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i Abbeville Press and Banner rl^hli&hcd 1314. $2.00 th?"y^r. Tri-Weeklv. Abbeville, Monday, March 8, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY Form An Association For Betterment of Schools?Prof. Gunter Makes Address?Abbeville Behind in School Methods The teachers of Abbeville county met Saturday afternoon in the court house and organized the Abbeville County Teachers Association. Practically all of the teachers in the city schools were present and the county, as a whole, was fairly well represented, although the chairman, Major Fulp, had received letters from several teachers saying that they were still under quarantine on account of influenza and would be unable to attend the meeting Saturday. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock and after a few preliminary remarks by Major Fulp, who together with county superintendent W. J. Evans had called the meeting, the business of organizing was begun. The following officers for the first year were elected ; President, J. D. Fulp, of the Abbeville schools; vice president, Mrs. J. R. McWhite, of the Cold Spring school; secretary, Miss Annie Gantt, of the Abbeville schools; treasurer, Miss Allie Evans, of the Sharon school. The following were elected members of the executive committee: Supt. W. J. Evans, J. M. Daniel, Miss May Robterson, Miss Frances Wiaeman and L. C. Griffin. The president will appoint this week a committee to draw up a constitution and by laws to be submitted to the next meeting. After the conclusion of the business meeting the teachers were given a real treat in the excellent address made by them by Mr. Lueco Guntcr, state supervisor of rural schools, who has recently been elected to head the department of education at Furman University. Mr. Gunter was known personally to most of *- 1 ? ? o n ^ Viic tallr was ine leacneia picscm. c?nu thoroughly direct to them and perfectly logical and free from high flights of oratory. He discussed the ground swelling of unrest among members of the teaching profession over the country today; of the need for organization, professional, not as the labor unions organize;- of the deficiencies existing in this county in many school districts; and of the need of double session day, with a year added to the present time devoted to the graded school proper. Mr. Gunter emphasized the fact that South Carolina schools are attempting to do in seven years what practically all of the other states are rennirintr pipht vears to accomplish. He lays the fault of improperly or rather insufficiently prepared high school and college students to the haste with which they are rushed through elementary grades from the fourth to the seventh. Mr. Gunter was very outspoken in his statements regarding Abbeville county's backwardness in educational lines. He gave figures to prove his every statement. In substance he said that it was nothing short of disgrace 4-V?o4- /Jifl nr*f rl OYYI T1H "hVlOTY bxiab biic jk/tyviv uiu uw v> ??v legislators to place the office of county superintendent upon high plane. It was preposterous to imagine that the country schools of Abbeville would t ever be among the best when the county superintendent had to spend his time making a living as the county paid him barely enough tc keep the office open on certain day: 'to approve the teachers' vouchers There is only one school district ir Abbeville which had voted as mucl as eight mills special tax, and thai was the Abbeville city school dis trict. He <?>:oressed the hone that th< additional four mills which this dis trict proposes to vote in the nexi low weeks would meet with no oppo sition. In the per capita nmoun : >ent 01 education in South Caro i .5.1 Abbeville county ranked sixtl r of -i ii-i; of 40 coun ties. The per capita expenditure it (Continued on Page Four) DANIELS SPEAKS OUT ON THE LEAGUE AND TREATY OF PEACE j Washington, Mar. 6.?Three provisional naval building programs, de ! pendent on Senate action on the peact j treaty, were laid before the House naval committee today by Secretar) I Daniels. If the United States ratifies th( j treaty and becomes a member of th? i League of Nations, Mr. Daniels saic he would recommend new construction only to "round out" the fleet now !built or building; if the Senate rejects the treaty and the United States j definitely decides not to join the lea |gue, he said, he would urge duplication of the three year program ol 11916, with some modifications with e view to making the fleet "incomparably" the greatest in the world; 1e case the Senate took no final actior on the treaty at this session of coni gress the secretary said he would j present a 69 ships program for construction as rapidly as possible ir [order that the United States mighl not lose ground in competition of ; naval building. Secretary Daniels told the commitItee it must choose between the three i proposals. The 69 ships program, he jsaid, would cost about $195,000,000 He did not give any estimate of the !cost of a new three year program. Aviation Essential. | Declaring that aircraft would never make battleships obsolete, the Secretary added that aviation was "essentially an integral part of the fleet." He told the Committee that he opposled efforts to institute an independent 'air service and said that if such acition were taken, he believed it would lend in failure. Civil aviation should be entirely dijvorced from the military and naval branches he said, advocated early passage of legislation, regulating, by federal agencies, private aerial navigation. Civil aviation should be encouraged. he declared, but should not be developed by a great expenditure of the public funds. Program Outlined, j Included in the tentative three year program, Mr. Daniels outlined, were .ten dreadnaughts and six battle cruiser, but he added that he would ask annronriations the first year for onlv two battleships and one battle cruisjer. In addition the program would , include for the three years 20 light jcruisers and a larger number of i smaller craft. i The 69 ship program included two idreadnaughts and one battle cruiser for prompt construction with a large program of cruisers and acxiliaries ! which the Secretary's recommendations should the United States ratify 'the treaty and become a league memiber would include no capital craft. 'soldier aid move would weaken bonds, is claim I i _____ j Washington, March 4.?Leaders oi | both parties in the house have deterI mined to oppose any soldier aid legislation at this session of congress I despite demands by organizations oi ! service men for bonuses, vocationa : education, farm and home loans, j The position of these leaders is that the value of the large amount of Liberty bonds outstanding woulc be jeopardized by the issuance o1 additional bonds necessary to finance any of the soldier aid programs which call for financial outlays rang ing from $2,000,000,000 to $16,000, 000,000. Would Hurt Bond Holder* i The market value of governmem jbonds, now around 90 cents on the j dollar, would drop down to betweer ! 75 and 80 cents, and it would b< I necessary to make the interest rat< j of thesoldier aid bonds bear 6 pe: . I cent interest, Representative Maddei II Illinois, member of the Republicai t r* 4-/-v >-? r+ oayv* if fnn on J P onrncnn f n i |ov>^ciiug vviuuiii'vvu) any i tive Garner, Democratic whip, sai< today. This much of decline in th< price of Liberty bonds would meai ,\a loss to the 19,000,000 bond holder ;jof nearly $2,500,000,000, Game I ] estimated. i j In addition, the leaders say thi II program would increase the inflatioi i j of credit and send the cost of livinj >;ut> another notch. I '[CHARLOTTE SHOWS A il BIG INCREASE IN J " HER POPULATIOr Washington, Mar. 6.?Population an j nouncements for 1920 issued by th -census bureau tonight were: -1 Toledo. Ohio, 243,109, an increase o (.'74.612 or 44.3 per cent over 1910. | Charlotte. N. C., 46,318, an increas *:of 2,304 or 36.2 per cent. t1 T!ie population of Charlotte increas . jed eighty-eight per cent during th ten years from 1900. Toledo showei .an increase oi z<.a per cent m iu -;same time. Toledo had the large ,'growth in the twelfth census hnvin increased G1.9 per cent in the ten year from 1890 to 190(1, while Charlotte's in -..us percent. JPIIHCHIG EFFECTS ! in NEW CLOTHES * Men's Spring Styles Show a Considerable Constriction at the Waist Line Don't laugh at them; you may be{ wearing those funny, crimpy, coloryj* clothes and furnishings that now are|* on racks and counters of men's stores, j| If early showings are to be taken! seriously, and salesmen and price tags j1 convince one that they really are, man j' is to resemble a cross between a wilted bouquet and a tightly tied bundle |' ere the autumn winds bring overcoats 1 and outward relief. I duns are skiii iigiii, iue salesman ; explained, as he reverently showed a j | style of coat that didn't appear quite jj t unfolded. Seams almost crowd each , other to save expense, or cloth orj, something other than the feelings on. any except a slender athlete. [ "And those are the conventional ;1 [ lines?" "Yes, in single and double breasted/ | coats in browns, greens, grays and 1 ! black and white stripes. Would you ! like to see the more extreme styles?" Extreme is right. They are skin 1 tight, too. I naddition, the waistline I j narrows to a minus infinity, then the;J I seamless garment widens abruptly in-ij to a skirt effect that would allow mas-' ' culine bustles. "Stylish, eh? and seamless, too." j ' As if to emphasize the skirt, deep ! vents are cut in. The pinched waist jj is protected by a re-enforcement, i . caled a belt. It is less than a halfu | belt that loses both ends of itself inij ' pleats. jj Except for the flesh, the extreme: suits have little to pinch, for athletic jj underwear also has lost considerable!: coth and silk shirts are thinner. jj 1 About the only holdover character-j* istic in the new silk shirts are gaudy ' stripes. Dye makers classed the col- j' ors of the rainboy as "old stuff" and, ! went into new fields to supply shirt^ ' makers. There are color symphonies j : that fairly jingle, others that clash j{ and still others that frankly collide. / ' Yet all are stylish. Materials are as i ' varied as colors. Pussy-willows, J ; broadcloths, crepe de chine are a fewi* [of them. Pussy-willow creations in, j snow white with white floral figures! 11 are particularl stylish. They may be i had for $20 up. I And the ties speak for themselves. | 1 The man milliner has become an ' economist. Felt hats are of small i ' crown and of extremely narrow brim, I ' except the French and Italian import- j ed creations. Two American hats! could be made from an Italian head-| piece. The New York verdict is a i crown of only five inches with brims! [ from 1 7-8 to 2 inches. And all Amer- j ican manufacturers have entered com- j petition in that one-eighth inch mar-! : gin. i I BOND ELECTION CALLED FOR APRIL 3 , I The bond election to determine j 1 whether Abbeville County shall spend $450,000 for good roads is 5 called for Saturday, April 3. t The measure proposes to build top-1 1 soil roads throughout the county, j c The bill proposed that an average of j| - $5,000 be spent on each mile of i! > road improved and provides for: - about 150 miles of roads to be built - of chert or top-soil. Supervisor Stevenson received aj certified draft of the bill Monday;' t and will turn it over to the commis-j Jjsioners of election, who will prob-: i J ably meet Tuesday and name managers of election. ?i If the election carries for .to-<i. c":roads 30-year five and one-iiaif per. 11cent bonds of $1,000 denomination! , i_.ii t__ , ?I win De issuea. ' -j The bill provides for the following j 1!Highway Commission, who will have; 21 charge of the building of the good 11 reads and of the handling cr Ihv s|funds raised from the bond issue: rj Supervisor W. A. Stevenson, exi officio member and secretary; J. 2-Allen Smith, J. S. Stark, Dr. Joseph! i! Hicks, Dr. T. 0. Kirkpatrick, S. J.I ?! Wakefield, J. S. Ashley, A. S. Kerine-j 'dy, J. R. Lomax, R. L. Barmorc, J.' |A. Gilliam. Each member of this com-' !mission will be bonded in the sum of] $10,000. ! i 'URKEY MUST PAY DEAELT -1 FOR CILICIAN MASSACRE , ei London, March 6.?There is like i- . |hood that, the Cilician massacre will i f'cost Turkey much of what the treaty | ;of peace would otherwise havo left ) ejher, according to expressions heard jin inner circles at Whitehall, where' - :>ll?ed foreign ministers co!itin,Tc I e framing the Turkish settlement. The d proposed western boundary from e ;F os. on the Aegean See. lo Vidia oa r| he Black Sea. may lie abandoned : r,d : tr he line may he drawn much further ( S v.i This '.'Will limit T"rlfiph r>ns'-i es'-ions in Europe to the narrow pen.la north of the Sea of Marmora, i HOW CONGRESSMEN BID FOB ELECTK Majority Spend Time Writi ij c i^., riome, *j<x y z> ?noa utoik. Rankin New York, March 6.?Miss Je; jtte Rankin, who enjoyed the hoi Df being the only woman Congre nan and who is now the only Copgresswoman in the United Stai tias some unique views for improv londitions in the country. One these is by running the daily nepapers like the public schools Means of governing boards, and jther is to improve legislation having enough Congressmen to he work which she thinks they not able to do under present con iions. Miss Rankin, who was in N Vork the other day, told her views :b.e members of the New York Alv ii Chapter of the Intercollegiate jialist Society at one of its Saturc ifternoorf meetings, called the Cs iraderie. and where the memb ;all each other comrades. In M Rankin's proposed model daily ne1 paper every one would be allowed say exactly what he or she thoug Dut this might not be as dangeri is it would seem, for the results he expression of free speech woi lot comelback upon the paper, as he pfesent. method of running pap jut each writer would be individu y responsible for hijr or her own :erances. If, however, any one should thr ill reason to the winds, in a cant; cerous desire to tell an unpleas: ruth about some one else, the resu vould not be very serious, for ai hing in the nature of a personali Vliss Rankin would have referred ;he subject before it was printed, 2 >pportunity given for an answer )e printed with the attack. To ;ain the news of a staff of report vould be necessary, but the vote he board would control the repo ?rs, and the editorial page would >ne of absolute free speech. "I would have editorials prini vithout regard to the subject, in I jrder in which they were receiv >ne, two, three, four, etc.," said M Etankin. One of the women comrai :hought that even with this flexi nachinery it would be difficult to , sufficient radical news into the pa: :o which Miss Rankin replied tl :hat of course, depended upon ;ducation of the community. One thing that Miss Rankin lea ;d in Congress was that for so strange reason most Congressn vished to be returned, and that i mly way to be sure of re-election \ l.o make themselves solid with th constituents; to do this they spent their time in pleasing famenities i consequently had no time for lej lative work. "Tv.o result of tlrs was, I foun said Miss Rankin, "that about 400 the Congressmen srent their time writing letters home to tell their c stituents wh;it was going on in W: [ngton, while about thirty really the work of Congress. People g their votes to the men they know t Those are the men who are consta ly writing to them and are alw ready to entertain them when tl come to Washington. They dc have time for legislative work, Hioir /I r\ hmm nJ amJ iU ? mcjr uu 5CI ICLUIUCU auu me pet who really work are apt to get 1 "Now if there were more divisi in each State and more men w 3ent to Congress the responsibility the work could be divided. Th could be one man who would h time to write letters back to tell people at home what was going there would be one man who wo represent big business; there wo be another who would represent labor interests, and of course tli would be a woman to represent women. In that way all parts of country and all the interests wo really be represented in Congress i the people at home would havi chance to know what was going too." W. D. WILKINSON NAMED MANAGER OF CITIZENS INSURANCE AND TRUST The Citizens Insurance and Ti Company, a newly organized c pany has secured the services of D. Wilkinson as manager. Mr. ^ kinson is at present assistant cas of the National Bank. lie expect assume charge of his duties al April 1. Mr. Wilkinson is one of most capable, energetic and popi young business men of Abbeville his friends wish for him abun< uccess in his new undertaking. The company will deal in st and bonds and sell insurance oi kinds?life, tornado and plate jrl The officers of the rvgan?:<ation as follows: J. S. Morse. President: W. Nickles, vice-president: K. K. ( secretary and treasurer -mH W Wilkinson, manager. ! GERMAN DIPLOMACY SLIPPED AWAY IS BERNSTOFF OPINIO! IN IJ| j Berlin, Mar. 6.?German diplomac | must "take up the struggle at ths .point where President Wilson permil ng tea it to slip away rrom mm," sai ..!Count Von Bernstorff, former Gei man ambassador at Washington, at jmass meeting of University student I in a discussion of the nation's foi |eign policies. an- i yon Bernstorff declared that tb Qor president had merely touched upo !ss" ; the problem of negotiating a jus ex" ! eace but failed to solve it .after b< Les, j ng firgt to assert that the war wa In? i ot to end in the creation of a ne1 of ' alance of power. IVS- 1 . "For us the question is: Does tb ! Versailles peace represent the faf . ,and cruel orgy of a bygone era?" Tb J I former ambassador continued, "o do i . . are we to experience new lmpenalis jtic catastrophes, whether the ne " diplomacy asserts itself or old metl ew |ods prevail?" i to ! Count Von Bernstorff said he ha im- 'warned against any attempt to achie\ So- a revision of the treaty through neg< jay jtiations with individual Entente pov im. jers. Such a procedure, he charactei ers ized as a "dangerous illusion" whic [iss;was calculated to expose Germany t ivs- 'the charge that she was intriguing, to Vanquished Can't Pay. ht, ! "In punishing Germany," he sail jus "the Entente forgot to take cognizanc of of the economic conditions of th uld world at large. The vanquished ai in unable to pay the war costs of th ers victors; the whole world, with the e? ial- ception of the Upited States, is banP ut- rupt." z In connection with her declaratio ?'-v Germany must convince the Entent in- that she was unable to meet th ,nt treaty's conditions unless given ra1 Ilts products and ample credits whic W" will enable her to work off the ir 'ty- demnity, he declared. in^ Discussing the League of Nation! t Von Bernstorff said that German should not beg to be received int erg it, which would be undignified, bu ()f must indicate through her diplomac and her attitude that she was will 1)e ing to join. Touching on current o( currences in Washington, the forme te(j ambassador warned his auditor t]le againsi misinterpreting development ed. there" iss "American interest is now center mg in the Presidentia lleection, h des said, "rather than in European al ble fairs, which is accounted for in th get disappointment the war occasioned i per the United States." hat He further asserted that any al the tempt on the part of Germany t approve the present American att: rn- tude toward the league would merel me fortify the Entente against German; ien the V??s Plan to Stabilize Gir an Prices on Material ' ~ J ? Tf* ?1 ! "is" tor Jt&unaing d." ! Chicago, March 6.? A campaig 1 of was begun today among building m?i n terial men to stabilize prices on a on- materials used in home building fc *sh at least six months. A plea was mad did also for stabilization of wages. Onl ive by such means could the housin est problem be solved, said Edwar nt- Hines, head of a lumber compan; ays who announced the movement. hey J "i am sending circulars to all m )n't trade," Mr. Hines said, "notifyin but jthem that the price of lumber wi 'Pie go no higher for six months, possibl 6ft. a year. All lumber will be sold fro; ons now on at the present price level, ere J "i do not mean that it will not t ' ?f sold lower, for if it is possible, w ere | ntend to reduce lists. Other lumb( ave dealers throughout this section ha^ the ijoined with me in the idea and tl: on: brick dealers will do likewise, uld | "The next thing is to bring aboi uld a condition of coherency in the buil< the ing trades so that the home build< iere imay enter into? contracts for hom< the jwith some idea of stability. Onl the through this stabilization or me m< uld [terial and labor market will it I and possible to build the thousands < - a homes necessary." on. ; COURT CALLED OFF The term of the Court of Commc CO. Pleas which was to have convened < rust March 22nd, the fourth Monday < om- the present month, has been callt W. off by members of the Bar. Partii who have been drawn to serve on tl hir?v _ i f Jury need not report, tnererore. * to, )OUt The r'iembcrs of the Bar have al: the asked Judge Seas^ and Solicit* ulav Blackwell to call off the speci ar"' Term of the Court of General Se !ant sions ordered to be held on Mar< Qci. 29th, and it is likely that this Ter ' j-,11 of Court will also be dispensed wit rsr=."-. All prisoners who were in jail at l! :m* rcccnt Term of Court have since th; *:rne given bond which in some mea , urc r!o.r away with the rccessiiy f< ov, f) holtiiug Court. Due rtciice v/H! ! r'von, liwpvr. ?t ?he nroif,' JEIIH1I " si ICT IS IPPHED t-1 # d i Will Become a Law When Signed *"| By the Governor?Provisions of Bill?Short term Notes S j Can be Issued For Road Purposes e nj Columbia, March 6.? (Special).? 5t(Carrying a special two-mill levy, pro5-viding for a county system of high.sjways to be connected into a State tv system, remodeling the personnel of ;the commission and dividing the auie thority in the department between a jt!secretary and a chief engineer, the ie'general highway act has been apr iproved by both houses of the general j.'Assembly, the report of the conferw ence has been adoptd and the only i_j thing necessary for it to become a law is its ratification and approval , by the Governor, which will happen ; in the next few days. e | The new commission will consist of )_jseven members, one from each of the '" congressional districts, to be appointr" !ed by the Governor. The commission 1 is to elect a secretary at an annual ,01 salary to $3,000 who will not be a (member of the commission, and a [State highway engineer, whose yearHly compensation is to be decided up!e|on by the commission. The secretary is to be the executive officer ot "e I the department and the highway en e:gineer the technical expert in charge c" joif the road construction and mainc"|tenance. Both are authorized to emIploy such assistants and clerical help n;as are necessary for hte conduct of e^he activity. .es After January 1, of next year, the w license tax proposed is based on tonh nage of automobiles and trucks. For i-ievery automobile of 2,000 pounds or under a license of $6 is to be paid, 3 and for each additional $500 pounds y,or fraction thereof an extra $2. One 0 ton trucks and under have to pay an annual license of $15; two tons y|and over one tone $30; three tons [.,and over two tons, $60; four tons and ,_|Over three tons, $100; five tons and 'r over four tons. $200; six tons and 'over five tons. $250: pypppHintr civ g'tons, $350. A reduction of 25 per cent, is allowed each truck using pneumatic tires. To operate a truck '"[exceeding four tons, the consent of ,eithe county authorities, to be approv" ed by the State highway engineer. e must be obtained before they can be 11 run on specific roads, and then ob- , gained they can be operated on no t-[other road than those designated, o Lumber trailers are taxed $5 each Kand an additional $2 for every thouy sand-pound or part thereof load on f. these trailers. Motorcycles are tax at $3. Dealers' licenses are placed at $25 for the first make of motordriven vehicle sold and $15 for every other make handled. j The proceeds of the two mill levy ? .is to be retained by the counties from [which it originates and 80 per cent, 'of the license tax is to go to the counn ties in which it is collected. In the i-: issuance of licenses, the highway dell partment is instructed ot furnish the r ;clerks of court of the various coune jties sufficient planks for the applicay jtion of licenses to be made by the g [people of the counties. d j In addition to the general road law !bills have been introduced into the [general assembly for the issuance of y j bonds or short term notes for road g purposes in 29 out of the 46 coun11 : ioc? Tr? nn 1 *r Ai'ffKf r\f neo o " [ V1V?. AU vi tiitow ui c titvy jtions to be held on the question. They m ,are Abbeville. Allendale, Charleston, Edgefield, Lee, McCormick, Newber>e irv, Richland and Sumter. In three re j of the counties elections will be held ir j if a partion of the freeholders petite Ition for it, otherwise the bonds will ie :be iissued. it H Roper is Praised i\ by the President | Washington, March 6.?In accept, ng with "great regret" the resigna)f; Ition of Daniel C. Roper as commisIsioner of internal revenue, President Wilson told Mr. Roper in a letter, |made public at the White House to!night, that he appreciated his service | to the government "for many years Un fiifforant Hiffirnlt nnsitinns and al ,iJl wjxys with distinction." | Commissioner Roper based his >n j resignation, his letter to the Presi,'dent discloses, on a desire to "re9 'enter private life to pursue my perjSonal plans." Si ' I Baltimore. Md.. March 6.?The (eastern shore of Maryland virtually is isolated tonight by the worst storm I in many years. The steamer Camb 50 is marooned in the ice ofF Clairborne, 3rJen route ro Baltimore, with many !passengers aboard. All bay shipping al is delayed and small boats have been 1 riiMvon to harbors. Railroad traffic s" 011 the eastern shore is reported ham:h pered by fallen wires and snowdrifts. h-[ COTTON MARKET. se! Spot Cotton 40.00 .,> { March .... 1 ! "*r1V s- ! Tniv ?? 1 1 ,J ,r: OeV*!'-" 10.80 > *' p