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Abbeville Press and Banner
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WOOD LEADS FIELD T
WITH 145 DELEGATES'
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i \vh
PRIMARY SYSTEM FAILS TO DE- th<
^riri no amv outstanding
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CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN crs
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PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
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THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE' ?e]
MUST OBTAIN 493 VOTES 2G
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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
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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;
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COUNTY HIGHWAY ^
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COMMISSION MEETS
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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
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to start anything on Friday.
Because the commissions of the;
members had not arrived at me last
meeting the commission went thru
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the form of another organization, J | ^
S. Stark being again elected perma-'
1 nent chairman. W. A. Stevenson Is
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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. ! >
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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
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The committee is formulating
plans for greatly increased work in ^
missions and other church activities.
WELCOME VISITORS. % '
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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<
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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
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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,
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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.
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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 ,,
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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 ,
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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."
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RAIDROADS BEGIN TASK n
OF RELOCATING CARS _i
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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 .
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ward from eastern/ tevntor". r.:n!
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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.
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PADGETT GETS INTO TROUBLE.!I(
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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
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LEBANON CHURCH
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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
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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
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adjacent territory. Charleston gets a
fair share, which will relieve at once
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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
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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 '
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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 *
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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. . (
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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
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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.
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A HOME TALENT "SHOW" <
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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