Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I <, ' ' ; "!'? ' : ::T . . -! ' , . . . \ ; ' . ' V <'*j?m: ittft .*<" t ' T . S,~ Abbeville Press and Banner :?tabli?hed 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, July 15.1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year 1EPH0NE RATE NMAPPROVEt ' *?-li r>uinri oioer i oiKciuan ? adorses Increase in Telephone Ute*?Must Be Decided By Railroad Commission?Concrete Dam at Resevoir. Lt the monthly meeting of Cit; incil Friday night an increase v telenhone rates was allowed, th e being 50 cents on busines Bnes and 50 cents on residenci nes. The rate, if the Railroad omission allows the increase, wil $3.00 for business and $2.00 fo: gdence. V. M. Barnwell, of the AbbevUli ?phone Co., appeared before th< ncil and asked for the increase wring that the rate had remain e< same for 12 years, while his ex ses had been more than double< the amount of service had mon x doubled. Phone rates are bas on the number of phones, thi - l ?t J1 .. M.. ft UKraHUlg UUWVi; ? Hie uwu of phonec. The Railroad Com ion will act on the propose* ! in rates in the near future. 'itjr EaplojrM G?t Vacation. vacation of 10 days with pa] allowed by the City Council U ?niawi- t n i>a^. H ClUyiV/VO CM1U Vlvi Mk A* VI ^ Viiii leave soon for some point in tin Hntains. Other employes wil advantage of the permissioi He time daring the Summer. Be ports for the month of Jun< H submitted to council by super Bident of the Water and Electru t Plant, the Chief of Police an< Health Officer, being read an< M City Water Supply. gH recommendation was submitte< jHfr. Barn Well, ef the Water an< Htric Plant, advising the buikiinj H concrete dam at the reservoi Mr than the present dam and ii Hr to save water that is now es He and also to <ttoo the nrenAni ge at the dam. This was takei r consideration by council an< be acted on at a future date Barnwell also recommends 9 non-property owners should pu |H deposit of $2.50 for water an< There has been a good dea jB-ouble in collecting in instance: jjHe the tenants only stay in i for a month or So, then mov< Hfcme other locality or out o: Bl. This recommendation was ta for further consideration. Qw| Another Policeman. UT. Aiken was elected policemai salary of $75 per month an< HAssume 'his duties at once. Mi will be on duty at night wit] Heman Cannon. motion of Alderman Miller i |H-esolved by council that the ol< .Smith stable in the rear of thi ^ Hustler Racket Store should b< ? down,' th eowner to have 31 |SHin which to carry out the wil c city government, is amounting to $201.67 wer< ^|ed and ordered paid by cit: [EXTENSION OF TIME. Collector of Internal Reve j in receipt of a telegram j attention to Treasury Decis ist signed number 2883 whic] i extension of time to Augus ith. for filing returns, to part ps and personal service cor Ins having a fiscal year ende< nuary 31st, February 28th i 31st, or April 30th, 1919. ? Collector states that a larg jr of corporations had as ^ye to file eturns for the year 191J seems to be some confusion ii inds of partnerships relative t mg of returns for 1918. Tb Biid not require partnei s returns, where the ne ruing to the partnership an $6,000. The Act o 919 requires ail partner riless of the amount o , to file returns for th ind such partnerships hav o file such returns shoul lptly, attaching affidavi dinquency, and the reaso lay. riborn, who has return* e, is with hia sist*?, Mil ciovrri. WILSON ACCOUNTS FOR HIS LABORS AT PEACE j TABLE IN EUROPE I Washington, July 11.?The peace treaty with its league of nations covenant was laid before the Senate by President Wilson today in an address . accounting to the country for his part in the negotiations at Versailles. The league, declared the President, was born of the conviction of practical statesmen that an international concert- had become a world necessity to end the old order and guarany tee civilization. He asserted that in i such a concert the world looked cojie fidently to America for leadership s and added that while the treaty 1 e might not be exactly as the Amerii can delegation had written it no 1 vital principle had been sacrificed by r the necessary compromises. Received With Cheer*. e The Senate, already divided in a ' e bitter fight over the league proposal, , received the President with cheers ' 1 and listened to his words in a grave - silence. When he had concluded I there was another burst of cheering { i until he had passed out of the cham- ' - ber ana gone to nis capitoi omce, 1 5 where he talked for an hour with the ' - senators who wished to ask about - specific features of the treaty or of i the negotiations. In these conferences the President discussed freely ^ such subjects as the disposition of \ j Shantung, the German indemnities j > and Irish freedom. , 1 Many Questions Omitted. < 8 In his address, however, there was 1 1 no direct reference to many of the 1 1 questions around which the Senate . debate had centered, the President , 6 declaring he could not construe de- ( " tails of the treaty in a short address. 5 He did not directly mention the 1 1 oi A ' - iTxuuiuc L;utuuicf oiiaituixii^ ui vu& l obligations assumed under article 10 * of the league covenant, nor did he ? allude to the proposal to write res^r- 1 vation into the ratification. He as- ' serted a hope that he would be given ' opportunity to discuss details later, ' either with the whole Senate, or the * foreigns relations committee. * "My services and all the informa- 1 tion I possess," said Mr. Wilson, { "will be at your disposal and at the . disposal of your committee on for- < eign relations ^t any time, rather in formally or in session, as you prefer them, and I hope that you will not hesitate to make use of them." ] American isolation, the President , asserted, was ended twenty years ( ago, when the Spanish-American war j put the nation in partial control of \ Cuba and the Philippines. 1 "But we have not exploited them," he continued. "We have been their ( friends and have sought to serve -| them. There can be no question of j 1 our ceasing to be a world power. The j i only question is whether we can re- i * fuse the moral leadership that is of- , ? fered us, whether we shall accept or reject the confidence of the world. * The stage is set, the destiny disclosed ; * it has come about by no plan of our \ e conceiving, but by the hand of God, . B who has led us into this way. We 1 ? cannot turn back. We can only go 1 * forward with lifted eyes and freshened spirit, to follow the vision." j e Alluding to the skepticism with \ P which the plan for a league of na- | tions first was received, the President , said that as the peace negotiations ; proceeded it became apparent to all \ ? ?x? xL-i 1- ? I vne ucicagxcs lii?u sucn a concert was j - a "practical necessity," demanded by a "all the peoples of the world." j For the United States to reject it, h he asserted, would "break the heart t of the world." Pointing out that minor compromises were necessary to secure t.he ' i j support of all of the interested na- 1 Jtions, he continued: "The treaty as a result, is not ex- 1 e | actly what we would have written. t j It is probably not what any one of 81 the national delegations would have it | written, cut results were worKeel 1 a j out which on the whole bear the ; e test. I think that it will be found 1 that the compromises wheih were ac- I t cepted as inevitable will not cut the 1 p heart of any principle. 1 f In disregard of precedent the Sen- ] - ate received the address in open ses- ] f sion and afterward ordered that the e treaty be publishel in the ,congressional document. The galleries were I d overflowing and crowds unable to I t gain admission waited in the rain to ti cheer the president when he arrived and departed. Many members of the : House crowded into the rear of the >1 Senate chamber and moat of the 0 members of the cabinet were seated near the Vice President's desk. NEW BUSINEi PROPOSEL Another Drug Store P of Overall and M Under, Way? to Build L Other P Abbeville will very probably have \ Another drug store in the near fu- i ture. The men back of the project t met Monday and organized and a definite announcement will be made in the near future at which time the promoters will make . themselves r known. It is said that it is planned to 1 bring Dr. James H. Austin back to s Abbeville to manage the store. Dr. c Austin was for a number of years 8 :onnected with Speed's Dnig Store 8 and recently married an Abbeville girl. His many friends here will be ?lad to hear that it is possible -that be will return in the near future. r Overall and Mattreis Factory. x Another industry which is planned Z1 for Abbeville is an overall and mat* tress factory. The promoters of a thi scheme state that plans have not advanced to such a stage where a1.;; iefinite announcement can be made, c but say that there is every reason to taiovo tKat tVio anil macJ- n V WATKINS OF ANDERSON, V WINS JUDGESHIP OF V WESTERN DISTRICT V o 1 VI1 Washington, July 14.?>H. V a H. Wat kin*, of Anderson, S. V ' C., was nominated today by V ' Preedent Wilson to be Feder? V 1 al Judge of the Western'*- V s South Carolina district. V i: VVVVVVVVVVVWVV t 1 SENTIMENT FOR GOOD J ROADS IS GROWING C s c The movement for a million dollar ( bond issue lor good roads in tnis s county is meeting with instant sue- ? cess. The very people who opposed the issue the last time that the matter was agitated are fremost among those who now favor the movement. A.nd it will be remembered that the :hief reason that the bond issue was the fact this country was at war and . it was not thought a propitious time * to build roads since the government was asking for a conservation of raw s material. The proponents of the movement J want the matter brought before the next legislature and to this end contemplate a plebiscite to ascertain the r sentiment of the voters of the coun- a ty. To do this a straw vote will be s taken or a petition will be circulated. a Another feature will be the hold- ' ing of public meetings throughout the county at which the question may be discussed by the farmers. It is * possible that the first of these meet-1T ings will be held at Lowndesville in1 * the near future. Another meeting c is proposed at Antreville. c a R-34 LANDS SAFELY UPON ENGLISH SOIL f Pulham, Norfolk, England, July 13 ?Great Britain's transatlantic air a pioneer, the dirigible R-34, arrived s here at 6:56 o clock, Irreenwich time, s today, completing her round trip v from the British Isles to the United 1 States and return. o The R-34 poked her nose out of I the clouds northeast of the village v and, after circling the flying 'field a three times, glided gently to the t ground, and ten minutes later was a boused in the dirigible shed.The voy- a age from Long Island was without a particular incident and was com- v pie ted in approximately seventy-five hours. v Shouts from i those on the field ^ greeted the first sight of the long ^ Errav bodv low on the horizon. Aa the . R-34 approached the field she dropped from a height of 5,000 to 2,000 feet. The me who were to aid the airship in landing were ordered to their positions and waited silently as the ship circled the field, dropping Lower and lower. >SPARE ? iOR TOWN - ? larmed?Organization 8 attress Factory is t Cotton Mill ! rojects. a >. g vith success. The old cotton ' gin u iear\the Southern Depot is td be 0 itilized for the factory. s Laundry at Mill. c The Abbeville Cotton Mill is planking; to build a laundry sometime this ^ ummgtr for the benefit primarily of p ts empoyes, but town work will be r iccepted, it is said. This is an in- l1 lustry^.that is greatly needed here a md its establishment will meet with a feneraj favor. v ;?i jj. Other Project*. ( There will be a general store open- o id up by September I by the rail- n oad awn. Another grocery store nil be opened on Washington street. D Che planters Bank will bo open for 1 'usiness sometime this summer and inother cotton mill is being propos^ j\ - ' ' y The Memorial Hospital will be ompTjj?ted soon. n The slogan already has been an- 0 tounced, "Watch Us Grow." ? * .' . x - " ? ?? < 4ANY BALES BURNED 0 ; % IN NEWBERRY FIRE U . ^. a Nejfterry, July IS.?Fire on the ^ arUphJte platforms of the Standard | ? Warehouse Company this afternoon it T> jo'clock b'irned over about 250 0 alem>f cotton. When the blaze was ? liscwered it v/as very small, but in a ittgElfrile it had spread over ihany ^ 4flMFyard8 of space anl was send* ng a blaze high into the air. The ? ire company responded promptly tc he alarm and the firemen worked ike Trojans and soon had the blaze I >ut, but continued to play on the otton or an hour or more to make 3 ure of havng all the fire out. Some >f the cotton burned over was insur-J C id, but much of it was not. The loss ti imounts to several thousand dollars, tl id, but the measly little cigarette a nil likely get the blame. e PERSHINC, TO RETURN SrtAN k tl Washigton, July 13.?Preparations ? 'or the early return of Gen. Persh- t ng and his personal staff from t Vance is indicated, army officials] t< aid today, in recent dispatches from \ v ibroad. Orders have been issued s inferring upon Major General Al-j en, new commander of the American! s orces on the Rhine, many of thejj trerogatives held by Gen. Pershing i" md recent transport sailings have!i] hown an increasing number of 'casu-1? il officers," whose work has been in-! p imately connected with the general-tl leadquarters at Chamont. Reports of friction between Gen. j ^ 'ershing and March, chief of staff, i j( vere declared today to be without! ? - - ^ oundation by War Department offiials that there have been instances if decided differences of opinion is s' idmitted but even these cases were ^ aid to have been exceptional. !11 . . r LANS TO DEFEAT tl WOMAN SUFFRAGE c Washington, July 13?The Nationil Association opposed to woman E uffage announced today that it had b et out to obtain the defeat of the ^ roman suffrage amendment by at s1 east thirteen States and issue an d ipen challenge to Wlliam Jennings * Jrvan to Drove statpmpnts f.hnf >10 a ras quoted as making in an address a ;t Montgomery, Ala., that ratifica- e ion of the federal woman suffrage .mendment would be a "siire guar- b ,ntee of continued and lasting peace" w md that "the forces of evil are lined s' ip against the ballot for women." v tl tVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV k t \ ^ . COTTON MARKET. VI k. Cotton sold on local mar- V 0 l ket yesterday for 35 cents. V k. October futures dosed in V ? i New York *t 35.70. V v k * ti I rwo 3-ton velje trucks secured for | abbeville county Supervisor W A. Stevenson anlounced Monday that he had secured wo 3-ton Velie Tracks from the :overnment for road work in this ounty.* The trucks will be shipped ( his week. The auota for this county from the rovernment for good roads is $60, 00. This sum must be matched dolar for dollar in the county before he money is available. It is the usu,1 policy of the government not to rive trucks to any county for roads intil the money has been rais^il, but wing to the efforts of Mr. Stevenon the rule was overlooked in the ase of this county. This $60,000 government aid can e met either by funds from the roposed bond issue or it can be aised independently. For instance,! : can be raised by the freeholders long any road in the county signing1 pettition to the effect that they rill stand good for the money if exnded along their particular road. >r it can be raised generally in the ounty for work to be done wherever eeded. h DEMOCRATS PRAISE; G. O. P. CRITICIZES Washington, July 11.?President fthon's address to the Senate translating the peace treaty today was raised by Democratic leaders as one f his best State papers, but Repubcan Senators generally were inlined to criticize it. Senator Lodge, f Massachusetts, the Republican sader, made no comment, and Sentor Knox, Republican, of Pennsylania, declined to comment. Senator lorah, Republican, Idaho, one of lie leading opponents in the Senate f the league of nations also declind to comment except to say that Resident Wilson "completely anwrered" his own argument that the MteniA ftf nutionii ia sl Ituve fori eace by his statement that it is formed as an alliance of war." Senator Smoot, Republican, of Rah, characterized the address as another Wilsonian essay, hut not uite up to the standard." Senator Harding, Republican, of >hio, a member of the foreign relaions committee, said the address was lie appeal of the internationalist nd utterly lacking in ringing Am< ricanism." Senator Moses, Republican, of few Hampshire, declared the address o be an appropriate description of he league of nations as an internaional "come on' game and it appears | o me that any country that wished j o work the international badger rill find the league of nations the liding panel with which to operate." "It was a fine, comprehensive preentation of the case," said Senator litchcock, Democrat, of Nebraska, It was a-dispassionate and convincng statement of the reasons that led he representatives of 1,000,000,000 eople to agree on reorganization of he world." Senator McCumber, Republican, of forth Dakota, a supporter of the jague of nations, said the address j rsis "very impressive." i "The address," said Senator Swan- k on, Democrat, of Virginia, "is mag- 1 ificent, able, eloquent and inspirig. The reasons presented for the ^ atification of the treaty, including * he league of nations, were strong, 1 ogent and unanswerable." "I think," said Senator Williams, >emocrat, of Mississippi, "that the readth of vision, insight of humaniraianism, in fundamental world ( tatesmanship, and in delicacy of * ove tailed English it is the greatest * King he has ever uttered. His words t re a fitting close to his magniticient " nd unselfish, and upon the whole, J ffective work at Paris." "I thought," said Senator Chamerlain, Democrat, of Oregon, "it ras a splendid address, covering the abject concisely and in a way that * rill make its way to the hearts of ' tie American people." 1 Senator Robinson, Democrat, of * .rkansae, asserted the address was 1 a clear and forceful argument for s tie ratification of the treaty." Senator Poindexter, Republican, f Washington, characterized the r\aa<?Vt ?? 'Aintin c" and ai throwing no light whatever on the t ery practical busineaa of the na- i ire, power and method of operation I f the league of nation*." e MOONSHINE STILL IS FOUND IN CITY Captured Near Southern Depot By Chief of Police Johnson and Officer MeLane?City, County and United State* Authorities Will Press Charges. A still of the 'kitchenette" variety ivas captured Saturday morning by Chief of Police Johnson and Officer McLane in Emma Morris' house on Wilson street, near the Southern depot. Will Turman, negro, better mown as "Bill Dooley", was owner* ind operator and he was put under irrest and fined $100 by M^yor Mats, rhe county authorities havfe also tacen the matter up and have issued warrants which will be served as soon is the city releises Turman. Th* Jnited States authorities will >ress charges of illicit distilting igainst Turman. In other words, it / jfvuiiaes w oe many a any wiotb .he negro gets away from the vmri>u8 tenacles of the law that hare eached oat and secured him. "Bill Dooley" talked freely of his noonshine career which he claims* vas brief. He said, "boas, I hardly tone learned how to make dat stuff >efo I done got caught. I jus made r.o runs an' on'y moved my still to lat nigger woman's house just las light. Befo dat I done took my still *> de woods, but it was 90 uncomrenent in de woods and a kitchen itove am jus de ting to run dem ittle stills on." And speaking to > tfayor Mars, he said: "Say, Boas, ? :an't I work out dat fine ob $100 , -v kvllars wid you? You knows I am le finest bricklayer and carpenter in lis whole town and I sho knows you jot dat much work at ye house/' The "slop" or "mash" that wms .aptured with the still would make i hungry hog turn >op his .nose -in : iisgust. It seemed to be a conglomerate mixture of many kinds of efuse badly decomposed. And fer> nentation had advanced to such ?. itage that the city hall advertises to ligh heavens the fact that it now innwi 41ia ?h11 tti 1!1?? *MV i#wu? AU AOVV) IUXO UICO ;he visitors flock to see the still. The apparatus is crude in the ex;eme. A lard can is used for the )oiler. A galvanized iron pipe, bent n spirals probably round a post, is ;he worm, and the worm is placed in i slop bucket full of water, constanty changed for condensation. An>ther condenser, of more modern mttern, but crudely made, was also aivfnrfl/1 unfl* fV?a Aivffl+ TUia sists of two copper cylinders, one ilaced in the other and soldered together, so as to form a cylindrical chamber. A fish keg contains the nash. The joints are partly solderid and partly closed with dough. Evidently all the liquor made in ;he still had been consumed as none vas fbund when the still was cap;ured. CUTTING SCRAPE. Lila McColloch was fined $50 by Acting Mayor Albert Henry Monday norning for cutting Leola Marion 3aturdav mom inc. Th* franm t/v>lr >lace near the Seaboard depot. Sallie Price and Lizzie Lomax vere arrested Saturday for fighting, his scheme state that plans have aot n Mayor's court.! Hospital Plans. Finished plans for the Abbeville bounty Memorial Hospital are ex i. J xLf_ 1- A il -# jecuea xnis weeK. as soon inereai;er as possible work will begin on he Williams' College property. Jan. 1. Hemphill of Greenwood, is tha irchitect. A Traveled Young Man. J. Davis Kerr, Jr., leaves today "or New London, Conn., where he vill spend the balance of the sumner with his aunt, Mrs. Stillman. le will tarry a while in New York ind show the boys on Broadway ometning aDout Deing- a sport. A Business Visitor. Mr. Calhoun Harris, one of the iest nisurance men inthe State, waa n Abbeville Friday looking1 after , juaness and shaking hand? with hk oany friends.