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^ " . "* * " '' / . ' -'ll Abbeville Press'and Barin?f| ====r^vr===^^ry7T===^ AhWlle. S. C.. Friday, April4.1919, Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year. . | Fitfnhlished 1844. $2.00 the Year. U. S. TO HAVE GREAT AIR SERVICE Calls for 1,700 Airplanes in Actua Service?With 3,400 in Reserve? , Personnel of Aerial Branch to Be 1,923 Officers and 21,853 - Men. Washington, April 2.?Army reoi gar.ization plans upon which the Wa Department is now working, it wa learned today, provide for an ai service with approximately 1,700 air planes in actual commission and minimum available reserve of- 3,40 additional planes. This is" based o: the proposed, military establishmen of 509,000 men in which total th air service personnel will be 923 oi ficers and 2,853 men. 87 Service Squadrons. , The organization tables show tha the air forces on a peace basis wil be comprised of 87 service squad S rons of which' 42 will be assigned t coast defense work in the Unite States and insular possessions; 2 will be pursuit squadrons and 25 ob servation and bombing squadrons The typical army airplane squadroi includes 186 planes in service an Hiftir norcnnnol The tables ?lso call-for the main tenance of 42 balloon companies di vided into three wings - of 14 com panies each. General Plan. The general plan of the army re organization calls for 21 divisions including one cavalry unit of nin regiments, to be formed into fiv army corps, each to be commandei by a lieutenant general. To eac! corps will be attached five observa tion and bombing squadrons of air planes and four pursuit squadrons , representing a wing formation fo each iype of machine. The effect of this will be to giv the air service definite recognition a AL _ m ii. ? i? ?i . . line iourtn arm 01 tne line, 'or th combat forces of the army, the ott ers being the old trio of artillers cavalry and infantry. All other unit are supplemental forces, generall known as auxiliary arms of stal MIPS. N ARMY DISCHARGES NOW TOTAL 1,535,47 Siace End of Hostilities 573,47 Troops Have Sailed From France. Washington, April 2.?Figure made public today by the War De partment show that from the signin; of the armistice to March 26th, 1, KSR 471 +V.a 9 ann ooo wwvy. * Vi. KiiU l/,U I VjUOO U111CC13 ail men under arms when the war end ed had been discharged' from th servjce. Since the end of hostilities, 573, 474. officers and men had sailed fror Prance to March 26 and of this num ber 502,830 had arrived in the Unit ed States. The total under arms ii this country on March 25, was 603, 178. Enlistments in the army sine February 28, when voluntary re cruiting was resumed, were 1,533 t March 26. Of these 783 enlisted fo one year, 714 for three years and 3 iength of service not reported., Between November 11 and Marc 20, 96 regular army officers were dis charged from their emergency rani They include one major general t brigadier general, two major ger erals to colonels, 34 brigadier genei a'ls to colonels, 20 brigadier general to lieutenant colonels, 7 brigadie generals to majors, and two brigs dier generals to captains. V V COTTON MARKET. V Good cotton on the AbbeV ville market brought 28 cents V yesterday. May futurei V closed in New York at 25.88. V y ' V. V V V V V. V. WX,"V V LEAGUE OF NATIONS |i WILL BE RATIFIED " I Hitchcock Believes Senate Will Act Favorably?Not to Be Amended. When Covenant Reaches. United States it Will Be Satisfactory in Main, Says Senator. J ' i1 Washington. Ariril 1.?Senator t p ? * Hitchcock, chairman of the foreign! relations committee iivthe last sen-; ate, spea"king tonight before the! ! Washington Commercial Club, ex-| j pressed the belief that the proposed j ' j covenant of the league of nations j Fj would be amended "as public opin-jt Sj ion has-demanded" and together with: s V 1 the peace treaty would be ratified, t " j without change when submitted to' ] ^ 1 j the senate. The Nebraska senator i} j urged the necessity of a propipt! 1 n peace settlement in order to stop the ] * spread of lawlessness in Europe. 1 ? "This treaty when it comes to the i senate," Senator Hitchcock said, ] "will have had the benefit of criticism not only in the United States < I but in other countries and will prob-! i 11 ably include such amendments as' 1 '* public opinion has demonded. t 0 "When the peace settlement comes t J ....... over here for the ratification %of the < ? senate it will probably be too late i for the senate to attempt amend- 1 ments. And amendment adopted by i n | the senate would have to go back for I acceptance by the otJier" 13 nations j 1 and that would delay the peace set-; t l' tlement for a long time. Delays are J l' always said to be dangerous and in j e l" this case they are dangerous in the! highest degree because at the pres-; c ent time the very life of civilization j r j in Europe is at stake. If a peace j t ' : settlement is not produced at an; c e | early date the spread of lawlessness ] t e; and despair may involve still more t ^; of Europe." * * | THE TRIALS OF HOME COMING, '! Corp. Mack Reid was one of the! [first soldier to return to Abbeville' i afte? the arrival of the Thirtieth at ei i I Camp Jackson. The young soldier, ! came in over the Southern at eleven- i e' t j twenty on Tuesday morning. He felt | r j very much like a warrior bold until, ^ he reached the depot and caught j sight of the fifty canteen ladies and, ?: another half a hundred interested: j spectators on hand to "welcome" j him. This was too much for a strong; man's nerve and he "tip-toed" back, _! into the coach until he could re-! 1 i gain his composure, then he showed' AI himself and received his welcome. I 4; l I This was a genuine "no man's land" j i and the young corporal is sure there I are more trying ordeals than breaks j ing the Hindenburg line. 'i ? *! LIEUT .PRESTON B. SPEED. n / I. dl | | Among the men of the Thirtieth j j in whom the people of Abbeville j? e 1 Viavo an internet ic T.ipiit Prostnn B ! t i Speed. He entered the service at 1 "j the first call to arms and was in all j n the thickest of the fighting. He was j( promoted from time to time, and!* , was a First Lieutenant when the I' n!war ended. He arrived at Camp!* >"! Jackson with his comrades in arms,!( j and is expected home in a day or j 1 ejtwo to spend sometime with his fa-M !"j ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. P. B.I 01 Speed. ! i ri : 11 ?| It NOBODY TO WELCOME. (T hi . . 11 . ine oia town was in a stir 01 exr IA : , citement Tuesday for the word went: ^ 0'out from somewhere that the boys| t_! of the Thirtieth would come in on! ..'the Southern at five-twenty. The' J streets were lined with cars, the wo-! i - men were in their best clothes, the! i I t.| canteen ladies were in uniform, the young girls were parading the streets, the stores were closed, and ^ the preachers were on hand to offer ^ up prayers. The only thing missing. ^ was the soldiers themselves, for when ^ the Southern blew in, not a single ^ soldier was on board. Everybody went home in a rather crestfallen frame of mind, however t it shows our desire to "welcome" the < W boys when they do come. I ' I m TO HUM FOR P1ATI 'resident and Premiers Take A Situation Not Clear?Revolul Said to Have Been Brou About Largely by Mistakei Ideas of Intentions. T>? ?ti n A rVY?i 1 O 1. ana, -n.yi.Ai liMiuvuK ? ind the premiers in conferenc ;he "White House" today decid send to South Hungary for inf ;ion concerning the situation a emove the misunderstanding las arisen regarding the fronti* lew states. It has been said thi evolutions have largely wrought about by a mistaken i egarding the intentions of tl ied commission in Hungary. The council continued its ci >ration of reparations today. 1 s no indication of a final dec jut it was said some progress nade. Responsibilities for th< ilso were further discussed, juestion has introduced .a fresl nent of delay, as the committ esponsibilities was unable to in unanimous decision. President Wilson today recei etter from King Alfonso appr ;he league of nations and expr< Spain's desire to join with the ;d States in this respect. King Albert of Belgium wil >n President Wilson tomorrow loon at 2 o'clock to discuss t] ;erests of Belgium now before ontianH alcn +n -romioof fVio ;ion of the seat of the league c ;ions in Brussels, a matter in le is deeply interested. ESCAPES GREENWOOD Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., hrough Abbeville on Tuesday lis way from Florida to New 3e liked the town so well tha stopped for the night, staying i Sureka Hotel, with brother J ion, and behaving much like >ther individual. He had been through this s< >efore, but on his other trip he id through Greenwood, and it : hat all the small boys and m< ne grown men, wno naa nevei :ore seen anybody from New vith more than a dollar and s iurrounded his automobile, tryi jet a look at him, making hin ike a monkey show, and thus < ;d him for several -hours on his tfot 'desiring to run into this ki uck again, he made his way ;ime through Abbeville whe jreat many rich men live, and 1 .he small boys are accustomt seeing big men, and where o ;his variety feels at home wit. nany of his fellows. Mr. Vanderbilt was so weil ;d with Abbeville and the E ;hat we expect him to return shortly when 'he will have long stay. In fact he has about coi ;d to do so if there is any wa ceep the news of his coming 'xom Greenwood. He traveled in his fine M acer, which was arrested in S lah a few days ago because it ;oo_fast. In Abbeville, howeve net with no such luck, our polic )eing a fast set themselves an vorrying about small matters o ;han a hundred miles an hour. A GERMAN PRISONER. Hubert Cox brought home lim from France a genuine wai [t was given to him by an Aust; soldier^ who said that he got it i German captain. The Aust ;hrew a hand grenade into the nan's dugout killing him. Thi Ihen came out and took a fane ;he Australian. The dog does seem to be aware that he is so from home, but is periectiy tented with Hubert. He answ< the name of Fritz.. y GLASS CONFIDENT ON OF FIE SUCCESS I v, T-, ? ction. Secretary of Treasury Replies to tiom Calder?No Cause for Fear?Lib ght erty Bonds of AH Classes Will i Sell Above Par Before Maturity. Wilson Washington, April 1.?Confidence e at | in the finanical condition of the led to country and its ability to float the orma-1 forthcoming Victory Liberty Loan nd to J was expressed today by Secretary that, Glass in replying to the suggestion ?rs of | of Senator Calder of New York that it the i a special session of congress should been! be called to stop depreciation in the lotion; market price of Liberty bonds, tie al-J Far from agreeing that the decline in outstanding bonds might jeopardonsid ize the popularity campaign for floThere tation of the Victory issue this :ision, month, thereby tying up credits by was forcing the banks to take the new ; war bonds, Mr. Glass declared that he This was assured the treasury's efforts to (i ele- solve the financial problems of the ee on country would 'have the support of -? AM/] " reaCIlj ? uititcu auu vivtuxxuua j Depreciation in bonds, he said, has ved a been the result of artificial causes oving|?nd he knew of no one who did not jssing i believe that all Liberty bonds would Unit-" sell above par before maturity/ I "There is today no insufficiency of 1 call "credit for the needs of any useful after- enterprise, nor insufficiency of gold lie in- to support our credit structure," the Secretary Glass declared. loca-' Echoes of the political fight which >f na-' occupied the closing hours of conwhich' gres8 were contained in the secre! tary's. reply, which was in the form i of a letter to the New York senator, j He quoted from a speech by Senaj tor Calder on the Victory ' Liberty j bond bill in which the senator decamerolared that he saw no reason "why on.we should not feel certain of the York, future." Mr. Glass said there had t he1 |-been no adverse developments since it the, ^j]j wag passed^ which would amie"imake necessary a special session, as any <Mr. Calder advocated. i "Already commerce and industry 'Ct10n j .begin to show signs of the renewed pass-.,ufe which must follow the removal seems 0? ^he restraints and interferences >st of ,whjch war made necessary," the secbe" i retary said: xorKj "The war is won. Our present nai half; <tional debt of less than $25,000,000,ng to J .Q00 and our ultimate national debt, 1 feel: after all war bills are paid, which ielay- .ought not in any event to exceed i trip. | ^30,000,000,000 against which we nd of j 'shall hold $10,000,000,000 of obligates, <tions of foreign governments is the re a' barest fraction of our national _ reivhere | sources. This relation of our debt id to | -o our-population and resources is ne of;'small indeed compared to that of h so | any of the great countries of Eu| rope." pls^.s-' urekn a . A HAPPY MARRIAGE. again :er to ______ iclud- y to! Mr. Walter McCord and Mrs. Bilaway' ^ewey were happily married j Saturday night at Greenville by Rev. [ercer F^her Murphy. They returned to avan-! Abbeville Monday and will make ran i their home among us in the future. ;r he'" ^rs* McCord is a woman of gen emen' erous heart and during her residence d not1 in Abbeville has endeared herself to f less' a circle of friends, who wish ! her every happiness and extend their i hearty congratulations to Mr. Mci Cord. ! . with1 ANOTHER SOLDIER. : dog.! ralian j from Sergeant Mason Kay was among ralian the men of the Thirtieth who came r<? Ahhovillo r?n WprJnpsHnv. TT<> VJtJI- I ? - e dog stoPPed here to see his sisters, the y to' Misses Kay, and Mrs. S. G. Thomson, not Jr. He left Abbeville yesterday , far morning for Honea Path, where he con- goes to see other kindred. He wai era to a gallant soldier, but is glad to b? a civilian again. JAMES CHALMERS DIED TUESDAY NIGHT Abbeville Co\tnty Treasurer Passe* Away Suddenly at Supper Table While at Tate Springs?Funeral Services This Morning in Presbyterian Church. ? * J X' The people of Abbeville were shocked and grieved Wednesday morning when the news went around | town that Mr.' James Chalmers was , dead. Mr. Chalmers has been in faili ing health for the past six months and has sought the advice and couni sel of different physicians. * He did ! not give up, however, and was at his , office during all the busy time of the | collection of taxes. Last week he i went out to Tate Springs and letters | received from Mrs Chalmers reported I that he was improving and that she I hoped he would sooji be well. Death came suddenly to him, however, on | Tuesday, April, 1st, 1919, at seven j o'clock in the evening. Mr. Chalmers was the second son I of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Chali mersj and has lived all his life in j Abbeville. He attended the schools j in Abbeville and was a student at I law at the University in his youth, i and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced, preferring to assist j his fathef in his business. After His i father's death he was for many i yaars the efficient Clerk and Treas| urer of the City Council, a position i he resigned before he was appointed County Treasurer. Three years ago he was appointed by Governor Manning Treasurer of the County to succeed James F. Bradley, and has discharged the i duties of his office in a most satisj factory manner. Mr. Chalmers had long been a ; member of the Presbyterian church, j He was a man of literary tasks and ( a constant reader of good books. He j was firm in his convictions and ten; acious in his opinions. He was fifty-j I nine years of age. i In October 1900 he was happilyj j married to Miss Nina Taggart, a daughter of the late Dr. Taggart of, I Lowndesville. To them were born | seven children. Aylette, the oldest, I I died when a baby, and Mrs. Chal-j i mers and the following children surivive: Celia, Caroline, James Wil-J I liain, Mary, Alex, and Arthur, a baby of a year. The sincere sympa-| thy of the town goes out to the young wife and children. I Funeral services will be held .this, | Friday, mqrning in the Presbyterian i Church at 11 o'clock. The interment ! will be at Long Cane Cemetery ! where his people sleep. ! HERE FOR THE FUNERAL. j Mr. C. D. Jackson, of Pacolet, Mrs. Pickens and Mr. and Mrs. James Pearson, of Anderson, and Mrs. Clyde Morgan of Hartsville, are all in the city to attend the funeral of Mr. James Chalmers. Mr. H. G. Smith and Miss Grace Smith were at Tate Springs and ?c ?3 IV iC P<lia1mAwi V?o/?lr uuinpaxiicu luio. vjiaxiiicio uwvu Vv Abbeville. A REAL NEWSPAPER. ! The Press and Banner is about to j install an electric melting pot on I the big No.^8 Linotype presided over ' by Miss Carrie Cochran. This is the J modern way of melting metal for thej i machine and The Press and Banner j ! is modern. An order has been placed with the Mergenthaler people for the necessary improvements and additions to the No. 8 to convert it into a No. J 14. On the machine when thus equipped nearly all advertisements may be set as well as the headlines for the news columns. The Press and Banner also plans to install another type-setting machine as well as other improved machinery. The increased business of the paper, and the growing subscription ! list of the paper make it necessary that the shop grow too. RAILROAD REJECT NEW STEEL PRICES u I- 1 ncc.:.i. D.(.? r Iuuaiua auu v/iuviaio i\ci uic iu vuuvince Hines?Session Stormy * Question Recommitted . to the Industrial Board of Depart* mcnt of Commerce :"'t j - ' |a Washington, April 2.?Director General Hines, of the railroad ad* ministration, which is the largest -' '1 ' purchaser of steel in the United j States, refused today to accept the ' price readjustments arranged by the I industrial board of the Department j of Commerce in conference with j representatives of the steel, industry. All Efforts FaiV An effort to effect an agreement ^ " between the boaVd and the head of , . the railroad administration failed although members of the, cabinet, the industrial board and representatives of the food and fuels administrations, the war trade board and tW Var finance corporation conferred t for four hours. The conference at times grew stormy, with the cabinet members finally withdrawing to an adjoining room, from which they emerged with a recommendation that the question be recommitted to the. board for further consideration. This was finally agreed upon. ^ / ; Glass Refuses to Talk. Members of the conference were reticent in discussing the proceedings. Secretary Glass, who called ! the conference, refused to see newspaper men afterward and the official ? statement "fconcerning the gathering j 1 was very brief. As originally issued, it read: "The steel prices approved by the industrial board of the Department of Commerce nofc having, been ' accepted by the railroad " administretion, the views of both <were expressi _j i ci j. nk.;.... 'rrf eu uy occrewiy jlvcuuciu, v^naixiuaii jjjf Peek and other member of the/ ' >'??{ board. The views of the railroad administration were presented by Director General Hines. The matter was recommitted to the board for further consideration." ; <y!f MONEY IN SAFE. Mr. S. L. Wilson, one of the proe-v -Jg perous farmers of the county, was here on Saturday. We noticed that , \ he had a real iron safe on his wa-, . ! gon. When we inquired about it, he I told us that some years ago he be1 gan trading with S. J. Link, General Merchandise, Groceries, Men's FiSr- ,Jnishings, Millinery, Furniture and Guano Horns, and-that he did not trade with him long until he began ' to have money, and finally he had* accumulated so much that he had been forced to buy a safe to keep the money in. ' All of this happened to him since "^1 Merchant Link has been on The Press and Banner block. Nearly * everybody else who does business on this block makes money the same way. j The fact is that on busy days so .'?|| many people want to ao ousiness on our side that it is becoming impossible for the people to get past the ? customers who are waiting. We have | already asked for a traffic officer for I the block, and we are thinking of ! asking that the street be made wider. Something must be done or someI body is likely to get run over. LIEUT. DEVLIN HOME. * Lieut. Roddey Devlin, who has returned home safe and sound from the big war, came over from Greenwood Thursday and is spending several days with his sister, Mrs. Plaxco. Everybody is glad to see Lieut. Devlin and he seems to feel a mild pleasure at being among us again. ? U. D. C. TO MEET. r?-f TOjmflpft* iV*i X IIC IC^Uiai lUCVVilt^ VTA W4.W ?- ~ ters of the Confederacy will be held Tuesday, April 8th, at fir? o'clock, at the home of Mrg. W. E. Owen, ok Magazine street. ' ?! a.I.; ;??5 ? 7h ' /< |?