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I X ?? y * ' f' ' ' : Abbeville Press 2nd Banner P.t>Kl?Ked 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Augu?t 29,1919. Single Copies, Five ^nt?. 1 75th Year. PRE BEGINNING j th niinin oillRJin IU MUW Mm Government Action Already Beginning to Show Results?Fair Chance Wanted?Attorney General Palmer Confident Artificial Inflation Will Be Removed From Market. Washington, Aug. 27.?Prices are beginning to turn downward in various parts of the country but the slump has not yet^.gathered momen/ turn sufficient to afffct purchases being made for immediate use according to reports to the department of justice. Attorney General Palmer asked today how soon results could be expected from the campaign to reduce the cost of living, the outcome of which railroads employees request to await pressing demands for wage increases 3aid all the government wanted was a fair chance to show what could be done to take the artificial inflation vat of the market. He said officials were well pleased with the success so far attained and that cumulative results were expected when congress enacts amendment to the food control law, by which criminal penalties can be imposed on profiteers and hoarders. "We hope the public will begin to reap the benefit of our efforts before long" Mr. Palmer said. "For instance we are making progress in obtaining promises from shoe manufacturers to fixing a limit beyond which prices shall not go." Propaganda, which apparently is nationwide, on the part of shop keepers seeking to mauce purco??era now on the pretext prices will J be materially higher next season,! was condemned by Mr. Palmer as| one certain thing which would make J prices continue rising if heeded; His attention was called to advertiseflftenti in various papers in which it was stated that straw hats, clothing, and other non-perishable articles should be bought before next year's prices become effective "It is very unfortunate that some merchants take that attitude and we have been studying the situation" the attorney general said. Extensive purchases now, reducing the supply and increasing the demand, 1J th&ir nr*Hi/?tions CO me WVUtU 1UOIVV Mivu r.?-? true, whereas we hope for a normal priee level if the people do not stampede into a buying hysteria." BOND ISSUE QUESTION \ FINALLY SETTLED AT MEETING OF COUNCIL The deforestation of the Square is completed. To many the necessity of cutting down the trees in order to pave the street brought pangs of reerret. But after all the aspect is cleaner, clearer, less ragged. The preparatory work for the paving is progressing rapidly. The contractors have been able to get plenty of labor and if the material continues to be supplied in adequate quantities there will be no hitch. The last phase of the $90,000 bond issue was finished Wednesday, when at a special meeting of council the bonds were formally accepted. A Son of Bob. Dr. W. E. Link, of Willington, is in the city for a few days visit to kindred and friends. He came in Wednesday afternoon over the Seaboard. On the train he struck up with a traveling man from Athens, 6a. In the conversation, the traveling man inquired of the doctor his name, and when told it is Link, he inquired further whether the doctor is a son of Col. Bob Link, of Abbeville. BniMiof a Bungalow. Lumber is being laid down on the lot recently bought by Mr. W. L. Peebles on Chestnut street. He plans to build a handsome bungalow. SEPTEMBER TERM OF COURT CONVENES HERE MONDAY; MANY CASES The September term of court convenes Monday, Judge Frank B. Gary presiding. The criminal docket for the coming term is crowded, there being six murder cases' and many cases of assault and battery. The civil docket is licrht. The following cases in which true] bills have already been returned and! postponed at the last term of court, will be tried first: Jim Durant and Dave London, negroes, arson. i Ena BeH Nixon, negro, assault and battery with intent to kill. Georgiana Robinson and Lula Cummings, assault and battery, with intent to kill. ! Abe Bradley, negro, receiving stolI en goods. Pink Hazzard, negro, forgery. Mott Garrett, negro, arson. Eugene London, negro, larceny. Dave London, negro, larceny. Cothran Cobb, negro, larceny. Joe Johnson, negro, larceny. Luther Johnson, negro, larceny. Elijah Hunter, negro, assault and battery with intent to kill. George Douglass, negro, murder. Albert Sharpton, white, statutory. Rouse Rykard, negro, larceny. Ernest Cosby, negro, larceny. Frank Kennedy, negro, pointing &un at another. The cases which follow will be (sent to the grand jury: j Dock Jenkins, house breaking and I larceny. | Jasper Ashley, at al, assault andj | battery. ' Wm. Heard, violating section 223. Winston Chiles, et al, burglary. 1 John Glenn, assault and battery, i Hosa Bowie, violating pohibition law. | Ernest Cos^y, *t al, hpus? breaking and larceny. Lewis Chiles, et al, house breaking and larceny. Otto Lindsay, assault and battery. I Arthur Rouse, et al, rape. Will Dooley, manufacturing whis-| key. S. A. Nance assault and battery. C. N. Thornton, violating Sec. 697. Wesley mW, disposing crops. Robert and Dave Alexander, murder. ' John Henry Harrison, murder. Will Kay, bigamy. J. N. Cooley, assault and battery. Sam Houston, assault and battery. Henry Harris, murder. Harvey Robinson murder. Olden Jones, murder. A. Jacobs, assault and battery. Otto Lindsay, assault and battery. FIRST BALE OF COTTON IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY ' I The first bale of cotton for 1919 was baled here Thursday by Henry Carlisle. The Southern Cotton '.Oil Co., baled the cotton. Move Into New Home. j Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McKenzie moved into their new home on Pickens street this week. The house has recently been remodelled and is now ! one of the most attractive bungalows ! in town. A fiew porch and other j improvements on the exterior andj I complete reaovuuon insiue iiave i worked wonders in making a beauti-j ful home. VUitoro From Charleston. Mrs. Howard Lathrop and twoj little children, Martha and Howard, I of Charleston, are in the city on a visit to Mrs. H. A. Benton, at the| Eureka Hotel. Mrs. Lathrop is pleas-; antly remembered in Abbeville as! Inn Pinlfortnn wtlft m V)ftr! home here some years ago, and her old friends are glad to have her come i back. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Benton and ! little Mary Louise Benton have re1 vUr~e l from a delightful trip to New : York and other places of interest. i UNIONS OF NATION ARE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE STRIKE VOTE! Washington, Aug. 27.?The committee of one hundred, representing the railroad shopmen, informed Di-1 rector General Hines today that they could not accept as a basis of settlement of their demands the rates sub mitted by President Wilson. . ! Results of the negotiations here' Arere communicated to the union lo-| cals throughout the country with instruction that a strike vote should be taken immediately to determine whether the president's proposals should be accepted. Pending the issuance of an official strike vote, it was urgently requested by the international officers that all men should remain on the job. Lkcccor General Hines, according to a letter sent to the locals, told the committee that the proposition as presented by the president was final and that there would be no wage increases granted to any other class of railroad employes, as a class, but in the event of unjust inequalities, as between individuals, adjustments involving increases to enualize rates of nav would be made where justified. The committee thereupon informed the locals that the director general had been advised that his proposition could not .be accepted as a basis of settlement by them and continued: 'Practically every class of railroad employes have now submitted requests for very substantial increases over existing rates of pay. I It is well that our 'members give very serious consideration to this fact if there is to be any additional general increases in the wages of rail road employes, the federated shop trades will receive the same cotisidment careful thought and don't forget that if the federated shop trades become involved in a strike now, you are striking alone to force an increase for the two million railroad employes. Sfnlra Vata AaluJ / "In view of the foregoing facta, the statements contained in the president's letter and the responsibility that must be assumed, if a suspension of work is to take place. Your executive council has decided that it would fail in its duty were it to authorize a strike until the membership has had an opportunity to decide their course of action on this proposition. It is not our intention to shirk any of our responsibilities as executive officers and the wishes of a constitutional majority of the membership, expressed by their vote as hereinafter directed, will be carried out." The letter then gives instructions for an immediate summoning of the 1 - T ll * raemoers ux liic vnnuus iwau) >v take a secret vote. It was pointed out that owing to the large numbers involved, it must be understood that the respective international organizations would not be obligated to pay regular strik benefits belond! the limits of the funds Available for that purpose. Hosiesa to Wounded Soldier*. Mrs. Wilson Friday afternoon was entertain several hundred woundI soldiers, sailors and marines from army and navy hospital, with a lawn party at the White House in Washington. She wa3 to be assisted by Mrs. Marshall, wife of the vice president, and wives of cabinet members whoj *re in the city. Two Burned to Death in Airplane. St. Louis, Aug. 26.?Second Lieutenant Floyd Meisenheimer, of Detroit, Mich., and Chauffeur Harold T ? ~ ' Oi U<.?M AUiiv nravA UJ. gt. iuaiyf viuv^ ncit uvuuvuj to death late today when the airplane in which they were flying caught fire. The men were stationed at Scott Field, Belleville, Illinois. / COTTON GROWERS WILL HOLD BIG MEETING AT NEW ORLEANS SEPT. One of th? most vital meeting ever scheduled among cotton growei of the south will be held in New Oi leans on September 8 and 9 under th auspices of the American Cotton ai sociation, for the discussion of th present situation in the price of co ton and to set a minimum price i whch cotton should be sold to gua: antee the growers a reasonable ri turn on their investment. The call has been issued from th campaign headquarters of the ass< ciation in Atlanta under the name ( President J. Skottowe Wannamake of St. Matthews, S. C. It has bee sent to farmers, merchants, bankei and all those men in the south wli are vitally interested in cotton. When the proposed meeting wi called to the attention of the gove: nors of the southern states they in mediately issued a proclamation 1 the people of their respective stat< urging the supreme importance ( the meeting and calling for a fu attendance. A full program has been made u for the occasion. Important speech) will be made by some of the leadir farmers, merchants and bankers < the south. There will also be general discussion of the present si uation in the business world, follows by organization and membershi work for the association. Un the second day a minimu; price will be recommended for th year's coton, based upon a conservi tive study of the conditions und< which the crop has been raised, ti size of the yield, the supply and d( mand of the world markets and tl present prices obtaining for the mai ufactured products of cotton. CITY EMPLOYEES' RESIGN EN MASS Laurens, Aug. 26.?There was wholesale resignation of employees < the city at a meeting last night < city council. J. Rion Workman, clex and treasurer of city council, wi give up the job within the next fe days and return to his former hono in Clinton, where he will engage i business with his bother. Wister 1 Riddle, superintendent of streets, wi at once retire from this work and en gage in other business. He was fo: merly connected with the county roa work and he may return to this pi sition. Edgar Crews was the thii employee to hand in his resignatic last'night. He is city fireman ar fire truck driver. He goes with tJ office force at the Laurens Oil Mil Brooks Davenport, formerly of Lai ens, but for the several years co: nected with the fire department i | Charleston, was Chosen last night 1 | succeed Mr. Crews. I It is stated today on authority th j Joe F. Smith, the Thirtieth Divisic ; officer who was mentioned in thi3 co ! respondence a few days ago as probable candidate for the office < sheriff, will not make the race. Silrer Star* Barred. The attention of the war depar ment was called Friday to the fa< that discharged soldiers are wearir silver stars on victory ribbons i ome cases under conditions not ju tided by the regulations. An ord< was issued pointing out that thet stars must not be worn unless tl: 'oldier had been cited in orders froi his headquarters for gallantry in a< in and that if other decoratioi had been awarded for the same citj tion the star could not be legal] worn. The Big Question. t Capt. Fulp has arrived in Abb< ville and is busy arranging for th opening of school on Sept. 8th. H is a marked man among the sma boy population and there are tw burning questions being asked b them all over town: that is, "Does h give demerits?" and "Is he kin loo* ?" V * MLSON'S DATES FOR TRIP GIVEN J AWAIT EFFECT OF I WILSON'S ANSWER ] 8 ON RAILROAD MEN ' rg' Washington, ^Aug. 27.?Governj.giment officials and labor leaders herej pJ today were awaiting indications of ie! the effect on the rank and file of AmgJ erican labor of President Wilson's ' lgl plea for a truce in industrial disputes With President Samuel Gompers, \ ^ of the American Federation of Lap_i bor, returning to Washington to atBJ tend a meeting of the federation's executive council tomorrow, it was ie predicted that the situation will j. come to a head before the end of the '< week. 1 r, Moves which were eagerly watch- ' tn! ed here were: ( fs. 1. The vote of 500,000 raiilroad 10: shopmen on President Wilson's proposal that they accept an incease of f^ur cents an hour and abandon their r-j original demands of a boost of ap1 proximately 25 per cent so as not to j :0| interfere with the government's ef "w) luria tu unug uuwii >f i 1 2. What course railway trainment, , conductors and other rail unions will take now that it has been ip indicated that their demands will XO ' 0 J meet the same answer as that given ^ the shopman. >fl i | 3. Whether steel workers, who a ' < I are attempting to unionize that in- j , j dust'ry, will push their efforts now . or await normal conditions, as the , ip l president has asked. m; Officials of the railroad adminis- | j8 ^ration and at the White House were extremely hopeful today that the , ,r shopmen's strike ^ would be totally ^ ^ averted. They pointed out that j shopment leaders here were inclined iei toward an immediate strike after the ^ j.i president's erjection of their wage | demands. After considering the mat- ^ j ter overnight, however, the leaders j j decided to comply with the presi-J . j dent's request that the matter be re-j ^ E| submitted to the men and the letter ] | sent out calling for the new vote , pointed to serious difficulties in the ' tti way of a strike now. Officials believe the same reaction* will show I itself among the shopment themI selves. w 16 ALLEGED BETRAYER OF ln EDITH CAVELL FACES L COURTS OF BELGIUM 11 l" Paris, Aug. 27.?Almost every alr" lied sympathizer in Brussels who ^ came in contact with Georges Gaston Quien, alleged betrayer of Edith "d Cavell, was soon arrested and con,n demned by the Germans, according ^ to the president of the court whieh 16 is trying hirp. 'la Among those mentioned by the J~ president was Father Bonsteles, Who, a" believing Quien was honestly aiding tn allied soldiers to escape, gave him ^?| a railroad map which showed the ' | latest German modifications. Father wj Bonsteles. wos soon sentenced to! ,ni twelve years' imprisonment. r" It was declared that Quien had J * asked a Madame Van Dame to aid 5 two young persons to escape, and that she directed them to the fron- < tier and sent another lady with them \ | as a guide. The four were jailed , and condemned by the Germans. , Quien admitted having seen Edith | Cavell, on July 26, after he had visited the home of Mine. Bodart, and ( 111 that Jean Maes accosted him in the 3" street. There was read into the rejr cord a statement that Maes was in n w the pay of the Germans. >ej Madame Bodart gave Quien a! | 71 j package to be left at the home of j ^ :"j Madame Machiel. He admitted hei 191 :* ainfatnad maiu /ftr thfl 11AA Af I - A.HC VT IV ViUVatU^U ui(?|ro AV* VMV ?MTW l" persons attempting to eac&pe from J * ^ the country. It was pointed out by ^ the prosecution that one of these ^ [ maps had caused Mme. Bodart to be ^ condemned by a German court-mar- ^ tial. v * e Visitors From Atlanta. N e ^ 11 Mrs. Martin and Miss Willie Cal- ^ o I houn are in the city from Atlanta N y spending some time with Mrs. Lewis S e Perrin. Their old friends are glad S d to see them, and several pleasant * j card parties have been given them, j > ? President's Itinerary Are Made Known?Leaves Capital Soon? Chief Executive Expected to N Start on Journey Within Ten Days or Two Weeks?Some Changes Made. ' $ % Washington, Aug. 27.?The itineriry of President Wilson's ."swing lot^id the circle" with addresses in jehalf of the peade treaty in at least LO of the principal cities / of the ' country is expected to be announced * 'ot ;omorrow at the Wmte House. ' After weeks of uncertainty concerning the proposed trip which will extend to the Pacific coast definite announcement was made today that thepresident would leave Washington is soon as arrangements could be T raade. It was intimated that the ?tart might be made within ten days jr two weeks. When this announcement was made, it was understood by White House officials that the review of th? lew Pacific fleet at San Francisco, originally set for September 2 or 3, lad been postponed until September ' L5; and Secretary Tumulty said he selieved the president would be at :he Golden Ga?e by the latter date ;o take part in the ceremony. Late in the day, however, acting \ Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt anlounced that the review could be leld on September 1. This was de j a i. ?j i !J i \ :iueu on, ne aaxu, ween tne presiuent >v. leveral days ago had requeued that ilans for the review, go forward without reference to his trip to ,the Pacific Coast. ' 1 . . , / According to plans now being worked oat?in connection with the tinerary President Wilson will spend 15 days laying before the people,, of ;he country his reasons for the im? nediate ratification of the peace reaty without change. 'N Although the president desired to' rreet General Pershing oh his arrival it New York early next month, he was said to consider the tour to explain the peace treaty to the people is of more importance. It waa pes- \ able, Secretary Tumulty said, the president might overcome this obstacle to an early start by meeting * Geneal Pershing en route to' the West, probably in St. Louis. Some changes have been made in the itinerary as originally made cvhen President Wilson was in Paris but it was said that his purpose not bo stop at Chicago had not been changed, but he may speak in the Middle West at Columbus and Cincinnati and St. Louis. Lcive For Lexington, V?. Rev. and Mrs. H. Waddell Pratt will leave tomorrow for Lexington, Va., the old home of Mr. Pratt, wher? they will spend the month of SepMember with his mother. The trip will be made by car and on the way ip Mr. Pratt will preach at Greenssoro, N. C., Sunday. . . ^ ! ' Sunday School at Warrant on. ^ * t / Y There will be Sunday School at iVarrenton church next Sunday afterloon at 5 o'clock, and a lecture at >:30 o'clock by Major R. B. Cheattam. AVVVVVVVVVWVVV! . COTTON MARKET. V k t August 28. V k New York Cotton Market. N! k Closed V October 31.86 V December 31.95 V January 31.92 V March 31.97 V May 32.13 V Abbeville Spots. No Market. V % * 'V* .