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I SOCIALISTS HEAR .
RECORD DISCUSSED
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Claimed That Radicals Favored Red
Flag?Question of Party's Atti
J - ? ?Hinted Assembly
IUUC UU *T ?>
men Call Charges Mere Scrap
of Paper.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 29.?An attempt
to show that sabotage in munition
factories was a weapon which
Socialists were virtually invited by
their party to employ in its program
of "continuous, active and public
opposition to the war" was made today
by the prosecution , at the trial
of the five unseated Socialist assemblymen
charged with disloyalty.
Counsel for the assembly judiciary
committee conducting the investigations
read into the record the pro
clamation find war program adopted
t- at the St. Louis convention of the
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& Socialists party on April 7, 1917, one
day after the United States entered
If'Vthe
war, m which members were
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urged to oppose the war '"through
demonstrations, ltjass petitions an ".
all other means within our power.
The prosecution also read into the
record denunciation of the war in
- in the. proclamation as "one caused
by the treachery and trickery of the
capitalistic class through their re's
presei}tatives in congress."
Finally committee counsel brought
that the "anti-sabotage clause" in
the the party's constitution assorted
\ Socialists formerly I.aJ "joasieu"
had been stricken out at the same
convention.
Part of the afternoon's session
was devoted to examination of Frank
r.-.. .
tWassein;an, a New York lawyer,
who testified that rin a debate on
; Socialism with Assemblyman AugusI
Claessens, the latter had called the
federal constitution "a mere scrap of
paper and that the people when they
goc control under a Socialist gcvernmcnfc
would take things by
force."
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U. S. MERCHANT MARINE
HAS 29,G69 SHIPS OF
15,325,000 TONS
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Washington, Jan. 28.?The United
States now has a merchant mai r.o
f 29,669 ships with a gross tonnage
V of 15,325,00 tons, acording to figures
made public today by the deli
partment of commerce. The total
number of masters, officer:; and men
required to man it is 266,000.
Up to June 30,1919, it was di?
vided as follows: Steam vessels, 7.817;
motor vessels 11,525; sail vessels
4,474; unrigging vessels 5,583.
Since then new ships have inci'eaoed
? the personnel by 31,000 men.
On June 30, 1915, the nersonnel
of our merchant marine consisted of
187,921 men.
Latest figures on the size of Great
Britain's merchant marine are those
of 1914. when its total tonnage aggregated
20,300,000; with a personnel
totaling 210,672 men.
UPPER LONG CANE SOCIETY
Upper Long Cane Society of Ab\'j
beville District held its annual
! meeting today in the office of Coun|
ty Clerk J. L. Perrin, secretary of
the organization. This society was
- founded in 1793 for the purpose of
. providing a permanent fund for the
, ^ support of the congregation of Up*!
per Long Cane Church and for works
i J of benevolence. This year $700 was
appropriated to the pastors' * salaries
f Upper Long Cane and Abbeville
t Presbyterian Churches. $150 was ap
propriated for the upkeep of Long
Cane Cemetery. The members present
at this meeting were:
F. E. Harrison, J. L. Hill, D. H.
Hill, Albert Henry, R. M. Haddon, T.
M Millpr .T_ T.. Pprrin. .T_ A. Smith.
Jr., J. A. Stevenson, T. P. Thomson,
Dr. S. G. Thomson. J. C. Thomson,
t E. R. Thomson, S. F. Reid, R. C.
I Wilson.
Mrs. C. L. Sauls returned home
fe, Thursday from a short visit to Norfe
folk.
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EFFORT IS MADE
TO RESTORE U. S. J
AIR MAIL LINES J
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Washington, Jan. 29.?A fight to;
save the air mail service started to-'
day in congress.
The air mail must be abandoned;
at the end of the fiscal year,
30, unless the senate restores to the
postoffice bill an SS50,000 appropriation
for maintenance of this
service which was cut out, by the
house in line with its economy program.
Otto Praeger, second assistant:
postmaster general, went before the
senate postoffice committee today
to plead for the air mail. He is in
charge of it.
Friends of the air mail said to-(
day that America led the world in
its development and that abandoning
it at this juncture is a reaction-;
ary move. Its foes said they believed
it was not worth the frioney it j
takes to keep it running.
! Mr. Praeger declared today that'
if the senate does r.ot restore the [
appropriation, an extensive program:
of air mail development, which
wonld bring many new cities within
f
its scope, rauifc be given up.
'The plan: was, during the next
fiscal veai*," said Mr. Praeger, "to |
extend old air mail Routes and create
| new onos so that the sei*vice would
include daily mail deliveries by air;
over these routes: , ' f
"New York to the Pacific, prob- i
ably San Francisco.
; "New York to Atlanta, via Phil-!
adelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
"Pittsburg to Kansas City, via
n.*..* : i t 1 l *
^inicinimu cinu xiiuiunujjujis.
| "St. Paul to St. Louis, through
the Mississippi Valley.
!,Th<y:p r?]ans must be abandoned |
as well as extending air mail routes
which are New York to Chicago, via
Cleveland, and Washington to I!c-v:
York. j
"Thirty planes now constitute the :
air mail fleet. They carried more
than 22,000,000 pieces of mail frotn1
the beginning of the service to Jan- j
uary 6."
i The air mail as now operated can i
carry the mail it handles much
liian if mrrteri hv rrtilrnnrl '
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Mr. Praeger said. Thus* it now cost-:;
about $365,000 a year to operate. If1
abandoned it will cost $600,000 an- i
nually, Mr. Praeger figures, to carry
the same quantity and class of mail!
by train. The new air routes plan- j
ned for next year, Mr. Praeger as-i
serted, would mean a saving of ap- j
proximately $2,600,000?seventy per
cent in charges paid railroads and
thirty per cent in salaries of train
(clerks. To open up these new lines
the post office department is asking
congress for a $3,000,000 appropria-1
tion for equipment.
More than 100 cities have applied
for air mail routes, Mr. Praeger said i
i and interest in the service is rapidly:
increasing all over the country.
1 Members of the senate post office
icommittee said they wanted Mr.;
j Praeger to give them facts and
jf'gures showing how the air mail has!
worked cut financially.
I Senator McKellar, Tennessee, mid j
I today, he will lead a vigorous fight'
for return of the appropriation. He !
also is fighting to have eliminated.
.from Senator Now's bill, creating an'
aircraft department, all reference to
the air mail service. This bill is now,
pending in the senate, and Mr. Mc-j
j Kellar has prepared an amendment j
to take out the air mail service and |
: leave it. under post office supervision, j
Senator Moore "Agin It." I
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j Senator Moore voted against the
'Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage,
! Amendment Thursday. Only four^
j members of the Senate voted for the i
I measure.
Suffrage seems to have lost ground;
| steadily in the State for when the J
measure was first brought before the!
! public in 1892 by Gen. Robt. R. i
| Hemphill, then senator from this
J county, fourteen votes out of $ MilV
! ate of thirty-five members, were cast
| in favor of granting suffrage.
At the constitutional convention a
very complimentary vote was given
but since the measure has lost friends
steadily.
$500,000 TO BE
USED IN STUDY
OF FLU GERMS
Washington, Jan. 28.?Plans for
extended research and study of the
influenza situation are prepared and
waiting upon the final passage of
the appropr: ition of $50,000 now be
ing considered by congress, Assistant
Surgeon General J. W. Schereschewsky
said today.
Dr. Schereschewsky made this
statement as reports to the health
service from all section of the country
indicated that the disease still
is spreading.
"We shall immediately .send
squads of investigators into epidemic
centers," he said, "to study the disease
at clo.'-.e range. Medical schools
and research laboratories will be invited
to assist.
"The investigation will be divided
into two parts; first, a study of the
nature of the disease including how
it is transmitted, and to what degree
immunity is conferred by previous
attacks, and second, a laboratory
study of means of prevention, and
how to avoid complications."
MEXICANS HOLD
TWO LIEUTENANTS
McAllen, Texas, Jan. 28.?Two
army aviators, Licucs. E. i'1. Davis
and G. E. Grimes, carrying a mili
taiy' message from Fort Brown, Texas,
to Nogalcs, Ariz., today were
forced to make a landing in Mexico,
30 miles south of Zapata, Texas and
tonight arc being held by Mexicans.
According to a message received
here tonight from the aviators they
have been promised their freedom tomorrow.
Lieutenants Davis and Grimes,
who are attached to the air station
here were carrying a message, duplicate
of that winch was sent Fort
Brown to Nogales in another piar.e
today.
They became confused in a fog
and followed the Solado river from
Zapata into Mexico instead o? preceding
up the Rio Grande. Thirty
miles up the Solado river, the plar.e
was forced to land, and there the
Movirtnne f aaIt A mnvino
xucAiuaiio ouvA tnu .unci p;uu';!*
ers, it is understood. The only
means of reaching the section quic!:ly
is by plane. All day aviators from
the Eighth Aero squadron here have
searched both sides of the Rio
Grande and far into the interior
without sighting the two lost men
and tonight's message was the first,
word received. The men are believed
to be near Herrera, a mining
town. The message was received
from Guerrera, a small railroad
town near the border.
INFLUENZA INCREASING
iN THE AMERICAN ARMY
Washington, Jan. 2i).?An increase
in the number of cases of inlluenza
among the American troops in Siberia
was shown today in a statement
issued by the war department
dealing with the outbreak of the disease
in the army both at home and
abroad. For the weeks ending January
2 and 9, respectively, 24 and 41
cases were reported. The only disease
death reported, however, was
one due to tuberculosis.
The report showed the death rate
among troops in Germany continuued
high. For the week ending January
16, it was 36.74 per thousand
cliolitlif Kiwliov fVinn "frv t
the preceding week. During the
week ending January 16 there were
reported 63 cases of influenza and
30 cases of pneumonia, with twelve
deaths from the latter disease.
DR. CODY RETURNS
Dr. Z. T. Cody, editor of the Baptist
Courier, a member of the commission
of the Southern Baptist convention
who has been investigating
r?n/ ]if i anc in fVtn ?rn v ciironf nnnn.
tries of Europe will return to Greenville
Friday.
The commission will report its
findings to the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist commission.?Greenville
Piedmont.
AMERICAN FARM CROPS
WORTH TWENTY-FIVE v j
BILLIONS IN 1919
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!> Washington, Jan. 29.?American
fanners have just completed the
most prosperous business year in
history, the agriculture department
showed today in announcing the estimated
value of the 1919 crops, an:-,
mals and animal products as $2^,
982,000,000 an increase of $2,500,;
000,000 over 1918.
This farm turn over represents ani
'average income of nearly $4,000 for
!each of the 0,000,000 farms in the
, United States. It is approximately j
| five times as great as the sum th*u :
jgovernment is preparing to spend in
jthe current fiscal year.
Farmers still have a large part of >
jthis sum to spend since a percentage
: of the 1919 harvests still remains on
ithe farms. And prices of farm;
| products now are still unusually
; high.
; Crops produced 64.1 per ccnt of
; the total and animals and animal
products the remaining 3-5.9 per
,cent. Crops alone are valued at $16,-!
025,000,000 while animals and anijmal
products are estimated at $8,957,000,000.
MEET IN GREENWOOD.
Chester, Jan. 28.?The Rev. John
C. Roper, the centenary and mis
jSionary secretary 01 tne upper oouui
: Carolina conference, who has been
charged also with the leadership of
the evangelistic movement being put
on by the Southern Methodists in
this conference, as conference evanjgelistic
director, left torvi?ht for
. Greenwood, where, together with the
Rev. J. W. Kilgo. D. D., the presiding
elder of the district, will set up
the evangelistic program.
All of the pastors of the Cokesbury
district, will be present. This is
|the first of a series of district group
: meeting to be held. /
j The P.ock Hill district group meet-]
ing will be held at Rock Hill next
'Monday, February 2; the Spartanburg
district meeting at Spartanburg
next Tuesday, February 3; the
i Greenville Wednesday next, Februlary
4; Anderson district at Anderjson
Thursday, February 5, and Cojlumbia
district at Columbia W6dnes-<
day, February 11, and BatesburgJ
Thurf'r.y, Fobruarv 12.
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PRBSiDENT i5 ABLE TO
j TRANSACT CONSIDERABLE
ROUTINE BUSINESS
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j Washington, Jan. 29.?President
j Wilson has now reached a point of
(convalescence where he is able to
j transact routine business daily as
[well as take an active interest in,
i politics and world affairs, it was
| learned today.
As soon as the president has had
{breakfast he is wheeled onto the
j south portico of the White House
j overlooking the mail and Potomac
jrivex*. Here all matters which re!
quire his personal attention are gone
over and callers, who are rarely allowed
to talk to the president, sec
him here.
Secretary Tumulty generally sec
Jthe president while he is taking his
jairing and goes over official business
with him.
In Greenwood.
Miss Victoria Howie and Miss
Mary Hemphill Greene went over to
Greenwood thos afternoon to attend
a reception to the B. M. I. cadet corp,
j tendered the young men by Miss An|
nie Laurie Andrews and Miss Ruby
j Hill Devlin, who are sponsors for
j some of the companies.
J Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran and Mrs. W.
j P. Greene went along as chaperones.
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Major Fulp In Columbia.
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Major J. D. Fulp is attending aj
joint meeting of superintendents and
college presidents in Columbia today, j
The object of the meeting is to se-j
cure a more uniform system of rat-j
! ing high school students by the dif-j
ferent colleges and to discuss the
general relation of high schools to!
colleges.
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WHISKEY CAN BE
SECURED LEGALLY
FOR MEDICINAL USE
Washington, Jan. 29.?It's all
very well to permit hospitals to lay
in a supply of alcoholic liquors with
which to treat influenza patients,
but how about the thousands of
victims who are confined to their
homes and whose physicians have
had and may have difficulty finding
drug stores \Vith a stock of such
stimulants?
Inquiry at the legal department of
the internal revenue office herje,
where direciioas\are given for the
national enforcement of the prohibition
law, yielded me some pertinent
information as to the manner in
which the law is being construed "as
well as the legal method by which
the wants of anybody in the United
States suffering from influenza or
any other ailment for which a physician
declares alcohol is necessary
a medicine can be upplied.
The process is this: Any physician
who sets forth under oath that he
needs alcohol, whether in the form
of a beverage or anything else and
makes the proper affidavit before
United States attorney can get the
liquor. The United States attorney
of course, must apply to federal
court in his jurisdiction for the
i necessary permission and if there is
an available supply in the hands of
i the collector of internal revenue obtained
through confiscation, the
'court may require the collector to
sell to the physicians or to tlrug
;stores who hold permits for sale ofl
distribution of alcoholic ^medicines.
Available Whiskey
| Under the law the United States
, court may authorize the grant of
liquor free of chargc to any
mcnt agency; thus th<5 army or navy
could get it from any collector 01
internal revenue who happens to be
nearest any camp or port. Also it
lis quite probable that the American
Red Cross would be construed to be
a "government agency." The Red
Cress hitherto has not supplied medicines
to influenza patients, but has
confined itself to distribution of
gauze masks and nurses, but it would
appear to be possible for the Red
Cross to obtain a supply of liquor
for distribution in needy cases, although
this point is still under discussion
at the headquarters of the
Red Cro^s and at this writing no decision
has been reached.
COL. E. H. AULL URGES
PEOPLE TO BE SURE
THEY ARE COUNTED
Col. E. H. Aull, director of census
for this district, was ir^ Abbeville
today and had a conference with
JVIrs. Wham and Mrs. Faulkner,
enumerators for Abbeville. He said
that the census had been practically
completed Here, out mat u was possible
that some people had not been
counted. He urged that anyone who
felt that he had been OiiiitLeu, ?.c reI
ore new, because new was the time
to be counted not next year. It will
be true 'in many towns that as soon
as the result of the census is published
that howls will go up that the
count was not complete. To avoid
any possibility of this being true
those who think that they have been
omitted should report at once to
either Mrs. Wham or Mrs. Faulkner.
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS
FIX PRIMARY DATE
Jacksonville, Jan. 29.?The Florida
State Democratic executive committee
met here today and called a
State primary for June 8 to nominate
all officers, national, State and
county. A resolution to call a convention
to elect delegates to the
national convention and adopt a
platform was voted down.
Hospital Nurse Secured.
"Jln HjT I Tin 1 /-I _
ivi.155 yv iiiic lvieciuuwsi, wiiiuer, vja.
has been secured as nurse for the
operating room of the Abbeville
County Memorial Hospital and will
report here March 1. Miss Meadows
is known in Abbeville having visited
Mrs. Frank Andrews here. She is a
very charming and beautiful young
lady, all of which augurs well for
the hospital.
RETURN IOROADS 1
Would Divide Excess Profits To Protect
Public?Director General
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Gives Views on Necessary Future
Policy?Must Be Dealt
With Effectively.
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; LcuLville Ky.. Jan. 29.?Walker Jh|j
jD. Hines, director general of rail- !
j roads, in an address before the
jTransportation club here \ tonight,
| urged the necessitv of a division of
i excess earnings of railorad corpova|tions
above a reasonable return in
order to protect the public against
! excess earning^ of very prosperous
railroads and in order to insure a
fair return to all railroads.
j Mr. Hines declared his belief that
unless the railroad problem at the
'present time is dealt with "in ^bold
and effective way" the return to private
management after federal conjtro!
"will be wholly disappointing."
The director general^ also urged
the compulsory consolidation of the
: railroad system of the country into
a few large systems and suggested
the narticipatiou of the public - and
labor in tiui management of the
roads.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who is
visiting Louisville on an inspection
trip, was another speaker at the banquet.
In his discussion of the railroad
rate question and the reorganization
of the railroads which he believes
necessary after government
control, Mr. Hines said:
"I believe that no prompt, confidant
and , liberal regulation of the ,
railroads will be practicable unless
provision is made for the annvopriating
for tiny benefit of the public
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interest an important part o? the excess
which any railroad company
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may -earn over a cieariy reasonaDie
return.
''The excess earnings thus appropriated
for the public benefit oughtto
be used largely for the creation
of reserves to protect the railroad
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situation in unfavorable years and
thus an additional element of stability
will be given to the situation.
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CONGRESS DRIVE ON HORSE
RACING IS NOW PLANNED'
i Washington, Jan. 29.?Reform
forces in congress are quietly organizing
today for an offensive
against horse racing and gambling
.which is expected to drive those
pastimes into the limbo where liquor
|new lies." The fight will not be
'started in the often until the reform
forces are certain that, they have
;enough votes pledged to give them
victory. The work of lining up those
votes is in full swing today.
A Portrait Painter.
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! Mr. George Ade, who is rememberi
ed in Abbeville as having visited here
! some years ago and as marrying Miss
I Mary Orr, then a resident of Abbej
ville, has been in tlie city recently
and has taken many orders for portraits
of our people.
Mr. Ade has spent much of his life
in Paris and Italy and is a painter
of wide reputation. When the Mona
: Lisa was stolen some years ago he
i was commissioned by the Italian gorj
ernment to make a copy of the picj
ture and on the restoration of the f
J original was commissioned to retouch
j it and restore it to its one time beauj
ty and mystery.
j Mr. and Mrs. Ade were in America
j when war was declared and have
j since made their home in Tryon,
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