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/ . ' / Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, Wednesday, May 12, 1920 Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. CAM'S FATE " STILL IN DOUBT. t r OVERTHROW OF GOVERNMENT c OFFICIALLY REPORTED?DIS- 1 I PATCHES FROM NAVAL OFFI CERS AND STATE DEPART- d MENT REPRESENTATIVES t CONTINUE REASSURING. c J Washington,. May 11.?Official re- ^ ports telling of the overthrow of s President Carranza of Mexico were q before President Wilson and his cabinet today but the new turn of events south of the border was understood to have been given only ^ passing attention. Dispatches from navy officers and state department representatives ' have all indicated thus far that assurances of protection to Americans p / and other foreigners had been given n by victorious leadeis' of the revolu- ( tionary forces, and there was noth- ? in? of an emergency nature in the ? situation, officials indicated that called for action by the Wsahington e government. j The question of recognition of the k new governments apparently in pro j y . cess of formation in Mexico may I arise soon. It was reported today that f plr.r.s for asking recognition were j f being pressed by revolutionary leaf'-1 c ers. No such request has yet 'beer ! s presented, however, and officials here' believe there must be Considerable c developments in IV^exico before it j could be forwai'ded i with reasonable r expectation of aceptance. E The fate of Carranza still remain-is ed in doubt.\Qfficial advices threw no ? light on his present whereabout?. He C was variously reported unofficially 1< as p. prisoner and as a fugitive after s escaping from the' hands of his cap- h tors. e TRIAL OF GOSNELL j WELL UNDER WAY j, ? i Greenville, May 11.?Charged with 0 the murder of Sheriff Hendrix RecV tor, on July 4, IClD, Jake Gosnell, ^ federal revenue agent, was placed on ^ tiial this morning: in the court of 0 general cessions which convened yesterday. The jury was secured by lio^n and afternoon session of the ^ court wis devoted to the beginning I , ? I b ol state testimony, it is generany expeced that the case will last until the ^ latter part of the week. The following jury was selected in ' the case: C. B. Martin, foreman; P. W. Shockley, Herman McManaway, t E. E. Gary, A. H. Wells, Frances J. Q Beatty, Sloan Black, T. D. Davis, J. j d M. Hughes, Robert Bailey, Charles . Manly, Lafayette Talley. The state at the outset introduced e as witnesses W. B. Kellar, friend of j Gosnell and eye witness of the kill- ^ ing and Dr. W. C. Black, who per-jo formed two autopsies upon Rector's ^ body. g OFF FOR TEXAS ! * I a * Dr. P. B. Carwile, of Cold Springs, ^ A. F. Carwile., of Level Land, Walter ^ W. Wilson, of Level Land, and T. Sloan Ellis of Due West, were here Tuesday to take the Seaboard on their way to Texas. They are leaving r for a three week's visit to relatives in n the Lone Star state. They will stop first at Marshall, Texas and visit Dr. ri. K. uarwile. irom tnere tney win * Iro to Dallas and visit W. L. Carwile. * Afterwards they expect to visit the r family of Mr. Jeff Carwile at Doug- * lasville and Mr. J. C. Wilson, of Atlanta, Texas. The Texas Carwiles are brothers 1 of the Messrs. Carwile of this county ^ and uncles of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ellis, J. C. Wilson is a brother of Mr. ? , Wilson of this county . x PROPERTY SOLD W. T. Cann bought a store, house and lot on South Main street from I ? G. -W. Godfrey; paying $3,500 for the i property,, the sale being made s through the Dixie Land Co. r *ON. J. HOWARD MOORE WILL MAKE RACE FOR SOLICITOR OF 8TH CIRCUIT! . j The Hon. J. Howard Moore, present' !tate senator from Abbeville Coun j y, has announced his intention of j aaking the race in the coming Demo-1 ratic primary for solicitor of thej 2ighth Circuit, opposing Homer S. Hackwell, present incumbent. Moore ' nd Blackwell are the only two canlidates for the office so far. The eighth circuit is composed of he counties of Abbeville, Laurens 1 IrSenwood and Newberry. Mr. f toore has a strong following in Ab-j >eville and Greenwood Counties and ^ hould run strong in Newberry | bounty. HONOR ROLL FOR APRIL J )f the City Schools For The Past Month?Only One More Month j Of School Term. First Grade: William Cheatham, 'rank Dawson, Mary Maxwell, Marlie Reese, Dale Welsh, Edwin McJuenr Eugenia Swetenburg, Bennie iVans, Walter Hagen, Manning Jauknight. Second Grade: Highly distinguishd: Martha Aiken, Florence Sprouse, ane Harrison, Frances Wosmans;y, Myer Poliakoff, William Martin, lelen Gambrell, Frank Denard. distinguished: Cassel Ferguson, John lie-hard Fulp, Mabry Miller, Ladson 'errin, Lucia McCord, Lillian Blanhett, Ovelle Gilliam, Frances Johnon, Ruth Mundy, Sara Tiddy. Third Grade: Highly distinguishd: Eleanor DuPre, Emily Morse, Lime Smith, Virginia Starnes, Hen y Power, William Dawson, Sara Ivans, Sara Smith, Edna White, am Shiver, Jr. Distinguished: Ithel Bowen, Lillian Coleman, Mary !halmers, Lennie Reynolds, Char>tte Reese, Alvin Wham, Sara Wilon, Archie Cheatham, Jack Sutherind, William Thomson. Fourth Grade: Highly Distinguishd: Mabel Bradley, Martha Calvert, ames D. Fulp, Jr. Distinguished: Jelle Flynn, John McMurray. Grade Four?Highly Distinguishd: Adair Aiken, Josephine Barnwell, Jean Milford, Estelle Lyon Iinnie E. Swetenburg, Joe Finley, lary Norwood Perrin. Distinguishd?Leon Ellis. ) Fifth Grade: Highly Distinguished: ohn Harrison, Lucy Thomson. Disinguished: Elizabeth Beeks, Elizaeth Corley, Francos Ferguson, Ana Jones, Margaret Stallings, James Jraves, Carol Shands. Sixth Grade: Highly distrnguishd: Elliott Coleman, Rachel Minhall, William P. Greene, Jr. Disinguished: Ellen Nabers, Stella leitz, James McCombs, Mary Barksale, Lavinia McCuen, Mary Stall ngs. Seventh Grade: Highly distinguishd: Frances Gilliam, Donaia Harris, udith Hill, Ellis Poliakoff, Jeanie Vhite, Virginia Wilson. Distinguished: Foster Barnwell, Louis Jristow, Sara Edwards, Madge Feruson, Estelle Gaston, Robert Linkk, Cathleen Lomax, Evelyn McAllister, lyrtle AlcMahan, Rayford McMillan, 'r.uline Russell, Gus Smith, George Vood. Eighth Grade: Highly distinguish!: Mary Shaw Gilliam, Elizabeth yon, Grace Milford. Distinguished Carolina Chalmers, Mary Jones, Aniie Mabry, Lucia Norris. Ninth Grade: Highly distinguishd: Addie Bowen, Ada Faulkner. )istinguished: Edwin Barksdale, ''red Minshall, Celia Chalmers, Maia Neuffer, Elizabeth Thomson, tuth Coleman. Tenth Grade: Highly distinguishd: Elizabeth Gambrell, Mary White, * | TqI Mnnro TWcf ? norlmaViorl TTolpn Tilford, Annie Wilson. Eleventh Grade:?Highly distin-' fished: Victoria Howie, Gwen Bris-1 ow, Mary Greene. I AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ! i There will be preaching at the Vesbyterian Church Sunday morn-, ng at 11 o'clock. A supply has been | eeured from the Theological Semi-| lary in Columbia. RED CROSS DONATES $1,000 FOR HOSPH Mrs. Coleman, Home Service Se tary Resigns?$1200 Still in Treasury?Miss Ellis is in Charge of Work An open meeting of the local cl ter American Red Cross was 1 'Monday afternoon in the Ked C rooms over Mrs. Cochran's st Less than a dozen members v rvrocorit vpf the meeting Tasted ( r.vwv..v J two hours. Miss Elizabeth Ellis, of the field secretaries from the lanta office was present. Dr. G. A. Neuffer, president of Abbeville chapter, presided and nounced that such business woulc transacted as came berore tne m ing. Mr. J. S. Cochran, chairmar the home service, section, annour that he wished to present the re nation of Mrs. T. Coleman secretary of the home service sect The letter of resignation from I Coleman was read before the m ing by Mrs. C. C. Gambrell and w/as moved and carried tiiat I Coleman's resignation be accept Following this, upon motion o: S. Morse it was decided to' do a\ or discontinue the home service tion of the Red Cross work. A approximately an hour's discuss pro and con, the motion prevallet The treasurer announced 1 seme $2250 remained in the tr ury and that less than $100 of < standing ljills remained unp Again Mr. Morse moved that chapter donate $1000 of this mo to endow a sterilizer room in County Memorial Hospital. This tion, after being seconded, was s jected to multitudinous discuss but finally prevailed. Di\ C. C. Gam'urell advocated appointment of a committee of members to Handle any emerge cases that may occur, to-look into i i *T J r _ _.L _ 1-1: _ ; _ u ~ aavisaDimy 01 esiaousnuig a ne center for the County, and to att to the minor details which may a in the future. This motion also carried. A vote of thanks to the Civic 1 gue for the use of the furniture the rooms was taken, which, car unanimously. Miss Ellis announced that would probably remain in ADDe^ until June 1 to complete the w ing up of the business already ur way in the home service suction. No motion was offered as to v is to be done with the remaii $1200 in the treasury. STILL BUYING AND SELLtt Albert Henry, Dr. J. C. Hill anc H. Hill have purchased six resider on the street leading1 from Seabo Depot along the park on Cothi'i branch, to Pinckney street, wl they will improve immcJInt* " v offer to prospective purchasers tenants. The dema-rJ for houses Abbeville is unprecer!entedly gr but the real estate men arc leer ineir eyes nj)en twiu ur.ii.i;.- . those who want hemes- - r : themselves. SELECTED HOUSE PRESIDE? It 5 be of interest to the m friends Miss Erlna Bradley know of the honor that has been c ferred upon her at Brenau Coll Conservatory, Gainesville, Geor Miss Bradley has been elected Ho President of Yonah Hall, and virtue of this office becomes a m bei of the Student Executive Co cil. This is a tribute of love and teem from her fellow students, Miss Bradley is to be congratula on having won for herself such honor in her college. OUR FINE STORES Mrs. Lena Dickson, of Brown and Mrs. S. J. Wakefield, of An ville. were here Tuesday shopping the fine stores kept by Abbe\ merchants/ The display of millir and fine dress poods, and the reu o-wear garments being sold by beville merchants are attracting '"tition all over the Piedmo/it, br; ing customers from far-away poi i MEMORIAL EXERCISES rAL SATURDAY MORNING ere- Of Heroes of Both the War Between i j the States and the World War ?Splendid Program Being Arranged. lap- The exercises in honor of the dead leld | heroes of both the War Between the ross States and of the Woi\d War will ore. be held on the public square Saturpere day morning at eleven o'clock. It is jver hoped that Major Henry Tillman of one Greenwood will be present to make At- the address. There will be special ! music, arranged by Mrs. J. F. Bradthe ley and Mrs. J. D. Fulp, during the an- exercises and several patriotic songs 1 be vrill be sung by the school children, eet- A laurel wreath for the -departed i of Confederate soldiers and one for the iced American soldiers who gave their isig- all in the World War will be placed as at the base of the monument on the ion. square. Mrs. At the conclusion Of these exereet cises the graves of the soldiers burit ied in the city will be decorated. Urs. A specially prepared dinner will ed. be served the Confederate veterans f J. at the Eureka hotel at 12:30 o'clock. fay, sec. ALABAMA VOTES fter FOR UNDERWOOD ' Biymingham, Ala., May 11.?Sena' tor Oscar W. Underwood has a sub ii lau ? stantial lead for the nomination to eas..'.ccL-cd himself and Representative . 7 Heflin was running n nock an i ncc!; cliCl. ^ race with (.'apt. Frank \yiute for the n '.nlnation to the short term senatorship in the state primary today, ;>c^ cording to incomuletc. unofficial remo turns gathered late tonight by the ; Birmingham Age-Heral'.i. Available figures at midnight indithe cri-f>(!' accrv:'in? to the A?*e-I-Ierald _ that Underwood was drawing foidinve " !y away from his opponents and that ncy the ' e ! 0Jta'nLn' substantial leads in alth - I<mtS?mepy. Birmingham and ' Moend ^c'Pre3entat,ve Heflin's advanrlse ta^e was sma^er- Only a few hunwas flrecJ votes seParatin? from Capt. Frank White. Lloyd M. Hooper, campaign manaJCd" ger for* Senator Undenvood, declared ^ ^ the latter would have a majority of 40,000. Musgrove supporters, how. ever, refuse to concede debate and she /ille c^a'me(* their candidate regain the ind frroun^ with the receipt of later d r -'etlirr In the short term contest all can. , 'lidat'*. with the e::"eotion of Rushrhat , . . on were claiming victcrv. nng ' NEW TEACHERS ASSIGNED ! Among the new teachers for next session in the city schools, Miss Re* D. becca Jones, daughter of County ices ^Treasurer Jones, will have a section 'ai'd if the third grade vice Miss Annie in s Gantt, resigned. Miss Clara Adams lic}l has been transferred from the fourth and T-rade work and will have one of the or 'irst grade sections for the 1920in 1021 session. Miss Harriet Coan, of eat, Winnsboro, will teach a second grade ,:n3 r.ection. f - .ATTEND BAPTIST CONVENTION The following Baptists left here J i'T ; Tuesday for Washington to attend] the Southern Baptist Convention.-J any leaving on a special Seaboard train: to i The Rev. and Mrs. Louis J. Bris:on-jtow, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stark. W. D. ege | Barksdale, Mrs. Richard Sondley, C. gia. jN\ Norris, J. R. McGee, Due West; j iuscjDv. Farrow, of Calhoun Falls. by orn_| AT BAPTIST CHURCH I The Rev. H. W. Provence, of 6S; Greenville, will preach in the BapI tist Church next Sunday morning. I | Doctor Provence is a member of the J i faculty of Furman University, and is j well and favorable known in the ! South. . BIG RISE IN VALUE lt>e. ^re"| Mike Kustos sold Wednesday aftei-' r 'n i noon the property on Washington j rille J streetj bought less than a year ago ievyj for $4,500, to Dr. S. G. Thomson for l(,y-'*12,500. A U I AU" at- The vital statistics report for intr- Abbeville for the month of April nts. shows 6 deaths and 14 births. DISCUSSION OF SURPLUS CAUSES WARM DISCUSSION AT THE A. R. P. SYNOD I j The Rev. M. R. rlaxco and Dr. C. I H. McMurray returned Monday from the meeting of the A. R. P. Synod at ! Gastonia, N. C. One of the interest' ing developments of the meeting was I the request of Rev. J. G. Dale, for ' many years missionary to Mexico, to ' withdraw the Mexican mission be cause of the unsettled condition of the country. Dr. McMurray said that it was the sentiment of the Synod to ' take such action, but that the matter was referred to a committee for ' action. Another question of importance | that was taken up at the Synod was i'the matter of the apportionment of the $250,000 surplus. $500,000 was! raised in the recent drive for funds! i ! ' in the A. R. P. Church, or twice as j much as was asked for. $250,000 had! j been apportioned to definite causes! and other causes wanted to get in on | the surplus, leaving little of the sur. plus to the original causes. The ! fight was mrfcle over this and "waxed | quite warm," said L>r. McMurray. !t vt~ finally loft to a committee '.o investigate and report. A movement was started to move trip Thoolnfir;;! spnifnarv. lnnsitpd ns an adjunct to Due West Ct)11e<re, bu^ nothing definite was ('one about t'he matter. PICTURES FOR SCHOOL ANNUAL BEING MAD* F. S. Hays, the local photographer, spent Tuesday morning at the schools making pictures . of the athifttic teams, Proper Gander staff, oicycle brigade, children at play on the playground equipment and views of the school children in assembly for the vhool annual which is to be .published in June. ' Each of the 1920 class, nrne young ladies and one young man, wili have the distinction of appearing in half tone twice in the annual. One of ..these portraits will be a reproduction of their first photographs as a baby. It is rumored that tne only baby portrait of one of the young ladies is of extremely high art, one of those baby-t'aking-her-bath-in-a-basin affairs which will not detract from the sale of the annual at all. j Several of the old views of Abbe; ville owned by J. A. Hill have been ! loaned the staff for reproduction In ' this annual. These pictures are extremely valuable and well worth the I price of the annual themselves. I THE GREENVILLE STREET WAYj Col. C. E. Williamson made enough J on "dog-tail" cotton the past season j to get into partnership with the' Greeville street boys in the purchase! of a baseball mitt. The purchase was J completed Monday afternoon, Col. Williamson contributed $2.00, Jack) Bradley. Hugh Bradley, Foater Barn-! well and Bill Greene fifty cents each, j .tf.ill sold enough copies of the Press and Banner to put him across, while j the other ooys already had theirs.; The purchasers promise to give usj some lessons in fine pitching and | receiving on the hot afternoons' which are to come. ACCEPTS CALL AS PASTOR OF LONG CANE ! CONGREGATION , I The Rev. George M. Telford, of; Pizgah, Ky., has accepted the call] made to him by the Long Cane Pres-j byterian Church and .will come toj this city to live some time in June. I The manse on North Main street will j be repainted and repaired at once | for the occupation of himself and ' I family. REPORT OF POLICE CHIEF The report of Chief of Police Johnson for April was filed with City i Clerk Perrin Wednesday. It showed I 70 rtocop +?MQfI rltivinrr fhn mnntli nnr? I fines to the amount of $337.50 col-1 lected. Disorderly cases and violation of the auto ordinance predominated. There were a few drunks and some "?ees of petty larceny. RADICALS LOSE IN FIRST TEST . "RED FLAG" SOCIALISTS MEET DEFEAT?SOME BITTER DEBATE?HILLQUIT AND ENGDAHL CLASH IN SPEECHES AS THEY SPEAK FOR OPPOSING FACTIONS. New York, May 11.?The "red flag internationalists" of the Socialist party of America went down to their first real defeat in the party's national convention here today. By the decisive vote of 103 to 33 the convention crushed a "radical declaration of prinicples submitted by the delegation from Illinois which provided for the dictatorship of the pioletariat" and limitation of citizenship throughout the United States. Z?ittcr:iess of invective marked the caxion woujci mciuue sKetcnes ui Abbeville, pictures of historical interest and data concerning the city, such as census figures, directory of officials, etc., as would be of general interest. This matter will be taken up at the regular meeting of the council weanesaay nignt. The contract for the new paving was let to the Southern Paving Construction Co., Wednesday afternoon by council at a ten percent, increase over the price paid for the present paving. It is very probably that the side streets will be of concrete, instead of asphalt. \ COTTON MARKET. Spot 43.00 May 40.42 July ? ? 38.15 Oct. 35.93 ' Dec. 35.04 Jan. 34.31 cay?long debate between the "conservative" forces of Morris Hillquit of >*ew York and the "radicals" led by -J. Louis Engdahl of Chicago. "You are afraid of the dictatorhin of the proletariat," shouted Zngdahl in closing the debate on the Illinois measure. "Yet you have the dictatorship of Palmer. Wilson and ?uricion. You can't fool anybody by phrases, nor can you fool anybody with the decorations of this convention hali, the American flag, the flag . > of Wall street and the dictatorship of Wilson. "There is only one road to victory. There^is only one flap:, the red flag cf international socialism. We can do x nothing better than align ourselves with our comrades in Russian, Italy and everywhere else where they believe in international socialism." James O'Neal of Brooklyn, arguing , for the victorious Hillquit "conservative" platform bitterly arraigned the -.vor.'l ("dictatorship." CITY COUNCIL REJECTS BID FOR PAVING BONDS TUn fSft* mof in cnPf*ia1 sesion Wednesday afternoon to pass on bids for the new paving bond issue of $90,000, only one firm, J. H. Hilsman and Co., of Atlanta, making a bid. This bid was 92 for 30 year bonds and 90 for 20 year bonds and was rejected by council on motion of Alderman Henry. A > representative of the J. H. Hilsman Co., aneared before council and said that his firm, was not enthusiastic about making: a bid for any city bonds since the bond market was in such an unsettled state, but that he would make a bid. But his bid was so low that council rejected it without discussion. Major J. D. Fulp, superintendent of the Public Schools, appeared before the council and asked aid of the city in getting out an Annual of the City Schools. He said that the publi