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Abbeville Press and Banner
Established 1844. $2.00 the Yean Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, June 10, 1919. . Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
I , PAVING f
BONDS ARE SOLDI,
cu^ht by the Trust Company of; e
Seor.jia, Atlanta. Bring Par and s
Premium of $326.00?Twelve 1 n
Bids in All?Bids Were Open- ^
ed Friday Night.
The $90,000 issue of street paving e
>nds were sold Friday night at a E
>ecial meeting of council to the
rust Company of Georgia, Atlanta,1
; par and a premium of $326.00 the ^
mds being $1,000 five percent. The'
d that was accepted was about
L7000 better than the next bid of
\ R. Compton Co., of Cincinnati.'
Fering par and $25, with the under-' S
anding that the city pay them
.740 for selling the bonds. No
rings were tied to the Trust Com- *
,ny of Georgia's bid. The successI
bidder will furnish the city with
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e blank bonds, an item which
II approximate about $100.
There were twelve bids in all, ^
ough only three bond houses made
bid on five per cent bonds. Most!
the bids were for 5 1-2 per cent1
nds of $1000 denomination with aj
ran of 20 years. Par and premiums;
it ranged from $102.27 to $2890.-!
, were bid for such bonds.
A telegram accepting the bid was
it to the Trust Company of Geor-;^
i Saturday morning. Later a let- j
confirming the acceptance was: ^
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The bids were opened before ai Q
1 attendance of the members ofjj.
I city council. Bond buyers rep-lg(
enting the firms of W. R. Comp-j rj
, Cincinnati, J. H. Hillsman, At- j ^
ta, and R. M. Grant, Greenwood,
re also present. g
["he other bidders were N. S. Hill
I Co., Cincinnati; Sidney Spitzer
I Co., Toledo, Ohio; Seasongood
I Mayer, Cincinnati; Providence ^
lk and Trust Company, CincinnaSpitzer-Roick
and Co., Toledo,
o: Weil Rath and Co., Cincinnati
IL the Hanchet Bond Company, ^
W. S. Sanders, city engineer in sj
rge of the paving, has already ?
ie a preliminary survey of the p
are and the streets, leading to y
two depots, and in a few days
. have everything ready to begin j
k. Bv the first-of July it is|h
Iight that actual work will have t]
imenfced. b
lithe cStyofficials feel that Ab- h
i^le received a good price for the j
da. Jtfaay. had doubted that par
id:be obtained for 5 percent, 30 R
r bonds.
, VISITOR FROM FLORIDA.
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[r3. Frank Woodruff, of Sanford, a
, is in the city for a short visit to tl
sister, Mrs. M. R. Plarco. She will S
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ent at the marriage of Mr. Rod-'"
)evlin and Miss McCaslan. t?
s Miss Minnie Devlin, Mrs. Wood- a
is well remembered around Ab- n
lie and old friends are glad to
her again and to know that her c
wav throuch life is both nleas
I and h^ppy. *i3S
Mamie Devlin will return to
ida with Mrs. Woodruff the lat- n
>art of the week.
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INJURES HIP.
rs. Emeline Swyger, 72 years old!
lives with her daughter, Mrs. n
C. TlnncrlniM. f^ll Thursdav!
Band broke her hip. She caught ?
oot in a rug as she was turning
te light, preparatory to retiring
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I fell. A pnysician was cajieu im- a
ately and every attention was
i Mrs. Swyger. $
BRARY HOURS CHANGED. V
ie Abbeville Library announces
its hours have been changed j n
the present schedule of 3:30 to
P. M. on Tuesdays and Fridays, d
30 to 12 in the mornings, same
Miss Myrtle McLeskey has giv- $
e library 28 new books.
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)R. DANIEL ADDRESSES
GRADUATING CLASS
OF ABBEVILLE HIGH
The graduating exercises' of the
Abbeville High School were held at
he Opera House Thurday night, tne
building being packed with the parnts,
relatives and friends of the
tudents. The comencement was a
larked success, the program being
oth interesting and entertaining.
In the graduating class were foureen
girls and not a single boy, which
iicited comment from Dr. D. W.
)aniel, the speaker of the evening.
The program follows:
March?"The American Step," by
liss Ruth Howie.
Invocation?By Rev. J. L. Daniel.
Salutatory?Miss Helen Haigler.
Class History?Miss Lois Ferguson
Instrumental Solo?Miss Lois Feruson.
Class Poem?Miss Ruby Mann.
Class Prophecy?Miss Mary Hill
[arris.
Class Song.
Class Will?Miss Margaret Cox.
Duet?"Ambassador's March"?
ly Misses Mary Hill Harris and Lois
'erguson.
Address?Dr. D. W. Daniel.
Valedictory?Miss Alpha Graves.
Delivery of Diplomas.
Announcements.
Benediction?Rev. M. R. Plaxco.
NEGRO SHOOTING.
John Henry Harrison shot and
illed Willie Lyon Thursday afteroon
on the Grier Sherard farm. The
rouble arose over a dispute as to
loney which Harrison alleged Lyon
wed him. Lyon had a shotgun, but
lid it down and went after Harri>n
with a baseball bat. Harrison
m for the gun and getting it shot
yon, who died Thursday night.
He was arrested that afternoon by
heriff Burts. A coroner's inquest
'as held Friday. Harrison was reused
en bail of $500.
IDDADV Trt PPF5FNT
TAMING OF THE SHREW
The officers of?the Abbeville Li
-A ?J t" j,
rary have decided ta j*ise funds for
he library by giving a modern verion
of Shakespeare's comedy,
The Taming of the Shrew." The
lay will be directed by Mr. Edward
Paldman, who will also take the
ading part of Petruchio. A meetlg
of the cast is scheduled to be
eld at the Opera House sometime
Iris week. The date of the play will
e announced later, though it is
oped that the play can be produced
une 20.
?GISTERED~JERSEYS~ARE
SOLD HERE SATURDAY
W. A. Stevenson, county superviar,
sold 14 registered Jersey cattle
t auction here Saturday afternoon,
le sale taking place at the J. Allen
mith stables. It was the first sale
f its kind that has ever been held
1 this county and a large crowd at;nded.
The cows brought an averge
of $148.00 per head, the sale
etting $2,055.00.
The record of the sale with purhasers
and prices paid follow:
No 1, cow and calf, T. A. Putnam,
>ue West, $192.50.
No. 2, cow, N. G. Thomas, McCorlick,
$155.00.
No. 3, cow, S. L. Wilson, McCorlcik,
$150.00.
No. 4, Heifer, S. L. Wilson, Mclormick,
$175.00.
No. 5, cow, S. L. Wilson, McCorlick,
$116.00.
No. 8, Heifer, Clifton Williamson,
'onalds, $90.00.
No. 11, Bull, T. A. Putnam, $320.
No. 12, Heifer, C. E. Williamson,
.bbeville, $102.00.
No. 13, Cow, E. R. Miller, Hodges,
170.00.
No. 14, cow, R. C. Philson, Abbeille,
$110.00.
No. 15, cow, S. L. Wilson, McCorrick,
$136.00.
No. 17, cow and calf, T. H. Goron,
Due West, $108.00.
No. '0, cow, J. A. Long, Abbeville,
131.00.
No. 18, cow, W. H. Mundy, $100.
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I MARK SMITH
1 MURDERED I
! CITY SAWl
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i Mystery Surrounds Crim<
Found?Was In Abbe^
ing?Left Shortly
Home?Sheriff anc
gating IV1
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Mark Smith, a negro living on'the|t?
plantation of Mr. L. A. Ramey, was tl
i brutally murdered in the public high- 'c<
1 way about three miles from Abbeville c<
j at near 9:00 o'clock Saturday even- w
' ing. | ir
White Men Responsible. i
ti
j Smith came to Abbeville on Satur-j,
i ki
j day in an Overland automobile. He
j was accompanied by his mother, a
[negro named Morris and the latter's*
! wife and by one of Smith's small i .
tf
children. He remained in town un- XT
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; til about one-half hour before suni
down when he started home. When
| he had gone about three miles, and
cc
was nearing a bridge just beyond the
Hill plantation, a party of four or m
five white men in a car, which had
blew as if it wanted to pass. Smith,
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according to those Who were in the .
Ill
j car with him, pulled to the right side
j of the road, and the other car pulled
up beside him, and two men jumped
' out and opened fire on him. Smith n<
! was driving the car, and without waitj
ing to stop his engine, jumped from
I it and attempted to run across the
j field adjoining. The two men foli
lowed, emptying their pistols into his
i cr
< body. After he fell several more
' shots were fired into the body. The S1
body was then carried back to the
al
road, and according to Smith's moth
! er, lay there just a minute, when one
of the men, with an oath, stated that
he was dead, "throw him in the car". 11
The car then turned and went back
in the direction from which it had
come.
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Blood Mark* Spot.
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Visitors to the scene early Sun- li<
day morning found great splotches se
of blood in the adjoining field and a to
pool of blood in the road where, it is re
supposed, Smith's body lay for an in- A
stant when it was brought back into Fi
the roadway. ? qi
A reporter for this paper on Sun- vi
day morning interviewed Smith's w
mother, and the other two negroes G
who wp.r#> alone about t.h? nh on tine, tr
In brief, the above gives a correct h(
outline of what they saw. All were w
NAVY MUST NOT REST H
NOW THAT WAR IS OVER,
DANIELS TELLS CADETS
Annapolis, Md., June 6.?Secretary
Daniels in an address at the: H
graduatin gexercises at the United j er
States naval academy today, declra-| .
ed that the closing of hostilities did
not mean the United States navy s''
could rest on its oars," but that it, w
must surpass its great war record jtii
i by a greater record in peace."
The 454 members of the graduat- de
ing class, the largest in the history se
of the academy, were urged by the si]
secretary to apply all their initia- is
tive and energy in the great task m
of developing the efficiency of the tr
navy. fc
"You are coming into the navy in
a period that will challenge all your
resource and initiative," said Secretary
Daniels. We are determined
the navy shall not, as it did after
the war between the states and the
Spanish-American war, mark time
for a decade. Our policy must be
that it shall move constantly forward ^
making new records and new discov- m
crics. xiic iKtvy naa rnauc o gicov
record in war." *?
A TRAVELING MAN. m
Henry Wilson took a few days off tl"
! last week and went on a trip. He sa
I took in such places as Springfield, th
1 Columbia, Augusta and Charleston, ci
and is back on the job now ready to th
give the girls a good time all summer, tl
FOULLY
WAR THIS
RDAY NIGHT
3?Body Has Not Been
rilie Saturday EvenBefore
Dark For
I Deputy Investi[urder.
rribly freightened and none of
lem could give a satisfactory acsunt
of the happenings. The men
sming behind the car in which they
ere riding, the shooting commencig
so promptly, prevented their beig
able to give an accurate descripon
of any of the men. They all
new, however, that white men were
'sponsible for the crime. Perhaps
dozen other negroes saw some parts
E the shooting or saw the' men as
ley left the scene of the shooting. |
one of these, however, so far as re-1
Drted, are able "'to give any;
jfinite information upon which aj
mclusion could be drawn as to the^
en responsiDie.
Body Not Found.
Smith's body has not been recov-j
ed. Evidently in the careful plan-1
ng of the crime the body was to be!
sposed of so that a question might1
? raised as to whether in fact the
;gro was dead, or perhaps the per-j
;trators of the crime sought to re-1
jve the public as mucfc as possible!
: the harrowing surroundings.
Sheriff Burts, with hid deputy, Mr.!
ann, is making investigation of the'
ime. Upon them resfcfe the respon-!
bility of apprehendinjgthe men who(
ive added another foiir crime to ourj
ready bloody record in this county, j
he people expect that hey will
ring these men to the bar of jus-:
ce.
Wat Acquitted.
Mark Smith is the negro who some-j
me ago shot and severely wounded
eputy Sheriff Cann while his house
as being searched for contraband
3Uor. After the shooting SJmith
snt first to Augusta and from there
? Washington, D. C. He was arssted
there, and later returned to I
bbeville, where he was tried at the
ebruary term of the court and aclitted,
James S. Stark, of Abbelle,
being foreman of the jury,
hich tried him. Hon. Frank B.
ary presided at his trial. Since the
ial of his case he has been at his
>me about five m^le* from town,
here he was engaged in farming.
UGO HAASE SAYS \l)
GERMANU SHOULD
SIGN THE TREATY
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Berlin; June 5.? (Delayed).?!
ugo Haase, leader of the Independ-j
if QrtAiolio+o in art I
It UCVAfUCU lit Oil llltCl
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ew today that Germany should
?n the peace treaty regardless of
hether she can obtain any modificaons.
"Personally, I believe the German
slegates should do their utmost to
cure modifications, but they should
gn in any event," Haas said. "It
more disadvantageous for Gerany
not to sign than to accept the
eatv. even in its nresent harsh
irm."
Haase said he saw small chance
the Independent Socialists taking
rer the government ; the
orkers generally demanded it.
"If all join in demanding a real
acialist government, then I believe
1 the Socialist factions will underike
to 'form a coalition governent,"
he said. "But such a moveent
would not be attempted by
rce."
Haase admitted he had heard ruors
of a plan to attempt to oversow
the government June 7, but
lid that investigation had proven
le rumors false. Reports were in
rculation that several members of
ie cabinet are prepared to resign; if
le peace treaty is not altered.
THE ABBEVILLE COUNTY ]t
MEDICAL SOCIETY MET !
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT 11
The Abbeville County Medical So-^
j ciety held a banquet and later a
meeting here Friday night. The ban-1
quet was giyen at Hotel Eureka and]
the meeting of the organization was!
i held in Dr. G. A. Neuffer's office.
The speakers of the evening were:'
' Mrs. M. T. Coleman, who made 'an
! address on the "Red Cross and Its!
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Relation to the Medical Profession;",
I Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, of Clinton,'
'councilor for this district, made a 'A
j talk on "County and District Org&ni-1 a
zation." Capt. George C. Pruitt,jtl
: MC. U. S. A., spoke on "Medical a
: Work at the Front." ! v
I The talks were all very interest-j h
ing and instructive. One of the'ii
features of the meeting was the pre-; b
sentation of clinical cases. | tl
I The next meeting will be held in j w
Abbeville July 5. i w
Those present were: Doctors G.!
A. Neuffer, C. C. Gambrell, T. L. W.' C
Bailey, Clinton; J. E. Pressly, J. R. T
^ell, Due West; Pressley, Due West; ra
J. A. Anderson, Antreville; J. RJ w
Power, J. C. Hill and Capt. George J S
C. Pruitt. j H
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LIGHTS OUT.
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Superintendent Hix, of the Water! fi;
and Light Plant, lost all his religion |ai
Sunday morning. The current went m
off the wires for several hours and cl
house-keepers were phoning franti-j ei
cally to know "what's the matter." j st
Old ranges and oil stoves were put! tl
in commission again and dinners; tl
came through on time. This is the
first trouble Supt. Hix has had and it ir
was of short duration. T
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ATTEND NATIONAL y
SHRINERS CONVENTION tj
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D. A. Rogers, W. D. Carroll, Leland
Stephens and Henry Brooks 0.
left Saturday for Indianapolis tojjr
attend the National Shriners Conven-j K
tion in that city. It goes without) a;
saying that these gentlemen will! ai
have a large time. They expect to, 0
wioif Vi i q or a Viof nro f.hav rAt.ii m to I
Abbeville. tj
PROF. RISER GOES TO EASLEY "
Prof. D. R. Riser and Mrs. Riser
will leave Wednesday for Easley, S.
C., where Prof. Riser will have tj
charge of the public schools next w
year. The many friends of^r. and t
Mrs. Riser,,^ A^b?yiJJ? , jr<|gret to fl.
learn departure. w
. M$S. yNIC DEAD. ; -a
Mrs. T. E .Link, aged 25 died at ft
her home in Belton last night after
a short illness. She was the wife of SJ
Mr. T. E. Link, linotype operator of f(
the Belton Journal, and formerly a m
printer and operator in Anderson. Sl
The funeral will be held Sunday C(
morning at 11 o'clock at the Metho- js
dist church, Rev. W. J. Johnson, pas- sj
tor of the Asbury Methodist church jj(
and Dr. J. M. Burnett of Belton, w
officiating.?Anderson Daily Mail. p
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ROBERT CHEATHAM ON a]
HIS WAY HOME w
Wallace Cheatham received a ca- jj,
blegram Monday from his brother, w
Robert Cheatham, 6th Division, on
board U. S. S. Mount Vernon, an- m
nouncing that he was on his wayj^y
home and was due in Hoboken today,] jr
June 10th. I n
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CORP. MARS RETURNS. | &
Corp. Walter W. Mars, who re- jr
cently returned from France as a m
member of the 20th. Balloon Com- jr
pany, has accepted a position under a
[the city engineer and is assisting tj
with the surveys about the city looking
to the paving of the streetB.
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Attending The Bankers' Convention. ^
Mr. and Mrs. W. W .Bradley left ^
Saturday night for Tybee, Ga., y
where they will attend the National v
Bankers' Convention. Mr. Craig, ^
the State Bank Examiner, couia not ^
attend this convention and Mr. y
Bradley will represent South Caro-,^
lina. ! y
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10MMENCEI IK
ON HAL SOON
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ioard of Nine Manager* Selected?
Firebrand Church Will Be Moved v.
and Ellis Street Straightened? _ ^
25 percent of Subscription to
Collected Thi? Week.
Arrangements for opening the
ibbeville County Memorial Hospital
re progressing. At a meeting of
he subscribers held last Thursday
fternoon a board of nine managers
ras elected which board later organ:ed
and appointed committees for *
nmediate work. The building will
e turned over to the hospital aulorities
next week, and the actual
rork of remodeling and equipping it
rill be commenced right away.
The stockholders of the Abbeville
ounty Memorial Hospital met last I
hursday and elected the following
lanagers: J. S. Stark, J. F. Barnell,
Dr. J. C. Hill, Dr. J. R. Power,
. H. Rosenberg, L. J. Bristow, D.
[. Hill, J. S. Morse and Dr. G. A.
euffer.
On Friday the managers met and
xed upon the following committees:
nance, grounds, rules and by-laws,
nd equipment. The finance comlittee
composed of Dr. J. R. Power,
lairman; J. S. Morse and S. H. Rosiberg,
were authorized and inducted
to call on the stockholders
lis week and collect 25 percent of
le amount subscribed.
The committee on buildings was
istructed to begin work at once,
he question of moving the Firerand
church has not been settled
et as a suitable lot has not been oblined,
but it is hoped that this mat*
;r will finally be arranged this week.
It was decided to call ? meeting
f the women of the county who are x
iterested in the Memorial Hospital
lovement, at which women's auxiliries
will be formed, and such other
ction taken as will insur&the coperation
of the womfeftdjto tfee^gottd ork.
This meeting waarplaced " in
le hands of a committee, and doe'
otice will be given of the date.
It has been decided by the board
f managers that negroes will not be
jceived into the main building of
le hospital, and a separate building
ill be provided for them. This is
> be under the same management
nd supervision as the building for
hite people. It is expected that
le training of negro nurses will be ^
valuable ?emce to the county, in
le years to come. . .: ? . ;. *;
Mayor Mars, saying he could not
jeak authoritatively, but that he
?lt sure he was voicing the sentiient
of city council, assured the
ibscribers of the co-operation of
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)uncu in every wormy manner, it
expected that Ellis Avenue will be
raightened and widened near the
SBpital, and that Cherokee street
ill be materially improved. Tha
irebrand church (negro) will ba
oved to a new location, more suitsle
to the congregation, and this
ill enable council to straighten Eli
avenue, by acquiring the land on
hich the church now stands.
One thing that should be borne ia
ind by everyone is the fact that
?ere is never to accrue to any one
iterested in the hospital any gain,
ather, it is to be expected that for
)me time to come there will ' be a
nancial loss in the operation of tha
istitution, which lo$s will have to be
iade up by those who are charitably
iclined. A public hospital is never
money-making enterprise, and
moo nrVin Viavo oil VlOPvihpH fit tHft
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COTTON MARKET. V
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Cotton sold on local mar- \
ket yesterday for 31 cents. ^
July futures closed in New ^
York at 31.55. V
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