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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
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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
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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
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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.
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V COTTON MARKET.
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V February 4.
V Spot Cotton 40.00
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V May 32.26 V
V July x 30.36 V
V October 28.00 V
V December 27.21 V
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EXTENDED STUDY
OF COTTON SEED;
MUCH SOLD ANNUALL1
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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SENATOR LODGE TO
MOVE TO CONSIDER
,'i TREATY IN SEN AT
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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<
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, | 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.
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. i Senator Lodges announcemen
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. 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.
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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.
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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<
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it hope she will come to Abbeville b
fore returning North.
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GRAND AND PETIT <
JURORS ARE CHOSEN;
E ' COURT MEETS FEB. 23.!
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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 |
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'*! Washington, Feb. 2.?Edwin T.j
I Meredith of Des Moines, Ipwa, be-1
came a member of the cabinet today, j
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e succeeding David F. Houston as sec-;
;etary of agriculture. Mr. Houston:was
sworn in at noon as secretary!
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oi ine treasury, r'uiuhu^ uauci i
C i
Glass, who took his seat in the sen- -j
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ate to fill out the unexpired term.i
1 i of the late Senator Martin, of'V?**-jj
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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.
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>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!
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!relatives and friends to mourn her
!?i L
I passing-.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at Ebenezer Church. |c
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>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.
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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
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?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
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Miss Charlotte Brown 111.
!honc
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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
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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
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[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.
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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.
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. m. remicii, a uusmess man
\ Belton, was in the city Tuesday
business.