was stationed for a while at Brest, France, in Hospital 1. After hsi visit home he will ' . .lurn to Brooklyn. COOPER 110801 ON NEXT TUESDAY dumber of Friends . From Here Will Attend. IOUTH CTROLINA BODY CONVENED ON TUESDAY" Vmong More Important Matters t? Be Taken Up by the Legislature Will Be That of Constitutional Convention and Highway Improvement Bonds. The inauguration of Hon. Robert i. Cooper, as governor of South Carilina is to take place next Tuesday most probably in the hall of th? louse of Representatives at noon. ^ large number of people of this ity have already signified a desire t? ie present on that occasion and >robably a large number will attend o witness the installation ceremones. The legislature was due to conrene Tuesday at noon, the delegation rom this county leaving Monday to >e present. Gov. Elect Cooper hac >een busy on his inaugural addres* luring the past few weeks, but n? idvance information as to ita eonents has been made known, though t is generally believed to be largely aken up with an educational prorrom for th^ state. A survey of the session, take* rom the daily papers Sunday, states hat the session is expected to rua he customary forty days. Following the organization of th? louse and senate on the first day of he session, the annual message of xovernor Richard I. Manning, who etires from office on January 20, afer having served four years as chief . Magistrate,, will be read before both KtiU&mX i'fl In the senate, committee aseigmnents are made in the caucus held he night before the sesion opens the 'ollowing day; the personnel of the louse committee is selected by. ths ipeaker. Senator Niles Christensen, >f Beaufort, will hold over as chaijnan of the finance committee of tho lenate and it is understood that Representative W. R. Bradford of York, vill be appointed to the chairmanship >f the ways and means committee of :ne nouse. Mr, craaiora is a newspaper man as is Senator Christensen. Among the more important maters to be considered at the session ire the joint resolutions to be offerid for a constitutional convention; ;he issuance of permanent highway auilding bonds, to be underwrittem jy the State; increased appropria:ions for the public "schools; increag *d salaries for State officials, and th? application fo the Military Colleg# South Carolina (the Citadel) for i million dollar apprppriation to in:rease the facilities of the institution. Thus far there has not been a jrcat deal of agitation for the proposed constitutional convention, but :hose who are sponsors for the morenent point to the patched up condi,ion of the present constitution, du? :o the many amendments which hav? teen made tb it since it was adopted r? 1 Q 0 nc cnfflninnf roocnn if nA )ther could be offered, for rewriting he organic law of the State. Many lold that the three mill school tax irovided for in the present constitu,ion should be done away with as a '.andicap to the development of th? Miklirt AA! ntTpf nrw uuuw oinuui o.yoLcixi. LIEUT. ALLEN KING. Lisut. Allen King has beon mus- '</ ere:l out of the service rv.'l back n Abbs'il'e among: l::s many friends. lie has served his country ? veil and our people arc g'.nd of his jxcellen record. A NEW ORGANIST. Miss Victovi-i Howie has beeji|p^%: 1 organist at the Baptist church - - 1 U giving the congregation the^ :?-.'2rt cf .".ome excellent music.