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Abbeville Press and Bannfei | *7^hli,ked 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, April 8, 1919. _ Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year. J|j FOR THE VICTORY j LIBERTY LOAN' \ GoTernment to Show Patrons of Local Amusement House Actual War Picture Fre? of Charge on ' Thursdays, j^pril 24?Both Matinee and Night. ^ # Washington, D. C., April 7.?More j than two million feet of motion pic- A ture film has been supplied to the ? Treasury Department by the motion j picture industry for use in the Victory Liberty Loan appeal. Many pic- j tures heretofore banned by the cen- j <j sor on account of the information ? they contained, have -been released and are included in this lot. "The t Price of Peace," is. the stellar fea- i ture, containing 5,000 feet of actual ; activities on the battlefront in c France, photographed by the signal g corps, of the United States . army j j during some of the hottest fighting. 1 .One of the photographers was killed c while on" this work. The Treasury Department got all \ " this flinr at the actual cost of the i film itself, and without profit to any t individual or any concert in the mo-j tion picture business. The exhibi- e tion of all the Victory Loan appeals t 'frill be made by the theatres with-. 1 out charge to the government.-' ' t "The Price of Peace", contains the ^pictorial record of the fir^t Ameri- a can attack at Chateau-Thierry, and, t 'he spectator sees American soldiers drive back the Germans* when it i seemed almost impossible to check;T their advance. This picture,, also. 1; shows a spectacular air battle in i which the German aeroplane is de-| stroyed, and this particular feature, 3 affords an opportunity to see a Ger-| d ? *? " a a a1/1 n! aaa t1 man aviaiur 111 autiuu. rx. and its crew are shown on the screen' c 1 ' and a moment later is completely' wiped out by an exploding shell from the enemy's gun At the end of the , picture the American soldier is "registered" keeping watch oh the Rhine. Activities, of the army, navy and air force are shown in the "Price of Peace." The American soldier is seen from the time of his enlistment i in the service until he crosses the' Rhine. It shows his training pre-; paratory to going to France, his em-' barkation, life on the transport, his1 debarkation, and then he is shown inu actual battle for peace. Because' the men who fall are really dead isi .why "The Price of Peace" is considered one of the greatest spectacles in the history of motion pictures. "The Price of Peace" will be. , shown at the Opera House two per-, < formancea, both afternoon and night: en ,Thurday, Apjil 24th. There will ! t . * be no charge ^or admission. ? ; CONDUCTOR HIPP HURT. * _- * ' There was a small wreck on the j Seaboard road Monday morning | about a mile and a half South of the; shops limit.- . j The engine was derailed and thej tender thrown across the track. Con-! 'ductor Hipp, who was in the cab,j was thrown against the door andj badly bruised and shaken up. Hej was attended by Dr. J. C. Hill, who ' hopes his injuries are not serious, i rne tracK was cleared snoruy ana things were moving along as usual j! before afternoon. 1 jl OFF ON A TRIP. V Mayor and Mrs. Moore Mars left ^ this week "for New Orleans, where 1 they expect to visit for some time. |' They are taking their second honey-;' moon. - - PLANNING FOR EASTER. . Mrs. "Frank Nickles entertained;' i.? ?i i. ' ( tne JJieiaoaisc cnurun suuieby oauur-j day afternoon. There was not much ' accomplished in a religions way, but I plans were made for the Easter de-j ! corations and refreshments of sand-!1 i. wiches and tea were greatly enjoyed. J ) FINDING WORK FOR SOLDIER? CONGRESS' TASK;, ^ r Champ Clark, Next Democratic Leader, Wants Reclamation Bill and Trade Measure Passed. -li Washington, April 5.?Finding j: vork for the returning soldiers and iemobilized ^ar workers should be] ;he first task of the next congress/ Dhamp Clark, retiring speaker of the louse, said today. I Two methods of opening up more obs were advocated by Mr. Clark! ,vith the declaration that he would msh action , on both when the next louse convenes. They are: | The passage of Secretary of the nterior Lane's bill appropriating 5100,000,000 to reclaim swamp, arid ind cutover lands. Immediate passage of legislation' o increase- the United States trade: n South and Central America. J Mr. Clark's ideas probably will oc- j :upy an important place in the pro-j rram of the house minority in the j= Sixty-sixth congress, since Mr. Clark limseif probably will be the Demo-; ratic leader. . "There are thousands of acres of j i vaste lands that" could be' brought 1 nto productivity under the Lane'1 ?ill," he said today. jA "The very men who were employ-!( ;d in reclaiming these lands could ' >e offered an opportunity to estab- J1 ish themselves on them in homes ( hey would own. \ ? '" j * "Along the Mississippi alone there c tre 69,000 square miles of .land?anb lire'a 'equal "to-the'kate of Missouri' ?which- could be drained and made nto the finest kind of farming land., f cultivated, as the land is in Hol-j and, it would support 20,000,000 ? ^ >ersons. Speaker Clark said he intended to ( v ' C ee Secretary Lane in the next few lays concerning Lane's bill, which * ?as crowded out in the 'closing days >f the last congress. On the proposition of "'increasing-! ( Jouth American trade Mr. Clark said le probably would prepare a Bill, >ut had not yet' decided "just what he measure would embody. "To get SJouth American trade we nust first of all have ships and we j nust have in this country a wider |f cnowledffe of the Spanish laneruace . vhich is one of the easiest tongues o learn," he continued., , !, "Our merchants must give the! 5 South and Central Americans the j j dnd of goods they van* and they!, nust put it in the kind of packages^ juyers want. "And one of the most important* itgps is to change our banking cus;oms as far as the Latin-Americans ire concerned. In South and Cen- J | ;ral America accounts are settledj jvery six months, while in thin 1 country the custom is to settle every 1 ;hirty days. FUNERALSERVICES 11 The funeral services over the re- [ i nains of the late James Chalmers: ivere held last Friday morning at j ;leven c^lock in the Presbyterian < :nurcn, in the presence of a large! :oncourse of sorrowing friends. The service swere conducted by Rev. H. ] W. Pratt, and a prayer was made ji t>y Dr. J. L* Martin. j' The active pail bearers were. H.i 3. Smith, Albert Henry, E. R. Thorn-j < jon, Wm. M. Barnwell, W. E. Hill, J ind J. C. Thomson, while the court' louse officials acted as honorary es-! iort. The floral offerings were beauts i, Ful and attested in a lovely manner;, the sympathy of our people for the! ^ disconsolate young wife and chil-'. iren. Mr. Chalmers was laid to rest it Long Cane cemetery. The friends and relatives who :ame for the funeral wpre- Mr* ^ . .. . ****** Mrs. James Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. ( 3am Trowbridge, and Mrs. Pickens, 1 >f Anderson, Mrs. N. W. Collett, of Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mor- ' jan, of Hartsville, Mr. Ben Hughes and Miss Hughes of Blacksburg, Mr. Tohn Leavell of Newberry, and Mrt. I X. L. Dargan of Spartanburg. ! / ABBEVILLE S TO BE ? Yes, a "sure nuf" reception by the people of Abbeville County, to the returned white soldiers. There is a committee at work upop the plans for a big reception to be ;endered the returned white soldiers di tne ^county wno participate* in jur recent glorious victory, whether ihey served at home or abroad. Evjry man, woman and child is offered in opportunity to express their &poreciation by making a contribution :o the fund now being raised and if ;he committee does not happen io :all upon you, you may either mail ?r hand the amount you desire to jive to Mr. J. L. Perrin, who we understand has the matter in charge. This should be made one of the grandest social gatherings in the listory of Abbeville county, thereTALKING IT OVER. Lieut. W. D. Wilkinson is enjoyng being at home as much as the lome folks are enjoying seeing him. ^.mong his pleasures is chatting over var times with such gay- young veterans as Dr. Keller and Mr. C. A. JUbVD* -M. 11V- JTVUU5 oyiUiV* nuch experience but he is ready for >thers and gives warning that the firla who JMfcTnot matrimonially iri:lined must pass him by on the other ;ide. ,...i \ .. . .i\ v " ' .>v?* ^ ; % Mill boys return. . ,k -_ Among the Abbeville -soldiers who vere with the Thirtieth Division overseas having received their dis:harge recently were the following roung.men from the Abbeville Cot;on Mill village: Henry Martin, 3en Wadp Wiliams, Edward Christan, Irvin. Kirby, Tom Osborne and 'Doc"- Porter. home from france. V' Lieut. D. Townsend Smith is at iome after seeing service with the rhirtieth in Franc^, and is spending several days in Abbeville with Mrs. Smith and young Townsend. They will go to Greenville in a few days *nd visit . Lieut. Smith's parents* He las many interesting stories of his ?xperiences. *f guests of mrs. moore. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nickles, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Mundy were over from Hodge6 Monday shopping in jur up-to-date stores. They were the quests of, Hon. and Mrs. Howard Moore for dinner. ^ THE FRENCH BABY. The school play, on Wednesday night, is in two parts. The first part is a costume phantasy in which many famous characters, among them King Arthur, Cinderilla, Rip Van Winkle and Tom Sawyer will appear, rhe immortal Charlie Chaplin himself, will be present. The second part is a catchy modern play by the most talented member of the high school. No one should miss this home talent play. ON PLEASURE BENT. Lieut. J. F. Dyer, of Iowa, spent several days in Abbeville this week seeing one his South Carolina sweet tiearts. MORE CREDITS ANNOUNCED. Washington, April 4.?Additional credits of $85,000,000 in favor of France -and $25,000,000 in favor of Italy were announced by the Treas-^ ury Department. These brought France's total to $2,702,477,800 and koi cnn nnn on/1 tVin iisdijr o tu yX|UAX)UUV)VVVy ouu w*v jrand total of the Allies to $9,008,399,340.75. # \OLDIERS [NTERTAINEI fore, to make it a success, it is* n essary that liberal financial supp be rendered. . The following committees ht beeiw app'ointedvand met Thurs'd afternoon to perfect arrangemer General management, Mr? Lei Perrin, chairman, Mrs. J. D. Mill Mrs. W. F. Nickles, Mrs. , W. Bradley, Mrs. M. T. Coleman? I Otto Bristow. ' t Music Committee:?Mr. ,J. Cochran, and Mr. J. A. Hill. Notification CommitteeMr. C. Horton, Chairman, Mrs. H. t * V Benton, Mrs. S. G. Thomson, J Miss Ruth Woodhurst, and Mis^ S; ah Perrin. Soliciting Committee:?Mr. S.' Rosenberg, Chairman; Mrs. J. Miller and Mrs. Otto Bristow. BACK. AT THE OLD STAND. At the moving service in the 1 sociate /Retformed Presbyteri church Sunday Lieut. Roddy Dev and Lieut. Boyce Wideman sang the choir and by their hondsome i pearance did much to disturb t i pious thought of the young ladies i the congregation, while the olc j members felt a sincere thankfuln* that these youn^men ha^fecap the ravages of VISITOR FROBUIENNET^VIU f Dr. James ^Awin came ?up fr< I Bennettsville,V?i a^entSTjd^ay friends here. -J^LTus is the seas when a young man's fancy tui turns lightly to thoughts of love, the doctor was in a romantic frai of mind. If" ' " i ?Tur rnt?won o a nv ?? i nCi rnciiivn DHDI. < _ i V . % The French Baby is the name ! the play which will be given by t j pupils, of the High School Wedn I day night in the Opera House. 1 j pupils ^ire prepared to da their b I and they should receive a libe I patronage from the public. 7 money realised will go 'towards si j porting the French Orphan adopl j some time ago. OUR BOYS j i Ansel Putnam and Casner Lit | were on our streets Thursday i ceiving a warm welcome from th i many friends. These young m j came through the great war with< I a scratch and it is hoped have ma . happy yeras ahead of them. 1 I young men have discarded their u j forms which is not treating i ! small boy population on the squar * TO BE ELECTROCUTED. John Henry Jackson, a negro w was convicted of killing another i gro at Westfield during the Septe ber, 1917 term of Criminal cou I i was re-sentenced by Judge Frank | Gary during the February term electrocuted on next Frid i i April 11. He was carried to 1 I penitentiary at Columbia Sunday ; one of the local officer. I j JUDGE HOLLINGSWORTH VICTIM OF MONK) j No, it is not serious, according j reports, but quite painful. As usu j the Judge was very much interesl : in conversation and absent-mindei I, placed his hand on the mesh wire the monkey cage at the park Si day afternoon?well, of course, 1 I monkeys having no respect for law : nor judges either?proceeded ! chew on Hon. Hollingsworth's f , gers. The lacerature of a finger about the extent of the judg wounds and it is thought with ca: j ful treatment by some good.looki ' trained nurse, no complications v set in. BRITISH VESSELS NOT. PURCHASE] 1 ^ V J President Franklin of Internationi Marine^ Announces Action by \ Gorernment. \ * . ec- : ort New Yorkr April 4.?The Unite ive States government has withdrawn it I lay | proposals^ to purchase the British lt3, owned tonnage of the Internationa 'V1S! Mercantile Marine. er,- .. -1. yj | This was announced. today by f | A. S. Franklin, -president of the In ternational Mercantile Marine Com g pany, who said ,he had been inform ed by the government" authoritie I 1.1.-1. il- _ M 1J J. J Li t jjj wiul mey cuuui fiut iurtner con ^ sider possible acquisition of th ' ownership of our (the company's! British tonnage and that, we wen ar- ? j free so far as they were concernei jj, I to deal with the property "as we ma; p' | consider desirable." The tonno^e involved in the propo j sal, now abandoned, included sucl ships as the Baltic and the Olympic They were to be sold to a' Britisl ? - a. < syndicate for $125,000,000 .and thi | deal was in progress when the Unit an | ed States government stepped in las ^ i November disapproving of the sail ini and offering to take over the vessel: lP"|upon the terms of the British offer Mr. Franklin announced that th< ?', company was undecided whether t< 'er! reaigw the negotiations with the Brit JSS | ish syndicate 6r to retain the owner shi^of the'iVessels. ^ 'fiie history of thg ' negotiation: ' wa&described by Fr|nklin in <1 state Ji^'me*issued after a meeting of thi j of directors. It told how th< >m deajkvith a British syndicate Ba< ,up last year by the Ameri on can g<Jvemment announcing it couJ< ns, lot approve sale "but was prteparei so J to take over the ownership of thesi me vessels upon the terms of the Brit ! ish offer." \ *4 < . "Since that date, we have used ou > | best endeavors to obtain a consum I mation of the transaction with qfl o?[ government," t]jp statement said hej "We yesterday received a* letter fron | the government dated April 1 in forming us that they could not con est sider further the possible acquisitioi raj of the ownership of our British ton 'he na^e anc* ^hatjve were free, so fa ' as they were concerned, to deal wit lp- > ' ^ properties as we may consider de sirable." Changed conditions make it neces sary now that the board of director eview the ease, the statement adde j.je before deciding whether to rene> re. negotiations witty the British syndi ejr: cate or keeping it themselves. Th ten J condition of the company *is. said t >ut! very satisfactory. v \ nyj Mr. Franklin said he did not knoi 'he j the reason for the United State ni-! government's withdrawal from th the [ deal. i f CONFERENCE; tho, ne_| The Young Peoples Christian Ur m"!ion of the Associate Reformed Pres ir^' byterian church is looking forwar with pleasure to entertaining th district Conference on Thursday an Friday of this week. There will b uIie j a number of distinguished .speaker and' delegates will, come from th Churches at Anderson, Bethleheir idar Springs, Bradley, Due Wesi Genorestee, Greenwood, Grove, Ivr EY Long Cane and Troy. The exercise will be conducted by Rev. W. "W to Parkinson, of White Oak, and ad [al dresses will be made by Mrs. M. "W ;ed j Patrick, of White Oak, Rev. R. C jly! Grier, of Columbia, Rev. J. W. Cai of | of Newberry, and Mr. Leonar In-| Neil, a returned Y. M. C. A. worke ;he|from France, who will probably tel -some of his experiences, to There will be a choir of younj in- people under the capable directioi is of Miss Eliza Lindsay, and all to e's gether the conference" promises t< re- be a pleasant and profitable affair, ng The delegates will be entertainei rill in the homes of the members of thi I A. R. P. church. -AUTOMOBILE SALE | LARGEY ATTENDED ^ One of the Largest Crowds -Ever .3 AlMmkliul Akh.irilU for l.ilr. * ~ '^^8 l- Event Came in to Bis Auto , .1 Sale of Second Hand c,.. , 4 /' . I ' / J- On last Saturday the . Smathenu ! Motor Car Company, of Abbeville r | land Greenwood,"sold at auctions ""on ! the square i? Abbeville twenty-two v - . * 91 f A' ' ' , J used automobilesjphich they ihad ei-. J ther bought' fir traded in*on new cars. j!. About ten o'clbck the cars from e Greenwood arrived and were parked j1 on the west side of-the square. I From that time uhtil the last car ; * - '{A was sold there Was a itfass gathered abodt them?spectators, prospective "(purchasers and speculators. Also* ' >vv. ^I many lovers of good music asseinb-< - t V( I led to . hear the .many fine selections - ? j-J ^rendered by the Gordon Concert | e ( Band, which was brought over to fnrnia)i mnoip 'f at* fiko nnnaainn on/f * *. " "V. 4.'' j ** ****??! . WA4W vvvwaivu ?uu ? |, * ,:i put a little life into^the big trick E!i which was scheduled tobe pulled 31 prtpnptly at 11 O'clock, but like al^y *| other celebrations^ of like future,' . . .,*->1$. 3\ commenced*- about thirty minutes Mate. Ho^^Ver,'when things did. 0 "i start up tBey' started up lively. Among the cars offered were all " . & classes, kinds, make? and ? brands? * '7 3 Henry coming iry for a large per-j centage of parking space." -"The* first ? car offered was a Ford?of Cowse^ " s'and was purchased by'^r. " i| Barksdale. The other twpnty-ott^ -j were 'sold to the tolkiwmg * in the i order named: B. W. Hall, M. C. i Seawright, C: M. McKenzie, Bubber ej Smitlf, J. B. McCord, 0. R. Rudisell, ?'* -jj R. F. Vermillfon, W. 3k Crawford, C. T. Elmore, W. W. Black, C. L. I Drennan, Bob Pulli'ns, J. M. Gam- i j brell, Jackson Thomas, T. A. Talr'bert, F. P. McGhee, J. C. Wier, G. ^ . .' -i jl W Shirley, J. B. Gibert, W. J. E. . i Scott, and F. S. Perry '' . ' ^ n r . _ Mr. Smathers still has several car* i-;/ j in hand and expects to offer them - . . | at auction at an early date'?the . ',.' j date to be announced later.' ~ ' ;( r! " v ; " : / h THE LYON B/DYS AT HOME. .& i- ,l( '0 The following is from The Greenl"i ville News: '8j Wardlaw Lyon and Charlie Lyon, Jr., sons of the United States Marshal C. JT. Lyon, are back at home l"j after having been in the thick of > e | the world war as members of the 0 Thirtieth Division. The, former, who ' was in Company L, 118th Infantry, v was severely wounded in action, h&v s ing bfeen shot in both legs. For the . e past several weeks he has betett at the aj;my hospital at Fort McPher- 4 son. He has been discharged and v j has about recovered from his I wounds. ':l *' Charlie Lyon was in a machine gun battalion and althouguh he was ! in the hot part of the big fight, went f j through it without getting a scratch. j; He has also received his discharge. e. ;# d DEATH OF MRS. PATTERSON, e; I Sj . ei Mrs. N. J. Patterson died at the i j home of her daughter, Mrs, W. C. t I McNeill on Thursday, April* 3rd, 1919, 'age 89. a! Mrs. Patterson was twice married. I \j Her first husband was John Wilson, [.; and her last husband John Patterson. j Her children were of the first union, ;t | and are Mrs. W. C. McNeift, Mrs. R. ._ij. McCaslan, Mrs. N. E. Dickson of i -K jlEIberton, Ga., and Messrs. Henry rjand W. D. Wilson of Greemvood. Hj Besides her children she is survived j by a large number of grandchildren, j' and more than a hundred greata! grandchildren. Funeral services were held * at\ 3 Bethia Presbyterian Church on Friday, conducted by Rev. J. B. Hillj house at four o'clock in the afterfkn in+awiAn^ WOm 0 UUUUy ttltci TTU1VU VA1V luv^iuivuv Tf MW in the old fiethia Cemetery. % ' XJ ' y-S