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* I Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Wednesday, April 14, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION MEETS AT 1NTGOH. ALA. Time to Put Agricultural Interests of South on Sound Basis, Says Wannamaker Montgomery, Ala., April 13 ? The annual convention of the American Cotton Association meeting here opened its first session this morning with hundreds of delegates from the (cottdn producing states present. First among the opening addresses was that J. S. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, S. C., president of the association. Mr. Wannamaker declared that the South would have become tht richest center of the world had it not been for the introduction of cotton but the present was not a time of bereavement as the opportunity was at hand to change conditions and put the agricultural interest? of the South on a safe and sound basis. He advocated among other things a -commission to be appointed by the President to visit foreign nuntries in the interest of the trade. He urged the establishment of !aro-ar ^nurses in agriculture in the - _ schools and colleges and discussed at length the labor conditions in the South and its remedy. The question of fair price for cotton was stressed by the narional president, .who said "had the pioducer received anything like a fair pn'co for cotton during the last CO years an enormous entrenchment would have been brought to the cotton producing sections of the country'. "The price of cotton, he said, should be based upon the cost of production, demand, and upon the manufactured product." THE KLUGH PROPERTY SOLD AT AUCTION tiaascnn The homeplace of the late Judge J. C. Klugh, sold at auction Wednesday. brought $19,885. The home itself was bought by Dr. C. H. McMurray for $6,500 and resold a few hours later to Mrs. Klugh for a profit. The sale was conducaed by the South Atlantic Realty Co., of GreenumrvH TVipre were two auctioneers and the Jordon Brass band of Greenwood furnished music. , A large crowd attended the sale and here were many bidders. The following sales were made: Dr. C. H. McMurray, home, $6,500. J. F. Miller, 3 lots, $102.50 each. A. B. Morse , two lots, $285.00 each. W. B. Klugh, two lots, $270.00 each, two free lots. Otto Bristow, three lots, $205.00 each, two free lots. G. T. Tate, two lots, $267.50 each. J. S. Stark, two lots, $105.00 each. Clnn/llATr for* lafc 5.^9 1VIV,I101U S/VIIUIVJ f WV." yv-.v w each-. J. S. Stark , eight lots, $87.50 each. J. S. Stark, ten lots, $20.00 each. W. B. Klugh, seven lots, $100.00 each. J. 0. Cann, seven lots, $200.00 each. W. A. Calvert, five lots, $67.50 each. Otto Bristow, three lots, $222.50 each. P Rospnhertr thrpp 1of<t 0(1 each. P. Rosenberg, four lots, $352.00 each. P. Rosenberg, four lots, $245.00 each. W. A. Calvert and D. H. Hill, six lots, $90.00, each. J. S. Stark three lots, $270.00 each. TV.f TJ V,un nr\ i. ii. nuovva, aiA luia, <pUl.VU eauxl. ERS1C1NE CLOSED ON "* ACCOUNT OF INFLUENZA News reached this city Wednesday that Erskine College had closed on account of the influenza and that such students as were not in the infirmary have gone to their homes. It is stated that many new ease? of the flu have developed among '.'he college students at Erskine in tho past week. It is understood that mosi of the cases are of the mild type There r?re about 25 or 30 cases. Guatemalan Rebels I Caught in a Trap by I President Cabrera i j Washington, April 13.?Private ad- j vices received here picture the situa- j tion in Guatemala City as a trap that j had been sprung by President Cabrera on his enemies rather than a rebel victory. It was explained that the failure of the President to use the army to prevent the entry of the rebels into the capital was a strategem empolyed to give him the upper hand r with a maximum of bloodshed. r j Strong government forces were sta- j, tioned at La Palma, a suburb, where c | President Cabrera is located, and at v j other points from where operations q can be directed that will effectually t ciose all the exits from the city, these ^ I reports said. 'After the rebels had t j flocked into the city Cabrera was said to have announced to them the capii tal would remain under siege until the , insurgents sued for terms. Th^ water , 1 supply would be cut off, food ship- . ! ments be stopped and only women, j children and other non-combatants would be permitted to pass the lines j i of siege, the message added, in order j to hasten a comparativp'y bloodless! 1 victory. I v Premier Millerand And Lloyd George ; I To Hold Conference 1 Ie i Paris. .April 13?Premiers Aiillerand :^ and Lloyd George will meet to discuss i ^ :he controversy between France and !11 Great Britain relative to the advance ( of French troops east of the rthinejC , before the Supreme Allied Ccunciljd 'convenes at San Remc, Italy, accord- p I i!-g to the Matin. ; r Italy, although in accord with ?ng- f land in principle, did not approve of! r her protest to France and refused to J t associate herself with it, wiyi; Ihs ? i em ransien. uiner newspapers ur? i u ! optimistic that a settlement of the j t ; Franco-British dispute wiil be reaca- j h ed soon and say that the French ac-j i Ition in occupying cities east of the |Rhine will tend to avert a lepetitior. t [of conditions which brought about the n i incident. i r | Clemson Faculty ? Endorses Findings j c Of Trustee Board !u 1 c j Clemson College, April 12.? (Clem-1 il isou).?At Chapel exercises this f 1; | morning, President Riggs made an b jearnest address to the cadet corps and there had the findings of the j board of trustees in the recent inves- a tigation, asked by him, read to the u corps. r Today the faculty unanimously q 'passed the following resolutions: n WHEREAS: The Board of Trustees after thorough investigation has ex- q pressed its fullest confidence in the veracity, integrity and loyalty of President Riggs, be it, RESOLVED: That we, the Facultv of Clemson College, in session today having heard and weighed the testi-1 Pl mony given in the recent investiga- D 'tion requested by President Riggs, and conducted by the Board April 9 th and 10th, congratulate the Board on in its findings, which we fully endorse, m and which express the opinion that we have always had of President ro Riggs; w RESOLVEVD FURTHER: That ri, the Faculty shares fully the sentiments expressed by President Riggs "c in his add? ess to the students in chapel this morning, and promise him m full support in every effort to bring! about harmony and that cooperation jnecessar? to the highest efficiency | jo and welfare in the conduct of the col-j. lege. \m | tli St. Louis' Population \il ' Announced as 773,000 jw 7 CI Washington, April 13.?St.;D Louis, fourth city of the country ti in 1910, had a population of 773,- , j 000 on January 1 this year, and it | showed an increase of 85,971 or:ai : 15.5 per cent over 10 years ago.jv< I The rate of growth during the last;. ten years was the smallest of anyj1" decade since the founding of the'c? city and the increase in number | was smaller than in any decade], since that ending in 1880 when the | rate of increase was 12.8 per cent. < Other population statistics thatL were announced by the Census Bu-j reau today included: ;P Greenville, Miss., 31,263; in-1 cs crease 4.533 or 17 per cent over! 1910.- - I? Galesburg. 111., 23,785; increasejE 1,696 or 7.7 per cent. iir Charleston. W. Va., 39.608, increase 16,612 or 72.2 per cent. West Hoboken, N. J., 40,068; increase 4,665 or 13.2 per cent over' 1910. ji( j Duquesne, Penn., 19,011; in- j j crense 3.2S4 or 20.9 per cent over j I i?i u . Bellaire. Ohio, 15,061, increase j 2,115 or lfi. 1 per cent. Martins Ferry, 0.. 11,634, in-jv crease 2.501 or 27.4 per cent oven 1910. Tamaqua. Pa., 12,363. increase 5 2,901 or 30.7 per cent. i' ' Perth Aniboy, N. J.. 41.707. in-] crease 9.580 or 29.8 per cent over: 1910. ti Uniontown, Pa..15,609, increase; ! 2.225 or 17 ner cent. i: "i Massillon. Ohio. 17,428. increase < i 3,549 or 25.6 per cent. ii 9IG STEP TOWARDS STRIKE SETTLEMEN1 Appointment of Labor Boarc Expected to Help Men React Agreement Chicago, April 13.?Appoiut nent by President Wilson of th< ailroad labor board is viewed bj >oth railrad and broriierhcod offl ials today as being a long step ti> va'd settlement of the rail strike >fficials of both sides reiterate! that he roads were powerless to raise vages or consider othev demand! intil the board has reviewed ic uests now pending. The officials are nov,- awaiting nnouncement by Attorney General ^almer 'of the government's attiude towards the ''illegal" strike nd of any action which mighf. be aken to bring the strikers back tc vork. It Is believed that whei his announcement is made and ippointed board an early settlerith prompt action by the newl> lent can be hoped for. This, the thirteenth day :f the mauthorized walkout, showed th< c-ndlcck continuing throughout al] he distri'>~ west of Ohio, with the xception of the far northwest ,'here in the region of Everett anil pokane, Wash., the strikers have nade some fresh gains. In the Chicago district, the strikrs have made no gains for foui ays and. while they deny any deertions from their ranks the railoads have each day increased the traffic ii .in died. The aliroad managers announced today hat the office workers and union trike-breakers imported by the rotherhood are able to handle all raffle offered. Business is much elow normal because of the strikes 11 other cities. The east continued to be the cener of the strike today. At Baltilore, Scranton, Philadelphia, Washngton and Steubenville, 0., th< anks of the strikers were increased vernight. At Detroit 100,000 facory employes were idle today beause of the shutdown of factories, nable to obtain power and fuel. At Columbus, O., one traction ompany has withdrawn all its United cars for the same reason. Nearjr all of the coal mines in Ohio hav<j een closed, unable to obtain cars, At Baltimore 100 students of the ohns Hopkins University, with the pproval of the faculty, have volnteered their services to the railoads and have been accepted, 'hey will go to work as switchlent and firemen in the yards. OST OF CAMPS AGAIN DISCUSSED Washington, April 12.?After Relblican leaders had denounced and emocrats had upheld the govement system of building army camps the rush days of war, the house ade ready today for a fight tomor?w on two proposals for dealing ith persons alleged to have reaped ch profits out of alleged extravaince and waste. Along with the investigating comittee's report attacking the methods construction the Republican ma>rity presented a resolution direct g that evidence obtained during le nine months investigation be irned over to the attorney general ith the request that he institute iminal and civil proceedings. The emocrats countered with a substiite resolution proposing to instruct le committee to name persons, firms id corporations which had been instigated by the attorney genera! ?fore directing that official to pro When the house quit wfork tonighl ebate on the majority and minoritj ;ports had not reached an end. Th( rincipal speeches were made by Re resentative McCullough, Republim, Ohio, signing the majority re ort, and Representative Doremus lemocrat, Michigan, author of th< linority statement. Estimate By Republicans The government lost $78,531,52J n the 16 national army cantonment: ; was estimated by the majority re Avf j: n fpnyf nrl fViic? Mtoe /I n a 4-1 waste, inefficiency and graft" ro ulting from cost plus contracts ,'hich were said to be "wide open." No estimate of loss on the nationa uard camps was made by the major ty. Mocking the lion. Tini?-ition is the sinceresl flatter} ir.ti yet the way they clip poodle dotr Imps nr>i Jrok like any great noir.nli nent to a lion. ISOUTH MUST LOOK ' AHEAD TO FUTURE I Too Wedded to Tradition in the i Past, Governor Kilby Tells Cotton Association Montgomery, Ala., April 13.?Wei? coming farmers, bankers and business r I men from cotton producing states of i -1 the United States to the capital city I j for the first annual meeting of the j , I American Cotton Association, Gover-1 i | nor Thomas E. Kilby this morning at- j > lacKed those societies and organizas L.cns which he said v;ere organized - for the sole purpose of providing positions for persons unwilling to work. 't He paid high tribute to the American [ Cotton Associatioi. and said it was a . worthy and valuable organization of , | men. 11 Speaking of organizations, the gov11 ernor said, a few may be "really meri- j 11 tovious" but on a whole their pur- j I i pose is to separate the unsuspecting j .'public from their dollars and provide! r j easy jobs and fat salaries for secre-' Jtaries and managing directors who dis- j ? like the word 'work' ". * I i * J } Paper Limits Advertisements * i ' Birmingham. Ala.. April 13.?The ' ! I Birmingham News today announced' ! that owing to the newsprint shortage, |lall advertising space of regular clients ' j will be cut one half, and that no ad' I vertisement, larger than one half a ' i page, will be accepted. ' j ' (WEAR OVERALLS II TO OPPOSE H. C. L. ' : i [! . _ j | Birmingham, April 12.?The Bir-j mingham Overall club, with a mem-j "ibership of 3,000 pledged to wear .'overalls until clothing prices come| s down, was formally organized to-' [|nght at a meeting in the city court: . | house. Earlier in the day Birmingham newspapers declined to comply with' the request of a retail clohing com-; . mittee to cease publication of news' ". items about overall clubs. The mer-i ; chants claimed their business w(as; > .being injured. ! I Alvin Douglass, attorney, wasj .!elected chairman and Theodore La-' !mar, originator of the overall club,' vas ma le secretary. Friday, April 10, was set as the |. I lay on which every member of the j i lub is to appear on the streets clad n overa:b and a solemn pledge was Itaken thr.. the denims will be worn', ij until- the price of clothing "hits the J I toboggan." i| Organizations which joined the ijclub in a body included city hall em ployees, court house attaches, Louis: jville and Nashville, Southern A4a iibama, Great Southern and Illinois j Central railroad employees. Biriv-j lingham Street Car company employ-j .'ees and the Bessemer fire depart-! i'ment. Membership lists had been circula-. . ;ed in the larger mercantile establish- j jjments of the city, and those in! . charge of the wiork reported enroll-! Ijments of 100 per cent. >! Bitter attacks upon the cost of! .jclothing marked the meeting, which! .: was attended bv men in pupj-v ?nit! : of life. "The people have gone on [ ; strike against profiteering in . clothes," said Mr. Lamar. I 1 . Embargo Placed On All Freight Passing k Through Washington i Washington, April 13.?An embar-j . go against all incoming and outgoing I ! freight was placed today by the rail-! " roads entering Washington. The on-1 - ly freight recived during th\ past 24 ! nours was two carloads of fresh meat. I ' The city's supply of perishable' - foodstuffs is estiamted as sufficient to | last for from seven to ten days, while j I the supply of staple goods is sufficient for six months. Coal in storage here L! is reckoned by dealers at a ten days I s | supply. j J Wholesale dealers said there waa; .w-.ru.u.ti.) iimu suyur in me city i 3 J and little prospect of getting any. J Many dealers today sent out fleets of motor trucks.to Richmond, Baltimore ' Philadelphia and New York to bring in food. Trucks also were dispatchI ed to the nearby country to bring in I whatever food possible. Two trucks loaded with fish were 'started for New York. The majchines are to bring back butter imported from Denmark. . ! J. R. Lomax and John Lomax went s ver to Greenwood Wednesday morni i'j: on btisinef*. I ! Big Crowd Expected To Attend Sunday School Convention Spartanburg, April 13.?(Special).? Indications point to a splendid representation from every county in the State *at the 43rd annual State convention of the South Carolina Sunday School Association, which will be held in Greenville. May 4, 5, 6. Quite a bit of rivalry is developing among a number of the counties as they "line up" delegates to represent them at this convention. Many of the counties are planning to send the est delegation to the Greenville convention ever sent to any convention. Some of the counties that have never sent a large representation are expecting to send a representation this year that will equal any other counA *vi /\n r* fU ^ AAiintind U o + + fV.n a. ^viuuiig cue tuuuuco mac ocui. liic i largest delegations last year were I Calhoun, Chester, Florence, Lancaster,! Darlington, and Spartanburg. Spartanburg city has been well rep-! resented at all of the State S. S. j conventions, and some sections of the j rural districts have sent a few delegates. The county association officers | are working this year to have ?verv district in the county send a large re- j presentation, The Daughters Meet ""uir' ! Mrs. W. E. Leslie entertained thei chapter of the Daughters of the Con-! federacy at her home Tuesday af-| ternoon at a meeting which will be j remembered as one of the most; pleasant in he history of the chap-i ter. About forty ladies gathered atj the home and matters of usual interest were acted upon. Mrs. F. W. Wil-j son, the new president of the chapter: presided for the first time, and] gracefully thanked the chapter for: he honors shown her. ; One of the most interesting papers j ead at the meeting was that of I?Irs. Cnrrlnn Whif.p fpllintr nf t.he inrident.s ' v. ?v.. .. ? ? - ? ? : n her father's life during the Civil j War and of the last cabinet meeting: at the home of Mr. Burts and of the1 entertainment of President Davis | and his cabinet by Mrs. White's1 grandfather, Col. Perrin. Arrangements for Memorial day I were made and a good speaker and a good dinner will be provided for the j clay.' The Daughters are going toj make the monument nark a thing of j beauty this spring, and nlans are on: | foot to preserve some of the hand-I some trees on Secession Hill and mark them with suitable tablets tell-' ing them of the historic meetings they have sheltered. After the business meeting a delightful salad course with coffee was; served by the pretty daughters of the household and their young friends. LOWDEN CARRIES HIS HOME STATE \ Chicago, April 13.?Lowden car-i ied his home state today on the face of inocmplete returns in the Repubican presidential preference primary with Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood second and Senator Hiram Johnson third the latter's name being written by voters. Reurns from 4,256 precincts out of 5,690 in Illinois gave Lowden 203,659; Wood 136,428 and Johnson 37,028. These returns were from 90 counties out of 102. General Wood carried Chicago and Cook county, and Governor Lowden's vote in the state outside of Chicago gave him a lead which increased, steadily with the counting of returns, j Only the names of Wood and Low-J den appeared on the ballot. Senator Johnson's strength was in Chicago where most of his voters appeared. Herbert Hoover's name appeared in some of the Republican ballots. There were no Democratic primary candidates for president but then ames of more than half a dozen Democrats were written in the balots in scattering returns. B. & 0. Puts Embargo On Eastern Lines Baltimore. April 1.?..?Tho T>al'timore & Ohio railroad today placed on embargo on the acceptance of auy freight on its lines oast of the Ohio i river except "essential food necessities from human consumption which "' an only he handled alter special adjvsiiice arrangements have boer made." i Tho action w; s taken "because i>:' j'.il or troubles", the announcement i slated. COMMITTEE FAVORS A DOLLAR-A-DAV BONUS I FOE) EX-SERVICE MEN ] Commissioned Officers Will Not Benefit Under Relief Legislation Planned "Washington, April 13.?Commissioned officers in the military or naval service during the war will not benefit under soldier relief legislation now being drafted, it was learned today. The tentative agreement reached by a House Ways and Means sub-committee also excludes yeomanettes, ship yard workers who were in the army or navy but who received civilian wages, and former serv'.ce men who had their salaries paid by their employes while in the service. Final agreement on the rate of compensation to other service men and women is expected to be reached this week, and the bill as finally presented to the House, it is understood, will be " measure, carrying provisions for home buiiding aid, extension of vocational training and priority in land settlements. Those not desiring i to take advantages of these provisions will receive adjusted compensation at the rate of $1 a day. This nay ment is said to be the maximum amount which can be expected, the com'mittee having abandoned the later proposal of the American Legion to pay $1.50 compensation. Means of raising necessary revenues have not been decided upon, but the Republican members of the committee are undestood to favor the imposition of a flat tax. not exceeding one per cent on all sales, while Representative Henry Trainey, of Illinois, a minority member of the committee, favors placing additional taxes on war profits. ^EGRO WOMAN ARRESTED IN BENTLEY BAKER CASE Mary Chiles, negro, was arrested Tuesday night by C. J. Bruce United States deputy marshal, and Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann, on a warrant charging the murder of Bentley Baker, the warrant being sworn out on information and belief. It will be remembered that Bentley Baker was found dead several weeks ago near his mother's home with a bullet through his brain and a revolver wih one empty chamber nearby. It was thought at first that he had killed himself, but the coroner's jury brought in a verdict of death at the hand of pai-ties unknown and incstigation on the part of the officers earn to confirm this theory. Just what connection the negro woman arrested has with the case is conjectural, but the officers believe that- if she did not actually commit the crime that she knows who did. She will be held pending further in estigation. INVITATIONS As the year, at the High School, draws to a close many solemn quesions are engaging the attention of. he members of the eleventh grade. Ten young ladies and one young gentleman will finish and such questions as "what shall I wear", and "how many invitations will I need" hold high place in the minds of the young oiks. Miss Margaret Swetenberg will end invitations to Germany, Miss Pauline Wosmansky will remember her grand father's people in Poland while Leroy Cox will send inivitaj ions to his people in Ireland. The Little Missionaries I Miss Judith Hill entertained the jYoung People's Missionary Society | of the Methodigt church at her home (Tuesday afternoon. About thirty 1 ittle folks WPrP nrncnnt- -* yvjiu pruvea (themselves energetic workers in ! church affairs and capable of en'joying to the fullest the delightful efreshments served. COTTON MARKET. ! I 1 Spot Cotton .... 4;}.00 j May - 41.4(5 | July .10.04 October ".".11 ! December "4.n*t January o."