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*.v , I ' * :1 L Abbeville Press and Banner J Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, February 20, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. J SUMMARY GIVEN j OF ALLIED REPLY I Answer Said to Have Been Written By British, French and Italians? j Rome Correspondent Cables La iNacion?Three Nations Join i In Answer I Buenos Aires, Feb.4 19.?A summary of the main points in the allied reply to President Wilson's Adriatic note cabled by the Rome Correspondent of La Nacion discloses that Pr^ident Wilson threatened to withdraw his signature from the BritishFranco-American treaty establishing1 security for France to which the allies reply that such acti<?n would de-; stroy absolutely the "new French policy," for which President Wilson invited protection. The fundamental points of the re-! ply to^President Wilson according to the correspondent are: First?The allies answer the ac-, cusation it having prepared a convention for the annexation of Fiume to Italy, which presupposes bad j faith on the part of Italy, by saying; that President Wilson is unaDie xc demonstrate this. Second?The Italian petition for! the establishment of territorial con' tinguity with Fiume is a very small thing compared with the cession of' Daimatis, which, the whole world is able to prove by merely examining the map of Europe. Third?The allies observe that the project of President Wilson which comprehends the creation of a buffer state, has been rejected by the Jugoslavs, and the allied nations have! been unable to insist upon it. Fourth?The; strip of territory necessary to establish the continuity of Fiume with Italy has not sufficient value to justify procrastination > in reestablishing the peace of Europe. Fifth?Italy entered the war inspired by ideals at a moment at least #s r?ritipnl as that when the United S ates entered. She suffered sacri-! fices in blood and money incom-| ^ parably more serious than those ol v-.:e United Spates. , Tl:e president, in threatenz ing to withdraw his signature from ^the treaty of Versailles, which es-' tablished the security of France, gravely injures the very new French policy for which he invited protec; ion. Ke not- or.ly destroys the value of his first and most important act. but annihiliates it absolutely since he shows that engagements contracted in accord with this policy can be destroyed lightly. In drawing up the note, La Nrc'^n, correspondent says the British delegates prepared the technical form in, collaboration with the Italians, while v the political sense of the document is that the French delegates, who expressed themselves in terms of great sympathy for Italy. X FEW MORE DAYS OF HUNTING MAY BE HAD With the closing of the hunting season on last Saturday, Sunday being February 15th, the news that a bill to change the season in South Carolina has been passed by the house of representatives and is now before the ser.ate will have more th;.v ujual ir.v~c:rar.ce f~v the himrsn^ of this county. The bill has been favorably received, and would seem to have a good chance to pass the senate with the governor's signature, become a law. The law at prose'.v. prohibits the shooting of quail after February 15th, but should this bill be passed immediately and the governor's signature thereto attaches, it would give the local sportmen another few day? before the end 01 the new season. The bill requires that Thanksgiving day and closing on March l"th instead of Februarv 15th. This, of course would give a new hunting season for quail between the time the bill became a law and the bill became a law and the 1 ~th of March, provided the bill passes. american legion Urges fair play for service me:, Washington, Feb. 19.?Announcing to congress that it "expects definite action within sixty days,' the national beneficial legislative committee of the American Legior today made public recommendation.5 for four forms of legislative relieJ ex-service men. The legion proposes that the former ex-service man shall be given the nnf.inn r\f rhnnsinc anv one of these vjfvlv" ?? ^ ? forms of federal aid, as follows: Land settlement covering all states home aid to encourage, purchase ol either rural or city homes by ex-ser vice men, vocational education foi all ex-service persons, adjustment oi compensation or extra pay for ser vices based on length of service. The legion representatives adc that "the ex-service man should be given an option of which one of thf four features he desires." The statement of the legion committee criticizes the inactivity of congress, say ing that returned service men have been waiting in vain ever since the armistice for congress to do something to aid soldiers, sailors i.nc marines who risked their lives in thf World war. Virtual Ultimatum While there are dozens of soldiers relief bills pending in congress, anc particularly in the house of repre sentatives, the Republican leaderhave so far failed to allow any action on this legislation. Efforts have been made to get Majority Leader ,Mondell and members of the house steering committee to anounce some pro gram for taking up this legislation but the issue so far has been evaded and sidestepped. v Recently a number of house members met in the office of Representative Roval Johnson. of SoiitVi Da. kota, who saw active service ir France, and threatened to go ovci the head of the steering committee and force some expression from the house. Following this meeting representatives of the American Legion have been in Washington and todaj concluded a three days' conference v/iiicii resulted in the draft of legislation wanted. The statement of the soldier rep resentatives that action is expectec in sixty days is a virtual ultimatun to a recalcitrant congress. This ul timatum may have effect, as th( membership of the American Leeior .has a potential voting strength o: ; several millions and congrcss i; afraid of such a large block of votes LANDS FOR SOLDIERS ' i. Washington, Feb. 18.?Land sjt jtlement in all states for former ser i vice men federal aid to encouragt ! their purchase of either rural or citj homes, vocational education and ad justment of compensation based 01 length of service were recommend?! today by the legislation committee o :the American Lgion which has broi in session here three days. Eacl veteran would be given an option o !one of the four plans. < The program will be energeticali; purged upon congress, it was'announ ced, and "the American Legion doe |not hesitate to state that it expect definte action within the next 61 idays." ! MANY IGNORANT MEN i J Chattanooga, Feb. 19.?Gen. Johi J. Pershing, here for an inspection o Fort Oglethorpe, declared at a lun cheon given in his honor today tha he was ashamed at the revelations <~ illiteracy shown by tests of men call ed in the selective service,' and em t phasized the duty of Americans t suDDOrt DODular education and hrin the benefits of good schools to ever; family. General Por^h'ris: said the rc cord showed that fully 25 per cent o the men drawn in the draft wer illiterate, a fact, he said whici should cause every American shame UNION SERVICES ^ The union service of the churche will ^e held in the Baptist churc Sunday night, and the Rev. C. E Peele will preach. The hour for meet ing is 7:30 o'clock. V-'- . .. l . ~ .. . ; -. -.v., FRENCH MEMORIALS , FOR SERVICE MEN | WHO LOST LIVES j Post Commander W. D. Wilkinson, > | of the Abbeville Post American ji 'j Legion, has received the French ji j Memorials to be presented to the ; i next of kin of service men who lost!; 5 their lives during the war. It is ex-|, : pe'cted that these memorials will be j presented at a Memorial Service to i be held Sunday, February 29. j, Qrr<QTiffomonfc Will Ko 5} n - I ; 1/CXlI UliC ??**? wv ? | i nounced later. I It is urged that the next of kin be 5 on hand at these memorial services to j * receive the certificates. The name of the deceased soldier, : the organization and the name of the next to-kin follow in order: Bennie Mack, Co. E, 156' Depot Bgd., J. L. Quinn; Furman B. Long-; I shore, 2nd Lt., Inf, to E. H. Long-i > shore; Geo. L. McCord, 1st. Lfc Inf.,j > to Jno. A. McCord; Thomas Scotland,! . jPvt. Musical Dept., to Addison Scot-j .lland; Rayford Mattison, Co. E, 156! -j Depot Bgd., to Jeff Mattison; Jno. j > j Thomas, Pvt. Co. 6, 156 Depot Bgd.,j > to Ellen'Thomas; Wm. Houston, Pvt. .!to Martha Houston; Sam Adams, Pvt. J;Hdq. Co. 53rd. Inf, to R. W. Adams; jjMoses Settles,' Go. B 346 Labor 'Battalion, Olive Settles; Paul Butler, jCo. B, 371st. Inf, to Janie Calhoun; ' Clarence Boyd, 5 Corps, Artillery 1 Park, to Lizzie Boyd; Wm. 0. Steven-; - son, 2nd. Lt. Inf., W. A. Stevenson;'' ; Edward F. Wilson, 5th., Portland [ tjuoast Artillery, iteoecca JBurnsjj 11^.ndrew Jenkins, Co. E., 156 Depot, - Bgd., Katie Jenkins; Sam Harkness,j .'Co. B, 371 Inf., John Harkness;' -jTheodore Parthemos, 24 Co., 158 ; , Depot Bgd, Pete Parthemos; Earl : | iHall, Co. D, 321 Inf, to Mary FrancesI" Hall; Earl Martin, 15 Co., 301 Steve-!' 'dore, Sylvia Martin; Wm. Donaldson,!' ]Co. B, 504 Eng., John Donaldson;;? Edgar S. Eakin, Co. F, 326 Inf., Mrs.1-: Jennie B. Eakin; Claude E. Hughes,1' iCo. K, 316 Inf., E. V. Hughes;'' jEugene B. Gary, M. T. Co. 545, M. S. < T. 428, Mrs. E. B. Gary; Amos" Glover, Co. M, 301 Stevedore* John .i i Glover; Hake Frasier, Sqt. M. G. Co.,!| r'825, F. S. Frasier; Cleveland Allen, j >. 871st. Inf., Mary Martin; Lewis R. 1 jMaddox, 118 M. G. Co., Martha Mac!-! idox; Eugene B. Woodward, Co. I,'! -j 118th Inf., Wm. T. Sanders; Millardj J!Shaw, Sgt. Co. B, 6th Eng., W. G. i;Shaw; Edmund Langley, Sgt. Co. M, -j 104th Inf, Jno. B. Langley; Frank ;j Robinson, 297 Labor Battalion, Julia i B, Moore; Willie McNight, Co. B,^ f 1321 Labor Batalion, Carrie McNight. 3j , JM'ADOO WILL NOT PERMIT HIS NAME ON STATE BALLOTS i ' | - I V??I, 1 0 Willim- ! JL1C*V XUJ.IV, A CW. A*-!. Tf imui ' -jGibbs McAdoo announced today he i j would not permit his name to be use i f|on presidential primary ballots in ? -jthe various states and that he advo-j t'cated the. sending of uninstructed j ^delegates to the Democratic national1 f . convention. The former secretary of? n ithe treasury said he believed the -jhighest constructive leadership c?.v f hest. hp ohtained of the na!i;'n .1 in i terest "is not submerged in a conPotest of individual candacies." ' j Mr. McAdoo's views were expressed in a let'er sent to Miller S. Bell, s mayor of Milledgeville, Ga., in response to a telegram saying the j 'citizens of his boyhood home had placed his name on the presidential ! preferential ticket. i i 1 ; fl Visiting in Washington. i Mrs. C. S. Jones and little Orrie ? I Smith leave Saturday for Washingi* j i i ton, where they will spend several j days with Mr. and Mrs. Warren ^ i Smith, who are in the capital city on J their honeymoon. Since marrying and coming east Mrs. Smith has received J she sad news of the death of her only .jfister in California. e; I Back Home. Mr. W. R. Bradley was in town on business rnursciay. nis inenas were s'r;!?.rl to see him. He says Abbeville h is nutting on so much style with !. paved streets that he had to go back to Columbia where he feels at home i in a country town. V WAGES AND RATES YO CONTINUE UNDER NEW RAILROAD BILL Washingon, Feb. 18.?Wages established by the railroad administra tion during the war would continue in effect until September 1 under the railroad re-organizations bill, confer ence report on which was presentee today in the house and senate. TT-j? i-L - unuer cue piuviaiun, tac lc drafting of which created more surprise in congress than any othei change made in compromising the Esch bill of the house and the Cum mins bill of the senate, pay of rail road workers would be stabilized a the present levels for six months af ter the rail properties are returned t< private control and operation. Th< bill as reported today . also seeks t< stabilize rates for the same time pro viding that prior to September 1 n< rates may be reduced unless approvec of the interstate commerce commis sion is obtained. The restriction on wage increasec was looked upon with especial inter est by members of congress, railroad officials and union leaders in view o: the recent demands of the more thai 2,000,000 railroad workers for an ad vance in; pay. C President Wilson ir supporting the contention that no in creases could be granted on the ev< of return of the railroads told th< union leaders their demands would b< considered by a commission to b< created by law if such a provisior was inciuaea in tne ranroaa Din or u be appointed on his own initiative 01 no legal provision were made. Union Calls Conference In the belief that a wage commls sion would be empowered to take ui their demands, the fourteen railroac union heads have called a conferenc< fco i>e held beginning Monday to dis cuSs the policy to be adopted in deal ing with such a commission. To as certain of the railroad executive: would agree to turning over the wagi controversy to such a commission Director General Hines has requested a committee of railroad officials t< confer with him here tomorrow. PAUL DESCHANEL HMLADE PRESIDEN1 Paris, Feb. 18.?At the ceremonj through which President Deschane was formally invested with his nev office today there was a felicitous ex change between him and the retiring president. M Poincare, greeting hii successor* said the presidency coul< not be entrusted to a better mai than he who had held such a brillian place in the parliament, and who wel knew how to fill the role of an impar tial umpire and an adviser. The nev president, said M. Poincare, woul< be able to rely on the cooperation o: all Frenchmen, and he expressed con fidence that the striking persona merits of M. Deschanel and hi ardent patriotism would inspire th< country. President Deschanel in replying thanked the retiring president, re marking that in order to fulfill hi duty he would have only to follov the worthy example of his predeces sor, who had represented Franci with admirable patriotism during thi tragic times of the last few years. H< added that relying upon the confi dence of the two houses of parlia ment he would work with all hi heart for the rule of law and glor*3 of the French republic. Morning Rides. The young ladies of the tenth am olovonfVi trrarloc A-f flio Tiicrli cr?Vinn ww blMUVk) W?W.*WW are going in heavy for basket ball am in order to "get up their wind" the; are taking early morning runs am bicycle rides on the new pavements They start about seven o'clock am make a lively bicycle run as far a the mile rock. Services Sunday. There will be Sunday School am preaching, morning and afternoon, a the Methodist, A. R. P. and Baptis churches. Sunday School will be hel< at the Presbyterian church and Dr. E B. Kennedy will preach Sunda; morning. FAVORABLE VIEWS I OF HOOVER SPZZCH | HELD IN CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 19.?Comment among members of congress on the /speech delivered by Herbert Hoover ! before the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 1 new iuii\ is gdiciciiijr iavuiauic. !Both Democrats and Republicans agree that Mr. Hoover's views in the! [main are quite sound. Even old-Vine! Republicans and politicians, who get ' impatient whenever anyone informs j ' 1 them that there is a great deal ofj1 i Hoover sentiment throughout the 1 j.'country, had to admit that he made!' ia good speech and showed an excel- 1 lent grasp of public questions. p In Democratic circles the comment ! ; j was also complimentary to Mr.' Hoover. Democrats do not get so ex-i" -! cited as Republicans when Mr. Hco-.1 j ver is mentioned here as a possible j* [presidential candidate, but they, too,'1 I know of the apparent country-wide ^ j drift toward Mr. Hoover. Correspon-1 idence of both senators and congress-:^ , .men shows there is considerable Hoo-!1 pi ver talk north, east, south and west, |' ibut nobody seems to know just how:1 :the Hoover sentiment got started. j( \ Senator Capper, in his comment on 1 Mr. Hoover's speech, said the wheat;! ^ farmers were against Herbert Hoover ' ' but this is not indicated by recent I1 straw votes taken in western states,' " where Mr. Hoover was well in the j' lead. The New York World today nublishes a result, of Vinw mpmWj ^ ^ ? - ? of congress took Mr. Hoover's New,1 York speech. |' World Dispatch |* i The World prints the following ' 'from Washington: "Old guard Republicans frown at the mere mention ' of Hoover, for they realize the move-ij ment for his nomination for the pres- ,3 " ' . . j iriency ir, becoming more formidable. Southern Democratic leaders who in- .i jtend to support William G. McAdoo,* 3 or some other regular Democrat for * the nomination, are still at sea as to * ' how to counteract the growing senti-is ment. Their task is very difficult, as * ) ] Mr. McAdoo will not permit the use of his name in the campaign, which i . is now in full swing." Congressmeh gave these opinions * of the Hoover speech: ' Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon-j* ^ tana: "As a general proposition Mr. j' Hoover's views expressed last night * are sound. The speech shows a grasp; ~ of public affairs and a clarity of-] ' thought that characterizes all of Mr. J * Hoover's utterances." ^ 1 > ] I BAKERS OUT ON BOND II !? 1 Greenville, Feb. 19?Warrants ( - charging violation of the United:^ v States food control act were served , 1 this morning by federal deputies up- 3 f on J. A. and P. L. Cureton of J. A,. - Cureton and company, bakers and on; 1 H. L. Eaton, manager of the Green- [ s ville bakery. The defendants appear'2 ed before the United States commis-. sioner here and gave bond in the < r sum of $1,000 each for their appear-:! . ance at a preliminary -hearing on'] s March 5. It was understood here that i v federal deputies planned to serve on J . A. Geilfuss of Spartanburg, owner of / ? the Geilfuss bakery. '< e The defendants are charged with 2 conspiracy to exact an excessive price,1 . for a necessary article of food, and i . also with making excessive charges i R and profits in the sale of their bread. ] * INCOME TAX COLLECTORS ANNOUNCE DATES, i Geo. C. Gambrell and Thos. C. ^ Reed, United States Deputy Ccij l.i"tors, will be at the following , places to assist all individuals make i ( their Income Tax Returns: ^ Darlington, S. C.?February, 18th, 1 19th, 20ch, 21st, and 23rd, 1920. ^ Hartsville, S. C.?February, 24tli, and 25th, 1920. 8 Clio, S. C.?February, 26th, 1920. , McColl, S. C.?February, 27th, 1920. I Laurens, S. C.? February, 28th, -i 1920. ? Chcraw, S. C.?March 1st and t 2nd, 1920. I Benncttsville, S. C.?March 5th, through lJth, 1921. ^ Ail Returns mu.-t be in the Collectors hands March 15. WILSON PREPARES REPLY 10 ALLIES f Is Sent to State Department for Study By Folk?President's Posi- > iion Remains Unchanged?Reply Will Probably Be Sent To Premiers Friday wasnington, reo. iy.?r resident Wilson today prepared and sent to ;he state department a reply to the entente premiers note on the Adria;ic question. He is understood to have restated the position of the American government with a degree of finality. , ' /# Although the president dictated his communication in less than two hours it probably will not be put on the cables before tomorrow night or Saturday. An impression first went ouc that it might be transmitted tonight. The original draft as prepared by Mr. Wilson was sent to Acting Secretary Polk for his personal study as tie was the head of the American mission when the Adriatic settlement 3f December 9 was reached at Paris tvith the consent and approval of the president and is, therefore, thoroughly familiar with all the preliminary negotiations. After Mr. Polk h&s completed his jxamination of the document and it lad been put in the usual diplomatic ' | form, it probably will be returned to ;he White House for final approval aetfore it is disnatched to Arrthacen. ior Davis at London for presenta;ion to premiers. The president is understood to lave adhered to the position taken in lis note of February 10 in which he nformed the allies that if they were ;o proceed to a settlement of the Adriatic question without the particijation of the American government i situation might be created where ;he United States might have to consider whether is could become a party ;o the treaty of Versailles and the Tranco-American pact. While conciliatory, the premier's eply to this original note was argumentative. Mr. Wilson in his an>wer is understood to have answered ;his argument point by point and is relieved to have again called atten;ion to the principle of self deternination as enunciated in his 14 points and his, other declarations durng the war which were accepted by the central powers as the basis for peace. Although it makes clear that the American government has not ihanged the position it took when the original Adriatic agreement was made at Paris, the president's note is not regarded as the final chapter in the negotiations. DELAY MAY RESULT The Hague, Feb. 18.?The activity of the Dutch cabinet members in connection with the present league of N nations debate in the Dutch parliament may delay somewhat Holland's answer to the second allied note with regard to the former German ^mDeror. The first allied note mentioned only Wilhelm himself but as the second note refers to former German royalty in the plural form, it is considered probable that Holland may ask guarantee of the ex-crown prince similar to those to be demanded for the former emperor. Senator Reed's Mother Dead. Washington, Feb. 18.?Senator Reed, of Missouri, left today for Ceiar Rapids, Iowa, to attend the funjral of his mother, Mrs. Nancy Reed, ivho died last night, aged 92. W \ VVV V WW VV V vv v COTTON MARKET. 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