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* m M ? i \ ^ Abbeville Press and Banner j Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbevile, S. C., Monday, February 9, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year? ? ? ? ' ? . HOOVER REFUSES " S 10 BE DEFINITE H Will Stand Back of Party That is For League of Nations. Says He is * Not a Candidate For Presidential Nomination. H ? xt?.. tt'ok 8 Hprhprt Hoo INC W A Uirt, AW. W. ? ver tonight issued a statement definnig his attitude toward the Presidency. He announced that he is not t-r a candidate for the nomination and and that^ no one is authorized' to <.. - speak for him politically. If the ^ league of nations is made an issue r;*. in the election he will vote for the party that stands for the league. In response to requests that he declare allegiance to either one or the other of the great political parties, Mr. ^ Hoover says he will wait until it definitely appears what the party managers stand for, and will exer:-U cise a prerogative of American citizenship and decline to pledge my vote blindfolded. His statements fol iy. low: "In order to answer a large number of questions all at once, let me emphasize that I have taken a day off from the industrial conference in Washington to come to New York solely to attend pressing matters in 1 connection with the children's relief.) [>; 1 I want to again say I have not sought and am not seeking the Presidency. I am not a candidate. I have no "orjfc-v*. ganization.' No one is authorized to speak for me politically. laterected in Situation. "As an American citizen by birth | v * and of long ancestry I am naturally deeply interested in the present crit-j ical situation. My sincere and only| political desire is that one or both of, the great poltical parties will ap-j proach the vital issues, which have >: grown out of the war and are new, j with a clear purpose looking to the - welfare of our people and that candi-! dates capable of carrying out this; - work should be nominated. If the treaty goes over to the! K ('!' Presidential election (with any reservations necessary to clarify the t world's mind that there can be no infringement of the safeguards proivided by our constitution and nation? old traditions) .then I must vote for k the party that stands for the league. *< . '* With it there is no hope, not only of the prevention of war, but also that we can safely economize in military policies. There is hope of earlier return of confidences and the economic reconstruction of the world. I could not vote with a party if it were dominated by groups who set aside our constitutional guarantees for free speech or free representation with hope to reestablis' control of the government for profit and privilege. I could not vote with a party if it were dominated by groups .vno hope for any form of socialism whether it be nationalization of industry or other destruction of individual initiative. Both these exA M tremes, camoutiaged or open, are active enough in the country to-lay. t Neither of these dominations would enable those constructive economic policies that will get us down from unsound economic practices which of ,. j necessity grew out of the war nor would they secure the good will to production in our farmers and workers or maintain the initiative of our rjiness men. The issues look forrd-t not. back." A Teacher Sick. Miss Lois Jackson, one of the p,'?.- school teachers boarding at the Hotel, has succumbed to the prevailing complaint and is sick with fli*. vvUvuvvuvvvvv V COTTON MARKET. V k-: V V V February 9. V V Spot Cotton 39.50 V V V V March 34.99 V t. V May 32.65 V , V July 30.71 V V October 38.70 V J;;; V December 28.15 V I TWO STILLS RAIDED IN THIS COUNTY; TWO NEGROES CAUGH' Deputy Sheriff R. L. Cann, assist ed by United States Deputy Collec tors V. B. Martin and fcellett, raidei two stills in this county Saturday an< made captures in both instances. The first place raided was thi home of Dave Scott, negro, living 01 the Johnson and McKenzie place three miles nothwest of town. There ! a small kitchen still was in operatioi i with the finished product drippinj into a bottle. Scott., saw the officer coming and ran out of the bad door. One officer remained to see tha the still was not hidden and Officer Cann and Martin chased the negr< into a swamp nearby. He stoppe* only after the officers fired on him | A ten gallon still with fifteen gal | Ions of beer was captured along wit] | a small quantity of whiskey. The home of Sam Callahan oi Claude Sullivan's place, near Mar tin's Mill, was next raided. Callahai was not at home, but the still, ca] and worm, were discovered unde j some hay in the barn and the See j was found in a corn crib. Callahai I was captured returning to his home. Both negroes were taken befor United States Commissioner C. E Williamson and were placed 'unde $500 bond. They were also plaqe< under a county bond of $200-each.. LIQUIDATION FELT IN ALL MARKETS DURING PAST WEEK New. York, Feb. 8.?Under the in fluence of unparalleled depreciatior ! of foreign exchange rates, liquida jtion set in during the past week i which affected all the markets?se \ curities, cotton and commodities, in eluding grain coffee and sugar. With the foreign exchanges droo ping to new low records came an in crease in rates of money borrowing Added to these factors was a reporl that England had placed an embargc on cotton imports. Although this re port was denied, the fact that Eng | list cotton importers were voluntarilj ! curtailing purchases added to the factors leading to a depression no1 only for cotton market, but al financial transactions. i Operations late Friday and during Saturday's sessions were somewhal better, sterling demand having re gained some of its losses, which al one time during the week carried i1 to a new low record of $3.19. Steel common on Thursday, Fridaj ;and early Saturday broke througl par, but closed the week at 100 1-5 'Other leading issues were depressec jto exceptional lows during the flurrj but regained some of their losses during later trading. Bills offered in the market exceed ed the market's ability to absorb Upon realization that outgoing ship ments were falling off in all lines o1 exports, short selling entered the market to accelerate the speculative j decline. j twenty-eight new cases of influenz/ Twenty-eight :w cases of fli were reported to the City Board o Health for Sunday, making a tota of 209 cases already reported here. * The churches were closed Sunda: and there was nn nnhliV {ratherinc I of any kind except in the restaurant and on the street corners. To date there have been no ver^ serious cases here and none has dev eloped into pneumonia. The high and graded schoo.s wil | probably remain closed this week ; though it is possible that the Boarc I of Health will take some action look ing to their opening the first of nex week. Practically all of the teacheri v.'ho were sick have recovered. Meeting Called Off. The meeting of the farmers ant business mpn nf Ahhf?vi11e Conntv called for Tuesday morning to heai an address from R. M. Mixon, presi dent of the South Carolina Cottor Association, has been called off on ac count of the quarantine against pub lie gatherings. [OLD SCENES 1 OF LONG A( r( Col. E. H. Aull, editor 01 tne r?jewi berry Herald and News and director (of census for this district has written B.a very interesting sketch of Abbei.ville?its people and various other y things?which we print below. Col. ! J Aull has made a number of visits to 11 Abbeville within the past several *i months giving attention to his duties sjas census director and has managed s'jto circulate among our people quite t a bit. He is a careful observor and I s with it he has a good memory; and >jhe writes well. *1 In former days Col. Aull lived in j Abbeville and his article is about " "old scenes and faces of/longpgo repealled" and what he has written will ! be of much interest to the readers of 1 the Press and Banner. He writes ~|With such evident love for Abbeville, Vits people, and traditions, that one ? I wonders how he happens to be now r living in Newberry. rj His article follows: 1 Memory is a wonderful thing, and it is pleasant to recall the scenes and e I faces of the long ago especially when ' |it brings to mind friends that were r kind and true and scenes that had a * happy setting. Some people are foolish enough to believe that is a sign of old age when one loves to dwell on the events and the friends of the ? long ago. There may be * something " in that, but I believe that the man or the woman who does not at times take pleasure in dwelling on the 1 things and the men and women who have cpme into the life as the years ' glided along is lacking in some of " the elements that go to make up the best type of man or woman. The ! truth i,s, we need at all times ip these " I strenuous days to inculcate and to "| impress the importance of more of *jthe finer sentiments which go to ^make up and are a part of the - best > type of citizen. The tendency of the " age is toward commercialism and a " worship of money and things material, and no age can grow the right 2 J sort of ...an or woman that thinks and dwells to too great a degree on H things material. There is something jelse far and above things of a material nature, and that are essential ^ to the making of a life that is worth " while. That something is a finer t sentiment, a sentiment that has ret gard for the feelings of the other ?#-?! 1 j-tTir 4-V?4- io An r\nr?n cinrt f n ACiiU VY J tliau AO miniig Vtl VVWU^IVU vv ' put yourself in the other fellows 1 place and ask how you would like to ' i be treated if you were he and he * I were you. In other words, the thin? ^ j that this world needs today abov~ 3 j everything else, and that would se!jtle many of the big problems thr " [the wise men ar^ discussing is to re j call the Golden'Rule and to put it in" to every day life. If that were done r there would be no need of a peace ^treaty or of a league of nations or of i? billy legislation, ui any jttiia an- pcmtentiaries because then all our disagreements and dissensions would be J settled on the great principle laid I down therein. And so it is you must , at times dwell on the great events * 1 fjand the good men and women who I'have gone on before, and it is well I that memory gives and grants you P'that privilege. j! But all this is apart from the story II started out to write. I had occasion pjin connection with my duties as J supervisor of the census to go to Ab'beville the other dav. and in order j;to ""^k'1 the trip as the railroad jscheo s are now I had to spend the jjday, an \ I was glad of the opporJtunity. It took only a little while to j.lget through with the business I had iand a good dinner at the Eureka hotel now run by Mrs. Taggart, and I might add that this is one of the good and homelike hotels where one delights to stop. When you enter you i^are greeted as if they were glad that , you came. And you are made to feel ri at home. I have often wondered why -'all persons who are in public places 1' did not cultivate more of that pleas-(ant manner and kindly spirit which - makes one feel comfortable, and I do !not believe that any one has a moral AND FACES 30 RECALLED ] right to accept any public position [where he comes in contact with huiman beings, who cannot be polite land courteous at all times. If he can not he should go out and plow a mule ai\d keep away from contact with the human family. It is a big asset to be able to be courteous at all times and make others feel at lease in your presence. ! ? ! My first work after I left college j \ was as school teacher in the good jold town of Abbeville. President D. |B. Johnson, now of Winthrop college, was the principal of the school land Miss Lucy White and myself were the assistants. It was one of the most delightful years of my life, the ten months I spent in Abbeville. And the school work was pleasant. The boys and girls were all of gentle bearing and knew something of the! amenities of life, and it was a pleasure to teach them. And many of the i boys and girls from that school have! made their mark in the world inj whatever sphere they may have been! called, and the mark has been aj WlCUlUCLUiC UUC.A~l.IiU x IIOVC 1CJU1\^CU in their success and have always and} at all times felt a pardonable pride! in their progress in life and in their j unfolding into greater and bigger! and better men and women. Some of j them are railroad presidents andj some cotton mill presidents and some| great lawyers and some of them! trusted and popular State and county officials and others physicians and| merchants and business men. Butj then they had the right sort of blood j coursing through their veins, and as n food oltJ kinsman of mine once ! told me, pedigree in men and women j 'would tell even as in the lower ani-j mals. ' ' ! ? i It was a beautiful afternoon, just; like a Southern spring day, the day( that I was in Abbeville, last Friday. ; I concluded that I would stroll J around all alone and see if I could j ifind any familiar places, and call on a few of the friends of those days' i ! I who still remain in the old town.' Naturally the first place I sought out; was the house and the place where I lived and where I took the bride of my youth, then the home of Dr. Bd-! jwin Parker ,the home being presided |over by his daughter, Miss Ellen' 'Parker. She afterwards became the! Iwife of Mr. Norwood, and I was told i jwas still living in Abbeville, though j 11 failed to see her. I called at the J home where she lives but she had! gone out. I am sorry that I missed her, because I shall always remember'her great kindness to me andi mine. The old Parker mansion still j stands very much as it did in the i days that are gone, and alongside it 'stands the Episcopal church and the imanse just as they were in the long; I ago. A Mr. Bowie I was told now | owns the Parker mansion and lives there. I was tempted to go in and, ask permission to visit once more the J rooms that I occupied when I lived I there, but I did not. The Episcopal i church is a handsome building and 11 I understand a new and modern manse j 'ltas been erec* d. It miflht be injteresting to some in this day of high j prices and demand for more pay for i teachers, and the demand is proper, I that I received the munificent salary jof $35 per month for teaching in (this school at Abbeville, but then (Miss Ellen boarded the two of us for j $20 per month and we managed to jget along, as we were just starting land exDectiner to eet an increase the next year and it did come in a way, that is the contract called for it. I came to Newberry the following session to teach in the college. The next scene that attracted my attention on this stroll was the old school house, or the place where it once stood. The old building has been torn away and a new and modern building now occupies the same j place. This building has been there (Continued on Page Eight.) .'.it;-;!>i*': - '&? FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR EUROPE URGED BY F. A. VANDERLIP i New York, Feb. 7.?Frank A. Vanderlip, who first called attention to Europe's serious economic decline nine months ago, declared in a state ment today that the foreign exchange situation can be righted and Europe can be put on her feet only if the Europeans will go back to work. But Europe can only do this, he said, if America will supply her with food and raw materials. The former head of the National City bank, of New York, added that America can easily undertake the work of rehabilitation. The first step he said, was the most important, though it need not be a large one. "A billion dollars will go a very long way," Mr. Vanderlip stated, "in starting Europe on the way to production. But, it must be a billion dollalrs spent for food and raw materials. It mustn't be a billion dollars spent on any financial rehabilitation. This is the first move necessary to help the exchange rates recover. The present decline in exchange tends now to halt our exports. Sudden Halt Possible. "It is conceivable the halt might occur very sharply. To a considerable extent, ships are now going -to Europe without full cargoes. Last year we exported eight billion dollars' worth of goods, and the trade balance in our favor was four billions, In pre-war days a trade balance of $600,000,000 for us was about the top figures. These figures indicate that if the halting of our exports goes far enough it will result in a jar that will pile up cotton, agricultural products and to some -extent manufactured goods. I do not believe such a situation would result in any serious unemployment for us. There might be some thrown out of work while a process of readjustment went on, but very little hardship . 1 j r-H- rv.._ : vYuuiu iuiiuw. vsur cuiis uiiimg cajjai;ity is greatly in excess of our present consumption. "It is rather psychological that we should feel a continuation of the present decline in exchange. The situation now facing us means the people on the other side are unable to pay for what they vitally need and that their economic life has bei come disorganized. Economic disorganization in Europe must have an I unfavorable influence on our own affairs." ( 1 THE J. C. KLUGH PROPERTY TO BE SOLD S. F. Perry and W. E. Huff, representatives of the South Atlantic Rpnlt.v P.n wptp in fnixrn fnrlair an^ made a contract with Mrs. ?f. cJ Klugh, to subdivide and sell her property at public auction some time during the next sixty days. This is a very valuable piece of property, one of the old homesteads,' is> just on the edge of town, and when subdivided will make splendid residence lots. Greenville Street Mud. Passers-by have called our attention to the fact that the mud on Greenville street is redder, stickier and in every way far more objectionable than the mud on other streets. That is one reason why the paved roadway on this street is to be constructed out of crushed marble and laid in tile. Greenville street is nlwavc qViavo fVio Harry Horton Post. The Cinton post of the American Legion organized last week has been' named the Harry Horton Post in honor of the late Harry Horton, son of Mr. H. I. Horton, of Columbia, and a brother of Mrs. R. C. Philson. | Visiting the Sick. Dr. J. L. Daniel, of Newberry, is in the city today visiting his son, J.: M. Daniel, who is recovering from the 'flu.' I i ; . PROPOSE TWO MILLS I TO BUILD HIGHWAYS 1 i Each County Would Spend Within j Own Borders Funds Thus Raised. Graduated Scale of License j Fce?. vr? ! ? ! Columbia, Feb. 7.?The select legislative committee of thq house and the1 senate for the preparation of improved highway legislation has completed its work and its bill is 725 i now being typed by the engrossing department and will be introduced into the general assembly when it ; convenes next week. j The length of the bill has prevent- 4 ed the engrossing department from completing more than half of it when it finished its work yesterday, and it .hardly will be completed in time to < be given its first reading next Monday night when the legislature reconvenes, but more than likely it will be introduced Tuesday. The bill provides for a dual system of state and county highways, but is j.u? _i 11 oiiciiu aa tu Liit; uiaceiicus WHICH Micui constitute the roads. It provides that j the state highway department shall construct a system of state highways - ;J linking up the county seats of the state, covering such main arteries of , travel as. the commission deems ad-' visable. With the assent of the county authorities it will have the right to lay out county funds, the counties to retain the title to the roads and bridges. ( Licenses Come Higher. The bill provides that, beginning with next year, all automobiles weighing 2,000 pounds or under shall pay an annual license of $6 and an additional 500 pounds licaDtw-pubsp additional license of $2 for every adprovides a license fee of $10 a year for one ton trucks $20 for two ton trucks, $50 for three ton trucks, $100 for four ton trucks, $300 for live ton wucks, $ouu ior six ton trucks, and $1,000 for trucks of seven tons, and over. Each motorcycle must pay an annual tax of $6. Dealers', license are $25 yearly for the first make of motor driven vehicle sold and $15 for each additional make. Of the amount accruing from the license tax, 80 per cent is to be spent in the counties from which originating for the maintenance of the state system in those counties. Any surplus can be used in the county for roads and bridges in such manner as decided upon by the highway department. The remaining 20 per cent will go for expenses of the department and for aid to the counties in the construction of roads and bridges. The bill likewise provides -an annual levy of two mills on all taxable property of the state. The section orovidiner this lew reads: Two Mill Property Tax "There shall be annually levied upon all the taxable property of the state a tax of two mills which shall be retained by the counties and used for the construction of highways and bridges under the state system in the respective counties under the general supervision of the highway depart- / ment, as provided in this act. In the event any county or township has issued bonds for the construction of highways, or shall issue bonds for such purposes, which shall be adopt ea into tne state system, the said levy shall be annually retained by the counties or ' townships from which said tax is levied and may be used as a sinking fund or for the purpose of retiring said bonds at the maturities of same, or applied to the payment of interest on said 3uch bonds." The personnel of the commission remains unchanged. The bill provides for five members ,the deans of the engineering departments of the University of South Carolina, Clemson college and the Citadel and two members to be appointed by the gov ernor for a period of two years each. W. M. Beatty, Donalds, was a business visitor in Abbeville Monday.