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C. v,. * " " --T-. j?f?| v ... v . , ^ Abbeville Press and Banner | Ftt|t. 1844 $2.00 the Year. ..Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Sept. 12,1919. Single Copiw, Fiy Cento. 75th Yw. ..Jj| REPUBLICANS CALL PEACE AN ALLIANCI S V - ?- D 9wate F ornuuj x\o|wt %?? ? Treaty, Including League of Nttions, Which it Characterized as War Breeder?Minority Report To Be Submitted. Washington, Sept. 10.?Charac terized as an alliance and not ; league which "will breed wars in stead of securing peace," the Gei * man peace treaty, including th covenant for a League of Nations was formally reported to the senat today by the foreign relations com mittee with forty-five amendment and four reservations. It was announced that the minori ronnrt. written bv Senator Hitch v vrw-w ?r cock, would be fileH tomorrow. It will be the first great documen of its kind to be discussed in th> senate without the confines of "exe cutive session." Acompanying the treaty was th majority report of the foreign rela tions committee, subscribed to b; "every Republican member exceptini : Senator McCumber, of North Dakot explaining the amendments and res Nervations, all of which, it was de clared, were "governed by a sing! purpose and that is to guard Amen' can rights and sovereignty, the in . vasion of which would stimulat \ J ' * breaches of faith, encourage con fiicts and generate wars." The reservations propose: 1?Unconditional right to with .. draw from the league, t 2?Declination by the Unitei States to accept any of the legal o moral obligations of the much-dis ,-y: oussed article ten "except by actioi r< .of the congress of the Unite< '- i 3?Reserving to the United State .,^'the exclusive right to decide wha _ questions are within its own domes : tic jurisdiction. > 4?Absolute reservation of th Monroe doctrine to the judgment o "I the United States alone. Principal Amendments. The principal amendments are pro posed to provide: %jjj Equal voting power for the Unit ed States with Great Britain in th 4:; assembly of the league. Giving to China instead of Japa $ the province of Shantung. Relief of the United States fror *: | having representatives on s commis sions deciding matters in which i >v;'t has no concern. Others concern phraseology, ?jfcj These amendments and reservs ! tions, the majority report says, ar submitted "to preserve American ir I 'i dependence and American sovereign ^ 1 ty and thereby best serve the we] fare of mankind." Pi**CRAP SHOOTERS" TAKE 0OSTON STREET CORNER: Boston, Sept. 10.?Boston was th center of a gambling wave todaj VAI lfliAnf T\A!IAA f A infnwiinf fliAtv \ IT IUIVUW |/VUVC W iUbCllUpb VllCU hundreds of crap games were i f- progress in the dty. At the corner of Washingto and Avery streets in the shoppin ;- , district, more than 50 men and boj; ! were either playing or watchin -! crap games. Boston common was dotted wit k- I : little groups of gamblers. Voluntee policemen who attempted to brea , op the games were hooted and laugt ed at, and the games went on. wVVvvvvvvvwvvv V k. r/VTTAM UkBVDT ^ VVI 1V11 mAAIVCtl, V V September 12. V New York Cotton Market. V Spot Cotton 28.12 V October 28.77 V December 28.91 V January 28.87 V March 29.07 V Mav - 29.06 V PRINCIPAL BASIS OF COST OF MEAT DOWN $1 PER HUNDRED LB! Chicago, Sept. 10.?The principi basis of the cost of meat was show m today to have been reduced moi than $1 a hundredweight in the la: e fortnight. ? " i -x il. nv Thousands oz live nogs at me uu cago stockyards went unsold th morning, some as low as $14.2! whereas on August 23 the advent c !hog prices under $16 was hailed ? i. promising, notable relief to sufferei a from the high cost of living Eve before today's decline, the drop i hog values of late was declare rl 1 e be the sharpest since 1907. > . ; Industrial uncertainties and fai ' I. e mg off in export business in pr< L_ visions were mentioned today ? s among the reasons for the continue breaks in the hog market. Growei were said to be anxious to dispo* t. of all surplus hogs owing to threa ened strike of stockyard and pad t ing house employes. X)n the othc e hand, packers were hampered by tli recent abnormal weakness of foreig exchange. e At the board of trade today, bot _ grain and provisions showed a dowi y ward tendency as a result of the a ^ rival of the $14 hog. * E. C. MANN WINS; CI.OSE IN SIXT] I e Returns from the second pnmai in the Seventh district show that Ei C. Mann of St. Mathews has receii e ... ed the Democratic nomination o</< George Bell Timerman, of Lex-ngto in the race for Congress. With nearly complete repots < hand, the relative standing of tli . candidates early today showed M Mann to have 4,899 votes again! r * 4,033 for his opponent. T In the Sixth district, where E. ? j Sherwood, of Conway, and P. I Stoll, of Kingstree, were competin g for a similar honor, the result ws ctill in doubt. Incomplete returns gave Mr. She: wood a narrow lead, less than a hui dred votes in fact, and news froi e ^ the home town of Mr. Stoll disclose the expectation in those quarte: that he would win by perhaps 15 votes. Each of these candidate made a complete run-away in h own county, neutral territory bein divided with fair evenness. e The vote, as revealed by incon plete returns, gave Mr. Sherwoc 4,774 as compared with 4,718 f< n Mr. Stoll. |t VERDICT RENDERED IN MARK SMITH CAS ^; The coroner's jury in the Mai e Smith case rendered a verdict < t_ death at the hand of unknown pa t_ ties this week after having had tl I case under consideration since Jur 114. School Board Meets. I ??? s j The Abbeville City School Boai held a meeting Monday afternoo e at which time it was decided to & 7. j cure the services of another teachi 1,' for the sixth grade as the number < n pupils in this grade make it impose ble of being handled by one teache n It was also decided to employ g French teacher. rS g, Mra. G. C. Dudley. h; Mrs. G. C. Dudley, 42 years ol * died Wednesday afternoon at foi k o'clock at her home on Hammor i-J street. She is survived by her hu | band and four children. The fune - : al was held at the home Thursdc J afternoon at four o'clock. Intermei ^ was made in Melrose cemetery. j Tractor Demonstration. V tl .. " ~~ The big tractor demonstration < ^Fordson, Chase, Moline and Clev land tractors will take place tb ^ morning at 10:30 o'clock on Supe ^ visor Stevenson's farm. Supervisi y Stevenson says that he has twenl y acres of "mean" land to plow ar \! welcomes the opportunity to get v done for nothing. i GEN. WOOD OPPOSED C TO ARMY AS LARGE AS 5. ASKED BY WAR DEPT. J ' - ' . ! il. Washington, Sept. 10.?Major n General Leonard Wood took flat is- n 'e sue with war department recommen- 1 st dations for the army today before c the senate military committee, con- c i- tendinc there was no nresent justi- r is fication for maintaining a regular v 5, army of more than 350,000 officers v >f and men at most as against the 500,- o is 000 limit proposed in the war de-'v rs partment's bill. I: n; "I can't find no reason whatever I n for the larger army recommended in d o: the war department bill," said Gen- i; eral Wood, "unless we are to under- j 1- take new responsibilities of which I s J- j know nothing." ; a is; Universal military training should t >d ' be embarked upon immediately as i: ra | the national military policy, he se! thought, but he favored the system \ t-1 proposed in the bill introduced \ y s 1 Senator Chamberlain as opposed to a :r' that provided in the war department t le ; plan. | ^ :n: An efficient regular army backed ! up by reserve equipment for 4,-ji ;h 000,000 men and an officers' reserve t corps of 120,000 men, General Wood I r- said, should meet al present require- I ments of the nation. As the univer-, t sal military training system develop- j 4 j ed, he added, the size of the regular ? H ! army probably could be decreased. J t I y ' t ! rATTON UrPTINP. J VV/ A m Vll ATA**** A *'v? j J ENDS IN UPROAR; 7-1 >J t '. j New Orleans, Sept. 9.?After the j n , American Cotton Asosciation at the < ^ . closing session here late today a- J g greed unanimously upon a scale of ie' temporary minimum prices from ^ r' j thirty-six cents for September to ^ 3t! forty cents for May, an uproar over c a resolution for the endorsement of I 8 President Wilson's tour for the leaII is '! gue of nations and for urging the j g I senate to ratify immediateig^Jhe' g IS treaty ensued, in which the' proposal "j to set aside the two-thirds rule,r r" which would allow a vote, was de-j 1_: feated, 46 to 41. "The meeting gotjc 1111 beyond the control of Governor Dor- i >d > i e : sey, of Georgia, who presided, and in | re j the uproar he repeatedly pounded | * i0 * c i with the gavil for order. ; , is j ? is! |v ig A Thriving Sunday School. t 18 i_i The Methodist Sunday School at! id ; the Cotton Mill held a very pleas- j f >r j ant celebration last week in which j e 1 there were many interesting num- j t j bers on the program. The object j t j was to increase the attendance and; \ E i interest in the Sunday school. Miss | i I Helen Edwards, Miss Lizzie Ed- j k j monds, Miss Ruth Howie, Miss Clara J s >f l Harrison, Miss Mildred Cochran, j" r- j Miss Howard Hill, Miss Marion Wil- ] c ie! son and Miss Vic Howie helped with j1 ie the singing. Master Tom Howie and; ^ little Miss Lavinia McCuen sang a!' duet which was greally enjoyed.! j Rev. Mr. Plaxco and Rev. Louis J..' i Bristow made interesting talks. Miss j >d; Ruth McLane is helping with the or- I (n j gan music and the interest in the e e_! school has been greatly stimulated, j t sr 11 )f . - . <fi street raring. d r* The work of grading the south end ^ a and east side of the square will be j completed by Saturday says W. A. | Sanders, engineer in charge. Large ^ quantities of paving brick and crush- ' ed stone have arrived and are being ' j i t ? piled on the square. The o??wet:r has ir nit arrived as yet and if this does l<* roi arrive in time to continue work ?" on the square untrl it is completed, r" grading on the side streets will be iy begun. T it c Mr. W. L. Hemphill Open? Office. ^ ' c M?\ W. L. Hemphill, a brother of 1 )f Mr. J. C. Hemphill, architect, has d e_ opened a consulting enroneer's office is over the Farmers' and Merchants' f ? Ranlc Mr Hpmnhill tins nnH w:Hp ]' jr experience in his profession, having e hy had contracts in many sections of \ id the United States as well as in Eouth li it America and France.A?Greenwood t Index-Journal. v CONCRETE DAM FOR 1 CITY PROPOSED AT AM />/VI t*TOII Mttlinu ur tuunwii i It was proposed at the regular lonthly meeting of City Council on v Tuesday night that the city build a t oncrete dam at the reservoir at a ( ost of approximately $3,000. The c proposal was made by W. M. Barn- t irell of the water and light board, ( rho said that it was only a matter J f time before the present" dam 3 rould have to be repaired or re- I luilt and that a concrete dam could ^ ie built in such a manner that 18 ( lays supply of water could be held J n the dam. j 1 The matter was taken under con-, 1 ideration by council and will prob- ' ibly be favorably acted upon as all i he aldermen expressed themselves. ( n favor of the proposal. The question of placing a white pay on Trinity and Washington treets was taken up by council and ifter discussion of the costs of maerial and other attendant costs it ras decided to postpone action. Messrs W. M. Barnwell and Superntendent Hix made statements as to he estimated cost of placing tele>hone and light wires underground, dr. Barnwell said that it would cost he telephone company $15,000 to >18,000 to place all the telephone rire underground and acquire a tuilding which would be necessary if i lermanent work was done. He said hat the cost of removing the wires tom Trinity street would be small. Council passed a motion tabling he resolution to have the cables on he square placed under ground buti o remove the wires from Trinity treet. Ordinances w<?r<* nafwpH novo. he following streets: Public Square, j* 'rinity, Church street to Vienna,: lount Main street, North Main' ^ tr?et, Washington street and Vienna11 treet. 1 AYS-TREATY ENDS ; ?^ f BALANCE OF POWER f Mineapolis, Minn., Sept. 9.?De-j^ Iaring that he peace treaty would j nd the regime of the balance of i ?ower, President Wilson told a rowd in the Mineapolis armory tolay that the new world order set up could be to the advantage of all na- 1 ions rather than a few of the stron- 1 ;er. 1 The President's party motored i rom St. Paul, where he had spoken 11 arlier in the day.. He was escorted | a hrough the Minneapolis streets be- 11 ween crowds that lined both side-11 valks and kept up a wave of cheer- j ] ng. . 1 Under the old balance of power, ] aid the Minneapolis streets between i 'dared speak out" against autocracy < >r against the burden of arra&cicnts. Jut now, he contiued, the people t vere avvaHe and had det??T.Mii?."i thai j 'if the governments can't get to- i rether they will destroy the govern- , nents." j "The people of the world," said ] Hr. Wilson, "are tired of etfery oth- ; ir kind of experiment except the j :ind we are going to try. The world i las turned a corner, that it's not ? nntr to turn ncflin." t Object of War. j To destroy autocratic power, Mr. Yilson continued, was the object of < he war, yet, he said, an autocratic j 'ovei' ment as cruel ss t.h?f of the i . zir had been set up in Russia, and , Le T.jp'tcd States must see to't ihadhere was so similar movement in he United States. Dr. Wilaon Moves to Abbeville. c Dr. Wilson and family have ar- t ived in Abbevile and are getting \ omfortably settled in their home on } Chestnut street. Mrs. Wilson is re- s eiving a cordial welcome from the c adies while everyone wishes the loctor mighty well. 1 There are lour children in the t amily, three have entered the pubic school while Miss Margaret, the 1 ldest daughter leaves this week for I Vinthrop college. Abbeville is deighted to have these people move to | he city and extends them a cordial f Relcom?. 2 [-HOMAS J. LYON P POST ORGANIZED f AT MeCORMICK L Columbia, Sept. 9.?A charter | vas issued today at state headquar-; ers by the American legion of South I Carolina to the Thomas J. Lyon post j >f McCormick. The organizer of A his post was Thomas Ross of Mc- ( 3ormick. The charter members are: r. E. Bell, James H. Price, J. Frank ilattheson, Wister Harmon, Furman McDonald, Carroll Abercrombie, Ed-! vards S. Edmunds, Robert S. Owens, i Charles W. Peterson, Thomas M. d ! loss, Clyde Epting, Yancey Seigler, h italph Benson, Fred C. McCain, of h VlcCormick, and R. H. Banks \ of si Plum Branch. I 0 ii :arolina second 0 IN TAX SHOWING h Washington, Sept. 9.?Prelimi- ^ lary report made today by Daniel 3. Roper, collector of internal reve-1a me, reveals a phenomenal showing jy his own State of South Carolina p >n comparative receipts from income md profits taxation for the fiscal pears 1919 and 1918. r South Carolina's parents into the ^ rational treasury on this account ^ vere $17,200,000 for the year endng June 30, 1919, as compared with ?7,884,000 for the fiscal year end- ^ ng June 30, 1918. There was an increase of about ? VI L19 per cent in one year. It w.as by ^ :ar the heaviest increase shown by g iny hardly a State except politically md by way of divorce. ' ! With the exception of Nevada, fc( vhich showed an increase of 1,0001 ^ >er cent, no other State showed' ^ mywhere near the percentage gains1 fc. >f South Carolina. The country as i whole turned in $243,019,000 less han for the preceding fiscal year, ^ wo very large defered payments be-' n ng due in the fiscal year of 19?0. Georgia paid in about 5 per dent'^ nxrrS for"fhe~fiscar year of~t^l9'jttunf^ .) u or the fiscal year 1918, and North] Carolina very nearly 50 per cent' nore. i IP X o A Fine Insurance Record.' ,a ?- ;, During the past tws've monihs 11 The Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual e nsurance Association has enjoyed a, ^ arge increase in their business, j ^ \gencies have recently been estab-' ^ lSheH IT! fVlO -fnllnTinnrti I vuv j.vuvniug tuuuues | yhich makes a total of sixteen coun- j ? ;ies: Kershaw, Greenville, Pickens,1, Lancaster and Chesterfield. Mr. J. ' R. Blake, the general agent, states ;hat the levy this fall was only fiv& v per cent against seven per cent last ? fear, which is an unusually good showing. The comparative statement shows .hat the business of the association for the year ending July 1, 1916,1? *as $2,016,361; for the year ending! fuly 1, 1917 was $2,373,875; for the) " /ear ending July 1, 1918, $3,268,-1c 145; and for the year ending July l,i L919, $3,370,695. This shows anL ncrease in one year of over two nililon dollars. The association is >. i r said to be the largest and strongest i ' SI nutual insurance association in the ^ >tate. h The association insures property )f its policy holders against damige by fire, lightning, cyclones, tor- ^ ladoes and wind storms.?Indexfoumal. ih |e Land Sales. i j, I A land sale of interest was the relent sale of the old Calhoun properly, more recently the Ancrum place, riiich was bought by Supervisor ff. A. Stevenson for $14,000. There a: ire 80 acres in the tract and an ex- b :ellent dwelling. o The sale of Con Narris' place on T Thursday drew a large crowd and U he land sold for $21,816. S The home place with 150 acres of L and was sold to the Rev. W. A. a krljpr. Lownrlpsville -tnr 119 AAft. n Steve Fisher bought 56 acres for a; !4,816. Asa ball bought 29 acres, d >aying $3,480. Asa Hall, Jr., bought! Is !0 acres for $1,520. ' w I iOSTON IS PLACED IINflPD Mil ITIDV UMULU ITIILI mil I Ifter 24 Hoars of Riotin# City U Quiet?5,000 Soldiers Guard the.. ' M Streets?Gamblers Are Ousted. One Soldier is Injured? Others Join Strikers. Boston, Sept. 10.?Boston was uner military rule t .light. After 24 , ours of lawlessness, such as the city as never before experienced, a ense of security was afforded an utraged public by the appearance i the streets of 5,000 soldiers, under rders to restore order and protect fe and property at any cost A troop of State guard cavalry, < ashing at full speed ii company ront, with drawn sabres, cleared / . icollay and Adams squares tonight f thousands who had jammed those laces since early today. Both quares had ben the scenes of inter*. 1 littent rioting, and when the caval y approached a small group of loyal olice officers were maintaining a emblance of order with the greatest v ifficulty. .y y'.#a8 Gamblers Ousted. Gangs of gamblers, who have inested Avery street, between Washigton and Tremont, since last night, fere driven out at the point of the ayonet by a company of State uardsmen tonight. There were fifeen dice games in progress, with bout 2,000 participants and specta- ^ t>rs, when the troops arrived. At ouble-quick time the soldiers drove ' ae crowd before them and then stationed guards, closing the streets. Vm Private Carl Mead, of the ^irst ^ roop, State cavalry, when driving . ae crowd out of Scollay Squaro toight, was hit on the head with a ; ^ ottle and knocked from his horse. [e was taken to police headquarters , '?j nconscious. " Refuse to Obey. 1 Fifty-three members of the metroolitan police force, who have been ?' ^ n emergency duty during the strike, v nd who were ordered to patrol Scolly Square tonight, refused and were nmediately suspended. They marchd in a body to headquarters of the 'olicemen's Union at Fay Hall and jok out applications for membqr?*-* ? LIRL WHO SHOT MAN ARRESTED IN CAVE / v. ;1 Knoxville, Sept. 9.?Maud Moore, rho shot and killed LeRoy D. Harth, rominent real estate man, and preslent of a motor car company, on he. Kingston Pike, near Bearden, ite Monday night, was located in a ave about two miles from the end. f the Sevier river pike car line at :30 o'clock this evening and placed mder arrest by city detectives. She onfessed to the killing as soon as he was'arrested. # When interviewed in her cell in he city jail tonight, Miss Moore disussed the details of the killing free7 and did not hesitate in saying that he fired the shot which caused the eath of Mr. Harth, but stated that e had attempted to attack her and ; was either his life or her honor. AenrHinc fn tVio vivl'a !? 0 -w m ouo as known Mr. Harth for nearly fire ears but had never been oat with im before, although he had repeatdly asked her to go driving with im. * f Diatin|uiib?d Visitors. ' Miss Annie Blake of Nlnety<?ix? [rs. J. M. Workman of Newberry, nd Miss Caroline Kilgo, of Newerry, were the guests Tuesday night t m- j n/r? t> ' i. mi. anu jura, jt. a. i^neatnam. hese ladies were in Abbeville to at;nd the Missionary Institute of the outh Carolina Presbyterian held at lonsr Cane Tuesd&v. Mian ia t home for a year from Brazil, rhere she is a missionary. She make3 n entertaining talk and is much in emand for such meetings. These tdies went from Abbeville to Greenood. ... . t.