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HOSPITALIOM=
~ $8,000 By MCII
Loan Made To Tide Managcmen
Over Present Emergency and Will
I Not Relieve People of hinal Responsibility
in Matter. Street
Sweeper Bought.
At a meeting of the Cifv Counci
Tuesday night $8,000 was loaned i<
the Abbeville County Memoria
* Hospital to ai l the management
complete the building and fin1'?]
buying equipment. The Rev. Louis .1
Bristow, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, Dr. J. C
Hill and D. H. Hill appeared befor
the aldermen and argued the ca5:
v for the hospital. It was pointed ou
that the hospital would have to b
abandoned unless financial aid wa
forthcoming immediately; the neei
* ' ' ' *n ?? -1 ^
Ot ADOevuie anu /iuucvuic
ty, the plans of the hospital an<
what had already been accomplishes
was discussed and without a dis
senting vote Council voted to len
the hospital $8,000 at 7 per ceni
taking a first mortgage as securitj
It was made perfectly clear t
the members of Council that' th
management of the hospital woul
not let down in its effort to raise b
subscription from the people of thi
city and county the funds necessar
to build and maintain the hospita
and to liquidate the debt to the cit
at the earliest possible date.
The loan made by the city enable
II the management of the hospital t
* push the work at the hospital to coir
pletion and it is hoped by eavl
Spring to be able to receive natient:
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City Buys Sweeper.
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The City Council ir.vested in
*. ? street sweeper last night at th
monthly meeting of that body. Th
machine will cost $650 and will con
sist of sprinkler and sweeper an
will be drawn by the city's mules
Thus Abbeville is promised a partial
at least, allayment of the dust on it
newly paved streets.
The sweeper was bought from th
Austin Western Road Machiner
Co., Chicago, through C. M. Scotl
agent, Charlotte.
ENROLLMENT GROWING.
I The superintendent's report for th
f first week of school in this yea
shows a decided irrcrease in enrol
ment over that of December. Th
total enrolment of whites in school i
G45, with 105 in the high scho(
grades. This is a larger attendanc
than that of any previous session fc
which reports are available.
It has become necessary to pui
chase fifty new desks to seat the ne-<
pupils and practically every room i
taxed for space to place seats. At th
present rate of increase in enrol
ment it will be inevitable that add
tions be made to the present schoc
i-fJ! ? -i? - v
Ipuuaing^ or eise a. new uuuumg u
erected.
It- has been impossible to secure
suitable teacher for the second grad
in the mill school as yet, and Mis
Ruth Calvert has kindly consented t
substitute until the superintenden
can find a permanent teacher.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
AT BAPTIST CHURCI
IV
The Rev. Eugene R . Pendleton
Pendleton, S. C., formerly connectei
with the Y. M. C. A. in France, an<
T. B. Lanham, State Y. . M. C. A
Secretary, Columbia, arrived in Ab
beville last night. The former wil
give an illustrated lecture at th'
Baptist Church tonight, using store
Ioptican views of scenes on the bat
tlefields of France. The lecture wil
be a discourse on the speaker'
actual experience in France, whei
serving with the Y. M. C. A. Mr
Pendleton is accompanying Mr
Lanham on a lecture tour in the in
terest of the Y. M. C. A. The lectur
ft free and there will be a musics
program accompanying the evening'
program.
GLASS WARNS OF NEW
LOAN IF MORE EXBENSE3
ARE MADE BY CONGRESS
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! Washington, Jan. 12.?Anothei
liberty loan will be ncccssary if con
gress embarks on "new fields oJ
| large expenditure or reduces the ag
1 : 1 ~-P " Caevnrov
1 igregaie vuiumv: vi taAt-o,
I Glass declared in a statement last
night, setting forth in detail the
government's financial condition. If
!the present tax level is retained and
|new expenditures are kept down,
l^the turn has come in the tide ol
o government financing, the secretary
,1 asserted.
o Barring llie congressional action
iij mentioned, Mr. Glass believed the
treasury would * be able to pay its
'.. own way from tax and war salvage
e'receipts. Although further issues of
e treasury certificates of indebtness
t may be expected, they will be ree(
deemed from cash ^n hand rather
s than through the sa;e of new issue?
d of certificates for the first time
i-'since late in 1917. The treasury
d secretary directed attention to stated
ments made early "in September in
which he expressed the opinion that
d the strain had lessened and that after
January 1 the government's fi\
naneial problem would be more easi0
ly solved.
e Indicative of the progress made
d by the treasury, in solution of these
y problems, Sir. Glass pointed to res
ductions between September 1 and
v January 1 in the nation's gross debt
I, and in the two cla?ses of certificates
7 t
y of indebtness outstanding. ' The
gross debt which on . September 1
sjwas $20,596,701,648 was $2o,S37,o
078,807 on January 1. Reduction ir
i- the floating debt unmatured treasy
ury certificates of indebtness ot
$622,653,230 has been made since
i September 1, leaving the total out'standing
obligations of this nature at
$3,-078,385,800 on January 1. A re
auction oi ^b?D,' zo,t>uu was reported
fo rthe same period in the out^;
standing so-called loan certificates,
! leaving $1,326,061,000 of these yet
I to be funded.
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TRAVELING MEN TO
ej RUSH HOTEL LAW
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'? Columbia, Jan. 6.?In order tc
I profit *by the experiences which
other states have gained in their efforts
to standardize and santitate
hotels within their borders, the joint
! committee from the T. P. A. and U,
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C. T. which is engaged in drafting
ir i
i the hotel bill which wil be introjduced
early in the approaching ses6
jsion of general assembly, has re18
iceived copies of hotel laws, and will
uiendeavor to incorporate their good
e i points in the measure for South
'r; Carolina.. While some of the features
] of hotel laws in other states are not
r":applicable to conditions in this state.
still hotels have much in common in
13. all states, and many valuable suggestions
will be received by careful
|"i perusal of laws of other states,
'j "The draft of the bill is not yet
(complete, it was announced yesterIday,
but steady progress is being
! made 'in its preparation, and it will
I be ready for introduction into the
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'general assembly soon after it coniS
ivenes. The main features of the bill
?iwill have to do with Adequate sanita1
tion, clean lines, screens, fite escapes,
individual cakes of soap, and
such like items which, though small
in themselves, perhaps, contribute
in the aggregate largely to the comfort
or discomfort.
'> j "There will be 1 no attempt whatever
to legislate as to whether or not
d j hotel/shall be operated on the Amer !
ican or European plans, it was said
-1 yesterday. Nor will there be any at1;
tempt to say what prices should be
e I charged. The whole subject of the
- measure is to standardize and sani
tate the hotels in South Carolina by
1'. providing euests with protection
j *
3 against disease and by furnishing
ijthem with cleanly articles."
Preach at Cckesbury.
1 The Rev. J. L. Martin, 1). D., will
< preach at Cokesbury Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock.
MANY REAL ESTATE L
TRANSFERS RECORDED
i| IN CLERK'S OFFICE'
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ri The County Clerk's office is busy,
-jat this time recording deeds, andj^
f' mortgages of real estate. More pa-1?
pers x)f this character have been re-js
[corded in the last thirty days thanjv
; J ever before in the history of thee
?! county. The li?t of real estate trans-]i
: fers follows: ' ( jl
lj J. A. Moo.re to Neta Simmons, 't
. three lots in Lowndesville, $100. :a
Mrs. L. C. Agnew 'to Joe Young,:
lot in Due West, $75.00. v
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i Thomas Heard to I. 0. Simmons,
in l - x . i i : 11 . c.1 nn
iv lots in i*fUWHuesviii39 piuw.
I 0. Z. Campbell to H. T. Taylor, '
'157 acres Diamond Hill Township,'^
!! $1,320.00
:! E
,j W. J. E. Scott to W. S. Martin,; ^
129 acres Cedar Springs Township, -j.
\\ $4,000. !c
P. A. Roche to L. C. Parker 88.
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, acres, Magnolia township, $800.00. ?
-i C. L. Drennan to W. F. Nicklesi
. 70 aci'es, Long Cane township $550.-!j
,00.. jc
Gertrude Thomson to Jos. Jackson s
.! 18 acres, Magnolia township $286.-..00.
js
.! P. L. Blanchett. to J. E. Hunter 4\
1-2 acres Abbeville township $286.-;
> 00' i 'l
; " H. ^ and' M. L. Ellis two-thirds
c
interest in 131 acres Long Cane
townshio to J. A. Ellis SI,975.00
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J. A. Ell;s to above, one-third in- .
tcrest in 158 acres Long Cane town-!
ship $1,756.00.
T. S. Eilis to Roddy S. Ellis 18 i.
acres Due West township $2,000. i,
j Same to Ralph C. Ellis, 12 acres;"
|Due West township $3,700.
.| J. H. Kill and L. W. Rice 56 acres'
i Diamond Hill township $1,400. j\
i Julia Envin to T. H. Finley 47 iC
feet Walnut Street, Abbeville $550.-1?
> ' if
j M. P. McCalla to J. W. McCalla
j 100 acres, Lowndesville township!
"'$6,000. > i(
1 ! TT7 r\ r~? i_. i.i . i . i t-? /-i I
I vv. l>. .DarKsuaie xo a. r. uamp-1
' i bell lot in Abbeville, $900.00
J. A. Smith to W. C. Presher, 85
iacre^ Lowndesville^ township, $2,- r
i 103.00 jc
; Mrs. Eunice Agnew to W. M. Ag-|i
!new lot in Donalds, $1,000. |a
,j Willnam Thomas to Neat Simmons j(
L(2 lots in Lowndesville, $75.00.
S. J. Wakefield to J. C. Camp-jv
j J bell, 85 acres, Diamond Hill Town- c
jsnip, $zi.,ouu,uuu. !p
! J. B. Ashley to S. W. McLain, 92 2
' acres, Abbeville township, $2,086.- I
|oo. "* t
J Same to G. A. McCain, 44 acres if
j$l, 210.00.
I j J. E. Moore -to Isaac Ellis 3 acres c
[|in Due West, $150.00. js
II Jas. T. Baskin to J. C. Rampey, j {
j 1100 acres, Lowndesville township, ^
; $5,000.
W. C. Prince to J. J. (Want, 41,
acres, Diamond Hill. $1,680.00.
S. H. Adams to G. W. Syfan 1-21
I acre in Abbeville $475.00.
J. A. Smith to D. J. Banister, 36 ,c
iacres Diamond Hill, township $2.- v
1750.
J. A. Smith to W. D. Wilkinson, N. 0
S. Swetenburg, R. E. Cox and C.
[Pennell, 60 acres, Cedar Springs j*
township, $1,500. |n
J. E. McClinton to Ike Pruitt 2 j
lots in Due West $65.00. |a
J. C. Campbell to L. M. Patterson ja
j 94 acres, Diamond Hill township, js
j $10,000.00.
J. A. Smith to J. R. Presher, 80,
jacres $3,000. v
T. L. Ferguson to W. T. Campbell I
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'70 acres. Diamond Hill township!!
j $4,800.OU. j |
I B. L. Smith to J. H. Hopper, 1-4 j c
acre, Abbeville, $550.00. j
i J. W. Latimer to 0. Y. and W. L.!
; i
jErownlee, 79 acres, Due West town-!
jshhip, $5 and other consideration. jr>
I \V. J. Bryson to J'. W. Latimer,.
7') acres, Due West township, $2,-ii
750.00.
A. S. Kennedy to W. L. Brown Ice |a
lot in Due West, $2,300.
Mre. M. Kennedy to J. E. and, II
' W. A. Hunter, 200 acres Cedar (o
Springs township, $1,500.
! R. E. Hill to W. J. Lomax, 1 acrejh
Abbeville, S>250.
S J. Wakefie!! to J. I'. Anderson, li
I
acres. Diamond Hill township, SI,-,?
\SKS LEGISLATION
FOR i*LCj-A,?viiii'JG
SOUTH'S SWAMPS
Washington, Jan. 1'2.?Legislation
luthorizing an appropriation of
>250,000,000 for use in reclaiming
iwarnp, overflow and 'irrigable lands,
vas proposed today by D. W. Ross,
>f Louisiana, at a conference of rep'esentatives
of southern governors,
lehl here under the joint auspices of
he Southern House of Governors!
md Southern Commercial congress.
This capital sum, the plan proiJed,
would be repaid over a period
if twenty-five years through a sink-'
ng fund created by the sale of colateral
bonds issued 011 the reclaimed
unds by the federal farm ioan board.
Che amount is one-half of the ap-i
>ropriation authorized for reclama-j
ion projects of the Smoot-Mondell
>ill introduced at the last session of,
ongreis.
While the plan was designed to
?e national in its scope, Mr. Ross
loclarcd it to be of special interest
n the south, in that about 70,000,)00
of the 80,000-,000 acres of
wamp and overflow land in the
Jr.itcd States are located in the (
outhern states.
"The south now contains the na-j
ion's great reserve of1 agricultural
ands," Mr. Ro.;s said. "The hunIreds
of millions of acres of free
igricultui-al land of our western donajn
has all been appropriated and
s today worth from SI50 to $500
>er acre. The great western fronicr,
the development of which dur-,
ng the past fifty years has estabished
our national wealth and pow-j
r, is no longor a frontier. The fron-;
ier has shifted to the south."
In the settlement of the lands un!er
the proposal of ?.Ir. Ross, pref- j
rence would be given those who
vi vuu in ine military and naval,
orces during1 the war.
:lothing prices
to advance again j
Chicago, Jan. 13.?Clothing prices!
icxt spring will be from 23 to 40 peri
ent higher than at present, accord-]
ng to H. R. King of Seattle, whoj
iddressed the National Retail1
Clothiers association today.
Mr. King said that the increase
vouK come from a complexity of
ausc:, chief of which was increased
>ay o workers. l:.'>or had gone up
!75 per cent since 1014, he said. Mr.
Cing also cited the decrease of Ausralian
wool prices from $1.15 a
>ound in 1914 to $4.10.
"The coming year will be a ern
ial one for clothing merchants," he
aid. "It will not so much be a quesion
of making money as to keep
he business from going to rocks."
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
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Marion, Jan. 13.?Special: The|
ounty superintendents of the State j
>'il hold a conference in Columbia on;
anuary 20 to consider school legis5
the State. A meeting of this kind
as always proven to be benefici?! j
o the county superintendents in |
iany ways.
The officers of the association |
re: S. J. Wall, of Marion, president;
nd H. H. McCarley, of Charleston,
ocrotary.
Play Ground Money
Mrs. Frank Welsh who has been'
piling sandwiches and chocolate to'
he school children, turned over;
'5.00 to the play ground fund last i
reek.
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00.
J. R. Glenn lo J. S. Bowie, 2 stores j
: Abbeville, $10,000..
.J. A. Smith to Drayton Nance, lj
ere Abbeville township, $.100.
Kittie Bonner and others to L. A. j
litchie, lot in Abbeville, $10 and!
ther consideration.
F. D. Sorrow to J. H. Fin ley, lot i
i Abbeville $850.00.
Mary M. Gambrell to J. T. Ch^t-!
am, Jr., house and lot in Abbeville,'
o.ono. 1
DESCENT OF VICTORIA
FALLS iS MADE BY i
2 DARiNG AMERICANS
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Victoria Falls, South Africa?;
I Two daring Americans have periformed
a world-beating feat?the descent
of Victoria Falls!
I
Scaling a precipice of 369 feet
with a rope, they accomplished a
hazardous climb down the remaining
i rocks to the waters' edge at the extreme
bottom of the great pit?a total
of more than 400 feet?and'stood
where no human foot has ever
trod.
First to penetrate the pit were
Pliny W. Horne and William Stowell
both of Los Angeles.
Horne is a camera man and Sto- i
well a film director. They are mem- <
bei.j Oi ihe Smithsonian African ex-,;
pedition, a party of scientists and
motion picture men touring Africa.
Never in history, since the missionary-explorer
Dr. Livingston discovered
Victoria falls in 1855, has]1
any living thing been at the bottom i1
of tiip chasm, save baboons and'
birds. 1
Hole With One Outlet
To apreciatc what the Americans
did: Imagine a cleft in the earth
400 feet deep and 6f a width varying'i
fro/n 250 to 400 feet; sheer, perpendicular
cliffs, absolutely without foot
holds; the chasm at right angles to|
the Zambesi river, which cascades
over iiic one long side of the narrow,
longitudinal pit, leaving the opposite
cliif bare, mist-bathed and for
bidding; imagine the chasm a hole
in the earth, with only one narrow
outlet near one end, a gateway with
rocky sides falling vertically into
a swirling pool of water, a mael-n
strom aptly called the Boiling Pot. m
Had the ropebroken there would
have been no escape for Stowell or
Home from the bottom of the pit. '
They couldn't scale the sides. They
couldn't swim the whirlpool current.,'
There was just a narrow ledge to!'
stand on, no path along the bottom's \
edge to the gateway from the chasm .'
into the gorge.
And Stowell and Horne made not
one descent?but two. Previous to
penetrating the full distance, they i
first went over the cliff of Cataract'.
IJ
Island to the bottom of Devil's Cata-s
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ract, the most westerly cascade of
Victoria Falls, a distance of 260 feet, f
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ANOTHER BRIDGE
ACROSS SAVANNAH!,
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It is stated on good authority
that plans originating in South Caro-j|
lina for the erection of a toll bridge j1
across Savannah river, at Sanders,
Ferry, in Gaines district, are rapidly
maturing. It is said the necessary '
one hundred, thousand dollars has
been subscribed by people living on
the South Carolina side, and that the
stock is considered worth more than ,
Dar. The buildine of the bridee is!
not considered in the light of the |
public benefaction, but more as a |
private snap.?Elberton Star.
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STORMY SCENE OVER 1
WAR DECORATIONS t
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Washington, Jan. 13.?The move- (
ment for congressional investigation *
into awards of army decorations produced
a stormy scene in the House!f
today during which a resolution byh
Representative Gallivan, Democrat, v
Massachusetts, calling on Secretary !*
Baker for a report on the awards, *
was adopted. i *
The fight centered largely about |
Mr. Gallivan's attack on Gen. March, |n
chief of staff, and other officers;0
assigned to duty in Washington *
during the war. The chief of staff! and
other officers attacked were de-! 1
fended by other members.
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Paving Greenville Street i ^
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Work preparatory to paving has j1
begyn on Greenville street, the hands j
being: busy shaving: down the em-j ^
bankmcnt in'front of the high school, p
The road way will be elevated abou! j
Li foot and a half.
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PROSPEROUS YEAR
FOR LOCI BANKS
Two New Banks in 1919?All Of the
Banks Have Large Increase m
Deposits?Stockholders and
Directors Meetings Are
Held.
The year 1919 was a most successtul
one for the banks of the city.
Two new banks, the I lanters and the
County Savings, were organized and
arc now doing business and both new
banks have ^liown a wonderful increase
in deposits since the first
clay's business. The older institutions
also show a marked' increase in
business, i
The National Bank
The National Bank held its annual
stockholders meeting Tuesday
and re-elected the same board of
directors, J. Allen Smith, ?r.. W. M.
Barfhvell, A. M. Smith, .J. S. Morse
and Lewis Perrin. The deposits of
this bank at the close of business
December 31, 1918 were $3S0,129.- 5
97 and on December 31, 'SIT, the
deposits were $537,507.02, an increase
of ?156,377.05. The directors
of the National Bank will meet in
the next few days to elect officers.
TIlP
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers Bank held at noon
today the following: board cf directors
were re-elected: Dr. F. E. Harrison,
B. Speed, J. Foster Barnwell,
S. D. Brown, James F. Clinkscales,
W. H. White and Dr. C. C.
Gambrell. At a meeting of the
directors, which followed, the same
officers of the bank were re-elected.
The directors also passed a motion,
raising the salaries of the officers
and employes of the bank from 15
to 25 per cent. The deposits of the
Farmers Bank December 31, 1918,
ivere $281,719.00 and December 31,
1919, were $449,489.00, an increase
of $167,770.00.
Peoples Bank.
The Peoples Bank will hold its
stockholders meeting sometime in
the spring. An inspection of the
books of this bank show that on
December 31. 1918. the
ivere $385,442.32, and- on December
31, 1919, were $674,912.79, an in:rease
of $289,470.49.
Planters Bank.
The Planters Bank has been opened
since October 31. At the close of
business on the first day this bank
had on deposit $36,715.66 and today
the deposits were $223,325.97, an
Increase of $186,610.31.
County Savings Bank.
The County Savings Bank had oa
ieposit at the end of the first day oa
;vhich it opened for business $37,356.42.
Today the deposits of this
Dank were close to $100,000.
STUDENTS FAVOR
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
New York, Jan. 13.?Ratification
>f the peace treaty by compromise
soiled the heaviest vote in 32 colI
eges and universities throughout
he country which had reported compete
returns tonight in the inter:ollegiate
referendum voted upon
oday by the student bodies of 400
nstitutions of higher learning. In
he U2 colleges, which included the
freat eastern universities of Harrard,
Yale, Princeton, Columbia,
Cornell and the University of
Pennsylvania, a total of 29,910 votes
vere cast. Of these 11,182 were in
avor of ratification bv compromise
m the next highest vote cast. 9,002,
^a^ for ratification without re ervaions
or amendments.
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