Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, March 5, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. PROHIBITION ACT IS F 1C0NSTITUTI01 L th Attorney General of State Files Si: P' Suit In Supreme Court Against ' the Volstead Act and Says i W.ll th 1 Ildl i-u ? ww i i;?s **v,rviT,|T, the South Carolina senate tod iv pass-; ' ed a bill '.vhi'-h requires ?11 h \ lers ?o r' stand medical exr.minat'on at the lnnds of the state boa-*l of medical' examiners. The intent of the hill as brought in doVto. is io r:j,i :.-e chir ?nvf- j ,r ; . > . ; > ,.x An amendment to nrov i bo i|;l ofjtr rhironvtirrif - ^ * stale-- hr.'.v. vv s K: ' ' JJ t|to 11'. _1 ; JLTAN'S HOLD GROWS WEAKER WHEN HIS CABINET RESIGNS Constantinople, March 3.?In J ew of the gravity of the situation e cabinet resigned today. The titan has called upon Marshal Izzet isha to form a new cabinet. Izzet Pasha is a partisan of Muspha Kemal Pasha, the leader of e Turkish nationalists. His desigition as head of the new cabinet is garded here as a distinct triumph r the nationalists aver the Sultan + lsvnslr.v.0 ,u me lliuie uuuoci vauve icaucio, The Turkish situation has been owing in seriousness recently am several causes. The allied sueme council in London has about mpleted its draft of the proposed saty for Turkey through which the irks, while retaining norain.il posssion of Constantinople, are to be prived of their centuries long con3l of the Dardanells and the Bosorus and lose territory containing iproximately four-fifths of the nam's population. To induce compliance by Tuikey d with a view to wielding an innce for the stoppage of the rewed massacres of Armenians, the lies have recently sent strong na-i 1 reinforcements which are an-1 lored in 'the Hosphorus so that! eir guns command the parliament lildings and the Sultan's palace. Another disturbing factor and a rious one is the nationalist move-1 ent headed by Mustapha Kemal! isha, which threatens to overthrow j e government, if the allied terri- j rial demands are complied with. The cabinet, which resigned, was, rmed last October, headed by Ali j za Pasha, as grand vizier. Izzet LSha, the new premier, is a former mmander-in-chief of the Turkish rces and was minister ol war in i e cabinet of the fall of 1918 that j ked peace from the allies when' e military resistance of the Cenal powers was collapsing. enator Bankhead Is Laid to Rest Jasper. Ala., March 4.?Hundreds friends of the family and official 5resentatives from Washington, nitgomery, the Alabama state cap!, and otne:- ei??es paid tr; butts this .rning to t;.o late Senator John H. nkliead at funeral services held at! => First Methodist church. Services were conducted by the! and Lodge of Masons. Uurial of the dead Senator was dei' ct ly a heavy rain storm which oke *)ver Jasper as the body was ing borne from the railway ^tatioa the church, and it is probable that e interment will be deferred until iday. Meantime the body will lie state at the church. IPONT MADE $11,620,950. x BUT THAT'S A DECKEASE | Wilmington, Delaware, March 4.? I te annual report of E. L. Du Pont ! Nemours & Company for the ar ending December 31, 1919, coving the first full year of work ice the war, made public, shows net rnings of $11,620,953, a decrease $25,600,414 compared with 1918. 5t sales last year aggregated $105,7,932. The report shows a total rplus of $71,741,304, of which $3,0,412 was added in 1919 after the yment of $3,648,822 "as a six pernt dividend on the debenture stock id $10,593,756 as an 18 percent didend on the common shares. 3NSPIRACY CASE MAY GO TO JURY THIS AFTISKNIKM | Detroit, Mich., March 4.?The case of ro former army oncers and four civans, charged with conspiracy to deaud the government through pre-artnged bids for army sa age. was e:- j icted to go to the jury in federal strict court hera this -ifternoon. lexicans Will Expel Jenkins I Mexico City, March 4.?W. 0. Jenins, former United States consular jent at Pueblo, whose permission to :t in that capacity was recently reiked. is to be expelled from Mexico i consequence of his alleged aeanngs ith rebels, according to insistent rearts here. The United States emissy has handed a new note to the exican foreign office relative to char- i ?s preferred in an interview by Julio [itchell, prosecutor of the state of uebla. which involve procedure foliwed by the embassy during the proress of the Jenkins* case. Army Aviator Killed. Riverside. Cal.. March 1.?Lieutennl: Raymond F. Pearson, a United tntes army aviator, war. killed tcday r MarshfleUl near here when his airlone went into n tail-spin too :;>jar i" ground *o rccover. Lieutenant parson had boon flying here six onths. \o 0?,i' fujiim). ,.\Tii?hincrto;'?. M?v A?Av r^irt on the homhnii: c-f the American Tsubte ol Zun'-l Vist night was :>?" o to 5-'*r?t "? IV-ynrhv'ont (oi'nv foi;^?:l "lifc-rul K^cno. who snid ir hiiiuijno iv:m partially destroyed. : j.o ' \va< ir.'iired. PENSION OFFICE HAS BEEN ABOLISH Mr. D. W. McLaurin, Howe> Still Has a Salary of $2,00 Columbia, March 3.? (Special)? office of D. W. McLaurin, State j sion commissioner, was saved in House of Representatives tonight ter it had been abolished by the 1 kin bill which has passed the Sen but his duties and powers have t considerably curtailed and the en appropriation for his office, inclu< salary, was placed at $2,000, the p ent salary of the commissioner. The Baskin bill, as passed by Senate, placed the revised pension tivity under the comptroller gene but an amendment by Mr. Nunn York, leaving the commission charge of the dispensing of the $6 000 pension fund was retained, amendment was adopted by a test1 of 30 to 28. At the morning session the rejec of the pension commissioner's of was indicated, for a substitute bill taining it was refused by the ITc by a vote of 4S to 34, but the lo body recessed at 3 o'clock in the af noon with the measure still under bate and when the House reconve tonight it had undergone a changi sentiment and retained the office. The Baskin bill, as passed thro second reading tonight, replaces Confederate Veterans on the orig rolls and eliminates some of the h: ships the old soldiers now have undergo in getting the pensions, i eral amendments which do not r cally change the bill were ado] and some were rejected before measure was passed. Atlantic Refining Company Brings $1,350 A Sha New York. March 4.?The higl price ever recorded for the sale one share of stock in the liist^rj the New York stock exchange j-aid yesterday when ten shares of lantic Refining Company comi stock sold for $1,350 a share. Tha ; vious record was made May 1 when Northern Pacific touched $1 during a panic. Bergdoll Draft Dodging Case Is Before Cou] Maw Vnrk. March 4.?Grover CI land Bergdoll, a wealthy young E adelphia resident, who eluded fed draft officials for nearly two ye faced a general court martial at ( ernors Island today. He is specific charged with desertion under the ty-eighth article of war. Army cers said the outcome of the trial have an important bearing on 17C other draft dodging cases throug] the country. Mrs. Emma Bergdoll has spare( expense in the legal defense on son. She has retained noted aliei and a detective agency, two of wl former agents were arrested in PI ddphia last week charged with a spiracy to corrupt and intimidate eral witnesses against Bergdoll. Harry Weinberger, who defei Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk and other radicals, is counsel for accused. Monarchists May Be Trying to Come Back in Portvs; | London, March 4.?Portuguese r archists are gathering on the Spa j frontier and several, including who is said to be prominent, havf cretly crossed into Portuga1, n.n; dispatch to the Daily Mail, file. Vigo, Spain, on Wednesday. Moto arriving in Vigo report the ftrilc Portugal, which was at first conl to governmental roads, has sprea private railroads and tramways that postal and telegraph wor have walked out. j>oine say uiey kiicuuiucicu i | bodies of troops along roads leadir ! the frontier. j All railroads in Portugal, the | If-arns from another source, have j come involved in the strike. Rep I received yesterday that Portug ! workers had proclaimed a sGViet I ! of government are not as yet con! I cd. ! i'KV. BOBT. f. JETT WILL BE COXSFCBATEI) HAKCII Staunton. Ya.. March 1 .--Const I i ion of the Ttov Robert C. Jett of 1/ II nrir. as bishop of th?? nowly orpai ! !'rotest ant Kpiscopal ]^ s. Tut'le. presiding (i !- :ry of i!i" Fpisoopal rhnrcb in i ' nS::~tov: ins announced. , '*- P' . 'i vp othPr bishops, w ... - vili ho announr.""! ; " 111 MINISTERS I ED IT CONFERENCE rer,! More Than 300 at the Meeting 0 ! of Pastors in Columbia I The Columbia, March 4.?(Special)?The jen- second day's program of the Statewide the Pastor's Conference opened here this af- morning with the largest attendance i dver rornrrlpri at snr>h a relierinns meet ate, | ing. The conference was opened by teen Dr. Charles H. Pratt, distinguished tire Presbyterian, who was followed by a ling number of prominent leaders of the res- several denominations. Dr. J. A. Bow| man delivered a masterful address on the | the need for better hospitals and for ac- j the need of homes for retired ministers :ral, and missionaries. Dr. Bowman showed , of the utter lack of facilities at present in to care for the sick and aged ministers 100,- and missionaries who have served God The throughout many years and need to be vote cared for in their declining years. Dr. D. Clay Lilly of Winston-Salem, X. C., tion spoke 011 Christian Education. Dr. fice Lilly said that the churches of the re- state and nation must look for the de>use j nominational school to furnish leadwer , ers. The state and independent schools ter- could not educate these men who de- ought to lead the religious peoples forced | ward. 2 of I "Statistical Mirrors" was the subject of Dr. B. B. Corbin's address. Dr. ugh I Corbin is one of the leading Methodall ' ists of the country. W. W. Jamison inal I spoke on "Religious Education and ird- [ American Democracy." A committee i to I of ten leading South Carolina minis3ev-1 ters was appointed to study the conadi-1 dition of the churches as reported 3ted, during the conference and to. report the' back to the meeting tonight or tomorrow. The opening session of the conference was held yesterday afternoon with more than 300 ministers in attendance. This number was increased j today. The session will close tomorI row afternoon. iFfi RninK ic J. k i. Kf JL mj XU^J^/AV/VAV\A ueg. Under American ?ff Consulate at Zurich wag Zurich, Mar. 4.?A bomb exploded At_ last night under the porch of the mon American consulate here, seriously .)re. damaging the building, but injuring 30! no one. Policc authorities are beQ0,j l^ved to have secured clues as to the guilty persons. t ' Colder Weather Is Due Friday Night Washington, March 4.?Storm warnings were ordered displayed today by 1 ^ the weather bureau on the gulf coast from Carrabelle, Fla., to Mobile, Ala., eve- and Port Arthur to Brownsville, Texas. >hil- Cold wave warnings were ordered eral f?r Michigan, North and Central InsarS( diana, Northwest Ohio, Western Ten| nessee and the east gulf states. ially | ^ '-'e much colder over the initerior districts reaching the Atlantic 0ffl_ coast ly Friday night, according to j wiH the weather bureau report. [ ( Q00 The western disturbance covers the iiou* Mississipp' alley and the upper lake region wicn its center over Illinois, j n0 and it has continued to increase in inher tensity as has also the high area to the lists northwestward, the report said. East ^Qgg of the disturbance pressure is falling lila- rapidly. con_ It is decidedly colder between the fe(j_ Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains, with a cold wave from Kansas ided anc* Iowa southward and much warm! er as a rule east of the Mississippi man i . the |river* Railroads Are Blocked. ! It will be several days before isoi lated towns in Colorado again will ! have railroad communication with the j outside world, it was said. It became i known that the snow and mud slides t.,7 i ii! some sections had blocked railroads *for nearly two weeks. Relief work was nullified by the storm. Durango haa non- been cut off ten days and Silverton nisli twelve days. < f,e Relief parties on snow shoes were : st- expected to carry provisions to passes a engers on a snow-bound train in Cumat hvps Pass tnrl::v rists | Mitchell, S. D., also was isolated, c i"'; Heavy drifts in railroad cuts defied inert pr ow plows. d to ;-:t Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., reand ported heavy snow and street car kers traffic badly handicapped and similar reports came from Duluth and Superargc ior at the head of the lakes. Duluth ig to adding that the entire iron range was snowed in. MaU Spring-'ike weather had settled over be- tbe plains states yesterday when the torts i northwester unexpectedly swoope.i uese down with sudden temperature drops 'onn I o' 20 to *15 degrees, inn-1 Foreign Exchange Has Sharp Rally -41 It Xc.v York. March 4.?A sharp rally in foreign exchange here today sent J th?? rates on demand bills for the .^ngnieh lish pound sterling to S".JS 1-1. o" t'/'od j three rents above yesterday's clo^n^r >uHi-! figures. This is the highest quotation iniiyjou sterling since the slump of last li?h-I vionlh who", deiuan'l hil'^ foil to 5.1.Ic.ii 19. the ;); > f-\i*irs ami liv ro;e in ron- ) ! " r-' ' ? ? ? i* 1 f!l? r ]!;i f 1 I s! fpy tfjo r!'>!!"*?*. !! , huso! . lMnv's. *tiiil iiro rii'vks -it 1'v22 j l.p 1 r? centimes. URGES PUBLIC LANDS FOR SERVICE MEN NOW DISCHARGED Washington. March 4.?Extension of i preferential rights of entry on all pub-1 lie lands to former service men was i urged before the House ways and means committee today, by D. W. j Ross, of Berkeley, Calif., former engi- j neer in the United States reclamation ; service. He approved the Smith land i ! bill providing for a bond issue of $350,- j 000,000 to be sold in ten years for the j reclamation of public lands. The j bonds would bear 4 1-2 per cent and would be tax-free. "What effect would a tax-free bond have on 4 1-4 per cent Liberty bonds which are taxable? Asked Chairman Fordney. "The tax-free bond would be the most saleable and the provision would make interest so low that settlers would take the loans" was the reply. Representative Smith, Republican, Idaho, author of the bill, told the committee the only other land bill?the Mondell measure?created too large an expense, as five hundred million dollars would have to be appropriated to carry its provisions into effect. "It is assumed that any legislation for the benefit of returned soldiers 290,000,000 DRINKS OF *J. B.' EXPORTED DURING JANUARY New York, March 4.?Demon Rum, John Barleycorn Nand other alcoholic concoctions in sufficient quantities to make more than 290,000,000 average "drinks" were exported from New .'ork during last January?the greater part prior to the sixteenth, when 'he eighteenth amendment became ef iecuve. This is shown by the export statistics of the port of New York, made 1 ublic today in detailed statements indicating that 3,384,766 gallons of spirits were cleared at the United states customs house with stated value of $4,694,S58. During January, 1919 j there were exported 14,006 gallons of i liquors valued at $.">2,417. In addition to spirits there wero exported during January this year 3f:0,012 gallons of malt and 97,932 gallons of wines, while the records for j January last year show but 32,006 gallons of wine and 236,002 gallons of j malt. A certain amount of alcohol is still being exported but in bond only, passing through this country from foreign C OVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN APPROPRIATION BILL AS IT STANDS Columbia, March 4.?(Special).? That under no circumstances would he sign the general appropriations bill if it is ordered ratified with nearly seven million dollars and a, 14 mill levy was the notification given the members of the house of representatives today by its speaker, Thomas P. Cothran, of Greenville. .Mr. Cothran stated that he would hand in his resignation as presiding officer of the house first. "Under no circumstances will I sign the general appropriation bill if it is passed and sent to me carrying the totals inesrted by the Senate," said Governor Cooper this morning. Following a short speech from the chair this morning by Speaker Cothran, the house by an unanimous vote of confidence sustained the position of its speaker. Economists in the house stated that two-thirds of the membership of the lower house was pledged to reject the conference report if it carries the nearly seven millions in appropriations, and go home. If this happens the governor will have to call an extraordinary session of the general assembly to pass an appropriation bill as the general government and its activities and institutions are without funds. The revenue measure was passed by the senate yesterday carrying totals of approximately $6,700,000 which was an increase of $903,000 over the amount carried by the house bill and about SI,200,000 in excess of the appropriations recommended by the budcet commission. The measure went to free conference last night. The conferees on the part of the Scr-ate being Senator Christensen. of Beaufort, Senator Johnstone, of Newberry, and Senator Pearce, of Richland. and on the part of the house Rep esentative Bradford, of York. Representative McLaurin of Marlboro, and U.?presontaMve Moise of Sumter. STORM WARNINGS Chicago. March 4.?The worst storm of the winter today swept eastward from the mountain and plains states where yesterday it reached blizzard proportions. A number of towns in Colorado. Nebraska and South Dakota v ere reported isolated and Vail anil wire communication in Kansas. Oklahoma, Missouri. Iowa. Arkansas. North j Texas and Arizona was seriously crip pJert. Tlip blizzarn win spread rapmiy east and south today and tonight, according to weather bureau forecasts, ferrying sharply reduced temperaturwith snow and rain. Most of th' interference with railroad trallic r>> ipirtcd early today was in the mounI l.iin Mate., and South Da1io,,? and | Minnesota, while telegraph and te'eI |iiioiit> lines suffered badly from sleet m < o'Vr section* !iit by the storm. ; !' the mountains damage to railroad: I I'rom slides :!!i:r o"- " !^n tli? I racks eon'd rof ! " " r-; iiroad men lid. THE PUBLIC SERVICE BILL CAUSES DEBATE Senator MaGhee Vigorously Opposes Bill Which Is Of FarReaching Effect?Senator Moore Offers Amendment Columbia, March 3. (Special) ? The Senate tonight took up the public service bill. Senator Shen. pard said that, in view of the conference with Governor Cooper, he moved that the compensation for the railroad commission be fixed at $10 per day instead of $2,500 per year. , The chairman is to be paid $3,500. The idea is to cut the total approj priation from $30,000 to $10,000. Senator Laney explained the situa! tion on the bill. He explained that | he understood the bill was entirely acceptable as it came from the House except to the Southern Power Company. Senator Watkins, of Anderson, wanted to dischss the bill in detail. His interest in the adoption of the amendment was in no way due to the Southern Power Co., except that this corporation has done so much for his entire section. His interest was due to the development to the whole Piedmont. He had no (interest whatever in the Southern Power Company. He said that there was no demand from the public that the private contracts involved be opened to the public. He understood that the two companies whose securI ities were weak wanted this bill as j coming from the House. Senator Duncan said that the bill I was very far reaching and more im| portant than most people realized | and he thought that the bill should ! V\n f ? r* onH Via en mnrad wt V/VU11U UV/U ailVi ug ov liiUTCUt Senator McGhee said that the bill should be continued for two reasons. First, because the bill shou|d be killed, and, second, the bill was so far reaching that it would affect eve;y man, woman and child who read by an electric light, every one who bathed in wa^er furnished by the company. The bill affected the largest interests in the State. He was opposed to the bill wholly. It was wrong in principle. In a colloquy which occurred Senator Laney declared that there were no poor farmers in Chesterfield county. It was only the doctors and the lawyers that were poor. Senator Young said he thought the bill a very important one and should be passed and at his request Senator Duncan withdrew his motion to continue the bill. Upon a motion being put on the amendment the amendment was lost. Senator McGhee said the bill was too important to pass without giv| ing it more consideration than had | been given to this bill. He thought the bill the worst that had been passed since the old dispensary days. He represented no power company but he did represent his town and his county. Senator Butler said he represented no one but his constituents ,but he was opposed to theis far reaching bill. He saik that may be one company opposed the bill because it feared that its rates would be reduced and another company favored the bill because it hoped to have its rates raised. He thought this bill would cause the rate to cotton mill em-./ ployes to be raised. With the changing industrial conditions there is no telling what would be the effect or this bill. His people be]ieved the bill to be a vicious piece of legislation. He was opposed also to the coporations to be regulated paying the salaries of the commissioners. He was opposed to the bill amended or unamended. Senator Moore offered an amendment putting the Varies imposed by the bill on the railroad bill. Senator Rogers opposed continuing the bill. He believed that the power companies were discriminating in ii?fes and they shonvl he regalaied. He had the kindest feeling for the rcmpany. He had li/ * 1 in the Piedmont country when it was poor. He hud teen the Southern Power Company come and buihl up the eounIrv ci'.d his people feU kindly toward it Sufior Rogers sail the State !.ad m - J cf a public servi<;? commits!- * . H? l-.,.d seen contracts made in hi* se-'ifn of the st-ilo which oth i ?: 1*t unjust but ther-> was no commission to which appeal could he made, and such a commission should I he established. - < * - - . r . i,, | i 1 j On a tie vote 01 to cj . u my '"as not continued. Debate v. as " adjourned until thio aor.iin,*? j 11 o'clock' I The senate met this mornin? at j 11 o'clock. I J\S.VVS>VV\VN.\.VVVVV COTTON MARKET. J Spot Cotton _ -10.00 | "Iar;'l; " >.9 ' May " i July :;2.04 1 ? :jo 20 p, J!'-!-* f