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x ' ' '" V 1 i / j ' I. ... Abbeville Press and Banner E^WiIhedT^844^ $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, January 19, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Yearf DEPORTED REDS " WCSOIMP CIICCIA iichhihu huuuifl; i * Rumors That Soviets Would Kill Radicals Not Confirmed?Precau- ! tions Taken to Insure Their ! Safety?Finnish Government Takes Charge of Radicals. ' j Hango, Finland, Jan. 18.?The: train having aboard the Bolshevists and anarchists deported from the United States was held here last even-: ing until positive assurance was received from the Soviets that they, would permit the party to cross the Russian border and that the deportees would not be molested. Grave rumors had come from the border that Berkman_and Goldman and their comrades ( would be killed by the Russians and, while there was apparently no authority to confirm the threat, it was , deemed advisable to take all precau- : tions. The "undesirables" disembarked yesterday afternoon'from the BufoH , and were placed in box cars fitted up , with plank benches, tables and beds. < E?,ch car contained seven boxes 01 trmy rations. The supplies include : bully beef, sugar and hard bread. To Assure Their Safety. The train was required to wait i several dreary hours while the Fin- : nish authorities negotiated with the i / Russians for an unofficial suspension f hostilities?not the official armis- < tice originally planned?long enough 1 for the Reds to pass over the bridge which marks the boundary between Finland and Russia and to assure ; their safety. The Associated Press correspondent ?ho arrived in the morning, was not permitted at first to board the special ' but -after appealing to the authorities the colonel in command received him ] briefly and he was taken aboard the train. It was originally planned to send labor officials as far as the border, but this Wcis found unnecessary 1 because the Finnish Government,' through the American vice consul, volunteered to take over the undesirables as a favor to the United States. TWO MARINES ARE WOUNDED IN BANDITS' ATTACK I Washington, Jan. 17.?Two American marines were wounded, one seriously, when the force of American marines early yesterday drove back f 300 armed bandits who tried to capture Port Au Prince, Haiti, Secretary Daniels was advised today by Cap-! tain Russel, in charge of the marines there. The 300 bandits attacked Port Au' i Prince in three columns and werei immediately encountered by the Am-' erican marines and local gendarmes and driven back. More than 50 per cent of the bandits were either killed1 wounded or captured. Private L. Coombs was seriouslywounded and Private F. M. Mc-' La.ighlin was slightly wounded. BOLL WEEVIL MEETING County Agent Rowell has called a! boll wt^evil meetinf for Ahhpville; /' County next Tuesday, January 27. | The speakers will all be from Clem- j son College. All the people of thisj county farmers, bankers, business; m men and others, interested in the j growing of cotton are urged to be i present at this meeting. The program of the meeting is; now being arranged and will be pub-: j lished at a later date. The whole subject of growing cot-' I ton under boll weevil conditions will j be discussed. Substitute crops will. De listed and the control of the boll j weevil itself will be taken up. As In the Days of Their Youth. Mrs. C. S. McCall, of Bennettsville and Mr??. W. E. Cason of Anderson, who spent last week with Mr. andj Mrs. J. M. Cambrel], got Kome of the! i "good old time religion" by attend-j ine: services with the Methodists, Sunday morrting. \ FRANCE ELECTS N DESCHANEL AS NEXT PRESIDENT | Versailles, Jan. 17.?Paul De-' P schanel, president of the chamber ?fl deputies, this afternoon was elected j president of France, by the joint as-j ( semblv of the senate and chamber of; ! w deputies. He succeeds Raymond!^ .Poincare. u 1t\ Mr. Deschanel received 734 votes. Iw He has long been a prominent figure J. in French politics. He was first elect-1 , j V] ed president of the chamber of deputies in 1898, after a career in minorL offices. He served until 1902 and j again was elected in 1912. He is a ' ^ member of the French academy and!,. , ti the academy of sciences, and has|^ written extensively on political,! social and economic questions. Hej.. I" was born in 1856. I, - - Premier Lloyd George, 01 ureal . Britain, came to Versailles for the ei ceremony. As each member s name was called he walked forward to the | P* presidential platform, mounted theLj. steps and received from one usher a I ; m small Whitehall about the size of an | ordinary marble. He then advanced ; ^ to the voting receptacle, which look- j , ed much like an American ballot' box,J . I ^ dropped his ballot into the wooden slot and then handed his ball to an-L i rii other usher, who kept tally for the'^j members voting. , ^ There were comparatively few ab-! ))i stentations from voting, which pro- i ' ell ceeded slowly. The calling of the' tj roll was completed at 3:09 o'clock. Aj second roll-call to check the voting :j was finished at 3:30 p. m. and the ^ actual count of the ballots then be-; 1 While the voting was going on! within the chateau the scenes out-j.j side were tranquil. A regiment of | infantry was drawn up beyond the I (j4 principal gate to the palace closure and outside the line of sol-1 diery was an orderly crowd of some I n, thousands of persons who had as-Lj sembled to see the distinguished ar- j rivals and learn the first news of j q( the election. All the approaches to the park were held by detachments of soldiers to keep out intruders. * HOME SERVICE SECTION !q A. R. C. TO MEET |b' j la The regular monthly meeting of!h; the Home Sei*vice Section, Abbeville ja! Chapter, American Red Cross, will n be held tomorrow afternoon in the ^ Red Cross rooms at four-thirty o'- s( clock. This is the first meeting of the e: New Year, and the first meeting of the new committee. The committee consist of J. S.Morse, Rev. L.J.Bris- i tow, Hon. J. M. Nickles, Maj. J. D. j Fulp, C. H. McMurray, H. B. Wil- P son, W. M. Langley, Mrs. C. C. Gam- S brell, Mrs. J. D. Miller, Mrs. Foster *r McLane, Mrs. Charles Gilliam, Miss Mary Lou Bowie, Miss Eliza Lind- w say, and Miss Jennie Boyd. The com- S mittee has been carefully selected and represents varied interests Ci which is calculated, and expected to build up a strong and useful Homej^ Service Section in the'county. J. S. ie: Cochran is unairman 01 tne um-i" mitee, and Mrs. M. T. Coleman, isjc' Executive Secretarv. is< i if Superintendent Hand to Speak jd1 S( Supt. W. H. Hand, Columbia, will t( address the Abbeville Parent-Teachers Association Wednesday after- js< noon at 4 o'clock at the High School. The meeting will be in the nature of ^ a celebration of the birthday of 1 Robert E. Lee and an appropriate j11 program has been arranged. Missilr Annie Rogers and Miss Fannie Stark will sing an ante-bellum son, Lo-j rena. TIkj local chapter, U. D. C., has i been invited to attend in a body. At this beeting Mrs. W. F. Nickles, jc chairman of the committee to can-|a vass for funils for the school play- N grounds, will make her report. jt< iV There is agitation in Abbeville to |0 revive the campaign tp establish aj(" ]>ost of the American Legion here. |r< Since hearing that Due West had a P post the Abbeville veterans of the World War have been wondering ,ai why this city had failed to get one;,Vi so the present agitation. c' i ATI ON WAKES UP TO NEW COND1TIOIV Washington, Jan. 17.?Nationwide rohibition by constitutional amend lent?the dream for years of thos< pposcd to the sale of liquor?be lme effective tonight at midnighl ith the department of justice anc le bureau of internal revenue, th< vo government agencies entrustei ith enforcement of the new basi< iw, ready to take action against al ivsiaiisia. The final step in the work of en jrcing the new form of prohibitior as taken tonight when Secretary lass approved finally the regula ons to be observed by agents of the ;deral government. .John F. Kramer, general prohibi on commissioner, announced thai 2 practically had completed selec on of his corps of state commission rs and local agents, and had beer otified by them that they were pre ared to start tomorrow morning or le task of enforcing the amend ent. Thei'e was little notice taken bj jvernment officials of the end oi 1 licensed sales cf liquors excepl ; the treasury department where uch activity was shown at the of :es of officials connected with pro ibition enforcement. Their task jwever. was confined to the Ilnkinj p of detailed plans for aiding It :a ithorities in driving out the illegi mate dealer in intoxicants. Official: lid they expected a multiplicity oi gal and lesser tangles to ensue bul ley were making every effort t< /oid as many of these as possible. Mr. Kramer said he had a staff oj 1 cnn hntrir Cfttl 1)'>UV lildl A.WCIV4J WW ieir duties at midnight. About 300 of these will work un :>r the direction of th^ state prohibi on enforcement officers while th( thers will serve much as did inter al revenue agents before war time r'ohibition went into effect. Mr. Kramer's bureau has $2,000, DO with which to conduct its worl ntil July 1. Treasury offcials anticipate sonu ouble in handling the disti.leJ li uors in bonded warehous;*:;. It ha: een disclosed that, In .several cities irge quantities of bottled good: ave disappeared from bonded stor ?cage despite the vigilance of reve ue officers. To avert further theft; [r. Kramer's staff has been in ;ructed to guard such liquors wit! xtra care. TO COMPETE FOR SHELL. / T>U_ XT? Ate JL IIU navty lycpai Liiicni/ uao un uio lay in the U. S. Naval Recruiting tation in Columbia a regular ten ich shell, the same as is used ii xrget practice and actual warfare 'hich is to be presented to the Higl chools of the s:ate from v'lich th< lading essay, The Navy as an Edu ational Institution, is submitted. The contest ha= been explained 1< lose "intellectual giants and giant sses" who, by reason of tb-iv 5' !el tctual superiority have "it!" iently high marks in the city higl :hool to be exempt from the ex..::nl ations now in progress, and littb oubt remains but that the shell shal jon be on display in the superin ?ndent's office. the contest is open to any hi?l :hool pupil that cares to compete i case more than one essay is sub litted for inspection, the superin indent will select a commitee o: npartial pjudges to name the lead iff one, which will be forwarded t< le Navy Department by Febi'uary 5 MILLER PROPERTY SOLD The valuable business property lo ated between the'Seaboard railway nd the First Baptist church o; 'orth Main street was sold yesterdaj > Major G. C. Bowen by C. A. C Waller. The nronertv hits a frontnn n Main slr"ot of feet and has : opth of 90 feet not including the jsidence. The consideration was ap roxiniately $2">,000. The pronerj:} i well located for business purpose: nd is considered one of the mosl sluable that is available in the itv.?Index Journal. | COTTON GINNED PRIOR I TO JANUARY 1, 1920 Director Sam. L. Rogers, of the - Bureau of the Census, Department of J! Commerce, announces the prelimi nary repoi't on cotton ginned by t counties in South Carolina, for the ' j crops of 1919 and 1918. The report Mwas made public for the state at 10 11 a. m., Friday, January 9, 1920. :j (Quantities are in running bales, 1 counting round as half bales. Linters 1 are not included.) County. 1919 1918 I The State 1,401,226 1, 395,765 ' Abbeville 26,506 21,181 ~ Aiken 39,839 49,124 Allendale 19,426 i Anderson 79,683 57,492 Bamberg 24,389 33,025 Barnwell 30,f56 63,202 ".Beaufort 2,174 8,222 " i Berkeley 10,028 14,541 II Calhoun 33,018 37,895 Charleston 8,063 12,714 11 Cherokee 16,257 13,775 | Chester 30,634 28,049 J Chesterfield 33,930 29,404 ,| Clarendon 38,799 37,696 tj Colleton 12,451 21,706 J Darlington 41,107 38,853 j Dillon 40,832 33,203 i Dorchester 14,890 19,040 I Ederefield 23.535 27.728 J; Fairfield 21,546 22,786 j | Florence 41,274 35,710 _ I Georgetown 4,395 4,751 J Greenville 50,180 36,286 f Greenwood 33,681 33,676 t Hampton 10,626 23,339 j Horry 8,911 8,014 i Jasper 2,012 6,558 F | Kershaw '29,018 29,137 , | Lancaster 21,787 21,990 : Laurens 48,175 37,469 .;Lee 42,681 39,975 Lexington 28,185\ 33,948 ?; McCormick 16,736 15,734 Marion 18,504 -17,000 j i Marlboro 72,791 62,746 | Newberry 33,120 34,543 . i Oconee ^ 23,268 21,853 c: Orangeburg 85,724 100,512 Pickens 23,746. 18,738 . Richland 26,056 24,558 J Saluda 24,188 25,566 s j Spartanburg 75,580 61,489 j fj Sumter 45,414 49,820 s I Union 18,406 17,967 .Williamsburg 26,457 29,585 .'York 43,058 35,457 s j ->A;?::?v NOT UNEASY l OVER DEMAND FOR HiS EXTRADITION | Amsterdam, Jan. 17.?The for-; [mer kaiser is confident he will be' -jable to stay in Holland indefinitely,! according to advices reaching here.' -J Reports from Paris that the su-j ilpreme council has sent a note to the i , j Dutch government demanding the; ij former kaiser's extradition an-1 2 j parontly have worried him little, it | -jwas said. Wilhelm visits daily his new home; 'lat Dooi'n, according to these ad-! vices, inspecting the work of re-i " modeling the house, which probably will not be ready before July or : " iAugust. An imposing marble en"j trance now is being built. Tj^e for-j 'jmer kaiser also pays frequent vis-! ^ its to the Doorn house. i ALLIES TO REOPEN TRADE RELATIONS WITH RUSS PEOPLE; f London, Jan. 17.?Commercial re-1 L | . lations will be reopened between the; j allied nations and tne uussian peo-( J pie at once as a result of a decision [reached by the supreme council at I Paris. This step, which reverses the | former policy of the allies toward _ | Russia, does not imply an altered ..attitude toward the Trotzky-Lenine ,! government, according to the state-; 11 mont, issued by the council, j Clothing, medicines, agricultural I '11 . niachinorv nnd other necessities will I t be shipped into Russia from intentc' i nations which will receive in pay-! _ ment grain, flax and other products . which the Russian people desire to, s export. Arrangements by which sup-' (. plies sent to Russia will reach the; , peasants will he made, it is under-! j-roo-.t. . NO BREAK YET IN LINE-UP IN SENATE LEADERSHIP FIGHT Washington, Jan. 1G.?Metropolitan newspapers are devoting considerable attention to the deadlock in the Underwood-Hitchcok contest for -the Democratic leadership of the senate and the failure of Senator Hoke Smith to vote for either candidate. It is conceded that Senator Smith holds the key to the situation, assuming that here will be no changes in the vote as cast and paired Thursday, and there is specuI lation as to what candidate the Geoi'gia senator's vote eventually will go. Published reports that Senator Smith would swing at the next caucus to Senator Underwood, of Alabama, were declared by Senator Smith to be "unauthorized." The only statement he had made so far is substantially the explanation he made to the caucus that his personal relations with both men were so close and his friendship for each so strong he had been unable to bring himself to vote against either. s On the next ballot the Georgia senator may go either to Underwood or Hitchcock, in order to break the tie which no one expected. It is evident that unless some other senator changes his mind, the vote will still be a tie with the return ofthe absentees, and the vote oi iy to iy yesterday will be changed to 23 to 23, with Senator Smith holding the balance of power and the controlling vote. There is some discussion here of the possibility of a "dark horse" andidate, but the indications are that he race will be run out between Hitchcock and Underwood. Originally three names were suggested for the leadership, but Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, eliminated himself ,and the race narrowed to the Senators from Alabama and Nebraska. The vote in caucus was not along scctional lines, although most of the so-called southern group voted for Underwood. The exceptions were the two Texas senators, the two North Carolina senators and Senator Trammell, of Florida. The treaty fight is not directly involved in the leadership deadlock. Senator Underwood says that regardless of who wins Senator Hitchcock will continue to take the lead in treaty matters as the ranking Democrat of the foreign relations committee. Senator Simmons also gave an interview saying the treaty issue is not involved. He smilingly admitted that Sena&r Smith seemed to have the balance of power, in view of the unusual and unexpected situation. The leadership matter, he said, was purely one of personal choice and without political, sectional or other significance ?1 3 WAGES PAID BY U. S. AT WAR CAMPS BLAMED FOR LABOR TROUBLES Washington, .Jan. 17.?Demoralized labor conditions resulted from increased wages paid by the government for construction of camps and cantonments during the war and still continue, A. C. Bernhard, an Atlanta contractor, told a house war expenditures sub-conrmitee today. Wages increased 100 per cent, Mr. Bernhard said, but increased efficiency only was about 40 per cent, he added. Farm labor was practically depleted during the summer of 1917 and the winter of 1918, he iold the committee because of increased wages paid for government construction work. Cost plus contracts, under which government cantonments were con structed, Mr. Bcrnhard said, were the only contracts possible under existing conditions. "Had the jrovcrnment allotted a contract," he said, "and then assured a sufficient return on the completed work there would have been few contractors who could have done the construc1 inn " Dr. and Mrs. Moffatt, Due West, wcrt" in Abbeville Monday on a shopping trip. LABOR 10 OPPOSE SEDITION BILLS i 1 Gon/pers Announces That Federatio* of Labor Will Firht Passage of Sterling and Graham Measures. Affirms That Both Bills Are Dangerous and Un- . ; American. Washington, Jan. 18.?Formal announcement that the American Federation of Labor will oppose "with whatever power it may possess" enactment of the anti-saloon bills now 'pending in Congress, was made in a statement issued today by Samuel Gompers president of the federation. His attack is directed impartially at ^the Sterling bill, recently passed by (the Senate and Graham bill, based | on proposals by Attorney General Palmer and awaiting action by the House rules committee f?r a special rule to expedite Consideration. "The proposed bill," he said, "if enacted, would violate the constitution and rob the whole American i people of their most cherished and basic guarantees of free government, i "If the American pepole, and i? fact a majority of the members of Congress were awake to the dangers concealed in this bill, a storm of i?dignation would sweep the nation. Says Bill is Dangerous "It has been - widely advertised that this measure protects free speech fully, but prevents advocacy of forcible revolution, Bolshevism and anarchy. In fact, it would perpetuate an autocratic censorship over the entire American press. It can be used to kill free speech and 'free assembly. It strikes a deadly blow at legitimate organizations of ! aboc, or any other progressive movement for the betterment of the j masses which may be opposed by the nrlvnrJi t ac n-f r*vi\ri1nrrn vooa^-iam ; "We yield to no man, in public office oi* out, on our loyalty to the A constitution and institutions of this republic; no self-respecting man has questioned or dare question that loyalty. We are for evolution; for ballots, not bullets; for majority irule, not class dictatorship or Bolshevism, plutocracy or the profiteer. | "We oppose this bill because every j legitimate purpose for which it is j framed is already covered by existing law. Its illegitimate features, 'which compose two-thirds of tie :draft, are utterly autocratic, imjperialistic and un-American." CLERK DIES SUDDENLY I Anderson, Jan. 18.?E. M. Scott, ! city clerk of Ancrerson, died sudde?ly in his office this afternoon from a stroke of appoplexy. He had apparently been well prior to goi*g down to his office and his deadi ! conies as a surprise to the entire j community. Mr. Scott was about 47 !years old and had been connects jwith the city government for over 130 years. He is survived by o?e ; brother, John Scott of Greenville, and two sisters, Mrs ColumWe j Scott and Mrs. Tom Long. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. : Clemson Students at Horn*. The following Clemson stude?t* are at home, a week-end holiday be1 ing given in honor of the birthday of Robert E. Lee: William Hughes, Weber Wilson, James Coleman, Maklon Cann. M. L. Banks, also of C'e*son, is the guest of William Hugtas. I V COTTON MARKET. \! \ V \ January ID. V Spot Cotton 10.00 V V January .. 38.70 V V March 36.56 V V May 34.6 3 V V July 32.06 V V. October 30.34 V