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* '}" . f Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. . $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 14, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. ' 75th Year. I MAY NOT ACCEPT" SHIPS FROM CHILI, i, United States Awaits Full Facts?i Repair Work Needed?Action May i Not Be Justified if Vessels Can Be Used Only Until Peace. p " Washington, March 12.?The American government may not accept the 100,000 or more tons of German, shipping in Chilean waters anotea to it by the allied shipping commission. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board said tonight final action would depend upon both the condition of the grant and Ihe ships. | , Mr. Hurley explained that the original proposal made when he was in Europe was for the United States to take over the ships and use them until the peace treaty was signed when title to them would be determined. This offer was refused by Mr. Hurley ?T-- V-1.' J wnu ueneveu tiiau men uoc iui su short a period would not justify the_ board in repairing them. * Information that the ships finally! bad been alloted to the.United States has just been received at the State' department. > Mr. Hurley immediately ordered anf / examination of the vessels.to deter-. mine extent of repairs that would have to be made. If the vessels are , . for American use only, until peace is proclaimed, some officials said they' would not be acceptable as it would require several, months to put the craft'into commission. The shippingi 1* i. - - x i - ? . _ _ t; uoaru nas not yei oeen auviseu un this point. Three hundred thousands <tons of! j German trans-Atlantic shipping "how N in German ports have been allocated to, the United States. Most of the. j shin? are in good shape and . they : . wiR be got out as soon as the Amen-! can crews can be assembled and sent' > ' i to Germany. German ships laid up in Peru "and Uruguay were chartered some time ago by the United States and are in opeation. Sf.fT. " * =*=? '7 .Santiago, Chile, March 12.?An official Statement says the Chilean gov-! . ernment is in accord with the decis-j ion of the allied council to have, Chile deliver the German ships to , the United States. ' ' .1 '?? m m +? -. INSURES EMPLOYEES. Southern Cotton Oil Company. Take* > Out Insurance For All Its Employee*. > The Southern Cotton Oil Company has procured life insurance for each' of its employees who have been reg-| ularly in the service for as long as; * six months, the amount of insurance \ running from five hundred to onej - . thousand dollars, according to the j salary paid to each employee. The; policies are to be carried by the com^ pany at.its own expense in favor of) the families of the employees so long HC tllov remain !?-? - t ?w ivuwiu in me cmpiuy oi trie company. f 'The insurance thus carried has al-'; ready proved of great value to these) employees. Especially did it do so in the Influenza epidemic when the head of the family was called in so many instances. The amount of in-; ' aurance received in these cases helped to tide over many difficult places. The big corporations have their faults like the little ones, and like individuals too, but the adoption of this plan of having an interest in the people who make its dividends possible shows that this company is not entirelv selfish and unmindful nf ^ other people. '.1 . PART OF 30TH PASSES THROUGH The 103rd Trench Mortar, the first ii? 'part of the Thirtieth Division to re^ tiirn ior America, passed through p Abbeville yesterday morning on a 3 special train over the Seaboard en 5? route to Camp Gordon to be mus-r>7 GALLOWAY ASKED | I TO GIVE UP POST Has Not Yet Sent in Resignation?*( South Carolina Member May Retire as Result of Civil Service Commission Reorganization. Friends Make Appeal. Washington, March 12.?President, Wilson's determination to reorganize t the civil service commisssion togeth- I er with the fact that he had asked c for the resignation of two members, t Harmon W. Craven and Charles M. c Galloway became known today with g the announcement at the White I i House of the appointment of two new I commissioners?Martin A. Morrison s of Indiana, and George R. Wales of Vermont. I One vacancy in the commission al- t ready existed, John A. Mcllhenny ? having resigned several weeks ago \ ~ O nnt.i'Knn in TTaifi Kllf afi , tU atl/Cpu a |iuo?wyu III JIAWIVI) , j Mr. Galloway's resignation has not c yet beenN received at the White House' the appointment of the third member^ t was not announced. * t The letters asking for the resigna- ? tions of Commissioners Galloway and; Craven were dispatched just before j the president left on his return trip c to France and were said to have con- ( tained no reasons fo? the request/ M Galloway would make no state-! t men! tonight but said he might have j something to say tomorrow. ? Jt Friends of the commissioner in-fj congress communicated.- with the j president by wireless in an effort to \\ have Mr. Wilson withdraw his de-;i mand for Mr.-Galloway's retirement,1 but it was said at the White House J that an entirely new .commission ,, would be appointed.. Ntf explanation of the" president's decision to reor-; ganize the commission was given. / Mr. Morrison was a Democratic; member of the house of representatives from 1909 to 1917. His home 1 is in Frankfort. ; ^ Republican, has been j ' connected with the civil service com-!* mission since 1891. Charles M. Galloway is a South!1 Carolina man and until his appoint-] ment as secretary to Senator E. D. i * Smith was on the staff of The State. ( After several years as Senator' Smith's' secretary he was nominated; as one of the Democratic members of the civil service commission.' MAJOR TILLMAN KEEPS UP. j i Over at Greenwood a few days ago we ran across Maj. Hwnry C. Tillman. He has gotten out of his uniform and. into citizens clothing and is getting back into the practice of law. He told j us that he tried -to write a complaint,! and that lawyer talk came slow - at first, but that he was gradually improving, and would soon feel at home again. ' - i TT~ J a. 1 ?ftt * xatr uesires 10 Keep up wnn iarming,.] and all matters in the Thiivi District;] and in order to do so he subscribed!' for The Press and Banner Tor an-|i other year. We are all glad to know that he is.i back, and we wish him mighty well. 11 ? i , ATTEND THE SPEAKING. !. Congressman Lever and Commissioner Harris will speak in the Court- ( House today. They know all about acreage reduction, and will give the people their views. It will pay you to hear them even if you are still of the same opinion after doing so. Go out to the meeting. * 1 BACK AT THE OLD STAND. I i | Lucien Lomax is at home from' Clinton and is back on his old time job at Bowden-Simpson's, which is' pleasant news to his many friends. V COTTON MARKET. V| ,V V| \ Gopd cotton on the Abbe- V1 ,V ville market brought 28 cents V; V yesterday. March futures V V closed in New York at 26.75. V V V IV V SSVV VVVVVSA. IHINE TO BE OPENED TO WORLD Commission Also Settles Status of Kiel Canal by Opening it for Ail Nations?Suggested That the Rhine Be Controlled by C?m. mission Similar to Danube. Paris, March 12.?Recommenda-j ion that the navigation of the Rhine, e opened to all nations without dft-r rimination was" made in a report to, he peace conference today by the ommission on the International Re-! :ime of Waterways, Railways and; I >orts. It is suggested that the, thine be controlled by a commission, imilar to the Danube commmissionj The status of the Kiel canal has >een settled by the Commission on, he basis of .the freedom of use for! ill nations for merchant vessels or 1 .-? J.:? npv,Q /??_! varsnips in nine ui ycatc. ??-| lal would continue under German,j (wnership and operation. The question' of the fortification of he canal is left by the commission to ;he decision of military and naval; ixperts. The report of the commission wasj lot favorable to allowing the Belgian j :laim~that special duties be imposed >n German vessels. The report further recommended ;hat a general conference be held Within a year to deal with all ques;ions pertaining to the navigation of nternational waterways which are egarded as too intricate or complex ;o be settled finally within the limted life of the peace conference. LEAVING ABBEVILLE. . j Mr. and Mrs. R. Lawton- Dargan: re leaving Abbeville this week for' heir new home in Spartanburg, much ;o the regret of their friends and' elatives in Abbeville. Mr. JDargan came to Abbeville near-, y twenty-five .years ago. During! years which followed he has been | jopular personally and as a business nan. He volunteered in the SpanishAmerican War and served in one of ;he South Carolina regiments as a commissioned officer. Returning to Abbeville, he opened a business for limself, and while he has not pros-, aered a? he might have hoped, he las established a reputation for personal and business integrity equal ;o that of any man in this city, or, ilcanrViara Tlia frinn/la orn YY! inn 1 ?iowniiviv? jl&ia xi i^ituo m w iuwuj ) md they join is wishing him prosper-1 ty in his new home. j Mrs. Dargan and the children of i ;he family willl be missed. As Miss! Fame Quarles, Mrs. Dargan was one. if the pretty girls of Abbeville not' so long ago. Her popularity as a| foung girl followed her as she grew jlder. In her circle of friends she las endeared herself to many people,' ivho are sorry to see her leave the' home of her childhood. The young! lady and the boys will be missed, too, I by the children in school-, who are their friends. * t Mr. Dargan becomes a representative of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The success which hr.s come to him in the short time he has worked for this company assures us that he will succeed in his new held. He is admirably fitted for a conscientious life insurance salesman. His prospects will learn that they may. rely on what he says, and that he is' to be trusted in all matters. He will have charge of considerable territory and in it will be Abbeville, which means that he will come back to us from timfe to time. NEW RAILROAD MAN. i ?? t t r? : a - iwcipu ?i. u. jrerrm received a gram on Thursday morning from his brcfther, James W. Perrin, of the At-, lantic Coast Line Railroad, saying that a son had arrived at his home, i and that he and the mother were both doing nicely. Mr. Perrin is an expert on rates in the employ of his road, and is strfted to .be one of the most skilled j men in his line in the whole country. And it will not be long before the young man 3yill,b,e"figuring.? ? RUSSIAN SOVIETS PLAN " jl A WORLD REVOLUTION; i Soviets Plan a World-wide Revolt? C Russians Name New Minister to Be Known as "International Commissary" to Promote ' Communist Revolution. London, March 13.?The Russian1 ' i gcvernment, with a view to promot-; ing a plan for a world-wide commun ist revolution, hr.s appointed a new * minister to be knwon as "internation- ' al commissary," according to a Hel- c singfors dispatch to the Mail, quot- ' ing advices from Moscow. The new minister is a Swiss named 1 ' * Moor, who was a friend of a Nikolai Lienwe, tne JtsoisneviK premier, <wu Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik minister 1 of war, when they lived in Switzer- * land. Moor is said to have been giv-; ' en unlimited financial and political 1 powers at Moscow. His under-secre-'1 tary is reported to be a former ' ^rench army captain named SadouV ( who went to Russia with the French ( Sochilist leader, Albert Thomas, dur- 1 H ing the Kerensky regime. An important role in the ministry j also is attributed to a 'British friend',' of M. Tchitcherin, the Bolshevik; ' foreign minister. ; * i < NEGRO SHOOTING. ' | | John Glenn was lodged in jail on Wednesday charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. He shotCharles Dunlap at Cana on Tuesday. ^ about noon. The negroes were bridge ( hands on the Seaboard and got intoj ^ a difficulty about the abuse of Glenn's, mother by Dunlap. " |, Dunlap Was rushed to the Green-, wood Hospital, where he was operated on by Dr. R. B. Epting, the j physician for the Seaboard. The\ ] bullet is said to. have entered the ] breast and lodged in the kidney, but the^wound is not regarded as dan- ' gerous. ' * J Glenn was arrested in Clinton. He made his way to that place on one of , the night trains, and was arrested , 1 ' by the police department and lodged , in the guard-house. Sheriff Burts ; was notified on Wednesday morning . and sent Mr. C. J. Bruce after him,| and lodged him in jail, where he , will remain until court unless sooner# ^ taken out on bail. BOUND OVER TO COURT. . j 1 Winston Chiles and Lewis Chiles j were before. Magistrate Hollings-j worth on a preliminary hearing on i' Thursday charged with burglary. It : is charged that these negroes, who now live neat- Honea Path, and who are sons of Arch Chiles, formerly aj well-digger about Abbeville, entered | the tailor-shop of Ed. Gilliard some-j time ago and stole therefrom a large quantity of clothing which was in the shop for repairs. The negroes were' arrested at Honea Path and most of the clothing recovered. They admit; ?toa!ing the clothing, it is understood bv.t deny that they broke into the. building in the night. They will be bound over to court to await the ac-: tion of the grand jury on such charge as may be found by that body at the next tern of the court. THE LECTURE MONDAY NIGHT. The slides for the illustrated lecture last Monday did not come and there was no lecture. The slides for the next lecture have already arrived and Monday night the 17th the subject will be "Historic Spots in Colonial States." The pictures are of un-' usual interest and Mr. Pratt's talks I are full of information. The lectures should be well patronized. These "same lectures are given at the mill every week and are thoroughly enjoyed. -NO SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. We are unable to publish the Sun , dav School lesson today because the, ~ " I shippers have failed to send it in ac-1 ' cording to contract. We hope that we will be able to give next Sunday's however. HONEY FOR RAILWAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE I Government Representatives and Executives of Companies Lay Foundation for Machinery Through Which Funds Will Come From Banks and Coffers of War Finance Corporation. Washington, March 11.?Railroad1 txecutives and government represen-^ atives today laid the foundation for he machinery through which funds >f banks and the war finance corpora ion will be made available to rail-''1 oads during the next few months n lieu of the funds which congress 'ailed to provide. After a conference between a lumber of leading railway corpora;ion officers and officials of the war| 4?v,nAvnAvofinn artrl roilrnflr] nrl-! lJiailV,C CUi jJ/VtOUlWU UilV* A l ? * * JL VM V4 MM | ninistration, a special finance com-j nittee of seven, headed by Howard j Slliott, president of the Northern Pa-; :ific, was created by the railroad ex-; scutives to co-operate with govern-; nent agencies as a clearing house! "or financial arangements. Other members of the committee! ire: Albert H. Harris, vice president>f the New York Central; Robert S. Lovett, president of the Union Pacific; Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania; Henry Ruhlender, president of the Frisco; Henry Wal ler, unairman 01 tne Atlantic ^oasi^ Line, and Daniel Willard, president sf the Baltimore and Ohio. ^ I Alfred-P. Thorn will be counsel oft the special finance committee and* Gleorge M. Shriver, vice president of the Baltimore & Ohio, will be in :harge of the account. E. G. Buck-; [and, president of the New Haven, will be secretary. Swager Sherley of Louisville, who b.as just retired after serving 16 years in the house of representatives recently as chairman of the house appropriations committee, was appointed by Director General Hines as di-' rector of the railroad administrations division of finance, succeeding John Skelton Williams, resigned. On Mr. Sherley, who will take office April 15, will fall more of the work of Administreing for the financial plans yet to be developed. It was announced that the special finance committee "is not to have power to commit any individual com-1 pany without its assent." Secretary Glass at the conference tomorrow is expected to emphasize | the desire of the treasury to keep rail road securities off the market until: after the Victory Liberty Loan, which j probably will close May 10. This can, be done through negotiating short term bank loans. A YOUNG SAILOR. Mr. Edward Dick, Chief Pharma-' cists mate of the transport, Martha Washington, was in the city Tuesday and spent the day with his mother,, Mr1?. Annie Dick, who is in the city with her nieces, Mrs. W. H. White and Mrs. J. Allen Smith, Jr. The young sailor is a graduate of the Presbyterian College at Clinton and since volunteering has made many, trips across the ocean and has still others to make. His visit was a pleasure to his friends here. * HOME FROM THE WEDDING, j i j Miss Mary Quarles Link has returned to Abbeville after an extend-' ed visit to Decatur, where she at-: tended the marriage of her friend,; Miss Julia Pratt to the Rev. George' layi^r, 01 ureenvuie. xnis young; couple will leave shortly for China,1 where Mr. Taylor will serve as aj missionary. . VISITING HER SON. Mrs. H. B. Hix, of Laurens, arrived in the city Tuesday for a visit to Mr. and . Mrs. C. E. Hix. It is hoped that Mrs. Hix will form a pleasant impression of Abbeville and will visit here often. . - I LOAN CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN APRIL Victory Drive Will Be Started Next Month?On For Three Weeks? Short Term Notes to Run For Five Years Will Be Issued. Washington, March 1_.?The Victory Liberty Loan campaign will open Monday, April 21, and close three * weeks later, Saturday, May 10. Secretary Glass announced the dates together with the fact that short terms notes maturing in not over five years would be issued instead of longer term bonds. The amount of notes to be offered was not disclosed out it nas oeen generally understood that the loan would be for a minimum of $5,000,000,000 with the treasury reserving .the right to accept all oversubscriptions. Mr. Glass said the interest rate and the amounts to be exempted from taxation would hot be determined until a week or tw? before the cam- , . paign as they would be based upon financial conditions at that time. It was estimated, however, that the notes might bear interest in excess of 4 1-4 per cent., the interest rate on the third and fourth loans. "After studying financial conditions in all part of the country," said Mr. Glass, "I have detennined that the interest of-the United States will best be served at this time by the issuance of short term notes rather than of longer term bonds which would have to bear the limited rate of interest of 4. 1-4 per cent. "The Victory Loan 'will- therefore take the form of notes of the United States maturing in not over five years from the date of issue. . Those notes which will be as the Liberty Loa'ff bonds, the direct promise to pay of the United States, will be issued both in registered and coupon form, and the coupon notes will be in final form and will have attached the interest coupons covering the entire life of the notes. I am hopeful that the notes in final engraved form will be ready for delivery by the opening of the campaign on April 21." MOVING TO DUE WEST. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Putnam moved on yesterday to Due West, where they will make their home in the future. Mr. Putnam has bought the Due West Hotel from Rev. -J. Muse, and expects to run it in upto-date style. He will make some improvements on the building, and will make the place attractive in every way to the traveling public. Mi*. Putman is induced to move to Due West in order to obtain the advantages of good schools for his children. He will make that place a {rood citizen as he did for Abbeville when he lived here. Mr. and Mrs. Muse will make thefc home in Greenwood in the future. NEWS OF A SOLDIER. James A. Gilliam, one of the big farmers of the county, was here on yesterday. He tells, us that his son, Whit, is enjoying himself in France, but that lie is anxious to get back to the States and go to work. He has been all over Southern France, and when he wrote last was expecting to ' ? 1 '1 nn o ry ue irillisiurreu tunuiua cuc uuiuun border, where he hoped to see something of that county. He said he was too short on Francs to visit Paris just now. A NEW SALESMAN. Mr. E. S. Corley of Clinton, arrived in Abbeville Thurday and will take a position with the Hot Hustler Racket Store as salesman. The young man will make his home with Mrs. A. W. Clark.