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i 1 I Abbeville Press and Banner _ \ I - Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, February 2, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. 4 DANIELS SCORES ] THE YEAR OF 1919 rr: > _____ Says There Has Been Only Fiddling aad Delay?Tragedy of Tragedies ^ When the Whole World Was tti' ' Waiting for Action?Expresses Hope for Future. & New "iork, Feb. 1.?The past year u * for the United States has been one ' "of fiddling and delay" and was, characterized as the "tragedy of Sp^rptarv Daniels, who | uagcuivo ? addressed the opening meeting here today of the campaign for the Near East relief fund. Although America had not kept faith with the allies, he i said, he had confidence that thej American people would do their! duty. if ? ! "One of the beliefs that carried1 us into the war" added Secretary Daniels "was that small peoples: have the right to liberty and to contrcl their wn destinies. Shall Ameri-j ca alone fail now in sustaining that principle? I do not believe it. I am confident that the American people * will respond to this call to give to i-' v Armenia nresent relief from the perils cf starvation and then proride for the freedom of the country v from the rule of the Turk. They will ! resr:>nd to this call as they have responded to every call made upon them since April 0, 1917." ;' Secretary Daniels in speaking: of BSE. V ' the navy said that the popular idea of the navy was that it only exists as a fighting machine. This, he added is its chief mission but if it had not proved a powerful agency in protecting the people and upholding the T ' dignity of the flag at all times it had failed of its mission. In the war he declared ,it has proved its worth and #had its full share in bringing about peace. There was nothing the matter 4?l*^ ArwAw,rtn? flnrinflp TV 11/LI l/lie /llMvl Itau iiOVj VA*\* war, James W. Gerard, former am"i bassador to Germany said in a brief 7 address. "The trouble about the secretary *??is that he is too good natured 4&. added Mr. Gerard. "If I had seen ; secretary of the navy and a bunch of admirals or anybody else had formed a soviet board of criticism. t&i4* # ! I would have had them on the slide | and their heads in the basket inside; ' of 24 hours." | W- ' : , NO DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALS FOR ENLISTED MEN Washington, Jan. 31.?A ruling by the war department specifically ex' eluded enlisted men from distinguish-, , ed service medals awards, Brig. Gen. j Robert C. Davis, president of thei "v American expeditionary force awards board said before the house sub-1 c<>mmittee which'began hearing in its | investigation of the army's distribution of war decorations. Suggestions that enlisted men be included, he ' said, were made from headquarters B nf t.hp flrmv ^vnpditionn-rv fnrcps Knt cabled instructions from the department were that enlisted men were in> eligible for such awards and that the order of merit, formerly the equivalent of the medal for enlisted personnel, could not be revived. ;j.V This ruling prohibited many enlisted men from receiving awards, , / General Davis said, adding that approximately 1,200 medals and more than 5,500 service crosses were awarded by the American expeditionary forces, 4,500 of the crosses to pnlisteH m?n. 1 ^00 t.n nnH 9S to nurses and auxiliary workers. iy v . I Groand Hog Sees Shadow. The ground hogs in these parts; saw their shadows at high noon to- j day, thus settling the trifling ques-j ? tion of weather for the next six [ weeks. The day began with all signs ^pointing to cloudy weather, but shortly before 12 o'clock the sun came out bright, showing that an[? other month and a half of winter v weather impends. % ' l 1 MEXICO RELEASES TWO LIEUTENANTS PLANE ALSO RETURNS San Antonio, Feb. i.?Lieuts. E. F. Davis and G. E. Grimes, United States aviators, who have been held by Mexican authorities since Wednesday last, when they made a force landing near Guerrero, were released at Nuevo Laredo this afternoon and crossed the.Rio Grande to Laredo, Texas, Col. J. E. Fechet , Southern department air service officer, announced tonight. The aviators were released by order of Gen. Reynaldo Garza, commander of the garrison at Nuevo Laredo, after a conference with Maj. Gulian F. Sanez, commander at Matamoras, who accompanied the aviators to Nuevo, Laredo. General Garza and Major Sanez called at the American consulate and informed Randolph Robertson, United States consul, who had accompanied the aviate?:; from Guerrero, where he had gone to look into the circumstances of their detention, that it would not be necessary to take them 1 before General Marguia at Monterey, according to reports of Colonel Fechet from Laredo. T O r> OVlAT L.IU Ul/UIIclii V CAkl U.iMVV*, with station at Laredo, was sent to pan Kafael Las Tertillas, 30 miles west of Guerrero, and late today retuvned with the airplane of Lieutenants Davis and Grimes, Colonel Fechet announced. / FRANCE CELEBRATES LEAGUE OF NATIONS Paris, Jan. 30.?A public celebration of the organization of league of nations was held today in the Sorbonne, presided over by President Poincare, Paul Deschanel ,the president-elect; Leon Bourgeois, Albert Thomas, Former Premier Ivibot and Andre Honnorat, minister of public instruction, und places of honor. M. Bourgeois, who was the French member of the committee which drafted the league of nations covenant, said: "President Wilson, by his messages and his personal efforts offered the means of realizing . this iueal in great international convention. Whatever defects there may be in it, the pact of April 28, 1910, ha* sealed between the free peoples -a solemn agreement for the union of all for the safety and independence of all." M. Bourgeois in his address, made a reference to the first meeting of the league on January 16, where he said, there were found missing only the representatives of the United States of America, for the adherance of which in the near future we all are waiting and hoping. ENUMERATORS CALL ON PEOPLE TO INSURE AN ABSOLUTE COUNT The census enumerators have completed the canvass of the town of Abbeville, every house has been visited. Some houses two or three times, but with that, there may be some people who have not been enumerated. We desire every name and now call upon everybody to help us get the entire population. Find out if you and those about you have been counted. If not, telephone to u's. T_ .) Li J. iL.i. ui case ui uvuui repurt su uitti we can investigate. Mrs. W. P. Wham, enumerator for first and second wards. Mrs. Laura Faulkner, enumerator for third and fourth wards. ENGLAND'S NATIONAL DEBT 7,481,000,000 POUNDS London, Jan. 31.?Official figures given out today show that the national debt on April 1, 1919, was 7, 481,000,000 pounds. Going North. Mr. W. H. White leaves Tuesday afternoon for the markets of the North where he expects to buy a stock of goods for the L. W. White Co., which he hopes to be able to sell at a little less than profiteering prices. $50,000,000 AGREED j DJ UPON AS A LOAN FOR FOOD RELIEF: i ! < I i Washington, Jan. 31.?In voting ] today to recommend Miew govern-jfic ment loans of $50,000,000 to Euro-|se . pean countries for food relief, the jy House ways and mean.s committee,} including its Republican members, aj. ! went counter to the majority view of ' ar the Republican legislation steering' committee. I Technically, the committee agree- j tic i merit was by a unanimous vote of 19 j !of its 24 member. Six Democratic j ne members joined the majority after j ur] failing to get a larger fund, but re-] an served the right to seek an increase j jn( when the bil comes up in the House Ja ^ probably next week. Their efforts inj 'committee to make the amount to be. recommended .$125,000,000 as proposed by the Treasury, $100,000,0001 ? 'or $75,000,000, were defeated in by | order. " ' se Action by the ways and means! by followed a conference earlier in the! day between its Rcpublicr.n mem-, 'bers and the steering committee, at'as i which steering committee members jnc ;expressed disapproval of any loans! jn Ion the ground that congress hhd no - ru j authority to give away funds, while Ur( iin the Senate both Democrats and -------- - - ' | SB I Republicans voiced opposition to ad-' ditional credits to any European; .countries. jjg, Walsh Oppoc23 Further Aid ! fr ' Senator Walsh, Democratic, Mon-ire tana, said he was opposed to further! 0v 'government financial aid to Europe; tu because some of the nations now ow-|pi jing this country money were spend-|fjr ling stupendous sums in military and' naval preparations. Senator Phelan, Democratic, California, charged that' European nations, particularly Great Britain, were using money j\vcd tr>! tc the United States to extend their oii \vi interests throughout the world. I pa ; Senator Smoct, Republican, Utah,, Sj said the funding of interest pay-ian ments might be necessary in the case, of some nations, hut that it was notjtir necessary for "nations like Great: is Britain." ! co In agreeing on the $50,000,000 so total the House ways and means com-! bij mittee decided not to stimulate the { I countries to which loans might be'nii made. This will be left to officials of' hi: jihe treasury, who have asked foriro jthe aid of Poland, Austria and Ar-jni imenia. ! do | "1; j CHICAGO BAKERS WILL , . ADVANCE PRICE OF BREAD , he ??? Chicago, Jan. 31.?Retail bread prices in Chicago will be increased ' one cent a pound, effective Monday. , leading bakers announced today. The' j new price will be 11 1-2 cehts for a ! pound loaf. i Bakers also announced that a new bread made of 50 per cent govern, ment flour and 50 per cent, white ne flour would be place on sale at the'se] old prices. ! ou ;to< ' . HOOVER CLUB FORMED ! . BY UNIVERS.'TY tolliiU ; De i Charlottesville, Va., Jan. 20. ? A j "Hoover for President" club -.vas or-jcle ganized tonight by students at the!Mi : University of Virginia and a i clc jgram was sent to Leland Stanford j at ! University, of which Herbert Hoover !afl is a graduate, suggesting formation Uui of a similar club there. Officers of! the club here claimed a charter]^ membership of 150 students and! ^ ii? - i jiacuicy memDers. { ur To Visit Brother. es: i " w i Mrs. Mary Kennedy will leave to- j | morrow for Washington to visit her | , brother, Major George Hanvcy. | I Major Hanvey has been on a tour of .duty in Washington for some lime, Ibut recently received orders to pro- tjc jceed to Honolulu for a tour of duty. p0 ad MASTERS SALE ! fr< In the case of Edmund Johnson, Jr., vs Edmund Johnson, Sr., a let. of ? (land in the Pinhook was sold to (Edmund Johnson, Jr., for S5Ct' r.t tin Masters Sales Monday morning ha EMOCRATS BOLT AFTER LODGE TURNS DOWN RESERVATION Washington, Jan. 31.?The unofial bi-partisan negotiations on rervations to the peace treaty suddencame to an end today when the jmocratic senators, failing in a last tempt to obtain a compromise on ticie ten, waiKea out ox tne conierce and announced they would seek her methods of obtaining ratificain. The Democratic leaders said the xt step would not be determined itil there had been a consultation long the friends of the treaty. They dicated nothing would be done for :ew days. The final break came when Senar Lodge, of Massachusetts, the jpublican leader, refused to accept reservation to article ten drafted former President Taft and prented fco the bi-partisan conference the Democrats. To Move for Debate. After consultation with his party sociates. Senator Hitchcock anlunced that notice would be given the senate tomorrow that on Febary 10 he would move to take the eaty up for debate. Opinion among nators was divided as to whether e motion would secure a majority. Leaders on both sides, have been eping close watch on dispaches om Europe, Asia and Africa. The ason is that both sides in the fight er compromise apparently hope to rn to their own advantage the ight in which much of the world ids itself. Big Money Out of Little Money. The Southern Road from Abbeville Hodges, would not be complete thout a Syfan to help make it a ying proposition. Mr. George W. fan was one of its first engineers d was with the company for nearly ty j7ears. Each son has served his ne on the road and now its welfare in the capable hands of his son, nductor M. B. Syfan and his grand n, Thomas Kiugn, wno nres up the ej engine. Conductor Syfan knows how to ake the nickels and "dimes count, foi* 3 cash fares last year amounted, in und figures, to two thousand and ne 1 und red dollars. Capt. Syfan es r:::t understand the new fangled :noek-down" game popular with any conductors, so they say, and is money swelled the receipts at ;adquarters. The Abbeville Branch is twelve iles long and stops are made only Darraughs, Stevenson and Pratts ossing, and this amount of money is been collected in very small fares. The Trouble With The Cabinet. Washington, D. C., Friday.?Cabit officers eat too much, Repreitative Ruoker, Democrat, Missri, said in a speech in the House Jay opposing appropriations of L'.OCO for repair and upkeep of lomobiles for official use by State partment officials. "These officers and their chief irks are always at lunch," said \ Rucker. "You call at eleven o'ick in the morning, and they are lunch, you return at three in the ;ernoon, and they are still at ich. They eat too much." KCADE MILLS AT ROCK HILL HAS A $50,000 FIRE Chester, S. C., Jan. 31.?Fire of (determined origin, caused damage itmated at $50,000 to cotton in the irehouse of the Arcade Mills at >ck Hill, S. C., early today. I Among the One Hundred. I Will H. Hays, chairman of the Na-J inal Republic Committee, has ap-j inted a committee of one hundred! visors. R. R. Tolbert will serve' Dm South Carolina. Railway Strike Ends. lome, Jan. 31.?The railroad strike, J lich has been in progress for some^ ne, ended today. All the strikers j ve resumed work. ' <, .' r. . > : . new army MEASURE to gw? u. j. ?12 force ;r? five yea::: ! 9, Washington, Jan. HO.?Mobilization of an organized field army of: two million men' would be possible i within five years after passage of the senate army reorganization bill, Chairman Wadsworth ,of the senate! military committee, said today in his j report to the senate on the measure. I The cost would not exceed $590,987,000 annually, he said.' Including the permanent standing army of 298,000 and the citizens' c army and national guard, as proposed ,the measure through its com- ^ pulsory military training plan would; permit the mobilization next year of an army of 1,198,000 men ,the re- 1 port continued. Youths trained would ^ be passed in the citizens reserve i army and in 1926 the nation's available military strength would be 3,-j* 345,000 officers and men, while the * cost per man would be reduced s from $509'in 1921 to $176 in 1926. r '"With the organization personnel c shown in 1926," the reporter said,!1 "it will be possible after providing ? for the foreign garrisons and the'* coast defenses to mobilize an organi-1 zed field army of 2,000,000 men t with ample surplus strength to sup- '< ply replacements and to form new ( and unexpected organizations. This I can be done even after a' liberal al- < lov/ance for evemptions on account! of industrial requirements.'* 2 ? , j. i j JUROR IN MUD HOLE, i VERDICT SOON AFTER t t Monroe, La., Jan. 29.?When a f dissenting juryman to.'ay refused to < agree to the verdict of <ruilty the! trial of Alvin Calhoun, negro follo.vinrr the murder 0" N. H. Arnold 1 January 20 at Tallulah, La., he was publicly whipped and then dipped in ^ a mud hole, according' to reports from Tallulah reaching here tonight. s When tho jury returned to its s quarters in the court house, escorting ( the downcast, mud covered dissent-; ing juryman, a verdict of guilty was ^ agreed upon, according to the report. , The jury ther. appeared in thfe court ^ room, reporting its findings, which j. declared Calhoun to be guilty of ^ murder in the first.degree. ^ It is said that the dissenting juryman was later waited upon by a committee and ordered to leave L Tallulah. Calhoun confessed to the murder / V cf Arnold, a young farmer who hadi^ emigrated south from Danville, Ky., ^ IfDveral months ago, according to. the sheriff at Ouichita parish. He is' .said to have stated that he picked up a heavy piece of wood and struck the white man over the head while ,j the latter was milking a cow. Ac-j( .cording to the sheriff, the negro I said he then robbed Arnold of less j than $100. Arnold operated a farm i at West Point, Miss., before coming! to Louisiana. jr To Organize Miners. Bluefield, W. Va., Jan. 31.?Johnj u. jjevvis, acting president 01 trie un-j ited Mine Workers of America, is, t planning a campaign to organize all: coal miners in the Pocahontas field, involving approximately 300 mines J and 75,000 men, according to a statement Mr. Lewis is said to have made u A nawsnonov i , wv .ivuoj/Hjyvi liltu uyun n to amv<ai|^ here tonight. i Protest At Hanover. i Berlin, Jan. 31.?A demonstration^ ia participated in by 5,000 persons wa3|? held at Hanover yesterday in protest jj. against the extradition of Formerj Emperor William from Holland. The|v demonstrators -after the meetingj marched to the home of Field Mar-jshal von Hindenbur? and acclaimed 11 him. Hinden'burg replied with a brief patriotic speech. Legislating Against the Women Jackson, Miss., Jan. oO.?Mississipi school teachers are forbidden to marry druing a term of school, according to the provisions of a measure passed by the lower house of the Legislature today. BANKS UF ill ?o? foo Many Government Depositories. Pruning Knife To Be Used?War Causes Changes?Cutting Off Inactive Banks and Reducing Deposits. Washington, Feb. 1.?Drastic reaction in the number of national ianks designated as government lepositories is being made by the reasury department with the result hat less than 400 of the 1,331 such nstitutions holding federal funds on une 30, 1919 are expected to .sur rive the pruning knife. Changes in the government's inancial situation brought about by he war's fiscal cooperations, it was ;aid, officially today, has made it lecessary. to abolish hundreds of the lepositoi'ies and revise the plan for iistribution of government moneys tmong banks employed since prior .0 1912. While the treasury is cutting off ;he inactive accounts, it is also' rclucing the balances carried by many >t.her banks?in all, in fact, where government transactions do not re]uire the use of large sums. "Scientific apportionment" it is ;aid will be the basis in the future 'or disposition of surplus funds.. Of:k-ials explained that the policy as o depositories woulJ operate :-o hat each bank will be able to realize squal returns on a basis of business iono for the government:. \ / Lei: Than One Thousand. Liciu led in the list oi national janks struck off are .">30' banks vhich had accounts of $1,000. un.I vhich were designated as governnent depositories during the administration of Franklin Macyeagn, as secretary of the treasury for Presilent Taft. Practically half v of the banks to )e deprived of government balances ilready have been eliminated from he rolls and .outstanding balances' hus have been reduced from $52,)00,000 to $27,000,000. Other banks vili be taken off ot tne omciai list )f depositories and other accounts vill be reduced until by the end of he calendar year it is expected the lew policy will be fully completed. Officials were reticent today as to he geographical location of the de>ositories cancelled. MORE DEFENDANTS ILL \ Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 1.?InT "luenza made a fresh attack on the iefendants in the Newberry elections :onapiracy trial today and it was probable tonight that seven of them ,vill not appear in court when ihe :ase is resumed tomorrow afternoon, rhat the trial will go on was indica;ed by the fact that the 12 jurors sworn in Saturday gave no sign of >eing affected by the malady. Three of the five defendants on yesterday's sick list had recovered his evening, but five others were 'resh victims of the epidemic. John 3. Newberry, brother of the principal 'igure in the trial, was stricken on lis way to Detroit and word tonight vas that he would not be able to reurn for several days. At Work Again. The paving force got back to w*rk igain Saturday on Greenville street, ifter the rain and sleet. The road is leing leveled up and filled in and nadc wider by cutting down the si valks. wVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV f" ATTAM IIADITTT kl VxV/ 1 i vil irirturvi_. i . V February 2. 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