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Abbeville Presi and Banner! Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C.,- Friday, Sept. 26,1919. . Single Copies, Five Cento. 75th Yrw I 1 BEGIN CANVASS [ FOR FUNDS MONDAY!' I 4? l! Campaign For Memorial Fund in Abbeville County With Goal of j $3,300.00 Start* Sept. 29?Com* " *? i? mitteei nave onu ?*??!. ? Section of the County. i'he campaign for funds for the I Memorial to South Carolina soldiers ' begins Monday, September 29. W. M. Barnwell, chairman for this , county, has named the committeemen by school districts and it is specially urged that the members, appended below, serve. If any member canriot serve he is expected to name a| substitute. j The following have been named to j ^ do special work: Mrs. Frank Nickles, Abbeville and environs; Mrs. xsen;, Moore, Due West, Donalds, Antre-!( ville and upper part of county; H. j, B. Wilson, railway men; Meadows Langley, Cotton Mill. I ( 4The quota for this county is $3,300.00 and there should be no trou-1. ble in raising this amount. It is cer-! tainly a small sum for the people to j. give by way of appreciation of what j ^ the son of this State have done in the i cause of freedom. j, At the last legislature $100,000 was appropriated with the understanding that $400,000 be raised by J the citizens, thus providing a half; million for the Memorial. Tne campaign will close November i j * .. The members of the commit ao by j 1 scnooi districts ;toiiow: Lowndesville?W. S. Manning, S. S. Boles, Dr. J. B. Moseley, S. A. * Speed. Iva?J. A. Hall. Calhoun Falls?L. T. Loftis,^}. G. j McAllister, Dr. J. V. Tate. Abbeville, Route 1?0. M. Lanier, | i Abbeville?Pierce Bowen, N. S. . Cafcon, J. A. Gilliam, W. S. Martin W. M. Barnwell, J. H. Ferguson. Donalds?J. P. Smith, T. H. Medlock, D. S. Kennedy. Honea Path?Clifton Burts, M. J. Ashley. . , Level Land?Robert B. Bowen. Antreyille?W. J. Cann. . Greenwood?W. E. Carley. j Abbeville^?S. T. Ramey. , Calhoun Falls?F1 W. Wilson. Abbeville?W. E. Leslie, C. B. Ti TXT n TTl J T T? T jrrince, w. d. uiancK, j. it. ijomax, R. R. Tolbert, T. S. Palmer, A. M. Milford, S. 0. Botts. Lowndesville?W. E. Williams, S. - H. Beatty. , Antreville?Dr. J. A. Anderson. , Level Land?W. W. Wilson. Verdery?J. A. Fell. Donalds&?Brown Bowie, P. M , Davis. . Honea Path?J. R. Pruitt. Due West?Dr. G. G. Parkinson. The following men have been nam-1 ed by H. B. Wilson as members of | his committee: !, Engineers?T. V. Howie, L. A. i Stephens, J. T. Hughes. Conductors?W. J. Bryson, John 1 White, R. C. Moore. Council Meets. At a special meeting of City Coun- 1 cil Tuesday night ordinances author- i izing the paving of Greenville and 1 Magazine streets were passed. i The following license ordinance was passed: license for wholesale business $25 to $50; Dentist, $10; < Lawyer, $10; Doctor, $10; Telephone I! k Co., $25; Telegraph Co., $25. ' , VVVVVVVVVVVWVVV I * V V COTTON MARKET. V ; . x ? ? v: V September 25 V ] V Spot Cotton. 32.12 V i v ?. V , New York Cotton Market V v Vh October 31.30 V v D.ecember 31.59 V i V January 31.66 V < v March 31.76 V , v May 31.87 V . vvvvvvvvvvvvvvJ SOME FOOD PRICES SHOW DECREASE ?- ' - ei ? i- no l~\?? iKa Wastungxon, oepu ^o.?uuc v*- mv startling statements made today by the United States bureau of labor statistics was that chuck roast, onions and cabbage had felt the high cost of living axe and had decreased in price during the month of August as foils: . Chuch roast, 4 per cent; onions, 20 per cent; and cabbage, 15 per cent.' From statistics compiled by this bureau, it is shown th&t the retail price of food in this country increased, for the entire section, 1 py cent, in August as compared with July. This makes the total cost of the 22 articles of food, upon which this comparison is based, the highest oi record. The articles which increased in price were eggs and rice, 6 per cent, each; potatoes and raisins, 4 per cent, each; fresh and evaporated milk, coffee and even the once lowly prune, but now much of a delicacyj 3 per cent, each; pork chops, butter, corn meal, rolled oats, mavy beans arid sugar went up 2 per cent, while canned salmon, cheese, bread and oranges saw 1 per cent. jHam and tea strange to say, increased less thar five-tenths of 1 per cent. Bacon, flour, and various assortments of canned goods decreased 1 per cent. Taking the United States as a whole, the price of food since August 1918, has increased 12 per cent. To Locate In Abbeville. Dr. James Austin, now in Bennettsville, vjjll move to Abbeville October the first an,d be a member of the firm of Austin and Perrin who ivill conduct a first class drug store io be known as the Austin-Perrin Drug Company. The new company las bought the stock and . good will )f the Bowden-Simpsop Drug Com jany. Dr. Austin is a Greenwood joy and has a number of friends who vill wish his firm much success.? index-Journal. Whiskey Poured Out. Ten gallons of "Savannah River" whiskey, recently seized by the State luthorities near Calhoun Falls, and ;urned over to Deputy Marshal G. J. Bruce, were poured out behind the Court House Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Collector B. P. Martin. Marshal C. J. Lyon watched the ceremonies. * i Epworth Orphanage *Work Day. / ? Saturday, Sept. 25, has been set iside by the Orphanage officials 'as Work Day for Epworth Orphanage, tt is earnestly- hoped that all Methoiists will give this day's earnings to ;hc support of the orphanage. Either bring or send your offering to SunJay School next Sunday morning. At Tate Springs. Dr. F. E. Harrison left Saturday ?vening for Tate Springs, where he svill spend some time recuperating. PETIT JURORS CHOSEN FOR OCTOBER TERM The petit jurors for the first week of the October term of Court of Common Pleas, which convenes Octaber 13, have been chosen and follow, the number.after each name designating the township: T. S. Culbreath, 11; B. Price, 11; E. 0. Darracott, 13: P. W. An ierson, 6; T. J. Bowman, 13; J. D. Pruitt, 5; R. L. McCanty, 11; D. S. Edwards, 5; J. R. Murdock, 5; J. M. James, 14; J. Allen Smith, Jr., 11; S. J. Davis, 5; J. J. George, 14; J. L. Fisher, 12; J. W. McLain, 4; S. M. Bonds, 13; T. H. Gordon, 4; L. R. Parnell, 13; B. A. Uldrick, 6; M. E. Link, 11; R. Q. Williams, 12; L. C. Haskell, 11; J. T. Evans, 11; C. E. Biancnett, iz; tJ. 1). Jirown, Jr., 11; B. J. Campbell, 12; R. T. Gordon, L2; A. J. May, 4; J. S. Fields, 14; F. 0. Ashley, 5; S. C. Killingsworth, 1; J. F. Burton, Jr., 5; R. E. W. Boyd, 12; L. Hagood, 14; G. R. Toljert, 7; H. H, Carlisle, 11. WILSON TO FIGHT RESERVATIONS TO TREATY TO FINISH En Route To Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 24.?tfhe fight has just? begun, Convinced that eighty per cent of the American people are for a Lea gue of Nations and wouli rather see , the proposed league established than none at all, President Wilson means to fight to a finish against ifeserva, tions that would alter the meaning of the treaty. He told his audience | at Ogden, Utah, that it didn't make any difference to him how long the fight would be, that he would fight ,, till it was won. . Coming on. the top of disquieting . news dispatches telling first of tfie defection of Senator Thomas, of | Colorado, and then of the intention of eight Democrats led by Senator Ashhurst .to amend the treaty and send it back to conference, Mr. Wilson's brief speech at Ogden gives ' an idea of *the seriousness with which he regards attempts to amend the treaty . at this time. So does his speech at Salt Lake. Perhaps it was the news from Washington or the consciousness 1 that he must no longer be too supersensitive of senatorial feelings, but the president said at Odgen, that "All the elements which tended i toward disloyalty during the warj ' are against the league," and that so ! far as he was concerned* he meant! ! to see the thing through and not j i betray the men who fought for the I j | } j establishment of a copcert of power j that would make further war unnec-! Icessary. Mr. Wilson feels intensely on the j subject because public manifesta- j lions have just been unmistakably in j his favor as he has traversed the cific coast states, and his reception, in Nevada was enthusiastic/ The " support being given hiar by" Ttepubli.... ... To can as well as Democratic newspapers in Utah also is significant of the i trend of popular opinion. ITALY'S SANCTION FOR D'ANN'JNZIO | STRONGLY , HINTED Paris, Sept. 24.-?"As a nation, we j consider the Fiume matter settled, because we have actual possession," j I said General 'Giuseppe (Peppino) I I Garibaldi to an Associated Press representative here this morning. General Garibaldi had just reached Paris from Rome, coming on what was said to i>e an important mission from which he would go to meet Gabriele D'Anunzio, the insurgent Italian leader, in possession of Fiume. "Had D'Annunzio not gone in," continued Garibaldi, "we would have done it within fifteen days. "If President Wilson were moved j by the right spirit," he added, "he j would permit the whole question to j be decided by France, England and1 Italy. In that case we are satisfied J that our rights would be recognized j as they already are recognized by the j majority of Americans, in "whom ' Italians have absolute confidence." ! PERSHING AND DANIELS CALLED IN LIQUOR CASE Trenton, N. J., Sept. 24.?Asking that the case of the United States against members of the North Hudson Liquor Dealers' association be postponed pending the serving of subpoenas on General John J. Pershing, Secretary of the Navy JoseJphus Daniels, Secretary of War Baker and General Peyton C. March, George W. Tucker, of New York, attorney for the association, today commenced action before Judge Rellstab in the federal court that may lead to the nullification of the act. J BREAKS ALTITUDE RECORD THIRD SUCCESSIVE TIME Dayton, Ohio, Sept.- 24.?For the third successive time,'Major R. "W. ?J ' - -' -- wviuucuer, cmex test pilot at McCook Fielw, broke the world's two-man airplane altitude record, this afternoon when he ascended to an indicated height of 30,900 feet, or approximately six miles. A LaPere two-passenger plane was use\l in the flight. MINE WORKERS PLAN TO CALL A COAL STRIKE ; . IF DEMANDS FAI V* . Cleveland, 0., Sept. 24.?Tb? Ui ited / Mine Workers of Americ convention delegates were scatterin (o all parts of the country today, d< termined to call a nation-wide coi sttike on November 1 unless a sa isfactory vraAaand working agre< ment is reacW*s<Vith the coal open tor& on or oe^fe that date. The convention adjourned late ye ter^jj^before endorsing the wag and kour scale and clothing their o ficia'.s with the power to call tl strike. A flat increase of sixty p< cent in wages for all Classes of wor time and a half for overtime, a si: hour day and a fiye-day week wi be demanded at the conference < miners and .operators in Buffalo ti morrow. International officers were bour by the action of the convention 1 negotiate but not to sign any "wag or working agreement. If, the o fleers declare themselves satisfu with the agreement offered by tl operators they must reconvene tl contention in Indianapolis for rat fication of the neW scale. The sea indorsed by the convention also cal for the abolition of all automat penalty clauses. While nationaliz; tion of railroads was not written in1 the scale, the convention voted 1 v*> have their representatives reflect tl demands^ of the miners on that poii at'the conference. r?r < DR. McGLOTHLIN TO SPEAK IN BAPTIST CHURCH HERE SUNDAY, OCT. r's i J , Ete. J. W. iVIcGlothlin of Greei ^le,-iwill speak in the Baptist churc m Abbeville; Sunday morning, Oct< mi /5th, in the interest of the 7 million campaign. "Doctor McGIotl lin is organizer for South Carolin; and is president of Furman Unive] sity. He is said to be one o'f th best speakers of the Baptist denom nation, and is one pf the leadin men in religious work in*the Soutl This will be his first visit to Abb< ville, and it is expected that he wi be greeted by a large audience. Invitations have been sent to a the Baptist churches of the count to be present to hear Doctor M< Glothlin when he speaks. * Football Game. _____ V I . The eleven husky warriors, wh represent the Abbeville High Schoi football team will meet the Elberto High School team here at the Ba Ground at 6 o'clock this afternooi (Friday.) This promises to be gr& game and no doubt will draw a bi crowd. * - 1 1 GREAT MAJORITY FAVOR LEAGU Ogden, Utah, Sept. 23.?Presider Wilson told a crowd today he ha found 80 per cent, of the people i favor of the league of nations. Th chief opposition, he added, came froi a "very disquieting element," v/hi: included the influences which tende toward disloyalty during the war. The declaration ,was made froi the rear platform of the president private car, where a crowd clamore for a speech after the presidents party had returned from a brief rid through Ogden. "I can not make a real speech i the circumstances," he said, "for.yo will understand "the theme that I hav most at heart needs a lot of sg room to turn in and I would despai of making any adequate remark about so great a matter as the treat of p^ace or the league of nations but I do find this, that the thing i very near the heart of the people. "There are some men in public lif who do not seem to be in touck wit ih'? heart of people, but' li.?* who are, know how that heart throb deep and strong for this great entei prise of humanity, for it is nothini less than that. INQUIRY COMING III IN STEEL STgIKE yy Washington, Sept. 23.?Congress j. intervened in the steel strike today 1 1? U ' X- 1-1 ,a Dy directing me senate lauor coiug mittee to institute an immediate inj. vestigation to ascertain "if the situjl ation can in any way be relieved by Set federal action." O! g_ The inquiry will begin Thursday, . C i_ when representatives of the strikers v/ill be heard. Later Chairman Gary of the United States Steel Corpora?e tion, President Gompers of the Am- ( ?_ erican Federation of Labor, and oth- cid< ie er spokesmen for both capital and of ,r labcf will appear. . the j. Action by the senate was takeft on Gk K_ a resolution proposing*the inquiry cer offeree Dy senator Jienyon, KepubU- tne ? can, Iowa, chairman of the educ^- fac ? tion and labor committees. The reso- I olution was adopted without objection to i(j after brief discussion of the seriou3 of to industrial situation involving |he pub- Dei lie interest. * Chi >e While the senate was launching Su] the committee inquiry the house its loudly applauded an address by Rep- the resentative Cooper, Republican, Coi 1 Youngstown, Ohio, a member of one ing I of the railroad brotherhoods, assail- cou ls ing William Z. Foster, secretary and 1 . treasurer of the committee organiz- tail a ing the steel workers, and other la- cut o bor union leaders who, he charged, vofc [ i were fomenting revolution. The rep- gen [resentative from the heart of the whi te I .... , steel industry districts appealed to ma: ' the rank aod file of labor organiza- A lions to disregard "radical" leader- J?h j ship. non f J Immediately after adoption of his for resolution, Chairman Kenyon sent cuti 5 telegrams to/Judge Gary and John J. wor ! Fitzpatrick, chairman of the steel reti j strikers' organization, requesting Wit a"ithem to appear Thursday and at his his k request, his testimony was deferred one until a week from tomorrow. ;Sdna- ^ 0 tor KenyOn said tonight he was as-jD. . 1_ j sured Fitzpatrick and probably other! *er l' \ representatives of the strikers would I * r- i- i , , j de on nana to stare tne neanngs on ^ ie I Thursday. .., i_| i Alf; g , as < 1. High Priced Land. > Hyc MC( 11 W. F. Perrin has sold the Stark fact Knoll to Dr. S. G: Thonfson at tice 11 $175 per acre. Mr. Perrin purchased moAi ;y this tract some fifteen years ago at set j. I $100 per acre. This was the first pea land in this section to sell at so high con a price. The price now paid is a rec- prir ord price ab&ut Abbeville for unim- jor proved real estate. The tract con- no tains 32 3-4 acres. I1 ' Gra 10 , , swe A Cake Sale. ? ^ n Hy< 11 Don't forget that the Civic fcClub 1> will hold a cake sale at L. W. Kel- , i . didJ iZ lei^s store Saturday morning, be^n8 ning at ten o'clock. All kinds of no^_ cake will be on sale from "patty / cor< pans" to be sold by the dozen, to lay- ^ er cakes four stories high. E - IrtDi V I\j t Bond Money Arrive*. ^ The money from the sale of the ^ $90,000.00 in bonds, plus $326.00 w^c n premium and $287.50 accrued inter- ?g 16 est, making a totar of $90,613.50, ar - ittliJ , rived here Wednesday and will be di- ^ "? vided amone the various banks here. d ~ enc * Lan n NEW FILM EXCHANGE bef? s WILL OPEN MONDAY Ass d _ of J Charlotte is to have a new film exe change, operating under the direction <<wo of the Premier Pictures Company, a mer n $125,000 corporation. The exchange u will move into its quarters in the Mc- ^ap] e Alien Building, at Graham and Trade way p street,s Monday, with William Conn a r as manager. ^Independent films will * s he handled by the new company. y Otto Haas, A. B. Cheatham and Mr ?* I i; Conn are the incorporators. Mr. s Haas owns the Otto way Theatre aad can? Mr. Cheatham is the Ottoway man- ius* e ager.?Charlotte News. h J. R. Cochran, who has been mana- cons e ger of a theatre at Waynesville, N. Let s C., for several years, has accepted a coui - position with this new film exhange, live, g and will move to Charlotte in the by < near future. Let I SUSTAINED BY JUDGE GARY J , . , -A s October 14 As Date Foe, Hearing F Case Before Supreme Court. Irace Motion Orerruled?Records Must Be Brought Before Supreme Court'. * f ' 4: 'hiief Justice Eugene B. Gary de- .;j| jd at a hearing here Wednesday the Charleston election case that f; motion and argument of the ^ ice faction to dismiss the writ of tiorari was insufficient and that ' writ recently granted the' Hyde tion was sustained. le also ordered the Grace faction bring all records of proceedings the post-election meeting of the > nocratic Executive Conynittee of irleston, still intact, before the '' jrems Conrf. on tlw firrf <l<iv next session. The first day of x , r|8 next session of the Supreme ^ irt was fixed as a date for a hear- , of the case before th< whole ' ?he records mentioned above per1 to the proceedings of the exe- * VpS ive committee in deciding on ' es that were challenged and" the er?l conduct of the meeting,. ' ch was held a few days after the poralty election of August 19. Lt the hearing here Wednesday n T. Grace, who was declared the linee of the Democratic Party Mayor of Charleston by the Exeive Committee, although Hyde 1 by one vote on the face of the _ zrns, acted as his chief counsel. v S-Sg ;h him were W. Turner Logan, law partner and John I. Cosgrove, of his ardent supporters. Ir. Hyde was represented by L. . Jennings, Alfred.Huger and Wal- / B. Wilbur. Fotice has been served on Messrs red Huger and Walter B. Wilbur, counsel for Major Tristram T. te, W. P. Sellers and Thomas B. ?$ Earthy, that counsel for the Grace ^ ;ion will appea^r before Chief Jus- . Eugene B. Gfery, at Abbe^le, to , re that the write of tertiorari be aside, in connection with the ap-* ' 1 from the action of the city Demitic executive committee on the nary election, it is reported. MaHuger said yesterday that he had \ statement for publication. . < 9 t is reported that counsel for the ^e faction undertakes to make an- ' r to the allegations contained in r.f? petitions submitted for Mayor le, as candidate for mayor, and ssrs Sellers and McCarthy, as can- ' 'S ites for aldermen at large from rds 3 and 10. resnectivelv. ice was served late Saturday, ac- 1 iing to. reports current yesterday. lews and Courier., -i. & EAMERS TO BLAME FOR UNREST, LANE SAYS Washington, Sept. 24.?People v "continue to believe that there ' l bag of gold at the end of the ibow" are largely responsible for istrial and social unrest in Am- ^ a and, other countries, Secretary e declared today in an address iro 4"Via anniiol AAnvAnfinm +1*a #AV vuv wiiUUHi VVU^VIlUVIl VJL WIU ociation of American Secretaries State. ^ These folks," said Mr. Lane n't take the word of experienced ' * i all down the road of hiptory ; there is no magical way to pimess. Work alone finds the . Work is the salvation, materialnd spiritually. Our way morale has not been itained. We have not the unity * . A#! inmoao t^of TXT*% FM*|#VWV V4M*V |/lbTOUCU WUCll* t II C a common purpose, we' Ameris, though we are just as loyal, as idealistic. We can develop an aggressive, itructive program for America. us all work to make this ltry a better place in which to not by selfish enterprise, but , . :o-operation. That is our ideal. ' us live up to it." I