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Abbeville Prelt and Banner ? aii *iin q r JVfcv fit 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. ^tablishedTSi WO the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tue.d?gjgg 6, THE RED CR SERVICE I Section in Charge of 1 Many and Variov That Confront j -* ' T Done to t and I There is in Abbeville a Home Ser viee Section of the American Re< Cross. This section is in charge o Mrs. M. T. Coleman and is success fully functioning to meet the prob lema of demobilization. Now tha the war is over it will be this sectioi ' of the Red Cross with which th< public win be most concerned. Fo: a year or more the home > servic< must be run on a war basis. Afte this situation has been met there wil II open up to the public an oportunit; I for broader and bigger development j There are eight sections of thi Bed Cross and the Home Service Sec tion is one of these. During the wa other sections wtere more prominentl? I before the public for their work a [ the time was more important. Nov the Home Service Section comes U the forefront. Beyond a vague real ization that there is a section of th< Red Cross which has interested itsel: in looking after soldiers' allotment: " and the allowances of the servic* men very few people have any con ception of the task which has beei undertaken. Two u years ago homi service was only an idea with th< Red Cross leaders. But few peopl* jrere conscious that family life wai threatened by the war. To help fam ilies through the uncertain war time.' was a hard job. But to those wh< realised the menace to health, the fi nancial straits, the loneliness and dis content, the lack of discretion, accu rate information, legal assistance the many and varied problems tha confronted the families of the mei who were .in the army fighting fo: their cuntry it was a plain duty. Thi VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN IS LAGGINC Thirty Six Per Cent Has Been Sub ~ * " *- On* I scribe<l up w i/a?? , Week to Reach Goal?Two Weeks of Campaign Pasted Slightly More Than One' , Thfrd Subscribed.. Washington, May 5.?With tw weeks of Liberty Loan campaign gone and only one week remaining only $1,657,976,000 has been xsub :v?4 reported to Iscnueu, we night. This is $36.84 per cent, o the $4,500/000,000 desired. Subscriptions and quota percent ages by districts arranged in orde of percentage standings are as fo] lows: District subscription P. C St. Louis ?$126,246,000 64.7 Minneapolis _ 83,266,000 52.8 Chicago 332,122,000 50.9 Boston 170,724,000 45.5 I Kansas City. 77,078,000- 39.5 Richmond 80,566,000 38.3 Cleveland ___ 151,734,000 33.7 Atlanta 48,353,000 33.5 Philadelphia 112,653,000 30.0 New York __ 376,900,000 27.9 San Francisco. 78,071,000 25.9 Dallas - -20,260,000 21.4 At the end of the second week c the Fourth Liberty Loan campaigi when the total sought was one-thir greater than now, the nation had sul ' one nnn 97 00 |B gcriDea ^,itw,oiv,vvv, m.vu cent. ? In response to pressing inquiric Htoday as to the treasury's attitud H concerning the progress of the loai officials explained that subscriptior KH.Were not piling up as fast as they hi ^Hffcoped when they arranged a loan c ^HjMnvnAMktfvAlv wmall size. They sai rj were "* bit concerned" over th ord of the past two weeks, but n< > OSS HOME N ABBEVILLE Mrs. M. T. Coleman? is are the Problems Her. Everything ielp Soldier 7amily. - situation \was met and the Home j Service Section came into being, j Mrs. Coleman has charge of this wark -in Abbeville and Abbeville County. Many and varied are j the problems that she has to solve. t : If a soldier, parent or relative of a ! | soldier or a friend receives news that e is cause for worry there is the home service to go to for help and information and the Home Service obtains 8 results. The Red Cross Works in r close .cooperation with the govern1 ment and in all its work to help the j soldier's family. There are instances where the government is unable to do anything for the discharged soldier 9 and the Home Service steps in and i * lends a hand to see that no suffering: r canned because of ponderous ma 7 chinery of the government cannot be t set moving. r Mrs. Coleman is anxious that anyj > problem relating to the soldier, the - soldier's family or home, the question i of education of disabled soldiers, the f securing of allotments, or of the $60 3. bonus; in fact any problem that canBj not be solved by the individual be-1 cause of lact of infomation or other l; reason be brought to her. She proms | ises to do all in her power to help.' sj The Red Cross has a splendid organiijzation for this work and has an ex-j 31 cellent record for prompt and efli-j -! cient service. - * | s The following committee has| ) charge of the Home Service Section - in Abbeville: J. S. Cochran, Chair man; Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Secretary; - Joel S. Morse, ,Ex-Officio; W. M. j , Barnwell, J. M. Nickles, C. H. Mc-j t Murray, H." B. Wilson, Mrs. W. F. j l Nickles, Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Mrs.l r J. D. Miller, Miss Jennie Boyd andj - I ?? ? if r r? ;. 51 miss xaary uuu DUWIC. i m to an extent that they were ready at \ this time to sonnd a note Sf positive alarm. A ruling by the internal revenue bureau today is expected to have a stimulating effect on corporation subscriptions. This ruling was to the effect that Victory notes are admissible assets for invested capital in computing war profits and excess o profits taxes. n Cleveland campaign managers-, to?, day reported that the riots of radii cals there on May day had stimulated i- Victory notes sales on the part of f many citizens as a protest against the rioters. New England's total, including onr ly 11 days of selling, reached $170,[. 000,000 of which $160,000,000 had been taken in Massachusetts alone, j J. The Atlanta districts reports thei 41 campaign gaining in momentum. Six- j 6 ty-one counties in the district are1 O'over. The Richmond district reports; 21 Saturday's increase of $10,000,000, 21 the biggest of any single day, while, 6] the number of subscribers grew 1 40,000 in that district, making the; 7'total to date 123,168. 4 The New York district showed a jjgain today of $43,999,000 over yes-j 01 terday. 3 More encouraging reports came: ,f from the Chicago district, where the! total reached $332,122,500. Louisd ville, Ky., attained its quota in a j. four days' campaign. )r Anticipating a great flood of sub scnptions in the last wek of the Vic;s tory Liberty Loan campaign, the Vic[e tory ship, now off the coast of Cen1> tral America and nearing the Panai3 ma Canal, is preparing for the dash l(j to New York, ft .... .. ; id ? Mis*. Sarah Haskell , is expected is home Tuesday after a. visit of two >t weeks in Hendersonville. CAR FORCES MAN THRU PLATE GLASS WINDOW Mack B. Moore, After .Cranking Auto in Gear it Pushed Thru Plate Gla?i Window of Philson & Henry's StoreSlightly Injured . . Mack B. Moore had the unique and somewhat dangerous experience ; of being pushed through a plate i glass window Saturday night, at 7 1 o'clock, when he cranked his Chev- i rolet, while it was in gear, and ' standing in front of Philson and ! Henry's store. Moore's only injury was a slight cut on the hand. Two i big plate glass windows, costing over < $150 were demolished and the mar- i ble facing to the window was broken. That Moore was not seriously injured is considered remarkable. In the car at the time of the accident was Miss Pearl Dansby, of Bethia. She was uninjured though "i much of the broken glass fell around r i ' , nei;. Mr. Moore says that he left the car out of gear and that .he does not know how it came to be in gear. It i was standing with the front wheels few feet from the curb at the time j he cranked it and had sufficient mo- < mentum when it started-to jump the i curb and after crossing the sidewalk jump about 10 inches into the showi window. All the time Moore was in front of the car, which was going too fast for him to move to one side. : The engine stopped after the front wheels wer& up in the window. The * II car was uninjured. Both windows . were covered by ' insurance.Moore was hurled far bfcck into the window when the glass gave way, falling amid a pile of broken glass J and showering down on him came jagged pieces of glass. i AUCTION SALE OF? HORSES. . i *' ' A number of U. S. government horses were sold at auction in front of the Court House Monday gtorning, ' fair prices being obtained. The sale j was conducted by Hagood and Har-j vey. The horses were bought atj. Camp Gordon recently when a large J number of government animals were! disposed of. ATTACKED BY EAGLE. % ? ? Gaffney, May 4.?J. R. Wilson, who manages the farm of F. H. Knox, in Cherokee County, had an exciting experience yesterday when he was attacked by a black eagle, and had a strenuous time before he succeeded in killing the. monster. Mr. Wilson was near the river when the eagle came out from under - some I timber and made the attack upon] him. He brought it to Gaffney,! where it was weighed and riieasured I by C. C. Kirby, who has it now onj exhibition^ and crowds of people have J visited the store Friday and Satur-| day, as nothing of the kind has ever'been seen in this section. It weighed ten pohnds and measured eight feet; from tip to tip. THE CIVIC CLUB. [ The Civic Club will meet Thurs-j day afternoon at half past fivej o'clock in the office of the Red Cross1 on the square. This meeting will be for the reorganization of the Civic Club, and it is hoped there will be a good attendance of the members. uamu conn* r a md divc iivmju a iwin vruvii a Capt. and Mrs. Thomas L. Davis] are in the city and are visiting at j the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stark, j They came from Camp Pike &nd arehere for a short leave. Mrs. Davis has quite recovered her health andj is as pretty and as lively as ever. Capt. Davis hopes to be released from service soon and return to the peaceful practice of his profession. A host of friends are glad to have them in Abbeville. Miss Joy Courtney, of Colombia, the daughter of Dr. Carlisle ^Courtney, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnwell. saturday, may 10 . is memorial day j -... ( r yoteauf of cm war and soldier* gf world war will come together f?< . ^trti time?intere* ting l*rogl*m arranged?dinner v ' will be served. - f . V ' jL . : ' ,.T n Saturday, Ttfay. 10,. is Memorial Day 'aryl the Confederate Veterans of A,bb6ville County, will gather at the Opera House for their annual celebration. Dinner will be served to the veterans by Miss Maggie Brooks. One .of the features o<f the exer- 1 cises this year will be reminiscences oir the part ofthe Civih^frar Veterans afcff^the World War^veterans. 1 *The speakers <>f the occasion will -1 be W. C, Shore, of Lowndesville, J. P. Gibert, Lowndesville, and C. A. 1 Botts, Abbeville. 1 The exercises will begin at 11 1 o'clock tod will include a musical program. The children of the city ' will decorate-' the monument with Sowers as has been the custom. A great deal of interest is being Bhown in the Memorial P&y exercises this yeafr because it wift! 4>ring toi-lio fifof fim* fVrf r^rann 1 ^VbU^i. f**V U?0W ??'.v MfV "t? of two wars, which occurred 53 years ' apart. Vfc; $ > ; TROPHY TRAINS SUR&WINNERS . " - ' ' gfc ,{. Richmond, Va.', May ^-1?From all , pa^ts of tie Fifth Fedefol i&e&erve District come letters and t^jfegrams . and long-distance telephoiter^jjaessa-1 ( egs saying, thai tha,- Victory' ^foerty , Loan Waf atrophy Trains a?l^'sure winners." TJrey. j>re not' onlyf^tirr-'] ing up zealpu? Enthusiasm >jpong j the people but they are selling Bonds11 ?Victory Liberty Bonds?atid> by ] the thousands apd tens of thousands! ] of dollar^, . Y . .. \v>|Lr.' j< Those wha meet the trojnrVg the ; murd^o^ weapons with whiclf^Hhe ? Hun trfed to cWfeatftJh? ; and I6st~at Chateau-Thierry, at St. ] Mihiel and in the Argonne Wood, j ( And on the train with the trophies1 ] are men who were in the heaviest!fihgting and who are anxious to teilj the people what war is and why the -V j ? I Victory Liberty Loan must be fully] < subscribed to finish the job. At one cross-roads, far from the' j nearest town or village, one of the letters reports, Train No. 1 was met < by more than a thousand people. They cheered themselves hoarse and then turned in and bought bonds until a fourth of the county's quota was reached. At another place, one of the small towns, the people took $27,006 in bonds in twenty-seven minutes ,pnd a short distance down the line $8,000 was taken in bonds of $50 denomination. v In one of the larger towns all the bells were ringing and the factory whistles blowing when thb train ar-j rived. The crowd that mey the train j swarmed over the big flat [cars and j through the box cars and then, "ju^t, to be good fellows" everyone gath-j erad off to one side and pledged $40,-j 000 to the Victory Liberty Loan. Ati another place, after a big hurrah the crowd subscribed $75,0*00 and at, still another $100,000. One of the1 stops did not seem so promising, a! telegraphic report says, but there' were lots of pretty girls and the sol-1 diers accompanying the trophies! thought they would "circulate" aj little through the crowd, and when the train pulled out a few minutes later more than $10,000 had been pledged. And so, as the reports indicate, the trophy trains are "sure winners" ?just as the Victory Liberty Loan is a sure winner in every part of the United States, for the war is over, J peace has been won and the people are anxious to settle the bills?finish the job?and get the whole thing behind them. KAISER WOULD RETURN. Berlin, Saturday, May 3.?Former Emperor William has requested the German govenment to be allowed to return to Germany and reside on his estate at Eadine, according to a semi-official statement issued here. I MEMORIAL Hi PROPOSE! Thp - llfillinms CnllfiOt ? *v r r ?? *?%?* a?v 5/ree/ //as Been Sec Offered to Citizt , feres/ /s Bei in Pre Abbeville now has the opportunity t to secure a hospital. Eight men, headed by Dr. J. C. i Hill, have secured the Williams Col- i lege property on Lane Streelr and i propose to turn this building into a f Memorial Hospital, provided the citi- \ zens of Abbeville county back the \ movement, and there is every reason ] bo believe that the project will meet t with the hearty approval and co-op- \ eration of the people. t ! Drs. J. C. Hill, C. C. Gambrell, J. ' El. Power and 6.'A. Neuffer and t Messrs. S. H. Rosenberg, C. H. Mc- c Murray and D. H. Hill are the men % who have secured the Williams Col- e lege property and will offer it for i ise as a Memorial Hospital Plans for the organization of a Memorial t Hospital Association to iake charge ? i>f the proposition are already unjler foot. It is said that $10,000 will finance the scheme. ^ j ,Dr. J. C. Hill first proposed the j scheme and secured the help of his r :8Heagnes in the matter, who at a once associated themselves with him l In the movement The need for a I hospital in Abbeville is patent and i; it is thought that the people of this j sity and county" will get back of the project to a man. The building will r be remodelel and thoroughly reno- c rated. Large porches will extend 1 around the wings of the building. 1 There will be about 20 rooms in the hospital, an operating room, diet ? kitchen andi offices. There will be c charity wards for both white and i black. One of the special features t will be the infant and maternity wards. c The Civic League of Abbeville Is ? expected to endorse the project and t it is understood that several secret ? societies have funds that can be di- 1 * reoted to the aid of such an institu- c EFFORTS TO HASTEN ( DETAILS OF PEACE ' Paris, May 4.?In an "effort to * hasten the remaining details of the ' peace treaty, the council of three 1 met an hour earlier than usual today < and resumed, consideration of the 1 question of German cables. It was ' announced that the council. o? for- i eign ministers and foreign secretar- ] ies would join the council of three t later in the day. During the discussion of the ques- J A A <1 r* 1-1 it. 1 tion 01 vne uermau cauies me tuuu- j cil planned to hear experts appointed ] to study the question. 1 i ' Brussels, May 4.?The National ' Beige saythe cabinet has unani- ^ mously decided to maintain. Belgi-j urn's territorial and financial claims j in their entirety, umiii vanaerveiat, minister of justice, after a long interview with King Albert, has left for Paris with the mission to trans< mit to the Belgian delegations instructions not to sign a treaty which 1 does not contain a clause guaran- ' teeing the economic future and mili- ] tary security of Belgium. ] Paris, May 4.?The- council of ] three has invited the Austrian and { Hungarian peace delegates to come ] to Versailles the week after next to receive the peace terms relating to i their respective countries, Reuter's i correspondent is informed. i I Paris, May 4.?(Havas)?The ' council of three has decided to sum- < mon the Austro-Hungarian peace i plenipotentiaries to a meeting by the i end of May, the Paris newspapers < assert today. i / DSPITAL IS D FOR TOWN ? V : Property on Lane :ured and Will Be zns. Much Inng Shown >ject. ion as a. Memorial Hospital. The plans for the hospital, the 'aising of the 'necessary funds and ^ ts organization will be formulated ^ n a meeting which will probably be ield this afternoon and these plana rill be made ptftlic. Everything will >e handled in a businesslike manner. t is the aim of ?he backers to launch ..'. he project from small but stable . jeginnings and develop, as the fnare needs demand. A special appeal wilf be made .to ;he ladies of Abbeville city and :ounty to get back of the^movement md make it a success. It is expect- ' r " 1 id that in the near future a mass' 7 neeting of the citizens of Abbeville " /jCj vifl be held at -which the plans of he hospital will be discussed and * tart made to raise the needed funds. n ' ;'t The Williams College property has >een secured at a very reasonable trice. No one expects to make any >rofit out of the project. The orlgi- j \ lal backers of the hospital merely aw a good opportunity to secure ft >uilding that coulcfcbe used, for a lospital and bought it with the end n view of giving the citizens an op- ; iortunity to secure a- hospital. - ^ The building is near Klugh's Park*/ : '4l naking it a convenient locality for ? onvalesceit patients 'and an excelent promenade for nurses with in'ant patients. . v f A pumber of memorial rooms have -v - .> ilreadj been subscribed for and.it is > lohfidently expected that most of the v$ ooms will be furnished by this me- v ;; hod. As the plans for the organization >f the hospital develop they will be riven publicity so that the Jieople of his city and county who atie interssted in securing a hospital for^ Ab>eville may follow the development ' >f the project. ' -^7= g=gg=s==sg>VERSEAS FLIGHT MAY ''% BE STARTED TODAY New York, N. ,Y., May 5.?The iiree big seaplanes in which United states navy avi&tors will.attempt * light across the Atlantic will "hop )ff" for Newfoundland on the first eg of their 'journey at seven o'clock ruestjay morning if weather permits, t was officially announced at the Etockawpy Beach naval training-eta* ;ion tonight. The first stop on the flight to New ?oundland is scheduled for Halifax, tf. S., 540 nautical miles from Rockaway Beach. The fliers expect v . ;o reach Halifax by three o'clock on - . ruesday afternoon. After lying there V v jvernight they will fly early Wednealay morning to Trespassey, the New ?oundland base of the flight expedirion. i ' DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT. Miss Howard Hill entertained her friends at a dance at her home on South Main street Friday night. Af;er the dancing refreshments of ice ' ? j ^ _t_ j mi ;ream ana case were servea. inuao present were: Misses kuth Beeks, \da Faulkner, Katherine Faulkner, Bessie Cothran, Marion Wilson, Willie Harrison, Florence Neuffer, and Eva Brown; Bill Calvert, Mima Cason, Joseph Bowie, Geddings Roche, Allen Long, Ernest Kay. ^ , v t COTTON MARKET. M 1 V ^ v Cotton sold on local mar* V * ket yesterday for 28 1-2 ets. V k July futures closed in New V t York at 26.78. \! V . . ' - ^ i i li H I - r:-m-mmzm