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PROHIBITION LAW Is
DRASTIC MEASURE.
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Possession of Liquor Not Illegal? J
One-half of One Percent Defined jy
as Intoxicating?Covers Many JPoints?Long
Contest in D
House. n
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* L? t?? OA A man's J
wasmngxun, o uw ??
right to store liquor in his home for ^
the long dry period after July 1 stood
up today against an attack on that e
provision of the prohibition enforce-) P
ment bill before the house judiciary! ^
committee. j P
Near the end of the session, the!
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committee voted down an amendment:
which would have made it unlawful |.
for a citizen to have liquor in his;11
possession; struck out a section!
% which would have prevented "use"j
by a citizen of liquor in his private,
dwelling, and decided that in the;
matter of general enforcement there w
would be no difference between war-'n
time and constitutional prohibition. | o
Even with this and other changes, h
the bill as it will be reported out to-} ci
morrow or Thursday is considered as! p
all embracing. So drastic are its pro-: si
visions, members of the committee; ti
said that while a man may put a kegj n
orf beer in his cellar he may be con-jt:
victed and fined if for instance he ti
wears a watch fob on which there is
a picture of the keg as an advertise- g
ment. ti
In a general consideration of the^
measure the committee made a num-| ft
ber of minor changes, but the princi-j p
pal fight was over the question of "w
tie right of home storage for person- st
al use. Representative Mo;gan, Republican,
of Oklahoma, endeavored j e:
to have stricken out the section ei
reading that "it shall not be unlaw-jp
ful to possess liquor in one's private. tl
dwelling while the same is occupied i T
and used by him only as his dwell- i*
ing." | a:
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Away With Saloon.
Ardent prohibitionists on the com-| e:
rafttee voted against the Morgan.pro-]
posal for the reason, they said, that 11
nothing was to be gained by enacting w
a law so drastic as to arouse the e:
hostility of people who rejoiced that a
the day of the saloon had ended.
Prohibition members supported an Cl
amendment eliminating the proviso w
that the liquor must be obtained and Zi
placed in storage prior to date the e
act would become effective. As amend j1
ed the section reads: "That such li- "
quor need not be reported, provided
the burden of showing that possession
is legal upon the possessor." n
Representative Gard, Democrat, of ^
Ohio, led the fight to strike from the ^
bil the word "use" as applied to the ?
right of home consumption. His mo- *(
tion to amend also wciuaea tne strut-j ing
out of the words "give away", I {"receive"
and "possess' but the com-jp
mittee insisted that these should i n
stand and it wa3 said there was no'
particular fight on Mr. Gard, and asjt<
amended the section stands: lp
"That no persons shall or after the h
date when the 18th amendment to ti
the constitution of the United States tl
goes into effect, nor while the war a
prohibition act shall be in force, o
manufacture, sell, barter, give away, IU
transport, import, export, deliver, j p
furnish, receive of possess any in-!c<
toxieating liquor except as authoriz-j o
ed in this act and all the provisions! ji
of this act shall be literally con-! p
strued to the end that intoxicating!
liquor as beverage may be prohibited, j h
Liquor for non-beverage purposes j a
and wine for sacramental purposes C
may be purchased, sold, transported f
and used as herein provided." e
Must Make Report. s
Every person legally permitted to tl
have liquor is required to report, to s.
I the proper authorities within 10 days n
after the passage of the act, and pos- tl
session after that date, "by any per- a
son not legally permitted under this h
title to possess liquors" shall be re- e
garded as evidence that it is kept for tl
CHOOL TRUSTEES ARE
ELECTED AT PUBLIC
MEETING ON TUESDAY
A meeting of the citizens of Abeville
was held Tuesday night fori
tie purpose of electing school trusses
to take the place of J. L. Mclillan,
H. R. McAllister and C. H.
IcMurray, whose .terms had expired,
fc was proposed to re-elect the three
len namea aoove dut; is was ??-i
ounced at the meeting that Mr. Mc-j
lillan would not serve again. Alberti
tenry was elected to serve in Mr.
IcMillan's place and H. R. McAllJsar
and C. H. McMurray were re-j
ected. There were eighteen people'
resent at the meeting, a somewhat!
irger number than have attended atj
revious meetings.
Bids will be received by the trus-j
*es on July 3 for the installation of j
eating plants in both school buildlgs.
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MEXICO INVITES COLONISTS.
Mexico City, June 24.?Mexico!
rill welcome immigration, it was an-1
ounced here today. The Secretary
f the Interior, Manuel Guirre Ber-'
I
mea. issued a statement that Mexi-'
o, through its Consuls in various j
arts of the world, was trying to
simulate immigration through noces
showing the climate, industries,'
atural products, mercantile activij,
and mining customs of the counT
All immigrants will have the same^
uaranteea and facilities, irrespec-|
ve of nationality, if they come to
texico with honorable intentions.;
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[exico, a country rich in natural,
roducts, salutes both capital and
orkers from all latitudes, the
atement says.
All workers who wish to help withj
icperience, knowledge, and personal;
lergy are welcomed and will be'
rotected under liberal laws, withl
le frank help of the government.'
he problem of immigration is intilately
linked with labor problems,
nd is related also to the growth of
[exico's riches.
Following the indication of modrn
times for progress on constituonal
lines, the government has in oduced
national legislative reforms
hich assure a maximum of human
(Fort toward equitable distribution
mong producers of wealth.
The Secretary of the Interior has
AiifliniMt /vf * o lonr
ill provide a new system of coloniEition
to help the activitiesvof forigners
who come to Mexico. While
elping the fortunes of immigrants,
; will at the same time contribute
> the prosperity of the nation.
A large immigration of both Gerlans
and Japanese is expected in
le next few months. It is known!
aat representatives of -severalluropean
nations are now in Mexico'
>cating sites on which to plant!
olonies.
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urposes of sale. This, however, doe3
ot apply to home stocks.
T)io Kill'a ia in.
>xicating liquor?any beverage or,
roduct containing more than onealf
of oe per cent, alcohol?was re-j
lined. It was said that members of
ie committee discussed this section J
t length, some contending that if j
ne congress undertook to define in-,
sxicating liquors as one-half of 1
er cent., another congress could
ome along and make it 4 per eert.,j
r any figure it chose. There was|
jst a danger, members said, that.
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lumuiwiuii wuuiu uii/i/ pvutiwo.
Representative Gard, appointed
ist year with Chairman Volstead
nd Representative Whaley of South!
larolina to draw up a bill for enorcement
of war time prohibition,
ndeavored to have the committee
ubstitute his bill Chairman Volbead
ruled against a motion to
his effect and was sustained. It was
aid that the war time measure was
iore libertl in its provisions, but as
lie committee had refused to separte
war time and constitutional pro-j
ibition, it was unwilling, memoers
xplained, to make any distinction in
tie matter of enforcement.
SIGNING OF TREATY
IS YET UNCERTAIN
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No Word Has Been Received From '
Berlin?Talk of Ultimatum?
Mueller Balk* at Signing Pact?
Another Scapegoat is Sought
By Huns.
Paris, June 25.Another day has
passed with the delegates of the Allied
and Associated powers in Paris
awaiting in vain definite word from
the Germans as to when they will be
ready to sign the peace treaty. Unofficial
opinion in the French capital
is that the momentous event will not
take place before Saturday and possibly
not until Monday. j
Seeking "Scape Goat." I
The Council of Four was informed
that during Wednesday the German
government was busily engaged in
trying to arrange the personnel of its:
delegation in Versailles.
The Germans thus far have given.
no intimation as to what men are i f
to be the choice of the Bauer govern-1A
ment. Unofficial advices indicate j(
that the cabinet is experiencing great|
difficulty in finding men who are^
willing to take upon their shouldersj.
the duty of acknowledging, in a doc-j^
ument which will become world his- j ^
toric, Germany's utter defeat in the t
war and her unqualified acquiescence j (
to the terms of the victors. I ?
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Reports are that Hermann Mueller; ^
foreign secretary in the Bauer cabi-j j
net, like Dr. Haniel Von Haimhausen^
declined to accept the onus for ?
signing a treaty admittedly obnoxi-!r
ous to the Germans. 2
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ARCHITECT AT WORK I
ON HOSPITAL PLANS
An architect is now at work on;
the plans for remodeling the Abbe-J <
ville County Memorial Hospital and| f
as soon as he has the plan completed j i
a cut will be made of the building i
and it will be run in this paper. *
Twenty-five percent of the amount t
subscribed by the stockholders has ?
been collected and work will com- 1
mence in the near future on 'the t
building. The list of stockholders ^
follows: a
Civic League, W. D. Barksdale, ?
A. B. Morse, J. S. Bowie Co., Harris
& Calvert, E. R. Thomson, S. J. ^
Link, S. G. Thomson, J. S. Stark, G.
A. Neuffer, J. C. Hill, J. E. Pressly,
C. H. McMurray, Philson & Henry,
C. C. Gambrell, J. R. Power, J. F. .
R.Q'm TTTZ>11 T ATI 1 a T TJ WT+AW T P
uuuw v xiiiouvny v J
Nickles, J. M. Anderson, W. A. Stev(]
enson, Richard Sondley, A. M. Smith, I
Mrs. Paul Link, D. Poliakoff, Haddon j j
Wilson Co., Steve Parthemos, R.l
M. Burts, El. C. Horton, Parker &!*
Reese, J. D. Kerr, G. E. Calvert,! ?
Otto Bristow, W. F. Nickles, F. S.j1
Hays, C. E. Williamson, W. A. Lee,j
Wm. M. Barnwell, B. T. Cochran,'*
A. L. Gilliam, S. H. Rosenberg or/
The Rosenberg Mer. Co., Miss Helen j
Edwards, Miss Pearl Hagen, Mrs. jf
C. E. Hix, J. F. Clinkscales, Daugh- i ^
ters of Confederacy, P. A. Cheatham, j1
A. J. Ferguson, Meadows Langley, *
D. H. Hill, J. E. Jones, M. H. Kus- c
tos, M. L. Evans, J. Howard Moore, v
D. W. Thomas, Jas. A. Hill, George 1
C. Douglass, W. L. Peebles, H. A.
Benton, F. S. Hill, G. A. Harrison, c
J. S. Cochran, J. Moore Mars, Mrs. f
Mary M. Gambrell, George C. Gam- c
Dren, w. w. westneia, ur. J. v. ?
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Protracted Meeting.
Revival services are being held at j
the cotton mill church, conducted by c
the Rev. Mr. Harris. A great deal of i
interest is being showp, large crowds c
attending every night s
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Preaching in Court House. I
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The Sunday morning service* of t
the Presbyterian Church will be held i
in the Court House at 11 o'clock a. >
m. The services will be conducted <
by the pastor, the Rev. H. W. Pratt, f
PACIFIC FLEET TO
SAIL NEXT MONTH
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nriu jrass inrougn ranama wanai?
Admiral Rodman Will Be in Com*
mand?Unit* Nearly Equal?
Secretary Daniels May Visit
Pacific Coast.
Washington, June 25.?The recently
created Pacific fleet, now beng
organized from vessels heretofore
forming a part of the Atlantic
forces will sail from Hampton Roads
for the West coast between July 15
md 20, Secretary Daniels announced
;oday. Mr. Daniels probably will be
i passenger on one of the warships
naking the trip to the Pacific thru
;he Panama Canal.
The superior dreadnaught New
Mexico will fly Admiral Hugh Rodnan's
flag as flagship of the Pacific
leet and the Pennsylvania will' renain
the flagship of the Atlantic
leet.. The composition of the two
leets, Secretary Daniels announced,
vill be made public within a few
lays.
In announcing the date of departlre,
which is about a month earlier
;han previously contemplated, Secreu?rv
Daniels said Tip had nlanned to
risit the Pacific coast in August and
hat he, therefore, would make every
sffort to go with the fleet in order to
itudy the scope of contemplated im>rovements
of naval facilities at the
5anaca Canal. It was learned at the
lavy department that extensive
changes would be necessary in the
laval establishment in the canal
:one, especially on the Pacific side to
ake care of the greatly augmented
5acificTleet.
Units Nearly Equal.
The original plan to send all of the
>il burning ships to the West coast
md to keep the coal burning vessels
n the Atlantic has been abandoned,
t was anounced todAy because such
i division would necesarily make the
wo fleets very unequal in size and
run power, almost all the newest and
>est ships being oil burners. Under
he final division the two chief units
vill be as nearly equal in number of
ihips, gun power, speed and all other
elements as possible.
IEPUBLICANS PLAN
TO SAVE REPUBLIC
New York, June 24.?Senator
?oindexter, Republican, Washington,
old the Fifteenth District Republi:an
Club here tonight that "the misiion
of the Republican party in the
mmediate future is to save the Re
)UDiic irom me process 01 uh-uvjiju
lisintegTation in progress during the
>resent administration."
Denouncing "Democratic vacillaSon
aityi weakness in dealing with
Mexico," Senator Poindexter said
he Republican party should elect a
>resident who would fulfill the reponsibilities
the nation had assumed
n Mexico and "reassert American
lonor and self respect, so that our
:itizens, lawfully in that country,
yould not be forced to ransom their
ives with money."
"The suggestion now made in some
[uarters," he continued, "that Great
Jritain should be invited to restore
irder in Mexico should be denounced
ts false to our fundamental policies,
md a Republican congress could retore
order in Mexico and adjust its
nternational obligations."
Senator Poindexter advocated re>eal
of the "act of the Democratic
:ongress and president internationalzing
the Panama Canal; repudiation
>f "the promise of the Democratic
idministration to haul down the American
flag in the Philippines," rejeal
of the extraordinary powers
rested in the president during the
smergency, and speedy reduction of
+?>vao tlimnnli atiminafinn of
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waste and efficiency and the framing
>f a tariff bill to protect industry
ind maintain wages.
GERMAN NEWSPAPER
CALLS PEACE TREATY *
"A SCRAP OF PAPER"
Berlin, June 24.?(Delayed).?
The Berlin Worwaerts, majority Socialist
organ, today described the
peace treaty as "a scrap of paper."
"Extortionate pressure renders
signature of tne peace treaty worthless,"
said the Vorwa'erfcs. "We must
never forget it is only a scrap of
paper. Treaties based on violence
can keep their validity only as long
as force exists. Do not lose hope.
The resurrection day comes."
The Preussische Kreuz Zeitung,
in an editorial headed "Finds Ger- 1
i maniae," declared that "it is our
duty not to permit the Prussian
1 spirit to be crushed."
i The T^ische Rundschau blamed j
> Scheidmann and Erzberger for the 1
| "disaster." '
The National Volks party has an- '
nounced the sharpest opposition to
the new Bauer government. 1
General von Lutwitz has appealed
. to officers and soldiers to continue
on duty.
Several mnor food riots occurred
in Berlin yesterday and last night
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ana it was iearea tney mignc grow
in scope and violence/ today. A
strike involving postal, telegraph,
, and telephone employes seemed certain.
The governor of West Prussia has
announced his resignation.
j ~ DAIRYING IN THE SOUTH.
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Washington, June 24.?Agricul-j'
I tural experts engaged in develop-;
I ment work- in the Southern States!
, believe that that section has a great
I future for dairying. |
j In order to acquaint the rest of(
.the coiintry with Southern work and,
possibilities along that line the Na?j
j tional Dairy Association has been:
| asked to set aside a Southern day at^
I its annual meeting m umcago, uctober
6-12. It is also planned to in- '
vite the Southern Cattlemen's Association
to hold its next convention
in Charleston, Savannah or Jackson- ,
1 ville. /
Part of the movement to build up
the live stock industry in the South j
is a campaign to obtain from State <
' Legislatures enactments for the reg-j (
istration and protection of marks
and brands for cattle, and for the^
improvement of the chattel mortgage!
system so that Qredits will more read-j
ily be extended to stockmen. Flori-j'
da already has an up-to-date chattel j
mortgage law, from the standpoint
, of the banker and progressive stockman,
and it is planned to press for j
similar legislation before the Georgia
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I 111U) ouuttu^i uuu VMV|
Legislatures of North and South
I Carolina in the near future. '
! Besides assisting in building up
the live stock industry in the Southern
States, the development activi- j
ties of that section, backed by expert
government advice, are working
out improvement in agriculture along
other lines, such as crop diversifies-!!
tion, crop rotation, fertilization, soil|
surveys, etc. The South is already '
admitted to be better organized than
the rest of the country, so far as the
system of county agents is concern-'
ed. This i3 shown by the fact that (
there are approximately 1,150 white ^
and 187 negro county agents in fif-^ I
| teen Southern States cooperating |?
j with Dr. Bradford Knapp, of the c
i States relation service, ^ Department I
j of Agriculture. This total of 1,328 '
j exceeds the 1,297 county agents op- '
| erating in all the Northern, Eastetn
i and Western States put together.
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The Sights at umnwooa. e
Judge Frank B. Gary and Mr. J.
M. Nickles went over to Greenwood
Monday on business. Greenwood is
always claiming something different
and on Monday the visitors from the
suburbs saw a four and a quarter
inch rain fall in the space of two
hours. Religiously inclined at Abbeville
were praying for rain.
John Martin, of Prosperity, was in
town Wednesday.
HUGE ARMY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
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Dollar*?Roll Call Not Necessary.
Senator Fall Withdraws Motion
For Immediate Declaration
N. '
of Peace.
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Washington, June 25.?The army
appropriation bill, carrying $888,000,000
and providing for an avei?age
army of 400,000 men next year
?an increase over the house bill of
$171,000,000 in funds and 100,000
in personnel?was passed late today
by the senate without a roll call and
sent to conference.
Before passage of the bill, Senator
Fall, Republican, of New Mexico,
withdrew his amendment to declare
the war with Germany and Austria, <
at an end, explaining tnat he expected
action within a day or two on hia
joint resolution to the same effect as
regards Germany now before the
foreign relations committee.
After disposal of the anny measure
the senate began consideration
3f the annual naval appropriation
bill, carrying $646,272,000, ( an increase
of $46,000,000 ojper the house
bill. Passage of the naval bill to
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morrow is aesirea ana leaaers. lu
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their effort to enact all appropriation
bills needed by July 1, plan then
to-rush through the $500,000,000
sundry civil budget. ?
Final vote on the army-bill was delayed
temporarily today by protracted
discussion of the peace treaty and
league of nations. In this connection
Senator Borah, Republican, of
Idaho, opposed the increase of the
army for 1920 from 300,000 to 400,000
men, but without a record vote
bhe senate approved the 400,000 provision
which is estimated to give pay *
and subsistence for 322,000 men in
the army after next September.
As passed by the senate, the principal
items of the army bill are $215B85,000
for army pay; $523,991,000
for subsistence and transportation;
$5,400,000 for aviation, an increase
of about $30,000,000 over the
tiouse appropriation; $12,215,000 for
the National Guard; $19,000,000 forv
ordnance, and $45,000,000 for atopage
and shipping facilities.
JOSEPH P. ANDERSON IS
NAMED TRUANT OFFICER
Joseph P. Anderson, son of Dr.
ind Mrs. J. A. Anderson, Antreville,
lias been named as truant officer to
succeed Mrs. M. . Coleman, who /
was first appointed but resigned be*
:ause of her duties as head of the
lome section department of the Bed
Cross. Mr. Anderson recently re
;urned from service overseas ana
tad been elected principal of tiw
IntreviUe High School, bat declined
;he position to accept the appointnent
as truant officer.
A. H. KUSTOS BUYS
SMITH PROPERTY
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M. H;, Kustos, proprietor of til?
Columbia Candy Kitchen, bought oo
["uesday from J. Allen Smith the
>roperty on Washington street just
ifVAMt from W. A. Calvert now oc
:upied by an old stable, T$ie price
>akl was $4,750.
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VIA J OR CHEATHAM SPEAKS
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Major R. B. Cheatham, who re:ently
returned from France, made
in interesting address at the Baptist
Dhurch Wednesday night, wherein he
-elated some of his experiences and
>bservations while across the pond.
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