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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. - Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, July 8, 1919. Single CQpies, Five Cents. 75th Yean
BARBECUE DINNER
NEAR CDTTON MILL
Judge Frank B. Gary Make* Interest'
inv Address?About 1,200 People
Attend?Music, Athletic Games
and Baseball on Profram?
Dinner Enjoyed Bjr All.
A barbecue dinner was given at
the Cotton Mill Perk Saturday, July
5, by the Abbeville Cotton Mill to its
employees, families and friends.
About 1200 people attended. It was
a real, old-fashioned event with
barbecued pork, hash, chicken, cake,
pickles and delicious food of all
kinds.
Prior to the dinner Judge Frank
B. Gary addressed the crowd, discussing
current topics that are of especial
interest. Touching upon bolshevism
he quoted Thos. E. Edison who
said:
"A new order of things in emerging
from the events of the last five
vostc " t>ip inventor said, "whatever
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may intervene, the ultimate result is
going to approach more closely a
square deal?for labor, for capital,
for the merchant, for the farmer,
fbr everyone. The employer who is
not square with his employees or the
employee who is not square with his
employer is going to be out of step
with the times." , \
"It is a question," said Judge Gary
"of co-operation between Capital and
Labor, no one man nor any class of
men can produce the desired result;
it can only be done by a getting together
of those who love their country
more than they do wealth or
power."
In concluding Judge Gary said:
"To enable you to efficiently discharge
your part of this joint undertaking,
let me beseech you to give to
your children a Christian education.
"Educate the People," was the first
admonition addressed bv Penn to the
Colony he had founded; Educate the
People was the legacy of Washington
to the nation he had saved; Educate
the People was the unceasing exhortation
of Jefferson.
"Each day attests the wisdom of
tho9e founders of this great Republic.
"We look around us and see wh^t
education is doing for the betterment
of the world, and how it is blessing
numan ton ana sunermg ana see on
the other hand the untold misery and
suffering entailed by ignorance. We
can not hesitate long in determining
what course to pursue.
"The very right of all fulure political
power will rest in the education
of the people.
1 "It was Lord Macauley who said,
rhe Education of the People is not
only a means but the best means of
ittaining thatf which all allow to be
>he chief end of Government."
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Following the address came the
linner. A huge circular counterike
table had been erected under the
sines. This table was loaded with
food things to eat and the crowd
:filling-to enjoyed to the fullest the
>ountiful spread.
Interspersing the various events
vas music, furnished by the cotton
nill band.
An athletic program was given in
he afternoon. The program folows:
Relay Race?Nine Boys.
Three-Leg Race?Boys Under 16
fears.
Sack Race?Boys Under 16 Yrs.
Potato Race?Boys Under 12 Yrs,
100-Yard Dash?Free For All.
I Wheel JBarrow Kace?Men.
Other Races for Boys and Girls.
Speaking, 12:00 P. M.
Dinner, 12:30 P. M.
Basket Committee:
Miss Fannie Fuller, Miss Bessi*
rith, Miss Othella Norrell, Mis:
zella Creswell, Mrs. Edna Sigemor*
iss Christine Willis, Miss Cora Hor
m, Miss Pearl Campbell, Mrs. Lucj
cCurry, Miss Gussie Abies, Misi
orence Langford, Miss Ozelle Bell,
is3> Jessie Gaddis, Miss Lilliai
BRINGS GIRL'S BODY TO n
POLICE, DECLARING HE [J
KILLED HER IN CANYON I
Los Angeles, Cal., July 6.?
, Bringing with him the body of Miss)
Frieda J. Lester, of Los Angeles, |
whom he said he had murdered at aj
' lonely spot in Topango Canyon near J
Burbank, when she rejected his! g<
proffers of marriage, Harry S. New,) st
drove to the Central police station j bi
early today and asked he be arrested, j p<
j New, the police say, told them ! w
> I that he is the son of United states;
' Senator Harry S. New, of Indiana,! ta
t by a divorced wife, now Mrs. Luluj 01
Berger. | w
i| He said he has been living with c<
ij his mother and his sister, Edna w
,j Clancy New, at Glendale, Cal. He w
I said his mother was divorced from
Senator New 15 years ago, and now pj
: is visiting in Indianapolis and stay- j (
ing at the Hotel Linden there. I C
"I've killed her," he is said to C
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j have told the police who met him in! m
II his sedan as it stopped in front of j
I headquarters. ! A
| Detectives peered into the far! l"r
!compartment of the natty closed'ai
car and there beneath a robe lay the' e<
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body of Miss Lester, a bullet hole j
j through the right temple. i m
j "This is the gun," he is reported! tt
to have said, as the police carried
ithe body from the car. He handed tt
! **?*??? a 0 Q onfrtm q + in nicfnl
I UVCI a UU aUbVtiM?WiV y-iwwvn
j Inside the police station, New is;b<
'alleged to have told detectives that' B
, he and Miss Lester had left last1 A
j night for a ride through Topangaj m
! Canyon. At a spot where the road I
j was dark he stopped the car and! ^
|?sked Miss Lester to become his j
iwife. She refused.
! An argument followed, New is re-1
! ported to have said, and in a fit of!
i temper, he told the police, he shot
! the girl whom he sought to make' co
' his wife. She died instantly. j
i Realizing he had killed his sweet-j ^
' heart, New said, he moved the bodyi ^
i from the seat beside him where she'
ihad died, placed it in the back ofi?'
! the car, carefully covered it with a ^
i robe and drove with all speed down
: the miles of dark road to Los Ange-1pi3
! les. where he cave himself ut> to the'
'! police. He reached the police station1 ^
just before daylight. en
J Miss Lester was a beautiful bra- ar
i nette, 20 years of age.
j Senator New Refuse* to Diacuss iar
Matter. |in
i Washington, July 5.?"I cannot]
! discuss that matter," Senator Harry ^
6. New, of Indiana, declared today m
JI when asked what he' knew of the
(man arrested in Los Angeles forjto
'i murder, giving the name of Harry S1
j New, and claiming to be the sena- ?F
j tor's son. m
| COL. JAMES SIMONS |?c
OF CHARLESTON DEAD | f11
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Charleston, S. C., July 4.?Colonel; aj
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uiuiieb oiiiLuiis, une ujl uitr uc&i iwivwii;
i! men of this state, died here today in j
I his eightieth year. He was for many;
.1 years vice president general of the j
. Society of the Cincinnati, was president
of the News & Courier Com-!jjt
! pany, chairman of two local school'^
[! boards and a lawyer of wide reputa-j ^
jition. He had a distinguished record']^
as a state legislator. !
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l Grubbs, Miss Gladys Brazeal, Mrs.
A. K. Patterson, Mrs. Fannie Young,;
! Miss Pauline Willis. .
Serving Basket Dinner? j jn
Mrs. A. Y. Lyons, Mrs. Will Scott,!
Mrs. Ben Williams, Mrs. Ramey, Mrs. | c0
; W. L. Clark, Miss Gussie Able?, Mrs. I ca
J. T. Cox, Mrs. H. E. Johnson, Mrs. !en
NT. W. Hinton, Mrs. D. W. Baker, jta
Mrs. C. C. hirley, Miss Jennie Boyd,^,
Mrs. A. K. Patterson, Mrs. Ednajje
Sigemore, Mrs. Lucy McCurry, Mrs. |
j Fannie Young, Miss Jessie Gaddis,
Miss Pauline Willis, Miss Fannie y
! Fuller, Miss Lillian Grubbs, Miss y
Gladsy Brazeal, Miss Bessie Frith. y
Basket Collectors? y
Miss Christine Willis, Miss Ida ^
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' Bowie, A. K. Patterson, Miss Ida ^
-ICoggins, D. W. Baker, Miss Callie ^
71 Shaw. x
5' A baseball game between Green- V
, wood and Abbeville concluded the ^
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j days' program. V
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AVING CONTRACT AWl
SOUTHERN PAW
The Southern Paving Construe
a, Tenn., were awarded the co
reet paving in^Abbeville Mondt
id being $3.35 per square yard
er square yard for asphalt. Fo
ras $1.72 per square yard.
The bid of the Southern Pavini
tied $176,050. $68,050 of this i:
00 for asphalt paving. 9,000 fe
ith a concrete base and 7,000 f
ancrete base. 35,000 feet of as
rith a concrete base. The brie!
ill have a concrete base.
The next lowest bidder was tl
my, Birmingham. Ala., with a b
)b. There were two other bidd<
ompany of Columbia and the W
hattanooga, Tenn. Both these ]
iore than the low bidder.
This company has just finishe<
nderson, S. C., and is ready to r
om that city here. The concerr
nount of equipment from the g
juipment to Abbeville tomorrov
City Engineer Sanders states t
iuch lower than he had expecte*
le price of raw material and labi
Thp Srmfhprn Pavinc Plnnstrn
leir bid that they would complet
Work will commence in the n
3 paved first; then the streets 1(
rick will be used on the Square
fterwards the residence streets
laterial to be employed.
\RGAN-KING STOREROOM |M
BOUGHT BY RAILROAD
MEN FOR GENERAL STORE
Another big real estate deal was
nsummated Monday when the store A<
lilding formerly occupied by the Ai
irgan-King Company was sold by d,\
e Abbeville Realty Company to pi
enry Gilliam, G. L. Flynn, H. A. ap
inton and O. L. Jackson for $12,'0
gr
The building was bought for the be
irpose of opening a general store fo
be known as the Co-Operative al
ercantile Company. Railroad men, w;
nployes of the Seaboard Railway, wl
e chiefly interested in the deal.
tiployes of the Southern Railway
e also to be invited to take stock
the company.
It is planned to organize with
.0,000 capftal stock, held by 100
embers. The organizers state that ^
e membership will not be confined ^
railroad men. re
It is hoped that the store will be 53
>ened for business by August 1. A w
anager will be engaged at once and v<
e work of buying the stock of
ods w31 be begun as soon as a a*
anager is employed. Groceries, 0
y goods, haberdashery and a gener- e*
line of other goods will be carried, i
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Birthday 'Party. j W(
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Miss Frances Hill, the charming;
;tle daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.
Hill, celebrated her ninth birthday ta
r entertaining a select few of herin
rtle friends at a paddling-picnic->pr
irty in Klugh's Park Friday, Julyi pI
e Fourth. The festivities began at|pc
^e o'clock and lastel until the cool j
the evening, during which time,!13
sides the glorious pleasures of jse
dependence in the matter of splash-!
! p(
g each other with refreshing andj^
oling water, ice cream, cake and'
ndy were an added delight. Those'
[joying Miss Hill's gracious hospi-j
lity were: Sara Thomson, Sara|ca
suffer, Mary Chalmers, Edna, White | m
nrose Pressly, John Neuffer and j 1,1
isan Hill. !(IV
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VVVVVVVVV v v V V V %1
COTTON MARKET. \'B1
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Cotton sold on local mar- V t0
ket yesterday for 33 cents. V w
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July futures c'.oscd in Xcw \ H
York at 33.40. V H
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UtOED TO THE '
i CONSTRUCTION CO..
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ition Company, of Chattanoo- e
ntract for the $180,000 of 1
ly by the city council, their
for brick paving arid $2.52 a
r cement sidewalks the bid
ii
g Construction Company to- *
5 for brick paving and $113,- 0
et of brick paving will be laid c
eet will be laid without a t
.phalt paving will be laid,, all
k paving around the square c
d
ie Dunn Construction Com- *
id of $181,000 for^the wholei
jrs, the Powell Construction c
est Construction Company of a
bidders were around $25,000 8
' a
i a million dollar contract at|*
nove its equipment and labor!u
i also recently bought a large n
overnment and can get this i]
v.
hat the bid accepted was c
i would be made considering i1
dr. Ic
ction Company specified in' P
e the work in five months. |t(
ear future. The Square wilip
jading to the two depots, j1and
the streets to the depots, jc
will be paved, asphalt the j15
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ART GARRETT, NEGRO, j *
SHOOTS AND KILLS HIS I c
WIFE NEAR ANTREVILLE h
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Mart Garrett, negro, shot his wife,; b
ddie Garrett at thedr home near|s<
ntreville Friday night, the woman' c
ring Sunday in the Anderson Hos- j n
tal. Garrett fWd and has not been; p
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iprehended. j T
tl is the second time that the ne- j a
o has shot his wife, having just g
r<a! rvr? fr?r\YV\ lift /?VlOiri ffQnOf
XJ1 i CICOOCU XiVia vitv^ VIlOlll guiig :
r a similar offense last fall. He is, F
so under a $500 bond, charged;u
ith setting the county jail on fire, d
hile he was here waitng for trial. h
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JDGESHIP VACANCY j ?
FILLED THIS WEEK'.
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Laurens, July 6.?Senator N. B.j
ial will return to Washington Mon-|g
ly afternoon after spending the,
cess period at home. Senator Dial
ys he is greatly interested in his
ork at Washington and is finding it
sry congenial. !
Asked about the district judgeship *
t
jpointment for the Western district "
: South Carolina, a matter that iS| a
igaging the attention and interest^
: the entire State right now, Mr. ^
ial indicated that the selection of a,
iccessor to the late Judge Johnson 0
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ould be made this week. This is^
s understanding of the subject. He a
inks the matter will be taken up ^
lortly after his return to the capi-;
1 Tuesday. While he has been will-!*'
1 r
g and anxious for a free and full L
esentation of the claims of all apicants,
he now thinks that the ap-!
>intment can be made in all fair;ss
to all interested parties, and he
of tne opinion that it snouia oe
ttled without much further delay.
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DRMER CROWN o
PRINCE'S BOAST f<
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Amsterdam, Julv 6.?"The Allies d
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n only have my dead body; I will si
yself decide on my life or death," ,p
e former German Crown Prince is T
:oted as having: said Friday in dis- p
issing a possible demand for extra- tl
Lion. I
This statement reported by the; C
ritish wireless service correspondent W
as said by him to have been made. n:
a Dutch official who talks daily e:
ith the lormer urown rrince. ac- li
rding to this official, Frederick f<
ohenzollem is in excellent health, ti
e takes motorcycle trips daily and
equently visits both the rich and
e poor on the island of Weirengen. :r
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"RANCE MADE BUFFER
STATE FOR" AMERICA
AND ENGLAND BY PACT
New York, July 5.?France has
ut herself on the same level as
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Belgium before the war by the
reaty she has negotiated with Amrica
and Great Britain for her pro
ection against German aggression.
Fance lessens her own status as
first-class power under terms of
he treaty because she offers noting
in return for the promise of
Lnglo-American protection. A treaty
f normal character would recipro- !
ably pledge the French to come to 1
he aid of America and Great Britain 1
f ever Germany attacked those 1
ountries. The new pact, however, 1
oes not exact this agreement from 1
'ranee. ]
In effect, therefore, America and I
freat Britain guarantee France 1
gainst destruction much as the
Teat powers before the war guar- ,
nteed the neutrality of Belgium. ,
lo nation can place herself thus ;
nder the protective care of other 1
ations without necessarily losing j
iternational influence. ^
If France had consented to a reiprocal
clause in the treaty for j
he mutual protection of all three j
ontracting parties, France's own ,
ositions would not have been open
o any international belittlement. ^
row,however, if the treaty is finalj
adopted, France will htve beome
the ioint ward of the two-Enc
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sh-speaking nations. N .
This peculiar character of the
reaty puts it above the usual ^
round of criticism. In most inter- ^
ational agreements the matter for ^
omment is whether a good bargain;
as been driven by the contracting '
overnments. There is no normal ^
argain in the French treaty. The v
Die purpose* that could justify ac- (
eptance of a treaty that contains j ^
o bargain would be the accom-j^
lishment of an international benefit.;
"hat was declared to justify the
greement among the powers which ]
uaranteed Belgium's neutrality. !
Similarly, in* the present case, i
ranee is recognized as having a
nique international status. This is
\
ue to the fact that Germany can ,
ope to gain a paramount military ,
ositaon on the continent of Europe ,
nly by conquering France. France,^
or America and Great Britain, has
ecome a buffer state, as the out- ,
ome of the war.
HERIFF RECTOR OF GREENV1LLE
IS SHOT AND KILLED / j]
BY U. S. REVENUE OFFICER
Greenville, S. C., July 4.?Sheriff
lendrix Rector, of Greenville couny,
was shot and killed here today
nd Jake Gosnell, internal revenue
fficer, is in jail charged with the
illing.
Ill-feeling had existed between the;
fficers for several yars, it was said, j
'he shooting followed an argument,'
ccording to the authorities. Mrs.'
Josnell witnessed the affair. j.
Local officials this afternoon were
I
rying to communicate with Governor;,
looper to request state aid as a pro-'(
ection against possible mob violence.!
TO SHIP LIQUOR TO EUROPE, i
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Louisville, Ky., July 3.?With the' '
xpectation that congress will strike,
ut of the war-time prohibition en-'
orcement bill the clause which pre-!
ents exportation of whiskey, liquor (
ealers in Kentucky have under con-j
deration a plan to ship their sur-'
Ius stocksk to Europe after June 30.;
o this end, it is learned here, a cor-j
oantion would be formed to handle
ie exportation.
By this means, according to W. N.''
ox, president of the Louisville;c
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farehouse comnany, all of the esti1
. r
iated 40,000,000 gallons of liquor^
<pected to be left on hand in Ken-j1'
lcky will have to be disposed of be- '
Dre constitution:-] prohibition is es-p
iblished. IF
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Mr. Ray Watson, Willington, was, c
i Abbeville Monday. j t
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D-34 COMPLETES
HER OCEAN FLIGHT
Lands Safely at Roosevelt Field After
Trip AcroM Atlantic of 108
Hours?Gasoline Supply Al- /f
most Gave Out?^Crew M
Tired But Happy. fi ti
Mineola, N. Y., July '6. 'flraM
Britian's super-dirigable, R-34, Ob
first lighter than air machine to cam
the Atlantic ocean, anchored here at
Roosevelt Flying Field at 9:45 a. m.
today (1:54 p. m. Greenwich nam
time) after an aereal voyage of MB
Kours and 12 minutes, which -covertii
3,130 knots, or approximately S^Stt
land miles.
Passing through dense benks ?C
clouds with the sun and seal visHe
only at rare intervals, the R-34 wm
forced to cruise 2,050 knots to xaidk
Trinity Bay, N. F., from East Foztus
Scotland, and 1,080 knots from tkrrr.
to Ivlineola,
When the super-Zeppelin arrival
here she had left enough petrol to
keep her moving 90 minutes lout/UL.
Her crew, almost Sleepless for' fmm
md one-half days, were weary obaaft
;o the point of exhaustion, but fcajpsr
it the successful completion' of tbrir
jpoch making trip. The return Wfige
will be started Tuesday at 8sB?
i. m.
Haggard, unshaven, their
Dlood-shot from the long vigil and
lines of care bitten deeply into their
Faces, Major H. 6. Scott, commander
and his officers showed plainly the effects
of the anxious hours thra^k
which they lived yesterday while "Oaf
were cruising over the far reaches of
Canada and the Bay of Fundy, beacft
by fog, heavy winds and teriffic eleatric
storms;
"It seemed as though the aliaai '
phere was haunted by 5,000 derikt~
said Lieut. Guy Harris, the meUafci
gist officer.
With the R-34 long overdue at 2*
destination, petrol supply running
winds. Major Scott decided yesterd^r
tvhile over the Bay of Fundy to seal "
a. wireless call to the American navy
department to be prepared to gate
assistance if it were needed- TBm
was merely a measure of jn 1i M&Mm
and did not indicate diseanxagemeriL
While destroyers and sabiiiiiiaw
chasfers were racing to her assist***
the R-34 was plugging steadfly ?
the way to Mineola. Once iilaar>"if
the Bay of Fundy, the atmosphBe
hoodoo which had beset the craft
from the time it took the air va*
gradually l^ft in its wake. ^
The R-34Nheaded southwest oat
across the Atlantic along the eoadl
of Maine, her nose pointed for Gqpe
Cod, with the U. S. destroyer-Baacroft
hanging on her tail ut/fiV ddStstamt
wireless communication vtft
her. The destroyer stuck close m
the wake of the air monster, rnnmqp
under forced draft, until Catk? fitfA
was reached and then the dh.giblc
cut across lots.
It had been decided on tbe voy?gr
along the coast that unless a favoring
wind came up the R-34 would be
forced to land at Montauk Point artfl
sarly this morning a wireless message
was sent out making that announcement.
With the cape left beVi'nd^
lowever, fortune finally favored the
lirigible and the wind veered to her
avor. Headed straight for Moniaak.
Point she ran true and before ?!?
;ip end of Long Island was reached
t was decided to go on to Min?o!a.
kVith the goal almost in sight the R-34
lew majestically above the islaai
i:id headed straight down the center
.r Daa-a../1; 1 nn ?.rr_
;l ib iui r ici j, iv/u miia
iway.
As she erosi^:: the rivarhcad the <&
igible cms within r.-nge of the wimC35
te!ep!ior<? at Roosevelt
"ield by the navy radio service xfM
lerfect communication was
ished. During the night the
alls from the R-34 were recerredHijr '
he navy radio station at New York.
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