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fILUNG TO MAKE
TREATY THE ISSUE,
- ~c 1 ??"? of Nations Will De-j
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termine Whether Wilson Will 1
Run For Third Term?
Greatest Document of
Human History.
Chicago, May 28.?Describing the
epublican party as an organization!
hich "complains and moves backard"
and the peace treaty and the!
ague of nations covenant as "the!
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Ijreatest document 01 numau uubi wj j
per prepared,"Chairman Homer S.l
ummings of the Democratic Nation-!
I Committee today sounded the key-j
ote for an aggressive presidential
impaign in 1920.
Party leaders declared they wel-j
>med the opportunity to make the(
?c treaty and the league of na-|
>ns covenant the issue in the forth-j
ming fight and expressed confidence
victory.
Until President Wilson definitely
nounces his attitude towards a
iird term, party chieftains say there
11 be no serious discussion of caniaces.
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Political issues' and plans for in-J
casing the efficiency of party organ-1
,tion occupied the attention of the!
nmittee at today's session,
rhe committee adopted a resolun
congratulating President Wil-j
t on his work at Paris in connec-j
a with drafting the treaty of peacc!
i Wtme of nations covenant,)
i calling on the United States sen-,
|H promptly to ratify the document, j
Bruce Kremer, of Montana, tfca
^Mrirman of the committee said the
KHity to make the peace treaty and
league of nations covenant the
^Hie in the next presidents oam^H&n.
The Democratic party, he
^Hi, had fulfilled all' its pre-election
^Bdges. He welcomed the advent
^Hwomen into party politics and said
9Ht the rotes of the women in the
nB>onsible fox* Democratic success
Hfll916. The West was at heart asj
^Hnocratjc today as it was in 1916
HH it needed to be communicated
HHi and told of the party's record of
^^Lrressive achievements.
Mln. Henry Pennybacher, of Texas,
BBLking for the women associate
HHnbers of the committee, said the
^ Riocratic congress made a blunder
it failed to adopt the woman
?^e said, -would;
B^R?Medi1^/&>fl^ess in a few dayaj
^Hj she suggested that the various'
^^ftlatures be called in special ses-j
MM to ratify the amendment so wo-!
HH could vote for president in 1920.!
9gHhe committee is considering hold-:
^Bts next meeting in January, 1920
P Tri-mnltv SPpretATV to i
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ident Wilson, Attorney General;
ler and Assistant Secretary ofj
/Navy Franklin Roosevelt, will!
re tomorrow to attend the closing J
on of the committee.
r. Tumulty denied that he was
bearer of a message from PresiWilson
and said that he is
ng to Chicago in his private ca;y
as a Democrat, as the guest of
I man uummmgs.
morrow morning's session will!
jvoted to a conference with the |
;n associated member. In the;
npon campaign plans, will be disd
with State Chairmen.
night the members attended an
?ss by William H. Taft on thei
e of nations. ,
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:OTTON MILL TEACHER.
Iss Ella May Tribble oi Anaerhas
been elected to teach in the
n Mill school for the year 1919Miss
Tribble has taught at the|
iox Mill in Anderson for fourj
CAPT. FULP CABLES I
ACCEPTANCE AS HEAD
OF ABBEVILLE SCHOOLS
Capt. J. D. Fulp, who was elected
superintendent of the Abbeville City (
Schools several weeka jago by the,'
board of trustees, has cabled his ac- [ 1
ceptance of the position. He is now
attending the University of London, t
where he is taking a special course, c
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VttUl. X' UIU is> %Jtd v.v* , 9
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graduate of the Presbyterian Col-jr
lege of Clinton. He- has had sixij
years experience as superintendent, i s
For several years he was principal of, t
the Winnsboro schools and later su-jt
perintendent. For two years he was a
superintendent of the public schools 1
at Fort Mill. f
At the beginning of the war he en- a
tered an officers training caTtop andj
was commissioned a captain, going a
overseas with the 322nd infantry. *
Besides his work at the Presbyter- r
ian College and the University of t
London, Capt. Fulp has had one f
year of post-graduate work at Col- <3
umbia University. He comes to Ab- t
beville highly recommended by Prof, c
J. W. Thomson of Winthrop College. 1
He is riiaTried and has two chil- ^
dren, his wife formerly being Miss *
Daisy Wilson of Fairfield county.
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JOHNSON PLACE SOLD h
BY DIXIE LAND CO. *
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The activity in the real estate ^
market of both town and country
property continues. Not a( day pass- j
es but some land deal is consummpt- .
ed. As one man put it one does not
dare to put even a prohibitive price ?
on property that one does not want
to sell, because it will be taken nip. -n
On the other Wnd, there are 1(
plenty of sellers and plenty of buyers,
factors that ar? necessary toi ^
make a brisk market. i
The latest sale is that of the John- #
son place sold to C. E. Williamson
and Dr. ?>. G. Thomson, by Irvin c
Cleckley. The place consists of 413 *
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acres ana is one 01 tne most aesirea ^
pieces of farm property in the county.
The sale was made through the t
Dixie Land Company.
PRIMARY ELECTION.
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The political situation in the race p
for treasurer wa^eth warm and no t
man will venture an -opinion as to ^
the winner, except at ' candidates ^
themselves and each assured
of winning. It promiBes^l^l^^loge
race with the certainty
race between the two leaders.* '<
It is thought that about 1100 votes
will be polled in the city>and county *
. Saturday and if tte weather is &
gfoo d op. ^turj^ay;?4t all suited to h
th"e working-'o^ cotton?the vote in a
the. country. districts will be light. {
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DACT*rr nir nit v i1 n
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Postmasters in the United States *
have been instructed to cdll public ^
attention to the fact that on July 1,11
next, the firt-class postage rates ?in
effect prior to November 2, *1917, ?
will be restored. Effective on July 1,
letters and other first-class matter
will be subject to the old postage
ate of 2 cents an ounce or fraction t
thereof, and postal or postcards J r>
cent each. I
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TWO CARLOADS J
OF CATTLE SOLD t
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T. Gordon White sold two cars t
of cattle, 54 head, to ?he Greenwood
Market, Greenwood, on Wednesday I
for 11 cents per ponnd, a raise of *
two cents per poand over the price i
which has prevailed in Abbeville. ' ?
The stock belonged to Gordon *
White, Ollie Watson and J. W. Fer- *
guson and were graded Herefords t
and mixed lots. 1
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NEW TEACHERS tLfitlbU. jJ
The following teachers have beenj
elected to teach in the Abbeville:
schools next year: Miss Mary Bur-|*
ton, Laurens; Miss Rachel Whisonant 1
Blacksburg; Miss Eusie -Lown, NewjJ
Brookland; Miss Sallie F. Hart, of <
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JAN I ELS ABANDONS / |l
BIG FLEET PRPGRAM
FOR AMERICAN NAVY .
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Washington, May 27.?The policy
>f the Navy Department for a fle^ g
'second to none in the world",-has /
>een temporarily abandoned. j p
Secretary Uaniels appearing Deiore i
he House naval affairs committee to- n
lay outlined the needs of his depart- ii
nentfor the next fiscal year recom- t
nended that the entire 1919 threerear
program of building ten battle- p
hips and ten battle cruisers be a- w
>andoned, saying that the trend of I
he world towards universal peace e
ind the operation of' the proposed A
eague of nations made competition tl
or supremecy of the seas no longer n
> necessity. a
The naval secretary asserted that o
is the United States had taken foreno&t
part in promoting the league of t<
lations, it would be this nation's duty tl
o show faith in the covenant by re- C
using to authorize further large ad- t
litions to the sea forces. Work on n
he 1916 program, he said, should be a
ompleted as soon as possible, but the
919 nroeTam. which, it is estimated. *
trould involve an expenditure of more b
han a billion dollara, should be b
wiped offthfc slate".it
"There can be no half-way ground" a
ie told the committee, which will ini- li
iate all naval elgislation. "Either we
aust have the league to safe guard u
he interests of every nation or the t<
iggest navy in the.world." Explaining
the reason for the Navy g
)epartment's change of policy,; Secreary
Daniels said that when he ufe.
ieared before the committee last D*
ember and urged additional ship con- tl
traction, the associated governments 'si
iad not begun consideration of a lj
eague of nations and conditions o:
lade it necessary that the United F
Itates should not be caught again as lc
nprepared as it was at the outbreak o
f the war.
, "But ?ince then," Ke said, "the cov- d
nant has been drafted and a new era I w
or the world'has begun. Peace will Z
ake the p!ace of bloodshed. It will |
e far best for che interests of all na-J
ions that the United States should1 ?
et a preeedent ty stppping kvhere it r
' $ , ;1 %
Mr. Daniels *s;d that if the United
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State sdid not Jaunch new building ^
>rograms other nations would follow
he example and change their naval P
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'ranee and Italy, he asserted are
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raiting on the United States.
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, HOME ON A VACATION. si
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Miss Caroline Graves came down t<
rom Washington Sunday and is ti
pendjpga two weeks .vacation with tl
er home people nearLowndesv&le, ud
with friends in AbbeviHev,:!: JdisS
Caroline has a position,$e >*war >
[epartment and is a first clasp'-yeolaii.
She is having an interesting xperience,
and her friends to glad t(
o see her looking so' well and to ?
:now that she is so happily placed in tf
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FORM OIL COMPANY "
McCormick, May 26.?The secreary
of state yesterday issued a commission
to J. E. Britt, J. E. Bradley, "
)r. R. G. Killingsworth, Fred Patteron,
C. C. Morgan, J. Arch Talbert,j ?
ohn L. Kennedy and A. Kahr as pe-1 ?
itioners to incorporate a $100,000 J ^
oncejn to be known as the Ken-i?
ucky-Carolina Oil Company. 31
The proposed corporation is to 8
J4- J- .4. tl
lbs main vniuc aw tfivwiiuivaj
ind all of the petitioners are busi- b
less men of this city. Books of sub- a
icription will be opened immediately b
tnd it is expected that the stock not t.
ilready subscribed will be taken up 11
ind operations begun at once on the v
arge tract of land already secured j f
lear Blowing Green, Warren County,
?y. *
Mr. J. A. Hill and his two young j
sons, Andrew and William, went upj*
;o the Carwile's Wednesday andjfl
spent the time telling of fhe virtues ^ i
af the Kissel car and enjoying fried s
chicken. <
rRY-OUT OF NEW FIRE
ENGINE HERE TUESDAY
, FAILS AT ILAST TEST
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The try-out of the new fire en-ine
was not an unmarred success.
Liter performing in the most apiroved
manner Tuesday at the Coton
Mill pool, where the test was
lade, going through a series of tests
t was ebing put through the final
est, when something went wrong.
The bearings of the - contrifugal
ump developed a hot box and the
rhole thing had to be called off.
nspector Shannon, of the Southastern
Fire Insurance Underwriters
Lssociation, was just about to put
he 0. K. of the association on the
lachine when the trouble occutred
nd all the tests mus^ now be made
ver. I 1
After (an exchange of A number of
elegrams between Mayor Mars and
tie Seagrave Company, of Columbus,
ihio, builders of the engine,, the later
agreed to ship immediately a
ew pump. As soon as this arrives
nother test will be made.
The teat which caused the failure
ra8 one which the engine will never
e called upon to make'in Abbeville,
ut is required by the association and
; is said that the Seagrave pump, as
i uic, una uau no trouDie irij stand-'
1 g the test
The dity will not accept the engine j
ntil it stands successfully all the
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1ST DIVISION ON
IT'S WAY HOME
Brest, May 29.?All the troops of
le Eighty-first ("Wild Cat") divion
now are homeward bound. The
tst contingents sailed this mprning
n the steamers Von Steubeb and
inistere, Major General C. J. Baity,
commanded iof the division, is
n board th& former vessel.
Before sailing, General Bailey was!
ecorated with the French war cross
ith Palm and made an officer the
egion of Honor.
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ERLIN CONSERVATIVE
PRESS IS KICKIN^
Berlin, Wednesday, May 28.?The
onservative press of Berlin conemns
the counter nronosals to the
eace terms submitted by Germany {
specially the financial and military
oncessions which are .granted.
The Pan-German Gazette brands
ne reply as "suicide" and the Post
lys: ?
"The German people are doomed
) slavery between two masters un1
a new Germany arrives to break
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SAM ADAMS ARRIVE^ >:V
The Misses Adams * received a
;legram on yesterday from Private!
am Adams (a colonel in Abbevile^ I
?lling of his arrival from overseas,
[e wired from Grand Central Hospiil
in New York from which it is inerred
that he is ill.
FINDS NO BILL.
The grand jury in Federal Court
l Anderson on Wednesday reported
no bill" in the case against George
telcher, charged with distilling. I
ielcher lives on the plantation ofj
7 .F. Radcliff near Gilgal church. |
heriff Burts and Deputy Cannj
jmetime ago captured what th?y
upposed was a home-made still at
lie residence of Belcher. They
rought it to Abbeville, destroying)
honf a norlr nf mivtnro onnnnoo/t !
e "mash." The grand jury waB of j
he opinion that it wasn't "no still j
ohow,' and that George lost enough'
rtien the officers threw out his hog
eed. ' AT
THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
Hon. Frank B. Gary, Judge of the
L.igntn Judicial uircuit, is in savan^
iah in attendance on the sessions of;
he Georgia-South Carolina Bar Asoacition,
which is meeting with the
Georgia lawyers this year.
WORK ON r JPITAL
WILL EGIN WITHIN
NEXT TWO WEEKS
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Work ori the Abbeville County
Memorial Hospital will Commence in
the next two .weeks. ?ftis_w88 decided
upon at a meeting of t?he stockholders
Tuesday.
The governing body of the new
institution will consist of a board of
seven managers to be elected at the
next meeting of the stockholders.
Thfe following committee was named
to 'select suitable persons for membership
on this board and also to
investigate and report on the, question
control and management:
C. H. McMurray, J. C. Hill, & H.
Rosenberg, William Barnwell and J.
R. Power.
Mayor Mars assured the stockholders
thatvthe city would co-operate in
improving the streets in the vicinity
and leading to the hospital.
The question of the Fire Band
church was also taken up and a' committee
was named to confer with the
trustees of the negro church with a
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view to moving the location. Dr. Pi
E. Harrison J. Allen Smith, J. S.
Stark, Judge Jones F. Miller and Dr.
S. li. Thomson were named as a
committee of citizens to confer with
J. Moore Mars, D. H. Hill and J. G.
Hill, a committee from the hospital
stockholders, on the matter and later
confer with the trustees of' the
church.
Another meeting of the stockholdr
era will be called at an early dffob 1
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STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL "
. , CONVENTION IN FLORENCE
Spartanburg, S. C., May 27.?The
coming State Sunday chool Convention,
which will be held on'Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, June 8, 4,
5, in Florence, S. C., promises to be
a "Victory" Convention in 'many
ways. Indications are that there will
be a "victory" attendance at the
"victory" convention, to hear a "victory"
program. The Convention
kevword. "Vietorvf'. will h? tnnn/lod
at the opening session by Dr. Watson
B. Duncan, pastor of the Methodist
Church at Dillon. This thought will
predominate the entire convention.
The Registration Committee and
the Entertainment Committee are
ready to meet the delegates w^en
they arrive iij Florence, registering
and assigning them to homes. Board
for the delegates has been secured
in the private homes of the good
people of Florence, who will do all
in their power to make the visit' to
Florence very enjoyable. Upon.thGir
amy al-^^ktren^:
quarter^. . Church,
wheie 'ij&fffcNf &reir. assign
merit to.their homes. As has beta
the case for a number of years, the
delegates will pay a registration fee
of one dollar, which is used to help
jiefray the convention expenses. *
It is expected that this, the 42nd
annual State Convention, will be one
of the best ever held in the State.
Because of the fact that it is being
held in the Eastern part of the State
in a town with good railroad facilities,
it is believed that the attendance
will be very large. The Convention
will be attended by pastors*
Sunday School officers, teachers, and
interested pupils, tfho will carry back
LU LI it; 11 SUI1UU1S l/11C UlspilOblUii oiiu
helpful methods received during the
three day's stay in Florence.
LADIES AID SOCIETY.
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The Ladies Aid Society of the
Baptist church will hold its regular
monthly meeting in the church parlor
at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The talent money giren out som?
time ago will be collected at this
meeting. All members are urged to
attend.
BUYS HOUSE AND LOT
Harry Cannon has purchased from
Mrs. Annie C. Harris the house and
, lot at the corner of Cherry and Poplar
steet. He will improve it and
| make it an elegant residence.
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GERMANY IK
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Wants Danzig to* be Free Port?1
- -Asks . For Plebiscite in TerritorI
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Berlin, Tuesday, May 27.?Ger-..
many's counter proposals to. tha f
terms pf* the peace treaty presented ,
' to her plenipotentiaries at Versailles
include the following points, according
to an unofficial summary avail- ! . '
able today: >' '
Germany offers to disarm all of I '
her battleships, on condition that a
part of her mercantile fleet be restored
to her. , v
She proposes that there be*no territorial
changes without consultatio* \
of the populations affected. The
cessions o: upper Silesia ami
the claims to East Prussia, West ?
Prussia and Memel are emphatically \ 1
rejected. , .'S'-'% ?\'
Dsnzig Free Ppj*. j
It is stipulated that Danzig shall
become a free port >an^ the rirrr V!k
j tuls neutralized.
I Occupied territory is to Se evacuated
within six months. V I
If the league - of nations 5s estab tiabed'-girith
Germany as a member,
Germany shall continue to Adminis- v
ter her colonies^in accordance witk . '
the*,principles of the leagae as its
mandatory. \ * V
| Germany offers to pay' 100.000,- ,
i 000,000 marks in gold by th* year
! 1926 as indemnity, and to make an- ,
' ntptl-payments from 192? (inward to ;
! atotal not in excess of 100,000,000,1
000 marks in gold.. 1
It was expected today - that the'
| counter proposals would be officially '
be made known on Wednesday.
| Might Btofori Right.
Th* rani*. ' "
( -~t?j wompiams that "might
before right" donvnatee the whole ,
] Allied treaty.
j Objection is expressed to the. de1
mand that Germans be surrendered
for trial in enemy courts,^ the reply
1 contending that an impartial authority
ought to be instituted to, establish
all violations of intatttstional
I law by whoever committed.
It is declared by the. i
1 although the speech made by Prei|
1 dent Wilson in October, 1916, *ecogI
nized that responsibility for the war
| rested. 6n the entire European sys- >'.'J?
l>tem. *
%_-_r xequires Germany to
1 ^^0^espoi^ib|e^pr^ljtl dainagr% ifu?- ' r
]"f ertd: i^' opRoaiB^ coufctjcfe*. It is aa|
sefted that "it" is fuContestiblA chat '
j some of the Allied an^ associated
j powers, such as Italy and Roumania,
J entered the war for the sake of ter1
ritorial conquest. ,
I The German counter proposals
| argue that there is no basis of right
! for the obligation to make ? jrapenI
sation which is to be imposed on
I Germany. Complaint is made that ,
the amount of compensation is to b?
nxed by a hostile commission whos?
powers would enable it to administer
Germany as a bankrupt State, v
This, it is declared, is incompatible
with the innate rights of nations.
The statutes of the league of nations,
it is further asserted, contradict
numerous declarations made by
the governments opposed to Germany
and the league is merely a
continuation of the enemy coalition.
It is added that there is no realiza
tion of a real league of nations and
that in its present form the league
I reestablishes in effect the alliance of
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V Cotton sold on local mar- V
V ket yesterday for 32 1-2 c. V
.Tlllv fllfnrAc nlnco/1 in Wow W
. V York at 32.67. V
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