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Abbeville Press and Banner ErtaMiAf"! lflU $2,00 the Year., Abbeville, S. CM Friday?December 5, 1919.^^ Single Copietr Five totiL^TSth Yew, ASKS WILSON TO * SEVERJELAiNSi; Situation Grows Mora Tease. n ? " - Ham P DilCOTertd q , WhUk Win Astound World. Z Senator Fall Ted* of ? Inquiry. n i Washington, Dec. 3.?President ^ Wilson was requested in a resolution introduced today in^the senate to sever^diplomatic relations with Mexico. L The resolution was offered *by Sen- V( iater Fall, Republican of New Mexico, q, who sis chairman of a subcommittee f, *Ko Murium situation. a< (declared evidence had been found 1g "would astound the world". It ^ ?lao' asked that the president with- hi recognition of the Carranza f< r 3wtator Fall boldly charged that f < the Mexican embassy, the consulate . ysterals in -New York and .San Franc: daeo and the consulates along the 0; border with the knowledge and eon- 4 b ; f ^aqcfc of President Carzanza, had been gj actively engaged in the spreading of ^ v boleahevist propaganda in the United a States. Evidence, it was said, would )n be forthcoming to bear out the charge t] , jBjf this resolution which was sent to p f^pti^foreign Relations committee of the # aeaate for consideration tomorrow the n whole Mexican problem, admittedly g, grmve in view of refusal of the Car- j,( ranza administration to release Con- ^ solar Agent Jenkins from the peni- j ^ tentiary at Puebla, will be put before.lt] congress. The. latest note from the ft j, state department calling for the immediate. release of Jenkins was laid fc ^--..Mtae the Mexican government on a: . Monday. Word to this effect reached a] the department today, bat there was c< ?o intimation as to when an answer . it be unexpected. An early report jA fro mthe committee on the Fallirosor . laftzOc is expected and this will pnt squarely before the seiiaroused to a high pitch by recent W&mSmiir.iai the Americans in Mexico. bi t' r, Senator Pall did no*fc indicate w the exact nature of his evidence, it 41 .was said that he obtained photo- P: ^r'^t|i)ilc copies of correspondence <*< .which would clearly showsecret oper- a< of the.Mexican president and ^ Ms official representatives in this country. There also was introduced in C( the jbenate a resolution by Senator w Ad^first, Democrat, Arizona, author- w w* secretary ox war to use ~tac ? nation's forces for protecting its people on their own side of the border. *c For (right years Senator Aihurst said 43 fi" he bid been waiting for the army, to 01 T: Amenam ngau uiong me I border, and he felt that the time had ** I come for action. Pj 8 Camp Moved. ? County Supervisor W. A. StevenI son moved the county camp Tuesday a] jpfjsto j winter quarters between his ffifbome and town. Work will be con- ^ K i tiaued throughout the winter on sec tidns of roads where work is most ^ ? ucrrucu. me camp now consists 01 . /r18 convicts, one guard and foreman, & J. A.. Schrocder. ^ I Boolu! Books! ^ Christmas is coming and the spirit Jof giving is in the air. Have you a w jK^: duplicate book in yonr library which Hb-vjJWi could give to the Abbeville Li- a Hff; sbrary? A new book would be grate^K. Stilly received. Give a dollar and en[R toII yourself as a member or better B| stfll give a hundred dollars and help SB'? wbrthy cause. A hundred dollars ^ ? is just pocket change in this day of high price cotton. * B > COTTON MARKET. * I\; . December 4. V .V Spot Cotton 40.00 V ^ January 36.94 V . March 34.61 V tl \ May 32.82 V . V December 39.00 V f. '/-r S * HE FUEL SAVING L ORDER IS MODIFIED BY REGIONAL BOARD Mayor Mars announces a modifiition of the fuel and light saving tc rder by the regional board whereby w ores and other places of business di Ay open before 9 and stay open ai fter 4 o'clock ,provided they use no d< sat or light or power produced by ni mu or wood or gas; and a further v) odiffcation allowing unrestricted c< x oif power originating solely and olusively from hydro-electric plants, hi The text of the order is as follows: to With the hope of reducing to a a< linimum the discomfort and incon- u snience which the public generally hi lust be called upon^to suffer in the, g lei crisis, and particularij&ln rec- n jnition of the situation Misting in si le midst of the Christmas shopping sc ;ason, the regional fuel committee oi sreby makes effective at once the p >llowing regulations supplementary ? > orders and modifications hereto- tc >*e: d Mast Not Um Fuel 0 ^'Industries, stores and other places t Dusiness may open oerore y a. m. ^ ad dose later than 4 p. m. (if xrat* de of those hours they nse no heat ghtor power which was produced ny way with coal, wood or gas. This ^ todification' is made\ strictly upon ^ le condition that those plants and ^ laces of business which use heat v a uring the hours fixed: by the com- ? littee will shut off their fuel con impaon at tne same time it worna e shut off if they were closing their ( oori &t 4 p. m., and that heat will ^ e' used no earlier in the morning 1 urn allowed by the original regu- w itions, P Grocery, meat and milk, stores, 0 arber shops and places of public, 0 museraent, may operate^ outside of ** jecial hours 'fixed for them, if they ^ >mply with the above conditions. ? ? MERICA'S ANNUAL ci GOVERNMENT COST . TO BE FIVE BILLION R ' " ' Washington, Dec. 1.?The record . llion-dolfer c oh presses of ordinary jace timesfaded into the past today hen Secretary Glass presenting the 80 maal estimates, proposed "apropriations of practically five billion ^ >llars for conducting the peace-time ? :tivities of the government during ie fiscal year 1921. According to these figures, it will *c >st more than ffye times as much to w' mduct the peace-time affairs of govrnment as it did in the year pre- jt" iding the World war. ' The greatest individual estimates ? ? ? m A a Kf >r expenditures, or course, go to tne *" rmy and navy. The yearly interest n< a the war debt, however, is $1,017,- C? ^' I ^ DO,QOO, which sum alone is neater w inn all the appropriations for, all arposes whatsoever of any peaceme congress. ANGER OF INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IS FADING ol oi Washington, Dec. 3.?Danger of nother influenza epidemic. is grad- m ally fading, reports to the public ^ ealth service indicate. - ^ The government, however, is con- 81 nuing its fight against the disease nd intends to do so until it is safely J1 nder control, Surgeon General Blue, w f the public health service, said toajr. He pointed to the fact that this 80 epartment desires an appropriation ^ f $200,000 for the fiscal year endig June 30, 1921, most of which ill be used to fight the "flu." ar NOTHER HIGH RECORD ESTABLISHED BY COTTON New York, Dec. 3.?Another re- hi >rd price was established on the Pl ew York Cotton Exchange today ^ hen December cotton contracts sold to t forty cents a pound on continued hi jvering at the opening of the local tarket. This made an advance of to 1.50 a bale over yesterday's closing. . Library Hour* M On account of the fuel saving order U; lie library will open at 3 o'clock and C< lose at 5:30 instead of 6 p. m. as pi eretofore. |h( EADERS OF G. O. P. DOUBT IF WILSON WROTE MESSAGE Washington, Dec. 3.-I?<Congfress K>k the Wilson nMnin n? , nmal ith an outward show of scorn inifference and even captions doubt 3 to the true authorship of. the Dcument, but with an inWard recoption of certain fundamental issues hich the president had raised that )uld not very well be side-stepped. No better illustration perhaps ave been given of the conception hich the two rival parties have nowlays of tiie nature of their public tterances than the comment that was sard in the message. Instead of iving a careful analysis of the cominnication and criticdxing it con* rructively or destructively in the tnse of offering an ^opposite point I view the approach of the 1920 olitical campaign makes* it theorti any necessary for the Republicans > toss off teh whole, thing as of ouibtful authenticity while the Demcrats simrfltaneonely issue ecconims of praise for' thephrases of leir White House leaders. Many Republicans preferred to impress wonder whether Mr. Wilson rote his own message. Others lought the message altogether toO rilsonian. They recognised too le familiar phrases, toe "guttering eneralities," and the excessive mdneBB for tell viewpoint of labor lat has so often characterised the iTllson state papers. Nor did certain r the thoughtful Republicans doubt sr a minute that the tendency to* ardward free trade exhibited by the resident was indoubitably a .product f the Wilson mind. These evidences P WQsonism hare become altogether >o well-known on capitol hill during le last seven years t6 become judonH anpnrliinir vhon lb led over the signature of Jhe Demo atic incumbent of the presidency. AYMOND SWETENBURC FRACTURES LEG IN SCRUB FOOTBALL GAME Raymond Swetenburg, 14 year old n of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Svreten L-J 1.1 (...air U^| U?U bUC UUOJLV1VUU9 frv viv??a 8 right leg just above the knee hursday morning at the High School ist before school convened. A numir of boys were' playing - "scrub" lotbaQ, kicking the baD arid tackling hen young Swetenburg fell *nd lother boy fejll on his leg, fracturing Dr. G. A. Neuffer and Dr. L. T. ill wer^ called and set the fractured me. The fracture was simple and is >t considered serious, but will, of mrse, keep the young boy confined bod for a number of weeks. MRS. CECILE F. SCHWERIN. v -V . . u; Jri. i ; ? I *L Mrs. Cecile F. Schwerin, 67 years d, died Monday night at the home ! heir daughter, Mrs. S. H. Rosen;rg, after a brief illness of pnieuonia. Mrs. Schwerin's home was fa iimter and she was on a vi it with ;r daughter when she was taken ck. The body was taken to Sumter on nesday morning and the funeral as held there Wednesday morning. The deceased is survived by one ?n, C. F. Schwerin, North Carolina; iree daughters, Mrs. S. H. Rosenirg, Abbeville; Mrs. Louis Lyon, imter, Mrsi Ralph Lyon, Sumter, id Miss Julia Schwerin, Sumter. The Colonel and Hi* Car. Col. Dale Barkadale did not give all s money to the big Baptist camlign, though he "done noble" in lat respect, for he is riding around >wn in a new Chandler car. It is a g car and will acommodate his tmily and a good many pretty girls 0. Spending Thanlusmng. Mrs. F. J. Marshall and Miss Kate arshall went over to Cartersvillo, a., and spent Thanksgiving with 01. John F. Calhoun. They had a easant time, remaining away from >me until Tuesday. ? PRESIDENT URGES SESSION TO ENACT CONSTRUCTIVE LAWS Washington, Dec. 2.?General recommendations in legislation to comjbat the cost of living, labor unrest, radicalism and readjustment of the 'natioh to peace-time basis, were the If^atnres of President Wilson's an jftual message to congress delivered today. The peace treaty, the president toid congress, will be discussed in a sefoifrte inessage later, as will the railroad question. I^^the second time only, since the president established the practice of addressing congress in person, his message was read today by the m? mendation3 were: v Establishment of a budget system for (the national finances. Reorganization of tbe taxation aystUMrith simplification of th, income and excess profits. ?%. .? a a'- ? ?m m readjustment or toe tartxx system if tfectsaary to meet changed world conditions and make the system con* form with the fact that the United states is "the greatest capitalist in the world." i .ijfccognitioh and relief for veteran soldiers of the Wprid Var, particularly in the way of government farms as proposed oy Secretary Lane. Proper measures to loste? the dyestuffs industry bttilt up during the I war to keep tfye United Sttit^a imle pendent of foreign supply, .j An enlarged program for rural development, in recognition , of the farmers' part in the war. Treaty Delay Harmful Measures which "will .remove the causes" of "political restlessness in, lout body politxi." I At this Doint the oresident made his most extensive reference to the $eace treaty by eayinjr tjhe caused for the unrest "are superficial. rather than "deep-seated*' and that they ?azise froj or are cozu^ecfcsd with the! fftftttre on the government to arrive speedily at a just and permanent p^ee permitting return to normal condition* from the transfusion of radical theoxlfes from seething European centers pending such delay, fromheartlesa profiteering reMilting from-the increase of the cost of>living, and lastly from the machinations of passionateand malevolent agita? oris. With the retarn to normal conditions this unrest will rapidly i w disappear." - . | ' The president renewed his re commendationa for legislation to deal effectively with "those persons who by violent methods would abrogate our time-tested institutions. ' - Several recommendations, some renewals of previous ones, were made by the president to bring down the cost of living. Among, them were extAnidon of the food control law to peace times for the emergency; regulations for transportation of foods in interstate commerce; a cold storage lay? modeled after the law in New Jersey; a law requiring marks to show the length of time foods are kept in storage and a law to secure "competitive selling and prevent unconscionable profits" by federal license of corporations selling food in interstate commerce. A lone nortion of the messacre was devoted to a discussion of the condition and rights of labor. "A definite program to bring about an improvement in the conditions of labor" and bring about "a genuine democratization of industry" was recommended. "The only way to keep men from agitating against grievances is to reImnve fho om'omnpd# " afliH f.ViA nrpfri. dent's message. At another point it declared "the seed of revolution is repression." Activities of Reds "The establishment of the principles regarding labor, laid down in the covenant of the League of Nations," said the message, "offers us the way to industrial peace and conciliation. No other road lies open to us. Governments must recognize the right of, men tn hnrtrnin cnllonHvolr fnr humane objects . . .Labor must no longer be treated as a commodity. HOME SERVICE TO BE CONTINUED BY RED CROSS HERE. The executive committee of the Red Cross held an interesthig and enthusiastic meeting Wednesday afternoon in the Red Cross rooms, at ( which time Hiss Annie Doty, field secretary of the Home Service Department, made an address on the work of her department She told of the woii accomplished, the purposes of the department and the plans for the future. She also outlined the needs of such a department in a small city. At the tiasinesfr session of the executive committee it was decided ,|A *1? 4 * ,A w wumuuc uio wurs 1116 bene service section and to fornish the secretary with an automobile in order for her to attend to her work in the county. From the report of the secretary Mrs. M. T. Coleman, it was shown that the work' of this departmenthad grqwn to such proportions here, that if it were to be done, it would be necessary to get transportation in order that any point in the bounty might he visited. The report of the secretary, Mrs, 0. C. Gambrell, showed that the Roil all in Abbeville County brought in about f1,600. Half of this sum belongs to the local chapter. This a: mount with the funds already on hand were deemed sufficient to continue thi home service tfannrim?tfr for another year. 1 y The sale of the Bed Crott hot at the shops was discussed and was H'eft in t?e hat|ds of a committee for j action. 'X; .- .r'S.V : v ; >..[, A.-v...:' . To PUy Greanwood. The Abbeville High School football team will dose the season by playing itie Ure^nwood team at Greenwood thiV afternoon. The local eleven has already defeated the Greenwood team by p large score and should have little trouble in duplicating the win. But there is little ijr dope this year 9&3t there is the fact to consider: that, Greenwood las had several weeks in Which to practice and learn the fine , points of the game. The Greenwood team will outweigh theiocal aggrega- i tlon 30, pounds to 'the man and "this ii * handicap that is hard to get arom t ' ; ' .} (V'-J">-?V ; I . I Teecfcerf Are Defatted, The girls' basketbal team of the HighSchool overwhelmed ,a 'team composed of teachers, on t^e school court Wednesday afternoon tyy a ' score of 58 to 8. It was an exciting and interests^ game and would seem to prove that' the girls have developed a strong team. Thp team will play Djie West here Friday. ' ' ? ~ i l / ... ? i ' "Ttte rigllt oz individuals w i is inviolate," continued the menage, 1 "and ought not to be interfered with 1 by any process of government, "but i there , is a predominant right and that I is the right of the government to pro* tect all of its people and to assert its ' power and majesty against the chal- I lenge -of any class." The president was referring to the covernment'a recent injunction against the coal strike. ] The message closed with a pointed ; reference to radicalism, and < red , doctrines and referred to "Russia to- ] day with its blood and terror" as a , "painful object lesson of the power j of minorities." . , "There are those in this country, said the message, "who threaten direct action to force their will upon a majority. . .It makes little difference what minority it is; whether capital or labor, or ^ny other class; no sort of privilege will ever be permittetd to dominate this country. Orderly processes, the message de* - i n - ? ciarea, were ine oniy ones Dy wmcn relief and reform could be obtained. "Those who would propose any other method of reform are enemies of this country," the message said . . Let those beware who take the shorter road of disorder and revolution." i i ? T0ENTER1W Overture of Senate to Om1u? StAte ,'M ofPeace Strikes Snag & jW?? '.iffcffijSH C.? TL.> D.. . if mh irewyu up to President ft ad S?n*U for Settlemrat. M Washington, Dec. 8.?The plan of ' . /-i Republican senate leaders to declare ] a stat^of peace by concurrent reeolu- ft tiun of congress struck a snag today % in the house. Chairman Porter of the foreign affairs committee said his committee had ho intention of/reporting1 shch # \ | resolution and it waa indicated that 'pj house leaders supported this portion. ; The position. taken. l>y the v house Re publicans was said to be that repeal o* the w tbae Ieg^slati^ iiiacb wwihb oe ? mere acceptable metnoa . .jm that the^estion of peace was one of '? which the president and the senate, ^ ?onstitiitlng the treaty making power, should determine. ' The standi of hoase Republican iMuvts woo awcyww ???* blocking the plan of Republican sena tore to have the house act first on a peace resolution. In the ?ei?te &ch a | resolution has been presentedbySen- y a tor Lodge, the Repnblican leader, and now" Is in the hands ofitha< foreign relations committal Members thought tonight that the committee probably would not take it up when it meets tomorrow for the first time in the new session. in-the senate the resolution faces ^tub born .Democratic opposition and it was predicted , by many senators that. :/? no effort to bring" it to a vote would , ^ V ItT was exol&ined that vhife fflmitu i*l : 1 man Porter opposed a concurrent resolution he would not oppose a joint resolution, which requires the presfc. dent's, signature. Democrats said the f; president never would sign such a resolution and that it Mold not be passed over, his veto. CLINTON LODGE No. 3 ELECTS OFFICE!* > 1 At the afmnal election of officers of Qlinton Lodge No. 3?AtJPt 1C, laid Mopday, December 1, the Mowing were.elected to serve for tbe ensuing ^ Bflnin I year. , Otto ^ristow, W. M.; W. M. Lang- t*J Up, S, W.; Bev. m: TL Ptao, J. W.j J Bahford Hovrle, Sec.; T. G. Perrin, y_ . y-i - <; ? These officers will be inatelled somfc time In January. ? ? ' < American Woolen Mill*. Mr. Henry DuPre, formerly of Abbeville, more recently of Greenwood, will open up a branch of the Ameri-1 can Wooten Mills, in Abbeville .Saturday and has consumed a whole page in this issue of the .Press and Jban- /; ^ ner telling of his stoek. The many friends of Mr. DuPre in tills county cerill be glad to learn of his return to . \ his former homg. , ,..i i i ? Much Cotton Sold. '( . r; A ereat deal of cotton , has been W I f ' brought to Abbeville in the past few jays and practically all of it has been sold on the Square. Strict. middling tias been bringing around 40 cents. On Wednesday about 300 bales were 1 sold arid Thursday about 200 bales 4 ivere sold. 1 I ' ~ ' Rev. Beckett to Preach. Rev. T. A. Beckett, of the Glenn y Springs Presbyterian Church, will preach at Upper Long Cane on Sunday morning at the usual hour. It is hoped to have a good congregation to bear Mr. Beckett. Getting Young Again. Mrs. E. C. Hemphill, Mrs. John M.. Gambrell, Mrs. Barnwell and. Mrs. Kennedy from Due Wesc renewed 1 their youth sufficien iy Tuesday night l-? 4_ 11.. ? 1 .L._ 1 a. tu utuvc in mc miixat&ei anuw nuu iu enjoy the jokes, some of which were "as old as Ann." ' 'V&j . n