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Ahheville Press and Baniler =T^i.C,M?,??*''.?V Single Cot^?i Fh? Canto. *?*? mm ? A* ^l?mbers Art IWt4 leM?F?*o of Pact Tho-jfht By Maay to Hife|e On Action of- j Vice-Pre*i<ient Marshall. Early EimI Insisted Upon *' , By Senators. I 1 Washington, Nov. 9.?Approach of the end' of the special session, of Con- ( ' gress found leaders still uncertain to- , night regarding the future with ejrentB dependent upon the disposition ] of the German* peace treaty. i With members restive and insistent on a brief rest before the regular De- j eember session begins three weeks j from tomorrow, pressure for final ac- j tion by the Senate on the treaty has ] increased. Some leaders believe the < final vote on the treaty and adjournment may be reached next Saturday, November 15, others are predicting adjournment about November 22 and others less optimistic have visions of the lapsing of the special into the regular session. ^Struggle with treaty reservations will be renewed in the Senate tomorrow, with the sharpest contest on the reservation relating to article ten of the league of nations covenant. The usual week-end Sunday, conferences by both factions apparently developed little change in programs, of proce' dure except an almost universal desire to hasten the final vote. In this connection, Republican leaders were reported prepared to propose a planjto curtail protracted discussion with I ( assurances of Democratic cooperation. , Great Battle Expected. An . unprecedented parliamentary 1 battle orer the effect of votes on resolutions of ratificatipn is expected to follow'disposition of reservations. I Vicfe President Marshall is understood j i to be ready to rule that a two-thirds' | < majority must be had either to adopt 11 or reject the treaty and that a bare J i majority can send it back to the for-; j eigo relations committee or the Presi- j dent. On this ruline and its anorov- 1 I r rejection, in the opinion of < many, depends the final result. Wtyle the Senate is struggling in 1 the last throws of the treaty fight, the House plans to pass the railroad ; bill which is to be reported formally i tomorrow by the interstate commerce ! . committee, taken up for consideration Tuesday and passed late this week. If possible the railroad mea*> pre will come before the Senate during the present session, but it is gen- : erally conceded that the permanent I legislation must go over until , next , session. . NO WORLD PEACE TILL THERE IS PEACE IN RUSSIA, SAYS LK>YD GEORGE . London, Nov. 8.?"We cannot , have world peace until there is peace in Russia/ sarr Premier Lloyd George in an address at the banquet to the new lord mayor in the Guild Hall to* " J _J. 1La . day. xne premier mnteu at i>uc j>vs<mbility of coming to terms with the soviet government when he said: "If bolshevism is not suppressed by the-sword, we may have to resort , to other methods. I hope the time is not far distant when' the allies will renew their offer to let the Russians decide for themselves how they shall be governed." He also expressed confidence that amicable settlement of the Adriatic question would be reached and an) nounced that the allies had agreed on a settlement of the Turkish question I which weald free the Serb?, Arabs, and Armenians from the menace of ' Turicfeh' domination and open the Black sea. 3 Home Af tin. - ] Mrs. Frank Welsh is at home again after ttae* weeks in the Greenwood 1 Hospital and friends will be pleased 1 to know that she is restored to her : I GERMANS FEARED CODE BETRAYED TO ENEMY BY AMEBIC *? 1;_ kt O T\_ 7Ir JO dill J, i^vy, Q.??XJL* aiiAW mermann, secretary for foreign a fairs during the war, caused a mi] sensation during today's session < the Rational assembly, committee ii estigating thenar, when he ad mi tie the German authorities had. been sw picious that their code which had bee made known to the American author ties, was betrayed to the enteste b the United States government. (The reference is to the specii iode whifch the American goven ment permitted to be used in wir< ess communication with the Washing ton embassy, a copy of which wa furnished to the state department.) Count Bernstorff, when asked ? zrardinj? these suspicions, said i irst he could not swear these wir< less messages had not been con nunie^ted by the United States go\ irnment to the entente, but later di :1ared under oath he had neve mown of such treachery. * He said Germany^ had a difficu! ind dangerous cable "route throug neutral countries, but that message lad been concealed as commercii Jispatches. The submarine warfare came int ;he investigation again today. Vice Admiral Edward von Capellc )ne of the advocates of the submz "ine campaign, said the U-boats ha lot been able to get at America ro*lCnArfo Kcnonco AOAII ankwioinm covered a .limited circle around Enj and and the whole ocean could nc >e patrolled. Various British an American inventions, like the "lister ng boat," Admiral von Capelle dc glared, were other things which pr? rented attacks on transports, t ____________ COTTON ASSOCIATION MEETING CALLE1 The Abbeville County Cotto association ha& been called by ti state manager B. F. McLeod to met next Firday, Nov. '14, for the purpoe of Derfectinc nerma-nprit nnwir<i*Atin and it is hoped that this county association will comply with the cal The meeting has been called in eac county and will be held at the count seat and a large attendance is r< quested. Each county association will ele< a president, a vice president and secretary, and five other member Each county association will alfi elect three " members of the stal board of directors. In the call for the county meeting Mr. McLeod asks each county chai man to "call attention to the fa< that every member of the townshi and coupfy organization is a memb< ivf tltA ef?fA M VA v*?v ?7VUW 1UWMVU* On Tuesday, December 2, a man moth meeting will be held in Colon bia to choose officers for the sta< association. This meeting will be a< dressed by prominent men from ov< the cotton belt and plans for the a sociation worked out. It is hoped 1 make this the biggest meeting ev< held in this state. ( All COUntv chairman nrcroH b Mr. McLeod to secure as many men bers as possible before the organ zation of the township and count associations next week. "This stal association", he says "should ha\ not less than 50,000 members whe permanent organization is effected o December 2. This will make or organization when it speaks,, will I heard from one end of the state 1 the other. It will be a unit of ti American Cotton Association, whic promises to be the greatest orgaa ization in the world". At Preabyteriaa Church. The Rev. A. R. Bird, Washingtoi D. C., preached at the Presbyteria Church here Sunday, making an a peal for the Second Presbyteria Church, which is making a campaig for funds to build a larger plan This is the church of which the Re1 H. W. Pratt was former pastor, con ing1 from there to his present pastoi ate. REV. C E. PEELE WILL COME TO METHODIST A CHURCH IN ABBEVlLLi a- The Rev. C. E. Peele, Newberry f. was named by the Methodist Confer Id ence in Greenwood, to succeed th< - ? '*' T" T? 1 U. noTii'n >X ivey. O. u. i/muci ucie. mi. I- Wijl go to Newberr^ The Rev. J. W d KHgo-twill remain vW presiding eldei 3- of this district^ n Mr. Peele is one of the ablest mei i. in the Upper Carolina Confefenct ,y and he will be given a hearty welcome to his new charge. Mr. Daniel ha: I made many friends in Abbeville dur ' ing his residence here, who will- regret to se him go. , : i Mr. Daniel and Judge J. P. Miller M delegates from Abbeville, returnee from Greenwood Monday. 1 U ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF * COTTON MILL HELD [ The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Abbeville Cotton Mil] was held Monday morning, a large percentage of the stockholders bteing present. G. R. Milliken and H. A ^ Hatch, of New York, were visiting lS stockholders. A special dividend of 3 percent., payable December l', i and a regulai o dividend of 3 1-2 percent., payable January 1 were declared. The affairs i, at the Cotton Mill were deolared tc t- be in excellent condition. d -7 ? n R. M. HADDON TO RETIRE e FROM HA&DON-WILSON ' it R. M. Haddon, one of the oldest d merchants in Abbeville, will retire i? from the firm of Haddon-Wilson Co., !- January 1. Mr. Haddon entered busi? ness here soon after the Civil Wai in which he served as a Confederate X I soldier, and has been continuously in t^ie harness for more than 50 years. 0 j He is one of the best known and most popular men in this county -and n his retirement will be a matter of te much interest to his many friends in it the county. ie W. D. Wilson, the junior member n of the firm, has bought out Mr. Had?3 don's interest* and will be sole1 pro1, prietor after the first of the year. h - ? & y LIEUT. WALLACE HARRIS RECEIVES HIS DISCHARGE .1. Lieut. Wflllnpo Hawi ,y ??" ?^%?vain a general's department, Camp Gordon, g< has received his discharge from- the 0 United States Army after more than g two years of service and is hack at home with his mother, Mrs. J. A, Harris^ Before entering the army ' Lieut Harris practiced law in Abbe;t ville. ip r* APT CI If B TO. Mtirn jy ?~ ' J VM IV HUU1K ARMISTICE ADDRESS AT R\IN ACADEMY 1* \ y~ Prof. Jas. D. Pulp, superintendent ,e of the City Schools, left Friday foj Fort Mill for a short visit with hii ir parents. He will go from h-nv?' v B" Mint Hill, N. C., where he was ai 0 one time principal of Bain Academy !r He has been invited to deliver th< address at the Armistice celebratioi ^ to be held there today. < i- Pretty Visitor*. rv :e Miss Ruby Hill Devlin and Miss '? Mildred Cochran, two pretty students n at Lander College, spent from SaturHjday until Monday with Mr. and Mrs. irjjas. S. Cochran, who entertained at I tea Saturday night complimentary to ;o them. le . h. 10,000 Wuei DEMOBILIZED. 1- London, Eng.?Ten thousand W. A.A.C.'s not a few of whom saw service with the A. E. F. as clerks and stenographers, have been demob* ilized arid have returned to civil life, n The remaining women workers in th< British forces are rapidly <l>eing re n leased. n 1.1 Buy* Hunt Place. v. Mrs. W. G. Chapman bought the i- Hunt place near town last week from r- W. D. McLain, paying $75 per acre for $150 acres. * ' \ UNLESS MINE LEADERS DEFY THE U. S. COURT STRIKE SOON WILL EN1 ,y , , , , ,, - ? Kfioxville, Tenn.f Nov. th ' nternational officers of the .ynitei 5 Mine Workers of 4&ieriea call th 1 strike off, the men of this district ' will return to woric ja^jonce/' declare r Secretary E. L. Reed, of dlstftct^i 19 this afternoon 'when informed 6 1 the action of the federal Judge An - deHfcfe-at Indianapolis, v . 1 1J . ' ? } Chicago, Nov: 8.?Leaders of th *, miner's, Anion tonight were divide* in opinion whether the striking sof coal miners 'would return to worl i t should the executive board obey th I mandate of federal Judge Anders?: to call off the strike. Whether an; of them would attempt to defy th court and choose jail was uncertaii although! several of them expresses ' the belief that the men might remaii on strike. Some, intimated that th order could not be recalled except b; . -- . "i 1 a reconvened session of the miner* convention. > ?: Washington, Nov. 8.?Federa > Judge Anderson's order to the offi cers of the miners' union to withdraw > their strike order was received by na ' tional labor leaders here apparentl; 1 with surprise. They had believed thi i strike could be withdrawn from th< ? court arid settled outside. The court's ruling, however, wa accepted without comment, and, ii the belief that the strikers would b< ' at work not later than" next Thurs day. The statement by officers of th< : United Mine Workers that they hai no desire to fight the government wa i accepted generally as the feeling an< attitude of the men. . / GOVERNMENT WILL ISSUE , QUOTATIONS ON COTTON AND COTTON SEEI I ,, . . . - y' -l^'aghiifgtdB, Dr1^?T5"i*give regarding actual cotton prices ii their local or near-by importan markets, the Bureau of Markets o the United s States Department o Agriculture is inaugurating a cottoi price quotation 'service and, will ia sue reports from five importan points in the cotton belt. Cottbnsee prices also will be covered. The first report is to be issue* from Memphis, Tenn., for the distric immediately surrounding that point ' other reports will follow from dia trict headquarters at Atlanta,Ga. New Orleans, La.; Charlotte, N. C. and Dallas, Texas, for the territor; immediatey. surrounding each o these points. . . Play Bail. j The Basket Ball court which fo J some years has been on the ground ! of the graded school, has been move* , to the High School grounds. Th< . court has ben enclosed with wire, th J goals painted and the grounds lai< !off in rood stvle. The eirls of th< t High school are practicing every aft .rnoon. The big part of the gami , just now is the brand new bloomer ( worn by the players. Capt. Fulp did much of the worl on the court, which is proof that hi has not yet joined the union. I Painting Up. r ^ ^ 1/1* iicuuci) TVUV MO puvbl fi? ? <I?T r' room to his house and has been at i ; long enough to build two or thre< * houses, has gotten to the painting u] period and is putting on a new coa of paint. Th^, Lyon house, on Greenvilli street, ^recently bought by DeWit Hall, is looking brighter and bette: for a new coat of grey paint. 1 Mrs. J. D. Wilson, on Chestnu ' street, has improved her dwelling b: painting la the past week or two. i Mutt an4 J?ff. Mutt and Jeff were here Thursday night, showing to a full house. I' i was a surprisingly good perforraanci i of its class. The caste was well bal i anced, the chorus presentable, th< costumes pretty and original. LAST BRICK LAID am rur QniiiPP " > LABORERS NEEDE1 . The last brick was laid on th j Square Saturday. The event attend e ed by no ceremonies; no silver trovs ? el was die brick in place j The final ^bn'ii ^Was julst one of th > forty thousand that one oFthe negr f layers placed'in a., day. ^ : Nevertheless, the' completion"of th paving ot the Square ;markis- the be ginning of an important era in tn e history of Abbeville. From now o: ^ the town "looks up" land will not b I satisfied until all the thoroughfare Ij in the city are paved. J. ' e The Southern Paving Constructio a Company, in charge ' pf'the "pavin, y work here, is handicapped by tb e lack <jf laborers and wants at leas a two hundred more Workmen, to whor 4 will be paid liberal wages. Materia a ** .*>>#* e are not of the best., These two fac y tars are-holding the job up to som ? extent/ On the' dtber hand the wor being done is the very best. Ill fad the men in charge here Say that tb j paving on the Square Is the bes _ piece of work of its kind in the State v and for that matter in the South. The work of grading North Mail y street is progressing as rapidly a . the lack of sufficient force will pei B mit. The streets to the two depot will not 1/e payed for some time a g this would off the "work from eas; 1 access to incoming material. Ther B is also a great deal of additional traf fic on these streets, at present be B cause of the marketing of cotton. j 1 I ' filOYD GEORGE COMES ' 8 t OUT FOR LADY ASTOR FOR THE COMMON] ? ' London, Nov .8.?"J hope th electors return you to parliament b a large majority," Premier Ljoyt ) George telegraphed today to VaIs countess Astor, who is running fo 0 parliament an the conservative tickc tt at Plymouth. * "I think- it is important that ther * be a certain number of women i: ' parliament to represent the women. a know your sympathies are with th h people, and I also know of yoar dc t, voted and unselfish war work. * cordially recommend your candidacy to the electors of Plymouth." A Bets of three to one that the vii * countess will win have been made i London. ' / \r ; UNIONS AT MIAMI ; ' * WILL NOT STRIK1 XT ' - , ' I f Miami, Fla., Nov. 8.?Leaders o the 27 locate trade unions which ha voted a general strike to become ei fective next Monday, agreed late tc day to postpone the walkout "for th r best interest of the city." The sttik 8 order was the outgrowth of the en i ployment of non-union labor in th e construction of a hotel, e Postponement of the strike follow i ed the swearing in of 260 membez e of the American Legion as specu - deputies after they had offered t e Mayor Smith their assistance in pn 3 erving order should it become neces sary during the strike. ^ ' ' I < e| Looking Them Over. MrsJ J. M. Wilkinson and Un Fred Cason spent Sunday in Green wood in attendance on the meetinj of the Methodist Conference. The; 7 say they were looking the preacher 1 over and selecting a good looker fo " the Abbeville church. ? , t / Seeing Mutt and Jeff. i I Mr nriH Mrs. Georee Davis, Mr t and Mrs. James C. Hemphill, Mr. an< f Mrs. W. L. Hemphill and Miss Annii Belle Davis came over from Green t wood last Thursday and attended thi f show at the Opera House. Due Weat VUitort. l Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Nance of Du< j West, were in the city last Thursday t visiting among their relatives.- Mr > and Mrs. Nanc^ have recently beei - married and it was a pleasure fo: i friends here to meet the charminj bride. * e D^Und. Wl.Ur.w.l of " 3 0 Cferapora IMkm Support jfa; M|*f *iggjsl??i-- >. (- V^dfr" A^i?{Say*-: tyaik?a?t ? fe Ju?tifi#d. \ ! Q . ?? : ; e Washington, Nov. 9.?Holding' the ' ft action of the government in injunction proceedings against striking bill tuminoua coal miners to be ''so autog cratic as to stagger the hmnaii mind,'* e the executive council of the Amerit can Federation of Labor declared ton night in a statement iftued after' a il lour hour meeting that the miners' s walkout was justified, promised for s the strike tl\e entire- support of ore ganized labor and asked aid' and ink dorsement for it irbjp.s the general public. , ! S The Lever act, under 'which the t government acted in the court . pro!, codings,' never was exacted to apply to workers, the council asserted, and n its use against the miners wasclassed a as "an injustice not only to workers, - but to all liberty loVing Americans." . s The action was taken without any s participation of William Green, geny era! secretary of the mine workers, * e who ft a memW, but all ihe remaini ing principal officers of the American ' n Federation of Labor were present The council began its sessions at' 4:5TD o'clock after its members had been hastily summoned together* and the statement which formulated its muvu **00 toieiiaiy revisea ana re- " written by Samuel Gompers and . Frank Morrison, president and secref tary, respectively, of the federation. r Statement of Council. ' V r . _The council in its statement pre- ^rrt sented at length the history of the negotiations which lpd up to! and pre- / e cipitated the strike, declaring almost , n in the sentence, that the ''officers I 6f the United Mine Workers did evit C , e erything in their power to avert this >- great industrial struggle.' It reserved I its bitterest words for later, comment y on governmental action thereafter. i There were 2,200 delegates, repre- 1 b senting BOfyOOO miners, seated in the a convention which called the strike, the statement said, after briefly j sketching in complaints - of working conditions in the industry, which it is asserted, the miners seek to remedy f by striking. The instrnHions of the ^ convention were taken through tha v usual committees into conference ' , ^ with operators,.and then, the state* mcnt puts it, "our government interjeqted itself and applied for an in* { junction." e The statement characterised * the action as "ipvasion of the rights of r. miners," intended to starve the min- / 3 ers into submission by cutting off j their strike benefits, and demanded 0 the .withdrawal of the injunction sej. cured Saturday ; at Indianapolis "to h restore confidence m the institutions of oar country and respect to courts.'. DEMONSTRATION STEAM u v PRESSURE COOKING AT . CIVIC CLUB MEETING S * ^ The Civic Club will meet Thursday s afternoon in the Red Cross rooms at r which time Mis? Mary Lou Bowie, County Agent, will give a demonstration of steam pressure cooking. All who are interested, club members as well as non-club members, are invit* >. ed to attend this meeting. i T e SWVVVSVVVWVWV - V B V COTTON MARKET. V k. w V November 10. V V Spot Cotton 40.20 V v V ? ? New York Cotton Market V V January 36.90 V V March 35.96- V j V May 35.12 V r V December 37.80 V, ' ' WVAVWVUV ' / > x ' V