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I MAY NOT ACCEPT"
SHIPS FROM CHILI,
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United States Awaits Full Facts?i
Repair Work Needed?Action May i
Not Be Justified if Vessels Can
Be Used Only Until
Peace.
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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
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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
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uoaru nas not yei oeen auviseu un
this point.
Three hundred thousands <tons of!
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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'
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to Germany. German ships laid up
in Peru "and Uruguay were chartered
some time ago by the United States
and are in opeation.
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'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.
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-. INSURES EMPLOYEES.
Southern Cotton Oil Company. Take*
> Out Insurance For All Its Employee*.
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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.
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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
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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 \
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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
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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
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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
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, 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.
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| 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|
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\ 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
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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
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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.
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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;
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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
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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
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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.
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NEGRO SHOOTING.
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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\
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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HOME FROM THE WEDDING, j
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.