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Abbeville Press and Banner
Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, February 23, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year.
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! IN OPEN REBELLION!
AGAINST DRY LAW >
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Persecuting Attorney and Chief of ^
? " y Police Join in Fight Against j
Prohibition Agents. Trouble t
Takes Place in Iron County t
Michigan. s
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Chicago, Feb. 22.?A "rebellion (
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against proniDinon uiuucn ^
in Iron County, Michigan, and the ?
county, led by its prosecuting at- s
torney is in "open revolt" against t
federal authority, ( L j. A. V. Dal- f
rymple, federal prohibition director i
for the Central States, notified Washington
today. jt
A prohibition agent and a party of t
Michigan state constables were held <
up February 19 by Iron county offi- 1
cials and what they had confiscated '
taken from them according to word i
brought to Chicago by Leo J. Grove, i
of Marquette, supervising prohibition j
agent for the upper peninsula. i
Major Dalrymple appealed to Attorney
General Palmer to order war- ]
rants issued for the arrest of the j
prosecutor, two deputy sheriffs, two i
police officers and three other resi- i
dents of Iron River, a mining village. 1
While awaiting word frojn federal
authorities Dalrymple issued orders (
for a company of picked prohibition 1)
agents to gather here tonight pre- jl
paratory to starting tomorrow on anl
armed expedition which, he declared, !l
will "clean up" Iron county. j<
Grove, acompanied by Lieut. R. G. i
Strope and Troopers Masters and, 1
') King of the state constabulary seized .'1
11 barrels of wine at a mine two!
miles from Iron River, he reported to J (
Major Dalrymple today. The wine is j]
said to have been made by John,jj
Peter and Steven Scalcucci, wealthy ji
Italians, who own several business !i
ventures at Iron River. $
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; McCormick Meeting Postponed.
The Rev. L. H. Gardner, pastor ofp
the Baptist church at McCormick and;*
chairman of the committee on Fifth 1
Sunday meetings for the Abbeville (
Baptist association, has announced
that owing to the prevalence of influ- 1
enza throughout the bounds of the c
association, the union meeting which 1
was scheduled to have been held in
McCormick next Saturday and Sun- (
day will not be held. The program '
' which has been arranged will be car-;
ried over to the fifth Sunday in j
May, at which time a meeting will bp !
called to asemble at McCormick and!
the order agreed upon will then be
carried out.
Mr. Gardner expresses the deepest
regret at the necessity for cancelling '
the union meeting, but says that he ;
conferred with members in various '
parts of the association, all of whom ^
felt it would be unwise to attempt a '
general meeting at this time.
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Church News.
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There was a steady down-pour of
rain Sunday morning which g^ve 1
plenty of people an opportunity to
"play out", of going to church. There '
were no services in the A. R. P. ^
church and the usual congregation at *
the Baptist church dwindled at about (
twenty-five. Rev. E. B. Kennedy! *
could not make the trip from Due I
West and there were no services in | *
the Presbyterian church.
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Spring Things in Anderson.
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Mrs. T. L. Davis, Miss Vic Howie, t
Miss Fannie Stark, Mr. Davis Kerr
and Mr. John McKee went up to And- I
erson Friday and took a look at the s
spring styles and a ride over the I
Electric City. They came back con- r
tent to live forever in Abbeville. t
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Going Down. ^
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The high cost of living has taken a
jump in the right and "rib meat" is
now twenty-five cents a pound. The
hens of the country are finding it
hard, however, to lay an egg for less a
than a nickle, E
J. S. ERECTING
BIG COAST AIR .
DEFENSE BASE
An aerial coast defense station is
leing built for the Army Air Service
it New Dorp, Staten Island, as a base
or land and seaplane patrol aircraft,
vhich will guard the Atlantic shores
Srection of the station was revealed
hrough an advertisement asking for
>ids on the construction of barracks
ind administrative buildings.
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x iic acn cbuvivn 10 ivvuvcu \su viiv
Id Vanderbilt estate and covers apjroximately
450 acres, with a frontige
on the ocean of 1,750 feet. The
itation is to be a permanent unit in
he aerial defense of the nation, and
jverything connected with it is beng
constructed on that basis.
Work has already commenced on
;he hangars and the pier. The pier,
;ogether with a concrete ramp at the
>ther end of the beach, will form a
laven for seaplanes and flying boats.;
The beach will be equipped with a
narine railroad for hoisting seagoing
lircraft ashore. The open water affords
ample -ce for landing naval
lircraft.
The new station, has been named
Vliller Field, in honor of Captain
Tames E. Miller, who was killed in
iction near Corbeny, France, March
1918. Captain Miller was a mem)er
of the 95th Aero Squadron.
Miller Field will be complete in
;very particular. A wireless transnitting
station and a separate wireess
receiving station will be erected.
Directional wireless apparatus will
De installed to guide aircraft in
:oastal patrol in foggy weather.
The landing ground is in the cen;er
of the quadrangle formed by the
iuildings and the ocean.
It has facilities for landing in any
iirection, according to the wind. The
anding ground is rectangular in
;hape, providing a runway of 3,200
:eet in one direction and 1,625 feet
n the other. ' j
The bids advertised for yesterday
ire for construction of thirty-two
iuildings, including baracks, officers'
quarters, mess halls, post exchange
md administration buildings. The
)ids will be opened at noon March 1,
it the office of the constructing
quartermaster, 39 Whitehall Street.
Miller Field is being constructed,
iccording to plans made during the
:losing stage of the war and from npjrepriations
made at ttiat time.
:OURT CONVENES HERE *
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MONDAY, JUDGE SEASE,
SPARTANBURG. PRESIDING
February term of the Court of
General Sessions convened in Abbeville
Monday, Judge T. S. Sease, of
Spartanburg, presiding. Other court
officers present were, Solicitor H. S.j
Blackwell, Clerk J. L. Perrin, Sheriff
R. M. Burts, Stenographer H. D. El-j
liott, Deputy Sheriff C. L. Cann and
Jury Boy, Howard Ramey.
The present court promises to be
sf short duration. There are a num-|
ber of cases docketed which have
seen continued because Senator J J
Howard Moore, attorney in the cases,s
attending the state legislature.
Judge Sease ordered a special term
>f criminal court to convene Monday,1
March 29, to take care of the cases
;hat were postponed at this term of
iourt. Judge Sease will preside at;his
special term.
Joel S. Morse is foreman of the
^rand jury. Solicitor Blackwell re-j
'erred a number of cases to the grand
ury Monday and several true bills
vere returned. | The grand jury pre-i
sentments are expected to be made
oday or tomorrow.
One case was disposed of Monday.;
Ilijah Hunder plead guilty to as-!
lault and battery and was fined $100.j
n sentencing Hunter Judge Sease
emarked that formerly it was cus-j
omary to fine simple assault and bat-J
ery cases around $25, but that along
vith other living expenses the cost
if sentences had advanced.
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Bridge Club.
The Bridge Club will meet Friday
fternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss i
!lise Bowie. <
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BOLSHEVIKI CLAIM
OF SUPREMACY IS
PROBABLY CORRI
London, Feb. 20.? Bolshf
forces have captured Archangel,
the White sea, accoi'ding to a
less dispatch from Moscow to<
The "whites" abandoned the t
and the troops joined the Bolshei
the message declares.
The last advices to the British
office on the north Russian situa
were that on February 18 the
j? nn ?A
xurces were iu nines suuiu ui. n.
angel.
Bolshevik possession of the
would mean a material weakeninj
the EVivina line.
Archangel was for a long pe
during the war the main port of e:
for Russian war supplies from
allies.
Abandonment of the Archangel
pedition by the allied and associ;
powers was determined upon
year and the British , American
other allied forces there were v
drawn during the summer and fi
The military situation throug]
Russia has been very favorable
the Bolsheviki for several weeks,
fall of Archangel was not unexj
ed. Recent communications repo
the red forces advancing along
Onega and Wwina" rivers, while i
Bolshevik troops were mutiny
murdering their officers and joii
the soviet troops. The ahti-Bolsh
garison at Nakolsk about 100 n
north of Archangel, was reporte
,imunion received yesterday
|ha\i revolted and joined the sc
I troops.
The fall of Archangel, seat of
north Russian anti-Boishevik
ernment, if confirmed^ will p
ucauy verny tne soviet s claim
active military opposition in Ri
has been crushed. First red art
defated General Yudenitch, heai
i the northwestern anti-Bolshevik
iernment and later the Denikin
south Russia and Admiral Kilcha
Siberia was dispersed.
'american special
driven by mar
Washington , Feb. 20.?Sen
'Dial- and Representative Nicl
| have been called on at their of
I lately by a constituent, James
| Martin, who had some rather unu
j experiences overseas, after ha
been severely gassed near Lune
while serving with the One Hun<
and Seventeenth Engineers of
[Rainbow division.
1 Mr. Martin on leaving the hosj
' was piiysicauy aisquauneci ior
ther duty with his regiment, but 1
ing been a locomotive engineer on
Southern railway at home, was
signed as engineman to the "An
can Special" when that famous t
between Chaumont and Tours
established. It was while on this
signment, in the latter part of !
tember or early in October, 1!
that he performed the stunt w
brought him considerable atten
at the time.
An unusually large party of im
tant officers and civilian dignitai
filling 13 coaches, was making
rounds of the service of sup
drawn by Jim Martin's big Ameri
locomotive, No. 5897, a Schenact
built passenger speedster of the t
known in the service as "Mik
Martin picked up the train at
Pierre des Corps and all went 1
until just before he reached Vier;
when his throttle somehow beci
disconnected. There was neither t
nor opportunity for making
repair and Martin somehow hanc
the big engine with its long ti
from Vierzon to Nevers, about
kilometers, with throttle wide op
controling the train entirely by ms
pulating his airbrakes and his reve
lever. It was necessary on reach
the end of the run to "kill" the lc
motive by exhausting the steam,
fore it could be uncoupled and
into a siding. Martin meanwhile k
his own counsel and it was not ui
they reached Nevers that his <
tinguished passengers knew un
what circumstances they had b<
whirled across France. Fireman M
roe of Greenville was Martin's "b
dy" on this trip.
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FURTHER EXCHANGE $
NOT NECESSARY IN
XT OFFICIAL'S OPINION
2vik Washington, Feb. 20.?President
> on Wilson's latest not- on the Adriatic c
rire- ' +
. settlement regardec at the White T
day.
own House, as his final vord on the sub- I
_;i_; -ionf it uf!>c +i da\r flno t
/IK.1, J"Vf OWM.UV.V* UVJIAMJ. ~ "V. V.UV??
said he thought no further correspon- 5
war dence would be necessary.
tlon It was said today, however, that by
red
, this it was not meant the door to
rchfurther
exchanges had been shut. On
city the contrary a reply to the presi?
of dent's latest communication is anticipated
and a final agreement bcn0Q
tween the great powers on th vexntry
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mg question is expected.
The president throughout the exex
changes now in progress is under- (
ated stood to have made it perfectly, clear
last that the United States cannot accept
and the settlement reached by the allied
/ith- premiers and eoncured in by Italy
all. and which was made the subject mathout
t$r of the ultimatum to Jugo-Slavia
for last month. He also is said to have
The made it equally clear that enforce>ect
ment of the Adriatic terms of the
rted secret treaty in London, negotiated
the before this country entered the war
inti- would be wholly unacceptible to the
ring, United States. (
mug i-?cjiuic uic picoiugilb o iiuic 10 pui/j^
evik on the cables a copy will be sub- ^
liles mitted by him to the state depart- ,
d in ment for final approval.- I
, to Officials who are anxious for pub- ^
>viet lication of the entire correspondence j
hope to arrange for giving out the | ^
the president is not adverse to such ac-j]
gov-jtion but will defer his consent until1,
irac-jhe is advised on the subject by Actthat
jing Secretary Polk. I
issiaj Summaries of the allies' "reply to'(
miesjMr. Wilson's first note published in!(
& ofithis cou.itry were' declared not au-|
gov-'thentic by the White House and state J
in [department. jj
k in J Formulation by the United States |(
I Great Britain and France of a new.(
proposal to Italy and Jugo-Slavia for' ^
[settlement of the Adriatic contro-;,
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TINjversy is likely to result from Pre si- ,
'dent Wilson's re-entrance into the ,
ator.negotiations, it was believed here to-',
lolls; day.
ficesj Faced with Mr. Wilson's reported:(
E.iintimation that he might consider;,
sual the withdrawal of the treaty of Ver-'(
ving failles and the treaty of alliance be-'^
ville|tween Great Britain and the United !j
ired; States for the deferise of France, it,<
the'is believed that Britain and France';
jwill exert themselves to cause Italy j
aital to make concessions to the Jugo-1.
fur-'Slavs the line with the president's^
!iav- ; stand. Premier Nitti, if Italy, has|(
i the | declared that the January plan of1 j
as- the allies was the least that his!(
\eri-1country would accept. j,
rain!
was! IN THE SETBACK SWIM. !
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Sep-1 The Setback Solons were all onj^
918,|hand at Major Fulp's Friday even-j^
hichjing> in response to his invitations,^
tion'and they were ready for the game?
and games.
p^r-j After enjoying the dinnei served,!
ries, j the line of battle was formed in ac-j(
the'cordance with the plan previously!:
ply? j arranged by the Major, and the con-js
icanjtending forces got down to regular 'j
acjy I warfare. Most of the forces on the
ype'twd sides fought well. One unfor-|a
es." jtunate appeared in the line of battle j]
St. dressed in green, while all others i
A^ell wore regular uniforms, which caused j?
ion, I mm to oe made a target by the;v
ime f?rces opposite him, with the result)^
ime j that all the back side of his uniform I a
a,was shot off, he having his back to!4
Ued to the enemy most of the time after la
ain the first few shots. L
150 Capt. Jack Perrin found out why
>en, it was that he could take Dale Barks-1
inj_ dale and beat Uncle Jim and Pat
.rsej Roche, while Col. Bob Link showed
ing Col. Bradley Reese, of Chestnut
,co_ Street and "the rich young ruler"
at", the pnrl Mnvfh \Toin cawo n-P
run habits of a sharp-shooter. Cheves
ept Haskell took Will Barnwell and won
ntil a game, which shows that Cheves has
-lis- had some poor partners at the party.
der Altogether it was one of the most
2en pleasant of the many evenings spent
on- by the members of the noble profes- M
ucj. sion, and coming as it did at the end N
of the flu it was doubly enjoyed. o'
>1 a DAY BONUS 1
PLAN FAVORED
BY CONGRESS J
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vVashington, Feb. 19. ?Members!
)f Congress are plainly disturbed by!
,he four-plank beneficial legislative I
>rogram put forward yesterday by j
;he American Legion. They all de-j
>ire to do everything within their
power to make the former service
nen contented and convinced that!
;he country is not unmindful oi its;
>bligations to them, but they shrink J
trom the financial consequences of
jndertaking to carry out the legion's)
program in any substantial degree.
The program determined upon by,
:he legion, with action by Congress,
iemanded within sixty days, is as
follows:
First?Land settlement projects
covering all states.
Second?Home aid to encourage :
the purchase of either rural or city
homes by ex-service persons.
Third?Vocational education for'
*11 ex-service men.
Fourth?Adjustment of compensa-|
tion of extra pay based on length of
service.
While the former soldier will be!
required to take his choice between
these four forms of aid, and most of
them will favor the fourth, which is
:ommonly spoken of as bonus, it
cvas calculated today by a member of j
;he House that it would take any-|,
vhere from $2,000,000,000 to $25,-1
300,000,000 to carry out the four
Forms of aid. The concensus of opinon
was that fourplank plan was
;herefore incapable of realization.
Members who are convinced that!
something should be done for the
former service men expressed the;,
jpinion that the outcome would be a_
:ash bonus at the rate of a dollar a !
lav fnr each dav of service.
Johnson Favors Cash Plan
"Opinion in Congress in solidify- :
ng in favor of giving the boys a
:ash bonus of a dollar for each day j
jf service," said Representative ;
Royal Johnson, of South Dakota, j
ivho enlisted as a private during the i
tvar and advanced to the rank of
first lieutenant. "I rather expect to'
see that plan adopted. The money |
:ould be raised by a bond issue. The.
jxpert financial opinion; is that it1
ivould do better to make the conpen-j
sation in the form of cash derived j
from a bondissue than to give the i
bonds directly to the beneficiaries, as:
favored by the executive committee |
3f the Legion. Bonds directly issued'
in small denominations would pass;,
from hand to hand so readily andj
freely that such an issue would be;
squivalent to inflating the currency1
by the required amount, which on the |
3ollar-a-day basis would be between'
51,400,000,000 and $1,800,000,000. I
"The condition of the Treasury'
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country generally is such that the
present session of Congress at least
vould not be justified in doing more!
;han acting on the fourth plank of;
;he Legion's program in the manner j
[ have indicated." I
Representative Frank W. Mondell,;
>f Wyoming, Republican floor leader;
n the House, who believes that the j
lituatoin in such that nothing on a'
arge scale can be safely done in the!
vay of soldiers' beneficial legislation,
it present, discussed the problem1
argely on the assumption that most |
f the former soldiers would prefer.*
adjusted compensation" if they!
/ere to have their choice thus re-!
ucmg the financial load to minimumj
nd involving an outlay of from $1,00,000,000
up to $2,000,000,000,1
ccording to the rates of compensa-L
io n most generally favored. i
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POSTPONE 250 MILE RACE l
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Los Angeles, Feb. 22.?The 250 ,tl
mile automobile race scheduled for'n
the new Los Angeles speedway tomorrow
has been postponed until1
Saturday because of wet ground. !
Book Club
The Book Club will meet with Miss
'amie Hill at the home of Mrs. G. A. bi
euffer Wednesday afternoon at 4 st
clock. C
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SUPERS APPOSED
10 LABOR PARTY
Labor Leader Declares Separate
Party Would bo Detrimental To
D ? m. i_?_ ??- i _i
Strong Letter Condemning
Movement
Washington, Feb. 22.?Formation
of a political labor party would be , "detrimental
to the interests of labor
and exactly in line with that which is
most ardently desired by those who
seek to oppress labor." Samuel Gompers
declared in a letter to William
Mitch of Terre Haute, a leader of the
Indiana state labor party, made public
here today.
Mr. Gompers wrote in reply to a
telegram from Mitch and his associates
supporting the action of the
Indiana state labor party in opposing
the political declaration of the American
Federation, of Labor calling on
organized workers to elect their
friends and defeat their enemies.
Mitch's telegram declared in favor of
making the fight solely through a
labor party.
"By what right," Mr. Gompers letter
said, "do you assume to declare
the work and the policy of the American
Federation of Labor to be impractical?"
DR. ROBERTSON TO PREACH
Due West, Feb. 22.?Special: Dr.
Alexandria, Robertson, of Glasgow
Scotland, is expected here tomorrow
to begin a series of preaching services
to last a week. Dr. Robertson
was formerly professor of Hebrew in
Glasgow University, and last occupied
Spurgeon's Church in London.
Dwifeht L. Moody brought him to
this country at the time of the
Chicago exposition to preach for
him.
Recently his congregation at Glasgow
purchased the city hall for him
to preach in. During the recent war
he was a chaplain in the famous
Scotch Highland regiment. During
one engagement his regiment lost all
of its line officers and he took charge
and led the troops to victory. For this
service he was made a major general
the only chaplain to have this honor
Dr. Robertson is a preacher of international
fame and it is an honor to
have him here. He was holding a
meeting in Washington, D. C., someone
informed him that Due West
was a place that still kept the old
Scottish Presbyterian custom of
singing the Psalms and he expressed
a desire to come hrru. By this means
he was secured to hold a meeting to
the students of Erskine College. ' . y
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H. DECAMP IS -* < RAPDILY
IMPROVING
Gaffney, Feb. 22.?It was reported
from the local hospital yesterday
afternoon ,that the condidtion of Ed
H. DeCamp, of the Gaffney Ledger,
showed great improvement, and his
friends all over the county will be
glad tq know that, barring complications,
he will soon be well. While
there are still a number of cases of
influenza in Gaffney, it is thought
;hat it will soon be a thing of the
that it will soon be a thng of the ?
past.
FORT IS QUARANTINED
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 21.?
Quarantine in effect at Fort Oglehorpe,
Ga., for the past ten days as
percautionary measure against the
pread of influenza, was raised toay.
City health authorities report
hat the "flu" conditions in Chattaooga
are very satisfactory.
WILL FLOAT LOAN
Paris, Feb. 22.?It has been decided
by the city council of Paris to
float a municipal loan of $20,000,000
in Canada. The nroceeds are to
e used for the purchase of food;uffs
and the other essentials in the
anadian market.