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Abbeville Press and Banner Established!844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Wednesday, March 24, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. K-EXAM1TIQN Of HI SIS CHIMED TODAY Officer Insists That Dalay of the U. S. Navy to Cooperate With Allies Was Costly Washington, March 23.?Cross-ex TYiinatirm of Rear Admiral Sims was continued today before the Senate committee investigating the navy's conduct of the war with Senators Pittman, of Nevada and Trammell, of Florida. Democrats, undertaking to show that the United States was not wholly responsible for heavy submarine losses during the tw? months immediately following the entry of the United States into the war. Admiral Sims said adoption of the convoy system marked the turning point of the war and that the allies had to wait for American cooperation before the plan could be made effective. Delay Was Costly. ' The convoy was adopted by the allies experimentally about May 21. 1917" he said. "The United States was asked to furnish 14 cruisers for escorts. No cruisers were furnished for many weeks and then only seven. Our delay was extremely costly. "Our destroyers and other ships should have sailed the night we declared war and there was no good reason why they should not have done '* ? ? J1 ft ir/\/\ AAA nf chin so. it tney ricici i,ouujWv iuuo vi ?***$* ping would have been saved, and the United States would have had an army of one million men in France by May 1, 191S. The fact was that after we declared war many American ships had to be placed in dry dock .and repaired before they could be sent to the war zone." A Tilt With Pitt man Senator Pittman tc!d the admiral he had not presented any evidence to support his assertion that failure of the navy to properly cooperate during the war had prolonged the struggle at a cost of 500.000 lives. "Unless you can produce evidence t.i support that assertion it falls flat," said the Senator. "I notify you h^re amd now that at the proper time evidence will be introduced to show '.bat the army did not ask for ocean transport that it did not get.'' "If you do you will have to dist<mvo funeral Pershing's own rjport ia which he said that he cnuld not get troops to France when he wanted them" returned the admiral. ABBEVILLE DEFEATS GREENWOOD IN DUAL MEET AT BASKETBALL After having suffered defeat on two different occasions, once here and once in Greenwood, the boys and girls basketball teams of the Abbeville High School turned the tables on the local courts Tuesday. The boys team defeated the five from Greenwood by the score of 20 to 17. The girls whitewashed their opponents 18 to 0. A large crowd saw both games. The girls had the sextette from Greenwood completely outclassed, keeping the ball for the most part in Abbeville territory. Greenwood got but few shots at the goal and those were so hurried that the goal was never shot. The local six on the other hand had r: ny op, >rtunities to shoot the goal and were successful in a large percentage of tries. The shooting of Miss Ada Faulkner featured. It is hard to place the best playei on the teams but for the girls we would give the lion's share of the glory to Misses Margaret Swetenbei-g and Carrie Hawthorne, although every player at one time or another T ,'ui^ uxocui?;ui^iicu uui^cu. i i/Lic iui35 n.ud h Faulkner, who was substituting for her older sister, played excellent ball. Miss Victoria Howie in center got the tip-off every time the ball was tossed, For the boys Billy Long shot the most goals, Fatty Galloway waj a I his best making free throws and at guard while Skinny Moore starred al over the court, playing the best game of the season. To Visit Honolula Chester, March 22.?A meotinj of the board of trustees of th< Chester graded school? was held Thursday when Miss Mary Hill o: Abbeville resigned and Miss Man FMhev Sfvonc dlected as her f-ucccs.-or. Mi ? Hill resisrnorl to join hei brother :.t Honolulu and spend somt | Pullman Berths Will Soon Cost 20 Per Ct. More i i BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington, March 23.?Permission j has been granted the Pullman Corn! pany by the Interstate Commerce Commission to file tariffs increasing berth rates approximately 20 per cmt The company is seeking an inci use on standard lower berths to a minim: urn of $2 and on seats to a minimum oi 150 cents. Under the commission's rule? protests may be lodged against the increases within thirty days, an-i lie&ring then will be held. If no protests are made the commission may giant the increases. LORD GRAY'S SIGHT SAVED BY HARVtt A few weeks ago we had an ac count of the operation by Dr | Arthur L. Harvin, of Washington formerly of Abbeville performec for Viscount Grey, by which hi: eye-sight was saved. Since then w< have had the following Washingtoi dispatch to the New York Worl< called to our attention: Washington, March 2.?Viscounl ' Grey who during his recent trip "t< the United States as Special Ambassador was on the verge of becoming totally blind was saved by a Wash ington dentist working in conjunc tion with Dr. William Holland Wil " -i i rri. _ jmer, tne notea ocunst. xne dhusi i Embassy today announced that Dr Arthur Le Grande Harvin performe( ^he dental operation after Dr. Wil i mer had diagnosed Viscount Grey'; ! eye ailment as a condition resultini from affected teeth. Although Visc^nt Grey had beer troubled by his eyes before leaving J England it was not until after h< :had been in the Upited States some itime that his condftion became ser l ious. Early in Odtalber his sight be | gan failing rapidly. 1 It was at this time that Dr. Wilj mer was requested to take charge ! of the case. He became convinced the trouble was in a large measure ! due to the condition of Viscounl ! Grey's teeth. Dr. Harvin was callec ! in and confirmed the diagnosis, j Viscount Grey paid his first visil j to the office of Dr. Harvin on Oct ! 16 and at that time he could nol | see to read and had to be led bj i an attendant. Dr. Harvin found twt ! molars abscessed. One a large j upper in the right jaw?having three {great prongs?was shown by the X j Ray to have been treated in such i | way by previous operation that ne | crosis of the bone had developed iThis tooth was cut open, drainage introduced and later the tooth was extracted. The other tooth was no1 in such bad condition and waj saved. I Within two weeks Viscount Grey's eyesight had improved to such ai i extent that he could read witl greater ease than he had been abl< i to for a long time and befori 1 rVirictrnnc t.here remained onlv thi after effects of the intense straii . the British statesman had subjecte< j his eyes to during the previous fev j months. Dr. Harvin's renown is' not confin led, either, to this country. A specia cable from London to New York Sun i Herald ! the following to say: London, March 1.?Owing to ar operation by an American dentist Viscount Grey's eyesight is now al most completely restored to him anc he is returning to active politics witl a view eventually to the premiership , Jyour correspondent learns in well in .jformed circles. . i It was while Viscount Grey was or 11 ;a special mission to the United State: j that he was troubled with his teet^ i and went to a well-known Washing I ton dentist who discovered a large ab Jscess and removed it from the Am T bassador's mouth. Immediately nf 3 terward's his vision improved an continued to improve until now it i f restored perfectly or nearly ?n. In j deed, it was said by a close fo* . Viscount Grey that his eyesight i r tronjrer than it ever was before i r*iH* of V':"*'ry r "1 - - Ue RAILROAD RATE 1 ADJUSTMENT IS :! ON ROCKY ROA[ , Strong Opposition is Expressec , | Against Making investment | Accounts Basis for Valuatioi .j Washington. March 23.?Stronj 11 opposition to the railroad corpora , I tions' proposal that property invest 'ment acounts form the basis for val uation of the railroads preliminnrj to the new rate adjustment under th< transportation act was reported be I, fore the interstate commerce commis Ision today by John R. Benton, gener Jal solicitor of the Association of stati "! commissioners. Appearing as a representative o 'the public. Mr. Benton declared con gress had expressly forbidden the us< I of investment accounts as a valuntioi s j basis. The state railroad commissioners "j he asserted are against any change ii 1 the established classification g^oui i for the purpose of rate-making. In creases, he said, should be horizontal l but should be made upon the traf t fic that ought to bear it. } LIST OF JURORS FOR , GOSSETT TRIAL NAMEL r i i The list of petit jurors for the ex tra term of Court of General Ses ( sions, called to try Kenneth and Johr Gossett for criminal assault here j April 5, was selected Wednesday anc . follows: , s Q. W. Sims, 6, r J. F. Gibert, 14, I E. S. Martin, 4, i J. H. Shaw, 4, N R. C. Parnell, 13, i W. B. Hill, 12, - Earl Murdock, 12, N. B. Sutherland, 13, C. L. BBowen, 13, | R. H. Purdy, 12, j R. R. Tolbert, 7, I - ? _ / J. F. Gray, 12, I C. C. Kay, 6, ; J. T. Bigby, 4, ^ T. 0. Price, 11, [ J. W. Powell, 6, j 0. T. Bradberry, 10, ; J. A. Ramey, 11, . C. M. Kay, 4, t R. F. McCord, 11, r, T. P. Willson, 11, * D. E. Nickles, 6, ! J. O. Cann, 13, Paul Link, 11, " R. S. Ellis, 11, l: M. G. Sherard, 10, "i m t ;_i. -t 1 Vj. JCi. LiinK, XI, 'i W. J. Milford, 6, J J. D. Mundy, .) W. J. McKee, 6, I C. Lamar Richey, 11, ! W. D. Wilson, 11, J A. L. Gilliam, 11, J Walter B. Wilson, 10, i Carl McCurry, 11, W. A. King, a ii i DEMOCRATIC ELECTION i! ? j The Democartic primary, heli 7 Tuesday for the purpose of naminj candidates for city offices, was i very quiet affair and a light vote wa | cast. Only the office of Commissione 1 of Public Works was contested, W - M. Barnwell being opposed by J Allen Long, who won, the vote stand i;ing, Long, 186, Barnwell, 40. , J. Moore Mars was nominate) without opposition for mayor, 22' 11votes being cast. The vote for alder i|inen follows: M. B. Syfan, 56; H. B , j Wilson, 28; Otto Bristow, 90; A1 - bert Henry, 31. .! THE FIRST CANDIDATF ' I 5 ' I t i The first candidate to formally an unce in these columns for a coun ..." office is J. N. Blum. Mr. Blun . formerly resided in this city, an< . served for awhile as constable fo \ Magistrate Joe Hammond. He dis charged his duties capably. Sinci . Civinf Abbeville he has been farm f r.jr near Due We-t. . el unionist, fjreuns into a solid com < pact whole?such a party as he le< . in the House of Lords. IIEIHII SENATORIAL VOTES I TO BE RECOUNTEI Plans Were Agreed Upon Ten t tatively by Senate Committe< 1 on Elections Today \ . ' Washington, March 23.?Plan " for the Senate recount of the ballot ~ cast in the Ford-Newberry Senator ~ ial election contest in Michigan wer s agreed upon tentatively today at conference between the Senate privil eges and elections sub-committee an ~ counsel representing both sides. a Chairman Watson, of the sub-corn mittee, said that the recount wouli ? not begin for at least thirty days a approximately that time would b I required to assemble the ballots an j bring them to Washington. Abou three weeks, the chairman estimate will be required to complete th [ count which will be done by te: ,! boards of two members each. . | The committee authorized the | ate sergeant-at-arms to employ no I i more than twenty deputies 1*0 '.:ollec the approximately 400.000 ballot now in possession of approxim?-tel j 1,700 city and town clerks. i - 1 , Keach Agreement -! On Removal of American Dear i j j Washington, March 23--An agree 'jincnt under which American (load ii 1 France, whether within or behind th | battle zone, may be removed to 'h i I'nited States as soon as arrange raents have been completed, 'las beci reached at a conference between rop lesentatives of the French ann Amer ican governments. The nx vement a j waits the approval of the rrer.ch gov ; eminent. I The conference decis'o.i as irar.p ! mitted by Ambassador Wallace wa j sent today to Chairman Porter, o I tl.e House foreign affairs comaiitte J by the State Department. ' :OTTON MILL TO BUILD Y. M. C. A. BUILDINt I I i The Abbeville Cotton Mills bough " ? - l-i O 1L Tne large lot on ouuw mam jnext to the Community House fror 'Mrs. J. G. Edwards this week and i l lis reported plans to build a large Y (M. C. A. building on the property ii jthe near future. The price paid fo ithe lot was $2,500. I The deep gully that is on the lo i will be utilized for a large swimminj [pool, the building to be placed ove !the gully. Thus a saving in excavr tion will be attained. The cost of the building has 110 been decided upon, but it has bee i announced that a Y. M. C. A. plan I i fully adequate to more than care fo !present needs will be constructed. An experienced Y. M. C. A. ma | will be obtained to take charge of th : plant and to do community work z mong the men of the mill. If possibl 1 a married man, with a wife capabl i of continuing the present communit 1 work among the women of the mi ^village, will be obtained. No noe ha ibeen in charge of this work since th j departure of Miss Jennie Boyd. ?! a CLEMSON CADETS ' RETURN TO BOOK ! r Clemson College, March 22.?Th regular work of the third term c Clemson College began this mornin i with all the seniors present, all tli j j juniors present but four, and all of tli _ | lower classes execept 20 some c jwhom have asked for an extension 0 j'leave on account of sickness or othe ~ 1 J A. I, I causes, fresiaenx luggs weicumeu hi " | students back, as is his custom in a j arnest short address.A feeling of oj | timism prevailed at the chapel exei ! cises. | The regular class work started th afternoon. There seems to be a desii " on the part of all to make the thir 1 ' ; term's work the best of the year an *; to forget as far as possible the r< ? cent occurances. 2 . At Presbyterian Church. The Rev. -T. B. Grc;?n. Grei*iiwoo< - '1 preach a! the ^re-hy* er::: - church Sunday morning. Tie wU! i1 1 preach at r.i-.'ht when union service will bo held. x: Georgia Bank Case May Be Sent to Federal Court Atlanta, Ga., March 23.?Whether St.he state courts or tho federal cor.rrs have jurisdiction in the fight being made by the Country Banks Association of Georgia against the par clearance rules ofc the federal reserve sys_ tp?n was tlio first snhippt tr> ho nrfii ed at the opening of the hearing in e federal district court here today. Should Judge Beverly D. Evans hold the case to be one for federal courts, the motion of the sixth diss trict federal reserve bank for diss missal of the entire proceedings was expected to be taken up next. The ~ petition for an injunction against the federal reserve systems enforcement of its universal par clearance ^ rule was regarded as a test case and counsel for state bankers' associations from other states came here for ^ the hearings. The country bankers of Georgia cbtained a temporary injunction in , Fulton superior court here and Judge t W. D. Ellis, of that court utter a fl hearing ordered the case transferred to the federal courts. n Colby Sworn in t As State Secretary t s Washington, March 23.?Bainy | bridge Colby was sworn in loday ..s ] Secretary of State, succeeding Rcb1 ert Lansing, who resigned six weeks i ago. i Tliere was no ceremony. The oath (of office vas administered in the presJ i ence of Under-Secretary Polk, who *!has been in charge of the Department since Mr. Lansing retired. j Immediately after Mr. Colby as>um11 j h! office arrangements were made for e, lesuming the issuing of passnnrts & | which was stopped ten days ago be~ 1 cause there was no one to sign them. i: Officials estimated that 2.000 applica " | tions had piled up. "j .As soon as Mr. Colby has had lime -; familiarize himself with his du 't'es. Under-Secretary Polk is e<oecti Pd to resign to take a rest which his * i lysiciar.s have been advising for s | many months. f. The post of assistant secretary is 5 : now vacant. Wm. Phillips having been j appointed minister to the Netherlands. _________?? , Tenants and Real Estate Men Take t Fight to Albany t! I New York, March 23?Eighteen hunjdred residents of New York took a day t! off to go io Albany today and express j their opinions on various rent bills ' i before a legislative committee. Oni[.delegation, headed by A. J. Hilly. r! chairman of Mayor Hylan's committee I .in rent profiteering, was composed of tenants. The other was made up of t j landlords and real estate men. They 'traveled in separate special trains. = Mr. Hilly issued a warning that f r relief was denied, there was danger of "real Bolshevism*' with violence. The 'tenants supported a bill giving courts the rights to decide what is a fair ^ {rental. J The real estate ?ien opposed legisl.in i tion on the ground of unconstitutioatiaiity and said the bills would Jesuit li-! cessation of building, r Frank Gary Goes Abroad. n I e j Frank Gary, who is going through i- J Annapolis, with credit to himself and r1 r-n.t, ,?;i7 Ioovp ahout the e ims nuine lumo, nm e I first of April for the cruise which is yjgiven all second year men in the nail vy. His ship will touch at English, (French and Italian ports and then on i . e j to Egypt. Ten days leave will be givJen the cadets at Marseilles which (will give Frank the opportunity of ! showing the boys in London and g1 Paris exactly what a game sport from j Abbeville can do. tej . News from Mrs, Sherrard. >f __ CY 61 The news from Mrs. VV. U. sner16 rard, who has been in the Noble In10 'firmary in Atlanta, for the past IT ^ |week, is that she is doing fairly well, 'and hopes soon to begin to improve steadily. le ! Mrs. Sherrard's ill health is a n ? .source of great regret among her r many griends. She has taken an ac! tive part in the affairs of her church .'and has been an earnest worker for the Daughters of the Confederacy ,1 |and her good counsel is being missed. d J BASEBALL PRACTICE BEGUN I i | This week saw the first real practice of the hijjh school tear1. ])ren:?'-itorv to the selection of the real I.;team. Coach Xeal Swetenberg: as* * 1 - _ l 11! i I. .. n siscu i>v -iir. ni'i'.mi's is nainunu i' io '"miiViv.'s" of a top.ni. PracMco is - held every afternoon nri the lyovn I . >* 1 he oh- Fiir rrrour' *. COMFORT IS GIVES i TIESUFFRAGISTS erORIS. E. HUGHES Says When Anthony Amendment is Ratified it Will Af feet Every State in Union New York, March 23.?Claims of anti-suffragists that the Anthony amendment to the constitution, if ratified, would be ineffective in states where state constitutions re.sr.rict suffrage to "male" citizens until such constitutions had been amended, are erroneous, according to an opinion obtained from Charles E. Hughes, former Justice of the United States Supreme Court, by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Judge Hughes als-j advised ! the association that in his opinion claims that the amendment, in any cafe would confer only the righi to vote for Senators and Representatives was equally erroneeous. Pointing to the similarity in verbiage of the Anthony amendment: a.ul the fifteenth amendment extending suffrage to negroes, Mr. Hughes said: "If the suffrage amendment is dujy | ratified so as to become a part of the I federal constitution, I am of the opinion that the amendment will be imi mediately selfexecuting and will renIrlpr invalid purl thprefnrp | any existing provision 111 any state jconstitution ?r statute establishing a suffrage disqualification solely on the ground of sex. Further, the amendment, in my judgment, w!ll apply to all elections and not simply to the election of Senators and members of the house of representatives)." j x | Railroad Wage Board in Session J Washington, March 23.?With the j election of E. P. Whiter, of the Pennsylvania railroad, as chairman, the j bipartisan railroad wage board today I was ready to begin consideration of the wage demands of the 2,000,000 railroad workers It was expected that the board first would take up detailed cla'ms of the unions as the (basis for arriving at a solution of the j controversy, which has hung in tbe J balance since last August. Leaders said the first session 'which ended in the formal organiza' - ' * - i x 1 3 __ 1- - J tion or me voiumary ouuy uuu brought out a working agreement which they believed foreeasteJ daily, although slow, progress in the discussions. Each side was satisfied with the arrangement to consider minor questions first. Sessions of the board will Le executive. WILL ATTEMPT A FLIGHT ACROSS ON R-38 i New York, March 23.?Thirty enlisted men of the United States navy now stationed at the Rockaway naval air station will leave within a few days for London to study at an English dirigible school, preparatory to attempting a trans-Atlantic flight with the R.-38, sister ship of the R.-34, it was announced at naval recruiting headquarters. Commander Louis H. Maxfield, until recently In charge of lighter-thanair work in Washington, but who now is in England, is named as the probable commander of the all-Areican crew of the R.-38. British observers, however, will accompany the (I crew. Quarterly Meeting at Long Cane A quarterly meeting of the officers of Long Cane Church has been called ,|for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock J at the church. j There will be preaching Sunday j morning at 11:30 o'clock and imj mediately after the sermon a congregational meeting will be held. A full 'attendance is urged. News from the Browns. j The news from Charlie Brown, jvvho is sick with pneumonia, is that he is better. Mrs. C. D. Brown is al so improving. ' I The Price in Elberton. According to the Elberton Star ; otton sold for 43 cents per pound in Klbertn Wednesday. j ! MSJ3J2MSJSM2J3JS/5MS?3J3J5Mti2IciltBSJ5i' COTTON MARKET. j Spot 41.00 j March ... -r'.00 | May ----- "'.7I ! July .. .... ."7 " 1 _ _ Or ,1.77 ' Do?. T0.0"