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COLORED METHODISE c CONFERENCE IN ABBEVILLE * f (Contributed.) ' , The District Conference of the j African Methodist Episcopal church t met with Grace Chapel congregation near the Seaboard Shops April 14? - ~ ^ r-rx mi 18. Kev. J. Cj. 1 IlVIIUIb U1 licnucnj, | S. C., was the presiding elder. The h meeting .began Wednesday night !) with a reception program which was ^ conducted by Susie Sanders. Sever- '0 al addresses, recitations and songs 0 were rendered by members of the t various olored churches of Abbeville. These were responded to by J. S Dunlap, of Mt. Carmel, S. C. The conference session was called together Thursday; the organization resulted in the election of Rev. George C. Bradley, Secretary and the appointment of several committees and reporters to the several newspapers. Among these, Rev. J. M. Carson,, of Abbeville, was elected to report to the secular press. The address of the presiding: elder was full of helpful 1 advice. He said among other things * that our success in life depends upon. 1 our lovalty and obedience to law and t government both in church and State; and that if the colored people ii of this country expect to get proper recognition they must have or get v some business of their own and at- . tend to it instead of trying to meddle with other people's' business; that n business people ha'd no time to waste r on trifles. . Some prominent ministers of the rare from other se^t'-^s of l!u staci* ' were present and joined with ; members of the conference in the , discussion ?of the following subjects: t The Inter-church World Movement; The Removal of the Time Limit for Ministers on a Charge; The Condi J" _tjons of the Public Schools; the Spir-! j tiiiaSCondition of the Churches; Mor-; ality; The Financial Ability of the ; People, means necessary to make our * pt'Oplc r'.orc prosr><?r"',.'s o:ir . duty toward Allen University, the ouna. . This. 5ch6ol is managed by a j( board of -colored trustees, numbering i; one hundred. It was brought out in the conference that during the last three years or during the administra c tion of Bishop W. I). Chappie, a ;.! graduate of the school and a form or ?nVtovrra "f Vi r\ TI?/\rb" presiutrill; WJIV IV/VIV vuv ? in South Carolina June 1916, over seventy thousand dollars had been l! raised for the school by the minis- j, ters and members of theA. E. M.j.s Church'in S. G- for carrying on the work at Allen University. j ' On Friday nighit a strong appeal was made to the congregation for a collection for the school. In the mean time it was stated that two of the twenty three teach- t( ers teaching at Allen University were b from Abbeville, and that out of the a nine hundred students in school t! there about fifty of them were from * Abbeville county. The congregation p became enthusiastic and In a few a minutes put nearly $60 on the table tl for Allen. The total amount raised ? I V for the school in the conference here last week was $600. / jh A* x 4 There are twenty districts in the State all holding their annual aes- ? sions this month. They will average f( six hundred dollars to the district. * This amount will be duplicated in t( September. > ct The conference session !n Abbe- t] ville was quite peaceful and har-1' moniouus. Good impressions were'P made upoji strangers with reference to Abbeville. ?:? jW OVERALL PARADE. j JJ v New York. April 2.?Head* L quarters for the organization of h a mammoth overall parade to be n held next Saturday, w^e open- i. ed todav bv the Cheese Club. In- v cal leaders of the back-to-overalls movement. The club issued invitations to f. all organizations and individuals in the citv to register for the v protest parade which will invade the clothing manufacturers' district in lower lifth avenue. 1 It was announced that persons 1 who prelrered to wear old paten ed clothing instead of ccmmut'ng "extravagance1' of buying ] new overalls would be welcome 1 in the line of march. i Fancy, as well as plain, overalls. < will appear in the parade. One tirm inserted advertisements in newspa-1 ] ^ers-todVrr-offering denims "customs* tailored in stylish spring and summer j models at $10 and denim tuxedos fo" I evening wear at $12.50." It also ot-; , fered "modish evening, wadding and afternoon gowns" of calico and ging- ! Uain at $15." (j An "Overalls Brigade." ! < Ottawa. April 20.?The Great War Yeierai.s Association, thnfigh its do-' j mir.' - xc'.-tivo, !-as voted to organ-! itself into an "overalls brigade,"; it wrs r.r.rr unco?' today. A message j will he sent to all Canadian veterans urging them to wear denini to com fiat tue mgii c.st or doming. Won. c.i Take a Hand D Iroit. April 20.?Business women's organizations here havp taken a fiing nt the high cost of wearing apparel. One thousand stenographers. bookkeepers and other office workers pledged themselves not to rrcT'l these maximum prices: Hats and shoes $10; suits and :oats $50; dresses $35; hosiery $2.- t >0; gloves $2.00. ' I floves $2. * 0 The United States district attor- ^ aey's office was asked to invest!- t jate ''the unjustified advance in the j >rice of women's clothes." T Upshaw Dresses lTp Again a Washington. April 20.?Represents g lve Upshaw of Georgia, appeared In q lie House today in the conventional a ong tailed coat. He explained to inemers that he had temporarily -ban- j oned his overalls because of tue >1 (jer i'catner ana a coia ne aau uuihum- yie d. This left only one Representati 9 slia f "the overall brigade" on Capitol "no't iill. He is a House clerk. tre, EIGHTEEN PERSON3 {{J* KILLED IN TORNADO sen rnai Birmingham. Ala . April 20. lrie ?Eighteen persons are known ^ to have been killed and eieat }*in property daraaee done bv a her tornado which started in the F southern part of Mississippi ?rd< just before noon today and it stat swept up that State into South- ing ern Tennessee. fac Little Rock, Ark., April 20.? ('an riie death' list as a result of a seies of tornadoes which swept the ^ lorthwestern section of Arkansas Geo Sunday night today was raised to *ha wentv-two deaths, and a large sec- T ion of the country was still un- nat icard from. . *orr More than one hundred persons . ^ere injured and tremendous proprty was damaged, acconhig to the nformation trickling in ow storm mpaired wires. Efforts wore being ^ tmde to confirm a rumor that :'0 . lersons had been killed near Blajno, *ies vOgan county. froi Mississippi Town Levelled A. 1 Laurel. Miss.. April 2?.?Reports received here early today tc tun >>c effect^ that Bay Springs, 18 vote niles.-north of Laurel, had been ^ i evelled bv a tornado and that sev btal :ral peisons were Kiiiea. Several Killed at Aberdeen conl Aberdeen. Miss.. April 20.? n0n Several persons are reported to have seen hilled and between 40 and 50 1T1 njured in a tornado ?vhtch .struck at t Vbordeen early today. Early re- p >?rts estimate the propety damage :t approximately $200,000I ir.ttiesburg. .Miss April 20.?Four ar>d rsons are report?."-, killed in a tor- and ado that struck Bav Springs, county tor . at ol Jasper county today, accord:s. to advices received here. The sher!f of Jasper county was among; those T Uled. Ful. Five Killed at Columbus Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 20.?An un- wer on firmed report has reached here that whi ve persons were killed in a tornado acc( t Columbus, .Miss., shortly before oon today. Slrikes Tennessee Also Mel Nashville. Tenn., April 20.?One lan. Captain Mulloy, was killed and JVTC number of persons are reported to ave been injured in a tornado which the ennthprn nortion of Wil- & CI UV.IV >UV 0WUVMW.M r iamson county, southwest of this city thai oday: A number of houses were dem- ^ iished. Cor 61 j i (ij c i i n elec .ABOR BAORD MAKES of t FORMAL WRITTEN DEMANDS tur] the' Washington, April 20.?Formal writin demands that the railroad labor the oard give assurances of the award of goo "living wage" to railroad men and jn ^ hat the employes now on strike ould be returned to work without 191 ass of seniority or prejudice were jori led with the board today by Edward <j IcHugh, representing the strikers in tie metropolitan district of New York vari ud James Eubanks of the St. Louis legj ardmen's Association. * Spokesmen for the railroad brother- , oods objected to the filing of the ^10r emands, but unairman canon sam ny body of men had the right to file ^he omplaints with the board, but it was jr the board to decide whether they aer , ere such as the board was authorized low 3 hear. feri The St. Louis Yardmen's Association ' . sked a separate recognition before ^ul? lie board as a distinct organization pro< laiming that its members were not an(j roperly represented by the re-organ- , sed unions. * Waiting on Complaints this Mr. Eubanks said that if the board 0f \ ould assure him that the men's delands would be acted upon speedily duc e would put a message on the wire due .hich would send the men in the St. fjca /ouis district back to work in three ours. Mr. McHugh reiterated that the :\en of the New York district would hav iOt return to work until word was thei eceived from him that thp hnnrrl i-ould act on their complaints. The board permitted the filing of of < he complaints after it had held a vaSi hort executive session. With the comilaints in the hands of the secretary, he board proceeded with its first Qui iublic hearing on the general wage yen lemands of the 2,000,uuO railroad workers over the country. . The Demands Made for Washington, April 20.?Pvinci- vot ?al demands of the Brotherhoods of , Railway Trainmen as present to the railroad labor board by Vice Presi- wai lent W. N. Doak. include: ^ pro A wage increase of from 41 to 47 , per cent with a minimum of $150 a c fiTOnth" and time "and a half for over- .wa: h'mn Cnnrlavf 1' - ?| ?"V, wuauu; o auu UUIlUttV5. * UHfl A basic month of 26 days with a eje uniform lunch period of 26 miutes , and a uniform "deadhead'1 rule, su providing that time consumed in thr going to and from work be consid- ed ered as working time. res The trainmen comprise baggage- .. men. brakemen, flagmen, yard foremen, helpers, switch- tenders and "3S yard masters below the rank of a | ] general yardmastev. wil VPS TURKISH PEACE TREATY. ver be San Remo April 20.?The _ n_ J ? meiiue's ui uie aiuea powers in conference here, although |Cl!t busy with the problems of the j tak T,v v-:ci? peace lrhr.ro i coi found time to resume the con- ! *}1C vef3??tior?s besun Sunday after- I, noon uuon what warning: or ul- il" " jm imatum shall be sent to Get- 2 nanv respecting the execution ma if the treaty of Versailles. It n loes not appear, however, that Bg heir consultations have led ?9 hem beyond agreement in ra irinciple and that somethine of el l mandatory character must be ;ent to the Berlin government. in TrintTT oo tn thp px- Sen LlllCi CUUt/3 AAA TiVTT ua w v??y W?? ict nature persisting. 88 'remier Lord George, it is un- H stood, is holding tenaciously to, H view that economic penalties H 11 be imposed if Germany does H conform to the terms of the H itv. The French contention, on H other hand, is declared to be 6 t it would be more cruel to cease K ding food supplies into Ger- K ay and put a stop to her indus- K s by shutting off raw materials jK& n to occupy a few districts with RC ed troops until Germany changed w attitude. ? Yom the standpoint of internal Eji er in Germany, the French esmen also consider that limitfood and trying to prevent the Rj tories 'from working Would be H gerous more so than restricted i W ipation. jpj remier Nitti supports Mr. Lloyd rk irge. That is the situation on'K t question this morning. [Jf] he council continued its exami-jftj ion of the Turkish treaty at the nal session. ^ VD FOR PALMER IN GEORGIA RACE Eg tlanta. Ar.ril 20.?With I'll cour. out of the 1").") in the state hear.! Eg 11 at midnight, Attorney General'EB Mitchell Palmer on unofficial" re- Ira is had a lead of 23 county unit'H }*? over his next opponent, Thomns)H A'at^cn, and 44 votes over Unite ! ^ :es Senator Hoke Smith in thejH test for the Democrat presidential Kg lination in Georgia. The vote as gn ipiled by the Atlanta Constitution Egjj hat hour stood : jES aimer, 18 counties and 132 con-jS? tion votes; Watson, 40 counties ? 109 votes, and Smith, oT counties. Ba 89 votes. Headquarters of Sena-1 KM Smith also conceded that Palmer ;|fl 1 a slight lead at that hour. 'he largest counties in the state, j MM ton, Chatham, Bibb and Richmond Ic] e placed in the Palmer column, ftp le Buscogee county (Columbus) 11|? nding to returns, went to Smith j Ha tson carried his home county of:? Duffie. SS lORMICK ELECTION & HAS COMPLICATIONS IB IcCormick, April 21.?rWith less J H a one-third voting strength of Mc-1K mick county participating in an jK :tion held by authority of an act! B ;he last legislature, unofficial re- B is show thfft the county voted to H bonds in the sum of $60000 for H purpose of aiding further in the H d roads program Which was born H ;he county upon its creation in H 7. The election carried by a maty of 19 votes. ra 'here looms up now certain and ra ious questions regarding the H ility and regularity of the elec- H i. It appears that while the elec- H i was authorized by the last H slature the conduct and rules of H election would be the saihe as un- H a general election which, if fol- H ed, would requii-e of a person of- K ng to vote as a necessary prere- H site to his qualification to vote the B iuction of a registration cerificate H proof of the payment of all taxes R i due and payable. In as much as rule was not observed and no one I :he several managers who conted this election required the protion of either a registration certite or proof of the payment of any ss, it is alleged, certain citizens e retained counsel to represent m in protesting the election. It i develops that the county board canvassers met on Saturday, cansed the votes and declared the re; of the election when the law re-j res that it shall meet at some con- H ient place at the county seat on B Tuesday following the election 19 the purpose of canvassing the B es and declaring the* result. So B t it would appear that the election B 3 illegal for the reason that the B duction of the registration cerifi- B e and proof of payment of taxes: fl 5 not required and further thatjB i declaration of the result of the K ction was illeeral because the re- B t of the election was declared |E ee Hays before the time prescrib-M by law for the declaration of the I ult of the election and at which B te protests and contests shall be ? ii\! ur:l (.';.'1crmine(L :t is not known just what step E 1 be taken by the attorneys rep- K ening the contestants but it is mg v likely that either an appeal will R? taken to the state board of can- Bfc Afo f Kn TV-I olfov r*nrv?O^ irtf A fllD ivts. Whatever course might be K :en it is hardly probable that the E mty will be in position to sell ? se bonds until the validity of the K r.Ion is determined. ' The Rosenb Deparh Four Stores ABBEVILLE, F orty three cents fc A bout four times t!~ R ush times are hen M ake every clay coi M any farmers are t A bout the scarcity < , C otton requires mu H ow would you lik v I ncrease your proc N ow is the time to E mbark on the rigF R ain and sunshine Y ou must do yours ^ hipment of Ridini A rrived yesterday. \r r 11 V ery tew not sold E arly purchase pre S o buy NOW. J - rkTr/av* r\iiV lino i KJVJIV WVV^l WU1 A 11 kinds of implen B inders, Mowers, F 0 ur Cutaway Harr R eal values and Ri The Rosen! M erg Merc. nent Stores Many Depar - - - . - S, C. >r cotton le old price c ant. i hinking of labor, ich work. ;e to reduce expense luction too? do it. i it road. will do their part. >? rv r?h; irof g V>U1LI V aiui C5 vents disappointmen / lents are here ^akes and Plows, ows will do the worl ght. Prices. ?erg^ Merc. I Co. I "tments jl 9 1KB ' j 888 r *J ' fMS 2ft! 4 \ 5? t c. ' Co. I HBHHnHMHHM' BBHsBH&alilHHH !