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V " i # . * ft? . . L. . V " ' * * ' . . ? Abbeville Press and Banner Ertablithed MM. _ COAL WE MAY! BE ENDED SOON Garfield I* Determined to Bring Con- j troversy to Close?Intervention of | Fuel Administrator Expected to Bring Strikers and Operators Together at Once. mmmmmmmm Washington, Nov. 23.?The intervention of Fuel Administrator Garv field tomorrow in the lagging negotiator of bituminous operators and miners of the central competitive field was expected tonight to bring to a climax the long drawn out conflict and clear the way for speedy settlement of the strike of the strike situation which has put the country of the verge of a coal famine. Although the day brought no new developments here, as mine owners and workers awaited action by the administration tomorrow, it was evident that both sides recognized that a settlement could not long be delayed. No formal meetings 01 any suit wcic held. Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the operators, and John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers, remained here, but many of the operators spent the week-end out of the city. Reports received by j operators from Middle Western states showed that tha coal scarcity already had reached the famine stage and that the cold weather had brought suffering and hardship. I LABOR SHORTAGE OF WORLD TO BE MET BY ITALIAN WORKERS | Rome.?(By Mail.)?France and ; Italy have just negotiated a labor i treaty under the terms of which Italy i expects to.furnish France with more l than 1,000,000 workmen for the re-j k-jiHm? of the French devastated! districts. This treaty may be regarded as ] sounding the-keynote of Italy's newi policy regarding emigration. With a world's shortage in manpower of between seven and eight million caused by the deaths and per- ] imanently disabled of the war, Italy, is one of the very few nations that can contribute steadily towards mak- j ing up this loss, proposes hereafter to safeguard and protect her emigrating workingmen in every wayi possible. i Realizing that her surplus of pop- 1 ulation, in fact, about the only nat- ] ural national resource of which she j does have an excess, constitutes one i of her greatest national assets, Italy < hereafter will place a much higher . value in her men than before the war. 1 The treaty just negotiated with B IM. 1 r ranee, wnue reciprocal in every -way, will apply as a matter of fact 1 almost exclusively to the Italian 1 workmen who go to France, as few 1 if any French workingmen can be I counted upon to emigrate to Italy, i Under the terms of this treaty, the j 1 Italians who will be employed in the;' devastated districts of France and j elsewhere are fully guaranteed in their social and political rights, in ] their educational facilities, in the I matter of their recompense and, in fact, in everything that eoes to af I feet their moral and material welfare. 3 1 -EXPERIENCE." "Experience", which will be shown here Friday night, promises to be the best performance that has been given in Abbeville this season. The advance sale of tickets has been large and < those who want to get seats had best ] make reservations as early as possi- \ V COTTON MARKET. V: IV November 24. VI V Spot Cotton 39.00 V* V January 35.72 VV March 33.97 V V May 32.64 V 1 December 36.75 V I ABBEVILLE HIGH WINS FROM NINETY-SIX BY LARGE SCORE FRIDAY The Abbeville High School football team, averaging 50 pounds;, worried the big Ninety-Six eleven, averaging] 140 pounds, for four qaurters- here" jfriaay aiternoon and won Dy tnej overwhelming score of 26 to 6. The touchdown of the Ninety-Six team , came in the last half minute of play, | when a halfback skirted right end and j crossed the goal line unopposed, the j local team seemingly asleep for the moment. The only excuse that can be offered is that it had gotten ' almost too dark to distinguish the players. It was the only time thatj the Ninety-Six. team threatened to j score. In fact, it was only in the | last few minutes of play that the j ball was ever out of the opponent's, territory. The work of Hugh Bradley at end,! Donald Harris and Claude Gambrell.! halfbacks, Foster Barnwell, conter, j and Tate at guard, is especially to! be commended. But above all, the | team work of the Abbeville eleven j was the outstanding feature of the game and was the factor that enabled it, outweighed over 40 pounds to the man, to run over, and beac aj much heavier team. The local team tried a number of j forward passes and were successful' with a number, making a touchdown j on one, caught by Smith at end, who | ran twenty-five yard for a touchdown. MEETING OF PARENTTEACHER ASSOCIATION The Abbeville Parent-Teacher Association met on Tuesday afternoon j at the High School building and wasi addressed by Prof. J. W. Thomson,! Winthrop College, whose subject wasj the proper training of a child. The meeting was opened by prayer' by the Rev. J. L. Daniel, after which the following program was given: Piano solo, Miss Ruth Beeks; recitation, Miss Mary Shaw Gilliam; piano solo, Miss Annie Wilson; declamation, Edwin Barksdale; vocal solo, Miss Victoria Howie. The matter of raising funds for the proper equipment of the school' playgrounds was taken under consideration and plans were made, which will be carried out in the near future. LIEUT. FRANK E. HARRISON - - - ? I\ei i umio IVI HIS HOME | Lieut. F. E. Harrison, Jr., arrived | in Abbeville Sunday night from the J Canal Zone and is now visting his j I parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Harrison. I Lieut. Harrison returned on a govern-1 ment transport via Porto Rico to New Orleans, being assigned to Jackson Barracks for a few days, receiving his discharge from the United States Army there last Lie^t. Harrison has been in the service since the fall of 1917. He was living in New York at the time and ?*as inducted into the service there, . ?oing to Camp Upton, where he soon ' afterwards received a commission, 1 being a graduate of the Citadel. He was assigned to the Canal Zone in February. Lieut. Harrison has not made any j plans for the future and it is possi-l ble that he will make his home in Abbeville and not return to New York, a course which his many friends in this city hope that he will 1 take. ' i BROTHERHOODS MEET I1 TO DISCUSS HINES' 1 TIME PROPOSAL 1 1 Cleveland, 0. Nov. 24.?Five hun- ] i ired general chairman of the four.* railroad brotherhoods met here today jl n A.1? ?.lomci me overtime proposal |< submitted by Walker D. Hines direc-'(< ;or general of railroads. The confer- : ?nce is expected to last three days. Appointments of committees, pre- 1 ;entation of credentials and other) preliminary work occupied most of j ;oday's session. I Heating Plant Installed. j1 The heating and ventilating plants < n the graded and High School have^ )een installed and the official test j 1 vill be made Wednesday. < MRS. JOSEPH A. WILSON DIES AT HER HOME FRIDAY MORN Mrs. Lola Higgason Wilson, years of age, wife of Joseph A. son, died at her home Friday in ing at 1:30 o'clock, after a linge illness of several months. While death was not unexpected the i ing of Mrs. Wilson was a shoe her many friends, and few pc are privileged to make and hoi many friends of every age as Wilson. Mrs. Wilson was a native of Lc County, Virginia. She came to beville to live in 1897. For the fifteen years she has been pracU< an invalid, but through it all cheerful, buoyant disposition has only sustained her but has been inspiration to others. She v:t: formly bright and happy and \v;r life of any group in which she ft herself. Among the young Abbeville she was an especial fa ite. Her death is a matt.?r of i regret to all. The funeral was held Sat a morninc af 1 1 ftVlnoL- o + tlio dence, conducted by ihe Rev. H Pratt. Interment followed immed ly in Melrose cemetery. The i of flowers that banked the gravi! ter the funeral was a mute but b tiful tribute of love from her n friends. The pallbearers were: R. N. Ti F. S. Hill, W. D. Wilson, C. L. Si George Penney and W. E. Owen Besides her husband, Mrs. Wi is survived by two brothers, T. Lu Higgason, Asheville, N. C., and M dith Higgason, West Virginia. MRS. LUCY JOLIFF DIES SATURI Mrs. Lucy Joliff, 79 years mother of Mrs. Harry B. Wilson, Saturday afternoon at 5:45 o'cl making the second death in the son family in 48 hours. Mrs? J has been a semi-invalid for years cently becoming very much wc her death having been expected some time. She was born in Nor County, Virginia, and lived tl most of her life, coming to Abbe to live with her daughter in 190 She is survived by Mrs. Harr: Wilson and one son, J. W. Joliff, Portsmouth, Va. The funeral was held at 4 o'c Sunday afternoon at Melrose c? tery, conducted by the.Rev. C Peele, pastor of the Methc Qhurch. The pallbearers were: D. Wilson, George Penney, J. L. rin, W. E. Hill, and Dr. J. R. Nicl The sympathy of the entire c munity goes out to the Wilson?fai in their double bereavement. ? UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICE THURSI The Baptist church will be nlono [/ HVV VA uivyviiig iui Hie city M>beville to hold their annual 1 ha giving service this week. All chari of the community have entered union service in response to invitation of the Baptists, and service will be held at 11 o'c Thursday morning. National blessings during the ] year have been so many, and so < 3picious (not withstanding social rest and industrial disturbance) our State and sfection have beer markedly prosperous, that it sh< be regarded an uifcsual privilege part of Christians and others to m public expression of their thank: the Giver of all good. During the pex*iod, Abbeville citizens were re jnough to pray to God: and this j ;he Thanksgiving service will ience the sincerity of the lives of [Christian professions of the peo pear'waee cmfwyp taoin cmfwyp ( FOUNTAIN INN OIL MILL BURNED TOD Greenville, S. C., Nov. 24.?Fir< anknown origin today destroyed >il mill, ginnery and fertilizer pi >f the Fountain Inn Oil and Manui ;uring Co., causing a loss of propt estimated at $100,000. DR. SWOPE, FORMER ' . PASTOR, ADDRESSES 1NG ABBEVILLE BAPTISTS 46 Dr. Geo. W. Svvope, of Richmond, Wil- Va., the well known evangelist of thej orn- Baptist Church, addres^od the Bap-j ring tists of Abbeville Friday night on the ^' hor ~> Million Campaign, n?w being ' >ass-1 conducted by his church. His talk ( k to was interesting and forceful, setting 1 ople | forth the needs of the church and 1 d as j the uses to which the money will: be ' Mrs.!put. ^ I wnue in town Dr. Swope stopped ! iuisa in at the Press and Banner office and his work since he left Abbe- 1 past | last year. He said that he had :ally held meetings in seven or eight states, her had had 1200 professions of faith and not 800 additions 'if> the membership of an the Baptist Church. ) uni- ^r* Swope did not leave the office i (Vj3 without a word of praise for Virginia iurrl and Richmond, in particular, saying , o 0f i that when he was not thinking of lVor-1 South Carolina, Virginia . v/r.s the deep!beat State in which he had ever lived. , Sunday morning Dr. Swope" preachvday ed f?r the Baptists on the Atoneresi ment. His old members were glad of the opportunity to listen again to iate- their former thoughtful and eloquent [nags pastor. No man who has been here r at- *n the last quarter of a century has eau- done better work than the good doclany tor> an<* no man w^? has lived in our, midst has more friends and admirers | than has he. Let us hope that the 1 auls, ^nes t? us in pleasant places and one of these days we may have : ilson him nearer usther doctor brings good news about [ere- ^e members of his family. Young jGeorge came along with him, and.let everybody know that he y^as here. ; Leslie is "now at Harvard, where he preparing himself for his chosen < life work in the legal profession. 1 0jtj( Paul's voice has developed into a rich ] i baritone, ^nd he sings Sundays t:> ockjthe people|who attend Patrick Hen- \ Wil- ry's church (Give me Liberty or Givci< oiiff|Me Death.) Miss Harriet is a mem- j re_ ber of the sixth grade in the junioi \ >rse, high school, while Mrs. Swope is as , for good looking and as bright as ever folk ( here PASTOR OF LONG CANE I yille CHURCH HAS RESIGNED , f g To ;he sorrow of the congregation , O?;of Long: Cane Pre byterian Church, j the pa . i or, the Rev. H. D. Corbett, , lock tendered his resignation to the ses- , ,me_ sion of that church Sunday morning. E He has accepted a call to the St. j tdist Matthews Presbyterian Church. Mr. . Corbett stated that he would stay ^ per_ with the Long Cane church until it , ties. |securea another preacher. Mr. Cor- , :om- j bett*a resignation is not only a mat- . m^yji?r of regret to the members of his I congregation but to his many friends i in Abbeville and Abbeville County. >AY i COTTON GINNED UP TO NOVEMBER 14 ' the! 7,577,826 BALES of 1 v W ashington, Nov. 21.?Cotton t / ::;inned prior to November 14 ^ amounted to 7,577,826 bales of lint, i "1 o: . including 33,543 round bales, 17,- < cilO ^ 067 bales of American Egyptian and i lock bales of Sea Island, the Cen- < sus Bureau announced today. i . Prior to November 14 last year, t 8,706,420 bales including 127,034 t son- . un round bales, 6,873 Dales of American e an[j Eguptian, and 20,854 bales of Sea t Island were ginned. * I ou I * >uld I? on Union Services. j J ,ake jc 5 to 'The Rev. C. E. Peele, the new pas- i war tor of the Methodist Church con- c atly ducted Union services in the Mctho t rear dist Church Sunday night. There was t evi- a large congregation. The Rev. H. 3 the W. Pratt introduced Mr. Peele. Mr. 0 ple. Peele's sermon was able, effective a gee and interesting. 0 a Cmmcil Pasie* Ordinance. , ' AY A special meeting of the City ? of Council was lu H Monday morning, the at which, time an rrdina.ice providing (It!1 !fnr tlio cola n-f 47.1 "1 (1(1 ifl fac- paving certificates was pa&oeu. $21,- C srty 000 has been collected to date in as- b sessments for street paving. tl OPERATORS WANT I TIME TO CONFER WITH DR. GARFIET.D I Washington, Nov. 22.?Secretary) Wilson's proposal for a wage advance of 31.61 per cent for day ia-J borers and 27.12 cents per ton for coal diggers was accepted this after-} loon Dy jonn jj. l^ewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers on I behalf of the miners. Explaining the basis of the wage^ scales he had suggested, Secretary Wilson issued a statement saying that cost of living in mining regions has advanced 79.80 per cent and the increase would just equalize the situation for the miners. | In face of Mr. Lewis, announce-j ment that the miners had decreased j their wage demands from 40 to 31 per. cent as asked by Secretary Wilson, a joint conference between miners and]! operators set for late today was post-' poned until Monday at request of the operators. The operators, 1t was understood, asked postponement of the confer-' 1L.1 xl 1 J J- Tt 1 * J I cute su mat mey cuuiu meet r uei aqministrator Garfield to learn the government attitude toward the coal controversy. They were unable to arrange a conference with Mr. Garfield today. In announcing the new wage demands, Mr. Lewis charged that ope-, rators outside the central cooperative', fields were trying to block a settle-1 ment of the coal strike. "We are awaiting Dr. Garfield's1 pleasure," Said Phil H. Penna, mem-!^ ber of the operators committee. The operators declared today that ^ Secretary Wilson's proposal to the1 r joint wage scale committees yester-j^ day had served only* to widen the|t breach between the operators and \ miners. / jv "There are only a few more words :o say and they will be said very soonM,t declared Thomas T. Brewster, chair-1 f * L man of the operators, before entering c Hio ? ?- ?-' m?? uiwbbuig vi vuc uyciatvis at'tfic j :ommittee. jp Coal operators went into confer- t jnce today with many of their numr'l t>er in favor of breaking off negotia-Jt ations until the miners return to svork. These operators are ready for'\ a finish fight, and want to demand t that the governmeht furnish troops to protect miners who are willing to'v work. t The operators committee, headed 1 by Mr. Brewster, will ask Mr. Gary, field to, state exactly what support a the government will give if the opera-1 tors decide to break off negoiations' i with the miner* ? fiwiovJ* ? M..?. # WVMk W M> * fight to make the latter return to't vork under the present contract bc- p fore further negotiations are carried )n. !a Operators prepared to give notice' jf this step at a joint conference'* with the miners this afternoon if Mr. a Sarfield gives an answer satisfactory ;o the operators. 0 Many operators believe, however, e ;hat Mr. Garfield will suggest some1: >ther solution than one carrying with 1 t. the formal breaking off of nego-j jtiations. Operators who want a fin-] sh fight already have prepared a let-1 ^ ;er to President Wilson, reviewing,^ heir efforts at peaceful settlement ^ ind suggesting that as a lafet resort hey are willing to operate the mines ^ ind let the president solve the whole oal question. The operators suggest| n the letter that any increase in cost >f operation which might result from ncreased wages shall be borne not nly by the public but by the opera-, c-5 as well. These operators believe ^ he cabinet is with them in their^ tand with the exception of Secretaryjg if Labor Wilson, against whom they.,, ,re bitter. This, they say, is because ' if the attitude of Secretary Wilson; s get forth in his address to the oint conference late last night. \ni Land Sale. ? 5 G J. S. Stark sold Monday 97 acresjni f land near Lowndesville, to W. C. jli ann, of Lowndesville, the price pui<ik.i eing $7150. The place is kno.v.i :?' |p< ie John Ferguson property. I pi I % WILSON'S DEATH .PROVES HOAX ^ice-President Marshall's Speech b Ended Abruptly By Story?Atlanlanta Audience Is Shocked" By Story Which Is Started By Unknown Person. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.?Through a hoax perpatrated by an unknown person here tonight an address by VicePresident Marshall before an audience of several thousand persons at the audiriotum armory was broken up by k he false announcement that Presilent Wilson wasdead. An unknown man, it was said ,tele- phoned to the office of the building and asked for the vice-president. On being told Mr. Marshall was making an address and could not come to the ' telephone, the voice replied, "Well, he'll come now for the president iiy. dead and Washington wants him on the long distance." As soon as he could the vice president got to a telephone and called the Associated Press where he was assured that there was no truth in such a rumor. "Thank God," he replied in a trembling voice. THE NATIONAL BANK BEING RECREATED , > When the improvements and addi;ions now being made on the Naional Bank are completed that bank vil be one of the handsomest and nost up-to-date in South Carolina. >45,000 will be spent to re-create his bank; for it will be a re-creation rith everything?down jto the inkveils?new. The banking room will run the enire length of the building. The en ranee will be from the front instead if the side as heretofore. There will tlso be another entrance where the >resent entrance now is, entering ino a vestibule, from which#stairs will ead to the offices upstairs and to he rooms downstairs. The bank lobby and banking room rill hav? marble wainscoating and ile floor- ami 1'..: *v?lls and ceiling rill be artistically decorated. There rill be alcoves around the lobby and hese alcoves will be decorated with ristorical pictures, the theme of vhich the bank officials aro keeping is a surprise for the publi:. The whole upstairs will be re-finshed in an attractive manner and nade into business offices. It is honp/i o make a tea room out of ihe downtairs and if this is done the downLaix-s will be fitfed up in the most ipproved style for tea rooms. The fixtures of the National Bank /ill be tko best that can be bought it ihe present time. The Geo. W. duller Bank Fixture Co. has charge ?f the work and will furnish all the quipnient down to the last item. i HE ROCHE AND SYFAN LANDS SOLD The auction sale of the Koche and . yfan lands were conducted Monday y the Dixie Land Company and the 'iednfint Land Company. The prices aid mark a new fecord for farm inds in this county. TllP list n-f Kmrowj Isvll/vnr. - -v .??v VA AVIIVTT Roche Laada D. E. Penney, 37 acres, $121.50 er acre. M.^. Tolbert, 37 acres, $88 er acre. Pat Roche, 77 acres, $96 per ere. W. A. Calvert, 43 acres, $51.50 cr acre. G. L. Flynn, 30 acres, $92.0 per acre. D. H. Hill, 72 acres, $67.0 per acre. J. E. Roche, 15 acres, wi.uu per acre. j. A. snands, 55 eves, $102.50 per acre. Svfan Land* C. L. Drennan, 9 acres, $156.00 er acre. C. L. Drennan, 13 acres, 116.00 per acre. John Blanehett, 24 ires, $120 00 per acre. Albert Henry d acres, $116.00 per r. re. J. T. Simions. 33 acres, $13" per acre. M. E. oiiinfrswortb. ?.'i acres, $75.00 per it*. *. ti. Jfennall, 41 acres, $58.00 ?r acre. D. H. Hill, 40 acres, $55.00 er acre.