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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!'
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Campaign For Memorial Fund in
Abbeville County With Goal of j
$3,300.00 Start* Sept. 29?Com*
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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
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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, |
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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.
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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.
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October 31.30 V
v D.ecember 31.59 V i
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v March 31.76 V ,
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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.
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Epworth Orphanage *Work Day.
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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
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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....
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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.
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BREAKS ALTITUDE RECORD
THIRD SUCCESSIVE TIME
Dayton, Ohio, Sept.- 24.?For the
third successive time,'Major R. "W.
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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
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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.
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DR. McGLOTHLIN TO SPEAK
IN BAPTIST CHURCH
HERE SUNDAY, OCT.
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, 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.
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Football Game.
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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.
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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 *
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j de on nana to stare tne neanngs on ^
ie I Thursday. ..,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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s October 14 As Date Foe, Hearing
F Case Before Supreme Court.
Irace Motion Orerruled?Records
Must Be Brought Before
Supreme Court'.
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'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
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inmoao t^of TXT*%
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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