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Abbeville Press and Banner
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Thirty-Six Victims in Georgia and
Alabama?Bad Day in La
Grange?Property Loss Runs
Up Into Millions of
. ^ Dollars
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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] 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.
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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. /
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| HONE A PATH GIN
AND LINTERS BURN
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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
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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
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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-!
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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.
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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.
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COTTON MARKET.
SnoL cotton 40."0
May - ".S.90
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October .'>2.78
Decern Iw *12.0-5