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Abbeville Press and Banner
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Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, Oct. 24, 1919. Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year.
SUNDAY SELLING
BEFORE COUNCIL
<*le Tobaccos and Soft Drinks Allowed
By Amendment?-Commission
of Public Works Scored?
City Council Has Interesting
and Busy Session.
At the meeting of the City Council i
Tuesday night the discussion ranged
f-o.n t) i question of keeping hofjs in
the city "limits to asking the Abbeville
County delegation in tho State
Legislature to repeal tha act which
gives control of the City's water and
light plant to a commission and return
control to the city council. 0n(
motion of Aiderman Henry, seconded'
by Alderman Wilson, a motion to
I the latter effect was passet*. ine mo-.
iaon read: It is moved that City
Cleric Perrin write to the Abbeville!
delegation in the State Legislature re- j
questing it to pass an act repealing!
an act which places the control of J
the water and light plant in the
hands of the Commission of Public
Works and place the control back in
the hands of the City Council.
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The present Commission of Public
Works consists of W. M. Barnwell,
chairman; W. H. White and J. L.
McMillan.
This action was taken because it
was said in council that requests
made to the commission were either
ignored or refused.
The question of closing up thej
restaurants and soft drink stands onj
Sunday was brought up by Alderman
Syfan, who moved that the present j
city ordinance, allowing only the salp |
of food, ice, milk, and medicines, be j
enforced. A substitute motion by
Alderman Henry amending the present
ordinance so that it allows in addition,
in restaurants and hotels
the sale of soft drinks and tobaccos
was passed by a vote of 5 to
3 and the motion of Alderman Syfan
was lost by the same count.
Alderman Wilson brought up the
matter of keeping hogs in town and
reported that he had investigated reports
that the present hog ordinance J
was being violated, but had found no j
violations. He added that some of
the hogpens gave forth a very noticeable
smell, but that such was in the
nature of things attendant upon the
keeping of hogs and could not be
remedied under the present ordi-i
I nance.
HOUSE PASSES BILL
FOR BUDGET BUREAU
Washington. Oct. 22?A bill creat
Ing a budget having jurisdiction over
lepartment estimates was passed tolay
by the house and sent to the
enate.
The vote on the bill was 284 to 2.
Representative Moon, Tennessee, and
ilackman, Alabama, Democrats, votng
in the negative. The important
ihanges in the present method of esimating
department appropriations
is embodied in the bill, are:
All departments must submit estinates
to the budget bureau for apjroval
before being sent to congress;
In independent audit 01 an departlent
accounts is provided with a
omptroller and assistant comptroller
ppointed by the president to conluct
the audit, and abolishment of
he present auditors and consolidaion
of their work und?r the compjroller.
I Mrs. Fannie Milford has returned
I rum a two weeKS visit to relatives in
itlanta.
t COTTON MARKET.' V
I October 23. V
| Spot Cotton 35.90 V
I New York Cotton Market V
January 34.83 V
March 34.53 \
May 34.33 \
October 35.25 V
December 35.37 \
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RICH-WERNO PLAYERS /
WILL APPEAR HEIiE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
On October 31 the Rich-Werno entertainers
will appear in Abbeville. /
[This will be the second attraction of i<
j tne i,yLUUUl CUUldC WHICH ia appeal- t
iing here this fall in the interest of p
}the Abbeville County Memorial Hos- c
pital. The first attraction, the Col- h
leens, was a splendid entertainment, t
! worthy of much better support than v
it received, both because of its own v
merit but also because of the cause jt
for which it was used to raise funds. !1
funds.
Here is what was said of the Rich- j
Werno entertainers in Enfield, N. C., q
where they recently appeared: iv
Enfield, N. C., ct. 9, 1919.
Redpath Lyceum Bureau, !<;
Birmingham, Ala. | j
Gentlemen: t
The general impression as the Rich- t
Werno Entertainers, who appeared h
here last night seems to be most sat- C
isfactory. We did not have & very ^
loMM Vinilcd An accftlint of A TaIiTIOHS lb
??w*?wv W.. ? ?- ? ? o"'
meeting in progress here, but the au- C
dience was fairly large. I have never $
seen entertainers receive more rapt 8
attention, nor a more appreciative | E
audience. All whom I have heard ex- F
press themselves seem delighted. If $
every attraction is as good as the E
Rich-Werno Entertainers, I don't be-jj
lieve that we shall have any trouble JI
in booking a course for next year. :I
Very truly yours, 'd
(Signed) R. H. Johnson, Manager. '$
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COTTON ESTIMATE TO BE | ?
MADE ON LAST OF MONTH !$
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Washington, Oct. 22.?The nsv/jl
cotton crop report will be issued Ot-jE
oKer 31 by the Department of Agri- E
culture, Assitant Secretary Harrison J S
today informed Representative j $
Byrnes, South Carolina, author of the | $
recent legislation enacted by Con-jT
gress calling for another crop esti- S
mate for the current year. s<
Under the legislation the Depart- G
ment was directed to issue the report A
not later than Sunday, November 1. E
Because November 1 is a holiday on'$
I the New Orleans exchange several
southern members had asked the de- ^
partment not to issue the report on
that date. Instructions for compiling
the new crop report were sent crop
reporters in the south today, Mr.
Byrnes was informed. ,
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CANDY KITCHEN AND
I THE ROYAL RESTAURANT
HAVE CHANGED HANDS
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- The Columbia Candy Kitchen and
tfce Royal Restaurant recently Q
changed hands, one of the partners, y
Mike Kostos, retiring. The two
places are now owned by Nick Kape- ^
tanakos, Charles A. Kapetanakos, J ^
Charles C. Kapetanakos and George j
Vendos. Mike Kostos will operate a|
pool room and soft drink stand on |
Trinity street. |r
DR. J. P. WHYTE TO
SPEAK IN ABBEVILLE!*
Dr. Jas. P. Whyte, dean of Ander- ^
son College, will speak in the Baptist j .
Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, i
Doctor Whyte is one of the leading j
educators among Southern Baptists,, v
and his coming to Abbeville is hailed jc
with delight by the local congrega-j^
tion. He is a Scotchman, and was |
graduated from the University of i
Edinburgh. He has taken front rank j
among educators on both sides of the ^
Atlantic. Doctor Whyte's subject;
will be the present 75 milllion campaign
of the Baptists. The pubile is
invited to be present.
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Accidental Shooting. c
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Lewis Watt, negro, was accidental-11
ly shot and killed by his wife in a <
! cotton field near Means Chapel Tues- i
day afternoon. Watt and his wife and c
another negro, Will Johnson, were^t
| picking cotton in a field when Wfttfl 1
pistol fell from his pocket. His wife;
, picked it up and in handing it to him i
it was discharged, the load penetrat-;
ing his temple. He died instantly.!
A coroner's jury pronounced the t
snooting accidental. i
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k. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS T
TO ABBEVLILE COUNTY
MEMORIAL HOSPTIAL
A list of the subscribers to the j
Abbeville County Memorial Hospital j
3 appended. A canvassingCommit- !
ee will in the near future again apiroach
the citizens of this city and
ounty for subscriptions. Those who |
iave already subscribed will be asked ^
o increase their subscriptions. Those S?
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viiu noavc nut aucaujf ouuomucu
trill be given an opportunity to add! ,
heir name to the subscription list.
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'he list follows: V !m
J. M. Anderson, $150.00; I.ouis J. sj
Jristow, $100.00; Otto Bristow, $50.-!^
0; R. M. Burts, $50.00; Wm. Barn- |te
fell, $100.00; H. A. Benton, $100.00; 0]
D. Barksdale, $500.; J. S. Bowie
Jo. $300; J. F. Barnwell,",$200.; G.
!. Calvert, $100.; B. T. Cochran, V<
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50; Clinkscales, $100.; Daughters of
he Confederacy, $100.; P. A. Cheatam,
$100.; J. S. Cochran, $50.; Geo. i
!. Douglass, $100.; M. L. Evans, $50;!
i. J. Ferguson, $150.; Geo, C. Gara- i^
rell, $50.; Mary M. Gambrell, $50.;'
J. C. Gambrell, $300.; J, C. Hill J?]
300.; E. C. Horton, $50.; fcearl Ha- ^
en, $50.; Mrs. W. E. Hix* $50.; D. .
[. Hill, $150.; James A. Hill, $50.;
S. Hill, $50.; Harris & Calvert, aJ
300.; Hadtton-Wilson Co. $250.; J.
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!. Jones, $50.; M. H. Kustps, $50.;
. D. Kerr, $100.; Civic (League, j
1,000.; S. J. Link, $300.; Mrs. Paul! ^
ink, $100.; W. A. Lee, $10j>.; Mea- ^
ows Langley, $50.00; A. ?. Morse, j
300.: J. Moore Mars. O A
feuffer, $300.; J. R. Nicklesf $250.; ^
V. F. Nickles, $100.; W. L. Peebles, N
50.; Parker & Reese, $100.; Steve |
arthemos, $100.; D. Poliakoff, $50. ;|
>r. J. E. Pressly, $300.; Philson and!
[enry, $300.; Dr. J. R. Power, $300.;'^
lesonberg Mercantile Co. $300.; J. I
. Stark, $300.; W. A. Sttfpeason,
100.; R. Sondley, $50.; A. 1 ^
200.; Dr. J. V. Tate, $100.; D. W.jjhomas,
$50.; E. R. Thomson, $300.;.
. G. Thomson, $300.; C. E.
an, $100.; W. W. Westfield, ^100.; 'in
r. A. Harrison, $100.; J. Howard
loore, $100.; McMurray, $300.; ^
[elen Edwards, $50.; A. L. GiBiara,
50.; F. S. Hays, $50.. " #|
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ENATE PASSES jot
DEFICIENCY BILL Sc
in
Washington , Oct. 22.?Laying es
side the peace treaty the Senate toay
took a deficiency appropriation 0]
ill carrying approximately $42,000,- c<
00, an increase of $28,000,000 over
he House bill. The measure now si
oes to conference.
Among the most important proisions
in the bill are appropriations
f $15,000,000 for the army air serice,
$17,000,000 for the completion ^
>f the Alaskan railroad, $5,000,000 ej
or ine ieaerai Doara ior vocaxnonai;
ducation to be used in the rehabili-1 e<
ation of soldiers, $200,000 withlp
vhich to pay the expenses of the Am- J
rican peace commission and $108,-I q
!12 to b? used in defraying the ex-je<
tense of the present industrial con-jw
erence and the international labor je(
onfsrence.
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ATTEND FIRST MEETING h
HEJAZ TEMPLE SHRINE aj
The following Abbeville Shriners
nil attend the installation and first
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ciciiiumai ui xiejaz lexnpie in
Jreenville today: L
Harry B. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, W. a:
Bryson, W. W. Payne, T. V. t<
lowie, Albert Rosenberg and C. E. B
foder. a:
New Post Offices. ^
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Congressman Fred H. Dominick J
ms introduced a bill for the erection
>f postoffice buildings at Anderson j
md Greenwood, the amount to be!
ippropriated being $250,000 for each J
>f the sites. The present buildings i?'
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ire inadequate for the needs of the 1
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:ities and are too sold, according to \
;he provisons of the bill.?Honea a
Path Chronicle. 1 ^
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Buy* Home On Greenville Street. ^
Mrs. Herman Benton has bought
;he home of Mr. Jim Martin on w
Greenville street. ^
HE PARENT-TEACHER <
ASSOCIATION HOLDS
FIRST REGULAR MEETING
The first regular meeting since the
ganization of the Parent-Teacher
isociation, was held Tuesday afterinn
at. tVip TTicrVi srhnnl huildinc.
here was a large crowd present, tesfying
to the interest of the mothers
I Abbeville in the welfare of the
:hool.
Mrs. Morse presided and Miss Anie
Hill discharged the duties of Secitary.
Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, as
reasurer, reported a paid memberlip
of sixty-five and Mrs. Frank
ickles for the membership commitie,
reported eleven new members in
le ward and nine in another.
The children went through with a
jry interesting program of songs
id recitations, while Miss Gantt and
iss Burton read instructive articles,
rs. Fulp sang a beautiful solo which
as greatly enjoyed.
At this meeting it was decided
iat the association should bend its
ieririf?s towards the establishment
f a play ground for the children,
s early as possible volley ball, vaultig
poles, basket ball, tennis .courts,
skating rink and other forms of
nusement will be established on the
rounds. The peopl^ of Abbeville
lil be asked to contribute to these
iterprises and it is hoped they will
,ke them under favorable consideraon.
The children need healthy
ay and patrons of the school should
ovide it. #
EW ORLEANS COTTON
SMASHES A RECORD
New Orleans, Oct. 22.?Contract
ices were put to the highest levels
er quoted in the New Orleans cotn
market today when October went
i 36 cents a pound folowing-an earsession
of excited buying, for
hich damaging rains in the western
It were responsible. The upturns
values carried the most . active I
ontns 46 to 4U points oyer yesterly's
close in the trading before noon.
The ring was active and excitied
id a large business was done from
te opening and it was evident that
itside traders in all parts of the
uth were taking part in the buying
ovement. October was the strongit
month and rose $4.50 a bale.
Previous high records were made
1 July 23 of this year when March
>ntracts sold at 35.97.
HERIFF BURTS WILL
NOT BE CANDIDATE
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
Sheriff Burts has announced that
2 will not be a candidate for reaction.
This leaves two candidates
>r the office of sheriff, Deputy Uniti
States Marshal C. J. Bruce and
oliceman Foster McLane.
Sheriff Burts was appointed by
overnor Manning to fill out the unxpired
term of Sheriff C. J. Lyon,
ho resigned to become himself Uniti
States Marshal. He was elected
b the general election to succeed
imself, after serving one and onealf
years as Governor Manning's
ppointee.
oack at dome.
Mrs. Ella Latimer and Miss Maggie
atimer have returned to Abbeville
fter a long absence and are at home
? their friends at Miss Maggie
rooks' apartments. Their friends
re glad to have them back.
Mrs. Emma Moore Latimer is here
rom Lowndesville and will spend
le winter with Mrs. Latimer.
Land Sale.
P. A. Cheatham has sold his Speer
lace near Mnnforov f<-> rmo nf V>ia
[>lored tenants for $2800. The place
jntains eighty-two and one-half
cres. Mr. Cheatham bought the
lace nineteen years ago for $360.
[e is getting ready to pay income
ixes.
Marshal C. J. Lyon, Greenville,
ras a visitor in Abbeville Wednesay.
CANVASS FOR MEMORIAL
FUND TO BE MADE;
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
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The only money raised in this
county for the Memorial fund was
raised in the city schools and amounted
to more than $100.00. The campaign
for funds is over November 11.
County Chairman W. M. Barnwell,
has appointed two teams to canvass
the business section of town. Team
No. 1 consists of Albert Morse, Gottlob
Neuffer, Victor Lomax, Robert
Cheatham and Cliff King, and will
canvass the west side of the Square
and Main Street. Team No. 2 is composed
of Carroll Swetenburg, W. D.
Wilkinson, W. Joel Smith, Francis
Mabry and John Calvert, and will
canvass east side of Square' and Main
Street. The residential section of
!the city will be canvassed by the
school children under the direction
of Supt. J. D. Fulp.
County Chairman Barnwell has appointed
a chairman in every school
district and these chairmen are urged
to make a canvass that will be completed
by October 31.
The allotment of Abbeville County
is $3,000. All subscriptions should
be sent to W. D. Wilkinson, treas!
urer.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
MAY SELL SUGAR
Washington, Oct. 22.?Advised
that the navy department has in reserve
9,000,000 pounds of sugar, Secretary
Daniels today intimated that
he would release one-third of the
stock, or 3,000,000 pounds, for public
use to, raliqye the situation resulting
from q' wj^onwide shortage
of the commodity.
The present supply of the navy,
Secretary Daniels said, wa?? -suffice
ent for six months. As only a three
months surplus usually is kept on
hand, Mr. Daniels indicated it would
i be unjust to retain more than that
amount now when the entire country
is experiencing a shortage.
j The war department, however, unj
like the navy, found today that its
I supply was running low, the supply
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, coumuiea at Darely sufficient
to last until December 15, Quartermaster
General Rogers, accord :.ngiy
wired all zone supply officers that
sales of sug^r to any one person in
the service must be limited to not
more than six pounds per month and
not more than 24 pounds per month
for each family.
Secretary Daniels also said he has
J sent a message to all ships and station
of the navy calling for strict
economy in the use of sugar as
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nuotvxuuitao vy uic iiayj even ui ito
abundant supply would "not only be
unpardonable but would reflect discredit
upon the navy itself."
Paving Aaseasraents.
Mayor Mars stated at the meeting
of council Monday night that many
people were uninformed with regard
to the time of the paying of street
paving assessments and also as to the
manner in which same must be paid.
He said that he city must be informA
J A/ 4-U A A# rM?Anfii4t7
I cu ui tiic iiitciitiuu vx cata
owner against whom there were assessments
before November 6. The
property owner must also before that
date declare the manner in which he
; preferred to pay the assessments,
| whether in one installment or in ten
I equal payments. Once the method of
i payment is chosen it cannot be
j changed as the paving certificates will
| have been sold.
Visits Abbeville.
B. C. DuPre and son, Moffatt Du|Pre,
Columbia, spent Tuesday night
J at the home of F. C. DuPre, stopping
jhere on their way to Greenville to
! attend the installation of Hejaz Tem
jple.
The former is a?v, old resident of
Abbeville and was at one time connected
with the Press and Banner.
Joe B. Wilson was in the city Wednesday
sporting a Ford arm. He
| undertook to crank a John Henry
Uvhon it wanted to stand still,
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MR DELEGATES
! QUIT CONFERENCE
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Capital and Public Reznain in Session.
Collective Bargaining Resolution
Proves Final Stumbling Block? x .
Lane Will Make Personal Report
to Wilson.
Washington, Oct. 22.?Labor withdrew
from the national industrial
conference tonight after its final effort
to obtain adoption of a collective
bargaining resolution had been defeated
by the vote of a majority of
the capital group.
Although the representatives of
both the public and capital announced
their intention of remaining in the
conference the next move in the effort
to restore industrial peace to the
country evidently rested with Presi
dent Wilson.
Mr. Lane will make a personal report
of the situation to the president,
bat neither leaders in the conference
nor officials generally would venture
a predictions as te what course Mr.
Wilson would take. Meantime the
conference will be called together tomorrow
as usual.
Withdrawal of the labor group was
announced by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of i
Labor, after a dramatic speech. It
came only a few hours after Secre
tary Lane, in an effort to prevent
[what many from almost the first had
regarded as the inevitable, had read
a letter in which President Wilson,
dictating from his sick bed, appealed
for harmony in the conference and
for the final working out of a program^pf
industrial peace.
Representatives of labor did not
join in the applause which greeted
the letter and Mr. Gompers characterized
as "most unfortunate" a motion
by John Spargo of the public
group that each group pledge the
president it would make every effort
to accomplish the work for which he
conference was called. The motion
was withdrawn and the conference
recessed so the labor group could
meet to determine its future course.
When the conference convened in
the afternoon the labor group proposed
a resolution recognizing the
right of collective bargaining..
SENATE COMMITTEE
FOR RESERVATIONS
Washington. Oct. 22.?Reonenincr
its consideration of the peace treaty,
the senate foreign relations committee
today adopted ten revised reservations,
including a provision that the
senate qualifications must be accept^
ed by three of the other great powers
before the treaty ratification becomes
effective.
Among them was a new proposal T
which administration senators deAIAWA/]
rrrmtlrl knAalr fliA AMAHA
v>iaivu ttvuiu uicon uvtth tuc cwuv
mic boycott feature ,of the league of
nations covenant, and a reservation
on Article 10 differing only in the
transposition of one phrase from that
which President Wilson has announced,
he would treat as a rejection of
the treaty.
The ten reservations were part of
a list presented by Chairman Lodge
and declared by the Republican leaders
to represent a compromise behind
which a majority of the senate
i 10 ainmil tl - - j?i?i-a
I? wv ouiuui x IIC auuyiiistration
members of the committee, head!
ed by Democratic Leader Hitchcock,
tried in vain to secure modification
of the majority proposals and then
voted solidly against all of them.
Moving la,
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Johnson have
moved into their handsome home on
Greenville street and are comfortably
settled for life. They are a welcome
addition to the best street in town.
Visiting Mr*. Gary.
Mrs. C. B. Week is in the city for
a vist to her sister, Mrs. Frank Gary.
Mrs. Week has been in the North for
I some time and stnns at Ahhovillo nn
I her way home.