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V - . . if- - ' * * . "v / ^ Abbeville Press and Banner . ? t # i Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, May 20, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. I. S. STARK HEADS n PLANTERS BANK : di I Otto Bristow, Cashier?Stockholders di Meet Friday and Elect Directors tr Who Meet Saturday and Name is1 Officers?Hope to Open by or * August 1. fr J. S. Stark has been elected presi- R? lent, L. C. Parker, vice-president, ,nd Otto Bristow, cashier of the Planters Bank. The election was neia pe Saturday afternoon at the first meet- ^ co ng of the board of directors. | be The organization of the Planters ^ ifi' Jank was completed Friday when th he stockholders met and elected the br ollowing men as directors: J. S. th Itark, J. D.'Kerr, L. C. Parker, W. ira T p Onmuroll TT a r> 1. W line, tl. i'. uaiuncu, Jenton, J. A. Gilliam, J. F. McMil- an an and Otto Bristow. j, po The officers of the bank have been to uthorized to equip the bank build- pr ng in the most modern and up-to- sti late manner. It is expected to get fin oto the new bank by August 1. The th ohrison Jewelry Company will move nil ut in the near future and work wilt e commenced immediately to remod- n? 1 the place for use of the bank. It ra> i planned to have a vault with two th ooms, one for the safety deposit oxes and the other for the- safe P? nd records. The furniture and di: ffice equipment will be of the best. Tl th TAKEN TP HOSPITAL. ab . i G< Mrs. W. F. Perrin was taken to; th 'ryor's Hospital, Chester, Sunday1 pr fternoon for a serious operation. Ihe was accompanied by her hus- ^ and, Dr.. C. C. Gambrell and Mrs. i i v. w. jonnson. A RICHMOND BABY. io il8! Born?at Richmond, Va., May 4,1 919, to Mr. and Mrs. Otley Miller, jv^ girl?Nancy Lonis. I As Miss Bess Minshall, Mrs. Millerj oc i well known in Abbeville and!011 riends here are interested in the ch ew member of her family. co th MUMPS. en There is an epidemic of mumps bo oing arountt town now and many mi rho should have put aside childish j 8 lings long ago are muffle-jawed and j cl< lad these days. fo HIS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. el< Virgil Gaffney celebrated his 1 irthday Saturday afternoon by initing about twenty little boys andi Iris to a party. There was a pretty; da ible decorated with daisies, with a Hi ike and eight pink and white can- in es in the center. There were lots to genuine good games to be played; Vi id ice cream and cake to end up a to jrfect day. isi VISITORS FROM GREENVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. Leo. Taylor, ofj reenville, S. C., spent Monday and| M uesday in the city the guests of;dc !r. and Mrs. Wvatt Aiken. Rev.' sri Iaylor leaves in a few weeks forjM razil as a missionary of the Pres- j ar fterian church. Mrs. Taylor will | oi 3 remembered here as Miss Julia j ratt, the guest of Miss Mary Q.j ink. HOME FROM CLEMSON. I at ! se Weber Wilson, Maxcy Johnson,! H -1. c i. v J 1 > I1CK. owctcuuuig auu tt iiiiaui | ni ughes came home from Clemson to id spent Sunday with their home te i Iks. di ft V COTTON MARKET. * V vi I Cotton sold on local mar- V se ket yesterday for 29 cents. V o: July futures closed in New V L York at 28.87. V d V a vv\ VVVVVVVVVV. c< "ALY MAY SETTLE CONTROVERSY DIREC1 Paris, May ' 16.?Negotiation snding for the adjustment of th< driatic controversy contemplate j rect settlement between Italy an< igo-Slavia, through American me ation. By this plan the Austria! eaty would not specify the dispo iion to be made of Dalmatia, Istrh Fiume, beyond detaching then om Austria. ssumption of Trade is Provided ii Treaty. v, Paris, May 16.?The Germai iace treaty, it developed today ntains a clause which has not ye en made public providing that rat cation by Germany and three o: e principal associated powers wil ing the treaty into force betweei e ratifying parties, enabling "th< [mediate resumption of trade. As the result of conference! long the representatives of th< wers, which are being continuet day, the text of the German treaty obably will be made public by in illments. It is reported that th< lancial and boundaries sections o: e document will be released to fbt. It was pointed out today in con ction with the stipulation as to th< tification of the German treatj at any nation which withheld rati ation after three of the principa wers had ratified would be at i jadvantage in a commercial way lis would follow from the fad at the ratifying powers would b< le to resume trade relations witl ;rmany at once while the state! at delayed would have no sucl ivilege. ^CE FOR TREASURER IN ABBEVILLE COUNTS The announcements of E. C. Hor n, R. -C. Wislon, George C. Doug ss and J. E. Jones as candidate: r the office of treasurer of Abbe lie County appear in this issue o: ie" Press and Banner. The primary curs on Saturday, May 31, accord g to an announcement made by thi Airman of the conntv democratli mmittee, which also appears ii is issue. Only those can vote who were dulj irolled prior to the closing of th< ioks of enrollment during the sum er of 1918. The polls will open a o'clock in >the forenoon and wil sse at 4 P. M., according to law. All the candidates are putting rth every effort to win and th< ection promises to be a close one rELLS OF SERGT. VAN LOAN. Mr. and Mrs. Murch, and littl< mghter, Mr. Brinson and Lieut sod, oi z /tn Division, were visitor: Abbeville Saturday. Lieut. Hoot Id of the death of Sergt. Howar< an Loan, who was a frequent visl r to Abbeville, while the 27th Div on was in training at Spartanburg GREENVILLE VISITORS. Mrs. D. T. Smith Sr., and Mr. anc rs. D. Townsend Smith, Jr? cam >wn from Greenville Saturday an< ient until Monday with Mr. an< rs. M. T. Coleman. Townsend, 3r< id little Tena Mattheny were als< E the party. OFF FOR THE SUMMER. Dr. Arundel, who has been recto Trinity church, preached his las rmon Sunday morning until fall e will go North in a few weeks fo s summer vacation, but will returi i Greenwood and Abbeville in Sep mber. Dr. Arundel is a man o eep thought and our people ar >rtunate in having him in Abbevilh WILLIAM LESLIE HOME. William Leslie arrived in Abbe lie last week after many month srvice in France and is at the hom E his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I 4-/vnm rTV??* trnnnor co ICOUC) acai wvniii A?IV ier had a serious sickness in Janr ry and was sent home ahead of h! >mmand, which was the 81st. r ISSUING OF D1SCUSSI e 3 j Two Engineers App 1 Offer Cervices-Dele > Chief of Police h License Grant Reach H I The regular monthly meeting ? city council was held Friday ni ' I all the aldermen being present. "! matter of most importance^taKer ^! at the meeting was the question ^ I selling bonds, and .it was dec II to investigate the matter further ' reach a final agreement at a ? meeting of the council to be 3 some time within the next tw< i three weeks. , ' Selection of Engineer. 7 The selection, of a competent gineer to oversee the paving was j postponed until the street com tee should investigate the record several engineers who have apj for the position. Messrs. W. A. ! ders, of Anderson, and H. Beebe Spartanburg, civil engineers, app i ed before council and made pro j als for handling the work. 1 I were told that the council w j reach a decision at a later meef . i Both men have had considerable ' perience as engineers in charge | paving construction. There are i other applicants for the posi i who did not appear before coi | and who have not made a com] | tive bid for the work. These will be notified and will be giver r opportunity to submit a bid for t services. The kind of bond to be off ' was not determined and is prob 11 that the opinion of a bond ex will be sought before the matte ^ settled. It is possible, though, 7 the bonds offered will be of $1 ' denomination with 5 1-2 percenl 8 terest to run for 30 years. Chief Make* Report. l The report of the chief of pi j shows that a total of 55 cases i 5 tried in Mayor's court during . month of April. Of these 16 i t for gambling, 18 for disorderly 1 duct, 7 for violating automobile inance, one for larceny, one for j rying concealed weapons and I AT 1 - T iL. * rest ran ine gamui ui me usuai AUSTRALIAN START I OVERSEAS FL1GI 1 " | Raynham, English Flyer, Has / "|i dent?Non-Stop Course To Ir \ Coast?Weather Conditions M-i A ll tk.. P.?n,. iiwi niiV5Vfciiwi ? w. able. 'I e! St. John's N. F., May 18.?H i G. Hawker, Australian aviator, 1] Commander Mackenzie Grieve, ! navigatior, are winging their o j across the Atlantic tonight on I most perilous airplane flight in tory. They took the air at 5.55 p. r today, Greenwich time (1.55 p. 4. New York time), and expect to r I the Irish coast in twenty-four h< [ unless accident forces them to pli a into the sea. _ When the Sopwith biplane pa ? from view behind the hills to northeast, headed for the open , it headed with shattered hopes I ker's English, rival, Frederick Raynham, who had hoped to be !- across in a Martinsyde plane, s win glory and the $50,000 prize e the London Daily Mail. !. Raynham Disappointed. I- Raynham was tuning up the i- gine of his machine when Ha [s flashed over the Englishman's 1 (Continued on Page Four) \ f : BONDS ! ID BY COUNCIL < i >ear Before Aldermen and' ction to Be Made Later- < lakes Report-Poolroom , zd-Fire Engine Will fere This Week j of lice court cases. $278.00 in fines ight, were collected. j The The report of health officer Mc1 up Lane, stated that the city was in of good sanitary condition. j ided The appeal of Rosa Bowie, charg-: and ed with having blockade liquor in! illed her possession, jwhose bond of $75 held was declared forfeited by Mayor' ) or Mars Friday morning when she failed to appear in court, was heard and it was moved and the motion was carried that if she had received no enajso notice to appear in court that she was to be given a chance to appear . in court a AT | ilied Poolroom iLcente Granted. j The request of Mrs. Taggart to be ( given a special license to open a ' poolroom in an upstairs room at the 1 Eureka Hotel was granted and the poslicense was fixed at $50. The regu- ? ould ^ar ^cense'c^ar^e<^ *s $300, but as t it was stated that Mrs. Taggart could j ? mg' be depended upon ,to run the pool- j t \ ^ room in such a manner as to obviate j e complaints, a special license at a | tion *ower ra*e be granted to her.!' mcil ^"'re ^n*'ne Way- j 1 It was announced at the council,; meeting that the new American-La- i( Prance fire engine had been shipped ( and would arrive here this week.' t The concrete floor at the fire sta-1 s tion has been completed and every-! j ere<* thing will be in readinesu for the en-j i gine when it arrives. A man will be sent by the American-LaFrance peo- j !r 19 pie to give demonstrations and instructions in running the engine. Viait Anderson. ' in" Mayor Mars, Albert Henry, chair- i man of the street committee; M. B. ( Reese and W. M. Langley went to / >lice Anderson Monday to investigate the 1 vere street paving in that city and find 1 the out the kind of paving most suitable ] vere for Abbeville. They will also inves- 1 con- tigate the work of Civil Engineers ord- Sanders and Beebe, both of whom car- have superintended street paving in the Anderson, with a view to selecting ( po- one of these men for the work here. ^ S KRESS BEGINS ; HI 66TH SESSION j \ kcci- Gavel Fell At Noon On One of the ish Most Important Congresses in His' t-jry?Republicans Take Control of Both Houses for First ' Time in Eight Years. 1 i i arry Washington, May 18.?Attentioif ( and of America and the world is turned 1 hii upon the new Congress?the sixty- j way sixth in American history?which is the to convene at noon tomorrow in exhis traordinary session, called by President Wilson from Paris. 1 m., All was in readiness tonight for i m., the inauguration of the special ses- i each sion, which is expected to open a new 1 jurs, and important chapter in American i iinge and world history, with its long, pro- h gram of action, including consider- i issed ation of the peace treaty, the pro- 1 the posed treaty for tne military protec- 1 sea, tion of .France and of innumerable Iaw: and vital questions of domestic conP. cern. first The opening day, as usual, will be and taken up with routine business, inof eluding organization of Senate and House by the Republicans, who supplant the Democrats in control for " - r?l A; ..... en- trie iirsi. uiue ui eigui/ yea 10. wker President's Menage, air- President Wilson's message, cabled (Continued on Page Four) i BAPTISTS MAKE ATTACK ON WAR DEPARTMEN1 Atlanta, May 17.?Reiteratec :harges that the war departmeni sought to break down denomination' il lines during the war were mad< late today at the Southern Baptisl Convention by President J. B. Gam srell of Fort Worth. He also voicec disapproval of any proposal foi :hurch union. "What is Y^ong about the Meitho lists, Baptists and Presbyterians go ing about attending to their own bus oi? --i J n- r* T il ness: lie ur. vjamureii tuai :harged that the "government en ;ered into an agreement with the Y M. C. A. not to encourage anything ienominational in army camps" anc said he had seen proof of this on thf ninutes of the "Y" in New York. The convention already has apjointed a committee to lay before President Wilson charges that the var department sought to breal lown denominational lines among Protestant churches and the mattei :ame up again today at the reading >f a report by a committee appointed o make recommendations on the resident's annual address. The re)ort which indorsed the addresB was >verwhelmingly adopted. The Rev. M. Ashby Jones, D. D., oi Atlanta, made a spirited defense oi ;he Y. M. C. A., saying the report 'misrepresents'! the association and ;elling of its work in France. He ilso said the war department ordered liof T^cinfic+a mirrVif +l*air IllU U UiLl IM liilgliu AAVA V HUWAA lervices in their own way, and at this here were cries from the floor oi 'proof, produce the proof." He said le would at the next session. Dr, rones said he was against any' inter:hurch movement that would break lown denominational lines 'but aslerted the convention had no right tc say whom any "individual Baptist oi ndependent Baptist church might oi night not cooperate with." -V ' SOUTH ATLANTIC REALTY COMPANY AUCTION SALE The South Atlantic Realty Com jany of Greenwood, will auction th< 3ary property on Magazine streel ind the J. Allen Smith property oi SVashington street in Abbeville or FYiday, May 23. The sale will tak< ilace in front of the properties anc vill begin at 10:30 o'clock. NEW ROLL OF PENSIONERS. Probate Judge J. F. Miller sent ii ;he new roll of pensioners providec For at the last session of the legislate, Monday mornining. Ther? vere 58 old veterans on the roll anc 18 widows of veterans, 106 new pensioners in all, who were not provided For under the old system. The checks ire expected to reach the probate iudge in June and will be? distributee >y him then. A HERO ON THREE COUNTS Lieut. Lewis spent Sunday in Ab" jeville visiting among friends. Lieut Lewis belonged to the 77,th, and is i young man of great bravery; foi n addition to taking part in the lighting in the Argonne", he acknowl jdges with unblushing face that !i< vas born in North Carolina and is living in Georgia. LIEUT. COX. HOME. Lieut. R. E. Cox landed in Abbe grille last Friday after having servec sverseas. His friends are glad t< see him and to know that he is ai lively and as entertaining as ever He has done a good part in makinj the world safe for democracy and ii ready now for a good vacation an< the opportunity to make love to al Dur pretty girls. HOME SERVICE SECRETARIES Mrs. Joe Link of Bethia, and Mrs B. C. Wilson of Calhoun Falls, havi been appointed home service secre taries for the Red Cross auxiliarie * - - - ?.. in their towns, as soon as tne quui. of auxiliary, secretaries has beei named a chapter course in Horn Service work will be given by a spe cialist who will come to Abbeville The course will last two weeks. . ' NO WORD FROM TOWERS' PLANE > * . b Not Able to S?to NC-1?No New. From Towers Since Saturday at ' 5:15 A. M.?Lost at Sea for More Than 40 Hours?-300 Miles Off Her Course. % -- ' Washington, May 18.?Apprehen sion as to the safety of Commander > John H. Towers, of Rome, Ga., and his crew of four men, who in tha seaplane NC-3 have been lost at sea > for more than forty hours, had begun I tonight to displace the feeling of > confidence among naval officials that the trans-Atlantic flyers soon would . be found by searching' vessels. '< No word had been received from - the NC-3 since 5:15 o'clock yester'< day morning when Commander Towf prs rsnnHoH fViot Viio nls-nn fl?? w.? vww vm*v mab iiuv uag" ' ship of the squadron, was off her : course some SOO miles from the IsI land of Fayal, Azores. Dispatches > from Rear Admiral, Jackson, aboard - the United States ship Melville at i Ponta Del Gada, Azores, tonight said a gale was sweeping the seas north west of the Azores and that high * waves were running. ' With the NC-4 at Horta, groomed 1 and ready for the next leg of the s trans-Atlantic flight and the crew of I the NC-1 safely aboard the cruiser Columbia at Horta, the navy with its i vast force of vessels concentrated to aid in the trans-Atlantic attempt, [ was bending alt of its energies io the . finding of the lost flyers. . Two battleships, the. U. S. S. Flori: da and U. S. S. Texas, "and nearly < a score of destroyers were scouring V ,the sea over a wide area all day and r today and tonight. NEGRO SHOT TWO f WEEKS AGO, DIES J . Tom Davis, the negro, who was shot May 4 at Friendship church by . Henry Harris, another negro, died 5 Monday morning at the Anderson [. Hospital. An inquest was held Moni day afternoon.. Henry Harris is now t in the Abbeville jail and a charge i of murder will be docketed against [ him. ADDITIONAL TRAVEL ALLOWANCE DISCHARGED SOLDIERS | The Director of Finance having practically completed payment of the $60.00 bonus, involving . about / | 1,400,000 claims, is now settling additional travel allowance due en" listed men of the Army under Section 3 of the Act approved February J 28, 1919, which authorized travel | pay to enlisted men honorably discharged since November 11, 1918, at the rate of 5 cents per mile to actual , bona fide home or residence, or . place of original muster into the service, at the option of the soldier, j The Comptroller of the Treasury by decisions rendered April 17 and s 3, 1919, has authorized the War . Department io make settlement of i all claims for the 1 1-2 cent differ> , ence from place of discharge to place of discharge to place of entry * into the military service, also the claims for additional allowance to - actual bona fide home or residence 1 at date of discharge when such bona h ^/ton ho H P 7 ^ 11(16 IIUIIIC UI ICiSiUCUvv vwu mv * ? 3 termined from the affidavit of the soldier and verified by information ? contained in his original service rec3 ord. The Zone Finance Officer, of I Washington, D. C., has been desig1 nated to settle these claims with the above festrictions. Applications should be addressed as follows: Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, . Washington, D. C., Travel Allow9 2 ance. - . A blank form of application, which s includes the necessary affidavit for a the additional travel allowance, may n be obtained from any Army recruite ing officer, Red Cross, or other agen !- cies organized to aid soldiers. This !. affidavit must be accompanied by a (Continued on Page Five)