The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 01, 1919, Image 1
IV
Abbeville Press and Banner
Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. G., Tuesday, July 1, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
I GERMANS SIGNED
THE PEACE TREATY
War is Brought to a Formal End?
I Ceremony in Mail or mirror*?
Condition! of 1871 Reversed?
President Wilson Leads
Allies in Signing.
??
Versailles, June 28.?World peace
was signed and sealed in the historic
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles this af-1
ternoon but under circumstances
which somewhat dimmed the expectations
of those who had worked and
fought during long years of war and
months of negotiations for this a-j
chievement.
nosp HPIP
I gates, who at the last moment were
unable to reconcile themselves to
the Shantung settlement and left the
Eastern Empire outside the formal
purviews of peace, struck the first dis
cordant note in the assembly. A written
protest which Gen. Jan Christian
Smuts lodged with his signature was
another disappointment to the makers
of the treaty.
Warnings and Reply.
To M. Clemenceau's stern warning
in his opening remarks that they
would be expected, and held, to observe
the treaty provisions legally
and completely, the German delegates
through Dr. Haniel Von Haimhausen,
replied after returning to the
hotel that had they known they
would be treated on a different status
after signing than the Allied representatives
as shown by their separate
exit before the egneral body of(
the conference they never would
nave signed.
Dramatic Climax.
The ceremony came to a dramatic'
lose, in fact, reached its highest
ramatic pitch?with the wild en-j
husiastic reception of President Wil-!
on, M. Clemenceau and Mr. Lloyd
Jeorge by the crowds outside the
ailace, who ignored or disregarded
Iw* minor n-f +Vip H?v TViov
I me the three statesmen from their
scorts and almost carried them body
in their progress through the
hateau grounds, to watch the play1
g of the fountains, a part of the
rogram which had been planned as
dignified State processionel of all
tie plenipotentiaries.
Germany and the Allied and assorted
powers signed the peace terms
ere today in the same Imperial hall
mere the Germans humbled the
prench so ign ominously forty-eight
pars ago. This formally ended the
Iorid war which lasted juat thirtyven
days less than five year. Toly,
the day of peace, is the fifth anversary
of the murder of the Archake
Francis Ferdinand at Savere|
Order of Signing.
I The signing began when Dr. Herrlann
Mueller and Johannes Bell, the
fcrman signatories, affixed their
Imes. Herr Mueller sicmed at 3.12
I lock and Herr Bell at 3.13 o'clock,
sident Wilson, first of the Allied
egates, signed a minute later. At
5 o'clock the momentous session
s concluded. All the diplomats and
mbers of their parties wore conltional
civilian clothes. There was
marked lack of gold lace ad pa
j mi ?* *
Imry. xn?y were none 01 xne ianil
uniforms of the middle ages,
?e traditions and practices are so
n3y condemned in the great, sealered
document signed today.
Almost a Tragedy.
Jimmie" Harris, Claud Gambrell,
:il and Harold Tate and Edwin
"ksdale, the brave young boys who
it to North Carolina two weeks
I to have the time of their lives,
at home again. Claud and "Jim"
are having much to say of their
, but the Tate boys and Edwin
not in a talking humor yet, for
thfee developed a fine case of
npe and came home muffled-jawwid
mad.
NEGRO KILLS ONE AND
FATALLY WOUNDS ANOTHER
AT BROWNWELL CHURCH
For the fourth time within the1
past five weeks in this county, a ne-|
gro killing h?e occurred at a Sunday}
afternoon church gathering. The
! last fatality happened about 3 o'clock j
I SnnHnv nf+wnrvnn at RrnwnwpH'
*
Church ,near Latimer, when Henry
Robinson shot and killed Harden
Fuller and probably fatally wounded
Henry Johnson. A woman is said to!
have been the cause of the shooting. I
A thirty-two "side-wheeler" was the'
! weapon used.
Within an hour after the shooting'
! occurred Robinson was arrested by!
I
Sheriff Burts and Deputy Marshall
j Bruce and was placed in the county
! jail.
j
SHIP BUILDING
GIVEN NEW LEASEI
; |
Washington, June 27.?Increase in
the shipping board fund from $276,000,000
to $491,000,000 for completion
of the government's authorized
ship building program was approved
by the senate with but one dissenting
vote at a late session tonight,'
held in an effort to pass' the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Legislation designed to aid the
government in its campaign against
i bomb throwers, anarchists and radicals
was adopted by the senate after
long and bitter denunciation of law
breakers. The committee amendment;
extending permanently the war time
law providing for strict federal legislation
of sale, manufacture and dis
tribution of explosives also was apjproved.
During the debate, Senator King,
Democrat, Utah, urged deportation
of L. A. C. K. Martens, New York,
representative of the Russian soviet.,
He also advocated removal by President
Wilson of Frederick C. Howe,jJ
New York immigration commissioner!1
Senator Sherman, Republican, Illi-j'
[ nois, also attacked Martens and
Howe, and added that President Wil|
son should "separate himself from
; men of that type." Senator Sher-j1
man HaoIhtwI +T10 Tir/?ri/lon+ "Iiototc!
j too much from men who have sym|
pathy. with Bolshevism."
Senator Overman, Democrat, of 1
j North Carolina, chairman of the comj
mittee which investigated Bolshevism 1
j Senator Pomerene, Domocrat, Ohio;
j Senator Sterling, Republican, South
j Dakota, and Senator Underwood,
! Democrat, Alabama, supported the
! explosives legislation and urged thati
j the government "go the limit against 1
i anarchism." The legislation was op
posed by Senators Lenroot, Republi
lean, Wisconsin, and King, because,!
! they said, it was unconstitutional, j
iand violated State rights. Senator!
j Underwood conceded that federal!
i
I regulation of explosives in peace!
| time was in the "twilight zone of]
| constitutionality," but urged thatj
I doubt of the government's power be i
I resolved in favor of the government,
j Protracted debate on the ship
I building appropriation item and the
committee amendment to cut off ail]
I funds from the tariff commission'
caused several important items to be
passed over until tomorrow, thereby
j preventing passage of the measure
tonight as planned.
Motor Trip to Virginia.
I
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMillan, Mrs.
j J. M. Anderson, Miss Margaret and
' Elizabeth T,A7.f?nhv. Mrs. O,t?o Bris
jtow and Raiford McMillan left Monj
day on a motor trip through North
j Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia
I with Bluefield, W. Va., as the desti{
nation. The Misses Lazenby's home!
is in Bluefield and Mrs. Anderson]
lived in Bluefield for a number of I
years. After visiting in Bluefield for
several days, the party will motor
up the Shenandoah Valley to the Luray
Caverns and then to Washington.
The return trip will be made through
Richmond, Va.
C. W. Maclin and Mr. Curamings,
of Rome, Ga., were visitors in Abbeville
Sunday.
GERMANS ACTIVE <
AGAINST POLES
Paris, June 27.?Movements of thej
Germans against the Western Polish;
boundary at three points are giving i
great uneasiness in conference cir- I
cles, and Ignace Jan Paderewski, 1
Pr?1i?Vi r?rormif?r ic mnlrincr Mrnpst ftf- 1
forts to obtain ammunition from the ]
allies before the Germans cut the;
principal Tail-ways which it is thought;
they will attempt.
Heavy artillery attacks upon j1
Czenstochowa from the south and \(
west threaten to cut the railway con- '<
necting Warsaw with Cracow and the <
Teschen coal fields. Czenstochowa is i
a city of 40,000 persons and an im- '
portant railway junction. !
The Cermans are also advancing, at
Krotoechin, 54 miles south-south-1 >
est of Posen and directly west of, i
Lodz, and there is fighting on the '
River Netze, west of Bromberg. Pol-j
ish regard the Czenstochowa action
as most critical, as the Germans are 1
within 20 miles of the city at some <
points. The decisior/of the council,
of four to permit the Polish army to, i
establish order in Galicia, east of ;
_ . . i
Lemburg, earned with it temporary :
recognition of the River Bruez, pend-j(
ing the decision of the league of na-^
tions. This decision was gratifying i
to M. Paderewski, and his associates ]
as the interallied commissions which
visited the region supported Polish
reports that the district was being '
terrorized by bands connected with
no recognized army.
.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS j
/
Mrs. John T. Evans and Mrs. Jos.
L. Evans have sold the residence with
the store-room attached near the
Cotton Mill to Luther C. Martin for
$5,000. At the time of the purchase;
Mr. Martin also contracted with John
T. Evans to take his stock of goods
at an agreed price on October lst.,i
at which time he will take charge of
the property. j
Mr. Martin will Conduct a general
merchandise store at the stand now'1
occupied by Mr. Evans after the date J
state, and will be prepared ito serve:
all customers in an up-to-date man-|
ner.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Mar-j
tin will be glad to know that they are i
to return to Abbeville to make this1
their home.
Mr. John T. Evans has purchased
from Mrs. W. T. Bradley the lot on
Church Street on which the residence
of Mrs. Bradley stood before it was
destroyed by fire. It is understood
that Mr. Evans will erect a handsome
residence on the lot.
Col. R. W. Smith, on Monday,
aIada/J 'o iy?q/]a n** n p
WVOCTll a TY1UIL JL/1. VI* WIM?V*V|
for the purchase of the W. P. Devlin!
tract of land on Long Cane. The pur-:
chase price is $16.00 per acre, which
sound like cheap land in these times
of high prices. The Colonel will takej
charge January 1st. j
A
RUNAWAY HORSE.
i
i
There came near being a serious (
accident at the residence of Mr. R. j
W. Smith Sunday afternoon. The|
horse, which was hitched to the bug-'
gy, was tied to a post in the yard and j
+>io irnimf* Pained Krtv twn sons'
of Mr. Smith got in in the buggy to
play.
The boys were telling stories about
driving horses and it was supposed
that the horse hitched to the
Raines buggy started forjvard from
some of the orders given by the boys.
The rein with which it was hitched
brolCe, and it is thought that this
frightened the animal. At any
rate it started at a fast gait for home.
The Raines boy jumped out, but the
two Smith boys, aged 7 and 9, stayed
in the foot of the buggy until it hit
a heavy sand bar. This slowed the
horse up a little and both of them
jumped out. They were badly frightened
and a little bruised but not seriously
hurt.
The horse ran on to the residence
of Mr. Raines and ran under a shed,
tearing the top off the buggy, breaking
the single-tree and other parts
of the vehicle.
GREENVILLE WOMAN j LI
ACCUSED OF ARSON,
|
i
Greenville, June 27.?A sensation,
was created here today by the arrest j
of Mrs. J. W. McFarland, college: ce
graduate, author of a published book, J.
of poems and former city school j a
teacher, who is charsred with com- 'hi:
plicity in starting the fire that de- s so
stroyed five buildings on Rhett and, 19
Pendleton stteets here last night., $>r
That Mrs. McFarland is demented j Li
on the subject of fires is the belief co
of Sheriff Rector, who stated that in a
addition to the confession he claim-( seed
Mrs. McFarland has made to him D(
that she started last night's fire, he se'
has evidence to show that she was re-( so
sponsible for the burning of the Co-j At
lonial Apartments about two months
ago. Mrs. McFarland in the cell to-.br
night emphatically denied that she^0
had confessed to setting fire to the
Rhett Street buildings. Friends said Le
Mrs. McFarland was asleep and that f?
they waked her when the fire occurr- he
ed last night. j Ci
Prominent persons have interested ra
thmselves in Mrs. McFarland's case. an
She comes from a prominent Georgia
familv. it is said, and tauerht in the
city schools here, having married a
3oldier in the Thirtieth Division in
Greenville in the fall of 1917. Her an
husband is now in France. ! co
. . . . ith
1 pe
ARMENIANS DIE j th
OF STARVATION pr
___ ' t)h
i
:
London, June 27.?"I have seen,
towns where there were 7,000 refu^
?ees losing 1,000 of them monthly,
through starvation. I have seen a'
town 30 miles from the railroad re-j ^
duced by starvation from a population
of 4,000 to 2,000 in ten dayB." |
That is what is happening in Ar-, ^
menia, according to Lieut. Melville | P^
"L-i? j.1.. * : r>?j f CI
urmter ui wie Aiuvnuiiii xvcu vivaa,
who has arrived in London after an ^
extensive tour; of the Near East. |on
I gj}
Condition there, he told the Asso
I TG
ciated Press representative, are simply
appalling. The people are in j
rags. Disease, no less than starvation
i qq
is taking a heavy toll, and it is dif- .
ficult to check its spread because jtl?
there are no medicines or disinfec-'an
j
tants to be had. The people will, ^
have to be fed by outsiders, he said,;
1 US
until the harvest which follows the!
, th
next sowing.
The new American state, known as j0]
the Republic of Erivian, is a country |
so despoiled by the Turks, the Red, jQ
Cross officted state, that it does not ag
possess even any seed grain. t(>
"During the war," he said, "The to
Turks made systematic attempts to ^ to
destroy the Armenian people. Theyjth
forced their way through Armenia-bo
with the intention of joining forces j ed
with the Tartars to the north, massa-j
creing and committing widespread is
depredations as they marched. On el<
their way back they swept Armenia en
clean for the Armenians at the time tr;
of the armistice had only 22,000 sol- ar
diers in the field. The Turks wanton-! to
ly destroyed everything in their: co
nath. The result is that the Armen-! \rr
*" ; j v
ian republic has no cattle, seed jn
grain, flour?nothing at all to eat."
The American committee for relief'
in the Near East is making every effort,
according to Lieutenant Chater,
to succor the starving Armenians, j
From February 8 to April 1, with; ^
the aid of the American Red Cross,!.,
llf
it put into the country 5,600 tons of ^
flour. Distribution is a difficult prob-l
_ IM
lem. rood is earned .to interior,
SO
points by native bullock carts.
m;
I
WRIGHTSVILLE FIRE
DESTROYS HOTEL ni
.
su
Wilmington, N. C., June 26.?The hi
Seashore Hotel, one of the two big
hotels at Wrightsville Beach, ten at
miles east of Wilmington, was burn- ac
ed to the ground at a late hour to- bt
night. More than 300 guests escaped
unhurt with most of their belong- as
ings. The loss is partially covered w
by insurance. Fire fighting equip- hi
ment was sent from this city. ai
V
EUT. W. OSCAR STEVENSON
CITED FOR BRAVERY
BY GENERAL PERSHINC
Supervisor W. A. Stevenson re
ived a dispatch from General Joha
Pershing Sunday which contains
citation for bravery, awarded t<
3 son, Lieut. William Oscar Steven
n, killed an action October 8
18. The citation was, for unusua
avery in battle on September 25
eut. Stevenson was out with a re
nnoitering party in a truck, whei
shell burst over the truck, killinj
veal and wounding the others men
jspite the fact that he was woundei
verely in the back, Lieut. Steven
n brought the truck back to th<
nerican lines.
This is the second citation fo;
avery accorded to Lieut. Steven
n, the first being a divisional cita
m, given by Major General W. W
;wis of the 30th Division, and wa
r unusual bravery in action Ooto
r 7, the day before he was killed
tations from Oeneral Pershing an
re and are given only for unusua
d conspicuous bravery.
TVip rihnfmn frvllnwc"
Second Lieutenant. William Osca
evenson, (deceased) Company A
8th Infantry: For distinguishe<
d exceptional gallantry at Hargi
urt on 25th September, 1918, ii
e operations of the American Ex
ditionary Forces in Testimon;
ereof, and as an expression of ap
eciation of his valor, I award hin
is citation.
Awarded 27th March, 1919.
Signed John J. Pershing,
Commander-in-Chief.
GRADUATES IN AGRICULTURE
Clemson College, June 28.?A to
1 of seventy-two men have com
eted courses in agriculture a
emson College this year. Of thi
imber ten were members of tb
e-year agricultural course an<
cty-two were graduates of tb
gular four-year courses in agricul
re.
Ten members of the one-yea
urse completed their work in prac
:al agriculture in Friday, June 6
id were awarded certificates bu
>t degrees. The sixty-two member
the four-year degree courses grad
ited on Tuesday, June 17, whei
ey received diplomas which con
rred on th?m the degree of Bache
r of Science.
Of the sixty-two graduates in th
ur-year courses twenty-three tool
Tonomy as major work, thirteei
1 1 _x H
ok agTCiuxturai cnemisiry, nv
ok agronomy and horticulture, si:
ok dairying and animal husbandry
ree took horticulture, three tool
mtany, and nine took agricultura
ucation.
There were a bo in the class o
'19 fifteen graduates in mechanics
ectrical engineering, six m civi
gineering, seven in textile indus
y, five in chemistry, and four i:
chitectural engineering, making <
tal of 99 members of the degre
urses or a grand total of 10!
iung men who completed course
the institution in 1919.
ILSON WILL NOT
I I FT RAN ON R0071
Washington, June 28.?Presiden
ilson has decided he cannot legall;
e the war time prohibition ban be
re the country goes dryvat midnigh
onday, but he expects to do so a
on thereafter aa his power has bee:
ade clear by the completion of de
obilization.
In a cablegram made public to
ght at the White House the Pres
;nt said he was convinced after con
ltation with his legal advisers h
id no authority to act at this time
"When demobilization is terrain
ed," he continued, "my power t
:t without congressional action wi]
i exercised."
The message expressed no opinio:
i to the authority of the Presdienl
hen he does raise the ban, to mak
s action applicable only to bef
id wine.
, FATHER AND TWO
; SONS ARE SHOT
1
> /
J. B. A?klej, HU Son, Sam Ashler.
Lee White and Son White Arrettj
ed?Out on $300 Bjbnd Eath?
Trouble Started Over Youthful
Fracas.
1
??
y J. B. Ashley, and his aon, Sam.
i. Ashley, Lee White and Son White
i were arrested Sunday afternoon
- charged with shooting Eugene Covin,
e and his two sonsj Ernest and Ellis,
near Wardlaw Bridge on Little River
r Saturday evening. The shooting was
J done with shotguns and the father
-J and two sons were peppered with
J bird shot. It is feared that Ernest
s' Covin will lose the sight of one eye.
-! The warrants charge assault with in1
fonf 4-a w11
l# | VWUV UV mill
B; The trouble started over a fight
lj which occurred,Friday afternoon bei
tween the two boys, Ernest Covin
j and Sam Ashley, in which the former
r, got the better of the fracas. It ia
> said that Covin used a buggy whip
V and this fact angered Ashley's father
- J. B. Ashley.
11 The three Covins came to Abbeville
Saturday as did the Ashleys
^ and the Whites. It is understood
that a few words were passed whil?
1 in town, but no trouble occurred.
The Covins left for home about
. o'clock and in order to reach-- theca.
had to pass the Ashley home. As
they approached the placed they noticed
the Ashleys and Whites and
others gathered in the yard. The
elder Covin made an effort to get by,
. but was stopped by J. B. Adbtoy,
. who claims that he wanted Ernest
tj Covin and his son Sam to finish the
gj fight. Covin whipped up his mule
q ! and when he got several feet away
j'some of the Ashleys and the Whites
e opened fire with shotguns. AU three '
. of the Covins were hit. The father
was struck in the face, arms and
r body and had two teeth shot out.
i- Ernest was struck in the face and s
\t arms and will probably lose his left
t eye. Ellis Covin, about 10 years oH,
s was struck in the legs and body. Sev[.
eral volleys were fired at the Covins,
n Ernest Covin says that he return
ed the fire of the attackers with *
- shot gun, but does not think he hlfc
anyone';
e The Ashleys and the Whites were
k arrested Sunday afternoon by Sbera
iff Burts and Deputy Sheriff Cann oai
e warrants charging assault with intent
K to kill. They were relieased on temr>
porary bond of $300 each, returning
^ Monday and making permanent bond.
,1
f PLANS OF BRAZIL
1 ARE WORLD-WIDE
il
(. Washington, June 24.?Develop1
ments of close commercial relations
a between Brazil and other countries,
e the United States in particular, was
5 declared today by Dr. Epitacio Pess
soa, president-elect of Brazil, to bs
j one of the aims of his coming administration.
In his last public address in Wash.
ington, made at a luncheon given in
his honor by Secretary Redfield, Dr.
n - J J.V_ TT_li. J VA1/1
? ressoa sam mts umicu unu
undeniable titles to Brazilian friendy
f
ship. This country, he said, always
t has been a trade friend of Brazil,
and also in the United States the
S I
Brazilian people see the means thru
whcih their commerce may be developed.
J Ladies of the Brazilian party were
i taken on an automobile trio late in
_ the day while Eh\ Pessoa discussed
e with American experts the expanu
sion of cotton raising, ginning and
t_ manufacturing in his country,
o Dr. Pssoa, wife and daughter and
H several other members of the party
were guests tonight at a dinner at
n the home of Acting Secretary Polk,
t, while the remainder of the party are
e entertained at dinner at the home of
ir Assistant Secretary Breckinridge
Long.
i
*