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\ 0 Abbeville Press and Banner Established 1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Wednesday, May 19, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. PALMER DELEGATES UNABLE 10 CONTROL SMITH AND WATSON MEN JOIN t HANDS IN GEORGIA?PAN. DEMONIUM BREAKS LpOSE WHEN AMERICAN FLAG AND WATSON BANNER TOUCH. Atlanta, May 18.?Resolutions expressing "unalterable opposition' to the league of nations covenant as brought back from Paris by President Wilson, advocating free speech, free press and local selfgoyernment and asking the repeal ' of all espionage, sedition and conscription laws passed during the war were adopted late tonight by the State Democratic Convention. The convention, meeting to elect delegates to the Democratic National Convention also went on record as opposed to compulsory military training and refused to "adopt resolutions approving Wilson's administration. These had .been offered late today and were presented again tonight by a minority report of the committee on resolutions. Faith in "Ancient Creed" The resolutions as adopted recorded opposition to the third term, reaffirmed the faith concerning the "ancient creed" of the Democratic party, instructed its delegates at San Francisco to vote as a unit and to support no candidate not in accord with the principles adopted by the convention. The majority report also recommended that the resolution approving and endorsing the Democratic administration under the leader- j ship of President Wilson, the treaty of Versailles and the league of nations covenant without reser-; vations be not passed. By agreement each side was al-i lowed thirty minutes to debate the question, at the conclusion of nrViir>Vi cnnvontinn apppntpri t.hp majority report by a vote of 206 to 175. Announcement of the result: ! brought a wild demonstration j Thomas E. Watson, one of ' the J candidates in the Georgia presi-; dent:?.l preference1 primary. Delegates Silent Delegates representing Attorney j General Palmer and United States j Senator Hoke Smith sat silen.t. The \ resolutions then \*ere adopted, 190 1-2 to 182 1-2, after which a recess was taken preparatory to takinc un the Question of electine delegates to San Francisco. Earlier in the session the Wat op and Smith forces had joined in Attorney General Palmer who held a plurality in the convention. Pan-! demonium reigned for a time as Watson supporters waved a huge American flag beside a ^banner bearing Watson's picture. "Sepaate that American flag from Tom Watson's picture," someone shout ed, and Watson men hurled offers . ,of personal combat at the speaker. CRASH IN CORN OF 7 1-4 CENTS A BUSHEL _ OCCURS IN CHICAGO Chicago, May IS.?Sensational breaks in the value of corn took place today. There was a general rush to sell, and a dearth of buyers. Juiy delivery, in which .trading was a genera! ru;-h to seli. and a dearth of buyers. Juiy delivery, in which trading was heaviest, underwent -.ui extreme fall of 7 1--1 cents ;> luishei. compared with y<-*slcrd:iy%; c!o.; . Iti(!i'"\t'ons of ';v>nv,.ei,.l st'ain. wi'.h talk of drastic measure- to end th' v\<!/,st r:'.i!'.viiv c??nrr* -1 . were the elref reasons aseri'-ed. \ >t /-n r rThe Rev. *:<y I! .r. ...v..' of the V T Cli-jr:-b !n . i will Dvic.c'h ; * Unir?i S'-'vic"*: r.i 4l*" ^'. csbyteriari '"hurch Smi'':"t ; MAYOR MARS REQUEST THAT POSTOFFICE BE KEPT OPEN ALL NIGHT I | | I In a letter to Congressman Fred H. Dominick, Mayor J. Moore Mars has taken up the question of keep; ing the local postoffice open all night, instead of closing the office, as has been the custom in the past, at 9 p. m. I Mayor Mars requests Dominick to tho mnttpv nn witVi fViP office department and see what can be done in the matter. The office at one time was kept open all night and was closed when it was reported to the department that vandals were mutilating the furniture in the lobby. Mrs. Rachel Minshall, postmaster, has -been approached on the matter ' and has assured Mayor Mars that she is entirely willing to keep the office open if the postoffice department so instructs. Mayor Mars letter to Congressman Dominick follows: May 17th, 1920. 1 Hon. Fred H. Dominick, Member of Congress, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I am writing to ask that you take up with the Postoffice Department and see if it can't be ari'anged that ! tVio r?nctr>ffino Viot-o Vio lo-ff nrtors nil night. As it is now it closes at nine o'clock P. M. and you can't get ih-. side to your lock box. The citizens of this city wish this and for this reason I am writing you in the matter. I don't tliink that there is another city in this State, if ! so, very few, that the outside door, j of the postoffice is closed at nine ; o'clock P. M. ; I don't see any necessity for the I closing at nine o'clock and will appreciate it if you will use ypur best efforts to have the door left open. } I With kind personal regards, Very truly yours, J. Moore Mars, Mayor. j PEACE RESOLUTION RECEIVED IN HOUSE Not Sent Immediately to Conference a* Expected?Not Considered for Time. Washington, May 18.?The peace 1 resolution, adopted by the senate Saturday was formally presented to the house today and laid on the ta,ble. ; | .Contrary to announced plans, it* was not sent immediately to conference but was considered informally | by the foreign affairs committee. I Chairman Pn-rfor arac +/* confer with senate leaders with the hope of agreeing upon some plan by j which the house could accept the I senate measure without a conference j Some members however, said they * | j preferred the house resolution. [ Before leaving here tonrght for j Pennsylvania, Chairman Poner an; nounced that he would not be able to arrange a meeting w?tb senat-3 leaders until Wednesday or Thursj day. MRS. MARGARET SYFAN DIES i Mrs. Margaret Syfan, 72 years of age, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. E. Cox, at stx o'clock Wednesday morning. Mrs. Syfan has been seriously ill for about a week and in bad health for a long while. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Cox. conducted by the Rev. C. *e?!e .of the Methodist ' lur ch, ii.ti-itv.ept v/i-i f<How" .'n Lonf* Cane t-. itf t": y. r'ic following will act a< ! : I. ('. Thomson, D:'. (!. K. ":C'\. I. \V. V. N'ick!- s. ? !. 15. Syfan, C. A. Hairier and Albert II^nr..-. Syv. \va< horn a:ui lived all of her lit';- in Abbeville county. She \v- ?V:i.ir::>cr of U?e Methodvt ' ! Jul was conspicuously activc . ... The" Put- V.Vt TTv !i s: i . ! : ' 1?< i :if ?! .. MEXICO LAYING PLANS |' TO AVOID POLITICAL WAR __ General Gonzalez' .Withdrawal From 1 Contest ror rresiaency ixegaraed as Indication of Peaceful Policy. Washington, May 18.?Pablo Gon-! zalez' withdrawal from the contest \ for the Presidency of Mexico, report- ^ ed to the St^te Department today, ] was regarded here as the best ind'- \ cation that leaders of the defacto' ] government desired to eliminate the j danger arising from political rivalry.' ; Further evidence of coordinate action was seen in the announcement \ that Manuel falaez, to whom oil pro-' . ducers have paid tribute for several . years, had been appointed chief of military operations in the State of ( Tamaulipas. 4 ' , Restoration of wire communication J with the Mexican capital brought; j from the American embassy long re-/( ports on the development. There was ; no word, however, as to the fate of Cafranza who has fled to the hills near Jalapa, with revolutionary on his trail. ' i The official advices were summar- i ized by the State Department as ( follows: - j Trains Are Returned. , j "The Mexico City press yesterday j announced that trains captured from ( Garranza were being brought to Mex- , ico City and that civilians Who re- f mained with the trains are uemg : given every protection.' The press ] stated that those who accompanied , C'arranza in his departure from the Meican capital are being pursued by the revolutionary cavalry. I j "A circular signed by Gen. Obre- j gon has been published, ordering a 1 military parade to embrace 30,000 1 men as participants, at Mexico City ; May 24, as a demonstrattion of allegiance to the provisional President to ^ be selected by the Mexican Congress t on that date. The press stated that c members of the Mexican diplomatic corps have been given fifteen days to declare their allegiance to tne new regime. BRITISH TRYING TO CONTROL WORLD OIL ' I State Department Report Transmit* c ted to Senate By President Wilson. t is Washington, May 18.?Great Britain's policy with reference to world petroleum supplies is reported to be ? excluding aliens from the control of t petroleum supplies within the em- t pire, and to endeavor to oscaln some * measure of control over oil proper-'.i ties in foreign countries, the Senate was informed today in a State De- < partment report transmitted by President Wilson. . i t TL _ ? ' i ?- ? I - xne report signed oy unaer-sec- 1 retary Frank L. Polk, was furnished * ir. response' to a resolution by Sena- t tor Gore, Democrat, Oklahoma, ask- a ing what disabilities were being im- i posed upon American exploitation of world oil resources by other countries. THOMPKINS RAMEY SICK Thompkins Ramey went to th? Pryor Hospital in Chester Sunday for medical treatment. An examination was made and an operation was ? deemed necessary. Mr. ltamey will t return home in a -day or two and la- : ter <ro to a hospital for the operation. "OUR CITIES WANT A. R. P. 5EMINARY r.c.T.ville, S ('., May IS"?Atlanta ; lotte. Columbia and Greenville, the < 'ics considered as the new . . : mi or the Ki'shi.ic Associate ...ill- j ie>!>.v:eriun i;ivi.logical - i ' v.* ;:1. West. . r.?Ivr l<> nunousicomcul I".-. W. M.-\u':.y. Tlv - ' :? !' ..;-:v!cn?!y ' "i Iv'sKinc Colic---, i he;i?l?'t! ??\* V. >' 'i ''."r. ' f..?.n Ml . !\'itil ;>i i.- i-. * 1 !i WE ARE LOST/ FINAL |; WORDS OF CARRANZA I Belived That Deposed Chief Plans Escape by . Sea?Labor Leader Of Mexico Arrives in Wash- j i ington " ! 1 | I Mexico City, May 18.?"We are <\ n 1U t" TUncn UOl/. UUUUUVf, fcCil UICIIICII . Ilicac vcre Carranza's final wofds be-1, 'ore his flight from the besieged i lain in the early afternoon of May , 14, while pausing momentarily be- j fore a crowd of terrified civilian refugees a few miles east of San j Marcos, accompanied by a few . p.timates and guarded by what the ] special dispatches term "a very , ynall cavalry force." J ( The fugitive Piesident crossed j the "narrow; valley through which i the Mexican railway passes, stop- i ped for a few moments to watch the Liberal revolutionary forces Dccupy the stalled trains, then disippeared among the mountains. Heading Northeast It is believed that Carranza is heading northeast toward the :oast by way of Cofre de Perote, LuitVi +V10 intonfinn nf hnnrrlino- fl steamer at some small port and escaping from the country. Judging from the list of captured officials and generals received SunJay at the headquarters in Mexico City of the Liberal revolutionary government, a few are accompany- . ng Cawanza. Among them are be'ieviever to be Luis Cabrera, secretary of the treasury; Gen. Juan Baragan,' chief of staff; Gen. Francisco Murguia, commander of :he train guards, Gen. Francisco, Urjiyzo, sub-secretary of war, and . fgnacio, sub-secretary of war, and , ifgnacio Bonillas, former ambassador | :c the United States. A motor truck load of gold coin, vhich the Carranza party attempted ;c> carry off, broke down, the soldiers \ >btaining the major part of it. j ( ; ^ ^RMY BILL DELAYED j 1 IN CONFERENCE ] Washington, May 18?Inability to ] igree on the reorganization plan of ] he national guard today caused a | leadlock between senate and house j :onferees that led to an appeal to z he house for instructions. A wran j!e in the house, however, delayed ac- j ion until tomorrow. ! 1 Chairman Kahn, reporting the dis- ] igreement to the house, moved that ] he house approve a compromise plan < )y which each state wouicl decide i vhether its guard would De federal- ; zed as proposed by the senate or orranized on the prewar basis of state :ontrol as proposed by tlie Tiouse bilT. Complaint by members, preferring he old organization plan, that the ( proposed compromise plan had not J >een examined in detail provided the ' lispute that was finally settled by igreement to give the guard provls- 1 on right of way. 1 representative Mondell, the Rev.l-.-iean leader, told the house that 1 :.gn of the army reorganization ' hinged on an agreement on the ( nard nlan. i DECLARE DIVIDEND The directors cf Abbeville Cotton Jills met Tuesday in the offices of he company and after tfoin<j over lie affairs of the mill a dividend of ( en per cent, payable July 1st. was , >chired. The mil! k; in a prosperous ondition. President Hatch attend? i he meetijH? and is spending several ':.!ys in Abbeville lo-ikiiijr aft"r the of hi-: corporation: 0 L E N N F U N E R A L F R t P A Y i. ; . 1 \!" I'll1.' J<> "fj'.cil ti'.'s i : : ! tin' !'u:n-r;:l tviil i.-o ?' c;? ? c ] \ . . *' '! n;\ "Ti. i SAY NAVAL GUN :P WILL CARRY SHELL j ALMOST 110 MILES L Washington, May 18?The signing of the armistice robbed America of an oppoi-tunity to shell a German city at a distance of more than 100 miles. S This was revealed by navy de-, partment officials todav letting it uecome known that the navy ordnance bureau has completed a weapon capable of such a performance.' When reports first reached Wash- * ngton that Paris was being shelled it a distance of 74 miles many believed that the shells were being ^ iropped from camouflaged airplan- <-'< :-s. The navy ordnance bureau took tc its seriously, however, and imme- lj cliately set to work on the piece tl ivhich has just been completed. Details of the gun were not made e' public. But tests conducted by a 0 method otherwise than firing it at e' its ultimate object indicate 1 it ^ would carrv nlmnst- 110 a UUFAIR DEALINGS r? CHARGED BY DIAL P ' ^ Declares Present Cotton Law Is E Millstone Around Neck G Washington, May 18,?Senator ^ Dial, of South Carolina, today In the Senate took occasion to make a few n interesting observations regarding j the Comer .amendment which was re- j jected by the conferences on the ag- 0 dj ricultural appropriation bill. He -.aid: "I desire to say that I regret ^ very much that the conferences did not agree on what is known as the Pj Comer amendment. There is no rea- . son in the world why there should be ^ a difference of two cents a pound C( between the actual cotton and the ^ future market. 1 b "By reason of the fact that under j the law the seller has the right to g tender any of the ten grades it keeps q down the price so that the operation ^ is simply a millstone around the neck of cotton. While it may not be ^ possible to get this legislation now, I believe it will come shortly, when the .. ; tl people, even in the Soatn, the members of Congress from the South, will C( setter understand the theory of this , th amendment and some law will be en15c ted. : ft "It ought to be so the future mar- ja cet and the spot market shall go a- . j ong together and then the only dif- cj ference there ought to be rrom one nonth to another would be the additional carrying charges. We lose rillions annually by unfair deal- ^ ngs.' ra $40,000 FOR AUDITORIUM h( oi At a recent meeting of the board e" )f directors of the Abbeville Cotton Mills $40,000 was appropriated to "( Duild an auditorium at the mill. '1( Fhere will also be placed In the build- to ng offices for the board of ^select- ^ nen. : L. At the recent May Day Festival it vas made plain that there was no building at the mill that would ade- ' luntely seat the average audience. ^ rhe matter was taken up at the last neetin gwith the result as named A ibove. ERSKINE STUDENTS INVITED. A ' 'he Alumni and former students )f Erskine College are receiving in. iiiitli.ns to the commencement ex his ; e r. *. will i>e held :!;>!' Ii. -L-OOper Wlli fe ' ? ; . > I) >!:< v.After hi^ yi ?. , ... f. :u..:.:oo?i \v:!i be served to .! a'.ii . ji:simb'nts of ibe '.'yilej.fe TI<>r?e. T.".e ' i " ' ,.;ir;'\' ??;' ?'rofes-'oi>* '.''v ;' "nf! lleid. They will i.' for such "vener . ' i. : nncl fr't-arh-5 1 *?siT;j*t! . i 1 Co!. M ';= :e! . . n n i\ii / ?*. r >v immj i < ,'H. 1 j ' \\ I 'ivtlirui h:i! fen-nt. Ii-miv.-. ' y f--;,i! V [ v n...,s ' n' n:ii? IEMOCRATS MEET IN CAPITAL CITY \ TATE CONVENTION OPENED AT NOON TODAY?F.XFT.IJ. TIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CHANGES IN RULES. ?WOULD RESTRICT BALLOT LAW. ^Columbia, May 19.?The state invention will be he'd in Coiumbia >day, the sessions opening promptr at 12 o'cock, noon, in the hall of le house of representatives. A? soon as the convention is calli to order by John Gary Evans f Spartanburg. chairman of the xecutive committee the name Uf en Milledge L. Bonham of Ander>n will be put forward for temporry chairman. When the hour is sached for the selection of a ermanent chairman, the name of ormer liov. John C. Sheppard of Idgefield will be put forward, eneral Bonham will be nominated y Francis H. Weston of Columbia istrict attorney of the Eastern ederal district. Gov. Shcppards ame will likely bt presented by H. Thurmond of Edgefield, istrict attorney for the Western greed upen by leaders from all actions last night at the Jefferson ctel The convention will erect 18 deleates today to the national ?or?vent>n in San Francisco next month. he apportionment is two from each )ngressional district and four from le state at large. Six names have een mentioned for delegates at irge: Gov. Cooper, Senator E. D. mith Former Gov. R. I. Manning, ongressman J. F. Byrnes of iken, L. D. Jennings of Sumter id Leroy Springs of Lancaster. t. Jennings and Mr. Springs were idorsed by their county convenor! as delegates. A chairman of the executive >mmittee will also be elected by le convention, .T?hn Gary Evans * Spartanburg, who presided over le committee for the last time st night not offering for re-elecon. Mr. Evans will be again losen national committeeman ithout opposition. Two names will go before the mvention as a successor to Mr. vans. These are Thomas P. Cothin of Greenville, speaker of the >use, and Ashley C. Tobias, Jr., / Columbia, secretary of the cecutive committee. Members of the South Carolina legation in Washington who are ;re for the convention are: Senair Smith and Congressmen vrnes. Dominick and Stevenson. Effort will be made today to ive William G. McAdoo indorsed I standard bearer for the party the campaign this summer. Anher group will seek to have A. itchell Palmer indorsed. TTEND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN COLUMBIA The following delegates from bbeville County left Tuesday for ktmbia to attend the State emocratie Convention, which conu*! in 'hat city today: J. M! T P. Thomson, ('apt. W. . S!i:vv. M. J. Ashley and K. W. NEWS FOR THE BOYS. . , locked a home run in i !'!"ii!;!deiphi:i triimo ! !!:: !' Inhin Mr-u l;iv. IK- ' ?;o- ' ! ! !l". ' T l % % ih''"1 Spots . i". ! I May . . Tilly . Of!. .. " 71 *