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RAILWAYS WANT ~
' . HIGHER RATES
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MUCH MONEY WILL BE NEEDT/\
r 1 DDV AW WnPIT
E.U 1 U vrnvn i wn * vn?
FREIGHT MAY GO UP?PROPOSED
TO LEA^E PASSENGER
TARIFF AT PRESENT LEVEL
Washington, May 4.?The nation's,
railroads will need an additional $1,017,000,000
to ring their income to I
the G per cent, basis provided in the
transpcrtaton act.
Through the Association of Rail-1
way executives the roads proposed j
to the interstate commerce commission
today that this sum be realized j
through increased freight charges, |
leaving the passenger rates at the
present level.
The advances in freight rates pro- \
posed were:
Eastern roads 30.4 per cent to i
.
yield an advance in all revenues of
21.1 per cent of $544,000,000.
aoumern roaas ou.y ptu ma uj
provide a 20.7 per cent larger revenue.
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Western roads 23.9 per cent to ad-j
vance all revenues 17 per cent.
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Presentation df the figures marked i
the formal opening of the railroad
rate cases. While detailed statements
submitted to the commission
today covered only the Eastern lines, j
estimates of the needed increase of j
the Western and Southern groups accompanied
the initial suggestions ^up-!
in which the commission is to de-l
termine an entire new rate structure, j
The rate figures of the Eastern
lines embracing 144 systems, terminal
and switching companies, were
^laid before the commission by
Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio and chairman of
the executive rate committee for the
Eastern territory. Similar statements
showing the requirments of the Western
and Southern carriers will be
supplied the commission in a few
days. The analysis of conditions, the
t?ol ofmricViin rtf nnoro fin or ovnon cdc
AV?WV1V11^1U|/ V* V|/V VA^VllUVU j
and revenues and the questions of
refinancing are largely the same in
each case and the representations
of the Eastern lines were said to indicate
.the questions with which the
commission will deal in establishing
the Western and Southern rates.
Net income of all of the country's
rauroaas ien irom $i,uj>t>,uuu,uuu
in 1916 to $510,000,000 last year,
the railroads claim, while their investment
was increased more than
$2,000,000,000. These figures were
given to serve as a basis from which
the commission could work in de
veloping a scale of rates to meet the
, government guaranty.
An estimated valuation of $20,-1
016,000,000 was placed on the trans-1
' portation system of the country by
Mr. Willard. While there has been an
increase in nneratincr pvnonep? nf
99.1 per cent since 1916 the roads'
basis of revenues for the same period
has been increased only 36.37 per
cent, the executive's statement declared
and the operating expenses of
the lines now are 99 per cent, of the
revenues against 68 per cent n 1916.
POODLES AND PARROTS
GIVEN AT PARIS PARTY
n _ >jt a tt i
jrans, i?ay 4.?unusual presents,
were distriuted at a party given by
' Mrs. Ralph Hickey, just back from
Monte Carlo. The gifts included
# champion poodles and parrots abfe to
"speak" three languages, also rare
rugs which Mrs. Hickey herself
brought back from the Orient last
year.
WILL BRING BACK DODGES
Eakin McCord and Andrew Mabry
of Hodges left this week for Detroit
to bring back'Dodge cars for E. H.
Longshore.
J. L. Mcllwaine and T. A. Putnam
of Due West, will leave Saturday
for Detroit to bring back cars.
JOHNSON DEFEATS
HERBERT HOOVEF
Wood Holds Lead in Indiana Race?
Lowden is Next?Governor of
Ohio Third?Hoover Headquarters
Concede Loss of
California
San Francisco, May 4.?Ralph P
Merritt, campaign manager of thf
Hoover-Republican Club of Califorj
nia, tonight conceded the election oi
j the Senator Johnson group of Re
I uublican delegates to the national
| convention.
"Lik? good sportsmen,, we concedo
the victory and congratulate the
winner," he said.
San Francisco, May 4.?The group
of delegates pledged to support Senator
Hiram Johnson for the presidency
at the Republican national
convention at Chicago led the Herbert
Hoover group on the same
ballot tonight from 7G2 completed
precincts out of 5,729 iin the state.
The vote showed: Johnson group,
.~>0,99l?j.Hoover group, o4,917.
Indianapolis, May 4.?Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood has a lead of more
'than 4,000 votes in the contest for
the Indiana Republican presidential
preference vote when 1,001 out of
ii.-'JS" products in the state-wide primary
had been tabulated tonight.
These returns were gathered from
82 of the 92 counties in the state.
enator jonnson was running seconu
with Governor Lowden third and
Senator tlarding of Ohio fourth. The;
vote for the 1,001 precincts was,
Wood, 24,671; Johnson, 20,538; Lowden,
11,250; Harding, 3,172; showing
Wood's nlurality to be 4,133.
Unless one of the candates obtains
a majority of votes cast, Indiana's
delegation to the Republican national
convention in Chicago will go without
instruction unless instructed by
the state convention. There were no
candidates for the Democratic presidential
preference. ,
Herbert Carison, Indianapolis, apparently
had a plurality in the race
for the Democratic nomination f<^r
governor..
Warren T. McCray of Kentland
had commanding lead for the Republican
nomination for governor.
Indianapolis, May 4.?The loturns
? i roo * i._ j. -? o oor? ._
irom l9do& precincts out* ux o,oo< in
Indiana for Republican presidential
preference give: Wood 37,248; T?>hnson
30,467; Lowden 17,302; Harding
9,225.
NINE STOWAWAYS ARE
BROUGHT IN BY LINER
New York, May 4.?All records
for trans-Atlantic stowaways were
broken here Tuesday when the
French line steamphip Leopoldina
arrived from Havre with nine aboard
?two Aremnians, two Maltess, one
French, one Polish, one German, one
Spanish and one Portuguow.
They were sent to Ellis Island.
HEAD OF CHESTER SCHOOLS
Chester, May 4.?Prof. M. E.
Brockman,' at present and for ths
past seven years, principal of the
Greenville High School, has been
elected superintendent of the Chester
public schools to succeed Prof.
W. H. McNairy, resigned.
ATTENDING THE REUNION
Mr. R. M. Haddon went down to
Sumter Tuesday and will attend the
reunion of Confederate veterans
now in session. Mrs. J. D. Fulp accompanied
Mr. Haddon and will visit
her brother during the reunion.
THE RICH THEY RIDE
Col. T. G. White" and Col. W. M.
Barnwell have invested in Buick cars
and ordinary people are having to
take considerable dust now as they
ride by.
INTEREST ON PAVING
LIENS DUE,MAY S
The semi-annual interest on rhe
ileferre 1 installment paviny; liens is
:!ue Thursday. About $2o00 will be
collected by the city at this time.
PROGRAM OF
MAY D/
4 : a < '
TO BE HELD FRIDAY AND SATU;
;[ BE ATHLETIC STUNTS, BASE
DISPLAY OF HOME TALEN
: BjABY CONTEST, MINS
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The program for the May Day Fes,
tival to be held at the 'Cotton Mill
i Friday and Saturday, May 7-8, appears
below. The features of the
program will be athletic stunts, base1
ball, May Pole Dance, baby contest j
display of Home Talent Work, for j
I tune telling and animal show.
There is a race for queen on, in
which fifty of the Abbeville Cotton
' Mill's prettiest girls have entered, i
j. The athletic stunts will begin at
I (J a. m. Saturday morning and conj
tinue until noon. A big parade will
I be held at 2 o'clock and will go thru
ill the main streets of the city.
The Cotton Mill band will furnish
i music for all the events,
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j The program follows:
Friday Afternoon?2:30.
BABY 'CONTEST
; I Inti jduction Miss Gossett
'II Contest Examining Babies
j ?By Dr. Hayne and his assisting
Nurse.
! Ill Free Picture On "Health"
JIV Lecture Dr. Hayne.
j V Talk Nurse
Friday Night
i 7:30 Band Concert
8:00 Exercise.
. QUEEN CONTEST j
I Crowning of ',May Queen"
?Mr. J. Foster Barnwell
i II Announcing the B&by Winner j
and awarding of prizes?Mr. J.'
Foster Barnwell.
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J III Special Program?
1. "Two Very Similar Twins"
Hazel Mullen and Dora Campbell. '
2. "The Wild Rose"?Harold Bell,
James Able, LeRoy Goins, Harry,
Stalnaker, Arthur McAble..
3. "Flower Queen Play"?Florence
| foweil, L?avis snen, iaa roweu,
Edna Boyd, Grace Link, Mazell
Taylor.
4. Dance?Davis Shell ? 4 yrs old.
5. Scene from "Uncle Tom's Log
Cabin." !
! 6. Duet "The Quarrel"
j Florence Powell and Edgar Clark.|
I 7. "Between the Bars"?Austin
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! CAMPAIGN AGAINST
MEXICO CITY NEXT
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' Rebels Will Advance to Torreon
i And There Launch Drive.?Victory
Was Bloodless.
Juraz, Mexico, May 4.?Through
j the bloodless revolution of Juraz'
j and capitulation of General Francisj
co Urbalejo and his Yaqui Indians at
| Casas Grandes, the Sonora revoluj
tionists today claimed virtual con!
trol of the state of Chihuahua and
1 that the way was paved for an un1
obstructed advance against Torreon
from where a campaign is to be
launched against Mexico City. ? j
j Events moved rapidly here yester|
day. At 2 o'clockk the garrison re|
volted and a popular celebration fol-|
| lowed. Federal officers unfavorable
ijto the revolution were superceded.1
.'Abel S. Rodriguez, former national
['senator, was named provisional govi
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. ernor.
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General Urbalejo, commanding
the last large body of Carranza |
troops in the state, joined the revolt
| ana pians were maue ior an imrae*
| diate advance through Chihuahua
,'upon the interior strongholds the
I Carranza government still holds. ,
With the capitulation of Juraez,'
I the revolutionists obtained control
} of the majority of customs houses
: through which hundreds of thous-'
j ands of dollars in revenue has been
: developed for the Mexican govern-1
! ment. \ j
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I (comparatively small Domes 01
j troops remained loyal to Carranza
at o'.' er border towns east of here.
THE
\Y FESTIVAL
RDAY?SPECIAL FEATURES TO
BALL, FORTUNE TELLING,
I
r WORK, MAY POLE DANCE,
rREL AND ANIMAL SHOW
Roche, Lelia Young, Gladys Brazeale,
Lillian Grubb, Nellie Grubb.
8. Selections Band.
Saturday?10 A. M.
ATHLETIC FIELD
200 yard dash Boys
Sack Race _ Boys
High Jump _ Boys
Peanut Race __ Girls
T* _ f \X7 ^ '
i uy 01 war Ull'lS
Broad Jump ^ Boys.
Hammer Throwing __ Men
Fat and Lean Race __ Men
100 yard dash Girls
Horse Shoe Throwing __ __ __ Menj
Saturday?2.00 O'clock
PARADE. i
I Horseback Riders?Mr. Barnwell
and Mr. Langley.
ii May Day Festival?White Float.
Ill Band?Abbe. Cotton Mill Band.
."V DomefHc Scionce Float
?Club Girls.
V. Pink Sunbonnet Babies?Float.
VI Chorus Float?Glee Club Girls.
VII Tennis Float?Athletic Girls.
VIII Minstrel Boys?Boy Scouts.
iX Tomato Club?Club Girls.
X "Queen's Float" "?"
XI Baby Car?Winners in Baby
Contest.
XIII "ACME'?Mill Newspaper float
XIII Surgeon's Float"?Miss Gossett
and Dr. Gambrell.
XIV Boys Bird Club-Bird Club Boys
XV Scene "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
/ ?Pickaninnies.
XVI Prize Wagon?Prizes from the
Stoers.
XVII Board of Selection
?A. C. M. Representatives.
XVHI Bicycle Riders Boys.
XIX Mother's Club Mothers.
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4:00 P. M.
I Fortune Telling ' "Gypsy"
II Band Concert?Abbey Mill Band.
TTT M.iv Pr>l^ Tiwl n:-i_
** ? * Wit AUU u i auc VXI1.10
(Mrs. Shelley.)
8:00 P. M.
Big Minstrel Show Boy Scouts
50 MILLIONS FARM
LOANS ARE TIED UP
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Litigation Over Validity of Act
Clogs Macinery?Banks Are
Making Time
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Washington, May 4?Farm loans
aggregating more than $50,000,000
have been held up by the litigation
over the validity of the farm loan
act, it developed today at the conference
of farm loan officials here, i
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A majority of the applications for
government aid had reached the
:age where only final approval was
needed to complete the transactions
when it became necessary for the
farm loan banks to suspend loan operations.
Other applications had
been handled bv the appraisers and (
purchasers of land thereby negotiated,
when funds available to the system
were exhausted, Commissioner
Lodbell said. f
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The general situation confronting
the loan banks and county associations
was described as "exceedingly
regretable," but Mr. Lodbell said the
boards hands were tied. As a result
of the forced inactivity, mos; of the
banks are skeletonizing their organizations
and marking time until a
court decision will permit the flotation
of a new issue of bonds, which
are "not clouded by litigation" to
supply funds.
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The conference probably will conclude
its session to morrow. A review
of the farm labor situation was
scheduled to be among the subjects
taken up before discussions end.
I DRY ENFORCEMENT !l
COSTS 88 MILLION
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i Congressman Cites Figures As To
Number of Stills Captured? I
Every Tree Violates Law
In Flow of Sap, f :j
He Says.
Washington, May 4.?Prohibition^
enforcement will cost $88,000,000
annually Representative Gallivan,
I democrat, Massachusetts, declared,
today in the house.
I There are more illicit stills now
than before prohibition became effective,
he said, adding that the bulk i
of Anti-Saloon League funds are1'
used to hire special agents to locate |
| stills. ',
"There were 2,00ff stills found in
Georgia in 1918," he declared. ^
"Blind tigers are now surrounded
by romance, if not respectability, t
Members cf congress could tell in- i
teresting interviews with bootleggers
woo nave been respectable citizens t
of the communities in which they 1
live. ' i
"During the year when prohibi- 1
^tion w'as young over 6,000 stills were
captured by prohibition inspectors t
and 300,000 gallons of moonshine, t
confiscated." i
Besides the stills raided in Geor- 1
*?i*. North. Carolina and Nebraska, *
Mr. Galliva^i said, 752 had been c
found in Alabama, 488 in SouthCarolina,
380 in Tennessee, 546 in t
Virginia, 121 in Kentucky, 191 in l
Florida; 40 in Michigan; 41 in Tex- <
ns and 40 in West Virginia. t
Control of congress and the presidential
election may be decided by r
the pi-ohibition question, Mr. Ualli- 1
van declared. 1
"You can no more settle the pro- 1
hibition question or keep it out of 1
.politics than you can sweep back the'^
ocean," said he.
"Every tea kettle and stew pan is ?
placed under suspicion since the Vol- t
stead act has become evective. It c
prohibits everything with more thanjt
e half of one per cent alcohol and'*
yet the sap of every tree flows in's
violation of that law." ?
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ROYAL ARCH BANQUET If
A banquet in honor of the con-!
fevring of the Royal Arch degree of j ^
twelve candidates was held Tuesday;
night in the Odd Fellows Hall by |
Hesperian Chapter No. 17, R. A. M.
About 75 Masons attended. There
were a number of distinguished visi-:
tors present, among whom were: J.j .
L. Mickic, of Darlington; Geo. T.!'
Bryan, of Greenville; Dr. W. E. Mc-j
1 c
Cord, Thomas Cothran, Kenneth j
Baker and D. A. G. Outz, of Green-j
wood.
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The hannnet. wa? served hv the!
Working Society of the Methodist
Church)
ANOTHER AMERICAN SLAIN 1
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El Paso, May 4.?Ralph Greenlawj ?
son of Eben Francis Greenlaw, of;*1
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Flagstaff, Ariz., who with another;'
son was killed by Mexicans near El 1
I
Oro, 125 miles from Mexico City,1
Sunday, was murdered Monday at
the same place, also by Mexicans, Jr
according to advices received here( :
tonight. 1
The information was received to- c
night by Joe Greenlaw of Flagstaff/
a third son of Eben Greenlaw, in aj^
telegram from his sister in the Ari-j
zona town. Further details were' !
lacking. The American consulate*
here had received no advices regard- c
ing the affair.
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ABBEVILLE LOSES c
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The Due West High School base-j
ball team defeated the Abbeville I v
High School team Tuesday on the >
Due West grounds by the score of, .
12 to 0. Errors on the part of the i
local team was partly responsible for| C
the one-sided score.
ATTEND REUNION.
The following veterans left this
week for Sumter to attend the
State Reunion U. C. V.: J. M. Gam?j
brell, C. A. Botts, T. C. Seal, I. ,V
Keller, H." W. Gordon and W. H.!
Howard. '* ,z
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1S0N WILL 10
KNOX RESOLUTION
OFFICIAL WORD FROM WHITE
HOUSE SAYS PEACE PLAN IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE TO PRESIDENT?WILL
MAKE QUESTION
CAMPAIGN ISSUE THIS FALL
Washington, May 4.?President
Wilson has definitely decided to veto
;he Knox resolution terminating the
,var with Germany and Austria.
This was learned officially at the
White House Tuesday.
The President will probably send
he treaty of Versailles back to the
Senate with his veto message.
Democratic leaders made a sudlen
change last night in their plans
"or action on the Kilox peace resoution
when it is called up in the
senate Wednesday,
Instead of instituting a filibuster
o delay action indefinitely, adminisration
supporters will make no seMrtllC.
f? -rmc.cr.~~ WTH-U
ivuo tv rr 11.11
his change it is believed the resoluion
can be passed with very little
lelay. '
Senator Underwood intimated it is
he President's wish to have the
esolution passed. The President is
mtirely willing, it is said, to face
he responsibility of vetoing.
The effect of this will be to pernit
the President to make an issue
r. the campaign of the peace resbution
as against the treaty. It is
inderstood he is confident of the
esult if the issue is presented to the
voters in this form.
The President's followers in the
Senate believe his attitude will tend
,o simplify the treaty issue in the
:ampaign, inasmuch as passage of
he resolution by the Republicans
vill practically commit the party to
traightout opposition to the treaty
ind the league of nations and detroy
all chance of the Republicans
ailing back upon an issue of the
reaty with reservations. .
:arranza loses
CTAlIwru CI IDPADT
kJ I n k/VA * A
Washington, May 4.?Gen. Pablo
ionzales, long regarded by Carranza
,s his staunchest supporter, has
clned in the revolution according
o advices today through official
hannels. He was a few miles east of
he Mexican capital yesterday in
cmmand of two regiments of fedral
troops and had severed both
ailitrair linos ov+^nHinO* f.rt Vera
Iruz. (
Another report received here thru
inofficial channels was that the high
nilitary officers whom Carranza
ummoned in council a few days ago,
lad supplemented their advice to
lim to resign, with an ultimatum fixng
May 15 as the limit for his tenire
of offijjfe.
The reported determination of the
nilitary group to force htm out of
>ffice would far, officials here ber*.A
4-r\ nnnmirt *. fnr the failure that
las been met by Carranza in getting
inder way any offensive campaign.
To date the revolution has aloved
orward without a battle and the retort
mentioning the ultimatum adled
that his military advisers were
letermined not to follow a course
!>at would inevitably involve the
ountry in a long struggle filled with
iono-ov nf fnreipn comDlications.
Mr. L. C. Parker, of Abbevilie,
i-as a guest of Mr. S. R. Parkeff
esterday.?Anderson Mail.
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May 40.75
July __ 38.47
Oct. - - - - - 36.35
Dcc. 35.60
Dec. - 35.60
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