Abbeville Press and Banner
Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year.
HALE AND TRAMMEL
EXCHANGE WORDS
SENATORS HAVE TILT BEFORI
NAVAL INVESTIGATING COM
MITTEE?TESTIMONY OF Mc
KEAN IS CAUSE?COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN REPROVES ADMIRAL
AND IS REBUKED.
Washington, April. 27.?Simrf
criticism of Rear Admiral Sim:
voiced today before the senate nava
investigating committee by Rear Ad
mirai J. S. McK.an, former as
sistant chief of naval operations, re
suited in a tilt between Chairmax
Hale and Senator Trammell, Demo
. crat, of Florida when Admiral Mc
) Kean was reprimanded by Senatoi
Hale for indulging in "personalities.
The officer declared he was onlj
following a precedent set by Admira
Sims in his testimony whie Senatoi
Trammell remarked that the chair
^ man's objections to personalities hac
not run against Admiral Sims
"snappy comment."
Admiral- McKean, whose appear
ance followed completion of th<
cross examination of Capt. W. F
Pratt, who had been on the starn
several days, insisted he was no1
seeking to defend Secretarj
Daniels or to "damn Sims" -in whal
he said.
Admiral Sims' charge that delays
on the part of the navy departmenl
early in the war >prolonged hos
tilit^es four months and cost 500,00C
additional lives were "monstrous".
% Admiral, MeKean said, adding that il
it had been made by a patient in the
"government insane asylum," it could
be understood, but that coming
from a rear admiral on the active
list, the head of the naval war college
it was an insult to every officer and
man in the *avy or whosoever ? as in
the navy during the war."
EDWARDS WINS IN
.NEW JERSEY PRIMARY
Boston, April 28.?Returns received
early today from all but 41
of the 1,198 precincts in the state
' in yesterday's primary sTiotfed the
election of the four delegates al
large who as a group headed the Re
publican ticket. They are Senatoi
Lodge, Speaker Gillett, Formci
Senator Crane and Edward A
Thurston.
On the Democratic ticket the "reg
ular" slate headed by Senator Waist
appeared assured ' of election, as
Former Congressman O'Connell, th<
N fifth candidate was far behind thf
other four. Senator Walsh's associ
ates are Richard H. Long, twic<
Democratic nominee for governor
District Attorney Pelliteir and Dan
iel F. Doherty
Early returns showed the electio/
of 15 unpledged delegates includinj
those at large, to the Republicai
national convention
New Jersey Election*
In the fight for the Republicai
"big four" returns from 540 dis
tricts showed that United States Sen
ators Walter Edge and Joseph I
Freylinghuysen pledged to th?
choice of voters as expressed at th<
primary, were running a ciose
- for the head of the ticket with For
mer Gov E S Stokes, pledged t
General Wood and Mulford L Bal
lard pledged to^ (Senator Johnson
following in that order
The Democratic big four pledge^
to the candidacy of Gov. Edward 1
Edwards, who has announced that h
would carry his fight against prohi
bition into the San Francisco conven
tion was elected without opposition.
A SWEET GIRL GRADUATE
Miss Kate Haskell has returned t<
Winthrop after a two week's visit ti
' . her home people. Miss Kate wil
graduate in June, her course in col
lege having reflected great credit oi
herself and added dstinction to th
> record madp by Abbeville girls ii
Colleee.
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CANDIDATES FAVOR FARMEF
m Answers Are M\de Public Fro
Lowden, Hoover, Wood, Ger';
ard and Owen.
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' Washington, April 28.?Approv
; of cooperative bargaining, improvi
' rural credits, reduction in the "groi
*, ing evil" of farm tenantry, and n
. tional conservation was voiced 1
'presidential candidates who hai
answered the recent political ques
'' tionnaire of the National Board <
.' Farm Organizations. Replies we:
made public today from Governi
Lowden, Senator Owens, James "V
Gerard, former ambassador to Ge
5 many, Herbert Hoover, Maj. Ge
s Leonard Wood. That from Willia
1 **
G McAdoo has already been publis'
ed.
Governor Lowden,, Mr Hoover ar
t Gnereal Wood, each called attentic
to speeches or printecr artich
which they said, fully answered tl
r questionnaire.
"I believe in bringing tne farm*
j nearer the consumer," Gener
1 Woort wrote, "and in giving1 farm*
r organizations every right, and pri
ilncro nfVinv lawfnlliT prm'cfrif n t
1 ed organizations c-ftjoy. I bc-lio^
' that we should spread the war bu
den over a much longer period <
years than at present contemplate;
; and that good business cfiouId be ei
couraged and bad business rsgula
j ed.
t "I am very doubtful concernir
r government ownership of railroad:
t my doubts arising from our expei
ence during the war."
; Senator Owens approved ail tl
t planks of the farmers platform e:
. ccpt that making the nominee fc
I secretary of agriculture- acceptab!
( to farmer organizations.'
! TO SAVE MUCH MONEY.
I FOR THE GOVERNMEN
' Department of Justice Investigatio
Has Uncovered Alleged Fraud
In War Contracts
I Washington, April 28.?Attorne
| General Palnjer announced toda
that investigation by the departmer
of justice of alleged fraudulent wi
. contracts had "uncovered illegi
L transactions involving millions <
s dollars" and that through civil an
> criminal prosecutions now conten
i plated or under way large sun
would be saved for the government,
r Queatiortable vioudhers tmearth)e
r in 'one class of contracts alone, ha\
resulted in the withholding of paji
i ments by the government amounl
" ing to approximately $4,420,000
V the department declared in a state
3 ment. "These contracts have bee
5 under investigation for months an
1 they affect a very restricted are
Reports to the department indical
5 that as a result of indictments s.
? ready returned against 15 defenc
ants in the Northern Pacific div:
: sion at Seattle about SI'0.000 wi
1 be recovered from ship builders ar
^'former representatives of the Un
1 ted States shipping board, erne
i gency fleet corporation in that sec
i tion. Similiar cases in the same dii
1 trict involving approximately $265
000 will be presented to grar
juries within the next few days.
The bureau of investigation of tl
department now has before it 1
, large fraud cases in which speci
investigations have been orcrc-ed. A
of these involve large sums claim*
0 from the government. One of the
" which is now being prepared fi
presentation to the grand - jury
Ohio involves $325,000."
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"l AMUNDSEN T6 RETURN
e
i Washington, Apr. 2.7?Roa]
Amdunsen who set out two years ap
| in an effort to reach the North pol
I is returning to Nome, Alaska, a
>, cording to a message received by tl
0; navy radio statioi^ at Cordov
0 j Alaska, today from Anadyr, Siberi
i nmuniisvn arrived ai /vnariyr la
-1 week from his ship the Maud. \vhi<
n is ice bound near the mouth of tl
e vo1yma river, and left soon aftc
n wards. From Nome he will go
' Seattle under hi? present plans.
iS SUGAR SITUATION
BEING DISCUSSED 1
. ? !
Conference in Washington Gets Un
' . der Way?Report* Persist That
Prices Will Go Up
all
Washington, Apr. 27.?Repre-^
v- sentatives of large sugar refineries <
a- a rut department of juctice officials, i
I ' '
jy conferring here today, progressed |'
/e no further than discussion of the'.
j_ "whole sugar situation,"' they said, j
3f The conference'will be resumed to- ]
re morrow. Meanwhile, reports persist- ,
jr ed that another rise in sugar prices \
7, Was in prospcct.
r- Howard Figg, assistant to the at- ;
n. torney general and in charge of the 1
m price reduction campaign, would not 1
h- discuss the proceedings of the t:pn- I
ference. It developed tonight, how- i
e ver, that much of the day's discus- 1
m sion bore directly on prices. 1
?s Refineries who are in attendance at (
ie the conference said there had been 1
"much talking but no action" thus '
;r far. Government officials who attend- 1
a] ed refused to divulge more than sub
ar jeets debated, nor would they ind?- <
:*ate what efforts were under conoid- ^
eration toward halthig a further sky
e rocketing in prices. Refiners declared
r. they could not guarantee adequate 1
supplies without further increases. i
The abnormal demand for sugar ha.-, '
forced them into hard competition (
with foreign buyers they said. ,1
Mr. Figg's recent efforts in eon- '
nection with the ijugar situation 1
have been directed at developing (
sources of supply which will prove 1
sufficient to meet requirements. He
? was said to have asked the refiners
le *
to make a survey of the world's visi- (
ble supply and for a statement of a-; 1
je mount of their present stock. None '
of the refiners were said to have (
even "normal" supplies in their11
warehouses. ^
It was sai d that Mr. Figgs had i
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made "several propositions" to the,
trade representatives, which woulc^ 1
n be considered tomorrow. * 'j t
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j New York, Apr. 27.?Five ships;
I loaded with 100,000 bags of cuban'
sy raw sugar are at the local docks, it'
- i
;y was announced on the sugar ex-;
it change today. Two vessels began un- '
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ir loading today. The American Sugar 1
al Refining company here today an-'1
>f nounced the addition of one cent '
id to the price of granulated, making ^
1-1 the selling price now 18. 1-2 cents '
is wholesale and 21 1-2 cents retail.
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.; SUBJECT FOR DEBATE 1 ]
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7Q
Some days ago a spirited debate j
took place at the High School on this ]
" query, "Kesoivea tnat Drotnsr viam- ]
' | brell is a worse boy than Barnard 1
Roche." We have another query to :
!j" propose. It grows out of a business <
transaction in this office. Col. Pat
' Roche came into the office several ,
fce
days ago and advertised one plug ,
mule for sale in our want columns. ,
He sold it so quickly that he brought j
I_ in another plug from his farm, and
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sold it on the same advertisement,
making the ad do double duty. We, ;
1_ therefore, suggest this query for the
r" next debate at the high school, lie- j
solved that Col. Pat Roche owes the
Fress and Banner urty cents aaa- |
tional on plug mule advertisement. 1
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i NATIONAL BANK TO MOVE !
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le
L5 The National Bank will move this
al week into its " handsome quarters J
L]1 which have been remodelled, making i
one of the most up-to-date bank(l
m buildings in the State. The only i
or feature of the bank which is not '
in complete is the vault and this has ;
not arrived, but the bank has made ]
i |
] arrangements to care for its cash, <
! books and valuable papers until the '
new vault has arrived and is installed.
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Antreville Club Reorganized
e.1
c' The Antreville Democratic Club
ie ( was reorganized last Saturday with ,
'V Henry J. Power as president, and J.
a- A. Andex-son, secretary.
st The following were named a3
:h delegates to the county convention:
le H. J. Power, A. M. Erwin, Jack
r-( Brownlee and Joseph Anderson,
to Henry J. Power was named as executive
committeeman.
PAPER SHORTAGE
WILL BE PROl
Congressional Investigation to
Started?Assistance of Stat<
Deparment Also Invoked
Washington, Apr. 27.?Cong
smriol invflctAn n"f tho nvinf
per shortage will be started 1
Wednesday by a subcommittee, of
senate committee on manufactu
headed by Senator Reed, Denioc
Missouri. The committee's plans
:lude -inquiry into supplies, distr
:ion and prevailing prices.
Pending congressional action,
issistance of the state depnrtn
ivas invoked in connection with
forts to secure removal of resl
:ions upon exports from Canada
rrw materials used in paper m:
facture. Chairman Porter of
louse foreign affairs committer
:ompaniod by representatives of
paper inquiry conferred with Si;
;ary ColbJ and received a.v'.ir:
:hat the* suggestion of making
restrictions the* subject of diplom
:orre; rondi'nee would be given c
ful considuration.
Publishers of leading papers
ie invited to appear before the
restimating committee. Senator E
-aid as New York publishers wil
iear.1 Wednesday ami on succeet
lays those of Boston, Philadel]
ind Frovidence. Before the com:
;ec concludes its investigation it
sects to give publishers of all cla
)f newspapers an opportunity to
Dress their views.
Appointment of a commission
>2ek removal of Canadian embar;
)'n pulp wood was urged by Seni
LJnderwocd, Democrat, Ala., bei
;he house foreign affairs commit
jarlier in the day. Retaliatory le
ation should be enacted he said,
Tiendly efforts toward this end v
insuccessful.
"Serious injury will be suff(
>y our newspapers in a few year
;here is no legislation," Senator
lerwood said.
r.rnor.F r.AMRRF.I.L LOCAT
George C. Gambrell has resig
lis position with the . Internal R
ae department, and after May
ivill be with W. H. McFall, at ]
ington, in his drug business.
Press and Banner carried a nc
jf the buying of the Pant Hotel
Darlington by Mr. McFall in a
;ent issue, and also a notice tha'
lad moved his drug business
npw nuarters. On account of his
ing into the hotel business, Mr.
Pall found it necessary to have
first class man to put in charge
the drug business, and quite na
*lly he thoughte first of an A1
ville man.
Mr. Gambrell is a first* class si
man as well as business man
we have no doubt, he will mak(
success of the business rn Darl
ton. If energy and push amount
anything he will succeed.
The new drug store of Mr.
Pall is stated to be one of the i
Hpst and best stocked druer store
the state. George promises to
nish the service, which he says
his middle name.
GERMANY IS NEAR
A FINANCIAL COLLA
Berlin, April 27.?Germany's
incial' collapse is near, accordinj
a statement made before the
tional assembly today by Dr. W
minister of the treasury, while
senting the burget for the cor
year. The minister attacked
profiteers who he declared '
turning the nation's economic pi
to their own advantage."
The postal deficit was given
one billion marks and the shor
on account of state railways
12,000,000.
Dr. Wirth'favored the fiotatioi
an internal loan and demanded
Germany's * obligations imposed
treaty of Versailles be fixed.
SEEING THE CITY
Major and Mrs. Fuln and t
boys, and Mr. Haddon went u
Due West Monday afternoon
saw the sights of the- town.
ELECTION OF TEACHERS | f|
Jed i;
At Meeting of Trustees Held Tues-.U
Be day.-?All Salaries Have Been |
; Increased.
I
The trustees of the city schools
res. met Tuesday afternoon and elected
Pa" the following teachers:
lextj First grade, Misses Kate H. Mar
tlie;tin, of Darlington and Oil S^oggins,
rers 0f ]}ue West.
;rat> Second grade, Misses Georgia 0\t
,n" and Mary Cornwell.
ibu- Third grade, Misses May Robertson
and Annie Gantt.
j Fourth grade, Miss Adams and
lcntjjjisg Harriet Coan, of Winnsboro. v0
c^" Fifth grade, Miss Mary D. Sulli- on
:ric- vail) 0f Honea Path and Miss Mar- no
tin, of Darlington. 00
inu" Sixth grade. Miss Susie Lown t0
(one vacancy to be filled.)
ac" Seventh grade, Miss Annie Hill :'v
^le (one place to be filled.) tu
cre" 'Miss Sadie Magill was elected as
11100 teacher of history, and Miss Ward^ie
l;iw, of Due West as teacher of Lat- on
n^,c in for next ye?.r. A teachcr of Eng- o1<
lVe* lish is yet to be elected. ori
Miss Ella May Tribble and Mrs.
Wi^ James Shelley wejre re-elected as v50
in" teachers at The Abbeville Cotton
lead school, cit
* e The salaries of the first grade and 'ss
'in.s high school teachers were fixed at (1?
^ ,ia $100 per month, and of the other aP
1Tllt~ teachei-s at $90 per month. Miss ('e
eX" May Robertson, who is to fill the po- T'e
sscs
sition of principal" at the Graded dc
school in addition'to teaching the m;
'third, grade will receive a salary, of se
91200 for the year. . ari
joe? ;
As stated sometime ago, Prof.
fore and Daniel have already an
tee ^een e'ec^e^ ^or the next session. ?tj(
. ' Both have accepted. ' m(
The other teachers of the present $7
^ere faculty did not apply for re-election.' be
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
ired FOR AMERICAN DEAD 8
s if
n", Paris, April 28.?Memorial day exercises
will be held at American
?? ' cemeteries in France by the Paris wj
post, American Legion. This organization
has 100,000 francs in its cr
eve, treasury and expects contributions gj,
^ from the United States to assist in qj
Qar_ the purchase of flowers apd provide'j
jijjg for other expenses of the day.
)tjce Major General H. T. Allen, in
a|. command of American forces at Co- ^
blenz, will furnish firing squads and
Wi
[. bands for the ceremonies, and com n^0
mittees will be taken to each ceme- ^
_A tery in automobiles provided by the
o wl
Red Cross.
AUt" w<
.* SEVERAL TO ENTER P{
. RACE FOR SOLICITOR of
ltur", , th
3 " Edgefield, Apri. 24.?News from wi
Lexington has been received that M
ales- George Bell Timmerman, for the last hi
and oi'crVifpon vpnrs solicitor of this cir_ hi
J a cuit has definitely announced that he wl
ing- Would not offer for reelection and
close upon this announcement several , ??
have made it known that they would cc
^c* stand for the position among them re
)reft" being T. C. Callison, a law partner
13 of the retiring solicitor; State Sen_
^ur" ators Griffin, of Saluda County; S. ^
*3 M. Smith.of the Edgefield bar, and
; J. R. Ross, of McCormick. Others
i ar
: may possibly try to win tTie place, jt
PSE is thought. |Si
y i RETURNS TO OLD POSITION !te
fin- | fif
' ?j Miss Mattie Eakin has accepted a, ^
.na" position with the Water and Electric |
T*^ 1 A. J "fill KAfnttn +A lior ^Armor ' hfl
, 1 IdllLz anu will ICl/UUI WVr 11^1 |
^re~ position May 1. Mr. Corley, who hasj?*
nin^ been bookkeeper for the plant forj^1
4War the past few months has accepted aj c"
are position in Greenville. Miss Eakin I
je^ Water and Electric Plant]
last fall to go with the Acker j
a Building: an Supply Co. I ptage
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was ABBEVILLE VS GREENWOOD U]
da
n of The Abbeville Hgh School base.
chJI
that ball team left Wednesday morning
by for Greenwood, where a game is]
'scheduled for Wednesday afternoon)
with the Greenwood high team.
i The Greenwood team defeated the,
local team at Abbeville some time)
heir! ago, by the score of 1" to 8. but the
p to j Abbeville boys feel confident that I
and j they can make a better showing to-1
: day. ! t.:
!TY VOTES ,
IK BONOS
i A VOlfc Uh 153 TO 3 THE ,
PEOPLE OF ABBEVILLE DECIDE
TO EXTEND THE PAVED
STREETS TO ALL PARTS OF
TOWN.
Decided interest was shown by the
ters yesterday in the election heid
the paving question. There was
contest to speak of because everydy
was in favor of issuing bonds
extend the paved streets to all
i'ts of the city. But this makes it
e more remarkable that so many
rned out to, vote. In the school
jction some days ago only twentyne
votes were cast, but yesterday
e hundred and fifty-six qualified
??tors went to the polls and voted
. the bond issue. Out of this numr
only three voted against the
rnds.
i'he election was ordered to deJe
whether or not the city would
sue $?0,000 additional in bonds to
* paving on other streets. Already
iplications are in from the resi
:nrs oi streets caning ror an exnditure
of seventy-five thousand
illars, and the City Council estiates
that^it will be necessary to
11 the* full issue of ninety-thousid
dollars.
The City Council met yesterday
:d declared the result of the elec- .
)n, and ordered that advertiseents
for the sale of not less than
5,000 and not more than $90,000
i gotten out at once. The bonds
11 bear interest at five- and oneIf
per cent. ,
DDY OF MR. CONWELL FOUND.
The body of Mr. W. L. Conwell,
io was drowned Tuesday of last
;ek while he and Mr. Partain were
ossing Savannah River at Gregg
loals, was recovered yesterday at
lerokee Falls, about ten miles bew
the place of drowning.
It will be recalled that as the two ^
;re crossing from the Georgia side
this side of the river, the boat in
lich they were making the trip
is swept down the river towards
e dam. Both men Jumped out
len it appeared certain that they
Duld be carried over the dam. Mr.
iTtain caught on one of the piers
the dam, and was marooned for
irty-two hours without bread or
ater before he could be rescued,
r. Conwell made an effort to save
mself in the same way, but missed
s hold and went over tTie dam,
here it is supposed he was 'killed
r being forced with violence alinst
the stones below the dam. A
mstant watch for his body was not
warded until yesterday.
ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED.
The body of Miss Annie Manning,
lother of the party of young peoe
drowned at Harpy's Ferry,
inday April 4th, was located yesrday
at McCalla's Island, about
teen miles down the Savannah
iver from the place of the acciint.
This makes seven bodies which
ive been recovered, leaving those
Miss Allie Bradshaw and Messrs
sster Waters and Charles Mesine
yet to be found.
SERVICES AT LONG CANE
The Rev. George M. Telford, of
sgah, Kentucky, will preach at
pper Long Cane church next Suniy,
May 2nd, at the usual hour.
COTTON MARKET.
bpot 4,5. UU
May ... 40.35
July 38.38
Oct. 35.32
Dec. . 34.38
Jan. 33.82