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r . .a ft. ! . ' ;/V \ . . ' . s ' # * Abbeville Press and Banner 1 E8tabli8hedT844. . $2.00 the Year, Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 28, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75thYear. RAILROAD WORK ' ; NOT ALL HALTED ? . ! Mistaken Idea Prevails, Says Hines? Much Will Be Done?Director General Makes Address in Pitts- c burgh Pleading for Clearer ^ Public Understanding. r la i t Pittsburgh, March 26.?Despite the^ ^ financial predicament of railroads, . * the railroad administration plans to carry out as much of its improvement , I 1 I ' program as possible to keep labor c employed and roads in repair, Walker ^ D. Hines, director general of rail-, , roads,/declared in an address tonight, before the Pittsburgh Traffic Club. ^ He asked for a more adequate under-1 jt standing on the part of the public of g problems facing the railroads during ^ the war and in the immediate future, r I X and presented suggestions for oper- ^ ating roads privately under public * * # 1 i regulation as a permanent solution of the problem. He emphasized that j the ability of the railroad adminis- c tration to finance itself in spite of j the failure of the appropriation does c ' ^ J ^ ' not mean mau it uvco uvt ntsu ??v ^ : appropriation as soon as congress g .{'meets again. | q Referring to the improvement prof! &Tam, Mr. Hines said: I f -.?* ( "Unfortunately the impression has j .>gon'e\dut that the raHroad adminis-j g * tration has decided to cut off all im- a vprovement work, including additions c ;and betterments and maintenance. This-is not a fact. What has happen- i : t fid -is that we are taking steps to give "the railroad corporations full opportunity to determine whether they: shoold assent to the work which they ym inance.' -It is the intention of s ; the railroad administration to carry c * IX > forward just as much additions and; | a betterments and maintenance work, * as possible in order that the railroads 11 c be kept in good repair and extended j to meet the needs of the situation." , :v , . Is KT- _ U COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. \ 1 I - t TThe Court of Common Pleas ,ad p journed on Thursday morning after! j. Y % \ ' ! being in session since Monday. Only|,a . two cases were tried by juries. j s - Irn'the case of R. 0. Hunter vs. |Z JiOui^ville and Nashville R. R. Company; which was on trial when we t went to press on Monday evening, f the jury rendered a verdict for the t ?i j j j_n I , piailJUii lor ma nuuureu uunaia. ; z The other case tried was that of 1 Mrs. Mary Blackston vs. City of Ab- t beville, in which, through her attorney, J. Howard Moore, she sued for; t fifteen thousand dollars. The jury. ( in this case, after being out all night: Wednesday night, announced that it; I was unable to agree and a mistrial; was ordered. The City of Abbeville; i was represented by City Attorney D. H. Hill and bv Wm. P. Greene. fi : ' i GEN. MANGIN WILL LEAD FORCES 1 ! i ' I i Paris, March 27.? (Havas)?Gen-' eral Mangin, one of the leading officers of the French army, will be re- ( called from his comamrid at Mayence,1 ^ tne newspapers announce, to unuertake a mission, the character and , scope of which "is indicated plainly' by the events in Hungary." According to the Goulois, he would receive a very important command in Eastern Europe, undoubtedly the Bal-; kans, with a view to possible opera-! tions on the Hungarian frontier and;, southwestern Russia. !. I ! , | 1 GRAND JUKY fcMFULYS MR. W. N. GRAYDON Mr. Oscar Cobb, foreman of the grand jury, has employed Mr. W. N. j Graydon, of Columbia, to assist Mr. | p Blackwell in closing the case of the, | county against the late Mr. J. B. Mc-j Combs. The bonding company willi be required to settle any deficit which may be found.?Index-Journal. JNCLE SAM TO SELL ARMY CAMP SITES Thirteen to Go to Highest Bidder on April 15?In Each Case Buildings Are Offered as They Stand With Fixtures. Washington, Match 25.?Armyi amps to be abandoned by the Wai^ )epartment, including buildings, j ailroad tracks, sewerage systems : md other facilities, are to be sold to he highest bidders, and April 15; las been fixed as the date for receiv- ' ng bids. The plan is to sell entire camps or luilip sums, and big industrial oncerns are regarded as the most : ikely purchasers. In some cases State governments ,re expected to bid for the camps for< i ise as National Guard training ceners. Such bids will be given prefer-, nee. Thirteen camps to be sold on' Lpril 15 included all which the War )epartment has definitely decided to i lispose of. Others may be sold later. . The thirteen are: * ( Camp Beauregard, Louisiana; Bow-' e, Texas; Colt, Pennsylvania; Han-j; ock, Georgia; Kenrick, New Jersey; < jogan, Polk, North Carolina; Sevier,[] Jouth Carolina; North Camp Jackson,! j iouth Carolina; Shelby, Mississippi; ( Iheridan, Alabama; Wadsworth, S. ] ]&rolina, and Wheeler, Georgia. In each case the buildings are of-J; ered as they stand, with all fixtures!] rv place, with the electric,, water," j ewer and sewage disposal systems, 1 nd all government-owned railroads, j ulverts and bridges. j ( " !1 BIG CASE SETTLED. j.j ' The 5ase of W. M. Speer & Co., vs.! j ^ ^ A IIayi /vf T Afinll rt iiroc 1 JLi A11C11) U1 JUV TV llVivw lilvj VVAAO ^ ettled during the present term of, 1 ourt as well as bhe case of Katurah.' V. Allen' vs. R. M. Burts, Sheriff,! i ;rowing out of the former .action. j' ?he Speer firm some years ago se-:: ured a judgment against B. E. Al-! en, which amounted at the time of ettlement to about five thousand dolars. Last fall a levy was made on .8 bales of cotton, and recently 12 : ons of fertilizers were seized as the >roperty of Allen. Mrs. Katurah W. Ulen claimed the property, and her ? iction was t6 determine the ownerhip of the cotton, and of the fertili ;ers as well. Before trial the Speer firm agreed o accept fifteen" hundred dollars in ull of all demands against Allen, and his sum was paid by Mrs. Allen and he matter was settled out of court. Urs. Allen secures the cotton and ferilizers in the settlement. Messrs. J. M. Nickles, of the local >ar and Grier, Park & Nicholson of \ Greenwood, represented Speer & Co.,j vhile the Aliens were represented by ! Messrs. Bonham Watkins'& Allen, oft \nderson, and Wm. P. Greene, ,of| Abbeville. H I I TEXAS BOYS. / I The old town was full of soldiers', Wednesday, a small sized army of :hem marched up Greenville street about dinner time. They wore the, jverseas caps and were out for exer-: rise . Thev were all from Tnvns nnrl' some of them told the canteen ladies; Lhat the Lone Star State had fur-; lished two full divisions for this war.! rhe boys will parade in Dallas before ?oing to Forth Worth to be discharg-j 2d. HOME AGAIN. * ! Mrs. Frank Welsh is at home again ( and is quite well after her recent ' severe illnesss. Her frieijds are glad to have her back. I ! vvvvv wv vvvwvv V COTTON MARKET. V v! Good cotton on the Abbe- V ville market brought 27 l-2c. V yesterday. March futures V closed in New York at 24.66. V' I TROUBLE IN HUNGARY MORE THREATENING Anxiety in Washington and ParisNo 111 Will Believed to Have Been Shown for Americans or British in Budapest?Not So With French. Washington, March, 26.?Reports of an increasing seriousness of the situation in Hungary led to an opin-' ion, expressed today by an official of( the State Department that "the time' had come for the Allied nations rep-| resented at Paris to take a definite' and firm stand against Bolshevism."! Little news of an official nature was received at the State Department1 during the day, but dispatches from Paris indicated that grave apprehen-j sion was felt there as well - as ip | Washington over the situation. ' Representatives of the United States in Vienna reported today that the food administration had one or. two agents in Budapest and it was' stated that there might be other Am-, ericans there. These advices 'said; there was no ill feeling toward Amer-. icans or British in Budapest, but a 3trong feeling of hostility was being manifested against the French. This,t it is believed here, is due to the occupation by French troops of the neutral zones between Czecho-Slovakia .and Hungary and Rumania and Hungary. It is believed here that; probably the French members of the: inter-allie^ mission in Budapest have1 been interned, as has been reported in news dispatches from Vienna, but doubt was expressed as to the in-, elusion of American or British in the internment order. , 's It was said by officials that if the Hungarians actually have declared ivar upon the Entente Powers, as was threatened in State Department advices made public yesterday, it would be a natural move for tho Hungarians to attempt to reach the Adriatic and| recover a portion of the Austrian navy now in the hands of the Jugo-' Slavs. Hungarian leaders, it was said, undoubtedly would recognize the ad-1 vantage to be gained by striking im-| mediately toward the Adriatic before the authorities in Paris had time to act. 'The question as to whether Hun-J gary's acceptance of Bolshevism had| its inspiration from German sources; is Considered doubtful by State De-: partment officials although it was said that it would be an experiment of great interest to Germany as it would at once put the alliances to j the test as to their attitude toward' Bolshevism. Advices to the department indicat-! ed that the peasantry of Hungary, thus far had not accepted the new. regime to ,any great extent but it1 was pointed out that in no case has Bolshevism got its start by a general rising of the proletariat. # I , A WELCOME VISITOR. Mrs. George E. Prince, of Ar.'.'e son, spent this week in Abbeville rt the Eureka with Judge Prince, who is holding court here. Mrs. Prince is well known to many of our people j and her visit has given pleasure to! ... i her many friends. i LIGHTS FOR MT. CARMEL. John R. Tarrant and L. L. Hester! were business visitors from Mt. Car-J mel on last Wednesday. Mr. Hester j informs us that he is planning toj build a dam on Little River and to! furnish power and lights to the towni of Mt. Carmel. He has an engineer: at work now. The survey has been; made and the plans and drawings are. being prepared for work, which will j commence at an early date. I meeting the heroes. Mrs. D. Townsend Smith received a wireless message Tuesday saying! that Lieut. Smith would land at Char-J leston on Thursday. Mrs. Smith left, at once for Charleston and was onj hand when the heroes arrived, as was| Dan Townsend Jr. FASTER PROGRESS MADE ON \ t TREATY THAN IS APPARENT; ? Message From Delegate* to Washing- F ton is Reassuring?Mr. Wilson and Premiers Resume Their j Con- | ferences?No Details of Progress Given. Washington, March 26.?A mes- n sage to the White House today from' r he American peace delegation at q Paris said greater progress 'toward, t peace was being made than "appear-, r ed on the sbrface." s\ r No details of the progress were n giv^n and White House officials de- a clined to speculate on what developments might have furnished the t basife for the dispatch. j ij In some quarters it was assumed t that the American delegates were t optimistic over the important amend-' v ments to the League of Nations con-;c stitution agreed upon yesterday, in-! e eluding one specifically to exempt, ii domestic questions from the juris- p diction of the league, and over the fi apparent certainty that the associat-; ed powers will accept President Wil-'t son's provision designed to preserve a the Monroe doctrine. It was learned '-last ' night that o the government had opened an in- a quiry jnto the manner in which the ' French press had been enabled toja keep so closely in touch with.. the 'g doings of the supreme council. ' s Most of the Republican senators npw in .Washington declined to comment today on 'the amendments r hptppH nnnn nt. Pnric TViov f the press reports with /keen interest^ a but preferred to await official an-i f nouncement of the action of the con- r ference. ' Senators Borah, of Idaho, and t Poind exter, of Washington, outspo- 3 ken opponents of the League, were P exceptions to the rule. { j 9 _"L.won't support the League of. Nations constitution," Senator Borah said, "no matter if it contains a I Monroe doctrine amendment or not,i so long as control is placed in the i , v hands of three Europeans and one c ^ Asiatic as now proposed." . Senator Poindexter declared the only change that would be satisfac- ^ tory to him would be to strike Out a everything after the preamble. j r" i t HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN? t Fathor Cambroll, always polite, jr. always courteous, and at times al-1 i most handsome, has opened up on'f Press and Banner Block. He ?ound t out where business was to be had, 11 !tnd he opened next door to the fur- t niture window of Col. S. J. Link, and's , there he is ready to serve the public, s fhftf. IS tVlQV TTTO *+ 4" f\ V. 1 ? .w, w??vjr TTU1IU bU UUJ JialUWClIC arid other merchandise of the stock , of R. L. Dargan at alliance prices. He expects to make some announcements through the columns of this paper in the next few days, but that( t need not "inter" you from getting)? Mnre fp-?t and getting the best bar-!, .'r:, io be had. If he does not ad-!? - i!:;c as promised or if you call on Vm and do not get a bargain, we!r will take back what we said about his being handsome. ! A i i 1 THE WAR IS OVER. * 1 When we think of the "meatless,"!' "wheatless" and "eatless" times we;c have been having for the last year or|] two, a glance at Bai'ksdale's window1 assures us that the war is over. The window is an alluring array of home! cured hams and country eggs, spell-j ing the words "ham and eggs." j Barksdale's ugty clerks are experts, ^ when it comes to window decoration. . t< !, ANOTHER TOOTH. 11 I1 As soon as Benjamin Smith Barn-; well, the four months old son of Mr. j and Mrs. W. M. Barnwell, found out; that Williamette Williamson had cut* a tooth, he got busy and cut one too. 11 He did not get a trip to Georgia, but: ( his tooth came through at his home! t on the Greenville Street annex. The > young man weighs twenty pounds. 1 ARRANGEMENT MADE . BY FINANCE BOARD tailroads Will Be Enabled to Meet April First Requirements, It Was Announced Wednesday By the Corporation. J Washington,' March 26.?Arrangelents for making advances to railoads to meet their April first re-! uirements have been completed by he War Finance Corpoation, the ailroad administration and the rail-1 oad executive committee, it was an-' ounced today by the finance corpora tion. pailroads now are filing applica-, ions with the corporation for loans' n lieu of those which have been ob-l* ained from the railroad administra-! ion except for the failure of the re-' olving appropriation. The form of i ertificate of indebtedness to be giy-j1 n by the railroad administration and : ^ n turn offered the war finance cor-' oration as collateral, has now been' tnallv antiroved. "" ) "As each application is presented 1 0 the war finance corporation" said * statement from that agency today, 1 it will be considered by the directors c f that corporation upon its merits jl nd in strict compliance with the pro- 1 isio'ns of the war finance corporation J( ct as to adequacy of security, mar-;1 in.of security and in all other re-!4 pects." 'g !( The corporation also explained that 1 he jpolicy of making loans to rail-' oads was-not essentially different 1 rom that pursued before the financi-! t 1 predicament created through the ailure of (pongress. to replenish the c ailroad- administration's fund.- j1 Some members of Congress have ^ harged that the corporation was c eeking to circumvent Congress toy 1 roviding funds which Congress it-| c elf had failed to authorize. * '' j . .... tt? : ? . . jj SET UP THE CLOCKS. ! People who expect to attend ser-j1 ices in any of the churches on next! Sunday morning, whether they expect 1 o throw anything in the collection or, 1 iot, should set the. clocks up Satur-,' [ay night, because during the night,'1 it 2:30 A. M., the time jumps up anj' lour, and you will get up by fast ime, notwithstanding you may re- < ire by slow time. . < Nothing interrupts the preacher so ; nuch as those who come in late on 1 Sunday morning, and nothing inter-: 'eres with the collection anymore]] ;han for contributors to come in af-j; ;er the plate is .passed. You are - on ;hat account, both accounts we should " ;ay, urged by the preachers and deaions to be^ on time. J,000 OLD HICKORY TROOPS LAND AT CHARLESTON Charleston, S. C., March 27.?The ransport Mercury, with more than: 5,000 troops of the Thirtieth divisions lboard, docked here early today from 3t. Nazaire. Th emercury sailed from St. Na-j :aire, March 15. There are G9 officers' ind 3,0-15 men of the Old Hickory, vhich is composed of Tennessee,' \Torth Carolina, and South Carolina' .roops aboard. Brigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson, who commanded; lie fifty ninth brigade of infantry,! romposed of the 117th and 118th reg-l ments of infantry and the 114th ma-| hine gun battalion, also is aboard. i I 2,000 MORE TROOPS ARRIVE. \ i Charleston, S. C., March 27.?Theji ;ransport Koningin Der Nederlanden^ :rom St. Nazaire, with more than 2,-ji )00 men of the 30th division aboard, i i i.1 i i i i? * -1 eacneu cne ouier narDor eariy inisj jfternoon and was expected to dock before dark. VISITING AT THE FALLS. Judge Geo. E. Prince and Mrs.J' Prince, who have been at the Eureka ; luring the term of court, left yes-j i ;erday afternoon for Calhoun Falls, j vhere they will visit Mr. and Mrs. E. j VI. Lander for a few days. I< I HUGHES OFFERS SEVENpNGES h-t'B Amendments for League of Nation* Covenant?New York Addreaa? Republican Candidate for President Says People Are Entitled , to Better Work: New York, March 26.?Seven a- * < nendments to the league of nations . . ' .uvcuuui/, uaetiuBU primarily Dy tneir luthor to insure the American contilent against European aggression to protect the United States from qn"orced administration of foreign territory and to revoke the "trouble jreeding" guaranty of the existing political independence of member lations. were proposed here tonight >y Charles E. Hughes. ' Minor suggestions of the former , Republican presidential candidate vere that definite limitation be plac>d upon the league's field of inquiry, eserving to the several nations ex:lusive control of immigration, tariffs md other internal problems, that provision be made for the withdrawal >f states from the organization, and ;hat what he termed an ambiguity as ;o the requirement of unanimous de:isions by the league to be cleared , ip. " In-;an address before the United * .' * * : ^eague" Club reviewing exhaustively he terms of the proposed covenant, tfr. Hughes declared that the Ameri:an people'"were entitled.to abetter )iece of work." He added that much vould have been gained "if at the >utsot" part of the time expended in ts praise had been devoted to its :orrection." I The amendments, Mr. Hughes suggested, "aside from formal improvenents" were stated as follows: 1: Explicit provision, as to the requirement of unanimity of decision. 2. Suitable limitation as to the leld of the league's inquiries and ac;ion so as to leave no doubt that the concerns of states, such as immigra;ion and tariff laws, are not embracjd. ' . 3. Providing that no foreign powsr shaU hereafter acquire by conquest, purchase, or in any other way, any possession on the American con- , tinent or the islands adjacent thereto. a t> :j: i.1ii.. ?in 1 --fl i. nuvluiiig iiuxi tut: setueiiieiib ux purely American questions shall be 1 remitted primarily to the American nations, and that European nations' shall not intervene unless requested to do so by the American nations. 5. Qmitting t^ae guaranty (of the1 exis'ting independence of member nations) of Article X. 6. Providing that no member, of the league shall be constituted a mandatory without its consent and no European or Asiatic power shall be constituted a mandatory of any Am-, erican people. 7. Providing that any member ofthe league may withdraw at its pleasure on a specified notice. FROM OVER THE DEEP BLUE SEA Laurie Hollingsworth, of the United States Navy, will arrive in Abbeville on next Monday to visit his home people. Mr. Hollingsworth is a son of Judge and Mrs. M. E. Hollingsvvorth, and has been doing his part by the country since the opening gun of the big fight was fired. He has crossed the Atlantic twelve times on duty for the government. He is attached to the U. S. Henderson. A SCHOOL PLAY. The pupils of the tenth grade of the high school are getting up a play under the supervision of Miss Lynch. The parts have been assigned and the young people arc at work on the conversation parts. The money realized will go towards the support of the French orphan recently adopted by the grade.