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* y Abbeville Press and Banner N, " Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, March 1, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. SOUTHERN OFFICERS: NAMED BY HARRISON1' . , J Announcement of Officials Who Will ( Govern System is Made?Railways x- T?J,? Manu !. Keveri 10 wwncu t-u-j j Changes are Made in , **V " Personnel. j Washington, Feb. 28.?President j Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern !( railway system, tonight announced as I1 follows the executive officers of the j company and its subsidiaries effective March 1 when they revert to their 1 owners: j] L. E. Jeffries, vice president and i. general counsel, Washington; H. W. j Miller, vice president in charge of construction, purchases, real estate, |< etc., Washington; E. H. Coapman, u vice president in charge of operation,! Washington; Lincoln Green, vice, president in charge of traffic. Wash- ) ington; J. B. Munson. vice president, j resident executive officer in the west, Cincinnati; R. B. egram. vice president, resident executive officer 1 at Atlanta; T. F. Steele, vice presi- ( dent. New Orleans and Northwestern [ Railroad Company, New Orleans; A. j1 H. Plant, assistant to president,;1 Washington; F. S. Wynn, secretary jj and treasurer. New York; E. H. Kem- j, per, comptroller, Washington. ? The G. S..and F.^ -j1 The Georgia soutnern aim r lunua j railway is shown as a part of the j, Southern railway system, included in ! the line* west; J. H. McCue, Bristol, j< Va.. and C. L. Candler, Norfolk. '< executive general agents; In tho j, operating department the following promotions were announced by Vice i< President Coapman: W. N. Foreacre, !j general manager, lines east, Char-' lotte, H. T. B. Toye, inspector, j( pecial agency department, lines east. Charlotte; F. P. Peller, general superintendent of the southeastern dis-1 trict, comprising the Atlanta and Co !' lumbus divisions of the Southern rail- !] way, and the Georgia Southern and j Florida, Macon, Ga.;L. S. Lemond, I chief engineer, maintenance of way and structures, lines east. Charlotte, ! N. C., vice B. B. Herman, promoted i; to be assistant to the vice president; j W. C Hudson, superintendent. Char- i] lotte division, Greenville, S. C., vice ! J. W. Wassum, promoted; S. J. Mul-lJ vaney. superintendent. Asheville di- [ vision. Asheville. N. C.. vice W. C. i "Hudson, transferred; M. E. Madden.! superintendent, Georgia Southern j and Florida railway, Macon Ga.; C. ; Candler, superintendent Atlanta divi sion, Atlanta, vice C. E. Ervin, pro-. moted. ' In the traffic service the following' appointments were made by Vice | President Lincoln Green: W. H. Tay- j loe, passenger traffic manager, Wash-1' ington; E. H. Shaw, freight traffic, manager, Washington; J. J.. Hopper. 1 ? general claim agent (over charge) |" Washington; J. C. Williams, mana- i ger, developement service, Washing-, ton; J. M. Woodruff, assistant to j vice president, Washit gton. j Appointment made by Passenger j Traffic Manager W. H. Tayloe, in- j elude: H. C. Carry, Washington; J. C. Beam. Atlanta, assisitant general passenger agent. Assistant general freight agents, Include: G. H. Kerr, H. M. Cobb, E. J. Brown and L. L. McCleskv. of At. lanta; D. Cardwell, Columbia, S. C. In the law department appoint- . ments announced by vice president and general counsel L. E. Jeffries, include: S. R. Prince, general solicitor, in general charge of all litigation, Washington; Frank G. Tompkins, division counsel for the state of South i Carolina, Columbia, S. C.;J. C. Hall, division counsel with jurisdiction over the lines of the Georgia Southern and Florida railway company in I the state of Georgia and the lines of the Southern railway system in the state of Florida; W. P. Hopper was appointed assistant local treasurer j for the Georgia Southern and Florida I railway with headquarters at Macon, !. Ga.; Auditor of the Blue Ridge rail-1, way, and other short lines with office at Atlanta, J. M. Forney. UKASH! A GREAT ]. DAY FOR SQUIRRELS; Memphis.?'Twas a great day for i the squirrels. "Kid 20," a 62-year-1, old messenger boy tried bicycle rid- J' ing for the first time. His bifurcated steed struck a peanut stand in the li park. Then all the nut chasers ga- j thered 'round. Contracts Siemed With 10 Artists;1 for Spartans' Festival .< Spartanburg, Feb. 28.? (Special) j( The management of the Spartanburg j Music Festival association announced/ here today that contracts have bepnl signed today with tpn artisls to an-;< pear in tne concerts of this year's! festival to bp held on May 4. 5 and 6. j' ? ! ? arnsis include retrazrin?. r mi! Raisa. Louise Homer and others'j whose achievements are known to', the musical world. The manage-j ment of the festival says the Spar-j< tanburg festival this year will he one't <>f the greatest and the most elabo-l, ate of this character ever held in this country. The idea has been to i spare no expense and to make the| first festival after the great war j the r>tns? splepdid in the twcify-five i years of the organization's history. MUCH EVIDENCE AND SOME LIQUOR FIGURE IN ACQUITAL OF ROSv* There were many rumors and occa sional whifs of evidence of mucl booze flowing in and around Abbeville Saturday and Sunday and th<; City and County officers pooled interests and went on a general search, [n the party were Deputy Sherifi Cann, Officer Eakin and Special Policeman Sing Findley. The suspicion finnally narrowed iown and alighted upon one, Rosa SVilliams, a mullatto negro woman iving near the shops. In the house ,vas found Rosa Williams and Lawrence Brownlee, Rosa cooking suppei md Lawrence passing the time of iay. A cursory search of the house iisclosed no liquor, but when the officers ran lightly over the body oi Lawrence a pint bottle full of white iquor was found in the negro's hip pocket. Lawrence was noncommittal it first as to where the liquor came from, but finally said he had mad" a :rip to Willington and had gotten ibout two fingers of the stuff in Willington and later for a considera tion that was variously stated as $1.50 and $3.00 he had the bottle completely filled by Rosa. The officers then searched the outbuildings and found a jug that smell2d vilely of the stuff, but contained jnly a few drops of whiskey. Bui while the officers were searching i,hc outbuildings a bluish, ghostly looking flame mounted high from the chimney of the house. The officer: ran back and found' Rosa calmlj cooking steak and when questionec as to the flame said it came from th( greasy paper in which the meat hac been wrapped. As no liquor was found the officer: left without arresting Rosa, bul orougnt JBrowmee DacK to town win hisprecious pint, which he said h( had gotten for his sick baby. Lawrence was then quizzed by th( officers and on the strength of whal he had told they returned and ar rested the negro woman. The whole matter was aired ir Mayor's Court Monday morning anc to assist in trying the case Mayoi Mars called in five eminent Abbe villetonians as jurymen, towit: W. A Calvert, L. C. Haskell, J. F. Hill John Lomax, and J. W. Baker. A long but futile search was madt for Pat Roche to make an even hall dozen jurors and the case finally came to trial with just five mon or the jury. Mr. Haskell was appointee cmallflr ariH tocfor n-f dvi, dence and by the same right he be came ipsi facto foreman. The jury retired into a room when there was plenty of water and re turned after a season with the pinl bottle semingly as full as ever. Th( verdict was "not guilty." No case was made by the citj against Lawrence Frownlee forvhav. ing in his possession liquor. SENATORS SMITH AND HITCHCOCK IN TILT ON PEACE CLAUSE Washington, Feb. 29.? The sen ate debate on the treaty reached ? bitter stage Saturday when Senatoi Hitchcock, the acting Democratic leader, was accused on both sides oi the chamber of being apparently willing to defeat the peace treaty. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Senator Hitchcok again engaged n a livplv rp?r>lnfirm nf'fpvpfl hv Spti. taor Hitchcock regarding the right jf any nation to submit its domestic problems to the League of Nation's council or assembly. Senator Hitchcock contended that Senator Smith lad voted for substantially this resoution last November, while Senator Smith denied this, and asserted that is it was presented today by Sen tor Hitchcock his resolution really iniQunted to an amendment to the ,reaty and might kill the treaty be:ause it would have to be submitted o all the signatory nations once no re. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Boauford, 3ethia, were shoppers in town Saturlay. [hoover points out greatest needs i\ of agricultur J Chicago, Feb. 28.?Development ( , agriculture to keep pace with the di jVelopment of industry is one of tl: ' greatest reconstruction problems fai ;];ng the country, Herbert Hoover d< iclared here tonleht in an address bi fore the Western Society of Eng neers. Industries are drawing worl : ers from the farms, he pointed ou [ and if we should develop our exporl of industries during the next ftv years as rapidly as we have durin | the last five years, we shall by ths time be faced with the necessity < importing foodstuffs. 1 The problem is more than an ecoi s omic one, he asserted, because fro: dependence on overseas supplies f< food we will be concerned about the safety and ,nd ourselves discussiri : the domination of the seas. Our ii , ternational relations will becon more difficult, he said, and unless tf " League of Nations serves its ideal, m : will need to burden ourselves wit , more taxation, maintain great mil tary and naval forces and imperil th ' development of our national lif [ which "rests in the spirit of 01 . farms and surrounds our villages." Defects In Transportation. Great as is the need for constru tive thought and action in regard i the weakness of our industrial rel; tions. he said, "the need for simik j thought and similar activity is sti ! greater with regard to agricultur* iThp np-virnltnrnl inrlnstrv Vip p' plained, must be made economical I attractive. This can be accompli?] .led, he declared, by remedying tl j defects in our transportation and di "'tribution systems. ' I Measures which he advocated i t bring this about include the develo; .iment of the waterways from the Grei ' I Lakes to the Atlantic, replacement i "["special control." of refrigerati ; j cars, stock yards and elevators 1 .("constructive public service;" gover; 'iment regulaiton of the "over-swoll< 1 j units,' of the produce business to pr Ivide free competition; cooperatr , marketing; reduction in inflatio ' which he believes will lessen the e: ' cessive number of persons engaged food distribution; standardization t| Civilians Help ?! in French Strik A Paris, Feb. 28.?Trainmen and oth< j employes >n all the railway lines > France have been called out by a ge: j. eral strike order issued early today 1 the National Federation of Railwa men. Limited train service was mai: tained throughout today, howevc with the aid of jnen mobilized of tl ) railway division of the army and c 1 vilians who offered their services. The ministry of public works h; r organized a service to enroll volu: - teers to replace the strikers, to o erate automobiles and aid in the woi of victualling. 9 "DUTCH" MACLEAN IS IN YOUNGSTOW F J Newberry, Feb. 26.?Fred "Dutcl j MacLean, former star athlete ai j later professor at Newberry Colleg _ who mysteriously disappeared May, 1916, returned to his home Youngstown, 0., Saturday, accordii , to word received her today. It will be remembered that M ^ MacLean created a sensation wh< , kwicnouc nonce to inends or relativ he "dropped out of sight." It 1 state by a Younstown paper that 1 immediately enlisted in the Can dian army, he a member of tl ] famous Princess Pat regiment ar I served in France. Later he securc I his discharge and joined the Unite States army from which he expec I to receive his discharge within a fc | weeks. i! While with the Canadians "Dutch I :jwa^ gassed twice but it could not I : learned today whether he was woum 'led or not. r J Before attending school at Ne\ I berry, Mr. MacLean held a commi , | sion in the National Guard of Oh; Ijand it was believed by his friends i . jthe time that he joined the Cam jdian army. Reports to this effet :jwere received but never verified. I ;i !and 10! maid servants demand more right S O n mi. 1 i numt, l- i iuu| rcu, it I. J lie Illttl [servants have held a mass meeting o Ferrara and have unanimously adopt :ed a resolution regarding their claim ;These include among others the dc ^mand for a fortnight's vacation s that they may go to the sea bachs a ;the expense of their employers, \vh during that time must pay thei double wages owing to the expense at summer resorts. They also deman wo cigarettes daily throughout th year. Mrs. E. (J. Hemphill wei:L ore1 Greenwood Saturday and will visi i for several days with Mr. and Mr: James C. Hemphill. COLBY MAKES HIS FIRST SPEECH AS i El WILSON NOMINEE | New York, Feb. 28.?Loyalty to j 2- America means "loyalty to her chos- j ie en servants, from President down."| 3- Bainbridge Colby, named as secretary! of state, declared tonight* in an aa-j i- dress at a "loyalty week" meeting i i- in the city hall. c- "We must stifle the voice of hatred j t, anct faction, added Mr. Colby. "We Is must realize that there is not a e man in America who does not hold ig office as a result of the free choice i it! of our citizens. It is a high patri- J )f j otic duty that we should support and j | sustain the men who have been plac-1 i-ied in positions of difficulty, burden] tn | and responsibility and even danger, i >r as the result of our suffrages, ir i "An intelligent and conscientious ig | opposition is a part of loyalty to! i- country, but we must not, if we are ie | loyal, seek to disperse our energies ie I in a partisan warfare that is waged re | without regard to its consequences to j -h the well-being, security or honor of | i the country." 16 e : Pershing True American The speaker referred to General; i Pershing as the "true American" j ! who is a "lesson in loyalty to counc_i try, which makes all spoken words' to | seem weak and futile." a" I JJCUiai mg mat me suuiai an i m-i ir dustrial structure" of America is 11: founded on "enlightened citizeuJ-'jship," Mr. Colby said he "was deeply I concerned with the dimunition of the ly, teaching strength of the country os a ii" | result of the disproportionately low j j salaries being paid to teachers inj s" this country." ! "We must look to this right j to 1 promptly," he added. "It is a condip-ltion that must not be suffered ' Oi at; continue." of1 3r WILL MAKE FIGHT FOR INDIAN'S RICHES ?n. Coffeyville, Kas., Feb '28.?A battle j o- for Jackson Barnett's riches is about, re to begin. n, j Carl J. O'Hornett of Henryetta, Ok., i x-' guardian of the wealthiest. Indian, arin ! rived here today and announced that | of j he was going to take Barnett back to Oklahoma. He hopes Barnett will go willingly, but if he refuses, "other measures will be resorted to." i That O'Hornett will meet stiff resist" | ance was apparent soon after his ar- j ! rival. Harold McGuigan, attorney for er | the woman who was married to Barnof j ett here yesterday, announced that he q- was prepared to institute habeas corjy, rus proceedings to prevent the Indian y-jfiom being returned to Oklahoma, n- O'Hornett was unable to find an opir, portunity to talk to Barnett tonight, le The Indian millionaire's wife defied all' :i-! efforts of the guardian and O'Hornett j j was "stumped". But he has hopes of! as! getting into personal contact with his ! n-! ward tomorrow. p- J Believes "Jack" ?'ill Return rk! "The woman who married Barnett i absolutely cannot go back with us," jO'Horneft declared. "She would be as ; raucn or more or a pesi in uiuaiiuuia. j ' as here. We might as well fight this i | thing out in Kansas. I may fail to take ! 'Jack' but I%beliftve he will go with me ! 1" j once I get to speak to him." 1 j I The woman who now claims wifely 11 ejat ion ship with Barnett, was known e?! to O'Hornett as Ida Bartles. Immediin ately upon seeing a photograph of the jn woman in the office of the chief of police here tonight, the Indian's guar!? dian declared her to be the same woman who attempted to kidnap Barnett several weeks ago. *! There Are "Mysterious Participants*. ;ni The couple accompanying Barnett es i and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. C W. Moore| head, were identified as coming from ; Tulsa. Their part in the affair is beie 1 ing investigated by the federal autha-1 orities. i She Has Him at Last ?.T 1 J rt?T XL_i. I i nave warned u nurneu mat ne id I would have to lock Jack up if he pre;d | vented our marriage," the bride said, told him I would get Mr. Barnett sooner or later, an 3 I have. If they ! ts 1 make a move, we will make another." j wi Mrs. Barnett looked at "Jack" in-j I quiringly. tj j "Sure," he grunted amiably, and i 1' j smiled heartily. "Me no go home with-1 >e out her; her mini;, she make good. | wife." "j Apparently Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead, I jhas disappeared, and with them the, i* pllio Rnrnof t onrl Mice T ir\ crc% t i r\ C'offeyville. It now is believed that | s" Miss Lowe, Barnett and the Mooreio heads motored direct to Coffeyville it from Henryetta. Miss Carrie Cochran 111. * | The many friends of Miss Carrie J j Cochran, of this office, will regret to, j!>arn that she is seriously ill at her' Sjhome on Magazine street with i:iflu-s: t !enza and pneumonia. s SfTFKAGE ("JOES OVER IN j' !"j WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE . I Charleston. West Vu., Feb. 28.?The i 0 j house of delegates today adjourn?'! , "l until Monday without consideration 1 ? j of ihe resolution ratifying the national . ; woman's suffrage amendment. A res-r olution was introduced rejecting ! suncndment, but went over until IVTon-j | day under the rules. L?;;dcri of the < ?j suffrage pnrtv said they were not in-!' it tcresicd in whnt tin* house mitrh' do ' . as they exueotod llie light to bo- '< i'.iu in the senate which will meet Inter \ in the day. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS j HAVE THE LAUGH ON REPUBLICAN MEMBERS; Washington, Feb. 27?Southern members of Congress who were hero! in 1911 curinot help smiling when they! ictsu uie reports irom Mlcnigau. where Senator Turman H. Newberry and his backers are being tried for illegal conspiracy to nominate the distinguished multi-millionaire for his present legislative position. Hasty readers are apt to jump at the conclusion that the matter now before the Michigan courts is the election of Senator Newberry. That is not the case. The present trial is on the charge of conspiracy to violate the campaign publicity and corrupt practices act in the Republican primary election at which the wealthy Senator was nominated. The first important test of the law, therefore, comes in a Republican primary in a rockribbed Republican State. Circumstances Recalled. The bill which resulted in the preset law regulating expenditures in political campaigns for federal office.? and requiring publicity as to such ex penditures, was passed by a Demo cratic House in 1911. As the House sent the measure to the Senate, it applied only to elections. The Senate, at that time Republican, amended the bill so as to make it include pri-i maries. There was a hot fight over the amendment, but it was finally accepted by an overwhelming vote. Fairness dictates the statement that mosti of the Democrats, as well as nearly all of the Republicans, supported the] amended measure on the roll cail, but: the intensity of the struggle is -not | properly reflected in this result. In j the House, where the debate wasi warmest, there were only twentyseven votes against the bill as it came from conferences, and twentyfive of those votes were cast by Southerners. The two adverse ?\ormern votes were divided between the parties. One was that of Republican Representative Samuel W. McCall, of Massachusetts, afterwards governor of that State, and the other was contributed by Representative Martin W. Littleton, Democrat, of New York, who is now of counsel for Senator Newberry in the Michigan conspiracy case. Sample of G. 0. P. Argument. A good illustration of the Republican argument for including primary elections in the scope of the act is found in the following quotation from one of the speeches delivered in favor of the conference report by Representative Olmsted, of Pennsylvania, one of the Republican conferees..who was answerirtg objections presented by Representative Bartlett, of Georgia "Upon that side of the House gentlemen from districts where there is no contest in November, where it all occurs at the primary, have been clamoring for publicity along with the rest. But they seem to want it dnly In spots?in Republican spots. "Now, if we are to have a publicity bill at all, we want a publicity bill that applies to the whole country? North, South, East and West?Where ever a Congressman or a Senator is to be elected. "Let me show you now it wonts, i; have known a gentleman to occupy j the position of minority leader on this floor in three Congresses. His district had a population of more than! 200,000. He received less than 1,5001 votes at the general election but there | having been no votes against him, hej was triumphantly elected. There was: no contest in the general election and of course the expenses to report. A publicity bill that did not apply to the primaries wouia nut a?um Lcity in a district like that." HEARINGS ON SOLDIER BONUS START TUESDAY Washington, Feb. 29.?Hearings on soldier bonus or other legislation to aid the service men will be start-: ed Tuesday by the house ways and! inenas committee, Chairman Fordney,: Michigan, announced. The house re-1 ccntly, by virtue of a unanimous' i'ote, ordered the committee to make! !in investigation with a view of determining the most practical plan of, oldier aid. Representatives of the American; Legion will appear before the com-!, [Yiittee to present their demands. The.-e are: A bonus in bonds of >T>0 for each months service. Govern-' nent loans for the purchase of homes j )r lands. Increased conpensation for he wounded mon. AMERICA HAS LOST PLACE AS- LEADER Secretary Bakes Says Country Has "Lost its Nerve" In Making Reservations?Says Reservation ists Have iNo sense or rroportion?No Complaint to Make New York, Feb. 28.?The position which America held at the close of the war as moral leader of the world was relinquished when the country "lost its nerve" said Secretary Baker at a luncheon today of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. "We made reservations until the moral leadership passed," he declared. "Reservationists have no sense of proportion. They forget they are dealing with the fate of mankind. Our adhesion to the League of Nations is what will save the world." "On March 4. 1921" Mr. Baker continued, "I expect to be inaugurated?in private life, and what I say is said as one who is leaving public life." The secretary said that while he had no complaint to make of committees making war expenditure investigations, "it would not be wise to take too serious some of the things emanating from that source." "When they assault the reputation of men who have faithfully served the republic I am forced to hope that the grateful sense of Americans will prevent these shafts, aimed by malice, from injuring anyone," he declared. "I have in mind John D. Ryan, who worked so faithfully for the Red Cross and who later was director of aircraft production. I cannot speak too highly of Mr. Ryan." Mr. Baker said the War Department itrill ro/iloim hv caloc nf nrnnPl'tv in France and in this country nearly $3,000,000 and that the money will return to the Treasury, to "ease the terrible burden of taxation." In urging military preparedness. Secretary Baker said: "In the next war, and I trust there j never will be one, no other group of nations may hold the front lines for | a year and a half for jis until we are I prepared." ] iNew Jersey is Determined on 3.50 Per Cent Beer i New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 28.?PreI diction that the 3.50 per cent beer bill i would go to the New Jersey senate i Monday night and will be adopted and ! signed by Governor Edwards within 24 hours afterward, notwithstanding internal Revenue Commissioner .Roper's statement that manufacture and sale of 3.50 per cent beer is a direct violation of the federal statutes, was ! made here today by Thomas Brown, i senate minority leader. "Under the concurrent power grant: ed by the eighteenth amendment to the | constitution, New Jersey has the right I to pass legislation defining intoxicating beverages" Senator Brown said. "I am fully confident that out of the 21 Senators twelve will vote for it. There will be opposition to it, but I have the confidential pledge of six Republican Senators that they will vote for 3.50 per cent beer when the measure is introduced, The alx Democratic Senators will support it because they believe in personal liberty and state rights." ' " =? f ' T Accepts New Position. ** ^ l * Capt, Arthur Lee has resigned as : city editor of The Index-Journal to >e affiliated with theAbbeville-Green jwood Mutual Fire Insurance company as assistant general agent. Mr. J. R. Blake is general agent of this company. This addition to the officers is made necessary because of inreased business, the total insurance iow in force approximately $12,>00,000. Mr. Lee has had consider .ble experience in fire insurance vork and will be a valuable addition o the company's force. He will ravel the greater part of the time, nd will cover the 16 counties in this tate in which the company is now .vriting business. Mr. Lee has been connected with the Index-Journal or the past several months and "will be greatly missed, not only by the other members of the staff but also by the many people with whom he has come in contact while doing i ewspaper work.?Index-Journal. VVWV^WVVVVVVW \ COTTON MARKET. VJ \ V Spot Cotton ,0.r>0 > N March May ... 35.01 July . 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