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Abbeville Press and Banner
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"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.
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rpre?entative of Georgia Trust |
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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. ]
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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
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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(
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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f. E. JONES WINS IN
PRIMARY ELECTION
FOR COUNTY TREASURER
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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
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>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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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>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.
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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.
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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
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i run nEil MbLI
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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
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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.
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in G. SMITH DIES ^
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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
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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
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conducted from the residence Mon|
day afternoon at 6:30 o'clock. Interment
followed immediately in Long
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| 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.
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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
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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.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF
n THE CITY COUNCIL
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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.
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