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Abbeville Press and Banner
Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C. Tuesday, August 19, 1919 Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
ACTION DEMANDED
FROM 0. S. SENATE
Many Weeks Wasted On "Treaty?
Hitchcock Calls For Report From
Committee?Crucial Week Here
Interest Centers On Conference
at White House.
Washington, Aug. 17?What promises
to re one of the crucial weeks
of the peace treaty fight in the senate
began today with the issuance
of a formal statement by Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, the administration
senate leader, declaring conditions
throughout the country demanded
that the treaty be brought
out of the foreign relations committee
promptly and ratified.
For five weeks, Senator Hitchcock
said, the treaty has been "in cold
storage" in a committee controlled
by its enemies. Action on it should
be the first step, he asserted, in dealing
with the high cost of living.
During the week, the outstanding
feature of which is to be the confer
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ence Tuesday between iresiaent wnson
?nd the committee, Senator
Hitchcock is expected to make a senate
speech urging that the treaty be
brought to a vote and voicing opposition
to any amendments.
Tomorrow the committee will resume
its hearings, questioning Thos.
F. Millard, a writer on Far Eastern
subjects, regarding the treaty provision
which gives Japan control in
Shantung province, China. Against
this provision Republican senators
declare opposition is increasing and
tbey argue that interest fully warrants
withholding committee action
* regarding it until all the possible
facts have been uncovered. Later in
the week four other witnesses are to
be heard.
So that committee consideration
may not be interrupted, leaders said
the senate might have only a brief
session tomorrow and then adjourn
until Wednesday, when Senator
Owen (Democrat) of Oklahoma has
given notice he will' speak on the
league of nations. Several other addresses
also are expected during the
week.
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WORK. BEGAN MONDAY
ON STREET PAVING
HERE IN ABBEVIELE
Actual work on the street paving
here began Monday morning when
laborers began to remove the curbing
around the park in the Square.
A cement curbing will replace the
o?/1 flia cfnno falrpn
(JUrumg icuiuvcu auu ?wmv ?.%???.,
from the square will be used on the
residential streets.
W. E. Moragne, in chargaof the
work here, left Saturday for Chattanooga
to rush material. Some material
has already been shipped.
Trinity street will be the first street
;.aved, although it was first planned
:c pave the square first.
REV. LOUIS J. BRISTOW
WILL EDIT BAPTIST
PAfER IN GREENWOOD
The Rev. Louid|J. Bristow, pastor
f the Abbeville Baptist Church, will
it the Baptist Courier, published in
Greenwood, during the absence of
4>r. Z. T. Cody, Greenwood, who has
named as a member of a commission
of the Baptist church to visit
"urope in the interest of reconstruction
work in the war-worn countries.
Dr. Bristow is an old newspaper
editor, an able writer, and is one of
the leading Baptist ministers in
South Carolina.
Mr. David Gilliam Dies.
Mr. David Gilliam, an old and
well known citizen of this county,
passed away Monday afternoon at
1:80 o'clock at his home near Haskell's
Station. He is survived by his
wife and a number of children. He
-Urvived by one brother. ,T. A.
of this county.
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Bids for repairing, remodeling,
heating and lighting the Abbeville
County Memorial Hospital will be
opened Friday, August 29, at the
City Hall. Ten thousand dollars has
already been subscribed in stock for
this work. But the scope of the undertaking
has so broadened and the
cost of material has advanced to
, such an extent that the managers of
; the institution have found it neces'
sary to make another appeal to the
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people 01 tnis city ana county. i>
will be necessary to raise seven to
ten thousand dollars more in order
complete the work as it should be
j done.
The board of.nine managers believe
that the people of this section
want a hospital second to none in
the state from the viewpoint of
equipment and ability to meet all re'
;;;ivements. To this end it is planned
1 to fit the hospital with apparatus of
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! FATAL AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT SATURDAY
Tom Osborne Killed and Two Other*
Seriously Wounded When Cadillac
Car Turn* Over Ner Town?Machine
Demolished?Car Belonged
to Policeman
' Bonds.
Thomas Osborne was killed and
? on/I P^tror/I TT orria
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| were seriously injured about one
] mile from tcwn on the Cedar Springs
j road at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afterj
noon when the Cadillac car, which
J Osborne was driving turned over.
Bryant Bonds another occupant of
the car, was uninjured.
According to Bonds, Osborne was
speeding toward Abbeville, when he
ran too close to a deep ditch and to
avoid ditching his car, he veered suddenly
to the center of the road, one
front wheel giving way and the car
spinning over and over.
Osborne's neck was broken and he
was badly mutilated. Hodges suffered
a fracture^ collar bone and had
leveral ribs broken; Harris' arm was
broken and he received a severe cut
: n his forehead.
I The car, which belonged to Bonds,
policeman at the Cotton Mill, was
torn to pieces.
Osborne was a son of T. G. Ost
borne, of this county. The funeral
! was held Monday morning at eleven
I o'clock, interment following in Long
i Cane cemetery.
Missionary Society.
mi -xr n 1 _ _ nr: e?~
I rne loung jreo-pies iTii?siuuar^
j ciety of the Methodist Church will
i serve ice cream and cake Tuesday
! evening at six o'clock on the lawn
I of the home of Mrs. John Harris, j
I South Main street.
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j\ October 30.30 30.06 V]
| V December 30.35 30.18 V.
K January 30.15 30.14 V
!V March 30.05 30.18 V
| V May 30.25 30.10 V
Abbeville Spots. No Market. V
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; "he latest kind and the building will j
j have a model operating room and
electric elevator.
Various plans have been suggested
to raise money. There will be a
j cnatauqua here in October for the
! benefit of the hospital and a play,
: under the management of Miss
Gladys Wham, is already being re!
hearsed for staging sometime in Septembex*.
But these means will not,
raise the money necessary and an
appeal will have to be made to the!
; people of the city and county again.
I One thing that should be borne in
p mind by everyone is the fact that
| there is never to accrue to any one
t Interested in the hospital any gain.
; Rather, it is to be expected that for
j some time to come there will be a
financial loss in the operation of the
institution, which loss will have to be
| made up by those who are charitably
j inclined. A public hospital is never
RULE OF SUPPLY
AND DEMAND IS
HIGH COST CAUSE
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Washington, Aug. 16.?High cost'
of living is the result of fundamental
and immutable laws and lower
living costs will come, to a large degree,
only from operation of these
natural laws, Senator Reed, Democrat,
of Mississippi, declared in an
address in the senate today.
Many of the, remedies being proI
posed to reduce living costs, Sena-I
tor Reed asserted, are futile because'
they are artificial and designed to
disturb operation of natural economic
tendencies. Increase in production,
the Missouri senator declared,
would be the greatest factor toward
reducing prices.
"There are two great principles in
economic and finance which cannot!
be disregarded and which no amount!
j of legislation can effectively con-|
j trol," said Mr. Reed. "First, when-|
j ever the demand for any great ne-!
I nessity materially exceeds the supj
ply an increase in price is inevitable,
i donverselv. when the supply exceeds
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! the demand, a decrease in price fol|
lows. The latter condition may be
I temporarily effected by combinations
! artificially withholding the supply
i and controlling the market. But, no
j combination of men and no decrees
j of government have ever been able
to transmute a deficiency into plenty,
or to remove the natural longings for
a necessary article which cannot be
oonaineu.
"Second, a radical increase in the
number of dollars in circulation reI
suits in a decrease in the purchasI
ing power of the dollar.
"Any device, plan or scheme,
therefore, which will have a tendency
to lessen production, to discourage
enterprise or to arrest industry,
will instead of bringing lower prices,
increase present excessive prices by
under production."
The war, Senator Reed said, stopped
production throughout the world j
j to a large extent except for articles
j needed in its prosecution. With the
| end of the war. the" natural result'
I is increased demand before produc-j
| tion can be brought up to normal.
Ansel Putnam spent the week-end
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MEMORIAL
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a money-making enterprise, and; I\
those who have subscribed to the' f
fund to establish the Abbeville Coun-; 5
ty Memorial Hospital have done so
solely from motives of charity and j,
philanthropy. , I v
Anyone who desires to have part
iii the splendid work that is being j b
done by a few, may do so, by making v
a contribution in any sum to the'
lospital. It may be sent either toi a
Dr. J. C. Hill, chairman of the board ^
of managers, or to Dr. J. R. Power,
treasurer. fc;
The standing committees of the b
hospital follow: ^
Finance: Dr. J. R. Power, Sol H.
Rosenberg and Joel S. Morse. 1
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Building: Rev. Louis J. Bristow, fi
Dr., G. A. Neuffer, D. H. Hill, Miss
Maggie Brooks. 1 "
Grounds and Streets Joel S. e
WITHDRAWAL OF
SUPPORT FOR |"
CA&RANZA SEEN |
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Washington, Aug. 16.?Unofficial
utterances of high governments officials
here today indicated clearly
that withdrawal of support from the
Carranza government is considered
the first step probable in case it becomes
necessary to carry out any .
'radical change in policy with regard
to Mexico." ^
It is believed among officials here
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that Carranza's fall would soon fol- .
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low such a step. _
It was also made very plain today ^
that the administration is still set
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against intervention except as a last ^
resort.
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The view taken generally in Wash-i
ington is that the United States does I
not want, as one official expressed it,J
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"to use up twice as many American!.
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lives as were lost in the war to make I
Mexico safe for investors or to savfe'
Mexico herself." c
Officials do not believe the United 3
States will withdraw recognition of 1
nnlaeti Via io flraf aKrtm ftf
vaixanziia uiiibiJO nv ?g IMOV WHV*M {
his powers. "Withdrawal of support!^
would be the first step. J ^
The state department's latest notei11
to Mexico, warning President Carran-,' 5'
za that if murder and indignities j
of American citizens continue the t;
United States may be forced to tl
adopt a radical change in attitude *1
toward that country, was the chief a
topic of interest and discussion to- tl
day in official and diplomatic cir- a
cles here. The note made public late! ^
yesterday, along with a reply from J n
the Mexican government, lacked only tl
diplomatic technicalities to maice n;p
an ultimatum and was couched in
probr-.bly the strongest language us-: ti
ed in any communications between jai
the two republics since the exchanges j rr
just prior to the occupation of Vera tl
Cruz by American armed forces. | b
While no official statement was
made concerning the announcementj H
at this time in the change of pol-:
icy and outwardly there was no ap- Ic
parent reason other than the con-;
tinued mistreatment, robbery and Ji
murder of American citizens in Mex- H
ico, it generally was the opinion to-,
lav that pressure from foreign gov-j C
ornments and demand in congress-' le
ional circle:- for some protective ac-1
lion hastened the announcement. E
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Irs. G. A. Neuffer. i
By-Laws and Rules: Dr. G. A. 1
Jeuffer, D. H ,Hill, J. Foster Barn- ^
/ell, Mrs. M. T. Coleman. 1
Memorial Rooms: Sol H. Rosen- f
erg, J. S. Starty, Mrs. Ellen Nor- '
rood, Mrs. D. A. Rogers.
The cut of the hospital shown J ^
bove will give a definite idea of the
andsome building which is to emrge
after the plans and specificaions
of Architect Hemphill havei
een carried out. It will be a build- 1
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ounty may well be proud and as an'^
istitution it will prove of inestima-l 1
le value to the community. It will I
11 a need ttiat has long been felt. *
That it will receive the hearty suport
of the people can not be doubtd.
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:OTTON ASS'N TO 1
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letting Friday?Gen. M. L. Bonham <
of Anderson, and W. B. Utiejr, St. 1
George, Will Make Addresses? S
W. A. Stevenson Names Committeemen
From Various 1
Townships in County. j
For the purpose of organizing lo- ,
al branches of the South Carolina ^
Jotton Association in the townships (
f Abbeville County, a public meet- (
ag will be held here Friday, August 1
2, at 11:30 o'clock, at which time (
Jen. M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, ,
nH W. R. TTtsev. St. Georsre. will
lake addresses, discussing the poroses
of theL organization. The fariera,
business men, professional
len and all others who are interestd,
are invited to attend the meetlg'
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The South Carolina Cotton Asso- ^
iation has for its main purpose the
tabilizing of the price of cotton af-j
er that price has been fixed at aj
gure^where the farmer can make aj
igitimate profit. The South Caro-j *
na Cotton Association will be aj
lember of the American Cotton Asociation.
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It is up to the people of the coun-j ~
y, whether they want to get back of| (
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his organization and make it go.
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ts success depends upon the farmer
nd if they prefer to fix the price of
tie South's chief staple instead of
llowing the price to be fixed by
/all Street they will attend the 0
leeting Friday and give their en-j
lusiastic support to the plans andj
rinciples involved.
W. A. Stevenson, chairman execu-j
ve committee, Abbeville County,'*3
nnounces the following committee- J<
ten from the various townships in ^
le county and urges that these men ^
e present at the meeting Friday: 1
Lowndesville Township: E. W. ^
'arper, W. C. Shaw, W. L. Bowman. "
Magnolia Township: Charlie Tay>r,
Furman Milford, Frank Sherard. J
Cedar Springs Township: L. A.;
ickson, Thompkins Ramey, S. F.j 1<
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Long Cane Township: Dr. P. B. V
arwile, Brown Bowie, Henry Nick- G
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Smithville Township: I. A. Keller, "5
. M. McCord, A. H. Miller, ! w
RAILROAD FIREMEN
ASK BIG INCREASE
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brotherhood Makes Demand of Direc-?
lor General?Other Claims Are
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Made?Many Costly Mechanical \
Devices Are Sought?Automatic
Stokers Are Asked.
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Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 17.?A 35 to
35 per cent, increase in wages is demanded
for 117,000 firemen and
lostlers on. railroads in the United
States and Canada in a wage scalex
aopted before adjournment today,
ay 300 general chairmen of the ' .- j
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
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ind Enginemen in session here since
ruesday.
Another demand to be presented
;o the director general of railroads s
that all coal burning locomotives
n road service weighing 200,000
pounds and over shall be equipped
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,vith mechanical stokers and that two
iremen shall be employed on all
uch locomotives until they are so
equipped.
About half of the 80,000 engines
in the United States will come under
his proposal, only about 5,000 of
vhich are equipped with mechanical
stokers at present.
In accepting the report of the
vage committee appointed at the
>pening session last Tuesday and
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vmcn only completed ana presented >
ts report Saturday morning, discusa
of which took up yesterday's and
oday's conferences, some modifica;ions
were made, but the report was
idopted in the main part.
PrincipaT*t>em*nd? Made.
The more important sections of .
he report follow:
Rates of pay for firemen and help- J
jrs in passenger service' $6.50 per |
iay of 100 miles or less, except
vhen Mallet engines are used, when
57.20^ shall be pai<L
Overtime in passenger service will v
ie computed on the present basis at
i speed of 20 miles an hour.
In freight service on engines
nreighing less than 200,000 pounds,
firemen shall be paid; $6.50 and on
engines weighing over over 200,)00
pounds $6.80 per day of 100 vja
niles or less, overtime to be comput- v
2d on present basis at a speed of 12
1-2 miles per hour.
Firemen and helpers employed in -ocal
or way freight service, mixed
;rains, mine runs and other service
shall be paid a minimum of 50 cents (fy
per 100 miles or less iri addition to
he through freight rates. .
Firemen employed oo All other
rains in unclassified service shall be
aid through freight rates according
> class of engine used.
Firemen employed on Mallet engines
in all service, except yard ser'ice.
shall be paid $7.20 per 'day for
LOO miles or less.
Firemen and helpers employed in
rard service shall be paid $4.60 per
iay of eight hours or less, except
yhen Mallett engines are used, when
ate of $6.80 shall be paid.
A demand for time and a half over*
me in all classes of service is made
v-hich will apply when men are used
?n Sunday or holidays.
Reunion of Orr's Regiment.
Many Confederate veterans of Abeville
County, will attend the reunan
of Orr's regiment to be held at
'endleton and Sandy Springs, on
Lugust 28 and 29, the first day at
'endleton and the second at Sandy
[prings.
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uonaias lownsmp: *y. jv. uuuu,
'. L. Barmore, M. J. Ashley.
Due West Township: G. N. Nick's,
0. Y. Brownlee, J. R. Pruitt.
Diamond Hill Township: S. J.
Pakefield, Dr. J. A. Anderson, John . f%
ray.
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ADDevme lownsoip; o. a?bh
mith, W. E. Lesley, W. M. Barnell.
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