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# N I y* i \ ? i 1 . . 'A Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, February 4, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. / - CHURCHES) ' On Account of "Flu" City Board oT HeaitH Orders That Schools, Churches and Theatres Be Closed and That There Be No Public Gatherings of Any Kind. [ By order of the City Board of Health the "flu" is epidemic in Ably beville now. Twenty-eight new cases were re-i poi*ted here Tuesday, making a total of 105 altogether. No cases of pneumonia have developed. ^ On account of the influenza epidemic the City Board of Health has ordered, "that the schools, churches, moving picture theatres be closed and that no public meetings of any kind be helJ, a::J that no skating be' Ms allowed." The city schools closed Tuesday because of lack of teachers and the scarcity of students. Only one high 1 1 4. 1 dUHUUl LCai;ilCi X ICU 1UI . V Miss Lotttc May Vaujrn, the rest. Mis? Julia Turner, Miss Johnnie Mae Lynch and Prof. MacTyiere Daniel being: conf.ncd to their rooms with ' 1 flu or la grippe. The action of the Board of Health makes the closingofficial. Dr. J. R. Powter, Chairman City Board of Health, said that the flu m-.< . was epidemic here in a very mild form and that they felt that there was no reason for the nublie to be come undulv alarmed. Some cases in 4f> the countrv were severe, and were typical of last year's epidemic, but that the type of flu prevailing in town, was mile!. He said that the City Beard of Health took action as a precautionary measure and urged the public to respond in spirit, thus reducing to a minimum the chances of spreadirifp /Jienn;/* X i WiV? UlOCa^U. The order of the Board of Health will remain in force until there h a marked dimunition in the epidemic 5. ' here. /" 1 ~~ Enforce Quarantine. Supt. Fulp has asked that all parents help in strictly enforcing the quarantine as ordered by the City Board of Health in sxo far as the school children are concerned. f If the parents do not see that their children are kept at home and away from other children, the closing down of the schools will work more harm towards spreading the ejfidemic than if the children were kept in school. While, it is not definitely known by the medical profession just how influenza is contracted, it may be assumed that the germ or organism is contracted by close contact with carriers or from persons already having the germ in their bodies. So it is expedient for us to use every precaution to prevent a further spread of the disease and see that childrpn do not be permitted to gather or to play together. If the quarantine is accepted in the same spirit in which it is levied .; by the board of health, there is at least hope that the schools may re's sume their work in a few days. The superintendent also has advised all the teachers to remain where they are as every doc^>r admits that \ the disease is most easily ontracted on crowded trains, .. d it may be that some already affected would carry the epidemic to their home towns. It is also the intention of the board of health to reopen the schools just as soon as practicable, and each teacher must be where they can be quickly notified. vvwvvvvvvvvvvv V COTTON MARKET. V V February 4. V Spot Cotton 40.00 V v H.T ? ^u 34 X iuaitn ......... v^.vv ? V May 32.26 V V July x 30.36 V V October 28.00 V V December 27.21 V ' 'tvi ':-.'? ' J EXTENDED STUDY OF COTTON SEED; MUCH SOLD ANNUALL1 I _ Washington, Feb. .'5.?Marketin; of cotton seed for planting purpose should be made a more highly spe cialized industry than it is and tin term "planting cotton seed" shouh be made to represent a product o infinitely greater intrinsic and pocen 4-! ??-* * * Aw^mnvTr AA+f An enm Lie* I vaiuc tiiaii uiuxnai^ wvuvn or the average planting cotton see; of today, the department of agi-icul ture has concluded after thorougl investigation of the subject. Cottoi seed sold annually in the Unite? States for planting purposes is ap proximately 170,000 tons; the est? mated value in very fecent years ap proaches $20,000,000. That repre sents about 31 per cent, of the tota annual requirements for planting the remaining 69 per cent, beinj produced on farms where it is used. Approximately 93,000 tons or 1' per cent, of the total planting re quirement, is obtained from seed men, cottcnseod oil mills, cotton gii operators and small local dealers Seedmen handle about 30,000 ton of that. Under the present systen of handling cotton seed on the aver age farm and at public gins, the de partment says, very little pure seec : ? ? :i~ui~ ui any variety ur strain is hvcxiicluiv Standard commercial varieties c: cotton sold for planting purpose: number less than 40, while the num ber of variety names used in exploit ing the business during recent year: is well over 600. The practice orenaming varieties has been abusec in some instances to the extent tha the variety name serves little mor< than to advertise or identify the sell er, the department's report declares Delinting of cotton seed for plant ir.g .purposes is being followed ir vory. fev.* instances, although it ha. been advocated by some of the stat( agricultural experiment stations ir the bouth. It hac proved r. prac.i cal success from the standpoint oi both dealers and farmers wherevei it has been tried. It is of prime im portance in improving the quality oJ the seed, causing them to germinatt more quickly and to produce a bettc: stand. If delinters were installec in custom gins, farmers might hav< their cotton seed which they had se lected to be used or sold for plant ing purposes delinte^ during the gin ning process at very little additiona cost. More than 30,000,000 pound; of linters, valued at $1,200,00( which at the present time is wasted would be saved. Quoting of planting cotton seec lor sale per luu pounds ratner tnar per bushel is urged and many othei phases of the industry thoroughly discussed. FORMER MANAGER HERE. M. C. Hoyer, Columbia, formerly manager of the Five and Ten Cen store here, arrived in Abbeville Tues day to take charge of the abov< named store during the illness of R E. Henry, wno is confined to ms Dec with the flu. A New Nurse. Miss Sallie Gosset^ of Greenville has accepted a position as communit; nurse at the Mill and has entered up on the discharge of her duties. Mis Gossett comes highly recommended and will be a great help in the wel fare work carried on at the mill. i Goes to Hospital. The friends of Mrs. C. A. Haisrlc will regret to learn that she lef Tuesday to enter a hospital in At lanta for treatment. The OJ'J Grey Mare. i There is an old .saying that "i grey mule never dies" which, if true J puts the street paving people ii Class 'A'. On the Greenville stree 'job' they work four grey mules, al hitched to one plow or scrape, pre 1 - ~t- i. T senting a most unusuai signi. 1 the present weather holds out th 'street paving job will probably las 'the life of a good grey mule. 1 SENATOR LODGE TO MOVE TO CONSIDER ,'i TREATY IN SEN AT I , r| Washington, Feb. .'5.?A renew; s of senate debate on the peace treat . next week was regarderd as virtual] p assured today when Republican leat j ers decided to join with the Denn f crats in the movement to bring tl' . i treaty back into the open senate, j; Senator Lodge, the Republica j leader, gave notice today that V would move on next Monday 1 ^suspend the rules of the treaty. Tli ^Democrats already had announce 11 they would make a similar motio Tuesday of next week. In the form proposed by Senate _! Lodge the motion will require a tw< thirds majority, but the general pr< i diction was more than that numb< 11 , | would support it. Not only thos T who favored ratification in som " I form, but some of the treaty's irr< j jconcilable foes are ready to vote t _ reopen-the debate. Should Senator Lodge's motio i fail, however, the motion of th Democratic leaders the following da will be in such form that only i majority would be necessary to pa: it, the party leaders say, The Den ocrats contend that no surspensio I of the rules would be necessary t take up the treaty and that positio jr is expected to be upheld by Vic , President Marshall. On appeal froi his decision, a majority only woul be needed to sustain him. r : 5-.; 1 5 . i Senator Lodges announcemen C : . jmade just after the senate met, a: t parently astounded Democratic ser Jatoi-s who asked him to repeat i The surprise was due to the fact the ; last week Senator Walsh, of Mor tana, gave notice on behalf'of Sem t lor Eitchcock that the latter woul J move on February 10, to take up th treaty. Senator Lodge thus forests! ing Senator Hitchcock by setting th date of his motion one day aheav! P of Senator Hitchcock's, j "I sincerely hope," said Senate Lodge, in making his announcemen P "that unanimous consent will not b refused. If it is, I shall make th necessar> motion." I "Why wait so long?" asked Ser ator Ashurst, Arizona, Democrr. "Why not tomorrow or next day?" "I'll say to the senator," I'eplie Senator Lodge, "that I've given thn j consideration. But so many senatoi are absent that I think it better t 5 i j wait until next Monday." I Senator Lodge's decision wa reached after conferences with otho j Republicans and a study of the rec ^ord of the treaty debate in the laf session. r. Democratic and Republican leac 'ers are understood to be preparin reservations to offer as soon as th |treaty again is before the senate. I .some q1 "*u*ters it was predicted man , of the noints at issue soon would h r j t eliminated by an agreement on th . basis of the work done by the ir -> formal bi-partisan compromise con mittee. The possibility that open d< I bate would facilitate agreement o article ten and the Monroe doctrim however, was regarded by many c the senators as remote. , CUT IN CLOTHING li. PRICES AGREED Oi i? T71.U o r> i i ?t a^iiiu^tun, r eu. o.?ivepresenu tives of the Men's Clothing Industr I in conference with Department c 'Justice officials reached an agre< jment today on a policy to be fo j lowed by them m an effort to reduc : to cost of men's clothing. Furttu jthan this announcement, the clotl r iers would not discuss the confe: t ?nce. ;-! Assistant Attorney General Fis Isaid a statement outlining the resull ! of the conference would be issue i later in the day and that it woul ! embody a resolution adopted by tV 'clothiers. a \a/:_? r 1 n V The friends of Mrs. Mamie L< H Bryant of Atlantic City, will be g\z to know that she is spending tl f winter in Camden. She comes i P' search of a warm climate and frien< I it hope she will come to Abbeville b fore returning North. * GRAND AND PETIT < JURORS ARE CHOSEN; E ' COURT MEETS FEB. 23.! j * The grand jurors for 1920 and the '.y:peuu jurors xur me reoruary ivim , iy; Court of General Sessions which 1--convenes Friday February 23, fol-j > low: iC Grarj:! Jury for Year 19.1C J. S. Morse, 11, n| W. H. White, 11, ie| A. L. Lin!:, 10.. o | F. P. McGee, ie J T. A. Fii .iiam, o, ^ ; d Pat Roche, 11, ii; R. L. Enrmore, 4, A. D. Kennedy, b, >r I W. A. Harbin, G, >| J. T. Magill, 5, 2-j J. B. Price,'11, ii'| R. S. Link, 11, >e | Jesse Bonds, 13, ie J. G. Baskin, 13, 3-| A. li. Minor, 13, ( ' -O! Tho.\ Stevenson, G, I B. G. Campbell,; 13, i n R. D. Branyon, 5. IG : FoV?fiiai*u Tftfm yj L. M. Patterson, 12, a B. E. Evans, 7,, ssj C. G. McAllister, 14, i-j V. R. Ramey, 10, nj R. W. Smith, 10, I o | John M. Wright, 13, n 1 T. C. Sutherland, 14, :c S. H. Roser>burg, 11, "J n j W. R. Phillips, 4, j? d I J. S. Fields, 14, J. W. Baldwin, 5, j] B. A. Campbell. 13, j t?J A. B. Bj'oadwell, 13, j. >- J J. H. Sherard, 14, f i i-1 J. W. Lollis, 4, c t. J. W. Bradberry, 12, j it J, E. Culbreth, 11, , i- J. T. Black, 14, t i-: H. Darricott, 14, i I W. E. Johnson, 11, { ej A. L. Bass, 11, if 1"! J. H. Ferguson, 11, , ] el Pierce Bowen, 6, c yj W. M. Agnew, 0, \ Lott Branyon, 5, j ir! E. 0. Clinkscales, 13, . '( j Norris Wakefield, 12, 'c C I .T T. JamM fi cl Albert Henry, 11, i J. A. Ashley, 6, ! J J. E. Palmer, 11, j L"-j fG. E. Tate, 11, i J. W. McKee, 6, j d| H. P. Salley, 12, . i '*! J. C. Dupi'e, 10, j W. M. Kerr. NEW MEMBERS CP j WILSON CABINET ;rj 7Aii VliESR SZAVi | : '*! Washington, Feb. 2.?Edwin T.j I Meredith of Des Moines, Ipwa, be-1 came a member of the cabinet today, j rr e succeeding David F. Houston as sec-; ;etary of agriculture. Mr. Houston:was sworn in at noon as secretary! y i _ j. ii.. i. i oi ine treasury, r'uiuhu^ uauci i C i Glass, who took his seat in the sen- -j 10 ate to fill out the unexpired term.i 1 i of the late Senator Martin, of'V?**-jj 1-! . . ,1 gima. /iI ' Mi*. Meredith, the new agricultural j '.'cpariment, is the editor of tho! i ^ "Successful Farming," and president of the Asociated Advertising Clubs j of the World. He also is a director! iof the Chicago Federal Reserve bank! N' and was one of the excess-profit ad-, 'visors of the treasury department, i- j Secretary Glass, then a member of: y[the house of representatives, from | >f .Virginia, was appointed about a yearj J-1 ago to succeed Wiliam G. McAdoo as 1-; secretary of the treasury. :e I >rj MRS. J. D. MILLER * j Mrs. J. D. Miller, 76 years old, jdied at her home six miles east of town Tuesday night. She is survived; ^ J by her husband and several children.] jjThe deceased is well known through-! out the county and leaves many! i i !relatives and friends to mourn her !?i L I passing-. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at Ebenezer Church. |c jc >ej Going To Cuba. \S id t ,e Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lee leave to-,t in day for a pleasure trip to Cuba. Theyji Is will be away some time and expect t e- to see all the sights in the gay city f of Havana. : GERMAN WAR GUILTY MUST BE TRIED LY pi ALLIES SEPARATELY;! L Paris, Feb. 2.?The council of imbassadors today approved a draft >f the alied reolv to the Germait iote asking moderation in the terms' )f the peace treaty demanding sur-1 Sec< render of German war guilty. j The allies' reply will point out, it I ^ .vas learned, that ilfcder the terms of ;he. treaty trial of the Teuton vrr.r guilty of the allies must be separ-' ite from any German trial.' Baron Kurt von Lersner, head oi I ;he German delegation here, will re-j # :eive the allied reply tomorrow, ac-jerlCi >crding to tfle council's plans. I^evi At the request of the French rep- ^ resentative, who pointed out Ger- ^er uany is more than 1,000,000 tons of mee :oal a month behind in her coal de-,a* s' iveries to France, the council de- ^esP :ided to ask Germany to speed up leliveries. * ans' There now is more coal per capita! n Germany than in France, it was:e*cc1 claimed. son> Hereafter the Belgian ambassador en^1 .vill attend the council's meetings aers vhen matters of interest to Bel- ^ox' rium come un for discussion. ~KlCJ i ?: i ti ?ass!enc,er ship w. , FROM GERMANY S. F G. j New York, Feb. 3.?The . first pas- comi enger ship to sail from a German ex-o )ort lo the United States since July' 1914, and the first American passen- A ;qv ship to undertake a similar voy- men ige, reached here today when the Tues American line steamer Manchuria'v/as locked. She sailed from Hamburg banr fanuary 0. calling at Southampton, c'l ind brought 39 passengers, all from tee ' ;he English port. rang Capt. Adrian Zeder, master of at a he Manchuria, said he could have Set Ulcd his ship to overflowing at in A iamburg with passengers for Am- banc irica had passoprt regulations and tl estrictions as to'travel permitted. A. I Applications were numerous and King Germans expressed regrets that they *t :ould not come to this country. will It required eight days- of 24 hours tice >ach, working three eight hour ihifts, to discharge at Hamburg the Tl >,000 tons of cargo the Manchuria calle ook with her to Germany, 'officers of .burg he ship said. This work could have the >en done before the war in about i?nI 14 hours, and the delay was raid to ince] >e due to the listless manner in an(l vhich the German dock workers la- Loui >ored. The officers said they were told ow of spirit, apparently suffering ^ran 'rom malnutrition, and displayed lit- its c le ambition. ville Food was said to be scarce, bnf. aPP^ hose with money have 110 trouble in;to t jetting all they want, ship officers been leclared. A party of five from the; or&'a Vlanchuria dined at a prominent jChai Hamburg hotel and paid for their lineal 409 marks. On the other hand,' i story was told of one of the Ger-j Ai nan dockers begging from the stewird of the ship a piece of frozen Fulp )eef, which he eagerly devoured raw. Lorn T\ie Manchuria brought with her'A S1 :rom Germany 200 bags of mail and ou^ i quantity of cargo, including phos-jb?dc ihates. j local | T1 Miss Charlotte Brown 111. !honc i jwho Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown, accom-'was panied by Dr. J. C. Hill, left Tuesday Wilt night for Cartersville, S. C., where;corni they were called on account of the 0f tl eerious illness of their daue-hter. Miss! R Charlotte Brown. Miss Brown left'Brov here a few days ago to visit her sis-| ter, Miss Louise Brown in Carters-j Oi ville, and a message arrived Tuesdayjter i telling that she was dangerously ill. iin A jspec: Army Buys Caskets. jthe 1 I try I Washington, Feb. 3.?The pur-|fome :hase of 17,000 caskets at a cost of jln Tl > 1,104,508 to be used for the return! >f army dead from Europe I.-s been i . . idecis :ompleted by the war department in j iccordance with its announced policy! "ee 1 t)Gl* C o return as soon as practicable the >odies of American soldiers buried meel n France to the next of kin, for in-1 erment in this country. The manu-i M acturers were instructed to expe- fron lite deliveries. ' ! on b SI Of IE* ' 1 MB) HERE I > jnU in South Carolina?W. D. ilkincon Elected Post-Commancr?Banquet Planned For February 17?Memorial Exercises Here February 22 if Flu Epidemic Abates. ? onday night a Post of the Amin Legion was organized in Ablle, the ex-service men gatherin the Court House to the numof 75. It was an enthusiastic ting, a modicum of the traditionpirit of the "veteran" showing, lite the fact that it is "not "postam" enough to develop "veterhe officers of the new Post wejre ted as follows: W. D. Wilkinpost-commander; Carroll Swet- ' 'J lrg, vice-commander; Joseph Anon, Antreville, adjutant; R. E. , post-finance officer and J. M. :les, post-insurance officer. be executive committee follows: J. Brownlee , Major J. D. Fulp, '. Sherard, R. B. Cheatham, and Neuffer, Jr., with the postnander and the post adjutant as fficio members. February 17. banquet for all the ex-service of the county is planned for >day, February 17. A committee named to have charge of this iuct, to name a place and make arrangements and this commitwrill meet at once and make arements which will be announced n early date. It is planned to every former soldier and sailor ibbcvill? Countv to r.ttr.n.l this '' a [uet. The committee in charge ie banquet includes C. L. Richey, I. Rosenberg, J. C. Hill, J.' C. j and H. G. Clark. ^ is possible that the flu epidemic force postponement and if so noof fact will be published. iS Origin of Legion. ie meeting Monday night was d to order by Carroll Sweten and W. D. Wilkinson explained facts about the. American Leghe -went into the history of its ption in- Paris March 15, 1019; its final organization in St. s, May 8-10, 1919. He also of the organization of the State ch of South Carolina. which had mgin in Flounce. The AbbeChapter was the first to make lication for a charter, but owing he fact that Florence men had i instrumental in the first State nization that city was give^ rter No. 1 and Abbeville Charter 2. Memorial E^rciiei. ?lks were made at the meeting by 31* R. B. Cheatham, Major J. D. i, Dr. C. C. Gambrell, John ax, Joseph Anderson and others, plendid spirit prevailed throughand the enthusiasm shown ts well for the success of the I chapter. lie matter of the memorial exer; to be held here February 22 in >r of Abbeville County men lost their lives during the war taken up and Post-Commander :inson appointed the following mittee to have entire charge of he arrangements: , B. Cheatham, J. D. Fulp, W. J. vnlee and G. A. Neuffer. Club Rooms for Post ne of the plans of the local cfaaps to have club rooms somewhere .bbeville. This feature is for the ial benefit of the members of local post who live in the counmd who have felt the need of : sort of lounging quarters while iwn. le question of the dues for the ?ville post was taken up but no lion was reached and a commit,vas named to look into the mat>f dues and report at the next ting. Hi Ti 1 _ 1 . m. remicii, a uusmess man \ Belton, was in the city Tuesday business.