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' , f r ' - i ' v ' 1 : / . ' " f- li] .:" ' 9 * % # , ' : Abbeville Press and Banner "Established 1814. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, March 18,1919 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. I CAROLINA SOLDIERS LEAVE FOR HOME ; C Four Companies of Ammunition j 5 Train Sail?Go to Newport New*. ( I First Soldiers of 30th Division j. X From Palmetto State Brought { 1 Home at Units. s I Washington, March 15.?Depart-jt 1 ure from. France of three transports' I I with about 7,000 officers and men i I ' was announced today by the war de-l t I partment. They are due at New York t I and Newport News March 23. j c - * J I 4. The transport Konigne. aer j\eaer- i landen, bound for Newport News, has t * aboard the One'Hundred and Fifteenth Field Artillery less Battery A, J Thirtieth Division, two-thirds of i . which goes to'Camp Lee, and Compa-J i nies A. E, C. D and detachments of : the One Hundred and Fifth Ammuni- J? tion Train, Thirtieth Division, the( bulk of which goes to Camp Lee. , The Noordam carries for New York ' a detachment of the Thirty-seventh Division headquarters company for < Camp Shermanj the headquarters ord- < . nance and niedical detachments and < machine gun company of the One, ] Hundreji and Forty-eighth ' Infantry,1 i 'Thirty-seventh Division,' also : for t t i V \Camp Sherman, and several casual: .companies, including one of each of j Texas and South Carolina men. , j i 1 The transport Matsonia, sailing for < New YV>rk, carries the ftne Hundred 11 and Sixtieth Infantry practically j ] v ^complete, but showing only adoutt half of its full strengtl^and with de- J -tachments of the One Hundred and, Fifty-ninth Infantry,, both regiments j being of the Fortieth Division. Most! , of the men of the One Hundred'and Sixtieth Infantry go to Camp Kear- j, ney? Cal., while thfe bulk of the men T of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth; go to Camps Uptonvand Grant. The;.., ship carries also detachments of the! ( Twenty-sixth Engineer Regiment,' a < majority of the men being scheduled . for Camp Kearney, two casual com-' panies and a number of sick, woundand other casuals. ..." , ? LECTURING AT IVA. j 1 Lieut. John ujvans 01 ADDevuie^ V brother of B^iss Sara Evans, one of our high- school assistants, will give ' some of his war experiences before1 the high school xthis afternoon. He| ' was fn medical corp for 19 months in Europe.?Iva Correspondent to The Daliy Mail. / ? f - IN COLUMBIA. . . , - Miss Helen Edwards went to Col-!? umbi? (last week- with her sister, Mrs. j . Brice^Mills, who goes to the Baptist! Hosoital for treatment. Mrs. v Mills!'' has been sick for some time and| friends tore hope she will recover soon. * ^ ( A HOUSE PARTY. ? ^ t Miss Bessie Lee Cheatham enter? * . tained a pleasant party of little la- < dies for the week-end last week. Her 1 guests 'were, Miss Narietta Cheat- 1 ham, of Charlotte, Lucile Wharton of 1 Greenwood and Sarah Cowan of Ab- < beville. A supper and moving pic- j < ture party was given them Friday i night by Miss Maggie Brooks, while; '< Miss Cheatham entertained at a party i on Saturday afternoon. The yoi^ng people had a delightful time. * FORDING IT. 1 Mr. R. S. McCombs has bought a ^ Ford car and is making everybody on!] Greenville Street .take his dust. ( V i V V V V\ V VW V V V V VV V i V V V . COTTON MARKET. V V fc ' * 0 V Good cotton on the Abbe- V V ville market brought 28 cents V 1 x. yesterday. March futures V V dosed in New York at 24.65. v' < ^ vT + - \~ - - V i fi x v vvyv v v v v v vJ ' . /: *?*> *< IN POLICE COURT. Will Jones, a negro fireman on the Seaboard Air Line Railway, was before Mayor Mars Monday morning >n four charges. Will got a little . oo much of corn extract Sunday, and ried out his faithful shooting iron n the city limits. The iron was con:ealed before Will got ready to shoot' >ut after that it was very much in J svidence. Police officer Blackman! oon offered himself in evidence, and rave Will an invitation to walk up own and spend a night at the ex-| >ense of the city. Will refused to J iccept the invitation, and his con-j inued refusal against the efforts of he officer gave rise td the fourth ;harge. Will was'assessed $40 for he night's lodging in connection with ;he other charges. Mrs. Will having appeared and jiven certain 'directions to the officer j ibout how to handle Will, she was * , I illowe^ to spend the night' at the :ity hotel for which the m^yor ehargtd her $10.00. / STILL* BUYING HOMES. Mr. C. E. Williamson has purchas ;d from Mr. T. G. White, the resilience on Wardlaw street recntly oc:upiedby Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Milford. 3e and Mrs. Williamson plan to move nto the new home at an early date j md to set up house-keeping. Mr. Ben T. Cochran has purchased 'rom Wift. P. Greene, a lot ^n Chestlut street in front of the residence >f Wm. M. Barnwell, and will erect i i pretty cottage during the summer. 3e and Mrs. Cochran plan to be ablia ' ;o move into the new home by ear# " "all. ' V ' I t. V CHANGES AT SEABOARD. Mr. Guy W. TJilleland, the fore-! nah at the Seaboard Shops, has been J1 nade Master Mechanic of the East- 1 ;rn Carolina Division of his road, and^ will be transferred to Andrews, S. ' 2!., the head-quarter for that division.! rhis is a promotion for Mr. Gilleland, |' Hid one which his merits as a rail-], 'oad man have earned. Mr. Gilleland will be succeeded in \ Abbeville by Mr.- T. J. Raycrost, .an I J jxperienced shop foreman. He will ;ake charge at once. -?- ; A VISITOR FROM DETROIT. j i Mrs. Jessie Ware is expected in ;he city this afternoon for a visit of. i i few days to her sister, Mrp. M. BJ ( Reese. This is her first visit to Ab- ] jeville and friends of the Wardlaw j family are delighted to have her. i Mrs. Ware will go from Abbeville 1 ;o New York, where she will make ler home and will be actively engag-M ;d in Community work. ( i . ' ] \PRIL 6, 7 AND 8 ARE DAYS F#R JEWISH RELIEF, Columbia, March 14.?Governor! Hooper today issued a proclamation! setting apart April 6, 7 and 8 ps days! ? Vn~ * ]_* r? j.i._ I ,\j uc ucvuicu tu xaiding 1UUU5 luf Liie j Fewish Relief work in Palestine and J )ther countries.. The Jews of the j: United States have undertaken to j aise $20,000,000 for this purpose , ind South Carolina's quota is $125,-; )00. Committees have been appoint-! i jd in every city and town in the' State and they will work to raise the: imount during the three days named. A SUBSTITUTE SECRETARY. Miss Fuller, an experienced Red, Cross worker, arrived in Abbeville Monday afternoon to supply the place of Secretary during the absence af Mrs. Coleman. Miss Fuller is | sent out from, Division Headquarters! in her line. ' 1 HOME FROM CLEMSON. William Hughes, Maxcy Johnson, Gary Banks, Dick Swetenburg, Weber Wilson and George Jones, young ca^dets from Clemson, came home Sat-| urday and spent Sunday with their home folks. I ? ; ' . * .-vr-. i I \ NOT ASHAMED ' ~~ EFFORT BEING MADE " D 'TO MEET OBJECTION Leajjjueof Nations Covenant May Be M - Amended?Wilson Gets Report. i PJan^ to Safeguard Monroe Doctrine Apparently Assured Place ^.ni^Final Document. / -Paris, March 16.?Efforts are be; ing directed today to shaping the lea?ue of nations-covenant so as to in-ja? 3ure- its acceptance by the supreme q( council .'with the approval of these t0 Americans, who are demanding its w] amendment. | of Colonel House conferred with Lord j Robert Cecil, Leon Bourgeois and the J sh American delegates and reported to; ac President Wilson. It is conceded that at some of the suggested amendments da can be safely adopted; foi^ instance,' 0f those safeguarding the Monroe doc-! c< trine and fixing conditions which will: it permit of the adherence of the late J enemy powers. ' j cl< One of the five powers has hesi-, at tated to accept a distinct expression sh of the tight of secession from the 0u league. The Americans are proceed^w] ing on the supposition that the cove- to nane may be included in the* peace ne treaty. * ? \ ' .' i re Foreign Minister Pichon said today C< that he felt it was practically impos- Pi sitle to include the covenant in the 'fir first treaty.- The views of neutrals al; which had been invited and amend-' ments could not be disposed of, he pc addSd, before the probable early su signing of the preliminaries. [sm : :,|w; MOVING. ' . fa Engineer and Mrs. Clary have" moved from South Main Street, to fr lie the cottage recently occupied by Ma- ^ jor Nance, on Magazine street. . y Mr. and Mrs. George Douglass are W< moving into the house from which ^ the Clarys moved. !C< BACK Oh THE JOB. , Lieut. Carrol Swetenburg has tak-i 3 1 en his old position at the Seaboard, depot and is holding'down the job just as though he had not had a -yy splendid part in "cleaning up thelj^ Germans.'' v ' ! Fi Everyone wishes him success and| is delighted that he expects to re-: th main in Abbeville. -pj HOME FROM BREfy^U. Miss' Ruth Howie came home fromj Brenau and spent Sunday with her^ co parents. She played the organ at the Ju Baptist church Sunday night, much co to the delight of the congregation. I be I | * % OF THE BILL I?p . 1.MARME ' ' TTISMES : beam woods %' CHATEAU THIERRY M ARMNNE FORESTIW St MlrtltL. W vi j?"" ' * t EATH SENTENCE FOR EMILE COTTIN * .? V> ' ' an Who Attacked Clemenceau Conricted?Only Brief Trial-?Courtmartial Opened at Paris Thursday With Unanimous Decision Reached During Day. X Paris, March 14.?Emile Cottin, o otiomliicf whn recntlv marie an temp? upon the life of Premier sorges Clemenceau, was sentenced death today by the couftmartial hich was trying him. The verdict the courtmartial was unanimous. Cottin first conceived the. idea of ooting the premier in May,, 1918, cording to an official record read the courtmartial which opened toiy. In May, 1918, the employees aviation factories were in strike. >ttin. practiced shooting after that, was said. When the courtmartial opened the ?rk read the report describing the tempt on the premier. The report owed that Cottin fired twice withit moving and then fired five times lile running behind the automobje which he was so- close that one wit!s^ believed he had jumped on the ar of the car. It was shown that aimed at the seat in which emier Clemenceau was sitting and ed so accurately that two bullets most touched it. , "Rarely has a crime," said the re?rt, "been accomplished with more stained premeditation, more, dejh and more implicablfi tenacity ith a certainty of method which it emed would infallibly lead to a tal result." 1 4 ' Cottin is described in'the report as imitive, vain and conceited and be>ving himself omniscient. He was ile to earn 37 francs a day easily, :t, finding society badly organized, desirous ftf destroying everying. The document gives expert adical opinion unreservedly holding )ttin responsible for his action.NEW SUBSCRIBERS. The following new subscribers ive come in since our last issue: . B. Fleming, M. P. Blanchett, J. James, D. Reese AleWine and ank Williams, (col.) "May we not" hope that each of em will profit by the reading of le Family Paper. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Court of Common Pleas will nvene on next Monday morning, idge Geo. E. Prince, who has revered from his recent illness, will the presiding judge. I ON GERMAN SOIL. 1 ; i The friends around Abbeville will be glad to hear of Corporal W. C. Ellis, who is now on German soil with the Army of Occupation. The young i man is with the 301st Engineers and is stationed near Coblenz. He writes home of many interesting things. He is staying with a German family who are friendly and must think mighty well of him for Mr. Ellis has received a letter from the^lady of the J liouse congratulating him on his fine young son. The young soldier says he is having a lively time with money, ifor^he had scarcely become accus-; ! tomed to the francs before he was . i> ^moved on and now he is struggling to! get "on to the German marks." Corp. Ellis says eggs are eighteen cents a piece in good American mon-| I ey. The family .with whom he lives j were the proud owners of two hens| until the government stepped in and took one, which may account for the high price. - ' > ? ? ; | WELCMING THE SOLDIERS. The? ladies of the Local Red Cross were "at home" to the returned soldiers last Friday afternoon from three to five o'clock at the Red Cross Rooms. The Canteen ladies were in chrage, and made the soldiers welcome and entertained? them with sandwiches and tea. The rooms were i j prettily decorated with spring flowers I and the occasion was a pleasant one. fhe adies were in their Canteen costumes and before * the reception begun grouped themselves around j the monument and 1 had a picture made. " NEWS FROM CAPT. HEMPHILL. 1 I The latest news from Capt. W. L_ I Hemphill, dated Feby, 23rd, is that. he has been placed on detached- service and designated as one" of the of- j ficers to take a three months course j in Science at the Sorbonne Univeri sity at Paris. The Captain also writes that he has been lecturing on: Guatamala recently to the so!<}fers.! I He also *gives the interesting infor- \ i mation that he hopes to stay in France, where ^ bachelor is appre! dated. - _ ; % - ' . v. ' ' DEATH OF MRS. BAYS. The members of the, Methodist; Church at Abbeville and many other! | ' / j friends will hear with sincere regret! of the death of Mrs. H. W. Bays, lpst1 week at her home in Rock Hill, after' a short illness. - f Mrs. Bays was the wife of Dr. H. W. Bays, who was the pastor of the Methodist church here about twenty ! years ago. Mrs. Bays is survived by | her husband and four daughters. CAPTURED A STILL. v Sheriff F. F. Edmunds and Deputy Sheriff E. B. Sharpton captured a 16 gallon still about three hundred' ] yardS from the public road at the, 1 Sandy branch store Friday. Will j' Dickson, colored, was found asleep i on the ground a few feet from thestill, which was very a crude one. The pot was a lard can, in wftiich1 were found potash, soap, corn, fruit,1 jars, etc. The negro was turned loose. His physical condition would make him a burden to the: county.? McCormick Messenger. ! i. I 1 ! RECOVERS FROM OPERATION. ! i 1 ! The friends of Mrs. Thos. L. Davis,' | better known to us as Miss* Mary! Stark, will be pleased to i know thatj she is rapidly recovering from a se-j rious operation which she underwent j -at the base hospital at Camp Pike onj 'Monday of last week. She expects I1 to be sitting up in a few days. ELECTED SECRETARY. i' Mr. T. P. Quarles, who is foolish enough to live in Greenwood when he" i could live in Abbeville , is having'i i honors conferred on him in his new ' home. He has been elected as Sec- ] retary atf,the D. Wyatt Aiken Camp i of Confederate Veterans. j WE 1ST AC! TO BRING PEACE Treaty to Be Doubly Ratified Says Thomas?Talks, of Exchange? Colorado Senator Declares Procedure in Washington and Berlin Will Be Necessary. * * ' Washington, March 14.?Senator Thomas of Colorado, member, of the foreign relations committee and one of the leading authorities in the sen- ' ' ate on international law, said tonight that peace with Germany could not be proclaimed until the senate had ratified the peace treaty and there had been an exchange of ratification between Washington an<J Berlin. Senator Thomas explained that there were three distinct stages in L f I treaty making?the negotiation and signature by state department or executive branch of the government, ratification by the senate and finally exchange of ratification. Even after the senate has acted, he said, the treaty could not become operative \ until the negotiating governments had formally exchanged ratifications. ^ In other quarters tonight it was said that the declaration of peace would have little effect on war time prohibition since the prohibition act proivided that it shall remain effective until completion of the demobilization of the war army had been proclaimed by the president. However, the* laws empowering the president to take over the Tailroads and the telephone and telegraph ' companies, provided for the control of these properties for specific period after tlie proclamation of peace. Such war time agencies as the food administration, the fuel admin istration and the war trade board also may be continued until peace is declared, but all such war agencies are rapidly Ending up their affairs. Paris, March 14.?An interesting question of importance to the United States has, arisen here. Upon its answer depends the continued operation of much war legislation such as control of railroads, the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquors and similar enactments, with reference to the date on which the war officially will cease. < AMERICA MUST FEED THE RUSSIANS FOR LONG TIME Archangel, Thursday, March 13.? Information otained the Allied food committer in North Russia and from persons" reaching Archangel from the interior, indicates that the Russian question is settled and the country is again placed on a sound agriculutral basis. ' Owing to the shortage of seed grain which, because of the famine, has been used for food, Russia will be comparatively without crops in * 1919 and this condition will extend into 1920, even if the country is restored to peace. "The outside world, particularly America, must be prepared to feed the most of the Russian population for at least six months after peace is restored." a member of the food committee said today. "And so long as Russia remains without crops, the rest of Europe must also look toward America for the grain which formerly poured out of Rusla's Baltic and Bl^ck Sea ports." NEWS OF JAMES T. STEVENSON. * Mr. James S. Cochran, Chairman of the Home Service section of the Red Cross in Abbeville, on yesterday, received a telegram from national headquarters in Washington stating that no casualty has happened to James T. Stevenson. .A rumor to the effect that he had died at sea was current here a few days ago but it was not generally credited.. It is however, a relief to his kindred and ' * friends to know that the young man is alive .and well. - ' f ~ . '