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f ' ' . . - i ' : . . \ ' i t . * ? * * ' ? Abbeville Press and Banner ' . t ' * . . ' . '. EstablishedlS44. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C. Tuesday, August 12, 1919 Single Copies,, Five Cents. 75th Year, > WILSON PROPOSES io Lois.ni; High Prices Not Justified by Shortai -C ? 1 Ut.H,.. Wn..M Onlv U1 ""WJ J ' Make Matters Worse, Says Presidents?Strikers Advised to Return to Work. Washington* August 8.?Preside) Wilson laid several sepecitic propo gls before, congress today for ched i?g tiic nigh cost of living, but at tl same time declared permanent r suits could not be expected uni peace times could be fully establis ed after the ratificaton of the pea< treaty. High prices, the Preside! told Congress, were not justified 1 shortage of supply, either present < prospective, but were created many cases "artificially ad deliberat ly" by ''vicious practices". "Retis ers", he said, "were responsible f< .. extortionate prices." Strikes, the president warned tl labor"world, would only make matte worse and those who thought to ir ply threats of coercion were on "preparing their own destruction Leaders of organized labor, the pre ident said, he was sure would so< yield to sound and sober thought. "Illegal a^d criminal," were tl words the President used in chara terizing the methods by which son present-day prices have been broug about.Resent laws, he said, would be e ergetically employed to the limit force out food hoards and meet t' situation as far as possible, but supplement the exisitng statutes I specifically urged the following: Licensing of all corporations e gaged in inter state commerce, wi specific regulations designed to a cure competitive selling and preve "unconscionable profits" in the met od of marketing. Extension of tfte food control a to peace times, and the application its provisions against hoardng of fu clothing and other necessities of li as well as food. A penalty in the food cointr,. ? for profiteering: Profiteering. A law regulating cold storage, lii iting the time during .which goo may be held; prescribing a metk of disposing of them if held beyo: the permitted period and requiri: that when released, good bak*. t date of ctorac*. Laws requiring the goods re.sas from storage for interstate - u-i merce bear the selling price at whi they went into storage and requi that all goods destined for intersta commerce carry the prices at whi they left the hands of the product Enactment of the pending bill f the control of security issues. Additional appropriations for gc - ernment agencies which can supp the Dublic with full information as to prices at which retailers buy. Early Ratification. Early ratification of the pea treaty so that the "free possesses supply and demand" can operate. Immediate steps by executive age cies of. the government promised the President included. Limiting and controling whe shipments and credit to facilitate t purchase of wheat shipments and ci dits to facilitate the purchase wheat in such a way as not to rai: but rather lower, the price of flo at home. ?)<il OX surplus S11/civ a ui xvvu u clothing in the hands of the govei ment. Time forced withdrawal from st< age and sale of surplus stocks in p vate hands. General Recommendations. Increase <)f production. Careful buying by housewives. Fair dealing with the people on 1 part of the producers, middlemen a merchants.. That there be no threats and und insistence upon the interests of WATER & ELECTRIC PLANT BEING REPAIRED; DISPLAY ROOM R'ADS .ATTRACTIVE The oflice and display rocrni of the i Abbeville water and Electric Planl is- undergoing: repairs and improvements that contemplate the making je of one of the most attractive place: of its kind in the State. In a recenl ..ltcivkw C. lii. Hix, Manager, sam that ho intended to maintain a service and equip his plant to ths end that the people of this city should get the best. ^ The display r oom is 'bein<r refitted g and repapered. The display window l_ has been remodeled so as to allow the showing .of appliances to the ^est | advantage. ,.j Every kind of electrical appliance ^ ir. general use is carried in stock and if ther? is any article that a custole ^ mer wants and is not carried^ Mr Hix will do everything in his'powei to accommodate that customer. Asr . mang the things carried in stock are electric irons, ranges, washing ma e* " ~ 1 . I chines, .fans, lamps, sewing machine motors, percolators, vibrators, chanor 1 . deliers and glass ware. Because of the low service rate in ie rs this city many people have been at t vac ted by the idea of electrical ap ^ pliances for the home and many articles of all kinds have been sold. Tht *"t electric range, has been much fn de] mand. So much so that it has beer >n ! alsmot impossible to get enough tc meet^ the requirements.' But Mr ; Hix announces that he has a shipmenl on the way which he thinks will- rueel PC i I 1 the needs of this city.for some time | Thesfc ranges are the best that can b< [ bought and have given perfect satis faction. The price is moderate. he GIRLS CLUB OF COTTON to. 1 MILL VILLAGE RETURNS. he FROM CAMP SATURDAY n-, The Girls Club of the Cotton Mil th village returned -Saturday from a lp-J camp at Cold Springs, which begar Friday, August 1. The older clul -- girls first went out and returned th< middle of lfCst week. Then th< c* younger girls went to Cold Springs The two crowds were in charge o: Miss Jennie Boyd, of the Community *e House, assisted by Miss Joanna Pat J terson, of Woodruff. They wer< 01 j chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Meadowi j Langley ahd Mr. and Mrs. Fo3te: j Barnwell. ^"j On Wednesday of last week th< members of the Mothers Club wen od; out to the camp and spent the day n(* On the first Saturday of the camp th< aS Cotton Mill Band and base iball tean "ej rode out to the camp in trucks an< I music was rendered. Many people fropa the surrounding neighborhoo< 1,:*| visited the camp to hear the music c^i Throughout the camp the girls lei rc a free, open-air existence, doing wha ^e| the moment's inspiration demanded c^i Altogether a splendid time was spent it J FORWARD MOVEMENT |V. OF A. R. P. CHUKC* ,ly is The for.ward Movement of the As sociate Reformed Presbyteriai church will inaugurate its campaigi ce during the conference at Linwoo< of College, near Gastonia', N.. C., Au ; gust 19-24. ir.-i Friday, August 21, will be knowi hy as Forward Movement Day at th< : cenference and a great many Asso iRtjciate Reformed Presbyterians arc ex he1 pected. Dr. W. R: / Dobyns, of St :e-j Joseph, Mo., and other prominen of i speakers will have part on the pro 5e,'gram that day. t urj ? ??! single class. nd1 Correction of ''many things" be n- tween capital and labor in respect ti wages and conditions of labor. >r-| In concluding' the president madi ri- a plea for deliberate, intelligent ac | tion, reminding congress that an un ; balanced world was looking to th j United States. j "We, and we alone", he said, "no\ i hold the world steady, upon ou ho- steadfastness and self possession de rd pend the affairs of nations every where. It is the supreme crisi3ue this crisis of all mankind?that Am aj erica must prove her mettle." wor? on street paving will begin ' in near futur > H. H. Mertz, of the Southern Pa^ t ! t.7 and Construction Company,. Chai - tanooga, Tenn., will arrive in Abb< r vine some time mis wee;: to man . arva-'rements for t"he beginning o work on the street paving. Cor [ stiuction gangs will be moved fror l Anderson to this city. , > Mayor Mars received a letter fror [ the Georgia Trust Cor>;>tvny Saturda whicij stated that they thought tha [ they could give definite informatio r en the matter of acceptance of th !' bonds by Tuesday or Wednesday o ; this week. s NEGROES ARRESTED FOR [;' CARRYING WEAPONS; NO LIQUOR FOUNI J Clarence Searles was loaded fo bear Sunday ,two pistols being foun : on his persdn, when he was arreste by officers Johnson and McLane, wh i suspected that he was transportin whiskey. " He was unloaded i>i $5 bv Mavor Mars in court Monda: , ? i morning and his pistols are -still i custody. Another Pistol Toter. Deputy Sheriff Cann arrested Wi s T-inch Saturday afternoon at the ba ground and found a pistol on hin i Tinch was also suspected of havin ? liquor in his possession, but none wa . found. . t DMONSTRATION BY COUNTY . AGENT DURING THE PACST i WEEK IN - THIS COUNT j Miss Mary L. Bowie, County Den onstrator, and W. A. Rowell, Count Agent, have begun a series of demty strations in the county. Last wee i demonstrations were held in Calhou ' Falls, Cold Springs and Brownie* \ One whole day was spent at eac place. In the morning talks wei l'made. and in the atfernoon demoi * j strations were given. Miss Mar i, Martin, District Demonstrator, as 'i sisted Miss Bowie and Mr. Rowe ;in their work. f - ~ T T [ 'l'alks were maae Dy ut. u; i r j Riser, U. S. public health service; . "l R' ^^kikns, state poultry club J 2i gent; Mrs. Dodd, state public healt J| service, and Mrs. M. T. Colemai r| Mrs. Coleman made a talk on hom j ?rvice. Dr. Riser *p?ke on saniti 3j tion and pubilc health. Mrs. Dod kj talked on child welfare. j The next meeting wll be held i 31 Arborville, the date to be announce 'j later. " s i 7 81 STRIKING SEABOARD 1 SHOPMEN RETURN TO WORK HERE SATURDA t; 1 The 25 striking Seaboard shopmei ,; out on strike- here since last Monda; i returned to work Saturday, followin | orders from headquarters of thei i organization. This only relieves th I, situation locally as ther4 are sti j many shopmen out throughout tli -] country who have refuspd to obe i 3 orders of their leaders, l ? j W. W. BRADLEY MAY OF. - FER FOR CONGRE5 ,1 -i Hon. W. W. Bradley, of Abbevill -J stopped over in Anderson last nigl ;.j on his way home from Clemson Co t' lege, where he attended a meeting t the trustees, of which he is one c j the oldest members in point of S3: i vice. Mr. Bradley is not only coi j sidered one of the strongest men i -J the State from appoint of statesmar a i ship, but is also considered one of, j not the smoothest' of politicians i e the State. Aside from that he - one'of the most popular men in tli Dlo/^wirtrit TJVvr t.VlP TlSSt Se1 3' eral years he has been frequent] 1 urged to offer for congress, but h v would never consent. However, it r understood that he is seriously thin! -! ing of making the race next summe - and if he does the other candidal - will have to give him prayerful coi - sideration.?Andei'son Tribune c j Friday. * i j CONNIE MACK PRAISES ABBEVILLE BOY WITH E| THE ATLANTA TEAH I r-1 Connie Mack was over in Atlant t-' the othe/- day looking over the phe nominal clubhand incidently getting i e line on some of the players with i if1 view-to acquiring one or more o ! 4-v.r.w A vi?4.: . vr? ,~;i i- iiiciu iui uic rxniicti^a. nv viic wu n' gainsay the fact that Connie is an ex ; cellent judge of base ball timber am n what he says carries weight. Her* yj is what he has to say "of an Abbevill it j boy, Clarence, alias "Chick" Gallo n! way, now playing shortstop for th j ^ e| Crackers: . f "Galloway is a very fine short stop", was another word of chee: form the Athletic leader. "He i: young, a natural ball player and om who has promise of hitting an evei ) better stride," Galloway is a son of Mr. A. B r Galloway, of this city. . d. rj! GAMBLERS ARRESTED o! PLAYING POKER IN J COUNTRY CHURCH YARE n! V, \ j\ Joe Cullins and Lewis Jones werj n | arrested near Galhoun Falls Sunda; j by Sheriff Burts and Deputy Sherif ! Cann, being charged with transport [j - ing liquor into this state from Geor 111**. ?/ 1.1 Whj}? waiting for t!:o tv/a r ;^rc: g[ Burts and Cann ran across five whit l3 j men in a little game of stud poke | on the ground at Glovers Chapel ! These men were .arrested and tumei ! over to the authorities at Calhoui Falls. A pistol was found on one o Y; the men. i J CONDITION OF CROPS y|' ? ' i_j According to, a repoit issued b; k B. B. Hare, Field Agent, Bureu. o j \ n! Crop Estimates, United States De eJ partment .of Agriculture, the conci b^tion of the leading growing crops ii e' South Carolina, excepting cotton, oi t.j August 1, was as follows: y1 Com, 80 per cent of normal; net i_! 85 per cent; hay 90; millet 88; cow 11. peas 83; Irish potatoes 82; sweet po J tatoes 85; tobacco 74; alfalfa 90 g 'tomatoes 75; cabbage 75; onions 84 J. sorghum for food 85; sorghum fo syrup 85; peanuts 85; watermelon ;h 70; muskmelons 70; apples 45 i.l peaches 42; grapes 78; peafs 55. ie The condition of corn in the east jJ em counties is#from ' good" to "ex id' cellent"; in the central and south j western counties it ranges fror it1 "very poor" to "good". A larg id! per centage of the late planting has been abandoned on account o the excessive rains during the latte half of July and a considerable pe centage of that planted on bottoi Y lands has been destroyed by the ovei I " ? J _i rri,? j now 01 creetts ana rivers. *?c wu ; production is estimated at 38,900,00 bushels, which is approximately 600, 000 bushels more than last year, bu 2,000,000 less than 1917. ir i * d ' The peavine hay acreage is miic 16' / smaller than usual, because of th scarcity and high price of seed, bu 16 the prospects for a good yield ar (y . . .? : very promising. . . r V AH fruits and vegetables were in | jjured to a greater or less exten i during the month by the continuou I heavy rains. Si Marked deterioration in conditio: I of tobacco since last report is noted I thtf condition on jVly 1 being 85 pe e'j cent of normal, and only 74 per.cen j I on August 1. "1 Where there has been proper cu] jf i - # i tivatioD, sweet potatoes seem to be i: ' j excellent condition, although an ur " usual growth of vines usually indi I cates small potatoes with few in i n! hill. / . i if ANDREW CARNEGIE n PASSES AWAY U0DA1 is ' ie Lenox, Mass, Aug. 11.?Andrew /- Carnegie, steel magnate and philan v thronist. died at his Lenox summe * I * le home, "Shadow Brook", at 7:10 thi iSj morning after an illness of less thai c-j three days with bronchial pneumonia r, So sudden was his death that his dau is ghter, Mrs. Roswell "Miller, was un l-j able to get to her father's bedsid )f before he died. His wife and privat j secretary were with him at the end I RAISE FUND FOR MEMORIAL TO SOUTH fl CAROLINA SOLDIERS a Columbia,' August 1L?On SepJ temb'er 29 Jast year, South Carolina a troops in the immortal Thirtieth (Old . ' Ui/?lrnnr\ niifTeiAM .pmnnlinif X / yiviQii/ii ouiaaucu bii^ ucic" fi tofore impregnable Hindenberg line l1 and hastened that which became inevI \ * itable when the Uuited States enteri' ed the war against Germany. On e'November 11 the armistice was signe ed. This year on September 29, the - first anniversity of the smashing of e the Hindenberg line, the campaign ! to raise a fund to erect a memorial - to South Carolina soldiers and sailr ors who made the supreme sacrifice in s | the Great War for human. liberty and e ^ for preservation of civilization will i open. It will close on November 11, first anniversity of the signing of the armistice. I These dates with their significant for all Americans, and the first with j particular significance for the people i Of this Staie. were decided upon by 1 the South Carolina Memorial Comi mission, meeting in Columbia July 30/ Bj The fund to be raised is $400,000 P| to which" will be added $100,000 ap^ propriated by the legislature?at the last session-, making a half a million dollars for a fitting memorial to South v Carolina's hero sons. j At the meeting of the memorial e| commission a petition from a number r, of physic:.tns, asking for the plans I for the form that the memorial s^all take, be changed and that instead of 11 i a temple that/a hospital be built, was received and carefully considered, i but since the status under 'which the ; commission was created and which I f ' j the legislature, appropriates $100,! 000 toward "tfie memorial, the commis^ I sion was powerless to alter the plans M as previously announced.. It was de-. "j cided to proceed with tlite campaign *! for ufnds according to the original 1 plana The work of organization is now proceeding. The campaign will- be !'l conducted along the lines of the sev "j eral Liberty Loan drives. Chairmen '"I will be appointed in each county. '! These will be asked to complete their 'i county organization of workers in r| time for the opening of the cam31 paign. The quotas of the several ' | counties will be announced in the I near future. "" r _ >j TRACTOR COMPANY L-| WILL OPEN BUSINESS HERE ' / ej A trade was completed Saturday s? between the Sadler Tractor Company *|' i S.,H. jRoseberg, whereby the forr j mer agreed to rent the store room r | near the Eureka Hotel, formerly oc ?l cupied by S. J. Link for a warehouse. '*1 The building is to be repaired and j new and heavy floorng is to be put in in order to make it strong, enough '"j for storing tractors. ? .. t Several different kinds of tractors will be sold by the company which will ^! begm business here in the near future. "v 7 Mr. Link has rented the A. M. e j Smith store room next to ^he A. M. I Smith store and will move into it this l"l week. Monday it was thoroughly fc! overhauled and cleaned. a, I JOHN LOMAX RETURNS nj FROM NEW YORK CITY 1,1 [ John Lomax returned Sunday night t! from New York, where he had been 1 for two weeks with J. C. Philson, of l_ Philson and Henry, buying fall goods. a 1 According to Mr. Lomax Broadway ' and the White Way had the same old appeal, but 2 3-4 per cent, beer lacked -! the kick, though the bar and brass j rail had the wonted feel. The strike of the city transporta| tion lines was* on while Mr. Lomax Kj was there and he said the congestion j was most serious. One night,^ he v, said, it was impossible for thousands i- to get out ofxth'e city, two thousand ri telephone girls being forced to spend sj the night in New York, sleeping in the ? 1 U?11m?vo ViAfale av\A onV ftfhpr nlflP.P hi naiiwajro ui uvi/viu anu wkj w..v. x??i.1 that could be found. i- Mr. Philson will return about Wedi nesday; s . \ . e "Goods are almost impossibe tt> get e' and the price is double what it was I.; last year." said Mr. Lomax. CAUSES OF WE ' DISCUSSED HERE i Cuiurs of th? Law Gather at Request of Solicitor Biackwell and Hold | Open Forum?Liquor and _ nstol 1 oatmg Main fc-vils is Consensus' of Opinion. 1 __ I * In response to a call from Solicitor H. S. Blackwell the county sheriff and' deputy, the county magistrates and ' the members of the\rand jury met Monday morning in the Court House and discussed the question of crime I suppression- - in Abbeville "county. I There were^about 75 present. ( The consensus of opinion was that ' pistol toating* and liquor were the - - , chief causes of trouble among both the negroes and the whites. - ^ It was also brought out that the " > ~ whijte people of the county were primarily to-blame because of laxity ^ in reporting lawbreakers and the willingness of the white jemplSyer to pay the fines of the negroes ar| rested and" convicted. , ' \ The meeting was called to order by Mr. Blackwell and J. S. Morse was elected chairman, and W. E. t > i | Hill, secretary. Mr" Blackwell then., ? . stated- the purpose of the meeting. He pited the meeting recently held in Columbia at the instance of Governor , . i Cooper and said that meeting of I similar character had been or would - | be held in every county in the State. In part Mr. Blackwell said, "I be- v"\ lieve th'a tblind-tiger liquo^ an<f pis/ tol toatirfg are the chief causes of crime not only n Abbeville county, V , but in every county in the State. Crime is more noticible among the \ . , ; * negroes because we have more neI groes, but in the last analysis the [ white people are to blame because they are the ones who form public sentiment. It is only too true that many white people are reticent $bout reporting crimes, when crimes have been committed, do not give the officers of the law proper report. t n.i j;i; ? vjonuiuuna >vui?c iu vuu kvuuw; than any other county in the eighth judicial circuit. There is lethargy and a tendency to pass the buck when . it comes to prosecuting criminals. is almost impossible to get evidence against boot-leggers, because those who buy and know of sales are unwilling to disclose the names of the offenders." Mayor Mars said that he thought conditions in the city of Abbeville were normal and by no means as had as they were in the county. Blockade liquor was cited as the chief cause of trouble. He also said- that a great many negroes carried concealed weapons and that he was'in favor J .>' j of fining them, as heavily as the law ; 5 I allowed. .Magistrate J. 3- Gibert, of Leba- h | non Township said that the incendiary. _ appeals of northern agitators had done much to make the situation acute in this county, adding that there - .. i had been little trouble in his district. I Magistrate . M. E. Hollingsworth said that liquor and pistol carrying was the main cause of crime and sug- - 'J gested fining offenders to the limit. Magistrate Frank Carwile said that tha white people were worse than . I the negroes for they were an example I fnr pvil-doinc. "There are three j main causes of srime," said Mr. CarI wile, "liquor, pistols and the devil and the devil is the worst of all. A negro was killed in my district recently for taking a drink of water, and j until pistols, monkey rum and hip pockets are abated we will have murder and other crimes. I am rather . " glad the Northeni men are getting a"* little taste of the negro question because it will teach them what we have to contend with, but, after all, the white men are. tb blame". Dr. Joseph Hicks, of Calhoun Falls, suggested that when a negro was fined for any offense the fine was not so much against the negro as against the white employer, who sought in (Continued on page four) . * " . ' /