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J \ Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844., $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Monday, March 29, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year? MANY LIVES ARE j mm im mnmAnni LUOI IN I UNTO; I Thirty-Six Victims in Georgia and Alabama?Bad Day in La Grange?Property Loss Runs Up Into Millions of . ^ Dollars J Atlanta, March 28.?At least 36 i lives were lost, hundred of persons were injured and property damaged probably running/into millions of dollars, was caused by tornadoes thacf swept through Georgia and Alabama 1 late today. La Grange, and West! Point, Georgia towns near the Ala-j bama-Georgia border, sufferel the' heaviest, the estimated dead at La' ~ * 01 I Urange running lu ou, wuiwj were known to have been found., West Point, which lost heavily last | December from the flooded Chatta-j hoochee, reported ten dead and j severe damages in the business sec-j tion. The tornado also was felt in Macon where property damage ran high and j some persons were injured. W^hing-, ton, Ga., a town near Augusta, also felt the effects of a storm, but apparently no lives were lost. Some, damage also was thought to have been caused in eastern Alabama. Wire service, both telegraph and telephone, was partially paralyzed and it was almost impossible to as-, certain exact damage or to get reports from many sections of the; state that have felt the effects of the, storm. Heavy rains fell throughout a; great portion of Georgia during the, day and it was feared flooded rivers) might add to the suffering. The Red Cross here was preparing' tonight to rush supplies to La Grange! by army motor trucks as the Atlanta! and West Point railroad reported it j could not dispatch a relief train be- ' cause its wires were down. Its pas-J senger train, New Orleans to Wash-: ington, No. 36, was not located late! tonight. nnny engineers were preparing to go to West Point to rebuild a pon-( toon bridge they threw across the Chattahoochee river last December when floods and unindated the town I caused $7,000,000 property damage, j Most of the damage in West Point; was said to be in the business section | and its effects on merchants and oth-| er business men just struggling from j the heavy losses of last December were expected to be almost impossible for them to bear. Half a dozen structures were said to be severely damaged. WILL KNOW TODAY RECOUNT DECISION * . | Washngton, March 26.?The United! States census bureau will probably] look over Columbia again and see if a few thousand of inhabitatns were not inadvertently left out of the recent count the result of which was! announced a few days ago. There are undoubtedly more than 37,524 per-; sons in Columbia now and that city's wide awake chamber of commerce | president, J. D. Miot is on his job. i j He has asked Congressman Mann to look into this matter without delay; and see what may be done in order that the correct number of nersons| may be credited to the city of Columbia. He insists in his communications to Mr. Mann, that a bad error has been made in the count and re- j flllPSf'S stuns Vin t-il-on f/-> this. Mr. Mann will give the matter his| close attention and if there is any op-] portunity to have Columbia mr.ke a better showing he will do so. The population of two South Carolina cities, Orangeburg and Sumter will be announced tomorrow. Congressman Byrens left for Augusta today. Tomorrow ni:?hl he will: address traveling men in that city. ) SECOND BOND ISSUE ELECTION FOR PAVING TO BE HELD IN ABBEVILLI Another bond issue election to is sue bonds, not exceeding $90,000, t< finish paving the streets of Abbe ville, is practically assured. Mayo Mars has been circulating a petitioi among the free-holders of the cit; during the past few days and oi Monday had almost enough signer to call the election. 410 signers ar required. Only a few persons out o a total of nearly four hundred ap proached refused to sign. It is thought that this second issui will pave all the streets of the cit; that present conditions require. Thi streets to be paved, if the bond elec tion carries, will be determined as be fore by petitions circulated on th< various streets, two-thirds of th< freeholders being required to sigi before a street will be paved. GAIN FOR ASHEVILLE Washington, March 25.?Populatioi statistics fni* 1020 nrmonnprri torla1 by the census bureau included; Ashville, N. C. 28,504, an increase o 9,742, ro 51.9 per cent, over 1910. Davenport, la., 56,727, an increase o 13,699, or 31.8 per cent, over 191 < Steubenville, 0., 28,508, increase o 6,117. or 31.8 per cent, over 1910. GloveiTifle, N. Y., 22,026, increase of 1,384, or 27.3 per cent. Sheboygan, Wis., 30,955, increase e 4,557 or 17.3 percent. Johnstown, N. Y., 10,905, increase of 458 or 4.4 percent. Bloomfield, N. J. 22,011, increase o 6,941, or 46.1 per cent. Shamokin, Pa., 21,204, increase .616. or 8.2 ner cent. Enfneld, Conn., 11,708, increas 1,989 or 20.5 per cent. Called for Protection. London, March 25.?The lord mayo of Dublin has applied to the authori ties to furnish police to protect th Mansion house, according to a dis patch the Central News from Dub lin. Mayor O'Neill's request, it is re ported was due to the fact that th mayor of Limerick and some othe itowns ihad 'received ^threatening let ters, similar to the one sent to th lord mayor of fcork, Thomas Mac coration, before he was shot. SHERIFF TAKES HAND Dublin, Ga., March 25.-Sheriff Wal son took ; and in the Republica district conference here today when motion to have the 12th district del? gate to the Republican national cor vention instituted for Major Ger Leonard Wood, resulted in more die order than the sheriff thought flttin for the county court house, where th meeting was held. Quiet followed the warning from th heriff and latter it was announced th delegate, S. A. Mincey, a negro woul o instructed. BARNES IN CHICAGO Chicago, March 25?Julius S. Barn* president of the United States Grair corporation, spent three hours in Chi cago today but had no conferenc with District Attoney Clyne who ha said he wanted to talk with Barnes r garding the alleged holding back o May corn deliveries. Local official of the grain corpora tion notify Attoney Clyne that Mi Barnes iouna it neccesary 10 retur at noon to New York. TO BE MAYOR AGAIN Rock Hill, March 25.?V. I Blankenship has been reelected a mayor of Rock Hill, with W. G Stevens as vice mayor. Action wa taken at the last 'meeting of th council, at which time other city of ficials were elected to serve for an other year. The present members o I the police force were again chosen t erve the city beintr given an in crease in salary cf $15 a monlh. CAPT SHAW COMES AGAIN r Gives the Boys Some Advice on How! J To Vote on The Bond Issue And Tells About the [j. Irishman's Prize Box r Editor Press and Banner:?Thej n time is now at hand when the bondi y issue is to be decided by a majority1, i vote of the pepole. They should vote -III?>> <<__>> T ??? 4 I 5 1 ycb U1 Iiu 1 ttlll l/IIC VI Xiuuc V lim ; , e; County's sons who fails to see howj f|any man in Abbeville County, th^t| i- lis an honest and labor-thinking man ' 'and that believes in justice and el right to all men, can go to the polls /when he knows that he is casting a e vote on April 3rd., and put his hand _ I on his breast and cast his vote "yes" . jvote to impose a tax on hundreds of e men in his county that is unfair?j e' unfair, because as I have said before n'the proposed highways do not reach! | a majority of the people and only1 jreach a small per cent of the people.; iTaking this into consideration howj |is a man to vote "yes" and then: 1 sleep soundly and peacefully after-! y \ wards?I I Some of the good road's advocates f seem to think if they can just get the; proposed highways built as they are' f laid out in Senator's Moore's bill that:. ^ it won't cost Abbeville County a fjcent to build all of the highwaysfrom one end to the other. Thcv . i > seem to think that the Good Lord will rain down money from heaven, f and all that they will need, to pay! the expenses of building these highe wnv? ami will cr?nr) pnoiifrVi of fnnv footed animals down on a sheet, like f he did to Peter, to feed the whole j -1 crowd while they are doing the e iWork. I find plenty of people who think that a wagon can be loaded e down so heavy that the best team i can't pull it, and that a train can be i ? # ' 'loaded so heavy that an engine can't j pull it, but they don't think that the; r i people can be loaded so heavy with! ;taxes that they can't pay it, and i 6 ; ithey just keep piling them on. r! In my way of thinking the people, better begin to consider how theyj are going to pay so much taxes. They j 0 J ] had better look ahead of them and !make some calculation. What is the " icondition of this country today? Go e i ' jto the banks and you will find thousands of dollars of debts the people [owe for high priced land, high 'priced automobiles, high priced mules. Some say this does not amount to anything. It is a very dull n student who does not learn somea thing. Afterwhile the forty cents i. cotton will make it alright they say. t_ There never has been a good thing j h that has lasted always, and so it will! 5. Tie with forty cents cotton. They are j g [crying out "boll weevil". Suppose j eithey come and destroy the crops this | | year. What good is forty cents cotton j e!going to do (the people to pay these j e; heavy debts at the banks and the i ^'oroposed bonds to build highways, if! |U. /oil weevil eats up their cotton? |The biggest fool man in Abbeville' County knows that if cotton goes tol 'five dollars a pound and his crop is! s;destroyed, and he has none to sell, it 1, |will not do him any good. Some of the roads' advocates are e going out in highways and hedges d and are trying to pull the wool over e the people's eyes, that they call | ^ fools, by telling them , "Oh, if you j don't vote for the good roads, you| 1" .nrill tiQtro fA 11 ^ j ?T4** au.c I/V/ a pal 1/ Ui one amuu III/ j '.ofthetax anyhow." But this is notj njtrue entirely. The highway law pro-j jvides that a tax of two mills will be 'levied for the building of highways.' jand that the mo \ey paid in Abbe? j jville County is to be spent here, But fVnc fov 1nnf w*? <??? ? ~ ~ A ^ j vnid MIA to nut 1I1V1C IIIUII UUL-U1UU | , of the tax which the roads will re-! r. quire. We can repeal the highwayj bill if we find that it is not doing 0; *i . (what is promised but when the, bonds are voted on Abbeville Countv, i - you boys will pay interest and nrincipal until the debt is wiped out, pood I .roads or bad roads. The highway bill makes no debt against the people of the county, but the jrood roads bill REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADER READY WITH PEACE RESOLUTION Washington, March 26.?Republican huse leaders, in their efforts to have congress speedily declare peace between the United States and Germany, had completed today a tentative peace resolution, which they believe will be constitutional and effective. Present plans ,which have been approved by Senator Lodge and oth er senate leaders, are to ask action on it in the house next week. Representative. Porter, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, stated he expects to introduce the resolution Saturday or Monday, although some changes may be made in the meantime. Asurances have been given by Democratic Leader Kitchin that he believes the majority of the house Democrats will support a straightout peace resolution, which would not affect the status quo of the peace treaty situation. Some Democrats are very anxious to obtain the attitude of the president on the peace resolution, and are considering the sending of an emissary to the White House for that purpose. Republicans are virtually solid for action on an effective peace resolution. As outlined by Republican Leader Mondell today, the tentative resolu tion declares the state of war proclaimed in the resolution of April 6, 1017, has ceased to exist, iust as the war resolution proclaimed a state cf war existed. Such action, Mr. Mondell said, is constitutional and would be efective beyond doubt. If the president refused to sign, an overriding of the vote would make it effective he asid. Other constitutional experts disagree with this, however. The declaration of peace is the first part of the resolution. The second part provides a pivoted "Bate for the ending of all war legislation. This probably would be the date of final approval of the resolution. The third part of the resolution declares Germany must accept the terms of the- Versailles peace treaty. Teacher's Meeting Postponed The County teacher's association, which was to have held its second meeting Saturday, April 3, has been postponed for one week on account of the fact that the inter- high school debate is scheduled for this week-end and also that Supt. Swearingen has sent notices for all school prinicpals to meet with him on Friday and Saturday of this week. PINCKNEY NOT GUILTY Florence, March 25.?R. H. Pinckney, charged with forgery, in the United States court here, was found not guilty, the jury remaining , out only a few minutes. makes a debt of a half million dollars and somebody has got to pay it whether it does any good or not. Why not try the state highway tax for a few years and see if it does any good before butting our brains out against a stone wall of debt? Boys don't listen to any bosh about this matter. It is like the Irishman's prize box, they are trying to make a devil of a big thing out of it but there is nothing in it. I may be imposing on the editor of the Press and Banner and I will have to stop this time. I am somewhat like the young lady that was crying about her sweetheart. She said she was not crying but the tears ran down her cheeks anyway. I know you boys arc going to vote right. The barnyard chicken runs when he feels the jraff. The pure game dies in the nit. Be like the boy on the burning deck, stay on the old ship till she MllhS. W. C. SHAW. KEAL ESTATE ACTIVE J. S. Stark and C. E. Williamson i urday, the old furniture factory site,! urday, the old furniture factory cite, j [with the buildings, the price being I ;.$10,000. It is understood that the' buildings will be converted into warehouses for the storage of cotton and 'other products. I I " ' G. A. Neuffer and G. E. Calvert lhave purchased from Albert Henry |and C. H. Pennell the lot on Wash-i ington Street recently bought by the! 'latter from Joel Martin and others.) The price is stated to be'around $7,-1, 500. This is an advance of $1,500 j over the purchase price by the sell- j ;ers. / ! i | HONE A PATH GIN AND LINTERS BURN ! I' Honea Path, March 27.?The gin at the Honea Path Oil mill was com-!1 ipletely destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon and 350 bales of linters|' | burned. The fire, it is said, was started by a hot box on a shaft line at the 1 mill, the gin catching on fire and burning rapidly. The oil mill itself was saved by the use of two streams of water secured from the town .water system. < The cotlon oil mill and ginnery \vas owned by Mr. C. E. Harper, and j t/hP SnH hnlrtc rt-f UnfAup ^~.1 1 j.1? ? ~ V/A liiii/vio vwucu uv uie i. government, and stored on the gin ;lot. Insurance to the extent of $5,000 partly covers the loss on the gin, the exact valuation of which is not known. ' The value of the cotton li'nters is not determined. NAVAL OFFICERS GIVE TESTIMONY ! 1 Washington, Mrch 26.?Two naval j officers, Rear Admiral C. P. Plunkett I and Capt. J. K. Taussig, testified to-1 j day before the senate investigating! committee that for two years prior to! the entrance of the United States into. the war secretary Daniels steadfastly; refuse to approve an JncreaSe in f>ersonnel and the navy department gen, erally attempted to suppress reports . of a man power shortage. During the war both Admiral Plunkett and Captain Tussig served with the Atlantic fleet destroyer force the former as commander. Admiral Plunkett declared he "argued wth Secretary Daniels on the personnel question for two years | without making an impression." Cap-1 ' tain Tussig said the navy depart-! ' ment's attitude regarding personnel 'was "one of unpreparedness rather 1 than preparedness. The recommenda' tion of Admiral Dewey as head of the j general board for a large increase in enlisted strength was turned down' said Captain Tussig. ' Asked regarding the condition of i jthe fleet in April 1917, Admiral Plun-j I kett said the ships in commission 1 jwere in as good condition as could be j 'expected, but shortage of men and | constant changes in gun crews had! greatly interefred with gunnery effi-! ' i jciency and ships which should have | jbeen in full commission. The committee w?l! ni: meet to-! morrow, u';t mcnd-ar it will hear Rear, Admiral Mayo, who commanded the( . United States fleet during the war, j , and Rear Admiral A. W. Grant, form-, er commander ot a battleship unit of | the Atlantic fle<it. I jSHORTAGE OF MEN HANDICAP TO NAVY j Washington, March 25.?Capt.' Leigh C. Palmer, who as chief of the ( .!. - - iDureau of navigation during the war jwas responsible for obtain;::;.; '.he uli-j jtributing officers and men testified today that a shortage of personnel .was the American "navy's initial, handicap in the war." j Appearing before the senate com-j jmittee investigating Rear Admiral: j Sims' charge against the navy de* | jpartment. Captain Palmer said Secre-j n.. - 1 " i.ii \ L'uiiR'i? Uil> ru.sjlullMDK' TOT 111C ' aliatred shortajro because of his "proj i ,cra?ination" prior to the entry of 1 hi.: country into the conflict. POLITICAL GOSSIP LIVELY IN CAPITAL nteresting Events in Washington? Ronnklira n P anr^i^atAt IC n fwlf Each Other. G. O. P. Election Chances Not as Good as Several Months Ago Washington, March 28.?There ' are two features in connection with he past week's political events in the national capital which stand well to the front. One of these is that Republican leaders are not nearly so cock-sure as they appeared a short time tago to be about a great G. O. P. victory this fall. When the Republican race narrowed down to Lowden, Harding and Wood the -.friends of each of these three candidates went to work to wreck the chances of the othei's to such an abnormal extent that they have not only succeeded in damaging the candidates they were fighting, but have also considerablyimpaired the chances of a Republican victory this fall. Hammers Out * Lowden men were knocking Wood; <? Wood men were knocking Lowden; Harding men were knocking both of the other candidates. All were doing their best to killHhe other's chances 1 for going into the White House. Thev knocked each other around un til there arose the question of the fabulous amounts of money Wood and Lowden were causing to be spent on their campaigns, then some of the wise men in the Democratic headquarters thought a while and decided hat it might be a good idea to let hese candidates know that there are ertain limitations upon the amounts f coin which should be used in such natters. It is doubtful if any campaign since in the days when Mark Hanna rolled his barrels of gold out for the voters, has so much money been ex pended by friends of the amerent Republican candidates as in the present instance. Without figures and specific data, it would be neither right nor proper to indicate just how much of the coin has been passed over to help the game along, but it would probably not be going far wrong to say, that according to b^st information Washington newspaper men here get these amounts have already approached the million dollar mark. Lowden and Harding and Wood have been fighting each other so c+nhkrtmlv anrJ norsistpn+.lV t.hat. this feature of the 1920 campaign is*reacting with good effect upon the Democratic party. AMERICAN TREES PLANTED IN FRANCE Washington, March 20.?On the battlefields where American aoldieie gave their lives when the call of humanity came France i3 planting American trees sent by the American Forestry Association. Expressing the gratitude of France minister of agriculture of France, Ambassador Jusserand of to day re ported to the American Forestry Assciation the first steps taken to care for the^seeds which the association shipped to France from Boston, Jan. 15, to help in reforesting the battle areas. Upon arriving at Havre the seeds were sent to the central warehouse of th% Forestry School at Nogent-sur-Vernission Loiret. [HJ ii !HJ ?. !HJ GdJ COTTON MARKET. SnoL cotton 40."0 May - ".S.90 . ;' , :;?)/,<) October .'>2.78 Decern Iw *12.0-5