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DEPORTED REDS "
WCSOIMP CIICCIA
iichhihu huuuifl;
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* Rumors That Soviets Would Kill
Radicals Not Confirmed?Precau- !
tions Taken to Insure Their !
Safety?Finnish Government
Takes Charge of
Radicals.
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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
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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.
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FRANCE ELECTS N
DESCHANEL AS
NEXT PRESIDENT
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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;
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deputies. He succeeds Raymond!^
.Poincare. u
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Mr. Deschanel received 734 votes.
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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..
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was born in 1856. I,
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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 .
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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'
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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<
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Superintendent Hand to Speak jd1
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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<
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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.
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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
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->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
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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
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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
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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.
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V COTTON MARKET. \!
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\ 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