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..... | ; . . ' y- : Abbeville Press and Banner I Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Tuesday, Sept. 23,1919. . Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Year, ill CALIFORNIA WON < BY THE PRESIDENT. , < Pact Argument Makes Deep Impres- ? ion ob Hearers?A Small Group i \ * Of Disturbers Silenced?People Do Not Consider Fight r a Personal One Between t Wilson and Johnson. t - a En Route With President Wilson i nioom ralif.. Sent. 20.? vy wh?" 1 ? Crowds are always difficult to analy- c ze; their applause is not always d conclusive, their demonstrations are c not always spontaneous and the ele- e ment of contagion and suggestion 11 enters into the psychology of the mo- 8 ment, but more distinctive than any other audience on the whole journey have been the three which President Wilson addressed at San Francisco. ^ Their respective responses were different, their demeanor so different., ' Fully 20,000 people were packed in g every conceivable space?aisles, ( rafters, stairways and balconies. A -] more uncomfortable mass of human- e ity I have never seen. People could i neither get in or out, they were fas- \ tened as if in a vise. They gave Mr. j Wilson a thunderous welcome. And ] the demonstration lasted fully fifteen ] , minutes during; which time even the } president seemed to enjoy the wav- S ing of flags and the expressions of d enthusiasm, but as the great majority who had come to listen, heeded the upraised hand of the mayor, a minority who had come to disturb, kept up a perpetual clamor. At first o it seemed as it was mere discomfort a and anxiety to get nearer the front, b r but gradually the president's face I hardened as he saw that a small I group had placed itself in the hall A -f*' preswaaMy to !btfcrf?re~ with ' the making of the speech itself. b A Platform People Embarrassed.' People on the platform, many of * them Republicans, plainly showed d their embarrassment, as they did not want a few people to give the im7 pression that San Francisco had so far forgotten its democracy as to re- 8 fuse to hear both sides of any pub- r lie question. Again and again, the j organ played in order to seure quiet _ and finally the president started ( . speaking amidst an audible turbu- j lence on the outskirts of the crowd. His audience didn't respond to frequently made points. Some started > to applaud, but evidently feared it would give the disturbers the oppor- a tunity they sought to prevent Mr. 1 Wilson from making an extended i speech, but something in the hostility i of the atmosphere aroused Mr. Wilson and he did what he had hitherto never done?he started to fight the noise. Usually, in big auditoriums, he had not strained his voice or at- 0 tempted to do more than extend his ^ greetings, but, on this occasion, he ^ struck forth in his argument and handled the Shantung and Irish questions, and the matter of Great Britain's six votes with a clarity that quickly restored quiet and respect. By the time he had finished he may j not have converted those who came with preconceived hostility, but he v tamed the disturbers and Mr. Wilson z may well consider it a triumph. . Applause came spontaneously to- i ward the end of his speech, for by 1 sheer power of oratorical appeal and \ persuasive argument, the president g had obtained an attentive hearing, t Surveying the effet in San Francisco, c one can briefly set down these things as fundamental: c I v. V V COTTON MARKET. V ^ V V I V September 23. V E V Spot Cotton 30.50 V c V New York Cotton Market. V V October 31.47 V f V December 31.60 V V January 31.60 V d V March, 31JL0 V r V May, 31.39 V * . ,v - ? VV VV VV\ VV V vv vv)1 I METHODISTS MAY BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN ABBEVILLE It is understood that there is a novement on foot among the Metholists to build another church. The jroposition was informally discussed it a congregational meeting Sunday >ut no definite action was taken. T* wavit nwkVkoKio that another! ?1/ IS T CAJ - neeting will be held in the near fuure at which time a committee will >e appointed to consider the matter ind report back to a congregational neeting. Nothing has been said as to the ost of the new church, but H is un[erstood that the Methodists want to instruct a handsome building, modrn in every respect and having a ouch larger apacity than the present tructure. Secession Camp Organized. The following Confederate Solliers met in the Court House Saturlay, Sept. 20, and re-organized Seession Camp, and the following oficers were elected: J. M. Gambrell, Commander; I. A. Keller, Secretary; treasury. The following names were nrolled: J. M. Gambrell, I. A. Keler, T. C. Seal, W. W. L. Keller, H. N. Gordon, J. L. Hill, D. P. Hannah, L T. Mcllwain, C. A. Botts, S. T. Sakin, James H. Barksdale, D. H. loward, George White, J. J. Edwards N. W. Purdy, J. A. McCord, W. H. Sharp, J. D. Miller and R. M. Had [on. Mr*. A. O. Grant. Mrs. A. 0. Grant, about 65 years ild, died at her home Sunday night ,t Mt. Carmel. Funeral services will >e held this afternoon at Mt. Carmel baptist Church, conducted by the lev. Louis J. Bristow, pastor of the Lbbeville Church. ^ ii I i*i_ I ??.! < Irm 1 1-, . , 1 _ _ "t. .J-. aiv. umit tst survivw oy tier misand, several children, among them lilford Grant, who recently returnd from Frane. Mrs. Grant has been 11 for more than a year and her leath was not unexpected. Bishop Gnerry Her*. Bishop W. A. Guerry conducted ervices at Trinity Church Sunday tight, the subject of his address beng the effete of the war upon the eligious life of the soldiers. Bishop iuerry was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. .ewis Perrin while here. Sick With Ferer. Mrs. W. A. Stevenson has been ick for the past several weeks with 'ever, which is a source of sincere egret to her many friends. She is ^covering slowly. A Distinguished Physician. Dr. E. W. Pressly, * formerly head >f the Base Hospital at Camn Spvipt pas in the city last Thursday to see lis young relative, John Klugh, who Las been sick for sometime with 'ever. The young man is improving lowly. A Music Teacher. Miss Geneva Morrison of McColl, s coming to Abbeville to organize a nusic class. Miss Morrison is a gradlate of Flora McDonald College, has eceived a B. M. Diploma and is com>etent to teach Harmony, Theory, ulusial History and Solfeggio. She I tas also studied pipe organ and j roice, and is proficient in choral and flee club work. She has taught for wo years and has the musical intersst of her pupils at heart. Anyone interested in music can seure further information from Capt. i'ulp. Former Resident Here. Sam G. Seal, erstwhile resident of Abbeville, and conductor on the Seaioard Air L?ne Railway, now of I.:;ansville, Ga., where he has charge >f a branch line train from Lawenceville to Logansville, was a visi a i_i- ? " * - ? ' wr-m Aooeviiie saturaay and Sunlay greeting his friends and ex>reasing regret that he was no Ion;er-a resident of this city now that laved streets are a certainty. COAL FAMINE IS NOW FEAREE Washington, Sept. 19.?Becausi of the strong probability of a coa famine daring tne coming winter ?? desiring to prevent such a situatioi if possible, senators from the State, of South Carolina, Georgia, Nortl Carolina and Florida, in conjunctioi with the Appalachian Coal Operators Association, have called a meeting t< be held in Washington September 24 Car shortage is said to be th< prime reason for failure to make de liveries which may cause the threat ened coal famine. Senator Harris o: Georgia, took the matter up las week with the railroad administra < tion and Senator Fletcher of Florida on behalf of the Pensacold interest is protesting against the same condi tion in his State. Senator Dial, be cause of the large number of cottoi mills using coal in South Carolina and the trouble generally that a fam ine thi^ winter would cause has be ome active in the matter and is prob able that Senator Smith of Georgia Senator Smith of South Carolina an< those from other States affected wil lend their presence to the meeting U be held next week. A shortage o: coal this winter would tie up the en tire South and paralyze many of he: largest industries, it is said. SAYS LLOYD-GEORGE INSISTS ON KAISER'S TRIAI Paris, Sept. it.?(Havas)?Prem ier Lloyd George is determined t< have it settled that the peace con ference demand from Holland th< handing over of former Emperoi William, according to Le Journal to day. premier, who is planning to" leav< Paris today, will insist before hii departure upon having such aetioi decided upon. The peace treaty with Germany araigns William Hohenzolelrn, th< former German emperor "for i supreme offense against interha tional morality and the sanctity o: treaties" and provides for a specia 'tribunal to try him. The clause o: the treaty dealing with this questioi closes with this sentence: "The allied and associated powen will address a request to the gov ernment of the Netherlands for th< surrender to them of the ex-emperor in order that he may be put on trial.' Leaving Us. Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Simpson an< their son, William Henry, are leav ing Abbeville this week to mak< their home in Monroe, N. C. Th< Simpson's have lived among us fo] years and their friends give them u] with regret. The young son is i model boy and hrs classmates wil miss him sorely. May the pleasure; of li/e be theirs in their new home. Notice to Pensioner*. Notice is hereby given that all ol< soldiers who desire to receive pen sions under the recent Act of th< Legislature, pre required to enroll 01 or before October 1st. in the offic< of the Judge of Probate. It is nol necessary to see a member of th< enrollment committee, as the Judg< of Probate, in our absence, is authorized to receive applications for en rollment. J. S. Gibert, Chm'n. Seeing the Boys. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hill, Miss Judith Hill, Richard Hill, Miss Marj Cornwell, Frank Gary and Davit Kerr went up to Clemson Sunday tc see how the boys were getting along Undergoes Operation. Mrs. G. N. Nickles was operated upon at the Union and Protestant Hospital, Baltimore, Sunday night, and. according to a telegram received by her son, J. M. Nickles Monday, her condition is good. GERM WAITS I TO FIGHT AGAIN i Paris, Sept. 19.?"Germany came 1 through this war a perfect dynamo i of strength. Her human military 1 power is practically as great as ever b and her 65,000,000 people have been i schooled and hardened by trials: i They have learned edonomy and self ' denial. j "The nation has been compressed . into a concentrated mass, which is 3 surcharged with energy and moving - with centripetal force, while Ger. many's neighbors are spreading them f selves cut thin, and quarreling and t moving with centrifugal force." . Thus spoke Henry Morgenthau, } who headed the United States inves3 tigation commission in Poland, in _ discussing today his observations in _ Central Europe. <( A 3 1 L. _111 V_ 1L. U II If Auu wirnt will ue uie result, air. j Morgenthau asked. Replying to his own question he continued, "If disintegtation keeps up among Germany^ neighbors, there can be but one result. I doubt whether Germany ful1 ly appreciates her own strength. As j she sits, calmly watching the dickerj ing going on between the new states, f which are losing sight of great prin_ ciples and fighting over little strips r of territory, she must take grim satisfaction in the battle her enemies are waging in her behalf, and a Ge? many, encouraged by such discord among weak and struggling states, * undoubtedly will resort to arms within a few years and regain her lost territory. * "What will prevent the military clique from regaining control in Ger5 many if Europe continues to offer r such tempting prises to various na HtWHties? Such a situation will not ^aurage-^Gcnraniy to regain ^er 5 /trade by 'peaceful means and to pay % indemnities. 1 "It will not satisfy the militarists of Germany to return to the factories if their war worn neighbors weak^ en themselves further and deliber5 ately offer themselves as prey to the 1 Prussian spirit. | U. of S. C. Opens. ^ Columbia, S. C., Sept. 18.?The 1 University of South, Carolina opened its 115th session Tuesday with approximately 500 students in attendance, only one session having ex* ceeded this in enrollment?1915, J tfhen there were 578 students on hand. The opening found a number of new members of the faculty present, including: Major W. E. Duvall, U. S. A., professor of military sciijence and tactics; t he Rev. W. T. - j Riviere, chaplain and professor of ?j Bible; Prof. Wilson Gee, head of the ?i department of rural social service; rjR. L. Merimether, associate profesj! sor of history; P. K. Smith, adjunct i j professor of mathematics; Dr. Isa 11 dore Schayer, professor of social hy3 giene; E. W. Sanders, Jr., adjunct professor of civil engineering. Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 19.?The 1 allotment by counties of the $50,000 - which South Carolina will be called i upon to subscribe in the approachi ing Y. M. C. A. campaign was an? nounced yesterday from state headt quarters in this city. > South Carolina has been divided ; into six districts for the campaign, _ T?!?rVl Hiatrirf urill tinvo a diroMnr urn) . each county in the district will have a county chairman. The organization for the campaign is rapidly being perfected and will be announced i shortly. r The Greenville district will be t composed of the following counties: > Greenville, Pickens, Oconee, Ander. son, Abbeville, Greenwor nd McCormick. Its quota is $9,4c./. [ Going to HenderaonTille. Mr. L. C. Haskell, Miss Sarah Hast kell and Allen Haskell are leaving . this week for a short stay in Hen . dersonville. They will make the trip [ through the country. "FLIT' REPORT TO HEALTH SERVICE NOT ALARMING Washington, Sept. 21.?Two hundred and seventy-five cases of influenza were reported to the United States public health service for the week ending September 13, it was an- < nounced today. Officials do not regard this as alarming, however, since for years past the disease has been prevalent, and the present season is one in which it ordinarily shows an increase. Here are states from which reports have been received: Alabama, 6; Arkansas, 29; California, 32; Connectcut, 2; Florida, 26; Georgia, 34; Kansas, 19; Louisiana, 33; Massachusetts, 46; Montana, 4{ New Jersey, 17; New York, 24, and Washington, 8. Officials say there probably will be a recurrence of the epidemic this autumn. According to Rupert Blue, surgeon general of the public health service, doctors do not know whether or not know whether or not some of the cases thought to be common colds fire influenza. "The one great need in providing effective control is the discovery of a Am a xxrtiTT ir\ urhiMi flio ^iflrtoaA oL ways can be identified,' said General ! Blue. "Ihe Pfeiffer bacillus, or socalled influenza bacillus, is easy ' enough to identify, but there' is grave doubt if this is the germ of influenza. "In the first place it is frequently ' i found in the sputum and in the ; lungs of persons suffering from disease other than influenza, and S6C-1 ond, it is not always present in cases that are undoubtedly influenza. "A positive means of diagnosing 1 influenza only can be arrived at by the most painstaking and extensive 1 scientific investigation carried o? > jointly'by'clinicians and/laboratory 3 workers." \ ' J The Colonel* On Greenville Street. . 1 The Colonels on Greenville Street : have been breaking the Sabbath, for ' last Sabbath Col. Cheves Haskell went for the mail on a prancing pony ] and looked so imposing that every- : body left off family prayer and went to the door to see him go by, while Col. Foster Barnwell set a horrible example by coming oat and sweeping off his front porch before church services began. The Big Five. .S ' Fred Minshall has a high ambition for life. He says he is going to be a rich man when he grows up and have two valets to give him a bath ' every day and three others to make him take it. { Goes To Dablin. ! ? Miss Annie Radcliff, of Gilgal, has accepted a position in the High School at Dablin, Ga. She left last . week to take up her work there. Miss ' Radcliff will teach Latin at Dublin. i Former Abbeville County Man Dies. Mr. A. T. Brown, died at the home ] of his sister, Mrs. J. P. .Crawford, 1 near Clay Hill, Ga., in Lincoln County, August 11, 1919, being 68 years, . 3 months and 21 days old. H^ spent , all of his life in Abbeville County un- | til November of 1918 when he came to stay with his sister. His end was , very sudden. He had been very ao- ] tive and cheerful all forenoon, ate a , hearty dinner and in about fifteen 1 minutes his siter found him dead, ^ supposedly from appoplexy. , His wife and one son preceded him ] to the grave about 18 years ago. A son, J. C. BroWn of Atlanta, Ga., and four grand children, one brother, John Brown, two sisters, Mrs. J. P. Martin, McCormick County, and Mrs. J. P. Crawford of Lincolnton County * Georgia, and a number of relatives * survive him. ' He was buried at Salem Bautist Church in Lincoln County, after ap- * propriate funeral services by the Rev. t J. E. Leroy. J i DEFIES SOLDIERS SENT TO H Gabrfale D'Annonxio RefuiM To Obey Italian Gorwnioent and Arrest* Admiral?Prince Reported to Have Joined' Mutiny*? Blockade is Tightened About City. yM Rome, Sept. 21.?Gabriele d'An- .. fM nunzio, maintaining his authority ?v' over Fiume, today defied representatives of the Italian goverapnent, sent to Fiume tc gain control of the ; '::m situation there. Ten warships from Trieste arrived off Finme with orders to recapture ,-<y2| the Dante Alighieri, whose crew recently joined the ranks of the poet. D'Annunzio's reply was to arrest Admiral Casanova, one of the naval . ' 'AWL leaders sent to suppress the muti- . ners. D'Annunzio threatened also to arrest Admiral Millo if he attempted to interfere with sailors of the Dante AljghierL The poet, ac- .?:*3gk cording to last reports/ was still in -3jjM control of the port It was reported today that Prince ? Aimone, son of the Duke of Aoeta, had joined the poet's forces, arriving at Fiume in an airplane. In its attempt to force Captain ' r.,30| Gabriele d'Anunzio to withdraw from Fiume, the Italian government, is tightening the blockade >^Ji around the port. Telephone and train service has been stopped, pre- l.iM renting'the delivery of mails. -A A party of American sailors has . ' s||| lanaea at cuccan, six mues souin- ^ east of Fiume. Dispatches from Trieste report that an Italian destroyer stopped a liner which was carrying &0J). vol- | anteers on thrar way to Join d'An t * ' * -^vcS nnnzio's forces. The chamber listened to Premier &|S Nitti with intense interest to<|ay ' V'JlB when he read an official commnniqae * - , 'vj from General Derbobilant today regarding the Fiome situation. Commenting upon the report, Premier Nitti said, "T cannot conceal a ' -M Peeling of deep bitterness, humiliafcion and sedition. But an army ofAcer must obey orders. Otherwise , . ; be becomes a traitor, even if he Is actuated by patriotic motives. "No worse service could have been - ^ rendered Italy, already accused . wrongly of imperialism. The govern- < M tnent had taken steps to prevent the present adventure but in vain, evi dently because a military spirit exists which I ocndemn and deplore. "The government feels with weight ]': M of an enormous responsibility to the tvorld. I consider as criminals those ~i| who attack our allies whom I greet." Home From Cashiers. Col. R. R. Tolbert, of the Greenwood side, was in the city Monday. l/M He has just returned from his summer home in Cashiers, N. C. He told us that there had been a killing frost there just before he returned, and be came home expecting to find cold nraofViai* ^Aum fliia wott TTa Viaa maila up his mind to return to the mountains and wait awhile longer. 0 3 Mr. Tolbert also brought the pleas- "5 ing news that Judge Benet is looking well, and is happy and enjoying the best of health: His son, Dr. George Benet, who won distinction in the world war, with his charming French bride, was on a visit to the Judge when Mr. Tolbert left. Mr. Tolbert who is a judge in such matters, says the bride is a very beautiful young woman, while Dr. Benet "is the best looking of the Benet boys." '1 Miss Parrott Resigns. Miss Edith L. Parrott, head of the State Home Demonstration work, has ;endered her resignation to President ). B. Johnson, to take effect Oct. 14. Miss Parrott has made many visits ;o Abbeville and is well known to all he tomato clab girls who will regret ler giving up this work. J