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Mbb _ ;V jH i v 1 ,'! ' * 1!.' * r , x, f j . * ' "v. ^91 I I Abbeville Press and Banner am fl Established 1844^ $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, June 3. 1919. - Single Copies, Five Cento. 7Sth y3< I PEACE TERMS 100 HARD FOR HUN Rantzau Says Terms Are Impossi ' ? M_i. C, II of Fulfillment, < out uoei hos *->? j Treaty Will Not Be Signed.? I Would Meai^' Slavery to German People, He Says. Washington, June 1.?Germai I although.. realizing that she mi | v v*'i ' /(';/ , i < i make sacrifices to obtain peace, Convinced that the executions of t ^>eace treaty as drawn "are m< ^han the German people can bear, f" Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzj iead of the German peace delegati thus sums up' the attitude of the Gi inan nation: towards the propoe freaty of peace,io a note to the i lied apd associated powers, outlini I various German counter proposa 1 The German note, delivered to Pi Jhier Clemenceau, president of t ] >eace' conference,; last Thursday, \* made public tonight by the State I ' li M.f., ; : I ) 11 m 11 , ; >artment. - - ' Says Terms Impossible. The German delegation- nowhere its note~ass$rts that jt will refuse nign the present treaty, but cjeclai < >n behalf of the German nation tr feven frt her nee'd, justice for her |oo sacred .a*' thing to allow her itoop to achieve conditions whi ihe can. not undertake to carry ou1 ! Exclusion of Germany from t eague of nations, the note asser means that in ; signing the pea ireaty Germany would be executi I "decree for its own prescriptic lay, its own death sentence." The German'people, tfie'note sa; \ I 1 m.1. have been disappointed in meir zij ?or a peace of justice which had b i promised," and stands "aghast" at t Remands made upon <them by t f'victorious violence of our enem;e' What Germany Agrees To Outlining ftp ?oiin$er proposals t Serman delegation agrees to redi aon of Germany's', army ?nd na^y !ondition that Germany be admitt jnmediateJy to the league of natioi ;o reno n| Germany , ' ?irerf: frights in Alsace Lorraine and Po? ?ut as to all other territories whi ' Germany is called. ItpT giv? up t aff, principle ui aeu uciuuimauvu vu< fcive at ortce,1 is -asked; she alsa agr? to subject all German colonies to i ministration under the league of i tions, but under German manditc and to make ihcj indemnity paymei as required, but'in amounts that v burden the German ^taxpayers more heavily thsn^the taxpayer the mostr ;hea7fljr -burdened State hong those represented on the 1 )aration 'commission. The note declares Germany is w: ir.g to pool her entire merchant n rine with that of the associated po . ers, neutral participation in-the'< quiry as to the responsibility for t kiro>* 10 o clrorl SH Would Mean Slavery. Although'the exaction of the ci f the war has been expressly ounced, as yet Germany, thus cut ieces and weakened must decls jherself ready in principle to bear the war expenses of her enemi which would exceed many times 01 the total amount of (Jprman St; and real assets. Meanwhile her ei mies demand in the excess of the greed conditions reparation for da age suffered by their civil populati and in this connection Germany mi also go bail for her allies. The si to be-paid is to be fixed by our ei mies unilaterally and to admit of si sequent modification and increase, limit is fixed save the capacity of 1 German people for payment, det mined not by their standard of 1 .but solely by their capacity to m the demands of their enemies by th labor. The German people wo thus be condemned to perpetual sli labor. Greyson Hoke, of Greenvilel, sp the week-end with friends in Ab ville. !J. E. JONES LEADS IN FOUR-CORNERED RACE FOR COUNTY TREASURER 10 j |\ j Seventeen moi'e votes in the race: lUifor treasurer on Saturday would; I' I have elected J. E. Jones, who re' | ^ I ceived 430 votes out of a total of, I 893 votes cast in Abbeville and the iy county. George C, Douglass was se-l( cond with 271 votes, or 153 votes ; '.behind Jones. ,'R. C. Wilson was,' third with 115 votes and E. C. Hor- 1 > " 11 ! ton was fourth with 77 votes. !- . t| j The result makes a second race , y'i I Jst necessary which will be run Saturday, June 14. 0 ii ;hei The vote in the city and county J )re was very light'. It is possible that ii ? the farmers are allowed by the wea^ lu j ther to get ahead on their crops the; on second primary vote will be heavier. J er_ The> vote by precincts follows: i ' ' : J iedf ' : ; ?i? m '< 1 U- n . , ?, c a' I Precmct "So _S ! w o ' ? -H ai to ' I ngi , O . S g =:!? ;ls. ' -' ' : '"6 ' ? ,2' ^ j h re-j Abbeville, No. i -L' 35 14 40 2511 be Abbeville, No. 2__ 44 10 92 20 1 ras;iCotton Mill --T 33 , , 0,5 3 t )e-j Antreville .. 13 8 32 in 'Due West 42" '8 15 ! 'j Calhoun Falls '_^___:1S '1 8 ! 43 5[ t in J Lowndesville 22 '12 '55 3, ( to( Donalds __ ;16 |t 8 ,-28 1 j I es( Means Chapel ,7 '2 6 5 | iat Keowee 1 0 9 6 \ is-Rock Springs1 11 '2 6 17 i: to, Cold Springs jIj- 11 ' ! 1 i:??8 $ t ch Level Land 4 4 ;22 <jj$ t.'VMt." View 4 0 14 ail he Hillsville 3 0 15 0* ts,'Central 'J'" 9 0 "26 i[] ice Lebanon 12 " 2 3 10 t ng.' '- . ? " V >n,j 271 77 430 115 ' J , r ys, j ARDOR OF F1REBRANDERS \> e ' ' 1 DAMPENED EY POLICE r enj . ;|t he The members of the Firebrand; he church were whooping it up Sunday jt j." night to a late hour, the clamor o^,j . | their supplications reaching to high j f he heaveji and the Surrounding neigh-. I \ ic-jborhood. There was iio objection tqj pnj the heayenjy connection,.but the lat-j od,eral vocal radiations marred thej is; Sabbath stillness of the evening . en: which- is soi conducive ,tp /restful I ?n,'sleep and frfeshnessj , of a .,]\Ioriday t ch mor^in^; wherefore, the police were I he | called npon'{and a few words tact* ? ?c-j fully delivered to the chief Zor-f I >es castrian &f them "all ^opn quitedl the ? id- ecclesiastical: commotion. J '!. ia-1 Not only js the Firebrand chtirch * >ry: an eddy in the river to heaven, but its it also marks' an eddy in one of the rill main arteries' that lead to and from no 1 Abbeville; and it has been planned 1 of in-asmuch-as there is a hospital to 1 a- be established just across the way, t re-! to move the Firebrand congregation 1 ! to a location where there will be no 1 ill-1 possibility for hospital patients mis- e ia- taking heaven for hell or vice vfersa. '> w- fit is hoped that a place will '>be ( in-i chosen where the vocal aspirations of! t he jthe members will not be inhibited i |j by reason of those1 somnolently ini- ^ ? ! clined in. the neighborhood and thai t Dst they may whoop it up to the we^ ; i re- sma' hours for the benefit - of theif 1 in 'souls' salvation. i 11 ire if :. . . i t all ABBEVILLE WINS I i es,! FROM GREENWOOD ! . j ] rer'j IN NINTH INNINC^ i ate j; j i ne-j In 3 hotly contested game here' a- Saturday afternoon on the Cotton!' m-'Mill diamond, Abbeville defeated! : I ion! Greenwood by the score of five to, I 1 ust, four, the contest,not being decidedi urn until the last half of the ninth,! ( ne-j when a couple of hits brought across; lib-j the winning run. The batteries forj j No Abbeville were Wilson and Wilson;!, the; Greenwood, Fowler and Bates. j, er- j ife ADDS TO STOREROOMS. eetj ieir Gordon White has announced that old he intends to add to his two storeave rooms on Trinity street just below I the Medium office, bring the build| ings flush with the . Medium office. | The first one of these buildings is ocen^icupied by A. M. Hill Sons, grocers, be-. The other two are used as store-j | rooms. SAM ADAMS DIES IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL, FUNERAL WEDNESDAY! ! Friends in Abbeville were greatly j distressed to hear of the death of: i Private Sam Adams, Headquarters i Company, 53rd Infantry, Sixth Div-j< ision, in Grand Central Hospital, ] New York, Saturday. He arrived | riniMA/lntr TTvo-nr\in a , jl nuiaufljr xi viu jl' i aiivv m u \*j * ? j londition .from tuberculosis and his : relatives were notified. It was a ? ? . ? . ' ?reat shock to all who knew him here i is there had been no intimation of iis seriotis condition. ' [ I Saih Adams was 26 years old, the t son of the late Whitfield Adams, of. Fountain Inn, S. CJ When he was < sight years old his father died and lis mother having preceded her hus-1 jand to the grave, Sam and his bro-' ;her Ralph, and three sisters, Misses Vlaud, now' of Bishopville, Clara and 1 Mary, were taken in charge and 1 .'eared by W. P. Wham of Abbe- ' rille, an uncle. * * j' Mr. Adams was graduated from 1 ;he University of South Carolina in 1 L915 as a bachelor of law and prac- 1 ;iced law in Abbeville until May,15 L918. when he was inducted into ser-,1 rice. He had previously tried* to en^ ;er the attityf but had been turned lown because of physical disability.; le sailed with his organization for rrafcce tn July, 1918, and saw ser-, rice in the Argonne fighting. "the body will be'brought to Ab)evifle t<iday at 2 p. m. The funeral lervices will be conducted at the l^esbytferian church, of which he was * i member^' Wednesday morning at 1 LI o'clock, b? Rev. H. W. Pratt. In-J erment will be !made in Melrose. :emetery immediately following. j.r The death of Private Adams is a natter of deep regret to those who c rnew him in Abbeville. He had a c >ersonality that was pleasing and at- * ractive and he made' many friends, j * The following out-of-town rela-j t ives dre here to attend the funeral:' * f t | t kliss Ada Wham, Hartsville; Miss11 fina Wham, Darlington; Miss Gladysj Yham of 'Limestone College. u" I r- : ' ' 'v.; f : GETTING PROMOTED.: t - S: I [ I Mr? Mabry Cheatham will succeed g ?r.. Herbert Allen as manager of t he Abbeville Oil Mill, and entered \ Monday upon the discharge of his f luties. His friends are glad of his v >romo$ion an dare, sure of his sup:ess. ' ! - t , ' - ' . . C 2IGHTY-FIRST, LADS , l HOMEWARD BOUND 1 ' ' .!.! '! 1 A cable from Lieut. Samuel' L. l?atimer, Jr, to his parents, Mn and! T tfrs. S. L. Latimer, brings the news! hat he has sailed on the battleship j Minnesota and expects to arrive at Newport N'ews about J^ine 6. Lteut-i i "iont T.o + iy?fw>- io s mpmW r>f thei Three- Jfuncfced, and/'Sijctee^th Field ! \.rtillery> an&it' is prepitaecfYthat thi^'j egiment of the Eighty-first'Division^ ' s on the battleship. A number oi! South Caroliniarfs are serving in ( his regiment, Which had as its com-; ] nanding officer Brig. Gen. Andrew ^ Moses, now /commanding the One ^ hundred and'Fifty-sixth .Field Ar-| ^ ;illery 'Regiment. The regiment is ( ^ low commanded by Col. Russell P.! Reeder. The regimental adjutantjj s Capt. 0. P. Richardson of Greenville. _ 1 r-AUDCTlTlVC CVAMIMATinN LrVSiYtar ?| 1 1 1 A T b 111 i-fc & I FOR CLEMSON COLLEGE', | 1 One four-year scholarship to ( Clemson College will be vacant in Abbeville County this summer. The , State law requires that a competitive ( examinationa for the awarcl of this ( scholarship be held by Co. Supt. . W .J. Evans on July 11 at 9 a. m. A , scholarship student may also receive aid from the U. S. Government. Such a student would thus be able to secure an education at very little expense. The scholarship in the one mill A?A?1 f A ATIO agricultural tuuuc win upcu ^ w..~ j student from this county as usual. Mr. J. M. Alston, of Pettigrew, is desperately ill at his home. maj. r. b. cheatham will arrive in new york toda Mrs. R. B. Cheatham received radio message from Major R. 1 Cheatham, U. S. S. Troy, yesterdf stating that he would land in Hob ten, N. J., Tuesday, June 3 ar ;hat he was well. Major Cheatham was with tl 141st Infantry, 36th Division, ar jaw much service . 'on the Westei front. ' 1 ' : Major Cheatham before he enterc ;he service was superintendent < ;he Abbeville Schools. > :arranza failed i ll \ >' . .;! i .,; i . ! : to heed warnin I s l'-..-: \ r ; ;i5': Washington, May 30.?Althoug ;he Carranza government, of Mexic xra c twornorl noorltr a waov nc*t\ \ uuuiij a J- agv v. ;he United States of preparations f< ;he present revolutionary campaig vhich has resulted in the proclaim ng of Gen. Felipe Angeles provi onal president, and FranciscV VilL secretary 'of war, little attention ws jajd to information given. ,by th :ountry.\- , ;-<i ' Specific warnings of the threatei id menace to his power were give President Caranza by the Unite . ;. I ( : : . II! (7. ' 7 States last October 15, and again lai November 27, it was learned author atively today. President Carran2 vas reminded on these and other oi :assions particularly of his duty t jrotect Americans and America iroperty in Mexico. Villa on the Job. Villa began the collection of arm nunitions and money a year ago f( he campaign which, in the opinio >f officials here now has grown 1 :onstitute the gravest menace 1 ^aranza's power since Villa was d< 'eated by the government forc< hree years ago. Last winter, it is said, Villa; not ied his followers to plant their croj larly ak the campaign would begin i ion as the grass was green to insui 'orage fox their horses. Unusual a< ivity was^ displayed , throughoi Northern Mexico by the Villistas i retting their crops into the groirn o provide'against famine. All th vas learned by agents of the Unite Hates and forced the basis for 11 vari^ings sent'to Carranza. '1 Just why Carranza paid little he^ o these warnings or was unable 1 Ilvert any military force? from oth< )arts of the republic to the campaig n the nprthi is a mystery to officia zere. : rROUBLE OVER DOG , ' ' , / COSTS TWO LIVE ,ii -j nm ? " ; Allendale-Mav 29.?J. W. Hocri ine> of" Allendale' County'slarge; irkd moat prominentfarmers, resi< Vig1 near Allendale, and S. M. Mailt >f Cohen's Bluff, Allendale Count; :hot, eaph:pther /to death at Marley lorn? this afternoon about 4 o'cloc ?bth 'd^ing almost immediately. Only, meager details are obtaini xle tpnjgjit, .but report says th! 3ogg, .accompanied by a man name Lewis,: went to the Marley hom Parley's dog bit Hogg and Hoggish* ;he dog, Marley then opened fire c 3ogg with an automatic, shotgu oaded with buckshot. Hogg fell mo ;ally wounded but drew his pist ind shot Marley to death as the la ;er was running away. .The bucl shot inflicted a horrible wound i Hogg's chest. Marley was shot fot ;imes. Hogg, who is survived by a wij ind three children, is from one < the most prominent families of th section. Marley is unmarried. T1 inquest, it is understood, will 1 held tomorrow. SYFAN PLACE SOLD. The farm of G. W. Syfan was so Friday to James A. Mill ana jur. ' E .Calvert. There are 250 acres the place and the price paid was $' per acre. The farm is situated 1 1 miles from Abbeville, just beyoi Fort Pickens. ? ; : rCITY COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND Y PASSES ORDINANCE! a The City Council of Abbeville, met Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and) *y passed an ordinance which left it up, ?- to the property owners on the vari-j ^ ous street^ whether they wanted to pay half the cost of paving and hasie ten action, ^wo-thirds of the propid orty owner .as signatories of a petirn tiori are sufficient to give council the right to levy against all the property owners. ' . ^ These petitions, will be distributed at.once and it is intimated that those streets will be paved first where the property owners, or' two-thirds 6f: q them, .first sign the petition. The signatories will be given 30 J ^ days in which to pay cash. Or if; 'q they do not wish to pay cash, theyj ' i will ffive their not^s. against which >y - ' ~ the city will issue certificates of in)r ; Jt .. i > debtedness, which will be sold the; ^11 .... same as ; bonds. .These . certificates a-r -1 ..i will bear interest at the rate of six; S- / * ' * *i ( *''f' > I a ' per cent and the property owners! ' will be given ten years in which to . I The property owners will be required to pay half According to the n running foot, noV according tp *'the ^ assessment against their property. . . . ' s?: i ' << i :":r .. NEGRO ARRESTED FOR " fa SHOOTING HIS RIVAL c- . \ : i ) " ;o Otta Lindsey, negro", was placed in ,n the county jiail Monday by Sheriff | j ' . i fl i?H ,< ; i y' i! i-1 Burts, charged with shooting with intent to kill. The trouble occurred at s, %Campfield Church Sunday afternoon, >r| when Lindsey, who had been sola' journing in. other lands for a season, ;o returned and found one, Jeff Aiken, ;o1 established in the affections of his ?- j one-time belle. Lindsey opened fire as! on the dusky lady in question, but his aim was bad, and after wasting i_ four shots the fifth shot inflicted a is flesh wound in the arm of Aiken. J * . . l3! Lindsey was arrested Monday e j morning by Sheriff Burts and Depz.\ fJty Sheriff Cann near , Campfieldj jt Church- He was hidden under an old ;n house. V> jj is ANTREVILLE VOTES / d . FOR BETTER SCHOOLS ie' , i -I " ; n ! :: The vote on the increase of the school tax at Antreville Saturday ;o resulted in a vote of 14 for increase j 'r and 2 against. The school tax will j now be 8 mills on the dollar intseadi Is of 4 mills as heretofore. This insures a seven month school at Antreville, even if the money ' raised; from taxation is not sufficient to pay | s expenses as the State oi/iS<Krth Carolina guarpnteqs .-^.niioveiri - month] school sinj all -districts > levying a - tax of 8 mills on the dollar. 3ti . . : ^ CLOSING EXERCISES1 . ' ' jyj, 1,1 ' < ' '<> ' *' ' ' ' | OF HIGH SCHOOL ' I ' ' ' THURSDAY, JUNE 5 t,\. " ' ' ??. 4 . 'I i.r ' * ? ? i ' . v' ' The closing exercises of the City, a-; High School will take place in the it| Opera House next Thursday evening, id June 5, beginning at 9:30 o'clock, e.j Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson Col3t lege will make the commencement >n j address. in, t First honor has been won by Miss r-j Alpha Graves and second honor by ol, Miss Helen Haigler, with Miss Mart-i garet Cox a very close third. k-| The other member of the class are, in Misses Nina Bauknight, Ophelia' ir Clinkscales, Sara Drennan, Grace I Dawsojv-Agnes Edwards, Lois Ferfejguson, Sydelle Graves, Mary Hill afj Harris, Mary Reed Moore, Ruby is Mann, and Sara Mundy. ie( 3e KNOCKED OFF CAB. Mr. D. A. Rogers was knocked offj nis caD one aay last weeK ana sustained a painful cut on his head. He Id went on to Atlanta to have it looked G. after and found himself well enough in to step out lively in the big Shriners 75 parade. -2 id D. T. Smith was a business visitor, in Greenville last week. i RHINE REPUBLIC i. , . > '"j New Nation Proclaimed in Various Cities?Dr. Dorden Heads Gov. , > ernment?Message Sent .to Different Countries and i . < .11 !},*'i ,.v to Conference. .'( -j. ' ,, . v ( iA -I!;-; i. 'J Mayence,. June 1.. (Havas)?The Rhine Republic was proclaimed today in various Rhine cities. ' The popular tiori Velconmed the event with satis .. r i faction and expressed the hope that it would put an end to the uncertain* ty prevailing in the Rhine provinces regarding the allied nations and Germany. The new government is headed by Dr. Dorden. It had been installed provisionally at Weisbaden. D(r. Dorden addressed a message to the different governments, and (to the ^ peace conference. *" '> \ ' 'Berlin, May 81.?The threatened declaration of the Rhineland as a re puoiic diet not occur yesterday, as had been announced^ but the Frankfort: correspondent of The Tageblatt sajft that the danger is not over. He explains the subcurrenfs that have been lpng tending to tear this district from the empire. > There are two. The1 first culminated recently in negotiations with the French general,, Mangin, having been agitated for; weeks and months by the' leaders of the Centrist party headed by Herr Frohberger, editor of the Cologne Volka Zietung, who. was born in Alsace of the White Fathers?which is- the second line of Jesuits?who visited Switzerland in 1918 and went on record as saying tha tthe outcome of the > war must be a Rhineland republic, consisting of Alsace-Lorraine, the Palatinate, Rhenish Hessia and the RWft# ni>/tTnnita<i . Wtr/m Ilia fall of the monarchy the project was common! talk in Cologne 'financial circles. - -r - ' The second project, involving Herr Frochberger, who resigned from the - < assembly yesterday, was a plan to create an independent Rhine state within the empire,' with the same rights as other. German states, which would act as a barrier between Germany and France.-' : -ft France was supposed'tir W-'willing > tp grant important concessions including the renunciation of the Sarre territory,;a long occupation of the Rhin eland and possibly a part of the indemnity. The movement was sufficiently serious to worry the government and cause it to issue warnin^.":. ' , Bremen and East and West Prussia are now talking of combining into an independent state. The Same trend is to be observed elsewhere, PUMP FOR ENGINE . ' HAS NOT ARRIVED * The new pump for Abbeville's new fire engine has not arrived, but it is expected this week. As soon as same arrives the engine will be given another test. FINED FOR SPEEDING. Dewey Campbell was tried in Mayor's court Monday morning and fined for speeding on Sunday afternoon. The fine was $2.50 and was imposed despite Dewey's protests that he could not run his machine any slower than 25 miles per hour because it would stall at a slower speed. V V V V V V VVV V \ V V vv \ V V V COTTON MARKET. V V -j V V Cotton sold on local mar- V V ket yesterday for 32 cents. V V July futures closcd in New V. V York at 31.55. V V V uvvvvwvvuwu