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\ Abbeville Press and Banner Established1844. $2.00 the Year. Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, May 21, 1920. Single Copies, Five Cents. 76th Year. WOOD LEADS FIELD T WITH 145 DELEGATES' in* i \vh PRIMARY SYSTEM FAILS TO DE- th< ^riri no amv outstanding . aa CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN crs I PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. thi THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE' ?e] MUST OBTAIN 493 VOTES 2G V ve Chicago, May 20.?Uninstructed j g delegations and the delegate who " will cast their first allot for "favor, pr ite sons" will be in the majority at f the Republican National Convention ^ opening here June 8. ,. The prfmai'y system, although in , v tlx*; effect in many States, has failed to;^ develop any outstanding candidate',.. for the party's presid?Muar nom'na 1 mi tion, for 913 delegates already chos-; r en less than 400 have been Instruct- , ! pl< ed, and their vote is divided among ga several candidates. , Under the Republican convention rule, which requires sa majority to \y nominate, the successful candidate must obtain at least 493 votes. Forty-three States and five districts, and Territories have elated 913 delegates. The remaining seventy-one 01 tne i>04 wno Will sn, 111 me tumcu- ^e] tion are to be chosen by Oregon,1 jty Texas, Vermont, Washington and re( West Virginia. i ou Major Gen. Leonard Wood is leadin the field with 145 delegates instructed for him. The credentials jla committee, which meets here May 31 tal to decide contests and prepare the gr * temporary roll of the convention, may Til make some changes in the list of in- Bt ' structed delegates, however, as there te< are 104 contests pending. , mi Senator Hiram Johnson,- of California, ,has an even 100 instructed ;hr delegates and' Governor Frank 0 fr< Lowden of Illinois, seventy-eight, to Senator Warren G. Harming of Ohio ba: has thirty-nine votes pledged from jn his home State and Judge Pritchard me of North Carolina, seventeen. Sena tor Miles Poindexter is expected to de get the fourteen vote cast by Wash- to ington. pe; I . COUNTY HIGHWAY ^ CO] COMMISSION MEETS po The County Highway Commission met Thursday instead of Friday as had been announced, the change being made it is rumored because some of the members were reluctant RE to start anything on Friday. Because the commissions of the; members had not arrived at me last meeting the commission went thru m 1 the form of another organization, J | ^ S. Stark being again elected perma-' 1 nent chairman. W. A. Stevenson Is thi named secretary in the act passed by t the legislature. The commission will hold another qq meeting next Friday at which time ^ an engineer will be selected. A dozen men have put in applications for TJ, ine piace ana at me meeting r riuay ^ a number of the applicants will be CO resent. ! > eh PRESBYTERIAN CONTRIBUTIONS ,cil HIGHEST PER CAPITA RECORD m< partanburg, May 20.?Contributions to the recent campaign by the ^ Sotrthern Presbyterian Church fo- ^ funds for church extension amounted to $10.98 per capita, the highest record ever made by any church, ac- ? cording to reports received by the ? committee on systematic beneficlen-1 7 j sh ces and stewardship, which is meeting here. ' f ho The committee is formulating plans for greatly increased work in ^ missions and other church activities. WELCOME VISITORS. % ' l Mrs. L. W. Perrin and Mrs. Belle Ai x A!-:t6n came over from Yorkville th Thursday and are visiting for some da time with Mrs. Gordon White. Mrs. j Cc Perrin has spent the winter in York- ol< ville and friends are glad to have her Sh home while Mrs. Alston is always a an v;rrcome visitor. [ w< i SUPPORT FOR WILSON Grand Rapids, Mich., May 20.? pporters of the league of nations tenant and the Versailles treaty thout amendment and "unfalterl support of President Wilson, 10 has given all but life itself in j service of his country and the >rld"' were pledged in resolutions i i _ ii-. optgu oy tne luicmgau swic iycmvitic convention here today. Thirty uninstructed (relegates to i San Francisco convention wei'e ected four by the convention and by district caucuses. Xo mention was made on the condition floor of a presidential nomie, Herbert Hoover, an avowed Reblican, having won the Democratic imary. The convention came to a close Jer a heated debate over a resoluin on the prohibition question as awn and finally adopted the reso;ion declared national prohibition constructive act of the Wilson adnistration." An amendment which is lost, 925 to 269, v.-ould have jdged the national convention deletes to work for a permanent pro3ition in the Democratic platform, x ILSONBLAMES PRICES ON G. O. P. Washington, May 20.:y?President ilson is expected to send to Coness within the next few days a let: charging the Republican majorr with failure to enact necessary construction legislation or to carry t his recommendations for reducj the cost of living. Democratic leaders for some time ve believed the President would ke this action, and the opinion is owing among Republicans as well. ie executive communication, the rmocrats predict, will be tran.smit1 about the time plans for Hie sum>r recess are taken up. He will charge, the Democrats say, it Congress has done nothing aside >m the passage of tne railroad bill get the country back on a normal sis and will insist that it remain session to enact the necessary asures. It was suggested that the Presint probably will send his message the capitol with his veto of the ace resolution. This would time it st before the Republican national nvention and give it greater weight litically, it is believed. Beside the high cost of living, the esident is expected to call attenn to the condition of the nation's ztrina conH milrnnH sitnntifir' COMMEND FOUR AND HALF MILLION BUDGET Spartanburg, May 20.?The com ttee on systematic beneficence and wardship of the Soutnern Presby -ian church, before adjournment is morning decided to recommend the general assembly, which meets Charlotte, N. C. today, n $4,000,0 budget for church benevolences ring 1921 and 1922, the campaign begin in January of next year, te amount will be prorated anion-; ? civtoon cnnthprn Th;? mmittee also adopted a program of urch activities, providing ror spell work to be clone during' each >nth of the year. NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE Irs. Elizabeth Shillito, one of the iest inhabitants of Abbeville, s been very ill at the_ home of np'htpv. Mrs. W. C,. Dnnrp. mi uth Main street for the past ;ek. At the time of point; to pve?s e was not expected to live but a ort while. She has many friends re who will regret to learn of her ecarious condition. > MISS JUNE ROSCOE Mrs. Roscoe has returned from iderson wherft she went to attend e music- recital of her ^young uarhter. June Roscoe at Anderson >llege. June is only eleven years j and is a musician of rare gift. ie has given recitals in many towns id people in Abbeville look forml to her appearance here* 1 PRICE CUTTING \ L SWEEPS COUNTRY Merchants in Many Cities Announce 5 ' Great Reductions?Breaks In 1 The Markets. 1 Chicaeo. May 20.?The wave of i price cutting in wearing apparel con- ^ '! tinued today to sweep the country, ^ ! merchants in many cities and towns ^ | announcing reductions in men's and ' women's clothing, shoes, nats and other articles. While some merchants v said the reduction could not be main- v jtained after present stocks were ex- * hausted, others declared the price t i cuts were the logical outcome of breaks in the Western market, a' backward season and large stocks on n jhand. 0\v?iers of department stores in scores of cities and towns today announced price reductions in men's and women's apparel ranging from 1 20 to 50 per cent, while in some places shoes and other articles were , ; cut. c j While the movement, which as- t t ' sumed nationwide proportions yesterday, continued to spread, banking (j i interests in iNew ioik. muay ^ j ed their campaign of- deflation of i credits and. high commodity prices, carrying out their pledge to the fed- " j eral reserve board. Pressure exerted t ; by the banks in the wholesale dry ^ ,j goods and general merchandise dis- ^ ,i tricts was said to be responsible for J the wave of price cutting rn the re tail trade. * ^ Banks were reported to have nbti- ^ , fled importers and dealers rn luxulies, articles of apparel ana manufacturers of socalled non-essentials that ,, V* only moderate financiaf accommodations could be expected now. The price cuts largely were confined to wearing apparel, but a spread of the movement to other lines was indicated by the action of , I Omaha dentists in reducing the price .. of dental work. In a newspaper advertisement to aay a rsewarK cioininj-r concern denounced price cutting as "an ecor.om ic mistake," asserting "it is economl- .. cally unsound to sell merchandise to- cj day for a price which is less than we P( can buy it from makers anywhere. v What the world needs is greater pro- .. duction nit the drastic sacrifice of retail prices." ' iv Several Milwaukee merchants char acterized the movement as a 'circus stunt." h RAIDROADS BEGIN TASK n OF RELOCATING CARS _i i b, ' F Washington, May 20.?The na; tions railroads Thursday unified J their efforts to relocate many thou-' i sands of empty cars, as the princi- j ; pal move in relieving the freight; traffic jams at big terminals. i The job of clearing the lines of. i empty equipment is a preliminary to other far reaching moves eon-! templated by direction of the interstate commerce commission. !. Relocation of empty cars means . . i the movement of 20,000 car- w . i! ward from eastern/ tevntor". r.:n! 1 o0,000 open top cars ea^twan f ; th'j western section. Railroad executives informed v, the commission Thursday that the .. V . task of makinjr these relocations ^ can he completed i-n 30 tiavs. i PADGETT GETS INTO TROUBLE.!I( ; s' i Sam Padgett, negro, was arrested Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Cann on a warrant charging assault and bat-1 tery, but when he was arrested aj quantity of liquor was founcr in his a home. Padgett was therefore ar-j0 raigned before Magistrate Hollinga-ls, worth on the liquor charge as well. * He gave bond for the next term of j : (ia LEBANON CHURCH i 1 The pastor being in Charlotte at' tending the meeting of the Gener- > al Assembly, there will be no ^ j preaching at Lebanon Church next '\ Sabbath. ^ li BUYS HOUSE i| Henry Blount has bought the C j house on Bowie Street occupied by *' T. S. Calhoun. e ? IQUIDATION WAVE CAUSED BY BANKERS tandard Railroad and Industrial Securities Not Hurt by Price Cutting. New York, May 20.?The bankers rar on high prices, declared at the ehest of the Federal reserve board, 3d ay brought another wave of liquinfirm in fVio copiivifipc msirlcpfc. Primarily induceu by the countryride stringent credit conditions, this rave caused many stocks and bonds o fall to still lower quotations for he current rfiovement. Support of a substantia; character . as forthcoming, however, and barain hunters also were active in the lore popular issues. As a result, rices rallied vigorously before the lose Liberty bonds and Victory notes haring largely in the recovery. "A Form of Hysrersa.*' Prominent bankers and brokers alhough inclined to refer to the price utting movement as "a form of hyscria," nevertheless declared values f many standard railroatrs and in!ustrials have in no degree been im aired by the higher rates for money, 'hey asserted that, on tlie contrary, epresentative securities have been laced -on a sounder foundation by he action of the Federal Reserve 5oard and banks acting in conjuncion with that body. Reports from "leading Industrial nd commercial centers were again o the effect that credits were contracting, but as far as could be Iearnd this condition was due ?:i great leasure to the railroad blockkade . hich has tied up vast amounts of :oney. From every responsible source ame information that basic financial onditions all over the country offer o occasion for apprehension. In he words of a leading financier, the resent movement is largely in the .iturc of a "necessary readjustment values including commercial and riustrial inventories." While Wall street was seeking to .' just itself to the new credit conitions, the price slashing movement eemed to be gaining ground among lew York retailers, who continued to dvertise their wares at reductions. iO MORE $25 SHOES AND $15CTCLOTHES Kansas City, Mo., May 20.?"The ankers of the country are deterlined there shall be no more $25 hoes and $150 clothes," Richard S. [awes, St. Louis, president of the imerican Bankers' Association, -told be annual convention of the Misouri Bankers' Association here to ay. He urged the bankers to refrain rom lending money for speculation i food and land. BONDS TO BE BOUGHT Washington, May 20.?The house ill authorizing the secretary of the reasury to purchase $26,000,000 adit icnal of farm land bank bonds > parsed today by the senate, -he senate substituted the house ,.asure for the Gronna bill which rculd authorize purchase of $64,000 00 of bonds. The legislation is deigned to aid farmers In borrowing iL _ 1 l 1 1__ .1? .1 rom me lanu DanKS penning uecis5n by the supreme court on its contitutionality of the farm loan act. MUST SERVE HIS SENTENCE Harvey Robinson, negro, convicted the last term of court for murder f Harden Fuller and sentenced to even years on the chaingang was Liken to the chaingang Friday to erve his sentence. He had taken an ppeal thru his attorney and was ut on bond, but because he wanted o pose as a "mean nigger" by makng promiscuous threats his attorney ,-ithdrew his appeal and his bonds len took down his bond and Harey was forced to the chaingang. JUYS GREENWOOD PROPERTY. J. M. Anderson, who will move to Ireenwood September 1st, has purhased a home in that city, the proprty beiff located on Grace Street. TONS OF SUGAR COME jf i Charleston, May 20.?Bringing 3,- L 000 tons of sugar, the steamer Dej catur Bridge arrived today from New I York, docking at the port terminals, I where her valuable and much needed cargo will be rapidly distributed, a large part of the consignment going ( to interior points in this state and i i adjacent territory. Charleston gets a fair share, which will relieve at once i ' ; a sugar famine of several weeks' duration. Seldom has a cargo been more welcome than the 6,000,000 pounds of sugar arriving today. In Charleston and over this state generally there has been a great scarcity of granulated sugar for many weeks, due to the inability of the sugar in- * f a r* i U a AifU av ao ofiiricn C .ticoio IU amp XIVJIV; citnci iuaai>?iot i or by rail, due to a congestion of freight and the longshoremen's : ?trike. Many local merchants have 1 an out of sugar frequently, and ' when they got a small euppry had to ^ dole it out to their customers. In the ' / next few days, as rapidly as distri- ( bution can be accomplished, condi- * nions in the sugar retailing business ? will assume a practically normal 1 status. The Charleston Shipping company brought the cargo here and i the ship was consigned to the Car- 1 , olina company. She brings about 1,- ' 000 tons of other freight also. j t SOME RADICAL PRICE s REDUCTIONS ARE MADE * c Indianapolis, May 20.?Silk shirts and suits for men are the first articles of clothing to suffer radical price 1 reductions in Indiana and several of c the leading merchants of this city are offering men's furnishings today at from 20 to 30 per cent below for- mer prices. One reliable establishment is offering silk shirts ror men * at $4.95 or almost half their former ? price. Ready-to-wear clothing for t women and children also are offered i at greatly reduced prices. < The leading store at Terre Haute 1 is offering all men's and boys garments and shoes at a reduction of 20 per cent. . ( \ STOCK DIVIDEND TAX f WINS BY ONE VOTE ; Washington, May 20.?A ten percent stock dividend tax reti-oactive to last March 15 was approved today by the House Ways and Means t j 1 Committee as a part of the taxation scheme for financing soldier re- k lief legislation. Its adoption of the tax pi'ovision 1 by a margin of vote, precipitated r such a fight in the committee that favorable report on the bill was de- r I 1 layed, with opponents of the stock tax seeking reconsideration. The committee also refused by a II 1 strict party vote ta accept an 80 per-1 cent retroactive war profits tax,pro- j " 1 posed by the Democratic committee-; men. i A HOME TALENT "SHOW" < ! c Mr. Roscoe, who is an expert in ( this line, is reheai-sing the young peo' nle for a home talent "show" in the opera house June 2nd. This enter : ( tainment will be given for the bene fit of the Civic Club, the money t( 1 I be us?.d for the erection of a marbl in the Circle in front of the Starl i t house and for the clubs promises to r the hospital fund. t The entertainment will be in the v nature of a minstrel, a cabaret scene j and other high class numbers. The fact that Mr. Roscoe will train the \ young people assures Abbeville of an evening of pleasure. i EXPORTS AND IMPORTS t FELL OFF DURING APRIL 2 Washington, May 20.?Exports for ^ April decreased $135,000,000 while c imports fell off $30,000,000 as compared with the trade figures for j March, it was announced today by , the department of commerce. i PICNIC. I The picnic fever has broken outj in the school. The seventh grade spent the day at Calhoun's Mill last' Saturday. The sixth grade will picnic; j tomorrow. \ c JFORTS 10 AGREE )N NEW ARMY BILL CONFERENCE CALLED BY CHAIRMAN WADSWORTH ? PROTEST FROM GOMPERS CpMPLICATES PROSPECTS ? OF HARMONIOUS SETTLEMENT. Washingtos, May 20.?Efforts to vork out an agreement on the army n-ganization bill which the House las refused to accept because of its National Guard provisions will be esumed tomorrow by House and senate conference. The conference vas called today by Chairman ?Vadsworth, of the Senate military :ommittee, and after the Senate lad refused to recede from its imendments and ordered the bill eturned to conference. Prospects of an agreement, howjver, were further complicated by i protest of President Gompers, of :he American Federation of Labor, :o (Chairman Wadswoi'th against jrovisions which the labor leader ;aid would bring about the concen;ration of industrial workers in :ase of any "national emergency." What He Objects To. The term "national emergency," le said, might be construed as :overing an industrial disturbance. In the discussion which preceded ho Senate's refusal to yield on its --i. intendments, Senators T ho was, ^omocrat, of Colorado, and Wads orth, attacked State adjutants general because of their opposition o the provision of the Senate bill ormitting individual States to decide whether their guard should be 'ederalized. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of rennessee, defending the National 3uard officers, said their opposition vas slight compared to other in'* t 1 i J i f._ J ?x. iuences Drougnt to Dear in uranng the measure. ERSKINE COMMENCEMENT The following is the program oi he Commencement eercises of Ers:ine College and Erskine Theological seminary: Saturday night, May 2D?Graduatng Eercises of Theological Semilary. ' ? Sabbath Morning, May 30.?Ser non etore tne graduating classes 01. Srskine College and Woman's Colege by Dr. R. C. Reed. Sabbath Night, May 30.?Sermon jefore the Theological Students by Dr. John Robertson. Monday Night, May 31.?InterSociety Celebration and Debate. Tuesday, June 1, 10:45 A. M.? Graduating Exercises of Erskine seniors. Anniversary Address by jov. R. A. Cooper. Luncheon, 2 P. M. at College Home 'or Erskine Alumni and former stulents. Class reunions and banquets, 8.3? M. Note?It is requested that reservaions for the Alumni Luncheon be nade at once by writing to any mem >er of the following committee: Edrar Long, L. C. Galloway, E. L. "eid. .COMMERCIAL AVIATION GROWS RAPIDLY IN FRANCE Paris, May 20.?Commercial aviaion is developing rapidly in France, tccording to a statement issued toiay by the government air navigaion service, covering the activities tf three months of 1920. COTTON MARKET. Spot - 43.00 May 42.45 July ? ?N 38.75 Oct. ' 35.75 Dec. 34.67 Jan. 33.94