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' . " '-.a Abbeville Press and Banner | Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, January 23, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. ? PARENT-TEACHER CLUB MEETS Superintendent W. H. Hand of Co Iumbia City Schools, /\aaresses Enthusiastic Meeting?Double Daily Sessions Touched Upon. Playground Fund Great Success. The regular Januai'y meeting of / the Parent-Teacher Association was held in the high school building on Wednesday afternoon, ancj improved , to be the most enthusiastic meeting which the association has had this session. On account of the preseift ."f _ week containing the, birth dates of both Gen. Lee and Jackson, the-portion of the programme furnished by the school children was devoted en, tirely to the memory of these two * I greatest Southerners. The meeting was o"pened with a prayer by the Rev. Louis J. Bristow. This was followed by the school chililrens program consisting1 of a chorus, The Bonnie Blue Flag, a story of Lee's life by Sam Shiver, Jr., a recitation on Lee by Laura May Welch, a song by the first grades, a recitation by M abry Miller and one by Mary Chalirrcrs. To conclude the first half of the program Miss Fannie Stark, accompanied by Miss Annie Rogers v.,? on the violin and by Miss Victoria Howie on the piano, beautifully sang the old love song of autebellum days, Lorena. Mrs. Morse, the presiding officer, i r- then introduced Mr. W. H. Hand, ^superintendent ci tne L,oiumDia *^iiy Schools, who gave a most enjoyable and practical address on the "big" things which should be dealt with by parent-teacher associations. First, he spoke of adequate buildings, sufficient teachers, equipment, and salaries. He then dealt with the aims of the school, showing a difference between common aims, and aims common to all schools. His remarks on the" lack of respect for public property and of civic pride were especially appropriate. As a climax, Supt. TT 3 J. l. a 1 nana m^ae a most earnest piea ior a wholesome school spirit among parents, teachers and children. During the course of his address he touched !f upon the question of double daily sessions and showed where, provided the teaching force is sufficient, the advantages of" having both morning and afternoon sessions, with an hour for lunch. He also gave some of the objections to the plan. Some of the schools trying out this double daily session are Charleston, Darlington, Fort Mill, and Latta. Two very welcome guests of the club who honored and added grace to the meeting Wednesday afternoon were Mrs. Fannie Marshall and Mrs. Lucy Thomson, the latter president of the Abbeville chapter of the U. D. O. and the former one of our most lovable old ladies. At the conclusion of the address the president called the association to order and entered into the business session. The regular routine was r&lloWpH ~C v^vvi. niavii WIG icpui is U1 W committees was taken up. Mrs. W. Frank Nickles was called upofl to make the report for the committee,? ^ m it finally developing that Mrs. Nickles was *the committee?on securing funds for purchasing the playground equipment. Mrs. Nickles gave the finest report it His been the pleasure of the association lo hear, ^stating that she had in the space of a few hours secured in cash more than $800. As Mrs Nickles said, "The playground fund is a thing of the past and there is need for in more worry ing." The members of the* nsspciation and other friend? of the school are deeply grateful tc Mrs Xiekles for her wonderful woil;. and as Major Fulp stated, "I am .reidy t:> don sackcloth and ashes for saying the we mot tlnr Vobcville was sleeping." Above a hundred ladie- and several |>_ gentlemen were present Wednesday afternoon, to whom at the conclusion v . of the business session, the teachers > r I MAJOR FULP RE-ELECTED, MRS. SHELLEY NEW TEACHER AT MILL I Major James D. Fulp, the present efficient Supei'intendent of the city ' school's, has been re-elected as super; intendent of the schools for another year. His salary was increased from $2,000 now paid to $3,300, which is a considerable increase, out tne { Board was not willing to lose his sei*i vices, and he was offered this amount j eisewhere. The fact is that he was ! offered considerably more for the present year than we have been paying: him,'but he stood by the terrps of his contract made with the trustees . earlier in the year, which is not a habit with some school teachers, i Prof. J. M. Daniel -has been reJ ( elected as Principal at the High School for another year and will ac; cept the position. Mr. Daniel has I made a most acceptable teacher and the patrons of; the school generally iV * 0 will be pleased, we think, to know ! that he will return next year. Just as soon as the legislature acts on the bills looking to increased revenue in this school district the trustees will begin the selection of teachers - fpj' the grades. It is the purpose of trustees to vote substantial increases in salaries for all teachers next year, 1 and to make the salaries paid here as high as they are in any of the schools - - - I : Qt the state. Mrs. James Shelley has accepted a( position as teacher in the Abbeville Cotton Mill school and took up her work Thursday morning. Mrs. Shelley has taught for a number of years in the schools of North Carolina, and her successful career ther% as a teacht assures the Superintendent that she will do well in Abbeville. DEATH OF MRS. DRENNAN. j > ' j Mrs. Fannie Drennan, the widow of the late Dr, Horatio Drennan, of1 Verdery, died at the home of her son, Moffatt Drennan, Thursday morning, twenty-third instant at the age of 78. ; 1 Mrs. Dr&nnan was a daughter of | Isaac Kennedy, iate of this .county.She had a number of brothers andj sisters all of whom preceded her to | the other country. She is survived; by her sons, Charles M. Drennan, of Cedar Springs, and Moffatt Drennan,! of Verdery. Mrs. W. T. Magill, of | Abbeville, is a niece of ^the deceased. Funeral services were conducted ! at Cedar Springs Church, of which j she was a member, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, and interment was in! the church cemetery. ' DR. C. A. MILFORD SICK. ! i News was received in Abbeville Thursday of the serious illness of Dr. C. A. Milford in Columbia at Bap-; pist hospital. ^ A telephone message later brought the news that the doc-! tor had been stricken with pneumonia, and was very sick, his fever standing at 103. Mrs. Milford left immedfately for : Columbia, arriving there last night at 11:35-. The friends of the. doctor wisl^for him a speedy recovery from1 his illness. i Mr. R. W.'Crawford ill. The many friends of M^. R. W. i Crawford of the Fair's Bridge sec-i tion, will be sorry to learn that no j is ill. His daughters, Mr?. T. M.' Miller and Mrs. W. D. Ferguson have j ben called to his bedside. Mr. C"a\v-j ford is one cf the survivors of ;!v War Between the States. Though! advanced in years he is veil preserved, an^l his friends hope) for him I an e arly recovery. I Attend Suffragist Meeting. Mrs. M. T. Coleman and Mrs. Rachel Minshall went to Columbia Thursday night to attend a nivc'in*r of the suffragists of the State. arid a number of the high school twirls served coffee and delightful sandwiches. The next meeting of the association .1 us been called for Tuesday after' noon. February 17th. i - . ENGLISH ARMY TO ATTACK BOLSIIEVIK.I SAYS FARiS REPOR Paris. Jan. 21.?Great Britai plans to pcih! troops into the Cauci rus to prevent the spread of Bolshi vism into Armenia, Turkey Persi and Mesopotamia, it was rcporte here today. The British request to the suprem council yesterday to have Frenc and Italian troops take the p'lace c British units in the allied forcc which will preserve order in th various regions where plebiscite were ordered by the peace treat] was necessitated by their plan t send troops into the near east, it \vs said. The supreme council was to met today to decide whether it sha continue in its present organizatio or as a committee of ambassador: It was believed the committee pla will be decided upon. Departure of French hospital ship from Toulon for the Black sea, a most at the same time a Britis squadron departed from Malta fc the same destination, strengthene the belief the French navy will cc operate with the British in souther Puc-c.'o o AvuoDia HI ainuu a^aniM, tuc u\Ji Mil viki. French Ships Ready. French war ships also, have bee ordered to hold themselves in read ness to depart from Constantinonh The supreme council held its fin? meeting today. M. Clemenceau pre sided at first but was succeeded b Premier Millerand. It was decided t create immediately a council of an bassadors to succeed the suprem council. VIOLIN CONCERT AT DUE WES1 The violin concert to be held i the Womans College, Due West, Sa urday night, January 24, should b of interest to many Abbeville peopl The following account of the affa is taken from the Associate Reforme Presbyterian: "Hen?-y H. Fuchs, orte of America noted violinists will give a concert i the Woman's College Memorial Ha January 24, at 8 P. M. This offers one of the, greate; musical treats Due West has ev< enjoyed. Dr. Fuchs has been a pup of such musicians as, Lachman, Loei duer, Karsch, Schven and Dr. Rybne (a pupil of Wagner.) He was afte wards assistant to Dr. Rybner : Columbia University. For sever: years Dr. Fuchs has been playing i Wagner's Operas. Dr. Fuchs will be accompanied b Dr. Rath, who has been Director c music at Hollins College "for the la fifteen years. The concert is u/der the auspici of the Alumnae Association and th proceeds \yill be used to begin a^fun to purchase a Concert Grand Piar. for the Memorial Hall." CHARLES J. LYON !S RE-APPOiNTED U. S. MA3S:-7A Washington, Jan. 21.?C. J. Lyoi of Greenyille, S. C., was nominate by President Wilson today to t United States marshal for the We tern district of South Carolina. E. F. Avdlett. of Elizahr>th*Cit.' N. J., was nominated to be Unite States attorney for the Eastern di trict of North Carolina. Against Wo.nan Suffrage. ?? X Richmond, Vu., Jan. 20.?A re>( lution was offered in the state sei ate today to reject the Susan I Anthony amendment *o tho constiti lion granting ecjual suffnur-- < women. The resolution was referre to a committee. i y ^ GINNERS REPORT. \ V. The jrir.ners report to JamiV ary 1G, counting round bales, V. follows: 11/322,148. V ? FURTHER HEARINGS IN SUBCOMMIJTEE T | MALTED TILL FR'.DAY n' Washington, Jan. 22.-*-The senx | ate toda^i'cjecied 33 to 30 an effort ! by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Monn tana, to call up his resolution pro j | posing to censure Rear Admiral Wil-J : liam S. Sims, for disclosure of in-' formation of a "confidential characic . ter" in connection with his appear- j glance before the subcommittees inves-j jtigating naval decoration awards. | S|There was no debate and the vote! ie I ? . . 4 I was on i-trict warty lines. >s! ,i i Just before, the senate had retus-J *'ied, 31 to 31, with Senator Borah. I 0 . i 1 Republican, Idaho, voting with the i IS i N ' | Democrats, to take up the request of the investigating committee for au! ithority to employ counsel offered by ^IChairma|i Hale, Republican, Maine. n-i Both resolutions now as to the s*; calendar and a majority vote is ven I ^ " quired to bring either before the senile agai^. >sj Further hearings of the subcom-' 1-jmittee were postponed until Friday] h I pending action on the resolution, j" ... \\TU~~ .1 : n yv iicii i#ne ueariugs iirc resumed, d I Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, t >-!head of the. board which passed on ' n i medal recommendations before they I i-!were submitted to Secretary Daniels,' | will be heard. n'GREENVILLE LAYS CLAIM jj TO 14 MILLIONAIRES "jl Greenville, S. C., Jan. 10.?A mil-; lionaii'es' club in Greenville would, find more tha'n a dozen citizens^eligi-1 ^ .ble for membership. In fact, one quick survey of the situation rcvrr'.s: '"at least fourteen men here who count e-lheir fortunes in seven figures. Sev'eral are in the multi-millionaire r; class. | Thos who are worth a hundred i thousand or more are too numerous' l to count, gspecially when several well-known cotton mill stocks take ai spurt and shoot up about 25 points, a ir 1(j A group of men, discussing ffrosperity generally, named over some , of the millionaires in Greenville.! s Fourteen were rattled off without. jj hesitation, and that it is pretty gen- j evilly known that all of them are eas- ' ^ ily worth a million One man in Greenville got a mil>r ^ lioi^ t'ollars for a Christmas present. He. is of a modest disposition,, and 1- probably would not care for his name * i to be mentioned. ! As far back as ten years ago , Greenville perhaps boasted .of two Ell , .millionaires?the pride of every city in of 20,000 souls being to have at ;least one. Most of the oth?r mil-, v ionaires here are "rookies," having ^ accumulated the required amount to sc make the roll of seven figures deep in ' j the last few years. ; Advancement in real estate, cotton,! ie mill stocks and big budfness general IU thirds, of the eat ire state is now in-' 10. crease in wealth. \ *o> | Home On a Visit. Mrs. Arthur Ellis and her little L daughter, Mary Calvert, have arrived i in the city and will make an extended 1?S visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Calvert. ,d! Mrs. Ellis has been making her home ,e in Panama for the past several years "'and friends in Abbeville will be erlad S to know that hereafter Mr. and Mrs. ; Ellis will live in ftew Orleans. Little Mary Calvert has quite recovered her s" health and looks as though she had I j been born in Abbeville. New Men on lha Streets. Mr. Sidney Brooks has arrived ii) i- Abbeville from Atlanta and is ut J.|work in the street paving iob being, i-1 in charge of the gradtog work, o. Mr. Dunian is also here from Ala d bama ami is an expert man when it comes to putting: down asphalt. y New.; o? i'.-lrs. MMler. ? V y The many friends and relatives y Mrs. L. T. Ivliller will be pleased to i.now thai she 1:;i< been successful- j ^ ly opera;< ! unm i-i a Virginia ho.-j y pital and is back at her home in ^ Hartsville. Every one wishes her a >peedy restoration to health. / NEW MOVES ARE v MADE IN FIGHT ^ FOR PEACE PACT | Washing-ton, Jan. 21.?Three new treatv comnromise moves are in t.Vie , - _ making in the senate, where the best informed observers now have given up hope that the bi-partisan confer- " ^nces in Senator Lodge's office will "get anywhere." This belief persisted today in spite x>f mysterious assurances By Lodge that the conferees had "agreed on something" at yesterday's session. He would not divulge what the agreement covers, but said it is i>ot Article 1 0 or the Lenroot reservation on vot-; ing powe^ This leaves the Monroe doctrine and Shantung, the other chief points of controversy, and it .vas generally believed that if anything was agreed on, it was Shantung The three compromise moves which are to be tried when the failure of the Lodge conferences has been dem-ji onstrated are: !i . ! 1?Mild reservationists propose to 1 move that the treaty be called up In the senate, to give everybody who ] has reservations an opportunity to 1 cfTer them in open session. Thi^: would involve reopening the whole 1 Ireaty debate. p 2?Senator Underwood announced ' he will seek a vote on his resolution ' for an official corfcTliation committee, stating that such a committee could at least poll the senate and ( 1 present oonclusive evidence as to the possibility of compromise. If the * polls showed no compromise possible, the senate could then turn in earnest 1 4o* some other means of bringing 1 about, officially, a state of peace with Germany, Senator Underwood said. 2 3?Senator King and other demo- f rvn(-? wtf-Vi snmo vormhlipnnc wtll ? si ciiculatt aground robin ,for a caucus j, of the treaty's friends, regardless of ? party. Senator King's plan would ? get the support of a dozen or less, senators predicted today, pointing, out that it involve^ an insurrection j by democrats against Senator Hitch- ^ c ock's leadership and by republicans < against Senator Lodge. a \ MISSISSIPPI KILLS SUFFRAGE r WITH CHEER AND LAUGHTER I % j Jackson, Miss., Jan. 21.?The t lower house of the Mississippi leg- I islature this morning rejected the ? federal amendment providing suf- * ? J?-- fAn .1 iruge lur wumen ,anci vniy i?cn: minutes debate. 1 Cheers and laughter marked the* announcement of th evote, which * was 106 to 25 against the measure. \ I . MEXICANS HELD FOR ( MURDER OF AMERICANS l Washington, Jan. 21.?Mexican ^ federal authorities have arrested two i ] 'u?pects and their accompliccs in ^ connection with the killing of P. S. Rooney and Earl Boles, American citizens, the state department was;, advised lodav from Mexico Citv. i' SENATOR HARRIS' COAL ji RESOLUTION IS KILLED' Washington, Jan. 21.?Senator i Harris' resolution c^ling; on the t treasury department to disclose to 1 the senate the profits of coal oper- 1 ators was knocked out today on a point of order by Senator Thomas,' Colorado. Ruining Jack's Rep. _T?i Lr Hmrllnv line tnvnasl r\\rnv f-V?n job of delivering; the Index-Journal to Warren Fleming and is taking a much needed rest. -Jack says the Index-Journal very nezfr ruined his reputation for it fails to come about three afternoon's out of a week and Jack says he "gets the blame." At Presbyterian Church. The Rev. R. W. Jopling, Austin, Texas, will preach at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and 1 ricvht Tin* pvpninf cprvico is the ' BRYAN RAPS Ar I CUMMINGS AGAIN 1 , , " ' v.-^-3 Speaks at Spartanburg and Gree?- ' *; ville? Characterizes Camming* 'vjlj Presence at Dinner Inexcusable. Better Retire Frc.rt Le ,er ship of Party Says i. Nebraskan. Greenville, Jan. 22.?}Villiam Je?-i lings Bryan, when shown the statement of Homer S.~Cummings, chairnan of the Democratic National Committee, tonight, declared the .T* position of Mr. Cummings of impartiality as l'egards candidates for ihe Democratic nomination for President was' not sufficient to justify V.3 liis presence at the inaugural dinner given Governor Edward I. Edwards, of New Jersey, Tuesday . night. Mr. Bryan characterized Mr. ' Cummings' presence at the dinner s, | ''inexcusable" andj said that if / _s. M mr. ^/uiiiiiiin^a ^ Liuiiivo it mo uuij .0 lend his official presence to the 3 starting of such a boom, he had bet- * .er retire^rom the management' of :he party long enough to get acquainted with the sentiment. of the sarty and the countrv." " V"H " Says Edwards is Insult. Mr. Bryan, in a formal statement, leclared that reports of the Edwards banquet indicated that the inaug'.rra,ion was incidental and the stai'ting >f the Presidential boom was the mportant thing. "With three-fourths jSf )f the Democratic -members' voting :'or submission and with every Demo:ratic State, ratifying the prohibition imendment, and with the liquor trafic outlawed by the conscience of the lation, Mr. Cummings ought to enow that the Edwards candidacy is in. insult to the Der^pcratic party," V;< aid Mr. Bryan. Wet as the Atlantic. The former Secretary of State said dr. Cummings knew. Governor Edvards promised to make New Jersey 'as wet as the Atlantic ocean," anfl mnounced after his election that he vould prevent, if possible, enforcenent of the natioa*l amendment in H sTew Jersey. He declared that if Mr. Cummings had any sympathy with N he Edwards' boom, he was not fit to )e the %ead of the Democratic organization, and if he was not intelligent enough to recognize the injury \ le was doing the party by professing mpartiality between the Edwards' joom and "legitimate candidate^," ic ought to relieve the organization from embarrassment by resigning. GENERAL WOOD'S MANAGERS NAMES >'ew York, Pan. 21.?General Leonard Wood, candidate for the republican nomination for preside*t, eft here today for Chicago. General Wood announced he would answer the letter of Senator Borah, isking his stand on the treaty and ;he debate challenges of Senators ~ ?" i ?i t'0'.;v!P"tcr, vvasningion anu xium;ng, Ohio, upon his arrival there. Before leaving Wood announced :he appointments of Norman J. Gfould, Seneca F^lls, N. Y., as east?rn manager of the General Wood national campaign committee and Herbert L. Saterlee, chairman of the Vow York committee. UNION SERVICES AT v PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Union services will be held at the Presbyterian Church Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock, at which time the Rer. R. W. Joplingr, Austin, Texns, will preach. \ V V V V V \ V V V \ V V v coti cm mac:::> r. v \ January 23. V V Spot Cotton . iO.lH) V v January . S*o"o S. March 36.20 V. V 31:,y 34.3N \ .? :!> 32.33 S. v October 29.95 v