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* * . J ' X / Abbeville Press and Banner Fstablished 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Friday, May 7, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. CARM10 FIGHT," , FOR PRESIDENCY! th< 1 ~ th( REFUSES TO CONSIDER ABDI-jpn CATION OF OFFICE?ELEC- Scl - Ca TION CANNOT BE HELD?OF- j ^ F1CE WILL BE TURNED OVER an ' ONLY TO LEGALLY NAMED ,<qu SUCCESSOR |pr( if" Mexico Mav 6.?Refusal to aban-jui don the residency in face of the men-1 v ace of rebellion featured a manifes-jdei to issued yesterday on the occasion da of the national holiday by President ' Carranza. ; b^ The president announced that he w' would fight to finish to put down the j foi rebellion and that he would not turn over the presidency to anyone except j a legally elected successor. He enun-11 J ciated the prfniciple of .the elimina- Ba tion of the coup d'etat from Mexican II politics, asserting that the presidency Al must not be a prize for military lead- ' Ja ers. j. . V- I" In the manifesto President Carran- "E za declared it would be impossible to hold the presidential elections which Dc had been set !for July 4. Also he IV -- - ... V I XT. traced the events in Mexico, wmcn; he charged represented a plot by the v followers of General Obregon to gain Rc the presidency by means of violence. Lil El Paso, May 6.?President Car- Le ranza was scheduled to leave Mexico VI City for Vera Cruz some time today VI according to a telegram received Izj from Nogales, Ariz., tonight by La ta> Patria, a Spanish language news- VI paper published here. The message was signed by A. Al- IX ' . mada, head of the revolutionists' de- da , partment of information and propaganda at Nogales. -? * In view of reports received earlier XI in the day that the railroad service j from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, had j 1 pawo A nnKfc WPTP , Deen suspeuuou, ovmt expressed here as to the probability! that the Mexican chief executive had j been able to depart. It was pointed j ^ out, however, that as a result of the i ? i Sa critical situation of the federal government, a special effort might have ^ been made to run a special train for! ^ President Carranza. ! _ j Br NO FUND FOR HOOVER j H< , . . I Fa Primaries Fail to Effect Attitude' Toward Nomination | i N^w York, May 6.?Herbert Hoov-j er, candidate for the Republican I presidential nomination in a'state-J ment issued here tonight, declared II his attitude toward the nomination' II] was not changed by the California IV primaries and that he will not organ-; ize a campaign nor have my support-J V. ers raised a great campaign fund VJ and then mortgaged my soul in ad-' V] vance in order to attain that elec- V] tion. . i IX "T believe that the oeople have a X right to elect their President without X] having some one put over on them,", he said. "I have-certain definite idea3 X] regarding economic, social and inter- XI national . problems. * I believe that these ideas are, in many ways, in ac- X] cord with the ideas of the great ma- X' jority of American citizens. "I can only repeat what I have^X1 said before" he added, "and that is that I have never had any personal X' ambition in this thing. My interest is only that of any other citizen who x wants to see the government reflect x the spirit of its people." GOING TO WASHINGTON j Jj The following .Abbeville people'** will leave Tuesday for Washington j to attend the Southern Baptist Con- g vention. The S. A. L. will run a j special train for the accommodation ^ of those who are attending the convention. A special rate has been of- J fered for the trip. Tickets will be good for 30 days. G Those who will make the trip are w Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stark, The Rev. tc I and Mrs. Louis J. Bristpw, W. D., T Barksdale, Mrs. H. A Benton, W. E. ' Hill and Mrs. Richard Sondley. o! t S / IOGRAM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT OF FESTIVAL ' AT THE COTTON MILL Much interest is being, shown in 2 May Day festival which began al 2 Cotton Mill this afternoon. The ogram tonight will be given by the 100I children and the Abbeville tton Mill Band will furnish music feature of the program will be the nounownent of the winner in the een contest. Saturday morning the athletic ogram will be given. This includes ;ak contests of all kinds, broa^ mp, hammer throwing and races. The big pafade with handsomely corated floats will be held Satury afternoon. At 3 o'clock the Cotton Mill base11 team and the Ware Shoals team tl play. Thi3 promises to be hard ught match. The program for Friday night Hows: Band Concert Abbeville Cotton ,nd. "The Wild Rose"?Arthur Mc>le, LeRoy Goings, Harold Bell mes Able and Harry^Stalnaker. [ "Flower Queen Play" and >ance".?Florence Powell, Ida well, Edna Bond, Grace Link ris Shell and Mozell Taylor. "Two Very similar * Twins ? izel Mullin and Dora Campbell. "Between the Bars"?Austir iche, Gladys Brazeal, Nellie Grubb iiian Grubb, Christina Willis and lia Young. Selection from Band. I Madam Flozari and Professoi sy Cervones, the greatest enter:ners on the Festival Circuit., II Duet "The Quarrel' Florence Powell and Edgar Clark Announcements read for Satury Program. , Awarding of Prizes to Baby Win rs by Mr. Barnwell. Crowning of the May Queen bj ijor Fulp. ( ? XII Selection from Band. Saturday?10 A. M. ATHLETIC FIELD 0 yard dash Boy: ck Race ; Boy: gh Jump ? ? _ Boy: anut Race -- Girl ig of War Girl: oad Jump ? ? ? Boys immer Throwing Mei it and Lean Race Mei 0 yard dash Girl >rse Shoe Throwing Mei Saturday?2.00 O'clock PARADE. Horseback Riders?Mr. Barnwel and Mr. Langley. May Day Festival?White Float [ Band?Abbe. Cotton Mill Band Domestic Science Float ?^1UD uiris Pink Sunbonnet Babies?Float [ ' Chorus Float?Glee Club Girls [I Tennis Float?Athletic Girls [II Minstrel Boys?Boy Scouts ! Tomato Club?Club Girls. "Queen's Float" "?' [ Baby Car?Winners In Bab; Contest. [II "ACME'?Mill Newspaper floa [II Surgeon's Float"?Miss Gos sett and Dr. Gambrell. [V Boys Bird Club-Bird Club Boy V Scene "Uncle Tom's Cabin" ?Pickaninnies ITT Dt?I rrs\ WT OOAT Drlrrac frATM f ^ Stoers. ? VII Board of Selection ?A. C. M. Representatives VIII Bicycle Riders Boys [X Mother's Club Mothers 4:00 P. M. Fortune Telling "Gypsy Band Concert?Abbe. Mill Band I May Pole?Tird Grade Girl (Mrs. Shelley. 8:00 P. M. ig Minstrel Show Boy Scout rOOD VICTORIOUS IN INDIANA PRIMAR' Indianapolis, Ind., May 6. Majo en. Leonard Wood carried Indian ith a plurality of 5,947 over Sens >r Hiram Johnson, of California, i aesday's Presidential preferentu mary, on the face of complete ui rficial returns. t k . STRIKE IN FRANCE TO HASTEN ACTIOr i Railroads Wili Be Reorganized A j Soon as Practicable?Plan May Furnish Probable Basis For Settlement of Strike Now in Progress !! Paris, May 6.?The strike of rail | way men, which has now extended ti 1 i the miners and dockers and to th< ! j metal workers in the Paris district 1 with the threat of a possible genera ' j strike has caused the government ti ' hasten its promised plan of reorgani Li zation of the railroads as forecast ii ; the chamber of deputies on FebruaV; 24 last. 'j It is considered that this plan giving control of the transportatioi : systems to a committee represents 1 all interests will furnish the probabl 1 basis for a settlement of the strike j which is a continuation of the Ma; :, day demonstration with nationaliza : tion of the railroads as its chief ob 1 ject. I/nofficial details of the govern ' itnent's project show that it provide >;for a controlling council composed o j delegates representing the technica ' j and administrative personnel of th ^railroads, the workmen, chambers o > | commerce, parliament and the gov erriment. Under the plan this counci " j would have authority to order im I provementc and if necessary have th 1 work done at the expense ^of th > companies. Theoretically the com ' panies would retain and operate thei properties, but they would merely b managers. One of the most striking ideas i ' that of compensation, which unde the scheme would be based upon th mileage of cars and tons moved b; the roads so that their interest would be markedly in the directioi of full efficiency of equipment an *! rapid movement of freight. | Money for financing improvement r j is expected to be fou'hd through th government's guarantee of railwa bonds, although'whether the mone 6hould be raised by each compan separately or by joint action throug the controlling council is said to b not yet determined. This propose^ i law.is before the companies and it i J i expected they will have their com i ments or answers ready soon. ! Premier Millerand, when thfe rail I road men announced nationalizatio 'I of the roads as their strike program i declared that the reorganizatio I measure would be presented to th I chamber of deputies when it recoil vciico vii xTxajr u ? NEXT SUNDAY WILL BE 1 KNOWN AS MOTHER'S DA1 Columbia, May 5.?Next Sundaj I -? 'I I. the 9th., is Mother's Day and all ove ! America the day will be obesrved i i; honor of Mother. Flowers will b Jworn at tokens of love for the "bes i,1 woman on earth." A red rose will b i.'worn in honor of the living mothe and a white rose for the mo\her wh j has passed into the land where ther is no stain. y Mother's Day has come to be n r.r | tional day and the government re^ t ognizes it. Newton D. Baker, seer: ^ tary of war has issued orders to th j army regarding the observance o 3 Mother's Day. The secretary's ordei i state that "It is the desire of th !. | secretary of war" that each soldie e write to his mother on. that day, "a | an expression of the love and revei i ence we owe to the mothers of ou country." i.1 In many parts of South Carolin s.1 there will be special religious exei ! cises in churches and schools in hor ak r\ TVT AX i VI V.L lUUbilCli L-.' . 3; WILSON AND CABINET \! CONFER; TALK SECRE I I V Washington, Mav 4.?Presider IS Wilson met with his cabinet for a ' hour and a half this afternoon. Xon y of the members of the cal^net woul j discuss the meeting. Tt is understoo r the Mexican situation was thorougl a ly discussed. Secretary of Stal i- Colby refused to comment. Secretai n rf the Navy Daniels said the siti d ation with regard to the dispatch c the naval vessels to Mexico ,was ui changed. PRESIDENTS WIFE M DECLINES GIFT l * No Hat For Madame Deschanel? Ambassador Jusserand Writes American Milliners That Present Must Be Rejected "j New York, May 6.-?President Des0 i chanel of France has refused to perp ! mit Mme. Deschanel to accept the '' < ? 5,000 hat offered her by 3,000 AI merican milliners for her indorseD; j. _* j_i_ _ u* j? mi? I mem 01 me iour seasons 101 miin"! nery." 11 This was announced today at the j convention here of the Millir^ry Job'.Jbers' association when a letter was 'jread from Ambassador Jusserand de| dining the American creation made ? | from materials supplied by each of e I the 48 states and 'decorated with '' | nine paradise plumes, each costing ^ $500. , ~ j The ambassadorial letter addressed "i to Henry S. Bernard, president of the i association read: ~ | "I am instructed by the president 81 of the republic to inform you that he * sincerely appreciates the motives of your offer, on behalf of- American e milliners. Since it is not possible for Mme. Deschanel to receive, under " j such conditions any gift of value, the ^ j president begs you not to realize " | your intention for which he begs me, e however, to tender you ' his sincere ej thanks." v 1_l Hardly had reading of this letter r! ended when the milliners were read a e cable from the Society for the Improvement of Millinery Art in 3 France, giving "14 points" why Mme. r Deschanel should not accept the gift, e y SUFFRAGE FIGHT s ON IN DELEWARE n ? Anthony Amendment Ratified By Senate?Houae Will Act Soon I Dover, Del., May 6.?Suffrage was v j revived in Deleware today when the * | state senate passed a ratification bill, 111 to 6. y I - \ hj After rejecting a substitute offered by Senator Gormley, Democrat, of P ^ Wilmington, providing for a referendum at the next election on the subs ject the senate adopted the resoluj tion of Senator Walker, Republican I | of Newcastle county, ratifying the Anthony suffrage amendment. Senators Brown and Palmer both [ I 'j >i Sussex county, were the only Ren | publicans who voted against ratificaQ II tion while Senator Price of Smyrna, 1 ! Kent county, was the only Democrat J to support the resolution. It is proposed to send the resoluy tion to .the house tomorrow where speedy action on it is expected. -Alalthough the lower branch of the legr i islature defeated a similar resolun! tion on April 1 by a vote of 22 tc e I y, suffrage leaders claim to have in>t | creased their strength sufficiently tt e|assure the concurrence of the house r I in the senate measure. I o, e | PUBLISHES HIS NEWSPAPER ON EXPENSIVE LETTER HEAD STOCK Knoxville, Tenn., May 5.?In coni sequence of its inability to secure 0 ' ' I newsprint paper, the London County I Record, of London. Tenn.. is beine ?? printed on letter-head bond this week purchased at 17 1-2 cents per pound, T or a little more than one-half cents s per sheet. The paper will print 3,000 copies. r DR. HAYNE IN TOWN a r- Dr. J. A. Hiyne, State Health Ofi ficer, arrived in Abbeville Fridaj i and was renewing acquaintances J among the doctors of the town. Dr, I Hayne will be one of the judges ir 1" I the baby contest at the Cotton Mil] ! tonight and will leave town, he say: I before the decision is announced. n . 41 j e MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES d . d | Confederate Memorial Day exei'i i cises will be observed here Saturday ;e,May 15. A full program will be pub y t lished in a issue of the Press and i-; Banner next week. >f The usual dinner will be served i- the veterans, there will be addresses I and a musical program. y ? SILVER MONEY WORTH MORE AND PAPER NOTHING SINCE FIRE A negro brought into the Planters Bank recently about 40 silver dollars in various states of fusion. His nmiCP Viar? hnrnorl molfino down a goodly portion of his hoarded wealth, which he had hidden away In a tin can. A few Of the silver dollars are ittle disfigured except for many peculiar pimples on tne Liber ty Lady's face, giving her the apj pearance of having some aread disi ease. Others in worse condition show j the lady with a bad case of dropsy .and others show hugh blisters on the face as though the lady was a real flesh and blood woman badly burned. The bank will send the money to the mint at Washington and receive j new silver dollars for old j Silver is now worth more unmlntj ed than with Uncle Sam's official dej signs thereon, which proclaims it I coin of the realm. But it is not adj vised that all who have silver hoardI td away play the part of the heathen | Chinee ,who'burned down his house, | which he had placed a live pig, in order to secure a succulenp morsel of roast pork. And as it is against the law to melt coins of any metal, it is not advisable to compound arin with infraction of Federal coinage laws. The negro also had sonjie papei : money in the tin box, but only a ! smell of burnt paper and a few j'ashes were left. HOUSING PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED i ; | Present Generation Must Accomplish j Task, Says Macon Secretary. j New Orleans, May 6.?"The wel ' fare and progress, the life of our na ' tion depends upon the solution oi the housing problem, and it must be | accomplished in our own day and , generation," declared F. Roger M^ilI ler, secretary of the Macon, Ga., Chamber of Commerce, at the 14th annual convention here today of the I Southern Commercial Secretaries. i1 "We havff ignored the , fact tha I the housing shortage hadHseen stead{ily developing for years prior to th ' var," said he. "We have overlooked ' he fundamental causes and the hu! man elements involved." i Thirty years ago, Mr. Miller "said, 1 the average was 110 families to 10C mes, while today the ratio is 12] , families for every 100 dwellings I While 20,000 new houses were built j in 1918, he declared 20 times that ! number were needed. i "In 1919," he added "70,000 new I dwellings were completed. Mean/hile weddings continue at the rate I of 1,040,000 a year." A net returi 1 o the pre-war average of 115 fami i lies for 100 homes would require th< ! uection of 3,340,000 dwellings, he i "We are no longer a nation oi J said. I ome owners," declared ^ie speaker j We are becoming a generation o] i Irifters, renters, floaters. What the i antry needs is a remedy. Mr Miller advanced the community hous^ ing corporation as something for the I next decade to accomplish, j | POLES WORKING TO DRIVE BOLSHEVIKI INTO CAMP London, May o.?Polish troops under General Pilsudski are engaged in a strategic attempt to force the bolshevik armies northward into the swampy region about Volhyick, according to a Central News dispatch from Helsingfors. At the same time pressure is ber, ing exerted in the Letitchev region 5 to gain conrol of the Dneister?Kief .J and the Balka?Proskurov railways i. this would seriously endanger the t, red rightf lank. It is believed, added 5 tho dispatch, the bolsheviki have | sufficient forces to frustrate the I Poles in this attempt. REAL ESTATE DEALS I ,! Charlie Janides has sold his farm | near the city to E. C. Horton foi !' $67.50 per acre. A house and lot near the hospital I. was bought by Albert Henry and W. > A. Calvert from Lina Hunter for ?2,! ooo. TELEPHONE CO. SOLD FOR $25,000 i BOUGHT BY E. W. GREGORY, GREENWOOD?KELLER STORE J i j SOLD FORx $15,000.?ANOTH,i ER STORE BRINGS $14,000.00? MR. BARNWELL BUYS FARM IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. The Abbeville Telephone Com pany was sold yesterday by W._ M. Barnwell to E. W Gregory, of Green- v wood, for the sum of $25,000. The ! sale was made through the Dixie ! Land Co. and R. S. Link. . The telephone company was es>( tablished in ISM and has been uni der the management of W. M. Barn- \ J .. well since it was first organized. The company opened up here in ij the rear of the presenc omces with , thirty phones. Mrs. W. E. . Owens l' was the first operator and the first [ >hone to put in was at the postoffice, ; R. S. Link, postmaster. J At present the company connects '550 subscribers and covers the town and practically all of the couqty. The office was moved into its presv ent quarters about 15 years ago and v -oon afterward long distance conr' nection was made. Mr. Gregory will take charge of j the company in the near future. Mr. Barnwell has not announced his 1; plans. ' The sale was made by an exchange ; of property, Mr. Gregory exchang- \ I ing a $40,000 plantation in Greenj wood County for the telephone com,1 pany and $15,000 in cash. Keller $tore Sold. I * 1 . ,i The store formerly occupied by I T/-11 T~> ? U?4i' MAiw KXT i ivener dius,, uut nu*v uwu^a'i wj [ the clothing store of J. M. Anderi son ,was sold Thursday by J. A. Hill Ito.Dr. S. G. Thomson for $15,000. Brings $14,000. The storeroom in the "PresS and J Banner BJodc," occup.':ni by S. J. j Link for a warehouse, was sold on J Thursday by the Abbeville Realty j Co. to Gordon White for $14,000. Mr. White also bought a lot near I the hospital for $750. (j The last three deals were made | through R. S. Link. 'j J . ;| TEST IN DELAWARE ;! WILL COME LATER j 'j Dover, Del., May 6.?Despite the j efforts Of anti-suffragists to force a J vote in the lower house of the. Dela11 ware legislature today on the resolu jtion to ratify the federal amendment ?! adjournment was taken until May 17 without any action on the meas f'ure. Suffrage leaders admitted they lack at least three votes to pass the . measure in the house at this time. l\ The refusal of the senate, which J | yesterday passed the measure, to .' message it to the house and the pre I sentation of the concurrent resolu5'tion from the upper branch calling for a ten days' recess created one of . the most spirited fights of the special session, charges being made that the delay was "for no other reason than . to buy, bribe and cajole members of the house into voting for suffrage." The charges were made by Representative McNabb, Democrat, of Wilmington, who declared that he I knew of at least one member of the house who had been approached. RED CROSS SOCIETY TO MEET ,1 I 1 The Abbeville County Chapter I American Red Cross will meet in the ! h,orae service office Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Members are urged ? to attend. COTTON MARKET. ! Spot 43.00 . May 40.10 July 38.03 , ' Oct:. 2R R7 Dec. 35.03 Jan. ? ? ? 34.50 " i i?J3f3J5J3MSI3M3J3M3I3I3f3ISISMSj3J3f3iSI5j3l