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i TWO AMERICANS
I KILLED IN MEXICO
More Blood is Spilled in Oilfields?
State Department Urges Carranza
to Capture and Punish Guiltv
Parties?American Sailors
" Are Fined.
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Washington, Jan. G.?Receipt by'
the State Department late today of
advices that two more American oil
men, F. J. Roney and Earl Bowles, j
had been murdered by Mexicans in1
the Tampico district of Mexico was
followed by instructions to the
American embassy in Mexico City'
to urge the Mexican Government to :
take every possible step to bring!
about the capture and punishment of!
the murderers.
^Nineteen Killed.
? First word of the killing of the,
two Americans, which brought the !
total of American citizens murdered,
in the Tampico district since, April
1917, up to nineteen reached
Wasnington through private sources, j
0 Later the State Department an-j
noupc'ed the receipt of similar nd-|
k vices.
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Bluejackets Sentenced.
L v The State Department also was in- j
Ej*"- formed during the day in a report!
1 ^ from the American consul at Mazat-,
lan,. Mexico, that Harry V. Leonard!
' and Harry 0. Martin, members of:
| the crew of the United States ubmarine
tender Pocomoke, arrested j
in Mazatlan November 12 after a:
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Istreet fight with a Mexican, had
been sentenced to two months' irn
pnsonment. me report said, now ever,
that as the senence dated
back to November 12, when the two 1
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bluejackets were arrested, their re-:
leaser-should be effected January 12.:
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SENATE COMMITTEE
) TO INVESTIGATE AWARD
OF MEDALS IN NAVY
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Washington, Jan. 6.?The senate
naval affairs committee today ordered
appointment of a sub-committee
X to investigate awards of war medals
to naval officers.
The committee is directed to go
into the criticisms of "unfairness
made against Secretary of the Navy
Daniels by Admiral Sims, and other
high naval officers.
The senate committee voted 10 to
1 for this investigation following
lengthy arguments. Senator Walsh,
..Montana, Democrat, cast the only
vote against the investigation. Senator
King, Utah, Democrat, proposed
t appointment of a committee to deter
mine whether an investigation
should be made, but Senator Lodge,
Massachusetts, declared that criticisms
coming from such high naval
officers as Admiral Sims warranted
the senate in beginning an inquiry at
once.
Chairman Page announced he will
appoint the pub committee within a
' w days. The sub-committee will
consist of five members of tfie naval
affairs committee and v is authorized
(- to sit jointly with the house committee
during the investigation.
DEATH OF MRS. LUCAS.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lucas have re.
turned from Gary, Ind., where they
s were called on account of the death
of Mr. Lucas' mother, Mrs. H. J.
Lucas, whiqh occurred December 15,
at the homS of her son, LeroV Lucas,
at DaltoiKjll.
Mrs. Lucas wa^<H*-years of age at
the date of her death. She is survived
by her husband and four sons,
Messrs. E. C. Lucas, of Abbeville,
and P. A., S. C. and Leroy P. Lucas.
She was. buried at her old home
at Gary, Indiana, four lodges taking
part in the funeral services.
The deceased is well remembered
I? A kk/MTillrt tifVirtfA rli/v IUa
rlU AUUCVlll^f **ucic one epeuv IUC
' winter with her son last year. Her
friends and those of Mr. and Mrs.
Lucas will be grieved to hear of her
death.
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95 PCT. OF STRIKES
IN BUILDING TRADES
QUARRELS OF LABOF
j New York, Jan. 4.?Ninety-five
per cent of the strikes anil 75 perjcent
of the days of idleness in the
building trades in the past have occurred
through what is known as
"snowballing" or1 controversies between
wage-earners themselves as to
which trade should do the work,
says Franklin T. Miller, president of
the F. W. Dodge company, and formerly
director of the Division of
Public Works and Construction of
the United States department of labor.
Only S per cent, he declares,
have been on questions between employer
and employee.
i\Jr. Miller, who has been in touch
with th<* construction industry in
this country for 25 years, cited the
case of a big Chicago hotel costing
millions, the work on which had been
delayed, lie said, more than a year
because of a disagreement between
skilled workers as to who should
handle certain doors because of the
preponderance of metal over wood.
This, he said, was an inevitable consequence
of the rapid development
of the industry.
Analyzing the situation and the
building outlook for 1020, Mr. Miller
said:
'The creation of a board of jurisdictional
award by the United States
department of labor, a board composed
by architects, engineers, contractors,
material men arid wageearners,
promises a solution of one
of the most difficult labor problems
in the building industry. As a l-esult
of it decreased cost of construction
may be expected. . I he Board of
Jurisdiction! .Award har. been formulated
with the full approval of all
interests concerned, who seem to
have entered into without reservation."
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Loses Leg in Accident.
F. Kyle McAdams, flagman on the
Seaboard, had the misfortune to lose
his right leg between the ankle and
the knee Tuesday morning when he
slipped in getting on a cab of a
freight near Middietcn. The big toe
of the left foot was also severedf
He was taken to the Seaboard hos
pitai at Atnens wnere ne was givei,
treatment. Mr. Stevenson was engineer
and J. M. Morgan was c6nductoi
of the train.
The Elberton Star has the follow
ing account of the accident:
"Kyle McAdams, a brakeman or
i the Seaboard road, had his left fool
, crushed off under the. wheels 'of i
through freight cab, and his righ(
foot so badly crushed that he maj
lose that one-too, at Middleton, abou'
7 o'clock this morning. H<*. was or
;jn Atlanta bound through fi-eight
' nd tried to swing the rolling cab
Hp missed his footing and fell witl
his feet across the track just in fron
of the moving; wheels. The engineei
uncoupled the cab from his train
ran the freight cars into a siding, am
carried the injured man to a hospita
in Athens for treatment. At Elber
; '.on Dr. J. E. Johnson wasy takei
| aboard and gave first aid and accom
' panied him to the hospital. The in
jured man lives in Abbeville, S. C.
1 and his wife was wired from Elbertoi
to come to Athens on the first train.1
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The Two Kaisers.
j Col. Parker Cobb and Col. Norrii
'are the two Kaisers of Abbevilh
i these days. Since the cold spel
j nearly everybody in town has "bust
Jed" water pipes and in such weather
I the Kaisers say, that this is the tim<
'for two hours work and ten hour:
! pay. 5
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Another Rubber Tire.
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Col. W. L. Peebles has purchaset
from John A. McCord and other
210 acres of land on Long Cane
I where he" will operate a farm on th<
] rubber-tire method. He has at las
found a place to get rid of the sur
plu*. as have others.
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WILSON'S MESSAGE - DI
TO DEMOCRATS IS
[ NEARLY FINISHED1
! Washington, Jan. 6.?President
Wilson is rapidly regaining his the
; stamina of war da^s and with the sut
. consent of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, has mii
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i piungeu i ii lu titu uitta?) yL wyiiv tun- viu
fronting him, it was stated today at jwh
, the White House. 'bus
His most important immediate jag<
task, formulation of a message to j rus
:800 Jackson day diners, is about!of
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icompieted. Great significance is at- (
tached to this message bv White cor
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j House officials^ The president has jdo\
had no other counsels, so far as is rej:
j known, than those of Secretary Tu- ers
;multy and the whok communication, not
ia lengthy one, is his own handiwork, ket
; in' itj_ President Wilson is expected ret
to announce his decision with regard
to running for a third term and for
advise the Democrats as to the con- $2*
duct of the campaign. |an<
| A situation to which attention is;an<
i to be given at once is the nomina-.^ca
jtion of men to fill the many vacan-j
cies in American diplomatic posts. C01
i The state department will recom- the
JmeiVj candidates for ambassadors i fix
.and ministers but Mr. Wilson will J bus
give much thought to the selections. I
j Among those to be named ar^ an! 1
'ambassador to Italy and ministers t'01
10 L,mna, uenmarK, ureece, switzer-jP1'
| land, Finland, and Siam. I the
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WASHINGTON SPLIT ;wh
IN OPINION ON BIG jP
ROUND-UP OF REDS !
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, Washington, Jan. 6.?Not everybody
in thp national capital is dis-i
i posed to look with satisfaction upon i
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I the dramatic round-up of hundreds
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'In so far as the move shows the
backbone o^ the Democratic adjministration
and deprives its politi-j^
cal opponents of the proprietary^
rights of the "law and order" issue, i. :
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it is, of course, approved by the pure-1 (
ly political. j
In so far as the move affects-ad- j ,
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! versely the chances ot A. jyiitcneil
I Palmer to capture the Democratic i,
t the
( nomination for presidency, it meets j
i with approval with all the frineds | ri
of the other candidates who seem to
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isee in the action of the department;
l act
of justice an excessive zeal to do by
i psychological impression in a big
. raid, what the department might he;
unable to accomplish by individual ;:G
prosecutions.
Under such circumstances the in- j
nocent are hauled in with the guilty,!
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and inasmuch as the labor vote and: r.,.r
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, alien vote has been largely Demo-|un
cratic, the prospect must be consid-|^vw
^ ered by nominating a man who has'un
" shown hims <flf inimical to labor first ht.
r by the''swecping use. of the injunction 'an
power in the eonl strike and then in ; j0,
1 the raids on* ! P. : whose (|;t
' friends amon.tr (he l->.': rin.v: classes'
' are many an<! wi'l j:ct soon fovget;
1 what thev construe as svsleinatic pn
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persecution not of :icfs, but opinions.' t>1.
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j given up her position with the Had- tin
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-don-Wilson Company and is spending'
the winter months at home. llr?. an
Alabry is one of the most competent, j in}
' and most intelligent clerks in Abbe-ire!
villc and her many nleased custom- icif
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ers will miss her sorely. . jna
,i Good News. * po
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s- Miss Mary Sharp, who has beenjsu:
i - with the Haddon-Wilson Company jgr
ljduring the busy season will remain of
-tin Abbeville for the year and is sai
, jready to serve the public in this up- co
?;to-ciatc store. ,iiei
ss, Miss Sharp is bright and attrac-!
'tivc and her many admirers are do- {
!lighted that she will stay with us. i
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Two Americans Killed.
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i | Houston, Texas, Jan. (5.?Two
s! AmpVIpan nmnlnvoc n-f T]
, I national Petroleum Company, mur- j P*
sjdered by bandits near Port Lobos, a
&1 Mexico, were from Texas. They were pi
- slain Monday, according to informa- lo
ition received here today. S{
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XLARE "FAIR PRICE"
FOR CLOTHING IS
BELOW WHOLESALE
ChcaKO, Jan. 5.?Investigation of
; "fair price" list for clothing," is;d
by the Iliinois Fair Price Comttee,
and which out-of-town mer- j
ints declare (s lower than the j
jiness deal whereby leading Chic)
department stores have done a
ihing business in cheaper grades
clothing.
rhe clothing fair price committee, |
nposed of five officials of the big|
vntown department stores and one'
iresentative of the suburban deal-'
, frankly admits that clothinc cr.ibe
bought in the wholesale mai*-1
; today at the "fair price" set forj
ailers. j
riie committee fixed the fair price j
men's suits and overcoats at!
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l.r>0; women's suits at $25; men's j
1 women's hose at 25 cents a pair, |
I other articles on a correspondingI
le.
riie big downtown stores have!
nplcte lines of clothing: in,sale in
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ir "subwUy" sections at the prices i
eel, and have been doing a rushing!
*iness.
Fair Price List Unfair.
When merchants from many sec-1
ns, complained that the "fair-!
ce" list was unfair, that it madej
m to appear to he profiteers, and i
t they could not buy clothing at
olesale for the committee's retail \
ce, the Chicago dealers explained, j
The clothing on sale here was all
chased many months ago none i
ng bought within the past six;
nths. The men's suits, for exam,
are of two classes, cotton and'
ol mixtures, and all-wool .shoddy.
When the merchants agreed on the
tir price" list each placed a com-!
te line of this class of clothing on
, regardless of the wholesale cost.'
ter the present supplies are existed,
vno more will be available,'
s said.
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'The big buying power of stores;
e, combined with the fact that!
y carry very large slocks, anil.
;e advantage of special bargains in |
wholesale market, made this
ce list possible," according to D.
Kelly, manager of one of the big- |
it Chicago department stores, and
ing chairman of the fair price
11 mi: Iff.
?F s. LATION EST MATED
CLOSE TO 103.000,000
Washington, Jan. 6.?With the
isus in full swing today, it "was
officially predicted the count
uld show the population of the
literf States and its territories to
close to 108,000,000. This is not
official forecast, but is the opini
of government officers who are
ecting the cenrus.
Snowstorms in Montana. Idaho,
stern Washington and ports of
lorado and Utah iiave prevented
iimerators from . beginning work,
t they ho pi: to get started within
f'.w week;;. Contiued heavy rains
I he south made traveling diffiit,
but did not delay the work of
j census takers.
Chicaga. San Francisco, Cincinnati
d Washington. D.' C., are fompet;
to he the first in with complete
turns. Washington was the first
y in the 1010 census and Cincinli
WSic c<wnnil
W. Hunt, chief statistician of
pulation, said today he expected
give out first figures on the cens
about February 15. The first
oup, he /aid, will give population
cities of more than 25.000. He
id he did not believe the entire
unt would bo available before Sepmber..
Receives Handsome Present.
M. T. Coleman, salesman for Mc!roy-Sloan
Co., St. Louis, received
.00 in gold from his firm this week.
ie money was given as a Christmas
esent and as a bonus for exceeding
certain sales amount for 1919. The
esent came in a handsome case and
oks like more money than Uncle
uji stamps thereon.
REPUBLICAN DINNER
' ' SOUNDS KEYNOTE OF
i I PLATFORM FOR 1920
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Jan. 6.?The Republican
national organization was tuning up
for the 1920 campaign today. National
Committee Chairman Will H.
T-Tflirc nvpci^onf iol nonivoMfo w
?? wuiwvii vii*? aayiiautO) vruvci"
nor Frank 0. Lowden and Major
General Leonard Wood, and several
women leaders spoke at a banquet,;
here last night, the eve of the first
anniversary of the death of Theodore
Roosevelt.
The speakers unanimously advocated
suppression of "Reds", revolutionists
and others who seek to overhrow
the American government.
Chairman Hays said there was a
remedy for "the Industrial Workers
of the World, or what not?it is taken
against the wall, standing."
General Wood declared the great
issue of the day was maintenance of
law, order and respect for consti
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cent of the labor organizations are
on the-square and want to run
straight," he declared.
He advocates placing labor "under
American leadership" and taking it
out of the hands of the Reds, wherever
they have gained control.
"Don't make America the dumping
ground for the degenerates of the
world," he declared..
Governor Lowden urged men and
w6men to take a greater interest in
their own government so that un-J
rest and dissatisfaction could be
eliminated.
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HUNT FOR REDS
IN ALL SECTIONS
STILL GOES ON
Washington, Jan. 6.?Federal
agents are contiuing to comb the!
country for radicals who are known
to champion a movement to ovr throw
the government. With mean*
of escape shut off by a clpsc va^h
for the Mexican and Canadian borders,
where some of the radicals
were reported hea'ded.in an effor io
evade the 'dragnet, arrc.it "f so;;??< f
the prominent radical:- was ey
momentarily.
The department of ju?ti. has
called upon congress for ou^port in
the campaign to rid the nation of'
syndicalism by providing appropria-j
tions to meet th<^ legal battle which
is considered - inevitable when the
government sttfVts in the final stages
of'deportation proceedings.
The war department has agreed to
co-operate in furnishing Camp Upton
as a detention camp to relieve the
congestion at Ellis Island and anolhor
camp probably will be established
in the middle v.'i'm ?|W:irter
'the radicals until arrangements are
made to send a small fleet of "soviet
arks" cross llie seas.
Sidewalks Coated With Ice.
Wednesday morning found the going
for pedestrian"^ exceedingly precarious.
Numbers fell and loosened
! ) their general anatomy and school
children ricochetted from earth to
avs on their way to school. During
he night a drizzle of rain fell and
temperature was just right to en
case ine ground in a tnin sneet ol
ire. The recent weather has proved
.irious enough to obviate monotony.
Tuesday morning the thermometer
registered 10 degrees.
Receive Promotions.
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Abbeville boys have received promotions
in the cadet corps at Clemson,
showing that the local student3
have been making good both in the
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111111 wc?i y ucjmi Liucxi i/ cum in uxivrii
classes. The recent list of appoints
shows that A. E. Leslie and 0. C.
Graves were given commissions of
second and first lieutenant. George
.""ann and J. R. Swetenburg were apj
>ointed corporals.
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i (jetting Better.
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Mr. Philip Rosenberg, who has
been sick during the holidays, is getting
better and his friends hope to
see him on our streets again soon.
SEDS FIGHT FOR J
DIPUT TO OTAV
lUUlll IU Olnl ; I
Don't Want to Be Deported antf Put
Up Stiff Fight Against Ellis Island
Officers-7? Moviemen Are
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Rushed Off the Premises By
Women.
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New York, Jan. 6.?Fourteen men -y?. '
&nd women attending a meeting of a
the cc\mmunist Labor party were arrested
bv Department of Justice
agents in a raid late today on the of!
fices of the Navy-Mir, Russian Soviet
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newspaper. The agents also found
cards on which were the names of >
|1,000 communists throughout the
! United States.
Arrive at Ellis Island. . -<
! While this raid was in progress
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iimy-seven more anen piouers, in- ... . ..
! eluding Alexandria Dcr.mn, u to
ibe feadcr of New Jersey : :l last- ^
era. Pennsylvania commv csts, nr- r'
; rived at Ellis Island under guard to > . 'V
take their places with the <^her hun- 1 .
dreds swept up in the govor iment's
dragnet of foreign revolutionaries.
First Outbreak.
At the island the fin??, outbreaks
since the beginning of th i) nartmentof
Justice raids wer repjv ed.
The "Ellis Island Soviet" ..stabli led
by Emma Goldman an:i '.lex: iria . ^
Berkman and their conior ior , who
t'.re new on the way to Ru;--:a on the
"ark" Buford, came to a new life in
two revolts. Gregory Weinstein,
hailed as Trotzky's closes5, friend in :
tlu* United States and "chief of
staff" of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens,
"ambassador of Soviet Russia," refused
to be photographed and fought
desperately wjien half a ^lio'.en inspectors
forced him to "pose"' for 1 ;>
the official camera.
Rush Movie Men. . * ' In
the .women's department thirtynine
feminine radicals rose in a . f,
body from dinner and rushed '
"movie" men off the premises. On
Mie return of <"he camera vv:n . I'h
.even burly inspectors, ihe <Vo
charged again 1 swept the- pk.
clear after a si iriled fight. The casu
uities were one man oadly scratched,
and another decorated with black
eve. the result of a "left swing" by a
girl, who said she had fought in the*
Russian women's Battalion of Death.
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Gus Hill's Minstrels,
Gus Hill's Minstrels showed in Abbeville
Tuesday to a large crowd and
proved about the usual thing in'minI
strelsy with the exception that the
jokes smacked more of freshness than
, ordinarily are heard. The crowd
straggled in as usual and it was nearly
10 o'clock before the last person
: took a seat. A party from McCormick
arrived in time to see the last act.
' The show was scheduled to begin at
;S:30, but if it had commenced ac
J that time less than one-fourth of the
"audience would have seen the whole
tfiing. Promptness is a quality that '
! i?- not stressed in Abbeville. v
$! 50,000 ASKED FOR
DEPORTATION OF "REDS"
Washington, Jan. 6.?Congress was
asked today, by the labor department
for a special fund of $1,000,000 for
the enforcement of laws against alieii
radicals and SI50,000 for their de;
portation. 3
I Miss Lois Watkins, Anderson and
| Miss Laui-a Bailey, Winthrop. were
ivisitors in Abbeville this week in in'fcrest
of Home Demonstration work.
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