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Abbeville Press and Banner , ' . ' > > Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 21, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. i " " i ~ ' : MUSI CALL HALT IN RAILWAY WORK o. ^ Temporary ? Suspension Now Found Necessary?Funds Not Available? / Millions of Dollars^of Improvement Plans Can Not Be ? Carried Out. ? " V in I Washington, iviarcu is.?auoi,j.u<--| ,,t tions issued today by the railroad ad-; ministration will result in the tern-1 porary suspension ot postponement of millions of dollars of railroad im-| provement-work, because of the fin-' anciaKpredicament caused by failure! of congress to pass appropriations of the administrations revolving fundv . The suspeifeion of work applies to many new stations, under erection or! planned, spur tracks, rbadbeds im-j provement, elevated tracks, and con" v ' struction of bridges and buildings. Railroad administration officials said comparatively few men would, - be thrown out of work as* a result-of the orders but.admitted that the, s railroad improvement program, plan-! . ned for this year partly as a means, rof employing larger number of labor-: ers'during the readjustment . periq^, I probably* would jnot be carried out. The program Called for the expenditure of more than a half, billion dol-j ? lara.for additions and betterments alpne.^ ^ ; , s The orders- sent to regional direc-; tors to be forwarded by them to fed-' . eral managers specified that if 'corporate officers of railroad companies withdraw*dxr withhold, approval of any improvement project for . "financial reasons or otherwise the -proposals -aije to be sent" to the railroad < ad-| mii>istration for further review. Rail-1 road offices here today said that ap. proval had been'or would be .with-' held for hundreds of improvementi projects because of the uncertainty of the present financial -situation. In cues where this approval is not gijuen procedure is to be,as follows:j if "Work not started shall not be . : ' commenced without further approval, by the division of coital expendi-; tures. AS to projects already start-1 ed and actually under way, please' see that no further work is done ex-1 cent when necessarv to insure safetv:i where the project is so far completed; that to stop work would be more ex-; pensive than to continue it; and; where a job is covered by bona fide contract and stopping the work would; seriously demoralize conditions, es-j pecially as to working forces." STILL BUYING HOMES. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Cochran . liave purchased from Messrs. Neuffer and McMurray the residence on I SftntVi TVTnin nr>Anniai1 of nrac. ? ?? ent by the family of Mr. J. R. Wood-j hurst. They expect to move in short. Iy. . > j \ Mr. W. L. Peebles has purchased from Wm. P. Greene a lot on Chest-' nut Street adjoining the lot recently sold to Mr. Ben T. Cochran. Both t * expect to build homes during the coming summer. BLACKSTONE IN COUI*T. Mrs. Marv JBlaekstone has onm Imenced an action against the City of Abbeville, in which she claims fifteen thousand dollars in damages on account of injuries which she alleges she received by reason of a defect in one of the sid^ralks of the city. J. Howard Moore is attorney for the plaintiff, while D. H. Hill, the city attorney, represents the city. V COTTON MARKET. V V Good cotton on the Abbe- V V ville market brought 28 l-2c. V . V yesterday. Ma-ch futures V V closed in New York at 24.65. V i 1918 COTTON CROP PRODUCTION ] Washington, March 20.?Final statistics on the 1918 cotton crop, an- , nounced today by the Census Bureau in its last ginning report, places production at 11,888,138 running bales, or 12,022,601 equivalent 500 pound bales, both exclusive of linters. V/- ?? " * < ABBEVILLE MEN OUT. | { ??r .!( The Following-Soldiery. From this; j County Were Discharged at C&mp L Jackson on Wednesday and j Will Return Home at-Once. ' j - v jj William Agnew, Colonel Durham, ? James Wilson, Willis Mabry, Samuel ( Black, all of Abbeville; William H. j ^ Sharpe, Leon Gordon, Donalds.; Wil-J liam Waters, Lowndesville; Arthur!, Coleman, Hiram Walls, Tandy Seig- j . =r, John Baughman, McCormick; A Raymond Wellsp Mt. CarmeL I Colored.- - I Jerome Young, John Chatman, t Willie Johnson, Will Reddick,-Abbeville; Clarence Jones, Due West-; ? Walter Jackson, Donalds; Jimmie j Moragne, Wellington, Esau Fair, Ab- j beville. '. , * , - i i i INCOME TAX RETURNS. Mr. John C. Weathers, frirmthej' office of the Internal Revenue Com- ( r ..'A < I j missioner, will be in Abbeville on to-1 -fnr +-V>a nnimfteo rt'f foVinr* u?jr ivt vx i/u 1V1115 uivviu^ tax returns. The time has been ex-j tended for these returns through j this week, after which the ^penalty will go on, If .you h&ve hot already made your return it will pay you to see Mr. Weathers today. ANOTHER TYPOGRAPHICAL! j In the advertisement of the Opera! House announcing the coming of the, Birth^of a Nation, the date appear- [ ed in our^last iss ie as March 16th, j when it should ha *e beep Marcll 26h. Bear in mind '1 iat the "Birth of a; Nation" comes to the Opera House onj Wednesday, March 26, BOTH MATI-j NEE and NIGHT. This is the first time that -this! great production has been shown atj popu'ar prices, and is positivaly vourj last opportunity to witness this wonderful spectacle, as it will not be shown H^e again. \ COL. SONDLEY SICK. 1 - mm?mrmmmm Col. Dick Sondley, the capable Au- ' ditor* of Abbeville County, is on the sick list. H^e undertook to smoke "a good ten cent cigar" and play a game of set-back in the Hill-billy Club at the same time, which overworked him a little. A dose of calomel of the J correct size, which Dr." Jack Pressly! gave him, and a little rest is bringing him around, HOME ON LEAVE. Walter Wilkinson, who -sntered the Navy in the service ?>f his coun-i )ry at the beginning of che war, is i at home on a short leave and is en-j tcrtaining his friends tellirii; his ex-i periences. ~ r ' i MR. MILLER BUSINESS MANAGER Mr. Chauncey Miller, for several ! years traveling representative of ! The Charleston News and Courier ip | this section, has been appointed busi-i ! less manaerer of the Columhia Rn. ? m- _ i reau of The News and ^ourier. He will receive and look affile adver-! i tisements and subscriptions from the I office in Columbia. Mr. Miller former-. I ly was a resident of Abbeville.?The i * ^ Index-Journal, DR. BARNETT TO BUILD. Architect J. C. Hemphill is draw-! ing plans for a bungalow for Dr. W. J A. Barnett which will be erected on i the corner of Boone and South Main streets, near the residence of Mr. W. i i H. Napier. Dr. Barnett recently bought three and one-half acres in ' that section of the city.?Index-Jour-' nal. | , i POMERENE WOULD GIVE ROADS BAC1 Says Principles of Common Honest; Demand Th; j?Criticises Admin:;traiion for Ignoring I. C. C. u Matter of Ra^c-f^aking?Senator' Talks in Chicago. -r'.-W \ . ^ Chicago, March 19.?Senator Pom jrene, of Ohio, a Democratic mfimbe: )f the Senate interstate commerc< :ommittee, speaking here tonight be fore the American* Railway Engi leers'. Society, opposed extending th< period of government control ove ;he railroads beyond the twenty-oiv nonths provided by Congress. He as serted that the proposed five years ;xtension was urged only for th< jurpose of experimentation. Senator Pomerene also urged earl; restoration of the functions, of th [nterstate Commerce Commission with increased powers, and the fixinj ay. Congress of a fair standardise iurn upon the capital invested fo ;he railroads. ur* ~ tf j vjuvciiimviii, tuinrui, ne ttsserbeu 'was intended for war purposes, ani it ought not to be continued fo peace purposes Unless some .assured lot speculative or Conjectural, ad /'antage can be gained thereby. Should Be Given Back. "I submit the principle of /lommoi lonesty suggests this property, whicl ioes not belong to the government ind which does'not belong to Mi Sines (director general,} should b *iven back to the owners within i easonalble time, and then, if the peo pie of the country have,raflicient con idence in government^Own&l^faip t iry it, let us pass ^Ile_Bedess?Pcy leg slation' confiscating this'- pfopert; ind pay forit,safari honest govern nent ought to.jjay for itv But w< cannot 'affq^fotake five years fc evolve /jjjans, and, while we ar svolving the plans to keep in th government's . possession propert; which was turned over to it as a wa measure for the purpose of experi mentation. Senator Pomerene criticised th railroad administration for ignorini :he Interstate Commerce Commissioi in rate-making and for what he call 2d "reprehensible" orders settinj iside laws. MISS ROCHE IMPROVES. The friends of Miss Annie Roch( or*e of the pretty girls who worke on the Press and Banner at one tirrn will be sorry to know that i$ has bee necessary for her tp undergo an op eration at the Georgetown Univei ^ity Hospital, at Georgetown, Marj 'and. Miss Roche has been in trair ing in this hospital for sometime. Sh had an attack of flu sometime ag< and the operation follows from th effects of this disease. She is reco^ ering from the operation. > WATER ANALYSIS. Sanitary Water analysis No. 208 of Water Received March 7, 1911 From Abbeville Water & Electri Plant, Abbeville, S. C. Results in Part \ per Million: Color, 5.0 Chlorine 6.0 Free Ammonia 0.0 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.0 Nitrogen ih Nitrites 0.0 Nitrogen in Nitrates 0.0 Total Solids 94.0 Bacterial Analysis Bacterial Indications of Contam nations, Negative. . 0 Remarks: Analysis indicate wate ho .nf crrmrl /liiolitv r?nr1 fi-oa -fror contamination. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D. WILSON PREPARES FOR CONFERENC1 Paris, March 20.?President WI son spent this afternoon in work a the Paris "White House" in prepars tion for another conference this ai ternoon with Premiers Clemencea and Lloyd George. The conferenc will take place at Mr. Lloyd George' residence. ' ' . ,v'' . -v. [GRAVES' COURSE C! FOLLOWS ORDERf y Russians Must Choose Own Govern I ment?Must Not Take Sides?ReI - ports of Anti'American Feeling in Eastern Siberia Have Reached Washington. ' Washington, March 19.?Report: _ of- growing anti-American feeling ir ' ? Eastern Siberia have been for som< - time in the hands of the state de ' partrtient. This was learned author! B tatively today in connection with? ar rrAssociated Pressjlispatch from Vladi . vostok telling of widespread criticia^ i' in Eastern Siberia of the' opOTation: e | of the American military force: there. v - ' The report, it was learned, cam< I from both American diplomatic ant [.> ... * v ... * ? , . | military representatives in sicrern and-instances of the feeling, were cit | edi Officials of the state department j it was said, ho^veverj have thorough j j ly approved the ^ on duct of. the Am ,j|erican forcea under Maj. Gen. Wit I liam S. Graves. ' . r .) " I Instructions were issued tp Gen eral Graves before he went to Siber ia, it was learned, to avoid cai^fullj any act which would, commit th< V 'United States govepnment to eithei ^ -side in any factional troubles. Tbes< instructions,-it was said,, have beer i J v - 5 > , ! repeated frost; time to time,: -anc g i strict observance of them by the Am j erican commander ha* aroused som< El, ' * 1 of the hostility. . I s Much of hostility in' Vladivostol 01 .toward Americans is^ attributed it i wpll . inform p.H rirelps Tiptp +.r> "I y'tivity of a Japanese agent. It has .1 been reported that about three weeks e' ago a Japanese publicity agent ar 0! rived in Vladivostok. Within a fev e days, these reports say, articles be e gfc app?aring in the neiafipapers o: y\ Vladivostok which are said to be uh r der Japanese influence, reflecting up j.i on the United States and its Siberiar policy or as the articles described, it: e! lack of policy. State department officials, said to n! day that the situation as regards Jap |- ,anese influence was clearing. The wai g party in Japan, to which much of th( friction was attributed in report reaching this country, has been sup grceded by the peace party. It is re garded as certain in circles conver ?f sant with the situation that as re d g.ards lessening of the friction be tween the Japanese and American n j the future is hopeful. -I 1 Hfc JtJIKi H OF A NA1 1UIN? r-|, J. l j Comes to the Opera House, Nex e Wednesday. >, T^e Magnitude of David W. Grif e fith's feat in staging "The Birth of ; r- Nation" ,is almost appalling?at leas to the devotees of the older form of theatrical entertainment. Wher now are the little groups of actors 'he pinchbeck scenery and the pett; J-irorierties of the so-called "legiti inr-te" drama? By comparison witl 1 j the new art, the "legitimate meas ures to the mountain "like a molehill ' Instead of scenery for his back ground Griffith has used Nature. Fo ? subject he has covered 150 years o ?i American history. Eighteen thou i ! % -Hsand people have done his biddinj ^ and in the hair-rising rides of th ?! Ku Klux Klan three thousand rider ^land horses sweep over the dust; 0 i A C* j L VUUOi No wonder that this magnificen 1 | historical spectacle is the talk of th I country. It has- established an en 11*, , tirely new art in the realm' of thi n theatre, the art of pantomimic screei spectacle with an orchestral scor perfectly synchronized to the action It has also created a tremendous sen sation because of its vaster and mon g forceful treatment of the theme o l_ Thomas Dixon's "The Clansman' lt which both as book and play create* L_ the greatest furore of the last de ?_ cade. u The deeds of the Civil War and th< e horror of Reconstruction are maH< s to live again and the nation re born is apothesized. 0 I french garrison retire, j j J London, March 20.?Virtually all _ of the Ukraine is now in the hands of the BoUheviki, according to advices reaching Londay today. In heavy fighting at Nikolaiev, northeast of | Odessa, the Bolsheviki lost between | 5,000 and 8,000 men, but forced the i I French garrfson, after fierce fighting, I to withdraw to Odecca. lj . 51 i j eArly morning fire. Fire broke out of 'the roof of tlbe' g lj residence of Chief "of Police Joseph! ;L. Johnson Thursday morning at' irabout 8:30 o'clock. The fire seemed; 3' to be making headway between the. J ceiling and roof above. On account 3, . ! iof its location it was hard to fight1 ' even after the department succeededj 5:in getting the fire-fighting apparatus; *; in operation. 1 j ,The roof of the . house was badly j "i damaced. makinc it. newssarv fo ro.1 ?j build -practically tHe whole of it. No^ "j other-damagewas done except by;. w&ter, the furniture^in the house and "!the rooms below l?eiri? badly flooded with the water'necessary to put out ^ - the fire above. - .'The cabse of the fire can be stated j1 i * w 7 only by conjecture. It is supposed yft Jfy I | ? i that it originated in some way from ^ ( p a spark from the chihaney of the 1 - house, f. ^ . * ?t-' v " ~i7~. i u WILSON AND CARWILE. ' ' * ' *% '.j 'Prof. Walter W. Wilson, of Level) j Lartd, who was rewntly introduced^ to the "Hill-billies, went . home and 'I ? . .1 4jl I; armed himsplf witn anrifhpY* otnnA cof. -1 ba^k-player, Prof. Add Carwile, and, 5 returned to the city on yesterday, * ' i ( J| with blood on his horns. He tacklgd the two best players in the club, and c t after having swallowed them alive, [ -! he and his partner tried another j( ?;team, and gave them the same sen-.; tence. ' They then began to look;. -1 around for the others, intending to,( i^put in a full day's work in cleaning;* 3 j out the whole crowd, just like clear-j1 ling new-ground, but they were dis-;? .! appointed to find that every other ( J member had left town for the tall ^ 1 . , 4 r timbers. ? Prof. Wilson was especially anx- _ 3 ious to cross bats with Uncle Jim and 1 - any partner he desired to choose, '' - but he could get little information as 1 ] u to his whereabouts. He told us that - "OH Hill" had informed him that';1 1 M -1 Uncle Jim was down town before! s breakfast trying to find Dr. Jones F. j Miller, whom he wanted to fill a pre-! scription which Col. Johnnie McKee!1 | had sent him, and that he suimosed! < he found the doctor and got the pre-j t scription filled as he had not been able to locate him all day long, al- 1 though he had looked diligently for a| both Uncle Jim and the prescription t ?especially for the latter. A THRILLING EVENT. e Mrs. C. E. Williamsno is at home! V ' ' I i again after an extended visit to her ^ father, in Ceorgia. Her fine young. J daughter was much improved by her,' | j visit and comes backit^.e proud pos-p ! sessor of her first tooth, something i which is bound to happen but is al'! r ^ ways thrilling to a young mother, j READY FOR COURT. Si 6! Cleveland Haskell was landed in': si ijail on yesterday by Sheriff Burts i yj and Deputy Sheriff Cann, charged ] I with a statutory felony. Cleveland i j. i h I lives on one of the plantations of 1 Bj'Mr. Jame^ A. Gilliam. j ] ' . h e PUTTING IT TO GOOD USE. j 1 i ei James C. Hemphill, who is living in! ' ! Greenwood these days, has bouerht a! "j Hup Roadster and is using it to get! e. over to Abbeville as often as possible. "| 3j BUYS A FARM. J Judge Frank B. Gary and Wm. P. < 31 Greene have sold to John T. Evans ] ?! the Atkins place formerly belonging: i - to Miss Sallie M. Devlin, ^ and located ' < on the road to Verdery. 1 j ! LODGE AND LOWELL 1 WORLD LEAGUE ,? Vudience Follows Speakers With In- t tense Interest?Lowell Admits . IV, Covenant Needs Clarification, But in Principle is Sound/~ \_ Boston, March 19.?"If the league % hall be put in such shape that it will ' ? )romote peace/instead of breeding lisorder, and will work no injustice :o these United States, I will sup>ort it," said Senator Henr^ "Cabot y t' ' '% l,odge in replying to a question of Resident A. Lawrence _ Lowell, of ?- ' harvard, during their debate on the . eague of nations covenant tonight. 'J- (IT l. ? ' -:j. Ml 1 .. V ... ? xiupe ituiu my xiearu it win ue iraended," he added. "I hope thatr, .v.-.; ~si, such a league will be: formed somewhere. In my belief it will bet done , ' n Paris." $Hjpi - A demand from Dr. Lowell that Hr. Lodge sayv whether he would ' *"! .rote for the covenant if it were anerided according to^his wislfes led to ;he Senator's declaration. Address- ' hg an audience of 3,000 persons in. J >Si Symphony- Hall, the distinguished ,v " tpeakers were applauded liberally, V'r'; requently and apparently'impartial- . . /"V " ' .'A v * ' AW ? . < No Heckling. .There was nO 1 heckling, though . . fries of "^oOd" and .."that's right^ \ 'ollowed.telling points., in ..the argil- ji." nents, . z . .. " , * . Senator :!Lodge outlined hii* ,ude briefly- as in favQr of a?league.natipns, but not' t>/ the covenantis presented. ' . v". _"The whole-treaty should be related," he asserted. "That ia- my irst constructive .criticism." . > ' The Senator's reference to Theo-> lore Roosevelt's attitude as' in oppoiition to such a plan as was embodied n the covenant drew applause. He said thatr.he had discussed the idea )f a league of nations with Mr. Roosevelt two weeks before his death 'The position I have taken," he idded, "in reference to this covenant is one that had Mr. Roosevelt's full approval. I do not say this to transfer any load from my shoulders to his, but it is at the same time a sup- ' port to know that my position in this matter is in agreement with his expressed conviction." t Referring to the charge that the i;ri(/ii;isiii5 vj. me cuveiwiii were nuo constructive, Senator Lodge pointed out a number of ways in which he would amend the treaty, laying especial stress on protection of the Monroe Doctrine. "The' hour is rapidly approaching" said Dr. Lowell, in summing up his plea for the covenant, "when we must decide whether our country shall take its place like a great and generous nation side by sjde with others as guardians of law, order and justice in the world, or whether it shall turn its face away from a world in agony." DOTE IN DUE WEST. / Dote Smith, the newspaper correspondent, was up town yesterday. He said that he is not surprised that any man raised in Due West is for prohibition; his only surprise is that a i. , . , man trom tnat place arinKs even water. He says that he went up "to _ Kelp move Tom Putman, and it is the Jryest place I ever saw. I never want to go through there again unless is in an airship and it a-raining." NEW AUTOMOBILE AGENCY. James A. Hill has taken the agency for the Oakland and the Jordon cars, and will in the near future open a sales and show-room where he will show a line of these cars. The Oakland is a small six cylinder car, tvhile the Jordon is a larger car and jne of great beauty as well as wearing qualities.