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fc ~ I II HAIL ON SUNDAY. ' TH There was a small hail storm in, Abbeville Sunday afternoon, which Xoi cooled off things considerably and made blankets comfortable again. * BULLFROGS ON THE SQUARE. ( : ma Ramey Thornton of the Press and cr0 Banner force picked up a live bull an) frog, with edible legs, in the water ers a* frVio cnrnpr of White's co. SM"U,"6 ?*v " -giocery store Friday. The frog was 0f put in Dote Smith's fresh fish store ( U and was soon sold at a profit. Th we ECLIPSE SCHEDULED BUT . pla * > NOT SEEN IN AB3FVILLE ' tQr i av< A total eclipse of the moon was a scheduled for Sunday night between ,)r( 8 and 11 o'clock,, but Abbeville people would have been forced to as. cend in a balloon or plane to view the j phenomenon as heavy clouds shut u,g off the view from earth. ( CAPT. SHAW HERE fl?' an< Capt. W. C. Shaw,, of I.owndcs-' niz ville. was here Monday, being at the *or heau of the Lcwnuesville No. 2 dole- P1"'1 gat!;:!? to th'j county convention. The Captain is active in all matters leu' - sul: ing to ;h'.* \ve!f::re of the rtate. snd oe especially of that part of it ab -ut t'"'e Lowndciville lec * n#? ELEVENTH GRADE TRIES METTLE lal" pos Three representative pupils of the Ijr'( graduating class of the city . high :jl'c school, evidently inspired with a full ca^ appreciation of their mental capa- the bilities, tackled the county teachers' nov examination in the court house Sat- the urdav. They were Misses Margaret * Swetenbuurg Catherine Faulkner,. I and Ethel Perry. Hoi I Ho' Caliec To Washintgon and Lee y?U cotl Prof. James S. Moffatt,. of Chapel a b M Hill, N. C., and a member of the viei U faculty of the University of North yep gpP^*~ Carolina, has been tendered a and r place on the faculty of Washington rep 'and Lee, but he has nor yet indica- we v teu whether or not he will accept the tha position. |; . * son - Prof. Moffatt is a son of Dr. J. beg S. Moffatt of Erskine College. crc-; ! the MAC NICKLES COTTON KING? f?n fac r terr Hon. J. M. Nickles is planning to ^ be the cotton king of Abbeville County this fall. He is planting prac. tically all of his farms in long staple cotton. On one farm!, particularly ^ee productive, he is planting some Wil- ^or liamson special seed, bought at $7.50 anc^ a bushel guaralfteed to produce cotton the like of which the Marlboro ton farmer, who sold the seed, said he was refusing ?1.25 a pound for this a"" spring. ' suc on I | NEGRO CUTTING j ?UC to Forty stitches and much adhesive1 wei _ tape were nece:s>ary to rehabilitate' so Sar 1-> Hee I r egro, after Eldora \ e _ Jones, negro had finished the use of a butcher knife on her anatomy Sat_''' sell urday afte?"oon at t'e hoi:.- of tht, former near the shops The J-.rics woman th-.-.t left mi !!: ? Southern : r Sarah Reed, negro, after Eldora presumably for Greenville where she ^ has relatives. . TT . Uni CHURCH TOO RESPECTABLE plU' SAYS BRITISH PASTOR ?"Cl ? . dele v London, May 1.?Declaring "'the c church is too respectable for the i \ average man or woman," the Rev. n'n< I A; H. G. Peile, vicar of Smith Action cat* I has issued a public stateemnt saying on I'"" English churches are deserted. "They have become nothing more nor less ^ than ecclessiastical refrigerators," ^ to use his own words. ! fl 1. i RE-DRAFT OF PEACE ACT NE< REPORTED TO SENATE Washington, May 1.?A re-draft B of the peace resolution passed by son, the House recently was favorably yea reported to the senate Friday alter- torn noon by the Senate Foreign Rela- pen tions Committee by a vote of 9 to 6. crin The vote was a strictly party one aws Republicans voting for and Demo- ed ; cratic members against. rusl Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, of Republican member of the commit- ton tee, redrafted the resolution. It pro- tho vicies tor tne termination or tne teen- net* uical state of war between the Unit- ciii: ed Spates and both Germany and S'? / .stria. 'i E CROPS ARE LATE. !|| ?COTTON SITUATION B nmissioner Harris Makes Survey gg Of Crop Conditions and Offers j |?g Advice to Farmers. Commissioner Harris has been JH king a personal survey of the 3 p conditions in South Carolina ??| i offers some advice to the farm- ip i. "Usually by the middle of April,' H I ssa rs Mr. Harris, "we find planting jgj cotton well under way, and indeed 11 ite a lot of cotton above ground. IS is year, owing to the unusual Q ather, vei'y little cotton nas been pf nted here or anywhere in the cot- pj i belt. Not over 50 per cent of the 19 jrage crop has been planted and M jreat deal of the land is yet to be ;pared for the planting. "Therefore, in order to make a rmal crop, every day from now, iceforth must be ideal cotton m ather. .. , Zll 'The spinning trade Is in the most tM jrishing condition in its history, Ig ;1 it is being more genenaly recoged that with the large demands fjj goods at present high levels the ?H ce of Southern cotton is relative- ?||? cheap. According to the law of f|j} ply and demand, cotton should |j| selling for 60 cents, the price that fR American Cotton Association gfffl ommended for the remainder oi j?? 1919 crop. |? A/tairs yre entirely in the hands -Jg mors and spots holders. If they vg itively refuse to take present !JS it will immediately advance to and above, as the spinners will pi the speculators for delievery as |pl y are making unheard of profits -gll i\ So, I say again, sit steady in ||g; boat and freeze to your spots and ^5 v v.'ll": pay yuur price. ?g? Fry ;io attention to futures con- jig .vjver,. if you have no use for jj||l ivever, if you have no uuse for {jg| ir money if you will hold your ijj :on until July 1921 it will pay you pjj ig interest for after careful re- Plf n of the first crop and weather ?J orts of the season, State by state |gy I after comparison with private g|P orts form every State in the belt, Hfj have arrived at the conclusion jj| t this is likely to be another sea- (? of short yield and that from the j|l inning it is doomed to be a short gg| n. In the few sections of |jg belt where planting fias been j|jj ie, germination is very unsatistory mainly because of the low 9 iperature that has prevailed and S first planting went to naught in H re areas. 'In many places in the belt It has gj| n planted now the third time be- 3 e getting a stand. Too much rain HI [ low temperatures always work tH jry to the crops, especially cot- S There has never been a time B :e cotton has been planted that 3 h a bear raid has been made up- S spots cotton, and they have not Hi ceeded in driving It down. I want St say to spots holders that if the Sj ither keeps good for a week or jj| they will drive October and Dec- jj|| jer contracts much iower, but H ; will not affect the spots if the jj| iers will not get panicky and jH MPLETE RETURNS FROM OHIO PRIMARY GIVEN 'AlnnmKnc OViin Q \t 1 ?/TVinf. 1 ' ted States Senator Harding's g?( *ality on the presidential prefer- M e vote is 16,303 and that Ohio's ___ ;gation to the Republican nation- . j onvention will be made up of ^ . ty-nine Harding delegates and w ; Wood delegates, were the indi- ^ { ons here early Friday, uased up- bra] complete unofficial returns from T, of Ohio's 5,882 precincts. i ? w oc 'hese returns, which were gather- ^ and tabulated outside the secreA r of State's office give: [arding, 125,561; Wood, 109,258. The jRO IN PRISON er l ON SERIOUS CHARGE the que latesburg, May 1.?Mack Thomp- son , a negro, who claims to be 14 ' bile ' . I rs of age, was taken to Columbia sooi ifjht and lodged in the state foil itentiary, charged with attempted at ] iiinal assault. He was spirited iv from a crowd that had gather- LOl at he scene of the trouble, an' bed to Columbia by W. M. Lair' Pelior., deputy sheriff of Lexinor- ^ county. For a good distance of fro: way the machine carrying: the one ro was followed by a party cf flyi zens. The trouble occurred near pas p. dm an. pile "hi* afternoon between ?. and ' mei Huff] The Lowest Priced ,>'* I^IY> ^jjj^BkM^'^ate*"'-'* '!?* ". ; ( i ''' " "i* , ' "s A'- fy:1'4?. 'r :?yy%i ?,*fi ?* ?*/"" '> 1 S$hs..K >'^v. *cW W:;'S|''-?-? v , -.T-?irT'tn Vfgg.^' '_ .?"..:*&?*?. Model C. Witi Familiarize yourself purchase, insure yourse found in some Trucks' been tried out, tested \ It is built to stand up ui er its load promptly, The heavy -duty Com automatic float feed ca] weather-proof, with au impulser built rihgt into most abnormal conditic Sturdy 5^ inch straii with 4 channel bar croi long especially design* Standard worm drive ; .amount of strength, dui of steel is constructed c Can fc>2 equi Solid Tires. ALL i Ellis We are here iiitaiM ock two little white gii'ls, about ney of nearly 1,5 and 12 yeas of age, were on their | coast Iine was inj r from school,, and as they reach , , XT _ ' J head City, N. C., i place where the road crossed a v .v made for fuel, nch, a negro came upon the scene. larger girl was forced into the The pilot who ids, while the smaller one got darkness in the E iy and gave the alarm. Eighty-sixth strei l description of the clothing worn Sidney Schroeder T>.L_ ~i.uA the assailant led to the arrest of 115011,1 i"5" "IC impson In the meantime two oth_ | club. Letters w( Tien had been arrested, and while | ^ay?r Hylan of citizens who had^gathered were ! from the presidei stioning these two men, Thomp-1 chamber of comn was rushed away in an automo- body. toward Columbia. THe crowd { n got on to the departure and | NG AIR FLIGHT j| WITH BUT ONE STOP 1 m Miami, Fa., to New York with ! Bpf^jAT stop in 15 hour? and :?r> minutes' njr time, was made today by the ^A\fWF| sender seaplane "Miss Miami" jgj /*f~\ [ ted bv Harry Rojrers of the A- K vVI rican Flying club. The lon<r jour- rii i ?? man Ti Truck of its rated Capa< v -H < h .fy ..'7 ; %:% *>/&. .y . . , I "> ^ ^ ^ ^ . j^j ^ ! 7 orbensen ' Axle \ with the heavy duty construct >lf against any weak points th construction. With the HUFF and proved; there are no weak ider continuous transportatior economically and pay for itse tinental red seal military type "VinvntAv Tlivin lm'rrVi fori crnri m . KJ U1 V-' LVl ) JLS JL-OlXV>/ tV/liUlVll XXX tomatic float feed carburetor o its construction, assures eas^ 3ns, and prevents as far as pos ght side channel Hydraulic Pi ss members. Fuller unit clutc] id Perfectionsprings, Torbens( axles with oversize bearings tY [ ability and reserve power tha >f. ipped with either F PRICES F. O. B. FACT( -Leslie i 1 i to show you wha 00 miles along the ;errupted at More- _ where a stop was '' ^ ^HH made his landing in ^ [udson river near p>j?l ' jfy ??? 4 i wmr -.^LA.r .! a mmimsmmmKmimmaMm j J ? P! JOHN A. IlOLLAlN ALED TINS ONLY H! Tbe Greenwood Piano YOUR GROCERS & v , iiirgps: ilrnlfv in nut' J inri'tf in vVcstrvn SonT!) Cru'i LL HOUSE IKS ?$?? TJir rFtrST |! B.r..!: of Orpra..-fio.l. il?p TLL I st'o^est 1U '^flanws flj ' ' "" ruck I city in the world |j idel B. $1895 | ^ith Standard jj Worm Drive Axle. jj si jgj w?(' ma ? . ,?- -v/y slgi - 3c/# - < *t#r g^l ' j- ,v 9r ion of the truck you at are commonly MAN each unit has : points to cover up. i service and delivlf as it goes. motor with Zenith * agneto, dust and , with automatic r starting, under the sible motor kicking. m essed Steel frame h and transmission, m internal gear or iroughout, prove the t this thoroughbred 'neumatic or 1 )RY. 5 Co. t it will do. 1 || WANTS FOR SALE?Good Plug Mule, cheap, j Want to buy a few good Milk 1 Cows and dry Beef Cattle. MAXj' WELL'S MARKET. 4,30-3t-pd ! LOST?34x4 smooth tread tire and ; rim, between Abbeville and Honea Path, Sunday. Finder notii'y City i Garage, Reward. 4, 27_3tc. j WANTED TO RENT?Five or six vr\r\rn hniico nvo"fprahlv With W3._ i ter, lights and sewerage. Address The Press and Banner, Abbeville, FOR SALE?The finest fresh water t fish for sale every Friday and ^ ' - * -i- TT C \Taw Muuruay, at siuri: ui xi. o. jiffii in?tn*? ninia. Sella South Main St. Want all my town organs ami and country friends to call and r'lfl BUY FISH and talk politics. R. lod^Couuty W. Smith, better known as plain;' "Dote Smith." 4-28-'3t.