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Abbeville Press and Banner
gtablighed 1844. $2 00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, July 29, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year.
I HIE BiBLE !
SOCIETY MEETS!
iual Session Held Sunday Night
t A. P. Church?Collection
I For Year $158.50?Officers !
and Delegates Elected?Rev.
L J. Bristow Preached
Sermon.
he Abbeville Auxiliary Bible So-J
y held its annual meeting in the
jciate Reformed Presbyterian i
rch Sunday evening, July 27,'
3. Rev. J. L. Daniel, president, j
sd the meeting to order and'
m No. 324 was sung. Verses'
i the second chapter of the Book1
[ebrews was read by Rev. Louis!
ristow after which the Rev. H.'
Pratt lead in prayer. Collection *
* ? Qn.
itaken lor tne Amereau
r. Minutes of the last meeting
; read and approved. . j
r. Otto Bristow, treasurer, re>d
the following amount collect-,
Dr the Abbeville society this
: $158.50.
e report was received as infor-j
>n and on motion of Judge J. F.
d the funds were appropriated
e parent society.
a -fniiiYnnnp- officers were elect-j
il ? ;
jr next year:
p. Loais J. Bristow, president ;j
|j. L. Daniel, 1st vice president;'
|H. W. Pratt, 2::d vice presdent;
|M. R. Plaxco, 3rd vice presdent;;
ICason, secretary: Otto Bristow,1
pry.
kcutive Committee: J. F. Miller,'
I
IBristow, Lewis Perrin, C. D.
p, Fred Cason.
pgates to the District Society
held in the Prebyterian church
, July 30, at 11 a. m. :j
Louis J Bristow, Rev. H. W.!
Rev. J. L. Daniel, Rev. M. R. i
I, Messrs. S. J. Link, W. M.l
rell, J. M? Gamhrell, Alf Lyon
L B. Cheatham
business of the society being
p Rev. L. J. Bristow preached]
pual sermon, Hebrew 2:6, 9. j
Fred Cason, Sec.
r. H. W. Pratt To Montreat. |
Rev. H. W. Pratt will go to
iat, N. C., Wednesday to atn
educational conference of
athern Presbyterian church.
k Strickland, after seeing 12
service in France, arrived in
i on Monday. His sister and
elatives were in the city, but
)t expecting him. He was at
I to the yuanermasi/Ci a ut-(
it, and rendered faithful ser-|
his country. He has received;
orable discharge and will rew
to civil pursuits.
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ie From the Seat of War. i
I
I Cheatham is at home from)
of war. He is hack in citi-j
thes and looks as natural as^
he had never seen Paris andj
fight.
lily, reunion was held at ths
his father, Mr. P. A. Cheatnday.
Dr. and Mrs. M. W.!
i
n, of Columbia; Mr. andi
i
B. Cheatham and Miss Nariatham,
of Charlotte, and Mr.l
C. D. Cowan and children,
tgton, were among those
' Comes Marching Home.
' Lyon, who left Abbeville
ars ago a barefoot boy, is
n a full grown man, having
5 time in the navy and helple
war.
' is spending a few days
I. W. W. Bradley and is
cordial welcome.
ther Higgason and his two;
ughters, Misses Elizabeth!
Lee, came down from Ashe-J
rday to visit Mr. Higgason's|
5. Joe Wilson. j
BAPTIST DRIVE FOR
LOCAL QUOTA OF
$75,000,000 BEGINS
A series of Baptist meetings are
being held in the homes of members'
in different parts of the town, pre-'
paratory to the great campaign for'
?75,0UU,UUU wnicn is now nemg
launched by Southern Baptists for
missions and benevolence. The 'drive'
for cash and pledges to the campaign1
will not be made till the first week
in December, but the time interven-:
is to be used for informing the people
and bringing every member into
line with the work.
The Rev. Lous Bristow, pastor of
the Baptist church of Abbeville, was
elected by the campaign committee
to be one of five men from the whole
South to be in charge of the campaign,
but declined the plcae that he
might remain with his church during
the campaign. Had he accepted
the work it would have required him
to move to Nashville, Tenn., for the
next four or five months, having his
church supplied by other preachers
during his absence.
The first of the series of local residence
meetings was held last night
at the home of Mr. S. A. McCuen.
Another will be held tonight at the
residence of Mr. T. V. Howie, and
other meetings will be held Thursday
and Friday evenings. The same
schedule will be observed next week,
the meetings being held in different
places each evening, for the convenence
of the members and friends.
Home On a Visit.
Capt. W. L. Hemphill arrived in
Abbeville last Thursday night on his
fiiSt vist in five years. He has just
arrived from overseas and has a fif'
-? 1
leen aays itcivt: ueiuic vaug *uuotered
out of service. The young man
looks well and is in splendid spirits.
He was loathe to leave Paris for with
his home-coming he has had to switch
from light wines to coca cola, which
he says is "some switch." Th^e last
four months of his stay abroad was
in Paris, where he attended the
Sorbonne. He passed the Paris
"White House" every day and had
several good looks, at President Wilson.
He met and had a chat with
Miss Lucia Parker. He met also,
Willie Lyon, who is now an energetic
Y. M. C. A. worker, and while at
Headquarters Capt. Hemphill's assistant
was Lieut. Gibert, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gibert of Willington.
Off to New York.
Miss Eliza Lindsay, the capable
manager of the Hot Hustler Racket
Store, leaves Wednesday for Clinton
where she will join Mr. E. J. Adair
and^go on to the Northern markets.
She is going to buy a stock of goods
which will make the Hot Hustler
Racket step right up to the head of
the procession of the stores in its
line of business.
Home from tamp.
Mioses Mary White, Florence and
Maria Neuffer and Janie Vance Bowla
Lave returned from a three weeks
>t?.y at "Camp As You Like It." It
rains as hard in North Carolina as
it does in South Carolina, but it did
not effect tne spirits of the young
campers who had a delightful time.
NEW STORE IN PROSPECT
FOR THIS CITY SOON
r\-f rirflonwnnfl wjiq
in Abbeville Saturday looking for a
location of a branch store of the American
Woolen Mills. Mr. DuPre is
a native of this county and for a
long while was in business here. He
is now manager of a store of the
American Woolen Mills in Greenwood.
Going to the Mountains.
Mrs. C. D. Brown, Miss Louise and
Miss Charlotte Brown left Monday
for Waynesville, N. C., where they
Will spend some time.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
TO CONSIDER RAISE
IN RATES IN SEPTEMBER
j
Tha State Railroad Commission
will meet here the first week in Sen
tember to consider the question of j
a raise in the telephone rates which'
was asked for at the last meeting of
the city council. The raise was approved
by the aldermen and was
then taken to the State body by Wm.
| M. Barnwell, of the Telephone com!
pany.
SPENDING MILLIONS IN
DYESTUFF EXPERIMENTS!
Philadelphia, July 26.?Millions of!
| dollars are being expended by A-j
j merican manufacturers of dyestuffsj
| to meet the expected competition of!
| Germany, according to a bulletin is- j
sued yesterday by the American j
I Chemical society.
All that energy and research canj
do is being directed toward perfec-i
' tion of that group of colors known j
as the vat dyes. One large corpora-j
tion has already expended $1,800,- j
'000 in experiments toward the prep-1
aration of the much desired colors.
Vat dyes like(indigo are insoluble
in water, dilute acids and alkalis, but
when treated with certain chemicals
hold compounds which can be dissolved
in alkaline solutions. These
compounds upon being exposed to
the air are acted upon by the oxygen
in such a way that the original coli
oring matter forms anew in the fiber
which has been dyed, thus what
appears to be a liquid as clear asj
water in the vats is often the source
of brilliant hues. Vat colors have
their characteristic fastness because
of the very insolubility of the original
dyestuffs. Fabrics dyed with
them resist the action of washing, of
light and strong soaps. Hence they
are chiefly used for coloring the cotton
material of women's iblouses andj
shirtwaists, men's shirts, and fabrics
which often go to the laundry.
As these colors are so greatly
noo^oH if. has heen nrontosed that
they may be imported from foreign
countries for the next five years under
special license. They would be
subject to the unusual tariff accord!
ing io the legislation now being considered
by the ways and means com!
mittee of the house of representa,
tives which for several weeks have
i been holding extensive hearings on
i the dye situation.
The great cost of promoting a
! native dye industry comes in putting
i into practical application on a large
j scale the work of the labratory. Of
j the hundreds of dyes which were
| manufactured^ abroad before 1914.
I there is scarcely one which could
J not be made by American chemists
i on a small scale under laboratory
i conditions. When the wholesale opnrr.tici
back's, however, there r.rcij
j many obstacles which can only be
! overcome by practice. For example,
j one of the largest plants engaged in
; the manufacture of American dyes
J expended in one year $845,000 ir,
J ^orthe factory process of ?.1
j c'rtr'in dye. Owing to uherpcctecl
I difficulties in manufacture it has1
I j
; been able to produce only $30,000j
I -"or4Ih cr dye. These difficulties, how-1
J ever, are being rapidly overcome.
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Death of a Little Boy.
Friends in Abbeville heard with
great regret Sunday of the death of!
William Renwick, the one year old |
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bradleyj
of Columbia. The little hoy died Sat- j
urday afternoon and was buried Sunday
afternoon at five o'clock at ElmI
wood eemeterv.
The bereaved parents have the sin-1
j cere sympathy of a wide circle of
| relatives and friends in Abbeville
j and surrounding country.
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V COTTON MARKET. V
V Cotton sold on local mar- V
j V. ket yesterday for 34 cents. V
| V October futures closed in V
! V New York at 34.65. V
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NEW FIRE ENGINE A]
MAKES FINE SHOWING
AT FIRST REAL TEST
A fire broke out in a frame building
on Church street last Thursday vil
night at 12 o'clock and before itj he
could be extinguished practically 11
gutted the structure. It was the T1
first time that the new fire engine th
had been given a chance to show pr
what it could do and the test was ch
satisfactory in every respect. en
mi? w,.n+? t> r
X lie uunumg uciuiigcu uu x . *-* \ [J t!
Speed and was occupied by negroes, I
* ' e i
the downstairs being used for a soft SI
drink stand and the upstairs was used
'by Chaney Jones for a shoe shop.
The loss in shoes was rather heavy.
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PRESIDENT DENIES . Wi
HIS WIFE FOUND inj
HOSPITAL CRUELTY gli
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Washington, July 27.?President th
Wilson in a-letter to Representative r.i
Dallinger, Republican, of Massachu- Nj
setts, made public tonight, charac- ac
terized as "entirely inaccurate" a fo
recently published statement by John ca
W. Kehoe, a hospital superintendent
of the Knights of Colum/bus, that to
Mrs. Wilson obtained personal evi- be
dence in Paris of brutal treatment pi:
of American military prisoners.
A dispatch from New York quoted tu
Mr. Kehoe as saying that Mrs. Wil- M:
son while at base hospital number 57 J th
was beckoned to the cot of a soldier j "n
who displayed "numerous welts on la1
his arms and back" and that she reported
this to the president, with the lai
result that "the entire guard staff tic
were brought up on charges and re- ex
moved." mi
In the correspondence with the hi|
president, given out by Mr. Dallin- ba
ger, the latter quoted from the tn
newspaper .account and asked for ad- $1
ditior.d! information so that he might! I
"learn from the war department thejCCpunishment
meted out to those (re
guilty." ! de
The president replied as follows: th
"My Dear Mr. Dallinger: I ch
"The newspaper article to which! ho
you refer in your letter to me of July] ha
21st was entirely inaccurate. Ms. | gr
Wilson saw no evidences of violence i Ai
" A 5 ? ? 1-? ?m Vnaal f.!*!
cn tne patient wriom sjic mci> iu u?e ?
hospital number 57, and her inquir- L<
ies brought out the fact that where- sy
as one cf the prisons used by the in;
American army in Paris had been de- bt;
livered to them in a very bad condi- wl
tion, the conditions had been rapidly av
corrected, and such harsh treatment
as had been practiced in one or two
instances had been promptly checked.
"Very sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON." a
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VICTORY BUTTONS, WHERE, ea
ANE> WUW TO Utt iAlPi intm h
The Victory Button is a small lapel
button for wear on civilian clothing.
It will be issued to all officers,
enlisted men (excluding members of ye
'e S. A. T. C.), field clerks, and gj
u embers of the Army Nurses Corps gh
who have served honorably on active na
duty for a period of at least fifteen ai
days between April 7, 1917 and Nov- re
ember 11, IL918 The button will be jn
of silver fo:: those wounded in action j
and of bronze for all others.
Those who have been discharged1
hdfnrp t.hp sunnlv of Victorv Buttons
was available for issue may secure a
Victory Button by bringing or mail-; n.n
ing to the Army Recruiting Station,1 ur
35 Barnard Street, Savannah, Geor-i n0
gia, their Original Discharge Cer- j pe
tificate or, in the case of officers who > T1
never received a discharge certifi-; an
cate, the Official Copy of the order] ne
upon which they were discharged. | of
Claim Blanks for the issue of Victory
Buttons must accompany the 60
dscharge certificate or discharge or-J
der. These blanks can be obtained,
from the Army Recruiting Station ori
Savannah or Brunswick, Ga. Char- fri
leston, Columbia, Florence, Green- Fa
ville, Rock Hill, or Spartanburg, S. W
C., and should be filled in complete- Th
ly when the claim is made for the^ ad
issue of a Victory Button. Further, ca
information is given on page 32, m<
"Where do we go from here?" I da
MNUAL MEETING OF THE
ABBEVILLE COUNTY BIBLE
SOCIETY HERE WEDNESDAY
The annual meeting of the Abbelle
County Bible Society will be
Id here Wednesday morning at
o'clock in the Presbyterian church j
le Rev. Ross Lynn, president of
e Thornwell. Orphanage will
each. Delegates from all the
urches in the county wiil be prest
and an interesting meeting is excted.
CELTON WILLIAMS
DENIES CHARGES 1
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Washington, July 27.?General de- |
al of.charges made against him
is entered before the senate bankg
committee Saturday by John
;elton Williams, comptroller of the
rrency. Mr. Williams defended
e administration of his office, deed
that he had persecuted the Riggs
itional bank of .this city, and char- (
terized Frank J. Hogan, attorney
r bank officials in the Riggs bank
se, as a "rapid-fire falsifier."
Samuel Untermyer, New York atrney,
will appear in ,Mr. Williams'
half Monday and the comptroller
ans to make a closing statement. !
In defending the treasury's attide
toward the Riggs National bank,
r. Williams charged officials of!
at institution up to 1914 with
multitudinous infractions of the
sv."
C
He charged that millions of dolrs
had been loaned by that institu>n
to persons who had no security
cept the stock they bought ,on a
irginal account and which was
jhly speculative. Asked if the 5
,nl: suffered any losses, the comp-'l
I j
slier said he knew of only one of j
8,000. 11
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h Closing his statement before- itihe
mmittee, Mr. Williams renewed his.1
quest that Representative McFad-11
n, of Pennsylvania, appear before 1
e committee to substantiate ^
arges made recently before a ?
use committee that Mr. Williams1
,d received a share of, a commission
owing out of the dsposal of the 1
rlington hotel site here to the
easury department. Chairman Mc- '
;an said he had notified the Penn- 1
lvania congressman that the hear- ^
g-s would be closed early next weeK 1
it added that he was hot sure j
tiether the senate committee had
rthority to summon Mr. McFadden. '
Gone to Atlanta.
]
Mrs. W. H. White left Thursday 1
r Atlanta, where she will go into
hospital for treatment. Mrs. White 1
is accompanied by Miss Helen J
iild. Everyone wishes for her an i
rly recovery of her usual good;"
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salth. i i
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Infant Son Diet. 1
William Renwick Bradley, one
ar old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
adley of 2825 Blossom Street,
landon, died at the home of his
rents yesterday afternoon. Fuher- (
services will be conducted at the |
sidence this afternoon at 5 o'clock, j
terment will be in Elmwood Ceme- \
ry.?The State. ]
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Held On Serious Charge. :
\
T,vo youiifc oes, Arthur Rouse|j
d Buck White, were arrested Sat-1
day on a serious charge and arei
w being held in the County jail, I
nding action of the grand jury.i
le negroes are about 17 years old,
d live near Little Mountain. The, ^
gro girl in the case lives just east c
town. K
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FARMERS FROM THIS c
COUNTY ATTEND CLEMSON s
Sixty fanners and club members j
am Abbeville county, attended!
.rmers* Week last Tuesday andjt
ednesday at Clemson College, j I
lose who attended were mostly j i
ult farmers. The trip was made in a
rs, leaving Abbeville early Tuesday s
jrning and returning late Wednes- \
y evening. i
WE RUG IN
CHICAGO SUNDAY
Numerous Clashes Occur With Loss
Of Life?Starts Near Beach?
Fighting Seemingly Precipitated
L? W D.I! Ci.ll
uy iicgrucB 1 uutc laiiuui
Emptied Of Reserves.
Chicago, July 27.?A series of
riots in the negro district late today
esulted in the drowning of one ne*ro,
the reported drowning of a
white man, probably fatal injury of
another negro, the wounding of a
polceman and injury to a score of
svhite people and negroes by bullets
Dr missiles.
Police tonight said they had the
situation well in hand.
The trouble started at the 29th
Street beach where white people and
negroes are segregated and soon
jpread to State Street, the main thor- '
Dughfare in the heart of the negro
district, which extends about five
miles. Shooting started near the
Deach, and there was also some shooting
in the vicinity of State Street.
Although ill feeling between the
races on the South Side, has extended
jver a period of months, emphasized
oy bomb explosions, some shooting
. ^ J ? mV 4- n +A/4 Atr'n m Af O
inu iiumcruuo ngiiLa, iuuaj> a hvh
ieem to have had their start in petty
quarreling at the beach.
Start of Trouble. y
Reports that negroes wandered
icross the dividing .line 'to the white
section of the beach and that white
people amused themselves by throwng
small stones at negro bathers appeared
the most plausible cause.
Soon after -ttre'-fighting started a ne-*
arro fled pursued by a numbe. of
ivhite men. He took shelter behind !.*.
i building and began shooting at a 1
policeman who had joined the pursuit
and who returned the fire. The
negro finally surrendered.
' During the fight one negro was
probably fatally wounded.
Twenty-ninth Street was soon
packed with white people and negroes,
the latter predominating.
More fighting occurred and a few
shots were fired as some of the negroes
fled and patrol wagops loaded
with blue coats raced to the scene.
A. fire broke out in a small building
and the apparatus was blocked by
the throngs. Negroes are said to
have tried to drag the firemen from
their seats. ' *>
With the police stations emptied
of reserves and scores of others
rushed from North and West Side
stations. Acting Chief of Police Al:ock
ordered every available policeman
on duty to prevent further outbreaks.
The small army of policemen
succeeded in bringing about a
fair semblance of order.
A Famly Reunion.
Mrs. C. E. Williamson leaves toiay
for her home in Pansy, Ga., to
1
:e present at a reunion ox iier xiuuly.
Both brothers are home after
;he big war, one bringing a charming
English wife and young son, while
;he baby brother arrived from over;eas
a few days ago. The occasion
vill be celebrated with an old fashoned
Georgia barbecue.
A Charming Visitor.
Miss Royal Peak came over from
Greenwood Sunday and spent the
lay with Mrs. D. A. Rogers and Mrs.
Sign. Miss Peak is a native of
Cdgefield, she was in the heart of the
ountry last year at Alcolu, and this
ummer is rusticating, at Greenwood.
It Just Shoots. >
Jack Bradley, has been working at
he mill since vacation, and making
>ig money. He knocked off last Satirday
and is spending his money like
i man at Little Switzerland. Jack
ays he is not going to touch a gun
vhile away for "a gun just shoota
f I touch it."