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I .- v . .. ' . Hv- - . <: - ' : ' - ' . ' " *' ' * r*. V* > ' . . ' Abbeville Press and Banner O Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 7, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year* (GOVERNMENT TO REM CONTRfll Railway Director Hines Favored Quick Reduction of Freight Rates On Building Materials Hiner to Retain Control of the I Lines. Washington, March 5.?The fi nancial policy of the railroad ad ministration, in view of the failur of Congress to pass the proposei $750,000,000 railroad appropriation will be to prevail upon the railroad to borrow all necessary money to g ahead wifch desired expenditures an< to lend to the railroads all possibl co-operation that can be given by thi railroad administration, the Treasur; Department and the war finance cor poration, Director General of Rail way Hines declared Wednesday af ternoon in an address before th< Governors and Mayors' reconstruc in +V>n WVtifo IT All CO HUH L'UIIIClCIi^C ill Vaw ?* iiiwv Hines also favored a quick reduc tion of freight rates on building ma terials. What Glass Told Committee. Failure to appropriate the $750, 000,000 revolving fund, which failec of passage because of the Senat< filbuster, would create a conditior that would "reflect itself on the Vic tory Loan and, I think, in a disas trous way," Secretary of the Treas ury Glass told the Senate committef on appropriations during hearings on tne measure, ine neanngs wert in executive session, the report nol being made public until late Wednes day afternoon. If the money were not appropriated, "the only alternatives," the Sec retary continued, "would be to gc into the open market for loans oi , nearly - a billion dollars, and thai would cut the market up and make il difficult for the campaign. ' Railways Director Hines, however expressed the belief Wednesday afternodn that the situation could & met without much difficulties. ANNUAL MEETING. Abbeville Insurance and Trust Com' pany Stockholders Hold Meeting and Re Elect Officers. The stockholders of Abbeville Insurance and Trust Company held the annual meeting on Tuesday nighl * with President J. S. Stark in the chair. Manager Peebles made his report, which showed that the companj is doing a good business. A dividend of eight per cent, was declared, payable April 1st., and an extra dividend for an equal amount was declared payable at the same time. This dividend is intended'to make good some of those which were passed some years ago when the company did nol declare the usual dividend. The olc board of directors was re-elected and the old officers, who are President and Treasurer, J. S. Stark Vice-President,W. H. White; Secre^ tary and General Manager, W. L Peebles, were all re-elected. HOME FROM NEW YORK. Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Neuffer hav< returned from a pleasant stay of twc weeks in New York. They saw al the sights of the big city and mad< the trip from New York to Norfoll by boat. By way of getting gooc again, while in Norfolk waiting t< take the train, they heard forme: Governor Patterson of Tennessee lecture on prohibition. . HOME FROM FRANCE. William Bell was in Abbeville Mon day on a short visit to his aunt, Mrs J. G. Edwards. The young man ha: just been mustered out of the ser rice after serving his time on th< Border and in France. He is on his way back to Gaffney where he has his old position opei to him, except that instead of beinj assistant book-keeper, he is now hea< book-keeper for an excellent firm. B* - - . * V PETIT JURORS. Macch Term Court Common Pleas, First Week, Which Will Convene 24th of March, 1919?Judge Geo. E. Prince Will Preside. C. A. Suber, 12; B. A. Campbell,] 1_; R. D. Branyan, 5; J. J. McKee,! 112; J. E. Sutherland, 11; J. T. Poore1 ! 14; F. W. Uldrick, 6; A. L. Bass,1 | 11; E. C. Seawright, 4; J. R. Wilson, i i 12; R. H. Carwile, 6; R. L. Petti-j I grew, 13; Lindsay Link, 11; R. C.: ' jParnell, 13; J. E. Bishop, 14; J. R. L"( Link, 11; F. S. Hutchison, 13; W. W. e Wilson, 12; M. B. Phillips, 4; R. C. j d Hagan, 6; J. H. Sherard, 14; R. 0. '? Hawthorn, 5; R. 0. Nickles, 6; L. s C. Parker, 11; O. M. Lanier, 14; 0 A. M. Milford, 6; C. M. Winn, 6; 1 M. W. Gambrell, 5; J. A. Hodge, e 12; J. G. Baskin, 13; J. N. Gordon,1 e 6; R. R. Tolbert, 7; C. G. McAllis-j y1 ter, 14; C. S Todd, 5; H. H. Able,1 -j 6; R. L. Mabry, Jr. 11. J , "I BUYING HOMES AND LANDS, j s j Mr. T. G. White, acting for the . I owners, has sold the cottage on Pick-!ens Street, lately occupied by Mr. j - Blount, to Mr. H. A. Benton, who| will shortly move into it. Mr. and j Mrs. Blount will have apartments at' - the home of Mrs. J. D. Miller. 1 Mr. Jones F. Miller has purchased! j' from Dr. F. E. Harrison, the cottage, TTT 11 m L 1 1 ?_ ? A. . I l j on waraiaw street, Deiongmg to I ' -! Mrs. Louis Smith, and now occupied -!by Mr. Laval Miller. Mr. Miller will, .'continue to reside there. 5i Mr. E. H. Hughes has purchased, s from Mr. T. G. White and the other i i i owners, ten acres of bottom lands in t'Fort Pickens, formerly belonging to; -j Mr. Geo. White.' Mr. Hughes will, ; turn the land into a truck farm. j -1 .Messrs. McKenzie and Johnson! have purchased from Mr. , T. G^ > White, acting for the estate of Mr.; F Geo. White, Jr., the Walker tract of j ; land. The price paid was seventy-( i'. five dollars per acre. i Mr. Curlie Ayers, and his brother,] 1 HC_ TZ TT A 1 1 J , lur. xi. xx. nyerb, xi<tve purcnaseu ( .[from Mrs. Dessie D. Pressly the resi-l Idence on Walnut street lately occu-: | pied by Mr. L. M. Shaw and his fam-; ily. They will move into the house' at an early date. Mr. Shaw and his^ j family are moving to Qreenville, 'i where they will make their home in^ I the future. I ' J COMING HOME. I; .1 Lieut. Boyce Wideman is homej J again after a long service in the I army and is visiting among his | I friends in this part of the country.y He spent Tuesday in Abbeville the' I eruest of Mrs. J. C. Kluerh. Th& I young soldier served on the English; ^ front and has much that is of vivid! J interest to relate. Lieut. WidemanJ jwas on the high seas during the Orr' , j meeting in Abbeville and was the ob-| L.;ject of special prayers, which werej ! effective, for the young man came! ' through without a scratch. ;j j ;| NEW BOOK-KEEPER. .1 Mrs. H. A. Benton has accepted j the position of book-keeper for the I Water and Light Company, and has ! taken charge of the office. Mrs. Ben-' ton has had much business experi-' ^ence, and is well qualified to fill the > position most acceptably, and the 1 Commissioners are fortunate to be J able to secure her services. I I ci A FORD BOOK-KEEPER. ! ... . . ? . . i j Miss Kuth WgaqAUXst, who has( '.been the bookJsaeper ior the Water I and Light piaj^afeteometime, has! j given up this accept a like' position with Arnold, the" new Ford man. Her friends wish '!her success in the new position. !j 3 LIEUT. BONNER TO CHARLOTTE ,| Lieut. James Neel Bonner, who re-, i cently returned from France, has r been offered a position in the Baird J School for Boys at Charlotte and it | is understood will accept. PRESIDENT WILSON SAILS ) AGAIN FOR FRANCE F Wilson Sails as Harbor Guns Boom Salutes to Him?President, With- j out Congressional Amendment j to League Plan, But Confident, | Now on Way to Paris. New York, March 1.?The trans-|c port George Washington, carrying President Wilson back to France,! passed Sandy Hook and headed intojj the open sea at 9':55 a. m. today. j She was escorted by a warship and t five destroyers. There was a light g mist, but hardly any wind and the, water was smooth for the start of j ^ the president's second voyage to the Q peace conference. |n A1 though the progress of the; + George Washington from her wharf j ^ in Hoboken to the Narrows, the en-j^ trance to the lower bay, was quiet . gl and unattended by any demonstra- L tion, there was a rousing send-off as' the transport passed the harbor forts J a and the warships anchored under ^ their guns. n Forts Hamilton, Wadsworth andi Hanqock cut loose with presidential f{ salutes. The vessels also fired 21 0 guns, seamen of the ships in the t] lower bay swarmed into the rigging, t] cheering, and spectators on the r( shores waved and shouted farewells 0 across the water. . c] The president breakfasted early ]j and was on deck when the transport n went down the bay. His ensign flew ^ from the masthead. New York seem-!^ ed to be still asleep as the George Washington passed through the har-L} bor, but as the shores of Staten Is- e( land and the Narrows were approach- J e; ed the cheeriner and whistle tootinc commenced. j j, T | PENSION MONEY. it! Comptroller General Osborne anv nounces that the pensions for 1919 n are to be paid as usual about the ^ 10th of April and that though the I C( legislature appropriated an addition- _ i F al amount for the veterans this year, i m the pensions paid by his office will be the same. The remainder of the in-' creased appropriation will be turned over to the new pension commission created by the recent legislature, and it will be paid out by that organiza-1 ,. j ai tion. m MOVING. io w Miss Lizzie Nance was in Due West this week looking after a room.J w She is leaving Abbeville soon for|J' Due West, where she will make herjw ' home. She will be greatly missed jul among her friends and by the mem-j bers of the A. R. P. church, where v' she has been a faithful supporter of Sl their various enterprises. j c< ti VISiTORS FROM ANDERSON. ^ Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Greene ar.d 0 their energetic young son, Ben, have i been visiting for the past several ;s days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U] Thompkins Ramey, near town. The bi men spent the time hunting and kill-! u ed up all the birds 4n the neighbor-! e, hood by Thursday. i sj j A 1917 CASE. Messrs. D .A. Rogers, Roy Gille- b, land, James Patton and James Wood-i 01 hurst went over to Lawrenceville,; e( Ga., this week where they are wit-i nesses in a fifty thousand dollar dam- j( age suit case. The case is about^ jj damaged machinery and has been in 0j Court since 1917. |w I ^ " B VVVVV^ V VV VVVVVVV dj > _ >ibs V CUM UN MAKfwt 1. X, V V Good cotton on the Abbe- V V ville market brought 27 cents Vj V yesterday. March futures V d< V closed in New York at 22.31. V tr V v' si VV VV VV VV^ VV VV ^w|te VAR CONGRESS ENDS j D 'MID STORMY SCENES i i 'resident Formally Announce* That F Despite Successful Efforts of Opposition to Defeat Far Reaching Legislation Extra Session Not Called Now. Washington, Marth 4.?A bitter' ontroversy between President Wil-^ je on and the senate over the league 0f nations and a filibuster by a few ]a Republican senators seeking to force r n immediate extra session marked T he passing at noon today <of the ^ lixty-fifth or great war congress. i jr (Sailed in April, 1917, to throw imerica's weight into the conflict j verseas, the congress held three mo- p lentous and historic sessions. Par-1 m isanship lay dormant during the war ut it broke forth in the last session a] d culminate in a final filibuster which jj( uccessfully blocked passage of half g i* ? 1 ha 1 _ ?_i! L!11 I tne ii regular appropriation oins a) icluding the $750,000,000 railroad tc dministration revolving fund and jr he huge army, navy and merchant, ja larine budgets. I m Although unsuccessful in their ef-j orts to record the senate in favor f amendment of the constitution of ^ le league of nations as now drawn,!, j ?*I fie^ Republican senators left in the ecord a resolution approved by 39 n( f them opposing acceptance of the! 01 harter in its present form. Repub-!a, can Leader Lodge and other spokes-; len said this was notice to the presi- tc ent and the peace conference that( ae necessary two-thirds majority in| le new senate for ratification of j le present plan could not be obtain-j 3. .Democratic leaders privately repressed belief that amendments n( i Quid be made soon after the presi- ^ gnt reached Paris. President at Capitol. President Wilson spent an hour at le capitol before adjournment. La-' CC i \y( ;r he formally announced despite le death in the filibuster of the 1 ro lilroad and other bills he would ad-1 I T1 ere to his refusal to call the new, i Bl ingress before his return from ranee and criticised "a group of ^ ien" for their obstruction. As a' ;sult of the filibuster which held ^ le senate in continuous session for!, be 5 hours, the president had little to 3 at the capitol except sign the! 1,000,000,000 wheat guarantee bill! id exchange leave takings with the' embers and friends. Because of the president's decis-, n on the extra session, members j. ho were crowding outgoing trains j111 >night felt assured that congress j ould not again assemble before | me 1: Leaders predicted then itj^ ould remain in continuous session^ ntil the 1920 political compaign. j ] | ?jDuring the recess business will be I xtually suspended, except for re-j imption tomorrow of the Overman jmmittee's propaganda investigaon and the meeting at the same me of the house Republican comittee on committees. With the ending of congress scores f statements on the results of legis-j ^ tlon and the league of nations were; :ued by members, with Democrats' nd Republicans disputing responsi-i- /( ility for failure of important meas-| ie res. Most Republican members urg-'m 3 the calling cf an early extra ses-;^ on. i GEORGE SONDLEY DEAD. | George Sondley, formerly of Ab-vi eville, died at his home in Savannah,! ' sy i Sunday, March 2nd, being surviv-j 1 by his wife. j ^ Mr. Sondley was a brother of Miss. 1 J c\ jnnie Sondley and of Mrs. John'"" addon, of Due West, and a nephew f the late W. Tully Branch. He ari as a printer by trade and at one me was employed by the Press and w< anner, at another time by the Me-jw< ium, and later he was on the Pres- ^e f-h pterian at Due West. DOCTORING THE DOCTOR. Dr. C. C. Gambrell went up to Ansrson Wednesday to have his ear lie eated, he having been an intense go ifferer from earache for the past mi n days. th >EATHS FOLLOW EUFAULA STORM our Bodies Taken From Ruins of Buildings?Two Other Victoms? Insurance Man From Atlanta and Optician Known to Be Buried in Debris. Eufaula, Ala., March 5?Four bod is have been taken from the ruins ? the McRae building, which colipsed during a storm of tornado roportions that struck Eufaula this fternoon. Two thers are known to ? buried in the ruins of this build* lg'\ Bodies recovered are those of E. Searcy, a broker, and j;he Rev. W. . Dickinson and two unidentified en. S. F. Lawton, a traveling instirice man from Atlanta, is known to * buried in the ruins, according to ufaula people, as is Dr. J. L. Adams i optician. Both men are believed > be dead. Rescue parties are tryig to clear the debris, working by ntern light and lights from auto ohiles. Several negroes are' Jcnown to ive been killed during the storm by le collapse of down town buildings id other buildings. The city is in darkness. There is a telephone connection and only le railroad wire in operation., Trees 'e strewn over the streets. The Roman Catholic church is a tal loss. MR. BENTON REMAINS. In our last issue we had an anjuncement of the appointment ofl TV Sail Is frainmopfor C .i vi. MitiiiiuouVl V/ll bUC UCO" | >ard, having charge of trains be-j reen Abbeville and Monroe. From^ is announcement some people have' included that Mr. H. A. Benton,'; ho has had charge of Trains in this pacity between Atlanta and Mon-j e, would now leave Abbeville, j iiis is a mistake. The work which; r. Benton has been doing was so j ^avy that it was necessary to divide j e territory. Mr. Benton still holds' s position as trainmaster, but here-i ter will have charge of the trains! itween Atlanta and Abbeville. CAPT EVANS SPEAKS. I Dr. John Evans was the guest of; e eleventh grade at the High School! st Tuesday and told many of his! teresting experiences in the Great; ar. Dr. Evans was a Captain inj e English Medical Corps, and did; great part in the alleviation of suf-i ring among the sick and wounded. \ r. Evans has just been discharged id is taking things easy for a while' his home near the city. I BIG COMPANY Mr. William Miller, of Johnson ity, Tenn., is expected in the cityj day to spend a few days with his! stinguished cousin, Col. J. D. Kerr. nne nere Mr. Miller may be introiced to the faculty of the Set-back allege and allowed to make a few | marks, if he understands the rudi-^ ents of the game sufficiently. Mr.' iller is a brother of Reed Miller,' e great tenor, of New York City. i QUESTION SETTLED. The League of Nations controver ; was definitely settled at the High.. :hool on Thursday morning, after e subject had been fully argued by mes Coleman and Miss Helen Ean, for the League, and Ralph Lyon id Miss Mary" Hemphill Greene, io opposed it. The decision which is against the proposed League,is rendered by Chief Justice Eu-j ne B. Gary, who acted as judge at; e request of the School authorities/ CHAIN GANG IN TOWN. The Chain Gang has "pitched its ^ in" we suppose, as two large wa-J ns were on the streets yesterday! jrning, one loaded with hay arfflj e other with grain. GREAT OPPOSITION TO CLARK AS LEADER Seventy-five Democrats Are Wanting New Man?Former Speaker's Attitude on War Measures Objected to by Many Democrats. I Washington, March 5?Serious op| position has developed among the ^ j Democratic membership of the Sixty: sixth Congress to the selection of for| mer Speaker Champ Clark as minority leader. Rumors have it that about seven! ty-five members have banded togeth1 er to make this opposition effective ; and that thirty or forty more are in; clined at this time against Clark. The j ' nomn/'roft/t mom^Drc)iiri fVia I ing Congress is 193. It is by no means to be taken for J granted that the anti-Clark move| ment will succeed. But it has cer1 tainly become formidable and is giv! ing the Speaker's supporters Concern. Whaley Oppose* Clark, j Congressman R. S. Whaley, of Char! leston, had no hesitation in answering I today when asked why he had decid! ed to oppose Mr. Clark for the mi i nomy leaaersmp. Mr. wnaley says: I "I am for the Democratic party j and not for one man. I believe the Democratic party should be organiz5 ed with different leaders than those who have been at the heai of it for the past six years, who have not been in touch with the Democratic administration. "I do not believe that Speaker ^ Clark should be the minority leader, for I do not believe his views are those of the vast majority of th6 Democrats of the country. His attitude on conscription and other war measures was completely out of harmony with the sentiment of the naJ : J - * ? nun auu ins lueas 01 reconstruction, from what I am told, I believe are entirely out of touch with what the people think should be done. "I am in hearty favor of the league of nations, and I understand Mr. Clark does not look with favor upon this principle as outlined by the President. I believe that the leader of the party should express the views, while leader, of the majority of the Democrats of the House and not commit the party to his own individual views while acting as suck leader." DIXIE LAND COMPANY. The Dixie Land Company has opened offices on the second floor of the City Hall, with Mr. L. M. Tolbert in charge. This company sometime ago announced its intention to enter this field, and the advertisement today is notice that it is here now to do business. Mr. Tolbert is a young man, with experience, and plenty of enthusiasm, and he will no doubt do a large business for his company. If you have real estate to sell or desire to buy a farm, it will pay you to consult him. THE D. A. R. LECTURES. The second of the series of lectures being given by the D. A. R.'s wns well attended nt-. tVie flnnrt. TTmic* "\Ionday night. The subject of the lecture was George Washington, and Rev. Mr. Pratt made a most interesting talk which was profusely illustrated with handsome slides. The subject next Monday night will be, "Historic Spots in the Colonial States," which promises to be one of the most interesting of th? series. SICK BABIES. The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gilleland has been quite siclc for t^e past several days, and Mr. Gilleland has been off the road helping look after him. The young baby of Mr. and Mrs. James Woodhurst has also been sick.