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. r '7~?4 t ' ' ' . . , 4 , ' 1 \ } I : . . >'"} 1 Abbeville Press and Banner ' / * " ~ /. , "published 1S44 $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, June 17, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year* OND ISSUE AGAIN ' UP BEFORE COUNCIL. J ! rpre?entative of Georgia Trust | ? i I . Company Appeared at special j ] Meeting and Pointed Out Mis- } take Made By His Firm?Wish- j ed Change Made to I Per Cent Bonds. ] 1 W. W. Wardlaw of the Georgia \ ust Co.,, Atlanta, appeared before special meeting of City Council on it Thursday afternoon and stated / the members of council that thej^ orgia Trust Co., successful bidders,' ( r the five percent $90,000 streetj ] ving bonds, had made a mistake in! ] sir bid and asked council to accept ( i bid of his firm for 5% percent / ads as the next lowest bid. ( Mr. Wardlaw said that the mis- ( " o /Oa-rlr in t.hp. At-! I LC WOO uiauc MJ ? v?w ... ita office apd later discovered, I en an effort was made to cancel; J i bid by telegraph. Another mis- 1 :e was made here, the bid on 5 % 1 xent bonds being cancelled in- J ad of the bid on the 5 percent ] ids. Later Mr. Wardlaw proposed 1 t the 5 percent bid of his firm ] nd and the money from the sale the bonds be left on deposit with; Georgia Trust Co., to be drawn I actually needed. Mr. Wardlaw ' |;ed, However, tnat nis company j i ready to stand by the terms of contract although it meant a loss' about $1,000, but that he would ( for council to recognize the mis-j * e and rectify it. j ^ ifter consideration at the regular.1 sting Thursday night, Council de-1 ^ sd to hold the Georgia Trust Co., ^ ihe terms of the contract as laid;* ti in -the bid accepted, which is"1 ? 5 per cent bonds at par and a 1 tnium of $326. I( - - - . i i I, Uther Business. | he mayor and city clerk were au-J1 ized to borrow $3,000 to meet!5 rest payments due on outstand- j! bonds and for current expenses. ;' he reports of the Chief of Police, 1th Officer and Superintendent of ;er and Electric Light Plant were iived ?nd accepted. Fines coled during the month of May a- ^ mted to $454.50. There were 14 j rderly cases, 21 cases for gamb, 6 for transporting liquor, 3 for Iition of auto ordinance, 2 plain tks, and 1 for unlawful wearing lothing. bis last case relates to an ordi:e on the city books which makes misdemeanor for any person to r the clothes of another without owner's consent. % he sanitary condition of the city [reported to be good. There were baths and 12 births during the rth of May. Iiere were two petitions before cil for pool rooms. Both petii were tabled for further inforon as to location, number of taetc. One petition was from a e man and the other from a neThe members of council /SeemIninclined to grant licenses for rooms unless the city was guarpd against disorder, which so p is attendant upon the operalof such places. I HOME FROM FRANCE. j I J Le Eighty-First, or the Wild Cat lion is at holjie and is being musI out of service at Camp Jack-! I Among the Abbeville boys ar-! |g Friday were: James W. Cox,| Ik Boggs, Q. L. Ellenburg and j y. Gordon. 1 tGARY TAKES JUDGE PRINCE'S PLACE ? ?-?*/-? i_*J. I I age l"TanK a. Kxary ie.ii, muuu aj Lnderson to preside at the June of the Court of Common Pleas, K the place of Judge Prince, is quite ill at a Baltimore HospiJudge Gary will also preside! (the court in Laurens County. / f. E. JONES WINS IN PRIMARY ELECTION FOR COUNTY TREASURER | i In the final primary election for' Hounty Treasurer J. E. Jones defeated George C. Douglass by 303 najority. The vote stood Jones, 585; Douglass, 382: The total vote' n the run-off primary was 106.7/in' ;he first primary the vote for the; ? QOO Tn +T,o' .Our uanuiuates uaijr utru* au )rimary Saturday Douglass received 111 votes more than he received May 31. Jones received 255 more' rotes. The vote by precincts follows: Jones Douglassj Vbbeville No. 1 73 54 ( Abbeville No. 2. 120 57 j Cotton Mill 6 38 Due West 37 44 jowndesville 80 47 < Dalhoun Falls 47 17 j Vntreville 50 19 Central 27 21; 3old Springs 11 20, Lebanon 10 17; Means Chapel 11 9j jevel Land 41 0; lillville 19 4 \ Ht. View 28 10: ieowee 51 01 lampton 17 5j opi Uigd id X V | Donalds : 35 17 j Total 685 382 *. W. COTHRAN DIES MONDAY IN GREENWOOD | R. W. Cothran died suddenly Mon-j lay morning at his home in Green-j vood. He had been in bad health "or sometime but his death came as i surprise to his family and friends. 3e is survived by his wife, who was Miss Jennie Harrison, sister of Dr.j ?. E. Harrison, of Abbeville, three I >ons, Wade Cothran, William Coth-j an and Francis Cothran and twoj laughters, Miss Mary Cothran and. Miss Annie Cothan. The funeral will be held this afternoon.- Dr. Har-| rison, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cothran and Miss Margaret Cothran, of Abseville, will attend. HOME FROM DENVER. Miss Jessie Hill is at home fromj Denver, Colo., where she has spent! the past year with her sisters, Mrs. rhomas and Mrs. Baldwin. Miss Hill is looking well and is receiving a warm welcome from her many friends. She has seen all the big sights of the west and many of the big people of the world who passed through Denver, but after all she finds Abbeville the garden spot of the world. SEEING THE OLD BOYS. Mr. Albert Gibert, of Willington, went down to Columbia last week and was one of "those present" at the reunion of the class of 1879 of the Carolina Military Academy. Thej celebration consisted of a day with old friends, a banquet at the Jefferson Hatel and a picture made of the | class. There were six in the class \ ! forty years ago and all six are still living and attended the reunion in Columbia. ATTEND COURT. Wm. P. Greene, J. Moore Mars and J. Howard Moore attended court at McCormick Monday. NEW FIRE ENGINE STANDS SECOND TEST FRIDAY MORNING The new Seagrave fire engine was given second test Friday morning which it stood successfully. The engine was run for three and one half hours through a series of tests all of which were made without trouble. The engine was then accepted by Mr. Shannon of the Southeastern Fire Insurance Underwriters. v The first test made about ten days ago, was a failure, the bearings of the centrifugal pump developing a hot box on the last test. A naw pump was sent from the factory, Columbus, Ohio, reaching here several days ago. BODY OF SMITH BEEN IDENTIFIED Recovered Saturday From Savannah l River?Coroner's Inquest Sunday Afternoon?No Verdict Peached?Investigation Will Be Continued. i r The body of Mark Smith was recovered from Cherokee Shoals Saturday afternoon bjf Sheriff Burts and posse. The body had been horribly mutilated the head having been severed, one leg cut off and the trunk hacked and cut, in the effort to destroy all possibility of identification. On Thursday Sheriff Burts received a message from the Sheriff of Elbert County, Ga., saying tha^; the body of a negro had been found by some fishermen at Cherokee Shoals, on the Savannah River. Sheriff Burts and two deputies immediately went to Cherokee Shoals and found evidence that the body had been drawn up on the bank and mutilated and then thrown back into the river. * ? ? 1- .1 J J a pan 01 a pants ieg was iuunu. Sand and scraps of flesh were thrown up on bushes indicated that an axe had been used in cutting the negro up. Saturday' Sheriff Burts, James Thornton, Charles Thornton, R. W. Smith, Mason Williams and Will Scott returned to Cherokee Shoals and began a search in the Savannah River for the body. Late in the afternoon a buzzard lighting on the shoals indicated the place that the body had caught on the rocks. It was brought back to . Abbeville and the inquest was held Sunday afternon. The coroner's jury was composed of Dr. J. E. Pressly, coroner; Gordon White, Bradley Reese, W. D. Barksdale, H. R. McAllister, R. S. Link a^d W. A. Calvert. No verdict was reached, though the body of the negro was positively identified as that of Mark Smith. His wife and mother identified his clothing and the wound in the middle finger of the left hand, where he was shot at the time he wounded Deputy Cann. Another negro named Jenkins also identified Smith's clothing. The investigation by the coroner's jury will continue. It is possible that evidence will be unearthed this week that will enable the jury to bring in some sort of definite verdict. It is rumored that a reward for the apprehension of the four white men will be offered" PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC FRIDAY The Sunday School picnic of the Presbyterian Church will be held on Friday, June 20, at Millwood. The picnickers will leave the church at 9:00 a. m. Boys will be in charge of Capt. J. L. Perrin. All the children will be properly looked after and a large attendance is urged. Anyone who can furnish a car will notify Mr. (J. D. .Brown or H. a. Wisby. SAILING THE OCEAN BLUE. t Frank B. Gary, Jr., has finished his first year at Annapolis and is taking his first cruise. He passed his examinations and took a creditable j stand in his classes and is now in the "Youngster" class. Frank is on the U. S. S. Wisconsir | and will cruise in Southern waters touching at the West Indies, Cuba n Ponol 'Ph< ! l an a ma anu tuivugu uiw ; cadets will also get a touch of higl ! life for they will come back to Nev York a!^id Boston. The trip will lasl for three months after which Fran! will get a short leav? which he wil spend at home. I Miss Ruth Calvert, who has beer teacmng at rinevine, o. ^., reiurnei ! to Abbeville yesterday and will spent ' the summer with her parents, . Mr : and Mrs. W. A. Calvert. I V \ NON-STOP FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC U.J. O.. r l!A CI A 1 Lr ._J ififluc uj bugi?u njrcri, aux Brown?Sixteen Hour* to Make Trip?Airmen Stand Trip Well. Hazardous Enterprise. Success. London, June 15.?The final goal of all the ambitions which flying men j have ventured to dream since the j Wright brothers first rose from the j earth in a heavier than air machine I was realized this morning when* two . young British officers, Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, landed on the Irish coast after the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. i Their voyage was without accident i and without unforeseen incident, so ! far as can be learned. It was a j straightaway, cleancut flight achiev ed in 16 hours and 12 minutes? from Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, a distance of more than 1,900 miles. But the brief and modest descripj tion which comes from the airmen at j Clifden tells of an adventurous and J amazingly hazardous enterprise. Fog and mists hung over the North Atlantic and the VickersVdmy biplane climbed and dove, struggling to extricate herself from the folds of the airplane's worst enemy. She rose to 11,000 feet, swooped down almost to the surface of the sea, and at times the two navigators found themselves flying uside down only ten feet above the water. Before coming to earth near the Clifden wireless station Alcock circled the wireless aerials, seeking the best spot to reach the earth. But no suitable ground was found, so he chanced it in a bog. The wireless staff rushed to the aid of the aviators. They found Brown dazed and Alcock temporarily deafened by the force of the impact. As soon as they were able to be escorted to the wireless station, they telegraphed the news to their friends, then had breawfast. "That is the best way to cross the i A ilnniln nm'/l T imi^Ananf PH/ nbiauiiv;)) oam iJicui^iiaiiii 1/1 VTTUJ U*ter he had eaten. ONE YEAR AGRICULTURAL MEN COMPLETE THEIR COURSE Clemson College, June 13.?Ten young men completed the one-year course in practical agriculture last week and received their certifificates on Friday evening at the cuosing ex! ercisesj>f the class. The class was considerably smaller this year than usual because of varil ous war conditions, the usual numj ber to take this course being forty or i fifty, and the next session win aouotj less see a return to normal size. I The "one-year age" are mature young men, eighteen years or older, who have had form life experience , and who, having realized the need j for better preparation for successful j farming, enter this special course | training that will give them a better understanding of fundamental prin ciples and a knowledge of most approved practices in modern farming. They will of course return to theii farms to make more successful farmers and better citizens. t| >1 . HIS THIRD BIRTHDAY. 1 Fred S. Hill, Jr., the handsome little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hill, 1 is three years old and celebrated the ' day by inviting his friends to a par? ty. He had ice cream and cake anc ! lively games to entertain his friends 1 all of whom wish Fred could have t 7 birthday every week or two. b . L i V vvv vv vvvvv vvvv> lis. < ^ V COTTON MARKET. V Cotton sold on local marijV, ket yesterday for 31 1-2 cts. I V July futures closed in New liv York at 31.55. I /' DR. THORNTON WHALING TO DELIVER LECTURE HERE.SUNDAY NIGH1 i. Dr. Thornton Whaling, of Colum ; bia Theological Seminary, will de i liver his lecture, "The Making oJ j Woodrow Wilson," at the Presby terian open air service next Sunda] night. This is the Union Service oj all the churches of the town. All th< country churches are invited to joii iA this service. Come in your auto mobiles and sit in them during th< worship. I Plenty of seats for every I body. Dr. Whaling has delivered this lec ' ture before every soldier of Camj I Jackson and Camp Hancock and h< was asked by the Morale Departmem ! of the United States Army to visii | all the camps in this country and de J liver the address before the soldiers i It is, strictly speaking, a sermon showing how the religion of the bi ble was necessary to make a mar stfch as the President. The service will begin at 9:0C o'clock. j UPSHAW RAPS GOMPERS | pr\n intrvrtt n a v ? i run nEil MbLI i Washington, June 14.?While several thousand representatives of ori ganized labor were holding a protest : meeting on the Capitol Plaza and dei manding the repeal of the wartime ! prohibition law, Representative Wil] liam D. Upshaw, of Georgia, deliver| ed a speech in the house this afterj noon disapproving of such a gather ing on the capitol grounds. Mr. Up! sraw said he dicl not believe the proi test meeting of the American FederI ation of Labor, which Presidenl I j Gompers attended, represented the | real native-born American working man. In proof of this Mr. Upshav read a telegram received from At lanta. "I hold in my hand," said Mr Upshaw, "a telegram showing tha Mr. Gompers, whom I honor becaus< of his great qualities of leadership and the demonstration today th< i heart of our native-born America: labor. Hear it." J Mr. Upshaw then read the tele I gram but neglected to give the sig nature. "Who signs that telegram" aske< Representative Britton, of Illinois "Give the signature." "With pleasure," said Mr. Upshav "It was signed by the Rev. John W Ham, pastor of the Baptist Taber nacle in Atlanta." "Thank you," said Mr. Britton "The house might have assumed i was sent by a labor leader or one o: the unions." VISITORS FROM UNION SPRING! Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gulledge hav< as their guests, Mrs. E. A. Gulledgi and her two children, Harry and Misi Erie Duke, and their niece, Mia j Helen Stroud, of Union Springs, Ala These visitors are having a pleasan time and are meeting many friend of Mr. and Mrs. Gulledge. A VISITOR FROM GREENVILLE. Miss Kittie Perrin is down fron }. Greenville on her annual visit beinj j the guest of Mrs. Gordon White 01 j Greenville Street. Her many friend I are always glad to see her and t< j know that she is recovering he: J health. I CITIZENS WANT ALL THE STREET PAVING . THEY CAN OBTAII , The petitions, circulated by Mayo Mars for the signatures of the prop I erty owner of the various streets i Abbeville, are being reutrned wit the necessary two-thirds of the prop erty owners as signatories. Trinit} Chestnut, Greenville, Washnigtor k South Main, Pickens and North Mai i have already been returned. A fei k people are refusing to sign, but fo k the most part the property ownei k are anxious to meet the condition k whereby twice the amount of stree k paving can be done as could be a< i complished if only the original $90 000 wjfe expended. 4 in G. SMITH DIES ^ i Al I A ? :! UN HAM l-KIUAY f'. & j Passed Away After Illness of Serer^ al Months?Was For Many Years ,1 Cashier of the National Bank? J Funeral Monday Afternoon. J Graduate of Davidson j' Henry Gillespie Smith, 39 years old, died last Friday night at 10:30 o'clock at Johns Hopkins Hospital, } Baltimore, after an illness of several j months. His father, J. Allen Smith, t Sr.; J. Allen Smith Jr., and his sis> t ter, Miss Grace Smith were with him at the time of his death. / His body was brought to Abb?^ ville Sunday and the funeral was f conducted from the residence Mon| day afternoon at 6:30 o'clock. Interment followed immediately in Long T1 TT TTT T. . . | uauc cci.iiei.ery. Aev. XI. W frKl| ( his pastor, officiating. The active pallbearers were: / M. Bradley Reese, Albert Henry, J. D. ' Miller, Joe T. Hughes, E. R. Thomson, Lewis Perrin; Honorary pall. bearers, Dr. S. G. Thomson, W. F. . Nickles, Dr. F. E. Harrison, J. C. ; Thomson. H. G. Smith was-born in Abbeville f ) July 7, 1880, the son of Mr. and . Mrs. J. Allen Smith. After prepara. tory schooling in Abbeville, he enter. ed Davidson College, where he was , . graduated in 1901. In the same year . he entered the National Bank, with . which institution he was connected . until January 1, 1919, being cashier of the bank from 1907 to 1919. > He was a member of the Presbyt terian Church, a member of the Mar fconic Lodge and a Shriner. The deceased is survived by his (> father, J. Allen Smith, Sr., three . brothers, J. Allen Smith, Jr., Edward t H. Smith, and Maxwell Smith, and . ?' four sisters, Miss Grace Smith, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Mary Smith and ?j Mrs. D. H. Hill. Four uncles also i 'survive bim, A. M. Smith, W. S. I Cothran, T. P. Cothran and W. C. i. Cothran, the last two of Greenville. Mr. Smith jlett Abbeville about three weeks fgo for Tate Springs, 1 Tenn., where he hoped to regain his . J health. He was accompanied by J. I Allen Smith, Jr., and Miss Grace 7 Smith. Failing to get better he went ; J to Johns Hopkins Hospital with his - brother and sister and at first the physicians in charge said that he was . ' in no danger and he seemed to be t getting better, his brother and sister ? returning home. Last Wednesday night the family revived a telegram I stating that his condition y&s seri5 J ous. His father and his brother and I sister, J. Allen Smith, Jr., and Miss ?j Grace Smith, returned to his bedside s' and were with him when he passed s I away. si One brother Sergt. Edward H. .! Smith' landed in New York Saturday, tj returning with the 81st Division, of v 3 which he was a member. His commanding officer was telegraphed and he was given a five-day leave to attend the funeral, reaching Abbeville ?i Monday. \ ? Out-of-town relatives and friends i who attended the funeral were: T. P. 91 Cothran, Greenville; W. C. Cothran, >J Greenville; Miss Meta Lythgoe, Atr, lanta, and Miss Hettie McCollum, of j Summerville. MR. AND MRS. DEVLIN. . 'Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Devlin are ex| pected in the city Tuesday night for j a short visit to Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Plaxco. after which they will go to h on to Greenwood, where they will n make their home. They have had a "l pleasant trip through the mountains H of North Carolina and Tennessee. r*. : SPECIAL MEETING OF n THE CITY COUNCIL 7f ir A special meeting of the City s Council was called for Monday night is to consider the acceptance of the Ll Tf Vl QC KAAT1 ;t ocagittvc uic cuguie* . accepted by the fire insurance men and it is thought that council will J accept the enginez-without question. I