I y t . ; Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Friday, April 30, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. _ i " p? ? HOUSE MEMBERS j OPPOSE SALES TAX1 OPEN BREAK IS REACHED BY j REPUBLICANS?FIGHT WILL | ! BE HEATED?NORTH DAKOTA.; AMD WISCONSIN REPRESENT TAT2VE5 BOLT AND JOIN IN-' SURGENTS. \> Washington, Apr. 29.?Opposition among house Republicans as to sales tax for raising part of tlvj $1,800,-. 000,000 needed for soldier relief legislation ij.i to lay to an open' break at the* final meeting of the:: Republican members of the ways and means committee called to complete i the draft of the measure. Representatives Young, North Dakota, and Frear, Wisconsin, bolted and joined in conference with Re-. publican insurgents to lay plans i'orM the opposition fight at their parly I caucus tomorrow night, Their withdrawal from the ways and means ; i.k. comnuciee a-i. jupublicans with a majority of only, < one in the ful! coni:n;ttee. if thej: bolting members vote with the* 1 Democrats. Republican committeemen, finally!: completed the committee draft of the, ' relief bill today, making few changes 1 in the general scheme. In adopting): the sales tax of 1 per cent on gross;: monthly business, the Republican i 1 decided'this levy would not apply un-ji less the aggregate sales exceed $1000 instead of the previously adopted j1 limit of $300. Other forms of taxa-J tion approved by the Republicans in-i elude a tax on all stock exchange j trarsactions and increased taxes on ! incomes, tobacco and real estate ' sales. Taxes, i: was decided today, would be effective next January 1, with the cash bonus payments to be made in installments, beginning April 1, 1921. For the other forms of relief, including land settlement, some purchases, vocational training and paid up insurance, the JttepuDiican com-1 mittee decided to appropriate $25,-! 000,000 to be available for carrying out these plans when the bill is approved by the president. The sales tax, the Republican com- j mitteemen also delcided, should ap-J ply to hotels and restaurants; but by increasing the exemption limit to $1,000 a month, they pointed out that only the big caterers would be [ subject to this levy. LONE GERMAN WARSHIP U. S. SPOILS OF WAR; London, April 2y.?A lone Vier-j man warship will sail for an American port some time next week andj stay there, for it is one of the few, spoils of the great war that go to' the United States under the Versailles treaty. The ship, the Ostfriesland, steam-j ed into the Firth of Forth Wednes-. day, together with the warship Hes-j sen, which will go to Japan. >! ABBEVILLE-GREENWOOD MUTUAL AGENTS MEETi The annual convention of the agents of the Abbeville-Greenwood; Mutual Insuruance Association was', held Thursday . in Greenwood. The visitors were the guests of John R. Blake, general manager, at dinner; ' at Hotel Greenwood /following the' regular business session. J. M. Gam brell, of Abbeville, was one of the f guests. Abbeville Loses to Due West The Abbeville high school base-' ball team lost to Due West Thursday j afternoon on the local grounds byj the score of 12 to 7. Billy Long and Donald Harris formed the battery, for Abbeville. Many errors 011 the' part of ih2 bea.1 team contributed to, the defeat. Both teams hit the ball 1 _ _ rpi. . 1 _/? _ 11 . _ X. ireesy. i ::e piayin^ 01 uaiiuway at sh?4 ror Ahbeville fsitursJ th? UPRISING NOTED IN FROZEN NORTH Washington, Apr. 28.?A serious upheaval in the district of Niko-i laevsk on the eastern coast of Si-I beria far north of Vladivostok, is re-| ported in an official statement issued ! by the Japanese foreign office received here today by the state department. With all communication cut off, the uprising is shrouded in more or' ' - flirt f Afflnn ^ iuss 111^ stci y, uui CIIC iv.v.1511 uiuwt said that all reports received point to' the conclusion that the Japanese! guards in the district have been an-j nihiiateii and several hundred Japa-1 uove residents, including the consul,: M .vsni idU. The number of men in: the was not given. While the foreign office statement s.n.ici conditions in this district has been assuming a serious aspect sinvo rhe beginning: of March, this was the first information to be received here Lhat the situation in that partictilnr part of Siberia wr.s critical. n ~.r -i,.. + Dt'L'fiUM" UI LUC lVt' lilt: U I C il 111 u, of a Japanese expedition in N'ikokv-vsk, the principal city of the district, located on the Non river, is impossible. An expedition was starter! i.o.vever, on April If, under escort i)f the warships Mikasa and Mishima. find it reached Alaendvoviski, a port on the Siberian coast about MOO' miles south of Nikolaevsk, on April 2.1, where it will remain until the ice breaks up. The foreign offic-e said the troops landed without meeting resistance, and that the Japanese residents in that district were foun I to be safe. Most of them were taken aboard the Mikasa. ONL V HOPE OF WORLD LIES IN CHRISTIANITY t Raleigh, N. C., April 29;?The only hope for the world's escape from a seething, tumultuous hell lies in the saturation of the social order with the spirit of the Man of Gallilee,' ? m i - - i J i _ii -i_l?i '.tot, x. w. mcKett tomgnt torn tne Southern Christian convention i in j 24th biennial session here. While he characterized the war a3 the sublimest instance of altruism ^ ever enacted in human history, Gov-| ernor Bickett declared that "all its. beautiful spirit of brotherhood has been dissipated, selfishness sits ill' the saddle and savagery hisses from the ambush." The convention will adjourn to-j morrow with the election of officers and selection of oermanent lead * quarters. Raleigh and Burlington, N.i C., are still contending for the honors, and Suffolk, Va., has put in a claim. # NEGRO SUSPECT IS IDENTIFIED TODAY I I I Lynchburg, Va., Apr. 29.?John ! Williams, negro alias Lee Jordon,; alias Joe Turner, charged with the; murder of Police Defective Mann1 here ijarch 25, was returned to: Lynchburg early today by local po-i licemen who went to Toledo, Ohio,j for him. Sheriff Willis, of Green-j Ville, S. C., identified the negro herej as the slayer of two policemen there, i Local authorities say they will \fiot j deliver the prisonet to the South ] Carolina authorities now, but Wil-i liams will be indicted and tried here next week. ATTEND CEREMONIAL The following'Abbeville Shriners ! attended the ceremoniall lof Hejez! Temple in Greenville Thursday: Henry Gilliam, V. H. Deadwyler, J. R. Clinkscales, J. R. McCombs, W. W. Payne, Walton Stephens, Broadus Shaw, R. N. Tiddy, W. J. Bryson, H H. Greene, Albert Rosenberg, Hughes Murray, C. L. Sauls, C. E. Yoder Sanford Howie, J. A. Hill, H. B. Wilson, S. G. Thomson, J. A. Wilson and Dr. J. E. Pressly. JIM COX BREAK'S ARM Jim Cox. g Mrs. Boren and Mrs. Cox will re- c main in Abbeville for a ten days 0 visit while the others will return to vr iL n i _ r j \ i, iNortn Carolina in a iew uays. t ,tl | TEACHERS MEET TOMORROW ; The teachers of Abbeville County meet tomorrow, Saturday, at one, o'clock in the high school building. a State superintendent of education j ^ John E. Swearingen will address the ^ meeting and lunch will be served all ^ | who are present. The trustees of the v county schools have also been expressly invited to attend this meeti ing which is the last of the present school session. t I (] Mrs. J. W. Nichols No Better j T. r i Mrs. J. W. Nichols, who has been ' ni'lfiVollr ill cnmn ic rnnnrf_ j ed to be no better. Her two sons, the , Rev. George A. Nichols, Macon, and Sam P. Nichols, Jackson, are at her 1 i bed.sidi'. , i UGAR REFINERIES FILE AGREEMENT "o Prevent Resale to Trade?Attorney General Palmer Announces One Result of Recent Conference. Washington, April 29.?Sugar re-1 iners have entered into an agree-1 lent with the department of justice > coopcvate with the government in 1 reventing the resale of sugar to the ?n/^n nrt/l 4"/% 4*V"i o 4- nvtanf 4-r\ rln_ uuC) aiiu uv i/iic4u i/ tu ut_ rease ppeculaion it was announced ight by Attorney General Palmer leagreement, Mr. Palmer said, was ne result of the conference beveen department officials and reners representatives held here early lis week. While this move was nok expected > cut all of the evils of the shortrv a; ! hvjh p'-ice.". al?*. Palmer boeves it would aid in the obtaining r vtcdistribution of surrar iocks. The refiners he said, agreed 5 refuse to resell to any firm except her.- tho commodity would take the irect course to the consumer. Ob;ction was raised by the refiners, nvevor, to the elimination of the legitimate sugar broker" who, they lid, served a useful purpose in the istribntion system. N THE INTEREST OF DUE WEST Mrs; Fannie Bonner Brownlee nd Mr. Ollie Brownlee were down r\m Dno Wncrf 'PVmrcrlav a-ff orn r*nr? [j\ Brownlee was looking after the iterest of the big Chautauqua to be eld in Due West in May and which ids fair to be a big success. Mrs. rownlee was visiting the graduates nd getting data for the historical ageant which will be held this Dring to commemorate the sixtieth nniversaiy of the founding of the allege. Mrs. Sallie Bradley is of le first class. Mrs. Lucy Thomson f the second class^and Mrs. Eugeia C. Hemphill of the third class. Mr. Brownlee was accompanied y four of the pretty and charming jachers of the Woman's College, ne was from Pennsylvania, one rom Boston, one from Indiana and ne from Atlanta, enough states to lake up a small League of Nations. URMAN DEFEATS ERSKINE 5 TO 2. Greenville, April 29 ?Manley ield was the scene yesterday afteroon of one of the hardest fought aseball contests to be played in the ity this year. The Furman Hornets iok the measures of the Erskine ?am to the tune of 5 to 2. One week ago today the Erskine earn took Furman into camp. This > the only game tnat tne capust ids have lost in the inter-collegite fight for th'e State championhip. < j RAINS CRASH HEAD-ON; FIVE REPORTED KILLED Rochester, Minn., April 29.?P^s-J enger trains Nos. 516 and 517 on lie Northwester^ Railway met in a ead on collision between Sanborn nd Lamberton, 100 miles west of ere, early Thursday. Two passen era and three members of the trains rew were killed. Conductor Clark f Winona is among the dead. Failure of an operator to deliver a rain order is reported to have been he cause. HOME AGAIN. Judge and Mrs. Frank B. Garj re expected to arrive in Abbevill Saturday. Mrs. Gary has been away or several months and friends wil >e glad to know that she has quit ecovered her health. AT SOUTHERN DEPOT U. D. Brown has been placed temlorarily in charge of the Southern lepot until a successor is named for lr. Swetenberg, whose recent death nade the place vacant. AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH There will be preaching at the 3resbyterian Church Sunday mornng at 11 o'clock. iDOUGHBOYS ATTEND if VANDERBILT WEDDING j f j" New York, Apr. 29.?Doughboy | | pals of Coi*nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., I ! who served as a private with the { Twenty-seventh division in /-France,! mingled with members of New York's most exclusive social circles' C in St. Thomas' Episcopal Church late! today to witness his wedding to Miss ; Rachael Littleton,, half sister of I Martin Littleton, widely known law-! yer. The bridegroom is the son of; Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt and one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt millions, and the bride is the daugh-j tor rf the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Littleton of Chattanooga, Tenn. The Rev. Ernest M. Stires, rector of the church, perform vl the ceremony. Police reserves wore scattered around the church, but the thromr set'.King to catch a glimpse of the ] 1 bridal couple and their guests was so large that it broke through the lines ^ and it was with difficulty that a ^ pathway for the 2,000 invited guests *war kept open. After the ceremony r? a reception was held in the home of t' Mr. and Mrs. Martin Littleton, to :u which 700 guests were invited. IVedding gifts, said to exceed $1,000,- . ^ 000 in value, were received by the couple. . h; m BIG APPROPRIATION BILL tli REPORTED TO HOUSE fe 01 Washington, April 29.?The sun- ry dry civil appropriation bill carrying $428,216,944 for government mis- a< cellaneous needs for the fiscal year ;li 1921, was reported to the House d< Thursday. Two-thirds of the amount in appropriated by the bill is for ex-, sc penditures growing out of the war, se as follows: jte Compensation for death or dis-ist abilities, $125,000,000; medical treat- tr ment under war risk insurance bu-! di reau, $46,000,000; vocational rehab-' ce ilitation, $90,000,000; transportation! of soldier dead from foreign coun-l wj tries, $21,500,000. j ju The committee eliminated an ap-j th propriation of $446,270,652 asked by] g, the emergency fleet corporation to be w borne from receipts. J ar No additional appropriation is al-l :0 lowed for enforcement of the prohi-j bition law, although $2,000,000 was c0 asked. C, COL. McCASLAN RETURNS. | ^ ce Col. P. H. McCaslan has returned) dl to Abbeville after a long stay ini j Florida where he thoroughly enjoy-! ,-n ed his stay. He will make headquar-j tors with his sister, Mrs. B. S.j DnMMMfnll /-? v. fUrt rwftf Ar>f O ? A Will V\ O ' LJCLL IIVVCU 1UI W1C ^ICOCilV, UtlU ?TIU UV| on hands whenever any setback is to be played. He says that they| i haven't learned setback in Florida yet, and that they pass away the sc time playing simple games like five ^ N T ! hundred. Mr. McCaslan is looking well. His vacation has agreed with al him. sc ' tc ADMITS WHOLE BLAME IN a I CRIME AS DEATH NEARS w tl j Ossininig, N. Y., Apr. 29.?An o: I eleventh hour confession that he te I , ! alone was responsible for the death ir ! of Otto Fialo, a station agent on the G j Intervale avenue station of the New g; York subway, was made in the death ir house in Sing Sing prison Thursday f< by John Milano, one of the four men c< sentenced to the electric chair for the crime. NEW TEACHERS ACCEPT WORK HERE Ci Supt. J. D. Fulp has reecived no a: I tice of acceptance of work in th J city schools for next session fron rr the following teachers who were elec M j ted Tuesday afternoon by the Boar T of Trustees: Miss Kate M. Martin t< Miss Harriet Coan, Miss Mary D Sullivan, Miss Mattie it. Martin. a. I WHOLESALE GROCERY STORE Dr. G. E. Calvert has opened up a new wholesale grocery store at the old Abbeville Lumber yards. Dr. Calvert is a man of mani interest i and opening up a wholesale grocery store is one of the smallest tasks to v-hlcli he puts his hand. ^ LOTS OF RADICALS ARE DISCOVERED OVER MUCH GROUND.?DEM. / j ONSTRATIONS TIMED FOR .>\ A MAY DAY WHEN TROUBLE!* M EUROPE EXPECTS TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE LABOR FACTIONS. Washington, Api*ii 29.?Plots *ainst the lives of more than a score : federal and state officials have jen discovered by the department : justice as part of radical May day . monstrations, Attorney General aimer announced tonight. The assassinations and assault, Mr. aimer said were included in the ay day program organized by the ommunist Labor party and other 4 \ ulical elements and were in addi/ on to strikes and other disturbices intended by the radicals as an 'fort in behalf of peace with soviet ussia. State officials marked as "victims" ive been notified by the departent, the attorney general added, of ie information in the hands of the scleral govenment and their coloration requested in representing Ldical demonstrations. The department has information icording to the attorney general, lat the instigators of the May day jmonstration here have been workg "in direct connection and uni>n" with leaders of disturbances t for Europe. As in Europe atmpts are being made to incite rikers in all basic Amerjcan indus- % ies, Mr. Palmer said, although he d not believe they would be sucissful. "I'm not going to prophesy what ill happen," Mr. Palmer said. "I am ist making public some of the ings our agents have discovered. at if a will to upset our nation'^ hole scheme of living counts for lything the radicals may cause me trouble." Mr. Palmer said that while he >uld not disclose the nature of the smmunist Labor party's plans in nnection with further strikes, lead's of that organization had consntrated on several important inlstries and that demonstrations anned threatened to cause trouble the way of walkoluts. bjbeville high defeats greenwood By a score of 6 to 1 the local high :hool team defeated Greenwood igh school Wednesday afternoon, he game was played in Greenwood id was a splendid exhibition of high ;hool baseball. To add to the invest of the game each side put on few bone head plays, but Greenood exhibited the most ivory and lis fact added to the heavy hitting F fViQ Tr>r>a1a aos?iiror1 Vinl'f a HoTtAfl lilies. Greenwood's lone score came i the eighth anti was not earned, alloway B. pitched a very good ame and had splendid support durig most of the game. Harris caught )r Abbeville and Moore played extent ball at first base. VISITORS FROM COLUMBIA ? '*4m Hon. and Mrs. J. Fraser Lyon and leir handsome little son, John, ame to Abbeville Thursday and re spending several days with Mrs. . H. McDill. Mr. Lyon attended the / leeting of the Abbeville-Greenwood futual Insurance Co. in Greenwood hursday, then came on to Abbeville > see the friends of his youth. COTTON MARKET. Spot _ 43.00 May 40.25 July 38.21 Oct. 45.50 Dec 34.78 Jan. 34.25