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, ' >. -.v,;: - . . ' [Mm y - ' / . '- ' ' '. < . - -\. %i ?.< . ,/ : . v . ;; ., > '- : rgf't'Ma ? . . ... V ' 'WvSffiiS .... '/' ' . ' ; .- * & - ~<M'M 1 - KJ.^ * ? . . -'r + ' ' J**,"1 V *' ' ,. . Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, April 15,1919. . Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year. JLASS ANNOUNCES I LAST LOAN TERMS! ? Victory Liberty Issue Less Than Five Billion?Interest Rate High-p-I^ar- I tially Taxed Ndtes to Command More Than Those Wholly * ! Free of Taxation. ! t Washington, April 13.?Terms of; ie Victory Liberty Loan were an-! ounced today by Secretary Glass, hey are: Amount, $4,500,000,000,' vrersubscriptions to be rejected. Interest 4 3-4 per cent, for partiIv tax exempt notes, convertible ito 3^ 3-4 wholly tax exempt. Maturity, four years, with the easury reserving the privilege of 'deeming the notes in three years. The 3 3-4 per cent, notes, to be isled later, also niay be converted ibsequently back into 4 3-4 per nfc notes. f , The 4 3-4 per cent, securities are be exempt from State and local xation, excepting estate and infritance taxes, and from normal tes of federal income taxes. The 8-4 per cent, securities are exempt; om all federal, State and local ( xes except estate and inheritance The size of the loan was much' laller than had been anticipated bj>( sfct of the close observers, who )ked for an issue of about 6,000,-: 0,000, particularly in view of Sec-j tary Glass' past statement that the in would be for $5,000,000,000 or ,000,000,000. Last Bond Issue. This will He the last Liberty Loan', yeitary* Glass ^explained, although', >re Will be other issues of govern- j Int -securities to finance Delated r expenses. , These will not be t >. ' j ited "by popular campaign. [n many communities the selling npaign already has begun actively1 ihout formal acceptance of sub\ i >i iptions, said reports today to the afcury, although the official open: date is April. 21, one week from' oorrow. The drive will continue ?e weeks, until May 10. "In fixing the terms of the issue", d Secretary Glass' announcement [the Victory Loan, "the treasury I; been guided largely <by the de- j 6 to devise a security which will; I only prove attractive to the peo-j of the country in the first ? inace, but the 'terms of which uld insure a good market for the' Is after the campaign is over and^ should not affect injuriously the ket for the existing bonds of the irty Loans. Phis will be the last Liberty loan, tough as the remaining war bills presented further borrowing t- be done, t anticipate that the lirements of the government, in j !3s of the amount of taxes and! t income, can, in view of the de-1 ising scale of expenditure, be lily financed by the issue of sury certificates from time to } as heretofore, which may bej nately refunded by the issue of; ?s or bonds without the aid of ansr great popular campaign such las characterized the Liberty I[ am sure that the people of Am-* ei will subscribe to this Victory i in the same spirit of patriotism ;h they have shown in the past he end that the notes may be as sly distributed as possible and. i our banking institutions may be free to supply the credit, neces-^ for the purpose of industry; commerce and the full employ-| It of labor Let the world see the patriots of America out of; r boundless resources, and with same enthusiasm, and devotion ountry with which* they prose- J id th? war to a victorious conIon, ar$ determined to finish the m Morris, - of Newberry, was a br in our city for several days kveek. I COUNCIL OF FOUR IN EXTRA SESSION \ Lloyd George Requests Special Sitting?Wilson at Meeting?Matters of Importance Demanding Pres ence *of British Premier Taken Up for Consideration. / , / Statement by Wilson. Paris, April 13.?President Wil-: son will issue a statement tomorrow, presumably referring to the accomplishments of the council of four, and of the general situation to date.' The Italian and Jugo-Slav ques-' tions will come before the. council | tomorrow, Arthur J. Balfour sitting in place of Mr. Lloyd George. i Paris, April 13.?Quite unexpect-l edly a meeting of the council of four; was held at 6 o'clock this evening with President Wilson in attendance. The call for the meeting resulted from Premier Lloyd George's deter-, mination to return to London tomorrow. The British premier will remain in his home country for a week, and because of his lengthy absence from Paris, he and his colleagues decided to request a final meeting today for. the purpose of closing certain phases' of the discussion which the premier ( considered best for him to attend to; personally instead of leaving the' task o Arthur J. Balfour, his substitute in the4 council. . \ ..j During tke early hours of the day; the president remained at home bqt later went driving witn mrs wnson., A bright sunshine after rain, in the! forenoon had filled the streets with; t . I Parisians to whom the sight of the president's car has become familiar, j Little trace of the president's re-' cent illness remains but the large | amount of work of the past week fa-1 tigued him so irtuch that he declared! he would do absolutely no work to-' day. ' | The only callers were the former ambassador and Mrs. Sharp, who! came to say good bye, as they are! leaving for the United States Mon-| day. I MR. J. A. GRESHAM TO BUILD. ! Architect James C. Hemphill is: drawing plans for a colonial bunga-l low which Mr. J. A. Gresham will! i have erected on his property recently: purchased between Mr. George Mar-j shall's and Dr. J. A. Marshall's. Thej residence will cost about $7,000. Mr. Hemphill also is drawing plans for a residence for Mr. C. C. Wharton, who will build a Jwo-story home on1 the lot he purchased from Mr. J. P. i Jennings. This dwelling will cost about $8,000.?Index-Journal. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. ! ! Maj. J. C. Hemphill, of Lexington,] Va., and Mrs. Hemphill are expected: to arrive, in the city this evening for an extended visit to their kinsfolkin Abbeville. Maj. Hemphill has! uceii cn^eigcu 111 newspaper worK in j Washington for several years, but :ust now he is off taking a well earned rest. . | V" ' . > ! V IT PAYS. V! i V V V Abbeville, S. C., vj V April 14, 1919. V: V .The Press and Banner Co., vj V Abbeville, S. C. V V. Gentlemen: . V V This is to authorize you to V continue my small advertise- ' V "v menu oince mseri/iiig same ^ V in your papar for two issues V V agency has sold two Buicks V! V and one Dodge car. V These sales, I am sure, Vj V. came as direct results of the ^ V advertisement. Vj V Tours very truly, V V v E. H. Longshore. VI I Smile and F *1 Fll f ' &j SOLDIERS TC RECEPTIC 4 Thursday, 17th inst: is the d; for the reception to be given by t people of Abbeville to the soldie who have returned from the gre war, announcement of which w made in our last issue. The committees having the ente tainment in charge have been bu in the last few days and their pla are now matured. Nothing whi is likely to happen can keep the c casion from being one of the mc enjoyable which has happened he in a long time, unless perhaps, ? soldiers do not come. For that reason every soldier in Abbeville County who saw s? vice either at home, or abroad, any branch of the service, is urg to be here on the day named abo^ The following will give some id of the program. Those expecting attend will keep in mind the s rangements below so as to confox to them: The parade will form at t school house at 5:30, Thursday a ternoon, and will come down to t' square, halting in front of the Cou House. The parade will move in t following order: The Marshalls fir: followed by the band, then the It Cross Car, The Home Service Cs the Old Veterans, the Soldiers, t! .Mothers of the Boys, the Cante< Ladies, and the Junior Organiz tions. Mayor Mars will preside ov t^he exercises. Prayer will be offe ed by Rev. H. W. Pratt, and the a dress will be delivered by Judj Frank B. Gary, with a response 1 one of the soldiers. Supper will be served after t' ~ \ PROF. THOMSON HERE. Prof. J. W. Thomson was a visit to the city on Saturday. Prof. Tho7 son is one of the mainstays at Wi throp College. Like most good me he hails from Abbeville. He h spent almost a life-time in the bus ness of a teacher and he has m with success. His friends were glad to see hi looking so well. He has fully reco erad from his illness of two or thn years ago. C- ...... inish the Job! I ? jot* ' d ) 8? GIVEN \ )N THURSDA Y , ' b . . G * h ay! exercises on the Court House Plaza " he! to the Soldiery and the Old Veterans. irslMr. Wm. P. Greene will preside %at * ! tl at | the supper table, making a talk, and as j there will be several other talks by ^ ' the boys themselves. After supper M >r-ja dance will be given in the Opera syj House. During the supper, punch 8 ns | will be served on\another part of the ch1 plaza to all the people who are here. ^ ,c- The ladies who are preparing the S ist supper are requested to send the h re things to the Court House Thursday s he afternoon. There will be a commitE tee there to receive them. in All the Boys and Veterans who (sr expect to attend are requested to Q in send their names to Mr. E. C. Hor- j ed| ton sometime Wednesday, so the r ; | *?. I ladies may know how many plates to: F I \ I? ea prepare. v ' jv to All soldiers are invited and ex-! ir- j pectert to attend, Who have been in j m the service, both here and overseas, j A in any branch of the service. This! he also includes member of the S. A.jt if-! T. C. c Veterans Invited. irt . w he The veterans of the War Between v 3t, | the States are expected to be in at- f ed, tendance and to enjoy the festivi- ^ ir,! ties of the occasion. An invitation he; is extended through the county pa-j en|pers as there is no other way to) ;a- reach all of them. Every veteran isj? er expected to make his preparations at j !r-| once and to be here at the appointed; a d-1 hour. Committees will look after ^ ge the welfare of all, and while the';0 by | boys of today are being given a' n | good time, the old time soldier will. " he not be forgotten. j S I o MONEY AT LONG CANE f |f or At a meeting of the Quarterly ;0 n- Conference of the Upper Long Cane b n- Church Saturday an increase in sal- j n, ary of two hundred dollars was!^ as granted Rev. H. D. Corbett and the1 V si- action of the Conference was ' rati- ^ et fied by the congregation on Sabbath. ^ This congregation which is one of V m the most prosperous in the county, A v- feals a deep respect and affection V ?e for its pastor and the members are V expressing it in a substantial way. V / 'l ' - -* " . CHOICE OF GENEVA V AROOSESF RENCH - m loin With Belgium in Bitter Criti- Ei ciam?Wilton Turqi Tide?President'* Speech Cause* Rejection of Bru*aels and Americans Are Now Shunned. Paris, April 11.?Bitter criticism! las been aroused in Frsnch and Bel-,m fian quarters over the choosing of, ?e Geneva as the capital of the league , ed >f nations. The fact that President or Wilson's speech in behalf of Geneva J be vas wholly responsible for the \ at ihoosing of the Swiss city as against j Dj Brussels is greatly resented. / j an "You will, not dare to choose a city' tic is the capital of the league of naions which incarnates the enmity Pa >etween races, a city which has been Pr m>nged, doubtless, but which makes 011 i reconciliation between the peoples WJ if Europe more distant by. the veryi ' irongs it has suffered," President jce Vilson is reported to have said to,lt( Via /^alanrafno * in ovmimrv orvninaf fltAl Wl uw ill diguing agaiuou mc election of Brussels. < su Paul Hymens, Belgian minister of j Pr oreign affairs, particularly resented . ?P he fact that the subcommittee de-' [berating upon the choice of the seatj f the league never discussed the of- mi er made by Burgomaster Max of j ^ Brussels,'of the Egmorit Palace. 'to "Had London, Paris, Rome, or| Vashington been considered", said'?01 Hy^fejis,.''we would have with- ^ rawn with good grace. But when ^ city was decided on, we feel that re] ; is Belgium's right from a material^ ca nd sentimental point of view that 01jl Srussels should have been chosen. ! an "Had Zurich fought off the Ger-j ian*ordes for 14 days, had Berne, ^ een' occupied August 20, 1914, had au leneva withstood the terrific bom- wa ardment to which Antwerp was sub-! ected, .had the Swiss army .battled j em or four years along the Rhone as! tie Belgians fought and died along' 001 he Yser, then we would understand j p^? rhy Geneva Svas selected." j ^ei France was the only one of the in lef Teat powers to vote for Brussels or the seat of the league. Signor to Irlando, the Italian premier, wtio se( "tl poke for only tWo minutes, said , e was bound by the decision of the abcommittee.l When the vote was called for Great ce< tritian, the United States, Japan and; taly with two votes each and Serbia, 'rree.ce Brazil and Poland each with l}r' ne vote choose Geneva^ a total of 2 votes. France with two vot^s and ne!hina, Czecho-Slovakia, Portugal and lelgium made up the minority of six m< otes. Thus Geneva became the captal of the league of nations. The feeliner of hittern<?ss no^inaf ^a' imericans which previously had been ndicated became more pronounced, ^ oday along the boulevards and in the jtir hamber of deputies. Frenchmen, Jtei ormerly friends of Americans,. and; ce fho had formerly greeted themj warmly, shunning them. The query, 1 requently was heard, "When is [ 'resident Wilson returning home?"i an TWO VETERANS. . we IVIr. Allen McCantey and Col. Jas. wi !. Taggart were business visitors in' br he city on Saturday. They stay J ha round where the most business is I an eing done, and therefore they were sai n Press and Banner Block during; Mi lost of'the day. They were stand- '; an ig together when the battalion of eel ood looking soldier boys came up1 en ur street. .The soldiers liked thej atherly appearance of one of themi cij or when, he was passing, he yelled: a ut, "Hey there Dad! Where is the wh ar?" 4 !ty. | ? _ ? . k I AVVVVVVVVVVVVVV v y! COTTON MARKET. V! Good cotton on the Abbe- V ville market brought 27 %c. V art yesterday. May futures v! foi closed in New York at 26.50.""" V Th *'Wr W V V V V W V V V V V V Vj Sm ME PHI. ONLY IN NAME I . - ' ; ' _ ? . arorcement Merely Lett io United States Attorneys, Says Revenue Commissioner Roper, De- "i partment Gan't Stop Violations. ???. , : ? * Washington, April' 12.?Enforceent of war time prohibition which icomes effective Julyji. is not lodg- *' I with'the internal revenue bureau x with any other government agency it is merely left to .United States , / . ? V f" *' * * V * * ' /' * torneys, Revenue Commissioner >-i 'i miel C. Roper declared today after > ;;A' lalyisis of all statutes and^ regula- c >ns. | Intimation that? because of.the ap .rent difficulty of -enforcement, the \ esident or congress might be .called t to postpone the law's operation is given by Mr. Roper in a state- 1 ent saying that "the issuing of linses by the manufacture prohibid by thenar time prohibition act 11 naturally cease with July 1, asming, of course, that neither the , ' esident nor the congress stays the "'.:0 eration of that law." . ? ? < > In ' this connection it' became, \ y. onW today that a number of ad- x ; . '"j nistrati on officials and advisers of , e president had recently urged him prevent prohibition from gqipg ;o effect July 1 by proclaiming the . 1 ,./ mpletiori of demobilisation bv that - ? ,v- -ae. This vie*- i^understood to be } Id by Conumsaionef Rosier, who is presented as'believing prohibition f n not be enforced adequately with- , [ specific lgislation establishing . enforcement ageney. . * ' After explaining in a statement it congress had failed to pass bill ' 1 thorizing administration of * thje ^r 1 i time prohibition provision of the t ricultural bill approved last Noviber 21, Mr. Roper said: "Enforcement of the prohibition stained in bhe act, therefore is not % iced with the commissioner of in- ; nal revenue, or lodged anywhere ' the government but is naturally . , 't to, the United States attorney# enforce by prosecution under th? :tion of the act ' which provide* .. lat any person who violates any the foregoing provisions shall be nished by imprisonment not to exEd $1,000, or both, such imprison- '/ snt and fine." ' / "An anamalous condition exists aught about by the failure of coneys to enact at the last session th# cessary legislation to provide th? cessary money for the enforce- ' snt of war time prohibition. "Existing revenue laws with re- -* rd to the control of illicit manu cture and sale will, of course, re- / xin in force until repealed by Coness. Their enforcement will . con- / me to be given the vigorous ^afcntion of the internal revenue offirs until repealed." 1 Ht PLEASURES OF OLD AGE. Dr. Clinkscales, of Spartanburg, d Mrs. N. A. Bates of Batesburg, ire in Abbeville and spent Sunday th their sister; Mrs. J. M. Gamoil TVlO Hqv TXTQ a ATifl nrroof '* ppiness to Mrs. Gambrell for Mr. d Mrs. W. E. Cason and little Casidra, and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Mcllan came down from Anderson, d with the children in Abbeville, lebrated in fitting manner the sevty-third birthday of their mother. Mrs. Gambrell, Mrs. Bates and Dr. inkscales are the last survivors of ' i ! r :i? large laiiiuy ui UIUUICII, an \JX iom were reared in Abbevile counSEND FLOWERS. The ladies of the city and county s requested to contribute flowers decorations and to sentt them ursda'y-piorning to the homes of _ s. A. B. Morse or Mrs. W. Joel ith. . % / % I . ' i . . . . * ..-jUrJsi